[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 (10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. Ng3 f5 $5 {
Byhovskij,Av-Tunik, Rossija 1992}) 10... Re8 $1 (10... Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 b6
13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Qg3 $5 {Schipkov-Siklosi, Kecskemet
1993}) 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Be3 $5 $146 (14. Be4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 e5 $5 (15... Ne5 16. Qg3 Nc4 17. Bd3 $14 {Timoshchenko-Arnason, Helsinki
1986}) 16. Ba3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 $10 {Lautier-Cebalo, Paris 1988}) (14. Ne4 h6
$1 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ba4 Bd7 $1 $10 {Hjartarson-Andersson, Szirak 1987}) 14...
Nce7 (14... Nxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Nb4 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. e4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. c4 (
19. e5 Bd7 20. c4 Bc6 (20... b5 $5) 21. d5 $6 Bd7 $1 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Rac1
$13) 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nac3 Qb6 18. Bb3 (18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nac3 Qb6 $10
) 18... Bd7 19. h4 (19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Qh3 (20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Rac1 h6) 20... Bb5 $5
21. N2c3 Bc6 $10) 19... Bc6 20. Qh3 h6 $1 21. Bxe7 (21. Bd2 Rad8) 21... Nxe7 $1
{><d4} 22. Rd3 $2 (22. Rd2 $142) 22... Rad8 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. h5 g5 25. R3d2
Red8 26. Qd3 (26. Qe3 Nf5) 26... Bxd4 $1 (26... e5 27. Qc4) 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28.
Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Nf5 $17 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ne2 Nh4 32. R8d6 Nxg2 $138 (32...
Qc5 $1 33. Nd4 Bxg2 (33... Qxd6 $2 34. Nxe6+ $18 (34. Nf5+ $2 Nxf5 $19)) 34.
Rd7 (34. Bxe6 Qxd6 35. Nf5+ Nxf5 36. Rxd6 Nxd6 $19) 34... Kf6 $19) 33. Rxc6
Qxc6 34. Nd4 Qe4 35. f3 Qh4 36. Kxg2 Qxh5 $17 37. Rh1 (37. Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Bxe6
Qe8 $19) (37. Bc2 g4 38. fxg4 Qxg4+ 39. Kf2 Qf4+ 40. Nf3 e5 $17) 37... Qg6 38.
Ne2 h5 $1 39. Ng3 h4 40. Ne4 Qf5 {/\ g4} (40... f5 41. Nc5 $13) 41. Bd1 (41.
Nf2 Qe5) 41... Qf4 42. b3 f5 43. Nf2 b5 44. a4 b4 45. Be2 Qe5 $19 46. Bc4 Qg3+
47. Kf1 Qxf3 48. Rh3 (48. Bxe6 g4) 48... Qf4 49. Bxe6 g4 50. Rxh4 Qc1+ 51. Ke2
(51. Kg2 Qc6+) 51... Qc2+ 52. Kf1 Qc1+ (52... g3 53. Nh3 Qd3+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55.
Kxg3 Qxe6) 53. Ke2 Qb2+ 54. Kf1 Qf6 55. Bxf5 Qxh4 56. Bxg4 Kf6 57. Be2 Ke5 58.
Bc4 Kd4 59. Nd1 Qh2 60. Ke1 a5 61. Nf2 Qg3 62. Ke2 Qe3+ 63. Kf1 Qd2 64. Kg1 Qc2
65. Kf1 Ke3 66. Ng4+ Kf3 67. Ne5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Burgas Black Sea"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "2012.09.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 ({I was ready to play against
the Hübner line with} 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10.
Re1 h6 $5 (10... b6 $5)) 6. cxd5 (6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2
O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 (11... b6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Ne5 $13) 12. Ba3 Re8
13. Rac1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f4 a6 16. Bd3 (16. Bb3 b5 17. c4 Qa5 18. Bb2 $13)
16... b5 17. c4 Qa5 18. Bd6 $13) 6... Nxd5 (6... exd5 $6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O $16
{is better for White.}) 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O (9. Bc2 Bd6 $5) 9...
O-O 10. Be4 $5 {The end product of ignorance.} (10. Qb3 Be7) (10. Bc2 Re8 (
10... Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 b6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. h4 $40
) 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Ne4 h6 {is very solid.}) (10. Nxd5
$142 $1 exd5 (10... Qxd5 11. Qc2 $40) 11. Nf4 $36) 10... Bd6 (10... Nf6 11. Bf3
) 11. Bxd5 $6 {Remember Saidy-Fischer? However there existed a serious
alternative!} (11. Qd3 $5 Nf6 (11... h6 12. a3) (11... Qh4 12. g3 Qh5 13. Bf3
Ndb4 14. Qe4 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. Rd1 Ne7 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 $14) 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bf4 Bg4 $5 $146 {This kept
the game alive.} (12... Bb4 $142 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Be6 $11) 13. f3 Be6 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 f6 16. Nb5 $5 {This is remniscent of what GM Karjakin played
against me. If this knight could be kicked away with a6-b5, White might take
advantage of the weak squares.} Qd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. Na3 Qd6 (
19... Qa4 20. Rce1 $14) 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Nc2 Nc6 22. Re2 {So far we have had a
normal manoeuvring game where Black's chances were not worse.} Nb4 $2 {An
unforced error.} 23. Nxb4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qxb4 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 $16 {
Now White has become clearly better.} Kf7 (26... Re8 $2 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Kf2)
27. Rd2 Rc8 (27... Ke6 $5 28. Ne2 Bc6 29. Kf2 $16) 28. b4 b6 29. Rxd5 ({
I lost a substantial amount of time convincing myself that} 29. Ne4 $6 dxe4 30.
Rxd7+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 bxc5 32. b5 c4 33. b6 Rb8 $11 {did not work.}) 29... Ke7 30.
Ne4 Be6 (30... Bc6 31. Rd4) 31. Rd3 f5 $1 32. Nd6 (32. Ng5 Bxa2 (32... Bg8 33.
Ra3 bxc5 34. bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 $11) 33. Ra3 Bg8 $11) 32... Rc6 33. Rc3 a5
34. a3 (34. bxa5 $2 bxc5) 34... axb4 (34... bxc5 $2 35. bxc5 a4 36. Kf2 $16)
35. axb4 bxc5 36. bxc5 Ra6 $44 {This is one of the positions in which the
bishop is better than the knight.} 37. Rc2 (37. Nb5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 (
39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. c6 Rxh2 41. c7 Rb2 (41... Bc8 42. Na7 Kd7 43. Rd3+ Kxc7 44.
Rc3+ Kd7 45. Nxc8 g5 46. Nb6+ Ke6 47. Rc6+ $11) 42. Na7 g5 $11) 39... g5 40. h3
f4+ 41. Kh2 h5 $132 {and White lacked activity.}) 37... Kd7 38. Nb5 Kc6 $1 {
There was nothing to be afraid despte of the fact that White had established a
Tarrasch rook.} 39. Nd4+ Kd5 40. Nxe6 (40. Rd2 Kxc5 41. Nxe6+ Rxe6 42. Rd7 Rg6
$11) 40... Rxe6 41. Kf2 (41. f4 Rc6) 41... f4 42. h4 (42. Rd2+ Kc6 43. Rd8 Kxc5
44. Rd7 Rg6 45. Rf7 Kd6 46. Rxf4 Ke7 47. g4 Ra6 48. h4 $14 {I believe that
here White's advantage would be insignificant.}) 42... Rh6 43. g3 (43. h5 Kc6
44. Rc4 Rf6 45. Re4 Rf5 46. Re7 Rxh5 47. Rxg7 Kxc5 48. Rf7 Rh4 $11) 43... Kc6
44. Rc4 fxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Rh5 46. Ra4 g5 47. Rg4 $6 $138 ({Even my originally
intended} 47. Ra6+ Kb5 48. Kg4 Kxa6 49. Kxh5 gxh4 50. Kxh4 Kb5 51. Kg5 Kxc5 52.
f4 Kd6 53. Kf6 h5 54. Kg5 Ke6 $11 {would end up in a draw.}) 47... gxh4+ 48.
Rxh4 Rxh4 49. Kxh4 Kxc5 50. Kg5 Kd6 51. Kf6 h5 52. Kg5 Ke6 53. f4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {I should always play this against the
Nimzo but some of the set ups with isolanis and hanging pawns are really
difficult to handle.} c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 (8. O-O $5
{This one is also regarded as being not the most accurate by the current
theory.} O-O (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a3 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1
Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Be4 $14) 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 $1 (10... Be7 11. Bf4
$13) (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Bg5 $13) 11. h3 b6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 Bb7 14.
Rad1 $13) 8... Nxd5 9. O-O O-O (9... Nce7 10. Bg5 $5) 10. Nxd5 $5 ({After my
game with Jobava,I have worked upon} 10. Be4 Bd6 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bb4 $1
$11) (10. Bc2 $5 Re8 (10... Bd6 11. Qd3 Qh4 12. g3 Qh5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4
Be7 15. Bd2 Qg6 $11) (10... Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Bh6
Re8 15. Ng3 b6 $132) (10... Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. a3 b6 13. Bg5 g6 14. Rad1 Bb7
15. h4 $13) 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bd2 Nce7 16. Rac1
b6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Bb3 Bc6 19. Qh3 h5 $13) 10... exd5 {The correct recapture.}
(10... Qxd5 $5 11. Qc2 (11. Be3 $5) (11. a3 Be7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rd1 Bf6 14. Be4
Qa5 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. b4 Qb6 17. Rac1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rd1
Qb6 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Qc7 Qe8 23. Bc5 $44) 11... h6 12. Rd1 (12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Rfd1 e5) 12... Bd6 13. a3 $14) 11. Nf4 Bd6
$5 (11... Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4 (13. Qh5 g6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16.
Bg5 Be7 $11) 13... Qf6 14. Be3 Ba5 15. Rad1 Bb6 16. Bb1 $14) 12. Re1 Bxf4 $5 {
A very risky line by my mighty opponent.} (12... Qh4 13. g3 Qg4 (13... Qf6 14.
Nxd5 Qxd4 15. Be3) 14. f3 Qd7 15. Be3 Bc7 16. a3 $14) (12... Qf6 $6 13. Nxd5
Qxd4 14. Be3 $14 Qxb2 $140 $2 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh4 Be5 17. Rab1 Qa3 18. Bb5 $40)
13. Bxf4 Qf6 14. Qh5 h6 (14... g6 $6 15. Qh6 Qg7 16. Qh4 Qxd4 17. Rad1 $1 $44)
15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 $8 (16. Rxe5 $6 Qb6 $1) (16. dxe5 $6 Qf4 $1) 16... Qxe5 (
{Despite of what I have thought during the game} 16... Be6 $5 {is playable.}
17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. f4 $5 $14 (18. Re3 Rfc8 19. Rf3 Kg7 20. Re1 Rc6 21. h3 Rac8
22. Kh2 Rc1 23. Ree3 Rd1 $1 24. Rf4 Rd2 25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. Bf5 $1 $11 (26. Rxf6
Ke7 27. Rf4 (27. Rxh6 Rxf2 $36) 27... Rxb2 $36))) 17. Rxe5 $6 {This one may
not deliver the desired result.} (17. dxe5 g5 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Rc7 d4 20. a4
Rab8 21. f3 $36) 17... Rd8 18. Rc1 Be6 19. f4 (19. Rc7 Rdc8) 19... Rac8 20.
Rxc8 Bxc8 $8 (20... Rxc8 $2 21. f5 Bd7 22. Rxd5 Bc6 23. Rd6 Kf8 24. f6 $16) 21.
Re1 $5 {I have contemplated this after a long thought and I have miscalculated
in some positions.} (21. Be2 f6 22. Re7 (22. Re3 Kf7 23. Ra3 (23. Rc3 Be6)
23... a6 24. Rc3 Be6 25. Rb3 b5 26. Ra3 Rd6 27. Rc3 Bf5 $11) 22... Bd7 23. Bf3
Kf8 24. Re3 Bc6 $11) (21. Bb5 Kf8) 21... Bd7 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rc5 b6 24. Rxc8+ (
24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Re5 Rd8 26. Kf2 Rxd4 27. Ke3 Rd5 $1 $11 {is the move I have
missed.}) 24... Bxc8 25. f5 $6 {The start of a bad plan.} (25. Kf2 $11) 25...
Kf8 26. Kf2 $2 {Playing fast and bad I have completely missed the tactical
line and as usual I have seen him only after having played my move.} (26. g4 $1
Ke7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Kg3 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg5 31. Bb5 g6 32. fxg6 fxg6
33. Be2 $11) 26... Ke7 27. Ke3 Kf6 28. Kf4 g6 $2 {My opponent who was very
relaxed surrendered himself into the hands of a draw.} (28... Bxf5 $1 29. Bxf5
g5+ 30. Kg4 h5+ 31. Kxh5 Kxf5 32. g3 (32. h3 f6 33. g3 Ke4 34. Kg6 Kxd4 35. h4
gxh4 36. gxh4 Ke4 (36... Kc5 37. h5 d4 38. h6 d3 39. h7 d2 40. h8=Q d1=Q 41.
Qc8+ Kb5 42. Qf5+ Kc4 43. Kxf6 Qd4+ 44. Kf7 Qxb2 (44... Qd5+ 45. Qxd5+ Kxd5 46.
Ke7 $11) 45. Qe6+ Kc3 46. Qf6+ Kc2 47. Qf5+ Kc1 48. Qf1+ Kc2 49. Qf5+ $11 {
gives perpetual.}) 37. h5 d4 38. h6 d3 39. h7 d2 40. h8=Q d1=Q 41. Qa8+ Ke5 42.
Qe8+ Kf4 43. Qb8+ Kg4 44. Qc8+ Kh4 45. Qc3 $11) (32. g4+ $2 Kf4 33. b3 a5 34.
a4 f5 35. gxf5 (35. h3 Ke4) 35... Kxf5 36. Kh6 g4 37. Kh5 Ke4 38. Kxg4 Kxd4 39.
h4 Ke3 40. h5 d4 41. h6 d3 42. h7 d2 43. h8=Q d1=Q+ 44. Kf5 Qd5+ 45. Kg6 Qd3+
$17) 32... f6 33. h4 gxh4 (33... Ke4 34. Kg6) 34. gxh4 Ke4 35. Kg6 f5 36. h5 f4
37. h6 f3 38. h7 f2 39. h8=Q f1=Q 40. Qe5+ Kd3 41. Qxd5 Qg1+ 42. Kf7 Qxd4 43.
Qb3+ Kd2 44. Ke6 Qc5 (44... Kc1 45. Qa3 b5 46. Qc3+ $3 Qxc3 47. bxc3 Kb2 48.
Kd5 Kxa2 49. Kc5 $11 {draws on the spot.}) 45. Kd7 $11) 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. h4
g5+ 31. hxg5+ hxg5+ 32. Kf3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Kxf5 34. g4+ Ke6 35. b4 Kd6 36. b5 Ke6
37. a4 Kd6 38. Kg2 Kc7 39. Kh1 Kb7 40. Kg1 a5 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 b6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7
15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. N4c3 Bf6 19. Ba2 Nce7 20. Ne4 Nf5 21.
Bh2 Be7 22. Bb1 a5 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Ng1 Nd6
28. Nf3 Bb5 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Re4 Bxh2 31. Kxh2 Kg7 32. Ne5 f5 $1 33. Ree1 Qg5
34. Ba2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Rfd8 36. Nd3 $6 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 Kf6 38. Rd2 Rc6 39. g3 Nc7
40. Kg2 Nb5 {This game proves once again that in an endgame the isolated
d-pawn is pretty vulnerable - White should have avoided such massive exchanges
of pieces.} 41. d5 Rcd6 42. Rde2 exd5 43. Re7 R8d7 44. Rxd7 Rxd7 45. f4 Rd6 46.
Rc1 g5 47. fxg5+ hxg5 48. Kf2 d4 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Na7 51. h5 Kg5 52. Bf7
Nc6 53. Rg1+ Kh6 54. Rg6+ Rxg6 55. Bxg6 Kg5 56. Ke2 Ne5 57. Be8 f4 58. b4 axb4
59. axb4 f3+ 60. Kd2 Kh6 61. Ke1 d3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {für Jobava, von dem man in der Regel 1.b3
oder 2.Sc3 gewohnt ist, eine vergleichsweise solide Eröffnungswahl.} O-O 5. Bd3
d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 (8. O-O Bd6 9. f3 c5 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. Nbd4 {mit Isolaniestruktur ist eine alternative Behandlung dieser
Stellung}) 8... Bd6 9. Rc1 a6 (9... c6 10. f3 Nbd7 {ist zu langsam} 11. O-O Nf8
12. h3 Ne6 13. Be1 $14) 10. O-O Nc6 $6 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nf4 $14) (
10... b6 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bf8 13. Rfd1 $13) 11. f3 Nb4 12. Bb1 c5 13. Kh1
Nc6 {das schwarze Manöver erscheint doch zu langsam zu sein} 14. Be1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nh5 $6 16. Qd2 {überdeckt das Feld f4 ein weiteres Mal und zwingt Schwarz
im nächsten Zug wieder zum Rückzug} (16. g4 $2 Nf4 $11) 16... Be6 17. g4 Nf6
18. Bh4 {Diagramm [#] die schwarze Stellung sollte alles in allem noch ok sein,
doch Weiß hat viele Ideen und Möglichkeiten weiter Druck aufzubauen während
Parligras zur Verteidigung verdammt ist} Be7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rce1
Nf8 22. Nh5 {räumt das Feld f4 für einen möglichen Bauernvorstoß oder den
zweiten Springer, der auf keine Aufgaben hat} Nc6 23. Ne2 f6 24. Neg3 Rc8 25.
h4 Rc7 (25... Qa5 26. Nxf6+ $5 (26. Qg2 $14) 26... gxf6 27. Qh6 Qc7 $140 28.
Nh5 $16 {[%cal Gh5f6]}) 26. Nf4 Rce7 27. h5 Bf7 {Diagramm [#]} 28. Rd1 $1 {
Schwarz hat keine Einbruchsfelder auf der offenen e-Linie, sodass es keinen
Grund gibt den entlastenden Turmtausch zuzulassen} Qa5 29. Nf5 Rd7 30. Qf2 Qc7
31. Nd3 Be6 32. Rfe1 Rdd8 33. Rg1 Kh8 34. Qh4 Qf7 35. Nf4 Bxf5 $2 (35... Bc8
$14 {mit passiver Verteidigung}) 36. gxf5 h6 37. Rg2 Rd7 38. Rdg1 Nxd4 $4 {
Diagramm [#] schließlich bricht Parligras unter dem dauerhaft anhaltenden
Druck zusammen} (38... Nh7 39. Rxg7 Qxg7 40. Rxg7 Rxg7 41. Ng6+ Kg8 42. a3 $1
$16 {[%cal Gb1a2]}) 39. Ng6+ Nxg6 40. hxg6 {[%cal Gh4d4]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. Bd2 b6 10. Nf4 (10. Rc1 {führte zwischen zwei anderen ganz Großen
zu ähnlichen Strukturen:} c5 11. Nf4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Nc6 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Qh3 Rb8 18. Rc2 Nd3 19. Qf3 d4 20. exd4 Rxb2
21. Rxb2 Nxb2 22. Rc1 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. g3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Bd2 Qd4 27.
Rb1 Qc4 28. Rb3 Bb4 29. Kg2 a5 30. Nb1 Rd8 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Nd2 Qc2 33. Qf4
Nd5 34. Qh4 f6 35. Qc4 Qxd2 {0-1 (35) Nakamura,H (2774)-Gelfand,B (2733) Monte
Carlo 2011}) 10... Bb7 11. Qf3 a6 12. Rad1 Ra7 13. Bc2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qh3
g6 {Diagramm [#] Sichert den Punkt h7.} 16. Nce2 Bc6 17. Bc3 Nbd7 18. Bb3 Qa8 {
Diagramm [#] Schwarz hat die hängenden Bauern konsolidiert. Mit seinem
Raumvorteil steht er nun sogar einen Tick besser...} 19. g4 $2 {... und so
gesehen ist diese "Schwächung" eigentlich vollkommen unverständlich.} ({Mit} 
19. Rd2 {kleine Brötchen zu backen war besser.}) 19... Ne5 $1 {Legt den
Finger bereits auf die frische Wunde f3.} 20. g5 $2 {Das ist endgültig zu
viel.} (20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qg3 Ne4 22. Qg2 {war notwendig.}) 20... d4 $1 21. f3
dxc3 22. gxf6 c4 23. Bc2 Nxf3+ {Diagramm [#] Nur vier Züge nach seinem
"Angriff" g2-g4 steht Navara vor einem Scherbenhaufen.} 24. Kf2 cxb2 (24...
Rxe3 $1 {war auch möglich.}) 25. Qg3 Qb8 (25... Rxe3 $1) 26. Nc3 Ne5 27. h4
Rd7 28. h5 Qd8 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Kg1 Kf7 32. Ne4 Bh6 33. Qh4 Bxe4
34. Bxe4 Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36. Bd5+ Kxf6 37. Nxg6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. Bc2 {/\Qd3}) 10... h6 11. Rd1 Bd6 $1 12. a3 (
12. Be4 $142) 12... Nce7 $1 $15 {><d5} (12... Bd7) 13. Be4 Nf6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15.
g3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Qb6 (17... Bxb5 $142 18. Qxc7 Bxc7 19. Bxc7 Ned5 $15
(19... Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Nc3 Rac8 22. Be5 Nd5 $15)) 18. Bxc6 (18. Bxd6 Bxf3
19. Bxe7 Qxb5 20. Bxf8 Bxe2 21. Rd2 (21. Re1 Bd3) 21... Bf3 22. Be7 (22. Bb4
Ne4 23. Rd3 Ng5 $17) (22. Bd6 Ne4) 22... Qh5 23. Qd3 Nd5 {/\ Nf4-/+}) 18...
Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Nxc6 20. Qc5 $1 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Rd7 {/\ Qd8} 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rd3
$1 {>< b6} Rad8 24. Rb3 Ne4 $1 25. Ne2 (25. f3 Nd2 26. Rd3 Nxd4 $17) 25... e5
26. dxe5 $2 (26. d5 $142 $1 Na5 (26... Rxd5 27. Nbc3 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Rd2 29. Rxb6
$10) (26... Ne7 27. Nbc3 $10) 27. Re3 Rxd5 28. Rxe4 Rxb5 29. b4 Nb3 30. Rc7 Nd2
31. Re3 e4 32. Rxb7 f5 $15) 26... Nxe5 $17 27. Nbc3 Nd3 28. Rd1 (28. Rf1 Nd2)
28... Nexf2 29. Rf1 Ng4 30. Rxb6 Ne3 31. Rb1 (31. Rf3 Nc4) 31... Re8 32. Rb5
Re6 33. a4 g5 $1 $19 {/\ f5-f4} 34. a5 f5 35. Nc1 Ne5 36. Nb3 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Red6
38. Rc1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 (10... Be7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6
14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Na5 $10 {Steiner-Evans, USA 1952}) 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7
13. Nc5 h6 14. b4 (14. Nxb7 Qb6 $6 (14... Nxd4) (14... Qc7) 15. Nc5 Nxd4 16.
Nxd7 $14) 14... Bf6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. Rcd1 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nce7 19. b5
Rfd8 20. a4 Be8 21. g3 b6 22. Ne4 {22..Notation fehlt. 23 Rde1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Gronn, Atle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {UnngÅr 3.Sf3?! Lb4+!} Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6.
Nge2 {NÅ for tiden er det fÅ hvitspillere som er villig til Е tillate Hübners
blokadeplan:} (6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 $5 11. Qd3 g6 12. Bb3 {Svart truet 12...e5.} Nxc3 (
12... Na5 {er interessant.}) 13. bxc3 Bf8 $2 {Ser naturlig ut, men er faktisk
en grov feil. Riktig er 13...Le7 hvoretter svart fÅr tid til b6 og Lb7.} 14.
Ng3 Ne5 {Svart overfKrer hesten til d7 for Е dekke f6.} (14... f5 15. a4 Kh8
16. f4 $1 {Hvit stÅr klart best pga. den svake bonden pÅ e6.}) 15. Qe2 Nd7 16.
Ne4 Be7 {InnrKmmer at 13...Lf8? var feil.} (16... Nf6 17. Ba4 $1) 17. Qf3 $1 {
Hindrer at svart fÅr Lc8 i spill via b7.} Qa5 (17... Nf6 18. Ba4 Rf8 19. Bh6
Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qe3 Rf7 22. Bb3 {Hvit stÅr til vinst.}) 18. Bf4 {
DÅrligere er} (18. Re1 Qf5 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Nd6 $2 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Ne4) 18... Nf6
19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 {Hvit har lKperparet og
utviklingsforsprang. Svarts bondestruktur pÅ kongeflKyen er dessuten noe
misformet.} 22. f3 $1 {[#] GjKr Sf6 dÅrlig. NÅ er svart svinebundet. Han
klarer ikke Е fÅ ut brikkene.} Bd7 {Andre trekk er like hÅplKse:} (22... b5 23.
a4 $1) (22... b6 23. Be5 $1 Nd7 24. Ba4 $1 a5 (24... a6 25. Bc6 Ra7 26. Bb8 $1)
(24... Rd8 25. Bc7 Re8 26. Bc6) 25. Rab1 {og svarts stilling bryter sammen.})
23. Be5 $1 Kg7 $6 {NKdvendig var} (23... Nd5 24. c4 Ne7 25. a4 $1 {Det er
veldig viktig at svart ikke fÅr lov til Е spille b5. NÅ har hvit en meget klar
fordel.}) 24. g4 $1 {[#] Bindingen av Sf6 blir skjebnesvanger for svart.} Kg6 (
24... fxg4 25. fxg4 {taper offiser.}) 25. gxf5+ exf5 (25... Kxf5 26. Bc2+ Kg5
27. f4+ {taper offiser.}) 26. Kf2 Nh5 27. Rg1+ Kh6 28. Bxf7 {Med bonde under
og kongen og hesten ute av spill, kunne svart gitt opp nÅ.} Re7 29. Bb3 Be6 30.
c4 Rc8 31. Rac1 b6 32. f4 a6 33. d5 Bf7 34. Rc3 Rd7 35. Rg5 b5 36. c5 Rxd5 37.
Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Rh3 Bf7 39. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 (6. cxd5 {
Stohl} exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 $13) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 e5 8. Qb3 $6 (8. a3
Bd6 9. dxe5 (9. Nb5 {Stohl} Nc6 $10) 9... Bxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 $10 11. e4 h6 12.
f3 Nc6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ba2 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rd1 Nc4 17. Bc1 c5 $15 {
Tatai,S-Sax,G Roma 1985}) (8. dxe5 $6 {Stohl} Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 $15) (8. O-O {
Stohl} exd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 $132) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Qxb4 $5 {Stohl} Nc6 10.
Qc5 $5 dxc3 11. Nxc3 $10) (9. exd4 {Stohl} Be7 10. O-O Nc6 $36 {/\Na5}) 9... c5
10. Nf3 (10. Nc2 Nc6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. O-O Qe7 $13) 10... Nc6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Bd2
Qd7 {/\ Bf5} 13. a3 Ba5 14. O-O-O (14. O-O $2 {Stohl} Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 $40)
14... Bf5 15. Qb3 (15. e4 Bg6 (15... Nd4 $5 {Stohl} 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. exf5 Rac8
$1 18. Qb3 $5 (18. Nb5 $2 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Rc8 $19) (18. Bb5 $2 dxc3 $1 19. Bxd7
cxd2+ $19) (18. b3 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Qe7 $1 $44) 18... dxc3 19. Bxc3 Qc7 20. Rd4 (
20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. Kb1 Qxf5+ $15) 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 a6 22. Kb1 b5 23. Bb3 Qxc3
24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Kb2 $10) (15... Bg4 16. Be3 $13 {/\Nd5}) 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 $36
) 16... Qe7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nd4 $1 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Kb1 Rfd8 21. Rxd4
Rxd5 $1 22. Rxd5 Qxe4 $19) 15... Qe7 16. Nd5 (16. Nh4 Bg4 17. f3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3
Ne4 $1 19. fxe4 Qxh4 20. Rdf1 Qe7 21. Rf4 Ne5 22. Bd5 Rab8 23. Kb1 b5 $36) (16.
Rhe1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Re2 b5 19. Bxb5 (19. Qxb5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. Kd2
Rad8+ 22. Ke1 Qxc3+ 23. Red2 Bc2 24. Rc1 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Rd8 $19) 19... Rab8 20.
Qc4 Nd6 21. Qxc5 Nxb5 22. Qxf5 Nxc3 $19) (16. Nh4 $17 {Stohl []}) 16... Nxd5
17. Bxd5 c4 $1 18. Qa4 $2 (18. Qxc4 Rac8) (18. Qa2 Rac8 (18... Bxd2+ {Stohl}
19. Nxd2 (19. Rxd2 Na5 20. Nd4 Qc5 $1 {/\Qd5,Nb3} 21. Nxf5 Nb3+ $19) 19... Ne5
$17) 19. Bxc6 Bxd2+ (19... c3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc6 22. Kd2 Bg4 23. Nd4
$1 $14) 20. Rxd2 Rxc6 21. Nd4 c3 22. bxc3 Rxc3+ 23. Kb2 Rc5 $15) (18. Bxc4 {
Stohl} Rac8 $19 {/\Qe4,Bd2,Na5}) 18... b5 $1 19. Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qxc6 (20. Qa4
Qf6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Bc3 Qf4+ 24. Bd2 c3 $3 25. Bxf4 cxb2#) (20.
Qxc4 Qxa3 21. Qa2 Rxb2 $1 22. Qxb2 Rb8 $19) 20... Qxa3 (20... Qxa3 {Stohl} 21.
Bc3 (21. bxa3 Rb1#) 21... Bxc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Shabtai, Ran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Bykhovsky,Av"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 $5) 10. a3 Be7 (10... Bd6 $5) 11. Qd3 b6 (
11... a6 $5 12. Re1 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 $13 {Petkov,V-Bojkovic,N/YUG/1994/0:1/37/})
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bxd5 $5 {N/} (14. Bc1 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Bf6 16. Ne4
Rc8 17. Ba2 Bxd4 $13 {Milanovic,D-Milanovic,R/Pozerevac/1995/1:0/70/}) 14...
Bxg5 $6 (14... exd5 $5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 $14) 15. Be4 g6 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. d5 $1 exd5
18. Bxd5 $16 Nd8 (18... Na5 19. b4 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 $18) 19. Ne4 Bxd5 (19... Be7
$32) 20. Rxd5 Be7 (20... Bh6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Rfd1 $16) 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Rd7 Qe5
23. Rcc7 Re8 24. N4c3 $1 Bd6 (24... Rb8 25. Rxa7 $18) 25. Rxd8 $1 $18 Bxc7 26.
Rxa8 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ng1 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qxa7 Bh2 31. Nce2 Bxg1
32. Nxg1 Qh6 33. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kastanieda, Georgiy"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Qxd5 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. h3 $5 {N/} (12. Bf4 Bxf4 13.
Nxf4 Qxd1 (13... Qh6 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Nd3 Qf6 18.
Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 $16 {Galliamova-Ivanchuk,A-Arkhipov,S/Naberezhnye Chelny/
1993/0,5/47/}) (13... Qg5 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Qb5 16. b3 Nf6 17. Rc5 Qd7 18.
Rd1 Rb8 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 f5 21. Bf3 $14 {Lerner,K-Benjamin,J/Moscow/1987/
0,5/43/}) 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. h4 $14 {Lempert,
I-Arkhipov,S/Naberezhnye Chelny/1993/0|1/44/}) 12... Nc6 13. Be3 e5 14. Re1 Qh4
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Rb8 $1 17. b3 (17. Qxc6 Bb7 (17... Bb4 $5 18. Red1 Bb7
$44) (17... Rb6 $5) 18. Qxd6 Qe4 19. Nf4 $1 exf4 20. f3 Qc2 21. Qxf4 $16) 17...
e4 18. Qxc6 Rb6 19. Qd5 (19. Qc1 $5) 19... h6 $1 20. Ng3 (20. Nc3 Bb4 (20...
Re8 $36) 21. Rec1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rg6 23. Kf1 Rxg2 24. Rxc8 $1) 20... Bb7 21. Qf5
Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qxg3 23. d5 (23. Qf2 Qg6 24. d5 Rf6 25. Qd2 Rd8 $17) 23... Rg6
24. Re2 Ba6 $6 (24... Bc8 $5 25. Qxe4 Bxh3 $36) 25. Bf4 Qc3 26. Rc1 (26. Ree1
Be2 $1 27. Rac1 Qd3 $40) 26... Qd4+ (26... Qxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Bxe2 28. Qxe4 $13)
27. Be3 Qd3 28. Ree1 Bb7 29. Rcd1 Qa6 30. Rd2 (30. Qxe4 Qxa2 $17) 30... Bc8 31.
Qxe4 Bxh3 32. Rf2 (32. d6 $5) 32... Qb7 33. Bc5 Rc8 34. b4 a5 35. a3 axb4 36.
axb4 Rd8 37. Qh4 Qc8 38. Kh1 Bg4 39. Qe7 Rd7 (39... f5 40. Re6 Kh7 41. Rxg6
Kxg6 42. Qe6+ $132) 40. Qe4 $6 (40. Qe8+ $5 Qxe8 41. Rxe8+ Kh7 42. d6 $132)
40... Kh7 $1 41. Rf4 (41. d6 $5) 41... f5 42. Qe5 Qa8 $1 43. Ra1 (43. d6 Bh3
$19) (43. Rd4 Qa2 $36) 43... Qxd5 44. Qxd5 Rxd5 $19 45. Rd4 Re5 46. Ra2 Be2 47.
Rd7 f4 48. Rd6 Rg4 49. Rd4 Bb5 50. Rd1 (50. Kg1 $5) 50... Bc6 51. Kg1 f3 52.
Rd4 Re1+ 53. Kf2 Re2+ (53... Rxg2+ 54. Kxe1 Rxa2 $19) 54. Rxe2 Rxg2+ 55. Ke1 (
55. Kf1 fxe2+ 56. Ke1 Bb5 $19) 55... Rxe2+ 56. Kf1 Bb5 57. Rd6 h5 58. Kg1 Rg2+
59. Kh1 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Fossan, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Be4 Bd7 14. c4 Rc8
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. c5 Qd8 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21.
Nc3 Ne7 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 b6 24. Rac1 Rfd8 25. Bf3 Kg8 26. g3 Nf5 27. Qb2
h5 28. Kg2 bxc5 29. dxc5 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Rb8 31. Qc3 e5 32. c6 Nd4 33. Qc4 Rc8
34. Bf3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kg8 37. h4 Kg7 38. Kg1 Re8 39. a4 a5 40. Qd5
Rc8 $2 (40... Rd8 $10) 41. Rc5 Kg8 42. Qc4 Kg7 43. Kh2 Kg8 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Kg1
Re8 {[#]} 46. Kf1 $2 (46. Rb5 Re6 47. Qxe6 $1) 46... Re6 47. Qd5 Kg8 48. Qd7
Re7 49. Qxc7 Rxc7 50. Ke2 Kf8 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Kb5 Rc8 54. c7 Rxc7
55. Rxc7 Kxc7 56. Kxa5 Kc6 57. Kb4 f6 58. Kc4 g5 59. a5 g4 60. a6 Kb6 61. Kd5
Kxa6 62. Ke6 Kb5 63. Kxf6 Kc4 64. Kg5 Kd3 65. Kxh5 Ke2 66. Kxg4 Kxf2 67. Kf5
Kxg3 68. h5 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:25]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:01:
24]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:04]} (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10.
Ba2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. c4
cxd4 17. exd4 Bg6 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. Bc4
Rc8 23. a4 Rc5 24. Rad1 Kg7 25. Rd4 Rfc8 26. Red1 Qe5 27. Qa2 Rd8 28. Bf1 Rd6
29. Qd2 h5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Qf2 Qd7 32. Bb5 Qc8 33. Bc6 Qf5 34. h3 Rc2 35. R1d2
Rc1+ 36. Rd1 {Tkachiev,V (2637)-Wojtaszek,R (2711) Warsaw 2013 0-1}) 7. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:02:29]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:14:12]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:46]
} 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:09:39]} 10. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:17:23]} cxd6
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:18:41]} 12. Re1 $146 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} (12. Bf4 e5 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxe5 15. Qd1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3
d5 17. Rfd1 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc8 19. Rac1 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. f3
Nd5 23. Bd2 f6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. g4 Rd7 26. a4 g5 27. Ke2 h6 28. b4 Ne7 29. b5 f5
30. f4 fxg4 31. fxg5 h5 32. Rf4+ Kg7 33. Rf6 Ng6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Ra6 Ne5 36.
Bc3 Re7 37. Kf2 h4 38. Rh6 a4 39. Ra6 Kf7 40. Rxa4 Kg6 41. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 (41)
Sokolov,I (2663)-Wang,H (2752) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 12... Re8 {[%emt 0:04:26]}
13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} e5 {
[%emt 0:08:18]} 15. Bf5 {[%emt 0:12:25]} h6 {[%emt 0:16:52]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:
07:54]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 17. b4 {[%emt 0:10:05]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 18.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Raxc8 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} 20. d5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} N8d7 {[%emt 0:09:12]} 21. Bd4 {[%emt 0:
00:54]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 23.
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. f3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Bb2 {[%emt 0:
02:24]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. Qd4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Nde5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 28.
c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 29. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} dxc5 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} 30. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:38] Another typical game for the
tournament: Ushenina obtained an opening advantage, missed a clear opportunity
to press forward and the game ended in a draw and a spoilt opportunity. Had
Ushenina converted every clear advantage she had this tournament the standings
would be entirely different.} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 31. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:01:57]} 32. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 33. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:01:13]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 34. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 35. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]
} Nge7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 38. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 39. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 40. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bb2 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Nf4
{[%emt 0:06:44]} 42. Kf1 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 43. Rc3 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 44. g3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:
35]} 45. Kf2 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Na5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 46. Ba1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Nb3
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 47. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 48. Ba1 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Qd3 g6 12. h4 (12. Bh6 Re8 13. O-O) 12...
Nxc3 (12... e5 $6 13. dxe5 Nxc3 (13... Bf5 14. Qxd5 Bxc2 15. Bg5 $1 {Knaak,
Inf.46/765}) 14. Qxc3 Bg4 15. f3 Rc8 16. fxg4 Nxe5 17. Qb3 Bxh4+ 18. g3 $16 {
Knaak-Christiansen/Thessaloniki ol/1988}) 13. bxc3 e5 14. Qd2 $2 (14. Qg3 $1 {
>=} exd4 15. h5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 g5 18. h6 f6 19. O-O dxc3 20. Rad1
$16 {Foisor,O-Hebert/Saint John op/1988}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 (15. h5 $2 {
-> Knaak} d3 $1 (15... dxc3 $2 16. Qh6 $16) 16. Bxd3 (16. hxg6 dxc2 17. gxh7+
Kh8 $19) 16... Ne5 17. Be4 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Be6 $17) 15... Bf6 16. Bb2 Re8 $17
17. Kf1 (17. O-O $2 Bxh4 18. d5 Ne5 $17 (18... Bg5 19. f4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21.
fxg5 Bg4 22. Nc3 $13)) 17... Be6 (17... Bg4 $5 18. f3 Be6 $17) 18. Rd1 Qb6 $6 (
18... Bc4 $5 19. Bd3 Qd5 $17 {/\} 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. d5 $2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rad8
23. d6 Re6 24. d7 Re7 $17) (18... h5 $5 19. Nf4 Bc4+ 20. Kg1 Qd6 21. Rh3 Rad8
$17 {><d4}) 19. Bc3 Bc4 (19... Rad8 20. h5 $132) 20. Bd3 Qa6 (20... Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 h5 22. d5 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf4 Rd8 25. g3 $10 {/\Kg2}) 21. h5 $132
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rad8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. d5 $10 Ne5 26. Rd1 Rd7 27.
Rh3 Rc8 (27... Red8 28. f4 (28. Nf4 g5 29. Rg3 h6 30. Nh5 Bh8 31. f4 $10) 28...
Ng4 29. Rg3 Bxc3 30. Nxc3 h5 31. Rgd3 $10) 28. Rg3 Kf7 29. Re3 Ng4 30. Rh3 h5
31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Rf3+ Ke5 33. Rfd3 Kf6 (33... Rc2 $2 34. f3 Nf6 $4 35. Re3+
Kd6 36. Re6+ $18) 34. Nc3 Ne5 35. Re3 Nc4 36. Ne4+ Kg7 37. Rc3 b5 38. d6 Re8
39. f3 Re5 40. Rd4 Kf7 41. Kf2 g5 42. g3 Rf5 43. Kg2 Ke8 44. Rd1 g4 45. f4 Kd8
46. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nce7 {N} (11... Bc7 12. a3 b6 13. Qd3
f5 14. N4c3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bb7 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Bf4 Rf6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. d5 exd5
20. Bxd5 Rd8 $10 {Tabatadze,T-Magerramov,E Moscow op Russian Winter 1991}) (
11... Be7 12. a3 b6 (12... e5 $5) 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1
Rc8 17. N2c3 Na5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bb3 Nxc3 {Shirov,A-Psakhis,L
Klaipeda 46/758 1988} 21. Nxc3 Bd6 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Qd6 $10 {Psakhis}) 12.
N2c3 (12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. a3 Bd7 15. h4 f5 16. h5 Nge7 $13) 12... Bc7
13. Re1 (13. a3 $5) 13... Bb6 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Nf3 h6 16. Bf4 (16. a3 Bd7 (16...
Nc6 17. Be3) 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Be3 Rc8 $10) 16... Nc6 17. Be5 Ng4 $1 18. Qd3 f5
19. Rad1 Ngxe5 (19... Nb4 $2 20. Qe2 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 $16 {><e6}) 20. dxe5 Qxd3
21. Bxd3 a6 22. h4 Kf7 (22... Bc7 $5) 23. a3 (23. Nd2 $2 Bd4 24. Nc4 b5 25.
Nd6+ Ke7 $17) (23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Nf4 Ba5 25. Rf1 b5 26. Bc2 $10) 23... Rd8 24. h5
$6 (24. Ne2) 24... Bc7 $1 25. Na4 $6 Rb8 26. b4 Ke7 27. g3 Bd7 28. Nh4 Be8 $6 (
28... Nxe5 $142 29. Nc5 Bc6 30. Ng6+ Kf6 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17) 29. Ng6+ Bxg6 30.
hxg6 Nxe5 31. Nc5 Nf3+ (31... Kf6 32. Kg2 Rd6 33. Bf1 $132) 32. Kg2 Nxe1+ 33.
Rxe1 e5 34. Bxf5 Rd2 35. g4 h5 (35... Bd6 36. Ne4 Rd5 $17 37. f4 Re8) 36. gxh5
Rf8 37. Ne4 Ra2 38. h6 $6 (38. Bg4 $142) 38... gxh6 39. Rd1 $2 (39. Bg4 Rf4 40.
Kg3 Rxa3+ 41. f3 Kf8 $140 42. Nc5 $44) 39... Rxf5 40. g7 Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42.
Rxc7 Rf4 43. Nd6 Rfxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxa3+ 45. Kg4 Rf4+ 46. Kh5 Rh3+ 47. Kg6 Rg3+
48. Kh5 Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxh7+ Nxh7 (
7... Kxh7 $142 8. axb4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxb4 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 Kg8 (11... Qe7 12.
Nxc4 Bd7 13. e4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 $14 {Petrosjan,T-Sosonko,Biel(izt) 1976}) (11...
Qc7 $5) 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qg4 b5 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. e4 Nd3 17. Bh6
Qd4 18. Be3 Qd6 {1/4:1/4 Petursson,M-Tal,M Reykjavik 1988}) (7... Kxh7 8. axb4
Nc6 9. b5 Nb4 10. Nf3 Nd3+ 11. Kf1 e5 (11... Nxc1 $5 12. Rxc1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7
14. Nxc4 Nd5 $44) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Nd7 15. e4 $1 Nxe5 16.
Bf4 $14 {Grigorjan-Butnoris,SSSR 1970}) 8. axb4 e5 (8... Nc6 9. b5 Nb4 10. Nf3
Nd3+ 11. Kf1 Nf6 12. b3 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 cxb3 14. Qxb3 $14 {ECO}) 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2
Nc6 10. b5 exd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. O-O Bf5 13. Be3 Nc2 14. Rc1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5
16. Nf4 Nf6 $13 {ECO}) 9... exd4 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 {ECO} 12.
O-O exd4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. b5 $36) 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. b5 $1 {N} (11. O-O c5 12.
bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qc2 b6 $6 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Ne6 Qh4 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. e4 $16 {
Murey,Y-Renet,O Royan,1988}) 11... Nb6 $6 {/\a6} (11... Nc5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qe2
Nb3 14. Nxb3 cxb3 15. e4 $16) (11... Ne5 12. O-O Nf6 13. b3 (13. e4 Nd3) (13.
Qe2 $5) 13... cxb3 14. Qxb3 $14) 12. O-O a6 $6 13. bxa6 c5 (13... Rxa6 $142 14.
Rxa6 bxa6 15. e4 c5 16. Nde2 Bd7 $16) 14. axb7 Bxb7 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 (15... Bxa8
16. Nf5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nf6 18. f3 $16) 16. Nf5 $16 g6 (16... Nf6 $142 17. f3 $16
) 17. Qg4 Rd8 (17... Nf6 18. Qg5 Nh7 19. Qg3 $16) 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qg5 Nh7 (19...
Nh7 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Qxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Maribor Pirc Memorial"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jelen, Iztok"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ernst} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxh7+
Nxh7 (7... Kxh7 8. axb4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxb4 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 $13) 8. axb4 Nc6 (
8... e5 9. Nf3 $1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. b5 $1 $14 {Gulko-Benko/Aruba/1992}) 9.
Nf3 (9. b5 Nb4 10. Nf3 Nd3+ 11. Kf1 Nf6 12. b3 (12. Nd2 {Ernst} e5 13. Nxc4
exd4 14. Qxd3 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Qd1+ $44) 12... Ng4 $1 13. Ne4 f5 $17) (9. Ra4 {
Ernst} a5 10. bxa5 Nxa5 11. Qh5 b6 12. Nf3 Bd7 $13 {Roemer,U-Sonntag,H/
Badenweiler op/1988/}) 9... Nxb4 10. O-O a5 $146 (10... b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 (11...
Ba6 12. e4 $14) 12. Nxc4 $14) (10... Bd7 11. Ne5 b5 12. b3 $1 $14) (10... c5 $1
11. Ne5 Qc7 $10) 11. Ne5 b6 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. b3 Rc8 14. e4 $1 (14. Ba3 $5 c5
15. dxc5 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Rxc5 17. Na4 (17. Qb3 $2 Qd3 $1) (17. Qe2 Qh4 $132)
17... Rxc4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxb6 Rc6 20. Na4 Nf6 $10) (14. Bb2 c5 15. dxc5
Rxc5 16. Qxd8 (16. Na4 $2 Rd5 17. Qg4 Rg5 $17 {/\b5}) 16... Rxd8 17. Na4 Bxc4
18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nxb6 Rc6 20. Na4 $10) 14... c5 15. d5 (15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Be3
Rc6 $10) 15... exd5 16. exd5 $6 (16. Nxd5 $1 {>=} Nxd5 (16... Bxc4 17. bxc4 Re8
18. Re1 $14 {/\Ra3-g3}) 17. exd5 (17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qxd8 Rcxd8 $10) 17... Nf6
18. Bg5 (18. d6 $14) 18... Qxd5 19. Bxf6 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Bxc4 21. bxc4 gxf6 22.
Rd6 $14) 16... Qh4 $1 17. f4 $2 (17. Nxb6 Rcd8 (17... Bxf1 18. Nxc8 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Rxc8 20. Rxa5 $14) 18. Nc4 (18. Re1 Nd3 $36) 18... Bxc4 19. bxc4 Qxc4 20.
Bb2 $10) (17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rd1 Rfe8 $36) 17... Qf6 $1 18. Bb2 Qd4+ $17 19. Kh1
Bxc4 20. bxc4 Qxc4 21. Na4 $2 (21. d6 Rcd8 $17) 21... Nxd5 22. Rc1 Qe4 23. Re1
Ne3 $19 24. Qd2 Qxa4 25. Qxe3 Rfe8 26. Qg3 f6 27. h4 Qa2 28. Ba1 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7.
exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rc1 (11. a3 a6 {/\} 12. Qd3 b5
13. Bb3 Ne5 $1 14. Qg3 Nc4 $10) 11... Qa5 $5 (11... b6) (11... a6 12. a3 b5 13.
Ba2 Bb7 14. Qd3 $6 Ne5 15. Qh3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rfd1 Qa5 $17 {Hoi-Chernin/
Kobenhavn/1984}) 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. a3 (13. Rfd1 {Ftacnik} Bd7) 13... Bd7 (13...
b6 $5 14. Rfd1 Bb7 $13 {/\Rac8}) 14. Rfd1 Be8 15. Ba2 h6 (15... Rac8 $5) 16.
Be3 (16. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Qh5 $17) (16. Bh4 $6 Ne4 $1 17. Nxe4 Qxd2 18.
Rxd2 Bxh4 $10) 16... Bd6 {/\Ne7-f5} (16... Rac8 $5) (16... Ng4 $5 {Ftacnik})
17. h3 (17. Bxh6 Bxh2+ $5 (17... gxh6 18. Qxh6 Ng4 19. Qh4 {/\} Bxh2+ (19...
Qf5 {Ftacnik} 20. Bb1 Qxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 $14) 20. Kh1 Qf5 21. Bb1
Nxf2+ 22. Kxh2 Qf6 23. Qg3+ Kf8 24. Rf1 Qh6+ 25. Kg1 $18) 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg1
Nxh6 $10) 17... Rac8 $2 (17... Ne7 $1 18. Nd5 (18. Bxh6 $6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng6
$17) 18... Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd2 Nf5 $10) (17... Bf8 $13 {Ftacnik}) 18.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 19. Qxh6 $16 Nh7 (19... Be7 20. Rd3 Ne5 (20... Nh5 {Ftacnik} 21.
Nf4 (21. d5 Ne5 22. Re3 f6 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Qxe6+ Bf7 25. Qxe7 $16) 21... Bg5
22. Qxh5 Bxf4 23. Qg4+ Qg5 24. Qxg5+ Bxg5 25. Rg3 Nxd4 26. Rxg5+ $16) 21. dxe5
Rxd3 22. exf6 Bf8 23. Qh4 $18 {/\Bb1}) (19... Nd7 20. d5 Bf8 21. Qh4 $1 exd5 (
21... Nce5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Bf7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Qg4+ $18
) 22. Rxd5 $18) (19... Qf5 20. Bb1 Bf8 21. Qh4 $18) (19... Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. Bb1 Rc7 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Nc3 $16) 20. Bb1 f5 (20... Nf8 21. Ne4 Be7 (21...
f5 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Nh5 $18) 22. Rc5 $5 Qxc5 (22... Qb6 23. Rh5 (23. N2g3 {
Ftacnik} Nxd4 24. Rxc8 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxd1+ 26. Kg2 Rxb1 27. Rxe8 $18) 23... Ng6
24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Bxg6 $18) 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Qg5+ Ng6 25. Qxc5 Nxd4 26. Rxd4
Rxc5 27. Rxd8 Kf8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Nc3 $16) 21. b4 (21. d5 Ne7 22. dxe6 Qe5
$132) 21... Qc7 (21... Qxa3 22. Qxe6+ Bf7 23. Qxf5 Nf8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qh6+
Kg8 26. Ne4 $18) 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Bxf5 Rc7 24. Ne4 Qxe6 (24... Nf8 25. Nxd6 (
25. Qxf7+ {Ftacnik} Bxf7 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. d5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. b5 Rg7 30.
bxc6 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 bxc6 32. Rc3 $16) 25... Qxe6 26. Bxe6+ Nxe6 27. Nxe8 Rxe8
28. d5 Ncd4 $1 29. Nxd4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxd4 31. Rc7 $16) 25. Bxe6+ Bf7 26. d5
Ne5 (26... Bxe6 {Ftacnik} 27. dxe6 Be7 28. f4 $16) 27. Nd4 (27. Nxd6 $5 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rxd6 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Nd4 $18 {/\f4}) 27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bb8 (28...
Nf8 {Ftacnik} 29. Nf5 $16) 29. Nf5 Kf8 30. Nc5 Ng5 $2 (30... b6 31. Nb7 Re8 32.
Nfd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6 Rd8 34. Nxf7 Nxf7 35. Rc7 $18) 31. Nxb7 $138 (31. Nxb7 Bxe6
32. dxe6 Re8 33. e7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 (9. axb4 dxc3 10. b5 Ne5 11. Nxc3) 9... Be7 (9... Bd6) 10. O-O O-O
11. f3 (11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Be3 Rc8 13. f3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qd7
17. g4 Bd8 18. Qf2 h5 $1 19. h3 Ba5 $13 {Skembris,S-Kotronias,V/Greece (ch)
1988}) (11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qb3 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Rad1 Qd7 $10) 11... Ne8 $5 {N} (
11... Be6 12. Kh1 Qd7 13. Bb1 Rac8 14. b4 Ne8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Ba2
Rfd8 18. g4 Ne8 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Nf4 $14 {Bischoff,K-Loew,G/BL 9192
}) 12. Be3 (12. Qc2 $5 g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Qc4 $14) 12... Nc7 13. Rc1 (13. Qc2 g6 {/\Bf6,Ne6}) 13... Re8 14. Na4 $6 (
14. Qd2 Bf6 $13) 14... Bxa3 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ g6 17. Qxa3 (17. bxa3 Bf5
18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rc3 Nb5 20. Rb3 Nxa3 $19) 17... Qe7 (17... Nb5 18. Qb3 Qe7 19.
Bf2 Qb4 (19... Qxe2 $2 20. Rce1 Nbxd4 21. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 $16) 20. Qxb4 Nxb4
$10) 18. Kf2 $2 (18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Kf2 Nb4 20. Rfd1 f6 $10 (20... Bf5 $2 21.
Bg5 $16)) 18... Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Nb5 $15 20. Qd3 (20. Qb3 Nbxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22.
Bxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 $15) 20... Qe7 21. Nec3 (21. Kf2 Bf5 22. Qd2 Nb4 23. Bg5
Nd3+ 24. Qxd3 Bxd3 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rfe1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Nxd4+
29. Kd3 Ne6 $17) 21... Bf5 22. Qxb5 (22. Qd2 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Nxb5 Bd3
25. Nc7 Bxf1 26. Nxa8 Bc4 $17) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Qxb7 Bxf1 25. Qxf7+
Kh6 26. Rxf1 Qxd4 27. h3 $2 (27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Nxd5 Re2 $15) 27... Rad8 28. Rd1
Qh4 $19 29. Qb7 (29. Rxd5 $2 Re7 $19) 29... Ne5 $1 {/\Nxf3} 30. Qxa7 Nxf3 31.
gxf3 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 d4 34. Ne4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Nge2 c6 (7... Bd6 $5 8. O-O (8. a3 {Dolmatov} a5 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Bd2 c6 $10)
8... Re8 9. a3 (9. f3 c5) (9. Nf4 c6 10. Re1 $14) 9... a5) 8. O-O Bd6 9. f3 (9.
Nf4 $5 {Dolmatov}) 9... c5 10. Qe1 (10. a3 {Dolmatov} Nc6 11. Rf2 a6 12. Bc2 b5
13. g4 $5 $13) 10... Nc6 11. Qh4 h6 (11... Be6 $5 12. Bd2 a6 $132 {/\b5}) 12.
Bd2 b6 13. Rad1 (13. a3 Bb7 (13... Na5 {Dolmatov} 14. Rad1 $13) 14. Rae1 Re8
$10) 13... Nb4 $1 14. Bb1 Ba6 15. Bc1 (15. a3 Nd3 16. b3 Nb2 17. Rde1 Re8 $15 (
17... cxd4 18. exd4 Bxa3 19. Bxh6 $13)) 15... Re8 16. Rfe1 Nc6 17. Kh1 {
/\dxc5,><d5 /\18.dc bc 19.Nd5 Nd5 20.Qd8 Rad8 21.Rd5} (17. dxc5 {Dolmatov} bxc5
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxd5 $17) 17... Ne7 (17...
cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 $14) 18. dxc5 $2 (18. Nf4 $142 $1 cxd4 (18... Qb8
19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 $14) 19. exd4 (19. Rxd4 Be5 20. Rdd1 Rc8 $10) 19... Rc8
20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 $14 {/\Bxh6}) 18... bxc5 19. Nf4 Be5 $10 20. Nd3 Bd6 21.
Nf4 Be5 (21... Bb7 22. e4 $1 dxe4 (22... d4 23. e5 $16) 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4
Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc7 $14) 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Qc7 24. Bd2 $2 (24. Ne2 c4 (24...
Rab8 25. b3 $10) 25. Bc2 Rab8 26. b3 $10) (24. f4 $6 {Dolmatov} Bxc3 25. bxc3
Ne4 $15) 24... c4 (24... Rab8 {Dolmatov} 25. b3 $132) 25. Bb1 (25. Bc2 {>=}
Rab8 26. Rb1 (26. f4 Bd6 27. Bc1 (27. b3 {Dolmatov}) 27... Bb4 $13) 26... Rb6
$15) 25... Rab8 26. f4 (26. Bc1 $4 Bxc3 $19) 26... Bd6 27. Ne2 (27. Bc1 $5 Bb4
28. Bd2 (28. Bc2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qa5 $17) 28... Ba5 29. Na4 Nc6 $15) 27... Rxb2
28. Bc3 Rxb1 $1 29. Rxb1 Ne4 30. Qh5 (30. Bd4 $2 Nf5 31. Qh5 g6 32. Qf3 Nd2 33.
Qxd5 Nxb1 34. Rxb1 Nxe3 $17) 30... Qd7 31. Kg1 Nf5 32. Bd4 (32. Nd4 $2 {
Dolmatov} g6 $1 $17) 32... g6 33. Qh3 (33. Qf3 {Dolmatov} Nh4 (33... Nd2 34.
Qxd5 Nxb1 35. Rxb1) 34. Qf1 Nd2 35. Qf2) 33... h5 $17 34. Rbd1 (34. Rec1 Qa4
35. Ra1 Bb4 $17 {/\Bd2,><e3}) (34. Nc3 {Dolmatov} Qc6 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 $15) 34...
Bb4 35. Rf1 Rc8 36. Ng3 Nexg3 37. hxg3 Qe6 38. Bxa7 c3 39. g4 hxg4 40. Qxg4 Ra8
$1 (40... c2 41. Rc1 Bd2 42. Qe2 Bxc1 43. Rxc1 Qe4 $17) 41. Rb1 (41. Bd4 $2
Nxd4 $19) 41... Rxa7 42. Rxb4 Qxe3+ $19 43. Kh2 Ra8 44. Qf3 Qc5 45. Rb3 Rc8 46.
Rbb1 Kg7 47. Rf2 Nd6 {/\Ne4,Rh8} 48. f5 Ne4 (48... Nxf5 49. g4 c2 50. Rc1 Qe3
$19) 49. f6+ Kg8 50. Rc2 Qd4 51. Qf4 Qxf6 52. Qxf6 Nxf6 53. Kg3 {RR<->RNPP. 2
verbundene Freibauern für die Qualität. Der Einsatz des sK entscheidet.} d4 54.
Rd1 Rc4 55. a3 Ne4+ 56. Kf3 Nc5 57. Ke2 Kg7 58. g3 Kf6 59. Rcc1 Ke5 60. Ra1 Ke4
0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
Bg5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 a6 12. Bd3 (12. Rc1 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14.
Qd3 Ne5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Rfd1 $13 {Bronstein,D-Kosten,A/London/1989/}) 12... g6
(12... b5 13. Qc2 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 (13... Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nc5 $40) 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Rac8 (16... h6 $2 17. Bxc6 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nd4
$16) 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qd3 $2 g6 19. Qh3 Kg7 $17) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxb5 Bb7 16. Nbc3 Nxd4 $15) 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. h3 $15 Rc8
17. Qb1 Rc7 18. Be3 Rd7 19. a4 b4 20. Ne4 Qa8 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Qc2 Nxe4 23. Bxe4
(23. fxe4 $6 b3 24. Qxb3 Nb4 25. Ng3 h5 $17) 23... Bf6 24. Qc5 Ne7 25. Qc2 Bd5
26. Rac1 Qb7 27. b3 Qb6 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. Kh1 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 (
31... gxf5 32. Nf4) 32. Ng1 $6 (32. Nf4 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Qg2 $1 (34. Ng2
Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 f4 $17) 34... Qxe3 35. Nh5+ Kh8 36. Nxf6 Rd6 37. Re1 Qxb3 38. Ne8
Rxd4 $17) (32. Qd3 $5 $15) 32... Qb6 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Rb1 Rc8 $17 35. Bd2 Qb6
36. Ne2 Bb7 37. Rbc1 a5 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. Re1 Ba6 40. Qe3 Re7 41. Qf2 Qd6 (
41... Bxe2 42. Rxe2 Bxd4 43. Qe1 Re6 $17) 42. Be3 Qd5 $2 (42... Bxe2 43. Rxe2
Qd5 44. Rb2 Rc7 $19) 43. Nf4 Qd6 (43... Qxb3 44. Nh5+ gxh5 45. Qg3+ Kf8 46.
Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qg3+ $10) 44. Rc1 h6 {/\Bg5} 45. Rc5 Rxe3 46. Qxe3 Bxd4 47. Rc6 $1
$15 Qxc6 48. Qxd4+ Qf6 49. Qd5 Qc3 50. Qd6 Bc8 51. Kh2 Qe3 52. Qc7 Be6 53.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 54. Qxa5 Qxb3 55. Qe5+ Kh7 56. a5 Qc4 57. Qb8 b3 58. Qb7 Kg7 59. a6
Qf4+ 60. Kh1 Qc1+ 61. Kh2 b2 62. a7 b1=Q 63. Qxb1 Qxb1 64. a8=Q f4 65. Qa4 Qf5
66. Qd4+ Qf6 67. Qd5 g5 68. Qc5 Kg6 69. Qc8 Qe6 70. Qg8+ Kh5 71. Kh1 Qg6 (71...
Kh4 72. Kh2 $10) 72. Qe8 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kfar Sava weekend"]
[Site "Kfar Sava"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {
This variation leads to complicated positional struggle,but in all cases black
has sufficient counterplay.} Re8 8. a3 (8. O-O c5 (8... Bf8 9. f3 $6 {><e3} (9.
Nf4 $5) (9. Qc2 $5) 9... c5 10. Bd2 (10. Qe1 b6 11. Qf2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Nc7 $132 {Kacheishvili,G-Lerner,K/Berliner Sommer 1995})
10... Nc6 11. Rc1 b6 12. a3 (12. Bb1 $5 Ba6 $5) 12... Bb7 13. Rf2 $6 (13. Bb1
$5) 13... g6 $13 {Tisdall,J-Huebner,R/San Francisco 1995}) 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4
$14) 8... Bf8 9. O-O a5 (9... Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nb6 12. f3 c5 13. bxc6 bxc6
14. e4 c5 $132 {Thorhallsson,T-Eingorn,V/Reykjavik 1989}) (9... c6 10. f3 c5
11. Qe1 b6 12. Qf2 Ba6 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bd6 15. Kh1 Ne7 $13 {Pliester,
L-Scholl,E/NLD-chT 1993}) 10. Rb1 (10. Bc2 b6 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Bb3 c6 13. f3 b5
14. Re1 Nbd7 15. Bd2 Nb6 $132 {[%cal Gb6c4] Supatashvili,K-Dgebuadze,A/GEO-ch
1996}) 10... Na6 11. f3 (11. Bc2 c6 12. f3 b5 13. e4 $6 b4 14. e5 bxc3 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bh4 g5 $17 {Ooi Chern Ee-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS04 GM 1997}) 11... c5 $1
$132 {The typical reaction on f3-the weakness of white pawn on e3 gives black
very good counterchanses.} 12. g4 g6 (12... Nc7 13. dxc5 (13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Nce2
Qb6 15. Bc2 Bd7 $15) 13... Bxc5 14. Nd4 Ne6 15. Nce2 Qb6 16. Bc2 Bd7 $13) 13.
Ng3 h6 $5 14. Kg2 (14. h4 $5 Nc7 $1 (14... Bd6 15. Kg2 Qe7 (15... Nxg4 $2 16.
fxg4 Qxh4 17. Qf3 $16) 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh7 18. f4 Nc7 19. Rh1 $36) 15. Kg2
(15. h5 $2 gxh5 16. gxh5 Bd6 $1 (16... Nxh5 $2 17. Nxh5 Qg5+ 18. Kf2 Qh4+ 19.
Ke2 Qxh5 20. Rh1 Bh3 21. Qg1+ $18 {[%cal Gg1g3]}) 17. Nce2 Nxh5 18. Nxh5 Qg5+
19. Kf2 Qh4+ $17) 15... c4 16. Bc2 b5 $13) 14... Rb8 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gb7b4]} 15.
Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxa6 $2 {Crucial position in the game:white's idea is extremly
dubious and black manages with energetic play to punish white for it.Now black
bishops become the strongest pieces on the board!} (16. Qa4 $5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5
Re6 18. Nce2 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 $132) 16... bxa6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. e4 $8 (18.
Nxd5 Bb5 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bb5 20. Qxc5 (20. Qxd8 Bxf1+ 21. Nxf1 Rexd8 $17)
20... Bxf1+ 21. Nxf1 Qd3 $1 22. Ra1 (22. Nd2 Rbc8 23. Qd4 Qe2+ 24. Kh3 Rxe3 $17
) 22... Qe2+ 23. Kg1 Qxf3 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge8e4,Ge4g4,Gb8c8,Gc8c2]}) 19.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Re1 (20. Rf2 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Ne4 Qe5 $17) 20... Rbd8 21.
Qb3 Rd3 22. Qc2 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rexe3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Qf2 $15) 18... Bc6 $1 $36
19. exd5 ({Doesn't work} 19. Bxh6 dxe4 20. Ngxe4 (20. Qxd8 exf3+) 20... Qxd1
21. Rfxd1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 $1 23. fxe4 Bxe4+ 24. Kf1 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Bxa3 $17 {
and the ending is extremly difficult for white.}) 19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 (20. Nce4
Ne3+ (20... Bxa3 $5) 21. Bxe3 Bxe3 22. Qxd8 Rexd8 23. Rfe1 Bd4 $17) 20... Bxd5
21. Bxh6 Rb3 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2]} 22. Qc2 $8 (22. Qd2 $2 Rxf3 $1 23. Rxf3 Bxf3+
24. Kxf3 Qa8+ 25. Kf4 (25. Ne4 Qxe4+ 26. Kg3 Qxb1 $19) 25... Qb8+ 26. Kf3 Qb7+
27. Kf4 Qc7+ 28. Kf3 Qc6+ 29. Kf4 Bd6+ 30. Kg5 Be7+ 31. Kf4 g5+ 32. Bxg5 Bd6+
33. Kf5 Qd7+) 22... Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} 23. Bd2 $8 (23. Ne4 Rxf3 $1 24. Kxf3 (
24. Rxf3 Bxe4 25. Qb3 Qd7 $1 $19) 24... Qh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 23... Qa8 {
[%csl Rf3]} 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxa3 $17 26. Qd3 $2 {Losing on th spot,while
after} (26. Qd2 Ra2 27. Rb2 Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Re3 $17 {white stil could put up
some resistance.}) 26... Qc6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gd5c4]} 27. Qd4 Bxf3+ 28.
Kg1 (28. Rxf3 Ra2+) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rb6 Rc6 (30... Bxg4 $5 31.
Rxa6 Bh3 32. Rb1 Ra3) 31. Rb7 Rc1 $1 32. Rxc1 Bxb7 33. Kf2 Re5 34. Rc4 Rb5 35.
Nf1 Rb4 36. Ne3 Rxc4 37. Nxc4 a4 {Another plan was} (37... g5 $5 38. Nxa5 Bd5
39. Ke3 Kg7 40. Kd4 Bf3 $19) 38. g5 Bd5 39. Na3 Kf8 (39... f6 $5) 40. Ke3 Ke7
41. Kd4 Ke6 42. h4 Bb3 43. Ke4 a5 44. Nb5 Bd5+ 45. Kd4 Bc6 46. Na3 Kf5 {
[%csl Rg5,Rh4][%cal Gf5g4]} 47. Nc4 a3 $1 (47... Kg4 $2 48. Ne5+ Kxh4 49. Nxf7
$1 a3 50. Kc3 Bd5 51. Ne5 Kxg5 52. Nxg6 Kxg6 53. Kc2 $11) 48. Nxa3 Kg4 49. Nc4
Kxh4 50. Nd6 Be8 $1 ({After} 50... Kxg5 $6 51. Nxf7+ Kf4 52. Ne5 g5 $17 {
black also should be winning,but why to choose the hard way?!}) 51. Nxe8 Kxg5
52. Nd6 f5 53. Nc4 a4 54. Ne5 Kh5 55. Nd3 g5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 {/\Bxh2+} 11. f3 $5 (11. Bf4) (11. Kh1) 11...
h6 12. Kh1 (12. g4 $5) 12... Nh5 $1 {/\ Qh4} 13. Qe1 (13. g4 $2 Qh4) 13... f5 {
/\ Nf6} 14. Nxd5 Bxh2 (14... f4 {/\ Ng3} 15. Ndc3 Ng3+ 16. Nxg3 fxg3 17. Qe4
$14) 15. Kxh2 (15. Bc4 Be6 16. Kxh2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 $15) 15... Qxd5 16. Qh4
f4 $6 (16... Qf7 $142 {/\ g5=}) 17. Bg6 $16 Qe6 (17... Nf6 18. Bxf4 Nxd4 19.
Nc3 $16) 18. Qxh5 (18. Be4 Qf7) 18... Qxe2 19. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 20. Rfe1 Qc4 21.
Re8+ (21. Rac1 Bg4 $1 22. fxg4 Qxd4 23. Bf5 Rf8 {/\} 24. Qg6 $2 R8xf5) 21...
Rf8 22. Rc1 (22. b3 $5 Bg4 (22... Qxb3 $2 23. Bb1 $18) 23. Qxg4 Qxd4 24. Ree1
$44) 22... Bg4 $8 (22... Qxc1 23. Bf7+ $18) (22... Qa2 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rxe6 $18
) 23. Rxc4 Bxh5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 (24... Bxg6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. d5 Nd8 27. Rc7 $16
(27. Rc8 $16)) 25. Bxh5 Rd8 26. Kg3 (26. Bg6 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxd4 28. Be4 b6 29.
Kg3 $14) 26... Kf8 (26... g5 $5 27. f4 gxf4+ 28. Kxf4 Nxd4 29. Ke5 Nc6+ 30. Ke6
$16) 27. d5 $2 (27. Rc5 Rxd4 28. Rf5+ Kg8 29. Bf7+ Kh7 30. Rd5 g5 $14 {[]}) (
27. Bg6 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Be4 b6 30. Kf4 $16) 27... Rxd5 28. Rf4+ (28. Bg4
$10) 28... Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14a +"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6 $5
8. a3 (8. O-O Re8 (8... Bxh2+ $6 9. Kxh2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3)) 8... a5 9. Qc2 $5 (9.
Ng3) (9. Rb1 {/\b4}) 9... Na6 10. Bd2 c6 (10... Re8 11. Nb5 {/\ Ba5}) 11. Ng3
Re8 12. Nce2 Nc7 13. f3 Ne6 $10 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. O-O c5 (15... g6 $1 {/\ c5})
16. Bb5 $6 (16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5) 16... Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 $1 (17... Qxd7 18.
dxc5 {/\ Bc3+/=}) 18. dxc5 Ndxc5 19. Rad1 Qb6 (19... g6 $1 20. Nfd4 (20. Nfg3
d4 $1) 20... Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 $15) 20. Bc3 Red8 $6 21. Kh1 Qb3 $6 22. Qd2 (22.
Qxb3 $10) 22... Qb6 23. Qe1 Na4 24. Be5 (24. Qg3 Nxc3 $1 (24... g6 25. Bf6 {
/\ Nc3+/-}) 25. Nxc3 (25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nxf7+ Kg8 $10) 25... Kh8 $1 (25... Qxb2
$2 26. Nh6+ $18) (25... Nc7 $2 26. Na4 $1 Qc6 27. Rc1 $18) 26. Nxd5 Qxb2 $13)
24... f6 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. Nexd4 $2 (26. Rxd4 $1 {/\ Nf4}) 26... Rac8 $2 (26...
g6 $1 27. Qg3 Nxb2 28. Rb1 Qa6) 27. Qh4 Nc5 (27... Nxb2 $5 28. Rb1 Qa6) 28. Rd2
Re8 29. Rfd1 Nd7 30. Ne2 (30. Nh6+ Kh8 (30... gxh6 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Qxd7 $16)
31. Nf7+ $10) 30... Ne5 31. Qg3 $2 (31. Nf4 $1 Nc4 32. Nxd5 Qe6 33. Rc2) 31...
Qe6 $5 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf4 Qc6 34. Ng4 $2 (34. Nf5 Nc4 35. Re2 $1 $13) 34...
Nc4 35. Rxd5 (35. Re2 Bd6) 35... Nxb2 36. Rg1 (36. Rh5 Nxd1 37. Ng6+ Kg8 38.
Nh6+ gxh6 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Nxc6 Rxc6 $19) 36... Nc4 $2 (36... g5 $1 $19) 37. e4
(37. Rh5) 37... b5 $2 38. Rh5 $18 Qc7 39. Nxf6 $4 (39. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 40. Nxf6+
gxf6 (40... Kf7 41. Qxc7+ Rxc7 42. Nxe8 Kxe8 43. Nxf8 Kxf8 44. Rxb5) 41. Ne7+
Kf7 42. Rxh7+ Ke6 43. Qg8+ $18) (39. Qh3 $1 Qxf4 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Qh5 $18)
39... gxf6 40. Ng6+ Kg7 $1 41. Nf4+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7.
exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 (10... Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 h6 13.
Bf4 $1 Re8 14. Bc4 $1 Bf8 15. h3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Rac1 Nce7 18. Ba2 Nxc3 19.
Qxc3 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Nd5 $8 21. Qf3 $1 b6 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rc7 $14
{Speelman,J-Salov,V/Linares/1992/}) 11. Rd1 (11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qb3
(13. a3 {Hansen,Cu} Bd6 $10 {Kelecevic,N-Ribli,Z Lugano 1985 inf. 39/708})
13... Bd6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Bc2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd3 g6 $10 {
Kelecevic,N-Ribli,Z/Lugano op/1985/}) (11. a3 Be7 (11... Bd6 12. Ne4 Bc7 13.
Rd1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh5 15. N4c3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 e5 17. Be2 Bf5 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Bxg4
Qxg4 20. Qxb7 Nxd4 21. Qxc7 Rac8 22. Qb7 Rxc3 $10 {Speelman,J-Gurevich,M/
Munich/1992/}) 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. Bc4 Nce7 14. Qe4 Re8 15. Nf4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nf5
17. Ba2 Rb8 18. Nh5 b5 19. Bf4 Rb6 20. Rd3 Bg5 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Qe5 Bxf4 23.
Nxf4 Kf8 24. h3 Qb8 25. Qc5+ Qd6 26. Re5 $36 {Vyzmanavin,A-Dolmatov,S/Irkutsk/
1986/}) 11... Bd6 (11... Nce7 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. Nfxd5 Nxd5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Nxd5 {
0,5/Speelman,J-Polugaevsky,L/Moskva/1985/}) 12. Be4 (12. a3 Bd7 (12... Nce7 13.
Be4 Nf6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. g3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Bxc6 Bxf4 19. Nxf4
Nxc6 20. Qc5 $1 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Rd7 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rd3 $1 Rad8 24. Rb3 Ne4 $1
25. Ne2 e5 26. dxe5 $2 $17 {Milos,G-Portisch,L/Szirak izt/1987/}) 13. Nxd5 exd5
14. Bf4 Bg4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc5 Qf6 17. h3 {0,5/Chernin,A-Geller,E/Sochi/
1986/} (17. h3 {Hansen,Cu} Bxe2 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Geller,E Sochi 1986 inf. 42/
672})) 12... Nce7 13. Qb3 b6 (13... Qc7 14. h3 Rd8 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Bd2 $13) (
13... Nf6 {Hansen,Cu} 14. Bf3 $14 {/\Bf4}) 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6
17. Rac1 a6 (17... Rc8 18. Nb5 $36) 18. Na4 Rb8 19. Qd3 Ra8 (19... b5 20. Nc5
$16) (19... Bxf4 {Hansen,Cu} 20. Nxf4 Bd7 21. Nc3 a5 $14 22. Ncxd5 $2 Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Ba4 24. b3 Qxd5 25. bxa4 Qxa2 $10) 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qa3 $5 Rfd8 (21...
Qxa3 22. bxa3 Rab8 23. Rc7 Nf5 24. Rb1 $16) 22. Qxd6 (22. Nxb6 $6 {Hansen,Cu}
Qxb6 23. Qxe7 Qxb2 24. Nf4 Re8 $15) 22... Rxd6 23. Rc7 Nc8 (23... Bd7 $2 {
Hansen,Cu} 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Nxb6 $18) (23... Kf8 $8 {Hansen,Cu}) 24. Rdc1 Bd7
25. b3 Rb8 26. Kf2 (26. Nc5 $2 {Hansen,Cu} bxc5 27. dxc5 Re6) 26... Kf8 (26...
Bxa4 $2 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ $18) (26... Ne7 {Hansen,Cu} 27. Nc5 $16) 27.
Nc5 $1 Bb5 (27... bxc5 28. dxc5 $18) 28. Nb7 Rd7 (28... Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rd8 30.
Rcc7 $18) 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Ke7 31. Rb8 Rc7 (31... Bc6 32. Nd8 Rxd8 33.
Rxb6 $18) 32. Nf4 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 Kd7 34. Nxd5 Rd2 35. Rd8+ Kc6 36. Nd6 (36. Nd6
Kxd5 37. Nc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lempert, Igor"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5
cxd4 8. exd4 Qxd5 (8... Nxd5 {Chekhov} 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc2 Nf6 (10... h6 11. a3
Be7 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. Bc4 Nce7 14. Qe4 Re8 15. Nf4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nf5 17. Ba2 Rb8
18. Nh5 b5 19. Bf4 $36 {Vyzmanavin,A-Dolmatov,S Irkutsk 1986; 11...Bd6!?/}) 11.
a3 Be7 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bf4 $1 Re8 14. Bc4 $1 $14 {Speelman,J-Salov,S Linares
1992; 10.Bc2!?/}) 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 (11... Nc6 12. Qd3 Bd6
13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Rd8 15. Qe3 $1 Nb4 $1 16. Qg3 $1 Nd5 {/\ Bd7-c6=} 17. Be5
Qh6 18. Qb3 $1 b6 19. Rad1 $1 Ba6 20. Rfe1 $16 {Gurevich,M-Benjamin,Joe/Moscow/
1987/1-0 (41)}) 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxd1 (13... Qh6 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Nd3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rxc6 Rxd4 21. b3 Bb7
22. Rc7 a6 23. Nb2 Rg4 24. g3 $14 {Galliamova Ivanchuk,A-Arkhipov,S/Nabereznye
Chelny/1993/0.5 (47)}) (13... Qg5 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Qb5 16. b3 Nf6 17. Rc5
Qd7 18. Rd1 Rb8 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 f5 21. Bf3 b6 22. Re5 Qd6 23. Qg5 Bb7 24.
Bxb7 $14 {Lerner,K-Benjamin,Joe/Moscow-A/1987/0.5 (43)}) 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rac1
Nf6 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. h4 (17. Rc7 Ne8 (17... Rb8 {Chekhov /\Ne8/}) 18. Rc5 Rb8
$13) 17... Rb8 18. g4 Bd7 19. g5 (19. Rc7 Ba4 (19... Ne8 $1 {Chekhov} 20. Rxb7
Rxb7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bf3 Rxb2 $17) 20. b3 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7) 19... Ne8 20. d5
(20. Nd3 {Chekhov} b6 21. d5 $10) 20... e5 $1 21. Nd3 f6 22. d6 (22. Nc5 Nd6
$10 (22... Nd6 {Chekhov} 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc7 Bd7 {/\f5,Kf7,Kf6/})
) 22... Bf5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 (23... Kf8 24. Nc5 (24. Rc7 $1 {Chekhov}) 24... Nxd6
25. Be6 $1 $36) 24. Rc7 Rxd6 (24... Nxd6 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na6 Nb5 $1) 25. Rf7 (
25. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rxd3 $19) 25... Nc7 $1 26. Bb3 (26. Rxc7 Rxd5 $19)
26... Nb5 27. Nxe5 (27. gxf6 {Chekhov} gxf6 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Rxf5 Nd4 30. Rh5
(30. Rf7 Rg8+ 31. Kf1 Rdg6 32. Ke1 Rg1+ 33. Kd2 Nxb3+ 34. axb3 Rd8+ $19) 30...
Rf8 $36) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nd6 $1 (28... fxe5 29. Rxf5) 29. gxf6 Nxf7 30.
Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Bb3 (31. Nd6 Be6 $17) 31... Kf8 32. Nd6 Bg6 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Kh2 Kf6 35. Kg3 b6 36. Nb5 Be8 37. Bc4 (37. Nxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 37... Bf7 38. Bd3
(38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Nxa7 Ra8 40. Nb5 Rxa2 $19) 38... Bg6 39. Bc4 Rb7 40. Nc3 Rd7
41. a4 Rd4 42. Bf1 Ke5 43. Be2 Bc2 44. Bb5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be4 Bd6 $1 11. Bxd5 (11. g3 Nf6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Be3
Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. h3 Qh5 $132 {Zysk,R-Kindermann,S/BL/1994/;}) (11. Qd3 Nf6
$1 12. Bg5 (12. Bf3 e5 $1 13. d5 Nb4 $13) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Be7 $10 14. Bf3 Ne5
15. Qe3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 $10) (11. Nxd5 $6 exd5 12. Bxd5 Bxh2+
13. Kxh2 Qxd5 $15) 11... exd5 12. Bf4 (12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nb4 $10 {/\ 14...
Rb8 15.Qa7 Ra8}) 12... Bb4 $1 (12... Be7 13. Qb3 $14) 13. a3 (13. a3 Bxc3 14.
Nxc3 Be6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. O-O Nc6 11. f3 Nh5 {N} (11... h6 12. Kh1 Nh5 13. Qe1 f5
14. Nxd5 Bxh2 15. Kxh2 Qxd5 16. Qh4 f4 17. Bg6 Qe6 18. Qxh5 Qxe2 $10 {Tal,
M-Sax,G/Subotica izt/1987/ ->CBM 03}) 12. g4 Qh4 13. Rf2 Nf6 14. Bf4 $1 Bxf4
15. Nxf4 Qg5 (15... Nxd4 16. Ng2 Qh3 17. Bxh7+ Qxh7 18. Qxd4 $16) 16. Ng2 Nxd4
17. h4 Qe5 18. g5 Ne8 19. f4 Qd6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxd4 $16 Nc7 22. f5 Bd7 23.
f6 g6 24. h5 $1 Qg3 25. hxg6+ fxg6 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 d4 (27... Bc6 28. Rh2+
Kg8 29. Nxg6) 28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Rxd4 Rae8 30. Rfd2 Kg8 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Ncxe2 Ne6
33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Re4 Bf7 35. Nc3 Rd8 36. Kf2 b6 37. Ke3 Rc8 38. Re5 Rc4 39.
Ne4 Rc2 40. Nd6 Rxb2 41. Re7 Ba2 42. Rxa7 Rb3+ 43. Kd4 Rf3 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Rb7
{Ftacnik,L} (45. Rb7 Kg8 46. Rxb6 Rxa3 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. f7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Qd3 g6 13. Qf3 $5 (13. Rd1)
13... Bf6 14. Rd1 Bg7 $10 15. Be4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Qg3 Rc8 18. Bg5 Qc7 19.
Qh4 Na5 20. Bf6 (20. Rd3 $2 Bb5 21. Rh3 h5 $19) 20... Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Qd8 (21...
Bb5 22. Bd3) 22. Qf3 (22. Qf4 Bb5 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 e5 $1 $17) 22... Ba4
23. Re1 Re7 $1 $15 24. h4 Rec7 25. h5 (25. Qg3 Bb5 $1) 25... Qg5 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Qh3 Bb5 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Nc4 $17 30. a4 Nd6 31. Reb1 Kg7 32. Qe3 $6
Qxe3 33. fxe3 b6 $1 34. a5 bxa5 $1 35. Rxa5 (35. Rb3 Nc4 {/\ Rc6-b6-+}) 35...
Nc4 36. Ra6 Nxe3 37. Rba1 Nd5 38. Rxa7 Nxc3 39. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 40. Kf2 Rxc7 41.
Kxe2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Ra4 Kf6 $19 44. Rb4 Kg5 45. Ra4 f5 46. Rb4 (46. g3
Rd3+ 47. Kf2 Kf6 48. Rb4 g5 49. Ra4 g4 {/\ Ke7-d6-d5}) 46... Kf6 47. g4 Rd3+ $2
(47... Kg5 $1 48. gxf5 exf5 49. Ke3 Rd1 50. Ke2 Ra1 51. d5 Ra8 52. Rd4 Kf6 53.
d6 Rd8 54. d7 Ke7 $19) 48. Ke2 Ra3 49. Rb6 $1 $10 Ra5 50. gxf5 Kxf5 {R 5/e} 51.
Rb8 $1 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kf2 g5 54. Rf8+ Kg4 55. Rf6 Ra6 56. Ke3 Kg3 57.
Ke4 g4 58. Ke5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 (59. Kxe6 $4 Ra6+ 60. Ke5 Rxf6 61. Kxf6 Kf4 $19)
59... Ra6 60. Ke5 Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 (9... Be7 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. Qd3 g6 12. h4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5
14. Qg3 exd4 15. h5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 g5 18. O-O Kh8 $15 {Marin,
M-Gavrikov,V/Tallin/1989/}) 10. Bc2 Nxc3 11. Qd3 g6 (11... Ne4 12. Qxe4 g6 13.
h4 $40) 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qf3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. O-O Qh4 16. h3 (16. g3 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bh6) 16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rad1 Qe5 20.
Rxd6 $3 Qxd6 21. Bb3 Qe7 $8 (21... Be6 22. Qf6 $18) (21... Rf8 22. Qc3 $18) (
21... Re7 22. Rd1 Qb6 23. Qf6 $1 Qxf6 24. Rd8+ $18) 22. Bg5 Qf8 (22... Qc7 23.
Qf6 Be6 24. Bh6 $18) 23. Bh6 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. a3 (11. Rd1 Nce7 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. Nfxd5 Nxd5
14. Qe2 Re8 15. Nxd5 {0,5/Speelman,J-Polugajevsky,L/Moskva/1985/}) 11... Bd6
12. Ne4 (12. Rd1 Nce7 (12... Bd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Bg4 $10 {Chernin,
A-Geller,E/Sochi/1986/}) 13. Be4 Nf6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. g3 Bd7 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Nb5
Qb6 18. Bxc6 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Nxc6 $10 {Milos-Portisch,L/Szirak izt/1987/}) 12...
Bc7 13. Rd1 Qh4 14. g3 (14. N4g3 Nf6 $132) 14... Qh5 15. N4c3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 (
16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Nf4 Qa5 $13) 16... e5 (16... Nxd4 $2 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Rxd4 g6
19. Rh4 $18) 17. Be2 Bf5 (17... Bg4 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Be3 Rad8 $10) 18. Qb3 (
18. Bxh5 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Nxd4 $19) 18... Bg4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Qxb7 (20. d5 Nd4
21. Qxb7 Ba5 22. b4 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Qc4+ 24. Ne2 Nxh2+ 25. Kg2 Qxe2 $19) 20...
Nxd4 21. Qxc7 Rac8 22. Qb7 Rxc3 23. Rxd4 {Ftacnik,L} (23. bxc3 Qxd1+ 24. Kg2
Nc2 25. Rb1 Ne1+ 26. Kf1 Nd3+ 27. Kg2 Nxc1 $19) (23. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qxd4
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 b6
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bb3 (17. N2c3 Na5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bb3
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nd6 {Shirov,A-Psakhis,L/Klaipeda/1988/}) 17... a6 (
17... Rc7 $5 18. N2g3 Rd7 $10) 18. N2g3 Nb8 $6 (18... Bh4 $1 {/\ Nce7-f5}) 19.
Qf3 Rc7 20. Nh5 $1 Nd7 (20... gxh5 $2 21. Qg3+ Bg5 22. Bxg5 $18) (20... f5 21.
Nc3 $16 Nxc3 $140 $2 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bg7#) 21. h4 $1 N7f6 $2 (21... Bxh4 22.
Nd6 Re7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. g3 (24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nf4 $16) 24... gxh5 25. gxh4
$18) (21... b5 22. Ng5 N5f6 23. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bg7#) 22. Nhxf6+
Nxf6 23. d5 $1 Nxe4 (23... exd5 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 $1 $18) (23... Nxd5 24.
Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 (25... exd5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxf6
Qe1+ 29. Kh2 $18) 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxf6 $18) (23... e5 24. d6 $18) 24. dxe6 f5
(24... fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qf7 Bf6 27. Rxd8 $18) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Biel Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O (11... Qc7 12. Qd3) (11... Qa5+ 12.
N4c3 (12. Bd2 Qb6)) 12. Qd3 Qc7 (12... e5 13. N4c3 $1) 13. O-O {So, White
decided to transpose to a well-known theoretical position, as it is not clear
what can be achieved by leaving the King in the centre.} (13. Bf4 Qb6 $13) (13.
h4 f5 14. N4c3 (14. Ng5 $2 Ncb4) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd6 $132 (15... e5 $2 16.
Qc4+ Kh8 17. d5)) 13... Rd8 {This set-up ( Qc7 and Rd8 ) was invented by V.
Ivanchuk in his game against I.Rogers (Moscow ol,1994)} 14. Ng5 g6 15. Bb3 (15.
Qf3 Bf6 16. Rd1 Bg7 $15 17. Bb3 h6 18. Ne4 Nce7 {0-1 Rogers,I-Ivanchuk,V/
Moscow olm (03) AUS-UKR ;CBM 45 1994 (34)}) 15... Bf8 $5 $146 {A new move,
compared to Kamsky-Karpov game. I think that the Knight is well-placed on d5
and should only move to f6 if necessary. It looks like the 12th World champion
agrees, as he followed me a few rounds later.} (15... Nf6 16. Rd1 Bf8 {/\
Be7-f8-g7; x d4} (16... Kg7 {Karpov} 17. Qh3 $1 e5 18. Qh6+ $3 Kxh6 19. Ne6+ g5
20. Nxc7) 17. Bf4 Qe7 {/\ b7-b6, Bc8-b7, Bf8-g7, Ra8-c8} (17... Qa5 $6 {Karpov}
) (17... Qb6 $6 {Karpov}) 18. Qe3 $6 (18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Rac1 Nd5 $132) (18. Nf3
$5 Bg7 19. Bg5 $5 {(/\Qd3-e3-f4)} (19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd7 21. Nc3 Bc6 $132)
19... e5 20. Qe3 exd4 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Ne5 $5 $36) (18. Rac1 {Karpov x Bc8})
18... Nd5 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,An (14)/Fide-Wch (Elista),1996}) 16. Rd1 (16. Qh3
Nf6 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Ba2 Bg7 19. Qh4 Nd5 20. Nc3 Nce7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bh6 f6
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Milov,V - Karpov, An/Credit Suisse, Biel (05) 1997 and
Black has no problems at all.}) 16... Bg7 17. Nf3 (17. h4 Nf6) 17... b6 {
Black have a very comfortable position and could choose beetween a couple of
plans} (17... Nce7 $5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bh4 Bd7) 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4
Nce7 20. Bg3 (20. Ba4 Nf5 21. Rac1 Qe7) 20... Qd7 {The position is almost
equal, and Vadim offered a draw. I refused, because White has no active plan
and has to play accurately.} 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf5 23. Re2 (23. Bc4 $5 $11)
23... Re8 (23... Kh8 {Milov} 24. Nxd5 (24. Rae1 Nxc3 25. bxc3 e5 (25... Bd5 $5)
) (24. Ne4 e5 $5) 24... Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qe4 $11) 24. Ne4 (24. Bc4 $1 $11
{was more precise. And it is difficult for Black to make progress}) (24. Rae1
Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bd5) 24... Bc6 {My plan was to exchange a pair of Bishops, then
a pair of Rooks and then the Queens - though I didn't think I'd be able to
achieve it without White's cooperation.} 25. Bc4 a6 26. Rc1 (26. b3 b5 27. Bxd5
Bxd5 28. Nc5 Qc6 $15) (26. Bxa6 $4 Rxa6 27. Qxa6 Bb5) 26... Bb5 27. Rec2 (27.
b3 Bc6 {/\b5}) 27... Bxc4 (27... Bh6 $2 28. Bxd5 $1 Bxd3 29. Nxf6+ Kh8 30. Nxd7
Bxc2 31. Be5+ $16) 28. Rxc4 Rec8 29. h3 $6 {Another careless move allowing
Black to make a little more progress with his plan.} (29. b3 $1 $11) 29... Rxc4
30. Qxc4 (30. Rxc4 Rc8 $15) 30... Qb5 31. Qc6 (31. b3 Qxc4 32. bxc4 Rc8 $1)
31... Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Kf7 $15 {So, Black got there all the same!. His advantage
is based on the poor position of Bg3 and Nf3. However,White still has good
defensive resources} 33. Bh2 (33. Kf1 $5 Ke7 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Rc2) 33... Ke7 34.
g4 (34. Kf1 $5) 34... Kd7 35. Rc2 Nfe7 36. Nd6 $2 {White doesn't see the
danger. I was worried about} (36. g5 $1 f5 (36... Nc6 37. gxf6 Bxf6 38. Nxf6+
Nxf6 39. Ne5+ Nxe5 40. Bxe5 Nd5 41. Kg2 $15) 37. Nf6+ Nxf6 38. Rc7+ Kd8 39.
gxf6 Bxf6 40. Rb7 $44 {with full compensation for a pawn}) 36... g5 $17 37. h4
$2 (37. Ne4 Ng6 $17) 37... gxh4 38. Nxh4 (38. Ne4 Ng6 39. Kg2 $19) 38... Nc6
39. Nf3 Rg8 $1 40. Kf1 (40. Ne4 Bh6 (40... Bf8 41. g5 h6) 41. g5 Bxg5 $19)
40... Bf8 41. Nc4 Rxg4 {Black has an extra pawn and better position, so the
rest is not difficult.} 42. Ne3 Re4 (42... Nxe3+ 43. fxe3 Bh6 44. Rc3 Ne7 $5) (
42... Nxd4 43. Nxd5 exd5 44. Nxd4 Rxd4 45. Rc7+ Ke8 46. Rc6) 43. Nxd5 exd5 44.
Rc3 Be7 45. Rd3 h5 46. Bg3 Bd8 (46... b5 $5) 47. a4 b5 48. axb5 axb5 49. Rd1
Bb6 50. Kg2 Nxd4 (50... Nxd4 51. Nxd4 Rxd4 52. Rh1 Rb4 53. Rxh5 Ke6 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Baburin Karpov Christiansen} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5.
Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bd6 $5 {[/\10...Qh4]} (9...
O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6) 10. Ne4 Be7 {[><d5]} 11. a3 O-O 12. Bc2 (12. b4 {Ftacnik} b6
13. Bb2 Bb7) 12... Qc7 {[/\13...Rd8,Bc8-d7-e8] /\ Rf8-d8} (12... b6 13. Qd3 g6
(13... f5 14. N4c3 Bf6 15. Bb3 Nc7 16. Rd1 Kh8 17. Qh3 Re8 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bxc7
Qxc7 20. d5 Na5 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. Rac1 Nxb2 23. d6 Qd7 24. Rd2 Na4 25. Nxa4 Qxa4
26. Bb3 Qb5 {1/2-1/2 Kjeldsen,J-Christensen,T/DEN-chB/1989/}) 14. Bh6 Re8 (
14... Re8 {Ftacnik} 15. Rac1 (15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f4 (16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bb1 (17.
Bb3 a6 18. N2g3 Nb8 $6 (18... Na5 19. Ba2 f5 20. Nc3 Bf6) (18... Bh4 {/\ Nce7})
19. Qf3 (19. Nh5 f5 20. Nc3 Bg5 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxd5 Kh8 24.
Nhf4 $13) 19... Rc7 (19... Bh4 $140 20. Nh5 $2 gxh5 21. Qxh5 f5 $13) 20. Nh5 $1
Nd7 (20... f5 21. Nc3 $16 Nxc3 $140 $2 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bg7#) 21. h4 $1 {
1-0 Kamsky,G-Short,N (05)/PCA-WchQual2 Linares/1994/ (26)}) (17. N2c3 Na5 18.
Qg3 Nc4 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bb3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nd6 {Shirov,A-Psakhis,
L/Klaipeda/1988/}) 17... Na5 18. Ba2 {/\ b4} Nf6 19. Nxf6+ (19. N4c3 Qc7 20.
Nb5 Qd7 21. Nf4 Be4 22. Qf1 Bc2 23. d5 e5 24. d6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd8 26. Nd5 Nxd5
27. Bxd5 {Chuchelov,V-Yakovich,Y/Leeuwarden op (07)/1995/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 19...
Bxf6 20. Nf4 {/\ b4+/-} Bg5 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe6+
Kh8 24. Bxc8 $16) 22. Rxe6 Bxh6 23. Rxg6+ Bg7 24. Rg4 Qf6 25. Bb1 h6 {1/2-1/2
Wessman,R-Moutousis,K/EU-chT Haifa (04)/1989/ (46)}) 16... Qc8 17. Ba4 a6 18.
Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 f5 20. Ng5 b5 21. Bb3 Na5 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Ba2 Rac8 24. Kf2 Bd6
25. Bg3 h6 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Kg1 Bd5 {0-1 Rodriguez,J-Panno,O/ARG-ch (04)/1989/ 
(47)}) 15... Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. Ng5 (18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Be4 Nxd4
$1 20. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Bxd4 22. Bxb7 Bxb2 $1) 18... Qd6 19. Qh4 Na5 (19...
Bf8 $5) 20. Nf4 {0-1 Semkov,S-Psakhis,L/Erevan/1988 (27) /\ 21.Nf7! Kf7 22.
Ng6! hg6 23.Bg6!+-})) 13. Qd3 Rd8 {0.10-0.35} (13... g6 14. h4 $1) 14. Ng5 {TN}
(14. Rd1 h6 15. N4c3 Nf6 16. Qc4 a6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 Ne7 21. Rac1 $14 {Iskusnyh,S-Ruban,V Kemerovo 1995}) (14. N4c3 g6 15. Bb3
Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bf6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Qe1 Be8 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Ba2 b6
22. Rc1 Na5 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rdc2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd6 {Jelen,Ig-Cebalo,M/Bled op 
(02)/1995/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 14... g6 15. Bb3 $6 {Makes the impression of being
wrong, since white has little chance to penetrate along the a2-g8 diagonal.} (
15. Qh3 $5 Nf6 {(/\16...e5)} (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f6 17. Bh6 (17. Bh4 Nf4 18.
Nxf4 Qxf4 $15) (17. Bd2 e5 18. Qf3 exd4 19. Bb3 Qf7 20. Nf4 $44) 17... e5 18.
Qf3 exd4 (18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Rad1 $5 $36) 19. Bb3 Qf7 20.
Rad1 $36) 16. Bf4 e5 (16... Qb6 17. Be5 $36) (16... Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1
e5 19. Qb3 $13 (19. Qh4 $5 exd4 20. Bb3 $36)) 17. Qb3 exf4 18. Bxg6 $1 (18.
Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Nxh7 Nxh7 20. Nxf4 Bf5 $17 21. Bxf5 Qxf4 22. Qxg6 Nf8 $17) 18...
hxg6 (18... Nxd4 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Rae1 $40) 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20.
Qxg6 Rf8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 $10 23. d5 $6 Ne5 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nxf4 Neg4
26. Qg6+ Kh8 $15) (15. h4 $6 e5 {(/\16...Bf5)} (15... Ncb4 $2 16. axb4 Nxb4 17.
Qf3 $16) 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Bb3 Bg4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qd3 Nxd4 $13 (19... Bxe2 20.
Qxe2 Nxd4 21. Qc4 $13)) (15. Qh3 $5 {Baburin}) 15... Nf6 (15... Bf6 $6 {Karpov}
16. Qh3) (15... Bf8 $6 {Karpov}) 16. Rd1 Bf8 {/\ Be7-f8-g7; x d4} (16... Kg7 {
Karpov} 17. Qh3 $1 e5 18. Qh6+ $3 Kxh6 19. Ne6+ g5 20. Nxc7) 17. Bf4 Qe7 {
/\ b7-b6, Bc8-b7, Bf8-g7, Ra8-c8} (17... Qa5 $6 {Karpov}) (17... Qb6 $6 {Karpov
}) 18. Qe3 $6 (18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Rac1 Nd5 $132) (18. Nf3 $5 Bg7 19. Bg5 $5 {
(/\Qd3-e3-f4)} (19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd7 21. Nc3 Bc6 $132) 19... e5 20. Qe3
exd4 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Ne5 $5 $36) (18. Rac1 {Karpov x Bc8}) (18. Nf3 {Ftacnik}
) 18... Nd5 19. Bxd5 (19. Qg3 $2 {Karpov} Nxf4 20. Nxf4 (20. Qxf4 Bh6 21. h4 f6
$17) 20... Nxd4 21. Qh3) (19. Qh3 $2 {Karpov} h6 20. Nf3 e5 $19) 19... exd5 $15
{Two bishops for nothing.} (19... Rxd5 $6 {Karpov} 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. d5 $1) 20.
Nf3 (20. Qxe7 $142 {Karpov} Bxe7 21. h3) 20... Qxe3 21. fxe3 (21. Bxe3 Bg4 $15
{(/\22...Bxf3)} (21... Bg4 $1 {Karpov} 22. Rd3)) 21... f6 $1 {Stops all
white`s hopes for counterplay. With control over[><e5] square.  Karpov is
happy about the opening, the bishops pair and good control of the central
squares are promising a pleasant game.} 22. Rac1 Bf5 (22... g5 {Ftacnik} 23.
Bc7 $5 Rd7 24. Bg3) 23. h3 {/\ g2-g4-g5} h5 24. Nc3 $2 (24. Ng3 $5 {(Seirawan,
Y;Christiansen,L)} Be6 25. e4 $1 {(/\26.e5)} Bg7 (25... dxe4 26. Nxe4 Be7 27.
Nc5 $132) 26. e5 {(><e5)with good chances to equalize the game.}) (24. Nh4 {
Karpov} Be4 25. Nc3 g5) 24... g5 $1 25. Bh2 h4 $1 $17 {Baburin: Black has a
very pleasant endgame, which Karpov converted into a win.} 26. Nd2 {[/\27.Rf1]}
Kf7 (26... Kg7 $1 {Karpov}) (26... Rd7 $6 27. e4 $1 dxe4 28. Ndxe4 $132) 27.
Nb3 (27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. e4 Rxd4 (28... Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Rad8 30. Rf1 Be7 $15) 29.
exf5 Rad8 30. Rc2 Bh6 $17 {(/\31...g5)}) (27. Rf1 Kg6 28. Rf2 Bd3 $15) 27...
Rac8 28. Nb5 (28. Nc5 {Ftacnik} b6) 28... a6 29. Nc3 {[/\Nc3-a4-b6;Nb3-c5]} b5
$1 30. Ne2 (30. Nc5 {(/\31.b4)} b4 $1 (30... Bxc5 31. dxc5 d4 $15 (31... d4 {
Ftacnik} 32. exd4 Nxd4 33. b4 $10)) 31. N3a4 (31. axb4 Nxb4 $15) 31... bxa3 32.
bxa3 (32. Nb7 Re8 $17) 32... Na5 $15 {(/\33...Nc4)} (32... Na5 {Karpov} 33. Nb6
$1 Rc6 34. Nb7 $1)) 30... b4 {White have played a bit clumsily, so black
managed to limit his pieces, fix the pawns tructure on the kingside and grab
the full control of the position.} 31. a4 (31. axb4 {Karpov} Nxb4 (31... Re8
$17)) (31. Nc5 Re8 32. Kf2 a5 $15) 31... Re8 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Ng1 {/\ Ng1-f3-d2,
Nb3-c5, Nd2-b3} (33. Nc5 Na5 34. Nxa6 Nc4 35. Nc7 Red8 36. b3 Na5 $17 (36...
Nb2 37. Rd2 Nd3+ $15)) 33... Na7 {/\ 34...Bc2} 34. Nc5 (34. Rxc8 {Karpov} Rxc8
35. Rc1 Bc2 36. Na1 Bxa4) (34. Nf3 $2 Bc2 $19) 34... Rc6 35. Nf3 (35. Nd3 Rxc1
36. Nxc1 Bc2 $19) 35... Rec8 36. b3 (36. Nd2 {Karpov /\ 37.Nb3} Bxc5 37. dxc5
Rxc5 38. Nb3 Rc2+ 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Rc1 Bxb3 $19) 36... a5 $1 {typical for
Karpov..} (36... Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Rxc5 39. Bd6 (39. Nd4 {Karpov /\
40.Bd6}) 39... Rc2+ 40. Kf1 {with chances to survive}) 37. Ke2 (37. g4 hxg3+
38. Kxg3 Be4 39. Kf2 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. dxc5 Rxc5 $19) 37... Be4 38. Kd2 {
and only now, when all pieces are placed perfectly...} (38. Nxe4 $2 {Karpov}
dxe4 39. Rxc6 exf3+) 38... Bxc5 39. dxc5 Rxc5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Rc1 (41. Nd4
Nc6 (41... Bxg2 $19) 42. Bd6 Nxd4 $1 43. exd4 (43. Bxc5 Nxb3+ $19) 43... Rc2+ (
43... Rc3 $5 {Karpov}) 44. Ke1 Bxg2 $19) 41... Rxc1 42. Kxc1 Nc6 $17 (42... g4
$5 {Karpov} 43. Nxh4+ (43. hxg4 h3 44. Nh4+ Kg5 45. g3 Kxg4) 43... Kg5 44. Bg3
gxh3 45. gxh3 Nc6 $17) 43. Bc7 f5 (43... d4 44. exd4 Bxf3 45. gxf3 Nxd4 46. Kd1
$1 Nxb3 47. Bb6 $1 f5 48. Kc2 g4 49. Kxb3 $1 gxh3 50. Bg1) 44. Kd2 {[#]} d4 $1
{Karpov is a perfect technician and with gusto turns opposite colour bishops
into his advantage. Both b3 and g2 pawns are firmly fixed on the squares of
the wrong colour.} (44... Bxf3 45. gxf3 g4 46. fxg4 fxg4 47. hxg4 Kg5 48. e4
dxe4 49. Ke3 Kxg4 50. Kxe4 {Seirawan,Christiansen}) 45. exd4 (45. Nxd4 Nxd4 46.
exd4 Bxg2 47. Bxa5 Bxh3 (47... g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Bxb4 g3 50. Ke3 Kf5 {
/\ 51...Kg4, 52...h3}) 48. Bxb4 Bg2 $19 (48... f4 49. Ke2 Be6 $19)) 45... f4 {
[/\46...Kf4,47...Bxf3(47...g4)]} (45... Bxf3 46. gxf3 Nxd4 47. Bb6 $1 Nxf3+ (
47... Nxb3+ 48. Kc2) 48. Ke2 (48. Ke3 $13) 48... g4 49. hxg4 fxg4 50. Bxa5 (50.
Kf2 $5) 50... Nd4+ 51. Kf2 Nxb3 52. Bxb4 $10) 46. Ke2 (46. Ne5+ Nxe5 47. dxe5
Bxg2 48. Bxa5 Bxh3 49. Bxb4 Be6 50. Kc2 h3 $19) (46. Bb6 Bd5 47. Kc2 Kf5 $19)
46... Bd5 47. Kf2 {[><g2]} (47. Nd2 Bxg2 $19) 47... Bxb3 48. Ne5+ Nxe5 49. dxe5
Bxa4 50. Bxa5 b3 51. Bc3 Kf5 $19 {White can`t prevent appearence of the second
pass pawn on the K-side.} 52. Bb2 Bc6 {The importance of the fixed pawn
structure becomes absolutely clear.} 53. Kf1 Bd5 54. Kf2 Ke4 {/\ Ke4-d3-c2} 55.
Ke2 Bc4+ 56. Kd2 (56. Kf2 Kd3 57. Kf3 Be6 58. Ba3 Kc2 59. Ke4 b2 60. Bxb2 Kxb2
61. Kd4 g4 62. hxg4 f3 63. Ke3 fxg2 64. Kf2 h3 $19) 56... f3 57. gxf3+ Kxf3 58.
e6 (58. Kc3 Be6 59. Kb4 g4 $19) 58... Bxe6 59. Bf6 g4 60. hxg4 h3 61. Be5 Bxg4
{[/\62...Kg2,63...h2]} (61... Bxg4 {Karpov} 62. Kc3 Be6 (62... Be6 63. Kb2 Kg2
$19)) 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bc2 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Ne4 Bg7
15. Qd2 b6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Nce7 18. N4c3 Bb7 19. Bg3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. f3 Rad8 23. Bf2 Bf8 24. Nc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qf7 26. d5 Bd6 27. Bg3
Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Re8 29. b4 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bf8 31. Bg3 Qd7 32. h4 Kf7 33. Qd4 h6
34. d6 g5 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Qxd5+ {Starker Bd6 nach fehlerhaftem Ausweichen des
schwarzen Königs} Ke8 $2 (36... Kg7 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yf5f4]} 37. Bf2 Bxd6
38. Bc5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Qe7 $11) 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Qg8 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Yg8g6,
Yg6f6]} g4 (38... f4 39. Qg6+ Kd8 (39... Qf7 40. d7+ $18) 40. Qxf6+ Ke8 41.
Qg6+ Kd8 42. Qxg5+ $18) (38... Qf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. d7 Ke7 41. Bd6+ $18) 39.
Qg6+ Kd8 40. Qxf6+ Ke8 41. Qg6+ Kd8 42. Be5 gxf3 43. gxf3 Kc8 44. Qg8 Qe8 45.
Qd5 Qh5+ 46. Kg2 Kd7 47. Bg3 Qg6 48. Qb7+ Ke6 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. d7 Bd6 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eriksson, Johan"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Nge2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb3 Be7 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. a3 Ne5 15.
Qh3 Ng6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rae8 21.
Qg4 Ne7 22. Bf3 Bxb2 23. Rd7 Qc5 24. Rxa7 Bxa3 25. Rb1 Nc8 26. Rb7 Qc2 27. Rf1
Bc5 28. h4 Nd6 29. Rd7 Qb2 30. g3 Re5 31. Nf4 Re1 32. Nh3 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qb5+
34. Be2 h5 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxb5 Nxb5 37. Nf4 Bd6 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Nxf8 Kxf8
{[#] Zwei Leichtfiguren mit Freibauer vs Turm} 40. Rd8+ (40. Rb7 Bc7 $5 41. f3
Ke7 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kd7 44. h5 Kc6 45. Rxc7+ $18) (40. Kg2 Ke8 41. Rb7 Bc7
$1 42. f3 Kd7 43. g4 Kc6 44. Rxc7+ Nxc7 45. gxh5 Ne6 46. h6 Nf8 $19) 40... Kg7
41. Ke2 (41. Kg2 $142 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gg3g4] mit der leisen Idee eines
Gegenspiels unter Bauernreduzierung}) 41... Bc5 42. Rc8 {Jetzt geht bereits
ein weißer Bauer verloren und die restlichen Bauern bleiben schwach.} Nd6 $1
43. Rd8 Ne4 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3]} 44. Kf3 Nxf2 45. Kf4 Ng4 {Es folgt nun eine lange
Lavierphase mit anschließendem Tausch des b-Bauern gegen beide weißen
Königsflügelbauern.} 46. Rd5 Be3+ 47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Rd8 Kg7 49. Rb8 Bc5 50. Rb7
Kg6 51. Kf4 Ne3 52. Kf3 Nf5 53. Rb8 (53. g4 Nxh4+ 54. Kg3 Kg5 (54... hxg4 55.
Kxh4 f5 56. Kg3 {sollte trotz einiger technischer Probleme gewonnen sein}) 55.
gxh5 Nf5+ 56. Kf3 Nd6 $19 {ist jedenfalls einfacher}) 53... Kg7 54. Rd8 Be7 55.
Rd7 Kg6 56. Rb7 Bc5 57. Rb8 Kh7 58. Rd8 Kg7 59. Rd7 Kf6 60. Rb7 Kg7 61. Rd7
Nd4+ 62. Ke4 Ne6 63. Rb7 Bd6 64. Kf3 Nd4+ 65. Ke4 Ne2 66. Rxb6 Nxg3+ 67. Kf3
Be5 68. Ra6 f6 69. Ra7+ Kg6 70. Ra8 Nf5 71. Rg8+ (71. Ra4 Bg3 $19) 71... Kh7
72. Rg1 Nxh4+ 73. Ke4 Kh6 74. Kd5 Nf3 75. Rg8 Kh7 76. Rg2 h4 77. Ke6 h3 78. Rg4
h2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Qe2 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bd6 14. b4 a6
15. a4 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Nf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne4 19. Bb2 f6 20. g3 Qe6 21. Qc2
g6 22. Bf1 Kg7 23. Bg2 h5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 h4 26. Qc3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rc1 Qe8 30. Qb3 Ra5 31. Bf1 Qa8 32. Bc3 Ra3 33. Qb1 Qa4 34.
Bb4 Rb3 35. Qxb3 Qxb3 36. Bxd6 cxd6 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. Rxb7 Qb4 39. Rxb6 {
[#] Überraschenderweise gewinnt Weiß nicht mit dem Freibauern, sondern im
Mattangriff, begünstigt durch den Vormarsch des schwarzen Königs.} f5 40. Rb8
Qa5 41. Rc8 Qb4 42. Rc6 g5 43. b6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rf1a6,Rb6b7]} f4 44. gxf4
gxf4 45. exf4 Kh5 (45... Qxd4 46. Rxd6+ Kg7 47. b7 Qa7 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Bg2 Qb8
50. Bxd5 $18) 46. Be2+ Kh4 (46... Kh6 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Ba6 Qxd4 49. b7 Qe4+ 50.
f3 Qb1 51. Rc8 Qa2+ 52. Kg3 Qa1 (52... Qb1 53. Bd3+ Qxd3 54. b8=Q $18) 53. Bd3+
Kg7 54. Bf5 $18) 47. Rc8 Qe1+ 48. Bf1 Qb1 49. Rg8 Qxb6 $2 (49... Kh5 $142 50.
f5 Qxb6 51. f6 Qa7 52. Bd3 Qf7 (52... Kh6 53. Kg2 Qf7 54. Rg6+ Kh5 55. f4 Qe8
56. Kf3 Qd7 57. f7 Qxf7 58. Rg1 Kh6 59. Rh1+ Kg7 60. Rh7+ $18) 53. Bg6+ Qxg6+
54. Rxg6 Kxg6 55. Kg2 Kxf6 56. f4 Ke6 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Kg4 $18) 50.
Be2 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Qb8 {Achtung-Pattwitz!} 52. Rg5 Qe8 53. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Qf6 14. Be4
Qxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 e5 17. g3 exd4 18. cxd4 Bf5 19. Nc3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Re1+ 21. Kg2 Bg7 22. Nb5 a6 23. Bb2 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 axb5 25. Rd1 Bxa1 26. Rxa1
Be6 27. Bxb7 Rxa2 28. Rd1 Ra7 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Bf3 b4 31. Rb8 b3 32. h3 Ra1 33.
Rb6 Rc1 34. g4 Rc3 35. Be4 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Bd5 Ke5 39. Bxe6
fxe6 {T - T Motive: sT deckt b-Freibauer seitlich; aktiver sK, schlechte w
Bauernstruktur; einfacher Gewinn} 40. f3 (40. Rb5+ Kd4 41. Rxh5 Rc5 42. Rh8 b2
43. Rb8 Kc3 44. Kg3 Rc4 45. Rxb2 Kxb2 46. f4 Kc3 47. h5 (47. Kg4 e5) 47... Kd3
48. h6 Ke4 49. Kg4 Rc1 $19) 40... Rc2+ 41. Kg3 b2 42. f4+ Kd4 43. f5 exf5 44.
Kf4 Kc5 45. Rb3 Rc4+ 46. Kxf5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Bc2 Bd7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Bb3 a6 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. N2c3 Qb6 19. Qf3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. Rxd7 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g3 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qd3 27.
Nf6+ Kh8 28. Qxb7 Bxf6 29. Qxf7 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 Qf5+ 31. Kg2 Bd4 32. Bxe6 Qxf7 33.
Bxf7 Rc8 34. f4 Rc3 35. a4 Ra3 36. Be8 Ra2+ 37. Kh1 Rc2 38. Bd7 Bg7 39. Bg5 Kg8
40. f5 Be5 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Bh3 Kf7 43. Bf1 a5 44. Bd3 Rb2 45. Bc4+ Kg7 46.
Bd8 Bc3 47. Bb5 Kf7 48. Bc4+ Ke8 49. Bg5 Kd7 50. Bf4 Ke7 51. Bb5 Kf6 52. Bc7
Rd2 53. Bf4 Ra2 54. Bc7 Kf5 55. Bd7+ Ke4 56. Bc6+ Ke3 57. Bf4+ Kf2 58. h4 Re2
59. Kh2 Be5 60. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[#] Die weißen K-Flügelbauern gehen gegen g6
verloren. Bei abgedrängtem wK gewinnt Schwarz technisch leicht durch
Überführung des K nach b4, ohne die vertikale Sperre aufzuheben.} 61. g4 Re3
62. g5 Re6 63. Bd7 Rd6 64. Be8 Kf3 65. h5 gxh5 66. Bxh5+ Kf4 67. Be8 Kxg5 68.
Kg3 Rf6 $1 69. Bb5 Rf5 (69... Kg6 $19) 70. Bc6 Rf6 71. Be8 Kh6 $1 72. Kg4 Kg7
73. Bd7 Rf2 (73... Kf7 $6 74. Bf5 {Idee Kf4}) 74. Kg3 Rf7 75. Be8 Rf6 76. Kg4
Kf8 77. Bb5 Ke7 78. Kg3 Kd6 79. Kg4 Kc5 80. Kg3 Kb4 81. Kg4 Rf2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 (8... c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 $14 (10. axb4 $14)) 9. f3 $6 {><e3} (9.
Nf4 $5) (9. Qc2 $5) 9... c5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 b6 12. a3 (12. Na4 c4 13. Bb1
b5 14. Nac3 (14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qe7 16. b4 a5 $36) 14... b4 15. Na4 Ba6 $15)
(12. Bb1 $5 Ba6 $5) 12... Bb7 13. Rf2 $6 (13. Na4 $142 cxd4 (13... c4 14. Bb1
$14 {/\ 15.Nac3+/=}) 14. exd4 g6 15. Nac3 Bg7 16. Bg5 $10) (13. Bb1 $5) 13...
g6 {/\ 14...Rc8; 14...Bh6} 14. Qa4 $2 (14. Na4 $2 c4 15. Bb1 Bh6 $19) (14. Bb1
$5 Rc8 (14... Na5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ba2) (14... Bh6 15. dxc5 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Rxe3
17. cxb6 axb6 18. Nd4) 15. Ba2 $15) 14... a6 (14... c4 $6 15. Bb1 Na5 16. Ba2
Bh6 17. Nd1 $13) 15. Re1 b5 (15... Bh6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ng3 d4 18. Nce4 $13)
16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Nf4 Rad8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qc1 $8 Ne5 (19... d4 20. Ne4 $13)
20. b4 $8 (20. Bf1 d4 $19) 20... Bf8 (20... Nxd3 21. Nxd3 $10) 21. Bf1 Bg7 $2 (
21... Nc4 $6 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. e4 {/\ 24.Be3=}) (21... Bh6 22. a4 $13) (21...
Rc8 $142 $17 22. Qd1 (22. Qb1 d4 23. exd4 (23. Nd1 Nc4 $17) 23... Qxd4 24. Nd1
(24. Qa1 Neg4 25. fxg4 Nxg4 26. Nh3 Nxf2 27. Nxf2 Qxd2 $19) (24. Na2 Neg4 $19)
24... Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qxf4 $19) (22. Qa1 Bg7 $36) 22... d4 23.
exd4 (23. Nb1 Neg4) 23... Qxd4 24. Nce2 (24. Nfe2 Qb6 25. Ng3 Nc4 $17) 24...
Qb6 $36) 22. Nd1 {/\ 23.Bc3=} (22. a4 $5) 22... Bh6 (22... Rc8 23. Bc3 $13) (
22... Nc4 23. Bxc4 (23. Bc3 d4) 23... dxc4 24. e4 $10) 23. Bc3 $2 $138 (23. Nd3
$142 {><c5}) 23... d4 $19 24. exd4 Rxd4 (24... Nxf3+ $6 25. gxf3 Rxe1 26. Bxe1
Qxd4 27. Bd2 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Qxd1 29. Qc7 $13) 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Ne2 (26. Qc7
Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxe1) 26... Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bxc1 28. Nxd4 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "NED-ch51"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bosch, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1996.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. Nf4 c6 10. a3 Nbd7 11. f3 Nb6 12. g4 g6 13. Rf2 c5 14. g5 Nfd7 15.
h4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bg7 17. Nfe2 Nb8 18. Bf4 a6 19. b3 Nc6 20. Bc2 Be6 21. Qd2 Qd7
22. Nd1 Nc8 23. Ne3 Nd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. f4 Ne7 26. Kg2 Qd7 27. Rh1 Nf5 28.
Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Ng3 Qg4 31. Qd1 Qxd1 32. Rxd1 Rac8 {Black really
should not have lost from this position. Perhaps it would have been better to
play 33...Bf8 immediately, or 33...a5 and then ...Bf8.} (32... Bf8 $5) (32...
a5 $5 {/\Bf8}) 33. Rd3 f5 34. Re2 Bf8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. b4 Rc8 37. Kf3 Kf7 38.
h5 {White has consolidated his position and now takes the initiative. Step one
is to put the pawn on h6.} Bd6 39. h6 {Black will always have to be on his
guard after this. If White manages to break through to h7, that will spell the
end.} Ke6 40. Ne2 Rc2 41. Nc3 Rh2 42. Re3+ Kf7 43. Nxd5 Rd2 44. Nf6 Rxd4 45.
Nxh7 Rxf4+ 46. Ke2 Rg4 47. Rd3 Ke6 48. Rh3 Be5 49. Re3 Re4 50. Nf8+ Kf7 51.
Rxe4 fxe4 52. Nd7 Bf4 53. Nc5 Bxg5 54. h7 Bf6 55. Nxb7 Kg7 56. Nc5 Kxh7 57.
Nxa6 {Black managed to cope with the h-pawn, but at the cost of losing the
queenside. The connected pawns decide.} Kg7 58. Ke3 Kf7 59. Kxe4 Ke6 60. Nc7+
Kd7 61. Nd5 Bd8 62. a4 Kd6 63. a5 Kc6 64. a6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Magdeburg"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{A memorable instructive game. After studing it, anyone should understand when
the modest isolated Pc6 is good and when - not - against the fabouleuse
isolated Pd4. Since the match Labourdonnais - McDonnel (game 23) London1834,
we know when Pc6 is good. Here we'll see the back side of the coin. More
details in the short run of the game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O
5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Qxd5 {Up to move 14 you might see 
(or not) brief opening referances:} (8... Nxd5 $142 $5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc2 Nf6 (
10... h6 11. a3 Be7 {Vyzmanavin,A-Dolmatov,S Irkutsk 1986; (18)} (11... Bd6 $5)
) 11. a3 {Speelman,J-Salov,S Linares 1992; 10.Bc2!?/ (13)}) 9. O-O Qh5 10. Ne4
Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 (11... Nc6 12. Qd3 Bd6 {Gurevich,M-Benjamin,Joe/Moscow/1987/
1-0 (41)}) 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nc6 $2 $146 {Very instructive
mistake!} ({In order to escape the following powerful positional move, more
experinced chessplayers prefere:} 14... Nd7 $142 $1 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rd8
17. h4 {'+/=' 'Lempert,I-Arkhipov,S/Naberezhnye Chelny/1993/0|1/44/'} (17. Rc7
{Ftacnik} Ne8 (17... Rb8 {Chekhov /\Ne8/}) 18. Rc5 Rb8 $13) 17... Rb8 18. g4
Bd7 19. g5 $14 {0-1 Lempert,I-Arkhipov,S/Nabereznye Chelny 1993/CBM 37/
[Ftacnik] (44)} (19. Rc7 {Ftacnik} Ba4 (19... Ne8 $1 {Chekhov} 20. Rxb7 Rxb7
21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bf3 Rxb2 $17) 20. b3 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7)) 15. Bxc6 $3 {An
important typical middlegame's technic concerning 2 standart topics: 1)
"isolated Pd4", 2) "Strong N against bad B". The change 15.Bf3xNc6!! creates a
fatal week point - c5! Put there - Nc5 will be decisively stronger than Bc8. 
The Mc Donel's nice idea, mentoned in the introduction forwords, was properly
used (among the other ) by Capablanca himself in the Wch game (10) Lasker -
Capablanca 1921. It proved that realy Pc6 is very good stoper in the fight
against isolated Pd4. Then on c6 was proposed to be changed Bc8. Here an
impressive differance is to be underline: Nc6 is taken by the Bf1. Bc8 has no
time to be developped on a6. So he stays much time arested among his own PPs
c6 and e6...} bxc6 16. Rac1 {Now look and study how the newest bulgarian
grandmaster shall attack the week pawns a7 and c6!} Rb8 17. b3 Bd7 18. f3 Rfd8
19. Kf2 Rb4 20. Ke3 Be8 21. Rc5 (21. Rc4) 21... Rb5 (21... g6 22. h4 h6 23. Ra5
Rb7 24. Rc1 h5 25. g3 Bd7 26. Nd3 f6) 22. Rdc1 {gm.Vladko Georgiev's endgame
technic shown here is highly instructive.} Rdb8 23. Nd3 f6 24. Rxb5 Rxb5 (24...
cxb5 25. Rc7 a5 26. Nc5 $16) 25. Rc4 Kf7 26. Ra4 a5 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Kc3 Bf7 29.
Rc4 Kd6 30. f4 Bg6 31. Nc5 Bh5 32. a4 Rb8 33. Ne4+ Kc7 34. Rc5 Bg6 35. Nd2 Ra8
36. g3 h5 37. Nc4 {Remember that position! It is just for those handbooks on
the theme "How to exploit Q's side week pawns a7 and c6". Let us finalized by
a very usefull conclusion: DON'T PUT ISOLATED P ON C6 against isolated Pd4, IF
YOU HAD NOT BF8 OR A N, which could savegard the square c5!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 Bf8 {This move is rare and looks illogical; however, Black plans ...b7-b6
and ...c7-c5, and in that case the bishop will stay on f8 quite decently as it
will not disturb Black's other pieces.} (8... Bd6 {is the main line.}) 9. Rc1 (
9. O-O b6 (9... a6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3 b5 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Nce2 c5
15. Bb1 Bd6 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. g4 Nf8 18. Ng3 $13 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2679)-Lahno,
K (2493)/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (55)}) 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 (11. Nf4 $1 {- game})
11... bxc5 $13 12. Qa4 $6 (12. Nf4) 12... Nbd7 13. Rfd1 $2 a6 $2 (13... c4 $1
$17 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 14. Nf4 Ne5 15. Bb5 Re7 $13 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2650)
-Georgiev,K (2650)/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (51)}) (9. Qc2 b6 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. Nb5 Na6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Ned4 Bh5 14. Rfc1 Ne4 15. Be1 Bg6 16. Qd1 Bb6 17.
a4 Qe7 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Bischoff,K (2561)-Wegener,O (2404)/
Hoeckendorf 2004/CBM 100 (29)}) 10. O-O (10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Nc6
13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Be1 Qb7 17. Nf4 Rad8 $13 {1-0
Chiburdanidze,M (2540)-Bojkovic,N (2405)/Belgrade 1996/EXT 1997 (38)}) 10...
Bb7 (10... c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Na4 Rc8 15. Rfd1 a6 16.
Bf1 Ne5 $13 {1/2 Kacheishvili,G (2505)-Dizdar,G (2550)/Pula 1997/EXT 2000 (37)}
) 11. Rad1 a6 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Bc3 Bd6 $2 (15... c4 16.
Bf5 Rb8 $13) (15... g6 $13) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 $16 {1-0 Vera
R (2549)-Bruzon L (2613)/Cuba (ch) 2003 2003/[Vera,R ] (53)}) 9... b6 10. Nf4
c5 11. O-O Ba6 {The exchange of this bishop weakens the light squares.} (11...
Nc6 $5 {e.g.} 12. Nh5 $1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. dxc5 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 14. Be2
bxc5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Nd3 $132) (13. Bb5 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nxe4 Rxe4)
13... dxe4 14. Bb5 (14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. dxc5 bxc5 {[%csl Rd3]}) 14...
Bb7 15. dxc5 Re5 $1 16. Nf4 Rxc5 $11) 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qf3 cxd4 (13... Nc7 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Be1 $14) 14. Ncxd5 $6 (14. exd4 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5]
/=}) 14... Ne4 15. Rcd1 Nc7 $6 (15... g5 $1 {was quite possible; Black wins a
piece and then gives it back at an appropriate moment, e.g.} 16. Bc3 $5 (16.
Qg4 Bg7) (16. Nh5 Qxd5 17. Bc3 Nac5 18. Rxd4 Qe6 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4
21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Nxe4+ Kg6 $17) 16... dxc3 17. Nh5 $1 (17. Nxc3 Nd2 $1 18. Qg4
(18. Qe2 gxf4 19. Rxd2 f3 $1 20. gxf3 Qc8) 18... Bg7 19. Nh3 Nc5 20. Nb1 Nxf1
21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22. Kxf1 h6 $17) 17... Bg7 18. Ndf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. Ng3
Nac5 21. b4 Rb8 22. bxc5 Nd2 23. Qf5 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Re6 $15) 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17.
exd4 Qc4 (17... Bd6 $5 18. Be3) 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 $14 {White has a damaged
pawn structure but a pawn is a pawn! Despite tremendous technical difficulties,
GM Ivan Sokolov eventually converts his material advantage.} Nxd2 {It is hard
to say whether it was better to refrain from this exchange. Say, after} (19...
Bd6 20. Nd5 Rad8 21. Nc3 {I don't see anything better than} Nxd2) 20. Rxd2 Bb4
21. Rd3 Rad8 22. g3 Kf8 (22... g5 23. Nh5 Re2 $6 24. Rc1 Rxb2 $6 25. Rc7 $40) (
22... Bd6 23. Ng2 Re2 24. Rb1 Be5 $6 25. Re3 $1 Rxe3 26. fxe3) (22... Re4 23.
Rfd1) 23. h4 (23. Rc1 $142) 23... Bd6 24. Ng2 b5 $2 {Here} (24... Re2 $1 {
was quite possible:} 25. Rb1 (25. Ne3 Rxb2 26. Ra1 Bb8 $11) 25... Be5 26. Re3
$2 {is now poor due to} Rxe3 27. fxe3 Bxg3) {After the text move White fully
consolidates his position and gradually wins.} 25. Ne3 Bc5 26. Rfd1 Bb6 27. Kg2
h5 28. Kf3 Rd6 29. Ng2 Red8 30. d5 g6 31. Nf4 Ke7 32. Rc1 Kf6 33. Rc2 R8d7 34.
b4 Kf5 35. Rc5 $1 f6 36. Rxb5 a6 37. Rc5 g5 38. Ng2 a5 39. Ne3+ Kg6 40. Rxa5
g4+ 41. Ke2 Bxa5 42. bxa5 Rb7 43. Nc4 Rd8 44. d6 Rb5 45. Kd1 Kf5 46. Kc2 Ke6
47. Re3+ Kd5 48. b3 Kc6 49. Kb2 Rf5 50. Re2 Rb8 51. Rc2 Rc5 52. Ka3 Kb5 53. Rd2
Rd8 54. d7 Kc6 55. Kb4 Rb5+ 56. Ka4 Kc5 57. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 {This symmetrical position (with the
so-called fixed centre) is nearly equal but still full of strategic niceties.}
11. Nf4 {Or else:} (11. h3 Qf6 12. Nf4 Rd8 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nh5 Qe6 15. Nf4 Qd7
16. Bb5 Rac8 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Re1 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Na5 $11 {1/2 Hoffmann,M
(2510)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139 (52)}) (11. Nc3 Be6 12. Be3
Qh4 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Bb1 Rad8 16. Re1 Na5 17. g3 Qh3 18. Ne2 Qh5 19.
Bd3 Nc4 $11 {1/2 Andersen,L (2035)-Hnatovsky,N (2288)/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM
105 (28)}) (11. Be3 Bd6 12. Bf4 (12. Nc3 Be6 13. g3 Be7 14. Bc2 Rc8 15. f4 f5
16. Qf3 Na5 17. Rae1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rc6 19. Ba4 Rb6 20. Bb3 Bf6 21. Qd3 Bf7 22.
Na4 {1/2 Ioseliani,N (2520)-Chiburdanidze,M (2525)/Groningen 1997/CBM 062 ext})
(12. Rc1 $5) 12... Be7 $5 (12... Re8 $11) 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. h3 Re7
16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bb1 Qb6 $11 {1/2 Lutsko,
I (2520)-Alekseev,E (2604)/St Petersburg 2004/EXT 2005 (38)}) (11. a3 $5 Bd6 (
11... Be7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qb3 g6 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rc5 Qe7 16. Qc3 Bg5 17. Nf4
Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Qf6 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Qc1 $14 {0-1 Bratanov,Z (2400)-Iordachescu,V
(2594)/Castellaneta 2000/EXT 2005 (54)}) 12. Bf4 $5 {The exchange of
dark-squared bishops is obviously favourable for White!} (12. Nf4 g6 (12... Qf6
13. Nxd5 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be4 Rd8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bg2 Qf5 19.
Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Qb5 21. Nd5 $14 {0-1 Edzgveradze,N (2295)-Savon,V (2427)/
Alushta 1999/EXT 2000 (42)}) 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bxg6 Ne6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxh7+
Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qg4+
Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 {1/2 Serper,G (2522)-Ehlvest,J (2614)/ICC INT
2009/CBM 132 Extra}) 12... Bxf4 (12... Re8 $5) 13. Nxf4 Qg5 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Bb5
$1 Rac8 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Be4 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qe3 Rf6 20. g3 h6 21. f3
$14 {1-0 Ivanov,J (2428)-Anka,E (2394)/France 2009/EXT 2010 (44)}) 11... Bd6 (
11... Ne7 $6 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. h3 Rd8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Re1 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17.
Bg3 Qa4 18. Bc7 Rf8 19. Qxd5 $18 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M (2515)-Voiska,M (2340)/
Vrnjacka Banja 1996/EXT 1998 (30)}) (11... Be7 12. Be3 (12. Qh5 g6 13. Nxg6
fxg6 {1/2 Pliester,L (2389)-Bitalzadeh,A (2291)/Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext})
12... Bf6 13. Rc1 g6 14. Rc5 Be6 (14... Nb4 15. Bb1 b6 16. Rc3 Bb7 17. a3 Nc6
18. Ba2 Ne7 19. Qf3 Nf5 20. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,V (2508)-Sulskis,S (2568)/
Cappelle la Grande 1999/EXT 2000 (49)}) 15. Nxe6 (15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qg4 Bg7 18. Rec1 Rad8 19. h4 Nxd4 20. h5 $44 {1-0 Khurtsidze,N (2419)-Kovanova,
B (2303)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 114 ext (42)}) 15... fxe6 16. Qg4 Qd6 (16... Qd7 17.
Rfc1 Rfe8 18. h4 Qg7 19. Bb5 h5 20. Qh3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23.
Rxc6 Qxb2 24. Re1 $16 {1/2 Ivanov,J (2347)-Van der Wiel,J (2508)/Amsterdam
2005/CBM 107 ext (53)}) 17. Rfc1 Ne7 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rf7 21.
R1c2 $14 {1-0 Ivanov,J (2429)-Trajkovic,P (2344)/Sautron 2002/EXT 2003 (43)}) (
11... g6 12. a3 Be7 (12... Bd6 $142 $5) 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 b6 16.
Re1 Ba6 {1-0 Milov,V (2676)-Simutowe,A (2419)/Oak Brook 2007/CBM 118 ext (33)}
17. Ba2 $14) (11... Qd6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h4 a6 16. h5
Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Hellsten,J (2557)-Plachetka,
J (2435)/Aghia Pelagia 2004/CBM 101 ext (32)}) (11... Ba5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6
Bb6 (13... Nxd4 14. Nh5 Ne6 15. Bf5 $1) 14. Be3 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 {0-1
Dambacher,M (2407)-Marciano,D (2512)/Germany 2004/EXT 2006 (32)} 16. Nh5 $1 Ne6
17. Rfe1 $44) (11... Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qg4 Qf6 15. Be3 Kh8 16.
Rad1 Ba5 17. Bb1 Bb6 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Bh6 Rfe8 $13 {1/2 Zhigalko,S (2671)
-Alekseev,E (2701)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 847 (27)}) 12. Re1 {
The other moves are too "modest":} (12. g3 Re8 $11 (12... Bxf4 $143 13. Bxf4
Nxd4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxd4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Be6 18. h4 $14 {
1-0 Georgiev,V (2523)-Chernuschevich,A (2513)/France 2009/EXT 2010 (27)})) (12.
Be3 Bxf4 $5 (12... Be6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17.
Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qg6+ {1/2 Ftacnik,L (2540)-Macieja,B (2613)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108})
(12... g6 13. Rc1 (13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. h4
e5 $11 {1-0 Vladimirov,E (2621)-Gelashvili,T (2542)/Dubai 2004/CBM 101 (27)})
13... Ne7 14. Qf3 Be6 $5 15. Rc3 Qd7 $11 16. Nh5 $2 gxh5 17. Qf6 Qd8 $1 $19 {
0-1 Georgiev,V (2519)-Psakhis,L (2581)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Psakhis] (31)}) 13.
Bxf4 Qf6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Rc1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 (16... Rac8 17. a3 h6 {1/2
Kharitonov,A (2531)-Sulypa,A (2476)/Kavala 2008/CBM 125 Extra}) 17. Rfd1 Re7
18. a3 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Milov,V (2652)-Anand,V (2788)/Bastia 2005/EXT 2006 (46)})
12... Qh4 {Other moves seen in practice (most of them are quite enough for
equality):} (12... Ne7 $6 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Re8
17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qc7 $14 {1/2 Bareev,E (2310)-Eingorn,V (2530)/Kharkov 1985/
MCL (43)}) (12... Qf6 $6 13. Nxd5 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qh4 15. g3 Qd8 16. Qc2 h6 17.
Rad1 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 20. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M (2525)
-Hansen,S (2495)/Lippstadt 1997/CBM 059 ext (45)}) (12... Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8
14. Be3 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd4 Qe4 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Re1 Qf5
20. Be5 Rc8 21. Bc3 {1/2 Dambacher,M (2388)-Van der Wiel,J (2508)/Amsterdam
2005/CBM 107 ext}) (12... Nb4 13. Bb1 Qf6 14. Nxd5 (14. a3 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4
16. axb4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Ba2 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Qd3 Rc8 {1/2 Georgiev,
V (2501)-Marin,M (2556)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003}) 14... Nxd5 15. Qh5 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2
Qd6+ 17. Kg1 h6 18. Qe5 Qd8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Bf4 Bd7 21. Be5 Qg5 $11 {1/2
Mchedlishvili,M (2540)-Aleksandrov,A (2654)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 (47)}) (12...
h6 13. Bb1 Ne7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qc3 Rd8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19.
Nxd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxh6 Qf6 22. Be3 Bf5 $11 {1/2 Hase,M (2520)
-Goncharov,I (2412)/RCCA Email 2003/ICCF CBM 120 (29)}) (12... g6 13. Bc2 (13.
Nxd5 Be6 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qxd4 16. Bg5 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qd4 18. Rxb7 Nb4 $11 {
1/2 Wiacek,K (2528)-Taylor,W (2527)/ICCF WS 2006/ICCF CBM 136 (32)}) 13... Be6
(13... Nb4 14. Bb3 $5 Bf5 15. Bd2 Be4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Re2 Bd6 19.
Nxd5 Be6 20. Ne3 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Re8 22. Qd3 $14 {1/2 Moreno Ruiz,J (2463)-San
Segundo Carrillo,P (2516)/Collado Villalba 2004/EXT 2006 (37)}) 14. Nxe6 (14.
Bb3 $5) 14... fxe6 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Rad1 a6 18. f3 Bf4 19. Bf2 Qg5
$11 {1/2 Cuno,T (2494)-Goncalves,J (2556)/ICCF 2001/ICCF Telechess CBM 107 (27)
}) 13. g3 Qg4 14. Be2 (14. f3 Qd7 15. Be3 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Qd8 17. Kg2 Be6 18. Rc1
Rc8 {1/2 Ojeda,J (1926)-Kurpnieks,V (1752)/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 119}) 14...
Qf5 15. Be3 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 {The bishop pair is usually insufficient for an
advantage in positions with the fixed centre.} Be6 17. Bd3 Qg4 18. f3 (18. Qa4
Rfe8 $11 {[%cal Ye6f5]}) 18... Qh5 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Rfe8 21. Rc3 Bd7 22. h4
Re7 23. Kg2 f6 24. Bf2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qf7 26. Qb1 g6 27. b4 Ne7 28. Qc1 Rxc3 29.
Qxc3 a6 30. Qc5 Nc8 (30... Qe6 $11) 31. g4 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Bg3 Ne7 34. Qc7
(34. Qb6 Bf5 $1 35. Bf1 Qe6 $1 36. Qxb7 Bh3+ 37. Kf2 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 Qe3 39. Kg2
Qe2+ 40. Bf2 Kf7 41. a4 Kg6 $132 {[%cal Ye7f5]}) 34... Nc6 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. a3
Be8 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Bc7 f5 $6 (38... Bg6 39. Bxa6 (39. Bf1 Nxd4 40. Bd6 Qe6 41.
Qxb7+ Bf7 42. Qxa6 Nc2 43. Bc5 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 d4 $132) (39. Bxg6 Kxg6 40. Qxb7 $6
Nxd4) 39... bxa6 40. Qxc6 Bd3 {with a dead draw due to opposite-coloured
bishops.}) 39. Bg3 $6 (39. Qxb7 Kf8 40. Qb6 $1 (40. Kg2 $143 Qg7+) 40... Qxh4+
41. Bg3 Qxd4+ 42. Qxd4 Nxd4 43. Bxa6 {with fair winning chances due to the
bishop pair and queenside passed pawns.}) 39... f4 $1 40. Bxf4 Qxh4+ 41. Bg3
Qe7 42. b5 axb5 43. Bxb5 Kg8 44. Bxc6 Bxc6 45. Qb1 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. h3 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15.
Qd3 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Qd6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Ba2 Ne5 21. Qb5
Qc6 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. b4 Rd7 26. Ne4 Bb2 27. b5 Na5
28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Nf4 Re7 30. Nd6 Bxa3 31. Nf5 Re5 32. Nh5 Rxb5 33. Nhxg7 Nc4
34. Rd7 Bb2 35. Nh5 Kh7 36. Rxa7 Nd2 37. Rf2 Bc3 38. Kh2 Rb1 39. h4 b5 $6 (
39... Ne4 40. Rf4 Rb5 $14) 40. Rc7 $6 (40. Ra6 f6 41. Ra7+ $18) 40... b4 41.
Rc6 Rd8 $2 (41... f6 42. Rc7+ $16) 42. Nxh6 $2 (42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ $18)
42... Rf1 $16 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44. Nxf7 Rb8 45. Nf4 $2 (45. Rc7 Rf8 46. Ne5+ $18)
45... b3 $11 46. Nd3 b2 47. Nxb2 Bxb2 48. Ng5+ Kh8 49. Nf3 Ne4 50. g4 Ba3 51.
Rc2 Rb1 52. g5 Rf1 53. Ng1 Bd6+ 54. g3 Nxg3 55. Kg2 Rf8 56. Nf3 Kg7 57. Rc6 Ne4
58. h5 Rf4 59. Ra6 Rg4+ 60. Kf1 Ng3+ 61. Kg2 Nf5+ 62. Kf1 Rg3 63. Ke2 Rg2+ 64.
Kd3 Rf2 65. Nd4 Nxd4 66. Rxd6 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Inf.41/646} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7.
O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Ba2
$1 (13. d5 {- Inf.37/(628)}) 13... Re8 (13... Be6 $2 14. d5 $1 {/\ c4}) (13...
Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. f4 $1 $16) (13... Bf5 14. Ng3 $16) (13... b6 14.
Re1 $5 Bb7 15. Ng3 exd4 16. Nf5 Qc5 17. Nh6+ $1 $16) (13... Rd8 $5) 14. d5 $5
Na5 (14... Ne7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. d6 $18) 16. Ng3 {/\ f4+/-}) (14...
Nb8 15. Ng3 $16 {Chekhov}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Qa4 $6 b6 16. Bxf6 Bd7 $1 17. Bxe5
Rxe5 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. Rfe1 (19. c4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rc8 $11) 19... Rae8 20. c4 Bxc4
$11) 15... Qxf6 16. Qa4 Qd8 $8 17. Ng3 $5 (17. Rad1 $6 b6 {(Ba6)} 18. Ng3 (18.
d6 Qd7 $5 {/\ Ba6, Rac8}) 18... Qd7 $36 {<->c}) 17... Bd7 $2 (17... b6 18. f4
Qd7 (18... Ba6 $5 19. Rf2 e4 $1 20. Nxe4 $140 $2 Bc4 $1 $17 {->[+]}) 19. Qxd7
Bxd7 $13) 18. Qb4 $16 (18. Qe4 $2 b6 {/\ Nb7-c5<=>}) 18... b6 $8 {[><a5]} 19.
f4 Nb7 {[/\ a5, Nd6]} 20. fxe5 $1 Rxe5 21. d6 $1 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 (22... fxe6
23. Rad1 {/\ Qf4 Chekhov}) 23. Nf5 {[/\ 24.Qd4 Qg5 25.Qd5]} Kh8 $6 (23... Nc5
$5 24. Qd4 Qf8 $8 25. Rae1 Rd8 26. Qh4 $1 Kh8 $16) 24. Qd4 Qf8 $8 (24... Qf6
25. Qd5) (24... Rf6 25. d7) (24... f6 25. d7) 25. Rae1 Nxd6 $6 (25... Nc5 26.
Rxe6 Nxe6 27. Qd5 Re8 (27... Rd8 28. Nh6 $1 Rd7 29. Qxe6) 28. Ne7 {(/\ 29.Qxe6
fxe6 30.Rxf8 Rxf8 31.Nc6 Rf7 32.Ne5)} Nc5 29. Rf3 $18 {/\ Rh3-h7}) 26. Rxe6 Nb5
27. Qe5 $1 fxe6 28. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 3]} 1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. a3 Ng4 $1 {In a calm looking position, Acs
decides on a quick attack against the white king.} 10. h3 $2 {This gets White
into some trouble, but there were better alternatives.  Stohl: 'Van Wely plays
for a win by inviting a dangerous attack - not the right thing to do against
Acs!'} (10. g3 {is safe but weakens the kingside in the long term, whereas}) (
10. Nf4 g5 $5 {looks very unclear.} (10... c6 {Stohl} 11. h3 Bxf4 12. exf4 Nf6
13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Qf3 Nb6 15. b3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Be6 19.
Bc2 f5 20. Bd2 Qf7 21. Re5 Nd7 22. Re3 Nf6 23. Rae1 Bd5 $14 {Obukhov,
A-Ikonnikov,V/Cheliabinsk/1989/})) 10... Nh2 $1 {[%mdl 128] Stohl: 'This
sortie in connection with the following sacrifice guarantees Black at least a
draw.'} 11. Re1 Nf3+ (11... Bxh3 {Stohl} 12. gxh3 Nf3+ 13. Kg2 $14 {doesn't
give Black anything tangible.}) 12. gxf3 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 (13. Ng3 Bxg3 14. fxg3
Qxg3+ 15. Kh1 (15. Kf1 Bxh3+ 16. Ke2 Qg2#) 15... Qxh3+ 16. Kg1 Qg3+ 17. Kh1 Re6
$1 18. e4 Rg6 {and White must resign.}) 13... Qh4 $1 14. Nf4 {Now White loses,
but it seems his position was already beyond repair.} (14. f4 Qxh3+ 15. Kg1 Bg4
$1 16. Qa4 Bf3 $3 17. Qxe8+ Bf8 {and mate on g2 or h1 can't be stopped.}) (14.
Kg1 Bxh3 (14... Qxh3 $2 {Stohl} 15. Nf4 Qh4 16. Nb5 Qg5+ 17. Ng2 Bh3 18. Bf1
$16) (14... Qg5+ {Stohl} 15. Kh1 Qh4 $11) 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qa4 (16. Qb3 {Stohl}
Bf3 17. Ng3 Bxf4 $1 18. Nce2 Bd6 19. Qxb7 Nd7 20. Bf5 Nf6 $19) (16. Qd2 $6 {
Stohl} Re6 $19 {->}) 16... Re6 $1 ({With the queen on h4 rather than h3, White
survives after} 16... Bf3 17. Qxe8+ Bf8 18. Ng3 Qh3 19. Bf1) 17. Ng3 Rh6 18.
Qe8+ Bf8 {Now White must try to prevent Bg4-f3 and Qh4-h1! sacrificing a queen
for mate.} 19. Nxd5 (19. Be4 Re6 $1 20. Qb5 dxe4 {and White will lose very
soon on the light squares.}) 19... Nc6 $3 (19... Bf3 20. Ne7+ $1 {forces the
queens off}) 20. Qe4 ({Now that the c6 knight covers e7, White loses after} 20.
Qxa8 Bf3) 20... Qh2+ $1 21. Kf1 Re8 $3 {Once again attempting to sacrifice the
rook, and finally after} 22. Qxe8 (22. Qg2 Bh3 {wins the queen, and}) (22. Qh1
Qxh1+ 23. Nxh1 Rxh1+ 24. Kg2 Rxe1 {leaves Black a rook up.}) 22... Bf3 {
mate is inevitable.}) 14... Bxh3 15. Ncxd5 {What else? After} (15. Nxh3 {
comes the standard mating pattern} Qxh3+ 16. Kg1 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bg3+ 18. Kg1 Qh2+
19. Kf1 Qxf2#) (15. Ng2 Qxf2 16. Bf1 (16. Rg1 Re6 $19) 16... Nc6 $19) 15... Re6
$1 {[%mdl 64] The rook enters the attack with decisive effect.} 16. Nxe6 {
Stohl: 'There was no effective defence against the threat Rh6.'} Bf5+ $1 17.
Kg1 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Bg3 {There is no way to stave off mate.} (18... Bg3 19. fxg3 (
19. Qd2 Bxd3+ 20. Re2 Qh1#) (19. Ne7+ {Stohl} Kh8 20. Qd2 Bxd3+ 21. Re2 Qh1#)
19... Bh3#) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1998.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gelfand} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5 {Gelfand} 5. Bd3 Nc6
6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Qd3
Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ng5 g6 15. Bb3 Bf8 $5 $146 (15... Nf6 16. Rd1 Bf8 (16...
Kg7 {Karpov} 17. Qh3 $1 e5 18. Qh6+ $3 Kxh6 19. Ne6+ g5 20. Nxc7) 17. Bf4 Qe7
18. Qe3 $6 Nd5 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,An (14)/Fide-Wch (Elista),1996}) 16. Qh3 (16.
Rd1 Bg7 17. Nf3 b6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 Nce7 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf5
{0-1 Milov,V-Gelfand,B/Credit Suisse 1997 (50)}) 16... Nf6 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Ba2
Bg7 19. Qh4 Nd5 20. Nc3 Nce7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bh6 f6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1/2-1/2
Milov,V-Karpov,A/Credit Suisse 1997 (79)}) 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bc2 Re8 (11... b6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8
14. Rad1 Bf6 15. Ne4 Bh8 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Ba4 Bb7 18. N2c3 f5 19. Nd2 a6 20. Nf3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Gofshtein,L-Filippov,V/Bourbon Lancy op 1997 (49)}) 12. Qd3 g6 13.
Rd1 (13. Bh6 $5) 13... Bf8 14. Bb3 (14. Ne4 $5 Bg7 15. h4 Nce7 16. h5 b6 17.
hxg6 hxg6 18. Bg5 $36 {1-0 Knaak,R-Vilela,J/Camaguey-A 1987 (34)}) 14... Bg7
15. Ne4 Nce7 16. h4 h5 17. Bg5 (17. Qf3 Nf5 18. Bg5 Qb6) (17. N2g3 $5) 17...
Qb6 18. N2g3 $2 (18. Nc5 $5 Nf5 19. Rac1 $14) 18... Bd7 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Nge4 (
20. Bc2 Nf5 21. Nxf5 exf5 $15) 20... f6 $2 (20... Nf5 21. Bxd5 $140 exd5 22.
Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Bb5) 21. Bxd5 (21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Nxe6 Bd5) 21... Nxd5 22.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxg6 (23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Nxe6 Re7 $13) 23... Qd8
24. Rd3 Kf8 (24... Qd5 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. Bf6 $18) (24... b6 25. Bh6 $18) 25. Rg3
Bd5 (25... b6 26. Bh6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Rg7+ Kd6 29. Qf4+ $18) 26. Bxf6
Bxf6 27. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 {We have another fine game from uncompromising, smart, and creative
Czech Super-GM, David Navara.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {Not long ago this year, Navara lost a crucial game in the
European championship to Inarkiev, in the very same line.} Re8 {(498s)} (7...
c5 {is another classical choice here.} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 {and now we have
transposed to the famous Botvinnik-Capablanca game!} b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qa4 (14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Qc1 Ne4 16. Rd1 $6 (16.
Bxg7 $1 $146 Kxg7 17. Qxc4 $16 {[%csl Ya6,Ye4][%cal Gc4a6,Gc4e4]}) 16... Qh4
$15 {1-0 (41) Tregubov,P (2625)-Fedorchuk,S (2656) Paris 2014}) 14... Qb6 15.
Qxc4 Rfd8 16. Ra2 Rac8 17. Rc2 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21.
Kf1 Kf7 22. Ke1 (22. Ng1 $1 $146 {[%cal Gg1f3,Gf3e5]}) 22... g6 23. Ng3 c4 24.
Ne4 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Bd4 Ra5 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. Rxc4 Rxa3 29. Rc7+ $14 {
1/2-1/2 (101) Duda,J (2658)-Ganguly,S (2652) Berlin 2015}) 8. O-O Bd6 (8... Bf8
{was Inarkiev's choice; we cannot know what Navara's improvement was to be, at
least this time!} 9. Bd2 b6 10. Nf4 Bb7 11. Qf3 a6 12. Rad1 Ra7 13. Bc2 c5 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Qh3 g6 16. Nce2 Bc6 17. Bc3 Nbd7 18. Bb3 Qa8 19. g4 Ne5 20. g5 d4
21. f3 dxc3 22. gxf6 c4 23. Bc2 Nxf3+ 24. Kf2 cxb2 25. Qg3 Qb8 26. Nc3 Ne5 27.
h4 Rd7 28. h5 Qd8 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Kg1 Kf7 32. Ne4 Bh6 33. Qh4
Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36. Bd5+ Kxf6 37. Nxg6+ Kg5 {0-1 (37) Navara,
D (2735)-Inarkiev,E (2686) Gjakova 2016}) 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rc1 b6 {(347s)
Stefansson, follows Inarkiev's idea, with the difference of having his bishop
on d6.} (10... Nbd7 11. Ng3 b6 12. Nce2 (12. Nf5 Bf8) 12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. Bc3 Ne5 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Nf4 d4 (16... Ned7 $5 17. Nf5 Bxf4 18. exf4 d4 19.
Bd2 Qb6 $15) 17. exd4 (17. Bd2 Qb6 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. b3 Rad8 24. Rc4 d3 25. Be3 Qa5 26. Bd4 d2 27. Qc2
Nxg3 28. fxg3 Re1 29. Ra4 Qb5 {0-1 (29) Shimanov,A (2593)-So,W (2760) Las
Vegas 2015}) 17... Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxf4 19. dxc5 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Qd5 21. Ne4 Nxe4
22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. f3 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Qf5 26. Qe3 f6 $13 {[%csl Yh1]
[%cal Gg8f7,Ga8e8]}) 11. Ng3 $1 $146 (11. f3 Bb7 12. Qe1 (12. e4 $5 dxe4 13.
fxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bc4 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 c6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rc3
Ra7 20. d5 $13) 12... c5 13. g4 Nc6 14. Qh4 g6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Be7 $1 {
[%cal Gh7h6]} 17. Qf2 Ng7 18. f5 Bxg5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 Nb4
22. Rf7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 Rb8 25. Qa7 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 (25) Valsecchi,A 
(2466)-Zhigalko,A (2585) Padova 2015}) 11... c5 12. Bb1 {Now it is clear why
the bishop is better on f8: in the event of Nf5, the bishop on d6 will not be
under attack and Black can parry any attack on kingside by means of g6.} Be6 $6
{Not the best square for this bishop.} (12... Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 {and now the
bishop is correctly placed on b7 in a position which harmonises well with
Black's hanging pawns.}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {Sad necessity.} (13... bxc5 {seems
more plausible but it is not tactically justified.} 14. e4 (14. Na4 c4) 14...
d4 15. Na4 c4 16. f4 {and Black's pieces are getting in the way of each other.
White's initiatve will soon become overwhelming.}) 14. Nce2 {This is not one
of those 'isolated' d-pawns. Black's pieces are not correctly placed and his
a6-b6 pawns moves are nothing but permanent weaknesses.} Nbd7 15. Bc3 Bd6 16.
Nd4 Rc8 17. Qe2 b5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e4 Bf4 $6 {There is no need for this
provocative move.} (19... Be5 {directly could help black to neutralize White's
edge.}) 20. Rce1 Be5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. f4 $1 {The key! Now White has all of
his pieces mobilised for a kingside attack. The bishop on b1 will turn into a
monster very soon.} Qb6+ $2 {This just makes things worse.} 23. Kh1 Ng6 24. e5
Nd7 25. Qh5 Ndf8 26. f5 {It is all over now.} exf5 27. Nxf5 Rcd8 28. Nd6 Re6
29. Qf3 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 $1 {An elegant finish!} Qxd6 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Rxd5 $1 {
A crushing victory for Navara. Although, we should admit that Stefansson did
really make only one mistake, nevertheless it was enough for Navara to wrap up
the game convincingly. With this win, Navara sealed the deal in the Czech
Republic's favour: 3-1 against Iceland!} 1-0

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 $5 (10. axb4 dxc3 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxc3 Bg4 13. f3 d4
14. Bxh7+ Nxh7 15. exd4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Re1) 10... Bxc3 (10... Be7 11.
f3 $1 {[%cal Yc1f4,Yd1d2,Yg2g4,Yg1h1,Yf1g1,Ye2g3]}) 11. bxc3 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} (
11. Nxc3 Nxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4) 11... Ne7 {[%cal Yc8f5]} (11... h6 12.
f3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Yg2g4,Yg1h1,Yf1g1]}) (11... Bg4 $142 12. Bg5 $1 Qd6 $140 $2
13. Qb1 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7]}) 12. Qc2 (12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bh4 Nd6) 12... Bd7 13.
Bg5 $1 Ng6 14. f4 h6 (14... Re8 15. f5 Nf8 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nh5 N8d7 18. Rf3)
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f5 $1 Ne7 17. Ng3 Nc8 (17... Kh8 {[%cal Ye7g8,Yg8f6]} 18. Nh5
Qg5 19. f6 $1 Qxh5 20. fxe7 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Be6 22. Rxe6 $1 $18) (17... Qg5 18.
Rf3 $1) 18. Rf4 $1 (18. Rf3 Kh8) 18... Nd6 (18... Qd6 19. f6 $3 Qxf4 20. Bh7+
Kh8 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Nxf4 $18) 19. Qf2 $1 Rfe8 (19... Ne8 20.
Nh5 Qg5 21. h4 $1 Qxh5 22. g4 $1) (19... Qd8 20. f6 (20. h4 $1) 20... g5 21.
Nh5 $1) 20. Nh5 Qd8 21. Nxg7 $1 Ne4 (21... Kxg7 22. f6+ Kh8 23. Qh4) 22. Bxe4
Rxe4 23. f6 Kh7 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qf4 Bc6 26. Re1 $1 (26. Qf5+ Kh8 (26... Kg8
$2 27. Ne6 $1) 27. Rf1 (27. Ne6 $2 fxe6 28. Qg6 Qf8 $1 $17) 27... Qd5) 26...
Qf8 27. c4 $1 (27. Re3 Qxa3 28. Rh3 Qa1+ $13) 27... Qxa3 28. Nf5 Qf8 29. Re3
Bd7 30. Rg3 Bxf5 31. Qxf5+ (31. Qxf5+ Kh8 32. Rg7) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4
d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. a3 Qc7 $5 (12... Qb6 $6
13. Qd3 g6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qf3 e5 $2 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Qb3 {Dautov} Qxb3 18. Bxb3
$16 {Salov-Timman (03)/Sanghi Nagar Fide cm/1994}) (12... Re8 13. Qd3 g6 14.
Bh6 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. N2c3 (17. Bb3 a6 18. N2g3 Nb8 (18... Na5
$13 {Huebner/}) (18... Bh4 $32 {/\Nce7 Suba/}) 19. Qf3 Rc7 $2 20. Nh5 $18 {
Kamsky,G-Short,N (5)/Linares PCA qual/1994/1:0/26/}) 17... Na5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19.
Ba4 Bc6 $10 {Shirov,A-Psakhis,L/Klaipeda/1988/0:1/68/}) (12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Be3 Be6 17. Qh5 Qd5 $10 {Malisauskas,V-Serper,G/
Miedzybrodzie/1991/0,5/28/}) 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Ng5 $6 (14. Bg5 $2 f5 15. Bxe7
fxe4 16. Bxd8 (16. Qxe4 Ncxe7 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 16... exd3 17. Bxc7 dxe2 $17)
14... g6 15. Qf3 (15. Qh3 $142 Nf6 (15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f6 17. Bh6 e5 18. Qf3
exd4 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Rad1 $36) (15... h5 16. Qf3 Bf6 17. Rd1 Bg7 18. Bb3 $14)
16. Qh4 $13 {Dautov} (16. Bf4 e5 $19 (16... e5 17. Qb3 exf4 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19.
Nxh7 Nxh7 20. Nxf4 Bf5 21. Nxg6+ Bxg6 22. Qxg6 Bf8 $19)) (16. Bb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
Rxd4 18. Re1 Qc6 19. Be3 Rd3 $17) (16. Be3 e5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf3 Bxg5 19. Bxg5
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 $17) (16. Rd1 $2 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Qxc2 $1 $17)) 15... Bf6 (
15... Nf6 $2 16. Bf4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb3) 16. Rd1 Bg7 $15 17. Bb3 h6 18.
Ne4 Nce7 19. N4c3 $6 {? Dautov} (19. Be3 Nf5 (19... Bd7 {Dautov} 20. Rac1 Bc6
21. Qh3 Nf5 $10) 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Nc5 $15) (19. Qh3 $5 {Dautov} e5 20. Qf3 Bf5
$10 (20... f5 21. N4c3 e4 22. Qh3 Kh7 23. Bg5 $36)) (19. N2c3 $5 $10 {Dautov /\
} Nf5 20. Be3) 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Nxc3 Nf5 $17 (20... Qb6 {Dautov} 21.
Na4 Qc6 $15) (20... Nf5 21. d5 Nd4 (21... e5 $5) 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxh6 Qb6 24.
Rd1 $44)) 20... Qc6 21. Qxc6 $6 (21. Qg3 {Dautov} b6 $15 {/\Bb7}) 21... Nxc6
$17 22. Be3 Na5 23. Ba2 b6 24. d5 Ba6 25. Ng3 e5 (25... exd5 {Dautov} 26. Bxd5
Rac8 27. Ne4 Bc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Bd4 f5 $17) 26. f4 Nc4 27. Bc1 (27. Bxc4
Bxc4 28. d6 (28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxh6 Bxd5) 28... f5 $17) 27... exf4 28. Bxf4 Nb2
$19 29. Bc7 (29. Rd2 {Dautov} Bxc3 30. Rc2 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 $19) 29... Nxd1 30.
Rxd1 (30. Bxd8 {Dautov} Nxc3 $19) 30... Rd7 31. d6 Rc8 32. Bd5 Be5 33. Ne4 Kg7
34. Re1 (34. Bc6 $2 {Dautov} Rcxc7 $19) 34... Rcxc7 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 {The most solid reply.} 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {It's recommended to develop the knight here, rather than on
f3. In future White may go forward by f2-f3 and e3-e4.} Re8 8. O-O Bf8 (8...
Bd6 9. f3 (9. Bd2 {is a bit more flexible.}) 9... c5 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Nbd4 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (89) Gelfand,B (2736)-Carlsen,M (2714) Moscow 2007})
9. Bd2 c6 {Another plan is b7-b6 followed by c7-c5 where Black might get two
hanging pawns in the centre.} (9... b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4 Ba6 12. Qf3 (12. Bxa6
Nxa6 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc7 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. h3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (36)
Arizmendi Martinez,J (2544)-Edouard,R (2674) Linares 2014}) 12... Bxd3 13. Nxd3
Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Qh3 Rb8 $132 {0-1 (35) Nakamura,
H (2774)-Gelfand,B (2733) Monte Carlo 2011}) 10. Rc1 (10. Qc2 a5 11. Rad1 Na6
12. a3 b5 {This is committal as the Pc6 is now weak.} (12... Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]
is perfectly playable for Black.}) 13. Bc1 b4 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Ng3 c5 16. Bxa6
Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Rxa6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. b3 $14 {1-0 (50) Epishin,V 
(2578)-Belikov,V (2502) Dortmund 2001}) 10... a5 $146 (10... g6 $6 {This move
is not necessary at this moment.} 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Kh1
Nc6 (14... Bd7 15. b4 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Qxe3 17. Nc7 $16) 15. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 16. Nc7
Be6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Nd4 $16 {1-0 (41) Short,N (2680)-Morrison,G 
(2351) England 2014}) 11. f3 c5 {The standard reaction to White's last move,
as the a7-g1 diagonal is now weakened.} 12. Be1 $5 {Baadur is eager to
transfer the bishop to h4, without caring too much about the Pe3.} (12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Nd4 {is more positional stuff. Objectively, White is slightly better.
Here is what could follow:} Nc6 (13... Bd7 14. Na4 (14. Ncb5 Qb6 {is okay for
Black.}) 14... Bxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 {is slightly preferable for White thanks to
the pair of bishops that might become active in the long run.}) 14. Ncb5 Qb6
15. Nc7 $1 Bxd4 16. Nxa8 Bxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 {The knight is coming
out via c7, so the extra exchange should tell.}) 12... Rxe3 {Accepting the
challenge.} ({It's wrong for Black to close the centre by} 12... Nc6 13. Qd2 $1
c4 $6 {After} 14. Bb1 {[%cal Ge3e4,Ge1h4] followed by e3-e4, White will get a
promising initiative.}) 13. Bh4 (13. Bf2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxe3 $6 dxe3 {
is in Black's favour.}) 14... Re8 {White has positional compensation for the
pawn, but hardly more than that.}) 13... Nc6 14. Nf4 (14. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 {
would spoil Black's structure, but White can't really benefit from that.
Meanwhile, he is a pawn down.}) 14... Be6 (14... cxd4 $6 15. Ncxd5 Re5 16. Bc4
Be7 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd2 {is dangerous for Black. The king is
really vulnerable.}) 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Kh1 Be7 {Jakovenko plays it safe.} (
16... Qd6 17. Nxe6 (17. Bxf6 $2 Qxf4) 17... Rxe6 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Qc2 Bb6 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5 Re2 22. Qd3 Nb4 23. Qb1 $14) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ncxd5 Bxd5 19.
Nxd5 Re8 (19... Bxb2 20. Nxe3 Bxc1 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxc1 {is likely to be
equal as well, even though Black's king here is less safe than his counterpart.
}) 20. Qb3 Be5 $1 21. Qxb7 Ne7 {Eliminating White's annoying knight; Black
neutralises the opponent's initiative.} (21... Qh4 $4 22. f4 $18) 22. f4 (22.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qc6 g6 24. Rcd1 Rc8 25. Bc4 Qf8 26. Qa6 Bxb2 27. f4 Rc5 $11)
22... Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. fxe5 Ne3 {An important intermediate move before
capturing the Pe5.} (24... Rxe5 $2 25. Rc5) 25. Rf4 (25. Be4 Nxf1 26. Bxa8 Rxa8
27. Rxf1 Kf8 {Black is a pawn down, but will have no troubles to secure a draw
here. The king will attack the Pe5 and the rook is coming out to c8 or d8.})
25... Rad8 26. e6 {Baadur is very creative and finds a small tactical trick
even in such a "dry" position. However, the game is heading to a draw anyway.}
Rxe6 27. Rd4 Ree8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Kg1 g6 30. Be4 Rd2 ({Black could win a
pawn by the exchange of rooks:} 30... Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxd1 {However, after} 32.
Bc2 Nxb2 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. Kf3 Nd6 35. Ke3 f5 36. Kd4 {White's king is becoming
very active and might capture the Pa5 soon.}) 31. Rc3 Ng4 32. Bf3 Ne5 33. Ra3
Rxb2 34. Rxa5 Nxf3+ {The final exchange of the minor pieces seals the verdict:
drawish.} 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. Ra6 Kh6 37. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Black "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5) 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 {Une ligne
secondaire} exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. a3 (8. O-O Bd6 {[%cal Gd6h2,Gf6g4]}) 8... Bd6
$1 {[%cal Gd6h2,Gf6g4]} 9. b4 (9. Ng3) 9... a6 $146 {un peu passif mais les
noirs veulent réagir par c5} ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Nf5 Bf8
13. Ne2 c6 14. Rb1 Nbd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. g4 Nc8 17. Nf4 Nd6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Bd2
Bxf5 20. gxf5 b5 21. Rbe1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Nh3 {Milanovic,D 
(2553)-Cvitan,O (2541)/Zadar 2008/Mega2009 Update 01/1-0 (52)}) (9... c6 $142 {
Gofshtein,L (2541)-Kolev,A (2567) Navalmoral op 2007 (9) 0-1}) (9... a5) 10. f3
{[%cal Ge3e4]} b6 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 11. O-O c5 $132 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. Na2 $2 Qc7 (
13... c4 $5 14. Bc2 Qc7 $36 {[%cal Gd6h2]} 15. g3 Bh3) 14. g3 h5 15. Rf2 Bh3
16. Bd2 Ne7 17. Kh1 Bf5 18. Qc2 cxd4 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 $2 (20... dxe3
$1 {[%cal Ge8e3,Ge7f5]} 21. Bxe3 Nxf5 $40) 21. exd4 b5 22. Nac1 Ne3 (22... Re6
$5 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 23. Nd3 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 24. Bc1 Bd6 25. Nc3 Rac8 26. Rb3
Ne3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Nd1 Re7 29. Rd2 Rc4 30. Nc5 $132 a5 31. Kg2 (31. bxa5)
31... axb4 32. axb4 g6 33. Kf2 h4 34. Nc3 hxg3+ 35. hxg3 Nh5 36. f4 Bxc5 37.
bxc5 {[%csl Rb5]} Nxg3 $1 38. Nxd5 (38. Kxg3 Re3+ {[%csl Rc3]}) 38... Ne4+ 39.
Ke1 Nxd2+ $2 {[%cal Gd2b3] Dommage pour le bulgare qui avait dominé la partie}
(39... Re6 $1 {[%cal Ge4d2]} 40. Rdd3 Nxc5+ $1) 40. Nxe7+ Kf8 41. Kxd2 $16 Kxe7
42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Rxb5 Rc1 44. Rb6+ Kf5 45. Rd6 f6 46. c6 g5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. d5
g4 49. Re6 g3 50. Re2 Kf4 51. Kd4 Kf3 52. Re8 Rd1+ 53. Kc5 g2 54. Rg8 g1=Q+ 55.
Rxg1 Rxg1 56. d6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 (11... Be7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rc1
g6 14. Rc5 Nb4 15. Bb1 b6 16. Rc3 Bb7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Ba2 Ne7 19. Qf3 Nf5 20.
Rd1 Re8 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd4 23. Nc7 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Rxd4 Re1+
26. Kf2 {Georgiev,V-Sulskis,S/Cappelle la Grande op 1999/1-0 (49)}) 12. Be3
$146 (12. Re1 g6 (12... Qf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qh4 15. g3 Qd8 16. Qc2 h6 17.
Rad1 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 20. Qb3 $36 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M-Hansen,S/
Lippstadt 1997 (45)}) 13. Bc2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Qf6 15. a3 ({RR} 15. g3 Be6 16. Be3
Nc6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. a3 Bc7 19. Qd3 Bb6 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Be3 Ne7
23. Bf4 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Stohl,I/BL 1999 (23)}) 15... Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4
17. axb4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. g3 Qd6 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Qb6 22. Bf1 Rc7 $11 {
Lerner-Razuvaev/Moskva 1986/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 12... g6 (12... Nb4 $5 13. Bb1 Qf6 {
[%cal Gc8f5]} 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 (15. Nxd5 $2 Qe6 $19) 15... Re8 {[%cal Gd6f8]}
16. Nh5 (16. a3 Bf8) 16... Qh8 $8 17. Nf4 Qf6 $11) 13. Rc1 (13. Qf3 Be6) 13...
Ne7 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 14. Qf3 (14. Qb3 b6 15. Rc3 Bb7 16. Rfc1 Qd7 $13) 14... Be6
$5 15. Rc3 (15. h3 $5 Qd7 16. g4 Rac8 $11) 15... Qd7 16. Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Nf5 $11) 16... gxh5 17. Qf6 {[%cal Re3h6]} Qd8 $1 (17...
Nf5 $2 18. Bxf5 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bd3 $14) 18. Bxh7+ (18. Bg5 $5 Ng6 (
18... Nf5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 $19) 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.
Bxd8 Rxd8 21. g3 h4 22. f4 f5 $19) 18... Kxh7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Bg5 Nf5 $1 21.
Qxh5 Ng7 22. Qh6 Nf5 23. Qh5 Ng7 24. Qh6 f6 25. Bh4 Rf7 {[%cal Gg7f5]} 26. Re1
Nf5 (26... Bb4 $5 $19) 27. Qh5 (27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qxf6 Rxg2+ $1 29. Kf1 Qxf6 30.
Bxf6 Rg6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 $19) 27... Qd7 28. Qg6+ Rg7 29. Qxf6 Bf7 30. Rf3 (30. Rh3
Be7 $19 (30... Rg6 $4 31. Qh8+ Kxh8 32. Bf6+ Kg8 33. Rh8#)) 30... Nxh4 31. Qxh4
Qg4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 {
Baburin: Situations where White takes on d5, while his bishop is locked inside
his pawn chain (on c1, d2 or b2), are quite common in the Nimzo-Indian Defence.
Usually, White tries to free the bishop by preparing the e3-e4 break (after
f2-f3). Black should try to prevent it or to counter-attack in the centre by ..
.c5.} 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. a3 Re8 {Baburin: A flexible move, Black keeps both
options open, to play ...c5 or to put the pawn on c6.} (8... a5 9. Ng3 (9. Qc2
Na6 10. Bd2 c6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nce2 Nc7 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. O-O c5 16.
Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. dxc5 Ndxc5 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Bc3 Red8 21. Kh1 Qb3 22.
Qd2 Qb6 23. Qe1 Na4 {Chernin,A-Kavalek,L/Subotica izt 1987/CBM 03/[Ftacnik]/1/
2-1/2 (42)}) (9. Rb1 Re8 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. O-O Na6 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nbc3 c5 14. b3
Nc7 15. Kh1 b5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4 Qb8 18. Nce2 Qb6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bd6
21. Qd2 Re7 22. Rb3 Be5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 {Gurevich,D-Farago,I/Beersheba 1987/CBM
05/0-1 (45)}) 9... Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bc1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nce4 19. Rd4 Qf5 20. Qd1
Re5 21. Ne2 Qg6 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Bd2 {Martin,A-Farago,I/Hastings8485 1984/
MCD-r8/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (8... c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f3 c5
13. Ne2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Nb8 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. f4
Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxb3 {0-1 Silva,M-Boino,C/POR-sf 1993/
EXT 93ch (38)}) 9. b4 c6 10. Ra2 Nbd7 11. f3 a5 12. O-O (12. b5 c5 $1) 12...
axb4 13. axb4 Rxa2 14. Nxa2 Nf8 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Ng3 (16. b5 $5 $11) 16... g6 {
[%cal Yh7h4]} 17. Qd2 h5 {Baburin: Now, the g3-knight can be kicked out at any
moment, so the e3-e4 push becomes at least problematic.} 18. Re1 (18. b5 c5 $36
) 18... Ne6 19. Re2 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g3 b6 22. Bb2 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qc3 $6
{Baburin: This allows Black to get a favorable pawn formation.} (24. bxc5 $1
Bxc5 25. Nc1 Ng5 26. Rf2 $13) 24... d4 $1 25. exd4 cxb4 {Baburin: Now, all
Black's pieces are well placed for attack on the kingside, while White's
pieces lack coordination. Besides, Black has an outside passed pawn.} 26. Qd2
Bb7 $36 {[%csl Rf3]} 27. Rf2 Nd5 28. Qh6 Qf6 $5 (28... Qg5 29. Qxg5 (29. Qxh3
Ndf4 $19) 29... Nxg5 $36) 29. Qxh3 Ra8 30. Nc1 (30. Bc4 Nxd4 $1 (30... Ng5 31.
Qd7) 31. Nd2 Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5g1,Rb7f3,Rd5e3]} (31... Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Qxb2) 32.
Ne4 (32. Kh1 Ne3) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Qxb2 34. Nxc5 Qd4 $1 $19) 30... Nc3 $1 $17
31. Qg4 (31. Ne3 Qxd4 (31... Ng5 32. Qd7 Nxf3+ 33. Kg2) (31... Nxd4 32. Be4
Bxe4 33. fxe4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Qd4 35. Rxf3) 32. Bxg6 (32. Nc2 Ng5 33. Qg2 Qd5)
32... Ng5 33. Qh6 Bc5 34. Qxg5 Qxe3 $17) 31... Nxd4 (31... Nd1 $1 $19) 32. Nd2
Bc5 33. Ne4 (33. Kg2 Nd1 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Re2 Ne3+ 36. Rxe3 Bxe3 37. Qxb4 Bxd2
38. Qxb7 Rd8 $19) 33... Nxf3+ $1 34. Kh1 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Bxf2 36. Bxa8 Qa6 $1 $19
37. Kg2 Ne5 (37... Nd2 38. Kxf2 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 Nc4+ 40. Kd4 Nxb2 $19) 38. Qxb4
Qxa8+ 39. Kxf2 Nd1+ (39... Qf3+ $5 40. Kg1 (40. Ke1 Nd3+ $1) 40... Nd3 $1 41.
Qb6 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kg1 Nxb2 $19) 40. Ke1 Nxb2 41. Qxb2 Qh1+ 42. Kd2
Qxh2+ (42... Nc4+ $142 $1 $18) (42... Nc4+ $19 {Baburin,A}) 43. Ne2 (43. Kc3
Qxg3+) (43. Ne2 Nc4+) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e5 8.
O-O exd4 (8... Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ng3 Nf5 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7
14. Ba2 Nd6 15. Nc5 Bf6 16. Qc2 b6 17. Ne4 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gamundi,
A-Estremera,S/Spain t-ch 1995 (43)}) (8... Bd6 9. Nb5 e4 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Nf4
Nc6 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. a3 Ned5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5
cxd5 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Rc5 Bc6 20. Ba5 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Murshed,
N-Tiviakov,S/Dhaka 1997}) 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 $5 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
h3 Ne5 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a3 Bf8 15. e4 c5 16. Ndb5 $14 {1-0 Lugovoi,A-Loginov,V/
St.Peterburg op 1995 (34)}) 9... Nc6 10. h3 $5 {N/} (10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd2 Nd5
12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 c6 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. Qe4 Bd7 17. d5 Qf6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Lempert,I-Berkovich,M/Moscow 1990 (40)}) 10... Bf5 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Re1 Ne4 (14... Qd7 $5 15. Ng3 Be6 (15... Bg6 16. d5) 16.
Bxe6 (16. d5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxh4) 16... fxe6 $13) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nf4 (16.
Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 17. Nf4 $14) 16... Nf6 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. Qh5 $14) (
16... Nd6 $5 17. Ba2 Qd7) 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Bg6 19. Qg4 Kh8 (19... c6 $2
20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxg6 $18) 20. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Ge1,Gg4]} c6 21. h4 (21. d5
$5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 $14) 21... Ng8 (21... Bc2 $5 22. Rd2 $140 Bf5
23. Qf3 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 $13) (21... Qd6 22. d5) (21... Nf5 $5 22. h5 Nd6 $1 {
[%csl Gd6]}) 22. d5 $1 Nf6 23. Qf4 Bh5 (23... cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 (25.
Bxd5) 25... Qb6 26. Rb5 Qc6 27. Re7 $16) 24. dxc6 $5 (24. Rd2 Re8 25. Rxe8+
Qxe8 26. dxc6 bxc6 (26... Qxc6 $2 27. Rd6 Qe8 28. Rxf6 $18) 27. Rd6 $36) 24...
Bxd1 25. cxb7 Rb8 26. Rxd1 Qe7 27. Ba6 {[%csl Gb7]} Qe6 (27... Rfe8 $5) 28. Rd6
Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Nd5 Nxd5 (30... Qe4 31. Rxf6 Qxd5 32. Rd6 $16) 31. Rxd5
Qe6 (31... Rfe8 $5) 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. b4 Kg8 34. Rc6 $16 {[%cal Gc6c7,Gf4c7]}
Rxb7 35. Bxb7 Qxb7 36. Rc5 (36. Rc7 Qa6 37. Qg3 (37. Qd4 $5 Qxa3 38. Rxa7))
36... Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. a4 $18 Qa6 39. b5 Qb6 (39... Qa5 $5) 40. Qe3 Qc7+
(40... Qa5 $5 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ g6) 41. g3 h5 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ g6 44.
Qf4 Qb7 45. a5 $1 Kg8 (45... Qxb5 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 47. Qxa7) 46. Qb4 {[%cal Rb5b6]
} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Bc2 Qc7 {[%cal Yf8d8]
Interesting move was introduced into practice by Ivanchuk.} (12... b6 {After
"normal"} 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Ba2
Nf6 19. N4c3 Qc7 $11 {Black got good position in the game Chuchelov,V-Yakovich,
Y/ Leeuwarden op 1995 (68)}) 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Rd1 (14. N4c3 g6 15. Bh6 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 e5 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Qe3 Bf6 $15) (14. Ng5 $6 g6 15. Qf3 Bf6 16. Rd1 Bg7 17.
Bb3 h6 18. Ne4 Nce7 $15 {0-1 Rogers,I-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow olm 1994 (34)}) (14.
Bg5 $2 f5 15. Bxe7 fxe4 16. Bxd8 (16. Qxe4 Ncxe7 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 16... exd3
17. Bxc7 dxe2 $17) 14... g6 (14... h6 15. N4c3 Nf6 16. Qc4 a6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Iskusnyh,S-Ruban,V/Kemerovo 1995 
(30)}) 15. Bh6 e5 ({Too dangerous for Black} 15... Ncb4 $2 16. axb4 Nxb4 17.
Qf3 $1 (17. Qc3 $6 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nxc2 19. Ra2 Na3 20. Rda1 Nb5 (20... f5 21.
Bg5 $5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Nb5 23. Ra5 $1 $14) 21. Ra5 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxa7
Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Ra6 $1 25. Rxa6 bxa6 $17) 17... Qxc2 (17... Nxc2 $2 {Pin on c
line will be deadly damgerous for a Black} 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Rac1 {[%cal Rc1c7]}
Qc6 {Only move} (19... Qc4 $2 20. Ng4 $1 f5 (20... f6 21. Qe4 $18) 21. Ne5 $18)
20. d5 $1 (20. Nd5 exd5 21. Qxf7 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxc2 Bf5 $11) (20. Ne4
$5 f5 (20... f6 21. Rd2) 21. Ng5 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Nb4 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nxd8 Bxd8
25. Rc4 Nc6 $14) 20... Qc4 (20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Nxe7 Qxf3 23. gxf3
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Nf4 $18)) 18. Rac1 Qa4 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nc3 Qb3 (20...
Qa5 21. Nfd5 $1 {[%cal Rf3f7]} Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxf7 Rg8 24. Qxe7 $18)
21. Nfd5 $1 Nxd5 22. Qxf7 Rg8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxe7 $18) ({I'll prefer} 15...
b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 {with equal position.}) 16. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3f7,Rd3d8]} Bg4 (
16... Bf5 $5 17. Qf3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 (19. Qf3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4)
19... Ng4 20. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 $1 (20... Kxf7 21. Qb3+ Ke8 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. dxe5+
Kc8 24. Qe6+ $18) 21. Ba2 (21. Be3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bg5) 21... Nxh6 22. d5 $14)
17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. N4c3 Rd7 19. d5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nd4 21. Qd3 Qb6 (21... Nf5 $11)
22. Be3 Qxb2 $4 {Terrible blunder.} ({After} 22... Rad8 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 (24.
b5 Bf8 $11) 24... Qxa5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qxd4 Bf8 27. Ne4 Bg7 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29.
Qxf6 Rxd5 $11 {Nenashev could easy maintain equal chances.}) 23. Bxd4 exd4 24.
Na4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 $6 {After this modest move White
couldn,t pretend for advantage, much stronger was to play 11.Qd3 with the idea
to send queen to the king side. For example} (11. Qd3 {[%cal Yd3h3,Yc1g5,Yc4d3]
} b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qh3 Re8 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 $36 {
1-0 Lalev-Kruszynski/Albena 1983 (50)}) 11... a6 12. Ba2 b5 13. Nf4 {Black
hasn,t any troubles after} (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7)
15. Bb6 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11) 15... Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe6
Qxe6 18. Re1 Rfe8 $11 {but may be it was best solution.}) 13... b4 $1 14. axb4
Nxb4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yc8b7,Yf6d5]} 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Bb1 Bb7 {Also possible} (
16... Bd6 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 f5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Ra3 Bb7 $11 {0-1 Shchukin,
D-Orlov,V/St.Petersburg-ch 1997/CBM 58 (32)}) 17. Qh3 g6 18. Na4 (18. Rc1 $5)
18... Nbd5 19. Nxd5 {Why not} (19. Nc5 $11 {!?}) 19... Bxd5 20. Rc1 a5 $17 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd4,Gd5][%cal Rb8b2]} 21. Bc2 Nh5 (21... Rb4 $5) 22. Bd1 Ng7 {
[%cal Yg7f5]} 23. Bf4 Rb7 (23... Bd6) 24. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5]} Bg5 $1 25. Qc3 Nf5
26. Nc5 Rb4 {[%csl Rd4]} 27. Ra4 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Rxd4 $1 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Ra1 (
30. Qxd4 Qg5 $19) 30... Bc6 {[%cal Yd8d5,Rd5g2]} (30... Bxg2 $5 31. Kxg2 Qd5+
32. f3 Qxc5 33. Rxa5 Qd6 $19) 31. Qe3 $6 (31. Nd3 $1 Qd5 32. Ne1 $17) 31... Qd5
$19 32. Bf3 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Qxf3 34. Qxf3 Bxf3 35. Rxa5 Rd8 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kh2
Rb8 38. Ra7 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. a3 Qc7 $5 ({In the end of 80
big popularity gain} 12... b6 {and it is still unclear where White can get an
advantage, for example} 13. Qd3 g6 (13... a5 $5 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Bb3
Bb7 17. Qg3 Bh4 18. Qd3 Nce7 19. Nf4 Rxc1 {0-1 Olafsson,F-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik
op 1995}) 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bb3 $5 (17. N2c3 Na5 18.
Qg3 Nc4 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bb3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nd6 $13 {0-1 Shirov,
A-Psakhis,L/Klaipeda 1988 (68)}) 17... a6 18. N2g3 Nb8 $13 {1-0 Kamsky,G-Short,
N/Linares (m/5) 1994 (25)}) 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Ng5 (14. N4c3 g6 15. Bh6 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 e5 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Qe3 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Rogers,I/Polanica Zdroj
1996 (43)}) (14. Rd1 g6 15. Bh6 e5 (15... b6 $5 $13) 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. Bxd5 Rxd5
18. N4c3 Rd7 19. d5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nd4 $11 {1-0 Iskusnyh,S-Nenashev,A/RUS-Cup3
1996 (23)}) 14... g6 15. Qf3 (15. Bb3 Nf6 (15... Bf8 16. Qh3 Nf6 17. Nf3 Qb6
18. Ba2 Bg7 19. Qh4 Nd5 20. Nc3 Nce7 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bh6 f6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24.
Rab1 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Be8 26. Qe4 Bf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Karpov,A/Biel-A 1997 
(79)}) 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qe3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Qxe3 21. fxe3
f6 22. Rac1 Bf5 $15 {0-1 Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/Wch Elista 1996 (61)}) 15... Bf8 16.
Bb3 Bg7 17. Rd1 f6 $6 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rb3e6] N Novelty, but not the best one.
Much stronger} (17... h6 {and after} 18. Ne4 Nce7 19. N4c3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qc6
21. Qxc6 Nxc6 {0-1 Rogers,I-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow olm 1994 (34) Black at least
equalised. After the textmove Black has too many weaknesses on the king,s side.
}) 18. Ne4 (18. Nh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 18... Nce7 (18... Qf7 $142 $5 $14) 19.
N2c3 ({Deserves serious attention} 19. Bf4 $5 {for example} Qb6 (19... Nxf4 $2
20. Nxf4 {[%csl Re6]} Qb6 21. Nc5 $18) 20. Rac1 Nf5 21. Bg3 {[%cal Ge4c5]})
19... Kh8 20. Nxd5 (20. h4 $5) 20... Nxd5 21. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5] Very
unpleasant move for Black.} Qe7 (21... Qb6 $5) 22. h5 Kg8 $6 {[%cal Rb3g8]} (
22... g5 23. Nc3 $5 $36) (22... gxh5 $5 23. Qxh5 b6 24. Bh6 Bb7 $14) 23. Re1 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ge4c3,Re1e6,Rb3e6]} Qf7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qg3 $5 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Ge4d6]} (25. Nc3 $5 Ne7 $5 {[%cal Ge7f5]}) 25... Bf8 26. Bf4 $1 {[%csl
Rd6] Kaspi slowly, but surely increase pressure for black,s position} Bd7 (
26... Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Be7 28. Rad1 {[%cal Rd4d5]}) 27. Bd6 (27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Bxd6
Bc6 $14) 27... Bh6 (27... Ne7 28. Qf4 Nf5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Nc5 $18 {[%csl Rb7,
Re6][%cal Rb3f7]}) (27... Bg7 $5 28. Nc5 $16) 28. Nc5 {[%cal Gb3d5,Ge1e7]} Bc6
(28... Re8 $8 29. Qh3 $5 Bd2 $8 (29... Bg7 30. Bxd5) (29... Bf4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4
31. Qh6 g5 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxf6 $18) 30. Re2 Bf4 31. Bxd5 Bxd6 32. Nxe6 Re7
33. Rae1 $18) 29. Nxe6 Rd7 (29... Re8 30. Nc7 $18) 30. Nc5 $18 Rxd6 31. Qxd6
Bf4 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. f3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SURVEY} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 {[%mdl 32768]} (4... O-O 5. Bd3
(5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Na6 11. b4 c6
12. b5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Nc7 14. a4 Nxb5 15. axb5 a6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 axb5 18.
Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qb3 Qa4 20. Qb2 Ra8 21. Nc3 Qa3 22. Qxa3 Rxa3 23. Nxb5 Rb3 24.
Nd6 Bc6 25. Bh3 g5 26. Rc1 g4 27. Bxg4 Nxg4 28. Rxc6 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 Rb2 30. Nf5
Rxf2+ 31. Kh3 h5 32. Nh6+ Nxh6 33. Rxh6 Re2 34. Rxh5 Rxe3 35. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2
Lengyel,L-Barcza,G/Budapest 1957/EXT 2000 (35)}) 5... c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. d5 Rd8 13. Ba2 c4 14. Bxc4
Na5 15. Ba2 Nc4 16. Qc2 Nxd5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bc1 h6 19. e4 Nf6 20. Rd3 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. Qc2 Qd6 23. a4 Nd2 24. Re1 Bxa2 25. Qxa2 Nfxe4 26. Ng3 Qc5 27.
Nxe4 Nxe4 28. c4 Qa5 29. Qe2 Nc3 30. Qg4 Na2 31. Rf1 Nxc1 32. Rxc1 Qxa4 33. g3
Qc6 34. Qe2 e4 35. Re1 Rd4 36. Qa2 Rxc4 37. Qxa7 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 39. Kg2 Qc7
{0-1 Tempone,M-Ivkov,B/Buenos Aires 1979/MCL (39)}) (4... Qe7 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. d5 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 exd5 12. exd5 Rfe8
13. Be3 a6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Rae1 Bc8 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. g4 Qd8 19. g5
Ng4 20. Qd2 h6 21. f5 N6e5 22. h3 Nf6 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qf4 Re7 25. Kh1 c5 26.
Bg1 g6 27. fxg6 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 fxg6 29. Rf6 Bf5 30. Rxd6 Nxc4 31. Re6 Rxe6 32.
dxe6 Bxe6 33. Bf3 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V/Moscow 1947/MCL (33)}) (4... a6 5.
Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. d6 Ng6 10. Ne2 b5 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4
Bb6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bb2 c4 15. Bc2 Nd5 16. e4 Ndf4 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Qd2 Ng6
19. a4 bxa4 20. Qc3 f6 21. Rfe1 Nf4 22. Qxc4 Ba6 23. b5 Rc8 24. Qxa4 Bxb5 25.
Qxb5 Rxc2 26. Bd4 Rc6 27. g3 Rxd6 28. gxf4 Bxd4 29. Rad1 Rb6 30. Qa4 Bc5 31.
Rxd7 Qe8 32. Qa7 Qg6+ 33. Kf1 Qg4 34. Ng5 {1-0 Speelman,J-Short,N/London 1980/
MCD (34)}) (4... Nc6 5. Bd2 d5 (5... e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d6 9.
Nf3 Qe7 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O h6 14. f3 Bc8 15. b4 c5
16. Rac1 Re8 17. Qb2 Nd7 18. f4 b6 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bc6 f6 21. fxe5 fxe5 22.
Rcd1 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Bxe5 Bg4 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Rf7 Qxe5 28.
Rxf8+ Kh7 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. e4 cxb4 31. axb4 Re7 32. Kf2 Be6 33. Ke3 b5 34.
Bxe6 Rxe6 35. c5 a5 36. bxa5 Ra6 37. Kd4 Rxa5 38. c6 Ra7 39. Kc5 b4 40. Kxb4 {
1-0 Ragozin,V-Liublinsky,V/Moscow 1945/HCL (40)}) 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O Bd7 15.
b5 axb5 16. cxb5 Na5 17. Ne5 Rec8 18. Rfc1 Be8 19. a4 c6 20. Rab1 f6 21. Nf3
Nc4 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qd1 Na3 24. Ra1 Rxa4 25. e4 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Bc6 27. exd5
exd5 28. Qf4 Ra8 29. Qf5 g5 30. h4 Qf7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qh3 Bd7 33. Qg3 b5 34.
Qd6 Qe6 35. Qc5 g4 36. Nh4 g3 37. fxg3 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qxd3 39. Qxd5+ {1-0
Kavalek,L-Nowak,E/Harrachov 1966/MCD (39)}) 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 (6... d6 7.
O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 g6 12. e4 Nh5 13. Bh6 Re8 14.
b4 b6 15. Qd2 f6 16. Be2 Kh8 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 a6 20. Bg3 Ng8
21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Qf4 Re5 23. Bh4 Bg4 24. h3 Bd7 25. Rab1 Qe7 26. Bxf6+ Nxf6
27. Qxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Rg8 29. Kh2 Reg5 30. Rb2 Rg3 31. Rxd6 Bxh3 32. Rb8 Rxc3
33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. gxh3 Rxc4 35. e5 Rd4 36. Rd7 Kf8 37. d6 Ke8 38. Re7+ Kd8 39.
Kg3 c4 40. Kf3 c3 41. Rc7 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Rivas Pastor,M/Cienfuegos 1983/MCD 
(41)}) 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O (9. a3 Bd6 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11.
Be4 Bd7 12. Qd3 (12. O-O Rc8 13. Nf4 Na5 14. Re1 O-O 15. d5 e5 16. d6 Bxd6 17.
Qxd6 exf4 18. Bxf4 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Anand,V/Biel 1997/CBM 60 (18)}) 12... h6
13. Qg3 Bg5 14. h4 Bf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Rd1 Na5 17. O-O Ba4 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Bd3
Bd5 20. Bb5+ Bc6 21. a4 h5 22. Be5 a6 23. Bxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rfd1 Rc4 25. Nf4 Kf8
26. Re1 Qc8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Qg6 Ke7 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Qxf6 Qd8
32. Rxe6+ Kc7 33. Qe5+ Kc8 34. Rxa6 bxa6 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxa5 {
1-0 Milov,V-Chiburdanidze,M/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 (37)}) 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O
12. Qd3 Qc7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ng5 g6 15. Bb3 Bf8 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. Nf3 b6 18. Bg5
f6 19. Bh4 Nce7 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf5 23. Re2 Re8 24. Ne4 Bc6 25.
Bc4 a6 26. Rc1 Bb5 27. Rec2 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rec8 29. h3 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Qb5 31. Qc6
Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Kf7 33. Bh2 Ke7 34. g4 Kd7 35. Rc2 Nfe7 36. Nd6 g5 37. h4 gxh4
38. Nxh4 Nc6 39. Nf3 Rg8 40. Kf1 Bf8 41. Nc4 Rxg4 42. Ne3 Re4 43. Nxd5 exd5 44.
Rc3 Be7 45. Rd3 h5 46. Bg3 Bd8 47. a4 b5 48. axb5 axb5 49. Rd1 Bb6 50. Kg2 Nxd4
$19 {0-1 Milov,V-Gelfand,B/Biel 1997/CBM 60 (50)}) 9... O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ne4
Be7 12. a3 b6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Ba4 Rc8 17.
Rfd1 a6 18. N2g3 b5 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Ba2 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Nf6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5
Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Bd5 25. Bg5 Bxa2 26. Bxf6 Bd5 27. b4 Nc6 28. f3 a5 29. bxa5 Ra8
30. Ne4 Rxa5 31. Bb2 b4 32. axb4 Nxb4 33. Rd1 f5 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Bc3 Rb5 36.
Rb1 Na2 37. Rxb5 Nxc3 38. Nxd5 Nxb5 39. Nb4 Nd4 40. Kf2 f4 41. Nd3 g5 42. g3
fxg3+ 43. hxg3 h5 44. Ne5+ {1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,D-Avrukh,B/Biel 1999/CBM 72 (44)})
15... Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 {/\ Ncb4} 17. N2c3 Na5 {><c4} 18. Qg3 (18. Ba4 Bc6)
18... Nc4 19. Ba4 $1 Bc6 (19... Nxb2 $6 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 $5 (20... Nxd1 21. Bxf7+
$16)) 20. Bb3 Nxc3 (20... Nxb2 $2 21. Rd2 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxa3 23. Ra1 {><b2})
21. bxc3 $2 (21. Nxc3 Bd6 $5 22. Bf4 $5 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Qd6 $5 (23... Nxb2 24.
Rd2 Bd7 (24... Bb7 25. Nb5 $1) 25. Ne4) 24. Qxd6 $10) 21... Bxe4 $1 22. Rxe4
Nd6 23. Rg4 $8 (23. Re3 Nf5 24. Qh3 Nxh6 25. Qxh6 Bg5 $19) (23. Ree1 Nf5 24.
Qh3 Nxh6 25. Qxh6 Rxc3 $19) 23... Nf5 24. Qh3 Bxa3 $1 (24... Nxh6 25. Qxh6 Rxc3
26. Bxe6 $1 $13) 25. Bg5 Qd7 26. Rf4 $1 Be7 (26... Bd6 27. g4 $5 (27. Rf3 {
/\ g4}) 27... Bxf4 28. Bxf4 $44) 27. Rxf5 $5 (27. Bxe7 Qxe7 $19) 27... gxf5 (
27... exf5 $5 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Qxg6+ (30. Re1+ Kd6 31. Bf4+ Kc6
) 30... Kd5) 28. d5 (28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Qe5+ f6 30. Bxe6 (30. Bxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6+
Qg7 $19) 30... fxe5 31. Bxd7 Bxg5 $19) 28... Bxg5 $1 29. Qg3 (29. dxe6 Rxe6 $1)
29... Qe7 (29... Kh8 $5 30. dxe6 Rxe6 $1) 30. d6 Qf6 31. d7 Kh8 32. dxe8=Q+ (
32. Qc7 Rxc7 $1 33. dxe8=Q+ Kg7 $19) 32... Rxe8 33. Qc7 $1 a5 (33... Re7 34.
Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qc8 $13) (33... Kg8 $5) 34. Rd3 Bh6 35. Qxb6 Qe5 $17 36. Qd4 Bg7
$1 37. Qxe5 Bxe5 {R 9/j} 38. g3 Rb8 39. c4 Rb4 40. Kf1 a4 41. Bd1 Bb2 $8 (41...
Rxc4 42. Ra3) (41... Rb1 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. c5 $13) 42. Rd7 (42. Rd8+ $5 Kg7 43.
Ra8 a3 44. Be2 Rb3 45. c5 Rc3 46. Ra5 Kf6 $17) 42... a3 43. Ra7 Rxc4 44. Bh5
Kg7 $1 45. Bxf7 Kf6 $2 (45... Rc1+ 46. Ke2 Bd4 47. Rd7 Kf6 48. Rxd4 a2 $19) 46.
Bh5 Rc1+ 47. Kg2 Rc2 {/\ R f2-+} 48. Ra6 Bc1 (48... Bd4 $5 49. Rxa3 Rxf2+ 50.
Kh1 $17) 49. Bd1 Rb2 50. Bf3 (50. Rxa3 Rd2 $19) 50... Be3 51. Bd5 Bb6 52. Bc4
Rb4 $2 (52... Rxf2+ $17) 53. Bd3 Rb2 54. Rxa3 Bxf2 55. Rc3 $1 Bd4+ 56. Rc2 $15
Rb3 57. Bc4 Ra3 58. Ba2 $2 (58. Ra2 $1 $15) 58... h5 $1 {/\ h4 ><g3} 59. Bc4 h4
60. Re2 $5 (60. gxh4 $17) 60... e5 (60... Be5 61. gxh4 $5) 61. Ra2 $2 (61. Bd5
$1) 61... Rc3 62. Ra6+ Kg5 63. Bf7 f4 $1 $8 64. gxh4+ (64. gxf4+ exf4 {/\ h3-+}
) (64. Rg6+ Kf5) 64... Kxh4 65. Rh6+ (65. Bd5 f3+ $1 66. Bxf3 Rc2+ 67. Kh1 Rc1+
68. Kg2 Rg1#) 65... Kg4 $1 (65... Kg5 66. Rh5+ Kf6 67. Bd5) 66. Be6+ Kg5 67.
Rh3 (67. Rh7 f3+ $19) 67... Rxh3 $1 68. Kxh3 (68. Bxh3 e4 $19) 68... e4 (68...
e4 69. Bd5 Kf5 70. Bc6 f3 71. Kg3 Be5+ 72. Kf2 Kf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O {According to modern theory this variant promised equal
chances to Black.} 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bc7 $1 {Also possible} (11... Be7 12. Bb1
Re8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Ba2 b6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. N4c3 Qc8 $11 {1-0
Buckley,G-Hunt,H/Walsall 1997 (39) but move in text may be even stronger.}) 12.
Bc2 Qh4 13. h3 {N/} (13. g3 {weaken light squares without any reason.} Qh5 14.
N2c3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bb6 $11 {0-1 Lautier,J-Arkhipov,S/Belgrade GMA-op 1988 (49)}
) 13... h6 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2f3]} Nf6 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 (
{It is very dangerous for a Black to try to keep bishops on the board, for
example} 17... Bb6 18. Rfd1 {and now} Bd7 $2 {lose immediately after} 19. Ng3
Qd5 (19... Qa5 $2 20. b4 Qd5 21. Bb3 $18) 20. Bb3 Qa5 21. Bd2 $18 {and the
queen is trapped}) 18. Nxf4 Qa5 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. g3 b6 {Game is approximately
equal. White pieces little be more active, but they have some problems with Pd4
} 21. Rac1 Bb7 22. Bb3 (22. b4 Qd6 {[%csl Rd4]}) 22... Rd6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 24.
dxe5 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Rd8 $1 27. Ne1 Ne4 28. Rc7 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Qf3 (12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bg7
14. Be4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Qe7 18. Nc3 h5 (18... Bd7 19.
Rab1 Rab8 20. h3 a6 {1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Belikov,V/Enakievo 1997}) 19. h3 Bd7
20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bb1 Qh4 $11 {0-1 Kaspi,A-Khasin,A/Rishon le Zion op 1997 (38)
}) 12... Qf6 ({Another reasonable option is} 12... Bf8 13. Bb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Na5 15. Bf4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qd5 $11 {0-1 Kantsler,B-Ruban,V/Podolsk 1989 (36)})
13. Qxf6 {Black has nothing to worry in ending, but not too many chances for
advantage promiced and} (13. Qe4 {for example} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf8 15. Ng3 e5 16.
d5 (16. f4 Bf5) 16... Ne7 17. c4 Nf5 18. Kh1 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Bf5 20. Qe2 Bxc2
21. Qxc2 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Bekker_Jensen,A-Bramme,I/EU-ch G18 Tallinn 1997 (58)})
13... Nxf6 14. Bg5 {N/} (14. Rd1 b6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb7 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc3 Kg7 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. f3 {1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,
D-Emms,J/Cappelle le Grande 1997}) 14... Be7 $11 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17.
h4 {Normal move for middlegame, but in ending it doesn,t look very danzerous
for black.} Kg7 18. Ne4 $5 Nb4 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 $14 {[%csl
Rf6,Gg5,Rh6]}) 19. Bb3 (19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. Bb3 Rac8 $11) 19...
Bc6 (19... Rac8 $5) 20. Nc5 h6 21. Bf4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf4e5]} (21. Bxf6+ Bxf6
22. Bxe6 $140 Re8 23. a3 b6 24. axb4 bxc5 25. Bc4 (25. d5 Ba4 $1) 25... cxb4
$15) 21... Rac8 22. a3 (22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe6+ Kh7 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. a3 Nbd5
$11 {[%csl Gd5]}) 22... Nbd5 23. Be5 Kg8 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25.
Bxf4 Nd5 26. Bg3 (26. Bxh6 Bxh4 $15) 26... b6 27. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5]} (27. Na6
Bb7 28. Nc7 Nxc7 29. Bxc7 Rd7 30. Bg3 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 h5 $15) 27... Bb7 28. Ne5
Kg7 29. Ba4 Bd6 30. Bc6 Ba6 $2 {Shaked had good choice between} (30... Bxc6 $5
31. Nxc6 Bf4 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. Kf1 (33. Nxd8 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nxc1 35. Nb7 Rc2 $36)
33... Rd7 $15) ({and} 30... Ba8 $5 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Nc6 Bxg3 33. Nxd8 Bf4 $1
34. Nc6 $140 Bxc1 35. Rxc1 Rc8 $15 {and move in text and, unfortunately for
him, he choose weakest move.}) 31. Bxd5 exd5 (31... Rxc1 $142 32. Rxc1 exd5 33.
Nc6 Rc8 34. Bxd6 Bb7 $14) 32. Nc6 Rd7 {It is difficult to choose between two
evils, but , maybe, bigger chances for survival Black could get after} (32...
Bxg3 $5 33. Nxd8 Bxh4 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Nc6 $16) 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34. Nxa7 Rxc1 (
34... Re8 $5 35. Re1 Re4) 35. Rxc1 Re6 36. Nc6 (36. b4 $2 Bc4) 36... Re2 37. b3
$1 (37. Ne5 Bc4 $1 38. Nxc4 dxc4 39. Rxc4 Rxb2 40. Rb4 Ra2 $16) 37... Rb2 38.
Rc3 Be2 $6 {Last mistake.} (38... Bc8 $5 39. Ne5 Be6 $16) 39. Nb4 Bd1 (39...
Rd2 40. Nxd5 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rxd4 42. Nxb6 Rxh4+ 43. Kg1 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Gb3]}) 40.
Nxd5 Bxb3 41. Nxb6 Ba2 (41... Be6 42. Rc6 Rd2 43. d5 $1 Bxd5 44. Rd6 Rd1+ 45.
Kh2 Bb3 46. Rxd1 Bxd1 47. a4 $18) 42. Rc6 Rb5 43. a4 $1 Ra5 44. Rc5 (44. Rc5
Ra6 45. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7.
exd4 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 Bf8 13. Re1 Nxc3
14. bxc3 e5 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qd1 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Rc8 18. Qa4 b6 19. Red1 Qd5 20.
c4 (20. Ng3 {Petursson}) 20... Qa5 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qd5 exd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. Nb3
Qa4 25. c5 b5 26. Rd4 Nc4 27. Rf4 Rxe3 $4 (27... Rc7 $17 {Petursson} 28. Nd2
Bg7 29. Nxc4 Bxa1 30. Nd6 Qc2 31. h3 Rf8) 28. fxe3 $4 {Looses} (28. Qxf7+ $1 {
Winning} Kh8 29. Rh4 h6 (29... h5 30. fxe3 (30. Qxg6 Re5 (30... Re5 31. Rxh5+
Rxh5 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Qg4+ Kf7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qxc8 Qxb3 36. Qxa6 $18)) 30...
Qxb3 31. Qxg6 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Rxc5 (32... Bg7 33. Rxh5+ Kg8 34. Rf1 $18) 33. Rf1
Qh6 34. Qe8 Kg8 35. Rhf4 $18) (29... Bg7 30. Qxg6 h6 31. fxe3 Qxb3 32. Rxh6+
Bxh6 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ (34. Qe6+ $18) 34... Kh8 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qg4+ Kh7
37. Qxc8 $18) 30. Qf6+ Kh7 (30... Bg7 31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32. Rxg6 Rc7 33. fxe3 Qxb3
34. Qd8+ (34. Qe6+ Rf7 35. Rg3 $1 $18 Qd3 (35... Kf8 36. c6 Bxa1 37. Qc8+ Ke7
38. Qd7+ Kf6 39. Rf3+ $18) (35... Nd2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rh3+ Kg6 38. Qg4+ Kf6
39. Rd1 $18) 36. c6 Qd6 37. Qxd6 Nxd6 38. Rd1 Ne4 39. Rd7 $3) 34... Kh7 35. Rg3
$18) 31. Rg4 $1 g5 32. fxe3 Qxb3 33. Qf5+ Kg8 (33... Kh8 {Petursson} 34. Qxc8
$18) 34. Qxc8 $18) 28... Qxb3 29. Qxf7+ (29. Rxf7 {Petursson} Qxe3+ 30. Kh1
Rxc5 $1 $19) 29... Kh8 30. Re4 (30. Rh4 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 h6 (31... h6 {Petursson}
32. Qxg6 $17)) 30... Nd2 31. Re6 Ne4 32. h4 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf3"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4
7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ne4 (11. Qd3 {Dautov} Qh4 $1
12. g3 Qh5 13. Nxd5 exd5 $10) 11... Be7 12. a3 Qb6 $6 (12... b6 $142) (12... b6
{Dautov} 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rac1 (15. Rad1) 15... Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17.
Qg3 Nf6 18. Ng5 Qd6 19. Qh4 Na5 20. Nf4 Rc4 $13 {Semkov-Psakhis/Erevan/1988}) (
12... b6 {Ftacnik}) 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rd1 Rd8 (14... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 15. b4 Rac8 16.
Nc5 Rfd8 17. Bd2 $36) 15. Qf3 e5 $2 (15... Bd7 16. b4 (16. Bg5 $14 {Dautov /\}
Qxb2 $2 17. Bxe7 Ncxe7 18. Bb3 Bb5 19. N2g3 f5 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 21. Rab1 Qxb1
22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rxb1 $16) 16... a5 17. Bb3 Be8 18. Bh6 $40) 16. Ng5 $1 Nf6 (
16... Bxg5 {Ftacnik} 17. Bxg5 $40) 17. Qb3 $1 (17. Bb3 $2 {Dautov} Bg4 18.
Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Qe3 exd4 $17) 17... Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Nxd4 (18... Rf8 {Dautov} 19. d5
Na5 (19... Nb8 {Ftacnik} 20. Be3 {/\ Rac1+/-} h6 21. d6 Bd8 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23.
Bxh6 $16) 20. Ba2 $16 {/\b4}) 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 (20. Re1 $16) 20... exd4
21. Nxf7 Bd7 22. Bf4 (22. Bg5 $3 Be8 $8 (22... Bc6 $2 23. Re1 Kf8 (23... Bd5
24. Rxe7 Bxb3 25. Nh6+ $18) 24. Nd6 $3 Ng8 (24... Bd5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxd5
Rd8 27. Ne4 $18) 25. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 26. Bh6#) (22... Kf8 23. Rd1 $16) 23. Nd6+ (
23. Nd8+ {Dautov} Kh8 24. Ne6 d3 25. Rd1 $16) 23... Kg7 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1
$1 h6 (25... a6 26. Kf1 h6 27. Bf4 Bc5 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. Be5+ Kf8 30. f4 $18)
26. Ba4 $1 Rc8 27. Rxe7+ Kf8 28. Rxb7 hxg5 29. Kf1 d3 30. Ke1 Ne4 31. f3 Rc1+
32. Bd1 $18) 22... Bc6 23. Re1 Bf8 24. Re5 $1 (24. Rd1 $2 {Dautov} Bd5 25. Bxd5
Nxd5 26. Rxd4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rc8 $10) 24... Bg7 (24... d3 {Dautov} 25. Ng5+ Kg7
26. Re3 Bb5 27. Ne6+ Kh8 28. Be5 Bg7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. h3 $16) 25. Nd8+ (25. Rc5
$1 {Dautov} Nh5 26. Bd2 (26. Bc7 Bf6 27. Ne5+ Kg7 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 $16 {
/\g4}) 26... Kf8 27. g4 Nf6 28. Bb4 Kg8 29. g5 Nh5 30. Nd8+ Kh8 31. Nxc6 bxc6
32. Rxc6 $16) 25... Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd8+ (27. Rc5 $1 {Ftacnik} Nd7 $140
28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Ne5+ $16) 27... Kh8 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Re7 $18 Nd5 30. Bxd5
cxd5 31. Rd7 Kg8 32. Rxd5 Rc8 33. g3 a6 34. a4 $4 (34. Kg2 Rc2 35. b4 Ra2 (
35... Rc3 {Dautov} 36. Ra5 $16) 36. Ra5 Bf8 37. Kf3 $18) (34. b4 $16 {Ftacnik})
(34. Kg2 $16 {Ftacnik}) 34... Rc4 35. b3 Rb4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Rd8+
Kf7 39. Rd7+ (39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Bxb8 d3 41. Kf1 Ke6 $44) 39... Kg8 40. Ra7 Rxb3
41. Rxa6 d3 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. Kg2 (44. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Ra3) 44... Ra3
$1 $10 45. Kf3 Bc3 46. Be3 (46. Ke3 {Ftacnik} d2 47. Ke2 Ra1 48. Bxd2 Ra2 49.
Rd7 Bxd2 50. Rxd2 Rxa4 $10) 46... Ra1 47. Rd7 d2 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Bxd2 Bxd2 50.
Rxd2 Rxa4 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Re7 Ra3+ 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Ra4 56. h3
(56. h4 {Ftacnik} h5 $10) 56... h5 57. Kf3 Kf8 58. Rd7 Rb4 59. g4 Rb3+ 60. Kg2
hxg4 61. hxg4 Ra3 62. f3 Ra5 63. Kg3 g5 64. Kf2 Re5 65. Rh7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf3"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb1 Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. Qf3 $1 (12. Rd1 e5 $1 13. dxe5
Nxc3 $10) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Be4 Rc8 15. Rd1 (15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Bg5
$10) 15... f5 (15... b6 $5) 16. Bd3 Na5 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Qe3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4
20. Re1 $1 {><e6} Qc8 21. Bg5 e5 $1 (21... Bf8 22. h4 $36) 22. h4 exd4 23. cxd4
Qd8 $1 24. Rac1 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 f4 $2 (26... Re7 $1 27. Qd2 Bc6 28.
Nf4 Rd7 $132) 27. Nxf4 Qxg5 28. Nd3 $1 Qxe3 29. fxe3 $16 Bf5 (29... Bc6 $5 30.
Ne5 Rf6 $16) 30. Ne5 Re7 31. g4 $1 Be4 32. g5 $1 Kg7 33. Kf2 h6 34. gxh6+ Kxh6
35. Kg3 Kg5 36. a3 b6 $2 (36... Rh7 $8 37. Rf1 Bf5 $8 (37... Rh1 38. Nf7+ Kh5
39. Rxh1+ Bxh1 40. Kf4 $18) 38. e4 $1 Rh3+ (38... Bxe4 39. Nf7+ Kh5 40. Rf2 $1
g5 41. Rh2+ Kg6 42. Rxh7 Kxh7 43. Nxg5+ $18) 39. Kg2 Bg4 40. d5 Rxa3 (40... Re3
41. Nf7+ Kh4 42. Rh1+ Bh3+ 43. Rxh3+ Rxh3 44. d6 Rd3 45. e5 g5 46. e6 $18) 41.
Nxg4 Kxg4 42. d6 Rd3 43. e5 $18) 37. Rf1 $1 Bd5 38. Rf4 $1 Rc7 39. e4 Bb3 (
39... Rc3+ 40. Nf3+ $18) 40. Rg4+ Kh5 41. Kf4 $1 $18 Bf7 42. d5 Be8 43. Rg3 Kh6
44. d6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "5.151"]
[White "Wallace, John Paul"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cambridge"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6 (
7... Re8 {is the routine move but the text is quite trendy. If White chases
the bishop with the knight, it retreats and Black then chases the knight with
a pawn - or 'knock for knock', as car insurers like to say.}) 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Rc1
Na6 {New, I think. Black supports the c7-c5 push and is not bothered about
getting doubled a-pawns since White's resultant light squares will be weakened
if the bishop disappears.} 10. a3 c5 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb4 b6 $1 ({
After} 13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bxb4+ 15. axb4 {, White has a slight edge based on
good control of the dark squares, but the text keeps things more edgy.}) 14.
Ned4 $2 ({White gets into trouble after this. Instead} 14. O-O {leaves him
slightly worse but perhaps not seriously so.}) 14... a6 15. Nc3 a5 16. Bxc5
bxc5 17. Nde2 {He has to go back here otherwise ...d5-d4 is even more
unpleasant.} Bb7 18. O-O Rc8 {Black now has a reasonable advantage with his
two bishops, secure centre and active piece play.} 19. Bf5 Rc6 20. Qa4 Rb6 $1 {
[diag]} 21. Qc2 $2 ({I expect many of us would have taken our chances with} 21.
Qxa5 Rxb2 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Ba6 {but it's the sort of
position with a strong initiative which super-GMs tend to win at a canter.
That said, it's better than the game line, where Black has a more or less
forced sequence leading to a win.}) 21... g6 $1 22. Bh3 (22. Bd3 c4 {traps the
bishop.}) (22. Na4 $5 {is the best of a bad job but} gxf5 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24.
Qxf5 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Qxb2 {leaves Black with two bishops for a rook.}) 22... d4 $1
{The start of a powerful loose ruck. The threat to the knight and the fork
with d3 are pretty obvious, but it goes further than that.} 23. Rfd1 Rd6 24.
Qb3 dxc3 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxb7 Rb8 (26... Qd2 {also scores a try but the text
makes sure of a conversion.}) 27. Qa7 cxb2 28. Rb1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 5th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Shabalov,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 b6 $5 {Quite a
legitimate move,though far less popular than both} (6... c5) ({and} 6... dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5) {The philosophy behind it is that black wants to play Queen's
Gambit Declined now,rather than Nimzo.} 7. cxd5 {I believe this move takes a
lot of pressure off black.Alternatives are 7.0-0 and 7.a3 and the biggest
legacy in this variation lies with the following game} (7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7
9. f3 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. b5 Ne5 14. Be2 Qc7 15. e4
Rfd8 16. Qe1 Qc5+ 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Ra3 Ne8 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Be3 Nd6 21. Rfa1 Nc8
22. Bf1 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Ra4 Re8 25. Bd2 Qc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rc4 Re5 28.
Na4 a6 29. Nxc5 axb5 30. Nxb7 Rxa1 31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32. Nd8+ Ke7 33. Nc6+ Kd7 34.
Nxe5+ Kxc8 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Bc3 Rb1 37. Kf2 b4 38. Bxg7 {1-0 Petrosian,
T-Spassky,B/Moscow 1969/(38).}) 7... exd5 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 c6 $1 {Typical
reaction in Queen's Gambit.} (9... Bb7 10. Qc2 a6 11. O-O Qe7 12. f3 Re8 13.
Ng3 g6 14. e4 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Nc6 16. Qf2 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Qf4 h5 19. Nd5
Qd7 20. Be2 Re6 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Bb2 f5 23. exf5 Qxd5 24. fxe6 Ne5 25. Rf2 Nd3
26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Re2 Rg8 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Rf1 {1-0 Timman,J-Keene,
R/London 1973/(30).}) 10. h3 $6 {White doesn't want to deal even with a shadow
of Bxh2 sacrifice.} (10. O-O Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 $16) 10... a5 11. Rb1
$2 {Now this is a stubborness.White had to play versus hanging pawns after} (
11. b5 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O) 11... axb4 12. axb4 b5 $15 {Black is using b4
weakness to quickly mobilize his forces.} 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qb3 Na6 15. Na2 Nc7
16. Nac3 Na6 17. Na2 Bb8 18. Nac3 h5 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Ba3 ({This ugly move is
necessity.} 20. Na2 Ne4 21. f3 Qh4) 20... Nc7 21. Ng3 {This move allows black
to start an obvious play on light squares.} Bxg3 22. fxg3 Ne6 23. Rf1 Nxd4 ({
Even stronger was} 23... Nf4 24. exf4 Qe3+ 25. Kh2 Qxd3 26. Rfd1 Qg6) 24. Nxd5
Nxd5 25. exd4 Be6 $17 26. Bc2 g6 27. Bc1 Ra6 {Multidirectional invasion
combining with white's time trouble decides the game fast.} 28. Bd2 Rfa8 29.
Qf3 Ra2 30. Rfc1 Nb6 $1 {The final reshuffling.} 31. Bh6 (31. Qxc6 Bd5 32. Qxb6
Qe2 $19) 31... Bd5 32. Qf1 Kh7 33. Bf4 Nc4 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Re2 Na3 36. Rc1 Bc4
$19 {Finally white loses material.The game is over.} 37. Bd1 h4 38. Qf3 Bxe2
39. Bxe2 Qxd4+ 40. Kh2 Re8 41. Bf1 Qd5 42. Qg4 hxg3+ 43. Qxg3 Nc4 44. Rc3 Nd2
45. Bd3 Kg7 46. Bxd2 Rxd2 47. Bf1 Qd6 48. Qxd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb1 Re8 $1 (10... Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. Qf3 $1 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Bd7 14. Be4 Rc8 15. Rd1 $14 {Salov,V-Timman,J/Sanghi Nagar/1994/}) 11. Qd3
g6 12. Qf3 $1 (12. Rd1 b6 13. a3 Bf8 14. Ba2 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Bg7 16. Be3 Bb7 $10
{Olesen,M-Martens,M/Kecskemet/1991/}) 12... Bf8 $6 (12... b6 $5 13. Be4 Bb7 $1
14. Nxd5 $140 exd5 15. Bxd5 Ne5 16. dxe5 Qxd5 $132) 13. Be4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7
$5 (14... Qc7 $14) (14... Bd7 $14) 15. Bxc6 (15. Rb1 $32 {><c6,b7}) 15... bxc6
16. Qxc6 Bd7 (16... Rb8 17. Bg5 $1 $14) 17. Qf3 Qa5 (17... Rc8 $32 $132 18. Ng3
Bc6) 18. Bf4 $6 (18. Ng3 Rac8 (18... f5 $5) 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qf4
Red8 22. Qh4 $1 h5 $8 23. Bg5 $36) 18... Bb5 19. Rfc1 $8 Rac8 20. Ng3 Bc6 $1
21. Qe2 Ba8 $15 {^=,><c3,d4,g2} 22. Qe1 Qd5 23. Qf1 (23. f3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxd4+
25. Be3 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc1 Be5 28. Bxa7 Bd5 $17) 23... h5 {/\h4,h3} 24.
h3 Rc4 (24... Bf8 $5) 25. Ne2 $1 Rec8 26. Bd2 Bf8 27. Nf4 Qf5 28. Nd3 Bd6 29.
f3 Bd5 30. Nb2 $6 (30. Qe2 $32) 30... R4c7 31. Qa6 (31. c4 $2 Ba3 $1 32. cxd5
Bxb2 $17) 31... Bg3 (31... Bf4 $5 {/\ 32.Qe2 Bf3!!-/+}) 32. Qd3 Qf6 33. Qe3 e5
34. Nd3 exd4 35. Qxd4 (35. cxd4 $32) 35... Qxd4+ (35... Qf5 $132) 36. cxd4 $14
Rxc1+ 37. Rxc1 Rb8 $1 38. Nb4 Ba8 (38... Bxa2 39. Nxa2 (39. Ra1 $5 Bc4 40. Rxa7
$14) 39... Rb2 $10) 39. d5 Bd6 40. Nc6 Rb2 41. Be3 Rxa2 42. Nxa7 (42. Bxa7 Bxc6
43. Rxc6 Rxa7 44. Rxd6 h4 {/\ Ra2-d2=}) 42... Bxd5 43. Rc8+ Kh7 (43... Kg7 44.
Bd4+ f6 45. Rd8 Be5 46. Bxe5 fxe5 47. Rxd5 Rxa7 48. Rxe5 $14) 44. Bd4 g5 45.
Rd8 (45. Rh8+ Kg6 46. Rf8 Bh2+ 47. Kxh2 Bxf3 48. Kg1 (48. Kg3 Be4 $36) 48...
Rxg2+ 49. Kf1 $10) (45. Rd8 Rd2 46. Rxd6 Rxd4 47. Nb5 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 Bb3 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bd6 (8... Bf8) 9. f3 c5 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 h6 $6 (11... Be7 12. Qf2 a6 13.
g4 (13. a3 b5 14. Kh1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Bd2 Qb8 19.
Be1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qe5 $10 {Aleksandrov,A-Kiselev,S/POL/1992/0:1/38/}) 13... b5
14. Ng3 b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. h4 Nf8 20. f5
Bd6 $15 {Gurevich,M-Polugaevsky,L/Reggio Emilia/1992/0,5/42/}) (11... Ne7 $5
12. Nb5 Ng6 13. Qf2 Bf8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b3 Bd7 16. Nbd4 Rc8 17. Bd2 Ne5 18.
Bc2 Qb6 19. Rad1 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Bb5 $1 $15 {Gelfand,B-Kotronias,V/Chalkidiki/
1993/0,5/27/}) 12. g4 a6 13. Qf2 $1 {/\ Ng3,h4/} b5 14. Ng3 Be6 $6 (14... b4 $1
15. Nce2 a5 {/\ Ba6/}) 15. Nce2 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rad1 b4 18. Bb1 a5 19. Kh1
Rc7 20. h4 $16 {|^ >>/} Qa6 21. Rg1 (21. g5 $5) 21... Rce7 22. Rg2 (22. g5 $5)
22... cxd4 (22... Nd7 $142 $16) 23. exd4 Nd7 24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Nf8 26. h5
Bd7 (26... f6 $5) 27. g5 $1 Ne6 28. Qc2 $1 g6 $8 29. Be3 Nf8 30. Bf2 hxg5 31.
Qd2 $1 g4 32. Qh6 $18 Nd8 (32... gxf3 $5 33. Rh2 Nd8 34. Rg1 $1 $40 (34. hxg6
fxg6 35. Qh8+ Kf7)) 33. fxg4 Bxg4 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. Bxf5 Qe2 36. Rd3 Qf1+ 37.
Kh2 Nde6 38. Rh3 Ng7 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Bd3 Qd1 41. Rxg6 $1 (41. Rxg6 Nxg6 (
41... Qxd3 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qxg7#) 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Bxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {
An old favorite of Mikhail Gurevich's, which he used with great success in the
late 80's. He used to tuck his king away in the corner, put his rook on the
g-file and start pushing his kingside. He was very sceptical about it, but won
a lot of games...} Re8 (7... Bd6 8. Nb5 Be7 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Kh1 Na6
12. f3 c5 13. Nec3 Bd7 14. g4 Nc7 15. a4 Ne6 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. f4
cxd4 19. exd4 Bb4 20. g5 Nef8 21. f5 Nc5 22. Bf4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Be3 Bd6
25. Qh5 Bd5 26. Qg4 Rc8 27. Rg2 Nd7 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Dizdar,G/Reykjavik op ;TD
88\05 1988}) 8. O-O Bd6 (8... Bf8 9. a3 a5 10. Bc2 c6 11. f3 Qb6 12. Kh1 Be6
13. e4 g6 14. e5 Nh5 15. f4 f5 16. exf6 Nd7 17. f5 gxf5 18. f7+ Bxf7 19. Bxf5
Nhf6 20. Qd3 Bg7 21. Bg5 Nf8 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bf6 Bg6 25. Bxg7
Kxg7 26. h4 Kh8 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Rf7 Kg8 29. Raf1 Qb5 30. Qe3 Qh5 31. g3 Rab8
32. Kg1 Re6 33. Qf4 {Gurevich,M-Akesson,R/Stockholm Rilton Cup ;TD 87\05 1987/
1-0 (43)}) 9. f3 c5 10. Bd2 (10. a3 Nc6 11. Rf2 a6 12. Bc2 b5 13. g4 b4 14.
axb4 Nxb4 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. g5 Bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nd7 18. Rg2 Rc8 19. h4 Qe7 20. Bd2
Nd3 21. Qf1 Qe6 22. f4 g6 23. Ng3 c4 24. Nc3 Nb4 25. f5 Qe7 26. Qf3 Nb6 27. h5
Bc7 28. Rf1 Rcd8 29. Qg4 Nc2 30. Rf3 Bxg3 31. Rgxg3 Rd6 32. Rh3 Qd7 33. Qh4
gxf5 34. Qf2 Rde6 35. Rxf5 Rxe3 36. Bxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Nxe3 38. Qxe3 Qxf5 39.
Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qd8 Nd7 41. Ne2 Qf3 42. Qxd7 Qxe2 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Hjartarson,
J/Akureyri ;CBM 08 1988}) (10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Be7 12. Qf2 a6 13. g4 b5 14. Ng3
b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. h4 Nf8 20. f5 Bd6 21.
Bd2 Qb6 22. Kg2 cxd4 23. exd4 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Rad1 Nc6 27.
Bf4 d4 28. Rfe1 Rd8 29. Rd2 Nd7 30. Rc1 f6 31. Rc4 Nde5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Rcxd4
Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Rc6 35. Ne4 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Ra8 Rxa2 39. Ra7+
Kf8 40. Nc5 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Khalifman,A/Reggio
Emilia (03) ;CBM 27 1991}) 10... Nc6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bb1 h6 (12... Qe7 $5 {
intending ...b5-b4 looks like a reasonable plan.}) 13. Kh1 cxd4 14. exd4 Na5
15. Re1 Bf8 $6 {It seems to me that clarifying the pawn tension in the center
favors white, and that if black is to justify his last few moves, then he
should find a way to sink his horse into c4. He apparently did not like} (15...
Nc4 $1 16. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 (16... Nxb2 $2 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qc2 {wins for white.}
) (16... Nxd2 $5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxd2 Qh4 {gives black fair compensation
for the pawn.}) 17. Rxc4 Qh4 18. Ng3 Bd7 {but black's initiative is rather
nasty -- the possibility of ...Bb5 makes it difficult for white to secure his
kingside with Nf1.}) 16. Nf4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nc6 {Black admits that the raid to
c4 has failed.} 18. Qe3 g6 19. a3 Ne7 20. g4 $1 Bd7 21. Re1 Bc6 22. Ne6 $1 fxe6
23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Bxh6+ $1 Kxh6 25. g5+ $1 (25. Qxf6 Kh7) 25... Kh7 {Better
than} (25... Kxg5 26. Rg1+ Kh6 27. Qxf6) 26. gxf6 Ng8 27. Qf7+ $6 {Djurhuus
had already seen a line that satisfied him, and so missed a chance to finish
in style:} (27. Bxg6+ $1 Kh8 (27... Kxg6 28. Rg1+ {mates.}) 28. Qh3+ Nh6 29.
Re7 $1 {threatening 30.Rh7+ Kg8 31.f7+ Nxf7 32.Bxf7 mate.}) 27... Kh8 28. Re6
$1 Nxf6 (28... Qd7 29. Qxg6 {and black cannot cope with the twin threats of
Re7/f7, severing his communications along the seventh rank.}) 29. Rxf6 Qe8 30.
Qxe8 Rxe8 31. Bxg6 {The rest is not so difficult.} Re1+ 32. Kg2 Bg7 33. Rf4 Bh6
34. Rh4 Kg7 35. Kf2 $1 Rh1 36. Bd3 Bg5 37. Rg4 Kh6 (37... Rxh2+ 38. Kg3 Rh5 39.
f4) 38. Kg2 Re1 39. f4 Bd8 40. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon 9798"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1997.12.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. a3 a6 $5 $146 (12... b6 13.
Bg5 (13. Rd1 Re8 (13... Bb7 14. Nf4 Nxd4 $2 (14... g6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nfxd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Berg,K-Pajeken,W/Hamburg Wichern-op 1995 (21)})
15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rd1 $4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sarfati,J-Martin,B/NZD-ch
Otago 1991 (24)} (17. Rc4 $1 exf4 (17... Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nd3 $18) 18.
Rc7 $18)) 14. Nf4 Nxd4 $1 15. Ba4 (15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 $11) 15... b5 $1
16. Nxb5 Nf5 (16... Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Qc7 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Rac1 Qb8 $11) 17. Qf3 Bd7
18. Nc3 Qc8 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wirthensohn,H-Rajkovic,D/Bern 1988 (51)}
) (13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Qh3 g6 16. Be5 Na5 17. Qh6 Re8 18. Ba4 Bc6 19.
Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Ne4 Nxe5 $1 21. dxe5 Nxe4 $1 (21... Nd5 22. Nd4 (22. Nf4 $2 Bf8
$19) 22... Bf8 23. Qd2 Qh4 24. f4 Red8 $15) 22. Rxd8 Rexd8 23. Qf4 Rc4 (23...
Nd2 $5) 24. b3 Bg5 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qf3 Nd2 27. Qb7 Rc2 $17 {0-1 Matveeva,
S-Kiselev,S/Helsinki op 1992 (39)}) 13... g6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qh3 (15. Rfe1 Rc8
16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Nc3 $11 {1-0 Van Gisbergen,S-Gronn,A/
Hamburg-chIJ 1989 (29)}) 15... Re8 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Ncxe7 18. Ne4 Nf5 $15 {
0-1 Pein,M-Rajkovic,D/Brussels OHRA op 1987 (58)}) (12... g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14.
Ba4 a6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 (17... Qxd7 18. Bg5 Qc6 $15) 18.
d5 e5 19. d6 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. b4 (21. Nd5 $16) 21... Nc6 22. Nd5 $16 {
1-0 Jelen,I-Sher,M/Ptuj 1991 (29)}) 13. Rd1 Re8 (13... g6 $5 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Bb3 $132 (15. Qf3 e5 $1 $132)) 14. Qf3 Qc7 $1 15. Bf4 e5 $5 (15... Qb6 16. b4
Rd8 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qe4 g6 $11) 16.
dxe5 (16. Bg5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Qe5 $11) (16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Qd3 Red8
18. d5 Rac8 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. Qg3 Bc5 $1 (17... Bd6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Nd4 $14
) 18. Qh4 (18. b4 Ba7 19. Rac1 Qe7 (19... Bg4 20. Ba4 $18) 20. Qh4 h6 $11)
18... h6 19. h3 (19. b4 Ba7 20. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 19... Qe7 20. Bg3 Ng6 $1 $15 21.
Bxg6 (21. Qa4 Bd7 22. Qb3 Be6 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qa5 Nh5 $17) 21... fxg6 22. Qa4 b5
23. Qc2 Bf5 24. Qb3+ Be6 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. Qb3+ Kh7 27. Nf4 Rad8 28. Rxd8 (28.
Ncd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Qf7 (29... Qe6 30. Rac1 Bb6 31. Bc7 Bxc7 32. Rxc7 Qe2 33.
Rdc1 Qe5 34. Ne3 $11) 30. Rac1 Bxf2+ $1 31. Bxf2 Be4 32. Rc5 Rxd5 33. Rcxd5 Rd8
34. Rxd8 Qxb3 $15) 28... Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Ne4 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Nd5
Qd3 $6 (32... Bd4 33. Nc3 Qd3 34. Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Bc7 g5 $17) 33. Qxd3 Bxd3 34.
Nc7 a5 (34... Bd4 35. b4 Bb2 36. Nxa6 Bxa3 37. Be5 g5 38. f3 Bc4 39. Kf2 Kg6
40. Bc3 $11) 35. Be5 Bc4 36. Ne8 Bf8 (36... Kg8 37. Nd6 (37. Nxg7 Kf7 $19 {
[%csl Rg7]}) 37... Bd3 38. Nb7 Bb6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Kf7 41. Nc5 $11) 37.
Bd6 Kg8 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. Nd6 Bd3 40. f4 Ke7 41. Nb7 a4 42. Kf2 Be4 43. Nc5 Bd5
(43... Bc6 44. g4 Kd6 45. Nd3 Bb7 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Nf2 Kc4 48. Kd2 Kb3 49. Kc1
g5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Nd1 Bg2 52. Nf2 g6 53. Kb1 Kc4 54. Kc2 Kd4 (54... Bf1 55.
Kc1) 55. Kd2 Bc6 (55... Bb7 56. Nd1) 56. Nd1 Ke4 57. Ke2 Kf4 58. Kf2) 44. g3
Kd6 45. Nd3 Bc4 46. Ke3 g5 $2 (46... Kd5 $11) 47. Kd4 gxf4 48. Nxf4 Bf7 49. h4
g5 50. Nd3 $2 (50. hxg5 $1 hxg5 51. Nh3 g4 52. Nf2 Be6 53. Ne4+ $16) 50... gxh4
51. gxh4 Bc4 52. Nf2 Ke6 53. Ne4 Kf5 $4 (53... Bf1 $11) 54. Nd6+ $18 Kg4 55.
Nxc4 bxc4 $6 (55... Kxh4 $142 $5 56. Nd6 $1 (56. Ne5 h5 57. Kc5 Kg3 58. Ng6 Kg4
59. Kxb5 Kf5 60. Nh4+ Kg4 61. Ng2 Kg3 62. Ne3 Kf3 63. Nf5 Kg4 $11) (56. Nd2 h5
57. Ne4 (57. Kc5 Kg3 58. Kxb5 h4 59. Ne4+ Kf3 60. Ng5+ Kf4 61. Nh3+ Kg3 62.
Kxa4 Kxh3 63. b4 Kg2 64. b5 h3 65. b6 h2 66. b7 h1=Q 67. b8=Q $14) 57... Kh3
58. Kc5 h4 59. Kxb5 Kg4 60. Kxa4 Kf3 61. b4 Kxe4 62. b5 Kd5 (62... h3 63. b6 h2
64. b7 h1=Q 65. b8=Q Qd1+ $14) 63. Ka5 h3 64. b6 Kc6 65. Ka6 h2 66. b7 h1=Q 67.
b8=Q Qf1+ $11) 56... Kg4 (56... h5 57. Ke3 Kg3 58. Nxb5 h4 59. Nd4 h3 60. Ne2+
Kg4 61. Kf2 $18) 57. Ke3 h5 58. Kf2 $18) 56. Kxc4 Kxh4 57. b4 axb3 58. Kxb3 Kg3
59. a4 h5 60. a5 h4 61. a6 h3 62. a7 Kg2 63. a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bratanov, Zsivko"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 {The text is quite popular. However,
while symmetrical structures may not be to everyonebody's taste, I have a
strong feeling ( without I have to admit being a specialist in the variation )
that} (10... exd5 $5 {is much more reliable. After} 11. Nf4 {moreover, both d6
and f6 seem to be acceptable squares for black's dark-squared bishop eg.} Bd6 (
11... Be7 12. Be3 g6 {> 'b'.}) (11... g6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Rc5 Be6 $5
({Better than} 14... Nb4 15. Bb1 b6 16. Rc3 Bb7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Ba2 Ne7 19. Qf3
$14 Nf5 20. Rd1 Re8 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd4 23. Nc7 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25.
Rxd4 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Qxd4+ 27. Kxe1 Rd8 28. Kf1 Qe5 29. Kg1 Rd2 30. h3 Rxb2 31.
Qg3 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Re2 33. Rd3 {1-0 Georgiev,V-Sulskis,S/Cappelle 1999 (49) and
black's compensation was clearly insufficient.}) 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qg4 Bg7 18. h4 e5 {1-0 Ivanov,J-Cosma,I/Cappelle 1999,} ({or} 18... Nxd4 19.
Bxd4 Rf4 20. Rxe6 Qxc5 21. Qxf4 Qxd4 {look fine for black.})) 12. Be3 (12. Re1
g6 (12... Qf6 $6 13. Nxd5 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qh4 15. g3 Qd8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rad1 {
with such a cleared centre, a lead in development can be a key factor in the
position. It is instructive how white builds on this edge here.} Bg4 18. Be2
Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 20. Qb3 Qb8 21. Red2 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Yd2d7]} Re6 22. Nf4
Rf6 23. Nh5 Rg6 24. f4 Ne7 25. Qb5 Re6 26. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M-Hansen,
S/Lippstadt 1997/CBM 59 ext (45)}) 13. Bc2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Qf6 15. g3 (15. a3 Bxf4
16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. axb4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. g3 Qd6 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Qb6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Razuvaev,Y/Moscow 1986/MCL (41)}) 15... Be6 16. Be3 Nc6 17.
Nxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6] One of the main reasons for my fundamental belief in
the good health of black's position in this line is that the pawn structure
resembles that reached in some lines of the Tarrasch French, only in a fairly
pleasant version. While it might be argued that e6 is weaker without black's
'bad bishop', so might the d4 pawn miss the support of white's king's knight.}
18. a3 Bc7 19. Qd3 Bb6 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Bf4 Nc6 {
[%cal Gc6d4,Gc6e5] 1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Stohl,I/Germany 1999/GER-chT (23)} (23...
Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 24. Be5 $13 {[%csl Ye5]})) 12... g6 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Qf3 Be6
15. Rc3 Qd7 16. Nh5 $4 {I happened to be standing by the board when white
uncorked this striking miscalculation. For a moment I too thought Lev might be
in trouble, but the confident expression on his face suggested otherwise...} (
16. h3 $5) 16... gxh5 17. Qf6 Qd8 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Ge7f5] and now all
became clear. The joys of live chess!} 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Bg5 Nf5
21. Qxh5 Ng7 22. Qh6 Nf5 23. Qh5 Ng7 24. Qh6 f6 25. Bh4 Rf7 26. Re1 Nf5 $19 {
0-1 Georgiev,V-Psakhis,L/Eu Team Ch, Batumi GEO 1999 (31)}) 11. a3 Ba5 $5 $146
{[%cal Ga5b6][%mdl 8] The bishop is headed for b6, although looking at the
examples to come with ...Bd6 and ..Be7, we might conclude that the priority is
not so much to pressure the d-pawn as to prevent a major piece entry on c7. 
Intuitively, we might expect its presence to be missed on the king-side.} (
11... Bd6 $6 12. Nc3 $1 {Of course. Black's idea lacks coherence if the queen
is denied access to h5.} ({rather than} 12. Be3 $6 Qh5 13. g3 e5 14. Be4 Bh3
15. Bg2 Rad8 $15 {0-1 Medic,M-Stocek,J/Pula 2000/ which permits black to fully
execute his plan}) {The only tactical point required is that} 12... Qxd4 $2 {
fails to} 13. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd3h7]}) (11... Be7 12. Be3 g6 (12...
Qh5 13. Nc3 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Bf6 15. Be4 Bd7 16. Rab1 $1 $32 {[%cal Yd4d5]} Rfd8
17. d5 Na5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 $14 {[%csl Yd5]} Rd7 21. b4 Rad8
22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd7+ Rxd7 24. bxa5 a6 25. g3 $14 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,
M-Bojkovic,N/Belgrade 1998/CBM 63 ext (46)}) 13. Qc2 Bf6 14. Rfd1 $1 {In
general white seems to have a sufficient lead in development that black is
vulnerable to the kind of central break which we have already seen in the
Chiburdanidze game cited above. However, a certain precision is required in
how to go about showing it. The text is the best way to begin, since black's
queen is pretty well forced back to d8.} ({By contrast} 14. Be4 Qd7 $1 15. Rfd1
Ne7 16. Nc3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Bf4 b6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qf5
$1 {was less effective. White has to be constantly on guard against
counterplay on the light squares.} 22. Re1 Be6 23. Nb5 Qg5 24. Nd6 Rd7 25. Rac1
Rf8 26. Rc2 f6 27. Qc3 d4 28. Qxd4 fxe5 29. Qb4 a5 30. Ne4 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 axb4
32. axb4 Rd4 $15 {0-1 Georgiev,V-San Segundo,P/Elgoibar 1999/CBM 75 (53)})
14... Ne7 15. Nc3 Qd8 (15... Qd7 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. Rac1 $16) 16. Be4 Bg7 17. d5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. Rd2 $32 {[%csl Ye3,Ye4][%cal Gd1d8,Gc1c7]}
Be6 21. Qc7 Qb5 22. Rb1 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Rbd1 b6 25. b4 $14 {1-0 Georgiev,
V-Hall,J/Germany 1999/GER-chT (39)}) 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rfd1 {Natural
enough, but if white wants to execute the plan in the game, this might
contribute less than the reply ...Ne7 which us clearly a key for the defence.}
({Maybe therefore} 14. Bh7+ $5 Kh8 15. Be4 Qd7 $1 {This seems to be just about
always the right square.} (15... Qd6 {simply gives white a tempo to improve
his bishop's prospects of joining the attack by} 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Bf4 $1 Qd7
18. Qc5 Bb6 19. Qh5 Ng8 20. Be5 $1 $36) 16. Qc5 Bb6 17. Qh5 $36) 14... Ne7 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Qc5 (17. Nf4 Nd5 $5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bf3 Qf5 $11)
17... Bb6 18. Qh5 Qe8 {[%csl Ge8,Gh5][%cal Gf7f5,Ge8h5,Gh5e8]} (18... Ng8 $6
19. Bg5 Qb5 (19... Re8 $5 $14) 20. d5 $1 g6 $140 21. Qh4 Qxe2 22. Bxd8 Bxd8 23.
Qxd8 Qxe4 24. Rac1 $16) 19. Nc3 $5 (19. Qe5 $6 Nf5 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Bxh6 f6
21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg3+ Kf8 $15)) (19. Bxh6 $5 {still looks quite dangerous} f5
20. Qh4 gxh6 (20... Ng6 21. Qh3 gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Rd3 Bc7 24. f4 Rd7 25.
Rg3 $40) 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Rd3 Qf8 23. Rg3+ Kf7 {and I don't see more than a
draw, although black would need good nerves to do this} 24. Qh5+ Kf6 25. Qh4+
Kf7 26. Bf3 $140 Qh8 $1) 19... Ng8 20. Qh4 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 (21... Nxe7 22.
Rac1 Nd5 23. Na4 $5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock-A 15th"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Womacka,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1989.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 {Häufiger geschieht} (10. a3 {oder}) (10. Bc2)
10... h6 11. a3 (11. Rd1 {nebst 12.Be4 sieht logischer aus}) 11... Bd6 12. Ne4
Bc7 13. Rd1 Nce7 14. N2g3 Bd7 {Schwarz hat problemlos ausgeglichen.} 15. Qe2
Ng6 16. Nh5 Ba4 $1 {Dieses Vertreiben des Turmes von der d-Linie ermöglicht
den Vorstoß e5.} (16... Ndf4 $2 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Nef6+ Kh8 19. Qe4 Ng6 20.
Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qg4) 17. Re1 Bc6 18. g3 $6 {Der GM legt die Partie natürlich auf
Sieg an. Vernünftiger als der schwächende Textzug wäre aber} (18. Nc3 Ndf4 19.
Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rad1 {nebst Be4 gewesen, wonach Weiß die Partie im
Gleichgewicht halten kann.}) 18... e5 {Logische Reaktion} 19. Bc4 f5 $1 {
Aber ja nicht} (19... exd4 $4 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (21... Bxe4 22.
Bxg7) 22. Nef6+ Kh8 23. Qd2) 20. Nc3 Kh7 21. Qd2 $5 f4 $1 {Klärt die Stellung
zugunsten von Schwarz. Es drohte 22.Nxg7} (21... Nxc3 22. Nxg7 Nf4 $5 23. Ne6
$1 {wäre vorteilhaft für Weiß}) 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. dxe5 Bc6 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25.
gxf4 {Oder} (25. Nxf4 Nxe5) (25. Bxf4 Rf5 (25... Bf3 $2 26. e6) 26. e6 Bb6)
25... Bf3 $6 {Bei beiden Spielern wurde die Zeit bereits knapp, deshalb wählte
ich den übersichtlichen Weg, beide Bauern zurückzugewinnen und die bessere
Stellung zu behalten. Tatsächlich wäre aber} (25... Nh4 $1 {stärker gewesen,
wonach Weiß aufgrund der Schwächen der weißen Felder und des
Entwicklungsrückstandes nicht mehr in der Lage gewesen wäre, sich zu
verteidigen} 26. Re3 (26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Bf3) (26. Kf1 Bg2+) 26... Nf3+ 27.
Kf1 Bb6 28. Re2 Nxh2+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Nd4 31. Rd2 Rf5 32. Ng3 Rxf4 {
mit Gewinnstellung für Schwarz.}) 26. Ng3 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. e6 Re8 29.
Nce4 Re7 30. Rac1 Bb6 31. Rc2 Rg4 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. Rc3 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Rgxe6 35.
Rxe6 Rxe6 36. f3 Rd6 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. Ne4 Kg6 39. Rc8 Rc7 40. Rxc7 Bxc7 {
Nach beiderseits ungenau behandelter Zeitnotphase ist nun ein Endspiel
entstanden, in dem der Läufer dem Springer klar überlegen ist.} 41. h3 Kf5 42.
a4 a5 43. Nc5 b6 44. Nd3 Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd5 46. b3 Bh2 $2 {Hier übersah ich
völlig die weiße Verteidigungsidee.} (46... Bg3 {und erst auf einen Wegzug des
Springers hätte Bh2 gewonnen.}) 47. Ne1 $1 Bg1+ 48. Kd3 Bf2 49. Ng2 g5 50. Ke2
Bg1 51. Kd3 Bf2 {Erneut war ich in Zeitnot und wollte mich erst einmal über
den 60.Zug retten.} 52. Ke2 Bg1 53. Kd3 Bc5 54. Ne1 Bf2 55. Ng2 Bc5 56. Ne1 Bf2
57. Ng2 Kc5 58. Kc3 h5 59. Kd3 Kd5 {Ermöglicht sofort eine Remisabwicklung.
Aber auch} (59... Kb4 {gewinnt nicht mehr} 60. Kc2 Ka3 61. Kc3 Ka2 62. Kc2 h4
63. Kc3 Kb1 64. f4 g4 65. Nxh4) 60. f4 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. Ne3+ Bxe3 63. Kxe3
Ke6 64. Kf2 Kf6 {2:58-2:59} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {
A modest system, but not without venom. White plans a classic Botvinnik Pawn
Roller, made famous by his win over Capablanca, AVRO 1938.} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 {
The most solid choice.} ({Unlike in similar lines of the QGD, where the white
bishop goes to g5, here White's K-side seems a bit vulnerable, so} 8... Bd6 {
has been tried on numerous occasions.} 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 {Khismatullin-Anand,
World Rapid 2015.} {Vishy chose} Ng4 $5 ({The tempting} 10... Bxh2+ {doesn't
quite work here:} 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 $1 Qd6+ 13. f4 ({White can also
contemplate} 13. Nf4 $5 g5 14. Rh1 f5 15. f3 $1 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Ncxd5 $1
gxf4+ 18. Nxf4 {where he will soon get his turn to take potshots at the enemy
king.}) 13... Rxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Nxe3 15. Qd2 $18) 11. h3 $2 (11. g3 {is normal})
11... Nh2 12. Re1 Nf3+ 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 {and should have won the game,
but for some reason he rejected the obvious} Bxh3 ({The game went} 14... Qh4
15. Nf4 Bxh3 16. Ng2 Qxf2 17. Bf1 Re6 18. e4 Qg3 $2 19. e5 Bxg2+ 20. Bxg2 Qh4+
21. Kg1 Qxd4+ 22. Be3 {and White eventually won})) 9. O-O b6 (9... c6 10. Rc1
a5 11. f3 b5 $5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Nce2 b4 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 {Jobava-Mareco, World
Rapid 2016, Two of my favourite players slugging it out!}) 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4
Bb7 (11... Ba6 {appears a bit risky because of the d5-pawn coming under
assault after} 12. dxc5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 bxc5 14. Na4 c4 15. Nf4 Nc6 16. Bc3 {
but, perhaps, Black can just give it away:} d4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. d5 Nb4 $44) 12.
Qf3 Na6 {Dull, standard play.} ({Ivan Saric tried to uphold Black's colors 
(Jolly Roger?) a couple of times. One of his efforts saw} 12... Nc6 $5 13.
Ncxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne5 15. dxe5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 Bxa2 {
Martinovic-Saric, 2017. Black doesn't look to be worse at all.}) ({I like} 
12... Bc6 $5 {There's no white knight anywhere near e5, and Black is planning
to follow up c5-c4 with b6-b5!}) 13. Rfd1 cxd4 {True to his newfound identity
of "MInister of Defence" Sergey dutifully accepts a slightly worse position.} (
{Truth be told,} 13... Nc7 $6 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. b4
$1 {would have been a much worse outcome.}) 14. exd4 Nc7 15. Bc2 Bd6 16. Be3
Ne4 $1 17. Ba4 Re7 18. Bb3 Qd7 19. h3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 $5 {Magnus is desperate to
unbalance the position. Actually, the resulting pawn structure is not that bad:
with d4 defended White can concentrate on the d5-pawn.} (20. Rxc3 Rae8 21. Rdc1
g6 {doesn't lead White anywhere.}) 20... Bc6 21. Nh5 Re6 22. Bc2 $2 {Oh,
Magnus...} ({First} 22. Re1 $1 {then Bc2 to keep that bishop alive!}) 22... Ba4
$1 {Being Magnus at this moment in time: no wins to his credit, no chance to
contend for first place, the media demanding explanations, the chess internet
swirling with rumours, the damned glasses make his head ache... He just had to
do something about it.} 23. c4 $5 dxc4 24. d5 Rg6 $1 {So far Sergey is showing
himself up to the task.} 25. Bd4 (25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Ng3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qf7 $17)
({Objectively best was} 25. Bxa4 Qxa4 26. Nf4 Rf6 27. Qg4) 25... Bxc2 26. Rxc2
Qa4 27. Rcc1 Qxa2 $2 {I love the concrete approach to positions, but every
once in a while we should think like Petrosian.} ({The natural defensive move} 
27... Ne8 $1 {would leave Carlsen staring at the dreadful possibility of a
third defeat in this tournament and the loss of the Number One position in the
Live Ratings list for the first time since 2011.}) 28. Nxg7 $1 Rxg7 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4 Qb2 32. Rxc4 $2 {In looming time trouble Magnus lets
the black king escape.} (32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Rxc4 Qe5 34. Kf1 {White's intiative
should net him more pawns, such as is the case in} Kd7 35. Qxh7 Re8 36. Qxf7+
Kd8 37. Qf3 Qh2 38. g4 {although he's hardly better here.}) 32... Ne8 $2 ({
The position after the obvious} 32... Kg7 33. g3 Kh8 {favours Black}) 33. Re1
Qf6 34. Qxh7 Qg7 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. Rg4 Bc5 37. Re2 Qh6 38. g3 Nf6 39. Rh4 Qg7 40.
Kg2 Qg5 $6 ({If only Sergey had another minute to calculate} 40... Nxd5 {
as completely safe he would have never lost this game.} 41. Qf5 Rd8 42. Re6 a5
43. Reh6 Bd4 {etc.}) 41. Qc3 Bd6 $2 {This howler was a product of a 25 minute
think.} ({Still,} 41... Qg7 $11) 42. Rh8+ Ng8 43. Re4 Qg7 44. Rxg8+ $1 (44.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 45. Qf6 Bc5 46. Rg4 Qh7 47. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Yu,Yangyi"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%evp 0,67,16,28,27,-16,-9,4,4,21,25,18,34,26,17,9,49,-6,7,-44,-12,-30,1,-22,
-15,-15,-25,-24,7,2,4,7,120,164,175,195,174,156,155,158,214,210,226,212,218,
173,160,165,203,129,157,137,202,190,198,185,209,188,190,203,181,203,295,320,
325,325,354,364,519,545]} {This was the last round, featuring China's match
against Kazakhstan. In this competition, me and my teammates played very badly.
We all want to do our best to get better results, so everyone will not relax
and continue to fight.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6.
Nge2 d5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nc6 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1
Nc6 12. b5 $14) 10. b5 Ne5 11. c5 Nxd3+ (11... Bd7 12. Be2) 12. Qxd3 e5 $6 {
My opponent made a mistake here. I think better is Bd7.} (12... Bd7 $1 13. f3
$13 (13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qc4 Qe8 $11)) 13. O-O Bg4 $6 {In my opinion
preferable was ...Be6 because f3 will be useful for White.} (13... Be6 14. Rd1
$14) 14. f3 Bh5 {The bishop should still go to e6 to support the centre.} (
14... e4 15. Qd4 exf3 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Rf2 Re8 18. Bd2 $16) (14... Be6 $5 15.
Rd1 $14) 15. e4 Qc8 $2 {Here my opponent should definitely have changed,
because in the game the h5-bishop will be very bad.} (15... dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8
17. fxe4 Rd3 (17... Rd4 18. Be3 Rc4 19. Nd5 $18 Nxe4 20. Nb6) 18. Bg5 (18. Re1
$5) 18... Ne8 19. Bh4 f6 20. Bf2 $14) (15... d4 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. b4 f6 (17...
Qc8 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. f4 f6 20. Nf5 $18) 18. Ng3 Bf7 (18... Bg6 19. Bd2 $18) 19.
Nf5 $18) 16. Nxd5 Qxc5+ 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qd7 $18 {Black has a
very difficult position. The rest is not hard for White.} Qd8 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21.
Qxa7 Rxb5 22. b4 Qb8 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. Qxb8 Rbxb8 25. Rfb1 f6 (25... Rb5 26. Ra5
Rdb8 27. Rba1 $18) 26. b5 Be8 27. b6 Rd7 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Ra7 Ke6 30. Be3 Rdb7
31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bd7 33. Bc5 h5 (33... Rc8 34. b7 Rxc7 35. b8=Q Rxc5 36.
Qg8+ $18) 34. b7 {Finally, I was happy that me and my teammates won the third
place after all.} 1-0

[Event "Voronezh op-A 14th"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2010.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11. f3 Nb4 {A standard reaction in such
positions is ...c7-c5, preventing White from playing e3-e4. Firstly I have
attacked bishop with tempo to be ready then to play Nc6.} 12. Bb1 c5 13. g4 {
During the game I was a bit worried about} (13. Na4 {, but} c4 {would have
kept the balance:} 14. Nac3 (14. b3 b5 15. Nac3 Ba6) 14... b6 {with the idea}
15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nd3 17. e5 Nh5 $5 (17... Nxc1 18. Bxc1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5
20. Nc3 Qd7 (20... Qd8 21. Rxf7 {!} Kxf7 {?} 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qxh7+ Ke6 24.
Qxg6+ Kd7 25. Nd5 $1 {with a decisive attack}) 21. Bf5 Qxf5 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23.
Qa4 Rac8 24. Qb5 Re6 25. Be3 {with an edge for White}) 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. b3 g6
20. Rcd1 Qd7 {, threatening Qg4 or Qc6.}) 13... b6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rf2 (15. Ba2
Ba6 16. g5 {would have failed to} Nh5 17. Bxd5 (17. dxc5 d4 18. Ne4 Bxc5 19.
Nxc5 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 bxc5) 17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bxf1 20. Bxa8 Qxd4+
21. Kxf1 Bc5 22. Kg2 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. Qg1 Qxd2 25. Ne4 Bxh2) (15. Qa4 $5
Bb7) 15... Ba6 16. Rg2 (16. Qa4 {deserved attention:} Rc8 17. Bf5 Rc7 18. Nb5)
16... g6 {Now Black is fine.} 17. Ba2 Bc4 18. g5 cxd4 ({I rejected} 18... Nh5 {
because of} 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. d5 {, however Black would have strong
counterplay against White's centre:} (20. Rg4 {or}) (20. Nb5 {would transpose
to the game.}) 20... Ne5 21. f4 Nd3 22. Rb1 a4 {, intending to play ...Qd7 and
...b5-b4.}) 19. exd4 Nh5 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rg4 $6 (21. Nb5 {would be stronger,
but anyway Black had an excellent position after} Rc8) 21... Bg7 22. Nb5 Rc8 $6
({I rejected} 22... Qd5 $1 23. Nec3 {, missing the simple} (23. Nc7 Qxf3 24.
Rg2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qc6 27. Nxa8 Bxb2 28. Rc2 Bd4 {with a big
advantage}) 23... Qd7 {!} 24. d5 (24. Be1 Re3 25. Bf2 Rd3 {, winning a pawn})
24... Ne5 25. Rh4 Rac8 {with a large advantage.}) 23. Kf2 (23. Qf1) 23... f5 (
23... Qd5 24. Nec3 Qd7 {again was possible.}) 24. Rh4 (24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Rg2
Qd5) 24... f4 $2 ({In time trouble I rejected} 24... h6 $1 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26.
gxh6 {, overlooking} Nxd4 (26... Bxd4+ {is also possible:} 27. Nexd4 Qh4+ {!} (
27... Nxd4 {??} 28. Qg1+ {was a variation which I saw.}) 28. Kg1 Nxd4) 27. Nec3
Nxb5 28. Nxb5 Bxb2 {with a winning advantage.}) 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Qxg5 27.
Nd6 Nxd4 {Again missing the strongest continuation in time trouble:} (27...
Rxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Bxd4+ (28... Qxf4 {??} 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Qxc8+ Ke7 31. Re1+ {
and White wins.}) 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Nf5+ 32. Nxf5 gxf5 {
, although White should hold this endgame after} 33. a4) 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxd4
Qe3+ {I calculated the text variation and didn't deviate. However,} (29...
Rxe2+ {was more precise:} 30. Kxe2 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 (31. Qd2 Qg2+ 32. Kd1 Qxf3+
33. Qe2 Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Bxb2 35. Rxc4 Bxa3 36. Rc7 {left some chances to Black,
although this should be a draw}) 31... Qxc1 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ {with a draw.
}) 30. Kg3 Be5+ 31. Kg2 (31. Kh3 $5 {was more tricky:} Bxd4 (31... Qxf3+ {??}
32. Ng3) 32. Nxd4 Rd8 33. Rxc4 b5 34. Nf5 {!?} (34. Rc3 Qxd4 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36.
Rc5 Rd3 37. Rxb5 Rxf3+ 38. Kg4 Rf2 {should be a draw}) 34... Qg5 35. Qc2 gxf5 (
35... bxc4 {??} 36. Qxc4+ Kf8 37. Qc5+ {, winning}) (35... Qxf5+ 36. Qxf5 gxf5
37. Rc5 Rd3 38. Rxb5 Rxf3+ 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. Rxf5 a4 {with some drawing chances
for Black}) 36. Rc8 Qh6+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ (37... Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8
40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd4 a4 43. Kc5 Ke5 44. Kxb5 Kf4 45. Kxa4 Kxf3 46.
b4 f4 47. b5 Kg2 48. b6 f3 49. b7 f2 50. b8=Q f1=Q) 38. Kf1 Rxc8 39. Qxc8+ Kg7
40. Qb7+ Kg6 41. Qxb5 Qc1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Qe2 Qf4 {with drawing chances for
Black.}) 31... Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Rd8 33. Rxc4 b5 34. Rc3 1/2-1/2

