[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qa5+ $2
(7... e6 8. O-O Ngf6 (8... Qc7 9. c4 O-O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 Kb8 $10 {
Dueckstein-Petrosjan, Varna 1962}) 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Bxg6
hxg6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 $14 {Spassky-Karpov, cm 1974}) 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Bxg6
hxg6 10. Qe2 e6 11. Ne4 O-O-O (11... Ngf6) 12. g3 c5 $6 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. O-O-O
c4 15. Nc3 Nh6 (15... Ngf6 16. Ng5) 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Rxd5 Bc5 18. Rhd1 f6 19.
Rd6 $1 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc5 21. Rd5 (21. Rd5 Qc6 22. Nb5) 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 {
# In his practice Radjabov has already played this sideline against the
Caro-Kann. White's main idea is to exchange at some point on g6 and remain
with the bishop pair.} Nbd7 ({Kamsky decided to avoid} 7... e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9.
dxe5 Qa5+ ({The endgame} 9... Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Ne4 {is slightly better
for White}) 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nbd7 {In this type of
position White can try for a long time to play for a win without any risk. The
bishop pair secures him a slight plus. Nevertheless Radjabov made two draws
here:} 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Rfe1 (15. Bc1 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Kc7 17. h3
Rhe8 18. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2735)-Anand,V (2799)/Morelia/Linares 2008})
15... Bd6 16. Nf1 Kc7 17. g3 Ne4 18. Bc1 Bc5 19. Bf4+ Bd6 20. Bc1 Bc5 21. Ne3
Nd5 22. Bd3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxe3 24. Bxe4 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2761)-Leko,P
(2751)/Nice 2009}) 8. Bc4 Nb6 ({In case of} 8... e6 {Black must reckon with} 9.
h4) ({In the game Popovic,P (2483)-Nisipeanu,L (2611)/France 2000 Black was
doing great after} 8... Qc7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Qf3 O-O-O 12. c3 Bd6 13.
h3 Nbd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rd1 Nf4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 g5) 9. Bb3 Qd7 {
A new move. Black wants to attack quickly the pawn d4, but on the other hand
the answer c2-c3 is a part of White's plan anyway.} 10. O-O Rd8 11. c3 Nbd5 12.
Nd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 g6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Rfe1 h6 {It is not clear whether Black
really needs this move.} 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rad1 b5 {Designed to strengthen the
position of the knight d5.} 18. h3 Qc7 19. a4 a6 20. Qc2 e6 21. Qc1 {#} h5 ({If
} 21... Kh7 {then Black must always be ready against the advance of opponent's
h-pawn. White can also start with} 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 {creating the threat
24.Bxh6 Bxh6 25.Rh4.}) 22. Nf1 {Radjabov spotted a new weakness in Black's
position - square g5. His plan now is to transfer the knight to f3.} c5 {
After this the position is very close to equal, but as Radjabov said after the
game: "equal positions can also be played on".} 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25.
Nh2 Nb6 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Nf3 Nc4 28. Bd4 Rd5 {It was not really necessary to
place the rook here. However, Kamsky's main problem was the time: the US GM
already had less than 10 minutes before reaching move 40.} (28... Nd5 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 {is just equal}) 29. Ba2 {White's plan now is b3 and c4.} Ra8 30. Qb1 {#}
Re8 $2 {A bad mistake. It was not too late to finally retreat the rook from d5
and unpin the knight c4.} (30... Rdd8 {is still equal, since now} 31. b3 Nd6
32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Nd7 {is fine for Black}) 31. b3 Na3 ({After} 31... Nd6 32.
c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rf5 {White wins anyway:} 34. Bb6 Qb8 35. Nd4 Rf4 36. Nc6) 32.
Qb2 Ra8 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rf5 35. Nh4 {# Now it's over. The rook cannot
leave the f-file because knight f6 needs protection.} Rf4 (35... Rfa5 36. Bb6)
36. Be5 Nxc4 37. Qc1 Qc5 (37... Qb6 38. Qxf4 Nxe5 39. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 40. Rxe5 {
is also hopeless}) 38. Qxf4 Nxe5 39. Bxe6 $1 ({Not} 39. Rxe5 $2 Qc2 {and the
e6-pawn stays alive}) 39... Ra5 (39... fxe6 40. Qxe5) 40. Bb3 Rb5 41. Nf3 Nxf3+
42. Qxf3 Qc7 43. Qd3 Rb8 44. Rc1 Qb7 45. Rb1 Qa7 46. Qd6 Kh7 47. Ra1 Qb7 48.
Bxf7 Rf8 49. Re7 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 (6... Nd7 $5 7.
Nf3 (7. N1e2 e6 (7... e5 $2 8. O-O $16)) 7... Ngf6 8. O-O e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1
Nd5 11. Bb3 O-O 12. c4 Nb4 13. a3 Nd3 14. Rd1 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Qb6 $10 {Korolev,
A-Akopov,R/corr/1981/}) 7. N1e2 Nf6 (7... Bd6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6
11. h5 Bh7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 N7f6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7
17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Rh4 Qe7 19. c4 $16 {Geller,E-Bagirov,V/Erevan/1959/}) 8. O-O
Bd6 9. f4 Qc7 $6 (9... Ne4 10. f5 Bxg3 11. Nxg3 Nxg3 12. fxg6 Nxf1 13. gxf7+
Kxf7 14. Qg4 Re8 15. Bh6 $1 $16 {Keres/}) (9... Qd7 $1 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6
12. b3 Na6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. c4 Nc7 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Seirawan,Y/Baden/1980/})
10. f5 $5 (10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. f5 exf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 O-O $14 {Zaitsev,
I-Pavlov/URS/1967/}) 10... exf5 11. Nxf5 Bxh2+ $6 (11... Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Nbd7 13.
Ng3 O-O-O 14. Qf1 $14 {Fichtl,J-Golombek,G/Munchen(ol)/1958/}) 12. Kh1 O-O $6 (
12... Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Bd6 14. Bg5 (14. Bh6 $5) 14... Nbd7 15. Nf4 $16 {Keres/})
13. g3 Bxf5 (13... Ng4 14. Qd3 {/\ Qf3/}) 14. Rxf5 Bxg3 15. Rxf6 $1 $18 Qe7 (
15... gxf6 16. Qg1) 16. Qf1 Qe4+ 17. Qf3 Qh4+ (17... Qxc2 18. Rxf7 $18) 18. Kg2
Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 gxf6 (21... Bc7 22. Rf3 Nd7 23. Bd2 {
/\ Raf1,Bb4/}) 22. Nxg3 Nd7 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. Kf3 Kh8 25. Nh5 Rg8 26. Bxf7 Rg6
27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Ng3 Re8 (28... g5 29. Re1 $1 $18) 29. Bf4 Kg7 30. Ne4 g5 31.
Nd6 Re6 32. Bg3 b6 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Bxe1 Kg6 35. Nc8 c5 (35... a5 36. Ne7+ $18)
36. dxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxa7 f5 38. Bf2 Nd7 39. Bd4 Kh5 40. Nc8 Nf8 41. Ne7 f4 42.
Nf5 Ng6 43. Ng7+ Kh6 44. Kg4 Nf8 45. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 (
7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O e6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. c4 Re8 13. Rad1
Qb6 14. Qc2 $14 {Matulovic,N-Milic/JUG-ch/1955/}) (7... e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. c4
O-O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. b4 Nh6 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. Re1 $1 (14. a4 e5 $1
$13) 14... Be7 15. a4 Nf8 16. Bb2 f6 17. a5 $40) 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. O-O e6 10. c4
Be7 (10... Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 (12... c5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Qc2 Rfd8 $10 {Spassky,B-Karpov,An (2)/Leningrad cm/1974/}) 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $14 {Spassky,B-Karpov,An (6)/Leningrad cm/1974/}) 11. b3 O-O 12.
Bb2 Qb6 13. Re1 Rfe8 (13... c5 14. d5 $1) 14. Qc2 c5 15. a3 a5 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Rab1 Red8 (17... Qxb3 $2 18. Qxb3 Nxb3 19. Bxf6 $18) 18. Bd4 Qc6 $10 19.
Qe2 Ncd7 20. Bb2 Nc5 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ncd7 24. Nd3 Rac8 25.
Rec1 Nb8 26. h3 {Any advance of White's pawns would create some squares for
Black's pieces.} Nc6 27. Ba1 Qd7 28. Rd1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. f4 O-O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4
Nb6 15. Be2 Be7 16. Qd3 Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rab1 Qd7 20. Rbd1 Kb8
21. Qb3 Qc7 22. a4 Rh4 23. a5 Nc8 24. Qe3 Ne7 25. Qe5 Rhh8 26. b5 cxb5 27. Qxb5
a6 28. Qb2 Rd7 29. c5 Ka8 30. Bf3 Nc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Rf3 Qa4 33. Rfd3 Rc8
34. Rb1 Qxa5 35. Rb3 Qc7 36. Qa3 Ka7 37. Rb6 Qxf4 38. Ne2 Qe4 39. Qb3 Qd5 $4 (
39... Ka8 $1 $19) 40. Rxa6+ $1 Kb8 41. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 (7. Bd3
e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $14 {Spassky-Karpov, Leningrad cm 1974}) 7... h5 (7... h6 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Rh4
$10 {Karpov-Hort, Madrid 1973}) 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 (9... Ngf6 10. Bd2 e6
11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. Qe2 Ng4 {
Matulovic-Hort, Skopje 1968}) 10. Ne4 $1 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13.
Be3 Nh6 14. Neg5 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Be7 16. Re1 Rhf8 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19.
Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nfg5 Ndf6 21. Rd2 Red7 22. Ree2 g6 23. c3 b6 24. Nf3 c5 $2 25.
dxc5 $14 bxc5 26. Nhg5 Kc7 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Nd2 Nd5 29. g3 Re7 30. Nge4 Kc6
31. Nb3 c4 32. Nd4+ Kb6 33. Nc2 f5 34. Nd2 Kc5 35. Na3 Nb6 36. f3 Nf6 37. Re5+
Nfd5 38. Kc2 Nd7 39. Re1 N5b6 40. Ndxc4 $16 e5 41. Rd1 Nxc4 42. b4+ Kc6 43.
Nxc4 Rg7 44. Rd6+ {*} Kc7 45. Ra6 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. Rxa7+ Kd8 48. f4 exf4
49. gxf4 Rg2+ 50. Kb3 Rf2 51. Ne3 Nf6 (51... Rxf4 $4 52. Nd5 {/53.Ra8+ +-}) 52.
Nxf5 Rxf4 53. Nd4 Rf1 54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. a4 Kf7 56. a5 Kg7 57. a6 Nd5 58. Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Lukacs} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. f4 {Lukacs:
'From time to time this aggressive plan attracts the attacking players, who
want to avoid the solid positional main lines.'} (6. h4 {Lukacs is the popular
main line.}) 6... e6 7. Nf3 {Lukacs: 'White has an enormous pressure on e5,
but after the inevitable c6-c5 sometimes he regrets the weakening of the g1-a7
/^.'} Bd6 8. Be2 $146 {Lukacs: 'White wants to keep his B, although the B on
g6 is well-posted.'} (8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Kh1 (10. Ne5 {Lukacs} Qb6 $6 (
10... Qc7 {is the usual plan.}) 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Ne4 Nc8 {Now the
N is badly placed here.} 14. a4 Be7 15. b3 {in order to activate the B on the
a3-f8 /^.} Nd6 16. Ncxd6+ Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Qd2 $14 {and
suddenly the B becomes strong, Socko-Burmakin, Pardubice op 1993.}) (10. Ne4
Bc7 {and it is not easy for White to go ahead.}) 10... Qc7 11. Ne5 Rd8 {
Lukacs: 'c6-c5 will come soon.'} 12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 O-O 14. Bd2 c5 15. Ne4
Nf5 $11 {Marshall,F-Capablanca,J/New York 1927} (15... Nf5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {
and it is time to regret f4, Marshall-Capablanca, New York 1927.})) (8. Bc4 Ne7
9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. c3 Qc7 {Lukacs: 'It is not easy for White to
continue his march ahead because Black can fully blockade the light squares.'}
12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 c5 {Lukacs: 'Soon or later this comes, and White's [+]
becomes shaky.'} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 $11 {Stoltz,G-Flohr,
S/Bled 1931 Lukacs: 'Stoltz-Flohr, Bled 1931'}) 8... Ne7 (8... Nd7 {Lukacs} 9.
O-O Qc7 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. c3 (11. h4 $6 {is illogical, when White has already
castled >>.} O-O-O 12. Qe1 (12. h5 $4 {is only a dream, because after} Nxe5 13.
fxe5 Bxe5 $19 {White has to wake up.}) 12... f6 13. Nd3 Nf5)) 9. Ne5 $2 {
Ein grober Fehler im Sinne des Spiels auf Gewinn (J.Polgar lag mit 0:1 zurück
und mußte diese Partie unbedingt gewinnen, um auszugleichen). Schwarz kann nun
direkt ins Endspiel übergehen, ein Partiestadium, das Judith bekannterweise
nicht liegt.} (9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne5 Nf6 $11 {mit einem ausgeglichenen, aber
komplizierten Spiel hätte Judit sicherlich besser geschmeckt.}) 9... Bxe5 {
'=!' Lukacs.} (9... O-O {Lukacs} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 (10... Nxg6 11. O-O {/\ f5}) 11.
Ne4 {keeping the ^^ can slightly be better for White.}) (9... Nd7 {Lukacs} 10.
O-O) 10. fxe5 (10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 (11. Kxd1 {Lukacs doesn't look nice.}
Na6 $1 12. Bxa6 bxa6 $11) 11... Na6 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs: '/\ Nb4 >< c2'} 12.
Bd2 O-O-O $11) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc5 (11. c3 $2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nbc6 {'=/+'
Lukacs. Lukacs: 'leaves White with a perfectly blockaded isolated P.'} 13. Be3
Nd5 $17) 11... Qxd1+ ({Eine gute Alternative bestand in} 11... Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5
13. Qd6 Nd7 $11 ({aber nicht} 13... Qxd6 $2 14. exd6 Nc8 15. Bf4 $16 {/\0-0-0})
) 12. Bxd1 (12. Kxd1 {Lukacs is again not impressive because of} Nd7) 12... Na6
(12... Nd7 $2 {Lukacs allows} 13. b4 $1 Nxe5 14. Bb2 {and White's << P
majority and his ^^ in the opened position secure her the better chances.}) 13.
O-O (13. Be3 Nb4 (13... Nd5 {Lukacs} 14. Bd4 Ndb4 15. Rc1 O-O-O $44) 14. O-O (
14. Kd2 $2 Rd8+ 15. Kc1 Rxd1+ $1 16. Rxd1 Nxc2 $15) 14... Nxc2 15. Bxc2 Bxc2
$11) 13... Nxc5 14. Bf3 Nc6 $1 {><e5 Lukacs: '/\ Nd4' Khalifmans Strategie ist
leicht zu verstehen, er reduziert konsequent den Figurenbestand und läßt keine
Komplikationen zu.} ({Dagegen käme} 14... Bxc2 $6 {Weiß sehr gelegen:} 15. Be3
Nd3 (15... Rc8 16. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 17. Rac1 b6 (17... O-O 18. Ne4 Rc7 19. Nd6 $16)
18. b4 Rc4 19. Be2 $16) 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Be4 Rxb2 18. Bxa7 $14 {^^,o^}) 15.
Bxc6+ {Lukacs: 'The dangerous N has to be eliminated.'} (15. Bf4 Nd4 $11) (15.
Re1 {Lukacs is also answered by} Nd4 16. Be3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rc8 $11) 15... bxc6
16. b3 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'in order to activate the B on the a3-f8 /^.'} (16.
b4 {Lukacs} Ne4 $11) (16. Rf2 {Lukacs is simply met by} O-O $142 {and Black
has excellent drawing chances because of the ^-.} (16... h5 $5 {provokes} 17.
h4 O-O-O 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Bxa7 Nxe5 $13 (19... c5 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bd4 {is less
clear.}))) 16... Nd7 $1 (16... Bxc2 $2 17. Ba3 (17. Nh5 $1 {Lukacs} g6 (17...
O-O $2 {loses to the pin after} 18. Ba3) (17... Bg6 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Bh6 {
is not recommended either.}) 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Bh6 $1 $18 {with too many
threats.}) 17... Nd3 18. Ne4 $36) (16... h5 $5 {Lukacs is interesting to chase
the N, although on g3 it isn't very impressive either.} 17. Ba3 (17. h4 $2 {
is already met by} Bxc2 {because Nh5 is not possible.}) 17... Nd7 18. c4 (18.
Bd6 h4 $1) 18... h4) 17. c4 a5 $1 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Bb2 f6 (18... Ng4 {Lukacs}
19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bd4 e5 21. Bc5 {and Black's pawns are in four islands.}) 19.
Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rae1 {'+/=' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'with too many P islands for Black.'}
Ke7 21. Rxe5 Rhf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Ra5 $16) 18. Ba3 (18. Bb2 a4 (18... Ke7 19.
Rfd1 Rhb8 20. Rd6 c5 21. Rad1 Rb7 $11 {/\a4}) 19. b4 a3 20. Bc3 Nb6 21. Rf4 Rd8
$11) (18. Re1 {Lukacs} a4 19. Ba3 {deserved attention.}) 18... Nxe5 {Führt zu
weiteren Vereinfachungen und einer remislichen Stellung. '!' Lukacs.} (18... c5
$5 19. Rfd1 a4 $11) 19. Bb2 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rae1 {Lukacs: 'Now Black has
got an important a5 tempo to get rid of his weak pawns.'} ({Die Stellung nach} 
21. Rfe1 O-O 22. Rxe5 a4 23. b4 a3 24. Rxe6 Rfb8 $1 25. Rxc6 Rxb4 $11 {/\Rb1,
><a2 war für Weiß trotz des Mehrbauerns wenig erstrebenswert.}) 21... Rf8 22.
Rxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Ke7 $11 24. Nd2 a4 {Lukacs: 'This is the point, now White
has also weaknesses in his plans.' Schwarz wird damit seine letzte
Bauernschwäche los. Der Rest ist leicht zu verstehen.} 25. Kf2 axb3 26. axb3
Kd6 27. Rg5 (27. Nf3 {Lukacs} c5 $1 $11 {blockading the P on the colour of the
B.} (27... Ra3 28. c5+ Kd7 29. Re3 $14 {and the black pawns are on the colour
of the B.}) (27... Ra2+ 28. Kg3 (28. Re2 $2 {is out of question because of}
Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Kc5 $1) 28... Rb2 29. c5+ Kd7 30. Re3 $14 {with a good N versus
bad B _|_.})) 27... c5 28. Ke3 Rb8 29. h4 Rb7 30. Ne4+ (30. h5 {Lukacs} Bc2)
30... Bxe4 {Lukacs: 'The R _|_ cannot pose any serious problems for Black to
reach the highly desired draw.'} 31. Kxe4 Rxb3 32. Rxg7 h6 (32... Rc3 {Lukacs}
33. Rxh7 Rxc4+ 34. Ke3 Rc3+ $11 (34... Rg4 35. Kf3)) 33. Rg6 Rc3 34. Rxh6 Rg3 (
34... Rxc4+ {Lukacs}) 35. h5 Rxg2 36. Rh8 Rg4+ 37. Kd3 Rd4+ 38. Kc3 Rh4 39. h6
Rh3+ 40. Kc2 Ke5 {'!' Lukacs.} 41. h7 Ke4 42. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1963.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 $6 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6
8. Nf4 Bd6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. h4 O-O-O (11... e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3
exd4 14. Bxd4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O $10) 12. h5 Bf5 13. Nxf5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxf5 15. Qd3
Qxd3 16. Nxd3 h6 17. Rh4 (17. Be3 $5 Nd5 18. Bd2 N7f6 19. Rh4 $14) 17... Rhe8
18. Be3 Nd5 19. O-O-O Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nf6 21. Rf1 Re7 22. Nf2 {/\Ne4+/=} Bg3 23.
Rh3 Bd6 24. Bc2 e5 25. Nd3 exd4 26. exd4 Re2 $10 27. g4 Rde8 28. Bd1 R2e3 29.
Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 $5 Nf6 (6... e6 7.
Nf4 Bd6 {/\Qc7}) 7. Nf4 Nbd7 (7... e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4
11. Ne4 $14) (7... e6 8. h4) 8. Bc4 (8. h4 $6 e5 $1 $13) 8... e5 (8... e6 9. h4
) 9. Qe2 $1 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 $10) (9. Nxg6 hxg6 $10) 9... Qe7 10. dxe5 Qxe5 (10...
Nxe5 11. Bb3 $14) 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxc5 15.
O-O-O $14 Rd8 16. f3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ke7 18. Re1 Kd7 19. h4 h6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21.
Bc4 b5 22. Bf1 (22. Bf7 $4 Nd3+) 22... a5 23. Kd2 Rb8 24. Ne2 b4 (24... Ne6 25.
g3 {/\Bh3}) 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. cxb4 Rxb4 $6 (26... axb4) 27. g3 Kd6 28. a3 Rb8 29.
Nd4 Rb6 30. Bc4 Ke5 31. Nc2 Nb3+ $6 32. Bxb3 Rxb3 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Re6+ $1 $16
Kf7 (34... Kxe6 35. Nd4+ $16) 35. Rxc6 Rxb2 (35... Rxf3 36. Rc5) 36. Rc5 $1 Ne7
37. Rxa5 Nf5 38. Kc3 Rb7 39. Rc5 Nxg3 40. a4 Ke6 41. Nd4+ Kd6 42. Kc4 $18 Rb1
43. Nb5+ Ke6 44. a5 Rc1+ 45. Kb4 Rb1+ 46. Ka4 Nf5 47. a6 Ra1+ 48. Na3 Rd1 49.
a7 Rd8 50. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 b5 $5 {
An unusual approach, L'Ami is trying to seize early control over some useful
squares on the queenside. However such an approach is not without its
drawbacks - serious weaknesses are being created on the queenside.} (7... Bd6 {
is perhaps more prudent.} 8. Nf4 Bxf4 9. Bxf4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Nbd7 12.
Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 a5 14. Rfe1 a4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. c4 Qa6 18. Qc2
Rad8 19. h3 Nb6 20. b3 Nbd7 21. Rd2 Ra8 22. Nf1 Qb6 23. Bd6 axb3 24. axb3 c5
25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Ne3 h5 28. Red1 Qb4 29. Qb1 b5 30. Rd4 Rab8 31.
Qd3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rec8 33. Rd6 Qc5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. R6xd4 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37.
g4 Rc5 38. f4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40. f5 Re5 41. Re1 Re4 42. Rxe4 Nxe4 43. fxe6
fxe6 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Ra1 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Kc5 47. Rd1 Rb3 48. Nf1 Kxc4 49. Rd8 Kc5
50. Rd7 Ra3 51. Rd8 Rh3 52. Rd7 Rb3 53. Rd8 Rb2 54. Ne3 Rh2 55. Rd7 Ra2 56. Rd8
Nf6 57. Rf8 Nd7 58. Rd8 Ne5 59. Kf1 Nf3 60. Nc2 Nh2+ 61. Kg1 Nf3+ 62. Kf1 e5
63. Ne3 e4 64. Rd5+ Kb4 65. Rd8 Rh2 66. Rd7 Kc3 67. Nd1+ Kc2 68. Ne3+ Kc1 69.
Rd1+ Kb2 70. Rd7 Kb3 71. Rc7 Nd4 72. Rc8 Rh3 73. Nd5 Rf3+ 74. Kg2 Rd3 75. Kf2
Ne6 76. Ne3 Nf4 77. Re8 Nh3+ 78. Ke2 Nf4+ 79. Kf2 Rd2+ 80. Kf1 Rd4 81. Rc8 Ra4
82. Kf2 Ra2+ 83. Kf1 Nd3 84. Nd5 Rf2+ 85. Kg1 Rd2 86. Ne3 Re2 87. Nd5 Nf4 88.
Ne7 e3 89. Nf5 Rg2+ 90. Kh1 e2 91. Nd4+ Kb4 92. Nc2+ Kb3 93. Nd4+ Kb4 94. Nc2+
Kb5 95. Nd4+ Kb6 96. Rc1 Rf2 97. Kg1 Nh3+ {0-1 Campora,D (2505)-Dreev,A (2690)/
Dos Hermanas 2003/CBM 095}) 8. Bb3 Bd6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 {Black decides that the
bishop on g6 is a more useful piece to retain than the one on d6, but the
dark-squared weaknesses incurred with this exchange, are potentially highly
significant in the long-run.  I recently wrote an openings report on a similar
line, and observed that in such positions when Black has exchanged the knight
on f4, White has an enduring advantage due to the two bishops. I don't think
that the judgement is any different here, and Carlsen is like no other at
nursing small advantages.  Personally because of this I would rather retain
the dark-squared bishop in this opening. If White exchanges on g6, then the
h-file is opened and Black will have some counterplay.} (9... Nf6 10. h4 Qc7
11. Qf3 Nd5 $1 {would have been less compliant.}) 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12.
c4 $1 {With this highly practical and somewhat counter-intuitive decision,
Carlsen shows very deep understanding of the position. He opens up another
front - the c-file, along which he will stage a lengthy war of attrition
against the c6-pawn.  Watching the game online at the time, I observed that
most of the watching kibitzers seemed taken aback by this. Doesn't this just
leave White with a isolated d-pawn?  But sometimes to gain something we have
to give something in return. First we have to ask what logic brought Carlsen
to make this move. If White doesn't play c4, how can he make progress? It
becomes clear with some analysis, that without the aid of a pawn break, it is
not easy for White to get anywhere. Mere piece play alone is unlikely to make
much imprint in the rock that is the black position. White needs a plan!} (12.
c3 Nbd7 13. a4 Qb6 14. a5 Qa6 15. Re1 c5 $1 {would be a very typical line,
where Black is very well-placed, and it is not clear what White is doing.
Therefore White must give Black a target - the pawn on d4 - in order to gain
one himself, the backward weakling on c6.}) 12... bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qb6 ({If Black
is to defend this line in the future, then} 13... Nd5 {would be a possible
starting point.} {It is entirely possible that L'Ami rejected this due to} 14.
Bxd5 $1 cxd5 (14... Qxd5 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Bh7 17. Qg4 {gives White a useful
initiative.}) (14... exd5 {just looks ugly - Black has not resolved the
problem of his backward c-pawn.}) 15. Rc1 {when White has a useful majority on
the queenside - and any attempt to stoke up trouble by Black is likely to lead
to disaster, for example} Qa5 $2 16. h4 $1 h6 17. h5 Bh7 18. Qg4 {with a very
strong attack.}) 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Nd5 ({The problem now for
Black is the attempt to rid himself of this weakling pawn on c6, can run into
problems.} 16... c5 17. a4 $1 (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe3 {is also not bad. Next
move White will play b3, emphasising his structural advantage.} h6 19. b3)
17... cxd4 18. a5 $1 {and the queen on b6 has run out of useful squares.}) (
16... e5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bg5 $1 Ndf6 19. h3 Rxd4 20. Qe2 Nh6 21. Qxe5 {and
Black falls apart.}) 17. Bd6 N7f6 18. Bc5 Qb8 19. f3 {Now White just had a
bind, which fully justifies Carlsen's brave decision on move 12.} h6 20. Ne2
Nd7 21. Ba3 e5 22. b3 $1 {Delaying a decision is probably best.} ({A more
forcing move was} 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nc3 {but after} Qb7 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxd5
Nd3 $1 {Black is not without counterplay for his pawn. More importantly, White
would lose control over the position, which is certainly not in Carlsen's
style.}) 22... Qb6 23. Nc3 N7f6 $6 {But this turns out to be rather inaccurate.
In fact the knight was better placed on d7 than where it eventually lands, on
d5, where it looks good but does little.} ({Therefore} 23... Nxc3 $1 24. Qxc3
Re8 $1 {was indicated, where Black threatens to gain serious counterplay with .
.e4.} 25. Kh1 e4 26. fxe4 Bxe4 {and with the knight coming to f6, Black has
co-ordinated his forces and solved most of his problems.}) 24. Bc5 Qc7 25. dxe5
Qxe5 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Bxc3 Nd5 30. Be5 Qa3 31. h4 ({
It is obvious that White has a strategic advantage, but one of the hardest
situations in chess is when you have a number of promising continuations. A
possibly even stronger alternative was to crank up the pressure with} 31. f4 $5
Re8 32. Qg3 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qf8 34. Be2 Re6 35. Bg4 f5 36. Bf3 {when Black is
really creaking.}) 31... f6 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxc6 Qb4 35. Rc4 Qd6
36. Bc5 Qd8 37. Kh2 a6 38. Be7 Qb8+ 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 {Despite the pawn
deficit, Black has serious drawing chances in this ending. In fact I would
wager that against 99 percent of grandmasters, L'Ami would gain a draw without
any real difficulty.  However against Carlsen of course, it is a different
story altogether. At this point, he's just getting going! Such is his
reputation in endings, that any kind of disadvantage can normally be viewed as
hopeless!   Also the psychological pressure of having to play accurate move
after accurate move, to defend a worse ending against someone who has
boundless energy and confidence, is in incredible shape, and is happy to grind
away forever, should not be underestimated.} Ra7 41. Rc6 a5 42. Bc5 Rad7 43.
Be3 R7d6 44. Rc4 Re6 45. Kf2 Rde5 46. Rc3 Be8 47. Bd2 a4 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. b4
Bb5 $6 {A step in the wrong direction, Black plays too passively. In order to
increase his chances of a draw, it's essential to exchange as many pawns on
the kingside as possible. This is because that as long as the kingside remains
intact, White has the opportunity of creating an attack over there, to try and
distract and break the blockade that Black has on the queenside.} (49... g5 $1
{would have gained some vital space.} 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. g4 h5 52. Bc3 Re6 53.
hxg5 fxg5 54. gxh5+ Kxh5 {is starting to look quite drawish.}) 50. Be3 h5 51.
Rc7 Kg6 52. Ra7 Rd5 53. Kg3 Rd3 54. Bc5 Ra3 $2 {Now however, L'Ami switches to
active defence at just the wrong moment. Knowing when to defend passively in
the ending, and when to defend actively, is one of the most difficult skills a
chessplayer can master, if it is at all possible.} ({It was hard to commit to
complete passivity with} 54... Rd7 {but after} 55. Ra5 Rb7 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. g4
hxg4 58. fxg4 Ke6 {it is not so obvious how White makes progress.}) 55. Bf8
Rxa2 56. Kf4 Kh7 57. Rxg7+ Kh8 58. Kf5 $1 {It is amazing that even so late in
the tournament, and in the sixth hour of play, Carlsen still manages to beso
accurate. Yet again he finds the narrow path to victory. The guy is a machine,
he just doesn't seem to get tired!} Rc2 59. Kxf6 {White's rampaging king, and
the pawns he can gather on the kingside, is more relevant than the black
a-pawn, which is easily controlled.} a3 60. Ra7 $5 ({The "dance of death" with
the bishop would also have won -} 60. Bc5 $1 a2 61. Bd4 Rd2 62. Be5 Re2 63. Ba1
Re1 64. Bc3 Rc1 65. Be5 Re1 66. Ra7 $1 {and White wins, as the black rook
isn't hitting g2 anymore.}) 60... a2 (60... Rxg2 61. Rxa3 $18) 61. g3 Rc6+ 62.
Kg5 Kg8 (62... Ra6 {would not have saved Black either -} 63. Bg7+ Kg8 64. Rxa6
Bxa6 65. Bd4 Be2 66. f4 (66. Kxh5 Bxf3+ 67. Kg5 Bc6 68. Kf6 {also looks winning
}) 66... Kf7 67. f5 Ke8 68. b5 Bxb5 69. Kxh5 {and the white pawns are
overwhelming.}) 63. Bc5 Ba6 64. Bd4 Rd6 65. Ba1 {The Ph5 is dropping, so Black
had seen enough.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann was Botvinnik's main weapon in three consecutive World
Championship matches. This resilient defence proved to be very successful in
neutralizing challengers Smyslov's and Tal's aggressive intentions.  Caro-Kann
war in drei aufeinander folgenden Weltmeisterschaften die Hauptwaffe
Botvinniks. Diese zähe Verteidigung erwies sich als sehr erfolgreich, wenn es
darum ging, die aggressiven Absichten von Smyslov und Tal zu neutralisieren.}
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9.
Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 {White's development looks very hectic - h2-h4 doesn't
co-ordinate well with the short castle. But Tal had prepared measures to keep
up the dying initiative.  Die weiße Entwicklung sieht ziemlich hektisch aus -
h2-h4 paßt nicht gut zur kurzen Rochade. Aber Tal hat eine Fortsetzung
vorbereitet, um die sterbende Initiative zu erhalten.} 11. Nxe6 $5 {[%mdl 512]}
fxe6 12. Bxe6 Qc7 ({Afterwards Botvinnik recommended  Später empfahl Botvinnik
} 12... Nbd7 13. Re1 Qc7 {to prevent 13.Nh5 um 13.Sh5 zu verhindern.}) 13. Re1
Nbd7 14. Bg8+ {The black king has to be kept uncastled.} Kf8 15. Bxh7 Rxh7 16.
Nf5 {[#] The position Tal was heading for. Two pawns is not enough
compensation for the sacrificed piece, but if you add permanent problems with
the king, the dubious rook on h7, then the practical difficulties of playing
this position with black will become obvious. Such semi-correct sacrifices
were a significant element of Tal's phenomenal successes in the late Fifties.
His magical energy - and the pressure of the ticking clock - caused his
opponents to regularly lose their heads and crack. In Botvinnik's case Tal was
up against an iron character, supported by precise psychological calculation.
Botvinnik stood firm in face of this terrible chess twister.  Das ist die
Stellung, die Tal angestrebt hat. Zwei Bauern sind zwar nicht genügend
Kompensation für die geopferte Figur, aber wenn man die permanenten Probleme
mit dem König sowie den verdächtigen Turm auf h7 dazuzählt, dann werden die
praktischen Schwierigkeiten von Weiß etwas deutlicher. Solche halbkorrekte
Opfer waren ein Merkmal von Tals phänomenaler Erfolgsserie in den späten
fünfziger Jahren. Seine mystische Energie, gekoppelt mit dem Druck der
tickenden Uhr, hat reihenweise zum Zusammenbruch des Gegners geführt. Im Falle
Botvinnik stieß Tal auf einen eisernen Gegner, der mit präziser
psychologischer Berechnung spielte. Auch einen so schrecklichen schachlichen
Wirbelsturm vermag Botvinnik schadlos zu überstehen.} g6 $3 {[%mdl 256] By
giving up the pawn Botvinnik completely changes the nature of the game.  Er
gibt den Bauern ab und ändert gleichzeitig den ganzen Charakter des Spiels.
Aber hier erhebt sich eine nicht ganz unberechtigte Frage: wäre nicht ein
vorgeschaltetes Schach angemessen gewesen?} ({QUESTION: was the preliminary
check} 16... Bh2+ 17. Kh1 g6 {a better option? ANSWER:} 18. Bxh6+ Kg8 (18...
Rxh6 $2 19. Nxh6 Qf4 20. g3 {is unclear.}) 19. Ne7+ (19. g3 $6 Bxg3 $1 (19...
gxf5 20. Bf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rxh4 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. Rh1 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 {is only
slightly better for Black}) 20. fxg3 gxf5 {is winning for Black.}) 19... Kf7
20. Bg5 Bf4 21. Nxg6 $1 (21. Qd3 $2 Bxg5 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxg5 Rxe7 24. Rxe7
Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd8 26. Re1 Qd6 {and Black will win.}) 21... Bxg5 (21... Kxg6 $2
22. Qd3+ Kf7 23. Re7+ $1) 22. Re7+ Kg8 23. Rxh7 Kxh7 24. Qd3 $1 Kg7 $1 25. Ne7
(25. hxg5 $2 Ng4 {wins}) 25... Rh8 $1 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qxg5 Rh5 28. Ng6+ Kg7 $1
(28... Kf7 29. Ne5+ $1 Nxe5 30. Qf4) 29. Nf4+ Rxg5 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nxc7 Rg4 {
with good winning chances. So objectively 16...Bh2+ was stronger, but
Botvinnik's choice made more practical sense.}) 17. Bxh6+ Kg8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 (
18... Rxh6 {would have taken back the pawn, but it would have left White with
some attacking potential: hätte den Bauern zurückerobert, aber Weiß hätte
danach gewisse Angriffschancen:} 19. Re6 Rxh4 20. g3 $1 {With an ability to
muddy the waters Botvinnik rejected this turn of events against Tal. Botwinnik
zog es vor, das Wasser zu trüben, anstatt eine so risikoreiche Fortsetzung
gegen einen Tal auszuprobieren.} (20. Qd3 {lets Black win nicely: führt zu
einem hübschen schwarzen Gewinn:} Nf8 $3 21. Rxf6 Qh7 22. Qb3+ Kh8 {etc.})) 19.
Bg5 Re7 {Now White has to forget about his ambitious attacking plans. Instead
he is obliged to be extremely cautious, because in the middlegame an extra
piece could help Black to organize a dangerous attack. The three whole pawns
are less relevant since none of them is passed. No doubt Tas was quite unhappy
and played the rest of the game very nervously.  Nun kann Weiß seine
ehrgeizigen Angriffspläne vergessen. Statt dessen ist er gezwungen, sehr
vorsichtig vorzugehen, da Schwarz im Mittelspiel mit der Mehrfigur einen sehr
gefährlichen Angriff organisieren könnte. Die drei zusätzlichen Bauern von
Schwarz sind weniger relevant, da keiner von ihnen ein Freibauer ist.
Zweifellos war Tal ziemlich unglücklich und zeigte im Rest der Partie ganz
deutliche Zeichen von Nervosität.} 20. Qd3 {In the endgame after  Im Endspiel
nach} (20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. h5 gxh5 ({But the centralizing Aber das
zentralisierende} 21... Qe4 {gives Black a considerable edge: gibt Schwarz
einen deutlichen Vorteil:} 22. h6 (22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. Be3 Ng4) 22... Qf5) 22.
Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bxe7 {White has little to fear. A draw is the most likely
outcome.  hat Weiß wenig zu befürchten. Ein Remis ist der wahrscheinlichste
Ausgang.}) 20... Kg7 21. Qg3 $2 {The wrong idea. Tal wanted to prevent a
further activation of the black pieces - Rae8 would take over the only open
file - and to break the especially dangerous trio of queen plus two knights.
But the endgame with the mutilated pawn structure offered no chances of escape.
Die falsche Idee. Tal wollte die weitere Aktivierung der schwarzen Figuren
verhindern - nach Tae8 übernimmt Schwarz die einzige offene Linie - und
außerdem das gefährliche Trio Dame plus zwei Springer auseinanderbrechen. Aber
das Endspiel mit der ramponierten Bauernstruktur bot keinen richtigen Ausweg.}
({Correct was Korrekt war vielmehr} 21. Rxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qb3 $1 {turning Black's
attention to the opposite flank. womit die weiße Aufmerksamkeit auf die andere
Flanke gelenkt wird.} b5 (22... b6 23. Qc4) ({or oder} 22... Nb6 23. c4 Rd8 (
23... Qe6 24. d5 $1 cxd5 25. c5) 24. Qc3 {and White is holding the balance.
und Weiß hält noch die Waage.}) 23. a4) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Rf8
$1 {Cutting the white king off from the centre. Schneidet den weißen König vom
Zentrum ab.} 24. c4 ({It's becoming clear that White cannot activate his pawns
on the kingside, e.g. Es wird allmählich klar, daß Weiß die Bauern am
Königsflügel nicht aktivieren kann, z.B.} 24. Re7+ Rf7 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Kf2
Ke6 27. Kf3 Kf5) 24... Ng4 25. d5 {A desperate attempt to remove the blockade.
Probably the best option was to stay passive.  Ein verzweifelter Versuch, die
Blockade aufzuheben. Wahrscheinlich war die beste Option, passiv zu bleiben.}
cxd5 26. cxd5 Ndf6 27. d6 Rf7 28. Rc1 ({If Falls} 28. Bf4 {then dann} Rd7 {
followed by gefolgt von} 29. Z0 Nh5) 28... Rd7 29. Rc7 Kf7 30. Bxf6 {With
Botvinnik effectively using the white squares to regroup, this bishop had no
role to play.  Da Botvinnik sehr effektiv die weißen Felder zur Mobilisierung
seiner Kräfte verwendet, spielt der Läufer keine Rolle mehr.} Nxf6 31. Kf2 {
The king rushes forward, but too late.  Der König eilt nach vorne, allerdings
zu spät.} Ke6 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Kf3 Kxd6 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. g4 Nd5+ 36. Ke4 (36.
Kg5 Kf7 37. h5 {is simply ignored by Black: wird von Schwarz einfach ignoriert:
} Kg7 $1 {and after und nach} 38. hxg6 Nb4 39. a3 (39. a4 Nd3 40. b3 Nc5) 39...
Nd3 40. b3 (40. b4 b5 41. Kf5 Nb2) 40... a5 {and the white king cannot cross
the board in time: kann der weiße König das Brett nicht rechtzeitig überqueren:
} 41. Kf5 Nc1 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Na2 44. b5 Nc3 45. b6 Na4 46. Ke5 Nxb6 47.
Kd6 Nc8+ 48. Kc7 b5 {and the remaining pawn queens. und der übriggebliebene
Bauer läuft zur Dame.}) 36... Nf6+ 37. Kf4 Nd5+ 38. Ke4 Nb4 39. a3 Nc6 40. h5
g5 {Now the g-pawn is alive and an exchange of all the pawns on the other side
means nothing.  Nun erwacht der g-Bauer zum Leben, so daß der Tausch von
Bauern auf der anderen Seite nichts mehr zu bedeuten hat.} 41. h6 ({Otherwise
Sonst kommt} 41. Z0 Ne5 42. h6 Nxg4 43. h7 Nf6+) 41... Kf6 42. Kd5 Kg6 {
The knight itself is capable of parrying the white king's intrusion. Der
Springer ist in der Lage, den Vormarsch des weißen Königs ganz allein zu
parieren.} 43. Ke6 ({Or Oder} 43. Kd6 Na5 $1 44. Kc7 b5 45. Kb8 Nc4 46. Kxa7 (
46. b3 a5 $1) 46... Nxb2 47. Kb6 Nc4+ 48. Kxb5 Nxa3+ {etc.}) 43... Na5 44. a4
Nb3 45. Kd6 a5 46. Kd5 (46. Kc7 Nc5) 46... Kxh6 47. Kc4 Nc1 48. Kb5 Nd3 49. b3
Nc1 50. Kxa5 Nxb3+ 51. Kb4 (51. Kb6 Kg6 52. Kxb7 Nc5+ {and the last hope
disappears with the last white pawn on the queenside. und die letzte Hoffnung
verschwindet, zusammen mit dem letzten weißen Bauern am Damenflügel.}) 51...
Nc1 52. Kc3 Kg6 53. Kc2 Ne2 54. Kd3 Nc1+ 55. Kc2 Ne2 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Kc4 Kf6
58. g3 Ne2 {resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 (6. h4 {is the
theoretical main line.}) 6... e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 {
White has got the ^^, but in this type of position it is difficult to keep it
long.} Nf6 11. Qe2 Nd5 (11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O $142 (12. h5 Bh7 13. O-O-O O-O (
13... Nd5 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxf2 17. Rdf1 Qg3 18. Rh3 Qd6 19.
Qg4 $44 {White has active pieces and a ^^ for the sacrificed P, Tiviakov-G.
Timoshenko, Arco 1998.}) 14. Kb1 {(Haznedaroglu-Wu Shaobin, Mallorca 2004)} (
14. f3 b5 (14... Nd5) 15. Bd3 (15. Bb3 {Now Black gets more tempi by chasing
the B.} a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 c5 $17 {
Tiviakov-Anand, Bastia 2001}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rfd8 $13) 14...
b5 15. Bd3 (15. Bb3 a5 $40) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 $13 {and it is not so easy
for White to prepare the push g4-g5.}) 12... O-O (12... Nd5 13. Bd2 {Here is
the difference to Qd2, the B can retreat to d2.} N7f6 (13... Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15.
Rh4 N7f6 16. Bb3 b5 {securing the N's place on the important central square.}
17. a3 a6 18. Qe5 $11 {Socko-Grabarczyk, POL-ch 1996}) 14. h5 Bh7 15. Bd3 {
Soon or later White has to eliminate the good B on h7, and then the ^^
vanishes.} (15. f3 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 O-O $13 {Ciuksyte-Burmakin, Zurich
2002}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a5 {Black grabs the |^ on the \<<.} (16... Qc7 17.
Kb1 O-O-O 18. Rh4 Qe7 19. c4 $14) 17. Kb1 b5 $1 18. Ne4 Nb4 $1 (18... Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 O-O {Now the mutual P attack begins.} 20. g4 a4 21. g5 $1 {White has to
open up lines on the >>.} hxg5 22. h6 $1 (22. Rdg1 a3 23. Bxg5 (23. b3 Qf6)
23... axb2 $1) 22... g6 23. Qe5 $1 Qf6 (23... f6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxc6 b4 26.
Qb7 $1 $18) 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Bxg5 Qxe5 26. dxe5 f6 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Rd6 $18 {
with a winning _|_.}) 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 (19... Qxf6 20. Qe4 O-O 21. g4 {
The white's threats seem to be more realistic here.} Qxf2 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5
Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. h6 $16) 20. Qg3 $14 {Rublevsky-Burmakin, St Petersburg
1998 CBM 067} (20. Qe4 Qd5 $1)) 13. Kb1 (13. Bd3 {White has to exchange the
strong black B.} Bxd3 14. Qxd3 (14. Rxd3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2
Rublevsky-Dreev, Hyderabad 2002}) 14... Qa5 15. Kb1 c5 16. Ne4 cxd4 (16... Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Qb5 {looks slow a bit.} 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qf3 cxd4 {(Van de
Oudeweetering-Ovetchkin, St Petersburg 2005)} 20. g5 $1 $40) 17. Qxd4 Rac8 $13)
13... Nd5 (13... b5 14. Bd3 (14. Bb3 $6 {is again met by} a5 $40) 14... Bxd3
15. Rxd3 Qb6 16. Nh5 $1 $36 {Here is an important difference to the h4-h5 type
of positions.}) 14. Bd2 b5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 N7f6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6
19. g4 {White uses the lack of h4-g5 to his favour.} Rad8 20. Qe2 c5 21. g5 $40
{De Sousa-Zontakh, Cappelle la Grande 2003}) (11... Qxd4 $6 12. Be5 Qd8 13. Rd1
$44 Nbd7 14. Bd6 (14. f4 Qb6 $1 15. Bd4 Qc7 $15 {Fressinet-Bareev, Enghien les
Bains 2001 CBM 083}) 14... Qb6 15. O-O {The black K is not safe at all.} Nd5
16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Qxb2 18. Rb5 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 $44 {Bareev}) 12. Be5 {
This may only lead to a quick exchange of the important B.} (12. Bd2 $142 $5 {
sarifices the P, but gets good attacking chances for it.} Bxc2 13. Nh5 Kf8 14.
Rh3 (14. Qe5 Rh7 $1 (14... Rg8 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bb4+ Ke8 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Qf6
$14) 15. Rc1 (15. Bxd5 cxd5 {/\ Nc6}) 15... Bf5 (15... Bg6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17.
Qxf4 $44) 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Qd6+ Qe7 18. Nxf5 exf5+ 19. Qxe7+ Nxe7 20. Bb4 Nb6
21. Bb3 Rd8 $15) 14... Bg6 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 (16... Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qxf4
18. Rd8+ Ke7 19. Rxh8 $14) 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rg3 Bf5 19. Rg5 Nb6 {
(Kovalevskaya-Chiburdanidze, Bled 2002)} (19... Nf6 20. Be5 $44) 20. Qe5 $1 Rh7
(20... Qf6 21. Qc5+ Ke8 22. Be5) 21. Rxf5 $1 exf5 22. Qxf5 Qf6 23. Qxh7 Qxf4+
24. Kb1 $14) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O $6 (13. h5 {had to be inserted first.} Bh7 14.
O-O-O Nd7) 13... Nd7 14. Ne4 $2 (14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17.
Qe4 Rfd8 18. f4 Ne7 19. h5 Qa5 20. a3 Rd5 $11 {with mass exchanges on the d
<->, Kveinys-Urban, Dzwirzyno 2004.}) (14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bb3 a5 $132) (14. h5 {
is already met by} Nxe5 (14... Bh7 15. Bd6 Re8 $13) 15. dxe5 Bh7 $13) 14... b5
$1 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Bb3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 a5 $40 {was also problematic, but the
text is clearly worse.}) 15... Qa5 $1 16. h5 {[#]} (16. Kb1 Nb4 {This is the
punishment.} 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 b4 $17 {and the g6 B is too
strong.}) (16. a3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 b4 $1 $17) 16... Bh7 {Black wants to keep his
excellent B.} (16... Bxe4 $5 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxe4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxa2 $19) 17...
N7f6 (17... f5 $5) 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxc6 Qxa2 $40 {with good attacking
chances for Black.}) 17. a3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b4 $1 {It seems that Black's ->
comes first with the opposite castled kings.} 19. Qe1 (19. Qd2 $2 {is strongly
answered by} Bxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 Nc3 $1 21. Rde1 Rfd8 22. Bd3 c5 $19) 19... Nf4 $1
20. Nf6+ (20. Qxb4 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 Qxe5 $17) 20... gxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qe4+
f5 23. Qxf4 bxa3 24. b4 (24. b3 Rad8 $17) 24... a2 $1 25. Kb2 $2 {Now White
loses outright.} (25. bxa5 a1=Q+ 26. Kd2 Rfd8+ 27. Ke2 Qc3 $17 {was also
rather nasty.}) 25... Rab8 $19 26. c3 c5 27. Ka1 cxb4 28. cxb4 Rxb4 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 {The
well-forgotten lines become new again for time to time.} (6. h4 {is the main
line, but it is not easy to find anything real here, and the lines are
sometimes quite boring for the attacking players.}) 6... e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. Nf4
{White can get the B, but Black's position remains rock-solid.} Nf6 9. h4 (9.
O-O {is nothing special in view of} Nd5 $1 10. Ngh5 O-O 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Ng3 Qh4 $11 {Tal-Botvinnik, Moskau (m2) 1961}) (9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Qf3
Nbd7 11. h4 (11. O-O e5 $11) 11... e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O (
14. Bxf7 {is too greedy:} exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Be6+ Kb8 $44) 14... exd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 gxf6 $11 {Boleslavsky}) (9. c3 Nbd7 (9... Nd5
10. Qf3 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Ne2 O-O-O {
Black has everything in order here.} 16. Rh3 Bf5 17. g4 g5 18. Qf3 h5 $1 19.
gxf5 g4 20. Qf4 gxh3 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxe6+ Kc7 24. Bxh3 Rde8
$11 {Azmaiparashvili-Illescas, Erevan ol. 1996}) 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O-O b5 $1 {This is an important positional move
securing the central post for the N on d5.} 15. h4 Nd7 16. Ne4 N5f6 17. Bd2
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. Qg4 a4 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qd5 $11 {Rublevsky-Dreev,
Presidents Cup. 1998}) 9... Bxf4 {It is a big question which B to give for the
N?} (9... Qc7 10. Nxg6 (10. Qf3 $6 {is a light-hearted attempt, and Black can
take the P without beeing punished.} Bxc2 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 h6 13. Rac1 Bh7
14. Nfh5 Nxh5 15. Nxh5 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 $17 {Makropoulos-J.Santos,
Budva zt. 1981}) 10... hxg6 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 O-O-O $11 {There is no
weakness in Black's camp, therefore the white ^^ cannot find a real target.})
10. Bxf4 h6 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5 Nbd7 (11... Qxd4 $2 12. Be5 $44) 12. O-O-O Nd5
13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15. Rh4 N7f6 16. Bb3 b5 17. a3 a6 $11 {Socko-Grabarczyk,
POL ch. 1996}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bd3 (12. Bd6 $4 Nb6 $19) (12. Bb3 a5 $5) 12...
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5+ $5 {This is the typical centralizing manoeuvre with the Q.}
(13... O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. c4 $1 (15. f3 $2 e5 $15) 15... Qxg2
16. Qe2 b5 ({After} 16... O-O-O $2 {the Q gets into trouble:} 17. O-O-O c5 18.
d5 exd5 19. Rdg1 $18) 17. b3 (17. O-O-O bxc4 $19) 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 $1 {
Black has to do something against capturing his Q.} 19. O-O-O Ng4 20. Ne4 Ndf6
21. Nd6+ (21. Nd6+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Bb4 $1) 22. Bb4 Kg8 23. Rdf1 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8.
h4 h6 9. Nf4 Ne7 ({Black cannot escape with his B because of} 9... Bh7 $2 10.
Qg4) (9... Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. h5 (11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 a5 $13
{Geller}) 11... Bh7 12. Qe2 (12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nd5 $11 {
Karaklajic-Udovcic, JUG-ch. 1957}) 12... Nbd7 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7 $11 {
Black's remainig B is really strong on the /^b1-h7.} (14... N7f6 $6 15. Bd3
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Rh4 {This typical motif is important.
White brings his R on the fourth rank into play.} Qe7 19. c4 $16 {
Geller-Bagirov, Yerevan 1959})) 10. Nxg6 Nxg6 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. c3 Nd7 13. h5 (
13. Qf3 $6 {is not correct in view of} Nxh4 14. Qg4 g5 15. Nxg5 $4 hxg5 16.
Bxg5 Nf3+ $1 $19) (13. g3 $5 $14 {is worthy of consideration keeping the N
from a distance and hoping for a better future for the ^^.}) 13... Ne7 14. Qf3
(14. Qg4 Nf5 (14... f5 15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qxh6 fxe4 17. Bxe6 $44)) 14... Nd5 15.
Bd2 (15. g4 $5) 15... b5 $1 {the well-known blockading move.} 16. Bd3 f5 $1 {
Black has to drive away the N from the [+].} (16... O-O 17. g4 $36) 17. Ng3 {
Here the N has no bright future.} O-O $13 18. a4 (18. O-O-O a5 $132) 18... a6
19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. O-O N7f6 22. Re1 Qc8 {The weakness of e6 is
compensated by the strong N on d5 and >< h5.} (22... Re8 {makes it impossible
to attack >< h5 by Qe8.} 23. Ne2) 23. Ne2 (23. b3 {/\ c4}) 23... Qe8 $1 24. Nf4
Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxh5 (25... Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxh5 {allows the penetration after} (
26... Nxh5 $2 27. Qd6 $16) 27. Qd6 $1 $16 (27. Rxe6 $6 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Ne4 29. Qe3
$14)) 26. Qxh5 Nxh5 27. Bd6 Rd8 (27... Ra8 $2 28. Rxe6 Ra2 29. Bxf5 Rxb2 30.
Bg6 $18) 28. Rxe6 Nhf4 (28... Kf7 $2 29. Bxf5 $18) 29. Bxf4 Nxf4 30. Re3 Nxd3
31. Rxd3 Kf7 $11 32. Re3 Rd5 33. g3 b4 34. f4 bxc3 35. bxc3 c5 36. Re5 Rxe5 37.
dxe5 g5 38. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 {
It takes a couple of tempi to exchange the g6 B. This however opens the h <->,
but the real problem is that White's ^^ has no real targets, and advance in
the [+] may weaken the d4 P.} Bd6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. g3 (10. c3 Nf6 (
10... Qd5 $6 {is an early Q manoeuvre.} 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. f4 Nxe4
14. Bxe4 Qa5 15. a4 Qc7 16. g3 a5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bf2 {
White has some space advantage and the ^^, but Black's position lacks any
weaknesses and c3-c4 only weakens >< b4.} Qc7 21. O-O $14 {Nijboer-Van der
Werf, Wijk aan Zee 1995}) (10... Nd7 11. g3 Ngf6 12. Ng5 Nh7 13. Nf3 Ng5 $5 {
finally exchanging the escaping N.} (13... Nhf6 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O a5 16. Re1)
14. h4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nf6 (15... a5 $6 {- Godena-Guliev, EU-ch 2nd Ohrid 2001
CBM 84}) 16. Bg2 Qd5 $11 {The _|_ is playable for Black.}) 11. Nxf6+ (11. Bd3
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. g3 {- 10.g3}) 11... Bxf6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be2
Be7 15. Be5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 {Exchanging the ^^ helps only for Black.} Qxd6 17. h3
O-O-O 18. Bf3 Qf4 19. O-O g5 $132 {Saric-Fontaine, Wch20 Yerevan 2000}) (10. h3
{is too caotious.} Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Qc7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15.
Qc2 Nd5 $11 {Prandstetter-Guliev, Ceske Budejovice 1993}) 10... Nf6 (10... Nd7)
11. Bg2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 (12... Bg5 13. f4 {is similar to the game
continuation.} (13. Bxg5 Qxg5 {is not enough for any real edge.} 14. Qd2 Qb5
15. O-O-O Nd7 16. h4 Nf6 17. Bf3 O-O-O 18. Qc3 Qa4 19. a3 Nd5 20. Qe1 Rd7 $11 {
Candela Perez-Svetushkin, Ciudad de Ubeda op 5th 2000})) 13. c3 Bg5 $5 {
Black wants to provoke the weakening move 14.f4.} (13... Nf6 14. Bg2 (14. Bf3
Qd7 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. h4 Nd5 17. Qe2 c5 {If Black opens up the position, then
White's ^^ gets more space.} 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O-O Qc7 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. Bf4 {Now White's ^^ attacks the <<.} Qc8 24. Qb5 $14 {
V.L.Ivanov-Gershov, Moscow Alekhine op RUS 1996}) 14... Qc7 15. Qe2 a5 16. a4 {
In this P structure playing for c3-c4 is not easy.} O-O 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Re1
Nd5 {The N keeps his stronghold in the [+].} 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Bg5
Be7 22. Bd2 Rd7 $11 {Godena-Borgo, ITA-ch saint Vincent 1998}) (13... Qc7 14.
O-O O-O-O 15. Bg2 Rh5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. b4 e5 20. dxe5
$11 {Franzoni-Campora, Bern 1992}) 14. f4 (14. Bxg5 {gives up the ^^ without a
fight.} Qxg5 15. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 14... Be7 15. Qe2 (15. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 15... Nf6 (
15... Qa5 16. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 16. Bf3 a5 17. Be3 (17. a4 {is again met by} Nd5
$11) 17... a4 {Now Black has gained some space on the << anyway, but White
hasn't weakened his P chain.} 18. c4 (18. O-O-O Nd5 19. Bd2 a3 20. b3 Qa5 $13)
18... Qc7 {Black has also two options for castles.} (18... a3 $6 19. b3 Bb4+
20. Kf1 Qd7 21. Kg2 $14) 19. Kf2 {If White goes to the >>, the black K will
follow him.} O-O 20. Kg2 Rfd8 {Black has to insert pressure on >< d4 not
allowing the breakthrough in the [+] by d4-d5.} 21. Rhd1 Rd7 22. Rd3 Rad8 23.
Qc2 Qa5 24. Rad1 Qa6 25. Bf2 Bf8 {Black simply wants to hold the position, not
making any weaknesses.} 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Rbd1 Bf8 28. Rb1 Bc5 29. Qc3 Bf8 30.
Qc2 {It is also very difficult for White to go ahead in this type of position.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {After a heart-breaking loss to Alex Onischuk, super-GM Hikaru
Nakamura went ballistic today and rolled over Yaroslav Zherebukh who was
pinned to the ground after a dream start, sharing first after seven rounds
with Wesley So.} 2. d4 d5 {Caro-Kann, a surprise for Zherebukh for sure!} 3.
Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 {I am not sure if this is Zherebukh's
main repertoire or if he decided to avoid a theoretical debate with Nakamura.}
Nf6 7. Nf4 Nbd7 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. O-O e6 10. c3 {Came after a long thought.} (10.
Re1 Bd6 (10... O-O-O {is the right move which leads to a double-edged game!})
11. Rxe6+ $3 {A Tal-like sacrifice in the 21st century! It only leads to a
draw though!} fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qb6 13. Qe2 Ke7 (13... Bxg3 14. hxg3 Be4 15. b3 Bd5
16. Ng5+ Kd8 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Re8 19. Ne6+ Rxe6 20. Qxe6 N5f6 21. Bf4 c5
22. Bd6 cxd4 23. c5 Qc6 24. Re1 b6 25. b4 bxc5 26. bxc5 d3 27. Be7+ Kc7 28.
Bd6+ Kc8 29. Qe3 Qd5 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Qc1 Qd4 32. Bf4 Ng4 33. c6 Nc5 34. Qd2 g5
35. Be3 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Qd6 37. Qa5 g4 38. Rc1 d2 39. Rd1 Rb8 40. Qxa7 Qxc6 41.
Qxh7 Qe4 42. Qh8+ Kc7 43. Qc3 Qd5 44. e4 Qd6 45. e5 Qb6 46. e6 Kb7 47. Kh2 Qxe6
48. Rxd2 Kc6 49. Qd4 Qh6+ 50. Kg1 Rb1+ 51. Rd1 Rxd1+ 52. Qxd1 Qe3+ 53. Kh2 Qh6+
54. Kg1 Qe3+ 55. Kh2 Qe4 56. Qd8 Kb5 57. Qc7 Qe6 58. Qf4 Ne4 59. Qe3 Qc4 60.
Qf4 Qe2 61. Qb8+ Kc6 62. Qe8+ Kc7 63. a4 Nc3 64. Qf7+ Kc8 65. a5 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 
(65) Azarov,S (2635)-Lenderman,A (2601) Greensboro 2014}) 14. Bg5 Qxb2 15. Re1
Qxc2 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Bb3 Qd3 19. Qe6+ Kc7 20. Qxf6 Raf8 21. Ne6+
Kd7 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qg7+ Kc8 24. Bh6 Qc3 25. Rf1 a5 26. Bg5 Re8 {1-0 (26)
Duda,J (2658)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Berlin 2015}) ({Zherebukh might also have
challenged his higher rated opponent by going for it with} 10. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 11.
Nxe6 Qd6 12. Re1 {and while quite unclear, it will be a lot more fun to play
as White than defend as Black.}) 10... Bd6 11. Qf3 c5 $5 {An interesting
novelty by Nakamura.} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb3 O-O-O {Things are getting critical
and Zherebukh's reaction is far from optimal!} 14. Nxg6 $6 (14. Qe2 Ne5 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 Bd6 {is better than what Zherebukh did!}) 14... hxg6 15. Bf4
$2 {Complete loss of time!} (15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Qf4 {is ugly but necessary.})
15... e5 $1 16. Be3 e4 17. Qe2 Bxe3 (17... Rxh2 {is more accurate.} 18. Bxc5 (
18. Kxh2 Bxe3) 18... Rdh8 19. Be3 Rh1+ 20. Nxh1 Qh2#) 18. Qxe3 $2 {Zherebukh
does not sense the trouble and runs into checkmate.} (18. fxe3 {was a must.})
18... Rxh2 $3 {Checkmate comes soon!} 19. Rfd1 Rdh8 20. Qxa7 e3 $1 {One of the
two winning moves.} 21. Qxe3 Ng4 {A classic for the future!} (21... Ng4 22. Qf3
Rh1+ 23. Nxh1 Rxh1+ 24. Kxh1 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {Somehow, I had the feeling that this little move surprised my
opponent. In the previous rounds I had used 1...e5 as my main weapon, but
after two unnecessary losses with it, I considered that I should switch to
something else.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 {This is
the main weapon of Radjabov against the Caro-Kann, a tricky line, but
certainly less dangerous than the main line.} e6 ({In fact, before the game I
had decided to play} 6... Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 {as Anand and Leko played against
Radjabov. Black is very close to equality here, but has zero winning chances
and therefore I decided to choose a more risky line.}) 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. h4 Bxf4 9.
Bxf4 h6 10. c3 Nf6 11. Qb3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qa3 {Teimour played
this move confidently and to be honest, I got a little bit worried.} c5 $5 $146
({My initial plan} 14... Nbd7 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 a5 {felt too risky after} 17.
c6 Qxc6 18. Bd6) 15. dxc5 ({I was almost certain that my opponent would go for
} 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 {after which the best move is} Nfd7 $1 (16... Nbd7 17.
c6 bxc6 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Bc3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. b3 {is slightly better for
White.}) 17. Bc3 (17. Be3 Na6 18. c6 bxc6 {is ok for Black}) 17... O-O 18. h5
Bh7 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1+ 22. Bxa1 Nc6 23. Bc3 Ra8 $44 {with
enough compensation for the pawn.}) 15... O-O 16. Be2 Nc6 $1 {Instead of
trying to win the pawn back immediately Black is playing for the initiative.} (
16... Nbd7 17. Be3 a5 18. O-O Rac8 19. c6 $14) 17. O-O (17. Be3 a5 18. Qc3 Nb4
19. O-O Nc2 20. Rad1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd7 $11) 17... Nd4 18. Bd1 ({I was hoping
for} 18. Bd3 Rad8 $1 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ba5 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Bb4 Rf7 23.
Rad1 Ng4 {with a powerful initiative for Black.}) 18... a5 19. Rc1 ({Less good
is} 19. Qe3 Qxc5 20. Bc3 e5 $15) 19... Rfd8 20. Be3 Nc6 $5 (20... Rac8 21. Re1
(21. f4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 {is good for Black}) 21... e5 22. Bd2 {is about
equal, but less tricky!}) 21. Bf3 (21. Be2 Nb4 22. Rfd1 Nc2 23. Qc3 Nxe3 24.
Qxe3 (24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxe3 Rc8 26. Rd1 Nd7 27. c6 bxc6 $11) 24... Nd7 $11)
21... Ne5 (21... Nd4 {was also possible, but I had more aggressive intentions.}
) 22. Be2 Neg4 23. Bxg4 ({There was the safer, but also less ambitious} 23.
Rfd1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Nd7 {with complete equality.}) 23... Nxg4 24. Rfd1 Qe5 $1 {
At this point I became quite optimistic about my prospects and I was really
hoping that Teimour would not go for the 'forced draw'. More about it later.}
25. Nf1 Qf6 26. Rxd8+ $6 ({Better was} 26. Rd6 Qxh4 27. Rcd1 Rdc8 {which leads
to an unclear position.}) 26... Rxd8 27. Qxa5 Rd3 28. Qa8+ {A good practical
choice, which we both thought led to a forced draw. Other moves lead to
advantage for Black:} (28. Qe1 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Qxb1 31. Qxb1 Bxb1
32. Nxg4 Bxa2 33. Ne5 $1 (33. Ne3 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kd3 Kc6 37.
Kd4 f6 $19) 33... f6 34. c6 bxc6 35. Nxc6 Bxc4 $17) 28... Kh7 29. Qxb7 Rxe3 $1
30. fxe3 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+ ({It seems that Black is
winning after} 33... Bd3 {but I lacked time and focus to find the winning line.
Thus, the 'forced draw' could have easealy been a forced loss after} 34. Qf3
Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Bxf1 36. g3 Qh5 $1 {the move that I missed in my calculations} ({
I only calculated} 36... Qh2+ 37. Kxf1 Qxb2 38. Qxg4 Qxc1+ 39. Kf2 {and Black
can not hope for more then a draw here.}) 37. Qh1 Bh3 38. Rf1 f5 39. c6 Ne5 40.
c7 Qg4 {and Black's attack is quicker then the c-pawn.}) 34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 {As usual, Rapport goes for
an offbeat line.} ({The main line is} 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 {and so on.})
5... Bg6 {A more logical move is 5...e6, defending the bishop and continuing
his development at the same time. The move in the text might be a loss of
tempo.} (5... e6 6. Bd3 (6. c3 Nd7 7. Ne2 Ngf6 8. N4g3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Nf4 Bh7
$11 {1/2-1/2 (14) Rade,M (2436)-Doric,D (2492) Sibenik 2008}) 6... Nd7 ({
Here it's possible to take the pawn:} 6... Qxd4 7. Ne2 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 Qd8 {
White has a clear compensation, but Black has no weaknesses and shouldn't be
worse.}) 7. Ne2 Bg6 8. Bf4 Ndf6 9. Ng5 Nd5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nh6 12. O-O-O
$14 {1-0 (31) Tal,M (2620)-Balashov,Y (2570) Leningrad 1971}) 6. Ne2 e6 ({
The following crushing game illustrates well the danger that Black might face
if he grabs the central pawn and is not in time to complete his development:} 
6... Qd5 $6 7. N2c3 $1 Qxd4 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Be3 Qb4 10. O-O-O Ngf6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6
12. Nb5 $1 Rc8 13. Nxa7 Bh5 14. Qh3 Ra8 15. Nb5 $1 Nd5 (15... cxb5 16. Qf5 $18
{[%cal Gd3b5]}) 16. Be2 $1 e6 (16... Bxe2 17. Nc7+ $1 Kd8 18. Nxd5 $18) 17.
Bxh5 {[%csl Re6]} g6 18. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxd5 Qa5 21. Nb6+ Ke8
22. Be2 Rd8 23. a4 {1-0 (23) Kopylov,I-Akopov,R USSR 1986}) 7. c3 Qd5 8. N2g3
Nd7 9. h4 (9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. O-O h5 $6 (10... Be7 {+/=/=}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Ne4
O-O-O 13. Be3 f5 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (39) Ibrahimova,S (2070)
-Kharmunova,N (2215) Moscow 2012}) 9... h6 (9... e5 10. Ng5 $1 (10. h5 Bxe4 11.
Qxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 exd4 13. cxd4 Ngf6 $11) 10... exd4 11. h5 Bc2 12. Qe2+ Be7
13. cxd4 (13. Qxc2 $6 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 $11) 13... O-O-O 14. Qxc2 Bxg5 15. Bc4
Qa5+ 16. Qc3 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Nh6 20. f3 $14 {[%csl
Yh6]}) 10. Bd3 Ngf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 (11... Nxf6 $5 {was more ambitious. After}
12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qd3 O-O-O 14. O-O g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 {Black's damaged pawn
structure is compensated for by certain attacking prospects on the kingside.})
12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 $1 {Correctly avoiding the exchange. Black's
light-squared bishop in fact is shooting into the empty space.} Bd6 ({I like
the move} 13... h5 $1 {I don't think that the pawn on h5 is weaker than on h6.
Later on Black can play 14...Bd6 followed by 15...Kf8 and 16...Kg7. The
position should be equal.}) 14. h5 Bc2 15. Nf1 a6 {Not a bad move, but it
wasn't necessary to cover the b5-square.} (15... f5 16. Ne3 Ba4 17. g4 ({
In the complications after} 17. c4 f4 {Black is not worse.}) 17... fxg4 18.
Nxg4 f5 $11) 16. b3 $1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Rg8 $2 {White's knight is going to e3
anyway, so attacking the Pg2 is a waste of important tempi.} (17... Bh7 18. Ne3
(18. c4 dxc4 19. bxc4 e5 $11) 18... f5 19. c4 f4 20. Ng4 Bf5 21. c5 (21. cxd5
exd5 $11) 21... Bc7 $11) 18. Ne3 Bh7 $6 (18... Be4 {could have been tried.} {
After} 19. c4 Bf4 (19... dxc4 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. Rc1 Kd8 22. f3 Bd5 23. Kf2 $16)
20. f3 Bh7 21. cxd5 Nb6 22. dxe6 fxe6 {Black is a pawn down, but has some play.
}) 19. c4 {Suddenly, White is breaking through the queenside.} dxc4 (19... Ba3
20. Rd1 b5 $5 {is an engine recommendation as the lesser evil for Black.} 21.
cxd5 f5 22. dxe6 fxe6 $16) 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Bf3 Nb8 (22... b5 23.
Na5 e5 24. Rh4 $1 {followed by Na5-b7 and Rc1-c7 is crushing.}) 23. Na5 {
It's amazing how quickly Black's position got so desperate.} Rxd4 24. Nxb7 Ba3
25. Rc7 (25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rxg8 Bxg8 27. Bxh6 $18) 25... Nd7 (25... e5 26. Bxh6
Bb4+ 27. Kf1 $18) 26. Na5 $2 {This makes White's winning task more difficult.
Instead, pinning the knight was decisive.} (26. Bc6 Ke7 27. Be3 Rd3 28. Rh4 $1
{is completely dominating. All White's pieces are superbly placed, while Black
can't even get rid of the pin.}) 26... Ne5 {Now, at least Black manages to
swap the knight for White's active bishop.} 27. Nc6 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rd5 29. b4
$1 {Threatening 30.Re7+ Kf8 31.Bxh6+.} Rgg5 $1 {The only way not to resign
immediately.} 30. Bxg5 fxg5 31. O-O {Castling on move thirty-one, rarely seen!}
Kf8 32. Re1 Bb2 33. a4 Bc3 34. Re3 Bf6 35. Kg2 Bc2 36. Ne5 $6 (36. b5 axb5 37.
a5 {and the pawn is simply unstoppable.}) 36... Bxe5 37. Rxc2 Bd6 38. Re4 Ke7
39. Rc6 a5 40. bxa5 {Rapport's play at this stage is far from accurate, but
his advantage is so overwhelming, that is really difficult to spoil.} Rxa5 41.
Rb6 Ra7 42. Rb5 Kd7 43. Rd4 Kc6 44. Rc4+ Kd7 45. Kf1 Bc7 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Kd3
Kd7 48. Rd4+ Kc6 49. Rc4+ Kd7 50. Kc2 Kd6 51. Kb3 Ba5 52. Rd4+ Ke7 53. f4 gxf4
54. Rxf4 f5 55. Rf3 Bc7 {Harikrishna puts up stubborn resistance, but the
position just can't be saved, unless White blunders the a-pawn.} 56. Rd3 Kf6
57. Rd7 Kg5 58. Re7 Bb6 59. f4+ Kxf4 60. Rxe6 Be3 61. Rxh6 Rf7 62. Rg6 Kf3 63.
h6 Bd4 64. h7 {The last simplification. Black loses his last hope - Pf5.} Rxh7
65. Rxf5+ Ke4 66. Rfg5 Re7 67. a5 {After all this pawn brings White the
victory.} Be5 68. Kc4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 03rd Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1961.12.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 (6. h4 {La grande
ligne} h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5) 6... Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Ng5 $5 $146 {
[%csl Re6] Une nouveauté agressive et un peu douteuse mais bien dans le style
de l'ex- champion du Monde.} (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 {Yates,F-Reti,R
New York 1924 (19) 1-0}) 9... h6 10. Nh3 {[%csl Re6,Rg6][%cal Gh3f4]} (10. Nxe6
$5 {Le sacrifice était pourtant prévisible de la part de Tal} fxe6 11. Bxe6
Be7 (11... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Ge8c8]}) 12. Re1 $44) 10... Bd6 $1 {[%csl Gf4] Cette
partie est très inéressante avec une forte opposition de style entre les deux
Champions du Monde} 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gf4]} Nd5 (12... O-O
13. Bb3 a5 14. c4 Re8 15. Re1 Qb6 16. c5 Qb5 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 b6 19. Bd6
a4 20. Rac1 Qb4 21. Red1 bxc5 22. a3 Qb7 23. dxc5 Ra5 24. Rd4 Rb5 25. Rb1 Ra8
26. Rc4 Qa6 27. Ne2 {Tal,M (2660)-Averkin,O (2460)/Moscow 1973/URS-ch/1-0 (70)}
) 13. Bc1 (13. Bd2) 13... Qh4 14. Bd3 Bxd3 (14... Ne7 15. Bxg6 Nxg6 16. f4 Nf6
17. f5 Ng4 18. h3 Qxg3 19. hxg4 Nh4 20. Qe2 h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Bf4 Qxg2+ 23.
Qxg2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxf5 25. Be3 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 f6 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rh5 Rd8 29.
Ra5 {Moehring,G-Golz,W/Aschersleben 1963/EXT 2001/1-0 (111)}) (14... Qxd4 15.
Bxg6 Qxd1 16. Bxf7+) 15. Qxd3 O-O-O $11 16. Rd1 N7f6 17. c4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]}
Nc7 {[%csl Rc7]} (17... Nf4 18. Qf3) 18. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Rd7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20.
Qe2 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4] Les Blancs gardent un petit avantage d'espace} Qg4 21. f3
Qg6 22. a4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a5,Gb4b5]} h5 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gh5h4]} 23. b5 (23. a5
h4 24. Ne4) 23... h4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 h3 27. g3 f5 $1 28. e5
{[%csl Gd6]} c5 $1 29. dxc5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qe8 32. Qd6 {[%csl
Rb2]} Kb7 33. c6+ $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb2d4] Ranime le B qui était assez
mauvais} Qxc6 34. Qxc6+ Kxc6 35. Bd4 {[%csl Gc5] Juste à temps pour empêcher
le K Noir d'attaquer le P"a4"} a5 36. Bc3 Na6 37. Bxa5 Nc5 (37... Kc5 $6 38. g4
fxg4 39. Kf2 Kxc4 40. Kg3 Nc5 41. Kxg4 Kd5 42. Bc7 Nxa4 43. Kxh3 $11) 38. Bb4
Nxa4 39. g4 $1 fxg4 40. Kf2 Nb2 $132 {[%csl Rc4]} 41. Kg3 Nxc4 42. Kxg4 Nxe5+
43. Kxh3 Kd5 44. Kh4 Kc4 45. Bd6 Nf7 46. Bc7 g6 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. h4 Ke4 49. h5
Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 {:) Black has a lot of
possibilities, but Kamsky chooses ...b6.} b6 6. Nb3 (6. Bd3 $6 Qxd4 $1 (6...
Bxd3 7. Nxd3 Qxd4 8. Nf3 Qd8 (8... Qe4+ 9. Be3 $44) 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 {[%cal
Gd1a4]}) 7. Bxf5 (7. Be3 Qf6 $15) 7... Qe5+ 8. Be4 Qxc5 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nbd7
11. O-O e6 $15) 6... e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qc7 {Black develops
logically, now the position becomes interesting as White has to find some plan.
} 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qe2 $5 Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nh4 (13. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 {This
doesn't work here.} (13... Nd5 14. Bd2 a5 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Red1
Nxe5 18. dxe5 $14) 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Rd1+ 17. Bf1 Bxc2 18.
Kg2 $16 (18. f3 $5 a5 {and here at least Black's rook is still on d1!}) 18...
Rfd8 19. Be2 Bxb3 20. axb3 Re1 21. f4 $1 $18) 13... Bg4 14. Qc4 Nd5 15. Bg5 Rc8
16. a4 {Now trying to stop the b5-move and even preparing a5 himself; White is
able to have a playable middlegame with interesting chances.} b5 (16... a5 $5
17. c3 $14) 17. Qd3 $1 {Now it's not easy to prevent c3 and the Nd2-e4
manoeuvre, so Kamsky starts fast counterplay on the queenside by improving the
d7 knight's position.} N7b6 $6 (17... h6 18. Bd2 b4 19. h3 Bh5 20. c4 bxc3 21.
bxc3 $14) 18. Nc5 $1 h6 (18... Nxa4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. c4 $16) (18... Bxc5 $2
19. dxc5 Nxa4 20. Qd4 Bh5 21. c4 f6 22. cxd5 fxg5 23. d6 Qd7 24. Re5 $18) 19.
Bd2 $5 (19. Bc1 {was a very strong alternative too. Now White is also much
better.} b4 $8 20. c4 bxc3 21. bxc3 $16) 19... Nc4 {This additional
possibility would not be possible after 19.Bc1.} 20. axb5 (20. Bc3 $6 g5 21.
axb5 $1 Nxc3 22. Qxc4 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Bxc5 26. dxc5
$14) (20. Bc1 $5 $16 {was a great move!}) 20... cxb5 21. h3 Bh5 (21... Bxc5 22.
dxc5 Bh5 23. g4 $16 (23. Bxd5 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Rfd8 25. Qa5 Rxd5 26. b4 $16)) 22.
Bxd5 $1 exd5 23. Bc3 $1 {Now b3 is a threat, so Black has to prepare the
knight's retreat to e5.} (23. g4 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Bg6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxd5+ Kh7
$11) 23... Rfe8 $1 24. b3 Ne5 (24... Rxe1+ $5 25. Rxe1 Ne5 26. Qf5 $1 (26. dxe5
Bxc5 27. g4 Be7 28. Nf5 Bg6 29. Bd4 $14) (26. Qxb5 g5 27. Na4 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3
Bxf3 29. Re3 Be4 30. Qe2 $16 Qd7 {The position is still very playable here.})
26... g6 (26... Bg6 27. Nxg6 Nxg6 28. b4 $16) 27. Qf6 Nd7 (27... Nc6 28. Nxg6
$3 fxg6 (28... Bxg6 29. Ne6 fxe6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6+ Qh7 32. Rxe6 $18 Be7
33. Rxc6 Qxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Re3 b4 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Bxb4+ $18
) 29. g4 Rf8 30. Qe6+ $18) 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Bd2 $16 Rc6 (29... Bf8 30. Bxh6 $1
$18 (30. g4 Rc6 31. Qf3 g5 32. gxh5 gxh4 33. Re5)) (29... Kh7 30. g4 Rc6 31.
Qf3 g5 32. Qd3+ $18) 30. Bxh6 Bf8 31. Qg5 $3 (31. Qf4 Bb4 32. Ra1 Bd6) 31...
Bb4 (31... f6 32. Qd2 g5 33. Bxg5 $18 (33. Bxf8 $18)) 32. c3 $3 f6 33. Qf4 Bxc3
34. Qb8+ Rc8 35. Re7 $3 $18) 25. Qxb5 Bxc5 (25... g5 $1 {This was the best
defence!} 26. Nd3 (26. b4 $2 gxh4 27. dxe5 Bxc5 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30.
Bd4 Rxc2 31. g4 Bg6) (26. Ba5 $14 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Bxb8 28. f4 Nc6 (28... gxh4 29.
fxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Rxc5 32. g4 (32. c3 hxg3 33. Kg2 Bg6 34. Kxg3
Bc2 35. Ra3) 32... Bg6 33. c3 Bc2 34. Ra3) 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Ng2 Nxd4 31. Nd7
$18) 26... Qxc3 27. dxe5 $14) 26. Qxc5 (26. dxc5 $1 g5 27. f4 $5 (27. Qa6 $4 {
This would spoil all his efforts. So 2 other moves are better.} gxh4 28. Bxe5
Rxe5 $3 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxc8+ Kh7 $11) (27. Bxe5 $5 Rxe5 28. Ng2 $16) 27...
gxf4 (27... f6 28. fxe5 gxh4 29. b4 fxe5 30. Qa6 d4 31. Qxh6 $18) 28. gxf4 Qd8
29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxh4 31. Qd3 Rxc5 32. Rxa7 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 $18) 26... Qd7
27. Qxa7 (27. Rxa7 $1 {was even cleaner!} Qxh3 (27... Qd8 28. Qa5 $18 Qxa5 29.
Rxa5 Rxc3 30. Rxd5 Rxc2 31. Rexe5 $18 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 g5 33. Nf5 $18) 28. Qxd5
Rxc3 (28... Ng4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Nxg2 Rc8 32. Bb4 Rxc2 33. Nf4
Bg6 34. Nxg6 fxg6 35. d5 Rc8 36. d6 Rd8 37. Bc5 Nf6 38. b4 $18) 29. Rxe5 Rxe5
30. dxe5 Rxc2 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ Bg6 33. Rh8+ Kxh8 34. Nxg6+ $18) 27... Qxa7
28. Rxa7 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bxf3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. b4 (31. Ra2 $5 $16) 31... Bd1 (
31... Rc8 32. Ra3 Be2 33. Kg2 f6 34. g4 Kf7 {and here Black still has some
chances.}) 32. Ra2 Rc8 33. b5 $1 Rb8 (33... Rxc3 34. b6 $18) 34. Rb2 f6 35. Ba5
Be2 36. b6 Rb7 37. Rb1 $1 Kf7 38. Bd2 g5 39. Bc1 $3 $18 Bf3 40. Ba3 Be4 41. Bd6
{And after 42.Bc7 White is playing with an exchange up and is totally winning.}
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann does seem like a strange choice for a must win game.
The reason is that White has several dull variations to play against this.} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. e5 Bf5 {lately leads to interesting and unbalanced play. Not
exactly what Svidler is looking for.}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3
{Out of the many ways you can play against the Caro-Kann, this looks like one
of the best if drawing is the same as winning.} Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 {Yes, this is
the best move, but how can Black hope to win such an endgame?} 8. dxe5 Qa5+ 9.
c3 Qxe5+ 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bc5 14. Bf3 O-O-O
15. O-O Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 {Black isn't really worse; his isolated
pawn in the middle of the board isn't that hard to protect and White can't
much progress against it. The problem is that he doesn't need to "make
progress" at all.} Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Be3 {Trade all the pieces!} b6 (19...
d4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 {is simply unacceptable for Giri.}) 20. Rd3 Kb7
21. Red1 Kc6 22. Ne2 Rh4 23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Bxd4 b5 25. g3 Rh5 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27.
Be3 Rxa2 {Giri can try as he may, but he will never be able to create anything
in this position.} 28. R1d2 Re5 29. h4 Ra4 30. Kg2 f6 31. Bd4 Rh5 32. Re3 Kd7
33. Red3 Kd6 34. Be3 Kc6 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. R1d2 Ra8 37. Rd1 Ra4 38. R1d2 Ra2 39.
Kf1 Ra1+ 40. Rd1 Ra2 41. R1d2 Re5 42. Bd4 Rh5 43. Be3 Ra8 44. Rd1 Ra4 45. R3d2
Ra2 46. b3 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 b4 48. cxb4 Kb5 49. Bc5 Nxc5 50. bxc5 Kxc5 51. Ke2 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Suri Memorial"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 {The most
reliable line. Black gives his opponent the bishop pair.} (6... e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 (
7... Qc7 8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 Bd6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. h5 Bc2 12. h6 gxh6 $5 (12... g6
13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa5 $13) 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Rg8 15. Nh5 Ng4 16. Bd2
O-O-O 17. Qxf7 (17. O-O-O $5) 17... c5 $6 (17... Rdf8 18. Qxh7 Qd8 19. Qe4 e5
$13) 18. Qxh7 Qc6 19. f3 Nh2 20. O-O-O Rxg2 21. dxc5 $6 (21. Bf4 c4 (21... Qa4
$2 22. Ne1 $18) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 $8 23. Nhf4 Rg5 24. Qxh6 Nxf3 25. Ne5 $16) 21...
Nxf3 (21... Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxh6 Nxf3 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 $44) 22. cxd6 Rxd2
23. Qxh6 Qxd6 24. Rxd2 Nxd2 25. Nhf4 $16 {Socko,B (2622)-Berkes,F (2665)
Budapest HUN 2014 1/2-1/2 (55)}) (7... Qh4 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Be2 Ngf6
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 Qh7 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. h4 $14 {Brunello,S 
(2593)-Erenburg,S (2615) Helsingor 2013 1-0 (52)}) 8. Ngh5 Bxh5 9. Nxh5 g6 10.
Ng3 Nf6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bg5 Kg7 15. O-O h6 16. Be3 c5
17. Bb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 $5 (18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc2 Rfd8 $11) 18...
Rac8 19. Rad1 h5 20. h3 Nb6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd7 $11 {Andriasian,Z (2600)
-Navara,D (2700) Yerevan ARM 2014 0-1 (62)}) 7. Nf4 (7. c3 $5 e6 8. Nf4 Bd6 9.
h4 Bxf4 $6 (9... Qc7 {Leads to the line, which we saw in the above mentioned
game B, Sochko - F, Berkes.}) 10. Bxf4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Be2 O-O
14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 $14 {with a comfortable edge for White. Fedorchuk,S (2603)
-Sumets,A (2545) Warsaw 2008 (48)}) 7... e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2
Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O ({Much more popular is} 12. Qxe5+ Nxe5 13. f4 (13.
Bc3 Ned7 14. O-O-O Bc5 15. Bd4 Rh4 $1 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Be2 Kf8 18. h3 Re8 19.
Bf3 Nh7 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Ng5 22. Re3 f5 23. Ne2 Kf7 $15 {with a slightly
better position for Black; Pavlidis,A (2479)- Nisipeanu,L (2686) Pardubice CZE
2014 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 13... Ned7 14. O-O-O Bd6 (14... Bc5 {Seems to be more
precise move than 14....Bd6} 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bd3 Bf2 17. Ref1 Bc5 18. Re1 (18.
Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. h3 Re8 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Bc4+ Nd5 $11) 18...
Bf2 19. Ref1 Bc5 20. Re1 Bf2 {1/2-1/2 (20) Cornette,M (2533) -Bacrot,E (2720)
Nimes FRA 2014}) 15. Bc4 Rh4 $6 {an useless move.} (15... Nb6 16. Bb3 Nbd5 17.
f5 O-O-O 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rde1 Bf4 $11) 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. g3 Rh8 18. Nc3 Nb6 19.
Rde1+ Kf8 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. f5 $6 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Bf2 $11 {Djukic,N
(2545)-Sumets,A (2620) Skopje 2013 1/2 (33)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Qxe5 ({White has
nothing after} 13. Qc4 Nd5 $1 14. Bd3 $6 (14. Re1 Qc7 15. h4 (15. Ne4 $5 Rxh2
16. Rxh2 Qxh2 17. Ng5 $11) 15... Bc5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. f4 $2 (17. Re2 Nf4 18.
Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Rde8 21. f3 Bc7 $11) 17... Rhe8 18. g3 f5 19.
Nc3 N7f6 $6 (19... Be3 $1 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. Qe2 Qb6 $17) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $11 {Vedder,H (2367)-Dreev,A (2679) Rhodes 2013 1/2-1/2 
(70)}) 14... Nc5 (14... f5 $5 15. Kb1 Bc5 {with better chances}) 15. Be2 Be7
16. Rde1 Qc7 17. Bf3 Rh4 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Hracek,Z (2605)
-Schlosser,P (2550) Germany 1998  Probably the draw agreement was a bit
premature. After} Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf4 $1 {White is in trouble} 21. Qf3 (21. Qe3
Bg5 $17) 21... Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Rxd2 23. g3 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 Rxf2 25. Qd1 Rh8 $1 26.
gxf4 Rd8 $40) 13... Nxe5 14. h3 {Preventing ...Ng4.} Bc5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bc4
Bf2 17. Nf1 $146 ({Leads to a draw} 17. Be1 Be3+ 18. Bd2 $8 Bf2) 17... Rhf8 18.
Bb4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 $11 20. Ng3 b5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Be2 Kc7 {The position
is roughly equal. Black's nights are well-placed, that compensates double
pawns.} 23. Rd1 $6 {An useless move.} Nd5 24. Rf1 f5 $1 $15 {Now Black is
slightly better.} 25. Bf3 Nxf4 26. Bxc6 Nfd3+ {Now the game is equal. The
d-pawn controls the center and can be a passed pawn in the future.} (26... Kxc6
$1 27. Rxf4 Re8 28. Kd2 Na4 29. b3 Rd8+ 30. Kc1 Nc3 $15 {Probably Black's
advantage is not enough to win but he could try his chances.}) 27. cxd3 Kxc6
28. Kc2 Re8 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Rf3 $11 Nb7 $6 {A strange maneuver, the knight is
well placed on c5.} (30... Kd6 31. Ne2 Ke7 32. Kc3 Ne6 $11) 31. Ne2 Nd6 $2 {
A blunder. Black loses a pawn.} 32. Nf4 Nc4+ (32... g5 33. Ne6 Rd7 34. Nd4+ Kd5
35. Nxf5 $16 {It would be very difficult for Black to save the game.}) 33. Kc2
(33. Kc3 $142 Ne5 34. Re3 Kd6 35. Rg3 $16) 33... Ne5 34. Re3 $1 $16 (34. Rg3
Rd6 35. Re3 g5 $1 36. Rxe5 gxf4 37. Rxf5 Rg6 38. Rxf4 Rxg2+ 39. Kc3 a5 {
With good chances to draw.}) 34... Kd6 35. Rg3 Rf8 $2 {Black loses 2 pawns.} (
35... Rc8+ 36. Kd2 a5 37. Nxg6 $6 Nc6 38. Nf4 Ke5 39. Ke3 Rc7 $16 {With one
pawn down Black has small chances to a draw.}) 36. d4 $1 $18 Rc8+ 37. Kd1 Nd7
38. Rxg6+ Nf6 39. Rxg7 Rc4 40. Ne2 Ra4 41. a3 b4 42. axb4 Rxb4 43. Kc2 Nd5 44.
g3 (44. h4 $1 Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nd5 46. h5 Rxb2 47. h6 $18) 44... Ne3+ 45. Kd3 Nd1
46. b3 $1 Nf2+ (46... Rxb3+ 47. Kc2 $18) 47. Kc3 a5 48. Ra7 Nd1+ 49. Kd2 Nf2
50. Kc2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Volokitin,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "DAN DZO & PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 {Überraschung, sonst spielt Kuzubov 1...c5.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {Am
besten die Vorbereitung des Gegners vermeiden, deswegen habe ich 3.Nc3 statt 3.
e5 gespielt.} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 {Meine Lieblingsvariante.} e6
({Vielleicht besser ist} 6... Nf6 7. Nf4 e5) 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3 Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 $6
{Ein seltsamer Zug.} ({Besser ist natürlich} 9... Qc7 $1) 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Be2
$1 {Besser als} (11. Qb3 Nd5 $1 12. Bd2 Qc7 $1 13. c4 Nf6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O
Nbd7 {und der Springer steht auf g3 schrecklich.}) 11... O-O ({Interessant ist
auch sofort} 11... Nd5 {damit der Läufer nach d2 zieht:} 12. Bd2 O-O 13. c4 Nf6
14. Bc3 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe3 $14) 12. h5 $2 {Eine
Ungenauigkeit. Während der Partie habe ich meine Partie gegen Predojevic
vergessen.} ({Da spielte ich sofort} 12. Nf1 $1 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nd2 {
und im Vergleich mit der Partie hat Schwarz keinen Punkt g5!} N7f6 15. O-O (15.
h5 $5 Bf5 16. O-O $14) 15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 $14 {
Volokitin-Predojevic, Bundesliga 2008}) 12... Bh7 13. Nf1 {Die richtige Idee
in falscher Ausführung!} Nd5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Qe7 $2 {Hier hat Schwarz den
Punkt g5!} ({Also, nach} 15... Qg5 $1 {muss Weiß remis machen:} 16. Bh4 $1 ({
Denn nach} 16. O-O $2 Ne3 $1 17. fxe3 Qxg3 18. Bf3 e5 $15 {steht Schwarz etwas
besser.}) 16... Qf4 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Bh4 $11) 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 {Richtet
sich gegen c6-c5.} N7f6 ({Sogar hier war} 17... Qg5 $5 {stärker:} 18. Re1 N7f6
19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qe2 {Punkt e4! Weiß steht ein bisschen besser.})
18. Qe2 $14 {Klar ist, Weiß steht etwas besser - mehr Raum, Läuferpaar.} a5 19.
a4 $1 {Ich wollte den Raum nicht hergeben.} Nb6 20. Rfe1 {Hier war die
Fesselung sehr unangenehm:} (20. Bh4 $1 Nc8 (20... Qc7 21. Qe3 $1) 21. Rfe1 Nd6
22. g4 $14) 20... Ne8 $1 21. Ne4 {Gegen ...Nd6 gerichtet.} Nd5 22. Rad1 Nb6 ({
Eine andere MÖglichkeit ist} 22... Rac8 23. Be5 Nef6 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Nc4 $1
Nxe5 26. dxe5 $14) 23. c4 $1 {Der beste Zeitpunkt für c4!} Bxe4 (23... Nxa4 $2
{sieht sehr riskant aus:} 24. c5 $1 b5 25. Rd2 $5 Qb7 26. Rc1 b4 27. Qc4 Qb5
28. Qxb5 cxb5 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. cxd6 Ra6 31. d7 Ra7 32. Be2 $18) ({Möglich war} 
23... Qb4 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bh4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Ndf6 27. Bc2 Qb6 28. f3 $14) 24.
Bxe4 Qg5 25. Bf3 ({Genauer war} 25. Qc2 $1 Rd7 26. Qb3 Qd8 27. Be5 $1 Nf6 28.
Bf3 {und wir haben die gleiche Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 25... Rd7 26. Qc2
Qd8 27. Qb3 Nf6 ({Jetzt hatte Schwarz die Möglichkeit auf d4 zu nehmen:} 27...
Rxd4 28. Be2 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Qxb7 Qc8 31. Qb3 $14) 28. Be5 Nc8 29. Bxf6
$2 {Zu früh. Ich musste erst meine Stellung verbessern:} (29. Qc3 $1 {mit der
Idee} Nd6 30. d5 $1 cxd5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 (31... exd5 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6
34. Rxd5 Kf8 35. Rc1 $16) 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Bxg7 $1 Ne4 34. Qd4 Qg5 35. Rxe4 $1
dxe4 36. Qxd7 Kxg7 37. Qd4+ Qf6 38. Qxe4 $16) 29... Qxf6 30. d5 cxd5 31. cxd5
e5 $1 {Ich habe hier meine Stellung überschätzt.} 32. Bg4 $1 Rc7 $1 33. Bxc8
Raxc8 34. d6 Rd7 35. Qb6 Rc6 $2 {Hier waren beide Spieler in der Zeitnotphase.}
({Nach dem richtigen} 35... Rc2 $1 36. Rd5 Qh4 37. Qe3 Rxb2 38. Rxa5 Rxd6 39.
Rxe5 Qg4 $11 {war es ein klares Remis.}) 36. Qxa5 Rcxd6 $2 ({Psychologisch ist
es zu kompliziert, nach ...Rc6 nun ...Rc2 zu spielen, aber der beste Zug war} 
36... Rc2 $1 37. Qb6 Qf5 {und Schwarz hat ein gutes Gegenspiel, zum Remis
ausreichend. Zum Beispiel} 38. a5 Qxh5 39. b4 Rc4 $1 40. g3 Qf3 41. b5 f5 42.
Qe3 Qxe3 43. Rxe3 e4 $132) 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 (37... Qxd6 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 {
die gleiche Stellung.}) 38. Qa8+ $1 Qd8 (38... Kh7 39. Qxb7 Rd2 40. Rf1 Qf4 41.
a5 e4 42. Qb3 Qf6 43. Qe3 Rxb2 44. Qxe4+ $18) 39. Qxd8+ Rxd8 40. Rxe5 {Dieses
Turmendspiel ist sehr schwierig für Schwarz, wahrscheinlich gewinnt Weiß.} Rd4
{Der Kontrollzug.} ({Die beste Chance war} 40... Rd1+ $1 41. Kh2 {und jetzt}
Rd4 $1 42. b3 Rb4 43. Re3 ({Es war sehr schwer das Bauerendspiel einzuschätzen:
} 43. Rb5 Rxb5 44. axb5 Kf8 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 {
Wahrscheinlich ist es remis.}) 43... g6 44. hxg6 fxg6 {Im Vergleich mit der
Partie hat Schwarz ein extra Tempo.} 45. Kg3 g5 46. Kf3 h5 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Kd2
Kf6 49. f3 $16 {Wahrscheinlich gewinnt Weiß auch hier.}) 41. b3 $1 Rb4 42. Re3
$16 g6 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. Kf1 {Der König zieht zum Damenbauern.} Kf7 45. Ke2 g5
46. Kd2 h5 47. Kc3 Rf4 48. f3 h4 49. a5 g4 50. fxg4 Rxg4 51. Re2 $18 {Der Plan
für Weiß ist sehr einfach: Die Bauern am Damenflügel zu bewegen.} Kf6 52. b4 $1
Rg7 53. b5 Kf5 54. Kb4 Kf4 55. a6 {Ein wichtiger Moment.} ({Meiner Meinung
nach bestand die beste technische Lösung in} 55. Kc5 $1 Kg3 56. Kb6 Kh2 57. Ka7
Rxg2 58. Re7 h3 59. Rxb7 Rg5 60. a6 Kg2 61. b6 $18) 55... bxa6 56. bxa6 Kg3 57.
Ra2 Rf7 58. Kc5 Rg7 59. Kd5 ({Schneller war} 59. Kb6 Rg6+ 60. Kb5 Rg5+ 61. Kc4
Rg8 $8 62. a7 Ra8 $18 63. Kd3 $1 {Siehe Kommentar nach 66. Zug.}) ({Leider ist
die Stellung nach} 59. a7 $4 Rxa7 60. Rxa7 Kxg2 61. Rg7+ Kf3 62. Rh7 Kg3 63.
Kd4 h3 64. Ke3 Kg2 $1 {remis.}) 59... Rd7+ 60. Ke5 Re7+ 61. Kf6 Ra7 62. Kg6 Ra8
$1 (62... Rxa6+ 63. Rxa6 Kxg2 64. Kg5 h3 65. Kg4 h2 66. Ra2+ Kg1 67. Kg3 $18)
63. a7 Rg8+ $1 64. Kf6 Rf8+ 65. Ke5 Re8+ 66. Kd4 Rd8+ $2 ({Der beste Chance war
} 66... Ra8 $1 {Hier musste ich eine Studie finden!} 67. Kd3 $1 Kh2 $1 (67...
Rd8+ 68. Ke2 Ra8 69. Kf1 $18) 68. Ke4 Kg3 69. Ra3+ $3 {Der einzige Weg zum
Sieg!} Kxg2 70. Kf4 Kf2 71. Kg4 Ke2 72. Kxh4 Kd2 73. Kg5 Kc2 74. Kf5 Kb2 75.
Ra6 Kb3 76. Ke5 Kc4 77. Kd6 Kb5 78. Ra1 Kb6 79. Rb1+ Ka6 80. Kc7 $1 Rxa7+ 81.
Kc6 $18 {Wunderschöne Stellung!}) 67. Kc5 {In der Partie war alles sehr leicht.
} Rg8 68. Rb2 Ra8 69. Kb6 Rg8 70. Kb7 Rg7+ 71. Ka6 Rg6+ 72. Ka5 Rg5+ 73. Rb5
Rg8 74. Rb8 1-0

