[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Geller, Jakov"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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 "Zhiguli"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {The Steinitz deferred variation
became a new passion for me.The practical side of it is that it does not allow
White with d3 lines.} 5. O-O (5. d4 b5 (5... Bd7 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $14)
6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 dxc3 9. Qd5 (9. Nxc3 Nf6 10. O-O $1 (10. e5 dxe5
11. Bxf7+ Ke7 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. O-O Bc5 $132) 10... Be7 11. a4 Bb7
{and it is not clear if White has real play for the sacrificed pawn.}) 9... Be6
10. Qc6+ Bd7 11. Qd5 $11) 5... Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 (7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6
9. Nc3 Be7) 7... Be7 $1 {First Ivanchuk drew my attention into this
possibility.} 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ (9. Bb3 $5 Nf6 (9... Bxe4 $6 10. Nc3 Bg6
11. Re1 (11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxe7 Nxe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qe2 Kf8 16. Rad1
$44) 11... Nf6 12. Qe2 Kf8 13. Bf4 $44) 10. Nc3 O-O (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Nxe4
Bxe4 12. Re1 Bg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 $44) 11. Re1 a5 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nc5 14.
Ba2 Bf6 $132) 9... bxc6 10. Qf3 $1 Qd7 11. Bd2 $5 {I am not in a big love with
such strange moves.} (11. Nd2 Bf6 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rae1
Rfe8 16. Bd2 {resulted in a logical game Dominguez Perez-Ivanchuk,2012.} Ng6
17. f4 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 $132) 11... Nf6 $5 (11... Bf6 12. Bc3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Ne7
$11) 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfe8 (13... Rae8 $5 14. h3 Qc8 15. e5 Nd7 $11) 14.
Rfe1 (14. h3 Qe6 15. Rfe1 Nd7) 14... Qg4 $5 (14... Bf8 15. h3 Re6) (14... Qe6
15. b3 Nd7 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Nf4 Qe7 $36) 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. f3 Qh5 ({I could have
also played} 16... Qh4 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Qe3 $13) 17. b3 Bf6 (17...
Bh4 $5 18. Rf1 Ne5 19. Qd4 Bf6 20. Qf2 $11) 18. Ne2 Qb5 {Black tries to
provoke White to push c4.} ({I did not like to take the pawn on a2 and have my
Queen out of the game.} 18... Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qa3 $6 20. Qd2 Ne5 (20... Qxa2 21.
Nd4) 21. c3 $14) 19. Bc3 (19. c4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. Be3 a5 $36) 19... Bxc3 $6
{Having spent a lot of time on my previous moves,I started to come up with
faster decisions and lost the control of the game.} (19... Qb6+ 20. Bd4 Bxd4+
21. Qxd4 Qa5 $132) (19... Qc5+ 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 g6 $11) 20. Qxc3 Qb6+ 21.
Nd4 Ne5 22. f4 ({I have considered} 22. Kh1 {to be more critical.} c5 (22... g6
$2 23. f4 Ng4 (23... c5 $2 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rd3 Rg5
28. h4 Rg4 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. Qxg3+ Kf8 31. Qc3 Kg8 32. Re3 Qb7 33. Rg3+ Kf8 34.
Qg7+ Ke7 35. Re3+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kc6 37. Qxh7 $18) 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. e5 $16) 23.
Nf5 Qb4 24. Qb2 f6 25. c3 Qb5 $11) 22... Ng6 23. g3 (23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc6
Nxf4 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rd7 Re6 $132) 23... Ne7 24. Kg2 c5 25. Nf3 $14 {White
enjoys a slight edge.} a5 $5 (25... Rad8 $5) 26. a4 Qb4 $5 ({This could have
been prepared by} 26... Rab8 27. Re2 Qb4 (27... Qc6 28. Qd3 (28. Qxa5 $140 $2
Rb4 $19) 28... Rb4 29. Nd2 Qa8 $13) 28. Qd3) 27. Qxb4 axb4 28. Kf2 (28. e5 d5
29. e6 f6 30. Nh4 d4 31. Kf3 Nd5 32. f5 Nc3 33. Rd2 Kf8 $132) 28... h6 29. Re3
Kf8 30. g4 $1 Ra5 $1 {Going for the Queens exchange I have relied on this
attacking scheme with Ra5,c4,Rc5.} 31. h4 c4 32. Rd4 (32. Nd4 Rc5 33. Nb5 Rc8
$13) 32... Rc5 33. Rxc4 {He had an alternative.} (33. c3 $5 cxb3 34. Rxb4 (34.
cxb4 $2 b2 35. Rb3 Rc3 36. Rxb2 Nc6 $17) 34... Nc6 35. Rxb3 Rc4 36. Rb7 Re7 37.
e5 Rxa4 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. cxd4 dxe5 40. Rb8+ Re8 41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Rxe5+ Kd7
43. Ke3 $11) 33... Rxc4 34. bxc4 Ra8 35. Rb3 $6 $138 {A risky move possibly
caused by the lack of time.} (35. Nd4 Rxa4 36. Nb5 $6 Ra2 37. Re2 c6 38. Nxd6
Ng6 {was my main idea.}) (35. e5 dxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxa4 $11) 35... Rxa4 36. c3 c5
$6 ({I could have created more difficulties by} 36... Nc6 37. cxb4 Nxb4 38. Ke3
Na6 $15) 37. cxb4 cxb4 38. Nd4 $6 (38. Rd3 Ng6 39. f5 Ne5 40. Nxe5 dxe5 41. c5
$11) 38... Ng6 39. Ke3 (39. Kg3 $2 Ra3 40. h5 Ne7 41. Kf2 Nc6 $1 $19) 39...
Nxh4 40. Nc2 $1 $11 Ng2+ (40... g5 41. f5) 41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5 (42. e5 Ke7 43.
fxg5 hxg5 44. Kxg2 Ra2 45. exd6+ Kxd6 46. Rxb4 Rxc2+ 47. Kf3 $11) (42. f5 Nf4
43. Nxb4 Ke7 $11) 42... hxg5 43. Rxb4 Nh4+ (43... Rxb4 44. Nxb4 Nf4 45. e5 dxe5
46. Ke4 f6 47. c5 $11) (43... Ne1+ $2 44. Kg3 $18) 44. Ke3 Ra2 $6 {After this,
Black has no chances.} (44... Rxb4 45. Nxb4 Ke7 46. e5 dxe5 47. c5 $44 Ke6 48.
Ke4 Ng6 49. Nd5 f6 50. c6 Ne7 51. c7 Nc8 {and now anything draws.} 52. Ne3 Nd6+
53. Kd3 Kd7 (53... e4+ 54. Ke2 Nc8 55. Nf5 Kd7 56. Ng7 Ne7 57. Ke3 $11) 54. Nd5
) 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Nd4 Ra3+ 47. Rb3 (47. Nb3 $6 Ng6) (47. Kd2 Kf6 48. Rb5 Rg3
49. Nf5 Nxf5 50. Rxf5+ $11) 47... Rxb3+ 48. Nxb3 Kf6 49. c5 $1 $11 (49. Kd4 $2
Ke6) 49... dxc5 50. Nxc5 Ke5 (50... Ng6 51. Nd3 Ne5 52. Nf2 Ke7 53. Kd4 Ke6 54.
Nh3 f6 55. Nf2 Kd6 56. Kc3 Kc5 57. Nd3+ $11) 51. Nd3+ Kd6 52. Ne1 f6 53. Kd4
Ke6 (53... Ng6 54. Nf3 Ke6 55. e5 Nxe5 56. Nxe5 fxe5+ 57. Kc5 $1 $11 (57. Ke4
$4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Kd5 59. Kxg5 e4 60. Kf4 Kd4 61. g5 e3 62. g6 e2 63. g7 e1=Q 64.
g8=Q Qf2+ $19)) 54. e5 $1 f5 (54... fxe5+ 55. Ke4 Kf6 56. Nd3 Ng6 57. Nc5 {
draws the game as well.}) (54... Nf5+ 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 $11) 55. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 56.
Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O (5. Bxc6+) (5. c3) 5... Bg4 $6 (
5... Bd7 $5) 6. h3 $1 Bh5 (6... h5 7. d4 $1 (7. c4 $5 b5 (7... Qf6 8. Qb3 $1
O-O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Nh2 Qh6 (11... d5 $1 $40 {Zhuravlev}) 12.
Qg3) (7... Bd7 8. d4 $16) 8. cxb5 Nd4 9. bxa6+ c6 10. Nxd4 $1 Bxd1 11. Bxc6+
Ke7 12. Nf5+ Kf6 13. Bxa8 Qxa8 14. Rxd1 Qxe4 15. Nc3 Qa8 16. Ne3 Qxa6 17. d4
Kg6 18. b4 $18 {Grabczerski-Brzuska/Warsaw/1961/}) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 $2 (8...
Qf6 {>=}) 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ng5 $18) (6... Bd7 $1) 7. c3 Qf6 $2 (7... Nf6 {>=}
8. d4 Nd7) 8. g4 $1 Bg6 9. d4 $1 {/\10.Bg5} Bxe4 10. Nbd2 Bg6 (10... Bxf3 11.
Nxf3 e4 12. Re1 {Fischer} (12. Ng5 {Keres} d5 13. f3 Qd6 14. Qe1 $1 $16) 12...
d5 13. Bg5 Qd6 (13... Qe6 14. c4 $1 $18) (13... Qg6 14. Qb3 $1 b5 15. Qxd5 bxa4
16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. Nxc6 $18) 14. c4 $1 dxc4 (14... f6 15. cxd5 Qxd5
16. Bb3) 15. d5 $1 b5 16. dxc6 bxa4 17. Rxe4+ Ne7 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Qe2 $18) (
10... Bd3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Re3 $1 $16 {Smyslov,V-Medina/Tel
Aviv/1964/1-0/}) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxe5 (12. Qa4 Ne7 (12... Kd7 $1 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Nc4 Bd6 $16) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Re1 e4 15. Nxe4 Qxf3 16. Qxc6+ $1 Nxc6
17. Nf6+ Kd8 18. Re8#) 12... dxe5 (12... Qd8 $5 {Keres}) 13. Nxe5 Bd6 (13...
O-O-O 14. Qe2 Kb7 15. Nb3 $18 {/\ Na5+}) 14. Nxg6 $1 (14. Nxc6 h5) 14... Qxg6 (
14... hxg6 15. Ne4 Qe5 (15... Qh4 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxh3 $2 18. Re1+ $18)
16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qf3 $16) 15. Re1+ Kf8 (15... Ne7 16. Nc4 O-O-O 17. Qa4 $40)
16. Nc4 h5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 (17... Qxd6 $142 $16 18. Qxd6+ cxd6 19. Bf4 Rd8 20.
Rad1 d5 21. Rd4 $16) 18. Bf4 d5 $2 (18... Rd8 {Tal} 19. Qe2 hxg4 20. hxg4 Qh7
$2 21. Bxd6+ $18) 19. Qb3 hxg4 (19... Ne7 20. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 21. Qb7+ $18) (19...
Nf6 20. Qb7 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Qc8 $18) 20. Qb7 $1 (20. Qb4+
Ne7 21. Qxe7+ Kg8 22. h4) 20... gxh3+ 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Qb4+ (22. Qb4+ Ne7 23.
Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Qxd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1984.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. c3 (9. Qxd4 $4 c5 $19) 9... dxc3 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Nxc3 Nf6 12. Qf3 Qd8
$6 (12... Bc6 13. Re1 $14) 13. Qg3 (13. Nd5 $5 Bc6 (13... Be7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 (
14... Kxe7 15. Bg5 $36) 15. e5 $18) 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 O-O 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. Rac1 $16) 13... Nh5 14. Qd3 (14. Qf3 Nf6) 14... g6
15. e5 (15. Qd5 Be6 16. Qc6+ Bd7) 15... Bg7 (15... dxe5 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. Qd5 Rf8
18. Ne4) 16. Ne4 (16. exd6 O-O 17. dxc7 Qxc7) 16... O-O (16... dxe5 $5 17. Bg5
f6 18. Qd5 Rf8 19. Nc5 (19. Be3 Bf5 20. Qc6+ Bd7 21. Qd5) 19... c6 $1) (16...
Bxe5 17. Bg5 f6 (17... Qc8 $5) 18. Qd5) 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. exd6 (18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19.
exf6 Qe5 $1 $13) 18... Bf5 19. Rfe1 cxd6 20. g4 (20. Qf3 $5 Qd7 21. h3 h6 22.
Bd2 {Pg4~/=/}) 20... Bxg4 $8 21. Nxd6 $6 (21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Rxe8 Raxe8 23. Bxf6
Bxf6 24. Qxd6 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Qxa6 b4 $44) 21... Qd7 22. Be7 Bxb2 23.
Bxf7+ Kg7 (23... Rxf7 24. Qb3 Bxa1 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rxa1 Bh3 27. Ne4 Qg4+ 28.
Ng3 Qe6) 24. Bxf8+ Rxf8 25. Be8 $2 (25. Rab1 Bf6 (25... Nf4 26. Qd2) (25...
Rxf7 26. Rxb2) (25... Bh3 26. Be6 (26. Be8) 26... Bxe6 27. Rxb2 $13)) 25... Qa7
$1 $19 26. Qd2 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Nf4 28. Bc6 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf2 30. Qb2+ Kh6 31.
Qd2+ g5 (31... g5 32. Qd3 Bf3+ 33. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Re1 Nf4 {
P a3 +-}) 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 $6 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qe3 (12. Qd5 Bxc3 13. bxc3
Qc8 14. e5 $1 $14 {Kapengut,A-Domes/URS/1975/ Inf 19/257/}) (12. Qd2 O-O 13. b3
$10 {Keres,P-Gligoric,S/JUG/1959/13...>>c3 14.1/4c3 1/4f6=/Gligoric/}) 12...
O-O 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Nd5 c6 (14... Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bf6 16. Rxb7 Nc5 17. Rxc7 Rxe4
18. Qf3 $16) 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. f3 d5 $1 $10 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. e5 d4 19. Qf4
Nd7 20. Qxd4 (20. Rae1 $6 Nc5 $36) 20... Nxe5 21. Bc3 Qxd4+ 22. Bxd4 Rad8 23.
Rfd1 Rd5 24. Bc3 Nd3 25. Rd2 Nf4 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Ba5 Re2 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29.
Bxe1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 22nd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.10.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 $5 g5 $6 {Not a great
move objectively. For more reasonable options like 6...Nf6, see the analysis
of Edouard-Huebner, Swiss League 2019 (CBM193 Extra).} 7. d4 $1 g4 8. d5 {
The typical reaction to ...g5-g4 in Ruy Lopez pawn structures, and sometimes
in the Sicilian as well!} Nce7 (8... gxf3 9. dxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxf3
{would be terrible for Black - with a bad pawn structure and his king in the
center.}) (8... Nb8 {wouldn't allow Nh4 as in the game, but after} 9. Ne1 {
the knight would also be quite far from the action.}) 9. Nh4 $6 ({I didn't go
for} 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nh4 {not to allow} Bg7 {(which was not possible in the
game due to Qxg4), but after} 11. f3 Bf6 12. Qe1 {White would be clearly
better.}) 9... b5 $1 {The negative side of 9.Nh4.} 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bb3 ({
Only after my opponent played 9...b5 I realized about ...Nxd5 ideas, like} 11.
Bc2 $6 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 c6 $1 {and the position is quite unclear.}) 11... Bg7 12.
f3 h5 (12... Bf6 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 {looked great for White, as the
b1-knight is coming to e4.}) 13. Bg5 $5 {Temporarily preventing ...Bf6.} Nf6 (
13... f6 14. Be3 {would be awful for Black.}) 14. Qe1 Nh7 $1 15. Bd2 Bf6 (15...
O-O 16. fxg4 hxg4 17. Na3 $16 {followed by Nc2-e3.}) 16. Qf2 $6 {This is a
dubious choice for concrete reasons.} (16. fxg4 $6 hxg4 17. Qf2 Ng6 $1 18. Nxg6
(18. Nf5 $6 Nf4 $1 {followed by ...Ng5}) 18... fxg6 {followed by ...0-0.}) ({
The engine finds a solution with} 16. Kh1 Nxd5 (16... Ng6 17. Nf5 $16) 17. Bxd5
Bxh4 18. Qc1 $1 (18. g3 $1 c6 $132) 18... c6 (18... gxf3 19. Rxf3 $16) 19. Bxc6
Rc8 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qd1 $16) 16... Rg8 $6 (16... Ng6 $1 {with the idea} 17.
Nf5 Nf4 $1 {followed by ...Ng5 was again the way to play.}) (16... Nxd5 17.
fxg4 Nf4 $1 {was the other option which I totally missed, still after} 18. Bxf4
exf4 (18... Bxh4 $2 19. Bg3 $18) 19. g5 $1 (19. Qxf4 $4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxh4 $19)
19... Bxg5 20. Nf3 {White seems to be better.}) 17. f4 g3 $2 {This just
doesn't work.} (17... Bxh4 18. Qxh4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 {would have been
reasonable for Black.}) 18. hxg3 Bxh4 19. fxe5 $1 (19. gxh4 $4 Bh3 {was
obviously Black's idea.}) 19... Rg7 20. gxh4 (20. e6 $5 {was also good, with
the hidden idea} Bxg3 $2 21. Qxf7+ $3 Rxf7 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Bh6#) 20... Bh3
21. Bg5 $1 Nxg5 22. hxg5 Nf5 $8 {A great counter chance when I thought I was
just totally winning.} (22... Rxg5 23. Qxf7+ Kd7 24. Kh2 $1 {is game over.})
23. exf5 $2 (23. Kh2 $1 {was my first idea, to wait how Black captures on g5
before deciding which piece to take (the black bishop or the black knight). I
changed my mind because of} Bxg2 $1 {but actually White wins anyway:} (23...
Qxg5 $2 24. exf5 Bxg2 25. Rg1 $18) (23... Rxg5 24. gxh3 $18) 24. exf5 (24. Rg1
$5) 24... Bxf1 25. f6 $1 Rxg5 26. Qxf1 dxe5 27. Nc3 $18) 23... Rxg5 24. Qe3 (
24. g3 h4 $132) 24... Bxg2 $2 (24... Rxg2+ $1 25. Kh1 Rg4 $3 {would have
turned the game around!} (25... Qh4 $2 26. exd6+ Kd7 27. Qe7+ $18) 26. exd6+ (
26. Rg1 Qh4 27. exd6+ Re4 28. Qg3 Bg2+ $1 ({A fun draw is} 28... Bf1+ 29. Qh2
Bg2+ $3 30. Rxg2 Re1+ 31. Rg1 Qe4+ 32. Qg2 Qh4+ $11) 29. Kxg2 Rg4 $17) (26.
Qxh3 $2 Rh4 $17) 26... Kd7 27. Rf2 (27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Qxg1 Qh4 $132) 27... Qh4
28. Qe7+ Qxe7 29. dxe7 Rh4 $13) 25. Rf2 $1 {Simplest.} (25. exd6+ Be4+ $1 {
was what I wanted to avoid, but after} 26. Kf2 Rxf5+ 27. Ke2 Re5 28. Qf4 $1 {
White still wins.}) 25... Bxd5+ 26. Kf1 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 dxe5 28. Qxb5+ Kf8 29.
Nc3 Qd4 30. Qd5 Qa7 31. Qxe5 Qa6+ 32. Qb5 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Geneve"]
[BlackTeam "Luzern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O ({Immediately playing} 5. c4 {
allows} Bg4 {which I think is fine for Black.} 6. h3 (6. d4 exd4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Qxd4 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. O-O c5 $13 {½-½ (35) Munoz Pantoja,M (2502)
-Demuth,A (2538) Barcelona 2018}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6
$13 {The position is about equal. ½-½ (46) Ivic,V (2510)-Vallejo Pons,F 
(2687) Patras 2019}) 5... Bd7 6. c4 $5 {An interesting line. White wants to
grab extra space, differently than with the more common c3-d4 plan. Now that
Black has played ...Bd7, obviously ...Bg4 doesn't make much sense.} Nf6 (6...
g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bxc6 $1 {poses serious problems:} Bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 {
and White follows with Nc3, Rd1 (or possibly b3 Ba3 first) with serious
problems for Black.}) ({For} 6... g5 $6 {see the analysis of my game against
GM Sedlak (Batumi 2019) in CBM 193!}) 7. Nc3 Nd4 $6 {Not such a great change
of the pawn structure.} (7... Be7 {is more solid, although White enjoys a
plasant space advantage:} 8. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 (8... bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O
11. Re1 Re8 12. Qf3 g6 13. h3 $14) 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 $1 {1-0 (46)
Ortiz,I (2604)-Otero Acosta,D (2481) Cuernavaca 2014.}) 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxd4
exd4 10. Ne2 c5 (10... Nxe4 11. Nxd4 O-O-O 12. d3 Nf6 13. b4 $1 {looks very
unpleasant for Black, e.g.} c5 14. Nf3 $1 cxb4 15. Bd2 $40) 11. d3 g6 $6 (11...
Be7 {was more logical - why play ...g6 before White goes Ng3?}) 12. b4 $1 {
A logical reaction to punish Black being behind in development.} (12. Bg5 {
with the idea Bxf6, Nf4 and Nd5 allows} Nh5 $1 {which isn't so clear.}) 12...
Be7 ({Fully opening the b-file would also be very dangerous for Black:} 12...
b6 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb6 O-O 16. Qb3 {with huge pressure.}) 13.
bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 (14. Nf4 $5 {(with the idea of e5) seemed to win by force,
but after} Bd6 $1 {Black survives, since} 15. e5 $6 Bxe5 16. Re1 {is met by}
Qc7 $1 {with the upcoming trick} 17. Qe2 $2 (17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. f4 $13) 17...
O-O $1 18. Qxe5 $2 Rfe8 $19) (14. Bg5 $5 Nh5 15. Bh6 {was an interesting
option.}) 14... O-O 15. Rb1 (15. Nf4 Bd6 (15... b5 16. e5 $16) 16. a5 {(before
Black manages to play ...b5) was certainly stronger. Black is paralyzed.})
15... Nh5 $1 {An important square for the black knight, prevening Nf4/Bf4
ideas - or at least diminishing their impact on the position..} 16. Bh6 (16. h3
$5 {was my first idea, but I was sure about my position after} f5 $6 {-
however, the engine refutes the idea nicely:} 17. Bh6 $1 (17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4
Rf3 19. Ng3 Raf8 $132) 17... Rf7 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. g4 $1 Rf3 20. Ng3 $1 {
and White wins, as ...Raf8 isn't possible here.}) 16... Rfb8 $1 {Black wants
to play ...b5.} ({For tactical reasons I thought Black should satisfy himself
with} 16... Rfe8 {- but the text move also makes sense.}) 17. Nf4 (17. Ng3 $1 {
was another option, suggested by the computer:} Nxg3 18. fxg3 {and White is
better on both sides, since} b5 $2 {loses to} 19. axb5 axb5 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21.
Qf3 $1 $18) (17. Bf4 $5 {also made sense:} Bd6 (17... Nxf4 18. Nxf4 b5 19. axb5
axb5 20. cxb5 Rxb5 21. Nd5 $16) 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. f4 $16) 17... Nxf4 18. Bxf4
Bd6 19. e5 $6 (19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. f4 {was enough for a small advantage - but I
wanted more.}) 19... Qf5 (19... Bc7 20. Qf3 $1 {and the white queen coming to
d5 could be devastating.}) 20. exd6 Qxf4 21. Rb6 Rd8 22. Qf3 $5 {An unusual
decision, and my kingside will be weak, but I'm keeping my d6-pawn longer,
which allows me to develop a strong intiative in the rook endgame.} (22. Re1
Rxd6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Rxb7 {would also be very unpleasant for Black.}) 22... Qxf3
23. gxf3 Rd7 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Re7 $2 {The most logical move, but not the best.}
({White should slowly improve his pieces with} 25. Kg2 {(with the idea f4, Kf3)
and Black is in huge trouble:} Rxd6 26. Rxb7 $16 {Black should watch out for
Re5 or Rc7.}) 25... Rxd6 26. Rexb7 Rxb6 $6 (26... Kf8 $1 27. a5 Rxb6 28. Rxb6
Ke7 {(with the idea ...Rf6) was probably a draw, although after} 29. Kg2 (29.
Rxa6 Rb8 30. Rc6 Rb3 31. Rxc5 Rxd3 {and the weaknesses on the kingside won't
allow White to concretize his extra pawn.}) 29... Rd6 30. Rb7+ Rd7 31. Rb2 {
White will slowly play f4, Kf3, and Black is running out of ideas and should
just wait and suffer.}) 27. Rxb6 Re8 $1 {Active defence. The same idea as 26...
Kf8 - but less effective.} 28. Kf1 (28. Rxa6 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. Rc6 Rxd3 31.
Rxc5 Ra3 32. Rd5 Rxa4 33. Rxd4 Kf8 {should be a very easy draw for Blck.})
28... Re6 29. Rb8+ (29. a5 Kg7 30. Rb7 Rc6 {would be difficult to break,
although again, f4, Ke2, Kf3, and Black's position is unpleasant.}) 29... Kg7
30. Rc8 $2 {Let's go for the pawn.} (30. f4 $1 {with the idea of a5, Rb6, Kg3,
Kf3, as the other option.}) 30... Rb6 $1 ({To hang on the pawn with} 30... Re5
$2 {would allow} 31. Rc6 {, so Black is right to play an active defensive move
instead.}) 31. Rxc5 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Kd1 Rxf2 34. Rd5 Rxh2 $1 (34... Rxf3
35. Rxd4 Rf5 36. Kc2 $1 {looks quite bad for Black: White's passed pawns
should be quicker than the black ones.}) 35. c5 Rb2 36. Rxd4 h5 37. c6 Rb8 38.
Ke2 $2 {That looked to me like a smart and strong move - just getting closer
to the h-pawn while keeping the rook flexible on d4, cutting the d-file while
still being able to play Rc4 if the black room tries to defend from the other
side. But there is a concrete refutation to it.} (38. Rd6 {would be too slow
anyway:} h4 39. Ke2 h3 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. d4 Kh6 {(watch out for the
black king trying to get to g3!)} 43. f4 f5 (43... Kh5 $4 44. Rd5+ Kg4 45. Rc5
$18) 44. d5 Kh5 45. a5 $11) 38... Kf6 $4 ({The bad-looking move} 38... Rc8 $1 {
would even take the upper hand.} 39. Rd6 (39. Rc4 Kf6 $17) 39... Kf8 40. d4 $2
(40. c7 Rxc7 41. Rxa6 Rc2+ $17) 40... Rc7 $1 {The move both my opponent and I
missed!} 41. d5 $2 Ke7 $19 {Trapping the white rook!}) 39. Rd6+ {Now Black
will not be able to stop the pawns anymore.} Ke7 (39... Ke5 40. Rd7 Rc8 41. d4+
{followed by d5.}) 40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. d4 Rd8 42. Rb7 $1 (42. Rb7 Rxd4 43. Rb8+
Rd8 44. c7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O {Other
theoretical lines are:} (5. c3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {0-1 Nazarov,N-Yandemirov,V/
Tomsk 2004/CBM 102/[Atlas,V] (19)}) (5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 {
1-0 Dobrov,V-Silivanov,S/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102/[Atlas,V] (19)}) (5. Bxc6+
{worsening black's pawn structure.} bxc6 6. d4 f6 {strengthening the centre.
Other possibilities are:} (6... exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. e5 c5 10. Qd3
dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Short,N/London 1993/CBM 036/
[Ftacnik] (26)}) (6... f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4 Be7 11.
dxe5 d5 12. Qf4 Rb8 13. c3 c5 14. O-O $14 {1-0 Roedl,L-Andersen,E/Bad Nauheim
1935/HCL/[ChessBase] (43)}) 7. h4 {In this variation Black develops his
kingside knight to g6 via e7. So, white tries to emphasize the defect of
black's opening plan. White provokes black to play h7-h5, that will weaken the
spot g5. Other attempts to fight for an advantage are:} (7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6
9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Jussupow,A/Wijk aan Zee 1994/CBM 039/
[Anand] (27)}) (7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. c5 {1/2-1/2
Polgar,S-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 049/[Wedberg] (33)}) (7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3
Ng6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O {1-0 Adams,M-Conquest,S/Hastings 1996/Inf 68/[Adams,
Mi] (34)}) (7. Nh4 $1 $146 Ne7 8. O-O {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Sermek,D/Dresden 1998/
CBM 065/[Sutovsky] (47)}) 7... h5 $146 {According to my database, this
position appeared for the first time. In the preceding game Black continued:} (
7... Bg4 $5 8. h5 f5 9. dxe5 (9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 e4 11. Qc4 Qxd5 (11... exf3
12. Qxc6+ $18) 12. Ne5 Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Rd8 14. Ne5 (14. Be3 c5) 14... Rxd4 15.
Nxg4 fxg4 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Nd2 Nf6 $13) 9... fxe4 10. Qd4 d5 11. Ng5 Be7 12. e6
$1 Bxg5 13. Qxg7 Qe7 14. Qxg5 Nf6 15. Be3 Rg8 16. Qe5 O-O-O $11 {0-1 Boey,
J-Biyiasas,P/Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (31)}) 8. dxe5 {forcing black to take with the
f-pawn.} fxe5 ({If} 8... dxe5 {, then White gets a better endgame thanks to a
superior pawn structure.} 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Be3 $14 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2c4]}) 9.
Ng5 Be7 10. Qe2 {intending to occupy the a2-g8 diagonal. Otherwise, Black
would castle.} Bd7 {protecting the c6 pawn.} 11. f4 {trying to use the
vulnerable position of Black's monarch.} Bxg5 $1 12. hxg5 {attacking the h5
pawn.} Bg4 13. Qc4 exf4 $1 {worsening White's pawn structure.} 14. Bxf4 Ne7 $11
{1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A-Yandemirov,V/Kazan 2005/CBM 109_01/[Erenburg] (24)}) 5...
Bg4 {creating a pin along the h5-d1 diagonal, thus, preventing White's
occupation of the centre with the advance d2-d4.} (5... Bd7 {Another
possibility is:} 6. c3 Nge7 {transfering the knight to g6.} (6... g6 7. d4 Bg7
8. Re1 Nge7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Neubauer,
M-Thorfinnsson,B/Antalya 2004/CBM 101/[Mueller,Karsten] (64)}) 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5
{occupying some space and changing the light-squared bishops.} Nb8 9. c4 {
strengthening the centre, and, preparing the square c3 for the queen's knight.}
(9. Bc2 $6 Be7 10. h3 $6 h6 11. c4 Bg5 12. Nbd2 a5 $1 {0-1 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/
Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 047/[Lautier] (41) /\ Na6-c5}) (9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 Be7
11. Nc3 h6 12. a3 Bg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. g3 Qf6 15. b4 Nf4 16. Ra2 Qg6 17. f3
Nh3+ 18. Kh1 g4 19. fxg4 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21. c5 Nf6 22. Rc2 Rh5 23. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Tkachiev,V/Cannes 1999/CBM 074 (23)}) 9... Be7 (9... a5
10. Be3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bc2 Na6 13. a3 h6 14. Rb1 Bg5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. b4
$14 {Marinkovic,S-Vasiljevic,D/Beograd II (12)/1990/1-0 (37)}) 10. Nc3 h6 {
[%cal Ye7g5] Black doesn't hurry with the castle, but first prepares to change
his passive dark-squared bishop. It should be noted, that Black's typical
counterplay in this position should be carrying out f7-f5 advance, so, h7-h6
covers the g5 square.} ({Less flexible is} 10... O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. Bxd7 Qxd7
13. b4 a5 $6 14. exf5 $14 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Lazic,M/Podgorica 1993/CBM 036/
[Wedberg] (29)}) 11. b4 {preparing an attack on Black's queenside, as well as
preparing the c1-a3 diagonal for the dark-squared bishop. In this way White
avoids the exchange of dark-squared bishops.} (11. Be3 Bg5 12. Re1 Bxe3 13.
Rxe3 O-O 14. Rc1 a5 $10 {1/2-1/2 Trifunovic,P-Keres,P/JUG-URS 1956/MCD-ma (19)}
) (11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $6 12. Be3 O-O 13. b4 f5 14. Rc1 fxe4 15. Nd2 a5 16. a3 axb4
17. axb4 Qf5 18. Ndxe4 $16 {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Elbilia,J/Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 065/
[Wedberg] (34)}) 11... a5 $146 {According to my database this position
appeared for the first time. In the preceding game black prefered} (11... O-O
12. Be3 Bxa4 13. Nxa4 Nd7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nf4 17. g3 Ng6 18. f3
Nd7 19. c6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bokros,A-Mahdi,K/Austria 2002/CBM 091 ext (36)}) (11...
Bg5 {is met by} 12. Bb2 {[%cal Yc4c5]}) 12. a3 O-O {After Black's castle White
doesn't worry about Black's Bg5 anymore.} 13. Be3 Bxa4 ({In case of} 13... Bg5
14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. c5 {and Black doesn't have pressure along the h-file.}) 14.
Nxa4 ({Worth consideration:} 14. Qxa4 $5 {Erenburg} Nd7 15. Qb5 Qc8 16. bxa5 c6
17. Qb4 Bd8 18. dxc6 $16) 14... Nd7 ({In positions with such a pawn structure
Black should prepare the advance f7-f5 with the preliminary g7-g6, in order to
take on f5 with the pawn. Otherwise, White will occupy the e4 stronghold.} 
14... f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) 15. c5 $14 {0-1 Motylev,
A-Timman,J/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109_01/[Erenburg] (43)}) 6. h3 h5 {The point of
Black's previous move. It is not so easy for White to deliver himself from
this unpleasant pin.} 7. Bxc6+ {White is eliminating Black's queenside pawn in
order to open up the game in the centre. More aggressive is the immediate} (7.
d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 Nxb3 {Usually Black avoids exchanging on b3, but
this move has been played a few times lately - maybe a new trend is in the
making.} (9... hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 {is the main line.}) 10. axb3 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qd7
{[%cal Yf7f6]} 12. c4 (12. f3 f6 $2 (12... d5 $1) 13. Qd5 c6 14. Qe6+ Qe7 15.
fxg4 fxg5 16. Qg6+ $18 {1-0 Boros,D-Vrona,M/Budapest 2002/CBM 89 ext (21)})
12... Rb8 13. Qd5 {White's N on g5 is doomed. The question is only how White
can get the most out of it.} (13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc3 f6 15. Ra7 Ne7 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Qf5 18. f3 fxg5 19. fxg4 Qh7 20. Qf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf2 Be7 22. Qe3 O-O+ {
0-1 Aseev,K-Yandemirov,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 (22)}) (13. Rxa6 f6 14. Nc3
fxg5 (14... bxc4 15. Nd5 fxg5 16. Ra7 Rc8 17. Bxg5 Ne7 18. Nb6 $16 {1-0 Popov,
V-Yandemirov,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 (34)}) 15. Nxb5 Be7 16. Ra7 Bd8 17. Bxg5
Nf6 18. f3 g3 $13 {0-1 Popov,V-Yandemirov,V/Voronezh 2003/CBM 94 ext (25)})
13... c6 14. Qxf7+ Qxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Yh8h1] The ending is
favourable for Black because he still has attacking chances down the h-file.}
16. Rxa6 Nf6 $15 {0-1 De Firmian,N-Sokolov,I/Selfoss 2003/CBM 98/[Wedberg] (31)
}) 7... bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 (8... Qf6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nb3 Qg6 11. Ng5 $5 $146 {
Aggressive and logical. White can use his lead in development to achieve a
strong initiative.} (11. Nh4 $6 Qxe4 12. Nf3 f6 13. Re1 Qd5 {was solid for
Black in 0-1 Bangiev,A-Vorotnikov,V/Vilnius 1977/EXT 2002 (52)}) (11. Qd3 f6 (
11... Be7 12. dxe5 Bxh3 13. Nh4 Bxh4 14. Qxh3 Be7 15. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Faibisovich,
V-Vorotnikov,V/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (40)}) 12. Nh4 Qf7 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. f4 Bc4
15. Rf2 exd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Ndf3 g6 18. f5 $13 {0-1 Kim,V-Vorotnikov,V/
Daugavpils 1978/MCD (63)}) 11... Bd7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be7 (
14... f6 {would have been more prudent.} 15. Nf3 Bxh3 16. Nh4 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Bxg4
18. Ng6 Rh7 19. Bxc7 $14) 15. Qd2 Rd8 (15... f6 16. Nf3 Bxh3 $2 17. Nh4 Qg4 18.
Qc3 $18) 16. Nxf7 $1 {The main idea is to disorganize the Black position and
to prevent him from castling. From the materialistic standpoint White is not
really sacrificing anything since he gets R + 2P's for B + N.} Qxf7 17. Bxc7
$16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99/[Wedberg] (26)}) 9. Qxf3
exd4 10. Rd1 Qf6 {activating the queen and protecting the central pawn which
disturbs White to complete the development of the queenside. Black has the
following alternatives:} (10... Qd7 {In all of the previous games black opted
for 10...Qf6, but in the latest games White managed to find a clear way to get
an opening advantage.} 11. c3 {Sacrificing a pawn isn't a bad idea, but I fail
to see why White shouldn't just capture on d4:} (11. Rxd4 $5 Ne7 12. Ra4 Ng6 (
12... c5 13. Qa3 Qc6 14. Nc3 g6 15. Bg5 $16) 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qc3
Qb7 16. Bd4 $16) 11... dxc3 12. Nxc3 Ne7 13. Ne2 g6 $5 14. Qc3 Rg8 15. f4 Bg7
16. Qc2 c5 $6 (16... Qe6 $5 {deserves attention} 17. Nd4 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 f5 19.
Bd2 $44 {with an unclear position.}) 17. Be3 Qb5 $6 18. Rab1 Nc6 19. a3 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} a5 20. e5 $1 O-O-O 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. b4 $1 axb4 $6 23. Nd5 $16 {
1-0 Fedorov,A-Winants,L/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/[Finkel,A] (32)}) (10... Be7 $6 11.
e5 dxe5 12. Qxc6+ Kf8 13. c3 g5 14. cxd4 Rh6 15. Qf3 exd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17.
Qxa8+ Kg7 18. Nc3 $16 {Geller,E-Hansson,D/Reykjavik 1990}) (10... c5 11. c3 Qf6
12. Qe2 Ne7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Qc4 c6 15. Rxd4 $14 {Steele,S-Marcotulli,G/IECG
email 2002}) 11. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Cf6e5,Ce5e4,Yb3b7] Of course, White keeps the
queens on the board, as blacks' monarch is still in the centre.} ({Nothing
promises} 11. Qxf6 $6 Nxf6 12. Rxd4 g6 13. Rc4 Bg7 $6 (13... Kd7 $142) 14. Rxc6
Nxe4 15. Rxc7 O-O 16. c3 Rab8 17. Na3 Rfe8 18. Nc2 (18. Rc6 $142 $14) 18... Nc5
$44 {Mitrovic,P-Sermek,D/Belgrade 1989}) 11... Ne7 {protecting the c6 pawn.}
12. Qb7 {invading into Black's camp.} ({Another interesting attempt to fight
for an edge is} 12. c3 Qe6 13. Qxe6 (13. Qb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. cxd4 f5 16.
e5 Nd5 17. Nd2 Kd7 18. Nf3 Be7 $11 {Svidler,P-Yandemirov,V/Togliatti 2003}) (
13. cxd4 Qxb3 14. axb3 g6 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Ra4 Kd7 17. Nd2 Rhe8 18. f3 {1/2-1/2
Khalifman,A-Sermek,D/Plovdiv 2003}) (13. Rxd4 g6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Ra4 Qd7 16.
Qa3 Qc8 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Sermek,D/Medulin
1997}) 13... fxe6 14. cxd4 g6 15. Nd2 Bh6 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 $14 {
Grigoriants,S-Yandemirov,V/Moscow 2005}) 12... Rd8 {giving up the c7 pawn. The
rook on c8 chains black's knight, that would be useful in the struggle on the
kingside.} (12... Rc8 {has also appeared in practice:} 13. c3 dxc3 (13... Qe5
14. Qxa6 Qxe4 15. cxd4 Qf5 16. Nc3 g6 17. Re1 Kd7 18. Re3 Bg7 19. Rf3 Qe6 20.
Bd2 f5 21. Re1 $16 {Aronian,L-Yandemirov,V/Sochi 2005}) 14. Nxc3 g6 15. Be3 Qe6
16. Bd4 f6 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 Qf7 19. Qxa6 $16 {Azarov,S-Sermek,D/Mallorca 2004}
) 13. Qxc7 g5 {[%cal Yg5g4] preparing an attack on the kingside.} 14. Rd3 $146
{According to my database this position appeared for the first time. In the
previous games White tried the following moves:} (14. Qa5 Bh6 (14... g4 $5 15.
h4 g3 $132) 15. Qxa6 g4 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Qxd4 Ne5 19. Qe3 gxh3 20.
Qxh3 Rg6 21. Nd2 $16 {0-1 Slizhevsky,A-Yandemirov,V/St Petersburg RUS 2005/The
Week in Chess 572 (37)}) (14. Qb6 $5 Bg7 (14... g4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 gxh3
17. gxh3 $14) 15. Qxa6 g4 $13) 14... g4 15. Nd2 Rg8 16. Nf1 {bringing the
knight to the kingside, that may help White to protect his monarch.} ({Worth a
consideration is:} 16. Rg3 {, preventing black's h5-h4.} Qe6 (16... gxh3 17.
Rxg8 Nxg8 18. Qxc6+ $18) (16... h4 17. Rxg4 $16) (16... Bh6 17. Nb3 Be3 18.
Bxe3 (18. fxe3 Qe5 19. Kf2 Qf6+ $11) 18... dxe3 19. Rxe3 gxh3 20. Rxh3 Qxb2 21.
c3 $1 $16) 17. h4 Bg7 18. Rd3 d5 $132) (16. Rb3 gxh3 17. Rxh3 h4 18. Nf3 Qg6
$132) 16... h4 {taking control over the g3 square.} (16... gxh3 17. Rxh3 h4 18.
Bd2 {-leads to the game.}) 17. Bd2 gxh3 18. Rxh3 Bh6 {adding the bishop to the
battle.} (18... Qg6 19. Rh2 Qxe4 {loses in view of} 20. Re1 Qd5 21. Ba5) 19.
Bxh6 Qxh6 20. Re1 {planning to explose Black's position by the strike e4-e5.} (
20. Qb6 {is met by} Qg6) 20... Qg5 $1 {threatening with mate, and preventing
White's plans.} 21. Rh2 Qb5 $1 {A very strong queen's transfer. Black does not
only attack White's queenside pawns, but also threatens to catch White's queen
by Rd7.} 22. Qa7 Qxb2 23. e5 $2 {Maybe Ilia has missed the queen's maneouvre
that Black has played in the game...} ({A much better option was} 23. Rxh4 $1
Rd7 (23... Ng6 {[%cal Yg6e5]} 24. Rg4 $1 Rh8 25. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 26. Qg7 Rh4 27.
e5 $18) (23... Qxc2 24. Qxd4 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qe6 26. Rxa6 $14) 24. Qxa6 (24. Qa8+
Rd8 25. Qa7 $11) 24... Qxc2 25. e5 Qc3 26. e6 $14) 23... Qc3 $1 {transfering
the queen to c5.} (23... d5 {is already met by} 24. Rxh4 $16) 24. Re4 Qc5 $1 {
A great job of Black's queen! Now it forces White to trade the queens.} 25.
Qxc5 $6 (25. Qxa6 dxe5 $17) ({The least of the evils was} 25. Qc7 Qd5 $1 26.
Rexh4 dxe5 $15) 25... dxc5 $17 {Black's chances are clearly better in the
endgame, due to the weaknesses of White's pawns on the queenside.} 26. Rhxh4 {
adding the kingside rook to the game.} Rb8 27. Re1 (27. c3 dxc3 28. Rc4 Nf5 29.
Rhe4 {is refuted by} Rb4 $1 30. Rxb4 cxb4 31. Rxb4 c2 32. Rc4 Nd4 $19) 27...
Rb2 28. Nd2 $2 {Another unsuccessful decision.} ({Better was} 28. c3 dxc3 29.
Rc4 Nd5 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 c2 32. Rec3 Rxa2 33. Rxc5 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 c1=Q 35.
Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Kd7 37. f4 $15 {/-/+}) 28... Rxc2 29. Ne4 d3 $2 {Now it's
Black's turn to make a mistake.} ({Black could get a winning position after} 
29... Nd5 $1 30. Nf6+ (30. Nd6+ Ke7 31. Rh7 d3 $19) 30... Nxf6 31. exf6+ Kd8
$19) 30. Rd1 Nf5 (30... c4 {leads to an unclear position.} 31. Nd6+ Kd7 32.
Nxc4 Ke6 33. Rxd3 Nf5 34. Rf4 $13) 31. Rh5 {[%cal Gh5f5,Ge4f6]} ({White could
force a draw after} 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rxd3 (32. Rh7 d2 33. Kh2 c4 34. Rb1 Ke7
35. Nxg8+ Ke6 36. g4 Rc1 $19) 32... Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 34. Kg3 Nf5+ 35. Kg4
Nd4 36. Rh3 $11 {[%cal Yh3h8,Yh8g8]}) 31... Rxg2+ (31... Nd4 {isn't better
than the move in the game.} 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nxg8 d2 34. Nf6 Rc1 35. Rh8+ Kg7
36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. Ng4+ Kh7 38. Nf6+ $11) 32. Kh1 (32. Kxg2 $2 Ne3+ $19) 32...
Rgxf2 33. Rh8+ {The following variation explains the opponents' decision to
agree for a draw:} (33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Nxf2 Rxf2 35. Rxd3 Rxa2 36. Rdd8 Ng3+ 37.
Kg1 Ke6 38. Rhe8+ Kf5 39. Rd7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5
(6... h5 $5 7. d4 $1 $36) 7. c3 Qf6 8. g4 $1 Bg6 9. d4 Bxe4 10. Nbd2 $16 {
Fischer,R-Geller,E/Bled/1961/1-0/ Modern Classics}) (5... b5 $5 {Interesting}
6. Bb3 Na5 $5 {The Norway Variation}) 6. d4 (6. c3 Nge7 (6... g6) 7. d4 Ng6)
6... exd4 (6... b5 $5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 $1 (9. Qxd4 $2 c5 $1 10.
Qd5 c4 $19) 9... dxc3 10. Qh5 $5 g6 11. Qd5 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc3 $36) (
6... Nge7 7. d5 $1 Nb8 8. c4 $14) (6... Nf6 $5 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Re1 Be7 (8...
Bxe4 $6 9. Nc3 $1 $36) 9. Nc3 exd4 (9... O-O $2 {Tarrasch,S} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
Qxd8 Raxd8 12. Nxe5 Bxe4 $2 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd3 $1 f5 15. f3 Bc5+ 16. Nxc5 $1
(16. Kf1 $2 Bb6 17. fxe4 fxe4+ $15) 16... Nxc5 17. Bg5 Rd5 18. Be7 Re8 19. c4
$18) 10. Nxd4 $14 {/\Nd4-f5}) 7. Nxd4 (7. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 (7... bxc6 $1 $13) 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nc3 {cf. 6...Nf6 ;><f5}) 7... b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3
Nf6 10. f3 {? Ivanchuk} (10. Nc3 Be7 $10) (10. Re1 Be7 11. c4 O-O $1 {Ivanchuk}
12. Nc3 Re8 $13) (10. c4 {!? Ivanchuk}) 10... Be7 11. c4 O-O {? Huebner} (11...
b4 $142 12. Ba4 (12. a3 a5 13. axb4 (13. Ba4 Qd7 {Dies ist nicht profitabel
für Weiß.}) 13... axb4 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bd2 Qb7 16. Qe1 (16. Ba4 $2 Qa7+)
16... O-O 17. Bxb4 $2 Rb8) (12. Be3 Nd7 {/\Lf6 Schwarz hat ein äußerst
komfortables Spiel.}) 12... Qd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 {mit
bequemem Ausgleich. Huebner}) 12. Nc3 $1 b4 {Eine weitere Ungenauigkeit.
Huebner} (12... Re8) (12... Nd7 $142 {Huebner} 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bd5 (14. Nd5
Nc5 {Schwarz hat keine Probleme}) 14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Qxd5 b4 $10) 15...
c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $10) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bb5 15. Rf2 c5 $2 (15... a5 16.
Be3 a4 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc6 Bxc6 $14 {Ivanchuk}) 16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Qe1 {DIAGRAMM}
d5 {? Huebner} (17... Bxc6 18. Be3 $16 {White has the much better pawnstructur.
} Qb7 {Huebner} 19. Bd4 (19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Rac1 Rac8 {Diese Zugfolge verspricht
dem Weißen nicht mehr.} 21. Rxc6 $2 Rxc6 22. Bd5 Rxc1) 19... Bh4 20. g3 Bg5 {
Weiß steht zwar deutlich besser, aber Schwarz braucht noch lange nicht
verzweifeln. Huebner}) 18. Bxd5 (18. Be3 $143 d4 {Schwarz hat ein gutes Spiel.
Huebner}) (18. exd5 $2 Bc5 {/\ 19... Tae8 nebst Te8-e2 Dies wäre fatal für
Weiß. Huebner}) 18... Bc5 19. c7 $3 {This is, what Black missed, when he
played 15...c5.} Ra7 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Rc1 Raxc7 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 {
White is a pawn up, but the position is not clearly lost for Black.} 24. g3 Bc4
25. Kg2 g6 26. Rd2 h5 27. Qf2 Kf8 28. Rd4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Rd7 30. Qd2 Rd6 31. h3
a5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Kg8 34. Qd3 Qc1 35. Qe2 Qg5 36. Qe4 Qf6 37. Rd2 g5 {
preventing f4} 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. a3 bxa3 42. Qxa3 Qd8 43.
Qc3 Qb6 44. Rd1 Qb4 45. Qh8 Qf4 46. Qg8+ Kf6 47. Qh8+ Kg6 48. Kf2 a4 49. Rd4
Qc1 50. Qg8+ Kf6 51. Qf8 {DIAGRAMM} Qc5 $2 (51... Qxb2+ $142 $1 52. Kg3 Qb6 $10
53. Qh6+ {Huebner} (53. Rd1 {Dies ist keine Verbesserung.} Qc7 54. Kh3 Qd8)
53... Ke7 54. Qxg5+ (54. Re4+ {wirkungslos} Kd7 {/\55... Th6, 55... Dg1}) 54...
Kf8 {Schwarz hat vorzügliche Remisaussichten. Huebner} 55. Rxa4 (55. Qe5 f6 (
55... a3 $2 56. Qh8+ Ke7 57. Re4+ Kd7 58. Qe8+ Kc7 59. Re7+ Rd7 60. Rxd7#) 56.
Qe4 (56. Qe3 Qa7) 56... a3 57. Ra4 (57. Rd1 Qc7 {Der starke a-Bauer sollte
Schwarz das Remis sichern.}) 57... Qg1+ 58. Kf4 Qc1+ 59. Qe3 Qxe3+ 60. Kxe3
Rxd5 {Das Turmendspiel ist remis.}) (55. Rd1 Qc7 56. Qf4 a3 57. Ra1 (57. Rh1
Rd7) 57... Qc5 58. Rh1 Qxd5 {Schwarz sollte nicht verlieren.}) 55... Qg1+ {
Dauerschach} 56. Kf4 $4 Qc1+ {Huebner}) 52. Qh6+ Ke5 (52... Ke7 53. Qxg5+ Kd7
54. Qf5+ {/\ 55.De4 Weiß behält zwei Mehrbauern. Huebner}) 53. Qg7+ Rf6 $8 (
53... f6 $2 54. Qe7+ $3 Kxd4 55. Qe4#) 54. Qxg5+ Kxd4 55. Qxf6+ Kxd5+ 56. Kg3
$18 Qc7+ 57. Kh4 Qd7 58. Kg5 Kc4 59. Qc3+ Kb5 60. f4 Qd8+ 61. Kh5 Qg8 62. g5
Qg6+ 63. Kg4 Qe6+ 64. Kg3 Qb6 65. Kf3 Qg6 66. Qd4 Qh5+ 67. Kg3 Qg6 68. Qd5+ Kb4
69. Kg4 Qh7 70. Qb7+ Ka5 71. b4+ axb3 72. Qxb3 Qg7 73. Qb8 Qh7 74. f5 Qh1 75.
Qe5+ Kb4 76. Qe2 Kc5 77. f6 Qg1+ 78. Kf5 Qb1+ 79. Kf4 Qh7 80. Qe5+ Kb6 81. Qd6+
Kb5 82. Qd5+ Kb6 83. Kg4 Qg8 84. Qb3+ Kc5 85. Qc2+ Kd6 86. Qd3+ Ke5 87. Qf5+
Kd6 88. g6 fxg6 89. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "GBR-ch 105th"]
[Site "Hull"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {An interesting opening choice, used
in 2014 by Howell against me among other things; in this tournament it was
used not only in the present game, but also replicated by McShane later on, in
the first blitz tiebreak.} 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 (6. c3 {The most popular move, and
the engine choice by a long chalk, but it does commit to a Kings' Indian type
of position.} g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 {Black tends to
simply get bad bishops here.} (10... exd4 $5 11. cxd4 b5 12. Bb3 Rc8 $132) 11.
dxe5 {Now we follow another McShane game, this time from the other side of the
board, but which was also played in front of the author of these lines.} (11.
h3 Kh7 12. Bc2 exd4 13. Nxd4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. N2f3 Qf6 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17.
Nd4 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne7 (18... Rae8 $11) 19. Qb3 $1 $16 {Vallejo Pons,F-Short,N
Riadh 2017}) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. b4 b6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. a4 f5 16. f3
f4 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. Qb3+ Kh7 19. Red1 $14 {McShane,L-Short,N London 2017}) 6...
exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Nf6 {Thus, intentionally or otherwise,
arriving at a schematically quite similar position to the one I had against
Howell the previous day...} 10. Nc3 (10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 $11 {
is more likely to be an overextension. One thing I noted about the top players
in this tournament over the past week was that they want to somehow occupy
lots of space without committing that many pawns!}) 10... Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12.
Rad1 Qc6 13. Nd5 $5 (13. Rfe1 $14 {White probably has a little something here
if he is just patient about it, but David Howell probably felt it was his
lucky day and tried to win without tiebreaks.}) 13... Nxd5 (13... Rfe8 {
is also okay, but a little passive.}) 14. exd5 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qf5 16. Rxc7 Bf6
17. Qd2 (17. Qb4 {is the most solid move to keep equality:} Qxd5 18. Qxb7 Qxa2
19. Bxd6 Rfb8 20. Qf3 {and now Black can't take the pawn in any of his 3 ways.}
Qxb2 (20... Bxb2 21. Rc2 $18) 21. Rxf7 $11) 17... Rfc8 $1 18. Rfc1 (18. Rxb7
Rc2 19. Qd1 {and now Black can choose between various moves including ...Bxb2,
...Rc5xd5, or ...h5 maintaining both options.}) 18... Rxc7 19. Rxc7 Re8 {
Luke McShane shows an impressive devotion to principle, not worrying too much
about defending pawns. At this point, I would not be surprised if both players
already considered a Black win to be likely.} 20. h3 h5 21. b3 (21. Rxb7 Qb1+
22. Kh2 Re1 {was clearly the intention, even though it is not immediately
clear where the mate will come from. For instance:} 23. Rc7 Rh1+ 24. Kg3 Qf5
$19) 21... g5 22. Be3 ({White needs some machinery to stay in the game, either
on this move or soon, e.g.} 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Qe3 $1 $11) 22... Re5 23. Rxb7 $2
(23. Qd1 $1 {reminds Black of his third weak pawn- the one on h5.} g4 24. hxg4
hxg4 25. Rc4 $11) 23... Rxd5 24. Qc1 {White is now slightly worse. Probably
Howell had visions of weathering the storm and then grinding a long endgame
out with the better structure, but Black is too active for that to become
reality.} Be5 (24... Rd3 $5 $15) 25. Rb4 Qd3 26. f4 $2 {The decisive mistake.}
(26. g3 {was the only move according to the engines, but this would be
nerve-wracking to play after} Qe2 {The point is that Black does not deliver
mate after} 27. Kg2 Rd1 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Qc8 $11 {and must content himself
with ...Qf1 and perpetual check.}) 26... Qe2 $1 27. Kh2 gxf4 28. Bxf4 Rd2 29.
Qc6 Kg7 $1 {Both this move and the next one are quiet, but absolutely lethal.}
30. a3 h4 $1 {Mate in 10, say the engines.} 31. Rc4 Qe3 32. Qe4 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nc3 (10. f3 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
cxd5 Bb5 15. Rf2 c5 16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Qe1 d5 18. Bxd5 Bc5 19. c7 $14 {Ivanchuk,
V-Huebner,R/Munich 1994}) 10... Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a4 b4 $6 {[%csl Rb4] This
move is obviously an inaccuracy as Black's pawn is pretty vulnerable on b4.
The best proof that 12...b4?! isn't the best reaction is probably the fact
that Mamedyarov himself refrianed from playing it in his later game!} (12...
Re8 13. Qd3 (13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Bxb4 Bxb2 18.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Re1 a5 20. Bd2 $14 {Shirov,A-Short,N/Dubai 2002}) 13... Rb8 14.
Bg5 Nd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd5 Re5 18. Nb4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc5 20.
Nc6 Nxd3 21. Nxd8 Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M-Mamedyarov,S/Moscow 2006})
13. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 {Another dubious move after which Black finds himself under
severe pressure without too many chances to get active counterplay.} (13... a5
14. Bd2 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bf6 18. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Rc7]})
14. exd5 Nd7 (14... a5 15. Bc4 Nd7 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Bc6 Rb8 $14) 15. a5 $1 {
[%csl Ra8,Re8][%cal Gb3a4,Ga4c6] The bishop is heading for c6.} Nc5 16. Ba4 $1
Rb8 ({Of course Black couldn't take on a4 as he wouldn't be able to protect
the pawn on b4.} 16... Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Rb8 18. Qd3 Rb5 19. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rb4]})
17. Bc6 Bf6 ({Maybe} 17... Bg5 {was more persistant :} 18. Qe2 Bxc1 19. Raxc1
Qf6 20. b3 $14 {and it would've been more difficult for White to break through
without the dark-squared bishop.}) 18. Qe2 Bd4 19. Rb1 ({There is no need to
give Black counterplay after} 19. Qe7 $6 b3 20. c3 Bxc3 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. bxc3
b2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 24. Re7 Rc8 25. Rae1 g6 26. h4 $14) 19... Qf6 20. Rd1 (20. Qd2
h6 21. Qf4 $14) 20... h6 21. Qd2 Rfe8 $2 {Black's position is quite difficult
anyway, but after the correct} (21... Bc3 $1 22. Qe2 (22. Qe3 b3 23. cxb3 Rxb3)
22... Bd4 23. g3 $16 {[%cal Gg1g2,Gh2h4,Ge2d2] White would have to work much
harder to capitalize his positional advantage.}) (21... Be5 $6 22. f4 b3 23.
fxe5 Qg6 24. Ra1 bxc2 25. Rf1 Nb3 26. Qc3 Nxa1 27. b4 $16) 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23.
Qf4 $18 b3 24. c3 Qe7 25. Bd2 (25. Qxd4 $4 Qe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 25... Be5 26.
Qg4 Ne4 27. Be3 g6 28. g3 Bg7 29. Re1 h5 30. Qe2 h4 31. Qxa6 f5 32. Qb5 Be5 33.
a6 hxg3 34. fxg3 Kf7 35. a7 Rh8 36. Qb8 Rxh2 37. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ ({
Avoiding the main line starting with} 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4 {
here Black has been experimenting with} 10. Ng5 Nxb3 (10... Nh6) 11. axb3 Qd7 {
lately, here is one example:} 12. c4 Rb8 13. Qd5 c6 14. Qxf7+ Qxf7 15. Nxf7
Kxf7 {with promising play for Black due to the open h-file in de Firmian, N -
Sokolov, I/ Selfoss Milk Masters 2003.}) 7... bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 (8... Qf6 9. Nbd2
Be6 (9... Ne7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qg6 12. dxe5 Bxh3 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 f6 15.
exd6 cxd6 16. Qxd6 $16 {Yemelin,V-Yandemirov,V/St Petersburg 1998}) (9... g5
10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 f6 14. Be3 $14 {Pavlovic,
M-Yeo,M/Bern 2000/EXT 2002}) 10. Nb3 Qg6 11. Ng5 $1 Bd7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4
exf4 14. Bxf4 Be7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Nxf7 $1 $16 {Shirov,A-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee
2004}) 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. Rd1 Qd7 {In all of the previous games black opted for
10...Qf6, but in the latest games white managed to find a clear way to get an
opening advantage.} (10... Qf6 11. Qb3 (11. Qxf6 $6 Nxf6 12. Rxd4 g6 13. Rc4
Bg7 14. Rxc6 Nxe4 15. Rxc7 O-O 16. c3 Rab8 17. Na3 Rfe8 18. Nc2 Nc5 $44 {
Mitrovic,P-Sermek,D/Belgrade 1989}) 11... Ne7 12. Qb7 $1 (12. c3 Qe6 13. Qxe6 (
13. Qb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. cxd4 f5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nd2 Kd7 18. Nf3 Be7 $11 {
Svidler,P-Yandemirov,V/Togliatti 2003}) (13. cxd4 Qxb3 14. axb3 g6 15. Be3 Bg7
16. Ra4 Kd7 17. Nd2 Rhe8 18. f3 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Sermek,D/Plovdiv 2003}) (
13. Rxd4 g6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Ra4 Qd7 16. Qa3 Qc8 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nd2 Re8 19.
Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Sermek,D/Medulin 1997}) 13... fxe6 14. cxd4 g6 15. Nd2 Bh6
16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 $14 {Grigoriants,S-Yandemirov,V/Moscow 2005}) 12... Rc8
13. c3 dxc3 (13... Qe5 14. Qxa6 Qxe4 15. cxd4 Qf5 16. Nc3 g6 17. Re1 Kd7 18.
Re3 Bg7 19. Rf3 Qe6 20. Bd2 f5 21. Re1 $16 {Aronian,L-Yandemirov,V/Sochi 2005})
14. Nxc3 g6 15. Be3 Qe6 16. Bd4 f6 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 Qf7 19. Qxa6 $16 {Azarov,
S-Sermek,D/Mallorca 2004}) (10... Be7 $6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxc6+ Kf8 13. c3 g5
14. cxd4 Rh6 15. Qf3 exd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxa8+ Kg7 18. Nc3 $16 {Geller,
E-Hansson,D/Reykjavik 1990}) (10... c5 11. c3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. cxd4 cxd4 14.
Qc4 c6 15. Rxd4 $14 {Steele,S-Marcotulli,G/IECG email 2002}) 11. c3 {
Sacrificing a pawn isn't a bad idea, but I fail to see why shouldn't white
just capture on d4:} (11. Rxd4 $5 Ne7 12. Ra4 Ng6 (12... c5 13. Qa3 Qc6 14. Nc3
g6 15. Bg5 $16) 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qc3 Qb7 16. Bd4 $16) 11... dxc3 12.
Nxc3 Ne7 (12... g6 13. e5 d5 14. Na4 Nh6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Bf6 O-O 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Rac1 $16) 13. Ne2 g6 $5 (13... Ng6) 14. Qc3 Rg8 15. f4 Bg7 16.
Qc2 c5 $6 ({Deserved attention} 16... Qe6 $5 17. Nd4 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 f5 19. Bd2
$44 {with unclear position.}) 17. Be3 Qb5 $6 18. Rab1 Nc6 19. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}
a5 20. e5 $1 O-O-O (20... dxe5 21. Rd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 25. R1xd4 $16) 21. Nc3 Qb7 22. b4 $1 axb4 $6 (22... cxb4 $1 23. axb4 Nxb4
24. Qa4 dxe5 25. Nb5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bh6 27. Rc1 $36) 23. Nd5 $16 Rge8 24. axb4
Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Rd7 (26... dxe5 27. Nxc7 $1 exd4 28. Nxe8+ Kb8 29.
Nxg7 $18) 27. Qa4 $1 Red8 (27... dxe5 28. Nxc7 Ree7 (28... Rxc7 $4 29. Qxe8#)
29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Na6 exf4) 28. Rbd1 Kb8 29. Ne3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge3c4,Gc4a5,
Ga5c6]} Qa7 30. Qc6 Qb6 31. b5 Kc8 (31... Qxc6 32. bxc6 Re7 33. Rb4+ Kc8 34.
Ra1 dxe5 35. Ra8#) 32. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Gashimov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, I was in an unaccustomed situation, since I understood that
winning it would virtually guarantee me victory in the tournament. On the
other hand, I did not set myself the task of beating Grischuk at all costs,
come what may, but I did prepare very seriously for the game. Vor dieser
Partie war in in einer ungewohnten Situation, denn ich begriff, dass mir ein
Sieg praktisch den Turniersieg garantieren würde. Andererseits stelle ich mir
nicht die Aufgabe, Grischuk um jeden Preis zu schlagen, komme was da wolle,
aber ich bereitete mich sehr gewissenhaft auf die Partie vor.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 {I was pleasantly surprised by this, since
I had not expected my opponent to repeat this risky variation, which he had
already used against Svidler. But Sasha never even dreamt that I had a secret
weapon waiting for him. Das war eine angenehme Überraschung für mich, denn ich
hatte nicht erwartet, dass mein Gegner diese riskante Variante wiederholen
würde, welche er bereits gegen Svidler angewandt hatte. Aber Sasha hätte sich
nie träumen lassen, dass ihn eine Geheimwaffe erwartete.} 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8.
Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 Nxb3 (9... hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 {is also possible, but in this
case, Black's position is still not enviable. ist auch möglich, aber auch in
diesem Fall ist Schwarz um seine Stellung nicht zu beneiden.}) 10. axb3 hxg4
11. Ng5 Qd7 {This has all been seen before. Here White usually continues 12.c4.
All dies hat man schon zuvor gesehen. Hier setzt Weiß meist mit 12.c4 fort.}
12. Qd3 $1 $146 {After playing this move, I went to the rest room, but I had
to sit there for a long time, since Sasha now thought for over an hour. Indeed,
at one moment, I even fell asleep for 10 minutes! Nachdem ich diesen Zug
gespielt hatte, ging ich in den Ruheraum, doch ich musste lange dort sitzen,
denn Sasha dachte nun über eine Stunde nach. Tatsächlich schlief ich sogar für
10 Minuten ein!} Rb8 (12... f6 $2 13. Qd5 c6 14. Qe6+ Qe7 15. Rxa6 $18) (12...
c6 13. c4 {Now c4 is necessary, because Black's has seriously weakened his
position. Nun ist c4 nötig, da Schwarz seine Stellung ernsthaft geschwächt hat.
} b4 14. c5 f6 15. Nd2 $16 fxg5 16. Nc4 Qf7 17. Rd1 Qh5 18. Kf1) 13. Rxa6 f6
14. Nc3 {Black regains his piece, but White has managed to do without the move
c4, which is not required in this position. Schwarz gewinnt seine Figur zurück,
aber Weiß hat es geschafft, ohne den Zug c4 auszukommen, welcher in dieser
Stellung nicht erforderlich ist.} fxg5 15. Bxg5 Be7 ({Black does not benefit
from Keinen Nutzen zieht Schwarz aus} 15... Qf7 16. Nxb5 Qh5 17. f4 Qh2+ 18.
Kf2 Rh3 19. Qc4 Rf3+ 20. Ke1 Qg3+ 21. Kd1 {In this variation, too, the value
of the move Qd3 is clearly seen, since from c4, the queen sets up a number of
mating threats against the black king. Auch in dieser Variante ist der Wert
des Zuges Qd3 eindeutig ersichtlich, denn von c4 aus stellt die Dame eine
Reihe von Mattdrohungen gegen den schwarzen König auf.}) 16. f4 $5 {I had this
position on my board at home. Diese Stellung hatte ich zuhause auf dem Brett.}
(16. Be3 Nf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 {also gives White the advantage. gibt Weiß
ebenfalls Vorteil.}) 16... gxf3 $6 (16... c6 17. Qe3 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ne7 19. Ra7
{although White's advantage is indisputable. , wenngleich der weiße Vorteil
unbestreitbar ist.}) 17. Qxf3 Nf6 18. Nd5 {This was the first move I really
thought about, all the preceding moves having been played quickly. I had not
examined this position in detail at home, since I understood very well hat
White was much better, and decided to work it out at the board, if the
position arose. Dies war der erste Zug, über den ich wirklich nachdachte; alle
vorangegangenen Züge waren schnell erfolgt. Ich hatte diese Stellung zu Hause
nicht im Detail analysiert, da ich mir im klaren war, dass Weiß deutlich
besser steht, und daher beschloss, im Bedarfsfall alles am Brett auszuarbeiten.
} Nxd5 {This is Black's last chance, hoping for a mistake from White. Dies ist
die letzte Chance für Schwarz, hoffend auf einen Fehler von Weiß.} ({He also
loses after} 18... O-O 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ra7 Bg5 21. Rxc7 Rxf3 22. Rxd7 $18)
19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Qxg7 $18 Kc8 21. Qxh8+ Kb7 22. Qh7 $1 {Notwithstanding my
opponent's great time-trouble, I never for a moment tried to play on the time
factor, but instead examined and checked every move thoroughly. Trotz der
großen Zeitnot meines Gegners versuchte ich keine Sekunde lang, auf Zeit zu
spielen, sondern überprüfte stattdessen immer gründlich jeden Zug.} (22. Qg7 $2
Qg4 23. exd5 Qd4+ 24. Rf2 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd1+ 26. Rf1 Qd4+ $11) 22... Qg4 23.
exd5 Qd4+ (23... Bxg5 24. Ra7+ $1) 24. Kh1 Bxg5 25. Rfa1 Be3 26. Ra7+ Qxa7 27.
Rxa7+ Bxa7 28. g4 Rf8 29. g5 Rf2 30. Qe4 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf4 32. Qxf4 $1 {An
effective finish. Ein effektvolles Finale!} exf4 33. c3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Winants VanderWiel Kindermann} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O
Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. g3 Be7 (11...
Qf6 12. c3 Nxb3 (12... Nf3+ 13. Nxf3 gxf3 14. Nd2 $18) 13. axb3 $1 (13. Qxb3
Be7 14. a4 (14. Qd5 $5 {Sermek,D} O-O $13) 14... Qg6 15. axb5 Bxg5 16. Rxa6 Rd8
$13 {Marjanovic,S-Sermek,D/Bled 1989 -47/410}) 13... Be7 14. Qd5 $1 O-O (14...
Kd7 15. f4 Qg6 16. fxe5 $18) 15. Na3 Qg6 16. Nxb5 Rac8 {Ziatdinov,R-Katishonok,
I/USSR 1990 -51/315} 17. Rxa6 Bxg5 18. Rc6 $16 {Katishonok,I}) (11... Nxb3 12.
axb3 Qd7 {/\f6} 13. c4 b4 (13... f6 14. cxb5 $16 {ECO}) (13... bxc4 14. Qd5 c6
15. Qxc4 $16 {ECO}) 14. c5 $5 (14. Qd5 $6 c6 15. Qa5 f6 $13 {ECO/Murey,
Y-Vorotnikov,V/USSR 1974}) 14... f6 (14... a5 15. Nd2 f6 16. Nc4 fxg5 17. cxd6
Bxd6 18. Qd5 $16 {Bagirov/ECO}) 15. Qd5 (15. c6 Qe7 (15... Qc8) 16. Nf3 gxf3
17. Qxf3 $44) 15... c6 16. Qe6+ Be7 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 Ke7 20.
Ra5 fxg5 21. Bxg5+ Ke6 $15 {Kutimov-Rappoport/corr/1975}) (11... c6 12. f4 (12.
c3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 (13. axb3 Qd7 14. c4 bxc4 15. bxc4 f6 16. Nc3 fxg5 17. Bxg5
Nf7 18. Be3 Qe6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. c5 $6 Qg6 21. Kg2 d5 $17 {Khiat-Vorotnikov,V/
Yaroslavl/1975}) 13... Be7 14. f4 gxf3 15. Nxf3 Qd7 16. Kg2 Ng8 $1 17. Ng1 Nf6
$44 18. Nd2 Qg4 (18... d5 $5 {Kapengut}) 19. Qd1 Qg6 20. Re1 Rh4 $1 21. a4 $1 {
1/2-1/2/Kapengut-Vorotnikov/Yaroslavl/1975}) 12... Be7 {-11...Be7} (12... Qe7
13. fxe5 (13. f5 $6 Qd8 $1 14. Be3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Be7 16. Qc1 d5 $132 17. c3 $6
(17. exd5 Nxf5 $5 18. Nxf7 $13 {Kapengut}) 17... Ng8 $1 18. Rd1 Rh5 $17 {
Gorshkov,A-Vorotnikov,V/USSR 1975/-20/302}) 13... Nxb3 (13... dxe5 14. Nxf7
Nxf7 15. Bxf7+ Qxf7 16. Rxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxg4 Bc5 18. Be3 $18) 14. axb3 dxe5 {/\f6
} 15. Nxf7 Nxf7 16. Qxg4 $13 {ECO})) 12. f4 c6 13. Be3 (13. c3 $6 {van der
Wiel,J} Nxb3 14. Qxb3 exf4 15. gxf4 d5 $5 $13 (15... g3 $13)) (13. Nxf7 $2 Nxf7
14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. fxe5+ Nf3+ $19) 13... Nxb3 14. cxb3 d5 (14... Qc8 {van der
Wiel,J} 15. b4 $1 f6 16. Qb3 exf4 17. gxf4 fxg5 18. fxg5 g3 19. gxh6 Qh3 20.
Qf7+ Kd8 (20... Kd7 21. Qf5+ $18) 21. Bb6+ $18 {/\22.Qf5+-}) 15. Qc1 (15. Qc2
Rc8 16. Bc5 d4 (16... Bxg5 17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Rf2 dxe4 19. Nc3 f5 20. Nxe4 fxe4
21. Raf1 {+- Kapic,I-Marjan,D/corr 27/(289) 1979}) 17. b4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Qxg5
$13 {ECO} 19. Qd2 Qh5 20. Rf2 Qh3 (20... Nf5 $6 21. Rh2 Qxh2+ 22. Qxh2 Rxh2 23.
Kxh2 Ne3 24. Nd2 Kd7 25. Nf1 Rh8+ 26. Kg1 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 $14 {Kapengut,
A-Vorotnikov,V/USSR 1977/ -23/278}) 21. Rg2 Nf5 (21... f6 22. Qf2 Nf7 23. Rh2
Ng5 24. Nd2 $14 {Gufeld}) 22. exf5 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Rh2 24. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 25. Ke1 Qh1+
26. Ke2 Qf3+ $10 {Winants}) 15... Rc8 16. fxe5 (16. Bc5 $5 {van der Wiel,J}
exf4 $1 (16... d4 17. a4 $1 Qd7 18. Bxe7 $16) (16... Bxc5+ 17. Qxc5 Qe7 18. Rc1
$5 (18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. fxe5 f6 21. exf6+ gxf6 22. Nc3 $1 $16 {|^}
)) (16... O-O 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f5 $16) 17. gxf4 O-O {/\ Re8} 18. Bxe7 (18. Re1
$5) (18. exd5 $5) 18... Qxe7 19. f5 dxe4 20. f6 gxf6 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxh6
Qd4+ $14 {<=>}) 16... d4 17. Rd1 $6 $146 (17. Bf4 c5 18. a4 $1 $13 {van der
Wiel,J-Winants,L/Wijk aan Zee op 1995} (18. e6 $6 {van der Wiel,J} f6 19. Nf7
Nxf7 20. exf7+ Kxf7 $36)) 17... dxe3 $2 (17... Nf5 $1 18. exf5 $4 (18. e6 fxe6
$1 (18... Nxe3 $2 19. exf7+ Kd7 20. Rxd4+ Nd5 21. exd5 Bxg5 22. dxc6+ Kc7 23.
Qc3 {Kindermann} Qf6 $16) 19. Nxe6 Qd6 20. Nxg7+ (20. Bf4 Qxe6 21. exf5 Qe4 $19
) 20... Nxg7 21. Bf4 Qg6 22. Qc2 c5 $17 {Kindermann}) (18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bf2
$13 {Kindermann}) (18. Bf4 d3 $5 (18... Nxg3 19. Nxf7 $1) 19. Kg2 $1 (19. Nc3
b4 $5 $40 (19... Qd4+ 20. Kg2 Rh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxg5 23. Qd2) (19...
Bxg5 {Kindermann} 20. exf5 (20. Bxg5 $4 Qd4+ 21. Kg2 Rh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qf2+ 23. Kh1
Nxg3#) 20... Qd4+ 21. Kg2 b4 (21... Rh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qf2+ 23. Kh1) 22. Qe3 (22.
Bxg5 $4) 22... Qxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 26. exd6 d2 $13))
19... Qd4 (19... Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd4 21. Qf4 $18) 20. Nc3 {-19.Nc3}) 18... Qd5
$19) (17... c5 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Nd5 Qg6 20. Bf4 (20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Bf4 f6) (20.
Rxd4 Nf5 21. exf5 Qh5) 20... Qh5 (20... Nf5 21. Qd2) 21. Kg2 $1 Bxg5 22. Rh1
Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qg6 24. f5 $16) (17... Qc7 $6 18. Bxd4 (18. Bf4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5
Qxe5 20. Qf4) (18. Rxd4 Qxe5) 18... Rd8 19. Nc3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxe5 (20... Qb6
21. Ne2) 21. Ne2 c5 22. Rd5 $18) 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Qxc6+ $1 (19. Qxe3 $2 Rd1+
20. Kg2 O-O $1 $17 (20... Nf5 $4 21. exf5 Rdh1 22. Nf3 $1 $18)) 19... Kf8 20.
Nc3 $16 Bxg5 21. e6 $5 (21. Qxa6 Ng8 22. Rf1 Rh3 $44) (21. Nd5 Kg8 22. Qxa6 Kh7
23. Qxb5 Rhe8 24. a4 Rxe5 25. a5 f5 26. a6 fxe4 27. a7 Rexd5 $13 {Kindermann})
21... Kg8 22. Qc5 f6 23. Nd5 Kh7 24. Re1 Rhe8 25. Nc7 (25. Qc6 $5) 25... Rc8
26. e7 f5 27. Nxe8 Rxc5 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. e8=Q Re5 30. Qc6 Rxe4 $132 31. Qxa6
b4 32. Re2 Nf7 33. a4 Ng5 34. a5 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 (35. Kf1 Rd4 $1 36. Rxe3 Rd1+ $10
) 35... Nd4 (35... Rd4 36. Qe6 $18) 36. Qd3 $2 $138 (36. Kf1 $142 Nxb3 (36...
Be5 $140 37. Rh2+ $16) 37. Qb6 $1 $16 (37. Qb5 Nd4)) 36... Nxe2 37. Qxe2 Bxb2
38. a6 Bd4 39. Kf1 Re7 $138 (39... Kg6 40. a7 Bxa7 41. Qa6+) 40. Ke1 $2 (40.
Qh2+ $142 Kg6 41. Ke2 Re6 $1 42. Qh8 Rxa6 43. Qe8+) 40... Bc3+ (40... Kg6 $2
41. Qc4 Bc3+ 42. Ke2) 41. Kd1 Kg6 $17 42. Kc2 Bd4 43. Kd3 Ba7 44. Kc4 Re4+ 45.
Kd5 Kg5 46. Kc6 Re5 47. Kb7 Bd4 48. Kc6 Kf6 49. Kd6 Bc5+ 50. Kc6 Ba7 51. Kd6
Re6+ 52. Kd7 (52. Kd5 $142 Ke7 $140 53. Qb2 $1) 52... Bd4 53. Qc4 $138 Re7+ 54.
Kc6 Be5 55. Qe2 Bxg3 56. a7 Rxa7 57. Qxe3 Rc7+ $19 58. Kb5 Bd6 59. Qd4+ Ke6 60.
Qe3+ Kf7 61. Qd3 $1 Ke6 $1 (61... Rc5+ 62. Ka4 Be7 63. Qxf5+ $3 Rxf5 $10) 62.
Qe3+ Be5 63. Qg5 $6 Rb7+ $1 64. Kc6 Rb8 65. Kc5 Bf6 66. Qf4 Be7+ 67. Kd4 Rd8+
68. Ke3 Kf6 69. Ke2 Rd6 70. Kf1 Rd3 71. Qc4 Rc3 72. Qd4+ Kg6 73. Qd5 Bf6 74.
Qe6 Kg5 75. Qd5 Kh4 76. Qh1+ Rh3 77. Qd5 f4 78. Qc4 Rc3 79. Qd5 Rc1+ 80. Kf2
Rc2+ 81. Kg1 f3 82. Kf1 Kh3 {Winants,L -NIC YB37; van der Wiel,J -62/363, NIC
YB37; Kindermann -Schach 4/96} 0-1

[Event "Prague op"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "G, Akash"]
[Black "Kapnisis, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Kapnisis,Spyridon"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O (5. Bxc6+ {My opponent has used
this line in the past so I was mainly prepared against it.}) 5... Bd7 6. c3 g5
$6 {A decision I made over the board and which, to be honest, I am not very
satisfied with. Of course g6 is the normal move which has been played in
thousands of games . During the whole tournament, which was my time off from
coaching, I was in an adventurous mood and I had decided to play offbeat
openings with no real theory. Mamedyarov has occasionally used this idea in
blitz/rapid games quite successfully so I decided to give it a try.} (6... g6)
7. d4 g4 8. Ne1 (8. d5 {is another decent alternative for White. During the
game I was trying to recall a blitz game Harikrisna-Mamedyarov:} Nce7 (8...
gxf3 9. dxc6 bxc6 (9... Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxf3 Bg7) 10. Qxf3 Qh4 $14) 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nh4 f5 $5 11. exf5 (11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. exf5 Qxf5 13. f4 e4 $13 (
13... gxf3 $5 14. Rxf3 Qe4 $13)) 11... Nf6 {[%csl Rd5]}) 8... h5 9. f4 {
This is by far the most obvious choice for White, but of course I couldn't
recall my analysis. Without proper opening preparation, I was forced to think
and take difficult decisions!} exf4 $6 (9... exd4 $5 {I was pretty confident
that I should take on d4, but when I started pondering about the position I
decided I didn't like it at all.} 10. cxd4 Bg7 11. Be3 (11. d5 $5 Nce7 12. Nc3
(12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nc3 (13. f5 {I was afraid of a possible f5, but things are
not terrible for Black:} c6) 13... f5 14. e5 $5 {Sacrificing a pawn to open
the position is the right way to handle this position.} dxe5 15. Nd3 $44) 12...
Bxa4 13. Qxa4+ b5 (13... Qd7 $5) 14. Qc2 c6 15. Be3 cxd5 16. e5 $1 $44) 11...
f5 $5 (11... d5 12. e5 Nge7 13. Nc3 $14) 12. e5 Na5 {is not ideal but still
playable...or sort of playable.} (12... Nge7)) 10. Bxf4 Bh6 11. Bxc6 $6 {
This came to me as a big surprise. It took me a couple of minutes to
understand what my opponent was trying to achieve. Objectively it is not the
best, but still it showed me that my opponent was capable of thinking outside
the box.} (11. Nd3 {I was expecting this move.} Bxf4 (11... Qe7 12. Nd2 $16)
12. Nxf4 Qg5 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. Rxf7 Nh6 {I have seen this position before
playing exf4 and Bh6 and I thought that I should have decent practical
compensation. Truth is white is better but I can still put up a fight.} 15. Rf4
$1 Be6 16. Qd2 $14) (11. Nd2) (11. Qd2 $5 {I also considered this move because
it stops any efforts connected with Bxf4 and Qg5.} Qe7) (11. Bb3 Bxf4 12. Rxf4
Nh6 $14 {[%cal Yd8g5] is not that bad.}) 11... Bxc6 12. d5 $1 {[%cal Yd1d4] Of
course my opponent wanted to develop quickly and take advantage of my poor
development.} Bxf4 $1 (12... Bd7 $2 13. Qd4 f6 14. Bxh6 $1 (14. Nd3 $2 Bg7 $1 {
and Black can still fight.}) 14... Rxh6 15. c4 $16) 13. Rxf4 Qg5 $1 14. Rf5 $1
{My opponent thought for a while and correctly decided to force my queen to e3.
} (14. Rf2 Bd7 15. Qd4 Rh6 {I was expecting something like this and I thought
that I was doing ok.}) (14. Rf1 Bb5 $1 $13) 14... Qe3+ 15. Rf2 Bd7 16. Qd4 $1
Qh6 {A tough decision that took me a long time to take. I felt that my
opponent should be on top in this middlegame but at least the presence of
queens would give some chances of survival whereas in the queenless position
after Qxd4 cxd4 I thought I was clearly worse .} (16... Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ne7 18.
Nc3 $14 {I felt completely tied up while my opponent's moves seemed very easy 
( Nd3, Raf1, e5). From a Stockfish point of view things are not terrible for
Black.}) (16... Qxe1+ $2 {I tried to make this work but it was impossible} 17.
Rf1 Qh4 18. Qxh8 O-O-O 19. Nd2 $18) 17. Rf1 $2 {Aparrently my opponent was
worried about g3 and played the cautious Rf1. This tempo gives me enough time
to develop my pieces and get a decent game} (17. e5 {Opening the center should
have been White's priority although things are not completely clear.} Ne7 (
17... g3 $6 18. hxg3 h4 19. gxh4 Ne7 20. Nd2 $16 {I have some practical
compensation but objectively White should be clearly better.}) 18. exd6 cxd6
19. Na3 $14) (17. Na3 $5) (17. Nd2 $5) 17... Ne7 18. c4 $6 {Another "slow"
move by White who should have focused on developing his pieces.} (18. Na3 f5 $1
19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Rh7 $13 {[%cal Ye8c8]}) (18. Nd3 g3 $5 (18... f5 $5) 19.
h3 (19. hxg3 $2 h4 20. g4 O-O-O $17 {[%cal Yd8g8]}) 19... Ng6 {[%cal Ye8g8,
Yh6g5] with a complicated battle ahead}) 18... f5 $1 (18... c5 $2 {was the
first move that I considered but soon I realised that Qf6 is too strong. And
then it appeared to me that my only problem is the weak square f6 which can be
solved by playing ...f5!} 19. Qf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Nc8 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nd2 $18
{is what I saw and thought that I was close to lost which is correct.}) 19.
exf5 (19. Nd3 fxe4 (19... c5 20. Qc3 $1 fxe4 21. Rf6 Qh7 22. Nf2 O-O-O 23. Nd2
e3 24. Qxe3 Nf5 $14) 20. Qxe4 h4 $15) 19... O-O $6 (19... Nxf5 20. Qe4+ Kd8 $13
{was a proposal of my opponent who apparantly had missed that I can still
castle!}) (19... Bxf5 $1 {I absolutely underestimated this move which is
combined with long castle. I was under the impression that Qa7 was very
difficult to face but that is not correct.} 20. Nc3 (20. Nd3 O-O-O 21. Nf4 Kb8
22. Nc3 h4 23. b4 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Ye7f5] Black will continue with Nf5 and Rde8.
White's attack on the queenside is not strong enough to cause any worries.})
20... O-O-O 21. Nd3 (21. Qa7 $2 Rdf8 $19) 21... Bxd3 (21... Rhf8 22. Nf4 Kb8
23. Rae1 Rf7 {[%cal Yd8f8]} 24. Ne6 $15) 22. Qxd3 Kb8 $15 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yg6e5]
followed by Ng6-e5. Black has better chances.}) 20. Nc2 (20. f6 Nf5 21. Qd2
Qxf6 $15) 20... Nxf5 21. Qd3 Nh4 (21... Ne7 $5 $15 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yg6e5]}) (21...
h4 $5 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 g3 $132 {was another way to put
pressure on White. I never really considered it.}) 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. Qe3 $1 {
Forced move which minimizes White's problems.} (23. Qg3 Bxc2 24. Qxh4 Qe3+ 25.
Kh1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bd3 {is highly problematic for white}) 23... Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3
Bd3 {Stopping Nxf5 seems like the best way for me to get some winning chances
but Rae8 might have been good as well.} (24... Rae8 $5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 $15) 25.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rd1 Bh7 27. Re1 (27. b3 $11) 27... Rf4 (27... Ng6 28. b3 $15)
28. Rf1 Ng6 (28... Rd4 $5 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nexd1 Kf7 $132) 29. b3 Kg7 30. Ne2
$6 {Forcing the exchange of rooks looks like a risky decision since my king
will be able to get centralized faster than White's.} (30. Rd1) 30... Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Kf6 32. Ke1 $6 (32. Kf2 Ke5 33. Nd1 b5 $5 34. cxb5 $1 axb5 35. Ndc3 Ne7 (
35... b4 36. Nb5 {White seems to be safe here}) 36. Nxb5 Nxd5 {I would be
pressing here as well, but White apparently has enough resources to hold.})
32... Ke5 33. Kd2 Nf4 $1 34. Nc1 (34. Nc3 Kd4 $17) 34... Be4 $2 {The first
serious error in this ending due to severe time pressure. Somehow I felt that
provoking g3 was good for me since then I could redirect my knight to f3} (
34... Ke4 $1 35. a3 (35. b4 $6 b5 $19 {[%csl Rd5]}) (35. Ne2 $2 Nxe2 36. Kxe2
Kd4 37. Kd2 Be4 $19 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) (35. g3 Nh3 36. Ne2 Ng5 $19) 35... Bg6 36.
Na2 Nd3 $17) 35. g3 Nh3 36. Nd3+ (36. Nd1 $1 {followed by Ke3 gives White a
decent blockade}) 36... Kf6 $2 (36... Bxd3 $1 {was a major choice that I had
little time to evaluate. Of course I understood that I would be at least
slightly better since I have the most active king ,but I couldn't understand
if that was enough to secure me a winning advantage.} 37. Kxd3 Nf2+ 38. Ke2 Ne4
39. Ng2 $1 (39. Kd3 $2 Nc5+ 40. Kc3 Ke4 $19) 39... Nc3+ (39... Kd4 40. Nf4 Kc3
41. Nxh5 Kb2 42. Kd3 $1 (42. Ke3 Nc3 $17) 42... Nc5+ 43. Kd4 Kxa2 44. b4 Nd7
45. Kc3 {White is able to hold the draw}) 40. Kd3 Nxa2 41. Nf4 a5 42. Nxh5 Nc1+
43. Kc3 Ne2+ 44. Kb2 $1 {[%cal Yb2a3,Ya3a4] White must be able to keep the
balance with accurate defense.} (44. Kd3 $2 Nd4 45. Kc3 Nf3 $19)) (36... Kd4 $4
37. Nc2#) 37. Kc3 (37. Nc2 $5 {followed by Nd4 was another way for White to
improve his position.}) 37... Ng1 38. Nf4 Bg6 39. b4 (39. Ne6 {During the game
I was worried about this, but things seem to be under control.} Nf3 40. Nxc7
Nxh2 41. c5 $1 dxc5 42. Kc4 Nf3 43. Kxc5 Nd2 {[%cal Yd2e4] with a complex but
equal position}) (39. Nxg6 {is another quite safe path to the draw:} Kxg6 40.
Ng2 Nf3 41. Nf4+ Kh6 42. Kd3 Nxh2 43. Ke3 Nf3 44. Ne6 $11) 39... Bf7 40. a4 Ke5
$6 (40... Nf3) 41. Kd3 $6 (41. Nf1 $5 Nf3 (41... Ke4 $2 42. Ne6 $16) 42. a5 {
White is in the driver's seat}) 41... Nf3 42. Nf1 h4 {Here I thought for a
long time (15-20 minutes) and still failed to understand all the nuances of
the position.} (42... b5 {was another option I considered, although it felt
that the passed pawn which I create for White would be a long-term problem
which wouldn't allow me to play for a win.} 43. cxb5 axb5 44. a5 (44. axb5 Bxd5
{Even here it is not clear if I have achieved something important by playing b5
} 45. Nxh5 Bf7 46. Nf4 d5 47. h4 gxh3 48. Nxh3 $11) 44... Bxd5 45. a6 {This
seemed difficult to evaluate and quite risky in my opinion.}) (42... c6 43.
dxc6 bxc6 44. b5 cxb5 45. cxb5 axb5 46. axb5 d5 47. b6 {seemed just dangerous
for me.}) 43. Ke3 h3 {This fixes the weakness on h2 and at the same time
creates the idea of Ne1-g2 which, during the game, seemed very strong to me}
44. a5 $6 (44. Nd3+ $5 Kf5 45. Nf4 Be8 46. b5 Bd7 47. bxa6 (47. Nd3 $2 a5 $1
48. Nf2 b6 49. Nd3 Kf6 $17 {[%cal Yd7f5] Black's advantage looks quite
promising.}) 47... bxa6 48. a5 c6 49. dxc6 Bxc6 50. Nd3 $11 {is nothing
special for Black.}) 44... Ne1 45. Nd3+ {During my calcultions I felt that I
should be completely winning in the forthcoming ending of bishop vs knight but
I failed to find the path to victory.} (45. Kd2 Ng2 {I considered this
position before playing h4-h3 and thought that I was winning but unfortunately
things are not that easy:} 46. Ne3 $1 (46. Nd3+ Kd4 $19) 46... Nxf4 47. Nxg4+
Kd4 48. gxf4 Kxc4 49. f5 Kxd5 (49... Bxd5 50. Ne3+ Kd4 51. Ng4 $11) 50. Kc3 Kc6
(50... b5 51. axb6 cxb6 52. Nf2 $1 Ke5 53. Nxh3 $11) (50... c5 51. bxc5 dxc5
52. Nf2 $11) 51. Nf6 Ba2 (51... d5 52. Nh7 Kd6 53. Ng5 Bh5 54. f6 $11 {[%cal
Yc3d4]}) 52. Kb2 Bc4 53. Kc3 Bf1 54. Kd4 Bg2 55. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ye3f4,Yf4g5]} b6
56. Kf4 bxa5 57. bxa5 Bf1 58. Ne4 Kd7 59. Kg5 $11) 45... Nxd3 46. Kxd3 Bg6+ (
46... Be8 $1 {was the suggestion made by my opponent after the game which I
failed to even consider! My opponent would have been forced to find some
accurate moves to get the draw.} 47. Nd2 (47. Ne3 $2 Bg6+ 48. Kc3 Ke4 {is at
least dangerous for White.}) 47... b5 (47... Ba4 48. Ne4 $11) 48. Kc3 (48. axb6
cxb6 49. Nb3 b5 50. c5 $1 (50. Na5 {This is good enough for the draw, but 50.
c5 is a lot easier... if you have done your homework and know some of the
basic fortresses!} Bg6+ 51. Ke3 bxc4 52. Nc6+ $1 Kf5 53. Nb8 Be8 54. Nxa6 Ke5
55. Nc7 Bf7 56. Kd2 $1 Kd4 (56... Bxd5 57. Nxd5 Kxd5 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. b5 Kd5 60.
b6 Kc6 61. Kxc4 Kxb6 62. Kd5 Kc7 63. Ke6 Kc6 64. Kf5 d5 $11) 57. Nb5+ Kxd5 58.
Kc3 Ke5 59. Nd4 d5 60. b5 Be6 61. b6 Bc8 62. Nb5 Bb7 63. Kb4 Ba8 64. Nc7 Bc6
65. Kc3 $1 Ke4 (65... Bb7 66. Nb5 $11) 66. Ne8 $1 Kf3 67. Nf6 $11) 50... Kxd5
51. cxd6 Kxd6 (51... Bg6+ 52. Ke3 Kxd6 53. Kd4 $11) 52. Nc5 Kd5 (52... a5 53.
Nb7+ Kd5 54. Nxa5 Bg6+ 55. Ke3 $11) 53. Nxa6 Bg6+ 54. Ke3 $5 (54. Kc3 Ke4 55.
Nc7 Kf3 56. Kd4 Kg2 57. Ke3 Kxh2 58. Kf2 $11) 54... Bf5 55. Nc7+ Kc4 56. Nxb5
$1 Kxb5 57. Kf2 Kxb4 58. Kg1 $11) 48... Bd7 49. cxb5 Bxb5 50. Nc4+ Ke4 (50...
Kxd5 51. Ne3+ Ke4 52. Nxg4 Kf3 53. Nf6 Kg2 54. g4 Kxh2 55. g5 $11) 51. Nb6 $1
Kf3 (51... c6 52. dxc6 Bxc6 53. Nc4 d5 54. Nd2+ Ke3 55. Nb3 $11) 52. Kd2 $1 Kg2
53. Ke1 $1 Kxh2 54. Kf2 {This is a motif that I was sure to appear in some
variations in the game!}) 47. Ke3 c6 48. dxc6 bxc6 49. Nd2 Bf7 (49... d5 $4 {
I was close to blundering the whole game when I noticed Nb3-c5} 50. Nb3 $1 {
[%csl Ra6]} dxc4 51. Nc5 $18) 50. Kd3 (50. b5 cxb5 51. cxb5 axb5 52. a6 Bd5 $1
53. Nb1 b4 $11) 50... Bg6+ (50... d5 51. cxd5 Bxd5 52. Nc4+ $11) 51. Ke3 (51.
Kc3 Bf7) 51... Bf7 52. Kd3 Bg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Janowski-Mieses +6-6=2"]
[Site "Paris (Cafe de la Regence)"]
[Date "1895.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "Le Matin"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1895.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nge7 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. d4 b5 ({
Dans la 9eme partie du match a ete joue} 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7
10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd3 {etc}) 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qh5 {Coup nouveau} ({
Ils ne peuvent jouer} 10. Qxd4 {a cause de} c5 {suivi de c4 gagnant une piece})
10... g6 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qf6 Rg8 14. Qxd4 {Les Blancs ont
parfaitement joue le debut de cette partie, leur position est evidemment
superieure} g5 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qd1 b4 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. a5 g4 19. c3 Ne5 20. Bf4
Qf6 21. Qa4+ Ke7 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nd4 {Les Blancs commencent une attaque qui
leur assure le gain de la partie} Qh5 24. f4 Rg6 ({si} 24... gxf3 25. Rxf3 {
donnerait aux Blancs une attaque encore plus forte}) 25. g3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qc5
27. f5 Rh6 28. fxe6 Rxe6 29. Kh1 Rf6 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Rf1+ ({Apres la partie,
M.Janowski a fait remarque qu'il pouvait gagner plus rapidement en jouant} 31.
Qd7 {menacant Tf1+ etc}) 31... Ke7 32. Qb3 d5 {Le seul coup pour prolonger la
partie} 33. exd5 Kd7 34. Qa4+ Kd6 35. Rf6+ Ke7 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38.
Re4 Qxc3 39. Rxg4+ Kh8 40. Qe6 ({Ici encore M. Janowski indique une route plus
courte pour gagner la partie:} 40. Qf7 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Ne2 Qxe2+ 43. Kh3
{et les Noirs ne peubvent eviter le mat}) 40... Bg7 41. Qe4 Qc4 42. Ne2 Qb5 43.
Rh4 h6 44. Qf3 {Coup decisif} Qxa5 {Ici la partie a ete ajournee et reprise
deux jours plus tard suite a une indisposition de M.Janowski.} 45. Nf4 Rd8 46.
Qe4 Rd6 47. Rg4 Qa1+ 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kh3 Qf6 50. Ng6+ Kg8 51. Ne7+ Kf8 ({si} 
51... Kh8 52. Nf5 Bf8 {meilleur} 53. Nxd6 Qxd6 54. Qe6 {et gagnent}) 52. Rf4
Qxf4 53. gxf4 {Analyse Le Matin 1895-03-05} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O ({Mamedyarov had had a couple
of suspicious positions after} 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 {lately, but he managed to
survive every time. Therefore, Leko tries to give play a different, more open,
character. We shall see that both players had some previous experience in this
line, too, including a game against each other...}) 5... Bd7 6. d4 $5 exd4 ({
After} 6... b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 {White cannot capture on d4 because of
...c5 and ...c4, winning the bishop, but after} 9. c3 {his better development
would offer him excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 7. Nxd4 b5 8. Nxc6 Bxc6
9. Bb3 Nf6 10. c4 $5 {Before developing the knight, Leko increases his
influence in the centre.} ({The alternate plan is} 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 O-O {
and now, White can put pressure on the b5-pawn with} 12. a4 Re8 $5 {For the
time being, Black should ignore the tension and continue developing.} (12... b4
$6 {proved a bit premature in an earlier game between same players, Leko,P 
(2740)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Finkel,A] (1-0, 37)}) 13.
Qd3 (13. Qf3 {fails to increase the pressure against the b5 pawn and places
the queen on a dangerous diagonal.} b4 $6 {Not really necessary.} 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bd7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Bxb4 Bxb2 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Re1 a5 20. Bd2 $14 {
White's advantage is rather symbolical. Shirov,A (2715)-Short,N (2663)/Dubai
2002/CBM 089 (1-0, 56)}) 13... Rb8 14. Bg5 Nd7 ({For once, this would have
been a good moment to play} 14... b4 {because of the exposed position of the
bishop on g5.} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxg5 17. dxc6 Bf6 {The presence of
opposite coloured bishops is not a guarantee of a draw yet, but it seems that
Black can neutralise the pressure against the f7-square after} 18. Qd5 Re7 19.
Re3 Qf8 20. Rae1 Rbe8 $11) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd5 $14 Re5 18. Nb4
Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc5 20. Bxf7+ $1 (20. Nc6 Nxd3 21. Nxd8 Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 Vachier
Lagrave,M-Mamedyarov,S/Moscow 2006}) 20... Kh8 (20... Kxf7 $2 21. Qf3+ $18) (
20... Kf8 21. Qf3 Nxe4 22. Bg6+ Nf6 23. Nc6 $16) 21. Nc6 Nxd3 22. Nxd8 Rxe4 23.
Nc6 $16) 10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 (13. Qf3 {has the same
drawback as above.} b4 14. Nd5 a5 15. a4 Nd7 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $132 {
[%csl Gf3] Shirov,A (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow Tal Mem 2007/CBM 122 (1/
2-1/2, 45)}) 13... Rb8 $146 {Mamedyarov might not have been content with his
previous experience in this position, but I do not see the point behind his
novelty. There is no real pressure along the b-file, while in case of his 
(apparently) favourite ...b4, the rook would me more useful on a8, sustaining
the advance of the a-pawn.} (13... Nd7 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qh5 Rf8 16. Rad1 {
A natural move in a blitz game.} ({However,} 16. Nxb5 $5 {seems to be possible.
One important point is that after} Nc5 17. Nd4 $1 Bxe4 $2 18. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 19.
Re1 Nf6 20. Qh3 $18 {[%cal Gd4c6] Black cannot save his bishop!!}) 16... Nc5
17. Bc2 g6 18. Qh6 Bf6 19. a3 Ne6 $132 {Shirov,A (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/
Moscow blitz W-ch 2007 (1/2-1/2, 54)}) ({I would suggest the developing move} 
13... Qd7 $5 {(Mamedyarov might have disliked it because it prevents ...Nd7-c5,
but in the game he will fail to maintain stability on the dark squares anyway)}
14. Qc2 (14. Qd3 Ng4 $5) 14... b4 15. Nd5 a5 $132) 14. Qc2 b4 ({It seems to be
too late for} 14... Qd7 {now, because of} 15. Rad1 b4 16. Nd5 a5 17. e5 $36)
15. Nd5 Nd7 ({Here,} 15... a5 {is not too efficient because of} 16. a3 $14 {
, when ...a4 is not possible.}) 16. Be3 $14 {White has a very active position.
Black's defence relies on the control of the c5-square and the temporary
passivity of the b3-bishop.} Bf8 17. f3 Ba8 18. Rad1 c6 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Nd3 a5
({Black could have prevented the following pawn break with} 20... c5 {, but
after} 21. Ba4 $1 Bc6 22. Nf4 {White's control over the d5-square ensures him
a stable advantage.}) 21. c5 $1 {After this move, White's advanatge is
indisputable. Black's queen's bishop is passive now and he has lost his
stability. At the same time, all White's pieces are very active.} Bb7 {The
manoeuvre initiated with this move is too time-consuming to ensure equality...}
22. Bf4 Ba6 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Ne5 $1 {Avoiding the exchange on
d3 and ensuring the occupation of the seventh rank.} Qxe5 26. Rxd7 Red8 27.
Red1 {Black's resignation looks a bit premature, but I must admit I would not
like playing on in such a position, with the f7- and b5-pawns under fire and
without chances for counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {The (maybe not anymore) old-fashioned
Steinitz Defence Deferred.} 5. O-O {Not revealing White's intentions yet.} ({
The traditional main line is} 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 {In a couple of recent games
Mamedyarov opted for} g6 7. O-O Bg7) 5... Bd7 $5 ({The sharp} 5... Bg4 6. h3 h5
{may not be entirely viable, see for instance the last annotated game Gashimov,
V (2679)-Grischuk,A (2716) Baku 2008 (1-0, 33) CBM 124 [Gashimov,V]}) ({
Portisch' favourite system used to be} 5... Be7 6. c3 (6. Re1 Nf6) 6... Bg4 7.
h3 Bh5 8. d3 Nf6 {transposing to the line examined in my article published on
this same DVD.} 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Ng3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 Bg5 {Bartel,M (2237)-Portisch,L (2513) Warsaw 2008 (0-1, 37) CBM 127
Extra}) 6. Re1 g5 $5 {An extravagant move, but quite a viable one. And 
(probably not only) by coincidence it was Portisch who had introduced it long
time ago. Its idea is undermining White's control over d4. The idea is known
from the 3.Bb5+ Scilian.} ({Black's most popular choices are} 6... g6 7. d4 Bg7
) (6... Nf6) ({and} 6... Nge7) 7. Bxc6 (7. d4 {may have some independent value,
but most likely it would transpose to the game.} g4 8. Bxc6 (8. d5 Nce7 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nfd2 {Sprenger,J (2525)-Luther,T (2594) Austria 2006 (1/2-1/2,
34)} f5 $5 11. exf5 Nxd5 12. Qxg4 O-O-O $44 {Black is better developed and he
has a strong centre. Besides, keeping the extra pawn seems hard for White.})
8... Bxc6 (8... bxc6 {transposes to the game}) 9. Nfd2 Qh4 $6 {It is not clear
what the queen is doing here.} (9... h5 10. Nc3 Bg7 $13 {looks more to the
point.}) ({But} 9... exd4 $6 {is risky.} 10. Nc4 Bg7 11. Qxg4 $36) 10. Nc4 Bg7
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nd5 $4 (13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Na5 $14) 13... Bxd5 14.
exd5 g3 $19 {[%csl Gc4] Kortschnoj,V-Portisch,L Wijk aan Zee 1968 (0-1, 32)})
7... bxc6 ({Strategically more ambitious than} 7... Bxc6 {transposing above,
as Black gets better control in the centre.}) 8. d4 ({The most principled move,
as otherwise White will find it harder to generate an active plan in the
centre. For instance:} 8. d3 g4 9. Nfd2 Ne7 10. Nc4 (10. f3 h5 {rather plays
into Black's hands, as it weakens the kingside.}) 10... Ng6 11. Ne3 h5 12. c3
Qf6 $11 13. d4 Bg7 $15) 8... g4 9. Nfd2 exd4 10. Nb3 ({If} 10. Nc4 {Black can
already defend the pawn with} c5 11. c3 Be6 $1 12. Na5 d3 13. Qxd3 Bg7 14. e5 {
Otherwise Black is doing just fine.} dxe5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nb7 Rb8 17. Nxc5
Bc8 $13 {White has not enough development to take advantage of Black's
weaknesses. At the same time, the kingside majority is likely to become
threatening.}) 10... Ne7 ({But now} 10... c5 $6 {is dubious:} 11. c3 dxc3 $6 ({
A better try is} 11... d3 12. Qxd3 $14) 12. Nxc3 f6 {A desperate and
unsuccessful attempt at preventing e4-e5.} (12... Bg7 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Nxc5 $16)
13. e5 fxe5 14. f4 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Nf6 16. Nxc5 $5 $16 {Weakening Black's
central pawn chain.} dxc5 $6 17. Ne4 Bg7 (17... Nxe4 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Rxe4 $18)
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qh5+ Ke7 20. Bg5 Ke6 21. Qh6 {[%cal Ge1e5]} Qf8 22. Qh3+ Ke7
23. Rxe5+ {with a decisive attack.}) 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 {fails to spoil
Black's development:} Ng6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Bf4 Bg7 $132) 11... Bg7 12. Nc3 $146
({Black refrains from} 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. exf5+ {depriving Black of the right to
castle but offering him excellent play for his bishops.} Kf8 14. Qxg4 h5 15.
Qf3 Qf6 16. c3 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Na3 Rb8 $15 {Chen,Q (2328)-Dai,C (2438)
Shanghai 2017 (1/2-1/2, 63)}) 12... O-O {Black has got a fantastic position
out of the opening. He has the bishop pair and blocking ideas on the dark
squares. In the long run the h-pawn may cause White's king some panic. What is
worse, White does not seem to have an active plan.} 13. Bg5 $6 {Paradoxically
this move helps Black.} ({A safer move was} 13. Be3 {preparing to exchange the
bishops and keep approximate equality.} Qe8 14. Qd2 f5 15. exf5 (15. Bh6 $11)
15... Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd4 $11) 13... f6 $1 {Clearing the h5-e8 diagonal
with gain of time.} 14. Be3 Qe8 15. Qd3 (15. Qd2 Qg6 {transposes to the game.})
15... Qf7 $1 {Preparing to play ...f5 with a comfortable game.} (15... f5 {
is premature as it allows White to exchange the bishops:} 16. exf5 Nxf5 17.
Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 Qg6 (18... Qf7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 h5 21. Re2 $11) 19. Bd4
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Rae8 21. Ne2 {and White should be fine, for
instance} Bxc2 22. Nf4 Qf7 23. g3 $44 {[%csl Ga6,Gg8]}) 16. Qd2 {It becomes
obvious that at this pint in the game Grischuk did not find anything better
than trying to hold the position.} (16. Rad1 f5 $15 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5
19. Qd2 h5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc2 22. Rd2 Rae8 $17) 16... Qg6 (16... f5 $6
17. exf5 Nxf5 (17... Bxf5 18. Bh6 $11) 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd4 $11) 17. Bf4 {
Once again directed against ...f5} h5 $1 $15 {But Black is flexible enough to
combine the active plans.} (17... f5 18. e5 $14) 18. b4 $5 {Strategically, the
idea to carry out b4-b5 is correct, but Wite will not get that far in the game.
On the other hand, it is hard to suggest anything coherent.} h4 19. a4 Qh5 {
[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6e5,Gh4h3]} 20. Be3 {Anticipating ...Ng6.} h3 ({With the
h6-suare defended, Black could already think of} 20... f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 $1 {
[%cal Gf5d7]} 22. b5 (22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Qd5+ Qf7 24. Qxc6 Bd7 25. Qxc7 Rac8 $19
) 22... c5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Rad1 $15) 21. Nce2 (21. g3 $6 {is likely to lead
to trouble due to the weakness of the g2-square and the back rank.} f5 22. exf5
Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Bf4 Rae8 25. Rad1 d5 $19 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) 21... hxg2 22.
Nf4 Qh7 $6 {Mamedyarov is seduced by an attacking idea involving an exchange
sacrifice.} ({But} 22... Qf7 $17 {defends e6 and keeps all Black's trumps.})
23. Nfe6 Bxe6 ({Again, avoiding the sacrifice comes into consideration:} 23...
Rf7 {for instance} 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Nxa6 Ng6 $15) 24. Nxe6 Ng6 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 {
Black's idea is clear. His knight is ready to support the queen against the
weakened white kingside.} 26. Bf4 $6 {This bishop has moved a lot on this game
and now finally commits what looks almost the decisive mistake.} ({True} 26.
Kxg2 $2 {loses quickly:} Qh3+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kg1 Nh4 $19) 27... Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Nh4
$19) ({But it would have made sense to create some sort of coordination with} 
26. Ra3 $5 {for instance} f5 27. Bd4 {Of course. The bishop has been hoping
all game for this exchange.} f4 (27... Bh6 $2 28. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Gg4]} Bf4 29.
h3 gxh3 30. Qd3 $16) 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. f3 (29. Kxg2 Ne5 30. Kh1 Qh6 {looks
dangerous.}) 29... Rf7 $5 (29... Ne5 30. Qxg2 Nxf3+ 31. Rxf3 gxf3 32. Qxg7+
Kxg7 33. Kf2 $11) 30. Qxg2 (30. Qf2 Ne5 31. Qxg2 Qh6 $40 {[%cal Gf7g7]}) 30...
Nh4 31. Qf2 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kh1 $15 {and things are not that bad for
White.}) 26... f5 $1 27. exf5 (27. Ra3 fxe4 28. Bg3 Ne5 $19) 27... Nh4 28. Ra3
Qxf5 29. Bg5 Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 gxf3 {Things are clear now. Endings are lost and
the middlegame is awful.} 31. Bh6 Qd5 32. Qc1 Bc3 33. Re3 (33. Rd1 Qh5 {
[%cal Gc3e5] The threat ...Be5 will soon force Qg5+ with a hopeless ending for
White.}) 33... Bd4 34. Rd3 Re8 35. c3 (35. Be3 Bxe3 $19) 35... Bxf2+ $1 36.
Kxf2 Re2+ (36... Re2+ 37. Kg3 (37. Kg1 f2#) 37... f2 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.04.11"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 (5... Bg4 {Das
berühmt-berüchtigte Figurenopfer nach} 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4
Nxb3 10. axb3 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qd7 {fand durch Gashimovs Neuerung} 12. Qd3 $1 {
eine glänzende Widerlegung:} Rb8 13. Rxa6 f6 14. Nc3 fxg5 15. Bxg5 Be7 16. f4
$5 gxf3 $6 17. Qxf3 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Qxg7 $18 Kc8 21. Qxh8+
Kb7 22. Qh7 $1 Qg4 23. exd5 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxg5 25. Rfa1 Be3 26. Ra7+ Qxa7 27.
Rxa7+ Bxa7 28. g4 Rf8 29. g5 Rf2 30. Qe4 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf4 32. Qxf4 $1 exf4 33.
c3 {1-0 Gashimov,V (2679)-Grischuk,A (2716)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Gashimov]}) 6.
d4 (6. c3 {erscheint mir gehaltvoller.}) 6... Nxd4 (6... b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. c3 $44 (9. Qxd4 $4 c5 {-c4})) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 ({
Die ebenfalls solide Alternative lautet} 9... Ne7 {und nun z.B.:} 10. Nc3 (10.
b3 Nc6 11. Qd2 (11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qg3 g6 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Rad1 Rae8
16. f4 Qe6 $2 (16... Bh8 $13) 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. f5 Qe7 19. Nd5 (19. Qf2) 19...
Qc5+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Be7 (21... Bg5) 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. fxg6 Nxg6 24.
Ba3 Rd8 25. Rdf1 Rfe8 26. Rxf7 Nf4 27. Rxc7 Rd2 28. g3 Nh3+ $2 (28... Ne2+ 29.
Kh1 Nd4 30. Rff7 Ne6 $14) 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nf2+ 32. Kh4 $16 {
1:0/55, Hracek - Khamatgaleev, Pardubice 2004}) 11... Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. c4 f5
14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Rae1 Rf8 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 R5f7 19. Qd2 Ne5
20. f4 Ng4 21. g3 b5 22. Qd4 c6 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rf5 26. Kg2
d5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rf6 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Re6 Rf6 32. Re8+
Rf8 {remis, Lanka,Z (2575)-Huebner,R (2600), Pula 1997}) 10... Nc6 11. Qd3 Be7
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. Rad1 Bd8 16. Bg3 h6 17. Qb3 Qc8 18.
c4 Ne7 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. f3 Bf6 21. Nd5 Bh4 22. Qc3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 f5 24. exf5
Qxf5 25. f4 Qf7 26. Qd3 c6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nc3 Ne7 29. Qxd6 Nf5 $11 {remis/
40, Gashimov,V (2723)-Milov,V (2669), Gibraltar 2009}) 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 (11.
b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rae8 13. Rae1 Bd8 14. f4 c6 15. Rd1 Bc7 16. e5 Qd8 17. Na4 dxe5
18. fxe5 Qxd4+ 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Nc5 $14 {De Firmian - Timman, Amsterdam 1996})
11... h6 12. Bh4 Qg4 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rad1 $14 {Das kleine weiße Plus dürfte
sich bei korrektem Gegenspiel schon bald verflüchtigen.} Rfe8 (14... Rae8 $6
15. h3 Qe6 16. Bh2 Bd8 $6 17. Rfe1 Qc8 18. f4 Re6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 $16 {
, dennoch 0-1/69, Milov,L (2539)-Klovans,J (2415), Deizisau 2009}) 15. Rfe1
$146 (15. Qc4 Rac8 16. h3 Qg6 17. Bh2 Nd7 18. f4 c6 19. Qe2 f5 20. Kh1 Nc5 21.
exf5 Qxf5 22. g4 Qf7 23. Qg2 d5 24. Ne2 Ne4 25. c3 Bd6 {remis, Polgar,J (2656)
-Timman,J (2639), Hoogeveen 2000}) 15... Rad8 16. f3 Qc8 17. Bf2 c6 18. Qd2 (
18. Ne2 Nd7 19. Qc3 (19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne2 Qc7) 19... Bf6 20. Bd4 d5 $5) 18... Qc7
19. Kh1 b5 20. b3 d5 21. e5 Nd7 $11 22. Bg3 Nc5 $6 ({Nachdem Hübner die
Eröffnungsphase mühelos überstanden hat, unterläuft ihm erst ein
Flüchtigkeitsfehler und dann gar ein grobes Versehen. Besser waren: I} 22...
Qc8 $142) ({II} 22... Nf8 $142 $1 $11 23. Ne2 (23. e6 $6 Qa5) (23. f4 Qa5)
23... Ne6) 23. e6 Bd6 $2 ({Nach dem korrektiven} 23... Qc8 {wäre noch immer
nichts los gewesen:} 24. exf7+ Kxf7 $13 {/=. Nun läßt sich Gashimov die
unverhoffte Chance nicht entgehen ...}) 24. Nxd5 $1 {Eine präzise berechnete
kleine Kombination, die letztlich zu vorteilhafter Stellung mit Bauerngewinn
führt.} Bxg3 ({Oder} 24... cxd5 {und nach der forcierten Abwicklung} 25. exf7+
Qxf7 (25... Kxf7 $2 26. Qxd5+ Re6 27. Rxe6 Nxe6 28. Bxd6 Qxc2 29. Re1 Re8 30.
Bb4 Qc8 31. f4 {usw. +-}) 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxd5+ Kh7 28. Bxd6 Nb7 29. Qxb7
Rxd6 {hat Weiß in dem D+T vs D+T-Endspiel zwar zwei Mehrbauern, ob die ihm
aber aufgrund seiner Grundreihenschwäche sowie der gegnerischen Aktiva zum
Gewinn reichen, ist mir nicht klar, z.B.} 30. Rc1 Rd2 31. Qe4+ Qxe4 32. fxe4 b4
$16) 25. Nxc7 Rxd2 26. hxg3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Re7 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. exf7 Rxf7 30.
Rc8 b4 ({Schwarz kann nur zwischen den Übeln wählen. Falls} 30... Re7 {so z.B.}
31. b4 Nd7 32. Nxa6 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Ne5 34. Nc5 Re2 35. f4 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Nf2+ (
36... Ne3 37. Re8 Re1 38. g4) 37. Kh4 Rxc2 38. Ne6 Kg6 39. g4 Ne4 40. f5+ Kf6
41. Nc5 Nxc5 42. Rxc6+ $18 {nebst Txc5 und Txb5 und Weiß erhält ein gewonnenes
Turmendspiel, etwa nach} Ke7 43. Rxc5 Rxg2 44. Rxb5 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rxa2 46. Rb7+
Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. b5) 31. Ne8 Re7 32. Rxc6 $18 Re1+ (32... Nxb3 33. axb3
Rxe8 34. Rxa6 $18) 33. Kh2 Ne6 $5 {Diagramm [#] Hübner fischt emsig im Trüben
und versucht, dem fast 40 Jahre jüngeren und um etliche Elo-Punkte überlegenen
Gegner die Gewinnführung so schwer wie möglich zu machen.} 34. Nd6 ({
Merkwürdigerweise verschmäht Gashimov hier und auch in der Folge hartnäckig
den gegnerischen a-Bauern und verzettelt sich mehr und mehr.} 34. Rxa6 Nd4 (
34... Re2 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Nc7 Nd4 37. Kh3 $18) 35. Nc7 Nxc2 (35... Re2 36. Kh3
Rxc2 {/Nxc2} 37. Nd5 $18) 36. Nd5 Rd1 37. Ra5 $18) 34... a5 35. Ne4 Nd4 36. Rc4
Nf5 37. g4 $5 (37. Rc7 $5 Kg8 (37... Ne3 38. Nf6+ Kg6 39. Nh5 Kxh5 40. Rxg7 $18
) (37... Kg6 38. g4 Ne3 39. Ng3 Nf1+ 40. Nxf1 Rxf1 41. Rc5 $18) 38. Rc5 Ne3 39.
c4 a4 (39... bxc3 40. Nxc3) 40. bxa4 Re2 41. Rb5 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Rxa2 (42... Rg1
43. g4) 43. Rxb4 Ra1 44. g4 g5 45. Nd2 Ra2 46. Rb3 Nc2 (46... Nxg4 47. Kxg4
Rxd2 48. Ra3 $1 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Rxc4 50. a5 $18) 47. Rd3 Rxa4 48. Rd6 Kg7 49. Kg3
$18) 37... Ne3 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. Ng3 $6 ({I} 39. g5 $142 Re2 40. Kh3 Rxg2 41. c4
hxg5 (41... bxc3 42. Rxc3 Re2 43. g6 $18) 42. Re7 Kf8 43. Re6 Kf7 44. Re5 Kg6
45. Rxa5 g4+ 46. fxg4 Rxg4 47. Re5 Rf4 48. Kg3 Rf1 49. Nd6 $16 {/+-}) ({II} 39.
Kh3 Re2 40. g5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 39.g5}) 39... Ra1 40. Re7 $5 (40. Nf5 $5
Nxf5 41. gxf5 Rxa2 42. Rc4 $16) 40... Nxc2 41. Nf5 Rxa2 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. Ra7
Ne1 44. Kg3 $5 (44. Ra8+ $5 Kf7 45. Nxh6+ Kg6 46. Ra6+ Kg5 47. Nf7+ Kf4 48.
Rf6+ Ke3 49. Re6+ Kf2 50. g5 {und vermutlich +-, z.B.} Nxg2 51. Rf6 a4 52. bxa4
Ne3 53. g6 b3 54. Ne5 Kf1+ 55. Kg3 Nd5 56. Rf7 Rxa4 57. Rb7 Nf4 58. g7 Nh5+ 59.
Kh3 Ra8 60. Kg4 Nxg7 61. Rxg7 Rb8 62. Nd3) 44... Rxg2+ 45. Kf4 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Nc5
(46... Nc1 47. Ra8+ $1 (47. Rxa5 $6 Re2+ 48. Kf4 Nxb3 49. Rb5 Nc1 50. Nxh6 Nd3+
51. Kg3 (51. Kf5 $4 Re5+ 52. Rxe5 Nxe5 $19) 51... Re5 $1 52. Rb6 $16) 47... Kf7
48. Nxh6+ Kg6 49. Nf5 $16 {/+-}) 47. Ra8+ $1 ({Nach dem sofortigen} 47. Rxa5 $2
{und dem weiteren} Rc2 48. Rb5 Rc3+ 49. Ke2 Nd3 50. Nd4 Nc1+ 51. Kf2 Nxb3 52.
Rxb4 Nxd4 53. Rxd4 $16 {entsteht eine Turmendspiel mit f+g-Bauern vs h-Bauer,
welches dem Schwarzen große Remischancen bietet.}) 47... Kf7 48. Nxh6+ ({
Wieder eine gute Gelegenheit, den a-Bauern zu vertilgen:} 48. Rxa5 Rc2 49.
Nxh6+ Kg6 (49... Ke6) 50. Nf5 Nxb3 51. Rb5 Rc3+ 52. Kf4 Rc4+ 53. Kg3 Nc1 54.
Ne3 Rd4 55. Rb6+ Kh7 56. Nc2 Rc4 57. Nxb4 $18) 48... Kg6 49. Nf5 $2 ({Jetzt
war es aber höchste Zeit für} 49. Rxa5 {:} Nxb3 (49... Rc2 50. Nf5 {wie gehabt
(+-)}) 50. Ra6+ Kh7 (50... Kg5 {rennt in ein Mattnetz} 51. Nf7+ Kh4 52. Kf4 $18
) 51. Nf5 $18 {und gewinnt (} Nc5 52. Rb6 b3 53. Kd4 {)}) 49... Ra2 $2 ({
Damit verpaßt der zähe Altmeister, der längst schon wieder Morgenluft
gewittert hatte, eine dicke Remischance:} 49... Rb2 $1 50. Rxa5 (50. Kf4 Rxb3
51. Rxa5 Nd3+ {ist Zugumstellung}) 50... Rxb3+ 51. Kf4 (51. Kd4 Rxf3 52. Kxc5
Rf4 53. Ne3 Re4 54. Nc4 Kg5 $11) 51... Nd3+ 52. Kg3 (52. Ke4 Nf2+ 53. Kd5 Nxg4
54. fxg4 (54. Nh4+ Kf6 55. fxg4 Rg3 $11) 54... Kg5 $11) 52... Rb1 53. Rd5 b3 $1
54. Rxd3 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 b2 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. Rd7+ Kf8 58. Rb7 b1=Q 59. Rxb1 Rxb1
$11) 50. Rc8 (50. f4 {ist zwar eine interessante, aber nach} a4 51. bxa4 b3 52.
Rb8 b2 53. a5 (53. Rb6+ Kf7 54. g5 Ne6 55. Nd6+ Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. g6 Ra3+
58. Kd2 b1=Q 59. Rxb1 Nxf4 $14) 53... Nb3 54. Rxb3 Ra3 55. Rxa3 b1=Q 56. Rd3
$14 {vermutlich (ebenfalls) nicht zum Sieg ausreichende Alternative:} Qe1+ 57.
Kf3 Qf1+ 58. Ke4 Qh1+ 59. Rf3 Qe1+ {usw.}) 50... Nxb3 $2 ({Hübner kann der
Verlockung nicht widerstehen, den materiellen Ausgleich unverzüglich
herzustellen. Indes zeigt die häusliche Analyse dieses höchst verzwickten
Endspiels, daß Schwarz sich hier möglicherweise auf studienhafte Weise retten
konnte:} 50... Rc2 $1 51. Rc6+ (51. f4 Rc3+ 52. Ke2 Ne6 53. Rxc3 Nxf4+ 54. Kd2
bxc3+ 55. Kxc3 Kg5 56. Ne3 (56. Kc4 Kxg4 $11) 56... Ne2+ 57. Kc4 Nc1 $11) 51...
Kg5 52. Nd4 Rc3+ 53. Kf2 a4 54. bxa4 Nxa4 55. Ra6 Nc5 56. Ne6+ (56. Rb6 Rc4 (
56... b3 $2 57. Ne6+ $1 Nxe6 58. Rxe6 Kh4 59. Rh6+ Kg5 60. Rh5+ Kf6 61. Rb5
Rc2+ 62. Kg3 b2 63. f4 $18) 57. Nc6 Ne4+ $1 58. Ke3 (58. fxe4 Rxe4 $11) 58...
Nc3 59. Ne7 Nd1+ 60. Ke2 Nc3+ 61. Kf2 Rc7 62. Nc6 Kh4 63. Nd4 Rc4 {und die
Verteidigung hält stand:} 64. Rh6+ (64. Nf5+ Kg5 65. Rb8 (65. Kg3 Ne2+ 66. Kf2
Nc3) 65... Kf4 $14) (64. Rd6 Rxd4 $1 65. Rxd4 b3 $11) 64... Kg5 65. Rh5+ Kg6
66. Nb3 Rc8 67. f4 Ra8 $14 68. f5+ Kg7 69. g5 Ra3 70. Nc5 b3 $11) 56... Kh4 57.
Nxc5 Rc2+ 58. Ke3 Rxc5 59. Rb6 Rc3+ 60. Ke4 Rc4+ 61. Kf5 {Nun kann Schwarz
sich nur durch eine studienartige Pattverteidigung retten:} b3 $3 (61... Rc5+
$2 62. Kg6 Rc4 63. g5 $18) (61... Kg3 $2 62. g5 Kxf3 63. g6 $18) 62. Rxb3 (62.
Rb5 Ra4 63. g5 b2 64. Rxb2 (64. g6 $4 Ra5 $19) 64... Ra5+ $11) (62. Ke5 Rc3 63.
Ke4 Kg3 64. g5 Rxf3 65. g6 Kf2 {/\Rg3=}) 62... Rxg4 $8 {= mit Remisstellung}
63. f4 (63. Rb8 Ra4) (63. fxg4 {patt!}) 63... Rg8) 51. Rc6+ $2 {Mit diesem
letzten Fehler verdirbt Gashimov seinen Vorteil endgültig, da der schwarze
König sehr wohl nach g5 vorrücken kann.} (51. Kf4 $1 {wäre stattdessen immer
noch gewinnverheißend gewesen, Weiß kommt am Königsflügel besser voran als der
Gegner auf der anderen Brettseite, z.B.} Kf7 (51... Rd2 52. Rc6+ Kf7 53. g5 Rg2
54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. g6 Nc1 56. g7 b3 57. Ng3 Ne2+ 58. Nxe2 Rxg7 59. Rb6 $18) 52.
g5 Rg2 53. Rc7+ Ke6 54. Re7+ Kd5 55. Re8 (55. Ne3+ $2 Kd6 56. Ra7 Rg1) 55...
Kc6 (55... Kc5 56. Ne3 Rd2 (56... Rg1 57. Ng4 Rd1 58. Ne5 {/\g6, Ng4+-}) 57. g6
Rd7 58. Nf5 $18) 56. Ne3 Rd2 57. g6 Rd7 58. Ng4 (58. Nf5 $2 Nc5 $1 {/\} 59. g7
Rxg7 60. Nxg7 b3) 58... Rc7 (58... Ra7 59. Ne5+ Kb5 60. Kg5 a4 61. Rb8+ Kc5 62.
Nd3+ Kc4 63. Nxb4 $18) 59. Ne5+ Kd5 (59... Kb6 60. Kg5 {/\Kf6 nebst g6-g7+-})
60. Kf5 Nd4+ 61. Kf6 b3 62. Rd8+ Kc5 63. f4 $1 $18) 51... Kg5 $11 52. Ng3 Nd2
53. Rc5+ Kg6 54. Rd5 Nc4+ 55. Kd3 Nd2 56. Ke3 Nc4+ 57. Kd4 Nd2 58. f4 b3 59.
Rd6+ Kh7 60. g5 Ra4+ 61. Kc3 Ne4+ 62. Nxe4 Rxe4 63. f5 Rf4 64. Rd7+ Kg8 65.
Rd8+ Kf7 66. Rd7+ Kg8 67. Rd5 a4 68. Rb5 Rf2 69. f6 Rg2 70. Kb4 b2 71. Kxa4
b1=Q 72. Rxb1 Rxg5 73. Rb7 Rf5 74. f7+ Rxf7 75. Rxf7 Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Nice Alekhine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. c4 $1 {An active approach, much better than the slow}
(10. f3 Be7 11. c4 b4 12. Ba4 Qd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 {
with equality (Huebner).}) 10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Nd7 ({Probably a
better way here is} 12... Re8 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd5 a5 15. Bf4 (15. a4 Nd7 16. Be3
Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $132 {[%csl Gf3] Shirov,A (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow
Tal Mem 2007}) 15... Nd7 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Bc1 Rb8 18. Qh3 Nc5 {Sutovsky,E 
(2657)-Short,N (2683) London 2013, with equality.}) 13. Be3 {An improvement on
an older Svidler game:} (13. Nd5 Re8 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Rc1 c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.
f3 c5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Red1 Rad8 20. cxb5 h6 (20... axb5 21. Bg5 $1) 21. bxa6
Bxa6 22. Rc3 {Svidler,P (2723)-Milov,V (2669) Gibraltar 2009; with a big
advantage.}) 13... Bf6 14. Qc2 Bxc3 {There were two other options in this
important position:} (14... b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Rad1 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5
19. h3 Ng6 20. Bc4 {Zawadzka,J (2434)-Kazimova,N (2259) Chakvi 2015, with
better play for White.}) (14... Ne5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18.
Bb3 Ng4 19. Qxc6 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Be5 21. g3 {Amonatov,F (2619)-Aradhya,G (2230)
New Delhi IND 2017, and Black has too many weaknesses.}) 15. Qxc3 Bxe4 16. Rac1
Bg6 ({It was necessary too try to create central counterplay:} 16... c5 17. Bf4
d5 18. cxd5 Re8) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bd5 $1 ({Svidler was afraid to miss the
advantage in the endgame:} 18. Qxc7 Ne5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Red1 Nd3 21. Rc6
Nxb2 22. Rdxd6) 18... Ne5 ({Stevic decided to sacrifice an exchange, but still
it was preferable to accept Svidler's exchange sacrifice:} 18... Rc8 19. Bc6 b4
20. Qxb4 Ne5 21. Qc3 Nd3 22. a4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 {and the a-pawn will create a
lot of trouble for Black.}) 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Red1 Qxa2 21. Bd4 b4 ({Passive
defence was useless:} 21... f6 22. Qxc7 Nd3 23. Ra1 Qd5 24. Ra7 Rf7 25. Qc8+
Rf8 26. Qg4 Nxb2 $2 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxf6+) 22. Qg3 c5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5
f6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qd2 h6 27. Rxc5 b3 $2 28. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Minev,N"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{Inf.26/277} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d4 $5 (10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 $11) 10... b5 $5 (
10... O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 $16) (10... exd4 11. Ne2 O-O 12.
Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 $16) 11. Nxb5 $1 (11. cxb5 Nxd4 12. bxa6+ c6 13. Qd3 O-O $13
) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qd3 Ne6 14. b4 Nh5 15. g3 Bg5 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Qe2
$1 (17. a3 a5 (17... Nc5)) 17... g6 (17... Rxb4 18. Ba3 Nd4 19. Qxh5 Rxc4 20.
Bb2 (20. Bc1 $1 h6 21. h4 g6 22. Qd1 Bxh4 23. Bb2 $16) 20... Bd2 21. Bb3 Rxc3
22. Bxc3 Bxc3 $13) 18. Nd5 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. c5 $1 Bh6 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Rad1
Qd7 23. Nxc7 $1 Nef4 (23... Nxc7 24. cxd6 Nb5 25. Bxe5+ Bg7 26. Bxg7+ Nxg7 27.
Qe7 Rd8 28. Rfe1 Nxd6 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Be6 $16) 24. gxf4 Qxc7 (24... Nxf4 25.
Bxe5+ $18) 25. cxd6 Qb7 26. Bxe5+ Bg7 27. d7 $18 Rd8 28. Bxg7+ Nxg7 29. Qe7
Rff8 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. d8=Q Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Ne8 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. Rfe1 Qxb4 35.
R1e7+ Kh6 36. Bg8 Qxf4 37. Rxh7+ Kg5 38. h4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Army"]
[BlackTeam "Trud"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 (4... Nf6) 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 d3 (9... dxc3 $143 10. Qh5) 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Nd2 O-O 13. Rae1 Bc6 14. f4 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 14... h6 15. Bc2 hxg5 16. fxg5
g6 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Nf5 Qe5 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Ng4 Qc5+
23. Kh1 Be5 24. Bb3 Bc8 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Rb8 28. e5 Be6 29.
Bxe6 {Hindle,O-Pritchard,D/Bognor Regis 1959/EXT 1999/1-0 (51)}) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Qh3 Rae8 (16... Nc5 17. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2h7]}) 17. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Nc5 18.
Bc2 h6 $6 {[%csl Rg6]} (18... Qe6) 19. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4f5]} Bd7 20. Qg3 Qf6
21. b4 Na4 (21... Ne6) 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qg5 24. Qd3 $40 g6 25. h4 $1 Qh5 (
25... Qxh4 $4 26. e6) 26. Bb3 c5 27. e6 $1 c4 28. exf7+ (28. Qg3 $1 cxb3 29.
Rf5 $3 {[%csl Rh5] enfermant la Q!} Qxf5 30. Nxf5 b2 $1 {[%csl Gb2]} 31. Nxh6+
Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kh7 33. exd7 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 gxf5 $13 {GELLER a probablement vu la
combinaison mais le Ppassé "b2" est soutenu par le N est trés fort.}) 28...
Rxf7 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qe4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bf7 32. Bxa4 $1 bxa4 33. Ke1 $14 {
[%csl Ra4,Ra6,Rc4]} Kg7 34. a3 Kf6 35. Qf4+ Kg7 36. Nf3 Qd5 37. Kf2 Be6 38. g4
$1 Qd3 $2 $138 39. Qe5+ $1 {Le N est nettement meilleur que la B malgré une
position ouverte et des P sur les deux ailes mais l'aile-dame adverse présente
plusieurs faiblesses.} Kf7 40. g5 {[%csl Gf6]} Bd5 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ (42.
gxh6 $18 {[%cal Gf6g7]} Qxf3+ 43. Qxf3 Bxf3 44. Kxf3 Kh7 45. Kf4 Kxh6 46. Kg4
Kg7 47. Kg5 Kf7) 42... Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Nd4 Qd2+ 45. Ne2 hxg5 46. Qd8+ Kh7
47. hxg5 Qd3 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qe3 Qf5+ 51. Qf4 Qd3 52. Nd4 $16 Bg8
53. Qe3 Qd1 54. Qe1 Qg4 $6 (54... Qd3) 55. Qe7+ Kh8 56. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3g5]}
Qh3 57. Qe5+ Kh7 58. Qc7+ Kh8 59. Qh2 $1 Qh5 {la finale Ncontre mauvais B sera
difficile а sauver pour les noirs en jouant Qh2 mais le remède est pire que le
mal avec Qh5} 60. Qe5+ $40 Kh7 61. Qe7+ Kh8 62. Kg3 Qh1 63. Qe1 Qh5 64. Qe5+
Kh7 65. Qe7+ Kh8 66. Ne5 Bd5 $4 67. Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gg4f6,Ge7f8,Gf8h6]} Bg8 68.
Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {This Deferred Steinitz Variation of
the Ruy Lopez has become quite popular due to the double-edged, King's
Indian-like middlegames that it gives rise to.} 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 ({The more
common move here is} 6. c3 {which leads to standard Ruy Lopez structures:} g6
7. d4 Bg7 {and there's plenty of possibities for both sides that have been
tested in GM practice.}) 6... exd4 7. Bxc6 bxc6 $6 ({A better way to fight for
equality is} 7... Bxc6 8. Nxd4 Be7 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gg8e7] planning to achieve a
harmonious piece placement.} (8... Nf6 $6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Re1 $14
{[%cal Re4e5] Black cannot do anything to stop the central pawn break.} Ng4 12.
h3 Ne5 13. Qc3 {[%cal Rf2f4]}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Bf4 Nf6 $1 (11...
Bf6 {Looks like a logical and solid move but White has a way to give Black
problems before he completes development:} 12. e5 $1 dxe5 (12... Bxe5 13. Bxe5
dxe5 14. Re1 f6 15. Qb3 $1 Ne7 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qc4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc5,Rc6][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4c5] with more than enough compensation for the pawn.} (
18. Ne4 Qc8)) 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 O-O 16. Nc3 {1-0 (56) Karthik,
V (2475)-Nitish,B (2309) Mumbai 2018, with a long-term advantage which White
eventually converted.}) 12. Nc3 (12. e5 Nd5 13. Bg3 O-O 14. c4 Nb6 15. exd6 (
15. Nd2 dxe5) (15. b3 f5 $1) 15... cxd6 16. Nd2 Na4 (16... d5 $5) 17. b3 Nc5
18. Rad1 Rad8 {and Black can probably hold this slightly worse position.})
12... Qg4 $1 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14. h3 (14. f3 Nf6 15. e5 Nh5) 14... Nf6 15. e5 Nh5
$1 16. Bh2 dxe5 17. Bxe5 O-O-O {[%cal Ge7d6] Black has good holding chances in
this ending.}) 8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qd3 $1 Ne7 $146 {Black plans to develop the N to
g6/c6 first before developing his B. Unfortunately, it's also not enough to
minimise White's advantage.} ({Once again, normal development allows White to
increase his advantage with the pawn break:} 9... Nf6 10. Re1 Be6 (10... Be7
11. Nc3 O-O 12. e5 $16) 11. Nc3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (70) Predke,A (2566)-Safarli,E 
(2668) Minsk 2017} 12. Bf4 (12. b3 $5 O-O 13. Bb2 $14) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 $14 {
[%cal Gc3d5,Ge4e5]}) 10. Re1 (10. Nc3 Ng6 11. b3 (11. Bd2 $1 Be7 12. Nd5 O-O
13. Ba5 Rc8 14. b3 $14) 11... Be7 12. Nd5 O-O $6 (12... Bf6 $142 $1 13. Rb1 O-O
14. Nxf6+ (14. Re1) 14... Qxf6 15. Bb2 Qf4 (15... Qe6 16. Qc3 f6 17. Nd2) 16.
Rfe1 Rae8 $11) 13. Bb2 f6 14. Nd2 Rf7 15. f4 f5 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18.
e5 $1 $16 {1-0 (32) Georgiadis,I (2438)-Halkias,S (2564) Katakolo 2009}) (10.
b3 $5 $146 {is a plan worth trying in the future.} Ng6 (10... Nc6 11. Bb2 f6
12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qc4 Qc8 14. Nd5 $1 Bd8 15. Nh4 $40) 11. Bb2 Bc6 12. Nc3 Be7 13.
Nd5 O-O 14. Qc3 f6 15. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 10... f6 $2 {While this is a
typical idea in early d4 Deferred Steinitz lines, it is too slow and a little
too weakening here.} (10... Nc6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. e5 $1) ({The best way to
develop is} 10... Ng6 11. Qc3 $5 {making it hard for Black to develop and
preparing e4-e5.} ({Here, the pawn break is premature:} 11. e5 $6 dxe5 12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. Rxe5+ Be6 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Nc3 (15. b3 Bd6 16. Re1 O-O $11) 15... Bd6
16. Re2 O-O $11 {Black's bishop pair in the open position compensates for his
weak pawns.}) (11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Nd5 Bf6 $14 {But Black can still
try to hold.}) 11... f6 12. b3 Be7 13. Nbd2 (13. Qc4 Qc8 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qd3 (
15. Nd5 Bd8 $1) 15... O-O 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Gf3d2,Gf2f4]}) 13...
O-O 14. Bb2 Qe8 {[%cal Ge8f7] White has an edge due to his space but Black is
still solid.}) 11. Nc3 g6 {The logical follow-up.} (11... Nc6 12. Nd5 Be7 (
12... g6 13. Qc4 Bg7 14. Bd2 $16 {Black has a difficult time getting his king
to safety.}) 13. Nh4 $1 {White's pieces are invading quickly!}) 12. Nd5 $6 (12.
Qc4 $1 Bg7 13. a3 $1 {Planning to open up lines before Black can make castling
work.} Qc8 {[%cal Gd7e6]} 14. b4 cxb4 (14... Be6 15. Nd5 $1 cxb4 16. Nxc7+ $18)
15. axb4 Be6 16. Nd5 Kf7 17. Bb2 c6 18. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ $1
$18 Kh6 21. Nxe7 Qd7 22. Nxc6 Rhc8 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd4 $18) ({
The best analyst recommends} 12. e5 {as best, but any human can be forgiven
for not playing it as it requires an accurate follow-up. Anyway, here are some
sample supporting lines:} dxe5 (12... fxe5 13. Bg5 Bg7 (13... Bc6 14. Bf6 Rg8
15. Rad1 $18) 14. Nd5) 13. Bg5 $3 {This has to be foreseen before playing
e5-e5 ofcourse} Bg7 (13... fxg5 14. Nxe5 Bg7 15. Qc4 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Bb5 17. Qe4
$18) 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Qe3 Qc8 16. Qxc5 $1 fxg5 17. Nxe5 $40 {with an
overwhelming and decisive attack.}) 12... Bg7 13. Bf4 Be6 14. c3 $6 {White
again misses yet another chance to give Black concrete problems before he gets
his king to safety.} (14. b4 $1 cxb4 15. Nd4 Bxd5 (15... Bd7 16. Qc4 {[%csl
Rc6,Rc7,Re6,Re8] the point.} Nxd5 17. exd5+ Kf7 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6+ Ke7 {
Many moves will win here e.g.} 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Re8 22. Rh3 h5 {[%csl Rc7,
Re7,Rg6]} 23. Qe4 f5 24. Bg5+) 16. exd5 Kf7 17. Ne6 Qd7 18. a3 $1 (18. Qh3 $5
h5 19. a3) (18. Rac1 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gc2c3,Rc1c7]} c6 $2 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20.
Ng5+ fxg5 21. Qd5+ Kf8 22. Bxd6+ $18) 18... bxa3 19. Rxa3 $40) 14... O-O 15. b4
{White finally takes action to undermine Black's weak structure.} cxb4 {
A natural reaction, showing that Black is willing to play passively in the
ensuing positions.} ({Black should have sought some dynamic counterplay with} 
15... g5 $5 16. Bg3 (16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg3 h6 $1 18. bxc5 dxc5 $132 {[%cal
Ge7f7,Gf6f5]}) (16. Be3 c6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nd2 (19. a4 Bf7 20.
Rab1 Rfe8 21. Nd2 c4 $1 $132) 19... Bf7 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Qe2 {[%cal Re2f2]} Bf8
22. Qf2 Rab8 $132 {[%cal Gb8b5,Gb5a5,Gb8b2]}) 16... Bxd5 $1 17. exd5 g4 18. Nh4
(18. Nd2 cxb4 19. cxb4 f5 20. Rac1 Ng6 $132) 18... f5 19. Bf4 Bf6 $1 20. g3 (
20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Bxc3 22. Qxg4+ Kh8 23. Bg5 Qc8 $1 24. Qh4 Bxa1 (24...
Qf5 $5) 25. Rxa1 Qf5 {and it's White who has to be more careful to hold the
balance.}) 20... cxb4) 16. cxb4 $14 Bf7 ({It's difficult to judge during the
game if taking on d5 first is more beneficial for Black.} 16... Nxd5 17. exd5
Bf7 {[%csl Rc7,Rd5]} 18. Rac1 (18. Nd4 Bxd5 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Qc4+ Rf7 21. Qxc6
Rb8 $11) 18... Qd7 19. a3 $1 {transposes to the game.}) 17. Rac1 (17. Ne3 Nc6
$1 18. a3 (18. Qc3 Ne5) 18... Ne5 $132) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. a3 Rfe8 (
19... Rfb8 20. Rc6 Rb5 21. Qc2 (21. Rec1 Rxd5 22. Qf1 $1 $14) 21... Rb7 22. Rd1
$14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7]}) 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. h3 g5 22. Be3 h5 {Black now tries to
stir up counterplay on the kingside, unfortunately it might already be too
late...} 23. Qc4 $2 {This overly cautious move allows Black to obtain real
counterplay and equalising chances.} ({White should've tested Black's idea with
} 23. Rc6 $1 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nh4 {[%csl Rf5]} Re5 {[%csl Rd5]} 26. Qc2 $1
{Now what?} g3 (26... Bxd5 27. Rxc7 $18) (26... Rxd5 27. Rxc7 Qe6 28. Ng6 $40)
27. Rxc7 Qg4 28. Nf3 Rh5 29. Rc8+ Bf8 30. fxg3 {Black has nothing real going
on against the White king.} Bxd5 31. Bf4 $18) 23... g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nd4 (
25. Nh4 Re5 {[%cal Re5h5,Rh5h4]} 26. Qxa6 Rh5 27. g3 Bxd5 $132 {[%csl Rg1]})
25... f5 (25... g3 $5) 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Qxe6 $1 (27... Rxe6 $2 28. Qd5 $1
Qf7 29. Rxc7) 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxc7 Be5 $6 {A step in the wrong direction.} (
{Black could've played more energetically with} 29... Re4 $5 30. g3 (30. Rc6 f4
31. Bd2 Rd4) 30... Bb2 $2 (30... Be5 $1 31. Kg2 d5 32. Rd7 d4 $132) 31. Ra7
Bxa3 32. b5 $1) ({Or} 29... Bb2 $1 30. Ra7 (30. a4 g3 $1 (30... Re4 31. b5 axb5
32. axb5 Rb4 33. b6 Be5 34. g3 $14 {Black still has to play carefully here.})
31. Kf1 Re4 32. b5 (32. Bd2 gxf2 33. Kxf2 a5 34. bxa5 Rxa4 $11) 32... f4 33.
Bd2 Rxa4 34. b6 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 gxf2 36. Kxf2 Bd4+ $11) 30... d5 31. Rd7 d4 32.
Bxd4 Bxa3 $11) 30. Rc6 {In this complex ending, engines will often say it's
equal but it's generally easier to play White/ more difficult for Black due to
White's outside passed pawn. Reaching an objective evaluation and deeply
examining the subtleties in every position is impossible therefore I will
simply sprinkle the rest of the game with important ideas as also pointed out
by the best analyst in the world.} (30. Kf1 f4 31. Bd2 f3 32. Rc4 Rg6 33. Rc6
$14) (30. a4 $5 d5 31. Rd7 Bd6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 f4 34. Bd4) 30... f4 31.
Bd2 g3 32. Kf1 Bd4 (32... Rh6 $142 $1 33. fxg3 (33. Ke2 $4 f3+ $1 {this in an
important small tactic to spot!} 34. gxf3 (34. Kxf3 Rf6+ 35. Ke2 Rxf2+ $17)
34... g2 35. Rc1 Rh1) 33... Rh1+ 34. Ke2 fxg3 35. Rxa6 Rg1 36. Kf3 Rf1+ 37. Kg4
Rf2 38. Be3 Rxg2 39. Bf4 $11) 33. fxg3 fxg3 34. Be1 (34. Rxa6 $142 Rf6+ 35. Ke1
$1 Rf2 36. Rxd6) 34... Rf6+ (34... Be5 $1 {A difficult, quiet move to play
during the game. Here's the main idea in its basic form:} 35. Rxa6 Rh6 36. b5 (
36. Ke2 Rh1 37. Bd2 Rg1 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Kg4 Rf2 $11) (36. Bd2 Rf6+ 37. Ke1 Rf2
38. b5 Rxg2 39. b6 Rg1+ 40. Ke2 Rb1 41. Be3 Kf7 42. Ra4 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb3 $11)
36... Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Rg1 {[%csl Re1,Rg2]} 38. b6 Rxg2+ 39. Kf3 Rb2 {Black is in
time to hold White's passed pawns.} 40. a4 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 (41. Kg4 $2 g2 42. Bf2
Kf7 43. a5 Rg3+) 41... Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ $11) 35. Ke2 Re6+ (35... Be5 36. Rxa6
Rh6 37. b5 Rh1 38. b6 Rg1 39. b7 {Black is now too late.}) 36. Kd1 {Black has
run out for active ideas and has to settle for defending his remaining weak
pawns which is equivalent to capitulation.} Be5 37. Rxa6 Re7 38. b5 {White is
simply winning as there is no stopping White's passed pawns from marching down
the board.} Kf7 39. a4 Ke6 40. Rc6 Rb7 41. Rc4 Rb8 42. Rg4 Kf5 43. Rb4 Ke6 44.
a5 Kd5 45. a6 Kc5 46. a7 Ra8 47. b6 d5 48. Rb3 Kc6 49. Bxg3 {Converting to a
winning rook ending.} Bxg3 50. Rxg3 Kxb6 51. Ra3 {Seeing the king ending is
also lost, Black finally resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {This is a very interesting and
powerful opening; sometimes some top players also use it.} 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. Bxc6+ ({Of course} 7. hxg4 $2 hxg4 {is not so good for White, Black gets a
strong attack on the h-file.}) (7. d4 {is the other main line.}) 7... bxc6 8.
d3 (8. d4 {is more common move.}) 8... Bxf3 {The solid reply.} (8... Qf6 {
is more popular.}) 9. Qxf3 Qf6 10. Qd1 {Anand wants to keep the Qs.} ({In the
event of} 10. Nd2 Be7 {and White also has to play with his Q, otherwise he
can't continue the development.} 11. Qe2 g5 {is similar to the game.}) 10... g5
{A typical move. Black prepares for ...Ne7-g6.} 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. g3 {A good
move, White would like to close the kingside.} ({The natural} 12. Be3 {could
have been met by} g4 $1 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Rh4 $44 {with compensation for
the P.}) 12... Bg7 (12... g4 13. h4 $14 {is favourable for White, he can play
for f3.}) 13. Kh2 Qg6 {Black prepares for ...f5.} 14. f4 {A brave decision by
Anand, but he didn't want to allow ...f5.} exf4 15. gxf4 g4 16. f5 Be5+ 17. Bf4
Qf6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Rab1 Rg8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Qf4 Qc5 ({Of course Black
doesn't exchange the Qs, because} 21... Qxf4+ $6 22. Rxf4 $14 {and the endgame
is more comfortable for White.}) ({The engine suggests} 21... Qf6 $5 {and now}
22. Rg1 $6 {could have been met by} Ng6 $1 {followed by ...Ne5 and Black looks
nicely placed.}) 22. Rg1 Kd7 23. h4 (23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Kg3 $5) 23... g3+ $5 {
This is the most tempting practical move. Black sacrifices his P, but opens
the g-file and weaken White's K.} ({Nevertheless the computer suggests} 23...
Qd4 $1 {. White is under pressure, moreover Black is threatening with ...Nd5!}
24. Qg3 c5 25. Rgf1 Nc6 $15 {followed by ...Ne5-f3.}) 24. Rxg3 Rxg3 25. Kxg3 (
25. Qxg3 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rg4 27. Kh3 {transposes to the text move.}) 25... Rg8+ 26.
Kh3 Rg4 27. Qf3 Qd4 {Threatening 28...Qf6 29.Qf2 Ng6!} 28. Rf1 Nd5 {A smart
move.} ({Now} 28... Qf6 $6 {is dubious, as} 29. Qf2 {and White is safe, he can
continue with Nd1-e3.}) 29. Ne2 $1 {The right reply!} (29. exd5 {is drawish by}
Rxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rg4+ $11 {and perpetual checks.}) 29... Qf6 30. Qf2 Ne3 $1 {
The correct move!} 31. Rg1 Nxc2 32. Nf4 ({In the event of} 32. Rxg4 $5 hxg4+
33. Kxg4 Qxb2 34. Nf4 {looks slightly better for White, still this is a
difficult endgame.}) 32... Rxg1 33. Qxg1 Qxb2 34. Qg8 Qxa2 35. Nxh5 Ne3 (35...
Ne1 $5 {was also possible.}) 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Nh7 $1 {A very nice N manoeuvre;
suddenly Black's K becomes weak. Now White is threatening Qf8 and Nf6 mate!}
Kd7 $1 {Only move!} 38. h5 Qe2 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (38... c5 $1 {was the best
reaction,} 39. h6 Kc6 40. Nf6 Qa1 $1 41. h7 Qh1+ $11 {and perpetual checks.})
39. Kh4 $4 {A big blunder, which loses immediately!} (39. Qxf7+ $1 {should
have been played:} Kc8 40. Qg8+ Kb7 41. Nf6 Qxd3 42. Kh4 {and White's position
is tempting, but still Black has a lot of pratical chances.}) 39... Qh2+ 40.
Kg5 Qg3+ 41. Kh6 Qxg8 42. Nf6+ Ke7 43. Nxg8+ Kf8 $1 $19 {Probably this was the
move, which Anand didn't see when he played 39.Kh4??.} 44. Nf6 a5 45. Kh7 a4 {
A nice scalp for Demuth!} 0-1

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 $6 (7. d4 {
- C72}) 7... Qf6 8. d3 (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 Qg6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. hxg4 hxg4 12.
Nh2 Nf6 13. Qg3 Nxe4 14. Qxg4 Qh7 15. Qh3 Qg8 16. Qg4 Qh7 {= ECO}) 8... Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 f5 11. f4 (11. exf5 Nge7 $15) 11... exf4 12. Bxf4 fxe4 13.
Re1 O-O-O 14. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Frog, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 dxc3 (9... d3 {is perhaps less dangerous.}) 10. Nxc3
Be6 (10... Ng6 11. f4 Be7 12. Qh5 Bf6 (12... O-O 13. Nd5 Be6 $2 14. f5 Bxd5 15.
fxg6 $18 {1-0 Kindermann,S-Castro Rojas,O/Novi Sad 1990/TD (20)}) 13. Be3 Bxc3
14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Bd4 Qe7 16. Rae1 O-O-O $13 {0-1 Van den Bosch,J-Rubinstein,A/
NLD m1 1930/EXT 98 (28)}) 11. f4 $36 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. Be3 {
There is an old rule of thumb saying that a couple of tempi are worth a P.
Well White is approximately three moves ahead here, so it's hardly a surprise
that Black is worse.} c5 15. f5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Ra7 17. Rfd1 Qa8 (17... Be7 $2
18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qc6+ Rd7 20. Rxa6 $18) 18. b4 $1 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. bxc5
dxc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 22. Rxc5 $16 {White wins a P.} Ke7 23. Rxb5 axb5 24. Rxa7+
Kf6 25. e5+ Kxf5 26. Rxf7+ Kxe5 27. Rxg7 {Hecht: '[#] Der schwarze König
begibt sich nach vorn ins Niemandsland, um die Aktivierung der weißen
Königsflügelmehrheit zu erschweren und bei Bedarf, den b-Bauern von hinten
anzugreifen. '} Kd4 28. Rg4+ Ke3 (28... Kc5 {Hecht} 29. b4+ Kd5 30. Rh4 h5 31.
g3 Rh7 32. Kg2 Rh8 33. Kh3 Rh7 34. Rf4 $16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rh3h4,Rh4g5]}) 29.
Rb4 Rc8 30. Rb3+ Ke2 31. g3 Rc5 32. Kg2 h5 33. Kh3 Kd2 34. Rb4 Kc2 35. Kg2 Kd3
36. h4 Kc2 37. Kf3 Kc1 38. Ke3 (38. g4 $2 {Hecht} hxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Rc4+ 40. Rxc4+
bxc4 41. h5 Kxb2 42. h6 c3 43. h7 c2 44. h8=Q+ Kb1 $11) 38... Kc2 39. Ke4 {
'!' Hecht.} Kc1 (39... Rc4+ {Hecht} 40. Rxc4+ bxc4 41. Kd4 Kb3 42. Kc5 c3 43.
bxc3 Kxc3 44. Kd5 Kd3 45. Ke5 Ke3 46. Kf5 Kf3 47. Kg5 Kxg3 48. Kxh5 Kf4 49. Kg6
$18) 40. Kd3 Rd5+ (40... Kb1 $5 {Hecht}) 41. Kc3 Rc5+ 42. Kb3 Re5 43. g4 hxg4
44. Rxg4 Re3+ 45. Ka2 Rh3 46. Rb4 Kc2 47. Rxb5 Rxh4 {Hecht: '[#] Der schwarze
König wird nun von c5 aus vertkal und horizontal vom Umwandlungsfeld des
b-Bauern abgeschnitten. Der Gewinn ist nur noch eine Frage der Technik.'} 48.
Rc5+ {This is a theoretical win for White.} Kd3 49. Ka3 Kd4 50. b4 Rh8 51. Ka4
Ra8+ 52. Ra5 Rb8 53. Ra6 {'!' Hecht.} Kc4 54. Rc6+ Kd5 55. b5 Ra8+ 56. Kb4 Ra1
57. Rc7 Kd6 58. b6 Ra8 59. Kb5 Ra1 60. Rc8 Kd7 {Hecht: 'Der Rest ist
Brückenbautechnik'} (60... Kd7 {Hecht} 61. b7 Rb1+ 62. Ka6 Ra1+ 63. Kb6 Rb1+
64. Ka7 Ra1+ 65. Kb8 Ra2 66. Rc1 Ra3 67. Rd1+ Ke7 68. Rd4 Ra1 69. Kc7 Rc1+ 70.
Kb6 Rb1+ 71. Kc6 Rb2 72. Rd5 {[%cal Rd5b5]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ ({
Avoiding the main line starting with} 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4 {
here Black has been experimenting with} 10. Ng5 Nxb3 (10... Nh6 {is the old
main line}) 11. axb3 Qd7 {lately, here is one example:} 12. c4 Rb8 13. Qd5 c6
14. Qxf7+ Qxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 {with promising play for Black due to the open
h-file in de Firmian, N - Sokolov, I/ Selfoss Milk Masters 2003.}) 7... bxc6 8.
d4 Qf6 9. Nbd2 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Nh4 (12. Nh2 g3 13.
Ng4 Qg6 $17 {0-1 Dely,P-Kerkhoff,P/Jugoslavija 1966/Inf 02 (20)}) 12... Rh5 13.
Qd2 f6 14. Nf5 Rxg5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Minic,D-Mestrovic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1966/Inf
02 (25)}) 9... Be6 (9... Ne7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qg6 12. dxe5 Bxh3 13. Ng5 Bg4
14. f3 f6 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Qxd6 Rd8 17. Qh2 fxg5 18. fxg4 {1-0 Yemelin,
V-Yandemirov,V/St Petersburg 1998/EXT 99 (26)}) (9... g5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 f6 14. Be3 {was slightly more comfortable for
White in 1-0 Pavlovic,M-Yeo,M/Bern 2000/EXT 2002 (28)}) 10. Nb3 Qg6 11. Ng5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] Aggressive and logical. White can use his lead in development
to achieve a strong initiative.} (11. Nh4 $6 Qxe4 12. Nf3 f6 13. Re1 Qd5 {
was solid for Black in 0-1 Bangiev,A-Vorotnikov,V/Vilnius 1977/EXT 2002 (52)})
(11. Qd3 f6 (11... Be7 12. dxe5 Bxh3 13. Nh4 Bxh4 14. Qxh3 Be7 15. Bf4 $14 {
1-0 Faibisovich,V-Vorotnikov,V/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (40)}) 12. Nh4 Qf7 13. Qc3
Ne7 14. f4 Bc4 15. Rf2 exd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Ndf3 g6 18. f5 $13 {0-1 Kim,
V-Vorotnikov,V/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (63)}) 11... Bd7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4
14. Bxf4 Be7 (14... f6 {would have been more prudent.} 15. Nf3 Bxh3 16. Nh4 Qg4
17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Ng6 Rh7 19. Bxc7 $14) 15. Qd2 Rd8 (15... f6 16. Nf3 Bxh3 $2
17. Nh4 Qg4 18. Qc3 $18) 16. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 128] The main idea is to
disorganize the Black position and to prevent him from castling. From a
material standpoint White is not really sacrificing anything since he gets R +
2P's for B + N.} Qxf7 17. Bxc7 Qe6 18. Bxd8 Bxd8 19. Kh1 $1 (19. Nc5 Bb6 {
gives Black some hope of survival.}) 19... Nf6 (19... Bb6 20. Qb4 $16) 20. Nc5
Qe7 21. Rad1 $1 {Black is not left in peace to get everything i order.} Bc8 (
21... Qxc5 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxd7+ Kf8 24. Qc8+ Kf7 25. Qxh8 $18) 22. e5 $1 Nd5
23. Ne4 Qxe5 (23... Bc7 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. c4 $18) 24. Rde1 Be7
25. c4 Bb4 26. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
Nxd4 9. hxg4 Nxb3 {Usually Black avoids exchanging on b3, but this move has
been played a few times lately - maybe a new trend is in the making.} (9...
hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 {is main line.}) 10. axb3 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qd7 {[%cal Yf7f6]} 12.
c4 (12. f3 f6 $2 (12... d5 $1) 13. Qd5 c6 14. Qe6+ Qe7 15. fxg4 fxg5 16. Qg6+
$18 {1-0 Boros,D-Vrona,M/Budapest 2002/CBM 89 ext (21)}) 12... Rb8 13. Qd5 {
White's N on g5 is doomed. The question is only how White can get the most out
of it.} (13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc3 f6 15. Ra7 Ne7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qf5 18. f3
fxg5 19. fxg4 Qh7 20. Qf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf2 Be7 22. Qe3 O-O+ {0-1 Aseev,
K-Yandemirov,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 (22)}) (13. Rxa6 f6 14. Nc3 fxg5 (14...
bxc4 15. Nd5 fxg5 16. Ra7 Rc8 17. Bxg5 Ne7 18. Nb6 $16 {1-0 Popov,V-Yandemirov,
V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98 (34)}) 15. Nxb5 Be7 16. Ra7 Bd8 17. Bxg5 Nf6 18. f3
g3 $13 {0-1 Popov,V-Yandemirov,V/Voronezh 2003/CBM 94 ext (25)}) (13. cxb5 axb5
14. Nc3 f6 15. Ra7 Ne7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qf5 18. f3 fxg5 19. fxg4 Qh7 20.
Qf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf2 Be7 22. Qe3 O-O+ {0-1 Aseev,K-Yandemirov,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003/
CBM 98 no vc (22)}) 13... c6 14. Qxf7+ Qxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 {[%csl Rg1][%cal
Yh8h1][%mdl 4224] The ending is favourable for Black because he still has
attacking chances down the h-file.} 16. Rxa6 Nf6 17. Re1 bxc4 18. bxc4 d5 19.
Rxc6 (19. exd5 cxd5 20. Rxe5 g3 $1 $36) 19... Bb4 20. Rd1 d4 21. Rc7+ Kg6 22.
f3 g3 $1 {White's K is vulnerable.} 23. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2f1,Yf1g3]} Bxd2 24. Bxd2
(24. Rxd2 Rh2 25. Rd1 d3 $1 $40) 24... Rh2 25. Be1 Rxb2 26. Bd2 Nh5 27. c5 Nf4
$19 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. c6 Rbxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Kg1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
Nxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 {This is a funny line. Black has given a piece
and White seems to be attacking, but the point of Black´s setup is the trapped
N on g5.} 11. f4 (11. c3) (11. Bd5 {and}) (11. g3 {have also been played.})
11... c6 (11... d5 $5 12. Bxd5 Bc5 13. Be3 Qd6 14. b4 Bb6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Na3
Ndf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ciric,D-Scholl,E/Amsterdam 1970/MCL (30)}) (11... Nxb3 12.
axb3 c6 13. g3 Be7 14. c4 b4 15. Kg2 Bf6 16. Qd2 exf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. Re1 $14
{1-0 Rodriguez,R-Berger,B/Manila 1968/MCD (58)}) 12. g3 (12. Nxf7 $2 Qh4 13.
Nxh8 g3 $19) 12... Nxb3 {This exchange seems to favour White in this line.} (
12... Qe7 13. f5 (13. fxe5) 13... Qd8 14. Be3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Be7 16. Qc1 d5 $132
{0-1 Gorshkov,Y-Vorotnikov,V/Cheliabinsk 1975/MCD (30)}) 13. cxb3 exf4 14. gxf4
Qd7 15. f5 $1 $14 {Creating a nice post on e6 should Black ever consider f6.
Black has two P:s for the N, but it´s hardly enough here.} d5 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17.
Nc3 Bd6 18. Qd4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qc7 20. Qf2 d4 21. Ne2 d3 22. Ng3 Kb7 23. Qe3 d2
24. Rff1 Rd7 25. Rad1 Rhd8 26. Qf4 Qb6+ 27. Rf2 Rd3 28. Kg2 $16 Qd4 29. e5 Qxb2
30. N5e4 R8d5 31. f6 Rf3 32. Rxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Qxa2 34. fxg7 Qxb3+ 35. Ke2
Qc4+ 36. Kf2 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 (7...
exd4 8. c3 dxc3 (8... d3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Nbd2 O-O 13.
Bc2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nf3 h6 16. Bh4 Bc6 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 $10 {Watson,W-Zude,
A/BL2/1993}) 9. Qd5 Qe7 10. Nxc3 Nf6 11. Qd1 h6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bf4 Be7 14. e5
dxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. Rc1 Qe8 18. Qc2 $14 {Kindermann,S-Goehring/
BL 1988}) 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 (9. Re1 $5 Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. e5 Bg4 12. exf6 Bxd1
13. Rxe7+ Kf8 14. Rxf7+ Ke8 15. Re7+ Kf8 16. f5 gxf6 17. Re1 d5 18. Rxd1 c5 19.
a4 c4 20. Ba2 Qb6 $13 {Murawski,G-Kania,P/POL-chJ U20/1994}) 9... dxc3 (9... d3
10. Qh5 (10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bc2 g6 14. h3 Re8 15. f4 Bc6
16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10 {Dueball,J-Zude,A/BL2/1993}) 10... g6 11. Qd5
Be6 12. Qxd3 Bg7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Na3 Qd7 16. Nc2 Ne7 17. Nb4 Qc8
18. axb5 axb5 19. Bg5 $16 {Kindermann,S-Mandl,Ro/GER-Cup/1991}) 10. Qh5 Qe7 11.
Nxc3 Nf6 12. Qd1 (12. Qf3 Bc6 13. Re1 $14 {ECO Rabar/Ugrinovic} (13. Nd5 Bxd5
14. exd5 Qd7 15. a4 $44 {Mieses-Schlechter/Hastings/1895})) 12... c6 13. Re1
Be6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ (16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 17. f4 $40) 16... gxf6
17. Bh4 Be7 18. Qf3 (18. f4 $5) 18... Kd7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Red1 h5 21. h3 Rh6
22. Rd2 Qb6 23. Rcd1 Kc7 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Bxd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Kxd6
28. Qf4+ Ke7 29. Qxh6 Bxb3 30. axb3 (30. axb3 Qc5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ (7. d4)
7... bxc6 8. d3 Qf6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 (9... g5 10. Nc4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3
Ne7 13. Kh2 Bh6 14. Rg1 f6 $10 {Huebner,R-Yusupov,A/Garmisch-Partenkirchen /
1994}) 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. d4 f6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Qd2 g5 16.
dxe5 dxe5 17. Qa5 Ng6 18. Qxc7 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. N3h2 Bd6 21. Qa5 Rb8 22.
Red1 $2 (22. Qxa6 Rxb2 23. a4 (23. Qd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 $132) 23... Rxc2 24.
a5 $13) 22... Rxb2 23. Qxa6 Nf4 $1 $40 24. Rd2 Bb4 25. c3 Rxd2 (25... Bxc3 $2
26. Rxb2 Bxb2 27. Rb1 $36) 26. Bxd2 Bc5 27. Rb1 Bc8 $1 28. Rb8 Kf7 29. Qa5 Ne2+
30. Kh1 Bxf2 $19 31. g3 Nxg3+ 32. Kg2 Nxf1 33. Nxf1 g3 34. Nxg3 Bxg3 35. Qa7+
Kg6 36. Kxg3 Qg4+ 0-1

