[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 $1 b6 $6 (10... Bd7 $1 {Tal} 11. Qc2 (11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4
Nxc4 $1 13. Nxc4 Qc7 $1 14. Qb3 (14. Qd3 Rfc8 15. Nxd6 exd6 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Na3
Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Svirin,O-Levada,I/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49}) 14... Rfc8 $17 {B/I})
(11. Rb1 a6 (11... Ng4 12. e3 a6 13. Qc2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4
Rc8 17. Bb2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Ne2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Re8 22. Rfc1
Ne5 23. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Reeves,T-Reilly,T/Doeberl Cup Canberra 1996/EXP 51 (31)})
12. Qc2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Qc7 16. Qd3 Rab8 17. Nxb5 Qc5 18.
Nb3 Bxb5 19. Nxc5 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Rxb4 21. axb4 Nc4 22. Bg5 Ra8 23. Rc1 Nb6 24.
Bxf6 $18 {1-0 Baburin,A-Ellison,D/Isle of Man op 1995/EXT 97 (35)}) 11... Qc7 (
11... a6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Rc8 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. Bb2
Ne3 18. Rfc1 Bh6 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxd2 21. Rc2 Bh6 22. Bc1 $13 {1/2-1/2
Johansen,D-Lin Ta/Asia zt 1990/EXT 90b (44)}) 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 b5 14. Nd1 {
/\ 15.cb ab 16.b4 M} (14. Rab1 Rab8 (14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Rab8 16. e3 Rb7 17.
Ne2 Rfb8 18. Bc3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 20. Qxb1 Ng4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h3 Ne5 23.
Qc2 $14 {Neverov,V-Tseitlin,M/Voskresensk 1990/CBM 19/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 15. Nd1 {M
}) 14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Rab8 16. Bc3 Ng4 (16... Rb7 {B}) (16... e5 $2 17. dxe6
Bxe6 18. Qa4 $1 $16 {M}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Nb2 Rb7 20. Nd3 Rfb8
21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Qb6 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. h3 $1 {B} Kf7 $6 {M}
(25... Nb7 {/\ Nd8-f7->g5 M}) 26. Kh2 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Matulovic,M/Belgrade
URS-World 1970/MCL 01/1/2-1/2 (63) M}) (10... e5 11. b4 $16 {Botvinnik=:B}) (
10... Ng4 11. Qc2 Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Nd1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 b5
17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Qc3 Be8 21. Kh2 Bf7 22. Qd3 Qc8 23.
Qc3 Qc7 24. b4 Nb7 25. Qc4 Rfc8 26. Qa2 cxb4 27. axb4 Qb6 28. e4 $13 {0-1
Koerholz,L-Ioseliani,N/Praha Mladi 1994/EXT 94 (43)}) 11. Qc2 (11. Rb1 Ng4 (
11... Rb8 12. b4 Nb7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. e3 Qe8 15. Qe2 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nb5
Qf7 18. Nxa7 Na5 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Bxc6 Rbc8 21. b5 Rxc6 22. bxc6 Qc7 23. e4
Qxc6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Re8 26. Rfe1 Bc8 27. Qf3 $18 {1-0 Montero Martinez,
C-Araya,R/Asuncion 1991/EXT 97 (39)}) 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. b3 f4 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Bf5 16. Be4 Bh3 17. Bg2 Qd7 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bb2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qf5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. f3 b5 23. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Izsak,G-Siebrecht,S/Elekes mem Budapest 1994/
EXP 41 (34)}) 11... Bd7 (11... a6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. b5 Na5 15. a4 axb5
16. axb5 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ra4 Qd7 19. e4 Rbe8 20. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Bobotsov,
M-Cobo Arteaga,E/Capablanca mem 1963/MCD-r6 (27)}) (11... Ba6 12. b3 Rb8 13.
Bb2 Qd7 14. a4 e5 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Bb7 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Orsag,M-Kolcak,M/CSR-ch
Bratislava 1991/EXT 91ch (39)}) 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Rb8 (13... Qe8 14. Rab1 Rc8
15. e3 b5 16. Ne2 g5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Nf3 h6 19. Rbe1 Nb7 20. Nc3 b4 21. Nd1 bxa3
22. Bxa3 Rb8 23. Nc3 Na5 24. Rb1 Rb7 $132 {0-1 Vianin,P-Joksic,S/Sion 1990/EXT
90 (40)}) (13... b5 14. Nd1 Rb8 15. Bc3 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Rfd1
Bh6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. b4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Nb7 22. Qd3 Ng4 23. Nf1 Qe7 24. Qxb5 Bb3
$36 {Vianin,P-Keserovic,M/Geneve op 1991/EXP 21/0-1 (49)}) 14. e3 b5 15. Rab1
Qc8 16. Ne2 Nb7 17. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e6]} Nd8 (17... e6) 18. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]
[%mdl 36] Strong move.White will wait for the moment to open line in the Qeen
side,where black has a lot of problem to find a place for knight "d8"} Nf7 19.
Ba1 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Qe8 20. b4 $1 {Now this is a very strong.} cxb4 21. axb4
bxc4 22. Nxc4 Nd8 23. Na5 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Ga5c6]} Rc8 24. Qa2 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1
g5 26. Ne2 (26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. dxe6 Bb5) 26... Qf7 27. Rc7 Bb5 28. Nd4 f4 29. e4
(29. Nf5 Ne8 30. g4 $3 Nxc7 31. Bxg7 {[%cal Gf5h6]} Qe8 32. Bxf8 Qxf8 33. Nc6
$16 {[%cal Gc6d8,Gc6d4,Rc6e7,Ya2g8]}) 29... fxg3 30. hxg3 Qh5 31. f3 Ng4 (31...
Nxe4 32. Rxe7 (32. Nxb5)) 32. fxg4 Qxg4 33. Qb3 $1 Be5 34. Nac6 Bxc6 35. dxc6+
e6 36. Rd7 Nxc6 37. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3
Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb4 {= according to
theory but Artur radically changes the assessment of the position} 13. Qxb4
Nxb4 14. Nd4 Ng4 (14... Rb8 15. a3 Na6 16. Ncb5 $16) 15. Rb1 $1 Ne5 16. Bg5 $1
Kf7 17. Ncb5 $1 {Blow after blow} Bf6 (17... Nxc4 18. a3 Na6 19. Bd5+ $18) 18.
Bh6 Rd8 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. a3 Nec6 (20... Nbc6 21. Bd5+ $18) 21. axb4 $1 Nxd4 22.
Be3 e5 23. Bd5+ Ke7 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nb5 Be6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 27. Nxa7 $1 Ra8 28.
Nb5 Ra4 29. b3 Ra2 30. Kf1 Kd7 31. Nxd4 Re8 32. e3 f4 33. gxf4 Bh4 34. Ne2 Kc6
35. Rd5 Rea8 36. Rbd1 Be7 {and Black resigned. An impressive performance by
Artur} 1-0

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 7th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2014.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 (8... Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 (10... bxc6 11. c5 $1) 11. Rd1 Qb6 12.
Qc2 $1 $14 {is another line.}) 9. Qb3 $5 {I have always believed in this move
but I have never seriously analysed it.} Nfd7 (9... Ned7 10. Qc2 (10. Be3 Nc5
11. Qa3 $14) 10... a5 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nd4 Qe8 14. Rfe1 {Later
this year Richard lost a game like this to Illescas Cordoba.}) (9... Nxf3+ 10.
Bxf3 $1 Nd7 11. Bg2 $14) 10. Be3 $5 (10. Nxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Be3) (10...
Bxe5 11. Bh6) 11. Be3 f4 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Qa3 b6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Qb3 $16 {
looks really anti- positional.}) 10... b6 $5 {The most common move.} (10... Ng4
11. Bd4) (10... Nc5 11. Bxc5 Nxf3+ (11... dxc5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 $14) 12.
exf3 $1 dxc5 13. f4 $36 e5 $140 14. dxe6 c6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Bd4 17. Ne2
Bg7 18. Nc1 Rf6 19. Nd3 Rxe6 20. Ne5 $14) 11. Nb5 Nc5 12. Qc2 Bd7 (12... a5 13.
Nfd4) 13. Nxe5 $1 $146 {It is surprising that it has never been played.} Bxe5 (
13... dxe5 14. Rad1) 14. f4 (14. Bd4 $2 Bxb5 15. Bxe5 Ba4 $17 {does not work})
({but} 14. a4 a5 15. f4 Bf6 16. Rae1 $14 {was an alternative.}) 14... Bf6 15.
b4 $5 {An inspirational exchange sac.} (15. a4 $145 $14) 15... Ne4 $5 (15...
Bxa1 16. Rxa1 $44) 16. Nd4 c5 $1 17. dxc6 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxc6 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20.
a4 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 (7... Qe8
$5 8. O-O Na6) 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 $5 (9. Ne1 Ng5 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. f4 Nf7
13. Nc3 g5 14. Nd3 $14 {Csom,I-Holm,M Skopje 1972 Inf 14/122/}) (9. Nbd2 Nxd2 (
9... e6 10. Qc2 d5 11. Rad1 a5 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 $14 {Bagirov,
V-Vaiser,A Palma de Mallorca 1989 Inf 48/137/}) (9... e5 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 (
11. dxc6 $5) 11... Nb8 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Rad1 Na6 $1 $13 {Moutousis,
K-Santo-Roman,M Athens 1992 Inf 54/87/}) 10. Qxd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5+ Kh8
13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Rd2 15. Bc3 Rc2 16. Rac1 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Henley,R
Hastings 1982 Inf 35/140/}) 9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. Rc1 $5 $146 (11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Re8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 $14) 11...
Qe7 12. e3 g5 (12... Nd8 $5 13. d5 Nf7 14. b4 e4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 Ne5 $15)
13. Ne1 g4 $6 (13... e4 {/\g4,Nd8-f7-g5-f3/} 14. f4 exf3 15. Qxf3 $14) 14. Nd3
$1 exd4 15. exd4 Nxd4 (15... Bxd4 $2 16. Bxc6 Bxc3 17. Bd5+ $18) 16. Re1 Qg5 $6
(16... Qd8 $5 17. Nf4 $44) 17. Nf4 c5 (17... Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c5 $1 $14)
18. Ne2 $1 Qf6 (18... Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 f4 (20... Qf6 21. Rd3 Rd8
22. Red2 $16) 21. Qd5+ Qxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Re7 $16) 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bb2
$16 f4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Qd2 f3 23. Re4 Bf5 24. Bxd4 Qd8 (24... Qg6 25. Re7) 25.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Kg6 (26... Rf6 27. Rf4 Kg6 28. Re1 {/\29.Rg4+-/}) 27. Rce1
$1 $18 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 h5 29. Re6+ Rf6 $8 30. Qe4+ Kh6 31. Qf4+ Kg6 32. Qe4+ Kh6
33. Re7 Rg6 34. Bf7 Rf6 (34... Rg7 35. Re6+) 35. Be8 $1 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.04"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Botvinnik/Matulovic"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 (8... Ne5 {Gligoric-Larsen} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 $16 {Matulovic=:M}) 9. Nd2
c5 10. a3 (10. Qc2 $143 {M}) 10... Bd7 {Tal} (10... e5 11. b4 $16 {Botvinnik=:B
}) 11. Qc2 (11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Nxc4 $1 13. Nxc4 Qc7 $1 14. Qb3 Rfc8 $17 {B/I}
) 11... Qc7 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 b5 14. Nd1 {/\ 15.cb ab 16.b4 M} (14. Rab1 Rab8
15. Nd1 {M}) 14... bxc4 15. bxc4 Rab8 16. Bc3 Ng4 (16... Rb7 {B}) (16... e5 $2
17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Qa4 $1 $16 {M}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Nb2 Rb7 20.
Nd3 Rfb8 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Qb6 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. h3 $1 {B}
Kf7 $6 {M} (25... Nb7 {/\ Nd8-f7->g5 M}) 26. Kh2 $16 {M} Nb7 27. e4 $6 {
[%eval -32767,0] /\ 28.e5 M} fxe4 $8 28. Nxe4 Nd8 (28... Qb1 29. Nd2 Qa2 (29...
Qd1 30. Bf3) 30. Nc1 $18 {B}) 29. Ng5+ (29. Nf4 $142 {[%eval -32767,0] /\
Ng5-h7, Qh8,/g4-g5 B}) 29... Ke8 30. Nf4 Nf7 31. Nfe6 (31. Nxh7 Nxh7 32. Qg7
Nf8 33. Be4 Ne5 {B}) 31... Nxg5 32. Nxg5 Qb1 $14 {M} 33. Be4 Qa2 $1 {B} (33...
Qf1 34. Qb2 {B}) 34. Kg2 Bf5 $2 {M} (34... Ba4 $1 {/\ 35... Ne4 =/+ M}) 35.
Bxf5 gxf5 36. Qd3 (36. Ne6 Qxf2+ {B}) 36... h6 37. Ne6 Ne4 (37... Kf7 {B}) 38.
Qf3 Qxc4 39. Qh5+ Kd7 40. Qxf5 Nf6 $1 {B adjourned} 41. Nxc5+ Ke8 (41... Kd8 {
41... Kc7} 42. Ne6+ {[%eval 0,0] /\ 43.Nf4}) 42. Qg6+ Kd8 43. Ne6+ Kd7 44. Nf4
Nxd5 45. Qxh6 (45. Qf5+ Kc6 46. Qc8+ Nc7 {B} (46... Kb5 47. a4+)) 45... Qe4+
46. Kh2 Qe1 (46... Qf3 47. Qe6+ {B}) (46... Nxf4 47. Qxf4 Qxf4 48. gxf4 Ke6 49.
Kg3 Kf5 50. Kf3 {B}) 47. Nd3 Qc3 48. Qg6 Qxa3 49. h4 (49. g4 {[%eval 0,0] /\ g5
}) 49... Qc3 50. h5 Qf6 51. Qg4+ (51. Qxf6 $10 {M}) 51... e6 52. Qa4+ Ke7 53.
Qxa6 Qf3 (53... Qf5 {B}) 54. Qa7+ Kd8 (54... Ke8 $6 {/\ Qg6+ M}) (54... Kf6 55.
Qh7 $16 {M}) 55. Qh7 Nf6 56. Qh8+ Kd7 57. Qg7+ Kc6 58. h6 Ng4+ 59. Kg1 Qd1+ (
59... Nxh6 $2 60. Qxh6 Qxd3 61. Qxe6 {B/M}) 60. Kg2 Qe2 61. Kh3 (61. Qc3+ Kd7
62. Qd4 e5 63. Qa7+ Ke6 64. h7 Qxd3 65. Qa2+ {B}) (61. Qg5 e5 62. h7 Qe4+ 63.
Kg1 Qxh7 64. Nb4+ Kb5 65. Qxg4 Qb1+ 66. Kg2 Qxb4 $10 {M}) 61... Nxh6 62. Qxh6
Qxd3 63. Qxe6 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Lin, Ta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Kh8 14. Qc1 Rac8 (
14... Bg8 $142 $5 15. e4 f4 $5 {Lin,Ta} (15... e5)) 15. e4 Bg8 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Ne2 c5 18. Qc2 e6 19. Rbd1 Nc6 20. Nf3 $14 Rcd8 21. Nh4 Ne7 22. Rfe1 Qc8
23. Rd2 Bf7 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Nf4 e5 26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 Rde8 28. Nh3 Bg6 29.
Qg5 Ng8 30. Qg4 Nh6 31. Qd1 Nf5 32. Ng5 Bh6 33. h4 Nd4 34. b4 Qd8 35. bxc5 dxc5
36. Re3 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Qxg5 38. Qe1 h6 39. Rb2 Re7 40. f4 Qg4 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42.
Qxe5+ Kh7 43. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gelfand} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qa4 (9. Nd2 c5) 9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 (10... Nxc6 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. Qb3 $14) 11. c5 $1 {Eine wichtige Verbesserung in dieser scharfen Variante.
Das bisher gebräuch- liche 11.Nd4 hat sich als harmlos erwiesen:} (11. Nd4 Bd7
$1 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. b3 d5 $1 17. Ba3
dxc4 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Rac1 cxb3 21. axb3 Rfe8 $10 {Blees-Van Mil/
Wijk Sonnevanck/1993}) 11... dxc5 {N} (11... d5 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nxc6 Bd7 14.
Nxe7+ Kh8 15. c6 Be8 16. Rd1 $16 {Palac-Mencinger/Bled op/1992}) 12. Ne5 {
Für seinen geopferten Bauer hat Weiß eine ausgezeichnete Kompensation bekommen.
Der Doppelbauer 'c' ist schwach und der Na5 'hängt in der Luft'.} Qb6 (12...
Qc7 13. Nc4 (13. Bf4 $16) (13. Bf4 {Gelfand} g5 14. Bxg5 $16) 13... Nxc4 (13...
Nb7 14. Qxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxc6 $16) 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15. Qxc5 $16) (12... Be6 {Gelfand
} 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Rfc1
Nd6 19. b3 b5 20. Rab1 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxa2 22. Be5 Rxe2 23. Rxc5 $16 {
Bezold-Glek,Bad Ragaz,1994}) 13. Qc2 $5 {/\Na4.Etwas energischer sah 13.Be3
aus.} (13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 $13) (13. Be3 $1 Be6 (13... Ng4
14. Nxg4 fxg4 15. Ne4 $16) (13... Rb8 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4+ Kh8 16. Bxc5 Qa6
17. Qxa6 Bxa6 18. Rab1 Rb7 19. Rfd1 $16 {><a7,c6,e7}) 14. Qa3 Ne4 (14... Qb4
15. Bxc5 Qxa3 16. Bxa3 $16) (14... Nb7 15. Nxc6 Rfe8 16. Na4 $16) 15. Nxe4 Bxe5
16. Nxc5 Bxb2 17. Nxe6 Bxa3 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Rad1 $16) 13... Qc7
$1 14. Nd3 (14. Bf4 g5 (14... Nh5 $2 15. Nxg6 $1) 15. Nxc6 gxf4 16. Nxa5 Rb8
$132) 14... c4 (14... Nd7 {Gelfand} 15. Bd2 $1 (15. Na4 $6 c4 16. Ndc5 Nxc5 17.
Nxc5 Rb8 $15) 15... c4 (15... Nc4 $2 16. Nd5 $1 $18) 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. Na4 $16)
15. Nc5 {Hier steht der weiße Springer hervorragend,vor allem wird von ihm die
normale Entwicklung des Bc8 verhindert.} Rb8 (15... Nb7 $5 {kam sehr in
Betracht,um den Na5 auf eine bessere Position zu bringen.} 16. N3a4 (16. Nxb7
Qxb7 (16... Bxb7 $6 17. Qa4 $14) 17. Qa4 Qa6 $1 $10 {Gelfand} 18. Bxc6 (18.
Qxa6 Bxa6 19. Bf4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxc3 $1 (20... fxe4 21. Rac1 $14) 21. bxc3 (21.
Bxc6 Bxb2 22. Rab1 c3 23. Bd5+ Kg7 24. Be5+ Kh6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxb2 cxb2 27.
Bxb2 $10) 21... fxe4 $10) 18... Rb8) 16... Nd6 17. Rd1 (17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bxd6 $2
exd6 19. Qxc4 dxc5 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxa8 Bd7 $17) (17. Bd2 Nd5
18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 $13) 17... e5 (17... Rb8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20.
Bxd6 exd6 21. Na6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 d5 23. Rac1 $16) 18. Bg5 (18. Bd2 $5) (18. b3
$5) 18... h6 19. Qd2 Nf7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qc1 e4 22. Qxc4 Rb8 $13) (15... Ne8
$5 {Gelfand} 16. Bd2 Nd6 $13 17. Rad1 $14) 16. Bd2 {/\N3a4} Rd8 {/\Nd5} (16...
Nb7 $2 17. Na6 $18) (16... Nd7 $2 17. Ne6 $18) (16... Nd5 {Gelfand} 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Na4 $16) (16... Ne8 $142 $5 {Gelfand}) 17. N3a4 (17.
Rad1 $5 {Gelfand}) 17... Nd5 18. Rad1 $1 {Weiß findet die richtige Idee,
Aktionen auf der d-Linie sind angesagt.} (18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxc4 Bxb2 20. Nb3
Rxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bb7 $10) 18... e5 {/\e4} (18... Nb4 $5 19. Qb1 (19.
Qc1 $1 {Gelfand} Nxa2 $4 20. Bxa5 $18) 19... e5 20. Bg5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 $16) 19.
e4 $1 {Der Nd5 hält die schwarze Stellung zusammen,deswegen muß er weg.} (19.
Bxa5 Qxa5 20. Qxc4 e4 $13) 19... Nb4 (19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 (20. Bxe4 $16 {
Gelfand}) 20... Bf5 21. Qe1 $1 Rb5 (21... c3 22. Nxc3 $16) 22. Na6 Qb7 23. Bxa5
Qxa6 24. Bxd8 Qxa4 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Qxb3 27. Qd2 $14) 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qf8 (22... Qc7 $5 23. Bh3 $1 (23. Qd2 $6 Rb8 24. Qd8+ Qxd8
25. Rxd8+ Kf7 $13 {/\Bf6}) 23... fxe4 24. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rd7 Qb8
27. Qd2 Bf6 28. Qh6 $18) 23. Qd2 (23. exf5 $5 {Gelfand Topalov} Bxf5 24. Qd2
Rb5 $16) 23... Rb5 $8 24. Qd8 {Der Plan von Weiß ist vollkommen gelungen.Wegen
seines lahmgelegten Bc8 konnte Schwarz die d-Vertikale nicht halten.} Bf6 (
24... Nb7 25. Qc7 (25. Nxb7 Rxb7 $13) 25... c3 (25... Nxc5 26. Rd8 Nxa4 27.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qxc8 $16) 26. bxc3 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 (27. Rd8 $2 Rb1+ 28. Bf1 Ba6
29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Nxc5 Bxf1 $17) 27... Bf6 28. Nd7 Bxd7 29. Qxd7 $16) 25. Qc7
Be7 (25... f4 {Gelfand} 26. gxf4 exf4 27. e5 Be7 28. Ne4 $1 {Gulko} f3 (28...
Bg4 29. f3 (29. Rd2 f3 (29... Rb7 30. Qxa5 Bb4 31. Qa6 $18) 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31.
exf6 $18) 29... Bf5 (29... Rd5 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 $18) 30.
Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nc3 $18) 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Bxf3 $18) 26. Bh3 $1 $16 {Eine
bildschöne Stellung! Alle schwarzen Figuren sind passiv und müssen entweder
eineinder oder verschiedene Schwachstellen in ihrem Lager verteidigen.Kein
Wunder,daß Schwarz in Zugzwang geraten ist.} (26. Nd7 {Gelfand} Bxd7 27. Rxd7
$2 Rb7 28. Qxe5 $16) 26... Kg7 (26... a6 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Nb6 Rxc5 29. Nxc8
Bg5 30. Rd7 $18) (26... Nb7 27. Nd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. Rd8 $18
) (26... Qe8 27. Qxe5 Nb7 28. Bf1 Rxc5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc4+ $18) (26... Bf6
27. Qxa7 $16) 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Qxe5+ {Das materielle Gleichgewicht ist
wiederhergestellt.} Kg6 (28... Kg8 29. Qc7 $16) (28... Qf6 29. Qc7 $16) 29. Qc7
a6 (29... Bxc5 {Gelfand} 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rd6+ $18) (29... Rxc5 {Gelfand} 30.
Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Rd8 $18) 30. Nd7 {Jetzt ist es an der Zeit,zum entscheidenden
Königsangriff überzugehen.} Bxd7 31. Qxd7 Qf6 32. Re1 Rb7 (32... Re5 33. Rxe5
Qxe5 34. Bxf5+ Qxf5 35. Qxe7 Qc2 $2 36. Qd6+ Kh5 37. Qc5+ $18) 33. Qc8 Kg7 34.
Bxf5 $18 Qd4 35. Bb1 $1 $40 (35. Bxh7 Kxh7 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qxa5 $18) (35. Bc2
$1 {Gelfand} Qd2 36. Qg4+ $18) 35... Bb4 36. Rf1 Rf7 37. Qh3 h6 38. Qh5 Rf6 39.
Nc3 $1 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Qxc3 41. Rd1 Qf3 42. Rd7+ Kf8 (42... Kh8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44.
Qe8+ Rf8 45. Qg6#) 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. Bh7+ Kh8 47. Qa7
Rf8 (47... Nb7 {Gelfand} 48. Be4 $1) (47... c5 {Gelfand} 48. Rd8+ Rf8 49. Rxf8+
Qxf8 50. Be4) 48. Bc2 (48. Bc2 Qc3 49. Rd8 $1) 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Cacho Reigadas, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rd1 g5 (12... a6 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. Be1
g5 15. d6 exd6 16. cxd6 c6 17. Na4 Qf7 18. Nc5 e4 19. f3 Nd5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21.
Nxe4 $16 {Van der Sterren,P-Cacho,S/Linares zt (09) ;CBM 51 1995}) 13. Bd2 Rb8
$5 (13... a6 14. Na4 $1 Qe8 15. Ba5 Bd7 16. Nc3 $16 {Aseev,K-Popov,V/St.
Petersburg op (04) 1994}) (13... f4 14. Be1 Bf5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17.
Qa3 Rb8 18. d6 $16 {Ibragimov-Glek/URS/1991}) (13... e4 14. Be1 a6 15. Rac1 Qe8
16. d6 cxd6 17. cxd6 exd6 18. Rxd6 $14) 14. Be1 a6 15. Qa3 (15. Na4 $5 Bd7 16.
Ba5 e4 17. d6 exd6 18. cxd6 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 b6 20. Bb4 c5 21. Bc3 $14) 15... Qe8
16. d6 c6 $1 $13 (16... exd6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 $14) 17. Na4 Be6 18. Nb6
exd6 19. cxd6 (19. Rxd6 Qf7 20. b3 Ne8 21. Rd2 e4 22. Rad1 e3 23. fxe3 Nf6 24.
Rd3 Qh5 $44 {Ostojic,N-Stamenkovic,Z/Belgrade Trako (10) ;EXP 47 1995}) 19...
Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Bc3 Rbe8 22. Qc5 e4 23. f3 Bd5 $1 {><d6} (23... exf3 24.
Bxf3 (24. exf3 Bd5 25. Re1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 b5 $13) 24... Bg8 25. e3 $14) 24. fxe4
fxe4 (24... Bxe4 $5 25. Rd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 f4 $132) 25. Rf1 Kg8 (25... Rxf1+ 26.
Rxf1 Bxa2 $2 27. b3 $1 Bxb3 28. Bxg7+ Qxg7 29. d7 Rd8 (29... Qxd7 30. Qc3+ Qg7
31. Qxb3 $16) 30. Qb6 Rxd7 31. Qxb3 $16) 26. Rad1 (26. a4 Rd8 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28.
b4 Rf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 $15) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rf8 $2 (27... Bxa2 $2 28. Bxg7
Qxg7 29. Bh3 $1 g4 (29... Qxb2 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qe7 $16) 30. Qh5 Rd8 $2 31. Qa5
$18) (27... Rd8 $1 {>=} 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 $15 {/\Qb2,/\Qe5,><d6}) 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (
28... Kxf8 $2 29. Bh3 $1 Qxh3 30. d7+ $18) 29. Qd4 Qxd6 30. Bxe4 $10 Bxe4 (
30... Qc5 $10) 31. Qxe4 Bg7 32. Qc4+ Kh7 $2 (32... Qd5 33. Qxd5+ cxd5 34. Kf2
$1 d4 $1 (34... Bxc3 $2 35. bxc3 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. c4 dxc4 39.
Kxc4 $16) 35. Bd2 g4 $10) 33. Qf7 $1 Qc5+ 34. e3 $1 $16 Qxe3+ 35. Kf1 Qd3+ 36.
Ke1 (36. Kf2 $1) 36... Qe3+ 37. Kd1 $6 Qd3+ (37... Qg1+ 38. Kc2 Qg2+ 39. Kd3
Qd5+ 40. Qxd5 cxd5 41. g4 $1 $16 (41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Kd4 Kf6 43. Kxd5 Kf5 $10)
41... Bf8 42. Kd4 Kg6 43. Kxd5 Kf7 $16) 38. Ke1 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 40. Kf2 Qc2+
(40... Qg6 41. Qxb7 Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Qc1+ 43. Kd3 Qf1+ 44. Kc2 Qg2+ 45. Kb3 Qd5+
46. Ka3 Qc5+ 47. Ka4 Qc4+ 48. Ka5 Qxa2+ 49. Kb6 Qb3+ 50. Kxa6 $16) 41. Ke3 Qc1+
42. Kd3 Qd1+ 43. Kc4 Qd5+ (43... b5+ 44. Kc5) (43... Qa4+ 44. Kc5 Qb5+ 45. Kd6)
44. Qxd5 cxd5+ 45. Kxd5 $18 Bf8 (45... Bxc3 $2 46. bxc3 Kg6 47. Kc5 Kf5 48. Kb6
$18) 46. g4 Kg6 47. Ke6 Bc5 48. a4 h5 49. h3 Be3 50. Bf6 Bc1 51. b3 Bd2 52. Bd8
{/\a5,Kd7-c8} a5 53. Ke5 $1 hxg4 54. hxg4 Kg7 (54... Bc3+ 55. Ke4 Bd2 56. Kd3)
55. Ke4 Kg6 56. Kd3 Be1 57. Kc4 Bd2 58. Kb5 Kf7 59. Bxa5 Be3 60. Bb4 b6 61. Bd6
1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Johnson,M King} f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7.
Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 (8... Ne5 {Johnson,M} 9. Qb3 Ned7 10. Qc2 a5 11. Bg5 Nc5 12.
Rad1 Bd7 13. Nd4 Qe8 14. Be3 h6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Bc1 Kh7 18. b3 e5
19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bb2 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd4
Rce8 25. e3 Rf7 26. Rfd1 h5 27. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Avshalumov,A/Nimes op
(7) 1991}) 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb4 (12... Kh8 13. Bd2 (
13. Nd5 Ne4 14. Be3 $14) 13... Qb4 (13... Qd8 14. Rac1 $14) 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15.
Nd4 Na6 16. Nb3 $1 $14) 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Nd4 Rb8 {N} (14... Ng4 $2 15. Rb1 Ne5
16. Bg5 Kf7 17. Ncb5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. a3 Nec6 21. axb4 Nxd4 22.
Be3 $18 {Yusupov,A-Gurevich,M/Linares 1991}) 15. b3 $2 (15. a3 $1 Na6 (15...
Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxc6 Rb7 18. Rb1 Be6 (18... Rc7 19. Na5 $16) 19. b3 Rc8
20. Na5 Rb6 21. Bd2 Ra6 22. Nb5 Ne4 23. Be1 $16) 16. Ncb5 (16. Ndb5 Be6 $132)
16... Ra8 17. b4 $1 (17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. b4 Nce4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nde6
Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Rfc8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd4 Rc7 $132) 17... Ne4 18. f3 $1 (18. Be3
Bd7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 $14) 18... Nf6 19. Bg5 h6 (19... Bd7 20. f4 $16 {><a7,b7})
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rac1 $16 {/\f4,><a7,b7}) 15... Bd7 16. Bb2 a6 17. Rac1 Rfc8
18. e3 Kf7 $10 19. h3 h6 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Nce2 Ne4 $1 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nxc6 (
23. Kg2 $2 Ne5 {><d3}) 23... bxc6 (23... Rxc6 $5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 {/\b5}) 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Nc3 (25. Kg2 c5 26. Nc3 Bc6 $15 {/\a5-a4}) 25... Bxh3 26. Nxe4 g5 27.
f4 Bf5 28. Nc3 gxf4 29. exf4 Rg8 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Re2 Rg6 32. Rh1 Rbg8 33. Re3
e6 34. Ne2 c5 $15 (34... d5 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Nd4 $10) 35. Nc3 Ke7 36. Nb1 Kd7
37. Nd2 Kc7 38. Rg1 a5 39. Nf3 Rf6 40. Rge1 Bg4 $6 (40... a4 $5 41. bxa4 Ra8
42. Ra3 Ra5 43. Nd2 h5 $44) (40... Rb8 {/\a4} 41. a4 (41. Nh2 h5) 41... Kc6 $15
) 41. Nd2 Rfg6 (41... e5 42. Ne4 Rf7 43. Nc3 $10) 42. Ne4 Bf5 43. Nc3 $10 Kc6
44. Rh1 Bg4 45. Rd3 Rf8 46. Ke1 h5 47. Rh2 Bf5 48. Re3 Rh8 49. Ne4 h4 $1 50.
Ng5 h3 51. Kf2 e5 52. Kf3 exf4 53. gxf4 a4 54. Kg3 (54. bxa4 Ra8 55. Ra3 Rgg8
56. a5 (56. Nxh3 Be6 {><c4}) 56... Rgb8 $44) 54... Rg7 55. Rd2 a3 $6 {King: A
nice trump to have up your sleeve in case the position breaks open.} (55...
axb3 56. axb3 Ra8 57. Kh2 Ra3 58. Nxh3 Rh7 $10) 56. Re1 Rh6 (56... Kd7 $5 {
King  King: With the idea ... Re7. Exchanging rooks is the aim and then ...
Bb1 and ...Bxa2.} 57. Red1 Rh6) 57. Re8 (57. Re8 Kb7 (57... Kd7 58. Ra8) 58.
Kh2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sonnevanck 3rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blees, Albert"]
[Black "Van Mil, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nd4 Bd7 $1 (11... c5 12. Bxa8 $1 cxd4 13. Nb5
Bd7 14. Bg2 a6 15. Bd2 axb5 16. cxb5 Qb8 17. Bxa5 Qxb5 18. Qxb5 Bxb5 19. Rfe1
Ne4 20. a4 Bc4 21. Bb6 d5 22. a5 $16 {Schlosser,Ph-Tseitlin/Budapest/1992}) 12.
Nxc6 {N} (12. Rd1 $6 c5 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qc2 Qe6 17.
b3 Ne4 18. Bb2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 f4 $15 {Spassov-Marin/Berga/1993}) (12. Nb3 Nxb3
13. axb3 c5 14. Qa3 Rb8 $15) 12... Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 (13... Rc8 14. Bb5 $1
Bxb5 15. cxb5 $16) 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 (15. Qa6 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Na4 Rxc4
18. Nxb6 Rb4 19. Be3 Rxb2 $10) 15... Qd7 16. b3 d5 $1 (16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 d5
18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rc2 21. Nc4 Rxe2 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
$14) 17. Ba3 dxc4 (17... Qxa4 18. Nxa4 dxc4 19. Bxe7 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rae1 cxb3 22. axb3 Rb8 23. Nc5 Rb5 24. Nd7 Bc3 25. Rc1 Rxb3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27.
Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. Ra1 Rc7 $10) 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd5 Kf7 20. Rac1 (20.
Nxe7 Rce8 21. Nc6 (21. Rad1 Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. bxc4 Rc8 24. Rc1 $10) 21...
Bxa1 22. Bxf8 Bf6 23. Bb4 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxe2 25. Nxa7 Rb2 26. Rd1 Ne5 $10)
20... cxb3 21. axb3 Rfe8 $10 22. Rfd1 (22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxe7 Rc2 24. Rd1 Nb6 {
/\Bf8} 25. Nd5 Rxe2 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Rd7+ Kg8 $10) 22... Nb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24.
Nxb6 axb6 25. Rd7 Bf6 26. Rb7 Ra8 27. Bd6 Ra1+ 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Bc7 Rxb3 30.
Rxb6 Rc3 31. Rb7 Rc2 32. Kf1 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Re1 34. e3 Rd1 35. Rb5 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Rd1 h6 12. c5 g5 13. Bd2 a6 (13... f4 14. Be1
Bf5 (14... a6 15. Ne4 $16) 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Qa3 Rb8 18. d6 $16 {
Ibragimov-Glek/URS/1991}) (13... e4 14. Be1 a6 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. d6 cxd6 17.
cxd6 exd6 18. Rxd6 f4 19. Nd5 $36) 14. Na4 $1 (14. Be1 Qe8 15. d6 cxd6 16. cxd6
e4 17. Na4 exd6 18. Rxd6 f4 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Rad1 Qf5 22. Qb6 h5
23. Bc3 $14 {Stangl-Arkhipov/Kecskemet/1990}) 14... Qe8 (14... e4 15. Ba5 {/\d6
} Qd7 16. d6 exd6 17. cxd6 $16) 15. Ba5 Bd7 16. Nc3 $16 b6 (16... Qc8 17. d6 (
17. c6 bxc6 18. dxc6 Be6 19. Qb7 $16) 17... c6 18. Na4 $16) 17. cxb6 cxb6 18.
Qxb6 e4 {N} (18... Rb8 19. Qc5 $5 (19. Qxa6 Rxb2 20. Rab1 $16) 19... Rxb2 20.
Qa3 Rb5 (20... Rb8 21. Bc7 $16) (20... Rb7 21. d6 $16) 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bb4
$16 {Tukmakov-Reinderman/Wijk op/1993}) 19. d6 $5 (19. Qc5 Rb8 20. Bb4 Rf7 21.
Rac1 Ng4 22. h3 Ne5 23. b3 $16) 19... Rb8 (19... exd6 20. Qxd6 Be6 21. Rac1 Qf7
22. b3 $16) 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 21. Rab1 Rxb1 (21... Rc2 $2 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Bb4 $18
) 22. Rxb1 exd6 23. Qxd6 e3 24. f3 $1 f4 25. Bb6 $5 {/\Bd4} (25. gxf4 $2 gxf4
26. Qxf4 Nd5 27. Qc4 Nf4 $40) (25. Rb7 Qa8 26. Qb6 Rc8 $132) 25... Qg6 $2 (
25... Bf5 $1 {>=} 26. Rb4 Qd7 {/\} 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Bd4 Rc8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30.
Rb3 Be6 31. Ra3 Ne5 $10) 26. Bd4 Qc2 27. Bf1 Rf7 28. Rb7 Qc1 (28... Qf5 29. a4
Be8 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 31. Bh3 $1 Qxh3 32. Bxf6 $18) 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31.
Qxf6+ $18 Kg8 32. Qe6+ Rf7 33. Qg6+ Rg7 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Ne4 Qa1 36. Qe6 h5 (
36... Rg6 37. Qf7+ Qg7 38. Qf5 Qa1 39. a4 Kg7 40. a5 $18) 37. Nf6+ Kh6 38. Ng4+
Kh7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Bad Ragaz op"]
[Site "Bad Ragaz"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. c5 $1 dxc5 (11... d5 12. Ne5 $16) 12. Ne5 Be6
$5 (12... Qb6 13. Qc2 $1 Qc7 14. Nd3 $16 {Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Dos Hermanas/
1994/}) 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd2 (17. Rd1
Kf7 $14) 17... Ne8 $1 18. Rfc1 (18. Bf4 $5) 18... Nd6 $44 19. b3 b5 20. Rab1
Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxa2 22. Be5 Rxe2 23. Rxc5 Ne4 24. Rxb5 Nd2 (24... Rxf2 $5 $132)
25. Rd1 Bxb3 $4 (25... Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Re1 Bxb3 29. Rxe5
Kf7 $10) 26. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M/Winants"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 h6 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 e4 14. Rac1 (14. Be1
Ng4 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Ba5 c6) 14... Qe8 15. c6 (15. Nb5
Nxd5) 15... b6 (15... bxc6 16. dxc6 Qh5 (16... Qxc6 17. Nxe4) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 (
17... Qxe2 18. Nxc7 Ng4 19. Be1) 18. Qxd5 Qxe2 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3) 16. Nb5
Qd8 17. Bb4 Ne8 (17... a6 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. d6 exd6 20. Bxd6 Qf7 21. Bxf8 Qxf8
22. Qxb6) 18. Bc3 Nd6 (18... Nf6 19. Be5) 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nd4 Rf6 21. f3 e5
(21... exf3 22. exf3) 22. dxe6 Qe7 (22... Qe8 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Bh3 Qh5 25. g4
Qh4 26. Nf5+) 23. fxe4 Bxe6 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 (24... Rxe6 25. exf5 Rxe2 26. Qc3+
Qf6 (26... Kh7 27. f6) 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxd6+ cxd6 29. c7) 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26.
exf5 Re7 (26... Nxf5 27. Rd7+ Re7 28. g4) (26... Rxe2 27. Rxd6 cxd6 28. c7) 27.
g4 Rae8 28. Bf3 Kf6 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Rcd2 Re5 31. Rd3 a5 32. Kf2 Rc5 33. Ke1 Re5
34. R1d2 Rc5 35. Kd1 h5 36. h3 h4 37. a3 Re5 38. Kc1 Rc5+ 39. Rc2 Rxc2+ 40.
Kxc2 Re8 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Ke5 43. Rd5+ Kf6 (43... Kf4 44. Kd2 Kg3 45. f6)
44. Kc3 Rd8 45. Kd3 Re8 46. Rxd6+ cxd6 47. Kd4 (47. Kc4 Ke5 48. Kb5 d5 49. Kxb6
Kd6) 47... Ke7 (47... Ra8 48. Kd5 Ke7 49. f6+ Kxf6 50. c7 Ke7 51. Kc6) 48. Bd5
Kd8 49. Be6 Kc7 50. Kd5 Rf8 51. b5 Ra8 52. f6 Ra4 53. f7 (53. f7 Rf4 54. Bf5)
1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9798 8th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Meulders Tyomkin,D} f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4
d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Qb3 {Ulf Andersson is first of all a strong
practical player and the textmove is a practical move. The main idea is to
avoid the type of position that black wanted to get after the theoretical
continuation: Meulders: Wenig erforscht aber trotzdem die wichtigste
Initiative zu 9.Nxe5. Laut der Theorie sollte dieser Zug Schwarz wenig
Schwierigkeiten bereiten.} (9. Nxe5 dxe5) 9... Nxf3+ {Meulders: Alternativen
gibt es viele: 9....Ned7; 9....Nf7; 9...Nh5; 9...Kh8.} 10. Bxf3 (10. exf3 {
Tyomkin,D} e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qxb7 (12. f4 Qd7 13. Nd5 $2 (13. Qxb7) 13... c6
14. Ne3 (14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rd1 Qf7 16. Qc2 d5 $15
{Zair,A-Santo Roman,M/Manila olm 1992/0-1(36)}) 12... Bxc4 13. Rd1 Qd7 14. f4
a5 15. b3 (15. Qxa8 $2 Rxa8 16. Bxa8 c6 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Rd7c8]}) 15... Ba6 (
15... Rab8 16. Qa7 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 (17... Bxa1 $2 18. Ng5 Bf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7
20. Ba3 Bf6 21. Rxd6 Qe7 22. Rxf6+ $1 Qxf6 23. Qxc7+ Kg8 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Qc1 {
[%cal Ra3b2]} Rbc8 26. Qd2 $18 {Anic,D-Santo Roman,M/Montpellier 1991/1-0(32)})
18. bxc4 Bxa1 19. Bxe4 (19. Qxa5 Qc6) 19... Bc3) 16. Qf3 Ne4 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18.
Rac1 Rab8 (18... Qf7 $5 19. Rc2 Bb7 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. bxc4 Bxg2 23.
Kxg2 Rab8 $15 {Anic,D-Coupet,P/FRA-chT 1996/1-0(49)}) 19. Rc2 Qf7 20. Na4 Bxb2
{1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Santo Roman,M/Nice 1994}) 10... Nd7 (10... e5 $5 {Tyomkin,D}
11. dxe6 c6 12. Bf4 $13 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) (10... a6 {Meulders} 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. a4
e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 {Meulders: ist eine mehr umständliche Art um ...e5 durch zu
setzen. Nach} 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 c6 16. a5 Qd7 17. Qb4 Qf7 (17... Rbd8) 18. Bf4
$1 Ne8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 Rd8 21. e4 Bd4 22. Qa3 g5 23. Be3 f4 24. Bxd4 f3 $6
(24... Rxd4 $11) 25. Bc5 $1 fxg2 26. Rfd1 Nf6 {hatte Schwarz sich ein wenig
vergallopiert} 27. Bxf8 {1-0 Guevara i Pijoan,J-Larsen,B/Mondariz op 1996/EXT
97 (35)}) 11. Bg2 (11. Qc2 {Tyomkin,D Meulders} Ne5 12. Bg2 Nxc4 13. Nb5 a6 14.
Qxc4 axb5 15. Qxb5 Qd7 (15... b6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Qd3 Qe8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Qxe4
Qf7 20. f4 Bf6 $11) 16. Qc4 Ra5 17. b4 Bxa1 (17... Ra8 $6 {Estremera Panos,
S-De la Villa Garcia,J/Leon 1997/1-0(45)}) 18. Bh6 (18. bxa5 Bg7 $11) 18...
Rxa2 19. Bxf8 Ra4 20. Bh6 b5 $17) (11. Be3 $5 {Meulders} h6 (11... Kh8 12. Rad1
a6 13. Bg2 Qe8 14. Bd4 Ne5 15. e3 b6 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rde1 Nf6 19.
Qc2 Rb8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qxe7+ Qxe7 24. Rxe7+ Rf7 25.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rc1 a5 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Kf6 30. Kd2 Bb1 31. a3
Bf5 32. Ke3 h5 33. Bf1 Bc8 34. h3 Bf5 35. Kf3 Bd7 36. Kg2 {Vasilchenko,
O-Plesek,J/Pardubice op 1992/TD 92\11/1-0 (72)}) 12. Rac1 g5 13. c5 Ne5 14.
cxd6 cxd6 15. Nb5 f4 16. Bd4 Bf5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Ne6
Bxe6 21. dxe6 $14 {1-0 Sokalsky,A-Biolek,R/Katowice op 1993/EXT 97 (43)}) 11...
Nc5 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. b3 (14. Nd5 $6 {Tyomkin,D} c6 15. Nf4 Bf7 16.
Rb1 a5 17. b3 Qe7 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 g5 $36 {Hocevar,N-Horvath,J/Zalakaros
op 1996/0-1(45)}) 14... a5 (14... g5 $5 {Meulders}) 15. Be3 c6 {[%csl Rd6,Re6]
At first glance blacks position is quite ok. He has some P-weaknesses but not
more than is usual in this opening or the Kings-indian. However compared to
the kingsindian the P on f5 is the important difference. It weakens blacks
struckture a little bit extra and restricts the whitesquared B. In the
following part of the game it becomes clear that black can only wait. He has
no active play whatsoever. This is the kind of position Andersson plays very
patiently and very well.} (15... g5 $2 {Meulders} 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bxb7 Rb8
18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Bd5 $16) 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd4 {White exchanges blacks best
piece - Bg7. Now Pd6 will be a little bit weaker and the K-position a lot
weaker.} Rad8 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 {[%cal Yf5f4] /\f5-f4<=>} (18... Kxg7 $142 {
Tyomkin,D}) 19. e3 {Meulders: Bg7 ist getauscht und ...f4 ist verhindert. Weiß
hat ein bequemes Plus.} Qe7 (19... g5 {Meulders} 20. f4) (19... Kh8 {Meulders}
20. Rd2 Bg8 21. Rfd1 Qe5 $14 {Meulders: Schwarz hat wenigstens die schwarze
Felder ein bißchen geschützt.}) 20. Rfe1 {White achived permanent advantage
from the opening.Now white doubles rooks and queen on d-file and enters black
hardly to defence. Maybe white would like to play f2-f4 and maybe not. Anyway
it is not a position where tempi play an important role at the moment.} Bc8 21.
h3 Rf6 22. Kh2 Re8 23. Re2 h5 {[%cal Yh5h4] /\h5-h4<=>} 24. h4 Ne4 {Meulders:
Dieser Springer ist die einzige aktive schwarze Figur.} 25. Rd4 Nc5 {Black has
a chance to change knights in this position,which was some achivement for him.}
(25... Nxc3 $142 {Tyomkin,D} 26. Qxc3 Qc7 27. Rd5 $140 Re5) 26. Red2 {White is
beginning to show some interest in the d6-P. It can be protected by black, but
his pieces will have to be placed quite passively.} Rd8 27. Qd1 {Meulders: Ein
Techniker wie Andersson hat sich hier bestimmt sehr gefreut: Schwarz kann
absolut nichts tun während Weiß den Druck stets erhöht.} Kg7 28. a3 $1 {
After black has been tied down, Andersson begins to improve his position on
the queenside. The advance b3-b4 cannot be stopped, so blacks well-placed N
will be pushed back. Meulders: Der Springer muß weg.} Qe5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4
Na6 (30... Ne6 {Tyomkin,D} 31. R4d3 Nc7 32. f4 Qe6 33. e4 Qxc4 34. e5 $16) 31.
Na2 $6 {Strategically a good move. However whites position was already so good
that he had a tactical solution: Meulders: Deckung von Pb4...} (31. b5 Nb4 (
31... c5 32. bxa6 $1 $16) 32. c5 $1 Qxc5 33. Qb3 {[%csl Rb4]} Nd5 34. Rc4 (34.
Nxd5 {Tyomkin,D} cxd5 35. Rxd5 Qb6 36. Qb4 $16) 34... Qa7 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36.
Nxd5 $18) 31... Nc7 32. Nc1 $1 {Before white tries to improve his position
further with pawnbreaks he places his N on the optimal square: f4 und
Aufmarsch nach f4.} Qe7 33. Ne2 Ne8 34. Nf4 Be6 35. e4 {The best of many good
continations. It is the breakthrough white always wants to achieve playing
white against the dutch. Also strong was:} (35. b5) (35. Ra2) 35... Bf7 {
Meulders: Es drohte e5.} (35... fxe4 {Tyomkin,D} 36. Rxe4 Nc7 37. Rde2 Re8 38.
Bh3 Qf7 39. Qe1 Bxc4 40. Rxe8 (40. Re7 Bxe2 41. Rxf7+ Rxf7 42. Nxe2 Nd5 $16)
40... Bxe2 41. Rxe2 $18) 36. Re2 fxe4 37. Rdxe4 Qf8 38. Qd4 {Meulders: So ging
die Inquisition auch vor.} Kg8 39. Re7 Rb8 40. Bh3 {Meulders: Immer mit der
Ruhe.} b6 (40... b5 {Tyomkin,D} 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Bd7 {[%csl Rf6]}) 41. b5 c5
42. Qc3 Qg7 43. Nd5 {Complete domination.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qa4 b6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Nxc4 12. Ncb5 a6 13. Qxc4 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ra5
15. Nd4 Rc5 16. Qb3 Nh5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6+ d5 19. Be3 e6 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Rac1 c4 22. Qb4 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. b3 c3 25. Rfd1 Kf8 26. e3 Ke7 27. h3 Rb4
28. Bf3 Bf6 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Rd3 Kd6 31. Rdxc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 {T-T Motive:
Freibauern auf beiden Seiten. starker schwarzer d-Freibauer bei
abgeschnittenem wK. Weiße Verteidigung verbesserungsbedürftig! Später T+4B vs
D+2 Bauern mit Umgehung der weißen Position durch sK} e5 33. Kg2 (33. a3 $5 d4
$6 (33... Rb6 34. b4 Rxc6 35. Rxc6+ Kxc6 36. a4 Kb6 37. Kf1 c5 38. b5 c4 39.
Ke2 d4 40. exd4 exd4 41. Kd2 $10) 34. exd4 Rxd4 35. b4 $14) (33. Kf1 $5) 33...
d4 34. exd4 exd4 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. Kf3 Re8 37. Rc2 Kd5 38. Re2 Ra8 39. Re7 (39.
Rd2 $1) 39... Kxc6 40. Rxh7 Re8 $1 41. Rxh5 d3 42. Rh4 Kd5 43. Rh7 Kd6 44. Rh4
c5 45. Rh6+ Kc7 46. Rh7+ Kc8 47. Ra7 d2 48. Ra8+ Kd7 49. Rxe8 d1=Q+ 50. Re2
Qh1+ 51. Kf4 Qf1 52. Kf3 Qxh3 53. Re3 Qh8 54. a4 Qh1+ 55. Ke2 Qb1 56. Kf3 Qf1
57. Rc3 Kc6 58. Re3 Kd6 59. a5 (59. Rc3 Kd5 60. Re3 Kd4 {Zugzwang}) 59... Kc6
60. a6 Kb6 61. Rc3 Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qa1 63. a7 Qxa7 64. Rf3 Qa2+ 65. Kf1 Qb1+ 66.
Ke2 Kb5 67. Rd3 Kb4 68. Re3 Ka3 69. Rd3 Kb2 70. Rf3 Qc2+ 71. Ke1 Kc1 72. Kf1
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Cacho Reigadas, Sergio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Johnson,M"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Rd1 h6 12. c5 a6 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. Be1 g5 15. d6
exd6 16. cxd6 c6 17. Na4 Qf7 18. Nc5 e4 19. f3 Nd5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Be6
22. Nc5 Nf4 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. e3 $6 (24. Bc3 $1 Rad8 25. e4 $18) 24... g4 25.
Bc3 Ng5 26. Qxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rd4 h5 29. Rad1 Rd8 30. d7 Ne6 31. Re4
Nf8 (31... Nc5 32. Re5 Rfxd7 33. Rxd7+ Nxd7 34. Rxh5 Kg6 35. Ra5 $18) 32. Re5
Rdxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxh5 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Nh7 36. Re5 Kg6 37. Re4 Nf6 38. Rd4
Rb1 39. Rd2 Ne4 40. Rc2 Re1 41. Kg2 Rxe3 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Bxe2 Kg5 44. Bd3 Nd6
45. Kf2 Nf5 46. Bf1 c5 47. Ke2 Nd6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Be2 b5 50. b3 Ne8 51. a4 Nd6
52. a5 Kg5 53. Bd3 c4 54. bxc4 bxc4 55. Be2 Nb7 56. Bxc4 Nxa5 57. Bd5 Kf5 58.
Kd3 Kf6 59. Ke4 Kg6 60. Kf4 Kf6 61. Kxg4 Ke5 62. Ba2 Kf6 63. Bd5 Ke5 64. Ba2
Kf6 65. Kh5 Nc6 66. g4 Ne5 67. h3 Nf7 68. Kh4 a5 69. Kg3 a4 70. h4 a3 71. Kf4
Nh6 72. g5+ Kg6 73. Bb1+ Kg7 74. Ke5 Nf7+ 75. Kf4 Nh6 76. Ke3 Nf5+ 77. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bator, Robert"]
[Black "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 b5 15. Na2
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (15. Ba1 Qc8 16. e4 f4 17. Ne2 fxg3 18. hxg3 g5 19. f3 e5 20.
Qc3 Qd8 21. Qe3 Nh5 22. Bc3 b4 23. Bb2 Nb7 24. a4 Qf6 25. Rf2 Bh6 26. Qd3 Rf7
27. Nf1 Rbf8 28. Ne3 Qg6 29. g4 Nf4 $36 {Barcenilla,R-Akopian,V/Baguio 1987/})
15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb7 17. Bc3 Rfb8 18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19. Nc1 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Nd3 Kg8 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nf4 Qb8 24. Nd3 {[%cal Yb4c6,Yd3b4,Yf4d3]} Nb3 25.
Nxb3 Rxb3 26. Nb4 (26. Ra1 $5 $11) 26... Ba4 (26... Rxa3 $5) 27. Nc6 Qc7 28.
Rb1 Rxb1+ (28... Rxa3 $142 $5 29. Qd2 Kg7 $17) 29. Qxb1 e5 30. Qb2 Kf7 31. Nb8
a5 (31... Bb5 $5 32. cxb5 Qxb8 33. a4 axb5 34. axb5 Qb7 $15) 32. e3 h5 33. f4
e4 34. Bf1 Ke7 35. Be2 Ne8 36. Qb1 Kf8 37. Kg2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berga op"]
[Site "Berga"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7...
Qe8) 8. d5 Na5 (8... Ne5) 9. Qa4 (9. Qd3) (9. Nd2) 9... c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 (10...
Nxc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 (11... Bd7 12. c5 dxc5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Qxb7 $16) 12. Qb3) 11.
Nd4 Bd7 $5 (11... c5 12. Bxa8 cxd4 $13) 12. Rd1 $2 (12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Rc8
14. Bxd7 Qxd7 $132) (12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3) 12... c5 13. Nc6 (13. Ndb5 a6 14.
Bxa8 axb5) 13... Nxc6 (13... Bxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Bd5+ $5) 14. Bxc6 Rb8 $1 (
14... Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qb6 16. Qf3) 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Qc2 (16. Qxd7 Nxd7 {/\ Bc3,
Nb6, Ne5}) 16... Qe6 17. b3 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe4 19. Qxe4 fxe4 20. Rd2
Bd4 21. e3 Be5) 17... Ne4 18. Bb2 Bxc3 $1 19. Bxc3 f4 (19... Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxe2
21. Re1) 20. Be1 (20. f3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qxe2 23. Re1 Qxf3 24. Qxf3
Rxf3 25. Rxe7 Rxg3+ 26. Kh2 Rg5) 20... f3 21. exf3 (21. Rd3 Ng5) (21. h4 Nxg3
22. fxg3 fxe2 23. Rd2 (23. Rd3 Rf1+ 24. Kh2 Qe4 $19) 23... Qh3 24. Bf2 Rxf2 25.
Kxf2 Rf8+ 26. Kxe2 Qg2+) 21... Rxf3 22. Rd3 (22. Qe2 Rbf8 23. Rd3 Rxf2 24. Bxf2
Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Qf6+ 27. Kg2 Qxa1) 22... Ng5 $1 $40 23. h4 (23.
Rad1 Rbf8 {/\ 24...Rxd3, 25...Nf3}) 23... Nh3+ (23... Qe4 24. Rd2 (24. Rc3 $2
Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nf3+)) (23... Qf5 24. Rc3) 24. Kf1 (24. Kg2 Qe4) (24. Kh2 Nf4 25.
gxf4 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Rxd3) 24... Qe4 25. Rad1 (25. Rd2 Qg4) (25. Rc3 Rxf2+ 26.
Bxf2 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxa1 28. Rf3 (28. Be3 Qh1) (28. Be1 Ng1+) 28... Nxf2) 25...
Rxg3 $1 26. fxg3 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. d5 Ne5 9. Qb3 {Die wichtigste Initiative zu 9.Nxe5, aber eigentlich sollte
dieser Zug Schwarz wenig Schwierigkeiten bereiten.} Nxf3+ (9... Ned7 $5 10. Be3
Nc5 (10... Re8 11. Rad1 Nf8 12. Nd4 Kh8 13. Bc1 e5 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6
16. c5 c6 17. cxd6 Rxd6 18. Bf4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qe7 $11) 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Ng5
Qd6 $1 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. e4 h6 15. Nh3 a6 16. Qa3 Nxe4 $13) 10. Bxf3 (10. exf3)
10... Nd7 (10... e5 11. dxe6 c6 {/\Qe7-Be6=}) 11. Qc2 Ne5 12. Bg2 Nxc4 13. Nb5
a6 14. Qxc4 axb5 15. Qxb5 Qd7 (15... b6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Qd3 Qe8 18. e4 fxe4 19.
Qxe4 Qf7 20. f4 Bf6 $11) 16. Qc4 Ra5 17. b4 Ra8 $6 (17... Bxa1 18. Bh6 (18.
bxa5 Bg7 $11) 18... Rxa2 19. Bxf8 Ra4 20. Bh6 b5 $17) 18. Rb1 e5 19. dxe6 Qe7
20. Bg5 $1 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. b5 Bxe6 23. Bd5 Qf7 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rfc1 Re7
26. Rb2 b6 $6 {Die weiße Dame steht besser als die schwarze, also hätte
Schwarz am besten getauscht, mit einer ausgeglichenen Stellung.} (26... Qxc4
27. Rxc4 Rc8 $11) 27. e3 Ra7 $6 {Wieder zu passiv.} (27... Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Kf8
29. Rbc2 Ra7 $11) 28. Qd4 $1 Re4 29. Qd2 Rea4 30. h4 h5 31. Rc3 Re4 32. Rbc2
Re5 33. a4 $1 Kh7 34. Kh2 Qg7 35. Rc6 Re7 36. R2c4 Qa1 37. Qc2 Qg7 38. e4 Rxe4
$2 {Weil Schwarz versäumt hat die Damen zu tauschen ist Ra7 zu Passivität
verurteilt (es droht Rxc7 mit Damengewinn). Der Re7 ist daher unentbehrlich
für die Verteidigung der siebenten Reihe. Jetzt bietet Schwarz selbst deren
Tausch an, mit fast unmittelbarer Zusammenbruch.} (38... fxe4 39. Rxe4 Rf7 $11
{/+=}) 39. Rxe4 fxe4 40. Qxe4 {[#] Hecht Motive: passiver schwarzer Turm,
Bauernschwäche c7, anfällige schwarze Königsstellung.} Qf7 (40... Ra8 $5 {Hecht
} 41. Rxc7 Qxc7 42. Qxa8 Qc5 43. Kg2 d5 44. a5 $16) 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. Rc3 $1 d5
$2 43. Qe5 $18 Qd7 44. Rc6 $1 Qg7 (44... Qf7 45. Rf6 $18) (44... Kh7 {Hecht}
45. Re6 $18) 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Qb3 {The overwhelming majority of games continues with 10.Nxe5. It is
the sharpest and most-analysed variation and also the one that is most likely
to yield White an advantage.} Ned7 ({The simple and straightforward} 9... Nxf3+
{looks like a safe alternative to equalise quickly. There are few examples in
grandmaster practice, but two games are interesting here:} 10. exf3 (10. Bxf3
a6 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. a4 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 c6 16. a5 Qd7 $6 (
16... b5 $1 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb3 20. Rac1 Ne4 21. Rfd1 Rd8
22. Bf4 Rb4 23. b3 Bf7 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nc5 d5 26. Bd2 Rbb8 27. Ba5 Re8 28.
Bc3 Ra8 $11) 17. Qb4 {1-0 (36) Guevara Pijoan,J-Larsen,B (2520) Mondariz 1996})
10... e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Bf4 Qf7 16.
Bxd6 Bxc4 17. Qa3 Re8 18. Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2 (18) Relange,E (2472)-Vaisser,A (2556)
Marseille 2001}) 10. Qc2 (10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qa3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 (13.
Ng5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bd2) 13... Bh6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Rad1 Qe7
17. Ba1 Rf7 18. Qb2 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30) Olafsson,H (2460)-Miton,K (2516)
Panormo 2001}) 10... a5 {The standard move to secure the position of a knight
on c5 by preventing b4.} 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Rad1 Bd7 $6 (12... e5 $1 13. dxe6 Bxe6
14. Nd4 Bf7 (14... Bxc4 $2 15. Na4 $18) 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $11) 13. Nd4
Qe8 14. Rfe1 $146 (14. Be3 h6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Bc1 (17. b3 Kh7 18.
Bc1 e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bb2 $14) 17... Kh7 18. b3 e5 19. dxe6
Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bb2 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd4 Rce8 25. e3
Rf7 26. Rfd1 h5 27. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (27) Gavrikov,V (2580)-Avshalumov,A (2475)
Nimes 1991}) 14... Ng4 15. h3 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nfxe4 19.
Bxe4 Bxh3 $2 ({In fact one should never let such a bishop live on principle:} 
19... Nxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Bxh3 21. Rde1 Qf7 22. Rxe7 Rae8 $1 23. Rxf7 Rxe1+ 24.
Kh2 Rxf7 25. Be3 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 $11) 20. Bxg6 $16 Qd7 21. Bh5 $6 (21. b3 Rf6
22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bb2 Raf8 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Be4 c6
28. Rd3 Bg4 29. f3 Be6 30. Kg2 $16) 21... Rf6 22. Be3 Raf8 23. b3 (23. Qe2)
23... c6 (23... Bg4 $1 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 $11) 24. Be2 $14 Kh8 25. a3 cxd5 26. cxd5
Qe8 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nd7 29. f4 $16 Qf7 $2 ({More tenacious was} 29... Qg6
{but after} 30. Kh2 Bg4 31. Qxg6 Rxg6 32. Bxg4 Rxg4 33. Rc1 {White still has a
clear advantage.}) 30. Kh2 Bf5 {The only move but it costs the exchange.} 31.
Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Bg4 $18 Rh5+ 33. Bxh5 Qxh5+ 34. Kg2 Nf6 35. Rh1 $2 (35. Qd3 $18)
35... Nxd5 $1 36. Qd2 Nxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Qg6 38. Rde1 $16 e5 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Qe4
$1 Qb6 (40... Qxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Rc8 42. Rd1 $18) 41. Rhf1 Rd8 42. Rd1 Rd4 43. Rxd4
exd4 44. Rc1 Qxb4 45. Rc8+ Bf8 46. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 {(9.Qa4; 9.Nd2)} e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 (12. Rb1
$1 {wie in Bareev-Lastin.}) 12... Ne4 13. Rac1 a5 14. Rfd1 (14. a3 Nc5 15. Qc2
f4 $36) 14... a4 15. Qb1 axb3 16. axb3 Qf6 17. e3 Rae8 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Nd5 Qf7
20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qb2 Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rd4 Na6 25. Rc2 Re7
26. b4 (26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Rdxd2 Nc5 28. b4 Ne4 29. Rd4 $14) 26... Nb8 27. Rdc4
c5 $5 28. dxc6 $6 (28. bxc5 Nxc5 29. Nd4 $14) 28... d5 $1 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. c7
Nc6 $15 31. Nd2 Rc8 32. b5 Nb4 33. Rc4 Nd5 34. Rd4 Nxc7 $19 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Bc4
Kf8 37. Rd6 Rd8 (37... Ng5 38. Kg2 Nf7 39. Rb6 Ne5 40. Bd5 Rcc7 $19) 38. Nxe4
fxe4 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Bxe6 {Hecht: Demonstration der Überlegenheit des Turms.
Einfach.} Ke7 41. Bg4 Rd5 (41... Rd2 42. Kf1 Rb2 43. Be2 Kd6 $17) 42. Be2 Rd2
43. Bc4 Rb2 44. Bd5 (44. h4 Kd6 45. Kg2 Kc5 46. Bf1 Rxb5 $19) 44... Rxb5 45.
Bxe4 Rb2 46. h4 b5 47. Kf1 b4 48. Ke1 b3 49. Bd5 Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Rf1 51. Bxb3
Rxf2+ 52. Kd3 Rg2 53. h5 Rxg3 54. hxg6 h5 55. Ke4 h4 56. Kf4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 {This is one of the sharpest lines in the Dutch Leningrad. Thousands of
games have been played with this position and one can't venture into it
without having studied it at length.} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 {After 10.e4 the
most played move.} h6 $1 {Directed at a troublesome Bg5 and preparing the
advance ...g5, of course.} 11. c5 Kh8 (11... Kh7) 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 {This is
by far the most popular move now and the best way for White to continue his
development now that because of the queen on b3 a fianchetto with b3/Bb2 is
not possible. The older alternative is 13.Qc4.} e4 (13... a6 {is the most
played move. The following game by two top players illustrates how at every
move the situation may change if play is not accurate.} 14. Be1 Qe8 15. d6 exd6
16. cxd6 c6 17. Na4 e4 18. Nc5 $14 f4 $6 (18... Nd5) 19. Bc3 $18 e3 20. Bxf6
Rxf6 21. d7 exf2+ 22. Kf1 Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Re6 24. Nb6 $6 (24. Bf3 $1) 24... Re3
25. Qc4 (25. Qc2) 25... Rb8 26. Rd7 fxg3 27. hxg3 $14 Qh5 28. Kxf2 Rbe8 29. Re1
$11 Qh2 30. Qg4 R3e6 31. Rd3 $4 (31. Rf7 Kg8 $11) 31... h5 $19 32. Qxg5 Rf6+
33. Rf3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 Qxg2 36. Kd3 Qf2 37. Rh1 Qd4+ 38. Kc2 Qxb2+
39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Kd2 Qxh1 {0-1 (40) Giri,A (2690)-Aronian,L (2808) Monte Carlo
2011}) 14. Rac1 (14. Be1 Ng4 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Ba5 $16 (18.
Bc3 $16) 18... c6) 14... a6 (14... Qe8 15. c6 (15. Nb5 Nxd5) 15... b6 (15...
bxc6 16. dxc6 Qh5 (16... Qxc6 17. Nxe4) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 (17... Qxe2 18. Nxc7 Ng4
19. Be1) 18. Qxd5 Qxe2 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3) 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Bb4 Ne8 (17... a6
18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. d6 exd6 20. Bxd6 Qf7 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Qxb6) 18. Bc3 Nd6 (
18... Nf6 19. Be5) 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $11 {1-0 (53) Gurevich,M (2629)-Miton,K 
(2383) Cappelle la Grande 1999 CBM 070 [Gurevich,M/Winants]}) 15. Be1 Qe8 16.
d6 (16. Na4 Bd7 17. c6 bxc6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Qc2 Qc8 21. Bc3 e6
22. Be5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Mareco,S (2560)-Claverie,R (2423) Buenos Aires 2010})
16... c6 (16... exd6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 b5 19. e3 Qe7 20. Qa3 Bb7 21. Ne2
Nd5 22. Rd1 Qf7 23. g4 $1 $14) 17. dxe7 $2 {This only helps Black and throws
away the advantage. Now that Black has avoided the double exchange on d6 by
playing ...c6, White has a passed pawn on d6, so it's illogical to exchange it
against the mere bystander on e7.} (17. Na4 $1 exd6 18. cxd6 Nd5 19. Ba5 Rf7
20. f3 $16) 17... Qxe7 $11 18. Rd6 Ne8 19. Rcd1 $2 {There is no justification
for this 'Russian' exchange sacrifice.} (19. Rdd1 $11) 19... Nxd6 20. cxd6 Qf7
$15 {From now on it's Black who calls the shots.} 21. Qxf7 $6 (21. Qb6 {
keeping the queens on was more tenacious.}) 21... Rxf7 22. Na4 Be6 23. Ba5 g4
24. f3 gxf3 25. exf3 e3 $17 26. Kf1 f4 $1 27. Nc5 Bd5 28. d7 $2 {The final
mistake.} (28. b3 $1 Rg8 29. d7 Bf6 30. Rd3 Bd8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Bh3 b6 33.
Ne6 Rdxd7 34. Nxf4 Rd6 35. Rxe3 $17) 28... Bf8 $19 29. Bc3+ (29. d8=Q Rxd8 30.
Bxd8 Bxc5 $19) 29... Kh7 30. Ne6 Rxd7 31. Nxf4 Bc4+ 32. Ke1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Rd8+
34. Ke1 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "GRE-ch 48th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1998.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Meulders} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3
e6 {Kein Riesenzug, aber immer gut für eine kleine Überraschung.} 8. Qc2 (8. b3
Nc6 9. Bb2 (9. Ba3 $1 Ne4 10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bd7 (11... Rf7 $5 {/\e5}) 12.
Rad1 Rf7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. d5 Nd8 15. Ng5 Bh6 16. h4 e5 17. f4 $1 $14) 9... Qe7 (
9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 fxe4 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Rde1 Nd4
$11) 10. d5 Ne4 $1 11. Qc1 (11. Rc1 $2 Nb4 12. a3 Na2 $1 $17) 11... Nxc3 (11...
Nd8 12. dxe6 Nxe6 $2 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxe6 {/\Nc5,a5=}) 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. e3
g5 15. Qc2 $14) 12. Bxc3 Nd8 13. Bxg7 Qxg7 14. e4 e5 $8 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qg5
$1 (16. c5 f4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne4 Nf7 $15) 16... b6 (16... f4 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7
18. Rfc1 e4 $2 (18... Nf7) 19. Nd2 f3 20. Bf1 Re8 21. Re1 Bf5 22. Nxf3 $18) 17.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nd2 {/\f4+/-} f4 19. b4 Nf7 20. c5 Ng5 21. Rfc1 $2 (21. h4 Nh3+
22. Kh2 fxg3+ 23. fxg3 Nf2 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rac1 $14) 21... dxc5 $1 22. bxc5
Nh3+ 23. Bxh3 Bxh3 $10 24. cxb6 {1-0 Dautov,R-Zysk,R/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29/
[Dautov] (36)}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e4 Nc6 11. exf5 gxf5 (11... exf5
12. Nd5 Qf7 13. Re1 g5 14. Qd2 f4 15. Re2 g4 $19 {T: 1.22 - 0.45. 0-1 Foukakis,
T-Zysk,R/Iraklio 1994/EXT 97 (21)}) 12. d5 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. Rc1 e5 15. b4 $14
{1-0 Dorfman,J-Meulders,R/Brussels 1993/CBM 34 ext (57) פa6}) 8... Nc6 9. d5 (
9. Rd1 Qe7 (9... Bd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Qf6 $11 {T: 1.59 - 1.
49. 0-1 Lirindzakis,T-Zysk,R/Iraklio 1994/EXT 97 (37)}) 10. Rb1 (10. e4 fxe4
11. Nxe4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 dxe5 14. g4 Kh8 (14... Be6 15. h3 Rae8 16.
Be3 $14 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Zysk,R/BL9293 1993/GER-chT (24)}) 15. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Podgaets,M-Tal,M/URS 1968/URS-ch (74)}) 10... a5 (10... e5 $2 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd8 14. Be3 $16 {Filip}) 11. a3 Nd8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. Qxe4 Nf7 15. Bh3 Qf6 16. Bd2 d5 (16... e5 $5) 17. Qe2 dxc4 18. Bf4 $15 {
1-0 Tal,M-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1960/MainBase (41)}) (9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11.
Qxe4 d5 12. Qd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Be4 17.
Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 c6 {1/2-1/2 Jasnikowski,Z-Zysk,R/BL9293 1993/
GER-chT (19)}) 9... Ne5 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qd1 Qe7 12. a3 Na6 13. Nd4
Bd7 14. b4 Ng4 15. e3 Rae8 16. Ra2 Bf6 17. Rc2 Qg7 18. Ncb5 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Ba4
20. Ne6 Rxe6 21. dxe6 c6 22. Bb2 Qe7 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Rd2 d5 25. Qxa7 Bb5 26.
Rc1 Qxe6 27. Qxb7 Nb8 28. Bxf6 {1-0 Saemisch,F-Reti,R/Wien 1922/HCL (28)}) (
9... Nb4 10. Qb3 (10. Qd1 a5 11. Ng5 e5 12. e4 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6 15.
exf5 $16 {0-1 Tauber,M-Zysk,R/Munich 1993/TD (37)}) 10... Na6 11. dxe6 Nc5 12.
Qc2 Bxe6 13. b3 Kh8 $1 14. Bb2 c6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 a5 $10) 10. dxe6 Nxf3+
11. Bxf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bxe6 $14 13. Rad1 Bxc4 14. Bxd6 Rf7 15. b3 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rd7
17. Be5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Qa5 19. Bd4 Rd8 20. Na4 Bf7 21. e3 Bd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23.
Nc3 Qa5 24. b4 Qxb4 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Qb3+ Nd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SLO-chT"]
[Site "Slovenia"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jelen, Igor"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.05.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Milan Vidmar"]
[BlackTeam "Ptuj"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 $6 {I remembered from my young years that another
option is playable and up to now not very well tested:} (10... e6 11. Qb3 exd5
12. cxd5 Ne8 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Nd6 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Bd7
18. Rae1 Qf6 19. Qb4 Rf7 20. Rf3 Re8 21. Rg3+ Rg7 (21... Kh8 $5) 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8
23. Qc5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Qg7 25. Qe3 Kf8 26. Kf2 b6 27. Bf1 h5 28. Bd3 Qh6 29. Qf3
Qf6 30. Qe3 h4 {1/2 Donchenko-Mikhalchishin, Kiev 1973}) 11. Qb3 g5 12. c5 Kh8
{An extremely interesting opening tabiya. There have been many games with it
and the impression is that Black's attacking chances are higher.} 13. Rd1 {
Many other moves have been tried in this situation} Qe8 {Black has to transfer
all his power to the kingside - other ideas are not logical and have recorded
poor success rates.} (13... a6 14. d6 exd6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qb4 Qe8 17. Nd5 (
17. Qc4 Qh5 18. Qe2 f3 19. Bxf3 Ng4 20. Be3 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qh2+ 23.
Kf1 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Bh3+ 25. Ke2 g4 26. Rh1 gxf3+ 27. Kd3 Qg2 28. Rag1 Rf7 29.
Qe1 Be6 30. Nd1 d5 31. Ne3 dxe4+ 32. Kc2 Qxg1 33. Qxg1 Rc8+ 34. Kb1 Rd8 {
with very unclear play,1-0 Curi,G (2260)-Saldano Dayer,H (2325)/Buenos Aires
1995}) 17... Qh5 18. Rd3 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bh3 20. Qe1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rf6 22. Qd1 g4
23. gxf4 Qh3+ 24. Kh1 exf4 25. Bd2 Raf8 26. Bc3 Rh6 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qg1 Rg6
29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Re8 31. Rad1 Rxe4 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Rb4 34. b3 {
1/2 Bosbach,G (2265)-Stoll,F (2230)/Germany 1995: and despite Black's extra
pawn, it is very difficult to win this rook ending.}) (13... a5 14. Qa3 Qe8 15.
d6 exd6 16. cxd6 Qh5 17. dxc7 f3 18. Rd8 Rg8 19. Bf1 Bh3 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bc4
Ng4 22. Qc5 Nxh2 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Ne3 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Be3 Re8 27. Rd1 {
1-0 Vovsha,E-Miton,K (2220)/Paris 1996}) 14. Nb5 ({Some clever computer
programs recommends the immediate retreat. Our recommendation to buyers of
such engines - immediately ask the producer to return the money!!!} 14. Rf1 c6)
14... Qh5 15. f3 $2 ({The principled capture has been tried:} 15. Nxc7 Ng4 (
15... Rb8 {is not the way}) 16. h3 f3 (16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3
19. gxf4 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 g4 21. f5 Qh1+ (21... g3 22. Qf3) 22. Kf2 Qh2+ 23. Ke3)
17. Bf1 (17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bf1 Bh3 19. Qd3 Rf6 20. Bxg5 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qxg5 22.
Qh3 $18 (22. Nxa8 $2 Qh5) 22... Rg8 23. Rd3 {and White has a winning position!}
) 17... Nh2 $1 18. Ne6 $2 (18. c6 Bxh3 19. Bb5 Bc8 $1 $19) 18... Bxe6 19. dxe6
Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Qxh3+ {0-1 Frost,P-Ali,M (2041)/Mount Buller AUS 2005. Anyhow I
have the impression, that not everything is clear here.}) 15... g4 $1 ({
Of course, here Black has to attack as ordinary defence promises White better
chances:} 15... Ne8 16. g4 Qf7 17. Bd2 $14) 16. Nxc7 ({Going back is helpless
here>} 16. Rf1 $5 fxg3 17. hxg3 gxf3 18. Bxf3 Bg4 $17) 16... fxg3 17. hxg3 gxf3
18. Bxf3 Bg4 {Black has developed the most important piece and his attack is
decisive.} 19. Rf1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ng4 21. Qg2 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rf8+ {When the
last piece comes into action it is time to close the curtain.} 23. Ke1 Rf2 24.
Qxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qh2+ 26. Kf3 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 h5 28. b4 Qd1 29. Ne6 Qc2+ 30. Kf1
Qc3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group7"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1996.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Lanc, Alois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[BlackTeam "Bratislava Slovan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 {Johnson,M} f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3
Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 (10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 Nh5 12. f5 Nf4 $44)
10... h6 11. Rd1 g5 12. c5 Kh8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Na4 e4 $6 (14... Qe8 $5 15. Ba5
Bd7 16. Nc3 b6 $1 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Qxb6 e4 $1 (18... Rb8 {Johnson,M} 19. Qc5
Rxb2 20. Qa3 Rb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bb4 Rf7 23. Rac1 e4 24. Rd2 Qd7 25. Qc3 Kh7
26. Qc7 h5 27. e3 Kg6 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rc7 {Tukmakov,V-Reinderman,D/Wijk op 
(09) 1993/1-0 (75)}) 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. Qa7 h5 21. f3 h4 22. fxe4 hxg3 23. hxg3 f4
24. gxf4 gxf4 25. Rd3 Ng4 26. Nd1 Ne5 27. Bc3 Nxd3 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qd4+ Rf6
30. Qxd3 Qh5 31. Nf2 Bb5 32. Qh3 Qxh3 33. Bxh3 Rc2 34. Bg4 Bxe2 35. Bxe2 Rxe2
36. b4 f3 {0-1 Naumann,A-Mowsziszian,K/Dresden op ;EXT 95op 1995}) 15. Ba5 f4 (
15... Qd7 {Johnson,M}) 16. d6 exd6 17. cxd6 b6 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxb6 Qe5 20.
Bd4 Qf5 21. Nc5 Qg4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bxe4 fxg3 25. Bxa8 {
Ein guter Beispiel f�r den Lehrsatz "Ohne sicheres Zentrum soll man nicht
angreifen".} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Caspi, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Rd1 Kh8 {Mein Gegner hatte bereits so gespielt.
In der Vorbereitung fand ich einen Weg zum Vorteil.} 12. c5 d5 13. Bg5 {
Meistens entwickelt Weiß hier seinen Läufer nach f4, aber in Verbindung mit
dem nächsten Zug ist dies stärker.} e6 14. e4 $1 {Das gegnerische Zentrum muss
entkräftet werden.} fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bd7 ({In meiner Vorbereitung hatte ich mich
auf} 15... h6 {, konzentriert, was den Doppeltausch auf f6 erzwingt. Das ist
besser als der Textzug. Nach} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Rd2 {lässt Weiß
Re1 folgen. Schwarz bereitet seinerseits den Befreiungszug b6 vor, wonach sich
der weiße Vorteil in Grenzen hält.}) 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Qh4 $1 {So behauptet
Weiß Druck.} Qe7 18. Re1 (18. Rd2 {gefolgt von Re1 wäre natürlicher, aber nach}
Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Rf5 {ist} 20. f4 {weniger stark als in der Partiefolge. Man sehe}
Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe7 22. Re1 Re8 {, und} 23. Bxd5 {bringt nichts ein wegen} Rxg5
$1 24. fxg5 Qd6) 18... Qg7 ({Nun ist eben} 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Rf5 20. f4 (20.
Nxe6 g5) 20... Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe7 22. Rad1 Re8 23. Bxd5 {klar vorteilhaft.}) ({
Nach} 18... Rae8 19. Rad1 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rf5 {gibt es den folgenden Unterschied:
} 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bf1 $5 {mit Vorteil.}) 19. Rad1 b6 $1 ({
Ungenügende Kompensation erhält Schwarz nach} 19... Bxb2 20. Bh6 Qf6 (20... Qf7
$2 {scheitert an} 21. Ng5 $1 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 $18) 21. Bxf8 Qxh4 (21... Rxf8 22.
Ng5 $36) 22. gxh4 $1 Rxf8 23. Rb1 Bc3 24. Re3 d4 25. Rd3 $16 {Andere Züge
erlauben Weiß die ruhige Verbesserung seiner Stellung im Zentrum und am
Damenflügel.}) 20. b4 ({Jetzt aber gibt es im Fall von} 20. cxb6 axb6 21. a3
Bxb2 $5 {genug Spiel für den Nachziehenden:} 22. Bh6 Qf6 23. Bxf8 (23. Ng5 $6
Rfe8) 23... Qxh4 24. gxh4 Rxf8 25. Rd3 {Der Computer sieht Weiß im Vorteil,
aber meiner Meinung nach sollte sich Schwarz halten können.}) 20... bxc5 21.
bxc5 Rab8 22. Rb1 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Nd4 25. Rd1 $1 {Dieser
schwierige Zug ist auch der beste. Er kostete mich aber fast eine halbe Stunde,
wobei ich meinen Gegner auf der Uhr ungefähr einholte. Die Alternativen
bringen Weiß nichts ein:} (25. Nxh7 $2 Nf5 26. Qh3 Qxh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rb7
Rf7 29. c6 Be8 30. Rxf7+ Bxf7 31. c7 Nd6 $19) (25. Rb7 $6 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Qa1+ 27.
Kxe2 Qxa2+ {Während der Partie hörte ich hier auf. Die einzige Frage ist, ob
Schwarz mehr als Dauerschach hat ...}) (25. Nf7+ {ist hübsch, aber nach} Kg8 $1
$11 {unnütz!} (25... Rxf7 $2 26. Rb8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qxd4+ Qg7 29. Qb4
$1 $16) {Weiß muss nämlich Dauerschach geben, da} 26. Nd6 $6 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 (27.
Kf1 $2 Qc3 $1 $19) 27... Rxf2 $36) (25. Re1 Kg8 $1 $15) ({Nach der Partie
schlug mein Gegner} 25. Bh3 {vor. Diesen Zug verwarf ich aus prinzipiellen
Gründen. Das Feld f3 mit drohender Gabel schwächt man nur ungern. Schwarz kann
z.B.} h5 $13 ({oder} 25... Bc8 $13 {spielen.})) {Eigentlich hat Weiß am
Königsflügel seine Ressourcen erschöpft. Sein Vorteil liegt nun am Damenflügel
mit dem Freibauern. Wichtig ist dabei, die schwarzen Zentralfelder zu
kontrollieren. Den Nd4 zu verjagen, ist ein wichtiger Teil dieses Planes.}
25... Nf5 (25... Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rxf2 {sieht verdächtig aus, ist aber nicht zu
widerlegen. Ich wollte} 27. Nxh7 {ziehen,} ({obwohl} 27. Nf3 {auch verlockend
schien. Der Computer zeigt aber, dass der Rf2 nicht zu sehr in Gefahr steht.}
h6 $1 $13) {. Nach} 27... Kg8 28. Ng5 $14) 26. Qb4 h6 27. c6 $2 ({Ein
unverständliches Versehen, hatte ich ja einige Züge zuvor erkannt, dass dies
schwach ist. Weiß behält einen soliden positionellen Vorteil nach} 27. Nf3 {
Die beste Verteidigung wäre dann die schwer zu findende Rückkehr des Springers
nach c6:} Ne7 (27... Bc6 $6 28. Re1 $16) 28. Nd4 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. f4 $14)
27... hxg5 28. cxd7 Rd8 {Diesen einfachen Zug hatte ich vergessen. Zum Glück
steht Weiß nicht schlechter.} 29. Qg4 ({Der Computer zeigt immer noch einen
Weg zum weißen Vorteil:} 29. g4 Nh4 30. Qd6 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Qxd7 32. Qe5+ Qg7 33.
Qxg5 Rf8 34. Rd3 {Viel ist es nicht, aber Schwarz muss auf seine
Königsstellung aufpassen.}) 29... Qe7 30. h4 Rxd7 ({Im Falle von} 30... gxh4
31. Qxg6 hxg3 32. fxg3 Rxd7 33. Rc1 {besitzt Weiß genug Gegenspiel.}) 31. hxg5
Kg7 {Die folgende Zeitnotphase wird von Ungenauigkeiten geprägt.} 32. Qe2 Qd6
33. Qb2+ Kh7 (33... d4 34. Be4 Nxg3 35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Bg2 Qxg5 $13) 34. Bf3 (
34. Be4 Nxg3 (34... Qe7 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Qe5 $16) (34... d4 35. Kg2 $14) 35.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Bg2 Qe3+ 37. Qf2 Qxg5 38. Qe2 $14) 34... Qe7 35. Re1 (35. Qe5
Qd6 $11) 35... Qg7 $6 (35... Qxg5 36. Rxe6 Rc7 $13) 36. Qd2 $6 ({Meine erste
Absicht war} 36. Qb4 $1 {, aber nach} Qd4 {übersah ich den starken} 37. Qf8 $1
{Weiß steht besser, man sehe} Qg7 38. Qe8 Re7 39. Qc8 Rc7 40. Qb8 Rb7 41. Qf4
$16) 36... e5 $6 (36... Qd4 37. Qc2 $14) 37. Kg2 $6 (37. Bxd5 $2 {verliert nach
} Ne7 $19 ({aber nicht} 37... Nd4 $2 38. Qa5 $18)) ({Stärker war aber} 37. Bg4
Qe7 (37... e4 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Qf4 $16) (37... Nd4 38. Kg2 $16) 38. Kg2 $1 d4
(38... Kg7 $6 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. f4 $16) 39. Rh1+ Kg7 40. Bxf5 gxf5 41. g6 $1
$16 {, wonach der schwarze König ins Freie gejagt wird.}) 37... e4 38. Bg4 Qe5
39. Qb4 Kg7 40. Qb5 Re7 41. Rd1 d4 {Das Remis ist nun unausweichlich.} 42.
Qxe5+ Rxe5 43. Bxf5 gxf5 44. Rxd4 Kg6 45. Rd6+ Kxg5 46. Ra6 Re7 47. Kf1 f4 48.
gxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 {Meiner Meinung nach ist diese Variante für Schwarz
nachteilig. Denn er schwächt seine Bauernstruktur und lässt dem Anziehenden
freie Hand am Damenflügel für hypothetische Angriffschancen auf der anderen
Brettseite. Zudem ist Weiß mit seinen Handlungen viel weiter entwickelt. 8...
Na5 ist vermutlich die bessere Wahl.} Kh8 11. Qb3 h6 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd2 Qe8 ({
Vielleicht etwas genauer als} 13... g5 14. Na4 {, da die Drohung 15.Ba5
gefolgt von d6 schwer parierbar ist. Nun kann aber auf 14.Na4 der Zug 14...Bd7
kommen.}) 14. Rac1 g5 15. Na4 {Obwohl sich der Springer vom Zentrum entfernt,
soll Weiß so spielen, falls er am Damenflügel Fortschritte erzielen will.} e4 (
{Vallejo überlegte lange nach, ob er nach} 15... f4 {einen gefährlichen
Angriff einleiten könnte. Aber in Wirklichkeit gelingt es dem Anziehenden
ständig, den Ansturm zu überwinden, man sehe:} 16. Ba5 Ng4 (16... fxg3 17. hxg3
Qh5 18. f3 {und} Bh3 {scheiter an} 19. g4 $1) 17. Bxc7 $1 (17. f3 Ne3 18. Bxc7
Qh5 $40 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Yc8h3]}) (17. h3 fxg3 18. fxg3 Nf2) 17... fxg3 ({oder
} 17... Qh5 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Bxh3 (19... fxg3+ 20. Kxg3) 20. Rh1 fxg3+ 21.
Kg1) 18. fxg3 Qh5 19. h3 Nf2 20. g4 {mit Vorteil. Man merke in diesen
Varianten die wichtige defensive Rolle der Qb3 entlang der 3.Reihe}) ({Die
Alternativen} 15... Rb8 16. c6 $1 b6 17. Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e6]}) (15... Qb5 16.
Qxb5 axb5 17. Nc3 b4 18. Nb5 Rxa2 19. Nxc7 Rxb2 20. Rb1 {[%csl Rb4] sind
übrigens auch eindeutig nachteilig.}) 16. Ba5 Bd7 17. Nc3 {17.c6 ist jetzt
natürlich unmöglich, wo die Diagonale des Bg2 geschlossen wurde.} Rc8 (17...
Qc8 18. d6 $1 {[%cal Gc1c8] ist sehr unangenehm, während 17...b6 kaum
Kompensation verspricht.}) 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxc7 Rc8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Ra8
22. Qb6 Rb8 23. Qa6 Ra8 24. Qc4 {Drei verbundene Freibauern für den Läufer
sind Grund genug, um die Zugwiederholung abzulehnen.} Rxa5 25. c6 (25. b4 Ra8
26. b5 {war auch gut möglich.}) 25... Bc8 26. b4 Ra8 27. b5 Qd8 {[%csl Yb6,Yd6]
[%cal Yd8a5,Yd8d6] Der Spanier versucht, eine Bockade auf den schwarzen
Feldern zu organisieren.} 28. Qc5 Ne8 ({Der Springer kommt der Blockade zu
Hilfe, denn auf d6 wird er eine ausgezeichnete Arbeit leisten können.
Ungenügend wären die Fortsetzungen} 28... Ra5 29. Qb4 Qb6 30. Qxe7 Ng4 31. e3)
({und} 28... Qd6 29. Qxd6 exd6 30. b6) 29. b6 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 30. Rb1 Ba6 31.
a4 ({Weiß kann immer die Figur mittels} 31. b7 $6 {zurückerobern, aber mir
gefiel in diesem Fall nicht, dass mein Springer nach} Bxb7 32. cxb7 Rb8 33. Nb5
(33. Qc6 Qa5 34. e3 f4 $5) 33... Nxb7 {die Felder e6 oder c6 kaum erreichen
kann.}) 31... Qb8 32. Nb5 $2 $138 ({Ein sehr schlechter Zeitnotzug, der die
Dynamik der Freibauern sehr vermindert. Nach} 32. a5 {wäre der Sieg nur eine
Frage der Zeit, da Weiß seine Stellung mittels e3 und Bf1 einfach verstärken
kann.}) 32... Bxb5 33. axb5 {[%csl Rb6] Nun unterstützt der Rb1 nicht mehr den
Kandidaten auf b6.} Ra2 34. b7 $6 Be5 $6 ({Den Vorstoß} 34... f4 {hätte nun
geschehen können, um am Königsflügel Unruhe zu schaffen. Daher hätte Weiß
besser 34.e3 gespielt.}) 35. Rdc1 Ra4 $138 (35... Rxe2 $2 {funktionniert nicht
wegen} 36. Qb6 Ne8 37. c7 $1 {[%cal Rb6h6]}) 36. e3 Kh7 37. Bh3 $6 (37. b6 {
war nützlicher, aber ich bevorzugte neutrale Züge vor dem 40. Zug.}) 37... h5
38. Qc2 Ra5 39. Bf1 f4 40. Bg2 fxe3 $6 ({Nun geht der Bauer e4 verloren.
Besser war} 40... f3 {, obwohl Weiß nach} 41. Bf1 h4 42. Qc5 hxg3 43. fxg3 {
[%csl Ge4,Gf3] leicht bessere Aussichten behält.}) 41. fxe3 Kg7 42. Bxe4 Rxb5
$6 (42... Nxb5 $6 43. Qe2 {[%csl Rb5,Rh5] war unbefriedigend, aber während der
Partie befürchtete ich den trickreichen}) (42... h4 {[%csl Rg3,Rh2][%cal Gb8h2]
Fritz gefällt nun einfach} 43. gxh4 Rh8 44. hxg5 {, aber nach} Rxh2 45. c7 Qxb7
46. c8=Q Qxc8 47. Qxc8 Nxc8 48. Rxc8 Ra3 {[%csl Ye4,Ye5,Rg1] ist die Sache
noch unklar. Deshalb müsste sich Weiß mit 44.Bg2! Rxh4 45.h3 begnügen, was
immerhin klaren Vorteil verspricht. Auf jeden Fall sehe ich nicht, wie Schwarz
dann seinen Angriff fortsetzen kann.}) 43. Bh7 $1 Rxb1 ({Hartnäckiger war} 
43... Rf6 {[%cal Ra8h8,Rh8a8]} 44. Bd3 Rxb1 45. Rxb1 {(/\ c7)} Ne8 {, auch
wenn Weiß mit dem Mannöver} 46. Qg2 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg2e4] und Qe4
gewinnen sollte.}) 44. Rxb1 Ne8 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6 (46. c7 $1 {führte zum
sofortigen Kollaps, z.B:} Bxc7 (46... Nxc7 47. Qh6 Bg7 48. Qxh5) 47. Qh6 Rf7 (
47... Nf6 48. Bf5+) 48. Bg6+ Kg8 49. Bxf7+ Kxf7 50. Qxh5+ {, usw.}) 46... Bg7
47. Qxg5 Kxh7 48. Qxe7 {Aber Weiß gewinnt nun auch, weil der Nachziehende
seine Blockade auf den schwarzen Feldern nicht rechtzeitig aufstellen kann.}
Rf5 (48... Qe5 49. Qxe5 Bxe5 50. b8=Q Bxb8 51. Rxb8 Kg7 52. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 53. d6
$18) (48... Rf6 49. d6 Rxd6 50. c7 $18) 49. c7 $1 Nxc7 50. Qe4 Kg6 51. Rf1 Qxb7
52. Qxf5+ Kh6 53. d6 Nd5 54. Qe6+ Kh7 55. Qe4+ {[%cal Gf1d1]} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Lin, Ta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc6 $5 (10. Qc2) 10... bxc6 11. b3 (11. Rb1) 11... d5 $1 12.
Bb2 dxc4 $1 (12... d4 $2 13. Na4 $16 {/\ 14. Nf3, 14. b4}) 13. b4 $8 Nd5 $1 (
13... Rb8 $5) 14. Bxd5+ (14. Qc2 Nxb4 $17) (14. Nxd5 Bxb2 $17) 14... cxd5 $44
15. bxa5 d4 (15... Rb8 $5 16. Qc2 Qxa5 17. Rfc1 e5 $44) 16. Na4 $8 (16. Nb5 Rb8
$17) 16... Be6 (16... c3 $2 17. Nxc3 dxc3 18. Qb3+ $16) 17. Nf3 c3 18. Ba3 Bc4
19. Bb4 (19. Bc5 e5 $1 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44) 19... Re8 20. Re1 e5 21. a3 Qd5 $15 {
/\ Bb3-+} 22. Nxc3 dxc3 23. Bxc3 e4 $1 24. Qxd5+ Bxd5 25. Bxg7 (25. Nd4 Rec8
26. Bb2 Rab8 $19) 25... exf3 26. Bd4 fxe2 27. f4 Bf3 (27... Re4 {>=}) 28. Kf2
Bh5 29. Rac1 Red8 30. Rc4 $1 $138 Rd7 31. Bc3 Re8 32. Bb4 h6 $138 (32... Rd3)
33. Rc6 Kf7 34. Rec1 Rd1 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Be1 Red8 $2 (36... Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Re7)
37. Rc8 g5 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Rc5 $14 Rf8 41. a6 Rf7 42. Bd2 Kh7
43. Rb5 (43. Bxg5 $2 Rd7 {/\ Rd1-+}) 43... Kg6 44. Rb7 f4 $1 45. gxf4 gxf4 46.
Rxf7 (46. Bc3 $5) 46... Kxf7 47. Bxf4 Ke6 48. h4 (48. Bb8 Kd7 49. Bxa7 Kc7 $10)
48... Kd7 49. Bb8 Kc6 50. Bxa7 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Staniszewski, Piotr"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 {In this type of positions black is usually trying
to play against the Pc4 by Bd7, Rc8 and Na5. White may try to push c4-c5 or to
put his knight on d5.} (10... bxc6 {leads to the more complicated positions.})
11. Rd1 {[%cal Yd1d8,Gc4c5] The most logical continuation:c4-c5 is a real
threat now.} Kh8 {This move is always useful, but now black is letting white
to push c4-c5.} ({The practice shows,that other move doesn't promise equality:
} 11... Bd7 12. c5 dxc5 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Qxc5 Rc8 (14... Qe8 15. Bf4 Rc8 16.
Qe3 (16. Nb5 $5 b6 (16... Ne4 17. Qe3 e5 18. Bh6 $36) 17. Qa3 h6 18. Nc7 Qf7
19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 a5 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Brinck Claussen,
B-Kolbak,J/DEN-ch Horsens 1978}) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nh4 Bxb2 19. Rab1
e5 20. Rxb2 exf4 21. gxf4 Rc7 22. Bxe4 $16 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Horvath,T/HUN-ch 1974})
15. Qa3 (15. Bf4 $5 {Roiz,M} Qe8 16. Qe3 {-14...Qe8}) 15... Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5
17. Ne5 Be8 18. Be3 b6 19. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gofshtein,L-Santo Roman,M/
Montpellier op 2000}) (11... Qa5 12. Qb3 Qb4 (12... Kh8 13. Bd2 Qb6 (13... Qb4
14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Nd4 Na6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Be3 b6 19. Nd4 Bb7 20.
Ne6 Rfc8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Bg5 Re8 24. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Re7]
1-0 Servat,R-Casafus,R/Buenos Aires Vll Najdorf op 1995}) 14. Be3 Qxb3 15. axb3
Ng4 16. Bc1 Be6 17. Nb5 Rfc8 18. e4 Nge5 19. Nfd4 Bd7 20. exf5 gxf5 21. f4 $14
{1-0 Filippov,V-Saleh,N/Dubai op 2000}) 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Nd4 Rb8 (14... Ng4
15. Rb1 $1 Ne5 16. Bg5 $1 Kf7 17. Ncb5 {[%cal Gg2d5]} Bf6 18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Nc7
Rb8 20. a3 Nec6 21. axb4 Nxd4 22. Be3 $16 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Gurevich,M/Linares
1991}) (14... Kh8 15. b3 Ng4 16. Bb2 Ne5 (16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc2 18. Rxg4 $1
Nxa1 (18... fxg4 19. Rc1 Nd4 20. Nb5 $18) 19. Rd4 $18) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
$16 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Saleh,N/Dubai op 1999}) 15. a3 $1 (15. b3 Bd7 16. Bb2 a6 17.
Rac1 Rfc8 18. e3 Kf7 19. h3 h6 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Nce2 Ne4 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2
Savchenko,S-Rustemov,A/Minsk 1996}) 15... Na6 16. Ncb5 Ra8 $8 17. b4 Ne4 18.
Bb2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 12. c5 d5 $146 (12... Qa5 $2 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. cxd6 exd6
15. Rxd6 Nc4 16. Rd1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ng5 Nxb2 19. Bxb2 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bg7
21. Bxe4 $16 {1-0 Koniushkov,I-Annakov,B/Moscow7 1995}) 13. Bf4 (13. Qh4 $5 {
deserves attention is} e6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Rac1 $14 {and black cannot move his
central pawns.}) 13... Be6 {Black is planning to put his knight on d7 and to
push e7-e5. White must progress immediately, otherwise black will be O.K} 14.
Ne5 $6 {This natural move is a mistake from strategical point of view: White
has a space advantage, so he should leave more pieces on the board.} (14. Rac1
$142 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Ne4 (14... Bg8 15. Nd4 Qc8 (15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Qd2
e6 18. b4 $14) 16. Ndb5 $1 e5 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Bg5 $14) 15. Ng5 $1 (15. Nxe4
fxe4 16. Ng5 Qc8 $132) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bg8 17. c4 Nd4 (17... d4 18. Bxc6 $1
bxc6 19. Nf3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rd4,Re5][%cal Gf4e5,Ge2e3]}) (17... e5 18. cxd5
Nd4 (18... exf4 19. dxc6 Qxg5 20. cxb7 $18) 19. Rxd4 exd4 20. Ne6 (20. c6 $5) (
20. d6 $5) 20... Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qe7 22. Bd6 Qxe6 23. Bxb7 $36)) 14... Qc8 {
[%cal Gf6e4]} 15. Nxc6 (15. Rac1 Ne4 $1 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 $15) 15...
Qxc6 {The Qc8 is passive, so it is not bad to change it.} 16. Qxc6 bxc6 {
[%cal Gf6d7,Ge6g8,Ge7e5] White cannot prevent black playing e7-e5. His only
idea in this position is to fight for square d4 by f2-f4.} 17. Be5 {Otherwise
the Bf4 may be out of play.} Nd7 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rac1 $6 {Too slowly.
Better was to start some operations on the Q-side.} (19. b4 $142 a5 $140 $6 (
19... Bf7) 20. b5 $1 (20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Bf7 $11 {[%cal Gf8b8]}) 20... cxb5
21. c6 Rac8 22. Nxd5 $36 Rxc6 $4 23. Nf4 $18) 19... Rab8 20. b3 Bg8 21. e3 (21.
f4 e5 22. fxe5 Rfe8 {and black is not worse.}) 21... e5 22. Ne2 (22. f4 Rfe8
23. Kf2 Re7 $11 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gb8e8]} (23... Nf6 24. h3)) 22... e4 $1 {
Just in time! Black has got a nice square e5 for his knight.} 23. Nd4 Ne5 24.
f4 {Black has a lot of space on the K-side and he can start counterplay by
g6-g5 and f5-f4.} (24. Bf1 g5 25. Rb1 a5 26. a3 f4 $132 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4
fxe3 29. fxe3 Nf3+ $15) 24... exf3 25. Nxf3 Rfe8 $11 26. Nxe5 {Each side has a
weakness, and it is very hard to improve the position.} (26. Nd4 {White cannot
make any progress with the knights. For example:} Kf6 27. Rb1 a5 28. a3 Be6 29.
b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 31. Rb3 Nc4) 26... Rxe5 27. Kf2 a5 {
The only black's weakness is the Pa5. The plan of pushing a2-a3 and b3-b4 is
not so effective because there is no much material on the board. On the other
hand, black can attack the Pe3, so white cannot do much in this position.} 28.
Rd4 {[%cal Gd4a4]} Re7 29. Ke2 (29. Ra4 Ra7 $11 {[%cal Gg7f6,Gf6e5]}) 29... Rb4
30. Kd3 Be6 {[%cal Ge6c8,Gc8a6]} 31. Kc3 Bc8 $2 {A very strange decision. Now
white gets a good winning chanses.} (31... Rb5 32. Kb2 Rb4 $11) 32. Rxb4 axb4+
33. Kxb4 Rxe3 {The Pa2 is very dangerous.Black has some counterplay due to his
active rook,but white is clear better.} 34. Bf1 (34. Rc2 Kf6 35. a4 g5 $132)
34... g5 35. a4 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. a5 Re4+ 38. Kc3 $6 (38. Ka3 $142 $1 f3 (
38... Kf6 39. a6 Ke5 (39... Re7 40. Kb4 f3 41. Ka5 $18) 40. a7 Bb7 41. Ba6 Ba8
42. Rg1 $18) 39. a6 Kf6 40. a7 Bb7 41. Rc3 Rf4 42. Re3 {[%cal Ge3e8]} Kf7 43.
Kb2 $16) 38... Re3+ 39. Kb4 Re4+ 40. Kc3 (40. Ka3 $1) 40... Re3+ 41. Kc2 {
The king is too far away from the Pa6.} Kf6 42. a6 f3 43. a7 $2 {After this
move black can stop the pawn.} (43. Ra1 $142 $1 Re8 44. Kd2 Bf5 45. a7 Ra8 46.
Ke3 Be4 47. Kd4 $16 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 43... Bb7 44. Ra1 Ba8 45. Ra6 $4 {As it
usually happens, one mistake leads to another one!} (45. Bd3 $142 h6 46. Kd2
Re7 47. b4 f2 48. Rf1 Rxa7 49. Rxf2+ $14) 45... Re1 46. Bb5 (46. Rb6 Rxf1 47.
Rb8 Ra1 48. Rxa8 Kf7 $19) 46... f2 47. Rb6 Kg7 $1 (47... Ke5 $2 48. Bd3 $8 Ra1
49. Rb8 (49. Ra6 f1=Q $19) 49... Rxa7 50. Kc3 $1 Ra2 (50... d4+ 51. Kc4) 51.
Re8+ Kf4 52. Kd4 {and only white can win.}) 48. Bd3 $8 Re7 $4 {Missing a win!}
(48... f1=Q 49. Bxf1 Rxf1 50. Rb8 Rf8 51. Kd3 Kf7 52. b4 Ke7 53. Kd4 Rd8 $19 {
[%cal Ge7d7,Gd7c7]}) 49. Kd2 Rxa7 50. Ra6 $1 {Now the only possible result is
a draw.} Rf7 (50... Rxa6 51. Bxa6 Kf6 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Bd3 h6 54. b4 Bb7 55. Be2
Bc8 56. Bf1 $11) 51. Rxa8 f1=Q 52. Bxf1 Rxf1 53. Rc8 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aarhus GM"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. d5 Na5 9. Qa4 {The most principal continuation.} ({Another possibilities
are:} 9. Qd3) (9. Nd2) {The main idea of this move is to prevent c4-c5.} 9...
b6 ({The most popular here is:} 9... c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 ({or} 10... bxc6)) 10.
Qc2 c5 $146 {An interesting opening idea! After the exchange on c6 black could
put his bishop on b7.} (10... Bd7 11. b3 c5 12. dxc6 Bxc6 ({after} 12... Nxc6
13. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Rd7] White has a clear advantage-the Bd7 is not in place.})
13. Bb2 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qf7 17. e4 f4 18. f3 Nc6 19.
Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Prudnikova,S-Dworakowska,J/Bled ol (Women) 2002})
11. dxc6 ({after} 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 a6 {[%cal Gb6b5] black gets a typical
counterplay.}) 11... Nxc6 12. Ng5 $1 {White has to play very energetically to
use the weaknesses of black's position.} (12. Ne5 $6 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Bxa8
Nxc4 14. Bg2 $16) 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Nb5 Be6 $13) 12... Qd7 $8 (12... Qe8 13. Nb5
$1 {[%cal Gb5c7]} Rb8 (13... Qd7 14. Ne6 $1 Qxe6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Nxa7 $16) 14.
Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxa7 $16) 13. Nd5 $6 ({White have missed a beautiful way for
advantage:} 13. Qa4 $1 Bb7 14. Bd5+ Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Qh4 h5 17. Ne6 Rfc8
18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf4 $36 {[%csl Rg7]}) 13... Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $2 {That
natural move is a serious mistake.Black had to take under control the key
square on e6.} (14... Rxf6 $142 $1 15. b3 h6 16. Nf3 Rff8 $11) 15. Qa4 Qe8 (
15... Kh8 16. Bd5 e5 17. Rd1 Rab8 18. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17.
Ne6 {[%cal Ge6c7]} Nd4 $8 18. Qxe8 Nxe2+ 19. Kg2 Bxd5+ 20. cxd5 Rfxe8 21. Be3
$2 {A strange decision.White should take the exchange immediately,because
black couldn't get any compensation.} (21. Nc7 Rac8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Rb1 Rc8
24. Be3 $16) 21... Rac8 $2 ({Black could take a pawn:} 21... Bxb2 $1 22. Rae1
Nc3 23. Nc7 Kg8 24. Bg5 (24. Nxa8 Nxd5 $1) (24. Nxe8 Nxd5 (24... Rxe8 25. Bd4
Kf7 26. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf1f2]} Na4 27. Bxb2 Nxb2 28. Rc1 Nd3 29. Rc7 Nb4 30. Rd1
Nxa2 31. Rb1 $1 a5 32. Rxb6 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb6d6]}) 25. Nxd6 exd6 $13)
24... Rac8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxe7 Ba3 27. Re3 Bb4 28. Bxd6 Rxe3 29. Bxb4 Rd3
30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. h3) 22. Rae1 Rc2 23. Kf3 g5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 $6 ({
better was:} 24... Nd4+ 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Be5 (27... Bxb2 $5
28. Bxd6 (28. Kf4 Rd2 29. Kxf5 Rxd5+ 30. Ke6 Re5+ 31. Kxd6 Re2) 28... Rd2 29.
Bb8 a6 30. d6 Be5 31. Ke3 Rd5 32. Rc1 Bxd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34. Rc7 b5 {and black
has to hold this endgame.}) 28. Ke3 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Rc7 29. Bf8 Bxb2 30. Bxd6
Rd7 31. Rb1 Rxd6 32. Rxb2 Rxd5 33. Rc2 {and white has better chanses due to
his active king,but i believe that black can survive by direct play.}) 25. Rxe2
Rxe2 26. Kxe2 Bf6 {Hecht: '[#] The active king - mating attack' Hecht: '[#]
Der aktive König - Mattangriff'} 27. Rc1 $6 {White wants to leave the rooks on
the board,but that letting black to change his weak pawn on a5.} ({better was:
} 27. b3 $1 Rc8 28. Kd2 Bb2 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Yb2c1]} (28... Kg8 29. Rc1 Rxc1
30. Kxc1 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rf5][%cal Gd3c4,Gc1c2,Gc2d3,Gc4b5,Gb5a6]}) 29. Rb1 Ba3
30. b4 Rc4 31. Rb3 $1 Bxb4+ 32. Kd3 Re4 33. f3 Rxe6 34. dxe6 Bc5 35. Kc4 $16)
27... Bxb2 28. Rc7 a5 $6 {A loss of time time.} ({It was necessary to activate
the king: Hecht:  Hecht: Vordringlich war} 28... Kg8 {Hecht: 'was urgently
needed'} 29. Rxa7 Kf7 {Hecht: 'to be able to activate the rook.' Hecht: 'um
den Turm aktivieren zu können'} 30. a4 Kf6 31. Kd3 Rc8 {and black has chanses
of draw due to his active rook.}) 29. Rb7 a4 $2 {That is already a decisive
mistake-there was no reason to hold the bishop on b2.} (29... Kg8 $142 30. Rxb6
Bf6 31. Ra6 Bc3 32. Kd3 Be1 $16) 30. Rxb6 a3 31. Kf3 $1 $18 {That is the
point! Now black has no time to defend on f5.} h6 (31... Bc1 {Hecht: 'was the
only chance of putting up some resistance.' Hecht: 'war der wohl einzige
Versuch, Widerstand zu leisten. '} 32. Rc6 Bd2 33. Rc2 Bh6 34. Rc3 Ra8 35. Rc7
Re8 (35... Rb8 36. Rxe7 Kg8 37. Nd4 Rb2 38. Nxf5 Bf8 39. Re2 $18) 36. Nd4 $18 {
[%csl Ra3,Re7,Rf5]}) 32. Kf4 Kg8 33. Kxf5 Kf7 34. f4 {Black is not able to
create any visible counterplay,so the rest is simple. Hecht: 'Black is
practically hobbled.' Hecht: 'Schwarz ist praktisch gelähmt'} Rh8 (34... Rc8 {
Hecht} 35. g4 Rc2 36. Rb8 Bg7 37. g5 hxg5 (37... Rg2 38. g6+ Rxg6 39. Nd8+ $18)
38. Nxg5#) 35. Rb5 {Hecht: 'Better was g4' Hecht: 'Naheliegender war g4'} h5
36. h3 Rc8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bg7 39. g5 Kg8 {Hecht: 'Now voluntarily
abandons the g6 square, on which the white king will will be more powerful
than a pawn.' Hecht: 'Gibt auch noch freiwillig das Feld g6 auf, auf dem der
weiße König gewaltiger thront als ein Bauer. '} (39... Bb2 40. Rb7 Ba1 41. g6+
Ke8 42. Ng5 $18 {[%cal Gf5e6]}) 40. Kg6 Bf8 41. f5 Ra8 42. Rb7 Rc8 43. Ra7 (43.
Nxf8 {Hecht} Kxf8 44. f6 exf6 45. gxf6 Kg8 46. Rh7 $18 {There is time to take
the a3-pawn. There is no danger of stalemate since h8 is available. was
freilich nicht davonläuft. Man kann auch noch den Ba3 einsacken. Pattgefahr
besteht nicht, da das Feld h8 frei ist.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Lanchava, Tea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 {
That continuation is quite a rare guest in the modern practice and leads to a
very complicated strategical battle.} 8. d5 Na5 9. Qa4 c5 {The main
continuation. Like in the Yugoslavian variation of the King's Indian, it's not
easy to exploit the vulnerablity of Na5, so the exchange on c6 is practically
forced here.} ({The alternative is:} 9... b6 10. Qc2 $14 {which promises white
better chances.}) 10. dxc6 Nxc6 {The most solid choice.} ({after} 10... bxc6 {
white usually puts a strong presure on black's pawn structure by:} 11. c5 $1 {
-see Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/ Dos Hermanas 1994 [Dautov]}) 11. Rd1 Kh8 {That
continuation has gained some popularity due to Mateusz Bartel, who used to
play it in a several games. Black is not hurrying with a development of his
Bc8, as sometimes it can be placed well either on d7 or e6. At the same time,
11...Kg8-h8 is a good profilactic move.} ({The paractice shows,that white has
a somewhat better chances after:} 11... Qa5 12. Qb3 $14) ({or} 11... Bd7 12. c5
$14) 12. c5 {That is the most principal continuation-white forces black to
advance his Pd6, weakening the dark squares. At the same time, white doesn't
get a full control over the center, while black can fight for a central spot
''e5'' by playing Nf6-e4 in future.} ({White could gain a pleasant edge after
a quiet:} 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b3 $14) 12... d5 13. Bf4 (13. Qh4 $5 e6 14. Bg5 Qa5
15. Rac1 $14) 13... Be6 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Nxc6 (15. Rac1 $6 Ne4 $1 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Nxe4 fxe4 $15) 15... Qxc6 16. Qa3 {In my opininon, it was better to
exchange the queens, as now the Qa3 is quite passive.} ({You can see my
comments to:} 16. Qxc6 {-in 1/2-1/2 Staniszewski,P-Bartel,M/Warsaw 2003/CBM 95/
[Roiz,M] (53)}) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 $6 $146 {An unsuccessful novelty. There was
nothing bad with an exchange on c3, as in that case white could set-up a solid
blockade. At the same time, now the Bg2 will be closed, and black gets a clear
advantage.} ({Better was:} 17. Be3 Bf7 ({worse is:} 17... Nxc3 $6 18. bxc3 Bf7
19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. f4 $14 {[%csl Rf7]}) 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. f3 exf3 20. exf3 e5
21. f4 e4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M-Bartel,M/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96 (32)}) 17... fxe4
18. Rac1 Bg8 {Now black's bishops are much stronger than their opponents! More
than that, the central pawns are very mobile and may become very dangerous.}
19. Rc2 d4 $1 {Cutting white's queen from the centre. White's pieces are not
coordinated, and that makes her position very dangerous.} ({Less energetical
would be:} 19... e5 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Qe3 $15) 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. c6 Qf5 $2 {
An unbelievable mistake which turns up the valuation! There was no reason to
let white create a dangerous passed pawn on the qside!} ({After the natural} 
21... bxc6 22. Bxe7 (22. Qxe7 Qf5 23. Bf4 Bd5 $17) 22... Rf7 23. Bc5 Qf5 $36)
22. cxb7 Rab8 23. Bxe7 Qxf2+ $4 {An unbelievable mistake,which turns up the
valuation! There was no reason to let white create a dangerous passed pawn on
the qside!} ({The only way was:} 23... Rf7 24. Qxa7 Be5 25. Bc5 (25. Qc5 $6
Rxb7 26. Bd8 Rbd7 $36) 25... Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rfxb7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4+ Qxd4
29. Rxd4 Rxb2 30. Bxe4 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Bxa2 $16 {At the same time, i can hardly
recommend something better:}) 24. Kh1 $18 {Now the game is over! Black cannot
avoid an additional loss of material.} d3 {That loses immediately.} ({At the
same time, i can hardly recommend something better:} 24... Rf7 25. Qxa7 Be5 26.
Qc5 $18 {[%csl Gb7,Re5,Rf2]}) ({or} 24... Rfe8 25. Qxa7 Qf7 (25... Bd5 26. Qxb8
Rxb8 27. Rc8+ $18) 26. Rc7 $18 {and the Pb7 should decide the game very soon.})
25. Bxf8 Rxf8 (25... dxc2 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qc3+ $18) 26. Rcc1 dxe2 27. Re1 e3
(27... Rb8 28. Bxe4 $18) (27... Bd5 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. b8=Q $18)
28. Qd6 Bxb2 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 (9. Qa4 {is more popular nowdays.}) 9... c5 {This pawn structure is
typical.The only difference between this line and ''Yugo'' variation in E66 is
that the pawn is on f5.Usually,white can use the weakness on e6.On the other
hand,It is not so easy to push the standard e2-e4.} ({9...e5 leads to slighty
better positions for white:} 9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Rb1 (12. Bb2
Ne4 13. Rac1 a5 14. Rfd1 a4 15. Qb1 axb3 16. axb3 Qf6 17. e3 Rae8 18. Rc2 Qe7
19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qb2 Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rd4 Na6
25. Rc2 Re7 26. b4 $14 {0-1 Sakaev,K-Lastin,A/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista 1997[Meulders]
}) 12... Ng4 13. Qd2 h6 14. e3 Qd7 15. Ne2 Bf7 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. Rbd1 $14 {
1-0 Bareev,E-Lastin,A/RUS-ch m1-2 Elista 1997[Tyomkin,D]}) 10. Nd2 ({The
alternatives are:} 10. Rb1 Ne4 $1 (10... a6 $6 11. b4 Ne4 12. Na4 cxb4 13. Be3
Nxc4 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qxb4 bxa4 16. Nd4 $16) 11. Ng5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qe8 13. Rb5
b6 14. e4 a6 15. Rxb6 Qa4 16. Ne6 Nxc4 17. Rb3 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ne5 19. Qb1 fxe4
20. Bxe4 Rad8 $132 {0-1 Fauland,A-Tseitlin,Mihail S/Elekes mem Budapest 1990})
(10. Bd2 a6 11. Rac1 (11. Ng5 $5 Rb8 12. b3 Qe8 13. Rab1 b5 14. e3 Nd7 15. Ne2
Ne5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Nb7 19. Bc3 $36 {1-0 Vaulin,A-Diu,V/
RUS-ch 54th Elista 2001}) 11... Rb8 12. b3 b5 (12... Bd7) 13. cxb5 (13. Nd1 Ne4
14. Be1 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Ne3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Flear,G-Santo
Roman,M/Montpellier op 1999}) 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Rb1 Qb6
17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Rfc8 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,A-Beim,V/
Groningen op 1990}) (10. Ng5 {This move is the most principle.} a6 (10... Rb8
11. e4 a6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Ng4 15. f4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Qe2 $14 {1-0 Gurieli,N-Kholmov,R/Moscow 1992}) (10... Ng4 11. f4 a6 12. h3 Nh6
(12... Nf6) 13. b3 (13. e4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 $44)
13... b5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 b4 $6 (17... Qe8 $142
18. Nd5 Kh8) 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Bf2 Nc6 20. e4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Mitenkov,A-Rustemov,A/
Moscow-ch op 1995[Shipov]}) 11. e4 (11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. b3 b5) 11...
fxe4 (11... b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba6 16. a4
$14) 12. Ncxe4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Rb8 17. f4
$36 {1-0 Stanec,N-Neulinger,M/Oberwart op 1992}) (10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Nd2
{-10.Nd2} (12. Rab1 Bd7 13. Ba1 b5)) 10... a6 (10... e5 $5 11. dxe6 (11. e4 f4
12. a3 b6 13. b4 Nb7 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 11... Bxe6 12. Nd5 (12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 Nb4
14. Qf3 Rf7 15. Rfd1 Ng4 $132 {0-1 Fish,G-Annakov,B/Wch U20 Buenos Aires 1992})
12... Nc6 13. Rd1 Ne5 14. Qc2 (14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qc2 Qe7) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5
Bd7 $11) 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 Bd7 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb7b5] Black is ready to
start his counterplay by b7-b5.The drawback of his position is Na5.Oftenly,in
this type of positions,black tries to prepare e7-e6 or e7-e5:after dxe6 Na5
has good perspectives on c6.It is clear,that black would prefer his pawn on f7.
} 13. Nd1 (13. a3 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg4e5]} 14. Qc2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16.
b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rychagov,A-Rustemov,A/
Moscow-ch op 1995}) 13... b5 14. Bc3 {[%cal Yc3a5] The knight is under control!
} Qc7 (14... e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Ne3 $14) 15. f4 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gd1f2,Ge2e4]
Siezing more space,taking the-''e5'' square under control and preparing e2-e4.}
(15. Ne3 Nb7 {[%cal Gb7d8,Gd8f7]}) 15... e6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] After this
strong move i don't see how white can get advantage.} (15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb7
17. Ne3 (17. Nf2 $5 Rfb8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nfxe4 Bf5 20. Rae1 $14) 17... Rfb8 18.
Rfb1 Ne8 19. h3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nf6 21. Kf2 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxb1 23. Nxb1 Qb6 24.
Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Van Mil/Capelle op Capelle la Grande 1998}) 16.
Ne3 Rfe8 (16... Rbe8 $5) 17. g4 $6 (17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Rad1 (18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
cxd5 c4 $1 20. bxc4 Qc5+ $1 (20... bxc4 21. Nxc4) 21. Rf2 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc3
23. Qxc3 Nxc4 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Rc1 Ne3 $11) 18... Kh8 $132) (17. Rae1 e5 $1
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 $140 $6 Qb6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 $15) 17... b4 $1 {
Maybe this strong move was overrlooked by white. Now he has to change his
strong bishop.} (17... Nxg4 18. Nxg4 fxg4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. f5 $1
Rf6 22. fxg6 Rxg6 23. Qc3+ $18) (17... fxg4 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. f5 Bf7 (19...
gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Re6 22. Bd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxc3 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25.
Raf1 $18) 20. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Nxg4 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Kf8 23. Rf1 {with decisive
attack.}) 18. Bxf6 (18. Bb2 $2 Nxg4 19. Bxg7 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Kxg7 $19) 18... Bxf6
19. dxe6 (19. Rad1 Bd4 (19... e5 20. gxf5 exf4 21. Rxf4 Bg5 22. Re4) 20. Kh1 e5
$1 21. gxf5 (21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Nc2 Bc3 $15) 21... exf4 22. Ng4 Kh8 $1 23. Rxf4
Bxf5 $15) 19... Bxe6 (19... Bd4 $2 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kh1 $16) 20. gxf5 $2 {
The sucrifice is not correct.} (20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Rae1 Bd4+ (22...
fxg4 23. Ne4) 23. Kh1 fxg4 24. Ne4 Nb7 25. e3 Bg7 26. Ng5 $44 Nd8 27. Rg1 {
[%cal Gg2e4]}) 20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxa1 22. Qd5+ (22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Rxa1 Kxh6) (
22. Rxa1 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Qg7) 22... Kf8 $4 {Only one mistake can change the
result of the game!} (22... Kh8 23. Nxd6 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rxe2 25. N2e4 (25. Nf3
Bf6 26. Ne5 Rf8) 25... Qe7 $17 {In this position white has some compensation
due to the bad position of Na5,but i think that black must be better here.})
23. Rxa1 gxf5 24. Qxf5+ Qf7 (24... Kg8 25. Ne4) 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bd5+ {
[%csl Ra5,Gd5] The main white's advantage in this position is difference
between Bd5 and Na5!} (26. Kf2 Rbc8 27. Bd5+ Ke7 28. Rg1 $18) 26... Ke7 27. Kf2
{Black has nothing to do-his Na5 is out of play and white has full domination.}
(27. a3 Kd7 (27... Rb6 28. axb4 Nc6 $14) 28. Kf2 Nc6 29. Bxc6+ Kxc6 30. axb4
Rxb4 31. Rxa6+ Rb6 32. Ra7 Rb7 $14) 27... Kd7 28. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6]} (28. Rg1
$6 Re7 29. Ne4 Rf8) 28... Rf8 29. Rg1 $1 (29. e3 Rbe8 30. Rg1 Re7) 29... Rbe8 (
29... Rxf4+ 30. Ke3 Rh4 (30... Rxe4+ 31. Kxe4 Re8+ 32. Kd3 Re7 33. Rg8 Nc6 34.
Ra8 $16) 31. Rg7+ Kd8 32. Nxd6 Rh3+ 33. Kd2 Rb6 (33... Rxh2 $4 34. Be6 $18 {
[%cal Gg7d7]}) 34. Ne4 Rxh2 35. Nxc5 $16) 30. e3 Re7 31. Rg5 Nc6 32. Ng3 $16 {
[%cal Gg3f5] Black's main problem is that his knight cannot be improved and
his rooks are very passive.} h6 33. Bxc6+ $1 (33. Rg6 $4 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rg6]}
34. Rxh6 Ng4+) 33... Kxc6 34. Rg6 {Strange enouth, that black resigned in this
position because he has some practice chanses to survive.} ({For example:} 34.
Rg6 Rfe8 35. Nf5 Re6 36. Rxh6 Rxh6 37. Nxh6 Kd7 $16 {[%cal Gd7e6,Ga6a5,Ga5a4]})
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 96]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3
Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 {That sharp variation is not very popular nowdays
on the top level.} 10. Bg5 $5 {Quite a rare continuation-white accepts an
exchange of his dark-squared bishop in order to decrease black's attacking
possibilities on the kside.} (10. a4 h6 11. a5 a6 12. c5 g5 13. c6 bxc6 14.
dxc6 Be6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Be3 e4 17. Bc5 Rd2 18. b4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 e6 22. f3 Bxc6 23. fxe4 fxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Miton,K/
Athens 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) (10. Qb3 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gc4c5] is considered as the
most dangerous plan of white} h6 11. Rd1 Kh8 12. c5 g5 13. Bd2 a6 (13... f4 14.
Be1 Bf5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Qa3 Rb8 18. d6 $16 {Ibragimov-Glek/URS/
1991}) 14. Na4 (14. Rac1 Rb8 15. Na4 Qe8 16. Bb4 a5 17. Bxa5 Ra8 18. Qb4 f4 19.
d6 fxg3 20. fxg3 Ng4 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. c6 Qe8 23. cxb7 Bxb7 24. Qxg4 Rxa5 25.
Bxb7 Rxa4 26. Qd7 $16 {1-0 Popov,V-Polivanov,A/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (38)
}) 14... f4 (14... Qe8 15. Ba5 Bd7 16. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Aseev,K-Popov,V/St
Petersburg 1994/CBM 41/[Dautov] (40)}) 15. Ba5 e4 16. d6 exd6 17. cxd6 e3 (
17... b6 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxb6 Qe5 20. Bd4 Qf5 21. Nc5 Qg4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bxe4 fxg3 25. Bxa8 {. 1-0 Ilincic,Z-Lanc,A/Bratislava 1996/CBM
55/[Mowsziszian] (25)}) 18. f3 b6 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. Bxb6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,
Y-Potapov,A/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (79)}) 10... e4 $146 {That allows white
to take control on diagonal c1-h6.} (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 f4 13. Qe2
Bg7 (13... h5 $5 {[%cal Gc8g4,Gh5h4]}) 14. c5 a6 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Rd3 g5 17.
Bf3 Qd7 18. c6 Qd6 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Bg4 $16 {1-0 Bagaturov,G-Novikov,Y/
Pardubice 1995/EXT 97 (44)}) (10... Ne8 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Be3 b6 14.
c5 exd5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. f3 Ba6 18. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Lobejko,
R-Grabarczyk,B/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (42)}) 11. Qd2 {[%csl Gg5,Rh6][%cal
Yd2h6] Now h7-h6 is not actual anymore,so black cannot develop his initiative
on the kside.} e6 12. Rad1 ({Deserves attention also} 12. Rac1 $5 exd5 13. cxd5
Bd7 14. Rfd1 $14 Qe7 $140 $6 15. Bf4 $1) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 {White prefers to
keep a space advantage,intending to exchange black's strong Pe4 by f2-f3.} ({
Another opportunity of getting a minimal advantage was:} 13. Nxd5 $5 Be6 14.
Qa5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc8 (15... Qe7 16. Rfd1 $36 {[%cal Gd5d7]}) 16. Rd2 Rd8 17.
Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 $14 {and white's heavy pieces are very active.}) 13... Bd7
14. f3 {That is the only way to activate the Bg2.} exf3 15. exf3 $6 {In my
opinion,this move cannot cause black serious problems,as Bg2 is still out of
play.} ({More pretentious was:} 15. Bxf3 Kh8 (15... Qe7 16. d6 cxd6 17. Qxd6
Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rab8 21. b3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.
Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 $14) 16. Qf4 $1 Rc8 17. Qb4 $14) 15... Qe7 $2 {Missing a
good opportunity of equalizing.} (15... Re8 $142 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qf8
18. Bf4 Re8 $11) 16. Rfe1 {The point is that now black has to waste much time,
removing his queen,while white will improve his position by useful moves.} Qc5+
(16... Qd6 17. Bf4 Qb6+ 18. Qe3 $14) 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Qf2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Ge3c5] Taking control on another important diagonal. It's clear that black
should put on d6 another piece,as Qd6 is the worst one!} (18. Bf4 $5 Qc5+ 19.
Qe3 {-16...Qd6.}) 18... Rfc8 {That move looks ugly,as the difference between
white's and black's rooks is obvious.} ({Maybe more accurate was} 18... Rfe8
19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 cxb6 22. Kf2 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 19. Bc5 $1 {
White prefers to keep the queens on the board,trying to take advantage of
vulnerablity of Qd6.} ({Another possibility was:} 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
Be5 b5 22. a3 c6 $14 {with a slight but stable advantage in the endgame.})
19... Qa6 20. Bf1 {The bishop has nothing to do on the long diagonal,as f3-f4
is problematic while black's knight is on f6. Now the Qa6 is in great danger.}
(20. a4 $5 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gg2f1]} b6 21. Be7 $36) 20... Qa5 21. a4 {A strong
move,which wasn't connected with a right idea!} ({After the energetical} 21. b4
Qa3 22. Rd3 $1 b6 23. Be7 {[%csl Ra3]} Ne8 24. Nb5 Qa6 25. Nd4 $16 {[%cal
Gd4e6] white could reach a significant advantage,as all heavy pieces of black
are out of play,while his kside is quite compromised.}) 21... Bf8 22. Bd4 $1 {
[%csl Gd4] Alexander is playing very strong until this moment. Now it's not
easy to give black a good advice.} (22. b4 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qb6 24. a5 Qd6 $14)
22... Ne8 {Black must prevent the penetration of white's rook.} ({Wrong was:} 
22... Bg7 $2 23. Re7 $1 Re8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxd7 Bxc3 26. d6 $1 Qxa4 27. dxc7
Bg7 28. Qc5 $18) 23. Qe3 $6 {That is a first miss of Alexander.} ({White has
missed a beautiful winning opportunity:} 23. d6 $1 {freeing a way to black's
king.} Bxd6 (23... cxd6 24. b4 $1 Qxb4 25. Qa2+ $18) (23... Nxd6 24. b4 $1 $18)
(23... Qb4 24. Bc5 Qb3 25. dxc7 Rxc7 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Qd4 Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6
29. Nd5 $18) (23... Ng7 24. b4 $1 Qxb4 25. Qa2+ Kh8 26. Qf7 $18 {[%cal Ge1e7]})
24. Bc4+ Kf8 {[%tqu "En","How white can develop his attack?","","","c3e4","",
10]} 25. Ne4 $1 {After that strong move all white's pieces take part in attack!
} Qb4 (25... fxe4 26. fxe4+ Bf5 27. exf5 g5 28. Qe3 $18) (25... f4 26. Bc3 $1
Qb6 27. Ng5 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $18) 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Qe3 Qxc4 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29.
Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Re1+ $18) 23... Nd6 24.
Qe5 Nf7 25. Qf6 Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4d6] The only defece against 26.d6-black must
prevent the activization of Bf1.} (25... Re8 26. d6 $18 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) 26. b3
$2 {[%cal Gf1c4] As it usually happens,one mistake can lead to another one.
That move is too slowly and allows black to consolidate his position by
ellegant defensive resourse.} ({Besides,white had 2 nice possibilities:} 26. d6
Qxd6 27. Nd5 $3 Qxd5 $8 28. Re7 $3 {[%cal Ge7f7] (it's important to prevent 28.
..Qd6.At the same time,29.Rxf7 is an unavoidable threat!)} c5 (28... Qxd4+ 29.
Rxd4 Bxe7 30. Qxe7 Re8 31. Qxd7 $1 Red8 32. Bc4 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Rf8 34. Rxc7 $18)
29. Bc3 Rc6 30. Rxd5 Rxf6 31. Rexd7 Re6 32. Rxb7 $18) ({Even more convincing
is:} 26. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Re8 (26... Qd6 27. Re6 Qb4 28. b3 $18) 27. b3
Qd6 28. Re6 $18) 26... c5 $3 {Mihail Kobalija finds an excellent defensive
move! Now black's passive Rc8 is going to take part in this game again!} 27.
dxc6 (27. Re7 Qxd4+ (27... Be8 $5 28. Rxf7 cxd4 29. Na2 Qd6 (29... Qa3 $2 30.
Rxb7 Qxa2 31. Re1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rxg6+ Qxf6 32. Rxf6
Bg7 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Gd4]}) 28. Rxd4 Bxe7 29. Qxe7 cxd4 30. Nd1 (30. Ne2 d3 $1
31. Nd4 Rc1) 30... Rc1 $1 31. Qxd7 Rxd1 32. Qxb7 Re8 $132) 27... Rxc6 28. Nd5
$8 Rxf6 29. Nxb4 ({Nothing promised} 29. Nxf6+ Kh8 30. Nd5+ Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Bc5
$11) 29... Rd6 {An accurate play is deserved from black in this endgame,as
white's pieces are very active.} 30. Bc3 {White avoids an unnecessary
simplifications.} (30. Bc4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc5 32. Nc2 Kf8 33. Kg2 Bxd4 34. Nxd4
Re8 $11) 30... Rxd1 $1 ({After} 30... Re8 31. Bc4 {the pin can be very
unpleasant.}) 31. Rxd1 Bxb4 $6 {That exchange wasn't necessary at all.} ({
After the natural} 31... Be6 32. Nd5 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. f4 (34. Nc7 $2 Bxb3
$17) 34... Rd8 35. Bg2 a5 $1 $11 {the game should ended into a draw very soon.}
) 32. Bxb4 Be6 33. Rd3 $14 {Now white has a small but stable advantage due to
power of his bishops.} Rd8 ({I would prefer:} 33... Rc8 34. Re3 Bd5 35. Be2 Rc2
36. Kf2 h6 {and black's rook is quite active.}) 34. Re3 Bd5 35. a5 {That move
is very useful in the endgame,as the Pa5 is much less vulnerable than on a4.}
Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2] Activity is the best method of defence!} 36. Be2 Rc2 37. Bc3
Kf8 38. Kf2 Ng5 {Black trasfers his knight to e6-there it will control an
important square d4 and prevent the activization of white's king.} ({Deserved
attention also:} 38... Nd8 $5 {[%cal Gd8e6,Gd8c6]} 39. Bb4+ $140 (39. Rd3 Nc6
40. Bd2 Be6 $11) 39... Kf7 40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Rd7 Nc6 42. Rxd5 Nxb4 43. Rd7 Nc6
$11) 39. Ke1 Kf7 40. h4 Ne6 41. Bd1 Rg2 42. Be5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge3c3] Now
white is ready to activate his rook by 43.Rc3,so black has to prevent it.} Rg1+
43. Kd2 Rg2+ 44. Kc3 Rg1 45. Rd3 (45. Bc2 Rf1 46. f4 {is similar to the game})
(45. Be2 Re1 46. Kd2 Rb1 47. Bd1 Nc5 $11) 45... Bc6 46. b4 {[%cal Gd1b3] White
has made some progress,but black's position is very solid,as he has no
weaknesses.} Ke7 47. Bb3 Rf1 {That forces white to advance his ''f'' pawn.} 48.
f4 Be4 $11 {[%csl Ge4] Finally the bishop is on the safe square.Black's pieces
are at the best positions,so white cannot realize his minimal advantage.} 49.
Rd6 Nc7 50. Bc4 Rf3+ 51. Kb2 a6 ({Possible was also an immediate tackle:} 51...
Rxg3 52. Rd2 Ne6 53. Bd6+ Kf6 54. Bb8 Rg2 55. Rxg2 Bxg2 56. b5 Ke7 57. a6 bxa6
58. bxa6 Kd7 $11) 52. h5 (52. Rb6 Ne8 53. Bg8 Rxg3 54. Bxh7 Kf7 $11 {[%csl Rb6]
}) 52... Rxg3 53. hxg6 (53. h6 Rh3 54. Rd2 Ne6 $1 (54... Nb5 55. Bg7 {[%cal
Gc4g8]}) 55. Bd6+ Kf6 56. Be5+ Ke7 $11) 53... hxg6 54. Rb6 Nb5 {Black gives a
pawn back,but the arising endgame is dead drawn.} ({There was also nothing
wrong with} 54... Ne8 $11) 55. Bxb5 axb5 56. Rxb5 g5 {Swapping an additional
pawns.} 57. fxg5 Rxg5 58. Rb6 Rg2+ 59. Kc3 Rc2+ {White's only plan is a
sacrifice on b7,but black is able to prevent it,as his rook can always disturb
white's monarch.} 60. Kd4 Rb2 61. Bd6+ Kd7 62. Bc5 Rd2+ 63. Ke5 Rd5+ 64. Kf4
Rd1 65. Rh6 Rd3 66. Be3 Rb3 67. Bc5 Rd3 68. Rg6 Rd1 69. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLR-ch 71st"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.03.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Black "Trifonov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 $5 {Quite a rare continuation which connected with a sacrifice.} ({
The main lines are:} 9. Nd2) (9. Qd3) ({and} 9. Qa4) 9... c5 $6 {Black doesn't
want to go for a complications after the most principal 9...Ne4 and chooses a
standard plan of Yugoslavian variation in King's Indian-attacking white's
queen-side pawns chain by b7-b5. At the same time,that plan is too slowly and
allows white to exploit the weaknesses in black's camp by e2-e4.} ({The best
seems to be:} 9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxa1 11. Neg5 c5 (11... Bg7 $2 12. Nd4 $16) 12.
e4 (12. Qe1 Bg7 13. Bd2 b6 14. e4 Nb7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Re1 $44 {
0-1 Udovcic,M-Gufeld,E/Leningrad 1967/EXT 98 (60)}) 12... Bg7 (12... fxe4 $5)
13. Nh4 $44 {1-0 Damaso,R-Fernando,D/Maia 2003/EXT 2004 (36)}) 10. Bd2 $146 (
10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 h6 12. Qc2 g5 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Hernandez,R-Almeida,O/Santa Clara CUB 2004/The Week in Chess 499 (35)})
10... Kh8 {That profilactic move looks very slowly and allows white to
breakthrough,but i can hardly recommend something better.} (10... a6 11. e4 (
11. a4 {is somewhat weakening the Pb3,so black may use it after} Ne4 $1 12. Rc1
Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bd7 $132) 11... fxe4 (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 $36) 12.
Ng5 b5 13. Ncxe4 bxc4 14. Qe1 $1 Nb7 (14... Nxb3 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. axb3 Bxa1
17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Rxa1 cxb3 20. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 15. bxc4 $16
) 11. e4 {That typical advance is the best way to show that the Na5 is out of
play.} fxe4 ({After} 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 $36 {white has a
dangerous initiative. The Bg7 is the only defender of Kh8,so 13...Bxa1 should
lead to a quick mate.}) 12. Ng5 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5] Black has no other useful
plan.} (12... Bf5 13. Qe1 b6 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Ncxe4 $16) 13. Qe1 h6 $2 {
Unnecessarily weakening the king-side.} ({Much better looks:} 13... b5 $142 14.
Ncxe4 Nb7 15. Bc3 Bf5 $14 {with a passive but defensible position.}) 14. Ngxe4
b5 15. Ne2 {[%csl Ra5,Rg6,Rh8][%cal Ge2f4] Delivering the knight to f4-that
will make black's position critical.} ({Good enough was also} 15. Nxf6 $5 exf6
16. Ne2 (16. cxb5 f5 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Re1 $16) 16... Nb7 17. Nf4
Kh7 (17... Re8 18. Nxg6+ Kh7 19. Qb1 f5 20. Nf4 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 $16) 18. Ne6 Bxe6
19. dxe6 $16 {with a great advantage.}) 15... b4 ({Maybe} 15... Nb7 {was
preferable,since the knight is closer to the king-side. Still,black's position
remains very bad.}) 16. Nf4 Qe8 17. h4 {White is not in a hurry-black has no
counterplay at all.} (17. Nxf6 $5 Rxf6 18. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Ga1e1,Gd2c1,Gc1b2]})
17... Bf5 18. Qe2 {[%cal Ga1e1] Black's position is already lost from
strategical point of view: the light squares in his camp are very weak,while
the Na5 is completely out of play.} Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxa1 {Black accepts the
challenge. That looks like a desperation,as black remains without his main
defender,but i can hardly recommend something better-at least he gets some
material advantage.} 20. Rxa1 Qf7 ({Hardly better would be:} 20... Ra7 21. Bxf5
Rxf5 22. Ne6 $16) 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Bc1 {So,white's dark-squared bishop gets a
full domination over the long diagonal.} ({An immediate} 22. g4 {was also
strong:} Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rg8 24. Ne6 Qf6 $140 (24... Nb7 25. Bxh6 Nd8 26. Nc7 $18
) 25. Bxh6 Qxh4 26. Bg5 Qh3 27. Re3 $18 {[%csl Rh3]}) 22... Kh7 ({Black had no
time for transfering the knight:} 22... Nb7 23. g4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rg8 25. h5 $18
{with a quick mate.}) 23. g4 {Freeing a way for a direct attack.} Bxe4 24. Qxe4
$18 {Black has no defence against the decisive threat of 25.h5.} Qg7 {
Preparing the following sacrifice.} ({More resistant would be a tricky:} 24...
Nc6 25. dxc6 e5 26. Nd3 Qf3 {forcing a trade of queens,although after} 27. Re3
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rf3 29. Be3 Rc8 30. Kg2 Rf7 31. f4 $18 {white is also winning.})
25. h5 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Nb7 ({Hopeless was also} 26... Rg8 27. f3 Nb7 28. hxg6+
Qxg6 29. Qxg6+ Rxg6 30. Rxe7+ $18) 27. hxg6+ Qxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kxg6 29. Re6+ Kf7
30. Bxh6 {White is just a pawn up,while black is totally passive.} Rg8 31. Re4
a5 {Black is trying to reach some counterchances,but white's king-side pawns
will decide the game very soon.} 32. Kg2 Rg6 ({The rook isn't free to take
part in black's counterplay:} 32... a4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. Bg5 $18) 33. g5 a4 34.
bxa4 {The most simple way: white doesn't allow black to create a weak Pb3 in
his camp.} Rg8 {[%cal Gg8a8,Ga8a4] That plan is obviously slow,but what else?}
35. f4 Ra8 36. f5 Rxa4 37. Re2 ({Good enough was also:} 37. Re6 Rxa2+ 38. Kf3
$18) 37... Ra3 (37... Ra8 38. Kf3 Na5 39. g6+ Kf6 40. Kf4 $18) 38. g6+ Kf6 39.
Re6+ Kxf5 40. g7 Ra8 ({or} 40... Rxa2+ 41. Kf3 Ra8 42. Rxe7 Kg6 43. Bf4 Na5 44.
Ra7 $18 {with a same end.}) 41. Rxe7 Kg6 42. Bf4 ({Black cannot avoid a loss
of piece:} 42. Bf4 Na5 43. Ra7 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. b5 Qe7 15. Nd1 a6
16. a4 Rfe8 17. Nb3 Qf7 18. Nc3 a5 19. f3 g5 20. e3 Qh5 21. Rae1 Nd8 22. Nc1
Nf7 23. Nd1 g4 24. f4 e4 25. Kf2 Qg6 26. Ke2 h5 27. Kd2 Kf8 28. Ne2 h4 29. gxh4
Qh5 30. h3 g3 31. Rg1 Qxh4 32. Bf1 Nh5 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qb2+ Kf8 35. Nec3 Ke7
36. Be2 Rg8 37. Rg2 Qxh3 38. Reg1 Nf6 39. Bf1 Qh4 40. Ne2 Nh5 41. Nf2 gxf2 {
42. xg8 xg1Q - +} 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 {
In this game we can see why this old line is not popular. Other plans are the
"guerilla-strategy" Qe8, Na6, Bd7 and similar - see Dlugy,M-Gulko,B, CBM 25/
game 981 and the c6-line - see Pinter,J-Dolmatov,S CBM25/game 89.} 8. d5 Ne5 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 h6 11. c5 $1 Kh8 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 f4 14. Be1 $1 {A useful
defender!} Bf5 15. Qxb7 $16 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Qa3 Rb8 18. d6 exd6 19. cxd6
cxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc8 21. Nd5 Ne4 22. Ra6 Qd8 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Ne7 Qc2 25. Rc1 Rb1
26. Rxc2 Rxe1+ 27. Bf1 Bh3 28. Rc1 fxg3 29. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Ng5 $1 (10. b3) (10. Bd2) (10. Nd2) 10... Ng4 $146 (10... Rb8
11. e4 a6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Ng4 15. f4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17.
Qe2 Nh6 18. g4 $1 $14 {Gurieli,N-Kholmov,R/Moscow/1992/1:0/29/}) (10... a6 11.
e4 $1 (11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. b3 b5 14. a3 $6 Ng4 15. Nf3 bxc4 16. bxc4
Rb3 $15 {Benko,P-Tal,M/Bled/1959/0:1/29/}) 11... fxe4 (11... b5 $5 12. cxb5
axb5 13. Nxb5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba6 $44) 12. Ncxe4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5
14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 16. dxe6 $14 {Stanec,N-Neulinger,M/Oberwart/
1992/1:0/38/}) 11. f4 $1 a6 12. h3 Nh6 $2 (12... Nf6 $142 {/\ b5<=>/}) 13. b3 (
13. e4 b5 $1 14. cxb5 axb5 (14... c4 $5) 15. Nxb5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 $44) 13...
b5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Be3 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. a4 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qd7 19.
Ne6 Qxb5 $1 $44) 15... Bd7 16. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 17. dxe6 $16 {>< d5,Nh6/} b4 (17...
Qe8 $5 18. Nd5 Kh8 $132) 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Bf2 Nc6 {/\ 20...Qc8!/} 20. e4 Bd4 21.
Rbe1 (21. Ne3 $5 Qc8 22. Rbe1 $16) 21... Rg8 (21... Bxf2+ $142) 22. Ne3 $1 Rc8
23. Kh1 Qf8 24. Bg1 $1 Qg7 (24... Qf6 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Nd5 Qg7 27. Bh2 $1 {
/\ g4|^/}) 25. Bh2 Bc3 26. Rd1 Nd4 27. exf5 Nhxf5 28. g4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Rcf8 30.
Bd5 Rf6 31. Bg3 h6 32. Kg2 $6 (32. Rf2 $142 $1 {/\ Rdf1,Qe4,Bh4,f5,f6->/})
32... Nc2 33. Qe4 Nd4 34. Rf2 a5 35. Rdf1 Rff8 36. Bh4 $2 (36. Kh1 $1 {/\ Bh4,
f5->/}) 36... Nf5 $1 $10 37. Bg3 {37...Ng3!=/} (37. gxf5 $4 gxf5+ $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 108th"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2007.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Simutowe,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7... c6
8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 {is another variation.}) 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 (
10. Qb3 {is also playable.}) 10... f4 $5 {Typical of Nakamura.....he tries to
complicate the game whenever he can.} 11. gxf4 (11. b3 {is also possible but I
was not comfortable with the formation that follows....especially that my
opponent is very aggressive i.e.} g5 12. Ba3 g4) 11... exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxe4 (
12... Nh5 13. Bg3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Qb3 {followed by Ne2 should be enough
to neutralise the powerful black bishop.}) 13. Qc1 (13. Nxe4 Rxf4 {or}) (13.
Bxe4 Rxf4 {the black dark-squared bishop would be very strong.}) 13... e5 14.
Be3 Nd6 15. Bg5 $5 {I am forced to act very fast and decisively. It was not
easy to stop Black getting in ...Nf5... with various options like ..Nd4.} Qe8
16. Nb5 $5 {Following up on the idea of the previous move.} Rf7 17. Nxd6 cxd6
18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qc4 Bb7 21. Bh3 {Stopping Rc8 and threatening Be6.}
Kh8 22. Be6 Rf5 23. Qh4 (23. Bxf5 gxf5 {with threats like ...Qg6 should be
fine for Black.}) 23... Qb5 24. a4 {Perhaps the only move.} Qxb2 25. Rac1 Qb3 (
{After} 25... Qd4 26. Rfd1 {the d5-pawn is very strong and the rook on f5 has
to find a hiding place.}) 26. Rc7 Bxd5 27. Rxg7 Rxg5+ (27... Kxg7 {loses for
Black after} 28. Qh6+ Kh8 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Bf6+) 28. Qxg5 Bxe6 (28... Kxg7 {
loses after} 29. Qxe5+ Kh6 30. Bxd5) 29. Qf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpeshov, Oleg Mikhailovich"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 (11... Kh8 {Tyomkin,D} 12. Bb2 (12. Nd4
Bg8 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rae1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e4 $14 {Lisenko Alexander
V-Gendre Kossia/It (open), Cappelle la Grande (France) 1995 (42)/1-0}) 12...
Nd7 13. Nd4 Bg8 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qc2 Nac6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Qe7 18. e3 Rad8
19. Rfe1 Qe8 20. Ba3 $14 {Azmajparashvili - Akopian, Belgrad 1988}) 12. Rb1 h6
$5 $146 {[%csl Gg5]} (12... Ng4 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3g5]} (13. Ng5 $5
Nge5 14. Qd2 Bd7) 13... h6 (13... Qe7 $6 14. Ng5) 14. e3 Qd7 (14... Nge5 15.
Nd4 Bd7 (15... Bf7 16. f4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. d5 (18. Ne2 $6 d5) 18... Nd4
19. Bb2 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Na4 $16) 16. Bb2 $14) 15. Ne2 Bf7 16. Bb2 Nf6 17.
Rbd1 Rae8 18. Qc1 g5 19. Ned4 $14 {Bareev,E-Lastin,A/RUS-ch m1-2 1997/1-0(45)})
13. Bb2 a5 (13... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Gg4e5]}) (13... Bf7 {[%cal Gd8d7,Ya8e8] black
has chances to get equality in this position by consentration his pieces over
the center.}) 14. Rfd1 Kh7 15. a3 $14 Nd7 $6 (15... Ne4 $5 16. Nd5 $14 (16.
Nxe4 $2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5)) 16. Qc2 f4 $2 {[%cal Ge6f5] after this move black
is nearly lost} 17. Nh4 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gc3d5,Gg2e4] /+-} Nde5 18. Nd5
fxg3 19. hxg3 Bf7 20. Be4 {[%cal Gf2f4]} Qd7 21. Kg2 Rae8 22. Nf4 Qg4 23. Rh1
a4 24. bxa4 Kg8 $6 (24... Ne7 $142 25. Nf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh1h4]}) 25. Nf3 $1 {
[%cal Gh1h4]} (25. Nhxg6 $6 Nxg6 26. Bxg6 Bxg6 27. Qxg6 Qxg6 28. Nxg6 Rf7 {
black has some practical chances in the ending.}) 25... Nxc4 26. Rh4 Qd7 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxg6 (28. Bxg6 N4e5 (28... Nxa3 29. Qb2+) 29. Rxh6 $3 {could
finish this game,but black resigned before.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group2"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Black "Christensen, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.09.22"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Herzliya Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Espergarde SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. c5 {after this move white scored almost 100%}
dxc5 (11... Kh8 $2 {Tyomkin,D} 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Nd4 $16 {[%csl Rc6]} d5 14.
Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxc6 Rb8 16. Rd1 d4 17. Qa4 $18 {Zifroni,D-Rinberg,A/Tel Aviv
Cup rapid 1996/EXP 52/1-0 (41)}) (11... d5 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nxc6 Bd7 14. Nxe7+
Kh8 15. c6 Be8 16. Rd1 $16 {Palac-Mencinger/Bled op/1992}) 12. Ne5 {[%csl Rc5,
Rc6] In this position white's plan to attack week black pawns c6 and c5,and to
take conrol over d-file.Black has counterplay using open b-file,and /^a1-h8
[byNe4].} Rb8 $6 (12... Qb6 $142 13. Qc2 {/\Na4} (13. Be3 $1 Be6 14. Qa3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. Nxc5 Bxb2 17. Nxe6 Bxa3 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Rad1
$16) 13... Qc7 14. Nd3 c4 15. Nc5 e5 {Tyomkin,D} (15... Rb8 {Dautov} 16. Bd2 {
/\N3a4} Rd8 {/\Nd5} (16... Ne8 $5 {/\ Nd6+/=}) 17. N3a4 (17. Rad1 $5) 17... Nd5
18. Rad1 $1 (18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxc4 Bxb2 20. Nb3 Rxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Rxa1
Bb7 $10) 18... e5 {/\e4} 19. e4 $1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Rxb4 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qf8
23. Qd2 Rb5 $8 24. Qd8 Bf6 25. Qc7 Be7 26. Bh3 $1 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/
Dos Hermanas 1994 (47)}) (15... Nb7 $5 {Dautov} 16. N3a4 Nd6 17. Rd1 (17. Bd2
Nd5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 $13) 17... e5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Qd2 Nf7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Qc1 e4 22. Qxc4 Rb8 $13) (15... Ne8 $5 {Gelfand} 16. Bd2 Nd6 $13 17. Rad1
$14) 16. Rd1 Nb7 17. Nxb7 (17. N3a4 $5 Nd6 18. Bg5) 17... Qxb7 (17... Bxb7 18.
Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 18. Qa4 Qf7 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Bb5 Be6 21. Rd6 $14 {-
Szymanski,A-Miton,K/Frydek-Mistek opA 1997/EXT 97}) (12... Qc7 13. Nc4 (13. Bf4
g5 14. Bxg5 $1 $16) 13... Nxc4 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15. Qxc5 $16) (12... Be6 {Glek}
13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Bd2 (17. Rd1 Kf7 $14
) 17... Ne8 18. Rfc1 (18. Bf4 $5) 18... Nd6 19. b3 b5 20. Rab1 Bxc3 21. Bxc3
Rxa2 22. Be5 Rxe2 23. Rxc5 $16 {Bezold-Glek,Bad Ragaz,1994}) 13. Rd1 Qb6 14.
Be3 $5 $146 (14. Nc4 {Tyomkin,D} Nxc4 15. Qxc4+ Kh8 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Rxb4 (
17... cxb4 18. Bf4 $16) 18. Nxc5 {_|_} (18. Bxc6 $5 $14) 18... Rc4 19. Nd3 Ne4
20. Bf4 Be6 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. b3 $14 {/+/- Rohde,U-Van Mil,J/NRW-I 1996/GER 13/
0-1(48)}) 14... Ba6 $6 {[%csl Rd7] losing control of the diagonal c8-e6} (14...
Ne4 15. Nxe4 (15. Nc4 Qb4 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qb5 17. Qxa5 (17. Qxb5 Rxb5 18.
Nxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxc6 Bxc3 20. Rac1 Bd4 (20... Bb4 $2 21. Bh6 {[%csl Rf8]}) 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Be6 {[%cal Gf8c8]} 23. a4 Rc8 $11) 17... Qxc4 18. Qxa7 Rb2
19. Bxc5 $16) 16. Qxa5 Qxc4 $132 {[%cal Gg7b2]}) 15... fxe4 16. Nc4 Qb5 17.
Qxb5 Rxb5 18. a4 {[%csl Ra5]} Nxc4 19. axb5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 cxb5 {[%csl Rb2,Re3]
Despite of the fact that white has material advantage,black has some drawing
chances.}) 15. Qa3 Nc4 (15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd7 Bxb2 18. Qa4 Qb5 (18...
Qc7 19. Nxf8 $16) 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rab1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Re4,Rf8]}) 16. Nxc4
Bxc4 17. Rd2 Rb7 {[%cal Ge3c5]} 18. Bxc5 $16 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rc8 $2 (19... Rfb8 $5
20. b3 (20. Bd4 e5) (20. Qa4 $140 Bf7 21. Qxc6 $2 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rc7 {[%csl Rc5,
Rc6]}) 20... Bf7 21. e4 $16) (19... Bf7 20. e4 $16) 20. Bd4 {[%cal Ra3c5,Gd4e5]
} e6 21. e4 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} (21. Qc5 $6 Bd5) 21... Bf8 22. Qa4 Rb4 23. Qxa7
Qxa7 24. Bxa7 $18 {white is pawn up and has winning ending} Nxe4 $4 25. Bxe4
fxe4 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 {[%cal Rd8f8,Ra7c5]} Rxb2 28. Bc5 Rc2 29. Rxf8+ Kg7
30. Rd8 $1 Bxa2 (30... Rxc3 31. Bd4+ {[%csl Rc3,Rg7]}) 31. Bd4+ Kh6 32. Nxa2
Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Mellado Trivino, Juan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 Qe8 (11... dxe5 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxd8 (13.
Qc5 $1 $14 Qe8 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Qe3 e4 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qc3 Kg8
19. f3 c5 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. fxe4 f4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Qd2 $16 {0-1 Tuvsanaa,
N-Munhbayar,L/MGL-ch Erdenet 1994/TD 94\03 (30)}) 13... Rxd8 14. Ng5 Rf8 (14...
Re8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. f4 Kg7 18. Rd2 h6 19. Nf3 exf4 20. Bxf6+
Kxf6 21. gxf4 g5 22. Ne5 gxf4 23. Nd3 Rg8+ 24. Kf2 a5 25. Nxf4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Bonoev,P-Rustemov,A/Vladivostok 1994/EXP 43 (63)}) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Bf6
17. Nf3 Re8 18. Ba5 c5 19. Bc3 a5 20. Rd5 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-De Prado,O/Candas
op 1992/TD 92\09 (23)}) 12. Nd4 (12. Qc2 dxe5 13. Qb2 (13. Rad1 Qe7 14. e3 a5
15. a4 e4 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Rd2 Qh6 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. Ne2 Rad8 21.
Nf4 g5 22. Nd5 $13 {1-0 Nahalka Jan-Kolcak Marek/Ch Slovakia open 1995 (41)})
13... Qe7 14. Rad1 a5 15. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 Royz,M-Grinshpun,E/Shavuot Masters 1997}
) 12... Nxe5 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxd4 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd5+ $14 {/=}) 13.
Qd2 $6 (13. Nb5 $1 Qd7 (13... Qe7 14. Ba5 c6 (14... Nf7 15. Nxc7 Bxa1 16. Nxa8
Bg7 17. Nc7 {[%cal Rc7d5]}) 15. Qxd6 Re8 (15... Qxd6 16. Nxd6 Nf7 17. Rad1 $16)
16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Bb4 $1 Rd7 19. Rad1 $14 {/+/-}) (13... Rf7 14.
Bd5 Be6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 $16) 14. Ba5 Nf7 (14... c6 15. Nxd6 b6 16. Nxc8
Qxc8 17. Bc3 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 Bg7 $16) 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Nd5 Bxa1 17.
Qxa1 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. h3 $18) 13... c6 14. Rae1 Qf7 15. f4 (15. e3 Ng4 16.
Ne2 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 $14) 15... Ng4 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 (18. Nxf5
gxf5 (18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 (19. Ne7+ Qxe7 20. Qxc3 Qf6 21. Qd3 Rae8 $14 {/=}))
19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Bf3 $14) 18... gxf5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Re6 $4 {[%csl Re6]} (20.
Ne6 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rfe8 22. Ng5 Qg6 $13) (20. Rf2 $5 Rae8 21. Rfe2 Qg6 22. Rxe8
Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11 {/+=}) 20... c5 21. Rxd6 (21. Rfe1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rae8
23. Rxe8 Rxe8 (23... Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qxa7 Qe1+ 27. Kg2
Qe2+ $17) 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bxa7 $17) 21... cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rad8 (22... Rfd8 $5
23. Bxg7 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxg7 25. Kh2 Re8 26. Rf2 b6 $17) 23. Bxa7 Rxd6 24. Qxd6
b5 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rf7c4,Rf7a7]} 25. Qd5 $6 (25. Bc5 $5 bxc4 $5 (25... Rc8
26. Bd4 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 bxc4 28. Rc1 Qg6 29. Kh2 Qa6 30. Qd5+ Kf8 31. Rxc4 (31.
Rc2 c3 (31... cxb3 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Qxb3 $15) 32. Qd7 $36) 31... Qxa2+ 32.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 $15 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 26. Qa6 cxb3 27. Bxf8 Bxf8 28. Rb1 (28.
axb3 Qxb3 29. Rf2 Qe3 30. Kg2 Bc5 $36) 28... Bc5+ 29. Kf1 bxa2 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31.
Rb7 Be7 32. Ra7 Ng8 $11) 25... Qxd5 26. cxd5 Ra8 27. Bb6 (27. Bc5 $5 Rxa2 28.
Rf2 Ra1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Kf7 $17) 27... Rxa2 28. Rd1 Nf7 29. d6 Ra1 (
29... Ra6 $5 30. Bc7 (30. Bc5 Bf8 $19) 30... Rc6 31. Rd5 Bf8 32. Rxf5 Bxd6 33.
Bxd6 Nxd6 34. Rd5 Kf7 $17) 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. d7 Bf6 32. Kf2 (32. g4 $6 Kf8 33.
Bc5+ $6 Be7 34. b4 (34. Bb6 $8) 34... Bxc5+ 35. bxc5 Ke7 $19) 32... Nd8 33. Ke3
Kf7 34. Bxd8 Bxd8 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. Kc5 h5 37. Kxb5 Kxd7 38. Kc4 h4 39. gxh4 Bc7
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 28]} 1. d4 {Meulders} f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3
d6 7. O-O Nc6 {Meulders: Obwohl heutzutage 7...Qe8 die Hauptvariante ist, ist
dieser scharfer Springerzug besser als sein Ruf. Er ist weit weniger
ausanalysiert aber erfördert ebenfalls von beiden Seiten haargenaues Spiel.} 8.
d5 Ne5 (8... Na5 {Meulders ist eine ganz andere Geschichte}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10.
Qb3 h6 11. c5 Kh8 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 e4 {This move looks the best for black,
but still white gets an advantage in this line.White has clear advantage in
the center and queenside(pawns c5 and d5),but black can try to get some attack
on the kingside.} (13... a6 14. Be1 (14. Na4 Qe8 (14... Rb8 15. Ba5 Ne8 16.
Rac1 Rf6 17. Qb4 f4 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Qa3 h5 20. Ne4 $16 {Babula,V-Lanc,A/
Moravia-chT 9697 1997/1-0(31)}) 15. Ba5 Bd7 16. Nc3 b6 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Qxb6
Rb8 19. Qc5 $14 {Tukmakov,V-Reinderman,D/Wijk op 1993/1-0 (75)}) 14... Rb8 15.
Qb4 (15. a4 Qe8 16. d6 exd6 17. cxd6 Be6 (17... c6 18. a5 Be6 19. Qc2 Qf7 20.
Ra3 Rfd8 21. Na4 Nd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxd6 24. Nc5 Rbd8 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26.
Rad3 $44 {Adianto - Spraggett, Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 18. Qb4 cxd6 19. Qxd6 Bb3
20. Rdc1 e4 21. Qb6 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. a5 $11 {Hardiscay - Mi.Tseitlin,
Budapest 1992-54/92}) 15... Bd7 16. Rac1 e4 17. f3 Qe8 18. Bf2 e5 19. Qa5 exf3
20. exf3 c6 21. d6 $16 {Matlak,M-Grabarczyk,B/Polanica Zdroj op 1994/1-0(40)})
(13... f4 14. Be1 Rb8 (14... a6 15. Rac1 (15. Ne4 $16) 15... Qe8 16. d6 exd6
17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 $16 {Korotylev,A-Pogosian,V/St.Petersburg op2 1994/1-0
(29)}) (14... Bf5 $5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 17. Qa3 Rb8 (17... Qb8 18. Rac1
$16) 18. d6 $1 exd6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rxd6 Qe8 21. Nd5 Ne4 22. Ra6 {Ibragimov
- Glek, SSSR 1991-53/(105)} Qb5 23. Ne7 $1 Bh7 24. Ng6+ Bxg6 25. Rxg6 $16 {
Ibragimov}) (14... g4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19.
Ba5 $16 {[%cal Rd5d6]}) 15. Ne4 Bg4 16. Qc4 Qc8 17. Rac1 Bh3 18. Nxf6 Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Rxf6 20. Qe4 $16 {Chuchelov,V-Boehmer,C/Eupen op 1993/1-0(30)}) (13... Nd7
14. Qa3 e4 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Bd4 Qe8 $2 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qc3 Qf7 19. Bxe5 $16 {
Mikac,M-Srebrnic,V/Bled op 1995/1-0(36)}) 14. Be1 Ng4 (14... a6 15. Rac1 (15.
Qa3 {Meulders} Qe8 16. b4 Bd7 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. a4 Qh5 20. Rac1 f4 $40
{0-1 Siekanski,J-Hawelko,M/POL-ch 1989/EXT 89ch}) (15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 f4 17.
Ne2 fxg3 18. hxg3 b6 19. Bf2 $14 {1-0 Ostenstad,B-Saether,O/Arnold Cup 1991/TD
91\06 (30)}) (15. Qb4 Rb8 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 e6 18. d6 e5 19. Bf2 Be6 20. Re1
$16 {1-0 Ionov,S-Popov,Y/St.Petersburg op 1992/EXT 92op (30)}) 15... Qe8 16. d6
exd6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 $14 {Petrosian,A-Yagupov,I/Berliner Sommer 1991/
1-0(39)} (18. Rxd6 f4 19. Nd5 f3 20. Rxf6 Rxf6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. exf3 Be6 23.
Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Petrosian,A-Yagupov,I/Berliner Sommer 1991/TD 91\04 (39)})) 15.
Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. f3 (17. Ba5 $5 f4 $1 (17... c6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qh5
20. h3 Ne5 21. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 18. Bxc7 e3 19. fxe3 Nxe3 20. Rd2 Qg6
$132) 17... Nf6 18. Ba5 $5 $146 {'!?' Meulders.} (18. Bc3 f4 $6 19. Ne6 $6 (19.
fxe4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qg6 21. Nf5 $16) 19... Bxe6 20. dxe6 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qc6 22.
fxe4 Qxc5+ 23. Bd4 $14 {Meulders,R-Klip,H/Sas van Gent 1992/1-0(35)} (23. Bd4 {
Meulders} Qa5 (23... Qb5) 24. Rac1 (24. Qxb7) 24... Rad8 25. Rc5 b5 26. Rf5 c6
27. a3 Qc7 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Rdf1 Qc8 30. Rc5 $14 {1-0 Meulders,R-Klip,H/Sas van
Gent 1992/EXT 92 (35)})) 18... c6 19. Ne6 exf3 $6 (19... Bxe6 20. dxe6 exf3 21.
exf3 Nd5 $132) 20. Nxg7 $6 (20. Nc7 $5 {White wins material with this move,but
black gets dangerous attack.White didn't want to take risk and missed
advantage.} Qf7 (20... Qg6 21. exf3 $18) (20... f2+ 21. Kh1 $1 (21. Kxf2 Qh5
22. Nxa8 Ng4+ 23. Kf1 f4 $40) 21... Qh5 22. Nxa8 Ng4 23. h3 f4 24. gxf4 gxf4
25. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga8b6]} (25. Bc3 Ne3) (25. Nb6 Ne3 26. Nxc8 Qxe2)) 21.
Nxa8 (21. exf3 Rb8 22. Ne6 $16) 21... fxg2 22. dxc6 (22. Nb6 {Meulders} cxd5
23. Bc3 e6 24. Kxg2 Bd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) 22... Qxb3 23. axb3 bxc6 24. Bc3 $16
) (20. exf3 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Nd5 {and black is OK.} (21... Nd5 {Meulders} 22. Rd2
Qc8 23. Re1 $11)) (20. Bxf3 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qb8 {[%cal Gb8e5]} 22. Rac1 g4 23.
Bg2 f4 $132) 20... Kxg7 21. Bxf3 (21. exf3 {Meulders} cxd5 22. Bc3 e5 23. Rxd5
Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Kh7 25. Re1 Qe6 $15) 21... cxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qf7 $11
24. Bc3+ Kg6 25. Qe5 f4 26. Rf1 (26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxe7 $6 Bh3 28. Qxb7 Qf2+
29. Kh1 Rae8 $40) 26... Bh3 27. Rf3 Qe6 28. gxf4 (28. Qg7+ Kh5 {[%cal Gf8f7]
and black is safe even with the king on-h5!}) 28... Rxf4 29. Rxf4 (29. Rxf4
gxf4 30. Qxf4 Qxe2 31. Qg3+ Qg4 32. Qxg4+ Bxg4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch playoff"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.10.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 $1 11. b4 g5 12. Bb2 Qe8 $2 {This move leads to big
troubles,if white will play exactly on the next move,but...} (12... g4 $5 {
Tyomkin,D} 13. Re1 (13. gxf4 exf4 14. f3 gxf3 $15 (14... Qe8 $2 15. e5 Qh5 $2 (
15... gxf3 16. Bxf3 (16. Qxf3 Ng4 17. e6 Ne3) 16... Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Ng4 18. Qe2
$16) 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Bf3 $18 {Pedersen Henrik Dahl-Preuss
Flemming/It (open), Copenhagen (Denmark) 1995/1-0 (27)})) 13... f3 14. Bf1 h5
15. c5 (15. Na4 $6 Nh7 16. Nc5 h4 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. Rc1 Qh5 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. Rd2
Ng5 21. Kh1 Qh7 $36 {Lanchava,T-Alekhina,N/Moscow-W 1990/0-1 (33)  White
moneuvred strange in this game.Much better for white  to play like in the game
Schwarz-Lutz [15.c5],where white succesfully stoped the black's pressure on
the kingside}) 15... h4 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Nd1 hxg3 (17... Nh5 $6 18. Qg5) 18.
fxg3 Nh5 19. Nf2 $14 {Schwarz,P-Lutz,K/Hessen-ch Doernigheim 1994/1/2-1/2 (23)}
(19. Qg5 $6 Qe8 20. Bxe5 $2 (20. Qe3) 20... Bh6 21. Qh4 Kg6 $1 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23.
gxf4 Bxf4)) (12... a6 $6 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Na4 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. Qh5 Qd6 16. Nc5
Nf7 17. Bf3 b6 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. Bg4 $16 {Jensen,J-Fries Nielsen,P/Copenhagen PC
1991/1-0 (39)}) 13. Re1 $2 $146 (13. Nb5 $1 {Tyomkin,D I don't know how black
should continue after this move} Ng4 14. h3 Qh5 15. Qf3 $1 (15. Nxc7 $2 f3 16.
hxg4 Bxg4 17. Bh1 Rf6 $19) 15... Bd7 (15... fxg3 16. Qxg3 Rf4 17. Nxc7) 16.
Nxc7 Rac8 17. Ne6 $18 {Anapolsky,S-Grunberg,M/ROM-chT 1994/1-0 (49)}) 13... Ng4
$17 14. f3 Nxh2 (14... Ne3 $5 15. Qd3 Nxg2 (15... g4 16. Rxe3 $1 fxe3 17. Qxe3
gxf3 18. Bxf3 Bh3 $15) 16. Kxg2 g4 17. Rf1 Qh5 $17) 15. g4 (15. gxf4 exf4 $1 (
15... Qh5 16. f5 g4 17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. Qf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 e6 20. dxe6 (20. Qxg4
exf5 21. Qg5 h6 $19) 20... Qh4 21. Ke2 Bxe6 22. Nd5 $13 {/+/-}) 16. Kxh2 Qh5+
17. Kg1 g4 $40 {[%cal Gg4g3,Gh5h2,Gc8h3] /\g3,Qh2,Bh3,and not easy to find a
defence for white,for example:} 18. Kf2 $1 (18. Qd3 g3 19. Kf1 Qh2) 18... g3+ (
18... gxf3 $5 19. Rh1 $1 Qg6 20. Bxf3 (20. Qxf3 Bg4 21. Qd3 f3 22. Bf1 Qb6+ 23.
c5 Qxb4 $17) 20... Qb6+ 21. Kg2 {and white defended succesfully}) 19. Ke2 Qh2
20. Rg1 Bh3 21. Kf1 Bxg2+ 22. Rxg2 Qh1+ 23. Rg1 Qh3+ 24. Rg2 $11) 15... Nxg4
16. fxg4 h5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Qa4 (18. Na4 b6 19. c5 hxg4 20. c6 Qd6 21. Bxg4
Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxb4 23. Qxg5 (23. Qd1 b5) 23... Qxa4 (23... f3) 24. Bxe5 Rf7 $17
) 18... Qd6 $2 (18... hxg4 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bh1 g3 21. Rf1 (21. Kg2 Kf7 $17 {
[%cal Gf8h8]}) 21... g4 22. Kg2 Rf6 $17) 19. gxh5 g4 20. Kf2 Kh7 21. Rh1 Bf6
22. Rag1 (22. c5 Qd8 23. Bd1 f3 24. Bc2 e6 25. Rag1 Bh4+ $19) 22... Rg8 23. c5
Qd8 24. Qd1 gxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 Bd7 27. b5 $2 (27. Qg2 Qe8 28. Qg6+
Qxg6 29. hxg6+ Kh6 30. b5 $1 {white has some chances to make a draw}) 27... c6
28. dxc6 bxc6 29. bxc6 Bh4+ 30. Ke2 Be6 31. Nd5 Qa5 32. Qc3 Qa4 33. Nb4 $2 (33.
Kf3 $142) 33... Bf6 34. Qa3 Qb5+ 35. Nd3 Qxc6 (35... Bc4 $142 36. Rd1 Qxc6 37.
Kf3 Rg8 $19) 36. Kf3 Bf5 37. Qb4 Rb8 38. Qc4 Be6 39. Qc2 Bf7 $138 {White lost
on time,but anyway black has a strong initiative, and the white king is
vulnerable.} (39... Bf7 40. Rh1 Qe6 {[%csl Ge5]} 41. c6 Rg8 42. Kf2 Qg4) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Meulders} f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3
Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 (11... Kh8 12. Bb2 (12. Nd4
Bg8 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rae1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e4 $14 {Lisenko Alexander
V-Gendre Kossia/It (open), Cappelle la Grande (France) 1995 (42)/1-0}) 12...
Nd7 13. Nd4 Bg8 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qc2 Nac6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Qe7 18. e3 Rad8
19. Rfe1 Qe8 20. Ba3 $14 {Azmajparashvili - Akopian, Belgrad 1988}) 12. Rb1 $5
$146 {[%cal Gc1b2] New move in quite popular position leading to a white's
advantage Umgeht 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.Rac1 Nb4 14.Qb1 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 Qf6
was als = gilt.} (12. Bb2) (12. Ng5) (12. Ba3) 12... Ng4 13. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3g5]}
(13. Ng5 $5 Nge5 14. Qd2 Bd7) 13... h6 (13... Qe7 $6 14. Ng5) 14. e3 Qd7 (14...
Nge5 15. Nd4 Bd7 (15... Bf7 16. f4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. d5 (18. Ne2 $6 d5)
18... Nd4 19. Bb2 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Na4 $16) 16. Bb2 $14) 15. Ne2 Bf7 (15...
Rae8 {Meulders} 16. Bb2 Nf6 (16... Kh7 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. Rfd1 $14) 17. Nfd4 Ne4
18. Qd1 Bf7 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f3 Nf6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Qd3 Re7 24.
Rbe1 Rfe8 {und Schwarz steht bestimmt nicht schlechter.}) 16. Bb2 Nf6 {Im
Leningrader ist es für Schwarz vernünftig so lange wie möglich den
schwarzfeldrigen Laüfer zu behalten.} 17. Rbd1 Rae8 18. Qc1 g5 {Wahrscheinlich
war es besser die Dame aus den Blick von Rd1 zu entfernen, also 18...Qe7.} 19.
Ned4 $14 Nd8 {In Kombination mit dem aggressiven 18...g5 sieht dies zu passiv
aus, denn Weiss ergreift sofort die Initiative. Logischer erscheint 19...Nxd4
20.Nxd4 Ne4.} (19... Ne4 20. Nxc6 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qxc6 (21... bxc6 22. Ne5 $1)
22. Nd4 Qd7 23. f3 $14) 20. c5 Bd5 $6 (20... d5 $142 21. Qc2 (21. c6 {[%cal
Gb2a3]} bxc6 (21... Nxc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Ba3 $14) 22. Ba3 Ne4
23. Bxf8 Bxf8 $44 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 21... Bg6 {[%cal Gg8h7,Yf5f4]} 22. b4 Kh7 23.
Qb3 $14) (20... Ne4 21. cxd6 cxd6 (21... Nxd6 22. Qc2 $14 {[%cal Gd1c1,Gf1d1] 
()}) 22. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1c1,Gf1d1]}) 21. cxd6 c6 (21... cxd6 $6 22.
Ne2 {[%cal Ge2c3]} Nf7 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6]} (22... Bc6 $6 23. Ne5 Qc7
24. Qc4+ $16)) 22. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ge2c3,Yd1d5] Der Drück auf die d-Linie ist
recht unangenehm für Schwarz.} Nf7 23. Nc3 Nxd6 {So hat Schwarz den Bauer
zurück, aber die nun entstehende Fesselung bringt ihn im Nachteil.} 24. Nxd5
Nxd5 25. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Nf6 $4 {missing 28th move of white} (
26... Qg7 $2 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Nf3 $18) (26... Ne4 $2 27. Nxe4
fxe4 28. Qd4 {[%csl Ra7,Re4]} Qe7 29. Qxa7 $18) (26... Qe6 $142 27. Rfe1 (27.
Nc4 Ne4 28. Rfe1 {[%cal Gf2f3]} b5 $13) 27... Ne4 28. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Gf3d4,
Yf2f3]}) 27. Nc4 Nxc4 (27... Re6 28. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]} Nxc4 29. bxc4 Qe7
30. Qxa7 $18) {[%tqu "En","Play like GM Bareev in this position","","","b2f6",
"",10]} 28. Qxf6 $1 $18 Rxf6 (28... Qh7 29. Qc3 Ne5 30. Rd6 $18 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Gf2f4]}) 29. Rxd7 Nd6 {Alles forciert (29...Na5 30.b4)} 30. Rd1 Ree6 {[%tqu
"En","How can you destroy black's position in one move?","","","e3e4","",10]}
31. e4 $1 {Dieser hübscher Zug (/\ 32.e5) entscheidet die Partie.} Nxe4 (31...
fxe4 32. Bh3 {[%csl Rd6]} (32. Bh3 {Meulders} Nf5 33. Rxb7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Nxe7
35. Rd7 $18)) 32. Rxb7 Rf7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rdd7 {Gewinnt einen Bauer.} Rxd7
35. Rxd7+ Kf6 36. Bxe4 $1 {the easiest way} (36. Rxa7 Nc3 {with some
counterchances:} 37. Rc7 (37. Kf1 $6 Rd6) 37... Re1+ 38. Bf1 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Nd4
40. Bc4 $16 {/+-}) 36... fxe4 37. Rxa7 e3 (37... Ke5 38. Rd7 c5 39. Kf1 Ra6 40.
Rd2 h5 41. Ke2 Ra3 42. Rc2 Kd5 (42... Kd4 43. Rc4+ Kd5 44. Ra4 Rxa4 45. bxa4
Kc4 46. Kd2 Kb4 47. h3 $22 $18 (47. Kc2 g4 48. Kb2 Kc4 49. a3 Kd3 $16)) 43. Kd2
$18 {[%cal Gd2c3]} Kd4 44. Rc4+ $18 {[%cal Gc4a4]}) 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. Ra4 exf2
40. Kxf2 Rd6 41. Ke2 Re6+ 42. Kf3 Re1 43. Ra5+ Ke6 44. Kg4 Rh1 45. h3 (45. h4 {
Meulders}) 45... Rh2 46. h4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4h5,Ga5a4]} 1-0

