[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 (6. f3 e6 7. e4 d6
8. Be3) 6... e6 7. e3 d6 8. Bh4 {I cannot understand this plan. I also cannot
understand why they haven't agreed to a draw yet!} Be7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O
11. Ndb5 Ne8 (11... a6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 $16) 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14.
Rc1 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qc2 Qd7 (16... b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qb3) 17. Rfd1
Rfd8 (17... Qb7 18. Bf1 (18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxg2) 18... d5 $10) 18. Qd3 Qb7
19. f3 Rd7 20. Bf2 Rdc7 $10 {White has nothing here} 21. e4 Be8 22. Be3 Nd7 23.
Qd4 Rc6 24. Qd2 R6c7 25. b3 Nf6 26. a4 Nd7 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Qf2 Rb8 29. Be2 Nc6
30. Qg3 Rd8 31. h4 Kh8 32. h5 h6 33. Qf2 Rb8 34. g4 Na5 35. Rb1 Bf6 36. Na2 b5
$2 (36... Be7 $10) 37. Rxd6 bxc4 38. Rb6 Qc8 39. bxc4 Rxb6 40. Bxb6 Rd7 41. Nb4
Rd2 (41... Nxc4 42. Rc1) 42. Be3 Qd8 43. Bxd2 $16 Qxd2 44. Kg2 Bxa4 45. Bf1 Qc3
46. Qe1 Qd4 47. Nxa6 Nc6 48. c5 (48. Nb4 Ne5) 48... Bc2 49. Rb6 Ne5 50. Qf2 (
50. Rd6 Qb2 51. Qd2 $16) 50... Qd1 51. Be2 Qd2 52. Rd6 $2 (52. c6) 52... Qf4
53. Rb6 $2 Nxg4 54. Qg3 (54. fxg4 Bxe4+ 55. Kf1 (55. Kg1 Bd4 56. Qxd4 Qg3+ 57.
Kf1 Bg2+ 58. Kg1 Bf3+ 59. Kf1 Qg2+ 60. Ke1 Qxe2#) 55... Qc1+ 56. Qe1 Bg2+ 57.
Kf2 Bh4+ $19) 54... Qd2 55. Qxg4 Qxe2+ 56. Kh3 Be5 57. Qg2 Qe3 58. Rb7 Kg8 59.
Rb8+ Bxb8 60. Nxb8 Qxc5 $19 61. Kh4 Ba4 62. Qd2 Bb5 63. Qd8+ Kh7 64. Kg4 f6 65.
Nd7 Qg1+ (65... Qg5+ {is quicker}) 66. Kh4 Qg5+ {a strange game} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{Although this last round game started early, and I was still rather sleepy, I
was also in a determined frame of mind, especially as a win in the match would
earn us the silver medals.} 1. c4 {Here my opponent thought for a while.
Obviously, he too did not want to play the Grunfeld.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Here I
started to worry a bit. Was he going to play the gambit line, which I had not
prepared seriously?} 3. d4 {Despite the fact that I achieved a virtually
winning position against Nielsen with 3.Nc3 d5 4.cd Nd5 5.e3, I did not feel
like playing this type of position again.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {This line suits
Emile's style. Black frequently gets a strong initiative. In my fear, I
remembered a more or less solid line that I had once prepared.} 5. Nb5 d5 6.
cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. g3 {8.e3 is more popular. While my opponent was
thinking, I started trying to assess various lines. After 8...e4 White replies
9.Bg2 e3 10.Bxe3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 and once he puts his queen on d4 to defend the
e3 pawn against Ng4, he has the resource Nd1. This cheered me up more than I
can say.} Qb6 (8... e4 9. Bg2 e3 10. Bxe3 Bxe3 11. fxe3) ({The guru of this
variation, Rafael Vahanian, has played} 8... Ng4 {here. In view of the fact
that it is not in my nature to give a pawn so early, I advise the reader to
investigate the subtleties of this approach for himself.}) 9. e3 Bg4 {The old
European custom of saying "Garde" when attacking the opponent's queen has
resulted in her majesty being mistakenly called by this French word in the
parks of Yerevan.} 10. Be2 Bxe2 ({After} 10... Bh3 {the reply} 11. g4 {looks
strong, threatening to win the bishop by Rg1-g3.}) 11. Qxe2 e4 {Allowing the
d5-pawn to be strengthened by e3-e4 is of course out of the question for Black.
} 12. a3 {I played all these moves quite quickly, because I did not see an
alternative.} ({In the event of the immediate} 12. Nd2 {one must take into
account the attempt to disrupt White's plans with} Bb4 {, whilst I did not
consider the move 12.g4, which has been played by Kortschnoj.}) 12... Nbd7 {
More subtle was 12...Re8 with the idea of meeting 13.Nd2 with 13...Qc7,
temporarily preventing b4.} 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. b4 {Black is less comfortable
with his bishop on f8.} Bf8 15. O-O {After reaching this position, I was very
happy and was looking forward to my first win of the tournament. My optimism
was strengthened by my opponent's lengthy reflections.} Qc7 {Seeing how
nervous Emil looked, I was not so surprised by this strange-looking move. It
bis hard to recommend anything concrete to Black at this point. I can only say
that my computer wants to play Rac8 and then Qd8, which certainly does not
look so bad.} 16. Bb2 Nb6 {Black tries to change the picture. Certainly, White
must now make a choice.} 17. Nb5 {Played after 10 minutes' thought. Of course,
it was possible to play Rad1 and then f3, but this seemed to me rather tame.}
Qd7 18. d6 {After the game, a group of noisy critics roundly condemned me for
this move. Even my dear friend Petya Svidler, who has often acknowledged his
enthusiasm for my play, was among their number. Did I deserve this reaction,
after not taking on f6 and then playing d6? Now, in the cold light of day, I
am prepared to admit my mistake.} ({In self-defence, I can only say that I
underestimated the strength of the move 20.a4 after} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. d6 Re5)
18... Nfd5 19. Rac1 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Rfd1 {I will let you into a secret.
My main reason for preferring this position amongst the various alternatives,
was the memory of an easy win against Carlsen, in which we had the identical
material.} Qe6 {Trying to get rid of the superfluous knight. Black's main
problem is the lack of comfortable posts for his cavalry.} 22. Nb3 Nf4 ({
After for example} 22... Qf5 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Rd4 {Black has an unpleasant
position. It is not easy to defend against Rad1 with the idea of a4. Black
decides to avoid these unpleasantnesses at the cost of allowing a strong
attack on his king.}) 23. gxf4 ({In case of} 23. exf4 Qxb3 {White will face
problems with ...e3; Black would get some drawing chances.}) 23... Qxb3 24. Kh1
{After noticing the nice 24...Rac8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Qg4 I did not look at other
moves.} Qe6 {The most logical.} (24... Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qg4 {[%cal Rg4g7,
Rg4c8,Rd1d8]}) ({After} 24... Qa2 25. Rg1 g6 26. Ra1 {Black's king is very bad.
}) 25. Rg1 {I did not even look at 25.Rc7, fearing the activity of the black
pieces.} f6 26. Qh5 {Threatening Rxg7+.} Nd5 ({On} 26... Re7 {I have it all my
own way after} 27. Rg3 {.}) 27. Rg3 (27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rg1+ Kh8 (28... Kf8 {
loses after simply} 29. Qxh7) 29. Qxd5 Re7) 27... Kh8 {Putting the queen on g8
is the only defence against mate.} 28. Rcg1 Re7 29. Rh3 Qg8 {The fragile
structure after 29...h6 can hardly hope to withstand the pressure of three
heavy pieces, but maybe this was the least evil.} 30. Qf5 {Now Black is almost
without moves.} Rf8 31. Bd4 b6 32. Rg4 {Now Black loses material.} Rc7 33. Rh5
{White's manoeuvres with his heavy pieces are rather nice.} Ne7 34. Qxe4 Rf7 {
It is hardly possible to suggest a good move for Black now.} 35. Rg1 g6 {
In the vain hope of creating an outpost for the unfortunate knight.} 36. Re5 {
To rook heads to e6.} Nc6 {A blunder. It was possible to resist further,
albeit not for long, with 36...Qg7.} 37. Re8 (37. Re8 Rf8 38. Bxf6+ {decides.})
1-0

[Event "Vojvodina-ch 6th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2015.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Marholev, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 {An invitation for Hromadka Systems.}
5. dxc5 $1 {The correct approach! The resulting positions should be difficult
for Black even more than in Maroczy Bind since there won't be any knight swap
on d4.} Qa5 6. Nd2 Qxc5 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 (8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg5 d6 {and Black does
not matter about the exchange on f6.}) 8... d6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 $1 $146 {
This bothers Black a little bit.} (10. Be3 Be6 (10... Nc6 11. Rc1 Ne5) 11. Rc1
a6 {played between Pytel-Garcia Gonzales 1983,Jurmala 1983.}) 10... Nbd7 (10...
Be6 11. Rc1 $14 {is another type of set up.}) 11. Rc1 b6 12. f3 h6 $6 {This
move should be avoided in Hedgehog set ups which I have taken some time to
look at during my vacation in Senta.} (12... Bb7 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. O-O Qd8 $14)
13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Bd4 $5 {
Inspired by Geller-Rajkovic, Novi Sad 1979. The dark-squared bishops exchanges
will leave holes in Black's camp.} e6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Kh7 21. Nc3 a6 (
21... Qg5 22. f4 $1 {is one of the ideas behind White's play.}) ({but} 21... g5
22. Nb5 Rc6 {is very playable for Black.} 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. N5d4 Rc7 $14) 22. f4
$1 {This pawn thrust f4-f5 is what I have found the most unpleasant in the
Hedgehog for Black.} Bc6 (22... e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Na4 Rc6 (24... Nd7 $2 25.
Bg4 {wins a pawn.}) 25. c5 bxc5 26. Naxc5 $14) 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nf3
$1 Rc7 26. Rd2 (26. Rc2 $5) 26... e5 27. f5 Nef6 $2 {A very bad mistake.} (
27... gxf5 $1 28. exf5 Nef6 {is almost always necessary.} 29. Rcd1 Ng4 30. Ng5+
Qxg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Bxg4 Nf6 33. Be2 Ne8 {is passive but possibly
defendable.} 34. f6 $5 Kg6 35. Rf1 e4 36. Rd4 Rd8 37. Nxe4 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Nxf6
39. Rd4 $14) 28. fxg6+ fxg6 29. Rcd1 Ng4 $5 {He did not want to suffer} ({with
} 29... Ne8 30. g3 Rac8 31. Nh4 $16) 30. Ng5+ Qxg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Bxg4 Nf6
33. Rxd6 $1 (33. Be6 $6 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Rxd6 Bf5 $1 $16) 33... Nxg4 34.
Rd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kh6 36. Rxb7 Ne3 37. Nd5 $1 Nxc4 38. Nf6 g4 39. b3 $1 Ne3 (
39... Nd2 40. Nxg4+ Kg5 41. Nxe5 $18) (39... Nd6 40. Rxb6 $18) (39... Rf8 $2
40. Nd7 $18) 40. Kf2 Nd1+ (40... Rf8 41. Rxb6 $18) 41. Kg3 (41. Ke2 Nc3+ 42.
Kd3 Nxa2 43. Nxg4+ Kg5 44. Nxe5 $18) 41... Ne3 42. Nxg4+ Nxg4 43. Kxg4 Rf8 {
After all these forced moves White has a winning rook ending and Black is
pseudo active.} (43... b5 44. Rb6 $18) 44. Rxb6 (44. g3 $5 Rf6 $1 (44... Rf2
45. Rxb6 Rxa2 46. h4 $18 {is the game continuation.}) 45. h4 Re6 {looked
passive but tenable during the game.}) 44... Rf2 (44... Rf4+ 45. Kg3 Rxe4 46.
Rxa6 $18) 45. g3 Rxa2 46. h4 Re2 47. h5 $1 {That is the killing punch although}
({other options are very close to be winning as well.} 47. Kf3 Rb2 48. Re6 (48.
g4 Kg7 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 a5 51. Kg4 a4 52. Rg6+ $18) 48... Rxb3+ 49. Kg4 $18
) 47... Rxe4+ 48. Kf3 Rd4 49. g4 $1 $18 Kh7 50. Rxg6 Rf4+ 51. Kg3 Rb4 52. Rxa6
Rxb3+ 53. Kh4 e4 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Re7 e3 56. Kg5 $5 ({Another way to win is
simply to omit the presence of e3.} 56. h6) 56... Kf8 57. Re4 Kf7 58. Kf4 Kf6
59. g5+ Kf7 60. Rxe3 Rb1 61. Kg4 $1 Rg1+ 62. Rg3 Rh1 63. Rf3+ Kg7 64. h6+ {
Always the h pawn should be played up to give a safe heaven for White's king.}
Kg8 65. Ra3 $1 {He did not want to check my technique.} (65. Ra3 $1 Kh7 (65...
Rh2 66. Kf5) (65... Kf7 66. Rh3 $1) 66. Ra7+ Kg8 67. Kf5 Rb1 68. Kg6 (68. g6
Rb5+ 69. Ke4 Rb4+ 70. Kd5 Rb5+ 71. Kc6 Rb8 72. Kc7 Rf8 73. Rb7 $18) 68... Rb6+
69. Kh5 Rb5 70. Re7 Ra5 71. Kg6 Ra6+ 72. Kf5 Ra5+ 73. Kf6 Ra6+ 74. Re6 Ra8 75.
g6 (75. Kg6 Rb8 76. h7+ $2 Kh8 77. Kh6 Rb6 $11) 75... Rf8+ 76. Kg5 Ra8 77. h7+
(77. Rd6 Rb8 78. Kf6 Ra8 79. Ke7 $18) 77... Kh8 78. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Mariano, Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f3
e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rfe8
15. Qf2 Qb8 16. Kh1 Bd8 17. Rc2 Ne5 18. b3 Bc7 19. Rcd2 h6 20. Nc2 Ned7 21. Qh4
Ne5 22. Bd4 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ng6 26. Qf2 Bxh2 27. Bxf6
Bg3 28. Qd4 gxf6 29. Bxa6 Rcd8 30. Ne3 Re5 31. Ng4 Rh5+ 32. Kg1 Be5 33. Nxe5
fxe5 34. Qe3 Qd6 35. g3 Rg5 36. Kf2 Ne7 37. Bd3 f5 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Rg6 40.
Rg1 Kf8 41. Bc4 Rxg1 42. Kxg1 Ng6 43. Re2 Nxf4 44. Rf2 Qg6+ 45. Kf1 Nh5 46. Rg2
Qf6 $2 ({A mistake, allowing White to finish the game in style. Correct was} 
46... Qd6) {[%tqu "En","Both kings are not safe, but Black can strike first.
How?","Try to bring your bishop into the action.","Target the king - open the
a2-g8 diagonal!","d5d6","This is a nice touch!",4]} 47. d6 {[%csl Rf8,Rg8]
[%cal Gc4g8,Gg2g8]} Ng7 {[%tqu "En","How can White conclude his attack?",
"Target the black knight.","Utilise the energy of the d-pawn.","e3e7","This
queen thrust wins on the spot!",4]} 48. Qe7+ (48. Qe7+ Qxe7 49. dxe7+ Kxe7 50.
Rxg7+ {winning.}) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Petursson} c5 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. f3
e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14.
Bf1 Qb8 15. Qf2 Rfe8 16. Nc2 Bd8 17. g4 {In this "Hedghog" pawn structure
White should be very careful with such pawn advances, as Black might hit back
in the centre (...d6-d5) or on the left wing (...b6-b5).} Ne5 18. g5 Nfd7 19.
Rd4 f5 $5 {The Hedgehog shows its needles!  Petursson: A very powerful move to
seize the initiative} 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qd2 fxe4 22. Nxe4 e5 $1 $17 {Petursson}
23. Rxd6 exf4 24. Rxd7 fxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxe4 26. Nf5 Ne5 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Be2
Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Nxh2+ 31. Ke1 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Bxg5 33. Rd1 Nh2+ 34. Ke1
Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Qf4 36. Rxb7 Qxf5 37. Rxb6 Rf8 38. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. c4 a5 $5 {
Eine interessante Neuerung ! In der Praxis wurde dieser Zug überhaupt nicht
angetroffen. -> Survey.} 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Na4 Be6 11. c5 d5 {Es
scheint als ob der Schwarze die weißen Leichtfiguren auf den Damenflügel zieht,
und dies mit der Absicht einen Angriff auf dem Königsflügel zu führen.} 12. Be3
(12. Nb6 Ra6 13. Be3 Ne4 $5) 12... Ra6 13. h3 Ne4 14. Nd4 Bc8 $5 $15 15. Nb6 f5
(15... e5 $6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 $14) 16.
Rc1 e5 $1 (16... Nxd4 $5 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Be3 d4 $15) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 Qc7
19. Rfd1 Ra7 $5 {/\20...Be6} (19... Be6 20. b4 $5 d4 21. Bd2 (21. b5 $2 Nxc5
22. Rxc5 Rxb6 23. Bd2 cxb5 24. Qxd4 Qe7 $17) 21... Nxd2 22. Rxd2 $13) 20. Bd2
$6 (20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Bd2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Rb7 $15 {mit Initiative am Damenflügel.
}) 20... Nxd2 21. Rxd2 $6 {Hier versäumt der Weiße die letzte Gelegenheit,
seinen pseudoaktiven Springer gegen den Läufer zu tauschen.} (21. Nxc8 $1)
21... Be6 $1 22. e3 e4 $1 {Die Situation ist klar. Schwarz startet einen
Angriff am Königsflügel. /\ g5,f4 Wegen der Schwächung der schwarzen Felder
und der Deplazierung des Springers ist Weiß nicht in der Lage diesen Angriff
zu parieren.} 23. Qd1 g5 24. f4 exf3 {[%csl Rg3]} (24... d4 $5 25. exd4 gxf4
$17) 25. Qxf3 Be5 {[%csl Rg3]} 26. Kh2 Qb8 27. Rg1 Rg7 28. Bf1 Rf6 $18 29. Kh1
g4 30. Qf2 gxh3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Rc1 (11. a4 $1 Nbd7 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 $14) (11.
Qd2 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. b4 (12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 $10) 12... d5 $5 (12...
Rc8) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc6 Nxe3 17. Qb3
Qe8 18. Qxe3 $14) 15. exd5 Bxb4 $1 (15... Bxd5 16. Nf5 $14) 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17.
dxc6 Bc5 $1 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ (20... Rdc8 21. Rd6 Kf8
22. c7 $14) 21. Rxd1 Kf8 (21... Rc8 22. c7 Ne6 23. Bxa6 $14) 22. Rb1 b5 23. Rc1
Ne6 $15 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. g3 Kd6 26. f4 Kc7 $6 (26... Nd4 $142 27. Rd1 Kc5 $17)
27. Bf3 Rd8 28. Ke3 Nd4 29. Be4 f5 $6 (29... g6 $5) 30. Rd1 $1 fxe4 31. Rxd4
Rxd4 32. Kxd4 Kxc6 33. Kxe4 $10 Kc5 34. f5 a5 35. g4 b4 36. g5 a4 37. Kd3 Kd5
38. f6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2006.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 ({During my preparation I was mostly
looking at} 4. g3) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 {Now I chose to pass over to the
hedgehog defence. More common is 5...Bb4, but it's also more easy to make
mistakes there if you don't know the variation well enough.Another move played
regulary is 5...Nc6.} 6. e4 {Now the game passes over to the Sicilian by
change of move order. I have played the position with the white pieces three
tiimes, but this was my first encounter from the black side.} d6 {A fully
playable move, but} (6... Qc7 {is a more correct move order. Black keeps more
options open and has not yet decided where to put his black squared bishop.
Now White still has to count on ...Bb4.}) 7. Be2 {A good place for the white
bishop. Here it doesn't disturb the coordination. The d-file remains open and
moreoverit protecxts the g4-square, which stops Black from a later knight jump
to g4.} Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rfc1 {An interesting stage of
the game. It was no surprise that a rook would land on c1, but chooseing the
f-rook indicates that he is ready to push a4-a5, thus keeping the rook on a1.}
({Instead} 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 {get's to a normal hedgehog
position and doesn't cause black any immediate trouble.}) 11... Bb7 12. f3 Nbd7
13. a4 {A well timed a4. White was waiting for ...Nbd7 as otherwise black
could reply with ...Nc6.} Rac8 14. a5 bxa5 15. Nb3 Qb8 16. Nxa5 Ba8 {Black has
been forced to defence and White has created a weakness on a6. So White is
slightly better, but there is difficult to find a good way to continue.} 17.
Kh1 $6 {A typical waiting-move. White stays calm and plays according to the
strategy "safety first". In my opinion this move is a little slow and almost
unnecessary. Instead of waiting for black to make mistakes White should
continue the pressure on the queenside. An excellent move would be} (17. b4 $1
{with the idea of Rcb1 and Black is under continues pressure. As the game
develops Black gets time to consolidate and create counterplay.}) 17... Rfd8
18. Bf1 $6 {Once again a dubious move that gives Black some extra time.} (18.
b4 $1 {Should be played.}) 18... Ne5 {Black has completed his development and
all the standard moves. Now for the first time in the game he passes the
boarder of his third row with one of his pieces. White continues to play calm
and relaxed and doesn't see the danger. Even the next move hepls black and the
white pieces starts getting a bit clumsy placed.} 19. Qf2 Nfd7 {Black protects
the b6-square and moreover prepares ...Rf8 followed by...f5 with dangerous
counterplay on the kingside.} 20. Rcb1 {Better late than never they used to
say, but perhaps White would now better concentrate on stopping blacks
breakthrough on the kingside.} Rf8 $1 {A strong move that most probably came
as a surprise to White. Now the plan b4-b5 doesn't work as black will come
first. Instead White is forced to passiviity.} 21. Qg3 f5 22. exf5 (22. Qh3 {
was an interesting alternative, trying to brake the black advancement a little.
}) 22... Rxf5 {Now there is the threat of ...Nxf3 followed by ...Rxf3 winning
the queen.} 23. Be2 $6 {The Bishop walks back to its previous position to
protect f3, but taking the development of the game in consideration it would
have been better playing} (23. f4 {at once, saving a whole tempo after} Ng6 24.
Bd3 {Maybe blacks best option is to give an exchange with} Rcf8 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 {
Ofcourse black has full compensation for the sacificed material, but White has
at least saved some time compared to the game.}) 23... Rcf8 {Reactivates the
threat of ...Nxf3. There is also the idea of ...R8f6 followed by ...Rg6 with a
very strong attack.} 24. f4 {Forced since after 24.Rf1 the b2 pawnis hanging.}
Ng6 ({Perhaps} 24... R5f6 {was a better alternative with the idea} 25. fxe5 ({
After} 25. Rg1 Ng6 {both the f4 and the b2-pawns are hanging giving black the
advantage.}) 25... Rg6 26. Qh3 Nxe5 $1 {and White has no good answer to blacks
threat ...Bxg2. A possible continuation is} 27. Rg1 (27. Bf1 $2 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1
Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Qxb2+ {followed by ...Qxc3 is winning for Black.})
27... Qxb2 28. Bd4 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Rf4 {with a clear advantage to
Black in view of Whites vulnerable king and uncoordinated pieces.}) 25. Bg4 Nh4
26. Bh3 (26. Bxf5 {doesn't work well. After} {Efter} Rxf5 {Black has excellent
compensation and White is forced to passivity with Rg1.} 27. Rg1) 26... Nc5 27.
Bd4 {At this moment I had 10 minutes left for 14 moves until the time control
standing for a difficult choice. After considering the matter for 7 minutes I
decided not to go for the complications that are to follow after 27...e5.} ({On
} 27. b4 {there will follow} Ne4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 e5 30. Bxf5 (30. fxe5 {
is met by} Rf3 $1 31. Qg4 Bf5 32. Qd4 Qa8 33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. cxd5 Rxh3 35. Nc6
Bd8 {winning for Black.}) 30... Rxf5 31. Ra2 Qxb4 32. Bd2 Qb6 33. Rxe4 Qb1+ 34.
Re1 Qxa2 {Black is a pawn up and has a clear advantage.}) 27... Ng6 $5 {
A safe move that gives White an exchange, but Black gets an easy-played
position. Maybe it was better to play the more natural} (27... e5 {but in my
timetrouble I didn't get enough time to calculate the consequences and
therfore choose not to take any risks.} 28. fxe5 Rf3 $1 {A strong move thats
wins the white quuen. But as White will get two rooks in exchange it is not
the material but rather the badly placement of White's king that gives Black
the advantage.} (28... Ne6 {is also interesting, but White seems to be fine
after} 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Bxd6 31. Be3 Ng5 32. Bxg5 Rxg5 33. Nd5 Rf2 34.
Rf1 Rgxg2 35. Bxg2 Rxg2 36. Nb3 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Rxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxb2 39. Rxa6 Rg2+
40. Kh1 Rh2+ {and Black has no more than a draw by perpetual checks.}) 29. gxf3
Rxf3 30. Nd5 $1 Rxg3 31. hxg3 {This position is very hard to assess, but it
seems to me that Black has the advantage after} Nb3 $1 {after which White's
best reply is to give back an exchange on a1. Black gets a material advantage
and good winning chanses. But taking my time trouble and all the complications
in account I think that the game was the best practical decision.}) 28. Bxf5
Rxf5 29. b4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Re1 $2 {Here the rook get under attack at
once and White will be forces to give back the exchange. Better was} (31. Rb2 {
to keep b4 and g2 protected. Black will win the f4-pawn with good compensation,
but White is probably able to keep the position when defending correct.}) 31...
Qa8 $6 {A natural move, but even stronger was} (31... Bh4 $1 32. Qe3 d5 33. Rg1
Nxf4 {with a strong attack and an advantage to Black.White is bound to
ptotection of the g2-pawn, but Black has all his forces active.}) 32. Re2 $2 {
The crucial misstake. White could still hold on with} (32. Qg4 $1 {after which
Black has some coordination problems to solve.}) 32... e5 $1 {The key move,
that makes the white position fall to pieces.The diagonal down to g7 is now
covered, freeing the knight from g6. In the same time the bishop on d4 is
threatened and the f4-pawn as well. White is lost.} 33. Bc3 {In the
timetrouble White tries to come in to an endgamewith some survival chances,
which he also succeds in. Even though it's not enough it was most probably the
best chance.} (33. fxe5 {loses at once to} Rg5 {and White must give up the
quuen while Blacks attack is to continue.}) 33... Nxf4 34. Rxe4 {The idea of
white's play. He sacrifices back the exchange to ease the pressure on g2.
Indeed he is a pawn down, but not totally without chances, especially when
taking the time trouble into account.} Qxe4 35. Qf3 Qxf3 $2 {A bad practical
decision that makes Black's position more difficult to play and is giving
White counterchances. Generally exchanges favour the side with material gains,
but what is now happening is a pawn race between the White b-pawn and black's
e-pawn where White's prospects arn't so bad. Instead Black should have played}
(35... Qc2 $1 {with continuous pressure. The White queen cannot create any
danger along thye diagonal, but black threatens to to decide the game
immediately with ...e5-e4.}) 36. gxf3 Ne2 37. Bd2 ({Here White could have put
in} 37. Nc6 {but most probably it leads to the same after 37...Bh4. But now
the option of ...Nd4 is eliminated.}) 37... Rxf3 ({Here} 37... Nd4 $1 {was a
strong alternative killing all white's hope of any counterplay.}) 38. Nc6 ({
It would have been interesting to try the immediate} 38. b5 {to get a
dangerous passed pawn, but after} axb5 39. cxb5 Rd3 $1 40. Bb4 ({White can win
back some material after} 40. b6 Rxd2 41. Nc4 Rd3 42. b7 Rb3 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44.
b8=Q Rxb8 45. Rxb8 {but with three whole pawns for the exchange Black is still
winning.}) 40... Kf7 41. b6 Rd5 {Black is right in time to stop the passed
b-pawn and has a winning position.}) 38... Bh4 39. Rxa6 Rd3 {A typical
timetrouble move. Stronger was the direct attempt} (39... e4 {with the idea}
40. b5 ({After} 40. Kg2 {there will follow} g5 $1 41. Ra1 Rf2+ 42. Kh1 (42. Kh3
{looses to} e3 43. Bxe3 Rf3+ 44. Kg4 Rxe3 $19 {and Black wins.}) 42... Bg3 $1
43. hxg3 Nxg3+ 44. Kg1 Rxd2 {with a won endgame for Black. Ofcourse White
still has some counterplay with the passed b-pawn, but Black's e-pawn will
decide the game.}) 40... e3 41. Bb4 Nf4 $1 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra1 e2
{winning.}) 40. Ra2 e4 41. b5 $4 {This move looses by force. Better was} (41.
Kg2 {White has a difficult task, but is not totally without chances. A
possible continuation is} e3 42. Be1 Nd4 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Kg6 45. Nxd4
Rxd4 46. Bxh4 Rxh4 47. c5 {and White will get away with a draw.}) 41... e3 42.
Bxe3 ({Now} 42. Be1 {doesn't work because of} Nf4 $1 43. Ra1 e2 44. b6 Rf3 $3
45. h3 Bxe1 46. b7 Rxh3+ 47. Kg1 Rb3 48. Rxe1 Rxb7 {and Black wins.}) 42...
Rxe3 43. Rb2 Bf6 $1 {A strong defensive move that eliminates all White's
chances of counterplay.} 44. Rb1 Nd4 {Now the white knight is threatened away
from its nice position on c6 and will no longer be able to support the advance
of the b-pawn.} 45. Nb4 Re2 $1 {Black has many ways leading to victory, but
this is the best and simplest, threatening ...Nf3 giving chekmate.} 46. Kg1
Nf3+ {White resigned} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Haguenau"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rueil Malmaison"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nc2 ({Die gleiche Eröffnung spielten die beiden GMs auch schon mit
vertauschten Farben gegeneinander.} 9. b3 O-O 10. Nc2 a6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Qd2
Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. Ne3 b5 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Ncd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
Kf8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. c5 Be8 22. cxd6 exd6 23. Bh3 f5 24. e4 Bd7
25. exf5 gxf5 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxd6 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Rd1 Rc5
31. Rd2 Rc1 32. Ke2 Ra1 33. Kd3 Be6 34. Kc3 Kf6 35. Kb4 h5 36. Bg2 Kf7 37. Bf3
Kf6 38. Bxh5 Rc1 39. Bf3 {1-0 (39) Meier,G (2638)-Swiercz,D (2501) Lublin 2010}
) 9... h5 10. Bg5 ({Meistens reagiert Wieß mit} 10. h4 {z.B.:} Rc8 11. Bf4 Ng4
12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Ne4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 Nd8 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Rxc4 17. Rad1 Bc6
18. e4 Ne6 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Re1 Rc8 21. f3 Ne5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Kg2
Kf8 25. Re3 Ng4 26. Ree2 Nc5 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 e6 30. Ndb5 Bxb5
31. Nxb5 Rb4 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. a3 Rb3 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Rd4 Nd3 36. Rxg4 Nxe5 37.
Rd4 Nd3 38. Re3 Nf4+ 39. Rxf4 Rxb2+ {0-1 (39) Gretarsson,H (2444)-Gustafsson,J
(2647) Reykjavik 2011}) 10... Nh7 11. Bf4 Nf8 {Ein positionelles Manöver a la
Rubinstein.} ({Konsequenter war aber eigentlich} 11... h4) 12. h4 Ne6 13. Bd2
a6 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Ne3 {Auch der polnische GM kennt seinen Rubinstein.} Ned4
16. b4 Rb8 ({Nach} 16... b5 $5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a4 {bekommt Schwarz Probleme
in der langen Diagonale. Nach} bxa4 19. b5 Na7 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxa4 Naxb5 22.
Qxa8 Rxa8 {hat Schwarz allerdings einen Bauern für die Qualitär und steht
vermutlich nicht schlechter.}) 17. a4 Ne5 (17... a5 $5 {mit der Idee} 18. b5
Nb4) 18. b5 Re8 19. Ncd5 Nf5 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Qb3 Qa5
(23... Bg4 $11) 24. Rfd1 Rbc8 25. b6 Nc5 26. Qa3 Bd7 $2 {Schwarz war am
Damenflügel unter Druck, hätte sich aber besser verteidigen können.} ({
Richtig war} 26... Bg4 $5 {Falls nun wie in der Partie} 27. Nc7 (27. f3 Bd7 {
und der Lg2 ist im Moment außer Spiel.}) 27... Red8 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Bxb7 {
folgt, hat Schwarz} Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bxe2 {und steht keinesfalls schlechter.})
27. Nc7 Red8 $2 ({Besser war noch} 27... Rxc7 28. bxc7 Qxc7 {Nach} 29. Bxc5
dxc5 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. a5 {ist Weiß allerdings klar im Vorteil.}) 28. Bxc5 dxc5
29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Nxa6 Rxb7 31. Nxc5 Qxb6 $2 {Das funktioniert nicht.} ({
Zäher war} 31... Rxb6 32. Nxd7 ({Nicht} 32. Rxd7 $2 Rxd7 33. Nxd7 Re6 34. e3
$2 (34. Nc5 Rxe2 $11) 34... Qd2 35. Nc5 Bb2 {und nun gewinnt Schwarz.}) 32...
Bb2 33. Qxe7 Re6 34. Qc5 Qxa4 35. Qc7 Qa8 36. Rc2 Bg7 37. Rcd2 Rc8 38. Qf4 $18)
32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Qxe7 Qc7 34. c5 Bf8 {Nach 35. Df6 wäre alles im Lot für
Schwarz, aber...} 35. Qxd8 $1 Qxd8 36. c6 Ba3 (36... Qf6 37. cxd7 Be7 38. Rc8+
Kg7 39. a5 $1 $18) 37. c7 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 d6 (4... Bb7 5. e5 Ng8 6. d4 Bxf3 7. Qxf3
Nc6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Qe4 f5 $5 11. Qd3 e6 12. Nb5 $5) (4... Nc6 5.
d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 Qb8 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O $36 {
Hansen,Cu-Ftacnik,L/Groningen/1991/1:0 (37) Inf 53/51/}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7
7. f3 (7. Qe2 g6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Qb8 11. g4 $36 {Agdestein,
S-Miralles,G/Novi Sad/1990/0,5 (40) Inf 50/48/}) 7... e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O
10. Be3 a6 11. Qe1 (11. Qd2 {P fd1, ac1, f1, f2}) 11... Nbd7 12. Qf2 Re8 13.
Rfd1 Bf8 (13... Qc7 $5) 14. Kh1 Rc8 (14... d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 $36) 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 (16. Rac1 $5 {P a3, d2,b4}) 16...
Bc6 (16... g6 $5 {P g7, c5}) 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. a4 a5 $6 (18... Ba8 19. a5 bxa5
20. Nxa5 Nc5 21. Rab1 {P b4}) (18... Nc5 $5 19. Nd2 a5) 19. Nb5 $6 (19. Be3 $1
{P d4-b5}) 19... g6 (19... d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e5 Nxe5 22. Bxb6 Nc4 23. Bxc4
dxc4 24. Nxa5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qe5 26. Nc6 Qxb5 27. Na7) (19... Nc5 $5 20. Nd2 Be7
{P d5}) 20. Bc3 $6 (20. Rac1 $5) 20... d5 $1 21. exd5 exd5 22. N3d4 dxc4 23.
Bxc4 (23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd4 Ne5 {P c5, d3}) 23... Bd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nc6
Rxc6 26. Rxd5 Nf6 (26... Nc5 27. Qd4) 27. Rd3 Qf4 28. Qd4 (28. Qd4 Qxd4 29.
Bxd4 Nd5 $1 $10 {P f4, b4} (29... Bc5 30. Bc3 $14 {P ad1})) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Euwe-Flohr (1)+2-2=4"]
[Site "Amsterdam,Den Haag &Rotterdam"]
[Date "1932.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1932.03.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Amsterdam} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Ndb5 Nxc3 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 Be6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Rc1
Kc7 14. O-O Kb8 15. Rfd1 Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Muenster op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Black "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kalinichev,S.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 (4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Qh4 h6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Rc8 13.
b3 a6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Ne3 Rc5 16. Rac1 b5 $1 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qb4 Qb8 19. Ba3
Qb7 20. Bb2 Rb8 21. Nb1 Rbc8 {1/2 Stangl,M.-Kersten,U., Münster op 1993}) 4...
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O {9...a6!? /\Sbd7, Tc8}
10. O-O-O $5 a6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Nc6 13. h4 $5 {13.Le2} Nxd4 (13... Ne5 14.
Rc1 $8 Nxf3 {>= 14...Tfc8} 15. Nxf3 Nxe4 16. Qg2 $16) 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Be2 Rfc8
16. g5 Bc6 $6 {/\17...Db7, 18...b5; >=16...Se5} 17. h5 Qb7 18. g6 $1 fxg6 19.
hxg6 hxg6 $8 20. Rdg1 Nf8 (20... e5 21. Be3 Nf8 22. c5 $1 $18) 21. Rh8+ $1 Kf7
{21...Kxh8 22.Dh6+} 22. Qf4+ Ke8 $2 (22... Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxd6 $18) 23.
Bxg7 Kd7 24. Qf7 Re8 25. Bf6 {/\26.Txf8} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.06.16"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 (4... e6 5. Nc3 Bb4) 5. Nc3 d5 {
!? Gheorghiu} (5... Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 $14) 6. Bg5 $5 (6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Ndb5 Nxc3 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxc3 $14) 6... dxc4 (6... Ne4 $5 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Nc6 $1 10. Qxe4 Bg7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 $44 {Taimanov}) 7. e3 Qa5 $6
(7... Bg7 $142 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 {Smyslov-Kortschnoi, 20th URS-ch 1952} (
9... Bd7 10. Qd2 $1 $14 {Portisch-Benko, Las Palmas 1973 - 13/70}) 10. a4 $1
Nbd7 11. Qe2 $14 {/+/- Flohr}) 8. Bxf6 $1 exf6 9. Bxc4 Bb4 (9... Bg7 $142 {
Horowitz}) 10. Rc1 a6 $6 (10... O-O $142 {Suetin}) 11. O-O Nd7 (11... O-O 12.
Nd5 $1 $16 {Horowitz}) 12. a3 (12. Nd5 $142 $5) 12... Be7 $6 (12... Bxc3 $142
13. Rxc3 Ne5 $1 {Suetin}) 13. b4 $1 Qe5 (13... Qxa3 14. Nd5 $1 {/\ Nc7; 15.Ra1
Qb2 16.Ra2 +-;}) (13... Qd8 14. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 15. Qb3+ Ke8 16. Ne6 Qb6 17. Nd5
$1 $18 {Teschner}) 14. f4 $1 Qb8 (14... Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 {/\ 16.Rf3, 16.Nd5, 16.
Re1 +- Suetin, Teschner, Horowitz}) 15. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 16. Qb3+ Ke8 (16... Kg7
17. Ne6+ Kh6 18. Rf3 $18 {Horowitz}) 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Ne6 b5 19. Ndc7+ Ke7 20.
Nd4 $1 Kf8 (20... Bxc7 21. Nc6+ $18) (20... Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23.
Qc6 Ra7 24. Ne6+ $18 {Horowitz, Suetin}) 21. Nxa8 {[21...Qxa8 22.Qe6 Qb8 23.
Nc6 Qc7 24.Ne7 +-]} 1-0

[Event "FRA-chTa"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1998.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 $5 d5 (
7... Ne5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Bf4 d6 (9... Nxc4 10. e4 $36) 10. c5 a6 11. e3 $14 {
Speelman,J-Sax,G,Thessaloniki (ol) 1988-TD 88_06} (11. g3 $5 $36)) (7... Qc7 8.
e4) 8. Be3 Qd8 (8... d4 9. Nxd4 Ng4 (9... Qxb2 10. Ndb5) 10. Na4 Qa6 11. Bg5
$16) 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 {N} (11... Bd6 12. Bg2
Be5 13. O-O Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bf6 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Rxd5 Qc7 {Razuvaeav,Y-Horvath,Jo,
Stary Smokovec 1990-CBM 21} 17. Nc5 $5 $16) (11... a5 $5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nd4
Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 $14 {Stohl,I-Polgar,J,Amsterdam OHRA II 1990-CBM 20
}) 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Qd2 $5 (13. O-O $1 $40 {11..Bd6}) 13... d4 $5 (13... Be6 14.
Nc5 $36) (13... O-O 14. Rd1 $16) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxd4 Qd5 16. O-O-O $1 $16 {
1-0 Speelman,J-Sax,G/Hastings 1990/CBM 22/[Stohl] (29)}) 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Be6
12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Re8 $6 (13... Rc8 $14) 14. Rc2 $1 $16 Ne4 $2 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Rd2 Qc8 17. Bxe4 $18 Bb4 $2 18. axb4 Bxb3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxb3 Qh3 21.
Qxf7 Ne5 22. Qxb7 Rab8 (22... Ng4 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 $18 Nxe3+ (24... Rxe3
25. fxe3 Nxe3+ 26. Kg1 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Rb8 28. Rd4) 25. fxe3 Rxe3 26. Rf7) 23.
Qe4+ Ng6 24. Qg2 Qg4 25. Bxa7 Rxb4 26. f3 Qh5 27. e4 Qb5 28. Qh3+ Kg8 29. Qd7
Rxb2 30. Qxb5 Rxb5 31. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 $6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. Bg5 $5 (9. Be3 {normal}) 9... Re8 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rfe1 $1 {/\ Bf1,
f4, e5} Nc6 12. Nc2 Rc8 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Na3 Qa5 15. Rad1 $1 Be6 $8 16. Nd5 Qxd2
17. Rxd2 Bxd5 $6 (17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. f4 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. fxg5 Ng6 22.
g3 Nxh4 23. gxh4 $16) 18. exd5 h6 19. Bf4 Nfd7 20. f3 $6 (20. h3 $1 {/\ Bg3, f4
} g5 21. Bg3 $16) 20... Rc5 $1 {/\ Ra5<=>} 21. b3 $8 Ra5 22. Nb1 Rc8 {/\ b5}
23. Bg3 g5 24. Bf2 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. a3 $1 $16 {><b5} Rb8 $8 27. b4 Raa8 28.
Rc1 Rb7 $8 29. Rdc2 Rbb8 30. Rd2 Rc8 31. Rdc2 Rcb8 32. Rc7 Nf6 33. Ba7 $6 (33.
Rxe7 $1 Nxd5 34. Ra7 $16 {<->c, ><b5}) 33... Rd8 34. Rd1 Rdc8 $1 35. Rxc8+ (35.
Rxe7 $2 Nfd7 36. Bd4 (36. Bf2 Rab8 $1) 36... Bf6 $1 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Bxf6 Nxf6
39. Bxb5 Nxd5 $1 40. Rxd5 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rxb1 42. a4 Rxb4 43. Rxd6 Kg7 $17) 35...
Rxc8 36. Bxb5 Nxd5 37. Bf1 (37. Rxd5 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rxb1 39. Rd2 Ra1 40. a4 Rb1
$13) 37... e6 38. b5 Nc4 39. Rc1 (39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. Kh1 Rc2 41. a4 Rb2 $13)
39... Ncb6 40. Rxc8+ Nxc8 41. Bf2 Ndb6 $1 $8 42. Bd3 d5 43. Kf1 Kf8 44. Bc2 Nc4
$1 {/\ N8d6-b7, Nca5} 45. a4 Ke8 $2 (45... Ke7 46. Bd3 Nb2 {/\} 47. b6 $2 (47.
a5 $4 Nxd3 48. b6 Kd7 49. a6 Nxf2 $19) 47... Nxb6) 46. Bd3 $1 N8d6 (46... Nb2
47. b6 $1 Nxb6 48. Bb5+ Nd7 49. a5 $18) 47. Ke2 $2 (47. Bxc4 $1 Nxc4 48. Ke2
$16) 47... Na5 $1 $10 48. Be1 Ndb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 (4. e4 {Stohl} Nc6 $5 5. d4 cxd4 6.
Nxd4 Bb7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bd3 Qb8 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Ba3 O-O
13. Nd5 Bd8 $8 14. Nb4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bf6 $10 {Makarov,M-Marinkovic,
I/Podgorica/1993/}) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 Nc6 (7... d6 8. Be3
Nbd7 (8... a6 {Stohl} 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1
Qc7 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. b4 Rg8 17. Nb3 d5 18. cxd5 Bxb4 19. Bf4 $14 {
Siegel,G-Vaiser,A/Munich op/1993/})) 8. Be3 Bc5 (8... Rc8 $6 {Stohl} 9. Ndb5 d6
10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd4 15. Kh1 Ne6 16. Nc2
Nf4 17. Nb4 N6h5 18. g3 $16 {Gelfand,B-Sokolov,I/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1988/}) (8...
Qb8 $5 {Stohl} 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. g5 Ne8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Kb1 a6 15. h4 b5 16. h5 bxc4 17. g6 $13 {Hansen,C-Ftacnik,L/Groningen/1991/})
9. Qd2 (9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Qd6 Qe7 12. e5 Qxd6 13. exd6 $13) 9...
O-O (9... Qb8 $5 {Stohl} 10. Be2 (10. O-O-O $142 $5 O-O {-9...0-0}) 10... O-O
11. O-O Rd8 12. Rad1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 d6 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc6 16. Rd2 a6 17.
Rfd1 Rd7 $10 {Bukal,V-Borgo,G/Reggio Emilia II/1992/}) 10. O-O-O (10. Nxc6 Bxc6
(10... Bxe3 $2 11. Qxe3 Bxc6 12. e5) 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 Qb6 13. O-O-O Rab8
14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Qd3 d6 $132) 10... Qb8 $1 (10... d5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 (
11... Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Bxc6 13. e5 $16) 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 $16)
(10... Qe7 {Stohl} 11. Be2 Rfd8 12. Rhe1 d5 $6 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exd5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. f4 Rac8 17. Kb1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 $16 {Spraggett,K-Spassky,B/
Montpellier ct/1985/}) 11. Be2 Rd8 $2 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8
14. e5 Ne8 15. Nb5 d5 $1 16. exd6 Bc6 $13) 12. Bf4 $1 Qc8 (12... e5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bg5 $16) (12... Bd6 $2 {Stohl} 13. Nxe6 $1 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 $18) (12...
d6 {Stohl} 13. Nb3 $36 {/\Nc5,Bg5}) 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 (13... dxc6 14. Qxd8+ (14.
Qc2 $5 $14 {Stohl}) 14... Qxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. e5 Ne8 $16 (16... Nh5 $6 17.
Bd2 $1 g6 18. g4 Ng7 19. Bg5 {/\ Ne4}) (16... Nd7 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Ne4 $36 {
_|_()})) 14. e5 Ne8 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 (16... gxf6 {Stohl} 17. Be3 $40 {
׻}) 17. Bd3 (17. Bxf6 {Stohl} gxf6 18. Qh6 Rf8 19. Bd3 Rf7 $132 {/\Qf8}) 17...
Be7 18. Kb1 a6 19. Rhe1 $1 Qb7 (19... b5 20. Nd5 $1 (20. cxb5 {Stohl} axb5 21.
Nxb5 Qb7 $132) 20... Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Bxd5 23. Bxh7+ (23. Qh5 $5 h6
24. Qg6 $40) 23... Kxh7 24. Rxd5 Qc4 (24... exd5 25. Re7 Rg8 26. Qh5#) 25. Rdd1
$16) 20. Bc2 b5 (20... Re8 {Stohl} 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qd4 $16) 21. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (
21... Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bxg5 23. dxc6 Bxd2 24. cxb7 $18 (24. cxb7 {Stohl} Bxe1 25.
bxa8=Q $18)) (21... exd5 {Stohl} 22. Rxe7 dxc4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qh6 $18) 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 (22... Qxd5 $2 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 $18) 23. Be4 $1 Bxg5 (23... Bb4
24. Qxb4 $18) (23... Re8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxd5 $18) 24. Qxg5 Qb6 (24... Rac8 {
Stohl} 25. Rxd5 $18) 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Re7 $1 Qg6+ (26... g6 27. Qe5 $18) (
26... Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rxd5 Ra7 29. Rd6 $18) 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rxd5 Ra7
29. Rd6 Kh7 (29... Kf8 30. Re4 Kf7 31. Rf4+ Kg8 32. Rxg6 d5 33. Rd4 $18) 30.
Re4 Rc7 (30... a5 31. Kc2 {/\ Kd3} (31. Rh4+ Kg8 32. Rxg6 Rc7 33. Rd4 Re8 34.
a3 Re2 35. Rd5 b4 $1 36. axb4 Rcc2 $132)) 31. Rxa6 (31. Rh4+ {Stohl} Kg8 32.
Rxg6 Re8 33. a3 Re2 $132) 31... d5 32. Rh4+ Kg8 33. Rd4 (33. Rxg6 {Stohl} d4
$44) 33... Kf7 34. Rf4+ Kg8 35. Rd4 Kf7 36. Rb6 Rc4 37. Rd2 (37. Rxc4 {Stohl}
bxc4 38. Rc6 $18) 37... b4 (37... d4 38. Rxb5 d3 39. Rb3 Rcd4 40. g3 g5 41. h3
$1 $18) 38. b3 Rf4 39. Kc2 g5 40. h3 Rd7 41. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Banja Luka"]
[Site "Banja Luka"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1981.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 (6. f3 $1 $14 {
/\ e4}) 6... a6 $1 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e4 (8. e3 e6 9. Qh5 (9. a3 f5 10. Rg1 Bg7
11. g4 f4 12. exf4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rg3 Qc7 $44 {Peresipkin,V-Zaid,L/URS/
1977/}) 9... Qc7 $1 {/\ Qe5} 10. Nf3 Qc5 11. Qh4 f5 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O Nc6 14.
Rac1 Ne5 15. Qg3 Ng6 $5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 $1 17. a3 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Nd4 $2 f4
$1 $15 {Lerner,K-Psakhis,L/Riga URS-ch/1985/0:1/64/}) (8. Nf5 $5 b5 9. a3 (9.
cxb5 axb5 10. a3 $2 b4 $1 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 e6 $15) 9... bxc4 10. e4 Nc6
11. Bxc4 e6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Rc8 14. O-O Rg8 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rad1 (16.
Qf4 $14 {Suetin}) 16... Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Ke7 19. f4 Rb8 20. b4 Na7 $1
$13 {Rashkovsky,N-Suetin,A/URS/1974/1/2-1/2/42/}) 8... e6 9. g3 $6 (9. Be2 Qc7
10. O-O h5 $5 11. a3 $6 Nc6 12. Kh1 h4 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 h3 15. Bf3 hxg2+ 16.
Bxg2 O-O-O 17. Rc1 $2 Bd6 $1 $17 {Hansen,Cu-Plaskett,J/Copenhagen/1985/1:0/36/}
) (9. Nc2 Qc7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Rh3 Ne5 12. b3 Rg8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. f4 Bc5 $15 {
Agdestein,S-Kudrin,S/Marseille/1987/0:1/32/}) (9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nxc6
Qxc6 12. O-O h5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Nd5 Bd4 {Hausner,I-Deze,A/Delmenhorst/1988/1/
2-1/2/14/}) 9... Bb4 $1 10. Bg2 Bxc3+ $1 11. bxc3 Qc7 $15 {><c3,c4} 12. O-O d6
(12... Qxc4 $2 13. Rb1 b5 14. a4 $36) 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Qh5 Ke7 15. Rad1 Rab8 $1
{/\ Qc4} (15... Qxc4 $2 16. e5 $1 Bxg2 17. exd6+ $16) 16. Bf1 Qc5 $1 17. Qe2 h5
$1 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. h4 Rbg8 20. Rd4 Ne5 21. Red1 Rd8 22. Bg2 Rhg8 23. Nd2 (23.
Qxh5 Nxc4 $15) 23... Qc5 24. Nf1 (24. Qxh5 Nc6 $1 25. Qxc5 dxc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Kf1 (27. Bf1 Ne5 $17) 27... Rd3 28. Ke2 Rxc3 29. h5 Nd4+ 30. Ke1 Ra3 31. h6
Kf8 $17) 24... Bc6 25. Ne3 Ba4 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Qb2 $2 (27. Qxh5 $1 Nc6 28. Qxc5
bxc5 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rd2 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 (31. Bf1 Ne5 32. Kg2 Bc6 33. f3 f5 $17)
31... Rc1 32. Rb2 Rxc3 33. Rb7+ Kf8 (33... Ke8 $6 34. h5 $36) 34. Rd7 Rd3 35.
Ng4 Kg7 36. h5 $132) 27... Nc6 28. Rd2 $6 (28. Rd3 $17) 28... Rxg3 $1 $17 29.
fxg3 Qxe3+ 30. Rf2 (30. Kh2 Ne5 $19) 30... Ne5 31. Qd2 Qxg3 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33.
Rxf4 Bc2 $1 $19 34. Rbf1 Bd3 35. R1f2 Rg8 36. Rxf6 Bxe4 37. R6f4 f5 (37... f5
38. Re2 (38. Kh1 Nd3 $19) 38... Ng6 39. Rfxe4 fxe4 40. Rxe4 Ne5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rome"]
[Site "Rome"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zichichi, Alvise"]
[Black "Makropoulos, Georgios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1981.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be3
a6 9. Be2 Nbd7 (9... Be7 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 $140 $6 Nc6 $1 {Ivanchuk}) 10.
O-O Be7 11. Qd2 (11. a4 $1 O-O 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 Rb8 (13... a4 14. Nxa4 $14)
14. Nxa5 (14. Ba7 Ra8 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. Nxa5 Ba8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Ne5 19. b4
$1 $16 {Greenfeld,A/Fedorowicz,J/Hastings/1985/1/2-1/2/57/}) 14... Ba8 15. Qd2
Ne5 $5 (15... Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 (16... Ne5 17. Na4 Bc6 18. b4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4
Nfd7 20. Raa1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M/Dortmund/1992/1:0/44/}) 17.
Na4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Rca1 $16 {Gelfand,B-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/
}) 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Na4 Bd8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nb2 $14 {Ivanchuk})
11... O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. Bf1 Rac8 15. b3 (15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Qf2 (
16. Bg1 Bf8 (16... Bd8 17. b3 Bc7 18. Rc2 Kh8 19. b4 Rg8 20. Nb3 g5 $6 21. h3
$1 Rg6 22. Bh2 $16 {Kruszynski,W-Farago,I/Albena/1983/}) (16... Ne5 17. Na4
Nfd7 18. b4 h6 19. a3 Ba8 20. Rc2 Bd8 21. Rdc1 Bc7 $13) 17. b4 Ne5 18. Na4 Nfd7
19. a3 Ba8 20. Nb3 {Yusupov,A-Cseshkovsky,V/URS-ch/1981/1:0/41/} Nxc4 21. Bxc4
b5 $13 {Yusupov}) 16... Bd8 17. Nc2 (17. Nb3 $6 Bc7 18. Qg1 $6 (18. g3 $13)
18... Kh8 $1 19. Rc2 Rg8 $1 20. Rcd2 g5 21. Bd4 Rg6 $15 {Taimanov,M-Yusupov,A/
URS/1982/0:1/42/}) (17. b4 Ne5 18. Na4 d5 $1 $15) (17. b3 Bc7 18. Nde2 $13) (
17. Qg1 Ne5 18. b3 h6 19. Na4 Nfd7 $1 20. b4 g5 $5 $13) 17... Bc7 18. g4 (18.
Qg1 Kh8 19. Nb4 Rg8 20. Na4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Nd3 a5 $13) 18... h6 19. h4
d5 $1 $13) 15... Qb8 16. Kh1 Bf8 (16... Bd8 17. Bg1 $14 {- 15.Kh1}) 17. Bg1
Rcd8 18. Qb2 Qa8 19. Nc2 d5 $5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Ne3 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5
Bxd5 23. Bxa6 $4 Bxf3 $17) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Re6 (22... b5 23. Nd6 $14) 23.
Re1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 b5 25. Ne3 $6 (25. Na5 $5 Bc8 26. b4 $14) 25... Re8 $15 26.
Nc2 Ne5 27. Nxb5 $1 Nxf3 $1 (27... axb5 $2 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxa2 30. Qxb5
Bxf3 31. gxf3 Qxc2 32. Qc4 $14) 28. Nc7 Nxe1 $1 29. Nxa8 $2 (29. Nxe1 $1 Rxe1
$5 (29... Qc8 30. Nxe8 Qxe8 $10) 30. Nxa8 Rxf1 {/\ Ba8, /\ Bc5} 31. Qe2 $8 Rb1
$1 32. Qc2 Be4 33. Qc8 h5 (33... Rb2 34. Bc5 Rb1+ 35. Bg1 $10) 34. h3 $44)
29... Re2 $3 $19 30. Bd4 (30. h3 Nxg2 $1 31. Bxe2 Nh4+ 32. Kh2 Bd6+ $19) (30.
h4 Nxg2 $1 31. Bxe2 Ne1+ 32. Kh2 Bd6+ 33. Kh3 Bg2#) (30. Nb6 Nxg2 $1 31. Bd4
Ne1+ 32. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) (30. Ba7 Rxc2 31. Qe5 Nxg2 32. Qb8 Be4 33. Bxg2 Rxg2 34.
h3 Nh5 $19) (30. Qd4 Rxg2 $1 31. Qa7 Be4 $19) 30... Rxc2 31. Qb1 Nxg2 $1 32.
Qxc2 (32. Nb6 Nh4+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) (32. Bxg2 Rxg2 $19) 32... Ne3+ 33. Qg2 $8
Nxg2 34. Bxg2 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nd5 $1 36. Kf3 f5 $1 37. Nb6 Nxb6 38. Bxb6 Kf7 39.
Bd4 g5 40. Bc3 Ke6 41. a4 (41. h3 h5 $19) 41... g4+ 42. Ke3 Bc5+ 43. Ke2 Kd5 (
43... Kd5 44. Kf1 (44. b4 Bg1 $19) 44... Ke4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 {Stohl} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3
O-O 8. e3 e4 9. a3 (9. Be2 {Stohl} Qe7 10. b3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13.
a3 $6 Ne5 14. b4 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Qd2 Bb6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Re1 Ng4 19. h3
Ne5 20. e4 Bxh3 $1 $40 {Esteban,JM-Gomez,M/San Sebastian op/1994/}) 9... Bf5 (
9... a5 $5) (9... a5 {Stohl} 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nb3 Bd6
14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Ndb5 Be5 16. f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Na6 18. e4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nxe4 20.
Qe2 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Bg5 f6 $13 {Nenashev,A-Gorelov,S/
Moscow-ch/1984/}) 10. Be2 (10. Nd2 {Stohl} a5 $5 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. b3 Re8 13.
Bb2 Ng4 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. d6 Qg5 16. Rc1 $2 Nxf2 $1 17. Qc2 Nxh1 $19 {Rositer,
P-Hebden,M/BCF-ch/1988/}) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 (11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 $10) 11... Bg6
12. h4 h6 13. Nd2 (13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7 $15) 13... Re8 14. b4 (14. Nb3 Bd6)
(14. Nc4 Ne5 15. b4 Bf8 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bb2 Nxd5 18. Qd4 $1 $14) 14... Bd6
15. Bb2 Nb6 (15... Be5 16. Nc4 $14 {/\Ne5}) 16. Qb3 Be5 17. O-O-O (17. Rd1 Bxc3
18. Bxc3 Nfxd5 19. Ba1 f6 $10 {/\Bf7}) (17. g5 $6 {Stohl} hxg5 18. hxg5 Nfxd5 (
18... Bxc3 $2 19. Qxc3 Nbxd5 20. Qd4 $18) 19. Nxd5 (19. Ndxe4 $2 Bxe4 20. Nxe4
Bxb2 $19) 19... Nxd5 $15) 17... a5 18. Kb1 (18. b5 {Stohl} a4 {/\Rc8->}) 18...
axb4 19. axb4 Bxc3 (19... Nfxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Nc4 Qe6 $1 22. Bxe5 Nxc4 23.
Bxc4 Qxe5 $13) 20. Bxc3 Nfxd5 21. Bb2 (21. Bd4) 21... f6 22. Nc4 (22. g5 {Stohl
} Bf7 $1 $36) 22... Bf7 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 (23... Qxb6 24. Bc4 (24. Rxd5 {Stohl}
Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ $18) (24. Bc4 Qxb4 25. Rxd5 $18)) 24. Rxd8 Rexd8 (24... Bxb3 {
Stohl} 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc1 $14 {^^_|_}) 25. Qc2 (25. Qc3 Rdc8 26. Qd2 Ba2+
27. Ka1 Bb3+ 28. Kb1) 25... Rdc8 26. Qxc8+ (26. Qd2 Ba2+ 27. Ka1 Bc4+ 28. Kb1
Ba2+ $10) (26. Bc3 $6 {Stohl} Na4 $40) 26... Rxc8 27. g5 (27. Rc1 {Stohl} Bc4
$10) (27. Bd4 {Stohl} Nd5 $10 {/\Nc3,Nb4}) 27... Bc4 28. Bg4 (28. Bxc4+ Nxc4
29. gxh6 (29. gxf6 $2 Nd2+ 30. Ka2 Ra8+ 31. Ba3 Nc4 32. Kb3 Nxa3 33. Ra1 $10 g6
$1 34. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 35. Kxa3 h5 $1 $19 {/\g5}) 29... Nd2+ 30. Ka2 Ra8+ 31. Ba3 b5
$1 (31... Nc4 32. Kb3 $1 Nxa3 33. Rg1 (33. Ra1 $5) 33... Nb5 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35.
Rxb7 Nd6 $15) 32. Ra1 gxh6 $17 {/\Nc4} (32... gxh6 {Stohl} 33. Kb2 Nc4+ $17))
28... Bd3+ 29. Ka2 Bc4+ (29... Ra8+ 30. Kb3 Bc4+ 31. Kc2 hxg5 32. hxg5 Ra2 33.
Ra1 $13) (29... Rc2 {Stohl} 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Kb3 $132) (29... Bc4+ {Stohl} 30.
Ka1 $5 (30. Kb1 Bd3+ $10) 30... Ra8+ 31. Kb1 Bd3+ 32. Kc1 Ra4 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 (5... e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5
d5 8. exd5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 $44 {Manolov-Sakaev,1994
Elenite}) (5... Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nb5 $6 (7. Nc2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Qd3 Ne5 10.
Qe3 Qc7 11. b3 a6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rc1 e6 14. f4 Ned7 15. Be2 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17.
b4 Rac8 18. Na1 Qb8 19. Nb3 Qa8 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 e5 22. Nd5 b5 $15 {
Yagupov-Timoshenko,Russia 1996}) 7... a6 8. N5c3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Na4 Qa7 11.
Nbc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 $5 $17 13. Bxd6 b5 $36 {Magem Badals -Atalik,S,EU-ch-TM
1997}) 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12.
Rfd1 {The usual, standard position} Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bf1 (14. b4 Qb8 15.
Nb3 Bd8 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Bf4 Ne8 18. a4 Ndf6 19. a5 bxa5 20. Nxa5 Ba8 21. Na4
Nh5 22. Be3 Nef6 23. Bg1 Rcd8 24. Rb1 d5 25. exd5 Bf4 $132 {Gulko-Gurevich.D,
USA 1996}) 14... Qb8 (14... Rfe8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. a3 Bd8 17. Bg1 Kh8 18. b4 Ne5
19. Nb3 Be7 20. Na4 Nfd7 21. Qe3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 $132 {Leko-Van-Vely,
Cap-d-Agde 1996}) 15. Qf2 (15. b4 Ne5 16. Na4 Nfd7 17. Nb3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Ba8 19.
a4 a5 20. b5 Kh8 21. Be2 Rg8 $13 {Rausis-Van-Vely,Vlissingen97}) 15... Bd8 16.
Kh1 Re8 17. Qg1 Kh8 18. b4 Bc7 19. Nb3 Rg8 {Black attempts the old Fischer
plan.} (19... d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxh2 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24.
Qxh2 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxe3 26. Rc1 $16) 20. Bd4 Ba8 (20... Ne5 21. Na4 Nc6 22.
Bc3 $16) 21. Rb1 g5 $6 (21... Ne5 $142 22. c5 b5) 22. Bd3 g4 $6 (22... Rg6 $142
{with the idea Rh6,Rg8}) 23. Qf2 d5 $2 (23... gxf3 $142 24. gxf3 Rg6) 24. exd5
Bxh2 (24... exd5 25. Bf5 Be5 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. f4 $16) 25. Ne4 $1 Be5 26. Nxf6
Nxf6 (26... Bxf6 27. Qh4 $1) 27. Re1 $1 $18 g3 28. Qb2 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Kg7 $8 30.
Re4 e5 (30... h5 31. Re5 $18) 31. Rxe5 Qd6 32. Qf4 Kf8 33. Rbe1 Rd8 34. Qh6+
Rg7 35. Rg5 Nh5 36. Qxd6+ Rxd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 (5... e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4
Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Nd5 b5 12. Na5 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxd5 (
13... Nb6 $1 14. Bb3 Nbxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. O-O e4 $13) 14. exd5 e4 15. f4 Nb6
16. Bb3 Ng4 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. O-O Nxe3 19. Qxe3 f5 20. a4 $16 {G.Timosenko-Agnos,
Linares 1998}) 6. c4 Be7 (6... Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nc2 O-O 9. Ne3 a6 10. Be2 Rb8
11. O-O Ne8 12. Kh1 Nc7 13. a4 Bf6 14. Nc2 Qe7 15. Be3 b6 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rad1
$16 {Magem Badals-D.Dumitresku,Linares 1988}) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7
10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 (11... Rc8 $142 12. a4 (12. Rac1 Ne5 13. b3 a6) (12.
Ndb5 Ne5 13. Nxa7 Nxc4) 12... Ne5 13. b3 d5) 12. a4 Qc7 $6 (12... d5 13. exd5
exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 $14) (12... Nc5 13. b4 e5 14. bxc5
exd4 15. Qxd4 dxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rab1 $16) (12... Ne5 $5 13. a5 bxa5 14.
Nb3 Nc6 15. Na4 Nd7) (12... Re8 $5) 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 $6 (13... Ne5 14. a5 bxa5 15.
Nb3 Nc6 (15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nxa5 Qb4 18. Ra4 $18) 16. Nd5 $1 $16) (
13... Rab8 $5) 14. a5 bxa5 15. Nb3 Rac8 $6 (15... Rab8 $142 16. Nxa5 Ba8 17. b4
Rec8 $14) 16. Nxa5 Ba8 17. Nb3 Qb8 (17... Ne5 18. Nd4 Qb8 19. b3 $16) 18. Nd4
Bb7 19. Bf2 $1 Bd8 (19... d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 $16) 20. b4
Ne5 21. Na4 $16 Bc7 22. b5 $1 Nfd7 (22... d5 23. b6 Bd6 24. c5) 23. bxa6 Bxa6
24. Rcb1 Qa8 25. Nc3 Nc5 (25... Bb6 26. c5 $1 $18) 26. Ndb5 Bb8 (26... Red8 27.
Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nxc7 Rxc7 (28... Rxd2 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Rxa6 $18) 29. Rxa6 $18)
27. Nxd6 Red8 28. Ncb5 Rc6 (28... Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Rc7 (29... Qc6 30. Nxc8 $1 Rxd2
31. Ne7+ $18) 30. Qa5 $18) 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qe3 Nd7 (30... Rc6 31. c5 $18) 31.
f4 $1 e5 32. Qa3 Rc6 33. fxe5 $18 Nxe5 34. c5 Nd7 (34... Rf8 35. Nd4 $18) 35.
Bc4 Nxc5 36. Nxf7 Rf8 37. Rf1 Bxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qb8+ 39. Nfd6+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 75th"]
[Site "Hoeckendorf"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 Nc6 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7
15. g4 Rfb8 16. h4 (16. Be3 $5 Qd8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Rhd1) 16... Qd8 17. g5 Bc6
18. Rhg1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nd1 Rc8 21. Ne3 Nf8 (21... b4 $1 22. Ng4 (22. Nc4
d5) 22... e5 23. Be3 Qa5) 22. Ng4 e5 23. Be3 Bd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. h5 Rb8 26.
Nf6+ (26. Bd1 $5 Be6 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nd5) 26... Bxf6 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Bg5 Qe6
29. Bd1 d5 30. exd5 Qf5+ 31. Ka1 Rc8 32. Bh6 g6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Be3 Nh7 35.
a3 Re8 36. Be2 Rc8 37. Bd1 Re8 38. Be2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nc2 Qc8 (9... O-O 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. a4 Be8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rb1
Nc5 15. b4 Nd7 16. a5 f5 17. e4 Nde5 18. Ne3 f4 19. gxf4 Nd3 20. Ned5 e6 21.
Qe2 exd5 22. Qxd3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd4 24. Rfe1 h6 25. Bc3 Nf5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Rbd1 Bc6 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxf4 31. Re7+ Kf8 32. Rh7 Bxg2
33. Kxg2 Kg8 34. Rdd7 Rxc4 35. Rdg7+ {1-0 Gulko,B-Kolev,A/Elenite 1995/CBM 50/
[Stohl]}) 10. Nd5 (10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 h5 12. Ne3 h4 13. Bd2 hxg3 14. hxg3 Be6
15. Qa4 Nd7 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Qb5 Bd4 18. Ncd5 Kf8 19. Qb3 Kg7 20. Nf4 Bd7 21.
Bg2 e5 22. Nc2 Bc5 23. Nd3 Bh3 24. Bf3 Be6 {Novikov,M-Andreev,K/St
Petersburg-ch 1997/CBM 58/[Hecht]/1-0 (75)}) (10. Rb1 Bh3 11. e4 O-O 12. Ne3
Re8 13. f4 Rb8 14. a3 Ng4 15. Bxh3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Qxh3 17. Qd3 Rbc8 18. b4 b6
19. Rf2 h5 20. Rc1 h4 21. Ne2 b5 22. cxb5 Ne5 23. fxe5 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bxe5 25.
Qf3 Qe6 26. gxh4 Rc8 27. Be3 Rc4 28. Kg2 Bf6 29. Bg5 Rxe4 30. Ng3 Re5 31. Bxf6
exf6 32. Qxf6 Qd5+ 33. Qf3 Qc4 34. a4 Re7 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qxh5 Re5 37. Qf3 Rg5
38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qxa7 Qd5+ 40. Rf3 Qd2+ 41. Qf2 Qd5 42. Qe3 Re5 43. Qb3 Qb7 44.
Qc4 Qd7 45. b6 Kg6 46. a5 f5 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qh8+ Kg6 49. Qh5+ {1-0
Garibaldi-Gavilan,A/ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1951/MCD-ch}) (10. b3 Bh3 11. Bb2 h5
12. Nd5 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Bh6 17. f3 Qc8
18. Qd3 h4 19. g4 Qxa8 20. Rad1 Kg7 21. Qc3 Qb8 22. e3 h3 23. Kh1 b6 24. Nb4 e4
25. f4 g5 26. Nd5 Rd8 27. Nxe7 gxf4 28. Nf5+ Kg6 29. Nxh6 {1-0 Duer,A-Hoelzl,F/
AUT BL 1989/TD 90\04}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Rb1 h5 13. h4 Bh3 14. Bg5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. e4 Rc8 17. Ne3 Qb5 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Kd7 20. b3 Qd3
21. Qb1 Rc8 22. Nc4 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Ng4 24. Qd1 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 b5 26. Ne3 Ne5 27.
Kf1 Nf3 28. Bf4 Nd4 29. Kg2 Ne2 30. Kf3 Nxf4 31. Kxf4 Bh6+ 32. Kf3 Rc3 33. Ke2
Bxe3 34. fxe3 Rc2+ 35. Rd2 Rc1 36. Rd1 Rc2+ 37. Rd2 Rc1 38. Rd1 Rxd1 39. Kxd1 {
[#] A blocked position. Black cannot capitalize on White's weakened central
pawn formation. Try this position out yourself! [#] Blockierte Stellung.
Schwarz kann kein Kapital aus der geschwächten weißen zentralen Bauernstellung
schlagen. Versuchen Sie sich doch einmal selbst an dieser Position!} e5 40. Kd2
Kc7 41. Kc3 Kb6 42. b4 Kc7 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Kf2 f5 46. Kg2 Kf6 47.
Kf3 Kg7 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. Kf2 fxe4 50. g4 hxg4 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Kxg4 Kh6 53. Kg3
Kh5 54. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. c5 Ne8 11. Bf4 Be6 12. cxd6 Nxd6 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Rc1 e5 15.
Bg5 Qxg5 16. Qxd6 Qd8 17. Qxd8 Nxd8 18. Nb5 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Nc7 Rad8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rc2 Rf7 23. Rfc1 Rfd7 24. Rc7 b6 25. Bh3 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 {[#]
Schlechte schwarze Bauernstruktur. Lange Lavierphase - Technischer Gewinn mit
zwei Randfreibauern.} Rd6 27. Rxa7 e4 28. b3 e3 29. fxe3 Kf8 30. Kf2 h5 31. g4
hxg4 32. Bxg4 Bf6 33. Kf3 Be7 34. Ke4 Kf7 35. h3 Kf6 36. b4 Rc6 37. a3 Bd6 38.
Ra6 Bc7 39. Kd3 Rd6+ 40. Kc4 Rd5 41. a4 Re5 42. Kd3 Rd5+ 43. Ke4 Re5+ 44. Kf3
Rd5 45. Ra7 Bd8 46. Ke4 Rd6 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 Rd5 49. a6 Re5+ 50. Kd3 Ra5
51. Ra8 Be7 52. Kc4 Rc5+ 53. Kb3 Ra5 54. Ra7 e5 55. Bf3 Bc5 56. Rc7 Bxe3 57.
Rc6+ Kf5 58. Bg4+ Kg5 59. Re6 Bd4 60. Kb4 Ra1 61. Kb5 Rb1+ 62. Kc6 Kf4 63. Kd5
g5 64. Rf6+ Ke3 65. Rf3+ Kd2 66. Rd3+ Ke1 67. Ra3 Rb5+ 68. Kc4 Rc5+ 69. Kd3 Rc7
70. e3 Ba7 71. Ra5 Rc6 72. Ke4 Rc3 73. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 74. Kf5 Kf2 75. Kxg5 Kg3 76.
Bf5 Re8 77. Ra3+ Re3 78. Ra4 (78. Rxe3+ $2 Bxe3+ 79. Kh5 (79. Kf6 Kh4 $11)
79... Ba7 80. h4 Bb6 81. Kg5 Be3+ $11) 78... Re8 79. h4 Be3+ 80. Kg6 Rg8+ 81.
Kh7 Rf8 82. Bg6 Rd8 83. h5 Bd4 84. Bf7 Ba7 85. h6 Rd7 86. Kg7 Bb8 87. h7 Be5+
88. Kg6 Ra7 89. Bd5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. a3 Qb8
15. b4 Rfe8 (15... Ne5 16. Qa2 Bd8 17. Kh1 Bc7 18. Bg1 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Kh8 20. Re1
g5 21. Qd2 Rg8 22. Be3 Bd8 23. Bxg5 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Be3 Nd7 26. Na4 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 b5 28. Nb2 Ne5 29. Nb3 Bf6 30. Na5 Ba8 31. Bd4 Bg7 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33.
Bxg7+ Rxg7 34. Qxd3 d5 35. exd5 Bxd5 36. Qc3 Qf4 37. Qb2 h6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39.
Qc1 Qxf3 40. Qxh6+ Kxh6 41. Rh8+ Rh7 {0-1 Ivanov,M-Madsen,D/Gausdal Masters
1996/EXP 51}) 16. Bf1 Bd8 17. Rc2 (17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Na4 d5 19. Nxb6 Bxb6 20.
Bxb6 dxe4 21. f4 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Bd4 Rcd8 24. Qe3 e5 25. Bxe5 Ng4 26. Qg3
Nxe5 27. fxe5 Re6 28. Rd2 Rg6 29. Qf4 f6 30. Re1 Qc8 31. Nc5 fxe5 32. Rxe5
Rxg2+ 33. Rxg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 d2 35. Qf1 Qg4+ {0-1 Klinova,M-Ioseliani,N/Moscow
olw 1994/EXP 45}) 17... Ne5 18. Na4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. c5 b5 21. Nb6 Bxb6 22.
cxb6 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Re6 27. Rd8+ Re8 28.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Bc5 f6 30. Nd4 Kf7 31. Kf2 g6 32. g4 Ng7 33. f4 h5 34. gxh5 Nxh5
35. f5 Nf4 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd2 Nf4 39. Bd6 Nd5 40. Bc5 Nf4 41.
h4 Ba8 42. Be7 f5 43. Bd8 Kf7 44. Nxf5 Ke6 45. Ng3 Kd7 46. Bc7 Nd5 47. h5 Nf6
48. h6 Bd5 49. Be5 Nh7 50. Ke3 Kc6 51. Bd4 Bf7 52. Ne4 Bg6 53. Bc5 Kb7 54. Kd4
Bh5 55. Nd6+ Kb8 56. Ne4 Kb7 57. Kd5 Bf7+ 58. Ke5 Bh5 59. Nf6 Bg6 60. Nxh7 Bxh7
61. Bd4 c3 62. Kf6 c2 63. Be3 Bd3 64. Kg7 c1=Q 65. Bxc1 Kxb6 66. h7 Bxh7 67.
Kxh7 {[%csl Ra8,Rc1] [#] White's problem is that he has the wrong-colored
bishop to cover the promotion square of the a-pawn. For this reason, Black can
always play ...a5 and let the pawn be captured, as long as his king is able to
reach the corner at a8. If he doesn't play ...a5, White will win easily by
transferring his bishop to a5. In that case, the pawn on a3 could also be
missing. [#] Das Problem von Weiß ist die falsche Läuferfarbe bezogen auf das
Umwandlungsfeld des a-Bauern. Deswegen kann Schwarz stets problemlos a5
spielen und sich den Bauern schlagen lassen, solange sein König in die Ecke a8
gelangt. Spielt er nicht a5, so gewinnt Weiß leicht durch Überführung seines
Läufers nach a5. Dann darf auch der Ba3 fehlen.} Kc6 68. Kg6 a5 (68... Kd5 69.
Be3 (69. Kf7 {This also suffices for the win--by one tempo! auch dies langt
zum Gewinn - ein Tempo!} Kc4 70. Ke6 Kb3 71. Kd5 Kc2 72. Kc5 Kxc1 73. Kb6 Kb2
74. Kxa6 Kxa3 75. Kxb5 $18) 69... a5 (69... Kc4 70. Bb6 Kb3 71. Ba5 Kxa3 72.
Kf5 $18) (69... Kc6 70. Kf6 a5 71. Ke6 $18) 70. bxa5 Kc6 71. a6 Kc7 72. Ba7 Kc6
73. Kf6 b4 74. axb4 Kb5 75. Bc5 $18) 69. Kf7 Kd5 70. Ke7 (70. Ke7 a4 71. Kd7
Kc4 72. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Na6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. f3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Nd5 Ba6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. b5 Bb7 18. f4 Nd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. Qxd7
Qxd7 22. Rxd7 exf4 23. Bf2 Rb8 24. c5 Bd5 25. Rxa7 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rfc8 27. b6
Be5 28. Ba6 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Bd6 30. Bd4 e5 31. Bf2 e4 32. Bd4 e3 (32... e5 $5 33.
Rd7 exd4 34. Rxd6 Bxa2 (34... Bb7 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. a4 d3 37. a5 $18) 35. b7 d3
{Beurteilung?} 36. Rd4 (36. Rc6 d2 37. Rc8+ Kg7 $19) (36. Rd7 Be6 37. Rc7 d2
38. Be2 $13) 36... Kg7 37. Rxe4 Bd5 38. Rd4 Bc6 39. Rxd3 Kh6 40. Rh3+ Kg5 (
40... Kg7 41. Rc3 Bxb7 42. Rc7+ $18) 41. Rxh7 Kf6 42. Rc7 Be4 43. Kf2 g5 $16)
33. a4 g5 34. a5 g4 35. g3 e5 36. Rd7 exd4 37. Rxd6 Bf3 38. Rxd4 Re8 39. Kf1
fxg3 40. hxg3 e2+ 41. Ke1 Kg7 42. b7 Rb8 43. Rd7+ Kf6 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rh6 Be4
46. Bc4 $1 Bxb7 (46... Rxb7 47. Re6+ $18) 47. Rb6 h5 (47... Kd7 48. a6 Bxa6 49.
Rxa6 h5 50. Rh6 $18) 48. Bd5 Bxd5 49. Rxb8 h4 50. gxh4 Bf3 51. Rg8 Kf7 52. Rg5
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{Once upon a time in - 1988 the youngsters Gelfand and Smirin created a
memorable game (see - below the annotations after move 15th.). It was
published in the ex-Soviet chess magazine "Shahmati v SSSR" with remarkable
comments -which quoted an opinion of the genius TAL that soon should be find
refutation to the Black's "Hedgehog" structure. I think that Short's play in
this newest game we are going to study proves that White chances are really
better. In the run of the battle we shall mention the very interesting Stohl's
comments about other previous topic games.} 1. e4 ({To our typical middle game
structure leads also some closed openings. For example:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3 (8. Be2 a6 9. Be3 Nbd7
10. O-O Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. a4 Rc8 $1 (12... Qc7 {Cvetkovic,S-Ilicnic,Z/
Vrnjacka Banja/1989/  (18)}) 13. a5 {1/2,Yandemirov,V-Simantsev,M/St.
Petersburg/1999/ (20)}) 8... Nbd7 9. g4 $5 $36 {>>}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Be3 a6
11. a4 $5 Nbd7 $5 (11... Nc6 $5) 12. a5 {The Gelfand's victory in the
mentioned above (in the forward) game was accepted as a prove for the Tal's
opinion. During 1988 we (the chess readers behind the "iron curtain") saw for
the first time a White's plan for "<<" with a4-a5 supported by Ra1 and Nd4 -
b3 x Pa5. For us, then was impossible to read other foreign - than soviet
chess literature. So nobody (maybe Gelfand and Smirin too) at those period did
not know that this plan had been already applied in other games. The first one
was 1-0 Beim,V - Piven,I/Schwarzach 1997/EXT 99. See reference below.} bxa5 {
'''!?' Stohl: 'The best, other moves allow White to achieve his strategic aims
more easily:'''} (12... Qc7 13. Nb3 (13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Qb3 (14. Na4 Nfd7 15.
Nxb6 {Borgo,G-Barlov,D/Cutro/1998/ (30)}) 14... Nbd7 15. Qa4 $11) 13... d5 (
13... Rab8 14. Qd2 $5 (14. axb6 Nxb6 {Gulko,B-Shapiro,D/Stratton Mountain/1999/
(22)})) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. e5 Nfd7 17. f4 $14 {0-1 Tiller,
B-Rajkovic,D/Gausdal 1984/MCD (42)}) (12... d5 $5 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Varga,Z/
Hrvatska 73/42 1998/Inf 73/[Stohl,I] (48)}) 13. Nb3 Rb8 {'[#]'} (13... a4 {
Bobrowska,M-Ghate,S/WChJW Calicut/1998/ (25)}) 14. Nxa5 {'N'; 14.Ba7 - 41/39''}
(14. Ba7 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Fedorowicz,J/Hastings 1985/EXT 99 (57)}) 14...
Ba8 15. Qd2 Re8 {'!' 'The best move, in Hedgehog positions the R usually
occupies this square to further the freeing d5 advance.'} (15... Ne5 $5 16.
Rfc1 (16. Rfb1 Qc7 {/\} 17. b4 d5) 16... Qd7 17. Na4 Bd8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nxc6
Bxc6 20. Nb2 $14) (15... Qc7 {''?!' Ivanchuk,V. '!' Stohl. Stohl: 'The best
move, in Hedgehog positions the R usually occupies this square to further the
freeing d5 advance.''} 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 {'Ivanchuk,V: 'N' 'N!?' Beim,V. '} (16...
Ne5 {N} 17. Na4 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M/Dortmund 1992/Inf 54/[Ivanchuk,V] (44)}
(17. Na2 $5 {/\ 18.Nb4 Qc8 19.Ba7} Nfd7 18. b4 {/\ b5})) (16... Nb6 $5 $146 {
Beim,V-Vakhidov,T/Dieren 72/(38) 1997/Inf 72/[Beim,V] (25)}) (16... Rfd8 $6 17.
Nd5 $1) 17. Na4 {''!?' 'N''} (17. b4 $5 {N} d5 $5 18. Nxd5 $6 {_|_. Cvetkovic,
S-Cabrilo,G/Jugoslavija 1994/Inf 61 (34)} (18. cxd5 $2) (18. exd5 Bxb4 19. dxe6
) (18. c5 $1 dxe4 19. Bxa6 $16 {Cvetkovic,S})) 17... Nc5 18. b4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4
Qd7 20. Rca1 $14 Rd8 21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Ba7
Rbc8 26. Bd4 Rb8 27. Ba7 Rbc8 28. Nb3 Bb7 29. Bd4 Rb8 30. Qg3 g6 31. b5 $16 {
Gelfand,B-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/}) 16. Ba7 $146 {[/\ Bf2-e1Xb4]} (16. Rfd1 {
ץa8,Kasimdzhanov,R-Bakhtadze,G/Yerevan WChJ/1999/ (25)}) (16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Rfc1
{White has an extra tempo compared to Kasimdzhanov's game above, but it's not
too useful in this situation.} Ne5 18. Bd4 (18. b4 d5 $5) (18. Na4 Qd8 $13 {
and the K on h1 is of no advantage for White.}) 18... h5 $5 {[%mdl 32] An
original strategical idea in this position. The further advance of this pawn
can be prevented only by weakening the >>, when it gets to h3 Black will have
just enough play to hold the game.} 19. b4 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Nisipeanu,L/
Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Stohl] (39)} (19. Bf2 Ng6 {[%cal Yh5h3] /\h4-h3<=>})) 16...
Rc8 17. Bf2 Rb8 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Rfb1 Rb4 $6 ({Fritz 7:} 19... Qb6 20. Qd4 Qb4
21. Be1 Qb6 22. b4 $14) 20. Nd1 {/\Bf2-e1Xb4, but the square b3 stands weak
giving some chances to Black.} ({Another way to put forward Pb2-b4 is:} 20. b3
$5 Nfd7 21. Na2 Rb8 22. b4 $16) 20... Qb8 21. Be1 Ra4 (21... Rb3 $142 $5 22.
Nxb3 Nxb3 23. Qf4 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Bb7 $14) 22. Rxa4 Nxa4 23. b4 Nb6 (23... Nc5)
24. Nc3 Nbd7 (24... Rc8) 25. Qa2 (25. Bg3 $5) 25... Qa7 (25... Qb6 $5) 26. Na4
$6 (26. Qd2 $142 $14) 26... Rb8 $132 27. Bd2 (27. Qd2) 27... h6 (27... Qf2 28.
Be1 Qe3 $11) 28. Rc1 (28. Nc3 $5) 28... Nb6 $2 (28... Qf2 $1 $11) 29. Nb2 $14
Nbd7 30. Nd3 Qb6 (30... Qc7) 31. c5 dxc5 32. Be3 Qd8 $6 (32... Bd8 {[/\Xa5]}
33. Nb3 (33. bxc5 $4 Qxa5 $19) 33... Bc6 34. Nbxc5 Nxc5 35. Bxc5 (35. bxc5))
33. bxc5 $16 Rb5 (33... Qc7 34. Nc4 $16) 34. Nb3 Qb8 $2 (34... Ne8 $142 35. Bf4
$16) 35. Nd4 $1 $18 Bxc5 36. Bf4 Bxd4 37. Bxb8 Rxb8 38. Qxa6 Bb7 39. Qd6 Bc8
40. h4 Ra8 41. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 ({cf.} 2... e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 {
- E01}) 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 {The difference of this
system from the classic E01 setup is that Black's pawn is on g6 instead of g7.
That circumstance is rather unfavourable for him as his bishop can hardly go
to g7, and therefore the weakness of dark squares will be visible.} 7. Nf3 Bb4+
(7... Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $16 {V.Tukmakov}) (7... e4 8. Nfd2 Bf5 (8... dxc4
$5) 9. Nc3 dxc4 {0-1 Krasnov,V-Moiseev,V (2410)/Tula 2000/CBM 079 ext (58)} 10.
O-O $16 {[%cal Rd2c4,Rd2e4]}) (7... d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 (9... Bc5 10. exd4
exd4 11. b4 $1 Nxb4 12. Bh6 $44) 10. Qb3 (10. exd4 $5 Nxd4 11. Nbd2) 10... Bxf3
(10... Qe7 $5 11. exd4 $140 e4) 11. Bxf3 Qd7 (11... Rb8 $142 $14) 12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. exd4 exd4 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qf3 Ng8 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxf7 $16
{1-0 Tukmakov,V (2560)-Beliavsky,A (2545)/Vilnius 1978/MCD (41)}) 8. Nbd2 {
A bit too passive.} (8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 e4 10. Nd4 dxc4 11. Nc3 $14 {,
played in the E01 system with Black's pawn on g7 (7...Bb4+ is a very rare move
there), is possible here, too.}) (8. Nc3 {is also interesting as} d4 {doesn't
work due to} 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Nxe5) 8... e4 (8... Nc6 {was probably simpler.})
9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O Be6 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qb6 {
Black already feels uncomfortable due to the weakness of the long diagonal.
Still,} (14... Qa5 {was good enough for equality, e.g.} 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Rad8 17. Qc1 Bxc4 18. Qh6 Ne5 $1 19. Ne3 Be6 $1 20. f4 Qb6 $1 21. Bxe5 Qxe3+
22. Rf2 f6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 {, and White must give a perpetual.}) {
The text move is weaker: Black loses a pawn without sufficient compensation
although White's road to victory will be very, very long.} 15. Rb1 Qa6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Nxe4 Bg7 (17... Be7 18. Ne3) 18. Nc5 Qxc4 19. Nxb7 Qc3 20. Rc1 $1 Ne7
(20... Nb4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Bd5 $1 $14) 21. Ne3 Qe5 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Qa4 Rab8 (
23... Nd5 $142 24. Nc5 Rad8) 24. Nc5 Nc8 25. Qa6 Re8 26. e3 Qe7 27. Nxe6 Qxe6
28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096]} Nb6 31. Nd2 Rd6 32. Ne4 Rc6
33. Rd1 Bf8 34. h4 Kg7 35. Bf3 Rc2 36. Rd2 Rc1+ $6 {A strange decision. Black
has more drawing chances after the rook exchange:} (36... Rxd2 37. Nxd2) 37.
Rd1 $6 Rc2 38. Rd2 Rc1+ $6 39. Kg2 Bb4 40. Rb2 a5 41. Nd2 Rc3 $6 {It was still
possible to trade the rooks but Black consequently avoids that:} (41... Na4 42.
Nb3 Nxb2 43. Nxc1) 42. Nb3 Nc4 43. Re2 a4 44. Nd4 Bc5 45. Nc6 a3 46. Be4 f5 47.
Bd5 Nb2 48. Ne5 Bb4 49. Nf3 Rc5 50. e4 fxe4 $6 {After this bad move White's
pieces finally come out, and he converts his material advantage without major
technical problems.} (50... Na4 $5 51. Nd4 Nc3 $1 52. Ne6+ Kf6 53. e5+ Ke7 54.
Nxc5 Nxe2 {still led to the exchange of rooks. Despite the inferior situation
for Black (White has got a passed e5-pawn), he can put up a lot of resistance
here.}) 51. Rxe4 Rb5 52. Bb3 Rb7 53. Nd4 Nd3 54. Bc4 Nc5 55. Re3 Nd7 56. Ne6+
Kh8 57. Rd3 Be7 58. Re3 Nf6 59. Bb3 Bb4 60. Re2 Rb8 61. Rc2 Bd6 62. Rc6 Be5 63.
Ra6 Bb2 64. Ra7 Ne4 65. Rc7 Be5 66. Re7 Bf6 67. Ra7 Bb2 68. f3 Nc3 69. Kh3 h6
70. Bc4 Rc8 71. Bb3 Rb8 72. Nc5 Nb5 73. Rd7 Nd4 74. Bd5 Nf5 75. Nd3 Ne3 76. Be4
Rb6 77. Nf4 g5 78. Nh5 Kg8 79. Rd3 Bc1 80. Rc3 Bd2 81. Rxa3 Rb2 82. Bg6 Rb8 83.
Rd3 Bc1 84. Rc3 Bd2 85. Rc7 Rf8 86. Be4 gxh4 87. Kxh4 Nf5+ 88. Kg4 Nd6 89. Bd5+
Kh8 90. f4 Nf5 91. Be4 Ba5 92. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3
O-O 8. e3 e4 9. Be2 Re8 (9... Bf5 {Stohl} 10. O-O (10. g4 $142 $5 $36) 10...
Qe7 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Rd1 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Ne2 Bd7
17. Ng3 h5 $36 {Petek,P-Velickovic,Z/Bled op/1994/}) (9... Qe7 $5 {Stohl} 10.
a3 Rd8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. g4 Be6 14. Qc2 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxe4
Nd7 17. Rg1 Nde5 18. Qe2 f5 $44 {Rotstein-Stranjakovitsch/Paris-ch/1992/}) (
9... Na6 $5 {Stohl /\Nc7}) 10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... Bb4 $142 $5 {Stohl} 11. Qb3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb2 Nc6 $10 {Perkovic-Barczay/Subotica/1981/})
11. Qc2 $1 Qe7 12. O-O a6 {/\ b5} (12... Nb6 $2 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4
15. Qxc5 $18) (12... Bb4 {Stohl} 13. Rd1 a6 14. a3 Bd6 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nxd5 16. Nxe4 $1 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Bf3 $16) 15. Nc4 Bb8 16.
b4 (16. a4 $5 $16) 16... b5 17. Na5 Qe5 18. g3 Qg5 19. Nc6 Bd6 20. Bf1 Ne5 $132
{Heinig,W-Jaehnisch,F/2.BLN 9192/1992/}) 13. a4 $1 {>< c4} b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15.
Rd1 Rad8 16. b3 Ne5 $2 (16... Nf8 17. d6 $1 Qe6 (17... Bxd6 $2 18. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6
19. Ba3 $18) 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Ng6 $14 (19... N8d7 {Stohl} 20. Rd4 $36))
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 $2 (17... Nxc4 $2 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. bxc4 Qxa1 20. Bb2 Qa2 21.
Ra1 Qxa1+ 22. Bxa1 $18) (17... Nxd5 18. Nxc5 (18. Nxe5 $6 Qxe5 19. Nxc5 Nb4 $1
(19... Qxa1 20. Nxb7 Nb4 (20... Rc8 21. Qb2 $18) 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qc7 Rf8 23.
Bf1 $18 {/\ Bd2}) 20. Qb2 (20. Bb2 $2 Qg5 $1) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qxc5 $132)
18... Qxc5 19. Bb2 $16 (19. Ba3 {Stohl} Qc6 $1 {/\Nf4,b5})) 18. Qxe4 Qg5 19. h4
$1 (19. f4 $2 Qg6 20. f5 (20. Qxg6 Nxg6 {>< d5, f4}) 20... Qf6 21. Bb2 Nxc4 22.
Bxf6 Rxe4 23. Bxd8 Nxe3 $132) 19... Qg6 (19... Qf6 20. Bb2 Nxc4 21. Bxf6 Rxe4
22. Bxd8 $18) 20. Qxg6 Nxg6 (20... hxg6 {Stohl} 21. Bb2 $18) 21. h5 Ne7 (21...
Nf4 22. exf4 $1 Rxe2 23. Be3 Rxd5 (23... Bxd5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Ne3 $18 (25.
Nb6 $18 {Stohl})) (23... Kf8 24. Bxc5+ bxc5 25. Ne3 $18 {/\ Rac1}) (23... Bxe3
{Stohl} 24. Nxe3 $18) 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Na5 $1 Ba8 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Rd1 $18)
22. d6 Nf5 23. d7 Re7 24. b4 (24. b4 Bxb4 25. Nxb6 Bc5 26. Ba3 $1 Bxb6 27. Bxe7
Nxe7 28. Rab1 $18 (28. Rab1 {Stohl} Nd5 29. Bf3 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. e4 Bb4 8.
Bd3 Ne5 ({Previously my opponent played} 8... d5 $2 {against Shimanov, but
after} 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O {Black appeared to be slightly worse, though
finally Nepomniachtchi managed to win.}) 9. O-O Qd6 10. Bf4 $5 {I decided to
sacrifice a pawn here. In return for it, White has full control on the dark
squares and some possibilities of attacking Black's king.} Bxc3 {Black must
accept the challenge, otherwise White can build up a strong attack on the
kingside.} (10... O-O 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qc7 13. e5 $36) 11. bxc3 Qxd3 12.
Bxe5 Qxc4 ({Opening the e-file with} 12... Qxe4 13. Re1 Qxc4 14. Nd4 {would be
too risky, since White has numerous threats.}) 13. Re1 b6 {Without the
black-squared bishop, short castling would be suicide. So Black tried to move
his king to the queenside, but the squares around his king are seriously
weakened anyway.} (13... O-O $2 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 $18) 14. Qf3
Bb7 15. Nd4 (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. Nd4 Qxc3 (17... Qc5 18. Nf5 Rxg2+ (
18... Rg6 19. Qh8+ Qf8 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. Qd4 $16) 19. Kxg2 Qxf5 $44) 18. Rac1
Qb2 19. Rb1 Qc3 20. Rbc1 $11) 15... O-O-O 16. a4 ({I did not want to give my
bishop for just a knight and a pawn, since the bishop is very important to
organize the attack on Black's king} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rhg8 $13) 16... Qc5
17. Bg3 $5 {Leaving the resource Qf4 in some lines.} (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6
Rhg8 {If Black manages to exchange my bishop or my queen, he does not have
anything to worry about. The white-squared bishop can be even stronger than
the knight.}) 17... e5 18. a5 $1 $36 {Opening the a-file.} Rhe8 {Black decided
to sacrifice the exchange, in order to reduce the pressure on his king.} (18...
b5 19. a6 Bc6 20. Nb3 Qd6 21. Na5 $16) (18... exd4 {is impossible because of}
19. cxd4 Qxd4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rec1+ Bc6 22. Ra7 {with a mating attack.}) ({
Perhaps the best defence is} 18... d6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nf5 {but White gets a
fantastic initiative after all.}) 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nf5 g6 21. Ng7 Nxe4 22.
Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxf7 Rf8 24. Qa2 Qc6 25. f3 Qc5+ 26. Bf2 Nxf2 27. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28.
Kxf2 e4 29. Re3 {This endgame is clearly better for White, though it is not so
easy to win.} Kc7 30. Kg3 exf3 31. gxf3 Bd5 32. Ra4 Be6 33. Rh4 {In general,
White's plan is to force Black to play h5, and then he will attack the g6-pawn,
which will surely be protected by Bf5. White's king goes to g5 or h6, and at a
proper point White has to sacrifice the exchange back and try to push his
kingside pawns as fast as possible.} h5 34. Rf4 Ra8 35. h4 Ra5 (35... Ra1 {
deserves attention:} 36. Rf6 Rc1 37. Re5 Kc6 38. Kf4 Rxc3 39. Rxg6 b5) 36. Rf6
Bf5 37. Kf4 Rc5 38. Kg5 Bc2+ 39. Kh6 Rc4 40. f4 b5 (40... Bf5 41. Rxg6 Bxg6 42.
Kxg6 Rxf4 43. Kxh5 $16) 41. Re5 $1 Rc6 42. Rf7 (42. Rxc6+ dxc6 43. Rg5 Kd6 44.
Rxg6+ Bxg6 45. Kxg6 Ke7 46. Kg7 Ke6 $11) 42... Kb6 (42... Rxc3 43. Rxb5 Kc6 44.
Ra5 $16) 43. Rxd7 Rxc3 44. Rd8 $2 (44. Rdd5 $142 Rb3 45. Rd6+ Ka5 46. Rxg6 Bxg6
47. Kxg6 Ka4 48. f5 Rg3+ 49. Kxh5 Rf3 50. Kg6 Rg3+ (50... b4 51. f6 b3 52. Re2
$1 Ka3 53. f7 b2 54. Rxb2 Kxb2 55. h5 Rg3+ 56. Kh7 Rf3 57. Kg7 Rg3+ 58. Kf8 Rh3
59. h6 $18) 51. Kh6 Rf3 52. Kg7 Rg3+ 53. Kf8 b4 54. f6 b3 55. Re4+ $1 Ka5 56.
f7 b2 57. Re1 Ka4 58. h5 $18) 44... Ka5 45. Rb8 (45. Ra8+ {is interesting, but
during the game I thought it was unclear. After} Kb4 46. Rb8 Bd3 47. f5 gxf5 (
47... Bxf5 48. Rbxb5+ Kc4 49. Rxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5 $18) 48. Kxh5 {White should
be winning.}) 45... Rb3 46. Rc8 Bb1 47. Rb8 Ka4 $2 48. Rb6 Rb4 49. Ra6+ Kb3 50.
Rxg6 Bxg6 51. Kxg6 Rxf4 $2 ({More stubborn is} 51... Ka4 52. Kg5 Rb1 53. f5
Rg1+ 54. Kxh5 Rf1 55. Kg6 {but White should win with perfect play (see notes
to move 44).}) 52. Rxb5+ Kc4 53. Rxh5 {The rest is easy. Black's king is cut
off from the 5th rank, so he is helpless.} Rg4+ 54. Kf5 Rg8 55. Rg5 Rh8 56. h5
Kd5 57. Kg6+ Ke6 58. Kg7 Re8 59. h6 Re7+ 60. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8.
Bxb4 axb5 9. Bd6 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nb5 b3+ 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Qd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nd4 15. Bg2 $1 (15. Bxe5 $2) 15... Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra6 18. c5 $2 (
18. a3 b2 19. Rb1 $11) {[%tqu "En","","","","a5a2","",10]} 18... Qxa2+ $1 $19
19. Rxa2 bxa2 20. Qe4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qxe5+ Re6 23. Qxg7 Rf8 24. Bf3 Ref6
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fejzullahu, Afrim"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 b6 {
La partie porte le code ECO d'une anglaise mais elle est issue d'une Kan} 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 (12. a4 $142 {[%cal Ga4a5]}
Qc7 13. a5 bxa5 14. Nb3 $36 {Gustafsson,J (2611)-Balogh,C (2513) HUN-GER m
Budapest 2004 (5) 1-0}) 12... Rc8 (12... Re8 13. Bf1 Bf8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. b4
Rac8 16. a3 Qb8 $1 {Gligoric} (16... Ne5 $143 17. Na4 (17. h3 Nxc4 $2 18. Bxc4
Qxc4 19. Nd5)) 17. Nb3 h6 18. Qf2 Bc6 19. h3 Be7 20. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gd1c1,
Ga3a4] ;Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Ljubojevic,L (2590)/Bugojno 1980 (5)/ 1-0}) (12...
Qc7 {La grande ligne mais c'est probablement une simple interversion de coups})
13. Rac1 (13. Bf1 {Plus souple} Qc7 14. Rac1 (14. a4 $5 $146 {Une nouveauté
dans cet ordre de coups mais le thème est connu dans cette structure de P. Il
semble néanmoins plus logique de jouer ce plan au 12ème coup de manière а
garder en réserve l'hypothèse du coup Rfc1 au lieu de Rfd1} Rfe8 (14... Ne5 15.
b3) 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nb3 $14 {[%cal Gb3a5]}) 14... Rfe8) (13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Rac1
Qb8) 13... Qc7 14. Qe1 $6 {Perd un tempo} (14. Bf1 $142 {[%cal Gd2f2,Ge3b6]}
Qb8 15. Qf2 (15. a3 Rfe8 16. b4 Bd8 17. Kh1 (17. Nb3) 17... Bc7 18. Bg1 {
[%cal Gg1h2]} d5 $1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc7f4] Le plan a4a5 laissant la R sur sa
case d'origine aurait également pour mérite d'éviter ce thème tactique!} 19.
cxd5 Bf4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 exd5 $36 {[%cal Ge8e3];Sheremetieva,M (2285)
-Chiburdanidze,M (2505) Moscow ol (Women) 1994 (8) 0-1}) 15... Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bd8
{[%cal Gd8c7,Ge8e3,Gd6d5]}) 14... Qb8 15. Qf2 Rfe8 (15... Kh8 {[%cal Gf8g8,
Gg7g5,Gg5g4]}) 16. Bf1 (16. b3) (16. Nc2) 16... Bd8 {Le thème classique pour
venir faire pression sur la diagonale "b8h2"} 17. g3 {[%csl Gb7,Rf3] Ferme la
diagonale du futur Bc7 mais ...ouvre celle du Bb7!} ({RR} 17. Rc2 Bc7 18. g3
Bd8 19. b3 h6 20. g4 Ne5 21. h3 Ng6 22. Bc1 Nd7 23. Bg2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25.
Ndxb5 d5 26. Be3 Bh4 27. Qf1 Ba6 28. a4 Nf6 29. Rdc1 Nf4 30. Ba7 Qe5 31. Bd4
Qg5 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2655)-Kasparov,G (2805)/London 1993/ EXT 2002/0-1 (39)}
) (17. Kh1 Bc7) 17... Bc7 18. b3 Ne5 (18... h5 $5) 19. h3 $6 $146 {[%csl Rg3]}
({RR} 19. Bh3 h6 20. a4 Rcd8 21. Bg2 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5
Nxd5 25. Nf5 Nb4 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Qd2 Nbd3 28. Rd1 Nc5 29. f4 Ng4 30. Bxc5
bxc5 31. Bd5 c4 32. Bxc4 Bb6+ 33. Kg2 Rd8 {Ji Dan (2342)-Li Shilong (2557)/
Xinghua Jiangsu 2009/CBM 131/0-1 (51)}) 19... Ba8 {[%cal Gb8b6,Gb6b5]} 20. a4
$2 {[%csl Rb4] Les Blancs commencent а accumuler les petits affaiblissements
et face а un fort GMI, c'est trés dangereux} (20. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} g6 (20...
h6 21. h4 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 21. Bg2) 20... Ned7 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} 21. g4 (21. Nde2)
(21. Bg2 d5 {[%csl Rg3]}) 21... Nc5 22. Rb1 {Les Blancs devaient déjà avoir
regretté la poussée a2a4} d5 $1 {[%csl Gb8,Gc7,Rf4,Rg3] Le ressort se détend
et les Noirs sont déjà nettement mieux} 23. b4 Ncd7 24. g5 Nh5 $36 {[%csl Gf4,
Gg3]} 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Nf5 Bf4 {[%csl Rf1]} (26... Ng3 27. Nxd5 Nxf5 28. exf5
Bg3 $44 {[%csl Rf2,Rg1]}) 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Ne5 29. Rbd1 Rc3 $1 {[%csl
Re3]} 30. Bg2 (30. Rxe5 $5 {Peut-être un moindre mal mais la position Blanche
ne parait pas trés saine} Bxe5 (30... Qxe5 31. Bd4) 31. Rd7) 30... Bxe3 $132 {
[%csl Rg2]} 31. Nxe3 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4]} 32. Bf1 (32. b5 $5 Nxd5 33. Nxd5) 32...
Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Ng6 34. Nf5 {[%cal Gf2d4,Gd4c3,Gd4g7]} Ne7 (34... Qc7) 35. Qd4 (
35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Bxa6 Qc7 $17) 35... Nxf5 36. Qxc3 Qg3+ {Exploitant а
nouveau les affaiblissements des cases noires} 37. Kh1 Nh4 38. Rd3 Qf2 39. Qc1
Nxf3 40. Bg2 Nh4 41. Qf1 Qb2 42. Rd7 {Premier coup actif des Blancs!} Rf8 43.
b5 axb5 44. axb5 Nxg2 {Une bonne décision pratique des Noirs qui vont
valoriser le P passé "b"} 45. Qxg2 Qxb5 {Il n'y a qu'un P de plus mais la
structure Blanche est en lambeaux et le K Blanc dans les courants d'air.} 46.
Qd2 Qb1+ 47. Kh2 Qxe4 48. Qd6 Qe2+ 49. Kg3 Qe3+ 50. Kg4 $2 f5+ $1 51. gxf6 Qe4+
52. Kg3 Qg6+ 53. Kh4 Qxf6+ $1 {[%cal Gf6h4,Gf6d6] Une belle réalisation
technique des Blancs} 54. Qxf6 Rxf6 55. Kg5 h6+ 56. Kh5 Rf5+ 57. Kg4 (57. Kg6
Rg5#) 57... Rf7 58. Rd8+ Rf8 59. Rd5 Rb8 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6b1]} 60. Rb5 Kf7
61. h4 g6 62. h5 gxh5+ 63. Rxh5 Rg8+ $1 (63... b5 $2 64. Rxh6 b4 65. Kf3 b3 66.
Rh1 b2 67. Rb1 {[%csl Rf7]}) 64. Kf4 Rg6 65. Ke4 Rd6 {[%cal Gf7g6]} 66. Rb5 (
66. Ke5 Ke7 (66... Kg6 67. Rxh6+)) 66... Ke7 67. Rb1 Kd7 68. Ke5 Rc6 69. Kd4
Kc7 {Le K Blanc reste coupé et le second va filer а la promotion} 70. Rb5 Kb7
71. Rb1 h5 72. Rg1 Rh6 $19 73. Rh1 h4 74. Rh3 Rh5 75. Kc4 b5+ 76. Kb4 Kb6 77.
Kc3 Kc5 78. Kb3 Kd4 79. Rh1 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 d6 (5... e6 {is more topical,
but, being a Benoni expert, Gashimov likes to carry out his counterattack on
dark squares.}) 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc2 (9. Nxc6 {used to be a
favourite of Kasparov:} Bxc6 (9... bxc6 {Tsesarsky,I (2458)-Zoler,D (2525)/
Rishon Le Ziyyon 2000/CBM 076/[Tsesarsky] (1-0, 57)}) 10. e4 O-O 11. Be3 a6 (
11... a5 12. Rc1 a4 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. c5 $1 Ne8 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17.
Nd5 $14 {Kasparov,G (2780)-Ivanchuk,V (2720)/Manila 1992/TD (1-0, 45)}) 12. Rc1
Nd7 13. Qe2 b5 14. b4 Ne5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qb8 18. a4 Qxb5
19. axb5 Rfb8 20. b6 Ng4 21. b7 $1 {1-0 Kasparov,G (2831)-Carlsen,M (2484)/
Reykjavik 2004/CBM 099 ext}) 9... Ng4 $5 $146 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gg7c3] An early
attempt to generate counterplay against the enemy kingside. The immediate
threat is ...Bxc3, spoiling White's structure.} ({The solid continuation is} 
9... O-O {Kortschnoj,V (2665)-Beliavsky,A (2500)/Moscow 1975/MCL/[Gagarin] 
(0-1, 58)}) ({Another way to start active kingside operations is} 9... h5 {
Dautov,R (2595)-Kalinitschew,S (2478)/Germany 2006/CBM 112/[Stohl] (1/2, 51)})
10. Bd2 h5 11. h3 Nge5 12. b3 Qc8 13. Kh2 f5 $5 {[%csl Gg5] Black burns all
his bridges and puts all his money on the attacking card.} (13... h4 {does not
seem too effective:} 14. g4 Bxg4 (14... f5 15. g5 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gc3d5]}) 15.
hxg4 Nxg4+ 16. Kh1 Qf5 17. f4 $16) (13... g5 $5 {is a positional alternative:}
14. Rc1 g4 15. h4 Bf5 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Ned5 Qd7 {White retains his space
advantage, but Black has almost blocked the kingside and has stable squares
for his pieces.}) 14. h4 (14. Rc1 h4 $40) 14... g5 $3 {The only consequent
continuation. Otherwise, Black would have weakened his structure for nothing.}
15. hxg5 (15. Bxg5 $2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Bxc3 $19) 15... h4 16. f3 $1 {This "ugly"
move, obstructing his own g2-bishop, is the most solid defence. White avoids ..
.Ng4+ in order to be able to maintain the tension.} (16. gxh4 $6 Rxh4+ 17. Kg1
f4 $40) 16... Kf7 $3 {The start of a long term regrouping. Black is not
interested in releasing the tension either. Using the engines in this position
can be misleading. Here are two attempts to force matters suggested by them,
which do not seem entirely satisfactory:} (16... hxg3+ 17. Kxg3 f4+ $5 18. Bxf4
(18. Kf2 Bh3 19. Rg1 Ng6) 18... Nxc4 (18... Ng6 19. Bd2) 19. bxc4 Bxc3 20. Rb1
{White is well developed and retains the extra pawn, while his king is not in
too big danger.}) (16... Ng6 17. f4 (17. Rh1 hxg3+ 18. Kxg3 f4+ 19. Kf2 Nd4 $36
) (17. e3 Nce5 18. Ne2 Qc7 $5 $40) (17. gxh4 f4 $40) 17... Nce5 $5 18. Ne3 $1 (
18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rh1 hxg3+ 20. Kg1 Nh4 $44) 18... Ng4+ 19. Nxg4 fxg4 20. Qc2
hxg3+ 21. Kxg3 Nh4 22. e4 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc5 24. Rae1 $14 {Again, White has
excellent centralisation, while Black's attack does not look too dangerous.})
17. Rh1 Rh5 18. Nd5 Qh8 19. Rc1 Rg8 {Black has completed the first phase of
the planned regrouping. He has strong pressure along the h-file, while the
indirect control of the g-file and the long diagonal can offer tactical
possibilities. I believe it is fair enough to evaluate that the pawn sacrifice
has been entirely justified.} 20. Qf1 $6 {This allows a nice tactical trick,
but other moves do not seem to offer White an easy life, either.} (20. gxh4 Ng6
21. Kg1 Nxh4 $44 {[%cal Gg7d4]}) (20. Be3 Bf6 $1 21. Kg1 Bxg5 22. f4 h3 23.
fxg5 (23. Bf1 $2 Bh4 $1 $19) 23... hxg2 24. Kxg2 Ng4 $36) 20... Ke8 $6 ({
Missing} 20... Bf6 $3 21. Nxf6 (21. gxf6 hxg3+ 22. Kg1 Rxh1+ 23. Bxh1 Qh2#)
21... exf6 $40) 21. gxh4 Ng6 22. f4 $6 {Since there was no threat of ...f4 yet,
this is just wasting time.} (22. Qf2 $6 e6 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nb5 a6 $1 25. Nba3
(25. Nxd6 $2 Be5+) 25... Nxh4 $44) ({Removing the king from the dangerous
diagonal looks like the best chance for repelling the attack.} 22. Kg1 $5 Nxh4
(22... e6 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nb5 {[%csl Gd6]}) 23. Qf2 e6 24. Nc7+ Ke7 25. c5
$132) 22... e6 23. Nc7+ {Playing with fire.} (23. Ndb4 Bc3 $5 {Black activates
his queen and weakens the dark squares in the enemy camp.} 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25.
Nd3 Nxh4 26. Kg1 Rgh8 $44) 23... Ke7 24. Kg3 $2 {Not sensing the danger.} ({
He should have looked for counterplay with} 24. c5 $5 {although Black has a
promising position after} Rxh4+ 25. Kg1 Bd4+ $132) 24... a6 {Caging the knight.
Black could have proceeded with his attack, too.} (24... Rc8 25. Nb5 a6 26.
Nba3 Rxh4 $36) (24... Rxh4 $36 {In both cases, the king is too exposed.}) 25.
Rh3 $6 (25. Nb4 $5) 25... Rxh4 26. Qh1 Rxh3+ 27. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 28. Bxh3 Kd8 $2 {
An inexplicable blunder. Did he miss that the knight can escape via a8-b6?} (
28... Rc8 $1 $17 {would have won a piece without sufficient white compensation.
}) 29. Na8 $16 {White is a pawn up and has a space advantage, too. The game is
basically over.} Rh8 30. Nb6 Be8 31. e3 Kc7 32. Na4 Bd7 33. Bg2 Nh4 34. Bh1 Ng6
35. Nc3 Nce7 36. Nb4 a5 37. Nd3 Bc6 38. Nf2 Kd7 39. Na4 e5 40. Bxc6+ Nxc6 41.
Rh1 Rg8 42. Nb6+ Ke6 43. Nd5 Nce7 44. Nc7+ Kd7 45. Nb5 Nc6 46. Rd1 Ke6 47. Bc1
Rd8 48. Ba3 Bf8 49. Nd3 Be7 50. Nb2 Rh8 51. Bxd6 Rh4 52. Nd3 Bxd6 53. Nxd6 Rg4+
54. Kf2 b6 55. fxe5 Ncxe5 56. Nb5 Rxg5 57. Nxe5 Kxe5 58. Rd5+ Kf6 59. Nd4 f4
60. Rd6+ Kf7 61. Rxb6 fxe3+ 62. Kxe3 Rg3+ 63. Kf2 Rd3 64. Nf3 Rc3 65. a4 Kg7
66. Rb5 Nf4 67. Nd2 Ne6 68. Rxa5 Nd4 69. Ra7+ Kg6 70. Rb7 Kf5 71. a5 Rd3 72.
Ke1 Re3+ 73. Kd1 Rh3 74. Kc1 Rc3+ 75. Kb1 Rd3 76. a6 Rxd2 77. a7 Rd1+ 78. Kb2
Rd2+ 79. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1998.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8.
N5c3 e4 9. Be2 (9. a3 Qe7 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ra2 Bg4 14.
Be2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nc6 $5 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. Qb3 Ng4 20.
h3 Qh4 21. g3 Bxg3 22. Nxe4 Be5 $44 {Krasenkov,M-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/}) 9...
Qe7 10. a3 (10. b3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. a3 Ne5 14. b4 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3
exd3 16. Qd2 Bb6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Re1 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. e4 Bxh3 21. Qf4 Rd6
22. Nd1 Rg6 23. Bxe5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rg4 25. Bf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 $19 {->,
Esteban,JM-Gomez,M/San Sebastian op/1994/}) (10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Nc4 Rac8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. Be1 Bd6 18. Bxg4
Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Nxg4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Rac1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Nh2 $1 24. Qh3
Qf1+ 25. Kd2 Ng4 26. Kc2 b5 $1 $40 {Servat,R-Hoffman,A/ARG-ch/1995/}) 10... Rd8
(10... a6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. g4
Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. O-O-O Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. h5 Bh7 22. g5 hxg5
23. Rdg1 f6 24. h6 Bg6 25. Ka1 Rac8 26. Bg4 $5 f5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxg5 $40 {
Stepovoj,V-Usov,A/Kstovo op/1994/}) (10... a5 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. g4
Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. h6 Nbd7 18. hxg7 Rac8 19. Nc4 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 $13 {1/2/Modr,B-Tseitlin,Mi/Prague/1983/})
11. b4 ({Stohl} 11. O-O a5 (11... Bf5) 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Qb3 (13. Nc4 Be6) 13...
h5 14. Nc4 Ra6 15. Rd1 Ng4 16. h3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bxh3 (17... Qh4+ 18. g3 Qxh3
19. Qxb7 Rf6 20. Ke1 Qxg3+ 21. Kd2) 18. Bf1 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf6 20. Qc2 (20. gxh3
Qg3+ 21. Bg2 Rf2) 20... Bg4 21. Nxe4 Rf4 22. Nxa5 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1
Qxe4 25. Nxb7 Rxd5 (25... Bxe3+ 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxd5 29.
b4) 26. Nxc5 Qc2 27. Qf4 Nc6 (27... Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Rxc5 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qf8
Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Qxf7) 28. Ne4 Qd1+ (28... Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1
Qxc1 31. Nd6 f6 32. Qc4+) 29. Kh2 Ne5 30. Nf2 Qf1 31. e4 Rd3 32. Nxd3 Ng4+ 33.
Kg3 Qxd3+ 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. Bf4 g5 36. Rf1 f6 37. Kh3 Qd7 38. Bxg5 Ne3+ 39. Kh2
Nxf1+ 40. Qxf1 fxg5 41. Qf5 Qd6+ 42. e5 Qd2 43. Qc8+ {1-0 Shabalov,A-Gurevich,
D/NY op 1998}) (11. Nd2 Bf5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nc4 Be5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bb2 Nbd7
16. Qb3 Bg6 17. h4 h5 18. Rd1 Ng4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Ne2 Qd6 21. Nf4 $16 {
1-0 Lesiege,A-Goldenberg,D/Quebec Open, Montreal CAN 1998 (30)}) 11... Bd6 (
11... Bb6 12. Bb2 Bf5 (12... Nc6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Nxe4 Nxd5 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Nd2
Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxg4 19. Rhf1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Bxe3 21. Nf5 Nf4+ 22. Kf3
Nxh2+ 23. Kg3 Qg5+ {0-1 Beckhuis,G-Hendriks,W/Muenster op 1993}) 13. g4 Be6 14.
Qc2 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. Rg1 Nde5 18. Qe2 f5 19. Ng3 Rxd5 20.
Nxf5 Qf7 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxg4 Rxf5 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Rc6 $44 {
Rotstein-Stranjakovitch/Paris-ch/1992/}) 12. Ra2 $146 {White usually plays 12.
Bb2.} (12. Bb2 Nbd7 ({Stohl} 12... a5 $5 $146 {A fresh new idea. Before Black
concentrated mainly on gaining back his pawn after Nd7-b6, or placing the N on
e5 and massing forces against White's King-side. Topalov chooses another route
for his N and shows, that also White's Queen-side has been seriously weakened.}
13. bxa5 (13. b5 Nbd7 $44) 13... Be5 14. Qa4 (14. O-O Rxa5 $15 {/\Nd5} 15. Bc4
$2 Bxh2+ $1 $40) 14... Na6 (14... Qc5 $2 15. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 16. Bxe5 $16) (14...
Bd7 15. Qb4 $16) 15. Nd2 $6 {White should have tried to evacuate his K as soon
as possible. Now Black's initiative will be very dangerous.} (15. O-O $142 Nc5
16. Qb4 Bg4 $5 $13 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[%cal Ye7c7] /\Qc7=
})) 15... Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 $1 $44 17. Nc4 (17. Bxg4 $4 Nd3+) (17. f3 exf3 18.
gxf3 Nxd5 $1 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. fxg4 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 $17) 20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2
Qxe3 $17 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rc5d3] /\Nd3,->עe1}) 17... Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxe2 19.
Kxe2 Qd7 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5,Rc4,Rd3,Re2,Rf3,Rg4] Timman,J-Topalov,V/Wijk 1996/
1/2-1/2 (67) White is weak on the white squares and his K is misplaced. Black
has more than sufficient compensation.}) (12... Bf5 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Ne5
15. Nxd6 Rxd6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qb3 a6 18. f3 $6 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bd3 20. Be2 Neg4
21. Rf3 Nxh2 22. Rg3 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Nhg4 24. Qc3 Rxd5 25. Nd4 Ne4 26. Rxg4 Nxc3
{0-1/Trapl,J-Kupka,S/Litomerice/1990/}) 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be5 (14... Bf5 15.
Rd1 Rac8 16. Nb5 {1/2/Haba,Z-Hudecek,J/CS-chT/1992/}) (14... Nbxd5 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxb4 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. axb4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Finegold,B-Buzbuchi,I/
Midwest Masters 1985 (47)}) 15. Nc4 (15. Rd1 Bf5 (15... Nbxd5 $6 16. Ndxe4 $1
Nxc3 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxc3 Be6 20. Qb2 $14) 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17.
Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 (19. O-O $6 Qc7 $36) (19. h3 $5 $13) 19... Bxb2
20. Qxb2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 23. Rc1 (23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Nc5 $10)
23... Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2 Nc3 {׫,()} 26. Kf1 (26. Bc4 $142 $5 Kf8 27.
Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke1 $15 {/\Nd1}) 26... Be6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4] ׫,Lautier,
J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares/1995/}) (15. O-O Nbxd5 $10 (15... Bg4 $5 $13))
15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bf5 17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxd5 $11 {Khodos,G-Gofshtein,L/
URS-ch sf 1978/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rd2 (13. O-O Qe5 $5 (13... Ne5 $5
{[%cal Gc8g4,Gc8f5] /\Bg4;Bf5 ><d3})) 13... Ne5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gc8g4] /\Bg4;
><d3} 14. h3 (14. O-O Bg4 {[%csl Rd3]}) 14... Bf5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge5d3] /
\Nd3;><d5} 15. Rd4 $5 {winning tempo as Black will have to play Be5 and then
to go back("d6" is the best square for it).} Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. O-O Be5 18.
Rxd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gf2f4] /\e4,f4} Rac8 20. e4 Re8 $1 {[%cal
Ge5c3]} 21. Re1 Qc7 $1 {[%csl Gf4] ><f4} 22. Bd2 a6 $1 {White doesn't have
useful moves.} 23. Kf1 h6 $1 {see previous comment} 24. Na4 $6 {[%cal Ga4c5] /
\Nc5} (24. Ne2 $142 {taking under control an important square "f4"}) 24... Bd6
$1 {[%cal Gf6d7,Gd7e5] covering square "c5" and preparing Nf6-d7-e5} 25. Bc3
Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gh5f4] /\Nf4} 26. Bd4 (26. Qf3 Nf4 27. Nc5 $140 b6) (
26. e5 Bxe5 27. Qe2 Bf6 $1 28. Qxh5 (28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kh7 $17) 28...
Qc4+ 29. Re2 Qd3 $1 $17) (26. g3 $2 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4,Rd7h3]}) 26... Nf4 27.
Qd2 $4 $19 (27. Qb3 $8 $15) 27... Nxd5 $2 $138 (27... Qc4+ $142 28. Kg1 Qxd4 $1
29. Qxd4 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Rc1+) 28. g3 (28. Bxg7 Qc4+ 29. Kg1 Kxg7 $1 30. Nb2 (30.
exd5 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Qc1 $1 $19) 30... Qb3 $1 $19) 28... Qd7 {[%cal Rd7a4,Rd7h3]
><a4,h3} 29. exd5 Qxa4 (29... Rxe1+ $142 30. Qxe1 Qxa4) 30. Be3 Qb3 31. Kg2 Rc2
(31... Re5 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} 32. Rd1 $140 Rc2 33. Qd3 Rxe3 $19) 32. Qd4 Be5 $6 (
32... Re5 $19 33. Rd1 $140 Rxe3) 33. Qe4 f5 (33... Rc4 $5) 34. Qxf5 Qxd5+ 35.
Kg1 Qc6 $1 36. Nd2 (36. Bf4 Rxf2 $3 37. Kxf2 Bd4+ 38. Be3 Bxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Rf8
$19) (36. Bd4 $2 Rc1) (36. Bc5 Rb2 $1 {[%cal Ge5g3] ><b1;/\B:g3}) 36... Bf6 37.
Nf3 Qc8 38. Qg6 Rc6 $1 39. Qh5 Rce6 40. Kg2 $138 {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 {Mein junger Gegner
überraschte mich, indem er von seinem üblichen Aufbau mit Nc3 Abstand nahm.
Ich entschied hier also, eine Igelstellung herbeizuführen, wo er vermutlich
über wenig Erfahrung verfügt.} a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Nc2 Rfe8 ({
All diese Züge geschehen für Schwarz praktisch automatisch. Falls er dann aber
de Plan mit Be7-d8-c7 folgen will, sollte er mit} 15... Bd8 {sofort beginnen.})
16. Kh1 ({Dem Anziehenden gelingt es nicht, mittels} 16. b3 {das
Läufermannöver zu verhindern:} Bd8 17. Bf4 Ne5 {, und} 18. Qxd6 {geht wegen}
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bc7 {nicht.}) 16... Bd8 ({Dies ist sehr riskant, da die Folgen
von diesem Bauernopfer völlig unübersichtlich sind. Verlässlicher sind
Wartezüge wie} 16... h6 {,}) (16... Ba8 {, oder gar}) (16... Bf8 {(also
Planwechsel!)}) 17. Bf4 ({Mein Gegner rechnete hier lange über die Fortsetzung
} 17. Qxd6 $5 Bc7 18. Qd2 Bxh2 {Weiss kann mittels} 19. g4 {eine Figur
gewinnen, muss aber gewisse Schwächen in Kauf nehmen:} (19. f4 {bringt jetzt
nichts wegen} Ng4 20. Qe2 (20. Qxd7 $2 Bxf4 $19) (20. e5 Ndxe5 $1 21. fxe5 Qxe5
$19) 20... Ndf6 21. e5 h5 $1 $40) 19... Be5 20. g5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 (21. bxc3 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Bxe4+ 23. Bg2 Nc5 $44 {/+=}) 21... Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe4+ (22... Nc5 23.
Qe1 Qe5 24. Bg2 $14) 23. Bg2 Ne5 24. Bf4 (24. Bxe4 $2 Rxc4 $36) 24... Bxg2+ 25.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Nxc4 27. Ne3 {Es ist schwer zu beurteilen, ob die drei
Bauern genug Ersatz für die Figur bieten, aber ich denke eher nicht.}) 17...
Ne5 18. Bxe5 ({Prinzipiell ist dieser Tausch nur vertretbar, wenn Weiss am
Damenflügel Vorteil erzielen kann. Sonst leidet er an die Schwäche der
schwarzen Felder, was wohl eine direkte Konsequenz der Aufgabe des Läufers
darbieten.} 18. Qxd6 {führt nach} Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 {zu einem
etwa gleichen Endspiel.}) 18... dxe5 {[%cal Gd8e7]} 19. Qd6 ({Ein
interessanter Zug, um die Rückkehr des Bd8 auf der Diagonale f8-a3 zu
erschweren, wo er nun natürlich wieder hingehört. Nach} 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. b4 Be7
21. Na4 {pariert Schwarz die gegnerischen Drohungen mit der taktischen Antwort}
Nd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxb6 Qd8 24. Nxc8 Bg5 $1 {, und erobert nach} 25. Qc5 Qd2
26. Re1 Rxc8 {die Initiative.}) 19... Bc7 20. Qa3 Rcd8 {Logischer und besser
war es, den anderen Turm auf dieses Feld zu stellen.} 21. b4 (21. Nb4 Bd6)
21... Bd6 22. Qb2 (22. Na4 a5 23. Qe3 axb4 24. Qxb6 Bf8 $13) (22. c5 bxc5 23.
bxc5 Be7 $36) 22... Nd7 {Schwarz hat effektivere Möglichkeiten, seine Stellung
zu verbessern. Der bisher inaktive Springer soll über b8 und c6 mal auf d4
landen.} 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Rcd1 Be7 25. Qb3 h5 ({Ich wollte mit dem Turmtausch
noch warten und führte diesen nützlichen Vorstoss aus. Aber nichts sprach
wirklich gegen} 25... Nb8 $15) 26. Na4 h4 ({Bei} 26... Bc6 {störte mich, dass
Weiss nach} 27. b5 axb5 28. cxb5 Bb7 {den Nc2 mittels} 29. Nb4 {aktivieren
kann. In der Tat ist es unklar, ob Schwarz nach} Nc5 30. Nxc5 Qxc5 31. Rxd8
Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Qc4 {besser stehen kann.}) 27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Nc3 Nb8 29.
a3 ({Im Fall von} 29. Rxd8 {hätte vermutlich alle Türme getauscht:} Rxd8 30.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 $15 {mit der Idee Be8-Nc6. Nach dem Textzug kann ich aber auf
natürlich Art einen Turm behalten.}) 29... Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc8 $5 31. Na1 {
Diese Überführung schwächt die Bauernkette a3-b4. Aber es ist schwer, einen
aktiven weissen Plan vorzuschlagen. Die Stellung bleibt zwar solid, aber
schwer zu handeln.} Be8 32. Nb3 $6 a5 $1 {Nimmt die erwähnten Bauern direkt
aufs Korn.} 33. b5 (33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Nb5 $140 $6 Bxb5 35. cxb5 a4 36. b6 Qc3
37. Rd3 Qb2 $17) 33... Bxa3 34. Na4 Nd7 35. Qg5 ({Taktische Verwicklungen
gehen zugunsten von Schwarz aus:} 35. Nxa5 Bb4 36. Nc6 Bxd2 37. Qxd2 Ra8 $1 $19
) ({Oder} 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Nxb6 Qd1 37. Qe2 Rd8 $19) 35... Bb4 36. Rd1 h3 ({
Der sofortige} 36... Nc5 {war natürlich auch gut}) 37. gxh3 Nc5 38. Nbxc5 Bxc5
39. Be2 $6 ({Den Läufer auf d4 zu tolerieren gleicht einem schnellen Ende.
Aber auch nach} 39. Nxc5 Qxc5 $17 {[%csl Ga5] sieht es wegem gedeckten
Freibauern nicht gut aus. Sollte Schwarz das Problem seines passiven Läufers
lösen, wäre die Stellung gar nicht mehr haltbar.}) 39... Bd4 $19 {[%csl Ra4,
Gd4]} 40. h4 $138 Bxb5 $1 41. cxb5 (41. Nxb6 Bxb6 42. cxb5 Qc2 $19) 41... Qc2
42. Qd2 Qxa4 43. Rc1 Rxc1+ 44. Qxc1 Qa2 45. Qf1 a4 46. h5 a3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 ({
In der vorigen Bundesliga Saison spielte ich gegen denselben Gegner} 7. Bg5 {
, aber das Ergebnis der Eröffnung zwingte mich zu einer Änderung.}) 7... d5 8.
Be3 Qd8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Re8 ({Die
Alternative} 13... Rc8 {scheint natürlicher, siehe z.B. Izoria-Z.Almasi,
OL-Bled 2002}) 14. Rc2 Na5 ({Ich überlegte auch an} 14... Ng4 {, wonach Weiss
nur leicht in Vorteil kommen kann:} 15. Bc5 (15. Nxd5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 $13) 15...
d4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rd2 Bxb3 ({das Damenopfer} 17... dxc3 {bringt keine
ausreichende Kompensation, man sehe:} 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Qc2 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Nd4
21. Qb4 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 $16) 18. Qxb3 Qa5 19. Ne4 (19. Bxc6 dxc3 20. Rd7 $14)
19... Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxd2 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxc6 Qxe2 23. b4 $14) 15. Nd4 ({
Einfacher ist} 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qd3 $14) 15... Nc4 16. Bg5 Rc8 $2 ({Ein
grober taktischer Bock, nach welchem Weiss klar in Vorteil kommt. Der
prophylaktische Zug} 16... Kh8 {hätte geschehen sollen, wonach die Stellung im
Gleichgewicht aussieht:} 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qa5 $132) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Nxd5 {[%cal Gg2d5,Rd5g8,Rd5c4]} Bxb2 20. Nf4 b5 $2 ({Am Sonntag
morgen in der Bundesliga ist es nicht immer einfach, wach zu sein! Dieser
weitere Fehler beschleunigt das Ende. Aber auch im Falle von} 20... Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 {behält Weiss die Oberhand:} b5 (21... Bxa3 22. Bxb7 $16) 22. Bh3 Rc6 23.
Rb1 Nxa3 24. Rxc6 $1 Nxb1 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rc7 a6 27. Nd3 Bc3 28. Bc8 $16 {
[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rh8]}) 21. Qxd8 Rexd8 (21... Rcxd8 22. Bc6) 22. Bh3 {[%csl Rc8,
Rg8][%cal Gh3e6]} Bxa3 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {Une variante passive qui n'a pas
trés bonne réputation théorique} 5. c4 $1 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 $146 (9... Nbd7 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rac1 Ne6 13. Rfd1 Rb8
14. Nb3 b6 15. f4 Bc6 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Ba4 18. Re1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ndc5 20.
Qd1 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. f5 Nc7 23. Nf4 Nd7 24. g4 b5 25. cxb5 Nxb5 26. Rc1 Ne5
27. Be2 Qd7 28. Bc4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Nc3 30. Qd3 Na2 31. Rb1 Nb4 32. Qe2 e6 33.
Red1 a5 34. c5 d5 35. exd5 exd5 36. Rxb4 axb4 37. Nxd5 b3 38. f6 b2 39. fxg7 {
Kozma,J (2375)-Peev,P (2430) Cienfuegos 1976 1/2-1/2}) 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. f3 Re8 (
11... Nbd7 12. Rac1 Re8 (12... Rc8)) 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Nc2 $5 (13. Rac1 Rc8 14.
Bf1 $14) 13... Rc8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Bf1 (15. Nb4 $5 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb4d5]})
15... Qb8 16. Qf2 e6 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6] Surcontrôle la case "d5" mais au
détriment d'un affaiblissement du P "d6"} 17. Na4 (17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Qxb6 Bh6
19. Rb1 Bf8 $44) 17... d5 $5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 dxc4 21. Re1
(21. Na3 {[%csl Rc4]}) 21... Rc6 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nd4
Rf6 {[%csl Rf6] Le sacrifice du P"d5" n'a rien donné et la Rf6 est mal placée
} 26. Bxc4 Nf4 27. Bf1 Rd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5h5,Gh5h2,Gb8h2]} 28. g3 Qd8 $5 29. Rc4
Rfd6 30. Nb3 (30. gxf4 Rxd4) 30... Ne6 31. Rc3 Rd1 32. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qf6
34. Bg2 h5 $44 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 35. h4 Bd5 36. Rd1 Qd8 37. Nc1 Bb7 38. Rxd6 Qxd6
39. Nb3 Qd1+ (39... Bd5 {[%csl Rg2]}) 40. Qf1 Qc2 (40... Qd5 41. f4) 41. Qc1
Qf5 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Kh2 g5 $6 {trop affaiblissant} 44. hxg5 Nxg5 45. Nd4 Qf6
46. Qe3 Bd5 47. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rg5]} Bxg2 48. Kxg2 (48. fxg5 Qf1 {[%cal
Gf1h1]} 49. Qg1 Qxg1+ 50. Kxg1 Bd5) 48... Nh7 49. Qe5 Qb6 50. Nf5 $40 Nf6 51.
Ne3 (51. Kh3 Qg1 52. Kh4 $18 {[%cal Gh4g5]}) 51... Qc6+ 52. Kh2 Qb6 53. Kh3 Qc6
54. Kh2 Qb6 55. Kh3 Qc6 56. Kh4 Qh1+ 57. Kg5 $18 {[%csl Gg5] Non seulement le
K Blanc est à l'abri mais il participe à l'attaque} Nh7+ 58. Kh6 Qc6+ 59.
Kxh5 Nf6+ 60. Kg5 Nh7+ 61. Kh4 Nf6 62. f5 Kh7 63. Kg5 Ne4+ 64. Kf4 Nd2 65. Nd5
Qa4+ 66. b4 Qd1 67. Nf6+ Kh6 68. Ng4+ Kh7 69. Qe7 Qf1+ 70. Kg5 Qc4 71. Nf6+ Kg7
72. Nh5+ Kh7 73. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Riff, Jean Noel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} (5. Nc3) 5... e5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} (5... e6) 6. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (6. Nc2) 6... Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]}
7. N1c3 {[%emt 0:06:49]} (7. Bd2 a6 8. N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O
Nb6 12. Be3 Nc4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba5 17. Nd2 Bb6
18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Qc3 Rd4 21. Qc2 f5 22. e3 Rdd8 23. b4 e4 24. Nb3
Qf7 25. Nbc5 Bd5 26. Rd2 b6 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxa6 Ne5 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5
Qxd5 31. Nb2 Qd2 32. Qc7 Ng4 {0-1 (32) Aronian,L (2815)-Nakamura,H (2760)
London 2012}) 7... d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:25:17]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} 9. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
O-O {[%emt 0:01:53]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:06:34]} Qc7 $132 {[%emt 0:12:40][%csl
Ra3,Rc4] La paire de B ne compense pas forcément la mauvaise structure des
Blancs à l'aile-dame} 12. Bg5 $146 {[%emt 0:05:01]} (12. Nc2 Be6 13. Ne3 e4
14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Rfd1 d5
20. Qc2 Re8 21. e3 Re6 22. Rd2 Rae8 23. Rad1 Rb6 24. Qf5 Rf6 25. Qc2 Qc8 26.
Rd4 Rh6 27. e4 Rhe6 28. f3 h6 29. Bc1 dxe4 30. fxe4 Qc6 31. Bf4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4
Rxe4 33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Qd2 Qc5+ {0-1 (34) Kojima,S (2282)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2725) Istanbul 2012}) 12... Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:12][%cal Gd7c5,Gd7b6]} 13. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:04:35]} h6 $1 {[%emt 0:03:11]} (13... Nc5 14. Rad1 Be6 (14... Ne6)) 14.
Be3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 15. Nc2 {[%emt 0:16:43][%cal Gc2b4,
Gb4d5]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} (15... Qxc4 $143 16. Qxd6) 16. Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:14]
} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 17. Nd5 $36 {[%emt 0:05:40][%csl Ra8,Rb6]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:16] Echange la seule pièce active des Blancs} 18. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:
28]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 19. Rab1 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 20.
Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} (20. Rxb7 Nxf1) 20... Bxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 21. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 $15 {[%emt 0:00:08][%csl Rc3][%cal Gf7f5] Non seulement,
les Blancs n'ont rien obtenu de la paire de B mais ils rentrent dans une
finale assez pénible à jouer.} 22. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} 23. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:30][%cal Ga5a4,Ga5d5]} 24. Ra1 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} (24. Qe4 f5) 24... Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rbxa4 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:25][%csl Ga5]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
27. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxc4
{[%emt 0:00:04] Difficile pour les Noirs de valoriser le P avec si peu de
pièces} 29. Qd3 $6 {[%emt 0:03:52] Non seulement, les Blancs auront une
faiblesse supplémentaire mais il y avait probablement plus de chances
d'annuler en gardant les Q} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 30. exd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8
$15 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 33. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 34. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Rg4 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (38. h5 $5 g5 39.
Ra4 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7,Rf7,Rh6]}) 38... Ke7 $1 {[%emt 0:01:07][%cal Ge7f8,Gf8g7,
Gg7f6]} 39. Re4+ {[%emt 0:02:32]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Re6 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 42. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:04:42][%csl Re6] La Re6 est assez mal placée et les Blancs ont encore
des chances de nulle} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:20][%cal Gf6e7] Première étape du plan
Noir: libérer la Re6 de la défense du Pd6} 43. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ke7 {
[%emt 0:00:23][%cal Ge6e5,Ge7e6]} 44. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
45. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ke6 $17 {[%emt 0:00:41] Les Noirs commencent à
progresser} 46. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 47. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:53][%csl Gf5,Gg5]} 48. Ra8 {[%emt 0:04:28]} g5+ $1 {
[%emt 0:00:32][%cal Gh5h1]} 49. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} fxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]}
50. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 51. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:06:53]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:22][%csl Gd5,Rf3,Gf5,Gh5] Les noirs ont maintenant d'excellentes
chances de gain} 52. Ra4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Re4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 53. Ra8 {
[%emt 0:01:41]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Kd4 $1 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} 55. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} g4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Kc4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:04][%csl Rg2][%cal Gd5d1] Le K Blanc est coupé} 57. Rh8 {
[%emt 0:03:25]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 58. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} 59. Rd8 $2 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 0-1

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Filip, Lucian"]
[Black "Petre, Nad Titus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Bb4) 6. e4 Qc7 (6...
d6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Re8 (12... b5
$1 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Nc5 15. Kh1 Qa5 $44 {Shipov})) 7. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]
La ligne critique dans cette sicilienne Maroczy} (7. Be2 Bb4) 7... b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 (9... d6) 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rc1 (11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfc1
$5 {[%cal Ga3a4,Gb2b4]} Rac8 14. b4 Qb8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. Rab1 (16. Bf1 Bd8 17.
Bg1 Bc7)) 11... d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Kh1 (15. Bf1 Qb8
16. b4 h5 17. h3 {1/2-1/2 (17) Hera,I (2565)-Markus,R (2625) Skopje 2011})
15... Qb8 16. Bf1 Bd8 {[%cal Gd8c7,Gc7h2] Le plan de Saemisch} 17. Bg1 (17. b4
Bc7 18. Nb3 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc4c5,Ge3g1]} d5 $13) 17... Bc7 18. Rc2 Ne5 (18...
Kh8 19. b4 Rg8 {[%cal Gg7g5,Gg5g4];Michiels,B (2376)-Drabke,L (2448) Stork
Young Masters 2003 (7) 1/2}) (18... h5 19. b4 $146 (19. Qf2 g6 {Siegel,G (2385)
-Milov,L (2510) Bern op 1994 (4) 0-1})) 19. b3 Rcd8 $146 (19... Qa8 20. b4 h5
21. Qf2 Ng6 22. Nb3 h4 23. Na4 h3 24. Nxb6 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Bxb6 26. Qxb6 Bxe4 27.
Rdd2 Nh4 28. Qd4 e5 29. Qc3 hxg2+ 30. Bxg2 Nxg2 31. Rxg2 Re6 32. c5 Rg6 33. Qb2
Qd5 34. Na5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Re8 36. h3 Qd8 37. Nc4 Qh4 38. Qc3 Rg3 39. Ne3 Rxh3+
40. Bh2 Rxh2+ {0-1 (40) Wagner,D (2481)-Okkes,M (2351) Hoogeveen 2013}) 20. Qc1
Qa8 21. Rcd2 Rc8 22. Rc2 (22. b4) 22... h6 23. Qb2 Qb8 24. b4 Bd8 $1 {[%csl
Rc4]} 25. Qb3 Ng6 $11 26. Na4 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Nd7 {[%csl Gc5]} 27. Rdc1 Be7 $1 {
[%csl Gc5] Surcontrolant la case sensible "c5"} 28. Qa2 Bg5 29. Rd1 Red8 {
Les deux camps ne progressent pas} 30. Rb1 Nge5 31. Qb3 Kh8 32. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2015.06.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.05.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. b4 {[%cal
Gc4c5] La partie a transposé d'une Ouest-Indienne vers une sicilienne Maroczy}
Rfe8 15. Kh1 (15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Na4 Nfd7 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Kh1 h6 19. Qa2 Bd8 20.
Bg1 h5 21. h3 Ng6 22. c5 bxc5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb1 Qc8 26. Qb3
Re7 27. Qa4 h4 28. Nb3 Rc6 29. Na5 Bxa5 30. Qxa5 e5 31. Rb6 Rd7 32. Rxc6 Qxc6
33. Be3 Qc2 34. Rc1 Qb3 35. Rc3 Qd1 36. Kg1 Nf4 37. Rc7 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Ng3 39.
Rc1 Qb3 40. Bc4 Qb2+ 41. Kg1 Ne2+ 42. Bxe2 Qxe2 43. Bf2 d5 44. exd5 Rxd5 {
Kantans,T (2438)-Kveinys,A (2522) Tallinn 2015 1/2-1/2}) 15... Qb8 16. Rc2 Bd8
(16... Kh8 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) (16... Ne5 17. Na4 Nfd7 18. Rfc1 h5 19. Bg1 Ng6) (
16... Bf8 17. Rfc1 Ne5 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Bg1 Ng6 20. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 21. c5 dxc5
22. bxc5 Nd7 23. c6 $40) 17. Na4 Ne5 18. Bg1 h5 $5 $146 {[%cal Ge5g6,Gh5h4]} (
18... Bc7 19. Nb2 Ng6 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Rb1 Qa8 22. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Meier,G 
(2506)-Eingorn,V (2588) France 2007}) 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. c5 (20. Rfc1) 20... b5
21. Nb6 Bxb6 22. cxb6 d5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. e5 $5 Nxe5 25. Bg3 {[%cal Gd2e3]} h4
$1 26. Bxh4 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 28. Bg3 (28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qh6 (29.
Qf4)) 28... Qa8 29. Be5 Rd8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qf4 Rd5 32. Qxf6 Qd8 33. Qxd8+
Rxd8 34. Nc2 Rd2 35. Rc1 e5 $15 {[%csl Gb7,Gc4]} 36. Kg1 f6 (36... f5) 37. Ne1
Kf7 38. Rc2 Rd6 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Ke2 Rxb6 41. Rd2 Bd5 42. Nc2 c3 43. Rd1 Bb3 44.
Rc1 Bc4+ 45. Ke1 Bd3 (45... Rd6 46. Ne3 Rd3) 46. Ne3 Rc6 47. Nd1 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2
a6 $6 (8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 $6 11. a4 $5 (11. Qd2 a6 12. a4 $1 Qc7
13. a5 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6
Nc5 19. b4 $14 {Cvetkovic,S-Ilicnic,Z Vrnjacka Banja 1989 CBM/13}) 11... Nc5
12. b4 Ncd7 13. Nb3 (13. a5 $5) 13... d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. c5 a5 $13 {Belov,
I-Fischbein,A Moscow-A 1989 CBM/14}) 9. O-O Nbd7 $6 (9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11.
a4 (11. Qd2 $5) 11... Nc6 $1 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1
Ba8 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Qd1 Nd7 $13 {Polgar,Zsu-Kudrin,S Salamanca 1989 CBM/13})
10. Be3 Be7 11. a4 $1 O-O 12. a5 bxa5 (12... d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 $16 {Sher,B-Vegh,E Budapest Elekes CBM/14}) (12... Qc7 13.
Nb3 Rab8 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rfc1 bxa5 16. Nxa5 Ba8 17. Na4 Nc5 18. Bf1 h6 19. Nc3
Nh7 20. b4 $1 Nd7 21. Nd5 $16 {Sher,M-Rajkovic,D Ptuj 1991 EXP/24}) 13. Nb3 Rb8
14. Nxa5 Ba8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. Na4 Bc6 18. b4 $14 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nfd7
20. Raa1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. g3 h5 23. Kg2 Qb8 24. Rab1 Nf6 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. c5
$1 d5 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. e5 Ne8 29. Bd3 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 $1 g6 31. Rc3 Nc7 32. Kh3
$1 Kh7 33. f5 $1 $16 exf5 34. Bxf5 Rg8 (34... gxf5 35. Nxf5 Bf8 36. Qg5 $18)
35. Bd7 Rad8 36. c6 Qb6 37. Rcc1 Rb8 38. Rg1 Nb5 39. Nf5 $1 gxf5 40. Bxf5+ Rg6
41. Qxd5 Rf8 42. e6 $1 Nd6 43. exf7 1-0

[Event "Biel Mixed"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
a3 (8. e3 e4 9. Be2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bf5 $44 {Sokolov,
A-Andrienko,A Jurmala 1991 CBM/24}) 8... a5 9. b3 (9. e3 e4 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. d6
Bxd6 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8 14. Nxd6 Rxd6 15. Qc2 Nc6 $44 {
Palatnik-Kasparov 33/59}) 9... Na6 10. e3 e4 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Qc2
Bf5 14. Be2 h5 15. Nc4 Nxd5 16. O-O Qg5 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bh3 19. Qxg7+ $1
Qxg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. gxh3 b6 22. Bxh5 Nc7 23. a4 Ne8 24. Bg4 Nd6 25. Rac1
Nxc4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxc4 Rd5 28. Be2 Rd2 29. Bg4 Rd5 30. Rc2 f5 31. Be2 Kf6
32. h4 Ke5 33. h5 Rd8 34. Bf1 Rd6 35. Bc4 Rd7 36. h3 Rh7 37. Be2 Rd7 38. Kg2
Rg7+ 39. Kf1 Rd7 40. Bb5 Rd8 41. Rc1 Rh8 42. Be2 Rd8 43. Rc3 Rd7 44. Rc1 Rd6
45. Rc2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 d5 8. Be3
Qd8 9. cxd5 {~/= A33} exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Bf6 13.
Qd2 d4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxd4 Qd5 16. O-O-O $14 {Speelman,J-Sax,G Hastings
1990 51/45 CBM/22}) 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O $1 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rc2
$1 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qd2 b6 17. Bd4 Rc4 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Rfc1 b5 20. e3 g6
21. Qd1 Bf5 22. Rd2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Bc3 Qb6 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qa4 Qd5 29. Kg2 Qf5 30. Qxc4 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qd1+ 32. Qf1 Qc2
33. Kg2 Qb3 34. Qc1 a6 35. Qd2 Qe6 36. Qd4 f6 37. b4 h5 38. h3 Qc6 39. Qa7 Kf7
40. Bd4 Ke6 41. Qb8 Kf7 42. Qh8 Qe8 43. Qh6 Ke6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Kd5 46.
Qg7 Ke6 47. g5 fxg5 48. Qe5+ Kf7 49. Qd5+ Kf8 50. Qxe4 Qc8 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Qd5+
Kf8 53. Bc5 Qh3+ 54. Ke2 Bxc5 55. Qxc5+ Kg7 56. Qxg5 Qe6 57. Kf3 Qb3 58. Qe7+
Kh6 59. Qh4+ Kg7 60. Qd4+ Kh6 61. Kg3 Qg8 62. f4 Qc8 63. a4 Kh7 64. Qa7+ Kh6
65. Qc5 Qb7 66. b5 axb5 67. axb5 Qh1 68. Qf8+ Kh7 69. Qe7+ Kg8 70. Qd8+ Kf7 71.
Qc7+ Kg8 72. Qc6 Qg1+ 73. Kf3 Qf1+ 74. Ke4 Qb1+ 75. Ke5 Qb2+ 76. Kd6 Kh7 77.
Kc7 Kh6 78. b6 Qg7+ 79. Kb8 Qf8+ 80. Qc8 Qf6 81. Qc7 Qf8+ 82. Kb7 Qe8 83. Qe5
Qd7+ 84. Kb8 Qd8+ 85. Ka7 Qd7+ 86. b7 g5 87. Qxg5+ Kh7 88. Qh5+ Kg8 89. Qg6+
Kf8 90. Qf6+ Kg8 91. Qd4 Qf7 92. e4 Kh7 93. Qd5 Qc7 94. Ka8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. b3 (9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. e4 Nd7 $13) (9. Nc2 $5) 9... h5 $1 (9... O-O 10.
Bb2 Qa5 11. e3 Rab8 12. Qe2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 $6 (13. Rfc1 $5 a6 14. a3 Qb6 15. b4
Ne5 16. Nd1 a5 17. b5 g5 18. a4 Ng6 19. e4 g4 20. Ne3 e6 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. c5 $1
$16 {Ribli,Z-Panzer,P Bundesliga 1992/93}) 13... a6 14. a3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qc7 16.
Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc3 $10 {Lerner,K-Gulko,B Helsinki op 1992 CBM/32}) 10. h4 $6 (
10. Bb2 h4 11. e3 $13) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rc1 $6 (12. e3 Rfc8 13. Qe2
Rab8 14. Rfc1 a6 $13) 12... Rfc8 13. e3 Rab8 14. Qe2 a6 15. a3 (15. Rfd1 $5)
15... Qb6 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc3 Na5 18. Qd1 Qb6 $1 19. Ba1 e5 $1 20. Nf3 Qxb3 $17
21. Qxd6 Nxc4 22. Qe7 Re8 (22... Qxa3 23. Qxa3 Nxa3 24. Nxe5 Be6 $17) 23. Qb4
Qxb4 24. axb4 Bc6 25. Rfd1 b5 26. Ng5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Red8 28. Nge4 Ng4 {/\
Sgxe3+} 29. Kf3 Bf8 30. Nd5 f5 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Ke2 e4 33. Bc3 Rc8 34. Ra1 Rcc6
35. Nb7 Rd7 36. Nc5 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Rxc5 $19 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. Bb4 Rcc7 40. Bxe7
Rxe7 41. Rxa6 Kf7 42. Rd8 Rb7 43. Rc8 Nge5 44. Raa8 Nd6 45. Rc5 Ke6 46. Ra6 b4
47. Kd1 b3 48. Kc1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nc2 (5. Nb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3
Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nc6 {Cifuentes-Morovic Santiago 1989 CBM/12}) 5... d5 6. cxd5
Qxd5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5 8. g3 (8. e4 $5) 8... Nc6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Bd2
Kb8 12. Nc3 Ndb4 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bxc6 fxg5 16. Bg2 Rd2 17. a3 Bxc3
18. bxc3 Bf5 (18... Rxe2 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. h3) 19. e4 Be6 20. f4
gxf4 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Rc8 23. Rf3 Rc2 24. Rg3 g6 25. Rd1 R2xc3 26. Rxc3
Rxc3 27. Rd6 Bc8 28. e5 Re3 29. Rd5 Rxa3 30. Kf2 a5 31. Bf3 a4 32. Rd8 Kc7 33.
Rh8 h5 34. Bd5 Rd3 35. Rh7+ Kb6 36. Bf7 a3 {Zeit} 0-1

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. e4 Bb4 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rb1 $1 {11.Be3, Qc7 12.f4, b6 13.Qf3, e5
14.f5, Ba6 15.Bg5, Kh8  Conquest-Horvath Praha 1989 i 48/(39)} Qc7 12. Nd4 g6
$2 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. f4 Bb7 16. c5 $1 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Nd7 {17...Nxe4
18.Bd4} 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bh4 c5 20. e5 c4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxb7 Nc5 {22...
Nb6!? /\ Nd5} 23. Rc7 Rac8 24. Qd6 $1 Qb5 25. c4 $1 Qa5 {25...Qxc4 26.Bf2 +/-}
26. Rc6 h6 27. Be1 $1 Qa3 28. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 {9.Nc2! Timman,J-Van der Wiel,J Amsterdam 1988 i 45/38} Rd8 10.
Bb2 d5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. cxd5 Rxd5 {12...Nxd5 13.Rc1} 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Ng4 17. g3 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Rxd6 exd6 22. Rd1 d5 23. Rc1 Rc8 {+/=} 24. h3 Nf6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Rc5 Ke7 27.
Ra5 Rc7 28. Nc5 Kd6 29. Ke2 Re7 30. Kd3 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. b4 f5 33. Ra6 Rb7
34. a3 g5 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Re7 37. b5 Kc5 38. Rxc6+ Kxb5 39. Rf6 Kc5 40.
Rxf5 Re4 41. Rf7 Ra4 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Rc3 {43.Rxh7!?} h5 44. Ke2 Ra6 45. Kf3
Ke6 46. Rd3 Ra5 47. Kg3 Kf5 48. Rd4 Rc5 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Rb4 Kf5 51. a4 Rc3 52.
Rd4 {53.Rb5!?} Ke6 53. f5+ $2 Ke5 54. Ke2 Rc6 55. Kd3 Rf6 56. Rf4 Rxf5 57.
Rxf5+ Kxf5 58. Kd4 Ke6 59. a5 Kd6 60. h4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 $5 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 d5 8.
O-O Be7 9. b3 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Na4 Qc7 11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Bb5+ Bd7
14. Qc5 b6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qa3 Nc7 17. Bf4 Nb5 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Rad1 Nd4 20.
Nc3 Qc6 21. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/ Brussels 1985 (21)}) 9... O-O 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rad1 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 $1 16.
Na4 Qa5 17. a3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Nb5 (8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Qxe4 Bg7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 $44 {Taimanov}) 8...
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Na6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Rxd4 f5 13. e3 Bd7 14. c5 Be6 $1
15. b4 Kf7 16. a3 Rhc8 17. Rd1 Nc7 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Be2 a5 $1 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21.
Bxb5 e6 22. O-O axb4 23. axb4 Ra2 24. Ra1 Rca8 $15 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Rb1 g5 27.
g3 Kf6 28. Bf1 Rc2 29. Rd1 Rb2 30. b5 Rc2 31. c6 bxc6 32. bxc6 Bxc6 33. Ra1 Bd5
34. Rd1 Rb2 35. Rc1 Bb3 36. Bc4 Bc2 37. Kg2 Bd3 38. Rc3 Rd2 39. Bb3 Be2 40. Rc6
Bf3+ 41. Kh3 Rxf2 42. Rxe6+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 $6 (5... e6 $5) 6. Nb3 e6
7. a3 d5 {-> A 33} 8. Be3 Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Bd6 (11... a5
12. Bg2 a4 13. Nd4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na5 16. Bxd5 $16 {Stohl,
I-Polgar,J Amsterdam OHRA-B 1990 CBM/20}) 12. Bg2 Be5 13. O-O $1 Bxb2 14. Ra2
Bf6 15. Rd2 $1 O-O 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Nc5 Qb2 19. Nd3 Qa2 20. Bd6 Re8
21. Nf4 Bg4 22. Rd2 Qc4 23. Bd5 Qa6 24. h3 Bd7 25. Qb3 Nd8 26. Nh5 Bg5 27. Qb2
$1 Bh6 28. g4 Kh8 29. Bf4 Re7 30. Bc4 b5 31. Rd6 Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. cxd5 {12.Qc2, Rac8 13.e4, Rfd8
Ftacnik,L-Greenfeld,A Beersheba 1990 CBM/17} cxd5 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15.
Qd4 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. g3 Qe2 18. Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne4 20. Rac1 g5 21. f3
Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bd4 {23.Kf2, a5} Ba3 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxa7 Rc2 26. Bd4
Rxa2 27. Ra1 Rxa1+ 28. Bxa1 Bb4 29. Bf6 h6 30. g4 Kh7 31. Bd4 Kg6 32. e4 dxe4
33. fxe4 f5 34. exf5+ exf5 35. gxf5+ Kxf5 36. h3 h5 37. Kg2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. f3 Bb7 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 (11. a4 Nc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Nb3 d5 $5 14.
exd5 exd5 15. c5 a5 $1 16. Bb5 axb4 17. c6 bxc3 18. cxb7 Rb8 19. Rc1 Rxb7 20.
Rxc3 Bd6 $13 {Belov,I-Fischbein,A Moscow-A 1989 CBM/14}) 11... a6 12. Rfd1 (12.
a4 Qc7 13. a5 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18.
dxc6 Nc5 19. b4 $14 {Cvetkovic,S-Ilincic,Z Vrnjacka Banja 1989 CBM/13}) 12...
Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Rfd8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Bf2 Bf8 17. Nc2 $6 Ne5 18. b3
Ba8 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Nc3 g6 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Qd4 Be7 23. Nc2 Nfd7 24. Qd2 h5 25.
Be3 Kh7 26. Be2 Rg8 27. f4 Ng4 28. Bg1 Ngf6 29. Bf3 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Re1 b4
32. Na4 e5 33. Rcd1 Rxc2 $5 34. Qxc2 exf4 35. Rc1 Ne5 36. Nb6 Bc6 37. Bd4 Bb5
38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Qc7 Qxc7 40. Rxc7 Bd8 41. Rxf7+ Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Nc4
Bxc4 44. bxc4 $14 g5 45. c5 g4 46. Bd1 Kf8 47. Bc2 Be7 48. c6 Bd6 49. Rd1 Ke7
50. Kg1 Bc5+ 51. Kf1 Bd4 52. Bd3 Kd6 53. Rc1 Ne8 54. Bc4 Kc7 55. Ke2 Nd6 56.
Bd5 Nb5 57. Rc4 Bc3 58. Rc5 Nd6 59. Ra5 b3 $1 60. Ra7+ Kb6 61. Ra3 b2 62. Rb3+
Kc7 63. a4 Bd4 64. a5 Nc8 65. Rb7+ (65. Kd1 $1) 65... Kd6 66. a6 $2 (66. Kd1 $1
) 66... Nb6 67. Rxb6 $2 (67. Ba2 $1) 67... Bxb6 68. Ba2 h4 69. h3 f3+ $1 70.
gxf3 gxh3 71. Kf1 Kxc6 72. Bb1 Kd6 73. Bd3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "SUI-GP"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nc2 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5
8. g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Be6 10. O-O Be7 (10... O-O-O 11. Bd2 Kb8 12. Nc3 Ndb4 13. Nxb4
Bxb4 {Andersson,U-Gelfand,B Tilburg 1990 CBM/20 50/(43)}) 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. Nc3
Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bd5 14. Rfd1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Be3 (7. a3
d5 $6 8. Be3 Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Qd2 $14
{Speelman,J-Sax,G Hastings 1990 CBM/22 51/45}) (7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rc1
Na5 10. e3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Bc5 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. a3 f5 14. Nd5 $1 $14 {Stangl,
M-Tolnai,T Kecskemet 1990 CBM/20}) 7... Qc7 8. Rc1 a6 9. Qd2 $6 (9. g3 $5) 9...
Bb4 10. Bf4 $2 (10. a3 $5 Ne4 11. Qd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 f5 13. f3 $13) 10... e5
11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Rb1 d6 15. e4 O-O 16. Bd3 Be6 $15 {
>< c4} 17. O-O Rab8 18. f3 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bf2 Rfc8 21. Bb6 Bc5+ 22. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 23. Qf2 Bxc4 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rb6 Rxc3 27. Rfb1 Ra3 28.
Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Kf8 30. Rb2 $2 (30. Rd7 $1 Rxa2 (30... Rd3 31. a4 $1) 31.
Rxd6 $17) 30... Ke7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Kg3 g6 $19 33. Kg4 h6 34. h4 Ra4 35. Kh3 h5
36. Kg3 a5 37. Rc2 Ra3 38. Kh2 a4 39. Kh3 f5 $1 40. Re2 fxe4 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 d5 8. Be3
Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 a5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nd4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Na5 $2 16. Bxd5 Bh3 17. Rhd1 Rd8 18. Ba2 Bc5 19. Ke1 O-O 20. Rac1 b6
21. Nc2 Rb8 22. Bf4 Rb7 23. Ne3 Re8 24. Rc3 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27.
Rxc4 Ra8 28. Bd6 Ra5 29. Re4 Rb5 30. Be5 Kf7 31. Rd8 Be7 32. Ra8 Bf6 33. Bxf6
Kxf6 34. Rb4 Rxb4 35. axb4 b5 36. Rc8 Kf5 37. f3 g5 38. Rc5+ Kf6 39. Kf2 h6 40.
Ke3 Ke7 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. gxf4 Kf6 43. h4 Rb6 44. Kd2 Rd6+ 45. Kc3 Rb6 46. e4
Kf7 47. Kd4 Kf6 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. h5 Kf6 50. Rc7 Rb8 51. e5+ Kf5 52. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 (6. e3 e6 {
6...g6!? 7.Be2,Bg7 8.0-0,0-0 9.Nc2  Timman-Van der Wiel  Amsterdam 1988 45/38}
7. Be2 d5 {7...Be7 8.0-0,0-0 =  Adorjan-Horvath  Szirak 1985 40/(55)} 8. O-O
Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Na4 Qc7 11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. Qc5 b6 16. Qa3 Nc7 17. Bf4 Nb5 18. Qg3 O-O {Kotchnoi-Sax  Bruxelles
1985 40/(55)  =}) (6. Nb3 $5 e6 7. a3 $5 {7.e3,Bb4! 8.Bd2,d5 9.cxd5,exd5 =
Hazai 7.e4,Bb4  8.Bd3,Ne5   Kortchnoi-Van der Wiel Amsterdam 1988 46/47} Ne5 $6
8. Be3 Qd8 9. Bf4 d6 10. c5 a6 11. e3 {11.Rc1!?;  11.g3!?  Speelman} Qc7 $2 {
11...b5! Speelman} 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Be2 {Speelman-Sax  Thessalonoki olm 1988
46/48  +/-}) 6... e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. e4 d6 11. Be3 Qa5 12.
Qd2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. f3 Rab8 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "Toledo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Kh1 (11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 d5 {Sher,B-Vegh,E
Budapest Elekes 1989 CBM/14}) 11... Qc7 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Rc1 Ne5 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. b4 d5 $5 17. cxd5 Bxb4 18. Ndb1 Qe7 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21.
Bxb6 Ned7 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Na4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. Nd2 Kf8 28. Nc4 Ke7 29. Kg1 Ne8 30. Kf2 e5 31. Ke3 Nc7 32. Kd2 f6 33. Kc3
Nb5+ 34. Kb4 Nd4 35. Bd3 Nc6+ 36. Kc3 Nd4 37. a3 Ke6 38. Nab6 Bb7 $2 (38...
Nxb6 39. Nxb6 Bb7) 39. Na5 $1 Nxb6 40. Nxb7 Nb5+ 41. Bxb5 axb5 42. Kb4 Nc4 43.
a4 1-0

[Event "Yopal"]
[Site "Yopal"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Rac8 14. a3 {At this
tournamente Peter Leko scored no less than 4.5/5 as White, an extraordinary
performance for a Category XIII event. This time, however he did not choose
any special setup against Alonso Zapata's expected Paulsen.} Qb8 15. Qd2 {
At this point Black has a number of R moves, say Rfe8, Rfd8 and Rc7 intending
Rfc8 afterwards.} Bd8 $6 {Taking the bishop to c7 to threaten d6-d5 is a well
known maneouvre but the timing in this precise situation looks incorrect.} 16.
Rfd1 Bc7 17. Bf4 $1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 19. Kh1 {Leko found an original
solution. Normally this type of BxN exchange gives nothing but with the black
bishop on c7 White can break easier on c5, besides the structure Pe4-f3 is
also limiting the scope of the other black bishop.} Rfd8 20. Qe3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Black changed all rooks, a dubious decision and the game
is quickly heading toward a favourable endgame for White.} 23. c5 $1 Nd7 24. c6
$1 Bxc6 25. Bxa6 Nb8 26. Be2 Bd6 27. Qd2 Kf8 28. Bb5 Bxb5 $2 29. Nxb5 Be7 30.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 31. Kg1 {Black finally allowed his opponent to play a better
endgame without risk.} Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Nc3 Be7 34. Ke3 Kc6 35. b5+ $1 Kc7
36. a4 Nd7 37. Kd3 Nc5+ 38. Nxc5 Bxc5 39. Kc4 {Whether this ending is already
winning is hard to say from this point, there is still much dificult play
ahead but Leko was able to convert his advantage. After looking at his games
against the two colombians GMs, Alonso Zapata and Gildardo García I have the
impression that young Leko, apart from his outstanding theoretical knowledge
has made a great progress in his positional understanding of the game.} Bf2 40.
Na2 Be1 41. Nb4 f6 42. Nc2 Bd2 43. Kd3 Ba5 44. Ne3 Bb4 45. Nc4 Be1 46. Kc2 Bb4
47. Kb2 g6 48. Kc2 h6 49. Kb2 h5 50. Kc2 h4 51. Kb2 Be1 52. Kb3 Bf2 53. a5 bxa5
54. Ka4 Be1 55. Nxa5 Kb6 56. Nc4+ Kc5 57. Nb2 Bd2 58. Nd3+ Kb6 59. Nf2 Bc3 60.
Ng4 f5 61. Nf2 Kc5 62. Nd3+ Kd6 63. Kb3 Ba5 64. Kc4 Bd2 65. Nc5 Be3 66. Nb7+
Kc7 67. Na5 Bf2 68. Kb4 Be1+ 69. Ka4 Bc3 70. Nc4 Kb7 71. Kb3 Bd4 72. Kb4 Ka7
73. Na5 Kb6 74. Nc6 fxe4 75. fxe4 Kc7 76. Ka5 g5 77. h3 Kd7 78. Ka6 Kc7 79. Na5
Bc5 80. Nc4 Bd4 81. b6+ Bxb6 82. Nxb6 Kc6 83. Na4 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch 89th"]
[Site "Saenz Pena"]
[Date "2014.07.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Iermito, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Rosito,J"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2014.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 $5 {Una línea poco
practicada. Son más usuales.} (5... Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6
10. f4 Nc6) (5... e6) (5... g6) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qc2 ({Otra
posibilidad es} 8. Bd2) 8... e6 9. g3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qd5 11. Rg1 a5 12. a3 $2 {
Ofrecimiento de tablas} ({Era necesario} 12. Bg2 Bb4 13. Qxb4 axb4 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Bd2 {Con final equilibrado.}) 12... Bb4 $1 13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 bxc3
15. Rxc8+ {Momento crítico.} Kd7 $2 {Iermito pensó cerca de una hora y no
acertó con la jugada correcta.} (15... Ke7 $1 16. Rxh8 c2 17. Bd2 (17. f3 Qd1+
18. Kf2 Qxc1 {Con final ganador}) 17... Qa5 $3 {Hermosa jugada que hubiese
definido la patida.}) 16. Rxh8 c2 17. Bd2 Qa5 18. Rd8+ $1 {Excelente recurso
defensivo. Esta jugada demuestra porque el rey debe estar en e7. Esta fina
sutileza cambia la valoración de la posición.} Qxd8 19. e3 {Ahora el blanco
tiene tiempo para organizar su defensa. La situación se vuelve incierta y a
Iermito le quedan 10 minutos en el reloj.} Qa8 20. Bc1 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Qh5+ 22. f3
Qxh2+ 23. Rg2 Qh1 24. Ke1 Ke7 25. e4 {Después de r más de media hora, Mareco
rechaza tablas. 5 minutos para Iermito.} h5 26. Be3 f6 27. e5 g5 28. exf6+ Kxf6
29. Rxc2 h4 30. gxh4 gxh4 31. Rc4 Kf5 32. Bf2 Qxf3 33. Rxh4 e5 34. Rb4 e4 35.
Be2 Qf4 36. Rc4 Qb8 37. b4 Qd6 38. Be3 Qg3+ 39. Kd2 Qd6+ 40. Kc2 Qe6 41. Rc5+
Kg6 42. Bc4 Qd6 43. Bd2 Kh7 44. Rh5+ Kg7 45. Bc3+ Kf8 46. Rf5+ Ke8 47. Re5+ Kd7
48. Rxe4 {El final se debe ganar, pero con poco tiempo no es una tarea fácil.}
Qh2+ 49. Re2 Qh7+ 50. Kb2 Kc7 51. Be5+ Kb7 52. Bd6 Qh8+ 53. Kc2 Qh7+ 54. Bd3
Qg8 55. Re7+ Ka8 56. Kc3 Qa2 57. Bc4 Qa3+ 58. Kc2 Qa4+ 59. Bb3 Qa1 60. Bc5 Qh1
61. Bc4 Qg2+ 62. Re2 Qg6+ 63. Kb2 Qf6+ 64. Kb3 Qf3+ 65. Kc2 Qf5+ 66. Bd3 Qd5
67. Re8+ Kb7 68. Re7+ Kb8 69. Be4 Qa2+ 70. Kd1 Qa4+ 71. Ke2 Qa2+ 72. Kf3 Qa6
73. Bd6+ Ka8 74. Kg3 Qa3+ 75. Bf3 Qc1 76. Re5 Ka7 77. Bc5+ Ka6 78. Be3 Qc3 79.
Ra5+ Kb7 80. Ra7+ Kb8 81. Bc5 Qe5+ 82. Kf2 Qh2+ 83. Ke3 Qe5+ 84. Be4 Qc3+ 85.
Kf4 Qf6+ 86. Bf5 Qe5+ {Aparecen los temas de ahogo.} 87. Kg5 Qf6+ 88. Kf4 Qe5+
89. Kg4 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-NED"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 b5
9. cxb5 a6 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Qb6 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Nf3 Nec7 15. e4
Nb4 16. e5 Bf5 17. g4 Bc2 18. Qd2 Bb3 19. Rb1 Nxa2 20. e6 f6 21. Nh2 Nb4 22.
Be4 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Bf3 Bc2 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Nf1 Nb5 28. Ne3
Bxb1 29. Nxb1 Nd4 30. Bg2 Ra1 31. Nc4 Qa6 32. Nba3 Nb3 33. Qf4 Rxc1 34. Rxc1
Nd3 35. Qxf5 Nbxc1 36. Be4 Nxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Qa4 38. Bc2 Qb4 39. Qh4 Bh6 40. Kh2
Bf4+ 41. Qxf4 Qe1 42. Qe3 Ne2 43. Bd3 Qf1 44. Be4 Nf4 {The threat is 45. -
Rg2+.} 0-1

[Event "Arnhem Euwe Stimulans-A"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Rothuis, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Simutowe,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 (4... e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {is another
variation.}) 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 Bg4 (7... O-O {is more common.}) 8.
Qb3 (8. h3 $2 {gives Black a strong attack after} Qb6 $1 9. Qa4+ (9. hxg4 Bxf2+
10. Kd2 Nc6 {gives Black a very strong attack.}) 9... Bd7 10. Qh4 Qd6 11. e4
O-O 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O {Black has compensation for the pawn because the
dark-squared bishop is very strong.}) 8... e4 $2 9. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 10. Qa4+ Nc6
11. Qxe4+ (11. dxc6 $4 {loses to} Bxf2#) 11... Qe7 12. Qxe7+ (12. Qxg4 {
is possible but} Nb4 {would have given Black a chance to complicate the game
despite being material down. The text move is straightforward.}) 12... Nxe7 13.
Nc3 O-O-O 14. f3 Nxd5 (14... Bh5 15. e4 {with White two pawns up, it would
just be a matter of time before Black loses.}) 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. fxg4 Rhd8 17.
e3 Rd1+ 18. Kf2 (18. Ke2 $2 {would have given Black a chance to get back some
material plus relatively more active pieces.} Bb4 19. g3 Re1+ 20. Kf2 Rdd1)
18... Bb4 19. g3 R8d6 20. Bg2 {Black resigned.} (20. Bg2 Rxh1 21. Bxh1 Rd1 22.
Bf3 Re1 {threatening ....Bd2 but White would still be better after Bxd2 as the
two bishops would be stronger than the rook. White can also prevent material
loss by...} 23. b3 Bc3 24. Rb1 Bd2 25. Rb2 Bxc1 $4 26. Rc2+ {winning the rook
on e1.}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3
(7. e3 O-O 8. Bc4 a6 9. N5c3 e4 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. b4 Bf5
14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Qb3 Ne5 17. h3 h5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd7 20.
Be2 h4 21. Kd2 Qg5 22. g4 hxg3 23. fxg3 Ne5 $36 {Pokorny,T-Voloshin,L/Lazne
Bohdanec-B/1996/}) 7... O-O 8. e3 Qe7 9. Be2 e4 10. a3 (10. b3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bf5
12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. a3 Ne5 14. b4 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Qd2 Bb6 17. O-O Rac8 18.
Re1 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. e4 Bxh3 21. Qf4 Rd6 22. Nd1 Rg6 23. Bxe5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1
Rg4 25. Bf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 $19 {->,Esteban,JM-Gomez,M/San Sebastian op/
1994/}) (10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nc4 Rac8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. Be1 Bd6 18. Bxg4 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Nxg4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qf3
Rf8 22. Rac1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Nh2 $1 24. Qh3 Qf1+ 25. Kd2 Ng4 26. Kc2 b5 $1 $40 {
Servat,R-Hoffman,A/ARG-ch/1995/}) 10... Rd8 (10... a6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nd2 Bf5
13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. g4 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. O-O-O Nd6 19.
Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. h5 Bh7 22. g5 hxg5 23. Rdg1 f6 24. h6 Bg6 25. Ka1
Rac8 26. Bg4 $5 f5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxg5 $40 {Stepovoj,V-Usov,A/Kstovo op/
1994/}) (10... a5 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16.
g5 hxg5 17. h6 Nbd7 18. hxg7 Rac8 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd2 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Qxd5 $13 {1/2/Modr,B-Tseitlin,Mi/Prague/1983/}) 11. b4 Bd6 (11... Bb6 12.
Bb2 Bf5 13. g4 Be6 14. Qc2 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. Rg1 Nde5 18. Qe2
f5 19. Ng3 Rxd5 20. Nxf5 Qf7 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxg4 Rxf5 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rd1
Rc6 $44 {Rotstein-Stranjakovitch/Paris-ch/1992/}) 12. Bb2 a5 $5 $146 {A fresh
new idea. Before Black concentrated mainly on gaining back his pawn after
Nd7-b6, or placing the N on e5 and massing forces against White's King-side.
Topalov chooses another route for his N and shows, that also White's
Queen-side has been seriously weakened.} (12... Bf5 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Ne5
15. Nxd6 Rxd6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qb3 a6 18. f3 $6 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bd3 20. Be2 Neg4
21. Rf3 Nxh2 22. Rg3 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Nhg4 24. Qc3 Rxd5 25. Nd4 Ne4 26. Rxg4 Nxc3
{0-1/Trapl,J-Kupka,S/Litomerice/1990/}) (12... Be5 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15.
Nc4 (15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2
Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 23. Rc1 Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2 Nc3 26. Kf1
Be6 $15 {[%csl Ra3,Rb4] ׫,Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares/1995/}) 15...
Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bf5 17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxd5 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qb3 Bg6 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rc5 Bf7 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qc3 f4 $132 {Hodos-Gofshtejn/
Daugavpils/1978/}) (12... Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Nb5 {
1/2/Haba,Z-Hudecek,J/CS-chT/1992/}) 13. bxa5 (13. b5 Nbd7 $44) 13... Be5 14.
Qa4 (14. O-O Rxa5 $15 {/\Nd5} 15. Bc4 $2 Bxh2+ $1 $40) 14... Na6 (14... Qc5 $2
15. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 16. Bxe5 $16) (14... Bd7 15. Qb4 $16) 15. Nd2 $6 {White
should have tried to evacuate his K as soon as possible. Now Black's
initiative will be very dangerous.} (15. O-O $142 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 $5 $13 (16...
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 {[%cal Ye7c7] /\Qc7=})) 15... Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4
$1 $44 17. Nc4 (17. Bxg4 $4 Nd3+) (17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 Nxd5 $1 19. Nxd5 Rxd5
20. fxg4 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 $17) 20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qxe3 $17 {[%csl Re1][%cal
Rc5d3] /\Nd3,->עe1}) 17... Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qd7 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5,
Rc4,Rd3,Re2,Rf3,Rg4] White is weak on the white squares and his K is misplaced.
Black has more than sufficient compensation.} 20. Rhd1 Rac8 21. Kf1 Nd3 {
[%cal Rd3b2] /\Nb2-+} 22. Qb3 (22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Qxd3 (23. e4 $2 Qb5 24. Rc1 d2
$19) 23... Qxd5 $15) 22... Qf5 (22... Qxd5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nd2 Qf5 25. f3 $13
) 23. Rxd3 $8 (23. f3 $2 Nxb2 (23... Nxd5 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. e4 Qf4 $17) 24.
Nxb2 exf3 $40) 23... exd3 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 (24... gxf6 $142 $1 25. Qb4 Rxd5 $17 {
/\} 26. Nb6 Rc2) 25. Rd1 Qa6 26. Nd2 Qxa5 27. e4 Qa6 28. a4 Rc5 (28... Rc2 $5
$36) 29. g3 Rdc8 30. Kg2 Rc1 (30... Rc3 31. Qb4 $132) 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Qb4 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Yb4d4,Yd5d6] /\Qd4,d6,o^d} Qf6 $1 (32... Rc2 33. d6 $10) 33.
Qxb7 g6 (33... h5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. e5 $13) 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. e5 Qf5 36. Nf3 Rc2
37. Qb4 Re2 {[%cal Rd3d2] /\d2-+} (37... d2 $6 38. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rf3d2] /\Nd2+/
=} (38. Nxd2 Qxe5 $17)) 38. Qc3 $6 (38. Qd4 Qe4 39. Qxe4 Rxe4 {[%cal Re4e5] /
\Re5} 40. Kf1 Rxa4 41. Ke1 Ra2 $17) 38... Kh6 $2 {Losing an important tempo
and misplacing his K, as will be seen later. (see comment to move 41)} (38...
d2 $1 39. e6+ f6 $1 (39... Kh6 40. Qd4 fxe6 41. dxe6 Qxe6 (41... Qc2 42. Qf4+
$10) 42. Nxd2 $10) 40. Qb3 (40. Qd4 Qc2 41. Nxd2 Qxd2 $19 42. Qa7+ Kh6 43. Qc5
Re5 44. e7 Qe2 $19) 40... Qe4 {[%cal Re2e1] /\Re1} 41. e7 (41. Qd1 Qe3 $19)
41... Qxe7 42. Qd3 Qe4 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Nxd2 Rxa4 $19) 39. Qd4 $1 Qe4 40. Qxe4
Rxe4 {Hecht: S-T: Abwicklung in 3-2 Bauern am K-Flügel, theoretisches Remis}
41. d6 Rxa4 (41... Rxe5 $2 42. Nxe5 d2 43. d7 d1=Q 44. d8=Q $1 $18) 42. Nd2 $1
{[%cal Yg2f3,Yf3e3] /\Kf3-e3} Kg5 43. f4+ Kf5 44. Kf3 f6 45. exf6 Kxf6 46. Ke3
Ke6 (46... Ra3 47. Nc4 Rc3 48. Ne5 $10) 47. Kxd3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Ra2 49. Ke3 Kxd6
50. Ne4+ Ke7 51. h3 $10 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 h6 {[%cal Re7e6,Re6d5] /\Ke6-d5} 53. Kg2
Ke6 54. g4 $1 h5 (54... Kd5 55. Ng3 {[%cal Yf4f5,Yh3h5] /\f5,h4-h5<=>}) 55.
Ng5+ Kd5 56. Kf2 Kd4 (56... h4 57. Nf3 $10) 57. Kg2 Ke3 58. Kg3 Ra6 (58... Ra4
59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Kh4 $10) 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Kh4 Kxf4 61. Kxh5 Kf5 62. h4 Ra8
63. Kh6 Kg4 (63... Rh8+ 64. Nh7 {[%cal Rh6g7] /\Kg7=}) 64. Kg6 Kxh4 65. Ne6 Kg4
66. Kf6 Ra5 67. Nd4 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 (5... e5 6. Bb5+ (6. Nb3 $5
d5 7. Bg5 $36) 6... Nbd7 $13 {-B55}) 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7
(9... Be7 $142 10. Be3 O-O {/\} 11. a4 Nc6 $1 $10) 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 (11. a4
$142 $1 O-O 12. a5 d5 $5 (12... bxa5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5 Ba8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16.
Rfc1 (16. Rfb1 Rfd8 17. Rc1 Ne5 18. Bd4 Nfd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. b4
Nxe4 22. fxe4 Qd7 23. Bxa6 Qg4 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxb4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nc6
$36 {Maksimenko,A-Lyrberg,P/Norresundby Bank/1995/}) 16... Rfc8 (16... Ne5 17.
Na4 Bc6 18. b4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nfd7 20. Raa1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. g3 h5 23. Kg2
Qb8 24. Rab1 Nf6 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. c5 d5 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. e5 $16 {Ivanchuk,
V-Adams,M/Dortmund/1992/}) 17. Na4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Rca1 Rd8
21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Ba7 Rbc8 26. Bd4 $16 {
[%csl Ra6] Gelfand,B-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/ This is White's most dangerous
plan-by advancing his a-pawn he seriously weakens Black's Q-side. (><a6)}) 13.
exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. axb6 Bc4
19. Bxc4 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxb6 21. Bxa6 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Rfe1 Qg5 24. g3 g6
25. Bc4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ne3 27. Bd3 Qc5 $14 {Sher,B-Vegh,E/Budapest Elekes/1989/}
) (11. Qd2 O-O (11... Qc7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. Bf1 O-O 15. Kh1 Qa8 16.
Qf2 Rfe8 17. a3 Bf8 18. b4 d5 $6 19. exd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Nf5 Nxd5 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bd4 f6 25. Bxb6 Rc3 26. Ne3 {Agdestein,E-Bergstad,
O/NOR-ch Steinkjer/1986/}) 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. a4 Bd8 14. Kh1 Bc7 15. Bg1 Re8 16.
b4 Ne5 17. Nb3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. c5 Nc4 20. Qa2 Ne3 21. Rd3 Nf5 22. cxb6 Be5
$132 {Teske,H-Plachetka,J/AUT-chT 9596/1996/}) (11. Nb3 $6 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13.
Nd4 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxa6 Nxe3 19.
Qxe3 Bc5 20. Rad1 Ra8 21. Qxe5 Re8 22. Qf4 Rxa6 23. Kh1 Rxa2 24. Ne6 Qe7 25.
Nxc5 bxc5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 f6 $15 {Beimfohr,U-Gheorghiu,F/Lenk op/1991/})
(11. b4 $5 O-O 12. Qb3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. a3 Qb8 16. Bf1 Bf8
17. Bf2 g6 18. Nc2 Ba8 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Rc2 g5 21. Ne2 g4 22. Nxg4 Nexg4 23.
fxg4 Nxe4 24. Ng3 b5 25. Nh5 Be7 26. Re1 d5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Qb2 $40 {Nikolic,
Pr-Velickovic,S/Vrsac/1981/}) 11... O-O 12. Qd2 (12. b4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Rc7 14.
Rfd1 Qb8 (14... Qa8 15. Na4 Rfc8 16. c5 $1 b5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 dxc5 19.
Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Bc6 24. Qb6 Ne8
25. h3 $16 {Campora,D-Dziuban,O/Biel op/1992/}) 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Nc2 Ba8 17. Na3
h6 18. Bf1 g5 19. Rc2 Ne5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bf2 Ne5 22. Rcd2 Ne8 23. Na2 Qb7 24.
Qe3 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qc8 26. Nc1 Bf6 $13 {Ljubojevic,L-Seirawan,Y/Roquebrune rapid/
1992/}) 12... Rc8 13. b4 $146 (13. Rfd1 $5 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. b4
(16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Be2 $10 {1/2/Berezjuk,S-Agrest,E/Pinsk/1993/})
16... Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4
Rcd8 23. Qe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 $16 {Stohl,I-Ward,C/Isle of Man op/1994/
}) 13... Re8 14. Rfd1 (14. a3 $5 Qc7 (14... Ne5 15. Na4 d5 $6 16. exd5 exd5 17.
c5 bxc5 18. Nxc5 $16) 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Bf1 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6][%cal Ye7d8,Yd8c7,
Yd6d5,Yg8h8,Ye8g8,Yg7g4,Rc4c5] () A typical hedgehog position. White's plan is
to attack the Q-side, (b6,d6, a c4-c5 breakthrough) Black would like to force
the freeing d5 at a suitable moment, (preparing it with Be7-d8) possibly gain
counterplay on the other flank with Kh8,Rg8,g5-g4. White's space advantage
should give him a slight edge. This can be seen also in the previous practical
examples.}) 14... d5 $1 $132 {Here the braek is tactically justified and
enables Black to equalize.} 15. cxd5 exd5 (15... Bxb4 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Qb2 $16
{[%csl Rb6,Re6][%cal Gd1d8] ><e6,b6,|^<->d}) 16. Nxd5 (16. exd5 $2 Bxb4 $40 {
[%csl Rd5] ><d5}) 16... Nxd5 (16... Rxc1 $2 17. Nxe7+ $18) (16... Bxd5 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Nc6 Rxc6 19. Qxd5 $1 (19. Rxc6 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc5 $1 $19) 19... Rd6 (
19... Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bxb4 21. Bxa6 $36) 20. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] ^^}) 17.
exd5 Bxb4 (17... Rxc1 18. Qxc1 $1 {[%cal Rd4c6] /\Nc6+-}) (17... Bxd5 18. Nf5
$16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd1d8] <->d,><a6}) 18. Qxb4 Rxe3 19. Rxc8 (19. Nc6 Qf8 (
19... Qe8 20. Bf1 $14) 20. Qd2 Rce8 {[%cal Rf8d6] /\Qd6=}) 19... Qxc8 20. Bf1
Qc5 $1 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 (21... bxc5 $6 22. Nb3 $36 {[%cal Rb3a5] /\Na5}) 22. d6 (
22. Nc6 Kf8 $15) 22... Re8 $10 23. Rb1 Nd7 (23... b5 $2 24. Rc1 $16) 24. Rc1
Nc5 (24... Rc8 25. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 26. dxc7 $18 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd4f5,Rf5d6,Rd4c6,
Rc6a7] o^c7,/\Nf5-d6,Nc6-a7}) 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. g3 (26. Rc1 $10) 26... Rd8 27.
Bh3 {/\Bd7} b5 $8 28. a4 (28. Rc1 Nf8 $1 29. Nf5 (29. Rc7 Rxd6 $17) 29... g6
30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rxd6 $10) 28... Nf8 $1 29.
axb5 Rxd6 30. bxa6 (30. b6 $6 g6 $15 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Rf7f5,Rf8d7] /\f5,Nd7,
><b6}) 30... Bxa6 31. Nf5 Rd8 32. Rb2 g6 33. Ne3 Re8 34. Kf2 Bc8 35. Bxc8 Rxc8
36. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 $6 (8... Nc6 $142 9. Be3 Bd7 {-B38} 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 $14 {
leads to Maroczy Bind positions, which are quite pleasant for White, but
definitely better, than the version Black goes for.}) 9. Kh1 {A rare move. The
most logical continuation is} (9. Be3 {, which occured already in games by the
greats of the past:} Nc5 10. f3 Bd7 (10... b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Ne6 13. Rac1
Qd7 14. Ndb5 Ne8 15. Nd5 N8c7 16. Nbc3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nc7 18. a4 Ba6 19. b4 Bxe2
20. Nxe2 Na6 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rfc8 23. Rc6 $16 {Levenfish,G-Lisitsin,G/
Moscow/1935/}) 11. b4 (11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Rac1 Ne6 14. b3 Nh5 15. Nxe6
Bxe6 16. Na4 Rc6 17. f4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Ng4 19. e5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rc7 21. c5 $16 {
Capablanca,J-Yates,F/Bad Kissingen/1928/}) 11... Ne6 12. Qd2 a5 13. a3 Nh5 14.
Rfd1 Nhf4 15. Bf1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne6 17. Be3 $5 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rac1 axb4
20. axb4 Nf8 21. Bd3 Rh5 22. Ne4 Ra3 23. Ng3 Rh4 24. Be4 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Bh6 26.
Qf2 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Bc6 28. Ra1 $36 {Portisch,L-Ljubojevic,L/Moscow EU-chT/1977/}
) ({Another interesting idea is} 9. Re1 $5 Nc5 10. Bf1 $14) 9... Nc5 10. f3 Bd7
11. Be3 Ne6 (11... a6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. b3 Re8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4
Qa5 17. b4 $1 $36 Qc7 18. c5 Bc6 19. Bf3 Rcd8 20. cxd6 $2 (20. Qf2 $1 $16)
20... exd6 21. Qf2 Qe7 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Bb6 Rc8 $11 {Szurovszky,E-Parkanyi,A/
Miskolc/1998/}) 12. Qd2 (12. Nc2 $5 {() also deserves attention, with a space
advantage it makes sense to avoid exchanges.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 {
Simple comparison with the note to move 8 shows us Black is a couple of tempi
down on the B38 positions-this allows White to show more ambitions and increse
his ().} 14. b4 $1 $36 b6 15. Rad1 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 $1 {
A logical consequence of Black's loss of time. Often in the B38 positions
White avoids this exchange and plays in the [+] and on the <<, here Agrest
already with his 15-th move indicates he wants to attack Black's K. In the
game he will realize his plan in an energetic and straightforward manner.} (18.
Bg1 Ra3 19. Nd5 Rb3 $5 $14 (19... e6 $2 20. Nxb6 $1 Nxb6 21. Qxd6 $18)) 18...
Kxg7 19. f4 $40 {[%mdl 128]} f6 (19... Kg8 20. e5 $1 dxe5 $2 21. b5 $18) (19...
Ra7 20. Bg4 $5 $16) 20. Bd3 (20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 $16) 20... Ra7 {Black seeks
<=> on the <->a, but this is too far from the main scene of action to be
effective.} (20... Qc7 21. Nd5 $16) ({Passivity was somewhat more resilient-} 
20... Kh8 $142) 21. Rf3 Qc7 22. Rg3 Rfa8 23. h4 $1 Ra1 (23... h6 $6 24. e5 $16
{->}) 24. h5 Nf8 25. Kh2 $5 {Important prophylaxis, White first safeguards his
K against any back rank checks.} Rxd1 {Now White's N moves closer to the >>,
but the immediate} (25... e6 {allows} 26. Bb1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6 avoiding
the exchange or R and targeting the Pd6.}) 26. Nxd1 e6 27. Ne3 Bd7 (27... Qe7
$142 28. f5 $16 {is unpleasant, but in the game it will take the Q 2 moves to
get to e7.} (28. Ng4 f5 $1 $132 {/\} 29. exf5 $2 Qh4+ $19)) 28. Ng4 {[%cal
Rf4f5,Re4e5] /\f5,e5->} (28. f5 g5 $5 $16) 28... Qd8 (28... gxh5 29. Ne5+ (29.
Nxf6+ $5 Kxf6 30. f5 $40 Qd8 31. Be2 $1 $18) 29... Ng6 $1 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. f5
h4 32. Rg4 exf5 33. exf5 {[%cal Rd2f4] /\Qf4+-} Kh8 34. Qh6 $18) 29. Be2 Qe7
30. hxg6 hxg6 (30... Nxg6 31. e5 $1 dxe5 32. fxe5 fxe5 (32... f5 33. Qh6+ Kh8
34. Nf6 {[%cal Rg3g6,Rg3h3] /\Rg6,Rh3+-} Be8 35. Nxe8 Qxe8 36. Bh5 $18) 33.
Nxe5 Be8 34. Qd4 Qf6 35. Bd3 $16 {/+-}) 31. e5 $1 $18 {The decisive break, now
the -> is irresistible.} dxe5 (31... f5 32. exd6 Qh4+ 33. Rh3 $18) 32. fxe5
fxe5 (32... f5 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Nf6 Qxb4 35. Rxg6 $1 Nxg6 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qg8+
Ke7 38. Qg7+ Kd8 39. Qxd7#) 33. Qh6+ Kg8 (33... Kf7 34. Rf3+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kd8
36. Ng8 $18) 34. Rf3 ({The text wins, but even stronger was} 34. Rh3 $5 Qg7 35.
Qh4 Kf7 (35... Nh7 36. Qxh7+ Qxh7 37. Nf6+ $18) 36. Rf3+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38.
Nh5+ g5 39. Qe4 $18) 34... e4 (34... Nh7 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 36. Qh5 Be8 37. Nh6+ Kh8
38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Rg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Bxf7 41. Qxe5 $18) 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxe4+
Ke8 37. c5 $1 {[%cal Re4d6] /\Nd6+-} bxc5 38. bxc5 Nh7 (38... Ra5 39. Nd6+ (39.
Qf4 $18) 39... Qxd6+ 40. cxd6 Rh5+ 41. Qxh5 gxh5 42. Rf6 $18) 39. Nd6+ Kd8 40.
Rf7 Qg5 41. Qxg5+ (41. Qxg5+ Nxg5 42. Rf8+ $18) (41. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 42. Qxh7+
Kc6 43. Qb7+ Kxc5 44. Ne4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Corral Blanco, Juan Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O $1 (10... Nbd7 $143 $6 11. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rb6]
[%cal Ra4a5] /\a5|^,׫}) 11. Rc1 (11. a4 Nc6 $132) 11... Nbd7 12. Qd2 Re8 {
Black may well do without this move altogether in the future, playing Kh8 and
directly Rg8,g5 later on. More flexible is} (12... Rc8) 13. Rfd1 Qb8 {
Immediately starts the typical manoeuvre with doubling on the b8-h2 diagonal,
but again more usual is activating the Ra8 first. In the game Black's pieces
will get into a tangle and he won't be able to exploit the weakening h3.} (
13... Rc8 14. Bf1 Qc7 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. b4 $5 Ne5 $1 (16... Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18.
Bf4 $1 $36) (16... Kh8 $5) 17. Na4 Nfd7 $132) 14. Bf1 (14. Kh1 Bf8 15. Bf1 g6 (
15... d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 $36)
16. a3 Ra7 17. b4 (17. Nc2 {/\b4|^}) 17... d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 (19. Bf4
$1 Qa8 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nb5 axb5 23. Qxd5 $16) 19... Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc4 (21. Nc6 $14) 21... Qa8 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nc6 Qxd2 24. Bxd2
Rb7 25. Bf4 Bg7 26. g4 Nf8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Ne6 {1/2,Molnar,B-Eperjesi,L/
Seefeld/2003/}) 14... Bd8 15. Kh1 Bc7 16. h3 Qd8 (16... d5 17. exd5 exd5 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 (18... Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf4 20. Qe7 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qf4 22. Rd1 Re8 23.
Nde2 $1 $16 {retains the extra P.}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Ne5 22.
Rc3 $14) 17. Qf2 Rc8 18. Nde2 $14 {[%csl Rd8] ףd8 White has stopped ideas,
connected with d5 and Black still has problems deploying his major pieces -
his Q is potentially exposed on d8.} Bb8 19. b3 Qc7 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Rd6d5] /
\d5,ץb8 The Q leaves the <->d, but this shuts out the Bb8.} 20. Bf4 $1 Ne5 (
20... Qc5 $5 21. Qe1 $14 (21. Qxc5 $6 dxc5 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 $11)) 21. Bh2 {
[%cal Yh2g1,Yc3a4] ><b6,/\Bg1,Na4} Ba8 22. Nf4 (22. f4 $6 Ng6 {[%csl Re4]
<=>><e4}) 22... Ba7 23. Qd2 Red8 24. Nd3 $1 $36 {[%csl Ge5][%mdl 36] Exchanges
the active Ne5. In the following phase Malakhov continues his strategic
manoeuvring, he increases his () and forces further concessions, tying Black
down to his weaknesses. Further passive play allows White to create a model
anti-Hedgehog game.} Nxd3 (24... Bb7 $2 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 $1 Rxd2 27. Bxc7
$18) (24... Nfd7 $6 25. c5 $1 bxc5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 (26... Nxe5 27. Bxa6 Rb8 28.
Nb5 $16) 27. Qd6 $44 {|^}) (24... Ned7 $2 25. Nb4 $16) 25. Qxd3 Ne8 (25... Bb8
$142) 26. b4 Qe7 27. a3 h5 28. Bg1 Nf6 29. b5 $5 {[%csl Rb6] ()><b6} a5 $6 {
Too passive.} (29... Bb7 30. bxa6 (30. Qd2 $5 $16) 30... Bxa6 31. Nb5 $36) 30.
Na4 Qc7 31. Qd2 Rb8 32. Qg5 {Pins the N to the Ph5, now White piles up on the
<->d, forcing the weakening e5.} Rd7 33. Bh2 Qd8 34. Rc2 {[%cal Yc2d2,Gd1d8] /
\Rcd2,<->d} Rc8 35. Rcd2 e5 $8 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6] ><d6,b6} (35... Bb8 $2 36. e5 $1
dxe5 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Qxd8+ Rxd8 39. Nxb6 $18) 36. Bg1 $16 {Now White again
targets b6, tying down Black's major pieces. Then he proceeds to gradually
prepare the opening of the >> with f4.} Rb8 37. Be3 Qe7 38. Ra2 $1 {Prevents a
possible d5.} Qe6 39. Qh4 g6 40. Qf2 Rdb7 $8 {[%csl Ra7,Ra8,Rb7,Rb8] Black's
<< pieces paint a sorry picture.} 41. Rad2 Ne8 $8 42. Qg3 (42. Nc3 $5 {[%cal
Rc3d5,Yf3f4] /\Nd5,f4|^}) 42... Rc7 43. Rc2 Qe7 44. Qf2 Rcb7 45. Bd3 Ng7 46.
Rcd2 h4 (46... Ne6 47. Bf1 h4 $5 (47... Nc5 48. Nxc5 dxc5 49. h4 {[%cal Rg2g3,
Rf1h3,Gd1d8] <->d,/\g3,Bh3,+-}) 48. Rxd6 Nd4 49. Rd5 Rc7 50. Rxe5 Qxe5 51. Bxd4
$18) 47. Bb1 Ne8 48. f4 $1 $40 {Crowns White's play. Black's cornered pieces
can't cope with this break and he is helpless.} Qf6 (48... exf4 49. Qxf4 Rc7
50. Qh6 $5 Rxc4 51. Bd4 $18) 49. fxe5 dxe5 (49... Qxf2 50. Bxf2 dxe5 51. Bxh4
$18) 50. Qxf6 Nxf6 51. Bg5 Kg7 52. Rd6 (52. Rd8 Rxd8 53. Rxd8 Bb8 54. Bxh4 $18)
52... Nh7 (52... Ne8 $142 53. Rd8 Nc7 54. Bxh4 Ne6) 53. Bxh4 Rc8 54. Rd8 $1
Rbc7 (54... Rxc4 $2 55. Nb2 $18) 55. Rxc8 Rxc8 56. Rd8 Rxd8 57. Bxd8 $18 {
[%csl Rb6] ><b6 In the end both of Black's ק drop off.} Nf6 58. Bxb6 Bxb6 59.
Nxb6 Bxe4 60. Bxe4 Nxe4 61. Nd7 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] o^<< The simple final
phase-White queens his P.} Nd6 62. b6 e4 63. c5 e3 64. Ne5 (64. Kg1 Ne4 65. Kf1
$18) 64... e2 (64... Nc4 65. b7 $18) 65. Nf3 Nf5 66. b7 Nd4 67. b8=Q Nxf3 68.
Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 (5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nc3
{-A39}) (5... e6 6. Bg2 Bc5 {-A32} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 d5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bf6 13. Qxd5 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Ba3 15. Qb5 Qb6 16. Qa4
Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Na1 Ba5 19. Nc2 Bb6 20. Ne3 Re8 21. Rb2 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. Bxd5 Rad8 $14 {Tregubov,P-Kuzmin,G/Alushta3/1993/}) 6. Nc2 Ne5 $6 (6... e6
7. Bg2 Ne5 $6 8. b3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. e4 Bd7 12. Kh1 Rfd8 13. f4
Ng6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rab1 Be8 17. Ne3 Bc6 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. Ba1 Nc5
20. Ng4 Qc7 21. Rbd1 $36 {->>>,Hauchard,A-Fayard,A/FRA-ch/1991/}) (6... d6 7.
Bg2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Be6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qe1 Rac8 13. h3 Bd7 14.
Be3 Qa5 15. Nd5 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 Ne8 17. Rad1 Nc7 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Re2 $14 {
(),Kramnik,V-Kamsky,G/New York PCA-m 6/1994/}) 7. b3 Qc6 8. f3 {()} e6 (8... d5
$2 9. Nb4) 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nc3 $1 (10. Bg2 Bc5 11. Bd4 d5 12. f4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4
Nc6 14. Qc3 O-O 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. O-O b5 17. cxb5 Qb6+ 18. e3 Qxb5 19. Rfc1 Bd7
20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 a5 22. Rc5 Qb7 23. Rac1 Qb4 $132 {Kabatenski,A-Schlosser,
P/Munich/1992/}) 10... a6 11. Bg2 $32 d6 (11... Bc5 12. Na4 Ba7 13. c5 $5 $44)
12. f4 Ng6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ne4 $1 Be7 (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 {/\f5->} f5 16. Bg2
Bd7 17. e4 $16) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 $6 (17. f5 $1 $16 {ק})
17... f5 18. e3 (18. e4 $5 $36) 18... Bd7 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Rf2 Rbd8 (20... Bc6
21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. c5 $1 d5 23. g4 $36 {><c6}) 21. Qf3 b5 22. Rfc2 bxc4 (22...
Qb6 $5 $14) 23. Rxc4 Qa5 (23... Qb6 24. Rc7 {/\Nc6} Rc8 25. Qb7 $1 $16 {_|_><a6
}) 24. Qe2 d5 25. R4c2 Rc8 26. Bf1 $1 {><a6} Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Ra8 28. Kf2 {
/\Qe1-c1,<->c} Qb6 29. Qd2 a5 (29... Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qc3 Bd7 32. b4 $16)
30. Bd3 Ne7 (30... Rc8 $142 $5) 31. Qc1 Ra7 32. Qa3 Qb4 33. Qb2 f6 (33... Qd6
34. Qc3 $16) 34. Be2 Kf7 35. h3 $1 Nc8 36. g4 fxg4 (36... Nd6 37. Bf3 $16) 37.
hxg4 Nd6 38. Bf3 Nb5 (38... a4 $5 {/\} 39. a3 Qb6 40. b4 Nc4 $132) 39. Nxb5
Bxb5 40. Rc8 $1 $40 Rd7 (40... a4 $142 $5 41. g5 d4 $16) 41. a3 Qd6 42. Qc2 $1
$18 Kg7 43. a4 d4 (43... Ba6 44. Rc6 $18) 44. axb5 dxe3+ 45. Kg3 Qb4 (45... Qd2
46. Qxd2 exd2 47. Bd1 $18) 46. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qxd7+ Kh6 49. g5+
(49. g5+ fxg5 50. Qxe6+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 (5. Nc3 e6 {-A33}) 5... Qb6 6.
Nc2 (6. Nb5 $5 {is still played rarely, but it deserves more attention:} a6 (
6... Ne5 7. Bg2 d6 8. Be3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O $6 (10. b3 $142 $14) 10...
Nxc4 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Bxb5 13. Qc2 Bc6 14. e4 e6 15. Nc3 Be7 16. b4 {
Narciso Dublan,M-Garcia Romero,B/Navalmoral de la Mata/2004/} O-O $17) 7. N5c3
g6 (7... e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nbc3 O-O 13. Rc1
Nce5 14. b3 Rb8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bd4 Rb8 17. f4 Ng6 18. h4 Bf6 19. Bf2 Nc5 20.
Nxc5 dxc5 21. h5 Rd8 22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. h6 $36 {Labollita,M-Pierrot,J/
Asuncion/2003/}) 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Nd2 Qh5 13. e4
Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf1 b5 19. b4 Nd7
20. Nfe3 $14 {Topalov,V-Karjakin,S/Leon/2003/}) 6... h5 $5 {Morozevich has
high ambitions and plays the opening very aggressively even with Black.} ({
An enterprising try to quickly solve the opening problems is} 6... Ne5 7. b3 (
7. Ne3 Nfg4 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. e3 Qc6 10. Qd5 Nf6 11. Qxc6 dxc6 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O
Be6 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nd2 f6 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Be7 $11 {Filippov,
V-Malinin,Y/Omsk-Perm/1998/}) 7... d5 {, but White retains some pressure in a
Catalan-like position after} 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 e6
12. Bb2 Nb4 (12... f6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Nba3 b5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rxd5 Be7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rxe5 Kf7 21. Rf5+ Kg6 22. Rf4 $16 {
Filippov,V-Balashov,Y/Samara/1998/}) 13. Ne3 Nbc6 14. O-O f6 15. Rc1 Be7 16.
Nd2 Kf7 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. Ndc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 $14 {Horvath,J-Cao
Sang/HUN-chT 9899/1999/}) ({Lately Black has usually played} 6... e6 {, which
is arguably the most solid alternative.} 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Be7 (8... dxc4 $5) 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qh5 $146 Bf6 14. e4 Ne5
15. Ne3 Nd3 16. a4 Rac8 $44 17. Qe2 Qb3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc2 20. Qf3 Rxc1
21. Raxc1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxa4 23. Rc7 Qb4 24. d6 $11 {Stefanova,A-Karjakin,S/
Wijk aan Zee-B/2005/}) 7. h3 Ne4 $146 (7... Ne5 8. Ne3 e6 9. Bg2 h4 10. g4 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Ng6 12. Nc3 Nf4 13. Bf3 Be7 14. Qb3 g5 {1/2,Fang,J-Turov,M/Budapest/
2003/} 15. Ng2 $16) 8. e3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Qf5 10. Nf3 (10. Nxe4 Qxe4 11. f3 (11.
Rg1 g6 (11... Ne5 $6 12. Nd4 $36) 12. Nd4 (12. Bd3 $6 Qe6 $36) 12... Bg7 $1 (
12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. exd4 Bg7 15. Be3 d6 16. Bg2 Bd7 $14 {/=}) 13. Bg2
Qe5 $11) 11... Qg6 12. Rg1 d6 (12... e6 $5 {[%cal Yd7d5] /\d5}) 13. Nd4 $13) (
10. Qf3 $2 Nxg3 $1 $17) 10... Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 (11... Ne5 $2 12. b4 $18) (11...
Qf5 $11 {However, already on move 6 Black has indicated he has higher
ambitions.}) 12. Be2 (12. Rb1 $2 Ne5 $36) 12... g6 13. Rb1 $1 Qc7 (13... Na4
14. Nd4 $1 $36) 14. Nd4 (14. b4 Ne6 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. b5 $5 {
/\Nb4+/=}) 14... Bg7 (14... Nb4 $143 15. N2f3 Nxa2 $6 16. Bd2 Na6 17. Qb3 N2b4
18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 e5 20. Qc3 $16) 15. b4 (15. Nb5 Qb8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf3
a5 $132) 15... Ne6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Bb2 $14 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 b6 19. Qb3 (19. O-O
h4 20. g4 $14) 19... Bb7 20. Qc3 O-O 21. Rg1 $2 (21. O-O $142 $14 {/~~ was
still more reasonable, now White's K will be vulnerable in the [+], while his
>>-> chances are negligible.}) 21... Rfd8 22. f4 a5 $1 23. b5 (23. a3 $5 axb4
24. axb4 $13 {/\} e5 25. b5) 23... Nb4 {[%cal Yb4d5,Yd5f6] /\Nd5-f6} 24. Qb3 (
24. e4 Rd7 $5 25. a3 Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Qc5 27. Kf1 Qe3 28. Rb3 Rad8 $36) 24... Qd6
(24... Qc5 $5 25. Kf2 Qf5 $36) 25. a3 {To lessen the danger to his K, White
forces an _|_, in which he retains <=> despite losing a P.} (25. Kf2 e5 $1 $40)
25... Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Ke2 Rxa3 29. c5 $1 {[%mdl 64] []
From now on the game enters an interesting tactical phase.} bxc5 30. Rc1 Rd8 (
30... a4 $142 $5 31. Rxc5 Ra1 $17) 31. Rxc5 $6 (31. Nb3 $142 c4 32. Rxc4 Bd5
33. Rd4 $15) 31... Rdd3 32. Rc7 (32. Nc4 Rac3 $17 {[%cal Rb7d5,Rd3e3] /\Bd5,Re3
}) 32... Rxe3+ 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. Rd7 Rxg3 $2 (34... h4 $1 35. Rxd5 (35. gxh4 Rxh3
36. Rxd5 exd5 37. b6 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Rb3 40. Rxd5 Rxb6 41. Rxa5 Rb4
$19) 35... hxg3+ 36. Kf1 exd5 37. b6 g2+ 38. Kxg2 (38. Kf2 Re2+ $19) 38... Re2+
39. Kf1 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Rb3 41. Rxd5 Rxb6 42. Rxa5 Rb4 $19) 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. b6
Rgd3 37. Ke2 $1 (37. b7 $2 Rxd2+ 38. Rxd2 Rb3 $19) 37... Re3+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kd1
Ra1+ 39. Nb1 $8 (39. Kc2 $2 d4 $1 40. Rb5 Ra2+ 41. Kd1 Rd3 42. b7 Rdxd2+ 43.
Kc1 Kh7 44. b8=Q Rac2+ 45. Kb1 d3 46. Ka1 Rf2 $19) 39... Ra2 40. Rxa2 Rb3 41.
Nd2 Rxb6 42. Rxa5 $11) 38... Ra1+ $138 (38... Ra4 $1 39. b7 Rxf4+ 40. Kg2 Re2+
41. Kg3 e5 42. b8=Q+ Kg7 43. Nf3 (43. h4 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ $11) 43... h4+ 44.
Nxh4 Re3+ 45. Kg2 Rxh4 $44 {/=}) 39. Nb1 $2 $138 (39. Kf2 $142 Rae1 40. b7
R1e2+ 41. Kg1 Rg3+ (41... Re1+ 42. Nf1 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Re2+ 44. Rxe2 Rb3 45. Rxe7
$18) 42. Kf1 Rgg2 43. b8=Q+ Kg7 44. Qa7 (44. Qb6 Rxd2 $11) 44... Rxd2 45. Rxd2
Rxd2 46. Qxe7 $14) 39... a4 $2 (39... Rxh3 $1 40. Kg2 (40. b7 $2 Rxb1+ 41. Rxb1
Rh1+ $19) 40... Ra2 $1 (40... Re3 41. Kf2 (41. b7 $2 Re2+ $19) 41... Ra2 $1 $17
{is similar to the main line.}) 41. Rxa2 Rb3 42. Nd2 Rxb6 $17) 40. b7 a3 41.
b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qf8 (42. Qf8 axb2 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 (43... Kh6 44. Qg8 $1 Rxb1+ 45.
Kf2 Rf1+ 46. Kxe3 d4+ 47. Ke2 Rxf4 48. Qb8 $14) 44. Qxg6 (44. Qf8+ $11) 44...
Re4 45. Qxh5+ (45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg6+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ $11) 45... Kg7 46. Qd1 Rxf4+
47. Ke2 e5 $44) (42. Rb7 a2 43. Kf2 Re4 $11) (42. Kf2 axb2 (42... Rxh3 $44) 43.
Qxb2 Rxb1 44. Qxb1 Rxh3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolovs, Andrei"]
[Black "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 $5 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {-B47}) 3... b6 (3...
Nc6 $142 $5 4. d4 (4. Nc3 Nf6 $10 {/\d5}) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e5 Ne4 10. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Kc7 12.
h4 b6 13. Rh3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Re3 $16 {^^|^_|_,Benjamin,
J-Chandler,M,Cannes tt 1992-CBM 28}) 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 $5 (10. Bg5
h6 11. Bh4 Bc5 12. a3 a5 13. Qd2 d6 14. Kh1 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 g5 17.
Raf1 Bd4 $1 18. R4f3 Ng4 $1 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 $17 {Christiansen,
L-Ribli,Z,GER-CupT f 1992-CBM 29}) 10... d6 11. Na4 c5 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bc2 Qc7
14. Qd3 Rd8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Rb1 Bb7 (16... Rb8 $5 $132 {/\Bb7-c6}) 17. Qe2 Rac8
18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Bd3 $14 {Chandler,M-Ribli,Z,BL 91/92
}) 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Be2 (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qa4+ $5 (9.
Be2 {-5.Be2}) (9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O $5 a6 11. Kb1 $13) 9... Nfd7 10. Be2 O-O
11. O-O a6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. Qf2 Qb8 17.
a3 Bd8 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. b3 Kh8 20. Nde2 Ba8 21. Ng3 Bc7 22. Rc2 $5 Rg8 23. Na4
b5 24. Nb2 Bc6 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Qb7 27. Rdc1 $14 {Matlak,M-Vojtkievich,A,
Polanica Zdroj 1988}) 5... d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10.
Be3 Be7 (10... Rc8 $142 $5 {/\} 11. a4 Ne5 $132) 11. Qd2 (11. a4 $1 O-O 12. a5
bxa5 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5 Ba8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 17. Na4 Bc6 18. b4 Bxa4
19. Rxa4 Nfd7 20. Raa1 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M,Dortmund 1992-CBM 29}) (11. Rc1
O-O 12. b4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Rc7 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Nc2 Ba8 $13 {
Ljubojevic,L-Seirawan,Y,Roquebrune rapid 1992-CBM 28}) 11... O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc7
13. Bf1 Rac8 14. Rac1 Rfe8 (14... Qb8 $142 15. Qf2 Bd8 $132 {Pogorelov,
R-Kuporosov,V,Budapest Schneider mem 1991-TD 91_05}) (14... Rfd8 {Ribli} 15.
Kh1 Qb8 16. Bf2 $6 Bf8 $13 {Benko,P-Dzindzichasvili,R New York op 1991 CBM/23})
15. Qf2 Qb8 16. b4 Kh8 (16... Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. g3 $14 {/\Na4,c5-><<}) 17.
Nb3 Bd8 18. g3 $1 Rg8 (18... Bc7 19. c5 $36 (19. Rb1 $5 {/\Rdc1,c5|^})) 19. Na4
g5 $6 (19... Bc6 $2 20. b5 $16) (19... Ba8 $142 20. Bf4 $5 (20. c5 b5 21. Nc3 (
21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd7 {><b6}) 21... d5 $5 $132) 20... Bc7 21.
c5 dxc5 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. bxc5 b5 $14) (19... Ba8 {Ribli}) 20. Nxb6 $16 Bxb6 (
20... Nxb6 21. Bxb6 g4 22. Ba7 Qc7 (22... Qa8 23. Rxd6 gxf3 24. Bd4 $16 {
/\Rd8+-}) 23. c5 $16) 21. Bxb6 g4 22. Ba7 Qc7 (22... Qa8 23. Rxd6 gxf3 (23...
Ne5 {Ribli} 24. Bd4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 gxf3 26. Bxf6+ Rg7 27. Rcd1 $146) 24. Bd4 {
/\Rd7} e5 25. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 26. Bxe5 Rg6 27. Qxf3 $16) 23. c5 $1 Ne5 (23... gxf3
24. cxd6 Qd8 25. Qxf3 $16) (23... d5 24. Na5 {/\c6+-}) 24. cxd6 Qd7 25. Bd4 $1
Rxc1 (25... Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 $1 gxf3 27. Bxf6+ Rg7 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nc5 Qc6 30.
d7 $18) 26. Bxe5 $1 $18 (26. Rxc1 Nxf3+ $13) 26... Rxd1 $8 27. Nc5 $1 Rxf1+ $6
(27... Qb5 28. Bxf6+ Rg7 29. d7 {/\d8Q+-} Qxb4 (29... Qb6 30. Qb2 $18) 30.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Bxd8 $18) (27... Qc6 28. Bxf6+ Rg7 29. d7 Rxd7 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31.
Qb2 $18) 28. Qxf1 Qd8 29. Nxb7 {[Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Kalinitschew, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 $5 5. Bg2 d6 {An interesting move-order.
Black is not worried about allowing the Yugoslav Variation (E66, after 6.d5),
but, on the other hand, wants to avoid} (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 {-A39 , and prefers to comfortably develop his Bc8.}) 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4
Bd7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nc2 (9. b3 {is rather soft and can be also met by} h5 $5 10.
Bb2 (10. h4 Ng4 $5 (10... O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 {/\Rfc8=}) 11. e3 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
Bb2 g5 13. hxg5 h4 14. gxh4 Qa5 15. Qd3 Rxh4 $44 {Syrchikov,A-Dvoirys,S/
Omsk-Perm/1998/}) 11... Nge5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Qe2 a6 16.
Rfd1 e6 17. Nc3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Nc6 19. Ne4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. Qf2
Qb6 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rfe8 $15 {Lopushnoy,D-Dvoirys,S/Tomsk/1997/}) 10...
h4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 (11... bxc6 $5 $13) 12. Nd5 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rc8
15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 $11 {1/2,Van der
Sterren,P-Lerner,K/BL 9899/1998/}) 9... h5 {Black tries to avoid the
Maroczy-like positional squeeze and seeks activity.} (9... O-O 10. Bd2 $5 (10.
b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 (11. Bd2 Rfc8 12. h3 Rab8 13. Rc1 a6 14. e4 b5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16.
cxb5 Rxb5 17. Nce3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rc5 19. Rxc5 dxc5 20. Re1 e6 21. Ne3 Nb4 22.
Nc4 Bb5 $11 {Hjartarson,J-Petursson,M/Gardaboer/1996/}) 11... Rfc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. Bxg7 Nc3 14. Bxc3 Qxc3 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rab8 18. e3 Nb4
19. Be4 a5 20. Qe2 Qe5 21. Bg2 b5 $132 {Hansen,C-Petursson,M/Reykjavik/2000/})
10... a6 (10... Be6 $142 11. Ne3 Qd7 $132) 11. b3 Rb8 12. a4 Na5 13. Rb1 Qc7
14. Nb4 Bc6 15. e4 e6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Be8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nd3 Rbc8 20. e5
dxe5 21. c5 Qa7 22. Bxe5 Bc6 {Loginov,V-Lerner,K/Oberwart/1995/} 23. Bf3 $5 $36
) 10. h4 (10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nd5 h4 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Nce3 h3 (14... Nh5
$5 $13) 15. Bf3 Nh5 16. Bxh5 Rxh5 17. g4 Rh8 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Qb4 Nxg4 20. Nxg4
Bxg4 21. c5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Nc7+ Qxc7 24. Bxc7 f6 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rxh8
Bxh8 27. Rc1 Bxe2 28. Rxc5 f5 $11 {Akopian,V-Dvoirys,S/Moscow Aeroflot/2005/})
10... O-O $146 (10... Qc8 $5 11. b3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Nd7 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qd2 {Psakhis,
L-Huzman,A/Haifa rpd/2000/} Rfc8 21. Qa5 a6 22. Qb6 Ng4 $11 {Psakhis}) 11. Bg5
Ne5 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Qd2 Rfc8 {is more active.}) 12. b3 Bc6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14.
Rac1 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Qd8 16. Nb4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd5] ()[+],><d5 Slow play by
Black led exactly to the position he was trying to avoid by his 9th move:
White controls the d5-square and has more central space.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nh7 18.
Bh6 Bh8 19. f3 Rab8 20. Nbd5 b6 21. Be3 Rb7 22. Bd4 Nf8 23. f4 Ng4 24. Bxh8
Kxh8 25. Ne3 (25. e4 $5 Nd7 26. Ne3 $36) 25... Nxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Qd7 (26... Nh7
$142 27. Nd5 Rd7 $14 {/\e6}) 27. Nd5 Nh7 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. e4 Qc6 30. Kh2 Rd7 (
30... e6 31. Ne3 $5 {[%cal Yg3g4] /\g4->} (31. Nc3 $36)) 31. f5 e6 32. fxe6 {
Relieves the tension and eases the defence.} (32. Nb4 Qc5 $132) (32. Nc3 $142
$1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5] /\e5} Qc5 $6 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. e5 $16) (32.
Ne3 e5 33. Qd3 $1 Nf6 34. Nd5 Ng4+ 35. Kg2 gxf5 36. Rf1 $1 $44) 32... fxe6 33.
Nf6+ {Now White's edge peters out.} (33. Nc3 Rf8 $132 {[%cal Gf8f1] <->f}) (33.
Nf4 $142 $5 {/\} e5 34. Qd5+ Rf7 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Nd5 $14) 33... Nxf6 34. Qxf6
Qxe4 35. Re1 Qf5 36. Qxe6+ (36. Rxe6 Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Kg7 $11 {leads to a similar
_|_.}) 36... Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Kf7 38. Re2 (38. Rce1 Rc5 $11 (38... d5 $132)) 38...
Rc5 $11 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40. Rd1 (40. a4 Re5 $11) 40... b5 $1 41. cxb5 Rxb5 42. Kg2
(42. Red2 Rc5 $11) 42... Rf5 43. Re6 Rc5 (43... d5 $5 $11) 44. Rd2 (44. Rexd6
Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Rc2+ $11) 44... Kf7 45. Re4 d5 46. Rf4+ Kg7 47. b4 Rc3 48. a4 a6
49. Rfd4 Rb7 50. b5 axb5 51. Rb4 (51. axb5 Rxb5 52. Rxd5 $11) (51. Rb4 Rc4 52.
Rxb5 Ra7 53. a5 d4 54. Rd5 Ra4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup"]
[Site "Taiyuan"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 ({It's better to play this sortie
only after} 4... Nf6 $142 5. Nc3 (5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 $5 $13 (6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5
8. O-O dxc4 9. Nba3 $44)) 5... e6 6. g3 {-A33 , when} ({After} 6. a3 {Black's
best is probably} Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 $132) 6... Qb6 $13 {is the complex main line.
Now White can avoid all this.}) 5. Nb3 e6 (5... d6 6. Nc3 $14) 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3
$1 {[%cal Ye2e4,Yc1e3] /\e4,Be3() White avoids the g3 lines altogether and
transposes to a line, in which the Q is exposed on b6. By preventing Bb4 he
prepares e4.} Be7 (7... d5 8. Be3 $1 Qd8 9. cxd5 $14 {gives White a
comfortable version of a Tarrasch Defence position.}) (7... Ne5 8. Be3 Qd8 9.
Bf4 $5 d6 (9... Nxc4 10. e4 d5 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Nb5 $5 $40) 10. c5 a6 11. e3
Qc7 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rc1 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nc6 17. Bd6 (
17. Na4 $142 $1 $16) 17... Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Nb6
Rb8 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc7 Nb6 24. Nc5 Nd5 25. Rd7 a5 26. Bb5 $36 {_|_,Speelman,
J-Sax,G/Thessaloniki olm/1988/}) (7... d6 8. e4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11.
Be3 Qd8 $5 (11... Qc7 12. Rc1 $36 {gives White a pleasant version of a
Hedgehog position, his pieces are in the right postions, while Black still
needs a couple of move to develop his. We'll see something similar in the game,
but to a lesser extent.} Nb8 13. f4 b6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Nd4 Nbd7 16. f5 e5 17.
Nde2 Rfc8 18. g4 h6 19. Ng3 Qd8 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rb8 23. Ne4
$16 {(),Vera,R-Larduet,C/Matanzas/1997/}) 12. f3 (12. f4 $142 $5 $36 {()[+]>>})
12... b6 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. Qf2 Ne5 15. Rac1 Ned7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. b4 Re8 18. Rfd1
Qc7 19. Bf1 Ba8 20. Kh1 Rbc8 21. Na4 Bd8 22. Nb3 Qb8 $14 {/<=>~~,Janjgava,
L-Cramling,P/EU-chT Debrecen/ 1992/}) 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Be3 Qd8 $5 10. Be2
b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 d6 13. f3 (13. f4 $142) 13... Rc8 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Qa4 a6
16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. b4 Qb8 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Ned7 20. Bf2 Bd8 21. Qa2 Bc7 22.
h3 Bd8 23. a4 Ne5 $13 {1/2,Ornstein,A-Karlsson,L/Borlange/1992/}) 9... Qc7 {
On c7 the Q is vulnerable to ideas, connected with Nd5.} ({Black still doesn't
want to go to the Hedgehog from the above note to 7...d6 with} 9... d6 10. Be3
Qd8 $14) 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. f4 $1 Rfd8 14. e5
Ne8 15. Nd5 $1 Qb8 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. c5 (17. Bd3 $5 $36) 17... Nd5 $132 {
1/2,Sammalvuo,T-Lalic,B/Cappelle la Grande/2002/}) 12. Rc1 Rac8 ({With the Q
on c7 it's already too late to strive for the typical set-up with} 12... d6 13.
Nd5 $1 Qd8 (13... exd5 14. cxd5 $16 Nxe4 15. dxc6 Bxc6 $2 16. Nd4 $18) 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. f3 $14 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] |^^^}) 13. c5 $1 $36 {-><< Black is late
getting in d6 and White gets too much play on the queenside.} bxc5 14. Nxc5 Ba8
(14... Rfd8 15. Qa4 (15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. b4 $16) 15... Ba8 16. Nb5 (16. b4 $5 $36
) 16... Qb8 17. Na6 Qe5 18. f4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxa7 Nxa7 21. Bxa7 Bf6
$132 {Tratar,M-Rogulj,B/Kastav/2002/}) 15. b4 d6 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. f3 ({
Interesting was also the energetic} 17. f4 Bd8 $1 (17... Rfd8 $2 18. b5 $18 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 18. Qd2 (18. Ba6 Bb6 19. Qe2 $14 {()}) 18... Bb6 19. Kh1 $14 {()})
17... Rfd8 18. Ba6 (18. b5 $5 Ne5 19. Qd4 Rc7 (19... a6 20. b6 $36) 20. Na2 $5
$36) (18. Qe1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Qf2 a5 $5 $132 {/\} 22. Ba6 (
22. b5 Bxa3 $1) 22... Bb7 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxa5 Rxa5 26. bxa5
Qb5 $11) (18. f4 $5 {()}) 18... Rc7 19. Qe2 {White wants to avoid
complications, but probably squanders a part of his advantage.} (19. f4 $1 d5 (
19... Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. b5 Nb8 22. Qd3 $16) 20. e5 $5 (20. b5 $2 d4 $1 $17)
(20. exd5 $14) 20... d4 (20... Ne4 21. Nb5 $16 (21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 $16)) 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rcd7 23. Ne2 Ne4 (23... Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Qb6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26.
Qe2 $16) 24. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Ra6b5,Rd3e3] /\Qe3,Bb5}) 19... d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Kh1 Bd6 $6 {[%csl Rd5] צd5 Black intended to use his R on the
>> anyway, but this plan is dubious and it will get into trouble.} (22... Rd8
$14) (22... Bf6 $5) 23. Bc4 Rh5 24. f4 $36 g6 (24... Rh3 25. Nc5 $16) (24...
Rf5 25. Bd3 Rd5 26. Be4 $16) 25. Nc5 {[%cal Rc5a6] /\Na6} Qd8 (25... Qf8 26.
Ne4 $36) 26. Qf2 Ne7 27. Be2 Rf5 28. Rcd1 $6 (28. Bg4 $142 Bxc5 (28... Rd5 $2
29. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 (30... Kg7 31. Qb2+ $18) 31. Qh4 $18 {->}) (
28... Bd5 29. Qb2 $5 $16) 29. Bxc5 Rd5 30. Rfd1 $5 $36 {/\} (30. Bxa7 Rd2 (
30... Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd2 32. Be2 $36) 31. Rcd1 Rcd7 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Be2 $14)
30... Rcd7 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 $6 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rc8+ Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxa7
$16 {/+-}) 28... Rd5 {Black now exchanges his troublesome R and gets realistic
<=>.} 29. Bf3 (29. Bd4 Nf5 30. Be5 Qe7 $13) (29. Qh4 $5 Qf8 $132) 29... Rxd1
30. Rxd1 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Nd5 $11 (31... Nd5 32. Ne4 Bf8 33. Bd4 (33. Bc5 Bg7 $11)
33... Qc8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nf3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f3
a6 9. Be3 Nbd7 ({As has been indicated many timed before, a reliable way to
avoid White's dangerous plan is} 9... Be7 {/\} 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Nc6 $1) 10.
O-O Be7 11. a4 $1 {It's better to realize this plan directly. One move later
it's not too effective anymore:} (11. Qd2 O-O 12. a4 Rc8 $1 (12... Qc7 13. a5
Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Nc5 19.
b4 $36 {Cvetkovic,S-Ilicnic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja/1989/}) 13. a5 Ne5 14. axb6 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Rb4 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Na4 Rb5 19. Nc3 Rb4 20. Na4 Rb5 $11 {
1/2,Yandemirov,V-Simantsev,M/St.Petersburg/1999/}) 11... O-O 12. a5 bxa5 {
The best, other moves allow White to achieve his strategic aims more easily:} (
12... d5 13. exd5 $5 (13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 N7f6
17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. Qe1 $5 b5 21. Bb3 Qb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4
23. Rfd1 Nd3 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Rd2 $16 {Stohl,I-Varga,Z/CRO-chT2 Pula/1998/})
13... exd5 14. Nf5 (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 $16 {Sher,B-Vegh,E
Budapest Elekes CBM/14}) 14... Bb4 (14... bxa5 $142 15. cxd5 Bb4 $14) 15. axb6
Re8 16. Na4 Re5 17. Bd3 dxc4 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Bd4 Re6 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf8
22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Nd4 Rd6 24. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Gb6] o^b6,Varga,Z-Devcic,D/CRO-Cup
Pula/1999/}) (12... Qc7 13. Nb3 (13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Na4 Nfd7 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16.
Qb3 Nd7 17. Rfc1 g6 18. Qd1 e5 19. Nb3 a5 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. b3 Rfb8 22. Qc2 Bc6
23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Rcb1 Qb4 25. Qc2 Bd8 26. Kh1 Bb6 27. Nf1 Ne6 28. Bd2 Qc5 29.
Ne3 Nd4 30. Qd3 Bd8 31. Nd5 $14 {Borgo,G-Barlov,D/Cutro/1998/}) 13... Rab8 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. Na5 Ba8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Nbd7 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20.
b4 Nfd7 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxa6 Bf6 23. Bd4 $18 {Gulko,B-Shapiro,D/Stratton
Mountain/1999/}) 13. Nb3 Rb8 (13... a4 14. Rxa4 Qc7 15. Na5 Rfb8 16. Ra2 Bc8
17. f4 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. Qd2 Bf6 23.
Rc1 Qd8 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Rc8 26. Qd5 $36 {o^c6,Bobrowska,M-Ghate,S/WChJW
Calicut/1998/}) 14. Nxa5 Ba8 15. Qd2 Re8 $1 {[%cal Yd6d5] The best move, in
Hedgehog positions the R usually occupies this square to further the freeing
d5 advance.} ({The older move leads to a passive position, where Black can
quickly lose any chances of effective counterplay. The following examples have
become classical:} 15... Qc7 16. Rfc1 Ne5 (16... Rfc8 17. Na4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxa4
19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Rca1 Rd8 21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Na5 Ba8 25.
Ba7 Rbc8 26. Bd4 Rb8 27. Ba7 Rbc8 28. Nb3 Bb7 29. Bd4 Rb8 30. Qg3 g6 31. b5 $16
{Gelfand,B-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/}) 17. Na4 Bc6 18. b4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nfd7 20.
Raa1 Rfc8 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. g3 h5 23. Kg2 Qb8 24. Rab1 Nf6 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. c5 $1
d5 27. Bf4 Ng6 28. e5 Ne8 29. Bd3 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 $1 g6 31. Rc3 Nc7 32. Kh3 $1
Kh7 33. f5 $1 $40 {Ivanchuk,V-Adams,M/Dortmund/1992/}) 16. Kh1 (16. Rfd1 Qc7
17. Rdc1 Ne5 (17... Nc5 $6 18. b4 $1 Rxb4 19. Nb5 $16) 18. Na4 Qd8 19. c5 $5 (
19. Ba7 d5 $1 20. Bxb8 Qxb8 $44 {[%cal Re7b4,Rd5e4] /\Bb4,de4}) 19... dxc5 20.
Qxd8 Bxd8 21. Nxc5 Rxb2 22. Bxa6 Ng6 23. Bf1 Rb8 (23... h6 $5 {/\} 24. Nab3 Bc7
25. Bd4 Be5 $1 $11 {Pelletier}) 24. Na6 Bb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc7 $14 {[%csl
Ra8] ץa8,Kasimdzhanov,R-Bakhtadze,G/Yerevan WChJ/1999/}) 16... Qc7 17. Rfc1 {
White has an extra tempo compared to Kasimdzhanov's game above, but it's not
too useful in this situation.} Ne5 18. Bd4 (18. b4 d5 $5 19. c5 (19. cxd5 Bxb4
20. Nc6 $11) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Red8 $132) (18. Na4 Qd8 $13 {and the K on h1
is of no advantage for White.}) 18... h5 $5 {[%mdl 32] An original strategical
idea in this position. The further advance of this pawn can be prevented only
by weakening the >>, when it gets to h3 Black will have just enough play to
hold the game.} 19. b4 (19. Bf2 Ng6 {[%cal Yh5h3] /\h4-h3<=>}) 19... h4 20. b5
h3 $6 (20... axb5 $142 21. cxb5 Qd8) 21. g3 $6 (21. gxh3 axb5 22. cxb5 Qd8 $132
) (21. bxa6 $142 $5 hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 $36) 21... axb5 22. cxb5 (22. Nxb5 Qd7 $15)
22... Qd8 23. Bxe5 (23. b6 $5 Nc6 (23... Nfd7 24. b7 Bxb7 25. Ba7 $16) 24. Nxc6
Bxc6 $132 25. Nb5 Nxe4 $5 26. fxe4 Bxe4+ 27. Kg1 Bg5 $44) 23... dxe5 24. Qxd8
Rexd8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. bxc6 Rd2 27. Ba6 (27. c7 Rc8 28. Nb5 (28. Nd5 $2 Nxd5
29. exd5 Rxe2 $19) 28... Rxe2 (28... Ne8 $6 29. Bf1 $16) 29. Na7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7
Bd6 $44) (27. Bf1 Rbb2 28. Ne2 $5 (28. Nd1 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Rhg2+ $1 30. Bxg2
Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Nh5 $19) 28... Bd8 $5 (28... Bd6 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Rd8 Bc7 31.
Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Nc3 $36) 29. c7 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxe2 {-27.Ba6}) 27... Rbb2 28. Ne2
Bd6 29. c7 (29. Rd1 Bc7 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Ng1 Rc2 32. Bb7 g5 33. g4 Ne8 34.
Nxh3 f6 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Rh3] <=>,פh3,Bb7 White's pieces are uncoordinated.})
29... Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Rxe2 $11 {[%csl Rh1] White has no way to
realize his material advantage due to his K trapped on the back rank.} 32. Rf1
g5 {[%cal Rg5g4] /\g4} 33. g4 $8 Kg7 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Re2 36. Rc3 Nd7 {
[%cal Rd7f8,Rf8g6,Rg6f4] /\Nf8-g6-f4 Now already White must force a draw.} 37.
Rfc1 Rf2 38. Kg1 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
h3 $5 {/\g4-g5 White plans to undermine Black's [+] outpost as fast as
possible.} e4 9. g4 e3 $6 (9... Re8 $142 10. Bg2 h6 11. Nd2 e3 12. fxe3 Bxe3
13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Bf4 Bd7 (14... Nh5 15. Bh2 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18.
Qa4 $1 $16 (18. Bxb8 Raxb8 19. Bf3 Qf4+ 20. Kc2 Ng3 21. Nd2 Nxh1 22. Bxh1 Be3
$44 {Agirretxe San Sebastian,J-Fluvia Poyatos,J/Montcada/1999/})) (14... a6 15.
a4 Nbd7 16. Bf3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Qh4+ 18. Kd2 Ng3 19. Rg1 Nf5 20. Ne4 Qxh3 21. Bc7
Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Ne3 23. Qb3 Nf1+ 24. Kc2 Qxb3+ 25. Kxb3 Bxg1 26. Rxf1 Nc5+ 27.
Ka3 Nxe4 28. Rxg1 $16 {Raetsky,A-Miezis,N/Bern/1995/}) 15. Qd3 Na6 16. a3 Rc8
17. Ne5 Bb6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Bf3 a6 20. Kf1 Nb5 $132 {1/2, Lopez Rodriguez,
H-Llames Prado,R/Gijon/1999/}) (9... Qe7 10. Bg2 Qe5 (10... e3 {-9...e3?!}) 11.
g5 Qf5 12. Rf1 Qg6 13. Rg1 (13. Bh1 $5 Bxh3 14. gxf6 $14) 13... e3 $2 (13...
Qf5 $142) 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. gxf6 Re8 16. fxe3 Bxh3 17. Qd4 Qg3+ 18. Kf1 Rxe3
19. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 20. Kf2 {1-0, Stohl,I-De Vreugt,D/Lisbon op/2001/}) 10. Bxe3
Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qe7 (11... Qd6 12. Qd4 Qg3+ 13. Kd2 Qd6 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Na3 Nc6
16. Qf4 Qc5 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. e4 Qb4 19. Kc1 Bd7 20. Nc2 Qa5 21. e5 $18 {
Likavsky,T-Pekar,K/SVK-chT2/1998/}) 12. Bg2 (12. Qd4 $142 $1 Rd8 13. g5 $16)
12... Qxe3 13. Qd3 {White has to get rid of Black's Q as fast as possible.} (
13. Bf3 $143 $6 Re8 14. Nd2 Na6 15. Kf1 h5 $1 16. g5 Qxg5 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qh4 $40 {1/2, Tomaszewski,R-Kujawski,A/Lublin/1988/}) 13... Qc1+ (13...
Qxd3 14. exd3 Rd8 15. Nd2 Na6 16. Nde4 $16) 14. Kf2 (14. Nd1 $5 Na6 15. O-O
Qc5+ (15... Nc5 16. Qc3 $16) (15... Re8 $142 $1 $14) 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Nxe3 Re8
18. Kf2 Bd7 19. Nc3 Nc5 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nd6 Re5 22. b4 Na6 23. a3 $16 {
Agirretxe San Sebastian,J-Fernandez Hernandez,G/Euskadi/1999/}) 14... Qxb2 15.
Nd2 Qb6+ 16. Qe3 $5 (16. e3 Na6 $13) 16... Qd8 {[%cal Rc8g4] /\Bg4} (16...
Qxe3+ 17. Kxe3 Re8+ 18. Kd4 $36) (16... Qc7 $5 $13) 17. Bf3 Nbd7 $6 (17... Re8
$142 18. Qf4 (18. Qd4 $6 Nc6) 18... Na6 $132) 18. Qd4 $1 b6 ({Black's problem
is the natural move} 18... Re8 $2 {fails to} 19. g5 $18) 19. d6 Rb8 20. e4 $1 {
[%csl Gd6,Ge4][%cal Re4e5] [+],/\e5} Nc5 {Again due to the threat g5 Black
can't effectively prevent e5, White gains the upper hand in the [+].} (20...
Re8 $2 21. g5 Ne5 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Kg2 $16) 21. e5 Nfd7 22. Kg3 Bb7 23. Bxb7
Rxb7 24. Nf3 $14 Ne6 25. Qe3 f6 (25... Re8 26. Nd5 $36) 26. exf6 Ndc5 $5 (26...
Qxf6 27. Nd5 Qf7 28. Rhf1 $16) 27. Rad1 {[%csl Gd6] White must protect his
strong o^.} (27. fxg7 $2 Qxd6+ 28. Ne5 Rxg7 29. Rad1 Qb8 $36) 27... Rxf6 (27...
Qxf6 $142 28. Nd5 (28. Ne5 $2 Ne4+ $1 $17) 28... Qd8 29. Ne7+ (29. Ne5 Ng5 $5
30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. dxe7 Nge4+ 32. Kg2 Qxe7 $40) 29... Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qxe7 31.
Rhf1 $14 {and although White is better, his vulnerable K still gives Black <=>.
}) 28. Ne5 Kh8 29. Nd5 Rf8 30. Ne7 $1 Rxe7 {Now it's too late for the exchange
sacrifice.} (30... Ng5 31. Rhf1 $1 Nge4+ 32. Kg2 $40 {/\} Rxf1 (32... Nxd6 33.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. N7g6+ $18) 33. Rxf1 Nxd6 34. Qf3 $1 h6 (34... Rb8 35. N7c6 $18)
35. Qd5 $1 (35. Qf8+ Qxf8 36. Rxf8+ Kh7 37. N5g6 Rxe7 $16) 35... Kh7 36. N7c6
Qc7 37. Rf8 $18) (30... Rf6 $142 $16) 31. Nc6 $18 Qa8 32. dxe7 Re8 33. Rd6 Rxe7
(33... Ng5 $5 34. Rhd1 $1 Nge4+ 35. Kh2 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 $18 {[%csl Ge7] o^e7})
34. Nxe7 Qxh1 35. Rxe6 Nxe6 36. Qxe6 Qg1+ 37. Kh4 Qf2+ 38. Kh5 g6+ (38... Qf8
39. Qc8 g6+ 40. Kg5 $18) 39. Nxg6+ (39. Kg5 $18) (39. Nxg6+ hxg6+ 40. Kxg6 Qc2+
41. Qf5 Qc6+ 42. Qf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 ({-A33} 5... e6 {leads to
more frequent English Opening positions. It's also objectively better, as the
Hedgehog positions with the N on c6 (which Black unsuccessfully aims to
achieve) tend to be inferior to the ones with Nbd7.}) 6. e4 (6. Bg5 Bb7 {
can transpose into the game, as} 7. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 8. Nf5 Qb8 $32 {[%csl Gb7,Gf8]
[%cal Ye7e6] <=>^^ is not particularly enticing for White.}) 6... Bb7 7. Bg5 $5
{One of White's more aggressive attempts. However, even positional methods
promise White an edge:} (7. Bf4 $5 d6 8. Nf3 g6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Bh6
O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 Nb4 $6 (13... Nb8 $142 $132) 14. Nd4 Na6 15. f3 Nc5
16. O-O a6 17. Rfd1 Ng8 18. Bf1 Ba8 19. Rac1 Qc7 20. b4 Nd7 21. a3 {[%csl Gb4,
Gc4,Ge4] (),|^<<,Tal,M-Winants,L/Bruxelles/1987/}) (7. Be2 e6 8. Nc2 $5 Qb8 9.
O-O Be7 10. f4 $1 d6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 $14 {Lalic}) ({Another double-edged
try is} 7. f3 Qb8 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. g5 Ne8 13.
Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Kb1 a6 15. h4 b5 16. h5 bxc4 17. g6 fxg6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rg1
Bf6 20. Rxg6 Kf7 21. Rg2 $36 {Hansen,C-Ftacnik,L/Groningen/1991/}) 7... e6 ({
Black often used to play} 7... Qb8 {and also in the game he could (and
probably should as well!) have later transposed into this line.} {However, the
main reason why the text-move is preferable is probably} 8. Nxc6 $142 (8. f4 h6
9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Nxd4 (10... e6 $5) 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxc3
14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. bxc3 Bxe4 16. Rg1 Qe8 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 {
Arnason,J-Karason,A/ISL-chT Reykjavik/2000/} Kg7 $11) (8. Nf3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10.
Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qc2 Rd7 14. Rac1 Qd8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qb1 h6
17. h3 Nh7 18. b3 Nf8 19. Be3 Ng6 20. Nb5 Bf6 21. Bf1 Nge5 22. Nfd4 a6 23. Nc3
Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Ng6 25. Qd3 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qc7 27. Qe3 {Butnorius,A-Bucinskas,V/
Radviliskis/1995/} Qc5 $11) 8... Bxc6 9. Qe2 $1 h6 (9... Qe5 10. f4 Qa5 11.
O-O-O $32) 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Bc5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Rc1
d6 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. f3 Ne8 18. g3 Nc7 19. Qc6 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rd8 21. Rc4 $16 {
Tal,M-Toshkov,T/Albena/1984/}) 8. Nxc6 (8. f4 $6 h6 9. Bh4 Bb4 $1 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Qb7 $1 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 e5 16. O-O Qc7 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Re4] ק} 17. c5 $1 bxc5 18. Bc4 Ke7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qh5 Rh7 21.
Qe2 d6 22. Rf3 Qb7 $15 {Krasenkow,M-Mastrovasilis,A/EU Cup Kallithea/2002/}) ({
Rather innocuous is} 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O Bc8 12. Nd6+
Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ke7 15. Rd2 Rg8 16. g3 Rb8 17. f4 d6 18. Be2 Bb7
19. Rhd1 Rgd8 20. b3 Ba8 21. Kb2 Na7 22. a4 Nc6 $11 {Nickoloff,B-Gheorghiu,F/
Dubai olm/1986/}) 8... Bxc6 $146 (8... dxc6 9. Qf3 (9. e5 $5 {()}) 9... Bd6 10.
Rd1 Qe7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 O-O 15. a3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5
17. b4 Qe7 18. Qe3 Ba6 $11 {1/2,Tal,M-Adorjan,A/Riga izt/1979/}) 9. Bd3 (9. e5
h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 f5 $5 $132 {Krasenkow}) (9. Qe2
h6 10. Bd2 d6 $13) 9... h6 $6 {This was the suitable moment to transpose back
into the 7...Qb8 line with} (9... Qb8 $142 $1 10. Qe2 (10. O-O Bb4 11. Re1 Qe5
12. Bd2 h5 $5 $13 13. Qf3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Qd4 15. Bf1 Bc5 16. Re2 f5 17. h3 O-O-O
18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Nb5 (19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Qg3 Rh4 $1 $19) (19. Bd6 $142 $5) 19...
fxe4 20. Qg3 e5 21. Nxa7+ Kb7 22. Nxc6 dxc6 23. Rxd8 exf4 24. Qxg4 hxg4 25.
Rxh8 f3 26. Rd2 Bd4 27. Kh1 g3 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Bg2 gxf2 {0-1,Spraggett,
K-Nogueiras,J/Montpellier ct/1985/}) 10... Bd6 $5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 (11... Nxd5 12.
exd5 (12. cxd5 $5 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Bb7 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Bb5+ $14) 12... Bb7 13.
O-O-O Bf4+ 14. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 15. Kb1 O-O 16. g3 Qf6 17. Be4 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rae8 19.
Qc2 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf3 21. Rhd1 Re2 22. Rf5 Qg4 23. f3 Qh3 24. Qxe2 Qxf5+ $132 {
Johansen,D-Ftacnik,L/Gold Coast/2000/}) 12. exd5 Qc7 13. g3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 h6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 Ke7 17. Kg2 Bd6 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Re4 h4 20. Rae1 Rag8 21. Rg4
Rxg4 22. Qxg4 Kf8 23. Re3 a5 24. b3 Be5 25. Qe4 Ke7 26. Be2 Qc5 $11 {[%csl Ge2,
Ge5] ^-,Markos,J-Velicka,P/CZE-chT/2003/}) 10. Bh4 Bc5 $2 {Black forgets the
e4-square is no more accessible and he will have to both weaken his position
and retreat back with his N.} (10... Qb8 11. Bg3 (11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Nd5 $5 $36 {
is also possible, White gets a better version of the above line.}) 11... Bd6
12. Qd2 $14) ({Black should have already satisfied himself with the solid, but
passive} 10... d6 $142 $14 {[%cal Yf8e7] /\Be7 , however even in this case
it's better to omit the h6-move.}) 11. e5 $1 {[%csl Ge5] [+]()} g5 12. Bg3 Ng8
(12... Nh7 13. O-O $16) 13. Qh5 (13. Ne4 $5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 $16) 13... Qc7 (13...
Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. O-O-O {/\Ne4->}) 14. h4 $1 gxh4 (14... Bxg2 15. Rg1 Qc6
16. hxg5 Bf3 17. Qh4 O-O-O 18. a3 $36 {[%cal Yc3e4,Yc3b5,Yd3e4] /\Ne4,Nb5,Be4}
d5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Nb5 $1 $18) (14... Bd4 $6 15. hxg5 Bxe5 16. g6 Bxg3 17.
gxf7+ Ke7 18. fxg8=N+ Raxg8 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kd2 $18) 15. Rxh4 {[%cal Rh4f4]
/\Rf4+-} Ne7 (15... Bxg2 16. a3 $5 $16 (16. Rf4 O-O-O 17. Rxf7 $16)) 16. Rf4
Rf8 17. Kf1 $16 {White finally protects his Pg2, his K is even safer on the >>,
than on b1. The text-move doesn't give Black too many chances to complicate
the issue.} (17. O-O-O Bxg2 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rb8 $14 {[%cal Rb6b5] /\b5<=>
}) 17... O-O-O 18. Ne4 {White wants to tigthen the screws instead of cashing
in, nevertheless} (18. Rxf7 $142 Qb7 19. f3 $16 {seems better.}) (18. Nb5 Qb7
$14) 18... Nf5 $6 {Macieja reckoned with this natural reaction.} (18... Ng6 19.
Rf6 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd4 21. Qe2 $36 {/\} Bxe5 $2 22. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 23. Bxe5 Qxe5
24. Bb7+ $18) (18... Bxe4 $142 $5 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 Bd4 $13) 19... d6 $14) 19.
Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 20. Qxf5 $44 {-> White has a strong bind for the
sacrificed exchange. His following plan is to advance the <<P, this is one of
the reasons whiy he didn't castle queenside.} Qb7 $2 {Just as one move earlier,
it's important for Black to get rid of White's strong Ne4 and the text-move
only makes it more difficult by putting the Q on a vulnerable square.} (20...
Bxe4 $142 21. Bxe4 (21. Qxe4 Qc6 22. Qe2 f5 $13) 21... Bd4 22. Bd5 $44) (20...
Bd4 21. Rd1 $36 {/\} Bxb2 22. c5 $1 $40) 21. a3 Rg8 (21... Kb8 22. b4 (22. e6+
d6 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. e7 Qxe7 25. Qxc5 $14) 22... Be7 23. c5 $40 (23. b5 $16))
22. b4 $16 Rxg3 (22... Be7 23. Bh4 $1 $18 {/\} Bxh4 24. Nd6+) (22... Bf8 23.
Rd1 $16 (23. c5 $5 $40) (23. Qxf7 Bxb4 24. axb4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd5 Rg4
$1 $132) (23. b5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qc7 25. Bd5 $16)) 23. fxg3 Bf8 24. Rc1 (24. Rd1
Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc7 26. c5 $40) 24... Kb8 (24... Qa6 25. Rc3 $1 {/\} Bxb4 26. c5
$1 Qa5 27. axb4 Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxc3 30. Ba6+ Kc7 31. Qb7#) 25. Rc2
a5 $6 {Only loosens the pawn cover of his own K.} (25... d6 $142 $16) 26. Rb2 (
26. Qf6 $5 Rc8 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Qxd6+ $18) (26. c5 $5 bxc5 27. Qf6 $40) 26...
axb4 27. axb4 Qa7 (27... Qc7 28. c5 $1 $18) (27... d5 $142 $16) 28. Qf2 $1 $18
{[%cal Rb2a2] /\Ra2->} Rc8 29. Ra2 (29. Nd6 $18) (29. Nf6 $5 $18) 29... Qb7 (
29... Qc7 30. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 31. exd6 Qb7 32. b5 $18) 30. Qd4 (30. Nd6 $5 Bxd6 31.
exd6 b5 32. c5 $18) 30... Re8 $2 (30... Bxb4 $142 $5 31. Nd6 (31. Rb2 $6 Bxe4
32. Bxe4 Bc5 $132) 31... Bc5 32. Qf4 Bxd6 33. exd6 $16 {[%cal Rb1b8] -><->b})
31. b5 Qc7 $138 (31... Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Bc5 33. Qd3 $18) (31... Qc7 32. bxc6 $18)
1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
e3 e4 9. Be2 Qe7 (9... Re8 10. Nd2 $142 $1 (10. a3 Nbd7 (10... a5 11. Nd2 Bf5
12. Nb3 Bf8 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4 Ne5 16. Nd4 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Bc5 18. h5
Bxd4 19. hxg6 Bxc3 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxd3 $1 $40 {Bischoff,
K-Kersten,U/Bad Worishofen op/1998/}) 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 a5 13. bxa5 Nc5 14.
Nd2 Bg4 15. O-O Nd3 16. Rb1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxb2 18. Rxb2 Be5 19. Rb3 Bxc3 20.
Rxc3 Qxd5 21. Rb3 {1/2,Mirzoev,A-Kogan,A/Cannes op/1998/}) 10... Nbd7 (10...
Bf5 $5) 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O a6 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. b3 Ne5
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg5 19. h4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 Nxg6 21. h5 Ne7 22. d6 Nf5 23.
d7 Re7 24. b4 {1-0,Lautier,J-Adams,M/Las Palmas/1994/ Due to this game the 9...
Re8 line has lost most of it's popularity and the text became the main move.})
10. a3 Rd8 (10... a5 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nb3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bc4
Re5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bxa5 Bd6 18. Bc3 Rg5 19. g3 $14 {Sokolov,A-Andrienko,A/
Jurmala/1991/}) (10... a6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15.
g4 Bxg4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 f5 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Rac1 Rac8
21. Rhd1 Rfd8 22. Ba1 Rd7 23. f3 $16 {Khurtsidze,N-Calzetta,M/WCh-studW Leon/
1996/}) 11. O-O $5 $146 {This natural move surprisingly hasn't been played
before.} (11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 a5 $5 (12... Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be5 (14...
Bf5 15. Nb5 $6 (15. Nc4 $142) 15... Nfxd5 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Nc4 Rg6 18. g3 Bh3
19. O-O-O Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Kb1 Rc8 $40 {Braun,P-Koerholz,L/Vienna opB/
1996/}) 15. Nc4 (15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 Bxb2
20. Qxb2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 23. Rc1 Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2
Nc3 $15 {Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Linares/1995/}) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bf5
17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxd5 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qb3 Bg6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc1 f5 23.
Rc5 Bf7 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qc3 f4 26. exf4 Qxf4 27. O-O Rd8 28. Nc2 Be6 29. Ne3
Rd3 $132 {Khodos-Gofshtein,L/Daugavpils/1978/}) 13. bxa5 Be5 14. Qa4 Na6 15.
Nd2 $6 (15. O-O $142 Nc5 $44) 15... Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 17. Nc4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxe2
19. Kxe2 Qd7 20. Rhd1 Rac8 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Rxd3 exd3 $17 {Timman,
J-Topalov,V/Wijk/1996/}) (11. Nd2 Bf5 $6 12. g4 Bc8 13. h3 b5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxd5 17. Qxc5 Qxe4 18. f3 Qe6 19. Qxb5 $16 {Padevsky,
N-Lukov,V/Pamporovo/1982/}) 11... a5 $6 {Dubious, as Black loses time and
weakens his <<, which gives White good chances to advantageously return his
extra pawn.} (11... Bf5 $142 $44) 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Qb3 (13. Nc4 Be6 $5 $11)
13... h5 14. Nc4 Ra6 15. Rd1 $2 {Leaves White's K to it's own devices and lets
Black unleash a vicious sacrificial attack.} (15. Na4 $142 $5 Bg4 $5 (15...
Rxd5 16. Ncb6 $16) (15... Nxd5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxb7 $14 (17. Bxh5 $5 {/\} a4
$2 18. Qxb7 $1 $16)) (15... Ba7 $2 16. d6 $16) 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Bd2 $14 {<=>})
15... Ng4 $1 $32 16. h3 (16. Bxg4 Bxg4 (16... hxg4 17. Na4 $13) 17. Rd2 Rg6 $40
) 16... Nxf2 $1 {A promising positional sacrifice.} 17. Kxf2 Bxh3 $1 (17...
Qh4+ 18. g3 $1 (18. Kg1 Bxh3 19. Bf1 Rf6 {-17...Bh3!}) 18... Qxh3 19. Qxb7 Rf6
20. Ke1 Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 $16 {With his K in relative safety White is better.}) 18.
Bf1 (18. Ke1 $5 Bxg2 19. Kd2 h4 $44 {[%csl Gh4] o^h The passed pawn causes
White's uncoordinated forces a lot of trouble.}) (18. gxh3 $2 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 (19.
Kf1 Rf6+) 19... Rg6+ 20. Bg4 hxg4 $19) 18... Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf6 20. Qc2 $8 (20.
gxh3 $2 Qg3+ 21. Bg2 Rf2 $19) 20... Bg4 21. Nxe4 Rf4 $3 {A fantastic move,
which Black probably saw in advance, as otherwise he would simply be lost. Now
White must be very cautious.} 22. Nxa5 $2 (22. g3 Bxd1 23. gxh4 (23. Qxd1 Rxf1+
24. Qxf1 Qxe4 $17) 23... Bxc2 24. Nxc5 Rg4+ 25. Kf2 (25. Kh2 Rxd5 26. Nxb7 Rf5
$17) 25... Rxd5 26. Nxb7 Rf5+ $40) (22. Nxc5 Bxd1 23. Qd2 (23. Qxd1 Qf2+ 24.
Kh2 Rh4#) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qxc4+ {[%cal Rd8d5] /\Rd5-+}) ({White's best
chance probably was} 22. Rd4 $142 $5 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rxf1+ $1 (23... Bd1 $6 24.
Qxd1 Rxe4 25. Qf3 $16) 24. Kxf1 Bf5 25. Ncd2 (25. Bg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Bxc2 27.
Nxa5 Rxd5 28. Rc1 $5 $15) 25... Rc8 (25... Re8 26. Qa4 $1 $132) 26. Qd3 Qh1+
27. Kf2 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1 29. Qc3 $1 $11) (22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Nxc5 (23. g3 Rxf1+
24. Kxf1 Qh1+ $19) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxd5 $19) 22... Bxd1 23.
Qxd1 Rxf1+ $2 {A tactical oversight, this is one sacrifice too many.} ({
Logical and strong was} 23... Rxe4 24. Nxb7 Ba7 $142 $1 (24... Bd6 $5 25. Nxd6
Rxd6 26. Be2 Nd7 27. Bf3 Rg4 $5 $40 (27... Rxd5 28. Qe2 Nf6 $36)) (24... Bxe3+
$2 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Nxd8 Qxd8 27. Qd4 $16) 25. Qd3 (25. Nxd8 Rxe3 26. Qa4 (26.
Bxe3 Bxe3#) 26... Rh3+ 27. Qxa7 Rh1#) (25. Qf3 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c1] /\Rc1-+})
25... Rde8 (25... Rxd5 $2 26. Qxd5 Rxe3 27. Nc5) 26. Nd6 Rxe3 $19) 24. Qxf1
Qxe4 25. Nxb7 Rxd5 (25... Bxe3+ $143 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxd5
29. b4 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Gb4] _|_o^a,b}) 26. Nxc5 Qc2 $6 $138 (26... Rxc5 $142 27.
Qf3 $5 (27. Qf4 Qb7 $14 {<=>}) 27... Qh4 28. Bd2 $14) 27. Qf4 $1 $18 Nc6 (27...
Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Rxc5 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Qxf7 $18) 28.
Ne4 Qd1+ ({Black can regain the missing piece, but the endgame is hopeless.} 
28... Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxc1 31. Nd6 (31. Qc7 $5) 31... f6 32. Qc4+
$18) 29. Kh2 Ne5 30. Nf2 Qf1 31. e4 Rd3 {Desperation in time-trouble.} (31...
Rc5 32. Be3 $18) (31... Rb5 32. a4 $18) 32. Nxd3 (32. Qxe5 Qxf2 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. Bf4 $18) 32... Ng4+ 33. Kg3 Qxd3+ 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. Bf4 g5 36. Rf1 $5 f6 (
36... gxf4+ 37. Qxf4 f6 38. e5 $18) 37. Kh3 $6 (37. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 38. Qf7+ Kh8
39. Qxh5+ {was more accurate.}) 37... Qd7 38. Bxg5 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nxf1+ 40. Qxf1
fxg5 41. Qf5 Qd6+ 42. e5 Qd2 43. Qc8+ (43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kg6 (44... Ke6 45.
Qd6+ $18) 45. e6 $18 {[%cal Rc7f7,Re6e7] /\Qf7,e7}) 1-0

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
e3 Qe7 $5 (8... e4 9. a3 (9. Be2 Re8 $6 (9... Qe7 {-8...Qe7}) 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11.
Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O a6 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. b3 $16 {Lautier,
J-Adams,M/Las Palmas/1994/}) 9... Qe7 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13.
Ra2 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nc6 $5 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd2 Rac8 19.
Qb3 Ng4 20. h3 Qh4 21. g3 Bxg3 22. Nxe4 Be5 $44 {Krasenkov,M-Smirin,I/Vilnius/
1988/}) 9. Be2 (9. e4 $2 Ng4 $17) 9... e4 10. a3 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 (11... Bb6 12.
Bb2 Bf5 13. g4 $5 Be6 14. Qc2 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. Rg1 Nde5 18.
Qe2 f5 19. Ng3 Rxd5 20. Nxf5 Qf7 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxg4 Rxf5 $44 {Rotstein,
A-Stranjakovitch/Paris-ch/1992/}) 12. Bb2 Be5 $5 $146 (12... Bf5 13. Nd2 Nbd7
14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Nxd6 Rxd6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qb3 a6 18. f3 $6 exf3 19. Bxf3 Bd3
20. Be2 Neg4 21. Rf3 Nxh2 $1 $40 {Trapl,J-Kupka,S/Litomerice/1990/}) (12...
Nbd7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be5 (14... Bf5 $5 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Nb5 {1/2:1/2,Haba,
Z-Hudecek,J/CSFR-chT/1992/}) 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bf5 17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2
Nxd5 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. Qb3 Bg6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rc5 Bf7 24. Rxd5 Bxd5
25. Qc3 f4 26. exf4 Qxf4 27. O-O Rd8 $10 {Hodos-Gofshtein/Daugavpils/1978/})
13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Rd1 (15. O-O Nbxd5 $10 (15... Bg4 $5 $13)) 15...
Bf5 (15... Nbxd5 $6 16. Ndxe4 $1 Nxc3 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxc3
Be6 20. Qb2 $14) 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 (17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Be2 a6 $44 {-17.Qc4})
17... Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 (19. O-O $6 Qc7 $36) (19. h3 $5 $13) 19... Bxb2
20. Qxb2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 $10 23. Rc1 $6 (23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Nc5
$10) 23... Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2 Nc3 $15 {׫,()} 26. Kf1 (26. Bc4 $142
$5 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke1 $15 {/\Nd1}) 26... Be6 27. Ke1 f5 28. Nd1 (28. Kd2
$2 Nb1+ $17) (28. Bc4 Kf7 $36) 28... Nb1 29. a4 Kf7 30. Nb2 Ke7 31. Nc4 (31.
Kd1 Bb3+ {/\Nc3-/+}) (31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Nc3 33. Nb2 Nd5 (33... b5 34. axb5
axb5 35. Kd2 Nd5 36. Nd1 Nxb4 37. Nc3 Nd3 {=/+/-/+}) 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kd6
$17) 31... Nc3 32. Na5 $4 {פa5} (32. Nb2 $8 Nd5 $1 (32... Bb3 33. a5 Kd6 34.
Kd2 Nd5 35. b5 $132) 33. b5 axb5 34. Bxb5 Nc3 $17) 32... Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Bd5 (
33... Bd5 34. b5 $8 axb5 35. axb5 b6 36. Nc6+ Bxc6 37. bxc6 Kd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 $1 {Black uses the fact he played d6 instead of 0-0 to avoid opening the /
^ h1-a8 for Bg2.} (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qd3 $14 {-A39}) 9. b3 (9. Nxc6
Bxc6 10. e4 Nd7 $5 $132) 9... h5 $5 {[%mdl 32] Another original move, Black
looks for a fight and forgoes even castling. As the database shows, Lerner is
the pioneer of this idea.} ({Fully possible was also the more sedate} 9... O-O
10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Rc1 (11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rac8 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. a3 Ng4 15. Qd1
Ne5 16. Kh1 b5 $1 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. b4 $6 Qa6 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. Qd4 Bf6 $36 {
Ivanov,I-Gulko,B/New York/1988/}) (11. e3 Rab8 12. Qe2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a3
Qb6 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc3 $10 {Lerner,K-Gulko,B/Helsinki op/1992/})
11... Rfc8 12. Qd2 Rab8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. e3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Qd2 h5 18. Qe2 Qf5 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qe6 21. h4 Ne5 22. Ne2 Ng4 $11 {Tal,
M-Marin,M/Manila/1990/}) 10. Bb2 (10. h4 $143 Ng4 $5 ({Less exciting is} 10...
O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. e3 Rab8 14. Qe2 a6 15. a3 $6 (15. Rfd1 $142)
15... Qb6 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc3 Na5 18. Qd1 Qb6 $1 19. Ba1 e5 20. Nf3 Qxb3 21.
Qxd6 Nxc4 $17 {Panchenko,A-Lerner,K/Moscow/1992/}) 11. e3 (11. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 12.
Bb2 g5 $1 13. hxg5 h4 14. gxh4 Qa5 15. Qd3 Rxh4 16. c5 Be5 17. Rfd1 Qxc5 18.
Ne4 Bh2+ 19. Kf1 Qb6 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Qc3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. b4 Ng6 24. a4 Nf4
25. Bf3 Bg4 26. b5 c5 27. Be3 Bh3+ 28. Ke1 Ng2+ $40 {Syrchikov,A-Dvoirys,S/
Omsk-Perm/1998/}) 11... Nge5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Qe2 a6 16.
Rfd1 e6 17. Nc3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Nc6 19. Ne4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. Qf2
Qb6 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rfe8 25. Na4 Qa7 26. Kg2 Nb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nc3
Bh6 29. a3 Na2 $1 $17 {Lopushnoy,D-Dvoirys,S/Tomsk/1997/}) 10... h4 11. Nd5
$146 {A recommendation by Ribli, but it doesn't give White an advantage.} ({
Unambitious is} 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd5 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rc8 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 $11 {1/2,Van der Sterren,
P-Lerner,K/Germany/1998/}) (11. e3 $5 $13) 11... hxg3 12. hxg3 Ne5 $5 (12...
Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Kf8 $5 15. Rc1 Bh3 $11) 13. Nf3 $5 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6
14. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 15. Bd5 (15. Ba6 Qb6 16. Bb5 Qb7 $1 (16... Bxb5 17. cxb5 Ng4
$44 {|^}) 17. f3 a6 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $17 {/\Qh3,Nc4}) 15... e6 16. Bg2 Nxc4 17.
Bc3 Ne5 $15 {<->h}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxe5 (14. Bxe5 Nf6 $5 (14... Ne3 $6 15. Bxg7
$1 Nxd1 16. Bxh8 f6 17. Raxd1 Kf7 18. Bxf6 $44) (14... Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Nc3 16.
Qd3 dxe5 17. Qxc3 Qc7 $11) (14... dxe5 15. Qxd5 Bc6 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rad1 $11
) 15. Bd4 Bh3 $36) 14... Nc7 $1 (14... Bxe5 $2 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd5 $16) 15.
Nd3 $8 (15. Nxd7 $2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Bxb7 Qxd7 $19) 15... Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Bc6
17. Bxc6+ bxc6 $15 {Black has a more compact position, more central control.
His K is well placed, as White due to the threatening attack on the h-file
will have to exchange not only R, but also Q} 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. Rh1 $8 Rxh1 20.
Qxh1 Qf5 $1 21. Nd3 (21. Kg1 Kd7 {/\Qf6,Rh8->}) 21... Qe4+ ({Black can also
hardly avoid the Q-exchange:} 21... Kd7 22. Qh3) 22. Kg1 Qxh1+ (22... Qxe2 $6
23. Qxc6+ Kd8 24. Nf4 $14) 23. Kxh1 c5 $1 {_|_ Black has retained an edge in
the endgame and White must play accurately.} 24. Kg2 a5 25. Rh1 Kd7 (25... a4
$6 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. Rxa8 Nxa8 28. bxa4 Nb6 29. Nb2 $14) 26. Nb2 e6 27. Na4 Ke7
28. f4 Na6 29. Nc3 Nb4 30. Kf3 (30. e4 Nc6 $15 {/\Nd4,f5}) 30... Rd8 {/\d5} (
30... d5 $2 31. cxd5 exd5 32. a3 d4 33. axb4 dxc3 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rc1 $16)
31. Rc1 Nc6 32. e3 Rh8 33. Kg2 Nb4 34. a3 $6 {><b3} (34. Rd1 $5 Nc2 35. Kf3 {
/\Rd2=}) 34... Nc6 35. Rd1 a4 $5 (35... Rb8 36. Nb5 d5 {/\a4|^} 37. a4 $5 $11)
36. Nxa4 (36. bxa4 $6 Na5 37. Rb1 f5 $17 {[+]}) 36... Rb8 37. Rb1 Na5 38. Nc3
Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Nxb3 $15 40. Nd1 $8 Na5 41. Nb2 d5 (41... f5 42. Kf3 e5 43. e4 $5
$11) 42. cxd5 exd5 43. g4 Kd6 44. Kf3 f6 (44... Kc6 $5 $15 {/\Kb5,Nc4}) 45. Ke2
g5 46. Kd3 Nc6 47. Kc3 Ne7 (47... d4+ 48. Kd3 $11) 48. Nd3 Ng6 49. fxg5 fxg5
50. a4 $1 $11 Kc6 (50... Ne5 $2 51. Nxe5 Kxe5 52. a5 Kd6 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. e4 $18
) 51. a5 Nf8 $8 (51... Kb5 $2 52. a6 $16) 52. a6 Ne6 53. a7 Kb7 54. Nxc5+ $1 {
A timely sacrifice liquidates Black's remaining pawns.} Nxc5 55. Kd4 Ne4 56.
Kxd5 Nf2 (56... Nd2 57. Ke5 (57. e4 $5 $11) 57... Kxa7 58. Kf6 Nf3 59. e4 Kb6
60. e5 Kc7 61. e6 Kd6 (61... Kd8 62. Kf7 Ne5+ 63. Kf6 $11) 62. e7 Kd7 63. Kf7
Ne5+ 64. Kf6 $11) 57. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch int"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Kaenel, Hansjuerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 (2... c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 (
7. Ndb5 $1 $36) 7... d6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ndb5 Ne8 12. Bg3
a6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qd3 Qb7
19. f3 Rd7 20. Bf2 Rdc7 21. e4 $14 {Polgar,J-Polgar,Zs,Aruba 1992-CBM 30}) 3.
c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 (4... Bg7 5. d5 d6 {-E9}) 5. Nxd4 b6 (5... Bg7 6. e4 d6 7.
Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 (8... a6 $5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13.
f3 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Ne8 15. Bf1 Nd7 16. Qf2 Rab8 $132 {Pogorelov,R-Varga,Za,Gyor
HUN-ch op 1990}) 9. Be3 $14 {-B36}) (5... d5 $6 6. cxd5 (6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O
8. Qb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12. Ng5 Nd5 $1 13. O-O-O e6
14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rxd5 Nc5 16. Qc4 Qb6 17. Rd8+ Qxd8 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rd1 Bd7
20. Qd5 Qe8 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nd6+ Qe6 25. Qxc5 Qxa2
$44 {Vaganian,R-Gulko,B,URS-ch 1976}) (6. Bg5 $5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Nb5 Qxd1+
9. Rxd1 Na6 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Rxd4 f5 13. e3 Bd7 {Stohl,I-Phominyh,
A,Stary Smokovec 1990-CBM 21} 14. Nc3 $14 {_|_}) 6... Nxd5 7. Ndb5 $1 Nxc3 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 e6 12. O-O Ke7 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bg5+
f6 15. Be3 Rhd8 16. Nb5 $16 {Hansen,LB-Polgar,S,Abenra active 1989}) 6. e4 d6
7. g3 $5 (7. Be2 Bb7 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 $14 {()}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Nfd7
$1 (9... O-O $2 10. e5 Bxg2 11. exf6 Bxf1 12. fxg7 $16) 10. b3 (10. Bg5 $142
$36 {/\Qd2,Nd5}) 10... Nc6 11. Nde2 (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qd2 a6 $132)
11... a6 12. Bb2 O-O (12... b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 $36) 13. Qd2
Rb8 14. h4 (14. Rfd1 $142 Ba8 15. Nd5 b5 16. Rac1 $14) 14... h5 $1 15. Rad1 (
15. Nd5 Nce5 $132) 15... Nce5 16. Nd5 b5 17. cxb5 (17. f4 $6 Ng4 $15) 17...
axb5 18. Bc3 Ra8 $13 19. Qb2 Bxd5 20. exd5 b4 $1 21. Bd4 $8 (21. Bxb4 $4 Nf3+
$19) 21... Bf6 22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Nc1 Rfc8 $15 24. Rfe1 Rc7 (24... Nc5 $5 $15) 25.
Nd3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Rac8 $6 (26... Ne5 $142 $1 {/\} 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 $2
dxe5 29. d6 Rc3 $17) 27. Bh3 Rd8 28. Bxd7 Rcxd7 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. Rd2 $13 f5
31. Rc2 {<->c,><b4,d6} Rc7 32. Rc4 Rc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Qc4 (34. Kg2 Ra8 35.
Re2 $10) 34... Qxc4 (34... Rc8 35. Rc1 $36) 35. bxc4 Rc8 36. Rc1 Kf8 $10 37.
Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 Kd7 39. Kd3 {/\Rb1} Ra8 40. Rc2 Ra3+ 41. Kd4 {/\c5,Rb2} f4 $8
42. gxf4 Rh3 43. Rb2 Rxh4 44. Rxb4 Rxf4+ 45. Ke3 g5 46. a4 $8 h4 47. a5 h3 48.
a6 h2 49. a7 $1 (49. Rb1 Rxc4 $17) 49... Rf3+ $1 $8 (49... h1=Q $2 50. Rb7+ $1
$18) 50. Kxf3 (50. Ke2 Ra3 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Rh8 Rxa7 54. Rxh2 $10)
50... h1=Q+ 51. Ke2 (51. Ke3 Qe1+ $17) 51... Qe4+ 52. Kf1 $8 (52. Kd2 Qd4+ $19)
52... Qh1+ 53. Ke2 $10 Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qh1+ {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yangon zt"]
[Site "Yangon"]
[Date "1998.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zaw, Oo"]
[Black "Mariano, Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f3
e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 (10... O-O $142) 11. Rc1 (11. a4 $142 $1 O-O 12. a5
$36) 11... O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 {A typical
Hedgehog position with all pieces on the board. White's usual plan is to play
against Black's somewhat sensitive << (e.g.b4,Nb3,a4-a5,or even c4-c5,
especially if Black has already committed himself on the opposite flank.)
Black's options are a timely d6-d5 break ( this often doesn't work because of
a6 being en prise.) and piece play against White's >> (Bd8-c7,Kh8,Rg8,g5,
Rg6etc.)} 16. Qf2 {Starts a somewhat strange plan-White concentrates on the >>
against Black's K. The positive side of this setup will show after Black opens
the position.} ({More usual is} 16. b4 Bd8 (16... Kh8 $5) (16... Rc7 17. Na4
Rec8 18. Qf2 Ba8 19. Nb3 Rc6 20. Nb2 R6c7 21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Na4 b5 24.
Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Rb7 26. c5 $16 {ץa8,Siegel,G-Zeller,F/BL2-S9697/1997/}) (
16... Ne5 $142 17. Na4 Nfd7 $132) 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 $1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20.
c5 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Rcd8 23. Qe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rc1 $16 {Stohl,
I-Ward,C/Isle of Man op/1994/}) (16. a3 Bd8 (16... Bf8 17. b4 Ba8 18. Nb3 Ne5
19. Na4 Rc6 20. Bd4 Nfd7 21. Rc3 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. exd5 Rd6 24. Qc2 Bxd5 25.
Bf2 Qa8 26. Nd4 b5 27. Nc5 Bc4 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Bg1 g6 31. f4
Nd3 32. Rxc4 Nxf4 33. Nc6 $14 {Hjartarson,J-Larsen,B/Reykjavik/1985/}) 17. Bg1
Bc7 (17... Kh8 18. b4 Ne5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Na4 Nfd7 21. Qe3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Qxb6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bd8 27. Qa7 $11 {Leko,P-Van Wely,
L/Cap d`Agde/1996/}) 18. Qf2 (18. Rc2 h5 19. Qf2 g6 20. h4 Ne5 21. Qd2 Bd8 22.
b3 Nfd7 23. Bf2 Be7 24. Nce2 Bf8 25. Ng1 Nf6 26. Qf4 Ned7 27. Qg3 d5 $1 $15 {
Siegel,G-Milov,L/Bern/1994/}) 18... Qa8 (18... Ne5 19. b4 Qa8 20. Nb3 Ng6 21.
Na4 Nd7 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Bd4 Nh5 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5
Qb8 28. Bg1 $36 {/\Nd4-c6,Iordachescu,V-Mirumian,V/Szombathely/1993/}) 19. b4
d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24. Nf5 Be5 25. Bc4
Nf4 26. Qf2 b5 27. Bf1 Bd5 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 h5 $13 {Arbakov,V-Pigusov,E/
Irkutsk/1983/}) (16. Nc2 Kh8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. b3 Rg8 19. Be3 Ned7 20. Bf4 Ne5
21. Bg5 h6 22. Be3 Ned7 23. Bd4 g5 24. Ne1 Rg6 25. Bd3 Rcg8 26. Bb1 Qa8 27. Qe2
g4 28. f4 e5 29. Nd5 $1 $36 {Fogarasi,T-Lauber,A/Gyula/1998/}) 16... Bd8 (16...
Kh8 $5 17. b3 Bd8 18. Nde2 Rg8 19. Ng3 h6 20. Be2 Bc6 21. b4 Be7 22. a3 Ba8 23.
c5 bxc5 24. Bxa6 Bb7 25. Bf1 {Maiorov,O-Poluljahov,A/Krasnodar/1998/} cxb4 26.
axb4 d5 $11) (16... Ba8 17. b4 Ne5 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Nb3 Rc6 20. c5 b5 21. Nb6
Nxb6 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 $132 {Sturua,Z-Vasiukov,E/
Ckhaltubo/1981/}) 17. b3 (17. b4 $6 Ne5 18. Na4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf5 (20.
c5 $2 Neg4) 20... g6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh3 Bc6 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. g4 Bxf5 25. gxf5
dxc4 $17 {Lugovoi,A-Bazhin,A/Jurmala/1992/}) ({Practice has shown that despite
the Black Q distance from the >> he can cope well with a pawn storm.} 17. Nb3
Bc7 18. g4 Nc5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh3 g6 21. Bg4 Ng7 22. Bd4 Bd8 23. Bf6 h5 24. Bh3
Rf8 25. Qg3 Ne8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd4 e5 $132 {Vratonjic,S-Sahovic,D/Niksic/
1996/}) (17. Nc2 Bc7 18. g4 h6 19. h4 d5 20. g5 Bg3 21. Qg2 dxe4 22. fxe4 hxg5
23. hxg5 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd7 Ba8 27. Rcd1 Rxg5 28. Nxg5
Bxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Qf4 $36 {Georgiev,K-Rajkovic,D/Vrsac/1987/}) 17... Bc7 (17...
Ne5 18. Qd2 Bc7 19. Bg1 Kh8 20. Qf2 Rg8 21. Nde2 g5 22. Ng3 Rg6 23. Na4 Nfd7
24. Qb2 Bc6 25. Nc3 Rcg8 26. b4 Ba8 27. Nce2 Rh6 28. Nd4 Rg7 29. Nb3 Ng6 30.
Bd4 f6 31. Kg1 Nde5 32. Be3 Bb7 33. Nd4 Bc8 34. Qd2 Bd7 35. Rc3 Ne7 36. Rdc1
Qe8 37. Bf2 $36 {[%csl Rh6] צh6,Ionov,S-Yudasin,L/Vilnius/1997/}) 18. Qh4 (18.
Bg5 $6 h6 19. Be3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 {Lasslop,U-Gruber,T/Schwaebisch
Gmuend/1998/} Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxh2 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 $1 $36) 18... h6 {Uneccessary
prophylaxis.} (18... Ne5 $142 $1 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Re1 Bd8 21. Qg3 h5 22. Qf2 Ne5
$132 23. Bg5 $2 Nfg4 24. Qd2 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nfd3 $17 {Mastrokoukos,
G-Nikolaidis,I/Glyfada/1995/}) 19. Bd3 $5 Ne5 20. Bb1 Ng6 21. Qh3 d5 $5 {
Risky, as it activates especially White's pieces. (Bb1,Nd4) But remaining
passive had it's downsides too.} (21... Qa8 22. Re1 $5 $14 {/\Bd2,f4-f5|^}) 22.
exd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Be5 $2 {Provokes a strong sacrifice.} ({The simplest was} 
23... Bf4 $1 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rcd8 $11) ({Also possible was
} 23... Nf4 $5 24. Qh4 dxc4 $13 {/\} 25. Bd4 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nd6 cxb3 28.
Nxe8 Nxe8 (28... b2 $2 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxf6 bxc1=Q 31. Qxb6 $1 $18 {/\Rc1,
Rd8}) 29. axb3 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxc3 $17) 24. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 25. Qxh6
Nh7 (25... Nd7 26. Nxd5 $36) 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 $8 (26... Rc6 27. Nfe7+ $1 $18) (
26... Nhf8 27. Nxb6 $16 {/\} (27. f4 $6 Bh8 $1 $132 (27... Bxd5 28. fxe5 Qxe5
29. cxd5 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 $8 $18)) 27... Bxf3 28. Nxc8 Bxd1 29. Ncd6 $1 $18) 27.
Rxd5 $16 {White has a strong attack in a position with equal material. With
all his pieces well coordinated it's practically impossible to defend Black's
K in the long run.} Re6 $6 {Now Rc1 effectively joins the attack.} (27... Nhf8
$16 {/\} 28. Re1 Bf6) 28. Re1 {/\Re5!+-} Ngf8 (28... Nf4 $2 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30.
Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Rdxe5 $18) 29. Qh5 Rce8 (29... Rcc6 30. Rexe5 $1 Rxe5 31. Rxe5
Qxe5 32. Nh6+ Rxh6 33. Qxe5 $18) (29... Bf4 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Rd7 Kh8 (31...
Qe5 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+) 32. Nh4 $18) 30. Nh6+ $5 (30. Qg4+ Ng6 (30... Rg6
31. Nh6+ $18) 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Bxg6+ Rxg6 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35.
Qh4+ Ng5 36. f4 Bxf4 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qxf4+ Ke6 39. Rd5 $5 $18) 30... Rxh6 (
30... Kg7 31. Qxf7+ $1 (31. Nf5+ $5 Kg8 32. Qg4+ $18) (31. Nxf7 $2 Nf6 $1 $19)
31... Kxh6 32. Re4 Ng6 $8 33. Rh4+ $1 Nxh4 (33... Kg5 34. Qf5+) 34. Qxh7+ Kg5
35. f4+ $1 Kf6 (35... Kxf4 36. Qxh4+ Ke3 37. Qe1+ Kf4 38. Qg3#) (35... Kg4 36.
h3+ Kg3 37. Rd3+ Kxf4 38. Qxh4+ $18) 36. Qxh4+ Kg7 37. fxe5 $18) 31. Qxh6 Bf4
32. Bxh7+ (32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Qxb6 $18) 32... Nxh7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxb6 $18
Qe2 (34... Qe1+ 35. Qg1 Qc3 36. Qd1 $18) 35. Qg1 Qxa2 36. Qd1 Nf6 $2 (36... Nf8
37. g3 $18 {and White's material advantage will gradually decide the game.})
37. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 (5. Nc2 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7.
Qxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb4 9. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 Bxc6 14. Ke3 O-O-O 15. Nc3 $10 {Mohr,G-Grosar,A/Vidmar mem/1993/}) 5... d5
6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. N5c3 e4 9. Be2 (9. a3 Qe7 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 12.
Nc4 Bc7 13. Ra2 Bg4 $1 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Nc6 16. Bb2 (16. Rd2 Ne5 17. d6 $2
Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 exd3 20. Nc4 Rac8 $19) 16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18.
Rd2 Rac8 $44 {Krasenkov,M-Smirin,I/Vilnius/1988/}) 9... Re8 (9... Qe7 10. Nd2 (
10. Qc2 Rd8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Nf1 Ne5 15. Bd2 Bg6 16.
Be1 h5 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Nxe4 Bxe1 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxe1 Rxd5 $10 {
Chernin,A-Hebden,M/London op/1989/}) (10. g4 $5 $13) 10... Rd8 11. a3 (11. O-O
Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nc4 Ncxd5 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 $10 {
Szuhanek,R-Damjanovic,V/Belgrade Trako/1993/}) (11. Qb3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Qc2
Bf5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nc4 Ncxd5 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qa4
Nb6 20. Qa5 Rc2 $15 {Stepak,Y-Birnboim,N/Tel-Aviv/1988/}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Rxd5 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Qb3 Rd6 16. Nc4 Rg6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qd5 Bc8
19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Rd1 Rxg2 21. b5 Qh4 22. Rf1 Be6 23. Qd6 $16 {Vakhidov,
T-Nesterov,J/Bishkek zt/1993/}) (9... Bf5 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. g4 $1 Bg6 12. g5 $16
{Pohla,H-Claesen,J/Geraardsbergen op/1992/}) 10. a3 $6 (10. Nd2 $142 $5 Nbd7
11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O {/\} Nb6 $2 13. Ncxe4 $1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 $16) (10. O-O Nbd7
11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 $5 $13) 10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 (11. b4 Bd6 (11... Bf8 12. Nd2
Nb6 13. Nc4 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. Rd1 Qg5 18. Kf1
Red8 19. h4 Qe7 $40 {Karayianis,A-Hauschild,A/Dortmund op-A/1992/}) 12. Ra2 $6
(12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bb2 Be5 $44) 12... Ne5 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Nb5 Bb8 16.
Nc5 Nd3+ $1 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Nd4 Qxd5 $17 {Laven,R-Zimmermann,F/2BLW 9192/
1991/}) 11... Nb6 12. Nc4 (12. b4 $142 Bf8 13. Bb2 $10) 12... Nbxd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. O-O Be6 15. Bd2 $6 (15. b4 $2 Nc3 $17) (15. Qc2 $142 $5 $132) 15...
Qg5 $1 $36 {(),->>>} 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bh3 18. g3 (18. Bf1 Re6 {/\Bg2-+})
18... h5 19. b4 (19. Na5 Nxe3 $1 20. Bxe3 (20. fxe3 Rxd2 $1 $19) 20... Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Rd2 $19) 19... Bf8 20. Red1 h4 21. Be1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Bg4 $17
23. Rd4 Nf6 24. Rxd8 (24. Rad1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qh5 $40) 24... Rxd8 25. Bxg4 Qxg4
26. Bc3 Nh7 $1 27. Ne5 Qc8 $1 28. Qb3 (28. Rc1 Ng5 29. Bd4 Qh3 {/\Nf3-+}) 28...
Ng5 29. Bd4 Bd6 30. Kf1 (30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Bxc3 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Nf3+ $19) 30...
Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rd2 {/\Qh3,Nf3-+} 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2005.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. d6 {
Harikrishna was suprised by Black's opening choice and opts for a move, which
is considered harmless.} ({The main lines, where White can fight for an
advantage, start with} 7. N5c3 O-O 8. e3 ({or} 8. h3 $5 {followed by g4.}))
7... O-O (7... Ne4 8. e3 O-O $13 {is perhaps possible, but the text-move is
more flexible.} (8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 $36)) 8. Nc7 $6 {Allegedly played instantly,
but this sortie is really asking for it.} (8. N1c3 $142 Nc6 (8... Qb6 9. e3 a6
10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Nc7 Ra7 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qc5 16.
Rc1 Bg4 17. N3d5 Qa5+ 18. b4 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd1 {Igriashvili,Z-Sosulin,E/
Donskoj/2005/} 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nc8 $5 Ra8 22. Nb6 $36) 9. g3 Qb6 10. e3 Rd8 $5
(10... Bg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. Na4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Qd8 14. a3 Ba5 15. e4 Be6 16. b4 a6
17. Nbc3 b5 18. Nc5 Nxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Na2 $16 {Bang,
A-Sandstrom,L/Copenhagen/1989/}) 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. f3 (12. Qxg4 $142 $5 Nxg4 13.
Na4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qa6 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Na4 $11) 12... Bxe3 $1 13. fxg4 a6 14.
Na4 Bf2+ 15. Ke2 Qxb5+ 16. Kxf2 Qd5 17. Bg2 Nxg4+ 18. Qxg4 Qxd2+ 19. Kg1 Rxd6
$40 20. Bxc6 Qe3+ 21. Kg2 Rd2+ 22. Kh3 Qh6+ 23. Qh4 Qxc6 {0-1, Seel,C-Ganguly,
S/Catalan Bay/2004/}) 8... Ne4 9. e3 Bxd6 $146 {[%mdl 72]} (9... Qf6 10. Qf3 (
10. Qe2 $5) 10... Qxd6 11. Nxa8 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Rd8 13. Bd2 Nxd2 {0-1, Bienkowski,
G-Szczepaniec,S/WChS Rowy/ 2003/}) ({Sutovsky was worried about his opponent's
preparation and after 40 minutes thought came up with an interesting tactical
novelty. However, Black is doing fine after the previously played} 9... Bb4+ $5
10. Nd2 Qxd6 11. Nxa8 Rd8 12. Be2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qb8
16. a3 Qxa8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Rd1 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc3 Nxd3 22.
Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 $17 {Teske,H-Salmensuu,O/Koszalin op/1999/}) 10. Nxa8
Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. g3 $8 {After other moves Black's pieces pounce on White's
K:} (12. Qf3 $2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Qb4+ 15. Kc2 Bg4 $19 {->}) (12.
Qe2 $2 Bg4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Qxg4 (14. f3 Bxf3 $19) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Ke2 Qxf2+ 16.
Kd1 Qxe3 $19 {->}) 12... Qf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Rd8 15. Bxb4 $8 Rxd1+ 16.
Rxd1 Nc6 {[%mdl 256] Sutovsky saw all this already on move 9, White is in
danger and must defend accurately to stay afloat.} 17. Bc5 $1 (17. Bd2 Qxf3 18.
Rg1 Bg4 19. Rc1 Nb4 20. h3 Nc2+ 21. Rxc2 Qd1+ 22. Kf2 Qxc2 23. hxg4 Qxd2+ 24.
Be2 Qd8 $1 $19) 17... Qxf3 18. Rg1 Bg4 19. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rf1g2] [], /\Bg2} (19.
Rd3 $2 b6 $1 20. Nxb6 (20. Ba3 e4 $19) 20... axb6 21. Bxb6 h6 $32 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Ye5e4,Yc6e5] -/+->,עe1, /\e4,Ne5}) 19... Nd4 $1 20. Bxd4 (20. exd4 $2
Qe3+ 21. Be2 Qxg1+ 22. Bf1 Bh3 23. Rf2 b6 $19) 20... exd4 21. Rd3 $8 {[%cal
Re3d4] /\ed4} Qc6 (21... Qe4 22. Rg2 $14 (22. Be2 $5)) 22. Rg2 $1 {White must
try to coordinate his R as soon as possible.} (22. Rxd4 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 Qxb2+ 24.
Ke1 h5 $5 $36) 22... Qc1+ 23. Kf2 dxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Qxb2+ 25. Be2 h5 26. Re8+ Kh7
27. Kg1 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 (28. Kf2 $2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 (29. Kxe2 Qc6 $19) 29... Qc8 $17
) 28... Bh3 29. Rf2 {White has protected his N and Black doesn't have any
firepower left, so he sensibly forces a draw.} Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qc5+ 31. Rf2 $8 (
31. Kg2 $4 Qc6+ $19) 31... Qc1+ 32. Rf1 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Forchheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8.
N5c3 e4 9. Be2 Qe7 {This is the main move nowadays, Black protects his Pe4
outpost and his R goes to d8 instead of e8, often simply ragaining the
sacrificed pawn. Currently there doesn't seem to be a road to a clear-cut
advantage for White in this line.} 10. a3 (10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. a3 (12.
g4 Nxg4 $5 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. Ndxe4 Na6 16. a3 Bf3 17. Rg1 Be7 18.
Bd2 h6 19. Rg3 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxd5 21. Bc3 g6 22. Ke2 Nc5 $11 {Morovic
Fernandez,I-Liew Chee Meng,J/Dubai olm/1986/}) 12... a5 13. g4 Bg6 $6 (13...
Nxg4 $142 $5 {is similar to the game above.}) 14. h4 h6 15. Qb3 Na6 16. g5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Nh7 18. Nc4 Ba7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qb5 Nxg5 21. O-O-O b6 22. Rhg1 Nf3 23.
Rxg6 $5 fxg6 24. d6 Qf7 25. Kb1 Rac8 26. Bc1 $44 {Bischoff,K-Hertneck,G/
AUT-chT0102/2001/}) 10... Rd8 11. Nd2 (11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 a5 $5 (12... Be5 $44)
13. bxa5 (13. b5 Be5 {/\} 14. Qb3 Nbd7 $44) 13... Be5 14. Qa4 Na6 15. Nd2 (15.
O-O $142 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 $5 $13) 15... Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 17. Nc4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3
Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qd7 20. Rhd1 Rac8 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Rxd3 exd3 $17 {
Timman,J-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) (11. O-O a5 (11... Bf5 $5 $44) 12. Nd2
Bf5 13. Qb3 h5 14. Nc4 Ra6 15. Rd1 $2 (15. Na4 $5 $14) 15... Ng4 $1 16. h3 Nxf2
17. Kxf2 Bxh3 $1 18. Bf1 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf6 20. Qc2 Bg4 21. Nxe4 Rf4 22. Nxa5
Bxd1 23. Qxd1 {Shabalov,A-Gurevich,D/New York op/1998/} Rxe4 24. Nxb7 Ba7 $1 {
/\} 25. Nxd8 Rxe3 $19) 11... Na6 $146 {Not a very impressive novelty.} (11...
Nxd5 $142 12. Nxd5 (12. Ncxe4 $6 Nxe3 $1 (12... Bb6 $5 13. Nc3 Nxe3 $1 14. fxe3
Qxe3 15. Rf1 Nc6 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Kd1 Be6 18. Re1 Rd4 19. Bf3 Qf4 20. Qc2 Nxf3
21. Re4 Qf6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. gxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Ke1 Qf2+ {0-1, Postny,E-Smirin,I/
ISR-chT/1999/}) 13. fxe3 Bxe3 14. Qb3 Bxd2+ $5 15. Nxd2 Nc6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Qc4
Na5 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Kf2 Rae8 23. Bb5 Nc6
$17 {Barkovsky,E-Tseitlin,M/Leningrad/1981/}) 12... Rxd5 13. b4 (13. Qc2 Bf5
14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. O-O (16. Qb3) 16... Qg5 17. Kh1 (17. Nxe4 $2 Qg6 18.
Bf3 Re8 $19) 17... Rd6 (17... Rc8 $1 18. Rac1 Rdd8 $13 {/=/+,Kasparov}) 18.
Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd2 {Mikhalchishin,A-Kasparov,G/USSR-ch/1981/} 20. Ba6 $1
$14) 13... Bb6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Qb3 Rd8 (15... Rg5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. g4 $5 Bxg4
18. h4 Bxe2 19. hxg5 Bd3 20. Qc3 Qxg5 21. Nf3 $1 exf3 22. Qxd3 h5 23. O-O-O $36
{Panno,O-Glavina Rossi,P/ARG-ch/1989/}) 16. Qc3 Qg5 $13) (11... Bf5 12. b4 Bd6
13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ra2 Be5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qb3 Nbd7 17. Rd2 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4
19. h3 Ngf6 20. O-O Qg5 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Rd4 Qf5 23. Ne2 Nd3 24. Ng3 Nxc1 25.
Rxc1 Qxf2 26. Nxe4 $14 {Hansen,C-Greenfeld,A/WChJ Copenhagen/1982/}) 12. b4 Bd6
(12... Bb6 13. Nc4 Be6 (13... Bc7 14. Ra2 $5 $36 {פa6}) 14. d6 Qf8 15. Nxb6
axb6 16. Bb2 $14 {/+/-}) 13. Nc4 Nc7 14. Bb2 Ncxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd4 (16.
Qxd5 $4 Bxb4+ $19) 16... Nf6 $8 (16... Qg5 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Qxe4 $16) 17. Nxd6
Rxd6 18. Qe5 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Ge2] White has a ^^ and a pleasant edge,
especially the unnoposed Bb2 is strong.} Be6 {Black should have tried to
exchange at least one of the B with} (18... Re6 $142 19. Qg5 $5 h6 20. Qg3 Rc6
(20... Ne8 21. Bc4 $36) 21. Bd4 Be6 22. O-O Bc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 {In the
game to chase the Q from e5 he will have to give up the idea Be6-c4.}) 19. Bd4
Rd5 20. Qg3 h6 {[%cal Rd5g5] /\Rg5} 21. h4 $1 $36 Rc8 22. O-O Rc2 23. Rfe1 Rd7
24. Rac1 Rxc1 (24... Rdc7 25. Rxc2 (25. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 $36
) (25. Bc5 $14) 25... Rxc2 26. Bxa7 $14 {/+/-}) 25. Rxc1 a6 $2 (25... Qd8 $16)
26. Qf4 (26. Rc8+ $142 Kh7 (26... Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qb8+ Kh7
30. Qxb7 $18) 27. Bc5 Rd1+ $8 28. Kh2 $1 (28. Bxd1 $143 Qd7) 28... Qd7 29. Rc7
Qd5 (29... Qd8 30. Be7 $18) 30. Bf8 g6 31. Qf4 $18) 26... Bd5 $2 (26... Kh7 $16
) 27. Rc8+ (27. Rc8+ Rd8 $8 (27... Ne8 28. Bc5 $18) (27... Kh7 28. Qf5+ $18)
28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qxh6 $18 {leads to a technically lost
position, but still resignation with only a P down seems somewhat premature.})
1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Servat, Roberto"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8.
N5c3 e4 {White has a passed and extra d-pawn, but it is blockaded and behind
it Black can concentrate his pieces for an attack against the >>. The outpost
on e4 plays an important role, giving Black space advantage.} 9. Be2 Qe7 10.
Nd2 (10. Qc2 Rd8 (10... Bf5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. Qxb7 Bb6 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qa6 Nc5 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qb4 Bg4 21.
Rd1 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Qh5+ 23. f3 Re8 24. Qb5 Qg6 25. Kf1 f5 26. Qe2 Nd3 $44 {
[%csl Rf1] @,עf1,Cifuentes Parada,R-Blees,A/NLD-chT9495/1995/}) 11. O-O Bf5
12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Nf1 Ne5 15. Bd2 Bg6 16. Be1 h5 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4
Bxb4 19. Nxe4 Bxe1 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rxe1 Rxd5 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. Rac1 Rcd8 24.
Red1 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 $15 {Chernin,A-Hebden,M/London op/1989/}) (10. a3 Rd8
11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Be5 13. Qb3 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17.
Qxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. O-O Qf6 23.
Rc1 Qxb2 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nxb2 Nc3 26. Kf1 Be6 $15 {Lautier,J-Illescas
Cordoba,M/Linares/1995/}) 10... Rd8 11. Qc2 (11. a3 $142 $5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5
13. Qa4 (13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Qb3 Rg5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. g4 Bxg4 18. h4 Bxe2
19. hxg5 Bd3 20. Qc3 Qxg5 21. Nf3 $1 exf3 22. Qxd3 h5 23. O-O-O $36 {[%cal
Gg1g7,Gh1h5] <->g,h,Panno,O-Glavina,P/Argentina ch/1989/}) 13... Bf5 14. b4 Bb6
15. Qb3 Rd6 16. Nc4 Rg6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Qd5 Bc8 19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Rd1 Rxg2 21.
b5 Qh4 22. Rf1 Be6 23. Qd6 Na5 24. Qxb6 Rxh2 25. Bc3 Bh3 26. Qd4 Qf6 27. Qxf6
$18 {Vakhidov,T-Nesterov,J/Bishkek zt/1993/}) 11... Bf5 12. O-O $146 (12. Nb3
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Nxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb3 Bg4 17. Qa3 Bxe2 18. Kxe2
b6 19. Bc1 Qd7 20. h3 Nxd5 21. Nxe4 Qb5+ 22. Ke1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd3+ 24. Kd2
N5b4 25. Nd6 Nxc1 {0-1,Summermatter,D-Bukhman,E/Budapest Spring op/1990/}) (12.
a3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Qc3 Ne5 17. Nc4 Rc8 18. O-O
Qg5 19. Kh1 Be6 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Rd2 24. Rg1
Qxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Bxc4 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Be5 Bxe3 28. Rxh7 Bd5 {0-1,Agrest,
E-Petrakov,A/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nc4 (13. Nb3 $5 Bd6 14.
Nb5 $13) (13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. Ng3 Bg6 $15) 13... Rac8 14. Rd1 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 $44 {[%csl Ge4] ()>>,@} 16. Bd2 Bg4 $1 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18.
Bc3 $10) 17. Be1 (17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh4 $44) 17... Bd6 18.
Bxg4 $6 (18. g3 $142 Qh5 (18... Bf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Rh3] ׻}) 19. Bxg4
Nxg4 20. Qxe4 (20. h4 f5 {[%cal Yg4e5,Yg7g5] /\Ne5,g5->}) 20... Qxh2+ 21. Kf1
f5 22. Qg2 Qh5 $13) 18... Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Nxg4 20. Qxe4 f5 $1 21. Qf3 $8 (21.
Qxf5 Nxe3+ $1 22. fxe3 Rf8 $19 {->}) 21... Rf8 $36 22. Rac1 (22. g3 $142 $5 Ne5
23. Qg2 Qh5 $40) 22... Qh1+ 23. Ke2 {Black has chased White's K to the center
and now energetically concludes his attack.} Nh2 24. Qh3 Qf1+ 25. Kd2 Ng4 26.
Kc2 b5 $1 (26... Nxf2 27. Bxf2 (27. Qf3 $2 Nxd1 $1 28. Qxf1 Nxe3+ $19) 27...
Qxf2+ 28. Rd2 Qg3 $15 {_|_}) 27. Kb1 (27. Bd2 Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qe2 $17 {->}) 27...
b4 28. Na4 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 (29. Kxc1 Qc4+ 30. Kb1 Rc8 $19) 29... Qb5 $1 $19 30.
e4 (30. b3 Qd3+ 31. Ka1 (31. Rc2 Rc8) 31... Be5+ 32. Nb2 Qe2 33. Rb1 Rc8 $19 {
[%cal Re2b2,Rc8c1] /\Qb2!,Rc1#}) 30... Qxa4 31. exf5 Nf6 32. Qd3 Qa5 33. Qc4
Qxd5 (33... Qxd5 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Rd1 Rxf5 36. g4 Re5 $19) 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6
8. Be2 (8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Rc8 $1 11. O-O Be7 12. Rac1 (12. a4 Ne5
$5 13. b3 O-O 14. a5 $6 bxa5 {/\d5}) 12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. b3
(15. Na4 $5 $14) 15... Qc7 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Na4 Ba8 $11 {Stohl,I-Yudasin,L,Novi
Sad olm (08) 1990}) 8... Be7 (8... Nbd7 $142 9. O-O Be7 (9... a6 $142 10. Be3
Rc8 $5) 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 $1 O-O 12. a5 d5 (12... bxa5 $6 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nxa5
Ba8 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Na4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Qd7 20. Rca1 Rd8
21. Bf1 Qc7 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Qf2 $16 {><a6,d6(),Gelfand,B-Smirin,I,Vilnius 1988,
CBM 07}) 13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7
18. axb6 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxb6 21. Bxa6 $14 {Sher,M-Vegh,E,Budapest
Elekes 1989,CBM 14}) 9. Qa4+ $5 {N} (9. O-O O-O $14) 9... Nfd7 (9... Nbd7 10.
Nc6 Bxc6 11. Qxc6 O-O 12. O-O $14) (9... Qd7 10. Qxd7+ (10. Qc2 $5 Nc6 11. Be3
{()}) 10... Nbxd7 11. Ndb5 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. O-O-O $36 {_|_}) 10. O-O O-O 11.
Be3 a6 12. Rfd1 (12. b4 a5 $5 $132) 12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Nf6 (13... Nc6 $4 14.
Nd5 $18) (13... Ne5 14. b4 $36 (14. f4 $5 {/\f5->})) 14. b4 $14 {|^<<} Nbd7 (
14... a5 $2 15. Ndb5 Qd8 16. e5 axb4 17. exf6 Rxa4 18. fxe7 $18) 15. Kh1 (15.
Qb3 $142 $14) 15... Rfe8 (15... a5 $5 16. Ndb5 Qb8 $132) 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. a4
Qb8 (17... Ne5 18. Qa2 $1 {/\Nb3,a5}) 18. Bg1 (18. Rb1 Bd8 19. a5 bxa5 20. bxa5
Nc5 21. Qa3 Qc7 $13 {<=>}) 18... Kh8 {/\g5-g4} (18... a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Qa2
$14 {/\Nb3,Nb5}) 19. Rb1 g5 20. a5 bxa5 21. bxa5 Ba8 (21... Nc5 $142 22. Qb2
$14 {/^a1-h8}) 22. Na4 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 $16 {><a6,b6} g4 24. Nb6 Rc7 (24... gxf3
25. Bxf3 $1 Nxb6 $8 (25... Rcd8 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. e5 $16) 26. axb6 $16 {/\Na5})
25. Nxa8 (25. Rdc1 $5 gxf3 26. gxf3 $36 {/\c5}) 25... Rxa8 26. fxg4 Rb8 $1 (
26... Nxe4 27. Bf3 f5 (27... Rxc4 28. Rd4 $1) 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nd4 $16) 27.
Nd2 Rcb7 $14 {<=>><a5,c4,e4} 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. g5 Ne8 30. h4 (30. Be3 $142 $14)
30... Bd8 31. Ra1 Kg8 32. Ra2 Nc7 (32... h6 $5 $132) 33. Bd1 (33. g3 $142 $14)
33... h6 $1 34. Ba4 Ne5 35. gxh6 Bxh4 36. Nf3 Bg3 37. Nxe5 Bxe5 {/\Rb1,Rb4} 38.
Bc2 $8 Kh7 39. Be3 Rb4 (39... Rb4 40. c5 dxc5 41. Bxc5 Rb2 $5 (41... Rc4 42.
Be3 $36) 42. Rxb2 Bxb2 43. Bb6 Be5 44. Be3 Bc3 45. Bb6 Be5 $11 {[Stohl,I]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 b6
7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 d6 11. f3 Nxd4 (11... Qd7 12. Rad1
Rad8 13. Rfe1 Ne8 14. Bf1 Qc8 15. Nd5 Rd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 Qb7 18. b4 e6
19. Nc3 Qc8 20. Bh6 Nf6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2 Kg8 23. Rd2 Qd8 24. Ne2 Qe7 25.
Nd4 $36 {Tukmakov,V-Bellon Lopez,JM/Madrid/1973/}) (11... Nd7 12. Kh1 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 a5 15. f4 Nc5 16. Qe3 e6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. b3
Bc6 20. Rf2 Rfe8 21. Rfd2 Qc7 22. Qf2 Rd7 23. f5 Qd8 24. Qg3 exf5 25. exf5 Re3
26. Qf2 Bxf3 27. Qxe3 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 $16 {Timoshenko,G-Apicella,M/Bucharest/
1993/}) (11... Rc8 12. Rac1 Nxd4 (12... Nd7 13. Ndb5 a6 14. Na3 Nc5 15. Nc2 a5
16. b3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Rcd1 Ba8 20. Rfe1 e6 21. Bg5 Qd7 22.
Nc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ne5 24. Qe3 Nf7 25. Bf6 h6 26. a3 e5 27. f4 $40 {
Dragomarezkij,E-Suetin,A/Minsk/1993/}) 13. Bxd4 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Ne6
16. Nd5 Qd7 17. b4 Bc6 18. f4 Nc7 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Nc3 Ne8 21. Bf3 f5 22. Bd4
e5 23. Be3 Qf7 24. Rf1 Nf6 $13 {Fogarasi,T-Tolnai,T/Budapest Exp6/1993/}) (
11... Ne5 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Ned7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nbc3 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17.
Bf1 Rb8 18. b4 Bh8 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Rd2 Bh8 21. Qe1 Bg7 22. Qd1 Qc8 23. Ne2 Qd8
24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nb3 Qc8 26. a4 Ba8 27. a5 $16 {|^<<,De Firmian,N-Kudrin,S/
USA-ch Modesto/1995/}) 12. Bxd4 e6 (12... Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qe1
Qd7 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Rb1 Kg8 19. a3 Rfb8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22.
Nxa4 Rxa4 23. b5 Ba8 24. c5 bxc5 25. Bxc5 Qe6 26. Bf2 Ra2 27. Qd3 d5 $132 {
Sax,Gy-Cebalo,M/Roma/1985/}) 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qg5 Rfd8 15. Rd2 Rd7 16. Rfd1
Rad8 17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Qxe7 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nxe7 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. h4 h6
23. R4d2 Ke7 24. g3 a6 25. Nc3 Rc7 $10 {Adorjan,A-Groszpeter,A/Budapest
Tungsram/1978/}) 1... c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 (4. Qxd4 $6 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6
(5... Bg7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. Rac1 Bh3
12. Nd5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14. Bc3 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Qc3+ f6 18.
b4 Rac8 19. h3 Nge5 20. Nd2 Qb7 21. f4 Nd7 22. Kh2 b5 23. a4 $1 $36 {Frey,
H-Frometa,Z/Capablanca mem-D/1996/}) 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b3 Qa5 9. e4 e6
10. Bb2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Bf5 15. Rd1 Ngxe5
16. Ne3 Nb4 17. Ba3 a5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Be2 Rxa2 21. O-O Rd8 $19
{Garcia Palermo,C-Spangenberg,H/Villa Gesell Clarin/1996/}) 4... b6 $5 (4...
Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 {-B36}) (4... f5 $5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7.
Nxe4 Nc6 (7... Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nb3 Qe5+ 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4
Qxe4 13. Bf3 Qf5 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Be4 Qf6 16. Rb1 d6 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. Bd5+ Kh8
19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rf5 21. g3 Qf6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Qd2 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Nxd4 25.
Qxd4 $16 {Dragomarezkij,E-Pestov,S/Moscow II/1990/}) 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6
10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Qc6 15. f3 d6 16. Rf2
O-O 17. Rc1 Bh4 18. Rf1 Ng4 19. Kh1 Nh6 20. Bd3 Nf5 21. Be4 Qd7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7
23. Bf2 Bf6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rac8 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Re1 Rc5 $10 {Zhachev,
A-Pestov,S/Moscow II/1990/}) 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 d6 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]
Black can hardly avoid the Maroczy structure, (c4,Nd4,e4:d6,e7) the space
advantage usually gives White some edge.} (7... Nf6 $6 8. e5 Ng8 (8... Ne4 9.
Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na6 12. Bf4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,Ge5] [+],()}
) 9. f4 $5 (9. Bf3 Nc6 $14) 9... Bxg2 10. Rg1 Bb7 11. Be3 $44 {@}) 8. O-O Nf6
9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 {-1.e4(B38)}) 11. Qd2 $14 {() A slightly
untypical hedgehog position. Both black's B are fianchettoed, and although Bg7
is more active, than on e7, the e6 advance, which will protect the d5-square. 
(or chase away a N from there) will also more seriously weaken the d6-pawn,
than usual.} Rc8 (11... Re8 $142 $5) 12. Rac1 (12. Bh6 $5 $36 {An exchange of
Black-squared B usually favours White in such positions.}) 12... a6 13. Rfd1
Re8 14. Bf1 e6 (14... Qc7 $6 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. b4 $16 {|^ The aforementioned
moment. Black has to play this move sooner, or later.}) 15. Nc2 (15. Bh6 $5
Bxh6 (15... Bh8 16. Nc2 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6}) 16. Qxh6 Ne5 (16... d5 17. cxd5 exd5
18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxa6 $16) 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nde2 $36)
15... Bf8 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Qf2 Be7 18. Rd2 Qb8 (18... Kh8 {[%cal Ye8g8,Yg6g4] /
\Rg8,g5-g4<=>} 19. Rcd1 (19. b4 {[%cal Rc3a4] /\Na4} b5 20. Na3 bxc4 21. Nxc4
d5 $132) 19... Rg8 20. Bf4 Ne5 (20... Ne8 21. e5 $1 $16) 21. Na4 $16) 19. Rcd1
(19. Bxb6 $6 Bxe4 20. Ba7 Qxb2 $17) 19... Ne5 20. Bf4 $1 (20. b3 $2 b5 $15)
20... Ba8 21. h3 Nh5 (21... Red8 $142 $5 {[%cal Re5c4] /\Nc4} 22. Na4 Nxc4 23.
Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nxb6 Rc6 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 $14) 22. Bh2 Nxc4 $6 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24.
Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $36 {[%csl Ra8,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6][%cal Gd1d8] ׻,Ba8,<->d The
liquidation has helped White, whose remaining pieces are more active, than
Black's. He also has attacking chances against Black's K. Baburin: [#]Removal
of the d6-pawn greatly decreases the dynamic potential of the Hedgehog pawn
formation. It's very hard for Black to activate the bishop now.} b5 $6 (25...
Rc6 $142 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Nb4 Qb7 28. Qd4 $16) 26. Qh4 $1 (26. Rxa6 $6 b4 (
26... Qc8 27. Rb6) 27. Ne3 Rcc8 28. Nb1 (28. Ne2 $2 Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e2,Rb5a6] /
\Qa6,Qe2!}) 28... Qe5 $132) 26... Rcc8 (26... b4 $2 27. Rd8 $18) 27. Ne3 b4 28.
Ne2 {[%csl Rh5] פh5} b3 29. a3 Kg7 (29... Ng7 $6 30. Ng4 $40) (29... Qb5 30.
Nf4 $5 (30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Rxa6 $16) 30... Nxf4 31. Qxf4 $40 {[%cal Rd6d7,Re3g4] /
\Ng4,Rd7}) (29... Qa7 $142 $5 $16) 30. g4 Nf6 31. Nf5+ $1 $18 {A decisive
temporary sacrifice, which gives White a winning attack.} exf5 (31... gxf5 32.
Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6 fxe4 34. Rd7 $18) 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. gxf5 Qb5 34. Rd7 Rf8 35.
Nf4 Rc1 (35... Qc6 36. Ne6 $1 $18) 36. Rxc1 Qxd7 37. Nh5 $1 (37. Nh5 gxh5 38.
Rg1#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 $6 (5... e6 6. a3
Bc5 {-A33} (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 $5 {Sax})) 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 $5 (7. g3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 {-A33}) 7... d5 (7... Ne5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Bf4 d6 (9... Nxc4 10. e4
$36) 10. c5 a6 11. e3 $14 {Speelman,J-Sax,G,Thessaloniki (ol) 1988-TD 88_06} (
11. g3 $5 $36)) 8. Be3 Qd8 (8... d4 $2 9. Nxd4 Qxb2 10. Ndb5 $18) 9. cxd5 Nxd5
(9... exd5 10. g3 $14) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 {N} (11... Bd6 12. Bg2 Be5 13.
O-O Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bf6 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Rxd5 Qc7 {Razuvaeav,Y-Horvath,Jo,Stary
Smokovec 1990-CBM 21} 17. Nc5 $5 $16) (11... a5 $5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nd4 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {Stohl,I-Polgar,J,Amsterdam OHRA II 1990-CBM 20} Be6 $14)
12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Qd2 $5 (13. O-O $1 Bxb2 14. Ra2 $16 {-11...Bd6}) (13. O-O $5 {
Ribli}) (13. Nd4 $6 {Ribli} O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Re1 Bg4 $13) 13... d4 $5 (13...
Be6 14. Nc5 $36) (13... O-O 14. Rd1 $16) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5
$146) 15... Qd5 16. O-O-O $1 $8 Bg5 (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Qxd4 $18) (16... O-O 17.
Bxf6 Qxb3 18. Qg5 Qc4+ 19. Kd2 Qd5+ 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Bd4 $18) 17. f4 (17. Be3
$6 Qc4+ (17... Qxb3 18. Bxg5 O-O 19. Qd3 $14) 18. Qc3 (18. Kb1 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Bf6
$44) 18... Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qxc3+ 20. bxc3 Bg4 $132) 17... Qxb3 18. Bxg7 $5 (18.
fxg5 O-O 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Bxc3 Be6 $14 {^-_|_}) 18... Be7 $1 (18... Qc4+ 19.
Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Bxc3 Rg8 21. fxg5 Rxg5 22. e4 $16) 19. Bxh8 f6 20. e4 Kf7 (20...
Rb8 21. e5 $5 Bf5 (21... Bxa3 $4 22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Qxf6+ $18) 22. exf6 Bxa3 (
22... Qa2 23. Qd4 $1 Qb1+ 24. Kd2 Rxb2+ 25. Ke1 $18 Qc2 26. Qxb2 $1) 23. f7+
Kxf7 24. Qc3 Bxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Qc4+ 26. Qc3 Rb1+ 27. Kd2 Qa2+ 28. Ke1 $18) (20...
Rb8 $5 {Ribli}) 21. f5 (21. Qc2 $5 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Bg4 23. Bxf6 Bxd1+ 24. Rxd1
$14) 21... Rb8 (21... Kg8 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Kxh8 24. Rhd1 Kg7 25. Rd8 $5
Bxd8 26. Rxd8 Kf7 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Rh8 Kd6 29. Ke3 Bb7 30. Rxh7 $16) 22. Rhe1 (
22. e5 $5 Bxf5 (22... Bxa3 23. e6+ Kg8 24. Bxf6 $18) 23. Bxf6 Bxa3 (23... Qc4+
24. Qc3 Qxc3+ 25. bxc3 Bxa3+ 26. Kd2 Rb2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ 28. Kf4 Rf2+ 29. Kg5
Be3+ 30. Kh4 $16) (23... Qa2 24. e6+ Kxe6 (24... Kxf6 25. Qh6+ Bg6 26. Rhf1+
Kxe6 27. Qe3+ $18) 25. Rhe1+ Kxf6 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29.
Qe5+ $18) 24. e6+ Kxf6 25. Qh6+ Bg6 26. Rhf1+ $18) 22... Ba6 $2 (22... Kg8 $1
$13) (22... Kg8 $5 {Ribli}) 23. Qc2 $1 Qxc2+ (23... Qa2 24. e5 $18) 24. Kxc2
Rxh8 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxa7 Bd3+ 27. Kc3 Kf8 $2 (27... c5 $8 28. b3 Kf8 29. a4
$18) 28. Rd1 Bxe4 29. Rxe7 $1 (29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Re1 $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Merida m"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 {Although White has
avoided the Benoni and the Volga-gambit, Black has this sharp pawn sacrifice
at his disposal.} 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. g3 $5 {Unusual. Mostly White plays
} (8. e3 e4 {[%csl Ge4,Rd5] when the K-side space advantage (strong Pe4) lead
in development and weakness of White's extra Pd5 give Black good compensation.
The text attempts to give this pawn better protection.}) (8. e4 $2 Ng4 $40) (8.
h3 e4 9. e3 Qe7 10. g4 h6 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bb4 13. Bg2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na6 15.
O-O h5 16. Nxe4 Nxd5 17. Qe2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Be6 $44 {Shabtai,R-Tseitlin,MD/
ISR-ch Jerusalem/1996/}) 8... Ng4 $6 (8... Qb6 $5 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 $1 (
10... Bh3 11. a3 (11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nbd7 13. Kg2 Rad8 14. Qe2 e4 15. Nd2
Rfe8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Rb1 Qe5 18. Nc4 Qf5 19. b4 Bf8 20. Nb5 Nxd5 21. Nd4 Qg6 22.
Bb2 f5 23. f4 exf3+ 24. Qxf3 N7b6 {0-1,Kraschl,J-Weinzettl,E/AUT-chT 9495/1995/
}) (11. Rg1 $5 Bf5 12. a3 Rd8 13. b4 Bf8 14. g4 Bg6 15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nc6 17.
h4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Kf1 Nd6 20. Qd3 Rac8 21. Be3 Qc7 22. h5 Bxh5 23. Bxh5
Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxa7 $18 {Skulener,W-Cmiel,T/Porz-op28/
1992/}) 11... a5 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Bf3 b5 15. Nxb5 e4 16. Be2 Nb6
17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19. Qa4 Nxd5 20. Nxe4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxe3 22. Rf1
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rac8 24. Bxe3 Qxe3 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Bd3 Rcd8 27. Nf2 $16 {Seres,
L-Szieberth,A/Balatonbereny op/1996/}) 11. Qxe2 e4 12. O-O Bb4 13. Qc4 Re8 14.
Qd4 Nbd7 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. a3 Bf8 18. b3 Nfxd5 19. Bb2 f5 20. Ne2
Nf4 21. Nd4 Nd3 22. Bc3 g6 23. Ra2 Nd5 24. Ba1 Rc8 25. Nd2 Rc5 $17 {(),Hausner,
I-Rogers,I/Bohdanec/1994/}) (8... e4 $5 {The most logical continuation.} 9. Bg2
Bf5 (9... e3 10. f3 Na6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Nbc3 Bxe4 14. fxe4 Bb6 15.
Rf4 Rc8 16. d6 Re6 17. e5 Rxe5 18. Bxb7 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Bf3 Nce4 21. c4
Nf2 $132 {Varga,Zo-Sziebert,A/Budapest FS12 GM/1995/}) 10. O-O Re8 11. Na3 $5 (
11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bg6 13. Qd4 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. d6 Re6 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxd6 19. Qc5 Rd7 20. Qc2 g6 21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Qb3 Qe7 23.
Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Rd4 Rc7 $44 {Varga,Zo-Shinkevich,V/Budapest FS02 GM/
1996/}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nc2 Nb6 13. Be3 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne3
Rad8 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Qb3 Qf5 20. Rad1 Qe5 21. Bxe4 Bc5 22. Bf3
$18 {Varga,Z-Kummerow,H/Recklinghausen/1995/}) (8... Re8 9. Bg2 e4 10. Na3 (10.
O-O e3 11. f3 h5 12. Na3 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Bxe3
Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Nxd5 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. b3 Ng4 22. e5
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb8 24. Bf3 Nxe5 25. Bxh5 Rc8 26. Bf3 $14 {Ubilava,E-Hodgson,JM/
ESP-chT/1993/}) 10... e3 11. Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13. Nc2 Qb6 14. O-O Qxb2
15. Qd3 Qb6 16. d6 Ne5 17. Qb5 Nbd7 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nb4 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Nec4 21.
Nbd5 Kf8 22. Rd4 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 b5 24. Nb4 Rb8 25. Nc6 $18 {Hausner,I-Hall,J/
Rilton-Cup/1988/}) 9. e3 (9. Ne4 Bb6 10. h3 f5 11. hxg4 fxe4 12. e3 Qf6 13. Rh2
Na6 (13... Nd7 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. g5 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Bf5 18. Qh5 Qd6 19. Bg2
Bg6 20. Qh3 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nxe4 Qc7 23. Bd2 Qc2 24. Rc1 Qd3 25. Rc3 Qb1+
$10 {Tobyas,M-Knazovcik,L/Praha ch-CS/1992/}) 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. g5
Bf5 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. O-O-O Bg4 20. Re1 Bxg5 21. Kb1 Rfd8 22. Reh1
$13 {Hausner,I-Mainka,R/BL 8990/1990/}) 9... f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. a3 (11. O-O a6
12. a4 Nbd7 13. Qb3 e4 14. Qc4 $6 b5 15. Qb3 b4 16. d6+ Kh8 17. Nd5 Bxd6 18.
Rd1 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 $17 {Kantorik,M-Hudecek,J/Praha ch-CS/1992/})
11... Nbd7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. e4 $1 $146 (14. Nb3 $6 Kh8 15. Ra2 Bd7
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nbxd5 $1 18. Nxd5 Ba4 19. Qd3 Nxd5 20. O-O Bc6 21. Rd2
Qe7 22. Qc4 Nf6 23. f3 f4 $36 {Peshina-Vaganjan/Spartakiad/1979/}) (14. O-O e4
$5 $44 (14... Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Rd1 $16 (18. e4
$5 $36))) 14... Kh8 (14... fxe4 15. Ndxe4 $16) 15. Bb2 (15. f3 $6 fxe4 16. fxe4
Bh3 $40 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf8f1] עe1,<->f}) 15... fxe4 16. Ncxe4 $5 (16. Ndxe4
Nbxd5 $1 (16... Nfxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 $18) 17. Nxd6 (17. Nxd5 Nxe4 $13
) 17... Qxd6 18. O-O $14 {was also playable, but White wants to activate his
Bb2 as soon as possible. He is even willing to give back his pawn to end
development and castle.}) 16... Bh3 {Black goes for a desperate counterattack.}
(16... Nfxd5 $142 17. Nc4 (17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Be6 20. O-O Qc6
$14) 17... Bc7 (17... Nxc4 $2 18. Bxc4 Be6 19. O-O $18) 18. O-O $36) (16...
Nbxd5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 $16) 17. Ng5 Bg2 (17... Bd7 18. Ne6 (18. Nde4 Nfxd5
$1 $13) 18... Bxe6 19. dxe6 $16) (17... Qd7 $5 18. Nxh3 Qxh3 19. Bf1 Qf5 20.
Bg2 Nfxd5 21. O-O $16) 18. Ne6 Qd7 19. Rg1 Bxd5 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Rc1 Qe6 (
21... Qh3 22. Nf1 $16 {[%cal Rf1e3] /\Ne3}) 22. f3 a6 $6 {After this passive
move White defends. Black still had fighting chances after} (22... Qh3 23. Nf1
Rd8 $16) (22... e4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 $5 (23... Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Qd4 Qg6 26.
Rd1 $18) 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. Rg2 $16) 23. Rf1 Qh3 24. Rf2 Ng4 $6 (
24... Re8 25. Ne4 $18) (24... Rd8 $142 25. Bd3 {[%cal Yd1e2,Yd2e4] /\Qe2,Ne4})
25. fxg4 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 27. Ke3 $8 (27. Kf1 $4 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1
Bg2+ 30. Kg1 Bh3+ $19) 27... Qxg3+ (27... e4 28. Nxe4 Qh6+ 29. g5 $18) 28. Bf3
h5 (28... e4 29. Nxe4 Bf4+ 30. Kd3 $18) 29. Qg1 Qf4+ 30. Ke2 Nc4 (30... e4 31.
Bxe4 $1 Bxe4 32. gxh5 Be5 33. Rf1 $18) 31. Rxc4 $1 Bxc4+ 32. Ke1 $18 h4 (32...
hxg4 33. Qh1+ $1 Kg8 (33... Qh6 34. Qxh6+ gxh6 35. Nxc4) 34. Bd5+ $18) 33. Qf2
Be7 (33... h3 34. Nxc4 Qxc4 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Bd5+) 34. Nxc4 Qxc4
35. Qe2 Qb3 36. Qxe5 (36. Qxe5 Bf6 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Bd5+) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ernst Ftacnik Kortschnoj Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Nc6 $6 (
4... Bb7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Ne2 $1 {/\d3+-}) (4... d6 5. d4 (5. g3 Bb7 6. Qe2 Nc6 7.
d3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 a6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Rb8 14.
Ne2 e5 15. Qd2 f5 $15 {Moutousis,K-Marinkovic,I,Vrnjacka Banja 1990}) 5... cxd4
6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Qe2 (7. f3 Nbd7 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12.
Rac1 O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Ne5 {Stohl,I-Yudasin,L,Novi Sad olm 1990-TD 90_06
} 15. Na4 $5 $14) 7... e6 (7... Nbd7 8. g3 Rc8 $6 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. b3
e6 12. Nd5 $1 $40 {Kasparov,G-Salov,V,Barcelona WCup 1989-CBM 12}) 8. g3 (8. g4
$5 $13) 8... Be7 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rac1 Re8 13. h3 Nbd7 14.
g4 h6 15. f4 Nh7 $132 {Ehlvest,J-Kudrin,S,New York op 1990-EXP 16}) (4... d6 {
Ribli}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 (7. Bg5 $6 Qb8 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bd3 e6 10.
O-O Bb4 11. Re1 Qe5 12. Bd2 h5 13. Qf3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Qd4 15. Bf1 Bc5 16. Re2 f5
$1 $40 {Spraggett,K-Nogueiras,J,Montpellier 1985 ct}) (7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bb4 $6
9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd3 Qe5 15. f4
Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Bf3 d6 19. Rad1 O-O-O 20. Rd3 $14 {
_|_,Ljubojevic,L-Winants,L,Brussels 1987-CBM 02}) (7. Bf4 $5 d6 8. Nf3 g6 9.
Qd2 Bg7 10. Be2 Rc8 {/\Na5-/+} 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 $14 {(),Tal,
M-Winants,L,Brussles 1987-CBM 02}) (7. Be3 e6 8. f3 {-7.f3}) 7... e6 8. Be3 Qb8
(8... Rc8 {Ribli} 9. Ndb5 d6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14.
O-O Nd4 15. Kh1 Ne6 16. Nc2 Nf4 17. Nb4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Sokolov,I Amsterdam op
1988 46/(49)}) 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O (11. g5 Nh5 12. Nxc6 (12. O-O-O
$13 {Kortschnoj}) 12... Bxc6 13. O-O-O f5 $5 $132) 11... Rc8 {N} (11... Nxd4
12. Bxd4 d6 (12... Rc8 13. Kb1 a6 14. h4 $36) 13. g5 Nd7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Be2 a6
(15... Ne5 $142 $5 $132) 16. h4 Ne5 17. h5 b5 18. g6 $1 fxg6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20.
Bxe5 dxe5 21. cxb5 $16 {Kortchnoi,V-Winants,L,Brussels 1987-CBM 02} (21. cxb5 {
Ftacnik} axb5 22. Nxb5 $16 {Kortchnoi-Winants/Bruxelles/1987/})) (11... Rd8 {
Ribli} 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ndb5 $1 Ne5 14. Be2 Qc8 15. c5 $1 $16 {Suba,M-Adorjan,A
Pinerolo 1987 44/33}) 12. g5 Ne8 (12... Nh5 $5 {Kortschnoj}) (12... Nh5 {
Ftacnik} 13. Nxc6 (13. Nde2 $6 Ne5 14. Ng3 Nxf3 15. Qxd7 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg5 $17
) 13... Bxc6 14. Kb1 a6 15. f4 $40) 13. Nxc6 $1 (13. h4 Ne5 $36) (13. Kb1 $2 {
Kortschnoj} Ne5 {/\ ...Ne5}) 13... Bxc6 (13... dxc6 {Ftacnik} 14. h4 Rd8 15.
Bd3 $14) 14. Kb1 (14. h4 $5 {Kortschnoj}) (14. h4 {Ftacnik} b5 15. cxb5 Bxb5
16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Qxd7 Qa5 18. Kb1 (18. Qxe7 Rxc3+ 19. Kb1 Rxe3 20. Rd7 Rxf3
$19) 18... Bb4 $40) 14... a6 (14... g6 15. h4 Ng7 16. Bf4 $16) 15. h4 b5 16. h5
$1 bxc4 (16... b4 {Ftacnik} 17. Ne2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nd4 (19. cxd5 Rd8 20.
Nf4 Bxg5 21. Bc4 Nd6 22. Bb3 Nf5 23. Qg2 Nxe3 24. Qxg5 h6 $1) 19... dxc4 20.
Bxc4 Be4+ 21. fxe4 Rxc4 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Qd5 $16) 17. g6 $40 fxg6 $6 (17... Bf6
$142 $5 18. Bg5 $36 (18. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Bxd4 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxd4 Qf4 21.
Bxc4 $14) (18. gxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qf4 $13)) 18. hxg6 hxg6 $8 (
18... h6 19. Bxh6 $18 (19. Bxh6 {Ernst} gxh6 20. Qxh6 $18)) 19. Rg1 (19. Bf4 {
Ftacnik} Qb4 20. Qh2 Rab8 $5 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Ka1 Bf6 $44) 19... Bf6 (19...
Kf7 20. Qg2 $18 (20. Qg2 {Ftacnik} g5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qb4 $14)) 20. Rxg6
Kf7 21. Rg2 $1 {><b2} (21. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Qb4 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rab8 24. Rd2
Qb6 $10) 21... d5 $2 (21... Qb7 22. Bxc4 $36) (21... Qb4 {Kortschnoj} 22. Bd4
$13 (22. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rab8 24. Qe5 (24. Bxc4 $5 $14) 24... Nf6
25. Qg5 Rg8 26. Ka1 $13)) 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 (23. Bg5 {Ftacnik} Ra7 24.
Bxf6 (24. Nxd5 Bxb2 $1) 24... Nxf6 25. Qg5 Kf8 $13) 23... c3 24. Qd3 $1 (24.
Nxc3 $2 Bxf3 $17 (24... Bxc3 $6 25. Bc4+ $40) (24... Bxf3 {Ftacnik} 25. Qd7+
Kf8 $13)) 24... Ba4 (24... cxb2 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Bc5+ $18) (24... c2+ {
Kortschnoj} 25. Qxc2 $1 Bxd5 26. Qg6+ Ke6 27. Rxd5 $18) 25. Qg6+ (25. Nxc3 {
Ftacnik} Rxc3 (25... Bxd1 26. Qd5+ Kf8 27. Bc5+ Rxc5 28. Qxc5+ Qd6 29. Qxd6+
Nxd6 30. Nxd1 $14) 26. Qd5+ Kf8 27. Bc5+ Rxc5 28. Qxc5+ Be7 29. Qf5+ Nf6 $13)
25... Kf8 (25... Ke6 {Kortschnoj} 26. Qg4+ {/\ Qa4 +-}) 26. Nxf6 $1 c2+ (26...
gxf6 27. Bh6+ Ke7 28. Re2+ $18) (26... Nxf6 27. Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Qh8+ $18) 27.
Rxc2 Rxc2 (27... Bxc2+ 28. Qxc2 Nxf6 (28... Rxc2 29. Nd7+ $18 (29. Nd7+ {
Kortschnoj} Ke7 30. Nxb8 $18)) (28... gxf6 29. Bc5+ Kg7 30. Rd7+ $18) 29. Bc5+
Kg8 30. Bc4+ $18 (30. Bc4+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 31. Rh1+ $18)) 28. Nd7+ Bxd7 29. Qxc2
$18 {->עf8} Be6 30. Qc5+ Kf7 (30... Kg8 31. Bc4 $18 (31. Bc4 {Ftacnik} Bxc4
32. Qxc4+ $18)) 31. Rd7+ $1 (31. Bc4 {Ftacnik} Qc8 $1 $8 32. Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxa6
Ra8 $16) 31... Bxd7 (31... Kg8 32. Re7 (32. Bc4 $18 {Ftacnik}) 32... Bf7 (32...
Qc8 33. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 34. Bc4 $18) 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Bc4+ Kg6 35. Qg5+ $18) 32.
Bc4+ Be6 $8 (32... Kg6 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qh5#) 33. Qf5+ Ke7 $8 (33... Nf6 {
Ftacnik} 34. Qxe6+ Kg6 35. Bd3+ Kh5 36. Qh3#) 34. Qxe6+ Kd8 35. Bb6+ Nc7 36.
Bd5 {/\Ba8,Qd6} (36. Qc6 $18 {Ftacnik}) 36... Ra7 37. Bc6 $1 {/\Qd7,Qe8#} (37.
Qg8+ $18 {Ftacnik}) 1-0

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 {
Kortschnoj: 'This gambit, introduced into modern practice by Juan Bellon, has
a rather good reputation - black gets a lead in development and gains some
extra space at the king side.'} 6. cxd5 a6 (6... Bc5 $142 {is the usual
continuation. As White often plays} 7. N5c3 {anyway, the text-move is not
ideal. Although a6 is often a useful move in this gambit line, it's certainly
more flexible to play it later.}) (6... Qa5+ 7. N5c3 b5 8. Nd2 b4 9. Nce4 Nxe4
10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Ng3 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Be6 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bc4 Bc5 16.
Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nc6 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf5 Nd8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bd5 Ra7 22. Nd6
$36 {Aseev,K-Vasiljevic,D/Budapest/1989/}) 7. N5c3 Bc5 (7... e4 $2 8. Nxe4 $1
$16 {/\} Nxe4 9. Qa4+) (7... b5 8. a3 $16) 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 Bf5 $6 {
Here the B is exposed and as White hasn't yet castled, he may start a >>
P-storm.} (10... Qe7 $142 11. Qc2 (11. a3 Rd8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nc4 Bf5 14. Bb2
Nbd7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd4 h5 17. h3 h4 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. f4 Nbxd5
21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Rd2 Nc3
$11 {Smagin,S-Magem Badals,J/Cap d'Agde/1996/}) 11... Re8 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Nd4
Qe5 14. Bd2 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qb3 Qg5 17. h4 $5 Qe7 (17... Qxg2 18. O-O-O
Qg6 $13) 18. O-O-O Be5 19. Bc3 b5 20. Kb1 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nd7 22. d5 e3 23. d6
Qe4+ 24. Bd3 Qg4 25. f3 Qh5 26. g4 $36 {Romanishin,O-Loncar,R/Bled/2000/}) (
10... Re8 11. a3 Qc7 12. Nf1 $6 (12. Qc2 $142 Bf5 13. g4 $36) 12... Qe5 13. Ng3
Nbd7 14. O-O Bd6 15. f4 exf3 16. Bxf3 Nc5 17. e4 Qe7 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Nf1 Be5
20. Be3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nfxe4 22. Bd4 Bf5 23. Ne3 Bg6 24. c4 Nd6 $15 {Moravec,
M-Voloshin,L/CZE-chT/1995/}) 11. a3 $146 (11. Nb3 $143 Bd6 12. Nd4 Bg6 $44 13.
b3 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. O-O-O $2 Qa5 17. Nc2 Ne5 18. Kb1 Nd3 19.
Rhf1 (19. Nxe4 Nb4 $1 $19) 19... Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Be5 21. Nd4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5
$17 {Cheremisin,F-Kosikov,A/Lutsk/1986/}) 11... Re8 ({The alternative was} 
11... b5 {(Kortschnoj) , preventing eventual Nc4, on order in case of b2-b4 to
put the bishop to d6.}) 12. b4 Ba7 13. g4 $1 {[%mdl 128] From now on White
concentrates on his >>->.} Bg6 14. Bb2 (14. h4 $5 h6 15. Qb3 $16) 14... h6 ({
Somewhat better was} 14... Nxd5 15. h4 (15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. h4 $36) 15... Nxc3
16. Bxc3 h6 (16... f6 17. g5 $40 {/\} fxg5 18. Bc4+ Kf8 19. h5 Bf5 20. h6 $16)
17. g5 $36 {/\} hxg5 18. h5 Bh7 19. h6 $40) 15. Nc4 b5 16. Na5 Bb6 17. h4 $5 {
White consistently continues his attack.} (17. Nb3 Nbd7 $44) 17... Bxa5 18.
bxa5 Nbd7 (18... Qxa5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 21. a4 $5 b4 22. Qd4 $1 $16) 19.
g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh7 21. d6 $6 {'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Very strong. A
threat is Nc3-d5-c6, as well as Qd4, attacking the square g7. '} (21. Qd4 $142
$1 Qxa5 22. Kf1 {/\} Qb6 23. Nxb5 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxg5 25. Nc6 $16) 21... Ne5 {
'?' Kortschnoj.} (21... Qxa5 22. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Rc3d5,Rd1d4] /\Nd5,Qd4+/-} (22.
Qd2 Nxg5 23. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 24. Nxd2 Rac8 $14)) (21... Nxg5 $5 22. Nd5 Ne5 {
transposes into a line, which we will see below.}) ({The threat Nd5 had to be
prevented by} 21... Re6 $1 {(Kortschnoj) , say} {The critical line:} 22. Bg4 (
22. Nd5 Rxd6 23. Qd4 Ndf6 $1 {with better prospects for black.} (23... Qf8 $2
24. Ne7+)) ({Or} 22. Qd4 Qxa5 {threatening with Qb6} {(} 23. a4 bxa4 {)}) 22...
Ne5 23. Bxe6 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 fxe6 $1 {- having lost an exchange, black however
took over the initiative!}) 22. Nd5 (22. Qd4 Nxg5 23. O-O-O Qd7 $13) 22... Nd3+
$2 (22... Qxd6 $4 23. Nf6+ $18) (22... Nxg5 $1 23. Nc7 (23. Ne7+ $6 Rxe7 24.
dxe7 Ngf3+ 25. Kf1 Qxe7 $15) (23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Nxa6
Rd8 $13) 23... Nd3+ (23... Ngf3+ 24. Kf1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27.
Qa4 $16) 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Nxe8 Qxe8 26. Rg1 Qd8 $132) (22... Qxa5+ $2 23. Bc3
$18) 23. Bxd3 exd3 24. Qg4 $1 {[%mdl 64] White activates his Q, the most
important attacking piece. Only with it's help he can make the most of the
tactical possibilities in the position.} (24. Nc7 Nxg5 $13 {-22...Ng5!}) 24...
Qxd6 {'?' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'This move meets an immediate refutation.
More difficult would be to prove decisive advantage of white after Qg5.'} (
24... Nxg5 $2 25. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 26. Qxg5 $1 d2+ 27. Ke2 $1 (27. Kd1 $6 Bc2+ $1
$132) 27... Qxd6 28. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxg7#) ({After} 24... Qxg5 {
White has a choice:} 25. Qd4 $142 $5 (25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. d7 (26. Nc7 Bf5 $5 $14)
26... Red8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxg6+ (28. Nc6 Kg8 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rc1 Bf5 31.
Rh5 f6 $14) 28... fxg6 29. Rd1 Ra7 30. Rh8+ Ke7 31. Rxd8 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Kxd8 33.
Rxd3 Rxd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Ke2 Ng1+ 36. Kd3 $16) 25... Be4 26. Kd2 Bxh1 (
26... Bxd5 27. Rag1 Bg2 28. Rh2 Re4 29. Qxd3 $18) 27. Rxh1 $40) 25. Qd4 Qf8 26.
Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (26... Bxh7 27. Nf6+ Kh8 (27... gxf6 28. Qxf6 d2+ 29. Ke2 $18) 28.
Kd2 Re6 (28... Rec8 29. Rh1 Rc2+ 30. Kd1 $18) (28... Rad8 {Kortschnoj} 29. Rh1
$18) (28... Re6 29. Nxh7 $18) 29. Nxh7 {'+-' Kortschnoj.} Kxh7 30. Rh1+ Kg8 (
30... Kg6 31. Qxd3+ f5 (31... Kxg5 32. Qd5+ Kg6 33. Qh5#) 32. gxf6+ Kf7 33.
Qd7+ $18) 31. Qh4 f5 $8 32. gxf6 $18 {->}) 27. Kd2 Be4 (27... Rad8 28. Nf6+ $1
gxf6 29. Rh1+ $18) (27... Re4 {Kortschnoj} 28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Nf6+) 28. f3 $1
Bxd5 $8 (28... Bxf3 29. Qh4+ Kg6 (29... Kg8 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Bxf6 $18) 30.
Nf4+ Kf5 31. Qh7+ g6 32. Rf1 $1 {Kortschnoj: 'etc.'} Rac8 (32... Ke4 33. Qh3
$18) 33. Qh3+ Bg4 34. Nxd3+ Ke6 35. Qxg4+ $18) 29. Rh1+ Kg6 (29... Kg8 30. Qh4
f6 31. g6 $18) 30. Qg4 Qh8 (30... Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qe7 (31... f6 32. Qh5+ Kf5 33.
gxf6+ $18) 32. Qh5+ Kf5 33. Rf1+ Ke6 34. Qg4+ Kd6 35. Qd4+ Ke6 (35... Kc6 36.
Rc1+ Kb7 37. Qb6#) 36. Qe5+ Kd7 37. Qd5+ $18) (30... Qc5 {Kortschnoj} 31. Qh5+
Kf5 32. Qh3+ Kg6 33. Qh7+ Kxg5 34. Rg1#) 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Qd4 Rh2+ 33. Kxd3
Bc4+ 34. Kc3 Re8 $2 {After a series of forced moves Black overlooks a simple
threat and loses on the spot-tactical defence is very demanding. However,
White would win even after other moves:} (34... Rah8 35. Kb4 $1 Rxb2+ (35...
R2h7 36. Qe4+ Kh5 37. g6 fxg6 38. Qg4+ Kh6 39. Qh4#) 36. Qxb2 Re8 37. Qd4 $18)
(34... Rhh8 35. Kb4 Rag8 36. f4 $18 {->}) 35. Qd6+ {[%csl Rh2] צh2} 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. d6 {Now
White won't be able to retain his extra pawn, but he wants to gain some
durable positional advantage instead.} Bb6 $146 {Time-consuming.} ({More
logical is} 7... O-O 8. N1c3 (8. Nc7 $2 Ne4 9. e3 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Qxd6 11. Nxa8
Rd8 12. Be2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. a3 Qxa8 17. b4 Qb8
18. Bd3 g6 19. Rd1 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6
$17 {Teske,H-Salmensuu,O/Koszalin op/1999/}) 8... Nc6 (8... Ne8 9. Qd5 Qb6 10.
e3 a6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nbc3 Nd7 13. Nxc5 (13. Bd2 $6 Nef6 14. Qb3 Qd8 15. Nxc5
Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxd6 17. Na4 Nfe4 18. Bb4 Qf6 $1 19. f3 Qh4+ 20. g3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Qxg3+ 22. Ke2 e4 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Qxf3+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. Nb6 Rxd4+ {
0-1,Bang,A-Juergens,V/Copenhagen/1990/}) 13... Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 $16)
9. g3 (9. e3 Bf5 (9... a6 $142 $11) 10. Bd3 $2 (10. a3 $5 a6 11. Na4 $14) 10...
e4 11. Be2 a6 12. Nc7 Rc8 13. N7d5 Qxd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg4 Rcd8 16. Qe2 Ne5
$17 {Voelzke,K-Lorenz,S/RL-NN/1988/}) 9... a6 $5 (9... Qb6 10. e3 Bg4 11. f3
Bf5 12. Na4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 Qd8 14. a3 Ba5 15. e4 Be6 16. b4 a6 17. Nbc3 b5 18.
Nc5 Nxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Na2 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Rb1 $16 {
Bang,A-Sandstrom,L/Copenhagen/1989/}) 10. Nc7 Ra7 11. Bg2 Bxd6 12. N7d5 Nxd5
13. Nxd5 b5 14. O-O Rd7 $11) (7... Ne4 8. e3 (8. Nc7+ $4 Qxc7 9. Qa4+ Qc6 $19)
8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ (9... Nxd2 10. Nc7+ Kf8 11. Nxd2 $16) 10. Nxd2 Nxd6 11.
Nf3 Nxb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Qa4 O-O 15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Qa3 Qc7 17.
Rd5 $36) (7... Na6 8. e3 O-O (8... Bg4 $142 $5) 9. Be2 $1 Bf5 10. a3 Qd7 11. b4
Bb6 12. N1c3 Rad8 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. Na4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Bxc7 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bxe5
$18 {Van der Linde,M-Riemens,A/NLD-chT9495/1994/}) 8. N1c3 O-O 9. g3 a6 10. Nc7
$5 (10. Na3 Be6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Ne8 $5 13. Ne4 h6 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5 can't
hold on to the extra P, so White wants to gain the ^^ at least-see the note
above.}) 10... Bxc7 11. dxc7 Qxc7 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. Bd2 (13. Qb3 $6 Nc6 $32)
13... Nc6 14. O-O Bg4 15. h3 Be6 $11 {[%cal Rc7d7] /\Qd7} 16. Kh2 {Although
White has achieved his goal, Black's pieces are very active and at this moment
he still holds the balance.} h6 (16... Rd7 17. Qc1 Rc8 $11 (17... Rad8 $6 18.
Bg5 $36) (17... Nd5 18. Na4 $36)) (16... Nd5 $2 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Bg5 Bg2 (
18... f6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd5 $18) 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Kxg2 Rxd1 21. Rfxd1 $16)
17. Qc1 Rac8 (17... Rd7 18. Rd1 Rad8 $11) (17... Nd5 $5 {/\} 18. Ne4 Rac8 19.
Nc5 $6 Qe7 $1 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 $32 {|^}) 18. Rd1 b5 (18... Nd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Bxd5
20. Bxh6 $16) (18... Nd4 $142 19. e3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6b4,Rb4d3] /\Nb4-d3<=>}) 19.
Be1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Ne7 (20... Rd8 $142 21. Qc1 $11) 21. a3 Rd8 22. Qc2 Bf5 (
22... Bd5 23. e4 (23. Bxd5 Nexd5 24. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {Without the ^^ White has no
hopes for any edge.}) 23... Bb7 24. Rd1 Rd4 $5 25. Qe2 $11 {[%cal Ye1d2,Yd2e3]
/+/=,/\Bd2-e3}) 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qd7 26. f4 $1 $14 {White has
finally unraveled his position and in the arising _|_ he can claim a tiny, but
nagging edge. But it can evaporate after a single inaccuracy.} Qxd1 (26... exf4
27. gxf4 Qc7 28. Bg3 $36) 27. Nxd1 Nd7 $1 {Against a ^^ it's better to keep
the position closed.} (27... exf4 $143 28. gxf4 Bb3 29. Nc3 $14 {|^}) 28. Ne3
$6 {White needs this square for his K.} (28. Bc3 $142 f6 (28... exf4 29. gxf4
f5 30. Ne3 $1 $36) 29. Kg1 Bb3 30. Nf2 $14) 28... f6 29. Bc3 Kf7 30. Kg1 Bb3 $1
31. Kf2 Nc5 (31... exf4 $5 32. gxf4 g5 33. Kg3 Ng6 $11) 32. fxe5 (32. Ke2 $2
exf4 33. gxf4 Ng6 $17) (32. Nf1 Na4 $15) 32... fxe5 33. Nd5 $2 (33. Ke2 $142
Nc6 34. Kd2 Na4 $11) (33. Bxe5 $4 Nd3+ $19) 33... Nxe4+ $2 (33... Nxd5 34. exd5
Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7d6,Rb3d5] /\Kd6,Bd5=/+ wins a pawn, although White should
still be able to draw the _|_.}) 34. Bxe4 Bxd5 (34... Nxd5 35. Bxe5 $16) 35.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 36. Bxe5 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Ge5][%mdl 4096] _|_ White has the much
better minor piece and open inroads to penetrate with his K on either the <<
or the >>,} g6 (36... Ne7 37. Ke3 Nc6 38. Ke4 {[%cal Re4d5] /\Kd5+- and Black
misses a crucial tempo to play Ke6 with a fortress.} Nxe5 39. Kxe5 Ke7 40. b3
Kd7 41. Kd5 $18) 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Bg7 $2 (38. Ke4 $142 $1 Ne7 $1 39. Bf4 $8 (39.
Bc3 Nc6 $11) (39. Bg7 Nf5 $11) 39... g5 (39... h5 $143 40. Kd4) 40. Bd2 $16)
38... h5 39. Ke4 Kd6 $2 (39... Ne7 $1 40. Bc3 Nc6 $11) 40. Bf8+ Ke6 (40... Kc6
41. Ke5 $22 $18) 41. Kd4 Nf6 42. Bh6 Kf5 (42... Kd6 43. Bf4+ $18) 43. Bd2 $1 {
White first defends g3 before advancing his K.} g5 (43... Ke6 44. Bg5 Nd7 45.
Bf4 $22 {Zugzwang is White's main weapon in forcing his K into Black's camp.})
44. Be1 g4 45. h4 Nd7 46. b3 $5 ({White patiently prevents} 46. Kd5 Nb6+ 47.
Kc6 Nc4) 46... Ke6 47. Bd2 Ne5 (47... Kd6 48. Bf4+ Ke6 49. Bc7 $22 $18) 48. Bf4
Nc6+ 49. Kc5 Na5 (49... Ne7 {only postpones the inevitable:} 50. Bd2 Nd5 51.
Kc6 $18) 50. b4 Nc4 51. a4 $18 {Wins material and the game.} Nb2 52. axb5 axb5
(52... Nd3+ 53. Kc4 Nxf4 54. bxa6 $1 (54. b6 $2 Kd7 $1 $19) 54... Nd5 55. Kc5
Nc7 56. a7 Kd7 57. b5 Na8 58. b6 Kc8 59. Kc6 $18) 53. Kxb5 Kd5 54. Bb8 (54. Ka6
$143 Nd3 55. Bd2 Kc4 56. Ka5 $1 $18 {[]}) 54... Nd3 55. Bc7 $1 Kd4 (55... Nb2
56. Ka6 Nd3 57. b5 $18) 56. Ka5 Kd5 57. b5 Kc5 58. Bb8 $22 {The N is helpless
against the B.} Kd5 (58... Nb2 59. Ka6 Nc4 60. Bf4 $18) 59. Kb6 Kc4 60. Bd6 {
[%cal Rb6c6,Rb5b7] /\Kc6,b6-b7 Once again dominates the N.} 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 (7. e3
O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. N5c3 e4 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. f4
exf3 15. Bxf3 Nbd7 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. g3 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. b3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4
Bxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Re4 22. Qd1 Qxd5 $15 {_|_,Madsen,P-Mortensen,E/Vejle/1994/})
7... O-O 8. g3 (8. h3 Bf5 (8... e4 9. g4 Qe7 10. Bg2 h6 11. Nd2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2
e3+ 13. Kg1 exd2 14. Qxd2 Rd8 15. Qe3 Qb4 16. Qf4 Qb6+ 17. Qf2 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3
19. e4 Nbd7 20. g5 $16 {Tomaszewski-Schon/Naleczow/1988/}) 9. e3 Bg6 10. g4 e4
11. Bg2 Na6 $5 (11... Re8 12. O-O Na6 13. Nd2 Bb4 14. Nb3 h5 15. g5 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Nxd5 17. c4 Ndb4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. h4 Nd3 20. Ba3 Nab4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22.
Nd4 Nd3 23. Rfb1 $10 {Ostojic,N-Oniscuk,A/Leningrad/1991/}) 12. g5 Nb4 13. gxf6
Nd3+ 14. Kd2 Qxf6 15. Rf1 Rfe8 16. a3 b5 17. Ra2 h5 $44 18. Nxb5 $2 Qg5 19. Bh1
Nxf2 20. Qe2 Nxh1 21. Rxh1 Qxd5+ 22. Kc2 Qxa2 $19 {Aseev,K-Smirin,I/Klaipeda/
1988/}) (8. a3 a5 9. b3 Na6 10. e3 e4 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bf5 14.
Be2 h5 15. Nc4 Nxd5 16. O-O Qg5 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bh3 19. Qxg7+ Qxg7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. gxh3 b6 22. Bxh5 $14 {Hort,V-Cramling,P/Biel Mixed/1991/}) 8...
Qb6 (8... Ng4 9. Ne4 (9. e3 f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd2 Nb6
14. Nb3 Kh8 15. Ra2 Bd7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Nbxd5 $1 18. Nxd5 Ba4 19. Qd3
Nxd5 20. O-O Bc6 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Qc4 Nf6 23. f3 f4 $13 {Peshina-Vaganjan/
Spartakiada/1979/}) 9... Bb6 10. h3 f5 11. hxg4 fxe4 12. e3 Qf6 13. Rh2 Na6 (
13... Nd7 $5 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. g5 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 Bf5 18. Qh5 Qd6 19. Bg2
Bg6 20. Qh3 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nxe4 Qc7 $44 {Tobyas,M-Knazovcik,L/Praha ch-CS/
1992/}) 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. g5 Bf5 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. O-O-O
Bg4 20. Re1 Bxg5 21. Kb1 Rfd8 $13 {Hausner,I-Mainka,R/BL 8990/1990/}) (8... e4
9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O e3 11. f3 h5 12. Na3 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7 15. Qb3
Nf6 16. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Nxd5 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. b3
Ng4 22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb8 24. Bf3 Nxe5 25. Bxh5 $14 {Ubilava,E-Hodgson,J/
ESP-chT/1993/}) (8... Re8 9. Bg2 e4 10. Na3 e3 11. Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13.
Nc2 Qb6 14. O-O Qxb2 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. d6 Ne5 17. Qb5 Nbd7 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Nb4
Rd8 20. Rfd1 Nec4 21. Nbd5 $36 {Hausner,I-Hall,J/Rilton-Cup/1988/}) 9. e3 Bg4
10. Be2 Bxe2 $5 $146 (10... Bh3 11. Rg1 Bf5 12. a3 Rd8 13. b4 Bf8 14. g4 Bg6
15. g5 Ne8 16. e4 Nc6 17. h4 $16 {Skulener,W-Cmiel,T/Porz-op28/1992/}) 11. Qxe2
e4 $44 12. O-O Bb4 13. Qc4 (13. a3 $5 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qb3 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5
Na6 $132) 13... Re8 14. Qd4 $6 (14. Nd2 $142 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qd6 $10) 14... Nbd7
$1 (14... Qxd4 15. exd4 Nbd7 16. Bg5 $14) 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 $15 17. a3
(17. b3 Nfxd5 18. Bb2 $15) 17... Bf8 18. b3 Nfxd5 {׫} 19. Bb2 f5 20. Ne2 $2 (
20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Nc3 $10) 21. Nd2 $15 {/\Nc4<=>} (21. Nc3 $2 Nxc3
22. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxa3 24. Rd7 Re7 $17)) 20... Nf4 $1 21. Nd4 $8 (21.
Rxd8 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nxg3+ $1 $17) 21... Nd3 22. Bc3 g6 23. Ra2 Nd5 $17 {()} 24.
Ba1 Rc8 25. Nd2 (25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Rc8 $17) 25... Rc5 26. Kg2 Rec8 (26...
Bh6 $5 {/\Be3-+}) 27. g4 Ne7 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Nc4 {/\Nd6} Ng6 30. a4 Rd5 31.
Kh1 Bg7 32. Rg1 b6 33. Rg5 (33. Rd2 Nc5 $36 {><b3}) 33... Bxd4 $1 34. Bxd4 Ne1
35. Nd2 $8 Rc1 (35... Nf3 36. Nxf3 exf3 37. h4 $132) 36. Rg1 Rd1 37. Nc4 (37.
Ra1 Rxa1 38. Bxa1 Rxd2 39. Rxe1 Rxf2 $17) 37... Kf7 38. Re2 R1xd4 $8 39. exd4 (
39. Rgxe1 Rd3 $36 {()}) 39... Nf3 40. Rd1 (40. Rc1 $5) 40... Nf4 41. Rc2 Nd3
$44 42. Ne3 Rxd4 43. Rf1 (43. Nxf5 $2 Nxf2+ 44. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 45. Kg2 Rg1+ $19)
43... f4 44. Nf5 (44. Nc4 Rd5 {/\Rh5->}) 44... Rd5 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Ng7 $8 Rg5
47. Ne8+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Rg7 (49. Rd7+ Kc3 $17) 49... Rh5 50. Rg2 Ke5 $5 {
פe8} 51. Rd1 $6 (51. Nc7 Nd2 $17) 51... Nxh2 $1 $19 52. Rxh2 $8 Nxf2+ 53. Kg1
Rxh2 54. Rd7 Ng4 55. Re7+ Kd4 (55... Kf5 56. Rf7+ Kg5 $5 57. Rg7+ Kh4 58. Rxg4+
(58. Rxh7+ Kg3 $19) 58... Kxg4 59. Kxh2 Kf3 $19) 56. Nf6 Nxf6 $1 57. Kxh2 f3
58. Kg3 Ke3 {/\f2-+} 59. Re5 f2 60. Rf5 Nh5+ 61. Kg2 Nf4+ 62. Kf1 Kf3 {/\e3-e2}
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 $5 ({Black tries to avoid the line} 
4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {-A39 , in which he has more problems
with developing his Bc8.}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nc2 {
[%cal Ye2e4,Yc2e3] /\Ne3,e4 White decides to avoid possible exchanges an
increases his [+] control, especially over d5.} (9. b3 h5 $5 (9... O-O 10. Bb2
Qa5 11. Rc1 Rfc8 $11) 10. Bb2 h4 11. Nd5 hxg3 12. hxg3 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nxd5 14.
Nxe5 Nc7 15. Nd3 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 Bc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20.
Qxh1 Qf5 21. Nd3 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Qxh1+ 23. Kxh1 c5 $11 {/=/+,Milov,L-Lerner,K/
Donetsk zt/1998/}) 9... h5 $5 {Dvoirys applies the ambitious idea from the
above example. More solid alternatives give White a chance to aspire for a
slight edge due his ().} (9... Qa5 10. Ne3 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Bd2
Qa6 13. Bc3 O-O 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Nb4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6
19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Bf3 h5 21. b3 Rc5 22. Nd3 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Rc8 $11 {
Schwalfenberg,J-Krivoshey,S/Untergrombach/2001/}) 10... O-O 11. Bd2 Rfc8 12.
Rc1 Qh5 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rab8 15. b4 e6 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Qd2
Qb2 19. Qxd6 Be8 20. Qd2 $1 b6 21. Nd3 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Nd4 23. Rfe1 $16 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Shulman,Y/Stillwater m/2005/}) ({Interesting is the yet untested
idea} 9... O-O 10. Bd2 Be6 $5 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfc8 $132) 10. Bg5 {White
doesn't pay too much attention to Black's >> activity, but doesn't completely
ignore it either - either way it's difficult to claim anything from the
opening.} (10. h4 {promises nothing after} Qc8 11. b3 (11. Re1 Ne5 12. b3 Bh3
13. Bh1 Neg4 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rc1 Qc5 16. e3 g5 $1 17. b4 Qf5 18. f3 gxh4 19.
fxg4 Bxg4 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Qe1 hxg3 22. e4 h4 $17 {Straat,E-Baklan,V/Vlissingen
op/1999/}) 11... Bh3 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16.
Bg5 Bf6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qd2 {Psakhis,L-Huzman,A/Haifa
act/2000/} Rfc8 21. Qa5 a6 22. Qb6 Ng4 $11 {Psakhis}) (10. b3 $6 h4 11. Bb2
hxg3 12. hxg3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Rxh3 14. Nd5 Qd7 $1 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Nc7 16. Kg2
Qd7 $13 {/=/+}) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Nd4 Ne5 (17... Rh5 $5 $40) 18.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 O-O-O 20. f4 Rdh8 $40 {Evdokimov,A-Livshits,G/EU-ch U14
Mureck/1998/}) 10... Nh7 11. Bf4 $146 (11. Be3 h4 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Bg5 $6 Nxe4
14. Bxe4 hxg3 15. fxg3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 b6 18. Rab1 Rc8 19. b3 Ne5 20.
Bc3 Bh3 21. Rfd1 Bg4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf3 Bf5 $17 {Lindemann,S-Kalinitschew,S/
BL2N 0102/2002/}) 11... Rc8 (11... h4 12. gxh4 (12. Qd2 Qa5 $13) 12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nf8 14. Bg3 Ne6 $44) (11... Ne5 $5 12. Ne3 (12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 $13)
(12. Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 12... Bc6 $132) 12. Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 512] White bravely
decides to invest some material to get his [+] play going.} (12. Qd2 Qa5 $132)
12... h4 ({More critical was} 12... Na5 13. b3 $5 Bxa1 (13... e6 14. Ndb4 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 Qf6 16. Bxd6 $44) 14. Qxa1 f6 15. Be4 $13) 13. Qd2 Nf6 (13... Na5 14.
Na3 $5 (14. Nxe7 $6 Kxe7 (14... Nxc4 15. Nxc8 Nxd2 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Qc7
18. Bb4 Qxc2 19. Nf5+ Kg8 20. Ne7+ $11) 15. Bxd6+ Ke8 $17) 14... Nxc4 15. Nxc4
Rxc4 16. Rac1 $44) 14. Nce3 h3 {Releasing the >> tension is inconsistent.} (
14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 $13) (14... hxg3 $5) (14... Nh5 $142 $5 $13 {/|^>>})
15. Bf3 Nh5 16. Bxh5 $5 {White exchanges his fianchettoed B, but Black's K
will stay trapped in the [+].} Rxh5 17. g4 Rh8 (17... Rh4 18. Bg3 {only loses
time.} (18. Bg5 Rh7 $13 {/\} 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd5 Rc5 $1 21. Bxe7 Rxd5 $17))
18. Rad1 ({White doesn't want to lose time for} 18. f3 $13 {[%csl Re8] |^עe8 ,
but now Black has serious <=> against the tactically vulnerable Kg1.}) 18...
Ne5 19. Qb4 (19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bg7 $13 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7] /=/+,^^}) 19... Nxg4
20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. c5 $5 (21. Bg5 Bxe2 22. Rfe1 Rh5 $1 (22... Bxd1 $2 23. Bxe7
$18) 23. Rxe2 (23. Bxe7 $4 Rg5+ $1 24. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 25. Kh1 Qg2#) 23... Rxg5+ $17
) 21... Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] A safe decision, Black goes for an approximately equal
_|_. However, with hindsight (and computer assistance, of course!) it seems he
could have ventured the seemingly extremely risky} (21... Bxe2 $5 22. cxd6 (22.
Rfe1 Bxd1 23. Nxe7 Qd7 $1 (23... Qxe7 24. Bxd6 $16 {->}) 24. Bxd6 Kd8 $5 (24...
Qg4+ 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Nxc8+ Kd7 27. Nxa7 Bf6 $13) 25. Rxd1 (25. Nxc8 Qc6 $19)
25... Rxc5 $3 $17) (22. Rde1 Rxc5 23. Rxe2 Rxd5 24. Qxb7 Rhh5 $17 {[%csl Rg1]
עg1}) 22... Bxd1 23. Nc7+ (23. Rxd1 Qd7 $17) (23. Qb5+ Rc6 $8 24. Qxb7 Ba4 $1
25. Nc7+ Kf8 26. dxe7+ Kxe7 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Re8+ Qxe8 29. Qb4+ Kg8 30. Nxe8
Rh4 $1 $40) 23... Rxc7 (23... Kf8 24. dxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bd6 Rxc7 26. Bxe7+ Rxe7
27. Rxd1 Bf6 28. Rd7 Rh4 $11) 24. dxc7 Qc8 $8 (24... Qd7 $4 25. Qb5 $1 $18) 25.
Re1 Bf6 (25... Qg4+ $2 26. Bg3 $18) 26. Qd6 Kf8 27. Qxd1 Kg7 $13) 22. Qxc5 dxc5
23. Nc7+ Qxc7 24. Bxc7 f6 {[%mdl 4096] Black can't castle anymore! The _|_ is
quite sharp and if anyone can be better, it's still Black.} (24... f5 25. f3 {
[%csl Rg4] ץg4}) (24... Bd7 25. Rd2 Rh4 26. Rfd1 (26. e3 f5 $15) 26... Rd4 27.
e3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 $11) 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Rc1 (27. f3 Be6 28. Rc1 f5
$15) 27... Bxe2 28. Rxc5 f5 29. b3 (29. Be5 $6 b6 30. Rc2 Bd1 31. Rd2 Bxe5 32.
Rxd1 Bxb2 $36) 29... Bf6 (29... a6 $11) 30. Be5 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\f4} g5 $6 {
An unfounded P-sacrifice.} (30... Bf3 $11) (30... b6 $5 31. Rc2 Bxe5 32. Rxe2
Bf4 {[%csl Rh2] is more ambitious, here the ><h2 forces White to seek <=> fast
with} 33. Rc2 g5 34. Rc8 $13) 31. Bb8 $1 f4 (31... a6 $5 32. Rxf5 Ke6 33. Rc5
Bf3 $14 {and it's very difficult to break Black's fortress. Dvoirys strives
for active <=> and gives a <<P instead.}) 32. Bxa7 Bf3 (32... Bd4 $143 33. Rc2
$16) 33. Bb8 Kg6 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf6 36. Rc5 g4 37. a4 e5 38. a5 Ke6 39.
b4 Kd6 40. Rc3 Be2 (40... Bc6 $142 $5 $14 {was playable and maybe even better,
but Black wants to keep f1 under control and the Kg1 cut off.}) 41. Rc8 e4 42.
Rf8 Ke5 43. Rf7 Bf3 $2 (43... Ba6 $142 {was stronger, proving a clear-cut win
is still not so simple for White:} 44. b5 (44. Rg7 Kf5 {/\} 45. b5 Bxb5 46.
Rxb7 Bd3 47. Rb6 e3 48. fxe3 fxe3 49. a6 g3 50. hxg3 h2+ 51. Kxh2 e2 52. a7
e1=Q 53. a8=Q Qf2+ 54. Qg2 Qxb6 55. Qf3+ Kg5 $11) 44... Bxb5 45. Rxb7 Bd3 $1
46. Rb6 e3 47. fxe3 fxe3 48. Rh6 $1 (48. a6 g3 49. hxg3 h2+ 50. Kxh2 e2 51. Rb8
Be4 52. Re8+ Kd4 53. Rxe4+ Kxe4 54. a7 e1=Q 55. a8=Q+ Kf5 $11) 48... Bc4 49. a6
g3 50. hxg3 h2+ 51. Rxh2 Bxa6 $16 {/+/=}) 44. b5 $1 e3 45. fxe3 fxe3 46. a6 $18
e2 (46... bxa6 47. Rxf3 $1 (47. bxa6 $2 e2 48. Kf2 g3+ 49. hxg3 h2 $11) 47...
gxf3 48. bxa6 Ke4 49. a7 Kd3 50. a8=Q Ke2 51. Qa2+ Ke1 52. Qb1+ Kd2 (52... Ke2
53. Qc2+ Ke1 54. Qc1+ Ke2 55. Qf1+ $18) 53. Kf1 $18) 47. Re7+ (47. Kf2 $2 g3+
48. hxg3 (48. Kxf3 $2 gxh2 $1 $19) 48... h2 49. Rh7 h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Bxh1 $11)
47... Kd6 48. Rxe2 $1 bxa6 (48... Bxe2 49. a7 $18) 49. Rd2+ Kc5 50. bxa6 Kb6
51. Rd6+ Ka7 52. Kf2 Be4 53. Kg3 Bf3 54. Rg6 Be2 55. Rxg4 Kxa6 56. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 (5... e6 6. Nc3 {-A33}) (
5... Qa5+ $142 $5 6. Nc3 (6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Bc3 Ne4 $36) 6... Ne4 7. Nxc6 (7. Bd2
$5 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 $10) 7... dxc6 8. Qa4 Qxa4 9. Nxa4 e5 10. a3 Be6 11. e3 Ng5 12.
Be2 Bh3 13. Rg1 h5 14. f4 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Ra2 Bc5 18. Rd2
Rde8 19. Rd1 g6 20. Kf2 Re7 21. Rge1 Rhe8 $17 {Serper,G-Wolff,P/New York CITS/
1996/}) 6. Nb3 (6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. b3 a6 11. e4 Qc7
12. Bb2 b6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. a4 Qa7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Nh7
19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Rf3 $44 {Ivanov,MM-Elsness,F/Gausdal/
1996/}) 6... Ne5 (6... e6 7. Bg2 (7. Nc3 $142 {-A33}) 7... Ne5 8. O-O Nxc4 9.
e4 d6 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qa6 (12... Qd8 $142 $5 $13) 13. Qxa6 bxa6
14. Na5 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. Bxa7 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rac1 O-O $2 19. e5 dxe5
20. Bxc6 Rc7 21. Be3 Rxc6 22. Nd5 $1 $16 {Baumgartner,H-Topakian,R/OST-ch/1991/
}) (6... Qb4+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bg2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qxc4 11. O-O e6 12.
a4 d5 13. Qb1 Qxe2 14. Bxd5 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qxf3 17. Nd4 Qh5 18. Nb5
$40 {Rohrbach,F-Palek,M/BAY-chT2NO 9495/1995/}) 7. c5 Qc6 8. Rg1 $5 {An
ambitious move. Although White can't castle K-side, he will be able to develop
his pieces faster. The cramping effect of the c5-pawn is also stronger.} (8. f3
e6 9. Qd4 d6 10. Nc3 Ned7 11. cxd6 Bxd6 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15.
Bxc4 Ne5 16. Be2 Bb4 17. O-O b6 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Rac1 Be8 20. a3 Rxd1+ $10 {
1/2/Kovalev,S-Brodsky,M/Kherson/1990/}) 8... e6 $146 (8... d5 $142 9. cxd6 exd6
(9... e6 10. Bg2 Qa6 11. Qd4 Bxd6 12. Bf4 Nc4 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
O-O-O Nf5 16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 e5 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Rd2 b6 20. Rgd1 Be6 21. Kb1
Ne7 {Tisdall,J-Akesson,R/Gausdal TM/1996/} 22. Nb5 $5 $14) 10. Bg5 d5 11. Bxf6
Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Qe3 Bf5 16. Nd4 Be4 17. f3 Nc4
18. Qf4 Bg6 19. e4 Na3 20. e5 O-O 21. Qe3 Rac8 22. Kf2 Nb1 23. Rxb1 Bxb1 24.
Bh3 Qa3 25. Bxc8 $14 {Hansen,C-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen/1985/}) 9. Bf4 Ng6 (9...
d6 10. Bg2 Qa6 11. Nc3 $16 (11. Qd4 $5)) 10. Bg2 (10. Bd6 $6 Bxd6 11. cxd6 Ne4
12. Bg2 f5 $15) 10... d5 11. cxd6 Qa6 12. Be3 Bxd6 13. Nc3 Bd7 $2 (13... O-O
14. Nc5 Bxc5 (14... Qb6 15. Nxe6 Qxb2 16. Nxf8 Qxc3+ 17. Bd2 $18) 15. Bxc5 Re8
16. Qb3 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Gg2][%cal Gg2b7] @,^^,/^h1-a8 White is better developed
and his B-pair exrts strong pressure in the open position. His K will be safe
on b1.}) 14. Bxb7 $1 Qxb7 15. Qxd6 Ne7 $8 16. Bc5 Nf5 17. Qf4 Bc6 18. O-O-O $18
{[%csl Re8] ->עe8 White has not only won a pawn, but Black's K is trapped in
the middle.} Nd5 (18... Nd7 19. e4 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qb6 (20... Qb4 21. Nd3) 21.
exf5 Qxc5 22. fxe6 $18) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Na5 $1 Qd7 (20... Qc8 21. Qa4+ Kd8
22. Nc6+ $18) (20... Qb5 21. Rxd5 exd5 (21... Qxa5 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qe5+ $18 {
->}) 22. Qe5+ Kd8 23. Qxd5+ Kc7 24. Qxf5 Qxa5 25. Bd6+ Kb6 26. Bc7+ $18) 21. e4
Rc8 {Thanks to this possibility Black doesn't lose a whole piece.} 22. b4 Rxc5+
23. bxc5 Qa4 24. exd5 Qxa5 25. Qc4 O-O 26. d6 {Black has managed to get his K
to safety, but he lost more material and the game is over.} e5 (26... Qa3+ 27.
Kc2 Rb8 28. Rb1 $18) 27. Kb1 $5 {The safest} (27. d7 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Nd4 $132)
27... Nd4 28. Rxd4 $1 exd4 29. Qxd4 {Technically best. The connected passed
pawns decide the game quickly.} Rd8 30. Ka1 Qb5 31. Rc1 {[%cal Rc5c6] /\c6} Qc6
32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 (4... Bg7 5. Bg2 {-E60} Qa5+ $5 6. Bd2
Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Na4 Qc6 $6 {N} (8... Qd8 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10...
dxc6 $5 $10) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 d5 13. Be3 e6 14. Nc5 Qe7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Nd3 $14 {Dzindzikhashvili,R-Gurevich,D,Jacksonville ch-US m 1990-CBM 21}) 9.
O-O Ne4 10. Ng5 (10. Bf4 $5 O-O 11. Ne5 $36) 10... f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. e3 O-O
13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. exd4 Bxd4 16. Nc3 $16 {Dautov,R-Shirov,A,Morava A
1991}) 5. Nxd4 d5 $5 (5... Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc3 {-A39}) (5... Qc7 $5 6. b3 {
Karpov,An-Kasparov,G,Bruxelles 1987-CBM 02} b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 $13 {Kasparov}) 6.
Bg2 Bg7 (6... dxc4 7. Qa4+ $14) (6... e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qb3
$16 {Tukmakov,V-Beliavsky,A,Vilnius 1978}) 7. Nc2 $1 (7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 $1 $10) (7. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 8. Qb3 $36) 7... Qa5+ $6 (7...
dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne3 $14 {_|_|^/^ h1-a8}) 8. b4 (8. Nc3 Ne4 $1 $13) (8.
Bd2 Qc5 {/\Ng4,Bb2} (8... Qb6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne3 $146) 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne3 O-O
11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc6 $10) 8... Qc7 9. cxd5 $8 Ng4 10. O-O
Bxa1 11. Nxa1 $146 {[+],/^a1-h8} O-O 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Qd4 Ngf6 14. Bb2 Qb6 (
14... Nb6 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. e4 $16) 15. Qc3 (15. Nc5 a5 $1 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4
Ra2 $132) 15... e5 $8 (15... Re8 16. e4 e5 17. N1d2 {/\Nc4,f4->}) 16. dxe6 (16.
N1d2 $5 $36 {/\Nc4}) 16... fxe6 (16... Qxe6 $2 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 $16) 17.
N1d2 e5 $1 $8 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Nc5 Qe7 (19... Nxc5 20. bxc5 e4 21. Nd6 $16) 20.
Rd1 (20. Nxe5 $142 $5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxe5 $16) 20... Nxc5 21. Nxe5 $5 (
21. bxc5 {/\Ne5} Qxc5 $5 {/\} 22. Ba3 $6 Qxf2+ $1 23. Kxf2 Ne4+ $15) 21... Ncd7
22. Qc4+ Kg7 23. Qc7 $146 Rf7 (23... Kg8 24. Bh3 $40 (24. Nxd7 Bxd7 $1 25. Bxf6
Qxf6 $17)) 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rd6 Kf8 (25... Ne8 26. Qc4+ Kf8 27. Re6 $40) 26.
Bc1 (26. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 27. Rd8+ Ne8 $8 28. Qf4+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 $5 $146 (29...
Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Nxf6 31. Bh3 $16) (29... Nf6 30. e4 $16)) 26... Nb6 27. Qc5 {
/\Rf6} Nfd7 28. Bh6+ (28. Qd4 Qg7 $5 $13) 28... Ke8 29. Qd4 Ne5 $8 30. Bf4 Nf7
31. Rf6 Nd7 (31... Be6 $2 32. Bxb7 $1 Rd8 33. Bc6+ {/\} Kf8 34. Bh6+ Kg8 35.
Rxg6+ $1 $18) 32. Rc6 $8 g5 $5 (32... bxc6 33. Bxc6 Qxe2 34. Bxa8 $13) 33. Bd6
Nxd6 34. Rxd6 Nf8 35. h4 $5 (35. Bf3 $6 g4 $15) 35... gxh4 36. Bf3 {/\Bh5+-}
Bf5 37. gxh4 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qe5+ $10 Be6 40. Qh5+ Bf7 41. Qe5+ Be6 (
41... Ne6 42. Qh8+ Nf8 43. Qe5+ $10) 42. Qh5+ Ng6 $5 (42... Bf7 $10) 43. Qxh7
Bf7 (43... Nxh4 44. Bxb7 $10) 44. Qh6 (44. h5 $6 Qg5+ 45. Kh2 Ne5 $40) 44...
Qd1+ (44... Qxh4 45. Qe3+ Kf8 46. Qxa7 $10) 45. Kg2 Qd4 46. Kg1 Qxb4 47. Qe3+
Kf8 48. h5 Nf4 49. Qxa7 Bxh5 (49... Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Nxe2 $2 51. Qc5+ Kg8 52. Qg5+
Kf8 53. h6 $16) 50. Qb8+ Be8 {/\Qe1-+} 51. Kh2 $1 Qd4 52. e3 Qh8+ 53. Kg1 Qg7+
54. Kh2 Qh6+ 55. Kg1 Qg6+ 56. Kh2 Nd3 57. Bxb7 Qb6 (57... Nxf2 58. Qf4+ $10)
58. Qg3 $1 Qxb7 59. Qd6+ Qe7 60. Qxd3 Qh4+ $10 61. Kg1 Qg5+ {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Teske, Henrik"]
[Black "Salmensuu, Olli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. d6 $5 {
A very crude and direct move, which however is possibly not so bad.} O-O (7...
Ne4 $143 8. e3 (8. Nc7+ $4 Qxc7 9. dxc7 Bxf2#) (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qa5+ 10.
N1c3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O $44) 8... Bb4+ (8... Nxd6 9. Qd5 $16) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.
Nxd2 Nxd6 11. Nf3 Nxb5 12. Bxb5+ (12. Qxd8+ $2 Kxd8 13. Nxe5 Nd6 14. Rd1 Ke7
15. Rxd6 f6 16. Nc4 b5 $17) 12... Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Qa4 $36) (7... Na6 8.
e3 (8. N1c3 O-O 9. e3 Bg4 (9... Bf5 10. a3 Rc8 11. b4 Bxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13.
Rxa7 Nc2+ 14. Ke2 Qb6 15. Ra2 Nb4 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxb5+ 18. Ke1 Qa5 19. f3
Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qc5 21. d7 Qxe3+ 22. Be2 Rcd8 23. Rf1 Qxe4 24. Rf3 Nc6 25. Ba3
$18 {Sorensen,T-Sorensen,H/Copenhagen/1988/}) 10. f3 Be6 11. a3 Nh5 12. b4 Qh4+
13. g3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qxh1 15. bxc5 Bc4 16. Kf2 Qh2+ 17. Ke1 Qh1 18. Kf2 Qh2+
19. Ke1 Qxg3+ 20. Kd2 Qh2+ 21. Ke1 Qg3+ 22. Kd2 Qf2+ 23. Be2 Nxc5 $17 {Bang,
A-Hawelko,M/Berlin/1988/}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. a3 Qd7 11. b4 Bb6 12. N1c3
Rad8 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. Na4 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Bxc7 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bxe5 $18 {Van der
Linde,M-Riemens,A/NLD-chT9495/ 1994/}) 8. Nc7 $2 $146 {But this is too much
and White's undevelped position can't stand it.} (8. N1c3 $142 Nc6 (8... Ne8 9.
Qd5 (9. Ne4 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 Nxd6 $1 $11) 9... Qb6 10. e3 a6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nbc3
Nd7 13. Nxc5 $142 (13. Bd2 Nef6 14. Qb3 Qd8 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxd6 17. Na4
Nfe4 18. Bb4 Qf6 19. f3 Qh4+ 20. g3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Ke2 e4 23. Bxc5 Rd8
24. Bd4 Qxf3+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. Nb6 Rxd4+ {0-1,Bang,A-Peicheva Hansen,E/
Copenhagen/ 1990/}) 13... Qxc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 $36) 9. g3 (9. e3 Bf5 10.
Bd3 $2 e4 11. Be2 a6 12. Nc7 Rc8 13. N7d5 Qxd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg4 Rcd8 16.
Qe2 Ne5 17. Bxf5 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Qxf5 19. Rb1 Bb4 20. Bd2 Nxf2 $1 $19 {Voelzke,
K-Lorenz,S/RLNN/1988/}) 9... a6 $5 (9... Qb6 10. e3 Bg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. Na4 Bb4+
13. Kf2 Qd8 14. a3 Ba5 15. e4 Be6 16. b4 a6 17. Nbc3 b5 18. Nc5 Nxb4 19. axb4
Bxb4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Na2 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Bd4 23. Rb1 $16 {Bang,A-Sandstrom,L/
Copenhagen/1989/}) 10. Nc7 Ra7 11. Bg2 Bxd6 12. N7d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 b5 $132 {
/\Rd7,Bb7}) (8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Na6 10. N1c3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Ne4 13.
Qd5 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Nac5 $17 {Shvedchikov-Tseitlin,M/USSR/1977/}) 8... Ne4 $40 9.
e3 (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qf6 11. Qd5 Qf2+ 12. Kd1 Qxe3 $40) 9... Bb4+ 10. Nd2 (
10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Qxd6 14. Nxa8 Nc6 {[%cal
Rc8f5,Rf8a8] /\Bf5,Ra8-+}) (10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Qxd6 12. Nxa8 Rd8 13. Be2
Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 {-10.Nd2}) 10... Qxd6 11. Nxa8 Rd8 {Black wins the pinned piece
on d2, as well as the offside Na8, while White still has to finish his
development and save his K from an attack.} 12. Be2 (12. a3 Nxd2 $1 (12...
Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxd2 14. Rc1 $16) 13. axb4 Nf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxb4+ 15. Ke2 Bg4 16.
Qxg4 Qxg4+ 17. f3 Qc8 {/\Nc6-+}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 $8 Bxd2+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 $17 {
The simplest} (14... Qf6 $6 15. Qb3 {/\Nc7}) 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. a3 $5 (16. Rd1 Ba5
17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bc4 Bd7 $1 (18... Qxa8 19. Qb3 $15) 19. Qd3 Be8 $17) 16...
Qxa8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Bd3 (18. Rd1 Qd6 19. Bc4 e4 $5 (19... Qg6 $2 20. Qxg6 hxg6
21. Ke2 Bc3 22. b5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ne7 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Re8 $18) 20. Qxe4 Ne5 21.
Be2 Qc7 $17) 18... g6 19. Rd1 $8 {The only way to win the B, although with his
connected o^ Black retains the upper hand.} (19. Qxd2 Qd6 20. b5 Ne7 21. Rd1 e4
$19) (19. Ke2 $2 Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 $19) 19... Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qc3 Nxd3
22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 {[%csl Ga7,Gb7]} 24. Ke2 $2 (24. f3 $142 $5 b5 25.
Kf2 b4 $17) 24... Qc7 $1 25. Kf3 Bc4 26. Qd2 b5 {עf3 White faces similar
problems as in the line above, only his K is much worse placed.} 27. Rd1 (27.
Ra1 e4+ $1 28. Kxe4 Qe7+ {[%cal Re7f6] /\Qf6-+}) 27... Kg7 $1 (27... a5 $6 28.
Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 a4 31. Ke4 $15) 28. Qd6 (28. Qd8 e4+ 29. Kxe4
Qc6+ 30. Kd4 Qxg2 $19 {->}) 28... Qxd6 29. Rxd6 b4 $19 {Now the pawns march on,
עf3 only helps Black.} 30. e4 (30. Rc6 $4 Bd5+) (30. Rd1 b3 31. Ra1 Bd3 $19)
30... b3 31. Rd1 a5 32. Ke3 a4 33. Kd2 b2 (33... a3 34. Kc3 b2 {-33...b2}) 34.
Kc3 (34. Kc2 Bb3+) 34... a3 $1 {/\Ba2} (34... a3 35. Kxc4 a2 $19) 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "332"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 $6 c5 5. e4 d6 $6 (5... Nc6
$1 6. e5 Ng4 7. Qf5 $6 (7. Qe4 Nh6 (7... Nb4 8. Qxb7 Nc2+ 9. Ke2 $1 (9. Kd1
Nxa1 10. Ne4 Rb8 11. Qd5 (11. Qxa7 Ra8 12. Qb7 Rxa2 $19) 11... Qc7 12. b3 e6
13. Qd3 Nxe5 $19) 9... Nxa1 10. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Ge4b1]}) 8. Be2 (8. d4
cxd4 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxb7 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Qe4 $14) 9. Nxd4 (9. Bxh6 dxc3
$17) 9... g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Nd5 (11. Bg5 $132)) 8... Qb8 9. O-O Nd4 10. Qd3
Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Nf5 $11) 7... Nh6 8. Qf4 Nb4 9. Rb1 g6 $15) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 a6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f3 O-O 13. Bf1 Qc7 14.
Rac1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 Bf8 16. b4 Qb8 17. a3 Ba8 18. Nb3 Rc6 19. a4 Rec8 20. Bd4
R6c7 21. a5 $6 $11 (21. Rb1 d5 $2 (21... Be7 22. a5 $1 (22. Rdc1 e5 (22... Rb7
23. Kh1 (23. c5 {[%cal Gf1a6]} bxc5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Bxa6 Rxb4 26. Bxc8 Rxb3
27. Ba6 d5 $132) 23... h6 (23... Ne5 24. c5 bxc5 (24... dxc5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26.
Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxa6 Bd6 28. Qg1 $18) 25. Bxe5 cxb4 (25... dxe5 26. Bxa6 Rxb4 27.
Bxc8 Rxb3 28. Ba6 $16) 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Nd1 $16) 24. c5 (24. Qb2 $5 Ne5 (24...
Qc7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Nxa5 Rbb8 27. Qf2 $16) 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. c5 bxc5 27. Bxa6
cxb4 28. Bxb7 bxc3 29. Na5 $1 Bd8 30. Rxc3 $18) 24... bxc5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26.
Bxa6 Rxb4 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 $132) 23. Be3 Qb7 24. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} (24. a5 b5
25. Nd5 (25. Bb6 $6 Rxc4 (25... Nxb6 26. axb6 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Na5 $16)
26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd2 Nxb6 28. axb6 Bd8 29. Na4 $132) 25... Nxd5 26. cxd5 Rc3
27. Bd2 R3c7 28. Bd3 Nf8 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Qd7 32. Ne2 Bb7
33. Be3 $14) 24... Rc6 25. a5 $16) 22... b5 23. cxb5 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qd2
Rc8 26. b6 Bb7 27. b5 axb5 28. Bxb5 d5 29. Kh1 $16) 22. exd5 e5 (22... exd5 23.
Nxd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qb7 (24... Rc2 25. Qh4 $1 Nxd5 (25... Bxb4 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27.
Qxb4 $18) (25... Qa8 26. Bd3 $16) 26. Bd3 $18) 25. d6 Bxd6 26. Bxf6 Rc2 27. Qh4
$18) 23. Be3 Bxb4 24. Ne4 Nxe4 (24... b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. d6 Rxc4 27. Nxf6+
Nxf6 28. d7 Rd8 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Nc5 $18) 25. fxe4 Nc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. a5
Rb7 28. axb6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. c5
$18) 21... bxa5 22. b5 a4 23. Na5 $2 $17 (23. Nxa4 axb5 24. cxb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1
Rxc1 26. Nxc1 d5 27. exd5 e5 28. Ba7 Qc7 29. Nd3 Nxd5 $132) 23... Nc5 24. bxa6
$5 (24. Bxc5 dxc5 (24... Rxc5 $1 25. Nxa4 Rh5 26. h3 $1 (26. g4 Rg5 27. Qe3 (
27. h4 Nxg4 28. fxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Kh2 d5+ 30. Kh3 Rf4 31. Qg3 axb5 32. cxb5 Rxc1
33. Rxc1 dxe4 $17) (27. Nb6 Nxg4 28. fxg4 Rxg4+ 29. Bg2 Bxe4 $19) 27... axb5
28. cxb5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 (30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rb3 $17) 30... Qxb5
$19) 26... Nd7 (26... axb5 27. cxb5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxb5 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Qa7
Bxe4 31. fxe4 Qxa4 32. Rc8 Qxe4 (32... h6 33. Qe7 Nh7 34. Nb7 Qxe4 35. Nxd6
Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 33. Nc6 g5 34. Qe7 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 27. g4 axb5
28. cxb5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Qxb5 31. Qa7 Qxa4 (31... Bxe4 $1 32. Rc7 (
32. fxe4 Qxa4 33. Rc7 Ne5 $19) 32... Bxf3 33. Rxd7 Qxa4 $19) 32. Qxa8 Qd4+ 33.
Kh1 Qf2 34. Rc7 Qxf3+ 35. Kh2 Nc5 36. Rc8 $11) 25. Ra1 axb5 26. Nxb5 Rd7 27.
Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rxa4 Be7 $15) (24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Qb6 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Nc6
Bxc6 28. bxc6 Nb3 $19 {[%cal Gf8c5,Rc5g1]}) 24... Qb4 25. Nb7 Bxb7 (25... Nxb7
26. axb7 Rxb7 27. Ra1 a3 28. Rdb1 Qa5 29. Nb5 $132) 26. Rb1 Nb3 27. axb7 Rxb7
28. Nb5 Nd7 29. Kh1 Ra8 30. Qa2 (30. Qg3 Ra6 $17) 30... Qa5 31. Bc3 Qa6 32. e5
$5 (32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. c5 Qc6 34. Rxd6 Qxc5 35. Rd3 (35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxb3 Rd1
$19) 35... Qc7 $17) (32. c5 Rxb5 33. cxd6 Qc6 34. Bxb5 Qxb5 35. e5 Qc5 $17)
32... dxe5 $4 (32... Nxe5 $1 33. c5 Rxb5 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Bxa6 Rxc3 36. Qxa4
Rxc5 $19) 33. c5 Nbxc5 34. Nc7 Rxb1 35. Rxb1 Qc6 36. Nxa8 Qxa8 37. Bb5 e4 38.
f4 (38. fxe4 Qxe4 $17) 38... e3 39. Qe2 Qe4 40. Rb4 Qd5 41. Be1 $4 $19 (41.
Bxa4 $1 Nxa4 (41... Qd3 42. Qxd3 Nxd3 43. Rd4 $11) 42. Rxa4 Qb3 43. Rd4 $1 Nb6
(43... Qxc3 44. Rxd7 Qa1+ 45. Qd1 $11) 44. Rd3 Qb1+ (44... Nd5 45. Bxg7 Qb1+
46. Rd1 Nxf4 47. Rxb1 Nxe2 48. Bxf8 Kxf8 49. Re1 $14) 45. Rd1 Qf5 46. Be5 (46.
Qxe3 Nd5 47. Qf3 Nxf4 48. g3 $11)) 41... a3 42. Bc4 Qe4 43. Bb5 Qa8 44. Rb1 Nf6
45. Qxe3 Nd5 $1 (45... Qe4 $2 46. Qxe4 Ncxe4 47. Bc4 Nd5 48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Rb8
a2 50. Ra8 f5 51. Rxa2 $16) 46. Qf3 a2 47. Ra1 Qb7 48. Qf1 Ne3 49. Qe2 Nxg2 50.
Qxg2 Qxb5 51. Rxa2 Qb1 52. Re2 g6 $4 (52... Nd3 53. Qf1 (53. Qe4 Nf2+ $19)
53... Bb4 $19) 53. Qg3 $4 (53. Qg1 $1 Nd3 54. Bg3 $17) 53... Nd3 $19 54. Kg2
Qb7+ 55. Kh3 Qd5 56. Re3 Qf5+ 57. Kg2 Nxf4+ 58. Kh1 Bc5 59. Rf3 e5 60. Rf1 Qc2
61. Qf3 Qd3 62. Qxd3 (62. Bg3 $5 Qxf3+ 63. Rxf3 g5 $19) 62... Nxd3 63. Bc3 Bb4
64. Ba1 (64. Bxb4 Nxb4 $19) 64... f5 65. Kg2 Kf7 66. Kf3 Ke6 67. Ke3 e4 68. Bg7
Kd5 69. Bh6 Bc3 70. h3 Bb2 71. Bf8 f4+ 72. Kd2 Ke6 73. Bh6 Kf5 74. Rg1 Bf6 75.
Rb1 Nb2 76. Rc1 e3+ 77. Ke2 Ke4 78. Bxf4 Kxf4 79. Rf1+ Ke5 80. Kxe3 Nc4+ 81.
Kd3 Nd6 82. Ke3 Ne4 83. Ra1 Kf5 84. Rf1+ Ke5 85. Ra1 Bd8 86. Kf3 Kf5 87. Ra4
Ng5+ 88. Kg2 Ne6 89. Kf3 Bc7 90. Rc4 Be5 91. Ra4 Nd4+ 92. Kg2 Kf4 93. Rb4 Kg5
94. Ra4 Nf5 95. Rg4+ Kh5 96. Ra4 Nh4+ 97. Kf2 Bf6 98. Kg3 Nf5+ 99. Kf3 Bh4 100.
Re4 Bg3 101. Ra4 Bd6 102. Rc4 h6 103. Ra4 Nh4+ 104. Kf2 g5 105. Rc4 Bf4 106.
Rc6 Be5 107. Ra6 Ng6 108. Kg2 Nf4+ 109. Kg3 Nd5+ 110. Kg2 Bf4 111. Rc6 Ne3+
112. Kf3 Nf5 113. Rf6 Nd4+ 114. Kg2 (114. Ke4 Ne2 115. Kf3) 114... Be5 115. Ra6
Ne2 116. Rc6 Nf4+ 117. Kg3 Nd5+ 118. Kf3 Bg7 119. Kg3 Bf6 120. Ra6 Kg6 121. Ra5
Ne7 122. Kf3 Nc6 123. Ra6 Ne5+ 124. Ke4 h5 125. Ra5 Nc4 126. Ra6 Nd2+ 127. Kd3
Nb1 128. Ra5 Nc3 129. Ke3 Nd1+ 130. Ke2 Nb2 131. Kf3 Nc4 132. Rb5 Be5 133. Rc5
Nd2+ 134. Ke2 (134. Ke3 Bd4+ 135. Kxd4 Nb3+ $19) 134... Bf4 135. Rc6+ Kg7 136.
Rc2 Ne4 137. Kf3 Nd2+ 138. Ke2 Nb3 139. Rc3 Nd4+ 140. Kd3 Nf5 141. Ke4 Nd6+
142. Kd5 (142. Kf3) 142... Kf6 143. Rc5 g4 144. hxg4 hxg4 145. Kd4 g3 146. Rc2
Kf5 147. Kd5 Kg4 148. Rg2 Kf3 149. Rxg3+ Bxg3 150. Kd4 Bf4 151. Kd5 Ke3 152.
Kc5 Ke4 153. Kc6 Kd4 154. Kb6 Kd5 155. Kc7 Ne4+ 156. Kb6 Nc5 157. Ka7 Kc6 158.
Ka8 Nd7 159. Ka7 Nb6 160. Ka6 Bb8 161. Ka5 Nd5 162. Ka4 Kc5 163. Kb3 Bg3 164.
Kc2 Kd4 165. Kd2 Nf4 166. Kc2 Be1 0-1

[Event "Petah Tikva"]
[Site "Petah Tikva"]
[Date "1997.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 g6 (6... d6 7. e4 (
7. b3 $6 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. e4 $14 (9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe1 Rc8
$132 {0-1 Brito,A-Gulko,B/Las Palmas op 1996 (46)})) 7... Nbd7 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2
a6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Yudasin,L/Novi Sad olm CSR-URS 1990 (27)}) 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 (8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 a6
14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bb7 17. Be3 b5 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qa5
$11 {0-1 Ivanov,I-Weinstein,N/New York it 1984 (43)}) 10... a6 11. Qd2 e6 12.
Rfd1 Re8 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nbd7 16. d6 $16 (16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Bf2
(17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Qf2 Qd6 19. Be2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxb6 $16) 17... Bf8 18.
Nd4 $2 (18. Re1 $16) 18... b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lahav,E-Busch,K/Netanya op 1987 (23)
})) 8... Bg7 9. Qd2 (9. Be2 Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1
Nc5 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. b4 Na6 15. a3 Nc7 16. Nd5 Rad8 17. Bf1 Nfxd5 18. cxd5 $16
{1/2-1/2 Schneider,B-Gueroff,E/Wuppertal-B 1986 (47)}) 10. O-O (10. Qd2 O-O 11.
O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. b3 Qb8 15. Nd5 Kh8 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Bg5
Ng8 18. b4 Nd7 19. a3 Ne5 20. Qa2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Drummond,M-Wallace,J/AUS-ch
Melbourne 1991 (45)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 $14 (11. a4 a6 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nb3 $14)
(11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. b3 Re8 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. Bf1 Rcd8 16. Nc2
Ne5 17. Qf2 h5 18. Nb5 $14 {0-1 Lagershausen,T-Kleeschaetzky,R/Berliner Sommer
1994 (50)}) (12. Qe1 Ne5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17.
b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Greenfeld Alon-Bruk Ofer/
Israel 1984 (39)}) 12... Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 (13... Qc7 14. b4 Qb8 15. a3 a6 16.
Nb3 Bf8 17. Bf1 e6 18. Qf2 Bc6 19. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gheorghiu,F-Spiridonov,N/
Baile Herculane zt 1982 (22)}) 14. b4 e6 15. Nb3 Bf8 16. a3 d5 17. cxd5 exd5
18. exd5 (18. Nxd5 $16) 18... Qe7 (18... Bd6 $5) 19. Bg5 h6 20. d6 Qe6 21. Nd4
Qxd6 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 (25. Nf5 Qf8 (25... gxf5
26. Rxd6 $18)) 25... Neg4 26. fxg4 (26. Nf5 $4 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Re1# {0-1 Sand,
R-Busch,K/Dortmund op-A 1993}) 26... Rxe2 27. Rg3 $18) (11. Qd2 Re8 (11... Rc8
12. Rac1 h5 (12... Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Bf1 e6 15. Bh6 (15. Qf2 $14) 15... Ne5
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dür-Horvath/St.Ingbert/SW,37,21 1988 (87)})
13. Rfd1 Kh7 14. Nd5 Ng8 15. Kh1 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 $14 {1-0 Blackstock,
L-Denman,B/Brighton 1979 (60)}) 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Kh1 Qd7 15. Nb5
$14 {1-0 Guthmann,A-Abu Rab,Z/PF-ch Eisenberg 1993 (36)})) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6
10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bxg7 (13. Be3 $14) 13... Kxg7 14. f4
Kg8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qc8 17. b4 (17. h4 Qe6 18. Rd4 (18. f5 gxf5 19. Qg5+
Kh8 20. exf5 Qe5 $15) 18... Nd7 19. Nd5 $14) 17... Na6 18. a3 Nc7 19. f5 $14 {
1-0 Najdorf,M-Reinhardt,E/Buenos Aires ARG ch 1955 (28)}) (9... O-O 10. O-O-O
Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qd7 16. Kb1
Red8 17. h4 $16 {0-1 Guido,C-Guerrero/cr NIC 1993 (44)}) 10. g4 Rc8 11. Rd1 (
11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. g5 Nfd7 (13... Nh5 14. Bh3 e6 15. Bg4 Qc7 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. f4 Rd8 18. Rd1 Nd7 (18... Nc6 19. Ncb5 $1 axb5 (19... Qb8 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. Nxd6+ $16) 20. Nxb5 Qe7 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb4 24.
Kf2 Nxa2 25. Rxb6 Bxe4 26. Rd1 O-O 27. Rd7 $16) 19. f5 Nc5 20. fxe6 (20. f6 Bf8
21. Qc2 h6 $132) 20... fxe6 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. b4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4
Nxe4 25. Nxe4 (25. Qf4+ Qf7 $11) 25... Bxe4 26. Qf2+ Qf7 27. Bf6 $16) 14. Bh3
O-O 15. f4 Nc6 16. Nde2 $132) 11... a6 12. h4 $6 (12. g5 Nh5 (12... Ng8 13. h4
$14) 13. b3 O-O 14. Bh3 e6 15. Bg4 Nc5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nde2 Rc6 18. O-O $14)
12... Ne5 $1 13. b3 h5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Bh3 (15. Rh3 O-O 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bg1 Nc5
18. Bg2 e5 $17) 15... b5 $1 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. h5 $4 (18. cxb5 Nc5
19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. bxc6 Rxc6 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 $132) 18... bxc4 $4 (18...
Rxh5 $1 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Qh2 Qa5 22. Bd2 b4 23. Nd5 Qxa2 24. Qxh5
Qxb3 25. g6 Rxc4 $1 $19) 19. h6 Bf8 (19... cxb3 20. hxg7 Rxh1+ 21. Ke2 Rh2+ 22.
Bf2 Nf6 23. gxf6 Kd7 $13) 20. b4 (20. Nde2 cxb3 21. axb3 Nc5 $17) 20... e5 21.
Nc2 (21. Nde2 exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 c3 $1 $19)
21... exf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 $6 (24. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc7
26. Rf1 Rh7 27. Rf6 Be7 28. Rxa6 Bxg5 29. Rxg6 Bxh6 30. Rxg4 $132) 24... Bd6 (
24... Qc7 25. Qg3 Be7 (25... f5 $6 26. gxf6 Rxh6 27. Rxh6 Bxh6 28. Qxg4 Qf7 29.
Qh4 Bf4 30. Rd6 $16 (30. Qh8+ Qf8 31. Qh7 Qxf6 32. Ke2 Qg5 $11)) 26. Qxg4 Rd8
27. Ke2 $1 (27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qg3 Bxg5 29. Qxe5+ Kd7 30. Ke2 Kc8 31. Rd1 Qf6
32. Qc5+ Kb8 33. Rd7 Rc8 34. Qd4 Qf4 $19) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qc8 29. Qg3 Qe6
30. Ne3 f5 31. Ncd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 f4 33. dxe6 fxg3 34. Nxc4 Bxg5 35. Nd6+ Ke7
36. Nf7 Rxh6 37. Nxg5 $18) 25. O-O $2 $17 (25. Qg3 $1 f5 (25... Qxg5 26. Rxd6
Rxh6 27. Rxh6 Qxh6 28. Qxe5+ Kf8 29. Rd7 $16) (25... Qd7 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. Nxg4
Bxb4 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nd7+ Kg8 (29... Ke7 30. Rf1 $11) 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nd7+
$11) 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. Qxg4 Rf8 28. Rd2 $14) 25... Qe7 26. Rf6 Bb8 (26... Bxb4
27. Nxb4 Qxb4 28. Rb1 Qe7 29. Qa7 Bc6 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rb6 Be8 32. Rxa6 $14)
27. Kg2 $5 (27. Qb6 O-O $17 (27... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Ba7 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. Nxc8 $18)
) (27. b5 $1 Rxh6 28. bxa6 Ba8 29. Qg3 $15) 27... O-O (27... Rxh6 $5 28. Rxf7 (
28. gxh6 Qxf6 29. h7 Ke7 (29... Kf8 30. Rd7) (29... Rc6 30. Rh1 Qh8 31. Nd5 f6
32. Qh6 Kf7 33. Nce3 c3 34. Nxg4 c2 35. Ngxf6 Rxf6 36. Nxf6 Qxf6 37. Qe3 (37.
h8=Q Bxe4+ 38. Kg3 Qf3+ 39. Kh4 Qf2+ 40. Kg4 Bf5+ 41. Kg5 Qg3#) 37... c1=Q $1
38. Rxc1 Qh4 39. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Kg7 41. Rh1 Kh8 42. Ke3 Ba7+ 43. Kd3 Bc6
$15) 30. Rf1 Qh8 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. Qf6 Qxf6 (32... Qxh7 33. Rh1 $18) 33. Rxf6
Ke7 34. Rb6 Ba8 35. Rxa6 Bd6 36. Ne3 $14) 28... Qxf7 29. gxh6 Ba7 30. Qe2 Rd8
$17) (27... Ba7 28. Qe2 Rxh6 29. Qxg4 Rd8 $1 (29... Rh5 30. Nd5 $16) 30. Nd5
Bxd5 31. exd5 Rh5 32. d6 Qd7 $19) 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 (29. Rxd5 Rfd8 30. Rxa6
Rxd5 31. exd5 e4 32. Qd4 Be5 33. Qe3 Qd8 (33... Bb8 34. Qd4 $11) 34. a3 (34.
Ra5 f5 $1 35. gxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxe4 Rf8 $17) 34... Qxd5 35. Ra5 Qd6 36. Qxe4 Qd2+
37. Kf1 Qd3+ 38. Qe2 (38. Qxd3 cxd3 $19) 38... Bf4 $19) 29... e4 30. d6 (30.
Rxa6 $132) 30... Qe5 31. Qd4 (31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Rfd8 33. Rxg4 Rxd6 34. Rxd6
Bxd6 35. Rxe4 Kh7 $17) 31... Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Rfd8 33. Kg3 $2 (33. d7 $1 Rc7 34.
Rxa6 Rcxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Ra8 Rb7 37. a4 Kh7 38. a5 Bf4 39. a6 Rd7 40. a7
Rd2+ 41. Kf1 Rxc2 42. Rf8 Rc1+ (42... Ra2 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Rxf4 Rxa7 45. Rxe4
Rc7 46. Re2 Rb7 $11) 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rc1+ $11) 33... Rxd6 $1 $15 34. Rfxd6
Rc6 35. Kxg4 Bxd6 36. Rxe4 Kh7 37. Kf3 (37. Nd4 Rb6 (37... Rc7 38. b5 c3 (38...
a5 39. Nc6) 39. bxa6 c2 40. Nxc2 Rxc2 41. Ra4 Rg2+ 42. Kf3 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rxg5
44. a7 Bc5+ 45. Kf3 Bxa7 46. Rxa7 Rf5+ 47. Kg3 Kxh6 48. a4 f6 (48... Kg5 49. a5
Rf1 50. a6 f5 51. Rb7 Ra1 52. a7 Ra3+ $19) 49. a5 Rb5 50. a6 Ra5 51. Ra8 Kg5
$19) 38. a3 c3 39. Kf3 (39. Re3 Bxb4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Rxc3 Rxd4+ 42. Kg3 Rd7
$17) 39... Rb7 40. Re3 Rc7 $17) 37... Rc7 (37... c3 38. a4 Rc7 39. Rd4 Be7 40.
Rd5 f6 (40... Rc4 41. Re5) 41. gxf6 Bxf6 42. Rd6 $132) 38. a4 $2 (38. Rd4 $1
Be7 39. Rd5 f6 (39... c3 40. a4 f6 41. gxf6 Bxf6 42. Rd6 Bh8 (42... Bg5 43.
Rxa6 Rd7 44. Rc6) 43. Rxa6 Rd7 44. Ra8 Rd2 45. Ne3 Bd4 46. a5 $132) 40. gxf6
Bxf6 41. Rd6 Rf7 42. Rxa6 Kxh6 43. Rc6 c3 44. Ne3 $132) 38... Be7 39. Re5 (39.
Kf4 c3 $17) (39. Kg4 f5+ 40. gxf6 Bxf6 41. Ne3 c3 42. Re6 Be7 $17) 39... Rb7 $5
(39... Rd7 40. Ne3 c3 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Bd8 43. Ke4 Rd2 44. Rc5 Re2 45. Rxc3
Bxg5 46. Rb3 Kxh6 47. b6 Bxe3 48. Kf3 Re1 49. Rxe3 Rb1 $19) 40. Ke4 $2 (40. Rd5
$1 $17) 40... c3 $19 41. Ke3 (41. Rd5 Bxb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4+ 43. Kd3 Rxa4 44. Kxc3
Rf4 45. Ra5 f6 $19) 41... Rd7 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Bd8 $1 44. Na3 Rd2 45. Nc4
Rg2 46. Kd3 c2 47. Re1 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nc2
Qa5+ 8. b4 Qc7 9. cxd5 $18 {Bareev,E-Shirov,A/Biel/1991/0,5/61/}) 2... g6 3. c4
Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nc3 (5. d5 $142) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. Bg2 $6 (7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bg2 (8. e3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Rg1 O-O 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Ba3 Nxd4 13. exd4
Bf5 14. Qe2 Be4 15. Bc1 e5 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 $19 {Krzysztanowska,
M-Leonowicz,L/POL-chw/1978/0:1/91/}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O (9... Qa5 10. Bd2
O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qc1 Bg4 14. Re1 a5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17.
Rb1 b6 18. c4 Be6 19. Qb2 Bf5 20. Rbc1 Nc5 $15 {Baciu,S-Manolache,M/ROM-cht/
1994/0:1/50/}) 10. O-O Qa5 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. Rc1 Bf6
14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Rxc6 Rb8 16. Qa1 Be6 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. h4 h5 20.
e3 Be6 21. a3 Qe7 22. Rb1 Rc8 $10 {Yurtaev,L-Petrienko,V/Podolsk/1989/1:0/44/})
11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qb2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc5 Rb8 17.
Rfd1 Bf5 18. e4 Be6 {Ribli,Z-Kasparov,G/Luzern(olm)/1982/}) 7... dxc4 8. Qa4+
Nfd7 9. Nc2 (9. Nf3) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O $5 10. Qxc4 Nb6) 10. Qxc4 Qa5 11. Bd2 (
11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 $32 $36 {^^}) 11... Qh5 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bc3 (13. Nf4
Qc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 $15) 13... Nde5 14. Qa4 (14. Qb3 $142) 14... Ng4 15. Nd4 $6 (
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h3 Nge5 $13) 15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rd8 17. O-O-O $2 (17. Qc4
Be6) (17. e4 $1 Be6 $5 (17... b5 18. Qd1 e6 19. Qxg4 Qxg4 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21.
Nxg4+ Nxd4 $10) 18. Bc3 Rac8 $5 (18... Bxd5 $6 19. exd5 Nce5 20. Qd4)) 17...
Rxd5 18. Bxd5 (18. h3 Rxd4) 18... Qxd5 $17 19. Bc3 (19. Bb6 Qe6 $19) 19... b5
$1 20. Rxd5 bxa4 21. Rc5 (21. Rhd1 Ba6 22. Rc5 Bxe2 23. Rxc6 Bxd1 24. Kxd1
Nxf2+ $17) 21... Bd7 22. Rd1 Be8 23. f3 (23. Rc4 f5 24. Be1 Rc8) 23... Ne3 24.
Rd3 Nf5 25. e4 Nd6 26. Bd2 f6 27. Bf4 Nf7 28. Rdc3 Nfd8 29. R5c4 (29. Bc7 Nd4
30. Rd3 N8e6 $17) 29... g5 (29... e5 $6 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Rxa4 a5 32. Kb1 Nd4 $15
) 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. Rxa4 Ne6 32. Bb6 $8 (32. Ba5 Ncd4 33. Rac4 Ne2+ $19) 32...
Rb8 33. Bf2 (33. Bxa7 Ra8 34. Rca3 Ne5 35. Ra6 Nc7 36. R6a5 Nc4 37. Bb6 Nxb6
$19) 33... a5 34. Be3 Rb5 35. Rac4 Ne5 36. Rc8 $8 Nxf3 $19 37. Ra8 (37. h3 Bd7
38. Rh8 Kg7 39. Ra8 Ned4 $19) 37... Nxh2 38. Ra3 Re5 (38... Nf1 39. Ba7 Bc6)
39. R3xa5 Rxe4 40. Bd2 Nd4 41. R5a7 Nhf3 42. Rc7 Re2 43. Bb4 Rg2 $4 (43... h5
44. Raa7 Nc6 $19) 44. Rxe7+ Kg6 45. Raxe8 Rg1+ 46. Be1 $16 (46. Re1 $2 Nxe1 47.
Rxe1 Rxg3 $17) 46... Nf5 47. Re2 $8 Nxg3 48. R2e3 g4 49. Rg8+ $2 (49. Kd1 $8 h5
(49... Rg2 $2 50. Rg8+ Kf5 51. Rxf3+ gxf3 52. Rxg3 $18) (49... Nxe1 50. Rxe1
Rg2 51. Rb8 $1 h5 52. a4 h4 53. a5 h3 54. a6 h2 55. a7 $18) (49... Kg5 50. a4
h5 51. a5 h4 52. a6 h3 53. a7 h2 54. Rh8 $18) 50. a4 (50. Rxf3 $2 gxf3 51. Rg8+
Kf7 (51... Kf5 $4 52. Rxg3 f2 53. Rf3+ $18) 52. Rxg3 f2 $19) 50... h4 51. a5 h3
52. a6 h2 53. a7 Nf5 $1 (53... h1=Q $2 54. a8=Q Nxe1 55. Qxh1 (55. Rg8+ Kf5 56.
Qc8+ Kf4 57. Rxg4+ Kxe3 58. Qc1+ Kf2 59. Qd2+ Kf1 60. Qxe1+ Kg2 61. Rxg3+ Kh2
62. Rxg1 Qxg1 63. Qxg1+ (63. b4 Qb6 $10) 63... Kxg1 64. Kd2 Kg2 65. Ke3 Kg3 66.
Ke4 Kg4 67. b4 f5+ 68. Kd3 f4 69. b5 f3 70. b6 (70. Ke3 Kg3 71. b6 f2 72. b7
f1=Q 73. b8=Q+ $10) 70... Kh3 $1 $10) 55... Rxh1 (55... Nxh1 56. Rxe1 Nf2+ 57.
Kd2 $16) 56. Rxe1 Rh2 57. Rg1 Kf7 58. Ree1 $16) 54. Re2 (54. a8=Q Nxe3+ 55.
Rxe3 h1=Q 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qh8+ Kg5 58. Qxh1 Rxh1 59. b4 Kf4 60. Re6 f5 $19)
54... Nxe1 55. a8=Q $2 (55. Rg8+ $1 Ng7 $8 56. a8=Q Nf3+ 57. Kc2 Nd4+ (57...
h1=Q 58. Qe8+ Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg5 60. Qe3+ Kg6 61. Qe4+ (61. Rxh1 Rxh1 62. Qf4 $16
) 61... f5 62. Qc6+ Kg5 63. Rxh1 Rxh1 64. Qd7 $16) 58. Kd3 Rd1+ (58... h1=Q 59.
Qe8+ Kh6 60. Rh8+ Kg5 61. Qe3+ Kg6 62. Rxh1 $18)) 55... Nf3+ 56. Re1 Ng7 $3 57.
R8e4 (57. Qe4+ f5 58. Qc6+ Kh7 $19) 57... f5 58. Rxg4+ fxg4 59. Qe4+ Kg5 60.
Qe7+ Kh5 61. Qf7+ Kh4 62. Qf6+ Kh3 63. Qh6+ Kg2 $19) 49... Kf5 50. Kd1 Kf4 $19
51. Rge8 f5 52. a4 Ne4 53. Re2 g3 54. a5 g2 55. Rg8 Nxe1 56. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 57.
Kxe1 Kf3 58. Rxg2 Kxg2 59. a6 f4 60. a7 f3 61. a8=Q f2+ 62. Ke2 f1=Q+ 63. Ke3
Qf3+ 64. Kd4 h5 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{By winning this game I had reached GM-norm in Biel MTO.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. h3 Bf5 {In my
home-preparation to this game I found that Raetsky had played too risky in
this variation and lost to low-rated opponent. For opening stage of current
game my opponent spended almost 1 1/2 hour-the meaning I made a right choice!}
9. a3 $146 (9. e3 Nbd7 (9... Bg6 10. g4 e4 11. Bg2 Na6 $5 12. g5 Nb4 13. gxf6
Nd3+ 14. Kd2 Qxf6 $44 {0-1 Aseev,K-Smirin,I/URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988 (41)}) 10.
Qf3 Bg6 11. e4 Bd4 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bc2 b5 14. Nd2 b4 15. Ne2 Nxd5 {1/2-1/2
Papaioannou,I-Stefanopoulos,O/Athens GRE 1998 (15)}) (9. g4 $6 Be4 10. Rh2 Bg6
11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Raetsky,A-Kaenel,H/Lenk ,EXT 1995 (59)}) 9...
Nbd7 10. e3 e4 (10... Nb6 $5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Qf3 Qc8 $1 {[%csl Yc1,Yf5][%cal
Rf6d5]} 13. Bb2 (13. e4 $2 Bxe4) 13... e4 14. Qd1 Rd8 {[%cal Rf6d5,Rb6d5] /
\Nxd5}) 11. b4 Bd6 {The compensation of black is obvious-black has big
advantage in development.} 12. Bb2 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d3] playing on initiative.The
other way,probably better one, was to attack d-pawn:} (12... Nb6 {[%cal Rf6d5]}
13. g4 Bg6 $44) 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Be2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Rc1 $6 {After this
unaccuracy black gets an advantage.The correct way was:} (16. Qf3 $142 Be5 17.
Qxf5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. e4 Rc2 20. Rd1 (20. Qf3 Re8 21. Qxd3 Rxd2 22. Qxd2
Nxe4 23. Qd4 Nc5+ $1 $17 {[%cal Gc5b3]}) 20... Qc7 21. O-O Qc3 $44) 16... Be5
17. Qb3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 (19. Qxc3 Qxd5 20. O-O Rc8 $15) 19... Qxd5
20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nb1 Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Black should play very smart and
accurate for getting an advantage in this ending.White intended to transform
his pieces by Kd2 and Rc1.Black prevents it with following move:} (21... Rc8
$143 22. Kd2 Nb6 23. Rc1 $15) 22. f3 Rc8 23. e4 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ga4c2]
[%mdl 2048] /\Ba4-c2} 24. Kf2 Ba4 25. Rc1 Bc2 26. Bd4 Nc4 27. Bc5 $138 {
My opponent was in hard time-trouble in this stage which I succesfully had
used.} b6 28. Be3 f6 29. Nd2 $2 $138 {Just simplifies blacks job in this
ending.After the best 29.a4 the game could pass into the interesting pawn
ending!} (29. a4 $1 Bxa4 (29... Nb2 30. Ke1 Nxa4 (30... Rd8 {[%cal Rd3d2,Yb2d3]
/\d2} 31. Bd2 Nxa4 32. Na3 Rc8 33. Ra1 $132) 31. Kd2 Nb2 32. Na3 Nc4+ 33. Nxc4
Rxc4 34. Ra1 Rxb4 35. Rxa7 Rb1 36. f4 $132) 30. Na3 Bc2 $1 (30... Nd6 31. Rxc8+
Nxc8 32. Ke1 $11 {[%cal Ge1d2] /\Kd2}) (30... b5 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Bd2 $15) 31.
Nxc2 (31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. Bd2 Kf7 33. Ra1 Rc7 $17) 31... Nxe3 32. Kxe3 dxc2 33.
Kd2 (33. b5 Rc5 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6] o^b,a}) 33... Kf7 34. Rxc2 (34. Ra1 c1=Q+)
34... Rxc2+ $19 {P_|_,o^a Black has an advantage in this pawn ending because
of possibility to create passed pawn on the queenside.But this is uncorrect to
give evaluations in pawn endings like "black is better" or black has an
advantage".Every pawn ending is winning(losing)or drawn.This time I was lazy
and limited myself by finding few good moves.It looks like black should win in
this position.} 35. Kxc2 Ke6 36. Kb3 a6 $1 $19 {o^a keeping possibility to
create passed pawn later on,and improving the king at first.} (36... a5 $2 {
Now white gets a draw in time.} 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Ka4 (38. f4 Kd6 39. Ka4 Kc5
$19) 38... Ke5 39. Kxa5 Kf4 40. Kb4 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Yf4g3]} (40... Kg3 {
Black doesn't threat to capture g-pawn because of f4 and e5.} 41. Kc5) 41. h4
$1 $11)) 29... Nxa3 $19 30. Ra1 Nb5 31. h4 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 Kf7 34. h5
Rc3 35. Kf3 Ra3 36. Rh1 (36. Rxa3 Nxa3 37. Kf4 Bd1 $19 {[%cal Ga3c2] /\Nc2})
36... Ra4 37. h6 gxh6 38. Rxh6 Rxb4 39. Kf4 Nc3 {was not necessary at all,but
lets black to finish the game by pretty blow!} (39... Kg7 40. g5 Nc3 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rc3d5]}) 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3e4","",10]} Nxe4
$1 42. Nxe4 Rxe4+ (42... Rxe4+ 43. Kf3 b5 $1 44. Rb7 b4 45. Rb6 (45. Bd2 Re2
$19) 45... b3 46. g5 Rxe3+ $1 47. Kxe3 Kxg5 $19 {and white can not stop three
passed pawns.}) 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas op"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brito Garcia, Alfredo"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Vaisser,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. b3 $6 (7. e4
$14) 7... e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Qg3
Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Bf1 Red8 18. Qh3 Re8 19. Nde2 Qb8
(19... d5 $5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nf4 Qc5 $1 (21... Bc5 $2 22. Ncxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5
Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 $16) 22. Ncxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxe3+
25. Kh1 Nc6 $1 26. Bxa6 Rcd8 $1 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rf1 Qd2 $44) 20. Ng3 Bc6 {
/\ b6-b5} 21. c5 $6 bxc5 22. Bxa6 Rcd8 23. f4 Neg4 (23... Ng6 $5) 24. Bd3 $1 d5
$6 (24... Nxe3 $2 25. Nce4 $1 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 (26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf5 28. g4
$13) 26... f5 (26... Nf5 $2 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Bxf5 Bg7 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rd3
$18) 27. Ng5 $1 h6 28. Qxe3 hxg5 29. fxg5 d5 (29... Qb4 $2 30. Bc4 d5 31. g6
$18) 30. g6 (30. Qh3 $2 Qf4) 30... Bd6 31. Qh3 Be5 32. Re1 Bxb2 33. Rxb2 $18) (
24... h6 $5 25. Nce4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxg4 $11) (24... g6 $5 25. Nce4 (
25. e4 c4 $1) 25... Bg7 26. Bb1 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Bxb2 28. Rxb2 f5 $11) 25. Bxh7+
$1 Nxh7 26. Qxg4 Nf6 27. Qh4 d4 $1 28. exd4 cxd4 29. Nce2 e5 $1 30. fxe5 Qxe5
31. Qf4 Qd5 32. Nxd4 Bb4 $1 33. Rc2 Bc5 34. Ngf5 (34. Qf5 $6 Re5) 34... Bd7 {
[#]} 35. Ne3 $2 $138 (35. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 36. Nxg7 $1 (36. Rc1 $2 Qb6 37. Nxg7 Re4
$1) 36... Kxg7 (36... Nh5 $2 37. Nxh5 Qxh5 38. Rf1 $18) 37. Rf1 Nh7 (37... Qe5
$2 38. Ne6+ Qxe6 39. Bxf6+ $18) 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Kh1 Qe5 40. Ba1 $142 (40. Qf2
Kg8 41. Nc6 (41. Qf7+ $10) 41... Qxb2 42. Qxb2 Bxc6 $44) 40... Rf8 41. Qxf8+ (
41. Ne6 Rxf7 42. Bxe5+ Kg8 43. Rxf7 Bxe6 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. h4) 41... Rxf8 (41...
Nxf8 42. Nf3 Qxa1 43. Rxa1 $16) 42. Rxf8+ Nxf8 43. Nc2 $16) 35... Qh5 36. Rxc5
$6 (36. Qf3 $1 Bg4 $1 37. Nxg4 Nxg4 38. h3 Rxd4 $1 39. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 40. Kh1 Qh4
41. Rf1 Ne3 42. Qxf7+ Kh7 43. Qxe8 Nxf1 $44) 36... Qxc5 37. Rc1 $2 Qa7 38. Nec2
Qxa2 39. Bc3 Nd5 40. Qd2 Nxc3 41. Qxc3 Qa7 42. Ra1 Qb6 43. Qa5 Qxa5 44. Rxa5
Bg4 45. Kf2 Bd1 $1 46. Rc5 Re4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Notkin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 (9... Nc6 $5 {with d5}) 10. Rc1 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd2 (
12. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1g3,Gg3h3] with the idea Qg3-Qh3 and Xe6}) 12... Nbd7 13.
Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 (14... Rfd8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Bf2 Bf8 17. Nc2 Ne5 18. b3
Ba8 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Nc3 g6 $13 {Benko,P-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York/1991/0-1/
73/}) 15. Qf2 (15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. b4 (16. a3 Bd8 17. Bg1 Bc7 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. b4
Qa8 20. Nb3 Ng6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Nc3 $13 {Iordachescu,V-Mirumian,V/
Szombathely/1993/1-0/72/}) 16... Bd8 (16... Ne5 $1 17. Na4 Nfd7 $13) 17. Nb3
Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 b5 21. a4 $14 {Stohl,I-Ward Ch/Isle of
man/1-0/43}) 15... Bd8 16. Kh1 Bc7 (16... Kh8 17. b4 (17. b3 Bc7 18. Qh4 Bd8
19. Qf2 Rg8 20. Nde2 g5 21. g4 Ne5 22. Bg2 Ba8 $13 {Dutreeuw,M-Annageldiev,O/
Manila/1992/0,5/88/}) 17... Rg8 18. Nb3 Bc7 (18... g5 19. Qd2 $6 (19. h3) 19...
g4 20. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Be7 $17 {Yagupov,I-Kulaots,K/Biel/1995/0-1/57/})
19. h3 g5 20. Na4 Bc6 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Ba8 23. Nd4 Nc5 $13 {Maljutin,
E-Novikov,I/Kuopio/1992/1-0/71/}) 17. Nde2 (17. Qh4 $5) 17... Kh8 18. Bd4 $6
Bc6 $1 $132 {defending the b6 pawn so black will be able to play Ne5} 19. Be3
Ne5 20. b3 h6 $6 (20... Rg8 $1 {with the idea g5-Rg6-Rcg8 and play on the
king's side}) 21. Nd4 Bb7 (21... Ba8 $6) 22. Be2 $6 (22. Qb2 $5 {/^a1-h8,<</})
(22. Qh4 {with Qh3}) 22... Ng6 (22... Ned7 $142) (22... Rfe8 {with the idea d5}
) 23. Qg1 {defending the h2 pawn after the d5 break by black} Rfe8 24. Nc2 $6 (
24. Bf1) 24... d5 $1 (24... Nd7 25. b4 $14) (24... Ba8 25. Nb4 $16) 25. exd5
exd5 26. Bxb6 (26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Nf4 $15 {|^/} 28. Bf1 Nxd5 29. Bxa6 Nxe3
30. Bxb7 Nxd1 31. Bxc8 Nc3 32. Ba6 Nxa2 $15) 26... Bf4 27. Rb1 (27. Be3 $5 Qe5
28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. Nd4 Nxe2 30. Ndxe2 dxc4 $44) 27... Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gf4h2] /
\Bh2!/} 28. Bf1 (28. Bf2 Be5 (28... Re5 29. Bd3 (29. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5) 29... Ng3+
30. Bxg3 Bxg3 31. Ne2 Rh5 32. Nxg3 Qxg3 33. Bxg6 Qxg6 34. Ne3 $16) 29. Nd4 (29.
Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nhf4 $17) 29... Qa8 $44) 28... Re5 $1 29. Ne2 (29. Bf2 $13
Ng3+ 30. Bxg3 Bxg3 $36) 29... Rxe2 (29... Rg5 $5 30. Be3 (30. Nxf4 Nhxf4 31.
Qf2 {+/=/~~}) 30... Re8 $44) 30. Bxe2 {[%tqu "En","black got a very bad
position afterhis mistake in move 30,but he had an equal one if he had played
the best move,try your luck!","think about the weak King on h1 how can black
check his as quick a possible ( of course not giving everything!!)","","f4h2",
"",6]} Qe5 $2 (30... Bxh2 $1 31. Qxh2 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Nxe2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+ 34. Kg1
$10 Nf4 (34... dxc4 35. bxc4 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Qxh2+ $2 37. Kxh2 Rxc4 38. Nd4 $16)
35. Kf2 Nfe2 36. Qh3 $16) 31. Bd3 Nh4 (31... dxc4 32. bxc4 Ng3+ 33. hxg3 Bxg3
34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Qd4 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Rf8 37. Rb3 $16) 32. Bd4 Qg5 33. c5 $16 Ng3+
$2 34. hxg3 Bxg3 {[%tqu "En","white is winning but is 35 move Qe3 destroyed
everything and the game soon ended with a draw,but of course he is winning can
you prove it","","","d4f2","",5]} 35. Qe3 $2 (35. Bf2 Bf4 36. Nd4 Qh5 37. g4
$18) 35... Qh5 36. Kg1 $8 {[%tqu "En","and now find a way to make draw with
the black pieces","what about somehow opening the 'h' file to the queen","",
"h4g2","",5]} Nxg2 $1 37. Kxg2 (37. Qd2 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 (39. Bg1 Nf4
$19) 39... Nf4+ $19) 37... Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ (38... Qh1+ $2 39. Qg1 Qxf3+ 40.
Bf2 $18) 39. Kg1 (39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Qf2 Re8+ $19) 39... Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cacak"]
[Site "Cacak"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 {another very interesting idea is e4} 4. d4 (4.
e4 Bb7 (4... d6 5. d4 $14) 5. e5 {also possible here is Bd3} Ng8 (5... Ne4 6.
Nb1 $1 {with d3}) 6. d4 $16) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 (6. Bg5 d6 (6... Ne4
7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. f3 Bb7 9. e4 d6 $14) 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e4 $14) 6... d6 7. e4 e6
8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 (9. g4 Nfd7) 9... a6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 {with
a6-Re8-Bf8-g6}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 {interesting idea was Qe1 like in the
Sicilian defence transferring the queen to g3 and maybe later to h3 putting
some pressure on the e6 square,also possible is Qe1-Qf2} Nbd7 12. Rfd1 (12.
Rad1 {with g4,altough both sides have castled short side it is still possible
to advance the pawns in this position and to attack on the same flank since
white has a space advantage}) 12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Kh1 (14. Bf1 {
with Qf2-Qg3}) (14. g4 $5) 14... Qb8 (14... Rfe8 {with the idea Bf8-g6 and
preper the d5 break}) 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
h3 b5 $5 (8... e4 9. g4 e3 $13) 9. a3 (9. Nxb5 Nxd5 {with Bb7 and compensation}
) 9... b4 (9... Qb6 $5 10. e3 Rd8 $44) 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 e4 {if not white
would play e4 by himself} 12. e3 (12. Nxe4 $4 Nxe4 13. Bxb4 Qb6 $1 $19) 12...
Bb7 $6 (12... Re8 $5 {Bf5-Nbd7 with compensation}) 13. Be2 (13. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4
14. Bxb4 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Qxb4 $44) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O {white is
threatening now Nxe4} Re8 15. Nb5 $1 Bxd2 (15... Bc5 16. Ba5 {followed by d6+/-
}) 16. Qxd2 Ne5 17. Rd1 $1 (17. d6 $6 Nf3+ $1 $40) 17... Nxd5 $2 (17... a6 {
taking this pawn only sereves white's intersts since after a6-Qd6 black has
compensation ,but now white can simplfy the position wite a much better
position} 18. N5c3 Qd6 $44) 18. N1c3 $1 Nxc3 (18... Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3
Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Qg5 22. e4 $16) 19. Qxc3 Qh4 $2 (19... Qf6 20. Nd6 Re7 21. Ra5
$16) 20. Nd6 Nf3+ $8 21. Bxf3 exf3 22. Rd4 (22. Nxb7) 22... Be4 (22... Qg5 23.
Rg4) 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. gxf3 (24. Qc4 fxg2 25. Rxa7 {would win immediately})
24... Qg5+ 25. Kh2 Qe5+ (25... Bxf3 26. Rg1 Qe5+ 27. Rg3 $18) 26. f4 Qe7 27.
Rg1 g6 28. Rg5 Qb7 29. Qb4 (29. Rb4 {with Re5 to follow}) 29... Qa8 30. Qd6 $6
(30. Re5 Rb8 31. Qd2) 30... Bf5 31. Rxf5 $2 (31. Qd5 $18) 31... gxf5 32. Rd1
Re6 33. Qd5 Qb8 $2 (33... Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rf6 {with Kg7-Kg6 and a6+/-}) 34. b3 (
34. Qxf5 Qxb2 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Rg6 37. Qe5+ Qxe5 38. fxe5 $18) 34... Rg6
35. Rg1 $16 Qc8 36. h4 Qc2 37. Rg2 Qe2 $4 {just giving a pawn!!} (37... Kg7)
38. Qxf5 $18 Qf3 39. Qh3 Qd1 40. f5 Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2+ Kf8 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qxa7
Qxb3 44. Qd4+ f6 45. h5 Qf7 46. Qg4+ Kh6 (46... Kh8 47. h6) 47. Qf4+ {and
black resigned since after 47...Kxh5 48.Kh3 comes Qh4 with mate! and after 47..
.Kg7 48.H6 with Qb8 wins immediately} 1-0

