[Event "Negroponte op"]
[Site "Chalkis"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Nimzo-Indian rerevisited. I had enough of Bogo and
Queen's Indians.} Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 {Rubinstein System, solid and
aggressive as well.} O-O $6 {A strange move by Robert.} (5... cxd4 6. exd4 O-O
7. a3 Be7 {is supposed to be the right move order.} 8. Nf4 $5 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O {is a stem position for this line.} Bf6 (
12... g6 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rc1 $14) (12... Bg5 13. Re1 h6 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. g3 $14)
13. Be3 g6 14. Rc1 $14 {transposes to the first line. In each case White
claims some advantage which is difficult to understand for me.}) (5... b6 $5 {
Romanishin's idea is critical for 4...c5 and 4...b6.} 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 $1
8. Bd2 (8. g3 $6 {I have changed my mind about the currently best move.} Bb7 9.
d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 exd5 13. exd5 d6 14. Qa4 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Qc8 16. Bg5 (16. Qxc4 Nc7 17. Rd1 Ba6 18. Qa2 Qg4 $17) 16... Nxd5 17. Rxb7 Qxb7
18. Nf4 Nb6 19. Bxb7 Nxa4 20. Nd5 Rae8 21. Bxa6 Re5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. f4 Re4 24.
Nd5 f6 25. Bh4 Rb8 $17) (8. f3 $5 {Aleksandrov's crazy idea.} O-O 9. d5 exd5
10. cxd5 b5 11. Kf2 $5 b4 12. Nb5 Qb6 (12... d6 13. e4 $13) 13. axb4 cxb4 14.
Nbd4 Nc5 15. Ng3 (15. e4 $2 Nfxe4+ $1 16. fxe4 Nxe4+ 17. Kg1 Re8 18. Be3 Nf6
19. Qd2 Nxd5 20. Bf2 Qf6 21. Ng3 Bb6 $44) 15... Nxd5 16. e4 Ne7 17. Be3 d6 18.
Nb3 $44) 8... O-O 9. Qa4 (9. Nf4 $5 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. f3 Nc7 15. Bd3 Qd7 $15) (9. d5 $5 d6 10. Nf4 Bxc3 11.
Bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. Nd3 Qg5 $40) 9... Qe7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11.
Qc2 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Bb7 13. f3 d5 14. Be2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 $11) 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4
$1 (7. exd4 $6 Bxc3+ (7... Be7 {would have transposed to the main line stated
above.}) 8. Nxc3 d5 9. c5 $1 {was Rubinstein's main idea.} Ne4 10. Bd3 (10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Bd6 Qf6 $1 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. g3 Nxd4 15. Bg2 Bd7 16.
O-O Bb5 17. Re1 Rd8 $44 {is always an obscure line for me.}) 10... Nxc3 11.
bxc3 b6 12. Qh5 f5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qe2 $13 {
and everyone has his own weaknesses to talk about.}) 7... dxc3 8. Nxc3 $16 {
This is one of the structures known to be advantageous for White. However, the
question is if this is enough to win the game.} d5 {After this white is in the
cross roads.} 9. cxd5 $5 (9. b5 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13.
f3 Nbd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Ke2 $14 {looks also
promising for white due to the weakness of a7 and b6.}) 9... exd5 (9... Nxd5
10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 $14) 10. b5 $1 (10. Be2 {I was trying to
prevent} Nc6 ({or} 10... Na6 11. b5 Nc5) 11. b5 Ne7 $14) 10... Be6 (10... Bg4
11. Qd4) 11. Be2 ({Too early for} 11. Qd4 Nbd7) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O ({Obviously
} 12. Ra4 $5 Nc5 13. Rd4 $14 {is an option.}) 12... Nc5 (12... Qc7 13. Qd4 Nc5
14. Ra3 $16) 13. b4 $1 Nce4 (13... d4 $2 14. bxc5 dxc3 15. Qc2 {and the pawn
may fall.}) 14. Nxe4 $146 (14. Bb2 Nd6 15. Na4 b6 16. Qd4 $14 {is an
alternative.}) 14... dxe4 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Bd4 Rfd8 $2 {If he had any way out
this may be the moment.} (16... Qxb4 $1 17. Bxa7 (17. Ra4 Qd6 (17... Qe7 18.
Qa1 a6 $11) 18. Qa1 (18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 gxf6 (19... Bb3 $2 20. Rxe4 Bxd1
21. Rg4 $18) 20. Rxe4 Rfd8 $11) 18... Bg4 19. Be5 $14)) 17. Qb1 b6 18. Rc1 $1
$16 {Whites chances are obviously in the kingside due to pair of bishops power.
} (18. Bxf6 $6 {I am skeptical about the materialistic approach.} Qxf6 19. Qxe4
Qb2 $44) 18... Bf5 $2 {Black has to guard c6.} (18... Bd5 $142 19. Qb2 Rac8 20.
h3 $16) 19. Qb2 Rac8 20. Rc6 $18 Ne8 21. Ra3 Qb7 22. Qa1 $1 Ra8 (22... Rxc6 23.
bxc6 Qxc6 24. b5 Qc2 25. Ra2 Qb3 26. Rxa7 $18) 23. Bc4 $1 (23. h4 $5 Bd7 24.
Rc2 Be6 $16) 23... Bd7 24. Bd5 Bxc6 (24... Nc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27.
Bxg7 Bxb5 28. Bh8 f5 29. Rc3 $18 {and Black's king has no enough protection.})
25. Bxc6 Qc7 (25... Qe7 26. Bxb6 Qxb4 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. g3 $18) 26. g3 $5 $138
{We had some funny time trouble around here. I was trying to convert my
advantage and my opponent was trying to hold his ground.} (26. Bxe4 Rac8 27.
Bc6 Qd6 28. Rxa7 $18) 26... f5 $138 (26... Nd6 $2 27. Bxg7 Nc4 28. Rc3 $1 Nd2
29. Bxe4 $18) 27. Ra6 $1 {No queen exchange for a while.} (27. Qa2+ $2 Qf7 $1 (
27... Kh8 $2 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Qd5 Rd8 30. Qxf5 Nd6 31. Qe5 Re8 32. Rc3 $18)
28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxb6 Nd6 31. Ra5 $1 Nxb5 32. Rxb5 axb6 33.
Rxf5+ Ke6 34. Rf4 Kd5 35. Rf7 Kc4 $1 36. Rxg7 Kxb4 37. Rxh7 b5 38. Rb7 Kc4 39.
g4 Rg8 40. h3 b4 41. Kg2 b3 42. Kg3 Rg5 $1 43. Rxb3 Kxb3 44. Kf4 Rg8 45. Kxe4
Kc4 $44 {and it is not clear if White can ever win this.}) 27... Nd6 28. Bd5+
$2 {Due to shortage of time I had difficulties to see clear the results of
multiple exchanges.} (28. Bxa8 Rxa8 (28... Nxb5 29. Qa2+ Qf7 30. Bc6 $18) 29.
Rxb6 $18) 28... Kh8 (28... Kf8 29. Bxa8 Nxb5 30. Bxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.
Bc6 $18) 29. Bxa8 Nxb5 30. Be5 $2 {I started to get carried away.} (30. Bxg7+
Qxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bc6 $18 Nd6 33. Rxa7+ Kg6 $16) 30... Qd7 $2 (30... Qc2
$1 {This is the move which worried me because of Qe2-f3 and possibly it makes
a draw.} 31. Bxg7+ Kg8 32. Bd4 (32. Kg2 Qe2 $11) 32... Nxd4 33. exd4 Rxa8 34.
Rxb6 e3 $3 35. fxe3 Qb3 $1 $11) 31. Bxg7+ (31. Qa4 Rxa8 (31... Qe8) 32. Rxb6 a6
33. Kg2 $16) 31... Kg8 $2 {He collapsed at this moment.} ({He could put up a
stiff resistance with} 31... Qxg7 $1 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bc6 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Nd6 (
34... Nc3 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 36. Rxh7 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rb2 38. Rd4 Na2 39. Bb7 Rxb4 40.
Rd6+ Ke5 41. Rc6 $1 $18 {white wins by keeping the knight away.}) 35. Rxa7+ Kf6
36. Rxh7 Rd2 (36... Nc4 37. Bb5) 37. Rd7 Ke5 38. b5 Rc2 39. g4 $1 fxg4 40. Rd8
Rb2 41. Rg8 $18 {should win.}) 32. Bh6 $18 {Back in business.} Rxa8 33. Rxb6
axb6 34. Qxa8+ Kf7 35. Kg2 Nc7 (35... Qd1 {No more perpetual with} 36. Qf8+ Ke6
37. Qe8+ Kf6 38. Qxb5 $18) 36. Qb7 Ke6 37. Qxb6+ Kf7 38. Qb7 Ke6 39. Bf4 Nd5
40. Qxd7+ Kxd7 41. b5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405 playoff"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.05.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 {I think this system can't give
White any advantage, it is too passive.} d5 6. cxd5 ({I have already played
this line against Beliavsky, our game at the Olympiad 2004 in Calvia continued
} 6. a3 Ba5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Qxd4 exd5 9. Qe5+ Be6 {with equal chances.}) 6...
Nxd5 ({Also possible is} 6... exd5 7. a3 cxd4 {, the choice is a matter of
taste.}) 7. a3 (7. e4 $6 Nf6) 7... Nxc3 {Other options were worse:} (7... cxd4
$6 8. Qxd4 $14) (7... Bxc3+ $6 8. bxc3 $14) (7... Ba5 $6 8. dxc5 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+
Kxd8 10. Bd2 $1 $14) 8. bxc3 ({I expected} 8. Nxc3 {and wanted to continue} Ba5
(8... Bxc3+ $6 9. bxc3 $14) (8... cxd4 $6 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. bxc3
$14) 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 $5 $13 ({or} 10... Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nd7)) 8...
Ba5 {Now Black is OK.} 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ng3 cxd4 $6 {I decided for an immediate
action in the centre,} ({but the quiet} 10... Nc6 {was better, e.g.} 11. Bc4 (
11. Bb5 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 $1) 11... b6 ({not} 11... e5 $6 12. d5 $14) 12. O-O
Bb7 $11) 11. cxd4 e5 {That was my idea,} ({but also now was} 11... Nc6 {
playable, e.g.} 12. Bc4 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Ba2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 $11) 12. dxe5
Qc7 {With the double threat Rd8 and Qe5, but it is also a loss of time.} ({
The ending arising almost forced after} 12... Nc6 13. f4 Qb6 (13... Bg4 $2 14.
Be2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $16) 14. Bxa5 Qxe3+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Nxa5 $11 {was the
other option. I overestimated White's chances, the position is in fact about
equal.}) 13. Bd3 $1 Nc6 $6 {Playing with fire,} ({easier was} 13... Qxe5 14.
O-O Nc6 15. Bxa5 Nxa5 $11) ({falling to the trap would be} 13... Rd8 14. O-O $1
Rxd3 $2 15. Bxa5) 14. O-O ({To unclear complications led ambitious} 14. f4 $5
Rd8 15. Qc2 (15. O-O Rxd3 16. Bxa5 Qd7 17. Qe1 Nxa5 18. Qxa5 Rxe3 $11 19. Rad1
Rd3) 15... Nxe5 $5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 $132) 14... Bxd2 $6 {This way
Black helps White to finish his development.} ({Better was} 14... Qxe5 15. Bxa5
Nxa5 $11 16. Rb1 b6) 15. Qxd2 Nxe5 16. Be4 $14 {Now White is slightly better
as Black has problems with his queen's side.} Be6 (16... Rd8 17. Rfc1) 17. Rfc1
Nc4 {The only move,} ({bad is} 17... Qe7 $2 18. Qb4) 18. Qd3 (18. Qc2 $5) 18...
g6 19. Ne2 Rac8 20. Nd4 Rfd8 21. h4 $6 {A pleasant surprise for me,} (21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Qe2 $14 {kept the small advantage.}) 21... Bd5 $11 {Now White has
nothing. As the character and evaluation of the position didn't change to the
end of the time control I'm letting it almost without any comment.} 22. Rab1
Qe5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qb3 b6 25. a4 Rc5 26. Rd1 Na5 27. Qb2 h5 28. Qa1 Qe5 29.
Qa2 Qf6 (29... Qe7 $5 30. Nf3 Rdc8) 30. Nf3 Nc6 31. Ng5 Qe7 32. Qb3 Kg7 33.
Qb2+ f6 $6 {It weakens the 7-th rank,} (33... Kg8 $142) 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Rd1
Nc6 36. Nf3 Rc4 37. Qb5 Rc5 38. Qd3 Ne5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Qd7 Qf7 41. Rd6 $14 {
The time control is over and White got some "microadvantage" after all. Of
course, he can't win if Black plays correctly.} Re7 42. Qb5 Rc7 43. Qd3 $6 (43.
g3 $5) 43... Qc4 $6 {Black immediately takes his chance for simplifications,
but in the wrong way.} ({Accurate was} 43... Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc4 $11 45. g3 $6 Qa2
$1) 44. Rd7+ Kh6 45. Qxc4 Rxc4 46. Rxa7 Rxh4 47. f4 g5 48. Ra6 ({Black has no
problems after} 48. g3 Rg4 49. Kf2 h4 50. gxh4 gxf4 51. Kf3 Rxh4 52. exf4 Kg6
$11 53. Ke4 Rh1 54. f5+ $6 Kh6) 48... gxf4 49. e4 {Now I realized my mistake,
but I stayed cool.} Rg4 50. Rxb6 Rg3 $1 $14 {The correct decision in the
difficult situation. The fundamental of rooks ending is an activity of the
rook. According to the Tarrasch's rule Black transfers his rook behinds the
White's pawns.} ({Due to the reason above I declined soon} 50... Kg5 $2 51. Rb3
f3 52. Rxf3 Rxe4 53. Ra3 $16) ({When I played my 43-rd move, I overlooked that
after} 50... f3 $2 {White has} 51. Rxf6+ Kg5 52. Rxf3 $18) 51. Rxf6+ ({I think
that the best practical chances gave} 51. e5 {with creating the second passed
pawn e, but Black can still hold the ending, e. g.} Ra3 52. Ra6 Kg5 (52... Kg7
$2 53. Ra7+) 53. e6 ({after} 53. exf6 Kg6 {White can't make any progress, e.g.}
54. Kf2 h4 55. a5 Kf7 56. Ke2 Kg6) 53... Re3 ({loses} 53... f5 $2 54. e7 Re3
55. Ra7 Kf6 56. a5 Kf7 57. a6 Ra3 58. Ra8 Kxe7 59. a7 $18) 54. Rb6 f5 55. Rb1
$5 {White transfers his rook behind his pawn a,} ({as} 55. a5 Kf6 56. Kf2 Ra3
57. a6 h4 58. Ke2 Ke7 {leads nowhere}) ({after} 55. Rb2 {with the same idea
Black has} Kf6 56. Ra2 f3 $1 57. Kf2 $140 fxg2) 55... Rxe6 56. a5 $5 {After
other moves Black can exchange White's pawn g:} (56. Ra1 f3 $1 57. gxf3 Kf4) (
56. Kf2 Re3 57. Ra1 h4 58. a5 h3 59. gxh3 (59. a6 h2 60. a7 Re8) 59... Rxh3 60.
a6 Rh8 61. a7 Ra8 62. Ra6 Kg4) 56... Ra6 57. Ra1 f3 $1 58. gxf3 f4 {and
Black's passed pawn h gives him the sufficient counterplay, e.g.} 59. Kg2 h4
60. Kh3 Kf5) 51... Kg5 52. Rf5+ (52. e5 Ra3 53. Ra6 Ra2 54. a5 Kf5 55. e6 Kf6)
52... Kg4 53. Rf8 ({An interesting attempt to win was} 53. Rf7 Ra3 54. Rg7+ Kh4
55. e5 {with the idea to push one pawn (a or e) to the 7-th rank.} {But it's
not enough to win, Black escapes using stalemate motifs after} Rxa4 56. e6 Re4
57. e7 Re2 58. Kf1 Re4 59. Kf2 Re6 (59... Re3 $4 60. g3+) ({the same as the
main line is} 59... Re5 60. Kf3 Re6 61. Kxf4 Rf6+ $11) 60. Kf3 Re5 61. Kxf4 {
(White has no other way to make progress)} Rf5+ $1 $11 {White's king can't
escape from checks on the 5th rank and after Kg1 follows Rf1 and Rh1.} (61...
Re4+ $4 62. Kf5 Re5+ 63. Kg6 Re6+ 64. Kh7 Rh6+ 65. Kg8 Rh8+ 66. Kf7 Rf8+ 67.
Ke6 Rf6+ 68. Kd7 Rd6+ 69. Ke8 Rd8+ 70. exd8=Q#)) 53... Ra3 54. Rg8+ Kh4 55. Kf2
{In most lines White can't win due to his passive king, so White tries to
activate him. But it's also not enough...} Rxa4 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kxf4 Rg3 $1
$11 {A nice trick, holding the game once for all and so winning the title!} 58.
Rh8 Rxg2 59. e5 Rf2+ 60. Ke3 Rf1 61. Rg8 Kh3 62. Ke4 h4 63. e6 Kh2 64. Rg4 h3
65. Ke5 Re1+ 66. Kf5 Rf1+ 67. Rf4 Re1 (67... Rxf4+ $4 68. Kxf4 Kg2 69. e7 h2
70. e8=Q h1=Q 71. Qe2+ Kg1 72. Kg3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 Ne7 14. Rad1
Nfd5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bd3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 {Black transforms the pawn
formation with the isolated dP into the pawn structure with c3 & d4P. However
the general ideas remain the same - White should seek his chances in the
middlegame, Black should simplify the position.} Rac8 {Allows the nice break
in the centre which follows....} 19. d5 $1 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Qa4 21. Rd4 Qa5 22.
dxe6 fxe6 23. Bd2 Qxa3 24. Rxe6 Nf8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qh5 Qe7 27. h3 Be4 {
In this open position the White Bishop pair are definitely superior.} 28. Bb5
Bg6 29. Qf3 Rd8 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Be3 h6 33. Bd4 Qe7 34. Qd5 Bh7
35. Qc6 Bg6 36. Qd5 Bh7 37. f4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1980.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Bagirov,V"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1980.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Inf.29/538} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7.
c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 b6 (12... O-O {
Bagirov: - Inf.28/647}) 13. Nxa4 Rxa4 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Qb4 b5 $1
(16... Bc6 17. cxb6 Nd7 18. Rc1 $13) 17. b3 Nc6 18. Qc3 b4 (18... Qf6 19. bxa4
Nxd4 20. Kf1 $13) 19. Qd3 (19. Qg3 Bb5 20. Qxg7 Qh4 $1 21. Qxh8+ Ke7 $44) 19...
Qa5 $2 20. bxa4 (20. bxa4 b3+ 21. Qd2 Qxa4 22. O-O O-O (22... Nxd4 23. Qb4) 23.
Rfd1 Rb8 24. Rab1 (24. Qc3 $2 b2 25. Rab1 Qxd1+ $19) 24... Na5 25. Qc3 Nc4 26.
Rb2 $1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-ch"]
[Site "Grize"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Beliavsky,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 Nc6 (7...
Bb7 8. b4 cxb4 9. Nb5 $1) 8. d5 (8. g3 $5) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Ne5 10. Ng3 O-O
11. Be2 d6 12. O-O a6 13. e4 Re8 (13... b5 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nxb5
$16) 14. Qc2 (14. f4 Ng6 15. Bf3 Nh4 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. Rae1 Rae7 $13) 14... Bd7
15. Kh1 $6 (15. h3 $1 $14) 15... b5 16. Rae1 Nfg4 $1 17. h3 Qh4 18. Kg1 {
Diagramm} Nxf2 $1 19. Kxf2 c4 $1 $17 20. Be3 f5 $1 21. exf5 Rf8 $1 (21... Bxf5
22. Qxf5 Rf8 23. Kg1 $16) 22. Kg1 Qxg3 23. Bf4 Qh4 24. Bxe5 Bxf5 25. Qd2 dxe5
$19 26. Kh2 Qd4 27. Qg5 Bd8 28. Qc1 e4 29. Rd1 Bc7+ 30. g3 Qe5 31. Qe3 Bd6 32.
Bg4 Rae8 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Qxf5 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rf1 Qg6 37. Re1 h4 38. g4
Qf6 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 b6 (9... a5 $142 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 $10) 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3
bxc5 12. dxc5 a5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O O-O $6 (14... a4 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (15...
Nxd7 16. Qd4 $16) 16. f4 $1 d4 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Nd6 Nc6 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 $14
{Karsa,L-Dory,S/HUN-ch/1982/}) 15. b4 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Na6 17. Nd6 Qd7 18. f4 $1
Rab8 19. f5 $5 exf5 (19... axb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. f6 (21. fxe6 Qxe6 22. Rae1
Qg6) 21... gxf6 $8 22. Rxf6 Nc6 23. Raf1 Nd8 24. h4 $16) 20. Rab1 axb4 21. axb4
Kh8 (21... g6 22. Rxf5 $1 Nxb4 (22... gxf5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Nxf5
$18) 23. Rbf1 Nc6 24. Rf6 $16) 22. Qc3 $1 Nc7 23. Nxf5 Ne6 $6 (23... f6 $142
24. Nd6 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Rxb5 $16) 24. Nd6 f6 25. Qh3 $5 (25. b5 Rfd8 26. Rfc1 Nxc5
27. Qxc5 Qxd6) 25... Rfd8 (25... Rbd8 26. Rfe1 Nc7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. b5 $18)
26. Rfe1 Nd4 27. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 $8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. b5 $1 $18 Nxb5 30. Qd7 Nc3
31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. c6 Ne4 33. h4 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bc5 10. Na4 d6 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Nc3 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 $10)
10. Be3 $6 (10. g3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. h3 a5 13. b5 Qc7 $10 {Gligoric,S-Timman,
J/Niksic/1983/0:1 (27) Inf 36/670/}) (10. d6 $5 Bf8 11. g3 b6 (11... Re6 12.
Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Rxd6 14. Qc2 Re6 15. Bg2 Nc6 $10 {Korchnoi,V-Kindermann,S/
Beer-Sheva/1984/0,5 (24) Inf 37/620/}) 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Bf4 Ne5 $10 {Miles,A-Csom,I/Esbjerg/1984/0,5 (58) Inf 38/744/}) 10... d6 $6 (
10... Ng4 $142 11. Bd4 Nh6 $1 12. Qd3 d6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bf6
$15 {Semkov,S-Dzindzichashvili,R/Saint John/1988/1:0 (46) Inf 45/691/}) 11. h3
(11. g3 $5 $14) 11... Nbd7 (11... Bf8 12. g4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bg2 (14. Qd2
$5) 14... Rxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Nd7 17. Nd4 Ne5 $13 {Lukov,V-Vilela,J/
Cienfuegos/1983/Inf 35/(647)/}) 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Be2 Rxe3 $6 (13... g6 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Bd4 $14 {Kasparov/}) 14. fxe3 g6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qd4 Bg7 (16... Bh6 $5
17. Rf3 Ne5 18. Rf2 (18. Rf4 $5 Bxf4 19. exf4 $14 {Kasparov/}) 18... Ned7 19.
Nf1 $16) 17. Qf4 Ne8 $5 (17... Ne5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 (
20... Bf5 21. Ng3) 21. Nd2 $16) 18. Rac1 Be5 19. Qf2 Ndf6 20. Bd3 h5 21. Nge2
$1 Nh7 22. Nf4 Nf8 (22... Bd7 23. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf7+ $18)
23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Rc2 (25. Nf3 $5 {/\ e4,Re1,e5/}) 25... Bg7 26. Qg3
Rb8 27. Re2 Nf6 (27... h4 $6 28. Qf2 {/\ Nf3/}) 28. Nf3 Be8 $1 29. e4 N6d7 30.
Rc2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qf2 Nd7 {>< e5/} 33. b4 Qd8 34. Be2 Bg7 35. Nd3 Ne5
36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Rfc1 (37. h4 $5) 37... Kg7 38. Rc7 Qg5 $6 (38... h4 $142) 39.
R1c2 (39. h4 $142) 39... h4 $1 40. Bg4 Kh6 $1 41. Kh1 b6 42. Ra7 (42. Bd7 Bxd7
43. Rxd7 f6 44. Rcc7 Rh8 45. Qxb6 Qf4 $132) 42... Bg3 43. Qd2 Bf4 44. Qd4 Be5
45. Qg1 $1 a5 46. Qc1 Bf4 47. Qa1 Be5 48. Qg1 {Zugzwang/} axb4 49. axb4 Bf4 50.
Qa1 Be5 51. Qa3 $1 Kg7 (51... Qf4 52. Qc1) 52. Rf2 Bf6 53. Qd3 Qe5 54. Be6 $1
Kg8 55. Qf3 Kg7 56. Qf4 Qd4 57. Rf1 {/\ Qd6/} b5 58. Bg4 $1 (58. Rc7 Ra8 {
/\ Ra1/}) 58... Rd8 $1 (58... Qxa7 59. Qxf6+ Kg8 60. Qxd6 $18) 59. Rc7 Qb2 (
59... Ra8 60. Qxd6 Ra1 61. Rcc1 $18) 60. Rc2 $1 Qd4 61. Rd2 Qe5 (61... Qc3 62.
Rd3 $1 Qb2 63. Rdf3 $1 Be5 64. Qg5 Ra8 65. Qe7 $18 {Kasparov/}) 62. Qxe5 Bxe5
63. Rc2 Bd7 $1 64. Be2 $6 (64. Bxd7 Rxd7 65. Rc8 $18) 64... f5 $1 65. Rc7 Kh6
66. Bd3 fxe4 67. Bxe4 Kg5 68. Bd3 Bd4 69. Rb7 $6 (69. Rf3 $1 Bb6 70. Rb7 Bd4
71. Kh2 $3 Be5+ 72. Kg1 Bd4+ 73. Kf1 $18 {Kasparov/}) 69... Bc3 $1 70. Bxb5 Bf5
71. Be2 Ra8 72. b5 Ra2 73. Bf3 Rb2 74. Rb8 Bd4 $44 75. Rd1 Bc5 76. Kh2 Be3 77.
Re1 Bf2 78. Rf1 Bc5 79. Re8 Bd4 $1 80. Rd1 Bf2 $1 81. Be2 Bd7 82. Re4 Bf5 83.
Re8 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.11.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d6 (5... cxd4 $142) (5... b6 6.
a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 {Psakhis/}) 6. a3 Ba5 (6... Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9.
O-O e5 10. dxc5 dxc5 $14) 7. Ng3 $5 (7. Rb1 Nc6 (7... O-O 8. b4 Bc7 9. Ng3 Nbd7
10. Be2 a6 11. O-O $16 {Saidy,A-Bronstein,D/Tallinn/1971/}) 8. b4 Bc7 9. g3 O-O
10. Bg2 $14) 7... O-O 8. d5 (8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Re8 11. O-O e4 12.
f4 $14) 8... Re8 (8... e5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 $14) 9. Be2 Bxc3+ (9... e5 $5) 10.
bxc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nbd7 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $2 13. c4 Nc3 14. Qc2 $18) 12.
O-O Nb6 13. e4 exd5 14. cxd5 $1 (14. exd5 Qa4 15. Bd3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Na4 $132)
14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Bd3 Rh4 (16... Re8 17. c4 Qa6 18. Qh5 h6 (18... g6
19. Qh6 $36) 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Rae1 $18) 17. Qe2 (17. c4 $5 Qa6 18.
Qe2) 17... Bd7 18. c4 Qa4 19. f4 $1 (19. Bg5 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 $132) 19... f5
(19... Re8 20. Qf2 Rh5 21. Qf3 Rh6 22. f5 Rf6 23. Bc3 $16) 20. Rfe1 Rh6 (20...
Re8 21. Qf2 Rh6 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Qe7 $18) 21. Bc3 Qb3 $6 (21...
Rg6) 22. Qd2 Rf8 $6 (22... Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Re7 Bb5 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26.
Rxb7 Rg6 27. Re1 $16) (22... Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Re7 Rg6 26. Qe1
h6 $16) 23. Rab1 Qa4 24. Re7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qe2 Rg6 27. Re1 $18 Kg8 28.
Qe7 h6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 $1 Qxa3 31. Bxg7 (31. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 32. Bxf5+ Bxf5
33. Qxf5+ Kh8 (33... Kg8 34. Re8#) (33... Rg6 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Rg8 36.
Qxh6#) 34. Re8+ Rg8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Re7+ Rg7 37. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Radebeul"]
[Date "2016.07.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.06.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lasker Gesellschaft"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3
Bb7 9. d5 exd5 $6 {Diagramm [#] Dieses Schlagen dürfte wohl zumindest keinen
positiven Effekt auf die schwarze Stellung haben.} (9... b5 {ist hier der
übliche Zug.}) 10. Bg2 b5 $6 {Jetzt lässt dieser kurz vorher noch
positionsgerechte Zug eine für Schwarz ungünstige Struktur entstehen: Die
schwarzen Bauern in der d-Linie erweisen sich als Schwäche. Graf weist dies
in der Folge mustergültig nach.} 11. cxb5 $1 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nc7 13. b4 d6 14.
O-O O-O 15. a4 Qe7 16. Ba3 c4 $6 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Rc1 Rab8 19. Ne2 Ba8 $2 (
19... Ne6 $1 {hätte den weißen Springer nicht nach f4 gelassen.}) 20. Bd4
Nce8 21. Qd2 Rc7 22. Bxf6 {Der Läufer stört beim Angriff auf die schwarzen
d-Bauern nur.} Nxf6 23. Rfd1 d4 24. Bxa8 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxa8 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27.
Nf4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Qa4
Bxc3+ $6 (8... Bb7 $1 9. f3 (9. b4 Bc6 10. b5 (10. Nb5 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12.
Rxb4 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 $6 (13. cxb5 Rc8 $1 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Rb2 Qh4 16. g3 Nxd2 17.
Rxd2 Qe4 $1) 13... a6 14. Qa4 b5 15. Qa3 bxc4 16. Bd2 Ne4 $1) 10... Be4 11. Rb2
cxd4 (11... Nc7 12. dxc5) 12. exd4 Nc7) 9... Rc8 $1 10. Bd2 Bc6 11. Qd1 d5 12.
cxd5 exd5 $10 {Gurevich,D-Romanishin (New York 1989)}) 9. Nxc3 $16 O-O 10. Be2
Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ra1 Nc7 14. dxc5 Bc6 15. Qd1 $1 Qg5 (15...
bxc5 16. b4 $16) 16. e4 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qe5 18. f3 f5 19. Bd4 Qf4 20. e5 $6 (20.
exf5 $36) 20... b5 $1 21. Bc5 $6 (21. b3 $142 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rfb8 23. Kh1 $14)
21... Rfc8 22. Qd6 $2 (22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Bxd4 bxc4 24. Rac1 $14) 22... bxc4 23.
g3 $2 Qg5 24. Bxc4 f4 25. Qd2 Qxe5 26. Bd6 $2 (26. Bd4 Qg5 27. Qxf4 $10) 26...
Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 fxe3 28. Rae1 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Nxb5 30. Be5 Rc5 $1 31. Rxe3 d6 32. a4
dxe5 33. axb5 Rxb5 34. Re2 Rab8 35. Ra1 a5 36. Ra2 (36. h4 $10) (36. Kf2 $10)
36... Kf7 37. Kf2 $2 (37. h4) 37... g5 $1 38. h3 h5 39. Ra4 Kf6 40. h4 $2 (40.
b3) 40... gxh4 41. Rxh4 Rxb2 42. Rxh5 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Ra8 44. Rh6+ Ke7 45. Kd3
a4 46. Rh2 a3 47. Ra2 Kf6 48. Kc2 Kf5 49. Kb1 e4 50. fxe4+ Kg4 51. Rg2 a2+ 52.
Ka1 e5 53. Rg1 Ra4 54. Rf1 Kxg3 55. Rf5 Rxe4 56. Kxa2 Kg4 57. Rf8 Rb4 0-1

[Event "British CF-72 Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1985.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. b4 Bg4 13. f4 Nc6 14. O-O a5 15. Rb1
axb4 16. axb4 Re8 17. Rf2 Bf8 18. Qd3 d4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. f5 $6
Rad8 22. Qf4 Rd3 23. Bb2 Re3 24. Nd4 Bh3 25. Ne6 (25. Nce2) (25. Nxc6) 25...
Ng4 $1 26. Ne4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 fxe6 29. f6 gxf6 30. g4 f5 $1 31.
gxf5 Bxf5 32. Rg1+ Bg7 33. Qxc6 Bg6 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Rg4 Qf6+ 36. Kg3 Rd8 37.
Qb7+ Kh8 38. Rf4 Qg5+ 39. Rg4 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grotnes, Nils Ragnar"]
[Black "Bern, Ivar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Jeg ble ikke imponert av Grotnes-E. Fossan i 2.
runde sÅ jeg bestemte meg for Е spille nimzo-indisk for andre gang i mitt liv.}
4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 $5 {Mot Fossan spilte Grotnes 7.c5 Se4
8.Ld2 Sc6 9.Sxe4 dxe4 10.Lxb4 Sxb4 11.Da4+.} Be7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 O-O 10. g3 bxc5
11. dxc5 {Etter 11.bxc5 Sc6 12.Lg2 La6 fulgt av 13.-Sa5 kommer sort inn pÅ de
hvite feltene.} a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 {Etter en halvtimes tenkepause
bestemte jeg meg for Е gÅ berserk. Hvit stÅr best etter det naturlige 13.-e5
14.Lg2 Le6 15.0-0. Sorts sentrum brytes opp med f2-f4.} Ba6 $1 {Med planen 14.
-Lc4 hvis hvit ikke tar i mot utfordringen.} 14. b5 $5 {[#]} Bxc5 $1 15. bxa6 (
15. Na4 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxa4 20. bxa6
Qe4 $1 {og sort vinner.}) 15... Ng4 16. Nd4 Nxf2 $1 {Ikke 16.-Df6 17.Dxg4 Lxd4
18.Sd1 og hvit dekker alt.} 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg2 Bxd4 {[#]} 19. Nxd5 $1 {
Jeg hadde kun sett pÅ 19.Sb5 og Se2, hvoretter 19.-Df2+ 20.Kh3 Df5+ fulgt av
21.-Dxb1 gir sort tÅrn og tre bKnder for lKperparet.} exd5 $2 {NKdvendig var
19.-Df2+ 20.Kh3 Df5+ 21.Dg4! Dxg4+ 22.Kxg4 exd5 med trolig remis .} 20. Bd3
Qf2+ $2 {20.-Sc6 var nKdvendig, men hvit har kompensasjon for bonden.} 21. Kh3
Nxa6 $2 22. Rf1 Qa2 {[#]} 23. Qg4 $4 (23. Rf4 $1 Bc3 24. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qh5+
Kg8 26. Rh4 f6 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Rb7+ {vinner for hvit.}) 23... Bc3 24. Rb5 Rae8
25. Rf4 Nc7 26. Rc5 Be5 27. Rf5 (27. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rh4 f6 30.
Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Bh6 Rg8 33. Rg4 Rh8 $1 {vinner for sort.}) 27... Qa1
28. Bh6 $2 {I gjensidig tidsnKd gÅr Grotnes berserk. Bedre var 28.Tf1!} Re6 $1
29. Rh5 $2 {[#]} f5 $1 {Dermed er hvit fortapt.} 30. Bxf5 Qf1+ 31. Kh4 Rxh6 32.
Rxh6 Rxf5 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 {Og hvit tapte pÅ tid i en hÅplKs stilling.} 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grotnes, Nils Ragnar"]
[Black "Fossan, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nc6 $5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Qa4+ (11. Nc3 f5 12. Bb5+ {er visstnok
ogsÅ spilt.}) 11... Nc6 12. Nc3 {Kanskje jeg prKver 0-0-0 neste gang?} f5 (
12... Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O e5 15. Nxe4 Ke7 16. f4 {er uklart,
sannsynligvis likt spill.}) 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nd6 Qg5 {Hvit har brukt veldig
mange trekk pÅ Е sette springeren pÅ d6. Jeg satset pÅ at den ville hemme sort
nok til at utviklingsforspranget ikke ble avgjKrende.} 15. g3 {[#]} Kh8 $2 {
Taper et viktig tempo, og gir sort taktiske muligheter med sisteradsmatter og
gaffel pÅ f7. Et ufattelig dÅrlig trekk.} (15... f4 $6 16. Nxe4 Qf5 17. Bd3
fxg3 18. hxg3 Qf3 19. Kd2 {Hvis ikke sort har noe forsert her, stÅr hvit
glimrende. Fossan brukte mye av tida si pÅ disse variantene.} e5 $4 20. Qc4+
Kh8 21. Rxh7+) (15... Bd7 $1 {Truer Se5-f3} 16. Qc4 b6 {Sort har gode
muligheter, men hvits springer burde holde stillingen sammen.}) 16. Bb5 Nb8 $6
(16... f4 $2 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 e3 $4 19. Nf7+) (16... Ne7 $6 17. Bd7 Qf6
18. Bxc8 Nxc8 19. Nxb7 f4 20. O-O-O $1 {Sort har ikke kompensasjon for bonden.}
) (16... Nd8 $5 {er passivt, men dekker i alle fall de svake punktene b7,e6 og
f7.}) 17. O-O {De tre trekkene hvit innvesterte pÅ Е fÅ springeren til d6 har
sort gitt tilbake, alt pÅ grunn av det fatale trekket Kh8.} Qe7 {[#]} 18. f3
exf3 19. Rxf3 b6 20. Re1 a6 $6 {[#]} (20... bxc5 21. dxc5 $6 (21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22.
Rxf5 cxd4 23. Rfe5 {ser mye bedre ut for hvit.}) 21... e5 {gir sort unKdvendig
mye spill.}) 21. Rxf5 $5 Rxf5 22. Nxf5 Qc7 $6 (22... Qb7 $5 23. Bxa6 $6 {
Dette var mitt planlagte trekk, men det er antagelig dÅrlig.} (23. c6 $1 Qf7 {
ellers kommer Da3 med mattangrep.} 24. Nd6 Qc7 25. Ne8 Qf7 26. c7 Nd7 27. Nd6
Qe7 28. Nxc8 {ser ut til Е vinne.}) 23... Qd7 $1 24. c6 Nxc6 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26.
Nd6 Rxa4 27. Nxc8 Nxd4 28. Rd1 e5 29. a3 b5 30. Nd6 Kg8 {med utligning (minst!)
.}) (22... Qf6 $6 {er et aktivt forsKk, som sannsynligvis taper.} 23. Nd6 Bb7
24. Nxb7 axb5 25. Qxa8 Qxd4+ 26. Kg2 Qd5+ 27. Kf2 Qd4+ 28. Re3 Qxb2+ (28...
Qd2+ 29. Re2 Qd4+ 30. Ke1 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qd4+ 32. Kc1 Qc4+ 33. Kb1 Qd3+ 34. Rc2
Qd1+ 35. Rc1 Qd3+ 36. Ka1) 29. Kf3 Qf6+ 30. Kg2 Qb2+ 31. Kh3) 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24.
Qa3 $1 Qd8 {Eneste trekk, Sd7 besvares med De7 med snarlig matt.} 25. Nd6 Qe7
$6 {Ta7 eller Kg8 mÅtte forsKkes.} 26. Be8 (26. Nxc8 Qxa3 27. bxa3 axb5 28.
Rxe6 Kg8 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Nd6+ Kf6 31. Nxb5 {vinner ogsÅ.}) 26... Qf6 {Alt
taper.} (26... Kg8 27. Bf7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Qxf7 29. Rf1) 27. Nxc8 Qxd4+ 28. Qe3
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
a5 $5 9. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 $14 {>< e4} O-O (11... b6 12. Nc3
bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $16 {_|_}) (11... Nc6 $5) 12. Qe3 b6 $5 (12... f5
13. Nf4 {/\ Bc4,0-0-0 +/-}) 13. Qxe4 (13. Nc3 $5) 13... Ra7 14. Nc3 (14. c6 $6
Qd6 {/\ Rc7}) 14... Rd7 15. O-O-O Bb7 $1 (15... bxc5 16. dxc5 (16. d5 $5)) 16.
Qe3 (16. Qg4 Nc6 17. Bb5 Rxd4) 16... bxc5 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Qh4 (18...
Qe7 $5 {/\ Rc8}) 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. Bb5 $1 Bxg2 21. Rd1 Qxh2 22. b4 (22. Rd6 $5
Qh6 $5) 22... axb4 23. axb4 h5 24. Rd6 $1 h4 (24... Qh3 25. Qd4 $1 $16) (24...
Rf8 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. fxg3 $16 {_|_}) 25. Rxe6 $1 $16 Rf8 26. Re8 Bc6 $8 (26...
Nc6 27. Bc4 $1 {/\ Bxf7+ +-}) (26... g6 27. Bc4 $1 $18) 27. Bxc6 Nxc6 28. b5
Na5 29. Re4 $1 f5 (29... h3 30. Nd5 $1 $18) (29... Qg1+ 30. Kb2) 30. Ra4 $18
Qg1+ 31. Kc2 f4 (31... h3 32. Qe6+ Rf7 33. Rxa5 h2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 h1=Q
36. Qg8+ Kg6 37. Ra6+) 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Rxa5 Qxf2+ 34. Kb3 Qxc5 35. Ra4 Rc8 36.
Rc4 Qxc4+ 37. Qxc4 Rxc4 38. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Qb6 $6 (11... Re6 {Chandler,M}) 12. Bg2 Bxd6
(12... Qxd6 $2 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 14. Nb5 $18) 13. Be3 Qa6 (13... Qxe3 14. fxe3 Be5
15. O-O) (13... Qc7 $145 14. O-O Be5 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Nd6 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 14.
O-O Be5 15. Nf4 {/\ Ncd5 |^} d5 $1 (15... d6 16. Nfd5 {/\ Nc7} (16. Ncd5 {
Chandler,M})) 16. Ncxd5 Nc6 17. Nxf6+ (17. Nd3 $5 Bg4 $1 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.
Qxg4 Qxd3 20. Rfd1 Qb3 21. Bd5 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxa3 23. Rxb7 Ne5 $1 24. Qf5 $13 {
Kortschnoj}) 17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 Be5 19. Qh5 $3 {|^>>} Qa4 {/\ Qg4} (19... Qc4
20. Rac1 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22. b4 $14 {_|_}) (19... Be6 $5) 20. Bf4 $1 Bd7 (
20... Bxf4 $145 21. gxf4 $1 {Chandler}) 21. b3 $1 Qa5 (21... Qxb3 22. Rab1 Qxa3
23. Rxb7 Rad8 (23... Qd6 24. Rd1) 24. Bg5 (24. Be4 $145 g6 25. Qh4) 24... f6
25. Rxd7 $18) (21... Qa6 $5) 22. b4 Qa4 23. Rad1 $16 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rad8 25. Rd3
Kh8 26. Nc7 $1 Re7 (26... Rf8 27. Rfd1 (27. Be4 $145 g6 28. Qh6 {/\ f5,Nd5})
27... Bc8 28. Bxc6 $18) 27. Qc5 $1 Re2 (27... b6 28. Bxc6 {Chandler,M}) 28.
Rxd7 (28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nh6 12. Ng3 $2 Bxa3+ 13. Be2 Bxb2 14. Nb5
Bxd4 $1 (14... Bxa1 15. Bxa1 $44) 15. Qxd4 d6 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Qxa7 Na6 18.
O-O Nf5 $17 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Nxf5 Bxb5 21. Rd1 Nc5 22. h3 Qf6 23. Ne3 h6 24. Ng4
Qf4 25. Qa1 Bd7 26. Ne3 b5 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 g6 29. Qb2 b4 30. Rd4 Re4 31.
g3 Qf3 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Qxb4 Nd3 34. Qd2 Ne5 35. Qb4 Kg7 36. Qd4 Kg8 37. Qf4
Qxf4 38. gxf4 Nd3 39. f5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 d6 12. Nxb6 axb6 $5 (12... Qxb6 13. Be3 $16
) 13. g3 $6 Re8 14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. h3 (16. O-O Ne5 17. h3 Bf3 18.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Ne5 $15) 16... Bf5 17. O-O Rc8 18. Ra2 h6 $6 (18... Be4 $15)
19. Bd4 Rc4 $5 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. g4 $1 Bh7 (21... Nd3 $2 22. gxf5 Rxd4 23. Nb5
$18) 22. Rd2 Ng6 $1 23. Re1 (23. f4 Nh4 24. f5 Nxg2 25. Rxg2 Ne4 $17) 23...
Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nd7 25. Qe3 h5 $5 $138 26. gxh5 Nh4 27. Qe2 $1 b5 $1 $8 28. h6
$1 (28. Nxb5 $6 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 (29. Rd1 Qg5 $19) 29... Nxg2 30. Qg4 (30. Kxg2 $2
Qg5+ 31. Qg4 Be4+ $1 $19) 30... Nf6 31. Qxg2 Nxh5 $44) 28... Nxg2 (28... Bf5
29. hxg7 $1 Nxg2 30. Qh5 $18) (28... gxh6 29. Qe3 $1 $16) 29. Kxg2 $2 $138 (29.
Qg4 $1 Bg6 30. Kxg2 $16) 29... Bf5 $1 30. Qe3 (30. hxg7 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Ne5 $1 $17
) 30... Qh4 31. hxg7 (31. Qe8+ $2 Nf8 32. hxg7 Bxh3+ 33. Kh2 Bd7+ $19) 31...
Nf6 32. f4 Kh7 $1 $8 {/\ Rc8-g8} 33. Qg3 $4 (33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Ne2) 33... Qxg3+
34. Kxg3 Rxc3+ $1 35. Bxc3 Ne4+ 36. Kh4 Nxc3 $19 37. Rg2 Kg8 38. Kg5 Be4 39.
Rg3 Nxd5 40. Kh6 Ne7 $1 41. Rc3 Nf5+ 42. Kg5 Kxg7 43. Rc8 Nd4 44. Re8 Ne6+ 45.
Kg4 Bc6 46. Rb8 Nd4 47. f5 $2 Kf6 48. h4 Nxf5 49. h5 Ne3+ 50. Kh4 d5 51. Rd8 (
51. h6 Nf5+ 52. Kh5 d4 53. h7 Bf3#) 51... d4 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53. h6 Nf5+ 54. Kh3
Nxh6 55. Rxh6 d3 56. Rh5+ f5 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 O-O (8... dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O Ke7 12. e4 b6 13. f3
$16 {Uhlmann,W-Larsen,B/DDR-DEN/1957/}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11.
b5 Ne7 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 axb5 15. Nxb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 $16 {Hort,
V-Karaklajic,N/Palma de Mallorca/1967/}) 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 (10... exd5 11. Be2 Be6
12. O-O $16 {Garcia,R-Sanguineti,R/Buenos Aires/1962/}) 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2
$16 Bf5 (12... Na6 $5 {/\ Bd7,Nc7,Bb5/}) 13. Bc3 Na6 $1 (13... Nd7 14. Be2 $16)
14. Bxa6 (14. Be2 Nc7 15. O-O Bd7 {/\ Bb5/}) 14... bxa6 15. Rxa6 Bd3 16. Ra5
Bc4 17. Kd2 a6 18. Rc5 $1 $16 Rfd8 19. g4 (19. Kc2 Rd7 20. e4 Rad8 21. Rd1 Be2
22. Rd2 Bb5 23. exd5 f6 $16) 19... h6 20. h4 Rd7 21. Rb1 Re8 (21... Bb3 22. b5
$16) 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. f3 Re8 26. h5 f6 27. Rgc1 (27. f4
Rf8 28. Rg3 Re8 29. Rc1 {/\ g5,Rcg1/}) 27... Kg8 28. Rc7 $6 (28. Rg1 $1) 28...
Rxc7 $1 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ra8 $6 (30... Rd7 $5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 $1 (31... Kf7 $4
32. f4 {/\ f5,Rf8#/}) 32. Ra8 Bf1 33. f4 Bb5 34. f5 Rb7 35. Bd4 Rf7 36. Rd8 Rd7
37. Rf8 Bf1 38. g5 hxg5 (38... fxg5 39. f6 g6 40. Rh8+ $1 $18) 39. h6 g4 40.
hxg7 Rxg7 41. Bxf6 g3 $1) 31. Ke1 Bd3 $6 (31... Rd8 $5) 32. Rd7 $1 Bc2 33. Rxd5
Bxb3 34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Bd4 Be8 (36... a5 $2 37. Rc5) 37. Rc5 Rb8 38.
Bc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Bc3 Rd8 41. e4 Rd3 $6 (41... Rd6 $5 42. Kf2 (42. e5 Rc6
$1 43. exf6 gxf6) 42... Rc6 43. Ke3 Rxc5 44. bxc5 Kf7 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. f4 Bc6
47. f5+ Kf7 48. Ke3 Bd7 49. Kf4 Bc6 50. e5 Bb7 $1 51. e6+ Ke7 52. Ke3 Bc6 53.
Bd2 Bb7 54. Kd4 Bf3 55. g5 hxg5 56. Bxg5 Bxh5 $1 (56... fxg5 57. h6 gxh6 58.
Ke5 $18) 57. c6 Kd6 $10) 42. Ke2 Bb5 (42... Rd6 43. e5 $1 fxe5 44. Bxe5 Rc6 45.
Bc3 Rxc5 46. bxc5 $16) 43. Rxb5 Rxc3 44. Rb8+ Kf7 (44... Kh7 45. f4 Rg3 46. e5
fxe5 47. fxe5 Rxg4 48. Kd3 $16) 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kf2
Rb3 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 (51... Kg8 52. f4) 52. Kg3 a5 53. b5
a4 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. b6 $6 (55. Kf5 Rxf3+ 56. Ke6 Kg8 57. Kd5 $18) 55... Kg8 $6 (
55... Rb5 $1 56. Ra7 Rxb6 57. Rxa4 Rb5 58. Ra3 Kf7) 56. Kf5 Rb5+ (56... Rxf3+
$2 57. Kg6 $18) 57. Ke6 a3 58. f4 $1 a2 (58... Kh7 59. Kd7 a2 60. Ra7 Rxb6 61.
Rxa2 $16) 59. Ra7 Rxb6+ 60. Kf5 Rb7 (60... Rb2 61. Kg6 Kf8 62. Ra8+ Ke7 63.
Kxg7 Rg2 64. Ra7+ Ke6 65. f5+ Ke5 66. Ra5+ Kxe4 67. Kxf6 Kd3 68. g5 $1 $18) 61.
Rxa2 Kf7 62. Ra5 Rc7 63. Rd5 Ra7 64. e5 fxe5 65. fxe5 Ke7 (65... Rb7 66. Rd7+
$1) 66. e6 Ra4 (66... Ra6 67. Rd7+ Kf8 68. Kg6 $1 Rxe6+ 69. Kh7 $18) 67. g5 $1
hxg5 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ Kg8 70. Kg6 g4 71. h6 $1 gxh6 (71... Ra8 72. hxg7 g3
73. e7 g2 74. Rf8+ $18) 72. e7 Ra8 73. Rf6 (73. Rf6 g3 74. Rd6 Re8 75. Rd8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Re6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Rxd6 14. Qc2 Nc6 15.
Bg2 Re6 (15... Nf6 16. O-O Re6 17. Rad1 d6 (17... Re8 $5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4
d5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nxd5 Qe5 22. Nc7 Bf5 23. Qc1 Rec8 $10 {Korchnoi,
V-Kindermann,S/Beer-Sheva/1984/0,5/24/}) 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Re8 20. Rc1 Nd7
21. Nb5 Nc5 22. Nxd6 $14 {Makarov,M-Xu,J/Belgrade/1988/1|0/29/}) 16. O-O d6 $6
(16... Nf6 $5) 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf6 19. Rac1 $1 d5 20. Qb3 Bd7 (20... Re8
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Rc3 $16) 21. Qxb7 (21. Nxd5 Bc6 (21... Nxd5 22.
Bxd5 Ba4 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Qxd5 25. Qxb8 (25. Qxa4 Re4 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. Rc4
g6 $132) 25... Qxd4 (25... Bc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Bc3 $18) 26. Rc8 Qd6 27. Qxd6
Rxd6 28. Ra8 Bc6 29. Ra6 $16) 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Qf3
$16) 21... Bc6 (21... Rb8 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 (23... Qxf6 24. Qxd7 $18)
24. Qd4 $18) 22. Qa6 $1 (22. Qb3 Ne4 23. Rfd1 Qa5 $14) 22... Rb8 23. Rfe1 Qd7
24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. b4 $16 Bb7 (25... Rb7 26. Bh3 Kf7 27. Re1 Ne4 28. b5 $1 Bxb5
29. Nxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 31. Qxb5 $18) 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qb6 Rxa3 (27... Ra6
28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Bc6 30. Nc7 $18) 28. Bh3 (28. b5 $5) 28... Ra6 29. Bxe6+
Qxe6 30. Qxb7 Rc6 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Bxf6 (32. b5 $6 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Qe1+ 34. Kg2
Qxc3 35. Rf4 $14) 32... Qxf6 (32... Rxb4 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Nxd5 $18) 33. Nxd5 (
33. Qxd5+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nd5 Bxb4 $14) 33... Qe5 34. b5 $18 Re4 35. Ne3
$6 (35. Kg2 $5) 35... Rb4 36. Qd5+ $6 (36. Rd5 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Rb2
$132) (36. b6 $5 Qe6 37. Nd5 $18 (37. Qd5 Rxb6)) 36... Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Kf7 38.
Kg2 Ke6 39. Kf3 $6 (39. h4 $5 g6 40. h5 Be7 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. f4 $18) 39... g6
40. h4 Bd6 41. Kg2 $2 (41. h5 $5 Rb3 (41... Be5 $5 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Rc5 Bd6 (
43... Bd4 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Rc4 $18) (43... Kd6 44. Rc6+ $18) 44. Rg5 Kf6 45.
Rd5 Ke6 46. Kg2 Rb3 (46... Rb2 $4 47. Rxd6+ Kxd6 48. Nc4+ $18) (46... Be5 47.
Rc5 Bd6 48. Rg5 Kf6 49. f4 $18) 47. Kh3 Rb4 (47... Rxe3 48. Rxd6+ $18) (47...
Be7 $1 $14) 48. Rg5 Kf6 49. f4 $18) 42. hxg6 hxg6 (42... Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kxd5
44. g7 $18) 43. Ke4 $18) 41... Rb3 42. Rg5 (42. h5 $5) 42... Be7 43. Nc2 Kd6
44. Nd4 Rb2 45. Rg4 Bf6 46. Nf3 Rxb5 $14 47. Re4 Rb2 (47... Rb7 $5) 48. Ng5 Kd5
49. Re8 Rb7 50. Kh3 h6 51. Ne6 Be5 (51... g5 $6 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kg4 Rb2 54.
Nxg5 Rxf2 55. Ne4 Rf1 56. Nxf6+ Rxf6 57. Kg5 $18) 52. Nc5 Rf7 53. Nd3 Bd6 54.
f4 Rb7 55. Kg4 (55. Ne5 g5 $1) (55. Rg8 Rb3 56. Nf2 (56. Ne5 Bxe5 57. fxe5 Rb6
58. Re8 Re6 $10) 56... Bxf4 (56... g5 $5 57. hxg5 Bxf4 58. gxh6 Bxh6 $10) 57.
Rxg6 h5 58. Kg2 Be5 59. Rg5 Ke6 60. Nh1 Rb2+ 61. Kf3 Rb1 $10) 55... h5+ 56. Kh3
(56. Kg5 Rb3 $1) 56... Rb8 57. Re2 (57. Rxb8 Bxb8 58. Kg2 Ke4 59. Nc5+ Kf5 60.
Kf3 Bd6 61. Ne4 Bc7 $10) 57... Rf8 58. Kg2 Rf6 59. Kf3 Re6 60. Rd2 (60. Rxe6
Kxe6 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. Ne5 Bc7 $10) 60... Kc6 61. Nf2 Be7 62. Ne4 Kc7 63. Rd5 Rb6
64. f5 gxf5 65. Rxf5 Rh6 66. Kf4 (66. Nc3 Kd6 67. Nd5 Ke6 68. Ke4 (68. Nxe7
Kxe7 69. Kf4 Rh8 $1 $10) 68... Bd6 $10) 66... Kd7 67. Ke5 Re6+ 68. Kf4 Rh6 69.
Ra5 Kd8 70. Kf5 Rb6 71. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku 20 Years"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1980.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1980.03.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O (6... d5) 7. a3
Be7 8. d5 (8. g3 d5 (8... Qc7 $5) 9. c5) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bc5 $5 $13
) 10. g3 (10. Be3 Ng4 (10... d6 {+/=/+/-}) 11. Bd4 Nh6 $3 {/\ Nf5} (11... Bf6 {
+/=/+/-}) (11... d6) 12. g4 (12. Ng3 Bxa3+ 13. Be2 Bxb2 14. Nb5 $13 {
Ree-Ligtering/1984/}) 12... d6 13. h3 f5 $17 {Groszpeter-Adorjan/1983/}) (10.
d6 Bf8 11. g3 Re6 12. Bg2 Rxd6 13. Qc2 $36) 10... Bc5 11. Bg2 (11. Na4 b6 $1 (
11... Bf8 12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bd4 {+/=/+/-
Polugajevsky-Cholmov/1961/}) 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Be3 Ng4) 11... d6 (
11... Ng4 12. O-O Qf6 (12... Qb6 13. Ne4 (13. Qe1) 13... Rxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxf2 15.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kg2 d6 17. Bxh7+) 13. Nf4 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 g5 16.
Ne4 Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qxb2+ 18. Kg1) 12. h3 $1 (12. O-O Bg4) 12... Bf5 $6 (12... a6
$1 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Ne5 {/\ 15.... Bd7= Chandler-Andersson/1980/}) 13. O-O
Nbd7 $6 (13... Ne4 {>=} 14. Na4 Nd7) 14. g4 $1 Be4 (14... Bg6 15. Ng3 Ne5 16.
g5 Nfd7 17. Nce4) 15. Ng3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf8 17. g5 N6d7 18. h4 Ne5 (18... Rc8 {
>= /\ 19.... Bb6, 20.... Nc5}) 19. h5 $1 {/\ Nce4, h6; /\ Nce4, b3, f4} f6 20.
Nce4 $1 fxg5 (20... Nfd7 21. f4 Nf7 (21... Nc4 22. Qd3 b5 23. b3) 22. g6) (
20... Qd7 21. h6) 21. Bxg5 Qb6 22. h6 Nf7 23. hxg7 Nd7 24. Nf6+ $18 Nxf6 25.
Bxf6 {/\ 26.b4 +-} Qb5 26. Rh1 Bb6 27. Qf3 $1 Ne5 (27... Bd8 28. Bc3 Ne5 29.
Qf5 Qxd5+ 30. Ne4) 28. Nf5 $1 (28. Qf5 $18) 28... Nf7 29. Rxh7 $1 1-0

[Event "Frunze"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilberman, Nathan R"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nh6 12. Qd3 d6 13. Ng3 Bf6+ 14. Be2 Nd7
15. Rd1 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17. O-O Nf5 18. Qf4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Re5 20. Rfe1 Qe7
21. Kf1 Bd7 22. Bb5 Nxd5 $1 (22... Bxb5+ 23. Nxb5 Nxd5 24. Qd4 $1) 23. Rxe5
dxe5 24. Nxd5 Bxb5+ 25. Kg1 exf4 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Nd5 fxg3 $1 28. fxg3 (28.
Nc7 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Ba4 $1) 28... Rd8 29. Kf2 Ba4 30. Rd3 Bb5 31. Rd1 Bc6 32.
Ne3 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Ke7 34. Ne3 Ke6 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Nc4+ Kd5 37. Ne3+ Ke4 38. Kd2
Bb5 39. Nd1 Kd4 40. Ne3 Bd3 41. Ng4 Be4 42. Ne3 h5 43. Ke2 f5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. f3 h5 10. e4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h4 12. Ne2 h3 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15. Ng3
O-O-O 16. a4 Nb8 17. a5 Nbd7 18. gxh3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. Nxh5 Rxh5 21. Bg2 bxa5
22. O-O Nb6 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Bxc4 25. Qa3 fxe4 26. fxe4 {[#]} Be2 (26... a4
$11) 27. dxc5 $16 Nc4 28. Qa2 Nxe3 29. Qxe2 {[#]} Qxc5 (29... Nxd1 30. Qa6+ Kd7
31. c6+ Qxc6 32. Rb7+ Qxb7 33. Qxb7+ $18) 30. Rd4 $18 e5 31. Qxe3 exd4 32. cxd4
Qg5 33. Qc3+ Kd7 34. e5 Ke7 35. Qc7+ Kf8 36. e6 Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. e7 Rb8 39.
Re1 Qh4 40. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch51"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson Bykhovsky,Av} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6.
exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qf6 (9... a5 $5 $13) 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 (
11. g3 Qf3 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bg2 Qf6 15. f4 O-O 16. Rf1 Ne7 17. Rc1
Bd7 18. Rf2 Qh6 19. Kf1 Kh8 20. Kg1 f5 21. b5 {Knaak,R-van der Wiel,J/Palma de
Mallorca (GMA) 1989} Ng8 $1 $13 {/\Nf6-e4}) 11... Bd8 (11... Bc7 $2 12. Nb5 Qe7
13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14. Nc3 $16) 12. Ng1 $6 {N N/} (12. Qe3 O-O 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2
bxc5 15. dxc5 (15. bxc5 Ba6 16. O-O Bc4 $13 {Giddins,S-Van der Wiel,J/
Amsterdam/1995/0:1/27/}) 15... Ba6 16. O-O Bc4 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. f4 Rb8 19. Rab1
g5 20. b5 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Qe5 22. Qd2 Ba5 $17 {Giddins-Van Der Wiel /Memorial
Donner (open) Amsterdam 1995}) (12. g3 Qf3 13. Rg1 Qf6 14. Qe3 O-O 15. g4 g6
16. g5 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Vaiser,A-Van der Wiel,J/Brussels zt (10) 1993}) 12... O-O
13. Nf3 b6 $1 14. Be2 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nc6 16. O-O Bc7 17. b5 $6 (17. Rad1 $5)
17... Ne5 18. Nd4 (18. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 19. Rac1 Bf4 $17) 18... Nd7 $1 19. Na4 $8 (
19. c6 $2 Bf4 20. Qd1 (20. Qd3 $2 Nc5) 20... Be5 $3 21. cxd7 Bxd7 $17) (19. Nb3
Be5 20. Rac1 Bf4 $17) 19... Bf4 20. Qb4 e5 21. Nb3 (21. Nc6 $6 Bb7 22. Na5 Qh6
23. g3 Bd2 24. Nc3 d4 25. Nxb7 Bxc3 $17) (21. Nf3 e4 22. Nd4 Qh6 (22... Ne5 23.
Nc3 Qh6 24. g3 $13) 23. g3 Bd2 24. Qb3 Nf6 $36) 21... Qg6 $17 {[+],->} 22. g3 (
22. b6 Nf6 {/\} 23. b7 $2 Bxb7 24. Qxb7 Rab8 25. Qxa7 Rxb3 $17) 22... Nf6 23.
b6 Bh3 24. b7 Rab8 25. c6 (25. Rfd1 h5 (25... d4 {/\Qe4} 26. Bf1 Bg4 27. c6 Nd5
(27... Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Nd5 29. Qc5 $44) 28. Qc5 Ne3 $40 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1
Bf3+ 31. Bg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 g5 $1 34. Rf1 g4+ 35. Kh4 Qg2 36. Kxg4
f5+ 37. Rxf5 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Rxf5 $19) 26. c6 h4 27. c7 hxg3 28. hxg3 Bxg3 29. Bf3
e4 $19) 25... h5 $1 (25... Bxf1 $2 26. Bxf1 $44) 26. c7 $4 (26. Nac5 h4 27. Qe1
Ne4 28. Nxe4 (28. c7 hxg3 29. hxg3 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Bxg3 $19) 28... Qxe4 29. f3
Qg6 $19 {/\Qc6,/\hg3}) (26. Nbc5 $16) (26. Rfd1 $13 {Petursson}) 26... Rxb7 $1
(26... Rxb7 27. Qxb7 Qe4 28. f3 Qxe2 29. Rf2 Be3 $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Qa4+ (11. Nc3 f5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. O-O Bxb5
$10 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. f3 e3 $10 {Bareev,E-Aseev,K/URS-ch/1990}) 11... Nc6 12.
Rd1 Qg5 $1 {N} (12... O-O 13. Nc3 e3 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Kf2 Bd7 16. h4 Qf5+ 17.
Kg1 Ne5 18. Bb5 Ng4 19. Rf1 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qc2 21. Rh3 $16 {Rossiter,P-Piper,M/
London Lloyds (06) ;EXP 43 1994}) 13. Nc3 e3 14. f3 O-O 15. Ne4 Qg6 (15... Qh6
$5 16. Bb5 (16. Bc4 e5 17. d5 Nd4 $13) 16... Bd7 17. O-O a6 18. Be2 Rad8 $132 {
/\e5,/\Ne7,Bc6}) 16. Qb3 $1 f5 17. Nd6 f4 18. Qd3 Qg5 (18... Qxd3 19. Bxd3 e5
20. Bc4+ (20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Be4 Rb8 22. b4 $14) 20... Kh8 21. d5 Nd4 22. a3 $14
) (18... e5 $5 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. d5 Nd4 $14) 19. Qe4 {/\Bd3,0-0}
g6 $13 20. a3 Bd7 (20... e5 $5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 (21... Nxe5 $2 22. Rd5 Qh4+ 23. g3
fxg3 24. Rxe5 g2+ 25. Qxh4 gxh1=Q 26. Re7 $18) 22. Bc4+ Kg7 23. Qxe5+ Nxe5 24.
Bd5 Rb8 25. b4 $14) (20... a5 $5) 21. b4 (21. Nxb7 $2 Rab8 22. d5 Ne7 23. d6 $2
Nc6 24. Bb5 Qxg2 $19) 21... Ne7 22. b5 (22. Nxb7 Nf5 $44 {/\Qh4}) 22... Nd5 $2
(22... Nf5 $1 {>=} 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qe5 (24. Qxb7 $2 Qh4+ 25. g3 (25. Ke2 Qf2+
26. Kd3 Qb2 $19) 25... fxg3 26. Ke2 g2 27. Bxg2 Qf2+ 28. Kd3 Qb2 $1 29. Qxd7
Qb3+ 30. Ke2 Qc2+ 31. Kxe3 f4#) 24... Qd8 $1 25. Qxf4 Qa5+ 26. Ke2 Qxa3 (26...
Bxb5+ 27. Kxe3 Qxa3+ 28. Kf2 $14) 27. Qxe3 Bxb5+ 28. Kf2 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Bc6 $10
) 23. Rc1 {/\c6} Nf6 (23... Qh4+ 24. g3 Qh6 25. Bc4 $16) 24. Qe5 $1 (24. Qxb7
Qh4+ 25. Kd1 Qf2 26. Rc2 e2+ 27. Bxe2 Qxd4+ 28. Ke1 Qa1+ 29. Bd1 Qxa3 $13)
24... Qh4+ 25. Kd1 $16 {/\Bc4} Rab8 (25... a6 26. c6 bxc6 27. bxc6 $16) 26. Bc4
a6 27. Bxe6+ Bxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. b6 Rbe8 $2 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Qc4 $18 e2+
32. Kd2 Qf2 33. Rhe1 Qe3+ (33... Rd8 34. Kc3 Qe3+ 35. Qd3 Nd5+ 36. Kc2 $18) 34.
Kc2 Kg7 35. Qd3 Qe6 36. Kb2 Nd5 37. Rc2 Qf6 38. Rcxe2 Re3 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Qe4
Qc6 41. Rxe3 Qb5+ 42. Rb3 Qc4 43. Qd3 Qa4 44. g3 Kf7 45. h4 Kf6 46. g4 Kg7 47.
h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kh6 49. Qd2+ Kxh5 50. Qh2+ Kg6 51. Qd6+ Nf6 52. f4 Kf7 53. f5
Ng4 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. Qc8+ Kf7 56. Qxb7+ Kf6 57. Qe4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 d6 $6 (11... Re8 {>=} 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d6
$6 (13. g3 $142 d6 14. Bg2) 13... Ne4 14. Bb2 b5 $1 {/\Ra6} 15. Qd4 Qg5 $36)
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nc3 $1 (13. Ng3 Qe7+ $1 14. Be2 Qe5 15. Be3 Bg4 $1 16. Bd4
Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 gxf6 20. O-O Rd8 $15 {Hansen,
Cu-Winants,L/Antwerpen (01) 1993}) 13... Ng4 {N} (13... Bf5 14. Be2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. O-O Qf6 17. Ra2 Qg6 18. f3 Bb1 19. Rd2 Nd7 20. Bb2 Bf5 21. Qe1
$16 {Gligoric,S-Nikolic,Pr/Jugoslavija (ch) 1984}) 14. Qd4 (14. Be2 $2 Nxf2 15.
Kxf2 Qf6+ $17) 14... Qf6 (14... Re8+ 15. Be2 Qh4 (15... Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17.
Bf4 Bg4 18. f3 Rc8 19. fxg4 Rxc3 20. Bxd6 Nxd5 21. Bf3 $16) 16. h3 $16 {/\0-0})
15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 $5) 16... Re8 17. Kd2 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] ><b6,
d6} Nbd7 18. f3 h6 (18... Re5 19. Bd4 Rg5 20. h4 $16) 19. Bd4 (19. Bb5 Re5 20.
Bd4 Rg5 21. g4 Nxd5 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. h4 Nxc3 24. hxg5 Nb5 $132) (19. Be2 $5
Re5 20. Bd4 Rg5 21. g4 Nxd5 22. h4 Nxc3 23. hxg5 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 hxg5 25. Rhd1
$16) 19... Ne5 $1 20. Bxb6 Bf5 21. Bd4 (21. Bc7 $2 Rac8 22. Bxd6 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4
Rxc4 $44) 21... Rec8 22. Be2 Nc4+ (22... Nfd7 23. Rhc1 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25.
Nb5 $16) 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rhc1 Rh4 $2 (25... Rac8 26. Ne4 (26.
Nb5 Rc2+ 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Ke3 $16) 26... Bxe4 27. fxe4 $16) (25... Rd4+ $1
26. Ke3 Rd3+ (26... Rh4 27. g4 Bg6 28. Nb5 $16) 27. Kf4 Bg6 28. Ne4 (28. Kg3
Kg7 29. a4 Rd4 30. b5 b6 $14) 28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rdxa3 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. Rc7
b5 32. Rb7 Ra2 33. g3 Rxh2 34. Rxb5 Rb2 $14) 26. h3 Re8 27. g4 Bg6 28. Rh1 h5
29. a4 Kf8 $6 (29... f5 $142) 30. a5 Ra8 31. Ne2 Kg7 32. Nf4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rxh1
34. Rxh1 $18 b6 35. Ra1 bxa5 36. bxa5 Kh6 37. a6 Kg5 38. Ne2 f5 39. gxf5 (39.
Nd4 $5 fxg4 40. fxg4 Kxg4 41. Nb5 Be4 42. a7 $18) 39... Bxf5 40. a7 Bd7 41. Ke3
Kf6 42. Nd4 Ke7 43. Nc6+ Kf6 44. Ra3 Kf5 45. Kd4 Kf4 46. Rb3 f5 47. Rb8 Bxc6
48. dxc6 Rxa7 49. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. Bg2 d6 12. O-O (12. h3 Bf5 13. O-O Ne4 $10)
12... a6 13. Bf4 {N} (13. h3 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. b3 h6 17. Bb2 Rc8
18. Nce2 a5 19. Rc1 Qb6 $10 {Alterman,B-Yu Shaoteng/Beijing op/1995}) 13... Bg4
14. Qd2 (14. h3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nh5 $10 16. Bd2 $2 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxg3 $17) 14...
Nbd7 $1 (14... h6 {/\Nh5} 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Be3 $14) 15. b4 Ba7 16. Bxd6 (16. h3
Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Ne5 $10) 16... Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Ng4 {/\Nf2} 18. Rac1 (18. Bf4 $5 Qf6
(18... g5 $6 19. Bxg5 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Qxg5 21. d6 Rb8 22. Rad1 $14) (18... Qb6 $2
19. Nc3 $16) 19. Rad1 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 g5 22. d6 Rab8 23. Kg1 gxf4
24. Nxf4 $44) 18... Ne3 $1 19. Rfe1 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf6 $10 21. Bc5 b6 (21...
Qxd5+ $6 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxa7 Rxa7 24. Nc3 $14) 22. Be3 Nxd5 23. Bd4 (23. Bg5
f6 24. Rcd1 fxg5 25. Qxd5+ Qxd5+ 26. Rxd5 Rac8 27. Rxg5 (27. Kf1 h6 28. Rd7 Bb8
$10) 27... Rc2 28. Kf1 Ra2 $10) 23... b5 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Nd4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1
Nf6 27. Qf4 Rd7 28. Nf5 g6 29. Qg5 h5 (29... Rd5 $4 30. Qxf6 $16) (29... Nd5
$10) 30. h3 Nd5 (30... Rd5 31. g4) 31. Qxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Horvath,T Marin Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6.
a3 Ba5 7. g3 (7. Rb1 {Horvath,T} Na6 8. f3 O-O 9. d5 d6 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5
Nh5 $13 {Alexandrov-Romanishin/Nikolaev/1995}) (7. Bd2 {Horvath,T} O-O 8. g3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Bb7 13. Bg2 h6 $10 {
Delchev-Wojtkiewicz/Odorheiu/1995}) 7... Bb7 8. d5 exd5 (8... b5 $5 9. Bg2 bxc4
10. O-O (10. e4 {Ftacnik} O-O (10... exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O d6 {
Ibragimov-Serper/Sankt Peterburg/1994} 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Ne4 Qb6 16.
Nd4 Nhf6 17. Nf5 Nxe4 18. Qg4 g6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qxd7 Nf6 21. Qa4 Rfe8 22. Bg5
Kg7 23. Qxc4 h6 24. Bxf6+ {Ibragimov,I-Serper,G/St.Petersburg op (04)/1994/0-1
(46)}) 11. O-O d6 12. h3 Bxc3 (12... exd5 13. exd5 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bxd6
Nb6 16. Bxc5 Nbxd5 17. Nb5 Bc7 18. Rc1 Be5 19. Rxc4 Qd7 20. a4 Ba6 21. Ned4
Rac8 22. Qc1 h5 23. h4 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 {Marinelli,T-Grosar,A/Mitropa Cup/1995/
1-0 (46)}) 13. Nxc3 exd5 14. exd5 Nbd7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. g4 Qxb2 17. Ne4 Qd4 18.
Bxd6 Rfe8 19. Nxc5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rad8 22. d6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Re6
24. Rac1 {Shulman,Y-Itkis,B/Nikolaev zt (06)/1995/1-0 (67)}) 10... O-O (10...
Bxc3 11. Nxc3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bc3 Qg5 16. f4
Qf5 17. e4 Qh3 18. f5 Rab8 19. f6 g6 20. Rf4 Qh6 21. Bxc4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23.
Qxd4 Qg5 24. b4 {Jelen,Ig-Grosar,A/SLO-ch/1993/0.5 (54)}) 11. e4 $13) (8... Ne4
9. Bg2 (9. Bd2 {Ftacnik} Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Nxc3 e5
14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. e4 Ba6 17. b3 Qh4 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Re3 f5 20.
exf5 Nf6 21. Re6 Bc8 22. Nb5 Rd8 23. Rxd6 Bxf5 24. Rxd8 {Jelen,Iz-Grosar,A/
SLO-ch/1992/1-0 ch91}) 9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 d6 $13 (11... d6 12.
O-O e5 13. e4 Nd7 14. f4 Qe7 15. Rf2 h5 16. f5 f6 17. h4 O-O-O 18. g4 hxg4 19.
Qxg4 Rh7 20. Bf3 Rdh8 21. Rh2 Kc7 22. h5 Nf8 23. Be3 Ba6 24. Be2 {Garcia
Palermo,C-Romanishin,O/Szirak (09)/1986/0-1 (41)})) 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. b4 $1 {N} (
10. cxd5 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. b4 $6 (12. f4 $142 {Horvath,T /\Kf2}) 12... Bc4
13. f4 d6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Kf2 Nbd7 16. Re1 Rb8 17. e4 Qa5 18. Re3 Bb3 19. Qe2
Nb6 $15 {Shirov,A-Sokolov,I/Pardubice 1994 Sirov,A-Sokolov,I Pardubice 1994})
10... cxb4 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 {[#]} O-O {Shirov,A-Sdubice/
1994/0.5 (41)} (13... Qf6 $2 14. Qe4+ Kd8 15. Rxa6 Bxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Bd2
$18) (13... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 14. Qe4+ Kf8 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16. Qxa7 Bxh1 17. Qxb6 $1)
14. Qxa8 (14. O-O {Marin} Qf6 15. Bd2 Qc6 $17) 14... Qf6 15. Bd2 (15. O-O {
Ftacnik} Nc6 (15... Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxa6 Nxa6 18. Qxa7 Qxc4 $2) 16.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. Rxa6 (17. Bd2 {Marin} Bxc4) 17... Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Qxc3 $10) (15.
Bb2 {Marin} Nc6 16. Qxf8+ Bxf8 17. Rxa6 Nb4 18. Ra4 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxb2 $19) (15.
Qg2 {Marin} Bxc3+ $19) 15... Nc6 (15... Bxc4 $2 16. Qe4 d5 17. Qf4 $18) 16.
Qxf8+ Bxf8 (16... Kxf8 17. Rxa6 Ne5 18. Rxa7 $5 (18. Nd4 $18) 18... Nd3+ 19.
Kd1 Nxf2+ 20. Kc1 Qc6 21. Rf1 Nd3+ 22. Kc2 $18) 17. Rxa6 (17. O-O {Ftacnik}
Bxc4 $1) 17... Ne5 (17... Nb4 {Marin} 18. Ne4 Nd3+ 19. Kd1 Qb2 {(/\ 20...Qb3#)}
20. Be1 Qb3+ 21. Kd2 Qxc4 $19) 18. Rxa7 $4 (18. f4 Qc6 19. e4 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Qc5
21. Be1 Qe3 22. Kg2 Bb4 23. Rxa7 h5 24. Ra1 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nxe1+ 26. Rhxe1 Qxc3
$10) (18. Nf4 Qc6 19. Ncd5 (19. e4 Qxc4 20. Rxa7 Nf3+ 21. Kd1 Qd4 $15) 19...
Qxc4 20. Rxa7 Nd3+ 21. Nxd3 Qxd5 22. O-O Qxd3 $15) (18. Nd4 $1 Nxc4 (18... Bc5
19. Rxa7 h6 20. Ncb5 Nxc4 21. Bc3 $16) 19. Nd1 (19. Rxa7 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 Qxf2+
21. Nce2 $16) (19. f4 $5 $16) 19... Nxd2 20. Kxd2 h6 21. Rxa7 $16) 18... Nd3+
19. Kd1 (19. Kf1 {Ftacnik} Qxf2#) 19... Nxf2+ 20. Kc2 Nxh1 $19 21. Nd4 {
/\Ra8,Nd5,Bb4} (21. Ra8 Qc6 22. Rb8 Qxc4 23. Rxb6 Nf2 $19) 21... Qf1 $1 22. Rc7
(22. Kb3 Qg2 23. Be1 Qg1 24. Nc2 Qxh2 $19) (22. Rxd7 {Ftacnik} Qxc4 $19) 22...
Nf2 23. Rc8 Qd3+ 24. Kc1 f6 25. Rd8 (25. Nd5 Kf7 $19) 25... Qxc4 26. Rxd7 Qf1+
27. Kb2 Nd3+ 28. Kc2 Nc5 29. Ra7 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 h5 31. Ra8 Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg6 33.
Ra8 Bd6 34. Kd1 (34. Rd8 {Ftacnik} Nb3+ $1 35. Nxb3 Ba3+ 36. Kd1 Qxd8 $1) 34...
Be5 (34... Be5 35. Rd8 Nb3 36. Ne6 Qf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Psakhis} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3
Be7 8. Nf4 (8. d5 $5 {Psakhis}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bg5
(11... Bf6 {Psakhis} 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O g6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4
Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. b4 Bg7 22. Rc1
$14 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Yegiazarian,A/Erevan op 1996 (28)}) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1
Qd6 $1 $146 {Also possible} (13... Bxf4 $5 {Psakhis} 14. Bxf4 Qh4 {and is not
easy for White to get better chances, for instance} (14... Qf6) 15. Qd2 Be6 16.
Rac1 Rfe8 17. Be3 h6 18. Bb1 Rac8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qd2 Kh7 $11 {Supatashvili,
K-Christiansen,L/Yerevan ol 1996 (61) 0-1}) 14. Ne6 {N/ Interesting novelty,
after theoretical} (14. Qh5 {Psakhis} h6 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5
hxg5 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 a6 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,
M-Supatashvili,K/Perm op 1997 (39) it,s almost imposible foe white to get real
chances for victory.}) 14... Bxe6 (14... Bxc1 $2 {Psakhis} 15. Nxf8 Bxb2 16.
Re8 $18) 15. Bxg5 Qd7 $1 16. Rc1 Rfe8 (16... Bf5 {Psakhis} 17. Bb5) (16... a6
$5 {Psakhis}) 17. Bb5 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. b4 Rc8 $1 (19... h6 $5 {Psakhis})
20. Be3 a6 (20... Qd6 $5 {Psakhis}) 21. Ba4 Qd8 22. Bb3 Na7 23. Rc5 (23. Rxc8 {
Psakhis} Nxc8 24. Qh5 Qd7 $11) 23... Be6 24. Qh5 Rxc5 $2 (24... h6 25. Bc2 (25.
h3 Rxc5 26. bxc5 Nc6 27. Bc2 Qf6 28. Qd1 Bf5 $11) 25... b6 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27.
Qd1 Bf5 $11) (24... b6 $142 $5 {Psakhis} 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 $140 26. Bc2 h6 27. Bxh6
$6 gxh6 28. Qxh6 f6 $8 $15) 25. dxc5 Nc6 (25... d4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Bxd4 $18)
26. Bc2 h6 $4 {Psakhis: Epishin doesn,t want to weaken datk squares on the
king,s side, but move in the game allows quick and dangerous attack} (26... g6
$142 27. Qf3 (27. Qh6 Qf6 28. h3 Bf5 29. Bb3 Be6 $11) 27... d4 28. Bd2 Qd5 $14)
27. Bxh6 gxh6 (27... Qf6 28. Bc1 Qc3 29. Qd1 Nd4 30. Bd3 $16) 28. Qxh6 Qd7 $2 (
28... f6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxb7 $16) (28... d4 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. h4 Ne7 31. Bf5+
Kg8 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kf8 34. Kf1 d3 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Ke1 $18) 29. Bh7+
Kh8 30. f4 $18 d4 (30... Qe8 $5 {Psakhis} 31. Kf2 (31. Be4+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8
33. f5 Ke7 $1 34. fxe6 (34. Qh4+ f6 35. fxe6 (35. Qh7+ Bf7 36. Bxd5 Kd8 $1 $17)
35... dxe4 36. Qxe4 Qg8 $17) 34... dxe4 35. exf7 Qxf7 36. Qxe4+ Qe6 $13) 31...
Bd7 32. Be4+ (32. f5 d4 $1) 32... Kg8 33. Bxd5 Nd4 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qh5 $16) (
30... Qc7 {Psakhis} 31. Bd3+ (31. Bf5+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Bxe6 Qxf4) 31...
Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. f5 Qe5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qh4 $16) 31. f5 d3 (31... f6 {
Psakhis} 32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. fxe6 Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Be4 $18) 32. fxe6 {
Psakhis: Winning in any case, but why not} (32. Bg6+ {Psakhis} Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8
34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. f6# {mate}) 32... Qd4+ 33. Kf1 Qa1+ 34. Kf2 Ne5 (34... Qd4+ {
Psakhis} 35. Kg3 Qe5+ 36. Kh3 Qxe6+ 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Bxd3 $18) 35. Bxd3+ Kg8
36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Bg6+ (37. Bg6+ {Psakhis} Kg8 38. exf7+ Nxf7 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40.
Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {In our previous games Boris opted for 4.
Nf3,but now for some reason he decides to deviate from variation which braught
him two wins one of which was a result of good opening preeparation!} O-O 5.
Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O ({Nothing promises} 9. dxc5 $5
Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxc5 11. b4 (11. Ke2 b6 12. Nd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. b4 Be7 15.
Bb2 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 $14 {Byrne,S-Norris,D/AUS-ch 1995 (27)}) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 a6
13. Ke2 b5 14. Bb3 Nbd7 15. Rac1 {with equal position;1/2-1/2 Garcia,
R-Rubinetti,J/Buenos Aires CA 1972}) 9... cxd4 (9... a6 $5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4
(11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Maiwald,J-Nielsen,
P/Budapest FS02 GM 1993}) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
f3 Nc6 16. Kf2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zueger,B-Liao,Y/Thessaloniki olm 1988
}) (9... Nbd7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bd2 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 $132 {Pavlovic,S-Todorovic,G/Nis op 1993}) (9... Nc6 $5 10. d5 Ne5
11. Ba2 exd5 12. Nfxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qb6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qf3 $14 {Sustek,V-Rigo,
Z/SVK-ch 1996/0-1 (60)}) 10. exd4 Nbd7 $5 ({Another possibility is} 10... Nc6
11. d5 Ne5 12. Ba2 exd5 13. Nfxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Qb3 $14 {and despite
of seeming simplicity white has very annoying pressure;Hoffman,A-Quiroga,F/
Clarin op 1995 (28)}) 11. Be3 {Accepting the fact that black won an opening
battle.The only chanse to fight for the advantage was} (11. Qf3 $5 Nb6 12. Bd3
Qxd4 13. Be3 (13. Rd1 Qe5 14. Be3 Nbd5 15. Ncxd5 exd5) 13... Qd8 14. Rfd1 Nbd7
(14... Nbd5 $6 15. Bc4 $1 $16) 15. Qh3 $44 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8][%cal Ga1c1,Gc3b5]
with compensation for the pawn.}) 11... Nb6 12. Bd3 $6 {Dubious decision
permitting black to sieze the initiative.Better was} (12. Bb3 $5 Bd7 13. d5
Nbxd5 14. Ncxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rc1 $14 {
and white has the symbolic advantage,but draw seems to be the most likely
result.}) 12... Bd7 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Qg3 (14. Qh3) 14... g6 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf4]
Usually in this kind of position white knight is placed on e5 and white's
initiative on the kingside is quiet dangerou,but with the knight on f4 black
has nothing to worry about.} 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Rad1 (16. Rac1 $5) 16... Na4 $1
17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. Rd2 (18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bc6 20. Bc4 $1 (20. d5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxa7 Bf6 $15) 20... Qa5 $1 (20... Bd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3) 21.
Nd3 Bd5 $15) 18... Bc6 19. Bb1 Qd7 $2 {Bad move permitting white to equalize.
Nothing promised} (19... Be4 $6 20. Ba2 Bd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 $11 {and
position is equal,but after logical 19...Qa5! black keeps small,but longlating
edge.}) 20. d5 $1 $13 Nxd5 $8 21. Bxa7 ({White could force a draw after} 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ (24. Bd4+ Bf6 25. Re4 Qh7) 24...
Kg8 25. Qg6+ $11 (25. Rd4 $2 Bf6 26. Rg4+ Bg7 $19)) 21... Qc7 (21... Bd6 $5 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 (22... Bxg3 $4 23. Nf6+ $18) 23. Qh4 $5 (23. Qh3 Rfd8 24. Bd4 (24.
Bb6 $2 Bxg2 $1 25. Qxg2 Bxh2+ 26. Qxh2 Qxd2 $17) 24... Bf4 25. Rdd1 Qe7 26. Qg4
Qg5 27. Qxg5 Bxg5 $15) 23... Rfd8 (23... Rc4 24. Rd4 Rfc8 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qf6
Be7 27. Qe5) 24. Bd4 $132) 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bd4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Petran, Pal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. d5 d6 10. g3 (10. Ng3 exd5 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nc7 13.
Bxf6 (13. e4 Re8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Bb5 17. Bxb5 Nxb5 18. Qd3
Nd4 19. Rbe1 Rac8 20. f4 Qg6 21. Re3 f6 22. Ne2 {Lautier,J-Romanishin,O/
Polanica Zdroj 52/(572)/1991/0.5 (22)}) 13... Qxf6 14. Be2 Qe5 15. e4 f5 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. O-O Raf8 19. Bg4 Rf4 20. Re1 Qg5 21. f3 Kh8 22. Be6
Rxf3 23. Qe2 R3f4 24. g3 {Brancaleoni,M-Valenti,G/Forli op (06)/1992/0-1 (37)})
11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nc7 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O Qg5 16. Rbd1 f5
17. f4 Qe7 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nb5 21. Qd3 Qh4 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23.
Nxf5 Qg4 24. Ne3 {Jelen,Iz-Grosar,A/Maribor Pirc (04)/1994/0-1 (46)}) (10. e4
exd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Re8 14. Bd3 f5 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qxb5
fxe4 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Qe3 a5 20. O-O a4 21. Bc3 {Chevallier,
D-Spassky,B/FRA-chT/1991/0.5 (21)}) (10. Nf4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13.
f3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Nc7 15. Qd2 f5 16. f4 Bd7 17. Be2 exf4 18. exf4 Qh4+ 19. g3
Qh3 20. Kf2 Ne8 21. Bf1 Qh6 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Bd3 Rae8 24. Rhe1 {Kasparov,
G-Romanishin,O/URS-ch47 Minsk/1979/0.5 (45)}) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Nxc3
Nc7 13. Bc1 $5 (13. Bg2 Ba6 $1) 13... Re8 14. Bg2 Ba6 $1 15. f3 (15. f4 $5 {
/\ Kf2}) 15... Bc4 $1 16. f4 Qd7 17. b3 Ba6 18. h3 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 (19...
Qxb5 20. Bf1 Qa5+ 21. b4 (21. Bd2 Rxe3+ 22. Kf2 Ne4+ 23. Kxe3 Nxd2 24. Bxa6
Nxb1 $19) 21... cxb4 22. axb4 Qa2 23. Rb2 Qa1 $17) 20. Qc2 Re7 21. Kf2 Rae8 22.
g4 Ba6 23. Re1 {/\ e4} Ne4+ 24. Kg1 (24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bb2 Qe7 $17) 24... h5
25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Qd3 Nf6 27. Bb2 (27. f5 Ne4 28. Bb2 b5 $17) 27... hxg4 $1 28.
Bxf6 (28. hxg4 Nxg4 $17) 28... gxf3 29. Bxe7 Qxh3 30. Rb2 (30. Qf1 Qg3+ 31. Kh1
f2 $1 32. Red1 (32. Re2 Bxd5+ $19) 32... Rxe7 $19) 30... Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Rxe7 32.
Rf2 (32. Qd2 Ba6+ $19) 32... Bc8 33. f5 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Bxf5 35. Qf1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1
Bh3 37. Rxf3 Bg2+ $1 38. Qxg2 (38. Kg1 Bxf3+) 38... Qxe1+ 39. Kh2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Murcia m"]
[Site "Murcia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rad1
Rc7 15. Qh3 Ne7 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Qg3 Rd7 18. d5 $3 exd5 (18... Bxd5 19. Bb5 $1
Rd6 (19... Rc7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qb3 $16) (19... Rb7 20. Nxd5
exd5 21. Bc6 Rb8 22. Bxd5 $16) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ne4 $1 $16) 19. Bf5 Re7 (19...
Rd6 20. Nb5 Rc6 21. Nxa7 $16) 20. h4 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rfe1 Re7 (22... Rd8
23. h5 Nf8 24. h6 $36) 23. Nb5 Rfe8 (23... a6 24. Nd6 Bc6 25. Nc8 Rxe1+ 26.
Rxe1 b5 $2 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Ne7+ $18) 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Bh3 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8
(26... Nxc8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxd5 $16) 27. Nxa7 Rc2 28. b4 Kf8 29. Be3 Nf5 30.
Bxb6 Ng4 (30... Nxh4 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. Re1+) 31. Bc5+ Ke8 32. Nb5 Ra2 33. Nc3
Rxa3 34. Nxd5 f6 35. b5 Rb3 36. b6 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-A"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3
O-O 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Kf2 (11. e4 b4 (11... Re8 12. Ng3 b4 13. axb4
cxb4 14. Nb5 b3+ 15. Kf2 Bb6+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Kxe3 Nb4 18. Bc4 Qb6+ 19. Ke2
Ba6 20. Qxb3 Nfxd5 {0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Del Rio Angelis,S/Santa Clara/1999/ (20)}
) 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nbd4 b3+ 15. Kf2 Nc5 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Be3 Bxd5
18. Rc1 Bxe4 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxb3 Qc7 21. Nxa5 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Sambuev,B/
St. Petersburg/1998/ (37)}) 11... b4 12. Nb5 d6 {The position has got a
distinct features of Ben Oni structure with black dark squared bishop on
unusual square a5.} (12... Bb7 13. e4 Qb6 14. Nf4 $13) 13. axb4 (13. e4 $5)
13... Nxb4 (13... cxb4 14. e4 Bb6+ 15. Ned4 Ne8 16. g4 $14) 14. Nec3 $6 (14. e4
) 14... Bb6 15. Bc4 (15. e4 Ne8 16. g4 a6 17. Na3 Nf6 18. Nc4 Bc7 $13) 15...
Nd7 $5 16. Ne4 (16. Nxd6 Ne5 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Be2 (18. b3 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qh4+
20. g3 Qxc4 $17) 18... c4 19. Kf1 Ned3 20. Bxd3 Nxd3 21. Qe2 f5 $36) (16. Na3
Ne5 17. b3 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qf6 $40) 16... Ne5 17. b3 (17. Be2 c4 (17... Bb7 18. f4
Ng6 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. Nexd6 a6 21. Nf5 Qe4 22. Nfd6 Qxb1 23. Nc3 Qa1 24. Nxb7 $13
) 18. b3 Nbd3+ 19. Kf1 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 cxb3 21. Rxb3 Ba6 $13) 17... f5 (17... Bc7
18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Bb2 Qe7 $15) (17... a6 $5 18. Nbc3 (18. Nbxd6 $2 f5 19. Nxc8
fxe4 20. Nxb6 exf3 21. Nxa8 fxg2+ 22. Kg1 Qh4 $19) 18... f5 $17) 18. Nexd6 (18.
Ng3 a6 19. Nc3 Qh4 $17) 18... a6 $1 19. Nxc8 axb5 20. Nxb6 (20. Ne7+ $2 Kh8 (
20... Qxe7 $2 21. d6+ $18) 21. Bxb5 Qxe7 $19) 20... Qxb6 21. Be2 Rfd8 {[%mdl
2048] The early middlegame went rather badly for white, despite two bishops
and extra pawn he is in critical position. Black pieces are very active and
white king is far from safe.} 22. f4 (22. Qf1 Rxd5 23. Bxb5 Ra2+ 24. Kg1 Qd6 $1
$19 (24... Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxb5 $19)) (22. Bb2 $5 Rxd5 23. Bxe5 Rxd1 24. Rhxd1
$17) (22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 c4+ 24. Be3 Rf8+ 25. Bf3 Ra2+ $19) 22... Rxd5 23.
fxe5 (23. Qf1 Ned3+ 24. Kg1 Ra2 25. Qf3 Qe6 $19) (23. Bd2 Ra2 $19) 23... Rxd1
24. Rxd1 Qe6 (24... Rb8 25. Rd6 Qa7 26. Bd2 Qe7 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Rbd1 Qxe5 29.
R6d5 Qxh2 $17) 25. Bxb5 Ra2+ (25... Qxe5 26. Bb2 Qe4 (26... Ra2 $2 27. Rd2 Qb8
28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. Rbd1 $13) 27. Rbc1 f4 28. exf4 Ra2 29. Bc4+ Kf8 30. Rb1 Qc2+
$19) 26. Bb2 $2 (26. Rb2 Qxb3 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Ke6 29. Rdd2 Rxb2 30. Bxb2
Nd5 $19) (26. Kg1 Qxe5 $19) (26. Rd2 $1 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 Qxe5 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29.
Bc4+ Kf8 $17) 26... Qxb3 $1 {Milos plays a brave move and calculates properly,
that black king can survive on the g5 square.} (26... Qxe5 27. Rd2 Qb8 28. Bc4+
Kf8 29. Rbd1 $13) 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Rd7+ Ke6 (28... Kg6 $1) 29. Rd6+ Ke7 30.
Rd7+ Kf8 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kg6 $1 33. Rd6+ (33. Rd2 c4 34. Be8+ Kh6 $19)
33... Kg5 34. h4+ (34. Be2 g6 $1 (34... Rxb2 $2 35. h4+ $1 Kxh4 36. Rh1+ Kg5
37. Rh5#) 35. e6 Rxb2 36. e7 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Qc2+ 38. Kf3 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Qxe7 $19)
34... Kxh4 35. Be2 Kg5 (35... c4 $4 36. Rh1+ Kg5 37. Rh5#) 36. Rd2 (36. Rh1 g6
37. Bc1 Nd3+ 38. Rxd3 Qxd3 39. e4+ f4 $19) 36... Nd5 (36... Nc2 37. Rd3 Qb4 $19
) 37. Rbd1 (37. Rd3 Qc2 38. Rxd5 Qxb1 39. Bc3 Rc2 40. Ba5 Qa2 $19) 37... Qxe3+
38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Ra4 41. Bc1 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 (5... d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 $14 {Korchnoi-Karpov, m (5) Baguio 1978}) 6.
exd4 O-O (6... d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 $5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 $14
{Korchnoi-Karpov, m (3) Baguio 1978}) 7. a3 Be7 (7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 $14) 8. Nf4
$6 (8. d5 $1 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. Na4 Bf8 12. Bg2 $14 {
Polugaevski-Cholmov, URS-ch 1961}) (8. g3 $5) 8... d5 9. cxd5 (9. c5 Nc6 {/\e5=
}) (9. Be3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ncxd5 exd5 $10 {Ree-Olafsson, Wijk aan Zee
1976}) 9... Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bg5 $1 $10 (12... Bf6 13.
Be3 {/\Bf3+/=}) 13. Bf3 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Qb3 (16. Qd2 h6 {
/\Bf5,e4}) 16... Be6 17. Qxb7 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Ng3 Bb7 (9... d5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bd3 d4 12. Nce4 dxe3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. fxe3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Rd8 $132 {Nenashev,A-Nasybullin,V/URS-tch Azov/1991/})
10. f3 $5 {N} (10. b4 cxb4 11. Nce2 Qe7 12. Qb3 bxa3 13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. Qxb7
Rab8 $19 {Psakhis,L}) (10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Nf5+ Kh8 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Bxa6 Qe7 $17 {Magerramov,E-Psakhis,L/Klaipeda/
1988/}) (10. Bd3 $5 $13 {Psakhis,L}) 10... cxd4 (10... d5 $5) 11. exd4 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 (12. Bxc3 d5 13. b3 Qd6 $132) 12... d6 13. Bd3 Nb8 (13... Nc7 14. O-O Nce8
15. f4 g6 16. Qe2 Ng7 $13) 14. O-O Nbd7 15. f4 $1 Qc7 (15... g6 16. f5 $5 exf5
17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 $40) 16. f5 e5 17. Nh5 Rac8 (17... Nxh5 18.
Qxh5 Nf6 19. Qh4 Rfe8 20. Bg5 $40) 18. d5 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qd8 (19... e4 $6 20.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Be2 $16) 20. Bg5 Kh8 21. Qe1 $1 Qc7 22. Nxf6 gxf6 (22... Nxf6
23. Qh4 Qe7 24. Rf3 $40) 23. Be3 Rg8 (23... Nc5 $2 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. Rf3 Rg8 26.
Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Rh3+ Kg7 28. Bh6+ Kh7 29. Bf8#) 24. Qh4 Rg7 25. Rf3 Rcg8 26.
Kh1 Qd8 (26... Rxg2 $2 27. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 28. Rh3+ Kg7 29. Bh6+) 27. Rh3 Nf8 28.
Bh6 Rg4 (28... Rxg2 29. Bxf8 $18) 29. Qh5 Nd7 30. Qxf7 R8g7 (30... Rxg2 31.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Bf8#) 31. Bxg7+ Rxg7 32. Qh5 Nc5 33. Bc2 Qg8 34. Qh4 Rg5 (34...
Rxg2 35. Qxf6+ Rg7 36. Rg1 $18) 35. Re1 Qg7 36. Ree3 Rxg2 37. Reg3 Rxg3 38.
Rxg3 Qf8 39. Rg6 b5 (39... Nd7 40. Ba4 $18) 40. Rxf6 Qe7 41. Qh6 {Ftacnik,L}
1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3 (
8. Bd2 O-O (8... Qe7 9. Nf4 (9. Ng3 Bb7 10. d5 O-O 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nc7
13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Rxb4 Qxb4 16. Nce4 Qa3 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. e4 Kh8
19. O-O Rg8 20. Be3 Ne8 21. Bh5 Qe7 22. Qf3 Rg5 23. Bd4 Re5 24. Bg4 $40 {
Vajser-Rashkovsky/Sverdlovsk 1L/1984/}) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12.
Rc1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 O-O 14. O-O Nc7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rab8 17. Rd1 d6 18.
Rcd3 Rfd8 19. R1d2 Ne8 20. Qd1 Qb7 21. Ne2 Qa6 22. Qc2 Rdc8 23. Rc3 Rc7 24. d5
$10 {Reinemer,F-Galliamova,A/Dortmund op-A/1992/}) 9. Nf4 (9. Ng3 d5 10. dxc5
bxc5 11. Bd3 d4 12. Nce4 dxe3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. fxe3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Rd8 16.
Rf1 Qh4 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Rd1 e5 19. Rf2 Bg4 20. Rc1 Qh4 21. Qc3 Qxh2 22. Nf1 Qh6
23. Be4 Rab8 24. Qxe5 $15 {Nenashev,A-Nasybullin,V/URS-chT Azov/1991/}) 9...
Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Be2 Qg5 13. Bf3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {
0,5/Timoschenko-Psakhis/Sverdlovsk/1987/}) 8... Bb7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. d5
Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf5+ Kh8 15. Nd6 Bc6 16.
Bxa6 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qe5 18. Bd3 Nf4 19. Bc2 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Be4 21. Rg5 f6 22. Rg4
Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Ng2+ 24. Rxg2 $17 {Magerramov-Psakhis/Klaipeda/1988/}) (10. f3
cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Bd3 Nb8 14. O-O Nbd7 15. f4 Qc7 16. f5 e5
17. Nh5 Rac8 18. d5 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Bg5 Kh8 21. Qe1 Qc7 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23.
Be3 Rg8 24. Qh4 $40 {Rechlis,G-Psakhis,L/Tel Aviv (06)/1992/}) 10... cxd4 11.
exd4 Bxc3 (11... Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bb7 13. Nh5 Nxh5 (13... g6 14. Bg5 $18) 14. Bxh7+
Kxh7 15. Qxh5+ Kg8 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kh7 18. Bg5+ Kg8 19. Bxd8 Bxc3+ 20.
Ke2 Rfxd8 21. Qh6 Be4 22. Rg1+ Bg6 23. bxc3 $16) 12. bxc3 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14.
Qe2 (14. f3 e5 15. Qe2 $140 exd4 16. Bxa6 Rfe8) 14... Nb8 (14... Qa5 15. O-O
$14) 15. f3 Qa2 $5 16. Ne4 (16. Bc1 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Rc8 $132) 16... Nxe4 17.
fxe4 (17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. O-O Qxa3) 17... Ba6 18. O-O (18. Bxa6
Qxb1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. Bb7 Nd7 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 $19) 18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxa3 20.
Qg3 f6 21. Bf4 (21. Bh6 Qe7) 21... e5 $1 (21... Nd7 22. Bd6) 22. dxe5 Qc5+ 23.
Kh1 (23. Be3 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. Rd7 Rd8 28. Rc7
Rd6 $15) 23... Nc6 24. e6 $6 (24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rbd1 Qc4 $13) (24. Bh6 Qe7 25.
exf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 $13) 24... Ne5 25. h3 Rfe8 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5
28. c4 (28. Rf7 Rxe6 29. Rb7 Rc6 30. Rd1 Rxc3 31. Rdd7 Rg3 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33.
Rxa7 Re3 $17) 28... Rxe6 29. c5 bxc5 30. Rb7 Rf6 31. Rc1 (31. Rd1 Rf7 $17)
31... Rf7 32. Rb5 Rc7 33. Ra5 (33. Rcxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 a5 35. Rxe5 a4 36. Rc5
a3 37. Rc1 a2 38. Ra1 Kf7 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kd2 Kxe4 $19
) 33... c4 34. Rc3 Rb8 35. Ra4 Rd8 36. Raxc4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 a5 38. Ra4 (38. Rc5
Ra8) 38... Ra8 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Rc4+ Kb6 44.
Rc3 Rd8+ 45. Kc2 Rd4 46. Rc8 Rxe4 47. Kd3 Ra4 48. Re8 e4+ 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Re5+
Kd6 51. Rg5 g6 52. h4 e3 53. Kd3 Rxh4 54. Rxa5 Rg4 55. Ra2 Rg3 56. Ke4 h5 57.
Kf4 h4 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Rb2 (59. Ra6+ Kf7 60. Ra2 Kf6 $19) 59... Kf6 60. Kf4 g5+
61. Ke4 Kg6 62. Ra2 Kh5 63. Kf5 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. Bd3 a4 13. O-O Nc6 (13... O-O 14.
f4 g6 15. Kh1 (15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Qd1 Qa5 18. Re3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nf6
20. g4 b6 21. f5 exf5 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Bxa4 b5 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. gxf5 b4 26.
axb4 $10 {Vaiser,A-Damlianovic,B/Sochi/1988/}) 15... Nc6 16. Bc2 Ne7 17. Rae1
b6 18. Rf3 Re8 19. Rfe3 Bc6 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21. g4 Qc7 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Qd6
24. Rh3 Nxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rg1+ $36 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,An (3)/Baguio
City-Wch/1978/}) 14. Rae1 $146 (14. Bc2 Ne7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Qd1 bxc5 17. dxc5
Qa5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qg5 Ng6 21. Re4 O-O 22. Rxa4 Qb5 23. Rxa8
Rxa8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rd1 f6 26. Qe3 $16 {Rechlis,G-Portisch,L/Manila izt/
1990/}) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd5 Bc6 16. Nb6 Ra5 $1 17. Rd1 (17. Qxa5 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 (
18. gxf3 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Bxf3#) 18... Qh4 (18... Nxe1 19. Bb5 $1) 19. h3 Qf4 $19)
17... Rxc5 18. Be4 $5 Qxb6 (18... Bxe4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 (19... Qxb6 20. Qd7+ Kf8
21. Qd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Rc2 24. f3 Bd5 $14) 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Rfd1
Ke7 22. Nxa4 $10) 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Rc1 Rb5 21. Qxa4 Bxe4 (21... Ra5 22. Qc4
Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 $15) 22. Qxe4 Rxb2 23. Rb1 $1 Rc8 24.
g3 g6 25. a4 (25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Rc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kg2 $17) 25... Qb3
26. Rxb2 Qxb2 27. Qb1 $1 Rc2 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. a5 g5 30. Ra1 Kg7 31. a6 bxa6
32. Rxa6 $15 g4 33. Ra4 h5 34. h3 $1 gxh3 35. Rh4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rf1 37. Rf4 e5
38. Rf3 Kg6 39. Kxh3 e4 40. Re3 (40. Rf4 f5 41. Kg2 Rb1 $17) 40... f5 41. Kg2
Rd1 42. Ra3 h4 43. gxh4 Kh5 44. Ra5 Kg4 45. h5 Rd6 46. f3+ $1 exf3+ 47. Kf2
Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rh2 49. Ra8 Rxh5 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Kf4 52. Rb8 Rd2 53. Ra8 Rb2
54. Rc8 f2 55. Rc3 Ke4 56. Ra3 Rd2 57. Rb3 Rd3 58. Rxd3 Kxd3 59. Kxf2 Ke4 60.
Ke2 f4 61. Kf2 f3 62. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
d6 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 Ba6 10. g3 Re8 11. Bg2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14.
bxc3 d6 15. Re1 Nd7 $132 {Zueger,B-Welin,T/Lugano op/1989/}) 9. Ng3 exd5 10.
cxd5 (10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Bb7 $10) 10... Bb7 11. e4 Re8 12. Bb5 (12. f3
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxd5 $17) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 (15. Qg4
Ndf6 16. Qh4 Nxc3 17. Bxe8 Ncxd5 18. Bb5 Ne7 $132) 15... Kxg7 (15... Nxg3 16.
fxg3 Kxg7 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Bxd7 Re7 19. Be6 $16) 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxd7 (17.
Nxe4 Bxd5 $1 18. Qxd7 (18. Nxd6 Rg8 19. Qxd7 Rxg2+ 20. Kh1 Rg1+ $1 21. Kxg1
Qg5+) 18... Rxe4 19. Rad1 Be6 $17) 17... Qxd7 18. Bxd7 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Re7 20.
Bg4 (20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Rc8 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. Rad1 (21. Rfd1 Be6 $17)
21... Bc4 22. Rf4 d5 23. Bf3 Rae8 $1 {Ftacnik,L} (23... Rae8 $1 24. Bxd5 Re1+
25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+ 27. Ke3 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Bxd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nc6 (8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4
11. Nc3 (11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc3 e3 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Kf2 Bd7 $13 {
Knaak,R-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki olm/1988/ ->TD88_06}) 11... f5 {N} (11... Nc6
12. Nxe4 (12. Bb5 f5 $13) 12... Qxd4 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. O-O-O $36)
(11... Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxd4 14. Nxe4 Ke7 15. Kc3 $14 {Garcia
Palermo,C-Laketic,G/Aosta op/1989/}) 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. O-O Bxb5 (13... O-O 14.
Qb3 Bxb5 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nxb5 $16) 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. f3 (15. Qb3 Nd5) 15... e3
(15... exf3 16. Qxf3 Qd5 $6 17. Nc7 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxc5 19. Nxe6 $16) 16. f4 Qf6
17. Qa4 a6 (17... Nd5 18. Nc3 $14) 18. Nc7 (18. Qxb4 axb5 19. Rfe1 Ra4) 18...
e2 (18... Rac8 19. Qxb4 Rxc7 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Rad1 Rd5 22. Rxe3 Rcxc5 23. Qxb7
$16) 19. Rf2 (19. Nxa8 $2 exf1=Q+ 20. Kxf1 Qxd4 $19) 19... Qxd4 (19... Rac8 20.
Qxb4 Rxc7 21. Rxe2 $16) 20. Nxe6 $2 (20. Nxa8 Qd2 (20... Qxc5 21. Qb3 Nc2 22.
Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rc1 e1=Q+ 24. Qxe1 Nxe1 25. Rxc5 Nd3 26. Rc7 $16) 21. Rxe2 Qxe2
22. Qxb4 Rxa8 23. Re1 Qc2 $13) 20... Qe3 $2 (20... Qd2 $1 21. Nxf8 (21. Rxe2
Qxe2 22. Nxf8 Qxb2 $19) 21... e1=Q+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Rf1 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Nd3 25.
Nd7 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Qg1+ $1 $19) 21. Re1 Qxe6 (21... Nd3 22. Rexe2
Qc1+ 23. Rf1 $18) 22. Qxb4 Qxa2 23. Rfxe2 $16 Qd5 24. Re5 Qc6 25. Re7 Rab8 (
25... Rf7 $2 26. Qc4 Raf8 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Re7 Qf6 29. Re8#) 26. R1e6 Qc8 (
26... Qd5 27. Rd6 Qa2 28. Rdd7 $18) 27. Qd4 Rf7 28. Qe5 Qf8 (28... Rxe7 29.
Rxe7 Qf8 30. Rxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qxb8+ Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $18) 29. Re8 {Ftacnik,L}
1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5 d6
(8... exd5 9. cxd5 (9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ba6 $10 {Gurevich,
D-Murey,Y/Beer Sheva/1982/}) 9... Ba6 10. g3 Re8 11. Bg2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13.
O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 d6 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Qa4 Bd3 17. Qd1 Bc4 18. Nc1 Qf6 19. Qd2 b5
20. Rb1 Nb6 21. e4 a6 22. f4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nc4 24. Rxe8+ $13 {Zueger,B-Welin,T/
Lugano op (4)/1989/}) 9. Ng3 Bb7 (9... exd5 $1 10. cxd5 Bb7 11. e4 Re8 12. Bb5
Nbd7 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18.
Bxd7 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Re7 20. Bg4 Bxd5 21. Rad1 Bc4 22. Rf4 d5 23. Bf3 {0-1/
Granda Zuniga,J-Psakhis,L/Aruba (4)/1992/}) (9... Re8 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Bxc3
12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Rad1 g6
18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Ne4 Qe5 20. f4 Qh5 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. Ng3 Rg8 23. Nf5+ Ke6 24.
e4 $18 {Hoi,C-Nielsen,PH/DEN-ch (09)/1992/}) 10. e4 $1 exd5 11. exd5 Bxc3 $6 (
11... Re8+ 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 $14) 12. Bxc3 b5 13. b3 Nbd7 (13...
Re8+ 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O a5 16. a4 $16) 14. Be2 bxc4 15. bxc4 Re8 16. O-O Ba6
(16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bd3 Rh4 19. Re1 $16) 17. Qa4 $1 (17. Re1 Nb6 {xc4}
) 17... Qc8 18. Rfe1 Ne4 (18... Nb6 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. Bd3 $16) 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20.
Bd3 Nb6 21. Qc2 Rh4 (21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 h6 23. Ba1 $16) 22. g3 Rxc4 (22...
Rh6 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Bd2 $16) 23. Bxh7+ $1 (23. Bxc4 Bxc4 $132 {xd5}) 23... Kh8
(23... Kf8 24. Bd3 Ra4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Qh7 $18) 24. Bd3 Ra4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26.
Re7 Rf8 (26... Nxd5 27. Rxf7 Nxc3 28. Qg6 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Qc6+ 30. f3 $18) 27.
Rae1 Qc8 (27... Nxd5 28. Rxf7 $18) 28. R1e6 $1 Kg8 (28... fxe6 29. Bxg7+ Kg8
30. Qg6 $18) 29. Bxg7 Rc4 (29... Kxg7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rg6+) 30.
Bc3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Liege"]
[BlackTeam "Ansfelden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3 (
{Less logical is} 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Bd2 (9. b4 $6 Bc6 $1 10. b5 Be4 11. Rb2 cxd4
12. exd4 Nc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 $15) 9... Bc6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. d5 Bxc3 13.
Bxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 Nc7 16. e4 Rae8 17. Be2 Qe5 {/\ f5})
14... Nxd5 15. Nf5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qg5 17. Nd6 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Sax,G/Pula
2001/CBM 082 ext (45)} 18. Nxb7 Qd5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rc1 d6 {and White has
problems to finish his development.}) 8... Bb7 9. Bd3 $6 ({This popular move
is dubious and a better choice is here} 9. f3 O-O 10. Bd2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12.
exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Kf2 Nc7 15. h4 {with unclear game, 1/2-1/2 Neverov,
V-Kholmov,R/Pardubice 2001/CBM 083 ext (48)}) 9... h5 $6 ({Much stronger is} 
9... Bxg2 $1 10. Rg1 Bb7 11. Bd2 O-O $1 {because White has not enough
resources for an attack,e.g.:} 12. b4 cxb4 13. Nce4 Bxe4 $1 (13... Nxe4 $143
14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Nd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {
1/2-1/2 Hawelko,M-Ksieski,Z/Warsaw 1981/EXT 2003 (18)}) 14. Nxe4 bxa3 15. Bxa5
bxa5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qh5 Rfb8 $1 18. Bxh7+ $2 (18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Ra1 Rb2 20.
Rg2 $17) 18... Kf8 19. Qxa5 g6 $1 $19 {0-1 Epishin,V-Nguyen Anh Dung/Qingdao
2002/CBM 091 (25)}) 10. d5 exd5 11. Nf5 ({Deserves investigation} 11. O-O $5
$146 {with possible continuation} dxc4 12. Bxc4 h4 13. Nf5 d5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
b4 $1 g6 (15... cxb4 $2 16. axb4 Bxb4 (16... Nxb4 $2 17. Ba3) 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18.
Rxb4 $16) 16. Nd4 $1 (16. bxa5 $143 gxf5) 16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Nc7
19. Be2 Ne6 20. Qe5 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gc3b5,Gb2f6] and it seems to me that White
has sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) (11. cxd5 Nxd5 $17) 11... Qb8 12.
O-O $146 {The only reasonable reply.} ({Weak is} 12. cxd5 $2 {since after} g6
13. Ng3 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Serper,G/Novosibirsk
1993/CBM 036/(67)} {Black has} Bxg2 $1 16. Bxa6 (16. Rg1 Bb7) 16... h4 17. Rg1
hxg3 18. hxg3 Be4 {with a big advantage.}) 12... Bxc3 ({Perhaps more precise
was} 12... g6 {forcing} 13. Nh4 (13. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 14. cxd5 gxf5 15. b4 cxb4 16.
Bxa6 Bxa6 17. axb4 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Qd6 $17) {and only now continue}
13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qe5 $5 {e.g.} 16. Nf3 Qf5 17. Bd3 Be4 18.
Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Bb2 O-O-O $5 (19... O-O 20. c4 Nc7 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nd3 Nd6 23. Rc1
$13) 20. c4 Rhe8 {when Black´s chances are preferable.}) 13. bxc3 g6 14. cxd5
$5 {An interesting positional sacrifice which allows White to gain space and
prepare the advance of the e-and f-pawns.} gxf5 (14... Nxd5 $6 15. Bb2 gxf5 16.
c4 Rg8 17. cxd5 Qd6 18. e4 {would put Black in a dangerous situation.}) 15. c4
Qd6 (15... Ng4 16. f4 Qd8 $6 17. Bb2 $1 Rg8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxf5 {creates an
unpleasant threat of e4-e5.}) 16. Bxf5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge3e4,Ge4e5]} O-O-O 17. e4
Ng4 18. f4 f6 19. Rb3 {Planning Bc1-b2.} Nc7 20. Bb2 Ba6 21. Qd3 Rde8 22. a4 $1
Rhg8 23. a5 b5 $2 {The most unfortunate move.} ({It was essential to play} 
23... bxa5 24. Rb1 Na8 25. h3 a4 $1 26. Ra3 Nh6 27. e5 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29.
fxe5 Qxe5 30. Bh7 Nb6 $5 (30... Rf8 31. Rxa4 Rf6 32. Ra5 Nc7 33. Rxc5 $13) 31.
Bxg8 Nxg8 32. Qg6 Nf6 33. Rf3 Ne8 34. Rf8 Kd8 35. d6 a3 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Qg5+
Kc8 38. Qxc5+ Kb7 39. Qxa3 Bxc4 40. Qc5 Be6 {with level ending.}) 24. cxb5 Bxb5
25. Rxb5 Qa6 $2 ({Black could resist more stubbornly by} 25... Nxb5 26. Qxb5
Ne3 27. Bxd7+ $1 Qxd7 28. Qxc5+ Kb7 29. Qxe3 Qxd5 30. Re1 Qd6) 26. Rb3 $1 (26.
Rc1 $143 Qxb5 27. Qxb5 Nxb5 28. Rxc5+ Kb7 29. Rxb5+ Ka6) 26... c4 27. Qc3 cxb3
28. Rc1 Qd6 (28... Qb7 $2 {loses to} 29. d6 Kb8 30. dxc7+ Kc8 31. h3 Nh6 32.
Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 33. Qd3+ Ke7 ({if} 33... Kc8 {then} 34. Bxf6 $1 {[%cal Gd3d8]}) (
{and to the same leads} 33... Ke6 34. Qc4+ Kd7 35. Bxf6 {[%cal Gc1d1]} Kc8 36.
Qd3 $1) 34. Ba3+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. c8=Q Qxc8 37. f5+) 29. e5 $2 {A critical
moment in the game.} ({After} 29. h3 $1 {Black would scarcely be able to save
himself:} Kb8 (29... Nh6 30. e5) (29... Qxf4 30. hxg4 h4 (30... hxg4 31. g3 Qd6
32. Qxb3 {/\ Rc6}) 31. Qc5 $1 Kb7 32. Qb4+ Ka6 (32... Kc8 33. d6) 33. Bxd7) 30.
hxg4 Nb5 31. Qxf6 hxg4 (31... Qxf4 32. Bxd7 Qxf6 33. Bxf6 Rxe4 34. Bxb5 $18)
32. Qxd6+ Nxd6 33. Bxd7 Rd8 (33... Rxe4 34. Be5 Rg6 35. a6 Rxe5 36. fxe5 b2 37.
Rb1 Nc4 38. e6 $18) 34. Be6 Rgf8 35. e5 Ne4 (35... Nb5 36. Rc4 Kb7 37. Bxg4 Ka6
38. d6 $18) 36. Rc4 Rxf4 37. Rb4+ Kc7 (37... Ka8 38. d6) 38. Bc1 Rf2 39. Rc4+
$1 Kb7 40. Rxe4 Rc2 41. Rb4+ Ka6 42. Bg5 $18) 29... Nxe5 ({Not} 29... fxe5 $4
30. Ba3) 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Ba3 Re1+ $1 {The best defence.} (31... Rxg2+ 32.
Kxg2 Qxd5+ 33. Kg3 Qxa5 34. Qxa5 Rxa5 35. Bd6 Rxf5 36. Rxc7+ Kd8 37. Rb7 Ke8
38. Rxb3 Rd5 39. Bf4 $16) 32. Rxe1 Qxa3 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Qxb3 Re8 {Preventing
Be4.} 35. Bg6 Re5 36. Rb1 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qb5 $2 {Another mistake on the same
square.} ({Correct was} 37... Kd8 $1 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Qg8 Nxd5 40. Qg7+ Kd6 41.
Qf8+ Kc6 42. Qa8+ Kd6 43. Qb8+ Ke7 $1 44. Qe8+ Kd6 45. Qb8+ {with perpetual
check.}) 38. Qxb5 Nxb5 39. h4 $2 ({Missing a winning possibility} 39. g4 $1 Nd6
40. gxh5 Nf5 41. Rc1+ $1 Kb8 (41... Kd8 42. Rf1 Nh4 43. d6 Rxa5 44. Rg1 $1 {
[%cal Gg6f7]} Rg5 45. Rb1 Rc5 (45... Kc8 46. Bd3 $1) 46. Rb8+ Rc8 47. Rxc8+
Kxc8 48. Be4 f5 49. Bd5 Kd8 50. Bf7 Nf3 51. h6 Ng5 52. Bg6) 42. Rf1 Nh6 (42...
Nh4 43. h3 Re3 44. Rxf6 Rxh3+ 45. Kg1 Nxg6 46. hxg6 Rg3+ 47. Kf2 Rg5 48. Ke3
Kc7 49. Kf4 Rg1 50. Kf5 $18) 43. Rxf6 Rxd5 44. Be8 $1 Re5 (44... Ng4 45. Rg6)
45. Bxd7 Rxh5 46. Kg2 $18) 39... Rxd5 40. Rf1 ({Now} 40. g4 hxg4 41. h5 {
is met by} Rg5) 40... Nd4 41. Rd1 $1 Kd8 42. Bf7 Rd6 43. Bxh5 Nf5 44. Rxd6 Nxd6
45. Bg6 Nb7 46. h5 Ke7 47. Bf5 Nxa5 (47... d5 48. a6 Nc5 49. Bc8 d4 50. Kg1 Kf7
51. Kf2 $11) 48. Bxd7 Nb7 49. Bf5 a5 50. g4 Nd6 ({Or} 50... a4 51. Kg2 a3 52.
Bb1 Nd6 53. Kf3 Nb5 54. Ba2 Nc3 55. h6 Kf8 56. Bc4 a2 57. Bxa2 Nxa2 58. g5 fxg5
59. Kg4 $11) 51. Bc2 Nc4 52. h6 $6 ({Simpler was} 52. Bb3 Ne5 53. Bd1) 52...
Kf8 53. Bb3 Ne5 54. Be6 Nf7 55. h7 Nh8 56. Kg2 Kg7 57. Kg3 a4 58. Ba2 Ng6 59.
Kf3 Kxh7 60. Ke4 Ne7 61. Kf4 Kh6 62. Bc4 Nc8 63. Ba2 Nd6 64. Bd5 a3 65. Ba2 Kg6
(65... Nb5 66. Bc4 Nd4 67. Ke4 Nc2 68. Kf4 $11) 66. Bb1+ Kg7 67. Ba2 Kg6 68.
Bb1+ Kf7 69. Ba2+ Ke7 70. g5 fxg5+ (70... f5 71. Ke5 Kf8 72. Kf4 Kg7 73. Bd5
Kg6 74. Be6 Kg7 75. Bd5 $11) 71. Kxg5 Ne4+ 72. Kf4 Nc3 73. Bb3 Kd6 74. Ke3 Kc5
75. Kd3 Kb4 76. Bf7 a2 77. Bxa2 Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 {The favourite
variation of Romanishin. Black prepares Bb7 and tries to disturb White´s
development.} 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3 ({White has also the following main
possibilities:} 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Bd2 ({if} 9. b4 {then} Bc6 $1 10. b5 Be4 11. Rb2
cxd4 12. exd4 Nc7) 9... Bc6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd5
14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nf5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qg5 17. Nd6 Nc7 $8 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Sax,G/
Pula 2001/CBM 082 ext (45)} {with the idea} 18. Nxb7 Qd5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 $11) (8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Ng3 (9. Nf4 Bb7 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Bxc3 d5)
12... Be4 13. O-O Qc8 14. Qa4 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 d6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Tisdall,J-Brynell,S/Skei 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) (9. d5 d6 10. Ng3 exd5 (
10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nc7 13. Bc4 b5 14. Ba2 a5 (14... c4 $5) 15.
Qf3 b4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Bc4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 $13 {1-0 Lugovoi,
A-Grosar,A/Budapest 1994/CBM 042 ext (38)}) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 Nc7 14. Be2 a5 $5 15. O-O a4 16. e4 f5 $132 {0-1 Haugli,P-Ostenstad,B/
Oslo 1991/EXT 97 (32)}) 9... Bb7 ({also playable is} 9... d5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11.
exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxd5 ({or} 12... exd5 13. Be2 Nc7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be3 Qc7
16. Qd2 Ne8 17. O-O Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Palac,M/Montecatini Terme 1997/CBM
061 ext (86)}) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. f3 Nb8 15. O-O Nc6 16. Bd3 Qd6 $13 {0-1
Beliavsky,A-Sax,G/Hungary 1997/EXT 2000 (49)}) 10. Bd3 d5 ({deserves further
investigation} 10... Bxg2 $5 11. Rg1 Bb7 {when White has to prove that he has
something better than} 12. b4 (12. d5 Ne8) 12... cxb4 13. Nce4 Bxe4 $1 14. Nxe4
bxa3 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qh5 Rfb8 $1 $15 {0-1 Epishin,V-Nguyen
Anh Dung/Qingdao 2002/CBM 091 (25)}) 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5
14. f3 (14. Qe2 Nb8 15. f3 Qa2 $1 16. Bc1 (16. Ne4 $143 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Ba6 18.
O-O Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxa3 20. Qg3 f6 21. Bf4 e5 $1 22. dxe5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Nc6 $15 {
0-1 Graf,A-Psakhis,L/Moscow 1992/CBM 033 (63)}) 16... Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Rc8 18.
Bd2 Ba6 {with comfortable ending for Black, 0-1 Vaisser,A-Bauer,C/Val d'Isere
2002/CBM 091 (99)}) 14... Nc5 (14... e5 $13) 15. Bc2 (15. Be2 $142 Ncd7 16. O-O
) 15... Ncd7 16. O-O Ba6 17. Re1 Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mohota,N-Ravi,L/Calcutta
2002/CBM 088 (53)}) 8... Bb7 9. Bd3 O-O {This natural reply has a dubious
reputation.} ({After} 9... h5 10. d5 exd5 (10... h4 $143 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4
exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Qg5 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qg6 17. e4 O-O 18. f3 $14
{0-1 Ingbrandt,J-Agrest,E/Sweden 2001/EXT 2003 (40) /\ Qa4} (18. Qa4 h3 19. g3
Nb4 $1)) {I can suggest} 11. O-O $5 $146 (11. Nf5 $2 Qb8 $1 12. cxd5 g6 13. Ng3
Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Serper,G/Novosibirsk 1993/CBM
036/(67)} Bxg2 $1 16. Bxa6 h4 17. Rg1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Be4 $17) 11... dxc4 12.
Bxc4 h4 13. Nf5 d5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. b4 $1 g6 (15... cxb4 $2 16. axb4 Bxb4 (
16... Nxb4 $2 17. Ba3) 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Rxb4 $16) 16. Nd4 $1 cxd4 17. Qxd4
Bxb4 18. axb4 Nc7 19. Be2 Ne6 20. Qe5 {with compensation for the pawn}) ({
but the critical continuation is} 9... Bxg2 $5 10. Rg1 Bb7 (10... Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Bb7 12. e4 d6 13. Nh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Qf6 {0-1 Gual Pascual,A-Lopez Moll,J/
Badalona 2001/EXT 2002 (22)} 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 g6 17. exf6 gxh5 $13) {when}
11. Bd2 O-O {transposes to the line given above.}) 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 exd5
$146 ({This new move does not solve all Black´s problems but is at least
better than the alternatives:} 11... cxd4 $2 12. Nce2 $1 b5 (12... dxe3 $2 13.
b4 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Ng4 15. Rf4 Qxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxg4 {
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Schlecht,D/Copenhagen 2004/CBM 101 ext (18)}) 13. dxe6 dxe3 14.
Bxe3 $16) (11... Bxc3 $2 12. bxc3 exd5 13. f3 Re8 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. e4 $16) 12.
Bxa6 Bxa6 13. b4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 cxb4 15. axb4 Rc8 16. Bd2 Bxb4 17. Rxb4 Qd6 18.
Qb3 {The resulting position looks in White´s favour because it is not easy for
Black to move his passed pawns and the weakness on d5 claims permanent
attention.} Rc6 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Be1 $6 ({The best was} 20. h3 $1 Rd8 21. Rb5 {
intending to meet} g6 {with} 22. Nh6+ (22. Ng3 Rc4 $13) 22... Kg7 23. Ng4 Nxg4
24. hxg4 a6 25. Rb4 $5 (25. Nxd5 Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Qc2 27. Rxb6 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qd1+
29. Kd3 Qc2+ $11) 25... Qh2 26. Nxd5 (26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Qxb6 Rb8 28. Qxa6 Rb2
29. Ke2 Qxg2 30. Qc8 h6 $13) 26... Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. Nf4 Qxg4+ 29. f3 Qh4
30. Rxb6 $14) 20... g6 21. Ng3 Rc8 $5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rc1 24. Ne2 $2 {
Overlooking Black´s tactical resource.} ({White should have continued} 24. Qb3
a5 25. Ra4 (25. Rxb6 $2 a4 26. Qb4 a3) 25... Qc2 26. Qxc2 R8xc2 27. Ne2 Rb1 {
with an unclear endgame.}) 24... Qxh2 $1 25. Ng3 $4 {Loses immediately.} ({
The only possibility to prolong the game was} 25. Nxc1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Rxc1 27.
Kf3 (27. Bd2 $2 Qd1+ 28. Kd3 Rc2) 27... Qxe1 28. Rb2 h5 29. Qe4) 25... h5 {
Now White cannot parry the threat of h5-h4.} 26. Ra4 a5 (26... h4 27. Rxa7 Rf8
28. Ne4 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Rxe1+ 30. Kf3 h3 31. Qg5 hxg2 32. Qxg2 Qh5+ 33. Kg3 Kg7 {
wins too.}) 27. Ke2 Qg1 28. Bd2 Qd1+ 29. Kd3 ({and resigned in view of the
obvious} 29. Kd3 R1c3+) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
({Not dangerous for Black is the line} 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5
11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 g6 $11) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 {Another move
with the same piece in the opening is often not a good sign.} ({More popular
continuation is} 9... Re8 {after which the pawn sacrifice} 10. d6 $5 (10. g3
$143 Bc5 11. Bg2 d6 12. h3 a6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. b3 h6
17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Nce2 a5 $5 19. Rc1 Qb6 {/\ Qa6, 1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Yu Shaoteng/
Beijing 1995/EXT 97 (53)}) 10... Bf8 11. g3 {leads to the approximately equal
play,for example:} Re6 12. Bf4 ({similar is} 12. Bg2 Rxd6 13. Qc2 Re6 14. O-O
Nc6 15. b4 d6 16. Bb2 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Zhukhovitsky,S/Yerevan 1981/EXT 2002 
(54)} Re8 $13) 12... Nh5 13. Be3 Rxd6 14. Qc2 Re6 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. O-O Nc6 17.
Rad1 d6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 a6 20. Rc1 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Kiriakov,P/
Sochi 2005/CBM 107 (20)} 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Bd4 $11) 10. Na4 ({In my opinion a
better choice for White is} 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. h3 $5 (13.
d6 b5 $5 14. g3 Ne4 15. Be3 Ra6 $132 {0-1 Acosta,T-Bielicki,C/Buenos Aires
1986/EXT 2001 (48)}) (13. g3 d6 14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Be3 (15. f3 Bd7) 15... Nbd7 16.
h3 Bf5 17. O-O Rc8 18. Ra2 {0-1 Miles,A-Adorjan,A/Wijk aan Zee 1984/MCL(56)}
Be4 $1 $132) 13... d6 (13... Re5 $6 14. Bb2 Rxd5 15. Qc2 Nc6 {[#]} 16. g4 $36 {
1-0 Malaniuk,V-Tunik,G/Yalta 1996/EXT 98 (38)}) 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Ng3 Be4 {
1-0 Kunz,K-Dankert,P/Wuerzburg 1996/EXT 99 (53)} (15... Bg6 16. Bc4 {1-0
Guliev,S-Papaioannou,I/Agios Nikolaos 1995/EXT 98 (42)}) {and now deserved
attention} 16. Bb5 $1 Nbd7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qd3 $14) 10... b6 ({A solid
alternative is} 10... d6 11. Nec3 a6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Bf3 Nbd7 $132 {0-1 Shulman,Y-Engqvist,T/Stockholm 1996/CBM 057 ext (40)}) 11.
b4 (11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Re8+ 13. Be2 Ba6 14. O-O Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Qb6 16. Nc3 d6
17. Rb1 Nbd7 $11 {0-1 Gallego Jimenez,V-Lalic,B/Benasque 1996/CBM 053 ext (26)}
) 11... Bd6 12. Nec3 Be5 13. Be2 ({Earlier Shulman tried} 13. Be3 Re8 14. Be2
Ba6 15. Rc1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d6 17. O-O Nbd7 $11 {[#]. 1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Ulibin,M/
Gothenburg 1999/CBM 069 (25)}) 13... Ba6 14. Ra2 Qc7 $5 $146 ({An interesting
novelty instead of} 14... Bxe2 15. Rxe2 d6 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Nb5 a6 {1/2-1/2
Gual Pascual,A-Berzinsh,R/Barcelona 2000/EXT 2001 (17)}) 15. Rc2 Bxc3+ $2 {
This exchange is wrong.} ({Also dubious was} 15... Qd6 $6 16. g3 Re8 17. O-O
Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc7 $140 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qf5 23.
Bxc7 $16) ({but} 15... Rc8 $1 16. Bb2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 d6 18. O-O Qc4 19. Rfe1
Nbd7 $1 {[%cal Gb6b5]} (19... b5 20. Ne4 bxa4 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nd6 Qc7 23.
Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxe5 Nbd7 $13) 20. Ne4 Nxe4 (20... Qxd5 $143 21. Rd2) 21. Rxe4
Qc2 {allowed Black to obtain a pleasant ending.}) 16. Nxc3 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 $5 ({
White could also continue} 17. Qxe2 Rc8 18. O-O {with the idea} Nxd5 $2 (18...
d6 $14) 19. Re1 $1 Nf6 20. Bg5 $16) 17... Qe5 18. O-O Qxd5 (18... Nxd5 19. Bb2
$36) 19. Rd2 Qf5 ({Or} 19... Qe6 20. Ng3 (20. Rd6 Qe5 21. f4 Qe7 22. Ng3 $44)
20... d5 21. Re1 Qc6 22. Nf5 {with initiative.}) 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Rd6 $1 {
Blocking the pawn on d7 and preparing Bb2xf6.} Nc6 22. Bb2 Rae8 23. Bxf6 gxf6
24. Nh5 Re6 25. Rxd7 {The weakened kingside makes Black´s defensive task very
difficult.} Re5 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Kh8 $2 {Leaving
unprotected the rook on f8.} (27... Kg7 $142) 28. Ne3 $1 ({White decided to
activate another rook instead of winning a pawn by} 28. Rd6 Rg8 (28... Re6 $2
29. Nc7 $1 $18) 29. Ne3 (29. Nxf6 Rg6 30. Rxc6 Rxf6 31. Rc7 a5 $16) 29... Qe4
30. Rxf6 Reg5 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 Ne5 33. Rf4 $16) 28... Qe4 29. Qd6 Kg7 30.
Rc1 Re6 31. Qd1 Kh8 $6 ({More tenacious was} 31... Rfe8 32. b5 Ne5 33. Rxa7 Nc4
$5 34. Nf1 (34. Rc3 Nxe3 35. Rxe3 Qc4) 34... Nd6) 32. Rc4 Qe5 33. Rd5 Qb2 34.
Rh4 {[%cal Gh4h7]} Ne5 $2 {Loses immediately.} ({The only possibility to
prolong the resistance was} 34... f5 35. Rxf5 Rd8 36. Qh5 Qc1+ 37. Nf1 h6 38.
Rg5 $1 {[%cal Gh5h6]} Rdd6 39. f4 Rg6 40. Rxg6 Rxg6) 35. Rd2 Qc3 36. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation U30 HUN-DDR 8,5-7,5"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1981.11.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Black "Orso, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Gruenberg,HU"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1981.11.04"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 12/1981} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4
O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Be3 $6 ({Besser sind die Theoriezüge} 
10. h3) ({oder} 10. d6) 10... Ng4 $1 11. Bd4 Bf6 12. g3 (12. h3 Bxd4 13. Qxd4
Ne5 {und der weisse Läufer ist eingemauert.}) 12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Bg2
d6 15. h3 Nbd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. O-O a6 $2 (17... Nc5 18. Rae1 Nb3 19. Qd1 Qb6+
20. Kh1 Bd7) 18. Ne4 $1 Qb6 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. a4 a5 21. Rac1 h6 22. b3 Kf8 23.
Kh2 f5 $6 (23... Ne7 24. Qd3 Qb4) 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. N4c3 Bd7 26. Nd4 Kf7 27.
Re3 $1 Rac8 28. Rce1 Rc5 29. h4 Kg8 30. h5 Nf8 {[#]} 31. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 32. dxe6
Bxe6 (32... Bc6 33. Nb5) 33. Rxe6 Rxc3 34. Re7 d5 (34... Rd7 35. Bd5+ Nxd5 (
35... Kh7 36. Bf7) 36. Rxd7 {dürfte schliesslich auch für Weiss gewonnen sein.}
) 35. Rxb7 Nc8 36. Re5 Rc2 37. Kh3 d4 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Rd7 $1 Rf8 40. Rxf5 $1
1-0

[Event "Bourgoin Jallieu GM"]
[Site "Bourgoin Jallieu"]
[Date "1982.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,D"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1982.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Nf4
O-O 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be4 12. f3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Qc8 14. Qa4 Nb8
15. e4 Nc6 $6 (15... d6 $5 16. Bf4 Ne8 $1 $13 {inf}) 16. d5 Na5 17. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stuttgart-ch op-A"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neyman, Igor"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3
Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. e4 exd5 ({Dies ist genauer als} 11... O-O 12. O-O
d6 13. Bg5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Rab8 17. Qxc4 Nc7 {
Bluvshtein-Van der Werf, Wijk aan Zee 2011} 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nf4 $14) 12. exd5
O-O 13. O-O d6 14. Qa4 h6 $5 ({Ein neuer Versuch. Bekannt ist} 14... Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc8 16. Bg5 Nxd5 17. Rxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf4 Nb6 19. Bxb7 Nxa4 20. Be7 $2 ({
Zum Ausgleich reicht} 20. Nd5 Rae8 21. Bxa6 Re5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. f4 {, etwa}
Re4 24. Bb7 Re2 25. Bf3 Ra2 26. f5 f6 27. Bf4 Nxc3 28. Bxd6 Rd8 29. Bxc5 Ne2+
30. Kh1 c3 $11) 20... Nc7 $17 {Lekic-Brkic, Zlatni Rat 2011}) 15. Rd1 {
Zeitverlust.} ({Vorzuziehen war} 15. Qxc4 Re8 16. Be3 Bb6 17. Nb5 Nc7 18. Nxc7
Qxc7 19. Nc3 $11) ({Weniger sinnvoll ist} 15. Nb5 Re8 (15... Bb6 16. Bf4 Ne8
17. Rfe1 Nac7 18. Nec3 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 20. Qxc4 $14) 16. Nec3 {, danach war}
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd5 $1 (17... Qd7 18. Qxc4 Rab8 19. Bf4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Rxb5 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rd8 $11) 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxa6
Qd7 20. Qxd6 Qf5 21. Nc7 Be4 22. f3 Bxb1 23. Nxa8 Qh3 24. Qd2 Rxa8 $15 {
geplant.}) 15... Re8 16. Qxc4 Nc7 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Qh4 ({Vorsichtiger war} 18.
Qa4 Bb6 19. Re1 {auch wenn nach} Rb8 (19... Rxe3 20. fxe3 Qe7 21. Nf4 Re8 22.
Bf3 $11) 20. h3 Qd7 21. Qc2 Re5 $15 {Schwarz am Ruder bleibt.}) 18... Bb6 19.
Rd2 Re5 20. Rbd1 Qe7 21. Nc1 $6 ({Notwendig war} 21. Bf3 Ba5 (21... Rxe3 22.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 Re8 24. Qf4 $11) 22. Rc2 Qd7 23. Bf4 Ree8 $15) 21... Re8 $6
({Schwarz verpasst} 21... Rxe3 $5 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Ba5 24. N1e2 Nb5 25.
Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Re8 $15) 22. Bf1 $4 ({Zum Ausgleich reichte} 22. Nd3) 22...
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qd7 24. Re2 Rh5 25. Qc4 Qh3+ (25... Rxh2 26. Ke1 Qf5 $19) 26. Ke1
Qxh2 27. Bf4 Rxe2+ 28. N1xe2 Ng4 29. Ne4 Ne5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 ({V. Korschnoi bevorzugt} 8. g3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6
12. O-O) 8... d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 (10... Qc7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Rd8 13.
b4 b6 14. d5 e5 15. Nd3 Nf8 16. f4 {Gulko- Kiriakov, World Open 2003}) 11. a4 (
11. Be3 $5) 11... b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. b3 Re8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qd3 Bb7 16. Bd2 Bf8
17. Re2 Rbd8 18. Rae1 Ne5 $1 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nfd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 (12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6)
12... Bb7 13. Qg3 (13. Bd3 Rc8 (13... Rb8 14. Qg3 Ne7 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Be5 Ng6
17. Rad1 $14 {Beljavsky,A-Andersson,U/Bugojno/1984/}) (13... Qd7 14. Qh3 Ne7
15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Kg7 $10 {Hansen,Cu-Agdestein,
S/Gausdal zt/1985/}) 14. Rad1 (14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bxg6
hxg5 18. Bb1 g6 19. Rfe1 Kg7 20. Qg3 g4 $15 {Garcia Palermo,C-Oll,L/Roma/1990/}
) 14... Rc7 15. Qh3 (15. Qg3 Rd7 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qh3
fxg5 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Bc4 Ne5 $17 {Utasi,T-Ricardi,P/Bayamo/1986/
}) 15... Ne7 16. Bg5 (16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Be5 Ng6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Ne4 h6 20. Rde1 f5
21. Bb1 Qh4 22. Qxh4 Nxh4 $15 {Utasi,T-Armas,J/Bayoma/1986/}) 16... Ng6 17. Qg3
$14 {Kasparov,G-Psakhis,L/La Manga (m/6)/1990/}) (13. Qh3 Ne7 14. Rad1 (14. Bd3
Ng6 15. f4 Nd5 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf5 Qh4 $10 {Vaiser,A-Mednis,E/
Palma GMA/1989/}) 14... Nfd5 15. Bg5 (15. Bd3 f5 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bf1 Rc8 18.
Bc1 Qd7 $10 {Garcia Palermo-Rodriguez,Am/La Habana/1986/}) 15... h6 16. Bd3 f5
17. Bc1 Rc8 {Utasi,T-Rodriguez,Am/La Habana/1986/}) 13... Ne7 {/\Nf5} (13...
Nxd4 $2 14. Rad1 $18) 14. Bd3 Ng6 (14... Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bg5 Qxd4 17.
Rad1 Qg4 18. Bxf6 Qxg3 19. fxg3 gxf6 20. Rxf5 $16) (14... Ned5 15. Bh6) 15.
Rad1 {/\Bg5} (15. Bg5 $2 Qxd4) 15... Qb8 (15... Nd5 $5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxg6
hxg6 $10) 16. f4 $6 {ץe3} Nd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bd2 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Rc1 $6 (
18. f5 Qxg3 19. hxg3 exf5 20. Bxf5 $15) 18... f5 $17 {ץe3,><e4} (18... Qd6 19.
f5 Qxg3 20. hxg3 exf5 21. Bxf5 $10) 19. h4 Qb7 {/\Rac8} (19... Nh8 $5 {
/\Nf7-d6-e4 / /\Nf7-h6-g4}) 20. Rc3 (20. h5 Ne7 21. h6 Rf7 $17 {/\Kh8 + Rg8})
20... Ne7 (20... Rac8 $5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. h5 Nh8 23. h6 Ng6 (23... g6 24. Qh4
Nf7 $15) 24. hxg7 Rc7 $17) 21. h5 {/\22.h6 g6 ><g7,><f6} h6 22. Re1 Kh8 {
/\Rf8-g8 + g7-g6 ><g2} 23. Kh2 Ng8 $6 (23... Rac8 $1 {/\Ne7-g8-f6 / Rf8-g8 +
g7-g6}) 24. Rec1 $1 {/\Rc7} Rf7 25. Qg6 Raf8 $1 {/\Nf6-g4 + Bxg2 / /\Ne7} (
25... Nf6 {/\Ng4+} 26. Ba6 $1 $13 (26. Rc8+ $2 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qxf7
Ng4+ $19) (26. Kg1 $2 Ng4 27. Bd2 Bxg2 $17 (27... Rf6 28. Rc7 $14))) 26. Bf2 $1
$8 Nf6 27. Bh4 Ng4+ 28. Kg1 Bxg2 29. Qxe6 $13 {צf7, צf8} Bh1 (29... Bd5 30.
Qg6 Qb8 (30... Rf6 $2 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Rc8+ Bg8 33. R1c7 $18) 31. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5
32. Rc7 $13) 30. Qe2 {/\Ba6} (30. R1c2 $6 Bd5 $1 (30... Qf3 31. Bc4 $13) 31.
Qg6 Be4 $17 (31... Qb8 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rc7 $13)) 30... Bd5 {עg1, קh5, קf4,
קd4} 31. Ba6 Qb8 {/\Qxf4 / /\Re8} 32. Qd2 Bb7 $6 (32... b5 33. Rc8 Qb6 34. Qb4
$16) (32... Qe8 $5 {/\Qe4} 33. Re1 (33. Qe1 Be4 $13) 33... Qa4 34. Bf1 $13) 33.
Bc4 $2 (33. Bxb7 $1 Qxb7 34. d5 $13 Rd7 35. d6 b5 36. Be7) 33... Rd7 {/\Qe8xh5}
34. Bb5 Rd5 35. Bc4 Qd6 $1 $17 36. Rd3 (36. Bxd5 $8 Qxd5 37. Rh3 $17) 36... Rc8
{/\b5 -+} (36... g6 $6 37. Re1 $13) 37. Bxd5 $2 Rxc1+ 38. Qxc1 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3 (
8. g3 Ne4 (8... Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 exd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qb6 15. Qf3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. Qxc4 Qe6 $10 {Gurevich,
M-Rashkovsky,N/USSR/1986/}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O
13. O-O e5 $10 {Muir,A-Ward,C/BCF-ch/1989/}) (8. Nf4 O-O 9. Bd3 d6 (9... Bb7
10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be4 12. f3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Qc8 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. e4 Nc6 16.
d5 Na5 17. Bg5 $16 {Groszpeter,A-Gurevich,D/Bourgoin_Jallieu/1982/}) 10. O-O
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. f3 e5 $10 {Groszpeter,A-Adamski,J/Copenhagen op/1989/}) (
8. Bd2 $5) (8. Qa4 $5) 8... Bb7 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. exd4
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. O-O $14 {Nenashev,A-Kaiumov,D/Tashkent/1992/}) 9. Bd3
h5 10. d5 (10. O-O $6 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h4 12. Ne2 h3 $15) 10... exd5 (10... Bxc3+
11. bxc3 h4 12. Ne4 $14 {פa6}) 11. Nf5 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 $17) 11... Qb8 12. cxd5
g6 (12... Nxd5 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nf5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Qb3 Nxb1 17. Qb2
Rg8 18. e4 $16) 13. Ng3 Nxd5 (13... h4 14. Nge4 (14. Qf3 Nxd5 15. Nge4 f5 $17)
14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe5 16. Bf3 Bxc3+ (16... h3 17. g3 Nc7 18. Bd2) 17. bxc3 h3
(17... c4 18. Qd4 $16) 18. g3 Nc7 19. c4 Qc3+ 20. Qd2 Qxc4 21. Bb2 Rh5 22. e4
$16 (22. Rc1 Rxd5 $17)) 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Qe2 $8 h4 18.
Bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 hxg3 20. h3 Qe4 21. O-O Bxc3 (21... Rh5 $5 {/\Rd5}) 22. Bxc3
Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxc3 24. Qe2+ Kf8 25. f5 Re8 26. Qg4 gxf5 (26... Qd4 27. Qxg3)
27. Qxf5 Re7 $17 28. Rbd1 {/\Rxd7//\Rd3xg3} Qc4 29. Qf6 (29. Rd3 Qe6) 29... Qh4
(29... Rg8 30. Rde1 $44) 30. Qd6 Qg5 {/\Rxh3+} 31. Rf3 Qe5 32. Qd3 Qe2 (32...
d5 33. Rxg3 d4 $17) 33. Rxg3 Qxd3 34. Rgxd3 Ke8 $19 35. Kh2 Rh6 36. a4 Rhe6 37.
Rg3 d6 38. Rg8+ Kd7 39. Ra8 Kc6 40. h4 Re4 (40... d5 $17) 41. Rc8+ Kd7 42. Rh8
Rxa4 43. h5 f5 (43... Re5 $1) 44. g3 f4 $2 (44... Rae4 {/\} 45. h6 Re8 46. Rh7+
R4e7 $19) 45. g4 Re3 46. Rh6 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Rg3+ 48. Kf1 Rxg4 49. Rdxd6+ Ke7 $4 (
49... Kc7 50. Rdg6 (50. Rdf6 Kb7 $19) 50... Rxg6 51. hxg6 Ra3 $19) 50. Rhe6+
Kf7 51. Rf6+ Ke7 (51... Kg8 52. h6 $44) 52. h6 $44 Rh2 53. Rfe6+ Kf7 54. Rf6+
Ke7 55. Rfe6+ Kf7 56. Rf6+ Kg8 57. Rd8+ Kh7 58. Rd7+ Kh8 59. Rxa7 {/\Rxa7} (59.
Rd8+ Rg8) 59... b5 60. Rc7 c4 61. Rb6 Rg3 62. Rb8+ Rg8 63. Rbb7 (63. Rxb5 f3
64. Rbb7 Rxh6 65. Rxc4 $10) 63... Rxh6 64. Rxb5 f3 65. Rbc5 Rh1+ 66. Kf2 Rh3
67. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bc2 Ne7 15.
Rfe1 b6 16. Qg5 O-O 17. cxb6 Ng6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. b4 axb3 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Reb1 Rdb8 22. Rxb3 Ra6 23. Rab1 Kf8 24. h4 Ke7 25. Kf1 Kd6 26. Ke2 f6 27. Ke3
Bc6 28. R1b2 Kd7 29. Ne2 Ba4 30. Rc3 Raxb6 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Nf4 Rb1 33. Nd3
Kd6 34. Nc5 Bc6 35. f4 Ra1 36. Kf3 e5 37. fxe5+ fxe5 38. dxe5+ Kxe5 39. Nb3
Rxa3 40. Rxc6 Rxb3+ 41. Kg4 {T-T Motive: sT deckt seitlich den d-Freibauern;
anschließende Aktivierung des sK unter B-Opfer. Bessere weiße Verteidigung(z.B.
51.Tg8!?)? Analyse!} Rb4+ 42. Kg3 (42. Kg5 d4 43. Rxg6 (43. Kxg6 d3 44. Rc1
Rxh4 $19 (44... Rg4+ 45. Kh5 Rxg2 46. Rc5+ $10 {Pattverfolgung!})) 43... d3 44.
Ra6 d2 45. Ra1 Rd4 46. Rd1 Ke4 47. g4 Ke3 48. h5 Ke2 49. Rh1 d1=Q 50. Rxd1 Kxd1
51. Kf5 Rd6 52. g5 Ke2 $19) 42... Kf5 43. Rd6 Rd4 44. Rd7 g5 45. h5 (45. hxg5
g6 46. Kf3 Kxg5 47. Ke3 Re4+ 48. Kf3 Rf4+ 49. Ke3 Rf5 (49... d4+ 50. Rxd4 Rxd4
51. Kxd4 Kf4 52. Kd3 g5 53. Ke2 Kg3 54. Kf1 Kh2 55. g4 $10) 50. Rd6 $13 Kh5 $2
51. g4+ $10) 45... Rd3+ 46. Kf2 Kg4 47. Ke2 Rd4 48. Rxg7 Kxh5 49. Kf3 Rf4+ 50.
Kg3 d4 51. Rh7+ $6 (51. Rg8 $5 Kh6 52. Kh3 {Remis? - Analyse!}) 51... Kg6 52.
Rd7 Kf5 53. Rd5+ Ke4 54. Rxg5 d3 55. Rg8 Rf1 56. Re8+ Kd4 57. Rd8+ Kc3 58. Rc8+
Kb3 59. Rd8 Kc2 60. Kh4 (60. Rc8+ Kd1 61. Kh4 d2 62. g4 Ke2 63. Rd8 d1=Q 64.
Rxd1 Rxd1 65. g5 Rg1 66. Kh5 Kf3 67. Kh6 Kf4 68. g6 Kf5 69. g7 Kf6 $19) 60...
d2 61. g4 d1=Q 62. Rxd1 Rxd1 63. g5 Kd3 64. g6 Rg1 (64... Rg1 65. Kh5 Ke4 66.
Kh6 Kf5 67. g7 Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. g3 Bb7 8. d5 b5
9. Bg2 bxc4 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. h3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 exd5 14. exd5 Nbd7 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16. g4 Qxb2 17. Ne4 Qd4 18. Bxd6 Rfe8 19. Nxc5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Rad8 22. d6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Re6 24. Rac1 h5 25. Rxc4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rd7 27.
f3 Re2+ 28. Kg3 g5 29. Bb4 Kg7 30. Rc7 Kg6 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Rd5 {RB<->RN
Motive: starker wL bei 2 Frei-Bauern, ab Zug 50 T+L+falscher Randbauer} f6 33.
Ra5 Nb6 34. Bc5 Nd5 35. Bf2 Rd2 36. Rxa7 Nf4 37. d7 Ne6 38. Be3 Rd3 39. Bb6 f5
40. Ba5 fxg4 41. Kxg4 Rd4+ 42. Kg3 Kf5 43. Bb4 Rd3 44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Ra7 Kf5 46.
Be7 g4 47. Ra5+ Kg6 48. d8=Q Nxd8 49. Bxd8 gxf3 (49... Rxd8 50. Kxg4 Rd3 51.
Ra8 Kf6 52. a4 Ra3 53. a5 Kf7 54. a6 Kg7 55. a7 Ra1 56. f4 Ra2 57. f5 Ra6 58.
f6+ $18) 50. Bb6 Kf6 51. Kf2 Ke6 52. Be3 Kd6 53. Kxf3 Kc6 54. Ke4 Rd1 55. Bd4
Rd2 56. Rc5+ Kb7 57. Kd5 Ra2 58. Ra5 Rg2 59. Ra7+ Kb8 60. Re7 Rg6 61. Bc5 Ka8
62. Kc4 Rh6 (62... Rg8 {hartnäckiger, z.B.} 63. Kb5 Rb8+ 64. Ka6 Rb7) 63. Kb5
Rg6 64. Bb6 Rg5+ 65. Ka6 Rg8 66. Ra7+ Kb8 67. Bc7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. b4 Bb7 (13... Rb8 14. O-O
h6 15. Bf4 (15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Nec3 Re5 17. a4 Re6 (17... Nxb4 $15) 18. Nd5 Bxd6
19. Bb2 Be5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxd7 Nxb4 $15 {1-0 Vaisser,
A-Adrian,C/FRA-ch 1996/EXP 54 (29)}) 15... Bb7 16. Nb5 g5 17. Be3 Re6 18. Ned4
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd6 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qf3 Qa8 22. Nb5 Rc6 23. Nd4 Rd6 24. Nb5
Rc6 25. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Hansen,C/Munich 1992/CBM 30}) 14. O-O Rb8 (
14... Qb8 $5 15. Nb5 Ba6 (15... Ne5 16. Nc7 Nf3+ 17. Kh1 Rxe2 18. Qxe2 Bxd6 19.
Bxf3 (19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Qd1 $16) 19... Qxc7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 21. Kg1 Re8 22. Qd3
$14 {Kharlov Andrei-Van Der Wiel John T H/It (open) 1997/1-0 (75)}) 16. Nec3
Re6 $6 (16... Re5 $1 $13) 17. Bf4 Ne8 $2 (17... Qb7 18. a4 $14) 18. Bd5 Rf6 19.
Re1 Bb7 $2 (19... Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Nxd6 21. Nd4 $16) 20. Ne4 Rf5 21. Ng5 $18 {
1-0 Rosenberg,D-Moskow,E/New York Enhance MCC 1992/EXT 92 (29)}) 15. Nb5 a5 $6
(15... Ba6 $1 16. Nec3 Re5 17. a4 Re6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd5 Rg6 21.
Qb1 Bb7 22. f4 $6 (22. Nf4 Rf6 23. Nd5 $11) 22... a6 23. f5 Rg4 24. Qd1 Rc4 25.
Na3 Rd4 26. Qe2 Qg5 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich Mikhail-Kengis Edvins/Ch URS 
(select), Lvov (Ukraine) 1984 (30)} (26... Nxb4 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29.
Rac1 $44)) 16. Nc7 Re5 (16... Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxd6 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20.
Qxe5 cxb5 21. Bg5 $18) 17. b5 (17. f4 $5 Bxd6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rb1 Qxc7 $15) (
17. Bf4 Rf5 $1 (17... Bxd6 $2 18. Qxd6 Rxe2 19. Qd1 Rb2 20. Bc1 Rxb4 21. Bxc6
Bxc6 22. axb4 Qxc7 23. Bf4 $18) 18. Qd3 Rh5) (17. Bb2 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Rxe2 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nd5 Ne5 $11 (21... Kg7 $2 22. Nxb6 axb4 23. Nxd7
Rd8 24. Nc5 $18)) 17... Na7 (17... Bxd6 $2 18. Qxd6 Rxe2 19. bxc6 dxc6 20.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Be3 $18) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Bf4 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rxe2 21. Rac1 (21.
a4 $1 Nc8 22. Qd3 Qe7 23. Rac1 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 $13) 21... Qe7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7
23. Rfe1 (23. a4 $2 Re4 $17) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 a4 $1 25. g4 h6 26. f3 Nc8
27. h4 Kh7 28. Bh2 Ra7 (28... h5 $5 29. g5 d6 30. Rc1 Ng8 31. Ne8 Nge7 32. Bxd6
(32. Nxd6 Nxd6 33. Bxd6 Nf5 $15) 32... Nxd6 33. Nxd6 Rd7 34. Nc8 Nxc8 35. Rxc8
Rd3 36. Kf2 Rxa3 37. Rc6 $11) 29. Kf2 d6 30. Na6 (30. Rc1 Nd7 $1 31. Ne8 $140
Nc5 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Nxd6 Nb7 $17) 30... Rd7 31. Rc1 Na7 32. Nc7 h5 33. g5 Ng8 {
xf5} 34. Ke2 Ne7 35. Bg1 Nac8 36. Kd3 d5 37. Na8 Rb7 38. Bh2 Ra7 (38... Na7 $6
39. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 40. Nxc7 Nf5 41. Bg1 Nxh4 42. Bxb6 Nc8 43. Bc5 Nxf3 44. b6 Nxb6
45. Bxb6 h4 46. Ke3 Nxg5 47. Nxd5 $16) 39. Nc7 Nf5 40. Rc6 (40. Nxd5 Rd7 41.
Ke4 (41. Rxc8 $2 Rxd5+ 42. Kc4 Ne3+ 43. Kb4 Rd4+ 44. Kc3 Rxh4 $17) 41... Ncd6+
42. Bxd6 (42. Ke5 $2 Nxh4 43. Nxb6 Rd8 $19) 42... Nxd6+ 43. Ke3 Nxb5 (43...
Nf5+ $11) 44. Nxb6 Re7+ 45. Kd3 Nxa3 46. Nxa4 Nb5 $11) 40... Nfe7 41. Rc1 Nf5
42. Rc6 Nxh4 43. Nxd5 Ne7 (43... Nxf3 $5 44. Bb8 $1 (44. Rxc8 Nxh2 45. Nxb6 Nf3
$17) (44. Bf4 Ne7 45. Nxe7 Rxe7 46. Rxb6 h4 47. Ra6 h3 48. Rxa4 Kg6 $17) 44...
Rd7 (44... Ra5 45. Rxc8 Rxb5 46. Nc3 Rb3 $11) 45. Rxc8 Rxd5+ 46. Ke4 Rxb5 47.
Kxf3 Rxg5 $15) 44. Nxe7 Rxe7 45. Bd6 Re6 (45... Rb7 $2 46. Ke4 Ng6 47. Rc7 $1
$16) 46. Bc7 Re7 (46... Nxf3 47. Rxe6 fxe6 48. Bxb6 h4 49. Ke3 Ne5 50. Bc7 Nd7
51. b6 Kg6 52. Kf4 h3 53. Kg3 Nc5 $11) (46... Nf5 47. Rxe6 fxe6 48. Bxb6 Nd6
49. Kc3 Nxb5+ 50. Kb4 Nd6 51. Kxa4 h4 52. Kb4 h3 53. Bg1 Kg6 54. a4 Kxg5 55. a5
Nc8 56. Bh2 Kf5 57. Kc5 e5 58. a6 e4 59. fxe4+ Kxe4 60. Kc6 Kd4 61. Kb7 Kc5 62.
Kxc8 Kb6 $11) 47. Bxb6 (47. Bd6 $11) 47... Nxf3 48. Rc7 Re1 (48... Re5 $5 49.
Rc5 (49. Bc5 $2 Nxg5 50. b6 Ne6 51. b7 Nxc7 52. b8=Q Rxc5 $19) 49... h4 50.
Rxe5 Nxe5+ 51. Ke4 h3 (51... Nc4 52. Bc7 h3 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. b6 h2 55. Kg2 Na5
56. Bf4 f6 57. gxf6 Kxf6 58. Bxh2 Ke6 $11) 52. Bg1 Nc4 53. Kf3 Nxa3 54. b6 Nc4
55. b7 Ne5+ 56. Kg3 Nc6 57. Bc5 Kg6 58. Be7 $1 $11) (48... Re8 $5 49. Be3 h4
50. b6 h3 51. Bf4 h2 52. Bxh2 Nxh2 53. b7 Rb8 54. Kc4 Nf3 55. Kb5 Nxg5 56. Ka6
Ne4 57. Ka7 $11) 49. Bf2 (49. Be3 $2 h4 50. b6 h3 51. b7 Rb1 $19) 49... Rb1 50.
b6 h4 (50... Nxg5 $6 51. b7 Ne6 52. Rd7 h4 53. Kc2 Rb5 54. Bxh4 $16) 51. Rxf7
$1 Ne5+ $2 (51... Rb3+ $1 52. Ke2 $8 Nxg5 53. Rf4 h3 54. Rxa4 Rb2+ 55. Ke3 (55.
Kf1 Nf3 $19) 55... Rxb6 $17) 52. Kc2 Rxb6 (52... Nxf7 $6 53. Kxb1 h3 54. Bg3
Nd8 55. Kc2 Kg6 56. Kd3 Kxg5 57. Ke4 Kg4 58. Bc7 g5 59. Kd5 Kf5 60. Kc5 Nb7+
61. Kc6 Na5+ 62. Kb5 Nb7 63. Kxa4 $16) 53. Rf4 $1 (53. Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 54. Bxb6
Nc4 55. Bf2 h3 56. Bg3 Nxa3+ $19) 53... Rc6+ 54. Kd1 Rc4 (54... h3 $1 55. Rh4+
Kg6 56. Rxh3 Kxg5 $15) 55. Rxh4+ Rxh4 56. Bxh4 Nc4 57. Kc2 Nxa3+ 58. Kc3 Nb5+
59. Kb4 a3 60. Bg3 a2 61. Be5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Antwerp"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 (10. Na4 d6 {>= Nxc5} 11. b4 $2 b5 $1 12. bxc5 (12.
Nac3 Bb6 13. Nxb5 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Ng4 16. Nd4 Nxf2 $1 $19) 12... bxa4
13. c6 Qa5+ $17) 10... Bb6 11. Na4 d6 (11... Re8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d6 Ne4 14.
Bb2 b5 15. Qd4 Qg5 16. f3 $1 (16. h4 $2 Qh6 {0-1/Davidovic-Maksimovic/Nis/1985}
) 16... Nc6 17. Qxg7+ Qxg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. fxe4 Rxe4 20. Kd2 {Kastek-Horvath,
T/Harkany/1986} Rxb4 $1 21. Ng3 Rb3 $17) 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Ng3 (13. Nc3 Bf5 14.
Be2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. O-O Qf6 17. Ra2 Qg6 18. f3 Bb1 19. Rd2 Nd7 20. Bb2
Bf5 21. Qe1 $16 {Gligoric-Nikolic,P/Jugoslavia/1984/Inf.37/615}) 13... Qe7+ $1
(13... Re8+ 14. Be2 Re5 15. Bb2 Rxd5 16. Qc1 $16 {Torre-Karpov/London/1984/Inf.
37/616}) 14. Be2 Qe5 15. Be3 Bg4 $1 16. Bd4 (16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. O-O Nxe3 18.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Rxa3 20. Nf5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Qe5 $17) 16... Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qxd5
18. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 gxf6 20. O-O Rd8 21. Rd3 Nc6 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Rxd6 Rxd6
24. Rxd6 Nc4 25. Rxf6 Rxa3 26. g4 Rb3 27. Rf4 (27. Nd4 Rxb4 28. Nf5 Ne5 29.
Nh6+ Kg7 30. g5 $44) 27... Rxb4 28. Ng3 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Ne5 30. g5 Kf8 31. Rh4 (
31. Nf5 {/\ Rd4}) 31... Rg1+ 32. Kh3 Nf3 33. Rb4 Nxg5+ $138 0-1

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 $5 (8... Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Bg5 $6 (10. Bb5 e5 $1 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5
Nd7 $13 {Vaisser,A-Frolov,A/Groningen(op)/1993/0:1 (67)/}) (10. Be2 Ne4 (10...
e5 $5) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. g3 e5 15. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 16.
O-O-O $14 {Gurevich,M-Zaid,L/URS/1984/1:0 (29) Inf 37/623/}) 10... h6 11. Bh4
e5 $1 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $15 {Vaisser,A-Makarichev,S/Tashkent/1987/0:1 (28) Inf 43/
702/}) 9. b4 Bc7 10. g3 (10. f4 $6 Ne4 $13) (10. b5 $6 Na5) 10... e5 11. Bg2 a5
$5 (11... Bg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nb5 $6 (14. Bg5 $5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. f4 $1 $16) 14... Bb8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $132 {Polugaevsky,L-Spassky,B/URS(ch)/
1959/1:0 (41)/}) (11... exd4 $2 12. Nb5 $16) 12. Bg5 $5 (12. b5 $2 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qe7+ $1 $17) (12. Rb1 $6 axb4 13. axb4 Bf5 $36) (12. dxe5
Bxe5 13. b5 Ne7 $13) 12... Bg4 (12... axb4 13. Nxd5 $16) 13. f3 (13. Nxd5 $2
Nxd4 $17) (13. h3 $6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 axb4) 13... axb4 $5 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1
Bf5 16. dxe5 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qa4 Bd7 $1) 16... Bxe5 17. f4 Bxc3+ $1 (17...
Nxb4 $2 18. Qa4+ Nc6 19. fxe5 $18) 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Bxf6 (19. O-O $6 d4 20. Qd2
d3 $17) (19. Nd4 $6 Qe8+ 20. Kf1 Ne4 $17) (19. Bxf6 Qxf6 $6 20. Qxf6 (20. Bxd5
Qxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Nxb4 22. Bxb7 Nd3+ $10) 20... gxf6 21. b5 Nb4 22. Nd4 Re8+ 23.
Kd2 Be4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Kc3 $2 Na2+ 26. Kd3 Nb4+ $10) (19. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 20.
Nd4 Re8+ 21. Kf2 Be4 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Frolov, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nc6 10. Bb5 (10. Bg5 $6 h6 $1 11. Bh4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 $15 {
Vaisser,A-Makarichev,S/Tashkent/1987/0:1 (28) Inf 43/702/}) (10. Be2 $5 Ne4 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. g3 e5 15. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 16. O-O-O $14 {
Gurevich,M-Zajd,L/SSSR/1984/1:0 (29) Inf 37/623/}) (10. Be2 e5 $5) (10. Bf4 $5)
10... e5 $1 11. Bxc6 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be3 Nc4) 11... bxc6 12. dxe5 Nd7 13.
Qd4 $6 (13. O-O $5 Nxc5 (13... Nxe5 14. Qd4) 14. Re1 (14. Qc2 $5) 14... Ba6 $15
) 13... Ba6 $1 (13... Nxe5 14. O-O) 14. Be3 (14. Bf4 Re8 15. O-O-O Qa5) 14...
Re8 15. f4 (15. O-O-O $5) 15... Qh4+ 16. Bf2 (16. g3 Qh5 $36) (16. Kd2 Qg4 17.
Rhg1 f6 $1 $36) 16... Qh6 17. Qd2 (17. O-O-O Nxe5 $1 $17) 17... Qh5 $5 (17...
f6 18. O-O-O fxe5 19. fxe5 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Nxe5 21. Bd4 $15) 18. g4 $8 (18. Bd4
f6 $17) (18. Qd1 Qf5 19. Qd2 f6 $17) (18. h3 $2 Nxe5 $1 19. fxe5 Rxe5+ 20. Be3
Rae8 21. Nd1 Qh4+ 22. Qf2 Rxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Rxe3+ $19) 18... Qxg4 19. Rg1 Qf3 20.
Bd4 $2 (20. Rg3 Qh1+ 21. Rg1 Qf3 $10) (20. Rg3 Qh5 21. Rg5 Qh6 $5) 20... f6 $17
21. Qg2 Qxg2 22. Rxg2 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. O-O-O g6 25. h4 Nf3 26. h5 Nxd4
27. Rxd4 Kg7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Kd2 Re6 30. Rh4 Rb8 31. Kc2 Bc4 32. Rgh2 Kf6 33.
Rf2+ Kg5 34. Rh7 d4 35. Rg2+ Kf6 36. Rf2+ Ke5 37. Nb1 Bb3+ 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Rd7+
(39. Rxa7 $2 Re1 40. Nd2 Re3#) 39... Kxc5 40. Rxd4 Rbe8 41. Rd7 a5 42. Nc3 Re5
43. Rf4 g5 44. Na4+ Kb5 45. Nc3+ (45. Rb7+ Ka6 46. Rb6+ Ka7 $19) 45... Kb6 46.
Rf6 (46. Na4+ Ka6 47. Rfd4 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Re2+ $19) 46... Rh8 47. Ne4 Rh1 48. Nd2
Rh3+ 49. Rf3 (49. Kd4 Re2 50. Nxb3 Rxb3 $19) 49... Rxf3+ 50. Nxf3 Rf5 51. Ke4 (
51. Nd4 Rd5 52. Rxd5 Bxd5 53. b4 c5 54. bxc5+ Kxc5 $17) 51... Rb5 52. Ke3 Bd5
53. Nxg5 Rxb2 $19 54. Ne4 Rb3+ 55. Kd4 Bxe4 $1 (55... Rxa3 $2 56. Nc5 a4 57.
Rb7+ Ka5 58. Ra7+ Kb4 59. Rb7+ $10) 56. Kxe4 Kc5 $1 57. Rd1 Kc4 58. Rd4+ Kb5
59. a4+ (59. Rd8 Rxa3 $19) 59... Kc5 60. Rd8 Kb4 61. Rd4+ Ka3 62. Rd6 c5 63.
Kd5 Kb4 (63... Rd3+ 64. Kxc5 Rxd6 65. Kxd6 Kxa4 $19) 64. Kc6 (64. Rb6+ Kxa4 65.
Rc6 Rc3) 64... c4 65. Kb6 c3 66. Rd4+ Ka3+ 67. Kxa5 c2 (67... c2 68. Rc4 Kb2
69. Rxc2+ Kxc2 70. Ka6 Kc3 71. a5 Kc4 72. Ka7 Kb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Urday Caceres, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nc6 $5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 (11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc3 e3
14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Kf2 Bd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 $13 {Laurenc-Jezek/corr/1991/
1|0/64/}) 11... Qxd4 $6 (11... f5 $5 12. Bb5+ (12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. O-O-O $13)
12... Bd7 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. f3 e3 16. f4 Qf6 $13 {Bareev,E-Aseev,K/
URS/1990/1|0/29/}) 12. Qxd4 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxd4 14. Nxe4 $14 Ke7 $6 (14... b6 $5
15. Rc1 bxc5 16. Rxc5 O-O $14 {Polugaevsky/}) 15. Kc3 Rd8 $6 {N/} (15... e5 $5
16. f4 f5 $2 (16... Nc6 $5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Re1 f6 $14 {Polugaevsky/}) 17. Nd6
b6 18. Re1 bxc5 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 20. Rxe5+ Kf6 21. Bc4 g5 22. g3 gxf4 23. gxf4
Rab8 24. Rhe1 $16 {Polugaevsky,L-Taimanov,M/URS/1959/1|0/49/}) 16. Bc4 b6 17.
Rad1 bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nc6 (18... e5 $2 19. Rhe1 f6 20. f4 $16) 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20.
b4 $16 Nb7 21. Rb1 Nd6 (21... Nxc5 22. bxc5 Kd8 23. Bd3 $1 f5 24. Kd4 Kc7 25.
Be2 $16) 22. b5 Bd7 23. Nxd7 (23. a4 $5 Rc8 24. Kb4 $16) 23... Nxc4 (23... Kxd7
24. Bd3 Rc8+ 25. Kb4 $16) 24. Kxc4 $6 (24. Nc5 $5 Nd6 25. Rb3 Rc8 26. Kb4 $16)
24... Kxd7 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. Kc5 $14 e5 27. a4 Re8 28. a5 Re6 29. Rd5 g6 (29...
e4 30. Kd4 $16) 30. Rd2 f6 31. Rb2 e4 32. Kd4 (32. b6+ axb6+ 33. Rxb6 Re5+ 34.
Kd4 Rf5 35. Ke3 $14) 32... f5 (32... Re5 33. Rc2+ Kb7 34. Rc5 $14) 33. g3 Re8 (
33... Rd6+ 34. Ke5 Rd3 35. Kf6 $16) 34. Rc2+ Kb7 35. Rc5 Re7 36. h4 (36. Ke3
Rd7 $1 $132) 36... e3 $1 (36... Re6 37. h5 Re7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Ke3 Re6 40.
Kf4 $16) 37. fxe3 Re4+ 38. Kd3 Rg4 39. Re5 h5 $2 (39... Rxg3 $1 40. Re7+ Kb8
41. Rxh7 (41. Kd4 Rg4+ 42. Kc5 Rxh4 $22 43. a6 Rh1 $10) 41... f4 42. Re7 Rh3
$10) 40. Re7+ Kb8 41. a6 Rxg3 42. Rb7+ Ka8 43. Rg7 Kb8 44. Kd4 Rh3 (44... Rg4+
45. Kc5 Rxh4 46. Rg8+ Kc7 47. Ra8 $18) (44... Rg1 45. Ke5 Rg4 46. Kd6 $18) 45.
Rxg6 Rxh4+ 46. Ke5 Re4+ (46... Rh3 47. Kd6 $18) 47. Kd6 Re8 48. Rh6 $18 Rd8+
49. Kc6 Rg8 (49... Rc8+ 50. Kd7 Rc7+ 51. Kd6 $18) 50. Rxh5 Rg6+ 51. Kd7 Rg7+
52. Kd6 Rg6+ 53. Kc5 Re6 (53... Rf6 54. Rh8+ Kc7 55. Ra8 $18) 54. Rxf5 Rxe3 55.
Rf8+ Kc7 56. Ra8 Re5+ 57. Kb4 (57. Kb4 Re4+ (57... Kb6 58. Rb8+ Kc7 59. Rb7+
$18) 58. Ka5 $18) 1-0

[Event "GER CupT 9697 f-1"]
[Site "Porz"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Ng3 d5 $5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 $5 $146 (12... Qxd5
13. Be2 (13. Bd3 $1 Bb7 {Das wäre der Übergang zu Lautier-Beliavski/Ubeda 1997
(1-0).} (13... Qxg2 $2 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 f5 18.
Qf6+ Kg8 19. Bf1 Qf3 20. Rg1 Qxc3+ 21. Kd1 $18) 14. Qe2 $1) 13... Bb7 14. Qa4 {
war so ein Gedanke während der Partie, aber Lf3 ist keine dolle Drohung, wegen
Dd5-a2.} (14. f3 $13)) 13. f3 (13. Be2 {ist vielleicht doch der bessere Zug.
Weiß kann sich dann nach der Rochade auch ein Öffnung mit c3-c4 erlauben.})
13... Nc7 14. Kf2 Re8 15. h4 (15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Bc2 $1 {ist eine interessante
Option (Christiansen), aber} Nb5 $1) 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. h5 Qd7 18. Qc2
Nc7 19. Qd3 (19. a4 {sehr langsam}) 19... Re6 20. Ne2 {[#] Mein anfänglicher
Optimismus war hier schon geschwunden, denn ich hatte bemerkt, daß viele
Aktionen daran scheitern, daß im weißen Lager stets etliche Punkte überdeckt
werden müssen, so wie b5, g4, h2 und die e-Linie.} (20. Bf4) (20. Nf5 Rae8)
20... Rae8 21. Nf4 R6e7 22. g4 (22. h6 g6 (22... g5 23. Nh3) 23. g4) 22... h6
23. Ng2 (23. Rhg1 $13 {ist am besten.} Nh7 24. Ng2 $5) (23. Rhe1 $6 Rxe1 24.
Bxe1 Qd6 $1) (23. Rbg1 $2 Qb5) 23... Re2+ $1 24. Qxe2 (24. Kf1 Nxg4 $1 25. fxg4
Qxg4 26. Nh4 (26. Nf4 R8e3 $19 27. Bxe3 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Rxe3 {
ist evtl. gerade so spielbar.}) 26... R8e4 27. Rd1 Nb5 28. Qf3 $19) (24. Kg3
Qd6+ 25. Bf4 Rxg2+ {Die weiße Stellung krankt vor allem an der Schwäche des
Königs.}) 24... Rxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Nb5 26. a4 Na3 27. Rb4 Ne8 $1 28. Ne3 Nd6 29. a5
$6 (29. Bc1 Nac4 $2 (29... Ndc4 30. Bxa3 Nxa3 31. Ra1 Nc4 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33.
Rxc4) 30. Nxc4 (30. Nxd5 $1 a5 $13 (30... Qe6+ 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Bxe3 Nc4 33.
Kd3 Qxe3+ 34. Kxc4 Qxf3 35. Rg1 Qe2+ 36. Kb3 {ist wohl das spielbarste.}) 31.
Rb1 Qxa4) 30... Nxc4 31. Kf2 Qc6 32. Re1 a5 33. Rb5 Nd6 34. Rb3 $6) (29. Nxd5 {
Fritz} Ne4 $19 (29... Qe6+ 30. Ne3 Nc2 31. d5 (31. Rbb1 Nc4 32. Kd3 Nxd2 33.
Nxc2 Nxb1 34. Rxb1 Qc6 $19) 31... Qe5 32. f4 Qe8 33. Rc1 Nxb4 34. cxb4 Qxa4 $19
)) 29... bxa5 $1 {MultiMedia files not imported} 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Kf2 (31. Nxd5
Ndc4 (31... Ne4 $11 32. fxe4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf2 Qxe4 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35. Rg1 Qc2 36.
Rbg8 $1) 32. Ne3 Qe6 $19 33. Kd3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 Qc4+ 35. Ke4 Nc2 $1 {Fritz})
31... Qc7 32. Rf8 Ndc4 33. Nxc4 Nxc4 34. Bc1 Qe7 (34... Ne5) 35. Rc8 a4 36. Bf4
Qf6 37. Kg3 Qe6 38. Rb8 a3 39. g5 hxg5 40. Bxg5 Nd6 41. Rb3 Nf5+ 42. Kf2 Qd6
0-1

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schumacher, Olaf"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Qa4
Qe7 (8... Bb7 $1) 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 bxc5 {Schon neu.} 11. Be2 Bb7 12. f3
O-O 13. b4 d6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bd2 (16. Rd1 Nf6) 16... Nc7 17. Na4
Bc6 18. Rfd1 $6 (18. b5 Bb7 19. b6 Ne8 20. bxa7 Rxa7 21. Nc3 $13) 18... e5 19.
b5 Bb7 20. b6 Ne6 21. bxa7 Rxa7 $17 22. Nb6 Bc6 23. Nd5 Qe8 24. Qb2 g5 25. Bd3
Kh8 26. Bc3 f4 27. exf4 gxf4 28. Qf2 Qd8 29. Be4 Rxa3 30. Qb2 Ra6 $19 {
Eigentlich ist die Partie gelaufen; Bauer mehr, Stellung besser, Zeit in
Überfluß.} 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Ng5 $2 ({Ich sah} 32... Nd4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34.
Nxf4 Bxe4 35. Ne6 Qb8 36. Qxb8 Rxb8 37. fxe4 {und es war mir nicht genug, aber
Schwarz sollte das Endspiel leicht gewinnen.}) 33. Ba5 $1 {Schock!} Qb8 $2 (
33... Qe8 34. Nc7 Qb8 35. Qxb8 Nxb8 $13) 34. Qxb8 Nxb8 35. Bc7 $18 Nf7 36. Ra7
Kg7 (36... Nd7 37. Nc3 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 $18) 37. Bxd6 Re8 38. Bxc5 Nd7 39. Ba3 Rb8
40. Bf5 Nf6 41. Ne7 Ba8 42. c5 e4 43. fxe4 Nxe4 44. Bxe4 Bxe4 45. c6 (45. c6
Rb1+ 46. Kf2 Bd3 47. Kf3 Rf1+ 48. Kg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qd7 10. a3 Ba5 11. g3 Bd8 12. Bg2 {N; 12.b4} a5 $5 13. b3 b6 14.
O-O O-O 15. b4 Ba6 16. Rfb1 $6 (16. Rab1 Bc4 $13) 16... Bxe2 $1 17. Nxe2 Qa7 $1
$10 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. Nxd5 $1 $8 exd5 20. Bxd5 axb4 $4 {Schwarz sollte die Figur
besser zurückgeben.} (20... Nd7 21. c6 $1 Rad8 $1 $10) 21. cxb6 Qa5 22. Bxa8
Qxa8 23. Rxb4 Nc6 24. b7 $18 Qa7 25. Rc1 $1 Nxd4 (25... Nxb4 26. Qxb4 {/\ Qf8}
Rb8 27. Rc8+ Bd8 28. Qd6) 26. Qe3 Qb8 27. a4 Qd6 28. Rbb1 Be5 29. Rc8 Nc6 30.
Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7.
a3 Be7 8. g3 {Ein solider Zug, der weniger gespielt wird als 8.d5 (>100
Partien) und 8.Nf4 (<100 Partien). Ich glaube jedoch, daß nur 8.d5! wirklich
geeignet ist, Eröffnungsvorteil zu realisieren.} (8. d5 {Kortschnoj} exd5 9.
cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Re6 $44) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Nc6 $1 12. O-O Na5 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rc8 (14... Qc7 15. c4 Rad8 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh6 Rfe8 18. d5 Bf8 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qh6 Bf8 21. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Kristensen,
B-Dzindzichashvili,R/Saint John op-2 1988/CBM 06}) (14... Bc6 $2 {Kortschnoj}
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 $14) 15. Re1 b6 (15... Rxc3 16. d5 $36) 16. d5 Bc5 $5 ({
Gegen} 16... exd5 {spricht eigentlich auch nichts.} 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxd5 Bf5)
17... Be6 $13) 17. Qh5 Nc4 (17... exd5 18. Bxd5 $13) (17... Qf6 $5 {Kortschnoj}
) 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Rf8f2]} 20. Bf4 Bxf2+ $5 (20... Nxa3 21.
Be4 h6 22. Qg6 Rxf4 $13) (20... e5 {Kortschnoj} 21. Be4 g6 22. Bxg6 Qd7 23.
Rbd1 (23. Rxe5 $2 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 Qc6+ $19) 23... hxg6 24. Qxg6+
Qg7 25. Qe6+ Qf7 26. Qg4+ $11) 21. Kxf2 Rc5 22. Qg4 (22. Qh3 e5 23. Be4 g6) (
22. Qe2 {Kortschnoj} e5 23. Rbd1 Qf6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Bxc4 exf4 $44) (22. Qd1 {
Kortschnoj} Qxd1 23. Rbxd1 g5 $11) 22... e5 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rbd1 Qc8 25. Qxc8
Rcxc8 26. Rd7 $1 exf4 27. gxf4 (27. Ree7 $11 {Kortschnoj}) 27... Rxf4+ {
Die Wogen haben sich geglättet; Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und spielt auf
Gewinn, aber die Chancen dafür sind nicht sehr hoch.} 28. Kg1 Nxa3 29. Ree7 Rg4
30. h3 Rg5 31. Kh2 Nb5 $2 (31... h5 $15) 32. c4 h6 $5 (32... Na3 33. Bb7 Rf8
34. Rf7 Re8 35. Rde7 Rd8 36. Bd5 a5 37. h4 Rg4 38. Kh3 Rg1 39. Bg2 Rg8 40. Bd5
{hat höchstens Weiß Gewinnchancen.}) 33. h4 $1 (33. cxb5 $2 Rc2 $17) 33... Rg4
34. Bh3 Rcxc4 (34... Rgxc4 35. Rxg7 Rc2+ 36. Bg2 Rf2 (36... R8c7 $11 {
Kortschnoj}) 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Kg3 Rf5 $13) 35. Bxg4 Rxg4 {Eine interessante
Materialkonstellation; wer steht eigentlich besser und warum?} 36. Kh3 Rg1 37.
h5 Rh1+ $6 $138 (37... Rg5 38. Kh4 Kh7 39. Re8 Rg1 40. Rdd8 g5+ 41. hxg6+ (41.
Kh3 $6 Rh1+ 42. Kg4 Rh4+ 43. Kf3 (43. Kf5 Nd4+ 44. Kf6 Rf4+ 45. Ke5 Nc6+ $19)
43... Rxh5) 41... Rxg6 $11) 38. Kg4 Rg1+ 39. Kf4 Rg5 $2 {Erst dieser Zug gibt
Weiß reelle Gewinnchancen.} (39... Rf1+ $142 {Kortschnoj}) 40. Re5 $1 Rxe5 41.
Kxe5 Kh7 $2 {Kortschnoj: The last in a serie of bad time-trouble-moves.41...a5
was much better. Schwarz hat für diesen Zug noch Zeit und sollte ihn erst
spielen, wenn Weiß Kf5 gespielt hat.} (41... Nc3 $6 42. Rxa7 $1 Kh7 43. Ra3 {
Weiß sollte gewinnen. Er hat noch einen Bauern, aber es gibt auch das Motiv
des Springerfangs, falls dieser nicht zu seinem König zurück kann.}) (41... a5
$1 42. Rb7 $1 (42. Kf5 Kh7 43. Ke6 a4 44. Kf7 a3 45. Kf8 Kh8 46. Rxg7 a2 47.
Rg1 Nc3 48. Kf7 b5 $11 49. Kg6 $2 Kg8 $1 50. Kxh6+ Kf7 51. Rf1+ Ke6 52. Kg7 (
52. Kg6 b4 53. h6 b3 54. h7 b2 $19) 52... Kd5 53. h6 Nb1 $19) 42... Na3 $1 43.
Kd4 b5 44. Ra7 a4 45. Rb7 b4 46. Kd3 b3 47. Rb4 Kh7 48. Kc3 Nb1+ 49. Kb2 Nd2
50. Rxa4 Nf3 51. Kxb3 Ne5 52. Ra7 Ng4 53. Kc4 Nf6 54. Ra5 g5 $11) (41... a5
$142 {Kortschnoj}) 42. Ke6 $18 Nc3 43. Kf7 Ne4 (43... a5 44. Kf8 Kh8 45. Rxg7
Nd5 46. Rg4 b5 47. Kf7 $18) 44. Kf8 Kh8 45. Rxg7 Ng5 (45... Nf6 46. Rg6 $18)
46. Rxa7 b5 (46... Ne6+ {Kortschnoj} 47. Kf7 Nf4 48. Ra4 Nxh5 49. Rh4 $18) 47.
Ra6 (47. Ra6 Kh7 48. Rb6 Nh3 49. Kf7 Ng5+ 50. Kf6 Ne4+ 51. Ke6 Kg7 52. Rxb5 Kh7
53. Rb7+ Kg8 54. Rb4 Ng5+ 55. Kf6 Kh7 56. Rb7+ Kg8 57. Kg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. c5 Ne4 (7...
d6 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bf4 dxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13.
Bd6 Be7 14. Rd1 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. g3 e5 19. fxe5
Nxe5 20. Bg2 Nc4 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bxb7 Rae8+ 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Kg2 h5 25. c6 Bc8
26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Nd5 Rcd8 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Ndf5 Rd5 30. Rc1 Ng4 31. Rc5 Rxc5
32. bxc5 {1-0 Sherbakov,R-Yevseev,D/Samara 2000/}) 9. Nxc3 dxc5 10. dxc5 Qc7
11. Qd6 Qxd6 12. cxd6 Rd8 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Bg5 a6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. O-O-O b5 17.
g3 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg2 Na5 20. Rd3 Rb6 21. Rhd1 Bb7 $13 {Sadler,M-Van der
Sterren,P/Germany 2000/}) 8. Bd2 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8. Qc2 d5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10.
Nxc3 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. dxe5 Bxe4 14. Qa4 d4 15. Rd1 Qd5 16. Bxd4
Bc2 17. Qxc2 Nxd4 18. Qc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be2 Rad8 20. Kf1 Nxe2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22.
Qxe2 Qd5 23. h4 Qd1+ 24. Qe1 Qc2 $19 {Shulman,Y-Stocek,J/CZE 1999/}) (8. a3 $5
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 $14) 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 b6 12. Nb5 dxc5
13. dxc5 Bd7 (13... bxc5 $2 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nc7 $18) 14. Qd6 Bxb5 15. Bxb5
bxc5 16. O-O-O (16. Qxc5 $2 Nd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. O-O Rac8 $15) 16... Qxd6 $2 (
16... Qc8 $142 $5 $17) 17. Rxd6 $11 a6 18. Be2 Ra7 19. Rhd1 g6 20. Kc2 Kg7 21.
Rb6 Kf6 22. Rdd6 Ke7 23. Bc4 (23. Bxa6 Nd7 24. Rbc6 Ne5 $11) 23... h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. f3 O-O 10. Bd3 d5 (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. O-O (13.
cxd5 $5 exd5 14. O-O {[%cal Ya3a4]}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16.
Bd2 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Qc7 $11 {0-1 (50) Peralta,F (2556)
-Ponomariov,R (2695) Albox 2005}) 11. O-O cxd4 $2 {After this careless move
Black's a5-bishop gets into trouble.} (11... Rc8 $6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxa7 Ra8
14. Nb5 $16 {1/2 (72) Bluebaum,M (2513)-Dann,M (2434) Dresden 2013}) (11...
dxc4 $142 12. Bxc4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 {- this position is less favourable for Black
than it was after 10...cxd4 as now ...cxd4 can be met with cxd4. E.g.} Rc8 14.
Qe2 Nb8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Rfc1 Qg5 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 Qg5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf1
$14 Kh8 {1/2 (26) Hawkins,J (2511)-Adams,M (2752) England 2014} 21. e4 $1 Nf4
22. Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxe6 Rce8 24. d5 $36) 12. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]} (12. exd4 $2
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc7 16. Bd2 Bd5 $11 {0-1 (58) Popov,S 
(2478)-Jeremic,V (2527) Zlatibor 2006}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 $8 14. Qe2 $1 {
Even better than} (14. Bd3 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a6 17. Nxd4 (17. Na7 $143
Ra8 18. bxa5 b5 19. Bb2 {1/2 (19) Feige,M (2421)-Natsidis,C (2227) Germany 2008
}) 17... Bxb4 18. axb4 e5 19. Bb2 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 $16) 14... Bd5
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. e4 (16. exd4 {is simpler, e.g.} Qb3 (16... Rc4 17. b3) 17.
Nxa7 {, winning a pawn...} Rc4 18. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 {...and renewing the
b2-b4 threat.}) 16... Qa2 (16... Qb3 17. Nxd4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Nb5 {
[%cal Rb2b4]} Rc5 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. b4 $18) (16... d3 $5 17. exd5 dxe2 18. Nxe2
Nxd5 19. b4 Naxb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Nxa7 Rc2 22. Rb2 {- White parries
immediate threats but it will not be easy for him to convert his material
advantage as all the pawns are on the same side.}) 17. Bg5 $1 {The killing
b2-b4 will follow sooner or later.} Rc4 18. Rbd1 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf2 $1 $18
{[%cal Rb2b4,Rg3h5]}) 18... d3 (18... Rd8 19. e5 Qb3 20. Nxd4 Rcxd4 21. Rxd4
Rxd4 22. Qxa6 Ne8 23. Qc8 Kf8 24. Qb7 Kg8 25. Qe7 Qa4 26. b4 $18) 19. Qxd3 Rc5
20. Be3 $6 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 $18 {[%cal Rd3a6,Rb2b4]}) 20... Qxb2 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 $16 {The a5 bishop has survived; Black has only lost an exchange for a
pawn. However, Evgeny Tomashevsky manages to convert his material advantage
although it takes a lot of time.} 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 a6 24. Nd6 b5 25. Nd4
Bb6 26. Kh1 g5 27. Nc6 Kg7 28. g3 h5 29. Rfe1 Na4 30. Rd3 Nc5 31. Rd2 Nb3 32.
Rc2 Nc5 33. Kg2 Na4 34. Rd1 g4 35. Rd3 Nc5 36. Rd1 Na4 37. h3 gxf3+ 38. Kxf3
Nh7 39. e5 Bc5 40. Rd3 f6 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. exf6+ Nxf6 43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Rxd4 Nd5
45. Re4 Rd8 46. Nb7 Rd7 47. Na5 Rd6 48. Rc6 Rxc6 49. Nxc6 Nc5 50. Re5 Nd3 51.
Rg5+ Kh6 52. Rg8 Ne3+ 53. Kf3 Nc4 54. Nb4 Nde5+ 55. Ke2 a5 56. Nc2 Nd7 57. Rc8
Kg6 58. Rc7 Nf6 59. Rc6 Kf7 60. a4 Nd5 61. axb5 Ne5 62. Ra6 Nc3+ 63. Kf1 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. d5 {
This straightforward move is rarely tried in this position. White usually
keeps the tension in the centre by playing} (8. Bd2) (8. Qa4) (8. Ng3) (8. g3)
({or} 8. f3) 8... exd5 (8... Ne4 $6 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. g3 exd5 12.
Bg2 Rb8 13. Bxd5 $14 {1-0 Budnikov,O (2398)-Pavlov,S (2524)/Odessa 2010/CBM
138 Extra (65)}) ({but two other normal moves are quite satisfactory for Black:
} 8... Bb7 9. Bd2 (9. g3 {leads to the 8.g3 line}) 9... O-O 10. Nf4 Bxc3 11.
Bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nc7 14. Rd1 d6 15. Be2 e5 16. Nd3 b5 17. b3 a5
$132 {0-1 Jelling,E (2420)-Nielsen,P (2475)/Denmark 1995/EXT 1999 (58)}) (8...
O-O $5 9. Bd2 (9. g3 $6 exd5 10. Bg2 d6 {[%cal Yc8f5]} 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. cxd5 b5
13. O-O b4 14. Ne4 Nxd5 $15 {1/2 Gual Pascual,A (2340)-Campos Moreno,J (2450)/
Barcelona 1993/EXT 1997 (32)}) 9... d6 (9... Qe7 10. g3 exd5 11. Bg2 Bxc3 12.
Nxc3 Nc7 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 $44 {1-0 Schweda,R (2420)
-Hoelzl,F (2356)/Austria 2009/EXT 2010 (40)}) 10. Ng3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Nc7 14. Qc6 Qe7 15. Rd1 Rd8 $11 {0-1 Zoebisch,H (2145)
-Palac,M (2582)/Graz 2009/CBM 132 Extra (29)}) 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Ng3 (10. Bd2 d6
11. Ng3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Be2 Qe5 15. e4 f5 $36 {0-1 Myc,M 
(2350)-Prokopchuk,E (2475)/Koszalin 1997/CBM 059 ext (30)}) 10... Bb7 11. Bxa6
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxa6 13. f3 d6 $6 {Probably too standard!} (13... Ne8 $142 $1
14. e4 Qh4 {with an excellent position. If} 15. Be3 {then} f5 $1 $40) 14. e4
Nd7 15. Bf4 Ne5 $2 {A positional error. In the resulting structure Black can't
successfully blockade White's d5-pawn as he has no knight (and White has!).} (
15... Qf6 $142 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Kf2 Rae8 19. Rhe1 Bc8 20. Kg1 Bd7
{although White keeps the initiative here, too (idea f3-f4 and e4-e5!)}) 16.
Bxe5 dxe5 17. Kf2 g6 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Rbd1 Qe7 21. Qa2 h5 $6 {
Just a weakening move.} 22. c4 Qh4 23. Kg1 Rd6 24. a4 Qf4 25. Nf1 h4 26. h3 Qg5
27. Qd2 Qd8 $6 ({The exchange of queens -} 27... Qxd2 28. Nxd2 {- was more
stubborn but White's initiative on both sides (f3-f4 or a4-a5) made Black's
defensive task very difficult.}) 28. f4 $1 {[%mdl 32] The triumph of White's
strategy!} Re8 (28... Qf6 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. Nh2) 29. Nh2 f6 30. fxe5 fxe5 31.
Rc1 Rf8 32. Ng4 Qe7 33. Rf1 Rdd8 (33... Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Bxc4 35. Nh6+ $18) (
33... Bc8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. Qh6 Bxg4 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. hxg4 Kc7
39. Qa8 $18) 34. Qh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Re8 $6 {/\ Nf8-g6} (10... e5 11. Nfd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Nf6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. O-O Bf5 15. b4 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. h3 h6 18. Qb3 Qe6
19. Rfd1 b6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Timman,J/Dordrecht blitz 2001 (33)}) 11.
O-O Nf8 12. b4 (12. Bf3 Rb8 (12... Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. b4 {- game}) 13. b4
$14) 12... Ng6 (12... b6 13. Qb3 (13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Nb5 Qd7 (14... Bd7 $2 15.
Nxa7 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qxc4 17. Be2 Qc8 18. Rc1 $18) 15. a4 a6 16. Nc3 Bb7 $14) 13...
Bb7 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. d5 N6d7 17. Rab1 $14) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 $1
(14. Qb3 b6 $14) (14. c5 Bd7) 14... Rb8 15. d5 (15. c5 Bd7 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. Qa4 Qd7 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxa7 Ng4 22. g3 e5 $132) 15...
a6 (15... b6 16. Nb5 exd5 (16... a6 17. Nd4 $16) (16... Qd7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Qd3 $16) 17. Nxa7 $16) 16. Rc1 Bd7 $2 (16... b6 17. dxe6 (17. Qd3 e5) 17...
Bxe6 18. Nd5 (18. Qd4 Nd7) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qd7 $14 (19... Bf6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6
21. Qd5 $14)) 17. c5 $1 $16 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 (18... dxc5 19. Bf4 $16) 19.
Bxd5 dxc5 20. Qb3 (20. Bf4 Ra8 (20... Bb5 21. Qb3 Rf8 {->> 20.Qb3} (21... c4
22. Qf3 $18)) 21. Qb3 Rf8 {->> 20.Qb3}) (20. Qf3 $5 Bf6 21. Bf4 cxb4 (21... Bb5
22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ra8 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. bxc5 $18) 22. Bxb8 Qxb8 23. axb4
$16) 20... Rf8 21. Bf4 Ra8 (21... cxb4 22. Bxb8 Qxb8 23. axb4 $16) 22. Bxb7 Be6
(22... Ra7 23. bxc5 $18) 23. Qf3 cxb4 24. axb4 (24. Rfd1 $5 Qe8 (24... bxa3 25.
Rxd8 Raxd8 26. Be5 $18) 25. Bc6 Qc8 26. Ba4 Bc5 27. h3 $1 (27. axb4 Bg4 28.
Rxc5 Bxf3 29. Rxc8 Bxd1 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxd1 Rd8 32. Be2 Rd4 33. g3 Rxb4 34.
Bxa6 $16) 27... bxa3 (27... b3 28. Be3 b2 29. Rxc5 $18) 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Rxc8
Raxc8 30. Rxd6 Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 a2 $16) 24... Ra7 (24... Bxb4 25.
Rfd1 Qe8 26. Bc6 Qc8 27. Ba4 Bc5 28. Rd2 $1 $18 (28. h3 Ra7 29. Bd6 Rc7 $16))
25. Be3 Qb8 (25... Bg4 26. Qc6 Bd7 27. Qd5 $18) 26. Bxa7 Qxa7 27. Qc6 $18 Bxb4
28. Bxa6 Qa8 29. Rfd1 Be7 30. h3 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 g5 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 g6 34.
Rd7 Bf6 35. Rdc7 Kg7 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Rxc8 Bd4 38. Rc4 Be5 39. Rc6 Kf8 40. Kf1
Ke7 41. Ke2 Kf8 42. Rc5 Bf6 43. Rc7 Be5 44. Rb7 Kg7 45. Kd3 Bd6 46. Kd4 Bf4 47.
Kd5 Kf6 48. g3 Bd2 49. Kd6 Be1 50. Rb1 Bc3 51. Rb3 Be5+ 52. Kd7 Kg7 53. Rb7 $1
Kf8 54. g4 Bd4 55. f3 Be5 56. Rb5 Bf4 57. Rc5 Bd2 58. Rc8+ Kg7 59. Ke8 f5 60.
Rc7+ Kf6 (60... Kg8 61. Ke7 (61. gxf5 gxf5 62. Rc5 g4 63. hxg4 fxg4 64. fxg4
$18) 61... fxg4 62. fxg4 Bf4 63. Rd7 Kg7 64. Ke6+ $18) 61. Kf8 Ke5 62. Kf7 Kf4
63. Kxg6 fxg4 64. fxg4 Kg3 65. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. d4 {Psakhis} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1
Na6 8. Bd2 (8. Ng3 $6 Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. e4 d6 13.
Nh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 Qf6 15. Rg3 e5 16. d5 h6 $15 {Kortschnoj-Timman, Ubeda 1997})
8... O-O 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. Bd3 d5 (10... cxd4 $6 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. c5
$1 $36 (13. c5 $5 {Psakhis} Nb8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Be7
Rfe8 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. O-O Bc6 20. f4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Knaak,R-Gabriel,C/Altensteig
I 1993 (50)})) (10... Bxg2 $6 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. d5 $36 {Rechlis}) 11. cxd5 (11.
O-O {Psakhis} cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Bd3
Re8 17. Rfe1 Nbd7 $11 {0-1 Edzgveradze,N-Zhu Chen/Kishinev izt w 1995 (43)})
11... cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 14. Qe2 $1 (14. f3 $2 Nc5 $1 (14... e5 {
Psakhis} 15. Be4 (15. Rb5 Nc5 $1 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. dxc5 Bc6) (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 Qd7) 15... Nxe4 16. fxe4 Qd8 17. O-O exd4 18. Qg4 Bc8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20.
exf5 Qd7 $11 {0-1 Mamedova,R-Zhu,C/Asia t-ch Singapore 1995 (32)})) 14... Nc7 (
14... Nb8 $6 15. f3 Nbd7 16. O-O e5 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. c4 Qc6 19. d5 $16) ({
I suppose better was to play} 14... Nb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7] Psakhis}) 15. f3 e5 {
Beggining of big complications. Deserves attention also} (15... Qa5 $6 16. c4
Qxa3 17. Bb4) (15... Qd6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 e5 (17... Qxa3 18. e5 $44) 18.
d5 Qxa3 19. O-O Qd6 20. Rb3 $1 $44 {/\ Bc1-a3} (20. c4 Na6) 20... f5 (20... a5
21. c4 $16) 21. c4 $16) (15... Qa2 $5 {Psakhis with possible continuations} 16.
c4 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qxe2+ 18. Nxe2 (18. Kxe2 e5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Nxe5 22. Rhd1 Na6 $11) 18... Rac8 19. Kd2 $14) 16. Bc4 (16. dxe5 $6 Rfe8 17. f4
Rad8 $36) (16. Nf5 {Psakhis} Rfe8) 16... Qc6 (16... Qa5 {Psakhis} 17. dxe5 Rfe8
18. f4 Qxa3 19. O-O $14) 17. dxe5 Rfe8 18. f4 Rad8 (18... Qxg2 $6 19. Qxg2 Bxg2
20. Rg1 Bd5 (20... Bh3 {Psakhis and Black's position just slightly worse.}) 21.
Bxd5 Ncxd5 (21... Nfxd5 22. Nh5 g6 23. c4 $18) 22. c4 Nc7 23. Bb4 {/\ Nf5-e7}
Kh8 (23... Nd7 $2 24. Nh5 g6 25. Rd1 $18) 24. Rd1 $16) 19. O-O Ng4 $2 (19...
Qxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 (21. Rf2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Re1 Bd5 $11) (21.
Rfd1 {Psakhis} Ne4 22. Be3 Bf3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rf1 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Bc6 $11) (
21. exf6 {Psakhis} Rxd2 22. Rf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Bd5 $11) 21... Rxd2+ 22. Kh3 Nfd5
23. Ne4 Rc2 24. Rf3 $14 {/\ Td1}) (19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rbd1 (21. Rbe1
Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 $11) (21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Rb2 Bd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 $14) 21...
Qc6 $14) 20. Rb2 $1 $16 (20. Bc1 $5 {Psakhis}) 20... Qc5+ (20... b5 21. Ba2
Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxa3 23. Bc1 $16) 21. Kh1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Ne3 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.
Rd7+ Kf8 (24... Re7 $2 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Nf5+ $18) (24... Kg8
25. Rg1 Ba8 (25... Rc8 26. Nh5 $18) (25... Nc4 26. Qh5 Re7 27. Rd8+ $18) 26.
Rxc7 Nxg2 27. Qa2+ $1 Kh8 (27... Qd5 28. Qxd5+ Bxd5 29. Rxg2 $18) 28. Rxc5
Nxf4+ 29. Rg2 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 bxc5 31. Qf7 $18) (24... Kg8 $5 {Psakhis}) 25. Rg1
$6 (25. Rf2 $1 Nc4 (25... Ba8 26. Rxc7 $18) (25... Rc8 26. Qh5 $18) 26. Nh5 (
26. Nf5 $2 Bc8 (26... g6 27. Rxh7 gxf5 28. Qh5 $18) 27. Qg4 Ne6 $17) 26... Re7
27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Nxg7 $16) 25... Nxg2 $2 {What else?} (25... Rc8 $2 26. Qh5
$18) (25... Nc4 $2 26. Qd3 (26. Nf5 Bc8 (26... g6 27. Rxh7 gxf5 28. Qh5 $18)
27. Qg4 $16) 26... Re7 27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. Qd7 $18) (25... Ba8 $1
26. Qh5 $1 (26. Rxc7 Nxg2 27. Rxc5 Nxf4+ 28. Qe4 (28. Ne4 $2 Nxe2 29. Rf1+ Kg8
30. Rc4 b5 $19) 28... bxc5 (28... Bxe4+ $2 29. Nxe4 bxc5 30. Rf1 $18) 29. Rf1
g5 30. Qxa8 (30. h4 Bxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Kg7 32. Nxg5 Ne2 33. Rf7+ Kg6 34. Rxh7 Rxe5
35. Rxa7 Nxc3 $14) 30... Rxa8 31. Ne4 h6 32. h4 (32. Nxc5 Rc8 33. Ne6+ Ke7 $11)
32... Ke7 $14) 26... Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxh7 Qf7 29. Qd3 $36) (25... Qxc3 {
Psakhis} 26. Rxc7 (26. Rd3 $2 Bxg2+ 27. Rxg2 Qc1+ 28. Rg1 Qc6+ 29. Rg2 Qc1+ $11
) 26... Qxc7 27. Qxe3 $16) (25... Ned5 {Psakhis} 26. Ne4 $1 Qc6 (26... Qxa3 27.
Nd6 Bc6 28. Qh5 $1 Re7 29. Rd8+ Ne8 30. Qxh7 $18) 27. Qg4 Re7 (27... Qg6 28.
Qxg6 hxg6 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. c4 $18) 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Nd6 $18 {
even worse.}) 26. Rxg2 Qc6 (26... Bxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Qxc3 28. Rxg7 $18 (28. Ne2 {
Psakhis} Qe1+ 29. Ng1 Ne6 30. f5 $18)) (26... Qxc3 {Psakhis} 27. Rxg7 $1 Qc1+
28. Nf1) 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Nh5 $1 $18 (28. Rxb7 {Psakhis} Qxb7 29. f5 Rd8 30. Qf2
Rd1+ 31. Nf1 Ng5 32. f6 g6 $1 $132 {[%cal Rb7f3]}) 28... Ba8 (28... Qxg2+ 29.
Qxg2 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 g6 (30... Re7 {Psakhis} 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. f5 $18) 31. Nf6
Nxf4+ (31... Re7 32. Nxh7+ $18) 32. Kf3 Rxe5 33. Nxh7+ Ke8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Rd4
$1 $18 {/\ Nd7}) (28... Re7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. f5 Rd7 31. Qe2 Nc5 32. e6 $18)
29. Kg1 (29. Rxa7 {Psakhis} Rd8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Qe2 g6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Qf1)
29... Qc5+ 30. Rf2 Kg8 31. Ng3 Qb5 (31... Qxa3 {Psakhis} 32. f5) 32. f5 Nc5 33.
Rxa7 Nd3 34. f6 (34. f6 {Psakhis} Nxe5 35. f7+) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 06th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nd4 Re8 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O a6 13. Nf5 (13. Bg5 $2 Nxd5) (
13. h3 $142 Bf8 14. Bg5 Ne5 (14... g6 15. Rc1 Bg7 $14) 15. f4 $5 (15. Ne4 Be7
$11) 15... Ned7 16. Kh1 $14) 13... Bf8 14. Qc2 Ne5 (14... Nc5 $5 15. Bf4 (15.
Bg5 Re5 $1 $15) (15. Be3 Re5 $1 $15) (15. Bf3 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nd4 18.
Qd3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rc8 $11) 15... Nce4 (15... Nxd5 16. Nh6+ gxh6 17. Nxd5 Be6
18. Rad1 $44) 16. Ne3 Bd7 $11) 15. Bg5 Bd7 {/\ Rc8, b5} 16. Ne3 (16. a4 {>< b5}
Rc8 17. Ne3 h6 18. Bh4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Ne4 $11) 16... Ng6 (16... b5 $2 17. Ne4 $16)
(16... Rc8 {/\ h6, Ng6, Ne4} 17. Qb3 $14 {/\ Qb7, /\ Ne4}) (16... h6 17. Bh4
Ng6 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Qb3 b5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Rb8 22. Qc2 a5 23. Nc3 $14) 17.
h4 $5 (17. Bd3 h6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 $11) 17... Be7 (17... h6
18. h5 Ne5 19. Bh4 $14 (19. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 20. f4 Ng6 $1 21. hxg6 Rxe3 $15)) 18.
h5 (18. Nf5 $6 Nxd5 (18... Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Nd7 $15) 19. Nxd6 Bxg5 20. Nxe8 Ne3 $1
$15) 18... Ne5 19. Nf5 (19. h6 g6 $11 {/\ Nfg4} (19... Nxd5 $2 20. Nexd5 (20.
Bxe7 $2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxe7 $17) 20... Bxg5 21. f4 Bxh6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bd3
$16)) 19... Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rc8 (20... Nxd5 $2 21. Nxd5 Bxg5 22. f4 Nc6 23. Bd3
$18) (20... g6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh3 Nxd5 $2 23. Nxd5 Bxg5 24. f4 Nd7 25. fxg5
Rxe2 26. Qxd7 $18) (20... Qc8 $5 21. Qxc8 (21. Qf4 h6 (21... Qd8 $5 $11) 22.
Bh4 Nh7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Ne4 Qc2 (24... Qd7 25. Rac1 $14) 25. Rae1 Rd8 $11)
21... Raxc8 $11) 21. Rad1 Qd7 22. Qf4 h6 (22... Qd8 $1 $11) 23. Bh4 b5 $6 (
23... Nh7 24. Bg3 $14) 24. Rd4 $1 {/\ a4} (24. a4 bxa4 25. Bxa6 Rb8 $11) 24...
Nh7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. a4 $1 bxa4 27. Rxa4 $36 Nf6 28. Rxa6 Qb7 (28... Rc5 $142
$5 {/\ Rb8}) 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Rb1 $6 (30. Rxd6 $1 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. f4 $1
Neg4 33. Bf3 Rc2 34. Nb5 Ne3 35. Re1 $16) 30... Qb4 31. Ra4 Qb3 32. Bd1 (32.
Ra3 Nc4 $1 $14) 32... Qb6 33. Rf4 {/\ Rf6} (33. Ne4 Ned7 $1 (33... Nxe4 34.
Rxe4 $16 {/\ b4}) 34. Nxf6+ Nxf6 35. Rd4 (35. Bf3 Qb3 $132) 35... Ne4 $132)
33... Ned7 34. b4 Re5 $14 35. Rc4 Qd8 $2 $138 (35... Rbe8 $14) 36. Rc6 $2 $138
(36. f4 $1 Re8 (36... Rf5 $2 37. g4 $18) (36... Qb6+ 37. Kh2 $16 {/\ Rc6}) 37.
Rc6 Rb6 38. Bf3 $16) 36... Qe7 37. Bf3 Rf5 $1 $132 {/\ Ne5} 38. Ra6 (38. Rc7
Qd8 39. Ra7 Ne5 40. Bd1 Qb6 $132) 38... Ne5 39. Be2 Ned7 40. b5 $2 (40. Qd4 Re5
$14) (40. Ra7 Qe5 $14 (40... Qd8 41. Qd4 Qb6 42. Qxb6 Nxb6 43. Bf3 Nbxd5 44.
Nxd5 Nxd5 45. Ra5 Ne7 46. Re1 Kf8 47. Ra7 Re5 48. Rxe5 dxe5 49. b5 $16)) 40...
Nc5 $138 {Black lost on time when playing his 40th move.} (40... Nc5 41. Rc6 (
41. Qc2 Re5 42. Rc6 Nxh5 43. Rb4 Nf6 44. Rd4 Nfd7 $11) 41... Rxf2 $1 (41...
Nce4 $2 42. Nxe4 Nxe4 43. Qe3 Rxf2 44. Bf3 $18) 42. Rxc5 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 Qxe2 44.
Nxe2 dxc5 45. Nc3 Kf8 $11) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 {As expected, Beliavsky
sticks to his principles and repeats the line he had already employed against
me in Ubeda this year.} 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Qa4 {I am the first to deviate.
The text-move has not been very much played, but it proves quite irksome for
Black. The present threat is 9.b4.} ({Our previous meeting had gone} 8. Bd2)
8... Bb7 9. Bd2 {A logical follow-up, though surprisingly unpopular, by which
White simply renews the abovementioned threat.} ({The last Black move was
indirectly preventing the b4-threat, as} 9. b4 $2 Bc6 $1 10. b5 Be4 {gives
Black the better game.}) 9... Qe7 {My opponent committed here a gruesome
mistake: he used up a whole 50 minutes on this standard reply.} (9... Bc6 {
is known, but it is hardly superior to the text move, since after} 10. Qc2 O-O
11. Ng3 {followed by d5, White occupies the center with gain of time.}) 10. Ng3
Bxc3 $6 {It wasn't necessary to yield the bishop pair so soon.} (10... O-O {
was better}) 11. Bxc3 cxd4 $6 {After surrendering the two bishops, my opponent
opens up the game and strengthens my center. As sometimes happens, a long
think in the opening is followed by unsound strategical decisions, as the
player feels somewhat compelled to justify his investment of time by some
unusual play.} (11... O-O 12. Bd3 {was the normal continuation, with a slight
edge for White.}) 12. exd4 O-O ({If Black tries to impede White's development
by making the pressure on g2 effective and thus retreats his a6-N, he has to
reckon with} 12... Nc7 13. Bb4 $1 Bc6 14. Bxe7 Bxa4 15. Bd6 $16 {with a clear
advantage.}) 13. Bd3 {Since Black was not in time to remove his offside knight
from the attack of the enemy queen, White is able to develop normally.} Nc7 14.
O-O {The opening concludes with a clearly superior game for White. Apart from
the positional trumps already listed, or rather thanks to them, he is about to
start a powerful attack on the center and the kingside by Rae1, Qc2, d4-d5 or
f2-f4-f5. Not willing to undergo such a formidable offensive, Beliavsky
jettisons a pawn in order to get his share of activity, and rightly so.} b5 (
14... d5 {would be the right move if not for a tactical drawback} 15. Bb4 Qe8
16. Qb3 $1 {is much stronger} (16. Qc2 {yields only a slight edge after} Qc6
17. Bxf8 dxc4 18. f3 cxd3 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Rbc1 Ba4 21. Bb4 $14 (21. Rxc7 d2
$11)) 16... Qc6 17. cxd5 Ncxd5 18. Bxf8 Ne3 (18... Rxf8 19. Rbc1 $18) 19. d5 $1
$18 {wins neatly}) ({Black can't afford preparing ...d7-d5 either by} 14...
Rfd8 {as White is faster} 15. d5 $1 d6 (15... exd5 $2 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qh4 $18 {wins}) 16. Qc2 {with a devastating initiative}) 15.
cxb5 Ncd5 16. Bd2 Qd6 {Black bases his counterplay on two main ideas: the
sally of the d5-N to f4 and the Benko-style push a7-a6.} 17. Rfc1 {Frees the
f1-square for the B.} h5 {A good resource that intends the disrupting ...h4-h3}
(17... a6 {was possible, but White keeps the upper hand with} 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19.
Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc4 Rb8 (20... Rfa8 21. Qc5 $16) 21. a4 $16 {followed by a5.})
18. Qb3 $1 {The most precise as the following variations demonstrate} Rfb8 (
18... Nf4 19. Bb4 Qxd4 20. Rd1 $1 {/\ Bh7} (20. Bxf8 $2 Nxd3 {[%csl Rf2] hits
f2}) 20... Bd5 21. Qc2 $1 Rfc8 22. Bh7+ Nxh7 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxd4 $18 {wins}
) (18... h4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 (21... Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5
23. Rc7 $16) 22. Qh3 $16 {and in both cases, White is clearly better}) 19. Bg5
$1 a6 20. Qd1 {Forcing new weaknesses in Black's camp} g6 21. a4 {Stronger
than taking on a6, as the b5-P is a muzzle to Black's queenside.} axb5 22. axb5
Qb6 23. Ne2 Nh7 24. Bd2 Nhf6 25. h3 {An important prophylactic measure against
the potential threat of Qd6 and Ng4.} Qd6 26. Ra1 Qf8 {Short of time and
options, Black can only wait} (26... Nb4 {is a blank shot} 27. Bc4 (27. Bf4 $2
Qd5) 27... Bd5 $2 28. Bf4 $18) 27. Nc3 {Inexorably, White marches on. The next
step is to install the N on c5.} Nb4 28. Bf1 Qd6 29. Na4 Ne4 (29... Qxd4 {
loses a piece to} 30. Rc4 $18) 30. Nc5 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Qxd4 $2 {A tactical
blunder in severe time-pressure} (31... Nxc5 $2 32. Bxb4 $18 {was not better})
(31... Nxd2 {was the only move to keep playing, although after} 32. Qxd2 Nd5
33. Ra7 Qb6 34. Ra3 Qd6 35. Nd3 $1 {intending Ne5 and Rg3, Black can't hold
for long.}) 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 ({or} 32... Bxe4 33. Ra4 Bc2 34. Rxb4 Qxb4 35. Qxc2
$18) 33. Ra4 Qc2 34. Qxc2 Nxc2 35. Bd3 {Black resigned, as his knight is
doomed after} (35. Bd3 Rc8 36. Bc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5
Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 (9... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 10. a3 Ba5 $13) 10. a3 Bxc3 11.
Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 b6 (12... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 13. O-O Nc6 {Rechlis,G-Portisch,L/
Manila izt/1990/}) 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Bc2 $5 (14. O-O Nc6 $5) 14... Bd7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Rfe1 g6 (16... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 17. Rad1 (17. Re3 Rc4 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. Ne2)
17... Rc4 (17... Qd8 $6 18. Re3 Qf8 19. h4 $1 Rc4 20. Bd3 Rc7 21. Bb1 Rb7 22.
h5 Nc6 23. Nxa4 $1 Nxd4 (23... Rxa4 24. Qc2 Qa8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Rg3 $18) 24.
Qxd4 Rxa4 25. b4 $16 {Knaak,R-Lerner,K/Lugano op/1989/}) 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Re3
Nc6 20. Rg3 Ne7 21. h4 Qd8 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Re5 f5 $14 {Bareev,E-Dolmatov,S/
URS-FL Irkutsk/1986/}) 17. Re3 $1 $14 Rc8 (17... Qxb2 $2 18. Rb1 Qxa3 19. Nxd5
Qd6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Rf3 {/\ Nh5 +-} e5 22. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Rf6
$1 Qe7 25. Qh6 e4 26. Bxe4 $18) 18. Rd1 Bc6 (18... Rc4 {Ftacnik} 19. Rh3 $40 (
19. Bd3 $2 Rxd4)) 19. Rf3 $1 (19. Rh3 Nd7 {/\ Nf8}) 19... Nd7 $6 (19... Ra7 $1
20. h4 $36) (19... Qd8 {Ftacnik} 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. h4 $40) 20. Qf4 $16 Rf8 (20...
f5 21. Qd6 Re8 22. Re3 Nf8 (22... Kf7 23. Rde1 $16) 23. Bxa4 $18) 21. Rh3 (21.
Qh6 Ra7 22. Rh3 Nf6) 21... Qxb2 (21... Qd8 {Ftacnik} 22. Qh6 Nf6 23. g4 {
/\ 24.g5 Nh5 25.Rh5 +-}) 22. Bb1 $1 Rab8 $2 (22... Rfb8 $8 {/\ Nf8} 23. Rxh7 $1
Kxh7 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxg6 Nf8 26. Qf6+ $1 (26. Rd3 $2 Qc1+ 27. Nd1 Rb3 28.
Qf6+ $10) 26... Kg8 27. Bf7+ Kh7 28. g4 $3 (28. Qg5 {/\ Qg8, g4 +-} Ra7 $1 (
28... Qxc3 $2 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. g4 $18) 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. g4 Rxf7 $1) 28... Qc2 (
28... Ra7 29. Rd3 $1 $18) (28... Be8 29. Rd3 $18) (28... Qxc3 29. Qg5 $1 Qc2
30. Qg8+ Kh6 31. g5#) 29. Qg5 Ng6 (29... Nd7 30. Rd2 $1 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Rg8 32.
Qh5+ Kg7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Bxg8 $18) 30. Rd2 Qc1+ (30... Qxd2 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32.
Qf6+ Kh7 33. Bg6+ $18) 31. Kg2 Nf4+ (31... Ne7 32. Qxe7 Qxd2 33. Be8+ Kg8 34.
Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Bf7+ Kh7 37. Bg6+ $18) (31... Nh8 32. Bxe6 $18) (
31... Nh4+ 32. Qxh4+ Kg7 33. Bxe6 Qxd2 34. Qe7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. g5 Qxg5+
37. Qxg5 Rg8 38. Bxg8+ Rxg8 39. Qxg8+ $18) 32. Qxf4 Rf8 (32... Be8 33. g5 $1
Qxc3 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. g6 $18) 33. g5 Be8 (33... Qxc3 34. Qf6 $18)
34. g6+ Kg7 35. Ne2 $3 (35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. g7 $16) 35... Qxa3 (35... Qc4 36. Qe5+
Kh6 37. Nf4 (37. Qf6 $5 $18) 37... Bxf7 38. gxf7 Rxf7 39. Qxe6+ Kg7 40. Rd3 $18
) 36. Qe5+ Kh6 37. Qf6 $1 Bxf7 38. gxf7+ Kh7 39. Nf4 Rg8+ 40. fxg8=Q+ Rxg8+ 41.
Kf1 $18) (22... f5 {Ftacnik} 23. Qd6 $18) 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qg5 Kg7 (24... Rfc8
25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qxe6 $18) 25. Rg3 (25. Rxh5 $6 {Ftacnik} Qxc3
26. Qh6+ Kf6 $10) 25... Rh8 (25... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 26. Bxg6 Kf8 27. Rf3 $18) 26.
Bxg6 $18 f6 (26... fxg6 {Ftacnik} 27. Qxg6+ (27. Qe7+ Kh6 28. Qxe6 $18) 27...
Kf8 28. Qxe6 $18) 27. Qh4 $1 Rh6 (27... Kf8 28. Rb1 $1 Qxa3 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30.
Qxf6+ $18) 28. Bxh5+ Kh8 29. Qg4 Rh7 30. Bg6 f5 31. Qf4 (31. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Rg7
32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Bh7+) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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 "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Ng3
$1 {N/} (8. g3 cxd4 $1 (8... Bb7 $2 9. d5 exd5 10. Bg2 $16) 9. exd4 Bxc3 $1 (
9... Bb7 $2 10. d5 $16) 10. Nxc3 d5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 $1 12. cxd5 Bb7 $1 13. Bg2 h6
14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qb3 $10 {Delchev,A-Wojtkiewicz,A/Odorheiu zt/1995/}) 8...
cxd4 (8... d5 $2 9. b4 $1 cxb4 10. Nxd5 $3 $16 (10. Na2 $2 bxa3 $13)) 9. exd4
Bxc3 (9... d5 $4 10. b4) 10. Bxc3 d5 11. c5 $1 Ne4 $5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. b4 Nc6
(13... Bb7 14. b5 Bd5 15. c6 a6 16. a4 $16) 14. Qc2 $1 (14. b5 Ne7 15. c6 Nd5
16. Bb2 Qg5 $132) 14... f5 (14... Nxd4 $4 15. Qxe4 $18) 15. Bc4 $1 Ne7 (15...
Nxd4 $2 16. Qb2 $16) 16. O-O Nd5 17. Rae1 $1 $16 {/\f2-f3!} Qc7 18. f3 Bb7 $1
$8 (18... exf3 19. Rxf3 $18) 19. Bd2 $1 (19. fxe4 $2 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.
Rxe4 $2 Nxc3 22. Rxe6 Bd5 $5 23. Qxc3 $140 Qf7 $1 $19) 19... Nf6 $5 (19... Kh8
$2 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 $16) 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. fxe4 (21. Bxf5 exf3 $132)
21... Bxe4 22. Qb3 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rad8 24. Bf4 Qc6 25. Bd6 $1 $18 Bxg2 (25...
Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxf5 $18) 26. b5 $1 Qa8 27. Rxf5 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Bb7 29.
Qc3 Qe8 30. Rg5 h6 31. Rg3 Nh5 32. Bd5 $1 Qxb5 33. Rf3 $1 (33. Bxb7 $4 Nxg3 $13
{xf1/}) 33... Nf6 34. Bxb7 Qxb7 35. Rd3 Ne4 36. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5
b6 9. b4 O-O 10. g3 bxc5 11. dxc5 a5 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Nd4 $5 (14.
Bf4) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nd7 (15... axb4 16. Bf4 $5 $13 (16. axb4 e5 17. Qxe5
Rxb4 $1 18. Rxb4 Bxc5 19. O-O (19. Qb8 $4 Qe7+ $19) 19... Bxb4 20. Nxd5 $10))
16. O-O Ba6 17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Qd2 axb4 (18... Ne5 $6 19. b5 Nc4 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21.
bxa6 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 $13) 19. axb4 Ne5 20. Qc2 $6 (20. f4 Nd3 $17) (20. b5 Nc4
21. Qc2 Bxc3 22. bxa6 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Qa5 $15) (20. Kh1 $5 {/\ f4}) 20... Nc6 $1
$17 (20... Nc4 21. Rb3 Qd7 22. Bf1 {/\ 23.b5 Bc3 24.ba6 Rb3 25.Qb3+/-} Bxc3 23.
Qxc3 $14) 21. Ba3 (21. b5 Bxc3 $17) 21... Nd4 22. Qd2 Bc4 23. Bb2 $5 (23. f4
Qc8 $1 (23... Ra8 $6 24. Bb2 Nb3 25. Qe1 Qb8 $6 26. Nxd5 $1 exd5 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Qc3 $44) 24. Kh1 Qa6 25. Bb2 Nb3 26. Qe1 Rfe8 $1 $17 (26... Rxb4 $2 27.
Nxd5)) 23... Nb3 24. Qe1 {/\ 25.Na4, 25.Ne4} Qe8 $1 25. f4 (25. Nxd5 exd5 (
25... Bxb2 $2 26. Nc7 Qc8 27. Rxb2 Qxc7 28. Qc3) 26. Qxe8 Rfxe8 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxb4 30. c6 (30. Rd3 Nxc5 $19) 30... Rd4 $1 31. Rd7 Nd2
$1 32. Rxd4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxd4 34. c7 Ne6 35. Rb8 Nxc7 $19) 25... Qc6 {/\ 26...
Rb4 27.Nd5 Qc5-+} 26. Kh1 Rfe8 $1 {/\ Qb7} (26... Qb7 $6 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Bxf6
gxf6 29. Qc3 Kg7 (29... Qc6 $4 30. Qxc4) (29... Qa6 30. Bxd5) 30. g4 $44) 27.
g4 g6 {/\ Bg7. Qb7 >< b4} 28. Ne4 $2 (28. Na4 $142 $1 Bxb2 (28... e5 $2 29. Nb6
) 29. Nxb2 Qb5 30. Nxc4 dxc4 (30... Qxc4 31. Bf1 Qxb4 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rd3
Reb8 34. c6) 31. Bf1 $1 Qxb4 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rdc1 Rc8 34. Rxc4 (34. Bxc4 Rxc5
35. Bxb3 $15) 34... Rxc4 35. Bxc4 Nxc5 $15) 28... Bxb2 29. Nd6 Ba3 30. Nxc4
Bxb4 31. Ne5 Qc7 (31... Qxc5 $6 32. Qh4 {/\ Nd7}) 32. Qh4 Na5 $19 (32... Bc3)
33. g5 Bc3 34. Ng4 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Nc6 36. Rb3 (36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. gxf6 Nd4 {
/\ Qc5}) 36... Qa5 $1 37. Bf1 Qa1 38. Qh3 Bg7 39. Rb7 Qc1 40. Rc7 Nd4 41. Ne3
Qb1 42. Qg2 Qb8 $1 0-1

[Event "Doha FIDE GP (Women) 6th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2011.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 $1 {
The most serious positional plan - White wants to create a pawn majority on
the queen's flank and to avoid Black's counterplay in the centre.} Ne4 ({
A very serious alternative here is the direct attack on the centre:} 7... e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 $1 O-O (9... Bxe6 $5 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Nf7 13.
Bd3 $13) (9... Qf6 10. exf7+ Qxf7 11. f3 O-O $1 {/\} 12. fxg4 $6 Qf2+ 13. Kd2
d4 14. Kc2 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc5 $17) 10. Nd4 Nf6 (10... fxe6 $5 11. Qxg4 Qf6 12.
Nde2 Qxf2+ 13. Kd1 Nc6 14. Qg3 Qxc5) 11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O Bxc3
14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Qc2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nc6 $1 {with sufficient counterchances in
Morovic-Browne, Linares 1994.}) 8. Bd2 Nc6 {This looks to be the best try.} 9.
Nxe4 ({Maja successfully applied this variation in the same tournament before,
so Koneru's preparation was very precisely targeted.} 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Qh4
11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Be3 e5 13. Qa4 O-O 14. O-O-O exd4 15. Bd3 Qe5 16. Bd2 Bf5
17. Qc2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe4 19. Qg3 a5 20. Rhe1 Qf5 21. Bh6 Qg6 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23.
Qxg6 hxg6 24. f3 a4 25. Kc2 f6 26. Kd3 Kf7 27. Bg3 Ra5 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Bd6
Rb5 30. Kc2 Kf7 31. h4 Na5 32. Rxd4 Nc4 33. Kc1 Ke6 34. Bf8 Nxb2 35. Bxg7 Nc4
36. Rf4 f5 37. g4 Rxc5 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 Nxa3+ 40. Kd1 Rc4 41. Rxc4 Nxc4 42.
Kc2 Kf7 43. h6 Kg6 44. Kc3 a3 45. f4 Na5 46. Kb4 Nc6+ 47. Kxa3 Nd8 48. Kb4 Ne6
49. Be5 Kxh6 50. Kb5 Kh5 51. Kb6 d4 52. Kxb7 d3 {0-1 Mkrtchian,L-Chiburdanidze,
M,Doha, Qatar 2011}) 9... dxe4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Qa4+ (11. Nc3 f5 12. Bb5+ Bd7
13. O-O Bxb5 $10 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. f3 e3 $10 {Bareev,E-Aseev,K,URS-ch,1990})
11... Nc6 12. Rd1 Qg5 {An interesting new idea.} (12... O-O {seems to be more
consistent:} 13. Nc3 e3 $5 (13... f5 14. Bb5 $14) 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Kf2 (15. Kd2
Rd8 $1 16. Nb5 e5 $17) 15... Bd7 {/\ Ne5-+} 16. Qc2 (16. Bb5 $2 a6 $17) (16. d5
$5 $13) (16. h4 Qf5+ 17. Kg1 Ne5 18. Bb5 Ng4 19. Rf1 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qc2 21. Rh3
$16 {Rossiter,P-Piper,M, London 1994}) 16... b6 $1 17. Qe4 $1 bxc5 18. dxc5 Be8
$8 (18... Ne5 $2 19. Qf4 $16) 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qf4 Qxc5 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Rhf1 {
with approximately equal play, Knaak,R-Skembris,S, Thessaloniki 1988} Rb8) 13.
g3 ({The transition to an endgame looks a bit artificial:} 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Qe3
Qxe3 15. fxe3 f5 16. Nc3 Bd7) ({A direct attack on the pawn is possible, but
it is unclear, whether it can provide any chances for an advantage.} 13. Nc3 e3
14. f3 O-O 15. Ne4 Qg6 (15... Qh6 $5 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. O-O a6 18. Be2 Rad8 $132 {
/\e5, /\Ne7, Bc6}) 16. Qb3 $1 f5 17. Nd6 f4 18. Qd3 Qg5 (18... e5 $5 19. Qxg6
hxg6 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. d5 Nd4 $14) 19. Qe4 g6 $13 20. a3 Bd7 (20... a5 $5) 21.
b4 (21. Nxb7 $2 Rab8 22. d5 Ne7 23. d6 $2 Nc6 24. Bb5 Qxg2 $19) 21... Ne7 {
with very active counterplay after the transfer of the knight to f5, Lugovoi,
A-Aseev,K, St Petersburg 1995}) 13... e3 ({A slight advantage fopr White was
the result of the development} 13... O-O 14. Bg2 f5 15. O-O Rd8 16. f3 Qe3+ 17.
Rf2 exf3 18. Bxf3) ({But an intersting idea would be the tranition to an
endgame:} 13... Bd7 14. Qb3 Qd5 15. Nc3 Qxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. Bc4 e5 18. Nb5
exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Be2 Rc8 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Rd5 {Iljushin-Andreikin,
Russia 2005, and here Black's best chances were after} Ke7) 14. fxe3 Qxe3 15.
Bg2 Bd7 16. Qc4 $1 {With this move White starts an operation to bring about
castling, after driving the opponent's queen from e3.} O-O 17. Rd3 Qh6 18. O-O
Rab8 ({Centralisation of the rook would be met by strong flank development:} 
18... Rad8 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Bc8 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ne7 23. c6) 19. b4 e5 {
Maja desperately tries to avoid White's mass pawn advance, but another try to
create some counterplay on the queenside had its own flaws.} (19... a6 20. a4
a5 21. b5 Nb4 22. Rdd1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qe3+ 24. Kg2 exd5 25. Qd3 Rfe8 26. Qxe3
Rxe3 27. Nf4) 20. d5 e4 $2 {Maja tries desperately to escape from the
positional grind.} ({Black is in troubles after} 20... Ne7 21. Nc3 Kh8 22. Re1
Rfc8 23. d6) 21. Qxe4 Rbe8 22. dxc6 $1 Bxc6 ({How did Maja manage to overlook} 
22... Rxe4 23. cxd7) 23. Qg4 Bb5 24. Nf4 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qe3+ 26. Nf2 {White has
two pieces for the rook and a terrific pawn formation c5 plus b4, which
guarantees an easy win.} Re7 27. Qf4 ({It was stronger to continue to improve
her own position:} 27. Qc4 Rd8 28. Bd5) 27... Qa3 28. Qc4 ({One more active
attacking option is} 28. Ne4 Qxa2 29. Nd6 b6 30. Qg5 Re2 31. Bd5 Qd2 32. Nxf7)
28... Rd8 29. b5 Rd2 30. c6 bxc6 31. bxc6 Qa5 ({It was better to try the risky
capture - the chance existed that White would not play in the most precise way.
} 31... Qxa2 32. Qb4 Re8 33. c7 Rc2 34. Re1 Rf8 35. Be4 Rxc7 36. Bb1 $1 Qd5 37.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qxf8) 32. a4 h6 33. Ne4 Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Rd4 35. Qc2 Qa5 36. Rb1 ({
Slightly better would be} 36. Nc5) 36... g6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Qc5 Qxc5 39. Nxc5
Rc4 40. Nb7 Re3 ({The pawn would be promoted after} 40... Rxa4 41. Rc1 Rc7 42.
Nd6 Kf8 43. Nb5 Rc8 44. c7) 41. Nd6 Rc5 42. Rb7 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was my second encounter with the experienced grandmaster Anatoli Vaisser.
The first one took place in a simultaneous exhibition which he gave back to
the 80's in my home town in Russia. The current game proved to be far more
exciting!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1
Na6 ({Another way to defend against b2-b4 is} 7... Qe7) 8. Ng3 Bb7 9. Bd3 $5 {
The most principled continuation. White is ready to sacrifice the Pg2 for an
initiative. The whole line is very sharp.} h5 $5 {Before the game I looked at,
very briefly, a couple of games with this move and I liked it.} (9... Bxg2 10.
Rg1 Bb7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. d5 Ne8 13. Qh5 f5 14. e4 Qe7 15. Kf1 $44 {1/2-1/2
Peralta,F (2524)-Vallejo Pons,F (2666)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (46)}) 10. h4 {
After a long thought. Vaisser already played this position before, so my
previous move couldn't surprise him. In fact, he didn't know that my
preparation ended around this point...} (10. d5 {This is another critical line.
} exd5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 $14) 11. O-O (11. Nf5 Qb8
$1 12. cxd5 (12. O-O $1 {is the improvement that was found later.}) 12... g6
13. Ng3 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Qe2 h4 $1 $17 {1/2-1/2
Vaisser,A (2555)-Serper,G (2590)/Novosibirsk 1993/CBM 036/[Hansen,Cu] (67)})
11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc7 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Re1 d5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17.
Qa4+ Kf8 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Qd7 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Nxa6 22. Bf4 c4 23.
Bd6+ Kg8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rxa7 Rh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M (2608)
-Gyimesi,Z (2614)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (28)}) (10. O-O $6 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h4 12.
Ne2 h3 13. g3 Bf3 {is annoying for White, this is the point of 9...h5.}) 10...
Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. d5 {Here I sank into a long period of thought. As I
mentioned before, my preparation for the game wasn't deep at all, so the
forthcoming novelty I figured out over the board.} Ng4 $5 $146 {I tried to
figure out if the inclusion of moves h2-h4 and h7-h5 is useful for me, and I
found an interesting idea, though a risky one.} (12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qc7 14.
e4 O-O-O 15. Bg5 $6 (15. Qf3 Ng4 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Qe3 $44) 15... Rde8 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Qf3 f5 $1 $17 {0-1 Rosmuller,A (2114)-D'Costa,L (2384)/Vlissingen
2007/CBM 119 ext (29)}) 13. Nxh5 Ne5 $1 (13... Rxh5 14. Qxg4 Qxh4 15. Qxg7 $14)
14. Nxg7+ Kf8 {Now White is already a pawn up, but the h-pawn will be captured
in one of the next moves and the knight is stuck on g7.} 15. Be2 (15. Rg5 $5
Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Rxh4 18. Rg1 Qf6 19. dxe6 Rh1 20. e7+ Kxe7 21.
Nf5+ Kf8 22. Rxh1 Bxh1 $13) (15. h5 $2 Qf6 16. Be2 Rg8 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4
Rxg7 $15) 15... exd5 (15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rg8 $6 (16... exd5 {could lead to
the same position as in the game, but I didn't want to exchange on c3 so early.
}) 17. e4 Qxh4 18. dxe6 Rxg7 19. Qd6+ Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Rxg7 $16) 16. cxd5
(16. Nf5 Qf6 17. e4 d4 (17... dxe4 $6 18. Qd6+ $1 (18. Bg5 Qxf5 19. Qd6+ Kg8
20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf6+ Kh7 22. Rg7+ Kh6 23. Bxe5 Rae8 24. Rg5 Rhg8 25. Rh5+ Kg6
26. Rg5+ $11) 18... Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Bc6 21. Bg5 Rg8 22. Kd2) 18.
Bg5 Qe6 19. b4 (19. Be7+ Qxe7 20. Nxe7 dxc3 21. b4 c2 22. Qxc2 cxb4 {is a
transposition.}) 19... dxc3 20. Be7+ Qxe7 21. Nxe7 c2 22. Qxc2 cxb4 23. axb4
Nxb4 24. Qd1 Kxe7 25. Kf1 $15) 16... Rg8 {It seems that Black jas simply
trapped the knight, but it's not so easy.} 17. e4 (17. Rg5 Rxg7 18. Rxe5 Rg1+
19. Bf1 Qxh4 20. Qh5 Qh1 21. Qxh1 Rxh1 22. Ke2 d6 $15) (17. f4 Qxh4+ 18. Kd2
Rxg7 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. fxe5 Re8 $17) 17... Qxh4 {[%tqu "En","White is going to
lose the knight, isn't he?","","","d1d2","This trick keeps the Ng7 alive.",10]}
18. Qd2 $1 {This trick keeps the Ng7 alive.} Bxc3 19. bxc3 $1 {White has to
keep his queen on d2 for the manoeuvre Qd2-h6.} (19. Qxc3 $2 f6 {is bad for
White.}) 19... Qh7 (19... Rxg7 $2 20. Qh6 Qxh6 21. Bxh6 Ng6 22. f4 $16 {
followed by 23.Bxg7 and 24.f5 and White will be an exchange up.}) (19... f6 $5
20. Qf4 $3 {A very difficult move to find over the board.} (20. Qh6 Qxh6 21.
Bxh6 Nf7 {The point of 19...f6.} 22. Nf5+ {The only way to save a piece.} Nxh6
23. Rxg8+ Nxg8 24. Nd6 Bc8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxa6 Re8 27. f3 f5 28. Bd3 Nf6 $17
) 20... Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Nf7 22. Ne6+ dxe6 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. dxe6 Ng5 25. Bxg5
fxg5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Rd7 Bxe4 28. Bxa6 Rxe6 29. Rxa7 $11) 20. f4 (20. Qh6 $4
Rxg7 $19) 20... Rxg7 $2 (20... Nc4 $1 {I had to play this "desperado" move.}
21. Bxc4 Qxe4+ 22. Qe3 (22. Kf2 $2 Qxc4 $17) 22... Qxe3+ $1 (22... Qxb1 $2 23.
f5 $1 Rxg7 24. Rxg7 Qxf5 (24... Kxg7 25. f6+ $1 $18) (24... Re8 25. Rg8+ Kxg8
26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Kd2 $18) 25. Rg5 Qh7 26. Qg3 Re8+ 27. Kd1 $40) (
22... Qxc4 23. Rb2 Qxd5 24. f5 $1 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. f6 {[%cal Gc1f4,Gf4d6]
Black is two pawns up and has exchanged queens, but even in the endgame
White's attack is very strong.}) 23. Bxe3 Rxg7 24. Rh1 Ke7 {Black is safe,
White should look for equality.}) 21. Rxg7 Qxg7 22. fxe5 Re8 (22... Qxe5 23.
Qh6+ Kg8 24. c4 $18 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gb1b3,Gb3h3]}) (22... Qg1+ 23. Bf1 Qg3+ 24.
Kd1 {The king escapes and White is going to enjoy his free initiative.}) 23.
Qh6 Rxe5 (23... c4 24. Kf2 $1 Nc5 25. Qh4 $18 {[%cal Gc1h6]}) 24. Qxg7+ $4 {
In serious time trouble Vaisser exchanges queens which cane as a big relief
for me. If the queens remained on board, Black would be unlikely to able to
resist the attack on the dark squares.} (24. Qh4 $1 Qg1+ 25. Bf1 {was crushing.
Black is just defenceless against the forthcoming assault on the dark squares.
The difference between White's and Black's minor pieces is amazing!}) 24...
Kxg7 25. c4 Rxe4 26. Bb2+ {White is two pawns down, still, his pair of strong
bishops give him partial compensation.} Kf8 27. Kd2 Nc7 28. Rf1 (28. Rh1 Ne8 {
The knight arrives just in time to prevent Bb2-f6.} 29. Rh8+ Ke7 $17) 28... Ne8
29. Bd3 Rg4 30. Be5 b5 $6 {This is a natural move, especially in a time
scramble. However, it gives White some unnecessary chances.} (30... d6 31. Bf4
Bc8 {would have been a more solid way. Sooner or later Black's extra material
will tell.}) 31. Bf5 Rxc4 32. d6 $2 (32. Bxd7 Bxd5 33. Bxb5 Re4 34. Bb8 {
could probably still save the game. White's bishops are extremely active.})
32... Bc6 33. Bg6 Bd5 34. Bf5 Bc6 35. Bg6 f6 $1 36. Bf4 ({An attempt to get an
endgame with opposite coloured bishops would not save White:} 36. Bxe8 Kxe8 37.
Rxf6 Rg4 {Two connected passed pawns will decide the outcome slowly but surely.
}) 36... Rxf4 $1 {Finally eliminating the nasty bishop.} 37. Rxf4 Nxd6 {
[%mdl 64] Here my opponent lost on time in a hopeless position.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. g3
$5 {N/ Another novelty from Great Victor. Real value of this idea will be
clear in future, but in this game it works great. N/ Anothe} O-O (8... Qf6 9.
Bf4 (9. f4 $5) 9... Nc6 (9... g5 10. Be3 Qf3 11. Rg1) 10. Bg2 Nxd4 $140 11.
Qxd4 (11. Bxe4 Nxe2 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxb4 Nxc3 14. Qxb7 Rc8) 11... Qxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nxc3 13. Nc2 Nxa2+ 14. Ke2 Bxc5 15. Rxa2 $14) 9. Bg2 b6 10. O-O Bxc3 (
10... Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3 (11. Nxc3 $2 bxc5) 11... Ba5 12. c4 Ba6 $13) 11. Nxc3
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba6 13. Re1 bxc5 (13... Bc4 $5) 14. dxc5 {[%cal Yc1e3,Ye3d4,
Yc1f4,Yf4d6] Of course, white,s pawn stracture is not perfect, but past pawn
and strong bishop on c1 will be enough compensation for it.} Qa5 15. Be3 (15.
Bxd5 $2 exd5 16. Qxd5 Bb5 $1 17. Qxa8 Bc6 $19) 15... Nc6 {Deserves attention} (
15... Nd7 16. Bd4 Nxc5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Qh4 Nd7 $5 (18... f6 19. Bxf6 $16) 19.
Qe7 (19. Qh6 e5 20. Bxe5 (20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 f6) 20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxc3
22. Rae1 Bc4 $15) 19... Qd8 (19... e5 20. Rxe5 $1 $18) 20. Rxe6 $1 Bc4 $14) 16.
Qg4 Bc4 (16... Ne5 $5 17. Qb4 Nc6 $5 $13) 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Rab8 19. Qf4
Rb2 20. a3 g6 $2 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6] Weakened black squares on king side without
spesial reasons. Stronger is} (20... h6 $5) (20... Qd2 21. Re3) 21. h4 $1 Qd2
22. Qf6 Rfb8 23. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c8] Pawn moves- bad mark for Black!} Re8 (
23... Qa5 24. Rxe6 $1 (24. h5 Qd8 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rab1 Rb6 $1) 24... fxe6 25.
Bh3 Re8 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. c7 Ba6 30. Re1 $18) 24.
c7 $1 Qa5 (24... Rc2 $5 25. Rad1 Qa5 (25... Qc3 26. Re3) 26. h5 (26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. c8=Q Rxc8 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Qxa3 30. Qd7+ (30. Bxd5 $5) 30... Kf8 31.
Qxh7) 26... Qxc7 27. h6 Kf8 28. Re3 $1 (28. Re5 $5 Qd6 (28... Re2 29. Rxe2 Bxe2
30. Re1 $16)) 28... Be2 29. Bxd5 Bxd1 30. Bxe6 Re2 31. Qg7+ Ke7 32. Bxf7+ Rxe3
33. Bxe8+ Kd8 34. Qxc7+ Kxc7 35. fxe3 $18) 25. h5 $1 Qxc7 26. h6 Kf8 27. Re3
Re2 (27... Be2 28. Bh3 $1 (28. Bxd5 $5) 28... Qc6 29. Re1 $18) 28. Rf3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qf6 10. a3 Bxc3 {N/ It looks, that after this move it is easy to
get advantage for White than after stubborn} (10... Ba5 {For example:} 11. b4 (
11. g3 O-O $146 (11... Qf3 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bg2 Qf6 15. f4 O-O 16.
Rf1 Ne7 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Rf2 Qh6 19. Kf1 Kh8 20. Kg1 f5 21. b5 {Knaak,R-van der
Wiel,J/Palma de Mallorca (GMA) 1989} Ng8 $1 $13 {/\Nf6-e4}) 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O
g6 (13... Bxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. b4 Rfc8 {/\ Ne7, b6}) 14. Rad1 a6 15. f4 Bd8
16. b4 Qg7 17. Kh1 b6 18. Na4 $1 (18. g4 $2 bxc5 19. dxc5 Kh8 20. f5 $6 (20.
Ng1 $5) 20... gxf5 21. gxf5 Bg5 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Wojtkiewicz,A/Graz 1996 (36)})
18... bxc5 19. Nxc5 $16) 11... Bd8 (11... Bc7 $2 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.
Nc3 $16) 12. g3 (12. Ng1 $6 O-O 13. Nf3 b6 $1 14. Be2 bxc5 15. dxc5 (15. bxc5
Nc6 16. Rb1 a6 $1 {Sokolov,I} (16... Ba5 $6 17. O-O $14) 17. O-O g5 $5 $132 {
/\ 18...g4, 18...Qg7} (17... Bc7)) 15... Nc6 (15... Be7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rac1
Bb7 18. Na4 $1 d4 19. b5 $36 {<<}) 16. O-O Bc7 17. b5 $6 Ne5 18. Nd4 {/\ f4} (
18. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 19. Rac1 Bf4 $17) (18. Rab1 Rb8 {/\ Ba5}) 18... Nd7 $1 {
0-1 Sokolov,I-Van der Wiel,J/NLD-ch Amsterdam 1996 (26)}) (12. Qe3 O-O 13. g3
b6 14. Bg2 bxc5 15. dxc5 Ba6 16. O-O Bc4 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. f4 Rb8 19. Rab1 g5
20. b5 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Qe5 22. Qd2 Ba5 $17 {Giddins-Van Der Wiel /Memorial
Donner (open) Amsterdam 1995}) 12... Qf3 13. Rg1 Qf6 14. Qe3 O-O 15. g4 g6 16.
g5 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Vaiser,A-Van der Wiel,J/Brussels zt 1993}) 11. Nxc3 $14 O-O 12.
Bb5 $1 b6 (12... Bd7 13. Bxd7 (13. Be2 $5) 13... Nxd7 14. b4 $14) 13. cxb6 {
Aslo very promising looks} (13. b4 $5 $36 {with strong preasure on the queen
side.}) 13... axb6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. O-O g6 (15... Rc8 $5) 16. Rfe1 {Maybe
white's advantage is not so great, but it is vey little pleasure to play this
position with black pieces.} Kg7 17. Re3 Qf4 18. Ne2 $1 Qf6 19. Bxd7 (19. Rf3
$5 Qe7 20. Rh3 $40) 19... Nxd7 20. Rc7 Qd8 21. Rec3 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Nf6 22. Nf4
$16 {[%cal Rf4e6]} Re8 23. Nd3 {[%csl Ge5]} (23. R3c6 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Nd3
Re6 $5) 23... Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Rc6 {[%csl Rb6]} Qb7 {Too passive.Better
chances for successfull defence gives active} (25... Ne4 $5 26. Qf4 Ra4) 26.
Qc2 Ne8 27. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5]} h5 28. Ne5 Rd8 29. a4 Rb8 {Stanec has just to
wait and Kortchnoi slowly but surely improves his position.} (29... Ra8 30. b3
b5 31. axb5 Qxb5 $140 32. Rxe6 $1) 30. Rc3 Ra8 31. Rc6 Rb8 32. g3 Qe7 33. Kg2
Qb7 34. b3 Qe7 35. b4 $1 Rb7 (35... Qxb4 36. Rxe6 $1 {[%cal Re6g6]} Kf8 (36...
Nf6 $2 37. Rxf6 $18) 37. Nxf7 $1 Ng7 38. Rf6 $18) 36. b5 Nd6 37. a5 $1 bxa5 38.
b6 Qd8 (38... Nb5 39. Qc5 Qxc5 40. dxc5 a4 (40... Kf6 41. f4 Kf5 42. Rc8) (
40... Rb8 41. Nd7 Rb7 42. Rc8 $1 Rxd7 43. c6 $18) 41. Rc8 a3 42. Ra8 $18) 39.
Qc5 Nc4 (39... Ne4 40. Qxa5) (39... Nf5 40. Rc7 $18) 40. Rc7 Qb8 41. Qe7 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Richardson, John R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 {Favorite line in repertoire of georgian granmasters.White gets nice
position with chances for little, but long advantage.} (8. d5 $5) 8... d5 9.
cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. O-O Nc6 {[%csl Rd4,Rd5]} 13. Be3 g6
14. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c5]} Bg7 {Ussualy Black played 14...Qd6, but any case they
have no too many chances for active game.} (14... Qd6 15. Rc5 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6
(16... Qxe6 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Bc2 Rc8 21. f4 Re8 22. Bf2
Qd6 $11 {0-1 Kacheishvili,G-Bilalic,M/Wch B20 Medellin 1996 (45)}) 17. Qg4 (17.
Qa4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qf4 19. Qd7 Bxd4 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rc2 Rad8 22. g3 Qf3 23.
Qe2 Rde8 $11 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Gomez Esteban,J/Elgoibar 1997 (45)}) 17... Rad8
18. Rfc1 Rf7 19. h4 e5 20. h5 e4 21. Bb1 Qd7 22. Qd1 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Be7 24. R5c3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Zelcic,R/EU-chTM 1997 (35)}) (14... Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6
16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. b4 Bg7
22. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Yegiazarian,A/Erevan op 1996 (28)}) 15. Rc5 Ne7
16. Qb3 b6 17. Rc3 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc3c7]} Bf5 (17... Qd6 $5 18. Rfc1 Bxd4 19.
Bxd4 Qxf4 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rc7 d4 22. Bh6 Be6 23. Qa4 Rfd8 24. h3 $44 {1/2-1/2
Paramos,D-Nava,P/Spain-ch Matalascanas 1995 (48)}) 18. Ba6 {N/ White chances
are slightly better and after} (18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nxd5 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Rd3 Bg7 22. Re1 Qh4 23. g3 Qh3 24. Re4 $14 {1-0 Paramos,R-Eslon,J/Ibercaja-A
1996 (30) but Sokolov pretends for more.}) 18... Qd6 19. Rfc1 Be6 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Ge7f5]} (19... Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxf4 21. Be3 Qh4 22. Rc7 $44) 20. Ne2 (20.
Rc7 $5 Nf5 21. R1c6 (21. Ne2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Rfe8 23. R1c6 Qd8 $13) 21... Nxd4 $1
22. Rxd6 Nxb3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Rd6 $14) 20... Nf5
21. Bf4 (21. Rc6 Qe7 22. Rc7 Qh4 $13) 21... Qe7 22. Rc7 $2 (22. Qd1 $5 Qh4 23.
Qd2 $14 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc3c7]}) 22... Qh4 {[%csl Rd4]} 23. g3 (23. Be5 Nxd4
$1 24. Nxd4 (24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. g3 Qf6) 24... Bxe5 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 $17
) 23... Qg4 24. Qd3 (24. f3 Nxd4 $1 $17) (24. Be5 $5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. h3
Qe4 27. Bd3 Qe5) 24... Nh4 $1 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge6f5,Gf5e4]} 25. Qd1 (25. R1c3
Bf5 26. Qd1 Be4 $19) 25... Rfe8 $6 {Richardson lost chance to crashed so
strong granmaster as Ivan Sokolov. He could easy win after} (25... Nf3+ $1 26.
Kg2 (26. Kh1 Qh3 (26... g5 $5) 27. g4 Bxg4 28. R1c3 g5 $1 29. Bg3 Nxd4 $19)
26... Qh3+ (26... Bxd4 $5 27. Nxd4 (27. Ng1 Nxg1 28. Qxd4 Nf3 $40) 27... Qh3+
28. Kxf3 Bg4+ 29. Ke3 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rfe8+ 31. Kd2 Qxh2 32. Be3 Rxe3 $1 33. Kxe3
Re8+ 34. Kd2 Qxf2+ 35. Ne2 $15) 27. Kxf3 Rfe8 28. Ke3 (28. Be5 Bh6 $1 $19 {
[%cal Re6g4]}) 28... Bc8+ $1 29. Be5 Bxa6 30. Nf4 Qf5 $19) 26. Nc3 $5 {Last
chance!} (26. R1c3 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Qh5 28. h4 Nxd4 $1 $19) 26... Nf3+ {[%tqu "En",
"What White has to do now?","","","d1f3","",8]} 27. Qxf3 $1 {Great! Sokolov
found way to capture queen in the middle of the board.} (27. Kh1 $2 Qh5 28. h4
Bg4 29. Qd3 Bf5 30. Qf1 (30. Qd1 Re1+ 31. Qxe1 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Bh3
34. Bf1 Bxd4 $19) 30... Nxh4 31. gxh4 Qf3+ $19) 27... Qxf3 28. Be2 Qxf4 (28...
Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Bg4 30. Nc3 Bxd4 31. Nxd5 Bxb2 32. R1c2 $44) 29. gxf4 Bh6 (29...
Bxd4 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. Rd1 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Rac8 $15) 30. Bb5 (30. Bf3 Bxf4 31. Nxd5
$5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Bxc7 33. Bxa8 Bxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Rxa8 35. Rc7 $17) 30... Bxf4 (
30... Red8 31. Ne2 {[%cal Gb5c6]}) 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Nd1 $5 Bxc1 33. Rxc1 {
Black won pawn, but it,s still not easy to win game, especially after knight
will come to e3.} Bg4 $1 34. Ne3 Bf3 35. Rc3 (35. Rc7 f5 $1 36. Rxa7 f4 37. Ng2
(37. Nf1 Re1 $19) 37... Re4 $19) 35... Kg7 $6 {Why not} (35... Re4 36. Rd3 f5
$19 {?}) 36. h3 (36. Nf5+ $5 gxf5 37. Rxf3 Kf6 $17) 36... Kf6 $2 (36... Re4 $5)
(36... h5 $5) 37. Kh2 Ke6 $2 (37... Be4 $1 38. Kg3 Ke6 $15) 38. Rc6+ $1 Ke7 (
38... Kd7 39. Rf6 Be4 40. Rxf7+ Re7 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Kf4 $14) 39.
Kg3 Be4 $2 (39... Kd7 $1 40. Rc3 Be4 41. f3 Bf5 42. Nxd5 Kd6 $11) 40. Rc7+ Kf6
$6 (40... Ke6 $5 41. Rxa7 Rc8 $14) 41. Rxa7 h5 42. Rb7 $18 Re6 43. f3 h4+ 44.
Kg2 Bf5 45. Rxb6 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 $5 {10-15 years ago 9... Re8 was more popular then move in
the text.} 10. Nd4 ({Deserves attention} 10. b4 $5 {with chances for an
advantage, for example:} Bb6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. g3 d6 14. Bg2 Bg4
15. Be3 Nbd7 16. h3 Bf5 17. O-O Ne5 18. Nd4 Be4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qc2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Muir,A-Zelcic,R/EU t-ch Pula 1997 (89)}) 10... d6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O
Re8 13. Bg5 a6 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Yd7e5,Yc8d7,Ya8c8] It looks, that black solved
ol openings problems and hadn't even shadow of troubles.} 14. b4 (14. Nb3 Ba7
15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Ne5 17. Nde4 g5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg3 Bf5 20. Kh1 Ng6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Short,N/BCF-ch Torquay 1998 (71)}) 14... Ba7 $11 15. h3 {N/} (
15. Rc1 h6 16. Bh4 Nf8 17. h3 (17. Nb3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Ne7 $5 19. h3 Nf5 20. Bh2
Bd7 21. Na5 Rc8 $13 {0-1 Gligoric-Short,N/London BBC i 1980 (33)}) 17... Bd7
18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Nb3 Ng6 21. Na5 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Anand,V/
Amber 1997 (36)}) 15... h6 16. Bh4 (16. Be3 $5 Ne5 17. Rc1 Bd7 $11) 16... Nf8 {
[%cal Gf8g6] Yakovich finished development and already now I prefer his
position.} 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Ne5 $1 {Avoiding trap:} (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Nxd5
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxe2 21. Nb6 $16) 19. Qd2 Bd7 {[%cal Ga8c8,Ge5c4]} 20. Kh1 Rc8
21. Rac1 Nc4 (21... Qb6 $5) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nb3 Bf5 $36 {[%csl Ga7,Gc4,Gf5]
^^} 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 $8 (25. Rxe1 Bxh3 $1 26. Na5 (26. gxh3 Qc8 27. Kg2
(27. Ne2 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Ne4 29. Qf4 Nxg3 30. Qxg3 Rg4 $19) 27... Rxc3 $19) 26...
Rd4 27. Qc2 Bc8 $17) 25... Nh5 26. Na5 (26. Bh2 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17) 26...
Nxg3+ 27. fxg3 Rc7 $17 28. Ne2 Re7 $1 29. Qd1 Qb6 {[%cal Rb6f2,Re7e2] Black
dominates on all board, and Yakovich quickly finishing game to his favour.} 30.
Ng1 Qe3 {[%csl Ra3]} 31. g4 Be4 32. Nc4 Qg3 33. Qe2 (33. Qf1 Bd3 $1 34. Qf3
Qxf3 35. Nxf3 Rc7 $19) 33... Bxd5 34. Qf1 (34. Rc3 Bxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Qxc3) 34...
Rc7 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. d4 {Knaak} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6
8. Ng3 {Fashionable move, but I suspect, that "old' 8.Bd2 is stronger.} Bb7 (
8... O-O 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qe2 Nc7 14.
Ne4 Nfe8 15. Bb2 f5 16. c4 $36 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Mozalev,S/St.Petersburg
Chigorin 1996 (32)}) 9. Bd3 {Pawn sacrifice, with unclear consequences.
Deserves attention modest} (9. f3 $5) 9... Bxc3+ (9... h5 $5 10. d5 $5 exd5 11.
Nf5 Qb8 12. cxd5 g6 13. Ng3 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qe5 16. f4 Qe7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Vaiser,A-Serper,G/Novosibirsk 1993 (66)}) 10. bxc3 Bxg2 {Also very
interesting will be to check 10... h5!?} 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. e4 d6 13. Nh5 (13. Bf4
$5) 13... Nxh5 (13... Nxe4 $4 {Lose by force after} 14. Nxg7+ Kd7 (14... Ke7
15. Qf3 f5 16. Bg5+ $1 Nxg5 17. Qxb7+ $18) 15. Bxe4 $1 (15. Qf3) 15... Bxe4 16.
Qa4+ Kc7 (16... Ke7 17. Qxa6 Bxb1 18. Bg5+ f6 19. Qb7+ Qd7 20. Bxf6+ $18) 17.
Qxa6 Bxb1 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Rg7+ Qd7 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Qb7+ $18) 14. Qxh5 Qf6
15. Rg3 $6 {This slow move gives Timman the chance to close the position.
Stronger was a break in the centre.} (15. e5 $5 dxe5 16. dxe5 g6 (16... Qe7 17.
Rxg7) (16... Qf3 17. Qxf3 Bxf3 18. Rxg7 Rd8 19. Bc2) 17. exf6 gxh5 18. Bh6 {
with good compensation for a pawn.}) 15... e5 16. d5 (16. dxe5 $6 dxe5 17. Rg5
$6 O-O-O $1 $19) 16... h6 17. a4 $1 g6 18. Qd1 Bc8 (18... Nb8 19. a5 Nd7 20.
Bc2 $5 $44) 19. a5 Qd8 (19... Rb8 $5 $15) 20. Kf1 Nb8 $6 {Why not simple 20...
ba ?!} (20... bxa5 $142) 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qa2 bxa5 23. Qxa5 Qd8 24. Qa4+ Kf8
25. Kg1 Kg7 26. f4 $1 a5 (26... Qf6 27. f5 $5 (27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Bd2 a5 29. Rf1
$36) 27... a5 28. Bd2 Bd7 29. Qb3 a4 30. Qb7 Ra6 31. Rf1 $40) 27. fxe5 dxe5 28.
Be3 Nd7 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Rgf3 Rf8 (30... f6 $5) 31. R1f2 Ra6 32. Bc2 Qd6 33. Qa1
a4 $5 (33... f6 34. Ba4 Qc7 35. Bb5 Rd6 36. Ra2) 34. Bxa4 Nb6 $4 $138 (34... f5
$5 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 (36. Qd1 Nf6 37. Bc2 Rxf3 38. Qxf3 Bg4 39. Qg3 Ra1+
40. Kg2 Bh5 $13) 36... gxf5 37. Qd1 Nf6 $132) 35. Rf6 $1 Rxa4 (35... Qe7 36.
Qc1 $1 Nxa4 37. Bxh6+ Kg8 38. Bxf8 Qxf8 (38... Kxf8 {Knaak} 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40.
Rxf7 Qxf7 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Qh7+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ Kd7 44. Qxe5 $18) 39. Rxa6 Bxa6
40. Qa3 (40. Ra2 $18) 40... Qe8 41. Ra2 $18) (35... Qxf6 36. Rxf6 Kxf6 37. Qf1+
Kg7 38. Bb5 $18 (38. Bb5 {Knaak} Ra2 39. Bxc5 $18)) 36. Bxh6+ $1 (36. Bxh6+ Kg8
37. Qb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3
Bxc3+ $6 {N/ Kochyev gives up important bishop without any reason. Stronger
was to play} (8... O-O 9. d5 d6 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 (11... b5 $5) 12. g4
Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Nf6 14. Qe1 Qxe1+ 15. Kxe1 Nd7 16. Kf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,
A-Romanishin,O/Nikolaev zt 1995 (82)}) ({or} 8... Bb7 $5 9. e4 $5 (9. Bd2 Qe7
10. Ng3 h5 $1 11. Bd3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 h4 $13 {0-1 Mann,G-Borocz,I/HUN t-ch 1996 
(35)}) 9... O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. g3 b5 $1 13. Bg2 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4
15. O-O Ba6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Nisipeanu,L/Yerevan olm 1996 (19)}) 9. Nxc3
Nh5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. g4 $1 Qh4+ $6 {Ending will be vey dangerous for Black.
Stronger was} (11... Nf6 {with complicated position.}) 12. Qf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2
Nf6 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 (14... Nxc5 15. b4 Nb7 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 $16) 15. e4 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rd6]} Rd8 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Be2 (17. g5 $5 Nh5 (17... Ne8 18. b4)
18. Bh3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bg4 g6 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rhd1 $16)
17... d6 $6 {Too passive.} (17... d5 $5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 Nxd5) 18. Rhd1
Rd7 19. b4 $16 {White getting more and more space.} cxb4 20. axb4 Nc7 21. g5
Nfe8 22. b5 f6 (22... Rdd8 23. Ra1 a5 24. b6 Na6 25. Rxa5 $18) 23. c5 $1 $18
Bc8 24. c6 Rf7 25. g6 $5 {25.h4 was not bad too, but White doesn't want to
lose time.} hxg6 26. Ra1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Bxa7 d5 29. Bc5 (29. b6 $18)
29... Rxa1 30. Rxa1 e5 31. b6 Ne6 32. Ra8 Nxc5 33. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 {Popular move in last years, black tried also} (8... Nc6 $5 9. Nxe4 dxe4
10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 Qg5 13. Nc3 e3 14. f3 O-O $132 {1-0 Lugovoi,
A-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg-ch 1995 (56)}) ({or fashion of 80th} 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2
a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bc2 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16.
Re3 Nf6 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Re1 $36 {1-0 Watson,J-Smith,P/Hawaii op 1998 (35)}) 9.
Nxc3 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Be3 (11. Bc3 Qg5 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. g4
f5 15. gxf5 Rxf5 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 18. Ke1 Raf8 19. Bc4 R2f4 {1/2-1/2
Isaev,D-Mithrakanth,P/Dubai Asian Cities 1996 (47)}) 11... O-O ({White easily
got an advantage after boring} 11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Bc4
Bd7 15. b4 $5 Rad8 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Sherbakov,R-Sahu,S/Calcutta op
1996 (28)}) 12. Qd2 {N/} (12. Bc4 Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gd5]} 13. O-O Nd5 14. Qd2 a5
15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Bd7 17. Rg3 f6 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Rh3 f5 $11 {
0-1 Baragar-Ivanov,I/Montreal Z 1981 (58)}) 12... f5 (12... Ne7 $5 13. Bc4 (13.
Bf4 $5 {[%csl Gd6]}) 13... Nd5 $13) 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. f3 $1 (14. Bg5 $5 Qd7)
14... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6,Gc6d5]} (14... exf3 15. gxf3 Qd5 16. Kb1 Qxf3 (16... f4
17. Bf2 Qxf3 18. Rg1 $36) 17. Bg2 $44) 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Rhe1 {
[%csl Re4] White very close to capture pawn on e4, Aseev trying to organized
active counterplay on the queen side.} Qe8 18. Bg1 Nf6 (18... Qg6 19. Qc2 Nf6
20. Qb3 $1 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]}) 19. d5 $1 Bb5 (19... b5 20. Bb3 (20. dxe6 Bxe6
21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Kb1 $13) 20... exd5 21. Bd4 $1 (21. Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Qxd5+ Be6
23. Qxe4 Bxa2) 21... Rc8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxd5+ Be6 24. b4 $16) ({After} 19...
exd5 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Be6 22. Qxb7 Bxa2 23. Bd4 Rf7 24. Qxe4 $36 {
white chances are clearly better.}) 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. d6 {[%csl Gd6]} b6 $1 {
Obligatory move,or black will lose without fight.} 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Kb1 Nd5 $2
({After} 23... Rfd8 $5 {it is not so easy ( if possible!) to prove white's
advantage.}) 24. Rxe4 Rf1 25. Ree1 $1 Qc4 26. a3 Rxa3 $5 (26... Rxe1 27. Qxe1)
27. Rxf1 $6 {In this moment Volkov, missed easy victory, white could win after}
(27. bxa3 Qb3+ 28. Kc1 $1 (28. Ka1 Nc3 $1 29. Qb2 Qxd1+ $1 $19) (28. Qb2 Nc3+
29. Kc1 Na2+ (29... Qxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Nxd1+ 31. Kc2 Rxe1 32. d7 Rxg1 33. d8=Q+ Kf7
34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Qxe6 $18) 30. Qxa2 Qxa2 31. Rxf1 Qxa3+ 32. Kc2 Qa2+ 33. Kd3
$18) 28... Rf4 (28... Qxa3+ 29. Qb2 $18) (28... Rf8 29. d7) 29. Bd4 $18) 27...
Qe4+ $1 28. Qc2 Ra1+ 29. Kxa1 Qxc2 {[%csl Ra1] Situation on the board changed
compleatly, dangerous combina- tion of queen+strong knight on d5 secure black
from loosing game.} 30. Bd4 (30. d7 Qa4+ 31. Kb1 Qe4+ $5 32. Kc1 Qc4+ $11)
30... h5 $6 (30... Nb4 $5 31. Bc3 Qa4+ 32. Kb1 Qc2+ $11) 31. d7 Qa4+ 32. Kb1
Qxd7 33. Bxb6 e5 $2 {Serious mistake, after} (33... Qa4 $1 {black has nothing
to worry, for example} 34. Bd4 (34. Bc5 Nc3+ 35. bxc3 Qb3+ 36. Kc1 Qxc3+ 37.
Kb1 Qxc5 $15) 34... Nb4 (34... e5 $5) 35. Bc3 $11) 34. Bc5 Qc6 35. Rc1 Nf4 (
35... e4 $5) 36. Rc2 Nxg2 $4 (36... Qe4 $1 $13) 37. Rg1 Nf4 38. Rxg7+ $1 {
I am sure that Aseev just forgot about this move usial for him time troubles.}
Kh8 (38... Kxg7 39. Bf8+ $18) 39. Ra7 $18 Qh1+ (39... Qe4 40. Bd6 $1 {[%cal
Rd6e5]}) 40. Ka2 Qd5+ 41. b3 {[%cal Rc5a3,Ra3b2]} Qd3 42. Rc4 Qd2+ (42... Qf5
43. Ka3 Nd3 44. Be3 Qf8+ 45. b4 Qb8 46. h4 $18) 43. Ka3 Qd8 44. Be7 Qb8 45.
Rca4 Qb6 46. R4a6 (46. R4a6 Qg1 47. Bf6+ Kg8 48. Rg7+ Qxg7 49. Bxg7 Kxg7 50.
Kb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 {
Very risky variant, but still White didn't show clear way to advantage.} 8. Ng3
(8. Bd2 O-O 9. Ng3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 13. f3 Nc7 14.
Kf2 Re8 {0-1 Knaak,R-Christiansen,L/GER-Cup 1997 (42)}) 8... Bb7 9. f3 O-O 10.
Bd2 d5 $5 {N New and strong move. Whites chanses are slightly better after} (
10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Bxc3 d5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Qe2
Nb8 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. Be2 a5 18. O-O a4 19. b4 dxc4 {1/2-1/2 Goehring,K-Mohrlok,
D/BL 1996}) 12... d6 13. Bd3 Nb8 14. O-O Nbd7 15. f4 $1 Qc7 16. f5 e5 17. Nh5
$14 {1-0 Rechlis,G-Psakhis,L/Tel Aviv 1992 (40)}) 11. b4 $5 {Interesting move,
but it can't pretended for refutation of all variant.} (11. cxd5 $5 cxd4 12.
exd4 Bxc3 (12... Nxd5 13. b4 $16) 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Bd3 Re8+ 15. Kf2 Nc7 $13)
11... cxb4 12. Na4 $5 ({Safer was to play} 12. Na2 $5 b3 13. Rxb3 Bxd2+ 14.
Qxd2 Rc8 15. c5 Nb8 $11 {but who thinks about safety when hi is 20 years old!?}
) 12... Qe7 $1 13. c5 $1 (13. cxd5 $2 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. e4 Nc3 $1 $19)
13... bxa3 14. Bxa5 bxa5 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Qb3 {[%cal Ra6f1] Strange position.
Very rarely Black can win two pawns and not allow to white K to make castle,
but situation is not so simple. Blacks pawn are weak, and if White will get
time to improve position of their K they can get nice game, but Sax doesn,t
want to give time to White!} e5 $1 17. Qxa3 Nh5 $1 {Brilliant idea! Black's
position is not bad at all and after} (17... exd4 $5 18. Nf5 Qe5 19. Nxd4 Rfe8
(19... Rab8 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 (20... Rxb8 21. Nc6 Qg5 $5 22. Nxb8 (22. Kf2 Ne4+ $1
23. fxe4 Qf6+ 24. Kg3 Qxc6 $19) 22... Qxg2 23. Nxa6 Qxh1+ 24. Kd2) 21. Kf2 Re8
22. c6 $132) 20. Kf2 Rab8 $5 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. c6 Rb4 23. Nc5 Bb5 $132 {
but move in text is much stronger.}) 18. Nxh5 {What else?} exd4 19. Nf4 Rfe8
20. Rd1 Qg5 $4 {Terrible mistake and what is especially painful just in moment,
when Sax was very close to nice victory. I didn,t found defence for White after
} (20... Qe5 $1 {for example:} 21. g3 (21. Nh3 $2 Qf6 22. Kf2 dxe3+ 23. Kg1 Qh4
$19) 21... g5 $1 (21... Rab8) 22. Ng2 (22. Nh5 Qf5 $19) 22... dxe3 23. Nc3 d4
24. Ne4 g4 $1 $19) 21. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Nb5 (13. O-O Ba6 14.
Bf4 Rc8 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Qa4 Bc4 17. Red1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nc4 19. Rdc1 Nxd6 20.
Nc3 a5 21. Qd4 Nf5 22. Qd3 $44 {1-0 Sadler,M-Nikolic,P/Amber rapid 1998 (62)})
(13. b4 $5 Rb8 (13... Bb7 14. O-O Rb8 (14... Qb8 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nc7 Nf3+ 17.
Kh1 Rxe2 18. Qxe2 Bxd6 19. Bxf3 Qxc7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 21. Kg1 $16 {1-0 Kharlov,
A-Van der Wiel,J/Leeuwarden op 1997 (74)}) 15. Nb5 a5 16. Nc7 Re5 17. b5 Na7
18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Bf4 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rxe2 21. Rac1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,
A-Hjartarson,J/Wch Groningen 1997 (61)}) 14. O-O h6 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Nec3 Re5
17. a4 Re6 18. Nd5 Bxd6 19. Bb2 $44 {1-0 Vaiser,A-Adrian,C/FRA-ch Auxerre 1996
(29)}) 13... Ba6 14. a4 Ne4 (14... Rc8 15. O-O Bxb5 16. axb5 Na5 17. Nc3 g6 18.
b4 Rxc3 19. bxa5 Bg7 20. Bb2 Rc8 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Ra6 Qxb5 24.
Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxa7 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Tunik,G/Pardubice op 1996})
15. Be3 Qf6 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Rb1 {N/ Just this move is a new one, but it looks
that Black getting enough counterplay+pawn} (17. Re1 $5 Bxb5 (17... Qf6 18. Nc7
Nxf2 $5 {[%cal Gf6a1,Ga6e2,Ge8e2]} 19. Bxf2 Rxe2 20. Rf1 $1) 18. axb5 Na5 19.
Ra4 Nxd6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd4 Ndc4 22. Rxd7 Qxb5 23. Nc3 Qc6 24. Bf4 Nb2 25.
Qd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 h6 {1-0 Gurevich,D-Adorjan/New York 1984 (71)}) 17... Qe5 18.
Bf4 (18. Nc7 $2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc3) (18. Ned4 Rac8) 18... Qf5 19. Re1 (19. Ned4
Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rac8 (20... Re6 21. Rfc1 Bxb5 (21... Bb7 22. Nc7) 22. Rxb5 Qg6
23. Re5 $5 $44 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gg2a8]}) 21. Rfe1 Bxb5 22. Bxe4 (22. Rxb5 Nc5
$17) 22... Rxe4 $1 23. Rxe4 (23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd3) 23... Rc4 24. Rxb5
Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. a5 $15) 19... Rac8 (19... Qg6 $5 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20. Ned4
Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxb5 $1 22. Rxb5 (22. Bxe4 $5 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc4 24. Rxb5 Qxe4 (
24... Rxd4 $2 {[%csl Rf8]} 25. Rxd4 $16) 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. a5 $15) 22... Nc5
$17 {Now start to be compleatly clear that White hasn,t pawn and any
compensation for it.} 23. Rd1 (23. Re3 Qc2 {[%cal Gc5e6]} 24. Rb4 Rxe3 25. Bxe3
Nd3 26. Rb5 Rc4 27. Qd5 Rxa4 {[%cal Ra4a1]}) 23... Qc2 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal
Gc5e6]} 24. Be3 (24. Rc1 Qxa4 25. Rb4 Qa3 26. Ra1 Qd3) 24... Nxa4 25. Rd2 Qc1+
26. Rd1 Qc2 27. Rd2 Qc4 $19 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Bf1 Rc6 30. Rb1 (30. Bh3 $5)
30... Nc3 31. Ra1 a5 $19 {[%csl Rd6]} 32. Rb2 Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 33. Bg2 Rxd6
34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxb6 (35. Bxb6 Rb8) 35... Ra8 (35... Bb4 $5) 36. Ra4 f6 37.
Rb2 Be7 38. Rd2 $6 {Black are winning any case, but rook exchange makes their
task much easy.} Rxd2 39. Bxd2 Bd8 40. Kg2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Lei"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O ({Deserves attention
} 13. b4 $5 Rb8 14. O-O g6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Nb5 Nh5 17. Nc7 Rxe2 $5 18. Qxe2
Nxf4 19. gxf4 Nd4 (19... Bxd6 $5) 20. Qe5 $14 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Tunik,G/
Ekaterinburg op 1997 (59)}) 13... Ba6 14. Re1 (14. b4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Rc8 16. Nf4
Ne5 17. Qa4 Bxd6 18. Qxa7 Nc4 19. Ra2 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Nylen,A-Jonsson,K/SWE-chop
1997/EXP 57 (42)}) 14... Rc8 15. b4 $6 {Optimistic move, maybe too optimistic.
Stronger was to continue development} (15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Qa4 Bc4 (16... Bxe2 17.
Rxe2 Nd3 18. Rd2 Nc5 19. Qd1 Nce4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rd4 Nc5 22. Bd5 Qf6 23. Qd2
h6 24. h4 Ne6 25. Re4 Nc5 26. Rb4 Kh8 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Ba2 Rc6 30.
Qd5 Re6 31. Bg5 {Polaczek,R-Henley,R/Philadelphia World op 1989/EXT 89op/1-0 
(44)}) 17. Red1 Ng6 18. Rd2 a5 19. Qd1 b5 20. Be3 b4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nd5 Nxd5
23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne5 $11 {Miles,A-Csom,I/Esbjerg 1984/MCL 02/1/2-1/2 (58)
}) 15... Bc4 16. b5 Ne5 $15 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ye5d3,Yf6g4]} 17. Nf4 (17. Qd4 Re6
(17... Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rc4 19. Qd1 Re6) 18. Bg5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxd6 $15) (17. Qa4
$2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nd3 $19) 17... Bxd6 $1 18. Bb2 (18. Qxd6 $2 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3
Rxe1+ 20. Kg2 Bf1+ $19) 18... Bf8 (18... Bc5 $142 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rc5f2,
Rf6g4]}) 19. Rc1 Ng6 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Ncd5 (21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qa4 Rc7 $17)
21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 (22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Nxd5 Qc4 $17) 22... Rc5 {
[%csl Rb5,Rd5]} (22... Bxb5 $1 23. Nc7 $140 Qe2 $1 24. Nxb5 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxb5
$19) 23. Rxc4 $6 (23. a4 Qe6 24. Nc3 Re5) 23... Rxc4 24. h4 Ne7 $19 25. Ne3 Rc5
26. a4 Nf5 27. Nd5 (27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Bh3 Rc5 29. Bxd7 Qe4 30. Bc6 Qc2 $19)
27... Qe6 28. h5 h6 29. Bf3 Bd6 30. Qd2 Be5 31. Nf4 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Ba3
Rc3 34. Bb2 Rxf3 35. Bxe5 Nc4 (35... Nc4 36. Bb8 Ra3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 $5 8.
Bd2 Ba6 9. b4 $1 {No doubt this is most ambitious and strongest continuation.}
(9. Ng3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 Bb7 14. Bb4 d6 15. a4
a6 16. Rb3 axb5 17. axb5 Qc7 18. f3 Nbd7 19. Bd3 d5 $132 {0-1 Bengtson,
M-Gurevich,D/Philadelphia 1998 (68)}) (9. Qa4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4
12. Bb4 Nc5 13. Qc2 d6 14. Be2 Bb7 $13 {0-1 Jelen,I-Grosar,A/Nova Gorica 1994 
(37)}) (9. Nf4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. g3 Qd7 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bg2
dxc4 $2 (14... O-O $13) 15. d5 $1 $36 {1-0 Scherbakov,R-Jakovenko,D/Omsk 2001 
(48)}) 9... cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Rxb4 Qxb4 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8
Bxc4 15. Nc3 (15. Qb1 Qd6 16. Qa1 Nc6 {/\17. ... Qb8-/+.}) 15... Bxf1 16. Rxf1
d5 $146 (16... Nc6 $2 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Nxb6 $18 {1-0 Shulman,Y-Jurek,
J/Pardubice 1996 (35)}) 17. Nb5 $8 Qb7 (17... Ne8 $2 18. Qa4 $16) (17... a6 $2
18. Nbc7 $16) 18. Nd6 (18. Qc1 $1 {The only way to put Black some problems.}
Ne8 $140 (18... Qxa8 $2 19. Qc7+ $18) 19. Nac7 $1 Nf6 {/\20. ... a6} (19...
Nxc7 $2 20. Nd6 $18) 20. Ke2 (20. Qa3 a6 21. Qd6+ Nbd7 22. Nxa6 Qxa6 23. Qc7+
Ke8 24. Nd6+ Ke7 $17) (20. Na8 $11) (20. Na8 $11) 20... a6 21. Nxa6 Nxa6 22.
Qa3 {and White has a strong compensation.}) (18. Qa4 $5 Qxa8 19. Ke2 $13 Qb7
$140 $6 20. Rc1 $36) 18... Qe7 (18... Qd7 $5 19. Qa1 $1 (19. Bb4 Ne8 20. Nxe8
Rxe8 21. Qh5 $5 $13 (21. Qc2 Nc6 (21... Qc6 $6) (21... Qc6 $6) 22. Ba3 g6 $1
23. Ke2 Qb7 24. Rc1 Kd7 $17)) 19... Qxd6 20. Qxa7 {- 19.Qa4 Qxd6 20.Qxa7, see
the annotation of the next move.}) 19. Nb5 (19. Bb4 $6 Ne8 $17) (19. Qa4 $5
Qxd6 20. Qxa7 $44 Nfd7 $1 (20... Nbd7 21. Ke2 Qc6 (21... Ke7 $2 22. Rb1 $18)
22. Rc1 Qb5+ 23. Ke1 $44) 21. Ke2 Nc6 22. Qa4 $1 (22. Qb7 Ke7 (22... Na5 $6 23.
Bxa5 bxa5 24. Rb1 {/\25.Nb6|^}) 23. Rc1 (23. Nxb6 Nxd4+ $19) 23... Rb8 $17)
22... Ke7 23. Rc1 b5 $1 (23... Rc8 24. Bb4 $18) 24. Qxb5 Rb8 $11 25. Qa4 Nb6
26. Nxb6 Rxb6 $11) 19... Qb7 20. Nd6 Qe7 21. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Serper,G"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. g3 $5 (7. Rb1
Na6 8. Ng3 Bb7 9. Bd3 h5 $5 {Vaisser,A-Serper,G/Novosibirsk/1993/0,5/67/}) 7...
Bb7 8. d5 b5 $1 9. Bg2 bxc4 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Bf4 (13.
Bg5 Nbd7) 13... Nh5 (13... Na6 $5) 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Ne4 $1 Qb6 $6 (15... Qc7 $32
{/\Nhf6 /}) 16. Nd4 $1 Nhf6 (16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 $16) (16... Bxd5 $2 17. Nf5
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rae8 19. Nxd6 $18) 17. Nf5 Nxe4 18. Qg4 (18. Bxe4 $5 Nf6 19. Bg2
g6 20. Bg5 $16) 18... g6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qxd7 (20. Qxe4 $5 Rfe8 21. Qh4 Qd8 $6
22. Bg5) 20... Nf6 21. Qa4 Rfe8 22. Bg5 Kg7 23. Qxc4 $1 h6 $1 (23... Rxe7 24.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Qh4+ g5 26. Qh6+ $18) 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Kg7
27. Rab1 $6 (27. Rad1 Re6 $2 (27... Qc7 $5 $14) 28. c7 {/\Bh3+/-/}) 27... Qc7
28. b4 cxb4 29. axb4 Bb6 30. Rfe1 Re5 31. Re2 Rae8 32. Rbe1 Qd8 33. Kf1 (33.
Rxe5 $10) 33... Qf6 $1 {/\34...Qf2!! 35.Rf2 Re1#/} 34. Qf4 $8 Rf5 $138 (34...
Qxf4 $10) 35. Rxe8 Rxf4 36. gxf4 Qxf4 37. R8e2 Qxb4 38. Rc1 Qf4 39. Rec2 $4 (
39. Rcc2 d5 40. Bxd5 Qxh2 $13) 39... Bxf2 $1 40. c7 Bb6+ 41. Ke2 Qe3+ 42. Kd1
Qg1+ 43. Ke2 Qe3+ 44. Kd1 Qg1+ 45. Ke2 Qxg2+ 46. Kd3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 (7...
Na6) 8. Bd2 (8. Qa4 Nc6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nf4 Bc7 12. Nd3 Ne5 $10 {
Dereviagin,V-Kveinys,A/POL/1991/}) 8... O-O (8... Nc6 9. Ng3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3
11. Bxc3 d5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd5 14. O-O $14 {Garcia Gonsales-Romanishin,
O/Cuba/1977/}) (8... Ba6 $5 9. Qa4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 Nc5
13. Qc2 d6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Bf3 O-O $10 {Jelen,I-Grosar,A/Nova Gorica/1994/}) 9.
b4 $5 (9. Ng3 Nc6 $1 $132) 9... cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Rxb4 $8 Qxb4 12. Nd5 (
12. Nb5 Qxc4 $17) 12... Qa3 (12... Nxd5 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Nc3 (14. Nf4 N8c6 15.
d5 Ne5 16. Be2 Na6 $1 17. Qa1 f6 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qxa6 Nd7 $10 {
Wexler,B-Spassky,B/Mar del Plata/1960/}) 14... N8c6 15. Be2 d5 16. O-O dxc4 17.
Bxc4 Na5 18. Qa4 Nxc4 19. Qxb4 Na5 20. e4 $16) (12... Qxc4 13. Nxf6+ (13. Nec3
Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 $13) 13... gxf6 14. Nf4 $40) 13. Nxf6+ (13. Bb4 Qb2 14. Bc3
(14. Nxf6+ $2 gxf6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 14... Qa3 15. Bb4 Qb2 $10) 13... gxf6 14.
Nf4 $44 Kh8 $5 (14... f5 $2 15. g4 $1 $40) (14... Bb7 $2 15. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 16.
Bd3 $40) (14... Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 $1 Qa1+ 17. Ke2 Qb1 18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19.
g4 $40) 15. Bd3 f5 $6 (15... Rg8 $32 16. Qh5 Rg7 17. Qh6 (17. O-O Bb7 18. Qh6
$2 Qxd3 $1) 17... Qa1+ 18. Ke2 Qxh1 19. Bxh7 Ba6 $13) 16. e4 $6 (16. g4 $1 Bb7
17. gxf5 Bxh1 18. Qh5 $40) 16... Nc6 $1 (16... fxe4 $6 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bxh7 $40
) 17. exf5 Nxd4 18. O-O (18. Qh5 $2 Qa1+) 18... Bb7 $17 19. Re1 $1 Nxf5 $2 (
19... Rg8 20. Re3 (20. Be3 e5 $17) 20... Qd6 $17) 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Re3 Qa2 (
21... Qc5 $5 22. Bc3+ f6 23. Qxd7 Rad8 $1 24. Qxb7 Rd1+ 25. Be1 $16) 22. Bc3+
f6 23. Qxd7 Qxc4 $2 (23... Qb1+ 24. Be1 Be4 (24... Rad8 25. Qxb7 Rd1 26. Qe7
$18)) 24. Ng6+ (24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 {Moiseev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 (6...
O-O {Moiseev}) 7. c5 (7. a3 {Moiseev}) 7... Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3
Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 Bd7 $5 (12... b6 {Moiseev} 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Bc2 Bd7
15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Re3 $14 {Lautier,J-Yudasin,L/Manila(izt)/1990/1:0/
31/}) 13. O-O Nc6 $5 14. Bc2 (14. Rae1 $2 {Moiseev} Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd5 Bc6 16.
Nb6 Ra5 $1 $17 {Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,J/Tilburg/1992/0,5/62/Inf 57/536/} 17. Qxa5
$4 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. h3 Qf4 $19 {Seirawan}) 14... Ne7 15. Rae1 (15. Rfe1 b6
16. Qd1 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 {Rechlis,G-Portisch,L/
Manila izt/1990/} (19... Be6 {Moiseev} 20. Qg5 Ng6 21. Re4 O-O 22. Rxa4 Qb5 23.
Rxa8 Rxa8 $17 {Rechlis,G-Portisch,L/Manila(izt)/1990/1:0/57/})) (15. Qd1 $5 Qa5
16. Qg4 g6 17. Qg5 Qd8 $1 18. Qh6 Ng8 $1 $13 {Yudasin}) 15... b6 (15... O-O 16.
Qd1 Qa5 17. Re3 $5) 16. Qd1 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Qd4 (18. Nxd5 $2 {Moiseev}
exd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 $17) 18... O-O $1 19. Re3 (19. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21.
Qxe7 Ra7 22. Qd6 Rd8 $1 $15) 19... f5 $2 (19... Rfc8 20. Rh3 (20. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7
21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Qxe7 Qd8 $1 $15) 20... Ng6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 (21... fxg6 22. Ne4
$1 $13) 22. Qh4 f6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rh6 $1 Rg8 25. Rxg6 Qxc5 26. Qh5 $1 Rac8 $1
$13) (19... Nc6 $2 {Moiseev} 20. Qh4 (20. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Rh3 f6
23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rg3 Rg8 $19) 20... f5 21. Nxa4 Qd2 22. Nb6 $16) 20. Bxa4 $1
Bxa4 21. Rxe6 Ng6 (21... Nc6 22. Qxd5 $44) (21... Rf7 $6 {Moiseev} 22. Rfe1)
22. b4 $1 (22. Nxd5 $6 Bb3 $1 (22... Rad8 {Moiseev})) (22. Qxd5 $2 Nf4) 22...
Qa7 23. b5 Qa5 24. b6 Be8 25. Nxd5 $5 (25. b7 Rb8 26. Rb6 $16) 25... Bf7 26.
Rxg6 $5 (26. Rd6 {Moiseev} Qxa3 {/\ Ra4}) 26... Bxg6 (26... hxg6 $4 27. Ne7+
Kh7 28. Qh4#) 27. c6 Rae8 $1 28. b7 Bf7 (28... Re1 29. h3 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Re8
31. Kg1 $18) (28... Qb5 $142 $5 {Moiseev} 29. Nc7 (29. Nb4 $5) 29... Qxc6 30.
Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Qa7 (31. Rb1 $2 Qxb7 $19) 31... Qc7 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. h4 (33. a4 f4
$19) 33... Be8 $17) 29. Nb6 Be6 (29... Re1 30. Qb4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qa6+ 32. Kg1
$18) (29... Rd8 $5 {Moiseev} 30. Qb4 $5 $13 (30. Qxd8 $2 Rxd8 31. c7 Qxb6 32.
c8=Q Be6 33. Qa8 Bd5 $19) (30. Nd7 Qc7)) 30. h4 (30. a4 Rd8 31. Qb2) (30. c7
$142 $1 {Moiseev} Qxa3 (30... Qa7 31. c8=Q Bxc8 32. bxc8=Q Rxc8 33. Qd5+ Qf7
34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Nxc8 Rxc8 36. Ra1 $18) (30... Qa6 31. c8=Q Rxc8 32. bxc8=Q
Bxc8 33. Qd5+ $16) 31. c8=Q Rxc8 (31... Bxc8 32. b8=Q $18) 32. Nxc8 $18) 30...
Qxa3 31. Rb1 (31. c7 $5 {Moiseev}) 31... Rd8 $2 $138 (31... Qa7 32. Qd6 $1 Qb8
33. Nc8 $1 Rxc8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. bxc8=Q $18) (31... Qa2 32. Rb4 Qe2 33. Qd6
$16) (31... Ba2 $5 $13 {Moiseev}) 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. c7 Rf8 (33... Qd6 34.
cxd8=Q+ (34. b8=Q $4 {Moiseev} Rxb8 $19) (34. c8=Q $4 {Moiseev} Bxc8) 34...
Qxd8 35. Nc8 Bxc8 36. b8=Q $18) 34. b8=Q f4 35. Re1 Qd6 36. c8=Q (36. c8=Q Qxb8
37. Qxe6+ $18 (37. Qxe6+ {Moiseev} Kh8 38. Nd7 $16)) (36. Rxe6 $18 {Moiseev})
1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Short,N"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I have to make a shameful confession . I once made the mistake of addressing
Joel by his widely used nickname. I apologise here and now for my rudeness.
The Gods on Mount Olympus were clearly displeased and I was punished severely
in our next game . That was only fair enough, I suppose. This was a tough game
for me as I had been practically unemployed for several months, not having
pushed pawns since the Goodricke tournament in Calcutta . I wish I could claim
that I had used the time productively to repair and reinvigourate my battered
opening repertoire but I had not. Apathy and sloth had characterised my mood
at the time and by now there were barnacles on my play, or so it seemed.} 1. d4
{Lautier} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 {I guess
that this will not win the "novelty of the millenium" award. It had, though,
the advantage of forcing my opponent to think for himself.} 7. a3 Be7 8. g3 $1
(8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 {was the idea.}) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11.
Nf4 $6 {Looks completely unnatural to me. Better was} (11. h3 {intending Be3
with a pleasant edge for White. Of course, Black would not be compelled to
resign after these moves.}) 11... Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. d5 e5 {And
here the main drawback of Nf4 is seen.} 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. b3 Rbe8 17. Bd2 Bd8 {
The position has more in common with the Najdorf than the Nimzo. Black has a
very satisfactory game.} 18. Qb1 $1 {Covering some impotant squares like d3
and e4.} Nb8 $2 (18... Kh8 {was a much better waiting move, preparing Ng8 and
f5 should White not undertake any action.}) 19. a5 Qc8 20. axb6 Bxb6 21. Be3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 (22. fxe3 h5 $1 {initiates counterplay.}) 22... Nbd7 {Ok, Ok, I
made a mistake.} 23. Nb4 Ng4 24. Re2 f5 25. Rea2 e4 (25... Nc5 26. h3 {was a
bit annoying. By now I was drifting into time-trouble and ,quite frankly, I
couldn't be bothered defending the a-pawn.}) 26. h3 (26. Nxa6 $2 Bxa6 27. Rxa6
Qc5 {was too risky.}) 26... Nge5 27. Nxa6 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Nde5 $2 (28... Bxa6 29.
Rxa6 Qc5 {offered good compensation.}) 29. Nb5 Rf6 30. Nac7 {This one came as
a surprise to me. It suddenly dawned on me that I was absolutely busted.
Shaken, for a minute or two I was considering Re7} Rd8 (30... Re7 {until I
noticed} 31. Ra8) 31. Ne6 (31. Ra7 {was even better.}) (31. Ra7 $1 {Lautier /
\Nc7-e6} f4 (31... Ng4 32. Bxf3 Nxf2+ (32... exf3 33. hxg4 Rh6+ 34. Kg1 fxg4
35. Ne6 $18) 33. Kg2 f4 34. g4 $18) (31... Rh6 32. Ne6 Rd7 33. R1a2 {/\ 34.Qa1,
35.Ra8} Qe8 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Nxd6 Qb8 (35... Qh5 36. Ra8+ $18) 36. Nxb7 Qxb7
37. Qa1 $18) 32. Ne6 Rxe6 33. dxe6 $18) 31... Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Ra7 Bc6
34. Qb2 (34. Rc7 $1 {Lautier /\Raa7} Ng4 (34... Bxb5 35. cxb5 Nd3 36. Bxf3 (36.
Qf1 f4 37. Raa7 $18) 36... Nxf2+ 37. Kh2 (37. Kg2 exf3+ $132) 37... exf3 38.
Qb2 (38. Raa7 $2 Ng4+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 38... Qe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 40. Raa7 $18) (
34... Nd3 35. Bxf3 Nxf2+ 36. Kh2 exf3 37. Qb2 $18) 35. Qb2 $18) 34... e3 $1 {
/\ Ne5-d3 Trying to confuse matters. I imagine Joel thought that I had
collapsed completely because with only a brief hesitation he replied} 35. fxe3
$2 {but after} (35. Nd4 {Lautier} Nxd4 36. Qxd4 f4 37. Bxc6 $6 (37. Qd5 $1 Bxd5
38. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 39. cxd5 e2 (39... exf2 40. gxf4 Nd3 41. Kg2 $18) 40. gxf4 Nd3
41. Re7 e1=Q+ 42. Raxe1 Nxe1 43. Rxe1 Rb8 44. Re3 Rb5 45. Rd3 Rb4 46. Kg2 Rxf4
47. Kf1 $16) 37... Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 f3 (38... exf2+ 39. Qxf2 Nxc6 40. Rc7 $18) 39.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 (39... Kf8 40. Qf4+ Kxg7 41. Ra7+ $18) (39... Kh8 40. Rxh7+ Qxh7 41.
Bxf3 $16) 40. Bxf3 Qf5 $132) (35. Rc7 $1 {Lautier} exf2 36. Rxc6 (36. Qxf2 Nd3
37. Qa7 $2 (37. Qf1 $1 Qe3 38. Ra2 Be4 39. Re2 $18) 37... Qe5 38. Rd1 (38. Rxc6
Qxa1+ 39. Qxa1 Nf2#) 38... Ra8 $132) 36... Nxc6 37. Bxf3 (37. Qxf2 Qf6 38. Ra6
$16) 37... Qe1+ 38. Kh2 f1=Q 39. Bd5+ (39. Rxe1 Qxf3) 39... Kh8 40. Rxe1 Qxe1
41. Bxc6 $16) 35... Qg6 $1 {he realised that life was becoming very difficult.}
36. g4 $6 (36. Bxf3 Nxf3 37. Rc7 {was a better option.}) (36. Qf2 {Lautier} Nd3
$19) (36. Nd4 {Lautier} Qxg3 37. Bxf3 (37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Nxc6 Qg3 39. Bxf3 (
39. Ne7+ Kf7 $19) 39... Qxf3+ 40. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Nxc6 $19) 37... Nxf3 38.
Rxg7+ (38. Nxc6 Qxh3+) 38... Qxg7 $19) 36... fxg4 37. Nd4 Be4 (37... gxh3 $2 {
Lautier} 38. Bxf3 $16) 38. Rf1 (38. Bxf3 {Lautier} gxf3 $1 (38... Nxf3 $2 39.
Nxf3 Bxf3+ 40. Kg1 gxh3+ 41. Kh2 $16) 39. Kh2 (39. Qf2 Nd3 40. Qf1 Qg3 $19)
39... Nd3 40. Qd2 f2 $19) 38... Rf8 (38... Nh4 39. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 40. Kh2 Qxe3 41.
hxg4 Nxg4+ 42. Kh1 Ne5 $1 {appears to be very promising for Black according to
Fritz, but then I would not have won so quickly.} (42... Qh3+ {Lautier} 43. Kg1
$11)) 39. Qf2 $2 {It is very difficult to suggest a move, especially when time
is running out but this loses immediately.} (39. Bxf3 {Lautier} gxf3 $19) (39.
Qe2 {Lautier} Bd3 40. Qd1 Bxf1 41. Bxf1 (41. Qxf1 Nxd4 42. Bd5+ Ne6 $19) 41...
Qe4 42. Bg2 gxh3 43. Bxf3 Nxf3 44. Nxf3 Rxf3 45. Qd5+ Qxd5 46. cxd5 Rxe3 $19) (
39. h4 {Lautier} Nd3 (39... Qh6 40. Qf2 Bd3 $17) 40. Qa1 Qh6 $17) 39... gxh3
40. Bxf3 Nxf3 {mate follows on g2.} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Shyam Sundar"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 {The variation is named after
Akiba Rubinstein as he successfully played it for the first time in the 1930
Olympiad against Maroczy. (See note to 7th move.) Later Botvinnik also applied
Nge2 successfully in his games. The main idea is to maintain the pawn
structure after Black captures on c3 as in this case White can capture back
with the knight.} (5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Qc7 {is the main line.}) 5... cxd4 (5... b6 {is another alternative which
can lead to interesting positions, for example} 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3 (8.
Bd2 {is main line}) 8... Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 $13) (
5... d5 {is not same as the main line, as} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 {this is the
difference.} cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 $11 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3]}) 6.
exd4 d5 {This line is not supposed to be the best one for Black, but when
Ivanchuk plays it, who are we to judge?} 7. c5 (7. a3 {is another main
alternative, which was played by great Akiba Rubinstein.} Be7 8. c5 (8. Nf4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nh5 Nd5 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 f5
15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Bc2 Qh4 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nce2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Bd3 Ba4 21.
Rde1 Bd7 22. Rc1 Nc6 23. Bb1 e5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 exd4 26. Qh3 Qxh3 27.
Bxh3 Rxe3 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nf4 Bd6 30. Nd5 Rb3 31. Bc8 d3 32. Rd1 Ne5 33. Nf4
g5 34. Ne6 h6 35. h4 gxh4 36. Nf4 Bc5+ 37. Kh2 Be3 {0-1 (37) Rapport,R (2545)
-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Eretria 2011}) 8... b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. dxc5 e5 11. f4 d4 12.
fxe5 dxc3 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. O-O-O+ Kc7 17. Bf4+ Kb7
18. g3 Bf5 19. Bg2 Rae8 20. b5 Rxe2 21. Bxc6+ Kc8 22. Rd5 Be6 23. b6 axb6 24.
cxb6 Rb2 25. Ra5 {1-0 (25) Rubinstein,A-Maroczy,G Hamburg 1930}) 7... Ne4 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 {[%csl Gc8] I think White has a very
nice position. His development is easier and Black has to struggle for the
activation of his c8-bishop.} a4 $5 (11... b6 $5 12. Bb5+ {Developing with a
check is considered as a good choice as it gives you an important extra tempo.}
({The simple} 12. Rc1 $14 {is also good.}) 12... Bd7 13. O-O bxc5 14. dxc5 a4
15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. f4 d4 17. Ne4 O-O 18. f5 f6 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxd4 Nc6 21.
Qd3 Rab8 22. Rae1 Ne5 23. Qd4 Qb3 24. Nd6 h6 25. Rf2 Ra8 26. Re3 Qe6 27. h3
Rfd8 28. Rc2 Ra7 29. Qe4 Kh8 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Rec3 {1-0 (55) Navara,D (2737)
-Tomashevsky,E (2724) Germany 2017}) 12. Nxa4 $5 {[%cal Gc3a4] Concrete play
with very deep strategic ideas} (12. Bd3 {I was curious to know how play would
develop if White plays simple and logical chess and this was the move that
came to my mind when watching this game live} b6 $1 {After analysing the other
moves, now it's evident that Black cannot just castle or devolop his pieces
without a proper plan and so he has to clarify the pawn structure on the
queenside first.} (12... O-O $6 {Here Black's main problem is his queenside
and he should take care of his queenside first before castling} 13. Bc2 {
[%csl Ra4]} Bd7 14. Qd3 $1 f5 (14... Qh4 {doesnt look human as White now has
Re1-e3 with a tempo}) (14... g6 15. h4 $40) 15. O-O {White's position is sound
and it's obvious to castle on the same side and try to exploit the weak
squares.} (15. O-O-O $5 {This is my engine's suggestion. Probably the
intention is not only to attack on the kingside but also defend the b2-pawn in
a queenless ending. But it doesn't make much sense to me as White's position
is strategically sound and it is not necessary to take the game to a double
edged position with opposite side castling.}) 15... b6 {more or less forced} (
15... Na6 {Black just cannot sit and watch as he has many weak squares in his
camp} 16. Rfe1 Nc7 17. Re3 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 16. Rfe1 (16. cxb6 Qxb6 $132 {
Black has consistent pressure on the b-pawn}) 16... bxc5 17. dxc5 {[%csl Ra4]
Now the pawn structure has changed and White is still on top as he can play on
both the wings and Black is still underdeveloped}) (12... Bd7 13. O-O (13. Bc2
b6 $1) 13... O-O (13... Nc6 {[%cal Rc6a5]} 14. Bc2 Na5 15. Nxa4 $16 {White is
a pawn up for no compensation}) (13... b6 14. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5] A typical
move in this pawn structure with a strong bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal and a
knight on c3 as White now plays f5 and threatens to play f6 and if Black takes
on f5, then d5 becomes a serious weakness}) 14. f4 $1 {Black has practical
problems to solve and White has easy play}) 13. Nxa4 $1 {Now my computer
suggests to go to rook+pawn vs 2 pieces under much more favourable
circumstances} (13. cxb6 Qxb6 $11) (13. O-O bxc5 14. dxc5 Qa5 $1 {with a
complex middlegame and chances for both sides}) 13... Rxa4 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15.
Bxa4 Bxa4 16. Qb4 {[%cal Rc5b6] this is the point as now both the pawn and
bishop are under attack} b5 {[%csl Ra4]} 17. b3 Nc6 18. Qc3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qa5+
20. Kf1 Nxd4 {with a very complex position and I think its much easier for
White to play in a practical game.}) 12... Rxa4 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxa4 Bxa4 15.
Qb4 {[%cal Gd2b4] Though the engine claims that Black is better here, I think
the position is double edged in a practical game as White's queenside pawns
would become dangerous.} Qd7 16. O-O {Having many difficult decisions to make,
Ivanchuk commits a serious error by playing...} Qb5 $2 {[%cal Gd7b5] ...
probably played on general grounds as he wanted to keep the king in the centre
in the ensuing endgame. Unfortunately for him it fails due to tactical reasons.
} (16... O-O {[%cal Ge8g8] Black has 2 ways to play: 1. Stop White from
pushing his queenside pawns by placing the pieces on optimal squares 2.
Black's minor pieces are cramped and he doesn't have an outpost and so he must
look for an opportunity to create imbalance in the position} 17. b3 {White's
play is simple and straightforward and now Black again has to 2 choices for
placing his bishop:} (17. Qd2 e5 $1 18. dxe5 d4 $19 {[%cal Ra4d1]}) (17. f4 {
with the intention of now allowing Black to play ...e5. But now the e4-square
is weakened and Black can transfer any of his minor pieces to the e4-square
with decisive effects}) 17... Bb5 (17... Bc6 18. a4 Na6 19. Qa3 Nc7 20. Rfe1
Ra8 21. Qb2 {All of Black's pieces are placed in such way that they prevent
the pawn mass on the queenside whereas White can strengthen his position
slowly and Black has to come up with some plans}) 18. Rfe1 {Now Black has to
make decision regarding his piece placements} (18. Rfd1 e5 $1) 18... e5 $3 {
Creating pawn tension in the centre, thanks to the small tactics and now
Black's minor pieces can be utilised to the fullest as now he has outposts on
the c6- and e6-squares.} (18... Ba6 {[%cal Gb8c6] I was curious to know what
would happen if Black just devolops his pieces and places them on optimal
squares without creating any pawn tension} 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. a4 {[%cal Gb3b4]}
Ne7 21. b4 Bc4 $1 {I think this is the move that Black should foresee when
placing his bishop on the a6-f1 diagonal} 22. b5 {The engine still claims that
Black is better here. However in a practical game Black has to make several
decisions regarding his piece placements and constantly worry about the pawn
mass on the queenside whereas White on the other hand has easy play on the
queenside and no weakness for Black to play for.}) 19. dxe5 (19. Rxe5 Nc6 {
[%cal Rc6e5]}) 19... Na6 20. Qd4 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Gb5c6,Gd5d4] Black is
clearly better.}) 17. b3 $1 {Sandipan never misses such opportunities!} Qxb4
18. axb4 Bb5 (18... Bxb3 19. b5 Bc4 20. Rfb1 $18 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 19. Ra7 Bxf1
20. Rxb7 $1 (20. Kxf1 b5 $3 21. Rb7 (21. cxb6 Rf8 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb8d7,Ge8e7]})
21... O-O 22. Rxb5 Nc6 $17) 20... Nc6 21. Kxf1 {Black now has to make series
of only moves to hold the game} O-O $4 {The losing blunder.} (21... Rf8 $1 {
The only move as he keeps the king in the centre and close to opponent's
passed pawns and now Black threatens to take on d4} 22. b5 Nxd4 23. b4 {
[%cal Rb5b6]} Kd8 $8 24. Rb8+ (24. b6 $2 Kc8 25. c6 Nxc6 26. Rc7+ Kb8 27. Rxc6
Kb7 {Now White has to be precise to draw the game!}) 24... Ke7 25. Rxf8 Kxf8
26. b6 Ke8 27. b7 Nc6 28. b5 Nb8 29. c6 Kd8 30. f4 $11 {[%csl Gb5,Gb7,Rb8,Gc6]
A study like position and neither side can make progress.}) 22. b5 Na5 23. Rc7
{[%cal Gb5b6] Though objectively 12.Na4 wasn't correct, practically it had a
great impact as Black had to make many critical decisions and Black's timely ..
.e5, thanks to all tactical motifs was the only way to create complications
that ended in Black's favour! This game is a good example that one must be
always tactically alert throughout the game and sometimes the engine's
objective assessment cannot always help in a practical game!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game I had just won 3 games in a row and very much wanted to
continue the course and win all of my remaining 6 games! :) Of course it did
not happen, but there is nothing wrong with thinking big!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 {During my preparations I decided to play the Nimzo which I rarely
use nowadays, to avoid any direct clash with Spoelman's preparation and to try
and unbalance the game at least, because I consider the Slav and QGD to be
drawish while obviously its hard to rely on the Grünfeld and King's Indian all
of the time.} 4. e3 ({I was also expecting} 4. f3 {which Walter played few
rounds earlier.}) ({or} 4. Qc2) 4... b6 $5 5. Nge2 ({Actually I was more
afraid of} 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 {which might be unpleasant for me practically,
since it is quite difficult to unbalance the game.}) 5... c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1
Na6 8. g3 $5 {This rare move I was not expecting. I thought Black should have
no problems in this variation,but in fact it is not that easy!} Bb7 9. d5 b5
10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 d6 $6 {I played this quite quickly, but in
fact I forgot my analysis here!} ({On my work databases I had it all figured
out:} 12... exd5 13. e5 ({Or} 13. Nxd5 {then} Nc7 $1 {with another computer
line leading to balanced complications!}) 13... Ng4 14. Bxd5 {And now during
the game I missed} Bc6 $1 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Qa4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5
19. Qxc4 Nc7 $11 {with equality.}) 13. Qa4 $6 {But Walter did not reply very
accurately either!} ({A few days later in the C group of Tata Steel, Mark
Bluvshtein improved with} 13. Bg5 {against Mark Van der Werf and obtained a
pleasant position. I hope that it is not because of my game that Van der Werf
also chose 12...d6?! :)}) ({But I think even stronger is} 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qa4
Rb8 (14... d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bg5 $36) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nf4 $14 {
when Black's center pawns look very fragile and can fall very easily if he is
not careful. In addition the a6-knight is badly placed.}) 13... exd5 14. exd5
Bxc3 $6 {A slightly wrong positional assesment! I wanted to put my knight on
c7 quickly and did not find a very bright future for my dark-squared bishop,
so I traded it as fast as I could. But now I think I could have done better.} (
{The computer, which usually likes bishop pairs very much, suggests:} 14... Bb6
{which might be better,for instance:} 15. Qxc4 ({White could also delay
capturing the c4-pawn,but it does not change much:} 15. Rd1 Nc7 16. Bg5 h6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxc4 Rfe8 $11 {should give Black no problems.}) 15... Nc7 16. Bf4
({If} 16. Bg5 {then just} h6) 16... Re8 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Qa4 c4 $132 {when
Black gets good play.}) 15. bxc3 {But my opponent was also not playing very
accurately that day!} ({I think White should have gone for} 15. Nxc3 Nc7 16.
Rd1 {when I still have to fight for equality. My intention was to hold on to
the pawn with} Ba6 {but it fails after} 17. Bg5 $1 Rb8 (17... h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6
19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Qc6 $14 {when the important pawn base on d6 falls.}) 18. Ne4
Qe8 19. Qc2 $14 {maintaining some pressure.}) 15... Qc8 16. Nf4 $5 {This came
as a surprise for me, because I had not considered it in my calculations. But
in fact, it is quite logical.} ({I thought at first his intention was} 16. Bg5
{in order to activate all his pieces, but I think Walter thought it was too
risky, and anyway I have two good replies:} {either simply} Nd7 ({The most
straightforward, but needing a little calculation is:} 16... Nxd5 17. Rxb7 Qxb7
18. Nf4 Nb6 19. Bxb7 Nxa4 20. Nd5 $1 ({Not} 20. Bxa6 $6 f6 $1 {when Black wins
a piece back after} 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 22. Bh4 g5 $15 {and has good chances to win.}
) 20... Rae8 $1 21. Bxa6 Re5 $1 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. f4 Re4 24. f5 $13 {with a
complicated ending and chances for both sides.}) 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qd3 Re8 19.
Rfe1 c4 20. Qd4 Nc5 $132 {with good play in any case.}) ({And obviously White
should avoid:} 16. Qxc4 $6 Nc7 {because now he cannot defend the d5-pawn and
even worse is} 17. Rd1 $2 Ba6 18. Qa2 Qg4 $17 {when Black is just winning.})
16... Nc7 $1 {I'm happy about this move! I'm not giving him time to
consolidate the d5-pawn!} ({At first I was going to play more slowly but then
he consolidates his position after like} 16... Rb8 17. Qxc4 Nc7 18. Qa2 $11 {
followed by c4 and Bb2.}) 17. Bh3 Qb8 {It turns out that White cannot really
take advantage of the pin along the b-file! Black is not yet better, but soon
will be!} 18. Qd1 $5 {Another unexpected move! Walter gave me a lot of
surprises in this game, but fortunately I was able to see most of them!} ({
I was expecting} 18. Rd1 {when I was going} Re8 {threatening ...g5 next, with
a rather complicated position which should be fine for me. If} 19. Qxc4 {
I can meet with} Ba6 20. Qa2 Bc4 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 c4 $11 {
with a comfortable position.}) ({And there is another option we both missed:} 
18. Bg2 $5 {daring Black to play for a win,but it is just equal:} Re8 19. Be3 {
threatening Bxc5} Qc8 20. Bh3 Qb8 21. Bg2 {and Black has to take the draw.
Most likely 18.Bg2 was the prudent option for White but it is strange to just
move your pieces back and forth in such a complicated situation.}) 18... Re8
19. Re1 $5 {After doing some calculations we go for a forcing variation where
I assessed I should at least not be worse.} ({Still worth considering here is:
} 19. Bg2 $5) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ncxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxb7 ({The computer
prefers} 22. a4 $1 {which did not even pop into my head. It gives the line} a5
23. Rxb7 ({Not:} 23. Bg2 $2 Nb4 $3 {when Black gets in return a connected mass
of future queens for the piece!}) 23... Qxb7 24. Bg2 Rb8 25. Qd2 Qb1 26. Bxd5
Qd3 27. Kg2 $11 {when for some reason the position (with the pawn on a4
instead of a3!) is more favourable for White compared to the game.}) 22... Qxb7
23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Qd2 Qb1 25. Bxd5 Qd3 26. Qxd3 $4 {The last...and by far the
most pleasant surprise!! I can't describe how excited I was when his hand
hovered above his queen and thought for a few seconds, and how shocked I was
when he took my queen! I thought at first I had miscalculated, but then I knew
I couldn't have!} ({Of course the only way to continue was} 26. Kg2 {when
Black's chances to win are not big. After} Qxd2 ({Unfortunately} 26... Rb1 $2 {
is impossible due to} 27. Qg5 $1 {when White takes revenge on Black's
abandoned king.}) ({While} 26... h6 {is too slow} 27. Qxd3 cxd3 28. Kf3 Rb1 29.
Bd2 $11 {and the White K approaches.}) 27. Bxd2 Rb2 28. Bf4 Rc2 29. Be4 ({Not} 
29. Bxd6 $2 Rd2 $19) 29... Rxc3 30. Bxd6 Rxa3 31. Bxc5 {and with two powerful
bishops White shouldn't have many problems holding.}) 26... cxd3 27. Kg2 Rb1
28. Bd2 ({My opponent told me afterwards that he just forgot about} 28. Bf4 d2
$1 29. Bxd2 Rd1 $19 {skewering one of the bishops!}) 28... Rb2 29. Bf4 (29. Be3
{was slightly more accurate, but it does not matter} d2 30. Bf3 c4 $19 {
wins easily anyway. White is too immobilized to fight against the rook and
pawns. The white king cannot even approach and of course} 31. Be2 Rb1 $1 32.
Bxd2 Rb2 $19 {wins a bishop.}) 29... d2 30. Bf3 d5 31. Be3 d4 32. cxd4 c4 33.
d5 c3 34. d6 Rb1 {My opponent resigned. I was of course very happy to win four
games in a row, and as I said I wanted to keep this ritual till the end of the
tournament, but everything changed during the next part of the tournament. Out
of the remaining 5 games I scored only three draws. I do hope it's not because
I went on a tour of Harlem during the rest day after this round!} (34... Rb1
35. Bd1 Rxd1 36. d7 Rg1+ $1 {is an elegant way to win.}) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O Bd7
15. Rfe1 O-O (15... Qxd4 $4 16. Rxe6+ $1) 16. Bc2 Bc6 (16... Nc6 $2 17. Qd3 $1
g6 18. Bxa4) 17. Re3 Nd7 18. Rg3 Rfc8 (18... Rfb8) 19. Rd1 $6 (19. h4 $1) 19...
Nf8 20. h4 Qc7 21. h5 h6 $1 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Qd1 Qd7 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. Nc3 Bc6 26.
Ne2 Bb5 27. Nc3 (27. Nf4 $2 Qc7 $1 28. Qg4 f5 29. Ng6+ (29. Qh4 Qxc2 30. Rxg7
Kxg7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Nxe6 Ra7 $1 $19) 29... Kg8 (29... Nxg6 30. Qxg6 Be8 31.
Qxe6 Qxc2 32. Qe7 Rc7 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Rxe8 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxh5+ $19) 30. Bxf5
exf5 31. Qxf5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde GP CCAS"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valles, Manuel"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Valles,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Be3 b6 (11... Qd6 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Rd1 b6
14. O-O Bb7 15. f3) 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ba2 $5 (13. Qd3 Qd6 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 h6
16. Rac1 Qf8 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Bf4 Nfd5 19. Be5 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rac8 21. Rcc1 Nc6
22. Kh1 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rd7 24. Bb3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd8 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Bc2 Rc7 28.
Qe2 Qc8 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Kg1 Qc7 31. h3 f5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Qd3 Qd8 34. Bb3 Qh4+
35. Kf1 Rd6 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Qe3 a5 38. Ke2 Qg3 39. Kd1 Qd6 40. f4 a4 41. g4
b5 42. Ke2 Qc7 {Kharitonov,A (2548)-Iordachescu,V (2623) Rethymnon 2010 1/2-1/2
}) 13... Ne7 14. Bg5 Qd6 $146 (14... Ng6 15. d5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxe6 fxe6
18. Qd7 Bxg2 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh7 21. Kxg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg3 Nxe6 23. Rae1
Rf6 24. Re4 Raf8 25. Nd5 Rg6+ 26. Rg4 Ng5 27. f4 Ne4+ 28. Kh4 Rd6 29. Re1 Re8
30. f5 Rxd5 31. Rexe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxf5 33. Re7 a5 34. Kg3 Rb5 35. Re2 Kg6 36.
Rf2 Kg5 37. Kg2 Rf5 38. Rd2 Kf4 39. b4 a4 40. Rd7 Rg5+ 41. Kf2 b5 42. h4 Rh5
43. Rxg7 Rxh4 44. Rf7+ {Kaufman,R (2319)-Gonda,L (2501) Balatonlelle 2007 0-1})
15. Rc1 $1 Rad8 16. Nb5 Qb8 (16... Qd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc7 Qxb5 19. Rxb7 Nf5
20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. d5 Qxb2 22. dxe6 Qxa2 23. Qxf5 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rc1 Rc8
26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. g3 $11) 17. Re1 $1 Ng6 18. h4 $5 (18. f3) 18... Nf4 $1 (18...
h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. h5 Nf4 21. Rc7 Nd5 22. Rxe6 Nxc7 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Rxf6)
19. Re3 $1 Kh8 20. Rc7 $1 N4d5 $2 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qf3 (22. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 23.
Rg3 Rxb5 24. Qc1 $3 Rg8 25. Qh6 Rxg3 26. fxg3 Qe8 27. Rxb7) 22... Ng8 $2 (22...
Rd7 23. Rxb7 $1 (23. Qxf6 Rxc7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Qe7 Qxe7 26. Bxe7 $11) 23...
Qxb7 24. Qxf6 h6 25. Qf4 Kh7 26. Nc3 hxg5 27. hxg5 Rh8 28. d5 $1) 23. Rxf7 Rxf7
24. Qxf7 Rf5 (24... Rxb5 $2 25. Rg3 $1 $18 (25. Rxe6 $2 Bd5)) 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26.
Nxc7 h6 27. Bd8 Bd5 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Rd5 30. Bc7 Rxd4 31. Bb8 Rd7 32. Be5
Kh7 33. g4 Ne7 34. Rd6 Rb7 35. h5 Kg8 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kg3 b5 38. Bc3 Rc7 39.
Ba5 Rb7 40. f3 Ng8 41. Rc6 Nf6 42. Rc7+ Rxc7 43. Bxc7 Ke6 44. Ba5 Nd5 45. f4
Kf7 46. Kf3 Ne7 47. Ke4 a6 48. Bb4 Ng8 49. Bc3 Ne7 50. Be5 Nc6 51. Kd5 Na5 52.
Bd4 Nb3 53. Be3 Na5 54. Bd4 Nb3 55. Be5 Nd2 56. Kc5 Nc4 57. Bd4 g6 58. hxg6+
Kxg6 59. a4 h5 60. f5+ Kg5 61. f6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
{The ambitious attempt to exploit Black's delay in playing ...d5.} (8. Nf4 {
is the solid alternative.}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 ({Personally, I am more in
sympathy with} 9... Bc5 $5 {when Black has active pieces and chances to
encourage the opponent to overstretch. Still, I have to admit this is not
enjoying great popularity at present:} 10. Nd4 {I used to advocate the more
disruptive moves here, but Epishin's characteristically clear play here offers
White a new model} (10. Na4 b6 (10... Bd6 $5) 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Re8+ 13.
Be2 Ba6 14. O-O Bxe2 15. Nxe2 d6 (15... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Gb6b2,Gb2e2] looks
better. Its not a trivial job finding a good way to sacrifice b2 since the e2
knight also hangs.} 16. Ng3 $5 {might be worth a look though. In general, if
White can develop undisturbed, he may well have a workable nibble.}) 16. Bf4
Qb6 17. Ng3 Nbd7 18. Nf5 Ne5 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Bg5 Ned7 21. Qd2 Ne4 22. Bxd8
Qxd8 23. Qd3 {1-0 Neverov,V-Berzinsh,R/Prerov 2001/CBM 87/[Wells,P] (23)})
10... d6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Be3 Ne5 (13... a6 $5) 14. Nc2 $5 {
I like this. Black's pieces look active, but the c5 bishop is by far the
finest of them and if White's remaining bishop on e2 looks nothing special, it
nonetheless finds a role more easily than its counterpart on c8. White has
some space here.} Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qb6 $6 {I guess Black wants to prevent the
harmonious 15 Qd4, but he gets quite tangled up in the process.} 16. Na4 Qa5
17. Qd4 Neg4 $6 18. Bxg4 Re4 19. Qc3 $1 Rxa4 20. b4 Qd8 21. Bd1 Ra6 22. Be2 {
[%csl Ra6]} b5 $8 23. Bxb5 Rb6 24. Be2 $16 {Epishin,V (2610)-Ivanov,S (2546)
57th ch-RUS Qualifier 2004 (4) 1-0}) 10. d6 {This pawn sacrifice is almost
compulsory here these days. The attempt to bring out the king-side without it
with} (10. Be3 {has almost completely disappeared in view of Adorjan's powerful
} Ng4 11. Bd4 Nh6 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh6f5] and I'm pretty sure this is
objective merit and not fashion!}) 10... Bf8 11. g3 b6 (11... Re6 $5 {As usual,
acceptance of the offer is a critical test, and although this has not enjoyed
much of a following lately, there is certainly no clear refutation.} 12. Bf4
Nh5 13. Be3 Rxd6 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Bg2 Nf6 16. O-O Re6 {is the main line and
impeccably logical} 17. Nf4 (17. Rad1 $5 d6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $44 Qa5 $5 {
-Makarov.} 20. f4 $5 $32) 17... Re8 18. Nfd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 d6 20. Qb3 Rb8 21.
Rac1 Be6 22. Rfd1 Qd7 23. Qa4 a6 24. Nb6 Qe7 25. Bxc6 $6 {Not quite sure how
to assess this move. However, simply maintaining his grip on the play would
have been safer. Cashing in involves undeniable risks to his king, which
become quite graphic much sooner than one might expect...} bxc6 26. Qxc6 Qf6
27. Rd4 Qg6 28. b4 Bf5 29. Qc7 Be4 30. Nd5 Qf5 31. Qc4 Qf3 $17 {0-1 Sargissian,
G-Tiviakov,S/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 502 (46)}) 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. b4 {
I think this is better than allowing Black the more active diagonal} (13. O-O
Ba6) (13. Nb5 $5 {is interesting though.} Ba6 14. a4 Rc8 $5 (14... Ne4 15. Be3
Qf6 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Re1 {[%cal Gb5c7] still looks a promising pawn sac.}) 15.
O-O Bxb5 16. axb5 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 17. Nc3 g6 $1 18. b4 (18. Bf4 $5) 18...
Rxc3 19. bxa5 Bg7 20. Bb2 Rc8 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Ra6 Qxb5 24. Qxb5
Rxb5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxa7 {Shulman,Y (2520)-Tunik,G (2440) Komercni Banka op
1996 (6) 1/2}) 13... Bb7 14. O-O Re6 {This is just about OK if Black follows
up his attack on d6 consistently and single-mindedly. However, I am tempted to
prefer 11...Re6 if such materialism is going to be prioritised anyway. Here,
Black has mobilised well, and if he continues down this path he seems to have
reasonable piece play eg:} (14... Qb8 $6 15. Nb5 Ba6 (15... Ne5 16. Nc7 Nf3+
17. Kh1 Rxe2 18. Qxe2 Bxd6 19. Bxf3 (19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Bb2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Bxg2+
22. Kg1 $16) 19... Qxc7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 21. Kg1 Re8 22. Qd3 $16 {Kharlov,A 
(2565)-Van der Wiel,J (2525) Leeuwarden op 1997 (7) 1-0}) 16. Nec3 Re5 $140 17.
Nc7 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 $36 {[%cal Yc7a8,Yb4b5]}) (14... Rb8 $5 15. Nb5 Ba6 16. Nec3
Re5 $5 17. a4 Re6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd5 Rg6 {Gurevich,M (2420)
-Kengis,E (2445) URS-ch sf Sverdlovsk 1984 1/2 when White has various tempting
ideas, but no clear advantage eg} {Interesting is} 21. Re1 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rxd6
23. Qg4 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. Rxa7 Bf6 $11 {Wells. It is interesting if the
most critical line dates from and lies pretty much unaltered since 1984.}) 15.
Bf4 Rc8 $2 {A dubious mixing of systems is going on here! Having said 'a',
Black really has to say 'b' here with} (15... Nh5 $1 16. Be3 (16. Bd5 $5 {
might be worth a look too.} Nxf4 17. Nxf4 Rxd6 18. Ne4 Rh6 19. h4) 16... Nf6 {
and White has to decide which approach offers him sufficient compensation that
it deserves to be preferred over the repetition.} (16... Rxd6 $6 17. Nd4 Nf6
18. Ncb5) 17. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 Nf5 $13 {[%cal Gf5e3] and the
improvement over the game is palpable.}) 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 $16
{with d6 well covered, there is little compensation for the bishop pair - and
they are splendid, active bishops too.} Nf5 19. Nb5 g5 {This looks seriously
desperate. I don't need to colour in the king-side weaknesses - they already
glow!} 20. Bxg5 Nxd6 21. Nd4 Re8 22. Qd3 b5 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 {
[%cal Ya6f6,Yg5d8][%mdl 2048] A great picture of efficient deployment of the
forces. Macieja does well to survive as long as he does!} h6 26. Bh4 Re5 27.
Qf3 Kg7 28. Bh3 Nde8 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Rxf6 Qf8 33.
Bxd7 Rd8 34. Bc6 Rd6 35. Ra1 Rxf6 36. Qxf6 Re6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Ra8 Qxa8 39.
Bxa8 Bd2 40. Bc6 Bxb4 41. Bxb5 Kf7 42. Bd3 e5 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Be4 Kd6 45. h4
Kc5 46. g4 Kd4 47. Kf3 Bd2 48. g5 Bc1 49. Bf5 Bd2 50. Kg4 e4 51. h5 Ke5 52. h6
Kd5 53. Kh5 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 {
[%csl Ra5,Ra6,Re2,Rf1] This move is now just about universally recognised as
the best in the position, which is of great importance for the 'Psakhis'
Nimzo-Indian. Although I have defended the black side, I have never fully
trusted the black position with its two sub-optimal minor pieces. Still, there
is compensation in the form of white's slight king-side development log-jam
and theoretically, at least in the 7 Rb1 version, black's chances are as
healthy as ever.} 8. Qa4 $5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Yb2b4] This move of course
carries the 'crude' threat of b4, and it is precisely because this can be
parried without inconvenience in the short-run that perhaps the move has been
treated less seriously than it merits. First a quick overview of the key
theoretical developments here:} (8. Bd2 {Has long been a 'main line' but now
looks reasonably safe for black} O-O 9. Ng3 (9. d5 {is best met with the
flexible} d6 $1 10. Ng3 (10. f3 {is interesting} Bxc3 11. Nxc3 exd5 12. cxd5
Nh5 $5 13. g3 f5 14. Bd3 Nc7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Ba6
19. Bxa6 Nxa6 $13 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Yb2b4,Gf6g4] 0-1 Sosnicki,M-Volzhin,A/
Koszalin 1998/EXP 65 (42) white can play a little on the queenside, and d6
requires attention, but so does white's king-side looseness. Black's knight
has a nice square on g4.}) 10... Bxc3 ({or} 10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5
Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nc7 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O Qg5 16. Rbd1 f5 17. f4 Qe7 $13 {0-1
Jelen,I-Grosar,A/Maribor Pirc 1994/CBM 40 (46)}) 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nc7 13.
e4 Re8 {[%cal Gf6e4,Gc7d5,Ye8e1]} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O Bb5 $1 {
[%cal Gc7b5,Gb5d4]} 17. Bxb5 Nxb5 18. Qd3 Nd4 19. Rbe1 {[%cal Ye4e5]} Rac8 20.
f4 Qg6 21. Re3 f6 {[%csl Ye5]} 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Romanishin,O/
Polanica Zdroj 1991/CBM 26 (22)}) 9... Bb7 10. Bd3 d5 $1 {The modern way. I am
not so sure that} (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. c5 Nb8 14. Bg5 Nbd7
{1/2-1/2 Knaak,R-Gabriel,C/Altensteig 1993/CBM 37 (51) is so bad either, but
there seems to be no need to allow it.}) (10... Bxg2 $2 {[%cal Yh1g1,Yg3h5] is
simply too risky with ...0-0 already in place.}) 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. exd4 {
[%cal Yb2b4]} Bxc3 $8 13. bxc3 Qxd5 14. Qe2 (14. f3 e5 $5 $132) 14... Nb8 $5
15. f3 Qa2 $1 {Without this move, white could legitimately claim an edge. As
it is, black will simply grab a pawn, and white has been quite unable to show
more than 'just sufficient' compensation.} 16. Ne4 ({Better than} 16. O-O $6
Qxa3 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 e5 $1 19. Rf5 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Be3 Nb4 $17 {
0-1 Lomineishvili,M-Bagaturov,G/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1998/EXP 62 (51)}) 16...
Nxe4 17. fxe4 Ba6 $1 {A key move. Black first deals with the undoubted threat
which the bishop pair could pose on the king-side. The a pawn can wait.} 18.
O-O Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxa3 20. Qg3 f6 $1 21. Bf4 e5 22. dxe5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 {1/2-1/2
Shulman,Y-Marin,M/Goteborg 1999/CBM 69_07 (23) white has nothing after 23...
Nc6 for example. In fact, black's entire idea was first played by Psakhis in
1992. The ball is firmly in white's court here.}) (8. Ng3 $5 Bb7 9. Bd3 (9. f3
O-O 10. Bd2 d5 $1 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 {also looks OK for
black.} 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 {transposes to a known position:} Nb8 15. O-O Nc6 16.
Bd3 Qd6 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Qe1 Nce7 20. Bd2 Nf4 {Beliavsky - Sax,
Hungary tt 1997/ 0-1(49).}) 14... e5 $5 15. Rb5 $140 Nc5) 9... Bxc3+ ({The
alternative attempt to 'mix it'} 9... h5 $5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nf5 Qb8 {is
hideously complicated, but in my view unacceptably risky for black.}) 10. bxc3
Bxg2 $1 {Now, without castling, this is the critical response to white's
attempt to accelerate his mobilisation.} 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. e4 d6 13. Nh5 Nxh5 14.
Qxh5 Qf6 15. Rg3 e5 16. d5 h6 (16... Nb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8d7] -Korchnoi.}) 17. a4 (
17. Bg5 $1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Be3 {[%cal Ye1d2,Yb1g1] would have given
white sufficient compensation. This would seem to emphasise that the knight
should have been brought back into the play at the earliest opportunity.})
17... g6 18. Qd1 Bc8 19. a5 Qd8 20. Kf1 Nb8 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qa2 bxa5 23. Qxa5
Qd8 24. Qa4+ Kf8 $15 {1-0 Korchnoi,V-Timman,J/Ubeda 1997/Inf 69 (36)}) (8. f3
$5 {has recently been popular and opens a whole new fascinating set of
possibilities.} O-O $5 (8... Bb7 9. e4 O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. g3 $6 (
12. Kf2 $5 {a la Alexandrov looks stronger here.} c4 13. Ng3 b5 14. Nf5 $14)
12... b5 13. Bg2 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. O-O Ba6 16. g4 d6 17. Bg5 Bd3 18. Ra1 Bb6
19. Kh1 c4 {[%csl Yb4,Yb6,Yd3]} 20. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Nisipeanu,L/Erevan
1996/EXT 97 (20) Black's minor pieces have been transformed!}) 9. d5 exd5 (9...
Re8 10. Kf2 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Ng3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc7 14. c4 b5 15. e4 bxc4
16. Bxc4 Nd7 17. Be2 $16 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Serper,G/New York 1998/CBM 64/(59).
}) (9... d6 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. g4 Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Nf6 14. Qe1 Qxe1+ 15.
Kxe1 Nd7 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Yb5,Yg3][%cal Yg3f5] 1/
2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Romanishin,O/Nikolaev zt 1995/CBM 47 (83) The manouevre
with Kd2 and Qe1 to reach a favourable ending is very reminiscent of some such
lines arising from the once fashionable 4f3 Nimzo. White's knights have taken
up very annoying postings, and the pawn structure on the king-side gives white
a lot of space.}) 10. cxd5 b5 11. e4 Re8 $1 ({The immediate} 11... b4 $6 {
brings nothing after} 12. axb4 Nxb4 (12... cxb4 13. Nb5 $5) 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Be2
$14) 12. Ng3 ({Is it possible that} 12. Kf2 {should be considered here too?
After} b4 13. Nb5 $1 Qb6 14. Ng3 {the position is obscure and very interesting}
) 12... b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb5 b3+ 15. Kf2 Bb6+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Kxe3 {
Even Steinitz would have found this a bit much.} Nb4 (17... Qb6+ $5 {[%cal
Gd1d4,Gf6d5] is also dangerous.}) 18. Bc4 Qb6+ 19. Ke2 Ba6 20. Qxb3 Nfxd5 {
0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Del Rio Angelis,S/Santa Clara 1999/CBM 70 ext (20)}) (8. g3
Bb7 9. d5 b5 $132) 8... Bb7 ({Strangely, black has actually preferred} 8... Qe7
{in a majority of games, which, while no means a bad or ugly development, is
not strictly necessary until after 9 Bd2.} 9. dxc5 (9. Bd2 Bb7 {leads to 9...
Qe7 below - I do not see any positive independent significance for black in
giving white this extra dxc5 possibility.}) 9... Nxc5 (9... Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 bxc5
$5 {worked out well for black, but looks a bit loose, and since Knaak himself
gave '8...Bb7!' we can assume he was not totally convinced either!} 11. Be2 Bb7
12. f3 O-O 13. b4 d6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Na4 Bc6 18. Rfd1 $6
(18. b5 $1 $13) 18... e5 19. b5 Bb7 20. b6 Ne6 21. bxa7 Rxa7 $15 {1-0
Schumacher,O-Knaak,R/Bremen 1998/CBM 68 (45)}) 10. Qc2 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 d6 (11...
Bb7 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Yb5c7,Yf2f3,Ye3e4] is, I think, Dzhan})
12. b4 Ncd7 13. e4 Bb7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O (15. Bg5 $5 {-Dzhanghava.}) 15...
Rac8 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. f3 Nd7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Karasev,V-Dzhandzhava,L/Novosibirsk 1989 (47)}) 9. Bd2 $1 {This is the
point. White renews the threat, and this time claims that it cannot be parried
in the context of such a smooth mobilisation of black's forces.} ({It is by
now known that} 9. b4 $2 {is very well met by} Bc6 $1 10. b5 (10. Nb5 cxb4 11.
axb4 Nxb4 12. Rxb4 a6 $17) 10... Be4 {[%cal Ga5e1,Ge4b1] and black's pieces
are motoring.}) 9... Bc6 $6 {Natural enough but perhaps misguided since white
will always be able to cause trouble in turn by attacking this bishop with the
d5 advance. Now it really would be preferable to put the queen on e7.} (9...
Qe7 10. Ng3 Bxc3 $6 (10... O-O $1 {is clearly preferable. Lautier gives the
imprssion of having thought deeply about the whole ...c5 and ...b6 system, and
to having reached rather sceptical conclusions about it, and for this reason
it would be interesting what he has in mind here. In fact this set of
profoundly logical moves has been ventured only once, and there white chose}
11. d5 $5 Bxc3 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6][%cal Yf1a6,Yb2b4]}) 12.
Bxc3 Nc7 13. Bd3 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $5 14. Qxd7 Rac8 $44) 13... b5 (13... d6 $5 $13
) 14. Qa5 d6 15. b3 (15. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. cxb5 $14) 15... exd5
16. Nf5 $44 {0-1 Heinimaki,L-Taivainen,J/Tampere 1997/EXT 99 (34)}) 11. Bxc3
cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Bd3 Nc7 14. O-O b5 $5 15. cxb5 Ncd5 16. Bd2 Qd6 17. Rfc1
h5 18. Qb3 Rfb8 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Lautier,J-Beliavsky,A/Belgrade 1997/CBM 62 
(35)}) 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf4 $6 {This looks questionable. The knight belongs on
g3 EXPLOITING the d5 advance rather than FORCING it. The advance has every
hope of being effected anyway, and white should position to make it as
unpleasant as possible.} (11. Ng3 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Yf5,Rg7][%cal Yd4d5,Ge6d5,
Gg3f5]} Qc8 $6 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $5 (13. Bxc3 Nc7 $14) 13...
Nb8 14. Bd3 d6 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 $36 {1-0
Berezovsky,I-Jurek,J/Wuert 1998/EXT 99 (37)}) 12. d5 $1 Bb7 (12... exd5 13. Nf5
Qd8 14. cxd5 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gf1a6]}) 13. e4 Ne8 14. Bd3 f5 $5 15. O-O f4
16. e5 $1 g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Nce4 Qd8
22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Bxf4 Qe7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nh5 Nc5 26. Nef6+ Nxf6 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6
28. exf6 Qh7 29. axb4 $18 {1-0 Shaked,T-Gyimesi,Z/Zagan 1997/EXP 59 (52)})
11... d6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Bd3 Re8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Bc6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ne4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 (19. Bxa5 Nxf2 $1 $13) 19... Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rad8 21.
Rbd1 Rd7 22. h3 Nb8 $14 {Even here, the play revolves around white's pressure
against the 'hanging' 'e' and 'd' pawns, and black's perspective is very much
defensive.} 23. Rd3 Na6 24. R1d2 Nb8 25. b4 cxb4 26. axb4 Na6 27. Rb3 Rc7 28.
Rd1 Rd7 29. Ra1 Nb8 30. Rd3 b5 $5 {At first glance this might look like
impatience, but in fact it wins a lot of squares,( notably c4 itself! ) and
yields good 'defensive compensation' for the pawn.} 31. cxb5 d5 32. Qe5 Rb7 33.
Rda3 Nd7 34. Qd4 Nb6 35. Qc5 Qf7 36. Nd3 e5 37. Qc3 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 38. Ra6 h6
39. Nc5 Rbe7 40. Qc2 Rb8 41. Rc6 e4 42. Qa4 Rf8 43. Qa2 Re5 44. Ra6 Re7 45. Qe2
Rb8 46. Qa2 Rxb5 47. Rxa7 Rxa7 48. Qxa7 Rxb4 49. Qxf7+ Kxf7 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51.
Ra6+ Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53. Rd7 $14 {[%csl Rd5]} Nd2 54. h4 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 Nf1+ $6
{The defence starts to look a little loose.} (55... Rd1 $5) 56. Kh3 Rb2 57.
Rxd5 Rxf2 58. Nxe4+ Ke6 59. Rd6+ Ke5 60. Nxf2 Kxd6 61. Nd1 Ke5 62. Kg4 Ke4 63.
h5 Nd2 64. Nc3+ Ke5 65. g3 Nc4 66. Kf3 Nd6 67. Nd1 Ne4 68. Nf2 Ng5+ 69. Ke2 Nh7
70. g4 Nf8 71. Kf3 g6 72. Nd3+ Kf6 73. Ke4 gxh5 74. gxh5 Kg5 75. Nf4 Nd7 $11
76. Kd5 Nf6+ 77. Ke6 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 57th"]
[Site "Plock"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Czerwonski, Aleksander"]
[Black "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. c5 $5 d6 {
This is looking like the main line of this refreshingly original variation.
Wells: Kortschnoj: 'The other possibility,worth trying, is'} (7... Ne4 $5 8.
Qc2 {White's problem is that in the lines where black has played ...d5, the ...
Ne4 idea is generally met with Bd2, whereas such a donation of the bishop pair
would look rather absurd when black can still keep the centre fluid with a ...
d6 based approach. Having to play Qc2 weakens the d-pawn, and I have to say, 7.
..Ne4 looks a viable way to create counterchances too.} (8. g3 $6 b6 $5 9. Bg2
Bb7 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Ba5 13. cxb6 Qxb6 $15) (8. a3) 8... d5
9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 $1 12. Nxe4 Bf5 {[%csl Rc2]} 13. dxe5 Bxe4
14. Qa4 d4 15. Rd1 Qd5 16. Bxd4 Bc2 17. Qxc2 Nxd4 18. Qc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be2 Rad8
20. Kf1 Nxe2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qxe2 Qd5 23. h4 Qd1+ 24. Qe1 Qc2 25. Rh3 Rd1 {
0-1 Shulman,Y-Stocek,J/Ostrava 1999 (25)}) (7... d5 $6 {transposes to the line
6...d5 7 c5 where castling is not black's most active choice. White was better
after} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 a5 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Bd3 a4 12. O-O Bc6 13. Bd6 Re8
14. Nb5 Na6 15. Bf4 b6 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. Bxa6 $5 Rxa6 18. Bg5 {[%cal Yg5d8]} bxc5
19. dxc5 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bd6 {[%csl Ra6,Gd6,Rf6,
Rg7,Rh6] 1-0 Sherbakov,R-Ivanov,T/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 (38). White's bishop on
d6 exerts a very cramping effect, and the opposite coloured bishops merely
help in building an attack on black's weakened king-side.}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3
Nc6 $5 {[%mdl 8] A new idea. Black wishes to demonstrate that the slight
weakness of d4 ( a recurring theme in the variation ) persists even once white
no longer has his d-pawn on this square. The full idea unfolds logically in
the next few moves, while the crucial test may come as late as move 18.} ({
I am not particularly pessimistic about black's chances after either of the
alternatives:} 9... Qe7 10. Bg5 dxc5 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. dxc5 Rd8 $6 (12... h6 $1
13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4 $2 g5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $15) (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bh4 Qxc5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2 Kg7 $15) 13... Nxf6 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 $14 {-Kortchnoi.
My feeling was ( and is ) that this knight can be too easily undermined for
white to enjoy a real plus.} Rd8 16. Rd1 (16. O-O-O b6 $1) 16... b6 17. cxb6 (
17. b4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rb8 $132) (17. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rxc8 19. cxb6 Ng4)
17... axb6 18. Be2 Kf8 $11 {Wells.}) 13. Qf3 $1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5 $1 hxg5
16. Bxg5 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Rd7f6,Gf1b5,Gb5d7,Ga1d1,Gd1d7,Yg5d8]} Qxc5 (16... Kg7
17. Rd1 Rg8 18. Qg3 Qd8 19. Rd4 $40) 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxf6 Rd5 {1-0 Sherbakov,
R-Stohl,I/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/[Wells] (41)  with some, but insufficient
compensation for a pawn in}) (9... dxc5 $5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 (11. Kxd1
Rd8+ 12. Kc2 Nc6 13. Be3 e5 14. Bd3 Be6 $5 $132 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc6d4] I
still believe that black's activity here provides reasonable value for white's
bishop pair. It is yet to be determined whether white's queen-side majority
will be an asset or tough to defend.}) 11... a5 $5 {[%csl Rc5]} (11... Nbd7 12.
b4 a5 13. Bb2 $14) 12. Nc3 $5 (12. Bd2 Nc6 $5 {[%cal Yc6d4]}) 12... Bd7 $5 {
[%cal Yd7c6,Yb8d7,Yb8a6]} 13. Be3 Bc6 $5 $132 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Gb8d7] Wells.})
10. Bg5 (10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. Be3 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rd4]}) (10. Be3 dxc5 11. dxc5 Nd5
$5 $132) 10... h6 11. Bh4 dxc5 12. dxc5 Qd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Bg3 e5) 13... Nxd4 {
[%csl Rc5,Gd4][%cal Gd4b3] This knight is the key to black's idea. He hopes
again to prove that c5 is weak.} 14. Rd1 Nb3 15. Bxf6 $1 (15. Bg3 Bd7 $15 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf8c8]}) 15... gxf6 16. Ne4 f5 (16... Kg7 $6 17. Bc4 (17. Rd3
f5 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. Rxb3 fxe4) 17... Na5 18. Ba2 $1 $16 {[%csl Ya2,Ra5,Ye4]
[%cal Yb2b4]} (18. Bb5 $6 f5 19. Nd6 Nb3 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc5]})) 17. Bc4 Na5 18.
Nd6 {Looks an unlikely try for advantage. Black can simultaneously open the
position and exchange his knight for white's bishop, after which it is no
surprise that the white king in the centre also becomes a source of mild
embarrassment. I am sufficiently impressed by the moves up to now to suggest
that} (18. Nf6+ $1 {may be still of theoretical importance. White can check
black's king right up the board to secure his piece, and the resulting
position looks not too easy for the defence:} Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kg6 20. Nf4+ Kg5 21.
Nh3+ Kf6 22. Ba2 e5 23. b4 Nc6 24. f4 $5 $14) 18... b6 $1 (18... Nxc4 $6 19.
Nxc4 b6 20. c6 $14) 19. cxb6 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Ba6 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga6e2]} 21. Ne5
(21. b3 Bxc4 22. b7 Rab8 23. bxc4 Rxb7 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rc4]} 24. a4) 21... axb6
22. Nd7 Rfc8 (22... Rfc8 23. Nxb6 Rc2 24. Nxa8 (24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rc2 $11)
24... Re2+ 25. Kf1 Rd2+ 26. Ke1 Re2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Vekshenkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 {If CBM 101 can be taken as
a good guide then Black has decided that this relatively straightforward line
- aiming for an IQP position at the expense of the bishop pair - is a decent
practical choice.} (5... cxd4 {is a less efficient move order to reach the IQP
since after} 6. exd4 d5 {white can also play} 7. c5 ({en extra incentive to
choose which is provided by the alternative} 7. a3 Be7 $5 {which looks quite
viable for Black.})) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3
{[%csl Rd4,Re3][%cal Gc6d4,Ye3g5,Yg5d8] So what compensation can Black claim
for the bishop pair here when we compare this position to 'standard IQPs'?
Well, the first thing is that the attack on d4 all but obliges this rather
passive bishop move - of course the bishop would rather be on g5, but needs
must. Moreover, Black has aspirations to create a more than usually effective
light square blockade (or more!). However, whilst Bg5 has been prevented for
the moment, it remains a possibility to be reckoned with, as does the
development of the white queen to f3 and from there to g3/h3, enabled
strangely enough by the knight 'missing' from f3.} O-O 11. O-O b6 ({The
natural development, although in a previous annotation I gave cautious praise
to radically preventing the pinning of the f6 knight by} 11... h6 $5 {[%csl
Gg5] and as I write I have just observed that this was Vekshenkov's own choice
in a game played just three days later! It has the virtue that White lacks the
automatic and apparently quite effective plan of the game, and the e3 bishop
needs to show more ingenuity in finding a role.} 12. Rc1 $5 (12. Ba2 Ne7 13.
Qf3 Nfd5 14. Rac1 b6 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Qh3 Ng8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bd2
Rac8 20. Re5 f5 21. Rce1 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 (22. bxc3 $5) 22... Bd5 23. Qd3 Rf6 24.
f3 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Hulak,K/Pula 2000/CBM 77_02 (63) and black seems to
have sufficient defensive resources.}) (12. Bd3 {Targetting the king-side, and
perhaps accepting that competing for d5 is not likely to bear fruit} Ne7 (12...
Bd7 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Qf3 Ned5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 $1 f5 17. Qe5 $14) 13. Bf4
Ned5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be5 Bd7 16. Re1 Bc6 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bb3 Qg5
20. f3 a6 21. Bc4 Kh7 {0-1 Xu Jun-Cvitan,O/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (38) looks
reasonably healthy for Black.}) (12. Re1 Ne7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Be5 Bd7 15. Qf3
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Rd6 Bxb5 21. Qxb5
Nb6 22. g3 Rc7 23. Red1 Rfc8 24. R1d4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Hulak,K/Antalya
2004/CBM 101_01 (61) and White enjoys a certain spatial plus, which after
Black forced the issue with 24...Rc4 led to an ending which might be drawn but
was certainly no picnic for the defender. However, I am still not sure what
White will easily achieve if Black is patient and sits tight.}) 12... Ne7 (
12... Bd7 13. Qf3 $5) 13. Qf3 Ned5 14. Qg3 $5 Kh8 (14... Nxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Bd7
$14) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qd6 Bc6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. f3 $14 {/+/- 1-0
Onischuk,A-Vekshenkov,N/Sochi 2004/CBM 101_01 (57) The bishop pair is quite an
asset here, in spite of the symmetrical centre, not least as the knight is
easily restricted.}) 12. Qf3 $1 Bb7 13. Bd3 $1 (13. Qg3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15.
Rad1 Qb8 $1 16. f4 $6 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rc1 f5 $1 19. h4 Qb7 20. Rc3 Ne7
$17 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Re3] 0-1 Wells,P-Chernin,A/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/Inf 58 
(38) and black stands very well on the light squares, while white's dark
squared bishop is rather a liability too.}) 13... Qd7 ({To see the classic
unfolding of White's strategy we could do a lot worse than to check out Gary
Kasparov's handling of the alternative} 13... Rc8 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. Qh3 Ne7 16.
Bg5 $1 Ng6 17. Qg3 Rd7 18. d5 $1 {an excellent breakthrough, which shows the
danger black faces until the d5 blockade is fully secure.} exd5 19. Bf5 Re7 20.
h4 $1 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rfe1 Re7 23. Nb5 $44 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Psakhis,L/La
Manga (m/6) 1990 (36)}) 14. Qh3 Ne7 15. Bg5 $1 {The doubling of Black's
f-pawns which this prepares seems to carry venom on two grounds: 1) White has
chances to push in the centre with d4-d5 rendering the f-pawns and the f5
square much more problematic. 2) A further exchange of bishop for knight may
leave Black with surprising difficulties covering his dark-square weaknesses
on the king-side. The game is a good illustration of this latter point!} ({
I am less impressed by} 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. f4 Nd5 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Qe7 $5 {
[%cal Ge7h4]} 19. Bd2 Qh4 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxg6 Qxh3 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. gxh3
Re8 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Novkovic,M/It,
Presov SVK 2000 (26)}) 15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 (17. d5 $5 {still
looks interesting, but after a break of more than 20 years, someone was
finally persuaded to give it a try, and Black did indeed strengthen his
defence to some degree:} Rad8 $5 (17... Bxd5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Be4 Qb7 20. Qf3
Kg7 (20... Ne7 $5 $14 21. Rd4 $36) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Rd6 23. Rd4 Rfd8 24.
Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Petrosian,A/Telavi 1982/MCD (37)}) 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. Ng3
exd5 {ugly, but not so bad} 20. Nf5+ Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rfe1 Rde8 23. h4 (23.
Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Nd6 Qd7 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. h4 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7f4]}) 23... Re6 24.
Nd4 Qe7 25. Nxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 Peralta,F-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 2003/EXT 2004 
(25)}) 17... Rad8 18. Rfe1 Qc7 $2 {[%csl Re6,Rg8,Rh6][%mdl 8192]} (18... Kg7 $1
{is much tougher} {when} 19. d5 $5 {is interesting} ({while} 19. Be4 {is solid
and also probably worth an edge.})) 19. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 20. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Ye1e3,Ye3h3]} Qc6 21. Ne4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Qf4 f5 24. Qc7 $1 {
As so often, the battle between queen and pieces is determined by the ability
of the queen to maintain either the initiative or better still an attack on
the king. Here Black is easily driven into passivity.} Ra8 25. Rc1 $18 Rfd8 26.
f3 Bd5 27. h4 Ba2 28. Qb7 Rdb8 29. Qe7 Re8 30. Qg5 Rac8 31. Kh2 Rxc1 32. Qxc1
Re7 33. Qc6 f6 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Bd5 36. Qd6 Rf7 37. Kg3 Kh7 38. Kf4 Kh6 39.
Qb8 g5+ 40. hxg5+ fxg5+ 41. Ke5 Kh7 42. Qe8 Rg7 43. b4 Rg6 44. Qf7+ Kh6 45.
Qxa7 Bf3 46. Qb8 Kh7 47. Qc7+ Rg7 48. Qc2+ Rg6 49. Qh2+ Rh6 50. Qg3 Be2 51. Qg2
Bd1 52. b5 Rh4 53. Kf6 Rh6+ 54. Kf7 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7.
c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This is in fact the second outing for Ruslan Sherbakov's
very interesting and original idea but the first in which the play developed
independent significance. The idea makes initially a strange impression ( I
have to confess that when I first saw it I thought it was a misprint ) since
black appears well placed to attack white's advanced centre pawns. In fact, in
all cases the bishop pair seems to provide reasonable compensation, although I
still suspect that the truth will lie in the note to black's 9th move where
black can exhange queens, and seek counterplay against the extended pawn on c5,
using his temporarily better development. Kortschnoj: 'A very interesting
novelty,in order to avoid the line'} ({In my opinion, black is quite
comfortable in the main line at the moment after} 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5
Bc5 $5 $132) 7... d6 {Looks critical. Kortschnoj: 'The other possibility,worth
trying, is'} (7... d5 {transposes to the line 6...d5 7 c5 where castling is
not black's most active choice. White was better after} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 a5
10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Bd3 a4 12. O-O Bc6 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Nb5 (14. Re1 $5) 14... Na6
15. Bf4 b6 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. Bxa6 $5 (17. Qe2 $14) 17... Rxa6 18. Bg5 {[%cal
Yg5d8]} bxc5 19. dxc5 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bd6 {[%csl
Ra6,Gd6,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] 1-0 Sherbakov,R-Ivanov,T/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 (38). White's
bishop on d6 exerts a very cramping effect, and the opposite coloured bishops
merely help in building an attack on black's weakened king-side.}) (7... Ne4 {
Kortschnoj}) 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qe7 {I see two potential areas of improvement
for black, either of which seem to offer a playable position. The first is
here, and the second at move 12. Kortschnoj: 'It would be interesting to check
how big is white`s advantage in the endgame, arising after'} (9... dxc5 $5 {
needs to be examined.} 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 (11. Kxd1 Rd8+ 12. Kc2 Nc6 13.
Be3 e5 {Kortschnoj: ': white has long-lasting pluses - two bishops and pawn
superiority on the queen side, but black at the moment enjoys a lead in
development.'} 14. Bd3 Be6 $5 $132 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc6d4] white's king is not
entirely comfortable, and after a coming exchange on d4, white's c5 pawn may
also not be so easy to cover.} (14... b6 15. cxb6 Nd4+ 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne4))
11... a5 $5 {[%csl Rc5]} (11... Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. Bb2 $14 {at least, since
the bishop pair is looking good, and c5 can easily turn into a space-gaining
asset.}) (11... e5 $5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bc4 Nd4 14. O-O b5 $5 $132) (11... Nc6 {
Kortschnoj} 12. b4 b6) 12. Nc3 $5 (12. Bd2 Nc6 $5 {[%cal Yc6d4]} (12... Nbd7
13. Rc1)) 12... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7c6,Yb8d7,Yb8a6]} (12... Nbd7 13. Na4 $14) (
12... Na6 13. b4 $1 (13. Be3 Ng4) 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 $14) 13. Be3
Bc6 $5 $132 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Gb8d7]} (13... Na6 14. Rd1 Bc6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16.
O-O Nd5 {also looks playable for black.})) 10. Bg5 dxc5 11. Ne4 Nbd7 {
Kortschnoj: 'What happens after a coldblooded 11...cxd4'} (11... cxd4 $6 12.
Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bh6 e5 14. Qf3 $1 $16 (14. Qd3 {Kortschnoj} Kh8 15. Bxf8 Qxf8
16. g4 $1 {White has initiative on the king side.}) (14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Qh5))
12. dxc5 Rd8 $6 {Black was no doubt concerned to prevent a queen invasion, and
can be forgiven for underestimating the force of white's coming piece
sacrifice. With the benefit of hindsight, he should certainly have tried
Kortschnoj: 'More solid would be an immediate '} (12... h6 $1 13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4
$2 g5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $15) (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bh4 Qxc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2
Kg7 $15) 13... Nxf6 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 {Kortschnoj: 'white had an edge.'} (
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. cxd6 Bd7 $1 17. Be2 (17. Rc1 Rfd8) 17... Rfd8 {and d6 looks
vulnerable rather than threatening.}) 15... Rd8 16. Rd1 (16. O-O-O b6 $1) 16...
b6 17. cxb6 (17. b4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rb8 $132) (17. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rxc8 19.
cxb6 Ng4 (19... Rd8+)) 17... axb6 18. Be2 Kf8 $11) 13. Qf3 $1 h6 14. Bh4 g5 {
Horrible, in view of white's reply, but the black position is already very
seriously tied up.} (14... e5 15. Bb5 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5) 15. Nxg5 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} hxg5 (15... Qxc5 {Kortschnoj} 16. Ne4 Nxe4 (16... Qa5+ 17. Qc3
Qxc3+ 18. Nxc3 $16) (16... Qe5 17. Be2 $16) 17. Bxd8 Qe5 18. Be2) 16. Bxg5 {
[%csl Rd7][%cal Rd7f6,Gf1b5,Gb5d7,Ga1d1,Gd1d7,Yg5d8]} Qxc5 {Less in the
expectation of sufficient play for the pawn, as in the hope of being able to
move some pieces again! Kortschnoj: 'More or less forced. After'} (16... Kg7
17. Rd1 (17. Qg3 $5) (17. Qg3 {Kortschnoj follows, with a threat Bxf6 Kxf6
Qh4+, winning the queen and after 17...Kf8 - 18.Qh4 with an irresistable
attack.}) 17... Rg8 18. Qg3 Qd8 19. Rd4 $40) 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxf6 Rd5 {
'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Black has some compensation for a pawn.'} 19. Be2
Qc2 20. Rd1 {Kortschnoj: 'White could play'} (20. Qc3 {Kortschnoj} Qxc3+ 21.
bxc3 Rc5 22. O-O-O $1 $36) 20... Bd7 $1 (20... Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 (22.
Kf1 Qd3+) 22... Qxg2 23. Re1 $18 {[%cal Ge1e5,Ge5g5,Yd2c1]}) 21. Qc3 {'!'
Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'The only move!'} Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qe4+ (22... Qxc3+ 23.
bxc3 Rc8 24. Kd2 Bc6 $16 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Yh2][%cal Yh2h8]} (24... Rc5 $16 {
Kortschnoj})) 23. Qe3 Qxg2 24. Bf3 Qg7 25. Bxb7 {'+-' Kortschnoj.} Rd8 {
'!' Kortschnoj.} (25... Rb8 26. Qxa7 (26. f4 $1 {Kortschnoj} Kh7 (26... Qh8 {
the best} 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Qxa7 $18) 27. Rg1 Qh6 28. Be4+ Kh8 (28... f5 29.
Bxf5+ exf5 30. Qe7+ $18) 29. Qd4+ $18) 26... Qe5+ $132) 26. Be4 {'?'
Kortschnoj.} (26. f4 $18 {Kortschnoj}) 26... Ba4 27. Qg3 {'!' Kortschnoj.
Kortschnoj: 'The only move!+/-'} f5 28. Bf3 Qxg3 {Kortschnoj: '28...a5 was the
most stubborn.'} 29. hxg3 Rb8 $6 {Given the coming defence along the 4th rank,
this merely seems to 'deactivate' black's rook.} (29... a5 $5 {Looks like the
last chance to hold up white's queenside.} 30. Rh4 (30. b4 Rd3 $1 31. Bb7 Rxa3
32. bxa5 Bb3) 30... Bb3 $14) 30. b4 a5 31. Rh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4b4] The rest
presents no technical problems.} axb4 32. Rxb4 {'+-' Kortschnoj.} Rxb4 33. axb4
Kf7 34. Bd1 Bd7 35. Kd2 e5 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. Kc4 Kd6 38. b5 Be6+ 39. Kb4 f4 40.
gxf4 exf4 41. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. f3 $5
O-O (8... Bb7 9. e4 O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. g3 $6 (12. Kf2 $5 {
is almost certainly more promising eg.} c4 13. Ng3 b5 14. Nf5 $14) 12... b5 13.
Bg2 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. O-O Ba6 16. g4 d6 17. Bg5 Bd3 18. Ra1 Bb6 19. Kh1 c4 {
[%csl Yb4,Yb6,Yd3]} 20. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Shulman,Y-Nisipeanu,L/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 
(20)}) 9. d5 d6 {It is clear that black's counterchances in this variation
rest with the move ...b5. Quite how to introduce that is still a matter of
contention - the main alternative, which to my mind looks well worth further
exploration was} (9... exd5 $5 10. cxd5 b5 11. e4 (11. Kf2 $6 b4 12. Nb5 d6 13.
axb4 Nxb4 14. Nec3 Bb6 15. Bc4 Nd7 $1 16. Ne4 (16. Nxd6 $6 Ne5 17. Nxc8 Rxc8
18. Be2 c4 $44 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gb4d3,Gd8f6,Gf8e8] looks dangerous for the
white king.}) 16... Ne5 17. b3 f5 18. Nexd6 a6 19. Nxc8 axb5 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21.
Be2 Rfd8 {and black enjoyed tremendous activity with all of his pieces
promising placed in 0-1 Aleksandrov,A-Milos,G/FIDE World Cup Gp A, Shenyang
CHN 2000 (41)}) 11... Re8 $1 (11... b4 12. axb4 cxb4 (12... Nxb4 13. Ng3 Re8
14. Be2 $14) 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Nbd4 b3+ 15. Kf2 (15. Bd2 $5) 15... Nc5 16. Ng3
Bb7 17. Be3 Bxd5 18. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc5] If black fails to create sufficient
'mess' in this line, his pieces can easily be caught in a state of serious
disorganisation. Here white enjoys excellent control of f5 and d6, and even
the capture of the d5 pawn does not compensate black these weaknesses.} (18.
exd5 Nxd5 $44 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb6f2,Gf8e8]}) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxb3
Qc7 21. Nxa5 Bc2 22. Qd2 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Sambuev,B/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM
67 ext (37)}) 12. Ng3 ({Perhaps} 12. Kf2 {although this is not without dangers
eg} b4 13. Nb5 $1 Qb6 14. Ng3 {the position is obscure and very interesting}
c4+ 15. Nd4 bxa3 16. Bxc4 $13) 12... b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb5 b3+ 15. Kf2 $2 (
15. Bd2 $1 Nxd5 {This, perhaps needless to say, is the extra dimension to 9...
Re8.} 16. Bc4 $1 (16. Nd6 $6 Re6 $15) 16... Bxd2+ $1 17. Qxd2 Nb6 18. Bxb3 Nc5
19. Ba2 d5 20. O-O {might give white an edge, although the position is far
from clarified - Wells.}) 15... Bb6+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Kxe3 {There are limits
to the liberties which white should take with his king - this stretches them
rather!} Nb4 18. Bc4 Qb6+ 19. Ke2 Ba6 20. Qxb3 Nfxd5 $19 {[%csl Re2] 0-1 Oms
Pallise,J-Del Rio Angelis,S/Santa Clara 1999/CBM 70 ext (20)}) (9... Re8 $6 10.
Kf2 $1 {now this effectively circumvents ...b5.} exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Ng3 Bxc3
13. bxc3 Nc7 14. c4 b5 15. e4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd7 17. Be2 $16 {1-0 Aleksandrov,
A-Serper,G/New York 1998/CBM 64/(59).}) 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 $146 {Formally
a novelty, although as the notes above make clear this is already becoming
well-known as the way to create play in similar positions} (11... Nh5 12. g4
Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Nf6 14. Qe1 Qxe1+ 15. Kxe1 Nd7 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Ng3 $14
{[%csl Ra5,Yb5,Yg3][%cal Yg3f5] 1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Romanishin,O/Nikolaev zt
1995/CBM 47 (83) The manouevre with Kd2 and Qe1 to reach a favourable ending
is very reminiscent of some such lines arising from the once fashionable 4f3
Nimzo. White's knights have taken up very annoying postings, and the pawn
structure on the king-side gives white a lot of space.}) 12. Ng3 b4 {Looks
consistent, but in a couple of moves black's positional deficiencies already
look more significant than such initiative as he can claim. Two alternatives
have been seen in recent practice, which deserve consideration:} (12... c4 $5 {
Known from the Benoni, structurally, this carries great risks for black, but
counterplay on the dark squares there might well be.} 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qc7
$2 (14... Nc5 $1 15. Be2 Bb6 $132 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc5b3]}) 15. Bd4 Qd8 16. Qf2
(16. Be2 $1 $14) 16... Re8 17. Be2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 $13 {0-1 Zayac,E-Saunina,L/
Elista 2000 (66)}) (12... Rb8 $5 {Still eyeing ...b4, but paying due tribute
to the strength of white's knight on b5.} 13. Bd2 b4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Na4 $5 (
15. Nb5 {now carries new risks} Nxd5 $5 (15... Bb6 $5 $13) 16. Ra1 (16. exd5
Re8+ {[%csl Rb5]}) 16... Ne7 17. Nxa7 Nc5 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 $132) 15... b3 16. Bc4
Nb4 $1 (16... Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qd7 18. Nc3 $14) 17. O-O Bd7 18. Nc3 (18. Bxb3 Bb5
19. Re1 Nd3 20. Re3 Bxa4 $15) 18... Qb6+ $6 (18... Nc2 $5 $132) 19. Kh1 Rfc8
20. Qe2 Na2 21. Nxa2 bxa2 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. b3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,
B-Romanishin,O/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (93)}) 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb5 b3+ (14...
Bb6 $5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gb6g1]} 15. Bf4 $14) 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qb6 17. Ra1
Re8 18. Be2 Rb8 19. Qd4 Nc5 20. Nc3 Bd7 21. O-O $14 {With white consolidated,
his long-term prospects look good. Both black's queen-side pawns and his
d-pawn are potentially weak, and white still has the standard Benoni e5 break
to look forward to, while his c3 knight is stable. There are many grounds on
which black could regret the exchange of dark-squared bishops.} a5 22. Rfd1 Qc7
23. Nf1 $1 Rb4 24. Qf2 Qb6 25. Nd2 Qc7 26. Nc4 {[%cal Ga5a4,Yc4a5,Yc4a3,Yc4d6]}
a4 27. Rd4 {[%cal Yc4d6,Yd6e8]} Rbb8 28. Rc1 $1 Nb7 29. f4 {[%cal Ye4e5]} Na5
30. Ra1 Nxc4 31. Rxc4 Qd8 32. Qd4 Qb6 33. Bd3 Qxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Ra8 35. Ra3 Ra5
36. Rb4 $16 Rc8 37. Rbxb3 Nh5 38. g3 f5 39. Rb7 fxe4 40. Nxe4 Bg4 41. Nxd6 Rd8
42. Nf5 Kf8 43. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 ({The ball also seems to be in white's court after} 9... Bc5 {
although maybe} 10. b4 $5 {will turn out to be critical there - see Sadler,M -
Topalov,V, Tilburg 1988. CBM 68 (Wells).}) 10. g3 (10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nh6 $1 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gh6f5] was one of the most famous opening contributions of the
exceptionally fertile mind of the Hungarian Grandmaster Andras Adorjan. It is
still holding up well.}) ({Thus the most challenging alternative is the space
gaining} 10. d6 {a couple of examples:} Bf8 11. g3 b6 (11... Re6 {is the 'pawn
grab' line, which is tempting fewer and fewer black players.} 12. Bf4 Nh5 13.
Be3 Rxd6 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Bg2 Re6 16. O-O d6 $6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf6 19.
Rac1 $1 d5 20. Qb3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sturua,Z/Erevan op 1996/EXP 52/
[Chekhov] (71) is typical of the positions that there is little appetite to
play.}) 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. b4 $5 (13. O-O Ba6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Qa4 Bc4
17. Red1 {1-0 Sadler,M-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo 1998/EXP 63 (63)} Ng6 $5 $13)
13... Rb8 14. O-O g6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Nb5 Nh5 17. Nc7 Rxe2 $1 18. Qxe2 Nxf4 19.
gxf4 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Tunik,G/Ekaterinburg 1997/EXP 57/ (60)} Bxd6 $5 $13) 10...
Bc5 11. b4 $6 {I do not like this move very much, and the course of the game
suggests that the b4 pawn merely presents something of a target.} (11. Na4 b6
$5 {[%cal Yc8a6,Ya6e2,Ye8e2] is also not too promising.}) ({The simple} 11. Bg2
{seems best,} d6 12. O-O (12. h3 $5) 12... a6 (12... Bg4 $5 $132) 13. Bf4 $146
(13. h3) 13... Bg4 $5 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. b4 Ba7 16. Bxd6 Bxe2 $1 (16... Nb6 17.
Bc5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxe2 19. Qg5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rg4]}) 17. Nxe2 Ng4 $1 18. Rac1 (
18. Bf4 $5 Qf6 19. Rad1 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 g5 22. d6 gxf4 23. Nxf4
$44 {-Dautov - apparently offers good compensation - all of white's pieces are
well-placed in addition to his strong passed pawn.}) 18... Ne3 $1 19. Rfe1 Nxg2
20. Kxg2 Nf6 $11 {Beliavsky,A-Movsesian,S/Polanica Zdroj 1996/Inf 67/
[Beliavsky,A] (20)}) 11... Bb6 12. Bg2 d6 13. h3 (13. O-O) 13... a5 $5 {
This is a logical treatment of such positions, although black has sometimes
contented himself with the more modest ...a6.} 14. b5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yb8d7,
Yd7c5]} ({White weakens his c5 square with reluctance, but if he permits the
exchange on b4, then he will find his opponent's pieces attack that pawn
naturally, while his own find the defence rather awkward.} 14. Bb2 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 (16. Qxa1 Na6 17. Qa3 Bf5 18. O-O Bd3 $15) 16... Na6 17. Qb3
Bf5 {is very comfortable for black whose development is free and purposeful.})
(14. bxa5 {may be no worse than the text.}) 14... Nbd7 15. O-O Nc5 16. Nd4 Nfe4
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bb2 Qf6 {[%cal Yb6f2,Yf6b2]} 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qg6 $1 {
[%csl Ya4,Yc4,Yd3][%cal Gc5d3,Gc5a4][%mdl 32] I like this move very much. In
short, white's queen is the most effective defender of the light squares on
the queen-side which the bishop on g2 is ill-placed to defend, but black's
knight on c5 optimally placed to occupy. These squares will be severely
weakened whether the queens are exchanged, or, as here, white's queen
side-dteps the offer.} 21. Qd2 (21. Qxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Yc5d3,Yc5a4]}) 21... Bd7
$5 {A patient move, while} (21... Na4 {is not as strong as it looks since the
'zwischenzug'} 22. Rae1 $1 {enables white to retain the bishop on the long
diagonal after} Bd7 23. Ba1 {In any case, black does not really fear white
preventing ...Na4 by advancing his a-pawn, since then the pawn will itself be
weak in turn.}) 22. a4 {[%csl Ra4]} Rac8 {[%csl Rb2,Rd2][%cal Gc5b3,Yd4b3,
Yc8c2] A natural positional move with a little tactical idea. Black intends to
deflect white's knight from the defence of c2.} 23. Ra3 (23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.
Qxe1 Nd3 25. Qe7 Ne5 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Re7][%cal Ye5d3,Ye5c4,Yc8e8]}) 23... h5 24.
Kh2 Re7 25. Qd1 Ne4 26. Qd3 Rce8 27. Bc1 Qf6 28. Be3 Bc5 29. Rb3 Qg6 $6 {
This is quite a serious inaccuracy just as black has built up a powerful
initiative. In the game, black gets away with it, and afterthe players repeat
moves, he hits on a better plan.} 30. Bf4 $6 ({White has his chance here to
put up a much stronger fight with the simplifying tactic} 30. Ne6 $1 {[%csl
Re4]} Nxg3 31. fxg3 Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 fxe6 34. dxe6 Bxe6 35. Rd1 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd6][%cal Yg2b7] and black's weaknesses will make his advantage very
difficult to convert.}) 30... Qf6 31. Be3 h4 $1 {Since capturing on h4 hardly
comes into serious consideration white's next is forced by the treat to
undermine white's key bishop on e3 by 'dragging away' the f-pawn.} 32. g4 Ng3
$6 {Another strange decision - it is possible black had some time-trouble, in
which even great blitz players can stumble!} ({Stronger is} 32... Bxd4 33. Bxd4
Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Nd2 35. Be3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Qxa4 37. Ra3 Bxb5 38. Rxa4 (38. Qc3 Ne4)
38... Bxd3 {[%csl Ya5,Yb7][%cal Yb7b5,Ya5a4,Yd2c4] and black's united passed
pawns should prove decisive.}) 33. fxg3 hxg3+ 34. Kh1 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36.
Rxf6 Rxb3 37. Nxb3 gxf6 38. Nxa5 {The smoke clears, and it is clear that white
is certainly not worse.} b6 39. Nb3 (39. Nc6 $5 {[%csl Yc6]}) 39... Bf2 40. Be4
Kg7 41. Bf5 $5 {The right exchange in principal, and white wishes to fix
black's doubled f-pawns before he can play ...f5. This f5 pawn will prove weak,
and} (41. Nd2 $5 {would have been more prudent, but white's plan of racing the
h and b-pawns is also dangerous.}) 41... Bxf5 42. gxf5 Kh6 43. a5 bxa5 44. Nxa5
Kg5 45. Nc4 Kxf5 46. Kg2 Ke4 47. h4 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} (47. Nxd6+ Kxd5 48. Nxf7
f5 {should be just a draw.}) 47... Kxd5 48. h5 f5 (48... Kxc4 $2 49. h6 f5 50.
h7 Bd4 51. b6 $18) 49. h6 f4 50. b6 (50. h7 Bd4 51. Na5 $1 {[%csl Yc6]} Ke4 52.
Nc6 $1 (52. b6 $2 Be5 $1 {[%cal Gf4f3] is a rude reminder that black does
still have serious counterchances.}) 52... Bc3 $1 53. b6 f3+ 54. Kxg3 Ke3 55.
b7 f2 56. b8=Q f1=Q 57. Qa7+ Kd2 58. Qa2+ Ke3) 50... Kc6 51. Ne5+ $4 {[%mdl
8192] A tragic oversight. I suppose that white somehow missed the implications
of black's 54...f5+. A rather lucky full point for Cvitan, after he had
jettisoned a fine opening position.} (51. b7 Kxb7 52. Nxd6+ {would still be
enough for the half point.}) 51... dxe5 52. h7 f3+ $1 53. Kxf3 Bd4 54. Ke4 f5+
55. Kxf5 e4 56. Kxe4 g2 0-1

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 $5 {Once a rare side-line, this is enjoying quite a renaissance of late.
Exchanging twice on c3 would bring no joy, but by exchanging thus, black wants
to exploit the position of the bishop on d2 to create rapid play against the
d4 pawn, even at the price of compromising his own central structure.} (8...
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 {is the main line, when the traditional approach continues} a5 (
9... Qd7 {[%cal Gb4a5,Ga5d8]}) ({and} 9... Qf6 {[%cal Gb4a5,Ga5d8] are
alternatives, creating a retreat for the bishop on b4. White's space advantage
battles against black's bishop pair.}) 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gb7b6,Gb8c6,Yf1d3,Ye1g1,Yh1f1,Yf1e1,Ye1e3,Ye3g3,Yf2f4] where black tries
to play on the queenside and against d4, but white has serious prospects of
his own on the king-side.}) (8... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Gc6d4] is the alternative way
to target the d4 pawn.} 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 $5 (11. Qa4+ Nc6 12.
Rd1 Qg5 13. Nc3 e3 $1 14. f3 O-O 15. Ne4 {1-0 Lugovoi,A-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg
1995/CBM 47 (57)} Qh6 $5 {gives black the sort of tactical chances he is
seeking.}) 11... f5 $1 ({The ending after the over-direct} 11... Qxd4 $6 12.
Qxd4 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxd4 14. Nxe4 Ke7 15. Kc3 {[%cal Ge6e5,Yf2f4,Ya1d1,Ye4d6]
favours white, spatially, and in terms of the stability of the respective
knight outposts since any ...e5 by black can be undermined by the advance of
white's f-pawn.}) 12. Bb5+ (12. Qa4+ Nc6) 12... Bd7 13. O-O Nd5 (13... Bxb5 14.
Nxb5 O-O 15. f3 e3 16. f4 Qf6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Nc7 e2 19. Rf2 Qxd4 $13 {1-0
Bareev,E-Aseev,K/Leningrad 1990/URS-ch (29)}) 14. Qb3 Bxb5 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. f3
Nxc3 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. bxc3 exf3 19. Rxf3 b6 $1 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Garcia
Ilundain,D/Las Palmas 1993/EXT 98/(55). Both sides have a fair spread of
weaknesses and targets.}) 9. Nxc3 O-O $5 (9... Nc6 {[%csl Rd4] looked to me
more consistent, although the current game has helped me to warm to 9...0-0.})
(9... Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Be3 $5 (11. Bc3) 11... O-O 12. Qd2 f5 13. O-O-O Ne7
14. f3 Bd7 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Rhe1 Qe8 18. Bg1 $14 {[%csl Re4] 1-0
Volkov,S-Aseev,K/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (46)}) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bf4 {
This is the extra possibility afforded white by 9...0-0. All games from this
position have followed this course, and indeed it is quite possible that} (11.
Be3 {could be well met by} Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7f6]}) (11. Bc3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7f6]} (
11... b6 $5 $132)) 11... Nc6 12. Bd6 Re8 13. Qd2 {Otherwise, ...Qa5+ is an
issue.} e5 $1 (13... Ne7 14. O-O-O Nf5 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. g4 (16. h4 Ba4 $1 17. b3
Bc6 $132 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3][%cal Ge4e3,Yg2g4]}) 16... Nh4 17. Be2 Qc8 18. Bg3 Nf3
19. Bxf3 exf3 20. h4 b6 21. h5 h6 (21... bxc5 $5 22. h6 $1 cxd4+ 23. Kb1 {
[%csl Rg7]} Ba4 24. Rc1 (24. Qg5 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Qg6 $13) 24... Qd7 25. hxg7 $40)
22. g5 bxc5 23. gxh6 cxd4+ 24. Kb1 Qc5 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 $16 {1/2-1/2
Praslov,A-Ivanov,S/St. Petersburg 1999/CBM 70 ext (46)}) 14. dxe5 (14. d5 Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4,Rd6]}) 14... Nxe5 15. O-O-O (15. Bxe5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rxe5 17. Rc1 Be6
$132) 15... Bg4 $5 {On the present evidence I have to conclude that the ball
is pretty much in white's court in this variation. Black's attacking chances
look good since with the black bishop headed for f5, running with the king via
b1 is rarely an option, and meanwhile black has resources on the c-file.
Incidentally this is a necessary prelude to playing ...Bf5 for tactical
reasons since} (15... Bf5 $2 16. Qf4 $1 Qf6 17. Rd5 {[%csl Re5,Rf5]} Be6 18.
Qxe5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxf2 20. Bb5 $16 {should win for white.}) ({Still the
previously played} 15... Qf6 $5 {also has its attractions.} 16. Bb5 Bf5 $1 17.
Qd5 (17. Bxe8 $2 Nd3+ 18. Kb1 e3 $17 {[%cal Yf5b1,Yd3b4]}) 17... Nd3+ 18. Bxd3
exd3 19. Qxb7 Qd4 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Kb1 Re2 22. Rhd1 Qxf2 23. Qb4 {0-1 Van
Beers,E-Adler,J/Antwerpen 1992/CBM 30 ext (36)} Re1 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc2]}) 16.
Re1 Bf5 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gf5b1,Ga8c8,Gc8c1]} 17. Qf4 ({After} 17. f3 Nd3+ 18.
Bxd3 exd3 {[%csl Gd3] the d-pawn would always be a thorn in white's side.})
17... Qf6 18. g4 Rac8 $2 ({I may be missing something, but I simply cannot
make anything work for white after the natural} 18... Nxg4 $1 19. Rg1 (19. Bh3
Nxf2 $1 20. Qxf5 Nd3+ $40 21. Kd2 Qxb2+ 22. Ke3 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Qa3+ $17) (19.
Be2 Be6 $17) (19. Bb5 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rd3]}) 19... Rac8 20. Bb5 (20. Bh3 Nxf2 21.
Qxf5 Nd3+) 20... Ne5 $15 (20... Re5 $5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5)) 19. Rd1
Bg6 $6 (19... Nxg4 $5 20. Bb5 $13) 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rg1 Re6 22. Rd5 a5 23. a3
a4 24. Rg3 Nd3+ 25. Kd2 $1 Nxf2 26. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Yb5,Yd6] From having looked
a decidedly mixed blessing in the opening, the position of white's advanced
bishop on d6 suddenly looks a very strong asset, and the bishop pair may cause
black many problems.} Rd8 27. Bxa4 Nd3 28. h4 {Strange.} (28. b4 $5 {looks
very strong.}) 28... Nxb2 (28... Nxc5 $5 29. Rxc5 Rexd6+ 30. Ke1 Rd3 31. Rxd3
exd3 {[%cal Gg6e4] looks like a real chance for black to defend successfully.})
29. Bb3 h6 30. h5 $16 Bh7 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7,Rh7] The bishop is pretty sad here,
but the urgent point as we shall see is the weakness of f7.} 31. Bc7 Ra8 (31...
Rxd5+ 32. Bxd5 Re7 33. Bd6 Rd7 34. Rb3 {[%csl Rb2,Yd5,Yd6,Rh7] A contrast in
minor-piece influence.}) 32. Rd7 Nd3 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Bd6 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 Ra2+
36. Kc3 Nf2 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Kb3 Ra1 40. c6 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Ba5 $5 {A rather
unusual move to be sure, but by no means a clearly inferior one. As usual
after Nge2, white has to clarify the central structure in reply since there is
scarcely any other sensible way to develop.} ({The only real alternative to
this is of course} 6... Bxc3+ {one reason why throwing in ...cxd4 on move 5,
is so popular.} 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O {
with a fairly typical IQP position - white has the bishop pair, black benefits
from the absence of the f3 knight, in that te bishop on e3 may find itself
tied to defending d4, but I think white has an edge.}) 7. dxc5 {This looks
best.} (7. cxd5 cxd4 $5 (7... Nxd5 8. dxc5 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxc3 Bxc3+
11. bxc3 {seems to give white good chances for advantage. He plays e4 and
concentrates on the dark squares.}) 8. Qxd4 (8. exd4 Nxd5 {is very comfortable.
}) 8... exd5 9. Qe5+ Kf8 10. Bd2 Nc6 {and I would choose black's free-flowing
development, often with tempo, over white's chances of exploiting his
opponent's king's position.} 11. Qf4 Bd7 12. Nd4 h6 13. f3 Bc7 14. Qh4 g5 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qb4+ Bd6 17. Qb3 Qc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Podgaets,M-Shamkovich,L/USSR
1972 (61)}) 7... dxc4 8. Qxd8+ (8. Qa4+ $6 {looks dubious in view of} Nc6 9.
Nd4 (9. Qxc4 $6 Ne5 10. Qb5+ Bd7 11. c6 Nxc6 12. Qxb7 {is unsurprisingly too
risky} Rb8 13. Qa6 O-O $44 14. b4 $140 Bxb4 $1 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qxa7 Nc2+ 17.
Kd1 Ba4+ $1 18. Bd2 Nxa1+ 19. Qxa4 Nb3 $40) 9... Bxc3+ (9... Ne4 $5 10. Nxc6 (
10. Bd2 $1 Nxc5 (10... Nxd2 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Rxd2
Qxc5 15. Bxc4 O-O {is also virtually equal.}) 11. Qxc4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nd7 $13)
10... Nxc3 11. Qc2 bxc6 12. bxc3 Qd5 $15) 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Be2 Qg5 15. O-O Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Rb1 {1-0
Edzgveradze,N-Ptacnikova,L/Lazne Bohdanec 1995/EXT 97 (49) with a typical
Nimzo structure, but one with must be OK for black especially without queens.})
8... Kxd8 {This looks natural. However, while the presence of the bishop on a5
effectively discourages white from simply moving the e2 knight and picking off
his opponent's c4 pawn, after the preparatory Bd2, a certain tactical tension
is created between the two bishops on d2 and a5 which is by no means clearly
to black's advantage. Therefore, the alternative} (8... Bxd8 $5 {does come
into serious consideration, and it is not clear why c4 should be significantly
weaker than c5. In practice, white has yet to demonstrate a clear plus plus in
this line.} 9. Ng3 $5 (9. Nd4 {looks purposeful, but is no better eg.} Nbd7 10.
Bxc4 (10. c6 {looks tempting, but can easily simply result in assisting
black's development eg.} Ne5 11. Ncb5 O-O 12. Nd6 (12. c7 Be7 13. Bd2 Bd7 $132
{while any f4 will be well enough met with Nd3+.}) 12... Ba5+ 13. Bd2 c3 14.
Bxc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. O-O-O Rd8 18. Be2 Kf8 19. Rd2 Rb8
$13 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Tunik,G/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 ext (53).}) 10...
Nxc5 11. f3 a6 12. b4 Ncd7 13. e4 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rc1 {[%csl
Rb7,Gc4,Ye4,Yf3] in such positions, the f3 and e4 pawns are pretty effective
at blunting black's light-squared bishop, but the c-file and the squares
created for both sides knights on the queen's side create a whole extra
story-line there too. I don't think white has anything serious.} Ne5 17. Nb3
Nfd7 18. Kf2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rhd1 Bc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Karolyi,
T/Kecskemet 1983 (41)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bxc4 (10. Nge4 Be7 $1 11. Nd6+ (11. Nxf6+
$11) 11... Kf8 $5 12. Bxc4 Nxc5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 {and black's lead in development
amply compensates for the bishop pair, since if} 14. O-O Nce4 $1 15. Nxe4 Rxc4
{and black enjoys greater activity.}) 10... Nxc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. O-O (12. Bb2
Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. O-O {1/2-1/2
Matveeva,S-Karolyi,T/Frunze 1987/TD/(17).}) 12... Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. e4 O-O
15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nb5 Bc6 17. f3 Nfd7 {0-1 Sitnik,I-Held,M/Mipap Cup, Olomouc
CZE 1999 (43) and again white can boast at best the most minimal edge ( cf
notes to 9 Nd4.)}) 9. Bd2 e5 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Ng3 Nxc5 (10... Nd5 $5 {is
worth a look.}) 11. Bxc4 Bc7 12. b4 $14) 10. Ne4 $1 Nc6 11. N2c3 $6 {After
this, black by ceding the bishop pair can reach a position in which his own
c-pawn is, if anything the less vulnerable of the two. The critical line seems
to be rather} (11. N2g3 $1 Bxd2+ $1 (11... Nxe4 $2 12. Nxe4 $16 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2
Na5 14. Kc3 Be6 15. Nd6 b5 16. a4 $1 Nb3 17. axb5 $1 Nxc5 (17... Nxa1 18. Bxc4
$1 Bxc4 19. Kxc4 $16 {[%csl Ra1,Yb5,Yc5,Yd6]}) 18. Bxc4 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20.
b4 $1 Nd7 21. Bxe6 Kxe6 22. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Re6] and white enjoyed both
material and positional advantage in 1-0 Hort,V-Garcia Gonzales,G/Leipzig 1973/
EXT 99.}) 12. Nxd2 $5 {which is untested, but pretty well obliges black to
give up his c-pawn, disturbing white's structure but falling short of a
guarantee of future material parity.} (12. Kxd2 Na5 $13) 12... c3 $1 13. bxc3
$14 Be6 14. Bc4 $5 (14. Bb5 Rc8 $5 (14... Nd7 15. Nde4) 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Na5 $13) 14... Ke7 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. Bxe6 Kxe6 17. Ke2 $14 Nd5 $140 18. Nde4 f5
19. c4) (11. Nd6 {is less impressive due to} Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Be6 $1 13. Nxb7+
Kc7 14. Nd6 Nd7 $13) 11... Bxc3 $1 {The point. White is forced to withdraw the
knight to recapture, after which black's healthily placed pieces palpably
compensate for the bishop pair. The rest is very easy to comprehend.} 12. Nxc3
Be6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. Nxc4 Nb3 17. Rd1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Ke7
19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 21. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Nd4 $6 {The more I look at this variation, the more I am
convinced that if black is allowed to construct his 'standard' position
without interference he can look forward to a comfortable middle-game.} d6 11.
Be2 a6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Be3 {This seems a logical attempt to keep this piece
in the centre to contest the key dark squares, but as we shall see this is not
the whole story! The older move was} (13. Bg5 Re8 14. b4 (14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Nd2
h6 16. Bh4 Ne5 17. Nde4 g5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg3 Bf5 20. Kh1 Ng6 21. Bg4 Nf4
$1 $15 {Sadler,M-Short,N/ch-GBR, Torquay ENG 1998.}) 14... Ba7 15. Rc1 h6 16.
Bh4 Nf8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bg3 {[%cal Yg3d6] It may be that g3, pressuring black's
only really discernable weakness, is after all the best square for this piece.}
Rc8 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Nb3 Ng6 21. Na5 Ne5 22. Be2 Qd4 23. Qb3 Nd3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3
25. Bxd6 Bd4 26. Na2 Qxb3 27. Nxb3 Bb2 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nc5 Bxa3 $11 {Lautier,
J-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1997/EXP 57.}) 13... Ne5 14. h3 Re8 15. b4 $6 {[%csl Rc4]
An understandable decision, since if white does not expand on the queen-side
it is hard to suggest a plan. Still, the weakness of c4 is by no means just
theoretical.} Bb6 {The choice of between b6 and a7 is here rather simply
determined. Since there are potential tactics on the e3-a7 diagonal the bishop
is most solidly placed on the square where its defender can stay put for some
time. Since the a8 rook is urgently needed to exploit white's 'looseness' on
the c-file the queen best performs this role, and hence Topalov's move is the
most logical.} 16. Qb3 {Choosing a square for the white queen is more tricky.
The text is suitable for offering support to the weakened c4 square, and for
promoting white's plan of pushing his queenside pawns ( it is difficult indeed
to see another plan! ). On the other hand the d2 square might, as we shall see,
be a more prudent choice for the less ambitious role of keeping white's
centralised pieces well defended.} Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Ng6 $1 {I already
prefer black, and it may be that even after a more prudent move such as} 19.
Rfd1 $2 (19. Rfe1 {black can consider the positional sacrifice} Rxe3 $5 20.
fxe3 Qe7 21. Bf1 Qe5 $5 {with great play on the dark squares. However, the
text is clearly a mistake after which black gets decisive tactical threats
instead of mere positional compensation.}) 19... Rxe3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] A
beautiful resolution of the tension by which black shows that his superiority
on the dark squares is not so latent after all. The very concrete tactical
follow-up however, puts this more into the category of combination than
intuitive sacrifice.} 20. fxe3 Qe7 (20... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Ge8e3,Gd7a4] is also
possible, eyeing a4 and thus preventing the game defence. However, white can
still struggle with} 21. Kf2 $5 Rxc3 $5 22. Rxc3 Bxa4 23. Rc8 $1 Qxc8 24. Qxa4
Nxd5 25. Bg4 Qd8 $17) 21. Na2 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Bxa4 $1 23. Qxa4 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Ne4
$6 {Unnecessary sophistication! The simple} (24... Bxd4 $1 {looks very strong.}
) 25. Nf5 (25. Qe8+ $1 Nf8 26. Ne6 {Fritz 5!} fxe6 27. dxe6 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 Qxe6
29. Qxe6+ Nxe6 30. Re1 {is far from clear.}) 25... Nf2+ 26. Kh2 Qe5+ 27. Ng3
Ne4 28. Qb3 Bf2 29. Rd3 h5 $1 $19 30. Bxh5 Nxg3 31. Rxg3 Qxh5 $1 (31... Bxg3+
$2 32. Qxg3 Qxh5 33. Qxd6 $132) 32. Rxg6 {The rook cannot run away, since,
thematically enough, black would then penetrate on the dark squares eg.} (32.
Rf3 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qe1) 32... Qxg6 33. Qf3 Bd4 34. Nd3 Qg5 35. Qe4 Qe3 36. Qxe3
Bxe3 {With a pawn and an excellent minor piece, the technical phase poses no
difficulties.} 37. Kg3 g6 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Ne1 Kf6 41. Kd3 Bf2 42.
Nf3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Ba7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 {The rationale for this line is basically that although
black is obliged to cede the bishop pair, this attack on d4 forces white's
dark-squared bishop initially to a basically rather passive square. This gives
black reasonable chances of organising a blockade on the light squares.
However forcing Be3 does not close the discussion on a future deployment of
the bishop to g5 as we shall see.} 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O h6 $5 {Radically
dealing with the Bg5 issue, although the move clearly represents some sort of
weakening of the king-side too. The alternative ( and indeed main line ) is} (
11... b6 {after which the theoretically most critical line should be the
immediate transference of the queen to h3 viz:} 12. Qf3 $5 (12. d5 {is too
simplifying, so long as black does not become too ambitious.} exd5 (12... Ne5
13. Ba2 Ba6 14. Re1 exd5 (14... Nd3 15. dxe6 Nxe1 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Qxe1 $14)
15. Bg5 $5 (15. Nxd5 Nd3 16. Bg5 Nxe1 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxe1 $13) 15... Nd3 16.
Re2 $36) 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Re1 Qf5 $11 {and the B
v N is meaningless in terms of proving any plus for white.} 17. Qb1 Qb5 18. b4
h6 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Andersson,U/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT
97-B (20)}) (12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bf4 {The other diagonal, and the e5
square in particular to which white tends to redeploy his bishop in the event
that ...h6 cuts off the preferred option. Worth noting though, that in the
World Championship match against Karpov, Korchnoi once played f3, Bf2 and got
to the h4-d8 diagonal, ...h6 notwithstanding.} Ne7 (14... Rc8 15. Ba2 Ne7 16.
Be5 Nf5 (16... Ng6 $5) 17. Qh3 Ne4 $2 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yd4d5]} (17... Nd5) 18.
d5 $1 Ng5 19. Qg4 $40 h5 20. Qxh5 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Nh4 22. f4 {1-0 Zaja,I-Orak,L/
Pula 2001/CBM 82 ext (22)}) 15. Rfe1 Nfd5 16. Bg3 (16. Be5 Ng6) 16... Ng6 17.
f3 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Rc1 h5 21. Kf2 Qf6 {[%csl Gd5] The
blockade of d5 is rock solid and black looks very comfortable.} 22. Qe3 Rfe8
23. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Hansen,C/Biel 1992/CBM 31 (23)}) 12... Bb7 13.
Bd3 $1 (13. Qg3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Rad1 Qb8 $1 16. f4 $6 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Rc1 f5 $1 19. h4 Qb7 20. Rc3 Ne7 $17 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Re3] 0-1 Wells,P-Chernin,A/
Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/Inf 58 (38) and black stands very well on the light
squares, while white's dark squared bishop is rather a liability too.}) 13...
Qd7 (13... Rc8 14. Rad1 Rc7 15. Qh3 Ne7 16. Bg5 $1 Ng6 17. Qg3 Rd7 18. d5 $1 {
an excellent breakthrough, which shows the danger black faces until the d5
blockade is fully secure.} exd5 19. Bf5 Re7 20. h4 $1 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22.
Rfe1 Re7 23. Nb5 $44 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Psakhis,L/La Manga (m/6) 1990 (36)}) 14.
Qh3 Ne7 15. Bg5 $5 ({Interestingly} 15. Rad1 {was the choice of both Sadler
and Sherbakov, but to my mind the doubling of black's f-pawns looks the course
more likely to make trouble.} Ng6 16. f4 Nd5 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Qe7 $5 {
[%cal Ge7h4]} (18... Qc7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Qg3 Qh4 22. Bf4 Qxg3 23.
Bxg3 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (34) was also
virtually equal.}) 19. Bd2 Qh4 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxg6 Qxh3 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.
gxh3 Re8 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Novkovic,M/It,
Presov SVK 2000 (26)}) 15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 (17. d5 $5 {
interestingly looks strong, worked out very well, but has not been repeated.}
Bxd5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Be4 Qb7 20. Qf3 Kg7 (20... Ne7 $5 $14) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22.
Nxd5 Rd6 23. Rd4 Rfd8 24. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Petrosian,A/Telavi 1982/MCD
(37)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Rfe1 f5 19. d5 $1 Bxd5 20. Bxf5 Qb7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rd4
Kg7 23. Red1 $16 {1-0 Giorgadze,G-Ayas,A/Vendrell 1996/EXT 98 (42)}) 12. Bd3
$146 {A new move, and an interesting one, since generally here white seems to
feign an attempt to compete for the d5 square, before conceding that that is
not really on. In a few moves white is able to force f5, and keep his queen
competing for the weakened dark squares. Having said all that, any edge white
can claim is not the stuff of fanfares.} (12. Ba2 Ne7 13. Qf3 Nfd5 14. Rac1 b6
15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Qh3 Ng8 18. Rfe1 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rc7 Rac8 20.
Ba2 {forces the issue, but not clearly to white's favour.} Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Qxb2
22. Rxa7 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qf3 Ra7 25. d5 $1 Qxa3 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. Qc6 Qb3
28. Qxb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Ra6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Csom,I-Varga,Z/Hotel Lippa GM,
Szentgotthard HUN 2001 (43)}) 18... Qd7 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Re5 f5 21. Rce1 Nxc3
22. Bxc3 (22. bxc3 $5) 22... Bd5 23. Qd3 Rf6 24. f3 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,
B-Hulak,K/Pula 2000/CBM 77_02 (63) and again black seems to have sufficient
defensive resources.}) 12... Bd7 {[%cal Gc6e7,Gd7c6,Ge7d5] Of course, in
conjunction with 11...h6, this rather than ...b6 tends to be the more solid
and preferred mode of development.} 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Qf3 Ned5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16.
Qe4 $1 {All but forces f5, which is a concession of a sort, without which
white would have absolutely nothing. It is also useful to keep the queen on e5
for a while.} f5 17. Qe5 $14 Rc8 18. Bd2 Qc7 (18... Qb6 $5 {It doesn't seem
optimal to give white h3 for free.}) 19. h3 Qb6 20. b4 Qc7 {The weakness of e6
in particular prevents black from undertaking anything very positive. White's
next gains space and enhances his 'spare' bishop.} 21. b5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Nf6 23.
f3 Rfd8 24. Rae1 Rc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 b6 27. g4 Bc8 28. Bb2 fxg4 29. hxg4
{Forcing the exchange on g4 looks like slight progress, but I suspect it is
difficult for white to really improve his position, and we should with careful
defence be headed for a draw. However, at some point the usually super-solid
Dane loses concentration and with it control.} Kf7 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. a4 g6 32.
Kf2 Nd5 33. Kg3 g5 $1 {[%csl Gf4]} 34. Re2 Bb7 35. Rh2 Kg7 36. Bb3 Rd7 37. Rc2
Kf7 38. Bc1 Kf6 39. Bd2 Kg7 40. a5 Rc7 41. Rb2 Kf6 42. axb6 axb6 43. Rb1 Rc8
44. Rh1 Kg7 45. Ra1 Ra8 46. Rxa8 Bxa8 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Ke2 Bb7 {Black has
defended well. Time to start to consider peace negotiations.} 49. Be1 $4 {
Whoops. It is a bit hard to see what white had in mind, but the move is a
horrible mistake.} Nf4+ $17 50. Kd2 Bxf3 51. Bg3 Bxg4 52. Ke3 Kf6 53. Bc4 Kf5
54. Bd3+ Nxd3 55. Kxd3 Bh3 56. Bc7 Bf1+ 57. Ke3 Bxb5 58. Bxb6 Bc6 $19 59. Bc5
h5 60. Be7 h4 61. Kf2 Kg4 62. Bf6 Bd5 63. Be7 Kh5 64. Ke3 g4 65. Kf4 g3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 $5 {I am sure that white has to look here to those
moves which disrupt the smooth flow of black's planned set-up, viz: ...d6, ...
Re8, ...Nbd7, ...a6 etc. Either 10 Na4, or the text therefore look the most
likely to make an impact, and I am not surprised to see Sadler turn to it.} ({
After} 10. Na4 $5 {the reply} b6 {seems to be holding up well eg.} 11. Nec3 $5
{I prefer this to} (11. Nxc5 $6 bxc5 12. Nc3 Re8+ 13. Be2 Ba6 14. O-O Bxe2 15.
Nxe2 Qb6 16. Nc3 d6 17. Rb1 Nbd7 18. Be3 Qa6 {[%cal Yd7e5,Ye5c4]} 19. b4 Qc4
20. Qd2 Rac8 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nb5 Nce4 {when black was very active. Gallego,
V-Lalic,B/Benasque 1996/CBM 53 ext.}) 11... Re8+ 12. Be2 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14.
Nxe2 Na6 15. Nac3 $5 {[%csl Ra6]} Bd6 16. h3 Nc5 17. Be3 Nfe4 18. Rc1 Qf6 19.
b4 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Ne4 21. Nb5 $5 Qe5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Rac8 {
with a very slight edge for white at the most.. Yakovich,Y-Alterman,B/Beijing
1997/CBM 61.}) 10... Bd6 {Topalov decides to keep this piece, since white's
arguably loosening 10th move creates fresh opportunities for play on the e5-a1
diagonal. It is also quite possible to play 10...Bb6 and look to rapid
development to compensate for the bishop pair after} (10... Bb6 11. Na4 Re8 $1
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. h3 $5 d6 (13... Re5 $6 {This kind of greed is very often
misguided in these positions} 14. Bb2 Rxd5 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. g4 d6 17. Bg2 Be6
18. O-O Rc8 19. Nf4 Rg5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. f4 $16 {Malaniuk,V-Tunik,G/Yalta op
1996}) 14. Be3 Ne4 $1 {Black's counterchances rest on impeding white's
development and play on the light squares.} 15. Qd4 Nd7 16. g4 f5 $1 17. Bg2
Ne5 18. O-O Ng6 $1 {[%cal Yg6h4]} 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Ng3 Nh4 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22.
Qxb6 Qf6 23. Bf4 Nh4 $44 {Guliev,S-Volzhin,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 ext.}) 11. g3 (
11. Bb2 Be5 12. Ng3 a5 13. b5 {[%csl Rc5]} (13. Be2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1
Na6 {[%csl Rb4]}) 13... d6 14. Be2 Nbd7 (14... Nfd7 15. O-O Nc5 16. f4 Bf6 17.
Nh5 $1 $40) 15. O-O Nc5 (15... Nb6 $5 16. f4 (16. Qd2 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxb2) (16.
Bf3 $2 Nc4 $132) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nbxd5 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Qd2 $44 Bg4 $140 $5
20. Bd3 $1 (20. Bxg4 $6 Nxg4 21. Bxg7 Qh4 22. h3 Nge3 23. Rf3 Rac8 24. Re1 Kxg7
25. Rfxe3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Kg8 27. Nf5 Qf6 $15)) 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 a4 {[%cal
Yc5b3]} 18. f5 Bd7 19. Rb1 Re8 $132 {[%csl Ye3][%cal Yf6e4,Yc5b3,Ye8e3] Knaak,
R-Piket,J/GER-chT 1997. Black has sufficent squares for his knights and rook
to compensate for the bishop pair.}) 11... Re8 12. Bg2 Be5 {[%cal Ye5a1]} 13.
O-O a5 $1 {An important element in black's set-up. He needs either the c5
square, or a weak b4 pawn to attack.} 14. b5 {[%csl Rc5]} (14. Bb2 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Na6 $5 (16... d6) 17. f4 $5 (17. b5 Nc5 $132 {[%csl Yc5]})
17... Bxc3 (17... Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Qxb4 20. d6 $44 {looks quite
reasonable for white since there are still quite a few question marks hanging
over black's development.}) 18. Nxc3 $1 (18. Bxc3 Qe7 $1 $36 {[%csl Re2,Re3]
[%cal Ge7e2]}) 18... Nxb4 (18... d6 19. Qd4 $14) 19. d6 Qb6+ $140 20. Kh1 Re6
21. Na4 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rc1 $132 {I am not surprised that Sadler
rejected 14 Bb2 since it looks rather speculative, but still I find it
interesting and worth further investigation.}) 14... d6 15. h3 {[%csl Gg4]
[%cal Gg3g4]} (15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bg4 $5 $132 (17... Bf5) (17...
Ng4 $6 18. Ra2 $1 $14)) 15... Nfd7 $5 {[%cal Ge5f6]} 16. f4 Bf6 17. Ra2 $1 {
[%csl Yc1,Re3][%cal Ya2h2] Efficient development. Working along the second
rank the rook can find a role either on the c-file, or supporting the
king-side push. The c1 bishop, on the other hand, is best placed at home,
particularly covering e3.} Nc5 18. g4 g6 $1 19. Rc2 Bg7 {Is this really what
Nimzovitch had in mind?} 20. Ng3 Nbd7 {The position somewhat resembles a
Benoni. Black has a great square on c5, but white has secured the e4 square,
and will challenge this with Ne4 while keeping some hopes on the king-side.}
21. Kh2 $5 {This square turns out to have some drawbacks in the game
continuation, but at the same time there are good reasons to wish to vacate g1
( the desire to threaten d6 among others ). Black's reply also raises
interesting questions. It arguably misplaces his other knight, since that
would ideally reserve the option to jump into c5 after its colleague is
exchanged. On the other hand, the bishop on c8 gets to support f5.} (21. Nce4
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 (22... Nc5 $5) 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ng5 Nf6 (24... Nc5 $6 25. Qh5
h6 $140 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Bb2) 25. Qd3 $5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yg5e6]}) 21... Nb6
22. Nce4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Ng5 (24. gxf5 $2 Bxf5 $17) 24... fxg4 25. hxg4
Bd7 {[%cal Ya8c8]} 26. Ne6 (26. Rh1 $5 {-Fritz 5.}) 26... Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Bxe6 28.
dxe6 Rxe6 29. Rc7 $1 (29. Bxb7 Rae8 $40 {[%cal Ye6e1]}) 29... Re7 (29... Rae8
$2 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qxb6 Qxg4 (32... Re1 33. Bd5+) 33. Qxb7) (
29... d5 30. Rxb7 Rae8 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bb2+ Kf7 33. Qd4 $132) 30. Rxb7 Rxb7
31. Bxb7 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 $1 (32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Qxd6 (33. Qf3 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35.
Qh3 Qxh3+ 36. Bxh3 Rc3 37. Bg2 Bc5 $132) 33... Rc2 34. Bd2 Qxg4 $13) 32... Qh3+
(32... Re8 33. Qf3 Qh4+ 34. Kg2 $14) 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.02.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.02.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Cappelle la Grande"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 {Lautier} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6.
exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 {On retrouve cette variante dans les parties de
Kramnik, dont Joël avait été le secondant а Londres (match contre Kasparov),
puis а Wijk aan Zee. Je me trouvais donc pris au dépourvu, car j'avais eu le
tort de penser que les analyses du champion seraient réservées а quelques
gibiers plus importants.} d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 {C'est ici
que j'ai commencé а réfléchir. Je connaissais la victoire de Kramnik sur Leko
et le nul Khalifman-Anand, du dernier championnat FIDE. Ce qui n'apportait
d'ailleurs pas grand-chose puisque les Noirs y avaient éprouvés de grosses
difficultés dans les deux cas.} Nc6 12. O-O {Les Blancs dominent la diagonale
vers h7 et exercent une forte pression contre d5. Les Noirs ne parviennent pas
а mobiliser le Bc8.} Bg5 ({Si} 12... Bf6 {alors tout simplement} 13. Be3 {
suivi de Rc1 et Bb1 pour jouer ensuite Qd3 ou Ba2 :} g6 14. Rc1 Bg7 (14... Qd6
15. Bb1 Be6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. h3 b6 19. b4 $14 {Timman-Ravi,
Amsterdam 2000}) 15. Bb1 Ne7 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. b4 Be6 19. h4 Bd7 20.
Ba2 $14 {Timman-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 13. Re1 h6 (13... Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6
15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rae1 {Avec un clair avantage
Kramnik-Leko, Budapest, janvier 2001}) (13... Qd6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Bxg5 {
I.Sokolov-Epishin, Groningen 1997}) 14. Bc2 Qd6 15. g3 Bd8 {Une nouvelle idée,
mais qui ne parvient pas а égaliser : Le Fou se dirige vers b6, fait place aux
pions et prépare le recul du Cavalier en e7. 'N?!' Lautier.} ({Si} 15... Rd8
16. h4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Be5 (18. Bc7 $2 Be6 $3 {Khalifman-Anand, New
Delhi 2000}) 18... Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Be6 20. h5 {Suivi de Qd3}) ({Ou} 15... Ne7 16.
h4 Bf6 17. Nh5 {puis Bf4 et Nxf6.}) 16. Nh5 (16. Be3 {Lautier} Bb6 $14) (16. b4
$5 {Lautier}) 16... g5 $5 {Pour empêcher Bf4 et couper le Cavalier du jeu.
'?!' Lautier.} (16... Bb6 {Lautier} 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Be5 (19. Bxh6 $2
Bf5 $17) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bf5 21. Qe2 gxh5 22. Bxf5 Qg5 23. Qf3 $16) (16...
Bh3 $142 {Lautier}) 17. Qd3 $2 {Les Blancs n'aperçoivent pas la réplique des
Noirs. '?!' Lautier.} ({Il valait mieux jouer} 17. b4 {immédiatement.}) (17. b4
$1 $16 {Lautier}) 17... Qg6 $1 (17... f5 {Lautier} 18. Bd2 $16) 18. Qd1 (18.
Qxg6+ $6 {Lautier} fxg6 19. Bxg6 Nxd4 $36) 18... Qd6 $2 {J'avais déjà consommé
trop de temps pour oser résister а cette répétition des coups. '?!' Lautier.} (
18... Bf5 {était jouable} 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. g4 Qd7 (20... Qg6 {Lautier} 21. Ng3
Bb6 22. Nf5 Rae8 23. Be3 Ne7 $11) 21. Ng3 Ne7 {suivi de f5.}) ({mais le
meilleur était encore} 18... f5 19. b4 Bd7 {'+/=' Lautier.} (19... a6 $14 {
Lautier}) 20. Bb2 (20. b5 Na5 21. Re5 (21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Bb4 Re8 23. Qf3 $36)
21... Nc4 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Qf3 Bb6) 20... Qf7 {Menaçant Be8, avec une
excellente partie.}) 19. b4 $1 {'+/-!' Lautier.} a6 (19... f5 {se heurtait
désormais а} 20. b5 Na5 (20... Ne7 {Lautier} 21. Bd2 $16) 21. Bd2 {puis Bb4})
20. Bb2 Bh3 {Mon plan consistait а sacrifier la qualité pour capturer le Fou
de cases blanches. '?' Lautier.} ({Si} 20... Bd7 21. Qf3 f5 22. Bb3 Ne7 23. Re5
{avec domination}) (20... f5 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Re2 Bb6 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Bxf5 $3
Rxf5 25. Nf6+ {Les Blancs gagnent}) (20... Bb6 21. Qf3 Bxd4 22. Qd3 Qg6 23. Qd1
f5 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxh5 26. Qxd5+ Qf7 27. Qd6 {idem.}) 21. g4 {Menaçant
de coincer le Fou en jouant la Dame sur f3 ou d3.} Bc7 22. Re5 $1 {J'avais
entrevu cette possibilité, mais sous-estimé la portée du 28e coup blanc. '+-!'
Lautier.} ({Moins convaincant serait} 22. f4 f5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 {
avec quelques compensations.}) 22... f5 (22... Nxe5 {Lautier} 23. dxe5 Qc6 24.
Qd3 $18) 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Qf3 ({Surtout pas} 25. Rxf5 $4 Qxh2+
26. Kf1 Qh1+ {'-+' Lautier.} (26... Qh3+ $19 {Lautier}) 27. Ke2 Qe4+) 25...
Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qe6 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nxd5 {Vers c7 et e3 : Les Noirs ne
trouveront pas le temps de faire valoir le Ff5.} Bd8 29. Ne3 Bh3 30. Qxb7 Rc8
31. Rd1 {Abandonne : Il n'y a rien а faire contre 32.Rd6} (31. Rd1 {Lautier}
Be7 32. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3 {
Rather unexpectedly.} ({Earlier Anatoly has chosen mainly} 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Ng3)
8... Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 (12. dxe6 Bxg2 13. exf7+ Rxf7
14. Kxg2 d5 {would give to Black an excellent position, as in the game
Sosnicki-Forintos, Koszalin 1997}) 12... d6 (12... exd5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxd5 {
would be better for White:} Qb6 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. b4 Bb6 (17... cxb4
{?} 18. Qd4) 18. Qa4 Nc7 19. bxc5 Nxd5 20. Qxc4) 13. Bg5 Nc7 {An
over-the-board novelty.} ({I didn't like} 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Nc7 17. Qxc4 {with a better position for White.}) 14. e5 $5 {
A very interesting attempt to create a strong passed pawn, which was in the
long run fully justified. Other options are:} (14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qa4 Bb6 16.
Qxc4 h6) (14. Nf4 exd5 15. Ncxd5 Ncxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 (17. Bxf6 {?!}
Qxf6 18. Qxd5 Rab8) 17... h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qa4 Bd8 20. Qxc4 Rb8 {with
roughly equal chances in both cases}) 14... dxe5 15. d6 Bxg2 16. Bxf6 {A
necessary intermediate capture.} ({Worse would be} 16. Kxg2 Nce8 17. d7 (17.
Ne4 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nc3 f5) 17... Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19.
Be7 Nef6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 {with an advantage for Black.}) 16... Qxf6 17. Kxg2 Nd5
(17... Bxc3 {was possible:} 18. Nxc3 Rad8 19. Re1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd6 22. Qxe5 Rd2 23. Qxf6 gxf6 {, and this ending should be a draw.}) (17...
Rad8 $4 {loses a piece due to} 18. Qa4) 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Rad8 20. d7 e4
21. Kg1 Qe7 (21... Qf3 {was more straightforward:} 22. Nf4 Bc7 23. Ng2 Qd3 24.
Rbd1 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Ne3 Rf7 27. Rfd1 Be5 28. Rxc5 Rfxd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30.
Nxc4 Bd4 31. Rc6 Kf7 {with a level ending.}) 22. Rbd1 e3 $6 {In approaching
time trouble I began to commit several mistakes. This is a bad idea which
opens the f-file for the white rook.} (22... Rb8 23. Nc3 e3 {!} 24. fxe3 Rxb2
25. Ne4 c3 26. Nxc3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rf2 (27... Qxc3 {??} 28. Qxf7+ {!} Rxf7 29.
d8=Q+ {with mate}) 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Nb5 Rd8 {with mutual chances.}) 23. fxe3
Qxe3+ $2 ({Better was again} 23... Rb8 $1 24. Qxc4 (24. Nc3 Rxb2 {- see
previous note}) 24... Rxb2 25. Nf4 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qb3 27. Qxc5 Bb6 28. Qd5 Qc2
29. Ng2 g6 30. Rfe1 {with advantage for White, but Black would kept definite
counterchances.}) 24. Rf2 Rb8 $2 (24... Qb3 25. Nf4) 25. Qxc4 h6 $2 {I had
overlooked on the previous move that I cannot play} (25... Rxb2 $4 {due to} 26.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. d8=Q+ {, mating.}) ({But} 25... Qb3 $1 {would have retained
chances to save the game:} 26. Qxb3 Rxb3 27. Nf4 Rd8 28. Re2 g6 29. Nd5 Kf8 30.
Ne3 Bc7 31. Nc4 f5 32. Kg2 Kf7) 26. Rd3 Qe5 27. Nc3 {Now White has a big
advantage without Black's counterplay.} Bxc3 28. bxc3 Qe7 29. Rd1 Rb6 $4 {
The final blunder.} ({However, after} 29... Rfd8 30. Re2 Qg5 31. Kg2 {White
also should win.}) 30. d8=Q $1 Rxd8 31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxd8+ 1-0

