[Event "Kecskemet Gruppe A"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1927.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Alekhine/Tartakower"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1927.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Tartakower im Tzrnierbuch. S.94-5 2)Alechin: Auf dem Wege
zurWeltmeisterschaft. 3)Alekhien: On the Road to the World Championship. p.40.}
c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 (5. Nxf6+ $142 {Lasker}) 5... e5 (
5... g6 $142 {Tartakower}) 6. Nf3 (6. dxe5 $2 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 $15 {Tartakower
}) (6. Be3 exd4 7. Bxd4 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bc3 Nc6 $10 {Gromer,
A-Krogius,R/Hamburg ol/1930/}) 6... exd4 (6... e4 7. Ng5 {[%csl Re4] Tartakower
}) 7. Nxd4 (7. Qxd4 $143 Qxd4 (7... Nbd7 $142 {[%cal Yf8c5] /\Lc5 Tartakower})
8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Ndf5 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nbd7 $10 {Alekhine,
A-Capablanca,J/New York/1927}) 7... Bc5 (7... Be7 $142 {Alekhine} 8. Be2 (8.
Ndf5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bf8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Re1 Kd7 12. Bxe6+ fxe6 13. Ne3 $14 {
Boleslavsky}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bc5 10. Ndf5 $1 $14 {Euwe}) (7... Qb6 $5 {
Tartakower}) 8. Qe2+ $1 (8. Be3 Qb6 (8... Ng4 $2 9. Nxc6 $1 {Alekhine}) (8...
Nd5 $1 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 $17 {Alekhine}) 9. Qe2 $1 O-O 10.
O-O-O Re8 $132 {Tartakower}) 8... Be7 (8... Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Ndf5 $16 {
Alekhine}) 9. Be3 (9. Ndf5 $4 Bxf5 10. Nxf5 Qa5+ $19 {Tartakower}) (9. Qd3 O-O
10. Ndf5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Re8+ 12. Be3 Qxd3 (12... Bf8 $1) 13. Bxd3 Bc5 $11 {
Sдmisch-Tartakower/Bad Homburg/1927}) 9... c5 $2 (9... O-O $8 10. O-O-O Qa5 (
10... Bg4 $143 11. f3 Nd5 12. Kb1 $1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bg5 {Tartakower}) 11. Kb1 (
11. Bd2 $2 Qxa2 12. Nb3 Be6 $17 {Tartakower}) 11... Nd5 (11... Re8 $13 {
Tartakower}) 12. Qf3 $16 {Alekhine}) 10. Ndf5 O-O 11. Qc4 $1 Re8 $2 $18 {
Alekhine/+/-Tartakower} (11... b6 $8 {[%cal Yc8a6] +/-/~~Tartakower} 12. Rd1 {
[%cal Yc4h4] /\13.Dh4->+-Alekhine}) 12. Bd3 $1 b6 (12... Bf8 13. O-O-O $40 {
Tartakower}) (12... Qd5 13. Qh4 $40 {Tartakower}) (12... b5 13. Qxb5 (13. Qh4
c4) 13... Ba6 14. Qb3 $1 $16 {Tartakower}) 13. O-O-O Ba6 {the best move
Alekhine} (13... Nbd7 $142 14. Qh4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7 {+-->Tartakower}) 14. Nh6+
$3 (14. Qh4 $18 {with more difficulties Alekhine}) 14... gxh6 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 (
15... Kh8 16. Qxf7 {[%cal Rg3f5] /\17.Sf5-># Alekhine} Nbd7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nh4
$1 {[%cal Rh4g6] /\Sg6} (18. Bg6 $2 Re7) 18... Bg7 19. Bf5 $1 (19. Bxh6 $2 {
Pachmann} Bxh6+ 20. Kb1 Bg7 21. Bf5) 19... Rxe3 (19... Bb5 20. Ng6+ Kh7 21.
Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qg8+ Rxg8 23. Ng6+ Kh7 24. Ne5+ Kh8 25. Nf7#) 20. Ng6+ Kh7 21.
fxe3 $18) (15... Kxh7 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Bxh6 $1 $18 {Tartakower}) (15... Kg7
16. Nf5+ $18 {Tartakower}) (15... Kf8 16. Bxh6#) 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 (
17... Bxd8 18. Qf3 $18 {Alekhine/Tartakower}) 18. Qe4 Nc6 19. Qxc6 Bf8 20. Nf5
$1 (20. Bxh6 $2 Rac8 {Tartakower}) 20... Bc4 21. Bxh6 Bd5 22. Qc7 Rac8 23. Qf4
Rc6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qe5+ Nf6 26. Nd6 $1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 {Blatny,P Ftacnik} g6 2. e4 c6 3. h3 Bg7 (3... d5 {Blatny,P} 4. e5 $13)
4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bf4 (6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. Ne2 Na6 9. a3 Nf7 10. exd5
cxd5 11. c4 Nc7 12. Nf4 e6 $10 {Wolff,P-Minasian,A/Glendale/1994/0:1/47/}) (6.
e5 {Blatny,P ><f5}) 6... dxe4 (6... f6 7. Be2 (7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 (8. Bxb8
Rxb8 9. Bb5+ Kf7 10. Qe2 e6 11. g4 a6 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. g5 fxg5 14. Nxg5+ Ke7 15.
Qe3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rbf8 17. f4 $1 $16 {Barlov,D-Gaprindashvili,N/Palma de
Mallorca(GMA)/1989/1:0/51/}) 8... Na6 9. c4 O-O 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qf7 12.
Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 $14 {Greenfeld,A-Gaprindashvili,N/Palma de Mallorca(GMA)/
1989/}) 7... Nf7 8. Bh2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf1 Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. a5
b5 $13 {Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Linares/1994/0:1/34/}) (6... O-O {Blatny,P} 7. Qd2
dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf5 9. O-O-O $132) 7. Nxe4 Nf5 8. c3 O-O (8... Be6 9. Bd3 Bd5 10.
O-O O-O $14) (8... Nd6 {Blatny,P} 9. Nxd6+ exd6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12.
Ne4 $1 d5 $8 13. Nc5 $36) 9. Bd3 Nd6 {(N)} (9... b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 $14 {
Nicevski,R-Notaros,K/YUG/1973/}) (9... Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Qe2 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Ne5 $14 {Stefanov,P-Grigorov,/Varna/1982/}) (9... a5 {Ftacnik}
10. O-O Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Bh2 Nd5 13. a3 f6 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rad1 $14 {
Enders-Backwinkel/BL9192/1992/}) 10. O-O (10. Nxd6 {Blatny,P} exd6 11. O-O Re8
$10) 10... Nxe4 (10... Re8 {Blatny,P} 11. Re1 {/\12.Nd6,13.Re8+/=}) 11. Bxe4
Nd7 (11... Na6 $5 {Blatny,P /\Nc7,Be6}) 12. Re1 (12. Bc2 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qe2
$14) 12... Nf6 (12... c5 $5 13. Bg3 (13. Qb3 {Ftacnik} cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15.
Rad1 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. d6 Ba4 18. Qb4 $1 $16) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bf3
$14) (12... Nb6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 13. Bc2 (13. Bd3 {Blatny,P <->d}) 13... Be6 $2 (
13... b6 14. Qe2 e6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Ne5 $14) (13... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 14. Bb3 $5
$14) (13... Re8 $142 {Blatny,P /\Qb6} 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bf5 $14) 14. Rxe6 $1
fxe6 15. Ng5 Nd5 (15... Qd7 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bh2 e5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 $5) (15... Qc8
{Ftacnik} 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bh6 18. Nxe6 Rf6 19. Nc5 $36) 16. Bg3 (16. Nxe6
$6 {Ftacnik} Qc8 17. Nxf8 Nxf4 $1) 16... Qd7 17. Qg4 (17. Qe2 {Ftacnik} e5 18.
dxe5 e6 $13) 17... Rf5 (17... Rf6 18. Be5 Rf5 (18... Re8 19. Re1 Nc7 20. Bb3
$16) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qe2 $16) (17... Nf6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Nxe6
Bh8 20. Bb3 Nd5 21. c4 $16) 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (19... Nxg4 20. Bxe6+
Qxe6 21. Nxe6 Nf6 (21... Nh6 {Blatny,P} 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxe7+ $18) 22. Nxg7
$18) 20. Qe2 $16 Re8 21. Ne6 (21. Be5 {Ftacnik} e6 22. Qc4 $14) 21... Ne4 (
21... Bh8 22. Nc7 Rd8 23. Qxe7 $18) 22. Nxg7 Nxg3 $2 (22... Kxg7 23. Be5+ Kf7
24. f3 (24. g4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 24... Nf6 $16) 23. Qe5 $1 (23. Qe5 {Blatny,P} Ne4
24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. f3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. exd5
Nf6 (8... cxd5 $2 9. Nb5 Qxa2 10. Rb3 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Rc7][%cal Gg1e2,Ge2c3,
Yc3a2,Yc3d5] and Black will not be able to cover all the threats.}) 9. dxc6
bxc6 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5][%cal Gc6b5,Gc6d5]} (9... Nxc6 $2 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bd4 $1
Qd6 $8 (11... Ned7 12. Nb5 Qxa2 13. Ra1 $18) 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Qa5 $1 b6 14. Bxb6
$3 axb6 15. Qxa8 Qxa8 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Nxd5 18. Rd1 $18) 10. Bd3 $146 {
New plan, in previous games White tried to develop his bishop on diagonal
a2-g8, but Black get good counterplay with Ba6.} (10. Bc4 O-O (10... Ba6 $5 11.
Bb3 O-O 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. O-O c5 14. Rfe1 Rac8 $36 15. d5 $2 Nb6 16. Ba4 Bc4
17. Bb3 (17. Bc6 e6 $1) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c4 $19 19. Nb5 Qa6 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21.
Ba4 Nxa4 {0-1 Tjiam,D-Ree,H/NLD-chT 1995}) 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. O-O e5
(13... c5 $1 {look for variation above.}) 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. d5 cxd5 16. Nxd5
$36 {Hodgson,J-Fuller,M/Novi Sad olm ENG-AUS 1990}) (10. Nge2 Qa5 11. Nc1 Nbd7
12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bh6 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be2 Qc7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Ne4 $13 {
De Eccher,S-Raiano,A/Forli op 1988}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Ba6 $1 {
But also here is this move enough for equalisation.} 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Bxa6 (14.
Nd5 $6 Qxd2 $1 15. Nxe7+ $140 $2 (15. Bxd2 Bxd3 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd3 c5 $1
$15) 15... Kh8 16. Bxd2 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfe8 18. Re3 (18. Bb4 Bf8 $1 (18... c5 $6
19. dxc5 Rxe7 20. c6 Rxe2 21. cxd7 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Re5 23. Bd6 $1) 19. Re3 c5 $1
$19) 18... Bh6 $1 19. f4 (19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bxh6 Rxe2 $19)
19... Ng4 20. Re4 Ndf6 $19) 14... Qxa6 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Qc1 Nb6 17. Bf2 Nfd5
18. Ne4 (18. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4][%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2,Gb6c4,Gd5c4]})
18... Nc4 19. Qb1 e5 $1 (19... f5 20. Nc5 Qa5 (20... Qc8 21. Rd1 $13) 21. Rd1
$13 Nd2 $140 $4 22. Be1 $1 Bh6 (22... Nxb1 23. Bxa5 $18) 23. Bxd2 Bxd2 24. Nb7
$18) 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. c3 Ncb6 $11 {A little bit surprising retreat, but Black
wants to play safe and prevents the pin Qd3. Optically Blackґs pieces looked
more active, but the objective evaluation of the position is equal.} 22. Nd4
Qc8 (22... Rac8 23. Nc5 $36) 23. Qc2 Qc7 24. g3 Rad8 25. Rbb1 Nf6 26. Rbd1 (26.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11) 26... Nbd5 27. c4 Nxe4 (27... Nb4 $2 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxe8+
Rxe8 30. Qa4 a5 31. a3 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Gd4,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6,Rh8][%cal
Gd4h8,Rb4a6] _|_}) 28. Rxe4 Nf6 29. Ree1 Bd6 (29... Bxd4 $2 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31.
Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Re8,Gf2] and White is better because of better bishop than
knight.}) 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Kg2 Be5 32. Nb3 Nd6 33. Nc5 Nf5 $6 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8
35. Qe4 Bd4 $8 (35... Qc7 $2 36. f4 Bd6 37. Qe8+ Kg7 (37... Bf8 38. Nd7 Qd6 39.
Bc5 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 $18) 38. g4 $1 Bxc5 39. Bxc5 Qxf4 40. Qf8+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ $1 Ke6
(41... Kg7 42. Bf8+ Kg8 43. Bh6#) (41... Ke5 42. Qc7+ Ke4 43. Qxf4+ Kxf4 44.
gxf5 $18) 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Qd7+ $18) 36. Qd3 $1 Qf6 (36... Bf6 $2 37. Qxd8+
Bxd8 38. Nd7 $1 a5 (38... Nd6 39. Nb8 $1 Nxc4 40. Nxc6 Bb6 41. Nxa7 $18) 39.
Nb8 Ne7 40. Bc5 Bc7 41. Na6 Bd8 42. Bxe7 Bxe7 43. Nb8 $1 $18) 37. Ne4 Qg7 $1 (
37... Qd8 $2 38. g4 $18) (37... Qe5 $2 38. g4 Bxf2 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. gxf5 Bc5
41. f6+ Kh6 42. Qg8 $1 Qb2+ 43. Kh3 $18) 38. g4 Bxf2 $8 39. Qd8+ (39. gxf5 $6
gxf5+ 40. Kxf2 fxe4 41. Qd8+ Qf8 42. Qg5+ (42. Qxf8+ $2 Kxf8 43. fxe4 Ke7 44.
Ke3 Kd6 45. Kd4 c5+ 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Ke3 f6 $19) 42... Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qg5+
$11) 39... Qf8 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kg8 $1 (41... Kh6 $4 42. g5+ Kh5 43. Nf6+
$18) (41... Kh8 $2 42. Kxf2 Qc5+ (42... Qe7 43. Nd6+ $3 Qxd8 44. Nxf7+ Kg7 45.
Nxd8 $18) 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Kh3 $18) 42. gxf5 (42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Qxf8+ Kxf8 44.
gxf5 $6 (44. Kxf2 Nd6 $11) 44... Be3 $1 (44... Kg7 $2 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. Nd7 $14
(46. Nxh7 $4 Bh4 $19)) (44... Bh4 $2 45. Nd7+ Ke7 46. Ne5 $1 $16) (44... Ke7 $2
45. Nxh7 Be3 46. fxg6 fxg6 47. Kg3 $16) 45. Nd7+ (45. fxg6 fxg6 $15) 45... Ke7
46. Ne5 $140 (46. fxg6 $5 fxg6 47. Ne5 Kd6 48. Nd3 $15) 46... gxf5 $1 47. Nxc6+
Kd6 $17 {[%csl Rc6,Ge3]}) 42... Bd4 $1 43. f6 (43. Qxd4 Qxe8 44. Qxa7 Qe2+ 45.
Qf2 $6 Qxc4 $15) 43... h5 44. h4 Bc5 45. Qc8 Qh6 $1 46. Nd6+ $8 (46. Ng7+ $4 {
[%csl Rg7]} Kh7 47. Qd7 Qe3 {[%csl Rg2]} 48. Qxf7 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kg3
Bd6+ 51. f4 Bxf4#) 46... Qf8 (46... Kh7 $4 47. Nxf7 Qf8 (47... Qd2+ 48. Kh3 $18
) 48. Ng5+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kh8 50. Qd7 $18) 47. Ne8 Qh6 48. Nd6+ Qf8 49. Ne8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
f6 (8... Nf5 9. Ne2 e6 10. g4 Ne7 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nd7 13. Ng3 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. O-O h5 $132 {Motwani,P-Petursson,M/Clichy op (07)/1991/}
) 9. g4 (9. Bd3 e6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. c3 Nd7 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O
Nd6 15. Kb1 Kb8 $13 16. g4 $2 e5 $1 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rhe8
$17 {><e4 Vehi Bach,V-Nevednichy,V/Groningen op (10)/1993/}) (9. Be3 fxe5 (9...
e6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O Nf5 12. Bf2 Nd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3 Nd6 15. Qe2 Kb8
16. Bg2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 $14 {><e5 Hagarova,Z-Lomineishvili,M/WchJW-U18 Szeged 
(06)/ 1994/}) 10. fxe5 Nf5 11. Bf2 O-O 12. Qe2 e6 13. O-O-O c5 $1 14. dxc5 Qg5+
15. Kb1 Ng3 16. Bxg3 Qxg3 $15 {Pribyl,M-Karlik,V/Ceske Budejovice op (02)/1995/
}) 9... Qb6 $146 (9... fxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. h4 Rf8 12. Qg3 Qb6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14.
O-O-O O-O-O 15. Be2 Ng8 16. Rh3 Nc5 17. Be3 d4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb3+ 20.
axb3 Qxd4 21. Bc4 Rxf4 22. Bxe6+ Kc7 23. Qe1 Rf8 24. Re3 $16 {o^e5,פg8 Almasi,
Z-Hodgson,J/Groningen (01)/1994/}) 10. e6 $5 f5 (10... Qxd4 11. Be3 Qb4 12.
O-O-O f5 13. a3 $5 (13. g5 Bxc3 (13... Ng8) 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rd3 (15. gxh6 $2
Qa3+ 16. Kb1 (16. Kd2 d4) 16... Qb4+ $10) 15... Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxa2 17. gxh6 Qa5+
18. Kd1 Na6 19. Bd4 $14) 13... Qd6 14. g5 Ng8 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxa3+ 16.
Kd2 $16) 15. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 16. Bc4 $1 $40) 11. g5 Qxd4 $5 (11... Ng8 12. Bd3
Bxd4 13. Bd2 {/\0-0-0,Rhe1~/= פg8,Rh8} Qxb2 (13... Na6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bxa6
bxa6 16. Bc3 (16. Qd3) 16... c5 $8 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Qxd5 Bxc3 (18... Qxf4+ 19.
Kb1 Qd6 (19... Kf8 20. Qc4 $1 Qc7 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 $18) 20. Qc4 $18) 19.
Nxc3 (19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qxc7 Bxb2+) 19... Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Qd7+ Kf8 22. Ne4
Qb8 (22... fxe4 $4 23. Rhf1+ Nf6 24. Rxf6+ exf6 25. e7+ $18) 23. Rhf1 h6 24.
Nd6 Rc7 25. Nxf5 $3 Rxd7 (25... gxf5 26. Rxf5+ Kg7 (26... Nf6 27. Rxf6+ $18)
27. Rf7+ Kg6 28. Qd3+ $18) 26. exd7 Qd8 27. Nd4+ $18) 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Ne2 $1
Bg7 16. Bb4 Qxa2 $8 17. Kd2 $44 {ףa2} b5 (17... d4 18. Rb3 Qa4 (18... b5 $2
19. Bxb5 $18) 19. Rhb1 Na6 20. Ra3 Qxb4+ 21. Rxb4 Nxb4 22. Bxf5 $3 gxf5 23.
Qh5+ Kd8 24. Qf7 Bh6 25. Nxd4 $18) 18. Nc3 Qa6 19. Nxd5 Qc8 $8 20. Ba5 Na6 21.
Nc7+ Nxc7 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Bxc7 a6 24. Qb6 h6 25. h4 $44) 12. gxh6 Bxh6 13.
Be3 Qf6 14. O-O-O Qxe6 (14... O-O 15. h4 Qxe6 16. h5 $40) 15. Bd4 (15. h4 $142
{/\h5->}) 15... O-O $8 16. Bg2 Qf7 17. h4 (17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Qh4 Bg7 $13) 17...
Nd7 18. Kb1 Rae8 19. h5 g5 $8 20. fxg5 (20. Qg3 e5 $5 $132) 20... Bxg5 21. Qg3
h6 22. Qc7 (22. Bxa7 $5 Ra8 (22... e5 23. Nxd5 f4 24. Qb3 $1 Ra8 25. Ne7+ Bxe7
26. Rxd7 $18) 23. Bf2 f4 $132) 22... e5 23. Bxa7 Nf6 24. Qd6 (24. Qxf7+ $6 Rxf7
$15 {Pf5,e5,d5>B _|_}) 24... d4 25. Bxd4 $8 (25. Ne2 $4 Ra8 26. Qc5 b6 $19)
25... exd4 26. Qxd4 Ng4 $15 (26... Nxh5 27. Bf1 $1) 27. Rdf1 Ne3 (27... Rd8 28.
Qc5 Be3 $36) 28. Rfg1 Rd8 29. Qc5 Kh8 $6 (29... Qg7 $142 30. Rh3 (30. Bf3 Rd2)
30... Qd4 (30... f4 31. Be4) 31. Bd5+ $140 Rxd5 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxe3 Rg4 $17)
30. Bf3 $1 Rfe8 31. Be2 $1 {/\Bd3} Qe7 (31... Rd2 $5 32. Bd3 Qd7 {/\Rxd3} 33.
a3 $1 (33. Na4 $4 Rxd3 34. cxd3 Qxd3+ 35. Ka1 Nc2+ 36. Kb1 Ne1+ $19) (33. Qb6
$4 Rxd3 34. cxd3 Qxd3+ 35. Ka1 Nc2+ 36. Kb1 Na3+ 37. Ka1 Qb1+ 38. Nxb1 Nc2#)
33... Qe7 $13) 32. Qa5 b5 $5 (32... Ra8) 33. Bd3 Rxd3 $5 34. cxd3 Qd6 35. a3 $8
Qxd3+ 36. Ka1 (36. Ka2 Qc4+ 37. Kb1 Qd3+ $10) 36... Nc4 (36... Nc2+ 37. Ka2 Bd8
38. Qa6 Qc4+ 39. Kb1 Qd3 40. Ka2 Qc4+ 41. Kb1 Qd3 42. Rd1 Nxa3+ 43. Ka1 Nc2+ (
43... Qb1+ 44. Nxb1 Nc2+ 45. Ka2 Nb4+ 46. Kb3 Nxa6 47. Rd6 $36 {_|_}) 44. Kb1
$10) 37. Qc7 (37. Qa6) 37... Qc2 $2 $138 (37... Nxa3 $1 38. Rd1 $1 (38. Rh2
Nc2+ 39. Rxc2 Qxc2 40. Qxc6 Rf8 $17) 38... Nc2+ (38... Bd2 39. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 40.
Qf7 $1 Nc2+ 41. Kb1 Re1+ 42. Rxe1 Nxe1 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qxf5+ Kg7 45. Qg6+ Kf8
46. Qf6+ Kg8) 39. Kb1 Na3+ 40. Ka2 (40. Ka1 $10) 40... Qc4+ 41. Ka1 Nc2+ 42.
Kb1 Na3+ $1 43. Ka1 Nc2+ $10) 38. Rh2 Qb3 $2 (38... Nd2 $8 39. Qxc6 Rg8 40. Qc7
$1 (40. Rxd2 $5) 40... b4 $5 (40... Nb3+ 41. Ka2 Nc1+ 42. Rxc1 Qxc1 43. Qe5+
Rg7 44. Qxf5 b4 45. Qf8+ $18) 41. Qe5+ Rg7 (41... Kh7 42. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 $8 43.
Qxf5+ Kh8 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Ne4 $18 {_|_}) 42. Qb8+ Rg8 43. Rxd2 $1 Qxd2 44.
Qxb4 $16 {_|_}) 39. Qxc6 $18 Re3 (39... Re5 40. Rxg5 $3 hxg5 (40... Re1+ 41.
Nb1 Rxb1+ (41... hxg5 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ Kh8 44. h6 Rxb1+ 45. Kxb1 Qd1+ 46.
Ka2 Qd6 47. Re2 $18) 42. Kxb1 Nxa3+ 43. Ka1 Qd1+ 44. Ka2 Qb1+ 45. Kxa3 Qa1+ 46.
Kb4 Qa4+ 47. Kc5 Qc4+ 48. Kb6 $18) 41. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 (41... Kh7 42. Ne4 $3 Qd1+ (
42... fxe4 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. h6 $18) 43. Ka2 Rxe4 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46.
Qg6+ Kh8 47. Qh6+ Kg8 48. Rf2 Qd6 49. Qxg5+ Kh8 50. Rf7 $18) 42. h6 Re1+ 43.
Nb1 Rxb1+ 44. Kxb1 Nxa3+ 45. Ka1 Qd1+ 46. Ka2 $18) 40. Qc8+ Kg7 (40... Kg7 41.
Qxf5 (41. Rxg5+ hxg5 42. h6+ Kf6 43. Nd5+ $18) 41... Kh8 $8 (41... Nxa3 42.
Rxg5+ hxg5 43. h6+ Kg8 44. h7+ Kh8 45. Qf6#) 42. Rxg5 $1 Re1+ 43. Nb1 hxg5 44.
h6 $1 Rxb1+ 45. Kxb1 Qd1+ 46. Ka2 Qd6 47. Re2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 (5... gxf6 {
Bernstein-Flohr/Groningen (16)/1946/}) 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 g6 (8... h6
$5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Ng3 Bf4 $10 {Asztalos-Nimzowitsch/
Bled/1931/}) 9. Ne2 Re8 (9... c5 10. h4 cxd4 11. h5 $40) 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf8
12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Qb3+ (13. Bh6 $5 $40 {/\0-0-0}) 13... Be6 $1 (13... Kh8 14.
Bh6) 14. Qxb7 Bd5 15. Kf1 Re7 $5 $132 (15... a6 16. c4 Rb8 17. Qxa6 Ra8 18. Qb7
Rb8 $10) 16. Qa6 Qd7 17. Bc4 (17. c4 Bxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Qg4+ 19. Ng3 (19. Kf1
Qf3 $1) 19... Bxg3 20. fxg3 Rae8 $1 21. Rf1 Re3 $1 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 $40) 17...
Rae8 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Be3 Ne6 {/\->Ne4} 20. Qd3 Ng5 21. c4 Ne4 {/\ 22...Nxf2;
23.Nc3 Ng3+} (21... dxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. Kg1 f5 25. Nf4 $16) 22.
Rh3 Qb7 23. c5 $1 Bc7 24. Qb3 $2 (24. Rb1 f5 (24... Qb8 25. Qb3) (24... g5 25.
f3 $1) 25. Nf4 g5 26. Nh5 f4 27. f3 $14) 24... Qa6 $1 25. Qxd5+ (25. Rd1 f5)
25... Kh8 {/\ 26...Nd2+; Rd8+Nd2.} 26. Rd1 $1 f5 (26... Bg3 27. fxg3 Ng5 28.
Qd6 $1 Qxd6 29. cxd6 Rxe3 30. Rh4 Ne4 31. Rf4 $1 $14) (26... Ng3+ $5 27. Rxg3 (
27. fxg3 Rxe3 28. Qf7 Qxe2+ 29. Kg1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Bxg3+ $19) 27... Bxg3 28. Qf3
Bxf2 $1 (28... Bc7 29. d5 $1) 29. Kxf2 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 $10) 27. Qb3
$1 {/\Qd3} f4 28. Qd3 $1 Qb7 (28... Qxd3 29. Rxd3 fxe3 30. Rhxe3 $14) 29. Nxf4
(29. Bxf4 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Rxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Qxg2+ $19) 29... Bxf4 30.
Bxf4 Nxf2 $1 31. Kxf2 Re2+ 32. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 34. Kd3 Qxh3+ 35. Be3
Qe6 36. Rc1 Qc6 37. d5 $1 $10 Qxd5+ 38. Bd4+ Kg8 39. c6 Qf3+ 40. Be3 Qd5+ 41.
Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Kd3 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.03"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ exf6 (6... Nxf6
$5) 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Nb6 $2 {>=} (8... b5 {/\ 9...Nb6}) 9. Bb3 O-O 10. h3 Re8
11. c4 Be6 12. Qd3 g6 $6 (12... Nd7 $8 {/\ 13...Nc5, e.g. 13.Rd1; 13.Bc2 g6, /
\ 14...Bf5}) 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qc3 Qc8 16. Rc1 Bd6 $2 $18 17. Bxd6
Rxd6 18. d5 $1 (18. c5 $2 Nd5 $17) 18... Bd7 (18... cxd5 19. c5 $18 {e.g.} d4
20. Qd2 $1) 19. Qd2 c5 $6 {>=} (19... Re4 20. c5 Rxd5) 20. Qf4 Qb8 21. Rce1 Rd8
22. Nd2 {[/\ 23.Ne4]} f5 23. Nf3 f6 24. h4 Be8 25. a4 $1 a5 (25... Nxa4 26.
Rxe8+) (25... Bxa4 26. Bxa4 Nxa4 27. Re7 {/\ 28.Qh6, e.g.} R6d7 (27... R8d7 28.
Rxd7) 28. Qxb8 Rxb8) 26. Re7 Bf7 27. Rfe1 Nc8 28. R7e3 Qc7 29. h5 R6d7 30. Qh6
Qd6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Nd4 $1 {[/\ 33.Rh3!]} Qf8 33. Nxf5 $1 Qxh6 34. Nxh6+ Kg7
35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Bc2 Rh8 37. g3 Nd6 38. b3 Nc8 39. Kg2 Rg8 40. g4 Rh8 41. Kg3
Rdd8 42. Re6 Rd6 43. Rxd6 Nxd6 44. Re6 Nc8 45. g5 $1 f5 46. Bd1 Re8 47. Rf6+
Kg7 48. Bf3 Rd8 49. Kf4 Nd6 50. Bg2 Nf7 51. Rb6 Nd6 52. Ke5 Nf7+ 53. Kf4 Nd6
54. Ke5 Nf7+ 55. Ke6 Re8+ 56. Kd7 Re2 57. d6 {[57...Rxf2 58.Bd5]} 1-0

[Event "Wien"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "45"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 e5 $2 (5... Nxe4) 6. dxe5 Qa5+
7. Bd2 Qxe5 8. O-O-O Nxe4 $2 9. Qd8+ $1 Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Kc7 11. Bd8# 1-0

[Event "Salzburg 6 Masters"]
[Site "Salzburg"]
[Date "1942.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Bogoljubow"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1942.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DSZ 1942, S.113 [Bogoljubow]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5.
Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. c3 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6
12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 g6 17. O-O-O O-O-O
18. Qf3 g5 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. Re4 Bf8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qh5 Qd7 23. Qxh7 $16 {
[#]} Re4 $2 (23... Bd6 24. h4 $16 (24. c4 $16)) 24. Qh8 $18 (24. h4 $18) 24...
Qd8 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. Qh8 Qd8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Kc7 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Qh5 Qd7
31. Qf3 Bh6 32. h4 Nf4 33. Bxf4+ gxf4 34. Qh5 Bf8 35. Bxf7 c5 36. Be6 Qd6 37.
Qf7+ Be7 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. h5 f3 40. h6 Kb6 41. Bc4 Bd6 42. Bd5 Qc8 43. Qe6 Qf8
44. h7 Ka5 45. Bxf3 Qh6+ 46. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Fischer/Petrossian"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 (3... dxe4 {Petrosian=:P}) 4. e5 $2 {Fischer=:F} (
4. h3 $142 {F}) 4... Bg7 5. f4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... Nh6 7. Bd3 Bf5 $14 {F}) 7.
h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 (8... h4 9. f5 {P}) 9. g3 $146 (9. Be3 Nh6 (9... h4 {
[%csl Rg2] Fischer}) 10. g3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf5 12. Bf2 Nb6 13. g4 Nh4 14. Bxh4
Qxh4 15. g5 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. Ne2 c5 19. Qg1 c4 20. Qh2 cxd3 21.
Rxd3 Rc6 22. Kb1 Rac8 23. Rc1 Bb4 24. c3 Na4 25. cxb4 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Qe1 27.
Qd2 Qf1 28. Qd1 Qxf4 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. Qd2 Nb6 31. a4 Nc4 32. Qc3 Qf1+ 33. Nc1
Na3+ 34. bxa3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qf5+ 36. Nd3 Qxh3 {0-1 (36) Zuidema,C-Boomgaardt,J
Amsterdam 1969}) 9... Qb6 $1 {F} 10. Qf2 Ne7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Ne2 $2 {F} (12.
Bd2 $142 {P 13.0-0-0} Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. O-O-O $14 {F}) 12... O-O-O 13. c3
f6 $1 {P} 14. b3 Nf5 (14... Rdf8 15. Ba3 {F}) 15. Rg1 (15. O-O $142 {F}) 15...
c5 $1 {P} 16. Bxf5 (16. g4 $2 hxg4 17. hxg4 Ne7 $36 {F}) 16... gxf5 17. Be3 Qa6
$1 {P} 18. Kf1 (18. Qf3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 $2 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qf1 {F}) 18...
cxd4 (18... Kb8 $1 {P} 19. Qe1 $10 {F}) 19. cxd4 Nb8 20. Kg2 Nc6 21. Nc1 $1 {
P d3 F/P} Rd7 $6 {P} (21... Kb8 {P c8 P}) 22. Qd2 $1 {P} (22. Rd1 $142 {P d3 F}
) 22... Qa5 23. Qxa5 (23. Qb2 Qa6 {F} (23... Bf8)) (23. Qe2 fxe5 $1 24. fxe5 (
24. dxe5 d4 $1 {P d3!}) 24... Qc3 {F}) 23... Nxa5 24. Nd3 Nc6 (24... b6 $142 {F
}) 25. Rac1 (25. Nc5 $142 Re7 26. Rac1 $36 {F}) 25... Rc7 26. Rc3 b6 27. Rgc1
Kb7 28. Nb4 (28. b4 a6 $1 29. a4 Rhc8 30. b5 $2 (30. a5 Nd8 $1 31. Rxc7+ $140
Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7 {P b5 F}) (30. Kf3 $4 Nxe5+ $19) (30. Kf2 Bh8) 30... axb5
31. axb5 Na7 {>< b5 F}) 28... Rhc8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxc6 Kxc6
32. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 $5 (5... Bg4 $5 6. Be2 (6.
Qd3 $5 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nxh5 Nxh5 9. Nf3 e6 10. g3 $13 {Spielmann-Capablanca/
New York/1927}) 6... Bxe2 7. N1xe2 e6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. b3
Re8 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 {Unzicker-Lein/South Africa/1980} Ba3 $1
$10) (5... c5 6. Nf3 (6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e6 8. b4 a5 $44 {
Ivanovic-Matulovic/Yugoslavia/1980}) 6... e6 (6... Nc6 $5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O Be7 10. Bc1 O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $10 {Zvetkov-Sokolsky/Moscow/1947}) 7. Bd3
Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bb7 $10 {
Spielmann-Honlinger/Vienna/1929}) (5... e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 (7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Ndf5 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nbd7 $10 {
Alekhine-Capablanca/New York/1927}) 7... Be7 8. Ndf5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bf8 10. Bc4
Be6 11. Re1 Kd7 12. Bxe6+ fxe6 13. Ne3 $14 {Boleslavsky}) (5... h5 6. h4 (6.
Bg5 h4 7. Bxf6 $2 hxg3 8. Be5 Rxh2 9. Rxh2 Qa5+ $1 {/\ De5 -+}) 6... Qc7 (6...
Bg4 $6 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. N1xe2 Nbd7 9. Qd3 $14 {Spielmann-Alekhine/Karlsbad/1911})
(6... e5 $5 7. Qe2 (7. Nf3 $5 {Mirkovic}) 7... Qxd4 8. Nf3 Bb4+ (8... Qd5 $10)
9. c3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Qd2 Qxa1 {Dimitrijevic-Mirkovic/Yugoslavia/1988}
12. Bc4 $1 $44) 7. Bc4 $5 (7. Be2 Bg4 $1 8. Bxg4 Nxg4 $15 {/\ 9.Nh5?? Qa5 -+})
7... Bg4 8. N1e2 e6 9. f3 Bd6 $1 $13 {Kupreichik-Skembris/Zenica/1985}) 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Qb6 $5 $8 (8... Bg4 $6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 {/\Te1, c3+/=}
) 9. b3 Bg4 (9... a5 10. a4 $6 (10. Ba3 $1) 10... Na6 11. h3 Nb4 $10 (11... Qc7
$5)) 10. Bb2 $8 (10. Ba3 Nd5 $132 {><c3, f4}) 10... a5 11. a4 Nbd7 (11... Na6
$143 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 $14) 12. h3 (12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2) 12... Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Rad8 14. Qe2 (14. Qe1 {/\15.Lc3} Nd5 (14... Rfe8 $142 15. Bc3 Ra8 $10) 15.
Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qxe7 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 (18... Qe5 19. Rfe1 Qxe7 20.
Rxe7 Nc5 21. Rc7 b6 22. Rc6 $16) 19. Rfe1 $16) 14... Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 (15...
e5 16. dxe5 Nd5 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 (17... Nd5 $2 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 $2 19. Bd4
) 18. Bc7 Rxe2 19. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nxb6 21. Ne4 $14) 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qb5
Qxb5 19. axb5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxa5 $16) 16. Qc4 Ne6 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18.
Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Re1 (19. h4 $6 Rxd4 $1 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 {/\21... Dh4}) 19... Qb4 20.
h4 Qd6 $6 (20... Rd6 $1 $8 21. Qe2 b5 $17 {Larsen} (21... e5 $2 22. dxe5 Nd5
23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Nxd6 $18) (21... Nd5 22. Ne4)) 21. Qh3 (21. Qc4) 21... e6 (
21... Qd7 $142 22. Re6 Qc8) 22. h5 gxh5 23. Re5 $1 Re7 24. Qh4 (24. c3 $142 {
/\Lc1->>>}) 24... Rf8 25. Nxh5 $2 (25. c3 $142 {/\Lc1->>>}) 25... Nxh5 26. Rxh5
Bf6 27. Qe4 Rd8 $1 28. Rxa5 (28. Qg6 $6 Bxd4 29. Be4 Rdd7 $36) (28. c3 $6 e5 $1
) 28... Bxd4 29. Bc1 Rf7 $6 (29... e5 $1 30. Bg5 Rde8 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10 {><Ta5}
32. Bh5 Rf8 33. Bf3 Re8) 30. Rh5 Bf6 31. Be3 Bd4 {Larsen offered a draw} 32.
Bg5 Rg8 {/\33... Lf2 34.Kf2 Tg5 35.Tg5 Dd2} 33. Kf1 c5 34. Bc1 {/\35.Th6} Qa6+
35. Kg1 (35. Qe2 $2 Rxf3 $1 36. Qxa6 (36. gxf3 Rg1+ 37. Kxg1 Qxe2 $19) 36...
Rxf2+ 37. Ke1 bxa6 $19) 35... b5 $2 (35... Qc6 $142 36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. Kf1 e5
38. Rh4 $16) 36. Bf4 (36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. Qe5+ Rfg7 38. Qxc5 $16) 36... bxa4 37.
Be5+ (37. bxa4 Qb6 38. g3) 37... Bxe5 38. Qxe5+ Rgg7 (38... Rfg7 $2 39. Rxh7+
Kxh7 40. Qh5#) 39. Rg5 axb3 $4 (39... Kg8 $2 40. Bh5 Rxg5 41. Qxg5+ Rg7 (41...
Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke7 43. Bxf7 $18) 42. Qd8#) (39... Qb6 40. bxa4 $16) 40. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 (5... gxf6 6. c3 {
Nimzovich} e5 (6... Qd5 7. Qb3 $1 Qe4+ 8. Ne2) (6... Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8. Ng3 Bg6
9. h4 h5 10. Be2 $16) 7. Bc4 exd4 8. Qb3 Qe7+ 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qc2 $16
) 6. g3 Bd6 (6... Qd5 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. c3 $1 Be4 (8... Nd7)) 7. Bg2 O-O (7... h5
$142) 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Bf5 10. c4 Na6 11. Nc3 Qd7 (11... Nb4 12. a3 Nc2 $2 13.
Ra2) 12. a3 Bh3 13. Be3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nc7 15. Qf3 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Rac1 b4
18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. d5 Reb8 21. Ne4 Ne8 (21... Rxb2 $2 22. Nxd6 Qxd6
23. Bf4 $18) 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Bc5 Nb5 (23... Rxb2 $2 24. Qa3 $18) 24. d6 Re8
25. Re1 h6 26. Rcd1 Rac8 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. dxe7 Qe8 (28... Qc7 29. Qd5 $1) 29.
Qb7 Kh7 (29... Nc7 $2 30. Qxc8 Qxc8 31. Rd8+ $18) 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. exd8=Q Qxd8
32. Qxb5 Qd5+ 33. f3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Qd5 {As usual
Jobava tries to get out of well known theoretical paths as quickly as possible.
The idea behind this queen sally seems to me to be a prophylatic one. Black
wants to interfere with White's normal setup of Bd3, Qc2 and Ne2, which would
not now be possible as the pawn on g2 would be en prise. Jobava had a terrible
result at Wijk Aan Zee, but good, bad or indifferent his games are always
watchable. He is known as an entertainer in chess, but I wonder if he is
trying to play up to this reputation a little bit too much and his results are
suffering as a result. The problem is: when you play the very best players in
the world, if you avoid the main-lines then you are often just playing dubious
openings.} (6... Bd6 {is much more normal. The main attraction of this opening
is that Black's position is very solid and easy to play. He puts the rook on
the e-file, the knight on d7 and the queen on c7. You can play all these moves
with your eyes closed.} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Nf8
12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Bg6 {was a typical continuation
in Swiercz,D (2654)-Zvjaginsev,V (2659) Tromso 2013. Black's position is
rather passive but remains difficult to break down.}) 7. Nf3 (7. Ne2 $1 {
looks very logical. If he puts the queen on d5, why not attack it as quickly
as possible?} Bd6 8. Nf4 Qe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Kd2 {
with a slight but enduring edge in Aagaard,J (2411)-Motwani,P (2552) Hamilton
2004.}) (7. Qf3 Qxf3 {this seems rather forced;} (7... Bd6 $6 8. Qxd5 cxd5 9.
Bd3 {and the isolated d-pawn will become a target for White in the endgame}) 8.
Nxf3 Nd7 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. O-O {1/2-1/2 (11) Gurevich,V (2481)-Ivanov,
M (2367) Germany 2012. Of course there is no reason to agree a draw here.
Karsten Mьller or Magnus would just be getting going!}) 7... Bd6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 $1 {is awkward.} 10. Qc2 $2 Bxf3 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. gxf3 g6 13.
Bxg6 Rg8 $19) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. h3 Bf5 $1 {But now the bishop finds an
excellent diagonal, so Black should be fine.} 11. Re1 ({The immediate} 11. c4
$6 {was possible but this gives Black the opportunity to create useful
counterplay.} Qd7 $5 {This would be similar to another game of Jobava's
against Karajakin where he sacrificed on h3 and scored a stunning victory.} (
11... Qd6 {is also not bad, with a threat of ...Be4xf3 and Qh2 mate}) (11...
Qe4 12. Be3 Qc2 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Rac1 {however looks rather good for White,
who is starting to build up quite a lead in development.})) 11... Nd7 12. Nh4 (
12. Qb3 Nb6 $1 13. c4 (13. Qxd5 Nxd5 {and the knight is heading for f4}) 13...
Qd7 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Be3 Re7 {and I don't see any problems for Black.}) 12...
Be4 {This is somewhat forced as if White were to take on f5 he would be
clearly better, but now the game is rather double-edged.  That's because for
the time being the bishop is well-placed here but it's not anchored in the
centre, so Black has to be careful. He cannot ever play ...f5 for example, as
the reply f3 would win a piece.} 13. g3 Rfe8 14. c4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3
Rad8 17. Bg4 Nf8 18. Re3 c5 $6 {Jobava is trying to provoke the pawn into
advancing to d5, which in turn will gain him a useful square for his pieces on
e5. This is typical of his double-edged style, always seeking to disrupt the
balance of the position and gain counter-chances for himself, but I think in
this case it was unwarranted. Especially as from White's point of view this
move must have come as something of a relief - the pawn seems cumbersome on d4
and difficult to defend.} ({Black had a much stronger possibility in} 18... g6
$1 {But this demands very precise calculation - in many lines Black stands on
the precipice.} 19. Qe1 $5 {is also rather testing.} (19. f3 $2 {is bad for
many reasons, not least of which is simply} Bc2 $1 20. Qd2 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxg3
$19) (19. Qe2 $1 {would have course been the first line he looked at and
perhaps the reason he rejected this continuation. White gains rather strong
threats;} f5 20. Bf3 Qa6 $1 (20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne6 23. Qh6 $1 {
and Black is in big trouble as ...Bd6 now drops a piece to the simple c5}) (
20... Rxd4 $5 {might be the best practical try, trying to wrest the initiative.
} 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nf3 Qe7 $13 {and there is still
everything to play for.}) 21. b3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Ne6 24. Qh6 Ba5
25. Bb2 Bb4 26. Ng5 $1 (26. d5 Bf8 27. Qh4 cxd5 {and White is running out of
ideas}) 26... Nxg5 27. Qxg5 Re8 (27... Qa5 28. d5 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Qf6 {
with a big attack.}) 28. Qf6 Re6 29. Qd8+ Bf8 {which is unpleasant but perhaps
defensible.}) 19... f5 20. Bf3 (20. c5 Qa6 21. Be2 b5 22. a4 Qb7 {is rather
unclear}) 20... Rxd4 $1 {but now this is really working} 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 {
with excellent compensation for a small material investment.}) 19. d5 Bg6 20.
Qe2 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 $16 Bd6 22. f4 Qc7 23. a4 $6 (23. Kg2 {with the threat of f5,
trapping the bishop was certainly possible.} Bc2 $1 24. Rc1 $1 (24. b3 Ng6 $1)
24... Ba4 25. Nf5 {looks highly unpleasant for Black.}) (23. Qe2 $1 {was very
strong, as this would have prevented the later "escape" of the bishop via c2.
Black is virtually move bound.}) 23... Qb8 24. Re1 Bc2 25. Bd1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1
Qc8 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Qd3 Ng6 $1 {Now Black doesn't stand too badly, as the
white king is fairly exposed.} 29. Nxg6 (29. Nf5 $5 Bxf4 30. d6 Qc6+ (30... Qd7
$4 31. Ne7+ $1) 31. Kh2 {was one possible line where the d-pawn looks
extremely strong, but of course this was quite a committal line.}) 29... fxg6
30. b3 Kf7 31. Re1 h5 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Bd2 b6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Qe3 Qd7 36. Bxa5
Qf5 37. Be1 h4 38. g4 Qc2+ 39. Kf1 Kg8 $2 {Presumably Jobava thought that
there might be a perpetual if White grabs the bishop, but he was wrong.} (39...
Kf8 $1 40. Bxh4 a5 41. Bf2 a4 42. Qe6 {was the correct way to play. But here
Black really can sacrifice the bishop-} axb3 43. Qc8+ (43. Qxd6+ $4 Kg8 {
When the b-pawn can't be stopped}) 43... Ke7 44. Qe6+ Kf8 $11) 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41.
Qxd6 Qxb3 (41... Qd3+ 42. Kg2 $1 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qh1 44. Qxc5 Qh2+ 45. Ke3 Qxh3+
46. Kd2 Qxg4 47. Qf2 {and White will have no problem stopping the pawns.}) 42.
Kg2 Qxc4 43. Qe6 a5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qxf5+ g6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Huschenbeth,N"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the third round of the FIDE Grand Swiss at Isle of Man I faced rising star
Jeffery Xiong from the U.S.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {
This line has gained popularity in recent years as it has been employed by
numerous top players, including Magnus Carlsen. The popularity lies in the
fact that Black obtains a solid position, yet can play for a win if White is
too ambitious. With a lot of pieces remaining on the board, the positions can
become quite complex.} 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5
$5 {This is the move that rekindled the 4...Nf6 variation. Black expands on
the kingside and can connect this advance with sacrifice ideas if White
castles short. If White chooses to put his king on the queen side, it is often
difficult to open files against the black king. The pawn formation with the
doubled f-pawns proves to be difficult to crack. The h-pawn advance also has
its drawbacks. Obviously, the black king is a bit more airy. Furthermore, the
h-pawn can become a target and sometimes even fall.} 10. O-O h4 11. h3 {
The h-pawn should not be allowed to advance even further since then the white
king would really start feeling uncomfortable.} Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Rad1 {
I had expected this line and prepared it in some detail before the game. Black
has different setups to organize his pieces. White in the meantime will try to
get his queenside majority going while constantly being alert for threats
against the king, especially on the b8-h2 diagonal.} Bd7 $5 {Not the main move,
but quite logical. Jeffery keeps the e-file open for the rook which allows for
tactical ideas in some cases.} (13... Bc7 {Black prepares the battery on the
b8-h2 diagonal; this has been seen the most often.} 14. c4 Qd6 15. Nf4 Bb8 16.
Rfe1 {was comfortable for White just a few days later in Vocaturo,D (2620)
-Howell,D (2694) Douglas 2019. It shows the complexity of this variation that
White went astray in a winning position and Black came up on top in the end.})
14. Rfe1 Qc8 {Black is not subtle about his intentions. He wants to sacrifice
on h3 and mate me. Exactly those ideas make this line quite appealing for the
second player.} 15. Nf4 {I had mixed feelings about this move. On the on hand,
I stopped the threat of Bxh3 and sometimes can even initiate attacking ideas
myself with Nf4-h5. On the other hand, the knight feels somewhat loose on f4
and I have to be wary of tactical ideas.} (15. c4 $4 {Ignoring the threat
would not end well for White:} Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 $19) (15. Bf4 $4 {Here we
see the advantage of placing the bishop on d7 instead of e6, keeping the
e-file open for the rook.} Rxe2 $1 16. Rxe2 Bxf4 $19) 15... Ne6 $6 {A step in
the wrong direction. It seems Jeffery had already his ill-advised plan in mind
which we will see in the game.} (15... Qc7 {was the move I clearly expected.}
16. Nh5 Qa5 {Activating the queen and once again hitting the knight.} 17. Qe2 {
was my intention to bring the queen closer to the black king via f3.} (17. d5 {
is a nice idea, but can be diffused by} Re5 $1 (17... cxd5 18. Bh6 $1 {is one
cute motif in the position.}) 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nf4 Rd8 $11 {This seems
completely fine for Black.}) 17... Qxa2 18. c4 Qb3 $13 {This is the position I
wanted to play which seemed to offer good practical chances. Subsequent
analysis revealed that it is indeed equal, usually ending in a perpetual of
some sort.}) 16. Nh5 $5 {Keeping the knights on the board and therefore
increasing the tension. With the knight on h5, different tactical ideas like
sacrifices on f6 or g7 as well as moves like Be3-h6 are in the air. However,
the simple 16.Nxe6 would have promised me a long-term advantage.} (16. Nxe6
Bxe6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 $14 {This is more or less what White hopes to
achieve in this variation. The counterplay against the king is reduced and
sooner or later, White can create a passed pawn.}) 16... Ng5 $2 {After my move,
I immediately got up to take a bathroom break. I was quite surprised to return
and already see this move appear on the board. I had thought this move to be
impossible and indeed, it should lead to a losing position.} (16... Qc7 {
Once again improving the queen and connecting the rooks was better.} 17. Bf5
Re7 (17... Ng5 {was a line I calculated.} 18. f4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne4 20. Bf2 $1 {
This is quite an important move, getting rid of the knight on e4.} Nxf2 21.
Kxf2 Bf8 22. Qg4 Qd6 23. Qxh4 $14 {Here we see an example of the h-pawn
getting picked up.}) 18. Bd2 Ng5 (18... Rae8 19. Re4 $1 $18 {Again collecting
the h-pawn and also including the rook in the attack.}) 19. Rxe7 Bxe7 20. Bd3
$14 {Black has stopped White from winning the h-pawn for now. As the threats
against the white king are also less prominent, White still has the
strategical edge and also the idea f2-f4 to count on. Therefore, White is a
bit better.}) 17. f4 Nxh3+ (17... Bxh3 {is easily refuted by} 18. fxg5 Bg4 19.
Nxg7 $1 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Kxg7 21. gxf6+ {The attack is unstoppable, for example}
Kxf6 22. Qf3+ Kg7 23. Bh6+ $1 {and mate will follow soon.}) 18. gxh3 Bxh3 {
The critical moment in the game. I was pondering about Qf2 or Qh2 and in the
end concluded that there is no difference between them. Boy was I wrong! One
move wins while the other draws. To my pity, I chose the wrong one.} 19. Qf2 $2
(19. Qh2 $1 {Indeed, after this move Black is lost in all variations.} Bg4 {
This is the move I also expected after 19.Qf2, therefore thinking there is no
difference.} (19... Qg4+ 20. Kf2 Qxh5 21. Qxh3 $18 {is simply an extra piece
for White.}) (19... Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Qg4+ 21. Kf2 Qxh5 (21... Qxd1 22. Be2 $1 Qd2
23. Qxh3 $18) 22. Rxh3 Qxd1 23. Rxh4 {For the moment, material is equal. But
the threat of Rh4-h8 means White will at least win a rook.} Kf8 24. Be2 $1 {
The last important precise move.} Qd2 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rxa8 $18 {There is no
counterplay and White wins.}) 20. Qxh4 Bxd1 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bf5
$1 (23. f5 {was my original calculation. However, this move is only sufficient
for a draw.} Ke7 24. Bf4+ Kd7 25. Qxf7+ Re7 26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Qe6+ Ke8 28.
Qg8+ Bf8 29. Qg6+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Be7 $11) 23... Re6 (23... Qc7 24. d5 $1 $18 {
The two bishops and the queen perforate the black position.}) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 (
24... Qxe6 25. f5 $1 {Attacking the queen and threatening Bh6+. Black can
resign.}) 25. f5 $1 Bc2 26. Bh6+ Ke8 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qf7+ Kd8 (28... Be7 29.
Qxe6+ $18) 29. fxe6 Qc7 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qxa8 $18 {This is the absolute best
Black can do. He is still an exchange down and should lose sooner or later.})
19... Qg4+ $1 ({Not} 19... Bg4 20. Qxh4 {transposing to a line discussed after
19.Qh2.}) 20. Kh2 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 (21. Qxe3 {is not a good idea.} Qg2#) 21...
Qxh5 {Honestly, I had missed this move altogether, only calculating 21...Qxd1.
I can consider myself quite lucky that I am not suddenly lost.} (21... Qxd1 {
is actually also not clear because of the unfortunate placement of the knight.}
22. Be2 Qc1 $1 23. Rxh3 g6 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 Qxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 27. Kg2 {
and if White can win, it will be a long road to convert.}) 22. Rxh3 (22. Rde1
Bd7 {is just terrible for White, as Black already has two pawns for the
exchange plus the weak white king.}) 22... Qxd1 23. Qxh4 {Here I suddenly
thought again that I am winning. The next black move brought me back to
reality.} Kf8 $1 {Of course Black does not give a check first, but immediately
moves his king. Now, I was panicking a bit as my time was fading and the path
to equality is not clear. However, I pulled myself together and found the
correct moves.} (23... Qd2+ 24. Kg1 Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxa8 {is simply
winning for White as there is no perpetual for Black.}) 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Re3+
$1 (25. Qxa8 {should also be sufficient for a draw after all.} Bxf4+ {This is
the difference. Black can include his bishop in the attack.} 26. Kg2 Qg4+ 27.
Kf2 Qxh3 28. Qxb7+ Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {should end peacefully due to the
opposite-colored bishops.}) 25... Kd7 26. Qxa8 Bxf4+ (26... Qd2+ 27. Re2 {
is certainly not a winning attempt for Black.}) 27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kf2 {
is also possible.} Qh4+ 29. Ke2 Qh2+ 30. Kd1 Bxe3 31. Qxb7+ Qc7 $11) 28... Bxe3
{Black has regained the rook and is currently up two pawns, not even
mentioning the weak white king. But the white king is not the only vulnerable
one...} 29. Qxb7+ Kd8 30. Qb8+ Kd7 (30... Qc8 31. Qd6+ Qd7 (31... Ke8 {even
loses.} 32. Be4 $18) 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qxg7 {is certainly not worse for White.})
31. Qxa7+ Ke8 (31... Ke6 $4 {would be unfortunate due to} 32. d5+ $18) 32. Qb8+
Kd7 33. Qb7+ Kd8 34. Qb8+ Kd7 35. Qb7+ {Neither side can sensibly continue,
therefore the draw by perpetual was the logical outcome. Before the game, I
had a feeling that such a wild struggle would emerge. Both Jeffery and I love
complications and a tactical mess which was fully reflected in this game.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {Taking
back with the e P is a rare guest in nowaday's tournament practice. White gets
the virtual P majority on the << and in comparision to the Ruy Lopez Exchange
Variation he keeps the ^^ as well. However precise move order is required.} 6.
Bc4 {This natural move is probably an inaccuracy.} ({The theoretical main line
is} 6. c3 $142 {/\ Bd3, Qc2, Ne2 and White will decide later where to castle.})
6... Qe7+ (6... Nd7 7. Bf4 {White wants to gain control over the important /^
h2-g8 preventing Black from Bd6.} (7. Ne2 Bd6 (7... Nb6 $6 8. Bb3 Bd6 {puts
the black pieces to vulnerable places after} 9. c4 $1 Bc7 (9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2
$16) 10. Bf4 {The exchange of the dark-squared B is good for White.} O-O (10...
Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. O-O $16 {/\ c5} Be6 13. d5 $16) 11. Bxc7 Qxc7 12. c5 Nd7
13. O-O b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Ng3 Rfe8 $2 17. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {
Spassky-Pfleger, Munich 1979}) 8. O-O (8. Bf4 Nb6 9. Bb3 O-O {-8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf4
Nb6 10.Bb3} (9... a5 $6 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 $14 {White has a virtual
P majority similar to the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation, but he hasn't given up
the ^^.})) 8... O-O 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Bb3 $1 (10. Bd3 Be6 11. c3 Nd5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6
13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Rad1 $14 {Karpov-Korchnoi, Baguio City 1978})
10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 (11... Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Bf5 13. c3 Qc7 14. Nd3 Rad8 15. Re1
g6 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Qd2 $16 {Liberzon-Korchnoi, Lone Pine op 1979}) 12. Bxe6 (
12. Re1 Re8) 12... fxe6 {White transformes the advantage of virtual P majority
to a backward P on e6.} 13. c3 Re8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Nd7 17.
Rfe1 b6 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. c4 $14 {Shirazi-Peters, Lone Pine 1981})
7... Nb6 8. Bb3 Nd5 9. Bd2 (9. Bg3 {was also logical to keep the important /^.}
Be7 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3 f5) 10... O-O 11. O-O Be6 (11... f5 12. Nf4 $14)) 9... Be7
10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O f5 {Black has some chances for a >> |^ with his f P.} 12.
Nf4 (12. Ng3 $6 {The N is completely misplaced here.} Be6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. c3 g6
15. Bh6 (15. Qf3 $6 {This is the beginning of a dubious plan.} a5 $1 {/\ a4}
16. a4 Bg7 17. Rad1 $2 Ne3 $1 {After this nice tactical blow based on the
undefended B on b3 Black gets the advantage.} 18. Bxe6 (18. Bxe3 Bxb3 19. Ra1
Bd5 $17 {with a dominating ^^.}) 18... Nxd1 19. Bb3 Nxb2 20. Rb1 Nxa4 21. Bxa4
b5 22. Bc2 Qf6 $17 {Arakhamia Grant-Korchnoi, Roquebrune 1998 CBM 67. The
White pieces lack harmony, while Black's << Ps are pretty dangerous.}) 15...
Re8 16. Qd2 Nb6 $13) 12... Nxf4 (12... Be6 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4 $16) 13.
Bxf4 Bf6 14. c3 Be6 15. Re1 Re8 $14) (6... Qd6 7. c3 Be6) (6... Be6) 7. Qe2 Be6
(7... Bg4 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Ne2 (9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {This P structure is
easily defendable for Black.} 11. Ne2 Kf7 12. Be3 {1/2:1/2 Ghizdavu-Bilek,
Lone Pine 1975}) 9... Nd7 10. Nf4 (10. Bd3 Nb6 11. c4 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. b3
Rhe8 14. Bb2 f5 15. Kf2 {If White can consolidate his position, his virtual P
majority becomes more and more important.} Bf6 16. Rab1 Kc7 17. Rhd1 $14 {
Matanovic-Markland, Bath tt ch-EU 1973}) (10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6
13. b3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O-O {1/2:1/2 Horvath-Barczay, Budapest ch-HU 1982
}) (10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. Bg3 Bxb3 15. axb3
Nd5 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Re2 Bb4 {1/2:1/2 G.Horvath-Barczay, Budapest 1988}) 10...
Nb6 11. Be2 (11. Bb3 Rd8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O-O $14 {
Ostojic-Stanojevic, Jugoslavija 1980}) 11... Bxe2 12. Kxe2 O-O-O 13. Rd1 Rhe8
14. Kf1 c5 15. Ne2 f5 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 $14 {
and the _|_ is favourable for White because of the useless doubled pawns,
Stein-Andersson, Las Palmas 1973.}) 8. Bb3 $142 (8. Bxe6 {helps only for
Black's development.} Qxe6 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3 g5 {against the N on the edge of the
board.} 10. f4 g4 11. Nf2 f5 12. h3 g3 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Be3 Nf6
16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Ke2 h5 $11 {Machulsky-Bronstein, Tbilisi 1974}) (9. Bf4 Na6 10.
O-O-O (10. c3 O-O-O 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Ne2 c5 $10 {Gaprindasvili-Andersson,
Dortmund 1978}) 10... O-O-O 11. c4 (11. a3 $2 {allows the penetration after}
Qa2 $1 12. c3 Nc7 13. Qg4+ Ne6 14. Ne2 Rd5 15. b4 g5 16. Be3 h5 17. Qf3 f5 18.
Bd2 Qxa3+ 19. Kc2 Qa2+ 20. Kd3 g4 21. Qe3 c5 22. h3 c4# {Hector-Hodgson,
Sevilla 1987}) (11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Nf3 (12. Ne2 Nb4 13. c3 Nd5 14. Bg3 $10 {
Smit-Bronstein, SU 1970}) 12... Bd6 13. Bg3 (13. Bxd6 Rxd6 14. Rhe1 Rhd8 15. c3
c5 16. Rd2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rxd6 Rxd6 19. Rd1 Kd7 20. Rxd6+ Kxd6 $10 {
Isaksen-Hartvig, Copenhagen 1993}) 13... Nc7 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. c4 b6 $10 {
Spangenberg-Soppe, Villa Gesell 1996}) 11... Qxe2 12. Nxe2 Bd6 13. Be3 Rhe8 14.
Nc3 Nc7 15. Kc2 $5 {keeping the P structure looks more flexible} (15. d5 cxd5
16. Nxd5 b6 $10 {Dzevlan-Despotovic, Jugoslavija 1987})) (9. Qxe6+ fxe6 {
This position is fairly drawish.} 10. Be3 (10. Nf3 Kf7 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 Be7
13. Bb2 Rhd8 14. Rfd1 b5 {/\ Nb6 blockading the light squares.} 15. a4 a6 16.
Kf1 Nb6 $10 {Dutreeuw-Hodgson, Haringey 1988}) 10... Nd7 11. O-O-O Kf7 12. Ne2
Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4+ 14. Nxf4 {1/2:1/2 Sax-Andersson, Wijk aan Zee 1981}) 9... Na6
10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Bronstein-Keres, Tallinn 1971})
(8. Bd3 c5 (8... Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. c4 g5 $5 {This looks a bit odd...} 11. Be3
O-O-O 12. O-O-O f5 13. f4 {(Vogt-Partos, Zinnowitz 1971)} g4 $5 $13) 9. dxc5 (
9. Nf3 c4 10. Be4 f5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bxf5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Qxf5 14. d5 $1 $13 {Filip
}) 9... Qxc5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Qa5 $10 {and the black
pieces are active enough to compensate the defected P structure,
Jovsic-Andersson, Titovo Uzice 1978.}) 8... Nd7 (8... a5 9. Bf4 $1 (9. Nf3 a4
10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Na6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Bf8 16.
h3 h6 17. a3 Nc7 $11 {Geller-King, Bern 1987}) 9... Nd7 (9... a4 10. Bxe6 Qxe6
11. O-O-O Be7 (11... Nd7 12. d5 cxd5 13. Qb5) 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxb8 {The point
with 9.Bf4!} Rxb8 14. Qb5+ $16 {Persson,M-Engqvist, Sweden Taby 1994}) 10.
O-O-O Nb6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 (11... fxe6 12. Nf3 $14) 12. Re1 $14) (8... Na6 $142 {
/\ Nb4} 9. c3 (9. Be3 Nb4 (9... Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe6 {White's P structure is also
corrupted a bit.} 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Nb4 $10 {
Sznapik-Lectynsky, Decin 1979}) 10. Nf3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qe4 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Bd2 {
1/2:1/2 Geller-Seirawan, New York 1990}) 9... Nc7 (9... Bxb3 10. axb3 Qxe2+ (
10... Nc7 11. Bf4 Nd5 {- 9...Nc7}) 11. Nxe2 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 (12... O-O-O 13.
Bxd6 Rxd6 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Rhe1 Rde6 16. Kd2 Nc7 17. Nf4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Rxe1
19. Kxe1 {In the N _|_ White has at least some chances to create a o^, while
Black has nothing to do on the >>.} Ne6 20. Nd3 $14 {Wendlemyr-Engqvist, Lulea
jun ch-SWE 1980}) 13. Nxf4 O-O-O 14. O-O $14 {Filip} (14. b4 Kb8 15. Kd2 Nxb4
$5 16. cxb4 Rxd4+ 17. Nd3 Rhd8 18. Ra3 Rxb4 $14 {Kuijpers-Lectynsky, Nice (ol)
1974. and the three pawns are not completely enough for the N,})) 10. Bf4 Bxb3
11. axb3 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Kd2 Qxe2+ 14. Nxe2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6
17. Ng3 Re6 18. Ne4 Nc7 19. Nc5 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Keres-Smyslov,
Amsterdam 1971}) 9. Nf3 (9. Bf4 {runs into} Nb6 {/\ Nd5} 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bg3
$11 {Tal} (11. Bd2 b5 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Ne1 $5 Be7 (13... Bd6 $5) 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
Ba5 $1 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 (19. Bxd2 Nc4)
19... Nc4 $13 {Tal-Bronstein, SU 1974})) 9... Bxb3 (9... Nb6 10. Be3 Qd7 11.
O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Bd2 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 $14 {and finally
White has got his slightly better _|_, Gofshtein-Ponferrada Luque, Sevilla op
2001.}) 10. axb3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bd6 12. Be3 a6 {[#]} 13. d5 $5 {White changes
the P structure to his favour.} (13. Nd2 O-O-O) 13... cxd5 (13... c5 $5) 14.
Rhd1 O-O-O 15. Rxd5 $14 Bc7 (15... Ne5) 16. b4 (16. Rad1 Ne5) 16... Nb6 (16...
Ne5 17. Rad1 (17. Rc5 b6 18. Rc3 Kb7) 17... Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Rd8 $14 {and White
has at least some theoretical chances for creating a o^.}) 17. Rc5 $1 {/\ b5}
Nd5 (17... Rhe8 18. b5 axb5 (18... Nd5 $5 {- 17...Nd5}) 19. Rxb5 {Now the P
structure clearly favours White.} Nd5 20. Ra8+ Bb8 21. Rc5+ Nc7 22. Ra3 $14)
18. b5 $1 b6 $1 {[#]} (18... Rhe8 19. bxa6 $1 (19. g3 Kb8 20. bxa6 Bb6 $132) (
19. c4 Nxe3 (19... Nf4+ $6 20. Kf1 Nd3 21. b6 $1 Nxc5 22. bxc7 Kxc7 23. Bxc5
$16) 20. fxe3 b6 $1 (20... axb5 21. Ra8+ Kd7 22. Rd5+ Ke7 23. Raxd8 Rxd8 24.
Rxb5 $14) 21. Rh5 axb5 22. Rxb5 (22. Rxh7 bxc4 23. Rxg7 Rd3 $132) 22... Kb7 23.
g3 Re4) 19... bxa6 20. Rxa6 Kb7 (20... Nf4+ 21. Kf1 Rd1+ 22. Ne1 Kb7 23. Ra3)
21. Ra3 Bb6 (21... Nf4+ 22. Kf1 Rd1+ 23. Ne1) 22. Rb3 Nf4+ 23. Kf1 Rd1+ 24. Ne1
$16 {and Black's activity cannot be continued.}) (18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 b6 (19...
axb5 20. Ra8+ Kd7 21. Ra7) (19... Rd6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Nd4) 20. Rc6 a5 21. b4
Kb7 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. c4 $16) 19. Rxd5 $1 {This positional exchange sacrifice
was the main idea, the situation becomes much more complicated.} Rxd5 20. c4 $1
(20. bxa6 Ra5) 20... Rdd8 (20... Rd7 $1 {looked more precise, for example:} 21.
bxa6 (21. Rxa6 Re8) 21... Re8 (21... Kb8 22. Nd4 $1 Re8 23. Kf3 Ka8 24. Nb5 $16
) 22. Kf1 Kb8 23. Nd4 Re4 $1) 21. bxa6 $1 (21. Rxa6 Kb7) 21... Rhe8 22. Kf1 $1
{/\ Nd4} Kb8 $6 (22... f5 $1 23. g3 Re4 24. Nd2 (24. b3 Kb8) 24... Re6 {
was the stubborn defence.}) 23. Nd4 Rd7 (23... Ka8 24. Nb5) 24. Nb5 (24. b4 $5)
24... Bd8 (24... Bxh2 25. Bxb6 (25. g3 $4 Bxg3) 25... Be5 26. c5 {The three
pawns are very dangerous, while Black's pawns look harmless on the other flank.
} Rd2 27. Re1 $1 Re6 28. Bc7+ Ka8 29. b4 Rxa6 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Nc7+ Kb7 32.
Nxa6 Kxa6 33. Rxe5 Kb5 34. Re7 Kxb4 35. c6 Rc2 36. c7 g5 37. Rxf7 h6 38. g3 Kb5
(38... g4 39. Rf4+ Kb5 40. Rxg4 Rxc7 41. Rg6 Rh7 42. g4 $18) 39. Rh7 Kb6 40. g4
Rxc7 41. Rxh6+ $18) 25. g3 Ka8 (25... f5 26. b3 $14) 26. b4 Re6 (26... Re4 27.
Rc1) 27. Nc3 Rc6 28. c5 $1 bxc5 (28... Rd3 29. b5 Rxe3 30. Rd1 Bc7 $1 (30...
Rxc5 31. Rxd8+ Ka7 32. Rd7+ Ka8 33. fxe3 Rxc3 34. Rb7 $18) 31. Nd5 $1 Rxc5 32.
Nxe3 Rxb5 33. Rd7 Bb8 (33... Be5 34. f4) 34. Nd5 $1 $16) 29. b5 $1 {This was
the point of White's breakthrough.} (29. Bxc5 Bb6 $15) 29... Re6 $6 (29... Rc8
$1 30. Na4 Rb8 31. Rb1 Rd6 32. Bf4 Rxa6 33. Nxc5 Ra2 34. Bxb8 Kxb8 $14 {
gave more chances for the survival.}) 30. Na4 Rd5 (30... Rd3 $5 31. Nxc5 Rexe3
32. fxe3 Rd5 (32... Rxe3 33. Rd1 $18) 33. Nb7 Bb6 34. Rb1 Rd2 (34... Bxe3 35.
b6 $18) 35. Rb3 (35. Rc1 Rd5) 35... Rxh2 36. Nd6 Rc2 $16) 31. Bxc5 (31. Nxc5 $4
Rxe3 $1 $19) 31... Rxc5 $1 {This is the best practical chance.} 32. Nxc5 Re5
33. Rd1 (33. Nb7 Bb6 34. Rb1 Rd5 35. Rb2 Ka7 36. Ke2 f5 $16) 33... Ba5 (33...
Be7 $2 34. b6 $1 Rxc5 35. Rd7 Re5 36. Rc7 $18) (33... Bb6 34. Na4 $1 (34. Nd7
Rxb5 35. Nxb6+ Rxb6 36. Rd8+ (36. Rd7 Rxa6 37. Rxf7 Ra7) 36... Ka7 37. Rg8 g6
38. Rg7 h5 39. Rxf7+ Kxa6 40. Rg7 f5 (40... g5 41. Rh7 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43.
Rxh4) 41. Kg2 Kb5 42. Kh3 $14) 34... Rxb5 35. Rd7 Ba7 $1 (35... Rb4 36. Nxb6+
Rxb6 37. Rxf7 g5 (37... Rxa6 38. Rxg7 h6 39. g4 $18) 38. Rxh7 Rxa6 39. h4 $18)
36. Nc3 $1 (36. Rxf7 Bd4) 36... Rb2 37. Nd5 Rxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rb2 (38... Rf5 39.
Kd2 Re5 40. Kd3 h6 41. Kc4 Re4+ 42. Kb5 Re5 43. Rd8+ Bb8 44. a7 Kxa7 45. Rd7+
Ka8 46. Ka6 $18) 39. Rxf7 g6 40. Rxh7 f5 41. Kd1 $18) 34. Nb7 Rxb5 (34... Bb6
35. Nd6 $18) 35. Nxa5 $1 {White has to go for the R _|_.} (35. Rd7 Bb4 36. Rxf7
Rb6 37. Rxg7 Rxa6 38. Rxh7 Ra7 39. Rf7 Rxb7 40. Rxf6 $14) 35... Rxa5 {[%mdl
4096]} 36. Rd8+ Ka7 37. Rg8 (37. Rd7+ {was the serious alternative!} Kxa6 38.
Rxf7 Rg5 39. Kg2 (39. f4 Rg6 40. Kf2 Kb5 41. Kf3 Kc4 42. f5 (42. h4 h5) 42...
Rg5 43. Kf4 h5 $11) 39... Kb5 (39... h5 40. Kh3 Kb6 41. Kh4 Kc5 42. f4) 40. h4
Rg6 41. h5 Rg5 42. h6 gxh6 43. Rxf6 Rg6 44. Rf7 Kc5 45. Rxh7 Kd6 46. Kh3 $16)
37... Rg5 (37... g5 $2 38. Rg7 Kxa6 39. Rxf7 f5 40. Rxh7 g4 41. Rh5 Kb6 42. Kg2
Kc6 43. h3 $1 gxh3+ 44. Kxh3 Kd6 45. f4 Ke6 46. Kh4 Ra8 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Kg5
Ra5 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Kxf5 Rxg3 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Kf6 $18) 38. Kg2 h5 $2 {Now
Black's position cannot be saved.} (38... f5 $1 {was the critical line.} 39.
Kf3 (39. f4 Rg6 40. h4 Kxa6 41. h5 Rh6 42. Rxg7 Rxh5 43. Rxf7 Kb6 {- 39.h4}) (
39. h4 Rg6 40. h5 Rg5 (40... Rg4 41. Rf8 f6 42. h6 gxh6 43. Rxf6 Rg6 44. Rxf5
Kxa6 45. f4 Kb6 46. Kf3 Kc6 47. g4 Kd6 48. Rf7 Kd5 49. Rd7+ Kc5 50. Rxh7 Kd5
51. f5 $18) 41. f4 Rxh5 42. Rxg7 Kxa6 43. Rxf7 Kb6 44. g4 fxg4 45. Kg3 Rh1 46.
Kxg4 h5+ 47. Kg5 h4 48. f5 h3 $1 49. Rh7 h2 50. Kf6 Kc6 51. Rh5 Kd7 $11) 39...
Kxa6 40. Ke3 (40. Kf4 Rg6 41. h4 h6 42. Kxf5 Kb6 43. g4 Kc6 44. g5 (44. f4 Kd6
45. g5 h5) 44... hxg5 45. hxg5 Kd7 46. f4 Ke7 47. Kg4 Ra6 48. Rxg7 Kf8 $11) (
40. Rf8 f6 41. Kf4 Kb6 42. h4 Rh5 43. Rf7 g6 44. Rxf6+ Kc7 45. Ke5 f4+ 46. Kxf4
Kd7 $11)) 39. f4 $1 $18 Rg6 40. Rh8 f5 (40... h4 41. Rxh4 f5 42. Rh5 Rf6 43.
Rh7 {- 40...f5}) (40... Kxa6 $5 41. Rxh5 (41. Rf8 h4 42. Rxf7 hxg3 43. hxg3 Kb5
44. Kf3 Kc6 45. f5 Rg5 46. g4 Kd5 47. Kf4 Kc6 $11) 41... Kb6 42. f5 $1 (42. Kf3
Kc6 43. g4 (43. h4 Kd6 44. f5 Rh6 45. Rxh6 gxh6 46. Ke4 Kc5 $11) 43... Kd6 44.
f5 Rh6 45. Rxh6 gxh6 46. Ke4 Kc5 47. Kf4 Kd6 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Kh4 Kf8 50. Kh5
Kg7 51. h3 Kh7 52. Kh4 Kg7 53. Kg3 Kf8 54. Kf4 Ke7 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Kg3 Kf8 $11)
42... Rg4 (42... Rg5 43. Rxg5 fxg5 44. f6 $18) 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. Rh7 $18 Ra3+ 45.
Kg4 Ra4+ 46. Kh3 Kc6 47. Rxg7 Ra7 48. Kg4 $18) 41. Rxh5 Rf6 42. Rh7 Rg6 (42...
g6 43. Kh3 Kxa6 44. Kh4 $18 {/\ Kg5}) 43. h4 Kxa6 44. h5 Rh6 (44... Rg4 45. h6
gxh6 46. Rxf7 $18) 45. Rxg7 Rxh5 46. Rxf7 {and the K is too far from the >>.}
Kb6 47. g4 $1 fxg4 (47... Rh4 48. Rxf5 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 Rg8 50. Rd5 Kc6 51. Rd4
$18) 48. Kg3 Kc6 49. Kxg4 Rh8 50. Kg5 Kd6 51. f5 Rg8+ 52. Kf6 Rh8 53. Kg6 Rh1
54. Ra7 Rg1+ 55. Kf7 Rf1 56. f6 Rf2 57. Ra1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 (5... h5 {/\ Nh6 is the "old"
Gurgenidze Variation.}) 6. Be3 {The B is vulnerable here.} (6. Nf3 f6 (6... Qb6
$6 {- Parligras-L.Vajda, Bucharest 2002 CBM 88}) (6... Bg4 7. h3 (7. Be3 Qb6 $5
(7... Nf5 8. Bf2 Qb6 9. Rb1 {White usually castles >>, so this is not a big
concession.} Nd7 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Bf8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 {Now we have a
"real" Gurgenidze type of position.} 14. Ne2 Be7 15. b3 Nh4 $13 {Hendriks-Van
der Wiel, Corus-B Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 8. Rb1 (8. Qd2 $6 {allows the corruption
of the entire >>.} Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. Bh3 e6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13.
O-O-O Nf8 {/\ Ne6 with a successful blockade and attacking >< f4.} 14. Kb1 Qa6
15. Ne2 Ne6 $15 {Nakamura-Zaichik, World op Philadelhia 2000}) 8... f6 {
This is Black's main threat in this variation.} 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. g4 e6 14. h4 Nf7 15. g5 O-O-O 16. Bf2 h6 17. Bg3 Nb6
18. O-O hxg5 19. hxg5 Nc4 20. Qd3 Nfxe5 $1 $44 {with a very dangerous
positional piece sacrifice, Shapiro-A.Ivanov, World op Philadelhia 2000.}) 7...
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qb6 (8... f6 9. g4) 9. Ne2 f6 10. g4 $5 {- Luther-Kalinin,
Petermaennchen 1999 CBM 73}) 7. h3 (7. a4 $143 {is completely out of question}
Bg4 8. a5 fxe5 9. dxe5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. O-O Nf5 13. g4 Nh4 14.
g5 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Nd7 16. Rh3 Qe7 17. Kg2 Rf7 18. Ne2 Raf8 19. Be3 c5 20. c3
Qd8 $13 {Katalymov-Kornev, RUS-Cup Tomsk 2001}) (7. Be3 Bg4 (7... O-O 8. h3 {
fighting for the key squares g4 and f5.} Nf7 9. Ne2 {/\ c3 in case of c5
holding the [+].} fxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Ng3
e6 15. Be2 Rc8 16. O-O $14 {Korneev-Fernandez Romero, Albacate op 2001}) (7...
Nf5 8. Bf2 fxe5 9. dxe5 $14 {looks better here.} (9. fxe5 Bh6 {The B really
strong on the /^ c1-h6.} 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Nd1 O-O 12. g4 Ng7 13. h3 (13. g5 $2
Bg4 $17 {Stellwagen-Van der Wiel, Hooveen Essent op 2001}) 13... Ne6 $11)) 8.
Be2 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Ne2 {This manoeuvre is hard to recommend.} Rc8
11. O-O e6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng3 Nf5 $132 {Metz-Finkel, Budapest FS 1995}) 8...
O-O {- 6.Be2}) 7... Nf5 8. Bd3 (8. g4 Ng3 9. Rg1 Ne4 {The N may cause more
problems for White in the [+].} (9... Nxf1 10. Rxf1 O-O (10... h5 $2 {weakens
>< g6 and White exploits it immediately.} 11. Qd3 $1 f5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Rg1
Rxh3 14. Rxg6 Rh1+ 15. Kf2 Kf7 16. Rg2 Qh8 17. Ne2 {and White crashes through
on the >>.} Bh6 18. Ng3 $16 {Velimirovic-Komliakov, JUG-chT Nis 1994}) (10...
Na6 11. a3 Qb6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. b4 {White wants to get everything on the board.}
O-O-O 14. Be3 h5 15. O-O-O hxg4 16. hxg4 Rdg8 17. f5 gxf5 18. gxf5 e6 {Black
has to blow up the [+] at any cost.} 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ne5 $14 {
Kovacevic-Iordachescu, Bucharest Primaver 1997}) 11. Be3 e6 12. Qd2 {and Black
is without any counterplay, his bishops remain dead.} Nd7 13. exf6 Qxf6 14.
O-O-O b6 15. h4 Ba6 16. Rh1 c5 17. h5 $16 {Velimirovic-Drazic, JUG-chT Herceg
Novi 2001}) 10. Bd3 (10. f5 {looks again a bit unprepared.} fxe5 11. dxe5 Qb6
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Qxg1 17. Bf4 Rf8
18. Nxc6 Qc5 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 {1/2:1/2 Khruschiov-Chatalbashev, EU-ch Ohrid 2001})
10... f5 11. Ne2 $5 (11. gxf5 {This looks a bit premature.} Bxf5 12. Bxe4 dxe4
13. Ng5 Bh6 14. Be3 Bxg5 15. Rxg5 e6 16. Qe2 Na6 17. O-O-O Nb4 18. Kb1 Nd5 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 20. h4 h5 $13 {Velimirovic-Nevednichy, JUG Cup Ulcinj 1998})) (8. Ne2
{This is the only way avoiding the N's penetration on g3, but looks rather
slow.} h5 9. g3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. exf6 {White wants to take on d4 by a piece.}
(11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 {with French type of motifs.}) 11...
Bxf6 12. Nfxd4 Nc6 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 {Black's lead of development is significant.}
14. Bg2 d4 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Nxd4 Qd5 17. Kf2 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Bc2 $5 19. Qxc2
Qxh1 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. Bd2 $44 {David-Krasenkow, New York op 1997}) 8... Ng3 9.
Rg1 f5 {Black wants to create a very strong N on e4, but what will happen if
White will take it?} (9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 e6 12. Qf3 fxe5 13. Qxg3
Bf6 14. Nf3 e4 15. Be3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Qe7 17. g4 Nd7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. O-O-O {
1/2:1/2 Wahls-Hodgson, BL 1999}) (9... O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 f5 {This
blockade plan cannot be good.} 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Qe1 Ne4 14. g4 Nb6 15. Kb1 b4
16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Kh8 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qg3 $16 {
Wahls-Bologan, BL 1996}) (9... fxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Ne2 $1 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Bh6
13. g4 $1 {White sacrifices the P for a big lead of development.} Bxf4 14. Bxf4
Rxf4 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rgf1 Nc5 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Ng5 $1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rxf1 20.
Rxf1 Qd4 21. Nf7 Bd7 22. a3 Qa4 23. Bxg6 $1 $18 {Acs-Minasian. Dubai UAE 2002})
10. Be3 b6 (10... Qb6 11. Qc1) (10... O-O 11. Ne2 Nxe2 (11... Ne4 12. g4 $14)
12. Qxe2 $14) 11. Qd2 (11. Ne2 {immediately looks also strong, Black's only
good piece is the g3 N, let's exchange it.} Nxe2 (11... Ne4 12. g4 O-O 13. c4
$14) 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O-O $14) 11... e6 (11... Ne4 12. Qe2) (11... O-O 12.
O-O-O Ne4 13. Qe1) 12. Ng5 $14 {Tzermiadianos-Nevednichy, Chalkidiki 2002}) (6.
Be2 f6 (6... Qb6 $6) (6... Na6 $6 {This N manoeuvre is rather time-consuming.}
7. Nf3 Nc7 8. Be3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf5 11. Bf2 e6 12. Qd3 Nh4 13. O-O-O
Nxf3 14. Qxf3 {and Black is doomed to ethernal passivity.} f5 15. g4 $16 {
Dolmatov-Minasian, Cannes 1994}) 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 (8. Qd2 {- Skripchenko
Lautier-Krasenkov, Corus-B Wijk aan Zee 2002 CBM 87}) 8... Bg4 {-
Godena-Iordachescu, EU-ch Ohrid 2001 CBM 84}) 6... Ng4 (6... f6 7. Qd2 $6 {
- Livhits-Finkek, Israel semi final 2000 CBM 76}) 7. Qd2 $5 {White gives up
his strong B, which can be useful if the position will be opened up.} (7. Bd2
Qb6 (7... O-O 8. Nf3 f6) 8. Nf3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 {White has a big lead of
development for the sacrificed P, although the position remains fairly closed.}
Qa3 10. Bd3 $5 (10. h3 Ne3 11. Bxe3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qxa2 14. Qc1 Bf5
15. Rxb7 (15. Rb2 Qa3 16. Qb1 e6 17. Rxb7 $14) 15... O-O (15... Qxc2 16. Qa3
Nd7 17. Rb2 Qe4+ 18. Be3) 16. Rb2 Qa3 (16... Qa4 $4 17. Qb1 $18 {
Iordachescu-Sanduleac, Bucharest 1998}) 17. Bb4 Qa4 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bd6 $14)
10... O-O (10... Ne3 $2 11. Bxe3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qa3 13. Rb3 Qxa2 14. Qc1 $18 {
and the Q is trapped.}) 11. O-O $44) (7. Bc1 Nh6 $11 {is only a repetition of
moves.}) 7... c5 (7... Bf5 8. O-O-O Nd7 9. Nf3 {/\ Bg1} Nxe3 10. Qxe3 e6 11. h3
h5 12. g3 {/\ Rg1, g4 and the B is captured.} b5 (12... Qa5 $2 13. Rg1 $1 b5 (
13... a6 14. g4 $18 {Rublevsky-Scannell, Rethymnon 2003}) 14. g4 $18) 13. Rg1
b4 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Nd2 $14 {Tayeb-Yurtaev, Dubai 1999}) (7... f6 8. O-O-O (8.
Nf3 fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bf5 $15 {
Shabanov-Komliakov, Moscow1 1995}) 8... Bh6 9. g3 fxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe3 11. Qxe3
Qb6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. a3 $14 {
Lendwai-Fauland, AUT-ch 1989}) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 c4 ({The natural
} 10... O-O {loked more to the point} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {Black's ^^ can be
dangerous in the long run.} 12. O-O (12. dxc5 Rb8 13. Rb1 f6 $132) 12... Rb8 (
12... c4 13. b3 {- 10...c4}) 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Nxc5 (14. b3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16.
Qe1 $14) 14... Rxb2 $13) 11. Bxc6+ (11. b3 $5) 11... bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3
Ba6 14. Rf2 $14 {The g7 B is more or less entombbed.} (14. Rfe1) 14... Bb5 (
14... e6 15. Na4 $14) 15. e6 $5 (15. Nd2 $16 {forcing Black to decide looks
also promising.}) 15... f5 16. Ng5 $5 (16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nd7 $16 {with an
excellent N covering both >< e5 and c5.}) 16... Rf6 17. Re1 a5 18. Nf7 $2 (18.
Qh3 {provoking} h6 {and only then} (18... h5 19. Nxb5 cxb5 20. Qf3 $16) 19. Nf7
$16 {looked more to the point.}) 18... Qc8 19. Rd2 a4 20. b4 a3 21. Nd1 $6 (21.
h3 {/\ g4 continuing the -> on the >> was the logical follow-up.}) 21... Ba6
22. Nf2 Qb8 23. g4 {[#]} (23. c3 Bc8 $1 $13) 23... c3 $1 {Black's counterplay
comes just in time.} 24. Qxc3 fxg4 (24... Qxf4 $5 {deserved serious attention,
for example:} 25. Qxc6 (25. g5 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Kxf7 27. Rxc6 Qxg5+ 28. Kh1 Qf4
$17) 25... Rb8 $13) 25. Nxg4 Rxf4 26. Nge5 {Now both knights are effective
again.} Bb5 (26... Qb5 27. Kg2 Rf1 28. Rdd1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 $14) 27. Qg3 Rf6 (
27... Rf5 28. c3 Qc7 29. Rg2 $16) 28. Nd7 $2 {Exchanging the Q helps only for
Black.} (28. Qg4 $40 {was critical continuing the -> on the >>.}) 28... Qxg3+
29. hxg3 Rf3 $1 30. Kg2 Rc3 31. Nc5 $2 {Now >< a2 becomes vulnerable.} (31.
Nde5 Ba4 $132) 31... Bc4 32. Nb3 (32. Ra1 Rb8 $17) 32... Rb8 33. Na5 Bxa2 $1
34. Ra1 Rxb4 $1 $19 {Black sacrifices a piece but his << pawns are close to
promotion.} (34... Bc4 35. Nxc6 Rb6) 35. Rxa2 Rb2 36. Ra1 Rcxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2+
38. Kh3 a2 39. Nb3 c5 $1 {Now comes the last reserve.} 40. Ne5 cxd4 (40... c4
41. Nc1 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Rc3 $1 (42... Rxc1 $2 {is premature due to} 43. Rxc1 c3
44. Kg2 c2 45. Kf2 $18) (42... d4 $2 43. Nxa2 c3 44. Nb4 Rd2 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46.
Re8 $16) 43. Kg2 (43. Nxa2 Ra3 $19) 43... d4 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Nxa2 Ra3 $17 {
with a nasty pin.}) 41. Nd3 Bh6 42. Nbc1 (42. Nbc5 Bd2 43. Na4) 42... Bxc1 (
42... Rc3 $1 {would have won easily.} 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Nf4 Bxf4 45. gxf4 Kf6 $19
) 43. Nxc1 Rc3 (43... Rc4 $1 44. Nd3 (44. Nxa2 $2 Ra4 $19) 44... Ra4 45. Nc1
Kg7 46. Rxa2 Rxa2 47. Nxa2 Kf6 $19 {with four pawns against the N.}) 44. Ne2 $1
Ra3 45. Nxd4 Kg7 46. Nc2 Ra6 (46... Ra4 $5) 47. Nb4 {Now the draw is
inevitable.} Rxe6 (47... Ra5 48. Rxa2 Rxa2 49. Nxa2 Kf6 $11) 48. Nxd5 (48. Rxa2
Rd6) 48... Re5 49. Nb4 Re4 50. Nc6 Re6 51. Nb4 Re4 52. Nc6 Re6 53. Nb4 Re4 54.
Nc6 (54. Nxa2 Ra4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Be3 f6 7. h3 (7.
Qd2 $6 {Now the e3 B gets into trouble.} O-O (7... Nf5 $6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Be6
10. O-O-O Nd7 11. h3 b5 12. Ne2 a5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 $16 {
Michaille-Andurand, Lyon op 1993}) (7... Ng4 {and the B cannot run away.}) 8.
O-O-O (8. Be2 {- 7.Be2}) 8... Ng4 9. Be2 b5 $1 $132 {- Livshits-Finkel, Ramat
Aviv 2000 CBM 078}) (7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 (8. h3 $6 {is too slow.} Nf5 9. Bf2 fxe5
10. dxe5 g5 $1 {blowing up White's [+].} 11. g4 Nh6 12. fxg5 Nf7 13. g6 hxg6
14. Nf3 e6 15. Bc5 Re8 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Bd6 Nxd6 18. exd6 Nf8 19. h4 e5 $17 {
Berthelot-Sulava, Gonfreville Master 1999}) (8. Qd2 fxe5 (8... Nf5 $6 9. Bf2
fxe5 (9... Qb6 {This provocative move usually helps only for White.} 10. Na4 {
The N was really bad on c3 anyway...} Qc7 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. g4 Nh6
14. h3 e6 15. Ng5 Re8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Nc5 bxc4 20.
Bd4 Bxe5 21. Nge4 Nf5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. O-O-O $18 {Morozevich-Iordachescu, Wch
U20 Zagan 1997}) 10. dxe5 e6 11. Nf3 b6 12. g4 Ne7 13. h4 $16 {Golod Ratner,
A-Safranska,A/Sala op 1994}) 9. dxe5 (9. fxe5 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 $14 {
is the simple way holding White's P chain, but giving up the dark-squared B is
not everyone's taste.}) 9... g5 $5 {This hyper-aggressive blow has it's
drawbacks, too.} (9... Nd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. h3 $14 {and Black's pieces on the >>
are doomed to passivity.}) (9... Nf5 10. Bf2 $14) 10. fxg5 (10. Nf3 {is the
alternative quickly developing the pieces ignoring the weakness of e5.} gxf4 (
10... g4 11. Nh4 $1 {fighting for >< f5} (11. Ng5 Nf5) 11... e6 (11... Nf5 12.
Bf2 Nxh4 13. Bxh4 Bf5 14. h3 $1 $16) 12. g3 $14) 11. Bxf4 Nf7 12. O-O-O Bg4 13.
Nd4 $14) 10... Nf7 11. Nf3 {was the natural reply.} (11. Nh3 $2 Nxe5 (11...
Bxh3 $6 {giving up the ^^ in order to corrupt the white P structure is rather
dangerous. Both alternatives looked better:} 12. gxh3 Nxe5 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14.
Rhf1 $14 {Skripchenko-Krasenkow, Wijk aan Zee 2002 CBM 087}) (11... Bxe5 12.
O-O-O Qa5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 (14... Bxh3 $6 15. gxh3 e5 16. Qh4 $16) 15.
Qh4 Bf5 (15... Qc5 16. Rhf1 $14) 16. Rhf1 Bg6 17. Kb1 $13) 12. Nf4 Ng4 $13)
11... Nxe5 (11... Bf5 12. O-O-O) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O-O {Black's P structure
is better and he has good prospects in the [+], but White's lead of
development is also an important factor.} Bf5 (13... Bg7 14. Rhf1 $14) (13...
Qa5 14. Rhf1 Rxf1 15. Rxf1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 {The ^^ in an opened
position with assymetrical P structure is favourable for White.} e5 18. Bc5 Nd7
19. Bd6 $16) 14. Rdf1 Nd7 15. g4 {White's pawns on the >> begin to march ahead.
} Bg6 16. Rxf8+ Nxf8 (16... Qxf8 17. h4 $16) 17. h4 Qa5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4
Nd7 20. h5 $16) 8... Bg4 9. O-O {looks the most natural continuation.} (9. Nh4
$6 {- Godena-Iordachescu, EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001 CBM 84}) (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6
(10... Nf5 11. Bf2 fxe5 12. fxe5 (12. dxe5 {is again rather double-edged:} e6
13. h4 Nd7 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. c3 b5 $13 {De Firmain-Poley, Osterskan 1994}) 12...
e6 13. O-O Nd7 (13... h5 $5 14. Ne2 $14 {preparing against c5.} (14. Qd3 $6 c5
$1 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. Ne2 Qg5 17. c4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ncxd4 19. Bxd4 Nh4 20. Qe2
Rac8 21. c5 Rf7 $19 {A.Sokolov-Komliakov, Nizhnij Novgorod 1998})) 14. Ne2 Qg5
{with pressure again on the c1-h6 /^.} 15. Qd3 h5 16. Kh2 Rf7 17. Rg1 c5 18. c3
$13 {Los-Nevednichy, Groningen 1993}) (10... Nd7 11. O-O fxe5 12. fxe5 e6 13.
Ne2 Qb6 14. Qd3 Rae8 15. b3 c5 $11 {Belov-Fakhudinov, RUS-ch U16 Serpukhov})
11. O-O (11. Qd2 $6 Nf5 12. Bg4 fxe5 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. fxe5 c5 $15 {J.
Pereira-F.Ribeiro, POR-ch 1994}) (11. g4 $6 {is again suicidal:} fxe5 12. fxe5
(12. dxe5 d4 $1 {and White's P chain collapses.}) 12... c5 $1 13. dxc5 Nc6 14.
O-O Nf7 15. Nb5 Bxe5 $17 {Hazai-Van Mil, Hungary chT 1997}) 11... Nd7 12. Ne2
Qe7 13. g4 fxe5 14. fxe5 c5 15. c3 {Now White can hold his [+]!} Nf7 16. Qd2
Rac8 17. Bg2 Rc7 18. Nf4 Nb6 19. b3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rfc8 21. Rf2 $14 {with some
space advantage for White, Zaichik-Titov, Kostroma 1985.}) (9. Qd2 Nf5 10. Bf2
Nd7 11. O-O (11. O-O-O Bxf3 $1 12. exf6 (12. Bxf3 $2 {is strongly met by} fxe5
13. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 {with nasty threats on the c1-h6 /^.}) 12... Rxf6 (12... exf6
{This is a bit passive.} 13. Bxf3 {White now can use his space advantage for
an |^ on the >>.} Nd6 {/\ f5!} 14. h4 f5 {controlling _|_ e4} 15. h5 Nf6 16.
hxg6 hxg6 17. Bh4 Qd7 18. Rdg1 {/\ g4} Rae8 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. g4
$36) 20. g4 $14 {Cao Sang-Iordachescu, Moscow 1994}) 13. Bxf3 Nb6 $13) 11...
Bh6 12. Rae1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 fxe5 14. dxe5 e6 15. Kh1 Kh8 $11 {Lanka-Hodgson,
NLD-ch op 1994}) (9. Qd3 Nd7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. fxe5 e6
14. Ne2 c5 15. c3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 {1/2:1/2 Berelovich-Kalinin, Alushta 1999})
9... Nf5 (9... fxe5 10. fxe5 (10. dxe5 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 {Black's 
[+] can be mobilized by c5.} 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bg4 Qe7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 {
(Sveshnikov-Yurtaev, Volgodonsk 1983)} c5 $132 {Sveshnikov}) 10... Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 Nf5 (11... e6 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. c3 Nd7 15. a4 c5 16. a5 Rac8 17.
Kh1 Kh8 18. Qd3 $14 {Anand-Kantsler, Frunze 1997}) 12. Bf2 Bh6 {This is
Black's main threat here.} 13. Qd3 e6 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. c4 $14 (15. g4 $6 {
is premature:} Qg5 16. h3 c5 $5 $132 (16... Rf7 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bg3 Qe3+ $11 {
Cela-Nevednichy, Athens 1998}))) 10. Bf2 Bh6 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 fxe5 12. fxe5
{- 9...fxe5 10.fxe5} (12. dxe5 {- 9...fxe5 10.dxe5})) 11. Nh4 $5 (11. g3 Nd7
12. Qd3 fxe5 13. dxe5 e6 14. h4 {/\ Ng5} Qe7 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxg5 17.
hxg5 Qb4 18. Nd1 a6 19. b3 Rf7 20. a3 Qf8 21. Kg2 Qg7 22. Nb2 $14 {Saltaev-Van
Mil, Capella Grande 1998}) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bxf4 $6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Nxf5
Rxf5 15. Bh4 $1 $16 {Schuster-Baerwinkel, DLM 1995}) (7. Nf3 Bg4 (7... O-O 8.
h3 (8. Be2 {- 7.Be2}) 8... fxe5 9. dxe5 e6 10. Qd2 {/\ 0-0-0, g4} (10. g4 c5 $5
11. g5 d4 (11... Nf5 12. Bxc5) 12. gxh6 Bxh6 13. Nb5 (13. Nxd4 $6 Qh4+ 14. Bf2
Qxf4 $36) 13... a6 14. Nbxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18.
O-O-O Re4) 10... Qa5 11. g4 c5 12. Nb5 (12. b4 $5 cxb4 13. Nb5 $44 {
Vajda-Istratescu, Bucharest 1998}) 12... Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nf7 15.
c4 $14) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 fxe5 10. dxe5 $1 (10. fxe5 {is again illogical,
Black quickly finishes development.} Nf5 11. Bf2 O-O 12. Qd3 e6 13. O-O-O (13.
Ne2 c5 14. c3 Nc6 $15) 13... c5 $15 {Flores-Bruzon, Oropesa del Mar 1999})
10... O-O 11. Qe2 {is interesting.}) 7... fxe5 (7... Nf5 8. Bf2 fxe5 9. dxe5 {
- 7..fxe5}) 8. dxe5 $5 (8. fxe5 {is again not very impressive.} Nf5 9. Bf2 (9.
Bf4 $6 Qb6 10. Nge2 Qxb2 $15) 9... c5 $5 {comes into consideration.} (9... Bh6
10. Qd3 b6 (10... Na6 11. a3) 11. g4 Ba6 12. Qd1 Ng7 (12... Bxf1 13. gxf5 Ba6
14. Qg4 $14) 13. Bxa6 (13. h4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 {Here the K is not very nice.} Ne6
$5 (14... O-O 15. g5 Nf5 $13 {- Nataf-Minasian, ICC INT 2004 CBM 105}) 15. g5
Bg7 16. Qg4 Qd7 17. h5 Rf8 18. Nf3 Na6 $15) 13... Nxa6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Be3 Bxe3
16. Qxe3 Qd7 17. O-O-O $14 {with some space advantage for White.})) 8... Nf5 (
8... g5 $2 {is overoptimistic, Black has to finish his development first, and
only after than open the position.} 9. Qh5+ Nf7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Qg6 $18 {
Volokitin-Van Mil, Germany 2003}) 9. Bf2 h5 {The well-known blockading
strategy.} (9... d4 10. Nce2 (10. Ne4 {looks more active.}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 (
11. Nxd4 $5) 11... c5 12. g4 Nh6 {If the N has to retreat, Black's strategy
has failed.} 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bg2 $14 {Lanka-Trommsdorf, Cannes 1995}) 10. Nf3
Nd7 {/\ Nf8 and blockading the vital e6 square.} (10... h4 11. Qd2 Qa5 12.
O-O-O $36) 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Qd2 Be6 {Now the N on f8 is out of play.} (12... Ne6
13. O-O-O h4 14. Ne2 $16) 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Ng5 (15. g4 $5 {
immediately looked strong, too.} hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Nh6 18. g5 Nf5 (
18... Ng4 19. Bg1) 19. Ned4 $16) 15... Bh6 16. g4 Ng7 17. Nxe6 Ngxe6 18. g5 $1
Bg7 19. c3 $16 {Black's >> is more or less paralyzed.} Kb8 20. Qc2 Rg8 21. Kb1
Bh8 (21... c5 {is strongly met by} 22. c4 $1 d4 {and the vital e4 square
belongs to White.} 23. Be4 $16) 22. c4 $1 {White has to open up the position
with his ^^ and active pieces.} Qa5 23. a3 Rg7 {The black pieces look really
pathetic!} (23... d4 24. c5 $18) 24. Ka2 {White has time for everything.} (24.
cxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 $18) 24... Nc5 {Desperation.} (24... d4 25. c5 $1) 25. b4
Nxd3 26. bxa5 Nxf2 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rc1 (28. Rxd5 $18) 28... e6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. f4 d5 5. e5 {The Gurgenidze Variation
gives White at least the space advantage.}) 4... d5 5. h3 Nf6 (5... dxe4 6.
Nxe4 Nd7 {/\ Ngf6 is a safe option with only slightly better chances for White.
}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 (7. Bd3) 7... dxe4 8. Ng5 c5 9. e6 $5 {This leads to
immense complications.} (9. dxc5 {- Yemelin-Lebedev/ St Petersburg Petroff mem
op RUS 2000}) (9. Bc4) 9... Bxe6 {[%mdl 32768]} (9... f6 $5 10. Nf7 $5 {
Here White certainly wants more, but the risk is also higher!} (10. Nxe4 {
White is satisfied with a small, but durable advantage.} Qxd4 (10... cxd4 11.
Bc4 Qb6 12. O-O Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qa4 $14) 11. Qxd4 cxd4 12.
Bc4 Nc6 13. Bf4 $14 {with a lead of development for White.}) 10... Qxd4 11.
Nxh8 Bxh8 $1 {This is the precise move order.} (11... Bxe6 {allows White to
get back a P.} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Be3 Qd6
17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Qd2+ Kc8 20. Bf4 $16 {B.Lalic-Webster, St
Heliers op 1997}) (11... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 {The _|_ can only be better for White
with an exchange up.} Bxh8 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. g4 Nd4 15. Re1 Nxe6 16. Rxe4 $16 {
Minguez Rodriguez-Bosque Ortega, Canovelles opA 1999}) 12. Bb5+ $142 {
Development first!} (12. Qxd4 cxd4 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bh6+ Kg8 16.
O-O-O f5 {and suddenly the phalanx of the black pawns begin to move ahead.} 17.
Bg5 (17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Bg5 Bxe6 19. Bxe7 Bxa2 20. Bc5 (20. b3 d3 $1) 20... d3
$1 $15 {with a funny landscape having the black pawns on the b1-h7 /^.}) 17...
Nc7 18. Bd7 Bxd7 19. exd7 Kf7 20. h4 Ne6 21. f3 exf3 22. gxf3 Rd8 $13 {S.
Lalic-Webster, St Heliers op 1997}) 12... Nc6 ({Both} 12... Kd8 13. Be3 $1 $16)
({and} 12... Kf8 {are answered by} 13. Be3 $1 $16) 13. O-O Bxe6 14. c3 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Bd7 16. Be3 $14) (9... fxe6 $6 {creates a rather ugly P structure with a
passive B on c8.} 10. dxc5 Qa5+ (10... Qd5 11. Qg4 $5 (11. Qe2 Qxc5 (11... O-O
12. Nxe4 Nd7 13. Qc4 $14) 12. Nxe4 Qc7 13. c3 O-O 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Rd1 $14)
11... Qxc5 (11... O-O 12. Nxe4 (12. Qh4 $5 h6 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Qg4) 12... Bd4 (
12... Nc6 13. Bc4 $1 $16) 13. c3 $1 (13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 e5 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. b3 Raf8 20. Kh1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxc5 22. f3
b5 $11 {Ziatdinov-Raicevic, Belgrade-C 1991}) 13... Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3
$16) (11... e3 12. Bxe3 Bxb2 13. Bc4 $14) 12. Qxe4 (12. Nxe4 Qxc2 13. Bc4 Nc6
14. O-O e5) 12... Bc3+ $1 13. Kd1 Bf6 14. Qc4 $14 {with a virtual P majority
for White.}) 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Nxe4 Qd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Bc4 Qa5 16.
O-O Ne5 17. Bb3 $16 {and the weak pawns on the e line secure White the
long-lasting advantage, Agnos-Carlier, Val Thorens Principal 1994.}) 10. Nxe6
fxe6 11. dxc5 (11. Bc4 $5 {is a bit generous move ignoring material and
preferring development.} cxd4 $5 (11... Nc6 12. Qg4 Nxd4 (12... Qxd4 13. Qxe6
Rf8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. c3 Bf4 $1 18. Bxc5 Rd2 19. Ba3
Bd6 $11) 13. Qxe4 O-O (13... Qb6 14. c3) 14. c3 b5 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7
17. O-O {Black's P structure is only slightly inferior.} Qd6 18. Qe4 Rd8 19.
Be3 a6 20. Rad1 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kh2 Bf8 23. Bxc5 Rd2 24. b4 (24. Qa8 $5
Rxb2 (24... Rf5 25. Bd4 Rxb2 26. Qxa6 $14) 25. Qxa6 $14) 24... Rxa2 $11 {
Palkovi-Velicka, Team Championships CZE 1998}) (11... Qxd4 12. Qe2 (12. Bxe6 $5
Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nc6 14. c3 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Rf8 16. Be3 $14 {^^}) 12... Nc6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. c3 Qd3 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bb3 Ne5 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4
Nd3 20. Rxe7 Rxf2 {(Kosten-Webster, Hastings 1995)} 21. Bc4 $1 Bf6 22. Rxb7 Re2
23. Bh6 Rxb2 24. Rf7 Ne5 (24... Bxc3 $4 25. Bxd3) 25. Rxf6 Nxc4 26. Raf1 $16) (
11... Qb6 12. O-O $1 cxd4 13. Qg4 Nd7 $1 14. Qxe4 Rc8 15. Qe2 e5 {The light
squares are terribly weak in Black's camp.} (15... Nc5 16. Bb5+) 16. c3 $1 {
opening up the position, Balinov.} (16. b3 $5 e6 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 Qd6 19. Ba3
Nc5 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. h4 Rf5 22. Rd3 $1 Qd8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxe6 Rh5 25. g3
$16 {Balinov-Srienz, Austria 1992})) (11... Qa5+ 12. c3 (12. Bd2 $5) 12... cxd4
13. O-O dxc3 (13... d3 14. Re1 Qf5 15. Qb3) 14. Bxe6 cxb2 15. Rb1 bxc1=Q 16.
Rxc1 Nc6 17. Qd7+ Kf8 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. Qxc6 Bf6 20. Qxe4 Kg7 21. Bb3 $14 {
Balinov}) 12. Bxe6 (12. Qg4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qf5 14. Bxe6 Qxg4 15. hxg4 Nc6 16.
O-O-O (16. Bd5 e3 $1 17. fxe3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Rd8 21.
Be4 Nd4+) 16... Rd8 (16... d3 17. Bd5) 17. Rde1 e3 18. fxe3 d3 $11) 12... Qb6
13. Bb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bc4 e6 $13) (11. Qg4 Qd5 $1 (11... Qxd4 12. Qxe6
Nc6 13. Bc4 Rf8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Be3) (11... cxd4 12. Qxe6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qf5 14.
Qb3 Nd7 15. Bc4 $44) 12. Bb5+ (12. dxc5 O-O) 12... Nd7 (12... Nc6 $6 {runs
into the pin.} 13. c4 Qf5 14. Qxf5 gxf5 15. d5 (15. dxc5 $6 O-O-O $17 {
Crut-Gicguel, Crean op 1999}) 15... a6 16. dxc6 axb5 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. cxb5 Rxb7
19. a4 $14) 13. dxc5 (13. c4 {is now not so dangerous.} Qf5 14. dxc5 Qxg4 15.
hxg4 O-O-O 16. c6 Nc5 17. Be3 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 a6) 13... O-O-O $13) 11... Qd5 $6
$146 {This unnecessarily complicates matters.} (11... Qxd1+ {is the logical
continuation.} 12. Kxd1 O-O (12... Nd7 $6 13. c3 (13. Be3 $6 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Ba3
15. Bb5 {(1/2:1/2 L.Vajda-Moldovan, Cicoltea mem Bucharest 1997)} O-O-O $17)
13... Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. Be3 $14 {^^ Milu,R}) (12... Nc6 $2 13. c3 {
securing the escape of the K to c2.} O-O-O+ 14. Kc2 e5 15. Bb5 Rhf8 16. Rf1 $16
{Bjerring-Bosque, Barbera-A 1997}) 13. Bc4 $1 (13. Ke2 $6 {is against common
sense.} Na6 14. Be3 Rac8 $11 {Timoschenko-Maculskij, SU 1974}) 13... Nc6 (13...
Rxf2 $2 {Brack is hunting pawns instead of finishing development.} 14. Bxe6+
Kh8 15. Bc8 $1 {Here is the punishment!} (15. Bd5 Nc6 16. Be3 (16. Bxe4 Bd4)
16... Rxg2 17. Bxe4 Rd8+ 18. Ke1 Bxb2 (18... Rg3 19. Kf2 (19. Bf2 Rg5) 19...
Be5 20. Rad1 $14) 19. Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Kf1 Rg3 21. Kf2 Be5 22. Rxb7 Rf8+ 23. Ke2
Nd4+ 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 26. Bd3 Rd5 27. c6 Rc5 28. Rxe7 {1/2:1/2
Agnos-Komliakov, Val Thorens Principal 1994}) 15... Nd7 $1 16. Bxd7 Rd8 17. Ke1
Rxc2 18. Ba4 Rxg2 19. Kf1 Rg3 20. Bc2 $16) 14. Bxe6+ (14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Rb1
Rad8+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11 {Klovsky-Sokolin, New York Enhance 1993})
14... Kh8 15. Rf1 Rad8+ 16. Ke1 Bd4 17. c3 Bxc5 18. Ke2 {Now the K is safe in
the middle.} Rf6 19. Bb3 Ne5 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rad1 $14 {looks simpler.} (21.
Bxc5 Nf4+ $5 (21... Nxc5 22. Rad1 Nd3 23. Ke3 $14) 22. Ke3 {This is the
beginning of a funny K march.} Nxg2+ 23. Kxe4 Rf4+ 24. Ke5 Rf5+ 25. Ke6 Rxc5
26. Rad1 Nf4+ (26... Rg8 $6 {(Vitolinsh-Ubilava, URS-ch otbor 1975)} 27. Rd7
$16) 27. Kxe7 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re5+ 29. Kd6 Re2 30. h4 Rxf2 31. Kc7 $14)) 12. c3 (
12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. c3 Qf5) (12. Be2 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14.
c3) 12... Nc6 $6 (12... Qxc5 $6 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Rd1 $44) (12...
Nd7 $6 13. Bb5 $16) (12... O-O $142 {was the logical continuation.} 13. Be3 Nd7
14. Bb5 Ne5 15. O-O $14 {Svidler}) 13. Be3 $16 O-O-O $5 (13... O-O 14. Bb5 Ne5
15. O-O Nd3 16. Qb3 $1 $16) 14. Bb5 Ne5 (14... Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1
Rd8+ 17. Ke2 $16 {and the _|_ is clearly better for White.}) (14... a6 15. Be2
Ne5 16. O-O Qc6 17. Qc2 $16 {and Black's triple pawns remain ugly.}) 15. O-O
Nd3 $2 {Black wants to complicate matters.} ({The _|_ after} 15... Qxd1 16.
Raxd1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bd4 $16 {was not rosy either
because of the weak P structure and White's ^^.}) 16. c4 $1 (16. Qb3 Nxc5 (
16... Rhf8 17. c6 $1 bxc6 18. Bc4 $16) 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 $16) (16. Qa4 $6
a6) 16... Qh5 $5 (16... Qe5 17. c6 $1 (17. Qa4 a6 $1 {is not that clear, for
example:} 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 20. c6+ (20. Qa4+ Kc7) 20... Ke8 $1)
17... a6 18. cxb7+ Kxb7 19. Ba4 $16) (16... Qf5 $2 17. Qa4 a6 18. Bxa6 $18) 17.
Qa4 Kb8 (17... a6 {is already met by the devastating} 18. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 19.
Qxa6+ Kd7 20. Qa4+ {and Black' Q is off-side.} Kc7 (20... Kc8 21. Qc6+ Kb8 22.
Qb6+ Kc8 23. c6 $18) 21. Qa7+ Kc8 (21... Kc6 22. b4 Nxb4 23. Rab1 Rb8 24. a3
$18) 22. c6 $18) 18. c6 Bd4 (18... Nc5 19. c7+ Kxc7 20. Qxa7 $18) 19. c5 $3 $18
{[%mdl 512] This nice tactical blow decides the battle.} (19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20.
cxb7 Nf4) 19... Nxc5 (19... Qxc5 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. c7+ $18) (19... Bxe3 {
is met by the zwischenzug} 20. Bxd3 $1 Bxc5 (20... exd3 21. Qb5 b6 22. Qa6 $18)
21. Bxe4 $18) 20. Qa3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qe5 (21... Rc8 22. Rac1 b6 (22... Nd3 23.
Bxd3 exd3 24. c7+ Ka8 25. Qxd3 $18) 23. b4 $18) 22. Rac1 Rd5 (22... b6 23. b4
$18) 23. b4 bxc6 (23... Rd2 {is again met by the standard} 24. c7+ $1 (24. Rxc5
$4 Qg3 $19) 24... Qxc7 (24... Kc8 25. Qxa7 $18) (24... Ka8 25. Rxc5) 25. Rf4 $1
$18) (23... Qg3 24. c7+ $1 $18) 24. Bxc6 Nd3 (24... Nb7 25. Bxd5 exd5 (25...
Qxd5 26. Qc3) 26. Rf2 $18) 25. Qa6 Qc7 26. Bxd5 Nxc1 27. Bc4 $1 {Domination
over the bad N.} Nd3 28. Qb5+ Ka8 (28... Qb6 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Qe5+ $18) 29.
Bxe6 Qb6 30. Qd5+ Kb8 31. Qxe4 Rd8 32. Bc4 Nb2 33. Be2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Nojabrsk"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Qd2 $5 {White is
not afraid of exchanging his "bad" B.} (7. Nf3 {is the real main line.}) 7...
b5 (7... Ng4 {looks logical to grab the B.} 8. Nf3 Nxe3 (8... Bf5 9. O-O-O (9.
Bg1 $5 {and the B escapes.}) 9... Nxe3 (9... e6 {allows} 10. Bg1 Nd7 11. Na4
$14 {Berelovich-Schouwerwou, Haarlem Nova College op 2003}) 10. Qxe3 {- 8...
Nxe3}) 9. Qxe3 Bf5 10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 Bxd3 (10... e6 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O
Bf8 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Kb1 $14 {and White has chances on both flanks,
Cybulak-Vorotnikov, Moscow 1991.}) 11. Qxd3 e6 {and White has to decide where
to castle.}) 10... e6 11. h3 h4 12. Bd3 Bf8 (12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf8 14. Kb1
$14) 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne2 b5 {Is this a defensive or an attacking move?} 15. Ng5
Nd7 16. g4 hxg3 17. Nxg3 c5 18. Bxf5 cxd4 (18... gxf5 19. Nxf5 $1 $16 {
attacking the K in the middle.}) 19. Rxd4 $1 gxf5 {(Likov-Kislova, RUS-Cup
Omsk 1996)} 20. Rxd5 $1 {White has to open up the lines against the K in the
middle at any rate.} exd5 21. e6 $1 $16) (7... Bf5 8. Nf3 Nd7 (8... Ng4 9. Bg1
$14) 9. O-O-O (9. h3 $5 {looks simpler.}) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 e6 11. g3 (11. Kb1
$5 Nf5 12. Bf2 h4) 11... Nb6 12. b3 {Now the N on b6 is badly placed.} Bf8 13.
h3 (13. Kb1 $5 Nf5 14. Bf2 h4) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nf5 15. g4 $14 {
Korneev-Hernando Pertierra, Bibao op 2000} (15. Bf2 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 Nc4 $13)) 8.
h3 $5 {Now the B is safe again.} (8. Nf3 Bf5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 a5 11. h3 Nd7 12.
Nf2 $14 {and White can begin the fight wherever he wants, Gdanski-Wians,
Arnheim 1987.}) 8... Nd7 (8... Nf5 9. Bf2 $14) 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 b4
12. Nd1 {Black has no real counterplay on the <<, in fact his advance of pawns
may backfire soon.} Bf8 13. Bf2 (13. Bd3 Bf5 (13... Ba6 $2 14. e6 $1 $16))
13... Bf5 14. Ne3 Be4 15. Ng5 {and the B on e4 is in a delicate situation.} Nf5
16. c4 $1 {White has to open up the position.} Bh6 $2 {This is simply not
correct.} (16... bxc3 {was the natural reply trying to minimize the demage.}
17. Qxc3 e6 18. Qxc6+ Nd7 19. Nxe4 Bb4+ 20. Kd1 dxe4 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rc1 $36)
17. Nxe4 Bxf4 (17... dxe4 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Be2 $16 {and Black has problems on
both flanks again.}) 18. Nc5 dxc4 19. Bxc4 (19. e6 $5 cxb3 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21.
Nxb3 e5) 19... Nxc4 20. bxc4 Qxd4 (20... Nxd4 21. Rd1 Bxe5 22. O-O $16) 21.
Qxd4 Nxd4 22. O-O-O Ne2+ (22... Bxe5 23. Rhe1 $16 {Black has got three pawns
for the piece, but White has the better development.}) 23. Kc2 Bxe5 24. Rhe1
Nd4+ 25. Kb1 Bf6 (25... f6 26. Nd3 $16) 26. Nc2 Nf5 27. Nd4 Nxd4 (27... Bxd4
28. Bxd4 O-O 29. g4 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 $18) 28. Bxd4 $18 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 h4 30. Rd7 {
The penetration decides the battle.} e6 31. Rf1 Rh7 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Nxe6 Rd2
34. Ng5 Rh5 35. Nxf7 c5 36. Kc1 Ra2 37. Nd6+ Kd8 38. Rff7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Bc4 $6 {Sometimes Short is ready to try
extravagant ideas.} Nf6 5. f3 {The position is similar to the Blackmar-Diemer
Gambit.} b5 $5 (5... exf3 {Now White has a big lead of development.} 6. Nxf3
Bf5 (6... Bg4 $2 {is a well-known mistake because of} 7. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 8. Ne5+
Ke8 9. Nxg4 $18) 7. Ne5 e6 8. O-O $5 Bxc2 $1 {Black is keen on pawns, but this
time it works.} 9. Qe2 (9. Qxc2 Qxd4+ $19) (9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Qg4 Qd7 11. Bg5 b5
$1 $17 ({but not} 11... Na6 $6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 $1 {opening up the lines
and diagonals against the K in the middle.} Nc7 14. dxe6+ Nxe6 15. Rae1 Re8 16.
Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 $44 {with a nasty pin on the e <->,
Welling-Marzik, Biel op 1981.})) 9... Bg6 {Surprisingly enough it is not easy
for White to find a decisive blow, for example:} 10. d5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 cxd5 $19)
(5... e5 {gives back the material for development.} 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 exf3
8. Nxf3 Ng4 9. Ke2 Nd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bb3 $14 {and White is better developed,
Tkhelidze-Kubicek, Decin op-A 1998.}) (5... e3 {has the same idea as the
previous move.} 6. Bxe3 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8. g4 $5 (8. O-O Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Qe1
Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rd1 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Ng3 Bg6 $11 {
Bautista-Brown, BCF-chT2 1997}) 8... Bg6 9. h4 h6 {Safety first!} (9... b5 {
is more provocative.} 10. Bb3 (10. Nxb5 $5 {is also exciting:} cxb5 11. Bxb5+
Nbd7 12. h5 ({but not} 12. Bxd7+ $2 Qxd7 13. h5 Qc6 $1 14. Nc3 Nxg4 $17 {
Mordiglia-Mollero, Torino op 1998}) 12... Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Ba3 (13... Bb4 14. Bd2
$14) 14. Bc1 $14) 10... h6 11. Nf4 Bh7 12. Qe2 $14) 10. Nf4 Bh7 11. Qe2 Nd5) (
5... Nbd7 {is a quiet approach in the spirit of the Caro Kann.} 6. Nxe4 (6.
fxe4 e5 7. Nf3) 6... e6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O Qb6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5
Nxc5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11 {E.Berg-K.Berg, Holger Blomstrands op 1997}) 6. Bb3 e6
7. fxe4 b4 8. Nce2 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Ba6 $1 {activating the bad B on the important /
^.} (9... Nd7 10. O-O {This is the natural developing move.} (10. Qd3 $6 {
The Q is rather exposed here.} Nd6 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 $6 (12. c4) 12... Be7 13.
Ng5 (13. cxb4 Ba6 14. Qc2 Nf5 15. a3 Bf6) 13... Nf6 14. Bf4 h6 15. Bxd6 hxg5
16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ng3 Ba6 18. c4 Rad8 $17 {Cornelison-Schiller, American op
USA 1995}) 10... Be7 11. Nf4 $44) (9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. Qd3
Ndf6 13. Re1 Nd6 14. Ng5 Nf5 $2 {This allows the devastating blow} (14... a5
$15) 15. Nfxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qb6 17. Qxf5 Kh8 18. c3 $16 {Perez Perez-L.
Szabo, Marianske Lazne zt 1961}) 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 (11. Re1 Nd7 {finishing
the development.}) 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 (12... Bxe2 {is premature solving
White's problem of the pin.} 13. Qxe2 Nxc3 14. Qd3 Nd5 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Qh3 Qd7
17. Rb1 $44) 13. Qc2 Nef6 (13... Bxe2 $6 {is again too hungry for pawns.} 14.
Qxe2 Nxc3 15. Qc4 Nb5 16. a4 Nc7 17. Qxc6 $44) 14. c4 (14. Re1 O-O 15. Bf4 Bxf4
16. Nxf4 c5 $17) 14... O-O (14... c5 15. Bb2 cxd4 (15... O-O 16. Rad1) 16.
Nexd4 O-O 17. Rad1) 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Qc8 $17 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 $6 {
The B was rather strong on the f1-a6 /^.} (18... Nd5 19. Nc3 (19. Bxd5 cxd5) (
19. Qd2 Rb8) 19... Nb4 $17) 19. Rxe2 Nd5 20. Rf1 Qa6 21. Re4 Rae8 (21... Rab8
$5 22. Bc4 (22. Re2 Nb4) 22... Qa5) 22. Rfe1 N7f6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rh4 Qa5 25.
Re2 Re7 26. g3 $15 {White has some practical chances because of the ^-.} (26.
Ba4 Qa6) (26. g4 $6 {weakens only the dark squares.} Bf4) 26... Rb8 27. Kg2
Rbe8 28. Qd3 Nd5 29. Ne5 $5 (29. Ng5 f5 (29... Nf6 30. Nf3) 30. Nf3 Qc3 $5 31.
Qa6 $1) (29. Bc2 f5 30. Bb3 {was more persistant weakening the P structure.})
29... Qc3 $1 30. Qxc3 Nxc3 31. Rd2 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Nd5 33. Ra4 (33. Ba4 Rc7 34.
Rhd4 (34. Rb2 Rd8 35. Kf3 Nc3) 34... Rb8 $17 {occupying the vital b <->.})
33... Rb8 34. Ra5 Kf8 35. Kf3 Reb7 36. h4 Ke7 37. Rd4 f6 38. exf6+ gxf6 39.
Rda4 Nc3 40. Ra3 $2 {Now the rooks are off-side on the a <->.} (40. Rg4 {
keeps the activity of the R.} Kf7 41. Ra6 Rc7 42. h5 Rd8 43. Bc4 Nd5 $15) 40...
Nb5 41. R3a4 Rd7 {Now the black rooks will penetrate.} 42. Bc4 (42. Ra6 Nd4+
$19) 42... Nc3 $1 $19 43. Ra3 Nb1 44. R3a4 Nd2+ 45. Ke3 Rg8 46. Be2 Rxg3+ 47.
Kf2 Rc3 48. Rxa7 Ne4+ $1 49. Kg2 Nxc5 50. Rxd7+ Kxd7 51. Ra7+ Kd6 52. a4 Rc2
53. Kf1 Ke5 54. a5 Kf4 55. Rg7 Ne4 56. Bd3 Ra2 57. a6 Nd2+ 58. Kf2 Nf3+ 59. Be2
Nd4 60. Rg4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Paris Grand Prix du Senat 2nd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2001.04.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 {This variation is certainly not dangerous from
theoretical point of view, but the surprise effect may work well.t} g6 (3... e6
{is the other main line leading to French type of positions.}) 4. Nc3 Bg7 5.
Be3 Qb6 (5... e6 $2 {closes the /^ of the c8 B and weakens the dark squares.
e6 and g6 do not harmonize together.} 6. Qd2 {- Shulman-Murshed, United
Insurance 4th 1999 CBM 70}) 6. Qd2 {This is White's main idea to sacrifice the
b2 P for a lead of development.} (6. a3 $6 {defends against Qxb2, but forgets
about the [+].} e5 $15 {Seirawan}) (6. Na4 Qa5+ 7. c3 {The N is not so bad on
a4, as it looks like at first sight.} Nd7 8. b4 $142 (8. exd5 {ruins White's 
[+], and then f3 remains only a stupid weakening move.} cxd5 $11 (8... Qxd5 $2
9. Qb3 $14 {Bucker-Wierner, Duren 1985})) 8... Qc7 9. e5 {White wants to gain
space everywhere.} (9. Qb3 dxe4 10. fxe4 Ngf6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nxh2 {
is an unexpected blow finding White's heel of Achilles.} 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nf3
Ngxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Be6 $17 {Dutreeuw-Fridman, Germany 1999}) 9...
a5 {Black has to attack White's mighty P chain quickly.} (9... b5 10. Nc5 a5
11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. a3 f6 13. f4 Nh6 14. Nf3 Qa7 15. Qc1 axb4 16. cxb4 O-O $13 {
Hodgson-Anastasian, Pula 1997}) 10. b5 f6 11. f4 Nh6 12. Nf3 O-O $13 {Feher-C.
Horvath, Zalakaros 1997}) (6. Rb1 {is the quiet option.} dxe4 (6... e5 $6 {
is now less effective, for example:} 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10.
Qxd4 O-O 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. a3 {fighting against the weak
isolated P on d5.} Nbc6 14. Rd1 $14 {Paragua-Hodgson, Philadelphia 2000}) 7.
fxe4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 (8... Nd7 $2 {is strongly met by} 9. Bc4 $1 Ngf6 10. Qe2
Qc7 11. Bxf7+ $1 {and the K remains in the middle.} Kxf7 12. Qc4+ $16 {
Barczay-Spiridinov, Zrenjanin 1980}) 9. Nxd4 Qc7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. O-O O-O $11 {
Barczay}) (6. exd5 Qxb2 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Qd2 {- 6.Qd2})
6... Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. exd5 {White wins back the P, but ruins his own [+].} (
8. Bd3 {is the consistant continuation of the ->. However in semi-closed
positions the lead of development is not so effective as in the open ones.} e6
9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Rb3 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qa5 14. Nf4 Kh8 (
14... e5 $5 15. dxe5 (15. Nh3 f6) 15... Nxe5 $17) 15. Nh3 Ng8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17.
f4 Qd8 18. Qg3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Ndf6 20. c3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 $15 {
Hazai-Spiridinov, Agard 1976}) 8... Nf6 $1 {Black has to finish his
development quickly.} (8... cxd5 $2 9. Nxd5 Qxa2 10. Rb3 $1 $16) 9. Bc4 (9.
dxc6 bxc6 $1 10. Bd3 (10. Nge2 Qa5 (10... Nbd7 11. Kf2 (11. Ng3 O-O) 11... O-O
12. Ng3 e5 $13 {Garbisu de Goni-Magem Badals, Pamplona 1993 CBM 39}) 11. Nc1
Nbd7 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bh6 {This exchange of B is good for White from
strategical point of view.} O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be2 Qc7 16. O-O $13 {De
Eccher-Raiano, Forli op 1988}) (10. Bc4 O-O (10... Ba6 $5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Nge2
Nbd7 13. O-O {White has well-developed his pieces, but his P structure is
worse.} c5 14. Rfe1 Rac8 {(Tjiam-Ree, NLD-chT 1995)} 15. Nf4 $13) 11. Nge2 Nbd7
12. Bb3 Ba6 {/\ Nb6 >< c4} 13. O-O Nb6 $15 {Geenen-Watson, Brussels 1986} (
13... c5 $5)) (10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Bc7 e6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nge2 Nd5 14. Rb3 Qe7 15.
Bg3 N7b6 $11 {Van Blitterswijk-Hartoch, NLD-sf 1994}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nge2 Ba6
$1 12. Rb3 Qa5 $13 {Adams-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1996 CBM 56}) (9. Rb3 Qa5 10.
dxc6 bxc6 11. Ne4 (11. Bc4 O-O 12. Nge2 Nbd7 $13) 11... Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 {
The _|_ cannot pose any real threat for Black.} O-O 13. c4 Nbd7 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Ngf3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 {(Tsarev-Ehlvest, Tallinn 2000)} e6 17. Bd3 c5 {^^}) 9...
O-O 10. Nge2 (10. dxc6 Nxc6 $5 (10... bxc6 {- 9.dxc6})) 10... cxd5 (10... b5 $5
) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Kf2 $6 {The K is more vulnerable here than in
case of 0-0.} (13. O-O $1 {was the natural move finishing the development.} Rd8
14. c4 Be6 (14... e6 $5 {looks safer.}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxb7 Qa6 17. Rfb1
Qxc4 (17... Na5 18. Rc7 Nxc4 19. Qd3 $16) 18. Rc1 Qd5 19. Rc7 Nxd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe7 $14 {and the white rooks will
penetrate on the seventh rank.}) 13... Rd8 14. c4 Be6 $2 (14... e5 $5 $13 {
leaves the strong B on d5, but ruins White's P [+].}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxb7
Qa6 17. Rb5 (17. Rhb1 Na5 $1 {Black wants to take >< c4 with a tempo.} (17...
Qxc4 {Now White gets some more tempi chasing the Q.} 18. Rc1 Qd5 (18... Qa4 19.
Qd1) (18... Qa6 19. Rc7) 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5
23. Rxc6 $14) 18. Rc7 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Rbb7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Rc8 $11) 17...
Nxd4 (17... Bxd4 $143 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Rhb1 exd4 (19... Rac8 20. Kg1 $14) 20.
Bg5 $14) 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Re1 $1 {The situation has been changed, White has to
prepare for ...exd4} (19. Rhb1 $6 {is now useless.} Rac8 $1 (19... exd4 20. Bg5
Bf6 $11) 20. c5 exd4 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. Rb8 Rdc7 $15) 19... Rac8 (19... exd4 20.
Bg5 {Now we see the point of putting the R on the e <->.} Bf6 21. Bxf6 exf6 (
21... Qxf6 22. Rb7) 22. Re7 $14) 20. Rd5 $2 (20. Bg5 $1 {was again the correct
move.} Rxc4 (20... Rxd4 21. Qa5 $1 $14) (20... exd4 21. Rxe7 $14) 21. Qa5 $1 (
21. Qe2 Rdxd4 $1 (21... Rcxd4 22. Rxe5 $1) 22. Rb8+ (22. Reb1 Ra4 23. R1b2 Rd7
$15) 22... Kf7) 21... Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Rdxd4 $1 (22... Rcxd4 23. Rxa7 $14) (22...
exd4 23. Rxe7 Rc2+ 24. Kg3 Bf8 25. Rexa7 Bd6+ 26. Kh3 $16) 23. Rxa7 (23. Bxe7
Rd7 $11) 23... Ra4 $1 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Re2 {White has at least a virtual P
majority, although it is hard to advance with the o^ a2.} Kf7 $14) 20... exd4 (
20... Rxd5 $1 {was the correct move order reaching the game continuation after}
21. cxd5 exd4 22. Bg5 (22. Bxd4 $2 Qa4 $1 $19) (22. Bf4 d3) 22... d3 {- 20...
exd4}) 21. Bg5 $2 ({missing} 21. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 exf6 $15 {
after which White's position is not very bad yet.}) 21... Rxd5 $1 22. cxd5 d3
$1 $17 {This is the difference! The strong o^ on d3 secures Black the edge in
the _|_.} 23. Qe3 {This loses yet another P} (23. Re6 Qc4 (23... Qb5 24. Rc6)
24. Rxe7 (24. Rc6 Rxc6 25. dxc6 Bc3 $17) 24... Qxd5 $17 {was not rosy either.}
(24... Bc3 $2 25. Qf4 Qxd5 26. Bf6 $16)) 23... Qxa2+ 24. Kg3 Qxd5 25. Qxe7 a5
26. h4 Bf8 27. Qa7 Bd6+ 28. f4 d2 29. Rd1 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {This
variation with White's virtual P majority is a rare guest in nowaday's
tournament practice.} 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 (8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 {- 8.Ne2}
) 8... Re8 (8... Qc7 9. Qc2 h6 $142 {after which White has to change plans and
castle >> with a positional play.} (9... Kh8 $6 {may become a loss of a tempo.}
10. Be3 {Now White has again the plan 0-0-0 and attack on the >>.} (10. Bxh7 $6
{is not correct:} g6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6 Qh7) 10... Re8 (10... Nd7 11. h4 h5
12. g3 c5 13. O-O-O c4 14. Be4 Rb8 {(Bjerring-Hartvig, Copenhagen 1996)} 15.
Nf4 $16) (10... Be6 11. c4 c5 12. d5 Bc8 13. Nc3 a6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. O-O-O $16 {
Karpatchev-Markosian, Moscow 1995}) 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. h4 c5 14. h5
{Now Black has to defend against Bxh7.} Nf8 15. Bf5 c4 16. d5 Bd7 17. g4 b5 18.
Nd4 $16 {L.Hansen-Hartvig, DEN-ch 1996}) (9... g6 $6 10. h4 Re8 (10... Bg4 11.
f3 Be6 12. h5 f5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. O-O-O $16 {- Volzhin-Weiss, EU-ch Ohrid 2001
CBM 84}) 11. h5 f5 12. g4 {White has to play very energetically.} f4 13. hxg6
hxg6 {(Augustin-Schubert, Leipzig 1979)} 14. Bxg6 $1 {This is the decisive
blow!} f3 (14... Bxg4 15. Bd3 f3 (15... Bxe2 16. Bxe2) 16. Bc4 $1 $18) 15. Bh7+
Kg7 16. Bh6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Kg7 18. Be4 $18) 10. h3 (10. Be3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nd7 $13
{and the black K is safer than in the game.}) 10... Nd7 (10... Re8 {- 8....Re8}
) 11. O-O Re8 12. Be3 (12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bf4 $1 $14 {solving the strategical
problem by tactical means.}) 12... Nf8 13. c4 $5 Ne6 {(A.Ivanov-Rohde,
Washington D.C. 1991)} 14. Rae1 $5 $14 {/\ f4 A.Ivanov}) 9. O-O (9. Qc2 $1 {
is the most flexible plan keeping many possibilities open. White can castle <<
is some cases and attack on the >>.} Kh8 $5 {leaves the >> intact for a while.}
(9... h6 {weakens the >> a bit, but White cannot create an -> there.} 10. O-O (
10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. c4 Bf4 16. Qd2
Bxe3 17. fxe3 $14 {Dolmatov-Plumanns, EUCUp Halkidiki 2002}) 10... Qc7 11. Ng3
(11. h3 {keeping the N in the [+].} c5 $6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Rxe3 {The B
was too strong to let him alive.} 14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17.
Nf4 Nb6 18. Rde1 Qd8 19. Qd2 $16 {Timman-Chernin, Amsterdam 1987}) 11... c5 $5
(11... Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. f4 (13. Rae1 Bg4 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Ng6 16. Re4
Rxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {and the exchanges help for White, Renner-Roeder, Bayern ch
1991.}) 13... Ne6 14. Nh5 $1 Bd7 (14... Nf8 $2 {is too passive.} 15. h3 {
against Bg4} c5 16. Rf3 $1 {/\ Rg3} c4 17. Rg3 $1 {White is not feeling
himself disturbed!} cxd3 18. Rxg7+ Kh8 19. Nxf6 $1 Kxg7 (19... dxc2 $4 20. Rg8#
) 20. Nxe8+ Kg8 21. Nxc7 dxc2 22. Nxa8 $18 {Conquest-Ristic, EUCup Sremic
Krsko 1998}) 15. Rae1 Rad8) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Bb6 {and White has to solve
the problem of his c1 B.}) (9... g6 {Black has three possibilities to solve
the problem of his h7 P. The game continuation weakens the >> and White can
quickly attack >< g6 by h4-h5 opening up the <-> h followed by 0-0-0 with good
attacking chances.} 10. h4 $142 $1 {grabbing the |^ on the >> was more to the
point.} (10. Be3 $6 {De la Paz-Bellon Lopez, Santa Clara 2000 CBM 78}) 10...
Nd7 (10... f5 11. h5 Qf6 (11... Be6 {- 10...Be6}) 12. hxg6 fxg6 {Black has
improved his P structure, but now the weakness of the a2-g8 /^ will tell.} 13.
Qb3+ Kh8 14. Bg5 Qg7 (14... Qxg5 $2 15. Qf7 $18) 15. O-O-O Be6 16. d5 $1 Bxd5 (
16... cxd5 17. Nd4 $16) 17. Bc4 $16 {Sznapik-Plachetka, Bratislava 1983}) (
10... Be6 11. h5 (11. Bh6 f5 $1 12. O-O-O (12. h5 Nd7 13. hxg6 fxg6 {- 11.h5})
12... Nd7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Nc1 Nf6 $11 {and Black has defended his >>,
Chandler-Hodgson, Great Britain ch 1988.}) 11... f5 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh6 Nd7 (
13... Qf6 $5 14. O-O-O) 14. g4 $1 {White has to attack immediately.} Bd5 15.
O-O-O $1 Bxh1 (15... Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 (16... Bxh1 17. Rxh1 {- 15...Bxh1}) 17.
gxf5 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 Qd5 19. Ng3 $14) 16. Rxh1 Bf8 17. Bd2 $5 (17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18.
gxf5 $16) 17... Nb6 $1 (17... fxg4 $2 18. Qb3+ $1 Kg7 19. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20.
Qf7+ Kh8 21. Nf4 {1:0 Kudrin-King, Bayswater 1988}) 18. Nf4 $1 (18. gxf5 Qd5
19. Ng3 Qxa2 20. fxg6 Qa1+ {Now Black can exchange queens, after which White's
-> goes astray.} 21. Qb1 Qxb1+ 22. Kxb1 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Re7 $15) 18... fxg4 (
18... Nd5 19. gxf5 $40) 19. Bxg6 $1 {destroying Black's last defensive walls.}
hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Nh5 Qc7 22. Bh6 $16) 11. h5 {This is the consequent
continuation.} (11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Nxf8 13. O-O-O $14 {Vogt-Bobzin, Eger op
1987}) 11... Nf8 12. Bh6 (12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Bh6 {gives Black more chances.})
12... Qe7 $5 (12... Be6 13. O-O-O b5 (13... Qc7 {defending the seventh rank.}
14. c4 {White can combine the -> on the >> with play in the [+].} b6 {
defending against c4-c5.} (14... Rad8 {allows} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. c5 $1 {
gaining space in the [+].} Be7 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc4 $16 {and the black pieces
are very passive. Kavalek-Andersson, Washington 1978}) 15. Qd2 $1 Rad8 16. Rh4
f5 17. Rdh1 {(Huergo-Gabrera, Cuba 1988)} Be7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qg3
$16 {with nasty threats on the >>.}) (13... Qa5 14. a3 Qc7 {weakening a3 is
not a big deal.} 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Rh4 $1 {/\ Rdh1} Qf7 {/\ Bb3} 17. Rdh1 f5
18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Qd2 Re7 20. g4 $1 {White has to open the lines against the
enemy K.} Bxf4 21. Bxf4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Be6 23. Rgh4 Bf5 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Be5 $16
{and White comes first on the >>, De Firmain-Odendahl, Philadelphia 1988.}) 14.
Kb1 $5 {is a quiet prophylactic move.} (14. hxg6 {is the beginnig of a series
of forced attacking moves, but the result is not so satisfactory for White.}
fxg6 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Bxg6 $5 {This is the main idea.} hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18.
Nf4 Qd7 19. Rh7 Qf7 20. Qd3 (20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Rh1+ Kg8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Ng6+
Qxg6 {and Black has got too many pieces for the Q.}) 20... Bc4 21. Qf5 Be6 22.
Qd3 Bc4 {1/2:1/2 by repetition of moves, Van der Wiel-Boersma, NLD-chT 1994.}))
(12... f5 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Kb1 (15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Kb1
$14 (17. Ng3 $6 {is strongly met by the impertinent} Bxa2 $1 {Tisdall-Chandler,
Brighton, 1981})) 15... Be6 16. Nf4 $14) 13. O-O-O Bf5 {This is the point of
12...Qe7} 14. Bxf5 (14. Bxf8 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Kxf8 16. Re3 Qd7) 14... Qxe2 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Bd3 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Ne6 18. Bc1 (18. g3 $14 {^^, and a virtual P
majority on the << in the _|_.}) 18... Kg7 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 b6
22. Bc6 $14 {Tischbierek-Moehring, BKL-Turnier Leipzig 1984}) 10. O-O {Since
Black hasn't weakened his >> yet, castling >> is logical.} (10. h4 {Now this
seems to be a blow into the air.} Qa5 $1 (10... Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Kd2 {
Suddenly the K is safe in the [+].} Bxe2 13. Bxe2 c5 14. Qf5 Qd8 15. h5 Qd7 16.
Bd3 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 {The _|_ is usualy favourable for White.} cxd4 {
(Crawley-Hodgson, London Peace 1987)} 18. cxd4 $14 {^^, o^ d4}) 11. Be3 Be6 (
11... Bg4 12. h5 Nd7 13. Rh4 f5 14. O-O-O h6 15. Kb1 Qd8 16. Rdh1 Be7 17. R4h2
Bd6 18. Rh4 Be7 19. R4h2 Bd6 {1/2:1/2 Fontaine-Asrian, IECC Istanbul 2003}) 12.
Kf1 Nd7 13. h5 Nf8 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. h6 g6
19. c4 Nd7 20. b3 Rad8 $13 {Rogers-Van der Werf, Lugano op 1989}) 10... Qc7 {
avoiding the thematic Bf4 exchanging Black's active B.} 11. Ng3 g6 (11... Be6
12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c4 {White has now a strong P [+].} Nf8 14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Bc3
Ng6 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nf4 19. Re4 Qd7 20. Rde1 $14 {Vogt-Bang,
Copenhagen Obro op 1989}) 12. c4 f5 {White's N is out of play.} 13. Bg5 Be6 14.
Qd2 Nd7 15. d5 $1 {White wants to open the d <-> against the black pieces.}
cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf5 Bc6 18. Rad1 $1 Bxg3 (18... gxf5 19. Qxd6 $16) 19.
Bxd7 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rfe1 $14 {and Black has no full
compensation for the exchange, Jo.Horvath-Hodgson, Soci 1987.}) (9. Be3 Nd7 10.
Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 a4 $11 14. Ne4 $4 Rxe4 $1 15. Bxe4 f5
16. Bc2 f4 $17 {Naiditsch-Prusikhin, GER-ch Heringsdorf 2000}) 9... Nd7 $1 10.
a4 (10. Qc2 {is already easily parried by} Nf8) (10. Ng3 Nf8 (10... g6 11. Ne4
Bc7) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Qc7 13. g3 g6 14. Bh3 (14. Bd3 {looked more natural}
) 14... f5 15. Bh6 Rad8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Re1 Be7 18. Bg2 Bf6 19. Qb3 {1/2:1/2
Zapata-Soppe, Braganca Paulista op 1997}) (10. Be3 {is not so logical, White
has to exchange his "bad" B.} Nf8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. h3 Bd7 13. c4 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 {Now White has some problems on the dark squares.} 16. Ng3
a5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Ne4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Ng6 $132 {Lujan-Soppe, Homenaje a la
Bandera op 2001}) (10. Bf4 $1 {is the best plan from strategical point of view.
} Nf8 (10... Qc7 $2 {is only a loss of a tempo.} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13.
Qf3 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 $16 {Pfeifer-Lechtynsky, Klatovy op-A 2000}) 11.
Bxd6 (11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qc2 h6 (15... g6
16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qd2 f5 18. Nc5 $14) 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. Re3 (17. Bc4 $5) 17... Nf4
18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Nxe3 c5 $132 {Emms-Rogers, GER-chT 1995}) 11... Qxd6 12. Ng3
g6 13. Ne4 (13. Qd2 Kg7 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Qf4 f5 {and Black has
problems on the dark squares.} 17. Nd6 $16 {Felgaer-Bosco, Torre Blanca op 1997
}) 13... Qd8 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qf3 Kg7 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Re3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd7 19.
Rae1 $14 {looks more natural.} (19. Bc2 Rxe3 20. fxe3 f5 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. e4 $14
{Hector-Preuss, Roskilde op 1998})) 10... Nf8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. f4 $5 {White 
(according to his sharp style) wants to attack at any rate. However in this
line black is rather solid on the >>.} (12. Ne4 Bc7 (12... Be7 13. a5) 13. Nc5
Qd6 14. f4 $14) (12. a5 Qc7 13. b4 b6 14. Be3 f5 $13) 12... Qc7 13. f5 (13. a5
c5 $13) 13... Bxg3 14. hxg3 Bd5 15. Qg4 (15. Qc2 Qxg3 $1 {Black takes up the
gauntlet!} 16. Bf4 Qg4 17. c4 g5 $1 18. cxd5 gxf4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 f3 21.
Qxf3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh2 Rad8 $13) 15... Qd7 $1 16. Bh6 (16. Kh2 c5 $1 17. dxc5 Bc6
18. Be2 Qd5 19. Bf3 Qxc5 20. Bh6 g6 $14) 16... Ng6 $1 17. Rf4 $5 {'?!' Ftacnik.
[#] White has only one goal: the direct -> against the black K.} (17. Bd2 {
'!?' Ftacnik.} Rad8 18. Qh5 (18. Rae1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 18... Ne7 19. Rf4 $14 {
looks more sophysticated.}) (17. Qh3 {Ftacnik} gxh6 18. fxg6 Qxh3 19. gxh7+ Kh8
20. gxh3 Re3 21. Bf5 Rxg3+ 22. Kf2 Rg2+ 23. Ke3 Re8+ 24. Kf4 Rxb2 25. Rab1 $11)
17... gxh6 $2 {Now White has a clearly better _|_ after the exchanges. Ftacnik:
'Asrian has not realized, that with the help of 17...Qe7! he might have
questioned somewhat artificial concentration of white pieces on the kingside.'}
(17... Qe7 $1 {was the cold-blooded answer with the following lines:} 18. fxg6
(18. c4 gxh6 19. fxg6 hxg6 $15) (18. Rf2 gxh6 19. fxg6 (19. c4 {Ftacnik} Be4
20. Re2 h5 21. Qxe4 Qd7 $17) 19... fxg6 (19... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 20. Re2 Qf8 $17)
20. Re2 Qf7 $15) 18... fxg6 (18... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxg7 (19. Bxg6 fxg6 20.
Qxg6 Qf7 $19) 19... Qe3+ 20. Rf2 Kxg7 21. Bf1 Re4 $15) 19. Bxg7 Qe3+ 20. Kh2
Kxg7) 18. fxg6 Qxg4 19. gxh7+ Kh8 20. Rxg4 $16 f5 21. Rf4 $1 (21. Bxf5 Re2 22.
b4 Rae8) 21... Re3 (21... Kxh7 22. Rxf5 Kg7 23. Kf2 $16) 22. Bxf5 Rxg3 23. Be4
{Usually transposing to R endgames makes things more complicated.} (23. Rf2 Re8
24. Kh2 $16) 23... Be6 ({However after} 23... Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kxh7 25. Re7 Rag8
26. Rxf7+ Kh8 27. Rf2 $18 {White is a clear P up without any counterplay.}) 24.
Rh4 (24. Re1 $18) 24... Kg7 25. Kf2 Rg4 26. Rxg4+ Bxg4 27. Re1 a5 (27... Re8
28. d5 cxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 b6 31. Bxf7 Kxh7 32. b4 $18) 28. d5 $18 {
and the rest is easy.} Rd8 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Be6 32. b4 Rd3+
33. Kf4 Rxc3 34. b5 Bb3 35. Re8 Kxh7 36. Be4+ f5 37. b6 Bxa4 38. Bxf5+ Kg7 39.
b7 Bxe8 40. b8=Q Rc4+ 41. Kg3 Bf7 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45.
Qf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 (6. Be3 {-
Radjabov-Minasian, Moscow 2005 CBM 106}) 6... Qb6 (6... f6 7. h3 (7. a4 $143 {
is completely out of question} Bg4 8. a5 fxe5 9. dxe5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
e6 12. O-O Nf5 13. g4 Nh4 14. g5 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Nd7 16. Rh3 Qe7 17. Kg2 Rf7 18.
Ne2 Raf8 19. Be3 c5 20. c3 Qd8 $13 {Katalymov-Kornev, RUS-Cup Tomsk 2001}) (7.
Be3 Bg4 (7... O-O 8. h3 {fighting for the key squares g4 and f5.} Nf7 9. Ne2 {
/\ c3 in case of c5 holding the [+].} fxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Qd2 cxd4
13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Ng3 e6 15. Be2 Rc8 16. O-O $14 {Korneev-Fernandez Romero,
Albacate op 2001}) (7... Nf5 8. Bf2 fxe5 9. dxe5 $14 {looks better here.} (9.
fxe5 Bh6 {The B really strong on the /^ c1-h6.} 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Nd1 O-O 12. g4
Ng7 13. h3 (13. g5 $2 Bg4 $17 {Stellwagen-Van der Wiel, Hoogoveen Essent op
2001}) 13... Ne6 $11)) 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Ne2 {This manoeuvre
is hard to recommend.} Rc8 11. O-O e6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng3 Nf5 $132 {
Metz-Finkel, Budapest FS 1995}) 8... O-O {- Godena-Iordachescu, EU-ch Ohrid
2001 CBM 84} (8... Nf5 9. Bf2 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O {- Kaplan-Finkel,
ISR-chT 2005 CBM 107})) 7... Nf5 8. Bd3 (8. g4 Ng3 9. Rg1 Ne4 {The N may cause
more problems for White in the [+].} (9... Nxf1 10. Rxf1 O-O (10... h5 $2 {
weakens >< g6 and White exploits it immediately.} 11. Qd3 $1 f5 12. gxh5 Rxh5
13. Rg1 Rxh3 14. Rxg6 Rh1+ 15. Kf2 Kf7 16. Rg2 Qh8 17. Ne2 {and White crashes
through on the >>.} Bh6 18. Ng3 $16 {Velimirovic-Komliakov, JUG-chT Nis 1994})
(10... Na6 11. a3 Qb6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. b4 {White wants to get everything on the
board.} O-O-O 14. Be3 h5 15. O-O-O hxg4 16. hxg4 Rdg8 17. f5 gxf5 18. gxf5 e6 {
Black has to blow up the [+] at any cost.} 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ne5 $14 {
Kovacevic-Iordachescu, Bucharest Primaver 1997}) 11. Be3 e6 12. Qd2 {and Black
is without any counterplay, his bishops remain dead.} Nd7 13. exf6 Qxf6 14.
O-O-O b6 15. h4 Ba6 16. Rh1 c5 17. h5 $16 {Velimirovic-Drazic, JUG-chT Herceg
Novi 2001}) 10. Bd3 (10. f5 {looks again a bit unprepared.} fxe5 11. dxe5 Qb6
12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Qxg1 17. Bf4 Rf8
18. Nxc6 Qc5 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 {1/2:1/2 Khruschiov-Chatalbashev, EU-ch Ohrid 2001})
10... f5 11. Ne2 $5 (11. gxf5 {This looks a bit premature.} Bxf5 12. Bxe4 dxe4
13. Ng5 Bh6 14. Be3 Bxg5 15. Rxg5 e6 16. Qe2 Na6 17. O-O-O Nb4 18. Kb1 Nd5 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 20. h4 h5 $13 {Velimirovic-Nevednichy, JUG Cup Ulcinj 1998})) (8. Ne2
{This is the only way avoiding the N's penetration on g3, but looks rather
slow.} h5 9. g3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. exf6 {White wants to take on d4 by a piece.}
(11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Bg2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 {with French type of motifs.}) 11...
Bxf6 12. Nfxd4 Nc6 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 {Black's lead of development is significant.}
14. Bg2 d4 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Nxd4 Qd5 17. Kf2 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Bc2 $5 19. Qxc2
Qxh1 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. Bd2 $44 {David-Krasenkow, New York op 1997}) 8... Ng3 9.
Rg1 f5 {Black wants to create a very strong N on e4, but what will happen if
White will take it?} (9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 e6 12. Qf3 fxe5 13. Qxg3
Bf6 14. Nf3 e4 15. Be3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Qe7 17. g4 Nd7 18. gxf5 exf5 19. O-O-O {
1/2:1/2 Wahls-Hodgson, BL 1999}) (9... O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 f5 {This
blockade plan cannot be good.} 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Qe1 Ne4 14. g4 Nb6 15. Kb1 b4
16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Kh8 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qg3 $16 {
Wahls-Bologan, BL 1996}) (9... fxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Ne2 $1 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Bh6
13. g4 $1 {White sacrifices the P for a big lead of development.} Bxf4 14. Bxf4
Rxf4 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rgf1 Nc5 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Ng5 $1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rxf1 20.
Rxf1 Qd4 21. Nf7 Bd7 22. a3 Qa4 23. Bxg6 $1 $18 {Acs-Minasian. Dubai UAE 2002})
10. Be3 b6 (10... Qb6 11. Qc1) (10... O-O 11. Ne2 Nxe2 (11... Ne4 12. g4 $14)
12. Qxe2 $14) 11. Qd2 (11. Ne2 {immediately looks also strong, Black's only
good piece is the g3 N, let's exchange it.} Nxe2 (11... Ne4 12. g4 O-O 13. c4
$14) 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O-O $14) 11... e6 (11... Ne4 12. Qe2) (11... O-O 12.
O-O-O Ne4 13. Qe1) 12. Ng5 $14 {Tzermiadianos-Nevednichy, Chalkidiki 2002}) (
6... Bg4 7. h3 (7. Be3 Qb6 $5 (7... Nf5 8. Bf2 Qb6 9. Rb1 {White usually
castles >>, so this is not a big concession.} Nd7 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Bf8 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 {Now we have a "real" Gurgenidze type of position.} 14. Ne2
Be7 15. b3 Nh4 $13 {Hendriks-Van der Wiel, Corus-B Wijk aan Zee 2000}) 8. Rb1 (
8. Qd2 $6 {allows the corruption of the entire >>.} Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nf5 10. Bf2
Nd7 11. Bh3 e6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O-O Nf8 {/\ Ne6 with a successful blockade
and attacking >< f4.} 14. Kb1 Qa6 15. Ne2 Ne6 $15 {Nakamura-Zaichik, World op
Philadelhia 2000}) 8... f6 {This is Black's main threat in this variation.} 9.
Be2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. g4 e6 14. h4 Nf7 15. g5
O-O-O 16. Bf2 h6 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. O-O hxg5 19. hxg5 Nc4 20. Qd3 Nfxe5 $1 $44 {
with a very dangerous positional piece sacrifice, Shapiro-A.Ivanov, World op
Philadelhia 2000.}) 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qb6 (8... f6 9. g4) 9. Ne2 f6 10. g4 $5 {
- Luther-Kalinin, Petermaennchen 1999 CBM 73}) 7. h3 {there is no time for g4,
so the plan cannot be executed.} (7. Na4 $1 {The N can be better anywhere than
on c3.} Qa5+ 8. c3 Bg4 9. b4 (9. Nc5 {deserves attention as well.} Qc7 10. h3
Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. g4 {and the N on h6 is offside.} Nd7 (12... b6 13. Nb3 O-O
{castling into White's ->?!} 14. f5 $1 f6 (14... exf5 $4 15. g5 $18 {capturing
the ill-fated N, Mittenorf-Saal, Kassel op 1999.}) 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bf4 Qe7
17. O-O-O $1 Nf7 18. fxg6 hxg6 (18... Bh6 $2 19. gxf7+ Qxf7 20. g5 $1 $18) 19.
g5 Rf5 20. Bd3 $16) 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Be3 $14 {and White has the
better perspectives on both flanks due to his ^^ and space advantage.}) 9...
Qc7 10. Bd3 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {was worthy of consideration.}) 10... Nf5 $5
{was more to the point, for example:} (10... a5 11. b5 Nd7 (11... Nf5 12. b6
Qd8 13. Nc5 {gains enormous space on the <<.}) 12. h3 {(Parligras-L.Vajda,
Bucharest 2002 CBM 088)} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O (13... e6 14. Ba3 $14) 14. g4 $14 {
was not rosy either "killing" the N on h6.}) 11. O-O (11. h3 {is answered by
the intermediate move} Ng3 $1 12. Rg1 Bf5) 11... Nh4 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e6 15. Nc5 Nd7 $11) 7... Nf5 8. Rg1 (8. Kf2 h5) 8... Ng3 9. Bd3
f5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Black wants to blockade the position at any rate, but this
leaves him without a counterplay.} (9... Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 (10... Nxf5 $2 11.
g4) 11. Qd3 e6 {and at least Black has exchanged his passive B.}) (9... h5 $5 {
/\ Bf5}) 10. Ne2 Nxe2 $2 {Black has lost a lot of tempi to exchange the badly
placed c3 N.} (10... Ne4 {was the main idea, but even here after} 11. c3 O-O
12. g4 $14 {White has the long-lasting |^.}) 11. Qxe2 Na6 12. Bxa6 $5 {There
is no need to take the N.} (12. c3 Nc7 13. g4 $16 {was the conequent reply.})
12... bxa6 13. b3 $1 O-O 14. Qd2 {/\ Ba3} Bh6 15. a4 ({The immediate} 15. Ba3 {
is met by} Bxf4 $1 16. Qxf4 Qa5+ 17. Kf2 Qxa3 18. Rge1 $14) 15... c5 16. dxc5 (
16. Ba3 $16 {was already possible}) 16... Qxc5 17. Ba3 Qb6 18. a5 (18. Bxe7)
18... Qc7 19. Nd4 $18 {The white pieces dominate the board, Black's ^^ is
pathetic.} Bd7 (19... Rb8 20. O-O-O Rf7 21. Rdf1 {/\ g4}) 20. O-O-O (20. Bxe7)
20... Rf7 21. Rdf1 e6 22. g4 {with a direct -> on the >>.} Kh8 (22... fxg4 23.
hxg4) 23. g5 $1 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Raxf8 25. h4 {White has an excellent N versus a
bad B, and now he opens the h <->.} Re7 26. Qb4 Qd8 27. h5 gxh5 28. Rh1 Rg8 29.
Rxh5 Rgg7 30. Rh6 Kg8 31. Kb2 Re8 32. Rf3 Bc8 33. Rfh3 Rb7 34. Qd2 Rg7 35. Qh2
{tripling the heavy artillery on the h <->.} Qe7 {[#]} 36. g6 $1 hxg6 37. Rxg6
$1 Rxg6 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Qh7+ Rg7 40. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Qc7 (
7... O-O) 8. Ne2 Bg4 (8... O-O 9. Qc2 g6 10. h4 $40) 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 $14 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Kb8 13. Kb1 Nb6 (13... Bf4 $5) 14. g3 Ka8 $6 (
14... Rhe8) 15. Qf3 Nd5 16. Bc1 Ne7 17. Bc4 Nc8 18. Rhe1 h6 19. h4 $36 h5 20.
Bb3 a6 21. Re2 Rd7 22. Red2 $1 Re7 23. Rd3 Nb6 24. Be3 Nc8 25. Ba4 Nb6 26. Bb3
Nc8 27. a3 Nb6 28. Qf5 Qc8 29. Qf3 (29. Qxc8+ Rxc8 30. c4 c5 $14) 29... Qg4 $2
(29... Qc7 $16) 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. c4 Nd7 32. c5 Bc7 33. d5 cxd5 34. Bxd5 $18
Ne5 35. Rd4 f5 36. Bg2 Rc8 37. b4 g6 38. Bg5 Ree8 39. Rd5 Bb8 40. Kc2 Nc6 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Parma,B"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be2 (6. Bc4 Bd6 7.
Qe2+) 6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Re8 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. h3 Be4 $10 12.
Nd2 f5 (12... Bg6 $5) 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c4 Qc7 15. Bf1 Bh2+ (15... f5 $6 16. c5
$16) (15... c5 $5) 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 $14 Nf6 $5 (18... f5 $142)
19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd2 h6 21. g3 Qa5 22. b3 Rd7 23. Bg2 Red8 24. Red1 Qg5 25.
Kg1 a6 26. Re2 Kf8 (26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 $14) 27. Qc3 Qf5 28. a4 Kg8 29. Qe3 Re8
30. Kf1 Qa5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 $6 (31... Qf5 $5) 32. Rexd2 e3 33. Re2 exf2 34. Rxe8+
Nxe8 35. Kxf2 a5 $14 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Rb1 Ke7 38. g4 Kd8 39. b4 Re7+ 40. Kd3
axb4 41. Rxb4 Kc7 42. Rb1 Nf6 43. a5 Nd7 44. Ra1 Nb8 45. h4 Na6 46. Rb1 Nb8 47.
Bf3 Nd7 48. Ra1 Re8 49. Rf1 (49. a6 $2 Ra8 50. a7 Nb6 {/\Sc8}) 49... Re7 50.
Bg2 Nb8 51. Rf4 Nd7 52. Rf1 Nb8 53. Be4 Na6 54. Rb1 Nb8 55. Bf5 Nd7 56. Ra1 g6
$2 (56... Nb8 $14) 57. Bxd7 Rxd7 58. Rf1 $16 Kb8 (58... Kd8 59. Rf6 Ke7 60. g5
hxg5 61. hxg5 Rd6 62. Rxd6 Kxd6 63. Ke4 f5+ 64. gxf6 Ke6 65. c5 $1 Kxf6 66. d5
$18) 59. Rf6 Ka7 60. h5 Ka6 $6 (60... gxh5 61. gxh5 Ka6 $16) 61. g5 $1 $18 hxg5
62. h6 Kxa5 63. h7 Rd8 64. Rxf7 b5 65. cxb5 Kxb5 (65... cxb5 66. Ke4 $18 (66.
Rg7 Rh8 67. d5 g4 (67... Kb6 68. d6 Kc6 69. d7 {/\70.Tg8+-}) 68. d6 g3 69. d7
g2 70. Rxg6 $18)) 66. Rb7+ $1 Ka6 67. Rg7 Rh8 68. Ke4 Kb5 69. Kf3 Kc4 70. Rd7
Kd3 71. Kg4 Rxh7 72. Rxh7 Kxd4 73. Rd7+ (73. Rd7+ Ke5 74. Rg7 c5 75. Rxg6 c4
76. Rxg5+ Kd4 77. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Muenchen"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 (5. Nxf6+) 5... e5 ({
According to modern theory the move} 5... h5 {leads to equal play}) 6. Nf3 (6.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Ng4 $11 {Roisman}) 6... exd4 (6... e4 7. Ng5 (7. Ne5 Nbd7
$11) (7. Qe2 Be7 (7... Qd5 8. c4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qd6 11. Ng5 O-O 12.
O-O-O $16) 8. Nxe4 O-O 9. Bf4 $14) 7... Qd5 8. c4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qxg5 {Tarasch: =}
10. Bxb4 $14 {[%cal Yb4f8]}) 7. Nxd4 Bc5 (7... Be7 $142 {Roisman}) 8. Be3 (8.
Qe2+ $142 $1 {Roisman}) 8... Qb6 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Yh2h3]
Tarasch}) 9. Qe2 (9. Be2 O-O (9... Qxb2 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxc6) 10. O-O Rd8 11.
c3 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qxc3 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Rd3 $40 {Tarrasch} Bf8 $17) 9... O-O (9...
Qxb2 $4 10. Bc1+ $18) 10. O-O-O Nd5 (10... Be6 11. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 12. Qxe3 Qxe3+
13. fxe3 fxe6 {Tarrasch: =} 14. Rd6 $14) ({Roizman} 10... Re8 $142) 11. Qh5 Nf6
12. Qh4 (12. Qg5 $142 h6 13. Qh4) 12... Bg4 13. Bd3 $5 (13. f3 Be6 14. Kb1 $14)
13... Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Nbd7 15. Ngf5 Ne5 $2 (15... Rfe8 $142 16. Bc4 (16. Qg5 g6
17. Nh6+ Kf8 18. Bc4 Re5 $13) 16... Re4 17. Qg5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. c3 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 c5 22. Be3 $13) (15... Kh8 {Roizman} 16. Nxg7 Rg8 17. Ngf5
$44) (15... g6 16. Qh6 Ne8 17. Kb1 $1 $36) 16. Nxg7 $1 Qd8 (16... Nxd3+ 17.
Rxd3 Qd8 18. Bg5 $18) 17. Ngf5 Ng6 18. Qh6 Ne8 19. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Bxe3+ (
19... Qc7 20. Ng5 f6 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Bxc5) 20. fxe3 Qf6 21. Ng5 Qh8 22. Ne7+
$1 1-0

[Event "Moscow casual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,83,14,23,67,69,67,36,36,36,44,43,44,22,30,12,24,17,35,37,48,48,72,79,
81,72,81,90,85,33,33,-3,-16,-16,-28,-28,-28,-28,4,19,58,69,64,47,11,38,76,66,
66,81,66,59,83,59,69,79,73,69,173,173,171,165,165,165,173,182,172,167,667,667,
779,775,1076,1076,1076,1078,1078,1078,1237,1365,29985,29986,29987,1254,29987,
29988]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 ({
Nowadays, most often played is a flexible} 6. c3) 6... Bd6 ({Alternative is} 
6... Qe7+ {White is practically forced to play} 7. Qe2 ({We should notice that
} 7. Ne2 $4 {is a glarring error} Qb4+ $19 {[%cal Rb4e1,Rb4c4]})) 7. Ne2 ({
Interesting is} 7. Qe2+ Be7 (7... Qe7) 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 Bg4 (10...
Na6) 11. Qe4 Bh5 (11... f5 12. Qd3 $16) (11... Bd7 $14) 12. Nh4 $14 {1-0 (19)
Ragozin,V-Boleslavsky,I Sverdlovsk 1942}) 7... Qc7 ({Tartakower prefered} 7...
O-O 8. O-O Be6 (8... Re8) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. c3 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qd6 $16
{1-0 (53) Post,E-Tartakower,S Mannheim 1914}) 8. Ng3 ({Tarrasch played} 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bb3 b5 11. Ng3 a5 12. c3 Nb6 13. Ne4 a4 $15 {0-1 (30)
Tarrasch,S-Tartakower,S Teplitz Schoenau 1922}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nd7 (9... c5 {
seems interesting.}) 10. Qh5 $1 b5 $6 (10... f5 {was preferable.}) 11. Bd3 $14
g6 12. Qh4 Qd8 $6 ({Better was} 12... Re8 $14) 13. Nf5 $1 $16 Nb6 14. Nh6+ (14.
Nxd6 {was stronger} Qxd6 15. b3 $16 {Black is clearly better due to better
pawn structure and the pair of Bishops.}) 14... Kh8 15. f4 Bc7 16. f5 $1 g5 17.
Qg4 $6 ({Better was} 17. Qh3 Qxd4+ 18. Be3 Qh4 19. Qxh4 gxh4 20. Bc5 Re8 21.
Bd6 $1 {Black is clearly better due to better pawn structure.}) 17... Qd6 18.
g3 c5 $11 {The position is even - Black has good counter play through the
centre.} 19. Be3 ({Stronger was} 19. Be4 $11) 19... c4 $2 ({Black misses a
strong continuation} 19... Bb7 20. Be4 (20. dxc5 Qd5 $17) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4
cxd4 22. Rad1 Kg7 $15 {after which he has a slight edge.}) 20. Be4 $1 $17 {
The Bishop is placed on the important diagonal.} Nd5 21. Bf2 (21. Bd2 $16 {
was stronger.}) 21... Bb7 22. Rae1 (22. Rfe1 $5) 22... Rad8 23. Qh5 $1 {
[%csl Rf7]} Rd7 24. Ng4 Bd8 25. Qh6 ({Stgronger was} 25. h4 Re7 26. hxg5 fxg5
27. Ne5 $16) 25... Rg8 26. Bg2 Bc6 ({Preferable was} 26... b4 $13) 27. Re2 Re7
$2 ({Losing move. Better was} 27... c3 $5 28. b4 $16) 28. Re5 $1 $18 Rd7 {[#]}
({In the case of} 28... Ree8 {White will have} 29. Rfe1 $18 {with decesive
pressure on the e file.}) 29. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {Decisive blow.} Qxd5 31.
Nxf6 Bxf6 32. Qxf6+ Rg7 33. Re1 Rd8 ({Either} 33... Qa8 {cannot help} 34. Be3
h5 35. Bxg5 Kg8 36. c3 Qf8 37. Bh6 {and Black is helpless.}) 34. Re5 Qa8 35. d5
$1 {[%cal Rf2d4,Rd4h8] Opening up the a1-h8 diagonal for his Bishop.} Rdg8 36.
Bd4 b4 37. Re7 b3 38. axb3 cxb3 39. c4 a5 40. Rxf7 Qe8 41. Re7 ({Or} 41. Kf2)
41... Qh5 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. O-O (9. Qc2 {/\0-0-0 is the fashionable way to play this line but
after} Kh8 $1 10. h4 Qa5 $1 {Black should have no problems.}) 9... Qc7 10. Ng3
Be6 $2 ({On} 10... Nd7 {Seirawan feared} 11. Nf5 $5 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Nxg7
$1 {but this may be playable for Black after} Kxg7 14. Qg4+ Kh8 $1 15. Qh4 f5
$1) 11. f4 c5 12. d5 Bd7 13. c4 Na6 14. Qf3 Qb6 $2 ({In retrospect Black
should have tried} 14... b5 $1 15. cxb5 $6 Nb4 {with counterplay.}) 15. b3 Bf8
16. Bb2 Nc7 17. Bf5 $1 ({Seirawan was playing for the trap} 17. f5 $2 Nxd5 $3 {
since} 18. Qxd5 $4 Bc6 {wins the White queen.}) 17... Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Red8 19.
Rae1 Ne8 20. Qh5 Qa5 (20... g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Qh4 {/\f5, /\Ng4 would also
leave White with a winning attack.}) 21. Rxe8 $3 Rxe8 22. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 ({
It would have been kinder for Black to allow the more spectacular} 22... Kh8
23. Qxf7 Bd6 24. Qg8+ $3 Rxg8 25. Nf7#) 23. Qg4+ {24.Bxf6 will force checkmate.
} 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 (5. e5 {Blatny,P} Bg4 {
->[+]}) 5... Nh6 6. Bf4 f6 7. Be2 (7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nb5 O-O) (7. Qd2 {Blatny,P}
Nf7 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O-O $14 {<=>}) 7... Nf7 8. Bh2 (8. O-O {Blatny,P} e5 $5)
8... O-O (8... dxe4 {Blatny,P} 9. Nxe4 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bf5 11. Nc3 $14 (11. Ng3 Be6
$132)) 9. O-O b6 (9... Re8 {Blatny,P} 10. Re1 e6 $13) 10. Re1 Bb7 (10... Na6 {
Blatny,P /\Nc7-d5} 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 e5 $132) 11. Bf1 Nd7 (11... Re8 12. e5
) 12. a4 (12. e5 e6 $13) 12... a6 (12... e6 13. a5 Re8 $13) (12... e5 {Blatny,P
} 13. exd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5 15. Nd4 $14) (12... a5 {Blatny,P} 13. exd5 cxd5
{><b5}) 13. a5 b5 14. exd5 $5 cxd5 15. Re6 $5 Rc8 $6 (15... Re8 16. Nxb5 axb5
17. Bxb5 Bc8 $1 18. Bc6 Ra7 19. Bxd5 $2 Nf8 $17) (15... Ng5 {Blatny,P} 16. Nxg5
fxg5 {/\Rf6}) (15... Bc8 $142 {Blatny,P ><e6}) 16. Nxb5 $6 (16. Ne2 $1 Re8 17.
Nf4 Nf8 $1 (17... Nd6 18. Re1 Nf8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Nb3 $16) 18. Rb6
Qd7 19. Nd3 e5 20. Nc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 $14) 16... axb5 17. Bxb5 f5 $1 (17... Ng5
{Blatny,P} 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. a6 Ba8 {/\Rf6} 20. c3 {/\Qe2~/=}) 18. Qe2 $6 (18.
Qe1 Nf6 19. Rxe7 Ba8 $13) 18... Nf6 19. a6 (19. Rxe7 Rxc2 20. Rxb7 Rxe2 21.
Bxe2 Qa8 22. a6 Ne4 23. Rc1 Nd8 $17) 19... Ba8 20. Rxe7 Rxc2 (20... Ne4 {
Blatny,P} 21. Rd7 $18) 21. Qxc2 Qxe7 22. Qa4 $1 Qe6 $1 (22... Ne4 $6 23. Bc6) (
22... Rc8 23. a7 Ne4 24. Bd7 $1 Rc4 $140 $2 25. Qb5 Rb4 26. Qb8+ $1 Qf8 27. Be6
$18) 23. b4 $2 (23. a7 $1 g5 $1 (23... Ne4 24. Qa6 $1 Nfg5 (24... Qxa6 25. Rxa6
{/\ Bc6, Rb6}) 25. Nxg5 Nxg5 26. h4 $1 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 Nf7 (27... Ne4 28. Be5 $1
$44) 28. Ra4 Rc8 29. Bf4 $13) 24. Bc7 g4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 gxh3 27. gxh3 (
27. Qa6 Qf7 28. gxh3 Ne4 $1 $17) 27... f4 $1 $40) (23. a7 $142 {Blatny,P /\Qa6}
) 23... Ne4 24. Bf1 g5 25. b5 g4 (25... f4 $5) 26. Ne1 (26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qb6 $19) 26... Qb6 27. Nc2 Rc8 28. Bf4 Bh6 $1 (28... gxh3 {
Blatny,P} 29. gxh3 Qg6+ 30. Bg2 Nc3 $19) (28... Nxf2 $5 {Blatny,P} 29. Kxf2
Rxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Bxd4+ 31. Be3 $8 Bxe3+ $40) 29. Bxh6 Qxh6 30. hxg4 (30. Ne3 gxh3
31. gxh3 Qf4 32. Ra2 (32. Nd1 Nfg5 33. Bg2 Kh8 {/\ Rg8}) (32. Qa2 Kh8 33. Bg2
Rg8 {/\ Nfg5}) 32... Nfg5 33. Bg2 Nxf2 $1 34. Rxf2 Qxe3 $19) 30... Qd2 31. f3
Qf2+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) 32... Nfg5 33. Ne1 Qh4+ (33... Qg3+ {Blatny,P}
34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Ngh3#) 34. Kg1 Nh3+ (34... Nh3+ 35. gxh3 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Ng3#
) 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 09th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1998.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Ranola, Yves"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 $6 dxe4 6. fxe4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
h3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a3 a5 (10... e5 $5 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 c5) 11... Nfd7) (
10... Nfd7) 11. e5 $5 (11. O-O c5 $1 12. dxc5 (12. Bxb5 Nxe4) 12... b4 13. Na4
Nxe4) 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qe2 (13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Bxe5 {xg2}) 13... c5
$1 14. dxc5 (14. Bxb5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bc3 (16. c3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 18.
O-O Bh6) 16... Qc5 $13) 14... Nc6 $1 15. O-O (15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qe4 17. e6
f5 $13) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. c3 Bc6 18. Rae1 Rab8 19. Bd4 Qxe2 20. Rxe2
Rfd8 (20... Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 e6) 21. Rxe7 Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. Rfxf7 $5 Rxd3
24. Rg7+ Kf8 25. Ref7+ Ke8 26. Rxh7 (26. Rc7 Bd5 27. Rxh7 Kf8 $1) 26... Rbd8 (
26... Rc8) 27. Re7+ (27. Rc7 $2 R3d7 $1) (27. Rf6 R3d7 28. Re6+ $1 Kf8 29. Rf6+
Ke8 $11 (29... Kg8 $4 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Rd6 $1)) 27... Kf8 28. Rhf7+ Kg8 29.
Rg7+ Kf8 30. Ref7+ Ke8 31. Rf6 $2 (31. Re7+ $11) 31... Be4 32. c6 $4 (32. Rh7
$1 R8d4 (32... Rg3 $2 33. Re6+ Kf8 34. Rxe4 Rd2 35. Rf4+ Kg8 36. Rf2) (32...
Bf5 33. c6) 33. c6 Rd2 34. Re6+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. c7 Rc4 38.
c8=Q (38. b3 $4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rdc2 $1 $19) 38... Rxc8 39. Rxc8 Rxb2 $15) 32...
Rd2 $1 33. Re6+ Kf8 34. Rd7 R2xd7 35. cxd7 Bf5 36. Rb6 Rxd7 37. Rxb5 a4 38. g4
$4 (38. b3 $1) 38... Bc2 $19 39. Kf2 Bb3 40. Ke3 Rf7 41. h4 Kg7 42. Rb6 Bd1 43.
h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Bxh5 $6 (44... Rf6 $19 {so that if} 45. Rxf6 Kxf6 46. Kd2 Bb3
47. Kc1 Kg5 48. Kb1 Kxh5 49. Kc1 Kg4 50. Kb1 Kf3 51. Kc1 Ke2 52. Kb1 Kd2 53.
Ka1 Bd5 54. Kb1 Kd1 55. b4 (55. Ka1 Kc2) 55... axb3 56. a4 Kd2 57. Kb2 Kd3 58.
a5 Kc4 $19) 45. b3 $1 Rf3+ 46. Kd4 axb3 (46... Rxb3 $4 47. Rxb3 axb3 48. Kc3
Bf7 49. a4 $11) 47. a4 Bf7 48. a5 Rf2 49. a6 Ra2 50. Kc5 Rc2+ 51. Kd6 Kf6 $4
52. a7 Ra2 53. Kc7+ Ke7 54. Kb8 Bd5 55. Rxb3 $11 Kd7 56. Rb7+ Bxb7 57. Kxb7
Rb2+ 58. Ka8 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 11th"]
[Site "Qinhuangdao"]
[Date "2018.05.31"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h5 $5 {This is a relatively new continuation, at least P.Negi
doesn't consider this move in his book.} 10. O-O {This move seems to be
illogical. It seems that after 9...h5 White should play h3, g4. Nevertheless,
here the position is a little bit more complicated. Black has 4 pawns on the
kingside and after ...Nd7, ...Nf8 Black's king isn't in danger. Moreover,
after ...Be6, ...Qa5, ...Rc8 and ...b5 Black has some counterplay.} ({For
example} 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. c4 ({If you want to see
what Black wants in this variation you should examine the following game} 13.
Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 b5 15. Be4 Bd5 16. Rhe1 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Ne6 18. Rde1 a5 19. Bc1
a4 {Black has got an excellent position and after} 20. f4 Qd5 $1 21. R4e2 Nc7
22. f5 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {Abrahamyan,T (2364)-Krush,I (2444)
0-1 (52) Saint Louis 2017 The endgame which has arisen is very unpleasant for
White.}) 13... Rc8 14. h3 (14. Ng3 Bg4 $6 (14... g6 15. Ne4 b5 16. Nc5 bxc4 17.
Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 f5 $11) 15. Rc1 Bxg3 16. hxg3 b5 17. Qd2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 (18.
Rxc4 $5 Be6 19. Ra4 $14) 18... Qe7 $6 (18... g6 19. f3 Be6 20. g4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4
Qd5 $11) 19. Ka1 Nd7 20. d5 $6 (20. Bf4 $1 Nb6 21. Bd3 $16) 20... cxd5 21. Bxd5
Nb6 $11 {Pichot,A (2571) -Perez Ponsa,F (2594) 1/2 (43) Buenos Aires ARG 2017})
14... h4 15. Qd2 (15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Ne4 b5 $13) (15. Rdg1 $6 b5 16. c5 Bb8 17.
Nc3 b4 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 $15 {Saric,I (2669)-Howell,D 
(2676) Riyadh KSA 2017 1/2 (45)}) 15... Ng6 16. Nc3 $6 Bb4 $1 {Black intends
to take control over the light squares by means of ...Bxc3 and ...b5.} 17. a3
Bxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. d5 $5 (19. Rhe1 Ne7 20. Ka1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Nd5 $15) 19... cxd5 20. c5 a6 (20... Qd7 $1 21. Bc2 Ne7 22. Rd2 Nc6 $15) 21.
Bc2 Qc7 22. Rhg1 a5 23. g3 hxg3 24. Rxg3 Rb8 $13 {Aryan,C (2509)-Svane,R (2586)
Moscow RUS 2018 1-0 (41)}) (10. h3 Nd7 (10... h4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O (12. O-O-O
$5 Nf8 13. Kb1 Be6 14. c4 Rc8 $1 (14... b5 $2 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. c5 Rc8 17.
Bxb5 $16) 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. Rhe1 Bb4 $13) 12... Nf8 13. Bf5 $6 {A wrong move,
it's Black, who needs to trade the light-squared bishops.} (13. Rfe1 g5 $5 {
The resulting position is too complicated to evaluate correctly. After ...Bb8,
and ...Qd6 (Qc7) Black's queen will get to h2, White can play Kf1, Ng1.} (13...
Bc7 14. Nf4 Ne6 (14... Qd6 $6 15. c4 $1 {Black has got an unpleasant position})
15. Qd2 Qd6 16. c4 $1 b6 17. b4 g6 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qd8 20. Red1 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 Be6 $11) 14. c4 Bc7 (14... Bb8 $5 15. Kf1 Qd6 16. Ng1 $13) 15. c5 (15. Kf1
Qd6 16. Ng1 $13) 15... Bb8 16. d5 $5 Qxd5 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Ne4 Rxe4
20. Bxe4 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Ne6) 13... Bc7 (13... Bxf5 $5 14. Qxf5 Bc7 {White should
be careful. For example} 15. Rfd1 $6 Ng6 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6 Re6
$1 {Black wants to play ...Re8 with a very strong attack. He doesn't need to
hurry with ...Qh2+.}) 14. Bxc8 $6 (14. Rfe1 Qd6 15. Nf4 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne6 $40)
({The computer prefers} 14. Bd3 {but it's not easy to admit your own mistake.})
14... Rxc8 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. f4 Re4 $17 17. Rf3 Rce8 18. Kf2 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. g4
$4 Nf6 21. g5 Ng4+ {0-1 (21) Bracker,F (2392)-Voigt,M (2346) Germany GER 2018})
11. O-O {I was surprised when Zhansaya played this} Nf8 12. a4 Bc7 (12... Bb8
$5 {Abdumalik} 13. Bd2 (13. Be3 $4 Qd6 14. Bf4 Rxe2 15. Bxd6 Rxc2 16. Bxc2 Bxd6
$19) 13... Qd6 14. f4 $8 f5 {Black's position seems to be good. for example}
15. Rae1 g6 16. Kh1 Ne6 17. Nc1 Bc7 18. Bc4 Ng7 19. Nd3 Be6 $11) 13. Re1 h4 {
At this moment I was satisfied with my position.} 14. Be3 Ne6 $6 {An useless
move.} 15. c4 $1 Qd6 16. Nf4 $1 Rd8 $6 17. c5 Qf8 18. Ne2 $1 {A very strong
move, which I missed.} g6 19. Rad1 (19. Bc4 f5 20. Rad1 $16 {Black is in
trouble.}) 19... Ng7 20. Bc4 Be6 21. b4 Rd7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qe4 $6 (23. Qc4
$1 Rad8 24. Nc3 $16) 23... f5 $1 24. Qxh4 Qd8 $1 25. Qh6 $6 (25. Qxd8+ Raxd8
26. Rb1 f4 27. Bd2 Be5 28. dxe5 Rxd2 $44 {Black should make a draw.}) 25... Be5
$11 {Abdumalik,Z (2484)-Sumets, A (2577) 0-1 (69) Llucmajor ESP 2018}) 10... h4
11. h3 (11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 (12... Rxe2 $4 13. Qxe2 Bxf4 14. Qe4 $18) 13.
Qd2 Be7 {It is too risky. Black intends to play f5, g5.} ({I would recommend} 
13... h3 14. Bxd6 (14. g3 $6 Bg4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc1 Qd5 17. Bf1 Ne6 $15)
14... Qxd6 15. Qf4 Qd5 16. Qg3 Qxg2+ 17. Qxg2 hxg2 18. Kxg2 $11) 14. h3 $1 g5
15. Bh2 f5 16. f3 (16. Rad1 f4 17. c4 Bf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Nc3
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qa5 $13) ({White could have played} 16. Kh1 $5 f4 17. Ng1 Bf6
18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qc2 $14) 16... Bf6 17. Kh1 f4 18. Bg1 Be6 19. c4 Qd7 20. Kh2
Rad8 21. Rad1 $14 {Beerdsen,T (2441)-Svane,R (2579)1-0 (43) Maastricht NED 2018
}) 11... Nd7 12. Bd2 (12. c4 Nf8 13. Be3 Bc7 14. Rad1 {White wants to play d5
and he isn't afraid of ...Qd6.} Qd6 (14... g5 $6 15. c5 Bb8 16. Bc1 Qc7 $6 17.
f4 $16) 15. Bf4 ({I would prefer} 15. Nf4 $5 Bd7 16. c5 Qe7 17. d5 Bxf4 18.
Bxf4 cxd5 19. b4 $44) 15... Rxe2 16. Bxd6 Rxc2 17. Ba3 {White has won an
exchange but after 17...Be6 and ...Bxc4 Black has some compensation.} Be6 $1 (
17... Bf5 $6 18. Bxf5 Re2 19. Bd3 Ree8 20. d5 $16) 18. d5 $5 cxd5 (18... Bf5 $5
19. Bxf5 Rxc4 20. d6 Bb6 21. d7 Rf4 22. Bg4 g6 $13) 19. cxd5 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxd5
21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd5 $14 {1/2 (56) Kanmazalp,O (2473)-Motylev,A (2669)
Batumi GEO 2018}) 12... Nf8 13. Rae1 Bc7 $146 (13... Be6 14. Nf4 Bc7 15. Nxe6
Nxe6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Qd6 18. f4 Nf8 19. Qb3 Kg8 20. a4 $6 (20. Qxb7 $1
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rb8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2 23. Bc1 Rb8 24. Qa6 $16) 20... a6 $11 {
Ostrovskiy,A (2414)-Antal,G (2534)1/2 (34) Charlotte USA 2018} 21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Qxb7 Re2 23. Rf2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qxf4 25. Rf2 Qc1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qg3
28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qg3 $11) 14. b3 (14. Nf4 Be6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 {- Ostrovskiy,
A-Antal,G.}) 14... g6 (14... Ne6 $5 {Threatening ...Qd6.} 15. f4 {sooner or
later White should play f4.For example} (15. Bh7+ $6 Kh8 16. Bf5 Qd6 17. Nf4
Bd7 $15) 15... Qd6 16. Rd1 Ng5 $5 17. fxg5 $2 (17. c4 Nxh3+ $5 (17... Bf5 18.
Bxf5 Rxe2 19. Bd3 (19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Bg4 R2e4 21. Bc1 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1
f5 $11) 19... Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne6 21. Kh1 Rd8) 18. gxh3 Bxh3 19. Rf2 Bg4 20. Bc1
Re7 $44) 17... Qh2+ 18. Kf2 Bxh3 19. Rg1 Bg4 $19) 15. Kh1 Qd6 16. Bf4 $5 {
The only way to fight for an advantage.} (16. f4 f5 17. Ng1 {White can win the
h4-pawn but Black will get compensation after ...Nh7 (Nd7), ...Nf6, ...Nh5} Be6
18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Nxh4 Nf6 $44 20. Bc1 (20. Nf3 $6 Nh5 $15) 20... Bd5 21. Re5 Be4
22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $44) 16... Rxe2 $8 (16... Qd8 $6 17. Qd2 Ne6 18.
Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Qh6 $16) 17. Bxd6 Rxc2 18. Bxc7 Rd2 $6 {It's not the best move.
Black could have played 18...Rxa2 or 18...Rxc3.} (18... Rxa2 19. Re8 Kg7 $8 20.
Bd6 Nd7 21. Bb1 (21. Rfe1 Nb6 22. Bf8+ Kg8 $8 (22... Kh7 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Rxa8
Nxa8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 $16) 23. Bb1 Ra1 24. Bb4+ Kg7 25. c4 Be6 26. Re7 a5
27. Bc3 Ra3 28. d5 Bc8 29. d6 Rxb3 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. c5 Rb4 32. Be3 Rb2 $1 33.
Rd1 $44 {[%eval 0,0] A human evaluation. I would prefer to have White.
According to my computer, the position which has arisen is equal} (33. Bd4 Rb4
34. Be3 $11)) 21... Ra1 22. c4 Nb6 23. Bf8+ Kg8 24. Ba3+ Kg7 25. Bb2 Ra5 26.
Re7 Rb8 27. Kg1 Be6 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Bc3 Kxe7 30. Bxa5 $44) (18... Rxc3 19. Bb1
Bf5 $1 {The point} (19... b6 $2 20. Re8 Bb7 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bf4 c5 23. Bd2
cxd4 24. Bxc3 dxc3 25. Rc1 $18) 20. Ba5 Bxb1 21. Bxc3 Bxa2 22. Ra1 (22. d5 cxd5
23. Re7 b6 24. Ra1 Bxb3 25. Raxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Kg7 27. Rb7 Bc4 28. Rxb6 Ne6
$11) 22... Bxb3 23. Rfb1 Bd5 24. Rxb7 g5 25. Raxa7 Re8 $14 {Black should make
a draw.}) 19. Re8 Kg7 20. Bd6 Ne6 (20... Rxd3 $2 21. Bxf8+ Kh7 22. Rfe1 Rxc3
23. R1e7 $18) (20... Nd7 21. Bb1 Nb6 22. Bf8+ Kh7 $8 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. Rxa8 Nxa8
25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Re7 $16) 21. Bb1 $5 (21. Bc4 $5 Rxa2 22. f4 $1 (22. b4 Rc2
23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Re7+ Kg8 25. Rc7 Rxc3 26. Be7 Kf7 27. Bd6+ Kg8 28. Be7 Kf7
$11) 22... Ra5 23. d5 cxd5 24. b4 dxc4 25. bxa5 b6 26. a6) 21... Re2 22. Bd3
Rxa2 $6 (22... Rd2 $5 23. Bb1 b5 24. b4 Bb7 25. Re7 Bc8 26. Be4 a5 27. Bxc6 Ra6
$8 28. d5 Rxc6 29. dxc6 Rxd6 30. c4 bxc4 31. b5 Nd4 32. Re8 $14) 23. f4 Rd2 24.
f5 $1 $18 gxf5 $4 {After this mistake White wins easily.} ({He should have
tried} 24... Nc7 $8 25. Bxc7 Rxd3 26. fxg6 Rxc3 (26... fxg6 27. Re7+ Kh6 28.
Rxf6 Kg5 29. Rf8 $18) (26... Kxg6 $8) 27. Be5 $1 $18) 25. Bxf5 $18 b6 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Rf4 f5 28. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 {This obscure choice from
Shabalov must have come as surprise for Jeffery.} 6. e5 {Yet, he went forward.}
(6. Bd3 {is a more cautious continuation.}) 6... Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ng5 c5 9.
Bc4 O-O 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 (13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
h6 15. Nxe4 Rd8 16. Kc3 Bf5 17. Nd2 Rac8 {Artemiev-V. Onischuk, 2013, gave
Black great compensation, although White managed to save himself.}) 13... h6
14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. f4 b5 $1 16. Bb3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qb4 18. Qf3 Rxd4 19. a3 Qa5 20.
Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 {The clock showed Xiong down to 10 minutes or so, while Shabalov
had used no time at all. Can you say *preparation* ? Only the last move is a
novelty, but it's easily the engines' best choice.} (20... exf6 {was played in
the pre-historic game Ibragimov-Stangl, 1992.} 21. Qxa8 Qc7 22. Kg1 {Black
erred with} Bf8 {and went down after} (22... Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 fxe5
25. Bf3 exf4 {is about even.}) 23. Kh2 Bb7 24. Qe8 Rd2 25. Rhg1 {as his attack
had petered out.}) 21. exf6 (21. Qxa8 Rxf4+ 22. Ke2 {is met with the absolute
bonecrushing assault} b4 $1 23. Qxc8+ Kh7 24. exf6 Qe5+ 25. Kd1 (25. Kd3 Qd4+ {
is mate in 3}) 25... Qxb2 $1 26. Qc1 Qxb3+ 27. Ke2 Qe6+ {Black will win the
queen in a matter of moves, leading to a technical win with Q vs 2R.}) 21...
Qb6 $1 {Pretty, but not too hard to find.} 22. f5 {As the game went, even a
senior citizen can win it.} ({On} 22. Qxa8 Rxf4+ 23. Ke2 Rf2+ 24. Kd3 {the
beautiful} Kh7 $3 {decides, e.g.} 25. Qxc8 Qd6+ 26. Kc3 Qd2#) (22. Re1 {
was the best choice. Granted, Black is winning in three different lines,} Bb7 (
22... e6 23. Qxa8 Rxf4+ 24. Ke2 Rf2+ 25. Kd3 Qd8+ 26. Bd5 exd5 {Although here
White has the incredible resource} 27. Re6 $3) ({and, most convincingly,} 22...
b4 $1 23. Rxe7 Ba6+ 24. Ke1 Rf8 25. Bxf7+ {followed by ...Qxf6 to remove any
doubts. Still, dealing with a multiple choice of good moves is notoriously
difficult.}) 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qe3 Qxf6 25. f5 g5 26. Qe6 Rc8 {quickly gaining
the 2nd rank;}) 22... Bb7 23. Qg3 g5 24. fxe7 Re8 25. Re1 Rf4+ 26. Ke2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 f6 {Shabalov's second,
GM Ehlvest, is known to be a specialist in this obscure opening.} 7. Be3 O-O 8.
h3 Qb6 9. Qd2 $5 {A novelty, which might have been expected. Such gambits suit
the style of the combatants.} (9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Nf5 11. Bf2 fxe5 12. fxe5 Bh6
13. b4 Qd8 14. Bd3 b6 $13) 9... Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. g4 Nf7 12. Bd3 fxe5 13.
dxe5 Na6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. O-O e6 16. h4 Nc5 17. h5 $5 {Ray always has his eye
on the enemy king.} ({He obviously didn't fancy the slow play after} 17. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 18. Kg2 b6 19. Ne2 (19. h5 {can now be met by} g5 $1) 19... Nh6 {etc.})
17... Nxd3 $1 ({Ray's exchange sac was quite clever, as the following line
illustrates:} 17... Nxb3 18. cxb3 gxh5 19. Bb1 $1 {and what do you do against
Qc2 now? Some battery that one is going to be.}) 18. cxd3 gxh5 19. g5 Nh8 $1 {
Timely re-grouping. This is the moment when I thought Shabba would win the
game.} 20. Qh2 Ng6 21. Qxh5 Nxf4 ({A more thematic try would be} 21... b6 $5 {
seeking an opportunity for a swift counter-attack:} 22. Nh2 d4 $3 23. Bxd4 Ba6
24. Ne4 Qxa2 25. Rb2 Qd5 {once the position opens up a bit White's plan with
Nf6+ is just too slow.}) 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Ne2 Rf8 24. Ng3 Qc5+ $4 {It is hard
to explain this. For 30+ years of his chess career Alex had lost many games,
drawn some, and won many more by always playing his kind of chess: intuitive,
inventive and, most importantly, very brave. My favourite description of
Alex's style is "burning his bridges BEFORE crossing them". This approach has
earned him four U.S. Championship titles not counting numerous open tournament
wins. I just don't recognise Alex in this tournament. Regardless of computer
evaluations, bringing the queen back is not going to make Black's defences
stronger, but opportunities for counterplay will be lost.} (24... Qxa2 25. Rb4
Qa3 26. Rh4 Qxd3 27. Ne4) (24... c5 $1 25. g6 (25. Rb2 Qa3 26. Rd2 Bd7 27. Qh3
Be8 $1 28. Qxe6+ Bf7 29. Qd7 Qa6 30. Nf5 Qe6) (25. Nh2 Bd7 26. Ng4 Be8 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qxh7 Qe1+ $17) 25... h6 26. Nh2 Rxf1+ 27. Ngxf1 Qa4 28. Ng4 Qf4
29. Qh4 Kh8 30. Qd8+ Qf8 31. Qh4 $11) 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Rb2 Qf7 27. Qh3 $1 {
Ray is not going to miss his chances. He has great attacking skills.} b6 ({
The folly of Black's defensive strategy is best seen in the long, but
inevitable, demise after} 27... Qg6 28. Nh5 Qf5 29. Qh4 Qxd3 30. Rbf2 Qe4 31.
Qh2 Bd7 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. gxf6 Kh8 34. Re1 Qg6 35. Rg1 Qe4 36. Qh6 Rg8 37. Rg7
c5 38. Rfg2 $18) 28. Rh2 Qg6 29. Nh5 Ba6 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Nd4 1-0

