[Event "White Knights"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Vorotnikov, Vladislav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. b3 (10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Nd5 12. Bb2 f5 13. Rc1 Nce7 14. Na4 b6
$10 {Hjartarson,J-Vorotnikov,V/Leningrad/1984/}) 10... Bg6 (10... O-O $142 11.
Bb2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Nxc6 Bxd1 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Rfxd1 $14)
11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Na4 b6 13. Rc1 Nb8 (13... Nce7 14. Nc5 $1 $16) 14. Ne5 Nd7 15.
Bf3 $16 f5 (15... O-O $6 16. e4 Bxe5 $8 17. exd5 Bf4 18. dxe6 $1 $16) 16. Qc2
N7f6 (16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 O-O 18. Qc6 $16) (16... O-O 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. e4 $16)
17. Qc6+ Kf8 18. Nc5 $1 bxc5 $8 (18... Qe8 19. Nxe6+ Qxe6 20. Qxa8+ $18) (18...
Bf7 19. Nb7 Qb8 $8 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Ba3 $18) 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. dxc5 Be7 21.
Qxe6 c6 (21... Rc8 22. Rfd1 c6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe8 26.
Qxa6 $18) 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qxa6 $18 Nc7 (23... Bxc5 24. Ba3) (23... Rxc5 24.
Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Rd1 $18) 24. Qb6 Ncd5 25. Qe6 Nc7 26. Qe5 $1 Qd7 27. Rfd1 Qb5 28.
a4 $1 Qxb3 29. Rd7 $1 Ne6 $8 30. Rb7 Qa2 31. c6 Ne4 $6 (31... Kf7) 32. Bxe4
fxe4 33. Qxe4 Rh5 34. Rc4 $1 Kf7 35. g4 Rxh3 (35... Rc5 36. Rxc5 Nxc5 37. Qxe7+
) 36. Qd5 $1 Qb1+ 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Qxe6+ Kxe6 39. Rxb1 Rdh8 40. Bxg7 Rh1+ 41.
Kg2 R1h2+ 42. Kf3 R8h3+ 43. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-05"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1981.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "Kasparov"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 a6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bf1 c6 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. O-O Be7 14. f4 Nb6 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. Qg4 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Kb8 18. b4 Nd5 19. Na4 f5 20. Qg3 Nxb4 21. Bd2
Nd5 22. Rfc1 Ka7 23. Qe1 Ba3 24. Rc2 Qd6 25. Rb3 Qe7 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. Qd3 Bd6
28. Nb2 Rhc8 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. a4 {/\ a5, Rcb2,M Qb1} b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Ra2 $1
Kb7 {!!?} (32... bxc4 33. Rxa6+ $1) (32... Bd6 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35.
Qxb5 $16) 33. Bb4 $2 (33. Na3 $1 Bb6 (33... N7b6 34. Nxb5 axb5 35. Qxb5 Rd8 (
35... Ra8 36. Bxd5+ exd5 37. Qxd5+) 36. Bb4 $1 Qe8 37. Qa6+ Kc6 38. Bc5 Kd7 (
38... Ra8 39. Rxb6+) 39. Bf1 $1 $18) 34. Nc2 $1 Ra8 35. Nb4 Qd6 36. e4 fxe4 37.
Qxe4 Ra7 38. Qxg6 Bxd4+ 39. Kh1 N7b6 40. f5 $1 $18) 33... Qe8 $1 (33... Qd8 $2
34. e4 $1 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Qe8 36. Qxd5+ exd5 37. Bxd5+ Ka7 38. Rxa6+ Kxa6 39.
Ra3+ Ba5 40. Rxa5#) 34. Bd6 (34. Ba5 Qe7 $1) 34... Ra8 35. Qb1 Kc6 $3 36. Rba3
$2 (36. Bxc7 bxc4 (36... Kxc7 37. Nb2 Kd8 38. Qe1 $146) 37. Rb7 Rxc7 38. Rxa6+
Rxa6 39. Qb5+ Kd6 40. Qxa6+ Ke7 (40... Rc6 $2 41. Qa3+) 41. Bxd5 Rxb7 42. Bxb7
(42. Qxe6+ $2 Kd8 43. Qxe8+ Kxe8 44. Bxb7 c3 $19) 42... Qb8 43. Kf2 $10) 36...
bxc4 37. Rxa6+ Rxa6 38. Rxa6+ Bb6 39. Bc5 Qd8 40. Qa1 (40. Qb4 Ra8 41. Qa4+ Kb7
) 40... Nxc5 41. dxc5 Kxc5 42. Ra4 0-1

[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 (4. e4 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 Bxe4 7. Nc3 Bb7
8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. bxc4 $10 (10. Nxb5 $10)) 4... Bg4 5. Bxc4 {
[%cal Rc4f7,Rf3e5] /\6.Bf7, 7.Ne5+-} e6 6. h3 (6. Qb3 Ra7 $1 (6... Nc6 $2 7. d5
$1 $40)) 6... Bh5 7. Nc3 (7. Qb3 Ra7 $1 (7... Nc6 8. d5 $1 exd5 9. Bxd5 Nge7
10. Qxb7)) 7... Nf6 8. O-O (8. e4 $6 Bxf3 9. gxf3 c5) (8. g4 $6 Bg6 9. Ne5 Bd6)
8... Nc6 (8... c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be7
$10) 9. a3 (9. Be2 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1b2] /\b3, Bb2}) 9... Bd6 10. Be2 (10. b4 e5
11. d5 Ne7 {[%cal Ya6a5] /\12... a5}) 10... O-O 11. Nd2 $6 (11. b4 Nd5 12. Ne4
f5 $1) (11. Bd2 $142 {[%cal Ya1c1]} e5 $2 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 $1) (11. e4 $2
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxd4 $17) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 e5 $1 $36 13. dxe5 (13. d5 Ne7 14.
e4 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 $15) 13... Bxe5 14. Rb1 Re8 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. c4
Na7 17. c5 $14 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Ya1e5] /^(a1-h8), d4}) 15. Nf3 Qe7 (15... Qc8 {
[%cal Yc8f5] /\Qf5} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. e4) 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc2 (17. b4 Qxc3
18. Bb2 Qb3 (18... Nd4 19. Qd1 $1) 19. Bxf6 Qe6 $10) 17... Rad8 (17... Na7 18.
Bd2 c6 19. Rbd1 Qe6 {[%cal Ya7b5] /\20... Nb5}) 18. Bd2 (18. b4 Ne4 19. Nxe4
Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 $15) 18... Qe6 19. Rfd1 Qc4 (19... Ne5) 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. e4
h6 (21... Nd3 $2 22. b3 Qd4 23. Be3 Qd7 24. Rd2) 22. Be3 Rd3 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 (
23... Nxd3 $4 24. b3 $18) 24. Qa4 (24. Rc1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Nc4 26. Bd4 $10) 24...
Qc4 (24... Nc4 $2 25. Rd1 $18) 25. Qc2 Qd3 26. Qa4 Qc4 27. Qc2 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 {
Eine seltene Idee. Schwarz plant das Spiel nach dem Muster Bd6, Nf6, 0-0 und
e6-e5. Aber die Springerposition auf c6 ist nicht ohne Nachteile.} ({Mehr
verbreitet ist} 7... Nf6) 8. O-O Nf6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe8 (11...
e5 $2 12. Nxe5 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 $16) 12. Ne5 $1 {Der Zug ist naheliegend, denn
das befreiende e6-e5 sollte vorerst verhindert werden.} (12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Nd2
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qf3
Qd5 $11 {Spassky,B-Romanishin,O/Gothenburg 1971}) 12... Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Rd8 14.
Qc1 $1 $146 (14. Nc4 e5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 $11) (14. Qc2 $6 Nb4) 14... Nb4 $2 (14...
Ne7 15. Qc2 (15. Nc4 $5) 15... c6 16. e4 $14) ({Die richtige Entscheidung wäre
der Abtausch des lästigen Ne5:} 14... Bxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Rd1 (16. Ba3
Nde7 {/\Rd7, Qb8, Rfd8}) (16. e4 Ndb4 17. Nf4 Qd7 $132) 16... Rd7 17. e4 Nde7
18. Qc2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qc8 $11) 15. a3 Nbd5 (15... Bxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Nd3 17.
Qxc7 Ne4 18. Bd4 $16) 16. Qc2 $1 {Nach seinen Worten hat Oleg diesen simplen
Zug übersehen. Es droht das weitere Einschnüren nach e3-e4.} Nh5 $2 (16... Ne7
$142 17. e4 c6 $14) 17. g4 $1 {Weiß hat keinen Grund, die Schwächung seines
Königs zu fürchten, viel mehr geht es ihm darum, Raum zu gewinnen und die
gegnerischen Leichtfiguren zu verdrängen.} (17. e4 $2 Ndf4 $13) 17... Nhf6 (
17... f5 $2 18. gxh5 Qxh5 19. Kh2 Rf6 20. Nf4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxf4 22. exf4 Rh6
23. Qc3 $18) 18. e4 Nb6 (18... Ne7 $2 19. Nf3 $18) 19. f4 Nfd7 20. Ng3 f6 21.
Nd3 $1 $16 {/\Nc5} Nb8 $6 {Mit einem bescheidenen Ziel gespielt - seinen
Springer auf c6 zu überführen. Aber selbst dieses kleine Glück bleibt Schwarz
nicht vergönnt.} (21... c6 $142 22. Nc5 $16) 22. d5 $1 (22. e5 $2 Be7 23. Qxc7
Nd5 $44) 22... c6 {Verliert Material, aber guter Rat war teuer.} (22... exd5
23. e5 fxe5 24. fxe5 Be7 25. Qxc7 $16) (22... e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8
25. Rf1 Qe8 26. Nf5 $16) 23. e5 Nxd5 24. exd6 Ne3 25. Qc5 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 b6 (
26... Qd7 27. Ne4 $18) 27. Qxb6 Rxd6 28. Qe3 $18 {Die weiße Stellung ist
technisch gewonnen.} Qf7 29. Nc5 Rfd8 30. b4 a5 31. Bc3 $1 (31. bxa5 Qa7 $132)
31... Qa7 32. Re1 axb4 33. Bxb4 Re8 34. Nf5 Rd5 35. Nxe6 c5 36. Bc3 Nc6 37. Qe4
c4+ 38. Kg2 Rd3 39. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Dzindzichashvili,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{Inf.26/513} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7.
h3 Bh5 8. g4 $5 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. e4 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Be7 $13) 12... exd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 $6 (14. Bc4 Qxg5 (14... b5 $5)
15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Bd2 $16) 14... Qxg5 15. Qf3 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Qf5
$15 18. Qxf5 gxf5 19. Ke2 Nf6 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Rc5 g6 22. Kf3 Kf8 23. Kg2 Kg7
24. Bd1 Rhe8 25. Kf3 Ne4 26. Rc2 Rd6 27. Re2 Ng5+ 28. Kg3 Ne6 {[/\ 29... f4+
30.Kg2 Rxd4! 31.exd4 f3+-/+]} 29. f4 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Bc2 Rc8 32. Kf3 Rb6
33. Rb1 Rh8 34. Kg2 Rd6 35. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 (4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 $14 {/\ 6.Bg5, 6.Bf4
Najdorf}) 4... Bg4 5. h3 (5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nbd7 $132) 5... Bh5 6.
Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O Nc6 {/\ e5} 9. Be2 Bd6 10. b3 (10. a3 {/\ b4 Ivkov})
10... O-O 11. Bb2 Qe8 {Smyslov} 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 e5 14. d5 Nb4 $14 {
/\ 15.e4 Nc2-d4 Najdorf} (14... Ne7 $14) 15. Nc4 $1 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17.
Rfd1 Qe6 (17... Nf6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 $14) 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 (18... cxd6 19.
Qc4 $1 $18 {Najdorf}) 19. Qc4 (19. Qf3 e4 20. Qxe4 c6 $10) (19. e4 $2 Nf4 $1)
19... Nb6 20. Qe4 Qe6 (20... f5 21. Qxb7) 21. Qxb7 Rfc8 22. Rac1 c5 (22... Qe7
$142) 23. Rxc5 f6 (23... Rxc5 24. Qxa8+ $18 {Najdorf}) 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Qxa6
Rc2 26. Qb7 (26. Qb7 Rc8 $8 (26... h6 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ $18)) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5 Nf6 (6... e5 7. h3 $16
) (6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 {/\ Qa4}) 7. dxe6 $5 (7. Nc3) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxe6 9.
Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 $1 Ke7 11. Ke2 h6 12. Nf3 Nc6 (12... Nbd7 $5) 13. b3 Kf7 14.
Bb2 Be7 $1 (14... Bd6 15. Nbd2 {/\ Nc4}) 15. Nbd2 Nd5 16. Ne4 (16. Nc4 $2 Bf6
$10) 16... Nf6 (16... Rad8 $6 17. Rhc1 {/\ Nc5+/-}) 17. Nc3 Rhd8 18. Rhc1 Kg8
$1 (18... Rd7 19. Na4 Rad8 20. Rxc6 $18) 19. Na4 (19. h3 $1 $16 {/\} Rd7 20.
Na4) 19... Rd5 20. Rc4 Rad8 21. Rac1 R8d7 22. h3 Bf8 (22... Nb4 23. Rxc7 Nxa2
24. Rc8+ {פa2}) 23. e4 $5 (23. g4 $6 Nb4) (23. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 $16) 23...
Rb5 24. Nd4 Nxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Nxe4 27. Rxc7 Rd5 28. Be3 (28. Ke3 $2
Nd6) 28... b5 29. Nc3 (29. Nb6 $5 Rd8 30. Rc6) 29... Nxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Bb4 31. Rc7
(31. Rc6 Rd6 32. Rc7) 31... h5 32. Ra7 a5 33. Rb7 (33. Rc7 $5) 33... Bc3 34. a4
bxa4 35. bxa4 g6 36. g3 Bb4 (36... Bd4 $2 37. Rb5 $1 $18) 37. h4 $6 (37. Rb5
Rd8 $8 (37... Kf7 $2 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. Bd2 $18) 38. Bb6 $16) 37... Bc3 38. Rc7
(38. Rb5 $1 $16) 38... Bd4 39. Bf4 Be5 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Be3 $6 (41. Bd2 Bf6 $14
(41... Rd4 42. Rc5)) 41... Bd4 42. Rc7+ Ke8 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Bh6 $1 Ke7 (44...
Re5+ 45. Kd3 Bxf2 $2 46. Rf8+ $18) 45. Bd2 Re5+ (45... Bxf2 $2 46. Bg5+ $18)
46. Kf1 Rf5 47. Be1 Rf3 $1 48. Ra8 Ra3 49. Bxa5 (49. Rxa5 $2 Ra1 50. Ke2 Rxe1+
$19) 49... Ra1+ 50. Kg2 e5 $44 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Bd8 e4 53. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Stjazhkina, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. b3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Nc4 Rfd8 13. Rc1 (13. a3 b5 14. Ncd2
Bg6 15. Rc1 Na7 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Bxa3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Nb3 Be4 20. Nfd2 Bd5
21. Bf3 Rac8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rc5 Nb4 24. Rh5 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Qc2 Qe7
27. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Guliev,S-Bajarany,I/Baku 1991/EXT 99 (41)}) 13... Rac8 (13...
Bg6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Nh4 Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. f4 Ne7 19. Qe1 Nf5
20. Bf3 c6 21. e4 Nxd4 22. e5 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Bc3 $18 {
1-0 Matamoros Franco,C-Djouadi,M/Gausdal 1986/EXT 97 (34)}) 14. a3 (14. Nxd6
cxd6 15. a3 d5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Ne4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qe1 Na7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Bd3 Qd6 22. f3 Nf6 23. Kg2 Qb6 24. Qd1 Nb5 25. Rf2 Qa5 26. b4 Qd8 27. Rc2
Nd6 28. Qc1 Rxc2+ 29. Qxc2 $11 {0-1 Madsen,D-El Kher,H/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 54
ext (40)}) 14... Ne4 (14... b5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. a4 Qb7 (16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 d5
18. Be2 Qb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qd3 $14) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd3 $14) 15. b4 f5 (
15... Bg6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 (16... Rxd6 17. Qb3 $16) 17. d5 $16) 16. d5 $2 (16. Qb3
$14) 16... Nb8 $4 (16... exd5 17. Qxd5+ Bf7 $1 $17 18. Qxf5 $140 (18. Qd1 $142
Bh2+ 19. Kxh2 Rxd1 20. Rcxd1 $17) 18... g6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qh4 g5 21. Nxg5 Nxg5
$17 {[%csl Rh4]}) 17. Nd4 $18 Bf7 (17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 exd5 19. Nxf5 Qe6 20.
Ncxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxg7 $18) 18. dxe6 (18. Na5 $1 b5 19. Nac6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 $18)
18... Bxe6 19. Qc2 $1 Kh8 $2 (19... b5 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Qd3 $16) 20. Na5 $18
c5 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Nxb7 Bh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rd2 24. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxb2 26.
Be6 Re8 27. Nxc5 Nxf2 (27... Nxc5 28. Rxc5 $18) 28. Bxf5 g6 29. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Linklater Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2001.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
$6 (8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 (10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Nf3
Qe7 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. Rb1 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Barbero,G-Huebner,R/SUI
1996/CBM 55 ext (41)}) 10... O-O (10... Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Bb2
O-O {1/2-1/2 Ree,H-Lombardy,W/Lone Pine 1981/MCL (13)}) 11. Bb2 Qe7 (11... Bg6
12. Nh4 e5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc6 16. e4 Bc5+ 17. Kh2 Nd4 18.
Rc1 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 c6 20. e5 Re8 21. Qc4 Nd7 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Cvitan,O-Salvetti,
A/Mendrisio op 1999/http://w3.to/ajelibre/ (32)}) 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nd5 15. Nf3 f5 16. Na4 Rde8 17. Nc5 Nd8 18. g3 Qf7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5
a5 21. f4 b6 22. Nd3 Qg6 23. Kh2 h5 24. Nf2 Rf7 25. Rg1 Rd7 26. e4 $14 {
0-1 Vyzmanavin,A-Vorotnikov,V/Leningrad 1984/MCL (62)}) 8... exd5 9. Bxd5 Nge7
(9... Bb4 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4) 10. Ne5 $5 {This nice move is probably the
best for White.But even after it position of Black is slightly better.} (10.
O-O Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bd6 $15) (10. e4 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qe7+ 12. Be3 O-O-O $17) 10...
Nxe5 (10... Nxd5 $6 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Nxc6 gxh5 13. Nxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 $11)
11. Qxh5 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 O-O-O $15 15. e4 Nc5 $1 (
15... Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Bg5 $5 (17. Be3 Rhe8 18. Kf3 (18. f3 f5 $17) 18...
Rd6 19. a3 Rf6+ 20. Ke2 Bd6 21. f3 Be5 22. Rab1 Rc6 23. Rhd1 $11) 17... f6 (
17... Rd4 18. f3 $11) 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. Kf3 $11) 16. Nc3 (16. f3 f5 17. Bg5 Re8
18. Bf4 Ne6 19. Be3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bd6 $15) 16... Bd6 17. Be3 Rhe8 18. Kf3 (18.
f3 f5 19. b4 Nd7 20. a3 Be5 $17) 18... Nd3 $17 19. Rab1 Be5 20. Na4 Re6 (20...
Bd4 21. Rhd1 (21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Nc3 f5 23. Ke3 c5 24. f3 $15)) 21. Rhd1 Rc6 (
21... Red6 $5 22. Ke2 b5 23. Nc5 (23. Nc3 Nxb2 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nd5 Nc4 26. f4
Bb2 27. Bc5 Rd7 $17) 23... Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Bxb2 $17)
22. Rd2 b5 23. Rbd1 Rcd6 24. Ke2 Nxb2 (24... Nxf2 25. Rxd6 Nxd1 (25... Rxd6 26.
Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Bxf2 bxa4 28. Kd3 $17) 26. Rxa6 (26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 bxa4 28.
Kc2 $17) 26... Nxe3 (26... bxa4 27. Ra8+ Kd7 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Kxd1 Bxb2 $17)
27. Ra8+ Kd7 28. Nc5+ Ke8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Kxe3 Bxb2 $17) 25. Nxb2 (25. Rxd6
Rxd6 (25... Nxd1 26. Rxd8+ (26. Nb6+ cxb6 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bxb6+ Bc7 29.
Bxc7+ (29. Bd4 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 f6 $17) 29... Kxc7 30. Kxd1 Kd6 $17) 26... Kxd8
27. Kxd1 bxa4 28. Kc2 $11) 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Nxb2 (27. Nb6+ Kb7 28. Nd5 Nc4 29.
f4 Bb2 $17) 27... Bxb2 $17) 25... Rxd2+ 26. Bxd2 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bd4 $17 {/-+} 28.
Ba5 Kb7 $2 {This inaccurate move gives White real drawing chances.} (28... Rd7
$142 29. a4 c6 $19) 29. a4 Bb6 30. Bc3 bxa4 (30... c6 31. Bxg7 Rg8 32. Be5 Re8
33. f4 f6 34. Bxf6 Rxe4+ 35. Kf3 Rxa4 36. f5 $132) 31. Bxg7 $132 Rg8 32. Be5
Re8 (32... Rxg2 $5 33. Bg3 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge2f3]} Kc6 34. Kf3 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3
a3 36. Ra1 Bc5 37. Ke2 Kb5 38. Kd3 Bd6 39. g4 Kb4 40. Rb1+ Ka4 $17) 33. f4 f6
34. Bxf6 Rxe4+ 35. Kf3 Re3+ 36. Kg4 a3 37. Bg7 a2 38. Ra1 Re2 39. g3 Kc6 40. f5
Rd2 (40... Kd5 $5 41. Rd1+ Ke4 $17) 41. Kh5 Kd5 42. g4 Bd4 (42... Rh2 43. h4
Be3) 43. Bxd4 Kxd4 44. f6 Rf2 45. f7 Rxf7 46. Rxa2 c5 47. Rxa6 Rc7 (47... c4
48. Rc6 $11) 48. Kh6 c4 49. g5 c3 50. Ra1 c2 51. Rc1 $11 Ke5 52. g6 hxg6 53.
Kxg6 Kf4 54. h4 Rc6+ 55. Kf7 Kf5 56. Ke7 Ke4 57. Kf7 Kf4 58. h5 Rc7+ 59. Kf6
Rc6+ 60. Kf7 Kf5 61. h6 Rc7+ 62. Ke8 Kf6 63. Kd8 Rc3 64. Kd7 Kg6 65. Kd6 Kxh6
66. Kd5 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5 exd5 (6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3
b5 8. Bb3 Nf6 9. dxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3
Ne4 14. Be1 c5 15. a4 b4 16. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Alatortsev,V-Ravinsky,G/Moscow 1942/
HCL (37)}) (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 (7. dxe6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxe6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5
Kd7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Ke2 Bb4 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nf7 Rhc8 15. Nd2 Ke7 16. Nxd6 cxd6
17. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Vaisman,A-Bagirov,V/Novosibirsk 1962/EXT 2000 (59)}) 7... exd5
8. Nxd5 Nbd7 9. Qd4 c6 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nf3 {
1/2-1/2 Averbakh,Y-Foltys,J/Szcawno Zdroj 1950/MCD (13)}) 7. Bxd5 Qe7 (7...
Bb4+ $2 8. Nc3 Bxc3+ $6 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bxb7 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Ra7 12. Rb1 O-O 13.
e4 Nbd7 14. Be3 $16 {1-0 Biriukov,O-Bataev,E/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Huzman]
(44)}) 8. Qb3 (8. Nc3 c6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Qc2 Ngf6 11. O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc5 13.
Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Be7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Qc4 Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Boleslavsky,I-Flohr,S/Parnu 1947/MCL (21)}) (8. Qd4 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe5+
Be7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Ng5 Nbd7 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. Qg3 h6 $19 {0-1 Vistaneckis,
I-Flohr,S/Lvov 1951/EXT 99 (25)}) (8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Bxc6+
Nxc6 12. a3 Qc5 $11 {1-0 Antoshin,V-Mnatsakanian,E/Leningrad 1957/MCD (25)})
8... Qb4+ (8... c6 $1 9. Bc4 Qb4+ (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qb4+ 11. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nf6 14. Ke2 Nbd7 $11 {0-1 Antoshin,V-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1960/
MCD (83)}) 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nbxd2 Nd7 13. Be2 (13. a4 Bxf3 14.
Nxf3 Ngf6 15. Ke2 Ke7 16. Rhc1 Ne4 17. Ra3 Rhd8 18. Bd3 Ndc5 19. Bb1 a5 20. Nd4
Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Tarasov,V-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1961/URS-ch (20)}) (13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Nxf3 Ngf6 15. Ke2 Ke7 16. Rhd1 Rhd8 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Smyslov,V/Havana
1962/MCD (16)}) 13... Ngf6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 g6 16. Rhc1 c5 17. N4b3 b6 18.
a4 Rc8 19. Rc2 Ke7 20. e4 Rhd8 21. f4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Flohr,S-Bronstein,D/Moscow
1948/URS-ch (21)}) 9. Nc3 (9. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 c6 12. Ne5 Bh5
13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Ndxf3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. Nd4 g6 18. e4 {
1/2-1/2 Alatortsev,V-Flohr,S/Moscow 1944/URS-ch (18)}) 9... Qxb3 10. Bxb3 (10.
axb3 c6 11. Ne5 Bh5 $11) 10... Nc6 (10... Nd7 11. e4 Bd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Ne5 14. Ke2 Ng6 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. f4 $1 Bxf4 17. Rxg6 Bxc1 18. Rxf6 $16 {1-0
Forintos,G-Milev,Z/Sinaya 1964/EXT 2000 (31)}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nd4 $5 {Very
interesting attempt to get initiative by opening "e" file.} (12. Nh4 f6 $11 {
[%cal Yh5f7]}) 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. O-O (14. Ne4 Bb4+) 14... Bg6 15.
Re1+ Kd7 16. Na4 $36 b6 17. Bg5 h6 (17... Ne7 18. Nc5+ $1 bxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5
20. Ba4+ Kc8 21. Bxe7 $16) 18. Bd5 $1 Rf8 (18... Rb8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Bxe7 Bxe7
21. Bc6+ Kd8 (21... Kd6 22. Re5 $40) 22. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Rh8]}) 19. Be3 Ne7
20. Bb7 a5 21. Nc5+ (21. Nc3 Rb8 22. Bf3 Nf5 23. Nb5) 21... Kd8 (21... bxc5 $2
22. dxc5 Be5 23. Rad1+ Ke8 24. Bc1 f6 25. f4 $16) 22. Rad1 Bc2 23. Rc1 Bf5 24.
g4 (24. Ne4 $5 Bxe4 (24... Bb4 25. Red1) 25. Bxe4 Kd7 $14 {/=}) 24... Be6 25.
Ne4 Bb4 26. d5 Bc8 (26... Bxe1 27. dxe6 Bb4 28. a3 Bc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Nxc5
$44) 27. Bxc8 Nxc8 28. Re2 f5 29. Rec2 (29. a3 Bxa3 30. bxa3 fxe4 31. Bd4 Rf7
32. Rxe4 Nd6 $11) 29... Rf7 $1 (29... fxe4 30. Rxc7 Ne7 31. Bxb6 $16) 30. gxf5
Re8 31. Ng3 Bd6 32. Bd4 Ne7 $11 33. f6 gxf6 34. Ne4 Nxd5 35. Nxd6 cxd6 36. Rc6
Kd7 37. Bxb6 Rb8 $6 (37... Nxb6 38. Rxb6 Rg7+ 39. Kf1 Reg8 40. Rcc6 Rg1+ 41.
Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Re6 $11) 38. Bxa5 Rxb2 39. Bc7 $1 Nf4 (39... Nxc7 $2 40. Rxc7+
Ke8 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. R1c7+ Ke6 43. Re8+ $18) (39... Ke8 $142 40. Bxd6 Rg7+ 41.
Bg3 Rxa2 42. Rd6 Rd7 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45. Rh8 $14) 40. Rxd6+ Ke7 41.
Re1+ Re2 42. Rdd1 $2 (42. Rxe2+ Nxe2+ 43. Kf1 Nf4 44. a4 $16) 42... Rxe1+ (
42... Nxh3+ 43. Kg2 Rxe1 44. Rxe1+ Kd7 45. Bg3 Ng5 $14) 43. Rxe1+ Ne6 44. Bf4
Rf8 45. Bxh6 Rh8 46. Be3 Rxh3 47. a4 $16 {White have an extra pawn.Important
that in this kind of position B much stronger than N} Rh5 48. Ra1 Ra5 49. Kg2
Kd6 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Ke2 f5 52. Kd3 f4 53. Bd4 $1 {B must controle diagonal
g1-a7 and limit Ne6} Kd5 54. Bb6 Ra6 55. a5 $18 {Also Ra6 became very passive
and White easily won the game.} Ng5 56. Rh1 $1 Nf7 57. Bd4 $1 Nd6 58. Rh5+ Kc6
59. Rc5+ Kd7 60. Be5 {[%csl Rf4]} Nf7 61. Bxf4 Nd8 62. Rd5+ Ke8 63. Bc7 Ne6 64.
Bd6 Kd7 65. Be5+ Kc6 66. Kc4 Nf8 67. Rc5+ Kd7 68. Kb5 Ra8 69. a6 Ne6 70. Rd5+
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 {A rare system, however, quite playable.
} 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 (7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 {leads to big
simplifications.}) 7... bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 {White tries to get Ra1-b1 as
soon as possible.} (9. O-O {is more common, however, after} c5 {Black should
not have big problems:} 10. Ba3 (10. Nbd2 cxd4 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Be7 (
11... cxd4 12. Bxf8 Nxf8 13. Nxd4 N8d7 $5) 12. Rb1 Ra7 (12... Bc6 $5 13. Qc2
O-O 14. Rfc1 {1-0 (26) Hecht,H (2347)-Seyfried,C (2160) St Denis 2012} Bxf3 $1
15. Nxf3 cxd4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 $11) 13. Nb3 (13. Ne5 $5 Ba8 $1 (
13... O-O 14. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Bxa6 Rc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb3 $36)
14. Ndf3) 13... O-O (13... Ne4 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nfxd4
$14 {[%csl Re4] 1/2 (43) Kraemer,M (2516)-Heberla,B (2534) Germany 2010}) 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 $1 $11) 9... Nbd7 (9... c5 10. Rb1 (10. Ba3 cxd4 11.
Bxf8 Kxf8 12. exd4 g6 13. O-O Kg7 14. Rb1 Bd5 15. Qe2 {1/2 (44) David,A (2589)
-Vajda,S (2342) Bastia 2010} Nc6 $11 16. Bxa6 $140 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nxd4) 10...
Qc7 (10... Bc6 $5) 11. Bb2 (11. Ba3 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Qc2 O-O 14.
Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Qd3 $14 {1-0 (30) Pjevovic,B (2265)-Bakic,R (2403)
Belgrade 2005}) (9... Be7 10. Rb1 $1) (9... Bb4 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb2 c5 12.
Nb3 {1/2 (12) Lastin,A (2659)-Bezgodov,A (2490) Moscow 2010}) 10. Rb1 Rb8 (
10... Ra7 {is less appropriate. The position, with all the pieces on the board,
remains complex, and the a7-rook will be misplaced and vulnerable:} 11. O-O c5
(11... Be7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. e4 Bc6 17. Nb3
Bxa4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qa8 20. Ne5 $14 {1/2 (23) Kuljasevic,D (2555)
-Doric,D (2491) Split 2011}) 12. Bb2 Be7 13. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 O-O {1/2 (37)
Karjakin,S (2785)-Dubov,D (2594) Moscow 2012} 15. Nb3 Qc8 16. Ne5 $36) 11. O-O
Be7 $146 (11... Bd6 $6 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Bxf7+ $1 Ke7 19. Qc4 Qf8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qe6+ {
1-0 (21) Arabidze,M (2292)-Bezgodova,M (2195) Thessaloniki 2010}) 12. Qe2 O-O
$1 {[%mdl 516] Black sacrifices the a6-pawn, ready to recapture it on a4.} 13.
Bb2 (13. Bxa6 {requires analysis but the first impression is that Black
obtains good counterplay:} Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Rxb1 15. Nxb1 Qa8 16. Qc4 c5 {[%cal
Rd7b6]} 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rb8 $44) 13... c5 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16.
Qb5 Ra5 17. Qb3 (17. Qc6 Qc8 (17... Qa8 $143 18. Qxa8 Rfxa8 19. dxc5 $1 Bxc5
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rb7 {M.Golubev}) 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. dxc5 (19. Ra1 Rca8) 19...
Rxa4 $11) 17... Qa8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Qc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rxa4 $11 22.
Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. h3 h6 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 28.
Ba3 Bxa3 29. Nxa3 Nc5 30. Nc2 Kf8 31. Kf1 {Is the simple opining plan
demonstrated by Black enough for equality?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia IV"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 cxb3 ({More common is} 
6... e6 {when} 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 {is a bit better for White. It is
important to keep the a-pawns on the board since a6 may become a target in the
future. With the game continuation Black aims to swap all queen-side pawns.})
7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 9. Bxb5+ c6 10. Bc4 e6 11. Qxb3 Nd7 12. O-O Ngf6 {
The preceding moves were pretty much forced. How to proceed now? Given time
Black will develop his bishop, castle and equalise with ...c5. I have to act
fast!} 13. Ng5 $1 {This looks very primitive but it's the only way to fight
for an advantage: White has to prevent Black from developing. The sacrificial
ideas on e6/f7 are suprisingly hard to counter.} Be7 ({After the game, my
opponent proposed} 13... c5 {as a possible improvement, it indeed works out
well if White goes for the immediate} 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Bxe6+ Ke7 16. Ba3 {when
} Qb8 $1 17. Bxc5+ Kd8 {is not that clear.}) ({(} 13... c5 {) Stronger,
however, is} 14. e4 $1 {in order to answer 14...Be7 with 15.Nxf7! while} Nxe4
15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bxe6+ Ke7 17. Bf5 $1 {wins back the material and more.}) 14.
e4 $1 ({Since Black is not 'threatening' to castle I have time to increase the
pressure before striking. Much less clear is} 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qb6 16.
Nxg7+ Kd8 17. Qa2 $13 {It is important to note at this point that had Black
played 12...Be7 we would have transposed to the game with 13.e4 Ngf6 14.Ng5!})
14... Qb8 ({After} 14... O-O {both} 15. Bxe6 {and 15.Nxf7 will do.}) 15. Qa2 $6
({The computer indicates} 15. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qxe6 Rf8 17. e5 ({During the
game I had only considered} 17. Ba3 {and thought that} c5 18. dxc5 Qe5 {
would be 'not that easy'. For example} 19. c6 Qxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Rg8
22. cxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nc5+ Kd6 {and Black will reach 3 vs 2.}) 17... Nd5 18. Nxh7
{and this looks pretty strong indeed.} {(} Qxb1 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Qc8+ $18 {)})
15... h6 $2 ({Now the game is over; he had to to play} 15... c5 {when} 16. Nxf7
(16. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 17. Nxe6 $36 {is how Kuzubov played, and it looks very
strong as well.}) (16. d5 $5 exd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. Nxf7 $36) 16... Kxf7 17.
Bxe6+ Ke8 18. d5 {gives White great compensation.}) 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bxe6+ Ke8
18. Bf4 $1 {Most clean.} Qxf4 19. Qxa8+ Nb8 ({Or} 19... Qb8 20. Qxc6 {followed
by e5.}) 20. Nc3 {Bringing in the reserves!} Rf8 21. e5 Nfd7 {And the
remaining moves are forced;} 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qb7+ Ke6 24. d5+ $1 cxd5 (24...
Kf7 25. e6+ Kf6 26. dxc6 {wins too.}) 25. Qxd5+ Kf5 26. Qd3+ Kg5 (26... Ke6 27.
Qg6+ Kd7 28. Rd1+ Kc8 29. Qe6+ {is mating.}) 27. Nd5 ({And Black resigned,} 27.
Nd5 {his king is in too much trouble after} Qf7 28. f4+ Kh5 29. f5 $1) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O a6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Nd2 {Das kam als momentane Inspiration. Ich hatte zwar
gesehen, dass mein Gegner dieses System ab und zu anwendet, keine Zeit aber
gehabt, etwas Konkretes vorzubereiten.} Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O $6 ({Besser war} 
11... e5 {, da nach} 12. d5 Nb4 13. e4 (13. Qc4 $5 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rd1 $14
{ist präziser}) {, Schwarz mittels} 13... Nc2 14. Rb1 Nd4 {eine angenehme
Stellung bekommt.}) 12. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} Nd5 $5 {Die richtige Strategie
besteht in einem Gegenspiel auf den weissen Feldern.} (12... Na5 13. a3) 13.
Nb3 f5 14. e4 fxe4 $6 {Der Schwede opfert einen Bauern, aber das erweist sich
als nicht ganz genügend.} (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 {war ebenfalls
unangenehm}) ({weshalb} 14... Nb6 {vorzuziehen war.}) 15. Qxe4 Qf6 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Qc4 Ne7 (19... Rfe8 20. Rae1 (20. d5 Ne7)
20... Rxe1 21. Rxe1 $16) 20. Rae1 Qf5 $6 {Ohne Damen auf dem Brett wird es dem
Anziehenden leichter fallen, seinen Mehrbauern zu realisieren.} (20... Nf5 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf5g3] war stärker, wonach} 21. Re6 $6 b5 $5 ({oder} 21... Qf7
22. Rfe1 Ng3) 22. Rxf6 bxc4 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Na5 Rxd4 25. Bc3 Re4 {gute
Chancen verspricht.}) (20... Ng6 {hingegen ist wegen} 21. f5 Ne7 22. Qe6 {
schlecht}) 21. Qe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 $16 Nd5 23. f5 ({Nicht} 23. Na5 $2 Bxf4 (23...
Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Rf3 $1 $16) 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Re4 g5 $1)
23... b6 24. g4 Kg8 25. Nc1 (25. Kg2 $142) 25... c5 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. Nd3 $1 {
Nach der Rückgabe des Bauern entfalten die weissen Figuren eine grosse
Aktivität.} (27. dxc5 Bxc5+ 28. Kg2 {war die Alternative.}) 27... cxd4 28. Rc1
h6 (28... Nb4 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxb4 $18) 29. Bd2 Kf7 30. Rc4 Rfd8 31. Kg2 (31.
Rxd4 $2 Nc7) 31... Bb8 32. Kf3 $138 Bc7 $138 33. Be1 $1 (33. Rxd4 $16 {war
diesmal möglich, aber der Textzug erweist sich insbesondere in Zeitnot als
sehr unangenehm. Das Feld e5 wird geschwächt.}) 33... Ne3 34. Rcc6 h5 $6 35.
Bg3 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Bxg3 37. Kxg3 Ra7 (37... Rb7 $142 38. Ne5+ Kf8 39. Rcd6 Rxd6
40. Rxd6 $18) 38. Rxb6 $18 a5 $2 39. Ne5+ Kg8 40. Nc6 d3 41. Nxd8 d2 42. Re8+
Kh7 43. Ne6 {Matt ist unabwendbar.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj Veplas Velenje"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 {Diese solide Variante scheint, letztens in Mode
zu kommen.} 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 {Das schwarze System galt wohl lange
wegen dieses Vorstosses als nachteilig.} e6 7. bxc4 ({Gespielt wurde auch} 7.
axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 9. bxc4 bxc4 {, aber Schwarz kann das Spiel mittels c5
langsam ausgleichen. Es sieht logisch aus, die a-Bauern zu behalten.}) 7...
bxc4 8. Bxc4 {Weiß hat in dieser Stellung eine tolle Statistik. Meiner Meinung
nach, hat Schwarz aber kaum Probleme.} Nf6 9. O-O c5 (9... Nbd7 {erschwert den
Vorstoß c5:} 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. d5 $16) 10. Qe2 (10. Ba3 {wurde in
Bacrot-Khenkin (Bundesliga 2007) versucht, aber Schwarz stand nach} Nbd7 11.
Nbd2 Be7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd4 O-O {ganz befriedigend.}) 10...
Nbd7 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bb4 $1 {Befreit das Feld
e7 für die Dame, die sonst exponiert hätte stehen können.} 15. e4 (15. Rab1 Qe7
16. h3 Bc6) 15... Qe7 16. e5 Nd5 {Mit meinem nächsten Zug lehnte ich ein
Remisangebot ab. Dies tat ich eher angesichts der Matchsituation als der
Vorteile meiner Stellung...} 17. Ne4 Rfc8 ({Auf} 17... Nf4 $6 18. Qe3 Nd5 {
hatte ich die kleine Kombination} 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 21. exf6 gxf6
22. Nh4 $1 $40 {in Sicht.}) ({Ich hatte aber} 17... N7b6 {befürchtet, wobei
ich nichts Besseres finde als} 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21.
Qe5 h6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 $11) 18. Rac1 a5 $6 ({Die Schwäche
auf b5 erlaubt es Weiß, sich wieder Hoffnung auf Vorteil zu machen.} 18... N7b6
{war wieder die beste Lösung:} 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd6 Rc7 ({aber nicht} 20...
Bxf3 $2 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxf3 Ba3 (22... Nxc4 $2 23. Rd4 Nb6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8
25. Qc6 $18) 23. Rc3 Nxc4 24. Rd4 $16) 21. Nxb7 Rxc4 $1 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4
Qxb7 $11) 19. Bb5 h6 ({Es ist nützlich, das Feld g5 unter Kontrolle zu nehmen,
sowie ein Luftloch zu machen.} 19... Nf4 20. Qe3 Nd5 21. Qg5 $5 $14) (19...
Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Ne1 $14) 20. g3 (20. Nfd2 $5 Nf4 (20...
Qh4 $6 21. g3 $1) (20... N7b6 21. Nb3 $5) 21. Qg4 Ng6 22. Nc4 $14) 20... Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 $6 ({Die d-Linie bringt dem Anziehenden nichts Besonderes,
da das Feld d5 fest blokkiert ist. Daher wäre der Turmtausch logischer gewesen:
} 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nfd2 ({oder} 23. Ne1 Bb7 24. Nd3 (24. Nc2 Nc5 25. Nd6 Nb3)
24... Ba3 25. h4 $14) 23... N7b6 24. Nb3 $1 Bd7 25. Nbc5 $14) 22... Rd8 23. Ne1
(23. Nfd2 Nc5 24. Qg4 Nc7 $13) 23... Nc7 ({Nach dem starken} 23... Nc5 $1 {
hatte ich vor, mittels} 24. Nd6 Nb3 25. Bb2 Bxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6 {einen Bauern
zu opfern. Natürlich genügt das nur zum Gleichgewicht.}) 24. Bd3 Nb8 25. Bc2 (
25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Rc1 Nd5 27. Bc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 $11) 25... Nc6
26. Bb2 Rxd1 (26... Ba6 $5 27. Qg4 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Nd5 $11) 27. Qxd1 Bxe1 28.
Qxe1 (28. Nd6 Ne8 $1) 28... Nb4 (28... Qb4 29. Bc3) 29. Bb1 Nca6 $6 $138 ({
Weiß behält zwar etwas Initiative nach} 29... Bc6 30. Nd6 {, aber es ist noch
nicht viel passiert.}) 30. Nd6 Bc6 31. h4 $6 (31. Bd4 $1 $14) 31... Qa7 $6 (
31... Qc7 $13) 32. Qd1 Nc5 $2 ({Die schwarze Stellung war bereits schwierig, z.
B.} 32... Qc5 33. Qh5 $1 Qa7 34. Bd4 Qd7 35. Qg4 $40) ({oder} 32... Qd7 33. Bc1
$1 $36 {Aber nun entscheidet die Fesselung rasch.}) 33. Bd4 Qb6 (33... Bxa4 34.
Qc1) 34. Qh5 Be8 35. Nxe8 Nc6 36. Bxc5 (36. Bh7+ $1 {hätte sofort gewonnen:}
Kf8 (36... Kxh7 37. Qxf7 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 $18) 37. Nd6 $18) 36... Qxc5 (36... Qxb1+
37. Kh2 Qb2 38. Qg4 Qxe5 39. h5 $18) 37. Qd1 Nd4 (37... Nxe5 38. Nd6 g6 39. Be4
$18) 38. Nd6 Qxe5 39. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 {Magnus, as usual, stays away from the
main theoretical lines.} 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7... Nf6 8. g4 Bg6 9.
Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bf1 $1 {is a typical idea. The bishop is going to
g2 and White normally has slight, but stable advantage.}) 8. O-O Nf6 9. b3 (9.
a3 Bd6 10. b4 {is a bit more active way to handle this position.}) ({Another
option is} 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Rd1) 9... Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Rc1 (12.
Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxc6 Bxd1 14. Nxe7+ Bxe7 15. Rfxd1 $11) (12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Rad8 14. Nf3 Nd5 15. e4 Nf4 16. Qe3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne6
$11 {1/2-1/2 (30) Stojanovic,M (2509)-Edouard,R (2620) Switzerland 2016}) (12.
Nd2 {is also an option, but Black doesn't have problems to equalize.}) 12...
Rad8 13. Ne5 (13. Na4 Ne4 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Nxc6 Bxd1 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Rfxd1 {
is extremely safe for White, though it's objectively equal.}) 13... Nxe5 (13...
Bxe2 14. Nxc6 Bxd1 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Rfxd1 {is again equal, but Magnus wants
to keep more pieces on the board.}) 14. Bxh5 Ng6 15. Bxg6 $146 {It's not a
mistake, but I wouldn't give my bishop for no reason.} (15. Bf3 c6 16. Ne4 Bb8
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Ne7 19. Qf3 (19. g3 $142 {[%cal Ge4g2]}) 19... Qh6 20.
Rc4 Bd6 21. Bb1 f5 $11 {1-0 (64) Guichard,P (2342)-Velten,P (2422) Condom 2013}
) 15... hxg6 16. Qf3 {An inaccuracy.} (16. Qc2 c6 (16... e5 $6 17. Ne4 {
and White is suddenly better.}) 17. Rfd1 Bb8 ({In case of} 17... e5 $6 18. d5 {
the white queen doesn't get into the e5-e4 kick, as after 16.Qf3.}) 18. e4 Ba7
$11) 16... c6 17. Rfd1 (17. e4 $6 e5 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e4 {
followed by 21...f5 with pleasant prospects for Black.}) (17. Na4 {makes sense.
} e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc5 {I wouldn't say that White is
pressing, but at least it's a constructive idea for him.}) 17... e5 18. dxe5 (
18. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qc2 e4 {is better for Black thanks to space
advantage and superior bishop.}) 18... Bxe5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 b5 $1 {
After a series of slight inaccuracies Giri found himself in a position where
he has to be cautious.} 21. g3 $6 {There were more useful moves than this.} ({
The pawn is taboo:} 21. Qxc6 $4 b4 {and Black is winning material.}) ({For
instance} 21. Qe2 {would be accurate enough.}) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 (22. Nxd1
$2 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7d2,Gd7h3] underlines the drawback of 21.g3.})
22... c5 {Black's pawn majority on the queenside is now a factor.} 23. Qd3 Kh7
$1 {Hiding the king away from possible check on d8.} ({The following line
gives a clear hint why 23...Kh7 is useful:} 23... Qe6 $6 24. Qd8+ Kh7 {[%tqu
"En","How should White continue?","","","c3e4","",5]} 25. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 26. Qh4+
Kg8 27. Qd8+ {and White delivers a perpetual check.}) 24. Nd1 Bxb2 25. Nxb2 Qe6
26. g4 Qc6 {[%cal Gc6f3]} 27. Qe2 Ne4 28. Qc2 (28. f3 {looks safer.}) 28... Ng5
29. f4 Ne6 ({The knight will not come out after} 29... Nxh3+ $2 30. Kh2 Qf3 $2
31. Qg2 $1) 30. Qg2 Qd6 31. Qe2 Qd5 (31... g5 32. Qd3+ Qxd3 33. Nxd3 c4 34.
bxc4 bxc4 35. Nb4 gxf4 36. Nxa6 fxe3 37. Nb4 {White will not have problems to
hold, as his a-pawn will distract the black knight, while White's king is
close to Black's passed pawns.}) 32. Qg2 Qd6 33. h4 {I am surprised that Anish
didn't repeat moves by 33.Qe2. Perhaps, he got concerned about 33...g5.} Nc7
34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Qe7 (35... Qd5 36. Qxd5 Nxd5 37. Kf2 Nc3 38. Nd3 Nxa2 39.
Nxc5 a5 40. Ke2 Kh6 41. Kd2 Nb4 42. Nb7 a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Nd6 Kxh5 45. Nxf7
{Very few material left, so White holds.} Nd5 46. e4 (46. Ne5 $2 Nxe3 $1) 46...
Nxf4 47. Kc3 Kg4 ({Black can't win also after} 47... Kg6 48. Nd6) 48. Kb4 Nd3+
49. Kxa4 $11) 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Nd1 Qd5 38. Qe2 ({After} 38. Qxd5 $2 Nxd5 39. Kf2
Kh6 {White will lose a pawn and his knight is still passive.}) 38... Qf5 39.
Nf2 Nd5 40. Kg2 (40. e4 $2 Nxf4 $19 {[%csl Re2]}) 40... c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42.
Kg3 $1 c3 43. Qxa6 c2 (43... Nb4 44. Qc4 c2 45. a3 Nd5 46. Qd3 Ne7 {The same
position arose in the game, just with White's pawn on a2. This makes no
difference.}) 44. Qd3 Ne7 (44... Qxd3 45. Nxd3 Nxe3 46. Kf3 Nd5 47. Nc1 Kh6 48.
Ke4 Nb6 49. Kd3 Kxh5 50. Kxc2 Kg4 51. Nd3 $11) 45. Qc4 Qxh5 46. Qxc2+ Nf5+ 47.
Kg2 Qg6+ 48. Kh2 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 g6 50. Qe2 Nxe3 51. Ne4 $1 Qxf4 52. Qh2+ {
A queen exchange is a huge relief for Giri.} Qxh2+ 53. Kxh2 Nc4 54. Kg3 Kg7 55.
a4 f5 56. Ng5 Kf6 57. Kh4 {Black's knight has to guard the a-pawn and
therefore can't help to break the blockade on the kingside.} Na5 58. Nh7+ Kg7
59. Ng5 Nc6 60. Ne6+ Kf6 61. Ng5 Ke5 62. Nh3 {Anish played for a draw since
the opening, got himself into trouble, but defended tenaciously and eventually
got away with half a point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nf6 9. O-O Nc6 10. a5 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Nb4 12. Ba3 O-O 13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. Qb3 Qd6
15. Rfb1 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Rxb7 Qc6 19. Rb4 Ne4 20. Bd3 Qxc2
21. Bxc2 Nd6 22. Bd3 Ra7 23. g4 Rfa8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Be2 h6 27. h4
f6 28. h5 Kd7 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Ke2 Rd8 32. Bc6+ Ke7 33. Kd3 e5 34.
fxe5 fxe5 35. Rc5 exd4 36. Re5+ Kf6 37. exd4 g6 38. Rb1 gxh5 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40.
Re7+ Kg6 $2 (40... Kh8 41. Rf6) 41. gxh5+ $18 1-0

[Event "Cebu"]
[Site "Cebu"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nbd7 {Barua has been playing the Queen's Gambit Accepted throughout his chess
career but the text move is probably an error of judgement or preparation.} ({
In future Barua is likely to return to} 8... c5) ({or} 8... Nc6) 9. e4 c5 10.
e5 $1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 b5 $6 ({Barua had originally intended} 11... cxd4 12. exf6
dxc3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. bxc3 Rc8 {with an excellent position,}) ({but then
noticed} 11... cxd4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. Bxe6 $3 {, e.g.} fxe6 14. f7+ Ke7 15.
Bg5+ Nf6 16. Qxb7+ {and wins. However he should still have played 11...cxd4
since 12.exf6 dxc3 (mhb: text ends here!)}) ({mhb: the best move, according to
engines, is} 11... Ng8 {but White has definitively an edge.}) 12. Bxe6 $1 fxe6
13. exf6 Nxf6 14. dxc5 Be7 ({Since} 14... Bxc5 {allows} 15. Qc6+ Nd7 16. Qxe6+
Be7 17. Re1 {with a crushing position, Barua must allow White to keep his
extra pawn.}) 15. Qc6+ Kf7 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4 Qd5 18. Qc7 $1 Rab8 $6 19. Nb6
Qf5 20. Nc4 $1 Nd5 21. Nd6+ Kf6 22. Bd4+ $1 ({Most players would choose} 22.
Qxb8 {(!) here, leading to a winning endgame, but Murshed is a perfectionist
and finds a far more direct road to victory.}) 22... e5 23. Qc6 $1 Qe6 24.
Bxe5+ $1 Qxe5 25. Rae1 Rb6 $5 {An ingenious try.} ({The queen has no safe
square since if} 25... Qh5 26. Nf5+ $1 Kxf5 27. g4+ {wins.}) 26. Ne4+ $1 1-0

[Event "Gagra Training Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "Taimanov,M"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1953.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Qb3 (7. a4 $5)
7... b5 (7... Bxf3 $142 8. gxf3 b5 9. Be2 c5) 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 $5
b4 11. Nb1 {/\ Nb1-d2-c4} cxd4 $6 (11... Be7 $142 12. Nbd2 O-O) 12. exd4 Be7
13. Bf4 $14 O-O 14. Nbd2 (14. a5 $5) 14... Nd5 15. Bg3 a5 16. Bb5 $5 {/\ 17.
Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Ne5} Bxf3 $8 17. Qxf3 N7b6 18. Nb3 $5 {x a5, x c5} Bd6 19. Rac1
Ra7 20. Rc6 $36 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Ne7 22. Rc5 Qa8 $5 23. Rfc1 h6 24. Rc7 (24. Qxa8
$142 Rfxa8 25. g4 $14) 24... Nbd5 25. Rxa7 Qxa7 26. Rc5 Qb6 $6 (26... Rc8 $142)
27. Qe4 {/\ 28.Bd3} Ra8 28. Bd3 g6 29. Qe5 $5 h5 30. Bc4 $5 Qd8 31. Bxd5 Nxd5
32. Rb5 Nb6 33. Nd2 $5 $16 Rc8 (33... Nxa4 $2 34. Ne4 $40) 34. Ne4 $5 (34. Rxa5
$6 Rc2 $132) 34... Nd5 35. Nc5 {/\ 36.Nxe6!} Ne7 36. Rb7 Nf5 (36... Nc6 $2 37.
Qf4) 37. Nd7 $5 Nh6 38. f3 (38. Nf6+ $4 Qxf6 39. Qxf6 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Ng4+ $19)
38... h4 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. gxh4 Nf5 41. Rd7 Qb6 42. Ne4 Kg8 43. h5 $5 Qc6 44.
Nc5 gxh5 45. Qf6 Rf8 46. Qg5+ Kh8 (46... Ng7 47. Ne4 $18) 47. Qxh5+ Kg7 48.
Qg5+ Kh8 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. g4 Ng7 51. Ne4 $5 Ne8 52. Re7 $18 Qc2+ 53. Kg3 Qd1 54.
Rxe8 $1 Qg1+ 55. Kf4 Qh2+ (55... Qc1+ 56. Ke5 Qc7+ 57. Kf6) 56. Ke3 Qg1+ 57.
Kd3 Qf1+ 58. Kc2 Qe2+ 59. Qd2 Qc4+ 60. Kb1 Rxe8 61. Nf6+ Kg6 62. Nxe8 b3 63.
Qd1 $6 (63. Nd6 $142) 63... Qc6 $5 64. Qd3+ f5 65. gxf5+ $6 (65. Qxb3 $142 Qxe8
66. Qb5 $18) 65... exf5 66. Qxb3 Qxe8 67. Qb6+ Kg5 68. Qxa5 Qe2 69. Qc3 f4 70.
Ka2 Kh4 71. d5 Kg3 72. Ka3 $6 (72. Qd4 $5 Kxf3 73. d6 $18) 72... Qd1 73. Qb3
Qd2 74. Ka2 $6 (74. Qc4 Kxf3 75. Qc3+ $18) 74... Qd4 75. Kb1 $6 (75. a5 Qc5 76.
Qc3 Qxd5+ 77. Ka3 $18) 75... Qg1+ 76. Kc2 Qc5+ 77. Kd2 Qd4+ 78. Ke2 Kg2 79. a5
Qf2+ 80. Kd1 Qd4+ 81. Kc1 Qe3+ 82. Kc2 Qc5+ (82... Qc5+ 83. Qc3 Qxd5 84. Qd2+
$18) 1/2-1/2

