[Event "Andorra op 23rd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 ({Much more popular is} 10. f4 {, but the
English Attack set up is also interesting.}) 10... a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Qa5 (
12... Qc7 13. h5 (13. g4 {is probably better, and will most likely transpose
to the Bologan-Obodchuk game below.}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Qd2
Rfd8 17. Re1 e5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Qd1 Qa5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Rxc2 23. Kxc2 Qxa2 24. f4 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Bxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 Rc1 {
0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998/CBM 064 (27)}) (12... Bb7 13. g4 (13. Qd2
Qc7 14. Ne2 Rac8 15. Nd4) 13... Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Ne2 e5 (15... Rac8 16. Nd4
e5 17. Nf5 d5) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Be7 18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Bd3 Rf8 20. Ne2 Rad8
21. Ng3 d5 22. Qe2 d4 23. Nh5 Bc6 24. f4 exf4 25. Rhf1 Bd6 26. Nxf4 Rde8 27.
Nh5 Be5 28. Rf2 Re6 29. Rdf1 g6 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6 Bd7 32. Qf2 Rxf6 33.
Qxf6 Be6 34. h5 gxh5 35. e5 Qd5 36. b3 Rc8 37. Qh6 Qxe5 38. Bxh7+ Kh8 39. Bg6+
{1-0 Bologan-Obodchuk, Poikovsky 2002}) 13. Qd2 (13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qd2
Be6 16. Nc1 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 d5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. exd5
Rxd5 22. Qe2 $14 {De la Riva Aguado-Siegel, France 1998.}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. c4 $1 {My opponent had played very quickly up to this point, but here he
stopped a little. Strangely enough, this move had only been played once, but I
believe it deserves more attention.} Be6 16. Ng3 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Qc7 {A new move,
but the previous} (17... Rac8 {is more logical. I believe that then the idea}
18. Nf1 $5 {is quite interesting, just like in the main game.} (18. Rc1 h6 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nh5 Be7 21. g4 Kh8 22. Ng3 Rc6 23. g5 Rdc8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. gxh6
g6 26. Rhg1 Qd8 27. h5 gxf5 28. exf5 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. f6 Qxf6 31. Qg2
Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Bxh6+ 34. Kc2 d5 35. Qg4 Qc6+ 36. Kb3 a5 {
0-1 Sax,G-Shengelia,D/Deizisau 2003/CBM 093 ext (36)}) 18... h6 (18... Bxc4 19.
Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Ne3 $44) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne3 Rc5 21. g4 $40) 18. Nf1 a5 ({
Black should probably go ahead and take the pawn, for the game is quite dismal
for him.} 18... b3 19. a3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5
$44) 19. g4 $5 {Preventing any ...Nh5 ideas.} (19. Ne3 Nh5) 19... Kf8 $6 (19...
Re8 20. Ne3 Nd7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Bf1 $16 {The pawn on d6 is hanging.}) (19...
Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 $44) 20. Ne3 Nd7 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Re8 23. Bxh7 $1 $16 Qxc4 24. Be3 {The idea is quite clear: White
will push his h-pawn and open lines to reach the black king.} Rec8 25. Bf5 Ke8
26. h5 a4 27. h6 gxh6 28. Rxh6 a3 29. Rh8+ Bf8 30. b3 Qc3 31. Rc1 {This is not
Fritz´s first option, but it certainly is good for a human player. After this
black´s active pieces are exchanged and he can barely put up any resistance.}
Qxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Nf6 (33... Nb6 34. Bh6 Ke7 35. Bg5+ Ke8 36. Bd3
$1 $18 (36. Be4)) 34. Bh6 Ke7 35. Bg5 Ra5 36. Rh7 $1 $18 {The win after this
is more clearcut.} (36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. Rxf8 Rxd5 $16 {/+-}) 36... Rxd5 37. Bg6
Kd8 38. Bxf6+ Be7 39. Be4 Rd2 40. Rh8+ Kc7 41. Bxe7 {The rest requires no
comments.} d5 42. Bf5 Rb2+ 43. Ka1 Rf2 44. Rh1 Rxf3 45. Bxb4 e4 46. Bxa3 e3 47.
Rc1+ Kb7 48. Bc5 e2 49. Re1 Rf1 50. Bb4 Kb6 51. Bd3 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Kb1 a6 14. f3 Qc7
15. g4 Rad8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bc8 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. Bd3 Qe7 20. h4 $1 {
[%csl Gd2,Ge3,Gg1,Gg4,Rg5,Rg7,Rg8,Gh4,Rh6][%cal Gg4g5,Gd2h6] An excellent move,
yielding White an irresistible attack. Dieser ausgezeichnete Zug verschafft
Weiß unwiderstehlichen Angriff.} Bxh4 21. Bxh6 $1 f5 (21... gxh6 {loses in
view of verliert wegen} 22. Qxh6 f6 23. Rh1) ({Perhaps, more stubborn was
Hartnäckiger war vielleicht} 21... Qf6 {, although after , obwohl Schwarz nach}
22. Be3 {Black can hardly parry White's manifold threats. die vielfältigen
weißen Drohungen kaum parieren kann.}) 22. gxf5 Bf6 23. Be4 (23. Rg6 {was
winning too. gewann ebenfalls.}) 23... Kf7 24. Bxg7 $1 (24. Rxg7+ Bxg7 25. Bxg7
{was another winning continuation. war eine weitere Gewinnfortsetzung.}) 24...
Bxg7 {[%tqu "En","How would you justify White's bishop sacrifice on the
previous move?","Eliminate a key defender of the black king and bring your
queen into play.","Use the power of your g1-rook!","g1g7","This efficient rook
move crowns White's attack.",5,"De","Wie würden Sie das weiße Läuferopfer im
vorigen Zug rechtfertigen?","Eliminieren Sie einen Schlüsselverteidiger des
schwarzen Königs und schalten Sie Ihre Dame in den Angriff ein.","Bringen Sie
die Kraft Ihres Turms g1 zur Geltung!","g1g7","Dieser effiziente Turmzug krönt
den weißen Angriff.",5]} 25. Rxg7+ $1 {[%csl Gd1,Gd2,Rf7,Gg7] The final
culmination of White's impressive play in this game. Der Schlussakkord des
beeindruckenden Spiels des Weißen in dieser Partie.} Kxg7 26. Qg2+ (26. Qg2+ {
, and Black resigned in view of inevitable mate: und Schwarz gab auf, den er
wird unweigerlich matt:} Kf7 (26... Kh8 27. Rh1+ Qh7 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. f6+ Kh8
(29... Kh6 30. Qg6#) 30. Qg7#) 27. Qg6#) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 ({Another popular line is} 9. f4 Qa5 10. Bc4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bd7
12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 9... Nxd4 10.
Qxd4 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 {Appearantly White's idea was to bring
the knight to h5 later on, so Shabalov refrained from playing 13.h5, which
seems to be quite unpleasant for Black.} (13. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6]} h6 14. Bh4 Bb7
15. g4 b4 $5 16. Na4 $146 Rab8 17. b3 Rfd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Kacheishvili,
G/Linares 2001/CBM 81/[Gofshtein,L]}) (13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. g4 b4 16.
Ne2 a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Nb5 Qa5 19. a3 Rxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Qxb4 Qe8 $132 {
1-0 Zhang Pengxiang-Kotronias,V/Linares 2002/CBM 87 ext (57)}) 13... b4 (13...
Rd8 14. h5 (14. Be3 Rb8 15. g5 Ne8 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. f4 $6 a4 19. g6 b3
20. axb3 axb3 21. c3 Bf6 22. Qd3 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Reshetnikov,A-Ionov,S/St
Petersburg 2004 (62)}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 Rb8 16. Qd2 h6 17. Bh4 e5 18. Ng3 Be6
19. Bd3 d5 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. Bxg5 $36 {1-0 Socko,B-Kotronias,V/Batumi 2002(49)
}) 14. Ne2 a5 {This move is more logical than 14...Bb7 which has been tried
before since it's too early to commit the bishop.} (14... Bb7 15. Be3 Rac8 16.
Qd2 $2 Nxe4 $1 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Nd4 Bf6 $17 {0-1 Cubas Pons,
J-Estremera Panos,S/Cala Mendia 2001 (47)}) 15. Ng3 $5 {[%cal Gg3h5]} a4 (15...
d5 $5 {deserved attention:} 16. Nh5 (16. e5 $2 Bc5 17. Qd2 Nd7 $17) 16... e5
17. Qd2 Nxh5 18. gxh5 dxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. h6 $13 {with mutual chances.}) 16.
Nh5 b3 17. Rh2 bxa2+ ({It's too late for} 17... d5 $2 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rg2 {
[%cal Gg4g5]} bxa2+ 20. Ka1 a3 21. b3 e5 22. Qd2 $40 {and White has a very
dangerous initiative on the kingside.}) 18. Ka1 e5 19. Qc4 Qb6 $6 {More in the
spirit of the position was} (19... Qd8 $5 {keeping the queens on the board} 20.
Bxf6 $140 Bxf6 21. Qc6 Be6 22. Qxd6 Be7 $1 $17) 20. Qb5 Rb8 $6 (20... Qd8) 21.
Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 ({After trading the bishops Black's pawn on d6 would
become too vulnerable.} 22... Bxf6 $2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rhd2 Be6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6
26. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Ra2,Ra4]}) 23. Be3 $14 {White has clearly better pawn
structure so his chances in the arising endgame are better.} Rb4 24. Bd2 Rb7 ({
Not much promised} 24... Rb6 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Be3 Rb7 27. Bc4 $14) 25. Bh6 Rd8
26. Bc4 Be6 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Bf8 (28... Rdb8 $5 29. Bc1 h5 {[%cal Gg8h7,
Ge7f8,Gf8h6]}) 29. Bc1 h5 30. g5 ({Quite promising looked} 30. gxh5 Kh7 31.
Kxa2 Bh6 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33. Ra5 $16 {, but the move in the game is also good
enough.}) 30... Be7 31. Kxa2 Kh7 32. gxf6 Bxf6 33. Bd2 $2 {Wasting a precious
tempo. After the natural} (33. Ra5 $16 {White would keep a big edge.}) 33...
Rc8 34. Bc3 Be7 35. Ba5 Rc4 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]} ({Even more accurate was} 35...
f5 $1 36. exf5 Rf8 {with excellent counterchances, but obviously Black was
counting on his passer over the h-file.}) 36. c3 f5 37. exf5 Rf4 38. Rh3 Rxh4
$2 {A mistake which costs Black the game. After the correct} (38... Rxf5 {
the position would've remained rather unclear.}) 39. Rxh4 Bxh4 40. Rxd6 Bg3 41.
c4 h4 42. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd6h6] Killing Black's counterplay.} Bf4 43. c5 h3
{The rook endgame arising after} (43... Bxd2 44. Rxd2 Kh6 45. Ka3 Kg5 46. Kxa4
$18 {or}) (43... Rc7 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. Rd4 h3 46. Rxf4 Rxc5 47. Rh4+ Kg7 48.
Rxh3 Rxf5 49. Rh4 $18 {is lost for Black.}) 44. c6 Rb5 (44... Rg7 45. f6 Rf7
46. Bxf4 exf4 47. Rd7 Kg6 48. c7 $18) 45. c7 Rc5 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Bb4 Rxc7 48.
Rxc7 h2 49. Bf8+ Kg5 50. Rh7 Kxf5 51. Rh5+ Ke6 52. Ka3 Kd5 53. Kxa4 Kd4 54. b4
Ke3 55. Bh6 1-0

[Event "ESP-chA"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O Qxd4 ({After} 8... a6 {white has very dangerous opportunity} 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. Bc4 $5) 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 a6 {Very important position for the whole
line with 7...Qb6} 11. Bxf6 {This continuation was a critical one ,before
Kasparov intoduced in Olympiad new and very strong idea.} (11. f3 Bd7 12. Na4
$1 $146 {[%cal Ga4b6]} Bc6 13. Nb6 Rd8 14. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4a5]} Be7 15. Na5 Rc8
16. Rb4 $1 d5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rb7 Nd7 19. Bd2 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Mchedlishvili,M/Bled SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 417 (37)}) 11... gxf6 12. Na4
Bd7 (12... Rg8 $143 $6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. g3 Rg5 (14... Bd7 15. Nc4 Bc6 16. Bg2 f5
17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 fxe4 19. Rhd1 $14) 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Gd6]
1-0 Yemelin,V-Shushpanov,R/Tomsk 2001/CBM 82 ext (50)}) 13. Nb6 Rd8 14. Nxd7 {
otherwise this bishop will escape to c6.} Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] The present
endgame for sure is slightly better for white,especially it will be very
unpleasant for black player,if you hope for a complicated game (if you went
for Rauzer),to get such an endgame with almost no chances to win.On the other
hand in my opinion this should be not so difficult task to hold this endgame ,
of course you have to play accurately.} 15. Be2 Rg8 (15... Ke7 16. Rhd1 Bg7 17.
R4d3 Rc8 18. Rh3 h6 19. f4 Rdc7 20. c3 Rc5 21. Rg3 Bf8 22. Rgd3 Ke8 23. Bf3 (
23. g4 $142 $14) 23... R8c7 24. Kb1 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ciuksyte,Z-Demina,J/Warsaw
2001/CBM 82 ext (48)}) 16. g3 Bh6+ $146 (16... Rg5 17. Rhd1 Rc5 {[%cal Gf6f5]}
(17... f5 $2 18. f4 $16) 18. c3 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. f4 Rc5 21. Kb1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Andreev,E-Iskusnyh,S/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (35)}) 17. Kb1 (17. f4 $6 e5 $1
) 17... Ke7 18. Rhd1 Rc8 {This is the main black idea in this endgame -to put
his rook on c5 ,trying to free bishop with next f6-f5.} 19. R1d3 Rc5 20. a4 (
20. f4 e5 (20... Bg7 $5 {[%cal Gf6f5]}) 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Ra4 d5 $1 $11) 20...
Bg7 {[%cal Gf6f5]} (20... f5 $5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. f4 Bg7 23. Rb4 Rc5 24. Rdb3
Rcc7 $11) 21. Rb4 (21. f4 f5 22. e5 d5 $132 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 21... a5 $2 {
Very unaccurate desicion,now a5 pawn becomes a real target.} (21... f5 22. exf5
(22. Rdb3 fxe4 23. Rxb7 Rf5 $1 {[%csl Gf2]}) 22... Rxf5 23. f4 Rc5 24. Rdb3
Rcc7 25. a5 d5 $11 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gg7f8]}) 22. Rb6 Rdc7 (22... Rc6 23. Rb5 Rc5
24. Rdb3 $16) (22... f5 23. exf5 (23. Rdb3 $2 fxe4 24. Rxb7 Rf5 $132 {[%csl
Gf2]}) 23... Rxf5 24. f4 {[%cal Gd3b3]}) 23. Rdb3 (23. c3 R5c6) 23... Rxc2 24.
Rxb7 Bh6 (24... Rc1+ 25. Ka2 f5 26. exf5 Bd4 27. f4) 25. R3b5 $2 {Gives black
opportunity to activate his bishop} (25. f4 $142 $1 {closing the bishop} e5 26.
R3b5 {[%csl Ga5] And black already in serious trouble.For example:} exf4 27.
Rxc7+ Rxc7 28. Rxa5 Rc1+ 29. Ka2 Rc2 30. Ra7+ $1 Ke6 31. Bg4+ Ke5 32. Re7+ Kd4
33. a5 {and not so clear how to stop a-pawn.}) 25... Bd2 $1 {Dark bishop comes
into the play,defending a5-pawn and white already doesn't have any objects to
attack,so now it's clear draw.} 26. Rxc7+ Rxc7 27. Rh5 {Last chance} h6 28. f4
e5 $1 {Last accurate move,now draw is inevitable.} 29. b3 (29. Rxh6 exf4 $11)
29... Rc5 {protecting a5-pawn} 30. Rxh6 exf4 31. gxf4 Bxf4 32. Rh7 {[%cal
Ge2c4]} Rc1+ 33. Kb2 Rh1 $1 (33... Rh1 34. Bc4 (34. h4 $140 $2 Rh2 $19 {
[%csl Ge2]}) 34... Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Bxh2 {absolutely equal}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 d5 10. exd5 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. g3
Bg4 $1 14. Rd2 (14. f3 $1 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Bf5 16. Bd3 $14 {van der Wiel,
J-Miralles,G/Cannes/1990/1:0/26/}) 14... d4 $1 15. Qc5 (15. Nxd4 $2 Qd5) 15...
Bf3 16. Rg1 Re8 17. Bb5 Re5 18. Qc4 Qe7 19. Qf1 d3 $5 $13 {Yudasin,L-Utemov,V/
URS/1989/0.5/32/}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 (11... Ndxe7 12. g3 (12. Qe3 Qc7
13. g3 b6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Rd7 Bc8 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Rhd1 $14 {
Glek,I-Baikov,V/Moscow-ch/1989/0:1/59/}) 12... Qc7 13. Qd6 Qb6 14. Qc5 Qxc5 15.
Nxc5 b6 16. N5e4 e5 $10 {Varavin,V-Lugovoi,A/Kstovo op(2)/1994/0:1/56/}) 12.
Nxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 (13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rhe1 Rac8 15. Kb1 $14) 13... Be6 14. Rhe1
Rac8 15. Kb1 Qd6 (15... Qf6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 (16... bxc6 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. Qd4 $16)
17. Nd4 Rb6 18. Re3 $16) 16. h3 a6 17. Bf1 $1 $146 (17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qe3 c5
$10 {Van der Wiel,J-Lobron,E/Lyon/1988/}) 17... Bf5 $2 (17... Rfd8 $14) 18. g4
Bg6 19. f4 f6 20. Bg2 (20. Qxd5+ $6 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxc2+ (21... Nb4 22. Rd7 Nxc2
23. Ree7) 22. Ka1 Rfd8 $10) 20... Ne7 21. f5 Bf7 22. Nd4 $16 Rfe8 23. a3 Nc6 (
23... Rcd8 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Qc5 26. Rde1 Rd7 27. g5 $18) 24. Ne6 Bxe6 (
24... Nd8 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxe6 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. fxe6 Re8
30. Rd7 b5 31. Rd6 a5 32. Rb6 $18) 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Bxd5 Kf8 27. Bxe6 Qxd2 28.
Rxd2 Rd8 $6 (28... Rc7 $5 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30. Bxd7 Na7 31. c4 Ke7 32. Be6 Kd6 33.
b4 b6 $16) 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Bd5 $18 Ke7 31. c4 Kd6 32. Kc2 Ke5 33. b4 Kd4 34.
a4 b5 (34... b6 35. a5 bxa5 36. bxa5 Kc5 37. Kc3 $18) 35. Kb3 h6 36. a5 h5 37.
gxh5 Ke5 38. Bf3 bxc4+ (38... Kxf5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. a6 $18) 39. Kxc4 Kxf5 40.
Kc5 Ne6+ 41. Kb6 Nd4 42. Bg4+ Kg5 43. Kxa6 f5 44. Kb6 $1 fxg4 45. hxg4 Kf6 46.
a6 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Jaen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 (8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 12. f4 b5 13. Rae1
Bb7 14. Qf3 Nb4 15. Qh3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rac8 17. Nd4 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10 {
Yudasin,L-Smirin,I/Moscow PCA-op 25' (07) 1994/1/2-1/2 (62)}) (8. Be2 Be7 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bh5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Na5 12. O-O Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Kh1
Rg8 16. f4 Rg7 17. f5 O-O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Arencibia,W-Alvarez,J/CUB-ch (05) ;
EXP 46 1995 (40)}) 8... Be7 (8... a6 9. Be2 (9. Rd1 Be7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O b5
12. a3 Bb7 13. f4 Rd8 14. f5 O-O $10 {0-1 Szigetvari,J-Shtirberg,S/Kecskemet
op (02) 1991 (39)}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Kh1 Rad8 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Qh6 Kh8 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Ne5 18. Be2 Rg8 $10 {0-1
Kholmov,R-Vasiukov,E/Moscow op (04) ;EXP 46 1995 (40)}) 9. f3 $146 (9. O-O-O
O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 a6 (11... Qc7 12. h4 a6 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 b5 15. g4 Ne5
16. Qf2 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 $132 {0-1 Kornev,A-Belikov,V/Moscow op2 (06) ;EXP 50
1995 (40)}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. h4 Nce5 16. g5 Rb8 17. h5 b4
18. Ne2 Nc4 $132 {0-1 Arakhamia,K-Levin,F/Bad Woerishofen op (07) ;EXP 47 1995
(37)}) 9... O-O 10. g4 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. g5 Nd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 b5 15. h5
(15. g6 fxg6 16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nf6 18. Rg5 (18. Rh1 Ne5 19. Qf2 Rb8 20. Nd4
Nc4 21. Bh3 Qc5 22. Nf5 Qc7 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bg5 Rf8 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. f4 d5
27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. e5 {1-0 Petrushin,A-Ragozin,E/RUS-ch Orel/1992/
(40)}) 18... b4 (18... Ne5 19. Qg2 Bf8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23.
Rg1 Rb7 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Bd4 d5 26. Be5 Qe7 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Ne4 c3 29. Nxc3
Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Boleslavsky,I/URS-ch25 Riga/1958/ (42)})
19. Na4 Rb8 20. Qh2 Ne5 21. Be2 Bf8 22. Qg1 Re8 23. Bd4 Ned7 24. Nd2 Bb7 25.
Bc4 Kh8 26. Bb3 Bc6 27. Qh2 Rec8 28. Rdg1 {1-0 Simagin,V-Paoli,E/Salgotarjan/
1967/ (39)}) (15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20.
Bxc4 Qxc4 21. b3 Qc7 22. g6 fxg6 23. h5 a4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg2 {1-0 Anand,
V-Muir,A/EUCup Gr7 Barcelona/1993/ (29)}) (15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Kb1 Bb7 18.
Ng3 a4 19. Nc1 d5 20. exd5 Nb6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Bg2 Na5 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Qg4
Nc4 25. dxe6 Na3+ 26. bxa3 bxa3+ 27. Nb3 axb3 28. axb3 a2+ 29. Ka1 Bb4 {
1/2-1/2 Kislov,M-Stirberg,S/URS-sf Voronez/1991/ (61)}) 15... Nb6 (15... b4 16.
Ne2 a5 17. Ned4 Nde5 18. Kb1 d5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Qe1 a4 21. Nxc6 axb3 22.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. cxb3 Nxf3 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Bg2 Rf8 26. Qc4 Re5 27. Rd3 Rxe3 {
0-1 Jovanovic,SD-Videki,S/Budapest Spring op/1995/}) (15... Nf8 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. Qxd4 Bb7 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. h6 e5 20. Qb6 Nd7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23.
Bh3 Rh8 24. Bf5 {1-0 Liang Jinrong-Chan Peng Kong/Thessaloniki olm (03)/ 1984 
(61)}) 16. g6 (16. Qg2 Na4 17. Bd2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 b4 19. Bd2 a5 $132) 16... Bf6
$2 (16... fxg6 17. hxg6 h6 $13 18. f4 b4 $13) 17. h6 $2 (17. gxh7+ $1 Kh8 (
17... Kxh7 18. h6 g6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Qf4 $18) 18. h6 Na4 (18... g6 $2 19.
Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 20. Qf4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 f5 $8 22. Qg5 $18) (18... b4 19. hxg7+ Bxg7
20. Nb1 $16) 19. hxg7+ Bxg7 20. Nd4 $16 (20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Nd4 $16)) 17... fxg6
18. hxg7 Na4 19. Nd4 $2 (19. Qh2 $5 Qxg7 20. Rxd6 Nxc3 (20... Bxc3 21. Rxd8+
Nxd8 22. bxc3 e5 $13) 21. bxc3 (21. Rxc6 Rd1#) (21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. bxc3 Bxc3
$15) 21... Bb7 22. Rxe6 Bxc3 $40) (19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. Nd4 a3 $17) 19... Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 (21. Nxa4 Bxg7 22. Nc3 Rb8 $19) 21... Nxc3 22. bxc3 (22.
Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Kxg7 $17) 22... Qxg7 23. Qb6 (23. e5 Bb7 $19) 23... Qe7 24.
e5 d5 (24... Bb7 25. Rxd6 Bxf3 $17) 25. Bd3 (25. f4 Rf8 $17) 25... Bd7 26. Rdg1
Be8 27. f4 d4 $1 $19 28. cxd4 (28. f5 exf5 29. cxd4 Rab8 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. dxc5
Rd5 $19) 28... Rab8 29. Qxa6 (29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 Rbc8 31. f5 exf5 32. Bxf5
Rxc5 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Re1 h5 $19) 29... Rxd4 30. f5 (30. Rg4 Ra4 31. Qd6 Qxd6
32. exd6 Rxa2 33. Kb1 Ra6 34. Rgh4 Rb7 $19) (30. Rf1 Ra4 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. exd6
Rd8 $19) 30... exf5 31. Bxf5 Qxe5 32. Be6+ $2 {Verliert sofort.} (32. Qe6+ Qxe6
33. Bxe6+ Kg7 $19) (32. Bxg6 Qe3+ 33. Kb1 Rb4+ 34. Ka1 Qc3#) 32... Kh8 33. Kb1
(33. Rf1 Ra4 $1 (33... Rd6 $2 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ Kxf8 36. Rf1+ $18) 34. Rf8+
Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kf6 36. Rf1+ (36. Rf8+ Ke7 $19) 36... Kg5 37. Rg1+ Kh4 38. Rh1+
Kg3 $19) 33... Ra4 {[%csl Ra6]} (33... Ra4 34. Re1 Qxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxa6) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f4 Kh8 (11... b5 12. Qe2 $5 {/\ Rd3 Oll,L
}) 12. f5 b5 13. fxe6 $6 (13. Kb1) (13. Ne2) 13... fxe6 14. Kb1 (14. Ne2 e5 $5
(14... f5 15. Qc3+ Ne5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Nbd4 Rf6 {/\ Bb7<=>}) 15. Nc3 f5 16.
Kb1 b4 17. Nd5 fxe4 $15 {Oll,L}) 14... b4 (14... Ne5 15. Nd4 {/\ g3, Bh3 ><e6
Oll,L}) 15. Ne2 e5 $1 $10 16. Ng3 Be6 (16... a5 17. Bb5 Na7 18. Ba4 $14 {Oll,L}
) 17. Nf5 Qc7 (17... Bxf5 18. exf5 a5 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. Ba4 $14) 18. Nxe7 (18.
Be2 Bxf5 19. exf5 a5 $15) (18. Nc1 Bxf5 19. exf5 a5 $15 {Oll,L}) 18... Qxe7 19.
Nc1 $1 {/\ Qd6} (19. Qxd6 $4 Rad8) 19... Rfd8 (19... Rad8 $6 20. Bxa6 $1 Qa7
21. Bd3 {/\ b3} Bxa2+ 22. Nxa2 b3 23. cxb3 Ra8 24. Nb4 $8 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Nd4+ 26.
Kc3 Qa5 27. Ra1 Qc5+ 28. Bc4 Rfb8 (28... Rab8 29. Ra4 f5 30. Rf1 $18) 29. Rxa8
Qxb4+ 30. Kd3 Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rxa8 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. g4 $16 {Oll,L}) 20. Bd3 d5 $1
(20... a5 21. Rhf1 Rf8 22. Rf2 $1 {/\ Rdf1, Qh6+/= ><f6}) 21. Qh6 Nd4 22. Rhf1
Rf8 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Nb3 $1 $13 Bxb3 $1 (24... Nxb3 $6 25. axb3 Bxg2 26. Rg1
Bf3 27. Rdf1 e4 28. Bc4 $44 {->}) 25. axb3 f5 (25... a5 $6 26. Be4 $1 Rac8 27.
g4 $14 {Oll,L}) 26. Rde1 (26. g4 $5 e4 (26... f4 27. Rde1 $16) 27. Bc4 Nf3 $13)
26... e4 $8 27. Bc4 Rad8 28. Qf4 (28. g4 Qg7 $1 (28... fxg4 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxe4 Nf3 32. Rxg4 Nxh2 33. Rg5 $14) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $15 {/\} 30.
gxf5 $2 Nf3 $19) 28... Qc5 29. Rd1 a5 30. Rd2 a4 {[]} 31. Rfd1 axb3 32. cxb3
Rd6 33. g4 Rfd8 34. Qg5 Qe5 $1 $10 35. gxf5 Qxf5 (35... e3 $5 36. Rg2 Qxf5+ 37.
Qxf5 Nxf5 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Kc2 Nxc4 40. bxc4 b3+ $1 41. Kc1 Rd3 42. c5 $10)
36. Qe3 Qe5 37. Rg2 Nf5 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Qb6 Re8 40. Qxb4 Nxc4 41. Qxc4 (41.
bxc4 e3 42. Re2 Rb8 43. Qe1 Qd4 $1 44. Kc1 (44. Rc2 Re8 $1 45. Qe2 Qe4 $44)
44... Rb3 45. Rc2 Ra3 46. Kb1 Rd3 47. Kc1 $10 {Oll,L}) 41... e3 42. Rg1 $1 (42.
Re2 $4 Qf5+ 43. Qc2 Qf1+ $19) (42. Rg1 Qxh2 43. Rg8+ Rxg8 44. Qd4+ $10 {Oll,L})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 $5 (9... Qb6) 10. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (10... Bxf6 11. Qxd6 $16)
11. f4 Kh8 12. f5 b5 13. Ne2 (13. g3 {/\Bh3}) 13... exf5 $5 (13... Rg8 14. Nf4
Bf8 15. Kb1 Bh6 $2 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 18. Qxh6 $16 {
Huebner-Kortchnoj/Tilburg/1985/}) 14. exf5 Ne5 $1 (14... Bxf5 $2 15. Ned4 $16)
15. Nf4 Rg8 16. g3 $1 Bxf5 17. Nd4 $6 (17. Bg2 Rc8 18. Nd4) 17... Be4 18. Bg2
f5 19. Qe2 (19. Rhe1 Nc4 20. Qc3 Bf6 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Rc8 $132) 19...
Bxg2 $1 20. Qxg2 Bg5 21. Qd5 (21. Qf2 Ng4 22. Qf3 Ne5 $10) 21... Qf6 22. Kb1
Rac8 (22... Bxf4 23. gxf4 Ng4 24. Nxf5 Nf2 25. Nxd6 Nxh1 26. Nxf7+ Kg7 27. Rg1+
$1 $18) (22... Rae8 23. Rhe1 $1 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Nc4 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. c3 $1 (26.
Qxf5 $4 Qxd4 $19) (26. Qc6 Rg8 $1) 26... Ne3 27. Qc6) 23. Rhe1 $1 Rc4 $6 (23...
Rc5 24. Qb7 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Ng4 26. Nb3 (26. Re2 $6 Nf2 27. Rxf2 Qxd4) (26. Qxa6
Nf2 27. Rd2 Ne4 28. Rdd1 Nf2 $10) 26... Nf2 27. Rc1 $14) 24. c3 Ng4 $6 (24...
Bxf4 25. gxf4 Ng6 26. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 27. Nxf5 Rxf4 28. Nxd6 Kg7 $14) 25. Re2 $1 $16
(25. Nxf5 $2 Rc5) (25. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 26. Nxf5 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Rxf4) 25... Rc5 26.
Qb7 Re5 (26... Bxf4 27. gxf4 d5 28. Qd7 $16) 27. Qxa6 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rxe2 29.
Nxe2 Qe6 (29... Ne3 30. Qxd6 $1 $18) 30. Qxb5 Nf2 $2 (30... Ne3 31. Rd4 Rg2 32.
Qd3 $16 (32. a4 Nf1)) 31. Rf1 Qe4+ $2 (31... Rg2) 32. Ka1 Rg2 33. Ng3 Qd3 34.
a4 $1 Qxb5 35. axb5 Nd3 36. b4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9091 1st"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 a6 (10... Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 Nd7 13.
Nb5 Qb8 14. Qg3 Nf6 15. Nc3 {Speelman,J-Piket,J Amsterdam 1989}) 11. h4 Rd8 12.
h5 Qc7 (12... h6 $5) (12... d5 $5) 13. g4 b5 14. Be3 Ne5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. g6 $1
$40 fxg6 (16... Nf8 17. Qf2 Rb8 $13) 17. hxg6 Nf8 $2 (17... Nxg6 $13) 18. gxh7+
Kh8 19. Qf2 Rb8 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qg3 Nxe3 22. Qxg7+ $3 $18 Kxg7 23. h8=Q+ Kf7 24.
Qh5+ Ng6 (24... Kf6 25. e5+ dxe5 26. Ne4+ Kg7 27. Rg1+ $18) 25. Qh7+ Kf6 (25...
Ke8 26. Qxg6+ Kd7 27. Bh3 $18) 26. Rh6 Nxd1 27. Rxg6# 1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Kh8 13. Ne2 (13. g3
b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. c3 a5 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Bc4 a4 20.
Nc1 Rfc8 21. Bd5 a3 22. b3 Rxc3 $1 $17 {Akopian-Smirin URS-sf Daugavpils 1989})
13... Re8 14. Nf4 (14. Qh6 Rg8 15. g3 Rg5 16. Nf4 Bf8 $13 {Judasin-Aseev
Leningrad 1989}) 14... Bf8 15. Kb1 exf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5
19. Qf5 Nc4 20. Nd5 Re5 21. Qf3 f5 22. Nb4 $2 Qf6 $1 23. Nd3 (23. Qxa8 $2 Re8
$19) 23... Re4 24. Nd2 d5 25. Rhf1 Rae8 $1 $19 26. a3 (26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5
Nxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Re1+ 29. Nc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Re1+ 31. Rd1 Bh6+ $19) 26... Bg7 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Timman} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 {Frage : Bedeutet das Zugumstellung, um die Variante
8...00 9.f4 Nxd4 zu erreichen?} (8... O-O 9. Nb3 $5 (9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4)) 9.
Qxd4 O-O (9... a6 $5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. h4 Qc7 14. Qxc7
Rxc7 $10 {Ferguson,M-Aseev,K London Lloyds (01) 1994 0-1 58 - EXP 43}) 10. e5 {
ANTWORT: Nein! Mitt 10.f4 konnte Weiß die Hauptvariante erreichen, doch Timman
wollte nicht. Er hatte eine Neuerung im 13.Zug vorbereitet!} dxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd7
(11... Qe8 12. h4 Bd7 (12... a6 13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. h5 Nc6 16. Qg3
Qe7 17. h6 g6 18. f4 e5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Rh4 $16 {
Huebner,R-Timman,J Belfort WCup 1988 1-0 38}) 13. Nb5 Ng4 14. Qd4 Bxb5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Bxb5 h5 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Qf4 e5 $10 {Santo Roman,M-Relange,E Cannes
op (05) 1995 1/2 28 - EXP 46}) 12. Qg3 $146 {Ftacnik: Very interesting novelty
in a well known position. Black has to solve the problems of the pin alongside
d file.} (12. Bb5 Qe8 (12... Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14. Bxd8 Rfxd8 $10) 13. Bxd7 (
13. f4 a6 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Qc7 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Rd8 17. Ne4 Nb8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19.
Qxb7 Qa5 20. a3 Qe5 21. g3 Nd7 {Putzbach,G-Schirm,F/BL2-N 9091 (1990) ;BL2
1991/1-0 (63)}) 13... Nxd7 14. Qg3 Bxg5+ 15. Qxg5 Nf6 16. Rd3 h6 17. Qe5 Qb8
18. Re1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfd8 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Leko,P Wiejk (03) 1994 1/2 26})
(12. h4 Rc8 13. Rh3 (13. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bc6 15. Qe5 Qc7 16. Qxc7
Rxc7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rh3 f5 19. Ra3 a6 20. Rc3 Bd5 21. f4 Kf7 22. g3 b5 {
Videki,S-Cicak,S/Budapest Spring op ;EXT 95op 1995/1-0 (64)}) 13... Qc7 (13...
Rc5 14. Qe3 Qc8 15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Re5 18. Bd3 Kh8 19. Qh6
Rxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bf3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Furman,S/URS-ch25 Riga ;
URS-ch 1958}) 14. Qe1 (14. Qe3 b5 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Rg3 b4 17. Be5 $40 {Oll,
L-Maki,V Helsinki Opybank 1991 1-0 33}) (14. Qxc7 {Ftacnik} Rxc7 15. Nb5 Bxb5
16. Bxb5 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nd5 (17... Ng4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rd2 Rec7 20. Bf1 Kf8 21.
Rhd3 Ke7 22. Rd4 f5 23. Bb5 Nf6 24. Re2 g6 25. Bd3 Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27. c3 {
Boudre,J-Levacic,D/FRA-chT ;TD 93\08 1993/1-0 (62)}) 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Bf1 Rec7
20. c3 Kf8 21. Kb1 Rd8 22. Rhd3 Rcd7 23. c4 {Prandstetter,E-Trepp,M/Prague
Bohemians ;EXT 87 1987/1/2-1/2 (70)}) 14... Bc6 15. Rg3 Bd6 16. Rgd3 Be5 17.
Re3 Ng4 18. Red3 h6 19. Bd2 b5 20. f3 Bg3 21. Qe2 Nf2 {0-1 Nunn,J-Kramnik,V
Monaco blind (04) 1995 - EXP 46 0-1}) (12. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 15. Be4 Bc6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 f5 19. Bxc6 Nxc6
20. Nb5 Kf8 21. Kd2 Ke7 {Gufeld,E-Osnos,V/URS-ch31 Leningrad ;URS-ch 1963/1/
2-1/2 (34)}) (12. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 15. Qe5 Rac8
16. Bd3 g6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc5 19. Rd2 Rfc8 20. Rhd1 b5 21. Kb1 Qf6 {
Margulis,I-Rachels,S/USA-op Los Angeles ;TD 91\09 1991/0-1 (44)}) (12. Be2 {
Ftacnik} Rc8 13. Be3 Bb4 14. Rd3 (14. Bd4 Bc6 15. Bf3 Qa5 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. a3
Qxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rfc8 20. Rd3 Nd5 21. Kd2 Kf8 22. Re1 Rc4 23. f3
Nxc3 24. bxc3 {Enders,P-Kramnik,V/BL 9495 (1994) ;BL 90 1995/0-1 (52)}) 14...
Qe7 15. Rhd1 Bc6 16. a3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rd6 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4
21. R1d2 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Avrukh,B/St.Petersburg op (09) ;CBM 41 1994})
12... Rc8 (12... Nh5 $6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 (13... Nxg3 14. Bxd8 Nxh1 15. Be7 Bc6 16.
Bxf8 Kxf8 17. f3 $18) 14. Qc7 Nf6 (14... Qg5+ 15. f4 $1 Nxf4 16. h4 (16. Qxd7
$2 Ne2+ 17. Kb1 Nxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rad8 $19) (16. Rxd7 $2 Nd5+ $19) 16... Qh6 (
16... Ne2+ 17. Kb1 Nxc3+ 18. bxc3 $18) 17. Qxd7 Nd3+ (17... Nd5+ 18. Kb1 Rad8
19. Rxd5 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 $16 {Timman}) (17... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxd8 Nd5+ 19.
Qg5) 18. Kb1 Nf2 19. Be2 $16) (14... Rfd8 15. Qxb7 $16) 15. Qxb7 (15. Bb5 Rfd8
16. Qxb7 Qb4 $13) 15... Rfb8 {/\ Qb4 ~/=}) 13. Bd3 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Bb5 Rc7 $10) (13. Bh6 Nh5 14. Qg4 Rxc3 $1 15. Qxh5 (15. bxc3 Ba3+ 16. Kd2
e5 $19) 15... Rc5 16. Qg4 Bf6 $132 (16... Bg5+ 17. Bxg5 Rxg5 18. Qh4 Rd5 $10))
13... Nh5 (13... Qa5 $2 14. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 15. Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxe7 Rxc3 (16...
Rfe8 17. Qd3+ $18) 17. bxc3 Qxa2 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qxd7 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21.
Bxf8 $18) (13... Qc7 14. Qh4 (14. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Qa5 15. Rhe1 $13) 14... h6 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Qa5 17. h4 Rxc3 $1 (17... Qh5 $2 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Qxh5 Nxh5
20. Rxd7 $18) 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ $10) 14. Bxe7 (14. Bxh7+ $5 {
Ftacnik} Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qxd7 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Qxg2 $13) 14...
Qxe7 15. Qe3 (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ g6 17. Qxd7 Qg5+ 18. Qd2 Qxg2 19. Qe3 $10
) 15... Bc6 16. Rhg1 (16. f3 {Ftacnik} a6 17. g4 Nf6 $13) 16... Qc7 17. Qxa7
Qxh2 {Ftacnik: The good ground for later excitement is laid down with the
enhancement of the pawn assymetry.} 18. Qe3 (18. Rh1 {Ftacnik} Qf4+) 18... Qf4
(18... Bxg2 19. Ne2 (19. f3 Qf4 $17) 19... Rfd8 20. f3 $13) 19. g4 Qxe3+ 20.
fxe3 Nf6 21. g5 Nd7 (21... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. a4 $13) 22. Be4 Ne5
23. Rh1 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 {Ein schwer einzuschätzendes Endspiel. Wer zuerst seine
P mobilisieren kann, steht besser.} Ng4 25. Rdg1 $1 f5 (25... Nxe3 $4 26. Nf6+
$1 gxf6 (26... Kh8 27. Rxh7#) 27. gxf6+ Kh8 28. Rg7 Rxc2+ 29. Kb1 $18) (25...
Ne5 $5) 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Nd6 (27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $17) 27... Rc7 28. e4 Nd7 (28...
e5 29. Rg2 Rd7 30. Rd1 Rfd8 31. Rgd2 $13) 29. Rg5 b6 30. b3 g6 (30... Rc6 31.
Rd1 Rf2 32. Nc4 $13) 31. Rh2 (31. a4 $5 {Ftacnik}) 31... Kg7 32. Rhg2 $6 Rc6
33. Rd2 Kf6 34. Rb5 Ke7 35. Nc4 Rf4 36. a4 Nc5 (36... Rxe4 $2 37. a5 Rc5 (37...
bxa5 38. Rb7 $18) 38. a6 $1 Rxb5 39. a7 Rxc4 40. a8=Q $16) 37. Rxb6 (37. Nxb6
Rxe4 $13) 37... Rxb6 38. Nxb6 Rxe4 39. a5 h5 40. Nc8+ Kf6 41. Nd6 Rf4 42. Nb7
$2 (42. Kb2 h4 43. c3 (43. Ka3 {Ftacnik} g5 44. b4 $16) 43... g5 44. b4 $16)
42... Nxb7 43. a6 Ke7 44. Rd8 $1 {Sehr schön, reicht aber nur zum remis.} (44.
axb7 Rb4 $19) 44... Nxd8 (44... Kxd8 {Am Königsflügel steht der schwarze Opa
viel besser.} 45. a7 Kc7 46. a8=Q $14) 45. a7 g5 46. a8=Q h4 47. Qb8 Nf7 48. b4
h3 49. Qc7+ Kf6 50. Qc3+ e5 51. Qxh3 (51. Qxh3 Rxb4 {Wer steht eigentlich
besser?}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. g3 Bg4
14. f3 (14. Rd2 d4 15. Qc5 Bf3 16. Rg1 Re8 17. Bb5 Re5 18. Qc4 Qe7 19. Qf1 d3
$13 {Judasin - Utemov UdSSR 1989}) 14... Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Bf5 (15... d4 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. fxg4 Rac8 $1 18. Qd2 (18. Qxd4 $2 Rfd8 $19) 18... Qc5 19. Bd3 $16) 16.
Bd3 Bg6 $2 (16... Bxd3 17. Rxd3 (17. Qxd3 Rfd8 18. Qb5 Rab8 $14) 17... Rad8 $14
) 17. f4 Qh5 18. g4 $1 Qxg4 $8 19. f5 Bh5 (19... Bxf5 20. Rdg1 d4 21. Rxg4 dxc3
22. Bxf5 $18) 20. Rdg1 d4 $8 21. Qd2 Qf3 (21... Qh4 22. Qh6 $1 g6 (22... Qe1+
23. Nc1 $18) 23. f6 Qxf6 24. Qxh5 $18) 22. Qg5 g6 23. Nd2 Qd5 24. Be4 (24. Qxh5
$4 Qxh1) 24... Qa5 25. Qxh5 Nb4 26. a3 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Chandler,M} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 (9... Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. g4 Be6 17. Kb1 {N} Bf6 18. Bd3 Nb4
19. Bd4 (19. Rd1 $16 {(Rogers)}) 19... Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qf4 $14 {
Rogers,I-Kotronias,V Crete 1991}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. h4 (11. Qh6 Kh8 12. Qh5 Qe8
13. f4 Rg8 14. Bd3 Rg7 15. g4 b5 16. h4 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. f5 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20.
Nd2 Bb7 {N} 21. Rhf1 Nb8 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Qh6 $13 {Borriss,M-Leko,P
Kecskemet 1991}) (11. f4 {Chandler,M} Kh8 12. f5 b5 13. Ne2 $5 {/\ Ne2-f4;
Short,N-Popovic,P/Subotica izt/1987/1-0/36/}) 11... Kh8 12. g4 b5 (12... Rg8
13. g5 b5 (13... fxg5 {Chandler,M} 14. hxg5 e5 15. f4 Rg7 16. Kb1 exf4 17. Qxf4
Ne5 18. Bh3 Bxg5 19. Qf2 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Qd7 21. Rdh1 Ng4 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Nd5 $44
{Campora,D-Zueger,B/Dubai ol/1986/1-0/61/}) 14. f4 Bb7 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 a5
17. Bg2 a4 18. Nbd4 Na5 19. Qxb4 d5 20. Qxa4 Nc4 21. Qb3 $16 {Yudasin,L-Aseev,
K USSR 1987}) 13. g5 b4 (13... Rg8 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. f4 Nb8 16. Bd3 Nd7 $14 {
Ivanovic,B-Popovic,P Jugoslawien ch 1986}) 14. Na4 $1 (14. Ne2 a5 15. f4 (15.
Ned4 {Chandler,M} Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. f4 Rg8 18. Kb1 Rg7 {Van der Wiel,
J-Piket,J/Lyon zt/1990/1/2-1/2/41/}) 15... a4 $132) 14... Rg8 15. f4 Rb8 16.
Kb1 Bf8 17. Be2 e5 (17... Bd7 {Chandler,M} 18. Nac5 $1) (17... Na5 $5 {
Chandler,M /\ ...Qe8, ...Bd7}) 18. f5 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 (19... Qxg5 20. Qd5 $6
(20. Qd3 $16) 20... Nd8 21. Rh5 Qe3 (21... Qf6 {Chandler,M} 22. Rdh1 h6 23. Qd2
Kh7 24. Qe3 $44 {/\ Na4-b6-d5}) 22. Rdh1 Rg1+) 20. Qe3 Qf6 (20... Bd7 21. Nac5
dxc5 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxg5 Qd6 24. Bc4 $18) (20... h6 $5 {Karpov} 21. Nac5 a5
22. Rxd6 $5 {!/ !?} Bxd6 23. Rxh6+ Kg7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxg5+ Kf8 26. f6 $44
Rb6 27. Bc4 Nd8 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Qf8 30. Qh5) 21. Nb6 Ne7 22. Nxc8 (22.
Bxa6 {Chandler,M} Bxa6 (22... Qg7 23. Bxc8 Nxc8 24. Nd7 $16) 23. Nd7 $16) 22...
Rxc8 23. Bxa6 Rd8 (23... Rb8 24. Qa7) 24. Qb6 Ng8 25. Na5 (25. Bc4 $6 d5 $1 26.
Qa5 (26. Qxf6+ {Chandler,M} Nxf6 27. exd5 Rxf5 $13 {Gives Black three passed
pawns.}) 26... dxc4 27. Rxd8 (27. Qxd8 Be7 $19) 27... cxb3 28. Rxf8 bxc2+ 29.
Kc1 (29. Kxc2 Qc6+ $40) 29... Rg2 $40) (25. Bb7 $5 d5 26. Qa5 d4 $14 (26... d4
{Chandler,M} 27. Bd5)) 25... d5 $1 26. Nc6 Rd6 27. exd5 Ne7 (27... Qxf5 $5 28.
Bd3 (28. Qb8 Kg7 29. Rhf1 Qg6 30. Bd3 e4 31. Bc4 $14) 28... e4 29. Qd4+ Nf6 $1
30. Bc4 $13) 28. Qxb4 (28. Bc4 $13 {Chandler,M}) 28... Nxd5 (28... Nxc6 29. Qh4
h6 30. dxc6 Rxc6 31. Bb7 $16) 29. Rxd5 Qg7 (29... Rxd5 30. Qxf8+ Rg8 31. Qb4 $1
(31. Qe7 $2 Qh6 $1 (31... Qxc6 {Chandler,M} 32. Qxf7 (32. Qh4 h6 33. Bb7 {
! Hartston: winning.} Rd4 $1 34. Qxd4 $2 (34. Bxc6 Rxh4 35. Rxh4 Rg1#) 34...
Qxh1+ $19) 32... Rg7 (32... h6 33. f6) 33. Qf8+ Rg8 34. Qf7 $10 Rg7 35. Qe6 Rd6
36. Qc8+ Qxc8 37. Bxc8 Rg2 38. a4 Rdd2 $13) 32. Re1 (32. Rc1 Qxc1+ $19) (32. a3
Qxh1+ 33. Ka2 $13 {+/= /}) 32... Qxc6 33. Qxf7 $13) 31... Qh6 32. Qe4 (32. Rc1
Qxc1+ $19) 32... Qxc6 33. Qh4 h6 34. Bb7 Qb6 35. Qxh6+ Qxh6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37.
Bxd5 Kxh6 38. a4 $18) 30. Rxd6 Rg1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxb4 33. Nxb4 $18
Qg4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. a3 Qxf5 36. Rd1 h5 37. Re1 Qe6 38. Bb7 f5 39. Bd5 Qf6 40.
c4 e4 41. c5 1-0

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1 Bc6 13.
Bb3 $6 $146 {Polgar,J-Sax,G Ungarn ch 1991 1-0 51 -Inf.53/191 (Polgar,J)} (13.
f5 $5)) 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. h4 Kh8 12. g4 b5 13. g5 b4 14. Na4
$1 Rb8 15. f4 Rg8 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Be2 e5 18. f5 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 20. Qe3 Qf6
21. Nb6 $16 {Short,N-Karpov,An Linares csf1 (10) 1992 1-0 41 -CBM 29}) 10... b5
11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Kh8 13. Ne2 $1 (13. g3 Bd7 14. Ne2 Ne5 15. Nf4 Nc4 16. Qe2
Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Kb1 Bf6 21. Nd4 $14 {Garcia,
G-Magar,T Philadelphia World op (3) 1991 0-1 47}) 13... Bd7 (13... e5 {Anand}
14. Nc3) (13... exf5 {Anand} 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg6 17. Bd3
$16) 14. Nf4 Rc8 (14... Rg8 {Anand} 15. g3 $16) 15. fxe6 Bxe6 (15... fxe6 $4
16. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Rd3 e5 20. Rg3 $18) 16. Kb1 Ne5
17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Bd3 Rg8 19. Rhf1 Rc5 20. h3 $1 $16 Nc4 21. Qf2 Ne5 22. g4 b4
23. Qe2 a5 24. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nxd3 (25... Rxd5 $2 26. Qe4 $18) 26. Qxd3
Rxd5 27. Qc4 Re5 (27... Qb7 28. Nf5 $16) 28. Qxf7 Rf8 29. Qc4 d5 30. Qc6 (30.
Qd3 {Anand} Bc5 31. Nf5 $16) 30... Qc8 31. Qb5 Qc5 32. Qxc5 (32. Qb7 {Anand})
32... Bxc5 33. Nc6 Re2 34. Rxd5 (34. Nxa5 $1 $18 {Anand}) 34... Bb6 35. Rb5 Bc7
36. Nd4 Re4 37. Rd5 Rfe8 38. Nb5 Re1+ 39. Rd1 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 Bh2 41. a4 $18
bxa3 (41... Re3 {Anand} 42. Rd3 $16) 42. Nxa3 Re3 43. Nc4 Rxh3 44. Nxa5 Rg3 45.
Rd4 Rg1+ 46. Ka2 Kg7 47. Nc4 Kg6 48. b4 Kg5 49. Nd2 Be5 50. Nf3+ Kg6 51. Nxe5+
(51. Nxg1 $2 Bxd4 52. Nf3 Bf2 (52... Ba7 {Anand} 53. c4 h5) 53. c4 f5 $10)
51... fxe5 52. Rc4 Rd1 53. b5 Rd8 54. b6 Rb8 55. Rb4 Kf6 (55... e4 56. c4 e3
57. c5 e2 58. Re4 $18) 56. Kb3 e4 57. Kc3 Ke5 58. Kd2 Kf4 (58... Kd5 59. Ke3
Kc5 60. c3 $18) 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. b7 Kc5 62. c3 Kd5 63. g5 (63. g5
Ke5 64. Rb5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 (16. g4 Be6 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nb4 $14 {Rogers,
I-Kotronias,V Crete 1991}) 16... Ne5 17. Bxa7 $5 {N} (17. Rd1 Nc4 18. Bc5 (18.
Rxd5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Be6 20. Rd1 Qxh2 21. Nd4 Bc5 {1/2 Brynell,S-Winsness,R
SVE-ch 1991}) 18... Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Be6 20. h4 Bf4 21. Bd4 Bg3 22. Qe2 Bxh4 $15 {
Fedorowicz,J-Wolff,P USA-ch 1991}) 17... Nc4 18. Bc5 (18. Bd4 Rxa2 19. Qg3 $14)
18... Rxa2 19. Bxe7 Qf4+ (19... Qxe7 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qc5 Ra1+ 23.
Kd2 Qd7+ 24. Nd4 $8 Ra8 $13 (24... Ra6 $5)) 20. Kd1 (20. Kb1 $2 Rxb2+ 21. Ka1
Qe5 22. Qd4 (22. Re1 Ra2+ 23. Kxa2 Qb2#) 22... Qxe7 $18) 20... Rxb2 21. Re1 (
21. Bxc4 $2 Rb1+ 22. Ke2 Qxc4+ 23. Kd2 Rxh1 $19) 21... Rb1+ 22. Ke2 Qe5+ 23.
Kf1 Ne3+ 24. Kg1 Ng4 (24... Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxe7 $17) 25. Rxb1 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1
Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Qc7 28. Bc5 {Boensch} (28. Bc5 b6 29. Re1 Be6 30. Ra1 Bc8 (30...
bxc5 $2 31. Ra8+ Bc8 32. Ba6 $18) 31. Re1 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bd7 9. Nb5 Qb8 $5 (9... Bxb5 $6 10. Bxb5+ Ke7 $16) 10. O-O-O (10. Bxf6 $6
gxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 $36) 10... a6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxf6 (12. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 13.
Rxd6 Nxe4 $19) 12... Bf4+ 13. Kb1 gxf6 14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. g3 Bc7 {/\ ...b5, ...
Ra8-a7, Bc7-b6} 16. Bh3 b5 17. Qc6 Ra7 18. Bxe6 $1 {Weiss hat drei Bauern für
die Figur und eine Angriffstellung.} fxe6 19. Qxe6 Bd8 20. Rd6 Be7 21. Rhd1 Rg8
22. Rxa6 {Der vierte Bauer} Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Kf7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qc4+ Kf8 26. Qxa4
Rg5 27. Rd5 $2 (27. f4 $1) 27... Rxd5 28. exd5 Qe5 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qb7 Qd4 31.
Qb3 Kf8 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qb7 $6 {Ivanchuk spielt zu unrecht weiterhin auf
Gewinn.} (33. Qb3 $1 $10) 33... Qxf2 34. c3 (34. d6 $2 Qe1+ 35. Ka2 Qe6+ {
/\ 36...Qxd6}) 34... Qd2 35. Ka2 h5 36. h3 Qd3 37. Kb3 Qxg3 38. Qd7 Qe5 39. c4
Qe3+ 40. Ka2 Qc5 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Kb3 Kf8 43. Qf5 h4 44. Qh5 Qb4+ 45. Ka2 Qxc4+
46. Ka1 Qf1+ 47. Ka2 Qxh3 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. Qh8+ Kd7 51. Qa8 Bd6
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Be2 $6 (9. Nb3 a6 10. Bxf6 $5) 9... a6 (9... Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Nxd2
11. Bxd8 Nxd4 12. Be7 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. Bxd6 $10) (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxe4
$5 (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. g4 $5 $13) 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Qh4 $6
Nxe2+ 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Rxd6 Nc3+ 15. Ka1 Qa5 $17) 12... Qxe7 13. Qxd6 Qf6 $15)
10. h4 (10. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd6 Qb6 $36) 10... Bd7 (10... Nxd4
$5 11. Qxd4 b5) 11. h5 Nxd4 (11... b5 12. h6 g6 13. a3) 12. Qxd4 h6 (12... Nxe4
$2 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Qxd6 Nxe2+ 15. Kb1 $16) (12... Bc6 $2 13. h6 e5 (13... g6
$2 14. e5 $18) 14. Qd3 $16) 13. Be3 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Bc6 $44) 13... Bc6
14. f4 $6 (14. f3) 14... b5 15. Bf3 Qa5 $1 {/\ b4} 16. a3 (16. e5 $6 Bxf3 17.
gxf3 dxe5 18. fxe5 b4 $17) 16... Rab8 $15 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. g4 Nd7 $1 (18... d5
19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rfd8 $10) 19. g5 hxg5 20. h6 (20. fxg5 Ne5
21. h6 g6 22. Be2 a5 $17) 20... Bf6 21. Qf2 g6 22. e5 (22. fxg5 $5 Be5 23. Ne2)
22... dxe5 23. fxg5 Be7 24. Ne4 $6 (24. Qg2 Rbc8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6
27. Ne4 $17) 24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc4 $1 $19 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Qg2 Nc5 (27... Qa2
28. Bc3) 28. Bb4 $2 (28. Rhe1 $142 Nb3+ 29. Kb1 Nxd2+ 30. Qxd2 b4 31. a4 b3 $19
) 28... Qa2 $4 (28... Qxe4 $142 29. Qxe4 Bxg5+ $19) 29. c3 Rbc8 $1 (29... a5 $2
30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Qg3 $16) 30. Bxc5 (30. Qg3 Nb3+ (30... Nxe4 $2 31. Bxe7) 31.
Kc2 Bxb4 32. axb4 (32. Qxe5+ f6 $19) 32... Nd4+ 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Qe5+ f6 35.
gxf6 Rxc3+ $19) 30... Bxc5 (30... Rxc5 31. Rd7 $13) 31. Qg3 (31. Bb1 Be3+ 32.
Kc2 Rxc3+) 31... Bxa3 32. bxa3 Qxa3+ 33. Kd2 (33. Kb1 Qb3+ 34. Ka1 Qa4+) 33...
Rfd8+ 34. Ke1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Qa4+ (35... Qa4+ 36. Bc2 Qa1+) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. h4 {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'Zu langsam'} (10. f3 Rd8
11. h4 $6 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 {Sax,G-Tal,M/Brussels WCup/1988/0-1/
42/ -> CBM7}) 10... Rd8 11. h5 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 a6 14. Be2 b5 15. Bf3 d5
16. e5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. g4 Nb6 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Na4 {'-/+!' Bulletin.
Bulletin: 'In Zeitnot bietet Sax remis an, und Nunn lehnt ab.'} 21. N5xa4 bxa4
22. Qc5 Bd7 23. Be2 Qb7 24. Qa3 Rdc8 25. Kb1 d4 26. Ne4 Nb4 27. Bd3 Qd5 28.
Rhe1 Bb5 29. Rd2 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Qa5 31. Red1 Nd5 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nxf4 34.
Qd6 Rc8+ 35. Kd1 Nd5 36. g5 hxg5 37. Nxg5 Rd8 38. Qc6 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 Qf8 $6 {
A bit passive. The queenside attack never materializes.} (13... e5 $5 14. Nxc6
(14. Nf5 d5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bc5 Qd8 {and Black is no worse.}) 14... bxc6 15.
Qc3 d5 16. Qxe5 dxe4 17. Be2 $14) 14. Qc3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. g4 Rd8 17. g5
Nh5 18. Ne2 $1 e5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Nc3 $1 {Although it might have been tempting
to swing the knight to the kingside, it was not clear that there are any real
threats there.} (20. Ng3 g6 21. Nxh5 gxh5 $13) 20... Rdc8 (20... f6 {might
have been best, though it amounts to an admission that the position is already
not so hot.}) 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. h4 {Fed claimed he
didn't really know what was going on in this game, being a bit disoriented
because he usually plays the Black side of this opening.} Rc5 25. Qxb7 {
This snack is perfectly healthy! Still it leads to some complications which
could have been avoided by the simple 25.Qd2 with advantage to White.} Rb8 26.
Qd7 d5 {Played to activate the bishop, but Fed just keeps on munching.} 27.
exd5 Bd6 28. Re1 g6 (28... Rcc8 29. Bxa6 Rd8 30. Qc6 Ba3 $5 31. Bb5 Qb4 32.
bxa3 Qxa3+ 33. Kb1 Qb4+ 34. Ka1 Rdc8 35. Re4 $1 Qxb5 36. Qxb5 Rxb5 37. c4 $18)
(28... Ra5 29. Bc4 {illustrates White's single but sufficient defensive
resource.}) (28... Rc7 29. Qa4 Rcb7 30. b3 {and White will consolidate with
Re4.}) 29. Rh2 Rcc8 30. Bxa6 {An insatiable appetite is finally appeased.} Rc7
31. Qa4 Bc5 32. Bb5 Be3+ 33. Kb1 Qc5 34. c4 Qd4 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. d6 Ra7 37. Qb3
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. f4 b5
15. g4 Rb8 (15... Bb7) 16. g5 Nb6 17. h4 b4 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Bc1 a5 20. Ned4
Nxd4 21. Nxd4 a4 22. Qf3 e5 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. b3 Qa6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Nf5 Bxf5
27. Qxf5 axb3 28. axb3 Rdc8 29. Bb2 Qe2 30. Rc1 Rc5 31. Rhf1 Qh5 32. Qd7 Bf8
$13 33. Rf2 Rbc8 34. Rcf1 Rxc2 35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Re2 37. Bxe5 Rxe4 38.
Bg3 Re6 39. R7f3 g6 40. Re1 Ra6 41. Be5 Re6 42. Rfe3 Rce8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 (9... a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh6 Kh8 12. Qh5 Qe8 13.
f4 Rg8 14. Bd3 Rg7 15. g4 b5 16. h4 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. f5 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nd2
Bb7 21. Rhf1 Nb8 $1 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5 $132 {Borriss,M-Leko,P/Kecskemet/
1991/1:0 (47) Inf 53/188/}) 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 (12...
Nd7 $5 13. h4 a6 14. h5 (14. Bg5 $5) (14. Kb1 $5) 14... b5 15. g4 Nce5 $1 16.
Rg1 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 {Adams,M-Conquest,S/London/
1990/1:0 (37) Inf 50/222/} e5 $1 $15) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5
16. g4 (16. g3 $2 Bf5 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. c3 Bd3 20. cxb4 Rc8+ $19 {
Petrushin,A-Brodskij,M Sochi 1993 0-1 27}) 16... Be6 17. Kb1 Bf6 $1 18. Bd3 (
18. g5 {Boensch} Be5 19. f4 d4 20. Bc1 Bd5 21. Rg1 Bd6 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,
M-Kramnik,V (1) Alcobendas m 1993 0-1 56 -CBM 39}) 18... Nb4 {Rogers,
I-Kotronias,V/Crete/1991/0,5 (47) Inf 53/189/} 19. Rd1 $1 $36) (11. Nb5 {
Boensch} Rd7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 Qf8 $6 (13... e5 $1 14. Nf5 d5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Bc5 Qe6 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bd3 b6 $10 {Petrushin,A-Shmuter,L Sochi 1993 1-0
37}) 14. Qc3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. g4 Rd8 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Qd2 Be6 20.
Nc3 $14 {xd5 Fedorowicz,J-Gurevich,D USA-ch (03) 1993 1-0 37}) 11... Qc7 (11...
a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. g5 Rb8 16. h4 Nb6 17. g6 $5 Na4 (17...
fxg6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Na4 $13) 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ned4 $14 {
Timman,J-Salov,V/Linares/1991/0,5 (71) Inf 51/194/}) 12. Bxf6 $5 $146 (12. Qf2
$2 Ng4 $15) (12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 $10) (12. Bf4 a6 13. g4 b5 (
13... Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qg2 b5 16. h4 (16. Bc1 {Boensch} Bb7 17. f4 b4 18.
Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 d5 20. Qe2 Ndb6 21. exd5 $17 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V (3)
Alcobendas m 1993 -CBM 39}) 16... b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. h5 Nf8 19. Bc1 Bb7 20. f4
Ned7 21. Ng3 d5 $1 $132 {Nunn,J-Gschnitzer,O/BRD/1990/1:0 (36) Inf 50/221/})
14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bb6 b4 $1 19. Ne2 Re8 $13 {
Svidler,P-Fishbein,A/Oakham/1990/0,5 (49) Inf 50/220/}) (12. h4 {Boensch} d5
13. Bxf6 dxe4 14. Nb5 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Qb6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. c4 $16 {Cunningham,
R-Fishbein,A Philadelphia World op (1) 1992 1-0 27}) 12... Bxf6 13. g4 g6 $6 (
13... a6 $5 14. g5 {Boensch} Be7 15. h4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 a5 $132) (13...
Ne5 $5 {Boensch}) 14. h4 a6 15. g5 Bg7 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. f4 (18. Bd3
Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4) 18... b4 19. Na4 (19. Ne2 a5) 19... Rb8 20. Qh2 (
20. Bd3 $5 {/\Rh4,Qh2,Rh1->/}) 20... Kf8 21. Rd3 e5 $5 (21... Ne7 $5) 22. f5 $1
(22. Bh3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5) 22... gxf5 23. Rh3 Ne7 (23... f4 24. Rh8+ (24. Rh7
$1 $18) 24... Ke7 (24... Bxh8 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Nac5+ $18) 25. Rh7
Rg8 $13) (23... fxe4 $2 {Boensch} 24. Rh7 Be6 25. Rxg7 $18) 24. Rh8+ $2 (24.
Rh7 $1 Ng8 (24... Ng6 $5 $13) (24... Ng6 $19 {Boensch}) 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh7+
Kf8 27. exf5 $18 Bxf5 (27... Qc6 28. f6 Bf5 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxg8+ Kd7 31.
Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Rh2 $18) (27... Bb7 28. Rh4 $1 Rbc8 29. f6) 28. Qxf5 Qc6 29. Rh7)
24... Ng8 (24... Bxh8 $2 {Boensch} 25. Qxh8+ Ng8 26. Rh7 Be6 27. exf5 Rdc8 28.
Bd3 $18) 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf5 Bxf5 $1 {!! Boensch} 28. Qxf5 Qc6
29. g6 Rb7 30. Rh7 $6 (30. Qg5 $5 Rc8 $13) 30... Qxa4 31. Qg5 {? Boensch} (31.
Bc4 d5 $1 (31... Qd7 {Boensch} 32. Qf3 e4 33. Qh5 $13) 32. Bxd5 Qd7 33. Qxd7
Rbxd7 34. Bxf7 Rd1+ 35. Nc1 Rg1 $19) 31... Qe8 32. Bxa6 $2 (32. Bg2 $5 d5 (
32... e4 $2 33. Bxe4 $1) 33. Nc5 Re7) 32... Re7 33. Bd3 e4 $19 (33... d5 $2 34.
Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Bg6+ $18) 34. Bb5 Re5 35. gxf7 Rxg5 36. fxe8=Q+
Rxe8 37. Bxe8 Rg1+ 38. Nc1 Kxe8 39. a4 $2 (39. c3 bxc3 40. bxc3 Bxc3 41. Kc2
Bf6 $17) 39... bxa3 40. bxa3 Bc3 {! Boensch} 41. Rh4 d5 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 h6 $6 (9... a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f4 Kh8 12. f5 b5 13. fxe6 (
13. Kb1 $5) 13... fxe6 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 e5 $1 $10 {Spasov,V-Oll,L/Biel/1993/
0,5 (42) Inf 58/232/}) (9... Qb6 $5) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4
13. g3 (13. f3 Rd8 14. Qc7 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Qf6 16. Kc1 Qxc3 17. Bb5 e5 18. Bxc6
Be6 19. Rd1 bxc6 20. Rd3 $14 {Serper,G-Reznikov,V/URS/1982/}) (13. f4 $5 Rd8
14. g3 $1 Qf6 (14... Qh5 15. Qxd8+ Nxd8 16. Rxd8+ $16) 15. Qc5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1
e5 17. f5 $16 {Kuzmin,G-Cseshkovsky,V/URS/1981/1:0 (42) Inf 33/278/}) 13... Qf6
(13... Qxe4 14. Bb5) 14. Qc5 e5 15. Bb5 (15. Bc4 $5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Rd6
Qh3 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. Rd5 $1 Qg2 20. Rhd1 Qxh2 21. Nc5 $16 {Klovans,J-Tal,M/
Jurmala/1983/}) 15... Nd8 $1 16. Qe3 $6 (16. Rd6 $5) 16... Bg4 17. Rd3 Rc8 18.
f3 (18. h3 $5 Be6 19. Nc5 a6 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3) 18... a6 19. Bd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7
a5 $1 $44 21. Rhd1 Qa6 22. R1d5 a4 23. Nc5 Qf1+ 24. Kd2 (24. Kb2 $2 a3+ $1 25.
Kxa3 Qb1 $40) (24. Rd1 Qc4) 24... a3 25. Nd3 Qb1 26. Nc1 Nc6 27. Qd3 Qb6 28.
Rb5 $6 (28. Qe3 $1 Qb1 29. Qd3 $10) 28... Qg1 29. Rbxb7 (29. Qe2 b6 $1 {
/\Na5-c4/}) 29... Na5 30. Rbc7 Qb6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Ke2 (32. Qd5 Nc4+ 33. Ke1
Qg1+ $19) 32... Nc4 (32... Qg1 $6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kh7 35. Qxa5) 33. Nb3
Qg1 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf1
Qh3+ 40. Kf2 Nb2 41. Qe2 Qh2+ 42. Ke3 Qxg3 $19 43. Kd2 (43. c4 Qf4+ 44. Kf2
Qh2+ 45. Ke3 Qxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Nxc4 $19) 43... Qg5+ (43... h5 $1) 44. Ke1 Na4 (
44... Qg1+ 45. Kd2 h5 46. f4 $1) 45. c4 Nc3 46. Qd3 Nxa2 47. c5 Nc1 $1 48. Qc3
a2 $6 (48... Nxb3 $1 49. Qxb3 Qg1+ 50. Ke2 (50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Kc1 Qa1+ 52. Kd2
a2) 50... Qxc5 51. Qxf7 Qxc2+) 49. Na1 Qg2 50. Kd1 Ne2 51. Qxe5 Qxf3 52. Kd2 (
52. Qf5+ Qxf5 53. exf5 Nd4 $19) 52... Ng3 53. c6 Nxe4+ 54. Kc1 Qa3+ 55. Kd1
Qd6+ 56. Qxd6 Nxd6 57. Kc1 h5 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.11.02"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 (8. Be3 $6 Ng4 $15) 8... gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $6 9. Ndb5 Qd8 10. O-O-O) 9.
O-O-O (9. Rd1 $5 a6 10. Be2 h5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Kh1 O-O-O 14. f4 $14
) 9... a6 10. f4 (10. Be2 h5 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. h4 Bd7 13. f4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4
15. Rxd4 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Be7 17. Ne2 $14 {Keres,P-Byrne,R/URS-USA/1955/}) 10...
h5 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Be2 Qb6 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Rhf1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 Kb8 15. Rf3 Be7
16. Rh3 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Shamkovich,L/Dubna/1973/}) 13. Nb3 $1 (13. Rhf1 Qxd4
14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 h4 16. f5 Rc8 17. Rd3 $14 {Keres,P-Petrosian,T/
Amsterdam/1956/}) 13... O-O-O 14. Rhf1 Na5 15. Rf3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb8 17. Na4
Qa7 (17... Bxa4 18. bxa4 Ka7 19. f5) 18. f5 $16 Be7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf6 $1
Rh7 (20... Bxf6 21. Qxd6+ Ka8 22. Nb6+) (20... b5 21. Rf7 Be8 22. Rg7 $1 bxa4
23. Qb4+ Ka8 24. e5 Bc6 25. exd6 $40) 21. Rg6 b5 22. Nc3 Qc5 23. Na2 Ka7 24.
Nb4 Rf8 25. Bf3 h4 26. h3 Bc8 27. Nd3 Qc7 (27... Qd4 28. c3 Qb6 29. e5 $1 d5
30. Nf4) 28. Nf4 Rf6 29. Bg4 $1 $18 Rxg6 (29... Rhf7 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxe6
Rxg6 32. Bxf7) 30. Nxg6 Bb7 31. Bxe6 Bd8 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Rf7 34. e5 1-0

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Lanc, Alois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $2 9. Ndb5) 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 (10. f4) 10... Bd7 11. f4
Qb6 12. Nb3 O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8 14. f5 h5 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Bh3 Ka8 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18.
fxe6 fxe6 19. Nd5 $1 exd5 20. Bxd7 Rc7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. exd5 c5 23. Nd2 Rb8
24. Nc4 Qb4 25. Re3 1-0

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. h4 {Arnason's favourite move.} Rd8 11. h5 h6 $1 (11...
d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. h6 g6 15. Bc4 $16 {Arnason-Thorsteins,
Reykjavik 1984.}) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qe2 {So far this is an analysis given by
Arnason in the Informant. He gives the plan g4-g5 with an attack. This does
not seem to have frightened Wilder.} d5 $1 {Classical strategy. Counterattack
in the centre.} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 {Exchanging R:s makes it more
difficult for White to protect c2.} 16. Rxd5 $6 {Letting the B out to f5 is
dangerous to say the least.} (16. g4 Nb4 17. Kb1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Nd5 19. Bc1 {
And White is ready to continue his attack.}) 16... exd5 17. Qd2 (17. g4 $6 {
Preventing Bf5.} Nb4 $1 {With the double threat: Nxa2 and Bxg4.} 18. c3 Nxa2+
19. Kb1 Nxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3 $17) 17... Bf5 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Be2 $2 {The final
mistake, giving Black a murderous attack.} (19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 $15) 19...
Rc8 20. Bd1 Nb4 21. Nd4 Nxa2+ 22. Kb1 Nc3+ $1 23. Kc1 (23. bxc3 Qb6+ 24. Ka1
Rc4 25. Nb3 Ra4+ 26. Kb2 Ba3+ 27. Kb1 Qxb3+ $19) 23... Qa5 24. Qe3 Qa1+ 25. Kd2
Ne4+ 26. Ke2 Bh7 27. Qh3 Re8 28. Be5 Qa6+ 29. Ke1 Bb4+ 30. c3 Rxe5 31. Qc8+ Bf8
0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 Qa5 11. Bd2 $5 (11. Qd2) 11... Qc7 12. g4 a6 13.
g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. Qf2 Bb7 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nf4 Bxa2+
20. Kxa2 Qxc2 21. Bd3 Qa4+ 22. Kb1 Nc5 $2 (22... b3 $142 $19) 23. Qd4 Nb3 24.
Qe4 g6 25. Bc4 Nc5 26. Qe5 Rfc8 27. h5 Nd7 28. Qd4 b3 29. Bc3 Bf6 30. Bxb3 Qxb3
31. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 d5 12. Bxf6 dxe4 $4 13. Bxe7 Rxd2 14.
Nxd2 $1 exf3 (14... Nxe7 $2 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nb5 $18) 15. gxf3 $6 (15. Nc4 $1
Qc7 {15...Qf2 16.Ne4! +-} 16. Bd6 $1 $18) 15... e5 16. Bh4 $2 Be6 17. Nde4 Nd4
18. Bg2 $2 Rc8 19. Bf2 f5 $1 20. f4 $1 (20. Ng5 $2 Rxc3 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bxd4
exd4 23. bxc3 dxc3 24. Ka1 Qe2 $17) 20... fxe4 21. fxe5 Rc4 22. Rhe1 $2 (22.
Ne2 $1 Ra4 23. b3 $16) 22... Rb4 $2 (22... Bg4 $1 23. Rxd4 $2 Rxd4 24. Nxe4
Rxe4 25. Bxb6 Rxe1#) 23. Kc1 $1 Bg4 $2 24. Nd5 Qc5 25. Nxb4 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 $1 (
26. Rxd1 $2 Ne2+ $19) (26. Rxe4 Nb3+ $1 $19) 26... e3 27. Rxe3 Nf5 28. Bd5+ Kf8
29. Rf3 Qxb4 30. Rxf5+ Ke8 31. e6 1-0

[Event "OHRA Crown Group"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1985.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1985.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f4 a5 $1 11. a4 Rd8 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 Nxe4
$17) 12... Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe3+ 15. Qd2 Qxe4 16. Bd3 $16) 12. Bb5
Nb4 $2 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 $16) (12... d5 $1 13. exd5 Nb4 $10) 13.
g4 $1 e5 (13... Bd7 14. Bxd7 Rxd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. f5 $16) 14. f5
d5 $5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. g5 $16) 16. exd5 Qh4 17. Qe2 b6 18. Kb1 (
18. Qxe5 $6 Bf6 $132) 18... Bb7 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. h3 Bg5 21. Nd2 $1 Nxd5 22.
Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Nf3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qh6 26. Nxe5 (26. h4 Bf4 $1 (
26... Bxh4 $2 27. Rh1 $18)) (26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Qxe5 h5 $16) 26... Qxh3 27. Nxf7
$1 Qe3 (27... Kxf7 28. Qe6+ $18) 28. Qxe3 Bxe3 29. Rd7 h6 30. c3 Bf4 31. Nd6
Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc4 33. Rd4 Rc6 34. Kc2 Kf7 35. Kd3 Kf6 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Kg5
38. b5 Rc1 39. Rc4 Rd1+ (39... Rxc4 40. Kxc4 Kxg4 41. a5 $18) 40. Kc2 Ra1 41.
Kb2 Re1 42. Rc6 Kxg4 43. Rxb6 h5 44. Rb8 h4 45. b6 h3 46. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 (7...
Be7) (7... a6) 8. Bxf6 (8. Bh4 Nxe4) 8... gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Ndb5) 9. O-O-O a6
10. Be2 h5 (10... Bd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bh5 $1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 $14 {
Bondarevsky-Botwinnik, 19th URS-ch [#]}) 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Rhf1 (13.
Nb3 $1 O-O-O 14. Rhf1 Na5 15. Rf3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb8 17. Na4 Qa7 18. f5 Be7 19.
fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf6 $1 $16 {Keres-Botvinnik, 1956}) 13... Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15.
Rxd4 h4 16. f5 Rc8 17. Rd3 Rc5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 Rg5 20. Rf2 (20. Bf3 Bg7
21. Rf4 Be5 22. Rg4 Rxg4 23. Bxg4 Bxh2) 20... Rhg8 21. Bf3 Be7 (21... Bg7 22.
Rxd6 Be5 23. Rd1 Bxh2 24. e5 $1) 22. h3 Rf8 23. Rfd2 Bc6 24. Nd1 Kd7 25. b3 b5
26. Nf2 Kc7 27. Ng4 Rf4 28. Re2 Kd7 29. a3 Kc7 30. Kc1 d5 31. exd5 Bxa3+ 32.
Kd2 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Re6 a5 35. Rh6 d4 36. c3 (36. Rxh4 Bb4+ 37. Ke2 Rc5
38. Kd1 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Re1+) 36... dxc3+ 37. Rxc3+ Kb7 38. Rd3 Rf7 39. Rxh4 Re7
40. Ne3 Bc5 41. Rg4 {[Vatnikov]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. f4 (12. Qxd6 Bg5+ 13. Kb1
Rd8 $1) 12... Rd8 13. g4 a6 14. g5 Be7 15. h4 b5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Ne2 (17. Na4
Bd7) 17... a5 18. Nbd4 Bb7 19. Bg2 d5 $5 20. e5 (20. exd5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd5)
20... a4 21. Kb1 $6 (21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4 b3 23. Kb1 $5) 21... Na5 22. h5 (22.
Nc1) (22. g6 $5 hxg6 23. h5 $5) 22... b3 $1 23. cxb3 (23. g6 bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Nc4)
23... axb3 24. axb3 Qb6 25. Nc1 Bb4 26. Qd3 Ba6 27. Qf3 Bc5 $1 28. Nc2 Rdb8 29.
g6 Bc4 $1 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Na1 Be3 $1 32. Rh3 Nxb3 33. Naxb3 Bxb3 34. Rd2 Qa5
$1 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. e5 {opening the "d" file.} (10. f4 {is considered
as the main line.}) 10... dxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd7 {The most popular reply against
the 10.e5 variation.} (11... Qe8 {is possible as well:} 12. h4 Bd7 (12... a6
13. Ne4 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. h5 Nc6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. h6 g6 18. f4 e5 19. fxe5
Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Rh4 $16 {Huebner,R-Timman,J Belfort WCup
1988 1-0 38}) 13. Nb5 Ng4 14. Qd4 Bxb5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxb5 h5 17. Be2 Rfd8
18. Qf4 e5 $10 {Santo Roman,M-Relange,E Cannes op (05) 1995 1/2 28 - EXP 46})
12. Be2 {covering the g4 square. White has the following alternatives:} (12.
Qg3 $146 {(Ftacnik) A very interesting novelty in a well-known position. Black
has to solve the problems of the pin along the d-file.} Rc8 13. Bd3 Nh5 (13...
Qa5 $2 14. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 15. Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxe7 Rxc3 (16... Rfe8 17. Qd3+ $18)
17. bxc3 Qxa2 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qxd7 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Bxf8 $18) (13... Qc7
14. Qh4 (14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Rhe1 $13) 14... h6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Qa5 17. h4
Rxc3 $1 (17... Qh5 $2 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Rxd7 $18) 18. bxc3 Qxc3
19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ $10) 14. Bxe7 (14. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Qxd7 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Qxg2 $13) 14... Qxe7 15. Qe3 (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.
Qd3+ g6 17. Qxd7 Qg5+ 18. Qd2 Qxg2 19. Qe3 $10) 15... Bc6 $11 {CBM 50-6.Bg5 e6/
8... Nd4 9.Qd4 00 1/Opening 1996/CBM 050/[Ftacnik] (24)}) (12. Bb5 Qe8 (12...
Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14. Bxd8 Rfxd8 $10) 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qg3 Bxg5+ 15. Qxg5 Nf6
16. Rd3 h6 17. Qe5 Qb8 18. Re1 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfd8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,
J-Leko,P/Wijk (03) ;CBM 40 1994 (26)}) (12. h4 Rc8 13. Rh3 Qc7 14. Qe1 (14. Qe3
b5 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Rg3 b4 17. Be5 $40 {Oll,L-Maki,V Helsinki Opybank 1991 1-0
33}) (14. Qxc7 Rxc7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nd5 (17... Ng4 18. Bxe7
Rxe7 19. Rd2 Rec7 20. Bf1 Kf8 21. Rhd3 Ke7 22. Rd4 f5 23. Bb5 Nf6 24. Re2 g6
25. Bd3 Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27. c3 {Boudre,J-Levacic,D/FRA-chT ;TD 93\08 1993/
1-0 (62)}) 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Bf1 Rec7 20. c3 Kf8 21. Kb1 Rd8 22. Rhd3 Rcd7 23.
c4 {Prandstetter,E-Trepp,M/Prague Bohemians ;EXT 87 1987/1/2-1/2 (70)}) 14...
Bc6 15. Rg3 Bd6 16. Rgd3 Be5 17. Re3 Ng4 18. Red3 h6 19. Bd2 b5 20. f3 Bg3 21.
Qe2 Nf2 {0-1 Nunn,J-Kramnik,V Monaco blind (04) 1995 - EXP 46 0-1}) (12. Bd3
Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 14. Bxd8 Rfxd8 $11 {Gufeld,E-Osnos,V/URS-ch31 Leningrad ;
URS-ch 1963/1/2-1/2 (34)}) (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11 {
Margulis,I-Rachels,S/USA-op Los Angeles ;TD 91\09 1991/0-1 (44)}) 12... Rc8 {
threatening with Rc5.} 13. Be3 {taking control over the g1-a7 diagonal.} a6 {
covering the b5 spot.} ({Black is Ok after} 13... Bb4 14. Rd3 (14. Bd4 Bc6 15.
Bf3 Qa5 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. a3 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rfc8 20. Rd3 Nd5 21.
Kd2 Kf8 22. Re1 Rc4 23. f3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 {Enders,P-Kramnik,V/BL 9495 (1994) ;
BL 90 1995/0-1 (52)}) 14... Qe7 15. Rhd1 Bc6 16. a3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bc5 18. Bxc5
Nxc5 19. Rd6 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. R1d2 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Avrukh,B/St.
Petersburg op (09) ;CBM 41 1994}) 14. g4 $1 $146 {White immediately starts an
attack on the kingside. In the previous games White has tried the following
continuations, but without success:} (14. Rd3 Qc7 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Rhd1 Bc6
17. Bf4 Rcc8 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rc6 20. Rfd3 Rfc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van der
Meulen,F-Mellegers,J/Arnhem 1996/EXT 98 (100)}) (14. Bd4 Bc6 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 Qc7 17. Rhg1 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 Rfd8 $15 {0-1 Arizmendi Martinez,J-Veingold,A/
Mislata 1994/EXT 2000 (49)}) 14... b5 {creating counterplay on the queenside.}
(14... Qc7 {doesn't equalize, in view of} 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. g5 Ne8 (16... Nd5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bf3 $16) 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Bxc7 Bxh1 19. Bf4 $14) 15. g5 {
getting the e4 spot for the knight.} Ne8 (15... b4 $2 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd6
bxc3 18. Qxd7 Qa5 19. Kb1 $18) 16. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5,Ye3c5]} ({Deserves
attention:} 16. Rhg1 Rc6 17. Ne4 Qc8 18. Kb1 $16) 16... Qc7 {This is the only
way to prevent White's occupation of the c5 spot.} (16... Rc6 17. Bc5 $16 (17.
Rhg1 {-16.Rhg1})) 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Rhg1 {moving away the rook from the long
diagonal.} Bc6 19. Nc5 Bf3 $6 {giving White a pair of bishops.} ({Better is} 
19... a5 $1 20. Na6 $1 (20. Nb3 {[%cal Yb3d4]} Nd6 21. Nxa5 Be4 $132 {[%cal
Gf8a8]}) 20... Rc8 21. Bc5 Bxc5 (21... Be4 22. Bxe7 $1 (22. Rd4 Bxc5 23. Nxc5
Bxc2 24. Nd7 e5 25. Nxe5 Bd3+ 26. Kd2 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2
f6 $13) 22... Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Rxe2+ 24. Ka1 Rxf2 25. Rd8 $16) 22. Nxc5 Nc7 $14)
20. Bxf3 Bxc5 21. Rge1 $16 {preventing Black's counterplay, that is connected
with the advance f7-f6. White has got an obvious advantage, thanks to the pair
of bishops in an open position and control over the only open "d" file.} Bxe3+
22. Rxe3 Rc5 23. h4 Nc7 {adding the knight to the game.} 24. Rd7 f6 {creating
counterplay through the "f" file.} 25. Be4 $1 {preparing to transfer the rook
to g3.} ({Less promising is} 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Red3 Rc4 $13) 25... fxg5 $2 {
plays in White's hands. Black has opened the "h" file and White can attack the
h7 pawn there.} ({The least of the evils was} 25... Nd5 26. Ra3 fxg5 27. hxg5
Nb6 28. Rb7 Re5 $14 {/+/-}) 26. hxg5 Rxf2 (26... Rf4 {doesn't make Black's
life easier:} 27. b4 $1 Rc4 28. Bd3 Rfd4 29. Bxc4 (29. Re7 $4 Kf8 $17) 29...
Rxd7 30. Bxe6+ Nxe6 31. Rxe6 Rd5 32. g6 $1 hxg6 33. Rxg6 Rf5 34. Rxa6 $18) 27.
b4 $1 Rc4 28. Bd3 Rc6 (28... Rc3 {loses, in view of} 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxc3
Nd5 31. Rc6 $18) 29. Rh3 $1 $18 {All of White's pieces attack Black's
monarch's residence. Black is hopeless against White's activity.} h5 {Other
continuations lose as well:} (29... h6 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Rxh6 $18) (29... g6
30. Rdxh7 $18 {[%cal Gh7h8,Yh3h7]}) 30. Rxh5 e5 31. Rh8+ $1 (31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32.
Rd8+ {mating.}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh6 (11. h4 Kh8 12. g4 b5 (12...
Rg8 13. g5 b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Bg2 a4 18. Nbd4 Na5 19. Qxb4
d5 20. Qxa4 Nc4 21. Qb3 $16 {Yudasin,L-Aseev,K/URS/1987/}) 13. g5 b4 14. Na4
Rg8 15. f4 Rb8 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Be2 e5 18. f5 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 20. Qe3 Qf6 21.
Nb6 Ne7 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxa6 Rd8 24. Qb6 Ng8 25. Na5 d5 26. Nc6 Rd6 27. exd5
Ne7 28. Qxb4 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Qg7 30. Rxd6 Rg1+ 31. Rd1 {Short,N-Karpov,An (10)/
Linares csf1/1992/1-0 (41)}) 11... Kh8 12. Qh5 Qe8 (12... Bd7 13. f4 Be8 14.
Kb1 Rg8 15. g4 b5 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Be2 Qc7 18. h4 Nxc2 19. Rc1 b4 20. Nd1 Na3+
21. bxa3 Qb7 22. Bd3 a5 23. a4 f5 24. gxf5 Rg3 25. Nb2 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Qxe4 27.
Qd1 Bxa4 28. fxe6 Bb5 29. Rh3 a4 30. Na1 b3 31. axb3 {Yagupov,I-Zakharov,A/
Smolensk/1992/1-0 (32)}) 13. f4 Rg8 14. Bd3 Rg7 15. g4 b5 16. h4 b4 17. Ne2 e5
18. f5 a5 19. Kb1 Nb8 (19... a4 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Rhf1 Nb8 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5
24. Qh6 $13 {Boriss,M-Leko,P/Kecskemet/1991/}) 20. g5 Nd7 21. Rdg1 Bb7 22. Qf3
Qd8 23. Ng3 fxg5 24. hxg5 Rxg5 25. f6 Nxf6 26. Nf5 Rg6 27. Nd2 Bf8 28. Nc4 Rc8
29. Nce3 a4 30. Qh3 Bg7 31. Ng4 {Lau,R-Aseev,K/Munich op9192 (08)/1992/1-0 (41)
}) 10... b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. h4 Kh8 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4) 14... a5 15.
Kb1 $6 (15. Nbd4 $142) 15... Qb6 16. Rh3 $6 a4 17. Nbd4 Na5 $15 18. Nc1 Bb7 19.
Re3 d5 $1 20. exd5 (20. e5 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. Qe1 Bc5 22.
Red3 Bc4 23. R3d2 Rad8 (23... Rfd8) 24. Nf3 Bd5 25. Rxd5 (25. Qg3 $17) 25...
Rxd5 26. Bd3 Be3 27. h5 $1 b3 (27... Rc8 $1 28. Qh4 Qd8 $19) 28. axb3 axb3 29.
c4 Nxc4 30. Qc3 Ne5 $1 31. fxe5 Bxc1 32. Qxc1 (32. Rxc1 Ra5 {/\ 33...Ra5-a1+
34.Kb1xa1 Qb6-a7+ -+} 33. Qc7 Rfa8 $1) 32... Qa5 (32... Ra8 33. Qh6 Rxd3 34.
Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Rxd3 Ra1+ 38. Kxa1 Qa6+ 39. Kb1 Qxd3+
40. Ka1 Qd1+) 33. Qh6 Qa2+ 34. Kc1 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Qxd1+ 37. Ke3
Qc1+ (37... Rd8 $1) 38. Nd2 Qc5+ 39. Kf3 Qd5+ 40. Kf2 $2 (40. Ne4 $142) 40...
Qd4+ 41. Kf3 Rd8 $1 42. Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ Ke8 45. Ne4 Qxe5 46.
Qe3 Rd4 47. h6 Qd5 48. Qf4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 {Svidler is
choosing the less common idea with the development of the bishop to d3. From
this square it could more easily take part in the activity on the kingside. In
addition it covers the sensitive square c2.} Rc8 14. g4 (14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Ng3 f6
16. Bc1 Qc7 17. Nh5 $6 (17. h5 h6 18. Ne2 $11) 17... g6 18. Ng3 Qc5 (18... d5
$15) 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. h5 g5 21. Be3 Kf7 $15 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2692)-Kharlov,A 
(2593)/Tripoli 2004 (57)}) 14... Nd7 (14... Qc7 15. h5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc5 17. Qxc5
Rxc5 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 Ra8 21. Nb3 Rcc8 22. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Socko,B 
(2557)-Mantovani,R (2386)/Saint Vincent 2001 (50)}) (14... e5 15. Qg1 Rxc3 16.
bxc3 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qa7 Bc8 19. Bf1 Qa3 20. Bxb5 Bd8 21. Bc4 Qxc3 22.
Bb3 $16 {1-0 Ruzicka,P (2293)-Zeleny,T (2276)/Czechia 2005 (40)}) 15. Be2 {
The first sign that not everything is going White's way. By retreating the
bishop White increases the pressure against the d6-pawn.} (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Be2 Rc6 $11) 15... Rc6 16. a3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Rh5 {With the help of a
pawn sacrifice the attacker has achieved the partial opening of the h-file. It
will not be at all easy to break through to the black king.} (18. Qa7 $4 Rb6
$19) 18... Qf4 19. Rdh1 (19. g5 $5 Rd8 20. Rdh1 Nf8 $13) 19... Nf6 20. R5h3
Rfc8 {In the quiet of the home laboratory, it seems that Dreev could have made
it even more difficult for White with the help of the subtle 20...h6!?} (20...
h6 $5 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. Ne2 e5 23. Qf2 d5 $15) 21. Bd3 h6 (21... Kf8 $5 22. Qg1
h6 23. g5 Qxg5 24. Rg3 Qc5 25. Rxg7 Qxg1+ 26. Rgxg1 $11) 22. Ne2 (22. g5 Qxg5
23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Rg1 Qxg1+ 25. Qxg1+ Kf8 26. a4 $11) 22... Qd2 23. e5 {
The fascinating moment of the game, since Svidler is forced to be consequent
in his risky strategy. The original idea with the move 23.g5 was abandoned
because of the response 23...e5! Objectively seen it would probably have been
the best continuation anyway.} (23. g5 e5 $1 (23... Qxg5 24. Rg3 Qe5 (24... e5
25. Qg1 Qd2 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Nc3 $14) 25. Rxh6 $1 Kf8 26. Rh8+ Ng8 27. Qg1 $14
) 24. Qb4 (24. Qg1 Rxc2 $1 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Ka1 Rxb2 27. Qc1 Ra2+ 28. Kb1 Nxe4
$19) (24. Qa7 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Ka1 Bc8 27. R3h2 Qxg5 $19) 24... Qxg5 $1
25. Rxh6 (25. Rg3 Qe3 26. f4 Qf2 27. Rhg1 Nh5 28. R3g2 Qc5 29. Qd2 Kf8 30. f5
d5 $17) 25... gxh6 26. Rg1 Qxg1+ 27. Nxg1 Nd7 $15) 23... Rxc2 $1 (23... dxe5 $4
24. Bh7+ $18) 24. Bxc2 (24. exf6 Rxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Qxd3+ 26. Ka1 Rc2 27. Nc1 Qc4
28. Qb3 Rxc1+ 29. Kb2 Qxb3+ 30. Kxb3 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Bxf3 $19) 24... Qxc2+ 25.
Ka1 dxe5 {Dreev has no reason to complain. He found an excellent solution at
the critical juncture in the game. The satisfaction about having averted a
catastrophe has lulled his attention to such a degree, that in the span of
three moves he will turn his position into a lost one.} (25... Nd7 26. Qe3 Nxe5
27. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 (27... f6 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rc1 Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Rxc1+ 31. Ka2
Bd5+ 32. b3 Rc3 $13) 28. Qxh6 Ng6 29. Nf4 Qc1+ $1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Ka2 Nxf4
32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qxf4 Bd5+ 34. b3 Rf1 $14) (25... Qxe2 $5 26. exf6 Bxf3 27. Rg1
Rc4 28. Qxd6 Qe3 29. Rb1 Rc1 $17) 26. Qxe5 Nd7 $2 (26... Qc5 27. Qf4 $11) (
26... Qb3 $5 27. Nc1 (27. f4 Nxg4 28. Qd4 Qc4 $19) 27... Qd5 $15) 27. Qe3 Qc5
$2 (27... e5 28. Ng3 Nc5 29. Rxh6 gxh6 30. Qxh6 Nb3+ 31. Ka2 Nc1+ 32. Ka1 Nb3+
33. Ka2 $11) 28. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Sometimes in chess there are moments on
the level of a cold shower. This shocking blow must have felt for Dreev like
the ice water treatment!} gxh6 (28... Qxe3 $2 29. Rh8#) (28... Kf8 29. Rxe6
fxe6 30. Qxe6 g6 31. Rh7 $18) 29. Qxh6 Qe5 (29... f6 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kg6
32. Rg7#) 30. Rh5 {The tragedy is complete. Black's pieces are so poorly
located, that he will not be able to get any counterplay.} Rc5 (30... Qf6 31.
Rg5+ $18) (30... f5 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxd7 $18) 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf4 Bd5 (32...
Bxf3 33. Nh5 Rxh5 34. gxh5 $18) 33. b4 Re1+ 34. Kb2 f6 35. Ng6 Re2+ 36. Kc1 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 b4 $5 14. Ne2 a5
(14... Rb8 15. g4 a5 16. Nd4 a4 17. Bd3 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 a3 20. b3 d5 {
0-1 Benjamin,J (2577)-Gulko,B (2643)/Seattle 2000/ (32)}) (14... Rd8 15. g4 a5
16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne8 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22.
Rxd5 f6 23. Bc1 a4 {1/2-1/2 Shabalov,A (2575)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2429)/Buenos
Aires 2003/ (42)}) 15. Nd4 Ba6 $6 {Gulko decides to swap light squared bishops
and ommits the possibilty to question the white knight on d4 with 15...e5!?} (
15... e5 $5 16. Nb5 (16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rfc8 $15) 16... Qc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. g4 Be6 (18... Ba6 19. Qd5 $14) 19. g5 f5 $11) 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qe2 Rb6 18.
g4 Rc8 19. h5 h6 $2 {The real reason for defenders failure has to be this
illogical move. Black was in no way forced to touch one of the pawns yet, it
will become much easier for Dominguez to open up one of the files.} (19... Nxe4
20. Bxe7 Ng3 (20... Nc3+ 21. bxc3 bxc3+ 22. Ka1 Qxe7 23. Rb1 $16) 21. Qd2 Nxh1
22. Bh4 a4 23. Rxh1 d5 24. h6 $14) (19... a4 20. Bc1 Nd7 $13) 20. Be3 Nd7 (
20... Nh7 $5 21. f4 a4 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 (23. h6 g6 (23... gxf4 24. hxg7 $18
) 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 e5 $15) 23... Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Nxg5 25. h6 b3 26. cxb3 axb3
27. a3 $14) 21. Rhg1 (21. Nb5 Rxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Bf6 24. Rb1 Nc5 25.
Rhc1 Qg2 $14) 21... Bf6 (21... a4 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bf8 24. h6 g6 25. Be3
$16) 22. g5 $1 {[%mdl 128] It becomes obvious, that Gulko had massively helped
his opponent to advance his attacking chances.} hxg5 23. Bxg5 Kh8 (23... Bxd4
$2 24. Rxd4 Rc6 25. Qg2 Rxc2 26. Bd2 $18) 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rg5 (25. Qg2 Rg8
26. h6 g5 27. f4 $16) 25... a4 26. Qd2 Qe7 (26... a3 27. Qg2 $1 (27. Rdg1 Qc3
28. Qxc3 bxc3 29. b3 $14) (27. Nb5 Qe7 28. Nxd6 Rcc6 $13) 27... Rg8 28. Rg1 Ne8
29. h6 g6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxg6 $18) 27. Rdg1 Rg8 28. Qg2 Ne8 29. Rg6 $1 {
Excellent idea, that fully exploits the passive location of black defenders.} (
29. h6 g6 30. f4 $16) 29... Qf8 (29... fxg6 30. hxg6 Qh4 31. Rh1 Qh6 32. Nxe6
$18) 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. h6 Qf7 (31... Rb7 32. Rh1 gxh6 33. Rgxh6+ Qxh6 34. Rxh6+
Rh7 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37. Qxe6 $18) 32. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 (9. f4 {Gofshtein,L}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4
a6 (10... Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 (12... Qb8 13. Bb4 e5 14.
Qc3 Ne8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxd6 a5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Nxc8 Bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8
20. Nc6 $13) 16... Be6 (16... a5 17. Nd5 $1) 17. Nd5 $14 {Vera}) 13. Bb4 d5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Kb1 $16) (10... Bd7 {Gofshtein,L}
11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 $11 {
Relange-Sosonko,Cannes 1996}) (10... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8
13. h4 Rc5 14. a3 Qb8 15. Be3 $16 {Chandler-Lobron Biel 1987}) 11. h4 (11. e5 {
Gofshtein,L} dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 $13 {Kuzmin-Oll Lviv 1990})
(11. Kb1 {Gofshtein,L} Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 $2 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Bxd2
Kxe7 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. c4 $16 {Liss-Van Delft Leeuwarden 1995}) 11... b5 (11...
Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qf2 b4 $13
{Santo Roman-Gurevich France 1986}) 12. Kb1 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qa5 14. Bd3
Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rd4
Rfd8 21. Rhd1 h6 22. Qd3 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Urbanec,K-Prucha,K/CSR-ch 1954/
}) (12. a3 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. g4 Rc5 16. Rg1 e5 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Bf2
Rc7 19. Kb1 Bg5 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qa5 Rc6 24. Qxb4 Qc7
$44 {0-1 Lhagvasuren,C-Nicevski,R/Dreszer mem 1988/ (43)}) (12. g4 Bb7 13. Be3
(13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. g5
Nh5 20. Bh2 Qa5 21. Kb1 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Hernandez,G/
Cali zt 1990/ (29)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5 Qc7
18. h5 b3 19. axb3 a4 20. Bc4 axb3 21. cxb3 Ra5 22. Qc3 Rc8 $13 {Pribyl,M-Reeh,
O/BL9394 1994/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15.
Rde1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nc1 a4 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Qxb4 Reb8 20. Qd2 d5 21. Qe2
Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Ba3+ {0-1 Wiesmann,H-Matthias,H/NRW-I 1994/}) 13. h5 (13. Bxf6 {
Gofshtein,L} gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. e5 $16 Bd8) 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd2
$13) (13. g4 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 $6 {Not so bad in itself, but
bishop would control also other important squares from e3. White keeps the
pressure on f6 and hopes for g4-g5 attack.} (14. Be3 Bb7 15. g4 Nh7 $11) (14.
Bxf6 $6 {Gofshtein,L} gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rh3 $13 Rh8 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Ne2 (
15. g4 e5 (15... Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20.
Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 $14) 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18.
Bxg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. fxe4 Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 $17) 19... Bxe4
20. fxe4 Bxg5 21. Bh3 Rcd8 $15) (15. Bd3 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (
16. Rc1 d5 $17) 16... Rfd8 17. Re1 {If moves like this are called for white's
plan must have gone astray. In the meantime black have managed to develop all
his pieces. Gofsthein: for white a difficult to found good move} (17. Bg3 Ne8
$15 (17... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6
Bxa2+ $19)) (17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 (18. exd5 Rxd5 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. g4 $44) (17.
g4 {Gofshtein,L} Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4 $40) 17... e5 $1 (17... d5 18. e5 $1 {
Gofsthein: This was the idea of 17.Te1} Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qh7 21. Bd3
Qh8 22. Bh4 $15) 18. Bxf6 $6 (18. Nc3 d5 (18... b4 {Gofshtein,L}) 19. Nxd5 (19.
Bxf6 dxe4 20. Qf2 Bxf6 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 $15) (18. Ng3 $142 d5 19.
Bd3) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Qd1 $6 (20. Qd3 $5 $17 {Anand} d5 (20... Qa5
21. Rd1 Rc5 $15) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qb3 $8 (23. Qf5 e4 24. Qxe4 $2
Re5 25. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1#) (23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qf5 e4) 23...
Rd2 $17) 20... Qa5 (20... d5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bd3) (20... b4 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 a5 23. Bb5 $1) 21. Nd5 (21. g4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rh2 d5
$19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 $1 {Bolt from the blue, but a very logical one.
Black has active pieces and only he could play for more after quiet
continuations.} 23. Kxc2 (23. f4 Rd2 $19) 23... Qxa2 24. f4 (24. Re4 Rc8+ 25.
Bc4 (25. Kd3 Qxb2 26. Rg4 e4+ 27. Kxe4 Qe5+ 28. Kd3 Qe3# (28... Rc3#)) 25...
bxc4 26. Rhe1 Rb8 $19) (24. Kd3 $2 Qc4#) (24. Qd3 Rc8+ 25. Kd1 (25. Qc3 Rxc3+
26. Kxc3 b4+ 27. Kc2 b3+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+ $19) 25... Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ $19) 24...
Rc8+ {Not even a miracle could stop such an attack.} ({Not} 24... Bxf4 $2 {
Petursson} 25. Rh3) 25. Kd2 (25. Kd3 Qc4+ 26. Kd2 Qxf4+ 27. Kd3 Qc4#) 25...
Bxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 (27. Kd3 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qe3#) 27... Rc1 (27... Rc1
28. Qe2 Qc3+ 29. Kg4 Qg3+ (29... Rxe1 $19) 30. Kf5 g6+ 31. Ke4 f5#) 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. g4 Ne5 (16... Be6 17. Kb1 (17. a3 Rc8 18. Bd3 Ne5 19.
Rd1 Nc4 20. Bd4 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 b6 22. Nc1 Bf4 23. Ne2 Be5 24. g5 $13 {Hazai,
L-Piket,J/Rotterdam EU-CUP f/1988/1-0 (50)}) 17... Bf6 18. Nd4 (18. g5 Be5 19.
f4 d4 20. Bc1 Bd5 21. Rg1 Bd6 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Qd7 24. Qe2 $15 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V (1)/Alcobendas m/1993/0-1 (58)}) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qf4
20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rg1 d4 22. Bd3 Bd5 23. f4 Re8 24. Re1 $14 {Sanchez Almeyra,
J-Zarnicki,P/San Martin (04)/1994/0.5 (50)}) 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Bd4 a5 $1 $146 (
18... Qf4 19. Bd3 b6 20. Qe2 Be6 21. c3 Bd6 22. Bc2 Re8 23. Bf2 Qf6 24. h4 $13
{Rodriguez,Am-Wittmann,W/Thessaloniki olm (2)/1988/0.5 (61)}) 19. Bd3 a4 20.
Nc1 Bd7 21. h4 Bb5 22. Re1 Bb4 (22... Rc8 23. g5 a3 24. b3 Nd6 25. Re5 $36) 23.
c3 (23. Re2 Rc8 24. f4 a3 25. b3 Nd6 26. Re5 (26. Bxg7 $2 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 Ne4 28.
Rxe4 dxe4 29. Nxb4 Kxg7 $19) 26... Bc6 $13) 23... Bd6 24. Qc2 h6 25. g5 Bf4 26.
Bxc4 $6 {^^} (26. g6 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Nxf3 28. gxf7+ Qxf7 29. Rf1 $17) (26. gxh6
Bxh6 27. Ka1 $15) 26... dxc4 27. g6 Re8 $1 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Ne2 Bd6 (29...
fxg6 $2 30. Qe4 $18) 30. h5 fxg6 31. hxg6 Qe7 32. f4 Bc6 $1 33. Kc1 (33. Ka1
Qe4 $19) 33... Qe4 $1 34. Qd2 (34. f5 Qxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Be4+ $19) 34... a3 $1 35.
Be3 (35. bxa3 Bxa3+ 36. Kd1 Qb1+ 37. Nc1 Bf3+ $19) (35. b3 cxb3 36. axb3 Qxg6
$19) 35... Ba4 $1 36. Ng3 (36. b3 cxb3 37. axb3 Bxb3 $19) 36... Qxg6 37. Qd5+
Kh7 38. Ne4 Bxf4 $1 39. Bxf4 Qg1+ 40. Kd2 Qd1+ (40... Qd1+ 41. Ke3 Qxd5 $19)
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Rd8 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Nxc6 {Svidler is looking for a new paths in a well known position. The
Black queen will have to retreat from the c6 square after the timely Nd4.} (15.
g4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qh4 g6 19. Bd3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 e5 21. Ne2 Be6
22. Nc3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Kotronias,V/Port Erin 2003/}) 15... Qxc6 (15...
bxc6 16. Bd2 Rd7 17. Ba5 Qb7 18. g4 $13) 16. g4 b5 (16... d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qg3
Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kb1 $14) 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 $5 Nd7 (18... Re8
19. Ba5 Qc5 20. Kb1 Bb7 $13) 19. Ba5 {White originally, but very efficiently
slows down counterplay against his own king from a5 square.} Nb6 20. h4 Bd7 (
20... d5 21. e5 Bb7 22. f4 $14) 21. g5 Rdc8 22. Kb1 Rab8 (22... e5 23. Bxb6
Qxb6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 b4 26. Qe4 $14) 23. Bh3 Qb7 (23... e5 $2 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Nf5 Rbc6 27. Rh2 $16) 24. Bxb6 {Since Korotylev has
invested many moves in the preparation of the counterplay with Nc4 jump, White
is completing the logic of the move Ba5 with the swap on b6.} Qxb6 25. Qd2 Rc4
(25... Rc5 26. f4 Rbc8 27. h5 $40) 26. h5 Rbc8 (26... Bxg5 $4 27. Qxg5 Rxd4 28.
Rdg1 g6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qf6 $18) 27. f4 Qc7 (27... b4 28. Rh2 a5 $132) 28.
Rh2 Rd8 $6 {Black is fooling around, instead he had to look for ways of
attacking on the queenside at any cost.} (28... d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Bxd7 Qxd7
31. Re2 $14) 29. Bf1 Rc5 (29... Ra4 $2 30. b3 Ra5 31. g6 $16) 30. Nb3 Rc6 31.
Bd3 Bc8 (31... Rc8 32. g6 $16) 32. Rg2 (32. Nd4 Rb6 33. g6 $16) 32... Bf8 (
32... d5 33. e5 Qb6 34. f5 exf5 35. Qf4 g6 36. Rh2 $16) 33. g6 $1 {The
kingside will not be closed any more after this typical attacking measure.} (
33. h6 g6 34. Nd4 Rb6 35. f5 d5 $14) 33... fxg6 (33... h6 34. gxf7+ Qxf7 35. f5
$16) 34. hxg6 h6 35. Nd4 Rc5 (35... Rb6 36. Qe3 $1 Qc5 37. Be2 $16) 36. c3 Qe7
(36... e5 37. Nb3 Rc6 38. Rh2 d5 39. exd5 Rxd5 40. fxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf1 $16) 37.
Bc2 Kh8 (37... d5 38. Re2 $16) 38. Nf3 Rh5 $6 (38... Qf6 39. e5 Qe7 40. Ng5 Rd5
41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Qe2 $18) (38... Kg8 39. Rh2 d5 40. Ne5 $16) 39. Ne5 $1 {
An excellent jump of the knight with the aim to access f7 close to the Black
king.} Re8 $8 (39... Kg8 40. Nc6 $18) 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Qe2 Qh4 (41... Rh4 42.
Nxd6 $18) 42. Rf2 (42. Bb3 Bb7 43. Rgg1 Qh2 $16) (42. Nxd6 $6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6
Qxf4 44. Qxh5 Qxd6 45. e5 Qc5 46. a3 $14) 42... d5 43. a3 (43. exd5 $5 Rxd5 44.
Rdf1 $16) 43... dxe4 $6 {This faulty move improves White pieces, centralizes
the bishop on e4 and opens up the central d file.} (43... Bb7 44. Rff1 (44. Rd2
dxe4 45. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 46. Qxe4 Qh1+ 47. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 48. Kc2 Rg1 $14) 44... Qh2 45.
Qe3 dxe4 46. Bxe4 Qh3 47. Qe1 Bxe4+ 48. Qxe4 Qf5 49. Rfe1 $16) (43... Bc5 44.
Rff1 Qh2 45. Qxh2 Rxh2 46. exd5 exd5 47. Rxd5 $16) 44. Bxe4 Rc5 45. Qe3 Rc4 (
45... Rc7 46. Rfd2 $16) 46. Rfd2 Bc5 47. Qf3 Be7 {[%mdl 128] It looks as if
Korotylev has managed to defend against the worst threats. The following serie
of blows is very impressive.} (47... Qf6 48. Rd8 Rf8 49. Ka2 (49. Rxf8+ Bxf8
50. Ne5 Rc7 51. Qe3 $16) 49... a5 50. Rxf8+ Bxf8 51. Rd8 Qe7 52. Qd3 Ba6 53.
Qd6 Qxd6 54. Nxd6 Rc7 55. f5 $18) 48. Ne5 Rc7 49. Rh1 Qf6 50. Ng4 Qf8 51. Nxh6+
gxh6 52. g7 $1 Qxg7 (52... Qf6 53. Qh5 $18) (52... Kxg7 53. Rxh6 $1 $18) 53.
Rg2 {Svidler has managed to open up the kingside, the fight was decided to his
benefit.} Bf6 (53... Bg5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Qh5 $18) 54. Rxh6 Kf8 55. Rxg7 Bxg7
(55... Kxg7 56. Qh5 $18) 56. Rh1 Rd8 (56... e5 57. fxe5+ Rf7 58. Qd3 Rxe5 59.
Qd6+ Ree7 60. Bg6 Bf5+ 61. Bxf5 Rxf5 62. Qxa6 $18) 57. Qe3 Rd6 58. Rg1 Bd7 59.
f5 $1 Be8 (59... exf5 60. Qg3 $18) 60. f6 $1 {A witty small combination at the
end...} Bxf6 61. Qh6+ Ke7 (61... Bg7 62. Qf4+ $18) 62. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2001.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 a6 11. h4 Rd8 12. h5 Qc7 13. h6 g6 14. Nd4 (14. Qf4
Ne8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. e5 d5 17. Qe3 b6 18. f4 Bb7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Nc6 21.
Nce2 Qe7 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Nd4 Rc5 24. g4 $40 {1-0 Klovans,J-Stark,T/Hamburg
1999/EXT 2001 (28)}) 14... Ne8 $1 ({much worse is the straigh forward} 14... b5
$2 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qf4 b4 17. Bxf6 (17. Nb1 e5 18. Qh4 d5) 17... bxc3 18.
Bxc3 $16 (18. Bxe7 Qb7 $13)) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qg5 $6 (16. f4 $142 b5 17. Bd3
Bb7 $132) 16... b5 17. a3 {White has to settle for this not-too-active move
since the promising:} (17. Bxb5 $2 {doesn't give anyhting to white.} f6 $1 (
17... axb5 18. Ndxb5 Qb7 19. e5 (19. Nxd6 $6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nxd6 21. Rd1 Ne8 22.
Rd8 Kf8 23. Qf6 Ng8 $19) 19... d5 20. g4 $44 {/\ Nd6} (20. Ne4 Qxb5 21. Qxe7
Bb7 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Kf8)) 18. Qg4 axb5 19. Ndxb5 Qc5 $19) 17... e5 18.
Nf5 $5 {Sccrificing a pawn, for what seems to be not enough compensation.
However, the alternatives were rather unhappy as well} (18. Nde2 Be6 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21. Nc3 f6 22. Qd2 Nf5 $15) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 f6 20. Qg4
Nxf5 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Bd3 Nd4 {At this point I was assessing my position as
close to winning (with the of quite a few accurate moves, of course!). However,
Emil was able to shock me with his next move, completely turnig the course of
the game} (22... Qxd5 $2 23. Bxf5 Qc5 24. Be4 (24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ (25.
Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qe7 Qc7) 25... Kh8 26. h7 Qe3+ 27. Kb1 Qg5 $17) 24... Rac8 25.
Qe6+ Kh8 26. Kb1 $36) 23. Be4 $5 {Although the objective evaluation of this
move should be "?!", with this unexpected move (my calculations concerning it,
before it was played on the board, went as far as one move- Be4 f5 - black
wins) white moves the games into a different path.} (23. c3 Nb3+ 24. Kb1 (24.
Kc2 Nc5 $17) 24... f5 25. Qg5 (25. Bxf5 Qxf5+ $19) 25... Qxd5 26. Be4 Qxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Nc5 $17) 23... Kh8 $2 (23... f5 $142 24. Qh4 fxe4 25. fxe4 {
/\ Rhf1} Rd7 $1 {As it often happens, the refutaton to such moves as Be4 are
quite banal!} (25... Kh8 26. Rhf1 Qg8 (26... Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Nf4 28. g3 $18) 27.
Ne7 $18) (25... Qe6 26. Rhf1 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Nf4 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. g3 Qf6 30. Qxf6+
Nxf6 31. gxf4 Nxe4 $17) 26. Rhf1 Qe6 27. Nb6 Raa7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Qf2 Rf7 $17
{/-+}) 24. Qh4 Rac8 (24... f5 25. Rhf1) 25. Kb1 f5 26. c3 Ne6 27. Bc2 Rc4 28.
Qf2 N6c7 29. Qa7 $1 (29. Nxc7 Rxc7 $17 {/^ a2-g8}) 29... Rc5 30. Bb3 Qd7 (30...
Qf8 31. Nxc7 Nxc7 32. Rxd6 $3 Qxd6 (32... Rxd6 33. Qxc5 Qe7 (33... Rd1+ $140 $4
34. Rxd1 Qxc5 35. Rd8+) 34. Re1 $18) 33. Rd1 Qxd1+ (33... Rd5 34. Rxd5 Qe7 (
34... Nxd5 35. Qg7#) 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qc5 $18) 34. Bxd1 Rc6 (34... Rxd1+ 35.
Kc2 $18) 35. Qb7 Rcd6 36. Bb3 R6d7 37. Qc6 $18) 31. Nxc7 Rxc7 $2 $138 {After
wasting most of my minutes left here, I decided to though the game away.} (
31... Nxc7 $4 32. Rxd6 $1 {Sutovsky} ({I was actually concerned about this
move:} 32. Qxc5 dxc5 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. c4 {And black connot free his K}) 32...
Qxd6 33. Rd1 {- 30...Qf8}) (31... Qxc7 $8 32. Qxc7 (32. Qxa6 $2 Rb8 {/\ Rc6}
33. Bd5 Nf6 $19) 32... Rxc7 33. Rhe1 Re7 34. Re2 $44 {>< Kh8}) 32. Qxa6 Rb8 33.
Qa5 {This simple move has skipped my mind when playing Rxc7} Nf6 34. Rd2 $2
$138 {returning the favor} (34. Qb4 $142 Rd8 35. Rhe1 $16) 34... b4 $1 35. cxb4
(35. Qa6 Rc6 36. Qa4 bxc3 $19) (35. Rhd1 Ra7 36. Rxd6 Rxa5 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38.
Rxd7 bxa3 $19) (35. axb4 $142 $5 Ra7 36. Rxd6 Rxa5 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. bxa5 Rxb3
39. a6 $16) 35... Ra7 36. Rxd6 Rxa5 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. bxa5 Rxb3 39. Rd1 {
Looks completely winning for white. However, black has an almost study-like
escape} (39. a6 $2 Rb8 40. Rd1 Nf6 41. b4 Kg8 $15) 39... Rb7 40. a6 Ra7 41. b4
Kg8 42. b5 e4 $8 (42... Kf7 $4 43. Rxd7+ Rxd7 44. b6 Rd6 45. b7 Rb6+ 46. Kc2
$18) 43. fxe4 (43. Rxd7 $4 Rxd7 44. b6 e3 45. b7 Rd8 $1 46. a7 e2 47. b8=Q
e1=Q+ 48. Kb2 Qd2+ 49. Kb1 Qd5 $19) 43... fxe4 44. Rd6 $1 Kf8 45. Re6 $1 {
[#]  I wasn't too happy to see this move on the board, and with more minutes
passing by, and no reasonable defence found, my unhappiness was slowly turning
into desparation} ({I was ectually expecting :} 45. b6 {with a forced draw
after:} Rxa6 46. Rxd7 Rxb6+ 47. Kc2 Ra6 48. Rxh7 Rxa3 49. Rb7 (49. Rg7 Ra2+ 50.
Kc3 Rxg2 $11) 49... Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rxg6 Kh7 52. Re6 Rg3 $11) {And then I
found:} 45... Nc5 $3 (45... Kf7 {was rejected immediately since after:} 46.
Rxe4 $18 {We have the same position as before only black has no more
counterchances.}) ({For a long time I considered to be this my best shop, as
the text, looked as a clearly losing continuation.} 45... Nb8 46. Rxe4 Nxa6 47.
bxa6 (47. Ra4 Rb7 48. Rxa6 Rxb5+ 49. Kc2 Rg5 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Ra7+) 47... Rxa6
48. a4 $16) 46. Rc6 $1 {Emil very quickly sees all the reasons  why he
shouldn't play 46.b6 and chooses the best option on the board.} (46. b6 $2 {
This is the move that was thought to be the winning one by all (including both
players for a very long time). However:} Ra8 47. a7 (47. b7 {is a clear draw:}
Rb8 48. Kc2 Nxa6 49. Rxa6 Rxb7 $11) 47... Nd7 $3 {This N retreat is what I was
missing in all of my previous 30-min calculations.} (47... Nxe6 48. b7 Nc7 49.
b8=Q+ $18 {An unpleasant surpise: White doesn't have to take the R!}) 48. Ka2
e3 (48... Nxb6 49. Rxb6 Rxa7 50. Re6 Rd7 $11)) (46. Rf6+ $5 Ke7 (46... Ke8 $4
47. Rc6 Nd7 48. Rxg6 $3 $18) 47. Rc6 Nd7 $11) 46... Nd7 47. Kc2 (47. Re6 $11)
47... Ke7 48. a4 Ne5 49. Rb6 Kd7 50. a5 e3 51. Rf6 (51. Kd1 $5 Nc4 52. Ke2 $1 (
52. Rb7+ Rxb7 53. axb7 Kc7 54. a6 Kb8 (54... Na3 55. b6+ Kb8 56. Ke2 Nc2 57. g4
Nb4 58. Kxe3 Nxa6 59. Ke4 Kxb7 60. Ke5 Kc6 (60... Kxb6 61. Kf6 Kc7 62. Kg7 Kd7
63. Kxh7 $18) 61. Kf6 Kd7 62. Kg7 Ke7 63. Kxh7 Kf7 64. b7 Nb8 65. g5 Nd7 66.
Kh8 Kf8 67. h7 Nb8 $11) 55. Ke2 Ka7 56. g4 g5 57. Kd3 Kb8 $11 (57... Ne5+ $4
58. Kxe3 Nxg4+ 59. Kd4 Nxh6 (59... Nf6 60. Ke5 Nd7+ 61. Kf5 $18) 60. Kc5 Nf7
61. Kc6 $18)) (52. Rf6 Nd6 $19) 52... Nxa5 53. Rf6 Ke7 54. b6 Ra8 55. b7 Nxb7
56. axb7 Ra2+ 57. Kxe3 Rb2 58. Rxg6 $18) 51... Ra8 52. b6 $4 $138 {After 6
hours of permanent calcualtons the quality of the next move drops drastically!
This position ramained to topic of our conversation for long hours after the
game was finished....} ({essential was:} 52. Kd1 Ke7 (52... Nd3 53. Ke2 Re8 54.
Rf1 $1 (54. a7 Nc1+ 55. Ke1 Nd3+ $11)) 53. Rf4 Kd6 54. Re4 Kd5 (54... Nf7 55.
b6) 55. Rxe3 Nc4 56. Re7 Kc5 57. b6 (57. Rxh7 Kxb5 58. Rg7 Kxa6 59. Rxg6+ Kxa5
$11) 57... Nxa5 58. b7 Rd8+ 59. Ke2 Kb6 60. Rxh7 Kxa6 61. Rg7 Nxb7 62. Rxg6+
Kb5 63. g4 Kc5 64. g5 Kd5 65. h7 Rh8 66. Rh6 Ke5 $11) 52... Re8 $6 {Although
this wins as well, black misses by far the simplest move he had for this whole
long evening} (52... Rxa6 {Was pointed to us by Yohannsn Afek and Boris Avrukh
in the blindfold-postmortem we were having on the way to the local Shoarma
after the game...} 53. b7 Rc6+ {the point} 54. Kd1 Kc7 {and another point....
this move is what I actually missed while playing Re8} 55. Rxc6+ Nxc6 56. a6
Nb4 57. Ke2 Nxa6 58. Kxe3 Kxb7 59. Ke4 Kc7 60. Ke5 Kd7 61. Kf6 Ke8 62. Kg7 Nc5
63. Kxh7 Kf7 64. Kh8 Nd7 65. g4 Ne5 66. g5 Kf8 67. Kh7 $11) (52... e2 $1 {
Surprisingly enough, this simple move was missed by both players - no comment
is needed afterwards!} 53. Kd2 Re8 {[%cal Ge5f3] /\Nf3} 54. Kxe2 Ng4+ $19) 53.
Rf4 $8 {With the time running down Emil find the only move that enables him to
keep finghting} (53. Kd1 e2+ 54. Kxe2 Ng4+ $19) 53... Nc6 $4 $138 (53... Nf3 $3
{This was the (more complicated) win. However, with less than two minutes left
on the clock this was a much tougher one to find then e2 a move earlier.} 54.
Rxf3 (54. Re4 Rxe4 55. a7 e2 56. a8=Q e1=Q $19) 54... e2 55. Rd3+ Kc6 56. Rc3+
(56. Rd1 exd1=Q+ 57. Kxd1 Re5 58. b7 Kc7 $19) 56... Kb5 57. Rb3+ Kxa6 $19) (
53... Nc4 $4 54. Rd4+ Nd6 (54... Kc6 55. Rxc4+ Kb5 56. Re4 $1 Rxe4 57. b7 $18)
55. a7 e2 56. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 57. b7 e1=Q 58. b8=Q+ Kc5 59. Qb6+ Kc4 60. Qc6+ $11
) 54. Kd1 e2+ (54... Nxa5 $142) 55. Ke1 Nxa5 56. a7 (56. Ra4 $5 Nb3 57. a7 Nc5
58. Ra3 Ra8 59. Rc3 Kc6 60. b7 (60. Rxc5+ Kxb6 $11) 60... Kxb7 61. Rxc5 Kb6 $11
) 56... Kc6 57. Re4 Ra8 58. Re7 Kxb6 59. Rxh7 Nc6 60. Rg7 $2 {On his last move
before the time control white makes a mistake after which it's him again who
should fight for saving the game} (60. Kxe2 Nxa7 61. Rg7 Nc6 62. Rxg6 Kc5 $14)
60... Nd4 $1 61. Re7 $8 (61. Rxg6+ $4 Kc5 62. Rg5+ Kc4 63. Re5 (63. Ra5 Re8 64.
Ra2 Rf8 $19) 63... Kd3 $19) (61. h7 Re8 $19 {/\ Nc2}) 61... Kc5 62. h7 Kd6 63.
Re4 Kd5 64. Re7 (64. Rh4 Re8 $8 (64... Rxa7 $4 65. Rxd4+ $1 Kxd4 66. h8=Q+ $18)
(64... Rc8 65. Rh1 $1 Rc1+ 66. Kf2 Rxh1 67. a8=Q+ $18)) 64... Kd6 65. Re4 Kd5
66. Re7 Kd6 {This is a truly adequate finish for such a game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 {A variation that has lost some of its
popularity but white can still get a very dangerous game if black is not
careful.} Rd7 12. Qe1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg5f6]} (12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 Bf8 (13...
e5 14. Nf5 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Na5 Bb7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. g4 Rb8 19.
g5 Ne8 20. h4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. b3 $14 {1-0 Sax,G-Ermekov,A/Pardubice 1997/
CBM 59 ext (45)}) 14... d5 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Qe2 d4 17. Bg5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19.
Bc4 Qc7 20. Qf2 Ne8 21. Qh4 f6 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Nb4 24. Bb5 Re7 25. a3
Nc6 26. g4 $36 {0-1 Toth,A-Nor,I/Paks 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) (13... a5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Nd4 Rc7 16. g4 a4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ng3 (19. h4) 19... Nf4 20.
h4 Rb7 21. Qc3 Rab8 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nh5 Qf8 {With black having the better
chances to succeed. 0-1 Liss,E-Kotronias,V/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1996/CBM 53 (39)})
14. g4 e5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. g5 Ne8 (16... Nh5 $5) 17. Na5 Rc7 18. h4 Be6 19. h5
Qb8 20. Qc3 Qc8 21. g6 Rb8 22. f4 Nf6 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bg2 $16 {0-1 Maiorov,
O-Fomichenko,E/Krasnodar RUS 1999 (44)}) 12... a6 (12... Qd8 13. h4 a5 14. a4
e5 15. g3 Ne8 16. Be3 d5 17. Bh3 d4 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Kb1 Qb6 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21.
c3 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 $1 23. Qf1 Qa4 24. cxb4 axb4 $44 {... 1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Pelletier,Y/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) 13. Be3 (13. N5d4 {was Anand's
novelty in the Wydra tournament, leaving the bishop on g5} Qc7 14. h4 Ne5 15.
Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Nf4 20. g5 e5 21. Qg3 Kh8 22.
g6 Bf8 23. gxh7 $18 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Haifa ISR 2000 (32)}) 13... Qd8 14.
N5d4 Nxd4 (14... Bf8 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5 d5 17. g5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxg7
Bxg7 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. fxe4 Nd4 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Rf1 Qc6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. c4
Qxe4 $40 {[%csl Rc1] 1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Sherbakov,R/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 
(67)}) 15. Nxd4 $146 {This move is a more logical on than Bd4 since this way
white doesn't allow e5 in the view of Nf5} (15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc3 d5 17. Bxe5
dxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 (18... Bxd7 19. fxe4 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nc1 a3 22. b3 Ng4 23.
Bc3 Qc7 24. Bd4 Rc8 $36 {With black having a strong initiative for the pawn in
: Huebner,R-Piket,J/Lugano 1989/TD (40); 0-1}) 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21.
Qe4 Be6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. Qe4 Qc7 25. Kb1 b5 $44 {1-0 Lau,
R-Fedorowicz,J/Wijk aan Zee 1989/CBM 12 (52)}) 15... Qc7 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 (
17... Ne8 18. h4 Nd6 19. exd5 exd5 20. h5 $40) 18. Qh4 g6 19. Bh3 {[%cal Gd4e6]
} Rd8 (19... Qa5 20. Kb1 Rc7 21. Bg4 Ng7 22. Nb3 Qa4 23. Bd4 Qc6 24. Bc3 dxe4
25. fxe4 Qxe4 26. Rhe1 Qa4 27. Rd4 $44) 20. Ne2 {[%cal Ge3d4,Ge2f4]} Bd7 21.
exd5 (21. Nf4 $2 Rac8 22. c3 (22. Rd2 d4 $19) 22... Nxf4 23. Bxf4 e5 $17) 21...
exd5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 {Black has an isolated pawn and a temporarily passive
knight, but he more than compensates it with the 'c' and 'e' files, and the
uncoordinated placing of white pieces.} 23. Nd4 (23. Nf4 Rc8 24. c3 d4 $1 25.
Nxh5 dxc3 $1 $19) 23... Bd6 24. Kb1 Re8 25. Bd2 Bf4 26. Qf2 Rde7 27. a3 Be3 28.
Bxe3 Rxe3 29. h4 {Black stands better to my taste and if not in timetrouble
one would expect him to go on.} (29. h4 Qf4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 a6 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5
15. g5 Nce5 (15... Rb8 16. h4 Nb6 17. g6 Na4 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20.
Ned4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 22. Be3 Kg8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Salov,V/Linares 1991/
CBM 22 (61)}) {/\ f3-f4} 16. Rg1 (16. h4 {Liss-Masian,1998}) 16... b4 17. Na4
$6 {with this move white holds back black's attack, but compromises his N.} (
17. Ne2 $142 Nc4 18. Bc1) 17... Rb8 {[%csl Ra4] >< Na4} 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bc1 $6 {
too passive. After this move black gets a very pleasant play.} (19. Bxc4 $5
Qxc4 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Rd7 23. f5 Qxe4 24. f6 Bf8 25. Rd4 $44)
19... Bb7 $15 20. Rd4 (20. Qe2 $5 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. g6 $1 (22. Rxd5 exd5 23.
Qxe7 Re8 $19) 22... hxg6 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qxe7 Re8 25. Qh4 Qc6 26. f5 (26.
Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nd4 Qxa4 28. f5 Ne5) 26... Nce5 27. fxg6 Nxg6 28. Qd4 Qxa4 29.
Qxd5 Nde5 $17) 20... d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. f5 Rbc8 $1 (22... Qc6 $143 23. g6
$132) 23. Rg3 $6 {too slow. this was the last oportunity to complicate} (23. f6
Bf8 24. Bd3 Nde5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Rg3 Na3+ $1 28. bxa3 Qxc2+ 29.
Ka1 Bxb3 $19) (23. g6 $142 fxg6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rxg6 Nde5 $36) 23... Nde5 24.
Rh4 $2 (24. f6 Bf8 25. Bf4 Qc6 $17) 24... Nd2+ $1 25. Qxd2 (25. Bxd2 Qxc2+ 26.
Ka1 Qd1+ $19) (25. Nxd2 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qxc1+ 27. Nb1 Be4 $19) 25... Bxb3 26. Bd3
Rxd3 27. cxd3 Bc2+ 28. Ka1 Bxa4 (28... Bxa4 29. b3 Qxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kb2
Rc3 32. bxa4 Nxd3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Mario Covas 2nd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. h4 h6 $5 {Black wants to see what white does with
hsi bishop. The main alternative is Qa5} (10... Qa5 11. f3 $5 {Another 
possibilities are:} (11. Qd2 a6 (11... Bd7 12. Kb1 Kh8 $13) 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3
b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. a3 Rac8 $132 {1-0 Enders,P-El Ghazali,Y/Budapest 1995/CBM 50
ext (41)}) (11. Be2 Bd7 12. Rd3 Bc6 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. f4 e5 15. Qe3 exf4 16. Bxf4
Qc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Boudre,J-Verat,L/Clichy 1993/EXT 97 (59)}) (11. Bd2 Qc7 12.
h5 h6 13. f3 e5 14. Qg1 Be6 $132 {1-0 Geiser,L-Georges,S/SWZ 1995/CBM 49 ext 
(41)}) (11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bb3 h6 13. f4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ng4 15. Rh5 f6 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. g6 Nh6 18. f5 Re8 19. Rdh1 Bf8 20. Rxh6 gxh6 21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Nxe8+ {
1-0 Enders,P-Rossmann,H/Salzwedel 1982/MCL (22)}) 11... a6 (11... Bd7 12. Bd2
Qe5 13. Qe3 Rfc8 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Arnason,
J-Gurevich,D/Beersheba 1987/CBM 05 (27)}) 12. Bd2 $5 {Profilactical move
against black counterplay on the queenside, which prepares pawn attack on the
king side.} (12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qf2 Be6 $132 {0-1 Najera de
Miguel,P-Castellano,J/Las Palmas 1995/EXT 98 (28)}) 12... Qc5 (12... Qc7 13. g4
$40) 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. h5 $16 {1-0 Smirin,I-Gershon,A/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM
78/[Gofshtein,L] (37) After trade of queens, white has serios advantage.}) 11.
Bxf6 (11. Be3 Ng4) 11... Bxf6 12. Qxd6 {the eternal disscusion: which is
better a pawn of a pair of bishops. Once again, black proves that the bishops
provide enough compensation for the pawn.} Qa5 ({after} 12... Qxd6 13. Rxd6 g5
14. hxg5 hxg5 15. g3 $14 {white gets an edge}) 13. Qg3 a6 14. Kb1 Be5 $1 {
provoking pawn movement to f4, weakening e4.} (14... b5 {is bad due to} 15. e5
Be7 16. Ne4 $16) 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 b5 18. Rh3 $6 {missing
black's strong resource} (18. e5 Bb7 19. Rh3 Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c4] black still
has enough counter play along the 'c' file.}) 18... e5 $1 19. f5 {[%csl Re4,
Rf5] now, virtually all white pawns are placed on the squares of own bishop.
This makes B endgames good for black, which he later takes advantage of.} Bb7
20. Re3 Rfc8 21. Rd7 Rab8 22. Be2 Bc6 23. Re7 Re8 24. Ra7 Ra8 {methodically
exchanging rooks} 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. c4 Kf8 {Black doesn't take on c4, of
course. white can't create a passed pawn out of his pawn majority on Q side.}
27. g4 Ke7 28. Ra3 Kd6 $1 (28... Bxe4 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Bxb5 {
is bad for black} Bf3 (31... Kf6 32. Be2) 32. g5) 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rxa8 Bxa8
31. Bd3 {now it's an easy draw.} (31. Bxb5 $142 Kc5 32. Bd3 Kd4 33. Kb2 Ke3 34.
a4 (34. g5 h5) 34... Kf4 35. g5 h5 $1 (35... hxg5 36. hxg5 Kxg5 37. a5 Kf4 {
black gets sufficient counterplay}) (35... Kg4 $4 36. f6 $18) 36. a5 Kg4 37. a6
Kxh4 38. Bb5 Kxg5 {and black is first}) 31... Kc5 32. c3 Bc6 {Now it's all
over. White cannot improve his position} 33. Kc2 Be8 34. Kd2 f6 35. Bc2 Bc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd7 12. Qg3 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxh7+ $5 $10 Kxh7 16. Qd3+ {[%csl Rd7]} g6 17. Qxd7 Qg5+ {
[%csl Rg2]} 18. Kb1 Qxg2 $132 19. Qd4 a6 20. Rhg1 Qc6 21. Qh4 Rh8 22. Rd2 Kg7
23. Ne4 Rhd8 24. Rxg6+ $10 fxg6 (24... Kxg6 $4 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 27.
Qg5+ Kf8 28. Rxd8+ $18) 25. Qe7+ Kh6 (25... Kg8 $4 26. Rxd8+ $16) 26. Qg5+ Kg7
27. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 8200]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 {another possibilities are:} (10. Be3
Qc7 11. f3 (11. f4 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. g4 Na5 {0-1 Ertlthalner,
G-Brumm,C/Germany 1982/EXT 97-B (31)}) 11... a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Nb6
15. f5 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Boleslavsky,I/Riga 1958/URS-ch (30)}) (10.
f4 a6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Rd8 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Nxc5 Bb6 16.
Nd3 Be3+ 17. Kb1 b5 18. g3 Bb7 19. Bg2 Na5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Estrin,Y-Vasiukov,E/
Moscow 1964/MCD (37)}) 10... d5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Other possibilities are: 10..
.Nxg4 and 10...Rd8. In the first case position isn't clear at all. 10...Rd8
doesn't lead to something clear too.} (10... Nxg4 11. f3 (11. Rg1 f6 (11...
Nge5 12. Rg3 (12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Rg2 (13. Qxd6 Qxf2 14. Rg2 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 N5g6
$17) 13... Rd8 14. f4 $36) 12... f5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. f4 N5g6 15. Rd3 {0-1
Fedorowicz,J-Gurevich,D/Lexington 1995/EXT 98 (33)}) 12. Bh4 $13) 11... Bxg5
12. Qxg5 Qe3+ 13. Qxe3 Nxe3 14. Rxd6 $14) (10... Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. g5 Ng4 13.
Bf4 a6 14. Bg3 b5 $132 {0-1 Conquest,S-Reeh,O/Germany 1989/GER-chT (54)}) 11.
Bxf6 $6 {dubious move,after that black does not have any problems.} (11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. h3 $14) (11. Be3 Qc7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. h3 $14) 11... Bxf6 12. exd5 Bxc3 $1 (12... Nb4 13. d6 $16) 13. Qxc3
exd5 14. Rxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] It is tactical blunder,but also after normal 14.
h3 black has good counterplay.} (14. h3 Be6 15. Nd4 Rac8 $132) 14... Nb4 $19 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Rb4a2,Rb4d5]} 15. Qc5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qh5 Qxf2 18. Bd3
Qe3+ 19. Nd2 g6 20. Qh4 Rac8 21. Kd1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 (10... Qc7 $5 11. h5 (11. g4 Rd8 12.
Kb1 (12. Be2 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. gxf5 $15
{Damjanovic,M-Ligterink,G/Graz 1979/1/2-1/2(41)}) 12... Rb8 13. Be3 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qg2 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nc1 Be6 20. h5 Na4
$132 {Tringov,G-Popovic,P/Stara Pazova 1988/0-1(42)}) 11... h6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Rd8 14. g4 e5 15. Be3 d5 $1 $15 {Peptan,C-Roos,T/Berliner Sommer 1997/1/
2-1/2(32)}) (10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Kb1
Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17. h5 $14 {Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg op 1992/1-0(30)}) 11.
Qxd4 Qc7 $146 (11... Qa5 12. Kb1 (12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Na4 b5 $11 {Kostic,V-Campos Moreno,J/Valjevo 1984/0-1(57)}) 12... b5
13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Nc1 Be6 $11 {Tringov-Kupreichik, Plovdiv 1980}) (
11... b5 12. g4 Bb7 (12... Qa5 $5) 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4
d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 $13 {Zapata-Hernandez, Cali zt 1990}) 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Rd8 14.
h5 {[%cal Rh5h6]} h6 15. Bh4 b4 $1 16. Ne2 (16. Qxb4 $2 d5 17. Qa4 Rb8 $17 {
[%cal Rc7c3,Rb8b4]}) 16... Bb7 $6 (16... e5 $142 17. Qe3 (17. Qd2 d5 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. exd5 Bb7 20. d6 Qb6 $15) (17. Qg1 d5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 {-17.Qe3})
17... Nh7 $1 (17... d5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 $16 (19. Bxg5 dxe4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. h6 Qd1+ 22. Nc1 Qxf3 23. h7+ Kh8 24. Qg1 Qg4 $1) 19... dxe4 $140 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. h6 $18) 18. Bf2 d5 19. Qb6 (19. exd5 Bb7 $15) 19... Qxb6 20. Bxb6 Rd7
21. Ng3 (21. exd5 Bb7 22. c4 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Nf6 24. Bc4 Rc8 25. Bb3 Bb4 $15)
21... dxe4 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Nxe4 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Bd3 $11 {[%cal Gd3e4]})
17. Nc1 (17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qc5 19. Qxc5 (19. Qd2 $2 Nxe4 $1) 19... dxc5 $11)
17... Rac8 (17... e5 18. Qc4 $1) 18. Bd3 Qc5 (18... e5 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 19. Qg1
$1 d5 20. g5 $40) 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Bc4 Rd4 21. Rxd4 (21. b3 $2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Nxe4 $1) 21... cxd4 22. b3 Kf8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 Ne8 25. Nf5 (25. Nf5 Bxh4 26.
Rxh4 f6 (26... Rd8 {[%cal Ge8d6]} 27. g5 $1 hxg5 28. h6 Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30.
hxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf5+ Kg8 32. Rh5 {[%csl Rf7,Rg5][%cal Gf5h6]} Rd7 33. Rxg5+ Kf8
34. Rh5 $11) 27. Rh1 Rd8 $11 {[%cal Ge8d6,Gb7c8,Gc8f5]} 28. a3 a5 29. axb4 axb4
30. Kb2 Ra8 31. Ra1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 6th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 932]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 {another possibilities are:} (10...
Qc7 $5 11. h5 (11. g4 Rd8 (11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
h5 $36 {1-0 Wengenroth,W-Roos,T/Neuwied 1993/GER (35)}) 12. Kb1 (12. Be2 b5 13.
a3 Bb7 $132 {Damjanovic,M-Ligterink,G/Graz 1979/1/2-1/2(41)}) 12... Rb8 13. Be3
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qg2 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nc1 Be6 20.
h5 Na4 $132 {Tringov,G-Popovic,P/Stara Pazova 1988/0-1(42)}) 11... h6 (11...
Nxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 {1/2-1/2 Neber,A-Gemesi,J/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (13)})
12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. g4 e5 15. Be3 d5 $1 $15 {Peptan,C-Roos,T/
Berliner Sommer 1997/1/2-1/2(32)}) (10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 (11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Bb5 17. Nb3 Qc7 $132 {1-0 Herrera,
I-De la Paz,F/Santa Clara 1996/EXT 99 (54)}) 11... Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7
14. g4 Qc7 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17. h5 $14 {Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg op
1992/1-0(30)}) (10... d5 11. Kb1 h6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6 $40 {
1-0 Scholz,H-Thomas,J/Bad Bergzabern 1997/EXT 2000 (35)}) 11. Qxd4 b5 {another
continuations are:} (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} (12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 b4
14. Ne2 e5 15. Nc1 Be6 $132 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ye6a2,Ra5a2] Tringov-Kupreichik,
Plovdiv 1980}) 12... Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 $14 {0-1 Kostic,V-Campos Moreno,J/
Valjevo 1984/MCD (57)}) (11... Qc7 $146 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 $40 {
[%cal Rh5h6] 1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Santa Clara 1998}) 12. Kb1 {
another possibility is:} (12. g4 Bb7 (12... Qa5 $5) 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 $13 {Zapata-Hernandez, Cali zt 1990}) 12... Bb7
13. Qd2 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yc3e2,Ye2d4] with idea move the knight from c3 to d4.}
Qc7 14. Ne2 Rac8 15. Nd4 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Ne8 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yf6d4] Interesting idea.
Black reorganize his pieces with idea to lead d6-d5.} 17. g4 Bf6 18. Be3 d5 19.
e5 $5 {Positional sacrifice. Otherwise black pieces are strongly entering to
the game.} Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 {Also after 20...Bd4, pair of bishops, and
advantage in space give white safficient compensation for the pawn.} (20...
Bxd4 21. Bxd4 {[%cal Yd4g7]} Nd6 22. h5 Ne4 23. Qe3 $44) 21. g5 e5 {with idea
to transfer pieces to better positions:e5- for the bishop, and d6- for the
knight.} 22. fxe5 Bxe5 {[%cal Ye5d4,Ye8d6]} 23. g6 {Another sacrifice; white
tries to open lines on the kingside.} Nd6 {[%cal Yd6e4,Yd6c4] Acceptance of
sacrifice also looks very dangerous.} (23... hxg6 24. h5 $40) 24. gxf7+ $5 (24.
gxh7+ Kh8 25. h5 Nc4 $132) 24... Qxf7 $8 (24... Nxf7 $2 25. Ne6 $18) 25. Rhf1 {
[%cal Yf1f7]} Qd7 26. Nf3 {[%cal Yf3e5,Yf3g5] with idea to transfer the knight
from f3 to g5.} Bf6 27. Ng5 Nc4 (27... h6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 29. Nh7 Qe7 30. Bd4
Ne8 31. Rg1+ $18) 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Qe2 Qe8 (29... Nxe3 30. Qh5 Nxf1 31. Rxf1
$18 (31. Bf5+)) (29... Bxg5 30. hxg5 Nxe3 31. Bg6 Ng4 32. Bf5 Qc7 33. Qxg4 $18)
30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Bd4 Rc6 (31... Ne5 32. Qf2 Rc6 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Nf7+ Kxh7
35. Qf5+ $18) 32. Qf2 Qf8 (32... Rdd6 33. Re1 Qh5 34. Kc1 $22 $18) 33. Bd3 (33.
Qf3 $5 Kg7 34. Qg4 $18) 33... Rd7 34. Qf5 $18 Re7 (34... Qe7 35. Rg1 $18) 35.
Nh7 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Yh7f6,Yd4f6,Yf5f6]} Bc8 36. Qh5 Qf7 37. Bg6 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 {Gulko has a wide experience with this line}
11. Kb1 Qc7 {Black prepares to strike at the centre with d6-d5, another move
is 11...a6} (11... a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. g5 Rb8 16. h4 Nb6
17. g6 $5 Na4 (17... fxg6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Na4 $13) 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2
Bf6 20. Ned4 $14 {Timman,J-Salov,V/Linares/1991/0,5 (71) Inf 51/194/}) (11...
d5 {this move leads to a small but a stable plus for white in an endgame} 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 (12... dxe4 $2 {this move leads to a bad position} 13. Bxe7 $1 {
White recieves more than enough compensation for the queen.} Rxd2 14. Nxd2 $1 {
[%cal Rd2c4,Rd2e4] White gets the knight to play.} Qc7 {14...ef has also been
met in practice. But as the following games show it also leads to difficulties
for black.} (14... exf3 15. Nc4 $1 Qc7 {15...Qf2 16.Ne4! +-} 16. Bd6 $1 $36 Qd8
17. gxf3 Bd7 18. Be2 Be8 19. Rhg1 Qh4 20. Rg4 Qh3 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Rg1 f6 23.
Nd6 $36 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Iskusnyh,S/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (27)}) (14... Nxe7 $2 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. Nb5 $18) 15. Bh4 $5 Bd7 16. Ndxe4 Be8 17. Nd6 {1-0 Mieles Palau,
D-Filgueira,H/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 097/ (39) with an advantage for white.})
13. exd5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 exd5 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Nxc5 Na5 17. Bd3 b6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel,J-Huzman,A/Amsterdam 1994/EXT 2003 (60)}) 12. Bf4 {The idea of
this move is to stop d6-d5. White has other moves as well, for example:} (12.
h4 d5 (12... a6 $5 13. Qf2 b5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. g4 Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h5 b4 18.
Ne2 a5 19. g6 a4 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nf4 Bf6 $132 {0-1 Ivanchuk,
V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext (43)}) 13. exd5 (13. Bxf6 $5 dxe4 (
13... Bxf6 14. exd5 Bxc3 15. d6 Qb8 16. Qxc3 Rxd6 17. Bb5 $14) 14. Nb5 Rxd2 15.
Rxd2 Qb6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. c4 $16 {Cunningham,R-Fishbein,A Philadelphia World
op (1) 1992 1-0 27}) 13... Nxd5 14. Bd3 Ndb4 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. f4 Qxb5 17. Bxb5
Rxd2 18. Bxe7 (18. Rxd2 f6) 18... Rd5 19. Bc5 h6 20. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext (54)}) (12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5
Be6 $10) (12. Qf2 $2 Ng4 $15) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 {0-1 Benjamin,J-Anand,V/
Groningen 1993/CBM 39/[Chekhov] (41)}) 12... a6 13. g4 Ne5 (13... b5 14. g5 Nh5
15. Be3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bb6 b4 $1 19. Ne2 Re8 $13 {Svidler,
P-Fishbein,A/Oakham/1990/0,5 (49) Inf 50/220/}) 14. Qg2 {whte defends the f3
pawn, and now Ne5-c4 comes without a tempi on the white queen} b5 15. g5 Nfd7 {
Now white has a choice how to continue the attack, one option that white chose
in the game is to advance the h-pawn and play 16.h4, the other one is to move
the bishop out of f4 and to push the f-pawn} 16. h4 (16. Bc1 $142 {is
interesting} Bb7 17. f4 b4 $132 {Spragett -Gurevich.D Bern 1995} 18. Ne2 Nc4
19. Ng3 d5 20. f5 (20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. exd5 Bxd5 {and black solved
his problems 1-0 Spraggett,K-Gurevich,D/Bern 1995/EXT 2000 (40)}) (20. Qe2 Ndb6
21. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V/Alcobendas 1993/CBM 039 (21)})
20... dxe4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. f6 Bf8 25. fxg7 Bxg7 26.
Nh5 {with initiative}) 16... Nb6 $146 {this is a novelty, the knight goes to
a4, beforehand only 16...Bb7 was played} (16... Bb7 17. a3 $6 (17. h5 $5) 17...
Rac8 18. Qf2 $2 (18. h5) 18... Nb6 $5 19. Na5 Ba8 $17 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Bd4 Na4 {
0-1 Pavlovic,M-Knezevic,B/Belgrade 1998/CBM 064/[Gofshtein,L] (39) and black
seized the initiative.}) 17. h5 Na4 {Exchanging on a4 obviously favours black,
that gets an open b-file} 18. Bd2 (18. Nxa4 $2 bxa4 19. Nd4 Rb8 {with an attack
}) 18... Bd7 19. f4 {White is not tempted to win the exchange cause it allows
black to seize the initiative} (19. Nxa4 $6 bxa4 20. Ba5 Qb7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22.
Nd4 Rb8 {Despite the extra defense white is on the defenssive}) (19. h6 {
is met by} g6) (19. g6 {deserved attention} fxg6 (19... Nc4 $5) 20. hxg6 Nxg6
21. Qh2 Nf8 22. Bd3 {is quite dangerous for black}) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 {
recapturing with the pawn wasn't better, as the lines show white's attack is
more dangerous} (20... bxc4 21. Nxa4 (21. Nd4 Nxb2 22. Kxb2 Qb6+ 23. Nb3 a5 {
and black's attack is faster}) 21... Bxa4 (21... cxb3 22. axb3 d5 23. Bc3 dxe4
24. g6 {with strong attack}) 22. Nd4 (22. Ba5 $2 {now Ba5 doesn't work in view
of} cxb3 $1 23. Bxc7 bxc2+ {and black stays with more material} 24. Ka1 cxd1=Q+
25. Rxd1 Bxd1 26. Bxd8 Rxd8) 22... Rab8 (22... c3 23. Bxc3 Rab8 24. Ka1) 23.
Bc3 {it is difficult for black to develop any attack on the queenside, while
white has free hands on the kingside}) 21. f5 {white's attack is very dangerous
} Bc6 $2 (21... exf5 $2 {allows a strong forepost for the white knight} 22. Nd5
) (21... Nxc3+ $1 {was black's best defense} 22. Bxc3 exf5 23. g6 (23. exf5 Bc6
) 23... fxg6 24. hxg6 h6 {[%cal Ge7f8] despite the fact that white has a
strong initiative black is still a pawn up and has good chances to defend, all
three results are possible}) 22. f6 Nxc3+ {black is forced to follow the main
line since after 22...Bf8 white has a free attack for no compensation} (22...
Bf8 23. Rde1 b4 24. Nxa4 Bxa4 25. g6 {and the white attack is winning}) 23.
Bxc3 Bxe4 24. Qf2 Bxh1 {forced} (24... Bf8 $2 {white has plenty of good options
} 25. fxg7 {This one is the most straight forward} (25. Rh4 d5 26. g6) 25...
Bxg7 26. Nd2 Qc6 27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rhf1 ({or} 30. g6
) 30... Rd7 31. Rde1 Qh4 32. h6 $18) 25. fxe7 {black's main problem that after
h5-h6 his king would be an easy target for the white pieces} Rdc8 (25... Re8
26. Rxh1 Rxe7 (26... e5 27. h6) 27. Bxg7 {black's position is defenseless}) 26.
Rxh1 e5 {the only way to continue the struggle} (26... b4 {leads to a forced
mate} 27. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. e8=Q+ Rxe8 30. h6 Kf8 31. g6 hxg6 32.
h7 {with mate}) 27. h6 b4 28. Rh4 $6 (28. hxg7 {was faster} bxc3 29. Qf5 $1 $18
) 28... Qe6 29. Bxb4 Qxe7 30. Qd2 {white's edge is decisive} Qe6 31. hxg7 Qf5
32. Qd3 $6 {not the most accurate way to win, prolongs a game for many moves} (
32. Bxd6 Rd8 33. Rh6 {white is completely winning, though some technique is
still required}) 32... Qxd3 33. cxd3 Rc6 (33... d5 34. Bf8 Rc6 35. Nc5 {
with a total domination} Rac8 36. b4) 34. Rh6 Rd8 35. Nd2 {White transfers the
knight to a better place} Rdc8 36. Bc3 (36. Nc4 e4 37. Rxd6 exd3 38. Rxc6 Rxc6
39. Ne5 {also winning}) 36... Kxg7 37. Ne4 {now one of the black central pawns
is lost} d5 38. Bxe5+ Kf8 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Nf6 {the rest is of no ineterest}
Ke7 41. Nxh7 Ke6 42. Bf4 Kf5 43. Bd2 Ke5 44. Be3 Rc8 45. Nf6 Rh8 46. d4+ Ke6
47. a4 Rh3 48. Bf4 Rb3 49. Be5 Rb4 50. Ne8 Rxa4 51. Nc7+ Kf5 52. Nxd5 Ra5 {
black resigned as his rook is caught} (52... Ra5 53. Nc3 Kxg5 54. b4 Ra3 55.
Kb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. g4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5 (13. h4 $6 d5 $1
$10) 13... Nd7 (13... Ne8 $6 14. Qf2 $1 Rd7 15. Na4 Rd8 16. Bb6 Bxg5+ 17. f4
$36 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Kasimdzhanov,R/Cappelle la Grande 1996/CBM 51 ext (17)}) 14.
h4 Nce5 ({Worth of attention} 14... b5 $5 {-mainline} 15. f4 (15. g6 fxg6 (
15... Nce5 16. gxf7+ Kxf7 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. Rhg1 Rb8 21.
Qg2 Bf8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bg5 Be7 24. exf5 Qb7 $132 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Verner,A/
Moscow 1996/CBM 55 ext (38)}) (15... hxg6 16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nf6 18. Rh1 $40
{1-0 Tal,M-Koblencs,A/Riga 1957/MainBase/[ChessBase] (37) /\ 19.Qh2}) 16. h5
gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nf6 18. Rg5 Ne5 (18... b4 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Qh2 $44 {1-0 Simagin,
V-Paoli,E/Salgotarjan 1967/EXT 99 (39)}) 19. Qg2 Bf8 20. Be2 (20. f4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. Rg1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Boleslavsky,I/Riga 1958/
URS-ch (42)}) 20... Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. Rh1 Rb7 24. Rh6 $40 {
1-0 Tal,M-Mohrlok,D/Varna 1962/MCD (31)}) (15. h5 Nf8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb7
18. Kb1 Rac8 19. h6 e5 20. Qb6 Nd7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Bh3 $36 {
1-0 Liang Jinrong-Chan Peng Kong/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (61)}) (15. Kb1 b4
16. Ne2 a5 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. b3 Qc7 22.
g6 fxg6 23. h5 a4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg2 axb3 26. Nxb3 Bf6 27. Qxg6 Bb7 28. Rh2
Qc3 29. Bd4 {1-0 Anand,V-Muir,A/Barcelona 1993/CBM 38 (29)}) 15... b4 16. Ne2
a5 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Ng3 a4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kislov,M-Stirberg,S/Voronezh 1991/CBM
22 ext (61)}) 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. h5 $5 $146 ({After} 17. g6 fxg6 18.
h5 gxh5 19. Bd4 $13 {positon is unclear 1-0 Canfell,G-Knoppert,E/Dieren 1988/
TD (30)}) 17... b5 18. Qg2 {White replace his Q to active position, preparing
g5-g6 and f4-f5-f6 promotions.} Rb8 ({Worth of attention also} 18... b4 19. Rd4
Qc7 20. Rxb4 d5 {with initiative for sacrificed P.} 21. Rd4 dxe4 22. h6 g6 $44)
19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 Nf8 $2 {Decisive mistake.} ({Quite good was active} 20...
b4 $5 21. g6 fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 {Black has defence resources} 23. Bxg7 (23. Nb1
e5) 23... Kxg7 24. Qh3 Rh8 25. Na5 Qc7 26. Qxe6 Ne5 $132) 21. f5 $1 exf5 22.
Na5 Qe6 23. Nd5 ({Wins by force} 23. exf5 $1 Qxf5 24. Qxa8 Bxg5+ 25. Kb1 b4 26.
Nc6 $18) (23. g6 hxg6 24. exf5 $1 Qxf5 25. Qxa8 $18) 23... fxe4 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7
25. Nc6 Qe8 26. Nxd8 $16 Qxd8 27. g6 fxg6 28. hxg6 $18 h6 29. Qxe4 Rb8 (29...
Be6 30. Qb7 Nd7 31. Bc3 $18) 30. Rhf1 {[%csl Rg7] Domination. White has strong
Attack and material over.} Ne6 31. Kb1 Ng5 32. Qf4 Bh3 33. Rfe1 Qd7 34. Bc3 Qf5
35. Qxd6 Rf8 36. Re7 Ne6 37. Qxe6+ Qxe6 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 {Another popular move in
this position is 12.Be3 which seems less logical as black would probably have
to move his queen from b6 to start the counterplay anyway.} a6 ({In the next
game black played too slow and white easily got a total domination} 12... Qd8
$6 13. g4 b6 14. h4 Bb7 15. N5d4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Kb1 a6 18. Bc1 Rdc7 19.
g5 Nd7 20. Rh2 d5 21. e5 Bc5 22. h5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Rd7 25. g6 {
1-0 Anand,V-Tissir,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 no vc (25)}) 13. N5d4 Rd8 (13... Qc7
14. h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 $40 {1-0 Anand,
V-Avrukh,B/Haifa 2000/CBM 74 ext (32)}) 14. g4 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 {
an improvment over Svidler-Gulko, which continued 16...Nd5} (16... Nd5 $2 {
is weaker} 17. h4 Bxg5+ 18. hxg5 Qe3+ 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Kb1 {[%csl Yh1,Rh7]
[%cal Yh1h7] 1-0 Svidler,P-Gulko,B/Cannes 2001/CBM 82/ with big advantage for
white}) 17. Bd2 {White moves the bishop and allows the advance of pawns on the
kingside} a5 18. a4 (18. g5 $2 {is not good in view of} a4 $1 19. Na1 (19. gxf6
$2 axb3 20. cxb3 Rxa2 21. fxe7 Ra1+ 22. Kc2 Nd4+ {with mate}) 19... Nd7 {
with a clear advantage for black}) 18... d4 {very logical, the knight goes to
d5} 19. g5 Nd5 20. f6 {white tries to open lines on the kingside} (20. g6 Rac8
{is good for black}) 20... Bb4 ({black could also take the pawn} 20... gxf6 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 22. Bd3 Ncb4 23. Be4 {and white has some attack on the kingside
which compensates for the pawn but not more than that (the immideate threat
now is Qg3+ and Qh3)}) 21. Bd3 (21. fxg7 {planning to plan Bd3 and Qh4 is not
so good} Ne3 22. Bd3 Ne7 {the knight comes to defence and it's not clear what
white can do}) 21... g6 $1 (21... Ne3 $2 {is very tempting but loses nicely to}
22. Bxh7+ $1 (22. Qh4 $2 g6 23. Bxe3 (23. Bxb4 $2 {is bad for white} Nxb4 24.
Qh6 Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Nf5 26. Qh3 Rac8 {and black's attack is much more dangerous}
) 23... dxe3 {and the advantage is on the black side already}) 22... Kxh7 23.
Qh4+ Kg6 {the only move, the idea is to counter 24.fxg7 with Nf5} (23... Kg8
24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. g6 Bxd2+ (26... fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Ke8
29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Rhg1 $18) 27. Rxd2 Rd7 {and white wins either by 28.Rg1, 28.
g7 or 28.gxf7} 28. Rg1 (28. g7 $18) (28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rg1 Ke7 30. Rg7+ Kd8
31. Qh8+ Kc7 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Qxa8 $18) 28... f6 29. g7 Kf7 30. Qh5+ $18) {
but white still wins by} 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. g6 $18)
22. h4 Nf4 23. Be4 (23. h5 $2 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 Ba3 $3 {and black wins} 25. Kc2
Rac8) 23... d3 {black has certainly got some initiative but white defends
calmly} 24. Kb1 dxc2+ 25. Bxc2 Nd4 $2 {An unfortunate decision, black decides
to sacrifice a pawn but doesn't get enough compensation for it} ({After} 25...
Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Rd8 28. Qc3 {is about equal}) 26. Qxe5 $1 {not
fearing ghosts} Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Nxc2 (27... Nxb3 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxf4 {
with an advantage for white}) 28. Rxc2 Nd3 29. Qb5 Qe3 $6 (29... Qxb5 {is
probably better, although after} 30. axb5 {white's advantage is indisputable})
30. Rd1 $1 {a strong move, white brings his last piece into action and plans
to pin the black knight for good with Rcd2} Nf4 $6 (30... Ne5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {
leaves black with more chances although it's clear that white's chances to win
are higher than black's chances for a draw}) 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qd7 $1 {
another strong move, white wins the b7 pawn by force} Ne6 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34.
Qxc8+ Nf8 35. Qxb7 {the game is over} h5 (35... Qe1+ 36. Ka2 Qxh4 37. Qb5 $18)
36. gxh6 (36. Ka2 Qf4 37. Qe4 {also wins of course}) 36... Qf4 37. Qe4 Qxf6 38.
Nxa5 Kh7 39. Nc4 Nd7 40. a5 Kxh6 41. Qd5 Qxh4 42. a6 Qf2 43. Qxf7 Qg1+ 44. Ka2
Qa7 45. Na3 Qd4 46. f4 Nb6 47. a7 Nd5 48. a8=Q Nb4+ 49. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kayumov, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 $5 {It is the main line, other move is 8.Bxf6} (8. Bxf6) 8... Be7 9. O-O-O
O-O 10. f3 {White defends the pawn on e4 in advance. He prepares an advance of
his pawns on the king side with the pawns g and h. Sometimes Nb5 is also
possible} Rd8 11. Nb5 $5 Rd7 {Defending against 12.Be3} 12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 a5
{[%mdl 4] Black looks for counterplay on the queen side. It was also played 13.
..Ne5 and 13...e5} (13... Ne5 14. g4 d5 15. g5 Ne8 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nf5 $14 {
0-1 Armas,J-Fedorowicz,J/Wijk aan Zee 1989/CBM 12 (42)}) (13... e5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Qc3 Bb7 17. Bc4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 (18... cxd5 19. Bb5 Qxc3
20. bxc3 Rc7 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Ba6 Rc6 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. Bb6 Rxb7 26.
Bc6) 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nxb7 d4 $1 $132 {1-0 Petrushin,A-Utemov,V/
Simferopol 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) 14. a4 {Looks logical. White takes control over
important squares on the queen side. Other moves gave black a good position} (
14. Qf2 Ne5 15. Nd2 a4 16. g4 a3 17. b3 d5 18. Bb5 Qa5 $132 {[#]. 0-1 Antal,
G-Llobel Cortell,E/Oropesa del Mar 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4
Rc7 16. g4 a4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ng3 Nf4 $132 {0-1 Liss,E-Kotronias,V/
Rishon Le Ziyyon 1996/CBM 53 (39)}) 14... Ne5 {14...e5 was also possible, with
good counterplay} (14... e5 $5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc3 Qc7 17. g4 d5 18. Bc5 d4
19. Qe1 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Re7 21. Bc4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Solak,D-Damljanovic,B/Belgrade
2002/CBM 91 (65)}) 15. Bb5 Rc7 {[%cal Re5c4,Rc7c2]} 16. Qe2 {Prevents Nc4} Bd7
$5 {Black exchanges the strong bishop on b5 and tries to take control over the
c4 square} 17. Kb1 {In case of the immideate 17.Bd7 black also got
counter-chances} (17. Bxd7 Nexd7 18. Nb5 Rc6 19. Kb1 d5 $132) 17... Rac8 {
A pawn sacrifice. If white receives the challenge black gets a counterplay} 18.
c3 (18. Nxa5 Ng6 19. Nab3 d5 $44) 18... Nc4 19. g4 $6 {It was worth
considering 19.Bd7, exchanging some pieces and trying to take advantage of the
weaknesses in the black's camp} (19. Bxd7 $5 Qxd7 20. Nb5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rc4 22.
Rd4 e5 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd3 $14) (19. Bc1 e5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nb5 d5) (19.
Bf2 e5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 d5 $132) 19... Nxe3 $5 {Black starts forced
actions and take over the iniative} 20. Qxe3 e5 $5 {An important move, moving
white's knight from his central position and forces white to take with the a
pawn after the exchange on b5} 21. Nf5 Bxb5 22. axb5 a4 {The advance of this
pawn breaks white's pawn structure on the queen side} 23. Qg5 (23. Nc1 a3 $36)
23... Ne8 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Nd2 Nc7 $17 {White's weaknesses, the possession
of the c-file and a future activization of the black queen configure black's
initiative.} 26. c4 Ne6 {[%cal Ye6d4,Ye6c5]} 27. Qe3 Rec7 28. Rc1 Rc5 {[%cal
Rd8a5,Ra5b4,Yc5c4]} 29. Rc3 Nd4 30. Qd3 Qa5 31. Ra3 {White tries to create a
fortress} Qb4 32. Ka2 $6 {[%mdl 8192] White misses a tactical strike. 32.Rd1
was nessecary, also in this case black's advantage is evident but it would not
be easy for him to continue further with his initiative.} (32. Rd1 h6 33. h4
Rxc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 $17) 32... Nxb5 $1 33. cxb5 Rc2 $19 34. Nb3 R8c3 $1 {
Bringing the last piece to the attack} 35. Qd5 g6 36. Kb1 axb3 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38.
Qd1 Re3 39. Ka1 Rce2 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16384]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd3 {a rare move, which transposes to the main line 7.Qd2 after the
exchange of knights on d4} Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 {besides
this move black has also 10...Qa5, after which the next lines are possible:} (
10... Qa5 11. Bd2 (11. Qd2 Rd8 {It is main line in this variation} (11... Bd7 {
This move does not decide openning problem} 12. Kb1 Qc7 $2 (12... Kh8 13. g4
$36 {1-0 Shahade,J-Khan,A/Chandler 1997/EXT 99 (25)}) 13. e5 $18 {1-0 Krstic,
U-Nikolic,S/Bled 1998/EXT 99 (29)}) 12. Kb1 {[%cal Yc3d5] After this move
white has eventual threat Nd5} b6 {Defense against threat Nd5} (12... Qc7 13.
Nb5 Qd7 14. g4 a6 15. Nd4 Qc7 (15... b5 16. h4 Bb7 17. Be3 $40 {1-0 Benjamin,
J-Kogan,B/Berkeley 1984/MCD (42)}) 16. Bd3 b5 17. h4 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5
$36 {1-0 Pikula,D-Pelletier,Y/Baden 1997/EXT 99 (38)}) 13. h4 Bb7 14. Qe1 Rac8
{[%cal Rc8c3]} 15. Bd3 {white is preparing attack on the king side} Ba6 {
black try by means of changes pieces decrease potential of white pieces} 16. g4
Bxd3 17. Rxd3 b5 18. Qd2 {[%cal Rd3d6] 1-0 Moreno Carnero,J-Norris,A/Mondariz
2000/CBM 079/[Gofshtein,L] (38) white is slightly better.}) 11... Qc7 (11...
Qc5 12. Qxc5 dxc5 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Bd6 b6 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Rd1 {
1-0 Shchekachev,A-Inkiov,V/Paris 2001/CBM 083 ext (40) white has a slight edge.
}) 12. Nb5 Qd8 (12... Qb8 13. Bb4 e5 14. Qc3 Ne8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxd6
a5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Nxc8 Bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 $13) 16... Be6 (16... a5 17.
Nd5 $1) 17. Nd5 $14) 13. Bb4 d5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5 $1 (15. e5 Nd7 16. Nxa7
Nc5 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Kb1 Qc7 {with counterplay 1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,
J-Vera,R/Leon 1996/CBM 054 (29)}) 15... Nxd5 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Kb1 $16) (10...
Bd7 $5 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6
$11 {Relange-Sosonko,Cannes 1996}) (10... e5 $6 11. Qd2 {[%csl Yd5]} Be6 12.
Kb1 Rc8 13. h4 Rc5 14. a3 Qb8 15. Be3 $16 {Chandler-Lobron Biel 1987}) 11. h4 (
11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 $13 {Kuzmin-Oll Lviv 1990}) 11...
Qc7 {black also has an immideate 11...b5} (11... b5) 12. g4 {another plan is
to transfer the knight to an active spot on d4} (12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 {freeing
the d4 square for the knight and taking the sting out of b5-b4} (13. h5 h6 14.
Bh4 $6 {Not so bad in itself, but bishop would control also other important
squares from e3. White keeps the pressure on f6 and hopes for g4-g5 attack.}
Bb7 15. Bd3 $5 (15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Rc1 d5 $17)) (13. g4 $5) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Rb8
15. g4 (15. h5 Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d6,Rd6d5]} (15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6
Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bb7 $44) 16. h6 g6 $13 {position looks unclear}) 15... a5 16. Nd4
(16. Ng3 a4 17. Nh5 b3 $5 $132) 16... a4 17. Bd3 e5 $5 18. Bxf6 $1 {Gofshtein,L
} (18. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 19. gxf5 $6 {Dubious move, it was nessasary 19.ef with
unclear position,now black has serious initiative} a3 $5 {is good for black
0-1 Benjamin,J-Gulko,B/Seattle 2000/CBM 080/(32)}) 18... Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20.
Nf5 $13) 12... b5 13. a3 Rb8 {A novelty according to my database, though such
a natural move can hardly be surprising. Black's idea is to exchange queens on
b6 as if the white queen retreats b5-b4 would follow} (13... Bb7 $5 {0-1
Koscielski,J-Henrichs,T/Herne 2003/EXT 2004 (33)}) 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 (15. Be3 {
deserved attention, preventing Qb6 from black} b4 $1 {other moves lead to
white's advantage} (15... Rd8 16. g5) (15... d5 $6 16. exd5 $1 (16. e5 $2 Nd7
17. f4 b4 {with a strong attack}) 16... Rd8 (16... b4 17. d6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6
19. Rxd6 bxc3 20. bxc3 {with a clear edge in the endgame}) (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5
exd5 18. g5 {with an initiative}) 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. g5 $1 hxg5 20.
h6 {and white's attack is faster}) 16. axb4 d5 17. exd5 Rxb4 18. d6 Rxd4 19.
dxc7 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Bb7 21. Be2 Rc8 22. Bf4 Bb4 {and black is fine}) 15... Qb6
(15... d5 {deserves serious attention} 16. exd5 (16. e5 $6 Bc5 {and white
loses the pawn on e5}) 16... Rd8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 b4 {is unclear}) 16. Qxb6
{white is forced to exchange queens, otherwise black's attack is stronger. The
alternative was to exchange queens on d4, since the black rook on b6 is well
placed, defending d6} (16. Qd2 $2 b4) (16. g5 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nxh5 (17... hxg5
18. Bxg5 Re8 19. h6 {with a strong initiative}) 18. gxh6 g5 (18... Bxh4 19.
Rxh4 g6 20. Rxd6 {and white has the advantage}) 19. Bf2 Nf4 {and black seems
to be doing fine}) 16... Rxb6 17. g5 hxg5 {Now black doesn't have the Nxh5
option since his rook on b6 gets under attack} (17... Nxh5 $2 18. Bf2 $1 {
[%cal Gf2b6,Gh1h5] and white wins}) 18. Bxg5 Re8 19. Rd2 {White maneouvres his
pieces to a better positions, the white rook has an option of coming to the
g-file now} (19. h6 {is simply met by} g6) 19... Nd7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rg1 {
white has a strong pressure, it seems that black's opening idea didn't bring
him to equality} Nf6 $1 {a strong move, black brings the knight to e8 where it
is perfectly placed, defending d6 and g7} 22. Rdg2 Ne8 23. f4 b4 {White's idea
was to play h5-h6 and f4-f5 after that, this idea works if black plays 23...
Kh8 for example} (23... Bb7 {perhaps this was stronger} 24. Bd3 {with a small
but enduring advantage for white}) (23... Kh8 $2 24. h6 g6 (24... gxh6 25. Rg8+
Kh7 26. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf1d3]}) 25. f5 exf5 26. Nd5 {winning an exchange})
24. axb4 (24. Na4 {Of course, white doesn't fall for this} bxa3 25. Nxb6 $4 a2
$1 {and white can't stop black's a-pawn}) 24... Rxb4 25. f5 $1 (25. h6 g6 26.
f5 {This idea is less strong now} exf5 27. Nd5 (27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Nd5 Re1+ 29.
Kd2 Rbe4 {and black saves the exchange}) 27... Rbxe4 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {[%cal
Gg8h7] and black is ok}) 25... Kh7 $2 {Black defends against h5-h6 or at least
he thinks so} (25... exf5 {was better} 26. Nd5 Rbxe4 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Bc4 {
and though white is better the game is far from over} Kh7 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 26.
Bd3 $2 {What a pity, white had a marvellous strike 26.h6 that could bring him
the victory} (26. h6 $3 {this move is winning} gxh6 (26... f6 27. Rh1 Kg8 28.
Bd3 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2f4] white's positional edge is probably decisive, the
knight comes to the kingside}) 27. Rg8 {threatening f5-f6} f6 28. Rf8 $1 {
[%cal Gg1g8]} Bd7 (28... exf5 29. Rgg8 Bd7 30. Nd5 Rbxe4 31. Rxe8 {[%cal Gd5f6]
is very nice, white wins}) 29. Rgg8 {now white simply threatens to play Be2-h5
with mate} Nc7 30. Be2 Re8 31. Bh5 Rxf8 32. Rxf8 {[%cal Gf8f7,Gh5g6] and white
is winning}) 26... Kh6 $1 {Now the black king is safe, white would have given
a lot to get rid of his h5 pawn} 27. fxe6 Bxe6 28. b3 Rc7 {Black transfers the
rook to the 5th rank where is plays on both flanks} 29. Kd2 Rc5 {The game has
almost equalised now, the black pieces are well placed and the white pawn on
h5 is mainly a weakness now} 30. Ne2 a5 (30... Rxh5 $4 {Obviously the pawn is
poisoned} 31. Nf4 Rh4 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. e5 {is very bad for black}) 31. Nf4 Re5
32. Rg3 (32. Nxe6 {was a better and probably white's last chance to squeeze
something out of this game} Rxe6 33. Bc4 Re7 (33... Rxe4 $2 34. Bxf7 {with
great advantage for white, the bishop is much stronger than the knight}) (33...
Rxc4 34. bxc4 Re5 {is also not entirely clear}) 34. Kd3 {still keeping some
plus}) 32... Rb7 {Probably the draw was agreed here since after 33.Ra1 black
could take over the initiative with 33...Nf6 attacking the pawns e4 and h5} 33.
Ra1 (33. Ra1 $2 Nf6 34. Rag1 Nxe4+ 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Rg6+ Kh7 {
black is a pawn up, and white is the one that has to prove the equality})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 (9... Qb6 $5) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh6 Kh8 $8 12. Qh5 {
with idea 13.Rd3-h3} (12. Rd3 Rg8) 12... Qe8 $8 {black defended against Rd3-h3}
13. f4 Rg8 14. g4 {white begins the standard plan of attack using pawns.} b5 $5
{it looks  more aggressive than 14...Bd7,and gives black chanses for   good 
counterplay} (14... Bd7 $6 15. Bd3 Rg7 16. h4 Qd8 17. g5 Qc7 18. Kb1 b5 19.
gxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nc5 Rd8 22. N3e4 Be7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rdg1 Rxd3 25.
cxd3 Nb4 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Qxe5 $18 {1-0 Van den Doel,E-Vogel,R/
Berlin 1993/EXT 97 (39)}) 15. Bd3 (15. h4 Bb7 16. g5 Rd8 17. Rh3 b4 18. Na4 Nb8
19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Bd3 e5 21. Nb6 Nd7 22. Nd5 Bg7 23. Kb1 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 $132
{1/2-1/2 Cuijpers,F-Ostojic,P/BL2-W 1992/GER-chT2 (49)}) 15... Rg7 {
profilactical move against e4-e5} (15... Nb4 16. Be2 Bd7 17. h4 Rc8 18. Rd2 Rc7
$132 {Wood-Gufeld,London 1995/ EXT 99( 49)}) 16. h4 b4 $5 {Lets black
immediately to start counterattack.} (16... Bd7 $6 17. g5 Nb4 18. Be2 Rc8 19.
a3 Nc6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Ne4 Be7 23. fxe5 $16 {1-0 Galanov,
B-Alekseev,A/URS 1988/TD (31)}) (16... Bb7 17. Rdg1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. f5 a4 20.
Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 e5 22. Nf3 d5 23. g5 dxe4 24. gxf6 Rxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Bxf6 26.
Ng5 Bxg5+ 27. Qxg5 {1-0 Boros,D-Kiss,G/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (27)}) 17. Ne2 (17.
Na4 $6 Rb8 18. g5 e5 19. f5 fxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Qe7 $17 {1-0 Fercec,
N-Kiss,A/Medulin 1997/EXT 99 (56)}) 17... e5 {In my opinion this move is the
waste of time.Of course, better is 17...a5} (17... a5 $5 18. g5 a4 19. Nbd4 b3
$5 20. axb3 axb3 21. Nxb3 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Rhg1 Qc6 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Qe2 d5
26. exd5 Bd6 27. Rf3 Rc8 $36 {0-1 Psakhis,L-Kotronias,V/Dortmund 1989/CBM 13 
(42)}) 18. f5 a5 19. Kb1 $6 {too slowly} (19. Rdg1 $5 Bb7 20. g5 a4 21. Nd2 Nb8
22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxg7 Bxg7 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Nf4 $1 exf4 27. e5 $36
{1/2-1/2 Liss,E-Leko,P/Budapest 1993/CBM 38 (39)}) (19. Rhg1 $5 a4 20. Nd2 b3
21. axb3 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nxd3+ 23. cxd3 Qc6 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Van den
Doel,E-Pergel,L/Bratislava 1993/TD (43)}) 19... Bb7 20. Nbc1 (20. Nd2 $5) 20...
a4 21. Qh6 $146 {white position is not promising at all,natural   move- 21.
Rhg1 also doesn't give anything} (21. Rhg1 Nb8 22. g5 Nd7 23. Bb5 Qd8 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. Ng3 fxg5 26. Qh6 Rag8 27. Nh5 Bxe4 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 $17 {0-1 Oll,L-Aseev,
K/Odessa 1989/URS-ch (39)}) 21... Rxg4 22. Rhg1 Rxg1 23. Rxg1 Qf8 24. Qh5 Na5
$15 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Ga5c4]} 25. Qg4 Rd8 26. c4 Bc6 27. b3 Nb7 28. Bc2 Nc5 29.
Ng3 Qh6 30. Nh1 Re8 31. Nf2 Bd8 32. Ncd3 axb3 33. axb3 Nxd3 $2 (33... Na6 $140
$5 $17) 34. Nxd3 Bb6 35. Rg2 $11 Bc5 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mieles Palau, Daniel"]
[Black "Filgueira, Hernan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 d5 12. Bxf6 dxe4 $2 {
Black chooses a variation, which is considered bad for him. As the practice
shows 12...Bf6 is better} (12... Bxf6 $5 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 exd5 15. Qc5
Qxc5 16. Nxc5 Na5 17. Bd3 b6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Huzman,A/Amsterdam
1994/EXT 2003 (60)}) 13. Bxe7 $1 {White recieves more than enough compensation
for the queen. As the game below shows, in case of 13.Bd4 black gets a very
good game} (13. Bd4 $6 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. fxe4 Rxd4 16. Qc1 Be6 17. Rxd4 exd4
18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc5 20. Qe1 Bf6 21. Qe4 Rd8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rf1 Bg7 24. d6
Qxd6 25. Bc4 b5 26. Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 Brustman,A-Liu Shilan/Tuzla 1987/EXT 97 (26)}
) 13... Rxd2 14. Nxd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c4,Rd2e4] White gets the knight to play} Qc7
$146 {14...ef has also been met in practice. But as the following games show
it also leads to difficulties for black} (14... exf3 15. Nc4 $1 Qc7 {15...Qf2
16.Ne4! +-} 16. Bd6 $1 $36 Qd8 17. gxf3 Bd7 18. Be2 (18. f4 Qh4 19. Bg2 Be8 20.
Rd2 h6 21. Ne4 $36 {1-0 Conquest,S-Speelman,J/London 1990/EXT 97 (41)}) 18...
Be8 19. Rhg1 Qh4 20. Rg4 Qh3 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Rg1 f6 23. Nd6 $36 {1-0 Brodsky,
M-Iskusnyh,S/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (27)}) (14... Nxe7 $2 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nb5 $18)
15. Bh4 $5 (15. Ba3 $5) 15... Bd7 {White has a serious initiative also in case
of 15...ef} (15... exf3 16. Nxf3 f6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nb5 $36) 16.
Ndxe4 Be8 17. Nd6 {The white knight enters black camp and exerts strong
pressure upon black's position} a6 18. Bd3 Nb4 {Black tries to exchange pieces
and to minimize white's pressure} 19. a3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bc6 21. Rhd1 {White
brings all his pieces to the game} h6 22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Nc4 $5 {[%cal Yc4a5,
Yc4e5] Transfering the knight to a stronger position, and also opening the
d-file for the rooks} Kh7 24. Ne5 Be8 {Of course black deviates from the
exchange of the bishop. In this case white would inevitably invade with the
rooks} 25. Ne4 {Now the other knight invades into black's camp} f5 (25... f6
26. Nd7 f5 27. Nf2 $36) 26. Nd6 Bh5 27. Rc3 Rd8 28. Rcd3 {White doesn't find
immideatly how to realise his great advantage} Rg8 29. Nec4 {[%cal Rc4a5,Rc4b6]
With the idea after Na5 to weaken black's position even more} Bg6 30. Be5 f4
31. R3d2 b5 32. Na5 Qg5 33. Bc3 Qh4 34. h3 Rd8 35. Nc6 {All white pieces are
taking part in the game} Rg8 36. Ne5 $18 Bh5 37. Ne4 {Again the knight
retreats so that the rooks can invade into black's position} Be8 38. Rd6 Qe7
39. Rxa6 {Black resigned as the latter material loss is inevitable. White
totally dominates the position} 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1348]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qf6 (12...
Qb6 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14. Nxc5 b6 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. c4 b4
19. c3 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Martinez,A/Oviedo rapid45 1992 (46)}) (12... Qh4 $5
13. g3 Qf6 (13... Qxe4 $6 14. Bd3 Qf3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxf8 e5 17. Qc5 $16 {
Chandler,M-Eising,J/OHRA 1984/1-0 (48)}) 14. Qc5 e5 15. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6]
1-0 Ivanovic,B-Popovic,P/Novi Sad 1984 (40)}) 13. Qg3 (13. Qc5 e5 14. Kb2 Be6
15. f3 Rfc8 16. Qb6 Qe7 17. Be2 Nb8 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nd7 20. Rhd1 Rc7 21.
Na5 Rac8 22. Bc4 $1 Nf8 23. Bb3 $16 {1-0 Sax,G-Vogel,R/BL9394 1994 (35)}) 13...
b5 (13... e5 $5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Rd5 Rac8 (16... a5 17. a4 f5 18.
Nc5 Qh6+ 19. Qe3 f4 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. f3 Qg5 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qd3 $14 {1-0
Zezulkin,J-Berntsen,P/Eger op 1991 (37)}) 17. Rhd1 Rc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,
J-Christiansen,L/USA-ch 1984 (40)}) (13... b6 $5 14. f4 e5 15. f5 Ra7 (15...
Bb7 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. Rd7 Bc6 19. Rd2 a5 $132 {Horne,D-Barendregt,
J/Helsinki olm 1952/0-1 (58)}) 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Be2 Rc7 18. Rd3 Bb7 19. Rhd1 Nc8
$13 {1/2-1/2 Nicevski,R-Sofrevski,J/Skopje/Ohrid 1968 (23)}) 14. f4 (14. Rd6 $5
Bb7 15. Be2 (15. f4 Rad8 16. e5 Qe7 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bd3 a5 $44 {0-1 Canfell,
G-Goldenberg,I/AUS-ch op 1993 (25)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Rd7 Rab8 17. f4 b4 18. e5
Qh6 19. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Rh6] 1-0 O'Kelly de Galway,A-Pomar Salamanca,A/Madrid
zt 1960 (35)}) 14... Qe7 (14... e5 15. f5 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 15. e5 Qa3+ 16. Kb1
a5 (16... b4 $5 17. c4 a5 18. Nc1 (18. Nd4 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rd8 $19) (18. Nc5 {
[%cal Gd1d3]} b3 $1 $36) 18... Rb8 19. Rd3 Qa4 20. Nb3 Ne7 $44) 17. Nd4 $1 Ne7
(17... b4 $5 18. Nb5 (18. cxb4 Qxb4+ 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. c3 {[%cal Gf1b5]} Qxb3+
21. axb3 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bb7 $44 {[%cal Gb7d5]}) 18... Qa4 19. c4 $16 {[%cal
Gg3b3]}) 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. c4 Qc5 20. Kb2 Nc6 21. a4 $16 {In my opinion black
has not enought compensation for two sacrificed pawns.} Ba6 22. c3 $1 {[%csl
Rc6][%cal Gc3b4,Gc3d4]} Ne7 23. Qd3 Nf5 24. Rd2 Rfc8 25. Kb3 $1 Bb7 (25... Ne3
26. Qd4 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Qd5+ 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. c4 $18) 26. h4 {[%cal Gh1h3,Gg2g4]
} h5 (26... Be4 27. Qxe4 Ng3 28. Qf3 Nxh1 29. g4 $18 {[%csl Rh1]}) 27. Rh3 Qg1
$6 28. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2f2,Ge2h5]} Qb6 {Black preferes to sacrifice another pawn ,
in order to keep queens  on the board.} 29. Qxh5 Ne3 30. Rd7 g6 $8 31. Rg3 $5 (
31. Qe2 Nxc4 32. Rd4 Bd5 $132) 31... Be4 32. f5 $5 (32. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 33. Rxd3
Nxc4 (33... Qc5 34. Rdxe3 (34. Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 {[%cal Gb8b5]} 36. Qf6+
Ke8 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Qf6+ $11) 34... Qxe3 35. Qxg6+ fxg6 36. Rxe3 $18) 34.
Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 $8 (35... Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rg3+ Kh7 38. Qg7#) 36.
Rd7 Qxb5+ $8 37. axb5 Rxb5+ 38. Ka2 Rb2+ 39. Ka1 $18) 32... Bxf5 (32... exf5 $6
33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rxg6 Qxg6 36. Qxg6 Nxf1 37. e6 $18) 33. Qf3 Nxf1
34. Qxf1 Qc6 35. Rd4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gg3e3,Gg2g4] After mutual tactical blows
white kept an advantage.} Qc5 36. Qf4 Kg7 37. Re3 Rh8 38. Re1 (38. Qg5 $5 $18 {
[%cal Gg5f6,Gg2g4]}) 38... Qe7 39. Red1 g5 (39... Rbd8 40. Qg5 Qxg5 41. hxg5 {
[%cal Gg2g4]} Rxd4 42. cxd4 $18 (42. Rxd4 $18 {[%cal Gc4c5]})) 40. hxg5 Rxb5+
41. cxb5 Rc8 42. Rc1 Kg8 43. g4 Bg6 44. Kb2 Qb7 45. Rd2 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 {Other moves are worth of attention,
especially 11.Nb5} (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. h4 a6 14. h5 (14.
Bg5 $5) (14. Kb1 $5) 14... b5 15. g4 Nce5 $1 16. Rg1 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. f4 Nc4
19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 {Adams,M-Conquest,S/London/1990/1:0 (37) Inf 50/222/} e5 $1
$15) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. g4 (16. g3 $2 Bf5 17. Bf4
Qd8 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. c3 Bd3 20. cxb4 Rc8+ $19 {Petrushin,A-Brodskij,M Sochi
1993 0-1 27}) 16... Be6 17. Kb1 Bf6 $1) (11. Nb5 $5 Rd7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 a5
$132) 11... Qc7 {Black prepares a standart advance on the queen side and a
strike in the centre by d5} (11... a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. g5
Rb8 16. h4 Nb6 17. g6 $5 Na4 (17... fxg6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Na4 $13) 18.
gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ned4 $14 {Timman,J-Salov,V/Linares/1991/0,5 (71)
Inf 51/194/}) 12. Bd3 {A natural developing move. 12.h4, 12.Bf4 was also met
in practice, and as the games showed, black has counter-chances in both cases.}
(12. h4 d5 (12... a6 $5 13. Qf2 b5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. g4 Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h5 b4
18. Ne2 a5 19. g6 a4 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nf4 Bf6 $132 {0-1
Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext (43)}) 13. exd5 (13. Bxf6 $5
dxe4 (13... Bxf6 14. exd5 Bxc3 15. d6 Qb8 16. Qxc3 Rxd6 17. Bb5 $14) 14. Nb5
Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Qb6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. c4 $16 {Cunningham,R-Fishbein,A
Philadelphia World op (1) 1992 1-0 27}) 13... Nxd5 14. Bd3 Ndb4 15. Nb5 Qe5 16.
f4 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxd2 18. Bxe7 (18. Rxd2 f6) 18... Rd5 19. Bc5 h6 20. Be2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1994/CBM 40 ext (54)}) (12. Bxf6 $5 $146
Bxf6 13. g4 g6 $6 {0-1 Benjamin,J-Anand,V/Groningen 1993/CBM 39/[Chekhov] (41)}
(13... a6 $5 $132) (13... Ne5 $5 {Boensch})) (12. Qf2 $2 Ng4 $15) (12. Nb5 Qb8
13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 $10) (12. Bf4 a6 13. g4 b5 (13... Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
Qg2 b5 16. h4 (16. Bc1 Bb7 17. f4 b4 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 d5 20. Qe2 Ndb6 21.
exd5 $17 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V (3) Alcobendas m 1993 -CBM 39}) 16... b4
17. Ne2 a5 18. h5 Nf8 19. Bc1 Bb7 20. f4 Ned7 21. Ng3 d5 $1 $132 {Nunn,
J-Gschnitzer,O/BRD/1990/1:0 (36) Inf 50/221/}) 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. f4
Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bb6 b4 $1 19. Ne2 Re8 $13 {Svidler,P-Fishbein,A/Oakham/
1990/0,5 (49) Inf 50/220/}) 12... a6 13. h4 {Other moves also allow black a
fine counterplay} (13. Be3 b5 14. Qf2 Nd7 (14... Rb8 15. g4 Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7 17.
h4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $132 {0-1 Forster,R-Pelletier,Y/SUI 1995/EXT 2000 (33)}) 15.
f4 Rb8 16. g4 Nb6 17. g5 b4 $132 {0-1 Gallagher,J-Pelletier,Y/Biel 1994/CBM 43
(44)}) 13... b5 {Black continues with the standart plan of advancing the pawns
on the queen side} 14. Qf2 {Deserved attention 14.h5 with the idea to weaken
the position of black's king by 15.h6} (14. Be3 b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Qf2 Nd7) (
14. h5 $5 b4 15. Na4 d5 (15... Rb8 16. h6 g6) 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18.
h6 g6 19. Qf2) 14... b4 15. Ne2 {In case of 15.Na4 black got a good
counterplay by:} (15. Na4 Rb8 16. Be3 Nd7 17. f4 (17. h5 Nce5 $36) 17... Na5
$132) 15... Ne5 16. f4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 a5 $5 {[%cal Rc8a6,Ra6d3] Black continues
the advance og the pawns and also prepare a square on a6 for the bishop.} 18.
Rc1 Qd7 19. Qf3 {Covering the pawn on d3 and also preparing g4} Bb7 20. Nd2 {
White transfers the knight to a better square} Rac8 21. Bxf6 {White's attack
has reached a blind alley, so he tries to hold his position with exchanges.} (
21. Nc4 $2 d5 $1 22. Nb6 dxe4 $19) (21. g4 $6 d5 22. e5 d4 $36) 21... Bxf6 22.
g4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. g5 Bd8 {The two bishops and the
doubtful position of white's king give black a serious edge.} 26. Qe3 (26. Nc1
a4 (26... d5 27. h5 a4 28. g6 a3 29. bxa3 Qc3 30. Qd1 $15) 27. Qd1 a3 28. Qc2
Qd7 $15) 26... Ba6 27. b3 (27. h5 Bb6 28. Qf3 Qc5 $36) 27... Bb6 $36 28. Qxb6
$2 {Of course, 28.Qf3 was more stubborn. Now black gets a decisive advantage} (
28. Qf3 $5 d5 29. exd5 Bb7 30. Nc4 Bc5 31. Ne3) 28... Bxd3+ 29. Ka1 Bxe2 $19
30. Nc4 d5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4132]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd3 {[%cal Rd3g3,Yd3e4] Unusual move, with purpose to transfer the queen to
the kingside.Another aim is protect pawn-e4. Common move is 7.Qd2.} Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. h4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. f3 $5 {Another  possibilities are:} (11.
Qd2 a6 (11... Bd7 12. Kb1 Kh8 $13) 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. a3
Rac8 $132 {1-0 Enders,P-El Ghazali,Y/Budapest 1995/CBM 50 ext (41)}) (11. Kb1
Rd8 (11... h6 12. Bc1 Rd8 $132 {1-0 Arnason,J-Vaisser,A/Sochi 1988/TD (82)})
12. Qd2 Qc7 (12... Bd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. h5 Bc6 15. Rh3 b5 16. h6 g6 17. Qf4 $36
{1-0 Luther,T-Mossakowski,F/Bad Zwesten 1999/CBM 68 ext (31)}) 13. f4 a6 14.
Bd3 b5 15. a3 (15. Qe2 $5) 15... Rb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 (17... Qxe5 $4
18. Bf4 $18) 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qf4 b4 $132 {0-1 Luther,T-Hracek,Z/Altensteig
1995/CBM 49/[Boensch,U] (38)}) (11. Be2 Bd7 12. Rd3 Bc6 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. f4 e5
15. Qe3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Boudre,J-Verat,L/Clichy 1993/EXT 97 
(59)}) (11. Bd2 Qc7 12. h5 h6 13. f3 e5 14. Qg1 Be6 $132 {1-0 Geiser,L-Georges,
S/SWZ 1995/CBM 49 ext (41)}) (11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bb3 h6 13. f4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ng4
15. Rh5 f6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. g6 Nh6 18. f5 Re8 19. Rdh1 Bf8 20. Rxh6 gxh6 21.
Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Nxe8+ {1-0 Enders,P-Rossmann,H/Salzwedel 1982/MCL (22)}) 11... a6
(11... Bd7 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. Qe3 Rfc8 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Rxc5 16. Be3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Gurevich,D/Beersheba 1987/CBM 05 (27)}) 12. Bd2 $5 {
Profilactical move against black counterplay on the queenside, which prepares
pawn attack on the king side.} (12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qf2 Be6
$132 {0-1 Najera de Miguel,P-Castellano,J/Las Palmas 1995/EXT 98 (28)}) 12...
Qc5 (12... Qc7 13. g4 $40) 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. h5 $16 {After trade of queens,
white has serios advantage.} h6 {Preventing h5-h6.} 15. a4 $5 {[%cal Ya4b5,
Yf1b5] It prevents the counterplay of black on the queenside .} b6 16. Bf4 $5 {
[%cal Yf4b8] takes control over diagonal h2-b8.} Rd8 17. Bd3 {After this move,
black gets serious counterplay. Better for white was to play17.Rd8 Bd8 18.Bc4,
preventing b6-b5.} b5 $5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Ra1+ 20. Nb1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Nxh5 $132 22. Be3 f5 (22... g5 $5) 23. e5 (23. Bd7 $5 {probably,better 23.
Bd7with clear advantage for white} Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Bg5 (24... Kf8 25. exf5 exf5
26. Rd5 f4 27. Bxc5 $16) 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. exf5 exf5 27. Rd5 Nf4 28. Rxc5 Ne2+
29. Kd2 Rxb1 30. Kxe2 Rxb2 31. Kd3 $16) 23... f4 (23... Kf7 $5) 24. Bf2 Ng3 25.
c3 (25. b3 $5) 25... Kf7 26. Kc2 Nf5 $2 {Black is losing time.  26...g5 gave
black good counterplay.} (26... g5 27. Nd2 (27. Bc4 h5) (27. Bxg3 fxg3 28. Rh1
g4 29. fxg4 Bb7) 27... Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Bb7 $132) 27. Nd2 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Nh4 (28...
Bb7 29. Nb3 $16) 29. Ne4 Nf5 (29... Nxg2 30. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 31. exd6 Ne3+ 32.
Bxe3 fxe3 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Bxd7 $18) 30. Nxc5 $18 g5 31. b4 h5 32. Bc6 {[%cal
Yb4b7]} Bd8 33. Ne4 Bc7 34. Nxg5+ Kg6 35. Ne4 Bxe5 36. b5 Ne7 37. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 Bd7 11. h4 $146 (11. g4 Bc6 12. Be2 d5
13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h4 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. g5 Qf4+ $15 {Meng
Yan-Nickoloff,B/Toronto op 1995/0-1(34)}) (11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8
14. Kb1 b5 (14... Qc7 15. g4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Qc4 Qb7
$44 {Liu Wenzhe-Williams,A/Malta olm 1980/0-1 (80)}) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6
17. Bf4 b4 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Na4 Bxa4 {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Sosonko,G/Cannes mT 1996
}) 11... Bc6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Qd2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qc7 (13... b5 $4 14. Nd5 $18)
14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. h5 d5 16. e5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e4","",10,"c7e5","",0]}
Ne4 $1 (16... Qxe5 $4 17. Bf4 Qd4 18. Bxh7+ $18) 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. h6 g6 19.
Qf4 $2 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qe3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 $15
) 19... exd3 20. cxd3 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rd3,Re5,Rg2] <->e} 21. Rhg1 Bxg5 22.
Qxg5 Rd4 23. g4 Rf8 24. Qe3 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 fxg4 26. Rg1 Rf5 27. d4 Qf7 28. a4 (
28. Rxg4 $2 Rf1+ 29. Kc2 Qf5+ $19) 28... Rf3 29. Qe2 g3 30. d5 exd5 31. e6 Qf5+
32. Ka2 d4 33. Rd1 d3 (33... Rxc3 $2 34. bxc3 Bf3 35. Rxd4 Bxe2 36. Rd8+ Qf8
37. e7) 34. Qe1 g2 35. e7 Be8 (35... Qf7+ $142 36. Kb1 Rf1 37. Qe3 Bxa4 $19)
36. Qg1 Qf7+ 37. Ka1 Qxe7 $6 $138 (37... Rf2 $142 {keeping g-pawn}) 38. Qxg2
Bc6 39. Qg4 Qd7 40. Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qd4 a6 42. Rxd3 Rf1+ 43. Rd1 Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1
Qf6 45. Nd5 Qh4 46. b3 Kf7 $6 (46... Qg5 $1 47. Nc3 Qxh6 {was winning
immediatly}) 47. Qf1+ Ke6 48. Nf4+ Ke5 $1 49. Nd3+ Kd4 $1 50. Nb4 Kc3 $1 51.
Nxc6 bxc6 52. Qf3+ Kb4 53. Kb2 Qd4+ 54. Kc2 Qc5+ 55. Kb2 Qe5+ 56. Ka2 Qh2+ 57.
Kb1 Qd2 58. a5 (58. Qxc6 Kxb3 59. Qe6+ Ka3 $19) 58... c5 59. Qe4+ Kxb3 60. Qf3+
Qc3 61. Qf7+ c4 62. Qb7+ Ka3 63. Qg7 Qb3+ 64. Kc1 c3 65. Qe7+ Ka2 66. Qxh7 Qb1#
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Dukaczewski, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "IBCA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 $5 {As it is well known
this strong move disturbs the coordination of the black pieces. Besides it
white has other options, for example: 11.h4, 11.Kb1 or 11.Be3.} Rd7 (11... a6
$4 12. Be3 $18) 12. Qe1 Qd8 (12... a6 $142 13. N5d4 $5 {The idea of this move
is to retain Bg5 to more active position than e3-square.} ({In my opinion, it
is not so easy for Black to equalize also after} 13. Be3 $5 Qd8 14. N5d4 Nxd4 (
14... Bf8 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5 $36) 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. g4 d5 $132) 15...
e5 16. Bc3 d5 17. Bxe5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 (18... Bxd7 19. fxe4 a5 20. Kb1 a4
21. Nc1 a3 22. b3 Ng4 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Bd4 $14 {0-1 Huebner,Robert-Piket,Jeroen/
Lugano op (7) ;TD 1989 (40)}) 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bd6 (20... Bf6 21. Qe4 Be6
22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Lau,Ralf-Fedorowicz,John P/Hoogovens-B Wijk aan
Zee ;CBM 12 1989 (51)}) 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. g3 Qc7 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Kb1 $14 {
Huebner,Robert-Reeh,Oliver/Bundesliga 8889 ;GER-chT 1989/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 13...
Nd5 $5 (13... Qc7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... gxf6 $6
18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Wydra mem rapidplay 2000 (31)}) 18.
exd5 Rxd5 19. g5) 14. h4 Ndb4 15. a3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg3
$14) ({White must be ready for:} 12... Nxe4 $6 13. Bxe7 (13. Be3 Nc5 $17) 13...
Nf2 14. Bg5 $1 Nxd1 15. Qxd1 $16) 13. h4 $5 {White starts a typical attack on
the kingside. 13.g4 or 13.Kb1 leads to similar positions.} (13. Kb1 a6 14. N5d4
Bf8 15. g4 h6 16. Bc1 e5 17. Nf5 $36 {1-0 Zhigalko,A-Melnikova,Y/Pardubice CZE
2004/The Week in Chess 508 (28)}) 13... a6 {13...a5 deserves a serious
attention as the next given below shows black gets counterplay.} (13... a5 $5
14. a4 (14. g4 a4 15. Nd2 $14) 14... e5 $5 15. g3 Ne8 16. Be3 d5 17. Bh3 d4 18.
Bd2 Nb4 19. Kb1 Qb6 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. c3 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 $44 {... 1/2-1/2
Nunn,J-Pelletier,Y/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) (13... b6 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. g4
Ne5 16. N5d4 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. f4 Ng6 21. f5 $36 {
1-0 Van den Doel,E-Van der Weide,K/Cappelle la Grande 2001/CBM 80 ext (34)})
14. N5d4 Qc7 {14...Rc7 also allows white a serious initiative.} (14... Rc7 15.
Kb1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 b5 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. g4 Nd7 19. g5 Nc5 20. h5 $36 {1-0
Kutuzovic,B-Licina,A/Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88 ext (33)}) 15. g4 Nxd4 (15... b5 16.
Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Kb1 Bb7 19. Bc1 Rc8 20. Rh2 Ne8 21. g5 e5 22. Nf5 Bf8
$16 {0-1 Jamrich,G-Dembo,Y/Budapest 2001/CBM 81 ext (39)}) 16. Nxd4 b5 17. Bd2
{White brings back the bishop preparing a g4-g5 advance from one side and also
Ba5 from another.} e5 $6 {17...Bb7 deserved attention, preparing d6-d5.} (17...
Bb7 $5) 18. Ba5 $1 {White disccordinates the black pieces.} Qc5 (18... Qb7 19.
Nf5 Bd8 20. Rxd6 $16) 19. b4 $1 {Forcing black to go back to a7 and winning a
pawn by force.} Qa7 20. Nc6 Qb7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rxd6 Be6 23. Qc3 {Bringing
the queen to a more active position.} Rc8 24. Rd8+ Re8 {In case of 24...Rd8
white has a clear advantage.} (24... Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Rd7 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. g5 $16
) 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qxe5 {White grabs a central pawn, his queen also takes an
important central square.} Bxa2 27. g5 {[%cal Rg5f6] This way white assures
the strong position of his queen on e5 and discourages f7-f6.} Qc6 {[%cal
Rc6c2]} 28. Rh2 {[%csl Gc2]} Nd6 (28... Bc4 29. Bh3 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rd2
$16) 29. h5 {[%cal Yh5h6]} Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Rd2 {[%cal Rd2d6] White
brings the rook to an active position. 31.h6 deserved attention.} (31. h6 $5
Qg6 (31... f6 32. Qe7 Bf7 33. g6 $18) (31... gxh6 32. gxh6 Qg6 33. Bb6 f6 34.
Qd6 $36) 32. hxg7 Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bb6) 31... h6 {31...f6 deserved
attention with chances for a draw.} (31... f6 $5 32. gxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6
34. Rd6 Be2 35. Rxf6 Rf8 36. Rxa6 Bxf3) 32. Rd6 Qe8 {Black would like to trade
queens as in the opposite-coloured bishops endgames he has chances for a draw
despite his lack of material.} 33. Qxe8+ {It eas stronger to keep the queens
on board as white's pieces are very active.} (33. Qf4 $1 hxg5 34. Qxg5 Bb3 (
34... Qf8 35. e5 Bb3 36. c3 Be6 37. Kb2 Kh7 38. f4 $36) 35. h6 g6 36. Kb2 $1
Bxc2 37. Qf6 Qf8 38. Rd7) 33... Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Rxa6 (35.
Rxh6 Re6 $1 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Kd2 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kh6 39. f4 Kxh5 40. f5 exf5 41.
exf5 Kg5 42. Ke4 Kf6 $11) 35... Re6 $6 {35...Be2 or 35...f5 deserved attention
with chances for a draw.} (35... Be2 $5 36. Rf6 Re5 37. Kd2 Kg7 38. Rf4 Bc4 39.
Rh4 f6) (35... f5 $5 36. exf5 Re5 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Bd8 Rxf5 39. Bf6 Rxf3) 36.
Ra8+ Kg7 37. Bc7 $1 {[%cal Ra8a3,Rc7e5] White transfers the bishop to a better
position. On the one hand white takes control of the e5 square, from the other
the rook can now defend the f3 pawn.} Be2 38. Ra3 Re7 39. Bd6 Rd7 40. e5 f6 {
Black tries to act actively as in case if white consolidates his position his
extra material will win the game.} 41. Re3 Bc4 42. f4 Bf7 43. Rg3+ $1 {White
wins by force in all variations.} Kh7 (43... Kh8 44. Bf8 fxe5 45. fxe5 Bxh5 46.
e6 Rd8 47. Bxh6 $18) 44. exf6 Bxh5 (44... Rxd6 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Rxf7 Kg8 (46...
Rd4 47. Rf8+ Kh7 48. Rb8 Rxf4 49. Rxb5 $18) 47. Rc7 Rxf6 48. Rc5 Rxf4 49. c3
$18) 45. Be7 $1 Rd5 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. f7 1-0

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 $5 (10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. f4 Qa5
$132 {0-1 Rasik,V-Epishin,V/CZE-chT9495 1995/EXT 97 (44)}) 10... Nxd4 {good
counterplay gave 10...Qc7 how show practice} (10... Qc7 $5 11. h5 (11. g4 Rd8 (
11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 $6 (13... b4 $5 $132) 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 $36
{1-0 Wengenroth,W-Roos,T/Neuwied 1993/GER (35)}) 12. Kb1 (12. Be2 b5 13. a3 Bb7
14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. gxf5 $15 {Damjanovic,M-Ligterink,G/
Graz 1979/1/2-1/2(41)}) 12... Rb8 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qg2
b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nc1 Be6 20. h5 Na4 $132 {Tringov,G-Popovic,P/
Stara Pazova 1988/0-1(42)}) 11... h6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. g4 e5 15.
Be3 d5 $1 $15 {Peptan,C-Roos,T/Berliner Sommer 1997/1/2-1/2(32)}) (10... Bd7
11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17.
h5 $14 {Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg op 1992/1-0(30)}) 11. Qxd4 b5 (11... Qc7 $146
12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 {[%cal Rh5h6]} h6 15. Bh4 b4 $1 16. Ne2 (16. Qxb4
$2 d5 17. Qa4 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Rc7c3,Rb8b4]}) 16... Bb7 $6 (16... e5 $142 17. Qe3
(17. Qd2 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 Bb7 20. d6 Qb6 $15) (17. Qg1 d5 18. g5 hxg5
19. Qxg5 {-17.Qe3}) 17... Nh7 $1 18. Bf2 d5 $132) 17. Nc1 (17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5
Qc5 19. Qxc5 (19. Qd2 $2 Nxe4 $1) 19... dxc5 $11) 17... Rac8 (17... e5 18. Qc4
$1) 18. Bd3 Qc5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Villa Clara 1998/CBM
66} (18... e5 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 19. Qg1 $1 d5 20. g5 $40)) (11... Qa5 $5 12. Kb1 (
12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Na4 b5 $11 {Kostic,
V-Campos Moreno,J/Valjevo 1984/0-1(57)}) 12... b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 e5 $5 {
same idea  bishop cross to e6} 15. Nc1 Be6 $132 {Tringov-Kupreichik, Plovdiv
1980}) 12. Kb1 (12. g4 Bb7 (12... Qa5 $5) 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8
16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 $13 {Zapata-Hernandez, Cali zt 1990}) 12... Bb7 {
also was possible 12...Qa5 with idea 13...b414.Ne2 e5 15.Qd2 Be6 with good
counterplay} 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... b4 $5 15. Ne2 a5) 15. a3 Nb6 16.
Ne2 f6 {Black avoid changing of bishops} (16... Qc7) 17. Be3 Nc4 $5 (17... Na4
$5) 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd4 Qd7 $6 {19...Qc8,and in following d6-d5 open
position look better} (19... Qc8 $5 20. Nb3 Ba8 21. Na5 Rc7) 20. Nb3 Ba8 21.
Nc5 Qc8 22. Nd3 Qb7 $6 {It was necessary d6-d5 with good counterplay,and now
after Nf4 black miss this chance,and had passive position} (22... d5 $5 23.
exd5 Bxd5 24. Nf4 Rd8 $15) 23. b3 Rcc8 24. Nf4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rf4e6]} Qd7 25.
h5 $14 Rf7 26. Kb2 f5 $2 27. e5 $1 $16 {After this move,white has serios
advantage,becouse black bishop in a8 is very bad, and white blocade the center}
Qc6 28. Nd3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rd3e5]} Qd5 29. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4e5,Rd3e5]} dxe5 $6 (
29... Bf8 $5 {with idea Rfc7}) 30. Bxe5 Bf6 31. Qe3 Rfc7 {[%cal Rc7c2]} 32. Rd2
Rc3 (32... Bxe5+ $5 33. Nxe5 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5 {white is better, but it is not
so simple}) 33. Re1 Qxe5 $2 {Last mistake,still 33...Bxe5 34.Qxe5 Qxe5 black
can play} 34. Nxe5 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Be4 (35... Bg5 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Kxc3 Bxd2+ 38.
Kxd2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 $18) 36. f4 $1 $18 (36.
fxe4 $2 Bxe5+ 37. c3 Bf4 $132) 36... Rc5 37. Rc3 Rxe5 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 {White chooses a less analyzed line than the
main line 10.f4 Qa5 which also causes black serious problems.} (10. f4) 10...
Bd7 11. h4 $5 {White starts a typical plan of advance on the kingside. Other
moves had also been played, for example:} (11. g4 Bc6 12. Be2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h4 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. g5 Qf4+ $15 {Meng Yan-Nickoloff,B/
Toronto op 1995/0-1(34)}) (11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 (
14... Qc7 15. g4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Qc4 Qb7 $44 {
Liu Wenzhe-Williams,A/Malta olm 1980/0-1 (80)}) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 17.
Bf4 b4 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Na4 Bxa4 {1/2-1/2 Relange,E-Sosonko,G/Cannes mT 1996}) (
11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Ne2 Rfd8 14. Nd4 h6 $132 {1-0 Landa,K-Meins,G/
Fuerth 2002/CBM 90 ext (58)}) 11... Bc6 12. g4 (12. Kb1 Qc7 (12... Qa5 13. Qd2
{[%cal Rc3d5]} Qc7 (13... b5 $4 14. Nd5 $18) 14. Bd3 Rfd8 $132 {0-1 Van der
Weide,K-Sosonko,G/Rotterdam 1998/CBM 66/[Gofshtein,L] (66)}) 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14.
Bd3 a6 15. Qe1 b5 16. g4 b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kallio,H-Wittmann,W/Budapest 2003/
EXT 2004 (45)}) 12... d5 {Black immideatly carries out a typical blow in the
center and is trying to reduce white's pressure by exchanging pieces. Another
line 12...Qc7 also deserves attention as the game given below shows.} (12...
Qc7 $5 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. h5 h6 (14... Nxe4 $5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg5 17.
Bd3 g6 18. hxg6 hxg6 $13) 15. Bc1 {1-0 Reinaldo Castineira,R-Balogh,C/ICC INT
2003/CBM 93 ext (58)}) 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. g5 {White continues to
cover more space and at the same time not allowing the releasing f7-f6 for
black.} Qc5 {Black offers an exchange of queens, trying to lower white's
attacking potential.} 16. f4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Rfc8 18. a3 {A profilactic move.
White keeps the possibility to conquer space on the queenside with b2-b4.} a6
19. Bh3 {[%cal Yh3e6,Rf4f5] White prepares g5-g6 after h4-h5. Black is almost
forced to weaken his position further by prevanting this idea.} g6 20. h5 b5
21. Bf1 {The bishop has done his job and is transfered to a more active spot.
Besides, white tries to open the h-file in order to create threats to the
black king.} Rab8 22. Rh3 {[%cal Rd4d2,Rd2h2] White takes the rook from h1,
releasing the rook on d4 from blocking the black pawn and preparing the
transfer of the rook to the h-file.} a5 23. b4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Yc3b5,Rf1b5]
Limiting black's possibilities on the queenside by fixating the weakness on b5.
} Rc7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rd2 axb4 26. axb4 Ra7 {[%cal Ya7a1] Black tries to get
some counterplay by activizing his rook.} 27. Kb2 Rba8 28. Rdh2 {[%cal Rh3h8]
Doubling the rooks and threatening to enter black's 8th and 7th ranks.} Nf8 {
Defending against the invasion of the white rooks. The escape of the king
didn't save as well:} (28... Kf8 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Ra2+ 31. Kb3 Ke7 32.
Rh8 $18) 29. Bd3 $5 {White has nowhere to hurry and he simply strengthens his
position. 29.Bb5 was premature. In that case black would have gotten a
counterplay as the variations show.} (29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Rb7 31. c4 dxc4
32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Nd6 Rxb4+ 34. Kc3 Rba4 35. Nxc4 Ra2) 29... d4 {Black wishes
to sharpen the situation not wanting the "slow" death.} 30. Ne2 Ra2+ 31. Kc1
Rd8 32. Ng3 {An immideate 32.Rh8+ was possible as well getting a winning
position.} (32. Rh8+ $5 Kg7 33. R2h7+ Nxh7 34. Rxd8 Ra4 35. Nxd4 Bd5 36. c3 $18
{[%csl Rb5]}) 32... Ra3 {Black prevents 33.Be4 with a further transfer of the
knight to f6. Anyway, it doesn't change anything, white has too many good
options.} (32... Ra1+ 33. Kd2 Rb1 34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. Be4 Ba8 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37.
Ne4 $18) 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. R2h7+ Nxh7 35. Rxd8 Ra1+ (35... Bd5 36. Ne2 Ra4 37.
Nxd4 Rxb4 38. c3 $18) 36. Kb2 Ra4 37. Rxd4 $18 {White has a material and a
positional advantage.} Nf8 38. Ne4 Ra8 39. Rd6 Be8 40. Nf6 {Black resigned as
he looses the second pawn (b5).} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12416]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. O-O-O Qb6 10. f3 {White's plan is obvious, he wishes
to start an attck on the kingside with, g2-g4 and so on.} Rd8 {This line is
considered to be good for white, as it seems that he's able to seize the
intiative and to start an attack, while black lacks clear counterplay.} 11. Nb5
{The strongest move, White's aim is to disturb the coordination of black
pieces. The immideate threat is Bg5-e3.} Rd7 {A somewhat awkward move but this
way Black opens way for the queen to d8.} (11... a6 $4 12. Be3 $18) 12. Qe1 {
The most popular move, another line is 12.Be3} (12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 a5 (13...
Ne5 14. g4 d5 15. g5 Ne8 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nf5 $14 {0-1 Armas,J-Fedorowicz,J/
Wijk aan Zee 1989/CBM 12 (42)}) 14. a4 {Looks logical. White takes control of
the important squares on the queen side. Other moves gave Black a good
position.} Ne5 {14...e5 was also possible, with good counterplay.} (14... e5 $5
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc3 Qc7 17. g4 d5 18. Bc5 d4 19. Qe1 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Re7 21.
Bc4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Solak,D-Damljanovic,B/Belgrade 2002/CBM 91 (65)}) 15. Bb5 Rc7
{[%cal Re5c4,Rc7c2]} 16. Qe2 {Prevents Nc4.} Bd7 $5 {0-1 Kayumov,S-Jobava,B/
Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 097/[Gofshtein,L] (39) and Black has good counterplay.})
12... a6 ({This is what happens if Black plays passively, White quickly got a
strong intiative and forced Black to resign.} 12... Qd8 13. g4 b6 $6 14. h4 Bb7
15. N5d4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Kb1 a6 18. Bc1 Rdc7 19. g5 Nd7 20. Rh2 d5 21. e5
Bc5 22. h5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Rd7 25. g6 {1-0 Anand,V-Tissir,M/Shenyang
2000/CBM 79 no vc (25)}) (12... Nxe4 $6 {allows White to get a clear edge after
} 13. Bxe7 Nf2 14. Bg5 $1 Nxd1 15. Qxd1 $16) 13. N5d4 ({Another option is} 13.
Be3 $5 Qd8 14. N5d4 Nxd4 (14... Bf8 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5 $36) 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc3
d5 17. Bxe5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 (18... Bxd7 19. fxe4 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nc1 a3
22. b3 Ng4 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Bd4 $14 {0-1 Huebner,Robert-Piket,Jeroen/Lugano op 
(7) ;TD 1989 (40)}) 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bd6 (20... Bf6 {Gofshtein,L} 21. Qe4
Be6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Lau,Ralf-Fedorowicz,John P/Hoogovens-B Wijk
aan Zee ;CBM 12 1989 (51)}) 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. g3 Qc7 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Kb1 $14 {
Huebner,Robert-Reeh,Oliver/Bundesliga 8889 ;GER-chT 1989/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 13...
Rd8 (13... Qc7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5
$40 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Haifa 2000/CBM 74 ext (32)}) (13... Nd5 $5 {looks
interesting, although white still retains an advantage after} 14. h4 {the
strongest} (14. exd5 Bxg5+ 15. Kb1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 {and Black is fine}) (14.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 {with no problems for Black}) 14... Ndb4 15. a3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc6
17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg3 $14) 14. Be3 (14. g4 {was also possible, though the
position is not entirely clear, here is how the game may continue:} e5 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 (16... Nd5 $2 {is weaker:} 17. h4 Bxg5+ 18. hxg5 Qe3+ 19. Qd2
Rac8 20. Kb1 {[%csl Yh1,Rh7][%cal Yh1h7] 1-0 Svidler,P-Gulko,B/Cannes 2001/CBM
82/ with big advantage for white}) 17. Bd2 a5 18. a4 d4 19. g5 Nd5 20. f6 Bb4
21. Bd3 g6 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Iskusnyh,S/Tomsk 2004/CBM 102/[Gofshtein,L] (49)
with a complicated struggle.}) 14... Qc7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 {if Vlack recaptures
with the pawn, White has the strong reply 16.Bd2! which helps him to stop
Black's counterplay.} (15... bxc6 16. Bd2 $1 Rd7 17. Ba5 Qb7 18. g4 $13) 16.
Kb1 $146 {A novelty according to my database, a very logical prophylactic move.
} (16. g4 {is also not bad} b5 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Ba5 Nb6 20. h4 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Korotylev,A/Moscow 2004/CBM 104/(62) and it seems that white
recieved a small plus.}) 16... b6 {Black plays this modest move and not 16...
b5 in order to take control over the a5 square, which can be used either by
the white knight or by the bishop (as in Svidler-Korotylev).} 17. Nd4 Qc7 18.
g4 Bb7 19. g5 Nd7 20. h4 {White attacks on the kingside, and black has to do
something immideate otherwise he'll be much worse.} d5 21. e5 $5 {An
interesting idea, white prefers to sacrifice a pawn to keep the position
closed.} (21. exd5 Bxd5 22. h5 Rac8 23. Bd3 {with mutual chances}) 21... Nxe5
22. f4 Nc4 23. Bc1 (23. h5 $5 {deserved attention, as in this position the
white bishop is not necessarily better than the black knight}) 23... Re8 {
Black prepares to break with e6-e5.} (23... Bd6 24. h5 $1 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4
26. g6 {with compensation, as White's attack cannot be underestimated, for
example:} Qe3 27. Qh4 Nd2+ 28. Ka1 Nf3 29. Qe7 Nxd4 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. h6 {
and White has a winning attack.}) (23... e5 $2 24. fxe5 Qxe5 {loses to} 25.
Bxc4 Qxe1 26. Rhxe1 Bb4 27. c3 {leaves White a piece up.}) 24. h5 e5 25. fxe5
Qxe5 26. Qf2 $1 {White avoids the exchange of queens, and offers Black another
pawn. In case White exchange bishops, his compensation is probably not enough}
(26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Bg2 Rad8 28. Nf5 Bc5 {and black is doing fine}) 26... Bxg5
27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Rg1 $2 {allows Black to transfer the knight to e4 and to
consolidate the position.} (28. Bxc4 $1 {This move allowed White to carry out
a very strong attack on the black king, and it's not sure whether he can
survive it.} dxc4 29. Rhg1 Qxh5 30. Nf5 g6 (30... Rad8 31. Rdf1 g6 32. Qxb6 (
32. Ng7 Kxg7 33. Qxf7+ {with a perpetual}) 32... Be4 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Qf6 {
with a mating attack}) 31. Rd7 Be4 32. Nd6 (32. Nh6+ Qxh6 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34.
Qf6+ {only leads to a draw}) 32... Qf3 33. Nxe4 Qxf2 34. Nxf2 {with advantage
for White.}) 28... Nd2+ $1 29. Ka1 (29. Rxd2 $4 Qxg1 $1 {wins for black}) 29...
Ne4 30. Qh2 Qe5 31. Qg2 h6 {Now black has consolidated, and has two extra
pawns, but the game is definitely not over yet, since his king is in constant
danger, and he doesn't have a clear plan. Besides, his bishop is also weak.}
32. Bd3 Ng5 (32... Qxd4 33. Bxe4 Qf6 34. Rdf1 Qg5 35. Qf2 {and white has a
strong initiative.}) 33. c3 {White's pieces are well placed.} Rad8 34. a3 {
making a "luft" for the king} b5 35. Bb1 Rd6 $2 {a tactical mistake, black
probably underestimated white's reply} 36. Rde1 Ne4 {forced} ({Suddenly it
turns out that after} 36... Qxe1 37. Rxe1 Rxe1 {white has a double attack} 38.
Qg3 $1 {with great advantage}) 37. Nf5 $1 {attacks the rook and the pawn on g7.
} g5 38. hxg6 $1 {it's more important to weaken the position of the black king
than to think of the material.} (38. Nxd6 Qxd6 {white has an exchange for two
pawns, but the position is not clear, since Black is very solid and it's not
easy for White to make progress.}) 38... Rxg6 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. Qf3 Qf6 41.
Nf5+ $2 {now Black is back in the game.} (41. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gg1f1,Ge3a7,Ge1f1]
was stronger, threatening to bring one of the rooks to the f-file, white is
almost winning, here are some possible lines} Rf8 (41... Re6 42. Ref1 Qxf1 (
42... Rxg1 43. Rxg1+ Kf8 44. Rg8+ Ke7 45. Qa7 Qxh6 46. Qxb7+ Kf6 47. Qxd5 {
and White wins}) 43. Rxf1 Rxh6 44. Bxe4 dxe4 45. Qg3+ Rhg6 46. Qc7 {winning
for White}) 42. Qa7 $1 Bc8 43. Rgf1 Qxf1 44. Rxf1 Rxh6 45. Rg1+ Rg6 46. Qd4+
$18) 41... Kf8 42. Rgf1 Bc8 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 $6 (43... dxe4 {was better, Black
either exchanges queens or keeps his extra pawn.} 44. Qe3 (44. Rxe4 Bxf5 45.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 46. Qa8+ Qd8 47. Qxd8+ Kxd8 48. Rxf5 Ke7 {and it's already Black
who plays for a win, though the game is probably drawish.}) 44... Bxf5 45. Qc5+
Kg8 46. Rxf5 Qb6 47. Qd5 Qe6 {and Black is ok, since his extra pawn is a fine
compensation for the weakened king}) 44. Rxe4 dxe4 45. Qxe4 Bxf5 {It was
necesary to get rid of the knight.} 46. Rxf5 Qe6 47. Qa8+ Kg7 48. Rf1 {White
has the advantage, because Black's king is weak, and he has various tactical
resources. It is very difficult to play this position with Black, especially
in time-trouble.} Qc6 49. Qa7 Qd5 50. Qf2 Rh6 51. Qg3+ Rg6 52. Qh4 Qc4 53. Qh1
a5 $6 {I don't like this idea, Black wants to open the enemy king, but only
creates troubles for himself, as white can get a passed pawn on the queenside.
It was better stick to the waiting tactics, when it's not clear what White can
do.} (53... Qe6) 54. Qh3 Qc5 55. Qf3 Qc4 56. Qf5 {White plans Rh1 and Qe5 next}
b4 57. cxb4 axb4 58. Qe5+ (58. Rh1 Qd4) 58... Kh7 $2 {loses by force} (58...
Kf8 59. Rd1 Qh4 60. a4 Re6 61. Qc5+ Kg7 {was relatively best for black,
although here as well, White keeps some winning chances.}) (58... f6 $2 59.
Qe7+ Qf7 60. Qxb4 {costs Black a pawn.}) 59. Rh1+ Rh6 60. Qf5+ Kg7 61. Qg5+ Rg6
62. Qe5+ (62. Qe5+ f6 63. Qe7+ Qf7 64. Rh7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. e5 {a rare move, a more common
one is 12.Qd2 with the transfer of the knight to d4 which leads to an unclear
game} dxe5 13. Qxe5 Bd7 ({In the first game in which 12.e5 was played 
(according to my database) white has scored a convincing victory after} 13...
Qa5 14. Rh3 Bb7 $2 (14... Rd8 $5) 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Rd7 $3 Nxd7 17. Bh6 f6 18.
Bxg7+ Kg8 19. Bxf6+ Kf7 20. Rg7+ Ke8 {1-0 Korneev,O-Basas,J/Corte Ingles 1998/
EXT 2002 (20)}) (13... Qb6 {is also possible, developing the bishop to b7} 14.
Bd3 Bb7 15. h5 h6 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Rh3 Nd7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Bd4 (19. Be4 $5 Qc8
20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne4 {with a further Bd4}) 19... Bf6 20. Be4 Qc8 21. Qd6 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Nf6 23. g4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Ganguly,S-Bakre,T/
Visakhapatnam IND 2004/The Week in Chess 528 (48) and black was able to
equalise, although white could probably emprove his play.}) 14. Bd3 {a
harmless move, after which black equalises easily, 14.Rh3 was a more
interesting possibility} (14. Rh3 $5 Rc8 {preparing to exchange queens with
Qd8-c7} (14... b4 15. Ne4 (15. Rg3 $2 bxc3 16. Bh6 cxb2+ 17. Kb1 g6) 15... Nxe4
16. Qxe4 {with a nice position for white}) 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Qxc7
Rxc7 18. Nxf6 (18. Bf4 Ra7) 18... Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd6 Bc8 21. f4 {
and white is a little better}) 14... Rc8 {Black is preparing to trade queens
with Qc7, getting a fine endgame} 15. Kb1 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 (16. Qxe4
Bxg5+ 17. hxg5 Qxg5+ 18. f4 f5 (18... Qg6 $4 19. Qd4) 19. fxg5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 {
attacking both Bd7 and h7} Bc6 21. Bxh7+ Kf7 22. Bd3 {Hard to suggest anything
better} Bxg2 23. Rh2 Bd5 {is equal}) 16... Qxe7 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qd4 e5 19. Rhe1
Rfe8 20. Qd5+ Kh8 {is fine for black}) 15... Qc7 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Ne4 Nd5 {
not allowing white to corrupt black's pawn structure} (17... Bc6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6
19. Bxf6 gxf6 {is also perfectly playable}) 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. c3 (19. h5 h6)
19... Nd5 20. Rhe1 Rb8 {Black prepares active actions on the queenside} 21. g3
{White is looking to improve his pawn structure on the kingside} Kf8 (21... b4
$6 22. c4 {favours white}) 22. f4 h6 23. Bf1 Rb6 24. Rd4 a5 25. f5 $6 {white
is looking for an active game but soon finds himself in some difficulties} (25.
a3) 25... Nf6 (25... Ke7 {was also possible} 26. Bh3 (26. fxe6 Bxe6) 26... Nf6
27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. fxe6 Bxe6) 26. Nxf6 gxf6 {White has succeeded to weaken
black's pawn chain, but black has no problems in defending his "weaknesses"}
27. fxe6 (27. Bh3 $6 e5 28. Rd2 b4 {and suddenly this is white who has the
weak f5 pawn and black seizes the initiative}) (27. Rd2 {allowing e6-e5 is not
so good} e5 28. g4 h5 29. Be2 b4 {with initiative}) 27... fxe6 28. Bh3 Ke7 {
now black has a mobile centre and is slightly better} 29. Rg4 Kf7 30. Rd4 f5 {
black is not satisfied already with the repetition of moves with 30...Ke7} 31.
g4 Kf6 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Bg2 (33. Red1 Be6) 33... Be6 34. a3 Rc4 35. Red1 (35.
Kc2 {looks as a better idea not allowing the black king to the centre}) 35...
Rxd4 36. Rxd4 $6 (36. cxd4 {seems much simpler, when} f4 $2 {runs into} 37. Rf1
$1 Kf5 38. Bh3+ Ke4 39. Re1+ Kd5 40. Re5+) 36... Bb3 $1 {black is restricting
the white king and also opens the line for the rook} 37. Kc1 Ke5 38. Kd2 Rg6 {
Black has made a significant progress already, but still his advantage is not
enough for a win} 39. Bf3 Rg3 40. Ke3 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rc1 42. Rd2 Bc2 {leads to
the exchange of pawns, b5 for h4} (42... Bc4 43. Kg3 (43. Be2 Rh1 $1) 43... f4+
44. Kf2 a4 45. Bg2 {and white can hold the position}) 43. Be2 {white is not
falling for the trap} (43. Rd5+ $6 Kf4 44. Rxb5 $4 Bd3 $1 $19 {with a double
threat on the rook and Rf1+}) 43... Be4 44. Bxb5 Rh1 45. b4 $1 {correct, white
has to create some counter chances} axb4 46. cxb4 Rxh4 47. Bf1 Rf4+ 48. Kg1 Rf3
49. Rh2 {exchanges make white's defence easier, although it was possible to
stick to his queenside pawns as well} (49. Ra2 {was also possible, preparing
to advance the pawn} Rg3+ (49... f4 50. a4 Rb3 51. b5 Rb1 52. Kf2) 50. Kf2 Rb3
51. b5 Bd5 52. Ra1 Rb2+ 53. Kg1 {and white is fine}) 49... Rxa3 50. Rxh6 Ra1
51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 {Black could have agreed to a draw already, he's looking
for some chances and waiting for white to make a mistake but white defends
accurately} Rb2 (52... f4 53. b5 f3 54. Rh2 Ra1 55. Rd2 Kf4 56. Kf2 $11) 53. b5
Kd4 54. Rd6+ Ke3 55. Ra6 Rb3 (55... f4 56. Ra3+ Kd4 57. Rh3 f3 58. Rh2 Rb1 59.
Kf2 {is also drawish}) 56. Ra1 Kf3 57. Ra2 Kg3 58. Rh2 Bf3 59. Rh3+ Kg4 60. Rh2
f4 61. Kf2 Be4 62. Be2+ f3 63. Bf1 Rb1 64. Rh8 Kf4 65. Rf8+ Ke5 66. Rd8 Rb2+
67. Ke3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8484]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 (9. f4) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7
12. Nb5 Qd8 (12... Qb8 13. Bb4 e5 14. Qc3 Ne8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxd6 a5
17. Bc5 b6 18. Nxc8 Bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 $13) 16... Be6 (16... a5 17. Nd5
$1) 17. Nd5 $14 {Vera}) 13. Bb4 d5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Nxa7 Bd7
17. Kb1 $16) (10... Bd7 $5 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 15.
e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 $11 {Relange-Sosonko,Cannes 1996}) (10... e5 $6 11. Qd2 {
[%csl Yd5]} Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h4 Rc5 14. a3 Qb8 15. Be3 $16 {Chandler-Lobron
Biel 1987}) 11. h4 (11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 $13 {
Kuzmin-Oll Lviv 1990}) (11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 $2 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8
15. Bxd2 Kxe7 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. c4 $16 {Liss-Van Delft Leeuwarden 1995}) 11...
Qc7 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qf2 b4 $13
{Santo Roman-Gurevich France 1986}) (11... b5 12. e5 (12. a3 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14.
Bh4 Rc8 15. g4 Rc5 $132 {0-1 Lhagvasuren,C-Nicevski,R/Dreszer mem 1988/ (43)})
(12. g4 $5 Bb7 13. Qf2 (13. Be3 e5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5
Qc7 {Pribyl,M-Reeh,O/BL9394 1994/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 13... b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6
Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Qa5 21. Kb1 f6 22.
gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Hernandez,G/Cali zt 1990/ (29)}) (12. Kb1
Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Rde1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 $132 {0-1 Wiesmann,
H-Matthias,H/NRW-I 1994/ (22)}) (12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Nc1 Be6
16. g4 Rad8 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Peek,M/Groningen 1998/EXT 2000 (34)} (
16... Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 d5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. exd5 Rxd5 22.
Qe2 Rad8 $132 {1-0 De la Riva Aguado,O-Siegel,G/FRA 1998/CBM 64 ext (72)}))
12... dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qa5 14. Bd3 Bb7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Urbanec,K-Prucha,K/CSR-ch
1954/ (22)}) 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qd2 (13. h5 h6 14. Be3 (14. Bh4 $6 {Not so bad in
itself, but bishop would control also other important squares from e3. White
keeps the pressure on f6 and hopes for g4-g5 attack.} Bb7 15. Ne2 (15. g4 e5 (
15... Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Bd3 Rfe8
21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 $14) 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxe4
19. Nxe4 (19. fxe4 Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 $17) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4
Bxg5 21. Bh3 Rcd8 $15) (15. Bd3 $5) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (16. Rc1 d5 $17) 16...
Rfd8 $132 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Ftacnik] (27)}) (14.
Bxf6 $6 gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rh3 $13 Rh8 $13) 14... Bb7 15. g4 Nh7 $11) (13.
Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. e5 $16 Bd8) 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd2 $13) (13.
g4 $5) 13... b4 $1 $146 {This novelty very important,because probably changes
this variation evaluation.} (13... Bb7 $6 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. g4 Rac8 17.
Nd4 Kh8 18. h5 $40 {1-0 Bologan,V-Shapiro,D/Stratton Mountain 1999/EXT 2000 
(32)}) 14. Ne2 Rb8 15. g4 {and after typical} (15. h5 Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d6,
Rd6d5]} (15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bb7 $44) 16. h6 g6 $13 {
position looks unclear}) 15... a5 16. Nd4 (16. Ng3 a4 17. Nh5 b3 $5 $132) 16...
a4 17. Bd3 ({and after active jump 17.Nb5 gives good chances for black} 17. Nb5
Qa5 $1 (17... Qc6 18. Qxb4 $16) 18. Nxd6 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 $132) 18... Rd8 $17) (
17. h5 e5 $5 18. Nb5 (18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 b3 $132) 18... Qa5 19. h6 g6 20.
Nxd6 Rd8 21. Nxc8 Rbxc8 $132) 17... e5 $5 (17... a3) 18. Nf5 $6 (18. Bxf6 $1
Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. Nf5 $13) 18... Bxf5 19. gxf5 $6 {Dubious move, it was
nessasary 19.ef with unclear position,now black has serious initiative} (19.
exf5 $5 Nd5 20. f6 Nxf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Be4 $13) (19. Bxf6 Be6 $1 $132 (19...
Bxf6 20. g5 $1)) 19... a3 $5 (19... b3 $6 20. cxb3 axb3 21. a3 Rfc8 22. Rc1 $16
) 20. b3 (20. Rhg1 Rfd8 (20... Kh8 21. b3 d5) 21. Bh6 g6 (21... Ne8 $2 22. Bxg7
Nxg7 23. Qh6 $18)) 20... d5 $5 21. Rhg1 {[%cal Yg1g7]} Kh8 22. h5 (22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. exd5 e4 24. fxe4 Qe5 $36) 22... Rfd8 (22... Nxh5 23. exd5 Bxg5 24.
Rxg5 Nf4 25. f6 g6 $132 26. Rh1 Qd6 27. Qh2 h5 28. Rxh5+ gxh5 29. Qh4 Rb6 30.
Qxh5+ Nxh5 31. Rxh5+ Kg8 32. Rg5+ Kh8 $11) 23. h6 g6 24. Qe1 (24. fxg6 hxg6 25.
Qe1 Nh5 $17) 24... Rb6 $2 {After this mistake white still in the life} (24...
gxf5 $1 25. exf5 e4 26. fxe4 Qe5 27. Bc1 dxe4 28. Bc4 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 e3 $19) 25.
Rg2 gxf5 26. exf5 e4 27. fxe4 Qe5 28. Bc1 dxe4 29. Bc4 Rxd1 $6 {Again mistake,
position became unclear} (29... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Ge7f6,Ge5a1]} 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31.
Bxd5 Bf6 32. c3 Qxd5 $132) 30. Qxd1 e3 (30... Rd6 31. Qg1 Rd8 32. Bxf7 $16) 31.
Qg1 $5 Rb8 32. Bxe3 $4 {Probably time- trouble} (32. Bxf7 Bc5 33. Rg3 Qc7 (
33... e2 $2 34. Re3) 34. Bc4 e2 35. Qe1 Ne4 $13) (32. Qxe3 Ne4 33. Qf4 Nc3+ 34.
Ka1 Bf6 35. Qxe5 Bxe5 36. Bxf7 Ne2+ $11) 32... Qb2# 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Gross, David2"]
[Black "Enders, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 {10. f4 is a possible alternative} Bd7 11. Qd2 {
White retreats with the queen, freeing the d4 square for his knight and
planning the development of his light squared bishop to d3. 11. h4 was also
met in this position starting an immideate offense on the kingside} (11. h4 Bc6
12. Kb1 Qa5 (12... Qc7 13. g4 Rfd8 14. Bh3 (14. h5 h6 15. Bc1 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17.
f4 Bc5 $132 {1-0 Reinaldo Castineira,R-Balogh,C/ICC INT 2003/CBM 093 ext (58)})
14... b5 15. h5 h6 16. Bc1 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 b4 19. Ne2 Ba4 $36 {0-1 Greiff,
H-Balogh,C/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004 (38)}) 13. Qd2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qc7 (13...
b5 $4 14. Nd5 $18) 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. h5 d5 16. e5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e4",
"",10,"c7e5","",0]} Ne4 $1 (16... Qxe5 $4 17. Bf4 Qd4 18. Bxh7+ $18) 17. fxe4
dxe4 18. h6 g6 19. Qf4 $2 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qe3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3
Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 $15) 19... exd3 20. cxd3 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rd3,Re5,Rg2]
<->e} 21. Rhg1 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Rd4 23. g4 Rf8 24. Qe3 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 fxg4 26. Rg1
Rf5 27. d4 Qf7 28. a4 (28. Rxg4 $2 Rf1+ 29. Kc2 Qf5+ $19) 28... Rf3 29. Qe2 g3
30. d5 exd5 31. e6 Qf5+ 32. Ka2 d4 33. Rd1 d3 (33... Rxc3 $2 34. bxc3 Bf3 35.
Rxd4 Bxe2 36. Rd8+ Qf8 37. e7) 34. Qe1 g2 35. e7 Be8 (35... Qf7+ $142 36. Kb1
Rf1 37. Qe3 Bxa4 $19) 36. Qg1 Qf7+ 37. Ka1 Qxe7 $6 $138 (37... Rf2 $142 {
keeping g-pawn}) 38. Qxg2 Bc6 39. Qg4 Qd7 40. Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qd4 a6 42. Rxd3 Rf1+
43. Rd1 Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 Qf6 45. Nd5 Qh4 46. b3 Kf7 $6 (46... Qg5 $1 47. Nc3 Qxh6
{was winning immediatly}) 47. Qf1+ Ke6 48. Nf4+ Ke5 $1 49. Nd3+ Kd4 $1 50. Nb4
Kc3 $1 51. Nxc6 bxc6 52. Qf3+ Kb4 53. Kb2 Qd4+ 54. Kc2 Qc5+ 55. Kb2 Qe5+ 56.
Ka2 Qh2+ 57. Kb1 Qd2 58. a5 (58. Qxc6 Kxb3 59. Qe6+ Ka3 $19) 58... c5 59. Qe4+
Kxb3 60. Qf3+ Qc3 61. Qf7+ c4 62. Qb7+ Ka3 63. Qg7 Qb3+ 64. Kc1 c3 65. Qe7+ Ka2
66. Qxh7 Qb1# {0-1 Van der Weide,K-Sosonko,G/Rotterdam 1998/CBM 066/[Gofshtein,
L] (66)}) (11. g4 Bc6 12. Be2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. h4 f6 16. exf6
Qxf6 17. g5 Qf4+ $15 {Meng Yan-Nickoloff,B/Toronto op 1995/0-1(34)}) (11. Bc4
Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 (14... Qc7 15. g4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Qc4 Qb7 $44 {Liu Wenzhe-Williams,A/Malta olm 1980/0-1 (80)
}) 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 17. Bf4 b4 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Na4 Bxa4 {1/2-1/2
Relange,E-Sosonko,G/Cannes mT 1996}) 11... Bc6 {Bringing the bishop closer and
preparing a typical breakthrough d6-d5} 12. Bd3 $146 {White doesn't waste time
on prophylactics and develops his bishop immideatly. In case of 12.Kb1 black
as the tournament practice shows starts his own game by d6-d5 and gets a fine
counterplay} (12. Kb1 d5 (12... Qc7 13. h4 Rfd8 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. h5 d5 16. exd5
(16. e5) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h6 g6 20. Qe3 Qf6 $132 {
0-1 Luther,T-Balogh,C/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004 (53)}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. exd5
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxd5 16. Bd3 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Bindrich,F-Meins,G/Hoeckendorf 2004/
CBM 100 (31)}) (12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Bd3 Bf6
17. Rhe1 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Berescu,A-Leko,P/Baile Herculane 1991/EXT 2005 (41)}) (
12. h4 Qc7 13. Ne2 Rfd8 14. g4 Rac8 15. Nd4 e5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Be7 18.
Nxc6 bxc6 19. f4 d5 20. f5 dxe4 21. Qe1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qb6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Antal,
G-Balogh,C/Budapest 2002/CBM 089 ext (36)}) 12... d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. f4 {A position, which is typical for a french defense has arosen, white
keeps a slight advantage} f6 {Black carries out a typical plan for this
position, undermining white's pawn chain} 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rhf1 e5 {This is
how black activizes his pieces and gets compensation for his weak d5 pawn} 18.
fxe5 Qxe5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Be2 {[%cal Re2f3] Transfering his light squared
bishop to a position from where he can attack the pawn on d5} Nb6 21. Bf3 Rad8
{Bringing the rook to the centre and preparing the advance d5-d4} 22. Qd4 {
White blocks the d5 pawn not fearing to sacrifice} Qh6+ 23. Kb1 Qxh2 24. a4 {
[%cal Ra4a5] With the idea after a4-a5 to throw back the bishop and retain the
material equality by taking the pawn on d5} Rf4 25. Qe5 Qh6 (25... Re8 26. Qd6
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qh4 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. a5 Nc4 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 $36) 26. a5
Nc4 27. Qe7 $44 Rdf8 {27...Rff8 deserved attention and as the next lines show,
white has only a minimal advantage} (27... Rff8 $5 28. Bxd5+ (28. Rh1 Qf6 29.
Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxd5 Rfd6 31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rxh7 Nxa5
$14) 28... Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Nxa5) 28. Bxd5+ Bxd5 29. Nxd5 R4f7 30.
Qb4 Qa6 {Despite the active position of the white knight, black successfully
defends} 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Rh1 Nxb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Black misses a simple shot.
It was probably a result of tiredness} (32... h6 $13) 33. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gg5e3] V.Anand was the first
who began to play this rare move.} ({Mainlines in this variation are} 11. h4) (
11. Kb1) (11. Be3 {- maybe with various moves order}) 11... Rd7 {Preparing
d8-square for Q after virtual Be3} (11... a6 $4 12. Be3 $18) 12. Qe1 Qd8 $6 $16
(12... a6 $142 13. N5d4 {The idea of this move is to retain Bg5 to more active
position than e3-square.} ({In my opinion, it is not so easy for Black to
equalize also after} 13. Be3 $5 Qd8 14. N5d4 Nxd4 (14... Bf8 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5
d5 17. g5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxg7 Bxg7 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. fxe4 Nd4 22. Bc4
$16 {[%csl Rf7] Yemelin,Vasily-Sherbakov,Ruslan/RUS-ch51 St Petersburg (10) ;
CBM 67 1998/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qh4
g6 19. Bh3 Rd8 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nd4 Bd6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Iskusnyh,S/RUS-Team Smolensk RUS 2000 (28)}) 15... e5 16. Bc3
d5 17. Bxe5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 (18... Bxd7 19. fxe4 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nc1 a3
22. b3 Ng4 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Bd4 $14 {0-1 Huebner,Robert-Piket,Jeroen/Lugano op 
(7) ;TD 1989 (40)}) 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bd6 (20... Bf6 21. Qe4 Be6 22. Bc4
Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $16 {1-0 Lau,Ralf-Fedorowicz,John P/Hoogovens-B Wijk aan Zee ;
CBM 12 1989 (51)}) 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. g3 Qc7 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Kb1 $14 {Huebner,
Robert-Reeh,Oliver/Bundesliga 8889 ;GER-chT 1989/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 13... Nd5 $5 (
13... Qc7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... gxf6 $6 18. f4
Ng6 19. f5 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Wydra mem rapidplay 2000 (31)}) 18. exd5
Rxd5 19. g5 Be7 20. f4 Bb7 21. fxe5 Rxe5 (21... Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxh1 23. Bxb5 Bd5
24. Bd3 $16) 22. Be2 Bxh1 23. Qxh1 Rd8 24. Bd3 $14) 14. h4 Ndb4 15. a3 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg3 $14) ({White must be ready for:} 12... Nxe4 $6
13. Bxe7 (13. Be3 Nc5 $17) 13... Nf2 14. Bg5 $1 (14. Bxd6 Nxh1 15. Bc5 Qd8 16.
Bd3 b6 (16... Qg5+ 17. Be3 Qxg2 18. Qxh1 Qxh1 19. Rxh1 $16) 17. Be3 (17. Qe4
bxc5 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qh4+ Ke8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 $11) 17... Ba6 18.
Qxh1 Nb4 19. Nc3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nxd3+ 21. Kb1 Rc8 $14) 14... Nxd1 15. Qxd1 $16)
13. g4 (13. h4 $5 a5 14. a4 (14. g4 a4 15. Nd2 $14) 14... e5 15. g3 Ne8 16. Be3
d5 17. Bh3 d4 18. Bd2 $16 {Nunn,John DM-Pelletier,Yannick/Bundesliga 9900 (4) ;
EXT 2000 1999/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 13... b6 {Too slowly, but what has black to do?} (
13... a6 14. N5d4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 {and now badly} b5 {because of} 16. Nc6 $16)
14. h4 Bb7 15. N5d4 (15. Kb1 $5) 15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Kb1 a6 18. Bc1 $1
({Dubious is} 18. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 19. g5 Be5 $15) 18... Rdc7 19. g5 Nd7 20. Rh2 {
Whites activity on the kingside is dangerous. Black doesn't have any
counterplay on the queenside.} d5 21. e5 $1 Bc5 (21... Nc5 22. g6 fxg6 23. h5
$1 $40) 22. h5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf8 24. Bd3 {Domination of white all over.} Rd7
25. g6 (25. g6 h6 26. Rf4 (26. gxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. Rg2 Nd7 29. Qg6 Qg8
30. Qxe6 Re8 31. Qd6 Rxe5 32. Bxh6 Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Nxf8 34. Rdg4 $16) 26... fxg6
27. hxg6 Rdc7 28. Rfh4 Qe7 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Rxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {White's other options are 9.f3 and 9.f4 which are more common
} a5 {Besides this move black has also 9...d5, 9...a6, 9...Qb6 and 9...h6.
Here is how the game may continue after this:} (9... d5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd5
Bxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. g3 Bg4 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Miralles,G/Cannes 1990/CBM
018/[Boensch,U] (26)}) (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4 13. g3
Qf6 14. Qc5 e5 {1-0 Chandler,M-Torre,E/London 1984/MCL (33)}) (9... a6 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. f4 Kh8 12. f5 b5 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. g3 Rc8 17.
Bh3 Bf8 {0-1 Vitolinsh,A-Aseev,K/Porz 1991/EXT 97 (28)}) (9... Qb6 10. h4 Rd8
11. h5 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 a6 14. Be2 b5 15. Bf3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8
18. Kb1 Nb6 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Ned4 a5 {0-1 Garcia,G-Wolff,P/Philadelphia 1991/
EXT 2003 (31)}) 10. a4 {another move is 10.a3, which shouldn't create any
special problems for black} (10. a3 h6 (10... a4 11. Nd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Ba2 Bd7 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19.
Nd4 Qc5 20. Nf3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Nbd5 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Sosonko,G/Wijk aan
Zee 1988/CBM 005 (21)}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 a4 14. Nd2 Be7 15.
Rd3 Ne5 16. Rd4 Ng4 {and black is fine 1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Piket,J/Amsterdam 1996/
CBM 052 (57)}) 10... Qb6 {a rare move, black's main reply is 10...d5 and as
the games below show, he has enough counterplay in all the lines} (10... d5 11.
Bb5 Nb4 (11... Na7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Nb6 16. Qd4
Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Bd7 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. Rd3 {0-1 Vydeslaver,A-Tseitlin,M/
Beersheba 1994/EXT 2004 (50) with advantage for white.}) 12. e5 (12. Rhe1 Bd7
$5 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 $5 Nc7 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg5 $5 f6 18. exf6
Qxf6 19. Nf3 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 (20. axb5 {Gurevich,D} Na7) 20... Rad8 21. Rd2 Qf4 {
1/2-1/2 Wang Zili-Gurevich,D/Belgrade 1988/TD/[Gurevich,D] (55) and black was
fine.}) 12... Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nc7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rhe1
Nc6 {0-1 Lau,R-Lobron,E/Bad Woerishofen 1989/TD (79) and black solved all his
problems.}) 11. Bb5 Rd8 {The position is quite "normal", the only difference
is that white got the b5 square, and black got b4.} 12. Qe2 (12. Rhe1 {White
got nothing after} Nb4 13. f3 Qc7 14. Kb1 e5 15. Na2 Nxa2 16. Kxa2 Be6 17. c4
d5 {0-1 Borik,O-Meins,G/Germany 1996/GER-chT (53) with advantage for black.}) (
12. h4 d5 13. Bxf6 (13. exd5 Nxd5 {is good for black}) 13... dxe4 (13... Bxf6
14. exd5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 exd5 16. h5 {with some advantage for white}) 14. Qe2
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 Bxh4 17. Qh5 {with compensation for the pawn})
12... Qc7 13. h4 {White tries to advance his kingside pawns as soon as possible
} (13. f4 $6 h6 $1 {now white is forced to ezchange the bishop} 14. Bxf6 (14.
Bh4 $2 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Nxc3 {with an extra pawn}) 14... Bxf6 {and black solved
his problems}) 13... Nb4 14. g4 Bd7 {Black finishes the development and frees
the c8 square for the rook} (14... d5 $2 {is strongly met by} 15. e5 Ne8 16.
Nd4 {and white has a clear plus}) 15. Bxd7 (15. h5 $5 {deserves attention}) (
15. Be3 $6 d5 $1 {now e4-e5 is impossible and black comfortably frees himself})
15... Qxd7 16. Nb5 Ne8 $1 {a strong decision, the knight goes to c7 and it
takes the sting out of g4-g5} (16... d5 17. Bxf6 (17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
is good for black as white attacks nothing anymore, and black's pieces are
very active}) 17... Bxf6 18. c3 $1 {it is important to kick the black knight
out of b4 where it is placed very well} Rac8 19. Kb1 Na6 20. exd5 exd5 21. g5 {
with a small plus for white}) 17. c3 Na6 18. Be3 $1 {white tries to keep as
many pieces as possible, as he has more space} (18. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 18... Nac7
19. N3d4 (19. Bb6 {is simply met by} Qc6 20. Qe3 Ra6) 19... d5 (19... Rac8 20.
g5 {with a slight edge for white}) 20. e5 {obviously white prefers to keep the
centre closed} Nxb5 21. Qxb5 {white goes for an endgame, where the weakened
position of his king is of no importance} (21. Nxb5 Nc7 {the white king is
weakened which gives black a good perspectives in the middlegame}) 21... Nc7 (
21... Qc8 22. h5 Nc7 23. Qb3 $14) 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. f4 {white still has some
edge but black is solid} Bc5 24. Rhe1 (24. f5 {brings no immideate use for
white} Re8 (24... exf5 $2 25. gxf5 Re8 26. Bf4 $16) 25. Rhe1 {obviously white
should be better here but it's not clear how to make any progress}) 24... Re8
25. h5 (25. f5 {leads to the last note}) 25... f6 $6 {black should have waited,
to see what plan will white carry out, the sharpening of the game favours
white, as he's better prepared for complications} 26. exf6 {easies black's task
} (26. Nb3 $1 Bxe3+ 27. Rxe3 {[%cal Gb3a5,Gb3c5]} b6 28. Nd4 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Rf7
30. Rf1 Ref8 31. f5 {and white's advantage grows}) 26... gxf6 27. Nf3 (27. Nb3
{white could have forced the exchange of bishops with this move, though after}
Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 b6 29. Nd4 Rg7 30. Rg1 h6 {followed by Kf7 and Reg8, black holds
}) 27... b6 $2 {a serious mistake after which black is on the verge of a defeat
} (27... Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rg7 29. Rg1 h6 {now it seems that black is close to
equality}) 28. g5 Rf8 29. Bd4 $1 {allows white to seize the initiative} Bxd4
30. Nxd4 Rd6 31. gxf6 $6 (31. g6 $1 {was a very interesting chance, white has
good winning chances} hxg6 32. hxg6 Kg7 33. Nf5+ exf5 34. Re7+ Kxg6 35. Rg1+
Kh6 36. Re3 $18) 31... Kf7 $2 (31... Rxf6 32. Rg1+ Kf8 33. Rg4 Ne8 {and though
white is better, black is able to hold}) 32. Re5 $2 {the natural 32.f5 was
much stronger} (32. f5 $1 Re8 33. fxe6+ Nxe6 34. Nf5 Rd7 35. Rf1 {white could
keep his extra pawn and a good winning chances}) 32... Kxf6 33. h6 Na6 34. Nf3
{agrred to draw, black equalises after} (34. Nf3 Nc5 35. Ng5 Ke7 $1 {[%cal
Gf8f4,Yf8f6]} 36. Nxh7 Rh8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 {9...Nd4 usually is just another move order} 10.
h4 Nxd4 {Other moves were also tried, for example:} (10... Qc7 11. g4 Rd8 (
11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 $36 {1-0 Wengenroth,
W-Roos,T/Neuwied op 1993/GER 09 (35)}) (11... Bd7 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14.
h5 $14 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 12. h5 (12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7
16. Qg2 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5 $14 {0-1 Tringov,G-Popovic,P/Stara Pazova
1988/Inf 46/[Popovic,P] (42)}) 12... h6 13. Be3 d5 14. e5 $44 {1-0 Pribyl,
M-Bach,E/Boblingen 1993 (32)}) (10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4
Bd7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17. h5 Kh8 18. Be3 d5 19. e5 Qxe5 20.
g5 $36 {1-0 Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg ,EXT 1992 (31)}) (10... Ne8 11. Be3 Bf6
12. g4 $16 {1-0 Novotny-Cmiel/cr ch-CZE 1990 (20)}) 11. Qxd4 Qa5 {Other
continuations deserve attention as well} (11... Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Rd8 14.
h5 h6 15. Bh4 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Nc1 Rac8 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Bc4 $11
{1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Guillermo Garcia mem Premier, Villa Cla
1998 (25)}) (11... b5 12. Bxf6 (12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 $132 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Zvjaginsev,V/Belfort FRA 1999 (39)}) 12... gxf6 (12... Bxf6 13.
Qxd6 Qxd6 (13... Qa5 14. e5 $16) 14. Rxd6 Be5 15. Rd3 Bb7 16. Be2 $14) 13. Bd3
Bb7 $1 $132 (13... Kh8 $2 14. e5 $1 $36)) 12. Kb1 (12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11 {
0-1 Kostic,V-Campos,J/Valjevo 1984 (57)}) 16. Na4 Bd4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. c3 Be5
19. Bc4 Bc7 20. Nd7 Bxd7 21. Rxd7 Bf4+ $11) 12... b5 13. Qd2 (13. e5 dxe5 14.
Qxe5 Bb7 15. Bd3 (15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Bd3 $11) 15... Rac8 $132 {
1-0 Luther,T-Guseinov,G/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 no vc (41)}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 e5 $5
{A typical move in this position. Black restricts the white knight and also
free the e6 square for his light-squared bishop.} (14... Qc7 15. g4 Bb7 16. Nd4
Rac8 17. h5 Bxe4 18. h6 g6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. fxe4 Bxd4 21. Bxa6 $16 {1-0
Kristjansson,S-Muir,A/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 98 no vc (33)}) 15. Ng3 $146 {[%mdl 8]
A novelty. 15.Nc1 was previously played. As the practice shows in this case
black gets a fine counterplay} (15. Nc1 Be6 16. g4 Rad8 (16... Rfd8 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 d5 (19... Bc4 $132 {0-1 Tringov-Kuprejcik/Plovdiv 1980/
Inf 30 (41)}) (19... Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Rac8 $132) 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Qe2
(22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qe2 $11) 22... Kh8 $132 {0-1 Mitenkov,N-Aseev,K/Russia (ch)
1995/Inf 65/ (55)}) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 d5 {1/2-1/2 Balogh,
C-Breder,D/Budapest 2002/CBM 90 ext (34)}) 15... Be6 16. b3 Rfc8 {[%cal Rc8c2]
Black tries to activize his rook. 16...Rfd8 also deserved attention, preparing
d6-d5} (16... Rfd8 $5) 17. Bd3 Rc5 {17...Ra7 deserved attention preventing Nh5}
(17... Ra7 $5) 18. Nh5 {White plays actively, creating problems to the opponent
} Nxh5 19. Bxe7 Rac8 $2 {A big mistake after which white's advantage is
undoubtful. The correct 19...Rc6 gave black a fine counterplay} (19... Rc6 $5
20. Qg5 Qc7 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxh5 Qc3 $44) 20. Bxd6 Rc3 {Black tries to
create threats against the white king, but probably underestimates white's
next move} 21. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5e5,Rg5h5] This not obvious move gives
white a clear edge} f6 (21... Nf6 22. Qxe5 Qb6) 22. Qxh5 Qa3 23. Bxe5 $1 (23.
Rd2 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxb3+ 25. cxb3 Qxb3+ 26. Ka1 Qa3+ 27. Ra2 Qc3+ $11) 23... Bf7
$2 {Another mistake, leading to an immideate loss. Although, also after 23...
Qa5 or 23...g6 white has a clear advantage} (23... Qa5 24. Bxc3 Qxh5 25. Bxb4
$16) (23... g6 24. Qh6 fxe5 25. Qd2 $16) (23... fxe5 24. Qxe5 $18) 24. Qf5 R8c6
(24... fxe5 25. Bc4 R3xc4 26. bxc4 Re8 27. Qd7 $18) 25. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%cal
Rd1d8] Mating threats over the d-file and a big material advantage forces
black to resign} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Borriss, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Pelletier} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {White tries to avoid the long and forced
variations after 9.f4 Nd4 10.Qd4 Qa5 and chooses a line which leads to less
tested positions.} a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {As the practice shows in case of 10...Bf6
black loses a pawn without sufficient compensation.} (10... Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Qb6
$6 $146 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qf6 (12... Qh4 $5 13. g3 Qf6 (13... Qxe4 $6 14.
Bd3 Qf3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxf8 e5 17. Qc5 $16 {Chandler,M-Eising,J/OHRA 1984/
1-0 (48)}) 14. Qc5 e5 15. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6] 1-0 Ivanovic,B-Popovic,P/Novi
Sad 1984 (40)}) 13. Qg3 b5 {1-0 Ginzburg,M-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires ) In my
opinion black has not enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 12. Qc5 $1
Qc7 (12... Qxc5 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Nd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 $14 {but white is better in
this ending;}) 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Qe3 b5 15. f4 {1-0 Perunovic,M-Damljanovic,B/
Belgrade )}) 11. f4 (11. Qh6 {(Pelletier) ist laut Theorie der
aussichtsreichste Zug. Nach der Partie erfuhr ich von meinem Gegner, dass er
damit als Weisser 1993 Leko schlug!}) 11... b5 12. Qe1 $5 $146 {[%cal Re1h4,
Yd1d3,Yd3h3][%mdl 8] A novelty. White's plan is simply to bring the heavy
pieces to the kingside. White also tried other moves in this position, which
usually give him better perspectives.} (12. Kb1 {'>=' Pelletier.} b4 13. Ne2 a5
14. f5 Kh8 (14... exf5 15. exf5 d5 16. Nbd4 Ne5 17. Ng3 Kh8 18. Be2 a4 19. Rhf1
Ba6 20. Rf4 $14 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Mikhalchishin,A/Frunze 1979/MCL (40)}) 15. Qh6
exf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg6 19. Bd3 $44 {0-1 Gavrikov,
V-Mikhalchishin,A/Rostov on Don 1980/EXT 99 (83)}) ({Pelletier: Auch hier gibt
es stärkere Züge.} 12. f5 {'>=' Pelletier.} b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Nbd4 Qb6 15. Qh6
Kh8 16. Rd3 Rg8 17. Rh3 Rg7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Ng3 $40 {1-0 Nunn,J-Muir,A/
Lugano 1987/TD (24)}) 12... Kh8 {A natural profilactic move, black prepares to
put the rook on g8.} 13. Kb1 Rg8 {[%cal Rg8g2]} 14. f5 $5 {A typical attacking
plan. White tries to weaken the black's pawn structure on the kingside.} b4 {
Black tries to organize counterplay on the queenside. 14...Qb6 deserved
attention, the idea is to play Qe3 after the white knight retreats to e2.} (
14... Qb6 $5) 15. Ne2 e5 $6 {A dubious move. Black opens the c4-f7 diagonal.
15...Qc7 deserved attention.} (15... exf5 16. Ng3 $36) (15... Qc7 $5 16. Nf4 a5
$132) 16. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3h5,Rf1c4] White brings his knight to the kingside and
makes the way for his bishop.} a5 17. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Rc4f7] The
bishop dominates the a2-g8 diagonal and forces black to defend the f7 pawn.} a4
18. Nc1 {Pelletier: 'Hier war ich ziemlich zufrieden. Mir schien es, die
Kontrolle übernommen zu haben, wobei mein Gegner auch viel Zeit verbraucht
hatte.'} Qe8 19. Nf1 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3d5] A positional decision, the knight is
transfered to an important central square d5.} ({Genauer war} 19. Nd3 {
Pelletier} Rb8 20. Bd5 $36) 19... Rb8 {Black protects the b4 pawn in advance
and plans to put his knight on d4.} (19... Rxg2 20. Ne3 Rg7 21. Nd5 Qf8 22. Rg1
$44) 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Ne2 {White wishes to exchange black's active knight.
Pelletier: 'Deshalb hatte ich auch meinen Springer auf c1 gelassen. Den Nd4
wollte ich nicht tolerieren, aber mein Gegner hatte weiter gesehen. Sein
nächster Zug ruft grosse Komplikationen hervor.'} Bd8 $6 {[%cal Rd8b6] Black
tries to bring his dark squared bishop from a passive position on e7 to a more
active on b6. 21...Nb5 deserved attention, avoiding the exchange of his active
knight. '!' Pelletier.} (21... Nb5 $5 22. Nd5 {Pelletier} (22. Bd5 {Pelletier}
Nc7) 22... Ba6 23. Bd3 $14) 22. g3 $6 {Too slow. The simple 22.Nd4 led to an
advantage.} ({Pelletier: Die Möglichkeit} 22. Nxd4 $5 exd4 23. Rxd4 (23. Nd5 $1
{Pelletier} a3 24. Qh4 $1 Qe5 25. Nf4 {entging mir völlig, konnte aber einzig
noch Vorteil versprechen.}) 23... Bb6 (23... a3 $40 {Pelletier}) 24. Rd3 b3 25.
axb3 $16) 22... b3 $5 {Black takes advantage of white's inaccuracy and starts
his counterplay. '!' Pelletier.} 23. Nxd4 (23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Bb7 $132 25.
Bd5 $13 {Pelletier}) 23... exd4 24. Rxd4 Bb6 ({Nach} 24... Qe5 {Pelletier
rettet sich Weiss mittels} 25. Qc3 (25. c3 Bb6 26. Bd5 (26. Bxf7 Bxd4 27. Nc4
Qe7 28. Bxg8 Bf2 $1) 26... Bxd4 27. Nc4 Qe7 28. cxd4 Bb7 $17) 25... Ba5 (25...
Bb6 26. Rd3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 bxa2+ 28. Kxa2 Bd4 29. Rd3 Rxb2+ 30. Ka3 Be5 31. Bxf7
$16) 26. Qd3 {und behält sogar einen kleinen Plus.}) 25. Rd3 Qxe4 $6 (25...
bxa2+ $5 {was better - with an active game.} 26. Bxa2 (26. Kxa2 {Pelletier}
Qxe4 27. Bd5 (27. Qc3 Qxh1 28. Qxf6+ Rg7 29. Rxd6 $11) 27... Qe5 28. Nc4 Qxe1
29. Rxe1 Bxf5 30. Rd2 Bc5 31. Bxf7 $14 {steht Weiss minimal besser, aber die
Partie sollte Remis enden.}) 26... Ba6 $132) 26. axb3 axb3 (26... Ba5 {
Pelletier} 27. Qc1 axb3 28. Bxb3 Ba6 29. Bd5 Qe5 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 $16) 27.
Rxb3 (27. Bxb3 {Pelletier war meine erste Absicht, bis ich} Re8 $1 {entdeckte.}
(27... Ba6 28. Nc4 Rge8 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rc3 Bd4 31. Nxd6 Re7 32. Rf3 $14) {
Ich erschrak so, dass ich die Antwort} 28. Qd1 $1 $13 {übersah.}) 27... Ba5 {
Black has probably counted on this tactical strike. '?' Pelletier.} ({
Pelletier: Schlechter sind die Alternativen} 27... Re8 {'?' Pelletier.} 28.
Bxf7 Re5 29. Qd1 $16 {'+/-!' Pelletier.}) ({Nach} 27... Bb7 {Pelletier muss
Weiss die Qualität mittels} 28. Rxb6 Qxh1 29. Qxh1 Bxh1 {opfern. Er erhält
dafür aber zwei Bauern und ausreichendes Spiel. Die Chancen sind verteilt:} 30.
Rxd6 Rge8 31. Rd3 $14 (31. Ng4 $2 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Re4 $19)) ({und} 27... Bd7 $2 {
Pelletier} 28. Bxf7 (28. Bd5 $36) 28... Rgc8 29. Nc4 $1 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31.
Qe7 $16) 28. Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] A strong move, that black didn't take in an
account.} (28. Rxb8 {Pelletier} Bxe1 29. Rxe1 $44) 28... Bxe1 {28...Qe5 was
also possible, but after a series of accurate moves white has a clear edge as
the analysis shows:} (28... Qe5 29. Qc1 (29. Qxa5 {Pelletier} Rxb3 30. Nc4 $1
Qxf5 31. g4 $1 $18 (31. Bxf7 Rf8 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 33. Nxd6 $14)) (29. Qf2 $2 {
Pelletier} Rxb3 30. Bxb3 Bb6 $19) 29... Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qxd5 (30... Qxf5 31. Bxf7
Rxb3 32. Bxb3 $16) 31. Ne7 Qe4 32. Nxg8 (32. Re3 Qb7) 32... Rxb3 33. Nxf6 Qg6
34. Nd5 Rb5 35. Rd1 $16) 29. Bxe4 Rxb3 30. cxb3 Re8 $6 {After this move white
goes to a won endgame by force. 30...Bf2 was more stubborn.} (30... Bf2 $5 31.
Nd5 $5 (31. Nc4 Rd8 32. Rd1 d5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Bxd5 Bxf5+ $132) 31... Re8 32.
Rc1 $36 Ba6 33. Bc2 Bb7 34. Nxf6 $16) ({Nach} 30... Ba5 {Pelletier} 31. Rd1 Re8
32. Nc4 Rxe4 {ist} 33. Nxd6 $16 {stark}) 31. Rxe1 Rxe4 32. Nc2 (32. Rc1 $16 {
Pelletier}) 32... Bxf5 (32... Rxe1+ {Pelletier} 33. Nxe1 Bxf5+ 34. Kc1 $16 {/+-
}) 33. Rxe4 Bxe4 34. Kc1 {[%mdl 4096] A classical endgame has appeared where
white's passed b pawns and the blockade on the black pawns make white's win
only a matter of time.} Kg7 35. Nd4 $18 Kf8 {'(+)' Pelletier.} (35... f5 {
(Pelletier) reicht auch nicht aus:} 36. Nb5 $5 (36. Kd2 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38.
Nf3+ $6 Kd5 39. Ng5 $140 f6) 36... d5 37. Nd4 Kf6 38. Kd2 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40.
b4 $16) 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. Ke3 f5 {'?' Pelletier.} ({Verliert auf der Stelle, aber
} 37... Bg6 {(Pelletier) hätte nicht gerettet:} 38. Ne2 Kd7 39. Kd4 Bc2 40. b4
Kc6 41. Nc3 {usw.}) 38. Kf4 {The white king goes to the kingside.} Kf6 39. b4 {
Now the advance of the pawn decides.} Bd3 (39... d5 40. b5 Ke7 41. Kg5 Kd6 42.
Kf6 Kc5 43. b4+ Kb6 44. Kxf7 $18) 40. b5 $18 h5 41. b6 Ba6 42. Nc6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 $5 {White destroys harmony of black
pieces by this move;} Ne5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is the attempt to i
improve this line for black; Usual 11...Rd7 doesnt lead to any clarity;} (11...
Rd7 12. Be3 (12. Qe1 a6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. N5d4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc3 d5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Reeh,O/Germany 1989/GER-chT (75)}) 12... Qd8 13. N5d4 a6 (
13... e5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Na5 (15. Qc3 $5) 15... Qc7 16. Qc3 Bb7 17. Bc4 d5
$132 {1-0 Petrushin,A-Utemov,V/Simferopol 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) (13... Ne5 14. g4
d5 15. g5 Ne8 16. exd5 exd5 $13 {0-1 Armas,J-Fedorowicz,J/Wijk aan Zee 1989/
CBM 12 (42)}) 14. g4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc7 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. h4 $36 {1-0 Raaste,
E-Raisa,U/Tampere 1989/EXT 99 (27)}) 12. Be2 (12. Be3 $5 Qc6 13. Na5 Qd7 14.
Bxa7 Rf8 $44) (12. Kb1 d5 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Na5 Qd7 15. Qc3 Nc6 $132) 12... a6
13. Be3 Qc6 14. N5d4 Qa4 15. Kb1 d5 {[%cal Rd8d2]} 16. Qc3 Nc4 {This moves
keeps it very unclear, while simple 16..dxe4 gives black good play;} (16...
dxe4 $5 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxe5 Rac8 $132) 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nd2 e5 19. Ne2 {
[%csl Rc4,Re5]} Qb5 $5 {Despite of large number of weaknesses all around,
black has enough counterplay here;} (19... Be6 20. Qxe5 Bd6 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh4
Be5 23. c3) 20. a4 Qxa4 21. Qxc4 Qe8 22. Qc7 Be6 {[%mdl 512] Black is
sacrficing a pawn, but doesnt get enough counterplay; 22...Bd6 seems better
way, and black has good counterchances thee;} (22... Bd6 $5 23. Qb6 Be6 24. Nb3
Be7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qxa6 Bxb3 28. cxb3 Rxb3 $44 29. Bc1 Qd8 30.
Nc3) 23. Qxe5 Bb4 24. Nb3 a5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd4 Bd6 $6 {26...Qc6 is more
resistant way, while aftert he game move white's advantage is obvious;} (26...
Qc6 $5 27. Bc3 Bxb3 28. cxb3 Qa6) 27. Qg5 $5 {Belie ne popadautcia v lovysky.}
(27. Qxa5 Nxe4 $1 28. fxe4 Bxb3 $132) 27... h6 28. Qe3 $16 Rc8 $6 {White's
advantage is stable and permanent, but this was better for black to prevent
Bxf6 which destroys black pawn chain over the kingside; Black could just
sacrifice another pawn by 28...Nd7, keeping fight on for a while;} (28... Nd7
29. Nxa5 Ra8) 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. Nbd4 a4 (31... Qa4 32. Nc3 Rxc3 33.
bxc3 Qa2+ 34. Kc1 Bc4 35. Kd2 $18) 32. Nf4 $18 {White has got his knights in
the centre and hia advntage is decisive now;} a3 33. bxa3 Bc4 34. Nb3 {White
captures d5 outpost stabilizing his position;} Qc6 35. Rd2 Bxa3 36. Nd5 Bxd5
37. exd5 Qd6 38. Qxh6 Qe5 39. Rd4 Rc4 40. Qd2 Bb4 41. Qd1 $18 {Two pawns up
and stable position in the centre keep white advantage as decisive;} Rxd4 42.
Qxd4 Qe1+ 43. Kb2 Bd6 44. f4 Kg7 45. g3 Qe2 46. Qb6 Qe7 47. Qd4 Qe2 48. Qd3 Qe1
(48... Qxh2 49. Nd4 $18) 49. c4 b6 50. Nd4 {White knight desicively enters to
the game;} Kf8 51. Nf5 Qf2+ 52. Kb3 Qc5 53. Nxd6 Qxd6 54. Qc3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 {Black became feel certain difficulties in the mainline, so
this move is more flexible than} (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 {-mainline.}) 10. h4
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Kb1 (12. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 13. Bd3 {-see commented game 0-1
Salmensuu,O-Zvjaginsev,V/Linares 2000/CBM 75[Gofshtein,L] (45)}) 12... Rb8 $5
$146 {Interesting novelty. K.Aseev is wellknown specialist in this variation,
so we can suppose, he had analysed this move carefully.} (12... Qc7 13. h5 h6 {
-see commented game 0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998/CBM 64[Ftacnik,L,
Gofshtein,L, Petursson,M] (27)}) (12... Bb7 13. Qd2 (13. g4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Qc7 15.
h5 h6 16. Bh4 $132 {1-0 Socko,B-Mantovani,R/Saint Vincent ITA 2001/The Week in
Chess 327 (50)}) 13... Rc8 (13... Qc7 14. Ne2 {-see commented game 1-0 Bologan,
V-Ye Jiangchuan/Beijing 2000/CBM 78[Gofshtein,L] (37)}) 14. Bd3 {-see
commented game 1-0 Bologan,V-Zvjaginsev,V/Belfort 1999/CBM 75 [Gofshtein,L](39)
}) (12... Qa5 13. e5 (13. a3 $5 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. g5 Nd7 17. Be3
d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Nxd5 Qxc2+ 21. Ka2 exd5 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. Qxd5
Qa4 24. Qe4 b4 $1 $132 (24... Qxe4 $2 25. fxe4 Bd4 26. Bh3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 $16 {
1-0 Paehtz,E-Plachkinova,T/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78 ext (36)})) 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5
{-see commented game 1-0 Fogarasi,T-Nguyen Anh Dung/Budapest 2000/CBM 76
[Gofshtein,L] (64)}) 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5 ({Worth of attention} 14... Bb7 {
[%cal Gd6d5] preparing d6-d5 break.}) ({Premature is} 14... d5 $6 15. e5 Nd7
16. Nd4 {[%csl Rb8,Rd8][%cal Gd4c6]} Rb6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 $14) 15. Nd4 ({
Of course, Black has sufficient compensation for P lack in case of:} 15. Bxf6
$6 Bxf6 ({Not} 15... gxf6 $2 16. Qh6 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Bb7 18. g3 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf6h4]} Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Kc1 a4 $44) 15...
Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gf6e8,Ge8c7] Usually this square - d7 - is destined for Nf6 -
after g2-g4-g5. K.Aseev prepares another path for Nf6: e8 - c7.} 16. g4 a4 {
Plans of both sides are clear: White organizes Attack on the black K, Black -
on the white one in opposite sides of the board. Who will be first?.} 17. Be3
Ne8 ({Worth of attention} 17... b3 $5 18. cxb3 axb3 (18... e5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20.
gxf5 axb3 21. a3 $14) 19. Nxb3 $14 Ba4 20. g5 Nd7 21. h5 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23.
g6 Bf6 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Bd4 $132) 18. g5 Nc7 19. f4 Qc8 {Too slowly.We can
only suggest, what meant Black doing this move. Maybe he wanted to prepare
e6-e5 and than in case of nd4-f5 to capture twice on f5?} ({Worth of attention
} 19... b3 $5 {- in spirit of this type of position!} 20. axb3 axb3 (20... e5
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 axb3 23. c4 $14) 21. Nxb3 Ba4 22. Nd4 d5 23. e5 Ba3 24.
b3 Bb4 25. Qf2 Nb5 $1 $44) 20. g6 {White had to hurry.} ({On} 20. h5 {goes
noted above} e5 $1 21. Ne2 (21. h6 $6 g6 $1 (21... exd4 $2 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23.
Bxd4+ $18 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7][%cal Gd2h2,Gh1h7]}) 22. fxe5 (22. Ne2 b3 $40) 22...
dxe5 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Nc6 Qe6 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxh3 Rfd8 $17 {[%csl Rb1,Rg5,
Rh3][%cal Gc7e6]}) 21... b3 22. cxb3 axb3 23. a3 exf4 24. Nxf4 Bxg5 25. Rg1 h6
26. Qxd6 Nb5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb1][%cal Gc8c2,Gb5a3]} 27. Bxb5 $8 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 Bxb5
29. Nd5 $132) 20... fxg6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 g6 ({Interesting was} 22... b3
23. cxb3 axb3 24. Nxb3 Ba4 25. Bc4 Qb7 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7e4]} 26. Qg2 Bc6 27.
Bd3 Be8 $132 {with very complicated position with mutual chances.}) 23. Qg2 (
23. Rh6 $5 $132) 23... Rf7 $1 {Prophilactic. Aseev plays very carefully.} ({
Dubious was} 23... b3 $6 24. cxb3 axb3 25. Nxb3 Ba4 26. Bc4 Nd5 $8 (26... Rb4
27. Rdh1 $1 $18 {On} Rf7 {goes} 28. Qxg6+ $1 Rg7 (28... hxg6 29. Rh8+ Kg7 30.
Bd4+ $18) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxh7+ $18) (26... Rf7 27. f5 $16) (26... Bc6 27.
Rdh1 Bxe4+ 28. Qxe4 gxh5 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Bd3 Rf7 31. Bd4+ e5 32. fxe5 Ne6 33.
exd6+ Nxd4 34. dxe7 Nc6 35. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8]}) 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. f5 (28.
Rdh1 Bxb3 29. axb3 Qa6 30. Rxh7 Qd3+ 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rfc8+ 33. Kb1 Bf6
34. exd5 Rxb3 35. Bc1 $14) 28... Bxb3 29. axb3 Qe8 30. Rh6 $1 $16) 24. f5 $2
$17 {Too risky. Probably both sides played this game stage under time pressure.
} (24. Bd3 $142 $132 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gf4f5]}) 24... exf5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 ({
Or} 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bc4+ d5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxd5+ Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe6 $17)
26... Rxf5 27. Bd3 ({Or} 27. Nc6 Nd5 28. Qxd5+ Rxd5 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Nxd5 Qg4
$17) 27... Rf7 ({After} 27... Rf7 {in my opinion, Black keeps an advantage,
for example:} 28. Nc6 (28. Rg1 Bf6 29. Nf5 b3 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b2,Gf6b2]}
30. axb3 axb3 31. c4 Qe6 32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. Re1 Re8 34. Nxf7 Qxf7 35. Bh6+ Kg8
36. Rf1 Qe7 37. Qb7 Bg7 38. Bd2 Ne6 $17) 28... Qe6 29. Nxb8 Qxe3 30. Qb7 Qf3
$17 {Nevertheless, position remains be complicated, so Aseev agreed for draw...
}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20480]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 a6 (12... d5
13. Bxf6 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 Ndb4 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. f4 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxd2 18.
Bxe7 (18. Rxd2 f6 19. c3 Nd5 20. g3 fxg5 21. hxg5 $132) 18... Rd5 19. Bc5 h6
20. Be2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. g3 b6 23. Bg1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/
Amber-blind 1994 (54)}) 13... dxe4 14. Nb5 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Qg3 (15... Qb6 16.
Bxe7 Nxe7 17. c4 Bd7 (17... e3 18. Rd6 Nc6 19. c5 $18) 18. Rxd7 $18 {1-0
Cunningham,R-Fishbein,A/Philadelphia 1992 (27)}) 16. Bc3 e3 17. Re2 Qf4 $19)
13. g4 {This move is novelty, important only for moves order. g2-g4 was played
also in another games:} (13. Qf2 b5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. g4 {Here} Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7
17. h5 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. g6 a4 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nf4 $132 {
0-1 Ivanchuk,Vassily-Kramnik,Vladimir/Amber-rapid 3rd rapid (6) ;CBM 40 ext
1994 (43)}) (13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 b5 15. g4 {And here} Ne5 16. Nd4 $132 (16. Qf2
$5 b4 17. Ne2 (17. Na4 Rb8 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. g5 (19. Bg2 Nfd7 20. g5 Bc6 $17) (
19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bd3 Nd7 $17) 19... hxg5 20. Nd4 (20. h6 Nxf3
$1 $17) 20... g4 21. h6 g6 22. h7+ Kh8 23. Bd3 gxf3 24. Nxf3 Nxe4 $17 {0-1
Kornev,Alexei-Belikov,Vladimir/Moscow op2 (6) ;CBM 50 ext 1995 (40)}) 17... Bb7
18. Nbd4 d5 $15)) 13... b5 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 b4 {And N can't go to e2.} 15. Na4
Bb7 (15... d5 16. Qe3 dxe4 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Bd3 g6
21. Nac5 $14) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. h5 $132) 14... Ne5 15. Nd4 b4 16. Nce2 (16. Na4
$2 {[%csl Ra4]} Bd7 17. Bxf6 (17. Qxb4 Rab8 18. Qa3 (18. Qc3 Qa7 $19 {[%csl
Ra4]}) 18... Qa5 $19 {[%csl Ra4]}) (17. b3 Bxa4 18. bxa4 d5 19. Bf4 Bd6 $17)
17... Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. b3 Bxa4 20. bxa4 d5 $17) 16... d5 $1 {Black equalized
} 17. exd5 (17. Bf4 Bb7 (17... dxe4 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nxd8 exd3 21.
Qxd3 Bd7 22. g5 Bb5 (22... Rxd8 23. gxf6 Ba4 24. Qe4 Rc8 25. Rd2 Bxf6 $44) 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qe3 Nh5 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rhe1 Bf8 27. Nd4 Rc8 $132) 18. g5 Nfd7
19. h5 $132) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Be4 (19. h5 Bb7 20. Be4 $132) 19...
Bb7 20. Qg5 (20. h5 $132) 20... Qc7 21. h5 h6 22. Qh4 $2 $17 {[%csl Re3] White
Q must be present in the center} (22. Qc1 $142 Nc4 23. g5 hxg5 $1 (23... Nde3
24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Rhg1+ Kf8 26. Rd3 Bxe4 27. fxe4 $16 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gc1h6]})
24. h6 $1 (24. Qxg5 Qe5 25. Rhg1 (25. Qxe5 Nxe5 $11) 25... Qxg5 26. Rxg5 Kf8
27. Rdg1 Nd2+ 28. Kc1 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Nf6 30. Rxg7 Bxe4 31. h6 Ke7 $132) 24...
Nde3 (24... gxh6 25. Rxh6 Qe5 26. Rg1 Nce3 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. f4 Qe4 29. Rh3 $16
) 25. Rd3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 e5 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. exf5 f6 29. Ng3 $44) 22... Ne3 $1 {
[%csl Rd1,Rf3]} 23. Rc1 (23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rd2 N5c4 25. Rd3 e5 (25... Rac8 26.
g5) 26. g5 exd4 27. gxh6 Qxf3 $17) 23... Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qc5 (24... N5xg4 25.
Rhg1 Qc4 26. Rxg4 Rxd4 (26... Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Rxd4 28. Rg1 g5 29. Nxd4 (29. hxg6
f5 30. Qh5 Rd2 $19) 29... Qxd4 30. Rd1 Qc5 $17) 27. Nxd4 Nxg4 28. Qxg4 Qxd4 $17
) 25. g5 Rxd4 26. gxh6 Nf5 (26... N5g4 $17 {The same position, like in the
game, with White Q on g1 instead of h4}) 27. Qf2 Ng4 28. Qg1 Nfe3 29. Nxd4 Qxd4
30. Rh3 (30. hxg7 Qxe4 31. h6 Rc8 32. Rh4 Kh7 $17) 30... Rc8 31. Rg3 f5 (31...
Qxe4 $2 {[%csl Rg7]} 32. Rxe3 Qxe3 33. Qxg4 Qxh6 34. Qxb4 Qxh5 35. Qb7 Qc5 36.
Qxa6 $132) 32. exf5 exf5 33. hxg7 Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ge4h1]} (33... Kxg7
$2 34. Qh1 Rc7 $15) 34. Qh1 (34. h6 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 36. Ka1 Nd1 $19) 34...
Qxh1 35. Rxh1 Kxg7 36. Re1 Kf6 (36... Re8 $17) 37. Rexe3 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 f4 $19 {
Black position is winning, and it is necessary a little accuracy.} 39. Rd3 Kg5
{[%cal Gg5g4,Gf4f3]} 40. a3 (40. Kc1 Kxh5 (40... Kg4 41. h6 f3 42. Kd2 Kg3 (
42... f2 43. Ke2 Rxc2+ 44. Kf1 $14) 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rd7 f2 45. Rg7+ Kf3 46. Rf7+
Kg2 47. Rg7+ $11) 41. Kd2 Kg4 {[%csl Rc2]} (41... Re8 42. Rd4 Kg4 43. Rxb4 $44)
42. Rd4 a5 43. c3 bxc3+ 44. bxc3 Kg3 45. Rd7 (45. Rd5 a4 46. Ra5 f3 $19) 45...
f3 46. Rg7+ Kf2 $19) 40... bxa3 41. Rxa3 Rc6 42. Kc1 Kg4 $4 (42... Kxh5 43. Kd2
Kg4 $19) 43. Kd2 Re6 44. Ra1 $4 {Wrong place for R !} (44. Ra4 $1 {[%csl Yh5]
[%cal Ga4g4,Ga4a5]} Rf6 (44... Kg3 45. Ra5 Rd6+ (45... f3 46. Rg5+ Kh2 (46...
Kf4 47. Rg6 Re2+ 48. Kd3 Re3+ 49. Kd2 Re2+ $11) 47. Rf5 Kg2 48. Rg5+ Kf1 49.
Rg6 Re7 50. h6 f2 51. Rxa6 Kg2 $11 (51... Rd7+ 52. Ke3)) 46. Ke1 Rc6 47. c3 Rb6
(47... Re6+ 48. Kd2 f3 49. Rg5+ Kf4 $11 (49... Kh2 50. h6 $1)) (47... Kf3 48.
Re5 $44) 48. b4 Re6+ 49. Kd2 f3 50. Rg5+ $11) 45. Ke2 Kg3 46. Kf1 Rd6 (46... f3
47. Ra5 Rd6 48. Rg5+ Kf4 49. Rg6 $11) 47. Ra3+ f3 48. Rd3 Rb6 49. Rb3 Rh6 50.
Rb8 Rxh5 51. Rg8+ Kf4 52. Rf8+ Ke3 53. Re8+ $11) 44... f3 (44... Kxh5 $144 45.
Rg1 {[%csl Rh5]} Kh4 (45... f3 46. Re1 $11) 46. Re1 $1 Rb6 (46... Rxe1 47. Kxe1
Kg3 48. Kf1 Kf3 49. c4 Ke4 50. b4 Kd4 51. b5 $11) 47. b3 Kg3 48. Re8 Kf2 49.
Rd8 f3 $19) 45. Rh1 (45. b4 f2 46. c4 Kf3 47. c5 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Re1 49. Rxa6 f1=Q
50. Rf6+ Ke4 51. Rxf1 Rxf1 52. Kc4 Rc1+ 53. Kb5 Kd5 $19) 45... f2 46. c4 Kg3
47. b4 Kg2 48. Ra1 f1=Q 49. Rxf1 Kxf1 50. Kc3 Rb6 $4 $11 {Ununderstandable
move! 2 tempi loss is too expensive gift} ({Right was} 50... Ke2 51. Kd4 (51.
c5 Ke3 52. Kc4 Ke4 53. b5 axb5+ 54. Kxb5 Kd5 $19) 51... Kf3 $1 (51... Rh6 $2
52. b5 axb5 53. cxb5 Rxh5 (53... Kf3 54. Kc5 Ke4 55. b6 $11) 54. Kc4 Rh1 55. b6
Rb1 56. Kc5 $11) 52. b5 (52. Kd5 Rh6 53. b5 a5 54. c5 Rxh5+ 55. Kc4 (55. Kc6 a4
56. b6 a3 57. b7 Rh8 58. Kc7 a2 $19) 55... Rh4+ 56. Kd5 Rb4 57. b6 a4 58. c6
Rb5+ 59. Kc4 Rxb6 60. c7 Rc6+ $19) 52... a5 $1 {Black P play important role!}
53. c5 a4 54. b6 a3 55. b7 a2 $19) 51. c5 Rh6 52. b5 $1 axb5 53. Kb4 Rxh5 (
53... Ke2 54. Kxb5 Kd3 55. c6 $11) 54. Kxb5 Ke2 55. Kb6 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Qc7 ({Was played also} 10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 $5 (11. g4
b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 (13. Ne2 $5) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4
Bb5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. c3 $5 {1-0 Herrera,I-De la Paz,F/
Santa Clara 1996/EXT 99 (54)}) 11... Bxc6 12. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2g3,Ye2f4]
With N transfer to active point.} Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16.
Bd3 Be8 17. h5 $14 {Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg op 1992/1-0(30)}) ({Worth of
attention} 10... Nxd4 $5 11. Qxd4 {and here Black recieves good counterplay by}
Qa5 ({and by} 11... b5 12. g4 Bb7 (12... Qa5 $5) 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6
Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 $13 {Zapata-Hernandez, Cali zt 1990}) 12. Kb1 (12.
Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Na4 b5 $11 {Kostic,V-Campos
Moreno,J/Valjevo 1984/0-1(57)}) 12... b5 13. Qd2 b4 $5 14. Ne2 e5 $5 {[%csl
Re5]} 15. Nc1 Be6 $132 {Tringov-Kupreichik, Plovdiv 1980}) ({Possible also} 
10... d5 11. Kb1 h6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6 $44 {With strong
Attack for sacrificed piece 1-0 Scholz,H-Thomas,J/Bad Bergzabern 1997/EXT 2000
(35)}) 11. Kb1 ({Here White played also} 11. h5 h6 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13.
Be3 (13. Bh4 $5) 13... Nh7 $5 {1/2-1/2 Neber,A-Gemesi,J/HUN 1999/EXT 2000 (13)}
) 12. Be3 $6 (12. Bh4 $5) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. g4 e5 15. Be3 d5 $1 $15 {
Peptan,C-Roos,T/Berliner Sommer 1997/1/2-1/2(32)}) (11. g4 Rd8 $1 (11... b5
$143 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 Rfd8 16. Bh4 b4 17. Ne2 d5
18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 Bxh4 20. Rxh4 Rac8 21. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Wengenroth,W-Roos,T/
Neuwied 1993/GER (35)}) 12. Kb1 (12. Be2 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. gxf5 $15 {Damjanovic,M-Ligterink,G/Graz 1979/1/2-1/2(41)})
12... Rb8 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qg2 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5
19. Nc1 Be6 20. h5 Na4 $132 {Tringov,G-Popovic,P/Stara Pazova 1988/0-1(42)})
11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6] threatening h5-h6} ({Worth of
attention} 13. Qd2 $5 {with the idea of eventual Ne2-d4 manoeuvre.}) ({Played
also} 13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 {[%cal Rh5h6]} h6 15. Bh4 b4 $1 16. Ne2 (16. Qxb4 $2 d5
17. Qa4 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Rc7c3,Rb8b4]}) 16... e5 $142 $5 (16... Bb7 $6 17. Nc1
Rac8 (17... e5 18. Qc4 $1) 18. Bd3 Qc5 (18... e5 {[%cal Gd6d5]} 19. Qg1 $1 d5
20. g5 $40) 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Bc4 Rd4 21. Rxd4 (21. b3 $2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxe4 $1
) 21... cxd4 22. b3 Kf8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 Ne8 25. Nf5 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,
I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Santa Clara 1998/CBM 66(25)}) 17. Qe3 (17. Qd2 d5 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. exd5 Bb7 20. d6 Qb6 $15) (17. Qg1 d5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 {-17.Qe3})
17... Nh7 $1 $132 (17... d5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 $16 dxe4 $140 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. h6 $18)) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 ({More active was} 14... b4 $5 {srarting
counterplay immediately} 15. Qxb4 (15. Na4 Rb8 16. Bc4 Bb7 $132) 15... d5 16.
Qd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 21. Bd3+ f5
$132) 15. g4 b4 $5 16. Na4 $146 {[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty.} (16. Qxb4 d5
17. Qb3 dxe4 $36) ({After} 16. Ne2 {with another moves order would created
position from noted above game 1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Santa Clara
1998/CBM 66(25)}) 16... Rab8 {Preparing Bb7-c6 reply.} 17. b3 {Prophilactic
against eventual Bc6.} (17. g5 $2 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qa5 $36) 17... Rfd8 {[%cal
Gd6d5,Ge6e5] Black prepares counterplay in the center by d6-d5 or/and by e6-e5
promotions.} 18. Bd3 ({Immediately} 18. g5 $5 {was more active:} hxg5 19. Bxg5
Rbc8 20. Bd3 e5 21. Qg1 $36) 18... a5 19. g5 {Opening files for K Attack on
the kingside.} hxg5 20. Bxg5 {With idea h5-h6 e6-e5 Qd4-f2-h4 manoeuvre.} e5
21. Qe3 ({Much stronger was} 21. Qg1 $5 d5 22. h6 g6 23. Nc5 $1 Kh8 24. Nxb7)
21... Nh7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rdg1 {Too slowly. Here or on the next move it was
necessary to includ h5-h6 promotion.} (23. h6 $5 g6 24. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Yd5]
[%cal Yc4f7]}) 23... Kh8 24. Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} Qf6 25. Bc4 (25. h6 $5 g6 26. Bc4
$16) 25... Bc6 $6 ({Black misses the moment for QQ exchange:} 25... Qh6 $5 26.
Qxh6 gxh6 27. Bxf7 Ng5 $44) 26. Nd5 $6 ({Here also right was} 26. h6 {as noted
above.} g6 27. Bd5 Bb5 28. Rg2 $36) 26... Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rd7 {[%csl Ra7]
preventing Qa7} (27... Qh6 28. Qa7 Ng5 29. Rg3 $36) 28. Rg4 $6 ({Why not} 28.
h6 $5 g6 29. Rf1) 28... Qh6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Despite of strong Bd5 position on
d5 square Black has good couterplay because of weaknesses in White's camp.} 29.
Qg1 (29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. Rg2 Nf6 $132) 29... Nf6 30. Rg5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Rc7 $132
32. Rh2 Rc5 {[%csl Rd5]} 33. Rhg2 {[%csl Rg7]} Rg8 34. Rd2 Rc3 {[%csl Rf3]} 35.
Rf2 Qf6 {[%csl Rf3]} 36. Qg4 e4 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rg5] Good reaction!} 37. Rf5 Qd4
38. fxe4 Re3 {[%csl Re4]} 39. Rf1 Rxe4 40. Qd1 {RR endgame is drawn.} (40. Qg5
Rge8 41. Qc1 {[%csl Rf7]}) 40... Qxd1+ 41. Rxd1 Re7 42. Rdf1 Rge8 (42... f6 43.
a3 bxa3 44. Ka2 {[%csl Ra3,Ra5]}) 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Rxf7 Re5 45. a3 Rxh5 $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 132]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 {
relatively rare line. black is trying to push white's knight away from the
centre} 7. Nb3 e6 {now and the next move white has a choice: eather to damage
opponent's pawn structure by playing Bf6, or to play the usual opposite
castles game} 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. h4 {tipical for this
position advance on the king side} Rd8 {black's preparing a break in the
centre, by playing d5} 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Ye3b6] whites wins time
for his own attack, by forcing black to defend from Bb6} Nd7 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4
Rb8 16. g5 Nb6 17. h5 Na4 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. Bc1 $5 {important defensive move
before continuing the attack} Nc4 20. Bh3 {[%cal Yh3e6,Re2d4,Rd4e6,Re2f4,Rf4e6]
white prepares g6, attacking the e6 pawn} e5 {20...b4 was worth considiration}
(20... b4 $5 21. g6 Bf6 22. Ned4 d5 $132) 21. f4 (21. g6 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Rdc8
$132) 21... Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Rbc8 {[%cal Rc7c2,Rc8c2] activising the pieces on
the c file} (22... Rdc8 $5) 23. c3 b4 24. f5 Qb7 {[%cal Rb7e4,Rb7b2]} 25. Qg2
bxc3 26. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 27. Rxc3 a5 $2 {too slow, better was 27...Na3, with a
conterplay} (27... Na3+ $5 28. Ka1 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nb5 30. f6 Bf8 $132) 28. f6
Bf8 29. g6 $40 hxg6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rh3 {black' attack is too late. white
increases his threats} gxf6 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Qf5 $18 Rc7 34. Rdh1 Re8 35. Rh8+
{black resigned, major loss of material is inevitable} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 (9... Nxd4 {- main line}) 10. h4 Nxd4 (10...
Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 Rfd8 16. Bh4 b4 17.
Ne2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 Bxh4 20. Rxh4 Rac8 21. Nd4 Nc5 $14 {1-0 Wengenroth,
W-Roos,T/Neuwied op 1993/GER 09 (35)}) 11. Qxd4 b5 (11... Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4
Rd8 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Nc1 Rac8 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20.
Bc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Guillermo Garcia mem Premier,
Villa Cla 1998 (25)}) (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. c4 b4 $11 {0-1 Kostic,V-Campos,J/
Valjevo 1984 (57)}) 12. Bxf6 (12. Kb1 Bb7 (12... Qa5 13. e5 (13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2
e5 15. Nc1 Be6 16. g4 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 $132 {0-1
Tringov-Kuprejcik/Plovdiv 1980/Inf 30 (41)}) 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 Bb7 15. Bd3
$11 {1-0 Fogarasi,T-Nguyen Anh Dung/Budapest HUN 2000 (64)}) 13. Qd2 Rc8 14.
Bd3 Nd7 15. a3 Nb6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Nb3 Ba8
21. Nc5 Qc8 22. Nd3 Qb7 $15 {[%csl Ga8,Ge7] 1-0 Bologan,V-Zvjaginsev,V/Belfort
FRA 1999 (39)}) 12... gxf6 (12... Bxf6 $2 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 (13... Qa5 14. e5 $16)
14. Rxd6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. c4 $16) 13. Bd3 Kh8 $2 $16 (13... Bb7 $132) 14.
e5 $5 {Interesting move} Bb7 (14... dxe5 $4 15. Qe4 {[%csl Ra8,Rh7]}) (14... d5
$2 {[%tqu "En","?","","","c3e4","",10]} 15. Ne4 $1 f5 (15... fxe5 16. Qxe5+ f6
17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Nxf6 Qxh5 19. Nxh5 $16) 16. Nf6 $16 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 15. Bxh7 $1
{White play with fantasy.} (15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 (16. Be4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxe4
18. Nxe4 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd8 $132) 16... Qc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Be4
Be3+ 19. Kb1 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 $132) 15... fxe5 (15... Kxh7 16. exd6 $18 {
[%csl Re7]}) 16. Qg4 $1 {Very good move again!} (16. Qd3 d5 17. h5 $132) 16...
Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg7 18. Rh3 Bg5+ (18... Rg8 19. Rg3+ Bg5+ 20. Rxg5+ Kf8 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rxg5 23. hxg5 $16) 19. hxg5 Rh8 20. Qg4 $2 $132 ({It was a time
to be realist. But we'll see at this game continuation - endgame is not a
strong featur of both partners...} 20. Qxh8+ Qxh8 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rxd6 Rh1+
23. Rd1 (23. Kd2 Rh2 24. Ke3 Rxg2 25. Rb6 Bd5 26. Rxa6 Rxc2 $11) 23... Rh5 24.
Rd7 Ba8 25. Ra7 b4 26. Nd1 (26. Rxa8 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxg5 $132) 26... Bd5 27.
Rxa6 Rxg5 28. Ne3 $16) 20... Rxh3 21. gxh3 Qb6 22. Ne4 Qe3+ 23. Rd2 (23. Kb1
Rh8 24. h4 Qe2 25. Kc1 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Qe2 $11) 23... Rh8 (23... Rc8 24. g6 f5 25.
Qh4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Kxg6 27. Qe7 Rxc2+ $1 28. Kxc2 Qxe4+ $11) 24. h4 Qe1+ 25. Rd1
Qxh4 26. Qxh4 $2 $17 (26. Nxd6 $132) 26... Rxh4 27. Rxd6 (27. Nxd6 Bxf3 28. Rf1
e4 $19) 27... Kg6 28. Kd2 (28. b3 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Kxg5 30. Rxa6 Rxe4 31. a4 bxa4
32. Rxa4 $17) 28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 Kxg5 30. Rxa6 Rxe4 31. Ra5 b4 32. c3 (32. a4
bxa3 33. Rxa3 $17) 32... bxc3+ 33. Kxc3 f5 34. Ra8 (34. b4 f4 35. Kd3 Rxb4 (
35... f3 36. Kxe4 f2 37. Kxe5 f1=Q 38. Kxe6+ Kg4 39. Kd5 Qd3+ 40. Kc5 Kf5 $17)
36. Rxe5+ Kf6 $19) 34... Re3+ $6 (34... f4 35. a4 f3 36. Kd2 f2 37. Rf8 Rf4 38.
Rxf4 Kxf4 39. Ke2 Kg3 $19) 35. Kd2 Rh3 (35... Kf4 36. b4 Ke4 37. b5 Rd3+ 38.
Kc2 Rd4 39. a4 (39. Ra3 Rb4 40. Rb3 Rxb3 41. Kxb3 Kd5 {[%cal Gb5b7,Gd5b7]} 42.
a4 Kc5 $19) 39... f4 40. b6 Rb4 41. a5 f3 42. Rf8 Ke3 43. Kc3 Rf4 44. Rxf4 exf4
45. b7 f2 46. b8=Q f1=Q 47. Qb6+ Kf3 48. Qxe6 $11) 36. b4 e4 (36... Kf4 37. b5
e4 (37... Rh2+ 38. Kc3 Rh1 39. b6 Rb1 40. Ra4+ Ke3 41. Rb4 Rc1+ 42. Kb3 Rc8 43.
b7 Rb8 44. a4 f4 45. a5 f3 46. a6 f2 47. a7 f1=Q 48. axb8=Q (48. a8=Q Qb1+ 49.
Kc3 Qd3+ 50. Kb2 Qd2+ 51. Ka3 Qd6 52. Qa7+ Kf3 53. Qg1 $11) 48... Qd3+ 49. Ka2
Qa6+ 50. Kb2 Qe2+ 51. Ka1 Qa6+ $11) 38. b6 e3+ $19 {See next variations}) 37.
b5 Rd3+ $2 {Time pressure?} (37... Kf4 38. b6 e3+ (38... Rh7 39. Ra7 Rh2+ 40.
Kc3 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 (41. Kc4 Rh8 42. b7 Rb8 $19) 41... Rh2+ $11) 39. Kd3 Rh7 (
39... Kf3 40. Re8 Rh1 41. b7 e2 42. Rxe6 Rd1+ 43. Kc4 Rd8 44. Kc5 Kf2 45. a4
e1=Q 46. Rxe1 Kxe1 47. a5 f4 48. a6 f3 49. a7 f2 50. b8=Q $11) 40. Ra7 Rh2 41.
Ra3 (41. b7 Rb2 $19) 41... Rd2+ 42. Kc3 Rd8 $19) 38. Ke2 (38. Kc2 Rd7 39. a4 e3
40. Re8 Kf6 41. Rh8 f4 $19) 38... Rd4 $4 $18 (38... f4 $2 39. b6 f3+ 40. Kf2
Rd2+ 41. Ke3 (41. Ke1 f2+ $19) 41... Re2+ 42. Kd4 f2 43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. b7 f1=Q
45. Rf8+ Kg6 46. Rxf1 Rb2 $11) (38... Rh3 $1 {To recognize a mistake!} 39. b6
Rh2+ 40. Ke3 Rb2 41. Ra6 Rb4 42. a4 f4+ 43. Kd2 e3+ $19) 39. a3 $4 $11 (39. Ra3
$1 {[%cal Ga3b3,Gb5b8]} Rb4 (39... f4 40. b6 Rd8 41. Rb3 Kf5 42. b7 Rb8 43. a4
Ke5 44. a5 $18) (39... Rd8 40. b6 Kf4 41. b7 Rb8 42. Rb3 Ke5 43. a4 Kd6 44. a5
Kc7 45. a6 $18) 40. Rb3 Ra4 41. b6 Ra8 42. b7 Rb8 43. a4 $18) 39... Rd3 40. a4
$4 $19 (40. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ga4b4,Gb5b8]} Rb3 41. Rb4 Rxa3 42. b6 Ra8 43. b7 Rb8
44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kd4 Ke7 46. Rb6 (46. Ke5 e3 47. Rb6 Kf7 48. Rb2 e2 49. Rxe2
Rxb7 $19) 46... Kd7 47. Ke5 e3 48. Rd6+ Kc7 49. Rxe6 $11) 40... Rb3 {Black
rook placed on ideal position - behind white pawns} 41. Rc8 (41. Rb8 f4 42. a5
Rb2+ $19) 41... f4 42. Rc1 f3+ 43. Kf1 e3 44. a5 Rxb5 45. Ra1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 14th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 {White starts an attack on the kingside. 10.g4
allowed black counterplay as the next game shows} (10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. f4 Qa5 $132 {0-1 Rasik,V-Epishin,V/CZE-chT9495 1995/EXT 97 (44)}
) 10... Nxd4 {good counterplay gave 10...Qc7 as the tournament practice shows}
(10... Qc7 $5 11. h5 (11. g4 Rd8 (11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 $6 (13...
b4 $5 $132) 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 $36 {1-0 Wengenroth,W-Roos,T/Neuwied 1993/GER 
(35)}) 12. Kb1 (12. Be2 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd7
17. gxf5 $15 {Damjanovic,M-Ligterink,G/Graz 1979/1/2-1/2(41)}) 12... Rb8 13.
Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qg2 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nc1 Be6
20. h5 Na4 $132 {Tringov,G-Popovic,P/Stara Pazova 1988/0-1(42)}) 11... h6 12.
Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. g4 e5 15. Be3 d5 $1 $15 {Peptan,C-Roos,T/Berliner
Sommer 1997/1/2-1/2(32)}) (10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
g4 Qc7 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17. h5 $14 {Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg op 1992/
1-0(30)}) 11. Qxd4 b5 (11... Qc7 $146 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 {[%cal
Rh5h6]} h6 15. Bh4 b4 $1 16. Ne2 (16. Qxb4 $2 d5 17. Qa4 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Rc7c3,
Rb8b4]}) 16... e5 $142 17. Qe3 (17. Qd2 d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 Bb7 20. d6
Qb6 $15) (17. Qg1 d5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 {-17.Qe3}) 17... Nh7 $1 18. Bf2 d5
$132) (11... Qa5 $5 12. Kb1 (12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Na4 b5 $11 {Kostic,V-Campos Moreno,J/Valjevo 1984/0-1(57)}) 12... b5 13.
Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 e5 $5 {same idea  bishop cross to e6} 15. Nc1 Be6 $132 {
Tringov-Kupreichik, Plovdiv 1980}) 12. Kb1 (12. g4 Bb7 (12... Qa5 $5) 13. Qf2
b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 $13 {Zapata-Hernandez, Cali
zt 1990}) 12... Bb7 {also was possible 12...Qa5 with idea 13...b414.Ne2 e5 15.
Qd2 Be6 with good counterplay} 13. Qd2 (13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Ng3 f6 16.
Bc1 Qc7 17. Nh5 $36 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Kharlov,A/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (57)})
13... b4 {After 13...Qc7 or 13...Rc8 white has a serious initiative as the
next games show} (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 (14. Ne2 $5 Rac8 15. Nd4 $14 Rfd8 (15... d5
16. e5 $1 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 f6 19. Re1 $16) 16. Bd3 Ne8 $5 (16... h6 17.
Be3 d5 18. e5 $1 Nd7 19. f4 Nc5 20. g4 $40) 17. g4 Bf6 18. Be3 $1 $36 {1-0
Bologan,V-Ye,J/Beijing 2000/[Bologan,V] (37)}) (14. g4 Rfd8 15. Ne2 Rac8 16.
Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 d5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. g5 Qb6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Qe2
Bc4 $36 {0-1 Bremond,E-Caposciutti,M/Clichy 2002/CBM 087 ext (44)}) 14... Rfd8
15. g4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. h5 d5 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Smirin,I/
Pula 2001/CBM 084 ext (19)}) (13... Rc8 14. Bd3 Nd7 (14... b4 $5 15. Ne2 a5)
15. a3 Nb6 16. Ne2 f6 {Black avoid changing of bishops} (16... Qc7) 17. Be3 Nc4
$5 (17... Na4 $5) 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd4 Qd7 $6 {19...Qc8,and in following
d6-d5 open position look better} (19... Qc8 $5 20. Nb3 Ba8 21. Na5 Rc7) 20. Nb3
$36 {1-0 Bologan,V-Zvjaginsev,V/Belfort 1999/CBM 075/[Gofshtein,L] (39)}) (
13... Rc8 {– 77/202}) 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Bd3 {White plays by the usual
scheme. The bishop is placed on d3, the knight on d4, after that he starts to
advance his kingside pawns} Nd7 $5 {Offering an exchange of dark squared
bishops, in order to lower white's attacking potential} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nb3 {
[%cal Rb3a5] White suddenly changes the direction of his attack and tries to
attack black's weaknesses on the queenside} d5 {18...a4 deserved attention
getting counterplay for the sacrificed pawn} (18... a4 $5 19. Na5 (19. Qxb4
axb3 20. Qxb7 Rb8) 19... Nc5 20. Qxb4 Rb8 $44) 19. Nxa5 Ba8 20. Rhe1 Nb6 {
Black gets a certain compensation for the sacrificed pawn as white is thinking
only about defence now} (20... Qd6 $5) 21. h5 (21. e5 $5) 21... h6 22. Qf2 Rb8
{Black transfers the rook to the b-file freeing the c8 square for the second
rook} 23. Nb3 Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b2,Ra4c3] Bringing the knight closer to the
white king and preparing a sacrifice on c3} 24. e5 Rfc8 25. f4 Nc3+ {[%mdl 512]
Black carries out a long ago planned sacrifice} 26. bxc3 bxc3 {[%cal Re7a3]}
27. Qe3 {White defends against immideate threats as now 27...Qa3 is parried by
28.Qc1. From the other hand the white king cannot escape the dangerous area.
That's why black tries to find new paths for his pieces} Rb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a4]}
28. Qc1 Qa7 29. Bf1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd1d4][%mdl 256] Taking control over the
d4 square and not allowing black to play d5-d4} (29. a3 Ra4 30. Qe3 d4 31. Nxd4
Rxd4 32. Qxd4 Rb8+ $19) 29... Ra4 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Qc1 {White wants to exchange
or to throw back black's active rook so it seems that black should have
settled for a draw} (31. Rd4 Qa3 $19) 31... Qa7 32. Qe3 d4 $2 {Black sharpens
the game and.... loses} (32... Qe7 $11) 33. Rxd4 Rxa2 (33... Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Qa3
35. Qc1) 34. Rc4 $1 {This simple and strong defensive move parries black's
threats} Rb2+ 35. Kc1 $18 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Qa2+ 37. Kxc3 {White has a great
material advantage and easily parries black's threats} Rb8 38. Rb4 Rc8+ 39. Bc4
Bd5 40. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2a2]} Qa6 41. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4c4,Rb4c4]} Qa2 42. Ra1 Qxg2
43. Ra5 Be4 {[%cal Rg2c2]} (43... Qf3+ 44. Kb2) 44. Nd2 Bf5 45. Rab5 {[%cal
Rb5b8]} 1-0

[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Qc7
14. g4 {This variation doesn't have a good reputation for black. White's plan
is relatively easy - an attack on the kingside. At the same time black finds
it difficult to get an activity on the queenside, for example:} (14. Kb1 b5 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. g4 $6 (16. Nd4 $5) 16... e5 17. Bc1 Rc7 $132 {0-1 Cheparinov,
I-Kotronias,V/Linares 2002/CBM 087 ext (28)}) (14. h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Nf4 20. g5 $40 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Haifa
2000/CBM 074 ext (32)}) 14... Rd8 15. Be3 {Retreating the bishop and preparing
the advance g4-g5. 15.Kb1 deserves attention as was played in the games shown
below. In this case white has a very nice position} (15. Kb1 Ne5 16. h4 (16.
Bc1 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. g5 $40 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Van der Weide,K/Leeuwarden
2001/CBM 084 (53)}) 16... d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. f4 Nc6 20. e5 $40 {
1-0 Gara,A-Fernandez,R/Budapest 2001/CBM 083 ext (37)}) 15... d5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
An exchange on d4 deserves serious attention and d6-d5 only after it. As the
next game shows black was able to recieve counterplay} (15... Nxd4 $5 16. Nxd4
d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qh4 g6 19. Bd3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 e5 21. Ne2 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Korneev,O-Kotronias,V/Port Erin 2003/CBM 096 ext (22)}) 16. g5 Nh5 (16... Ne8
$5) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qa5 {Offering to trade queens. After 18.Qh4 white
doesn't have anything real} (18. Qh4 g6 19. f4 c5 20. exd5 c4 21. Nd4 c3 22. b3
Bb7 $132) 18... Qe5 {[%cal Re7g5,Re5g5,Ye3g5] Black disagrees to the exchange
and attacks the pawn on g5} (18... Qb8 $5) 19. Rg1 {Defending the pawn and
transfering the rook to a more active position} (19. h4 Ng3 20. Rg1 Nxf1 21.
Rdxf1 Rb8 $132) 19... Bd7 {Connecting the rooks and trying to get some
counterplay. 19...Qh2 deserved attention as well} (19... Qxh2 $5 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rh1 Qg2 $132) 20. Nc5 Be8 {It was interesting to check 20...Qh2 again} (
20... Qxh2 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qc3 Qc7) 21. Nd3 Qb8 (21... Qxh2 22. Rd2 Qb8 23.
Bb6 Rd7 24. e5 $44) 22. Qc3 c5 {Black temporarily sacrifices a pawn, trying to
break the white's blockade} 23. exd5 $5 {This move looks stronger than 23.Bc5}
(23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxh2 $132) 23... Rxd5 {Also in the case of 23...ed
white has a certain advantage} (23... exd5 24. Nxc5) 24. f4 {[%cal Gf1g2,Rg2d5]
White tries to consolidate his position by defending the g5 pawn and opening
the h1-a8 diagonal for his light-squared bishop} c4 {Black tries to activize
his pieces through the pawn sacrifice} 25. Qxc4 Bb5 26. Qb3 Qe8 {[%cal Rb5a4]}
(26... Qc7 27. Bg2 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxf4 29. Bxa8 Nxd3+ 30. Kb1 $16) 27. Bg2 Ba4
28. Bxd5 {White sacrifices his queen, trying to seize the initiative. A simple
28.Qb6 was also possible and black would have to prove the correctness of the
pawn sac} (28. Qb6 $5 Rd6 29. Qa5 Rc8 30. Nc5 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxc5 32. Bxc5 Nxf4
) 28... Bxb3 29. Bxb3 {White's play is very reckless. After 29.Ba8 it is hard
to evaluate the arising position} (29. Bxa8 Bxc2 30. Kxc2 Qxa8 31. Rge1 Kf8 32.
Kb1 Bd6 $13) 29... Qc6 30. Rge1 Bd6 31. f5 {Another pawn sacrifice. This is
how white tries to activize his light squared bishop} exf5 32. Bd4 Qc7 $6 {
32...Bh2 deserved attention and it's not clear how white can make use of his
active pieces} (32... Bxh2 $5 33. Re7 Rf8 34. Be3 (34. Rf1 Qg6) 34... Bd6) 33.
Ne5 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 g6 35. Rde1 {[%cal Re5e7]} Rf8 36. Bc5 Nf4 37. Kb1 {Not
falling for the trap. After 37.Bf8 Nd3 black wins} (37. Bxf8 $4 Nd3+ 38. Kb1
Nxe1 39. Re8 Qd7 $19) 37... Ng2 38. R1e2 Nf4 39. R2e3 Qd8 $6 {Black is very
agressive. After 39...Ng2 it's not clear how can white get rid of the
importunate knight.} (39... Ng2 $11) 40. a4 Qxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] After this
blunder black loses} (40... h5 $5 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 $132) 41. Re8 Qg1+ 42. Ka2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Elista Uralan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7.
Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. g4 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14.
f4 $146 (14. h4 b4 (14... Nb6 15. a3 Ne5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd4 Qxd4
19. Nxd4 Bb7 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. f5 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Filipowicz,A/Budapest 1965/
1-0(26)}) 15. Ne2 a5 16. Nbd4 (16. Ned4 $5) 16... Ba6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd4 Qb7
$132 {Kindermann,S-Nicevski,R/Naleczow 1984/0-1(42)}) 14... Nb6 15. Bd3 (15.
Qf2 Rb8 16. h4 Na4 $1 $132) 15... Re8 16. h4 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Kb1 d5 19. Bxb6
(19. h5 $6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nbd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 c3 23. bxc3 Rb8 $40) 19...
Qxb6 20. exd5 exd5 21. h5 a4 22. Nbd4 b3 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. cxb3 axb3 25. a3 Bg4
$15 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Nc3 {[%tqu "En","","","","e7a3","",10]} Bxa3 $3 {getting
strong attack} 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Nb5 $1 (29. Kb2 Qa5 {[%cal Ra3a2]} 30. Ra1 Ra8
$19 31. Qe1 d4 {[%cal Ga3a2]}) (29. Nxd5 Qa7 $19) (29. Qb2 Rea8 $19 {[%cal
Gb6a5]}) (29. g6 Qa5 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Qb2 Ra8 $19) 29... Ra4 30. h6 (30. g6
Rea8 31. Qb2 Qxb5 $3 $19 (31... Ra1+ $19)) 30... Rea8 31. Qb2 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","a4a1","",10]} Ra1+ $1 32. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kxa1 Qf2 $19 {[%cal Rf2a2]} 34.
Bc2 bxc2 35. Nc3 Qd2 36. Kb2 d4 37. Nd5 Be6 $4 {I guess it was mutual
time-trouble.} (37... Qa5 38. Rhe1 (38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. hxg7+ Kxg7 $19) (38. Rce1
Qb5+ 39. Kc1 (39. Ka1 c1=Q+ $1) 39... Qb1+ 40. Kd2 c1=Q+ 41. Rxc1 Qa2+ $19 {
[%cal Ga2d5]}) 38... Qb5+ $1 39. Ka3 (39. Kxc2 Bf5+) (39. Ka1 Be6 $19) 39...
Be6 $19) 38. Ne7+ $4 (38. Rxc2 Qa5 39. Rhc1 $1 (39. Ne7+ $2 Kf8 40. Ra1 Qb4+
41. Kc1 d3 42. hxg7+ Kxg7 43. f5 Qf4+ 44. Rd2 Qc7+ 45. Kb1 Qb6+ 46. Kc1 Qc5+
47. Kb1 Qb4+ 48. Kc1 Qc3+ 49. Kb1 f6 $1 $19 (49... Qxd2 $4 50. f6+)) 39... f6 (
39... f5 40. Rc8+ $3 Bxc8 41. Rxc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kg6 (42... Ke6 $2 43. hxg7)
43. Rxg7+ (43. Ne7+ Kh5 44. hxg7 Qxc7 45. g8=Q Qxe7 $19) 43... Kh5 44. Nf6+ Kh4
45. Rxh7 Qc3+ 46. Ka2 d3 47. Rd7 $11) 40. Rc8+ Bxc8 41. Rxc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kg6
43. Rxg7+ Kf5 44. gxf6 $11) 38... Kf8 39. Rxc2 Qb4+ 40. Kc1 Qa3+ 41. Kb1 Kxe7 (
41... Qxe7 $142 $19) 42. hxg7 Qb3+ 43. Kc1 Qa3+ 44. Kb1 Qb3+ (44... Qb3+ 45.
Kc1 d3 (45... f6 46. Re1) 46. Rc7+ Kd6 47. g8=Q Kxc7 48. Kd2 (48. Rh2 Qc3+ 49.
Kb1 Qe1+ 50. Kb2 d2 $19 {[%cal Re1c1]}) 48... Qc2+ 49. Ke3 Qe2+ 50. Kd4 d2 51.
Qxh7 d1=Q+ 52. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 53. Ke3 Qe1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Nguyen, Anh Dung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[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 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 (10... Qc7 11. g4 Rd8 (11... Ne5 $6 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. g5 Be7 14. h5 b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. f5 Rb8 18. f6 Qb7 (18...
gxf6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Rdg1+ Kh8 21. Qh6 Qe7 22. Nc6 $18) 19. b3 Bd8 20. fxg7
Kxg7 21. Rdg1 cxb3 22. cxb3 Ba5 23. Nf5+ exf5 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. h6 $18 {1-0
McGowan,A-Sax,R/Greater Peoria 1990 (32)}) (11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd3 Bb7
14. Kb1 Qc7 15. h5 Rfd8 16. Bh4 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 Bxh4 20. Rxh4
Rac8 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. g5 $14 {1-0 Wengenroth,W-Roos,T/Neuwied op 1993/GER 09 
(35)}) (11... Bd7 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 (13... Be8 14. h5 e5 15. Be3 b5 16.
g5 b4 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Ng3 $16 {1-0 Melcher,W-Oberst,T/OLWuert 1993 (29)}) 14.
h5 $14 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 12. h5 (12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. g5 Nd7
16. Qg2 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Be3 Nc5 $14 {0-1 Tringov,G-Popovic,P/Stara Pazova
1988/Inf 46/[Popovic,P] (42)}) 12... h6 13. Be3 d5 14. e5 Nxe5 15. g5 hxg5 16.
Bxg5 Nxf3 (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. h6 $16) 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. Qe3 (18. Nxe4
dxe4 19. Qxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 21. h6 exf3 22. hxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rhh8 $18 {
[%cal Gd8g8]}) 18... Nxg5 19. Nxg5 d4 20. h6 $3 $18 {1-0 Pribyl,M-Bach,E/
Boblingen 1993 (32)}) (10... Bd7 11. Nxc6 (11. g4 Ne5 (11... b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Bb5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Bc4 $132 {
1-0 Herrera,I-De la Paz,F/Santa Clara CUB 1996 (54)}) 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Kb1 b5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $132 {1-0 Tartakower,
S-Rossolimo,N/Paris 1936 (27)}) 11... Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. g4 Qc7
15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17. h5 Kh8 18. Be3 d5 19. e5 Qxe5 20. g5 Nd7 21. Bxh7
$1 $16 {[%cal Ge3f4] 1-0 Mazi,L-Aseev,K/Wuerzburg ,EXT 1992 (31)}) (10... Ne8
11. Be3 Bf6 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15. g5 Rb8 16. e5 b4 17. Ne4
d5 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. gxf6 Kh8 20. Bd3 $18 {1-0 Novotny-Cmiel/cr ch-CZE 1990 
(20)}) 11. Qxd4 b5 (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11 {0-1 Kostic,V-Campos,
J/Valjevo 1984 (57)}) 16. Na4 Bd4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. c3 Be5 19. Bc4 Bc7 20. Nd7
Bxd7 21. Rxd7 Bf4+ $11) (11... Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Rd8 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 b4
16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Nc1 Rac8 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Bc4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Guillermo Garcia mem Premier, Villa Cla 1998 (25)})
12. Kb1 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 (12... Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 (13... Qa5 14. e5 $16) 14.
Rxd6 Be5 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. c4 Be6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Rxa2 19.
Rhd1 $16) 15. Rd3 Bb7 16. Be2 $14) 13. Bd3 Bb7 $1 $132 (13... Kh8 $2 14. e5 $1
Bb7 15. Bxh7 $1 fxe5 16. Qg4 $1 Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg7 18. Rh3 Bg5+ 19. hxg5 Rh8 20.
Qxh8+ $1 (20. Qg4 $2 $132 {0-1 Salmensuu,O-Zvjaginsev,V/Linares ESP 2000 (45)})
20... Qxh8 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rxd6 $16)) 12... Qa5 (12... Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14.
Bd3 Nd7 15. a3 Nb6 16. Ne2 f6 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Nb3 $14
{1-0 Bologan,V-Zvjaginsev,V/Belfort FRA 1999 (39)}) 13. e5 $5 $11 {After this
move Black equalize without any problems, but the game is not ended!} ({
More interesting} 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Nc1 Be6 16. g4 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. g5 Be7 19. Bh3 {with complicated approximately equal game} Bc4 (19... Bxh3
20. Rxh3 Rac8 $132) (19... d5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Qe2 (22. exd5 Rxd5
23. Qe2 $11) 22... Kh8 $132 {0-1 Mitenkov,N-Aseev,K/Russia (ch) 1995/Inf 65/ 
(55)}) 20. b3 Bb5 (20... d5 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Qe2 c3 23. Qc4) 21. h5 d5 22.
exd5 Bc6 23. g6 $132 {0-1 Tringov-Kuprejcik/Plovdiv 1980/Inf 30 (41)}) 13...
dxe5 14. Qxe5 Bb7 15. Bd3 (15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Bd3 $11) 15... Rac8 16.
Ne4 Bxe4 (16... Bd5 17. Nxf6+ $1 (17. b3 Nxe4 18. fxe4 f6 19. Qg3 Bb7 (19...
Bxb3 20. axb3 fxg5 21. hxg5 Ba3 {[%cal Ga5c3]} 22. e5 $18) 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rhf1
Ba3 22. Bd2 $132) 17... gxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxa2+ 19. Kc1 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qa5+ 21. c3
Bxf6 22. Qxf6 $14) 17. Bxe4 Rc5 18. Qg3 Rfc8 19. Bd3 (19. Bh6 Nh5 20. Qg4 g6
21. Bd3 (21. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 22. b4 Qa3 23. bxc5 Bf6 $17) 21... Nf6 22. Qg3 $132)
19... Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qe1 (21. h5 h6 22. Rh4 Rd5 $132) 21... Qc7 (21...
Qxe1 22. Rhxe1 Nd5 $11) 22. Qe4 Nf5 23. g4 Re5 24. Qf4 Ne3 $5 {Black try to
win this equal position.} (24... Ne7 $11 {With consolidation}) 25. Rc1 {
[%csl Re3,Re5]} (25. Rde1 Qc5 $132) 25... Nd5 26. Qd4 {[%csl Re5]} b4 $2 $14 {
[%csl Ra6]} (26... Rd8 27. f4 Re3 28. Rcd1 b4 29. Ka1 Kh8 (29... Qa5 30. Bc4
$14) 30. Bxa6 Rf3 31. f5 Qxc2 $132) 27. f4 $6 $11 (27. Bxa6 Rd8 (27... Ra8 28.
Bc4 $14) 28. Qc4 $14) 27... Re3 $8 28. f5 Qb7 (28... Rd8 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4
exf5 31. Rhd1 Re5 32. gxf5 Rd7 33. Rd3 a5 34. Rcd1 Nb6 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. c3 Nf8
37. cxb4 axb4 38. Kc2 Rxf5 39. Kb3 Rf2 40. Rd4 $16 {[%csl Rb4]}) 29. fxe6 fxe6
$2 $16 {Passing border of allowable risk.} (29... Rxe6 $1 {Without pawn
circuit damage.} 30. Bf5 Rd8 31. Rhd1 Red6 32. Ka1 $132) 30. g5 $1 (30. Rhe1 e5
(30... Rd8 31. Qc4 $14) 31. Bxa6 (31. Qxe3 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Rc5 $15) 31... Qc6 32.
Qd2 (32. Qxe3 Nxe3 33. Bxc8 Ng2 34. Bf5 Nxe1 35. Rxe1 g6 36. Be4 Qf6 37. Bd5+ (
37. g5 Qf4 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Rh1 e4 $17) 37... Kg7 38. h5 $15) 32... Nc3+ 33.
Ka1 (33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Qxe3 Qxa6 $19) 33... Qxa6 34. bxc3 Rexc3 (34... bxc3 35.
Qd5+ $18) 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Qxe5 {[%cal Ge5e8]} (36. Rxe5 b3 $19) 36... Qa4 $17
{[%cal Ga4e8]}) 30... e5 (30... a5 31. Rhe1 e5 32. Qg4 Nc3+ 33. Ka1 $18) 31.
Qg4 $2 $132 (31. Bxa6 $1 {Both of sides didn't evaluate well or maybe missed a
little tactic trick} Qc6 (31... Qa8 32. Qd2 Rc5 {[%csl Ra6]} 33. Qf2 $8 (33.
Be2 Nc3+ 34. bxc3 bxc3 $19) 33... Qxa6 (33... Nc3+ 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Ka1 $18)
34. Rhf1 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8]} h6 (34... Nf4 35. Qxe3 $18) 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qxc5 $18
) 32. Qa7 Ra8 33. Bb7 Rxa7 34. Bxc6 $16) 31... Nf4 32. Bf5 (32. Rhe1 Rxe1 33.
Rxe1 Nxd3 34. Qe6+ (34. cxd3 Qc6 35. Qc4+ Qxc4 36. dxc4 Rxc4 37. Rxe5 Rxh4 $17)
34... Kh8 35. cxd3 Qc7 36. Qc4 $11) 32... Rf8 (32... Re8 $132) 33. Rhe1 Rxe1
34. Rxe1 Qd5 $6 $14 (34... g6 35. Be4 Qb5 36. Rd1 a5 $11) 35. Be4 {[%csl Ra6,
Rb4,Re5] White pieces cooperate well, and because of P "islands" Forgarasi has
advantage} Qd4 36. Qd1 (36. h5 Rd8 37. Qf3 $14) 36... Qf2 (36... Qxd1+ 37. Rxd1
$14) 37. h5 (37. Bd5+ Kh8 (37... Nxd5 38. Qxd5+ Kh8 39. Qxe5 Qxh4 $11) 38. Bc4
Ng2 $132) 37... Kh8 (37... Qd4 38. h6 (38. Qxd4 exd4 39. h6 gxh6 40. gxh6 Rf6
$132) 38... Qxd1+ 39. Rxd1 gxh6 40. gxh6 Rf6 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Ke6 43. Ra7
$16) (37... Nxh5 38. Bxh7+ Kxh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qd1 Qd4 41. Qe2 $16 {[%csl
Rg8]}) 38. h6 $1 {[%csl Rh8] After this move Black K get in the constrained
situation} gxh6 (38... g6 39. Bb7 $14) 39. gxh6 Rg8 40. Rh1 (40. Bb7 $1 Qd4 41.
Qxd4 exd4 42. Bxa6 $16) 40... Qd4 $6 $16 {Decision to change Queens is wrong} (
40... Qb6 $142 $1 41. Re1 $14) 41. Qxd4 exd4 42. Kc1 (42. Rd1 Rf8 43. Rxd4 Ne6
44. Rd1 Rf6 45. Rh1 Ng5 46. Bd5 Rd6 47. Bc4 Rc6 48. Rh4 Rg6 49. b3 $16) 42...
Re8 43. Bd3 $5 (43. Bb7 a5 44. Rf1 Ng6 45. Kd2 Ne5 46. Bd5 Ng4 47. Kd3 Nxh6 48.
Kxd4 $14) 43... Re6 (43... Nxd3+ 44. cxd3 Re6 45. Kc2 Kg8 46. Kb3 $16) 44. Kd2
a5 45. Rf1 Rf6 (45... Ng6 46. Rf7 $16) 46. Bc4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf1f6]} Rf8 (
46... Nh5 47. Rxf6 Nxf6 48. Kd3 Ng4 49. Kxd4 Nxh6 50. Kc5 Nf5 51. Bd3 $18 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb4]}) 47. Rf3 Rf6 48. b3 $22 $18 Rf8 49. Rf2 Rf6 50. Rf1 Rf8 51. Re1
$1 Ng2 (51... Ng6 52. Re4 Rf4 53. Re8+ Rf8 54. Rxf8+ Nxf8 55. Kd3 $18) 52. Re4
Ne3 53. Rxd4 Nf5 54. Rd5 Nxh6 55. Rxa5 Nf5 56. Bd3 Ng3 57. Rb5 h5 58. Rxb4 Kg7
59. a4 Ra8 60. Ke3 Rh8 61. Kf3 h4 62. Kg4 Nh1 63. Rf4 Rh6 64. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 d5 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. Rhe1 (12. e5 $5) 12... Bd7 $5 (
12... h6) (12... dxe4) 13. e5 (13. exd5 $5 Bxb5 14. d6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16.
Rxd6 Bc6 $14) (13. Bxd7) 13... Ne8 14. h4 $5 Nc7 15. Nd4 (15. Nc5 $5 Bxb5 16.
axb5 b6 17. Nb7 Qd7 18. Ne4 $5 (18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd6 f6)) 15... Nc6 16. Bxe7 (
16. Nf3 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Nb4 $5) 16... Qxe7 17. Qg5 $5 f6 18. exf6 (18. Qg3 Nxb5
19. axb5 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 f5) 18... Qxf6 19. Nf3 Nxb5 20. Nxb5 (20. axb5 Na7)
20... Rad8 21. Rd2 Qf4 22. Qxf4 (22. b3 $5 Qb4 23. Kb2) 22... Rxf4 23. b3 Rdf8
24. Re3 h6 25. Kd1 e5 $5 (25... g5 $2 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2
29. Nxe6 $16) 26. Nxe5 (26. Rxd5 $1 Bg4 27. Ke1 e4 28. Nh2 Be6 29. Rd2 Rxh4 30.
Nf1 { g3}) 26... Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Rxd5 Bg4+ 30. Kc1 Rxg2
31. Nd6 b6 (31... Bf3 $5 32. Rxa5 g5 $5) (31... g5 32. hxg5 h5 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34.
Rxf5 Kg7 (34... h4 $2 35. Rf4 h3 36. Rh4 h2 37. Kb2 Kg7 38. Rh6 $1 {Wang Zili})
35. Rb5) 32. Nc4 Be6 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Ne5+ $5 (34. Nxb6 Rg4) 34... Kf6 35. Nd3
Rh2 36. Rd6 Rxh4 37. Rxb6 Ke7 38. b4 $5 axb4 39. a5 Bf5 40. Nxb4 Be4 41. a6 (
41. Rb5 g6 $1 { h5}) 41... Rh5 42. Kd2 (42. Rb7+ Kf6 $1 (42... Bxb7 43. axb7
Rb5 44. Nc6+ Kd6 45. b8=Q+ Rxb8 46. Nxb8 h5)) 42... Ra5 43. Ke3 Bh1 44. c4 h5
45. Nc6+ Bxc6 46. Rxc6 Kd8 47. Rg6 h4 48. Kd4 h3 49. Rxg7 Rxa6 50. Rh7 Ra3 51.
c5 Rg3 52. Kd5 Kc8 53. Kc6 Rg6+ 54. Kb5 Kb8 55. Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 e5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Qc3 Bb7 17. Qb4 d5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Ba6 Rc7
21. Bd2 d4 22. c3 c5 23. Kb1 Rb8 24. cxd4 Rc6 25. Bd3 cxd4 26. Rc1 Rbc8 27.
Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kxc1 {[#] Läuferpaar mit Bauernmajorität am
Damenflügel, Öffnung der Stellung ab Zug 38 führt zu mehr Freibauern und
Kraftzuwachs für die LL} Ne8 30. Kc2 Kf8 31. Kb3 Nd6 32. Ka4 Bd8 33. f4 f6 34.
f5 Ke7 35. b4 Kd7 36. Kb3 Kc6 37. a4 a6 38. g4 g5 (38... Kb6 $5 39. h4 h6 {
Bauchlage bietet bessere Chancen auf Remis als Öffnung der Stellung und
Bildung weiterer Freibauern}) 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Be1 f5 (40... g5 41. Bxa6 Nxe4
42. b5+ $16) 41. exf5 gxf5 42. gxf5 a5 43. Bg3 Kd5 44. bxa5 Bxa5 45. f6 Bd8 46.
f7 Be7 47. a5 Nc8 48. Bc4+ Kd6 49. a6 Bf8 50. Be1 Kc6 51. Bb4 Nd6 52. a7 Kb7
53. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.10.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Forchert, Martin"]
[Black "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5
15. h4 Rb8 16. g5 Nb6 17. Bd3 {Multimedia Dateien nicht kopiert} (17. g6 {
Timman-Salov/Linares 1991}) 17... Na4 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. h5 Nc4 20. Bc1 e5 21. f4
f6 {Hier ist Weiß schon viel weiter mit seinem Angriff.} 22. gxf6 {Richtig war
statt dessen} (22. h6 $1 g6 23. f5 {und die schwarze Königsstellung wird
geknackt.}) 22... Bxf6 23. f5 d5 24. h6 (24. Ng3 $5) 24... dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bb7 {
Hier etwa kam ein Remisangebot von Schwarz, was Weiß eigentlich annehmen
sollte, zumal mit seiner knappen Bedenkzeit.} 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. hxg7 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Qe4 29. Ng3 Qc6 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. c3 {[#]} Na3+ $5 32. bxa3 Nxc3+ 33. Ka1
Nxd1 34. Qxd1 e4+ 35. Kb1 $2 (35. Bb2 $1 Bxb2+ 36. Kxb2 Kxg7 (36... Qc3+ $2 37.
Kb1 Qxg3 38. Qd5+ Kxg7 39. Qd7+ $18)) 35... Be5 36. Ne2 Qc4 37. Bb2 Qd3+ 38.
Qxd3 exd3 39. Ned4 h5 {Weiß überschritt die Zeit, aber die Stellung ist eh
verloren.} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Brueggemann, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 Qc5 14. Bb3
h5 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nf4 Re8 19. Ng6 Bh6 20. Qxd6
Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rhg8 22. Rhd1 Bc6 23. Nh4 Rg4 24. Nf3 Rxe4 25. Nd4 Bf4 26. Rxe6
Rd8 27. c3 Rxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kc7 29. Bf7 Kb6 30. Rf1 Be4+ 31. Ka1 Be5 32. g3 Rh8
33. Nf3 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 h4 35. gxh4 Rxh4 36. h3 Re4 37. a3 Kc7 38. Be6 b6 39. Kb1
Re2 40. h4 Kd6 41. Bf5 Rh2 42. Rd3+ Kc5 43. Bh3 Kc4 44. Re3 Kd5 45. Bc8 Rxh4
46. Bxa6 f5 47. Kc2 Rh2+ 48. Kb3 f4 49. Bc4+ Kd6 50. Rd3+ Kc7 51. Rd5 Bd6 52.
Rf5 Rd2 53. a4 Kc6 54. Bb5+ Kc7 55. Rf7+ Kc8 56. Rf6 Kd8 57. Rf7 Kc8 58. Bc6
Rh2 59. Bd5 Rd2 60. Be6+ Kd8 61. Kc4 Be7 62. b3 Rd6 63. Bg4 Rc6+ 64. Kd4 Rf6
65. Rxf6 Bxf6+ 66. Kc4 Kc7 67. Kb4 Kd6 68. c4 Bd8 69. Kb5 Bc7 70. b4 Bd8 71.
Ka6 Ke5 72. Be2 Kd4 73. Kb5 Ke3 74. Bf1 f3 75. a5 bxa5 76. bxa5 Bxa5 77. Kxa5
Kf2 78. Bh3 Kg3 {[%tqu "En","White to move and win","","","h3f5","",4,"De",
"Weiß zieht und gewinnt","","","h3f5","",4,"Fr","Les Blancs jouent et gagnent",
"","","h3f5","",4]} 79. Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf4 80. Bc8 (80. Bc8 Kg3 (80... f2
81. Bh3 Kg3 82. Bf1 $18) 81. c5 f2 82. Ba6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{IOM is definitely one of the strongest opens out there and this year had many
elite players and world champions playing there.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {It was a tough decision what to choose against a top
player but I just decided to avoid the lines he is checking everyday like
Najdorf and the Ruy Lopez.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {There is
an advantage for White probably buried somewhere in Fabiano's notes but he did
not want to recollect it today and wanted a normal game.} a5 $5 {This should
probably be awarded with a dubious mark but I am not going to be harsh on
myself because it did give me some chances later in the game.} (9... Qb6 10. f3
Rd8 {is known to be fine for Black.}) 10. a4 d5 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 {We had already spent a lot of time arriving at
this position but all of this had already been played but neither of us had
any idea about it.} 16. g4 {White is already better here and I was not too
happy with my position.} b6 ({My original intention when I aimed for this
position was to play} 16... Rd8 {but} 17. Ne4 $1 {is not too appealing for
Black.}) 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. f5 f6 {My only chance. I was sure I would not
survive if I allowed f6 so I just decided to play this. Fabiano Caruana missed
this idea but I am not sure if it was necessary to see it in advance.} 19. exf6
(19. fxe6 fxe5 20. Qg5 {was critical and I had the feeling that I was losing
here. Fabiano after the game said he did not go here because it was not clear
and he had chances to lose as well.} d4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. e7 Ra8 23. e8=Q+
Rxe8 24. Bxe8 dxc3 25. Bf7+ $1 {ends the game.}) 19... Rxf6 20. fxe6 Rxe6 {
I was actually pretty happy here mainly because I thought I was going to get
mated in a few moves when he played f5.} 21. Kb1 (21. Ne2 $1 $14 {was
necessary immediately to put his knight on d4 and kick mine off with c3.})
21... Rd8 {Aimed against Ne2.} 22. Rf4 (22. Ne2 d4 23. Nxd4 Red6 24. Qf2 h6 {
was my idea.}) 22... Bc6 23. Bxc6 (23. h4 $5 {still gave White chances.}) 23...
Qxc6 24. h4 Re5 25. g5 Rde8 26. Rd4 Qe6 27. h5 {I was not sure if this was
going to give anything for White.} Qf5 28. Rg1 Re3 29. h6 Rf3 30. Qd1 $1 {
I thought Black must have some tactics working for him here, but White is
definitely okay. Fabiano also was not too concerned about the position in the
post mortem and said after Qd1 he was okay with his position.} Rf2 31. Rd2 Rxd2
32. Qxd2 d4 33. Na2 $1 {I did not even consider this move till he played it,
but it's pretty strong.} Nxa2 34. Kxa2 Qe6+ 35. Kb1 (35. b3 {is good for White
but we were playing under time trouble and he probably did not want to make
any committal moves.}) 35... Qe3 36. Qd1 Re5 37. hxg7 $6 {This helps Black a
lot, White should just have waited and played 38.Ka2 immediately.} Kxg7 38. Ka2
Rxg5 $2 (38... d3 {was the first move that came to my mind but my nerves gave
in and I just went for 38...Rxg5.} 39. cxd3 Rxg5 40. Re1 Qd4 41. Re7+ Kg8 $11 {
The position is similar to the game but White's king is exposed here which
gives Black sufficient counterplay.}) 39. Re1 $18 Qf4 40. Re7+ Kh8 41. Qh1 Qf5
42. Qa8+ Rg8 43. Qc6 Rg7 44. Re1 Qf7+ 45. b3 Rg6 46. Re8+ Kg7 (46... Rg8 {
was my best chance but I don't think Black is going to survive this.}) 47. Qe4
Qf6 48. Qb7+ Kh6 49. Re7 Qc6 50. Rxh7+ Kg5 51. Qe7+ Rf6 52. Qg7+ Kf4 53. Rh4+
Ke5 54. Qg5+ Ke6 55. Qxf6+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 6. f3
{[%emt 0:00:19]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:51] Une ligne secondaire} (6... e5) (6... e6)
7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (7. Be3 $5 {Maleki,N (2119)-Bernard,C (2336) Syre
Memorial op 30th 2007 (2) 0-1}) 7... e6 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:12]
} (8. Qe2 {[%cal Gc1e3]}) 8... Be7 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} O-O
{[%emt 0:03:17]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:04]} (10... a6 {
L'alternative}) 11. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:57]} (11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Be3 (12. Qe1)) 11...
a6 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Qf2 {
[%emt 0:00:05][%csl Gb6]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} b5 {
[%emt 0:04:37]} 15. g5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nce5 {[%emt 0:04:25]} (15... b4 {
Tarasov,V-Ilivitzki,G RUS Ch 23th Cheliabinsk 1963 1/2}) 16. h4 {[%emt 0:09:20]
} b4 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 17. Na4 {[%emt 0:07:51]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:05][%csl Ra4]
[%cal Gc7c6]} 18. Nd2 $146 {[%emt 0:16:07]} (18. Nc1 Bb7 $132 {Szabo,Z (2431)
-Romanov,E (2591) Harkany Tenkes Cup 33rd 2009 (2) 0-1}) 18... Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:
36]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 20. exd5 {[%emt 0:04:51]}
Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 21. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (21. Ne4) 21... Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:
05]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:13:50]} (22. Nb2 {[%csl Rb2]}) 22... Bxa4 {[%emt 0:02:32]}
(22... Ng6 23. h5 Ngf8 24. Nb2 a5 25. g6 $5 hxg6 26. hxg6 Nxg6 27. Bd3 Ngf8 28.
Nbc4 $44) 23. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 24. h5 {[%emt 0:06:54]
} (24. Bxb5 axb5 $132 {[%csl Ra2]}) 24... Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 25. g6 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:20]} (25. Bxb5) 25... hxg6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 26. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:39]
} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 27. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:55][%cal Gh3e6]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:04:
03]} (27... Rbc8 {[%csl Rc2]} 28. Rc1 Qc3 $40 {[%cal Ge7f6]}) 28. Qf3 {[%emt 0:
02:47]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} (
29... a5 30. Ne4) (29... Bc6 {[%csl Ge4]} 30. Qe2 Bd5) 30. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:08:13]
} fxg6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:19] Joué а tempo alors que les Noirs n'étaient pas en
gros zeitnot} (30... Bd3 $8 31. Rxf6 (31. Nc4 Bxg6 $19) 31... Bxc2+ 32. Kb2
Qc3#) 31. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Ne4 $8 {[%emt 0:01:
27]} (32. Bxc8 $4 Qe5) 32... Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 33. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]}
Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 34. Nh7+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} Ke8 $4 {[%emt 0:03:56]} (34...
Kg8 35. Ng5) 35. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 37. Qc5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 38.
Qa7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rxd8 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} 40. Bb6+ $18 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxb7+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42. Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 43. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch12"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 (7...
a6 8. O-O-O) 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Gd5]} (9. f4) 9... Qb6 10. f3 (10.
Be3 Qc7 11. f3 a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 {Nezhmetdinov,R-Taimanov,M
URS-ch sf Baku 1951 (12) 0-1}) 10... Rd8 (10... a6 11. g4) 11. Nb5 $5 {[%csl
Rb6][%cal Gb5c7,Gg5e3]} (11. Be3 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5] L'alternative}) 11... Rd7
{[%cal Gb6d8]} 12. c4 $6 {[%csl Gd5]} (12. Qe1 $142) 12... d5 $1 13. Be3 (13.
exd5 $142 exd5 14. c5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kb1 Re7 17. Bd3 $13) 13... Qa6
$40 {[%csl Ra2,Rc4]} 14. cxd5 (14. Kb1 dxc4 {[%csl Rd2]}) 14... Qxa2 15. Qc2
Nb4 16. Nc3 Nxc2 17. Kxc2 Rc7 18. Ra1 Rxc3+ 19. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Draoui, Najib"]
[Black "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f3
{Un coup assez rare а ce moment de l'ouverture} (8. O-O-O {la grande ligne} Bd7
(8... h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. g4 $1 {
Mrdja,M (2405)-Primel,D (2030) Vincennes op 1994 1-0})) 8... Nxd4 {Une
nouveauté mais les deux joueurs vont retomber au 10ème coup dans des lignes
connues.} 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O (10... b5 $5) 11. g4 ({RR} 11. h4 {plus
courant mais DRAOUI avait choisi de refuser le débat théorique avec son
adversaire qui est un entraineur réputé.} b5 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3
Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qf2 b4) 12. Kb1 ({RR} 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qa5
14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. Rd4 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 h6 22. Qd3 Rxd4 23. Qxd4) ({RR} 12. a3 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14.
Bh4 Rc8 15. g4 Rc5 16. Rg1 e5 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Bf2 Rc7 19. Kb1 Bg5 20. a4 b4 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qa5 Rc6 24. Qxb4 Qc7) ({RR} 12. g4 Bb7 ({RR} 12...
Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qf2 Be6 16. Nc1 Qc7 17. Be3 a5 18. h5 a4 19. g5
Nd7 20. Bh3 a3 21. b3 Qc3 22. Nd3 Nc5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rad8
26. Bb6 Rd7 27. Bxe6 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2525)-Hou,Y (2158)/Shenzheng 2005/CBM
107 ext/1-0 (62)}) 13. Be3 ({RR} 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5
17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Qa5 21. Kb1 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bh3
) 13... e5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5 Qc7 18. h5 b3 19. axb3 a4
20. Bc4 axb3 21. cxb3 Ra5 22. Qc3 Rc8) 12... Qc7 ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7
14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Rde1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nc1 a4 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Qxb4 Reb8 20.
Qd2 d5 21. Qe2 Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Ba3+) 13. h5 ({RR} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 ({RR} 13... Bxf6
14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. e5 Bd8) 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd2) ({RR} 13. g4) 13... h6 14. Bh4 ({
RR} 14. Be3 Bb7 15. g4 Nh7) ({RR} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rh3 Rh8) 14...
Bb7 15. Ne2 ({RR} 15. g4 e5 ({RR} 15... Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4
Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7) 16. Qd3
Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 ({RR} 19. fxe4 Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Rfd8) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 Bxg5 21. Bh3 Rcd8) ({RR} 15. Bd3) 15... Rac8 16.
Qd2 ({RR} 16. Rc1 d5) 16... Rfd8 17. Re1 ({RR} 17. Bg3 Ne8 ({RR} 17... e5 18.
Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Bxa2+)) ({RR} 17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 ({RR
} 18. exd5 Rxd5) 18... Qxe5 19. g4) ({RR} 17. g4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4) 17... e5 (
{RR} 17... d5 18. e5 Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qh7 21. Bd3 Qh8 22. Bh4) 18. Bxf6
({RR} 18. Nc3 d5 ({RR} 18... b4) 19. Nxd5 ({RR} 19. Bxf6 dxe4 20. Qf2 Bxf6)
19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5) ({RR} 18. Ng3 d5 19. Bd3) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20.
Qd1 ({RR} 20. Qd3 d5 ({RR} 20... Qa5 21. Rd1 Rc5) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5
23. Qb3 ({RR} 23. Qf5 e4 24. Qxe4 Re5 25. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qc1+ 27. Rxc1
Rxc1#) ({RR} 23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qf5 e4) 23... Rd2) 20... Qa5 ({RR} 20... d5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bd3) ({RR} 20... b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 a5 23.
Bb5) 21. Nd5 ({RR} 21. g4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rh2 d5) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5
Rxc2 23. Kxc2 ({RR} 23. f4 Rd2) 23... Qxa2 24. f4 ({RR} 24. Re4 Rc8+ 25. Bc4 ({
RR} 25. Kd3 Qxb2 26. Rg4 e4+ 27. Kxe4 Qe5+ 28. Kd3 Qe3# ({RR} 28... Rc3#))
25... bxc4 26. Rhe1 Rb8) ({RR} 24. Kd3 Qc4#) ({RR} 24. Qd3 Rc8+ 25. Kd1 ({RR} 
25. Qc3 Rxc3+ 26. Kxc3 b4+ 27. Kc2 b3+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+) 25... Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+)
24... Rc8+ ({RR} 24... Bxf4 25. Rh3) 25. Kd2 ({RR} 25. Kd3 Qc4+ 26. Kd2 Qxf4+
27. Kd3 Qc4# {[%csl Rd3]}) 25... Bxf4+ {Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Anand,V (2770)/
Linares 1998/CBM 064/[Ftacnik]/0-1}) ({RR} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7
14. Qg3) ({RR} 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Bxd2 Kxe7
16. Ba5 Rd7 17. c4) 11... b5 12. Be3 Qa5 $146 {[%cal Gb5b4,Ga5a2]} ({RR} 12...
Bb7 {RR} 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. g5 Qa5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Bc5 18. Qf4 Rac8
19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Nd4 Qa4 21. Nb3 Rxc2 22. Kxc2 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Rc8+ 24. Bc4 Rxc4+
25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Na5 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Bd5 {Stolz,M (2320)-Reeh,O (2420)/Germany
1999/GER-chT/1-0 (54)}) 13. Kb1 {[%csl Ra2]} b4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. g5 Nd7 (15...
Nh5 16. Ng3 $1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 $40 {[%csl Gh1,Rh7][%cal Ge4e5,Gd4h4]}) 16. Qd2
Ne5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Qg2 $6 {[%cal Ge3c1] Trop lent et le début des soucis
pour les blancs} d5 19. Bc1 {Le marocain a perdu du temps pour régorganiser
ses pièces et les noirs vont prendre l'initiative.} dxe4 20. fxe4 Rfd8 $32 21.
Be2 Qc5 $40 {[%csl Rc2]} 22. Be3 a5 {Garde l'attaque mais le sacrifice de
qualité devait gagner rapidement.} (22... Rxd4 $1 23. Rxd4 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 b3 $1
25. axb3 Qxb3 {[%cal Gc8c5,Gc5a5,Gb3e3]}) 23. Rhe1 a4 $40 24. Bf1 Qa5 (24...
Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4) 25. Bf4 Ng6 (25... b3 $1 26. Bd2 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4,Gb3c2,
Gb3a2]}) 26. Bc1 Qc5 (26... b3 27. c3 bxa2+ 28. Ka1 (28. Kxa2 Bc5) 28... a3 $19
) 27. Be3 Qe5 28. Qf2 Bxe4 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Red1
Rd5 33. Qe1 Qe7 34. h4 Qc5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd5d4]} 35. R3d2 Nf8 (35... e5 36.
Nf5 a3 $1 37. h5 (37. Rxd5 Qxc2+ 38. Ka1 Qxb2#) 37... Nf4 38. Ne7+ Qxe7 39.
Rxd5 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 Qc7) 36. Qe4 Rcd8 37. Rd3 g6 (37... f5 $1) 38. c3 bxc3 39.
Rxc3 Qd6 40. Rcd3 Qe5 41. Qxe5 Rxe5 42. Nc6 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Re4 44. b4 axb3 45.
axb3 Rxh4 46. b4 Rc4 47. Rd6 e5 48. Kb2 Ne6 49. Kb3 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 $6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8
14. Bg2 Na5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 h5 17. Rhd1 Nc6 18. R4d2 $13 {0-1
Dobrovolsky,L-Lanc,A/Trnava 1984 (52)}) (12. Nde2 O-O-O 13. Ng3 h5 14. Be2 h4
15. Nh5 Be7 16. g4 Kb8 17. Rhf1 Rc8 18. f5 Rhf8 19. Rf4 Qa5 20. Qe3 b5 {
1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Lanc,A/Stary Smokovec 1986}) (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 Qc5 14.
Ne2 Bxe4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 e5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Qd4 19. Rhf1 Be7 20.
Nb4 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 O-O 22. Nd5 Rae8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxd6 Kg7 25. c4 f5 26. g3
Rf6 27. Rd3 Kg6 28. Kc2 Kg5 29. Kd2 h5 30. b4 f4 31. c5 h4 32. gxf4+ Rxf4 33.
Rg1+ Kf5 34. Kc3 Rf2 35. Rh3 Rh7 36. a4 e4 37. Rg8 Rf3+ 38. Rxf3+ exf3 39. Kd3
Re7 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Kf4 42. c6 bxc6 43. bxc6 Rf7 44. Kd2 Ke4 45. Rg4+ Kd5
46. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Piket,J/Wijk 1992}) 12... O-O-O 13. Be2 Kb8 $6
(13... h5) 14. Bh5 Rh7 $16 15. Rhf1 Bc8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bg7
19. Rc4 Qe7 20. f5 $1 {Not allowing any kind of counterplay conected with f5
ef5 , d5 with compensation for the secrificed pawn .} Rhh8 21. Qd3 Rhg8 22. a3
Bf8 23. Bf3 d5 $5 {Black is doomed to passivity and eventual death , therefore
extreme mesures are called for . With d5 black tries to bring his black bishop
to life but at a very high price - irreparably destroyed pawn structure .} 24.
exd5 exf5 25. Ne2 Qd6 26. Nd4 Qb6 27. Rc3 $1 Ka7 28. Rd1 Bd6 29. Qe3 f4 (29...
Bxh2 $2 30. Rb3 $18 Qc5 31. Nc6+) 30. Qd3 Rge8 31. Rb3 Qc5 32. Qh7 $18 Re7 33.
Qxh6 Be5 34. Rc3 Qb6 35. Rcd3 Rc7 36. Qh7 Rc4 37. Nb3 $5 (37. c3) 37... a5 38.
Qxf7 Bf5 (38... a4 39. d6 Rc5 (39... axb3 40. Qxc4 Be6 41. Qa4+ $18) 40. d7
axb3 41. Rxb3 $18) 39. d6 Bxd3 40. Rxd3 Rdc8 41. Bxb7 $1 Qg1+ (41... Qxb7 42.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 43. Nxa5+ Kb6 44. Nxc4+ Rxc4 45. d7 Bc7 46. d8=Q Bxd8 47. Rxd8 $18)
42. Ka2 R8c7 43. dxc7 Rxc2 44. Rd2 Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f4 Kh8 12. f5 b5 13. g3 $5 (13. Ne2 exf5
14. exf5 Ne5 15. Nf4 Rg8 16. g3 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Be4 18. Bg2 f5 $13 {Short-Popovic
Subotica izt 1987}) 13... b4 (13... exf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bg2 $16) (13... Rg8
14. Ne2 $1 exf5 15. Bg2 $1 $16) 14. Ne2 e5 15. g4 $5 {/\Ng3,Bc4,Nf1-e3-d5} a5
16. Kb1 a4 17. Nbc1 Rg8 18. h3 Qc7 $2 (18... Bb7 $142 19. Ng3 Rc8 (19... Nd4 $5
$13) (19... d5 $142 $1 20. exd5 (20. Qxd5 Qb6 $13) 20... Nd4 $13) 20. Bd3 Nd4
21. Nce2 $14) 19. c3 $6 (19. Ng3 Nd4 20. Bd3 $16) 19... b3 $1 (19... Rb8 20.
Nd3 $1 b3 21. a3 $16 {/\Nb4}) 20. a3 (20. axb3 Na5 $1 $132) 20... Na5 21. Ng3
Bb7 22. Qh6 Qd8 $6 23. Nd3 Rg5 $6 24. Nb4 Bf8 25. Qh4 Qb6 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Nh5
$16 d5 $5 28. exd5 Bc5 (28... Nc4 29. Nc6 $1) 29. Qe1 {/\30.Qe2,Ng3-e4} Bxb4
30. axb4 Nc4 31. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 32. Rh2 Rg8 33. d6 $1 Be4+ (33... Rd8 34. Qd2 {
/\Qh6}) 34. Ka1 a3 35. Qh4 1-0

[Event "ANU op"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 $5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh6 Kh8 12. Qh5 $5 {For the fourth
time in a year these two players have entered one of the sharp main lines of
the Rauzer variation of the Sicilian Defence. Solomon's 12th move is intended
to delay Black's plan of ...Rg8-g6 but Black decides to go ahead and play it
anyway, hoping to seriously embarrass the White queen should White accept the
pawn sacrifice.} Rg8 $5 13. Qxf7 {If White does not take the pawn his queen
manouevre would be shown to be pointless.} Rg6 14. f4 {Forced, to avoid 14...
Ne5, winning the queen.} Bf8 $1 15. Kb1 $2 ({Solomon avoids the threat of 15...
Bh6 16.g3 Ne5 but misses a chance to free his queen with} 15. Nc5 $1 Bh6 16.
Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6 Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 Be5 {with chances for both sides.}) 15... b5
$1 {Now 16...Ra7 is coming.} 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 b4 $1 18. Ne2 ({If} 18. Rxb4
$6 d5 19. Rd4 $2 Bc5 {and 20...Ra7 wins.}) 18... Rb8 $1 19. Qa7 $2 ({Since
this does not save the queen, Solomon had to try} 19. f5 Rb7 20. fxg6 Rxf7 21.
gxf7 {although Black retains some advantage.}) 19... Rb6 $1 20. Rc4 Bb7 21. f5
Rg7 22. Nf4 d5 23. exd5 ({After} 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. fxe6 dxc4 {Black is a piece
ahead.}) 23... exd5 24. Rd4 Ba8 {Now the queen is lost and the rest is simple
technique.} 25. Qxg7+ Bxg7 26. Bc4 Rd6 27. Rhd1 Qe7 28. Ne6 Rxe6 29. fxe6 f5
30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Qh4 32. a3 bxa3 33. Rd7 Bf6 34. Bd3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 (12... Nd7 13. Nb5 Qb8
14. g4 a6 15. N5d4 Qc7 16. h4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. g5 d5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Bc4
$14 {Gipslis,A-Tukmakov,V/URS/1975/}) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5
16. g4 (16. Bb5 $5) 16... Bf6 (16... Be6 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. c3 $13 (
19. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 20. g5 $2 Bxb2 21. Kxb2 Nb4 $40 {Jimenez-Pomar/Havana olm/
1966/})) 17. Kb1 Be6 18. g5 (18. c3) (18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Bd4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 $14 {
Rogers,I-Kotronias,V/Manila/1992/}) 18... Be5 19. f4 d4 $1 20. Bc1 (20. fxe5
dxe3 21. Qxe3 Nxe5 $36) (20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxf4 $15) 20... Bd5 21. Rg1 Bd6
22. Bg2 (22. Nxd4 Nxd4 (22... Bc5 23. c3 Qa5 $40) 23. Qxd4 Bc5 24. Qxd5 Bxg1
$17) 22... Bxg2 23. Rxg2 Qd7 $1 24. Qe2 (24. Nxd4 Bc5) 24... Bf8 25. Qd3 Rd8
26. a3 Qd5 27. Re2 b5 28. Bd2 a6 29. Re1 g6 30. h4 $6 h5 $1 {xh4} 31. Re4 Kh7
32. Qe2 $6 (32. Nc1 $1) 32... Bg7 33. Na5 $2 (33. Nc1 $1) 33... d3 $1 34. cxd3
(34. Qxd3 Qxd3 (34... Qf5 35. Qe3 Rxd2 36. Nxc6 Rh2 $17) 35. cxd3 Rxd3 $17)
34... Nd4 $1 (34... Qxd3+) 35. Qf1 Nf5 36. Be1 Qxd3+ 37. Qxd3 Rxd3 38. Nc6 Ne3
(38... Rh3) 39. Ka2 Ng2 40. Ne5 Nxe1 41. Rxe1 (41. Nxd3 Nxd3 $19) 41... Rd2 (
41... Bxe5 $5 42. fxe5 Rh3 43. e6 fxe6 44. Rxe6 Rxh4 45. Rxa6 Rg4 46. Ra5 Rxg5
47. a4 h4 48. Rxb5 h3 $19) 42. a4 bxa4 43. Re4 Rh2 44. Nxf7 (44. Rxa4 Rxh4 45.
Rxa6 (45. Nxf7 Rh2 46. Ne5 h4 $17) 45... Rxf4 $19) 44... Bxb2 45. Rxa4 Bg7+ 46.
Kb3 Rxh4 $19 47. Kc2 Rg4 48. Kd3 h4 49. Ke4 h3 50. Ra2 Kg8 51. Ne5 Rg2 52. Ra3
Re2+ 53. Kd5 h2 54. Rh3 Bxe5 55. fxe5 a5 56. e6 a4 57. Kd6 a3 58. Rb3 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schlosser,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 (11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Bxf6 $5 {
Benjamin,J-Anand,V/Groningen PCA (06)/1993/ CBM39}) 11... Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. g4 {16.g3, 16.a3, 16.Kb1, 16.Bb5} Be6
17. Kb1 Bf6 18. Nd4 (18. Bd3 Nb4 {Rogers,I-Kotronias,V/Crete/1991/} (18... d4
$5 {analog der Partie /Peters,J-Wolff,P/Los Angeles/1993/ ist zu prüfen - dort
wurden vorher die Züge 18.g5 Be5 eingeschaltet.}) 19. Rd1 $14 {! Rogers,I}) (
18. g5 Be5 19. f4 d4 $15 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V/Alcobendas (m/1)/1994/
CBM39}) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qf4 {! =/+ Wolff,P} 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rg1 d4 (21...
h5 $5 22. gxh5 $140 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Re8 $44) 22. Bd3 Bd5 23. f4 Re8
$10 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Kf8 26. Qb4+ Qe7 27. a3 Qxb4 28. axb4 h6 29. Kc1 g5
30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Kd2 Ke7 32. c3 dxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Kd6 34. Kd4 Bf3 35. Bf5 f6 36.
Ke3 Bd5 37. Kd4 Be6 38. Bxe6 Kxe6 39. Ke4 Kd6 (39... a6 $5 {Hecht} 40. Kd4 b6
41. Ke4 b5 42. b3 (42. Kd4 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Kc5 Kg4 45. Kb6 Kh3 46. Kxa6
Kxh2 47. Kxb5 g4 $19) 42... Kd6 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. Kg6 Ke6 45. h3 Ke5 46. Kg7 f5
47. gxf5 Kxf5 48. Kf7 g4 49. hxg4+ Kxg4 50. Ke6 Kf4 51. Kd5 Ke3 52. Kc5 Kd3 53.
Kb6 Kc3 54. Kxa6 Kxb4 55. Kb6 $10) 40. Kf5 Ke7 41. b5 Kf7 42. b3 Ke7 43. Kg6
Ke6 44. Kg7 Ke7 45. Kg6 Ke6 46. Kg7 f5 47. gxf5+ Kxf5 48. Kf7 Kg4 49. Kg6 Kh4
50. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku op"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 ({
Eine andere beliebte Variante des Klassischen Sizilianers entseht nach} 7...
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6
14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {zum Beispiel:} 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1
Rfd8 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Kb1 Ba4 21. b3 Qc5 22. c4 Rd4 23. Be3 Rxf4 24. Bxc5 Bc6
25. Kb2 h5 26. g3 Rg4 27. Be3 Bf3 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 g5 30. a4 Rd8 31. Kc3
Nc8 32. b4 a6 33. Bc5 g4 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kg7 36. Bd3 f5 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38.
Bd4+ Kf7 39. h4 {1-0 (39) Karjakin,S (2767)-Wang,H (2743) Stavanger 2013}) 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 ({Gespielt wird auch} 8... Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6) 9. Qxd4 Be7
10. h4 b5 11. f3 O-O 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Nd4 Rfd8 16. Bd3
b4 17. h5 ({Bisher kam hier} 17. g4) ({und} 17. Qe1 {vor.}) 17... d5 18. e5 Ne4
({Nicht} 18... Qxe5 {mit Damenfang nach} 19. Bf4) 19. fxe4 dxe4 ({Aber nicht} 
19... Bxg5 $2 20. Qxg5 dxe4 {wegen} 21. Nf5 $1 {und nun scheitert} exf5 {an}
22. h6 Qxe5 (22... g6 23. Qf6 {nebst Matt.}) 23. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 {
mit der Pointe} 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ $18) 20. Bxe7 Rxd4 21. Bd6 ({Nach} 21.
Bxb4 exd3 22. cxd3 Be4 23. Rh3 Rxb4 24. dxe4 (24. Qxb4 $2 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Qxd1#)
24... Rcb8 {sind die weißen Bauern im Zentrum schwach, Schwarz steht etwas
besser.}) 21... Qb6 22. h6 exd3 23. cxd3 Rg4 24. Rc1 Qd8 $6 {Zu sorglos
gespielt.} ({Nach} 24... Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 f5 {steht das Spiel gleich.}) ({
Witzig ist auch} 24... Rc3 {ebenfalls mit Ausgleich.} 25. Rxc3 bxc3 26. Qxc3
gxh6) 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 $2 {Danch wird der schwarze weißfeldrige Läufer zum
Sorgenkind.} ({Besser} 25... Bxc8) 26. Rc1 Qe8 27. Rc7 Qb5 ({Auf} 27... Bc8 {
folgt} 28. Qc1 Bd7 29. Rb7 Bb5 30. Rb8 $18) 28. Ka1 $2 ({Nach} 28. Qf2 {wäre}
Qxd3+ {unangenehm. Deswegen hat Weiß das Schach aus der Stellung genommen,
wirft damit aber seinen Vorteil weg.}) 28... gxh6 $2 {Verliert forciert.} ({
Falsch wäre auch} 28... Rxg2 $2 29. Qxg2 Bxg2 30. Rc8+ $18) ({Richtig war} 
28... Qb6 {Droht Dg1 und Txg2.} 29. Qc1 f5 30. exf6 (30. hxg7 f4) 30... gxf6
31. Bf4 Bd5 {mit unklarer Position.}) 29. Qf2 Rg7 30. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Shmuter,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. g4 Bf6 17. Kb1 Bd7 $5 18. Bd3 Qe5 $6 (18... Re8 $32 19.
g5 (19. Bc1 a5 $132) 19... Qe5 20. gxf6 (20. Bc1 $2 Bxg5 21. f4 Qf6 $19) 20...
Qxe3 21. Qh4 g6 22. f4 Qh3 $15) 19. Bc1 Re8 20. f4 Qd6 21. g5 Bd8 22. a3 Bb6
23. Qf3 Ne7 $2 (23... a5 $1 $132) 24. f5 f6 25. h4 $2 (25. Bf4 $1 Qc6 26. Re1
$16) 25... Nc6 26. Bf4 Ne5 27. Qg2 Kh8 28. Re1 Qb8 $2 (28... Qc6 $14) 29. Qg3
Re7 30. h5 Qf8 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Rxe5 $1 $18 Rg7 33. Qf3 Rg1+ 34. Ka2 fxe5 35.
Bxe5+ Kg8 36. Qxd5+ Qf7 37. Qxb7 Re1 38. Qa8+ Be8 39. Qg2+ Kf8 40. Bd6+ Re7 41.
Qg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 $132 (11... Bxc6 12.
Bc4 $16 {/\ f5})) (11. Nf3 Qb6 $13) 11... Qb6 12. Nf3 Qc5 (12... Na5 13. Bd3
$132) 13. Bb3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. f5 Na5 16. Nd4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 (17. Nxb3 Qe5
$13) (17. axb3 h5 $13) 17... h5 (17... exf5 18. Qf2 $1 $16) 18. Rhf1 Be7 19.
Rc1 Qb6 (19... Qe5 $2 20. b4 $1 {/\ 21.Nf3+-} Qxh2 21. b5 $1 $40) 20. Rf3 (20.
Na4 Bxa4 21. bxa4 d5 $1 $17) 20... h4 $2 (20... Rc8 $13) 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Na4
$1 Qa7 (22... Bxa4 23. bxa4 Rc8 (23... d5 $2 24. Rb3 $18) 24. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 25.
Qxc1 $16) 23. Qb4 a5 (23... b5 24. Rc6 $1 e5 25. Rb6+ Ka8 26. Qa5 $18) (23...
d5 $1 24. Qxe7 Qxd4 25. Qd6+ (25. Nc5 dxe4 26. Rxf6 Rhe8 $13) 25... Ka7 26. Nc5
Bc6 27. Qf4 Rhe8 $132 (27... dxe4 28. Nxe6 Qe5 29. Qe3+ Ka8 30. Nxd8 exf3 31.
Qxe5 fxe5 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. gxf3 $16)) 24. Qb6 $1 Bxa4 $8 (24... Rc8 25. Rfc3
Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxa4 27. Qxa7+ (27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Rc4 Bc6 $1 $8 29. Qxe7 Bxe4+ $13
) 27... Kxa7 28. bxa4 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Nf5 $16) 25. Qxa7+ Kxa7 26. bxa4 $14
d5 $8 27. exd5 (27. Nxe6 dxe4 $132) 27... Rxd5 (27... exd5 28. Rc7 Bd6 29. Rf7
$16) 28. Nxe6 Rg8 29. Rf2 Bd6 $2 $138 (29... Kb8 $1 $44) 30. Nc7 $1 $16 Bxc7
31. Rxc7 Rd1+ 32. Rc1 Rd4 33. b3 Rdg4 34. Rcc2 R8g5 35. Kc1 f5 36. Kd1 Ka6 37.
Ke1 Re4+ 38. Rce2 b5 $2 $138 39. axb5+ Kb6 (39... Kxb5 40. Rxf5+ $18) 40. a4
$18 Rgg4 41. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 42. Kd2 f4 43. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Beersheba-Peterburg Kings m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. h4 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 $11) 11... d5 (
11... Rd7 12. g4 Qd8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 exd5 17.
Bb5 (17. Rhe1 Re7 18. Bb5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bd7 20. g5 Rc8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4
$14) 17... Rd6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd4 Ba6 20. Rhe1 (20. Nc5 $6 Be2 21. Rde1 Bxf3
22. Rhf1 Rf6 $44 {1-0 Arzumanian-Akopov/cr URS cup 1990 (36)}) 20... Qxh4 21.
Nc5 $16) (11... a5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4) 12. exd5 (12. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 $2 (12...
dxe4 $1 13. Qe1 Rxd1+ 14. Qxd1 Bxf6 15. Nxe4 Be7 (15... Be5 $15) 16. Kb1 Bd7
17. Bd3 Rd8 18. f4 Nb4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Qh5 Be8 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. Nh3 Qc6 $19 {
0-1 Arakhamia,K-Kotronias,V/GRE-chT Athens ,EXP 1996 (34)}) 13. exd5 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 exd5 15. Qc5 Qc7 16. Bb5 $11 {1-0 Milov-Baikov,V/Roslavl 1989 (40)}) 12...
Nxd5 (12... Nb4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5) 13. Nxd5 $2 $15 (13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 (13...
Ndxe7 14. Bd3 e5 15. h5 Bf5 16. h6 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Nb4 18. Qg5 Ng6 19. hxg7 Nxd3+
20. Kb1 Nf2 21. Rxd8+ (21. Rdf1 Nxh1 22. Rxh1 Nf4 23. Ne4 Qg6 $17 {0-1 Klovan,
Y-Aseev,K/Frunze 1988 (25)}) 21... Rxd8 22. Rf1 f6 23. Qf5 $15 {0-1 Sax,G-Tal,
M/Bruxelles 1988/ Hazai,L) (42)}) 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. c4
Qc7 18. Kb1 exd5 19. c5 Ba4 20. Qd4 Bxb3 21. axb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Piket,J/
Dordrecht(1) 1988 (35)}) 13... Rxd5 14. Bd3 Nb4 $1 (14... a5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16.
c4 Rd7 17. Qg5 h6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Rc7 $11 {de la Villa Garcia,J-Gallego,
F/Espana (ch) 1985/Inf 40 (24)}) 15. Qe2 (15. Bxe7 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 17. Rxd3
h5 18. Rhd1 e5 $17 {0-1 Canfell,G-Piket,J/WchJM-U20 Adelaide 1988 (30)}) 15...
f6 16. Be3 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Qa6 18. Rhd1 Bd7 (18... Rxd3 $6 19. Qxd3 Qxa2 $4 20.
Qb5 $18) 19. Qf2 $2 $17 {White have not equalized...} (19. Qd2 $142 Bc6 20. a3
Rad8 21. Nd4 Be8 (21... e5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qc3 $11) 22. Qc3 Rc5 23. Qe1 Bg6
24. R3d2 Rcd5 $15) 19... Rxd3 (19... Qxa2 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Bc5 (21. Rxd5 Ba4
22. Ra5 Rc8 $19) 21... Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Bc6 $17) 20. Rxd3 Bb5 21. Rd1 (21. Rc3 Bb4
22. Rc7 Bd6 23. Rc3 Qxa2 $17) 21... Qxa2 22. Bc5 Bf8 (22... Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Bc6
$17 (23... Ba4 24. Qe7 e5 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Kf7 27. h5 $44)) 23. Bxf8
Rxf8 24. Qc5 Ba4 $2 $11 (24... Bc6 $17) {[%tqu "En","?","","","c5e7","",10]}
25. Qe7 $1 Re8 (25... e5 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 28. h5 $44) (25... Bxb3 {
Behind the staff there was a variant:} 26. Rd7 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qa5+ 28. c3 Qd5+
29. Rxd5 Bxd5 $14) 26. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 28. Qc7+ Kg6 29. Nc5 $5 (29.
Qg3+ Kf7 (29... Kh6 30. Qf4+ $11) 30. Qc7+ Kf8 31. Qd6+ $11) 29... Qa1+ (29...
h5 30. b3 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qd4+ 32. Kc1 Qe3+ 33. Kb2 Bc6 34. Nxb7 Qd4+ 35. Ka2 Bxb7
36. Qxb7 $11) 30. Kd2 Qxb2 31. Qg3+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EtVas Vantaa GM"]
[Site "Myyrmanni"]
[Date "1999.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Tella, Jussi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. h4 (10. Be2 b5 (10... Qb6 11. f4 Rd8 12. f5 Qc7 (12...
Ne5 13. Rhf1 Bd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6
b5 (17... Be7 18. Rb6 Bc6 19. Na5 $16) 18. Rb6 (18. Nc5 Be7 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 (
19... Bxc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. a4 $14) 20. Nxe6 Rdb8 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. g3 Rb7 23.
Bg4 Ne5 24. Bf5 g6 25. Bh3 $132) 18... Be7 (18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nc5 Bc8
(20... Bd4 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxe6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 $16) 21. Nxe6 $16) 19. Kb1 b4
20. Nd1 a5 21. Ra6 Rxa6 22. Bxa6 a4 23. Nd4 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. c3 $14) 16.
Nd4 $14) (12... exf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qf2 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rhf1 $16) 13.
g4 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Be5 16. g6 hxg6 17. fxg6 b4 $15 {0-1 Mahia-Franco,Z/
Buenos Aires 1980 (36)}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 (12. Qh6 Kh8 13. f4 (13. Rd3 Rg8
$132) 13... b4 14. Rd3 Rg8 15. Rh3 Rg7 16. Nd1 a5 17. Kb1 (17. Rg3 Bf8 18. Rxg7
Bxg7 19. Qh5 a4 20. Nd2 b3 $15) 17... a4 18. Nc1 Nd4 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6
$132 {0-1 Hindle-Muir/British ch Edinburgh 1985 (32)}) 12... Kh8 13. f4 Rg8 14.
Qf2 Bb7 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. Re3 Nb4 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5
Nd8 (20... Ne5 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rf3 Rcf8 23. Kb1 Bc8 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxf7
Rf8 26. Qh5 Bf5 27. Bd3 $14 {0-1 Pinson-Bonham/cr F-ENG 0 (37)}) 21. Bd3 Bxd5
22. Qh4 Rg7 23. Nd4 Ne6 24. Nf5 Rxg2 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Rxg2 Bxg2 27. c3 Nxd3+ 28.
Rxd3 Be4 $19) (10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhg1 Bb7 12. f4 Rc8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. g4
Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g5 Rfe8 18. h4 Nc5 19. Naxc5 dxc5 20. Qf2 c4 21. Bxc4 a4
22. Nc5 $16 {1-0 Mencinger,V-Ostojic,P/Ljubljana 1981 (49)}) (10. Kb1 Qb6 (
10... Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 b5 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. f4 f6 15. Qf2 Nc7 16. Qh4
$14 {1-0 Lobron,E-Zueger,B/Munich zt 1987 (56)}) (10... b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12.
Qxd6 Qb6 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Qc5 Qc7 15. f4 Bd7 16. e5 Be7 17. Qe3 $16 {1/2-1/2
Josenhans,D-Davies,N/New York op 1991 (22)}) 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Rde1 b4
14. Nd1 a5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Nd4 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ba6 $132 {0-1
Lobron,E-Popovic,P/Zagreb 1985 (28)}) (10. Bxf6 {-Theory main line}) (10. f4) (
10. f3) 10... b5 (10... Qb6 11. Kb1 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 b5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Bd3 $132 {1-0 COMP WChess-COMP Gnuchess/
London Uniform Platf 1994 (52)}) (10... Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rh3 Kh8 13. Rg3
Bd7 14. Nc5 Rg8 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rxg8+ Rxg8 19. f3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Comp WCHESS-Singer,B/USA Chicago ,EXT 1994 (42)}) 11. Bxf6 (11. f3 b4
12. Na4 Rb8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Nbc5 Ra8
18. Bc4 Bc7 19. Rd1 Kf8 20. Rd3 Ke7 21. a3 a5 $132 {0-1 Tseitlin,M-Greenfeld,A/
Beer Sheva 1991 (53)}) 11... Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Qb6 13. f4 Bb7 $5 (13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Rd8 15. Qc5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 e5 18. f5 Kf8 19. Rh3 Ke7 20. Rd3
Ra7 21. g4 $14) 14. Qc5 Qc7 15. e5 Be7 16. Qe3 Nb4 (16... f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18.
g3 Na5 19. Rh2 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Bc5 21. Qd3 $16) 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Kb1
Rfc8 (19... b4 $1 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Rh2 (21. Nd4 Rfc8 $44) 21... Rfb8 22. g3
Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bd3 $44) 20. Bd3 a5 (20... b4 21. axb4
Bxb4 22. f5 Rab8 23. f6 Bf8 $44) 21. f5 exf5 $2 $16 (21... a4 $1 22. Nd4 b4 23.
f6 bxa3 24. fxe7 axb2 25. Nb5 (25. e8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Nb5 Qa5 27. c4 a3 28. Qe1 (
28. cxd5 a2+ (28... exd5 29. Qd4 $16) 29. Kxb2 a1=Q+ 30. Rxa1 Qb4+ 31. Kc2
Rec8+ $19) 28... Bc6 (28... Bxg2 29. Rg1 Qxe1 (29... Bc6) 30. Rdxe1 Red8 31.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rxg2 Ra4 33. Reg1 g6 34. Rf2 Kg7 35. Rgf1 Rd7 36. Nd6 $16) (
28... Qa4 {[%cal Ga4b3]} 29. Qc3 Bxg2 (29... Reb8 30. cxd5 Rxb5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5
32. Ka2 exd5 33. Rd4 $16) 30. Rhg1 Bh3 31. Ka2 $132) 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Rd2 Rb8
31. Ka2 f6 $132) 25... Qxe7 26. Kxb2 Qb4+ 27. Ka1 Rab8 28. Rb1 Bb3 29. c3 Rxc3
30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qxc3 Qxb5 $15) 22. Bxf5 Be6 (22... Rd8 23. Bxh7+ $1 $18 Kxh7
24. Rxd5 {[%csl Rd5,Rh7][%cal Ge3e4]}) 23. Bd3 (23. Qe4 $2 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 g6 25.
Qe4 a4 $44) (23. Bxe6 $2 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 fxe6 25. Rd7 Rc7 $11) 23... Bc4 (23...
b4 24. a4 $16) 24. Be4 (24. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 (24... bxc4 25. Nd4 c3 26. e6 Qb6 (
26... Bxa3 27. exf7+ Qxf7 (27... Kh8 28. Rhf1 (28. bxa3 Qb6+ $19) 28... Qb7 29.
b3 a4 30. Qf3 Qxf3 (30... Rab8 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. Ne6 Rbb8 33. Ka2 Bf8 34. Rb1
axb3+ 35. Rxb3 $18) 31. Rxf3 axb3 32. cxb3 $18) 28. bxa3 Rab8+ 29. Ka1 Rb2 30.
Qe6 $18) 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. b3 Bxa3 29. Qe5 Kg8 30. Nf5 Qb7 31. Qe6+ Qf7 (31...
Kh8 32. Rd7 Rc7 (32... Qxg2 33. Rxg7 Qxh1+ 34. Ka2 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gg7g8]}
) 33. Rhd1 $16) 32. Nxg7 $1 (32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rhf1 (33. Rd7+ Ke6 $17) 33...
Rd8 34. Ne3+ Kg8 (34... Ke6 35. Rde1 $16) 35. Nd5 Bb4 36. Rd3 $14) 32... Qxe6 (
32... Kxg7 33. Rd7 $18) 33. Nxe6 a4 34. Nd4 Bc5 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Nb3 $16) 25.
Nd4 $1 (25. Qd3 b4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rd7 Kf8 28. a4 (28. axb4 axb4 (28... Rxb4
29. Nd4 Ke8 30. Rd5 a4 31. Ka2 (31. c3 Rb6 32. Ka2 Rab8 33. Rb1 Rg6 $44) 31...
Rab8 32. Rb1 Bxh4 33. Nc6 R4b5 34. c4 Rxd5 35. cxd5 Rb3 36. Rh1 g5 37. Rd1 (37.
Rh3 Rxh3 38. gxh3 h5 $17) 37... h5 38. Rd4 (38. e6 fxe6 39. d6 Rb7 40. Ne5 Rd7
41. Nxd7 Kxd7 42. Ka3 Bg3 43. Kxa4 Bxd6 $16) 38... Rg3 39. Rxa4 g4 40. Ra8+ Kd7
41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. e6 fxe6 43. dxe6 Kf8 44. Nd4 $1 Rxg2 45. Nf5 Bd8 46. Rd7 Bh4
47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Nxh4 $18) 29. Nd4 (29. g3 Re4 30. Rd5 Rg4 31. Rd3 (31. Rh3 Re4
32. Rh1 Rg4 $11) 31... Re4 32. Rd5 Rg4 $11) 29... Rc5 30. e6 Ke8 31. Rb7 Rca5
32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Nc6+ $16) 28... Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Bxh4 30. Rd5
Bd8 31. Nc5 Bc7 32. Ka2 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Kb3 Ke7 (34... Bc7 35. Kc4 Ke7
36. Kd5) 35. Kc4 Bc7 36. Kd5 (36. Kb5 h5 37. b3 h4 38. Na6 Bxe5 39. Kxa5 g5 40.
Nxb4 g4 41. Nd5+ Kd6 42. Ne3 h3 43. gxh3 gxh3 44. Ng4 h2 45. Nf2 Kc5 46. b4+
Kc4 47. b5 f5 48. Ka6 Kc5 49. b6 Kc6 50. a5 f4 51. b7 Bb8 52. Nh1 f3 53. c3 Kc7
54. c4 Kc6 55. Nf2 (55. c5 Kxc5 56. Nf2 Kc6 57. Nh1 Bd6 58. Ka7 Kb5 59. b8=Q+ (
59. a6 Bf4 60. Nf2 Bc7 61. Nh1 Ka5 62. Nf2 Bb6+ 63. Ka8 Bxf2 64. b8=Q h1=Q 65.
Qe5+ Kxa6 66. Qe6+ Kb5 67. Qb3+ Kc6 68. Qe6+ Kc5 69. Qf5+ Kd4 70. Qf4+ Kd3 71.
Qf5+ Ke2 72. Qb5+ Ke3 73. Qb6+ Kf4 74. Qf6+ Kg4 75. Qg6+ Kh3 76. Qe6+ Kg2 $19)
59... Bxb8+ 60. Kxb8 Kxa5 61. Kc7 Kb4 62. Kd6 Kc3 63. Ke5 Kd3 64. Kf4 Ke2 65.
Kg3 $11) 55... Kc5 56. Nh1 Bc7 57. Ka7 Kxc4 58. b8=Q Bxb8+ 59. Kxb8 Kb5 60. Kc7
Kxa5 61. Kd6 Kb5 62. Ke5 Kc4 63. Kf4 $11) 36... h5 37. Kc6 Bxe5 38. Nd3 Bg3 39.
Kb6 g5 40. Kxa5 g4 41. Kxb4 h4 42. a5 h3 43. a6 hxg2 44. a7 g1=Q 45. a8=Q Qd4+
46. Kb5 f5 $17) 25... Bc5 26. Qe4 a4 (26... b4 27. b3 Qa6 28. a4 $16) 27. c3
$16) 24... Rab8 25. Nd4 (25. Bf5 Be6) 25... Bc5 (25... b4 26. a4 b3 27. cxb3 (
27. c3 $16) 27... Qb6 28. Bc2 $16) 26. Qf4 b4 27. a4 b3 28. c3 Rb6 (28... Re8
29. Nf3 $16 (29. Rhe1 $16)) 29. h5 (29. Nf5 $16) 29... Re8 30. Nf3 Be6 (30...
Be2 31. Rd5 $16) 31. Bd5 (31. h6 g6 32. Rd2 $16) (31. g4 $16) 31... Qe7 (31...
h6 32. g4 $16) 32. Qe4 (32. Ng5 Rf8 (32... h6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Be4 Rf8 35. Qg3
Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. h6 gxh6 38. Rxh6 $16) 33. h6 g6 34. Ne4 Bf5 35. g4 Bxe4+
36. Qxe4 $16) 32... h6 (32... Bxd5 33. Rxd5 h6 34. Qf5 $16) 33. Bxe6 (33. Rd3
$16) 33... Qxe6 34. Rd5 (34. g4 Be7 (34... f6 35. Rd5 $16) 35. Qf5 $16) 34...
Rc8 35. Rhd1 Rbb8 (35... Rbc6 36. g4 $16) 36. Rd7 (36. g4 $16) 36... Bf8 (36...
Be7 37. g4 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Qa8 Qd7 41. Nd4 Kf8 42. e6 $18
) 37. R1d4 (37. g4 Rc4 38. Qf5 Rxg4 39. Rxf7 Qxf5+ 40. Rxf5 Rxa4 41. e6 Re4 42.
Nd4 a4 43. Ra5 Rd8 44. Rg1 Kh7 45. Rxa4 Rd5 46. Rf1 Rxh5 47. Ra6 Rf4 48. Re1
Re5 49. Rd1 Rf2 50. Nxb3 Ree2 51. Ra2 Rxe6 52. Rd2 $11) 37... Qa6 (37... Rc4
38. Rxc4 Qxd7 39. Rd4 $16) 38. Qd3 (38. Qf5 Qf1+ 39. Rd1 Qc4 40. R1d3 Qxa4 (
40... Re8 41. Nd2 (41. R3d4 Qf1+ 42. Rd1 Qc4) 41... Qe6 (41... Qxa4 42. Qxf7+
Kh8 43. R3d6 Re7 44. Rxe7 Bxe7 45. Qxe7 $18) 42. Qxe6 Rxe6 43. R3d5 $18 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb3]}) 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Nd2 Qa2+ 43. Kc1 a4 44. R3d6 $18 {[%csl Rh8]
[%cal Gd6h6]} Rxc3+ 45. Kd1 Rc1+ 46. Ke2 $18) 38... Qe6 39. Qe4 Qa6 40. Qd5 $2
$16 (40. Qf5 $18) 40... Qe2 41. Qxf7+ $2 $11 {White have lost of all advantage.
} (41. Rd2 Qc4 (41... Qf1+ 42. Rd1 Qc4 (42... Qxg2 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 44. R7d2 Rd8
45. Qxf8+ Rxf8 46. Rxg2 Rxf3 47. Kc1 Rf5 48. Rd5 Rxh5 49. Rxa5 $16) 43. Qxc4
Rxc4 44. R1d4 $16) 42. Qxc4 Rxc4 43. R2d4 $16) 41... Kh8 42. Rd2 (42. Qg6 $2
Rxc3 $1 43. Rd2 Rc1+ 44. Kxc1 Rc8+ 45. Kb1 Qc4 46. Rd1 Qxa4 $19) 42... Qe4+ 43.
Kc1 (43. R2d3 Qe2 44. Rd2 Qe4+ 45. R2d3 $11) 43... Qxa4 44. Kd1 $8 Rxc3 $8 45.
Ke2 Qe4+ (45... Qc4+ 46. Qxc4 Rxc4 47. Kd3 $14) 46. Kf2 Rc2 (46... Qe3+ 47. Kg3
Qxe5+ 48. Kh3 Qf6 49. Qxf6 gxf6 50. bxc3 b2 51. Rd1 b1=Q 52. Rxb1 Rxb1 $11) 47.
Kg3 Rxd2 48. Rxd2 a4 49. Rd4 Qe2 (49... Qc2 50. Rd2 Qe4 51. Rd4 $11) 50. Qc7
Re8 51. Rd8 (51. Qf7 Rb8 $11) 51... Rxd8 52. Qxd8 Kg8 53. Qd5+ Kh7 54. Qf7 Bc5
55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qe6+ Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kg8 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. Qg6+ Kg8 60. Qe6+ Kh7
61. Qf5+ Kg8 62. Qc8+ Bf8 63. Qe6+ Kh7 64. Qf5+ Kg8 65. Qe6+ Kh7 66. Qe8 Bc5
67. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade olympia hopes"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2002.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 (10... gxf6 {There was number of GM games in
this line with gxf6 and black performed well;}) 11. Qxd6 Qb6 $6 $146 {11...
Bxc3 leads to good counterplay of black as it has been proved in games
mentioned below:} (11... Bxc3 {Gofshtein,L} 12. bxc3 Qf6 (12... Qb6 {Gofshtein,
L} 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14. Nxc5 b6 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. c4 b4 19.
c3 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Martinez,A/Oviedo rapid45 1992 (46)}) (12... Qh4 $5 {
Gofshtein,L} 13. g3 Qf6 (13... Qxe4 $6 {Gofshtein,L} 14. Bd3 Qf3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7
16. Qxf8 e5 17. Qc5 $16 {Chandler,M-Eising,J/OHRA 1984/1-0 (48)}) 14. Qc5 e5
15. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6] 1-0 Ivanovic,B-Popovic,P/Novi Sad 1984 (40)}) 13. Qg3
(13. Qc5 {Gofshtein,L} e5 14. Kb2 Be6 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Qb6 Qe7 17. Be2 Nb8 18.
Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nd7 20. Rhd1 Rc7 21. Na5 Rac8 22. Bc4 $1 Nf8 23. Bb3 $16 {
1-0 Sax,G-Vogel,R/BL9394 1994 (35)}) 13... b5 (13... e5 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 14.
Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Rd5 Rac8 (16... a5 {Gofshtein,L} 17. a4 f5 18. Nc5
Qh6+ 19. Qe3 f4 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. f3 Qg5 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Zezulkin,
J-Berntsen,P/Eger op 1991 (37)}) 17. Rhd1 Rc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,
J-Christiansen,L/USA-ch 1984 (40)}) (13... b6 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 14. f4 e5 15. f5
Ra7 (15... Bb7 {Gofshtein,L} 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. Rd7 Bc6 19. Rd2 a5
$132 {Horne,D-Barendregt,J/Helsinki olm 1952/0-1 (58)}) 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. Be2 Rc7
18. Rd3 Bb7 19. Rhd1 Nc8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Nicevski,R-Sofrevski,J/Skopje/Ohrid 1968
(23)}) 14. f4 (14. Rd6 $5 {Gofshtein,L} Bb7 15. Be2 (15. f4 {Gofshtein,L} Rad8
16. e5 Qe7 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bd3 a5 $44 {0-1 Canfell,G-Goldenberg,I/AUS-ch op
1993 (25)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Rd7 Rab8 17. f4 b4 18. e5 Qh6 19. Nc5 $16 {[%csl
Rh6] 1-0 O'Kelly de Galway,A-Pomar Salamanca,A/Madrid zt 1960 (35)}) 14... Qe7
(14... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 15. f5 $14 {[%csl Rc8]}) 15. e5 Qa3+ 16. Kb1 a5 (16...
b4 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 17. c4 a5 18. Nc1 (18. Nd4 {Gofshtein,L} Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rd8
$19) (18. Nc5 {[%cal Gd1d3] Gofshtein,L} b3 $1 $36) 18... Rb8 19. Rd3 Qa4 20.
Nb3 Ne7 $44) 17. Nd4 $1 Ne7 (17... b4 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Nb5 (18. cxb4 {
Gofshtein,L} Qxb4+ 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. c3 {[%cal Gf1b5]} Qxb3+ 21. axb3 Nxd4 22.
cxd4 Bb7 $44 {[%cal Gb7d5]}) 18... Qa4 19. c4 $16 {[%cal Gg3b3]}) 18. Nxb5 Rb8
19. c4 Qc5 20. Kb2 Nc6 21. a4 $16 {1-0 Ginzburg,M-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 1998/
CBM 65/[Gofshtein,L] (45) In my opinion black has not enought compensation for
two sacrificed pawns.}) 12. Qc5 $1 {White queen is very annoying on c5 and
black doesn't get enough active play for sacrificed pawn;} Qc7 (12... Qxc5 13.
Nxc5 b6 14. Nd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 $14 {but white is better in this ending;}) 13.
Kb1 Be7 14. Qe3 b5 15. f4 {This is obvious now that black doesn't have enough
compensation for the pawn here;} b4 16. Na4 Rb8 17. e5 (17. Nac5 e5 $1 $44)
17... Rd8 18. Bd3 Na5 19. h4 (19. Nbc5 Rd5 20. Be4 Nc4 $1 $132) 19... Nxb3 20.
axb3 Bb7 21. h5 (21. Be4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 {black has some compensation thanks
to the knight a4 misplaced;}) 21... Bc6 (21... Bxg2 $2 22. Rhg1 Bd5 23. f5 $1 {
[%cal Ge3h6] and white's attack is impossible to stop;}) 22. f5 exf5 23. e6
Bxa4 $2 {By 23..f6 following by Qe5 black could survive for a while;} ({
Most resistant was:} 23... f6 $142 {[%cal Gc7e5]} 24. Bxf5 Qe5 25. Qa7 $1 (25.
Qxe5 fxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {but black has clear compensation here thanks to the
active pieces;}) 25... Re8 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Re8 27. Qf2 {[%cal Gg2g4]})
26. Qf2 Rbd8 27. Rde1 $14) (23... f4 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. Qe2 h6 26. Bc4 $16) (
23... Bf6 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bb5 $8 26. Qxf5 $16) 24. exf7+
Kf8 (24... Kxf7 25. Bc4+ $1 $18 {[%cal Ge3e6]}) 25. bxa4 b3 26. c3 {white
declined 26.Bxf5 for unknown reason;} (26. Bxf5 $142 $5 bxc2+ 27. Bxc2 {
[%cal Gc2b3]} Bf6 28. Bb3 $18 {an white is just two pawns up;}) 26... Qa5 27.
h6 g6 28. Rhe1 Rd7 29. Qf4 {Probably black lost on time here, because the
resignation here looks premature although white has large advantage here
anyhow;} (29. Qf4 Rbd8 30. Be2 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb3,Rf8]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is very typical for Rauzer variation of Sicilian with mutual
attacks on opposite wings and this was very complex to analyse because of
large quantity of tactical stuff, but my "close friend" "Fritz 7" was very
helpful as always ;-);} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Qc7 13.
g4 (13. h5 {[%cal Gh5h6] (Gofshtein,L) threatening h5-h6} h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 ({
More active was} 14... b4 $5 {(Gofshtein,L) srarting counterplay immediately}
15. Qxb4 (15. Na4 {Gofshtein,L} Rb8 16. Bc4 Bb7 $132) 15... d5 16. Qd4 dxe4 17.
Nxe4 Rd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 21. Bd3+ f5 $132) 15. g4
b4 $5 16. Na4 $146 {Interesting novelty.} (16. Qxb4 {Gofshtein,L} d5 17. Qb3
dxe4 $36) ({After} 16. Ne2 {(Gofshtein,L) with another moves order would
created position from noted above game 1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/
Santa Clara 1998/CBM 66(25)}) 16... Rab8 {Preparing Bb7-c6 reply.} 17. b3 {
Prophilactic against eventual Bc6.} (17. g5 $2 {Gofshtein,L} hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qa5
$36) 17... Rfd8 {[%cal Gd6d5,Ge6e5] 1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Kacheishvili,G/Linares
2001/CBM 81/[Gofshtein,L] (45) Black prepares counterplay in the center by
d6-d5 or/and by e6-e5 promotions.}) (13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. g4 b4 16. Ne2
a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Nb5 Qa5 19. a3 Rxb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Qxb4 Qe8 (21... Qc6 22.
e5 Nd5 23. Rxd5 Bxg5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxf3 26. Rg1 Bxh4 27. g5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc8,Rh4][%cal Gd6d8]}) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... Bxf6 $142 $5 23. Rxd6 Bd7 {
[%cal Gd8b8,Gf6e7]}) 23. g5 $40 {1-0 Zhang Pengxiang-Kotronias,V/Linares 2002/
CBM 87 ext (57)}) 13... Rd8 14. h5 b4 $146 (14... h6 {Gofshtein,L} 15. Bh4 b4
$1 16. Ne2 (16. Qxb4 $2 {Gofshtein,L} d5 17. Qa4 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Rc7c3,Rb8b4]})
16... e5 $142 $5 (16... Bb7 $6 {Gofshtein,L} 17. Nc1 Rac8 (17... e5 {Gofshtein,
L} 18. Qc4 $1) 18. Bd3 Qc5 (18... e5 {[%cal Gd6d5] Gofshtein,L} 19. Qg1 $1 d5
20. g5 $40) 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Bc4 Rd4 21. Rxd4 (21. b3 $2 {Gofshtein,L} Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Nxe4 $1) 21... cxd4 22. b3 Kf8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 Ne8 25. Nf5 {
1/2-1/2 Herrera,I-Garcia Ilundain,D/Santa Clara 1998/CBM 66(25)}) 17. Qe3 (17.
Qd2 {Gofshtein,L} d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 Bb7 20. d6 Qb6 $15) (17. Qg1 {
Gofshtein,L} d5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 {-17.Qe3}) 17... Nh7 $1 $132 (17... d5 {
Gofshtein,L} 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 $16 dxe4 $140 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. h6 $18)) 15.
Ne2 (15. Qxb4 $2 d5 $17 16. Qa4 Rb8 {[%cal Rc7c3]}) 15... Rb8 16. Qd2 (16. h6
e5 17. Qe3 g6 {and black is safe;}) 16... h6 17. Bh4 {White keeps the pressure
over h4-d8 diagonal;} (17. Be3 Nh7 18. f4 Nf6 ({or just} 18... Bb7) 19. g5 Nxe4
$36 {[%cal Ge4c3]}) 17... e5 {This move looks very logical, but 17...Nh7
probably solves black all opening problems;} ({Typical} 17... Nh7 {would stop
white's attack on the kingside;} 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 18. Ng3 (18. g5 $142 $5
hxg5 19. Qxg5 Nd5 20. Qc1 {and kingside of white is dangerously open;}) 18...
Be6 (18... d5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. exd5 Bb7 21. d6 Rxd6 $1 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qxd8+
$1 Bxd8 24. Ne4 $14) (18... Nh7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bc4 $1 $14) 19. Bd3 d5 20. g5
$1 hxg5 21. Bxg5 a5 (21... dxe4 22. fxe4 $16 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 22. Rdg1 b3 23.
axb3 a4 {There are mutual attacks on opposite wings in spirit of Rauzer
variation, but white is faster here;} 24. Nf5 (24. h6 $142 $1 g6 (24... axb3
25. hxg7 $18) 25. bxa4 $16 {Inclusion of h6 g6 moves makes big sense here as u
can see from the following variations;} Qb7 26. b3 dxe4 27. Bxf6 {[%cal Rh6h7]}
Bxf6 28. Nxe4 Be7 29. Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5e5]} Rd5 (29... Bxb3 30. Qxe5 $18) 30.
Qa6 $18 {[%cal Rg1g6]}) (24. bxa4 $6 Qb7 25. b3 dxe4 {[%cal Ge6b3]} 26. Bxf6
$140 {This move works for white while h6 g6 has included because of h6-h7
threat;} Rxd3 $19) 24... Bxf5 25. exf5 axb3 26. h6 Qa7 27. cxb3 $2 {White was
able to stop black's attack following way:} (27. c3 $1 Ra8 28. Kc1 $18 {
[%cal Gd3b1] and black doesn't have enough tactical resources over the
queenside to create some threats, while white has got some over the kingside
already;}) 27... Ra8 28. Bxf6 $1 (28. hxg7 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Rdc8+ 30. Bc4 Rxc4+ 31.
bxc4 Qa4+ 32. b3 Qa2+ 33. Kd1 Qxb3+ {and black saves the game;}) 28... Qa1+ $1
{It begins the series of forced moves which actually could be ended as a draw
in rook ending- see note to move no.34;} (28... Bxf6 29. hxg7 Bh4 $3 30. Ba6 $1
(30. Rxh4 Qxg1+ $17 {[%cal Gf7f6,Yg8f7]}) 30... Rd6 (30... Qxa6 31. Rxh4 Qa1+
32. Kc2 {[%cal Gc2d3]}) 31. Bb7 $1 $16) 29. Kc2 Rdc8+ 30. Bc4 Rxc4+ 31. bxc4
Qa4+ 32. b3 Qa2+ 33. Kd1 Qxb3+ 34. Ke1 Ra1+ $4 {34...Bxf6 would forcedly lead
to the drawish rook ending, but both sides would have to find some cool blows:}
(34... Bxf6 35. hxg7 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Bh4+ 37. Rxh4 (37. Kg2 $2 Ra2) 37... Qb6+ 38.
Qd4 $3 {[%cal Yh4h8]} Ra2+ $1 39. Kg3 Qxd4 (39... exd4 40. Kh3 $18) 40. Rxd4
exd4 41. Kf4 (41. cxd5 Kxg7 42. Rd1 Kf6 $11) 41... dxc4 42. f6 Ra6 $8 43. Ke5
Ra5+ $11) 35. Kf2 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 Bxf6 38. hxg7 $18 {Finally the
game has arrived to the technical stage where white achieves the win by exact
play;} Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qxf5 40. Qh6 (40. Qxd5 $18) 40... Bxg7 41. Kh2 Qh7 42.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 43. cxd5 Bf8 44. Rg4 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh2g1,Gg1f2,Gf2e3] keeping
black king cutted off over g-file;} Be7 45. Kg1 f5 46. Rg2 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48.
Kf2 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 e3 50. Kd3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a5 $146 {In the round no.
eight of the same tourney Fishbein hadn't tried this move anymore:} (12... a6 {
1-0 Kudrin,S-Fishbein,A/Seattle 2002/CBM 87_01/[Tyomkin,D] (40)}) 13. a4 (13.
Be3 Qd8 14. a4 d5 $132) 13... Nb4 {Tactical Nxe4 doesn't work here;} (13...
Nxe4 14. Bxe7 (14. Be3 Nc5) 14... Nf2 15. Bg5 $16 (15. Bxd6 Nxd1 16. Qxd1 Na7
17. Nc5 Rd8 $17)) 14. Kb1 e5 {Nxe4 is bad again, but white has to watch out
this blow everytime;} (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Nf2 16. Bxd6 Nxh1 (16... Nxd1 17.
Qxd1 {[%cal Gc2c3,Yc3c4,Yc4c5]}) 17. Bc4 Qf2 18. Qxf2 Nxf2 19. Rf1 Ra6 20. Bxb4
axb4 21. Rxf2 Rd1+ 22. Nc1 $18 {[%cal Gf2f1]}) 15. c3 Na6 16. Bc4 {It was
right time to replace black queen by Be3:} (16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bc4 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Bf2 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 16... Nc7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Qe2 (18. Nxc7 Qxc7 $8
19. Bb5 Rd8 20. Qf2 {[%cal Ge3b6,Yg2g4,Yh2h4]} Rf8 $8 21. Bb6 Qb8 $13 {[%cal
Gc8e6,Yd6d5,Yf6d7] white has no way to increase the pressure;}) 18... d5 $1 {
Right in time!} 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Bb5 Qe6 (20... Qd6 $5 21. g4 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Gg4g5]}) 21. Qd3 dxe4 22. Qd8+ Bxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ne8 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Rxe8+
Qxe8 26. Bxe8 exf3 27. Bb5 fxg2 28. Rg1 {[%mdl 1024] The material balance is
two light pieces of white for the rook and 3 pawns of black- very unusual; But
everything depends on dynamics;} Bf5+ 29. Kc1 Rac8 30. Nd3 Bd7 31. Kc2 Bxb5 32.
axb5 a4 $2 {Trusting on a4-a3 break and hoping to grab c3, but black wastes
very important time on it; It was necessary to build up pawn centre by:} (32...
Re7 33. Rxg2 f5 {and nothing clear yet: white gonna attack black pawns over
the queenside, but black can advance his kinside pawns supported by rooks....
Black is not worse with those passed pawns in the centre;  But this is easy
job to judge players sitting on arm-chair with cup of coffee and Fritz 7
swithced on- Fishbein probably was in time-pressure, and it is not that easy
to understand what's going on here in this ending even having spare time;}) 33.
Rxg2 a3 (33... f6 {[%cal Gc7c4]} 34. Rg4 Rc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Nc5 $18 {
[%csl Gb5]}) 34. Bb6 Rc4 35. Nxe5 a2 36. Rg1 {Black reached anything by
pushing his a-pawn, but white had grabbed very important pawn e;} Re4 37. Nd3
Ra8 38. Ra1 Re2+ 39. Kb3 Rxh2 40. Bd4 (40. Nc5 Rh6 41. Bc7 Rh5 42. Kb4 $18 {
[%cal Gb5b6,Yc5b7]}) 40... h5 41. Nc5 {Now white decides the game over the
queenside where white has all his forces- black can not get enough counterplay
by pushing his kingside pawns;} Rg2 42. Nxb7 Rg6 43. Kb4 h4 44. Na5 h3 45. Be5
{45.Rxa2 looks simplier:} (45. Rxa2 h2 46. Ra1 $18) 45... Rg2 46. b3 (46. b6
Rxb2+ 47. Nb3 Ra6 48. Bc7 Rxb6+ 49. Bxb6 h2 50. Bc7 h1=Q 51. Rxh1 Rb1 52. Ka3
Rxh1 53. Kxa2 $11) 46... h2 {46..Re8 could cause white more problems:} (46...
Re8 $1 47. Bc7 $1 (47. Nc6 Rxe5 48. Nxe5 h2 49. b6 Rg1 50. b7 Rxa1 51. b8=Q+
Kh7 52. Qc8 h1=Q 53. Qf5+ $11) 47... h2 48. Bxh2 Rxh2 49. b6 {and like in the
game;}) 47. Bxh2 $1 {White gonna queen his b-pawn, and bishop isn't needed;}
Rxh2 48. c4 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4,Rb5,Rc4]} f5 49. b6 Rb8 50. c5 f4 51. b7 Rc2 52.
Kb5 g5 (52... f3 53. c6 f2 54. Kb6 $18 {[%cal Gc6c7]}) 53. c6 g4 54. Nc4 (54.
Kb6 g3 55. c7 Rxc7 56. Kxc7 Rxb7+ 57. Nxb7 f3 58. Nd6 $18 {[%cal Gd6e4]}) 54...
Re2 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kb6 (56. Rxa2 $18 {[%cal Ga2a8]}) 56... g3 (56... Re6 57.
Rxa2 {[%cal Ga2a8]}) 57. Nf5 Rh7 58. Rxa2 Rf8 59. Ra8 Rhf7 60. Nh4 f3 61. Rxf8+
Rxf8 62. Nxf3 {Exciting game, and Shabalov is famous creator of this kind of
games; I always enjoy to watch his his games;} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {This was a bit unusual to watch Moro playing the
main line of Sicilian.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {After the bad experience
in Najdorf against Grischuk in round 10, Ponomariov decided to try different
Sicilian variation- the Rauzer.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O
10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Bf4 $146 {Dubious novelty by Moro, however even after
the most popular 12.Be3 white doesn't have any advantage.} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5
Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. h5 (15. g6 $6 $146 fxg6 16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nf6 18. Rh1 b4
19. Na4 Rb8 20. Qf2 Rf8 21. Qg1 Ne5 {1-0 Short,N-Muir,A/Catalan Bay 2004/CBM
098 ext (36) black's position looks preferable.}) 15... b4 16. Na4 Nc5 17.
Naxc5 dxc5 18. Qe1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 a5 20. Nd2 a4 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Xu Jun/
Shanghai 2001/CBM 085 (39) with mutual play.}) 12... d5 $1 {That's the main
drawback of 12.Bf4- it doesn't prevent d6-d5 unlike 12.Be3;} 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be3
Qc7 15. f4 b5 {Black is just faster on a queenside, than white- on a kingside.}
16. Qf2 $6 (16. Ne2 Nb6 17. Ned4 Nc4 18. Qf2 Bb7 $15) 16... Rb8 {The rook is
very useful on b-file in Rauzer setups.} 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 $17 {
[%cal Gb5b4] White doesn't have time to think about his attack even- black
threatens something with his every move.} 19. Kb1 b4 20. Ne2 a5 {There is no
reason for black to hurry up with Ne4 move- the knight is doing good job on c5
so far!} 21. Ng3 a4 22. Bd3 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 (24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rc1 Qa7
$1 26. Rxc5 d4 $1 {White can not save Rc5 now!} 27. Ne4 (27. Rc4 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1
Ba6 $19) (27. Rc6 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Bb7 $19) 27... Bb7 $19) 24... Qa5 25. Nh5 {
and again, white's attack is coming with big delay.} (25. f5 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Ba6
27. Rc3 Rdc8 $17) 25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 {No choice.} (26. Qe3 Bxa3 $1 27. bxa3
Qxa3 28. Qe2 b2 $19 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Bxb2 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Ba6 32. Qc2 Bd3 33.
Rxd3 exd3 34. Qd2 Qb3 $19 {[%cal Gb8c8,Gc8c2]}) 26... dxe4 {[%cal Gc8a6,Ya6d3]}
27. Bc3 Qc7 28. f5 {White's attack is fictitious- it just takes too much time
here to create some serious threats on a kingside.} Ba6 29. Nf4 Bg5 $1 {
Black intends to trade on f4- then, in opposite bishops endgame, black's
attack will be even stronger, also black will gain d3 outpost for his bishop.}
(29... Bxa3 $143 30. fxe6 {and white gets a hope.}) 30. h4 {30.fxe6 was more
resistant, however black has a large advantage there anyhow.} (30. fxe6 Bxf4
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxf4 fxe6 $17 {[%cal Ga6d3]}) 30... Bxf4 31. Qxf4 (31. Rxd8+
Qxd8 $1 32. Qxf4 Qd3+ 33. Ka1 e3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge3e2,Rd3d1]}) 31... Bd3+ 32.
Ka1 (32. Rxd3 Rxd3 {[%cal Rd3c3]} 33. Rc1 Rbd8 34. f6 (34. Qxe4 Rd1 $19 {
[%cal Gc7c5,Gc5g1]}) 34... gxf6 $1 35. Qxf6 Rf3 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Bd2 Qd7 38.
Bf4 Rg8 $1 39. Qf6+ Rg7 {[%cal Gh8g8,Yg7g6,Yg7g4]}) 32... Ra8 $1 $19 {[%cal
Ga8a3] The rest is quite simple- black pieces dominate.} 33. Bb4 (33. Qc1 Ra4
34. f6 Rda8 {[%cal Gc7c5,Ra4a3]} 35. fxg7 Rxa3+ 36. bxa3 Rxa3+ 37. Qxa3 Qxc3+
38. Qb2 Qa5+ 39. Qa3 Qxa3#) 33... Rd4 34. Qd2 (34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qxe4 Rad8 36.
Bd6 Qc2 $19) 34... Qxe5 35. Qc3 Qd5 {Black is up some material and black's
attack continues!} 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. Qc5 Rc4 38. Qe7 (38. Qxd5 exd5 39. Bd6 Ra6
40. Bf4 Rc2 $19 {[%cal Ra6a3]}) 38... Rac8 {[%cal Gc4c7] Ruslan doesn't give
any single chance to Morozevich.} 39. h5 R4c7 40. Qd6 (40. Qh4 Qd4 {[%cal
Gc7c2]}) 40... e3 41. Qxd5 exd5 42. Bc3 Be2 43. Rd4 (43. Rxd5 Bf3 $19) 43...
Rc4 44. Rxc4 Bxc4 45. g5 d4 $1 {the fastest!} 46. Bxd4 e2 {[%cal Gc8d8,Gd8d1]}
47. h6 Rd8 48. g6 {Probably Morozevich played this to entertain the
specatators :-).} Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 (11. Bc4 {Svidler} Qb6 12. Nf3 Qc5 (
12... Na5 {Svidler} 13. Bd3 $132) 13. Bb3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. f5 Na5 16. Nd4
Nxb3 17. cxb3 (17. Nxb3 {Svidler} Qe5 $13) (17. axb3 {Svidler} h5 $13) 17... h5
(17... exf5 {Svidler} 18. Qf2 $1 $16) 18. Rhf1 Be7 19. Rc1 Qb6 (19... Qe5 $2 {
Svidler} 20. b4 $1 {/\ 21.Nf3+-} Qxh2 21. b5 $1 $40) 20. Rf3 (20. Na4 {Svidler}
Bxa4 21. bxa4 d5 $1 $17) 20... h4 $2 (20... Rc8 $13 {Svidler}) 21. fxe6 fxe6
22. Na4 $1 {1-0 Svidler,P-Shipov,S/Elista 1994/CBM 44/[Svidler] (43)}) 11...
Qb6 12. Nf3 (12. Nb3 O-O-O 13. Be2 h5 (13... Kb8 $6 {Rechlis,G} 14. Bh5 Rh7 $16
{1-0 Almasi,Z-Damljanovic,B/Cacak 1996/CBM 57/[Rechlis,G] (44)}) 14. h4 (14.
Rhf1 Be7 15. Bf3 h4 16. Rfe1 Kb8 17. Re3 Ka7 $6 18. Rd3 Na5 $6 19. Nd5 $1 $16 {
1-0 Handke,F-Baches Garcia,G/Andorra la Vella 2002/CBM 89 ext (44). (43)})
14... Kb8 15. Bf3 Na5 16. Qe2 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20.
b4 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rh5] 1/2-1/2 Klovans,J-Gutman,G/Pardubice 2002/CBM 89 ext 
(35). (35)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Bc4 Kb8 (13... h5 14. g3 Be7 15. Bb3 Kb8 16. Rhf1
Qc5 17. f5 Na5 18. Nh4 Rdg8 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Garcia Ilundain,D/Cala Galdana
2001/CBM 84 ext (62). (61) with typical complicated position for this opening
line;}) 14. Bb3 Bc8 15. Rhf1 h5 16. g3 Qc5 17. Nh4 b5 18. f5 Bh6 19. Qe2 Be3 (
19... Nd4 20. Qd3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 $5 {with very complicated game, but white
looks better here;} (21. axb3 $14)) 20. fxe6 (20. e5 $5 Nxe5 {the strongest
reply;} 21. Ne4 Qb6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxe3 Rd8 25. a3 $14 {
and black has left with weaknesses all over;}) 20... fxe6 21. Ng6 Rhe8 (21...
Rhg8 22. Nf4 {[%csl Re6]}) 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Gc3e4] to clear e4 spot for the
knight;} f5 $1 {keeping e4 under control;} (22... Nxe5 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Nxe5
fxe5 25. Nxd6 $1 $16) 23. exd6 Bd4 24. Qxh5 a5 25. a4 {This leads to the
forced play till move 32 of black;} (25. Ne7 $142 $5 Nxe7 26. dxe7 Rxe7 27. Ne4
$1 Qe5 (27... fxe4 28. Qxc5 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 28. Ng5 {[%cal Gg5f3]}) 25... Bxc3
26. bxc3 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Rd7 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Ne5 {[%mdl 64] All is forced
after 25.a4 move;} Qb5+ 30. Kc1 Qxe5 31. Qxe8 Qxc3 32. Rfe1 f4 $1 {[%mdl 64]
This move saves black here- this what probably Shaba had missed while playing
25.a4;} (32... a4 33. Rxe6 a3 34. Rd3 Qb2+ 35. Kd2 a2 36. Re1 Qb4+ 37. Ke2
Qxe1+ 38. Kxe1 a1=Q+ 39. Kf2 {and white looks better eventually;}) 33. Qh5 $6 {
Shabalov still hopes to win this game while this was good idea to force draw
by one of following moves:} (33. Rxe6 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35. Ke1 (35. Ke2 f3+ $1
{that's why black needs 32..f4!}) 35... Qg1+ $11) (33. gxf4 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+
35. Ke2 Qe4+ $11) 33... Qa3+ 34. Kd2 Rxd6+ 35. Ke2 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Ba6+ 37. Rd3 $1
{White keeps it equal this way;} (37. Kg2 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Rxh2+ $3 39. Kxh2 Qxg3+
$19 {[%cal Ga6b7]}) 37... Bxd3+ (37... Rxd3 38. Rxe3 $8 Rd5+ 39. Qe2 $11) 38.
cxd3 Qxd3+ 39. Kg2 fxg3 40. hxg3 Qd5+ {this leads to immediate draw in rook
ening, other hand black king is same vulnerable as white's so probably white
keeps the draw here all ways;} 41. Qxd5 exd5 42. Ra1 Ra6 43. Rd1 a4 44. Rxd5 a3
45. Rd1 Kb7 46. Kf3 Ra4 47. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 (11. Kb1 {-is another popular line;})
11... Rd7 12. Qe1 (12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 {- is an alternative line for white;})
12... a6 13. N5d4 ({Old fashion is:} 13. Be3 Qd8 14. N5d4 {-see games;}) 13...
Qc7 (13... Rd8 {Gofshtein,L} 14. g4 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 $5 {[%mdl 4]} Nd5
$2 (16... d5 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 17. h4 Bxg5+ (17... Ncb4 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Kb1
Rac8 19. c3 $16) 18. hxg5 Qe3+ (18... Ndb4 {Gofshtein,L} 19. Kb1 $18) (18...
Ncb4 {Gofshtein,L} 19. Kb1 Ne3 20. Rc1 $18) 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Kb1 {[%csl Yh1,
Rh7][%cal Yh1h7] 1-0 Svidler,P-Gulko,B/Cannes 2001/CBM 82/[Gofshtein,L] (45)})
14. h4 (14. g4 Ne5 15. Kb1 Rd8 16. Bc1 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. g5 b5 19. h4 Nc5 20.
Bd3 Bb7 21. g6 Bf6 22. gxf7+ Qxf7 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Nf3 Nxb2 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2
Nijboer,F-Van der Weide,K/Leeuwarden NED 2001 (53)}) 14... Nxd4 $146 {It can
be the impovement of this line for black;} (14... Ne5 {Gofshtein,L} 15. Kb1 b5
16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 $40 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Haifa 2000/
CBM 74 ext (32)}) 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Bd2 {with the idea to face d6-d5 of black by
e4-e5;} (16. Be3 d5 $1) 16... Nh7 (16... d5 17. e5 Ne8 18. f4 {[%cal Gg2g4]
with the attack over the kingside;}) 17. g4 Bf6 18. Ne2 Qc5 $1 {[%cal Gd7c7]} (
18... d5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 (20... Nxg5 $2 21. Qh4 $18) 21. f4 (21. Bxg5
Nxg5 22. Qh4 f6 23. exd5 Rxd5 (23... exd5 24. Nf4 $16) 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. f4 $16
) 21... Be7 (21... Bh6 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bc3 $18 {[%cal Rh1h6]}) 22. Qg3 $16 {
[%cal Gg3h3]}) 19. Kb1 (19. f4 Rc7 20. Nc3 (20. c3 Qc4 $132 {[%csl Ra2,Re4]})
20... b5 $132 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 19... Rc7 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. g5 (21. f4 $5) 21...
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nxg5 $2 {It allows white to develop crushing attack over black
kingside;} (22... Bxg5 $142 23. f4 Bf6 24. Qg3 Nf8 $13 {white still has some
pressure over the kingside,but anyhow it was much better than the game
continuation;}) 23. Qh4 Kf8 (23... g6 24. Bc3 e5 $8 25. Bd2 $1 {getting in
anyhow thru the h-file;}) 24. Bc3 $5 (24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxa8 Nxf3 (25... Qb6 26.
e5 $1) 26. Bf4 $1 (26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Qb6 $132 {[%cal Rc7c3,Rc7c8]}) 26...
Qb6 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rc8 29. Qxc8 Bxc8 30. Bxg7 e5 $13 {There is very
unusual material balance on the board here- 2R+B against Q+2P of black....
white is up some material but I am not able to give evaluation here;}) (24. Bf4
$1 {[%cal Re4e5]} Nxf3 (24... Ke7 25. e5 Bxe5 26. Bxg5+ f6 27. Bf4 $16) 25. Qg3
(25. Qh8+ {-see 24.Qh8;}) 25... Ke7 26. Qxf3 $16 {white is up a piece for two
pawns only and it gives white good winning chances;}) 24... Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Rcc8
{preventing Nd5 blow;} (25... Rac8 26. Nd5 $1 exd5 27. Qxg5 f6 (27... Kg8 28.
exd5 $16) 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Qg6 $1 $16) 26. Be2 {Last preperation
for the final break f3-f4-white got his rooks connected by Be2, and it can be
entered to the attack via d1-h5 diagonal;} (26. Nd5 f6 {and no rook over c7 as
in 25...Rac8 line;}) 26... f6 (26... Qe3 {it prevents f3-f4 for a while, but
doesn't solve all black problems;} 27. Qg3 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc1d1]}) 27. f4
Nf7 28. Rhg1 (28. Qh7 $143 Ke7 $1 29. Qxg7 Rg8 30. Qh7 Rh8 31. Qg6 Rag8 {
suddenly white queen is trapped!}) 28... Qb6 (28... g5 29. Qh7 Ke7 30. Bh5 Rf8
31. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc3e4] Disaster for black;}) 29. Qh7 Ke7 (29... Rxc3 30.
Rxg7 Be8 31. Bh5 $18 {[%cal Rg7f7]}) 30. Rxg7 $18 Rf8 31. Bh5 Be8 32. f5 $1 {
[%csl Rd5] The final break- white is getting d5 spot for the knight;} d5 {
Temporary solution- but white crushes black's pawn chain down after this move;}
33. fxe6 Qxe6 34. exd5 Qh3 35. Qe4+ Kd8 36. d6 (36. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal
Yb4b6,Gh5g4] was another way to win the game;}) 36... Qd7 37. Bg4 f5 38. Bxf5
Nxd6 39. Qh4+ Kc7 40. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 03rd"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 {
Victor is well-known expert in Rauzer to fight againsst it with white- he had
scored close to 100% in this variation with white, one of his wins has been
against the annotator of this game:-)} 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 a6 11.
h4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 (12... Qc7 13. h5 (13. Qd2 Rb8 (13... Bb7 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2
a5 16. g4 Rac8 17. Nd4 $14 Kh8 18. h5 d5 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. e5 Ne8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V-Shapiro,D/Stratton Mountain 1999/EXT 2000 (32). (31)
}) 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. g4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Nb5 $6 Qa5 19. a3 Rxb5 $17 {
1-0 Zhang Pengxiang-Kotronias,V/Linares 2002/CBM 87 ext (57). (56)}) (13. Bxf6
{(Ftacnik) Gofshtein,L} gxf6 (13... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. e5 $16 Bd8)
14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd2 $13) (13. g4 $5 {(Ftacnik) Gofshtein,L}) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 (
14. Bh4 $6 {Ftacnik Not so bad in itself, but bishop would control also other
important squares from e3. White keeps the pressure on f6 and hopes for g4-g5
attack.} Bb7 15. Ne2 (15. g4 {Ftacnik} e5 (15... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 16. g5 hxg5 17.
Bxg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7
23. Qxg7 $14) 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. fxe4 {
Ftacnik} Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 $17) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 Bxg5 21. Bh3
Rcd8 $15) (15. Bd3 $5 {(Ftacnik) Gofshtein,L}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (16. Rc1 {
Ftacnik} d5 $17) 16... Rfd8 17. Re1 {If moves like this are called for white's
plan must have gone astray. In the meantime black have managed to develop all
his pieces. Gofsthein: for white a difficult to found good move} (17. Bg3 {
Ftacnik} Ne8 $15 (17... e5 {(Ftacnik) Gofshtein,L} 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20.
exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Bxa2+ $19)) (17. Nd4 {Ftacnik} d5 18. e5 (18. exd5 {Ftacnik}
Rxd5 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. g4 $44) (17. g4 {(Ftacnik) Gofshtein,L} Nxe4 18. fxe4
Bxe4 $40) 17... e5 $1 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Linares 1998/CBM 64/[Ftacnik] 
(27)} (17... d5 {Ftacnik} 18. e5 $1 {Gofsthein: This was the idea of 17.Te1}
Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qh7 21. Bd3 Qh8 22. Bh4 $15)) (14. Be3 {Ftacnik} Bb7
15. g4 Nh7 $11) 14... Bxf6 $5 {Tyomkin,D} (14... gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Bd3 (16.
Rh3 $13 {Ftacnik} Rh8 $13) 16... Bb7 17. Rh3 $16 {1-0 Socko,B-Kacheishvili,G/
Leon 2001/CBM 86 no vc (36). (35)}) 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bb7 $44 {[%cal
Gf6e5] with typical compensation in this kind of endings-the pair of bishops
and control over dark squares fully compensate the pawn;}) (12... Qa5 13. Qd2 (
13. e5 {Gofshtein,L} dxe5 14. Qxe5 {-see commented game 1-0 Fogarasi,T-Nguyen
Anh Dung/Budapest 2000/CBM 76[Gofshtein,L] (64)}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Nc1
Be6 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. g4 Rfd8 $132 {1-0 Balogh,C-Dembo,Y/Budapest 2002/CBM 86
ext (45). (44)}) (12... Rb8 $5 $146 {(Gofshtein,L) Interesting novelty. K.
Aseev is wellknown specialist in this variation, so we can suppose, he had
analysed this move carefully.} 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5 ({Worth of attention} 
14... Bb7 {[%cal Gd6d5] (Gofshtein,L) preparing d6-d5 break.}) ({Premature is} 
14... d5 $6 {Gofshtein,L} 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd4 {[%csl Rb8,Rd8][%cal Gd4c6]} Rb6
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 $14) 15. Nd4 ({Of course, Black has sufficient
compensation for P lack in case of:} 15. Bxf6 $6 {Gofshtein,L} Bxf6 ({Not} 
15... gxf6 $2 {Gofshtein,L} 16. Qh6 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6
Bb7 18. g3 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf6h4]} Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Kc1 a4 $44) 15...
Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gf6e8,Ge8c7] Usually this square - d7 - is destined for Nf6 -
after g2-g4-g5. K.Aseev prepares another path for Nf6: e8 - c7.} 16. g4 a4 {
Plans of both sides are clear: White organizes Attack on the black K, Black -
on the white one in opposite sides of the board. Who will be first?.} 17. Be3
Ne8 ({Worth of attention} 17... b3 $5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. cxb3 axb3 (18... e5 {
Gofshtein,L} 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 axb3 21. a3 $14) 19. Nxb3 $14 Ba4 20. g5 Nd7
21. h5 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. g6 Bf6 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Bd4 $132) 18. g5 Nc7 19.
f4 Qc8 {Too slowly.We can only suggest, what meant Black doing this move.
Maybe he wanted to prepare e6-e5 and than in case of nd4-f5 to capture twice
on f5?} ({Worth of attention} 19... b3 $5 {(Gofshtein,L) - in spirit of this
type of position!} 20. axb3 axb3 (20... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5
axb3 23. c4 $14) 21. Nxb3 Ba4 22. Nd4 d5 23. e5 Ba3 24. b3 Bb4 25. Qf2 Nb5 $1
$44)) 13. g4 {Actually I find 13.Qd2 better, because in the game line I don't
really see how white can get something after 15...Rac8 instead of 15...e5;} (
13. Qd2 Qc7 (13... Rc8 {Gofshtein,L} 14. Bd3 {-see commented game 1-0 Bologan,
V-Zvjaginsev,V/Belfort 1999/CBM 75 [Gofshtein,L](39)}) 14. Bd3 (14. Ne2 {
(Gofshtein,L) -see commented game 1-0 Bologan,V-Ye Jiangchuan/Beijing 2000/CBM
78[Gofshtein,L] (37)}) 14... Rfd8 15. g4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nd4 a4 18. Nb5 Qb6
19. h5 d5 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Smirin,I/Pula 2001/CBM 84 ext (19).}) 13... Qc7 (13...
Rc8 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. h5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 (17... dxc5 18. e5 Nd5 19.
Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Be4 $14 {[%cal Gd1d7]}) 18. a4 $1 b4 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 $14 {
[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc1b3] 1-0 Socko,B-Mantovani,R/Saint Vincent 2001/CBM 80 ext 
(50)}) 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Ne2 e5 $6 $146 {[%csl Yd5] e5 following by d5 is the
main plan of black in this sicilian structure, but in this specific situation
the only lack is that black can't lead d6-d5 after the following play of white;
} (15... Rac8 $142 16. Nd4 (16. h5 $4 Nxe4 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ge7g5]}) 16...
e5 17. Nf5 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. Nf5 d5 {and I don't see equality for
white here too;}) 17... d5 $17 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. g5 Qb6 21. exd5
Bxd5 $17 {0-1 Bremond,E-Caposciutti,M/Clichy 2002/CBM 87 ext (44)}) 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. g5 Be7 18. Nc3 Qc5 (18... Rac8 19. Bh3 b4 (19... Rb8 $142) 20. Nd5 $1
Bxd5 21. Bxc8 Bxa2+ 22. Kxa2 Rxc8 23. Kb1 $14 {white is better however black
has some compensation;}) 19. Bd3 (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rac8 {[%csl Ya6,Yb5,
Gg5,Gh4] white has very small edge here mainly based on vulnerability of a6
and b5 pawns in the forthcoming ending, however h4+g5 would be the same
vulnerable!} 21. Qd2 $140 d5 $1 {[%csl Rc2]}) 19... Rf8 $5 {[%cal Gf7f5] f7-f5
is one of ideas now, especially after Nd5 BxN pxN;} 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Ng3 d5 {
By advancing pawn 'd' to d5 black usually decides all opening problems;} 22.
Qe2 d4 23. Nh5 Bc6 24. f4 exf4 25. Rhf1 Bd6 26. Nxf4 Rde8 (26... Rfe8 27. Qf3 {
[%csl Gf7] and f7 is a target;}) 27. Nh5 Be5 (27... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e6]} 28. Nxg7
$3 Kxg7 29. e5 $16 {[%cal Ge2h5,Gh5h6]}) (27... a5 $142 28. Rf2 a4 {[%cal
Ga4a3] creating counterplay over the queenside against white king;}) 28. Rf2
Re6 29. Rdf1 g6 $4 {[%mdl 16384]} (29... Bd7 {[%cal Ge6c6,Yd7e6] with mutual
chances; At least I don't see clear plan for white to continue the attack on
the kingside;}) 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6 {[%csl Yf6,Rf7][%cal Gf1f6] white has
reached important f6 outpost for his pieces on semi-open file 'f', and also
white has access to all weaknesses thru it;} (31. gxf6 $2 Rfe8 {[%csl Re4]})
31... Bd7 32. Qf2 Rxf6 33. Qxf6 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Rh4h5]} Be6 34. h5 {[%cal
Rh5h6]} gxh5 {Otherwise h6 and Qg7 mate; But gxh5 doesn't stop white's attack
of course;} 35. e5 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf6h6]} Qd5 36. b3 Rc8 37. Qh6 Qxe5 38.
Bxh7+ Kh8 39. Bg6+ (39. Bg6+ Kg8 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Rxf7+ {and mate on next move;
}) 1-0

