[Event "Kavala op 20th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 {In the time I have
played this opening I was fond of this version.} Nc6 (5... Qb6 6. Qd2 $5 Nc6 7.
e3 Bf5 8. f3 $5 e6 9. Rc1 Bb4 10. h4 h5 11. a3 $13) 6. e3 e6 {These days I am
crazy for this.} (6... Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 (7... Bh5 $6 8. Qb3) 8. Bd3 e6 9. Bg5 $36)
(6... Bf5 7. Rc1 $5 Rc8 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Bb4 $132) (6... a6 7. Rc1 $5 Bf5 8.
Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Bd6 $5 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Na4 Nb4 13. Qc7 (13. Ne5
Rab8 14. Qc7 Nc2+ 15. Rxc2 Qb4+ 16. Rc3 Qxa4 17. Bd3 Rxb2 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. O-O
Qxa2 $13) 13... Qxc7 14. Rxc7 Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. b3 Nxa2 18.
Ne5 Nc1 19. Bxa6 Nxb3 20. O-O Ne4 $11 {is too close.}) 7. Bd3 Be7 (7... Bd6 $5
8. Bxd6 (8. Bg3 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qe7 13. Qa4
Rfc8 $11) (8. Nf3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Qd6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13.
Rfe1 a6 14. Ne2 Ne7 $11) 8... Qxd6 9. f4 (9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8
12. Qe2 Be8 $11) 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Nb4 $5 11. Bb1 b6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14.
O-O Ne7 $132) 8. Rc1 (8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nb4 $5 10. Bb1 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Ne5 (
12. a3 Nc6) 12... Nc6 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. f4 Nh5 $132) 8... O-O 9. h3
Bd7 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. O-O Be8 13. Ne5 Qd8 $11) 4... Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6
6. Bf4 {Although I have never been fond of this version, GM Maiorov is a
specialist in it.} Bf5 $5 {I have started to despise this line with the bishop
sortie.} (6... e6 7. e3 Bd6 (7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11.
Bxe5 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8) 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O {are the Classical wa to deal
with the problems.}) (6... a6 7. Ne5 e6 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd6 {is my game
with IM Frendzas from the mid 90's.}) 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 Qb6 $1 {
considered to be the best.} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 (11... O-O 12. O-O Bxc3
13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3 c5) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Qa3 a5 $132) 12. f3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Be7 14. c4 Qxb3 {The common move!} (14... c5 $6 15. cxd5 Qxb3 16. axb3
exd5 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Ba6 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. O-O $16) (14... dxc4 15. Bxc4
O-O 16. O-O $16) (14... g5 $142 $5 15. Bg3 h5 16. c5 Qxb3 17. axb3 h4 18. Bf2
Kd7 19. Kd2 a5 20. Ra3 Bd8 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 Rb8 $132) 15. axb3 Bb4+ 16.
Kf2 a5 17. Ra2 (17. Bc7 Kd7 18. Bb6 Bc2 19. Bd1 Bxd1 20. Rhxd1 dxc4 21. bxc4 a4
22. Rdb1 Be7 $132) 17... Kd7 $6 {Somewhere around here} ({I had to play} 17...
h5 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. cxd5 exd5 $13) 18. Rc1 Rhc8 $6 ({I have missed the last
chance for.} 18... h5 $142) 19. g4 $1 Bg6 20. h4 h6 (20... h5 21. gxh5 Bxh5 22.
Bd3 $14) 21. c5 Rh8 22. Bf1 (22. h5 Bh7) 22... h5 23. g5 f6 24. Bh3 Ke7 25. Ke2
(25. Rg1 Rhg8 $132) (25. Bc7 Kf7 $132) 25... Kf7 26. Rg1 Rhe8 27. Bd6 $6 (27.
Bc7 Ra7 28. Bb6 Rb7 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Kd1 Rg8 31. Rag2 Re7 32. Ke2 (32. Bd8
Ree8 33. Bc7 Bh7) 32... Bh7 33. Rxg8 Bxg8 $11 {and Black barely holds.}) 27...
Ra7 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Kd1 Rg8 30. Rg3 $6 {His hesitant play in this part of
the game became hesitant.} (30. Rag2 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Rxg6 Ra1+ $19) (30.
e4 $142 Raa8 31. exd5 exd5 32. Re2 Rae8 (32... Bc2+ $2 33. Kxc2 Rxg1 34. Bd7
Ra6 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Be8+ Kf5 37. Rh7 $18) 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Bd7 Re3 35. Bxc6
Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rxd4 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Ke6 $11) 30... Raa8 ({If Black wants
he never risk losing with} 30... Bf5 $5 31. Rxg8 Kxg8 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Rg2+
Rg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 $11) 31. Ke2 {Draw offer.} (31. Rag2
Bh7 (31... a4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. Rxg6) 32. Rxg8 Bxg8) 31... Bb1 $2 {This cool
looking move did not accomplish much.} (31... Bc3 32. Kd1 Bd3 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34.
Rg2 Ra8 35. Ra2 Bb1 $17) 32. Rb2 Rxg3 33. Bxg3 Bh7 $5 {I again had to bypass a
draw!} (33... Rg8 34. Rxb1 Rxg3 35. Rh1 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. Rg1 Rxg1 38. Kxg1
Be1 39. Kf1 Bxh4 40. f4 Bg3 41. Ke2 $11 {and White may hold this one easily.})
34. Be1 $1 Bd3+ 35. Kd1 $2 {Running to the wrong side!} (35. Kf2 $1 Rb8 36.
Bxb4 Rxb4 37. Ra2 Rxb3 38. Rxa5 f5 39. Kg3 Rb2 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Rc7 Bb5 $11 {
and both sides hold their weaknesses.}) (35. Kxd3 Bxe1 $17 {is adifferent
story with the rooks over the board.}) 35... Rg8 $1 36. Bxb4 axb4 37. Ra2 f5 $1
38. Bg2 f4 $1 (38... Kf6 39. Ke1 f4 40. Kf2 $11) 39. exf4 Kf6 40. Ke1 Kf5 41.
Kf2 Kxf4 42. Ra7 Bf5 $5 $36 {I have achieved tops what I could have aimed for.}
({I was not so sure} 42... Bc2 43. Bh3 (43. Rf7+ Bf5 44. Ra7 Rf8)) ({of any of
these} 42... Rf8 43. Bh3 Bf5 44. Bxf5 exf5 45. Rh7 Ra8 46. Rxh5 Ra3 47. Rh6
Rxb3 48. Ke2 $1 Re3+ 49. Kd2 Kxf3 50. Rxc6 f4 51. Rb6 Ke4 52. Rxb4 f3 53. Rb8
Re2+ 54. Kd1 Ra2 55. Ke1 Kxd4 56. Rc8 $11 {rook endings.}) 43. Bf1 Rf8 (43...
Rg3 44. Bg2 Rg6 (44... Rg8) 45. Bf1 $11 {and no progress after all.}) 44. Ra4
$6 {He also errs with this!} (44. Ra6 Rc8 45. Rb6 Ra8 46. Ba6 Bh3 47. Rxc6 Rg8
48. Bf1 Bxf1 49. Kxf1 Rg3 50. Rxe6 Rxf3+ 51. Ke2 Rxb3 52. Kd2 Rc3 53. Rb6 Rc4
54. Kd3 Rc3+ $11) 44... Bc2 $1 {Possibly he missed} 45. Bh3 (45. Rxb4 Ra8 46.
Ra4 Rb8 $1 {this fancy line} (46... Rxa4 47. bxa4 Bxa4 48. Bd3 e5 (48... Bd1
49. Bb5) 49. dxe5 Kxe5 50. Bg6 Kd4 51. Bxh5 Bc2 52. Bf7 Kxc5 53. h5 Kd6 54. Bg6
Bxg6 55. hxg6 Ke6 56. f4 Kf6 57. f5 c5 $11) 47. Ra6 Rxb3 48. Be2 e5 49. dxe5
Rb2 50. Ke1 d4 $17) 45... Bxb3 $2 $138 {Starting point for my agony!} ({
The way to win was} 45... Bd1 $1 46. Bxe6 Bxf3 47. Rxb4 Re8 48. Rb7 Rxe6 49.
Rf7+ Ke4 50. Rxf3 Kxd4 51. Rf5 Kc3 $1 $19) ({Even} 45... e5 $5 46. Rxb4 e4 47.
fxe4 Kxe4+ 48. Kg1 (48. Ke2 $2 Bd3+) 48... Ke3 $40) 46. Rxb4 Bc4 47. Bxe6 (47.
Rb6 Ra8 48. Rxc6 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 e5 $3 {Line closing!} 50. dxe5 Ke3 $19) (47. Rb7
e5 48. dxe5 Kxe5 $17 {was giving fair chances.}) {I have blundered like a kid
with the obvious} 47... Re8 $4 (47... Ra8 48. Rb2 Ra3 49. Kg2 ({There was no
need for} 49. Bd7 $2 Bb5) 49... Rxf3 (49... Rd3 50. Bf7 Rxd4 51. Bxh5 Rd1 52.
Bg6 d4 53. h5 Bd5 54. h6 Bxf3+ 55. Kf2 Rh1 56. h7 Be4 57. Bxe4 Kxe4 58. Rb7 $11
) 50. Rf2 Rxf2+ 51. Kxf2 Ke4 52. Bf7 Kxd4 53. Bxh5 Kxc5 54. Bg6 Kd6 55. h5 Ke5
56. h6 Kf6 57. h7 Kg7 58. Ke3 c5 59. Bf5 d4+ 60. Kf4 $11) 48. Rb7 $1 {After
all I have walked into a checkmate in two.} (48. Rb7 $1 Rxe6 49. Rf7+) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Ne5 Ncxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 f6 14. Bg3 Be7
15. Qa4 Rc4 $1 16. Qb3 O-O (16... Rb4 17. Qd1 Rxb2 18. Na4 Rb4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20.
Rxc5 Rc4 $17) 17. a3 Rfc8 18. h3 b5 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Rdc1 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23. Ne2 Rc2 24. Qa2 Qb5 25. Rxc2 Bxc2 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Qa7 Bf8 28. Kh2
Qe8 29. Qb7 Qc6 30. Qa7 e5 31. Ne2 Qc2 32. Re1 Qxb2 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Ng1 Qc3
35. Nf3 Re8 36. Qa4 Re7 37. Re2 Bd3 $2 (37... b3 38. Qb5 Qd3 (38... Be4 39. Ng5
Qd3) 39. Qxd3 Bxd3 40. Rb2 Bc2 41. Ne1 (41. Bxe5 Re8 42. Bd4 Ba3) 41... Rc7 42.
Bxe5 Rc8 $19) 38. Ra2 b3 $2 39. Ra3 Bc2 40. Qb5 $1 Qc4 41. Qb8 Qc6 $2 (41...
Qc7 42. Ra8 Qxb8 43. Rxb8 e4 44. Nd4 $10) 42. Bxe5 $2 (42. Ra8 $1 $18 Qf6 43.
Bh4 Qf7 44. Nxe5 $18) 42... Re8 43. Qa7 Qc8 44. Bd4 $2 {>= 44.Bb2} Qb8+ 45.
Qxb8 Rxb8 46. Ra5 Bd6+ (46... b2 47. Bxb2 Rxb2 48. Rxd5 Be4 49. Rd2 Rxd2 50.
Nxd2 $10) 47. g3 Be4 48. Nd2 $2 (48. Ng5 b2 49. Bxb2 Rxb2 50. Nxe4 dxe4) 48...
b2 $2 (48... Bb4 $1 49. Nxb3 Bxa5 50. Nxa5 h5 $1) 49. Bxb2 Rxb2 50. Nxe4 dxe4
51. Kg2 Kf7 52. Ra4 Bb4 53. Kf1 Ke6 54. Ra7 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Be1 56. Kf1 Bc3+ 57.
Kg2 Kd5 58. Rc7 Be5 59. Re7 Rb5 60. Kf1 Rb1+ 61. Kg2 Bf6 62. Re8 Rc1 63. h4 $2
Rc7 64. Kf1 Be7 65. Rg8 Bc5 66. Re8 Rf7 67. Rd8+ Kc4 68. Ke2 Ra7 69. Kf1 h6 70.
Rc8 Ra1+ 71. Kg2 Rd1 72. Rc7 g5 73. hxg5 hxg5 74. Rg7 Rd5 75. Rb7 Bb4 76. Kf1
Rd1+ 77. Kg2 Be1 78. Kf1 Bc3+ 79. Kg2 Kd3 80. Rb5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.04"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 (7. e3
$142) 7... Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. e3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 $10 13.
O-O Bb4 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Bxc3 (15... Bb5 $2 16. Qd1 $1 {[/\ 17.Qh5+, 17.
Nxb5]}) 16. bxc3 Bb5 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Be8 20. Ne5 Nc4 21. Nxc4
Rxc4 22. Qb2 Qd7 23. Bg3 Qb5 24. Re2 Qxb2 25. Rxb2 Bc6 26. Rb4 Rxb4 27. cxb4
Rc8 28. b5 Bd7 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Bb8 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna-18"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1979.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donchev, Dimitar I"]
[Black "Dobosz, Henryk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Dobosz,H"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1979.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{27/536} 1. c4 {Chess Informant} c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 (9. O-O {Ue 27/(536)}) 9... Rc8 $5 10.
O-O (10. Bxc6 {Ue 27/(536)}) 10... a6 11. Be2 $6 (11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Rfc1 Be7 $5
13. Ne2 $1 Bd3 $2 14. Rxc6 Bb5 15. Qxb5 $3 $16 {Petrosian,T}) 11... Nb6 12. Qd1
Be7 13. Na4 $2 (13. Ne5 {Ue 27/(536)}) 13... Bc2 $1 14. Qxc2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 (15.
Qd1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nxa4 $17) 15... Rxc2 16. Nxb6 Rxe2 17. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 $1 $17 (
17... Rd2 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Rfd1 $13) 18. Nxe2 O-O (18... f6 $5) 19. Nc3 Qa5 $1
20. Rfd1 Rd8 $1 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Be5 Qc6 24. h3 f6 $1 25. Bd4 $6
b5 $19 26. Rc1 e5 27. Ne2 Qd5 28. Bb6 Qxa2 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Nc3 Qxb2 31. Kh2
Qb3 $1 32. e4 Qe6 33. Rc7 Qxb6 34. Rxe7+ Kf8 35. Nd5 Qxf2 36. Rb7 h5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 $5 {Usually Rauf plays the King's Indian but it's become obvious more
or less to everyone that a GM of 2650-2700 level should have something more
solid and safe. Especially in team competitions!} 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 $5 {I was
told after the game by Rauf and Alexander Khalifman (captain of the Azerbaijan
team) that it was a huge surprise to them. Indeed I had played the Slav
Exchange just once before vs Kamsky in a rapid game.} cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6
6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Rc1 $5 {A rather rare line. The main line is 7.Nf3 which is
considered harmless. But more topical nowadays is 7.Qb3.} Qb6 ({The main idea
of the subtle move Rc1 is revealed after} 7... e6 8. Qb3 {Now after Black has
closed the c8-h3 diagonal the main defensive resource ...Na5 is simply
impossible. So Black should stick to} Qb6 (8... Na5 $2 9. Qb5+ Nd7 10. Nxd5 $16
) ({or} 8... Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 {it's not that bad for Black but with
two bishops White has an easy game as well}) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 {This
engdame is just more pleasant for White but Kramnik didn't manage to convert
it:} Be7 11. f3 (11. Nf3 $5 $14) 11... O-O 12. a3 Rfc8 13. Nge2 Na5 14. Na4
Rxc1+ 15. Nxc1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nxb6 Ra6 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Ne5 Rb6 20. Ned3
Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Bxa3 22. Bg3 Bxb2 23. Ke2 Rc6 24. Bf2 Rc2+ 25. Kd1 Rxf2 26. Nxf2
{1/2 (26) Kramnik,V (2784)-Aronian,L (2805) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) ({Maybe the
main line nowadays is} 7... a6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 ({After} 10. Ne5 {
the game of my great compatriot became well known} Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3
Be7 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Bd3 {1/2 (14) Ivanchuk,V (2758)-Le Quang, L (2705) Caleta
2013. Not because of its content of course but thanks to after the game talks.
There were a 30-moves rule which forbade draw offers. Wise organisers decided
to not punish players but to hold a master-class of Vassily instead.}) 10...
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. a3 {1-0 (65) Dreev,A (2694)-Harikrishna,P 
(2673) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005. White has some pressure here and managed to
convert it.}) 8. Bb5 e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 $6 {It doesn't looks like it at first sight
but I think it's already a serious inaccuracy.} ({A safer way is} 9... Be7 10.
Ne5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qxb2 13. g4 Bg6 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Qb3 {The Serbian
grandmaster played this part of the game very well and managed to consolidate
his small plus into a stable endgame advantage.} Qxb3 16. axb3 Rfc8 17. f3 Ne8
(17... h5 $5) 18. Rxc6 Bf8 19. Rfc1 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Bb1 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 f6
23. Nc6 a6 $14 {, but was unable to break through the defence of the well
known Chinese defender in 1/2 (34) Ivanisevic,I (2633)-Wang,Y (2696) Al Ain
2012.}) 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... O-O 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qa6 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 h6
15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. f3 $14) 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. bxc3 ({The engine also likes} 12.
Rxc3 {but I think this position is too tame and drawish} Qxb2 13. Qa1 Qxa1 14.
Rxa1 O-O 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Ne4 {and it should be draw.})
12... O-O (12... Qa6 {it was a bit more precise (prevent the extra possibility
13.Nh4)} 13. Ne5 (13. Bd6 Bd3 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Bb4 f6 $132) 13... h6 14. c4 O-O
{but after} 15. h4 $1 Bh7 16. a4 Rfc8 17. g4 $1 $36 {White has a strong
initiative anyway.}) (12... h6 13. Bd6 $36) 13. Ne5 ({I realised during the
game that after} 13. Nh4 $5 {White should have a pleasant edge but I wanted to
play for more} c5 (13... Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c4 $14) 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Be5 $5
Nd7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bd4 $14) 13... Qa6 $2 {But this is a clear mistake.} ({
As we already know} 13... h6 14. c4 Qa6 (14... Rfc8 15. g4 Bh7 16. h4 Qd8 17.
g5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 hxg5 19. hxg5 Qxd7 20. Kg2 $40) 15. h4 $1 {White has an
initiative but it was the lesser evil.}) 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4 h6 16. Nxg6 (16. g5
$5 Nh5 17. Bh2 Kh7 18. a4 $16) 16... fxg6 17. f3 $16 {Now it's just a
strategically bad position which is very unpleasant to defend.} h5 (17... Nd7 {
was probably more stubborn:} 18. Qc2 Rf6 19. c4 Rc8 {looks bad for Black but
not losing immediately.}) 18. Qc2 Kh7 (18... hxg4 19. Qxg6 Qc8 (19... gxf3 20.
Rxf3 Ne4 21. Be5 Qb7 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Rcf1 $16) 20. fxg4 e5 21. Bxe5 Qxg4+ 22.
Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Re1 $16) 19. Bd6 $1 {This was the key
move which decided the game. I think I spent about 20 minutes to calculate
different options and realised that the move in the game is the only decisive
one.} (19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Be5 Rf5 21. Kh2 Qb7 22. e4 Rxe5 $1 23. dxe5 Qe7 $44) (
19. Rf2 hxg4 20. h5 Nxh5 21. Rh2 Kg8 22. Qxg6 Nxf4 23. exf4 Rf6 $1 24. Qh7+ Kf7
25. fxg4 Qa3 $1 26. Qh5+ Ke7 $132) 19... Rf7 (19... Rfe8 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Rf2
$18) (19... Rfd8 20. Be5 Rf8 21. Rf2 hxg4 22. h5 $18) 20. Rf2 $1 {The main
point is that my main idea ...hxg4 h5! is fully correct in all lines already
as my bishop on f4 is not under attack anymore.} Rd7 (20... Qa5 21. Rg2 hxg4
22. h5 $1 Kg8 23. hxg6 Rd7 24. Bb4 Qd8 25. Rf1 $18) (20... Qc8 21. Rg2 hxg4 22.
h5 $18) (20... hxg4 21. h5 $1 Nxh5 22. Rh2 $18) 21. Be5 Rf8 {Black has managed
to defend against my main idea but now I have different options and a pleasant
choice.} 22. Bxf6 {I decided to make the transition to the technical phase of
the game with an extra pawn.} (22. Rg2 $2 hxg4 23. h5 gxf3 24. Qxg6+ Kg8) (22.
gxh5 $5 {was also decisive} Nxh5 23. Kh2 Rf5 24. Rg1 Qc8 25. Rfg2 Qd8 26. Rg4
$18) 22... Rxf6 23. gxh5 Kh6 24. hxg6 Rxg6+ 25. Rg2 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rf7 27. Rg1
{Not only an extra pawn but I also have a positional advantage.} g6 (27... Rf5
28. f4 Qb7 29. Kf3 Qf7 30. Rg5 $18) 28. Kh1 Rf6 29. h5 $1 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 {N} (13. Nb5 a6
14. Nd6 Bg6) 13... Nxc5 14. Nb5 g5 $2 (14... Qb6 15. b4 (15. Nd4 Bg6 16. b4
Qxb4 17. Nc6 Qb7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 15... Ne4 16. a3 $14) 15. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 16.
Rxc5 Qb6 17. Qc1 Bg6 18. b4 a5 19. Rc6 Qb7 20. Nc7 axb4 (20... Rac8 21. b5 $16
(21. bxa5 $5 $16)) 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc7 Qb6 (22... Qb8 23. Qc6 {/\ Rc1}) 23.
Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxc8+ Kg7 25. Qa6 Qc5 26. Bd3 $1 Bf6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qd3 Qa5
29. Qb3 Bc3 30. h3 $6 (30. Rd1) 30... e5 31. Rd1 d4 32. exd4 exd4 33. Qc4 Qe5
34. Qd3 Qe6 35. Qc2 Qe5 36. Kf1 $5 (36. g3) 36... Qh2 37. Qe4 Qd6 38. g3 Qa6+
39. Qe2 Qc6 40. Kg1 Qd5 41. Rd3 f5 $6 (41... Qc4) 42. Rf3 Kf6 43. g4 $1 Bd2 44.
gxf5 gxf5 45. Qxd2 Qxf3 46. Qxd4+ Kg6 47. Qd6+ Kh5 48. Qxb4 Qxh3 49. Qf4 Qd3
50. a4 (50. Qh2+ Kg4 51. Qg3+ $2 Qxg3+ 52. fxg3 Kxg3 53. a4 Kf3 54. a5 Ke2 $10)
50... Qd5 51. Qh2+ {Ftacnik,L} (51. Qh2+ Kg5 52. Qg2+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bb5 e6 8. Qa4
Qb6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bxc6 Rfc8 {There were times when this variation
was hotly contested, but it's heyday is over. It seems that even 11...Qb2 is
sufficient for equality.} (11... Qxb2 12. O-O Rfc8 13. e4 bxc6 14. Nxc6 Bf8 15.
exf5 Qxc3 16. Rac1 Qa3 17. Qb5 Ne4 (17... Qxa2 {Matamoros Franco,C-Vera,H/
ESP-chT/2000/ 0,5}) 18. Qb7 exf5 19. f3 Nd6 20. Qd7 Re8 21. Rce1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1
Qc3 23. Rf1 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Knaak,R (2520)-Hector,J (2530)/Jyvaskyla 1994 (62)})
12. O-O (12. Bb5 a6 13. O-O axb5 14. Qxb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Rc2 16. Rfb1 Ne4 17. f3
Nd2 18. Rd1 Rxb2 $17 {0-1 Vera,R (2584)-Hector,J (2509)/Istanbul 2000 (35)})
12... bxc6 13. Rfc1 c5 (13... Qxb2 $5 {It is possible, that White will think
twice before testing these waters in the future. Analysis has managed to prove
with the help of the computer, that the daring 13...Qxb2!? would put the first
player into the unenviable situation of fighting for dear life.} 14. Nxc6 Ba3
$1 15. Qa6 (15. h3 Bc2 $1 16. Qxc2 Rxc6 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Rac8 19. Rb3 Bf8
20. f3 a5 $19) 15... Bd3 $1 16. Qxd3 Rxc6 17. Ne2 (17. Rab1 Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Bxc1
$15) 17... Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Qxa2 19. Qa6 Qb3 $15) 14. dxc5 Rxc5 (14... Bxc5 15.
Nb5 Ne4 16. b4 Rab8 17. bxc5 Qxb5 18. Qxb5 Rxb5 19. g4 $11) 15. b4 Rcc8 16. a3
d4 $6 {Grischuk has played the game very nervously and in the long run far
below the level of his ability. The opening of the centre for Black was
desirable, but tactically it is not quite working.} (16... Nh5 17. Qd7 Qd8 (
17... Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Nb5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bf6 21. Nc6 $14) 18. Qxd8+ Bxd8
19. Nb5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 a5 $11) 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Nc6 $1 Qd7 (18... Qxf4 19.
Nxe7+ $18) (18... Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Rd8 20. Bc7 $18) 19. b5 Bf8 (19... a6 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. b6 $14) (19... Qb7 20. Be5 Ng4 21. Qa6 Qxa6 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Bxg7+
Kxe7 24. bxa6 $14) 20. Qa6 Bc5 $2 {The active move with the bishop is a false
solution, Grischuk has probably made a mistake in calculations.} (20... Bd3 21.
Ra2 (21. Rd1 $2 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxc6 $17) 21... Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rd2 $14)
21. Rd1 Bd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This is an unbelievably daring continuation. Black
is quite simply putting his head into the lion's mouth.} (21... Qe8 22. Bd6
Bxd6 23. Rxd6 $16) 22. Bg3 (22. Ne5 Bxf2+ (22... Qd4 23. Nxd3 Qxc3 24. Rac1 Qb3
25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxa7 Rcc8 27. b6 $18) 23. Kh1 Qd4 24. Nxd3 Rxc3 25. Be5 Qxd3
26. Bxc3 Qg6 27. Qc6 $16) 22... Ng4 (22... Bxb5 $2 23. Qxb5 Qxc6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8
25. Qxc6 $18) 23. Qa4 {The simple retreat of the white lady demonstrates, how
feebly prepared was the aggressive action by Black.} (23. h3 Bxf2+ 24. Bxf2
Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qd6 26. Rac1 $18) 23... f5 24. h3 f4 (24... a6 25. hxg4 axb5 26.
Ne5 $18) 25. Bh4 $1 {It is surely possible to solve the position with more
forceful moves. Morozevich's move practically excludes any resistance.} (25.
Qxf4 Nxf2 26. Bxf2 Rf8 27. Qg5 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 $18) 25... Nh6 (25... Bxf2+ 26.
Bxf2 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 a6 28. bxa6 Rxc6 29. Rxd3 Qc7 30. Ne2 $18) 26. Ne4 Bf8 27.
Qb3 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. O-O O-O $4 {Huebner} (10... Nd7 $142 $11) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
Bc7 Qxc7 13. Qxb4 Rab8 14. Qa3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18.
Nxd5 Nd3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Rc3 Nxb2 21. Ne5 Ra8 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Rb1 Na4 24.
Rc7 f6 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nd6 Rfb8 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. g3 g6 29. Rxa7 Nc3 30. Ra3
Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ra7+ Kh6 34. Nf7+ Kh5 35. Nd6 Kh6 36. h3 Ne4
37. Nxe4 fxe4 38. g4 g5 39. a4 Ra1 40. a5 Ra2 41. a6 Kg6 42. Ra8 Ra1 43. a7 Kg7
44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kh2 Ra1 46. Kg2 h6 47. Kh2 Kh7 48. Rf8 Rxa7 49. Rxf6 Kg7 50.
Re6 Ra4 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. h4 gxh4+ 53. Kxh4 Ra4 54. Kg3 Rb4 55. Re5 Kg6 56. Rf5
Rb8 57. Kf4 Re8 58. Re5 Rxe5 59. Kxe5 {[#] Die verbundenen Freiabauern
gewinnen nicht automatisch gegen den Einzelfreibauer, weil der noch seinen
König als Helfer hat. Thema: Lenkung des schwarzen Königs auf ungünstige Felder
} Kg5 60. Kxe4 Kxg4 61. Kd3 {[%cal Yd3e2,Ye2f1,Yf1g1]} (61. Kd3 {Es ist eine
gute Schulung, selbst die einfachsten Dinge möglichst genau und umfassend
nachzuvollziehen!} Kf3 (61... h5 62. Ke2 Kh3 63. e4 (63. Kf3 $2 h4 64. e4 Kh2
65. e5 h3 66. e6 Kg1 67. e7 h2 68. e8=Q h1=Q+ 69. Ke2 Qg2 $11) (63. Kf1 Kh2 64.
e4 h4 65. e5 h3 66. e6 Kh1 67. e7 h2 68. Ke2 Kg1 69. e8=Q h1=Q 70. Qg6+ Kh2 71.
Qg3#) 63... Kg2 64. e5 h4 65. e6 h3 66. e7 h2 67. e8=Q h1=Q 68. Qe4+ $18) 62.
e4 {[%cal Ye4e8,Re8a8]} h5 (62... Kf4 63. f3 h5 64. Ke2 $18) 63. e5 h4 64. e6
h3 65. e7 h2 66. e8=Q Kxf2 67. Qh5 Kg2 68. Ke2 h1=Q 69. Qg4+ Kh2 70. Kf2 Qf3+
71. Kxf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Bb5+ (12. Qxb7 $6 O-O $44) 12...
Kf8 13. O-O g5 14. Rac1 Kg7 15. Be2 (15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Rd7 Bd8 18.
Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe6 Rf8 $17) 15... Qb6 16. Nb5 Rhc8 17. Rc3 Bg6 $1 $146 (17...
Bc5 18. Rfc1 Rc6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. exd6 Qxb3 22. axb3 $16 {
Hansen,Cu-Lautier,J/Biel/1992}) 18. Rfc1 Rc6 $10 19. Nd4 (19. Nd4 Qxb3 20. axb3
Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Bd8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. Qc5 $1
Nxd4 14. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 axb6 16. Bd6 $16 {Seirawan,Y-Yusupov,A, Indonesia
1983}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Nh5 13. a3 $1 Ba5 $146 (13... Nxf4 14. axb4 Nd3
15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 {+/=/+/- Lautier,J-Khalifman,A, Wijk 1991, 51/383}) 14.
Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 $14 {Khalifman} Rab8 16. Qd1 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Bg4 18. Qd3 f6 19.
e4 (19. Qa6 Bb6 $13) 19... Qd8 $5 (19... dxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21. Qe2 Qd6 $13) 20.
b4 Bb6 21. Rfe1 Kh8 22. exd5 Qxd5 $13 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qe4 Bf5 25. Qe3 Rd8 26.
Rc3 Rd6 27. Rec1 h6 28. Rc4 Ra8 29. Qc3 Be4 30. Nd2 Bxg2 31. f3 Bh3 32. Ne4
Rdd8 33. Rxc6 Bf5 34. Nf2 Qxd4 35. g4 Bd3 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. R1c3 Bb5 38. Rxb6
Rc4 39. Ne4 Rxc3 40. Nxc3 Bd7 41. Ne4 Rxa3 42. Nc5 Ra7 43. Rd6 Bb5 44. Nxe6 Bc4
45. Nd4 Rb7 46. Nf5 Rxb4 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. Rd7 Be6 49. Rxg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Qb3 $1 (10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O f6 13. Bg3 Rc8
14. Rc1 {1/4 Chekhov-Tukmakov, Riga 1988}) (10. Bg3 a6 (10... Be7) 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 Rc8 $10 {Spraggett-Yusupov, Montpellier 1985}
) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Bb5+ (12. Qxb7 $2 O-O $44) 12... Kf8 13. O-O g5
14. Rac1 (14. Be2 Qc7 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 $40 {Tseitlin,Mih-Vul, SU 1982 (ECO)})
(14. Rad1 Qc7 (14... Qb6 $142) 15. Bd3 {ECO}) 14... Kg7 15. Be2 {N} (15. Rfd1
Qb8 $5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Rd7 Bd8 (17... Re8) 18. Nxe4 Qxe5 $2 (18... Bxe4 19.
Qxe6 Rf8 $17) 19. Nd6 Bg6 20. Bd3 $1 $40 {Huss-Ratti, Lugano 1987}) 15... Qb6
16. Nb5 Rhc8 17. Rc3 Bc5 $2 (17... Rc6 $2 18. Nd4 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 $16) (17...
Rxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc1 b6 $13) 18. Rfc1 Rc6 19. Nd6 $1 Bxd6
(19... Qxb3 20. axb3 Bxd6 21. Rxc6 Bxe5 22. Rc8 $16) 20. Rxc6 bxc6 (20... Qxb3
21. axb3 Bxe5 22. Rc8 $16) 21. exd6 Qxb3 (21... e5 22. Qc3) 22. axb3 Rd8 23.
Rxc6 $14 {>< b3, b4} e5 24. b4 Kf6 25. g4 Bd7 26. Ra6 Rb8 27. h4 Rxb4 28. hxg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... Qe7 {TN} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 $1 Nh5 13. a3
Nxf4 14. axb4 $1 Nd3 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 (16. dxc5 Rfb8 17. Nd4 Qb7 $132)
16... Rfb8 17. Qc3 Qb7 18. Ra2 Bg4 (18... f6 19. Rfa1 Bg6 $14) 19. Nd2 Be2 20.
Re1 Bb5 21. e4 {+/- [+], >< Bb5 Lautier,J-Khalifman,A Wijk an Zee 1991}) 11.
Qxc3 Ne4 {TN 11...Rc8 - ECO D14/3} 12. Qa3 Qb6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qb5 15. f3
Nf6 (15... f6 $2 16. fxe4 fxe5 17. exf5 $1 exf4 18. fxe6 fxe3 19. Qxe3 $16) 16.
g4 Bg6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rc3 $1 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 f6 (20... Nxe5 21.
dxe5 (21. Qc8+ Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. dxe5 Kf8 24. Rc3 Rb8 $10) 21... h5 $10)
21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qd2 $14 g5 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. Rc7 Nf8 25. Qc2 Qb6 26. b3 Rd7 27.
Rc5 Kf7 28. a3 {[#]} e5 29. dxe5 Ne6 30. Rc3 d4 31. Rd3 Rc7 32. Qd2 dxe3 33.
Rxe3 Rc2 34. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 35. Kg2 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Nd4+ 37. Ke4 Nxc2 38. a4 Ke6 39.
exf6 gxf6 40. Bb8 a6 41. Bc7 Na1 42. b4 Nc2 43. Ba5 Kf7 44. Kd3 Ne1+ 45. Kc4
Ke6 46. Bc7 Nc2 47. Kc5 Kd7 48. Bg3 Ne3 49. h3 Nd1 50. Kd4 b6 51. a5 bxa5 52.
bxa5 Ke6 53. Kc5 Nb2 54. Kb6 f5 55. Kxa6 Nc4 56. Bc7 fxg4 57. hxg4 Kd5 58. Bd8
Ke4 59. Bxg5 Kf3 60. Kb5 Nxa5 61. Kxa5 Kxg4 {(2.59/2.58)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khmelnitski, Alexander"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. Nd1 b5 14. Qb3 Rc4 15.
Nd2 Qa5 ({Nach} 15... g5 16. Bg3 Qa5 17. Nc3 Rb4 18. Qd1 (18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3
Rb2 {führt hier zu besserem Spiel für Schwarz.}) 18... Rxb2 19. e4 (19. Nb3 Qd8
20. e4 dxe4 21. Qe1 Bb4 22. Qe3 Nb6 $19 {1-0 Gauglitz,G-Tischbierek,R/Dresden
1985/MCL (58)}) 19... dxe4 20. Ndxe4 {dürfte sich die Schwächung des
Königsflügels unangenehm bemerkbar machen.}) (15... Rxc1 {ist natürlich
schlapp:} 16. Rxc1 O-O 17. Qc3 b4 18. Qc6 Bd3 19. Qb7 Nf6 20. Rc7 Bd6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. f4 Qd8 23. Nf3 Ne8 24. Rd7 Qa5 25. h3 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Rublevsky,S/
Sochi 1990/TD (25)}) 16. Nc3 (16. e4 {verspricht nicht mehr:} Bxe4 17. Nc3 Rb4
(17... O-O 18. Ncxe4 (18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bc7 (19. Qd1 Bd3 {führt zu bequemem
Spiel für Schwarz;}) 19... Qxc7 20. Nxe4 Nf6 {ergibt eine ungefähr
ausgeglichene Stellung.}) 18... Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. Bg5 Nd5
22. Bd2 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schebler,G-Huster,M/Dortmund 1993/TD (33)}) 18. Ncxe4
Rxb3 19. Rc8+ Bd8 20. Nxb3 Qb6 21. Rac1 O-O 22. R1c6 dxe4 23. Rxb6 Nxb6 $17 {
1/2-1/2 Schebler,G-Soylu,S/Budapest 1993/EXT 97 (36)}) 16... Rb4 17. Qa3 (17.
Nxd5 {ist nicht besser:} Rxb3 18. Rc8+ Bd8 19. Bc7 (19. Nxb3 Qa4 20. Bc7 O-O
$19) 19... O-O 20. Bxa5 Rxb2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 (21... exd5 22. Nb3 Rxd8 23. Bxd8
Kf8 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Ke8 26. Ba5 Rc2 27. Bb4 Kd7 28. h3 $11 {0-1 Koch,
W-Woerdemann,M/NRW-I 1990/EXT 97-B (52)}) 22. Bxd8 exd5 {mit aktiverer
Stellung für Schwarz.}) (17. Qd1 {ist natürlich falsch:} Rxb2 18. e4 (18. a4 b4
19. Nb5 axb5 20. Rc8+ Bd8 21. Bc7 Qxc7 $19 {1-0 Hladik,J-Kolesar,M/CSR 1992/TD
(58)}) 18... dxe4 19. a4 Qd8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ncxe4 Nb6 (21... e5 $2 22. dxe5
O-O 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Piesina,G-Janocha,W/Mikolajki 1991/EXT
97 (52)}) 22. Bc7 Qxd4 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Qc1 Rb4 26. Qc3 Rxe4 27.
Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxg7 Rf8 29. Qe5 Bb7 30. Rb8 Qc6 31. f3 Ke7 32. Qg5+ f6 33. Qg7+
Rf7 34. Qg8 Qc7 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Rd1 Bb6+ 37. Kf1 Qc7 38. Qa8 Rf8 39. Qa3+ Qc5
{0-1 Hollnack,O-Forchert,N/NRW-II 1994/GER (39)}) 17... Ra4 ({Der Versuch} 
17... Qxa3 18. bxa3 Rb2 19. e4 dxe4 (19... Bxe4 20. Ndxe4 dxe4 21. Nd1 Re2 22.
Kf1 {führt sofort zum Verlust.}) (19... e5 20. dxe5 Bxe4 21. Ndxe4 dxe4 22. Nd1
{1-0 Berg,D-Schuetz,R/Dortmund 1988/TD (22)}) 20. Nd1 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 {
verursacht dem Schwarzen nur Ungelegenheiten.}) 18. Qb3 Rb4 19. Qa3 Ra4 20. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 12th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aagaard, Jacob"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qa3 (12. Rfc1 Qb6 13. Qc5 Nxd4
14. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 axb6 16. Bc7 Ne8 17. Bxb6 Nd6 18. Be2 Nc4 $11 {0-1
Salov,V-Jussupow,A/Paris 1992/CBM 33 (66). (66)}) 12... Ne4 13. Rac1 ({Nach} 
13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. Qxa7 g5 15. Bg3 Qa8 16. Qxa8 Rxa8 {nebst Tc6-c2 hat Schwarz
ebenfalls keine Sorgen.}) 13... g5 14. Bg3 f6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxa7 h5 17. h3
Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qd6 19. Kf2 $6 ({Gesünder ist} 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qc5
{mit etwa gleichem Spiel.}) 19... Ra8 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxa2 22. Rxc6 $2 ({
Richtig ist} 22. Kg1 Rb8 ({Nach} 22... Rxb2 23. Rxc6 Ra8 24. Rfc1 {erzwingt
Weiß Dauerschach oder erreicht wie nach 22...Tb8 erleichternden Turmtausch.})
23. Rf2 Rbxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxc6 {mit guten Überlebensaussichten.}) 22...
Rb8 23. Rfc1 Rbxb2+ 24. Ke1 Kf7 25. Rc8 Bd3 26. e4 (26. R1c7+ Kg6 27. g4 ({
Hier kann der König des Schwarzen nach} 27. Rg8+ {über f5 entfleuchen.}) 27...
hxg4 28. hxg4 Rb1+ 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxg2 31. Rc6 Be2 {ist hoffnungslos
für Weiß.}) 26... Bc4 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Cubas, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bb5
Bb4 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. bxc3 Qa6 13. g4 Bg6 14. f3 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qb3 f6 (16... Rhd8 17. Rf2 Ke8 18. Rc1 Bd3 19. Qb4 Rd7 20.
Rb2 f6 21. Bd6 Rad8 22. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Zhu Chen/Marbella 1999/CBM 74 
(22).}) 17. e4 (17. Qb4) 17... Qb6 $2 {Schwarz müht sich, die Stellung
möglichst zu öffnen.} (17... dxe4 $5 {führt zu keinem klaren Ergebnis.}) (17...
Rhe8 18. Rab1 (18. Qb4 e5 {ist offenbar ungünstig für Weiß.}) 18... Re7 {
sollte ebenfalls ausreichende Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten gewähren.}) 18. Qa3 (
18. Rfb1 Qxb3 (18... e5 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bxe5 {gibt dem Weißen
ebenfalls die Initiative.}) 19. Rxb3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Rb7+ {kommt auch
in Betracht.}) 18... e5 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bg3 Rab8 22. Rbd1 Ke6 $2
(22... Rb5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. c4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1+ Kc8 {mußte versucht werden.})
23. exd5+ cxd5 24. Rfe1 $18 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 e4 26. f4 Rbf8 27. f5+ Bxf5 28. gxf5+
Rxf5 29. Rxe4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 9-10"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bxc3 {Dies ist nicht nötig, aber spielbar. Es ist
jedoch mit einer verfehlten Idee verbunden.} (10... Rc8 $11) 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12.
Rc1 g5 (12... Qb6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. b3 {ist unbequem für Schwarz, weil Weiß
Sf3-h4 droht.}) 13. Bg3 h5 $2 {Dies ist nicht korrekt. Nach} (13... Qb6 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. b3 {hat Weiß einen kleinen Vorteil, aber überwältigend ist der
noch nicht.}) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 h4 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Be5 f6 (17... Rac8 18.
f3 Ng3 (18... Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Bf6 Bg6 22. Qg4 Qd5 23. Be5
{ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz:} Qd8 24. Rf6) 19. hxg3 Rxc6 20. e4 {wird
Schwarz ebenfalls nicht aushalten.}) 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Rf7 21.
b4 Rg7 22. h3 Re8 23. Rfe1 Rc7 24. b5 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Rb7 27. e4 dxe4
28. fxe4 Bh7 29. e5 Qf8 30. Rc5 Rg7 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. Rf1 Qd8 34.
Qe3 g4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Nc6 Qc7 37. Rg5 h3 38. gxh3 Bf5 39. Rfxf5 1-0

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Rc1 Rc8 8.
Ne5 Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 e6 11. a3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 {[#]} 13. Na4 $4 Qb3 ({
Offenbar rechnete Weiß nur mit} 13... Qa6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 fxe5 16. e4 $13
) 14. e4 Qxa4 15. exf5 fxe5 16. Qe2 Qa5+ 17. Rc3 Nf6 18. Qxe5 Bxa3 19. Ba6 O-O
20. O-O Bxb2 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Nh4 Bg4 (11... Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kd2 Be7
14. Rhc1 O-O 15. f3 Rfc8 16. h3 g5 17. Bh2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Jacimovic,D-Ipek,A/
Pula 1997/CBM 057 ext (62). (61)}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. O-O Be7 15. Nxg6
hxg6 16. Kg2 O-O 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. a3 Ra5 19. Bd3 e5 $2 {Dies sieht mir nach
Selbstmord aus. Der bauer auf d5 muß nach einer Weile Beute des Weißen werden.
Wenn Schwarz mit} (19... g5 20. Bg3 g6 {fortsetzt, entsteht der Stellungstyp
der oben zitierten Partie. Weiß steht bequemer, aber nicht auf Gewinn.}) 20.
dxe5 Ncxe5 21. Be2 Bf8 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Bg3 Rc6 24. a4 Bb4 25. Bb5 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Rd6 ({Auch auf} 26... Rc5 {folgt} 27. c4 {, und Weiß gewinnt.}) 27. c4 $18 Nc5
28. cxd5 Nxa4 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Bxa4 Rxa4 31. g5 Rd7 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Re8 b5
34. Rxe5 Kg8 35. d6 b4 36. Rd4 Ra6 37. Rf4 Rd8 38. Rxb4 Raxd6 39. Rxb7 Rd5 40.
Rxd5 Rxd5 41. h4 Rd8 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Rb6 Rb8 44. Rd6 Rb5 45. Re6 Ra5 46. Rc6
Rb5 47. Rc1 Ra5 48. f4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Onkoud, Abdelaziz"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Morocco"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MAR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Bg3 a6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Qa5
15. e4 Nf6 16. Be5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Rc5 Qb6 21. b4
a5 22. b5 h6 23. a4 Kh8 24. Nd2 f6 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. Bd6 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 b6 28. Rc4
Qd7 29. Rc6 Rab8 30. Rfc1 Kh7 31. h4 $2 (31. Ne4 $11) 31... Ne7 32. Rc7 Qxd6
33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxe7 Rxd4 35. h5 ({Bessere Rettungsaussichten bot} 35. Rcc7
Kg6 36. Rxg7+ Kf5 37. Rb7) 35... Rxa4 36. Rcc7 Rg4 37. Rxe6 Rg5 38. Rxf6 Rxh5
39. Rff7 Rg8 40. Rb7 Rxb5 41. Rf6 a4 42. Rfxb6 Rxb6 43. Rxb6 Ra8 44. Rb2 a3 45.
Ra2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Jakovenko,D"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{If the game with Fressinet was my most important one of the tournament, this
one was certainly my most interesting.} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5
cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qb3 Be7 10. O-O {When
preparing for the game, I was surprised tnat, in this position, there is no
clear recommendation as to how to equalise for Black. However, with the text
move, Black can fight for the advantage!} g5 $5 (10... O-O {Sergey Rublevsky,
as Black against Cvitan in 2000, found himself with problems after} 11. Rfc1
Rc8 ({Another Slav expert, Vladimir Malakhov, was more successful against
Buhmann,R:} 11... Na5 12. Qa4 Nc4 13. Bxd7 Nb6 {. Maybe here Black can
gradually equalise, despite the fact that the computer gives White a slight
advantage.}) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qb7 {.}) 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14.
Nd2 {I have to admit that when I saw this move, I did not even bother
analysing it – I decided that I could make something up over the board. But in
fact, despite the open h-file, it is not easy to organise an attack on the
king.} Kf8 ({I recalled the game Bruzon,L-Dominguez,L 2002:} 14... a6 {but I
did not like} 15. Bxc6 ({there Black obtained the advantage after} 15. Be2 Bd6
$1) 15... bxc6 16. Rfc1 {Now after 16...c5 there follows 17.e4, whilst after
other moves, White will have good chances to seize the c5-square.}) ({On the
immediate} 14... Bd6 {the bishop can be taken:} 15. Bxd6 Qh4 16. f3 g3 17. Bxg3
Qxg3 18. Ne2 {and Black does not have sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) (
{Finally, I also looked at} 14... f6 {followed by 15...Kf7, but this looked
too risky to me. If White manages to get in e3-e4, I could come under a strong
attack.}) 15. Rfc1 Kg7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qb7 {Rakhman plays along
the same lines as Cvitan-Rublevsky, but here Black also has his trumps.} Rh7 {
This way, Black defends the highly important c6-pawn.} 19. Bf4 {My opponent
decides to free the square g3 for his knight immediately.} (19. Rxc6 $4 Rxc6
20. Qxc6 Qh8 {the rook on a1 is lost.}) ({The pawn on a7 can be taken: after} 
19. Qxa7 Qh8 ({During the game, I was planning to reply} 19... Bg5 {tying
White down to the e3-pawn and threatening 20...Qh8. After the natural} 20. Bf4
{there is the very strong} ({However, after} 20. Bd6 {White frees the square
g3 for his knight, and perhaps obtains some advantage.}) 20... Bd3 $1 {with an
irresistible attack.  Therefore, instead of 19...Bg5 it is better to choose
between 19...Ra8, 19...Bd3 or 19...c5 – any of these moves gives fully-fledged
play and I prefer Black's position.}) 20. f3 {there is no mate.}) 19... c5 $2 (
19... Bd3 $1 20. Ng3 c5 21. e4 Nb6 $1 (21... c4 22. exd5 e5 23. Bxe5+ ({
\/he loses after} 23. dxe5 $2 Nc5 24. Qb4 Ne6) ({but it is worth considering} 
23. Be3 $5) 23... Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bc5 {In this striking position, White should
play} 25. Rc3 {in order to eliminate the bishop on b3 as quickly as possible,
and after} Rb8 26. Qc6 Bd4 {... the computer gives the assessment 0.00! May it
remain on its conscience...})) {So why did I play a different move in the
game? I simply decided to invert the move order, so that "while my opponent is
thinking about 20.Ng3 I can calculate the alternative 20...Bg6." Incredible
stupidity!} 20. e4 $1 {Of course, White immediately opens the centre. Now
there is no question of mate down the h-file, whilst the problems of the king
in the centre, and the pawn on g4 become serious.} dxe4 21. Nxe4 e5 $5 ({
The alternative was} 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qb6 {but after} 23. Ng3 Rch8 24. dxc5
Bxc5 25. Rc2 {it is sad to look at Black's position.}) 22. N4g3 $1 Be6 $2 {
Mistakes rarely come singly.} (22... Bd3 23. dxe5 (23. Bxe5+ Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rc7
25. Qb3 c4) 23... Nb6 $1 {creating the threat of trapping the white queen with
...Rc7.} {White can only fight for the advantage by means of} 24. e6 $1 (24.
Qxa7 Ra8 {leads to a draw}) 24... fxe6 25. Qxa7 Kg8 26. Qa5 {with a very
complicated position.}) 23. Bxe5+ ({For some reason, I had only counted on} 23.
dxe5 $2 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 {with mutual chances.}) 23... Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bg5 {
After using up a significant portion of my remaining time, I managed to find
the only way not to lose at once.} ({However, after} 24... Rb8 25. Qxa7 Rxb2 {
there follows} 26. Rd1 Qe8 27. Nf4 {with a very strong initiative.}) 25. Rd1
Qb6 26. Qe4 ({Of course, White refuses the exchange – after} 26. Qxb6 axb6 {
Black's two bishops compensate for the pawn deficit.}) 26... Qb4 ({Strangely,
there is no forced win after} 26... Qxb2 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Rh6 {, but
there can be no doubt about the assessment of the position. I decided that I
would have more chances of salvation in the ending.}) 27. Qxb4 cxb4 28. Nd4 Bd7
({()} 28... Bf4 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Rd4 Bxe5 31. Rxg4+ Kf6 32. Rxb4 Rc2 {
remaining only one pawn down, but here the opponent could hardly go wrong, and
White is objectively likely to win. The text move complicates the position.})
29. Nf3 $2 {A very tempting continuation, after which, however, Black manages
to balance on the edge of the precipice, in the most unlikely fashion.} ({
It was also not so easy to win after} 29. Ndf5+ Bxf5 30. Nxf5+ Kg6 31. Ng3 Rc2
$1 32. Rd6+ f6) ({The correct move was} 29. a3 $1 {Black has nothing better
than} bxa3 30. Rxa3 Rc7 {and here, the strongest move was} 31. Ra5 $1 {
creating the threat of e5-e6. It is unlikely that I would manage to hold this
position.}) 29... gxf3 30. Rxd7 Bf4 $1 ({After} 30... Re8 31. gxf3 Rxe5 32.
Rxa7 {White simply has two extra pawns.}) 31. e6 ({The first miracle:} 31. Nf5+
{does not win because of} Kg6 $1 32. Ne7+ Kg5 33. Nxc8 Bh2+ 34. Kf1 Bxe5 35.
gxf3 Rh1+ 36. Kg2 Rxa1 {and the draw is not far away.}) 31... Kg6 32. e7 Bxg3
33. fxg3 ({The second miracle:} 33. Rd8 {doesn't work because of} Bh2+ 34. Kf1
Bc7) 33... Rc2 $1 34. gxf3 Re2 $1 {And the main miracle: thanks to the threat
of perpetual, White has to part with the pawn on e7.} 35. Rd2 Rxe7 {
Objectively, the endgame remains very difficult, but, if it does not sound too
immodest to say so, the difference in technical mastery of the two players
soon starts to tell.} 36. Rc1 {It favours White to keep all the rooks on the
board, because then, when his f- and g-pawns advance, the black king will
start to feel very uncomfortable. Therefore 36.Rad1 was more accurate.} f6 37.
Kg2 Rd7 38. Re2 $6 {Again, 38.Rdc2 was stronger, or even 38.Rcd1.} Rhe7 39.
Rxe7 $6 Rxe7 40. Kf2 Rh7 {Probably, in our mutual time trouble, my opponent
had not noticed this move. Now the position is drawn.} 41. Kg2 Rd7 42. Rc2 b3
$1 {To exchange queenside pawns is the fastest way.} 43. axb3 Rd3 44. Rc3 Rd2+
45. Kh3 Rxb2 46. Kg4 Rd2 ({A draw also results from} 46... a5 47. f4 f5+ {
, but transferring the rook to the fourth rank is more reliable.}) 47. f4 Rd4
48. Kh4 a5 49. Rf3 a4 50. bxa4 Rxa4 {Only disappointment at having missed a
win that was so close can explain why my opponent played on for another 20
moves.} 51. g4 Ra1 52. f5+ Kh6 53. Rh3 Kg7 54. Rb3 Ra7 55. Kh5 Rc7 56. Rb6 Ra7
57. Rc6 Rb7 58. Ra6 Rc7 59. Re6 Ra7 60. g5 fxg5 61. Kxg5 Ra1 62. Re7+ Kf8 63.
Kf6 Rf1 $1 {The fact that this is the simplest way to draw was taught to me by
Alexander Panchenko, when I was eight years old – a nice memory of a wonderful
trainer.} 64. Ra7 Kg8 65. Ra8+ Kh7 66. Ra2 Kg8 67. Ra8+ Kh7 68. Rf8 Ra1 69.
Rf7+ Kg8 70. Re7 Rf1 71. Re5 Kf8 72. Ra5 Kg8 73. Ra8+ {Finally accepting a
threefold repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Plauen"]
[Date "1980.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Boehnisch, Manfred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1980.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 {Der Grund für diesen Zug war, daß ich
gegen "Papis" System auf 4.Sc3 nichts fand.} (4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6
7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9. Qe2 Nbd5 10. Ne5 {So spielte ich beim Leipziger
Turnier II 1978.} (10. Nh4 Bg4 (10... Bg6 $142) 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 {
Starck-Boehnisch, Enzyklopädie.}) 10... Bd6 $1 11. f3 Nb6 $1 {Der Springer
macht seinen 4.Zug!} 12. e4 (12. Bb3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bd3) 12... Bg6 13. Be3 Qc7
$1 14. Ba2 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 {Nun hätte er 16...Dc7 spielen sollen,
wonach ich höchstens Kompensation für den Bauern besitze.}) 4... cxd5 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 Qb6 {Der andere Zug ist 9...Tc8.} 10.
Nh4 Bd3 $2 {War für mich neu, wurde aber schon gespielt.} 11. Nxd5 $1 {Das ist
die Widerlegung. Ich brauchte dafür eine halbe Stunde.} Bb4+ (11... exd5 12.
Bxd3 Qxb2 13. O-O {und Weiß hat alles: sichere Königsstellung, Läuferpaar,
intakte Bauernstruktur.}) 12. Kd1 $1 {Diesen Zug machte ich dafür н tempo. In
den anderen Varianten bekommt Weiß Schwierigkeiten mit der Rochade:} (12. Qxb4
exd5) (12. Nxb4 Bxb5 13. Qa3) 12... exd5 (12... Bxb5 13. Nxb6 Bxa4+ 14. Nxa4 {
und Schwarz hat keine Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 13. Bxd3 Be7 14. Nf5 Qxb2
15. Rb1 Qc3 (15... Qxf2 16. Rxb7) 16. Ke2 {Ich war mir sicher, klar auf Gewinn
zu stehen. Natürlich trog mein Gefühl nicht.} Bb4 17. Bb5 $1 Nb6 18. Qb3 $6 (
18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Qxb4+ Qxb4 21. Rxb4 Kxg7 {
Unverständlicherweise war mir diese forcierte Variante zu wenig (!). Das
Endspiel sollte Weiß aber keine größeren Probleme bieten.}) 18... Qxb3 {
Schwarz hat keine Wahl, da 18...0-0 Material verliert:} (18... O-O 19. Qxc3
Bxc3 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rhc1 Ba5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc6 Nc4 24. Rxc4) 19. Rxb3 $2
{Immer noch konnte ich mit 19.Lxc6+ besagtes gewonnenes Endspiel erreichen.
Fakt war, daß ich den nächsten schwarzen Zug nicht sehr ernst genommen habe.} (
19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Rxb3 Kxg7 22. Rxb4) 19... Bf8 $1 20. a4 {
Ein einfacher Materialgewinn ist nicht zu sehen. Ich muß die Partie noch
einmal gewinnen.} g6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxd6 O-O-O $1 23. Bf4 Na5 24. Rc3+ Nbc4
25. Be5 Rhg8 $8 26. e4 $1 a6 27. Bxc4 dxc4 $8 28. Rb1 (28. f3 b5 $1) 28... Rge8
29. Ke3 Re6 30. f4 $4 {Richtig war 30.Lg3 und Schwarz hat keinen guten Plan:} (
30. Bg3 {Macht Schwarz gar nichts, so folgt f3, Le1 und Tc2. Möglich wäre z.B.:
} b6 (30... f5 31. f3 fxe4 (31... Rde8 32. d5 $1) 32. fxe4 Rde8 33. e5 {
nebst 34.Ke4 und 35.d5 +-}) 31. f3 Kb7 32. Be1 Rc8 33. d5 Ree8 34. Rb4 Red8 35.
Kf4 {Idee 36.Lf2}) 30... f6 31. d5 Ree8 32. Bxf6 Rxd5 33. Be5 (33. e5 {ist
sehr gefährlich. Nun scheitert} b5 {wegen} 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ke4 Rc5 36. Ra3 {
nebst Ta8+ und Td1+. Jedoch 33...Kc7 und dann erst 34...b5 ist viel stärker.})
33... Rd7 34. Rbc1 {Verhindert 34...Ted8, droht aber nichts. Von weißem
Vorteil kann nicht mehr die Rede sein.} Re6 35. Rb1 Re8 36. Rb6 Red8 37. Rc2
Rd1 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Bf6 R8d3 40. Bc3 Kc7 41. Rcb2 {Mein Abgabezug. Sieht
verlockend aus, forciert aber das Remis. Mit 41.a5 hätte ich noch etwas
spielen können.} Rg1 42. Rxb7+ Kc8 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. R7b6 Kc7 45. Rb7+ Kc8 46.
R7b6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Ne5 Bxc3+ (9... Qb6 {is another common continuation here.}) 10. bxc3
Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Rc1 (12. Qxb7 {gives Black strong
counterplay:} Rc8 13. Ba6 (13. Qxa7 Ne4 14. a4 Nxc3 15. a5 Nb1 $1 16. f3 Rc1+
17. Kf2 Qc8 $40 {0-1 (28) Milchev,N (2395)-Lindgren,P (2374) Vaxjo 2015}) (13.
Rc1 $5 {leads to the game position}) 13... Rxc3 14. O-O Ne4 15. Rac1 Rxc1 16.
Rxc1 Qa5 17. Rf1 h5 18. h4 Qxa2 {0-1 (37) Vasquez Schroder,R (2555)-Vocaturo,D
(2598) Barcelona 2017 - at least, Black is not worse here.}) (12. Be2 Rc8 13.
O-O (13. Rc1 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O Rc7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Rfc8
19. Rfc1 g5 20. a4 b6 $11 {1/2 (62) Morovic Fernandez,I (2528)-Lopez Gonzalez,
A (2385) Santa Maria del Mar 2017}) 13... Ne4 (13... Qe7 14. Rfc1 (14. f3 $5)
14... Ne4 15. Qb2 f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Rc6 $132 {1-0 (73) Melkumyan,H (2633)
-Fressinet,L (2662) Riadh 2017}) 14. Rfc1 (14. Qxb7 f6 15. Bg3 Rf7 16. Qa6 Nxc3
17. Rfc1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rb7 $11 {1/2 (31) Akobian,V (2617)-Bu,X (2670)
Istanbul 2012}) 14... Qa5 (14... Qh4 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. c4 Nd2 $11 {0-1 (46)
Polak,T (2520)-Ragger,M (2655) Austria 2013}) 15. Qb4 (15. f3 $5 Nxc3 16. Bf1 {
[%cal Re5d6]} Rc6 17. Qxb7 Rfc8 18. Kh1 $11) 15... Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rc3 17. Rxc3
Nxc3 18. Bf1 Rc8 $11 {0-1 (62) Dao,T (2490)-Nguyen,N (2621) Sharjah 2014}) (12.
f3 $5 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Bd6 Re8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Bc5 Nd7 17. Ba3 Qc7 (17... e5
$5 $132) 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Bc5 Nc4 (19... Nd7 20. Bb4 $1) 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qa3
Bd3 22. Rf2 Ra8 23. Bd6 Qc6 24. e4 Red8 25. Bf4 $14 {1-0 (59) Mastrovasilis,A 
(2488)-Svane,R (2595) Heraklio 2017}) 12... Rc8 13. Qxb7 {Still!} (13. Be2 $11)
13... Ne4 14. f3 $5 {White goes for risky complications. They don't bring him
a real advantage but the position becomes double-edged.} Qh4+ {Black wants
more than} (14... Rxc3 $5 15. Rxc3 Nxc3 {. Or maybe Maxim Matlakov was afraid
of} 16. Qb4 $5 {underestimating} Nxa2 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. Qxa2 Rc8 $44) 15. g3 Qh6
16. Bf4 g5 17. Bc7 g4 18. Bf4 Ng5 19. fxg4 Be4 20. h4 Bxh1 21. Be2 f6 22. hxg5
fxg5 23. Bd6 $13 Rcd8 $2 {Black was not forced to give the exchange back.} (
23... Rfd8 24. Kd2 (24. Be7 $6 Rb8) 24... Be4 $13 {was quite possible. E.g.}
25. Be5 Qg6 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Bd6 Rfd8 {[%cal Yg6g7] - White has hardly more
than a draw.}) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Kd2 Bf3 26. Rf1 $6 (26. Re1 $5 $14) 26... Qh2
$6 (26... Bxe2 $1 {was much simpler:} 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qb8+ (28. Kxe2 Qh2+
29. Kd3 Qxa2) 28... Kf7 29. Qxa7+ Kf6 30. Kxe2 Qh2+ 31. Kd3 Qxg3 32. Qxh7 Qe1
$132) 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Qe7 Rf2 {Now White captures Black's e6- and a7-pawns
with checks. Black should not lose anyway but his defensive task is quite
difficult.} 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Kg6 31. Qc6+ Kg7 32. Qb7+ Kh6 33. Qa6+ Kg7
34. Qxa7+ Kh6 35. Qa6+ Kg7 36. a4 Qxg3 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qc6+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kh6
40. a5 Qg2 41. Qb5 Qxg4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] An obvious but losing move.} ({After} 
41... Qf1 $1 42. a6 ({or} 42. e4 dxe4 43. Qc6+ Kg7 44. Qxe4 Qa1) 42... Qa1 {
White has nothing better than a perpetual.}) 42. a6 Qe6 43. a7 Rf8 44. Qb8 Qg8
{Black is now completely passive. White wins by activating his bishop.} (44...
Re8 45. Bb5 $1 Qxe3+ 46. Kc2 $18) 45. Qd6+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kh8 47. Bb5 {[%cal
Yb5c6]} Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Ra2 49. Qe7 Qg6 50. Qe5+ Qg7 51. Qb8+ Qg8 52. Bc6 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.03.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {This variation is rarely played in recent times
because it seems that Black has found safe ways to neutralize White´s
initiative.} cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. O-O (
9. Qa4 {is more popular}) 9... Be7 10. Qb3 O-O (10... g5 $5 {N} 11. Bg3 h5 12.
h3 g4 (12... h4 $5 13. Bh2 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Nd2 h3 16. g3 Bd6 17. f3 Bf5
18. Ne2 $14 {עe8}) 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nd2 Bh4 15. Ne2 (15. Rfc1 $5) 15... Qa5
$5 (15... Qf6 16. Rfc1 Qh6 17. Nf1 $16 {/^a4-e8}) (15... Bxg3 16. fxg3 {
/\ Kf2, Nf4}) 16. e4 $3 $16 {Milov,V-Sadler,M/Isle of Man 1994/1-0 (49)}) 11.
Rfc1 Rc8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qb7 g5 $5 {Trying to create threats on the kingside}
(13... a5) 14. Bg3 h5 (14... g4 15. Ne5) 15. h3 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nd2 (17.
Ne5 Nxe5 (17... Rc7 18. Qa6 Qc8 19. Qe2) 18. Bxe5 f6 (18... Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6
20. Qxa7) (18... Bf6 19. Ne2) (18... Bd3 19. Rd1) 19. Bg3 Rf7 20. Qa6 Rh7 $36)
17... Bd3 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn, Black tries to get some compensation due to
the weak white squares in the opponent`s camp and poor position of the white
pieces.} (17... Bh4 18. Bd6 $1 (18. Ne2 Bxg3 19. Nxg3 Bd3 20. Rxc6 Rb8 21. Qxa7
Rxb2 22. Rd1 Bb5) (18. Bf4 Bd3 19. Qxa7) 18... Be7 19. Qb4 $14) (17... c5 18.
Nb5 $16) 18. Qxa7 (18. b4 Nb6) (18. Na4 Bb5 19. Nc3 $11) 18... c5 19. Qa4 cxd4
$2 {But this move is a mistake. Black should have kept the centre closed.} (
19... c4 20. Qd1 f5 21. Ne2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nf6 $44) 20. Qxd4 Bf5 21. Nb3 $2 {
It was necessary to try to open the centre, taking advantage of the weakness
of the black king.} (21. e4 $1 Bf6 22. Qb4 (22. Qd3 Bg6 (22... Nc5 23. Qe2 $16)
23. Qe2 $16) 22... Be7 23. Bd6 $16) 21... Bf6 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. Qe2
Qb6 {[#]} (24... Nd3 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Rd2 $16) 25. Bxe5 (25. Rd1 Bd3 (25... Nc4
26. b3) 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27. Qxg4+ Kh8 $11) (25. Na4 Qb4) 25... Bxe5 26. Rd1 Rc4
27. Qxg4 Qxb2 28. Nce2 Ra8 $2 (28... Bxd4 $8 29. exd4 (29. Nxd4 $2 e5) 29...
Ra8 30. Ng3 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 32. Nh5 Qa4 $1 $11) 29. Qg5 $1 $16 {Now the
white pieces spring to life} Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Qb6 31. Nf3 (31. f4 $1 Qd8 $140 32.
Nxe6) 31... Qd8 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Rab1 Kg7 34. Ne5 Re4 35. f4 Rxa2 (35... Ra3 36.
Rb3) 36. Rb7 {[#]} Re2 37. Nxf7 Qxf7 (37... R4xe3 38. Ne5+ Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Qxg6
40. Nxg6 Rg3 41. Nh4 $18) 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Nutcracker"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.12.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.12.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Ne5 Qb6 {This is considered to be the main line but other lines in
particular ...Qe7 look more to the point.} (9... O-O 10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3
bxc6 12. Qa3 a5 13. Be2 Qb6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Ra7 16. f3 Rb7 17. b3 Nd7 18.
Qd6 Nb8 19. Rc3 $14 {1-0 (59) Stojanovic,M (2582)-Hole,O (2380) Oslo 2011}) (
9... Qe7 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba6 Rd8 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Ne4 $5 {
this simply had to be played} (14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. Nc5 $5
(17. f4 Ne4 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Rb8 20. Rac1 Nd2 21. Rfd1 Rb1 22. Rxb1 Nxb1
23. Rc1 Nxa3 24. Rxc6 Nc2 25. Rc3 Nb4 26. Nc5 Nxa2 27. Rb3 h6 28. Kf2 Rd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Colovic,A (2487)-Felgaer,R (2564) Tromso 2014}) 17... Rb8 18. Rac1
Rb6 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. b3 e5 22. Rfd1 $14) 15. Rfc1 {with a few
possible interesting ideas for Black:} g5 (15... c5 $5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5
e5 18. Bg3 h5 19. f3 Rb8 20. Qa3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qg5 22. Kh2 (22. c6 Qxg3 23. c7
Rb6 {with complications}) 22... h4 23. gxh4 Qxh4+ 24. Kg1 e4 25. Rf1 Rfe8 $44)
16. Bg3 (16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 h5 18. Rxc6 h4 19. Bc7 (19. Rc7 hxg3 $1 20. Rxe7
gxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bxe7 $19) 19... Rd7 20. a3 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. axb4 Nxf2 $5
23. Kxf2 Qxh2 $36) 16... Nxg3 (16... h5 17. Rxc6 h4 18. Be5 f6 19. Rc7 $18) 17.
hxg3 Rb8 18. Qd1 (18. Rxc6 Qd7 $1 $15) 18... Qd7 19. a3 Bd6 20. b4 Bg6 21. Rc3
f5 22. Rac1 Be8 23. Rxc6 f4 $1 $44) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 {I must admit that this line is
strangly understated so far for White, and that is particularly interesting
because from this moment White will be a pawn up no matter what Black will do.}
({A move more often played is} 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 exd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ra5
Bb6 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Rd3 {and White has got a pawn, although Black has active
chances. Still I think that such positions deserve more attention.} Rac8 (21...
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Tkachiev,V (2639)-Fressinet,L (2697)
Belfort 2010; this doesn't tell us much}) (21... Rfc8 22. Ra1 $1 (22. Bd1 Rd8
23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. b4 h6 25. Re1 a5 $1 $36 {0-1 (39) Moradiabadi,E (2575)
-Nguyen Ngoc Truongson (2628) Guangzhou 2010}) 22... h6 23. h4 {with similar
play compared to 21...Rac8}) 22. Ra1 h6 (22... Bf5 23. Rd6 Be6 24. b4 h6 25. h4
Rc3 26. Kf2 Rc2 27. Rad1 Rb2 28. b5 Re8 29. R1d2 $1 $14 ({White simply
blundered with} 29. Be5 $2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Bc4+ {0-1 (32) Bosiocic,M (2561)
-Ragger,M (2614) Austria 2011})) 23. h4 a5 24. Kh2 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3
Rd8 27. Rc3 Rd2 28. Bd3 Bd8 29. e4 $1 Rb2 30. Bc4 Bxh4 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Be5
Rb1 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Ke8 35. Rxg7 Rxb3 36. Rg6 $14 {1-0 (49) Bubnov,
V-Sherwood,R corr. 2013}) 17. Qxd5 Be6 (17... Bg6 18. Qd7 Bf6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20.
Rac1 Qa3 21. Qd5 $5 (21. e4 Rad8 22. Qb5 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxa2 24. Bc4 Qa3 25. Bc7
Rc8 26. Qd7 Bc5 27. Rfd1 Kh8 $16 {1/2-1/2 (27) Stojanovic,M (2559)-Wirig,A 
(2495) Germany 2014; White could still carry on playing, his position is strong
} 28. Rc2 $5 a5 29. Ra2 Qc3 30. Ba6 $16) 21... Rfd8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Bf5
24. Bc7 Rd2 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Ba5 Rb2 27. Rf2 Rc8 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Rc2 Bf6 30.
Kf2 $16) 18. Qe4 cxd4 19. exd4 Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 {
A pawn up for White, still though not losing for Black, but in the game Black
didn|t defend well.} g6 $6 {I think that Black had a better option here.} (
22... Rab8 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. Be4 {now Black has a couple of options and all of
them can give him reasonable chances for a draw.} Rb6 (24... Rb2 25. Qxd6 Rxd6
26. d5 Bd7 27. Rdb1 Rdb6 28. Rxb2 Rxb2 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7
32. Ke3 h6 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. f4 $16) (24... g6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. d5 Rbd8 27. Rd3
f5 28. dxe6 fxe4 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Re1 Rxe6 31. Rxe4 $14) 25. a4 f5 26. Bc2 g6
27. a5 Rb4 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Ra4 $14) 23. Rab1 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. a4 Rad8
26. Rb7 a5 27. Ra7 $16 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxa5 {A clear pawn up.} Bc4 {
An interesting endgame is ahead of us.} (29... h5 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. a5 Bc4 32.
Bxc4 Rxc4 33. a6 Ra4 34. a7 h4 35. Kf2 g5 (35... Kf6 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. g3 hxg3
38. hxg3 f5 39. Kd3 $18) 36. Ke2 Kf6 37. Kd2 Kf5 38. g3 Ra3 39. Kc2 h3 (39...
hxg3 40. hxg3 f6 41. Kb2 Ra6 42. Kb3 Ra1 43. Kc4 Ra5 44. Kb4 Ra1 45. Kc5 Ra6
46. Kb5 Ra1 47. Kc6 Ra2 48. Kd6 Ra3 49. Ke7 Ra6 50. Kf7 Ra5 51. Kg7 Ra6 52. Kh6
Ra5 53. g4+ Kf4 54. Rf8 Rxa7 55. Rxf6+ Kg3 56. Kxg5 $18) 40. Kb2 Ra5 41. Kb3 f6
42. Kb4 Ra1 43. Kb5 Ra2 44. Kb6 Rb2+ 45. Kc6 Ra2 46. Kd6 Ra6+ (46... Rd2+ 47.
Ke7 Re2+ 48. Kf7 Ra2 49. g4+ $1 Kf4 50. Kxf6 Kxf3 51. Kxg5 Kg2 52. Kh4 Kxh2 53.
Rb8 Rxa7 54. Rb2+ Kh1 55. Kxh3 $18) 47. Ke7 Ra5 48. Kf7 Ra6 49. Kg7 Ra5 50. Kh7
Ra6 51. Kh6 Ra5 52. g4+ Kf4 53. Rf8 Rxa7 54. Rxf6+ Ke3 55. Kxg5 Ra2 56. Kh4
Rxh2 57. Kg3 Rh1 58. Rf5 $18) 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. g4 $1 Rc2 32. Rb5 Ra2 33. a5 h6
{I am not sure about this move, but it is not easy to give something better,
for example} (33... Kf8 34. h4 Ke7 35. Kf1 Kd6 36. h5 (36. Rb7 Ke6 37. Ra7 f5
$11 {this looks drawish}) 36... Kc7 37. h6 $1 {is probably a lost endgame for
Black.}) 34. h4 $1 Kg7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke1 Ke6 37. Kd1 Kd6 38. h5 $1 Kc7 39.
Ke1 Kd7 40. Rb7+ Ke8 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Ra8 g5 44. a6 Kf7 45. Kd1
$18 Kg7 46. Kc1 Ra3 47. Kb2 Rxf3 48. Rb8 Rf2+ 49. Kb3 Rf3+ 50. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aghayev, Miragha"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. a3 h6 (13... a6)
14. h3 Nd7 15. Ne2 a6 16. Nd2 $146 (16. Rc2 Ne7 17. Rac1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Rc8 19.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 {1/2-1/2 (19) Murali Krishnan,B (2299)-Laxman,R (2450) Dharamshala
2014}) 16... Ne7 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Qc7 20. Ne2 Nc8 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 08th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 {Le signe que le marocain se contenterait
de la nulle contre le fort GMI.} cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 (6... e6) (6... a6)
7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 (8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5) (8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6
Rxc6 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. Nd1 $11 {[%cal Gc1c6]}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6
Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. a3 Nd7 ({RR} 13... Na5 14. Nd2 Nc4 15. Nxc4
Rxc4 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Vasiukov,E (2560)-Furman,S 
(2540)/Tbilisi 1973/MCD}) ({RR} 13... Ne7 14. Ne5 a6 15. Rc2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Rac8
17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Nf3 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Skorchenko,D 
(2511)-Iskusnyh,S (2499)/Novokuznetsk 2008/CBM 126}) 14. Rc2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne2
Na5 15. Rxc8+ Rxc8 16. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Ligterink,G (2440)-Bohm,H (2380)/Wijk aan
Zee 1983/MCD}) 14... Ne7 15. Rfc1 a6 16. Na4 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5]} Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Rc8
18. b4 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 $11 21. Kf1 b6 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Kd3 Ke7
24. h4 h6 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. Na4 Nd7 27. Nc3 {Les deux joueurs ont reçu un
avertissement oral de l'arbitre après cette nulle car le réglement prévoyait
un minimum de 2h de jeu avant de proposer la nulle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:00:24"]
[BlackClock "1:22:26"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (6... e6) 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (8. Bb5) (8. Qb3) 8... Bxd3 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 9. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:01:31]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (12... Rac8) 13. h3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 14. Qe2 $146 {[%emt 0:01:25]} (14. Na4 Rc7 15. Nc3 a6 16. Na4
Nd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3
Qc6 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Ne1 Kf8 25. Nd3 b6 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke2 Kd6 28. h4 a5 29.
Nf4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nd3 f5 32. g3 Kd7 33. Kd2 Kd6 34. Ke2 b5 35. Kd2 g4
36. a3 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. Kd2 Kd7 39. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Kovalenko,I (2596)
-Kuzubov,Y (2615) Voronezh 2013}) 14... Ne7 {[%emt 0:07:34]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:
11:56]} Nc6 $11 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:10:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:
05:12]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 21. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 22.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:
00:28]} Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 $5 ({
The main line goes} 7. e3 e6 {and here after} 8. Qb3 {Black's best answer is}
Bb4) 7... Qb6 (7... Na5 {is preferable:} 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6) 8. Qxb6 axb6 9.
e3 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 {Why does the bishop go to e2 instead of b5? First of
all because White keeps the square b5 vacated for the knight; and secondly
from e2 the bishop indirectly fights against Black's idea of Nf6-h5 (see the
comments on Black's 14th move below).} O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 {[%csl Rb5,
Gb6,Gb7] The main drawback of doubled pawns is their lack of flexibility.
Furthermore, here White has also complete control over the b5-square. And
finally, the isolated doubled pawns can easily become a target later on. All
this gives White hopes to play for advantage.} Nh5 14. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 ({After} 
14... f6 {White plays} 15. Nh4 $1 {attacking the knight on h5. If then} fxg5
16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bxh5 g4 {with the idea to catch the bishop, White takes the
pawn} 18. Nxd5 Rd8 (18... Bd8 19. Be8 $1) 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Rc7 Kf8 21. h3 g6
22. hxg4 gxh5 23. gxf5 {and Black is struggling to survive.}) 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16.
Nf3 Bg4 17. Nb5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Rc3 Ke7 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Ke1
Kd7 23. h3 h5 $6 (23... h6) 24. h4 $1 {This is very tricky from Ivanchuk: to
play h3 followed immediately by h4. Now the black pawns are blockaded on the
light squares, which can be a problem in different kind of endgames.} g6 25. g3
Ra5 26. Be2 Ne8 27. Rb3 $1 Rd8 (27... Nxd4 {doesn't work:} 28. Rxc8 Nxb3 29.
Rc3 Na1 (29... Nc5 30. b4) 30. b4 {and sooner or later the knight will die on
a1.}) 28. f3 Nf6 29. Nc3 Kc7 30. Na2 Ng8 {According to Ivanchuk this is a bad
mistake.} (30... Rc8 31. Nb4 Nd7 {was called for, keeping the e5-square under
control.}) 31. Nb4 Nge7 32. Nd3 Raa8 33. Ne5 Rf8 ({After} 33... f6 34. Nd3 {
followed by Nf4 at some point (and eventually Bf1-h3) Black will have problems
with the pawn e6.}) 34. Bd3 f5 {After this move White is strategically winning.
Black has too many pawn weaknesses (b6, e6 and g6).} 35. Bb5 Rac8 36. Kf2 (36.
Rbc3 Kd6) 36... Rg8 37. Ba4 Rgf8 38. Rc2 Rfd8 (38... Rg8 {loses by force:} 39.
Rbc3 Kd6 40. Nf7+ Kd7 41. Rb3 Kc7 42. Ng5 {and Black is unable to protect the
e6-pawn.}) 39. Rbc3 Rd6 40. b4 Kb8 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. b5 {The game is over.
Black is losing a pawn and remains with a lot of other weaknesses.} Kb7 43.
bxc6+ Kc7 44. a4 Rdd8 45. Rb2 Ra8 46. Rcb3 Nc8 47. Ra2 Rg8 48. a5 b5 49. Rxb5
Nd6 50. Rb4 Ra6 51. Kg2 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5 53. Kh3 Rg8 54. Kh4 Rh8 55. Rab2 Ra7
56. Rb6 Rha8 57. Kxh5 Rg8 58. a6 Rga8 59. Rb7+ Nxb7 60. axb7 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 {Kramnik's choice in the first game of
the match surprised everyone. Nowadays it is practically impossible to fight
for a real advantage in the Exchange Variation. Even if White achieves a
slight plus, a strong player with Black holds the position without major
effort.} cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O ({White's
only hope in this system is to force on his opponent a weak pawn on c6. The
following variation is an example how Black can end up in a worse position:} 
9... Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bc7 $1 Qxc7 13. Qxb4 {White plays Na4
and Rac1 next and Black will have to suffer under positional pressure.}) 10.
Bxc6 (10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 $11) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 ({After} 11...
bxc6 12. O-O $14 {White achieves his goal} ({but not} 12. Qxc6 Qa5+ 13. Qc3
Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rfc8 15. Rc1 Ne4 $11)) 12. Ne5 {It seems that White will
finally force Black to take with the pawn on c6, but Anand's answer shows that
Black can avoid that.} Ng4 {The most precise, even if the alternatives 12...
bxc6 and 12...Ne4 are playable as well. Black's move doesn't make any
positional concessions.} 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4 ({Taking the other pawn is
weaker, since it leaves the b2-pawn without protection:} 14. Qc5 Rxc6 15. Qxa7
Rc2 16. O-O (16. Qxb7 $2 Qa5+ 17. b4 Re2+ 18. Kf1 Qa3 $19) 16... Be2 $1 (16...
Rxb2 17. Rab1 {loses the b7-pawn without any compensation}) 17. Rfc1 Rxb2 18.
Rab1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R (2537)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2556)/
Havana 2002 (22)}) 14... Rxc6 15. Qxb7 $146 {White must take the pawn,
otherwise his entire opening concept is senseless. Curiously, 16.Qxb7 is a new
move. Difficult to say whether Kramnik really hoped to win the resulting
endgame, or whether he just wanted a "smooth" start of the match. The future
course of events showed that in any case his strategy was mistaken: Anand made
an easy draw in this game, while the match became much tougher for Kramnik
than expected.} (15. O-O Qb6 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bf5 18. f3 h5 19. Rxc6 Rxc6
20. Re1 Qa6 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bg6 23. b3 {1/2-1/2 Nussbaecher,A (2120)
-Seibold,T (2105)/Bayern 2002}) 15... Qc8 16. Qxc8 (16. Qb3 $2 Qa6 $1 (16...
Rc1+ {is a mistake in view of} 17. Kd2 {with advantage}) 17. f3 Bf5 $17 {
[%csl Re1]}) 16... Rfxc8 17. O-O {The control over the c-file together with
the opposite-coloured bishops make White's task to convert the extra pawn
practically impossible.} a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. b3 (20. e4 dxe4 21.
fxe4 Rc2 22. b3 f6 ({or even} 22... Rd8 23. d5 f6 24. dxe6 Re8)) 20... f6 21.
e4 (21. Rad1 Rc2 $11) 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24. e5 (24. d5 e5
25. Rd2 Rdc8 $11) (24. a4 Rc3 $11) 24... fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxa2 $11 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rd5 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Rc5 Ra7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Bc2 32. Bxa5 Bxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 {Over the past few years, the
Exchange Variation has become a serious weapon among GM against the Slav.} Nc6
6. e3 Bg4 ({This and} 6... Bf5 {can lead to the same tabiya position after} 7.
Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7) 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nf3 b5
12. a3 Be7 {This line has been played many times over.} 13. Qe2 $5 $146 {
Howell's novelty is his move order which gives slightly more options, and
surely gives his opponent something to think about!} ({The standard move order
goes} 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne5 ({Here, Howell's idea of delaying Rfc1 doesn't work
due to a concrete counter-idea from Black} 14. Qe2 Nh5 $1 15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16.
Nxb5 (16. Qxb5 {now this capture doesn't come with check; move order matters a
lot!} Nxf4 17. exf4 Nc4 $15 {[%csl Rb5]}) 16... Qb6 17. Nc3 Nb3 18. Rad1 Nxf4
19. exf4 Bf6 $15 {Black's active pieces and White's weaknesses make Black's
position much easier to play. It is actually White who has to play very
accurately to hold the balance.}) 14... h6 15. h3 Nc4 16. Rfc1 $14 {and recent
games show that White has an edge here.}) 13... a6 (13... Nh5 14. Bxb5 Nxf4 (
14... Bxb5 15. Qxb5+) 15. exf4 O-O 16. Bd3 $14) (13... Nc4 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O
a6 (15... Be8 16. Rfc1 $1 (16. a4 $6 {here is premature as there's no target
on a6 to attack when the knight on c4 later moves.} b4 17. Nb1 (17. Nb5 a6 18.
Na7 Rc7 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Bxc4 Qxa7 22. Bxa6 Bc6 $13) 17... Nxe5
18. Bxe5 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 f6 21. Bg3 Bg6 $11) 16... a6 17. a4 $1 $36)
16. a4 $5 {Here we see the option made possible by Howell's move order.} (16.
Rfc1 {is also good for an edge; transposing to some previous games; but it
turns out it's really not necessary to play it yet.}) 16... Be8 (16... Qb6 $2
17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. b3 $16) (16... b4 17. Nb1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $6 Ne4
19. Bxa6 Ra8 20. Bb5 (20. Bd3 Nc5 $15) 20... Bxb5 21. Qxb5 g5 $1 (21... Ra5 22.
Qe2 Nc5 (22... g5 $1 23. Bg3 Qc7 $17) 23. Qd1 b3 24. Nc3 Qa8 25. Qd4 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 (25) Drozdovskij,Y (2561)-Laznicka,V (2596) playchess.com INT 2006})
22. Bg3 Qc7 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb1,Rb5,Re5,Rg3]}) 17. Rfc1 {White prepares to trade
on b5 followed by b2-b3.This transposes to several games where White has
better chances. The most annoying defence for Black now seems to be} Na5 18.
axb5 axb5 (18... Nb3 19. bxa6 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Qb6 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Bg5 $1 $16) 19.
Nxb5 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Re1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nc3 f6 24. Nc4 $16 {
[%cal Gc4d2,Gc4d6] And Black has to work very hard to prove he has enough
compensation for the pawn.}) 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O Qb6 (15... Nc4 16. a4 $1 {
transposes to lines under the 13th move - knight a5 to c4.}) 16. a4 {White
carries on with the standard plan.} ({Another good way to continue is to go
for the Pillsbury set up with:} 16. Bg5 $5 Be8 17. f4 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3h3]} Nc4
(17... Qd8 18. f5 $1 $40 (18. Rf3 $6 {also works but allows a nice defensive
resource where White has to be more precise.} Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Bxe4 f5 22. Bd3 (22. Bc2 $1 {is the precise move that maintains the
advantage.} Bh5 23. g4 Bxg4 (23... fxg4 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rf1) 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25.
Rg3 Rc7 26. Rxg4 Rfc8 27. Be4 $14) 22... Nb3 $1 23. Raf1 Bh5 24. g4 Bxg4 25.
Nxg4 fxg4 26. Rg3 Nc1 27. Qd2 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Qh4 $11) 18... Nc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Ng4 Be7 21. f6 gxf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qh5 $18) 18. Rf3 $1 $40 {[%cal
Rd3h7,Rf3h3,Rg5f6,Re2h5] White is on an attacking version of cruise control e.
g.} h6 $2 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ng4 $16) 16... b4 17. Nb1 Ra8 {A natural and solid
move, but it also reveals that Black didn't sense the dangers in his position.
Unfortunately for Black, there is only one way to equalise and it requires a
very concrete approach.} ({I'm very sure Melkumyan considered} 17... Nb3 {
but the question is always what resources he saw and how he evaluated the
resulting positions.} 18. Bxh7+ {It is easy to see this tactical idea and
dismiss it as good for White as it wins a pawn, but let's check and go deeper:}
Nxh7 (18... Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. Qxb3 $16 {and Black is simply a pawn down
for nothing.}) 19. Nxd7 Qa5 ({After seeing the line with 19...Qa5, it makes
sense to check a retreat where the queen controls more squares:} 19... Qb7 $1
20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. Nd2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Rc2 23. b3 (23. Qd1 b3 $1 24. Rb1 Qb4 $17 (
24... Nf6 $5 25. f3 Qb4)) 23... Nf6 24. f3 Qc6 $36 {[%cal Gc6c3] with a strong
initiative for a pawn loss that's not even noticeable.}) 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. Nd2
(21. Ra2 $4 Nc1 $19) 21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Rc2 {When I was taking a stab at
analysing this on the board, it looked like Black would gain compensation but
checking the line deeper shows that White can refute this idea} 23. Qd1 $1 (23.
b3 Qb6 $44 {[%cal Gb6c6,Gc6c3]}) 23... Rxb2 24. Qc1 $18) 18. Bg5 $1 Be8 19. Nd2
{White's next plan is to either go the Pillsbury way with f2-f4 or the Colle
way with an early queen switch via f3-h3.} h6 20. Bh4 Rc8 21. b3 $1 {At first,
I thought this move was very questionable. While it restricts all Black's
minor pieces, it also gives up an important outpost for the rook on c3 which
allows counterplay in the future along the 3rd rank. Then again, after seeing
that Black doesn't have any concrete follow-up to penetrate (and that White
has to be accurate in conducting the attack after 21. f4), I think it's a very
good practical decision because it takes less risk than the other option.} ({
The Pillsbury method looks simple and even best according to the engine, but
things usually aren't easy when facing counterplay over the board.} 21. f4 b3
$1 {[%cal Gc8c2,Gb6b4]} 22. Rf3 $6 {A natural follow-up but Black has
defensive resources to meet it.} ({The best way to conduct the attack
according to the engine is} 22. Ng4 $1 Qd8 23. f5 $1 $40) (22. Rfb1 {The
engine also suggests this, but really? Placing rooks in the corner is not the
point of the Pillsbury setup / Stonewall structure!}) 22... Kh8 $1 {[%cal
Gf6g8]} 23. Rh3 Ng8 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 {and things aren't so easy} 25. g4 $2 (25.
Ng4 Nf5) 25... f6 26. Nef3 Rc2 $1 $132) (21. Bxa6 $2 Rc2 {is the last thing on
White's mind.}) 21... Rc3 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. f3 $5 {Careful and solid, thinking
that the a6-pawn will not go anywhere.} (23. f4 {is also playable, but only if
one sees the tactic in the line after} Nd7 $5 {which probably concerned Howell}
24. Bxe7 (24. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Bxe7 Nxe5 26. Bxf8 Nd3 {Compared to the line
earlier, White has an extra tempo to start a kingside attack:} 27. e4 $3 Kg8
28. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. f5 $40 {And it's almost impossible to defend this over
the board.}) 24... Nxe5 25. Bxf8 Nxd3 $13) 23... Bd6 24. f4 Be7 25. Rfd1 $1 {
More prophylaxis from Howell.} Ne4 $2 {Melkumyan finally cracks under the
tension and passivity of his position, which not many can handle well.} 26.
Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Nxb3 30. Rb1 $5 ({The more
forcing line is much better as White can gain a pawn for nothing in the ending.
} 30. Qxa6 Qc7 (30... f6 31. Nd3 Bg6 32. Nef2 $16 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gd3c5]}) 31.
Rb1 Qc2 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Nxd3 Bxa4 34. Nxb4 $16) 30... f6 31. Nc4 {The
following moves were played under the pressure of time trouble so the
inaccuracies were inevitable and understandable.} ({A more accurate move is} 
31. Nd3 $1 Bxa4 32. Qa2 Bc6 33. Ng3 Bd5 34. e4 Bc4 35. Nc5 $16 {looks good for
White to me after} Nxc5 36. Qxc4 Nd7 37. Rxb4 $16 {The position has stabilised
and White gets to keep his positional advantages.} (37. Nf5 $5) (37. f5 $5))
31... Bg6 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. Rxb3 Rc8 34. e4 $5 {[%cal Gb3g3,Gb3h3,Gf4f5]
Another double-edged decision taken by Howell as he creates weaknesses in the
centre, but also creates better chances for a kingside attack!} Qd7 $1 {
Correctly and bravely taking up the challenge.} 35. d5 exd5 36. exd5 Qxd5 37.
Qg4 {In this wickedly tense and sharp position, Melkumyan had 1 min 40 secs to
Howell's 30 secs. Now he used almost most of his time and played the "tricky"}
Rc7 $4 ({With more time and a calm mind, I'm certain Black would have played
the simple} 37... Qc5+ $1 38. Kh1 (38. Ne3 Kh7 39. Qd7+ Kh8 {and it's White
who's the only one in trouble here e.g.} 40. h3 $2 (40. f5 Bh5 41. h3 Re8 $40)
40... Bc2 $19) 38... Qf5 $1) 38. Qxg6+ Rg7 39. Qe8+ Kh7 {Before playing his
37th move Black stopped his analysis here thinking that it's good for him as
he has a strong double attack, but he unfortunately missed White's next move}
40. Qe2 $18 {A double defence! Black tried to regain some material but both
players have received extra time and it was just a matter of good calculation
and technical work for the British player.} Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qxb3
43. Qe4+ $1 {Centralising the queen with check is almost always good!} Kg7 44.
Nd6 ({Other moves also win here} 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Ne3 Qxa4 46. Ng4 $18 {
with mate coming soon.}) 44... Qc3 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Ne8 Qd4+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48.
Kg3 Qf7 49. Nxf6+ Kg7 50. Ne8+ Kg8 51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53. Nd5 b3 54.
f5 b2 55. Nc3 h5 56. h4 Ke7 57. Kf4 Kd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qa3 Qb6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6
14. Ne5 Qb5 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rac1 $14 {Seirawan-Van der Wiel,Wijk aan
Zee 1991}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Nh5 13. a3 $5 {TN} (13. Bg3 $2 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Rab8 $15 {Seirawan-Nikolic,Bruxelles 1988}) 13... Nxf4 14. axb4
Nd3 (14... Nxg2 $2 15. Kxg2 Be4 16. Rg1 $3 Qh4 17. h3 $18) 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16.
bxc5 Rfb8 17. Qc3 $14 Qb7 18. Ra2 Bg4 $5 (18... f6 19. Rfa1 a5 20. h3 $1 (20.
Nd2 $6 a4 $1 $132) 20... Bg6 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Ra8+
Kf7 25. Rc8 $16) 19. Nd2 Be2 20. Re1 Bb5 21. e4 $5 (21. Ra5 $5) 21... a5 22.
exd5 exd5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 Bd3 25. Qc3 Bf5 26. b3 $2 (26. Nf1 $1 {
/\ Re2 with palpable edge; it was necessary to keep the pawn on b2.}) 26... h6
27. f3 Qb4 28. Qb2 Ra8 29. Re2 Bd3 (29... Ra4 30. Nc4 $1) 30. Re3 Bg6 31. Kf2
Kh7 (31... Ra4 $5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Ke3 (33. Rc8 Ra2 (33... Ra6 $5) 34. Qxa2
Qxd4+ 35. Kg3 (35. Ke1 $2 Qe3+ 36. Kd1 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg2+ 38. Ke3 (38. Ke1 Bd3
$19) 38... Qg1+ 39. Ke2 d4 $1 $19) 35... Qe5+ 36. Kf2 (36. f4 $2 Qe1+ 37. Kf3
d4 $1 38. Nc4 Be4+ 39. Kg4 Bf5+ 40. Kf3 h5 $19) 36... Qd4+ 37. Kg3 $10) 33...
Qb5 $36) 32. Qc3 Qb8 33. Nf1 Ra2+ 34. Re2 Ra3 35. Rb2 Ra1 36. b4 Rd1 37. b5
cxb5 38. c6 Qc7 39. g3 (39. Rxb5 Bd3 40. Ne3 Bxb5 41. Nxd1 $14) 39... Ra1 40.
Ne3 Ra6 41. Rxb5 $6 (41. Nxd5 $142 Qxc6 42. Qxc6 Rxc6 43. Ke3 $1 $16) 41...
Rxc6 42. Rc5 Rxc5 43. dxc5 Qa7 44. Qd4 (44. g4 Qa4 $1 $132) 44... Qa2+ 45. Kg1
Qe2 46. c6 Bd3 47. c7 Ba6 (47... Qe1+ $5 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 Ba6 50. Nf5 f6
$132) 48. Qc3 d4 $1 (48... Qxf3 $2 49. Qc2+ $1 $16) 49. Qc2+ (49. Qxd4 Qe1+ $10
) 49... Qxc2 50. Nxc2 d3 51. Ne3 d2 52. Kf2 Kg6 53. Nd1 Kf6 54. Ke3 Ke6 55.
Kxd2 Kd6 56. Ne3 Bc8 $1 $10 57. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-chT 0001"]
[Site "Finland"]
[Date "2000.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manninen, Marko"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Solozhenkin,E"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Rc1 $5 e6 8.
Qb3 Bb4 (8... Qb6 $6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. e3 $14) 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb5 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3
(11. Qxc3 Rc8) 11... Ne4 12. Bxc6 $1 Nxc3 (12... bxc6 $5 13. Rxc6 Qa5+ 14. Ke2
Bg4 15. Rd1 (15. Rc2 Rac8 16. Rhc1 (16. Ra1 $6 Rxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Rc8 $17) 16...
Qa6+ 17. Ke1 (17. Qd3 Rxc2+ 18. Rxc2 Qxa2 $15) 17... Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Qa6+ $11)
15... Rac8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. h3 Qa6+ 18. Ke1 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Qa6+ $11) 13. Bxb7
Ne4 14. Bxa8 g5 15. O-O (15. Bg3 Qxa8 16. O-O g4 17. Ne5 Nd2 $17) 15... gxf4 (
15... Qxa8 $2 16. Bxg5 Bg4 17. Bh6 $18) 16. Bc6 Qd6 $5 (16... Qc7 17. Ba4 Rb8
18. Qa3 $16) 17. Qa4 (17. Qb7 $1 Rb8 (17... a5 18. Ne5) 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Ne5
Bg6 20. exf4 Nc3 21. a4) 17... a5 $1 $44 {x c6} 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Qc2 $6 (19. b3
fxe3 20. fxe3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 (21. Be8 Nc3 22. Qd7 Rb7 23. Qc8 Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Nxc1
25. Bc6+ Kg7 26. Qxb7 Nxa2 27. Qc7 Nc3 28. Ng5 Ne4+ 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Qe5+ Kf8
$17) 21... axb4 22. Ne5 f6 (22... Nc3 23. Ra1 f6 24. Nd7 Rc8 25. Ba4 Kf7 26.
Nc5 $16) 23. Nd7 (23. g4 Nc3 24. Kf1 (24. Ra1 fxe5 25. gxf5 exd4 26. fxe6 d3
27. e7 d2 28. e8=Q+ Rxe8 29. Bxe8 d1=Q+ 30. Rxd1 Nxd1 $11) 24... fxe5 25. gxf5
Rf8 26. a3 Rxf5+ 27. Ke1 Rf3 28. dxe5 Rxe3+ 29. Kd2 Re2+ 30. Kd3 Rxh2 31. axb4
Na2 32. Rg1+ Kf7 33. b5 Rb2 $11) 23... Rc8 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Na4 Rc8 26. Nb6 $11)
19... Ng5 20. Qd2 (20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rc8 $17) 20... Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bh3 22.
Kh1 Kh8 23. e4 $1 (23. Qxa5 Rg8 24. Rg1 Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 e5 $19) 23... f6 $2 (
23... Rg8 24. e5 Bg2+ 25. Kg1 Bxf3+ 26. Kf1 $11) (23... dxe4 $1 24. Qxa5 $1 (
24. fxe4 Rg8 25. e5 Qxc6+ $1 26. Rxc6 Bg2+ 27. Kg1 Bxc6+ 28. Kf1 Bb5+ {Manninen
} 29. Ke1 Rg1#) 24... Rg8 25. Rg1 (25. Qe5+ Qxe5 26. dxe5 Bg2+ 27. Kg1 Bxf3+
28. Kf1 Rg2 $15) 25... Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Qxc6 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ (
29. Qd8+ Qe8 30. Qd6+ Kg8 31. Qxf4 Bf5 $15) 29... Ke8 30. Qxh3 exf3 31. Qf1 Ke7
$13) 24. exd5 $2 $138 (24. Rg1 dxe4 (24... Qxc6 $2 25. Qxf4 e5 26. dxe5 Qe6 27.
exd5 (27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. exf6 Kf7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qxh7 d4 $1 32.
Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. f7+ Qxf7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxh3 d3 $132) 27... Qxe5
28. Qh6 f5 29. Qxh3 Qxd5 30. Qg3 Rb7 31. Qf4 $18) 25. Bxe4 $16 (25. fxe4 Qxc6
26. Qxf4 e5 27. dxe5 f5)) 24... Rg8 $19 25. Rg1 (25. Bb5 Qxd5 26. Qxf4 Bg2+ 27.
Kg1 Bxf3+ $19) (25. Ba4 Bg2+ 26. Kg1 Bxf3+ 27. Kf1 Qa6+ $19) (25. b3 Qc7 $19) (
25. Qxa5 Qe7 $19) 25... Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Qb8 $138 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 {Usually White prefers other move orders:
4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nc3 or 4.Nc3 Nf6; Black can try 4...e5!? 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3.}
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 {According to modern theory, this
line is not very dangerous for Black. However White still can ask some
questions.} Bb4 {This is considered as the reliable move, in most cases Black
can easily solve his opening problems.} ({As an alternative we can consider} 
8... Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 (10. a3 {Ivanchuk,V (2776)-Nakamura,H (2774)
Bazna Kings 5th 2011 (10) 1-0}) 10... Bb4 11. O-O Ke7 12. Rfc1 Nd7 ({My
engines recommend} 12... Bxc3 $5 $146 {The b6-pawn is not in danger but White
has got the bishop pair:} 13. Rxc3 Rhc8 {White has nothing after} 14. Nh4 ({or
} 14. h3 Na7 15. Bf1 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bb3 Nc3 $11)
14... Ne4 $1 15. Nxf5+ exf5 16. Rcc1 g5 17. Bg3 f4 18. exf4 Nxd4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. Bd3 g4 $13 21. Re1 Kd6 22. Bh4 Re8 23. a3 Nf5 $11) 13. Na4 Ra5 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 16. Ne5 Rc8 $8 17. Nxc6+ Rxc6 18. Rxc6 Nc4 19. b3 Nd2 20.
Rcc1 Kf6 21. f3 Ba3 22. Rc7 Bb4 23. Rb7 Nxb3 24. Rf1 Nd2 $2 (24... Bd3 $1 25.
Rxb4 Bxf1 26. axb3 Ra1 {and Black should make a draw}) 25. Rc1 $1 $18 Ra4 (
25... Rxa2 26. Be5+ Kg6 27. Rxb4 $18) 26. Rcc7 Bg6 27. h4 h5 28. e4 Nxe4 29.
fxe4 dxe4 30. g4 {1-0 (30) Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Batchuluun,T (2513)
Tromsoe 2014}) 9. Ne5 $1 {Nowadays Black has some problems after this move.}
Qb6 (9... O-O {Black doesn't get an equal position} 10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3
bxc6 12. Qa3 Qb6 13. Ba6 Nd7 14. Rc1 f6 $6 15. Bd6 $1 Rfe8 16. O-O e5 17. dxe5
fxe5 18. Rc3 $16 Re6 $2 19. Rb3 Qd8 20. Bb7 $18 {Heimann,A (2573)
-Solodovnichenko,Y (2576) Chartres FRA 2017 1-0 (42)}) ({Up to the moment,
White hasn't got anything significant after} 9... Bxc3+ $5 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3
Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Be2 (12. Qxb7 Rc8 13. Ba6 Rxc3 14. O-O Ne4 15. Rac1 Rxc1
16. Rxc1 Qa5 $11) 12... Rc8 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qxb7 f6 15. Bg3 Rf7 16. Qa6 Nxc3
17. Rfc1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 $11 {Akobian,V (2617)-Bu,X (2670) Istanbul 2012 1/2 
(31)}) 10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Qb4 Rc8 (12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxf6 (
14. f3 $5 Rfc8 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bd6 Rc2 19. Rh2 Rac8 20.
Rxc2 Rxc2 21. b3 $14) 14... gxf6 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Bd1 Bc2 17. Kd2 Bxd1 18.
Rhxd1 $11 {1/2 (33) Cernousek,L (2486)-Danin,A (2584) Teplice CZE 2016}) 13.
Be2 Rc2 14. Bd1 Rc4 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Bb3 R4c6 18. Ba4 Rc4 19. Bb3 {
1/2 (19) Martinovic,S (2513)-Erdos,V (2608) Sibenik 2011}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. c4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 a5 17. Rhc1
(17. g4 Bg6 18. Rhc1 (18. h4 h5 19. g5 Ra7 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Ra2 Rb7
23. c5 Ke7 24. Bd6+ Kd7 25. Kg3 f6 26. Kf4 Kd8 27. e4 $14 {Just,J (2182)-Nemec,
Z (2078) ICCF email 2015 1-0 (104)}) 18... Bd2 19. Rd1 Bb4 20. Ra2 (20. cxd5
cxd5 21. Rdc1 O-O 22. Rc7 h5 23. gxh5 Bxh5 24. Bb5 Rfc8 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7
Bg6 27. Bc6 Rf8 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 f6 {It seems to me that Black should make
a draw}) 20... Kd7 21. h4 h6 ({after} 21... h5 22. g5 {Black needs to keep an
eye on the g7-pawn}) 22. h5 Bh7 23. c5 Ra7 (23... Rhg8 24. Bd6 f6 25. Kg3 g6
26. Bd3 f5 27. hxg6 Bxg6 28. Rh2 fxg4 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. fxg4 Rag8 31. Rdh1
Rxg4+ 32. Kf3 R4g6 33. Rxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxh6 Rg7 35. Be5 Rf7+ 36. Ke2 Re7 37. Rh8
Re8 {Of course White has an advantage but I don't see how he can improve his
position.}) 24. Bd6 Rha8 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 f6 27. e4 Ke8 28. exd5 cxd5 (
28... exd5 29. Re3+ Kf7 30. Rae2 Kg8 31. Kg3 Kh7 32. Kf4 $16) 29. Re2 Kd7 30.
Rde3 Re8 31. f4 $1 $16 {1-0 (41) Gajewski,G (2634)-Fressinet,L (2668) Chartres
FRA 2017}) (17. Ra2 {Maiorov,N (2535)-Atalik,S (2619) Kavala op 20th 2011 (5)
1-0}) 17... Kd7 18. g4 $1 {This is part of White's plan He wants to put
Black's bishop on g6 and then White can play cxd5 exd5 e4.} Bg6 19. cxd5 ({
In correspondence chess White won after} 19. Ra2 h5 20. g5 f6 {It's seems to
be quite a logical move, otherwise after Be5 Black would be forced to play ...
Rg8.} 21. Bf1 Rhc8 22. h4 Bf5 23. c5 Ke7 24. Bg2 Bh7 25. e4 Re8 26. Bd6+ Kf7
27. Rg1 $14 {Baranowski,T (2371)-Waltmans, F (2328) ICCF email 2015 1-0 (78)})
19... exd5 20. e4 $1 {Objectively, White has an advantage after this move, and
Black faces problems that are not easy to solve over the board.} dxe4 21. d5 c5
$2 ({It was difficult to understand how dangerous is White's initiative after} 
21... cxd5 $1 22. Rc7+ {without preparation.} Ke8 $1 (22... Ke6 {I believe
that Black still has problems after this move.} 23. Rac1 e3+ $1 {It seems to
be the only move. Now White should take with the bishop, so Black will get a
tempo for ...Rhd8:} (23... Rhd8 24. R1c6+ Bd6 {despite the two extra pawns,
Black is in danger.} 25. Ba6 exf3 (25... f5 $2 26. Bb7 Rab8 27. fxe4 fxe4 28.
Ke3 Be8 29. Ra6 Bb5 30. Rb6 Be8 31. Kd4 $18) 26. Bb7 Rab8 27. Kxf3 Be4+ (27...
h5 28. Ke3 hxg4 29. Kd4 Be4 30. Rb6 g5 31. Bg3 f5 32. Be5 f4 33. Rcc6 Rxb7 34.
Rxb7 f3 35. Bg3 {and White should win the game}) 28. Ke3 f5 29. Kd4 fxg4 30.
Rxg7 h5 31. Rb6 h4 32. Rc7 $18) 24. Bxe3 $1 (24. Kxe3 d4+ 25. Kxd4 Rhd8+ 26.
Kc4 Bd2 $11) 24... Rhd8 25. f4 f5 26. Rxg7 Rac8 $11) 23. Bb5+ (23. Rd1 Rd8 24.
Bb5+ Kf8 25. Bc6 d4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 h5 28. g5 Kg8 29. Ke2 Kh7 30. Rxf7
Rhf8 $11) (23. Rac1 h5 24. Bb5+ Kf8 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. R1c7+ Kf6 27. Rxh8 Rxh8
28. Rc6+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rc6+ $11) 23... Kf8 24. Rac1 exf3 25. Rc8+ Ke7
26. R1c7+ $1 (26. R8c7+ Kf8 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. R1c7+ Kf6 29. Rc6+ Ke7) 26... Kf6
(26... Ke6 27. Bd7+) 27. Rc6+ Ke7 28. R8c7+ Kf8 29. Bg5 f6 30. Rxf6+ Kg8 (30...
gxf6 31. Bh6+ Kg8 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Ra7+ $18) 31. Rb6 $16) 22. Bb5+ Kd8 23. Bd6
$1 $16 {Despite an extra pawn, Black's position is very difficult. After Bc6
White will gain 2 pawns.} Rc8 (23... exf3 24. Bc6 Ra7 (24... Rc8 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+
26. Rxc5 Ke7 27. Raxa5 $16) 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Rxc5 Ke7 27. b4 Kd6 28. Rcxa5
$16) (23... h5 24. g5) 24. Bc6 h5 25. g5 {Li Chao doesn't want to open the
h-file.} (25. h3 $2 hxg4 26. hxg4 exf3 $11) 25... exf3 26. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Rxc5
Re8 28. Rcxa5 Re2+ 29. Kxf3 Rxh2 {Anish managed to regain the pawn but his
position is hopeless.} 30. b4 $6 ({White could have won quickly after} 30. Ra7
$1 Rc7 (30... Rc2 31. Rd7+ Ke8 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Rb7 R2xc6 (33... Rc3+ 34. Kf4
$18) 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Ra8+ Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Kxc8 37. Ra7 $18) 31. b4 Rb2 32. Ra8+
Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. d6 $18) 30... Kc7 31. b5 $6 {After this move Black has
good chances to make a draw.} (31. Ra7+ Kd6 32. Re1 $1 (32. Rd7+ Ke5 33. b5 h4
34. b6 Rb8 35. b7 Be4+ 36. Ke3 Rh3+ 37. Kd2 Rh2+ 38. Kc3 Rc2+ 39. Kb3 Rxc6 40.
dxc6 Bxc6 41. Ra5+ Ke6 $11) 32... Rd8 33. Ra6 Rd2 34. Ba8+ Kd7 35. b5 $16 {
White should win the game.}) 31... Rh3+ 32. Kf2 $6 (32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Ra7+ Kd6
34. Rd7+ Kc5 35. Rc1+ Kd4 36. Re7 Rd8 37. b6 Be4+ 38. Kg1 $16 {White still has
good chances to win the game.}) 32... Rb3 $2 (32... Rb8 $1 {And Black's
chances are not worse, for example.} 33. Rd1 Kd6 34. Ra7 Rd3 35. Rd7+ Kc5 36.
Rc1+ Kb6 37. Re7 h4 38. Rc4 h3 39. Rh4 Bf5 40. Rxf7 g6 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. d6 Rd8
43. d7 Bd3+ 44. Kf2 Bxb5 $11) 33. Ra7+ Kd6 34. Rd7+ Kc5 $6 (34... Ke5 $1) 35.
Rc1+ Kd4 36. d6 $18 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Bf5 38. Rxf7 g6 39. d7 Rd8 40. Re7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Kiroski, Toni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. a3 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 $14 c5 {
Superficially this break might be expected to solve many of black's woe's, and
indeed liquidation of the backward c-pawn, and competition for the c5 square
are essential and beyond criticism. However, what is interesting is the extent
to which black's queenside remains weak. The f4 bishop in covering b8 is
optimally placed to facilitate play on this wing, but ironically its
counterpart on f5 is unable to influence in any way the main sphere of battle.}
15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... Bxc5 $5 $14) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Gf5][%cal Yf4b8]
} (16... Rxc5 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Qb6 $5 $36) 17. Rc3 $1 {Not a
difficult move, but it does very graphically highlight black's problems. It is
instructive that after the exchange of queens, even black's dark squared
bishop becomes a problem piece!} Qb6 $6 (17... Be7 $14) 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. Rfc1
$16 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6]} a5 21. Rc6 Bd8 22. Bd6 Re8 23. Rc8 $18 {
[%csl Rd8,Re8]} e5 24. Rb8 e4 25. Ne5 1-0

