[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1982.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Kasparov"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 b5 $6 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 bxc4 $2 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. hxg6
fxg6 15. Nb1 $14 Rb5 $2 (15... Nb7 16. Bxc4 Nbc5 $14) 16. b4 $1 (16. Na3 Nc5 $1
17. Bxc4 (17. Kb1 $2 c3 $1 18. Qxc3 Na4) 17... Rb3 $5 18. Bxc5 Rxa3 19. Bxa3
Nxc4 20. Qe1 (20. Qc3 $2 Nxa3 21. Qxa3 Qg5+) 20... Nxa3 21. bxa3 $13) 16...
cxb3 (16... Nb7 17. Bxc4) 17. Bxb5 c5 {+/-/+-} 18. dxc6 $6 (18. Be2 {>=}) 18...
axb5 19. Qd5+ $2 (19. cxd7 Nc4 $1 20. dxc8=Q Qxc8 21. axb3 $1 (21. Qd5+ Rf7)
21... Nxd2+ 22. Kxd2 $18) 19... Rf7 (19... Kh8 $2 20. Rxh7+ $1) 20. axb3 Nf8 $1
{/\ Be6} 21. Qxd6 (21. Qxb5 Nxc6 $1) 21... Qe8 22. Qd8 (22. Kb2 {>=} Nxc6 23.
Ne2 $16) 22... Qxc6+ 23. Kb2 Qa8 $1 (23... Nxb3 $2 24. Qd5 $1) (23... Qa6 $2
24. Rd6 Nc6 25. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 26. Rc1) 24. Rc1 Nc4+ $1 (24... Nc6 25. Rxc6) 25.
bxc4 Rd7 $1 26. Qe8 (26. Qb6 Rb7) (26. Qh4) 26... bxc4 27. Nc3 Qc6 $3 {/\ 28...
Rd2, 28.....Rb7} (27... Qb7+ 28. Ka1 Qa6+ 29. Na2 Rd3 30. Rxh7 $18 Kxh7 (30...
Rxe3 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Nh5 $1 gxh5 34. Qg5+ {/\ 35.Qe3 +-}) 31.
Qf7) 28. Kc2 Rd2+ (28... Rd2+ 29. Kxd2 Qxe8 30. Nd5) (28... Rd2+ 29. Kxd2 Qxe8
30. Nd5 Be6 31. Rxc4 Bxd5 32. exd5 Qb5 33. Rc5 Qb2+ 34. Rc2 Qb4+ 35. Ke2 Qb5+
36. Kf2 Qxd5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 Ne8 10. Nb3 $6 {10.d5} f5 11. Be2 {11.exf5} Nf6 12. O-O {12.0-0-0}
e5 13. d5 f4 $1 14. Bf2 Ne7 15. c5 {15.g4} g5 16. Na4 g4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qa5
{18.Nb6,g3!-/+} Qe8 19. Qc7 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Bg4 (20... Qxa4 21. Qxe7 Nxe4 22.
Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxd6 Bf5 24. Nc5 Qe2 25. Ne6 $13 {Beliavsky}) 21. Qxd6 {21.Nb6}
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxe4 $1 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. fxe4 Rf6 25. Qh3 Qg6+ 26. Qg2 Qh5 27.
Bg3 fxg3 $2 (27... Rg8 $1) 28. hxg3 Rg6 29. Rf3 Rg8 30. Nc3 Bh6 31. Kf2 Nc8 32.
Rh1 Qg5 33. Qh3 Nd6 34. Qh4 $16 Rc8 35. Qxg5 Bxg5 36. Ke2 b5 37. Kd3 Nc4 38.
Rh2 Kg8 39. Nd1 Rg7 40. Rc2 Rgc7 41. Nf2 a5 42. Rf5 h6 43. Nh3 Be7 44. Nd2 Nxd2
45. Rxc7 Rxc7 46. Kxd2 Bb4+ 47. Kd3 Rg7 48. Rf3 Be1 49. Nf2 Bxf2 50. Rxf2 Rxg3+
51. Ke2 a4 52. Rf5 Rg2+ 53. Ke3 Rxb2 54. Rxe5 Rxa2 55. d6 Ra3+ 56. Kd4 Ra1 57.
Rxb5 a3 58. Ke5 a2 59. Ra5 Kf7 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Ke6 Re1 62. d7 Rxe4+ 63. Kd5
1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. Nc1 Ne8 {N; f5 zu spielen, wenn schon h5 steht, ist fast
immer zweifelhaft} (10... e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. Be2 $14)
11. Nb3 f5 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. exf5 $1 (13. e5 $5 dxe5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4
16. Bxd4 e6 $13 {Novikov}) 13... Bxf5 (13... gxf5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4) 14. Be2 (
14. Bh6 $5) 14... b5 15. Bh6 bxc4 16. Bxc4+ d5 17. Bd3 Rxb3 {Mehr der Not
gehorchend.} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. axb3 Nxd4 20. Qe3 Nxb3+ 21. Kc2 Bxd3+ 22. Rxd3
c5 23. Re1 {Materiell steht Schwarz nicht schlecht da, aber die Schwächen der
Bauernstruktur sind zu groß.} Rf7 24. Qe5 Nd4+ 25. Kb1 Nc6 26. Qe6 Nb4 27. Rdd1
Qa5 (27... Qd6 $142) 28. Re5 c4 29. Rg5 Nd3 30. Nxd5 Qa4 31. Rd2 Nxb2 32. Kxb2
Qb3+ 33. Kc1 c3 34. Rc2 Qc4 35. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Rd1 c6 13. Be2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
b4 c5 16. Nc2 cxb4 17. Nxb4 Be6 18. O-O Qa5 19. Qxd6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nc6
Qxc3 22. Bd4 Nxe4 23. Bxc3 Nxd6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxb8 Nf5 26. Nd7 Ra8 {N} (
26... Rc8 27. Nb6 Rc6 28. Rb1 c3 29. Rb4 Bxa2 30. Rc1 c2 31. Kf2 h5 $1 $10 {
Beliavski-Kasparov/Linares/1990/i49/716}) 27. Nc5 Rxa2 28. Rf2 Ra7 29. Nxe6+
fxe6 30. Re2 Kf6 31. Re4 Ra6 32. Rde1 (32. Rxc4 Ne3 33. Rf4+ Kg5 34. Rdd4 e5
35. Rg4+ $8 Nxg4 36. Rxg4+ $10) 32... Rc6 33. Kf2 c3 34. Rc1 Ne7 35. h4 Nd5 36.
g4 h6 37. f4 c2 38. Ke1 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Re5+ Kxf4 42. Rxh5 Ne3
43. Rh8 Rd6+ 44. Ke2 Rd1 45. Rxc2 Nxc2 46. Kxd1 Ne3+ 47. Kd2 Nf5 48. Kd3 Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 (12. Rd1 c6 13. Be2 b5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. b4 c5 16. Nc2 cxb4 17. Nxb4 Be6 18. O-O Qa5 19. Qxd6 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
$44 {Beljavskij-Kasparov, Linares 1990}) 12... c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Na3 {TN} (14.
b3 Qa5 15. O-O b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Bf2 $6 Nfd7 $15 {
Beljavskij-Gufeld, SSSR 1979}) 14... Nc6 15. O-O Nd7 16. f4 Nd4 17. Bd3 b5 $1 (
17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rae1 $14) 18. cxb5 (18. f5 $2 b4 $17) 18... axb5 19.
Bxb5 Nf6 $44 20. f5 (20. Bd3 Ng4 $44) 20... Nxb5 (20... gxf5 21. Bg5 $5 $13 (
21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bd3 hxg5 24. Bxf5 Ng4 $1 $15)) 21. Naxb5 Bc4 22.
Nxd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Ng4 $1 24. Bxc5 Qc7 (24... Qh4 $6 25. h3 Be5 26. Rf3 $1 $14)
(24... Qa5 25. Ba3 (25. b4 $2 Rxb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Nb1 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Be5 $19)
25... Qa7+ 26. Kh1 {-24...Qc7}) 25. Ba3 (25. b4 Rxb4 26. Bxb4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Qxb4
28. Nb1 Qc5 $44) 25... Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. h3
Rfd8 $2 (29... Rbd8 $5 30. Qe5 $1 (30. Qc7 $2 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Rc8 $1
$19) (30. Qf6 $2 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Rd7 $17) 30... Rd7 31. Bc5 $13) (
29... Ra8 $1 30. Qe5 g5 $5 $15 {/\ 31...Qf1 32.Kh2 Qf4}) 30. Qc7 Qf1+ 31. Kh2
Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Rf8 33. Qc3 Ra8 34. g3 Qg5 $6 (34... Rxa3 35. gxf4 Rxc3 36. bxc3
Ra8 37. Kf2 gxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxa2+ $10) 35. Kf2 Rfd8 36. h4 (36. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 37.
Nxf7+ Kg8 38. Nxg5 gxf5 39. exf5 Rxa3 40. bxa3 Ra8 $10) 36... Qg4 (36... Qe7 $6
37. e5 $40) 37. Qf6 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Qxe4 $10 39. Be5 Qxf5+ $10 (39... Qc2+ 40.
Ke3 Qc1+ $10) 40. Qxf5 gxf5 41. a3 f6 42. Bxf6 Kf7 43. Bc3 Ke6 44. Ke3 Rg8 45.
Kf3 Kd5 46. a4 Kc4 47. Kf4 Rg4+ 48. Kxf5 Rxg3 49. h5 h6 50. Bd2 Rg2 51. Bxh6
Rxb2 52. Bf4 Rb1 53. Bd6 Kd5 54. Be7 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 (9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Rd1 c6 13. Be2 b5 14. cxb5
axb5 15. b4 c5 $1 $132 {Beliavsky,A-Kasparov,G/Linares/1990/}) 9... h5 10. Bh6
e5 (10... b5 11. O-O-O (11. g4 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 exd4 15.
Ne2 bxc4 16. Nxd4 Rxb2 17. Bxc4 $13 {Kraidman-Westerinen Ramat_Hasharon 1982 
(inf 34/(720)}) 11... e5 (11... bxc4 12. g4 (12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d5 (13. Nf4 e5
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Nfd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 c6 19. Ne3 $14
{Rivas Pastor-San Segundo Salamanca 1991 (inf 52/(618))}) 13... Nb4 (13... Ne5
14. Nd4 c5 15. dxc6 Qa5 $13 {Ruzhale-Gelfand USSR 1986 (inf. 43/(735))}) 14.
Nf4 c6 15. Bxc4 cxd5 16. Nfxd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Kb1 $14 {Cebalo-Djukic
Jugoslavija 1983 (inf. 36/708)}) 12... hxg4 (12... Nb4 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. d5 Rh8 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. g5 $16 {Salov-Khalifman URS ch 1987}) 13. h5 Bxh6
14. Qxh6 g5 15. Qxg5+ Kh7 16. e5 $16 {Langeweg-Scheeren Nederland (ch) 1982 
(inf 34/(720))}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. dxe5 (13. Nd5 b4 14. Ne3 Qe8 15. Kb1 Bd7 16.
Rc1 b3 17. d5 bxa2+ 18. Ka1 Ne7 19. c5 Bb5 $132 {Ionescu-Schneider,A Stara
Zagora zt 1990}) 13... Nxe5 (13... dxe5 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Na5
17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Rd2 Rfc8 19. Kb1 Qd6 20. Bd3 b4 21. Ne2 c5 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. g4
$14 {Plachetka-Babula CS ch 1992}) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nf4 b4 (15... Bd7 16. Ncd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. f4 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Ng4 20. Be2 Qf6 21. Qd4 Kh6 22. Qxf6
Nxf6 23. Bf3 Rfe8 24. Rhe1 {1/2-1/2 Deze-Quinteros Novi Sad 1982 (inf. 34/(720)
)}) 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 (16... c5 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Nd5 Qe6 19. f4 Ng4 20. f5 Qxe4
21. f6+ Nxf6 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Bd3 Qg4 24. Rdf1+ Kg7 $19 {Miralles-Zuger
Arandelovac tt 1982}) 17. Nxd5 c5 18. f4 Nc6 19. f5 Ne5 20. g4 Nxg4 21. Be2 $40
{Rivas Pastor-Mestel Marbella 1982 (inf 34/720)}) 11. Bxg7 (11. d5 Bxh6 12.
Qxh6 Nd4 13. O-O-O c5 $13) 11... Kxg7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ng3 (13. Nc1 $5) 13... c6
14. dxc6 (14. Bd3 c5 {/\Bd7+b7-b5}) 14... Nxc6 (14... bxc6 15. O-O-O Qb6 16.
Na4 $16) 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 (16. Qxd6 Qa5 $44 {/\Rfd8}) 16... Ne8 17. Nd5 b5
18. Ne3 $14 Rh8 {><h5} (18... Qb6 19. Nef5+ $16) 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Bd3 Nd4 21.
Nd5 $2 (21. Ne2 $1 $14) 21... Qa7 (21... Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Qg5 $13) 22. Nf1
Nf6 $1 (22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nf6 $10) 23. Nfe3 (23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Ne3 $10) 23...
Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rbc8 25. Rcf1 Qe7 $15 {ץd3} 26. g4 Nd7 27. g5 Kf8 $2 (27... Rcf8
28. f4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Qe5 30. Rhf1 f6 $13) 28. Rf2 $1 Ke8 29. Bf1 $1 Nc5 30. Bh3
(30. Bg2 $5 Rf8 31. f4 exf4 32. Rxf4 Qe5 33. Rhf1 $16) 30... Rc7 31. Rc1 (31.
Qa5 $5 Nd3 32. Rd2 Nc5 33. Bg2 $14) 31... Ncb3 $2 (31... Rf8 $5 {/\f7-f6 עe8})
32. axb3 Nxb3 33. Rc6 $2 (33. Qc2 $1 Nxc1 (33... Rxc2 34. Rfxc2 Nxc1 35. Rc8+
Qd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Kxc1 Rf8 $1 38. Kd1 f6 39. gxf6 Rxf6 40. Ke2 Rf7 $13)
34. Qd1 $16 {/\35.Tc2} Rc5 35. b4 Rc3 36. Rc2 $16) (33. Qc3 $5 Nxc1 (33... Rxc3
34. Rxc3 Nc5 35. b4 Nb7 (35... a5 36. bxc5 dxc5 37. Rb3 b4 (37... Qb7 38. Bf1
b4 39. Nc4 Ke7 40. Ra2) 38. Ra2 Qa7 39. Ra4 Ke7 40. Nc4 $16) (35... Kf8 $1 36.
Rfc2 Kg7 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. Rxc5 Rb8 $13) 36. Rfc2 Nd8 37. Rc7 Qf8 38. Bd7+ Ke7
39. Bc6#) 34. Qa3 b4 35. Qa4+ Kf8 36. Bf1 f6 37. Nc4 fxg5 38. Kxc1 gxh4 39.
Qxb4 Kg7 $13) (33. Rxc7 Nxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Qxc7 35. Rc2 Qb6 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rxh8
Qxe3 $19) 33... Nxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Kf8 35. Rxa6 $2 (35. Rdc2 Ra7 36. Rb6 Kg7 37.
Rcc6 Rd8 $17) 35... Ra7 36. Rc6 Kg7 37. Bf1 Ra1+ $1 38. Kxa1 Qa7+ 39. Kb1 Qxe3
40. Kc2 (40. Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Rc1 Qxh4 $19) 40... b4 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. Nc1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. N1e2 (12. Bxd4 $2 exd4 13. Qxd4 $2 Nxe4
$1 $17) 12... c5 $5 (12... Nxe2 13. Bxe2 $14) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Re8 $1 $146 16. Be2 d5 $1 17. cxd5 (17. exd5 cxd5 18. c5 Rb4 $1 $17) 17...
cxd5 18. e5 $1 Nd7 19. f4 Bh6 $1 (19... f6 20. e6 Rxe6 (20... Nf8 21. f5 $1)
21. O-O $14) 20. Qe3 $1 (20. Be3 $2 Nxe5 $1 21. fxe5 (21. Nxd5 Ng4 $17) 21...
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 d4 $17) 20... Rxb2 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Qg3 $1 (22.
Bxf6 Rxe3 23. Bxd8 $16) 22... fxe5 23. Qxg6+ $16) 21. Rd1 $1 $14 (21. O-O $6
Nxe5 $1 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Bg7 24. Qxd5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxc3 $44) 21... Nf6
$1 (21... Nxe5 $6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Bg7 24. Qe3 $1 (24. Rxd5 $2 Qb6 $1 25.
Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qxc8 Qe3 $19 27. Qc4 Bxc3+ 28. Kf1 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1
Qe1#) 24... d4 25. Qc1 $18) 22. O-O $1 (22. Qc1 Rxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Ne4 $44 (23...
Bg4 $36)) (22. Bf3 $2 Ng4 23. Qc1 Nxe5 $1) 22... Ng4 23. Qg3 (23. Bxg4 $6 Bxg4
24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qd7 26. Rb6 Bf8 27. Rxa6 Rc8 $44) 23... Be6 24. Bxa6 $5 {
>< b5} (24. Bd3 $5) 24... Qa5 25. Bd3 Bf8 $2 (25... Rc8 $1 26. f5 (26. Rc1 Qb4
$13) 26... gxf5 27. Bxf5 (27. Ne2 Rxa2 28. Nf4 Qa4 $1 29. Bxf5 $2 Bxf5 30. Nxd5
Rc1 $3 $19) 27... Rxc3 $1 (27... Be3+ $2 28. Bxe3 Rxc3 29. Bxe6 $1 (29. Bxg4
hxg4 $13) 29... Rxe3 30. Qf4 $18) 28. Bxc3 (28. Qxc3 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2
Qxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxf2 $13) 28... Be3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ $10
) 26. f5 $1 $18 Bc5 27. Bb5 $1 Rxb5 (27... Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Qb6 (28... Rc8 29.
fxe6 Rxc3 30. exf7+ Kf8 31. e6 $1 $18) 29. Qf4 $1 Bxf5 30. Bxe8 $18) 28. Nxb5
Qxb5 29. fxe6 Rxe6 30. Qf3 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Nxe5 32. Qxd5 Qb2 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. Nc1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 $5 12. Nb3 c6 $146 (12... Bd7 $6 13. Be2 b5
14. c5 b4 15. Nd1 Ne8 16. Nf2 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Rxb5 18. c6 $16 {Bischoff,K-Trisic,
A/Dortmund op-A/1992/}) 13. O-O-O (13. Be2 $1 cxd5 14. cxd5 Ne8 15. g4 $14)
13... cxd5 14. Nxd5 $6 (14. cxd5 $14) 14... Nexd5 15. cxd5 Ne8 16. Bd3 f5 17.
Kb1 Nf6 18. Qb4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Bb6 Qe7 21. Rhf1 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Bh6 23.
Na5 Bd7 24. Ba7 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ (25. Nxb7 $6 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Bb5 $1 27. Bxb5 Qxb7
$17) 25... Bxf8 26. Qxb7 Qxh4 27. Qxd7 Qe1+ 28. Kc2 Qxa5 29. Qc6 Qe1 30. Qb6 (
30. Qxa6 Nf2 31. Qc4 Qd1+ 32. Kc3 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qa4 $10) 30... Qg3 31. Bf1 Qe1
32. Bd3 Qg3 33. Bf1 Qe1 34. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rb1 $5 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Bd7 (11... e5) 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 Qe8 (
13... Re8 $5) 14. Be2 e6 (14... c6 15. dxc6 $36 Bxc6 $8) 15. O-O Nc4 {N/} (
15... c6) 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rfe1 (17. b5 exd5 {/\Qe5/}) 17... e5 (17... exd5 $6
18. exd5 Qe5 19. Bg5 $18) 18. Nc2 (18. Nde2 Nh5 19. g4 Nf4 (19... Nf6 $32 {
Savchenko/}) 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bxf4 (21. Bd4 $1) 21... Qe7 $13) 18... Nh5 19.
Na3 (19. Qe2 f5 $132) 19... f5 20. exf5 (20. Nxc4 f4 21. Bf2 g5) 20... Bxf5 21.
Ne4 Ra8 $2 (21... Nf4 $32 22. Bxf4 (22. Nxc4 Qb5 $14 23. Bxf4 (23. Na3 Qxd5 $1
24. Bxf4 Qa8) 23... exf4 $132) 22... exf4 23. Nxd6 cxd6 $13) 22. Nxc4 Qb5 23.
Na5 $16 Nf4 (23... Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nf6 25. Qc2) 24. Rbd1 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Bh6 26.
Kh1 Rf7 27. g3 Nh3 28. Bxh6 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Rf1 $1 $18 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Nxd1
32. Rxd1 Qg4 33. Re1 Kh8 34. Qe2 Qh3 35. Be3 Raf8 36. Nc4 Qd7 37. Kg2 Qb5 38.
a3 Qa4 39. Qb2 Kg8 40. Rc1 Rf6 41. Bh6 R8f7 42. b5 Rf3 43. b6 Rb3 44. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. N1e2 Nxe2 12. Bxe2 Nh5 13. O-O-O f5 14. Kb1 Qe7
15. Rc1 Nf4 16. Bf1 c5 17. g3 Nh5 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. a4 Nf6 21. a5 b5
22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Kc2 Rfb8 24. Rb1 Ne8 25. b3 a5 26. Rb2 Qf8 27. Qe2 Nc7 28.
Ra1 Na6 29. Rxa5 Nb4+ 30. Kc1 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 32. Kb1 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Rxb3 34.
Rxb3 Rxb3+ 35. Kc2 Rb8 36. Qe2 Qh3 37. Ra6 fxe4 38. Nxe4 (38. fxe4 Bg4 39. Qd2
Qf1 40. Rxd6 Qxc4 $40) 38... Bf5 39. Ra1 Bxe4+ 40. fxe4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rb8b1,
Rf8f1] [#] DT-DT: schwache weiße Königs- und Bauernstellung (c4) ==>
Königsangriff} Qd7 41. Qd3 Qb7 42. Qc3 Qf7 43. Qe3 Rb4 44. Kc3 Qb7 45. Ra3 (45.
Qc1 $5 Rb3+ (45... Kg7 $1) 46. Kc2 Rf3 (46... Qb4 47. Ra8+ Kg7 48. Ra7+ $10)
47. Qb1 Rf2+ 48. Kc3 $13 Qf7 (48... Qxb1 49. Rxb1 Rxh2 50. Rb6 Rg2 51. Rxd6
Rxg3+ 52. Kd2 h5 53. Re6 $132 {drohend d6}) 49. Qb8+ Qf8 50. Ra8 $10) 45... Rb1
46. Kd3 Rh1 47. Qd2 Qb1+ 48. Ke3 Rd1 49. Qa2 Re1+ 50. Kf2 Rf1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ 52.
Kh3 (52. Kf3 Qd1+ 53. Ke3 (53. Kf2 Qf1+ 54. Ke3 Rg2 $19) 53... Rf1 $19) 52...
Qf1+ 53. Kg4 (53. Kh4 Rg2 $1 (53... Qf6+ 54. Kh3 Qg5 55. Ra8+ Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kh6
57. Qe2 $13) 54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. Qa7+ Kh6 56. h3 Qf6+ 57. Kg4 Qf4#) 53... Qf4+ (
53... Qf4+ 54. Kh3 Qh6+ 55. Kg4 Qh5#) 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rb1 b5 {Die Ergebnisse mit anderen Zügen - u.a. 9...Bd7 - sind etwas
besser, aber alles andere als gut.} 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 {85% in den 10
Partien der Mega '96} e5 (11... Bd7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 e6 (13... Re8 14. Be2 c6
(14... Qc8 15. O-O c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ncxb5 Qd7 18. a4 d5 19. Bf4 Nh5 20.
Nxc6 Qxc6 21. exd5 {1-0 Haba,P-Santamaria,N/Thessaloniki olm 1988}) 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. O-O Qd7 17. Rfc1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. b5 Ba8 20. a4 $16 {Gulko,
B-Gentil,L/USA-op Los Angeles 1991/1-0 (48)}) (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. b5
e6 16. O-O exd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. a4 Nh5 19. Rb4 Qe7 20. Bf2 Be5 21. Rxc4 $18 {
1-0 Haba,P-Voller,J/CZE-ch 1994 (29)}) (13... Qe8 14. Be2 e6 (14... c6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. O-O $16) 15. O-O Nc4 (15... c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Nb3 Qe7
19. Nd4 Qe8 20. g4 h5 21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 d5 23. g5 Nh5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bxc4
dxc4 26. e5 $16 {1-0 Sykora,R-Michalek,J/Karvina op 1989 (49)}) 16. Bxc4 bxc4
17. Rfe1 (17. b5 exd5 {/\Qe5/}) 17... e5 (17... exd5 $6 18. exd5 Qe5 19. Bg5
$18) 18. Nc2 (18. Nde2 Nh5 19. g4 Nf4 (19... Nf6 $32 {Savchenko/}) 20. Nxf4
exf4 21. Bxf4 (21. Bd4 $1) 21... Qe7 $13) 18... Nh5 19. Na3 (19. Qe2 f5 $132)
19... f5 20. exf5 (20. Nxc4 f4 21. Bf2 g5) 20... Bxf5 21. Ne4 Ra8 $2 (21... Nf4
$32 22. Bxf4 (22. Nxc4 Qb5 $14 23. Bxf4 (23. Na3 Qxd5 $1 24. Bxf4 Qa8) 23...
exf4 $132) 22... exf4 23. Nxd6 cxd6 $13) 22. Nxc4 Qb5 23. Na5 $16 {1-0
Savchenko,S-Golubev,M/UKR-chT Alushta 1995 (44)}) 14. Be2 $1 (14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Ndxb5 Nh5 16. Be2 Qh4+ (16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Bxb5 Rxf3 $13 {Keene}) 17.
Bf2 Qe7 18. O-O Nf4 19. Be3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Rb7 21. Nd4 c6 22. a4 Rfb8 23. b5
$14 {0-1 Qi Jingxuan-Keene,R/China 1981 (38)}) 14... exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. O-O
Qe7 17. Bf2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rfe1 Qf8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Re1 Qc8 22. b5 $16
{1-0 Gil,Ja-Herraiz,H/ESP-chT 1995 (37)}) (11... e6 12. Ng3 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14.
Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxb5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qe8+ 17. Kf2 Rxb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Rhc1 Qxd5
20. Kg1 c6 21. a4 Bd7 22. b5 $16 {Haba,P-Babula,V/Lazne Bohdanec 1994/1-0 (66)}
) 12. d5 Ne7 $14 13. Ng3 {Verhindert schnelles Nf6-h5 und f7-f5} (13. Nc1 {
Petr Haba (5,5 von 6 mit 9.Rb1) bevorzugt diesen Springerzug; das Pferd wird
Richtung a5 geschickt.} Bd7 14. Nb3 Nh5 15. Na5 (15. Bd3 Nf4 16. O-O Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 f5 18. Na5 f4 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bf2 Qe8 21. Rfc1 g5 22. Rb2 Bf6 23. Nb1 Kh8
24. Rxc7 $16 {1-0 Haba,P-Raubal,M/Loosdorf op 1993 (41)}) 15... f5 16. Bd3 Nf6
17. O-O fxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Bg5 c5 20. dxc6 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nxc6 (21... Nf2+ 22.
Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Qe1 Nxc6 24. Be3 $18) 22. Nd5 {1-0 Haba,P-Babula,V/St.Mesto 1992}
) 13... Bd7 14. Be2 c6 15. dxc6 (15. O-O $2 cxd5 16. exd5 Ne8 $15) 15... Bxc6
16. O-O d5 17. Bc5 d4 $6 {Das erleichtert die weiße Spielführung - der d-Bauer
ist gut blockiert.} (17... Re8 18. Rfc1 h5 $1 19. Rc2 h4 20. exd5 Nfxd5 21.
Nge4 Nf5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Nd6 Nxd6 25. Bxd6 Rb7 26. Rd1 $14 {
1-0 Alterman,B-Gavric,M/Pula op 1990 (43)}) 18. Nd1 Ne8 19. Nf2 Nd6 20. Rbc1 h5
21. Bd3 Kh7 22. Nh3 $5 Bh6 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. f4 $5 h4 $6 (24... Nc4 $5 25. Bxc4
bxc4 26. fxe5 (26. Rxc4 Bb5 $17) 26... c3 (26... Nf5 27. exf5 Bxg5 28. Qc2 Bxc1
29. Rxc1 d3 30. Qd2 $14) 27. Qf4 Bb5 28. Qf6 (28. Rfd1 Nc6) 28... Bg7 $1 29.
Qxe7 (29. Nxf7 Qe8 30. Qxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxe7 Rxf7 $13) 29... Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qxe7
31. Bxe7 Rfe8 32. Bd6 Ra8 33. Ne2 $14) (24... exf4 $6 25. Qxf4 {[%cal Yf4d6]}
Nb7 26. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 27. Qg3 Bxg5 (27... Ng6 28. Bxf8 $18) 28. Qxg5+ Ng6 29.
Rf6 $1 Nxc5 30. Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Rxc5 $18) 25. fxe5 $1 Nc4 (25...
Nd5 26. exd5 Bxg5 27. Rf4 Bxd5 28. Bxd6 hxg3 29. hxg3 $16) 26. Rxc4 bxc4 27.
Bxc4 Bb5 (27... hxg3 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxh6 $18) 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Rb7
30. Nh5 gxh5 31. Rf6 Bg7 32. Ne6 Qe8 33. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Muir, Andrew Joseph"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 (9. d5 {is the positional plan here.}) 9... h5 10. Bh6 $6 {
Surprisingly enough this natural move is dubious.} (10. O-O-O b5 11. Bh6 $6
Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e5 {- 10.Bh6}) (10. Nc1) 10... Bxh6 $1 {The Q on h6 looks
dangerous, but in fact there is no immediate attack and she is far from the [+]
and the <<.} (10... b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 {is the old theoretical continuation.})
11. Qxh6 e5 $1 {Now White has some problems on the dark squares, especially on
>< d4.} ({or} 11... b5 12. O-O-O e5 {- 11...e5}) 12. O-O-O ({On} 12. d5 {
follows} Nd4 $1 13. O-O-O c5 {Black has to keep his strong N at any cost.} (
13... Nxe2+ $143 14. Bxe2 Bd7 15. g4 b5 16. Rdg1 b4 17. gxh5 $1 {and White
comes first.}) 14. dxc6 bxc6 {Black has opened the b <->, so he can sacrifice
a P for that.} (14... Nxe2+ {is again weaker because after} 15. Bxe2 bxc6 16.
Qd2 {the >< d6 is rather vulnerable.}) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 {Now the R is
undefended in many variations.} Rxb2 $1 17. e5 (17. c5 Rf2 $1 $36) (17. Kxb2 $2
Qb6+) 17... Bf5 {/\ Rc2} 18. Bd3 Rxg2 19. Bxf5 Qa5 {Now many white pieces are
hanging!} 20. Qe3 dxe5 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Rb8 $44) 12... b5 13. d5 (13. g4 {
(Lerner-W.Watson, Moscow 1985)} Bxg4 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. fxg4 Nfxg4 16. Qf4
Nxc4 17. Nd4 $13 {Christiansen}) (13. cxb5 axb5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 $36) 13... Na5
14. Ng3 {White believes that only the b2 P is weak, which can easily be
defended from d2. On the other hand he has attacking chances after preparing
g2-g4. However things are far from clear, as we will see it later!} (14. cxb5
axb5 15. b4 {allows} Nc4 $132) 14... bxc4 15. Be2 {/\ Nf1-e3} Rb4 ({or first} 
15... Bd7 16. Rd2 {and then} Rb4 17. Nf1 Qb8 (17... Nh7 18. Ne3 Qf6 $13 {
A.Schneider-Reschke, Budapest 1995}) 18. g4 Qb6 $40 {and suddenly Black will
triple his heavy artillery on the b <->, while White has wasted time on the >>.
}) 16. Nf1 (16. Rd2 {This is a prophylactic defensive move, which cannot be
avoided anyway.} Bd7 (16... c5 {comes also into consideration, but then White
can also get play on the d <->.} 17. dxc6 (17. Nf1 $5) 17... Nxc6 18. a3 Rb7 (
18... Rb6 19. Bxc4 Ne7 {comes into consideration, because on b7 the R is more
vulnerable.}) 19. Bxc4 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nd4 (21... Nxd5 $2 {founders
on the brilliant intermediate move} 22. Nxh5 $1 $18 gxh5 23. Rh3 $1 {/\ Rg3}
Qf6 24. Rg3+ Qg6 25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Bxd5+ {1-0 A.Schneider-Stummer, Budapest
1993}) (21... Ne7 $5) 22. Rxd4 $1 d5 $1 (22... exd4 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Nh7
25. Nf5 $40) 23. Rxd5 Qc7 (23... Nxd5 24. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 25. Rh3 $18) 24. Rc5
Qxc5 25. Qxg6+ {1/2-1/2 Volkmann-Stummer, Budapest 1993, but this result is
not easy to understand, for example:} (25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxf6+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kh8
28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qxa6 $16)) 17. Nf1 Qb8 $40 {with the same idea
of total control over the vital b <->.}) (16. Rdf1 {/\ f4} Qe7 {preparing for
f2-f4.} 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Qe5 $1 {with a very strong centralized Q.}) 16...
Bd7 {/\ Qb8-b6 Rb8} 17. Ne3 (17. Rd2 {is also met by the standard} Qb8) 17...
Qb8 $1 18. Rd2 Qb6 19. Nf5 {At first sight White has also serious threats, but
he has only one attacking piece.} Bxf5 20. exf5 {[%mdl 4]} Rb8 $1 21. Nd1 (21.
fxg6 Rxb2 $19) 21... Ra4 $1 $19 (21... c3 $1 {was also effective, for example:}
22. Rc2 (22. Nxc3 $2 Rxb2 23. Rhd1 Qb4 $19) (22. bxc3 $2 Rb1+ 23. Kc2 Rc1+ $1
$19) 22... cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Ra4 $19) 22. Kb1 {[#]} (22. Nc3 Nb3+ $1 {opening up
both a and b lines.} 23. axb3 Ra1+ 24. Nb1 Qxb3 25. Rc2 Qa2 $19 {and White has
still no threats on the >>.}) 22... Nb3 $1 {This is the decisive blow in the
style of the great tactician Fedorov!} 23. axb3 ({Ignoring the sacrifice leads
nowhere:} 23. Rc2 Rxa2 $1) 23... Qxb3 24. fxg6 {One N is enough for the
defence against a lonely Q!} Qa2+ 25. Kc1 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Rab4 ({or} 26... c3) 27.
Bf1 Rxb2+ $1 28. Nxb2 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Guangzhou m"]
[Site "Guangzhou"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.04.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2
a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Nc1 {This is the positional set-up.} (9. h4 {is the
aggressive line.}) 9... e5 {This comes only if the N is not protecting >< d4.}
10. d5 (10. Nb3 {allows sinplifications after} exd4) 10... Nd4 11. Nb3 {
White has to eliminate the strong N immediately.} Nxb3 12. axb3 c5 {Black
wants to blockade the << narrowing White's possibilities there.} 13. g4 {
White wants to gain space on the >> fighting against the standard plan Nh5 and
f7-f5.} (13. b4 {- Ibragimov-Delchev, Anibal op 1997 CBM 58}) 13... h5 (13...
Ne8 {with the idea of f7-f5} 14. h4 (14. Bd3 f5 (14... f6 {is extremely
passive. Black cannot simply sit and wait.} 15. h4 Rf7 16. Qg2 Bf8 17. f4 $16 {
Campos Moreno-Vives Esmerat , Cataluna 1999}) 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. exf5 (16. Bg5
Qc7 17. exf5 {White has to open the position in order to gain control over the
vital central square >< e4.} (17. Kd1 $6 {allows Black to gain space on the >>
after} f4 $1 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Qf2 Qf7 20. Qh4 Rg8 (20... Bf6 {looks logical in
order to get rid of the bad B.}) 21. Kc2 Bd7 22. Bf1 Bf6 $1 23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 $15 {Oei-Nijboer, NLD-ch op 1994}) 17... Bxf5 18. Rg1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Qf7 20. Rg3 $14 {with the idea of Ne4}) 16... Bxf5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Kh8
19. Qg2 Qh4+ 20. Qg3 Qh5 21. Qg4 $14 {and Black's B remains passive,
Andresen-Sonntag, BL Germany 1992.}) 14... f5 15. gxf5 (15. g5 $14 {and Black
is doomed to passivity according to Cu. Hansen.}) 15... gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17.
h5 Kh8 18. Ne4 Bf6 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rg8 21. O-O-O Qe7 (21... Bg5 22. f4 $1
{White wants to open the long /^ against the black K.} (22. Rdg1 {allows Black
to keep the position closed.} Bxe3 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qxe3 Qf6 25. Rg1+ Kh8 $11
) 22... Nf6 (22... exf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qf6 25. Rdf1 $14 {and the N is
ill-placed.}) 23. Bc2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 $14) 22. Rdg1 Nc7 23. Rg6 $1
Rg7 24. Rxg7 Bxg7 25. Rg1 $14 {Hardicsay-Schumi, Hotel Agro IM 1998}) 14. h3
Nh7 15. gxh5 ({In case of} 15. O-O-O $2 {Black can successfully blockade the
>>.} h4 $1 16. g5 {Otherwise Bf6 comes and Black can exchange his inferior B.}
(16. Bd3 Bf6 {with the idea of Bg5}) (16. Bh6 {is against the principles, it
is Black who is happy to exchange his dark-squared B.} Bd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4
exf4 19. Qxf4 Qg5 $17 {and White remains with a very passive B, Rusjan-Markun,
SLO-chT 1992.}) 16... b5 $1 {Black suddenly grabs the |^ on the <<.} 17. Bd3 ({
Taking the P is a risky business, because Black has ample play on the opened
lines against the white K.} 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Ra8 $44) 17... bxc4 18. Bxc4
Bd7 19. Rdg1 a5 $17 {Oei-Maes, NLD-chT 1994}) 15... Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ {
This leads to a slightly worse _|_ for Black.} (16... Qxh5 {looks reasonable
from practical point of view keeping the queens on the board.} 17. Be2 (17. Rg1
{is met by} Bf6 $1 ({The straightforward} 17... Bh6 {is not so clear, for
example:} 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Rd8 21. Rg3 $14)) (17. f4 Bf6 $1
18. Be2 Qh4 $11 {controlling the important dark squares.}) 17... f5 (17... Bf6
{is now met by} 18. h4 $1) (17... Ng5 $2 {is clearly overoptimistic:} 18. f4
Nxh3 19. Qg3 {The pin on the h <-> is lethal.} Qh7 (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Qh8 21.
Bxd6 Bf6 (21... Ra8 22. O-O-O $18 {Ivkov-Sofrevski, JUG-ch Titograd 1965}) 22.
O-O-O $18) 20. Bg4 exf4 21. Bxf4 g5 22. Be3 $18) 18. exf5 (18. f4 Qh6 {opens
up the position, but this is not bad for Black, because his B will be
activated.} 19. exf5 Rxf5 (19... exf4 20. Qxf4 g5 21. Qg3 Be5 $132) 20. fxe5 g5
21. Qg1 Rxe5 22. h4 Qf6 23. hxg5 Nxg5 $11) 18... gxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. Ne4 Rd8
20. Bd3 $14 {with a total control over the vital central square >< e4.}) (18...
Bf6 $2 19. f4 $18) 19. f4 Qh6 20. Rg1 (20. fxe5 $5 f4 21. Bd2 Bxe5 22. h4)
20... e4 $14) 17. Kxf2 gxh5 18. Bd3 (18. h4 $5 {White wants to exchange his
passive B.} f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ke2 Bc2 $5 {Korchnoi} (20... e4 {giving the e
P for the doubled b one is not a good deal.} 21. Nxe4 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Be5 23. Bh3
$14 {Razuvaev-Loginov, RUS-ch51 St Petersburg 1998 CBM 67}) 21. Ne4 (21. Kd2
Rxf3 22. Be2 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Bh6+ 24. Kf2 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 (25. Kg2 Nf6 $44) 25...
Nf6 $44) 21... Rbd8 $13) 18... h4 (18... Bd7 19. h4 (19. Na4 $6 {loses only
some tempi without creating any significant weakness in Black's camp.} b6 20.
Nc3 a5 {Now it is only Black who can do something on the <<.} 21. Rag1 Kh8 22.
Rg2 h4 23. Rhg1 Bf6 24. Bh6 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Bf1 Bg5 $15 {
and White's bad B remains, Rusjan-Drozdov, Bled op 1994.}) 19... Kh8 20. Ne2 {
threatening with Ng3} f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Ng3 Rf7 24. Ne4 Rd8
25. Ke2 $16 {and the N on e4 dominates the board, Razuvaev-Safranska, Nereto
op 1999.}) ({On} 18... Kh8 19. b4 $1 {is the typical breakthrough on the <<.}
b6 20. h4 Bf6 $2 21. b5 a5 22. Ne2 {The target is >< h5.} Bg7 23. Ng3 Nf6 24.
Bf1 $16 {with the idea of Bh3, Rusjan-Roskar, SLO-chT 1995.}) 19. Ke2 Kh8 (
19... Bd7 {is again answered by the typical breakthrough on the <<.} 20. b4 $1
cxb4 21. Na4 f5 (21... b5 22. Nb6) 22. Nb6 $14) 20. b4 $1 {The good old plan
again!} cxb4 $6 {This allows White the real breakthrough on the <<.} (20... b6
$142 {Black has to keep the << as closed as possible.} 21. b3 $1 (21. b5 a5 {
helps only for Black.} 22. Rag1 Rg8 23. Bf2 Bf6 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Na4 Nf8 $11
(25... Kf8 $2 {leaves the N unattended!} 26. f4 $1)) (21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ra2 Bf6
$13) 21... Rg8 (21... cxb4 22. Na4 b5 23. Nb6 $14) 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Bc2 (23.
Ra3 Bf6) 23... Bf6 {and Black has reasonable chances of survival.}) 21. Na4 $1
Rg8 (21... f5 22. c5 $16 {and Black's << collapses.}) (21... Bf6 22. c5 $1 {
crisper than} (22. Bb6 Bd8 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Bxb6 Nf6 26. Ke3 $44)
22... Bg5 23. Bf2 $16 {White has to keep his wonderful dark-squared B.}) 22.
Bb6 $5 ({The thematic} 22. c5 $1 {was good and simple, for example:} dxc5 23.
Bxc5 Bf8 24. Ba7 Ra8 25. Bf2 Be7 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Rac1 $16) 22... Bd7 $1 23. Bc7
$2 {[#] White loses the right track here.} (23. Ba7 Rbe8 24. Bf2 Bf6 25. Nb6
Nf8) (23. Bf2 $5 {was still good enough for keeping the edge.} Bf6 24. Nb6 Nf8
25. c5 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Rd8 $1 (26... Rg2+ $6 27. Kd1 Bb5 (27... Rxb2 $2 28. Bxf8
$18) 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Nd7 $16) 27. Kf2 (27. Bxb4 Rg2+ 28. Kf1
Rxb2) 27... Ng6 28. Bxb4 Nf4 29. Bf1 {was still better for White.}) 23... Rbe8
$2 {[%mdl 8192] Missing the unexpected chance.} (23... b5 $1 {would have been
an annoying surprise for Karpov!} 24. cxb5 axb5 (24... Bxb5 $2 25. Bxb8 Rxb8
26. b3 $18) 25. Nb6 (25. Bxb8 Rxb8 $19 {and the N is lost.}) 25... Rb7 26. Na8
{White's pieces look tragicomic on the <<.} (26. Nxd7 Rxc7 27. Bxb5 Bh6 $1) (
26. Rac1 Bh6 $1) 26... Bf8 27. Bd8 Rg2+ 28. Kf1 Rxb2 29. Bxh4 b3 $17 {and the
N is not very beautiful on the edge of the board!}) 24. Nb6 $16 {Now White is
clearly better again.} Nf6 25. Bxd6 Bf8 (25... Bh6 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rhg1 $16)
26. Bxf8 Rexf8 (26... Rgxf8 27. c5 $1 $18) 27. Rh2 (27. c5 {was also enough
for the victory.} Rg2+ 28. Ke3 Rxb2 29. Nc4 Rg2 30. Nxe5 $18) 27... Rg3 28. c5
$1 $18 {There is no defence against the strong connected pawns.} Rfg8 (28...
Bxh3 29. Nc4) 29. Rah1 (29. Nc4) 29... Kg7 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Nc4 Bb5 32. Nxe5
R8g5 33. Bxb5 Rxe5 34. Kd4 Reg5 35. f4 Rg8 36. Be2 Ke7 37. e5 {The falanx is
moving ahead.} Nxd5 38. Kxd5 Re3 39. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 4]} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3
Nc6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Nc1 (9. h4 {is the aggressive alternative with many sharp
tactical lines.}) 9... e5 10. d5 (10. Nb3 {is the other positional option.})
10... Nd4 11. N1e2 (11. Nb3 {is the other main alternative in order to get rid
of the strong centralized N.}) 11... Nxe2 (11... c5 {was also tried in several
games.}) 12. Bxe2 Nh5 {By far this looks the most aggressive continuation to
begin the fight on the >>.} (12... c5 {after exchanging the strong d4 N is
useless.} 13. dxc6 {White gets the better P structure.} bxc6 14. O-O Qe7 15.
Rfd1 {>< d6} Rd8 16. Rab1 {/\ b4 mobilizing the << P majority.} Be6 17. Bg5 {
The pin is nasty on the h4-d8 /^.} Qb7 18. b4 Qa7+ 19. Kh1 $14 {
Shushpanov-Solozhenkin, St.Petersburg 1992}) (12... Nd7 {is too passive.} 13.
O-O-O f5 14. h3 {/\ g4 exploiting the lack of the N on h5.} Nf6 (14... f4 15.
Bf2 {closes the >>, after which White slowly but surely prepares the advance
on the other flank.}) 15. g4 f4 16. Bf2 $16 {Klauser-Habibi, Zweisimmen 1993})
13. O-O-O (13. c5 Nf4 (13... Qh4+ {is rather useless, because the exchange of
Q helps only for White.} 14. Bf2 Qf4 15. Qxf4 Nxf4 16. Bf1 f5 17. g3 $14) (
13... f5 $5 {immediately deserves attention.}) 14. Bc4 f5 15. O-O Kh8 16. b4
Nh5 {retreating with the N doesn't look very healthy.} (16... g5 $5) 17. cxd6 {
There is no need to hurry with this exchange.} (17. a4 {immediately looked
better.}) 17... cxd6 18. a4 f4 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bf2 g5 21. Be2 Nf6 22. a5 g4 23.
Na4 g3 $1 {This is the typical positional P sacrifice in the King's Indian.
Black sacrifices a P in order to open up the position against the white K.} 24.
hxg3 Nh5 25. Qe1 fxg3 26. Bxg3 Nf4 $13 {Shushpanov-Shkliarenko, St.Petersburg
1992}) 13... f5 (13... Qe7 {leads to similar positions to the game.} 14. Kb1
Bd7 15. Rc1 f5 16. g3 Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Djukic-Sedlak, Subotica 2000}) 14. Kb1 (14.
c5 {White wants to grab the |^ on the <<.} Qe7 {+/= ECO} (14... b6 $143 {
gives White a huge space advantage after} 15. c6 Kh8 {Black hopes avoiding the
opening of the position.} 16. g3 f4 17. Bf2 Bf6 18. g4 {with a huge space
advantage on both flanks, but the breakthrough has to be found somewhere.} Ng7
19. h4 $16 {Ehlvest-A.Kuzmin, SU 1982 34/(719)}) (14... f4 $143 {is the
typical strategical mistake here. Black has to keep the tension on the >>,
closing it gives White free hand on the other flank.} 15. Bf2 Bf6 {/\ Bh4
exchanging the passive B.} 16. Rhf1 $1 {White has to avoid the exchange of the
dark-squared B.} Bh4 17. Bg1 $1 Kh8 18. Kb1 {and White's chances on the << are
more real than Black's on the other flank.} g5 19. Rc1 $16 {Kaufman-Morris,
USA 1979 27/669}) (14... Nf4 15. Bc4 $14 (15. Bf1 {is not so active.} Qe7 {
Black wants to force White making a decision on the c <->.} 16. cxd6 cxd6 {
Now White's space advantage on the << has been diminished.} 17. g3 Nh5 18. Bb6
Bd7 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Kb1 {finally the opened c <-> doesn' t work for White.}
Rbc8 $11 {Wiedenkeller-Veroczi, Banja Luka 1987})) 15. cxd6 cxd6 {Black has
forced the opening of the c <->.} 16. Bd3 b5 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Ne2 {opening the
d2-a5 /^.} Qf7 19. Qb4 Qf6 20. exf5 a5 21. Qd2 gxf5 $13 {and Black has a
strong P [+], Lutsko-Fedorov, Minsk 1994.}) (14. g3 {Karpov} Qe7 (14... f4 $6 {
is again not necessary, Black has to find "normal" moves strengthening his
position.} 15. Bf2 fxg3 (15... Bh6 16. g4 $16) 16. hxg3 {Now Black has no real
play on the >>, and his N is outplaced.} Bd7 17. Rh2 ({or} 17. Rhg1 Rf7 18. Be3
Qf8 19. Kb1 $14) 17... Rf7 18. Rg1 Qf8 {(Nenashev-Kasimdzhanov, Namangan zt
2000 79/539)} 19. Kb1 $1 $14 {quietly preparing against Black's threats.} b5 $6
{now is repelled by} 20. cxb5 axb5 21. b4 $1 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qe3 $16) (
14... Bd7 {and all the others are worthy of consideration:}) (14... Qe8) (14...
Nf6)) 14... Bd7 (14... Nf4 {is premature.} 15. Bf1 b6 {This sort of passive
defence usually doesn't work in the King's Indian.} 16. g3 Nh5 17. Be2 (17.
exf5 {Karpov} gxf5 (17... Bxf5+ 18. Ka1 Bd7 19. Be2 $14) 18. f4 Nf6 19. Be2 $13
{blockading >< f5.}) 17... Nf6 (17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 {If White can hold >< e4,
he is clearly better.} Nf6 19. Bg5 Qe8 (19... Bf5 20. Bd3 Qe8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
h4 $16) 20. Bxf6 $1 $16 {leaves the strong e4 N unattended.}) 18. Bg5 Qe8 19.
Bd3 (19. h3 $6 Nh5 $1 $132 {exploiting the weakened dark squares.}) (19. Rdf1
$5 fxe4 $140 20. Bxf6 exf3 21. Bxg7 fxe2 22. Rxf8+ $18) 19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 (
20. Bxf6 {is met by the zwischenzug} exd3 $1 $10) 20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 {and
White keeps >< e4 in his hand.} Bf5 22. Qe2 $1 $14 {Karpov-Cu.Hansen,
Groningen 1995 65/556}) (14... Rf7) (14... Qe7 $5 {looks more to the point,
for example:} 15. Rc1 {abandoning the pressure on the d <-> may allow c7-c5.}
Nf4 16. Bf1 c5 $1 {/\ Bd7, b5} 17. g3 Nh5 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. a4 {
Sad, but true.} Nf6 $13 {Nepomnishay-Fedorov, St Petersburg 1996}) 15. a3 {
White's play is too cautious.} (15. Bd3 Kh8 {This is always a useful move.} 16.
Rhg1 (16. Rhf1 $5 {Fedorov}) 16... Qe7 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. h3 (18. exf5 gxf5 19. g4
$6 {is not correct.} fxg4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. Bg5 Bf6 $17) 18... b5 $1 {Black
has to open the lines against the white K.} 19. cxb5 (19. g4 bxc4 20. Qe2 c5
$13) 19... axb5 20. g4 (20. b4 $6 Rfc8 {/\ c5}) 20... b4 21. Ne2 fxe4 22. fxe4
c5 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxd6 {Fedorov} (24. Bg5 $143 $6 Qa7 25. Bxf6 {White has
to give up the strong dark-squared B.} (25. Ng3 $2 Ra8) 25... Rxf6 26. Nc1 {
(Ibragimov-Fedorov, Sochi 71/597 1997)} (26. Rdf1 $6 b3 $1 27. axb3 Ra8 $40)
26... Rf2 $1 {Fedorov} 27. Qd3 $1 {is the best defence.} (27. Qe1 $6 Rc8 {
/\ Rc2}) (27. Qxd6 b3 $1 {This is a nice attacking move.} 28. axb3 (28. Nxb3
Rxc2 $1 29. Kxc2 Bxe4+ $19) (28. Bxb3 Bxe4+ 29. Ka1 Bc2 {/\ e4}) 28... Ra8 {
with nasty threats on the a <->.} 29. Qa3 Qb6 30. Qe7 Bf8 $5 (30... Rxc2 $5 $40
) 31. Qxe5+ Bg7 32. Qe7 Re8 $40) 27... Qa8 28. Rge1 Rd8 $13 {/\ d5}) 24... Qb7
{>< e4} 25. Ng3 b3 $5 {The same motif again!} 26. axb3 (26. Bxb3 Nxe4 $44)
26... Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 e4 31. Rd7 Rxb3
32. Bc1 $11 {and White can probably equalize the _|_.}) 15... Kh8 $1 {This is
a useful prophylaxis if the g <-> will be opened.} 16. Bd3 (16. g4 $2 fxg4 17.
fxg4 Nf4 $17) 16... Qe7 {Black has made all the important preparatory moves
keeping the tension on both flanks.} 17. Rc1 Nf4 18. Bc2 (18. Bxf4 exf4 {
Now the long /^ is opened, the King's Indian B is alive again!} 19. exf5 {
is strongly met by} gxf5 $1 {not giving the >< e4.} (19... Bxf5 $143 20. Bxf5
Rxf5 21. Rce1) 20. Rce1 Qf7 21. Ne2 b5 $40) 18... c5 19. dxc6 (19. exf5 {
is again met by} gxf5 $1 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 b5 $40 {<-> b}) (19. g3 Nh3 20.
exf5 gxf5 21. f4 b5 $40 {with an ideal attacking position for Black.}) 19...
bxc6 20. c5 (20. g3 Ne6) 20... d5 $1 21. Na4 ({Accepting the P leads to a
disaster after} 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qd2 e4 $19) 21...
fxe4 22. fxe4 d4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Bd3 {White wants to blockade the position,
but Black has the better chances on the >>, and his ^^ is also strong.} Be6 25.
Nb6 f3 26. Bxa6 (26. gxf3 Rxf3 $17) 26... Qh4 27. gxf3 Rxf3 28. Rhe1 d3 $1 {
opening up the long /^} 29. Rf1 Rh3 30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Bc4 Bg4 32. Rf4 $4 {
This is a terrible mistake.} (32. b4 Be2 $17) 32... Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rb1 {This is quiet positional system, White begins the play on the << .}
(9. h4 {/\ 0-0-0 is the aggressive approach.}) (9. Nc1 {is the other
positional main line.}) 9... b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 {fixing the target on ><
b5.} e5 12. d5 Ne7 {White is now at the crossroad.} 13. Ng3 {Here the N is far
from the battle on the <<, but makes the typical plan f7-f5 harder.} (13. Nc1 {
is the other plan activating the N on the <<.} Bd7 14. Nb3 (14. a4 bxa4 15. b5
Nh5 16. Bc4 f5 17. O-O f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Nd3 g4 20. fxg4 Bxg4 $36 {
Sahu-Saravanan, New Delhi 2001}) 14... Nh5 {= ECO, but practice shows another
result these days.} 15. Bd3 {White has to finish his development as soon as
possible.} (15. Na5 {is nice, but slow.} f5 16. Bd3 fxe4 (16... Nf4 $5) (16...
Nf6 17. O-O fxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Bg5 c5 20. dxc6 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nxc6 (21... Nf2+
22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Qe1 Nxc6 24. Be3 $18) 22. Nd5 $18 {Haba-Babula, St.Mesto 1992
}) 17. fxe4 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 {and White's K remains in the
middle.} 20. Rf1 Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh3 22. Rb2 Nf6 23. Qg2 Qxg2 24. Rxg2 d5 25. exd5
{1/2-1/2 Haba-Bobras, Koszalin 1999}) 15... Nf4 16. O-O Nxd3 (16... f5 $5 {
immediately is worthy of consideration.}) 17. Qxd3 f5 18. Na5 f4 19. Ba7 Ra8
20. Bf2 {It seems, that White's chances on the << are more real, than Black's
dreams of an -> on the >>.} Qe8 21. Rfc1 g5 22. Rb2 Bf6 23. Nb1 Kh8 24. Rxc7
$16 {Haba-Raubal, Loosdorf op 1993}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 $5 {This is Dreev's
novelty, in comparision to the 14.Be2 lines there is an important difference,
the e2 square is vacated for other pieces.} (14. Be2 c6 {Black has to blow up
the [+] immediately.} 15. dxc6 (15. O-O $2 cxd5 16. exd5 Ne8 $15 {Knaak}) 15...
Bxc6 16. O-O d5 {Black is coming out of passivity blowing up White's [+].} 17.
exd5 (17. Bc5 Re8 (17... d4 $6 {- Savchenko-Fedorov, St.Petersburg 1996 CBM 52
[Knaak]}) 18. Rfc1 h5 19. Rc2 h4 20. exd5 Nfxd5 $11 {Alterman-Gavric, Pula 1990
}) 17... Nexd5 18. Bc5 Re8 (18... Nxc3 {deserves attention, for example:} 19.
Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Rfd1 (21. Ne4 Nf4) 21... Qc7 22. Ne4 f5 $13) (18...
Nf4 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rfd1 $14) 19. Rfd1 Qc8 (19... Nxc3 {comes into
consideration again:} 20. Qxc3 Nd5 21. Qc2 {- 18...Nxc3}) 20. Nce4 (20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Rbc1 Qb7 $11) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rd8 22. Rbc1 {(Khenkin-Balcerak,
Germany 2001 CBM 82)} Qc7 {was more to the point, for example:} 23. Bd6 Rxd6
24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxd5 Qc2 $11) (14. Rd1 h5 15. h4 Nc8 16. Be2
Nh7 17. Bf2 Kh8 18. Nf1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 $13 {Kaspi-Roiz, Tel Aviv 2001}) 14...
c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. O-O d5 17. Bc5 d4 (17... Re8 18. Qe2 $1 {is the real
difference attacking >< b5!} (18. a4 bxa4 19. b5 Bb7) (18. Rfd1 d4 {can be met
now by} (18... h5 19. Qe2 h4 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. g3 hxg3 22. hxg3) 19. Nce2 {
but is this a real difference?} Nd7 20. Bd6 Rb6 $13 {/\ Nc8}) 18... Qd7 19. a4
bxa4 20. b5 Ba8 21. Nxa4 $14) 18. Nce2 {Although White has achieved something
comparing to the 14.Be2 line, the situation is still far from clear.} Nd7 (
18... Rc8 19. Nc1 $1 {/\ Nb3} Nd7 20. Nb3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 {and although Black
has eliminated the strong B, but now he has to face with a strong N.}) 19. Bd6
Rc8 20. f4 ({Playing on the << is not easy either:} 20. a4 bxa4 21. b5 Bb7 22.
Qb4 Re8) 20... f6 $2 {This seriously weakens the a2-g8 /^ which will be
exploited by a nice way.} (20... exf4 21. Qxf4 (21. Rxf4 Ne5 $1) 21... f5 $1 {
was the most active counterplay} 22. exf5 (22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. exf5 Ne5 $132) {
with the point of an intermediate move} 22... Ne5 $1 23. Bxe5 (23. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
- 22.Bxe7}) 23... Qd5 24. Be4 Qxe5 $13) 21. a4 $1 {Now suddenly Black is in a
big trouble.} Nb6 (21... bxa4 22. b5 Bb7 23. Qb4 $18) 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Qa2+
Bd5 {All other moves lose as well.} (23... Kh8 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Qe6 $18) 24.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. exd5 Qxd6 26. Ne4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. Nc1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nb3 c5 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3) 13. dxc6
bxc6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 {The insertion of h4-h5 helps for Black in this
line connected with a positional P sacrifice.} Re8 $1 {/\ d5 blowing up
White's [+] is the real strategy here.} (15... c5 $143 $6 {closes the position
instead of opening it.} 16. Be3 Be6 17. b3 Ne8 18. Bh6 f5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be2
Qf6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. O-O-O Nc7 23. g4 $16 {Sakaev-Barcenilla, Doha 1993}) (
15... Be6 $143 $6 16. Be2 c5 (16... d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. c5 $16) 17. Be3 Nd7
18. b3 Ne5 19. Rd1 {White has consolidated his position, Black's play on the
dark squares gives no real compensation.} Nc6 20. Bd3 Bd4 21. Ne2 Bxe3 22. Qxe3
Kg7 23. Bc2 a5 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Rd2 a4 26. O-O axb3 27. axb3 $16 {Bagirov-Lanka,
Riga 1991 51/(596)}) (15... Qa5 16. Rc1 (16. Rd1 c5 17. Be3 Rxb2 $2 {doesn't
work on account of} 18. Qxb2 Nxe4 19. fxe4 {(1-0 Campos-Rahal, Barcelona 1992)}
Bxc3+ 20. Bd2 $18) (16. Be2) 16... d5 (16... Be6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Be2 {and White
can finish his development without any problem.} a5 19. Qf4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. O-O Qc5+ 22. Kh2 $16 {Bischoff-Sznapik, Biel 1991}) (16... Re8 17. b3 $16)
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 21. Rc2 Rxc2+ 22.
Kxc2 Be5 {White is a P up, but the ^^ in an open position makes the
realization of the material advantage extremely difficult.} 23. Bc4 $14 {
Razuvaev-Uhlmann, Copenhagen 1991}) 16. Be2 (16. O-O-O Qa5 $1 {and with
opposite castled kings the loss of a P is not important.}) 16... d5 $1 (16...
Qa5 17. Rc1 Qb4 (17... d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 {White can defend
his e5 P and blockade >< d4 successfully.} Nf8 21. O-O Ne6 22. Bf3 Nxd4 23.
Qxd4 Rb4 24. Qd2 Qb6+ 25. Rf2 $16 {Ibragimov-Zamora, Philadelphia op 1992}) (
17... Be6 18. b3 Rbc8 (18... Kh7 {/\ Bh6, but the exchange of the B helps also
for White.} 19. O-O Bh6 20. Be3 Qc5 (20... Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qd8 {and Black has
nothing for the P.} 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rcd1 $16 {
Razuvaev-Gretarsson, Reykjavik op 1990}) 21. Bxc5 Bxd2 22. Bxd6 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 {
White has sacrificed an exchange, but he got two pawns, and a strong ^^ for it.
Besides, Black's P structure is also corrupted and the dark squares are weak.}
Rb7 24. Na4 Nd7 25. Kf2 f6 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Bf4 $16 {Gheorghiu-Schaffner, Bern
op 1991}) 19. O-O d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf4 $1 Bf5 22. cxd5 $16 {Knaak-Thomas,
Badenweiler op 1990}) 18. b3 a5 {If this is the plan than White has nothing to
fear.} 19. O-O Ba6 20. Rfd1 Re6 21. Bf1 Kh7 22. Rc2 $16 {Spraggett-Sellos,
Cannes op 1993}) 17. e5 (17. exd5 cxd5 18. c5 {is strongly met by} Rb4 $1 {
which is the main idea of the whole variation undermining the blockading B's
position.}) (17. cxd5 Rb4 $5 {This is the critical line again.} (17... cxd5 18.
e5 {White has to close the [+], since he didn't finish his development.} (18.
exd5 $6 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd1 Nxc3 21. Qxc3+ Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {and
Black has good drawing chances in the _|_.} 23. b3 a5 $11 {Adler-Bukic, Bled
1992}) 18... Nd7 19. f4 Bh6 (19... f6 20. e6 Rxe6 21. f5 $1 {ruining Black's P
structure on the >>.} gxf5 22. O-O $16) 20. Qe3 {White has to play carefully,
Black has many tactical threats.} (20. Be3 $2 Nxe5 $1) (20. Nxd5 Nxe5 $1) 20...
Rxb2 (20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bxf6 $1) 21. Rd1 $1 {This is a very important
preparatory move overprotecting the d4 B.} (21. O-O Nxe5 $1 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23.
Qxe5 Bg7 24. Qxd5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxc3 $44) 21... Nf6 $1 (21... Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5
23. Qxe5 Bg7 24. Qe3 $16) 22. O-O (22. Qc1 {is effectively met by} Rxe2+ $1 23.
Nxe2 Bg4 24. Rd3 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Qd7 $44 {and the K in the middle is vulnerable.}
) 22... Ng4 (22... Bg4 $6 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ng4 25. Nxd5 Qxh4 26. Qh3 $16)
23. Qg3 (23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qd7 26. Rb6 Bf8 27. Rxa6 Rc8 $132)
23... Be6 24. Bxa6 $1 {Karpov's play is excellent in this game!} Qa5 25. Bd3
$14 {Karpov-Kindermann, Baden-Baden 1992 56/673}) 18. Bc5 (18. Bxf6 $143 $6 {
Babula} Bxf6 $44 {with a very strong ^^.}) (18. e5 $143 $6 {Babula} Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 Rxd4 $1 20. Qxd4 Rxe5 $5 (20... Bxe5 $36)) (18. Bf2 $5 {Babula's
suggestion deserves attention, for example:} cxd5 (18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 (19.
Nxe4 Rxb2 20. Qd1 cxd5 $40) 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rbxe4 21. O-O Rxe2 22. dxc6)
19. Rd1 Qa5) 18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 (19. Nxe4 $2 Rxb2 {/\ cd5->}) 19... Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 Rbxe4 21. O-O (21. O-O-O Rxe2 22. d6 (22. dxc6 $2 Qc7 $17 {Fattoumi-V.
Gurevich, Le Touquet 1995 65/(556)}) 22... Bf5 (22... Rxg2 23. Rhe1 $1 $44) 23.
Rhe1 (23. Rd2 Re1+ 24. Rd1 R1e2 25. Rd2 $11 {leads to a repetition of moves.})
23... Qxh4 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. d7 Qf4+ 26. Be3 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rc2+ {1/2:1/2
Ernst-Carlson, Stockholm 1995 65/(556)}) 21... Rxe2 22. dxc6 {Babula} (22. d6
$143 $6 Be6 {/\ Bd5}) (22. Rad1 $143 $2 cxd5 $15 {Rogozenko-Guliev, Russia
1993 58/638}) 22... Qxh4 $13 {Here we see the idea of 18.Bf2.}) 17... c5 (17...
Nd7 $1 {looks simpler.} 18. f4 c5 (18... Bh6 19. Be3 (19. cxd5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
Rxe5) 19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. cxd5 Ng4 21. dxc6 Qxd2+ 22. Bxd2 Rxb2) 20...
Bxe3 21. Qxe3 d4 22. Qd2 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc7 $11) 19. Bf2 d4 20. Ne4 Bh6 21. Ng5
f6) 18. Bxc5 (18. exf6 {deserves attention as well.} cxd4 19. fxg7 dxc3 20.
bxc3 Kxg7 (20... Qb6 $2 21. Qh6 Rxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Qb2+ 23. Kf1 Qxa1+ 24. Kf2 Rb2+
25. Kg3 $18) 21. cxd5 {White has two extra pawns, but his K is still in the
middle.} Qb6 22. Kf1 (22. Rd1 Bd7 $132) 22... Bf5 (22... Kg8 23. g3 Bf5 24. Rd1
) 23. g3 {and it is not easy to find a clear-cut solution for Black.} (23. Qd4+
Qxd4 24. cxd4 a5)) 18... Nd7 (18... Rxe5 19. Bd4 Re8 20. cxd5) 19. Bd6 Nxe5 {
This is a phantastic idea!} 20. Bxb8 Nxc4 21. Qc1 Bf5 {The position is
extremely sharp and the players didn't want to take a big risk.} (21... Bf5 22.
Bf4 {Black is a R down for the moment, but the position is extremely rich in
tactical motifs. Here You can see some illustrative lines.} Bd3 (22... d4 23.
Ne4 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 d3 25. Qd2 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Bxa1 (26... Rxe4 27. Rd1 $18) 27.
Qxd3 $18) (22... Qa5 23. Kf1 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxc3 25. Qc1) (22... Qe7 23. Kf1 (
23. O-O Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Nxb2 25. Bd2 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxe2 27. Re1)) 23. Kf1 Nxb2 (
23... Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Bxb2 25. Qd1 $18) (23... Bxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Bxb2 25. Qd1 (25.
Qe1 $2 d4 26. Rd1 d3 $17) 25... Be5 26. Bg5 (26. Qc1 Bb2) 26... f6 27. Qd3 Bxa1
28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Bh6 Re7 31. Rh3 {and suddenly White (!) has a
mating ->.}) 24. Bd2 Bxc3 (24... d4 25. Ne4 Bxe2+ 26. Kxe2 f5 27. Kf1 fxe4 28.
Qxb2 e3 29. Re1) 25. Bxd3 Bd4 26. Bg5 (26. Be2 $2 Rxe2 $1 27. Kxe2 Qe8+ $17)
26... Nxd3 27. Bxd8 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxd8 29. Ke2 $16 {and the _|_ looks rather
one-sided.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 {White is making preparations against Black's normal
plans 10...b5 and 10...e5.} e5 (10... Re8 {This preparatory move doesn't look
very promising.} 11. Nf2 (11. g3 {/\ Bg2, 0-0} b5 $5 (11... e6 12. Bg2 b5 13.
c5 $5 $14 {keeping the space advantage looks more to the point.} (13. cxb5 axb5
14. O-O e5 15. d5 (15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 b4 17. Nf2 Bb5 $132 {Svetushkin-El
Taher, Sharjah 2003 88/(475)}) 15... Ne7 $14)) 12. c5 dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5
Nd4 $1 {Black has to open up the position before White castles >>.} 15. Bg2 (
15. Nxd4 {Riazantsev} exd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Bg2 c6 18. d6 Be6 19. b4 {
White wants to blockade the position at any rate-even by a positional exchange
sacrifice.} Nd7 20. O-O Nxc5 21. bxc5 $44) 16... Rxe4+ $1 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe3
Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qe7 20. d6 $5 cxd6 21. Rc2 Nxg3+ 22. Qe3 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Nxh1 24.
Bg2 Re8 25. Re2 Rc8 26. Kd2 (26. Bxh1 Rc1+ 27. Nd1 Bg4 28. Rd2 Bxd1 29. Rxd1
Rc2 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 31. Bd5 $14) 26... Bc6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 $14 {and
although Black has three pawns for the piece, the B looks very strong here.})
15... Bf8 $1 16. Bxd4 (16. b4 Bxc5 17. bxc5 c6 $1 {Black has to open up the
position.} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 cxd5 20. O-O dxe4 21. Bg5 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bh3
23. Bxf6 Qxd4+ 24. Bxd4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 $44) (16. Rc1 c5 17. O-O (17. dxc6 Nxc6 {
eliminating White's once mighty P [+].} 18. O-O Qa5 $11) 17... Bd6 18. Nf2 Qe7
$13) 16... exd4 17. Rc1 Qe7 (17... Rc8 18. O-O (18. Qxd4 c6 19. d6 $6 c5 20.
Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Qxc5 Be6 $40) 18... c6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. Nf2 d3 $1 {otherwise
the blockade on d3 would be very strong.} (20... Qb6 $6 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxd4
$16) (20... Bc5 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. b4 $1 Bb6 23. Rfd1 $14) 21. Nxd3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1
Rd6 $44) 18. Qxd4 (18. Rxc7 Qd8 19. Rc1 d3 20. Qxd3 Qb6 $44) 18... Rbc8 $1 {
Riazantsev} (18... Qd6 $6 19. Nf2 Bg7 20. Qc5 $16 {Riazantsev-Bobrov, Voronezh
2003 88/475}) 19. O-O c6 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Nf2 Bg7 $44 {and the
strong ^^ can compensate the lost P.}) 11... e6 $5 (11... b5 $6 {This
provocative move will lead more or less forced to an exchange sacrifice!} 12.
c5 dxc5 (12... e6 13. g3 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Bf8 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Nc3 Na5 17. Bg5 Be7
18. e5 $16 {Ionov-Ezat, Abu Dhabi 2003}) 13. Rxc5 {Now the P structure clearly
favours White.} e5 {otherwise Black has no counterplay.} 14. d5 Ne7 15. Qc2 c6
$5 {Now, or never. If the backward c P remains, White is clearly better.} (
15... Rc8 16. Nd3) 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 $16 {Graf-Nunn,
Germany 2003 CBM 94})) (10... b5 $6 {is now strongly met by} 11. c5 $1 e6 (
11... Qe8 12. Nf2 Rd8 13. g3 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Bc8 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. O-O Nd7 17. Rc2
Nb6 18. b3 e6 19. Rfc1 $14 {Sasikiran-Ye Jiangchuan, Jodhpur 2003}) 12. Nf2 Qe7
(12... b4 $6 13. g3 Na5 14. Nd3 dxc5 15. Nxc5 $16 {Black's << is in ruins.} Bb5
16. Nf4 g5 17. Nfd3 Nc6 18. Ne5 g4 $4 19. Bxb5 {1-0 Nenashev-Gadjily, Dubai
2000}) 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. g3 {/\ Bg2} Qd8 15. Bg2 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 Rfc8
18. Kd2 $14 {and White has a strong P [+], therefore the space advantage as
well, Conquest-Kindermann, Germany 2000.}) (10... e6 $5 {is an interesting,
unusual plan.} 11. g3 Ne8 12. Bg2 f5 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nf2 Qe7 15. f4 (15. b4 $5)
15... fxe4 16. d5 Nd8 17. Nc3 Nf7 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 e5 20. Rfe1 Bf5 $13 {
Hertneck-Schmaltz, Germany 1998}) 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nf2 (12. c5 $5 {White has the
same reaction, as in case of 10...b5.} Ne8 (12... dxc5 13. Bxc5 Ne8 {/\ Nd6 is
a possibility transposing after} 14. Nec3 {to the game continuation.}) 13. b4 {
against 13...dxc5} (13. Nec3 dxc5 $5 {vacating the d6 square for the
blockading N comes into consideration.} (13... f5 14. Bd3 (14. b4 {- 13.b4})) (
13... c6 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15. Bc5 $14) 14. Bxc5 Nd6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Kh8 {
/\ Ng8, Bh6}) 13... f5 14. Nec3 (14. Ndc3 Nf6) 14... Nf6 15. Be2 {Finally
White can finish his development.} Kh8 16. Nb2 {/\ Nc4 improving the N and
waiting with 0-0.} (16. O-O {castles into Black's standard ->.} f4 17. Bf2 g5)
16... Nc8 {If this is necessary, then White's advantage is undisputable in the
opening. He has a strong pressure on the <<, while Black's chances for a >> ->
are problematic.} (16... f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. Nc4 {and White's K may remain in
the [+] because of the closed character of the position.}) 17. Nc4 (17. O-O {
now comes into consideration, after one of Black's pieces has left the >>.} f4
18. Bf2 g5 19. Qd1 $1 {against g4.} (19. Nc4 g4)) 17... fxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 (
18... Nh5 19. Bxh5 Qh4+ 20. Bf2 Qxh5 21. O-O g5 22. Be3 h6 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.
Rf1 Be7 25. Ne2 Qg6 26. Ng3 $16 {Graf-Mamedov, Dubai 2002}) 19. Bg5 ({or simply
} 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Bf2 $16 {/\ 0-0}) 19... Bf6 20. O-O Kg7 21. Rxf6 Nxf6 22.
Bh6+ Kg8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qe3 $16 {Graf-Nunn, BL 2001 CBM 82}) (12. g3 Ne8 13.
Bg2 c5 14. b4 b6 15. O-O f5 16. Nf2 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff-Nunn, Paignton 2000}) (
12. b4 $5) 12... Ne8 13. g3 (13. c5 {allows the passive N to come back.} dxc5
14. Bxc5 Nd6 $13) (13. b4 f5 14. g3 c6 {Black has to create tension all over
the board.} (14... Nf6 15. Bg2 Nh5 16. O-O $14 {and Black's >> |^ is hard to
continue.}) 15. Bg2 b5 16. c5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bc8 18. O-O Nf6 {>< d5} 19. Nc3
dxc5 20. Bxc5 Bb7 21. d6 Ned5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 $132) 13... c5 {Black wants to
close the <<.} (13... f5 $5 14. Bg2 c5 {can also be met by} 15. b4 (15. O-O b5
$1)) 14. b4 (14. Bg2 {allows} b5) 14... b6 (14... cxb4 15. Qxb4 b5 16. c5 a5
17. Qb2 dxc5 18. Bxc5 $14 {and Black has problems with the blockade of >< d6.})
15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O Kh8 $6 {This plan seems to be slow.} (16... Nf6 17. Rb1) (
16... cxb4 17. Qxb4 Qc7 {and a stubborn defence of the weaknesses on the <<
was possible.}) 17. Rb1 Ng8 18. Rb3 ({A different strategy would be the
breakthrough in the [+] by} 18. f4 $5 exf4 19. Nxf4 $14) 18... Ngf6 19. bxc5 (
19. Rfb1 {looked more consistant.} Ra8 (19... cxb4 20. Rxb4 $16) 20. bxc5 bxc5
{- 19.bxc5}) 19... bxc5 20. Rfb1 Ra8 $6 {Giving up the b <-> without a fight.}
(20... Rxb3 21. Rxb3 $14 (21. axb3 Qc7 22. b4 $14)) 21. Bg5 fxe4 22. fxe4 $16 {
Now Black has no real counterplay and his position remains passive.} Bc8 23.
Nc3 Bd7 24. Ra3 (24. h3 $5) 24... Nc7 25. Rab3 {White didn't find the
clear-cut plan for a while.} Rf7 (25... Nce8) 26. Rb7 Rc8 (26... Bc8 27. Rb8
Rxb8 28. Rxb8 $16) 27. Ncd1 {/\ Qa5} Qf8 28. Qa5 Nfe8 29. Rb8 Nf6 30. Rxc8 Qxc8
31. Qb6 Nce8 32. Qb8 {The exchange of Q helps for White-the _|_ is clearly
better for him.} Kg8 33. Qxc8 Bxc8 34. Rb8 Rc7 35. Bd2 Nd7 36. Rb3 {White
wants to keep his active R alive.} Rb7 37. Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 32] activating the
bad B.} Rxb3 38. axb3 {Now the P structure has been changed for White's
favour- he has a breakthrough by b3-b4.} Nb6 39. Ba5 Bxh3 40. Nxh3 {The
exchange of the light-squared B is a big strategical achievement for White.}
Nc8 41. Ng5 (41. Kf2 $1 Nf6 42. Kf3 $16 {bringing the K into action and
defending >< e4 looked more to the point.}) 41... Bh6 42. h4 (42. Ne6 Nf6)
42... Nf6 43. Nf2 Bxg5 44. hxg5 Nh5 $2 {The N is outplaced here.} (44... Nd7 $1
) 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kf3 $18 Ke8 47. Nd3 {/\ b4} Ne7 48. b4 $1 {This breakthrough
on the << decides the battle.} cxb4 49. Bxb4 (49. Bxb4 Nc8 50. c5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 b5 (9... h5 {is the main line.}) 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 bxc4 (
12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4) 13. O-O-O Bd7 {Black wants to organize a counterplay
on the b <->.} (13... Rb4 14. Bh6 Bd7 (14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Kh8 {! Kasparov} (
15... Qe7 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rdf1 $1 g5 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. g3 $1 Qxh6 20. Nxh6+ Kh8
21. Rhg1 $3 $16 f6 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Rxf4 Ne5 25. Rxf6 $1 $18 {
Kasparov}) 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Be2) 15. Be2 $1 {If White can hold >< b2 his
advantage on the >> may become really annoying.} Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Kh8 17. hxg6
fxg6 18. Nf1 $1 Rg8 {(Psakhis-Djurhuus, Gausdal 1994)} 19. g4 $1 $16 {Djurhuus}
) (13... Nd7 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nb1 $1 {The target is the bad N on the edge of
the board.} Nb7 (15... Rb5 $2 {is witty, but not correct.} 16. b4 $1 cxb3 17.
Bxb5 c5 {(Timman-Kasparov, Bugojno 1982)} 18. Be2 $18 {Timman}) 16. Bxc4 Nbc5
17. Nc3 $14 {Kasparov}) (13... c6 {! Kasparov} 14. dxc6 $14 {Fedorowicz}) 14.
Bh6 (14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nb1 c6 $5 {Black wants to open up the <<, the fall of
the weak d6 P is not a high price for it.} (15... Nb7 {is simply too passive.}
16. Bxc4 Bb5 17. Na3 Qd7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Rc1 $14 {Belotti-Beil, Reggio Emilia
1988}) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd6 Qc8 {with some counterchances on the <<.}) (14.
Nb1 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxd6 Qc8) (14. Nge2 Rb4 15. g4 Qb8 16. Ng3 (16. Bh6 $6
{is overoptimistic.} Qb7 $1 17. Bxg7 {[#]} Rb8 $3 {This beautiful zwischenzug
decides the battle, >< b2 falls and Black's -> on the b <-> becomes decisive!}
18. Qh6 Rxb2 $19 19. Rd4 exd4 20. Kd1 Rb1+ 21. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 22. Nc1 Nxg4 23. fxg4
Bxg4+ {0-1 Nguyen Anh Dung-To Quoc Khanh, Ho Chi Minh City 2003})) 14... Bxh6
15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. Be2 Rb4 17. Rd2 (17. Nf1 $1 {is the precise move order.} Rfb8
(17... Nxh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Ng3 $18) 18. Rd2 {- 17.Rd2}) 17... c6 {This is the
difference!} (17... Rfb8 18. Nf1 c5 {? Kasparov} (18... Be8 19. g4 Nd7 20. hxg6
fxg6 21. Ne3 $16 {Kasparov}) 19. Bd1 $1 (19. g4 $2 Ba4) 19... Ne8 (19... Be8
20. g4 Qb7 21. Rhh2 $1) 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4 Qg7 22. g5 Qxh6 23. Rxh6 Nb7 {
It is rather remarkable, that this is the first new move! However, it will not
change the bad reputation of the entire line.} (23... Ng7 24. f4 $3 exf4 25.
Rdh2 Re8 26. Nd2 Reb8 27. Rxh7 Rxb2 28. R2h4 $1 $18 {Kasparov-Loginov, Manila 
(ol) 1992}) (23... R4b7 24. Rdh2 Bc8 25. Ba4 $18 {Kasparov}) 24. a3 $1 (24. Ne3
Nd8 25. Rdh2 Nf7 26. Rxh7 Ng7) 24... Rb6 25. Rdh2 Nd8 26. Rxh7 Nf7 27. Ne3 R6b7
(27... Ng7 28. Nxc4 $16) 28. R7h4 Ng7 (28... Nxg5 $2 29. Rg2 $18) 29. Nxc4 $16
{Gallagher-Sutovsky, Biel 1996 CBM 55}) 18. Nf1 (18. dxc6 Bxc6) 18... Kh8 $2 {
This is hard to understand!} (18... Rfb8 $1 {was logical doubling the rooks on
the important b file.}) 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 (20. Ne3) 20... cxd5 $6 (20...
c5 {avoids the opening of position, but White's attacking chances on the >>
remain.}) 21. Ne3 (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5) 21... Be6 (21... d4 22. Ncd5 dxe3 {
leads nowhere after} 23. Nxe7 exd2+ 24. Kc2 Ba4+ 25. Kc3 $18) 22. exd5 Rg8 23.
Qh6 Bd7 24. g4 Qg7 25. Bd1 (25. f4 {looks also very strong opening up the
position.}) 25... Qxh6 26. Rxh6 Rg6 27. Rdh2 Kg7 28. R6h4 $18 {The position is
materially equal, but the black pieces lack any harmony.} h5 {Desperation, but
Bc2 was the threat.} 29. gxh5 Rg1 30. h6+ Kh8 31. Rg2 (31. f4 $18 {was also
tempting widening the battlefront.}) 31... Rxg2 32. Nxg2 Rb7 33. Ne3 Rc7 {
The passive defence leads nowhere.} 34. Be2 Be8 (34... Bb5 35. f4 $18) 35. Bxc4
{White has already two extra pawns.} Bf7 36. b3 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 Ne8
(38... Bxd5 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Nxd6 $18 {and the N _|_ is very easy.}) 39. Kd2
Kh7 40. Ke3 Kxh6 41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 Kg7 43. Nb6 Kf6 44. Nc8 Bg6 45. Ne4+ Kg7
46. Ncxd6 Nxd6 47. Nxd6 Bb1 48. a3 Ba2 49. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Antoniewski, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Dankowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 (7. Qd2)
7... Nc6 8. Nc1 Rb8 (8... e5 9. d5 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 9. Qd2 Re8 (9... e5 $142 {
La grande ligne}) 10. Nb3 (10. Bd3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. N1e2 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e5 Rb4 18. Ne2 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxe5+ 20.
Ne2 Qb6 21. O-O-O Nd7 22. Nc3 Nc5 23. Bc2 Re8 24. Qxd5 Be6 25. Qd6 Qa5 26. Rhe1
Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Rxe4 Qxd6+ 30. Ke1 Qxh2 31. Re3 {0-1 (31)
Dreev,A (2676)-Motylev,A (2574) Neum 2000}) 10... Bd7 11. Bd3 $146 (11. Be2 h5
12. h3 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 h4 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Ne2
a5 19. Bc2 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e5 Nh5 22. f4 Bb5 23. Bd3 Bh6 24. O-O Ng7 25.
Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Bc3 d4 27. Qxd4 Rd5 28. Qe4 Nf5 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. g4 hxg3+ 31. Nxg3
Nxg3 32. Kxg3 Rd8 33. Rf3 a4 34. a3 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Qxd1 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. e6 fxe6
38. Qxe6 {1-0 (38) Istratescu,A (2622)-Shavtvaladze,N (2399) Kavala 2002})
11... b6 (11... e5 12. d5 Ne7) 12. O-O e5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Be2 a5 15. c5 $1 {
[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga2a3]} bxc5 16. Nxa5 $36 (16. a3 $2 Nbxd5) 16... c6 $8 17. Nc4
cxd5 18. exd5 {[%cal Ga2a3,Ge2a6,Gc4d6] Renouvelle la menace a3} Bc8 $8 {
[%cal Gc8a6,Gd8d6]} 19. a3 Na6 20. Bg5 {[%cal Gc3e4]} Qc7 {Un coup naturel
mais la Q n'est pas très bien placée} 21. a4 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc3b5]} (21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 21... Nb4 22. Bxf6 (22. Nb5 Rxb5 23. axb5
Nbxd5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxd6) 22... Bxf6 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Ncxd6 Rd8 25. Nxc8
Rbxc8 26. d6 (26. Bc4 Bg5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gg5f4,Ge7h4]}) 26... Qe6 27. Rac1
Kg7 28. Bc4 $40 {[%csl Re6,Rf7][%cal Gc4e6]} Qf5 29. Rcd1 Bg5 30. Qc3 Nc6 {
[%cal Gc6d4]} 31. f4 $3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf1f5]} Bxf4 32. g3 Qg4 33. d7 (33.
Kh1 Bh6 34. Rxf7+) 33... Rb8 34. Kh1 Bg5 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Qd3 (36. Rd5 Qe4+
37. Qf3) 36... Nd4 37. h4 $2 Bf4 $1 $13 {[%csl Rg3,Rh1,Rh4,Rh6] Retour de
baton pour les Blancs} 38. gxf4 (38. Nxd4 cxd4 39. Rd2 Be3 {[%csl Rg3]} (39...
Bxd2 40. Qxd2+ Kh5 41. Be2) 40. Rg2 Rxd7) 38... Nf3 39. Be6 Qxe6 40. Qxf3 Qxf7
$17 41. Nd6 Qf6 (41... Qxf4 $4 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Qxf4 exf4 44. Nxd8 Rxd8 45. Kg2
{[%cal Gg2f3]}) 42. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} exf4 43. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4g5]} Qf7
(43... Qf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 45. Nxc5 {[%cal Gc5e6]}) 44. Ng5 Qf6 45. Ne6 Ra8 $2 (
45... Rxd7 $8 46. Rxd7 Rxb2 47. Nf8 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Rb2+ 49. Kg1 Rb1+ 50. Kf2 Rb2+
51. Ke1 Qc3+) 46. Qg5+ Qxg5 47. hxg5+ Kh5 48. Nxd8 Rxd8 49. a5 Kxg5 50. a6 Kg4
51. a7 g5 52. Kg2 h5 53. Re1 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 2nd"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. Nc1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nb3 c5 {Black players have always
believed, that the dance of White's knight Ng1-e2-c1-b3-d4 is too slow. Theory
has so far promised compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (12... Nxb3 13. axb3
$14) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 (15... c5 $143 $6 16. Be3 Be6 17.
b3 Ne8 18. Bh6 f5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be2 Qf6 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. O-O-O Nc7 23. g4
$16 {Sakaev-Barcenilla/Doha 1993/}) (15... Be6 $143 $6 16. Be2 c5 (16... d5 17.
exd5 cxd5 18. c5 $16) 17. Be3 Nd7 18. b3 Ne5 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Bd3 Bd4 21. Ne2
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Kg7 23. Bc2 a5 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Rd2 a4 26. O-O axb3 27. axb3 $16 {
Bagirov-Lanka/Riga 1991/}) (15... Qa5 16. Rc1 (16. Rd1 c5 17. Be3 Rxb2 $2 18.
Qxb2 Nxe4 19. fxe4 {1-0 Campos-Rahal/Barcelona 1992/} Bxc3+ 20. Bd2 $18) (16.
Be2) 16... d5 (16... Be6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Be2 a5 19. Qf4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
O-O Qc5+ 22. Kh2 $16 {Bischoff-Sznapik/Biel 1991/}) (16... Re8 17. b3 $16) 17.
cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 21. Rc2 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2
Be5 23. Bc4 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Uhlmann,W/Copenhagen 1991/}) 16. Rd1 {[%mdl 4] The
centralising of the rook serves multiple purposes, but first of all it helps
to control all the squares along the semi-open d-file.} (16. Be2 d5 $1 {
Black is so well developed, that the first player finds it difficult to cope
with all the threats.} (16... Qa5 17. Rc1 Qb4 (17... d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e5
Nd7 20. f4 Nf8 21. O-O Ne6 22. Bf3 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rb4 24. Qd2 Qb6+ 25. Rf2 $16 {
Ibragimov-Zamora/Philadelphia op 1992/}) (17... Be6 18. b3 Rbc8 (18... Kh7 19.
O-O Bh6 20. Be3 Qc5 (20... Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qd8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Rd2 Red8 24.
Rcd1 $16 {Razuvaev-Gretarsson/Reykjavik op 1990/}) 21. Bxc5 Bxd2 22. Bxd6 Bxc1
23. Rxc1 Rb7 24. Na4 Nd7 25. Kf2 f6 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Bf4 $16 {
Gheorghiu-Schaffner/Bern op 1991/}) 19. O-O d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf4 $1 Bf5 22.
cxd5 $16 {Knaak-Thomas/Badenweiler op 1990/}) 18. b3 a5 19. O-O Ba6 20. Rfd1
Re6 21. Bf1 Kh7 22. Rc2 $16 {1-0 Spraggett,K (2565)-Sellos,D (2425)/Cannes
1993 (64)}) 17. e5 (17. exd5 cxd5 18. c5 Rb4 $1 $17) (17. cxd5 Rb4 $1 (17...
cxd5 18. e5 (18. exd5 $6 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd1 Nxc3 21. Qxc3+ Qf6 22.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. b3 a5 $11 {Adler-Bukic/Bled 1992/}) 18... Nd7 19. f4 Bh6 (19...
f6 20. e6 Rxe6 (20... Nf8 21. f5 $1) 21. f5 $1 (21. O-O $14) 21... gxf5 22. O-O
$16) (19... Nf8 20. Bf2 (20. Bc5 $5 Ne6 21. Bd6 Rb6 22. O-O-O Rxd6 23. exd6 d4
24. Ne4 f5 25. Ng5 Qxd6 26. Bc4 $16) 20... Ne6 (20... f6 $5 21. O-O-O (21. exf6
Bxf6 22. O-O d4 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Ne4 Bxh4) 21... fxe5 22. fxe5
Bxe5 23. Bd4 $14) 21. O-O Qa5 (21... f6 $1 22. f5 (22. Nxd5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5)
22... gxf5 23. Bxh5 Rf8 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 Rxb2 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qd6 $16)
22. b4 (22. Rad1 d4 23. Bxd4 (23. Ne4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxf4) 23... Rd8) 22... Rxb4
(22... Qxb4 23. Rab1 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Rxb8 Bxe5 26. Ra8 Bxc3 27. Bxa6 Bd7
28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bb6 $16) 23. Nxd5 Ra4 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Bf3 Bb7 (25... Rxd5
$2 {founders on} 26. Bxd5 Nxf4 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd4 $18) 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27.
Bxb7 {0-1 Shtyrenkov,V (2502)-Potapov,A (2513)/Noyabrsk 2003 (37)}) 20. Qe3 (
20. Be3 $2 Nxe5 $1 21. fxe5 (21. Nxd5 Ng4 $17) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 d4 $17) (20.
Nxd5 Nxe5 $1) 20... Rxb2 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bxf6 $1 (22. Qg3 $1
fxe5 23. Qxg6+ $16) 22... Rxe3 23. Bxd8 $16) 21. Rd1 $1 (21. O-O $6 Nxe5 $1 22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 $1 23. Qxe5 Bg7 24. Qxd5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxc3 $44) 21... Nf6 $1 (21...
Nxe5 $6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Bg7 24. Qe3 $16 (24. Rxd5 $2 Qb6 $1 25. Qe8+ Kh7
26. Qxc8 Qe3 $19 27. Qc4 Bxc3+ 28. Kf1 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qe1#) 24...
d4 25. Qc1 $18) 22. O-O (22. Qc1 Rxe2+ $1 23. Nxe2 Bg4 $36 (23... Ne4 $44) 24.
Rd3 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Qd7 $44) (22. Bf3 $2 Ng4 23. Qc1 Nxe5 $1) 22... Ng4 (22...
Bg4 $6 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ng4 25. Nxd5 Qxh4 26. Qh3 $16) 23. Qg3 (23. Bxg4
$6 Bxg4 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qd7 26. Rb6 Bf8 27. Rxa6 Rc8 $132) 23... Be6 24.
Bxa6 $1 (24. Bd3 $5) 24... Qa5 25. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A (2715)-Kindermann,S 
(2505)/Baden-Baden 1992 (34)}) 18. Bc5 (18. e5 $143 $6 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd4 $1
20. Qxd4 Rxe5 $5 (20... Bxe5 $36)) (18. Bf2 $5 cxd5 (18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 (19.
Nxe4 Rxb2 20. Qd1 cxd5 $40) 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rbxe4 21. O-O Rxe2 22. dxc6 $16
) 19. Rd1 Qa5) 18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 (19. Nxe4 $2 Rxb2 {/\ cd5->}) 19... Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 Rbxe4 21. O-O (21. O-O-O Rxe2 22. d6 (22. dxc6 $2 Qc7 $17 {
Fattoumi-Gurevich,V/Le Touquet 1995/}) 22... Bf5 (22... Rxg2 23. Rhe1 $1 $44)
23. Rhe1 (23. Rd2 $11 Re1+ 24. Rd1 R1e2 25. Rd2 $11 {leads to a repetition of
moves.}) 23... Qxh4 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. d7 Qf4+ 26. Be3 Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rc2+ {
Ernst-Carlson/Stockholm/1995/}) 21... Rxe2 22. dxc6 (22. d6 $143 $6 Be6 {/\ Bd5
}) (22. Rad1 $143 $2 cxd5 $15 {Rogozenko-Guliev/Russia 1993/}) 22... Qxh4 $13)
17... c5 (17... Nd7 $1 18. f4 (18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O-O Qf6 21. g4
hxg4 22. fxg4 Nc5 23. h5 g5 24. h6+ Kh8 25. Rh5 e5 26. Qe3 Bxg4 27. Rf1 Qe7 28.
Bxg4 d4 29. Qg3 dxc3 30. Qxc3 Rxb2 $17 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J (2680)-Golubev,M 
(2532)/playchess.com INT 2004 (39)}) 18... c5 (18... Bh6 19. Be3 (19. cxd5 Nxe5
20. Bxe5 Rxe5) 19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 (20. cxd5 Ng4 21. dxc6 Qxd2+ 22. Bxd2 Rxb2)
20... Bxe3 21. Qxe3 d4 22. Qd2 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc7 $11) 19. Bf2 d4 20. Ne4 Bh6
21. Ng5 f6) 18. Bxc5 (18. exf6 cxd4 19. fxg7 dxc3 20. bxc3 Kxg7 (20... Qb6 $2
21. Qh6 Rxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Qb2+ 23. Kf1 Qxa1+ 24. Kf2 Rb2+ 25. Kg3 $18) 21. cxd5
Qb6 22. Kf1 (22. Rd1 Bd7 $132) 22... Bf5 (22... Kg8 23. g3 Bf5 24. Rd1) 23. g3
(23. Qd4+ Qxd4 24. cxd4 a5)) 18... Nd7 (18... Rxe5 19. Bd4 Re8 20. cxd5 $16)
19. Bd6 Nxe5 {This is a fantastic idea!} 20. Bxb8 Nxc4 21. Qc1 Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Lautier,J (2677)-Smirin,I (2656)/Rethymnon 2003 Black's counterplay is very
annoying.}) (16. O-O-O Qa5 $1 $132) 16... d5 (16... Be6 17. Be2 c5 18. Be3 Nd7
19. b3 Ne5 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 f5 23. Bg5 Qd7 24. O-O Nd4 25. Bd3
$16 {1-0 Levitt,J (2427)-Buckley,G (2285)/London 1999 (47)}) 17. cxd5 cxd5 (
17... Rb4 $2 18. Bc5 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rbxe4+ 21. Kf2 Bg4 22. Rd2
cxd5 23. Kg1 $18) 18. e5 Nd7 $6 {Ding Liren has failed to appreciate the
dangers after White's 16th move and is playing along well known patterns. He
should have tried the spirited idea 18...Qc7!} (18... Qc7 $1 19. Be2 (19. f4
Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Kf2 Rd8 22. Be2 Be6 $14) 19... Rxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. O-O
Bf8 $14) 19. f4 f6 $2 {The second weaker move pushes Black close to the gate
of oblivion. Despite all the problems the fine idea 19...Bh6!? would have
offered chances to hold the dangerous position.} (19... Bh6 $5 20. Qf2 f6 21.
Nxd5 (21. Bd3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. O-O Bg4 24. Bxg6 Rf8 25. Qc2 Bg7) 21...
Nxe5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. fxe5 Rxe5+ 24. Be2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rf5+ 26. Bf3 Be6 27.
Bc3 Bxa2 28. Rd6 Bf7 29. Rxa6 Bg7 $14) 20. Ba7 $1 Rb7 (20... Rb4 21. Nxd5 Re4+
22. Be2 Nxe5 (22... fxe5 23. O-O $16) 23. fxe5 R4xe5 24. Ne3 $16) 21. Qxd5+ Kh8
22. Be3 fxe5 (22... Rxb2 23. Qf7 Rc2 24. Ne4 fxe5 25. f5 $1 Rf8 26. Qxg6 $18)
23. f5 $1 {The key idea of White's whole set up. The f-pawn advance closes the
e-file and shatters Black's kingside cover instead.} Rxb2 $2 {In this game
Black is strictly wed to misery. This dangerous position was calling for a
real effort to minimise the demage, only 23...Rf8! seems to have promised real
fighting chances.} (23... gxf5 24. Qf3 Re6 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Bc4 $18) (23...
Rf8 $1 24. Qd2 (24. fxg6 Rxb2 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Nf6 $14) 24... Rb4 (24...
gxf5 25. Bxa6 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxa6 27. Qa3 Bb7 28. Bg5 Qc7 29. O-O $16) 25. fxg6
(25. Nd5 Rd4 $1 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Be2 (27. Nf4 Ne5 $11) 27... Rxf5 28. Nf4 Ne5
29. O-O Qxh4 $11) 25... Rxh4 26. Rh3 Qf6 27. Rf3 Qxg6 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qf2
$16) 24. Qf7 $1 e4 (24... Rf8 25. Qxg6 Qe8 26. Qxe8 Rxe8 27. Be2 e4 28. Nd5 $16
) 25. Bd4 Nf6 $5 {This move is not the best, but at least Black is teasing his
opponent into a fascinating tactical line.} (25... Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe7 27. Qxg6
Nf6 28. Rh3 Qg7 29. Rg3 Qxg6 30. Rxg6 Rf8 $16) 26. Qxg6 {Wang Hao did not feel
obliged to walk the narrow tightrope. The natural continuation of the attack
is very good and much less risky.} (26. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 27. Rxd8 Bxc3+ 28. Rd2 Rd8
29. Qxg6 Bxf5 (29... Rdxd2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Bc4+ Rd5+ 32. Kf1 $18) 30. Qxf5
Rbxd2 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Rh3 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Kg1 Rfxf1+ 36.
Kh2 $18) 26... Rf8 27. Be2 (27. Rh3 Qe8 28. Qg5 $16) 27... Qc7 (27... Qe8 28.
Qg5 Qf7 29. O-O $16) 28. O-O Rc2 (28... Bb7 29. Bxh5 Rc2 30. Ne2 $16) 29. Nd5
$1 Nxd5 (29... Qf7 30. Nf4 Kg8 31. Qg5 $18) 30. Bxg7+ {Quite possibly the
start of the exchanging combination with 30.Qxh5+ was more precise, but the
difference does not play a vital role.} (30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 (31...
Qxg7 32. Rxd5 Qf7 33. Qg5+ Qg7 34. Qe3 $18) 32. Rxd5 Qb6+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. Rf4
$18) 30... Qxg7 31. Qxh5+ Qh7 (31... Kg8 32. Rxd5 $18) 32. Rxd5 Qxh5 33. Bxh5
e3 (33... Rxa2 34. f6 e3 35. Bf3 $16) 34. f6 Rxa2 35. Bf3 Be6 (35... Rxf6 36.
Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rxc8 $18) 36. Rh5+ $1 Kg8 37. Re5 Bc4 {Unfortunately for Black
his bishop has no sensible squares along tha a2-g8 diagonal.} (37... Rxf6 38.
Rxe6 Rxe6 39. Bd5 $18) (37... e2 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Bc4 40. f7+ Kg7 41. Re8
Bxf1 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 43. Kxf1 Kxf7 44. Ke2 $18) 38. Rc1 (38. Rc1 Bf7 39. Rxe3 $18
) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {The Sämisch is becoming more
popular at top level again with 5...c5 not being the panacea it appeared.} O-O
6. Nge2 a6 $5 {I decided to sidestep any preparation by my opponent and chose
the Panno Variation. This line reminds me of certain lines of the Pirc where
White will have more space and central control but has to be careful to stifle
Black's pawn breaks.} 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 {Bartel chooses the
positional treatment.} ({White can also play more aggressively with} 9. h4)
9... Bd7 {I hadn't had much time to prepare this line in the morning as Bartel
plays so many different things but I'd seen an interesting annotated game by
David Vigorito on www.chesspublishing.com and decided to follow that plan.} 10.
Nd1 {On the surface this move looks odd but the point is to react to ...b5
with c4-c5 when White can recapture with the rook to keep his centre intact.}
e6 {Keeping the structure flexible but of course there are lots of ways of
playing.} (10... b5) ({and} 10... e5 {are both more common.}) 11. g3 Re8 $5 {
A mysterious move but the point will soon become apparent.} 12. Bg2 {This is
probably an improvement over the game I saw in my brief preparation.} ({
That continued:} 12. Nf2 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Bf8 $1 {This is the point.}
15. Rc1 e5 16. Nd3 $6 (16. d5 {with a position similar to the game should have
been preferred.}) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 {Cheremnova,T (2221)
-Kurnosov,I (2653) Olginka 2011 when the most accurate would have been} Nxe4
19. fxe4 Rxe4+ 20. Be3 Bh6 21. Nf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 Qh4+ 23. Kd1 Bg4+ 24. Kc2 Bf5
25. Bd3 Rd8 {with a decisive attack.}) 12... b5 13. c5 {This is White's usual
response to the ...b7-b5 break. Practice has shown White doesn't have any
significant advantage with 13.cxb5 or 13.b3.} dxc5 14. Rxc5 Bf8 $1 {Rerouting
the bishop to a more useful diagonal.} 15. Rc1 e5 {White's centre looks
commanding but for the moment he hasn't quite coordinated his pieces and so
Black needs to play actively so as not to drift into a passive position.} 16.
d5 Bb4 17. Nec3 (17. Ndc3 Na5 18. b3 c6 {looks quite comfortable for Black.})
17... Nd4 $5 {Offering a pawn but then White's dark squares would be extremely
vulnerable.} (17... Na5 {was still possible when} 18. Bg5 Nc4 19. Qd3 Be7 $13 {
is simply unclear.}) 18. f4 $5 {The following few moves see both sides
jostling for the initiative.} (18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Ba5 {gives Black great
compensation as White's king is stuck in the centre and he is really missing
his dark squared bishop.}) 18... c5 19. O-O Ng4 {Played after an extremely
long think and probably correct.} (19... exf4 {was the move I concentrated on.}
20. Bxf4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxb8 Qxb8 {Black has an extra pawn for the
exchange and White's king is looking vulnerable. However I was a bit concerned
that following} 23. a3 {My pieces would be too loose. However the computer
comes up with} Ne2+ 24. Kg2 Qc8 $1 25. axb4 Bh3+ 26. Kh1 Bxf1 27. Nxe4 Qf5 28.
Qe3 Nxc1 29. Ndf2 Bd3 30. Kg1 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Bxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Nd4 33. d6 Nc2 34.
Qf4 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Nxb4 36. Nxc5 Kf8 37. Kf3 Ke8 38. Ke4 a5 39. Kd4 {which
appears to be drawn. A fascinating line that is obviously not forced but shows
the tactics in the position.}) 20. fxe5 Nxe3 {I decided to get rid of the
bishop to lessen any kingside attack.} ({However} 20... Nxe5 {was also
playable. I was worried by} 21. Bg5 {but here Black has} Ne2+ $1 22. Kh1 Nc4 {
This was the move I'd missed.} 23. Qxe2 Qxg5 24. Nf2 Qe3 {when Black's bishop
pair should give him some advantage.}) 21. Qxe3 Ba5 $5 {Redploying that bishop
on b6. Otherwise I was worried that I might not have been able to keep c5
protected.} (21... Rxe5 {was of course the initial plan but} 22. Nf2 {is a
little awkward to deal with. Black has to play} Qg5 {but} 23. Qxg5 Rxg5 24. Kh1
{is probably a little easier for White.}) 22. d6 {Gaining the d5-square for
his knight but probably the wrong choice.} ({Instead there were a couple of
paths to an advantage to White here.} 22. Qf2 Rxe5 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rf2 Re8
25. Kh1 $14 {when Black's compensation for the pawn isn't completely
convincing.}) (22. Qf4 Rf8 (22... b4 23. Rf2 $1 {is a tough move to spot but
very strong.} Bb6 (23... bxc3 24. bxc3 Nb5 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. e6 Bc8 27. e5 {
looks very dangerous.}) 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Kh1 $1 {and White seems to have the
better chances.}) (22... Qe7 23. d6 Qe6 24. Rf2 $14) 23. Rf2 $14) 22... Rxe5
23. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 {That knight is far too strong a beast and must be taken.} 24.
exd5 Nf5 25. Qf4 c4 26. Kh1 Qf8 27. Nc3 Nxd6 {Black has managed to get a pawn
for the exchange and White's initiative has been neutralised. With the bishop
pair Black probably has any edge going here but objectively the position is
around equal.} 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd6 30. b3 Bd2 31. Rcd1 c3 32. Qd4 Rc8 33.
Rxd2 {My c-pawn had become too strong so this counter-sacrifice is forced.}
cxd2 34. Qxd2 Bf5 35. Qd4 h5 36. Re1 Bd7 37. Qf2 {Here my opponent offered me
a draw and I decided to accept. The match situation was looking dire and
thought we needed any half points going!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Rb1 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Bd7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 e6 14. Be2 exd5 15.
exd5 Re8 16. O-O Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Ra8 20. a4 Nh5 21. Bd4
Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qg5 23. f4 Qg4 24. b5 Re6 25. Rb2 Rae8 26. Rbf2 Re1 27. Qxc4 g5
$2 (27... Nf6 28. Qd4 Qh5) 28. Nd5 $18 R8e2 29. b6 gxf4 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 {[%tqu
"En","","","","c4e2","",10]} 31. Qxe2 $1 Qxe2 32. bxc7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Jones,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Already a slight surprise. Fabiano is generally a 1.e4 player. 95% of
my preparation wasted but I had looked at this for about ten minutes that
morning.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {I'd seen the Italian had
previously tried the Sämisch so I wasn't caught completely off-guard. Luckily
I had prepared this line for my game against Gupta at the London Open and so I
at least had some idea.} O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10.
Nd1 b5 {Delaying moving my e-pawn to try and play ...e5 in one go.} ({I had
this position back in the European Team Championships and there tried} 10... e6
11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Bf8 15. Rc1 e5 16. d5 Bb4 17. Nec3
Nd4 $5 {with a really crazy game which eventually boiled down to a draw in
Bartel, M (2653)-Jones,G (2635) European Team Championships 2011. I'm sure
Caruana had an improvement prepared here somewhere.}) 11. c5 {White's typical
method of dealing with ...b5. The b-file remains closed while White manages to
get pressure on the c-file. This was the point of the strange looking knight
retreat on the previous move.} Re8 $5 {This was my idea. Although not actually
a novelty, Black has played this very rarely and it's not really surprising.
Black's move looks very odd: The d4-d5 advance hasn't been countered while
it's not clear what the point of the rook move is. However if you went through
my game against Bartel you'd see the idea; Black vacates the f8-square in
order that the bishop can drop back hitting the rook on c5.} 12. Nf2 (12. d5 {
initially looks promising but White is in danger of over-extension, e.g.} Ne5
13. c6 Bc8 14. Nf4 e6 {and I'll be able to open up the centre when Black is
certainly fine.}) 12... dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nd3 {After a long
think Fabiano comes up with a move that I hadn't examined and I was now on my
own.} (15. Qc1 {hitting the c7-pawn is critical but then Black has the
interesting possibility:} Bf8 ({The organiser of the London Classic, IM
Malcolm Pein, sent me an email with his effort after seeing my game. However
he wasn't sure what to do after} 15... c6 $5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18.
Qxc6 Qa5+ 19. Qc3 Qxa2 {White's two pieces will outweigh the rook and pawn in
the long term so it's a question of whether Black can manage enough
compensation before White sorts out his minor pieces and gets castled.} 20. Nc1
Qa1 (20... Qa4 {is the computer's suggestion so that c2 is covered, e.g.} 21.
Be2 Rec8 (21... Nh5 $5) 22. Qd2 Rc2 23. b3 Rxd2 24. bxa4 Rc2 25. axb5 axb5 {
and Black has survived into the endgame where the rook and pawn should be
stronger but still White has a pleasant edge.}) 21. Nfd3 $6 Nd5 $1 22. Qd2 Nxe3
23. Qxe3 Rbc8 24. Be2 Qa5+ 25. Kf2 Bf8 26. Bd1 Qc7 27. Bb3 a5 28. Ne2 Bc5 29.
Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Rd1 a4 31. Bd5 {Galopoulos,N (2430)-Pein,M (2382) Neos Marmaras
2012. Here had Black played} Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rc2 33. Rb1 (33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2
b4) 33... b4 {I don't think he should be worse.}) 16. Rxc7 Nexd5 $1 {
sacrificing a piece to open up White's position and try to exploit White's
delayed kingside development. The e2-knight gets in the way of the bishop's
development. Of course Black has to play dynamically but I think he has good
chances.}) 15... c6 {It's logical to try and undermine White's centre. The
position is very interesting: White has more space and a better structure and
should he get time to complete his development he will stand better. It's
vital therefore that Black fights back dynamically as quickly as possible.} 16.
d6 Nc8 17. Ng3 (17. Nxe5 $6 {is premature as} Nxe4 $1 18. fxe4 Bxe5 {is great
for Black. He'll pick up at least the pawn on d6.}) 17... Nxd6 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 $5
{Around here I thought for a long time to find the right plan.} (18... Qc7 {
is the computer's suggestion but I was concerned that} 19. Bf4 {would leave me
in a horrible pin. However the computer has no fear and claims the simple} Re6
{defending the knight is actually a little better for Black.}) 19. Rxe5 Nd5 $5
{Trapping the rook in the centre of the board.} (19... Ng4 {was my original
intention and probably stronger. I was scared by} 20. Bg5 {However the
computer informs me that} ({Being greedy and trying to hold onto the exchange
with} 20. Rc5 $6 {is dubious:} Nxe3 21. Qxe3 {when} Qb6 {was my idea. Black
threatens ...Nb7 picking up the exchange. Black's control of the dark squares
is far more important than the nominal material advantage.}) 20... f6 $1 {
is actually fine for Black. Following} 21. fxg4 fxg5 22. Qxd6 {it looks like
White is doing well but} Bxg4 $1 {exchanging queens and leaving White a whole
rook up is actually good for Black. The rook can't escape as} 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8
24. Rxg5 $4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bd4#) 20. Bd4 $1 {It's important to force my next
weakness.} f6 21. Bc5 (21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. exd5 {is similar to the game. Here
the computer suggests} Nf5 {with equality.}) 21... Nf7 22. Rxd5 ({Perhaps
White's last meaningful try for the win was} 22. Rh5 $5 {The position becomes
pretty crazy after} gxh5 23. exd5 h4 {Black's fractured kingside pawns look
vulnerable but there is past experience in the Samisch with Fischer happily
allowing his opponent to force ...gxh5.} 24. dxc6 Rc8 $1 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. cxd7
Rxc5 27. Ne4 Re5 28. Kd1 Rd5+ 29. Kc2 Rxd7 {with equality.}) 22... cxd5 23.
exd5 {White has an extra pawn but he is still behind in development and so I
have full compensation.} (23. Qxd5 {was also possible but both Fabiano and I
thought this was an extremely dangerous way of playing.}) 23... f5 24. Be2 Qf6
25. b4 Rd8 {Lining up on the d5 pawn.} 26. f4 Bc6 27. Bf3 Qc3 $1 {Winning the
d5-pawn and liquidating into a drawn endgame.} 28. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 29. Ke2 Bxd5 30.
Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc1 Bf6 32. Be3 Rd6 33. Rc8+ Nd8 (33... Rd8 34. Rc6 Rd6 {was a
safer path to the draw.}) 34. Nf1 Rc6 35. Ra8 Kf7 36. Ra7+ Be7 {This is a
little inaccurate.} (36... Kg8 37. Nd2 Ne6 {is equal as} 38. Nb3 Rc2+ {is fine
for Black.}) 37. Bc5 (37. Nd2 Ne6 38. a3 Ke8 $1 {should also be drawn but
Black has to be slightly more careful.}) 37... Re6+ 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. Rb7 Ke8 40.
Bxe7 Rxe7 (40... Nxe7 41. Kd3 Re4 {looks tempting but} 42. a3 {is fine for
Black as} Rxf4 $4 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Nd5+ {would be tragic.}) 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {
And I offered a draw which Fabiano accepted. An interesting game and it was
nice to hold my own against one of the top ten in the world.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 Re8 11. Nf2 b5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Rxc5 e5 14. d5 Ne7 {
This entertaining system was thoroughly examined in CBM 148, annotations to
Caruana - Jones by GM Gawain Jones.} 15. g3 $6 $146 {A passive move, after
which Black obtains an excellent position.} (15. Nd3 c6 16. d6 Nc8 17. Ng3 (17.
Nxe5 $6 Nxe4 $1 18. fxe4 Bxe5 $17 {0-1 Mamedjarova,T (2284)-Isgandarova,K 
(2207)/Gaziantep 2008/CBM 125 Extra (32)}) (17. Nb4 Re6 (17... Bf8 18. Nxa6 Ra8
19. Nc7 Rxa2 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 {0-1 Svetushkin,D (2553)-Golubev,M (2527)/playchess.
com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (49)} 21. Nc1 Ra1 22. Bd3 Nxd6 23. b3 $14) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6
19. Rxc6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nxd6 21. Nc3 Qc7 22. Bg5 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Nb5
$11 {1-0 Ermenkov,E (2471)-Pancevski,F (2241)/Struga 2002/CBM 089 ext (49)})
17... Nxd6 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 (18... Qc7 19. Bf4 Re6 $15 {G.Jones}) 19. Rxe5 Ng4 (
19... Nd5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bc5 Nf7 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. exd5 f5 24. Be2 Qf6 25. b4
Rd8 $44 {1/2 Caruana,F (2767)-Jones,G (2635)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148/[Jones,G] 
(41)}) 20. Bg5 f6 $1 21. fxg4 fxg5 22. Qxd6 Bxg4 $1 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be2 $1 (
24. Rxg5 $4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bd4# {G.Jones}) 24... Bxe2 25. Re7 Bd3 26. e5 Rd5 $36)
(15. Qc1 {is crucial:} Bf8 $5 (15... Rb7 16. Rc2 Qa8 17. Nd3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6
19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rc8 21. Qd6 b4 22. Nec1 $16 {1/2 Khenkin,I (2632)
-Sebenik,M (2529)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148 (41)}) (15... c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6
Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qa5+ (18... Bf8 19. Qc3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Nc1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5
23. Nb3 Qb6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. g3 $16 {1/2 Graf,A (2635)-Nunn,J (2611)/Germany
2003/CBM 094/[Hazai] (87)}) 19. Qc3 Qxa2 20. Nc1 Qa4 (20... Qa1 {1-0
Galopoulos,N (2430)-Pein,M (2382)/Neos Marmaras GRE 2012/The Week in Chess 911
(65)} 21. Be2 Rbc8 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Nfd3 $16) 21. Be2 Rec8 22. Qd2 Rc2 23. b3
Rxd2 24. bxa4 Rc2 25. axb5 axb5 $14 {G.Jones}) 16. Rxc7 Nexd5 $1 17. exd5 Bb4+
18. Rc3 Nxd5 $132 {M.Pein. This line needs more investigation.}) 15... c6 $1
16. dxc6 (16. d6 Nc8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ye8e6,Yg7f8,Yc8d6]}) 16... Nxc6 17. Rc1 (
17. Bh3 Nd4 $1 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 (19. Bxd4 $2 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Nxe4 $1 $19)
19... Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Nf2 Qe6 23. a3 Nd5 24. Nd3 Qh3 $36)
17... Rc8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. b3 {White can try to give up a pawn but complete
development:} (19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. O-O {but Black can reject the gift obtaining
a positional advantage instead:} Bc4 (20... Bxa2 $143 21. Bh3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6
23. Rc3 {with drawing chances}) 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd4 23. Ree1 Nc2 24. Re2
Nxe3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxe3 Rc2 $17) 19... Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Red8 21. Bg5 (21. Rd1
Bf8 22. O-O {may be relatively better. If} Bc5 {then} 23. Bg5 Kg7 $140 24. Rxd8
Rxd8 25. Rc1) 21... Nb4 $1 {[%csl Ra2]} 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Ke2 $6 {The king will
be vulnerable here.} (23. O-O $142 Rdc7 24. Rfd1 $1 h6 25. Bd2 $17) 23... Rdc7
24. Bd2 Bf8 25. Bh3 Nc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc6d4,Rf8a3] White can't defend all his
weaknesses and avoid material losses.} 26. Nd5 (26. Bxe6 Nd4+ 27. Kd1 fxe6 $19
{[%cal Rf8a3,Rd4f3]}) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 Nd4+ 28. Ke3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30.
Bxc1 Bxd5 31. Ne4 Bg7 {Black could have proceeded more energetically, winning
a second pawn:} (31... Bh6+ 32. f4 (32. Kf2 Bxe4 33. Bxh6 Nxf3 34. Bg2 $140
Nxh2 $1) 32... Nc2+ 33. Kd3 Nb4+ 34. Ke3 Bxe4 35. Kxe4 f5+ $1 36. Ke3 Nxa2 37.
Bd2 Kf7 38. Kd3 e4+ 39. Kc2 Bf8 40. Kb2 Bb4 41. Kxa2 Bxd2 {, and White is
absolutely hopeless despite the opposite-coloured bishops.}) {Of course, White
has no chances whatsoever after the text move either.} 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5
34. Nd2 Kf7 35. Bb2 Kg6 36. Bg2 Ne6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. a4 Bf8 39. axb5 axb5 40.
Bf1 Bb4 41. Nb1 Bc5+ 42. Kg3 Bd4 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Nc3 Bxf3 45. Nxb5 f4+ 46.
Kf2 Nxb5 47. Kxf3 Nd4+ 48. Kg4 Nxb3 49. Bd3 h6 50. Bb5 Nd2 51. Bc6 Ke6 52. Bb7
Kd6 53. h4 Kc5 54. Kh5 f3 55. Kxh6 e4 56. h5 f2 57. Ba6 Nc4 0-1

