[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. g4 Rc4 $5 14. Bxc4 (
14. g5 Nh5 15. f4 Nf3 16. Nxf3 Rxc3 17. e5 Rxc2+ 18. Bxc2 Qxa2 19. Qd5 Qa1+ 20.
Kd2 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Qxc6 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 bxc6 24. Rb7 $16 {Klovans-Rausis/
Riga/1986/}) 14... Nxc4 15. Qd3 b5 16. Kb1 (16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bf2 b4
19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qd3 Bb5 22. Nd2 Nxb2 23. Qd5 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 Qa3 {
0-1/Mnatsakanian,E-Veresov/USSR/1968/}) 16... Rc8 17. Nb3 Qa6 18. Bc1 $1 b4 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 h5 $5 (20... Bb5 21. Qe4 Qb7 22. h5 a5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nd4
a4 25. Bh6 Bf6 $13 (25... Na3+ 26. bxa3 bxa3 27. Kc1 (27. Ka1 Bd3 $1))) 21.
Rhg1 $5 Qb7 22. gxh5 $1 Ne5 (22... Bf5 23. Qxf5 $5 {Klovans} (23. Qe2 Bxc2+ 24.
Qxc2 Na3+ 25. bxa3 Rxc2 26. Kxc2 Qc8+ 27. Kd2 $14) 23... gxf5 24. h6 Ne5 25.
Rxg7+ Kh8 $13) 23. Qe2 Bf5 24. Nd4 Rxc2 (24... Nc4 25. hxg6 (25. Nxf5 Na3+ 26.
Ka1 Nxc2+ 27. Qxc2 $1 {Klovans} Rxc2 28. hxg6 fxg6 (28... f6 29. h5 Qd7 30.
Nxg7 Kxg7 31. h6+ Kg8 32. h7+ Kg7 33. Bh6+ $1 {etc.} Kh8 34. g7+ Kxh7 35. g8=Q+
Kxh6 36. Qg6#) 29. Rxg6 Kf7 30. Rxg7+ Kf6 31. Rxe7 Qxd5 32. Bg5+) 25... Na3+
26. bxa3 Bxc2+ (26... bxa3+ 27. Ka1 Bxc2 28. gxf7+ Kf8 29. Bxa3 $18) 27. Qxc2
$1 (27. Ka1 Bxd1 28. gxf7+ Kf8 29. Rxd1 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Bxd4+ 31. Kb1 bxa3+ 32.
Kc2 Qxd5 $13) 27... Rxc2 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxc2 $16) 25. Nxc2
b3 26. axb3 Qxb3 27. Rg5 Nd3 (27... Nc4 28. Rxf5 Bxb2 (28... gxf5 29. Rg1) 29.
Qxc4 $1 Qxc4 30. Rf4 Qe2 31. Re1) 28. Rxd3 (28. Rxf5 Nxc1 29. Na1 Qa2+ 30. Kxc1
Qxa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2+ 32. Ke1 Qb4+ 33. Kf1 gxf5 $13) 28... Bxd3 29. Qd2 a5 30.
hxg6 fxg6 31. h5 a4 32. Rxg6 a3 33. Rg2 (33. Qc3 $2 Bxc2+ 34. Qxc2 a2+) 33...
Kf8 (33... Kf7 34. Qg5 Bxc2+ 35. Rxc2 a2+ 36. Ka1 Qxc2 37. Qg6+ Qxg6 38. hxg6+
Kxg6 39. Kxa2) 34. Qa5 axb2 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxe7+ Kg8 38. Qe8+
Kg7 39. Bxb2+ Kh6 40. Qe6+ Kxh5 41. Qg4+ Kh6 42. Qh3+ Kg6 43. Qg2+ Kh5 44. f4
Bxc2+ 45. Kc1 Qe3+ 46. Kxc2 Qxf4 47. Kd3 Qf5+ 48. Qe4 Qh3+ 49. Kc4 Qc8+ 50. Kb3
Qb7+ 51. Kc2 Qc8+ 52. Bc3 Qc5 53. Kb3 Qb6+ 54. Bb4 Kg5 55. Qe7+ Kf5 56. Qe6+
Kg5 57. Qxd6 Qe3+ 58. Bc3 Qd3 59. Qe5+ Kg6 60. d6 Qd1+ 61. Kb4 Qb1+ 62. Kc5
Qg1+ 63. Kc6 Qg2+ 64. Kc7 Qa8 65. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Bayamo"]
[Site "Bayamo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Verduga Zavala, Denis"]
[Black "Henao, Raul Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h4 Qa5 15. Kb1 $5 (15. h5 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. hxg6 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qxa2 19.
e5 dxe5 20. Bg5 fxg6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxd7 Rxc3 23. Qe6+ $2 {Tolnai - Tatai
Budapest 1988} (23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Rh1+ Kg7 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27.
Rh7+ Ke6 28. Qg8+ Kd6 29. Qd8+ Ke6 30. Nc5+ $1 $18 Rxc5 31. Qg8+ {(Tolnai) Inf.
47/269})) 15... Rfc8 (15... h5 $5 16. Nd5 $2 (16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd5 Qd8 $13) 16...
Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ Kh7 18. Rxd2 Re8 19. g5 $8 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rxe7 $19) 16. h5 Bxg4 (
16... Rxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg4 $13 {/\ Lf3; Se4-c3}) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bh6 (18. fxg4
Rxc3 $1) 18... Bh8 19. fxg4 Rxc3 20. Nf5 $1 $18 Qd8 (20... Nxe4 21. Nxe7+ Kh7
22. Bf8+ $18) 21. Bg5 gxf5 22. Rxh8+ $1 Kxh8 23. Bxf6+ (23. Bxf6+ exf6 24. Qh6+
Kg8 25. Rh1) 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 9798 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.11.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Invicta Kts"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. g4 b5 14. h5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Nf5 Re8 18. Qg5 Qb6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg7 Bxg7 21.
Nxg7 Reb8 (21... Kxg7 {Fritz} 22. Nd5 (22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. g5 Qe3+ 24. Rd2 Rh8 25.
gxf6 Qxh6 26. Rxh6 Kxf6) 22... Qb5 (22... Qa5 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. g5 $18) 23. Qh6+
Kf7 24. g5 Ng8 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxg6 $18) 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. gxh5 Be8 24. b3
cxb3 25. axb3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rb7 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Rc8 29. Rh2 gxh5 30. Rg2+
Bg6 31. Rxd6 Qe3+ 32. Rgd2 Rf8 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Qxd4 36.
Rxd4 h4 37. Kd2 h3 38. Ke3 Kh6 39. Kf4 1-0

[Event "HUN-chT2 Charousek 0203"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Seres, Lajos"]
[Black "Parkanyi, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Feher"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tabani Spartacus"]
[BlackTeam "Tapolca Rockwool"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6 17. h5 a5 {Örök kérdés a sárkány változatban: ki a
gyorsabb?} 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. a4 b5 ({Egy szép támadójátszma az elõzõ szezonból:
} 19... Rb4 20. Rh4 Rc8 21. Rdh1 b5 22. g4 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 b4 25.
Nd5 Qc2+ 26. Ka2 Nh5 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Nxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxd6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kf8
31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. R4h2 Ng3 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rh8+ Bxh8 35. Rxh8+ Kg7 36. Rxc8 {
1-0 Medvegy N.-Kahn, csapatbajnokság 2001}) 20. Nxb5 Qb8 ({Két fordulóval
késõbb Pakson sötét} 20... Qb7 {-tel állt elõ, amelyre} {A "B" változat
azonban valóban fehérnek kedvezõ:} 21. e5 $1 (21. Qg5 $2 {következett. Mint a
parti után Seres Lajos - aki éppen elsõ számítógépéhez jutott hozzá -
elmesélte, hitt a Fritz útmutatásának, amely a játszmalépésre nagy plusszokat
jelzett. A következõ vesztett partiból talán egy életre megtanulta, hogy
kritika nélkül ne kövesse a masinát.} Rxa4 22. Nxd6 Qc6 {Itt már a gép sem
volt nagyon "lelkes".} 23. e5 Nd5 24. Ne4 Rb8 25. Rh2 Qb5 26. Ba7 $2 (26. Nec5
Nb4 $5) 26... Rb7 27. Bf2 Rb8 $6 28. Rdh1 Rxe4 $1 29. fxe4 Nc3+ 30. bxc3 Bxb3
31. Bd4 Qe2 32. Rc1 Be6+ 33. Ka1 Qc4 {0-1 Seres-Tancsa, csapatbajnokság 2003})
21... dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxa4 ({vagy} 22... Bf5 23. N3d4 $16) 23. Nc7 $16) 21. Nc3
Rb4 22. Rh4 Qb7 23. Rdh1 Bxb3 $6 ({Jobb esélyt ad az ellentámadásra} 23... Rb8
{, például} 24. e5 $1 {azonban, amely nyitja a h4-bástyának a negyedik sort,
fehér elõnyét biztosítja:} (24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxa4 26. Bxf6 (26. g4 Rxd4 $5
27. Qxd4 Qxd5 {, és sötét bízhat a "sárkány" futóban.}) 26... Rxh4 27. Rxh4
Bxf6 28. Ra4 Qb6 29. Rxa5 Kg7 {jó ellenesélyekkel a gyalogért, Medvegy Z.
-Rajlich, Budapest 2001}) 24... Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rxb3 26. Nb5 dxe5 27. Bxe5 Rc8
28. Bc3 $1 $16) 24. cxb3 Rxb3 25. Nd5 $1 {Az érdemi küzdelmet eldöntõ újítás!}
Nh5 ({Két illusztráció a sötétre leselkedõ veszélyekrõl:} 25... e5 $2 26. Rh8+
$1 Bxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kxh8 28. Qh6+ Nh7 29. Nf6 {védhetetlen mattal.}) (25... Rb8
26. Nxf6+ exf6 (26... Bxf6 27. Rh8+ Bxh8 28. Rxh8#) 27. Rh7 {, és Bxg7 ellen
nincs hatásos ellenszer.}) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxh5 $1 {Megsemmisíti a királyt
védõ egyetlen tisztet.} gxh5 28. Rxh5 f6 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Kd7
32. Nxf6+ $1 {A csattanó.} Kc7 (32... exf6 33. Rh7+ Kc6 34. Qd5+ {mattig megy.}
) 33. Qc4+ Kb8 34. Nd7+ Qxd7 35. Qxb3+ Kc7 36. Rb5 Qc6 37. Qe6 Qe8 38. g4 Ra6
39. g5 Rb6 40. g6 Rxb5 41. axb5 Qf8 42. Qf7 Qh6 43. g7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. g4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 $5 (15. h5 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxa2 17. Qb3) 15... Qa6 16. e5 Nxg4 $1 (16...
Ne8 17. h5 Bxe5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bd4 $40) 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rde1 $6 (18. exd6
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Bxd1 21. d7 $1 Bxc2+ (21... Rd8 22. Rxd1 Rc7 (22...
Ra4 23. Bc5 Qxa2+ 24. Kc1 $16) 23. Qh2 Rcxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qb8+ Kg7 26.
Bd4+ f6 27. Qe8 Rd5 28. Nc5 $16) 22. Qxc2 Rd8 23. Rd1 (23. h5 Qd6 $1 24. hxg6
Qxg6 25. Rg1 Rg4 $17) 23... Rc7 24. Qh2 Rxc3 25. Qe5 Rxb3+ 26. axb3 Qxb3+ 27.
Kc1 Qa3+ $10) 18... dxe5 19. Bh6 Bf6 $17 20. Re3 Bf5 21. h5 b5 22. Rd1 Qc8 23.
Qg2 a5 {/\ a4-a3} 24. Na1 Rg4 25. Qe2 Rh4 26. Nd5 Rxh5 27. Rc3 Qb8 28. Qd2 g5
$2 (28... Bg4 29. Rf1 Be6 30. Nc7 (30. Rxf6 $2 Rh1+ $19) 30... Bc4 $17) 29. Rf3
Bg4 $2 (29... Rxh6 30. Rxf5 Rg6 31. Nb3 Qa7 32. Qg2 Rc8 33. Nd2 {/\ Ne4+/-})
30. Rxf6 $18 Bxd1 31. Nxe7+ Kh8 32. Qxd1 Qa7 33. Nf5 Rg8 34. Rd6 Qa8 35. Qxh5
1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novgorodskij, Vladimir"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson,M} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7.
Bb3 g6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. g4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qd8 $6 {Johnson,M} (15... Qa6 {Johnson,M}) 16. h4 Rac8
17. h5 b5 18. hxg6 b4 {[#]} 19. g5 $5 (19. gxh7+ Nxh7 20. Nd5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2
Rxc2 22. Kxc2 Bb5 $16) 19... bxc3 20. Qh2 hxg6 (20... Ne8 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22.
gxf7 Kxf7 23. g6+ Kf8 24. Bh6 Be6 25. Rh4 $18) (20... fxg6 21. gxf6 exf6 22.
Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rxd6 $18) 21. gxf6 exf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bh6+ $18)
22. Bf4 $1 R4c6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 $8 24. Qxd6 Rc7 25. Rd3 Qc8 (25... cxb2 26. Nc5
Bf8 27. Qh2 $18) 26. Nc5 Be8 27. Rxc3 f5 28. Nd7 $1 (28. Nd7 $1 Rxc3 29. Nf6+
Bxf6 30. Qxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 17th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 (13. h5 Nxh5 14.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Kf8 16. g4 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxh7 Kg8 19. Rh1 a5 $1 (
19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Ne2 {/\Bd4+/=/}) 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2 (21. Bd5 $32 Bc6
22. Ba2 b5 $13) 21... b5 22. Kb1 (22. Kd1 $5) 22... b4 23. g5 Bg7 24. axb4 a3
$36 {Glek,I-Hodgson,J/GER/1994/}) 13... b5 $6 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3
Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6 17. h5 $14) 14. Ncxb5 Qd8 $5 {N/} (14... Qa6) (14... Qxd2) 15.
Qe2 $1 Rc5 16. Nc3 (16. g4 $6 Rb8 17. Nc3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 a5 $44) 16... Rb8 (
16... Rac8 17. Nd5 $16) (16... Qc8 17. Ndb5 $16) 17. Ne6 $1 $16 fxe6 18. Bxc5
dxc5 19. f4 $1 (19. Bxe6+ $2 Kh8 20. f4 Qa5 $1 $36) 19... c4 $5 (19... Nf7 20.
e5 $16) (19... Nc6 20. e5 Nd4 21. Qc4 $1 $16) 20. fxe5 cxb3 21. exf6 bxa2+ 22.
Nxa2 exf6 (22... Bxf6 23. e5 $18) 23. Rh3 $1 f5 24. c3 $1 (24. Rb3 Rxb3 25.
cxb3 Qc7 $14) 24... Qc7 (24... Qe7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Rg3 $1 $36 {/\26...Kh8 27.
Rg7!+-/}) 25. exf5 exf5 (25... gxf5 26. Rhd3 Qc4 $8 27. Nc1 $1 Be8 28. Rd8 $18)
26. Nb4 $1 $18 f4 27. Na6 $1 Bf5+ 28. Rhd3 Qb6 29. Nxb8 Qxb8 30. Kc1 Bf6 31.
Rd8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.10.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. h5 Nxh5 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Rxd2 Kf8 16. g4 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxh7 Kg8 19. Rh1 (19. Rdh2 e6 $5 {
/\b5,a5/}) 19... a5 $1 {N/} (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Ne2 {/\Bd4+/=/}) 20.
a3 (20. a4 $5 Nc4 (20... e6 $5) (20... Rab8 $5) 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rc3 23.
Rd3 $10) 20... a4 21. Ba2 $6 (21. Bd5 $5 e6 (21... Rab8 22. c3 $14) (21... Bc6
$5 22. Ba2 b5 $13) 22. Bxb7 Nc4 23. Bxc8 Bxc8 24. g5 $1 $16) 21... b5 $1 22.
Kb1 (22. Kd1 $5) 22... b4 23. g5 Bg7 24. axb4 a3 $1 25. b3 $8 Rab8 (25... Rc3
26. Re2) 26. c4 $1 $8 Rxb4 27. Kc1 $8 e6 $5 (27... Rb7 28. Kd1) 28. Nc2 Rb7 29.
f4 Ng4 30. Rxd6 (30. Rh4 e5) 30... Bc6 31. Re1 $1 $8 (31. Rh4 $6 Nxe3 32. Nxe3
Bxe4 33. Ng4 Bb2+ 34. Kd2 Kg7 $1 $17) 31... Bb2+ (31... Bxe4 32. Bd4 $14) 32.
Kb1 Bc3 33. Re2 e5 $5 34. Bc1 exf4 35. Bxf4 Ba4 {(.)/} (35... Re7 $5) 36. Nxa3
Bxb3 37. Bxb3 Rxb3+ 38. Ka2 Rb7 $44 39. Rd3 Be5 40. Bc1 Bg7 41. Bb2 Bxb2 42.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 43. Kxb2 Nf2 $1 $10 44. Rd4 Re8 45. Nb5 Nxe4 46. Rd5 Rc8 47. Kb3 Rc5
48. Rxc5 Nxc5+ 49. Kb4 Ne6 50. c5 Kf8 51. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Bergez, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Grimberg,G"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. h5 Nxh5 16. g4 Nf6 17. Nb3 Qe5 $5 18. Bf4 (18. g5 $5 Nh5 19. f4 Qe6 20. f5
Bxc3 21. fxe6 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Bxe6 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Rd4 Bb5 $44) 18... Qe6 19.
Bh6 (19. Nd4 $5 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Nxg4 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. e5
$5 $132 dxe5 25. f4) 19... Bh8 20. Rhe1 Be8 21. Ne2 {la manoeuvre Ce2+c3
renforce considerablement le roque blanc, la pression sur la colonne "c"est
bien attenuee.Voir le prochain diagramme.} Rac8 22. Ned4 Qd7 23. c3 Qc7 24. Nf5
$1 Ba4 (24... gxf5 $4 25. gxf5 Nh5 26. Rg1+ Bg7 27. Rxg7+ Nxg7 28. Qg5 $18) 25.
Ne3 Rc6 26. g5 Nd7 27. f4 (27. Nd5 Qb8 $4 (27... Qd8 {seul coup.}) 28. Nxe7#)
27... Nb6 28. Qf2 Bxc3 $1 (28... Bxb3 29. axb3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qa2 {
tient la baraque !}) 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Qb2 Bc6 (30... Qc6 $5 31. Nd5 (31. Nc2
Nc4 32. Ncd4 Nxb2 33. Nxc6 R8xc6 34. Kxb2 Rc2+ 35. Kb1 $13) 31... Nxd5 32. exd5
Qc4 (32... Qb5 33. Re3 $1) 33. Re3 $1 b5 34. Rxc3 Qxc3 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Rc1
Rxc1+ 37. Nxc1 {malgre le fou enferme les blancs ont l'avantage car le roi
noir n'est pas vaillant !}) 31. Nc5 $1 {le spectacle est au rendez-vous ,
echiquier n 1} Bxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Na4 {les noirs attaquent temerairement, car une
menace plane sur leur roi (dame g7# si la tour c3 bouge.} 33. Qb4 $1 (33. Nd5
Nxb2 34. Nxc7 Nxd1 35. Nd5 Rc1# {Preums !} (35... e6 36. Ne7+ {pas mat !}))
33... Rxe3 34. Qxa4 $1 Qb6+ 35. Ka1 e5 36. fxe5 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 dxe5 38. Rd1 Qe3
39. Qc4 $1 Qh3 40. Qc7 $1 1-0

[Event "Dresden Post 5th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1985.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schurade, Matthias"]
[Black "Dobrovolsky, Ladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Poetzsch,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1985.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 6/1986 Seite 269} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. g4
Ne5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6
19. c3 Ba4 20. Rc1 Rab8 21. h5 e5 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Nf5 gxf5 $2 (23... Bc6) 24.
Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qf7 $1 {und der Kh8 kann der tödlichen Umklammerung nicht
entkommen [/\ Bg7+ nebst Rxh7+]} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch57"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. h5 Rxc3 {The best
move. Black won't have to worry about Nc3-d5 any longer.} (13... Nxh5 14. Nd5
$1 {leads to an unpleasant endgame for Black. Without queens White wouldn't
have to think about Black's counterplay on the queenside, while his own play
on the h-file will be very strong anyway.}) 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3
Nxh5 {leads to an unclear endgame. A pawn and better structure are usually
enough compensation for the exchange, but on the other hand White can continue
active play with} 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bd5 {In the following game Black
wasn't able to stop White's initiative:} Rb8 (18... Rc8 $5 {Better than the
game.} 19. Bxb7 Rxc3 $13) 19. Nf5 $1 gxf5 20. Rxh5 e6 21. Bb3 fxe4 22. f4 Nc6
23. Rxd6 Be8 24. Rd1 a5 25. a4 Bxc3 26. Rdh1 Ne7 27. Rxh7 Nf5 28. Bd2 Bg7 29.
Bxa5 Bxa4 30. Bc7 (30. Bxa4 Ra8) 30... Ra8 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Be8 (32... Ra6
33. g6 $1 fxg6 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. R1h7+ Ng7 36. Bxa4 Rxa4 37. Rc8 $18) 33. Kb2 e3
34. g6 $18 Kf8 35. gxf7 Bxf7 36. Rh8+ Bg8 37. Bxe6 Ne7 38. Rg1 e2 39. Bxg8 e1=Q
40. Be6+ Ng8 41. Rhxg8+ Ke7 42. Rxe1 {1-0 Meszaros,T-Rajlich,V/Budapest 2001})
14... Nxh5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 {A line named sometimes as "Karpov Variation",
due to the game given below.} Nf6 {After this precise move Black's position is
more than okay. White doesn't have Rxh5 ideas and also the plan with g4-g5 is
too slow now. This means that White's attack is not dangerous, while the
situation on the queenside might easily become dangerous for White, due to his
broken pawn formation.} (16... Qxc3 17. Ne2 $1 Qc5 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20.
Rxh5 $1 {A classical game on the theme "Killing the Dragon".} gxh5 21. Rh1 Qe3+
22. Kb1 Qxf3 23. Rxh5 e6 24. g6 Nxg6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Rf5 Qxb3+ 27. axb3 exf5
28. Nf4 Rd8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Ke8 33. exf5 Rc8
34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. f6 {1-0 Karpov,A-Gik,E/Moscow 1968}) 17. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d5]} (17. g4 $6 Qxc3 $1 {and comparing to Karpov-Gik, here
black queen is much more active on c3 than on c5. For instance 18 g5 is not
even possible.} 18. Kb1 (18. g5 $2 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxd4+ 20. Ke2 Bb5+ $19) (18.
Ne2 $2 Qa1+ {18...Qc5 would lead to Karpov-Gik.} 19. Kd2 Nxf3+ 20. Ke3 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Nxg4+ $19) 18... Rc8 $15) (17. Kb1 Rc8 $36) 17... Bc6 $146 (17... Bb5 {
Black was doing fine after this move as well.} 18. Nf4 Bc4 19. Kb2 Rc8 20. Rc1
Rc6 21. g4 Nxf3 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd5 Rxe4 24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 $15 {
0-1 Afek,Y-Ward,C/Oakham 2000.}) 18. Kb2 Qc5 19. Nf4 a5 20. Rd5 {This
speculative move only activates the opponent's queen.} (20. a4 Rc8 $1 {and
Black's chances seem preferable anyway.} (20... b5 21. Nd5 (21. Rd5 Qe3 22.
axb5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxh6 24. Rxh6 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 $17) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5
Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxb5 Qxa4 25. Rb6 Rc8 $13)) (20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qf2
$15) (20. a3 a4 (20... b5 $5) 21. Ba2 Ra6 (21... Qb5+ 22. Kc1 Qc5 $11) 22. Rd4
Rb6+ 23. Rb4 Rxb4+ 24. cxb4 (24. axb4 $2 a3+ $19) 24... Qd4+ 25. Kb1 Qc3 26. b5
Neg4 $1 {is a mess.}) 20... Qe3 {White's position looks critical.} (20... Bxd5
{Also possible, but the game continuation is stronger.} 21. Nxd5 Re8 22. Nxf6+
exf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8) 21. Rd4 a4 22. Bd5 e6 (22... Nh5 23. Rxh5 (23. a3 Bxd5 24.
exd5 Rc8 $19) (23. g3 a3+ 24. Kb3 Bxd5+ 25. exd5 Rc8 $19) 23... gxh5 24. Qg5+
Ng6 $19) (22... a3+ 23. Kb3 $8 Nh5 $19) 23. Nxe6 (23. Qh4 a3+ 24. Kb3 Ra6 25.
Qxf6 Rb6+ 26. Rb4 Rxb4+ 27. Kxb4 Qc5+ 28. Kb3 Qb5+ 29. Kxa3 exd5 30. Qd8+ Be8
$19 {[%cal Ge5c4]}) 23... a3+ 24. Kb1 Qxh6 25. Rxh6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 $17 {-/+
} 27. Bb3 Ke7 28. Kc1 Ra5 29. Kd2 Rc5 30. Rb4 g5 31. Rd4 g4 32. f4 Ned7 33. Kd3
Bb5+ 34. c4 Bc6 {[%csl Rb3]} 35. Ke3 Ra5 36. c3 Ra8 37. Bc2 Re8 38. g3 Kf7 39.
f5 Kg7 40. Rh1 Nc5 41. Kf4 Bxe4 42. Bxe4 Ncxe4 43. Rb1 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Hotel Agro GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gross, David"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O {Recently Black has started again to face big
problems in the main line -10. ... Ne5 and 11. ...Rc8, especially in the
ultra-modern 12.Kb1 variation. That's why many Dragon-players return to other
lines.} Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. Kb1 (12. h4 {is consederd the main move here.})
12... Ne5 13. h4 b5 14. h5 (14. Ncxb5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rab8 16. Nc3 a5 $1 $44 17.
a4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Ncb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxa4 21. Rd4 Rb4 22. Rxb4 axb4 23.
Nd4 Rc8 24. Ne2 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. f4 e6 27. Nc1 Rc4 28. Nd3 Bf8 29. b3 Re4 30.
Re1 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Dochev,D-Ovsejevitsch,S/Pardubice 1998}) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4
bxc4 16. Bh6 (16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ka1 Rab8 18. g4 $13 Qb4 19. Rb1 Rc5 $2 20. g5
Nh5 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxh5 fxe4 24. fxe4 Bc6 25. Rhh1 Qa5 26. Qh2
h6 27. gxh6 Be5 28. Qh3 Rxb2 29. h7+ {1-0 Kulaots,K-Bisby,D/Witley 1998}) 16...
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rab8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa3 20. Nb3 cxb3 21. bxa3 bxc2+ 22.
Ka1 cxd1=Q+ 23. Rxd1 Bf5 24. g4 Bc2 {This all happened before. In the
resulting position it seems that neither side can make real improvements
without major riscs. White cannot achieve any progress because of his bad King
on a1. Black has more options, but the most attractive aim - to exchange all
the pieces on b1 looks impossible if White plays carefully.} (24... Rc2 25. Rb1
$1 Rxa2+ (25... Rxb1+ 26. Kxb1 Bd3 (26... Rg2+ 27. gxf5 g5 28. f6 $18) 27. Qe3
$18) 26. Kxa2 Bxb1+ 27. Ka1 $16 {Tolnai T.}) 25. Rc1 (25. hxg6 $2 Bxg6 26. f4
Be4 27. f5 Rc7 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qe3 Bc2 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Qxh7 Rcb7 32. Qh8+ Kd7
33. Qh1 Bxd1 34. Qxd1 f6 35. a4 a5 36. Qe1 Rb1+ 37. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 38. Kxb1 Kc7 {
0-1 Janosevic,D-Velimirovic,D/Jugoslavija (ch) 1972}) 25... Rc7 $146 {In fact,
this novelty was recommended by Jovicic in Chess Informant 50.} (25... Rc5 26.
Qd2 Bd3 27. Rh1 Rxd5 (27... Bc2 28. a4 a5 $6 29. Qe3 $16 Kf8 (29... Rc7 $5 {
Jovicic,M}) 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. f4 gxh5 32. gxh5 Kh8 33. Qg5 $16 {1-0 Tolnai,
T-Jovicic,M/Leibnitz 1990 (43)}) 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qe3 (29. a4 Rd4 $1 (29... g5
30. Qe3 Kf7 31. Qxa7 $16 {Tolnai T.}) 30. Qc3 (30. a3 e5) (30. Qh6 Rdb4 31.
Qxh7+ Kf8 32. a3 Rb3 $19) (30. Qa5 $5) 30... e5 31. Qc7 (31. a3 Bc4 32. Rb1 Rc8
$1 $15) 31... Rdb4 32. a3 Rb3 33. Qxd6 Bc4 {/\Bf7 and only Black can try to
play for a win.}) (29. Qh6 $4 Rdb5 $19) 29... Kf8 (29... e5 30. Qxa7 Rdb5 31.
Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Qc1 g5 34. a4 Rb1+ (34... Rb4 $2 35. Qc7+ {/\36.
a3+-.}) 35. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Bxb1 37. Kxb1 Ke6 38. Kc2 Kd7 39. Kc3 d5 40.
Kb4 Kc6 41. a3 Kb6 42. a5+ Ka6 43. Kc5 d4 44. Kb4 $11) 30. a4 $1 {controlling
b5 square} (30. Qh6+ $2 Ke8 $17 31. Qxh7 $2 Rdb5 $19) 30... Rb7 31. Qh6+ Ke8
32. Qxh7 Kd7 $13 {There is a lot of play in this complicated position, but it
remains close to equal anyway.}) 26. Qd2 {White has to be carefull. Black
wanted to double his Rooks on b-line.} (26. a4 $2 Bd3 27. Rd1 Rcb7 28. a3 Rb3
29. Qc1 Rb1+ 30. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Bxb1 32. Kxb1 $19) 26... Bd3 27. Rh1 Bc2
28. Rc1 Bd3 29. Rh1 Bc2 30. a4 f6 31. Rc1 (31. hxg6 Bxg6 (31... hxg6 $4 32. Qh6
$18) 32. Re1 (32. f4 Be4 33. Re1 Rc4 $15) 32... Rcb7 $5 33. a3 Rb3 34. Re3 (34.
Ka2 Bb1+ $17) 34... Rb1+ 35. Ka2 Rf1 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. Kxb3 Rxf3+ 38. Kb4 Rd3
39. Qf2 {with an unclear position, in which any result is possible, although I
think White's chances are preferable.} a6 40. Qa7 Kf7 41. Qxa6 Rd4+ 42. Kc3
Rxg4 43. a5 $13) 31... Bd3 32. Rh1 Bc2 33. a5 (33. a3 $6 Rb3 34. Rc1 (34. Ka2
Rcc3 $17) 34... Rxa3+ 35. Kb2 Rb3+ 36. Ka2 Rbc3 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Rh1 g5 39.
Qh2 Bb3+ 40. Kb2 Bxd5 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ (43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qg6+
Kd7 45. Qf5+ Be6 46. Qb5+ R3c6 47. a5 a6 48. Qa4 Rb7+ $19) 43... Ke6 44. Qg8+
Ke5 $19) 33... g5 {Now it seems that Black is out of danger and could have
tried to atack White's pawns without risking anything. However, he still has
weaknesses on a7, e7 and h7.} 34. Rc1 Bd3 35. Rh1 Bc2 (35... Bc4 $6 36. Rc1 Rc5
37. Qe3 Rb7 38. a6 Rbc7 39. Qe4 {doesn't look good for Black.}) 36. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Loginov, Anton"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. g4 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 ({
Alternativen sind} 13... b5 {Schulz,A} 14. h5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 {usw.}) ({und} 
13... Rc4 {Schulz,A}) 14. Qe1 {'?!' Schulz,A. It is hard to believe that White
can develop a dangerous attack by exchanging the Bishop on e3 for the Knight.
However, this plan was met before (with the exception that White placed the
Queen on other squares than e1) and White achieved good practical results.} (
14. Qd3 {Schulz,A} Nxe3 15. Qxe3 {führt zur gleichen Stellung wie in der
Partie.}) 14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 {Schulz,A: 'Nach dem Tausch des Le3 ist der
weiße Standardangriffsplan - Tausch des Lg7 und Angriff auf der h-Linie -
nicht mehr möglich.'} Rc5 {Together with pushing the b-pawn, to double Rooks
on the c-file looks very logical.} (15... b5 {this also looks good for Black.}
16. h5 b4 17. Nd5 Kf8 $1 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh2 e6 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. Qf4 Bg5 22.
Rh8+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Qxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf4+ 25. Kb1 Rxh8 {0-1 Stojanovic,N-Dagfinn,S/
Canaries olJ-U16 1995/EXT 97 (25)}) (15... Qc5 16. h5 e5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf5
gxf5 19. Qg5 Qf2 20. Rh6 Nxg4 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Rh7 Bh6+ 24. Kb1
Be8 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Qh7+ Bf7 27. Nd5+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kc6 29. Ne7+ Kb6 30. Rxc8
Qxf3 31. Rxd6+ Ka5 32. Qd5+ b5 33. Nc6+ {1-0 Barczay,L-Kavalek,L/Salgotarjan
1967/EXT 99 (33)}) 16. h5 Rac8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf5 $4 {'?' Schulz,A. This is
a bit premature. If something like this would be possible, nobody would play
Dragon as Black. Schulz,A: 'Das Figurenopfer bringt nichts, weil Schwarz
schneller ist.'} (18. Rd3 e6 19. Rg1 b5 20. Nce2 Qc7 21. Kb1 e5 $2 (21... a5
$13) 22. Nf5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Kf8 $2 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qxf6 d5 27.
exd5 Rxc2 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. d6+ Qxd6 30. Qh4+ Qf6 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Qxf6 {
1-0 Huba,M-Palka,M/Tatranska Lomnica SVK 1999 (32)}) (18. Kb1 $11) (18. g5 $5 {
Schulz,A} Rxg5 $140 $2 (18... Nh5 19. Nd5) 19. Nf5) (18. Nde2 {Schulz,A}) 18...
gxf5 19. gxf5 Rxc3 $1 {Of course! Black is much faster. Together with the
material advantage, this makes Black's position winning.} 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qd2
(21. Qg5 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 (22. Kb1 Rxb3+ 23. cxb3 Nxe4 $19) 22... Rxf3 {'-+'
Schulz,A.} 23. Ke2 Rf2+ $1 $19) 21... Qa3+ 22. Kb1 Rxf3 $19 23. Rhg1 Ng4 {
'!' Schulz,A. Schulz,A: 'Hübsch.'} 24. f6 (24. c3 {Schulz,A} Rf2 25. Qc1 Qxc1+
26. Kxc1 Nf6 $19) 24... Bxf6 25. e5 Bxe5 26. c3 Bxc3 {Unfortunately there are
no pawns left to cover the diagonal...} 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 Rc4 $5
{First met long time ago in the game Mnatsakanian-Veresov/USSR/1968, this
interesting idea wasn't really refuted. The present game shows once more the
Dragon's vitality.} 14. Bxc4 $6 {'?' Schulz,A. Schulz,A: 'Diese Qualität ist
vergiftet.'} (14. g5 {This is definitely the most crucial move.} Nh5 (14...
Rxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxf3 16. Qf2 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Ng4 (17... Nh5 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rd3
Qe5 20. Rf1 Bc6 21. Rdf3 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Yurtaev,L/Frunze 1983/MCD (21)})
18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rd5 $18 (19. Rd3 $18)) 15. f4 (15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 e6 17.
Nf4 Rc7 18. Nxh5 gxh5 19. Rhd1 a5 20. a3 Rac8 {with complicated, probably
balanced position. Probably Black has good counterplay here.}) 15... Rxd4 (
15... Rxc3 16. fxe5 (16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Ng4 18. Rhe1 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Nxf4 20.
Rf1 Ne6 (20... e5 21. Ne2 Bb5 22. c4 $18) 21. Ref3 $16) (16. bxc3 Ng4 17. Rhe1
Rc8 $44) 16... Rc5 17. exd6 $16 (17. e6 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Be8 $14)) (15... Nf3 16.
Nxf3 Rxc3 17. e5 Rxc2+ 18. Bxc2 Qxa2 19. Qd5 {'+-' Schulz,A. Schulz,A: '1-0
Klovans,J-Rausis,I/Riga 1986/EXT 99 (39)'} (19. Qb4 Bc6 20. Rhf1 Rc8 21. Rf2)
19... Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Qxc6 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 bxc6 24. Rb7 f6 25.
Rxe7 fxe5 26. fxe5 d5 27. Ba4 Rc8 28. Rxa7 Ng3 29. Nd4 Bxe5 30. Nxc6 Bd6 31.
Bd4 Nf5 32. Bf6 Rc7 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34. Bb3 Rd7 35. Ne5 Rd6 36. Kd3 h6 37. Ba2
hxg5 38. hxg5 Ng3 39. Be7 {1-0 Klovans,J-Rausis,I/Riga 1986/EXT 99 (39)}) 16.
Qxd4 (16. Bxd4 $2 Nf3 $17) 16... Ng4 17. e5 (17. Qd3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bb5 (18...
Rc8 $13) 19. c4 Qa3+ 20. Kd2 (20. Kb1 Nxe3 21. cxb5 Qc5 $13) 20... Bc6 {
and Black keeps his chances.}) 17... Ng3 (17... dxe5 18. Qc5 (18. Qd5 Qxd5 19.
Nxd5 Nxe3 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Rxd7 $18) 18... Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Bc6 20. Rhg1 Nh2 21.
fxe5 e6 22. Rge1 Nf3 23. Re3 Nxe5 24. Ba4 $16) 18. Rhe1 Nf5 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20.
Nxd5 e6 {this seems to be the critical position of the whole line with 13. ...
Rc4} 21. Bg1 $1 (21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Bxa7 Rxc7 23. exd6 Rc8 $14) 21... exd5 22.
Bxd5 {and White has a strong pressure, which makes Black's position difficult.}
) 14... Nxc4 15. Qd3 (15. Qe2 $2 Qb4 16. Nb3 Nxb2 17. Kxb2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxc3+
19. Kc1 Qb2+ 20. Kd2 Bc3+ 21. Kd3 Bb5#) 15... Qb4 {'!' Schulz,A. Schulz,A:
'Das folgende ist eine Idee von Grabarczyk, die zum ersten Mal 1996 von ihm
gespielt wurde.'} (15... b5 16. Kb1 $1 {Klovans-Golubev/Biel/1994}) 16. Nb3
Nxe4 $1 {Probably Black is already better here, at least from the practical
point of view. All this was played in the game Bobras-Grabarczyk B./POL-ch/
1996. Only the next move is a novelty. Schulz,A: 'Es sieht so aus, dass Weiß
danach in allen Varianten mehr oder weniger unter die Räder kommt.'} (16... Rc8
$2 {Burger-Picardi/Formia/1994}) 17. Nxe4 {This was recommended as the best
here, but Black has a strong initiative anyway. Maybe White's best chance is
to follow the recent game Tagnon-Rausis/Vlissingen/1997?} (17. Bd4 Bxd4 18.
Qxd4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 (20... Bc6 $5 21. Nd4 Bd5 $15) 21. Rhe1 f6
22. f4 Nc6 23. g5 Kf7 $11 {0-1 Tagnon,N-Rausis,I/Vlissingen NED 1999 (59)}) ({
Oder} 17. fxe4 $2 {Schulz,A} Bxc3 18. Bd4 (18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe3 20. Rd3
Nxg4 $19 {Horvath,R-Toma,K/Litohoto 1999/CBM 72 ext/0-1 (53)}) 18... Bxd4 19.
Qxd4 Bxg4 20. Rde1 a5 21. Rhg1 h5 $17 {0-1 Bobras,P-Grabarczyk,B/Poland 1996/
CBM 53/(30)}) 17... Nxb2 18. Qd5 Nc4 (18... Qa3 {looks also very attractive.})
19. Rd3 $2 (19. Rde1 Rc8 (19... Bc6 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qxe7 (21. Qf4 Bb5 $1 $36)
21... Nxe3 (21... Qa3+ 22. Kd1 Re8 23. Qc7 {and it looks like White has good
chances to defend the position (the idea now is Be3-c1).} Nxe3+ 24. Rxe3 d5 25.
Ng5 $1 Rxe3 (25... hxg5 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qb8 Qf8 28. hxg5 $18) 26. Qxf7+ Kh8
27. Qxg6 Kg8 (27... hxg5 28. Qf7 $1) 28. Nf7 $16) 22. Rxe3 Re8 23. Qc7 d5 24.
Qa5 Qe7 25. Qxa7 dxe4 26. fxe4 Qe5 $13) 20. Re2 (20. Bd2 Qa3+ 21. Kd1 Nb2+ (
21... Qxa2 22. h5 Ne5 23. Nc3) 22. Ke2 Qa6+ 23. Kf2 Rxc2 24. Kg1 (24. Nc1 Bc6
25. Qg5 f6 26. Qe3 (26. Qf4 Rxc1 $19) 26... Nc4 27. Qd3 Bxe4 $19) 24... Nc4 25.
Rh2 Ne5 {with strong initiative.}) 20... Ba4 $5 {Black's attacking
possibilities look very good here.}) 19... Bc6 20. Qg5 Qa3+ 21. Kd1 Nb2+ 22.
Ke2 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 $2 {After this mistake White can hardly defend the position.
Things wouldn't have been so clear after 23.cxd3. Now the king is too exposed.}
(23. cxd3 Qxa2+ (23... d5 $13) 24. Ned2 Bf6 25. Qa5 Ba4 26. Qb4 $13) 23... d5
$19 {Schulz,A: 'Schwarze Läuferpaar, weißer König im Zentrum zur Jagd frei
gegeben und die weißen Figuren sind entweder Angriffsobjekte oder spielen
nicht mit.'} 24. Nec5 (24. Nf2 h6 25. Qf4 e5 26. Qg3 Qa6+ 27. Kd2 d4 $19) 24...
e5 (24... b6 $19) (24... h6 $19) (24... b6 $5 {[%csl Rc5] Schulz,A}) 25. h5 d4
26. Bd2 (26. Bc1 Qxa2 $19) 26... e4+ 27. Ke2 (27. fxe4 Bb5+ 28. c4 dxc3+ 29.
Ke3 cxd2 $19) (27. Nxe4 {Schulz,A} Qa6+ 28. c4 dxc3+ $19) 27... e3 $1 {Black
plays a very good game.} (27... exf3+ 28. Kf2 $17) 28. h6 (28. Bc1 Qxa2 $19)
28... Bh8 29. Ba5 Qxa2 30. Rc1 b6 {The rest needs no comment.} 31. Qe7 bxc5 32.
Qxc5 Qa4 33. Kd3 Rc8 34. Qb4 Bb5+ 35. Ke4 Re8+ 36. Kf4 Be5+ 37. Kg5 Qxb4 38.
Bxb4 Bg3 39. Nxd4 f6+ 40. Kxf6 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Etchegaray, Patrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Bg5 {Kb1 and Bg5
is a combination of moves which is very logical, in spite of some Dragon's
specialists sceptical opinion about it. The point is that White's approach is
very flexible - he still keeps the possibility to start a kingside attack, but
at the same time there are a lot of other ideas, connected with Bxf6 followed
by Nd5, or Nd5 at once. These are especially effective with black queen on a5.
Of course the direct moves like 13.g4 and 13.h4 also come into consideration.}
Nc4 (13... Rc5 14. h4 $1 (14. Rhe1 {is another critical move.} b5 15. Bxf6 exf6
(15... Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Kg7 18. Rxd2 Kxf6 19. f4 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5]})
16. Bd5 (16. Nd5 $142) 16... b4 $1 17. Nce2 Nc4 {and the complications were in
Black's favour in Shchekachev,A-Ward,C/Gran Canaria 1993.}) 14... Rac8 $5 (
14... Re8 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5
Nh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Rh1 Qd8 25. g6 Nxg6 26. Qxh5
Qg8 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Qh3 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Bergez,L/Cappelle la Grande 2002.})
(14... b5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Kg7 18. h5 g5 (18... Bg5 19. f4
Bh6 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. g3 e6 22. Rdh2 exd5 23. Rxh6 Rh8 24. Nf5+ $18 {1-0
Guseinov,K-Rajlich,V/Budapest 2001 (39)}) 19. h6+ Kf8 (19... Kg6 {is scary:}
20. g3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} ({or} 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nxf4+ Kg5 22. g3)) 20. Nxf6 exf6
21. Ne2 $16 {1-0 Guseinov,K-Cernousek,L/Baku 2002 (58)}) (14... h5 15. Bxf6 $1
$16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Kg7 18. h5 Bg5 19. f4 Rxd5 20. Bxd5
Bxf4 $44 21. Rdd1 Nc4 $2 22. Rhf1 g5 23. g3 Nd2+ 24. Rxd2 Bxd2 25. Rxf7+ Kh8
26. Rxe7 Bg4 27. h6 $18 {1-0 Balogh,C-Rajlich,V/Budapest 2001 (32)}) (13... b5
$6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nc4 17. Rd3 Rab8 18. Bxe7 a5 19. Bg5 a4
20. Bf4 Rb6 21. Rhd1 a3 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rxa3 c3 24. Rb3 $18 {1-0 Golubev,
M-Raeber,M/Scuol 2001 (38)}) (13... Rab8 $5) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 (15. Bxf6 {
brings nothing, here is a recent example:} Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Kg7 $1
18. Nh5+ Kh6 $1 {A well-known motif - Black isn't forced to break the pawn
structure.} 19. Rxd2 Kxh5 20. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Cebalo,M/Wijk aan Zee 2003}
) 15... Qd8 $2 {There are so many opening traps in the modern theory of chess
openings, that it is hardly possible even for a GM to remember all of them.
However, if one plays Dragon, one should know certain typical dangers. In this
variation 15...Qd8 fails to the standard 16.e5.} (15... Qe5 {is the correct
and practically the only move, although I am not sure that the resulting
positions are completely satisfactory for Black.}) 16. e5 $1 {Of course. The
idea is as old as Dragon itself. This was the initial main idea behind the
move Be3-g5 (although in different variations).} Ne8 (16... dxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. Qxd7 $18) 17. Ne4 {This is a strange move, since the natural 17.Nd5 looks
much stronger and I suppose that there is a mistake in notation and in reality
17.Nd5 was played.} (17. Nd5 $1 f6 (17... Bf8 18. Qe2 {is also bad for Black})
18. Nxf6+ $1 {is a transposition to the game.}) 17... f6 (17... Bxe5 {Black
has other alternatives too, but the obvious 17...Bxe5 just takes a pawn.
That's why I suspect 17.Nd5 was played.}) 18. Nxf6+ $1 exf6 (18... Kh8 {
is of course bad too} 19. Nd5 $18) 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. exf6 $1 {This intermezzo
decides the game. White wins material.} (20. Qxc4 $2 fxg5 $13) 20... Nxf6 {
A sad decision, but there was no choice. Giving up the dark-squared bishop was
even worse.} (20... Qc7 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rhe1 $18) 21. Qxc4 $18 {An exchange
and a pawn up is more than enough to win easily.} Rc8 22. Qf4 Bf5 23. Nd4 Qb6
24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qc5 26. Nxf5 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 Qxf5 28. Rxd6 Qe5 29. Qd2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Grodzisk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. g4 (16. h5 Rxc3 $1) (16. Bd4 $5) 16... Rc8 (16... b5 17.
e5 b4 18. exf6 bxc3 19. Qd5 $16 {1-0 Areshchenko,A-Olenin,N/Nikolaev 2001}) (
16... Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. h5 $16 {1-0 Zapata,A-Gonzalez,B/
Valencia 2000 (32)}) (16... Be6 17. h5 a5 (17... b5 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. N5d4 a5
20. hxg6 a4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. c3 Nc5 25. Bh6 Be5 26.
Rh5 a3 27. b3 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Nxb3 29. Bg7+ {1-0 Rowson,J-Tan,D/Torquay 2002}) (
17... Rc8 18. Bd4 $16) 18. Nd4 Rxc3 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Nd7
22. Bd4 $16 {1-0 Macieja,B-Salmensuu,O/Saint-Vincent 2000(40)}) 17. h5 $6 (17.
e5 $1 Ne8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. c3 {White is better. He protected the
queenside and has pressure on the central files, while retaining attacking
possibilities on the kingside.} Bc6 21. Rhe1 (21. h5 $5) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxd5 b5
23. Bg5 Bf8 24. Qe5 $14 {/+/-, 1-0 Timoshenko,G-Mutschnik,I/Alushta 2001 (38)})
(17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 $13) 17... Bxg4 $1 {This is rightly considered to give
Black good counterplay.} 18. fxg4 Nxe4 19. Qg2 (19. Nxe4 Rxc2 20. Rc1 Rxd2 21.
Nbxd2 Qd7 22. h6 Be5 (22... Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Be5 (23... Qb5 $5 24. Rc8+ Bf8)) 23.
Nf2 f5 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. gxf5 Qxf5+ 27. Ka1 b6 28. Nde4 Bf4 29.
Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. a3 Ke6 32. Nh3 Qf1+ 33. Ka2 Kd7 34. Rc3 Qf7+ (34...
d5 35. Neg5 d4 36. Rf3 Qc4+ 37. Kb1 d3 38. Rf2 Qd4 39. Rd2 Qe3 40. Kc1 e5 $19)
35. Ka1 Qf8 36. Nhg5 d5 $4 (36... Qxh6 37. Rh3 Qf8 38. Rxh7 Qf4 {Black is
winning with some accuracy.}) 37. Rc7+ Kxc7 38. Ne6+ Kc6 39. Nxf8 dxe4 40. Nxh7
{1-0 Kosintseva,T-Utnasunov,A/Vladimir 2002}) 19... Nxc3+ (19... Qc6 $2 20. Nd5
$16 {1-0 Gashimov,V-Lie,K/Bled 2002 (37)}) ({Not clear why not the simple} 
19... Bxc3 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qh3 (21. bxc3 Nxc3+ 22. Kc1 Nxa2+ $19) 21... e6
$17) 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Bd4 Rxc2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 {Black is still better
having four pawns for the knight. Also the position of White's king
practically secures Black at least equal chances in most complications.} Qc6
24. Re1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qb6+ 26. Nb3 e6 (26... Rc7 $5 27. h6 f6) 27. Rd1 Rc5 28.
h6 Kf8 29. g5 Ke7 30. Ka1 {The result has little do do with the evaluation of
the present position. It was either a time-trouble, or more moves have been
played. Black has good winning chances after trading rooks and playing f5:} (
30. Ka1 Rd5 31. Qc1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 f5 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 $17) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Penne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qc7 (15... Qd8 $142 16. g4 (16. e5 $142 Ne8 17. h5 $14) 16... Rac8 17.
e5 Ne8 $13) 16. g4 {Karjakin shows a good theoretical knowledge. Although 16.
h5 and 16.Bd4 are played more often, the advance of the g-pawn is especially
effective after 15...Qc7, since the knight will jump to d5 with tempo.} (16. h5
Rxc3 {The best} 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nxh5 19. Bd4 $14) (16. Bd4 Bc6 $5) 16...
Rc8 (16... b5 $2 17. e5 b4 (17... dxe5 18. g5 b4 19. gxf6 bxc3 20. Qd5 $1 $18)
18. exf6 bxc3 19. Qd5 $16 {1-0 Areshchenko,A-Olenin,N/Nikolaev 2001}) (16...
Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. h5 $18 {1-0 Zapata,A-Gonzalez,B/Valencia
2000 (32)}) (16... Be6 17. h5 $16) 17. e5 $1 $16 (17. h5 Bxg4 $1 18. fxg4 Nxe4
$132) (17. g5 Nh5 (17... Ne8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Na5 $1 Bc3 (19... Rxc2 20. Nxb7
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 $16 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Rd8] "mating the queen"}) 20. Nxc3 Qxa5 21.
Nd5 Qd8 22. c3 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5] 1-0 Prasad,D (2440)-Volzhin,A (2524)/Abu
Dhabi 2001 (27)}) 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. c3 $13) 17... Ne8 (17... Nxg4 18. exd6 exd6
19. fxg4 Bxg4 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Nb5 $18 {1-0 Stefansson,H (2572)-Sigfusson,S 
(2285)/Reykjavik 2004 (26)}) (17... dxe5 18. g5 $18) 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. exd6 exd6
(19... Nxd6 20. c3 Bc6 21. Rhe1 (21. h5 $5) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxd5 b5 23. Bg5 Bf8
24. Qe5 $16 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Mutschnik,I/Alushta 2001 (38)}) 20. c3 Nf6 21.
Bg5 $16 Bc6 22. Nxf6+ ({Also good is} 22. Qh2 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe8 24. Rdd1 $16 {
Svacek-Demian, email 2002} (24. Rxd6 $2 Nxg4 25. fxg4 $140 $2 Be5 26. Qd2 Bxd6
27. Qxd6 Qe4+ $19)) 22... Bxf6 23. Rh3 b5 (23... Bxg5 24. hxg5 $18) (23... d5
24. Nd4 Qd6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. g5 Qg7 27. h5 $18) 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxd6 Qf4 $2
26. Na5 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc5 28. a3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 28. Nb3 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5
30. Nd4 b4 31. cxb4 Rc4 32. Nc2 Rf4 $132) 28... Ba8 29. Nb3 Re5 (29... Rd5 30.
Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nd4 a6 (31... Re8 32. Nxb5 $18) 32. Kc2 $18) 30. Nd4 Re3 31. Kc1
$18 {With the knight on d4 protecting everything, the rest is really easy.}
Rce8 32. Kd2 Bb7 33. Rd8 Re2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxd8+ 35. Nd4 a5 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf4
Rd8 38. Nb3 Ra8 39. Rh2 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. c4 Rd8 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 f6
44. Ne4 Ba6 45. b3 Kf7 46. Nc5 Bc8 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Nxb4 Bb7 49. Nd3 g5+ 50.
hxg5 fxg5+ 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. b4 h6 53. b5 Ba8 54. c5+ Kd5 55. c6 Kc4 56. b6 1-0

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 {Schulz,A: 'Dieser
ältere Zug ist wieder in Mode.'} (10... Rc8 {Schulz,A} 11. Bb3 (11. h4 $4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Ng4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 $19) 11... Ne5 12. h4 (12. Kb1 $5) 12... h5 13. Bg5
Rc5 {ist scharf und ungeklärt. Am besten für Weiß ist wohl nun} 14. Kb1 Z0 {
und dann} 15. g4) 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 {Always being one of the main
directions in the Dragon this line seems to be just bad for Black. With a
forced play White gets a big advantage.} ({Im Gegensatz zu der Variante 10...
Tc8 ist} 12... h5 {Schulz,A hier nicht beliebt. Schwarz hat den f-Turm von der
Verteidigung des Punktes f7 abgezogen, daher ist der Blockadezug h7-h5 hier zu
kompromitierend.}) 13. h5 $1 Nxh5 14. Nd5 $1 {Schulz,A: 'Eine unterschätzte
Variante, mit der Weiß gefahrlos auf Gewinn spielen kann.'} ({Forcierte
Varianten entstehen nach} 14. g4 {Schulz,A}) ({oder} 14. Bh6 {Schulz,A}) 14...
Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Kf8 16. g4 Nf6 (16... Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. Bg5 Ngf6 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Nxf6 exf6 21. Rxh7 $18 {1-0 Szalanczy,E-Schneider,A/Budapest 1990})
17. Rdh2 $1 {This is the most precise move order. Now Black is in big troubles.
} (17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxh7 Kg8 19. Rh1 a5 $1 20. a3 $13 {Glek,I-Hodgson,J/
Germany 1995}) 17... Bxg4 {'N?' Schulz,A. This loses, but other moves don't
help either. White has a big advantage after all continuations: Schulz,A: 'Die
Idee ist, zwei bis drei Bauern für die Figur zu bekommen, was sich in dieser
Struktur sehr gut spielen ließe. Aber die ganze Idee funktioniert hier aus
taktischen Gründen nicht.'} (17... Nc4 18. Bh6 $1 {This is the idea. White
doesn't take on f6 or c4 but swaps the Bishops instead.} (18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19.
Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxh7 Rac8 21. c3 b5 22. Nc2 a5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 e5 25. Nc2
Be6 $132 {Nataf,I-Ward,C/London 1994}) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rxh7+ Kf6
21. exd5 $16 b5 22. g5+ Ke5 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rh4 $18) (17... Nexg4 18. fxg4 Nxg4
19. Rxh7 (19. Rd2 $2 e6) 19... Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Bxd4 21. Rxf7+ Ke8 {White has a
very strong initiative.} 22. Kd2 $5 Bxb2 (22... Bc6 23. Be6 Rc7 (23... Bd7 24.
Nd5 $1 $18) 24. Rfh7 Kd8 25. Nd5 $18) 23. Rhh7 Bf6 $16 24. Rxf6 $5 exf6 25.
Rh8+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ Ke6 27. Rh7 Ke5 28. Rxd7 Kxe4 29. Re7+ Kf3 (29... Kf5 30. Nc7
{[%cal Rb3e6]}) 30. Nxf6 $16) (17... e6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxh7 Nd3+ {'~~'
Schulz,A. Schulz,A: 'Nunn (NCO)'} (19... a5 $13 {Schulz,A Nunn (NCO)}) 20. Kb1
Nc5 21. g5 Bg7 22. Nf5 $3 {a very nice blow, preparing Rxg7 and Bd4.} gxf5 (
22... exf5 23. Rxg7 $18) 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Bd4+ Kg6 26. f4 Rh8
27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxh8 Nxb3 29. axb3 d5 30. Rh6+ Kg7 31. Kc1 {Daumen,
M-Repplinger,M/Montabaur 1997}) (17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc7 {in my opinion the
best defence. White has a clear advantage thanks to the pressure on the h-file,
but at least there is not a forced win for White.} (18... Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
Bc4 h6 21. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 22. Rxh6 e6 23. f4 Ke7 24. e5 $16 {Schulz,A: '1-0 Nunn,
J-Ward,C/Hastings 1998/CBM 63 (36)' Nunn,J-Ward,C/Hastings 1998}) 19. Bh6 (19.
Rxh7 $142 Kg8 $14 {/+/-.}) 19... Bxh6+ 20. Rxh6 e6 21. Rxh7 (21. Bb3 {Schulz,A}
a5 22. Rxh7 Rac8 23. a3 b5 24. g5 $14 {1-0 Olafsson,F-Hort,V/Reykjavik 1972/
EXT 99 (47)}) 21... Ke7 22. Bb3 Rg8 23. Kb1 Rc5 24. Rg1 g5 25. Rgh1 Ng6 26.
Nf5+ Kd8 27. Nxd6 Kc7 28. Nxf7 Nf4 29. Rd1 {1-0 Balogh,C-Martyn,R/Murek 1998})
18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. fxg4 (19. Rxh7 $2 Bh5) 19... Nxg4 20. Rxh7 {'+-!' Schulz,A.
Schulz,A: 'Erzwungen und gut.'} Nxe3 (20... e6 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Bxe6+ Kg7 (
22... Kf8 {Schulz,A} 23. Bxg4 $18) 23. Bxg4 Rh8 24. Rg1 $18) (20... Bg7 {
Schulz,A} 21. Bg5 $18) 21. Rxf7+ Ke8 22. Rhh7 $18 Bxd4 {'?' Schulz,A.} (22...
a6 23. e5 (23. Ne6 $18 {Schulz,A}) 23... dxe5 24. Ba4+ b5 25. Nxb5 axb5 26.
Bxb5+ Kd8 27. Rf8+ Kc7 28. Rxf6 $18) (22... Z0 {Schulz,A} 23. Ba4+ $140 Kd8 24.
Ne6#) 23. Rxe7+ Kd8 24. Rd7+ Ke8 25. Rhe7+ Kf8 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27. Rde7+ Kd8 28.
Rxb7 (28. Rxb7 {Schulz,A} Ke8 29. Ba4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 60th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 {These days in the Dragon Sicilian both sides must
know the subtleties of different early move orders. By playing 10.h4 White is
trying to avoid certain side-variations possible after the immediate 10.Qd2.} (
{For instance after} 10. Qd2 {Black can go for the recently popular} Nxd4 $5 (
10... Rc8 {is the main line}) ({Now in case of} 10... Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 {
apart from 12.h4, which leads to the same line from the game, White also has a
very attractive additional possibility:} 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Bg5 $14 {This line is
analyzed in the theoretical article in ChessBase Magazine 117 with the
conclusion that the best Black can achieve is a slightly inferior endgame.})
11. Bxd4 b5) 10... Qa5 ({If Black plays} 10... h5 {then after} 11. Qd2 {
a similar try as in the previous comment is no longer good:} Nxd4 ({Instead
Black must play the main line} 11... Rc8) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g4 $1 {offers White
a strong attack.}) ({Now in case of} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 {Black must reckon
with} 12. h5) 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 {
This used to be one of the main Dragon Sicilian positions. The theory's
verdict is that White's chances are preferable and nowadays in order to play
this way Black must be very optimistic and have a big love for Dragon.} Qc7 16.
Bd4 (16. g4 {has established itself as a strong alternative. Then after} Rc8
17. e5 Ne8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. exd6 {Black's position is very dangerous. Possibly
he must continue} Rxc2 {and more practical examples are needed to conclude if
Black can hold the position or not.}) 16... Be6 17. h5 a5 18. a4 b5 19. Nxb5
Qb8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nc3 Rb4 22. Rh4 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rxb3 24. Nb5 Rb4 25. Qc2
$14 Qb7 $146 ({Previously Black played} 25... d5 {but the position is almost
unexplored.}) 26. g4 Rc8 27. Qh2 Rxb5 $2 (27... Rxa4 28. Bxf6 (28. Rh1 $2 Nh5)
28... Bxf6 29. Rh1 Rc1+ $1 (29... Bxh4 30. Qxh4 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 $18) 30. Rxc1 (
30. Kxc1 $2 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Rxh1 32. Qxh1 Qxb5 $19) 30... Rb4 31. Nc3 Bxh4 32. Nd5
Qa6 33. Nxb4 axb4 $14) 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Rh1 ({After} 29. e5 $1 dxe5 30. Bxe5 {
the possession of the square e5 is very important for White, who wins now:} a4
(30... Qb3 31. Rh1 Nh5 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. gxh5 $18) 31. Rh1 Nh5 32.
Bxg7 Qd3+ (32... Kxg7 33. gxh5 $18 Qd3+ 34. Ka2 Rc2 (34... Qb3+ 35. Ka1 a3 36.
hxg6 $18) 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. hxg6 $18) 33. Ka2 Qb3+ 34. Ka1 a3 (34... Kxg7 35.
Qe5+ Kg8 36. Rxh5 gxh5 37. Qxh5 $18) 35. Bc3 axb2+ 36. Qxb2 $18) 29... Qd3+ 30.
Ka2 (30. Ka1 $2 Nh5 31. Bxg7 Rc4 $1) 30... Nh5 $1 {This resource saves Black}
31. Bxg7 Kxg7 (31... Rc4 $2 32. Bc3 $18) 32. Rxh5 (32. gxh5 Rc2 $17) 32... gxh5
33. Qxh5 Qc4+ $11 34. b3 Qc2+ 35. Ka3 Qc5+ 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 {The endgame is equal}
37. Ka4 Rc3 38. Rb1 Rc5 39. Rd1 Rc3 40. Rb1 Rc5 41. Rd1 Rc3 42. f4 Re3 43. Rb1
Rxe4+ 44. Kxa5 Rxf4 45. b4 Rxg4 46. b5 Kf6 47. b6 Rg8 48. Ka6 Ke5 49. Kb7 f5
50. Re1+ Kd4 51. Rxe7 f4 52. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. g4 Ne5 13. h4 b5 (13... Nc4) (
13... Rc4) 14. h5 Nc4 (14... b4 $5) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. hxg6 {In some
theoretical sources taking on g6 now is considered to be premature, since it
gives black king more space. However, this only matters if White goes for a
quick attack. In the present game White has a different approach - he defends
the queenside first and then slowly prepares kingside active actions.} (16. Bh6
Bh8 17. Nf5 $1 {The most critical attempt, which in fact puts under question
Black's opening play. Now his position is highly dangerous. The below given
games confirm it.} (17. Kb1 Qb6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh2 Rab8 20. Bc1 $14 {
1-0 Jakovenko,D-Cebalo,M/Saint Vincent 2001 (46)}) 17... Bxf5 (17... Re8 18.
hxg6 (18. Qg5 {is not bad either:} Qb6 $140 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Bg7 $1 Bxg7 21.
Nxg7 Reb8 (21... Kxg7 22. Nd5 $40) 22. Nh5 Nxh5 (22... d5 23. Nxf6+ exf6 24.
Qh6 Be6 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Rh7+ Kd6 28. Qxf6 $18 {1-0 Lakos,
N-Cebalo,M/Oberwart 2003 (29)}) 23. gxh5 Be8 (23... Qxb2+ 24. Kd2 Be8 25. hxg6
Bxg6 26. Rxh7 $18) 24. b3 $16 {1-0 Nunn,J-Ward,C/England 1998 (39)}) 18... fxg6
19. Bg7 $1 Bxg7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 ({Probably better is} 20... Reb8 21. g5 Qb4 {
and now:} 22. Qf4 ({or} 22. Qh2 Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Rb3 $1 24. axb3 cxb3 25. gxf6
Qxc2+ 26. Ke3 Qxc3+ 27. Kf2 Qc5+ $13) 22... Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Qb6 24. Nf5 Nxe4+ $1
25. fxe4 gxf5 26. exf5 Qc5 27. f6 Bf5 $13 {All these lines need practical
tests - it is clear that Black is walking on the edge.}) 21. Qh6+ Kf7 (21...
Kg8 22. g5 Qe5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Rdg1 {1-0 Hersvik,D-Jensen,B/
Helsinki 1999 (25)}) 22. g5 Nh5 23. Rxh5 Rh8 24. Rh4 Rab8 (24... Qe5 25. f4 Qg7
26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. e5 $16) 25. Rf4+ Kg8 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Nf6+ {1-0 Namyslo,
H-Duart Fernandez,J/EU-ch M corr 1997 (27)}) 18. exf5 (18. gxf5 $5 Nxh5 $13)
18... Rab8 19. hxg6 fxg6 (19... Qb4 20. Qe3 Rc5 21. g7 Bxg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Qh6+ Kg8 24. g5 Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 Rb3 26. axb3 cxb3 27. gxf6 Qxc3+ 28. Ke2 Qxc2+
29. Rd2 Re5+ 30. Kf2 Qc5+ 31. Kg2 $18 {1-0 Andersen,A-Hersvik,D/Oslo 2003 (35)}
) 20. Qe3 $1 Qe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nd5 Rb7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bf8
Kxf8 26. Rxh8+ Kf7 27. Ne3 $16 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Ree,H/Amsterdam 1973 (71)}) 16...
fxg6 17. Kb1 (17. Qh2 Rab8 18. Nd5 c3 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Qxh7+ Kf7 21. Nf5 gxf5
22. Rxd6 cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Qa4 24. Rd2 Rh8 {0-1 Aijala,J-Ljubojevic,L/Dresden 1969/
D Inf 08 (24)}) 17... Rab8 18. Ka1 Qb4 19. Qc1 $5 $146 {A slightly surprising
novelty. The queen defends b2 and thus will not be able to really participate
in the kingside attack. On the other hand all other white pieces can do it.} (
19. Rb1 Rc5 20. a3 (20. g5 Nh5 21. Nf5 Rxf5 (21... gxf5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxh5
fxe4 24. fxe4 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,K-Bisby,D/Witley 1998 (29)}) 22. exf5 Bxf5 23.
Bxa7 Rb7 24. Be3 e6 25. Rhc1 d5 $44 {0-1 Loayza,L-Padilla,H/Lima 2002 (56)})
20... Qb7 21. Nde2 Ra5 22. Bd4 e5 23. Be3 Qa6 24. Nc1 Be6 25. g5 Nh5 26. Rd1
Bf8 27. N1a2 Ng7 28. f4 Nh5 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Nd5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Rogers,I-Cebalo,M/Baden 1999 (72)}) 19... Be8 {Protects against the threat 20.
g5 followed by Nd5, but weakens square e6.} (19... Qb7 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Rh4 $14
{[%cal Gh6e3,Yd1h1]}) 20. a3 Qb7 21. Ne6 Bh8 22. Rh4 Rc6 {This understandable
desire to transfer the rook to the sixth rank allows an unexpected reply,
based on a newly created tactical motif. The position still remains very tense.
} (22... Bd7 23. Ng5 Bg7 24. Rdh1 $140 h6 $13) 23. e5 $1 Bf7 (23... dxe5 24.
Nd8 $16) 24. Ng5 dxe5 25. Rdh1 h5 (25... Bg7 26. Nxh7 Nd5 27. Bd2 $14) 26. gxh5
Nxh5 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Ne4 Bf6 29. Rg4 Rg8 $6 {Inaccuracy, allowing white
queen to transfer herself to a much more active square.} (29... Bg7 $5) 30. Qd2
$1 Rcc8 31. Qc3 {[%csl Rf7,Rh5] White has excellent compensation for the pawn.
All his pieces are active and Black must play very accurate in order to
prevent White's initiative to become decisive.} Qd5 32. Rh2 Qd1+ 33. Ka2 Rgd8 (
33... Qxf3 34. Ng5+ Bxg5 35. Rxg5 (35. Rf2 Qxf2 36. Bxf2 Bf4 37. Bxa7 Nf6 38.
Rg1 $14) 35... Nf6 36. Rxe5 $14) 34. Rhg2 Qxf3 35. Ng5+ Bxg5 36. Rxg5 (36. Rf2
Qxf2 37. Bxf2 Bf4 38. Bxa7 Nf6 39. Rg1 $14) 36... Nf6 (36... Rc6 $4 37. Rf2)
37. Rxg6 Rd5 $4 {After a tense battle Black overlooks a tactical idea.} (37...
Ke6 $5 38. R2g5 Rd5 $14) 38. Rg7+ $1 Ke6 39. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 40. Bc5+ $18 Rcxc5
41. Qxf3 e4 42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Qh3+ Rf5 44. Rxa7 Rce5 45. Qc3 Rc5 46. Qd4 Rfe5
47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Qd8 Rf5 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. Qf8 Rfe5 51. Ra6 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Klima, Lukas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 $1 Qa6 {A difficult opening variation for Black. Playing such
positions without an improvement in mind is hardly a wise decision.} (15... Qd8
$142 {is relatively best, trying to use the queen for defense.} 16. e5 (16. Bh6
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf8 $14 {/=}) 16... Ne8 (16... dxe5 17. Nc5 $16) 17. h5 Bxe5 18.
hxg6 hxg6 19. Bd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg7 21. g4 $14) 16. e5 ({Another strong move is
} 16. h5 $40) 16... dxe5 (16... Ne8 17. h5 (17. Nd5 Bxe5 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Nd5
Rac8 20. Rc1 $14) 17... Rac8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 $16 {1-0 Berg,E-Molander,R/
Stockholm 2004 (28)}) 17. Nc5 Rxc5 ({Under the circumstances preferable is} 
17... Qd6 18. Qe2 Rd4 {although after taking the exchange White's advantage is
out of question anyway}) 18. Bxc5 Re8 (18... Be6 19. Bxe7 $16) (18... e6 19. h5
$16 {0-1 Jonsson,B-Trifunov,D/Odessa 1990 (62)}) 19. h5 {With an exchange up
and no weaklnesses White is close to winning. The worst thing for Black is
absence of counterplay.} Be6 20. hxg6 fxg6 {This and next move look like a
desperate attempt to find counteplay in a lost position.} (20... hxg6 21. Rh4
$16 {[%cal Gd1h1,Yc5e3,Ye3h6] /+-}) 21. Rh4 e4 (21... Rc8 22. Ba3 $18) 22. fxe4
Rc8 23. Ba3 $1 (23. Be3 $4 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 25. Kc1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Nxe4+ $19)
(23. Bxe7 Nxe4 $1 24. Rxe4 Bxc3 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Be5 28.
Rxb7 $18) 23... g5 24. Rhh1 (24. Qxg5 Rxc3 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rf4 {[%cal Gg5h5]
Defending against ...Qf1 and threatening mate in one.} Qe2 27. bxc3 $18) 24...
b5 25. Nd5 Nxe4 26. Qd3 Rc4 27. Nxe7+ Kf7 28. Rhf1+ {White can win in many
ways. He has material advantage and the decisive attack.} (28. Rxh7 $18) 28...
Bf6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5+ Qe6 31. Qxb5 Rc6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Kg6 34. Re1
Re6 35. Bb4 h5 36. c4 Rb6 37. Rxe4 Rxb4 38. b3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. g4 {Black does not
have major opening problems against this set-up, since Kb1 and g4 is not the
best combination of moves for White.} (13. Bg5 $5) ({Better than the text move
is} 13. h4 {The difference can be seen very clear in the following variation:}
b5 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 $14 Qd8 16. e5 $1 Ne8 (16... dxe5 17. Nc5
$16) 17. h5 $40) 14. Ncxb5 $1 Qxd2 ({The retreat of the queen does not provide
Black with sufficient compensation. For instance:} 14... Qd8 15. Qe2 Rc5 16.
Nc3 Rb8 17. Ne6 $1 $16 {1-0 Glek,I (2600)-Ward,C (2485)/Copenhagen 1995 (31)}))
13... b5 ({Also possible is} 13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 (15. h4 Rac8 $13 {
/=}) 15... Qd8 16. e5 (16. h4 Rac8 17. h5 Bxg4 $1 $132) 16... Ne8 $13 {
Comparing to the line with the pawn on h4 already (instead of g4, see 13.h4
Nc4 above), here White`s attack is slower and Black has sufficient
counterchances.}) 14. a3 $6 {Such advance can be seen very rare in the main
line of Dragon. It is obvious that the move a3 creates many additional
possibilities for Black and therefore it is a highly dubious decision. The
only reasonable options for White are 14.g5 or 14.h4.} (14. g5 Nh5 (14... b4
15. Nce2 $14 {/~~}) (14... Ne8 15. h4 $14) 15. Nd5 (15. Nce2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 a5
17. a3 Rab8 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 a4 {followed by ...b4 secures Black good
counterplay}) (15. Ncxb5 $5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxb5 18. Bd5 Bc6 $13 {
/+/=. In spite of his broken pawn structure (the absence of pawn f3), White´s
position should not be underestimated. He has a pawn majority on the queenside
and black knight is out of play on h5. What is even more important, is that
White threatens Nd4, to force Black take on d5, after which the first player
will considerably improve his pawn formation by recapturing on d5 with the
pawn.}) 15... Qd8 $1 (15... Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Kf8 $14) 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18.
f5 e6 {is similar to the game, only that here the rook is still on a8 and
White´s pawn on a2 instead of a3. This probably favors White, but changes
little in the evaluation: Black has no problems whatsoever.}) (14. h4 Nc4 (
14... Rab8 $5) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 $13) (14. Nd5 $6 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 (15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16.
Bxd5 (16. exd5 a5 17. a3 Rab8 18. c3 b4 $17 {0-1 Barendse,T (2206)-Carlsen,M 
(2484)/Wijk aan Zee 2004 (29)}) 16... Rab8 $15) (15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rxd2 a5 $15
) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 (16. exd5 $2 Nxg4 17. fxg4 Bxd4 $17) 16... Rab8 $15) ({
Here} 14. Ncxb5 $2 {is bad due to the weakness of pawn f3, see 13.h4 b5 14.
Ncxb5!.} Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxb5 $17) 14... Rab8 15. g5 $146 {A
logical novelty, since now White had even less choices comparing to the
position before 14.a3. Here the advance of the h-pawn is no attractive at all.}
(15. h4 $6 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 {see 14.h4 above. Here we have the inclusion of
a3 for White and ...Rab8 for Black, which changes completely the evaluation:
Black is considerably better.} 17. Ka2 (17. Ka1 $142) 17... Rb6 18. h5 Rcb8 19.
Rb1 Ra6 20. hxg6 (20. Ka1 Bxg4 21. fxg4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxa3+ 23. bxa3 Rxa3#)
20... Rxb2+ {0-1 Barrientos Chavarriaga,S-Halay,T (2198)/Oropesa del Mar 2000
2001}) 15... Nh5 16. Nd5 (16. Nce2 b4 (16... Qxd2 {is also not bad, but the
advance of the b-pawn is even stronger}) 17. Ng3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nxh5
gxh5 $40 {[%csl Rb1] Black just has to retreat the queen (for instance to c7)
and his attack will become very strong.}) 16... Qd8 $1 {It makes no sense for
Black to trade the queens off, since his attacking prospects are better.} (
16... Qxd2 17. Bxd2 $14) 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 $5 {An interesting decision.
Probably most players would have taken with the pawn on b4, but the ex-World
Champion considers that it is more important for Black to keep influence in
the center. Besides, opening of the b-file remains a potential threat White
must always be aware of.} (18... bxc4 19. f5 e6 20. Nc3 $15) 19. f5 {White
must play actively in order to create some targets for attack. On the other
hand Black is better prepared for an open play, since White´s kings is
potentially much more exposed.} e6 $1 20. fxe6 (20. Nb4 a5 21. Na2 exf5 $5 (
21... b4 $40) 22. exf5 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxf5 $17) (20. Nc3 b4 21. axb4 Rcxb4 22.
Nb3 Be5 $17) (20. f6 exd5 21. fxg7 dxe4 $17) 20... fxe6 21. b3 {White creates
a lot of weaknesses around his king. Sooner or later this will play its role,
even if Black does not have a quick attack at the moment.} ({Possibly more
chances to complicate matters would have offered something like} 21. Nb3 {
[%cal Gd2d8]} Rxe4 ({The point of the previous move is that} 21... exd5 {
is bad for Black:} 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qxd6 Rb7 24. Rhf1 $36 {[%cal Gf1f7,Gb3c5]}
) (21... a5 $5) 22. Nc3 {and White creates counterplay in the center}) 21...
Rcc8 22. Nb4 (22. Nc3 Qa5 23. Kb2 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 $19) 22... a5 23. Nd3 Qc7
$17 24. Rhf1 a4 $1 {Fighting for square c4.} 25. Nb4 (25. b4 e5 $5 (25... Qc4
26. Nb2 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rd3 $15) 26. Ne2 Qc4 $17 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gd7e6]}
) 25... Qb7 ({Stronger is} 25... Ra8 $1 {at once. In opposite to the game
White cannot protect pawn a3 with the bishop, which means that his position is
very difficult.}) 26. Qd3 Ra8 27. Bc1 $1 {Thanks to this defensive move White
holds the position. Black still has the advantage mainly thanks to his bishop
pair, but now it is much more difficult to increase it.} Rf8 28. Bb2 Nf4 $1 {
Khalifman immediately uses the fact that White removed control of square f4.}
29. Qe3 e5 {The only way to keep the knight on f4. Of course Black closes his
bishop on g7, but on the other hand it also practically closes the bishop on
g2 and takes away square d4 from white pieces.} 30. Nf3 ({White cannot
challenge opponent´s knight:} 30. Ne2 $2 Bg4 $19) 30... Bh3 31. Rf2 Rad8 32.
Rdd2 Be6 {White´s position is rather difficult. He has no targets for attack
and no coordination between pieces. Besides, almost all his pawns are weak.
His only good piece is the knight on b4, but one soldier in such a fight is
clearly not enough. Lastin tries to improve the position, but he only
increases opponent´s advantage.} 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Ne1 d5 {Opening the
position and trading White´s b4-knight.} 35. exd5 Nxd5 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl
Rb1]} 37. Nd3 Rxf2 (37... Rfe8 $5) (37... Rf4 $6 38. Rxf4 $1 exf4 39. Qxf4 $13)
38. Rxf2 Bc4 (38... Be4 $5 39. Rd2 Bf5 $17) 39. Rd2 (39. Nb4 Rd1+ 40. Bc1 Qh1 {
leaves White almost in zugzwang.}) 39... Qd5 {The March Of The Black Queen} (
39... e4 $6 40. Nb4) 40. Bc3 Qh1+ 41. Nc1 Qb7+ 42. Bb4 {In spite of Black´s
efforts, White succeeded to avoid a quick loss in a difficult position, but he
still remains with problems. Khalifman changes his tactic and trades
practically everything, using the fact that in endgame his king can attack
quickly White´s kingside pawns.} Rxd2 43. Qxd2 Qd5 44. Nd3 (44. Qxd5+ Bxd5 $17)
44... Bxd3 (44... e4 45. Nc5 Bd4 46. Qf4 $13) 45. cxd3 e4 46. dxe4 Qxe4+ (46...
Qb3+ $2 47. Kc1 {is not dangerous for White}) 47. Kc1 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Gd4]
In spite of the simplicity White still needs to be very careful. His king is
worse, pawns are blockaded on the dark squares (which make the trade of queens
usually bad for White) and the pieces are less active. His only hope is
perpetual check, but Khalifman prevents it.} 48. Kd1 Kf7 {Starting the march
of the black king.} 49. Qa2+ (49. Bc3 Qb1+ 50. Ke2 Qb5+ 51. Qd3 Qe5+ 52. Kd2
Qxg5+ $17) 49... Qe6 50. Qg2 Qb3+ 51. Ke2 (51. Qc2 Ke6 52. Qxb3+ axb3 $17)
51... Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Ke6 53. Qc6+ (53. Qg4+ Kd5 54. Qg2+ Ke5 $17) ({I think
White should have tried to bring his bishop into play and protect pawn g5, in
order to release the queen. For instance after} 53. Bd2 {if Black takes the
pawn} Qxa3 {the White gives perpetual:} 54. Qe4+ Be5 55. Qc4+ Kf5 (55... Kd7
56. Qb5+) 56. Qc2+) 53... Kf5 $19 54. Qd5+ Kg4 55. Qd7+ Kf3 56. Qd5+ Qe4 {
The difference between bishops allowed Black to use at maximum the power of
the queen. With opponent´s king on f3 White has no chances to survive.} 57.
Qf7+ (57. Qxe4+ Kxe4 58. Ke2 Be5 59. h3 Kf5 60. Be7 Bf4 $19) 57... Qf5 58. Qa2
(58. Qb7+ Ke3+ $19) 58... Qd3+ 59. Ke1 Bc3+ 60. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 61. Qd2 Qa1+ 62.
Qd1+ Qxd1+ 63. Kxd1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 {Eine Spezialität von Chris Ward.} 11. Bb3 Rfc8
12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 (15... Qa6) (15... Qd8) 16.
Bh6 (16. Bd4) 16... Bh8 17. h5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nxh5 $15)
18... Be6 (18... Nxh5 $4 19. Rxh5 $18) 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Be3 a5 21. Bd4 a4 22.
Nc1 Ra5 (22... Rc8 23. g4 Qa5 24. Rh4 Rc4 25. Rdh1 Rxd4 $2 (25... Nxe4 26. fxe4
Bxd4 $40) 26. Qxd4 Nxe4 27. Qxh8+ $2 (27. Qxe4 $1 Qxc3 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qc8+
$1 Qxc8 30. Rxh7 $18) 27... Kxh8 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. fxe4 Qxc3 $17 30. Rxe7 Qb4+
31. Ka1 Qxe4 32. Rhh7 Qd4+ 33. Kb1 Bd5 34. Rc7 $2 (34. a3) 34... Qb6+ 35. Ka1
a3 {0-1 Sandor,C-Kahn,E/Budapest FS05 IM 1996/EXP 52}) 23. g4 Rb5+ 24. Ka1 Bxg4
$5 {In der Mega 98 habe ich sieben Partien gefunden, in denen Chris Ward auf
g4 mit dem B einschlägt. Halten Sie Ihren g-Bauern fest, wenn Sie mal gegen
ihn spielen.} 25. fxg4 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Qxc3+ 27. Qxc3 (27. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 28. Qxc3
Nxc3 29. Nd3 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Kf7 $15) 27... Nxc3 28. Ne2 (28. Bxc3 $4 Bxc3#)
28... Nxd1 $6 ({Nach} 28... Nxe2 29. Bxh8 Kxh8 30. Rhe1 Re5 $17 {hat Schwarz
drei Bauern für die Qualität und müsste besser stehen.}) 29. Rxd1 Bxd4+ 30.
Rxd4 $11 {Hier hat Weiß eine bessere Figurenaufstellung als nach 27.Bc3.} a3
31. Nc3 Rc5 32. Nb1 Rxc2 33. Nxa3 Rg2 34. Rb4 Kf7 35. Nb1 (35. Rxb7 Rxg4 {
und der h-Bauer wird schnell.}) 35... h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Rxb7 h4 38. Rb3 e5
39. Rh3 Rg4 40. Nc3 Rg3 41. Rxg3 hxg3 42. Kb2 d5 43. Ne2 g2 44. Kc3 Ke6 45. Kd3
d4 46. Ke4 Kd6 47. Kf3 d3 48. Kxg2 $11 (48. Ng1 $4 e4+ $19) 48... dxe2 49. Kf2
Kc5 50. Kxe2 Kb4 51. Ke3 Ka3 52. Ke4 Kxa2 53. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qc7 (15... Qa6) (15... Qd8) (15... Qe5) 16. Bd4 Be6 17. h5 a5 18. a4 b5
(18... Rb4 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh4 b5 21. Nxb5 Qc4 22. Nc3 Rab8 23. Rdh1 Qc8 24.
e5 Nh5 25. exd6 Bxb3 26. cxb3 Rxb3 27. Bxg7 Rxb2+ 28. Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 Wood,
D-Ward,C/Lloyds Bank op 1994/EXP 43}) 19. Nxb5 Qb8 (19... Qb7 {0-1 Wagner,
H-Hubert,R/FRG op-ch 1986/EXT 97 (38)}) 20. Nc3 Rb4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxf6 {
Zweischneidig. Der schützende Nf6 wird entfernt, aber der Bg7 kommt mächtig
ins Spiel.} (22. Rh4 Qb7 23. Rdh1 Rb8 24. g4 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb3
27. R4h2 (27. Nd5) 27... Nh5 (27... Nh7) 28. Qe3 Bxc3 29. gxh5 Qa3 30. Qc1 Be5
{1/2-1/2 Forchert,M-Wisskirchen,A/NRW-II 1995/GER 10 (51)}) 22... Bxf6 23. Nd5
Bxd5 24. Qxd5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6][%cal Yd5f7]} (24. exd5 $2 Rxa4 25. Z0 $140 Rb4
26. Z0 a4 $19) 24... Ra6 $1 {Schwarz hat jetzt zwei starke Drohungen: 1. Rxa4,
Rb4, a4 mit Angriff auf b2, 2. Rab6, Rxb3, Rxb3 ebenfalls mit Angriff auf b2.}
(24... Rxa4 25. Rh6 $132) 25. f4 $2 (25. Rh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g6] ist ein
gefährlicher Gegenangriff:} e6 (25... Kg7 $2 26. Rdh1 $40) 26. Qd2 Rab6 (26...
Rc6 27. Rdh1 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Rxb3 29. Kc1 Rxb2 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32.
Qxb2+ Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 {-26.Rab6}) 27. Rdh1 Rxb3 28. cxb3 Rxb3 29. Kc1 Qb6 $1 $19
(29... Rxb2 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Qxb2+ Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2)) (25. Rh7 e6
26. Qd3 Rab6 27. Rdh1 Rxb3) 25... e6 26. Qd3 Rab6 27. Rh3 Rxa4 28. f5 d5 29.
fxe6 Qe5 30. exf7+ Kf8 31. c3 Rxb3 32. exd5 Rab4 33. Rd2 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Johnson,M} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7.
f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O-O Qa5 {The main line from the late 60'/
early 70' was pushed away competely by the ths system with Rac8, but nowadays
it's refreshed with some new ideas from specialists like e.g. C.Ward. Die alte
Hauptvariante der späten 60'/frühen 70' war lange Zeit völlig durch 10...Rc8
verdrängt. Heute wird sie ab und an wieder von ein paar Spezialisten, wie z.B.
C.Ward gespielt.} 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. g4 {g2-g4 as a preparation for
h4-h5 makes no good impression. Specially the f3 is weak now and could serve
for some black combination. g2-g4 als Vorbereitung von h4-h5 macht immer einen
etwas lahmen Eindruck. Außerdem wird der Bauer f3 geschwächt, was Schwarz
häufig als Motiv für Kombinationen dient.} (13. h5) 13... Rc4 $5 {/\ Rxd4,
Nxf3 The "sacrifice" of the exchange in the dragon is quite normal for Black.
Usually the N on c3 is taken, but also a Nd5 or a Bg5 can be the victim of the
c-file kamikaze rook. When sacrifice the rook, black of course wants to have
some kind of compensation. Generally the damaging of the pawn structure before
the white king is quite enogh, or the eliminating of a dangerous attacker. In
this case black has certain success because after exchanging c4 he could get
the Be3. With no blacksquared B white will find it difficult to gain an attack.
Fourthermor blach has a hidden motive, here.   Qualitäts"opfer" gehören in der
Drachenvariante zum täglichen Brot. Meistens wird dabei der weiße Nc3 vor der
langen Rochade geschlagen, aber auch ein Nd5 oder ein Bg5 sind bisweilen Opfer
des c-Linienkamikazeturms. Wenn Schwarz seinen Turm hergibt, möchte er
natürlich irgendetwas dafür einhandeln. Als Motivation genügt entweder die
Zetrümmerung der Rochadestellung oder die Beseitigung eines gefährlichen
Angreifers. Im vorliegenden Fall könnte Schwarz nach Nehmen auf c4 den Be3
gegen den Nc4 tauschen, was ein gewisser Erfolg ist. Wenn Weiß keinen
schwarzferldrigen Läufer mehr hat, dann kann der Bg7 nicht mehr getauscht
werden und der weiße Rochadeangriff gestaltet sich sehr schwierig. Außerdem
hat Schwarz hier noch einen Hintergedanken.  Nimmt Weiß nicht auf c4, dann
verdoppelt Schwarz die Türme, außerdem kann einmal unangehm Rxd4 kommen. An
interesting but dubious idea (Johnson,B)} (13... b5 {Johnson,M}) (13... Nc4 {
Johnson,M} 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qa6 16. Bd4 Rac8 17. Kb1 e5 18. Be3 Bxg4 19.
Rhf1 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. Qxd6 Bxd1 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 24. Rd7 Nxc3+
{0-1 Cullip,S-Ward,C/Guildford 1991}) 14. Bxc4 $2 {Of course, White is not in
the mood to tolerate this rook to much time at c4. But it seems to be better
to wait with the exchange. Or is there somebody wants to play the white pieces
after move 16? Weiß will sich verständlicherweise nicht von diesem Turm auf
der Nase herumtanzen lassen. Aber es ist wohl besser, mit dem Schlagen noch zu
warten. Oder gibt es jemanden, der die Stellung nach dem 16.Zug lieber mit
Weiß spielen möchte?} (14. g5 Nh5 (14... Rxd4 $2 15. Bxd4 Nxf3 16. Qf2 $1 Nxd4
17. Rxd4 Nh5 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rd3 $18) 15. f4 Nf3 (15... Rxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng4 17.
e5 $13) 16. Nxf3 Rxc3 17. e5 Rxc2+ 18. Bxc2 Qxa2 19. Qd5 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21.
Rb1 Bc6 22. Qxc6 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 bxc6 24. Rb7 $16 {Klovans-Rausis/Riga/1986/})
14... Nxc4 15. Qd3 Qb4 $3 $146 {two exclamation marks for the idea comming
nect move. Zwei Ausrufezeichen für die im nächsten Zug sichtbar werdende Idee.
N} (15... b5 {the only alternative until now. war bisher der Pflichtzug.}) 16.
Nb3 $8 Nxe4 $1 17. fxe4 $2 (17. Nxe4 {is more critical. ist der kritische Zug.}
Nxb2 18. Qd5 (18. Qd2 Qa3 19. Kb1 (19. Qa5 Ba4 $19) 19... Nc4 (19... Nxd1 20.
Bd4) 20. Qc1 Bb2 21. Bc5 dxc5 (21... Bxc1 22. Bxa3 Bxa3 $17) 22. Qf4 Bd4 23.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 24. Kxc1 $17 (24. Rxc1 $4 Na3#)) 18... Qa3 (18... Nxd1 $2 19. Rxd1
Qa3+ 20. Kd2 Qxa2 $13) 19. Rde1 (19. Bd4 $142 {Johnson,M} Nxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Bc6
21. Qg5 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Qxa2 $17) 19... Bc6 20. Qg5 {Die weiße
Dame ist außer Spiel und die Rochadestellung den schwarzen Angriffskräften
schutzlos ausgeliefert.} (20. Qd2 $2 Nc4+ $19) (20. Qa5 $2 Na4+ 21. Kb1 (21.
Kd2 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Bc3+) 21... Qb2#) 20... a5 {mit entscheidendem Angriff,z.B.:}
(20... f6 $2 21. Qa5 $16) (20... d5 $5) 21. Kd2 (21. Kb1 Bxe4 22. fxe4 (22. Bc1
Bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Qxa2 $19) 22... Nd1 23. Bd4 Bxd4 $19) 21... a4 22. Nd4 (22. Qxe7
Nc4+ 23. Ke2 (23. Kd3 axb3 24. axb3 Ne5+ 25. Ke2 Qb2 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Qc7 Nxf3
28. Nxd6 Rxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Qc3+ 30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 Ng5+ 32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Ke1
Bc3#) 23... Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Re8 25. Qg5 axb3 $19) 22... Nc4+ $19) (17. Qxe4 $2
Bxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Bd4 {Johnson,M} Nxb2 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rd4 Rc8 $19) 18...
Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Qb2#) (17. Nd5 $2 Bxb2+ 18. Kb1 Nc3+ 19. Nxc3 Bxc3 $19) 17... Bxc3
18. Bd4 (18. bxc3 $2 Qa3+ $19) (18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe3 $17 (19... Nxe3 {
Johnson,M} 20. Rd4 Nxg4 $17)) 18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxg4 $17 20. Rde1 (20. Rdf1
$142) 20... a5 21. Rhg1 h5 22. c3 Qb5 23. Qf2 (23. Qd5 $17 {Johnson,M}) 23...
e5 (23... Ne5 $19 {xd3,xf3}) (23... Ne5 $1 $19) 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Nc1 d5 26. exd5
Qxd5 27. Ka1 a4 28. Rg3 e4 29. Qc2 Bf5 30. Qxa4 $2 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1998.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 ({Eine frühere Partie zwischen den beiden Spielern lief} 9. g4 Nxd4
10. Bxd4 Be6 11. h4 Qa5 12. h5 Rfc8 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. a3 Rab8 15. Bd3 Bc4 16.
Qh2 e5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. O-O-O Qd8 20. Ne2 {1-0 Nunn,J-Ward,C/Lloyds
Bank op 1984/MCL 06 (28)}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 {Der "alte" Aufbau mit Qa5
und Rfc8. Chris Ward spielt das regelmäßig mit insgesamt gutem Erfolg und
empfiehlt diese Variante auch in seinem lesenswerten Buch über die
Drachenvariante.} ({Beliebter ist} 10... Rc8) 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rfc8 13. h5 (
13. Kb1 b5 $6 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Be6 17. h5 $14) 14.
Ncxb5 Qd8 $5 {N/} (14... Qa6) (14... Qxd2) 15. Qe2 $1 Rc5 16. Nc3 (16. g4 $6
Rb8 17. Nc3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 a5 $44) 16... Rb8 (16... Rac8 17. Nd5 $16) (16... Qc8
17. Ndb5 $16) 17. Ne6 $1 $16 {1-0 Glek,I-Ward,C/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47/
[Glek]}) 13... Nxh5 14. Nd5 {In der Mega-Datenbank 98 gibt es 12 Partien in
denen dieser Zug gespielt wurde. 8 mal gewann Weiß, 4 mal schaffte Schwarz ein
Remis. Das sieht nicht gut aus für Schwarz.} ({Die Alternativen sind} 14. Bh6)
({und} 14. g4 Nf6 15. Bh6) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Kf8 16. g4 Nf6 17. Rdh2 ({Oder
} 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Rdh2 (18. Rxh7 Kg8 19. Rh1 (19. Rdh2 e6 $5 {/\b5,a5/})
19... a5 $1 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Ne2 {/\Bd4+/=/}) 20. a3 (20. a4 $5 Nc4
21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rc3 23. Rd3 $10) 20... a4 21. Ba2 $6 (21. Bd5 $5 e6 22.
Bxb7 Nc4 23. Bxc8 Bxc8 24. g5 $1 $16) 21... b5 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Hodgson,
J/BL9495 1995/CBM 44/[Glek] (50)}) 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxh7 Rac8 21. c3
b5 22. Nc2 a5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 e5 25. Nc2 Be6 26. Kb1 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,
I-Ward,C/Paris-London 1994/EXP 45 (54)}) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {Schwarz kann
nichts dagegen machen, daß Weiß über h7 auf der h-Line einbricht. Außerdem ist
nun auch b7 angegriffen. Wie soll sich Schwarz jetzt verhalten?} Nc6 ({Zu
ungleichen Materialverteilungen führt der taktische Versuch} 18... Bxg4 {
und nun:} 19. fxg4 (19. Bxb7 Nxf3 20. Nxf3 Bxf3 21. Rf1 Bh5 (21... Bxb2+ 22.
Kxb2 Rab8 23. Bh6+ (23. Rxf3 Rxb7+ 24. Kc1 h5) 23... Ke8 24. Rxf3 Rxb7+ 25. Rb3
$13) 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern für die Qualität. Die
Freibauern am Königsflügel können sehr gefährlich werden.}) (19. Rxh7 Nxf3 20.
Nxf3 Bxf3 21. Rf1 e6 22. Bxb7 Bh5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rg1 $15 {Mit einem
gefangenen Rh7. Weiß kann in einem günstigen Moment die Qualität auf h5 geben,
hat aber sicher nicht mehr als Ausgleich.}) 19... Nxg4 20. Bxb7 (20. Kd2 $5
Nxh2 21. Rxh2 Rab8 22. Rxh7 Kg8 23. Rh1 $16 {Weiß hat zwei Figuren für Turm
und zwei Bauern und Schwarz hat Schwierigkeiten seine Türme ins Spiel zu
bringen.}) 20... Nxe3 21. Rxh7 $1 (21. Bxc8 $2 Rxc8 22. Nf3 h5 $17 {Schwarz
hat zwei Bauern für die Qualität und kann am Damenflügel angreifen oder die
Freibauern am Königsflügel vorziehen.}) 21... Bxd4 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rh8+ Bxh8
24. Rxh8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8 $16 {[%csl Ra7] Und der weiße a-Bauer wird vermutlich
das Rennen machen.}) (18... Rc7 19. Bh6 Bxh6+ 20. Rxh6 e6 21. Bb3 a5 22. Rxh7
Rac8 23. a3 b5 24. g5 Nd3+ 25. Kb1 Nc5 26. Ba2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. R1h4 $14 {
1-0 Olafsson,F-Hort,V/Reykjavik 1972/Inf 13 (46)}) 19. Nxc6 bxc6 (19... Bxc6
20. Rxh7 (20. Bb3 $5) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Bf6 $5 22. Z0 $140 (22. g5 Bg7) 22...
Kg8 23. Z0 Rc4 24. Z0 Rac8) 20. Bc4 $16 {Das Endspiel nimmt nun einen
überraschend schnellen Verlauf zugunsten von Weiß.} h6 {Nach dem Abtausch der
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer bleibt mit dem aktiven Bc4 übrig und Schwarz mit der
Krücke auf d7. Aber Schwarz konnte den Abtausch ohnehin nicht verhindern.} 21.
Bxh6 Bxh6+ 22. Rxh6 e6 $2 {Schwarz sucht ein Fluchtfeld für den König. Aber
nun wird der Bd7 zum Bauern.} (22... e5 $5 23. Rh7 Be8 $16) 23. f4 $1 Ke7 24.
e5 dxe5 ({Nach} 24... d5 25. Bd3 c5 26. Rh7 {ist Schwarz am Königsflügel
pleite.}) 25. fxe5 {Aber auch jetzt hat Schwarz keinerlei Gegenspiel.} a5 26.
Rh7 a4 27. Rf1 Be8 (27... Rf8 28. Bd3 Ke8 $140 29. Bxg6 $18) 28. Rf6 $18 (28.
Bd3 g5 29. Bg6 $18) 28... Ra5 (28... Kd8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Bd7 31. Rd6 Ra7
32. e6 $18) 29. Rxe6+ Kd8 30. Rd6+ Ke7 31. Re6+ Kd8 32. Rf6 Rxe5 33. Bxf7 Ke7
34. g5 Rxg5 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Bxe8 1-0

