[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Endgame-CD Knaak Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 (9. c5 $6 {Dolmatov} Ne8 $132) 9... Ne8
10. Ne1 (10. b4 {Dolmatov} f5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 c6 14. c5 $14) (
10. Be3 {Dolmatov} f5 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Ng5 Nxe4 13. Ngxe4 fxe4 14. Bg5 Bf6 $14)
10... f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 (12... fxe4 $5 {Dolmatov} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 $5 (
13... Nf5 14. c5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $14) 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Re1 Bf6) 13. Bxf6 Rxf6
(13... Bxf6 14. f4 exf4 (14... c6 {Dolmatov} 15. Kh1 $14) 15. Nxf4 Be5 (15...
fxe4 16. Bxe4 $16) 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 c6 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rae1 $14 {Karpov,
An-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1994}) 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Kh7 {N} (15... c6 16. Kh1
Rf7 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Nd3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Nijboer,
F/Amsterdam op 1994}) (15... Bd7 {Dolmatov} 16. Qd3) 16. Qd3 Rf8 (16... c6 $5)
17. Rae1 Be5 18. exf5 Nxf5 (18... Bxf5 19. Be4 (19. Qe3 $5) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxf4
Qd7 (20... Bd7 {Dolmatov} 21. Ref1 $16) 21. Nb5 $16 {/\Nd4,><e6}) 19. Kh1 $14
Qf6 20. c5 $1 (20. g4 $2 Qh4 (20... Qg5 {Dolmatov} 21. gxf5 Bxf4 22. fxg6+ Kg7
$132) (20... Nh4 $2 21. Ne6 $16) 21. gxf5 Bxf4 22. fxg6+ Kg8 23. h3 Bf5 $17)
20... Qg7 (20... dxc5 $2 21. g4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qh4 23. Ref1 $18) (20... Bd7 $6
21. c6 bxc6 22. dxc6 Be8 23. Ncd5 Qf7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Ne6 Nxg3+ 26. hxg3
Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qe7 28. Qb3 $16) 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Ne6 (22. Be4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4
Bd7 $10) 22... Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rac8 (23... Rae8 24. Bd5 $14 (24. Qd5 Bxg3 $1 $13)
) 24. Nd5 $1 $16 Ne7 (24... Bxb2 $2 25. e7 Rfe8 26. Rxf5 (26. Bh3 $16 {Dolmatov
}) 26... gxf5 27. Qxf5+ Kh8 (27... Qg6 28. Be4 $18) 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. e8=Q+
Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ $18) (24... Rce8 25. Rc1 Rxe6 $2 (25... Rc8 $16) 26. Rc7 Rf7 (
26... Ne7 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. Bh3 $18) 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. g4 $18) 25. Ne3 (25. b3
$1 {/\Ne3-c4} Rxf1+ (25... Nxd5 26. Bxd5 $16) 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Rc1 Nxd5 (27...
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Qb5 $16) 28. Bxd5 $16 {/\} Rf2 29. Qb5 Rxa2 30. Qd7 $18)
25... Bxb2 26. Rxf8 Qxf8 (26... Rxf8 {Dolmatov} 27. Qxd6 $16 (27. Nc4 Qc3 28.
Qe2 $16)) 27. Rf1 $2 (27. Nc4 Bf6 (27... Bg7 {Dolmatov} 28. Rf1 Qd8 29. Rf7 $40
) 28. Bxb7 Rd8 29. Ne3 $14 {/\Nd5}) (27. Qxd6 $5 {/\} Rc1 28. Rxc1 Bxc1 29. Nd5
Bg5 30. h4 Bf6 31. Qc7 Kg8 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxb7 Qxe6 35. Qxa7
$16) 27... Rc1 $1 28. Nd1 Bf6 29. Qxd6 Kg7 (29... b6 $5 30. Qf4 Ra1 31. Qxf6
Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Rxd1+ 33. Bf1 Nf5 $10) 30. Bxb7 Nf5 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. g4 Nd6 33.
Rxf6+ (33. Bd5 Ke7 34. Kg2 Nb5 $10) 33... Kg7 34. Rf1 Nxb7 35. Rf7+ (35. e7 Nd6
$10) 35... Kg8 36. Rxb7 Rxd1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Rxa7 (38. e7 $142 $5 {Dolmatov
Knaak} a5 (38... a6 39. Kf2 Re5 40. Rb8+ (40. Rb6 $5 Kf7 41. Rxa6 Rxe7 42. Ra3
Rc7 43. Re3 Rc2+ 44. Re2 Rc3 $14) 40... Kf7 41. e8=Q+ Rxe8 42. Rxe8 Kxe8 43.
Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. a3 $16 (45. h4 $1 h5 (45... Ke6 46. a4 Kd6 47. a5 Kc6
48. Ke5 Kb5 49. Kf6 $18) (45... a5 46. a4) 46. g5 a5 47. a4 Ke6 48. Kc5 $18) (
45. a3 h5 46. g5 h4 47. h3 Ke6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. a4 a5 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Kc5 Kf5
52. Kb5 Kxg5 53. Kxa5 Kf4 54. Kb5 g5 55. a5 g4 56. a6 g3 57. a7 g2 $10)) (38...
Kf7 $2 {Knaak} 39. Rxa7 Re2+ 40. Kg3 g5 41. a4 Rb2 42. a5 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44.
Ke3 Rxh2 45. a6 Ra2 46. Ra8 $1 Kxe7 47. a7 $18 {/\ 48.Rh8}) 39. Kf2 Re5 40.
Rb8+ (40. Rb5 Rxe7 41. Rxa5 Rb7 42. Re5 Ra7 43. Re2 Ra4 $10) 40... Kf7 41.
e8=Q+ Rxe8 42. Rxe8 Kxe8 43. Ke3 Ke7 (43... Kd7 $2 {Knaak} 44. Kd4 Kd6 (44...
Kc6 45. Ke5 Kb5 46. Kf6 $18) (44... Ke6 45. Kc5 Ke5 46. Kb5 Kf4 47. Kxa5 Kxg4
48. a4 $18) 45. Kc4 $1 (45. a4 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. h4 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kd6 (48...
Kb6 $2 49. Kd5 $18) 49. Kb5 Kd5 50. Kxa5 Kc5 51. Ka6 Kc6 52. a5 Kc7 53. Kb5 Kb7
54. Kc5 Ka6 55. Kd5 Kxa5 56. Ke5 Kb5 57. Kf5 Kc5 58. Kg5 Kd6 59. Kxh5 Ke7 60.
Kg6 Kf8 $10) 45... Kc6 (45... Ke5 46. Kb5 Kf4 47. Kxa5 Kxg4 48. Kb4 $18) (45...
h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Kb5 h4 48. Kxa5 $1 Kc5 49. h3 Kc4 50. Ka4 $1 Kc5 51. Kb3
Kb5 52. Kc3 Ka4 53. Kd4 Ka3 54. Ke4 Kxa2 55. Kf4 Kb3 56. Kg4 Kc4 57. Kxh4 Kd5
58. Kg5 Ke6 59. Kg6 $18) 46. h4 g5 (46... Kd6 47. Kb5 Ke5 48. Kxa5 $18) 47.
hxg5 hxg5 48. a4 $18) 44. a4 {Knaak} (44. Kd4 {+/- Dolmatov} Kf6 $1 {Knaak} 45.
h4 h5 46. g5+ Kf5 47. a4 Kg4 48. Ke5 Kxh4 49. Kf6 Kg3 $8 50. Kxg6 h4 51. Kf5 h3
52. g6 h2 53. g7 h1=Q 54. g8=Q+ Kf2 55. Qa2+ Ke3 56. Qb3+ Kd2 $10) (44. h4 a4
45. a3 (45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Kc4 Ke5 47. Kb4 Kf4 48. Kxa4 Kxg4 49. Kb4 Kxh4 50. a4
g5 $10) 45... Kf6 46. Kd4 h5 $10) 44... Kf6 45. Kf4 h5 46. g5+ Ke6 47. Ke4 h4
48. h3 Kd6 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Kc4 Kf5 51. Kb5 Kxg5 52. Kxa5 Kf4 53. Kb5 g5 54. a5
g4 55. a6 g3 56. a7 g2 57. a8=Q g1=Q $10) 38... Rxe6 $10 39. a4 (39. h4 {Knaak}
h5 $10) 39... Re2+ 40. Kg3 g5 41. h4 (41. a5 {Knaak} Re3+ 42. Kf2 Re5 (42...
Ra3 $2 43. a6 Kh8 44. Ke2 Kg8 45. Kd2 Kh8 46. Kc2 Kg8 47. Kb2 Ra5 48. Kb3 Kh8
49. Kb4 Ra1 50. Kc5 {/\ Kd5-e5-f6-g6 usw.}) 43. a6 Re6 $1 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. a7
Ra6 46. Ke3 Ra1 {und der weiße König kann nichts ausrichten.}) 41... Re3+ 42.
Kf2 Re4 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 h5 $1 (44... Kh8 $10 {Knaak}) 45. gxh5 Rxh4 46. a5
Rxh5 47. a6 (47. Rb7 {Knaak} Rh6 48. Rb6 Rh1 $10) 47... Rh6 48. Kg4 Rc6 49.
Kxg5 Rb6 50. Kf5 Rc6 51. Ke5 Rb6 52. Kd5 Rf6 53. Kc4 Rf4+ (53... Rf4+ {
Endgame-CD} 54. Kb5 Rf5+ 55. Kc6 Rf6+ 56. Kd5 Rf5+ 57. Ke6 Rh5 58. Ra8+ (58.
Rf7 Ra5 $10) 58... Kg7 59. a7 Ra5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4
Qh5 9. Ng5 {An old, well-forgotten line, however, by no means harmless. GM P.
Leko hopes to outplay his opponent in the endgame.} Qxd1 {This obvious move
may be inaccurate! White's rook comes to the perfect d1-square at once.} (9...
e5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. d5 h6 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. c5 dxc5
16. Be3 $16 {1-0 Mednis,E (2460)-Digamo,C/Manila 1991/EXT 1997 (43)}) (9... h6
$5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Nf3 Be6 (11... f5 $6 {1/2 Izeta Txabarri,F (2456)-Coret
Frasquet,J (2251)/Barcelona 2000/CBM 077 ext (46)} 12. Nh4 $1 $14) (11... Nd7
12. Rd1 a6 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bh3 Nhf6 16. Rd6 $16 {1-0 Tregubov,P 
(2635)-Klinova,M (2378)/Bastia 2003/EXT 2004 (42)}) 12. d5 cxd5 (12... Bd7 13.
Re1 Na6 {1-0 Burmakin,V (2541)-Westerinen,H (2386)/Sort 2006/CBM 113 ext (58)}
14. e5 $14) 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Be3 Na6 15. Bd4 Rfc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e5 Nc5 18.
Rad1 Kf8 $11 {0-1 Jirovsky,P (2325)-Oral,T (2470)/Litomysl 1996/EXT 1998 (59)})
(9... Na6 $5 10. h3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 e5 (11... Nd7 12. Be3 c5 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. Rac1
Re8 15. b3 b6 16. e5 $14 {1-0 Kacheishvili,G (2564)-Jobava,B (2430)/Yerevan
2000/CBM 078 (23)}) 12. d5 (12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Re8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Nf3 Nxe4
16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rxd6 Re2 $11 {0-1 Rother,C (2340)-Jansa,V/
Germany 1988/GER-chT2 (40)}) 12... h6 13. Nf3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Ne1 b5 16.
a3 Nc5 17. Be3 Nb3 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Nd3 a5 $11 {1/2 Petrosian,A-Vogt,L/
Sukhumi 1970/EXT 2001/[Vogt,L] (43)}) 10. Rxd1 e5 (10... Nbd7 11. f4 $5 (11. b3
Ne8 12. Nf3 Nc7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rac1 e5 {0-1 Drasko,M (2525)-Petronic,J (2430)/
Subotica 1992/EXT 2000 (52)} 15. d5 $14) 11... c5 $6 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 exf6
14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. b3 Bg4 17. Rd2 d5 18. cxd5 Rad8 19. h3 Bc8 20.
Nxa7 $18 {1-0 Zifroni,D (2490)-Chytilek,R (2340)/Siofok 1996/Juniors (42)}) (
10... h6 11. Nf3 Bg4 (11... Ne8 12. Be3 Nc7 13. e5 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
cxd5 16. Ne1 e6 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Rdc1 $14 {1/2 Drasko,M (2513)
-Genocchio,D (2326)/Cutro 2002/CBM 088 ext (40)}) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14.
Be3 a5 (14... Rfc8 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Be2 a6 17. c5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Rd8 19. Rd2
Nf8 20. Rcd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Ne8 22. f4 $16 {1-0 Rustemov,A (2539)-Sosnicki,M 
(2286)/Swidnica 1999/CBM 071 (43)}) 15. Rd2 a4 16. Rad1 Ra5 17. Be2 Rb8 18. a3
Ne8 19. f4 $14 {1-0 Kotsur,P (2566)-Potapov,A (2329)/Zvenigorod 2008/EXT 2009 
(103)}) 11. d5 {A typical idea. White wants to force ...c6-c5 and then start
his queenside attack by means of a2-a3 and b2-b4. However, he has good
alternatives:} (11. dxe5 $5 dxe5 12. Be3 Na6 (12... Re8 $5) 13. h3 Nd7 14. Bf1
Ndc5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. b5 $14 {1-0 Zivkovic,V (2150)-Jovanovic,V 
(2075)/Igalo 1994/EXT 2002 (28)}) (11. Nf3 Bg4 (11... Nbd7 12. Rb1 (12. b3 $5)
12... a6 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Ne1 Bd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Rdc1
Be7 19. b4 {1/2 Berebora,F (2412)-Karatorossian,D (2250)/Hungary 2003/EXT 2004}
) (11... Na6 12. h3 Re8 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. a3 h6 16. b4 $14 {1-0
Banikas,H (2571)-Minina,V (2166)/Aghios Kirykos 2008/CBM 125 Extra (34)}) 12.
Be3 Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rfd8 15. Rab1 Ne8 16. d5 c5 17. a3 Nc7 18. b4 $14
{1-0 Tregubov,P (2520)-Gross,D (2360)/Berlin 1996/CBM 054 ext (42)}) 11... h6 (
11... cxd5 $6 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 a5 14. Nf3 Na6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Be3
$16 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M (2489)-Mona,K (2007)/Abu Dhabi 2008/EXT 2009 (37)}) (
11... c5 12. a3 $5 (12. Bh3 $6 Nbd7 13. a3 (13. Nf3 Ne8 14. Be3 Nc7 15. a3 h6 {
1/2 Rakic,B-Martinovic,S (2445)/Bela Crkva 1983/EXT 1998}) 13... h6 14. Nf3 a5
15. b3 Rd8 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Bxc8 Rdxc8 18. a4 Nbd7 19. Ne1 Ne8 20. g4 Nc7 21.
Nc2 Kh7 22. Rf1 Bf6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Rh1 {1/2 Rogozenco,D (2440)-Frolov,A (2545)
/Nikolaev 1995/CBM 047}) (12. f4 Nbd7 13. Rb1 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. a3 b6 16. b4
Ba6 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Re1 Re7 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Kg2 $14 {1-0 Prusikin,M (2557)
-Ribeiro,F (2262)/Evora 2006/CBM 113 ext (53)}) 12... Ne8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Rb1 b6
15. Nb5 Ndf6 16. Re1 h6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Nh7 19. a4 $36 {1-0 Khismatullin,D
(2570)-Gabdrakhmanov,R (2392)/Kazan 2007/CBM 119 ext (40)}) 12. Nf3 cxd5 $6 {
This is usually a poor idea as opening up the c-file is rather favourable for
White; besides, he can now use the c4-square for his knight, activate his
bishop along the f1-a6 diagonal etc.} (12... c5 13. h3 Nbd7 14. Be3 a6 15. Bf1
Nh5 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Ng2 Ng7 19. a3 Be7 20. b4 b6 21. g4 f5 22. f3
$14 {1/2 Polgar,Z (2550)-Klinova,M (2115)/Moscow 1994/CBM 045 ext (44)}) 13.
cxd5 (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 $6 Be6 15. Rxd6 Bxc4 16. b3 Be6 17. Bb2 Nc6 18.
Bf1 {1/2 Antoshin,V (2515)-Tseshkovsky,V (2545)/Sochi 1974/EXT 2001}) 13... Bd7
14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Bf1 Bf8 16. f3 Na6 17. Nc4 $14 Nb4 $6 {Rather senseless.} 18.
Ne3 Nh7 19. h4 Be7 20. Bd2 f5 $6 {This creates new weaknesses in Black's camp
but waiting was hardly a promising alternative.} 21. a3 Na6 22. exf5 gxf5 23.
Bb5 $1 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rf8 25. g4 $5 {A good idea - to seize the f5-square.} (25.
Nc4 $5 Rf6 26. b4 $16) 25... fxg4 26. fxg4 Rf4 27. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5]} Rxg4+
28. Kh2 Bf8 29. Bxh6 Nf6 30. Bxf8 (30. Kh3 $5 Rg6 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. b4 $16)
30... Kxf8 31. Rac1 Nc5 32. Nbxd6 $16 {White has won a pawn; surprisingly,
Peter Leko, an excellent technician, fails to convert his material advantage.}
Nce4 33. Nxe4 Rxe4 34. d6 Rd8 35. Rc7 $2 {Underestimating Black's obvious
reply.} (35. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Yc1c7] was much stronger, e.g.} Rf4 (35... Re2+ 36.
Kg1 Rxb2 37. Rc7) 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Kg2 $18) 35... Rf4 36. Ne7 (36. Ne3 {
was a better chance to continue fighting for a win:} Rxh4+ 37. Kg3 Rd4 38. Rh1
R4xd6 39. Rh8+ Ng8 40. Rxb7 $14) 36... Rxh4+ 37. Kg3 Rg4+ 38. Kh3 Rg7 39. Rxb7
(39. Nf5 Rgd7 $11) 39... Ne4 {Black recaptures the pawn and has no problems.
On the contrary, White must beware of his king getting into trouble.} 40. Rf1+
Ke8 {[%cal Rd8d6,Re4d6]} 41. Rb4 (41. Re1 $144 Nxd6 42. Rxa7 Nb5 43. Nf5 $8
Rxa7 44. Rxe5+) 41... Rxd6 42. Nf5 $1 Rh7+ 43. Kg4 Rg6+ 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Ke2
Nxf1 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kg8 (47... Ke6 48. Rxh7 Kxf5 49. Kxf1 $11) 48. Rb8+
Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. Rb8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Na6
$5 {An unusual move, occasionally played by Shirov's friend and second Bologan.
} ({Another untypical, which has gained popularit lately, is} 7... Qb6 $5 {
As we will see, the two lines can and very often do transpose into one another.
} 8. h3 (8. b3 e5 (8... Qa5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Rad1 Qh5 12. d5 Bh6 13.
Qe1 Nbd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. h4 Rac8 16. Nh2 Be6 17. e4 Qa5 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. Rfe1
Nh5 20. Rc1 Bd4 21. Nf1 Ne5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Red1 c5 24. Na4 Nc6 25. Bc3 Bxc3
26. Nxc3 Nd4 $13 {Vaulin,A-Zangiev,P/Russia Cup6 Krasnodar/1997/}) 9. dxe5 (9.
Bb2 e4 10. Nd2 d5 $11) 9... dxe5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. e4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Be6
14. a3 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. c5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. b4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Qd7 20.
Ng5 Nc7 21. Bf1 Nb5 22. Bxb5 cxb5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Qd2
Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Kf8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Bc1 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 f5
33. gxf5 gxf5 34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Ke7 {1/2,Nikolic,P-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1997/
}) (8. c5 $6 dxc5 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nxc5 Na6 11. a4 Qb6 12. Nxa6 Qxa6 13. Re1 Rd8
14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qa3 Bd5 16. e3 Bf8 17. b4 e6 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. b5 Rac8 20. bxc6
Qxb2 21. Bxb2 Rxc6 22. Rec1 Rdc8 23. Ne5 Rc2 $36 {Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Las
Palmas/1996/}) 8... Na6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 (11... Re8
12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Nce2 Qh5 15. Qc2 Nac5 16. Nf4 Qe5 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. b4
Ne6 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd3 e5 22. c5 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Rxa1
25. Rxa1 $16 {Baburin,A-Filippov,V/Groningen op/1995/}) 12. hxg4 Bxd4 13. Be3
Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Be6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Kh2 f6 18. f4 Bf7 19. Rb1 a5 20.
Qd2 Qc7 21. Bf3 Rfe8 22. Bg2 a4 23. Qd4 axb3 24. axb3 Qe7 25. Nd1 Ne6 26. Qb2
g5 $5 $132 {Petek Medic,M-Rogic,D/Bled opA/1997/}) (10. Rb1 Qb4 11. Re1 Re8 (
11... Qxc4 $5) 12. Bf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Bg2 Nfd7 16. Be3 Bxc3
17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Bd4 Nb6 19. Qd2 $1 Nxc4 20. Qh6 f5 21. e5 Ne4 22. exd6 Ncxd6
23. c4 c5 24. Ba1 $40 {[%cal Ga1h8] גa1-h8,Antunes,A-Bologan,V/Wijk-B/1996/})
(10. b3 exd4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxd4 Re8 $1 (12... Nxe4 $6 13. Bxe4 d5 (13... Qe5
14. Bd3 $1 Bxh3 15. Bb2 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 $16) 14. cxd5 Bxh3 15. Re1 cxd5 (15...
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 17. Kh2 $18) 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Bf4 $18 {Cvitan,
O-Bologan,V/Vienna op/1996/}) 13. Re1 (13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Re1 Nxe4 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Bd7 19. Bh6 f6 20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Bf4 Nc5 22.
Nc3 Ne6 23. Bxd6 Nxd4 24. Bxe7 Kf7 $17 {Malysev,V-Iskusnyh,S/Arkhangelsk
RUS-ch sf/1996/}) 13... Nxe4 $1 14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe5 16. Bd3 (16. Qf3 $2
Nc5 $1 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Bd7 20. Rb1 Qe8 21. Rd1 c5 22. Nb5
Bc6 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh4 Bf3 $36 {Filippov,V-Dyachkov,S/RUS-chJ Moscow/1995/})
16... Nc5 $1 (16... Qxd4 $2 17. Bb2 $18) 17. Be3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 c5 19. Rd1 (19.
Nc2 Bf5 $17) (19. Re1 cxd4 20. Bd2 Bf5 $36) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxh3 $11) 10... dxe5 11. Qe2 (11. b3 Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Ne6
14. Rfd1 Nh5 15. Na4 f5 16. c5 Qc7 17. Bc1 Nf6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bb2 Nd5 20.
Kh2 Bd7 21. Re1 e4 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Nd4 Rf7 24. Nb2 Raf8 25. a3 Ne8 26. Nc4
Rg7 27. Rg1 h5 $36 {Permiakov,V-Iskusnyh,S/Vladivosatok op/1995/}) 11... Be6 (
11... Nc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Rad1 b6 16. c5 b5 17. Nd5 $1
cxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bb7 20. Rd6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 a6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Qf3
Bf8 24. Rc6 Qa7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rb6 Qe7 27. Na5 Rc8 28. b4 $16 {Neverov,
V-Iskusnyh,S/RUS-Cup1/Chigorin-mem/1996/}) 12. b3 Rad8 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. Be3 Qb4
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. b4 Nd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3] פd3} 18. c5 a5 19. a3 axb4
20. axb4 Bc4 21. Bg5 b5 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Bf1 Rfd8 24. Nh2 Rd4 25. Qf3 $18 {
Guliev,S-Iskusnyh,S/Vladivostok op/1995/}) 8. e4 (8. Bd2 $5 Be6 9. b3 Qc8 10.
e4 Bg4 11. Rc1 e5 12. d5 Qd7 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Qb1 b4 16. Na4 Rab8
17. Be3 Qb7 18. Nd2 Be2 19. Rfe1 Bb5 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Ng4 22. Bd2 f5 23.
exf5 gxf5 24. h3 Nh6 25. Rh4 Rf6 26. Bg5 $16 {Skomorokhin,R-Bologan,V/Vienna
op/1996/}) 8... e5 $1 {A positional pawn sacrifice, as Black doesn't get his
material back for quite a long time.} 9. dxe5 {White accepts the offered pawn,
but doesn't get any advantage, rather the opposite. Transposing to the above
lines with 9.h3 offers more chances to gain something out of the opening.} (9.
h3 {Huzman} Qb6 10. b3 exd4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Re1 Nxe4 (13... Bd7
14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nde2 Rad8 20.
Rad1 $14 {1-0 Vaulin,A-Dyachkov,S/St.Petersburg op2 1994 (40)}) 14. Rxe4 Rxe4
15. Bxe4 Qe5 16. Bd3 $1 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Qxd4 19. Bb2 $14) 9... dxe5
10. Nxe5 Be6 (10... Qxd1 $143 $6 11. Rxd1 Nxe4 12. Nxc6 $1 Nxc3 13. Ne7+ Kh8
14. bxc3 Bxc3 (14... Bg4 $13 {Huzman}) 15. Rb1 $16) (10... Nxe4 $2 {Huzman} 11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxf7 $16) 11. Qe2 (11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. Be3 Nxe4 $1 $15) (11. b3 $2
Qa5 $19) (11. f4 $1 {Huzman} Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Rfd8 13. Qe2 $16 (13. Qb3 Nc5 14.
Qxb6 axb6 $44)) 11... Qd4 $1 12. Bf4 $8 (12. Nf3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxc4 14. Rd1
Rfe8 $36) 12... Nh5 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1 {Huzman} Qc5 14. Nd7 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bxc4
$11 16. Qf3) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qb6 $44 (14... Qc5 $143 15. Nd7 Bxd7 16. Rxd7
$14) 15. Nd7 (15. b3 $5 Qa5 16. Qe3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5 $11) 15...
Bxd7 16. Rxd7 Nc5 17. Rd2 Ne6 $5 (17... Bh6 18. Rd6 $1 (18. Qe3 Ne6 (18... Qb4
$2 19. a3 Qxc4 20. Bf1 $18) 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Ne2 (20. Rd7 Nc5 $36) 20... Bxf4
$15) 18... Qc7 (18... Bxf4 $2 19. Nd5 $16) 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Ne2 $14) 18. Qe3 (
18. f5 $5 Nf4 19. Qf3 Be5 $44) 18... Rad8 (18... Qc7 $143 19. e5 Bh6 20. Ne2
$36 {/\} f6 $2 21. Qh3 $18) (18... Bh6 19. Ne2 $14) 19. Rad1 Bd4 $1 (19... Bxc3
20. bxc3 (20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. bxc3 Ne6 24. f5 gxf5
25. exf5 Nc5 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rc4,Rf2,Rf5,Rh2][%cal Rc5a4,Yg8f6] ק,/\Na4,
Kg7-f6}) 20... Qc7 21. e5 $14) 20. Qg3 (20. Qf3 $142 {Huzman} f5 21. Bh3 (21.
e5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 $17 {[%csl Ga2,Gc3,Gc4,Ge5,Gf4]}) 21... Bxc3
22. Rxd8 $1 (22. bxc3 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qb1+ 24. Kg2 (24. Rd1 Qxa2 $15) 24... Kh8
$1 25. Qe3 g5 $1 $40) 22... Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. bxc3 Qd6 25. exf5 Nxf4 $44)
20... Bxc3 21. Rxd8 (21. bxc3 $2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qb1+ 23. Bf1 Qxe4 24. Rd7 Nc5
$19) (21. Qxc3 Nxf4 $17 {[%cal Rf4e2] /\Ne2}) 21... Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.
bxc3 Qd1+ (23... Qd2 24. f5 (24. Qe3 Qd1+ 25. Bf1 Qg4+ $17) 24... Nf4 25. Bf1
$13) 24. Bf1 Nc5 {White's pieces are passive and his pawns weak, but it's not
easy for Black to gain anything substantial.} (24... Qc1 25. f5 Nf4 26. Qe3 $5
$14) 25. Qe3 Qg4+ 26. Bg2 (26. Kh1 {Huzman} Ne6 (26... Qd1 $11) 27. Qxa7 (27.
Bh3 $2 Qxf4 28. Bxe6 Qxe3 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. fxe3 Ke6 $19 {[%csl Ga2,Gc3,Gc4,
Ge3,Ge4]}) 27... Nxf4 $36) 26... Ne6 $5 {Shirov decides to play for a win.} (
26... Qd1+ $11) (26... b6 27. h3 {[%cal Ye4e5] /\e5<=>} (27. e5 Ne6 $1 28. h3
Qxf4 $17)) 27. h3 $8 (27. f5 $2 Nf4 28. Qf3 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Qxf3 30. Bxf3 Nxc3 $19
) (27. f3 Qxf4 28. Qxa7 Qc1+ 29. Bf1 Qxc3 30. Qxb7 Qe3+ $40) 27... Qxf4 28.
Qxa7 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 $5 (29... Nf4 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 (31... Kg8 $11)
32. Qe7 Ne2 33. Qf8+ Kg5 34. Qe7+ Kh6 (34... f6 $6 35. h4+) 35. Qf8+ $11) 30.
Qxb7 Nf4 (30... c5 $5 $44) 31. Qb6 $1 (31. Qxc6 $4 Ne2 32. h4 Qf4+ $1 33. Kh3
Qxf2 $19) (31. Qc7 $1 {Huzman} Ne2 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qe7+ $11 Kg8 (33... Kh6 $2
34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. h4+ $18) 34. Qe8+) 31... Ne2 32. f3 Qxc3 {Shirov again
ignores the perpetual and continues to probe.} (32... Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qc1+ $11)
33. Qf2 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 Nf4 35. Bf1 g5 $44 36. h4 (36. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ga2a5,Ga2a4]
Huzman}) 36... h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kg1 Kg6 39. Qb6 (39. a4 {Huzman} Qa5 $15) (
39. Qd2 $11 {Huzman}) 39... Qc3 $1 40. Qf2 $1 (40. Qxc6+ $143 Kh5 {[%cal Rc3e3,
Re3f2] /\Qe3-f2} 41. Qb6 Qxf3 $40) 40... f6 41. Kh2 c5 {Black has an active
position, but White's defences remain solid. If he is supposed to win, White
must help.} 42. a4 $6 ({The passive} 42. Kg1 $11 {should hold the game. White
creates himself problems.}) 42... Qa1 $1 {Now Black wins a pawn and retains
his positional pluses.} 43. Bh3 (43. Qxc5 $2 Qxf1 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kh6 $19
) (43. Bg2 $5 Ne6 $5 (43... Qxa4 44. Qxc5 Qc2 45. Qf5+ Kg7 46. Qg4 $11) 44. Bh3
Nd4 45. Bd7 Qc3 $15) 43... Qxa4 44. Bf5+ (44. Qxc5 $2 Qc2+ 45. Kg3 (45. Kh1
Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qe2+ $19) 45... Nh5+ 46. Kg4 Qh2 47. Qf5+ Kh6 $19) (44. Bf1 $142 {
Huzman}) 44... Kg7 45. Qb2 $5 (45. Qf1 Qc2+ $17) 45... Qxc4 46. e5 Qe2+ $8 (
46... Qd4 47. Qb7+ $11) (46... fxe5 {Huzman} 47. Qxe5+ Kf7 48. Bb1 Qe2+ $19 {
-see game}) 47. Qxe2 Nxe2 48. exf6+ Kxf6 49. Bd3 Nf4 50. Bb1 $5 (50. Bf1 Ke5
51. Kg3 Nd5 52. Bb5 Nf6 {[%cal Re5d4] /\Kd4-+}) (50. Ba6 Nh5 $1 (50... Nd5 $143
51. Kg3) 51. Kg2 (51. Kh3 Kf5) 51... Ke5 52. Kf2 Kd4 $19) 50... c4 51. Kg3 Nd5
52. Kg4 Ne3+ 53. Kg3 Ke5 (53... c3 $6 54. f4 $1 g4 55. f5 Kg5 56. f6 $1 Kxf6
57. Kf4 $11) 54. Bg6 Nd5 (54... c3 {-58...c3} 55. Bd3 c2 $2 56. Bxc2 Nxc2 57.
Kg4 Kf6 58. f4 $11) 55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Bb1 Ne3+ 57. Kg3 Ke5 58. Bg6 c3 59. Bb1 Nd5
60. Kg4 Kf6 61. Kg3 Nf4 62. Kg4 Nd5 63. Kg3 Kg7 $1 64. Kf2 $5 {The best
defence against Black's new plan} (64. Kg4 $143 $2 Kh6 65. Bd3 (65. Kf5 Ne3+
66. Ke4 c2 67. Bxc2 Nxc2 68. f4 g4 69. f5 Ne1 $1 (69... Kg5 $2 70. f6 Kxf6 71.
Kf4) 70. Kf4 (70. f6 g3 71. Ke3 Kg6 72. Ke2 g2 $19) 70... Kh5 71. f6 Ng2+ 72.
Kg3 Nh4 73. f7 Ng6 $19) 65... Ne3+ 66. Kg3 (66. Kh3 Kh5 $1) 66... Kh5 67. f4 (
67. Be4 c2 68. Bxc2 Nxc2 69. f4 g4 70. f5 Ne3 71. f6 Nf5+ 72. Kf4 Nh6 $19)
67... g4 68. f5 c2 69. Bxc2 Nxc2 70. f6 Nd4 $19) 64... Kh6 (64... Nb4 65. Kg3 {
[%cal Rf3f4] /\f4 leads nowhere} (65. f4 $2 gxf4 66. Kf3 Nd5 67. Ke4 Kf6 $1 68.
Kxd5 f3 $19)) 65. Ke2 Nb4 66. Be4 Kg7 (66... Kh5 67. Ke3 Kh4 68. Ke2 (68. f4 $2
c2 $19) 68... Kg3 69. Ke3 Kh2 (69... c2 70. Kd2 Kf4 71. Bb7 Ke5 72. Bc8 $1 Kd4
73. Bf5 $11) 70. Ke2 Kg1 71. Ke1 {and Black has not achieved anything.}) 67.
Ke3 Kf6 68. Ba8 (68. f4 g4 69. Ke2 (69. f5 Ke5 70. f6 c2 $1 $19) 69... c2 70.
Kd2 g3 71. Kc1 Kg7 72. Kd2 Kh6 73. Kc1 Kh5 $1 74. Bf3+ Kh4 75. Kd2 Nd3 $1 76.
Kxc2 Ne1+ $18) 68... Ke6 69. Bb7 (69. f4 c2) 69... Ke5 70. Ba8 (70. Be4 $2 c2
71. Kd2 g4 $1 72. Bxc2 g3 $19) 70... Kd6 71. Be4 Kc5 72. f4 $6 (72. Bf5 $142 $5
Kc4 73. Be6+ Nd5+ 74. Ke2 Kd4 (74... c2 $2 75. Kd2 Kb3 76. Kc1 $1 $11) 75. Bf5
$17) (72. Bh7 {Huzman} Kc4 73. Bg8+ (73. Bg6 Nd5+ 74. Ke2 Kb3 $19) 73... Nd5+
74. Ke2 Kd4 $19) 72... g4 $19 (72... gxf4+ $2 73. Kxf4 Kd4 74. Bb1 $8 $11) 73.
f5 Nd5+ $1 74. Kd3 Nf6 75. Bh1 Kb4 76. Kc2 Kc4 77. Bg2 (77. Bg2 Kd4 78. Kc1 g3
79. Bf3 (79. Kc2 Ng4 $1 80. Kc1 Ke5) (79. Kb1 Ng4 80. Bf3 Ke3 {[%cal Re3d2] /
\Kd2-+}) (79. Bh1 Kd3 $19 {[%cal Rc3c2,Rd3c3] /\c2,Kc3}) 79... Ng4 $22 80. Bb7
(80. Bh1 Nf2 81. Bg2 Nd3+ 82. Kd1 c2+ $19) (80. Bg2 Ke5 81. Bh3 Ne3 82. Kb1
Nxf5 83. Kc2 Kd4 $19) 80... Ke5 81. Kc2 Ne3+ $1 82. Kxc3 Nd5+ {and the g-pawn
promotes.}) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3
e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 $5 (9. e4) (9. c5) 9... Nd7 (9... a5 {>=} 10. bxa5 (10. Ba3
$1 $14) 10... Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 (12... Ra6 $5 13. e4 f5 $132) 13. e4
b6 14. a4 Ba6 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. a5 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 bxa5 18. Bd2 $14 {
Ivanchuk-Polgar,J/Roquerbrune 30'/1992}) 10. Rb1 $1 (10. e4 a5 (10... h6 11.
Nd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bb2 $14) 11. Ba3 axb4 12. Bxb4 Bh6 (12... f5 $2 13.
Ng5 $16) 13. a4 f5 14. a5 $14) 10... a5 11. a3 h6 (11... f5 $6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13.
e4 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 c6 16. Qb3 $16) 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 $14
e4 (14... Nf6 {>=} 15. f4 e4 16. Be3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 18. Bd4 $14) (14... Nf6
$5 {Ftacnik}) 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. f3 exf3 (16... Nd3 {Ftacnik} 17. fxe4 Bd4+ 18.
Kh1 Nf2+ (18... fxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Nf5 22. Nf3 $16) 19.
Rxf2 Bxf2 20. Bxh6 $16) 17. Nxf3 Nd3 $6 (17... N7g6 18. Nd4 $5 (18. Ne2 $14)
18... Nd3 19. Ne6 (19. Nce2 Nxc1 20. Rbxc1 axb4 21. axb4 $14) 19... Bxe6 20.
dxe6 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Bxb7 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8
26. Bd5 $16) (17... Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Ng6 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Rf1 $14 {><f5,e6}) (
17... N7g6 {Ftacnik}) (17... axb4 {Ftacnik} 18. axb4 N7g6 19. Ne2 (19. Nd4 f4
$5 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qh4 23. Nce2 Ng4 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3
Ra2 $132) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. Nd4) 18. Bd2 axb4 (18... f4
{Ftacnik} 19. Ne4 $1) 19. axb4 Ng6 20. Ne2 Nde5 (20... Nge5 {Ftacnik} 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Nf4 $16) 21. Nfd4 $16 Qf6 22. c5 Rf7 23. Kh1 dxc5 (23... Re7 $6 24.
Bh3 $16) (23... b6 {Ftacnik} 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Ne6 $16) 24. bxc5 Qa6 25. c6 $5
(25. d6 cxd6 26. Bd5 (26. cxd6 {Ftacnik} Qxd6 27. Bd5 Ra3 $132) 26... dxc5 27.
Bxf7+ Nxf7 28. Nxf5 c4 29. Qf3 Nfe5 $132) (25. Nb5 c6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Nc7 $2
Qxe2 28. Nxa8 Qxd2 29. Rfd1 Qg5 $17) (25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 $16) (25. Bc3 Qc4
26. d6 $16 (26. Qxc4 {Ftacnik} Nxc4 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ne3 29. Ra8 Rf8 30.
d6 cxd6 31. cxd6 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Bd7 $14)) 25... bxc6 (25... b6 {Ftacnik} 26. d6
cxd6 27. Bd5 $16) 26. dxc6 Ne7 (26... Kh8 27. Nf4 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Nc4 29. Bc3 $18
) (26... Kh7 {Ftacnik} 27. Bc3 (27. Nb5 Qa2 $132) 27... Qd3 28. Nf4 Nxf4 29.
gxf4 $16) 27. Bf4 Qc4 (27... Qa2 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxa2 Rxa2 29. Nc3 Ra6 30. Ncb5)
28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Rfc1 (29. Bxc7 {Ftacnik} Ne3 $1 (29... Nd2 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31.
Rxa1 Nxc6) 30. Rfc1 (30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Nxc6 33. Ra8 Kh7 $1)
30... Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Ra2 $132) (29. Rb7 $1 {Ftacnik} Nxc6 30. Bxc6 Bxb7 31. Bxb7
Ra5 32. Bc8 $1 $16) 29... Ne5 (29... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Nb5 Be5
32. Nf4) 30. Rb3 (30. Nb5 Nd3 31. Rc2 (31. Rf1 Ra2 32. Nc1 Rxg2 $1 33. Kxg2
Nxf4+ 34. Rxf4 Nxc6 35. Rc4 Be6 $1) 31... Nxf4 32. Nxf4 Rb8 33. Rcc1 Kh7 $14 (
33... Be5 {Ftacnik} 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Nxd6 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 cxd6 37. Nf4 $16)) (30.
Rb7 $5 {Ftacnik} Nd3 $1 (30... Bxb7 31. cxb7 Rb8 32. Rxc7 $16)) 30... Ra4 $6 (
30... Kh7 31. Nb5 Rb8 32. Ned4 $16) 31. Nb5 N5xc6 (31... Ba6 $5 {Ftacnik} 32.
Ned4 $1 (32. Nec3 Ra5 33. Nxc7 Nd3 $13) 32... N5g6 33. Ne6 $16) (31... Be6 {
Ftacnik} 32. Re3 N7g6 33. Nec3 Nxf4 34. gxf4 $5 Rxf4 35. Rce1 $16) 32. Rxc6 (
32. Bxc6 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxc6 33. Rxc6 Bb7 34. Nbd4 Bxc6+ 35. Nxc6 Ra2 $132) 32...
Nxc6 33. Bxc6 Be6 (33... Re7 34. Nec3 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 $16) 34. Re3 Bc4 35. Na3 (
35. Re8+ {Ftacnik} Rf8 36. Nxc7 Ra1+ 37. Nc1 Rxe8 38. Nxe8 Bb2 $19) 35... Ra6 (
35... Rb4 {Ftacnik} 36. Nxc4 Rxc4 37. Bd5 $18) (35... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxa3
Bxe2 (36... Re7 37. Nc3 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Bd5+ $18) 37. Bd5) 36. Nxc4 Rxc6
37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rc4 (38... Kh7 39. Nd4 Rcf6 40. Rc5 $16 (40. Kg2 {Ftacnik
} Kg6 41. Nf3 $16)) 39. Bxh6 $18 Re4 (39... c5 40. Be3 Rc7 41. Nf4 $18) 40.
Rxe4 fxe4 41. Bf4 (41. Nc3 {Ftacnik} e3 $1 42. Kg2 (42. Bf4 Rd7 $1 43. Kg1 Rd2
$132) 42... Rf2+ 43. Kh3 (43. Kg1 Rf3 $1) 43... Rc2) 41... c5 42. Nc3 c4 (42...
Re7 {Ftacnik} 43. Kg2 e3 44. Ne2 $18) 43. Nxe4 Ra7 44. Nc3 Rb7 45. Kg1 Rb2 (
45... Rb3 {Ftacnik} 46. Be5 Kf7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Bd4 $18) 46. h4 Kf7 47. h5 Ke6
48. h6 Kf6 49. Ne4+ Kg6 50. Kf1 Rh2 51. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Bf5 $5 {An interesting and quite a novel approach. Black
doesn't play the usual} (10... Rb8 {, followed by b5 and << play, something
which Fedorov himself did quite a few times after 10.Qc2. As we will see in
the game, Black wants to play more on the >>, seemingly limiting himself to
passive defence on the other flank. If, however, White attempts to play
actively on the <->b himself, Black has far better chances of reactivating his
problematic Na5, than in the other lines (see the typical manoeuvre on moves
17-18).}) ({Another original idea by Fedorov is} 10... Ng4 11. Qc2 b5 $6 12.
cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bf5 14. Be4 (14. e4 {is more logical}) 14... Bd7 15. a4 Qb6
16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 f5 18. Bg2 Rfc8 19. Qb1 (19. Qd1 $5 $14) 19... Qc5 20. Ba3
Qc2 21. Rd1 Qxb1 22. Rbxb1 Nc4 $11 {Kristensen,K-Fedorov,V/Tastrup/1992/}) 11.
e4 Bd7 (11... Bg4 {only helps White to make a useful move-} 12. Qc2 b5 13. h3
Bd7 14. b3 $14) 12. b3 (12. Qe2 e6 $1 {Black immediately starts playing
against White's Q by opening the <->e.} (12... Rb8 $143 13. a3 Nh5 14. f4 b5
15. e5 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nd1 f5 18. b3 Nb7 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. Bb2 Qc7 21. Rfe1
$36 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Ge5,Gf4] [+],Kiseleva,N-Shliahtich,G/Alushta/1999/}) 13. a3
(13. b3 Re8 $132) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 Qc7 15. b3 b5 16. Nd1 Rfe8 17. Ne3 c4 (
17... b4 $13 {/\} 18. a4 c4 $1 19. bxc4 Rab8 $44) 18. b4 $2 (18. bxc4 $1 bxc4
19. Bb2 {/\} c3 20. Rfc1 $14) 18... c3 $1 19. bxa5 cxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxe4 21. Rfc1
Qa7 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Bc3 Bh6 24. Qf3 f5 25. Re1 Rae8 $17 {Hulak,K-Fedorov,A/
CRO-chT Pula/2001/}) 12... e5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty fits in with
Black's plan described in the note to move 10. Previously everyone played} (
12... b5 13. Qc2 (13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Ba1 e6 15. cxb5 exd5 16. Nxd5 axb5 17. b4 Nb7
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11 {Maciejewski,M-Ciemniak,R/POL-chT Lubniewice/
1993/}) 13... Rb8 14. Bb2 (14. Nd1 $5 e5 15. f4 $13) 14... e5 (14... bxc4 15.
bxc4 e5 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. Bc3 Nb7 18. Rb2 Nh5 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. a4 f5 21. Rb6 fxe4
22. Nxe4 $16 {Ivanisevic,I-Abramovic,B/YUG-chT Budva /2002/}) 15. Ne2 Nb7 16.
h3 Nh5 17. f4 f5 $5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nf3 Qe7 $132 {Kozak,
L-Wisniewski,A/WChJ U18/2000/}) 13. Bb2 {Although the B is passive here, White
needs this move to connect his R.} h5 14. a3 {This is inconsistent, as White
has no realistic chances on the <<.} (14. Qc2 $13 {[%cal Yb1e1,Yc3d1,Yf2f4] /
\Rbe1,Nd1,f4 White's chances lie on the other side of the board.}) (14. Qe2 $5
{with similar intentions is also possible.}) 14... b6 $5 {As indicated above,
Black is quite content to keep the << closed for the time being.} (14... b5 15.
Qe2 $14 {[%csl Ra5] פa5}) 15. b4 (15. Ne2 $5 Qe7 16. Bc3 $13) 15... Nb7 16.
Qe2 (16. b5 Na5 {[%csl Rc4] <=>><c4}) 16... h4 17. Nd1 $6 (17. b5 $142 $13)
17... cxb4 $1 {[%mdl 36] A model example of a well-timed important strategic
decision. Fedorov chooses the best moment to change the P-structure. Black
activates his Nb7 and gets a comfortable position with active prospects.} 18.
axb4 a5 19. Ba3 {Without the B on the /^a1-h8 active play with f4 will be
difficult, but even after} (19. bxa5 $5 Rxa5 (19... bxa5 $2 20. Bxe5 $1 $16)
20. Bc3 (20. Nb3 Ra2 $1 21. Nc3 Ra8 22. f4 Nh5 $15 {and White's [+] is shaky.})
20... Ra2 21. Rb2 Rxb2 22. Nxb2 Nc5 $11 {/=/+ Black is doing fine.}) 19... axb4
20. Bxb4 Nc5 21. Nc3 Bh6 $1 $15 22. Nb5 (22. f4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Nh5 $36) (22. Ra1
$2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Nb3 $17) (22. Nb3 $142 Qe7 $1 $15 (22... Bg4 23.
Bf3 $11)) 22... Qe7 {[%cal Ra8a2] /\Ra2} 23. Nb3 Bg4 $1 {Now White faces an
unpleasant choice.} (23... h3 24. Bf3 $11) (23... Ra4 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Bc3
Rfa8 26. Ra1 $132) 24. Qc2 $2 (24. Bf3 $2 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nfxe4 $17) (24. f3 Bd7
{[%cal Rh4h3,Yf6h5] /\Nh5,h3|^} 25. Rfd1 Nh5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Be1 $15 {
weakens the >>, but was still the lesser evil.}) 24... h3 {Anand,V (2735)
-Kasparov,G (2785) Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse rapid 1996 (4.1) 0-1 Now
White's B will remain passive till the bitter end, while the Ph3 will have a
huge cramping influence-we'll see more or less all endgames are hopeless for
White. For a similar "thorn in the flesh" see also} 25. Bh1 Nh5 $17 {[%csl Rg1,
Rh1] /-+,ץh1,Kg1 Stops any ideas with f4, while Black himself might
contemplate f5.} 26. Nxc5 (26. Ra1 $5 f5 $17 {->}) 26... bxc5 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28.
Qxd2 Ra4 29. Rfc1 Rfa8 {Black has stabilized his large positional advantage,
adding the vulnerable back rank to White's troubles.} 30. Qe3 (30. f4 $2 Ra2
31. Qe3 exf4 32. gxf4 Re2 $19) 30... Qf6 31. Nc7 Rc8 32. Nb5 Kh7 $1 33. f3 (33.
Ra1 Rca8 {doesn't help.}) 33... Bd7 34. Rb2 g5 $1 {Black has time to stop any
possible <=> and prepare his own invasion with g4.} 35. Qe2 Rca8 36. Nc3 Ra3
37. Nd1 g4 $1 $19 38. Rc3 (38. fxg4 Qg5 $5 {[%cal Rd7g4] /\Bg4-+} (38... Nxg3
39. Qf2 (39. hxg3 $2 Rxg3+ 40. Kh2 Qf4 $19) 39... Qxf2+ 40. Nxf2 (40. Rxf2 Nxh1
41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rxd7 Ra1 $19) 40... Ra1 41. Rcb1 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nf4 $19)) 38...
Qg5 39. Qd2 {White can't allow a penetration of Black's major pieces:} (39.
Rxa3 Rxa3 40. Rb7 Ba4 {[%cal Ra3a1] /\Ra1-+} 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Rf5 Qc1 43. Rxh5
Bxd1 44. Qe1 Re3 $19) 39... Qxd2 40. Rxd2 Rxc3 41. Nxc3 Ra3 42. Nd1 (42. Rd3 f5
$5 $19 (42... Ba4 43. fxg4 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Rxh1 45. gxh5 Rxh2+ 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47.
Kh1 Bb3 48. g4 Bxc4 49. Rxh3 Rxg4 50. Rf3 $17)) 42... Ba4 $1 (42... gxf3 $143
43. Kf2 $17) 43. Kf2 $8 (43. fxg4 Nf6 44. Rf2 (44. g5 Ng4 {[%cal Ra3a1] /\Ra1-+
}) 44... Kg6 $19) 43... Bxd1 {Black has already more than one way to win:} (
43... Nf6 44. Nb2 Ra1 $5 (44... Bb3 45. Re2 $17) 45. Nxa4 Rxh1 46. Ke3 gxf3 47.
Kxf3 Rf1+ $19) 44. Rxd1 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 (45. Ke3 Rxh2 $19 (45... Nf6 $19)) 45...
Nf6 46. Re1 (46. f4 exf4 47. gxf4 Nh5 48. e5 g3 $1 49. Be4+ Kh6 $19) 46... Kg6
47. fxg4 Rc2 $5 (47... Nxg4 48. Bf3 Kg5 $1 (48... Nxh2 $2 49. Be2) 49. Be2 Rc2
$22 (49... Ne3 50. Bf1 Nxf1 51. Rxf1 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Re2 53. Kg1 Rxe4 54. Rxf7
Rxc4 $19 {is similar to the game, but the text-move is convincing as well.}))
48. Bf3 Kg5 49. Ra1 (49. Re2 Rxc4 $19 (49... Rxe2 50. Bxe2 Nxe4 51. Bd3 Nc3 $5
$19)) 49... Nxg4 (49... Rxc4 50. Ra6 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Rc2+ 52. Ke3 (52. Kg1 Nxg4
53. Bxg4 Kxg4 54. Rxd6 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Rd2 56. Kg1 c4 57. Rc6 Kf3 $1 $19 {We'll
see the same motif in the game as well.}) 52... Rxh2 53. Rxd6 Ra2 $19) 50. Bxg4
Kxg4 {The R_|_ with the K pinned to the permanently weak (from move 24
onwards!) back rank is absolutely hopeless.} 51. Rf1 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Re2 53. Kg1
Rxe4 54. Rxf7 Rxc4 55. Rf6 (55. Rg7+ Kf3 56. Rf7+ Ke4 57. Rh7 Rc1+ 58. Kf2 Rc2+
59. Kg1 Rg2+ $19) 55... Rc2 56. Rxd6 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rd2 58. Kg1 c4 59. Rc6 $8 Kf3
$1 60. Rf6+ (60. Rxc4 Rd1#) 60... Ke3 (60... Ke3 61. d6 (61. Rf1 c3 $19) 61...
Rd1+ 62. Rf1 Rxf1+ 63. Kxf1 c3 64. d7 c2 65. d8=Q c1=Q+) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tischbierek} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Kh8 $5 {Diese Neuerung aus dem Hause Polgars ist
eindeutig gegen Karpovs Plan mit Ne1-d3 und f4 gerichtet.} (9... Nd7) (9... Ne8
) 10. Ne1 (10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Ba3 h6 {führt mit
Zugumstellung zur Hauptvariante 9...Nd7.}) (10. Rb1 $5 Nd7 11. b4 h6 (11... f5
$2 12. Ng5 $16) 12. Nh4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qc2 $14 {mit der Idee f4
verdiente Beachtung.}) 10... Nfg8 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 (13. Bxf4 {
/\e5} fxe4 14. Nxe4 h6 15. Qd2 g5 16. Be3 Nf5 $10) 13... Nf6 14. exf5 (14. Ne6
$6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 c6 19. Be3 d5 20.
cxd5 cxd5 21. Bg2 Qd6 $15) (14. Kh1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c6 $132) 14...
Nxf5 15. Kh1 {Die entstandene Stellung ist fast symmetrisch, jedoch dank der
Schwäche des Feldes e6 steht Weiß etwas angenehmer.} Re8 16. a4 $1 {Ein
interessanter Plan. Auf der dritten Reihe hat der weiße Turm gute Aussichten.}
(16. Bd2 Nd4 $1 $13 {/\Bg4,Bf5}) 16... a5 (16... Ne3 $2 17. Bxe3 Rxe3 18. Qd2
Re5 19. Rae1 $14) 17. Ra3 Qe7 (17... Ne3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Nb5 Rxa3
21. bxa3 $5 Bf5 22. Re1 $14) (17... Bd7 {war vorsichtiger und besser.}) 18. Bd2
$1 {Jetzt ist dieser Zug angebracht.} (18. Nb5 Ne4 $1 $13) 18... Nd4 19. Re1
Qf7 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (20... Qxe8 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. cxb5 $1 (22. axb5 Ng4 $13)
22... Ng4 23. Qc1 $14 {><c7}) 21. Ne4 $1 h6 22. Re3 {Etwas passiv gespielt. Es
war an der Zeit, aktiv zu handeln:} (22. g4 $1 {Dieser Zug kreist den
schwarzen Nd4 ein und gleichzeitig öffnet dem weißen Turm den Weg nach h3.
Schwarz hätte einige Probleme, z.B:} Be5 (22... Bd7 23. Be3 (23. Rh3 c6 24. Be3
c5 $14) 23... c5 24. dxc6 Bxc6 (24... bxc6 25. Rd3 $16) 25. Nd5 Ne6 26. Qd2 $14
) (22... Nf6 23. Nxf6 (23. Rg3 g5 24. Nd3 $10) 23... Qxf6 24. Be3 (24. Re3 Bd7
25. Re7 Rd8 $13) 24... c5 25. dxc6 Nxc6 26. Rd3 $16) 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Ndf2 $14 {
/\Rh3}) 22... Bd7 23. Re1 (23. b3 $5) 23... g5 $1 24. Nd3 {Da 24.Nh5? an 24...
Bxa4 scheitert, muß der Nf4 seinen stolzen Posten verlassen und d.h., Schwarz
hat keine Sorgen mehr.} Nf6 25. Rf1 Bf5 26. Nef2 Qg6 27. Bc3 Ne4 $1 28. Bxd4
Bxd4 29. Nf4 $1 Nxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qf6 31. Nh5 Bg4 $1 {In den taktischen
Verwicklungen fühlt sich J.Polgar wie immer sicher.} (31... Qe5 $4 32. Rxf5 $18
) 32. Rxf6 Bxd1 33. Rxh6+ Kg8 34. h4 (34. Rg6+ $2 Kh7 35. Rxg5 Kh6 $17) 34...
gxh4 35. Bh3 $1 Bxh5 {Das vereinfacht die Stellung. Die Alternative schien
Schwarz zu riskant.} (35... hxg3 $5 36. Be6+ Kf8 37. Nxg3 Bxb2 (37... Bc2 $10 {
Tischbierek}) 38. Nf5 {Tischbierek} (38. Rg6 Re8 39. Nf5 Rxe6 40. dxe6 (40.
Rxe6 {Tischbierek} Bxa4 $15) 40... Bxa4 $15 {Tischbierek}) (38. Rh7 Bxa4 39.
Rxc7 Bc2 40. Rxb7 Be5 $15) 38... Bxa4 $4 (38... Bc2 39. Rg6 $10 (39. Rh7 Bxf5
40. Bxf5 Bg7 $10) 39... Bxf5 40. Bxf5 Re8 41. Be6 $10) 39. Rg6 $18) (35... Bxb2
{Tischbierek} 36. Be6+ Kf8 37. g4 $1 (37. gxh4 Bxa4 38. Rh7 Be8 $13) 37... Bxa4
38. g5 Be8 (38... Bd1 39. Rg6 (39. Nf6 Kg7 40. Bf5 Bxf6 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. gxf6
Rf8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rh7+ $10) 39... Bxh5 40. Rg8+ Ke7 41. Rxa8 $10) (38... Bc2
39. Nf6 Ke7 (39... Kg7 40. Nh5+ Kf8 41. Nf6) 40. Ng8+ Rxg8 41. Bxg8 a4 (41...
Bc1 42. Bh7 (42. Rxh4 Bxg5) 42... Bb3 $19) 42. Bh7 a3 43. Bxc2 a2 44. Re6+ Kd8
45. Re1 $10) 39. Nf6 Kg7 40. Bf5 Bxf6 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. gxf6 $14) 36. Rxh5 hxg3
37. Rg5+ Kf7 38. Rxg3 $10 Bxb2 39. Rb3 Bd4 40. Rxb7 Bb6 41. c5 Bxc5 42. Rxc7+
Kf6 43. Bc8 Ke5 44. Kg2 Bb6 45. Re7+ Kd4 46. Bb7 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nh4
Bd7 9. f4 {This move is prophylaxis against ...e7-e5, rather than a start of a
"kingside attack"} Na5 (9... e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d5 Nd4 12. e3 Nf5 13. Nxf5
Bxf5 14. e4 Bd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 b6 17. h3 Ne8 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4
Rxa1 21. Qxa1 f5 22. Qc1 $14 {1/2 (42) Agzamov,G (2590)-Imanaliev,T (2385)
Frunze 1985}) (9... a6 10. Nf3 Na5 11. c5 Bf5 12. Qa4 c6 13. Nh4 b5 14. cxb6
Qxb6 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. e3 Rac8 17. Bd2 e6 18. b3 $14 {1-0 (67) Korobov,A (2705)
-Kempinski,R (2580) Legnica 2013}) (9... Qc8 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3 c6 $2 12. b4
cxd5 13. bxa5 dxc4 14. Qd2 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 d5 16. e3 Bc6 17. Bb2 $16 {1-0 (25)
Korobov,A (2571)-Gurieli,N (2345) Dubai 2004}) 10. b3 (10. Qd3 $6 c5 11. d5 a6
12. b3 b5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. e4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb2 $132 {1-0 (38)
Kortschnoj,V-Gufeld,E Tallinn 1965}) (10. e4 $5 {is probably more appropriate
than the text move:} Nxc4 11. e5 dxe5 (11... Ne8 $142 12. Bxb7 $14) 12. dxe5
Ng4 13. Qe2 Na5 14. b4 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. b5 $16 {1-0 (35) Ju,W (2531)-Zenyuk,
I (2250) Ningbo 2013}) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bd2 Bc6 {Black wants to
exchange light-squared bishops before returning his a5 knight into play. He
wants too much from the position, though.} (12... Nc6 $142 $11) 13. Nd5 {
[%mdl 512] White sactifices an exchange to obtain a strong pawn centre.} (13.
e4 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6] was quite possible but hardly enough for an advantage:} Nxe4
$1 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxa5 Bd4+ 16. Rf2 $1 Qxa5 17. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rad8 {
[%cal Yd8d2]} 19. Qe1 Rd2+ 20. Kf1 {[%cal Rh4f3]} b6 $8 {[%cal Rd2a2]} 21. a4
Rfd8 (21... Rb2 $143 22. Qxa5 bxa5 23. Rb1) 22. Rb1 $1 Ra2 23. Qxa5 bxa5 24.
Nf3 Rd6 {- White can hardly make progress here.}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bb5 $6 {
Black declines the sac, and White obtains a strong centre free of charge.} (
14... Bxa1 {was bad due to} 15. Qxa1 Bb5 16. Qc3 b6 17. f5 $40) ({but after
the intermediate} 14... Bd4+ $1 {the position remains unclear:} 15. e3 (15. Kh1
$2 Bxd5 16. Bxa5 Bxg2+) (15. Rf2 Bb5) 15... Bxa1 16. Qxa1 (16. dxc6 $2 Nxc6)
16... Bb5 17. Rf2 b6 18. e4 e6 $1 {although White obviously keeps good
compensation for the material.}) 15. Rc1 {[%csl Ra5,Gd5]} Rc8 16. Bc3 (16. Bh3
$5) 16... Qb6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rf2 Ba6 19. Qd2 (19. e4 {was premature due to}
c4) ({but} 19. Qc2 $1 {was very strong:} Kg8 (19... c4 20. Qc3+ {[%cal Yb3b4]})
(19... Qb4 20. f5 $1 c4 $140 21. Qe4) 20. Bh3 Rc7 (20... Rcd8 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22.
Rxc5 b6 23. Rc7 Rxd5 24. Rxa7 {winning a pawn}) 21. Qc3 {and Black is out of
moves.}) 19... Qb4 $1 20. e4 $6 {The exchange of queens releases White's
pressure.} (20. Qe3 $142 $16) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 b6 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Bh3 Ra8
24. Kf2 Bb5 25. Ke3 f6 26. Be6 Bd7 27. f5 (27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. g4 $36) 27... gxf5
28. exf5 Nb7 29. Kf4 Nd6 30. g4 Rac8 31. Rg1 $6 (31. g5 $1) 31... Bxe6 32. dxe6
c4 $13 {Black has consolidated his position and starts counterplay.} 33. Rgd1
cxb3 (33... c3 $5) 34. axb3 Rc3 35. Rd3 Rdc8 36. Nd4 a5 37. Ne2 Rc2 38. R1d2 a4
39. bxa4 R8c4+ 40. Kf3 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096]} Rxa4 42. Nf4 Nc4 43. Rd7
Ne5+ 44. Kg3 Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Nxg4 $2 {This endgame was not quite easy for Black
but still he had several ways to keep good drawing chances, e.g.} (45... Ra2+
46. Kf1 (46. Kg3 Ra3+ 47. Kh4 Ra4 (47... Kh6 $5 48. Rxe7 Nf3+ 49. Kg3 Ne5+ 50.
Kg2 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Nxg4 {- 45...Kh6}) 48. Nh5+ Kh6 49. Nxf6 exf6 50. e7 Rxg4+ 51.
Kh3 Rg7 52. e8=Q Rxd7 $11) 46... Ra4 47. Nh5+ (47. Nd5 Rd4 48. Rxe7+ Kf8) 47...
Kh6 48. Rxe7 Nxg4 49. Ng3 Nxh2+ 50. Kg1 Ng4 {, and he should not lose.}) ({or} 
45... Kh6 46. Rxe7 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 Nxg4) 46. Rxe7+ Kh6 47. h4 $2 (47. Rf7 {
[%cal Re6e7] was correct, and only after} Ne3+ 48. Kf2 Nxf5 49. h4 $3 Ra2+ 50.
Ke1 Ra5 51. Rxf6+ Kg7 52. Nh5+ Kg8 53. Rf7 {[%cal Rh5f6]} Re5+ 54. Kf2 Rxe6 55.
Rxf5 $18) 47... Ra4 $2 (47... Ne5 $1 {, and White can't win.}) 48. Nd5 $1 {
An important move, attacking the f6-pawn and preventing ...Ng4-e3.} Rd4 49. Kg3
$1 Rxd5 50. Kxg4 $18 {[%cal Re7f7] The rook endgame is easily winning for
White.} Rd4+ 51. Kf3 Rxh4 52. Rf7 {[%cal Re6e7,Rf7f6]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 4th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2007.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2007.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Qd3
{A rare continuation. See CBM102, annotations to Berkes-Nevednichy by GM I.
Stohl.} e5 {Practice has also seen:} (8... Nb4) (8... Nd7) (8... Bd7) (8... Bf5
) (8... Bg4) 9. d5 (9. dxe5 {is harmless, of course:} dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11.
Bg5 Be6 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nd2 Rbc8 16. Ne4
Bf8 17. Nec3 Kg7 18. b3 f5 19. Nb5 Rd7 20. Ndc3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb4 22. a3 {
1/2-1/2 Grabarczyk,M-Markowski,T/Glogow 2001/EXT 2002}) 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Nc3 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Rad1
Na6 20. Bxc6 Rxb2 21. Nd5 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Huang Qian-Harika,D/Mallorca 2004/CBM
102 ext (46)}) 9... Nb4 {A natural move.} (9... Ne7 {is less logical as it
completely justifies White's Qd1-d3:} 10. e4 Ne8 11. Be3 a6 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4
$1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nf6 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Nf3 h6 17. h4 Nc5 18. Qd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4
Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf5 21. Qe1 $16 {1-0 Bu Xiangzhi-Nijboer,F/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM
117 (32)}) 10. Qd1 a5 {Providing the c5 square for the knight.} (10... c5 {
is another option:} 11. dxc6 (11. e4 $5 {, then preparing f2-f4, looks more
logical}) 11... bxc6 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 Be6 14. b5 $6 (14. Qa4 $5 $36 Bxc4 $2
15. Nd2) 14... cxb5 15. cxb5 Nc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qc1 e4 19. Ng5
Bf5 20. Ra2 Rfe8 21. a4 Rbd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Kosten,A-Hebden,M/Great Yarmouth ENG
2007/The Week in Chess 666 (39)}) 11. e4 Bd7 12. Ne1 Qe8 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd3 b5
(14... a4 {is another normal reaction. White would continue preparing f2-f4.})
15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Re1 c6 {Getting rid of his backward c7 pawn,
Black must open up the position and White's bishop pair becomes an important
factor.} 18. dxc6 Rfc8 19. b4 axb4 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. axb4 Rxc6 (21... Qxb4 $2
22. Ba3) 22. Bd2 Qb7 23. Ra5 $6 {White starts playing inaccurately. It was
essential to support his b4 pawn:} (23. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Ye1b1]}) 23... Bf8 24.
Qa4 $6 Rc4 25. Ra7 Qc8 26. Qb3 d5 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} 27. Qf3 Rb6 28. exd5 e4 29.
Qf4 Qe8 30. Rea1 $2 {After this White loses both his d5 and b4 pawns and must
fight hard for a draw. Meanwhile, he had a tactical defense:} (30. b5 $1 Nxd5
31. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxb5 $14 {Of course, Black should draw
with accurate play but still...}) 30... Nxd5 31. Qg5 Rd4 32. Ra8 Rb8 33. Rxb8
Qxb8 34. Be1 Qd6 35. Qc1 Nxb4 36. Bxb4 Rxb4 {and White eventually managed to
survive due to the opposite-coloured bishops:} 37. Qc2 Qb6 38. Kh1 h5 39. Re1
f5 40. f3 e3 41. f4 Kh7 42. h4 Bg7 43. Qc6 Qa7 44. Qe6 Bd4 45. Re2 Rb6 46. Qc4
Rd6 47. Kh2 Qe7 48. Bf3 Bb6 49. Qb3 Qc7 50. Qa2 Ba5 51. Rc2 Rd2+ 52. Rxd2 exd2
53. Qd5 Bc3 54. Kg2 Qe7 55. Qd3 Qc5 56. Qd7+ Kh6 57. Qd3 Ba5 58. Qe2 Qc3 59.
Kh3 Bb4 60. Kg2 Bc5 61. Kh3 Qd4 62. Qe8 Kg7 63. Qe2 Kh7 64. Qf1 Bb4 65. Kg2 Kg7
66. Qe2 Kf8 67. Kh2 Bc5 68. Kh3 Kf7 69. Qf1 Qf2 70. Qd1 Ke7 71. Bg2 Qe1 72. Bf3
Kd8 73. Qe2 Bf2 74. Qd3+ Ke7 75. Qa3+ Kf7 76. Qb3+ Kf8 77. Qb4+ Kg7 78. Qc3+
Kh7 79. Qc7+ Kh6 80. Qc3 Kh7 81. Qc7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT 0809"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.12.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bf5 {
Recently this move has once again become fashionable, thanks to the efforts of
Ilya Smirin and Emil Sutovsky.} 8. b3 $5 {I always considered this move, as
most promising for White in this position.} (8. d5 {White's first choice
according to theory.}) 8... e5 {Lately a new trend in this position. I always
considered} (8... Ne4 9. Nd5 {a very pleasant line for White, here is one of
my games:} Bd7 10. Bb2 e6 11. Nf4 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Rb1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal
Gd4d5]} Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Bg2 $14 {
Avrukh,B (2600)-Efimenko,Z (2573)/Biel open 2004; and White was better, thanks
to his better pawn structure.}) 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 {The main direction.} Qd7 {
It's important for Black to succeed in exchanging the light-squared bishops.} (
{The alternative} 10... e4 {seems to me positionally pretty risky, after} 11.
Nc2 Re8 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Bd4 {White enjoys a pleasant edge Izoria,Z (2646)
-Gurevich,M (2652)/Bastia 2005}) 11. e4 Bh3 12. Nd3 Bxg2 {Anyway Black has to
capture on g2 in order to carry out ...f7-f5.} (12... Nh5 13. f3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
{would just transpose to the game.}) 13. Kxg2 Nh5 {The most active approach.}
14. f3 f5 15. Bd2 Rf7 $146 {This move seems to me more natural than} (15... Kh8
16. Rc1 Rf7 17. c5 Raf8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qe2 Nf6 {this position has occurred
in Pert,N (2494)-Savickas,A (2300)/Turin 2006; now White should have played}
20. Nf2 {[%cal Ge2b5] Threatening the positional Qb5.} a6 21. b4 {with the
idea of b5 and White's initiative on the queenside is much faster.}) 16. b4
Raf8 17. Qa4 {Obviously White would be happy to swap queens, as Black will
remain with his poor e7-N. In fact it looks like this is a slight inaccuracy,
as I overlooked Black's tactical idea after 17...c6.} ({More to the point was} 
17. Qe2 c6 18. Rac1 $14 {and I prefer White's position, as it's not so clear
how Black can develop his initiative on the kingside, while White has a lot of
options on the queenside.}) 17... Qxa4 $2 {Strategically a very bad decision.
Without queens it's much easier to play for White, while Black's position is
very unpleasant mainly because of his poor knight on e7. It was essential to
play} (17... c6 $1 18. Qxa7 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Rxf1 21. Kxf1 Qh3+ $1 {
During the game I overlooked this idea} 22. Ke1 {Certainly} (22. Kg1 $2 {
is bad in view of} Nxg3 {[%cal Gh3f1]} 23. Qf2 $8 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxd3 25. Nxd6
Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 {and only Black can play for a win.}) 22... Qxh2 23. Kd1 $1
Nxg3 {Now White can take either the b7-pawn, or the d6-pawn, in both cases
Black's counterplay is enough to maintain the balance} 24. Qxb7 (24. Qb8+ Bf8
25. Qxd6 Nxe4 $1 {with the following pretty nice line:} 26. Qe6+ Kg7 27. Nxe4
Qh1+ 28. Ne1 (28. Kc2 Qxe4 {fine for Black.}) 28... Qxe4 29. Bc3 Qb1+ (29...
Kh6 $5 {The only but sufficient defence}) 30. Kd2 Qxa2+ 31. Nc2 Nf5 $1 {
Only not} (31... Qxc4 32. Ne3 Qa2+ 33. Ke1 Kh6 34. Qxe5 {and White develops
dangerous attack.}) 32. Qxe5+ Kh6 33. Qf4+ Kh5 {and despite Black's position
looking very shaky White has to force the draw with perpetual} 34. Qf3+ Kg5 35.
Qg2+ $11) 24... Bf8 $1 {and it appears, that after} 25. dxc6 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qh1+
27. Ne1 Qxe4 28. b5 Qb1+ {Black's queen activity is enough for equality.}) 18.
Nxa4 $14 {[%csl Ge7]} fxe4 {Otherwise Black's rooks would remain passive.} 19.
fxe4 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Rxf1 21. Kxf1 Nf6 22. Nc3 c6 {Another way of holding
Black's position is} (22... a6 23. c5 Kf7 {, but after} 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Kf3 Kd7
26. a4 {he will face a tough task defending against White's offensive on the
queenside.}) 23. Ke2 cxd5 $2 {A serious positional error. Black should have
kept the tension in the centre:} (23... Kf7 24. Kf3 Ke8 $14 {Black would have
a defendable position.}) 24. exd5 $1 {Now White has a strategically winning
position. One of his knights will find a perfect e4-square and the following
c4-c5 break should decide the issue.} h6 25. Nf2 $1 {Obviously the knight is
heading for e4.} Kf7 26. Nfe4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Nc8 {Black has to defend passively,
as after} (27... Nf5 28. g4 Nd4+ 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Be3 $1 {White has a winning
position. Now he threatens Bxd4 followed by Nd2-f3-d4 and after} Nf3 31. Bxa7 {
decides} Nxh2 32. Bb8 Nxg4 33. Bxd6+ Kd7 34. c5 $18) 28. c5 dxc5 {Black tries
somehow to complicate matters, but it fails to work. In the event of} (28...
Ke7 29. Kd3 {White will slowly improve his position on both flanks Kd3-c4, a4,
Be3, also on the kingside he can easily create an additional weakness g4,
h4-h5 fixing the h6-pawn. Finally the knight might be transfered to f5. It's
impossible to hold this position for Black.}) 29. bxc5 Ne7 30. Nd6+ Kf8 (30...
Kf6 31. Ne8+ Kf7 32. Nc7 $1 $18 {Hopeless for Black.}) 31. Nxb7 Nxd5 32. Kd3
Ke8 33. c6 Ne7 $2 {The final blunder, which only eases White's task. More
stubborn would have been} (33... Ke7 {, but White is winning here after} 34.
Ba5 Ke6 35. Nd8+ Kd6 36. c7 Kd7 {Certainly Black loses after} (36... Nxc7 37.
Bxc7+ Kxc7 38. Ne6+ Kd6 39. Nxg7 Ke7 40. Ke4 Kf7 41. Nf5 $1 $18) 37. Ne6 Bf6
38. Nf8+ Kc8 39. Nxg6 Nxc7 40. Ke4 Nb5 41. Bb4 $1 $18) 34. Nd6+ $1 (34. Nd6+
Kf8 (34... Kd8 35. Ba5#) 35. c7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. Bg2 a5 (13... Nf6 {is
played more frequently but putting this knight to c5 is a healthy idea, too.
The problem is that the lack of the light-squared bishop doesn't allow Black
to equalize in any case.}) 14. exf5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b3 {
needs testing. Here is a game in which White was an IM:} f4 16. a3 b6 17. b4
Nd7 18. Bd2 g5 19. g4 Ng6 20. f3 h5 21. Rf2 Kf7 22. Be1 Nh4 23. Bf1 Rh8 24. Nb5
axb4 25. axb4 Nf6 26. Ra1 hxg4 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. hxg4 Qc8 29. Ra2 Ne8 30. Ra7
Kg6 31. Bxh4 Rxh4 32. Bg2 Rh8 33. Qa4 $16 {1-0 Lodhi,M-Annurudha,G/Turin 2006/
CBM 113 (57)}) 14... gxf5 (14... Nxf5 15. Ne4 $14) 15. f4 e4 16. Be3 {A
typical blockade. The black knight now aims to d3 but....} Nc5 17. Qe2 Nd3 18.
Rfd1 a4 19. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] A radical but correct solution. White now has
an excellent compensation for the exchange: a bishop pair and weaknesses in
Black's position (like the e6 square).} exd3 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Bf2
{Trying to invade along the e-file. There was another option and another
object of attack:} (22. Bf3 $5 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yf3d1]}) 22... Ng6 23. Re6 Kh8
(23... Re7 $5 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 24. Rxe8 (24. Nb5 $5 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Qe7 $5 (25...
Qxe6 26. Nxc7 $36) 26. Nd4 (26. Bxb7 Qxe6) 26... c6 27. Nxf5 Qxe6 28. Nxd6 $36)
24... Rxe8 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Nb5 Kg8 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Gg2,Rg8]
White's advantage is lasting. His bishop pair are very strong and the black
king has no safe haven.} b6 29. Bf3 Re8 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Bc3 Ke7 {Running away
from danger.} 32. Bd1 a3 33. bxa3 (33. b4 $5) 33... Kd8 34. a4 {The black king
has no quiet life on the queenside either.} Kc8 35. Bf3 $6 {A crucial delay.} (
35. a5 $1 Kb7 36. axb6 cxb6 37. Bd4 $16) 35... Kb7 36. a5 Qe7 $1 {[%mdl 256]}
37. axb6 (37. Bd2 Qg7 $132) (37. Qxf5 Qe3 $132) 37... Nxf4+ $1 {Suddenly
creating a counterattack.} 38. gxf4 Qe3 39. bxc7 (39. Qxf5 Rg8+ 40. Bg4 Qxc3
41. bxc7 Qb2+ $11) 39... Rg8+ 40. Bg4 fxg4 41. Qb3+ Ka7 {Alas, White has
nothing better than a perpetual.} 42. Qa4+ Kb7 43. Qb5+ Ka7 44. Qa4+ (44. c8=N+
Rxc8 45. Qd7+ Kb8 46. Qxd6+ Rc7 $11) 44... Kb7 45. Qc6+ Ka7 46. Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 {This match vs. Bosna was an important encounter for us, as the winner
could probably be first in the European Club Cup, so were fighting on all
boards. Dieses Match gegen Bosna war eine wichtige Begegnung für uns, denn der
Sieger hatte wahrscheinlich gute Chancen, den europäischen Mannschaftspokal zu
gewinnen, daher kämpften wir an allen Brettern.} g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3
O-O 5. d4 d6 {Eine typical position of the KID with g3. Eine typische Stellung
des Königsinders mit g3.} 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qb6 {A rare line. Ivanchuk took
some 15-20 minutes thinking at this point. Now White has some problems
developing the c1-bishop. Ein seltenes Abspiel. An dieser Stelle dachte
Ivanchuk etwa 15-20 Minuten nach. Weiß hat jetzt nämlich einige Probleme, den
Läufer c1 zu entwickeln.} 8. Re1 $5 {Trying to start e4-e5 taking positions in
center. Versucht, mit e4-e5 im Zentrum Stellung zu beziehen.} Bg4 $5 {There
are many moves and also many ideas for Black, but Bg4 and Nfd7 (x Pd4) looked
interesting. Es gibt viele Züge und auch viele Ideen für Schwarz, aber Bg4 und
Nfd7 (x Pd4) sah interessant aus.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nfd7 11. e3 Na6 (11...
c5 $6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Rc8 15. Nf4 Nb6 (15... cxd4 16. Bxc6 Nc5
17. Qxa7 Rxc6 18. exd4 Ra6 19. Qxe7 Nb3 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rb1 $16) 16. Bxc6 Rc7
17. Qa6 Rxc6 18. Qxa7 cxd4 19. exd4 $14) 12. Rb1 e5 13. d5 c5 $6 {Well, I
don't think this kind of move is good here because White gets play on both
wings. Of course, it is hard to break Black's defence. But playing with White
is a much easier task here. Also, an dieser Stelle halte ich diese Art von Zug
nicht für gut, weil Weiß Spiel auf beiden Flügeln bekommt. Natürlich ist es
schwer, die schwarze Verteidigung zu überwinden. Aber mit Weiß zu spielen ist
hier doch die deutlich einfachere Aufgabe.} (13... f5 $5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. e4 (
15. Qxd6 e4 $17) 15... f4 16. Kg2 Rab8 $11 (16... Qc5 17. b3 Nb6 $11 {[%cal
Ga6c7,Gc7e6,Ge6d4]})) 14. e4 $1 Qd8 15. h4 $1 {Practically the best decision,
now White puts a pawn on h5, the king on g2 and the rook on h1. Praktisch die
beste Entscheidung; Weiß stellt nun einen Bauern nach h5, den König nach g2
und den Turm nach h1.} Nc7 16. Kg2 f5 {Otherwise Black may end up without any
counterplay! The only way is to push through f4 somehow and try to close the
queen's flank! Ansonsten bleibt Schwarz am Ende vielleicht völlig ohne
Gegenspiel! Die einzige Möglichkeit besteht darin, irgendwie f4 durchzudrücken
und zu versuchen, den Damenflügel zu schließen!} 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bd2 Qe7 19.
Qe2 f4 20. Rh1 Rf7 21. Rh3 Raf8 22. Rbh1 a6 23. b3 {Now the position is
closed! And Ivanchuk tries to open up the game carefully on the queen's flank!
Jetzt ist die Stellung geschlossen! Und Ivanchuk versucht vorsichtig, das
Spiel am Damenflügel zu öffnen!} (23. h5 g5 24. h6 $14) 23... Kh8 24. a3 g5 $5
{It's not easy at all to play with Black! White is pressing on the queen's
flank, and also on the kingside it is hard to do something with Black. Schwarz
hat es keinesweg leicht! Weiß drückt am Damenflügel, und auch am Königsflügel
kann der Nachziehende kaum etwas unternehmen.} 25. h5 (25. hxg5 Bxg5 26. g4 Rb8
27. a4 a5 $11 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Gb8g8,Gc7e8,Ge8f6,Gd7f8,Gf8g6]}) 25... h6 (25...
Rb8 26. a4 a5 {was possible, but the position is very unpleasent anyway. war
möglich, aber auch dann bleibt die Stellung höchst unangenehm.}) 26. Bg4 Bg7
27. Bf5 {After this move and g4, many players asked me how the bishop came to
f5, from which square :) Nach diesem Zug und g4 fragten mich viele Spieler,
über welches Feld der Läufer eigentlich nach f5 gelangt war :)} b5 $1 28. g4 b4
{The only way is to try and to close the position! Der einzige Weg besteht in
dem Versuch, die Stellung zu schließen!} 29. Na4 (29. axb4 $1 cxb4 30. Na4 Rb8
(30... a5 31. Ra1 Na6 $13 32. c5 Naxc5 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Rxa5 Rb8 35. Rb5 $16)
31. Ra1 Rff8 $14) 29... a5 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Rhh1 Rff8 32. Ra2 Rb7 33. Rha1 Rfb8
34. axb4 axb4 35. Nb2 {Now it's very pleasant for White, he can maneouvre for
hours when Black has to wait in passive defence, calculating sacrifices all
the time. Nun ist es sehr angenehm für Weiß; er kann stundenlang manövrieren,
während Schwarz passiv abwarten und dabei ständig Opfer auf der Rechnung haben
muss.} Nb6 {My idea was to kick the f5-bishop somehow. It worked! Meine Idee
war, irgendwie den f5-Läufer zu beharken. Es klappte!} 36. Nd3 Nc8 37. Ra5 Qe8
{Now the knight is going to e7. Nun kommt der Springer nach e7.} 38. Nxc5 $6 {
Well, even if not bad, this is too early. Nun, selbst wenn dies vielleicht
nicht schlecht ist, kommt es zu früh.} (38. f3 $5 {This move followed by a
d2-bishop regroupment was more to the point, I think. Dieser Zug nebst der
Umgruppierung des Läufers d2 traf den Nagel eher auf den Kopf, denke ich.} Ne7
39. Bc1 Nxf5 40. exf5 e4 41. fxe4 Bxa1 42. Rxa1 $16) 38... dxc5 39. Rxc5 Bf8 $1
40. Rca5 Ne7 41. f3 (41. Bc1 $5 Nxf5 42. exf5 Bg7 (42... e4 43. Bb2+ Kg8 44.
Qd2 $18) 43. Bb2 Qe7 44. f3 Qd6 $14) 41... Qf7 42. R1a4 $2 {Well, after this
move White misses a clear plan and his king on g2 is vulnerable. Nun, nach
diesem Zug fehlt es Weiß an einem klaren Plan, und sein König auf g2 ist
anfällig.} Nxf5 43. exf5 Kg8 {Now I am going to play Ne8-f6 followed by e4.
Jetzt lautet mein Plan Ne8-f6 nebst e4.} 44. Qxe5 $2 {White misses a very
strong attacking conception. Weiß übersieht ein bärenstarkes Angriffskonzept.}
(44. Be1 $5 Ne8 45. Qxe5 Nf6 46. Qe6 Re8 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Bf2 Re2) 44... Re8
$1 45. Qd4 Qe7 $3 {Great concept - now it's lost for White! Ein großartiges
Konzept - nun ist Weiß verloren!} 46. Qf2 (46. Qe4 Qxe4 47. fxe4 Rxe4 48. Ra2
Rd4 $15) 46... Qe2 $1 47. Ra1 Qd3 48. Re1 Qxb3 49. Rxe8 Nxe8 50. Ra8 Re7 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shamkovich Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6
7. O-O Qb6 8. c5 $5 $146 {A novelty. 8. e4, b3, h3 and Qc2 have all been
played here.} (8. b3 e5 $5 9. e3 Re8 10. Ba3 e4 11. Nd2 d5 {Black is OK,
Kremenietsky,A-Iskusnyh,S/RUSCup2 Moscow/1996/}) (8. h3 Na6 9. e4 e5 10. Re1
exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. b3 {White is better, Baburin,A-Filippov,V/op Groningen
NED 1995}) (8. Qc2 Qa6 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. e4 {
White's position is preferable, Murzin,L-Popovic,M/FS Oct, Budapest HUN 1996})
8... dxc5 9. Na4 Qb5 10. Nxc5 Na6 11. a4 Qb6 12. Nxa6 Qxa6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qb3
$6 {Unnecessary move. Better was} (14. e4 Bg4 15. b3) 14... Be6 15. Qa3 Bd5 16.
e3 $15 {Black already is slighly better.} Bf8 17. b4 e6 18. Qb2 Qb6 19. b5 Rac8
20. bxc6 Qxb2 21. Bxb2 Rxc6 22. Rec1 Rdc8 23. Ne5 Rc2 24. Bf1 Bb4 (24... Ne4
25. Bd3 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nc3 28. a5 Bb4 (28... a6 29. Bd2 Bb4 30.
e4 Bb3 31. Nd7 $132) 29. a6 bxa6 30. Bxa6 $11) 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Ba3 Bc3 (26...
Bxa3 27. Rxa3 Ne4 (27... Rc1 28. f3 Nd7 29. Nxd7 (29. e4 $2 Nxe5 30. exd5 Nc4)
29... Bc4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Ne8+ Kf8 32. Nd6 Bxf1 33. Kf2 b6 34. Nb5 a6 35. Rc3
Rxc3 36. Nxc3 Bc4 37. e4) 28. f3 (28. f4) 28... Nd2 29. Bd3 Rb2 30. e4 Bc6 {
A. Silver}) 27. Bd3 Ra2 (27... Rxf2 $2 28. Rc1 Rg2+ 29. Kf1 $18) 28. Rxa2 Bxa2
29. Bc4 Bb1 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Ne4 32. Nc5 Nd6 33. Kf1 b6 34. Nd3 Nc4 35.
Be7 f5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. Kd1 Kd7 39. Kc2 Ba5 40. f3 Bd2 41. Ne5+ Nxe5
42. dxe5 {White has a bad bishop, so Black has some winning chances. [#] Hecht
Schlechter wL; Karpov installiert einen gedeckten Freibauern, der die Balance
garantiert.} Be1 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. e4 $1 h5 45. Bf4 {Decken von g3, um h3 und g4
spielen zu können.} Bb4 (45... fxe4+ $5 46. Kxe4 Kc5 {[#]} 47. Be3+ $132 {
[%csl Ra4,Rg6]} Kb4 48. Kf4 Kxa4 49. Kg5 $13 {Tempofrage! Analyse!}) 46. exf5
exf5 {White has a protected passed pawn and equalizes.} (46... gxf5 47. h3 Bf8
48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Kd5 51. g5 Bg7 52. g6 a6 53. Bd2 b5 54. axb5
axb5 55. Bc3 $11) 47. Bd2 Bc5 48. Be3 Be7 {The pawn ending is drawn. Black
cannot make any progress.} 49. f4 a6 50. Kc4 b5+ 51. axb5+ axb5+ 52. Kd3 Kd5
53. Bc1 Bc5 54. Be3 Be7 55. Bc1 Bf8 56. Bd2 Ba3 57. Be3 Bb4 58. Bd2 Ba3 59. Be3
Bf8 60. Bd2 Kc6 61. Be3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Bf5 $5 (10... Rb8 {is by far the most usual continuation,
but Fedorov has had some success with the text - Black doesn't always have to
play on the << in the Yugoslav.}) 11. e4 Bd7 {The reasoning behind Black's
manoeuvre is that now after e5 he doesn't have to worry about dxe6 and Nde4
and one invested tempo will not play a major role in a position with a closed 
[+].} 12. b3 e5 (12... b5 {leads to more usual lines after} 13. Qc2 (13. Bb2
Rb8 14. Ba1 e6 15. cxb5 exd5 16. Nxd5 axb5 17. b4 Nb7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. e5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Re4 Qf6 23. Rf4 Qg7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Ne4 Bf5
26. Qxd6 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 c4 28. a4 {Maciejewski,M-Ciemniak,R/Lubniewice/1993/}
bxa4 $132) 13... Rb8 14. Bb2 (14. h3 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Qd1 Bxd5
18. cxd5 Nb4 19. a3 Nd3 20. Qc2 Nxc1 21. Rfxc1 Nd7 $15 {Goczo,M-Werner,D/
Budapest/2004/}) 14... e5 ({premature is} 14... bxc4 $6 15. bxc4 e5 16. Ne2 Bh6
17. Bc3 Nb7 18. Rb2 Nh5 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. a4 f5 21. Rb6 $16 {[%cal Gb1b8] <->b,
Arsovic,G-Milovic,J/YUG-chT Budva/2002/}) 15. Ne2 {We have reached the
position from Nielsen-Bologan by transposition.} Nb7 $5 (15... h5 16. Bc3 h4
17. Qd3 Nb7 18. f4 h3 $6 (18... hxg3 $142 19. hxg3 Ng4 $14) 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. f5
Nh6 21. g4 Qh4 22. Kh1 Nd8 23. Rg1 f6 24. Rg3 Ndf7 25. Rf1 Ng5 26. Ng1 gxf5 27.
gxf5 Be8 28. Be2 Bh5 29. Bxh5 Qxh5 30. Ndf3 Nhf7 31. Nxg5 Nxg5 32. Nxh3 $18 {
Nielsen,P-Bologan,V/Skanderborg/2003/}) (15... Nh5 16. f4 $36) 16. h3 (16. Qd3
$5) (16. Rbe1 $142 $14) 16... Nh5 17. f4 f5 {[%csl Rg3] ><g3<=>} 18. fxe5 dxe5
19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Nh4 e4 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. g4 Bd7 25.
gxh5 Bxh3 26. Nf4 Bf5 $13 {Kozak,L-Wisniewski,A/Oropesa del Mar/2000/}) 13. Qc2
$5 $146 {Once Black has closed the [+], it's more sensible for the Bc1 to
remain on the /^c1-h6, White will try to connect his R by preparing Bd2.} (13.
Bb2 $143 h5 14. a3 (14. Qc2 $142) 14... b6 $5 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qe2 h4 17. Nd1 $6
cxb4 $1 18. axb4 a5 $36 19. Ba3 axb4 20. Bxb4 Nc5 21. Nc3 Bh6 22. Nb5 Qe7 23.
Nb3 Bg4 24. Qc2 h3 25. Bh1 Nh5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Ra4 $17 {
Minasian,A-Fedorov,A/Moscow Aeroflot/2004/}) 13... h5 (13... Ng4 $5 14. h3 Nh6
15. Ne2 $13) 14. h3 h4 (14... Bh6 15. f4 h4 16. Nf3 $1 $36) ({Perhaps Black
could have waited with the text-move, the immediate} 14... b5 $142 {seems
better.}) 15. g4 Nh7 (15... Bh6 16. Ne2 $5 (16. Nf3 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 {[%csl Rh4]
><h4} b5 $132) 16... b5 17. f4 $14) 16. Nd1 b5 17. Ne3 Bh6 18. Nf3 $1 Rb8 (
18... Bf4 19. Ne1 Nb7 20. a3 $5 Ng5 21. Nd3 Qf6 22. Kh1 $14) 19. Bd2 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Sound strategy, White gradually starts moving his pieces to their
best squares.} Nb7 20. Ne1 (20. a3 $5) 20... b4 $5 21. Nd3 a5 (21... Bf4 $5 22.
a3 a5 $14 {/\} 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Nd1 Qf6 $13) 22. a3 bxa3 $2 {Disrupts Black's
P-structure and gives White's pieces (both B and N) the important c3-square.} (
22... Bf4 $142 {Black should try to keep the position closed.}) (22... Qe7 $6
23. Nf5 $1 $16) 23. Ra1 Bg5 {Black manoeuvres without a concrete plan and
gradually gets outplayed.} 24. Rxa3 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rbe8 26. Bc3 Bc8 (26... Bxe3
27. fxe3 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Rh4] ><h4,a5}) 27. Raa1 Bd8 28. f4 $1 $36 exf4 29. Nxf4
Bg5 30. Rae1 Re7 31. Nd3 Rfe8 32. Ba1 a4 {Black desperately tries to get some
<=>.} (32... Bd7 33. Qc3 f6 34. Nf4 Nf8 35. Ne6 $1 $40) 33. bxa4 Na5 34. Qc3 f6
35. Nf4 (35. Rb1 $5 Qa6 36. Nf4 Nf8 (36... Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Qd3 $5 f5 39.
Neg2 $18) 37. Rb5 $16) 35... Qb4 (35... Nf8 36. Ne6 $5 (36. Rb1 {-35.Rb1})
36... Nxe6 37. dxe6 Rxe6 38. Nd5 Qd8 39. Rb1 $36 {/\} Ba6 40. Rb6 Bxc4 41. Qxa5
Bxf1 42. Bxf1 Rxe4 43. Bc3 $18 {White's K is safe, as the R have no entry pint
on the <->e.}) 36. Nxg6 Rb7 37. Qc2 Qb3 (37... Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Nxc4 39. Ree1 $16
{/+-,->}) 38. Qf2 {It's only natural White wants to play for the ->.} (38. Qxb3
Rxb3 39. Nf5 Nxc4 40. Nge7+ Kf8 $16) 38... Nxc4 39. Nxc4 Qxc4 40. Nxh4 Qxa4 41.
Ng6 Qa5 (41... Rg7 $5 42. Nf4 $16) 42. Qg3 (42. Nf4 $5) 42... Bd2 43. Re2 c4 (
43... Rg7 $142 44. Rd1 $16) 44. Qxd6 c3 45. Qc6 (45. e5 $5 $40 {+-}) 45... Qb5
46. Ne7+ (46. e5 $2 Bd7 $1 $13) 46... Rexe7 47. Qxc8+ Re8 48. Qc6 Qxc6 (48...
Rb6 $5 49. Qxb5 Rxb5 $16) 49. dxc6 Rc7 50. e5 fxe5 (50... Rxe5 $2 51. Rxd2 cxd2
52. Bxe5 fxe5 53. Rd1 $18) 51. h4 ({Resignation does seem premature, although
Black is in trouble after, e.g.,} 51. h4 Kg7 (51... Rd8 52. Rxe5 c2 53. Bd5+
Rxd5 54. Re8+ $18) 52. g5 $16 {[%csl Ga1,Gg2,Gg5,Gh4][%cal Yf1d1,Yd1d2] /+-
White can always play Rd1xd2 at a suitable moment and the o^, supported by the
^^ should net the full point.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Mrva, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bg2 a5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A good idea, Black postpones
central action and limits White's << prospects first.} ({The only move played
until now in this position was} 10... e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. h4 $1 {
In this line White often profits from the fact he hasn't castled yet, also in
the game his Bg2 and Rh1 will be activated via h3.} Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. h5 (16. Qd3 $5 {/\0-0-0|^ was Sakaev's intention}) 16... Bg5 17. hxg6
f4 18. Bh3 Kg7 19. Ne2 c6 20. Qb3 Qa5+ 21. Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 c5 23. Rb1 b6 24.
Bg4 Nxg6 25. Ng1 Ne7 26. Nf3 $11 {/+/=,Portisch,L-Sznapik,A/Amsterdam/1984/})
11. Qe2 (11. O-O e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. e4 f5 $13 {only helps Black, the R is still
needed on the h-file.}) (11. h4 $5 h5 (11... Nb6 12. Qe2 e6 13. h5 d5 14. hxg6
hxg6 15. c5 (15. b3) 15... Nd7 16. Bd2 $16 {()}) 12. Qe2 e5 (12... e6 $5 $13) (
12... Bh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. h5 Kg7 15. hxg6 f5 16. e4 $40) 13. d5 Nb4 14. a3 Na6
15. Rb1 Nac5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 $132) 11... e5 12. d5 Nb4 13. a3 (13. e4
Nc5 14. O-O f5 15. Be3 (15. exf5 gxf5 $132 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Yb4d3,Ye5e4] /
\Nbd3,e4}) 15... Nbd3 16. Rad1 f4 $1 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 13... Na6 14. Rb1 f5 (
14... Nac5 $142 $5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na4 17. Nd1 (17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. e4 Qa8
$132) 17... h5 (17... Bh6 18. h4 f5 19. h5 Kg7 20. Qc2 $14 {/\} e4 21. Ra1 Nab6
22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bb2+ Ne5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. g4 $40) 18. e4 (18. h4 Bh6 $13)
18... h4 19. g4 Bf6 $132) (14... Bh6 15. b4 $14 {פa6}) 15. e4 $8 (15. b4 $2 e4
$36) 15... Nac5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 $14
{[%csl Rg7][%cal Yh3h5] /+/-,/\h4-h5->,ץg7}) 18. Nd1 $1 {[%mdl 32] White
avoids exchanges, the N protects f2 and the Bg7 still remains inactive.} f4 $2
{Now Black's position looses it's flexibility and White impressively exploits
his strategic advantage.} (18... Nf6 $142 19. exf5 gxf5 20. g4 e4 $5 21. gxf5 (
21. Rb3 c6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. gxf5 d5 $44) (21. g5 $6 Nd7 {/\Ne5|^}) 21... Qd7
22. Rb3 $1 (22. f3 exf3 23. Qxf3 b5 $44) 22... Qxf5 23. Rg3 $36) 19. h4 c5 $5 (
19... Bh6 20. h5 Bg5 21. Qg4 $16 {and the Bg5 is in danger.}) 20. dxc6 $8 (20.
b5 Nab6 $13) 20... bxc6 21. h5 g5 22. h6 Bf6 23. Bh3 $1 $16 Kh8 (23... Qe7 $142
24. Qd3 $5 $16 {/\c5} (24. Bf5 Rfb8 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yf8e6] /\Nf8-e6})) 24. Bf5
Ndb6 25. g4 $1 {Preparing the 3-rd rank for the Rh1...} Nc8 26. Rh3 Ne7 27. Be6
Ng6 28. Ra3 Qe7 29. Bf5 Nh4 30. Rba1 Nb6 31. Rxa8 Nxa8 (31... Rxa8 $142 32.
Rxa8+ Nxa8 33. Nc3 $16) 32. Nc3 Qb7 33. b5 Nxf5 34. gxf5 (34. exf5 $2 e4 $132)
34... Nb6 35. Qd3 Be7 36. Ra6 Rf6 (36... Ra8 37. Ba3 Nc8 (37... Rxa6 38. bxa6
Qxa6 39. Bxd6 Qa1+ (39... Bf6 40. Bxe5 $1 $18) 40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Kxf3 Bxd6 42.
Qxd6 Qxc3+ 43. Kg2 Kg8 44. Qf6 $18) 38. c5 $16 {->}) 37. c5 $1 dxc5 38. bxc6
Rxc6 39. Qb5 Bd8 40. Nd5 $22 {[%csl Re5] Black can't move his pieces and the
Pe5 falls.} g4 41. Bb2 f3 42. Bxe5+ Kg8 43. Ra7 $1 (43. Rxb6 $2 Bxb6 44. Qxc6
$2 Ba5+ $19) (43. Ra7 Qxa7 44. Qxc6 Qd7 45. Nf6+ Bxf6 46. Qxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 {
This move order is considered less accurate than the normal} (7... a6) 8. e3 {
A rare, rather harmless continuation.} e5 (8... Bf5 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11.
b3 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15. e4 Ba8 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Nd5 $14
{0-1 McNab,C (2475)-Hebden,M (2550)/Glasgow 1995/EXT 2001 (78)}) (8... a6 {
leads to a well-known theoretical position from the 7...a6 system.}) 9. d5 Ne7
(9... e4 $5 10. dxc6 (10. Nd2 Bg4 11. Qc2 Ne5) 10... exf3 11. Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qf4
bxc6 13. Bxc6 Bh3 14. Rd1 Nd7 $44) 10. e4 Nd7 11. b4 h6 {After this move 
(preventing Nf3-g5 but losing time) White's queenside attack becomes dangerous.
} (11... f5 $5 12. Ng5 Nf6 {It is important that the b7 pawn is protected.})
12. Be3 a6 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bf2 h5 17. c5 g5 18. Nc4 Nf6
19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. Qa4 $6 {It is attractive to exchange queens but
Black now manages to organise a defence.} (21. Rc1 $5 Ng6 22. Bf2 Qe7 23. Nb6
Rb8 24. b5 $5) 21... Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Bd7 23. Nab2 Nc8 24. Rac1 Rf7 25. Bd8 Rf8
26. Bc7 Ne8 27. Nb6 Nxb6 28. Bxb6 Bf6 29. Nc4 h4 30. g4 $6 {[%mdl 32] White
will not be able to break through on the queenside.} (30. gxh4 $5 gxh4 (30...
g4 31. Bf2) 31. Rf2 $14 {The g-file and the h3-c8 diagonal may be useful for
the side which keeps general initiative, i.e. White, rather than Black.}) 30...
Bb5 31. Rf2 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Bd8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 {, and all White's attempts were
vain:} 34. Bf1 Rf7 35. Rfc2 Kf8 36. a4 Rdd7 37. Rc8 Rc7 38. R2xc7 Rxc7 39. Rb8
Ke7 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 Nf6 42. b6 Rc1 $1 43. Rxb7+ Nd7 44. Rc7 Rb1 45. b7 Kd8
46. Rc8+ Ke7 47. Rg8 Kf7 $1 48. b8=R (48. Rxg5 Nf6 49. Rf5 Kg6 {[%csl Rf5]})
48... Rxb8 49. Rxb8 Nxb8 50. Bb5 Ke7 51. Kf2 Kd8 52. Ke2 Kc7 53. Kd3 Kb6 54.
Kc4 Ka5 55. h3 Na6 56. Bxa6 Kxa6 57. Kb4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After a win in the first round I had missed a couple of chances and drew all
the games uptill this round. My opponent didn't have a good tournament so I
was hoping to score in this game.} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5.
O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd2 {We both were
playing pretty fast until this point.} h6 (10... Qb8 11. Qa4 Nd4 12. e3 Nf5 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nde4 Bg7 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rad1 $14) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nde4 Be7 13.
Qc1 Kg7 (13... Bxc4 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Qxh6 Nd4 16. g4) 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Nd5 Rc8 (
15... Bd8 16. Qc3 (16. e3 f5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. f4 b6 19. Nb3 e4) (16. Qd2 b6)
16... Nd4 (16... f5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Re1 Kh7 19. e4 f4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. e5 f3
22. Bxf3 Qf7 23. Re3 Bg5 24. Rae1 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 $16) 17. Rd2 c6 18. Nf4 Bg4 (
18... Bf5 19. Nd6 Qe7 (19... Qd7 20. c5 Bf6 21. e3 exf4 22. exd4 $14) 20. c5
$14) 19. e3 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Nd6 Qe7 22. e4 Bg4 23. c5 $14) 16. Nxe7 $146
{This was my planned improvement. It's rare nowadays to get your preparation
in! :)} (16. Nec3 Bg5 17. e3 f5 18. f4 Bd8) 16... Qxe7 17. Nc3 {Black is
already worse now. He can't really avoid crippling of his pawn structure on
queenside.} Bxc4 18. b3 $1 {It is important to define the bishop's position
before capturing on c6.} (18. Bxc6 {gives Black some extra option:} bxc6 19.
Qe3 a5 20. Qe4 (20. b3 Bb5 $1 {Black has this extra option with this move order
} 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Ra8) 20... Qe6 (20... Qc5 21. Na4 Qb5 22.
b3 Be6 23. Rac1 $14) 21. b3 Bb5 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Rd5 c6 24. Rxe5 Qf6) 18...
Ba6 (18... Be6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qe3 $14) 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qe3 Ra8 {I wasn't
sure how to prove compensation for the pawn. But it is clear that
uncoordinated pieces and damaged pawn structure give White a very comfortable
position.} 21. Rac1 $1 (21. Rd2 $6 {allows Black to simplify:} Rfd8 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Qxa7 Qb4 $132) 21... Rfe8 (21... f5 22. Na4 (22. f4 Rf7 23. fxe5)
22... f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Nd3 $16) 22. Rc2 {I played this quickly.
The potential threat of doubling on c or d-files gives White a lot of
flexibility in plans.} (22. f3 $5 f5 23. Na4) 22... Bc8 {Black is threatening
to co-ordinate his pieces so White should act quickly.} (22... Red8 23. Rxd8
Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Bc8 25. Qe3 $14) 23. Ne4 (23. Na4 Bh3 24. Rxc6 Rad8 {I was
afraid that the knight would be out of the game.}) 23... Bf5 (23... Bh3 24. f3
Rad8 25. Rdc1 $16) (23... Bd7 {Although this looks passive it was the most
tenacious.} 24. Rdc1 a5 (24... f6 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Rc4 $14) 25. Rc4 h5 $14) 24.
Rxc6 Rad8 25. Rdc1 Qb4 (25... Qa3 {I was more worried about this move, but
even here White has a nice advantage with few good moves:} 26. Nc3 Qb2 27. f3
$1 $16 {and Black's weak pawns are hard to defend.}) 26. R6c4 {Not the best
move.} (26. Nc3 $1 {In good positions sometimes simple moves are the best! :)}
Qd4 (26... Rd7 27. Qxa7) 27. Rxc7 Rc8 28. Nb5 $1 $16) (26. Nf6 {I was very
tempted to make this work and spent most of the time here. I played pretty
fast uptill this point.} Re7 27. g4 Bc8 {It looked very nice to force Black's
pieces back, but it was hard to progress.} 28. g5 Qf4 $132) 26... Qb6 27. Nc5 (
27. Nc3 {It looked very anti positional to play such a move. But it was also a
possibility} Rd4 28. Na4 Qd6 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Rxc7 Qxe3 31. fxe3 $16) 27...
Rd5 28. Qc3 $6 {I started losing the thread at this point.} (28. Qf3 {was my
original intention but after} Rd4 $1 $132 {Black has counterplay.}) (28. Kg2 $1
Red8 29. h3 $16 {is the computer|s suggestion. White slowly pushes Black back.}
) 28... Qd6 29. e4 $6 (29. g4 $1 Bc8 30. Ne4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Bb7 32. f3 $16) 29...
Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Bg4 (30... Bc8 $1 31. Rxd1 Qxd1 32. Qc2 Qh5 $1 $132) 31. Rxd1 (31.
h3 {was my original plan but suddenly I realized that Black can play} Be2 $1
32. Rxd1 Qxd1 33. Qc1 $1 Bf3+ 34. Kh2 Rd8 35. Qxd1 Rxd1 36. g4 {and it's still
equal.}) 31... Qxd1 32. Qd3 $1 {White's position was so good that even after a
few inaccuracies White still holds some advantage.} Rd8 (32... Qe1 33. Rc2 $16)
(32... Qxd3 33. Nxd3 Be2 34. Rc3 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 $14 Re6 36. Rc3 Ra6 37. a4 c6
$11 38. Kf3) 33. Qxd1 Bxd1 $6 {I was a bit scared to see this move as I cannot
consolidate with Rc2. Fortunately, I had a better option!} (33... Rxd1 34. Rc2
(34. Ra4 Be2 35. f4 Rc1)) 34. Ra4 $1 {Now it's hard to defend Black's pawns.}
g5 (34... Be2 35. Rxa7 Rd1 36. Rxc7 g5 37. g4 $1 Bxg4 38. f3 $18) 35. h3 h5 36.
g4 h4 $6 {Black was hoping to build a net around the king but it turns out to
be too slow.} (36... hxg4 37. hxg4 Rd2 $1 (37... Bxg4 38. Rxa7 Rd2 39. a4 Bd1
40. Rxc7 g4 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Rd7 Bf3 43. Nd3 Kf6 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Ra6 $16) 38.
Rxa7 Rc2 39. b4 Bxg4 40. a4 Rc3 41. Rxc7 $16) 37. Rxa7 Be2 38. Rxc7 Rd1 39. Nd7
$1 {I believe my opponent missed this important move.} Bf1+ 40. Kh2 Rd2 (40...
Be2 41. Nxe5 Kf6 42. Rc2 Re1 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. Rd5 f6 45. Nc6) 41. Nxe5 {Now the
rest it easy :)} Kf6 42. Nxf7 Rxa2 43. e5+ Kg6 44. Nh8+ Kh6 45. Nf7+ (45. Rf7
Ra6) (45. e6 Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kh1) 45... Kg6 46. Nd6 Re2 (46... Bd3 47.
e6 (47. Rf7)) 47. Rc1 {I was very relieved to score a nice win after four
consecutive draws!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Michalik, Peter"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 (7...
a6 {is the main move.}) 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 (9. Nd4 {is the other main move.})
9... c6 10. b4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxa1 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Nf4 (15. Nde3 {is more common. For example:} Be6 16. Na5 (16. a4 Qd7 17. Qd4+
f6 18. f4 {(Naroditsky-Weichhold, Teplice 2014)} Bxc4 19. Nxc4 d5 20. Nb2 Qd6
21. Nd3 {with an approximately equal position.}) 16... Qd7 17. a4 f6 18. Qd2
Rac8 19. Rc1 Bf7 20. Qd4 Ra8 21. Qh4 d5 22. Bh3 Qc7 23. Nb3 e5 $13 {
Stella-Vocaturo, Condino 2014 with an unclear fight.}) 15... e5 16. e4 Bxe4 17.
Bxe4 exf4 18. Qxd6 $2 $146 {This is the first new move in the game, but a
mistake, which leads a slightly better endgame for Black. White takes the d6 P,
but he opens the d-file for Black's Rs.} (18. Nxd6 Qe7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Bc2
Rad8 21. Rd1 f3 22. Bb3 h6 (22... h5 $5) 23. h4 Kh7 24. Qe3 (24. h5 $2 Rd7 $1
$17 {Amanov-A.L'Ami, Bridgetown 2014}) 24... Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rd7 $132 {with a
double-edged endgame.}) 18... fxg3 19. hxg3 b5 (19... Qxd6 {was the
straightforward reaction,} 20. Nxd6 Rab8 $15 {followed by ...Rfd8 and Black is
slightly better.}) 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Na5 Rd4 22. Bf3 Rxb4 23. Nxc6 Rb2 24.
Nxa7 Rd8 ({Obviously Black doesn't want to exchange the queenside Ps with} 
24... Rxa2 $2 {, because} 25. Nxb5 $11 {and White can hold without any
difficulties. Black activates his other R too; he would like to win White's a2
P.}) 25. a3 Rd3 26. Bc6 Rc3 $1 27. Ra1 ({Of course} 27. Bxb5 $2 {does not work,
because of} Rxa3 $19 {and Black wins.}) 27... Rcc2 28. Rf1 f5 {On the
queenside there is positional warfare, so Black would like to gain some space
on the kingside, and this improves his K too.} 29. Bg2 Rc3 30. Ra1 Rcc2 31. Rf1
Rc4 {A tricky move.} ({In the event of} 31... Kf6 32. Nc6 {and the N comes
back, so White has a good chance to survive.}) 32. Re1 ({The natural} 32. Nc6
$2 {could have been met by} Ra4 $1 33. Ra1 $6 b4 $19 {and Black wins.}) 32...
f4 $1 {The best practical chance.} (32... Ra4 $6 {is dubious, as} 33. Nxb5 $1
Rxb5 34. Bc6 $11 {with a completely drawish R endgame.}) 33. Nxb5 fxg3 (33...
Rxb5 $6 {leads to a draw, because of} 34. Bf1 $11) 34. fxg3 Rg4 {Now White
loses his g3-P.} 35. Bf1 Rxg3+ 36. Kh1 {The position is a little bit changed,
Black has two passed P on the kingside, while White has one on the queenside.
However White's P is not so dangerous, so Black has a good chance to win.} Rg4
({In the event of} 36... Rgb3 $5 37. Bc4 (37. a4 $6 Rb1 38. Rxb1 Rxb1 39. Kg2
Ra1 40. Nc3 Ra3 $19 {and Black is winning.}) 37... Rb1 (37... Rxb5 $6 38. Bxb5
Rxb5 39. a4 Ra5 40. Ra1 Kf6 41. Kg2 $11 {and White has an active R, so
probably he can reach the draw.}) 38. Bxb3 Rxe1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 {with a good
winning chance for Black.}) 37. Nd6 Rb6 38. Nc4 Rf6 39. Nd2 Rd4 40. Nb3 Ra4 {
After some R manoeuvres Black will win the a3-P.} 41. Kg2 Rg4+ ({The simple} 
41... Rxa3 {was also fine for Black.}) 42. Kh1 Rf3 43. Nd2 ({If} 43. Rb1 h5 {
and soon Black will also win the a3-P.}) 43... Rxa3 {Finally Black has won the
P.} 44. Bg2 Ra2 45. Re7+ Kh6 46. Rd7 Rb4 47. Nf1 Rbb2 48. Ne3 Re2 49. Rd3 Kg5
50. Kh2 (50. Bf1 Ra1 51. Kg1 h5 $17) 50... Rad2 51. Rxd2 (51. Ra3 Kf4 $19 {
and White can resign.}) 51... Rxd2 $19 {Black could exchange the Rs, so now he
is completely winning. The rest wasn't a difficult task for Smirin.} 52. Kg3 h5
53. Kf3 Kh4 54. Bf1 Rd6 55. Ng2+ Kg5 56. Kg3 Rb6 57. Be2 Rb4 58. Bf3 Rb3 59.
Kf2 h4 60. Be4 Rb2+ 61. Ke3 h3 62. Ne1 h2 63. Nf3+ Kh5 64. Ne5 g5 65. Nd3 Rb1
66. Nf2 Re1+ 67. Kd2 Rxe4 $1 68. Nxe4 Kh4 {and finally White resigned after
this long torture.} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 $1 {N} (12. f3 h6 13. Kh1 g5 14.
exf5 Nxf5 15. Nf2 Qe8 16. Nce4 Qg6 $132 {Kolarov-Gufeld/Odessa/1968}) (12. f4
fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 $1 17. cxb5 Qd7 18.
Qb3 Nf5 $36 {Kouatly-Haik/Montpellier/1985}) (12. Bd2 $5) 12... h6 (12... fxe4
13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Qd2 (14. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 $14)
14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe8 16. Rae1 Nd4 17. Kg2 b5 18. c5 Bf5 $132 {
->Epishin-Polgar,J/Dos Hermanas/1994}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Be5 (
15... fxe4 $6 16. Bxe4 Bxc3 (16... Kg7 17. Qd3 $36) 17. bxc3 Rf6 18. Qd4 $16)
16. exf5 (16. Qd2 g5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 f4 $13) 16... Bxf5 17. Qd2 (17. Ne6
$5 Bxe6 18. dxe6 c6 19. Qd2 Nf5 $13) 17... c6 (17... Qd7 $5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19.
dxe6 Qxe6 {/\} 20. Nd5 c6 21. Nc7 Qxc4 22. Nxa8 Qd4+ $1 23. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1
Rxa8 25. Rad1 Be5 $10) 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rae1 $14 {><e6} Rf7 (19... Qb4 20. g4 $1
Bxg4 21. Nd3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 (22. Bxf1 Qb6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf5 $13) 22...
Qxc4 (22... Bxc3 $2 23. Qf4 $1 Qb6 24. Qxg4 $18) 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qxh6 $16)
20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nf5 {/\Qe3} 23. Bh3 (23. Be4 $5 Qe3 24.
Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rf7 Re8 26. Rxb7 Rxe6 27. Bxc6 Rf6 $132) 23... Qe3 24. Qxe3 Nxe3
25. Rf7 g5 $1 (25... Nxc4 26. Rxb7 Nxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxc3 28. Rc2 Be5 29. Rxc6 $16)
(25... Rb8 26. Rd7 (26. Rf3 Nf5 $1 (26... Nxc4 $2 27. e7 d5 28. Be6+ Kg7 29.
Rf7+ $18) 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf5 Rf8 29. g4 Re8 $132) 26... Kf8 (26... Nxc4 $2
27. e7 Kf7 28. Rd8 $18) 27. Ne4 Nxc4 28. b3 Nb6 29. e7+ Ke8 30. Nxd6+ Bxd6 31.
Rxd6 Kxe7 32. Rxg6 $16) 26. Rxb7 g4 27. Bg2 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Re8 29. e7 (29. Rxa7
Rxe6 30. Na4 $2 Bxb2 $10) 29... a5 30. Rc7 Kf7 31. Rxc6 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxe7 33.
Kf2 Re4 34. Rxd6 Rxc4 35. Rd3 Ke6 36. Ke2 Ke5 37. Re3+ (37. Kd2 $2 Ra4 $10) (
37. Kd1 Ra4 (37... Ke4 $2 38. Kc2 Ra4 39. Kb3 $18) 38. Rd2 Ke4 39. Kc1 Ke3 40.
Rc2 Kd3 41. Kb2 Rc4 42. Kb3 Rc7 43. Rc1 Kd2 44. Rc2+ Kd3 $10) 37... Kd5 38. Kd3
Ra4 39. Re2 Ra3 40. Rf2 Ra4 41. c4+ (41. Rf5+ Kc6 42. Rf6+ Kc5 43. Rxh6 Rxa2
44. Rh5+ Kb6 45. Kc4 Ra4+ (45... a4 $6 46. Kb4 a3 47. Kb3 Ra1 48. Rg5 $18) 46.
Kb3 Re4 47. c4 Re3+ 48. Ka4 Rc3 49. Rxa5 Rxc4+ 50. Kb3 Re4 51. Rg5 Kc6 52. Kc3
Kd6 53. Kd3 Ra4 54. Ke3 Ke6 $10) 41... Kc5 42. Rf5+ Kc6 43. Kd4 Rxa2 44. Rf6+
Kb7 45. Rxh6 Rb2 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. Rh5 Ka6 $10 48. Rh6+ Kb7 49. c5 (49. Kc2 Rb4
50. Kc3 Rb1 $10) 49... a4 50. Rh7+ Kc6 51. Ra7 Kxc5 52. Rxa4 Rh1 53. Rxg4 Rxh2
54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Rf4 Rh8 57. Kf3 Ra8 58. Rf7 Ke6 59. Rf4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 $1 fxe4 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4) 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Qd2 $6 (14. Kh1 Qe8 (14... h6 $5 15.
Nxf6+ (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Kh7 19. Rae1 $14)
15... Bxf6 16. Bd2 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd2 g5 $1 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 g4 $13)
16... g5 17. Bc3 $16) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Qd2 {/\ f4}) 14... Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Qe8 16. Rae1 (16. Kg2 Nd4 17. Be3 Bf5 18. f3 Qd7 $1 19. Nf2 Bxe4 20.
Nxe4 Nxf3 $1 21. Rxf3 Rxf3 22. Kxf3 Qf5+) 16... Nd4 17. Kg2 b5 18. c5 Bf5 (
18... Qd7 19. f3 Qh3+ 20. Kh1) 19. f3 Qd7 (19... Qc8 20. Be7 $1) 20. c6 Qc8 21.
Qd1 $5 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qh3 24. Qd2 $1 Rae8 25. Nf2 Qc8 26. Kg2 Qa6
27. b3 (27. a3 $2 b4 $1 28. axb4 Nxf3 $1) 27... b4 $1 28. Nd3 Qb5 29. Qxb4 Qa6
30. Qd2 Nf5 31. Rf2 (31. Re1 Qb6 32. Nf2 Qd4 33. Qc1 {/\ Ng4|^}) 31... Qb6 32.
Qb4 $2 (32. Nb2 Qd4 33. Nc4 $14 {xe3}) 32... Ne3+ 33. Kg1 Qd4 34. Bxe3 (34. Re2
Nd1+ 35. Kg2 Nc3) 34... Qxe3 35. Kg2 Bh6 36. Qe1 Qd4 $2 (36... Qxe1 37. Nxe1
Be3 38. Re2 Bb6 $10) 37. Re2 $1 Rb8 38. Nf2 Rb5 39. Ng4 Bg7 40. Rd2 Qb4 41. Qe3
$1 Rc5 42. h4 Rc3 43. Qg5 Rc1 44. h5 $1 gxh5 45. Nh6+ (45. Nf2 h6) 45... Kh8
46. Nf5 Bf6 (46... Rg8 47. Ne7 Rf8 48. Rf2 (48. a3 Qc3 49. Re2 Qa1 $132) 48...
Qe1 49. Qxh5 $18) 47. Qh6 Rf7 48. a3 $3 Qc3 (48... Qc5 49. Rf2) 49. Re2 Kg8 (
49... Qa1 $5 50. Qxh5 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52. Rh2 Qf1+ 53. Kg4 Rxh2 54. Qxh2 $14)
(49... Qa1 50. Qxh5 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52. Rh2 Qg1 53. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 54. Kg4 Qxh5+
55. Kxh5 $14) 50. Qxh5 Bg7 51. Qg5 Kh8 52. Qd8+ $1 (52. Nxg7 Rxg7 53. Qd8+ Rg8
54. Qxc7 Rg7 55. Qb8+ Rg8 56. Qxa7 Rg7 57. Qb8+ Rg8 58. Qxd6 Qd4) 52... Bf8 53.
Nh6 Rg1+ 54. Kxg1 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qxh6 56. b4 Qc1 57. Qe8 Kg7 58. Qe6 Qxa3 59. Rf2
Qc1 60. Bxh7 $1 Qg5 61. Be4 Be7 62. Ra2 Qe3 63. b5 $1 Bg5 $2 64. b6 $1 cxb6 (
64... axb6 65. Qg6+ Kf8 66. Ra8+) 65. Rc2 (65. Qxf7+ Kxf7 66. c7 $18) 65... Bd8
66. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 fxe4 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Be5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 c6 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rae1 $14 {
Karpov-Gelfand/Dos Hermanas/1994}) 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Re1 $1 (14. Qd2 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Qe8 16. Rae1 Nd4 17. Kg2 b5 $132 {Epishin-Polgar,J/Dos Hermanas/1994}) (
14. Kh1 h6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Bc3 (17. f4 e4 $1 18. Bxe4 Nxg3+ 19.
hxg3 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qxg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ $10) 17... Qg7 18. Qb3 b6 19. a4 a5 20.
Rae1 g5 21. Qd1 Bd7 22. Be4 Rae8 $10 {Epishin-Polgar,J/Las Palmas/1994}) 14...
h6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd2 Kh7 (16... Qd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Qg7 (18... Bxb2
19. Nxg6 Rf6 20. Nf4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 $40) 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bd7 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 c6 23. Qd3 Rae8 24. Re2 $16) (16... g5 $5 {>=} 17. Bc3 (17. Qh5 Kg7 (
17... Qe8 $2 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 $16) 18. Bc3 Bd7 {/\Be8-g6})
17... Bd7 18. c5 Qe7 19. b4 Qg7 20. a4 $14) 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. c5 $1 (18. f4 exf4
19. Nxf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. Ne6 (21. Qd3 Rae8 $10) 21... Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rae8
$15) 18... b6 $2 (18... Bb5 19. f4 Bxd3 (19... exf4 20. Nxf4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $36)
20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qxd3 Qf6 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. Be4 $14) (18... g5 $5)
19. c6 Be8 20. f4 $16 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bf7 22. Qd3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qg5 24. h4 $1 Qf6
(24... Nxh4 25. gxh4 Qxf4 26. Re4 Qf5 (26... Qf6 27. Rf1 Qd8 28. Qe3 Kg7 29.
Re7 $18) 27. Rf1 Qh5 (27... Qxd5 $2 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Re7+ $18) 28. Re7 Kg8 29.
Qg3 $16 {/\ Bf3,Rc7}) (24... Qxg3 25. Qxg3 Nxg3 26. Re7 $16) 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26.
Rxe6 Qg7 27. h5 $18 Ne7 (27... gxh5 28. Be4 $18) 28. Rae1 (28. Rae1 Rf7 29. Qe4
$18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Knaak} Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5
8. Ne1 (8. b3 {Knaak} Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. e3 Qd7 12. Rc1 d5 13.
Qe2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Ba1 $14 {Ribli ED Königsindisch II}) 8... Qc8 9. e4
Bh3 10. Nc2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qe2 $5 (13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Nd3 a5 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 f5 $132 {Portisch-Kortschnoj,Brussels OHRA-A 1986})
13... Nd7 14. f3 a5 15. Bg5 $1 $14 Re8 (15... f6 16. Be3 {/\f3-f4} (16. Be3 {
Knaak} b6 (16... f5 17. c5 $5) 17. f4 $1 f5 18. fxe5 $16 {>< e6, Piket})) 16.
Be3 b6 17. b3 f5 18. a3 Kh8 19. b4 Ng8 20. Rab1 axb4 (20... Ngf6 21. c5 axb4
22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Nb5 $14) 21. axb4 Ngf6 22. Qd3 $6 (22. Ra1 $142 $14) 22...
Rf8 23. Bg1 $6 Nh5 24. Rfe1 $2 (24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ndf6 $13 (25... Ndf6 {
Knaak} 26. c5 {Piket})) 24... Ndf6 25. Qe2 (25. exf5 {Knaak}) 25... f4 $1 26.
Bf2 (26. g4 $4 Nxg4 27. fxg4 f3+ $19) (26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Nxg3
$1 29. Kxg3 Nh5+ 30. Kf2 Qh3 $40) 26... g5 27. Rf1 g4 28. Be1 gxf3+ 29. Qxf3
Bh6 30. Bd2 Rg8 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qf8 $1 $19 33. Be1 Qg7 34. Ra3 Qg6 35.
Bf2 fxg3 36. hxg3 Bf4 37. Ne2 Nxe4 38. Ne1 Nexg3 39. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 40. Qxf4 Nh5+
0-1

[Event "YUG-Cup"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2000.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 $5 {
Once again.} 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c6 10. b4 $146 {Strangely this had been never
tried before but was of course known.} Nxc4 $8 11. Nxc4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxa1 13.
Bh6 Bg7 $1 (13... Bh8 14. Bxf8 cxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qxd5 Bc6 17. Qxd6 Qxe2
18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rd8 20. Qc7 $16) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 d5 16. Na5 b6 17.
Nb3 e6 18. e4 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. f4 Rfd8 21. g4 (21. f5 $6 exf5 (21... gxf5
22. exf5 e5 23. b5 e4 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nd4 Bb7 $15) 22. exf5 gxf5 (22... g5)
23. b5 d4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4 cxb5 $17) 21... Kh8 (21... Be8 22. g5) 22.
Qe3 Qg7 (22... Be8 $5 23. e5 (23. Rd1 e5) 23... Qg7 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Bd7
26. f6 Qg4 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. h4 Qh6) 23. g5 Be8 24. Rd1 Rd7 $5 (24... dxe4 25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxe4 Qb2 27. Qc3+ Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Kg7 29. Ne4 c5 30. bxc5 Bc6 $11)
25. Rd3 $4 (25. f5 Qe5 26. fxe6 fxe6) (25. a3 Rcd8 26. exd5 $1 (26. e5 Qf8 27.
Ne2 Rc7) 26... cxd5 27. Nd4 Rc7 $13) 25... c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ne2 d4 $6 (
27... Rdd8 $1 28. Nxc5 $140 d4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxc5 31. Nxe6 Qa1+ $19)
28. Qc1 Rdc7 29. Qc4 {Draw offer.} e5 $1 (29... Bd7 $6 30. e5 Qf8 31. Ng3 Qe8
32. Rd2 Bb5 33. Qc1) 30. Nd2 (30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Qxg5 32. Ng3 f6 33. Ne4 Qh4
34. Nbxc5 (34. Nexc5 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Rg7+ 36. Rg3 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Bc6+ $19) 34...
Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Qxe4 $19) 30... f6 $5 (30... Bd7 31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Rxh3 exf4 33.
Rf3 Qe5 $19) 31. gxf6 (31. Bh3 Rd8 $17) 31... Qxf6 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd5 $2 (
33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. Nd5 Rb8 $17) 33... Qxd5 34. exd5 Bb5 35. Nf4 Bxd3
36. Nxd3 c4 37. Nb4 $2 (37. d6 cxd3 38. dxc7 Rxc7 39. Nb3 a5 40. a4 Rc1+ $1 41.
Kf2 (41. Bf1 Rb1 42. Nd2 Rd1 43. Ne4 d2 $19) 41... Rc2+ 42. Kf1 d2 43. Bf3 Rc1+
$19) 37... d3 38. Kf2 c3 39. Nb3 d2 (39... Rf7+ 40. Ke1 Re8+ 41. Kd1 Re2 $19)
0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. h3 (
8. d5) 8... e5 $6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 Bc8 11. e4 $14 Nd7 12. Nd3 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6
14. Kh2 (14. f3 c6 $132) 14... c6 15. f3 Kh8 16. Rc1 b5 $5 17. cxb5 (17. b3
bxc4 18. bxc4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Ba6 $1) 17... cxd5 18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nb4 (20. f4 e4 21. Nb4 Bb7 $15) 20... Be6 (20... Nb6 21. Nc6 {/\ 22.Bb4+/-})
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bb4 (22. a4 $5) (22. Ba5 $6 Qxa5 23. Qxd5 a6) (22. Bg5 $6
Qxg5 23. Qxd5 e4 $17 {Petrosian} (23... f4 $17)) 22... Bxa2 23. Rc6 (23. b3 Qb6
) 23... Bg8 $2 24. Bxd6 Re8 (24... Rf7 25. Qe1 Qe8 26. Rc5 {xe5}) 25. Re1 Rc8
26. Bb4 Rb8 $1 (26... Rxc6 $2 27. bxc6 Qb6 (27... Qc7 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. cxd7 Rd8
30. Rd1 Be6 31. Rd6 Bxd7 32. Ba5) 28. Qd7 Rd8 (28... Qxb4 29. Qxe8 Qxe1 30. c7)
29. Be7 {Petrosian}) 27. Qxd8 (27. Qe2 $142) 27... Rexd8 28. Bc3 e4 (28... e4
29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rc7+ Kh8 31. fxe4 fxe4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Na6 $5 8. e4
e5 9. h3 (9. dxe5 $5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Be6 $44) 10... Qxd1
11. Rxd1 Nxe4 12. Nxc6 Nxc3 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. bxc3 Bg4 $13) 9... Qb6 10. Rb1 {N}
(10. b3 exd4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Re1 Nxe4 $1 (13... Bd7 14. Bd2 Qc7
15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nde2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bc8 21.
Kh2 Nc5 22. Nd4 $14 {Vaulin,A-Dyachkov,S/St.Petersburg op (08) ;EXP 43 1994})
14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe5 16. Qf3 $2 (16. Bd3 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Qxd4
19. Qxd4 Bxd4 $10) 16... Nc5 $1 (16... Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qd2 18. Rd1) 17. Bxc6 bxc6
18. Be3 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Bd7 20. Rb1 Qe8 $15 {Filippov,V-Dyachkov,S/RUS-chJ
Moscow (10) ;CBM 46 1995}) 10... Qb4 (10... exd4 $5 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxd4
13. Bh6 Re8 (13... Rd8 $2 14. Bg5 Rd7 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 $36) 14. Nxd6 Rd8
15. Nxc8 Bxf2+ $1 16. Kh2 Rxd1 17. Nxb6 Rxf1 18. Rxf1 Bxb6 19. Re1 $10) 11. Re1
(11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qc5 $1 (12... Nxe4 $6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe4 Qxc4 15.
b3 $14) 13. Bf4 Re8 $10) 11... Re8 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Qxc4 13. Be3 $1 $44 Ne8
(13... Nc5 $2 14. Bf1 Qb4 15. Nc2 $16) 14. Bf1 (14. a3 f5 $15) 14... Qb4 15.
Bxa6 Bxd4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qxd4 $14 {/\Bh6}) (11... Qxc4 $1 12. dxe5 dxe5 13.
Nxe5 Qe6 $10) 12. Bf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Bg2 Nfd7 (15... Ng4 $5
16. hxg4 Bxc3 17. Re3 (17. Bd2 $2 Bxg4 $17) 17... Bg7 $10) 16. Be3 Bxc3 (16...
Qc7 $2 17. Bd4 $14) 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Bd4 {[%cal Rd4h8]} Nb6 19. Qd2 $1 (19. Qe2
$6 Be6 20. Ne3 Ncd7 $1 $15 {/\c5}) 19... Nxc4 20. Qh6 $44 f5 (20... Ne6 21. Bf6
$40) 21. e5 $1 Ne4 $6 (21... Nxe5 $2 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. f4 $16) (21... Nd3 $2
22. exd6 Nxd6 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe3 $18) (21... Ne6 $5 22. exd6 Nxd6 {/\} 23.
Be5 Nf7 24. Bxc7 Nxh6 $15) 22. exd6 Ncxd6 {/\c5} 23. c4 $1 c5 (23... Nxc4 $2
24. f3 Ned6 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Re1 Ned6 27. Qh4 $18 {/\Re7,/\Qf6}) 24. Ba1 Be6
25. Qf4 $1 Re7 (25... Bxc4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qf6 $40) 26. Qe5 $16 Rf8 (26...
Kf8 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 29. Qf6+ Bf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ $18) 27.
Ne3 (27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxh7+ Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Bf7 30. Qh6 Bxc4 31. Ne3 Bxa2 {
-27.Ne3}) 27... Bxc4 (27... Kf7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Ke8 30. f3 Nf6 31. Rxe7+
Kxe7 (31... Qxe7 32. Qxc5 $16) 32. Re1+ Kd8 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35.
Qxh7+ $16) 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Bf7 31. Qh6 Bxa2 32. Rbd1 {
/\Nd5} Qc6 33. g4 $1 f4 (33... fxg4 34. Nxg4 $16 {/\Nf6,Ne5}) 34. Nf5 $1 Nxf5
35. Qxc6+ bxc6 36. Bxe4 $18 Nh4 (36... Nd4 37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Bxc6+ Kf7 39.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Rxd4 $18) 37. Bxc6+ Kf7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Rd7+ Ke6 (39... Ke6
40. Rxa7 Bd5 41. Bxd5+ Kxd5 42. Rh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. e4 e5
9. h3 Qb6 10. b3 (10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Nce2 Qh5
15. Qc2 Nac5 16. Nf4 Qe5 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. b4 Ne6 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Nd3 $14 {Baburin,A-Filippov,V/Groningen op ;EXP 50 1995}) (10. Rb1) (10.
dxe5) 10... exd4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nxd4 Nxe4 $2 {N} (12... Re8 13. Re1 (13. Bd2
$2 Qd8 14. Re1 Nxe4 $17) 13... Nxe4 (13... Bd7 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3
Nc5 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nde2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bc8 21. Kh2 Nc5 22. Nd4 Ne6
23. Qd2 $14 {Vaulin,A-Dyachkov,S/St.Petersburg op (08) ;EXP 43 1994}) 14. Rxe4
(14. Bxe4 $2 Bxd4) 14... Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe5 16. Bd3 $1 (16. Qf3 $2 Nc5 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. Be3 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Bd7 20. Rb1 Qe8 $17 {Filippov,V-Dyachkov,S/RUS-chJ
Moscow (10) ;CBM 46 1995}) 16... b5 (16... Qxd4 $4 17. Bb2 $18) 17. cxb5 cxb5
18. Bxb5 Qxd4 19. Bb2 $14) 13. Bxe4 d5 (13... Qe5 $2 14. Bb2 Qxe4 15. Re1 $18)
(13... Bxh3 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Nc2 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $16) 14.
cxd5 (14. Bg2 $1 dxc4 (14... c5 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Nf3 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 $16) 15. Bd2
(15. Bb2 Rd8 $132) 15... Qd8 16. Nf3 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 $16 {/\Bh6}) 14... Bxh3 15.
Re1 $1 (15. Bg2 $4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxd5+ $19) 15... cxd5 $2 (15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4
Qxe1+ 17. Kh2 Qb4 $8 18. Qxb4 Nxb4 19. Kxh3 (19. Ba3 $2 Rfe8) 19... Nxd5 (19...
Rfe8 20. Nc3 $14) (19... cxd5 20. Bf3 $14) 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Be3 b6 22. Nc3
Rfd8 23. Rd1 d4 $14) 16. Bf3 Bd7 (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 18. Kh2 Qb4 19. Qf6
$1 $18) 17. Bd2 $18 Qd8 18. Bf4 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Rc8 20. Rb1 Rc4 21. Nb5 Rxf4 22.
gxf4 d4 23. Bxb7 Nc5 24. Bg2 a6 25. Na7 Qd6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Qf3 d3 28. Qd5 Qf4
29. Nc6 d2 30. Red1 Ne4 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Nxf5 Nc3 34. Nxg7 Kxg7
35. Bf3 Re8 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Grabarczyk,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plock"]
[BlackTeam "Tyumen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. e4 e5
9. h3 Qb6 10. Rb1 exd4 (10... Qb4) 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 (11... Ng4 12. Nde2 Ne5 13. b3
$14) 12. Nxe4 Bxd4 (12... Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd6 $14) 13. b4 $1 (13. Bh6
Re8 $132) 13... Bf5 (13... Bg7 14. Be3 $16) 14. c5 $1 dxc5 15. bxc5 Bxf2+ (
15... Qxb1 16. Qxd4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qb4 18. Qf6 Nxc5 19. Bb2 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Nxe4
21. Qxb7 $18) (15... Qd8 16. Nd6 $1 Bxc5 (16... Bxb1 17. Qxd4 Bxa2 18. Bh6 f6
19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Re1 $40) 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rxb7 $36) 16. Rxf2 Qxb1 17. Nf6+
Kh8 (17... Kg7 18. g4 Rad8 (18... Rfd8 19. Qe1 Bc2 20. Kh2 Nxc5 21. Qe7 Qxa2 (
21... Qxc1 22. Ne8+ Rxe8 23. Rxf7+ $18) 22. Nh5+ gxh5 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ $18
) 19. Qe1 Bc2 20. Kh2 Nxc5 (20... Qb4 21. Qe3 $18) 21. Qe5 Ne6 22. Bb2 $18) 18.
Qd2 $1 Rg8 (18... Rad8 19. Qh6 g5 20. Kh2 $1 Bg6 21. Bb2) 19. Kh2 Rg7 20. Bb2
Nxc5 21. Qh6 g5 22. Be5 $1 (22. Nh5 $2 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 Rg6 $19) 22... Ne6 23. Nh5
Rag8 24. Nxg7 Nxg7 25. Rd2 $18 Qb6 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Qf6 Be6 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29.
Qxd8+ Rg8 30. Qf6+ Rg7 31. a3 h5 32. Be4 a5 33. Qe7 Rg8 34. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Bf5 8. Bg5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nd4 12. Re1 Re8 {Let's skip the opening
and come to the important part of the game. Until this point both sides had
played quite quickly. But here Magnus sunk into deep thought. And how deep was
it? 40 minutes in all! So what exactly was going through his mind? It is clear
that White has the bishop pair. But the knight on d4 is strongly placed. It is
important not to let Black establish the knight on d4 with the move ...c5.
Black wants to play ...c5 and reply to dxc6 with bxc6, when he can strengthen
his knight with c5. Here Magnus came up with a deep idea to put his rook on e4
followed by pushing his h-pawn down the board. Quite original. For normal
players like me the move Bd2 followed by Bc3 looks natural, but of course it
is nowhere close to as ambitious as what Magnus goes for.} 13. Re4 $5 {The
funny thing is that this move has already been played twice by the great
player Aleksander Wojtkiewicz.} (13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bc3 c5 $11 {
is some sort of a dream scenario for Black.}) (13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bc1 c6 $11)
13... c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. h4 $5 {Not really caring about the b2-pawn.} Qb6 (
15... Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Rxb7 {when Black is not worse, but neither is White.
}) 16. Rb1 a5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. h5 e5 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. h6 $1 {A superb move by
Magnus, who doesn't fear his rook getting trapped in the centre of the board.}
f5 (20... Bh8 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 f6 24. Qxf6 Qe7 25. Qd4 $16
{is excellent compensation.}) 21. Rxd4 $1 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bf8 (22... Bxd4 23.
Qxd4 f4 $1 {at least temporarily closing in the g2-bishop.} 24. Qxf4 Qc5 25.
Qd2 $16 {[%cal Gf3f4]}) 23. Bc3 {[%cal Gd2d4,Gd4h8]} Qxc4 24. f4 {[%cal Gg2d5]}
Re4 25. b3 $1 Qc5 26. Ba1 $1 {The queen is coming to b2 and there would be no
way to avert the mate.} d5 27. Rc1 $1 {Daniil Yuffa found it futile to
continue the resistance. The main point is that after the queen moves, Bxe4
follows and then Qc3 mates the black king on the long diagonal. A beautiful
game by Carlsen. Particularly impressive was his idea of Re4 followed by h4,
which he found over the board.} (27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qd4 Kf7 30. Qh8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 {Nakamura comes to the game
in fighting spirits. This slugfest was expected, and the American's
step-father, FM Sunil Weeramantry, had predicted that this would be a game
full of fighting chess.} 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Bf4 {In a very common
position Carlsen decides to play in a slightly unusual way. h3 and b3 are by
more common ideas, but this move coupled with Rc1 has been seen more and more
in the recent past. The Bf4, like in the game that Carlsen played yesterday
with Black, has the problem that it might be bothered by the e5 break.} a6 9.
Rc1 h6 $5 {This move allows Black to sometimes play g5 if the time is right.}
10. b3 (10. Qd3 Ng4 $5 11. Bd2 e5 {was the game between Vachier-Lagrave and
Ding Liren from 2012 which ended in a draw.}) (10. h3 {is also interesting, to
avoid g4 after g5.}) 10... g5 $1 {Of course, Nakamura wouldn't back down from
such an opportunity. White is forced to go for the line that was played in the
game} 11. d5 (11. Bd2 g4 12. Nh4 Nxd4 {does not give White enough compensation
for the pawn.}) 11... gxf4 12. dxc6 fxg3 13. hxg3 {Black cannot win a pawn
here after...} b5 (13... bxc6 $6 14. Nd4 Bd7 (14... c5 $2 15. Nc6 {and Black
loses}) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 {is certainly more pleasant for White.}) 14.
cxb5 axb5 15. b4 {White fixes the weakness on b5, but at the same time his
pawn on b4 is somewhat lose. He has to worry about Black's pair of bishops and
the potential pawns on the center rolling down. On the other hand he has
pressure on b5 and a majority on the queenside that might be problematic for
Black.} d5 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Nd4 Qxb4 18. a4 {Both players are happy with this
exchange. b4 is lost, and the bishops gain a little more scope in the open
game, but for the other hand White will obtain a passed pawn on the a-file.}
Ne4 $5 {Nakamura spent 17 minutes in this move, a difficult position not only
because of the many variations, but because none of them are necessarily
clearly evaluated.} (18... bxa4 19. Rb1 Ba6 $1 20. Rxb4 Bxd3 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22.
exd3 {leaves Black down a piece, and although he has a powerful passed pawn on
the a-file and a strong bishop supporting it from g7, it seems unlikely that
there is quite enough.}) 19. Ndxb5 $5 (19. Nxd5 Nxf2 $1 (19... Qxd4 20. Qxd4 $1
Bxd4 21. Bxe4 {gives chances to retain the advantage with pressure on e7 and c7
}) 20. Rxf2 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 {is nearly equal.}) 19... Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 (21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 e6 {gives Black some chances to win as White's
a-pawn is weaker than it is dangerous.}) 21... Bf5 22. Qxd5 Qxc3 23. Qxf5 {
A strange position. Neither side will be able to make much progress as Black
has more material but his king is permanently weak and the white bishop will
hold down the position comfortably.} Rfd8 24. Bf3 Ra8 25. Qe4 Qf6 26. Qb4 Ra7
27. Kg2 Rda8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qd7 e6 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Rb1 Rxa4 33.
Rb7 {Black has managed to round up the a pawn but now has to deal with the
weakness on c7. He in reality has made no progress.} R4a7 34. Qe7 Rxb7 {
The only way to continue, but allowing a pawn that is protected on b7 is sad.}
35. cxb7 {White on the other hand can also make no progress as b8 will be
permanently defended.} Rb8 36. Qd7 c5 37. Qc6 Kf6 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Kg2 f5 40.
Qc8 Qd6 41. e3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 {Two blacks in a
row, two King's Indian Defenses. Ponomariov is no stranger to a fight!} 7. O-O
Bf5 8. Bg5 {Very rare. 8.b3, 8.Nh5, 8.Ne1 and 8.Re1 are more common. Actually
besides Bg5 there are many other moves that are semi-popular.} h6 (8... Ne4 {
looked like a logical continuation. Ponomariov probably wanted to avoid some
king of preparation.}) 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. h3 Rb8 12. g4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nc7
14. a4 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. b3 {White can be very pleased with the opening. He
has more space, pressure on the a7 pawn and the h6 pawn.} bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb4 18.
Qd3 a6 19. d5 (19. Bd2 $1 $16) 19... e6 20. Nd4 exd5 21. cxd5 Re8 22. Rfb1
Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Nb5 24. Nc6 (24. Ndxb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 {looks like an extra pawn.
Aronian was probably trying to be more ambitious.}) 24... Bxc6 25. dxc6 Nxc3
26. Qxc3 Nd5 27. Qc4 Nxe3 28. fxe3 {Despite (or perhaps, because) the opposite
colored bishops Black has some real problems. It is not easy for him to
coordinate the g7 bishop in such a way that it defends against the advance of
the c-pawn or for it to really threaten White's king. Meanwhile White just has
to cover some problems around his king while marching the pawn up the board.}
d5 $5 {Creating space.} 29. Qxd5 $6 (29. Bxd5 $1 {was a better capture.}) 29...
Qe7 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Qc4 Be5 $1 {Black has managed to stop the c-pawn and
prepares Bc7-Qe5.} 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Bd5 f6 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. cxb7 Qd6
37. Be4 $2 {Time pressure.} (37. Qe4 $16) 37... a5 $2 (37... Qd1+ $1 {In time
pressure Ponomariov underestimates his chances with a queen and a bishop.} 38.
Kg2 Qe1 $11 {It's not possible to escape the perpetual, nor is it feasable to
create any danger against the opponent in only one move.}) 38. Qb5 Qd8 39. Kg2
Bb8 40. Qc6 Qe7 41. Kf1 Bc7 42. Bd3 Qd6 $2 {The final mistake.} (42... Bh2 {
still forces White to find a plan.}) 43. Qe8 {Ponomariov must have missed this
lethal threat. Now g6 is impossible to defend.} f5 44. Bc4 $1 (44. gxf5 {
also does the trick.}) 44... Kf6 45. Qf7+ (45. h4 $1) 45... Kg5 46. gxf5 gxf5
47. Qg7+ Kh4 48. Be6 $1 {A nice touch. h6 is under attack and the bishop is
taboo.} Bd8 (48... Qxe6 49. Qxc7 $18) 49. Qxh6+ Kg3 50. Qg7+ Kh4 51. Kg2 {
A nice effort from Aronian, taking full advantage of his opponent's time
trouble mistakes.} 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1
e5 (8... Qc8 9. e4 Bh3 10. Nc2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Nd3
a5 $14 {Portisch,L-Korchnoi,V/Bruxelles/1986/ Inf 42/755/}) 9. d5 Na5 (9... Ne7
10. e4 Bd7 11. Nd3 $14) 10. e4 Bg4 (10... Bd7 $6 11. Qd3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13.
Qxd6 $16) 11. Qd3 c5 12. Bd2 Nh5 (12... a6 $5 13. Nc2 Bd7 $13 {/\b5}) 13. Nc2
Bd7 $6 (13... a6 $5) 14. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 15. cxb5 $16 a6 $4 (15... b6 $17) 16. b6
$1 $18 Qxb6 17. Qc3 Qb5 18. Qxa5 Qxb2 19. Rfc1 b6 20. Qa4 Qb5 21. Qxb5 axb5 22.
a3 Ra4 23. Rab1 Nf6 24. f3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 (5... d5) 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3
Bf5 (7... a6 8. e4 Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Re1 b4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bg5 h6
14. Rc1 hxg5 15. Rxc6 Bb7 (15... b3 $142 16. axb3 Bb7 17. Rc2 c6 18. Nc3 c5 19.
dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 $36 {Avrukh vol 2 GM}) 16. Nxb4 {Leitao,R (2623)-Pulvett,D 
(2383) San Cristobal Bolivar op 1st 2012 (2) 1/2}) 8. d5 (8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3
10. Bxc3 Be4) 8... Na5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Qd3 (10. b3 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6) 10... c5
11. Nc2 a6 12. b3 b5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bd2 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ned5
$146 (17. Nxb5 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Nxb3 18. axb3 axb5 $11) (17. Ne4 {Burmakin,V 
(2586)-Timagin,P (2297) Chigorin Memorial 09th 2001 (2) 1-0}) (17. Ncd5 Nc6 18.
Nf4 b4 19. Rbd1 Ne5 20. Qc2 $16 {Laylo inf 111}) 17... Ng4 (17... Nxd5 $5) 18.
Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} Nc6 19. h3 f5 20. Ng5 (20. hxg4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Ne5 (21...
Bxg4)) 20... Nge5 21. Qc2 bxc4 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. bxc4 Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Re2]}
24. Nf4 Qd7 25. Qd1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 (26. Bd5+) 26... g5 27. Nh5 Nxe2+ 28. Kh2 f4
29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Qe4 Nd4 32. Qg2 Ng6 33. Rb1 $4 $138 (33. Qg4)
33... Qf5 {[%cal Gf5h5,Gf5b1]} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.05.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy-Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. c5 (9. e4 a5 10. Ne1 Na6 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Ndc5 14. Nxc5
Nxc5 15. Be3 b6 16. Bd4 Bh6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Rae1 Qe7 19. f5 Qh4 20. Bf2 Qg5 21.
f6 Rae8 22. h3 Qd2 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 h5 25. Rf2 Qd4 26. Qf4 Kh7 27. Ne2
Qe5 28. Qf3 Qxb2 29. Ng3 Qa1+ 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. h4 Bg4 32. Qf2 a4 33. Bf3 Bh3 34.
Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 a3 36. Rfe1 Nd7 37. Rf3 Ra8 38. Ree3 Ra4 {Aronian,L (2815)
-Onischuk,V (2594) Dubai 2014 0-1}) 9... Na6 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nd2
$146 (12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. Rc1 Bh6 15. e3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. h3 Na6 18.
g4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Nd2 Qa6 21. Rfd1 Qd3 22. Bf1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Ne8 24. Bb5
Bxb5 25. Nxb5 a6 26. Na3 Rd8 27. Nac4 Nd3 28. Na5 Nb4 29. Rc4 Nxd5 30. Nxb7 Rb8
31. Na5 Nb6 32. Rc6 Nxa4 33. bxa4 Rxb2 34. Rxa6 d5 35. Nc6 d4 36. Nc4 Rc2 37.
N4xe5 dxe3 38. fxe3 Bh6 39. Rd3 Nc7 40. Ra7 Ne6 41. h4 Nc5 {Schneider,B (2455)
-Schaefer,M (2400) Nettetal 1991 0-1}) 12... Rc8 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. a5 {[%csl Rb7]
} Qc7 15. Re1 b5 16. a6 {[%csl Gb7]} Rb8 17. Bg5 Rb6 18. Qd2 Nxa6 19. Rec1 $44
Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Bxf6 (21. b4 $5) 21... Bxf6 22. Ne4 c4 23. d6 Qd8 24.
Rxa7 Bc6 25. Rd1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Qc8 27. Rc7 Qa6 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Bxf7 Bd8 30. Rd7
Rb7 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Be6 Rf6 33. Bh3 b4 34. e3 Qb6 35. Bf1 Qc5 36. Qd5 Qxd5
37. Rxd5 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Bd3 Kf7 40. h4 Ke6 41. Rc5 Kxd6 42. Rxc3 h6 43.
Kg2 g5 44. h5 Ke7 45. Rc5 Kd6 46. Rb5 Bc7 47. Be4 Kd7 48. Rd5+ Ke7 49. Rc5 Kd8
50. g4 Ra6 51. Bf5 Rb6 52. Kf3 Ra6 53. Rc4 Rb6 54. Ke4 Ra6 55. Bh7 Rf6 56. Rc2
Ra6 57. Kf5 Kd7 58. Bg8 Bb8 59. Rb2 Bc7 60. Rb7 Rd6 61. Be6+ Kd8 62. e4 Rc6 63.
Kf6 Ke8 64. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
49]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:02:53]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
07:39]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 13.
Rab1 {[%emt 0:17:39]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:55]} 14. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:10:12]} 15. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. dxe6 {
[%emt 0:02:24]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Bxd5 $146 {
[%emt 0:01:39]} (17... Re8 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Ng2 Nc6 20. Nf4 Re8 21. Rfd1 Nd4
22. e3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Qa5 25. Rbd1 Be5 26. Nd5 Bg7 27. Qe2 Re4 28.
Nf4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Bf8 30. Nd5 Bg7 31. Qd3 Ree8 32. h4 h5 33. Nf4 Bc3 34. Nxg6
fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Bg7 36. Rxd6 Re7 37. R1d5 Qc7 38. Rxh5 Qb7+ 39. Rdd5 Rf7 40.
Qh7+ Kf8 41. e4 Re8 42. Rhf5 Ree7 43. Rd8+ Re8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Qg8+ Bf8 46.
Qxf7+ {1-0 (46) Khismatullin,D (2626)-Savitskiy,S (2405) Moscow 2016}) 18. Qxd5
{[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:20]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:
47]} 20. Ng2 {[%emt 0:05:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:13:02]} 21. Bf4 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Rfe8
{[%emt 0:09:29]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 23. e3 {
[%emt 0:06:03]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:
38]} 25. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 26. Kg1 {[%emt 0:07:24]}
Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 27. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:05:48]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 28. Rc2 {
[%emt 0:05:57]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 29. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:
01:40]} 30. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 31. f4 {[%emt 0:03:44]}
Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 32. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 33. Rxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:04:
21]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} R1b2
{[%emt 0:01:35]} 37. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 38. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 39. e4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} 40. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:24:09]}
Bd4 {[%emt 0:09:13]} 42. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:06:49]} 43. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 44. Ne1 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:03:
19]} 45. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd4
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. e5 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:13:42]} 48. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:42]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 49. Rcc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Raa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
50. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:38]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 52. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 53. Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:
00:51]} 55. e6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 56. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:01:12]}
Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 57. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:05:16]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} 59. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:
03:52]} 60. e7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 61. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 62. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 63. Nxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 64. f5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 1-0

