[Event "EU-Cup 07th semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.09.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Ng4 11. Bxc5 Nxe5 12. Nd5 Nbc6 13. f4 (13. b3)
13... Ng4 14. Bf3 $5 (14. h3) 14... Bf5 15. Ne2 Rfd8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bc2 18.
Rd2 (18. Nxe7+ $5 Nxe7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxe7) 18... Bb1 $1 19. b3 Nxd5 20.
cxd5 Bc3 21. Ke2 Bxd2 22. Rxb1 Bb4 $1 (22... Bxf4 $2 23. dxc6 Bxg3 24. cxb7
Rab8 25. Bxa7) 23. dxc6 Bxc5 24. c7 Rf8 $1 25. Bxb7 Bd6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rc1
$2 {danach läßt sich R-Tausch kaum vermeiden} (27. Kf3 Bxc7 28. b4 Rd8 29. Rb3
$10) 27... Rc8 28. Kf3 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Nf1 f5 $17 {die weiße Majorität
am Q-Flügel ist wertlos und der B ist im 2-Flügelendspiel besser als der N} 31.
Nd2 Kf7 32. Ke3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Nf3 Bf4+ 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Nd4 Bd6 37. Ke2
Bc5 38. Nc6 Ke6 39. Nd8+ Ke5 40. Kf3 Bb6 41. Nc6+ Kd6 42. Nb4 e5 43. Ke2 e4 44.
Na6 Ke5 45. Nb4 Bc5 46. Nc6+ Kd5 47. Na5 f4 48. Nc4 Kd4 49. Na5 Kd5 50. Nc4 Bb4
51. Kf2 Kd4 52. Ke2 Kc3 53. Nd2 Kd4 54. Nc4 e3 55. a3 Bc5 56. Na5 Bb6 57. Nc6+
0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Qd2 dxc5 10. Bxh6 Rd8 11. Qe3 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nxe4 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Nd4
15. h4 Nxe2 16. Ng5 $4 (16. h5 $1) 16... Nf6 17. Kxe2 Bf5 $1 18. f3 Qb4 19. b3
Qa3 20. Kf2 Rd2+ 21. Kg3 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qb2+ 23. Kg3 Nh5+ 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Nd5
Kf8 26. Rcd1 e6 27. Nf4 Ke7 28. Rh2 Qe5 29. Rhd2 Qc7 30. Nxf7 Rg8+ 31. Ng5
Rxg5+ 32. hxg5 h4+ 33. Kf2 Qxf4 34. Rd7+ Ke8 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. R1d7+ Kg6 37.
Rg8+ Kh5 38. Rdg7 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. d5 Qa5 10. f3 (10. a4 $1 a6 11. Ra3 $16) 10... Kh7 11. Nh3 a6 12. Nf2 b5
$1 13. cxb5 (13. f4 $5) 13... Nb6 14. Nfd1 Nfd7 15. a4 Ne5 16. b3 axb5 17. Bxb5
f5 $1 18. exf5 (18. O-O fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Ng4 $36) 18... Bxf5 19. h3
Qb4 $5 20. f4 Ned7 21. g4 (21. Rc1 Nf6) 21... Be4 22. O-O Qxb3 23. Nxe4 Bxa1
24. Ndc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Nxa4 $1 26. Bxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxa4 Qxa4 $19 28. f5 g5 29.
Bf2 Qb3 30. Re1 $6 Ne5 31. Re3 Nf3+ 32. Rxf3 Qxf3 33. Qe1 Qxd5 34. Qxe7+ Rf7
35. Qe8 h5 36. Bg3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg7 38. Qd8 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qxg4 40. f6+ Rxf6 41.
Qe7+ Rf7 42. Qxd6 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 (7...
c5 $5) 8. Qc2 {N} (8. Qd2 c5 (8... Kh7 9. h4 e5 10. h5 g5 11. d5 Ne8 12. g4 Bf6
13. Nf3 Be7 14. Nh2 c5 15. O-O Nc7 16. Rfb1 $16 {Polugaevskij-Norbi Lugano(op)
1968m}) 9. d5 Qa5 $1 10. f3 Kh7 11. Nh3 a6 12. Nf2 b5 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. O-O (14.
Nfd1 Nfd7 15. a4 Ne5 16. b3 axb5 17. Bxb5 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. h3 Qb4 20. f4
Ned7 21. g4 Be4 22. O-O Qxb3 $17 {Moskalenko,V-Shirov,A Moscow5 1991}) 14...
Nfd7 15. Nfd1 Ne5 16. b3 axb5 17. Bxb5 f5 18. Rc1 g5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Be2 c4
$44 {Yakovich,Y-Bologan,V Gausdal 1991 52/606}) 8... e5 (8... c5 9. d5 Qa5 10.
Bd2 $1 $14) 9. d5 c6 10. h4 h5 $2 {><g5} (10... cxd5 $142 11. cxd5 a6 12. h5 g5
13. a4 (13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 Nc5 $132) 13... Qa5 14. Ra3 (14. Nf3 b5
15. Nd2 Nc5 $132) 14... Nc5 15. Bd2 Bd7 $13) 11. Nh3 cxd5 12. cxd5 a6 (12...
Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 (13... Qb6 14. Na4) 14. Ng5 $16) 13. Ng5 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 a5
(15... Bb7 16. a5 Rc8 17. Qb3 $16) 16. Rc1 $16 Bb7 (16... Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18.
f3 Ra8 19. b3 Rc8 20. Qxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Kd2 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne3
Rc3 25. Rc1 Rxb3 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. Nc4 $16) (16... Ng4 $5 17. Bxg4 (17. Bd2 Nc5
18. f3 Nf6 19. b3 $14) 17... hxg4 18. Qc6 Ba6 (18... Ra6 19. Qc7 Nf6 20. b3 Bd7
21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Nb2 $16) 19. Qxd6 $16) 17. Qc7 Qb8 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Qxb8 Raxb8
20. Kd2 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Rc8+ 22. Kb1 Kf8 (22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Ne3 Ng4 25.
Nc4 Nxf2 26. Rf1 $18) 23. b3 Ke7 24. Nb2 Rc3 (24... Ng4 25. Bxd7 Kxd7 26. Nc4
Rf8 27. Ba7 $18) 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ (25... Rxb3 26. Rc7 Ba8 27. Ra7 $18) 26. Kxc1
Ng4 27. Ba7 $18 Bh6 28. f3 f6 (28... Ngf6 29. Nc4 Nh7 30. Be3 $18) 29. fxg4
fxg5 30. Be3 $1 Nc5 31. hxg5 Bg7 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Nc4 Bc8 34. d6+ Kd8 35. d7
Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Kxd7 37. Nxa5 Kc7 38. Nc4 {/\Kc2-d3,Ne3,Kc4} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Polgar,J"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 (7. Qd2 {
ChessBase} e5 8. d5 c6 (8... Qe8 9. Bd1 (9. f3 Nh5 10. Bd1 f5 11. Nge2 Qf7 12.
Bc2 Nc5 13. b4 Nd7 14. O-O {/\ g4} f4 15. Nb5 $5 Nb6 {Agrest,E-Grabarczyk,B/
Bielsko Biala/1990/} 16. c5 $1 Nc4 17. Qd3 Ne3 18. cxd6 Nxf1 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20.
Rxf1 $16) (9. Nf3 Nh5 (9... Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Nd2 $14) 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 (11.
Bh6 f4 $15) 11... gxf5 12. Bh6 f4 $1 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 $6 14. Rg1 $1 Kh8 15. g4 Nf6
16. g5 Nh5 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. g6 Ng7 $14 {Gulko,B-Djurhuus,R/Manila ol/1992/1/
2-1/2/41/}) 9... Bd7 (9... Nh5 10. Ba4 (10. Bxh5) 10... Bd7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12.
Nge2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ng3 $13) (9... Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Nge2 $1 Bd7 (11...
Nh5 $2 12. Nb5 $1 Qd7 13. O-O-O b6 14. f3 a4 $1 {Seirawan,Y-Piket,J/Wijk/1991/
0-1/} (14... Ba6 15. a4 $16) 15. Be3 $16 {/\ 16.Ne2-c3}) 12. f3 $5 (12. O-O $6
Nh5) 12... b5 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 15. Rb1 {/\ 0-0}) 10. h3 Kh8 11. g4
Ng8 12. Bc2 f6 (12... f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f3 $14) 13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
gxf5 Bxf5 (15... Ne7 16. f6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O Nf5 18. Bg5 $14) 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17.
Nge2 Nc5 18. O-O-O a6 19. Rhg1 b5 20. Qc2 $1 Rf3 $2 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 $16
Qf8 23. Rxg7 $3 Kxg7 24. Nd4 $18 {Miralles,G-Weindl,A/SWZ/1990/1-0/43/}) (8...
Nc5 9. f3 a5 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Kb1 $6 a4 12. g4 $6 c6 (12... a3 13. b4 Na4 14.
Nb5 $13) 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd6 (14. Nd5 Ne6) 14... Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Nfxe4 16.
fxe4 Bxe4+ 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Be7 Rfe8 19. Rd7 Nf2 20. Bf3 e4 {Gulko,B-Polgar,J/
Aruba/1992/0-1/48/}) 9. f3 (9. Bd1 $5 cxd5 10. cxd5 b5 $1 11. a3 Nc5 12. f3 {
/\ b2-b4} (12. Bc2 $2 a5 13. Nge2 Bd7 $17) 12... a5 13. Nxb5 Ba6 (13... a4 14.
Nc3 $8 (14. Rc1 Qb6 $17 (14... Ba6 $2 15. Rxc5 dxc5 16. Bxa4 $16)) 14... Qa5
$44 (14... Ba6 15. Bc2 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qa5 $2 17. Nxa4 $1 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 $1)) 14.
a4 $1 Rb8 15. Ne2 Bxb5 16. axb5 Rxb5 17. Ra2 Qb6 18. Nc3 $1 Rb4 19. Be3 Nfd7
20. Ba4 $5 Qa6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qe2 {Petursson,M-Wojtkiewicz,A/Bad Wörishofen/
1991/1-0/64/}) (9. Bd3 $1 Nc5 10. Bc2 Qb6 $6 (10... a5 11. Nge2 (11. f3 $6 cxd5
12. cxd5 h6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a4 Nh5 $10) 11... cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 $5 (12... b5 $5
13. Nxb5 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bxh6 Nfxe4 15. Qe3 f5 $13) 14... Bxf6 15. O-O $14))
11. Rb1 Qb4 $2 (11... a5 12. Nge2 $14) 12. Nge2 $1 $16 a5 (12... Qxc4 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. b4 {/\} Na6 $2 15. Bd3 $18) 13. a3 Qxc4 $5 (13... Qb6 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Na6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Be6 19. Nd5 $1) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 cxd5 17. bxc5 $16 {Petursson,M-Nunn,J/Reykjavik/1990/1-0/34/})
(9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 (10... Bxf6 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bg4 14.
h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bg5 $10) 11. b4 Na6 12. a3 c5 $1 $10 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. O-O f5
15. Ne1 {Bareev,E-Kuzmin,G/URS-ch/1990/1-0/45/} fxe4 $1 (15... f4 16. f3 b6 17.
Nd3 Bd7 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bd1 $14) (15... Qh4 16. Nd3 $14) 16.
Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bf3 b6 18. Nd3 Rac8 19. bxc5 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxc5 $10) 9... cxd5 10.
cxd5 Qa5 (10... h6 $5 11. Be3 Nh5) 11. g4 $1 Bd7 12. Nh3 Rfc8 (12... Rab8 13.
O-O b5 14. a3 $16) 13. Nf2 Nc5 14. Rb1 $1 Qb4 (14... Na4 15. Nb5 $1 $16) 15.
Nb5 $5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ne8 17. Rhc1 {Petursson,M-Kotronias,V/Reykjavik/1992/1-0/
53/}) (7. f4 {ChessBase} c6 (7... Qe8 8. Qd2 (8. Nf3 e5 $1 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5
dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nc5 $44) 9... dxe5 10. d5 (10. Nxe5 c5 $36) (10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nd5
Nxe5 12. Be7 (12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Ng4 $1 $15) 12... c6) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 $5
(11. Bh4 Ng4 12. Qd2 f5 $13) 11... Bxf6 12. a3 Qe7 $10 {Mohr,S-Miles,A/Bad
Wörishofen/1990/0-1/54/}) (8. e5 Nd7 {/\ c5}) 8... e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nc5
11. Qe3 Na4 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. O-O-O a6 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nxd6 $13 {Tukmakov,
V-Mortensen,E/Reykjavik/1990/}) 8. Nf3 b5 $5 (8... Nc7 $1 9. d5 (9. Qd2 Ne6 (
9... d5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e5 Bg7 13. h4 $14 {Moskalenko,
V-Nijboer,F/Wijk-B/1992/}) 10. Bh4 Bh6 11. g3 Nh5) 9... Nh5 $1 10. f5 (10. Qd2
$2 f6 11. Bh4 Bh6 12. g3 e5) 10... cxd5 $1 (10... gxf5 $2 11. exf5 Nf6 (11...
cxd5 12. cxd5 Nf6 13. g4 $5 Na6 $13) 12. dxc6 $1 bxc6 13. g4 $1 Rb8 14. Qd2 Na6
15. Nd4 Qb6 {Seirawan,Y-Gelfand,B)Tilburg/1990/0-1/38/} 16. b3 $1 Nc5 17. Bf3
Bb7 18. Be3 $16) 11. cxd5 (11. fxg6 $6 hxg6 $5 12. exd5 $17) 11... Nf6 $1 12.
fxg6 hxg6 13. Qd2 Na6 $1 $17) (8... Bg4 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3) (8... Nh5 $5 9.
f5 $1 h6 $2 (9... gxf5 10. Nh4 $5 (10. exf5 Nf6 11. g4 b5 $1 $13)) 10. Be3 gxf5
11. exf5 Nf6 12. Qc1 $1 (12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bf4 e5 $1 14. fxe6 fxe6 $13) 12... Ng4
$6 (12... Bxf5 13. Bxh6 $16) 13. Bd2 Bxf5 (13... c5 14. h3 $1 cxd4 (14... Nf6
15. d5 $16) 15. hxg4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 $16) 14. h3 Nf6 15. Bxh6 $16 Nb4 16. O-O Bh7
17. a3 $1 Nc2 18. Bxg7 $1 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Nijboer,F/Wijk-B/1992/1-0/36/}) 9.
cxb5 cxb5 10. Bxb5 (10. a3 b4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. O-O Bb7 $13) 10... Rb8 11. Qe2
Nc7 (11... Qb6 $6 12. O-O Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 d5 (15... Qxb2 16.
Qxb2 Rxb2 17. e5 $16) 16. exd5 Ncxd5 17. Ne5 $16) 12. Bc4 (12. Bd3 Ne6 $44)
12... d5 (12... Ne6 13. O-O $14) 13. exd5 Ncxd5 14. Bxf6 (14. O-O Bb7) 14...
Nxf6 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rad1 Nxf4 17. Qe4 Nh5 $1 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qb6 $2 20.
Nxf7 $18 {Gulko,B-Barsov,Y/Montreal/1992/1-0/31/}) (7. Nf3 {ChessBase} h6 $1 8.
Be3 (8. Bf4 $6 e5 $1 9. dxe5 Nh5 $13) 8... e5 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bc1 c6 $1 $13 (
10... exd4 $6 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be3 $16) 11. d5 f5 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. exf5 gxf5 (
13... Bxf5 14. Nc2) 14. f4 cxd5 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 Be6) 15... Ng4 $1 16. Nd3
Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qb3 $1 $14 {Farago,I-Howell,J/
Wildbad/1990/1-0/37/}) 7... c5 $1 {Die logische Reaktion auf einen
Flankenangriff: das Zentrum wird geöffnet.} (7... h6 $5 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 (
9... h5 10. f3 c6 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Nh3 Nc5 14. Nf2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qa5
16. Rf1 Nh7 17. Nb5 {Bykhovsky,Av-Dolmatov,S/Dortmund op-A/1992/1/2-1/2/44/})
10. Qc2 c6 11. h5 g5 $1 $10 (11... cxd5 12. cxd5 gxh5 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. Bxc5 dxc5
15. Rxh5 {Budnikov,A-Kruppa,Y/URS-ch58/1991/1/2-1/2/43/}) 12. f3 (12. b4 $6
Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Qc2 cxd5 16. cxd5 f4 $44) 12... a5 13. g4
$5 Bd7 14. Nh3 a4 15. Qd2 $1 (15. Nf2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qa5 {/\ b5=}) 15... cxd5
16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Nb1 Nfxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc3 $1 {Bareev,
E-Kasparov,G/Linares/1992/1/2-1/2/48/} Ng3) 8. d5 Nc7 9. Qd2 e6 10. e5 {
Anders ist der frühe (verfrühte?) Angriff durch 7.h4 nicht zu rechtfertigen.} (
10. Nf3 exd5 11. exd5 Bg4 $15) 10... dxe5 11. d6 Nce8 12. O-O-O (12. Rd1 {
Bareev,E-Nunn,J/Hastings (12)/1992/0-1/}) 12... Qd7 (12... a5 $6 13. Nf3 Ra6
14. Nxe5 (14. Qe3 h6 $1 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxe5 Rxd6 17. Qxc5 Nd5 $1 $17) 14...
Rxd6 15. Qe3 $44) 13. h5 b5 $5 {Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung.} 14. cxb5
Bb7 15. Bh6 $6 (15. Nf3 Nd5 $1 $36 {Dieses Motiv wurde in der Partie
Bareev-Nunn gespielt.}) 15... Qxd6 $1 {Wahrscheinlich hatte Bareev dieses
Schlagen übersehen.} 16. Qg5 (16. Qxd6 Bxh6+) 16... Bxh6 (16... Qe7 $1) 17.
Qxh6 Qe7 18. Qg5 Ng7 19. Bf3 $1 (19. Nf3 h6 $1 20. Qxe5 (20. Qxh6 Ng4) 20... g5
$15) 19... e4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 22. Qe3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 g5 24. Ne2 $6 (
24. Nf3 $1 {/\ Nf3-e5} f6 $1 $13 (24... a6 $2 25. Ne5 axb5 26. Rd7 Qf6 27. Ng4
Qf4+ 28. Qxf4 gxf4 29. Nxh6+ Kh7 30. Nxf7 Rxa2 31. Kc2 $16)) 24... a6 $1 25.
bxa6 Rxa6 26. a3 $6 (26. Nc3 $5) 26... Qf6 $1 (26... Rb8 27. Qe5 $1) 27. f4 Rb8
28. Qe5 $17 (28. Rd2 Rxa3 $1 $19) 28... Qxe5 29. fxe5 Ra4 $1 30. Nc3 Rg4 31.
Rd2 Nf5 32. Re1 Ng3 33. Red1 Kg7 34. Rd8 Rxd8 $2 (34... Rb3 $1 35. Kc2 Rb7 36.
R1d7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Nxh5 {/\ Rg4xg2+}) 35. Rxd8 Ne4 (35... Nxh5 36. a4 $1) 36.
Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Rd3 $6 {! Granda Zuniga: /\ Rd3-a3 Der Turm gehört hinter die
Freibauern! ? Crouch: ein Tempo zu langsam} (37. Kd2 $1 Rxe5 38. a4 $1 {
+- / +/-}) (37. Kc2 $5 Rxe5 38. a4 Re2+ 39. Rd2 Re4 40. b3 Rb4 41. Kc3 Kf8 42.
a5 Ke7 43. a6 Rb8 44. Kc4 Rb4+ 45. Kxc5 Rxb3 46. Ra2 Rc3+ 47. Kb4 Rc8 48. a7
Ra8 49. Kc5 $18 {Crouch}) 37... Kf8 (37... Rxe5 38. a4) 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Re3 Rh4
40. Ke2 $2 (40. Rc3 $10) (40. Kc3 $6 Kd7 41. Rf3 Kc6 $1 42. Rxf7 Kd5 $17) 40...
Kd7 41. Rh3 $2 {Nach 30-minütigem Nachdenken schätzt Bareev das entstehende
Bauernendspiel falsch ein} (41. Rf3 Rxh5 42. Rxf7+ Kc6 43. a4 {Mit einigen
Chancen auf Remis.}) 41... Rxh3 42. gxh3 Kc6 43. a4 Kd5 44. a5 (44. Kd3 Kxe5
45. Kc4 Kd6 (45... f5 $19) 46. Kb5 e5 $19) 44... Kc6 45. Kd3 Kb5 46. b3 Kxa5
47. Kc4 Kb6 48. Kd3 (48. b4 cxb4 49. Kxb4 Kc6 50. Kc4 Kd7 51. Kd4 Ke7 52. Ke4
f5+ $19) 48... Kc7 $1 49. Kc3 Kb7 $1 (49... Kb7 $1 50. Kd3 Kb6 $1 51. Kc4 (51.
Kc3 Kb5 52. Kd2 Kb4 53. Kc2 c4 $19) (51. Kc2 Kc6 52. Kd3 Kd5 $19) 51... Kc6 52.
Kd3 Kd5 $19) (49... Kd7 {Hecht,HJ} 50. Kd3 Ke7 $2 51. Kc4 f5 52. exf6+ Kxf6 53.
Kxc5 e5 54. b4 e4 (54... Kf5 55. b5 e4 56. Kd4 Kf4 57. b6 e3 58. b7 e2 59.
b8=Q+ $18) 55. Kd4 Kf5 56. Ke3 (56. b5 $18) 56... Ke5 57. b5 Kd5 58. b6 Kc6 59.
Kxe4 Kxb6 60. Kf5 Kc6 61. Kg6 Kd6 62. Kxh6 Ke6 63. Kg6 $18) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 c5 (7... e5
8. d5 c6 9. h5 Qa5 (9... cxd5 10. cxd5 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Be3 a5 $14 {
Bagonyai,A-Broznik,V/Balatonbereny op/1992/1/2-1/2/31/}) 10. h6 Bh8 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. Rb1 Qd8 13. b4 $14 {Petrosian,A-Xie Jun/Shenzhen/1992/1-0/68/}) (7... h6 8.
Be3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 (9... h5 10. f3 c6 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Nh3 Nc5 14.
Nf2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. O-O Nh7 17. Nb5 Qxd2 $10 {Bykhovsky,Av-Dolmatov,S/
Dortmund op-A/1992/1/2-1/2/44/}) 10. Qc2 (10. Bf3 a5 11. g4 c6 12. g5 hxg5 13.
hxg5 Nh7 14. Qd2 cxd5 15. cxd5 a4 16. Bd1 Bd7 17. f3 Re8 18. Nh3 {Bagonyai,
A-Collinson,A/Balatonbereny op/1992/1/2-1/2/20/}) 10... c6 11. h5 g5 12. f3 a5
13. g4 Bd7 14. Nh3 a4 15. Qd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Nb1 Nfxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19.
Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc3 Ng3 {Bareev,E-Kasparov,G/Linares/1992/1/2-1/2/48/}) 8. d5 Nc7
9. Qd2 e6 10. e5 dxe5 11. d6 Nce8 12. Rd1 $5 (12. O-O-O {Bareev,E-Polgar,J/
Hastings (07)/1992/0-1/49/}) 12... Qd7 13. Qe3 $5 (13. Nf3 e4 14. Ne5 Qxd6 15.
Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 $10) 13... b6 14. Nf3 Nh5 $5 15. Be7 f6 $1
(15... Nf4 $2 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe2 (17... Qb7 18. Bf3) 18. Nxd7 Nxc3 19.
Nxf8 Nxd1 20. Kxd1 $16) 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Ne4 Nf4 18. O-O Bg7 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20.
Bf1 Bh6 21. Qc3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nxd6 $17 23. Ree1 e4 24. Nh2 f5 25. Qe5 Rd8 26.
Rxe4 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 fxe4 28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Qg5 Rf8 30. b4 Bd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32.
Qe5 h5 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34. Qxf6 d3 35. Qd4 Qc6 36. f3 Nf5 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. fxe4
Qxe4 39. Qxd3 Qxh4 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qxe6 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Qf2 43. Bg2 Ng3+ 44. Kh2
Ne2 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c5 $6 8. d5
e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 (10... Bg4 $14) 11. O-O Qb6 12. Bd3 $1 (12. Rae1
Ne4 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd2 15. Rxe8+ Kg7 16. Nxd2 Nc7 17. Re7 Bf5 18. Bxf5
gxf5 19. Rfe1 $146) 12... Bd7 (12... Bg4 13. Nh4 $14) 13. h3 Nb4 14. Bb1 h5 (
14... Qa6 15. a3 Qxc4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. Re1 $16) 15. a3 Na6 16. Bd3
Nh7 17. Bf4 f5 18. Nb5 $16 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nc7 20. a4 a5 21. Nh4 Kf7 22. Rae1 $1
Nf8 (22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 25. Qe2 $18) 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qd1
$1 Kg8 25. Nxf5 Rxe1 (25... Ng6 26. Qxh5 Nxf4 27. Qg5 $18) 26. Rxe1 Re8 27.
Bxd6 (27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Ng6 29. Re4 $16) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Nxd5 29. Qe4
Nc7 (29... Nf6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qf7 $18) 30. Qe7 Nce6 31. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wedberg} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 e5
8. d5 h6 (8... c6 {Wedberg} 9. h5 Qa5 (9... h6 10. Be3 g5 $13 {A.
Petrosjan-Wang Zili/Shenzehen 1992}) 10. h6 Bh8 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Qd8 13. b4
c5 14. b5 Nc7 $16 {A.Petrosjan-Xie Jun/Shenzhen 1992}) 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6
11. h5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 $1 $146 (12... g5 {Wedberg}) 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. b4 (14.
Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Rxh6 Kg7 16. Rh4 (16. Rh1 {Wedberg} Rc8 17. f3 Nh5 $44) 16... Rh8
17. Rxh8 Qxh8 $44) 14... Na6 15. a3 h5 16. f3 Nh7 $2 (16... Nc7 $142 17. Nh3
Nh7 $132 {/\ Bf6,Bh3,Bg5}) 17. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 (17... Qe7 18. Nh3 $16) (17... Qf6
$6 18. Nxa7 $140 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Be3 Nxb4 21. Qd2) (17... Be8 $6 18. Nxa7
Nc7 19. Bb6 Rf7 20. Nb5 (20. Rc1 Qb8) 20... Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qg5 22. Bc4) 18. Bxb5
Bf6 (18... Nc5 $6 19. bxc5 (19. Nh3) 19... Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qxb5 21. cxd6 Rfd8 22.
Ne2 $16 (22. Qb4 $5)) 19. Nh3 Bh4+ (19... Ng5 20. Qd2 $1 $16 (20. Nf2 $6 Nf7 $1
{/\ Bg5})) 20. Ke2 Nc7 21. Bd3 Ne8 22. Rac1 $1 Rf7 $2 (22... g5 $142 23. g4 (
23. Rcg1 $6 Qf6 (23... Bg3 24. Qd2 $1 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Nf2 $16) 24. Nf2 g4
$1 $36) 23... Qd7 24. Rhg1 (24. gxh5 g4 $1 25. Ng1 Bg5 $1) 24... Rf7 25. a4
hxg4 26. fxg4 Nef6 27. Bb5 Qe7 $132) (22... Qd7 23. a4 $1 Bd8 24. a5 a6 25. Qc3
$14) 23. Qd2 Nef6 (23... Qd7 {/\ Bd8-b6} 24. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Qxg5
Rg7 27. Rc3 $14) (23... Ng7 24. Rhg1 $1 (24. Rcg1 $6 Bg3 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Bxg5
Qb6 {/\ Bf4<=>} (26... Qe8 $5 $132)) (24. Rc3 $6 g5 25. Rg1 g4 $1 $36) 24...
Bg3 (24... g5 $2 25. g3 g4 26. gxh4 gxh3 27. Qe1 $1 $16) 25. Rc3 $1 h4 26. Rgc1
Nh5 27. Qc2 $1 Nf4+ (27... Rf8 28. Rc7 Nf4+ 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Qg5 $140 $2
31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Qc7 $18) (27... Qf6 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Qe6 $16)
28. Nxf4 Bxf4 29. Rc8 $1 (29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8 Qxc8 32. Rxc8+
Rf8 $10) 29... Rxc8 30. Qxc8 $16 {xa7}) 24. Rc3 (24. Rhg1 $5 Qd7 (24... Bg3 25.
Rc3 $1 {/\ Rgc1,Qc2}) 25. Nf2 (25. Rc3 $6 Ng4 $1 $36) 25... Bg3 (25... Raf8 $2
26. g3) 26. Rc3 Bf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Rgc1 g5 (28... Re8 29. Kf1 {/\Qc2, a4,
Bb5}) 29. Qc2 Raf8 30. a4 Qe7 31. Rc7 $1 Qxc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 $16) 24...
g5 $1 (24... Qd7 $2 25. Rhc1 Ng4 $140 26. Rc7 $18) 25. Rg1 $1 (25. Nxg5 Bxg5
26. Bxg5 Rg7 $1 $132) 25... g4 26. g3 gxf3+ $1 (26... gxh3 27. gxh4+ $16) 27.
Kd1 (27. Kf1 Ng4 28. gxh4 Qxh4 (28... f2 29. Bxf2 Qxh4 30. Qe3 $1 Kh8 31. Qg3
Qxg3 32. Rxg3 Raf8 33. Rc2 Rf3 34. Kg2 $18) 29. Nf2 Rg7 30. Rh1 Nh2+ (30... Qh2
31. Ke1 $1 Qg3 32. Qc1 $16) 31. Ke1 $16) 27... Ng4 28. gxh4 Qxh4 29. Bf1 (29.
Nf2 $1 Rg7 30. Kc1 $1 {/\Kb2, Rcc1} Qh2 31. Nxg4 Qxd2+ 32. Kxd2 hxg4 33. Bf2
Nf6 34. Ke3 {/\Bg3, Kf2+/-}) 29... Rg7 $1 (29... Kh8 $2 30. Bg5 $1 Nxg5 31.
Qxg5 $18) 30. Bf2 Qf6 (30... Nxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxf2 32. Rxg7+ $18) 31. Rg3 (31.
Kc1 $1 Kh8 32. Kb2 $16) 31... Rf8 (31... Qg6 32. Kc1 $1 (32. Rcxf3 h4 (32...
Qxe4 $2 33. Bd3) 33. Rg1 Qxe4 $132) 32... Nhf6 (32... h4 33. Rg1 (33. Rgxf3 $2
Nh2 $1) 33... Nhf6 34. Qc2 Nxe4 35. Be3 $1 (35. Rc8+ $2 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37.
Bd3 Qh6+ 38. Kb1 Ngxf2 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Rxg7 Qxg7 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Qxe4 Qg3
$132) 35... Ng3 $140 36. Ng5 $18) 33. Qc2 $1 Nxe4 (33... Qh6+ 34. Kb2 $1 (34.
Kb1 $2 Nxf2 35. Rc8+ (35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Nxf2 Qg1) 35... Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37.
Qf5+ Kh8 38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Nxf2 Qd2 $1 $10) 34... Nxf2 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Nxf2
Qg1 37. Rxf3 $18 (37. Bh3 $18)) 34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kh7 36. Bd3 Qh6+ 37.
Kb1 Ngxf2 38. Nxf2 $1 (38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Rxg7+ $140 Qxg7 40. Bxe4 Nxe4 41. Qxe4
Qg2 $36) 38... Rxg3 39. Nxe4 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Kg7 41. Qd7+ $1 Kh8 (41... Kf8 42.
Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ $18) 42. Nf6 $1 $18) 32. Ke1 $1 (32. Rcxf3 $2 Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3
Rxf3 $17) 32... Nh2 $1 (32... Qg6 33. Qc2 $16) 33. Bb5 Kh8 (33... Rg4 $2 34.
Bd7) (33... h4 34. Rg1 $1 (34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 $132) 34... Kh8 35. Qc2 a6 (35... Rg2
36. Bd7 Qg6 37. Bf5 $16) 36. Bf1 $16) 34. Qc2 Rg4 (34... a6 $142 35. Bd3 Rg4
36. Rc8 Qg7 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Rg1 $16) (34... Rfg8 35. Rc8 Nf8 36. Rxg7 Rxg7 (
36... Qxg7 37. Qc7 Qg2 38. Qxd6 $18) 37. Re8 {/\ Qc8+-}) 35. Rxg4 $2 $138 (35.
Bd7 $1 Rxg3 36. Bxg3 Qg7 37. Qxh2 Qxd7 38. Nf2 Rc8 39. Bxe5+ $1 dxe5 40. Qxe5+
Kg8 41. Rxf3 $18) (35. Rc8 {Wedberg} Rxe4+ 36. Qxe4 Rxc8 37. Rg6 Qe7 38. Ng5
Nxg5 39. Qh4 Qc7 40. Rh6+ Nh7 41. Qf6+ Qg7 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. Qf5+ Qg6 44. Qxc8
Qe4+ 45. Kd2 Qxd5+ 46. Bd3+ e4 47. Qd7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kf5 49. Qxh5+ Ke6 50. Qg6+
Ke5 51. Bg3+ Kd4 52. Qf6+) 35... hxg4 $17 36. Bg3 gxh3 37. Qxh2 (37. Bxh2 Qg6
$1 (37... f2+ 38. Kf1 Qg6 $140 39. Rg3) (37... Ng5 38. Kf1) 38. Kf1 (38. Bf1
f2+ $1 39. Kd1 Qg1 $1 $19) 38... Qg4 $1 $17) 37... Qg6 38. Re3 (38. Bd3 Qh6 $1
(38... Qg4 $5 $17) 39. Bf1 (39. Bb1 Nf6 $1 $19) 39... Ng5 $17) 38... Qg4 39.
Bf2 (39. Kf2 Nf6 40. Bf1 (40. Bd3 Qh5) 40... Nxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Qxe4 42. Qxh3+ Kg7
43. Qd7+ Rf7 44. Qxd6 Qd4+ 45. Ke1 f2+ 46. Ke2 Qc4+ 47. Ke3 Qc3+ $19) (39. Bd3
Nf6 40. Bf2 (40. Bf1 Nxe4 $19) 40... Nh5 $5 {/\ Nf4-/+}) 39... Ng5 $1 (39...
Qg2 40. Qxg2 hxg2 41. Bd7 $1 $16) 40. Qg3 $2 Qh5 $2 $138 (40... Qf4 $1 {/\h2}
41. Kd1 h2 42. Re1 (42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. Re1 Nxe4 $19) 42... Qxg3 43. Bxg3 Nxe4
44. Bxh2 Nc3+ $19) 41. Qh2 Qg4 42. Bf1 Rf7 (42... Qf4 43. Bg1 $8 (43. Qh1 h2
$19) 43... Rc8 (43... Kg7 44. Qxf4) 44. Qxf4 $1 $8 (44. Kd1 Qf7 $1 $19) 44...
exf4 (44... Rc1+ 45. Kd2 exf4 46. Re1) 45. Rd3 Nxe4 (45... Rc1+ 46. Rd1 Rc2 47.
Rd2 $10) 46. Rxf3 $1 (46. Bxh3 $2 Rc1+ $1) 46... Rc1+ 47. Ke2 Ng3+ 48. Rxg3
fxg3 49. Bxh3 $13) (42... Rc8 43. Kd2 $1 (43. Kd1 $2 Qd7 $1 $19) 43... Rc7 (
43... Qd7 44. Bxh3 $1 Qh7 45. Bg3) 44. Qg3 Qc8 45. Qh4+ Nh7 46. Rd3 $1 $16 Rc2+
(46... Rc1 47. Qxh3 $16) 47. Ke3) (42... Rf4 $1 {xe4} 43. Bg3 Rxe4 $19) 43. Kd1
(43. Bg3 f2+ $1 44. Bxf2 Nf3+ 45. Rxf3 Rxf3 46. Be2 Qxe4 47. Bg3 Qb1+ 48. Kd2
Qb2+ 49. Kd1 Qb3+ $19) 43... Rh7 44. Bd3 $6 (44. Bg3 Kg8 $1 (44... f2+ 45. Kc1
Rc7+ 46. Kb2 Qd1 47. Bxe5+ $1 $8 (47. Qxf2 Rf7 $19) 47... Kg8 48. Bc3 $1 Rxc3
49. Rxc3 Qxf1 50. Rc2) 45. Bd3 f2+ $1 46. Kc1 Rc7+ 47. Kb2 Qd1 48. Qxf2 Qc1+
49. Ka2 Rc3 50. Qb2 Qxe3 51. Qxc3 Qxg3 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ Nf7 $19) 44... Qg2
$1 $19 45. Bg3 (45. Qxg2 fxg2 $19) 45... Rf7 46. Re1 f2 47. Bxe5+ (47. Rf1 Nf3
$1 $19 (47... Rf3 $19 {Wedberg})) 47... dxe5 48. Qxe5+ Kh7 49. Rf1 h2 50. Kc2
h1=Q 51. Rxh1+ Qxh1 52. Qxg5 f1=Q 53. Bxf1 Rxf1 54. Qe7+ Kh6 55. Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be3 $5 (11. Rc1) (11. O-O) 11... Qa5 12. Nd2 (
12. O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 $13) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nfd7 $5 14. Rc1 (14. O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kh7 $13) 14... Rc8 (14... Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxa2 16. Nb3 Qb1+ 17. Bc1
$16) 15. O-O Nc6 16. Rfd1 h5 17. a3 (17. Nb3 Qa6 $1 $13) 17... Qa6 $1 18. Nf3
Nb6 (18... Nde5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nb5 $16) 19. Bxb6 axb6 (19... Qxb6 $5 20. b4
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 a5) 20. Nd5 $1 e6 21. Nc3 Na7 22. Rxd6 Rxc4 23. Qe3 $1 (23. Rcd1
Bxc3 $1 (23... Nc6 24. e5 $16) 24. bxc3 Nc6 25. Ng5 Rxc3 26. Qd2 Qxa3 27. Nxf7
(27. Qf4 Rf8 28. Rd7 e5 29. Qf6 Rc1 30. Ne6 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 fxe6 32. Qxg6+ $10)
27... Kxf7 28. Qf4+ Kg7 (28... Kg8 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. Qg5 $18) 29. Rd7+ Ne7 30.
Qe5+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Ke8 32. Qf6 Rc1 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 $10) 23... Nc6
24. h3 $2 (24. e5 $1 Rc5 (24... b5 25. b3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxa3 27. Rcd1 $16) (
24... Qa5 25. b3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Nxe5 27. b4 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 $16) (24... Bf8 25.
Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Ne4 $16) 25. Rcd1 $1 (25. b4 Rxe5 26.
Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxb6 (27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Rxa3 30. Nd1 Ra1 31. Rd2
Nb2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rbd6 Bf6 34. R8d7 Be5 35. Rd2 Bc3 36. R2d6 (36. Rxf7+ Kg8
37. Rdd7 Nxd1) 36... Be5 $10) 27... Qxa3 28. Nd1 (28. Rxb7 $2 Nd3 $19) 28...
Nd3 29. Rb1 Rd8 $13) 25... Qc4 (25... Nxe5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. Ng5+
$18) (25... Bxe5 26. Rxc6 $18) 26. Ne4 Rd5 (26... Bxe5 27. Rxc6 $18) 27. R1xd5
exd5 28. Nf6+ $16) 24... b5 $1 25. Rcd1 b4 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. R1d2 $2 (27. Ng5
Qb6 $1 (27... Rxb2 $2 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 (28... Rb3 29. Rd7 Rxc3 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31.
Nf7+ $10) 29. Rd7+ Ne7 (29... Kg8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rd7+) 30. Qf4+ Ke8 31. Qg5
Qa3 32. R1d6 Bf8 33. Rxe7+ Bxe7 34. Qxg6+ $10) 28. Qf4 Rf8) (27. R6d2 Qb6)
27... Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Qxb2 30. e5 Qb4 31. Ne4 Nxe5 32. Nfg5 Nc4 33.
Rd4 Rf8 (33... Nxe3 34. Rxb4 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Ra1 36. Rxb7 Be5 37. f4 Bd4+ 38. Kh1
Ng3+ 39. Kh2 h4 40. Nxg3 Bg1+ 41. Kh1 Bf2+ $19) 34. Qd3 b5 $1 (34... Bxd4 35.
Qxd4 e5 36. Qd5 Kg7 37. Nc5) 35. Rd8 Qe7 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. f4 Bg7 38. Qb3 Qb7
39. Qb4 Qc7 $2 (39... Ne3 $19) 40. Qxb5 Nd6 $1 (40... Qxf4+ 41. g3 Qc7 42. Qe8+
Bf8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Nd7 $18) (40... Qc8 41. Nxf7 Kxf7 42. Qxc4 $10) (40... Ne3
41. Qe8+ Bf8 42. Nxe6 fxe6 43. Qxg6+ $10) 41. Nxd6 Qxd6 42. Qe8+ Qf8 43. Qd7 $1
Bh6 44. h4 Bg7 45. g3 Bf6 46. Ne4 Be7 47. Ng5 Kg7 48. Qd4+ Bf6 49. Qd7 Bxg5 50.
hxg5 Qc5 51. Qd2 e5 52. fxe5 Qxe5 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qf5 55. Qd4+ Kh7 56. Qd2
Qe5 57. Kh3 Kg8 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qd2 $6 (59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg1 Qf3 61. Kh2 Qf2+
62. Kh1 Qxg3 63. Qh8+ $10) 59... Kf8 60. Qd8+ Qe8 61. Qd6+ Qe7 62. Qb8+ Kg7 63.
Qb2+ Kg8 64. Qb8+ Kg7 65. Qb2+ Kh7 66. Qd2 Kg8 67. Qf4 Qb7 68. Kh2 Qb2+ (68...
Kf8 69. Qd6+ Ke8 70. Qe5+ Kd7 (70... Qe7 71. Qb8+ Kd7 72. Qb7+ Kd6 73. Qb4+ Ke6
74. Qe4+ $10) 71. Qd4+ Kc7 72. Qe5+ Kc6 73. Qe4+ Kb6 74. Qd4+ $10) 69. Kg1 Kg7
70. Qe3 Qb1+ 71. Kg2 Qa2+ 72. Kg1 Qc4 73. Qe7 $1 $10 Qc6 74. Kf2 Qd5 75. Kg1
Qf3 76. Kh2 Qf2+ 77. Kh1 Qxg3 78. Qxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba m2"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Qe8 9. h4 Nc5 10. Bxf6 (10. f3 $2 Nh5 $1 {><g3}) (10. Bf3 a5 11. h5 Nxh5 12.
Bxh5 gxh5 13. O-O-O (13. Rxh5 $2 f6 $17) 13... f5 14. f3 Qg6 15. Re1 a4 16. Nh3
b6 17. Nf2 Ba6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Ra5 $1 $17 {0-1 Beck,D-Bode,U/Schoeneck 
(08) ;GER 02 1991 (29)}) 10... Bxf6 11. Nf3 (11. h5 a5 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Nh3 Bd7
14. b3 Bg7 15. hxg6 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Schlosser,M/AUT-chT 9091 ;EXT 91ch 1991
}) 11... a5 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. h5 f5 14. hxg6 Qxg6 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17.
exf5 a4 (17... Qxf5 18. f3 {/\Bd3><e4,h7} e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qe5 21. Rh5
$14) 18. g4 e4 19. Kc2 Rfe8 (19... a3 $5 20. b3 c6 $13) 20. Qf4 h6 21. Rdg1 Nd3
22. Bxd3 exd3+ 23. Kd2 a3 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Rf8 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Ne4 $6 (
27. Rh5 $142 $1 Raf8 (27... axb2 $2 28. Rhg5 Rf7 29. f6 $18) 28. Ne4 Rxf5 29.
Rxf5 Rxf5 30. bxa3 Rf3 31. Rg3 $18) 27... Rxf5 28. b3 Re8 29. Rh4 Rf3 30. Rg3 (
30. Rhg4 $142 Re7 31. R1g3 Rxg3 32. Nxg3 $16 {/\Nf5,Kd3}) 30... Rxg3 31. fxg3
Rf8 32. Kxd3 Rf1 33. Rh2 Bb2 34. Rf2 (34. b4 Ra1 35. Nd2 Rg1 (35... Rxa2 $2 36.
Nb3) 36. c5 Rxg3+ 37. Kc4 Rg4+) 34... Ra1 35. Nc3 Rg1 36. Ne4 Ra1 37. Nc3 Rg1
38. Ne4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Na6
9. h4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qe8 11. f3 Bd7 12. Nh3 $1 (12. g4 $6 h5 13. Bxf6 (13. O-O-O
hxg4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. fxg4 Nf4 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Qh2 f6 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qh7+
Kf7 20. Rh6 Rh8 21. Qxg6+ Kg8 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 $17 {Gyurkovics,
M-Kuzmin,A/Budapest/1989/0|1/32/}) 13... Bxf6 14. gxh5 Kg7 15. O-O-O Rh8 16.
hxg6 fxg6 17. h5 b5 18. h6+ Kh7 $146 {Gaprindashvili,N-Makropoulou,M/MAS/1990/
0|1/26/}) 12... Nc5 13. g4 h5 14. Nf2 hxg4 15. fxg4 Rc8 (15... a5 $22 16. h5 b5
) 16. Be3 Nh7 17. Nd3 (17. h5 $5) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 a6 19. a4 Qd8 (19... b5
20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 (21. Ra6 $5) 21... Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 Rb8 24.
Ra5 Nf6 $132) (19... f5 $5) 20. a5 Bf6 21. Bf2 Be7 22. Kd2 Nf6 23. Rhg1 Ne8 24.
Bb6 Nc7 25. g5 $36 Qe8 26. Qe3 (26. Qf3 $5 f6 (26... Nb5 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. h5
Kg7 29. Be3 Rh8 30. Rh1 $36) 27. gxf6 Rxf6 28. Qg3 Kh7 29. Be3 $36) 26... Nb5
27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. h5 Kg7 (28... gxh5 29. Rh1 (29. g6 fxg6 30. Qh6 Rf6 31. Rg5
Qf7 32. Rag1 Be8 33. Rxh5 Qg7 $17) 29... Kg7 30. Rxh5 Rh8 31. Rah1 Rxh5 32.
Rxh5 Qd7 $132) 29. Qf3 Bc4 $6 (29... gxh5 $5 30. Rg2 (30. Qxh5 Rh8 31. Qf3 Rh2+
32. Rg2 Qh8 $132) 30... Rh8 31. Rh1 h4 32. Be3 Bd7 $17) 30. Rg2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Bb5
(31... Qd7 32. h6+ Kg8 33. h7+ Kg7 34. Qf2 $22 Bb5 35. Qh4) 32. Be3 Bd7 33.
Rgh2 Qd8 (33... Rxh5 34. Rxh5 gxh5 35. Rxh5 $36 (35. Qxh5 Qh8 36. Qf3 Qg8 37.
Rh6 $36)) 34. Kd3 $1 (34. hxg6 Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 fxg6 $13) 34... Qc7 (34... Bxg5
35. hxg6 Rxh2 36. Qxf7+ $18) (34... Qxa5 35. hxg6 Bb5+ 36. Kd2 fxg6 (36...
Rxh2+ 37. Rxh2 fxg6 38. Qh3 Rg8 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Rf2+ $18) 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38.
Rxh8 Kxh8 39. Qf7 Qd8 40. Nxb5 axb5 41. Qxg6 $16) 35. hxg6 Qc4+ 36. Kc2 fxg6
37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rxh8 Kxh8 39. Qf7 $18 Ba4+ 40. Kd2 Qb4 41. Ke1 (41. Ke1 Qxb2
42. Nxa4 Qa1+ 43. Kf2 Qxa4 44. Qxe7 Qxe4 45. Qxd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6
9. f3 Qa5 $5 (9... cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. g4 Qa5 12. Nh3 Rfc8 13. Nf2 Nc5 14.
Rb1 Qb6 15. h4 Na4 16. Nfd1 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 h5 18. Be3 Qd8 19. g5 $14 {Dao,
T-Stocek,J/Budapest/1996/1:0/46/}) 10. g4 h5 11. h3 cxd5 {N/} (11... Bd7 12.
O-O-O cxd5 13. Nxd5 $5 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rxd6 Rfc8 17. Kb1
$14 {Wang,Y-Smirin,I/Beijing op/1996/1:0/46/}) 12. Nxd5 (12. cxd5 Bd7 $13)
12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 (13. Bxd2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 f5 $10) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 f6 15.
Be3 f5 (15... h4 $5) 16. g5 (16. exf5 gxf5 17. gxh5 Bd7 $44) 16... Bd7 17. Bd3
(17. Rc1 $5) 17... h4 $1 (17... Nb4 18. Bb1) 18. Rc1 Nc5 $1 19. Bxc5 (19. Bb1
Rac8) 19... dxc5 20. Rxc5 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $44 22. exf5 (22. Ne2 f4 23. Nc3
a6 $15) 22... gxf5 23. Ne2 Bf8 24. Nc3 Be7 25. Kd1 Kf7 (25... a6 $5 26. Re1 Bd6
$15) 26. Re1 Bxg5 $6 (26... Bd6 $142 $1 27. Nb5 $140 (27. Bb5 Rxc3 28. Bxd7
Rxf3 $17) 27... Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rc5 29. Bd3 Rxd5 30. Ke2 Kg6 $15) 27. Rxe5 Bf6
28. Re1 (28. Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rc4 $15) 28... Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Kd2 Ra3 (
30... Rc8 31. f4 Rg8 32. d6 $1 Rg2+ (32... Be6 $4 33. Rxe6 $18) 33. Kc3 Be6 34.
Bc4 $14) 31. Bc4 Kf6 (31... Rxf3 32. d6+ Kf6 33. Re7 Rf4 (33... Bc6 34. Rf7+
Ke5 35. d7) 34. Kc3 (34. Rxd7 Rxc4 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36. d7 Rxa2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38.
Kd4 Ke7 39. Ke5 Rxh3) 34... b5 $10) 32. Bb3 f4 33. Re4 Kg5 (33... Bxh3 34.
Rxf4+ Kg5 35. Rf7 b5 36. Ke3 $16) 34. Re5+ (34. Re7 Bxh3 35. Rxb7 Bf5 $10 36.
d6 $2 Ra6 $1) 34... Kg6 35. d6 Ra6 (35... Bxh3 36. Be6 $1 Re3 $1 (36... Bxe6
37. Rxe6+ Kf7 (37... Kf5 38. d7 Rxa2+ 39. Kc3 Ra3+ 40. Kd4 Ra4+ 41. Kd5 Ra5+
42. Kd6 Ra6+ 43. Kc7 $18) 38. d7 Rxa2+ 39. Kc3 Ra3+ 40. Kd4 Ra1 41. Rd6 $1 $18)
37. d7 Rxe5 38. d8=Q Bxe6 39. Qxh4 Bxa2 $10) 36. Rd5 Kf6 37. Kd3 Rb6 $10 38.
Rd4 Ke5 39. Rd5+ Kf6 40. Rd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alterman,B Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O a6 (10... Ne4 $6 {Alterman,B} 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 f6 (12... Qe8 13. Nc2 e5) 13. Be3 (13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e5
15. Qd2 f5 16. d5 Nf6 17. d6 f4 18. c5 Be6 19. Qc3 f3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21. Qxe5 Nf4
22. Qxe4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Glek,I/URS 40/746 1985 (32)}) 13... e5
14. Rd1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Nc2 $14 {Portisch,L-Nunn,J/Linares/1988/}) (10...
dxc4 {Alterman,B} 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Bb3 (12. Rfe1 b5 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Bc6 Nb8 15.
Ne5 Nh5 16. Bf3 f6 17. Bxh5 fxe5 18. Bg4 $4 Bxg4 {0-1 Ivanov,Se-Svidler,P/
RUS-ch Elista (05) ,CBM 50 1995}) 12... b5 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 {>=14...
Nb6!} 15. Qe2 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Ne5 e6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Nxa6 Bxb3
21. axb3 Nd5 22. Nc5 {Gaprindashvili,N-Watson,W/Brussels men-wom 1987/1-0 (46)}
) 11. Ne5 $5 $146 {This is a new and interesting idea I had analysed in 1989.}
(11. a4 {Ftacnik} Ne4 (11... dxc4 {Alterman,B} 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd5 (13...
Qd6 14. a5 Nbd5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Na4 $14) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxe7
Re8 $44) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne1 Qe8 14. Nc2 e5 15. d5 f5 16. d6 Nc5 17. Rad1 Rf7
18. Be7 a5 19. b4 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Douven,R/Wijk-B/1988}) (11. cxd5 {Ftacnik}
Nb6 12. Qf4 Nbxd5 13. Qh4 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qb6 17. Ng5
Bd5 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Re1 Rd7 20. a4 h6 21. Nh3 Qc6 {0-1 Romanov,O-Zhelnin,V/
Pardubice op/1995 (44)}) (11. a3 {Ftacnik} dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Ne5
Rc8 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. d5 Nfxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 (18... Bxe5 {
Alterman,B} 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Nf5+ $18) 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 e6 21. Rd6 Bxe5
22. Rxa6 Bxb2 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 {Norri,J-Svidler,P/Erevan olm (01)/1996/0-1
(47)}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} b5 13. Bf3 Ra7 $15) 12... Qc7 (
12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Rfe1 Qd6 $14) (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd2 (13... Ng4
$2 14. Nd5 $1 $16) 14. Bxd2 $14 (14. Bxd2 {Ftacnik} Ng4 15. f4 $14)) 13. Bb3 $5
{White has to sacrifice a pawn because otherwise he cannot give any problems
to Black. Alterman: This is the most active continuation. Black should take
the pawn, allthough White's initiative can become very dangerous.} (13. Rac1 $6
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 (14... Qxc4 15. exf6 exf6 16. Nd5) 15. Rfe1 Qd6) (13. Qe2
Nb6 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Be6 $10) (13. Bxf6 $6 {Ftacnik} Nxf6 (13... Nxe5 14.
dxe5 exf6 15. exf6 Qxc4 16. fxg7 $14) 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Qd6 $15) (13. Qf4
$5 {Alterman,B} e6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Qxe5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8) 14. Be2
Ne8 15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh4 $44) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Rfe1
Qd6 (15... Qc5 16. Na4 (16. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Rad1 $13) (16.
Rac1 Qb4 17. Qe3 e6 $15)) 16. Qe2 {maybe White had to exchange queens with
small advantage in the ending but I wanted to trap it instead.} (16. Qxd6 $5
exd6 17. Rad1 (17. Red1 {Ftacnik} Re8 18. Rxd6 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6
21. Rd1 Rc8 $10) 17... d5 $1 $14 (17... Bf5 18. Re7) (17... Re8 18. Kf1 $10))
16... Qc5 (16... e6 17. Qf3 $1 (17. Rad1 {Ftacnik} Qb4 18. Qd2 $44) (17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rad1 Rd8 $15)) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bf4 Nh5 $5 18.
Be3 Qe5 19. Qf3 Be6 $1 $13) 17... exf6 (17... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nd5 Qd4 (18...
Kg7 {Alterman,B} 19. Rac1 $36) 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21. Rd2 Qa3 22. Nd5
$44) 18. Nd5 Bd7 $6 (18... f5 19. Rac1 Qd4 $10 {would lead to an easy draw} (
19... Qd6 {Alterman,B} 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Ne8 Qd4 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc7 $16)) (
18... Be6 19. Rac1 Qa5 (19... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 20. Rcd1 (20. Nc7 {Alterman,B} Bxb3
21. Nxa8 Bxa2 22. Nc7 $16) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $10) 20. Nc7 Bxb3 21. Nxa8 Bxa2
22. Nc7 $14) 19. Rac1 (19. Qd2 $5 Rae8 $1 (19... Rfe8 20. Nb6 $5 (20. Rec1 Qd6
21. Rc7 Kh8) 20... Qxb6 21. Qxd7 Rxe1+ $140 22. Rxe1 Rf8 23. Re8 Qc5 24. Qxf7+
Kh8 25. Qg8+ $1) 20. Rec1 Qd6 (20... Qa7 $5 21. Rc7 Bb5) 21. Rc7 Kh8 22. Rxb7
f5 $13) 19... Qa5 20. Red1 {Ftacnik: White pieces exert maximum pressure with
excellent central control. Ftacnik: Die weißen Figuren üben maximalen Druck
aus und besitzen ausgezeichnete Kontrolle im Zentrum.} (20. Qf3 {Alterman,B})
20... Kh8 $2 (20... Rad8 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Qe7 Be6 $10) 21... f5 (21... Be6 22.
Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxb7 $14) 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxb7 Bb5 $10) (20... Ba4 $1 {Ftacnik}
21. Qe7 (21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. b3 Qh4 23. Rc4 Qg5 $15) 21... Bxb3 22. axb3 Rfe8 23.
Qxb7 $10) 21. Nc7 (21. Nxf6 {Ftacnik} Bc6 22. Nd5 Rae8 $15) 21... Bb5 (21...
Rad8 22. Qe7 Qg5 (22... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 23. Rc3 Qe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Rcd3 $18)
23. Rc5 $18) 22. Qe7 Rac8 (22... Rab8 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxf7) 23. Be6 $3 {This
beautiful move is the most precise one.} (23. Bxf7 f5 (23... Bc6 24. Ne6) (
23... Be2 24. Rd7 Qg5 25. Re1 Bf3 26. g3) 24. Ne6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd2 26. Rb1 Rc8
$132) 23... Rb8 {Alterman: Black return some of the material} (23... Rxc7 24.
Rxc7) (23... Rce8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxf7) (23... fxe6 24. Nxe6 Bh6 25. Nxf8
Rxf8 (25... Bxc1 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxh7#) 26. Rc7) 24. Bxf7 {Peter resigned as he
didn't want to destroy a position of complete domination which is rarely seen
in a practical game.} (24. Bxf7 {Ftacnik} Rfc8 25. b4 (25. Bb3 {Alterman,B} f5
26. Ne6 Rg8 27. Ng5 $18) 25... Qb6 26. Rd6 Qa7 27. Rcd1 Rf8 28. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6
9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Bb5 {White wants to exchange his bad B for Black's
good one in order to weaken the light squares. However this is a time
consuming operation.} (11. h4 {See Se.Ivanov-Groszpeter, Budapest 1996 CBM 56})
(11. g4 {See CBM 56 the above-mentioned game's notes.}) 11... Bxb5 (11... Qa5
$1 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nge2 (13. Be7 Rfc8 14. Bxd6 Nac5 (14... Bh6 $5 15. Qxh6
Rxc3 16. Qd2 Re3+ 17. Ne2 Qb6) (14... b5 $5)) 13... b5 14. O-O (14. Be7 $2 Rfe8
15. Bxd6 Qb6) 14... b4 15. Nd1 Rfc8 16. b3 (16. Ne3 f6 17. Bh4 Bh6 $1) 16...
Nac5 17. Ne3 Qb5 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. Qe3 Nb6 $1 20. Rac1 a5 $11 {
Kharlamov-Dydyshko, Harkany op 1991}) 12. Nxb5 Qb6 {Black has to play actively
in order to compensate the bad B on g7.} (12... Nc5 $6 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Nbc3 b5
15. b4 $16) 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Rb1 $1 (14. b3 Nh5 15. Be3 Nf4 16. g3 Nfd3+ 17. Kf1
Qa6 18. Kg2 b5 19. Nh3 b4 20. Nd1 f5 $13 {Petursson,M-Dolmatov,S/WchT Luzern
1993/CBM 38/1/2-1/2 (37)}) 14... Nh5 15. Be3 Nf4 16. g3 Nfd3+ 17. Kf1 Qb4 $1 (
17... Qa6 18. Kg2 f5 $2 19. b4 $18) 18. Kg2 Rac8 {This is a natural move, but
not more than that.} (18... a5 $5 {/\ a4 looks more promising}) 19. Nh3 (19.
Nge2 f5 $13) 19... a5 (19... f5 20. Rhd1) 20. Rhd1 Qc4 $2 {Overlooking White's
nice reply on the 22. move} (20... a4 $13) 21. b3 Qb4 {[#]} (21... Qa6 $2 22.
a3) 22. a3 $1 {It is good for White to exchange the a pawn to the more
important d6 one.} Qxa3 23. Nb5 Qb4 24. Qxb4 (24. Nxd6 Ra8) 24... axb4 25. Nxd6
Ra8 {The endgame is very good for White because of the protected passed pawn
and the virtual pawn majority due to the doubled pawns on the b line.} 26. Nxb7
(26. Rd2 $5 {White wants to avoid the penetration of the enemy rook on the 2.
line.} Ra3 (26... Ra7 27. Rbd1) 27. Nxb7 Nxb7 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. Rb2 Bf8) 26...
Ra2+ 27. Kg1 Nxb7 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. d6 (29. Nf2 Bf8) 29... Bf6 30. Nf2 Rcc2 31.
Rbd1 Bd8 32. R1d2 f6 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. d7 Ke6 36. Rd5 Na5 $6 (36...
Rc3 $5 37. Nd3 Rxb3 38. Ke2 Rb1) 37. Bc5 Nxb3 38. Bxb4 Rc7 $2 (38... Rc1+ 39.
Kg2 Rc2 40. Rd6+ Kf7 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Rc4) 39. Rd6+ Kf7 40. Nd3 Nd4 41. f4
Rc6 42. Rd5 Rc4 43. Ba5 $2 (43. fxe5 $18) 43... Nc6 $1 44. Bxd8 Nxd8 45. Nc5 (
45. fxe5 Rxe4) 45... exf4 46. gxf4 Ke7 47. Kf2 (47. Kg2 f5) 47... f5 $1 48. Ke3
fxe4 49. Nxe4 Rc2 50. h3 Ke6 51. Rd3 Rc7 52. Ng5+ Ke7 53. Nxh7 Ne6 (53... Rxd7
$4 54. Rxd7+ Kxd7 55. Nf8+ $18) 54. Rd5 Rxd7 $11 55. Re5 Kf7 56. h4 Ra7 57.
Ng5+ Nxg5 58. hxg5 Ra3+ 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg4 Rb3 62. Rc5 Ra3 63.
Rc7+ Kf8 64. Rh7 Kg8 65. Rh3 Ra4 66. Rd3 Kf7 67. Rd7+ Kf8 68. Kf3 Rb4 69. Ke3
Ra4 70. Rd4 Ra7 71. Ke4 Kf7 72. Rd6 Re7+ 73. Kd5 Kg7 74. Re6 Rf7 75. Re4 Rf5+
76. Ke6 Kg8 77. Rd4 Kg7 78. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Kyrgyzstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 {provoking this
weakening move is White's main idea in the Averbakh line.} (6... Na6 {is the
most popular continuation these days, because after than Black can play his
standard e7-e5 move.}) (6... c5 {was the old main line, but this may lead only
a theoretically drawish _|_ in his main line.}) 7. Be3 c5 (7... e5 {is the old
idea, but then after} 8. d5 {White has always a target on h6.}) 8. dxc5 {
This is the consequent answer now.} (8. d5 e6 {leads to the 6...c5 line with
transpositions.}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd2 dxc5 ({In case of} 9... Qxc5 {the weakening
move h7-h6 will show his drawbacks later.} 10. Nf3 $14) 10. e5 Nh7 11. f4 Nc6
12. Nf3 Bf5 13. O-O (13. Nh4) 13... Rad8 14. Qe1 (14. Nd5) 14... Rd7 15. Qf2
Qd8 16. Be3 Nd4 (16... b6 17. Nh4 $14) 17. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 b6 (18... Bd3
19. Qf2 Bxc4 (19... b6 20. b3 {and the B on d3 feels himself uncomfortable in
the long run.}) 20. Bxc5 $14) 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qb7 21. Qd2 Re8 (21... Bg4
22. Qd5 Qb8 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 $14) 22. Qd5 Qc8 (22... Qb8 23. h3 Be6 24. Qd3
Bf5 25. Qd2 $14) 23. Nb5 (23. h3 $5 Be6 (23... Bc2 $6 24. Rd2) 24. Qd3) 23...
Be6 24. Qd3 Bg4 (24... a6 25. Nc3) 25. Kf2 g5 26. h3 Bxf3 27. Kxf3 gxf4 28.
Bxf4 Nf8 (28... Ng5+ 29. Kg3 (29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qe4 (30. Qd7 Bxe5) 30... a6 31.
Nc3 (31. Na7 $2 Qe6 32. Nc6 Rc8) 31... Qe6 32. Rd5 Rf8) 29... a6 30. Nc3 Ne6
$13) 29. Kg3 Ng6 ({also possible is} 29... a6 30. Nc3 Ne6 31. Qe4 Nd4) 30. Qe4
Nxf4 $6 {This exchange helps only for White, because he gets rid of his bad B.}
(30... a6 31. Nc3 Qe6 {was worth of trying.}) 31. Kxf4 a6 32. Nc3 e6 $6 ({Still
} 32... Qe6 33. Nd5 h5 (33... Rf8 34. g4) 34. Nc7 Qh6+ 35. Kf3 Rc8 36. Nd5 Qe6
37. Re1 b5 {gave some chances for Black.}) 33. Rd6 $1 f6 (33... f5 34. Qc6 $1 (
34. Qe2 Rd8) 34... Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Kf7 36. Rxb6 Rd8 37. Rb7+ Kg6 (37... Kf8 38.
Ne2 Rd2 39. Ke3 Rd1 40. Nf4 $18) 38. Re7 Rd4+ 39. Kf3) 34. Qc6 (34. Qg6 $5
fxe5+ 35. Ke3 {looks also pretty dangerous for Black.}) (34. exf6 $2 {falls
into the trap:} Qc7 $1) 34... fxe5+ 35. Ke3 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 e4 37. Rxb6 (37. Nxe4
$143 Bxb2 38. Rxb6 Bd4+ 39. Ke2 a5) 37... Bxc3 38. bxc3 Kf7 39. Kxe4 {Usually
the R _|_ are very difficult to win, but here White has the active K and R and
the possibility of creating a remote passed P. The plus P is not that
important factor here.} Kf6 (39... Rg8 40. g4 h5 41. Ke5 hxg4 (41... Rg5+ 42.
Kf4) 42. Rb7+ $1 {driving the enemy K to an inferior place.} Kg6 43. hxg4) 40.
Rc6 Rd8 (40... Rg8 41. g4 h5 (41... Rg5 42. Kf4) 42. Kf4 $1 (42. gxh5 Rg5)
42... hxg4 43. hxg4) 41. Rxc5 Rd2 42. g4 Re2+ 43. Kd3 Rxa2 44. Rh5 a5 (44...
Kg6 45. c5 {and the o^ c is not easy to stop.}) 45. c5 a4 46. Rxh6+ Ke7 (46...
Ke5 47. Rh5+ Kf6 48. c6) 47. Rh7+ Kd8 48. Kc4 a3 49. Kb3 Ra1 50. g5 a2 51. h4
e5 52. Kb2 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2000.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{New York Open-traditional big open tournament,well known in the chess world.
The venue of tournament -hoteel "New Yorker" is situated in the heart of
Manhattan,near Madison Square Garden(I had a secret dream-to visit NBA
play-off match New York Knicks-Maiami Heat,but unfortunatelly the tournament
shedule was to tens).Surrounded by giant buildings(for instanse,the famouse
Empire State Building is just about 400 metres from hotel) "New Yorker"
inspired players for uncompromising battle. About 40 GM were amongst 200
participants-slightly less than in previous 2 events, but the field was strong
enough. After 4 rounds GM Igor Khenkin, who is a citizen of Israel, but now
lives in Germany was a sole leader with perfect 4 out of 4 score. In 5th round
he drew game with author of these lines and in round 6 Khenkin lost to young
GM from Brasil - Rafael Leitao. After 7 rounds Leitao was on the clear first
place with 6 points when comes the game Leitao-Smirin Before the last round
trio of leaders - Smirin, Khenkin and Grischuk with 6,5 points out of 8 - had
a half-point advantage over a big group of players.The last round main games
were: Smirin-Grischuk, Goldin-Novikov, Yermolinsky-Leitao, DeFirmian-Minasian,
Al. Ivanov-Shabalov. After Khenkin rather quickly made draw as white, the fate
of the 1st place had to be decided in my game: My last round opponent,
Alexandr Grischuk from Moskow, is only 16 years old. He has an evident talent,
in 1999 he made 5! GM norms. His main strenght - quick and precise calculation
of variations and a very strong nerve system. Although his positional play
still has to be improved, I have no doubts that potentially he may have a
grate future. Tournament proved to be very successfull for me. Although in the
first 6 rounds I have played very "so-so", last 3 rounds left me with good
feelings about creative quality of my games. It started from 7th round game
against young (all my 3 last oppoent were considerably younger than me) GM
from Cuba Becerra. Places from 2nd to 5th were shared by GM A.Goldin, I.
Khenkin, N. de Firmian and Al. Ivanov. I should like to congratulate our
compatriot and my friend Alexnder Goldin with good performance in the
tournament and convincing victory in the last round over strong opponent. At
the closing ceremony as a winner I was presented with beautifull set of chess
"Liadro". I hare very best impressions about the tournament and I hope to play
in New York Open in the future and may be (who knows) to repeat my success.} 1.
d4 {Oratovsky,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2
e5 8. d5 c6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Bd3 {White loses 2 tempo to develope knight on e2.
Other possibilities are:} (10. O-O-O $5) (10. g4 $5 h5 11. h3 Bd7 (11... cxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 (13. Bxd2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 f5 $10) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 f6
15. Be3 f5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Smirin,I/Erevan olm 1996 (40)} (15... h4 $5
{[%cal Gf6f5]})) 12. O-O-O cxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16.
Rxd6 Rfc8 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. gxh5 gxh5 19. f4 $5 $36 {[%cal Gg1f3,Yh1g1] Wang
Yaoyao-Smirin,I/Lee Cup 1996 1-0 (45)}) 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 b5 $5 12. cxb5 ({
Not very good} 12. dxc6 bxc4 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qe7 Re8 $36) 12... cxd5 $8 (12...
cxb5 13. a3 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 13. exd5 $6 ({Better was} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bg5+ 16. Kd1 (16. f4 $5 Bxf4+ (16... exf4 17. Nf3 Bh6 18.
b4 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4,Yc2b3,Yh2h4]}) 17. Nxf4 exf4 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 18. b4 Ne6 19.
Nf3 $14) 16... Bb7 17. Ne2 Bxd5 18. exd5 a6 $44 {[%cal Gf8b8]}) 13... Bb7 (
13... a6 14. a3 Ncd7 15. b4 Qc7 16. Nge2 $14) 14. Rd1 (14. Nge2 $2 Nxd5 $17) (
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nge2 $13 a6 $44 {pair of the strong bishops and clear
counterplay promises to black enough compensation for sacrificed pawn}) 14...
a6 $44 15. a3 Ncd7 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Nge2 Nb6 (17... Rab8 18. Rb1 Nb6 19. b4
Qxa3 20. Rb3 Qa1+ 21. Rb1 $11) (17... Rfc8 $5) 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfc8 20.
O-O ({Better was} 20. Qb5 $5 {although after} Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Nfxd5 22. Nxd6 Rc6
23. Ne4 f5 24. N4c3 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Nc4 26. Nd5 Kf7 $132 {black gets
compensation in arised endgame.}) 20... Nc4 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. Na2 $2 (22. Rfc1
Rab8 23. Rc2 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","c4a3","",10]} Nxa3 $1 24. Ra1 (24. bxa3
$4 Rxb1+ 25. Nxb1 Qe1#) 24... Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qxe3+ $1 26. Qxe3 Nxc2 27. Qc1 Nxa1
$17) (22. Kh1 $142 Rab8 23. Bc1 f5 $36) 22... Qb6+ $17 23. Kh1 (23. Rf2 f5 $1 (
23... Nxb2 $2 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Rxb6 Nxd2 26. Rxd6 $18 {[%csl Rd2,Rd7]}) 24. Nb4
e4 $1 25. fxe4 Nc5 26. Qxc4 Nxe4 $19) 23... Nxb2 24. Qe4 (24. Qd2 Nc4) 24...
Rxa3 25. Nac3 (25. Nb4 Rc4 $19) 25... Qa6 $1 ({also winning} 25... Raxc3 $5 26.
Nxc3 Rxc3 {[%cal Gc3b3]} 27. Bc1 Nd3 $1 28. Rxb6 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nxe4 30. Rc6 Nec5
31. Rxd6 Rd3 $19 {[%cal Gg7f8]}) 26. Rxb2 Raxc3 $19 {black has pawn more and
strong initiative.Rest of the game doesn't need any comments.} 27. Rd1 Ra3 28.
Rbd2 Nc5 29. Qb1 f5 30. Bh4 e4 31. fxe4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfc8
15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Rab1 Kh7 17. f4 Nc5 (17... Qd8 18. Nf3 $14) 18. Kh1 $14 Na4 (
18... Nb4 $2 19. a3 Nbd3 20. Rc2 Nxb2 $140 21. Rbxb2 Bxc3 22. Rb5 Qxa3 23. Nb1
$18) 19. Nd1 $5 (19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. a3 $14) 19... Nb6 (19... Rab8 20. a3 b5 $140
21. b3 $16) 20. a3 Nd7 (20... Qa6 21. Qd3 {/\b4}) 21. Nc3 a6 $6 (21... Qd8 $14)
22. Nb3 Qd8 23. Rc2 Na5 24. Nd2 Qh8 25. Rbc1 $16 Nc6 (25... Nc5 26. Bxc5 $1
dxc5 27. e5 $16) 26. Nf3 Na5 (26... Nd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Nd5 e6
30. Rd1 $16) 27. Nd5 Nb3 28. Rd1 Qe8 (28... e6 29. Nb6 Nxb6 30. Bxb6 Rc6 31.
Qe3 Nc5 32. Bxc5 $16) 29. Bf2 $1 {/\Bh4} e6 30. Nc3 Na5 (30... Rc6 31. Na2 $1 {
/\Nb4} (31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Rd8) 31... a5 (31... Qe7 32. Bh4) 32. Nc3 $16) 31.
Nd2 d5 $6 32. exd5 exd5 33. Qxe8 Rxe8 34. cxd5 (34. Nxd5 $6 Re2) 34... Rac8 35.
Kg1 b5 36. Rdc1 f5 (36... Nc4 37. Nd1) (36... Nf6 37. Nce4 Nxe4 38. Rxc8 Rxc8
39. Rxc8 Nxd2 40. d6 $16) 37. Na2 $1 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Nf6 39. Nb4 $18 Ng4 40. h3
Nxf2 41. Kxf2 Bd4+ 42. Kf1 Be3 43. g3 g5 (43... Bxd2 44. Rxd2 Nc4 45. Re2) 44.
fxg5 hxg5 45. Nxa6 f4 46. Nc7 Rd8 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Nf3 Kf5 49. b4 Nc4 50. Nxb5
Ne5 51. d6 fxg3 52. Nxe5 Kxe5 53. Kxg3 Ke4 54. Rc7 Bf4+ 55. Kg4 Rh8 56. Re7+
Kd5 57. d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 Qe8 8. Nf3
e5 $1 9. fxe5 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nc5 $132) 9... dxe5 10. d5 (10. Nxe5 c5
$132) (10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nd5 Nxe5 12. Be7 c6 {sacrificing the exchange for a
strong compensation.}) 10... h6 (10... Nh5 {- Alterman-Bosboom, Wijk aan Zee
1998 CBM 63.}) 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 {- Sorin-Zarnicki, Buenos Aires 2000 CBM 79})
11... Bxf6 12. a3 c5 {This blockade is Black's main idea in this position.} (
12... Qe7 13. O-O (13. b4 c5 $13) 13... Rd8 14. Rb1 c5 $13 {blockading all the
dark squares, Mohr-Miles, Bad Worishofen 1990.}) 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. b4
(15. Qd2 Bg7 $13) 15... Qd6 (15... cxb4 $2 {founders on} 16. axb4 Nxb4 $4 17.
d6 $18) 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Qe1 Bg7 (18... cxb4 {immediately doesn't
seem to be good because of} 19. axb4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nc7 21. Nd2 $14) 19. Qg3
cxb4 20. axb4 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nb8 22. Nxe5 Qd4 23. Nxf7 $1 {White is more or
less forced to sacrifice the piece.} Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Bg4 Rd8 (25... Re8
$2 26. Be6+ Rxe6 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. Qxb8 $18) 26. Be6+ (26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Qc7
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. h3 $44) 26... Ke7 27. Rf1 Bf6 (27... Be5 $1
{was the precise defence.} 28. Qxg6 Rf8 29. Rc1 Qc3 $1 (29... Qb2 30. Qxh6 Rh8
31. Qg5+ Kd6 32. h3 Qxb4 33. Qg6 $1) 30. Qxh6 Rf6 $13) 28. Qxg6 Rf8 29. h3 Be5
30. Bf5 $2 {This is a clear mistake.} (30. Rc1 Qc3 31. Qxh6 Rf6 $13) 30... Qb6
31. Qh5 Qxb5 32. Rd1 Rf6 $17 33. Qg4 Kd6 34. Rc1 Nd7 35. Qg8 Qxb4 36. Bxd7 Kxd7
37. Qg4+ (37. Qg7+ Kd8 $1) 37... Kd6 38. Qc8 Qb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This is a
terrible blunder!} (38... Ke7 $1 $19 {was winning immediately.}) 39. Qb8+ Kd7
40. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "HUN-GER m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Bd2 {Compare to 6...c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd2 with an extra h6 for Black,
which favours White?!} Qxc5 10. Nf3 Bg4 (10... Nc6 11. h3) 11. O-O (11. Be3 Qa5
12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14. O-O {- 11.0-0}) 11... Nc6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Rc1 {
It is not clear whether this R belongs to c1.} (13. Nd2 $1 {has to be played
anyway, so this is the precise move order.} Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfc8 {Black has some
counterplay on the dark squares, especially on the <<.} (14... h5 15. h3 Rac8
16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Ndb1 {Kaidanov} (17. a3 $6 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Qa6 19. Nb3 $1 {
Kaidanov} (19. Nf3 $6 Na5 20. Nd5 Nxc4 21. Bg5 Nf6 $15) (19. Rc2 $6 Nd4 20.
Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nf3 Bg7 $15 {Kaidanov-Sasikiran, Calcutta 80/575 2000}) 19...
Nce5 (19... Nb6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Nd2 $11) 20. c5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
dxc5 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Na4 c4 24. Nc5 (24. Bxa7 $11) 24... Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Nd3
26. Rxc4 Nxb2 27. Rcc1 $11) 17... Nd4 18. Qd1 Rxc4 $140 $2 19. b3) 15. Rfc1 {
Here we see the difference to 13.Rac1.} (15. a3 Nd7 (15... Kh7 {Kotronias} 16.
Rac1 a6 17. Rfd1 e6 $13 {with a hedgehog type of position.}) 16. b4 (16. Rfc1
Kh7 17. Rab1 Qd8 18. b4 a5 $1 {otherwise Black has no real counterplay.} 19. b5
{The opening of the a <-> favours Black.} Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Na4 $1 Nc5 22.
Nxc5 dxc5 (22... Bxc5 $5) 23. e5 $1 Qd7 24. Nf3 Qf5 $1 $13) 16... Qd8 17. Rac1
a5 $1 18. b5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Na4 $5 {Kotronias} (20. Nf3 $6 Bg7 $15 {
and Black has a nice pressure on the dark squares due to his strong
fianchettoed B, Kofidis-Kotronias, Glifada 2001 82/497.})) (15. Rac1 {- 13.Rc1}
) 15... Nd7 16. Rab1 (16. a3) 16... Kh7 17. f4 Qd8 (17... Nc5 18. Kh1 $14 Na4 (
18... Nb4 $2 19. a3 Nbd3 20. Rc2 Nxb2 $140 21. Rbxb2 Bxc3 22. Rb5 Qxa3 23. Nb1
$18) 19. Nd1 $5 (19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. a3 $14) 19... Nb6 (19... Rab8 20. a3 b5 $140
21. b3 $16) 20. a3 Nd7 (20... Qa6 21. Qd3 {/\ b4}) 21. Nc3 {Both knights went
back and forth.} Qd8 $14 {Milov} (21... a6 $6 22. Nb3 Qd8 23. Rc2 Na5 24. Nd2
Qh8 25. Rbc1 $16 {Milov-Shchekachev, Amsterdam 2000 79/531 CBM 77})) 18. Nf3 {
+/= Milov} a6 {~~ Kotronias and we have to decide which evaluation looks more
logical...}) 13... Rfc8 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd7 {Black wants to compensate
his lack of place by a dark-squared strategy.} 16. a3 (16. Rfd1 h5 17. a3 (17.
Nb3 {Gulko} Qa6 $1 $13) 17... Qa6 $1 18. Nf3 Nb6 $13 {Gulko-Ivanchuk, Biel izt
1993 58/625}) 16... Qd8 17. f3 $6 {This is a rather "lazy" move.} (17. b4 $6 a5
18. b5 Nd4 $15) (17. f4 $5 {deserves attention immediately.}) 17... a5 (17...
Kh7 {/\ Qh8}) 18. Na4 $6 {This is the beginning of a wrong plan, after which
Black gets a total control over >< d4.} (18. b3) 18... Nc5 19. Nxc5 $6 {
The continuation of the wrong plan.} (19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1) 19...
dxc5 {>< d4 remains in Black's hands.} 20. Nb1 (20. Nb3 Qb6) (20. f4 $5 {
fishing in troubled waters after} Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bxa3 22. f5 {was the tactical
choice.}) 20... Qb6 $1 (20... Nd4 21. Qf2 a4 22. Nc3) 21. Nc3 Qb3 22. Kh1 (22.
f4) 22... e6 23. f4 Nd4 24. Qf2 Rd8 25. e5 Qxc4 26. Ne4 Qd5 27. Nxc5 Nf5 28.
Rc3 Bf8 29. Rd3 Qc6 30. Rc3 Rac8 31. Rfc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This is a serious
tactical blunder!} (31. Nb3 {was still not the end of the world.}) 31... Nxe3
$19 32. Nd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 (6... c5
7. d5 h6 {allows} 8. Bf4 {although after} e6 $1 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxd6 Re8 {
Black has a good piece play for the sacrificed P.}) (6... Na6 {is the main
line these days.}) 7. Be3 c5 8. e5 $1 {This is the critical answer.} ({In case
of} 8. d5 {Black has avoided the Bf4 line.}) 8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1
Ng4 11. Bxc5 Nxe5 12. Nd5 {Black has got back the P, but White still has the
somewhat better chances in the _|_.} Nbc6 (12... Na6 {is the other main
continuation, see Bagirov-Delchev, Batumi 2002 CBM 90.}) 13. f4 (13. Nf3 Be6
14. b3 Rfd8 {and at least Black has finished his development.} 15. O-O Rd7 16.
Nxe5 (16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 {and Black's pieces are active enough.} 18.
Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Nd5 Kf8 $11 {Petursson-Piket, Wijk aan Zee 1990})
16... Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. Bf3 $14 {with only slightly better chances on the <<.
}) (13. b3 Be6 14. Nf3 {- 13.Nf3} (14. Nc7 Rad8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {White has the
^^ and the better P structure, but he lacks development.} 16. Nf3 b6 17. Be3
Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bc3+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 {1/2:1/2 Khalifman-Yurtaev,
Riga 1988})) (13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxe7+ Kh7 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 {gives Black again a
good counterplay in view of the better development and the ^-.} 16. b3 Rfe8 17.
Kf1 Rcd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Nb4 21. Kf2 Nxa2 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23.
Bxd1 Nb4 24. Ne5 Kg8 25. Bf3 b6 26. Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Roeder-Arizmendi Martinez,
Ubeda 2000}) 13... Ng4 14. Bf3 (14. h3 Nf6 15. Bf3 Bf5 $1 (15... Nd7 $2 {
is simply too passive:} 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Ne2 Bxb2 (17... Nxe7 18. Nc7 $16) (
17... Rxe7 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Bxb7 Bxb7 20. Rxd7 $16) 18. Bd6 Nb6 19. Nc7 Bf5
20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. g4 $16 {Shereshevsky-Dementiev, SU 1976 22/736}) (15... Be6
16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ba3 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. b3 Rc7 21. Bb2 Nh7 (
21... Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 $14 {and White's << P majority yields him the slight edge.
}) 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Ke2 $14 {Grigorov-Banikas, Kavala 2005}) 16. Ne2 $5 (16. g4
{White cannot force the B back.} Bc2 $1 17. Rd2 Ne4 {= ECO} 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 {^^}
19. Rhh2 Rfd8 20. Rhe2 Bb1 21. Nc3 Bd3 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Re8 24. Rxe8+
Rxe8+ 25. Kf2 Bxc4 $17 {Bai Min-Chen De, China ch 1987}) 16... Bc2 (16... Rfc8
17. b3 e5 18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g4 $16 {
and this time the B has no good squares, Raetsky-Umbach, Zuerich 2002.}) 17.
Rc1 Bd3 18. Kf2 Ne4+ 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Ng3 Bxd5 (20... Bd3 21. b3 Rfd8 22.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. Bc5 Rac8 25. Be3 $14 {White is a healthy P up,
althogh Black's ^^ is very strong, Onischuk-Forster, Mamaia 1991.}) 21. cxd5
Bd4+ 22. Kf3 Bxc5 23. dxc6 Bb6 24. cxb7 Rab8 25. Rhd1 Rxb7 {and Black can hold
the _|_.}) 14... Bf5 15. Ne2 Rfd8 16. Ng3 $1 (16. h3 Nf6 17. Ng3 (17. O-O Bc2
18. Rd2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfd1 Bf8 {This is the cold-blooded defence.} 21.
Nec3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Kg7 $11 {Norri-Kotronias, Moscow 1994}) 17... Bc2 $1 18. Rd2
(18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxe7 {wins the P, but Black's pieces are
too active.} Rd7 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bf2 Nh7 {1/2-1/2 Alexandrova-Kovalev, Alushta
2003}) (18. Rc1 Bd3 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Bxb4 h5 $36 {Zakharevich-Yurtaev, Samara
2002}) 18... Bb1 19. b3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bc3 $13 {Bareev-Yurtaev, Moscow 1990 50/
617}) (16. O-O Bxb2 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rd2 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bf6 20. dxc6 Rxd2 21. cxb7
Rb8 22. Bxa7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Rxa2 $15 {winning back the piece, Kalygin-Svirjov,
Alushta 2003.}) 16... e6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne7+ (18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Nxf6+ (19. Ne7+
Nxe7 20. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Ne4 $132) 19... Bxf6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. b3 {
with a somewhat better P structure for White.}) 18... Nxe7 19. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 20.
Kxd1 Bb1 {Ftacnik: 'Bologan has got carried away with the ambition to play for
win, since the enemy has not brought the rook h1 into play yet.'} 21. b3 Re8 $6
{This is just a waste of time.} (21... Bxa2 $1 {is the brave move, the B
cannot be captured.} 22. Kc2 a5 23. Ra1 Nd5 $1 24. Rxa2 Nxe7 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26.
Bf3 Bd4 $11 {and the ^- helps Black for achievening the draw.}) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6
23. Kc1 Bxa2 {'?' Ftacnik. Good or bad, this is the only chance. Ftacnik: 'In
a legendary first game in Reykjavik 1972 Fischer took the pawn h2 against
Spassky and due to the later innacurate play he lost the bishop and the whole
point. Bologan is toying with fire, since one serious mistake could already be
terminal. '} (23... Bf5 24. Bxb7 $16 {with a healthy P up.}) (23... Bh4 $1 {
Ftacnik} 24. Kxb1 Bxg3 25. Bxb7 Re7 26. Bf3 Bxf4 $11) 24. Kc2 {Black has now
difficulties with his trapped B on a2.} b5 (24... a5 {Ftacnik} 25. Ne4 Bg7 26.
Nc3 Bxc3 27. Kxc3 a4 28. bxa4 Rc8 29. Kb2 Bxc4 30. Rc1 g5 31. Be2 Bxe2 32.
Rxc8+ $16) 25. Ne4 (25. Bc6 {Ftacnik} Rb8 26. Ne4 (26. Bxb5 Bxb3+ 27. Kxb3 a6
$11) 26... Bg7 (26... Be7 27. cxb5 a6 28. Ra1 $18) 27. Bxb5 Bxb3+ 28. Kxb3 a6
29. Kb4 axb5 30. cxb5 $14) 25... Bg7 26. Nd6 (26. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Bxc3 27. Kxc3
bxc4 28. bxc4 Rc8 29. Be2 Rb8 30. Ra1 Rb3+ 31. Kc2 Re3 32. Kd2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2
Bxc4+ 34. Ke3 $14) 26... Rf8 $2 {This looks passive.  Ftacnik: 'The artificial
retreat serves as a prove, that the defender has probably missed 26...Rd8 27.
c5! with white win. '} (26... Rd8 $1 27. Nxb5 (27. c5 {'!' Ftacnik.} a5 (27...
Bf8 $2 {Ftacnik} 28. Rd1 $18) (27... Rd7 {Ftacnik} 28. Nxb5 a6 29. c6 $18) 28.
c6 {Ftacnik} Bxb3+ 29. Kxb3 Rxd6 30. Rd1 $1 $18) 27... Rb8 28. Rd1 {Ftacnik} a6
29. Nd4 Kf8 30. Ra1 Bxb3+ 31. Nxb3 Rxb3 32. Kxb3 Bxa1 $15) 27. cxb5 Rb8 (27...
Rd8 {looks again more active.}) 28. Re1 Bf8 29. Nb7 Bg7 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. Nc5 (
31. Re4 a6 32. Ra4 axb5 33. Ra6 {and the B is still trapped!}) 31... Rd8 32.
Na6 Rd4 33. Re4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Bf8 35. Kb2 {and finally the trapped B is lost
and same goes for the game as well.} Bxb3 36. Kxb3 $18 Bd6 37. g3 g5 38. fxg5
hxg5 39. g4 Kf8 40. Kc4 Ke8 41. Nb4 Bh2 42. Nc6 Bg1 43. Kb4 Bb6 44. Ne5 Ke7 45.
Bc2 Ke8 46. Nc4 Ke7 47. Nxb6 axb6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Kd4 f6 50. Ke4 Ke7 51. Bd3
Kd6 52. Bc4 Ke7 53. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Qe8 9. Bd1 Bd7 10. Nge2 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. f3 h5 {A typical move in this kind
of position, preparing ...Nf6-h7 and ...f7-f5.} (12... b5) (12... Nh5) 13. O-O
{In my opinion, plans with long castling are more dangerous against the ...Nc5,
a5 setup.} (13. h3 Nh7 14. Be3 h4 15. g4 Qe7 (15... hxg3 $142 16. Nxg3 f5 $13 {
J.Nunn}) 16. Rg1 f6 17. f4 Bh6 18. O-O-O a4 19. Qe1 g5 20. f5 $14 {0-1
Petursson,M-Nunn,J/London 1994/EXT 2000 (70)}) (13. Be3 $5 Nh7 14. O-O-O (14.
Bxc5 dxc5 15. d6 Qd8) 14... b6 (14... f5 $2 15. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 16. d6 $16 {
M.Petursson}) (14... Qe7 $5) 15. h3 h4 16. g3 Qe7 17. Rdg1 a4 18. f4 Kh8 19.
gxh4 Qxh4 20. f5 $1 gxf5 21. exf5 Rg8 22. Rg4 Qe7 23. Bg5 $1 $16 {1-0
Petursson,M-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal 1995/CBM 047 ext/[Petursson] (41)}) (13. O-O-O
$5 Kh7 14. h3 Ng8 15. g4 f6 16. Be3 Bh6 17. f4 h4 18. g5 Bg7 19. Qe1 $1 exf4
20. Bxc5 fxg5 21. Bf2 Nh6 22. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Krizsany,L-Mencinger,V/Finkenstein
1996/EXT 1997 (32)}) 13... Nh7 14. Be3 (14. Bh4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bf2 Qg6
17. Rae1 Kh8 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Nc1 Rae8 20. Nd3 b6 21. a3 Rg8 22. Kh1 h4 $36 {
0-1 Wichert,G-Blanco Gramajo,C/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (48)})
14... Qe7 ({In the following game Black played quite strangely but still
survived:} 14... b6 15. Rae1 Qe7 16. Kh1 Bf6 17. Qd1 Bg7 18. a3 Rfb8 19. Nb5
Bxb5 20. cxb5 Bf6 21. Nc3 Bg5 22. Bg1 Rf8 23. Qe2 h4 24. g3 Nd7 25. f4 Bh6 26.
Qc4 Rac8 27. Bd1 Nhf6 28. Be3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Bukic,E/
Ljubljana 1997/CBM 058 ext (43)}) (14... f5 {is premature:} 15. exf5 gxf5 16.
f4 $1 e4 17. Rab1 Qg6 18. b3 Kh8 19. a3 Rg8 20. Rf2 Bf6 21. Bd4 Rg7 22. b4 axb4
23. axb4 Na6 24. Nd1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Nf6 26. h3 h4 27. Ne3 Nh5 28. Bd1 Ng3 29.
Ra1 $16 {1-0 Leitao,R-Kalka,A/Dortmund 1998/EXT 1999 (54)}) 15. Nb5 (15. Rac1
h4 16. a3 Bf6 {a typical manoeuvre to exchange the dark-squared bishops.} 17.
b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. Rb1 Bg5 20. Nc1 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 c5 {And this is a
typical way to stop White's pawn avalanche.} 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd3 Rfc8 24.
Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Bd3 Bc8 26. Rb4 Rca5 27. Re1 Nf8 28. Bc2 Nd7 29. Na4 R8a6 30. h3
{1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Cramling,P/Osterskars 1995/EXT 1997}) 15... Bxb5 16. cxb5 {
Double pawns rarely help the attacking side.} Bf6 17. Qc3 Bg5 18. Bf2 Rfc8 (
18... h4 {is more straightforward but quite good:} 19. Qc4 Nf6 20. Nc3 Nh5 21.
Na4 Nxa4 22. Bxa4 b6 23. a3 Nf4 24. Rfc1 Ra7 25. Bd1 f5 26. Rc3 Bh6 27. Kh1 Rf7
28. Be2 Ra8 29. Bf1 Raf8 30. b3 Qg5 31. Rac1 Rg7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Krush,
I-Arakhamia,K/Montreal CAN 2007/The Week in Chess 664 (47)}) 19. Qc4 Nf6 20.
Nc3 h4 21. a3 Ncd7 22. b4 Nb6 23. Qb3 Nh5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Bd3 b6 26. Ra2 Ra7 {
Looks passive but White can't break through.} 27. Qc4 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Be2
Rca8 30. bxa5 Ne5 31. Qc1 Rxa5 {Now Black's position looks more active now but
White's is solid enough.} 32. h3 R5a7 33. Be1 Nd7 34. Bb4 Nc5 {Black starts
playing with fire "provoking" the e4-e5 break.} 35. Bc4 Bh6 36. Re1 g5 37. e5
dxe5 38. Rae2 Bg7 39. Qc2 Re8 40. Ba2 Qd6 41. Bb1 Qh6 42. Kh2 Raa8 43. a4 g4 $6
{A risky break.} (43... Nxa4 44. Qxc7 Rec8 45. Qd7 Nc5 46. Qf5 $13) 44. hxg4 (
44. a5 g3+ 45. Kh1 e4 $1 $132) (44. fxg4 $5) 44... h3 45. gxh3 Qh4 46. Rg1 e4
$5 47. Bxc5 bxc5 48. Rxe4 Bd4 {That's Black's idea - to activate his bishop.}
49. Rg2 Kg7 50. Rxd4 cxd4 51. g5 Re5 (51... Re3 $143 52. Qd1 Kf8 53. d6 cxd6
54. g6 fxg6 55. Qxd4 $18) 52. Rg4 (52. Qxc7 Rxg5 53. Qe5+ f6 $11) 52... Qh5 53.
g6 $6 (53. h4 $5 Rae8 54. Qd3 Kf8 55. Qxd4 $140 Rxg5 $1) 53... Rg5 $4 (53...
Rh8 54. Kg1 $1 (54. gxf7+ Rg5 55. f8=Q+ $2 Kxf8) 54... Re1+ 55. Kf2 Qe5 56.
gxf7+ Kxf7 $13) 54. Qxc7 Rf8 55. Qxf4 $2 (55. Rxf4 $18) 55... Rxg4 56. Qxg4
Qxd5 57. gxf7+ Kxf7 58. Qf5+ {Not the best way to exchange the queens, after
which the dramatic game ends in a draw.} (58. Be4 $1 Qd6+ (58... Qa2+ 59. Kh1
Qa1+ 60. Qg1 Qxg1+ 61. Kxg1 $18) 59. Qg3 Ke6 60. a5 $16) 58... Qxf5 59. Bxf5
Ke7 60. Be4 d3 $1 61. Bxd3 Rxf3 62. Be4 Rf4 63. Bc6 Rxa4 64. b6 Rb4 65. b7 Rxb7
66. Bxb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After having survived the first round with big trouble against a Vietnamese
boy, I was paired with Bareev in the second round. Historically he has been an
unpleasant opponent for me, and apart from that a very tricky and clever
opponent. So I was advised not to let Evgeny into my backyard! Although pretty
cautious, I still managed to lose with White. Now trying to win with Black vs
Bareev isnt the easiest task, but fortunately when I was young and extremely
fearless, I was not a bad King's Indian player.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 Qe8 8. Bd1 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. Bxh5 gxh5 11.
Nf3 $5 {An interesting novelty. Unfortunately my openings' choice didn't come
as a surprise to Evgeny, since he had probably been preparing it vs his first
round opponent Becerra! Nevertheless my choice was limited, and beggars can't
be choosers.} (11. Nge2 f5) 11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. O-O b5 15.
cxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 $2 {This logical looking move is a big mistake. Black's
white-squared bishop looks strong, but in fact it doesn't have any targets.
With this exchange White's pawn on d5 becomes weak.} ({After} 16. Rfe1 $1 {
White would have nasty possibilities, such as f4, Bh6 or Re3-g3.}) 16... Qxb5
17. Rac1 (17. Bh6 Qb4 $1 18. Qg5 Qg4 $1 $15 {was a small but very relevant
detail that White discovered too late.}) 17... Rf7 18. b3 Nb4 (18... Nc5 $2 19.
Rc4 $1 $16) 19. Rcd1 $6 {I understand that Evgeny was worried about his
kingside, but now he allows Black to take the initiative.} (19. Rfd1 $142)
19... a5 20. a3 Na6 {Since now White's queenside is going to fall soon, he has
to find counterplay on Black's weakened kingside.} 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qxb3
23. Qg5+ Rg7 (23... Kh8 24. Qxh5 Rf6 25. f4 {would solve White's problems
immediately.}) 24. Qxh5 Qh3 $1 {The queen is very annoying here.} 25. g3 Nc5 (
25... Rf8 $2 26. f4 exf4 27. Rd4 $36) 26. Kh1 $2 (26. f4 $142) 26... Rf8 27.
Qe2 Kh8 28. Qe3 Nd7 29. f4 Rfg8 (29... Rg4 30. Ng2 Rf6 31. fxe5 Rh6 32. Qg1
Nxe5 {was an interesting option but too difficult to evaluate.} 33. Nf4 {
For example:} Qxg3 34. Qxg3 Rxg3 35. Ne6 {with counterplay which might be
enough for a draw.}) 30. fxe5 $2 ({After} 30. Rf3 {I intended to play} exf4 31.
Qxf4 Ne5 {but missed} 32. Qf5 $1) 30... Nxe5 $2 (30... Rxg3 31. Qh6 Qg4 $3 $19
{This motif I had seen, but not in this position unfortunately.} ({I only
calculated} 31... Nxe5 32. Rf8 $11)) 31. Nf5 Rf7 32. Qh6 Qg4 $6 (32... Rxg3 $1)
33. Nh4 Qe2 (33... Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qxd5+ {was not too
bad either.}) 34. Rfe1 Qb2 $6 (34... Qa2 $1 {a2 is a better square because
then White doesn't have the defensive move Qc1 with tempo.}) (34... Qxh2+ 35.
Kxh2 Ng4+ {Here I found this still too little. We were in time-trouble,
especially White was short of time and with many major pieces around his king.
I was looking for much more.}) 35. Qc1 Qb3 36. Re3 Qa2 37. Qa1 (37. Rd2 Qc4 38.
Rd1) 37... Qxa1 38. Rxa1 Rf2 39. Kg1 $6 (39. Rc3) 39... Rxh2 $1 {At least
Black will emerge with a pawn up after the time-trouble.} 40. Rxe5 Rxh4 41. Re3
Rc4 $1 42. Rf1 h6 $1 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. Rf6 Rcg4 45. Rc3 R8g7 46. Rd3 Re7 {
Black is slowly improving his position without allowing White any counterplay.}
47. Kf3 Rc4 48. Rf4 Rc5 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Rfd4 Re5 51. Kh4 Rh5+ 52. Kg4 Rg5+ 53.
Kh4 Kf6 54. g4 Ke5 {Around here I was quite happy, with White tied down to d5,
a win should have been a matter of time...} 55. Rd1 Rg8 (55... Rg7 56. Kh5 Rc1
57. Rxc1 Kxd4 58. Rg1) 56. R4d2 (56. Kh5 Rc2) 56... Rc4 57. Re2+ Re4 58. Rxe4+
Kxe4 59. Rc1 {His only chance - to start some counterplay.} Rg7 60. Kh5 Rg5+ (
60... Kxd5 {was probably winning, but the race was too difficult for me to
calculate, I prefered something more simple.} 61. Rg1 Rh7 62. Kg6 Rh8 63. Kg7
Rc8 64. Kxh6 c5 65. g5 c4 66. g6 c3 67. g7 c2 68. Kh7 Kc4 $19) 61. Kh4 Rxd5 62.
Rxc7 Re5 63. Rh7 Re6 $2 (63... d5 64. Rxh6 d4 {but that this race was winning
for Black was obvious...bad technique!}) 64. Kh5 Kf4 {Only now did I realise
to my horror that the race which I was planning to go for was actually a draw.}
(64... d5 65. Rxh6 Rxh6+ 66. Kxh6 d4 67. g5 d3 68. g6 d2 69. g7 d1=Q 70. g8=Q
Qh1+ 71. Kg7 Qg2+ 72. Kf8 Qxg8+ 73. Kxg8 Kd4 74. Kf7 Kc3 75. Ke6 Kb3 76. Kd5
Kxa3 77. Kc4 $1 $11) 65. Rf7+ Kg3 $2 (65... Ke5 $1 {a subtlety which was
missed by me of course.} 66. Rf5+ (66. Rh7 d5 67. Rxh6 d4 $1 $19) 66... Ke4 67.
Rf1 Kd4 {and Black should still win.}) 66. g5 hxg5 67. Kxg5 a4 (67... Re3 {
it seems everything is a draw now, I didn't hear my tablebase screaming
somewhere.} 68. a4 Re4 69. Rd7 Rxa4 70. Rxd6) 68. Rd7 Kf3 (68... Re3 69. Rxd6
Rxa3) 69. Kf5 Re5+ 70. Kf6 Ke4 (70... Re3 71. Rxd6 Rxa3) 71. Rxd6 Rf5+ 72. Ke6
Rf3 73. Kd7 Rxa3 74. Kc6 Rd3 75. Re6+ Kd4 76. Kb5 a3 77. Kb4 a2 78. Rd6+ Ke3
79. Ra6 Rd2 80. Kb3 Kd3 81. Rxa2 Rxa2 82. Kxa2 Kc2 $1 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {Radjabov shows fighting spirit and
returns to his beloved King's Indian. Several weeks ago in Kazan he managed to
hold equality against Kramnik by employing the Queen's Gambit Declined.} 5. Be2
O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 c6 8. Qd2 Nc7 9. Bf3 {A rare plan. Usually White develops
the knight on f3.} Ne6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. b3 a5 14. Nge2
Qc7 $2 {An inexplicable mistake. The c7-square is bad for the queen due to the
knight moves to b5 and d5, and this is a very important factor in many
concrete variations.} 15. O-O {Now White already has a clear advantage.} a4 $2
{This leads to a strategically lost position. Probably the best Black could do
was to remove the queen from c7...} 16. f5 $1 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf6 exf6
({Or} 18... Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. b4) 19. b4 Ne6 (19... Nd3 {
loses a piece after} 20. Bh5 Qb6+ 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nd5) 20. Nb5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf6,Rg7] It is just a question of time before Black's position
collapses.} Ng5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxf5 Ne4 24. Qd3 Rfe8 25. Ned4 Rac8 26. Rf4
Bf8 27. Rdf1 Re5 28. a3 Kh8 29. Nf5 Rd8 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Rde8 32. Rg4 Qc8
33. Qg3 h5 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 c5 7. d5 b5 (7... e6 {
is another perfectly reasonable way to play, taking the game down Benoni like
paths.} 8. h5 exd5 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. cxd5 Qe7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Bg4 Ne5 13. Bxc8
Raxc8 14. Nf3 Nf7 15. Qc2 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Nxd5 17. Nxh7 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rf7 19.
O-O-O Nf4 20. Qd2 c4 21. Qe3 Qe5 {0-1 (21) Williams,S (2350)-Gallagher,J (2519)
Birmingham 4NCL 2001. Travelling back with Joe Gallagher after the game, I
asked his opinion on this h4 idea. Joe is something of an expert on the King's
Indian having written a few books on the subject. He didn't seem to rate the
reply at all pointing out that "Black never gets mated in the King's Indian!"})
8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 {Critical of course.} (9. b6 {is playable, but can hardly
be considered the most testing.} Qxb6 10. h5 e6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 exd5 13.
exd5 Bg4 {with easy play for Black in the game Sevillano Garcia,J (2200)-Miles,
A (2550) Benasque 1997.}) 9... Qa5 (9... Bxa6 10. h5 gxh5 {this looks rather
ugly, presumably Black was concerned about the threat of taking on g6 with an
attack down the h-file.} 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15.
Nxh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Rfb8 17. Re1 Qc8 18. Re3 Qg4 19. Qh1 $1 {with good
attacking chances for White in Jobava,B (2704)-Khader,S (2411) Alushta 2011.})
10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. h5 Nbd7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bxa6 {Jobava is the first to
deviate from a previous game of his; presumably he was afraid of an
improvement.} (13. Kf1 Rfb8 14. b3 Ne5 15. Nf3 Nfg4 $6 ({the simple} 15... Nxf3
$1 16. gxf3 Bxe2+ 17. Nxe2 (17. Qxe2 $2 Rxb3 $15) 17... Qa3 {was surely the
improvement Radjabov had in mind with good play for Black.} 18. Kg2 Nh5 19. Bc3
Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nf4+ 21. Kg3 Nh5+ 22. Kg2 $11) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Na4 Bxe2+ 18.
Qxe2 Qa6 19. Rc1 {when White remained in control in the game Jobava,B (2734)
-Atalik,S (2603) Burgas 2012.}) 13... Qxa6 14. Nge2 Rfb8 15. Rb1 Rb4 16. a3 Rb7
{But this now looks like a good Benko for Black. He has the plan of ...Ne5-d3,
for example.} 17. O-O Rab8 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. f3 Qd3 $1 (19... Nd3 {was also
possible, with the plan of ...c4, reinforcing the "octopus" on d3. But the
move played in the game was simpler, and quickly induces a blunder.}) 20. Rfc1
$2 (20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. b4 $1 {was forced.} cxb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 {and Black has
good pressure, but White has chances to hold.}) 20... Qxc2 $2 ({Coming to the
end of a 13 round slog, it was not easy to summon up the energy to find the
sacrifice} 20... Nxf3+ $3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 {after which White is in grave trouble.
The immediate threat is ...Ng4. But it's easy to say this sitting here with
our engines. At the board this doesn't seem so clear, you might just think
that White will consolidate his extra piece and win the game.} 22. Rf1 {
is the critical defence.} (22. Qd1 {you would probably dismiss in your
calculations as this leaves a couple of pawns en prise.} {or simply} Nxe4 {
gaining another pawn and retaining an attack.} (22... Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2
Ng4 {looks very strong; for example} 25. Qh1 Qf2+ 26. Kh3 Bxc3 $1 27. Bxc3 f5
$1 ({but not} 27... Qxe2 $2 28. Re1 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 {and White turns the tables.})
) ({the simple} 22... Rxb2 {leaves White in trouble as well. His whole game is
falling apart.} 23. Qf1 Qd3 $17)) 22... Qg4+ $1 23. Kf2 (23. Kh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2
Ng4 $1 {is not an obvious line to see from afar. At first it seems as if} 25.
Bf4 {might hold, but then} g5 $1 {and if the bishop moves there is a nasty
fork on e3} 26. Rh1 Qf2+ 27. Kh3 Qf3+ 28. Bg3 Ne3 $19) 23... Qh4+ 24. Kf3 Qh3+
25. Kf2 Ng4+ 26. Ke1 Nh2 $1 {when White is in trouble.}) 21. Rxc2 Nc4 22. a4
Nxb2 23. a5 Nd3 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 {The smoke has cleared somewhat and we are left
with a rather unclear endgame. Black enjoys a decent structure and good piece
activity but while the White a-pawn stays on the board it remains a formidable
weapon.} 25. Ra2 Nb4 26. Ra4 Nd7 27. Nd1 Na6 28. Kf1 Ne5 29. Nc1 Rb1 30. Ke2
Kf8 31. g4 Nd7 32. g5 Bd4 33. Kd3 Ne5+ 34. Kc2 Rb8 35. f4 Nf3 36. Ne2 Nxd2 37.
Kxd2 Bg7 38. Ne3 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2 41. e5 $1 {The old "sweeper
sealer". Jobava wishes to take the g7-bishop out of the game.} Rd2 (41... dxe5
42. f5 $1 {is White's idea, when the g7-bishop remains out of the game and in
general White's position is much easier to play; his pieces are much more
active.}) 42. Kf3 Ke8 43. exd6 exd6 44. Ng3 (44. f5 $1 gxf5 45. Ng3 {was
strong. In general it's not easy for Black to solve his problems and the rook
on a4 is potentially very mobile; not only does it support the passed a-pawn,
it can also leap across to the kingside at some point, with Rh4-h7.}) 44... Kd7
45. Ne4 Rb2 46. Nc4 Rb4 $2 {Perhaps Radjabov decided that exchanging rooks
would bring the game close to a draw, but even so this seems like a very risky
choice.} (46... Rb3+ 47. Kg4 Bf8 {wasn't a particularly pleasant choice, but
would have kept his position together.}) 47. Rxb4 cxb4 48. Nexd6 b3 49. Nxf7 b2
50. Nxb2 $2 (50. Nd2 Bc3 51. Ne5+ $1 Kc7 52. Nb1 Bxa5 53. Nxg6 {looks winning.}
) 50... Bxb2 51. Ne5+ Ke7 $2 (51... Bxe5 52. fxe5 Nc5 $1 {was a draw, but
again at the end of a long game at the end of an exhausting tournament it
wasn't easy to see this. The point is White cannot easily approach the
queenside as the squares d4 and d2 are "mined" to a check on b3.} 53. Ke2 Kc7
54. Kd1 Na6 $1 (54... Nd3 $2 55. e6 Nf4 56. e7 Kd7 57. d6 $18) 55. Kd2 Nb4 56.
d6+ Kc6 57. Kc3 Na6 $1 {and White can not make any progress. An instructive
ending!}) 52. Nxg6+ {Now White gains too many pawns and is winning.} Kd6 53.
Ne5 Bxe5 (53... Kxd5 54. g6 Bxe5 55. fxe5 $18) 54. fxe5+ Kxd5 55. g6 Ke6 56.
Kg4 Nc7 57. Kh5 Kxe5 58. g7 Ne8 59. g8=Q Nf6+ 60. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6
9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Bd1 ({Die Hauptvariante ist} 11. g4 h6 12. Be3 (12.
Bxh6 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4+ $17) 12... h5 {usw.}) 11... b5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4
14. Nge2 Qb8 15. O-O Rc8 16. Be3 Be8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nec3 Bf6 19. Be2 Bd8 20.
b3 Nb6 {[#] Weiß stand bisher etwas bequemer, begeht nun aber eine
Unvorsichtigkeit, die taktisch bestraft wird.} 21. Nb2 $2 Rxc3 $1 22. Qxc3
N6xd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Nxe3 {[#] Und Weiß kann wegen 25... Lb6 nicht
wiedernehmen.} 25. Rfe1 Qxb3 {Bilanz der Kombination: Drei Bauern für die
Qaulität und sehr aktive Figuren für Schwarz.} 26. Bd3 Bb6 27. Kh1 Rc8 28.
Nd1 Nxd1 29. Raxd1 Bd4 30. Qe2 Ba4 ({Einfach mit dem a-Bauern losrennen, war
auch stark.} 30... a5) 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Qf1 Qd2 33. Bc4 {[#]} Rc5 ({Gut war
hier auch} 33... Bc2 {Nach} 34. Rbc1 (34. Rb7 Rxc4 $19) 34... Bb2 35. Re2 Qxc1
36. Qxc1 Bxc1 37. Rxc2 Rc5 ({oder auch} 37... d5 38. Bd3 Rxc2 39. Bxc2 $19) 38.
Rxc1 d5 $19 {ist das Endspiel leicht gewonnen.}) 34. Bb3 Bxb3 (34... Bb5 $1 35.
Red1 Qa5 $19) 35. Rxb3 a5 36. f4 e4 (36... a4) 37. Rbb1 e3 38. Red1 Qc3 39. Rd3
Qc4 40. Rbd1 $2 (40. Qd1 {leistete mehr Widerstand.}) 40... Rc8 41. f5 Bc5 42.
Qf3 Re8 43. f6 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 {This is not a common
line, White would like to attack and gain some space on the kingside. On the
other hand, he has a development disadvantage, moreover his K is in the middle
too.} a6 {A playable plan, Black would like to play for ...b5.} ({Nevertheless
I prefer} 6... c5 7. d5 e6 {to open the centre.} 8. g5 Nfd7 (8... Nh5 $5 9.
Bxh5 gxh5 10. Qxh5 Re8 11. Nge2 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nd7 13. Ng3 Ne5 $13 {
Mamedyarov-Radjabov, Moscow blitz 2010}) ({or even} 8... Ne8 $5 {.}) 9. h4 exd5
10. cxd5 Qe7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. h5 Rb8 13. Nf3 b5 14. Be3 Nb6 $132 {
Kociscak-Gallagher, Zillertal 2015, with a double-edged fight.}) 7. g5 Nfd7 8.
h4 b5 (8... c5 {is another move.}) 9. h5 $146 {A logical and straightforward
novelty by Akobian.} (9. cxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5 c5 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 (12...
Rxa6 $5) 13. Nge2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 $44 {Georgiou-Arduman, Ankara 1995, with
nice compensation for the P.}) 9... Nc6 (9... c5 $5 10. d5 Ne5 {was also an
interesting alternative.}) 10. Nf3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be3 b4 13. Na4 f5 $5 {
A very ambitious continuation by Kamsky.} ({The engine suggests} 13... Qe8 $5 {
followed by ...f5.}) 14. hxg6 ({The immediate} 14. Nh4 $5 {was also possible
and similar to the text move.}) 14... hxg6 15. Nh4 ({In the event of} 15. Bxd4
exd4 (15... fxe4 $5) 16. Nxd4 (16. exf5 Qe7 $3 {What a brilliant and cool
reply!} 17. f6 Nxf6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 $17 {and Black simply continues with ...Bd7,
Rae8 and White is in big trouble.}) 16... Qxg5 (16... Ne5 17. f4) 17. Ne6 Qe7
18. Nxf8 Nxf8 $44 {with nice compensation for the exchange.}) 15... f4 16. Bxd4
Qxg5 {A very smart reply! The d4-B is trapped, so Black doesn't have to take
back immediately.} 17. Bc5 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (17. Bg4 $1 {was stronger to
activate the B,} exd4 18. Be6+ Rf7 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. c5 $5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. f3 $14 {and White should be slightly better, but in a practical
game, this is still a major battle.}) 17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 (19. d6
{could have been met by} Bb7 $132) 19... Qe7 20. Rg1 Rf6 21. Rg5 Rd6 22. Kd2 $5
{A logical move. The centre is closed, so the K is safe on d2 and White wants
to activate his major pieces with Qh1, Rag1.} Bd7 23. Qh1 Kf7 24. Rg2 Rh8 25.
Rh2 Rxh2 26. Qxh2 {Black has a P up, but White has the initiative on the
kingside, moreover the g7-B is passive.} g5 {Black immediately gives back the
g-P, because he frees the 6th rank for his R.} ({Nevertheless Black could try
to hold with} 26... Kg8 27. Rg1 Rb6 {, but he doesn't have any plans, so the
position is balanced.}) 27. Qh5+ {Otherwise ...Rh6.} Kf8 28. Qxg5 (28. Nxg5 $4
{does not work, because of} Rh6 $19 {and White loses his N.}) 28... Qxg5 29.
Nxg5 Rh6 30. Rg1 Bf6 31. Nf3 {After the exchange of Qs, White gets back the P,
but he doesn't have any attack, so the position is completely equal.} c6 32. b3
Ke7 33. Rg8 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Bxh8 35. Nh2 a5 36. Bg4 Be8 37. Be2 Kd6 38. Nf3 Bf6
39. Nh2 Bh4 40. Ke1 Bg6 41. Nf3 Bd8 42. Nd2 Bg5 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Ke2 Bd7 45. Bh5
Bh4 46. Bg6 Bg4+ 47. Ke1 Bd7 48. Kf1 Bh3+ 49. Kg1 Bg4 50. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 {GM Rodshtein goes
for a considerably rare setup, but the ideas here are similar to Krasenkow's
pet 6.h3 line.} e5 (6... c5 $5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 {might
lead to a well-known theoretical position, which mostly arises via the
Averbakh System 6.Bg5.}) 7. d5 Na6 {A usual approach - the knight is heading
for c5.} ({The other common continuation -} 7... a5 {would, most likely,
transpose to the text after} 8. g4 Na6 9. h4 Nc5 10. f3) 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 a5 10.
h4 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. Qd2 {The most natural - White is getting ready for q-side
castling, whereas the queen is keeping an eye on the g5-pawn.} ({In the
following high-level game White has employed the artificial} 12. Kd2 {and
failed to claim superiority after} Bd7 13. Nh3 c6 14. Nf2 cxd5 15. exd5 f5 16.
gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Kc2 a4 $132 {Vallejo Pons,F - Radjabov,T Palma de
Mallorca ESP 2017}) 12... f6 {Black can hardly activate his pieces without
making this committal move.} ({After} 12... a4 13. Nh3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb8 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Nf2 Qa7 17. Nd3 $16 {Picazo Lopez,J - Libiszewski,F La Roda ESP
2013; Black was doomed to a passive defence.}) 13. gxf6 Rxf6 $6 {A loss of
time - the f6-rook is definitely misplaced.} ({A better move is} 13... Bxf6 14.
Bf2 ({It is also worth considering} 14. O-O-O $5 Bxh4 15. Nh3 {with promising
play for a pawn.}) 14... a4 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Qh6 Be8 $14 {Yankelevich,L -
Rathnakaran,K Douglas ENG 2017}) 14. O-O-O Bd7 $146 ({The previously played} 
14... Qf8 15. Nh3 a4 16. Rdg1 Qf7 17. Nf2 Bd7 18. Kb1 $16 {, Peralta,F -
Forcen Esteban,D Linares ESP 2017, also led Black to a difficult posiiton,
where he was doomed to a passive defence.}) 15. Nh3 Qe7 16. Rdg1 {GM
Rodshtein's moves are natural and strong - he is focussed on the kingside
attack.} Raf8 17. Kb1 Qe8 {Obviously, Black can only sit and wait.} 18. Rg3 b6
19. Rhg1 Kh8 20. Nb5 {Maxim chooses a concrete approach.} ({Another option was
} 20. Bd1 Rg8 21. Nf2 Qe7 22. a3 $16) 20... Qc8 ({Exchanging the light
squared-bishop cannot help Black:} 20... Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rg8 22. b3 Bf8 23. Qc3
$18 {and the subsequent b3-b4 advance would yield White a decisive advantage.})
21. Ng5 {Again,the most aggressive choice.} ({Another decent plan was} 21. Nf2
$5 Be8 22. Bd1 $16 {intending to slowly chase the c5-knight and make further
progress on the queenside.}) 21... Na6 (21... Nxg5 $5 22. Bxg5 Kh7 $1 23. Bxf6
Rxf6 $16) 22. a3 a4 $2 {The decisive mistake - the a4-pawn would fall soon.} ({
He had to play} 22... Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Kh7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. axb4 Bh6
27. Qc3 c5 $1 28. dxc6 Qxc6 $16 {The control of the dark-squares leaves Black
with some hopes, even though there is no adequate compensation for an exchange.
}) 23. Bd1 Nc5 24. Qg2 {The a4-pawn would fall anyway.} Be8 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26.
Ne6 $1 {The most effective.} ({After} 26. Bxa4 Nxg5 27. Rxg5 Rxf3 28. Rxh5+ Kg8
{the winning task would be tougher.}) 26... Rxe6 {Desperation.} (26... Rg8 27.
Nexc7 Bf7 28. Bxa4 $18) 27. dxe6 Bf6 28. Qh3 (28. Bxa4 {was also good enough:}
Bxh4 29. Rh3 Bf6 30. e7 Bxe7 31. Na7 Qe6 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Qxg6 $18) 28... Rg8
29. Bxa4 Qd8 30. Nc3 c6 31. Bxc6 {Not the only, but the most beautiful way to
proceed.} Bxc6 32. Rxg6 Rxg6 33. Rxg6 {The rest is just an agony.} Be8 34. Rg1
Bxh4 35. Nd5 Bg5 36. f4 exf4 (36... Bxf4 37. e7 Qd7 38. Nxf4 exf4 39. Qc3+ $18)
37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. e7 Qa8 39. Qh3 Bg6 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Rxg5 Nxg5 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43.
Qxg5 Bxe4+ 44. Ka1 Bg6 45. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 {A version of the
King's Indian Averbakh} ({that is similar to the} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 {line.})
6... e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {This powerful pawn thrust has been giving King's
Indian devotees headaches since the 1950's. White combines a restrictive
strategy of preventing f7-f5 with direct attacking ideas on the h-file.} ({
White can also try the immediate} 8. h4 Na6 9. h5 Nc5 10. Qc2 {Rapport-Al
Sayed, 2016.}) 8... Na6 9. h4 ({Another participant in this tournament, the
Russian Alexander Riazantsev, may be acknowledged as the best expert on this
line. He actually prefers} 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 {leaving White with a chance to
open the h-file at an appropriate moment.}) 9... Nc5 10. f3 h5 $1 {This is the
only way to stop White's offensive. Radjabov knows his King's Indian, that's
for sure.} 11. g5 Nh7 12. Kd2 $6 {This extravagant move is not so bad. Vallejo
had his ideas, but he underestimated the importance of maintaining pressure on
the d-file to fight against c7-c6.} ({The routine} 12. Qd2 {accomplishes just
that. As Black goes for} f6 {he finds himself a bit short of counterplay after}
(12... c6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ne6 {offers
insufficient compensation.}) 13. O-O-O fxg5 14. hxg5 Bd7 15. Nh3 Qe7 16. Kb1
Rf7 17. Nf2 Raf8 18. Rdg1 {He can try the thematic} Rf4 {seen in the
abbreviated game Riazantsev-Amonatov, 2015 where a draw was agreed at that
moment, but White need not take him up on the offer and simply continue with}
19. Rg2 {inviting} Nxg5 $6 20. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 21. d6 $1 cxd6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nxf4
Rxf4 24. Qxd6 {with a winning advantage.}) 12... Bd7 (12... f6 13. gxf6 Bxf6
14. Qe1 {was the idea of the king move. Then White would indeed have had a
great game with his queen emerging on the kingside.}) 13. Nh3 c6 $1 {I became
acquainted with then very young Teimour's King's Indian skills during our one
and only encounter at the chess board at the World Cup, Hyderabad, 2002. I
don't recall many other occasions when I got outplayed on the white side of
the KID in such a resolute manner. Radjabov simply has a great feel for these
structures. Too bad the strength of the opposition he faces and tournament
standings concerns prevent him from employing the KID in every game.} 14. Nf2
cxd5 15. exd5 (15. Nxd5 {looks good structure-wise, but what will happen to
White's position once his proud Nd5 is traded? For example,} f6 16. gxf6 Nxf6
17. Kc2 Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qd2 b5 $1 {White is already on the back foot
and might be content with defending in the endgame:} 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qxd8
Rfxd8 22. cxb5 Rd4 {etc.}) ({It takes quite a nerve to calmly recapture the
usual way,} 15. cxd5 $5 {and continue with} a4 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Bxd3 b5 18. a3
{Perhaps, the remote position of the other black knight will help White.})
15... f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc5 {Forced, as White needs to establish control
over the e4-square.} dxc5 18. Kc2 a4 $1 19. Qd2 (19. a3 {only seems safe.
Black will proceed with} e4 20. fxe4 Qb6 {where the weakness of the b3-square
is telling.}) ({The right move was} 19. Nfe4 {and soon we will see why.}) 19...
a3 20. b3 e4 $1 {For a true KID player this move comes naturally. It's all
about activating the Bg7!} 21. fxe4 Ng4 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. h5 {The passive
position of the white pieces makes this counter-attacking attempt irrelevant.}
({All the same,} 23. Rag1 {was useless. After} Qe7 24. Bxg4 $2 {loses to} Bxc3
25. Kxc3 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Qg7+ 27. Kc2 Rf2 $1 {Nice tactical motif.}) 23... Rf2
24. h6 (24. hxg6 Qe7) 24... Be5 25. Raf1 g3 26. Rxf2 ({On} 26. Nd1 {Black had}
Rh2 27. Rxh2 gxh2 $19) 26... gxf2 27. Nd1 Qf6 28. Rf1 ({At least, White could
have resisted longer after} 28. Qe3 Bd4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Bxf3 Rf8 31. Bg2 Kh7)
28... Bd4 $19 29. Nxf2 {What else?} Bxf2 30. e5 {But it's easy to spot a
refutation.} Qxe5 31. Rxf2 Bf5+ 32. Kd1 Qa1+ 33. Qc1 Qxa2 {That pawn didn't
make it all the way to a3 for nothing!} 34. Rxf5 Qxb3+ 35. Kd2 Qa2+ 36. Ke1 Qb2
$1 37. Qf4 Qb1+ 0-1

