[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6
bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 (11... c5 $5) 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13.
b3 O-O (13... c5 14. c4 Bb7 15. Nc3 $5 (15. Bf3 O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Nxb7 {/\Rhe8~/=
}) 15... Bxg2 (15... a6 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 $14) 16. Nb5 Qe7 (16... Qc6 17.
Nb4 $1 cxb4 18. Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kd7 20. Rg1 $16 {^^,פa5}) 17. Rg1 $36)
14. Bb2 Ne4 (14... Re8 15. h3 Nd5 16. O-O Qe7 17. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 $14 {
Kasparov-Timman/Moskva/1994/}) 15. Nc3 (15. Nd2 $5) 15... f5 16. h3 (16. f3 Nc5
17. Qd2 Rd8 18. g3 $13 (18. O-O-O $4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bf4+ $19)) 16... Ba6 (16...
Rb8 $5) 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qe1 {/\Rd1,פa5} c5 19. Kh1 (19. Rd1 c4 $13) 19... Nc6
$6 (19... Bb7 $142 20. Bf3 Rfe8 21. Qd1 $13) 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 (
21... Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxc5 23. Qc4+ $18) 22. Bxa6 Qf4 23. Qe2 $2 (23. Bb7 Rd2 $1
(23... Bd6 $2 24. g3 Qf3+ 25. Kh2 $1 $18) 24. Bxc6 Bd6 25. g3 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Bc5
$1 27. Qxd2 $8 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qxh3+ (28... Bxf2 $4 29. Bd5+ Kh7 30. Bxe4+ $18)
29. Kg1 Qg3+ $10) (23. Rd1 $142 Bd6 (23... Bxf2 $2 24. Qc3 Rf6 25. Qc4+ $18) (
23... Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Bd6 25. g3 $18 {/^d1-h5}) 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 (24... Rxd6 25. Ba3
$18) 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Qxe4 $18 {_|_}) 23... Ne5 24. Rad1 Nf3 $1 25. gxf3 Qf5
26. Qc4+ (26. Bc4+ $142 Kh8 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (27... Kh7 28. Qxe4 $18) 28. Rg1+
Kh8 29. Rg3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Bxf2 31. Qd2 $1 Bc5 $8 (31... e3 32. Qd4+ Rf6 33.
Rg8+ Kh7 34. Qxa7+ Rf7 35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. Bxf7 e2 37. Re8 $18) 32. Qxh6+ Qh7
33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. fxe4 $18) 26... Kh8 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qc3+ Rf6 29. fxe4
Qxe4+ 30. f3 Qh4 (30... Qf5 31. Rg1+ $1 Bxg1 32. Qc7+ Rf7 33. Qg3+ $18) 31.
Rg1+ $1 Kh7 $6 (31... Bxg1 $142 32. Rxd8 Bc5 $1 (32... Qxh3+ 33. Kxg1 Qg3+ 34.
Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Qg3+ 36. Kd2 Qg5+ 37. f4 $1 Qxf4+ 38. Kd1 $18) 33. Rd7+ (33.
Bf1 Qg5 34. Rd4 $8 Bxd4 $14) 33... Kh8 34. Bf1 Qg5 $1 35. Rd4 $8 Bxd4 $14) 32.
Bd3+ Kh8 33. Bf5 $1 Bd4 34. Qc7 $4 (34. Qd3 $1 Rff8 (34... Rdd6 35. Qc4 $1 Rf8
(35... Rd8 36. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 37. Rg8+ $18) 36. c3 Qf4 37. Bg4 $18) 35. Rgf1 (35.
Qe4 $6 Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Bxg1 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Kxg1 $16 {_|_}) 35... Be5 (35...
Bg7 36. Qe4 $18) 36. Qe3 $1 $18) 34... Rxf5 $19 35. Rg3 $6 (35. Qg3) 35... Rf7
$2 (35... Rc5 $19) 36. Qxf7 Qxg3 37. Qh5 Qg7 38. c3 $2 (38. Qg4 $1 {=/+/-/+})
38... Rg8 39. Qg4 Bxc3 $19 {_|_} 40. Rd7 Qe5 41. Qe4 Qxe4 42. fxe4 Rg7 43. Rd3
Bb4 44. Rd4 Bc5 45. Rd5 Ba3 46. Kh2 Rg5 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Rd7+ Rg7 49. Rd5 Bb4
50. h4 Re7 51. Rd4 Bc5 52. Rc4 Bf2 53. Kh3 h5 54. b4 Kg7 55. a4 Kf6 56. Kg2 Bb6
(56... Bxh4 {Hecht} 57. e5+ $10) 57. a5 Rc7 $1 58. axb6 (58. Rxc7 {Hecht} Bxc7
59. Kf3 Ke5 60. Ke3 Bd6 61. b5 Bc7 62. b6 Bxb6+ 63. axb6 axb6 64. Kd3 b5 65.
Kc3 Kxe4 66. Kb4 Kf4 67. Kxb5 Kg4 68. Kc4 Kxh4 69. Kd3 Kg3 70. Ke2 Kg2 $19)
58... Rxc4 59. bxa7 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4]} 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 {[%csl Rd3,Re4,Rf3]} 10. Ne5 Qc7 (10... Qd4
11. Ng4 Bxg4 12. Bxg4 e3 13. Bf3 exf2+ 14. Kf1 $13 {1-0 Neumann,A-Keskowski,T/
Dresden op 1993 (41)}) (10... Bd6 11. Ng4 Nxg4 12. Bxg4 Qg5 13. h3 h5 14. d3
Qg6 15. Bxc8 Qxg2 16. Bd7+ $132 {1-0 Kiss,R-Korosparti,S/tt-HUN2 Postas
SE-Haladas 1992 (45)}) (10... Bc5 11. c3 Bd6 12. d4 Qc7 13. b4 Nb7 14. O-O Bxe5
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Be3 $14 {Stamenkovic,B-Ostojic,N/Cetinje tt 1990/0-1 (60)})
11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Bd6 13. b3 c5 (13... Bf5 14. Bb2 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16.
Kf1 Kb8 17. b4 Nb7 18. a3 Bxh2 $15 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Van der Sterren,P/Wijk
1987 (41)}) (13... Be5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. c3 O-O 16. O-O Re8 17. Bf3 Ba6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Harding,T-Griffiths,P/Dublin Telecom 1991 (22)}) 14. Bf3 (14. Na3 Bd7
15. h3 O-O 16. O-O Rab8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Herbrechtsmeier,C-Spassky,B/BL 1986 (31)})
14... Rb8 15. c4 {[%csl Rb4,Gb5,Rd4,Gd5]} (15. Qe2+ Be6 (15... Kd8 16. c4 Re8
17. Be3 Nb7 18. h3 $14) 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe3 $13) 15... O-O 16.
Bb2 {[%cal Gb2g7,Gf3a8]} (16. Be3 $5) 16... Re8+ {[%csl Rc4][%cal Re8e1,Rc8a6,
Ra6f1,Ra5c4]} (16... Bf5 17. Bxf6 Rfe8+ 18. Kf1 gxf6 19. Nc3 $13) 17. Kf1 Ne4 (
17... Qe7 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 $132) 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nc3 Re6 20.
Nb5 Qd7 21. Qc2 (21. Qh5 Ba6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rd1 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Kg1
Bxd3 $19) 21... Rxb5 $1 (21... Bb7 22. Qc3 Rg6 $132) 22. cxb5 (22. Qc3 f6 23.
cxb5 Qxb5 24. Rd1 c4 25. Kg1 Bb7 $132) 22... Qxb5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rb5f1]} 23.
Rd1 (23. Kg1 c4 24. Qc3 f6 25. Rd1 Bb7 $132) 23... Ba6 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ra6f1]}
(23... Bb7 24. Bc3 c4 $36) 24. h4 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gh3d3]} (24. Ba1 c4 25. Qc3 Rg6
$17) 24... c4 $1 {[%cal Ra5c4,Rc4b2,Rc4d3]} 25. bxc4 (25. Qc3 Bf8 26. bxc4 Nxc4
27. Kg1 Re2 $36) 25... Nxc4 26. Bc3 (26. Ba1 $5) 26... Qf5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Rf5d3,Ra6d3,Rf5f1]} 27. Kg1 Bb7 {[%cal Rb7g2,Rf5g4,Rg4g2,Re6g6,Rg6g2]} 28. Nb4
Be4 (28... Qg4 29. Nd5 Rg6 $40) 29. Qe2 Rg6 30. Qf1 (30. h5 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Bf3
32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Rxd6 Nxd6 34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. Bxe5 Rg5 36. Bxd6 Bxh1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 11th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Bojkov,D"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2011.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the final round of the Metropolitan Invitational GM tournament T.
Gareev was leading with 6/8, followed by me and Z. Amanov on 5.5/8. There were
only two prizes which meant that I needed to play for a win as Black.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 {
Surprise! In our previous encounter in January, Mackenzie chose:} (8. Bd3) 8...
h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 {A tricky move order. Black provokes his opponent to
"win" a tempo.} 11. c3 Qc7 12. d4 exd3 13. Nxd3 Bd6 {However, it now becomes
obvious that the pawn on c3 hinders White's normal development. It deprives
White of the c3-square, and also makes the fianchettoeing of the black-squared
bishop less effective.} 14. Nd2 O-O $5 {I played this too quickly, simply
forgetting the theory. The other natural move is:} (14... Bf5 {intending to
bring the rook as fast as possible to d8 to torture her Majesty on the open
file. One famous example is:} 15. b4 Nb7 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bxa7 Nd5
19. Bd4 Rfe8 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 21. O-O Nb5 {and Black had dangerous threats.} 22.
Qd2 Ndxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Nxc3 25. Qc2 Rxd3 {as in Sutovsky-Postny, Tel
Aviv 2001.}) 15. b4 Nb7 16. Nc4 Nd5 {I was also considering the "all in play":}
(16... Bxh2 {but was not yet in the mood for it} 17. g3 ({There is also the
idea} 17. Bxh6 $5 Re8 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Bd4 Bg4 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3
$44 {Ninov,N (2518)-Burguete Archel,E (2187)/ Pamplona 2007/CBM 121 Extra (39)}
) 17... Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kd2 Nd6 $5 $44) 17. Nxd6 $146 (17. Bd2 {
is an alternative when Black can still sacrifice the piece: or play it safe:}
Re8 (17... Bxh2 18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Nf2 (20. Kf1 Bh3+) 20... Re8 $44
)) (17. Bb2 Bf5 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. O-O Nc4 $36 {[%cal Ga8d8,Gf8e8]}) (17. Qc2
Bf5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Rf5c2]}) ({The only other game that I found in Megabase
saw} 17. Qb3 $6 Re8 18. Ne3 a5 {instead} (18... Be6 $15) 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Be3
Bf5 {with good compensation for Black in Markgraf,A (2345)-Walter,S (2194)/
Germany 2004/EXT 2006 (31)}) 17... Nxc3 {Now forced play starts:} (17... Nxd6
18. O-O Nxc3 19. Qc2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 $14 {[%csl Ya7,Yc6][%cal Gc1b2]}) 18. Qc2 (
18. Nb5 $6 cxb5 19. Qc2 Re8 $15) 18... Nxe2 19. Qxe2 (19. Nxc8 Nxc1 20. Rxc1
Re8+ $15) (19. Nxb7 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Re8+ 21. Kf1 Bxb7 $15) 19... Qxd6 $1 {
Playing for the full point. I am trying to decoy white pieces on to vulnerable
positions.} (19... Nxd6 {was the move, which I had been intending to play from
far back, with the possible line} 20. Bf4 Ba6 21. O-O Rad8 22. Rfd1 Qc8 {
[%csl Rd3,Re2,Rf4][%cal Gc8f5]} 23. Qc2 Qf5 24. Qxc6 $140 (24. Qc5 Bxd3 25.
Bxd6 Rfe8 $11) 24... Bxd3 25. Bxd6 {However, Black wins more easily in this
line:} Qg6 $1 ({and here I intended} 25... Be4 26. Qc5 ({but missed} 26. Qc3 $1
) 26... Qg4 {[%csl Rd1,Rg2]} 27. f3 Bxf3 $40)) 20. Bf4 $8 (20. O-O Bf5 $15 21.
Rd1 Rad8 22. Nb2 Qxb4) 20... Qd4 21. Be5 $8 (21. O-O $2 Bf5 22. Qe7 Bxd3 23.
Be3 Qe4 24. Qxb7 Bxf1 $19) 21... Qc4 22. Rc1 (22. O-O Bf5 23. Nf4 Qxe2 24. Nxe2
Rfe8 $19 {[%csl Re2,Re5]}) 22... Qb5 23. Bc3 $2 {After solving many problems,
White fails in the final exam. The last only move was:} (23. a4 $1 Qxa4 24. O-O
$44 {[%csl Ya7,Rb7,Yc6] when the awkward position of the knight on b7, and the
weak a- and c-pawns give full compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 23... Bf5
{It is my turn now to create threats, and the opposite coloured bishops will
only help.} 24. Ne5 f6 25. Qc4+ (25. Qxb5 $143 cxb5 26. Nc6 Rfe8+ 27. Kd1 Be4
$17 (27... Nd6)) 25... Qxc4 ({The computer suggests} 25... Kh7 26. Qxc6 Qb6 27.
Qxb6 axb6 28. Nc4 Rxa2 $36 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 26. Nxc4 Rfe8+ 27. Ne3 Bd3 {[%csl
Gd3,Ye1][%cal Gf6f5,Gf5f4,Ga8d8,Rc6c5,Rb7c5] White does not have the chance to
castle, and to connect the rooks, and his defence is very, very difficult.} 28.
Rd1 Rad8 29. Kd2 c5 $1 ({Bringing the last piece into the attack. Of course
not:} 29... Bc4+ 30. Kc2 Bxa2 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ra1 Bf7 33. Rxa7 Nd6 $11) 30.
Kc1 cxb4 31. Bxb4 Re4 32. Bc3 (32. a3 a5 33. Bc3 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Rb3][%cal
Gc5b3,Gd8b8,Gb8b1,Ye4a4]}) (32. Ba3 Ra4 33. Kb2 Na5 $17 {[%cal Gd8b8,Ra4a3]})
32... Nc5 33. Rd2 Rb8 $1 {Gains an important tempo. White's threat is seen in
the line:} (33... Rc8 $2 34. Rhd1 Ba6 35. Rd8+ $11) 34. Rb2 {Please, allow me
one small demonstration of the attack with bishops of opposite colours:} (34.
Bb2 Ra4 35. Rhd1 Rxa2 36. h3 Ra1+ (36... Nb3#) 37. Bxa1 Rb1#) 34... Rc8 35. Rd1
Kh7 $5 {I was very proud of this prophylactic move, which prevents White from
trading pieces.} ({However,} 35... Ree8 $1 36. Rb4 Bg6 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gc5d3]
would be much more effective...}) 36. Kd2 (36. Rbd2 Na4 37. Rxd3 Nxc3 38. R1d2
Nxa2+ (38... Rb4) 39. Kb2 Nb4 $15) 36... Ba6 37. Rb4 Rxb4 38. Bxb4 Nd3 39. Rb1
Nxf2 40. Rb3 Ne4+ 41. Kd1 Bb5 {Time trouble is over, White is a pawn down, and
has no move at all. I was wondering why he was not resigning. perhaps, as has
happened many times before he was hoping to "manage to make it to the draw".}
42. Rb2 a6 (42... h5 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gf6f5,Yh7g6]}) 43. g4 g6 44. h4 Rd8+ 45.
Ke1 Rd3 {Missing the simple:} 46. Rb3 (46. Nd1 Rh3 {[%cal Rh3h1]}) (46. Nf1 Rh3
{[%cal Gh3h1]}) 46... Rd7 47. Rb1 Rd4 48. Rb3 Kg7 49. h5 Kf7 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51.
Ba3 {Stops Kg6-g5. Now after a prolonged period of thought I went for the
"winning" continuation:} Nd2 $6 (51... Kg5 52. Bc1) (51... Ra4 $1 {is winning.}
) 52. Rb4 Rd3 53. Bc1 Rxe3+ $4 ({It was not too late to switch to} 53... Nf3+
54. Kf2 Ne5 $17 {[%cal Gd3c3,Ye5d3]}) 54. Kxd2 Re2+ 55. Kd1 ({I thought that} 
55. Kc3 Rxa2 56. Bb2 Ra4 57. Rxa4 Bxa4 58. Kb4 Bd7 59. Ka5 Bxg4 60. Kxa6 h5 61.
Ba3 h4 62. Bd6 Kf5 {[%cal Gf5e4,Ge4f3,Yf6f5,Yf5f4,Rh4h3,Rh3h2] would be the
finish.}) 55... Rxa2 56. Bb2 Ra4 57. Rxa4 Bxa4+ 58. Ke2 a5 ({and only here I
realised with horror, that the intended gain of the third pawn:} 58... Kg5 {
is most easily refuted by} 59. Bc1+ Kxg4 60. Bxh6 $11 {[%csl Ra6,Yf6,Yh6][%cal
Ge2d2,Gd2c1,Gc1b2,Gb2a1]}) 59. Kf3 {Now it is a draw. I cannot easily trade
any of the pawns on the king's flank, as Molner will have enough time to
switch the defenders - bring the king to fight with the a-pawn, and sacrifice
the bishop for the remaining h- or f-pawn. An excellent game had been thrown
away.} Bd7 60. Kf4 a4 61. Ba3 Kf7 62. Bc1 Bb5 63. Ke3 Kg6 64. Kf4 Bd3 65. Ba3
Kf7 66. Bc1 Bh7 67. Kf3 Kg7 (67... h5 68. gxh5 Ke6 69. Kf4 (69. Bb2) 69... Kd5
70. Bb2 f5 71. Kg5 Kc4 72. Kh6 Kb3 73. Be5 $11) 68. Kf4 Kg6 69. Bb2 (69. Ba3
$11 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ga3f8,Gf8h6]}) 69... Kf7 70. Kf3 Bc2 71. Kf4 Ke6 72. Ke3 (
72. Ba3 $11) 72... Bg6 73. Kf4 $2 {Amnesty!} (73. Ba3 f5 74. gxf5+ Bxf5 75. Kd4
h5 76. Bc1 h4 77. Bf4 {[%cal Gd4c3,Gc3b2,Gb2a1] would still draw.}) 73... f5 $1
74. gxf5+ (74. Bg7 Kf7 75. Bxh6 (75. Bb2 fxg4 76. Kxg4 Ke6 $19 {[%cal Ge6d5,
Gd5c4,Gc4b3]}) 75... a3) 74... Bxf5 {[%csl Gb1,Rb2,Gc2,Gd3,Ge4][%cal Gf5b1,
Yf4e3,Ye3d2,Yd2c1,Re6d5,Rd5c4,Rc4b3,Rb3b2] And it appears that the king cannot
reach the desired corner!} 75. Ba3 h5 76. Bf8 Bg6 77. Ke3 Kd5 78. Kd2 Kc4 79.
Kc1 Kb3 {[%csl Ga4]} 80. Bg7 a3 81. Be5 a2 82. Bf6 h4 83. Kd2 h3 84. Ke3 {
Gareev won his last game and the tournament, while I took clear second. Amanov
lost the decisive encounter for the GM norm, but gained the third place, and
showed that he has the necessary potential.} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {Bulletin: 'Steinitz'} Bd6 (9... Bc5 $5 10. O-O (10. d3 $5 O-O
11. Nc3 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Nb7 13. Bf3 Qd7 14. Bg2 Nd8 15. O-O Ne6 16. Kh1 Rab8 17.
Ne2 Nd5 $1 18. b3 f5 $15 {Lombardy-Rubinetti/Nice ol/1974/}) 10... O-O 11. d3
$1 Nb7 (11... Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qd7 13. Bf3 Qxh3 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Bg2 Qf5 16. Qe1
Rfe8 17. Ne4 $16 {Fischer,R-Bisguier,A/New York/1963/1-0/29/ -> My 60
Memorable Games, p.280}) 12. Nc3 Bb6 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Ng1 f5 16.
Nge2 Ba6 17. Re1 e4 $1 $15 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qh4 $44) 10. d3
O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N, zu langsam'} 12. O-O Rb4 13. Kh1
Bxh3 14. gxh3 Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Rg3 Rh4 17. Qg1 Ne8 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Nd2 e4
20. dxe4 Qe7 21. Rg2 f5 22. Nf3 Rh3 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Bd2 Bxb2 25. Re1 Qa3 26.
Rg3 Rxg3 27. Qxg3 Nf6 28. Nh4 Qxa2 29. f3 Qd5 30. Bd3 f4 31. Qg2 Rf7 32. Nf5
Kh8 33. Ne7 Qc5 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7.
dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3 $5 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. O-O Rb4
13. Kh1 $1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Rg3 {Short,N-Nikolic,P/SVE/1989/
1:0/35/} Rxg3 17. hxg3 $14) 9... e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 (11... Qc7 12. Bd2
Nb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na3 Be6 15. Qc1 Rfd8 16. Nac4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxe5 18. dxe5
Qxe5 19. Bf4 $16 {Bogoljubow,E-Zimmermann,J/SWZ/1928/}) (11... c5 $5 {Blatny,P}
) 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13. b3 O-O (13... c5 {Blatny,P /\c4-><<} 14. c4) 14. Bb2 Ne4 $5
$146 (14... Nd5 $5 15. Nc3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. g3 Rd8 18. Bd3 Re8+ 19. Ne2
Bg5 {Honfi,K-Tal,M/JUG/1966/} 20. h4 $1 Be7 21. Qd2 c5 $44 {Tal/} 22. Be4 $5
Bb7 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. O-O-O Rab8 25. Nc3) (14... Re8 15. h3 Ne4 16. O-O Qe7 17.
Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxe2 19. Bxa5 Bf5 20. Re1 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rb8
23. g4 Bg6 24. Kf1 h5 25. Re3 Rb5 26. Bd2 f6 27. f4 Rd5 28. Ke2 hxg4 29. hxg4
f5 30. c4 Rd4 31. Bc3 Re4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. Bxe5 Be8 35. Ke3 Kf7
36. Kxe4 g6 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. Kc5 Kd7 39. Bb8 Kc8 40. Bxa7 Kb7 41. Bb6 Bd7 42. g5
Bf5 43. b4 Bc2 44. a4 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Timman,J (2)/Moscow PCA 25' (01) 1994})
15. Nc3 f5 $1 16. h3 (16. f4 {Blatny,P} Ba6 (16... Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qxf4 18. Nxe4
fxe4 19. Qd4 {->0-0}) 17. O-O Rad8 $44) 16... Bb7 (16... Ba6 {Blatny,P -->
Morozevich-Nenashev/Alushta4/1994/}) (16... Rb8 $5 {Blatny,P} 17. O-O c5 18.
Nd5 Qd7 19. c4 $14) 17. O-O a6 $6 (17... Rad8 $5) (17... c5 $2 {Blatny,P} 18.
Nb5 Qc6 19. Nxd6 Nc3 20. Bf3 $18) 18. Qe1 c5 (18... Rad8 {Blatny,P} 19. Rd1
Rfe8 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bc3 $18) 19. Rd1 Rae8 (19... Ng5 $5 {/\ 20...Nh3 21.gh3
Bh2#} 20. f4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5) 20. Nc1 (20. Nxe4 {Blatny,P} Bxe4 (
20... fxe4 21. Nc1) 21. c4 $13) 20... Be5 (20... Ng5 21. Nd5) (20... Bh2+ {
Blatny,P} 21. Kh1 {/^a8-h1K} Be5) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 (21... Bxb2 22. Nd6 Re7 23.
Nxb7 Nxb7 24. Qd2 $16) (21... Bxe4 {Blatny,P} 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc3 $16) 22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd2 Rg5 (23... Rd5 24. Qe3) 24. Qd6 (24. Qe3 Rf3 $2 (24... Nc6 $5
) 25. Bxf3 exf3 26. g4 $18) 24... Qc8 $6 (24... Qf7 $8 25. h4 Rg6 (25... Rf5
26. Bg4 $16) 26. Bh5 $2 (26. Qxc5 $16) 26... Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qxh5 $13) (24...
Qxd6 {Blatny,P} 25. Rxd6 e3 26. g4 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 (27... Ra8 28. Nd3 $18)
(27... h5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. h4 $18) 28. Kxf2 $18) 25. h4 Rgf5 26. Bg4 R8f6 27.
Qe7 Nc6 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 (28... Rxf5 29. Qd7 $18) 29. Qxb7 Qg4 30. Qd7 Re6 31. Rd6
Nd4 32. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 (4... Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bb3 $14) 5.
exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 (6... Bd7) 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {[#]} Bc5 (9...
Qd4 $5 {Maroczy. /\ 10.Ng1?? Bc5} 10. O-O (10. c3 $6 Qd5 11. O-O g5 12. Re1 (
12. f4 $2 Bxh3 13. gxh3 gxf4 $17) (12. Bf3 e4 13. Be2 Bf5 $17) (12. d4 $2 g4
13. dxe5 gxh3 14. Bf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nd5 $19) 12... Be6 13. d4 g4 $15) 10... Qh4
11. Kh1 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Bd6 $1 $13 {/\ ><h2}) 10. d3 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Qd4 12. O-O
Qh4 13. Bf3 Qxh3 14. Bg2 $16 {^^,><a7,><c6} Qe6 {[#]} (14... Qh4 15. Qe1 Ng4 $2
16. h3 $18) 15. Qf3 $6 (15. c3 Bb6 16. b4 Nb7 17. b5 Nd8 18. Ba3 $16) 15... Nd5
$1 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. Nc3 $2 (17. b4 $1 Bd4 18. c3 Bb6 19. b5 $18) 17... Ne7 18.
Bh3 f5 19. Qh5+ Qf7 20. Qe2 {[#]} Bd4 $2 (20... Qf6 21. Rae1 Bd6 22. f4 $16) (
20... Bd6 $1 21. f4 (21. Rae1 O-O 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rae8 $13) 21... exf4 22.
Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 O-O 24. Raf1 (24. Re1) 24... Nd6 25. Ne4 Qg6+ 26. Ng3 Nd5
$13) 21. Na4 $16 Qf6 22. c3 Bb6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Rfe1 Nc5 25. b4 $1 Nd7 26. f4
exf4 27. Bxf4 Kf7 28. Bg2 Rhe8 $2 (28... Rae8 $142 29. Qb2 (29. Qh5+ $5 g6 30.
Qd1) 29... Kg6 30. a4 $16) 29. b5 $1 Nd5 30. Qh5+ g6 (30... Kf8 31. Bg3) 31.
Qxh6 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rh8 {[#]} 33. bxc6 $1 (33. Qg5) 33... Rxh6 34. Bxd5+ Kg7
35. cxd7 Qh4 (35... Qd8 36. Re8 $18) 36. Bxh6+ Kxh6 37. Re8 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Qc1+
39. Bf1 Qg5+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Be2 Qf4+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3) 9... e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13. b3 O-O
(13... Bf5 14. Bb2 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16. Kf1 Kb8 17. b4 Nb7 18. a3 Bxh2 $10 {
Short,N-Van der Sterren Wijk ann Zee 1987}) 14. Bb2 Ne4 (14... Re8 15. h3 Nd5
16. O-O Qe7 17. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 $14 Nxb3 $8 19. axb3 (19. Bf3 Nxa1 20.
Bxc6 Bb7 $15) 19... Qxe2 {Morozevich,A}) (14... Bf5 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. h3 c5 $1
17. O-O c4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bg4 Bh7 $44 {Mastel,
A-Flear,G London 1986}) 15. Nc3 Nxc3 $6 (15... f5 16. h3 (16. f3 Nc5 17. Qd2
Rd8 $1 $44 18. O-O-O Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bf4+ $19) (16. f4 Ba6 (16... Bxf4 17. Nxf4
Qxf4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qd4 $18) 17. O-O Rad8 $44 {Morozevich,A}) 16... Bb7 (
16... Ba6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qe1 c5 19. Kh1 (19. Rd1 $5 c4 20. Nc1 $13) 19... Nc6
(19... Bb7 $145 $1 20. Bf3 $13) 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 22. Bxa6 Qf4 {
Morozevich,A-Nenashev,A Alusta 1994 60/318 [Nenashev,A]}) 17. O-O a6 (17... c5
$2 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Nxd6 Nc3 20. Bf3 $18 {Morozevich,A}) 18. Qe1 c5 19. Rd1 Rae8
20. Nc1 Be5 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd2 Rg5 24. Qd6 $18 {Morozevich,
A-Onischuk,A Alusta 60/(318) 1994}) (15... Bf5 16. h3 Rad8 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Bf3
Ng5 19. Bg4 Bg6 20. Kh1 Qb7 21. f4 $16 {/+- Morozevich,A-Onischuk,Al PCA
Mosocw qualfication 25' 1996}) 16. Bxc3 c5 17. h3 $6 (17. Qd2) 17... c4 18. Nb2
Be5 $5 (18... cxb3 $2 19. Qd4) 19. Qd2 Bxc3 $6 {after this move black has
nothing, a better try was 19...cxb3} (19... cxb3 $5 20. Bxe5 $1 (20. Bxa5 Qxc2
21. Qxc2 bxc2 22. Rc1 Bxb2 23. Rxc2 $10) 20... Qxe5 21. axb3 Nc6 (21... Qxb2
22. Rxa5 Be6 23. Bd3 $1 (23. O-O Bxb3) 23... Rfe8 24. O-O Bxb3 $2 25. Qb4 Rab8
26. Rb5 $18) 22. Ra2 {and I can not see what can black do,white is going to
play Nc4-Ne3-0-0}) 20. Qxc3 Re8 21. Nd1 $1 f5 22. Ne3 {the game has been
decided,black has no compensation for the pawn,it is white who has the
initiative} f4 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. Qxa5 f3 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. O-O-O Rxe2 27. Rhg1
cxb3 28. axb3 Bf5 29. Nf6+ $1 Kf7 (29... Kh8 30. Rd8+) 30. Qc7+ Re7 (30... Kxf6
31. Qxg7+ Ke6 32. Qxh6+) 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qxe7+ Kh8 33. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Hangzhou (Women) 1st"]
[Site "Hangzhou"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Harika,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {I didn't expect this because in recent years my
opponent has only played 3.Bb5.} Nf6 {Mainly I have played 3...Bc5 here. But I
also played one game with 3...Nf6 recently.} 4. Ng5 {Actually I had prepared
this for Nadezhda Kosintseva in round two at the same tournament. Though they 
(sisters) had never played this, I guessed she could be playing this sharp
line to divert me. But I didn't understand if she was prepared or if she was
playing it over the board as she took some time before playing this move.} d5 {
Both of us made the next few moves very quickly:} 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7.
dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 {So, from here my opponent started
spending time. Even I did't have much knowledge of this line, as I had never
played it before. But on a few occasions I had checked my friend Eesha
Karavade's analysis and just remembered the main lines and ideas. Also I was
bit lucky, that she played the only variation I remembered that day at the
board :).} 11. c3 Bd6 12. d4 exd3 13. Nxd3 O-O 14. O-O Re8 {At this point my
memory power stopped working :) and couldn't remember the analysis I had seen.
But I knew a few ideas & tactics.  Later I checked and there are very few
games with good results for Black.} 15. b3 $6 ({For example:} 15. Ne1 Ba6 $17)
(15. b4 Bf5 16. bxa5 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxd3 20. Re1
Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Rd8 $19) 15... Bf5 $15 {With the threat of 16...Rxe2 & ...Bxd3.}
16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bd4 c5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxb1 20. Bf3 Be4 {Black is a
piece up, but still has to be careful to convert it into a win.} 21. Bxe4 Rxe4
22. Qd3 Rg4 (22... Re5 $142 $17) 23. g3 Nb7 24. Bxa7 $2 {This made my work
easier.} (24. Qf3 Qc8 25. Bd4 {would have tied down Black's pieces for some
time.}) 24... Rxa7 25. Rfd1 Nc5 26. Qb5 Qb6 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Rxd5 Ne4 (28...
Re4 $142 29. Qc8 Ne6 30. Kf1 Rc7 31. Qa8 Rxc3 $19) 29. Rd4 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rxd4
31. cxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Qe3 {Actually I missed this and became nervous because in
my previous game with Tatiana at the Olympiad, I blundered and lost in a clear
winning position. But this position is still clearly better for me due to
White's exposed king.} Qb2+ 33. Kf3 Ra5 $1 34. Re1 Qxh2 ({I missed a simple
win due to time trouble:} 34... Rf5+ 35. Kg4 Rf2 $19) 35. a4 (35. Qf4 {at
least can keep up the resistance for some time.}) 35... Rf5+ 36. Ke4 Qc2+ 37.
Kd4 Qc5+ 38. Kd3 Rd5+ {...winning the queen. At the Olympiad I lost the chance
of getting my third norm by blundering against Tatiana. Here I was able to
complete my GM norm with this crucial win.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Nd5
15. h3 Bf5 16. O-O Rad8 17. Kh1 c5 18. Na3 c4 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Nxd6 Nxb2 22. Nxb2 Qxd6 23. Bd3 Qf4 24. Qc1 Qe5 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27.
Nd3 Qf6 28. c4 Nc7 29. Qc2 Ne6 30. Rad1 Rd4 31. Nb4 Qh4 32. Rxd4 Qxd4 33. Nd5
Kh8 34. Rd1 Qe5 35. g3 Rb8 36. Rb1 Rxb1+ 37. Qxb1 {[#] Schönes Zusammenspiel
zwischen wD+S gegen den sK. Dafür gibt es eine Medaille 
(Endspiel+Figurenspiel+Angriff)} Qe2 38. Kg2 g6 39. Ne3 Ng5 40. Qd1 {[%csl Ye7,
Yf6,Yf8] Gibt den Ba2 für Spiel auf den geschwächten schwarzen Feldern rund um
den schwarzen König.} Qxa2 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. h4 Ne6 43. Qf6 {[%csl Rf7,Rh6]
[%cal Re3g4,Yg4e5] [#]} h5 {[%cal Gh5g4]} 44. Nd5 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6][%cal Rd5e7,
Re7g6]} Qc2 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Nc8 {[%csl Ra7,Rf7][%cal Rc8d6,Rc8a7,Yd6f7,Rf6h8]
[#]} Qe4+ (46... Qxc4 47. Qh8#) 47. Kg1 {[%cal Gg1f2]} Qd4 48. Qe7+ Kg8 (48...
Kg7 49. Nd6 Qf6 50. Ne8+) 49. Nd6 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Nf4+ 51. Kh2 (51. gxf4 Qg4+ 52.
Kh2 Qxf4+ 53. Kg1 Qg4+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ $11) 51... Ne2 {[#] Weiß greift sich nun
zwei Bauern mit Schach und sichert dann den König. Ende der Durchsage.} 52.
Qxf7+ Kh8 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qd7+ Kg8 55. Qc8+ Kh7 56. Qb7+ Kh8 57. Qb8+ Kh7 58.
Qxa7+ Kg8 59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Qf6+ Kh7 61. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4] Wells} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 {Wells: 'This gambit was for a
long time held to be absolutely fine for black, and thus 4 Ng5 was a rare bird
in tournament practice. However, black's lead in development, though
significant, is not vast, and he does have to solve the question of his
structural weakness on the queen's wing too. In short, it is not surprising
that in the search for the new among the remnants of the old, that white has
revived this variation, and demanded proof.'} 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 O-O (12...
Qc7 {is the main line, but after} 13. h3 O-O 14. O-O {it may lead to 12...0-0})
13. O-O (13. Bf4 $5 {-Bellini-Romanishin, Reggio Emilia 2001 CBM 81}) (13. b3 {
- Arakhamia-Smyslov, Women-Veterans London 1996 CBM 55}) 13... Qc7 {Black has
sufficient compensation for the sacrificed P, because his pieces are very
active, and White has still problems of development. Black's task is to
improve his N's position, because on a5 he is out of play.} 14. h3 {Wells:
'Black's lead in development has induced a slight weakness of his opponent's
king-side.'} c5 {/\ Bb7, or Rb8} (14... Bf5 {is another possibility to develop
the B.}) 15. b3 (15. Nc3 {/\ Nb5} Rb8 16. a3 (16. Bf3 c4 {The N has to retreat
to a passive position.} 17. Ne1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qe2 {It is
better for White to repeat the moves quietly.} (20. Qe3 $2 {allows Black to
improve his pieces even more.} Bf5 21. Be2 Re8 22. Qf3 Bd7 $1 {/\ Bc6} 23. Bxh6
{Desperation.} Bc6 24. Qf5 {(Siepenkoetter-Klovans, Berliner Sommer 1993)} Bh2+
$1 25. Kh1 Re5 26. Bf4 Rxf5 27. Bxc7 Bxc7 $19 {and Black is simply a piece up.}
) 20... Re8 $11) (16. Be3 c4 $15 {and the N has to retreat again.} (16... Nc4 {
and the outplaced N comes back with a tempo.} 17. Qc1 (17. Bc1 $5) 17... Nxe3 {
^^} 18. fxe3 Re8 $44 {Z.Todorovic-Mencinger, Pula op 1990})) 16... Rd8 17. Qe1
Re8 {Here we see the same motif again.} 18. Qd1 (18. Qd2 Bb7 $5 $44 (18... Nc4
{is also promising, for example:} 19. Qd1 Bf5 20. b3 Na5 21. a4 a6 22. Ba3 Rbd8
$13 {Ch.Bauer-Anic, FRA-ch Narbonne 1997})) 18... Rd8 $11 {with repetition of
moves.}) (15. Bd2 Rd8 ({or simply} 15... c4 $5 {again chasing the bad N.}) 16.
Bf3 Rb8 17. Qe1 $6 {White's play is too sophisticated.} (17. b3 c4) 17... Nc6 {
Black has improved his N's position.} 18. Bc3 Re8 19. Qc1 c4 $1 20. Bxf6 gxf6 {
Black is not afraid of corrupting his >>, because the ^^ is more important in
an opened position like this. His K is safe, because White's pieces suffer
from lack of development.} 21. Qxh6 (21. Bxc6 Qxc6) 21... cxd3 22. Bd5 (22.
cxd3 Bf4 23. Qxf6 Re6 $19) 22... Be6 (22... Nb4 $1 {is even simpler} 23. Qg6+
Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Re1+ Be5 $19) 23. Be4 f5 $1 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Bxd3 Bf4 26.
Qh4 Be5 $19 {Stangl-Federov, Munich op 1992}) (15. Bf3 Rb8 16. b3 c4 17. bxc4
Nxc4 {Now White's P structure is shattered, and the N is excellent on c4.} 18.
Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rb1 Bf5 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. c4 Qa5 23. Re1 Bc3 24. Bd5
Nxd5 25. cxd5 Qxa2 $15 {Euler-Malaniuk, Werfen op-A 1996}) (15. Nc3 $5 {
Wells: is more structurally ambitious, but of course the advance of the c-pawn
can harry white's pieces, and if it wins enough space it can again be counted
as dynamic asset rather than static liability!}) 15... c4 $1 16. bxc4 Nxc4 {
Wells: 'Off-side knight and isolated c-pawn transformed into a formidable
beast.'} 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Bf3 (19. Bb2 Ne4 20. Bf3 f5 {Black's
centralized pieces compensate the sacrificed P.} 21. a4 Rad8 22. Ba3 Bxa3 (
22... Rfe8 {is also enough for equality.} 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Re1 Bxd3 25. cxd3
Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 $11 {A.Sokolov-Norris, Capella op
2000}) 23. Rxa3 Qd6 {winning back the material.} 24. Ra1 Bxd3 $11 {Colias-R.
Anderson, Philadelphia op 1987}) 19... Rae8 {'!' Wells.} 20. Bb2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 {
Wells: 'Pragmatic, but also a recognition that he has got nothing out of the
opening.'} (21. Re1 $2 {Wells} Bh2+) 21... Rxe4 {^^} 22. Qd2 (22. Re1 f5 $1 (
22... Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rb8 24. Qc3 $14 {allows White to consolidate his position.
}) 23. Qh5 (23. a3 Rfe8 24. Qh5 R8e7 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Nb4 e3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 $44
{opening up the position for the active ^^.}) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 (24. Nxe1
Bc5) 24... Bxa2 (24... Qb6 25. Be5 Bxa2 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Ra1 Qb6 $11) 25. Qg6
Bd5 $13) 22... Rfe8 {Black has nothing to fear.} 23. Qc3 (23. Rfe1 $6 Bxd3 24.
cxd3 Bb4 $1 $15) 23... f6 24. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli Ann 50th"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 $5 (10... Bd6 {- Sutovsky-Romanishin, Essen 2001
CBM 083}) 11. f4 {is played more often, though white can lose an opportunity
to castle.} (11. Ng4 Bxg4 12. Bxg4 Bd6 $1 {preventing White from short castle.}
(12... Bc5 13. O-O O-O {is the natural plan of development.} (13... e3 $5 {
Black creates a strong o^ on f2, but may lose the [+]!} 14. Bf3 exf2+ 15. Kh1
$44 O-O 16. c3 Qd3 {otherwise d4 comes immediately.} 17. Be2 (17. b4 Rae8 $1 {
/\ Qe1}) 17... Qg6 18. d4 (18. b4 Bd6 19. bxa5 {wins the useless N on the edge
of the boards, but gives excellent attacking chances for Black.} Ne4 $1 20. Ba3
Bxh2 $1 $40) 18... Bd6 19. Rxf2 (19. Bd3 Ne4 20. Qf3 f5 21. b4 Nb7 22. Nd2 Rae8
$44) 19... Ne4 20. Rf3 Qh5 21. Qg1 Rfe8 $44 {Rosenfeld-Marshall, Bath Beach
1909}) 14. c3 Qe5 15. d4 exd3 16. b4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bd6 18. f4 Qe2 $1 $132 {
Radchenko}) 13. Be2 O-O 14. d3 exd3 15. Qxd3 Qe5 {Black has a better
development for the sacrifised pawn and threaten to use opened lines for his
rooks for his ->.} 16. f4 Qe7 17. O-O Rfe8 $1 $44 {Kritz-Rosentalis,
Bayern-chl 2000}) 11... Bc5 {Development first!} (11... g5 $6 {is dubious:} 12.
c3 Qd5 13. d4 exd3 14. Qxd3 Qe6 15. Nf3 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Nd5 17. Bd2 $16 {Steinitz
}) 12. Rf1 Qd6 (12... Bd6 13. c3 Qb6 (13... Qd5 14. b4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16.
bxa5 {White wins the piece again, but his positions lacks harmony.} Qxh2 17.
Qa4 $1 O-O 18. Ba3 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Re8 $44) 14. Qa4 (14. b4 Nb7 15. Na3 O-O 16.
Nac4 Qc7 $44) 14... O-O 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qxc6 Qd8 {White has two extra pawns,
but his K is in the middle.} 17. Na3 {(Estrin-Leonidov, SU 1972)} Re8 $44) (
12... Qd8 13. d4 (13. c3 {/\ d4 which can be played at once!} Bd6 (13... Nd5 $2
14. Qa4 $1 $16 {/\ b4}) 14. d4 exd3 15. Qxd3 Qc7 $44) 13... Bb6 $5 (13... Qxd4
14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. c3 Bb6 16. Nd2 $14 {White gave back the P, but after the
simplifications the weaknesses of the black P structure begin to tell.}) (13...
Bxd4 14. c3 Bb6 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 16. Nd2 $14 {is similar to the previous note.})
(13... exd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7 {avoiding the exchange of queens deserves attention.}
15. Bd2 Rb8 $44 {Paoli-Pogats, Kecskemet 1962}) 14. b4 (14. Be3 {runs into} Nd5
15. Bg1 O-O 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 $44 {
Ragozin-Geller, SU 1949}) 14... Nd5 $1 {This is another nice positional piece
sacrifice, the a5 N is so bad that sometimes Black just leaves it there.} 15.
bxa5 Qh4+ 16. g3 Bxa5+ 17. Bd2 Qxh2 18. Bxa5 Qxg3+ $11 {Geller} 19. Kd2 Qe3+ {
and draw by repetition of moves.}) 13. c3 ({Here} 13. d4 $2 {is feeble due to}
Bxd4 14. c3 Bxe5 $15) 13... Bb6 (13... Nb7 {improving the pathetic N on the
edge of the board.} 14. b4 (14. d4 exd3 15. Qxd3 Nd5 $44) 14... Bb6 15. Na3 O-O
16. Nac4 Qc7 (16... Qd5 17. a4 Bc7 $13) (16... Qe6 $5) 17. a4 {(Anderssen-De
Riviere, Paris 1860)} a5 $44) 14. Qa4 (14. b4 Nb7 {- 13...Nb7}) (14. d4 exd3
15. Qxd3 Nd5 16. Bf3 O-O $13) 14... Bd7 (14... O-O 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qxc6 Qe7 17.
Bb2 Bf5 18. c4 $14 {If White can finish his development, the extra pawns will
be very valuable.}) 15. b4 Nb7 16. Na3 O-O 17. Nac4 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rfe8 $44 {
White's main problem is his K, it is not easy to find a suitable shelter for
him.} 19. g4 $6 {This looks hazardous, White is not strong enough in the [+]
to begin a flank ->.} (19. O-O-O a5 $40) (19. Bb2 Rad8 $44) 19... c5 (19... Nd6
20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. b5 c5 22. Nxd7 (22. g5 hxg5 $13) 22... Nxd7 23. O-O-O $13 {
and at least White has castled.}) 20. b5 (20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. b5 Nd8 {/\ Ne6
activating the wakward N.} 22. Ne3 Ne6 $13) 20... Be6 21. O-O-O (21. g5 hxg5
22. fxg5 Nd7 {Now White has to give up his stronghold on e5.} (22... Nd5 23.
Bh5 Rf8) 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. O-O-O Bc7 $13) 21... Nd7 22. Nxd7 (22. h3 Rad8 $13)
22... Bxd7 23. Ne5 Nd6 (23... a6 $40 {opening the lines on the << looked
logical.}) 24. Qb3 (24. Nxd7 Qxd7 $44) 24... Be6 25. c4 f6 (25... a6 $5 {
was still possible.}) 26. f5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rxe5 {Black has won back the P and
a very complicated original middlegame has arisen.} 28. Qh3 (28. Bg4 Kh8 29.
Bb2 Re7 {/\ a6}) (28. Bb2 Rxf5 29. Rxf5 Nxf5 30. Qh3 Nd4 $15) 28... Qf7 29. Bb2
Nxc4 30. Bc3 (30. Bxe5 Nxe5 $36 {with good attacking chances for the
sacrificed exchange.}) 30... Re7 31. Rf4 Bc7 (31... Nd6) 32. Rh4 (32. Rg4 Kh7
33. Rdg1 Qd5 34. Qg2 Rg8 $13) 32... Ne5 33. Kb1 $6 {defending >< a2, but White
has no time for that.} (33. Rxe4 Kh7 $13) 33... Nf3 (33... Qd5 $1 34. Rg1 Kf8
$19 {was the easy way.}) 34. Qf1 (34. Bxf3 exf3 35. Qxf3 Rb8 $132) 34... Rd8 $2
{The situation is very complex, it is easy to go astray.} (34... Qe8 $1 {
was the best reply.} 35. Bxf3 (35. Bc4+ Kh7) 35... exf3 36. Qxf3 Qxb5+ $17) 35.
Bc4 $1 Rd5 {Black has to sacrifice the exchange, but this is not the end of
the world.} (35... Nxh4 $2 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qc4+ Kf8 38. Qxc5 Bxh2 39. Ba5 $1
Bd6 40. Qc6 $16 {and Black has no full compensation for the Q.}) 36. Rh3 Ne5 $6
(36... Red7 $13) 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 $2 {In fact, this is the losing move.} (37...
Rexe5 38. Ra3 Bb6 $14 {was still playable.}) 38. Qg2 $18 {Now Black founders
on the pin on the a2-g8 /^.} Kf8 39. d3 $2 ({missing the simple} 39. Qxe4 Rd4 (
39... Red7 40. Re1 R7d6 41. Ra3 $18) 40. Qxd4 Bxd4 41. Bxf7 $18) 39... Qe8 $2 {
Black gave up the fight inside.} (39... Rb7 $1 {was the wonderful tactical
possibility to change the course of the game.} 40. Qxe4 Rxb5+ $1 41. Bxb5 Qb7
42. Qc4 a6 43. a4 axb5 44. Qxb5 (44. axb5 Rd6 $1 45. Qxc5 Qg2 $1 $132) 44...
Qc8 $44) 40. Bxd5 $18 Qxb5+ 41. Bb3 exd3 42. Rxh6 Rf7 43. Rh8+ Ke7 44. Qd5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 (11. f4 {is the other main line.}) 11...
exd3 12. Nxd3 Qc7 {Black has a good piece play and better development for the
sacrificed P.} 13. b3 {/\ Bb2 and fighting against the outplaced a5 N.} O-O 14.
Bb2 Ne4 {There are several other tries to maintain the pressure.} (14... Re8 {
Black is not afraid of Bxf6, because here the ^^ is very important.} 15. h3 Nd5
(15... Bf5 $5 {/\ Rad8}) 16. O-O Bf5 $5 $44 {/\ Rad8 deserves attention.} (
16... Qe7 17. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 {(Kasparov-Timman, Moscow rapid 1994)} Nxb3
{Black wins back the P, but his P structure becomes vulnerable.} 19. axb3 (19.
Bf3 Nxa1 20. Bxc6 Bb7 $15) 19... Qxe2 $14 {Morozevich})) (14... Nd5 15. Nc3 (
15. h3 {/\ 0-0} Bf5 16. O-O Rad8 17. Nc3 (17. Kh1 c5 {/\ c4, Nc6 activating
the bad N.} 18. Na3 c4 $44 {Morozevich-Balashov, RUS-Cup Novgorod 1997}) 17...
Nb4 $44 {Losev-D.Frolov, Moscow 1995}) 15... Nf4 16. O-O $5 (16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17.
g3 Rd8 18. Bd3 Re8+ 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. h4 $1 Be7 21. Qd2 {(Honfi-Estrada Nieto,
Budapest 1995)} c5 $44 {Tal}) 16... Nxe2+ {eliminating White's ^^.} (16... Nxd3
17. Bxd3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 $13 {King-Zsinka, Dortmund 1987}) 17. Qxe2 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1
Bd6 $13 {Herbrechtsmeier-Class, cr 1996}) (14... Bf5 15. Nd2 (15. h3 {/\ 0-0})
15... Rad8 16. h3 c5 $1 17. O-O c4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Bg4 Bh7 $44 {Black's mighty ^^ compensates the P, Mestel-G.Fear, London
1986.}) 15. Nc3 (15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1/2:1/2 Honfi-Geller, Kislovodsk
1968}) (15. h3 Bf5 {/\ Rad8, Rfe8, c5 is the typical plan of development.} (
15... Rd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Bf3 $5 (17. Nd2 Nxd2 (17... f5 $6 18. Bf3 $16 {
Herbrechtsmeier-Lach, GER 1977}) 18. Qxd2 Nc4 $1 {Here we see the idea of 15...
Rb8.} 19. Qc3 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 c5 21. Qc3 Be6 $44))) 15... Bf5 (15... Nxc3 $6 {
helps only for White.} 16. Bxc3 c5 17. h3 (17. Qd2 Nc6) 17... c4 18. Nb2 Be5 $5
19. Qd2 {(Arakhamia Grant-Smyslov, Women-Veterans 1996)} cxb3 20. Bxe5 $1 (20.
Bxa5 Qxc2 21. Qxc2 bxc2 22. Rc1 Bxb2 $11) 20... Qxe5 21. axb3 Qxb2 22. Rxa5 Be6
23. Bd3 $1 $14 (23. O-O Bxb3)) (15... f5 $5 16. h3 (16. f3 $143 {is a
successful provocation.} Nc5 17. Qd2 Rd8 $1 $44) (16. f4 $143 {also weakens
seriously White's position.} Ba6 17. O-O Rad8 $44 {Morozevich}) 16... Bb7 {
/\ a6 against Nb5 and c5} (16... Rb8 {/\ c5 but the d5 square has to be
protected!} 17. O-O c5 $6 18. Nd5 {/\ c4 to build up a stronghold on d5.} Qd7
19. c4 $14 {Graf}) (16... Ba6 {/\ Rad8, c5-c4} 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qe1 c5 19. Nxe4
$1 (19. Rd1 $5 c4 20. Nc1 $13 {is playable, but simply passive.}) (19. Kh1 {
/\ Nd5} Bb7 $1 (19... Nc6 $143 20. Nxe4 (20. Nd5 Qf7 21. c4) 20... fxe4 21.
Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 22. Bxa6 Qf4 {(Morozevich-Graf, Alushta 1994)} 23. Rd1 $1 Bd6 (
23... Bxf2 24. Qc3 $18) (23... Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Bd6 25. g3 $18) 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 (
24... Qxd6 25. Qxe4) 25. Ba3 $18 {Morozevich}) 20. Bf3 $13 {Morozevich}) 19...
fxe4 20. Nf4 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 {with favourable exchanges for White.} Rfe8 22. Rd1
Nc6 23. Qc3 Qf7 $14 {Swathi-Ganguly, IND-ch 2002}) 17. O-O a6 (17... c5 $2 {
runs into} 18. Nb5 Qc6 19. Nxd6 Nc3 20. Bf3 $18) 18. Qe1 c5 19. Rd1 c4 $5 $132
(19... Rae8 20. Nc1 Nf6 $5 (20... Be5 $2 {leads to unnecessary exchanges.} 21.
Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd2 Rg5 24. Qd6 $18 {Morozevich-Onischuk, Alushta
1994})) (19... Rad8)) 16. h3 {/\ 0-0} (16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {- 15.Nd2}) 16... Rad8 17.
O-O c5 (17... Ba3 $6 {leads only to favorable exchanges for White.} 18. Bxa3
Nxc3 19. Qd2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Rfe8 21. Qh5 $16) (17... Rfe8 {is a logical
developing move.} 18. Bg4 (18. Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 19. Bf3) 18... Bg6 19. Nxe4 Bxe4
20. Qd2 c5 21. Qc3 f6 22. Bh5 Re7 23. Ba3 g6 24. Bg4 h5 $44 {Sutovsky-Jonkman,
ISR-ch op 2001}) 18. Bf3 (18. Bg4 Bh7 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe1 f5 $44 {
Socko-Klovans, Capelle op Grande 2004}) (18. Nb5 {cannot get the ^^ after} Bh2+
19. Kh1 Qb8 20. Bg4 Bg6 $44) 18... Ng5 $2 {This allows the centralization of
the white N.} (18... Nxc3 19. Bxc3 c4 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 (20... Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Qxa5
22. bxc4 $16) 21. bxc4 Be6 $14 {with an actice play for the sacrificed
material, the c pawns are weak.}) 19. Nd5 $1 Qd7 20. h4 $5 (20. Ne3 Bxh3 21.
Bd5 Be6 22. f4 $16 {gives back the P, but grabs the |^.}) 20... Ne6 $2 (20...
Nxf3+ $1 21. Qxf3 Nc6 $1 $44 {and Black's ^^ is a big trumph, >< h4 is a
weaklness.} (21... Rfe8 22. Rad1 Nc6 (22... c4 23. N3f4 Bg4 24. Qc3 Be5 25.
Qxa5 Bxb2 26. Nf6+ $18) 23. Nxc5 $18)) 21. Ne5 $1 Qe8 $2 {Now Black's pieces
become very passive, the centralized white knights decide the battle.} (21...
Bxe5 $1 {was the last practical chance.} 22. Bxe5 Nc6 23. Nf6+ $1 (23. Bf6 {
is strongly met by} Ned4 $1 24. Bxd8 Bxc2 25. Qc1 Rxd8 $44) 23... gxf6 24. Qxd7
Rxd7 25. Bxc6 Rd2 26. Bxf6 Nd4 $14) 22. Re1 $18 {There is a complete
domination on the board!} Bb8 23. Qd2 Qb5 24. c4 Qa6 25. Bc3 Nb7 26. Nc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {Steinitz has played this extravagant idea several times. The N
looks awkward on h3, but taking him deprives Black from his ^^, which is
rather important in an opened position like this. In the sixties this became a
surprise weapon of the young Fischer, who has studied Steinitz's games
carefully. However against a strong tactician like Beliavsky this idea is
extremely dangerous!} (9. Nf3 {is the main line, but here Black gets some
tempi chasing the N, for example:} e4 10. Ne5 Bd6) 9... Bd6 (9... Bc5 {was
more frequently played in the past, and there is nothing wrong with it either.}
10. O-O O-O 11. d3 (11. c3 $6 {takes the natural square from the N.} Nb7 {
Only this misplaced N causes some headache for Black in this line.} 12. Qa4
Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qd6 14. d3 Nd5 $1 $17 {Steinitz-Chigorin, Havana (m/12) 1892})
11... Nb7 (11... Bxh3 $6 {gives away the excellent B for the pathetic N. Black
gets back the P on h3, but White's ^^ has a bright future and his K is safe.}
12. gxh3 Qd7 13. Bf3 Qxh3 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Bg2 Qf5 16. Qe1 Rfe8 17. Ne4 $16 {
Fischer-Bisguier, New York 1963}) 12. Nc3 Bb6 (12... Nd5 13. Bf3 Bb6 14. Qe2
Re8 15. Re1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Ba3 Rb8 18. Rab1 Qc7 $44 {Nunn-Hardicsay,
Budapest 1978}) 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Bf3 (14. f4 e4 $1 15. Nf2 exd3 16. Nxd3 Bf5 17.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $44 {with very active piece play for the P, Hamann-Geller,
Kislovodsk 1966.}) 14... Nd5 15. Ng1 {White has to lose a couple of tempi to
bring his misplaced N into action.} f5 16. Nge2 Ba6 17. Re1 e4 18. dxe4 fxe4
19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qh4 $44 {Kuindzi-Klovans, SU 1973}) 10. d3 {White has
to keep the position closed until he can successfully finish his development.}
(10. d4 {(Steinitz-Blackburne, Vienna 1898)} exd4 $1 $13 {Fischer}) 10... O-O
11. Nc3 (11. O-O Nd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qh4 $13) 11... Nd5 (11... Rb8 12.
O-O Rb4 {This R manoeuvre connected with taking on h3 and win back the P has
the same drawback as in the Fischer-Mednis game.} (12... Nd5 $5 {was worthy of
trying}) 13. Kh1 $1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Rg3 {(Short-P.Nikolic,
Skelleftea 1989)} Rxg3 17. hxg3 $14) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b3 (13. Qc1 {brings the Q
to a passive position} Bxh3 (13... f5) 14. gxh3 Nf4 15. Rg1 f5 16. Bf1 c5 17.
Bg2 Nxg2+ 18. Rxg2 $13 {Bobkov-Korelov, corr. 1975}) 13... Nb7 ({The same idea
as after 13.Qc1 is not so efficient here, because the Q is better placed.} 
13... Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nf4 15. Bf1 $1 (15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Na4 Re8 17. Kf1 (17. O-O
$2 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 f3 $1 19. Bxf3 Qf4 $19) (17. Kd2 $2 f3 $1 18. Bxf3 Bf4+ 19. Kc3
Qf6+ 20. d4 Rbd8 $40) 17... Qh4 $40) 15... f5 16. Qf3 Ne6 (16... e4 17. dxe4
fxe4 18. Nxe4 Be5 19. O-O-O {and the white K escapes on the <<.}) 17. Bg2 Nd4
18. Qd1 $13) 14. Ng1 {Both Ns have to improve their positions!} Nc5 (14... f5
$1 {comes into consideration, for example:} 15. Nf3 (15. Bf3 $5 {/\ Nge2} Be6
16. Nge2 Qh4 $44) 15... Qe7 (15... Nc5 {- 14...Nc5 15.Nf3 f5}) 16. d4 e4 17.
Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Be3 f4 (20... Qc3+ 21. Kf1 {/\ Bd4})
21. Bd4 Qe7 $40 {/\ f3}) 15. Nf3 (15. Bf3 {is a bit sophisticated here, it is
advisable for White to hurry.} Be6 16. Nge2 Qh4 (16... f5 17. Bxd5 (17. d4 e4
18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxe4 (19. Bh5 Qh4) 19... Bxf2+ $1 20. Kxf2 fxe4+ $40) 17...
cxd5 18. d4 Ne4 $13)) 15... Nxc3 (15... f5 {now runs into} 16. d4 $1 (16. O-O
e4) 16... exd4 (16... e4 17. dxc5 Bxc5 (17... exf3 18. cxd6 fxe2 19. Nxe2) 18.
Ne5) 17. Nxd4) 16. Bxc3 e4 $1 17. Nd2 (17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd4 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 c5
20. Bb2 (20. Be3 Qf6 $40) 20... Qb6 $40) 17... exd3 (17... e3 $6 18. fxe3 Qh4+
19. Kf1) (17... Qg5 $6 18. Nxe4 Qxg2 19. Bf3) 18. cxd3 Bf5 19. Nc4 (19. O-O
Nxd3 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ne3 Qd6 22. g3 Bg6 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Rfd1
Rfd8 $11) 19... Re8 20. O-O (20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. O-O Nxd3 $11) 20... Nxd3 $1 21.
Ba5 (21. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 22. Qg4 {looks better} (22. Qxd3 $4 Bxh2+) 22... Bf8 23.
Rfe1 $14 {and Black has some weaknesses on the <<.} (23. Rfd1 Be2 $11)) 21...
Qd7 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bc7 Qxc7 25. Qxd3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 {This old-fashioned variation is a rare
guest in nowaday's tournament practice.} exf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. d4 Re8 (13... c5
$5 14. O-O (14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 {Although White has exchanged queens,
Black's lead of development is still important.} 16. Bd2 (16. c3 Re8 17. Kf1
Rxe2 $1 {In the style of Morphy...} 18. Kxe2 Ba6+ 19. Kd1 Ng4 $44 {
Mednis-Bisguier, USA-ch New York 1957}) 16... Nc6 17. Nc3 Ng4 (17... Nb4 $2 18.
O-O-O Bf5 {is simply parried by} 19. Ne1 Ng4 20. a3 {and the N has to retreat.}
Nc6 21. Nd3 $14 {Timman-Bisguier, Sombor 1974}) 18. Ne4 Bb6 $44 19. O-O-O $1 (
19. h3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Bd3 Rb8 $44 {and Black's ^^ and lead of
development fully compensates the sacrificed P, Hartoch-Bisguier, Sombor 1974.}
) 19... f5 20. Bb5 (20. Ng3 Nf2 $15 {Lee-Cooper,BCF-ch Brighton1980}) 20... Ne7
21. Nc3 Nf2 22. Rde1 $1 Nxh1 23. Rxe7 {(Lopez-Velasco Gutierrez, Mexico rapid
1985)} Kf8 24. Re1 Nf2 25. Bc6 Rb8 26. Bf4 Bb7 27. Bxb8 Bxc6 28. Bf4 g5 $44 {
with a very active ^^ for Black.}) 14... Re8 {- 13..Re8}) (13... Qc7 14. O-O c5
15. Nc3 a6 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Bg1 Rfe8 19. Re1 Nc6 {Black's only
problematic piece is the N on the edge of the board.} 20. d5 Nb4 $44 {
Spassky-Geller, Goteborg izt 1955}) 14. O-O (14. Nc3 Bg4 15. O-O Bc7 16. Kh1
Rb8 17. a3 Bh5 18. b4 Nb7 {The N soon will come back.} 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nxe2
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 {(Romanov-Baranov, corr 1964)} 22. Bf4 Rd5 23. Qe1 $11 {
/\ Nc3 Minev}) 14... Bg4 (14... c5 $5 {is the other logical plan in order to
open up the position for the better developed pieces.} 15. Kh1 (15. Nc3 cxd4
16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qh4 Rb8 {(Estrin-Strand, corr 1966)} 18. a3 $1 $13 {Gligoric})
(15. c3 Qc7 16. Na3 a6 17. Nc2 Bb7 18. h3 Ne4 $44 {Plath-Kosak, GER 1995})
15... Bb7 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qh4 Ne5 {and the bad N came back with
a great effect.} 19. Bd2 Ng6 20. Qd4 Ne4 21. Bc4 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 $44 {
Vukchevic-Romanishin, Hastings 1976/77}) 15. Nc3 Bc7 16. Ne5 $6 {White gives
back the P, after which he has really nothing.} (16. Qd3 $5) (16. h3 Bh5 $13)
16... Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 (18... Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxe5 $11) 19. Nc3
Nc4 (19... Qxd1 $1 20. Nxd1 (20. Rxd1 Rae8 21. b3 Nb7 $11) 20... Ne4 $11 {
was simpler.}) 20. Bxh6 $1 Qxd1 (20... Nxb2 $5 21. Qxd8+ (21. Qf3 Qd4+ $13)
21... Rxd8 $13) 21. Raxd1 Nxb2 22. Rd4 (22. Rb1 Nc4) 22... Rc5 23. Rxf6 $1 {
This is the beginning an exciting tactical skirmish.} gxf6 $1 (23... Rxc3 24.
Rg4 g6 25. Rd4 $1 Rxc2 26. Rd7 {maximally activating the white pieces.} Kh7 27.
Bg5 Rf8 28. Rfxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rxa7 $16) 24. Ne4 Rf5 (24... Kh7 25.
Nxc5 Kxh6 26. Rd6 $14 {and the weakness of the black pawns begin to tell.}) 25.
g4 $1 c5 $1 26. Rd2 $6 {This is a mistake, other R moves were much better, for
example:} (26. Rd7 $1 Re8 27. gxf5 Rxe4 28. Rxa7 $16) (26. Rd6 $1 Re8 27. Nxf6+
Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Re2 29. Rf2 Re4 30. h3 $16) 26... Re8 $1 $11 {Now Black
equalizes again.} (26... Rf3 27. Kg2) 27. gxf5 Rxe4 28. Rg2+ Kh7 29. Bf8 Re1+
30. Kf2 Re5 {[%mdl 4096]} 31. Kf3 $1 {White sacrifices the weak P, but
activates his pieces. Black's + pawn is a double one.} (31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rxf7
Rxf5+ 33. Kg3 Kg8 34. Rb7 Rg5+ 35. Kf4 Kxf8 36. Rxb2 Rg2 $11 {leads to a
drawish R _|_.}) 31... Rxf5+ 32. Ke4 Re5+ 33. Kf4 Rh5 (33... Nc4 34. Rg7+ Kh8
35. Rxf7 Kg8 36. Rxf6 Rh5 37. h3 Rxh3 38. Bxc5 Rc3 $11) 34. Be7 (34. Rg7+ Kh8
35. Rxf7 Kg8 36. Rxf6 Rxh2 37. Bxc5 Rxc2 38. Bxa7 Nd3+ $11) 34... Nc4 (34...
Rh4+ 35. Kf5 Nc4 36. Kxf6 Rf4+ 37. Kg5 Re4 38. Bf6 Ne3 39. Rg3 Kg8 40. c3 Kf8
$11) 35. Bxf6 Nd6 36. Be7 (36. Rg7+ $6 Kh6) 36... Rf5+ (36... Nc4 37. h4 a6 38.
c3 $14) 37. Kg4 Rd5 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Kf5 {In the R _|_ the black K is cut off,
while the white one is extremely active.} Ra6 (39... Rd4 $14) 40. c3 (40. c4
Rd6 $1 41. Rg3 Rd4 42. Rc3 (42. Ra3 Rxc4 43. Rxa7 Kg7 44. a4 Rh4 45. a5 Rxh2
46. Rc7 (46. a6 Ra2) 46... c4 $11) 42... Kg7 $11) 40... Re6 $6 (40... Rh6 $1
41. Ke5 Rh3 42. c4 Rd3 $11 {cutting of the enemy K from the <<.}) 41. a4 Re3
42. Rg3 $1 Re2 43. h4 Kh6 (43... Rh2 44. Rg4) 44. Rg4 Kh5 45. Rc4 Re6 (45...
Rf2+ 46. Ke5) 46. a5 (46. Rxc5 Kxh4 47. c4 Ra6 48. a5 Kg3 {- 46.a5}) 46... Ra6
47. Rxc5 Kxh4 {The black K is still very far from the <<.} 48. c4 Kg3 49. Rc7
$2 {Sacrificing the a P is not a healthy business.} (49. Rb5 $1 {/\ c5 was the
last chance.} Kf3 (49... Rc6 50. c5 a6 51. Rb3+ Kf2 52. Rc3 Ke2 53. Ke5 Kd2 54.
Kd5 Rc8 55. Rf3 $18 {and the black K is cut off the third rank.}) 50. Ke5 $1 (
50. c5 f6 $1) 50... Ke3 (50... f5 51. Kxf5 Rc6 52. Rb4 Rc5+ 53. Ke6 Rxa5 54.
Kd6) 51. c5 $18) 49... Rxa5+ $11 {Now the position is drawish again.} 50. c5
Rb5 51. Ke5 a5 52. Kd6 f5 $1 53. Rg7+ (53. c6 Rb3 $1 (53... f4 54. Rb7) 54.
Rg7+ Kf3 55. c7 Rd3+ 56. Kc6 Rc3+ 57. Kb6 f4 (57... a4 58. Rg8 f4 $11) 58. Rg8
Ke2 59. Re8+ Kd2 60. c8=Q Rxc8 61. Rxc8 f3 $11) 53... Kf3 54. c6 Rb6 55. Rb7
Ra6 56. Kd5 Ra8 57. Rb3+ (57. c7 Rc8 58. Kd6 f4 59. Rb8 Rxc7 60. Kxc7 Kg2 $11)
57... Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {The old Steinitz Variation is a rare guest on top level games,
although Fischer wanted to rehabilitate it several years ago. However Short
has his own opinion!} ({The more popular} 9. Nf3 {is sometimes played by
Morozevich.}) 9... Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 (11... Rb8 $6 12. Bf3 (12. O-O
Rb4 (12... Nd5 $5) 13. Kh1 $1 {/\ Ng1 is the typical manoeuvre here.} Bxh3 14.
gxh3 {White is not afraid of worsening his P structure, because he gets the ^^
and the g <->.} Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Rg3 {(Short-P.Nikolic, Skelleftea 1989 )}
Rxg3 17. hxg3 $14) 12... Qc7 13. Ng1 {The important factor is time, if White
can finish his development he is a healthy P up and the N on a5 is out of play.
} c5 14. Nge2 c4 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. O-O Bf8 17. Qe2 cxd3 18. cxd3 {White has an
"ugly" extra P.} Ba6 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxe5 Bd6 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Be3
Bb7 24. Nge4 $16 {Short-Mitkov, EU-chT Batumi 1999}) (11... Nb7 $5 12. Bf3) 12.
O-O (12. Bf3 $6 Nxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Qh4 14. O-O $5 (14. Ng1 {is already too slow.}
f5 (14... Rb8 15. g3 Qa4 16. Bg2 (16. Ne2 Bh3) 16... f5 17. Ne2 $142 (17. Nf3 {
runs into the central push} e4 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Ba6 $17 {Paoli-Matanovic,
Zagreb 1964})) 15. g3 Qf6 16. Ne2 e4 17. Bg2 Ba6 18. O-O Rad8 {>< d3} 19. Be3
c5 $44 {Tringov-Geller, Havana Capablanca mem 1971}) 14... Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3
16. Bg2 Qh4 $13 {winning back the material with some attacking chances,
although the N on a5 remains pathetic.}) (12. Ne4 Bc7 13. c4 (13. O-O $6 {
allows Black a direct assault against the white K.} f5 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Kh1 Be6
16. Bd2 Nb7 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Qe1 g5 $1 19. Ng1 g4 $17 {Paoli-L.Lengyel,
Kecskemet 1972}) 13... Ne7 14. O-O f5 $5 15. Nc3 {(Kamsky-Jussupow, Tilburg
1992)} f4 $5 {giving up the vital >< e4 but continuing the -> on the >>.} 16.
Kh1 Nf5 17. Ng1 Nd4 18. Nf3 Bf5 $44 {Beliavsky}) (12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b3 (13. Qc1
Bxh3 (13... f5) 14. gxh3 Nf4 15. Rg1 f5 16. Bf1 c5 {White's K is still in the
middle...} 17. Bg2 Nxg2+ 18. Rxg2 $13 {Bobkov-Korelov, corr 1975}) (13. Rb1 $5
{Beliavsky}) 13... Nb7 14. Ng1 {Both players improve their knight's position.}
Nf4 (14... Nc5 {Ivanchuk-Beliavsky, Dortmund 1998 CBM 66}) (14... f5 $5 15. Nf3
(15. Bf3 $5 Be6 16. Nge2 Qh4 $13) 15... Qe7 {Black has an active position and
a strong [+] for the P.} 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Be3 f4 (20... Qc3+ 21. Kf1) 21. Bd4 Qe7 $40 {/\ f3}) 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Bf3 Bb4
17. Nge2 Qa5 {The pin on the a5-e8 /^ is rather nasty.} 18. Qd2 Re8 19. O-O Bd7
$1 20. a3 Rxe2 21. axb4 Rxd2 22. bxa5 Rxc2 23. Ne2 Nc5 $13 {Beliavsky}) 12...
Rb8 {Is the b <-> so important now?!} (12... Qh4 $5 {wins back the material
but gives up the ^^ for a very passive N.} 13. Kh1 (13. Bd2 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Ne4 Bc7) 13... Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Rg1 e4 16. Rg2 exd3 17.
Qxd3 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 {^- with drawish tendencies.} 20. Ne4 Be5
21. Rb1 Nb7 22. b4 {(Lalic-Jonkman, Ubeda op 2001)} Nd6 $11) 13. Kh1 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Be6 (14... Bxh3 {was still possible.} 15. gxh3 Qh4 16. Rg1 e4 $1 (16...
Qxh3 17. Bg4 Qh4 18. Bf5 Bc5 (18... Qxf2 $2 19. Qh5 $1 $18) 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Qh3
Kh8 21. Rg2 $14 {and suddenly White has some pressure on the >>.}) 17. Qf1 exd3
18. cxd3 Rfe8 19. Qg2 (19. Be3 Rb2) 19... Qf6 20. Be3 Rb2 $13) 15. f4 Bxh3 16.
gxh3 exf4 17. Bxf4 c5 (17... f5 $5) 18. Qd2 Rb6 $2 ({eliminating the ^^ was
more to the point by} 18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 (19. Qxf4 Rb2) 19... Rb2 20. Bf3 $14
{The N on a5 is still out of play.}) 19. Be3 $1 {^^} Qh4 (19... f5 20. Bf3 $16)
(19... Nc6 20. Rg1 $40) 20. Bg4 Kh7 21. Rf5 {and again White has excellent
attacking chances on the >> due to his active ^^ and the g <->.} Qe7 (21... g6
$2 22. Rxc5 $1 $18) 22. Rg1 Re8 {[#]} 23. Bxh6 $1 $18 {This is the final blow
ruining Black's last remaining fortress.} g6 (23... gxh6 24. Bh5 $1 Rf8 (24...
Rb7 25. Qg2 $18) 25. Qg2 Be5 26. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 24. Bg5 Qb7+ 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Rd5
Qe6 27. h4 $1 {The ram is advancing.} Reb8 28. h5 $1 Rb1 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. Be3
Nc6 31. Rdg5 Rxg1+ 32. Rxg1 Ne5 33. Be4 Qh3 34. Qe2 Rf8 35. d4 Qh4 36. Bg5 Rf2
37. Bxh4 Rxe2 38. dxe5 Bxe5 39. Bxg6+ Kh6 40. Bg3 Bxg3 41. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gretarsson, Andri Ass"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {The old Steinitz Variation, popularized also by Fischer.} g5 $5
{Black wants to make more profit from the awkward position of the h3N. However
the N has to back to g1 anyway.} (9... Be7 {- Sermek-Romanishin, Solin/Spilt
2002 CBM 093}) (9... Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bd2 (12. O-O Rb8 {-
Short-Wedberg, Sigeman Co Malmo 2002 CBM 90}) 12... Rb8 {- Ivanchuk-Beliavsky,
Dortmund 1998 CBM 66}) (9... Bc5) 10. d3 (10. c3 $6 {is not in the spirit of
this variation.} Qd5 $1 11. f3 (11. Ng1 g4 $44) 11... Bxh3 12. gxh3 Nb7 13. Qa4
Bc5 14. Na3 O-O $44 {Malakhatko-Taborov, Kiev 2003}) (10. Nc3 {followed by d3
usually transposes to 10.d3, but probably this is the precise move order..} Rg8
(10... Bc5 11. Na4) 11. d3 Rb8 12. Ng1 {There is no other way for the N, but
g5 and Rg8 are not very healthy moves either.} g4 (12... c5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. O-O
Be6 15. b3 g4 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Nde4 $16 {Kruppa-Sergeev, Kiev 2003}) 13. Bf1 $5
{This looks really odd, but Nge2 will come.} (13. g3 c5 14. h3 h5 15. hxg4 hxg4
16. b3 Nc6 17. Bb2 Nd4 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. O-O-O $14 {and the K is fairly safe on
the <<, Shishkin-Kosikov, Kiev 2003.}) 13... c5 14. Nge2 Nc6 15. Ng3 Be6 16.
Be2 (16. Nge4 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Kosikov-Sergeev,
Kiev 2003}) 16... Nd4 17. O-O {and White has finished his development.} h5 18.
Nge4 $16) 10... Bg7 (10... c5 $143 11. Ng1 $142 {The N has to leave anyway, so
it is better to do it quickly.} (11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Bf3 {The B will become a
target here.} Qd7 13. Ng1 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 g4 15. Ng1 f5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 {
Black has a strong ^^ and |^ for the sacrificed P.} 17. f3 c4 (17... Bg7 $44)
18. Qe2 cxd3 19. cxd3 Bg7 $15 {Veinger-Bronstein, Rishon Le Ziyyon 1991}) 13...
Bb7 (13... g4 14. Be4 Rg8 15. Nge2 $16 {G.Timoshenko-Kosikov, Kiev 2003}) 14.
Nge2 g4 15. Be4 O-O-O $44) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Be6 (12... Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3
Be6 15. Be3 $14) 13. c3 Qc7 (13... Be7 14. O-O $142 (14. h3 {is an unnecessary
weakening move.} Qd7 15. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 Sergeev-Kosikov, Kiev 2003} O-O-O 16.
O-O $14)) 14. O-O Be7 15. Na3 g4 16. Nd2 h5 {Black has some attacking chances
on the >>, but his K is also not 100% safe.} 17. Ne4 $14 {Kruppa-Kosikov, Kiev
2003}) (10... Rg8 11. Ng1 (11. g4 {looks really ugly.} Be6 (11... c5 12. Nc3
Nc6 13. Ne4 (13. Bf3 Nd4 14. Rg1 {and the bad N remains on h3...} (14. Bxa8 $2
Bxg4 $1 $19) (14. Ne4 Nd5 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be7 $44) 14... Be6 $44) 13...
Nd4 14. f3 {(Tkachenko-Kuzmin, Voroshilovgrad 1989)} Be6 15. Nhf2 Nd5 16. c3
Nxe2 17. Qxe2 Be7 $44) 12. Nc3 Qd7 $44) (11. Nc3 {- 10.Nc3}) 11... g4 12. Nc3 {
looks logical.} (12. c3 {weakens >< d3.} c5 (12... Bf5 $44) 13. Bf1 Be6 14. Na3
Qd7 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. Ne3 {(Kosikov-Kruppa, Kiev 2003)} O-O-O $44) (12. Bf1 $5 {
I know this is not a suitable example for beginners teaching the importance of
development, but Ne2 has to be prepared.}) (12. Nd2 Bc5 $44 (12... Be6 13. Nf1
(13. Bf1 $5 {/\ Nc3}) 13... h5 14. Ne3 {White's N manoeuvres fail to impress,
he has to solve the problem of his other N.} Qb6 15. c3 O-O-O $44))) (10... g4
$5 11. Ng1 Bc5 (11... Rg8 {- 10...Rg8}) 12. Nc3 (12. Be3 $2 {gives Black the
desired target.} Bxe3 13. fxe3 Nd5 $17) (12. c3 Qd5 13. f3 Bb6 $44) 12... Be6
$142 (12... Qd6 13. Na4 $14 {Gligoric}) (12... Qb6 13. Na4 $1 $14) 13. Bf1 (13.
Ne4 $2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qb6) 13... Qb6 $44 {>< f2}) 11. Nc3 (11. Ng1 O-O 12. Nc3 {
- 11.Nc3} (12. h4 {White has no attacking chances, he has to finish
development first.} Nd5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. g3 Nb7 15. Bf1 Bf5 16. Nf3 e4 $40 {
Kruppa-Taborov, Kiev 2003}) (12. Nf3 Nd5 (12... e4 $5 {opening up the position
for the better developed pieces looks also interesting.} 13. dxe4 Qxd1+ 14.
Bxd1 Nxe4 15. O-O Ba6 16. Re1 Rfe8 $44) 13. O-O g4 $5 {This aggressive plan
deserves serious attention.} (13... Nb7 {is not so urgent.} 14. c3 Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. d4 Nd6 17. Nbd2 $14 {Kosikov-Taborov, Kiev 2003}) (13... c5 14. Nc3
Nc6 (14... Nf4 15. Be3) 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. c3 Rb8 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bf3 Qxd3 {
(Sergeev-Kruppa, Kiev 2003)} 19. Nb3 $14) (13... Rb8 {is fighting against Nc3,
but in vain:} 14. Nc3 (14. c3 $143 c5 15. Re1 (15. Na3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 {
Black's strong ^^ fully compensates the sacrificed P.} 17. Rb1 (17. Qc2 Bf5 18.
Nd2 Re8 19. Ne4 c4 $44) 17... Bb7 $44 {Kruppa-Shishkin, Kiev 2003}) 15... Nf4
16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Na3 c4 19. Red1 Re8 $44 {Kosikov-Shishkin, Kiev
2003}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 e4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bxc3 18. Ba3) 14. Nfd2 (
14. Ne1 f5 $44) 14... f5 $44 {and Black's pawns look impressive.})) 11... O-O (
11... Rb8 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nd5 (13... c5 14. Ng1 Nc6 15. Nf3 Be6 16. h3 Nd7
17. g4 Nd4 $44 {Shishkin-Vysochin, Kiev 2003}) 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Ng1 Nf4 $44 {
Shishkin-Malakhatko, Kiev 2003}) 12. Be3 $6 {The B is exposed here.} (12. Ng1 {
is the typical defence here, White has to solve the problem of his N on the
edge of the board.} Nd5 (12... Rb8 13. Nf3 (13. h4 $2 {White overestimates his
chances, there is no time for an -> yet.} g4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Ng3 f5 $40 {
Taborov-Shishkin, Kiev 2003}) 13... Nd5 $5 (13... Bf5 14. O-O Qc7 15. Nd2 $16))
(12... Nb7 13. Nf3 (13. Bf3 {The B is vulnerable here, especially after Nge2.}
Qc7 14. h3 Nd6 15. Nge2 Nf5 16. O-O Nh4 17. Ng3 Rb8 18. b3 $5 (18. Nh5 Nxf3+
19. Qxf3 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bf5 21. Rb1 Bg6 22. Qe2 f5 $36 {Pilgaard-Dervishi,
Bergamo 2004})) 13... Nd5 14. O-O (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 (15... f6 16. O-O
Be6 (16... e4 17. Ne1 f5 18. f4 {with a successful blockade.}) 17. Re1 Nd6 $14)
16. Ne5 f6 17. Ng6 Re8 18. h4 Bf5 19. h5 (19. Bh5 Qb6) 19... Bxg6 20. hxg6 f5
21. c3 Re6 22. Bb5 a6 23. Ba4 Rxg6 24. Bb3 Na5 $132 {Shishkin-Taborov, Kiev
2003}) 14... Nd6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 g4 18. Re1 Ba6 19. Bf1 Qg6 {
Black has a very active position, the white pieces are still very passive.} 20.
g3 Rad8 $44 {Grischuk-Malaniuk, Tomsk 2001}) 13. h4 $5) 12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 $2 {
This gives up the whole [+] for nothing.} (13. O-O $5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qb6 {
was not rosy either, but better than in the game.} 15. Qd2 Bxh3 16. gxh3 f5 17.
Kh1 (17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nc5 Rae8 19. Qc3 $16) 17... Rad8 18. b3 Nb7 $44) 13...
cxd5 14. O-O d4 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rb1 (16. b3 Nc6 $15) 16... Nc6 {Improving
finally the position of Black's only bad piece.} (16... Be6 17. b3 Nc6) 17. Kh1
(17. Bf3 Qd7 {/\ f5} 18. g4 Ne7 19. Kh1 f5 $40) 17... Be6 18. a3 f5 {Black's
mighty P chain is really impressive.} 19. Ng1 Qc7 20. Nh3 $2 {Back again to
the edge of the board...} (20. c4 e4 $36) 20... e4 $17 21. dxe4 $2 (21. b4 Ne5
$17) 21... fxe4 {Now White collapses soon.} 22. f3 e3 23. Be1 Kh8 24. Bd3 Ba2
25. Ra1 Rxb2 $19 26. Qc1 Rfb8 27. a4 Ne5 28. Bg3 Bc4 29. Rd1 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rc2
31. Qa3 Bf8 32. Bxe5+ Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 0001 43th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 {Nowadays Morozevich plays this line from time to time with
considerable success.} e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 (11. f4 {is the other alternative.
}) 11... exd3 12. Nxd3 O-O (12... Qc7 $1 {is more frequently played hindering
both 0-0 and Bf4. Black has sufficient compensation for the sacrificed P.}) 13.
Bf4 $5 {The is the consistant answer.} (13. O-O Qc7 14. h3 (14. f4 {This
weakens a lot of squares.} Bf5 15. Nc3 Rad8 $44 {Prieur-Emschermann, Achen 1982
}) (14. g3 {weakens the light squares similarly to the Ruy Lopez Marshall
Attack.} Bh3 15. Re1 Rad8 $44) 14... Bf5 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 Nd5 17. Nc3 Nf4
$44 {Nouro-Koskinen, Helsinki, 1997}) (13. Nd2 {/\ Nf3} Re8 14. O-O Qc7 15. Nf3
c5 {opening up the long /^ and securing the retrat of the N from the edge of
the board.} 16. b3 Bb7 17. g3 Nc6 $44 {Konig-Hrouda, Klatovy 1996}) (13. b3 Qc7
{- Arakhamia-Smyslov, Women-Veterans London 1996 CBM 55}) 13... Bxf4 14. Nxf4
Qc7 (14... Qb6 $5 15. b3 Rd8 (15... Qb4+ 16. Qd2 {helps only for White.}) 16.
Qc1 Qb4+ 17. c3 Qe7 18. O-O {/\} g5 19. Nh5 $1) 15. Qc1 (15. Nd3 c5 16. O-O c4
$44 {and there is no good square for the N.}) 15... c5 16. Nc3 (16. O-O Bb7 $44
) 16... Bb7 17. O-O Rad8 {Black has a strong pressure for the P, his pieces
are rather active, meanwhile White's position lacks harmony.} 18. Rd1 (18. Re1
Rd4 $44) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 (19. Bxd1 Re8 $44) 19... Nc6 {/\ Nd4 activating
the N.} 20. Bf3 (20. Nc3 Nd4 $44) 20... Nd4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 (21... Nh5 $5 {
is a tricky idea, but White can defend himself.} 22. Kh1 Nxf4 23. Be4 f5 24.
Bd3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 f4 26. f3 Qe5 27. Nc3 $14) 22. Nc3 Re8 {White is still a P
up, but his Q and R cannot come into play easily.} 23. f3 Qb8 $1 24. Kh1 (24.
Rb1 {also allows} Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxf4 $11) (24. Nd3 $2 c4 $17 {and White has to
retreat again.}) 24... Nxc2 $1 $11 {Now Black has gained back the P, but the
tension is also solved, so a draw is not far from here.} 25. Qxc2 Qxf4 26. Qf2
Qb4 27. Rd1 Rb8 28. Rd2 Re8 29. g3 h5 30. Kg2 Qc4 31. Rc2 Qd3 32. h4 Qf5 33.
Nb5 Qd3 34. Nc3 Qf5 35. Nb5 Qd3 36. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 {This old-forgotten line has got some
popularity after Morozevich's successes, who regularly uses it on top level
tournaments.} (11. f4 {is the other main continuation.}) 11... O-O (11... exd3
{is the other option now.}) 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 $1 {White gives back the
material in order to finish the development and get the ^^.} (13. Bf4 $6 Rb8 {
in order to prepare c6-c5.} (13... c5 $6 14. Nc3 $1 $16 {/\ Nb5}) (13... Rd8
14. Nc3 $1) 14. Nd2 Nd5 $5 (14... Rxb2 {is a brave decision, after which Black
has to keep an eye on the trapped R.} 15. Nb3 Nd5 $5 (15... Nxb3 $6 16. axb3
Nd5 17. Bg3 Nb4 18. c3 (18. Nc4 $6 {wins the exchange, but after} Bxg3 19. Nxb2
Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 $44 {Black has an adequate compensation because of the
weakened K's position.}) 18... Na2 (18... Nd5 19. Bc4 $1) 19. Bc4 Bxe5 (19...
Nxc3 $2 20. Qc1 $18) (19... Be6 $2 20. Bxe6 Nxc3 21. Nxf7 $1 $18) 20. Bxe5 Qe7
21. Re1 $16 {Vallejo-Hernandez, Capablanca mem Premier 1 1999}) 16. Bg3 $1 {
White has to keep the activity of his pieces.} (16. Bc1 {is too
straightforward.} Nxb3 17. axb3 Ra2 $1 {So the R slipped away again.} 18. Rxa2
Nc3 19. Qd2 Nxa2 {The next chance is the trapped N on a2!} 20. Bb2 f6 21. Ng6
Rd8 22. g3 (22. c3 Be6) 22... Nb4 {However the N has escaped as well.}) 16...
f6 $1 (16... Nc3 17. Qd2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 $16 {and the R remains imprisoned.}) (
16... c5 17. Nxc5 Nc3 18. Qd2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxc5 20. Nc4 $1 $16 {and four (!)
pieces are hanging at the same time.}) 17. Ng6 (17. Nxa5 fxe5 18. Nc4 Nc3 19.
Qd2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Ba6 $11 {and the pin on the /^ f1-a6 saves Black.}) 17...
Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nc3 19. Qd2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Re8 21. Nf4 Re7 (21... Nxb3 $2 22.
axb3 Qf7 23. Qd1 $1 {and the R is finally trapped.}) 22. Rfb1 {If You can't
beat him, exchange him?!} Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Nxb3 24. Rxb3 Qd6 $13) 15. Bg3 f5 {
/\ f4} 16. Ng6 Rf6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Ne5 Rxb2 $13) (13. f4 $6 {ignoring the
development gives Black free hand in the [+].} c5 $1 14. c3 Rb8 {inserting the
pressure on White's position.} (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 $1 16. a3 Bb7 $44 {
with a strong blockading N on d5, Vogt-Gumprich, Berlin 1947.}) 15. b3 (15. Na3
cxd4 16. cxd4 ({There is no time for} 16. Nb5 $2 {because of} Rxb5 $1 17. Bxb5
dxc3 $17 ({or} 17... Qb6 18. a4 d3+ $17 {Arnold-Chigorin, St.Petersburg 1885}))
16... Bxa3 17. bxa3 Rd8 $13 {and White's P structure is ruined.}) (15. Qe1 Nd5
16. Bh5 Ba6 {White's lead of development is unbearable.} 17. Rf2 cxd4 18. cxd4
Bb4 19. Qd1 f6 $17 {Herbrechtsmeier-San Marco, Geneva op 1988}) (15. Nd2 cxd4
16. cxd4 Rb4 $1 {/\ ><d4} 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxd4 $1 $17) 15... cxd4 16.
cxd4 Nd5 $44 {and Black has a fine game for the P. All the white's pieces are
passive except for the N on e5, the isolated P on d4 is successfully blockaded
by the strong N on d5.}) 13... Be6 (13... Bxe5 $143 $6 {was White's main
intention.} 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qf5 (15... Qc7 $2 {loses outright in view of}
16. Qd2 Nb7 17. Bxf6 $18) 16. Qd6 {activating the Q.} Nd5 17. Bd2 $1 {Now
Black's problem of the N on a5 remains.} ({The natural} 17. Bxa5 {is strongly
met by} Nf4 $1 18. Qd2 Qg5 19. g3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qxa5 21. Qxe4 Rb8 $1 (21...
Bh3 {looks again very logical, but after} 22. Re1 Rab8 23. Na3 Qh5 24. b3 $1 (
24. Nc4 Be6 25. b3 Bd5 26. Qf4 Rbe8 $44 {with a dangerous B on the long /^,
Honfi-Mestrovic, Sarajevo 1966.}) 24... c5 25. Nc4 $16 {White can consolidate
his position.}) 22. b3 Bf5 23. Qxc6 Rbc8 24. Qf3 Rxc2 $36) 17... Re8 (17... Nf6
18. Qg3 $16) (17... Nb7 18. Qxc6 Rd8 19. c4 $16) 18. Qg3 $16 {and White's
strong ^^ begins to tell.}) (13... Rb8 $143 $6 14. Bxa5 $1 (14. Na3 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qc5 17. Qd2 $16 {and Black's main weakness, the >< Na5
causes problems again, Gruber-Post, DSB-22Kongress 1922.}) 14... Qxa5 15. Nxc6
Qg5 16. Nxb8 Bh3 17. g3 Rxb8 18. f4 $18) (13... c5 $143 $6 14. Na3 $1 {/\ Nb5}
(14. Bxa5 {is again only a relief for Black.} Qxa5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd6 Qxd6
17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nc3 (18. Qd2 $5 Rb8 19. b3) 18... Rb8 19. Qc1 Qe5 $44 {
Losev-Aliabiav, Russia 1996}) 14... a6 (14... cxd4 {loses material after the
forced moves} 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Nec4 Qc7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Qxd4 $16
) 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. Nac4 Qc7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. c3 Rd8 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Qa4 $16 {and White has finished his development with a healthy P up.}) (
13... Nb7 $5 14. Na3 $1 (14. f4 c5 15. c3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 {with doubled ->.})
(14. Bf4 {runs into} Nd5) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Nc4 {This looks somehow
a bit better for White.} Qe7 (16... Qf5 $5 17. Ne3 Qg6) 17. Qc1 Re8 18. b3 Nd5
19. Qb2 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Nc5 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rad1 Red8 24. Bb4 a5 25.
Bc3 Ne6 $11 {Nunn-Gligoric, Naestved 1985}) 14. Na3 Bxe5 $2 {Black cannot bear
the tension. He wins back the P, bur White's dark-squared B will be very
strong.} (14... Nb7 $142 {He had to keep the tension in the [+].} 15. f4 $5 (
15. Nac4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qf5 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nd6
21. Bb3 Nd5 $13 {and the centralized knights can fight against the ^^.}) (15.
Qc1 Rfd8 (15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Qf5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Qe3 $14 {Black has many P islands.}) 16. Nac4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5
19. Bf4 Qf5 (19... Qe7 {is passive:} 20. Re1 $14 {Bogoljubov-Zimmermann,
Zurich 1928}) 20. Re1 Rd7 {and the active Q and rooks may compensate the
strong ^^.}) 15... Bxa3 (15... exf3 16. Nxf3 Bd5 17. h3 $5 (17. Kh1 Ng4 18. h3
Bxa3 19. bxa3 Bxf3 20. hxg4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rfe8 $44 {and White's pawns are
pathetic.}) 17... Rad8 (17... Ne4 18. c4 Be6 19. Bd3 $14) 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Nc4
$14) 16. bxa3 c5 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Qa4 $14) 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc3 Qg5 (16... Qf5
17. Qd6 $16) 17. h4 $1 Qf5 (17... Qg6 $2 18. Bxa5 Bh3 19. g3 $18) 18. Qd6 (18.
g4 $5 {is brave, but White can survive the ->, for example:} Nxg4 (18... Qc5 {
is simply inferior.} 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd2 $16) 19. Bxa5 Qg6 20. Kh1 $1 (20.
Qd6 Ne3+ 21. Qg3 Nxf1) 20... Qh5 21. Bc7 $1 Qxh4+ 22. Kg2 Qg5 23. Bg3 $16)
18... Rab8 19. Rad1 Nb7 (19... Bxa2 $2 {hunting pawns is not wise in a
position like that.} 20. b3 Nd5 21. Bxa5 Nf4 22. Bc4 Qxa5 (22... Qg4 23. g3)
23. Ra1 $18) (19... Rb6 20. b3 Nb7 21. Qg3 $16) 20. Qg3 Nc5 21. Nc4 ({or} 21.
Rd6 e3 (21... Rbd8 22. Rxc6) 22. Qxe3 $18) 21... Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Na4 $6 (22...
Rbd8 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 $16) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rd6 $1 Qxb2 25. Rxh6 Nb6 26.
Qg6 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {The old Steinitz idea, revived by the great Robert Fischer 50
years ago. It is clearly not weaker than the other knight retreat. In the last
two years the Polish GM Bartosz Socko has found many interesting ideas here.}
g5 $5 {The aggressive move of the 21st century!} ({But nobody can prove, that
the other strategy is wrong. GM Romanishin is a great master of the pawn
sacrifice and his games are perfect examples of how to develop an initiative
for the pawn.} 9... Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. O-O Rb4 ({Even better and
more logical seems to be} 12... c5 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng1 Nd4 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Nd2
Bb7 17. Re1 Rbd8 18. Bf1 Rfe8 19. Nce4 Nd5 20. Ng3 Nf4 21. c3 Nde6 22. Nc4 Ng6
23. Nf5 Bg5 24. Qg4 Bxc1 25. Raxc1 Nef4 {1/2 Postny,E (2622)-Romanishin,O 
(2542)/Dresden GER 2007. and the active black knight is a real compensation
for the pawn.}) 13. Kh1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Qf1 Rh4 17. Qg2 g6
18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Bf3 Kg7 22. Bxd5 exf4 23. Bf2 Rg4 24.
Qxg4 Qxd5+ 25. Qg2 f3 26. Qg4 {1/2 Sermek,D (2590)-Romanishin,O (2562)/
Solin-Spilt CRO 2002. Black's compensation for the exchange is rather poor.}) (
{An older approach is still playable:} 9... Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Be3
Qd7 13. Qd2 c5 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc6 17. c3 Be7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6
19. O-O Rfd8 20. Rad1 {1-0 Socko,M (2457)-Yildiz,B (2213)/Konya TUR 2009 (56).}
{And now the best solution was} c4 21. d4 Qb5 22. Rb1 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc5 {
Black would have very serious compensation for the pawn.}) ({There exists an
even more active bishop move:} 9... Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. O-O Bxh3 ({possible is
a more central approach:} 11... Re8 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Kh1 Bf5 14. Bf3 Bd4 15. Ng1
Bxc3 16. bxc3 e4 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. d4 Nb6 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Rb1 Qe6 22.
a3 Qa2 23. Ra1 Qe6 24. Rb1 {1-0 Socko,B (2637)-Gasanov,E (2514)/Rijeka 2010 
(40)} Nac4 {Black can successfully block the opponent's structure, with good
chances.}) ({or} 11... Nd5 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Bd4 14. Kh1 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qd7 16.
Bg4 f5 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Be2 Kh7 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Rad1 Ng6 {0-1
Socko,M (2457)-Przybylski,W (2326)/Warsaw POL 2009 (71). With a very powerful
black position - who cares in such situations about pawns!}) 12. gxh3 Qd7 13.
Kg2 Nd5 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. f4 f6 ({It was better to open the
position} 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Be3 19. c3 f5 20. Qc2 d4 {trying to
get more space.}) 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Qa4 Qd6 21. Bd2 {
1-0 Socko,B (2643)-Pavasovic,D (2590)/Jenbach AUT 2009 (30)} e4 22. d4 Bb6 23.
f5 Bc7 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Bg3 Rb8 {Black would keep chances for counterplay.}) 10.
d3 Bg7 ({There exists a very sharp idea, preventing the development of the
white knight:} 10... Qd5 $5 11. Ng1 g4 12. Kf1 c5 13. Nc3 Qc6 14. Nf3 (14. h3
Bb7 15. Rh2 {would be an anti-chess way}) 14... Bb7 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. h3 h5 17.
hxg4 hxg4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qc6 21. Qe1 O-O-O $2 (21... e4 22.
Be2 Qb6 23. Nf5 O-O-O 24. Kg1 {was better for White.}) 22. Qxa5 Be7 23. Be3 $18
{1-0 Luther,T (2559)-Pirrot,D (2414)/Bad Woerishofen GER 2010/}) 11. Nc3 O-O ({
After the queen sortie to the other side} 11... Qb6 12. Ng1 g4 13. h3 h5 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. hxg4 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bxg4 18. f3 Be6 19. b3 Nb7 20. Qe2
Qd4 21. Rb1 Qb4+ 22. Kf2 Nc5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 Bxf5 26. Rd1 {
Socko,B (2637)-Bacrot,E (2709)/Antwerp 2009/CBM 133/1-0 (59). White kept an
advantage.} Qc3) 12. Ng1 (12. g4 {would be too risky:} c5 13. f3 Nc6 14. Nf2
Nd4 15. h4 gxh4 16. Nfe4 Rb8 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 {was a more
energetic way.}) 17. b3 (17. Nxc5 Qa5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 h5 {was very
unclear.}) 17... Rb6 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. dxe4 ({Why not the more solid} 19. Nxe4
$2) 19... Be6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rb2 {0-1 Isonzo,D (2362)-Naumkin,I (2502)/
Amantea ITA 2008. and Black has a strong initiative.}) 12... Nd5 $146 ({
More passive was} 12... Nb7 13. Nf3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 f6 (
16... Nd6 17. h4 gxh4 18. c3 Nf5 19. Bg4 Qf6 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Qh5 Rab8 22.
Rxh4 Qe6 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Rxg4 f5 25. Rg6 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Kf1 {1-0
Krueger,H (2505)-Tyutyunnik,R (2461)/ICCF 2007 (44). Black has no compensation
for the pawn.}) 17. Ng6 Re8 18. h4 Bf5 19. h5 Bxg6 20. hxg6 f5 21. c3 Re6 22.
Qa4 ({The other try} 22. Bb5 {is no better:} a6 23. Ba4 Rxg6 24. Bb3 Na5 25. f3
Rb8 {Shishkin,V (2404)-Taborov,B (2450)/Kiev 2003/CBM 092 ext (35). with
serious counterplay.}) 22... Rxg6 23. Bd2 Rb6 24. Bd1 Qc7 25. Bb3 Qf7 26. c4
Bxd4 {Taborov,B (2450)-Vysochin,S (2554)/Kiev 2003/CBM 092 ext/0-1 (37).
White's position is dubious.}) (12... Rb8 {does not look bad:} 13. Nf3 Qe7 14.
O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 Nb7 16. Rb1 Nc5 (16... Nd6 {is more logical.}) 17. d4 exd4 18.
Nxd5 cxd5 19. a3 Re8 20. Re1 Qf6 {Zafirov,S-Moisan Plante,M (2183)/Montreal
2002/CBM 089 ext/1-0 (37). Black's pieces are much more centralised, despite
his doubled pawns in the centre.}) 13. h4 $1 {White has to try to exploit some
weaknesses of the opponent's king's flank.} f5 ({In the event of} 13... gxh4
14. Nf3 h3 15. gxh3 Re8 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Ne4 {there is a constant
threat to sacrifice an exchange on g7 and to weaken the black king.}) 14. hxg5
hxg5 15. Nf3 (15. Bh5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 e4 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. Rb1 c5 {allowed Black
too much freedom and space.}) 15... g4 16. Nd2 g3 $6 {Beliavsky was not
satisfied with this move.} ({It seems very tempting to expose White's king,
but better was} 16... e4 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nb3 g3) 17. Nb3 gxf2+ 18. Kxf2 e4
19. Nxd5 (19. d4 {was possible:} Nxb3 20. axb3 Nb6 21. g3 $1 Bxd4+ 22. Kg2 {
and the king will find a safe place.}) 19... cxd5 20. Bf4 (20. c3 Nxb3 21. axb3
d4 {would allow a too big space expansion of Black.}) 20... Nc6 ({After the
stronger} 20... Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxb2 22. Ra4 Qb6+ {the ball was still in the air.
}) 21. d4 {Now it starts to be dangerous for Black, as White has succeded in
blocking the centre.} Qb6 22. c3 Ne5 {This looks very strong, but in reality
there are no serious threats.} 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Rh3 a5 25. Rah1 $1 ({A more
cautious player would chose} 25. Rb1) 25... Ra7 26. g3 (26. Rg3 {was more
aggressive.}) 26... Re7 27. Ke3 $6 {Players are very satisfied with such moves,
but the king in the centre is never safe.} (27. Bh5 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nd3 29. Be2
Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 {was still keeping White's advantage.}) 27... Ba6 $6 (27... Ne5
28. Nc5 Ng4+ 29. Bxg4 fxg4 {was stronger, but not enough to eliminate the
opponent's advantage.}) 28. Nc5 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Rc8 30. Qa6 (30. Kf2 {was more
natural, but grandmasters do not changing their plans so easily.}) 30... Qxa6
31. Nxa6 Rb7 32. R1h2 $2 (32. R3h2 {was much safer.}) 32... Bf8 $2 (32... Rxb2
$1 33. Rxb2 Rxc3+ 34. Kd2 Rd3+ 35. Kc2 Nxf4 {was Beliavsky's chance to turn
the course of the game.}) 33. Rh5 $1 {Regaining the advantage.} Rc6 34. Rxf5 $1
{With this knight sacrifice White destroys the whole black pawn structure.}
Rxa6 35. Rxd5 a4 36. Kxe4 (36. c4 {was better, but who would not take the pawn.
}) 36... Rc6 (36... Rf6 {was slightly better.}) 37. Kd3 Rf7 38. Ra5 a3 (38...
Nxf4+ 39. gxf4 Rxf4 40. Rxa4 Rf3+ 41. Ke4 Rg3 42. Ra8 {and with four pawns for
the bishop White will win.}) 39. b4 $1 {Not allowing the opponent to destroy
the own pawn structure.} Nxf4+ 40. gxf4 Rxf4 41. Rh3 $1 {A strong
prophylactical move, eliminating the possibility of a check on the third rank.}
Bxb4 {A desperate attempt to destroy the white pawn chain.} 42. cxb4 Rd6 43.
Kc3 Rdxd4 44. Ra4 (44. Rg3+ Kf8 45. b5 Rb4 46. Rf3 {was a bit too sharp.})
44... Rd1 45. Rxa3 Rc1+ 46. Kb2 Rc8 47. Rag3+ Kf7 48. Rf3 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13. h3 O-O 14. O-O (14.
Nd2 Bf5 15. O-O Rad8 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Bf1 c5 18. Qf3 Bg6 19. c4 Nf6 20. Nb3 Nxc4
21. Ndxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc4 Bb4 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Bd3 26. Bxd3
Rxd3 27. Be3 Rd7 28. Nc5 Re7 {Kholmov,R-Geller,E/RUS-ch Elista 1995/CBM 50/1/
2-1/2 (69)}) 14... c5 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. a3 (16. Bf3 c4 17. Ne1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Re8
19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bf5 21. Be2 Re8 22. Qf3 Bd7 23. Bxh6 Bc6 24. Qf5 Re5 25.
Qf4 Ne4 26. Qg4 f5 27. Qxg7+ Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Nxc3 29. Bf3 Kxg7 30. bxc3 Be4 31.
Rd1 Bc5 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. g4 Rb2 35. Kg2 Rxa2 36. f4 exf3+ 37.
Nxf3 Re2+ 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Nd4+ Kxd7 40. Nxe2 Rxc2 41. Kf3 Nb3 42. Rd1+ Rd2 43.
Rh1 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 a5 45. Kf5 a4 46. g5 a3 47. g6 Bf8 48. Nc1 Nxc1 49. Rxc1 a2
50. Ra1 Rd2 51. h4 Bg7 {0-1 Siepenkoetter,A-Klovans,J/Berliner Sommer 1993/EXT
93op}) (16. Be3 Nc4 17. Qc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Re8 19. Nf4 c4 20. Rb1 Bc5 21. Ncd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qe5 23. Bxc4 Be6 24. Qd1 Rbd8 25. Qf3 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rbe1
Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rd2 29. Rf2 Rxe3 30. Rxd2 Re2+ {Todorovic,Z-Mencinger,V/Pula op
1990/TD 90\01/0-1 (48)}) 16... Rd8 17. Qe1 Re8 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qd1 Bf5 20. b3
Na5 21. a4 a6 22. Ba3 Rbd8 23. Qc1 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 Be5 25. Bb2 c4 26. bxc4 Nxc4
27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Ra3 Bf4 29. Qb1 Bd6 30. Rb3 Qf4 31. g3 Qf5 32. Kg2 {[%tqu
"En","Can you find a winning move for Black here?","Sacrifice to break up his
kingside!","Use your bishop to expose his king!","d6g3","",20]} Bxg3 $1 33. Ne2
(33. fxg3 Rd2+ 34. Kg1 Qxh3 $19) (33. Kxg3 Nh5+ 34. Kh2 Re3 $1 35. fxe3 Rd2+
36. Kg1 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Qg2#) 33... Rxe2 34. Rxg3 Nh5 35. Rg4 Rdd2 36. Bd4 Qd5+
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 {The history of this move goes back to the encounters between
Steinitz and Chigorin! In our time the move is employed by Short and some
other well-known grandmasters. White is not really afraid of the exchange on
h3. The light-squared bishop is an important piece in Black's army.} (9. Nf3 e4
10. Ne5 {is the main line.}) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd5 (11...
Rb8 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Ng1 c5 14. Nge2 c4 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. O-O Bf8 17. Qe2 cxd3 18.
cxd3 Ba6 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxe5 Bd6 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Be3 Bb7 24.
Nge4 $16 {1-0 Short,N (2675)-Mitkov,N (2509)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074 (56)}) 12. Bd2
Rb8 13. b3 Nb7 14. Ng1 Nc5 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 e4 17. Nd2 exd3 18. cxd3 Bf5
19. Nc4 Re8 20. O-O Nxd3 21. Ba5 Qd7 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bc7 Qxc7
25. Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Beliavsky,A (2690)/Dortmund 1998/CBM 066})
10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. O-O c5 $1 {Romanishin improves on his own play. He
is intending to bring his misplaced knight into the centre.} (12... Rb4 13. Kh1
Bxh3 14. gxh3 Rh4 15. Rg1 Rxh3 16. Qf1 Rh4 17. Qg2 g6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5
20. f4 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sermek,D (2590)-Romanishin,O (2562)/Solin/Spilt 2002/
CBM 093 (81)}) 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng1 {I decided to go for a slow plan of
transferring the knight to better pastures. I considered 14.f4 as too risky.} (
14. f4 Bxh3 15. gxh3 exf4 16. Rxf4 Bd6 17. Rf2 Nd4 {Black seems to have good
compensation.}) 14... Nd4 15. Nf3 Qc7 {Black has sufficient compensation for
the pawn. The position seems to be approximately balanced.} 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1
Rbd8 18. Bf1 Rfe8 (18... c4 $6 {The idea of immediately breaking through the
centre does not work, but White has to be careful.} 19. Nxc4 e4 20. Nxe4 (20.
Be3 $2 {loses to a beautiful idea which was showed to me by Oleg Romanishin in
the post-mortem analysis:} exd3 21. cxd3 Nf3 $3 22. gxf3 Ng4 {[%csl Rh2] with
inevitable mate.}) 20... Bxe4 (20... Nxe4 21. dxe4 Nb3 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. axb3
$16) 21. dxe4 Nb3 22. Bd2 (22. Qxd8 $2 Rxd8 23. axb3 Ng4 $17) 22... Nxd2 23.
Nxd2 Qf4 24. Re2 Ng4 25. g3 Nxf2+ 26. Kg2 Nxd1 27. gxf4 Nxb2 28. e5 $16) 19.
Nce4 Nd5 20. Ng3 (20. Nc4 Nf5 {followed by Nf5-h4. I wanted to prevent this
manoeuvre.}) 20... Nf4 (20... Nb4 $2 21. c3 Ndc2 22. cxb4 Nxa1 23. Nc4 {
[%csl Ra1] is clearly bad for Black.}) 21. c3 Nde6 22. Nc4 Ng6 ({The move} 
22... Rxd3 $2 {does not work:} 23. Bxd3 Rd8 (23... Bxg2+ 24. Kg1 Ng5 25. Bxf4
$18) 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. Qc2+ Kg8 27. f3 $18) (22... Bxg2+ $2 23.
Bxg2 Nxd3 24. Be3 Nxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Rxd1 26. Raxd1 {White has too much material
for the queen.}) 23. Nf5 Bg5 $1 {I underestimated this move. After the
exchange of dark-squared bishops, Black's knight will occupy the dominant
outpost on f4.} (23... e4 $2 24. Qg4 exd3 25. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 26. Nxh6+ {and
White is on top.}) 24. Qg4 $2 {After this optimistic move I got into serious
trouble.} ({It was much better to complete the development by:} 24. Qc2 Bxc1
25. Raxc1 Nef4 26. Rcd1 {Of course, Black has reasonable compensation, but
hardly more than that.}) 24... Bxc1 25. Raxc1 Nef4 26. Rcd1 Bc8 {The pin along
the diagonal c8-h3 is extremely unpleasant.} 27. Nce3 Qb6 $1 {Somehow, I
overlooked this simple move. The threat 28...Qf6 is very strong, the pin along
the diagonal c8-h3 can cost me a whole knight.} 28. Qf3 $1 {The only
reasonable way is to give back the pawn and run away out of pin.} Qxb2 29. Nc4
Qb8 (29... Qxc3 {was risky, but White has nothing concrete.} 30. Nfd6 (30. Rc1
e4 $1 {During the game both opponents missed this move.} 31. dxe4 Qxf3 32. gxf3
Bxf5 33. exf5 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Nh4 35. Re4 Rd4 $17) 30... Re7 31. g3 Ne6 32. Rc1
Qb4 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. Bg2 {and now White is the side that seeks for
compensation...}) 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. Nfe3 Nh4 32. Qg3 Nhg6 33. Qf3 Nh4 34. Qg3
Nhg6 {I estimated my position as a bit worse, so I was satisfied with the
repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6
7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 ({Interesting alternative is} 9. Nh3) 9... e4 10.
Ne5 Bc5 {I believe, that this rare move could be a deserving alternative for
usual 10...Bd6 or 10...Qc7.} 11. c3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qc7 12. d4 ({Worse is:} 12.
b4 $6 Qxe5 13. bxc5 O-O $32 {[%csl Ya1,Yb1,Yc1,Rc5,Ge4]}) 12... exd3 13. Nxd3
Bd6 {For the sacrificed pawn black has development advantage.} 14. Nd2 Bf5 $1
$44 {[%csl Rd3]} (14... Be6 $146 15. b4 Nb7 16. c4 c5 $6 (16... a5) 17. bxc5
Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb3 Qe5 20. c5 $1 Bc7 $2 (20... Be7) 21. f4 Qe4 22. O-O
Rd8 23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. Qe1 $18 {Sutovsky,E-Postny,E/2001/Israel league}) 15. b4 (
{After} 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. O-O O-O {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gc6c5,Gc5c4,Gf8e8] black has
dangerous initiative.}) 15... Nb7 16. Nc4 Rd8 {[%csl Rd1,Rd3,Gd8]} 17. Be3 ({
Deserving attention} 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 (17... Nxd6 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Qd2 $14) 18.
Nb2 $5) 17... O-O {[%mdl 512]} 18. Bxa7 $146 (18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. Ne3 Be4 20. h3
Nh7 {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Sepp,O/Vantaa 1994/EXT 2000 (20)}) 18... Nd5 19. Bd4 (
19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Bd4 Nb5 21. Rc1 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Rfe8+ 23. Kf1 Nxb4 24. cxb4
Rxd4 $17 {[%csl Yh1]}) 19... Rfe8 20. Nxd6 ({Too optimistic is:} 20. O-O $2
Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Re4 $40) 20... Nxd6 21. O-O Nb5 22. Rc1 (22. Qd2 $143 Ndxc3 (
22... Rxe2 $6 23. Qxe2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ndxc3 25. Rfe1 Qd6 26. Qxc3 $1 Nxc3 27.
Bxc3 $14 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Ga2a4] White has more than sufficient compensation
for the queen.}) 23. Bxc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxe2 $44) 22... Nbxc3 $1 ({The other
alternatives are much worse:} 22... Nxd4 $6 23. cxd4 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 Nxb4 25. Bb1
$16) (22... Ndxc3 $2 23. Bxc3 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Bxd3 25. Qe5 $18) (22... Rxe2 $2
23. Qxe2 Ndxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxd3 25. Qe5 $18 {just like in the previous variantion.
}) 23. Rxc3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] -+} (23. Bxc3 Nf4 24. Nxf4 {The best practical
solution.} (24. Re1 Bxd3 25. Bf3 (25. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Nxd3 27. Rc2 Nxb4 28.
Rd2 Nd5 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ye1]}) 25... Be2 26. Qc2 Bxf3 27. gxf3 {This position
looks unattractive for white, however the following variations confirm, that
white keeps the position:} Qd7 (27... c5 $6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Yc7c6]} 28. b5 (
28. Bb2 Qc6 {[%csl Rf3]} 29. Re3 Rd3 $3 30. Rxe8+ Kh7 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Rc6g6]}) 28... Qd7 {[%cal Gd7h3,Yd7b5]} 29. Re4 Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Rg4 Qxb5
32. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 33. h4 $14) 28. Re4 $8 Rxe4 (28... g5 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30. Kh1
$44) (28... Nh3+ 29. Kg2 Ng5 30. Rg4 Qd5 31. Rg3 $14) 29. Qxe4 g5 30. Qe5 f6
31. Qxf6 Qd1+ 32. Be1 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Nxc1 34. Qg6+ {with perpetual check.}) 24...
Rxd1 25. Rfxd1 Qxf4 26. Bf3 $11) 23... Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxe2 $1 25. Qxe2 Bxd3 26.
Qg4 {[%csl Rg7]} f5 {[%csl Yg7][%cal Yc7g7] This move was overlooked by my
opponent. Black winning the exchange and the game.} 27. Qh4 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Qd7
29. f3 Qd3+ 30. Kf2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 4th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. Ng4 (11. f4 {is played more often, though
white can loose an opportunity to castle}) 11... Bxg4 12. Bxg4 Bd6 $146 ({
preventing white from short castle. Before it was played} 12... Bc5 13. O-O e3)
({or immediate} 12... e3 {, but white was able to defend his king and keep
advantage.}) 13. Be2 O-O 14. d3 exd3 15. Qxd3 Qe5 {[ critical position: for
the sacrifised pawn black  has better development and threaten to use opened
lines for his rooks to attack white king and queen, because short castle is
not possible now.]} 16. f4 {[ gives a possibility to castle immediately, but
weakens the king side and center ]} Qe7 17. O-O Rfe8 $1 ({prevents from queen
going to f3:} 17... Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Ne4 19. Qf3 Rfe8 20. Be3 $1 (20. Bd3 $2 Nf2+
21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 Qe1+ 23. Qf1 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Re1 25. Nd2 Nc4)) 18. Nc3 $2
({decisive mistake, there was a draw after} 18. Bf3 $1 Rad8 19. Qa6 Bc5+ 20.
Kh1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxa5 Qe2 23. Nd2 Be3 $11) 18... Bb4 19. Qf3 ({
now black wins in case of} 19. Bf3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Qa6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4
23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rb1 Nc4 $19) 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxe2 21. Qxa5 Rad8 {[ full
domination of black pieces, white is hopeless ]} 22. Qa3 (22. Qc3 Qxf1+ 23.
Kxf1 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Ne4+) 22... Rd1 23. Qf3 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Qxc2 25. h3 Nh5 26.
Kh2 (26. Qf3 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Qc5) 26... Re2 27. Qf3 Rf2 28. Qg4 Nf6 29. Qg3 Rf1
30. Qc3 Qd1 31. Qe3 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Antwerp InventiChess"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 {Zwingt Schwarz zu einem Opfer.} d5 ({
Am schärfsten ist} 4... Bc5) 5. exd5 Na5 ({Interessant ist} 5... b5 {und nun
ist das bizarre} 6. Bf1 {am besten.}) 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 ({
Nakamura spielte kürzlich in der US-Meisterschaft} 8. Bd3) 8... h6 9. Nh3 {
Fischers Zug.} ({Üblicher ist} 9. Nf3) 9... g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 (10... g4 $5 11. Ng1
Bc5 {kam in Betracht.}) 11. d3 Qb6 (11... O-O {sieht hier nicht schlecht aus.})
12. Ng1 {Wenn das die Idee von 9.Sh3 war, wird es schwer sein, weitere
Anhänger für den Zug zu finden.} g4 13. h3 h5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16.
hxg4 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bxg4 (17... c5 $5) (17... hxg4 $5) 18. f3 Be6 19. b3 Nb7 20.
Qe2 Qd4 21. Rb1 Qb4+ 22. Kf2 (22. Bd2 Qa3) 22... Nc5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 Nxd3+
25. cxd3 Bxf5 26. Rd1 Qc3 27. Rc1 Qb4 28. d4 e4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxh5 Qf8+ 31.
Ke1 Qb4+ 32. Kf1 O-O+ {Die schwarze Rochade erfolgt spät und unter sehr
ungewöhnlichen Umständen.} 33. Nf3 Rde8 34. Rcc5 Rf7 35. Rhg5 {Allmählich wird
der weiße Vorteil offenkundig.} Ref8 36. Kg1 Bd5 37. Ne5 Rf6 38. Nd7 $6 ({
Weiß sollte hier am besten einfach seine Stellung verstärken, denn Schwarz
kann kaum etwas unternehmen:} 38. Rg3 Qb8 39. Qg4 Qc7 40. Kh2 Re8 41. Bg5 Rfe6
42. Bf4 Qe7 43. Rc1 Rf8 44. Rh1 $18) 38... Rf1+ 39. Kh2 ({Nach} 39. Qxf1 Rxf1+
40. Kxf1 Kh7 {sind die weißen Figuren etwas unkoordiniert und Schwarz besitzt
mit der Dame und den Läufern zumindest gute "Schummelchancen".}) 39... R8f5 40.
Rxf5 Rxf5 41. Qg4 Rf1 42. Qg3 Kf7 43. Rc2 Bxd4 44. Rf2+ Rxf2 45. Qxf2+ Ke8 46.
Bxd4 Kxd7 47. Qf5+ Ke8 48. Qe5+ Kd7 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Qxa7 Qd6+ 51. Kg1 Qg6 52.
Qb8+ Kd7 53. Qb7+ Kd6 54. Qg7 Qb1+ ({Nach} 54... Qxg7 55. Bxg7 Be4 {ist das
Endspiel alles andere als klar gewonnen.}) 55. Kh2 Qxa2 56. b4 Ke6 57. Bc5 Kf5
58. Kh3 Qb3+ 59. Kh4 {Hier gab Weiß überrschend auf (oder überschritt die
Zeit?).} (59. Kh4 {Nach} Qc4+ 60. g4+ Ke4 61. Qe7+ Kd3 62. Kh5 Qf4 63. g5 Qh2+
64. Kg6 Be4+ 65. Kf6 Qh8+ 66. Ke6 Qc8+ 67. Kf7 Qf5+ 68. Qf6 Qh7+ {kommt der
weiße Freibauer nicht voran.}) 1-0

[Event "Match Eliskases-Spielmann +2-1=7"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1936.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1936.12.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,54,34,13,-5,29,-6,0,-2,-4,-46,0,-81,-79,-77,-77,-70,-75,-69,-91,-61,
-64,-396,-392,-711,-505,-1162,-1165,-1156,-1136,-1139,-1148,-1070,-1062]} 1. e4
{1) Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp. 49-50. All comments
are Tartakower's unless otherwise noted. In this game we find two open files
already occupied on the 21st move by Black's rooks. As could be expected, this
dynamic advantage very quickly leads to decisive operations.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10.
Ne5 Qc7 11. d4 exd3 {Aiming as far as possible at an open battle.} 12. Nxd3 Bd6
{After this, White is still unable to castle.} 13. Na3 {In order to reply to
13....c5 with 14.Nc4.} ({whereas} 13. Be3 c5 {would favour Black.}) ({But the
best line is to castle as quickly as possible, e.g.} 13. h3 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Re1 Rad8 16. Bf1 {and White tries, somehow, to consolidate his position.})
13... Ba6 {Accurately played.} ({For if} 13... O-O {at once White gains space
after} 14. b4 Nb7 15. Nc4 {etc. But now, if White plays 14.b4 Nc4 maintains
and even improves Black's position.}) 14. g3 O-O 15. O-O Rad8 16. Be3 {In view
of the latent pressure exercised by the adverse rook on the d-file, it would
have been better for White to have played 16.Bd2, although even then his
position remains difficult. 16....} Nd5 17. Bc5 Bxc5 {After 17.Qc1 Rfe1 Black
still has the superior game.} 18. Nxc5 {[#]} Nc3 {A beautiful conception, the
point being the unmasking of the open d-file.} 19. Nxa6 Qe5 {Although Black
has one piece less and the knight at c3 is en prise, he now recovers the whole
of his material with advantage.} 20. Qe1 ({The sacrifice of the queen is
useless, e.g.} 20. bxc3 Rxd1 21. Bxd1 {on account of 21....} Qxc3 22. Be2 Qxa3
{and Black has a clear advantage.}) 20... Nxe2+ 21. Kh1 ({Or} 21. Kg2 Qd5+ 22.
f3 Rfe8 23. Rd1 Nf4+ 24. gxf4 Rxe1 25. Rxd5 Re2+ {followed by Rxd5, and Black
remains the exchange ahead.}) 21... Rfe8 {Complete mastery.} ({But neither} 
21... Qd5+ 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Rd1 {(if 23....Nxg3+ 24.Qxg3)}) ({nor} 21... Qh5 22.
f3 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Rd2 24. Rad1 {(mastering the attack) would lead to anything.})
22. Rd1 {[#]} Qh5 {Threatening 23....Qf3#. (We see how the weakness created by
White's 14th move has brought retribution.)} 23. h4 ({Clearly not} 23. f3 {
on account of} Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Nxg3+) 23... Qg4 24. Kh2 ({Editor's note:
Tartakower mistakenly shows in the book 24.Kg2 and then gives an example of
what could have happened. The correct move is the text move from the game but
Tartakower's example was identified by the computer engine as the best
alternative and is thus shown here:} 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Kg1 Rxe1 26. Rxd8+ Kh7
27. Rxe1) 24... Nxg3 25. fxg3 Re2+ {An essential check.} 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Qxf2
Qxd1 {White resigns.[#]} 0-1

[Event "Maastricht Complete Chess m"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2008.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 {This time they have to play a
"beginner's move", according to Tarrasch.} d5 {Black gives the classical
answer.} 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 {
Daniel has active piece play for a pawn.} 11. c3 Bd6 {Black has provoked c3.}
12. d4 exd3 13. Nxd3 O-O 14. O-O Re8 $5 ({The alternative is} 14... Qc7 {
(Usino - Everett, Ann Arbor 1983).}) 15. b4 Nc4 16. Nc5 Ne5 17. Nd2 Nd5 18.
Nce4 Bc7 19. Re1 Bf5 $1 20. g3 $6 a5 $1 21. bxa5 $6 {White weakens his pawn
structure on two places.} Bxa5 {Black takes the initiative on both flanks.} 22.
Bb2 Rb8 23. Qc1 (23. Rb1 $4 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 {leads to a
collapse of the white position.}) 23... Nf6 $1 (23... Rxb2 $6 24. Qxb2 Bxe4 25.
Nxe4 f5 26. Nd2 Bxc3 {equalises.}) 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nb3 Bd3 $1 {Now Daniel
goes forwards in the centre.} 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Nf3+ 29. Kf1
Nxh2+ 30. Ke1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nh2+ 32. Ke1 Bc7 33. Bc1 h5 34. Nd4 {Erwin tries to
reorganise his defence.} c5 35. Nc6 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Re8+ 37. Be3 $5 (37. Kd3 $5
Re1 $5 {also favours Black.}) 37... Bxf4 38. a4 Ng4 39. a5 Nxe3 40. fxe3 Rxe3+
41. Kf1 Re6 42. a6 Rxc6 43. a7 Rc8 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Rxa8+ Kh7 {Daniel has a
bischop and three pawns for a rook.} 46. Rc8 g5 ({Or} 46... Bd6 47. Rd8 $1 {
and Black does not save his c-pawn.}) 47. Rxc5 h4 48. c4 h3 49. Rb5 Kg6 50. c5
{Erwin has sharp centre-play at last.} f5 51. Rb6+ $1 Kf7 ({The pointe is} 
51... Kh5 52. Rf6 Kg4 53. c6 Kf3 54. Kg1 $1) 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. c6 1/2-1/2

