[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 (9. Bb2 Qa5 {N} (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 cxd4
13. cxd4 e4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qf4 Qb5 $44 {Addison,
W-Reshevsky,S/Palma de Mallorca izt (11) 1970}) (9... Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qe2
Nc6 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. h3 c4 15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. O-O Ba6 18. Ne1
Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Najdorf,M/Buenos Aires 29/(546) 1979}) 10. Nf3 (10.
Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. c4 (14. O-O $2 Bxf3 15. gxf3
cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 $17) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 bxc4 16. Rxc4 (16. Bxc4 Ne4+ 17.
Ke2 Nb6 18. Bd3 c4 $36) 16... Ne4+ 17. Bxe4 (17. Ke2 $2 Ba6 18. Rc2 cxd4 19.
Rxc8 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Nxf2+ 21. Ke2 Rxc8 22. Kxf2 Rc2+ $17) 17... Bxe4 18. Rhc1
Bd5 19. Ra4 $2 (19. R4c3 Nf6) (19. R4c2 {>=} Be4 20. Rc4 $11) 19... Nb6 $17 20.
Rxa7 Nc4+ 21. Rxc4 (21. Kc3 cxd4+ 22. exd4 Rc6 $1 $17 {/\Rb8}) (21. Kc2 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Nxe3+ 23. Kd2 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Nxg2 $17) 21... Bxc4 22. Ne5 cxd4 23. Bxd4
Bb3 $1 24. Nd7 Rfd8 25. Bb6 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 $19 {0-1 Milov,V-Tiviakov,S/
Buenos Aires Najdorf (03) ,CBM 53 1996 (43)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. O-O (
12. a4 Ba6 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. O-O Qa5 17. Re1 Rc7 18.
Re3 Rac8 19. Rb3 Ne8 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Ba3 Ndf6 22. Qb3 {1-0 Milov,V-Lautier,J/
Biel SKA (02) ;CBM 55_09 1996 (34)}) 12... Ba6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 b5 16. Nd2 Nbd7 17. a4 b4 18. c4 Qxa4 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Ra5 Ne8 21. Rfa1 a6
22. h3 h6 23. R1a4 Rcb8 24. Qb3 Qb7 25. Ra1 Rd8 26. Qa4 {Milov,V-Granda Zuniga,
J/Buenos Aires Najdorf (06) ,CBM 53 05 1996/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qc7
10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Ng3 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 Rac8 16.
exd4 Qf4 17. Ne2 Qh6 18. Bc1 Qh4 19. Qb2 Nd5 20. Qxb7 Nxd4 21. Qb2 Nxe2+ 22.
Qxe2 Rfd8 23. Qe5 Nc3 24. Ba6 Rd5 25. Qf4 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Dizdar,G/
EuClub Cup Final, Budapest HUN (04) 1996 (36)}) 10. Ng3 {N} (10. O-O e5 11. a4
(11. Bb2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qd5 14. Qa2 Qxa2 15. Rxa2 Rac8 $11) 11...
Qc7 12. Ba2 Rd8 13. Qc2 (13. d5 e4 14. f4 c4 15. Bxc4 Bg4 16. Rf2 Na5 17. Ba2
Nc4 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. Rb1 Nxd5 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxb7 Rxa4 23. Nd4
Nxc3 24. Rc2 Nd5 25. h3 Be6 26. f5 Rxd4 27. exd4 Bxf5 28. g4 Be6 29. Rxa7 h5
30. gxh5 {1/2-1/2 Pomes,J-Psakhis,L/Manresa 1996}) 13... Ne7 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15.
f3 Nfd5 16. e4 Nb4 17. cxb4 Qxa1 18. bxc5 Qf6 19. Bb2 Qh6 20. f4 Bg4 21. h3
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rac8 23. Qc4 Rf8 24. Be5 Rc6 25. Qd4 b6 26. Bd6 bxc5 27. Bxc5 {
1-0 Gulko,B-Thorfinnsson,B/Reykjavik PCA op (04) 1996 (35)}) 10... e5 11. d5
Na5 12. Ba2 Bd7 $5 $146 (12... Ne8 $1 13. e4 (13. Ne4 $6 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Re1
f5 16. Nd2 Nd6 $15) (13. c4 $5 {Dolmatov} Nd6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rc1
$132 {/\Bb1}) 13... Nd6 14. O-O f6 15. f4 Bd7 16. f5 $2 (16. Be3 b6 17. fxe5
fxe5 18. Qh5 Nac4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bg5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Qe8 22. Qh4 Nxa3 23. Nh5
$44 {/\Bf6}) 16... Bb5 17. Rf2 (17. Re1 $5 {Dolmatov} Bc4 18. Be3 b6 19. Bf2
$15 {/\Ng3-f1-d2}) 17... Bc4 $1 18. Qg4 (18. Bb1 $4 Nb3 19. Raa2 Nxc1 $19)
18... Bxa2 19. Raxa2 Rf7 20. Nh5 Kf8 $1 (20... Qb6 $2 {Dolmatov} 21. Bh6 Qb1+
22. Rf1 Qxa2 23. Bxg7 $40) 21. Rf3 Nac4 22. Rg3 Qb6 $1 23. Re2 (23. Nxg7 $2 {
Dolmatov} Qb1 24. Ne6+ Ke7 $19) 23... Ke7 {0-1 Milov,V-Psakhis,L/Haifa (07) ,
CBM 46 1995 (47)}) (12... e4 $6 {Dolmatov} 13. c4 b6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Qc2 Nb7
$132) 13. c4 (13. O-O Bb5 14. Re1 e4 15. Bb1 Re8 $15) (13. Rb1 Ne8 (13... a6
14. c4 b5 $132) 14. O-O (14. c4 Nd6 15. Qc2 f5 $13) 14... Nd6) 13... b5 14.
cxb5 Bxb5 15. f3 (15. e4 $1) 15... Rb8 (15... e4 $1 16. fxe4 (16. Bb2 exf3 (
16... Nc4 $1 17. Bxc4 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxe4 Qb2 19. Bxc4) 17... Bxc4 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. Rc1 (19. Nxe4 Qb2 $1 20. Nd2 Bxd5 $15) 19... Bd3 $44 20. fxe4 $1 c4)
17. Qxf3 Nc4 18. Bxf6 Qa5+ 19. Kf2 Qd2+ 20. Kg1 gxf6 $14 21. Nf5 $132) 16...
Re8 17. Bb1 Rb8 $1 18. Bc2 h5 19. Qf3 Nc4 $36) 16. e4 Nd7 17. Rb1 $6 (17. Qc2
$5 Ba6 18. Kf2 Nb6 $13) (17. Nf5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Ng4 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qh3 21.
Bh6+ Kg8 22. Bxf8 Qg2 23. Nf2 Kxf8 $44) 17... Bc4 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Bxc4 (19.
Qa4 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Bxb5 21. Bd2 Nb7 $2 (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Kf2 Rb8 $132)
22. Nf5 $1) 19... Nxc4 20. O-O Nd6 $15 21. Qa4 Qc7 22. f4 $5 (22. Bd2 Rb8 23.
Rc1) 22... f6 (22... c4 23. fxe5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. Bf4 Qd4) 23. h3 Rb8 (
23... c4 24. fxe5 (24. Qc6 Rc8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 $17) (24. Be3 c3 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26.
Qxa7 Qxa7 27. Bxa7 Rc8 $17) 24... Nxe5 25. Be3 c3 26. Rc1 Nd3 27. Rc2 Rb8 28.
Qc6 Rc8 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Bd4) 24. Be3 Nb6 $6 25. Qc6 $8 Qxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27.
fxe5 fxe5 28. Bxc5 Rxc6 29. Bb4 g6 $1 30. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 {Now the game has transposed to a
Nimzo-Indian with 4.e3.} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 {
This is the one of the most important and typical positions in the whole
Nimzo-Indian. Black has given up a bishop for a knight, but in exchange he has
got free development of his pieces and some pressure in the centre.} 9. Ne2 b6
10. O-O Ba6 $1 {It's always good to remember that the advantage of the two
bishops can be reduced by exchanging one of the bishops.} 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Ra2 {One of the two possible setups. As after} (14. Bb2 {
White wants to prepare e4. After this advance his bishop will become much
stronger and also White can get good attacking chances.} c4 (14... Qd7 {
is not enough, because White can already play} 15. e4 $1 {and both of his
centre pawns are protected.}) (14... Rc8 15. Rae1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne7 17. e4 Qc7
18. e5 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. f4 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Qc6 22. f5 $16 {Le Quang Liem 2709
- Nguyen Van Huy 2414 , Ho Chi Minh City VIE 15.3.2014 4th HD Bank Cup 2014}) (
14... Na5 15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Bc1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. e4 b5 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4
Qb6 21. Kh1 f6 22. Nh5 g6 23. Ng3 f5 24. Ne2 Nf8 25. g4 $1 $16 {Ushenina,A
2501 - Zhu Chen 2461 , Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 27.4.2014 World Blitz Women 2014})
15. Qd2 h5 (15... b5 {tries to create counterplay on the queenside quickly.}
16. Rae1 a5 17. Qf2 b4 18. e4 Rb8 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rb3 {
Ushenina,A 2501 - Muminova,N 2321 , Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 9.4.2014 4th WGP 2014})
16. Rae1 h4 17. Nh1 b5 18. Nf2 a5 19. e4 Rb8 20. e5 Nh7 21. f4 b4 22. f5 Qg5)
14... Qd7 15. Re2 ({After} 15. dxc5 bxc5 {,} 16. c4 {is not possible because of
} Ne5) 15... Rad8 16. Bb2 {White has his d- and his e-pawn well protected and
is ready for the advance e4.} h5 $1 {A typical idea in this kind of position
and in general against the knight on g3. It is not so clear how to react to
the black kicker.} 17. Ree1 (17. Rd1 Re6 18. Qf5 h4 19. Nh1 Ne7 20. Qd3 Ng6 21.
Nf2 Rde8 22. Rde1 Qe7 23. Nh3 Qb7 24. a4 Qc6 25. Qb5 Qc7 26. Qb3 R6e7 $11 {
Dzagnidze,N 2557 - Koneru,H 2607 , Beijing CHN 14.12.2013 SportAccord Blitz
Women 2013}) 17... h4 18. Nh1 ({On} 18. Nf5 {I was going to trade knights by}
Ne7 {since} 19. Nxh4 {is not good because of} g5 $1 {and the knight is trapped.
}) 18... h3 19. g4 Nh7 $1 {While preparing this line I was very delighted to
see this idea, which not only allows Black to stop the march of White's pawns,
but also to establish firm control on the kingside.} 20. Ng3 Ng5 {Now if White
plays f4, the e4-square would become weak.} 21. Kh1 Na5 22. Nh5 Re7 23. Nf4
Rde8 {That was the most difficult moment of the game. I understood that I was
better, but concrete continuations did not satisfy me at all. So I spent most
of my time advantage and ended up playing a normal move.} ({Instead the
computer suggests the paradoxical} 23... Ree8 24. Rf2 Nc4 25. Bc1 b5 $17 {
with full control over the position.}) 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Bc1 Ne5 {I went for
this pawn sacrifice since I knew that there is no positional risk and that I
will always have compensation thanks to my better king and active pieces.} 26.
Qe2 (26. Qd1 Rd8 $1 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Nxd5 $5 (28. e4 dxe4 29. Qxd7 Rexd7 $19)
28... Nexf3 29. Rxf3 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17) (26. Qxd5 bxc5 $1 $17) 26... bxc5
27. Rd1 {Here we were both approaching severe time trouble, but Black's play
is much easier and more pleasant.} d4 $3 {The classical pawn breakthrough in
the centre; the key point of this sacrifice is to open the long diagonal for
the black queen.} 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc6 30. Nd5 (30. e4 Nexf3 $19) 30...
Nexf3 $1 (30... Rd7 {was also possible:} 31. Nb4 Qb7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 {and there
is no defence against ...Nexf3.}) 31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ g6 34.
Rd6 Qb7 35. Rd5 Ne5 36. Qb5 Qa8 {White is an exchange up, but he can not stop
Black's attack on the long diagonal.} 37. Kg1 Ngf3+ ({A subtle move like} 37...
Rc7 {didn't come to my mind in time trouble, even if it's very natural to take
the open file.} 38. e4 Qc8 $1 {with a double attack against c1 and g4.}) 38.
Kf2 Nxh2 39. Rh1 a6 40. Qb3 Nhxg4+ 41. Ke2 h2 {The time trouble is over and I
still have to win this game.} 42. e4 Qc6 43. Bd2 (43. Rxe5 Nxe5 44. Rxh2+ Kg7
$19) 43... Kg7 44. Qc3 Qf6 45. Qg3 Rc7 {Threatening ...Rc4.} 46. Rxe5 $5 Nxe5
47. Bc3 Rc4 {The only winning move, but that's enough.} 48. Kd1 Rxe4 49. Rxh2
Qf1+ 50. Kc2 Re2+ 51. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 52. Kb3 f6 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 {#Since Botwinnik, this structure has been considered favourable
for White. Vallejo comes up with an intersting move that, withoug being an
absolute novelty, has never been played at high level so far.} Bg4 ({Black's
id ea is to transfer the bishop to g6 in order to make White's thematic
advance of the e-pawn more difficult. Vallejo might have been inspired by the
following classical and well forgotten game:} 9... Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bh5
12. Rb1 b6 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. g4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Rb2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne7 18.
g5 Ne8 19. e4 Ng6 20. Ne2 f6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. e5 Nh5 23. f4 Qh4 24. Qf3 Kh8
25. Be3 {and a draw was agreed in Reshevsky-Fischer, Los Angeles 1961.
Postponing Bg4 until White has castled seems to make sense, because it
inhibits the plan chosen by Bacrot, but on the other hand White can play 10.f3
first, forcing Black to return to the normal lines of the Sämisch Attack.}) 10.
f3 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. h4 h5 14. O-O Ne7 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. Nxg6 fxg6
17. Rb1 Qxc5 18. c4 dxc4 {#This does not look like a typical drawish position.
While it is easy to understand the players reluctance to embark in an
irrational fight, from the spectator's point of view it is a bit dissapointing
that they didn't play on. White's pair of bishop is compensated by his
inferior development and I suspect that in principle the position is balanced
indeed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khurtsidze, Nino"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Judging from her performance in the opening rounds, it seems apparent that
Georgian star Nino Khurtsidze is not in the best form. Immediately after the
opening, Zhao Xue equalized with Black and, after the benefit of a few
positional inaccuracies of her opponent, was able to emerge much better:} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+
9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bb2 $2 (13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Qf3
$11) 13... Na5 {Zhao made the most of the opportunity and quite confidently
continued pressing her opponent until White finally buckled and resigned.} 14.
Qa4 Rac8 15. Rac1 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rfd8 18. Qa4 Nc4 19. h3 Rd5 20.
e4 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Qf4 22. Rf1 Rd7 23. Bb1 g6 24. Qb4 Rdc7 25. Rb3 Rc4 26. Qe7
R8c7 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qd3 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd1 Re2 32. Rd3
h5 33. h4 Ra2 34. g3 Rc5 35. Rf3 e5 36. Re3 Kf6 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Kf3 Rd5 39. Kg2
Rdd2 40. Rf3 e4 41. Rf4 f5 42. c4 Rab2 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbd7 $6 (
7... c5 $5 {Euwe-Denker (11), Szabo-Kottnauer (12)}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Re8
10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 c5 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. cxd4 a6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. e4 (15. Bb2 $5 {
/\ 16.Rac1}) 15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Bc6 17. d5 Bb5 (17... Ng4 18. dxc6 Qd4+ 19.
Kh1 Qxa1 20. Bb2 Qa2 21. cxb7 Rad8 22. Qc3 Ne5 23. Bxa6 Qe6 24. Qxe5 $18 {_|_})
18. Bb2 $1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 (19. Rf2 $2 Ng4) 19... Bxd3 20. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (20... Qb5
21. a4 $1 Qb3 (21... Qc4 22. Rc1) 22. Rf3) 21. Nh5 Re5 $8 {/\ 22.Qh6, 22.Nxf6+}
22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Qxd3 $16 {->,o^} Qh6 (23... Rc8) 24. Qh3 $1 Rd8 25. Rf1 {
/\ 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Ne8+ Rxe8 28.Rxf7+ +-} Qg5 (25... Qg6 $2 26. Rf3) 26. Qf3 Qg6
27. Ng3 Rd7 28. Qc3 Qd6 29. Nf5 Qc7 (29... Rc7 $2 30. Qg3+ Qg6 31. d6 $1 Qxg3
32. dxc7 $1 Qd3 (32... Qc3 33. c8=Q $1 Qxc8 34. Ne7+ $18) 33. Rc1 $1) 30. Qg3+
Ng6 31. Qg5 (31. h4 $6 Qc4) 31... Qd8 (31... Qc4 32. Rc1 f6 33. Qh6 $18) 32.
Nh6+ Kg7 33. Rf6 (33. Rxf7+ $2 Rxf7 {/\ 34...Rf1#} 34. Nxf7 Qa5) (33. Nxf7 $1
Qxg5 34. Nxg5 Nf8 $18) 33... Qa5 $1 (33... Qxf6 $2 34. Nf5+ $18) 34. Rf1 Qxa3
$2 (34... Qd8 $5 35. Nxf7 $16) 35. Nf5+ Kg8 (35... Kf8 36. Rc1 $1 $18) 36. Qf6
Qf8 (36... Kf8 37. d6 Ke8 38. Qg7 Nf8 39. Qg8 $18) 37. Rc1 {/\Rc8} Rd8 38. Rc7
{/\ 39.Rxf7} 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim Olympia Trainingsturnier"]
[Site "Bad Nauheim"]
[Date "1936.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1936.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)DSB 1936,S.172-3, 182. Der 20-jährige Keres ist die Überraschung
des Turnieres. Zwar war er schon durch Warschau 1935 und einige kleinere
Veranstaltungen bekannt, aber auf die erste bis zweite Stelle haben ihn wohl
wenige eingeschätzt. Er hat gutes Wissen, spielt unternehmend und und ist
erfinderisch auch in schlechten Stellungen.} e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bc2 (
11. f3) 11... Nc6 12. Re1 (12. f3 $142 {[%cal Gf1f2] Stahlberg}) 12... Re8 13.
f3 Rc8 14. dxc5 (14. Ng3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Qxd4 Rc4 18. Qb2
$11) 14... bxc5 15. Ng3 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $15 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19.
Ba4 (19. Bd3 $2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe1+ 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nb3 $1 $19 {Richter,K
}) 19... Qe5 20. Rb1 Nd5 21. Bb2 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Kh1 (23. Ne4) 23... h5
24. Bd7 Rd3 (24... h4 $142 25. Nf1 (25. Ne4 Be2 $19) 25... Ne2 26. Bh3 Bd3 27.
Ra1 Nf4 $19) 25. Qa4 Bb7 $15 {[#]} 26. Ne4 $2 (26. Qc4 Rxa3 (26... Re3 27. Rxb7
Re1+ 28. Nf1 Ne2 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Bf5+ Kh6 31. Qh8+ Kg5 {Keres} 32. h4+ Kf4 33.
Rb4+ Kxf5 34. Qxh5+ Kf6 35. Qxe5+ Kxe5 36. Kh2 $16 {RR}) (26... Rb3 27. Rxb3
Nxb3 $15) 27. Rxb7 Ra1+ 28. Nf1 Qd5 (28... Ne2 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Bf5+ $18) 29.
Rb8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ g6 31. g4 Qxd7 $15) 26... Bxe4 $19 27. fxe4 (27. Qxa7 Nxf3
28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 $19) 27... Nf3 $19 (27... Nf3 28. gxf3 Rd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 (7. f3)
7... d5 (7... b6 $5) 8. cxd5 Qxd5 {Bogoljubow-Reshevsky, Nottingham 1936} (8...
exd5 {Euwe-Denker (11), Szabo-Kottnauer (12)}) 9. Nf3 (9. Qf3 {Bogoljubow})
9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nbd7 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O e5 $2 (13... b6 $8) 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 $1 Nfg4 16. dxe5 f6 $8 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Qh5 f5 18. Qe2 $1
$18) 17. Qc2 h6 18. Qe2 fxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Qe4 $1) 19. Bg3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qc5
21. Rad1 $2 (21. Rab1 $142 {/\ Rb5+/-}) (21. Bg6 $5) (21. Qe4 $5) 21... Nf6 {
[/\ 22...Bg4]} 22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Rc1 e4 $2 {>=} (23... Re7) 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25.
Rxe4 Bf5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qb3 b6 28. h3 Rc8 29. Bf4 Be4 30. Be3 (30. Qg3 Rc6
{/\ 31...Rg6}) 30... Qf5 31. f3 Bb7 (31... Bxf3 $2 32. Rf1) 32. Bf2 Re8 33. Rd1
Qf7 34. Qa4 Qg6 35. c5 $1 $18 {[/\ 36.Rd6]} bxc5 36. Qb3+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7
38. Rd7+ $2 $10 (38. Bxc5 $18) 38... Re7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Bxc5+ Ke8 41. Bxa7
h5 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Kg3 Ba6 44. Kh4 g6 45. g3 Be2 46. f4 Bd3 47. Kg5 Bf5 48. h4
Bd3 49. Kf6 Kc8 50. a4 Kb7 51. Bd4 Ka6 52. Be3 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal Brighton"]
[Site "Brighton"]
[Date "1984.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Condie, Mark L"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1984.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 $5 (
7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 $14) 8. Bb2 (8. dxe5 dxc4 $1 9. exf6 (9. Bxc4 Qxd1+
10. Kxd1 Ng4 $10) 9... Qxd3 $13) (8. cxd5 $5) 8... e4 9. Be2 c6 10. h4 Nbd7 11.
cxd5 (11. Qb3 $5 Nb6 12. c5 Nc4 $5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Be6 15. Qa4 b5 $44)
11... cxd5 12. Nh3 (12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 $15) 12... Nb6 13. Nf4 Nc4 $1 14.
Qb3 b5 $1 15. a4 (15. Qxb5 $2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 $19) 15... Bg4 16. Ba3 Re8 17.
Bxc4 (17. axb5 $2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 a6 $1 19. bxa6 $2 Rxa6 $17) (17. Bxg4 $6 Nxg4
18. axb5 Qd7 $1 (18... a6 19. Bc1 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxb5 $13) 19. O-O Reb8
$15) 17... bxc4 18. Qc2 Nh5 $1 $17 19. Nxh5 Bxh5 20. Rb1 Re6 21. Rb7 (21. Rb5
$142) 21... Rg6 22. Kf1 h6 (22... Rxg2 $142 $1 $19 23. Kxg2 Bf3+ 24. Kg1 Qc8
25. Kh2 Qxb7 $19) 23. Rh3 Bg4 (23... Bf3 $142 $1 24. Rh2 Qc8 $1 25. Rb2 Bxg2+
26. Rxg2 $2 Qh3 $19) 24. h5 Rg5 25. Rg3 (25. Rh4 $5) 25... Rxh5 $1 26. Rxg4 Qc8
$1 $19 27. Rxe4 Qxb7 28. Re7 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Qc8 30. f3 Rb8 31. Bd6 Rb6 32. Be5
Rhb1 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:01:
59]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:03:01]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 8.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} b6 {[%emt 0:
04:49]} 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Re8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 13. Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c4 {[%emt 0:10:
21]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (15. Qe2 h5 16. Rae1 Ne7 17. e4 h4 18. Nh1 Ng6
19. Nf2 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 (19) Rakhmanov,A (2603)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2523) Panama
City 2013}) 15... b5 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 16. Rae1 {[%emt 0:02:52]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:
00]} 17. Qf2 $146 {[%emt 0:42:00]} (17. e4 Qb6 18. Kh1 b4 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4
bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qb3 22. Ra1 Rab8 23. f5 f6 24. Nh5 fxe5 25. dxe5 Ndxe5 26. Qg5
Qb7 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rae1 d4 30. Bxd4 h6 31. Qh5 Qb8 32. Bc3 Kh7
33. f6 Ng6 34. fxg7 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Nce7 36. Qxa5 Qb7 37. Qb4 Qc7 38. Qb5 {
1-0 (38) Yakovich,Y (2549)-Frolochkin,V (2331) St Petersburg 2011}) 17... b4 {
[%emt 0:08:41]} 18. e4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 19. e5 {[%emt 0:
05:53]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:05:06]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 21.
Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Re3 {[%emt 0:13:07]} Nc5 23.
dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} d4 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 24. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 25. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 26. Rg3 {
[%emt 0:02:27]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:
07:53]} 28. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:08:54] Muminova's opening was
good and she had adequate counterplay. She made some strange decisions and
ended in a rook endgame down a pawn, but it was possible that she adequate
resources to draw the game. Unfortunately for her she missed some key White
pawn advances and she found herself helpless against Ushenina's passed e-pawn.}
29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 30. Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nd4 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} 31. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Nxb5 {
[%emt 0:05:33]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 34. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 35. Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:30]}
Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 37. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:04:55]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 38. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 39. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} 42. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 43. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:02:
24]} 44. f5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 45. f6 {[%emt 0:10:57]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 46. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 47. e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 48. e7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 {Weiß deckt den Pc3, um den Aufbau mit Nf3 und Bd3 zu
ermöglichen, verlangsamt aber damit die Entwicklung seines Königsflügels, was
Schwarz erfolgreich ausnutzen kann.} (9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6) (9. Ne2 Nc6 {/\e5}
) 9... Qa5 $1 {N} (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. cxd4 e4 14.
Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qf4 Qb5 $44 {Addison,W-Reshevsky,S/
Palma de Mallorca izt (11) 1970}) (9... Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. e4 e5
13. d5 Na5 14. h3 c4 15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. O-O Ba6 18. Ne1 Rad8 {1/2-1/2
Petrosian,T-Najdorf,M/Buenos Aires 29/(546) 1979}) 10. Qd2 (10. Nf3 cxd4 11.
exd4 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 b5 16. Nd2 Nbd7 $10 {
Milov,V-Granda Zuniga,J/Buenos Aires Najdorf (06) ;CBM 53 1996}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Rc1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. c4 (14. O-O $2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. exd4
Nb6 $17) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 bxc4 16. Rxc4 (16. Bxc4 Ne4+ 17. Ke2 Nb6 18. Bd3
(18. Bb5 $2 c4 {/\a6}) 18... c4 $36) 16... Ne4+ 17. Bxe4 (17. Ke2 $2 Ba6 18.
Rc2 cxd4 19. Rxc8 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Nxf2+ 21. Ke2 Rxc8 22. Kxf2 Rc2+ $17) 17...
Bxe4 18. Rhc1 Bd5 19. Ra4 $2 {Der erste und gleichzeitig der entscheidende
Fehler. Wahrscheinlich glaubte Weiß besser zu stehen, obwohl es an der Zeit
war, das Gleichgewicht aufrecht zu erhalten.} (19. R4c3 Nf6) (19. R4c2 {>=} Be4
(19... Rfd8 20. Ke2) 20. Rc4 $10) 19... Nb6 $17 20. Rxa7 Nc4+ 21. Rxc4 (21. Kc3
cxd4+ 22. exd4 Rc6 $1 $17 {/\Rb8}) (21. Kc2 cxd4 22. Bxd4 (22. exd4 Be4+ 23.
Kc3 Na5+ 24. Kd2 Nb3+ $19) 22... Nxe3+ 23. Kd2 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Nxg2 $17) 21...
Bxc4 22. Ne5 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bb3 $1 24. Nd7 Rfd8 25. Bb6 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 $19
27. Kc3 Bd5 28. Kb4 Bxg2 29. a4 f6 30. a5 Kf7 31. Bc5 Rd8 32. Nb6 Rd2 33. Nc4
Rxf2 34. a6 Ra2 35. a7 Bc6 36. h4 Kg6 37. Bb6 Kh5 38. Kc5 Bd5 39. Nd6 Kxh4 40.
Ne8 Rc2+ 41. Kd4 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 Rg4 43. Nc7 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Nf3 (10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nf3 Rac8
$15 {Milov,V-Tiviakov,S/Buenos Aires Najdorf/1996}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12.
a4 {N} (12. O-O Ba6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 b5 16. Nd2 Nbd7 $10 {
Milov,V-Granda Zuniga,J/Buenos Aires Najdorf/1996}) 12... Ba6 13. Nd2 Rc8 14.
Bxa6 Qxa6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. O-O {/\17.a5 ba5 18.Bc3} (16. a5 $2 bxa5 17. Bc3 (17.
O-O Nb6 18. c5 Nbd5 $15 {/\Rab8}) 17... Nb6 18. c5 e5 $36) 16... Qa5 17. Re1
Rc7 $10 18. Re3 Rac8 19. Rb3 $1 (19. Bc3 Qa6 (19... Qf5 $5) 20. a5 (20. Qb3
Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 $44) 20... b5 21. c5 Nd5 22. Rg3 N7f6 $10 (22... Nxc3 23.
Rxc3 e5 24. Ne4 exd4 25. Qxd4 $14)) 19... Ne8 20. Rb5 Qa6 21. Ba3 Ndf6 22. Qb3
Rd7 23. Nf3 Ne4 (23... Nd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. a5 Rdc6 26. Ra4 $14) 24. c5 bxc5 (
24... Nc7 $5 25. Re1 Nf6 26. c6 Rd5 27. Rxd5 Ncxd5 28. Ne5 Qa5 $13) 25. dxc5
Rdc7 26. Qe3 $2 (26. Rc1 N8f6 $13 (26... N8d6 27. Rb8 $14)) 26... N8f6 27. Ne5
$2 (27. Bb4 Rb7 28. Rxb7 (28. Nd4 e5 29. Nc2 Rxb5 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Rxa7 Qc4
$17) 28... Qxb7 29. Qd4 Qd5 30. Rc1 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Nd5 32. Ba3 Nec3 {/\e5} 33.
Kf1 Nxa4 34. c6 a6 $15) (27. Bb2 Rxc5 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 $15) 27...
Rd8 $2 (27... Qxa4 $1 28. Rb4 Qa5 $1 (28... Qc2 $2 29. Rc4 $16) (28... Qa6 29.
Bb2 Rd8 $8 30. h3 Qc8 31. Rxe4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxc5 33. Rxa7 Rc7 $10) 29. Rxe4 (
29. Qe1 Rxc5 $17) 29... Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxc5 31. Nf3 (31. f4 Rd5 $17) 31... Rc4
$17) 28. Qb3 Nd5 $4 29. Qc4 $18 {/\Rb8} Rcc8 (29... Nd6 30. Rb8 $1 $18) (29...
Rdc8 30. Qxe4 Nc3 31. Qd3 Nxb5 32. axb5 $18) 30. Qxe4 Nc3 31. Qf3 Nxb5 32. axb5
Qxb5 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 (9. Nf3) 9... Nc6 10. Ng3 {N} (10. O-O e5 11. Bb2 (
11. Ba2 $5 cxd4 $6 (11... Be6 $5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qd5 $10) 12. cxd4 exd4
13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Qd6 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Bb1 $14 {Knaak,R-Lucacs,P/Leipzig/
1983/}) 11... Be6 (11... Bf5 12. f3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Ba2 Be6 $15 {Hoi,
C-Romanishin,O/Plovdiv EUchT 1983}) (11... Qb6 {Dolmatov} 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. f3
Bh5 $13) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qd5 14. Qa2 (14. c4 Na5 15. cxd5 Nxb3 16. Rad1
exd4 17. dxe6 Rae8 18. exd4 Rxe6 19. Nc1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 $15 {
Groszpeter,A-Ehlvest,J/Saint John op-2 1988}) 14... Qxa2 15. Rxa2 Rac8 $10)
10... e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Ba2 {Die Idee des 10. Zuges von Weiß wird nun klar -
12...c4? wird mit 13.e4 beantwortet, mit weißem Vorteil.} Ne8 $1 {Ein
typisches Manöver. Der Pd5 wird blockiert, und Schwarz nimmt den wichtigen
Punkt c4 unter Kontrolle.} (12... e4 $6 {Dolmatov} 13. c4 b6 14. Bb2 Re8 15.
Qc2 Nb7 $132) 13. e4 (13. Ne4 $6 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Re1 f5 16. Nd2 Nd6 $15) (
13. c4 $5 {Dolmatov} Nd6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rc1 $132 {/\Bb1}) 13... Nd6
14. O-O f6 15. f4 Bd7 16. f5 $2 {Sehr optimistisch gespielt. Bald wird sich
aber hesrausstellen, daß der von Weiß geplante Angriff keine Durchschlagskraft
hat. Besser war es, die Spannung zu halten.} (16. Be3 b6 (16... exf4 17. Bxf4
Bb5 18. Rf2 $14) 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qh5 Nac4 (18... Qe7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5
$13) 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bg5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Qe8 22. Qh4 Nxa3 23. Nh5 $44 {/\Bf6})
16... Bb5 17. Rf2 (17. Re1 $5 {Dolmatov} Bc4 18. Be3 b6 19. Bf2 $15 {
/\Ng3-f1-d2}) 17... Bc4 $1 {Schwarz tauscht die Läufer ab, um das spätere
Eindringen seiner Dame zu ermöglichen.} 18. Qg4 (18. Bb1 $4 Nb3 19. Raa2 Nxc1
$19) 18... Bxa2 19. Raxa2 Rf7 20. Nh5 Kf8 $1 {Ein Schritt nach dem anderen
verläßt der schwarze König sein Versteck - im Zentrum fühlt er sich in
Sicherheit.} (20... Qb6 $2 {Dolmatov} 21. Bh6 Qb1+ 22. Rf1 Qxa2 23. Bxg7 $40)
21. Rf3 Nac4 22. Rg3 Qb6 $1 {Es ist an der Zeit, Weiß an seinen schwachen
Damenflügel zu erinnern.} 23. Re2 (23. Nxg7 $2 {Dolmatov} Qb1 24. Ne6+ Ke7 $19)
23... Ke7 24. Re1 (24. Nxg7 $2 Rg8 25. Bh6 Ne8 $19) 24... Rg8 25. Qe2 (25. Bh6
$5 {Dolmatov} Ne8 26. Qd1 Qb2 $6 27. d6+ Ncxd6 28. Qd5 $132) 25... Qb3 26. Bh6
Ne8 (26... g6 $2 {wäre zu früh:} 27. Qg4 {/\fxg6,Qe6} g5 28. h4 gxh4 29. Qxh4
Rxg3 30. Qxg3 $13) 27. Qd3 Ncd6 (27... Nxa3 28. d6+ Kd7 (28... Nxd6 29. Bxg7)
29. Ra1 $44) 28. Bc1 Qc4 29. Qc2 $2 (29. Qxc4 Nxc4 $17 {_|_}) (29. Qf3 {>=} Kd8
$15 {/\Kc8-b8. Nachdem sich der König auf dem Damenflügel versteckt, kann
Schwarz den Durchbruch g7-g6 planen.}) 29... g6 $1 {Die weiße Dame hat sich
vom Königsflügel entfernt und Schwarz nutzt seine Möglichkeit. Der Nh5 ist
plötzlich in Gefahr.} 30. Qd1 $2 (30. Rg4 $2 Nxf5) (30. Bh6 Kd8 $1 (30... Rh8
31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 Rfh7 33. Nxf6 Nxf6 34. Bg7 $13) 31. h3 Rh8 32. fxg6 hxg6
33. Rxg6 Rfh7 $17) 30... Rff8 (30... Nxe4 $2 {Dolmatov} 31. Rg4 N8d6 32. Ng3
Nxc3 33. Rxc4 Nxd1 34. Rxc5 $18) 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qg5+ (33. exf5 {
Dolmatov} Qxg4 34. Rxg4 gxh5 35. Rxe5+ Kd7 36. Rxg8 Rxg8 $19) 33... Kd7 34. Qh6
Nxe4 35. Rxg6 Qxc3 36. Rd1 (36. Rf1 {Dolmatov} Qd4+ 37. Be3 Rxg6 $19) 36... Rh8
$19 37. Rg7+ Nxg7 38. Qxg7+ Kc8 39. d6 Nxd6 40. Nf6 Nf7 41. Nd5 Qb3 42. Ne7+
Kb8 43. Rf1 f4 44. Qg4 Qc2 45. Bxf4 exf4 46. Qxf4+ Ka8 47. Nd5 a6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 b6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5
15. e4 h4 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nxh4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Rf4 Qe7 {[#]What is Black
doing? Can't White pin and win with 20.Re1?} 20. Nxg6 $1 {Navara is tactically
very alert.} ({After} 20. Re1 $2 {Black wins with the hidden counter} Nf2 21.
Rxe7 Nxd3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {But after 20...hxg6 21.Re1 Black cannot play ...Nf2
because g6 is hanging with check.}) 20... Qg5 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxg6 23.
Qe2 Rd8 24. Rf1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qe6 26. Qf2 Rd5 27. Re1 Qf5 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Qh4+
Qh5 30. Qf6 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Ke3 Qb3+ 33. Kf4 Rd8 34. Re3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.15"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ra2 (12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Rf2 Qc7 14.
g4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rac8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba4 Red8 19. Bd2 Qb7 20. Bb5
Nb8 21. Qb3 Ne8 22. Be1 Nd6 23. Bh4 Rf8 24. Bd3 {Spassky,B-Stoliar,E/URS-ch24
Moscow (21)/1957/1-0 (42)}) (12. Bb1 Nc6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Ra2 Na5
16. Rf2 Nc4 17. Bd3 Bb5 18. Nf5 Ba4 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. e4 Nd7 22. e5
Qe6 23. f4 f5 24. g4 $40 {Hempson,P.W-Gavrilovic,M/GB-ch Rhyl (09) 20.viii/
1969/1-0 (47)}) 12... Qc8 (12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6) 13. Bb1 Bc4 14. Rb2 Qa6 15.
Re1 Nbd7 (15... Qxa3 16. Rxb6 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Qxc3 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20.
Bb2 $36) 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Ng3 Nb6 19. e4 (19. dxc5 Na4 20. Ra2 Qc6
21. Ne2 Qd7 $13) 19... cxd4 (19... Na4 20. Rb3 $36) 20. cxd4 Na4 21. Rb3 dxe4
22. fxe4 Rac8 23. e5 Nd5 (23... Nc3 $2 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. exf6 $16) 24. Qh5 g6
25. Qh6 f5 (25... Nac3 $2 26. Nh5 $1 gxh5 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Bg6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+
Kf8 30. Qxf7#) 26. Nxf5 $1 Rc7 (26... gxf5 27. Rg3+ $18) 27. Nd6 Qxd6 28. exd6
Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rf7+ 30. Rf3 $1 (30. Kxe1 $2 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rf2+ 32. Kd1 Nac3+ 33.
Rxc3 (33. Ke1 Rf1+ 34. Kd2 Rf2+ $10) 33... Nxc3+ 34. Ke1 Re2+ 35. Kf1 Rc2+ 36.
Ke1 (36. Kg1 Rxc1+ $1 37. Kf2 Rxb1 38. Qh4 $13) 36... Re2+ $10) 30... Rf1+ 31.
Kg3 Nac3 32. Rxf1 Bxf1 33. Bxg6 $1 Ne2+ (33... hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Rg7 35. Qxg7+
Kxg7 36. d7 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 $18) 34. Kh4 Rg7 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 e5 11. e4 $5 {N} (11. O-O b6 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. e4
cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Bh4 g5 18. Qd2 $40 {Greenfeld,
A-Shrentzel/Beersheba/1988/  ->CBM 09}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. O-O Nc6
14. h3 (14. f4 Ng4 {/\ Ne3}) 14... Re8 15. Ng3 {/\ f4, e5 ->} Ne5 16. Bf4 (16.
f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc3 $1) 16... Bd7 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qa5 (18... Qe7 $5) 19.
e5 Nd5 20. Qh5 h6 (20... g6 21. Qh6 {/\ Ne4 ->}) 21. Ne4 Re7 (21... Ne3 22. Rf3
$40 (22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxh6 f5 $8 24. Rf3 Re6 $13)) 22. Rf3 Ne3 23. Rg3 Kh8 24.
Rg5 $1 Bb5 25. e6 f5 $8 26. Rxf5 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxe6 28. Nf6 $2 (28. Nf2 $1 Re1+
29. Kh2 Bxd3 30. Qxa5 $18) 28... Re1+ (28... Bxd3 29. Qxa5 Rxf6 30. Rd1 $16)
29. Kh2 Bxd3 30. Qxa5 Rxa1 31. Qd2 (31. Nd7 $5 Bh7) 31... Rxa3 32. Nh5 Rg8 33.
Qb4 Ra2 34. Ng3 $138 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. Rb1 {N; 11.Bb2; 11.Qc2; 11.a4} Qc7 12. Ba2
Rd8 13. Qc2 b6 14. Ng3 exd4 $6 (14... Be6 $5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 $10) 15. cxd4 cxd4
16. exd4 Be6 (16... Rxd4 17. Bb2 Rd6 18. Be5 $1) 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 $1 (18.
Be3 Rac8 $10) 18... Rac8 (18... Rxd4 19. Rbc1 Rc8 20. Bxf6 gxf6) 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Rbc1 Rxd4 (20... Qd7 $2 21. Ne4 Qxd4 22. Rfd1 Qe5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxc6
$18) 21. Rfe1 Qf7 (21... Qd7 22. Ne4 Kf7 23. Re3 $16) 22. Qc3 Rdd8 (22... Rd5
23. Ne4 $40) 23. Ne4 e5 (23... Ne5 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kg7 26. Rec1 $16)
24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qh4 $1 Nd4 (25... Rf8 26. Nd6) (25... f5 26. Rxc6 $1) 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Nxf6 Qg6 28. Ng4 $1 Ne2+ (28... Nf5 29. Qh3 $18) 29. Kh1 Nf4 30. h3
Re8 (30... h5 31. Rxe5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qb1 33. Qf6+ $18) 31. Rd1 Qg7 (31... h5 32.
Rd7 Qc6 33. Qf6+ Qxf6 34. Nxf6 $18) 32. Rd8 Rg8 33. Rxg8+ Qxg8 (33... Kxg8 34.
Nh6+ Kf8 35. Qd8#) 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ Qg8 36. Qe7 Ng6 37. Qxa7 Qe6 38. Qb8+
Kg7 39. Qc7+ Kh8 40. Nh6 Qf6 (40... Nf4 41. Qxe5+ Qxe5 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Nxe5
$18) 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. g3 $1 h5 45. h4 Kg8 46. Kg2 Nf8
47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qb7+ Kg8 49. Ne7+ Kh8 50. Nd5 Qd6 51. Qf7 Ng6 52. Nf6 {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 (4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bb5
$36 {Spraggett}) 4... Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2
b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. f3 Re8 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Ra2 {N} (14. Ng3) 14...
Nc7 15. g4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Nxa6 17. Nf4 Nc7 (17... h6 18. h4 $14) 18. a4 Ne6 19.
Nd3 Rec8 20. Bd2 Ne8 21. Be1 Nd6 22. Bg3 Nc4 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Kg2 Rac8 25. h4 h6
(25... f5 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. e4 $16) (25... cxd4 $5 26. cxd4 Na5 27. g5 Rc3 $14)
26. Rae2 Rfd8 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Rde1 Re7 (28... Red8 $5) 29. f4 Nf8 30. f5 Nd7
31. g5 Rce8 32. Kf3 Re4 33. Nf2 (33. Nf4 Nd6 34. Nxd5 Nxf5) 33... R4e7 34. Bf4
cxd4 35. cxd4 Nb8 $6 (35... h5) 36. gxh6 Nc6 37. hxg7 Kxg7 38. f6+ (38. Rg1+ $5
Kh7 39. Ng4 Nxd4+ 40. exd4 Rxe2 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Bh6 Nd2+ 43. Bxd2 Rxd2 44.
Nxe8 $18) 38... Kxf6 39. Bg5+ Ke6 40. Bxe7 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Qc8 $1 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3
Qb7 15. Ra2 Re6 16. Re2 Rae8 17. Rfe1 h5 18. Qf5 (18. e4 h4) 18... g6 19. Qf4
Qd7 20. Bb2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rc6 22. e4 Nc7 23. Nf1 (23. e5 $5) 23... a5 24. h3
Kg7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Ne6 27. Qe3 Rh8 28. Ng3 Kf8 29. e5 Ng8 30. f4 Ng7 $1
31. Qf3 Nh6 32. Rh2 Kg8 33. f5 (33. Rh4 Rc2) 33... gxf5 34. g5 Ng4 35. Rxh8+
Kxh8 36. Ne2 $2 (36. Re2 $15) 36... Rc2 37. Qb3 Qc6 38. Bc3 (38. Nc3 Rd2 $1)
38... Ne3 $1 39. Kf2 f4 40. Rh1+ Kg8 41. Rh6 Qc8 {Ftacnik,L} (41... Qc8 42.
Qxb6 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Qg4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dos Santos, Ramiro"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({
More reliable is the continuation} 7... Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O
11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 {which allows Black to
equalize without any problems,e.g.} 15. Nh3 ({or} 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. Kf2 Rc8 17.
Nd4 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 Nc5 {1-0 Moskalenko,V-Vaisser,A/Mesa 1992/TD (74)}) 15...
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O Nac5 18. Qb4 Ra5 19. Rfd1 Rfa8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Paramos
Dominguez,R-Campos Moreno,J/Pontevedra 1992/TD (60)}) 8. e3 O-O ({After} 8...
Bf5 9. Ne2 (9. g4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nfd7 $5 11. Ne2 h5 12. gxh5 Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Nc6 $13
{1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Shneider,A/Sverdlovsk 1984/EXT 99 (36)}) 9... O-O {
White gains space on the kingside by} 10. g4 Be6 (10... Bg6 11. Nf4 Nc6 12. Bg2
Rc8 13. O-O Na5 14. Ra2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Ivanchuk,V/Lvov 1988/CBM 007 
(35)}) 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Ra2 $1 Nc4 16. Rg2
Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. f4 Nf8 19. f5 Bd7 20. Qf3 $36 {1-0 Vukcevich,M-Seirawan,Y/
USA 1979/EXT 2004 (28)}) 9. Bd3 b6 {The exchange of bishops Bc8-a6 is Black´s
usual reaction in this line.} ({An alternative is here} 9... Nc6 10. Ne2 Re8
11. O-O Bd7 12. Ng3 Rc8 {when is possible} 13. Ra2 Qa5 $5 14. Rb2 $5 (14. Bd2
Qc7) 14... Nd8 15. Bd2 Qxa3 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qe7 (17... Qd6 18. Bb4 Qc7
19. e4) 18. e4 $44 {1-0 Knaak,R-Garcia Martinez,S/Leipzig 1983/EXT 2001 (30)})
10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 {This move accelerates Black´s development.} ({Logical
looks instead} 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 $1 Rc8 15. Rad1 ({
or} 15. Rae1) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. e4 {with initiative.}) 11... Nxa6 12.
O-O Nc7 (12... Re8 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. Ra2 c4 {0-1 Kluss,K-Budnikov,A/
Wuerzburg 1992/EXT 97 (46)} {is not so good in view of} 16. Qf5 $5 Re6 17. Re2
Rae8 18. Rfe1 {/\ e3-e4.}) 13. Ng3 Re8 14. e4 $6 {An unsuccessful novelty.} ({
Black has adequate counterplay in case of} 14. Ra2 Qd7 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Bb2 Nb5
17. Qb1 Qc6 $132 {/\ Nd6, 1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Kishnev,S/Cappelle la Grande
1993/TD (34)}) ({therefore stronger is} 14. Qd3 Ne6 (14... Qd7 15. e4 Qb5 16.
Qe3 $5 {0-1 Pavlovic-Cappello,R/Imperia 1971/EXT 2001 (68)}) 15. Bb2 Qd7 16.
Rad1 {when in my opinion Black must continue} cxd4 $1 (16... Rad8 $143 $6 17.
e4 $1 $146 dxe4 (17... cxd4 18. e5) 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 20. cxd4 $44
(20. Nh5 $5)) 17. cxd4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Utnasunov,A-Minasjan,S/
Krasnodar 2001/EXT 2002 (37) with unclear play.}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 dxe4 16.
fxe4 $2 {Too optimistic because White is unable to create any real threats on
the kingside.} ({The best chance was} 16. Bg5 e3 $5 (16... exf3 17. Nh5 Ncd5
18. Qxf3 Re6 19. Rae1) 17. Qd3 Ne6 18. Bxe3 Nd5 {accepting a worse position.})
16... Nxe4 17. Nf5 Re6 $6 {The planning manoeuvre Nc7-e8 is dubious.} ({
Much stronger was} 17... f6 $1 18. Qg4 g6 $17) 18. Qg4 Ne8 19. d5 $1 {[%cal
Gc1b2,Gb2g7] Sacrificing the d-pawn is part of White´s plan and allows to
activate his bishop.} Qxd5 20. Bb2 Qd2 ({To unclear situation leads} 20... f6
21. Rad1 Qc5+ 22. Bd4 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qd5 (23... Qd7 24. Rce1 Ng5 25. Be3 $44) 24.
Rcd1 Kh8 25. Bxb6 Qb3 26. Bd4) 21. Nxg7 $2 (21. Bxg7 $2 {would be met by} h5
22. Nh6+ (22. Qxh5 $2 Nxg7 23. Nxg7 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ $19) 22... Qxh6 23. Qxe4
Rxe4 24. Bxh6 Rc8 $17) ({but correct was} 21. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf5h6,Gf3f7]} f6
22. Nd4 $1 Re7 (22... Re5 {will cost Black an exchange after} 23. Rab1 {/\ Nb3}
) 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Nd4 {with repetition of moves.}) 21... N8f6 22. Qf3 (22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. Rxf6 (23. Qf3 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Kxg7 25. Qxa8 Ne4 $1 $17 {threatening Ng3+
or Nf2+}) 23... Rxf6 24. Nf5+ Rg6 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 $17) 22... Qxb2 (
22... Kxg7 23. Bxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxa8 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Ne4 $1 $17 {transposes to the
variation above.}) 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rac1 $6 ({White should have tried} 24.
Rae1 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Qf4) 24... Rd8 25. Rc7 Rd5 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27. Rc7+ Kg6
28. Qe3 Rg5 29. Rxf6+ ({The desperation since} 29. g3 Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Ng4+ 31.
Kg1 Nxe3 32. Rf3 Nxg3 $1 {is completely hopeless for White.}) 29... Nxf6 30.
Qd3+ Kh6 31. Qh3+ Nh5 32. Qxe6+ Qf6 33. Qe3 Nf4 34. g3 Nd5 35. Qd2 Nxc7 36. h4
Ne6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Gavrikov,V"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 ({In my opinion
preferable is} 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 {with
comfortable play for Black.}) 7. cxd5 exd5 ({More popular is} 7... cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6) 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... cxd4 $142 9. axb4 (9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O Nc6
$11) 9... dxc3 10. Nxc3 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A-Belikov,V/
Spasskoe 1996/EXT 99 (44)}) 9. bxc3 {Usually this position arises via move
order 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2. The
possibility to realize e3-e4 gives White better prospects although some
accuracy is required.} b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 (11. Bxa6 Nxa6 {only assists
Black to solve opening problems,e.g.} 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. f3 Re8 14. Ng3 Ne6 15.
Bb2 Qd7 16. Rad1 cxd4 $1 17. cxd4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Qa4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Utnasunov,
A-Minasjan,S/Krasnodar 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) 11... Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6
14. Ra2 $6 {White loses important time for the manoeuvre Ra2-e2.} ({Instead is
necessary to prepare as soon as possible the advance e3-e4 by} 14. Bb2 $1 Rc8
15. Rad1 $5 ({or} 15. Rae1) {which allows to seize the initiative after} 15...
cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. e4) 14... Qd7 15. Re2 Re6 $6 {Not the best.} ({The
correct reaction is} 15... Rad8 16. Bb2 h5 $1 17. Rd1 h4 18. Nf5 c4 19. Qc2 Ne7
$1 20. Nxe7+ (20. Nxh4 $4 g5 $19) 20... Rxe7 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rde8 23. Rde1
h3 $1 24. e5 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Milov,V-Campora,D/Andorra 2001/CBM 083 ext (49)}) 16.
Bb2 Rd8 17. Rd1 g6 18. Ree1 $6 ({Missing the suitable moment for} 18. e4 $1
dxe4 19. fxe4 h5 {and here deserves attention} 20. Qc2 $5 $36 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (
20. Ree1 $6 Qe7 {transposes to the game when bad is} 21. Qf3 $2 h4 22. Nf1 Nxe4
23. d5 Ng5 24. Qf2 Rxd5 $19 {0-1 Borg,G-Kunte,A/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (40)}))
18... h5 19. e4 $6 {Now this is dubious because e4-pawn becomes vulnerable.}
dxe4 20. fxe4 Qe7 $1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh5h4]} 21. Qf1 {Other moves are worse.}
({About} 21. Qf3 $2 {-see comment above}) ({White could try to protect
indirectly his e4-pawn by} 21. Qb5 h4 22. Nf1 {but the ending after} Nxe4 $1 (
22... Rxe4 $6 23. Qxc6 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qxe1 25. Qxf6) 23. Rxe4 (23. d5 $2 Nd6)
23... Rxe4 24. Qxc6 Re2 25. Bc1 h3 $1 26. gxh3 Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c1]} 27. Bd2
cxd4 28. Re1 Qc5 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. Bg5 Rd6 31. cxd4 cxd4 {is in Black´s favour.
}) 21... Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Re1 Qf5 (24... Qc2 $5 25. Re2 Qb3
26. Qf6 $140 Qc4 $1 27. Re1 cxd4 28. cxd4 Qd5 $15) 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. dxc5 bxc5
27. c4 Kh7 28. Bf6 (28. Bc3 $2 Rd3 29. Rc1 f4 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Ke2 Re3+ 32. Kd2
Kf5 $19 {followed by Ne5 or Ke4.}) 28... Rd7 $2 {After this passive move White
has nothing to fear.} (28... Rd3 $1 29. Be7 Rxa3 30. Bxc5 Ra4 31. Rc1 a5 $17)
29. Re8 Kg6 30. Rc8 Rd6 31. Bc3 $6 (31. Bh4 $1 f4 32. Kf1 {planning Bf2 led
immediately to the draw.}) 31... f4 {Black king is aiming to e4.} 32. Kf2 f6 $1
(32... Kf5 $2 33. Bg7 $1 {[%cal Gg7f8]}) 33. h3 $6 (33. Ke2 $142 Kf5 $140 34.
Rh8) 33... Kf5 34. Ke2 $6 ({More accurate was} 34. Rh8 Ne5 35. Rxh5+ Ke4 36.
Rh7 Ra6 37. Rc7 $132) 34... Ke4 35. Rh8 $2 {A blunder which loses.} ({Instead} 
35. Rc7 $1 {would retain good saving chances.}) 35... Ne5 36. Rxh5 Rd3 $1 37.
Bd2 ({Or} 37. Bxe5 Re3+ 38. Kf2 fxe5 39. Rh7 Rxa3 40. h4 Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Kd3 $19)
37... Rg3 $1 38. Kf2 Rxa3 39. Rh4 Ra2 40. Ke1 Kd3 ({Also wins} 40... a5 41.
Rxf4+ $140 Kd3 $19) 41. Bxf4 Rxg2 42. Rh6 Ke4 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Ra6 Rh2 45.
Rxa7 (45. Ra3 Kd4 46. Kf1 Kxc4 47. Kg1 Kb4 48. Re3 Rd2 49. Rxe5 c4 $19) 45...
Rxh3 46. Rd7 Rc3 47. Kd2 Rxc4 48. Rc7 Kf3 49. Re7 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({
Nowadays more popular is} 7... Nxd5 $5) 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 ({Another line is:
} 9... b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8a6]}) 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Qd6 $5 ({Other alternatives
are:} 11... Bd7 $5) ({and} 11... b6 $5) 12. Ng3 $5 (12. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1h4]}
Bd7 (12... Nd7 $143 13. Qh4 Nf8 14. a4 b6 15. Qf2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5
18. e4 f6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Landau,S-Conde,A/Bournemouth 1939/EXT
97 (76)}) 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. Nxg3 cxd4 15. cxd4 a6 16. Bd2 Na7 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18.
Bxb5 Nxb5 $11 {1-0 Steinmacher,J-Sutterer,R/Mannheim 1990/GER 04 (35)}) 12...
Bd7 $146 (12... Re7 $5 13. Ra2 h5 14. Re2 h4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rae8 17.
Rfe1 g6 18. Bb1 Nh5 19. Bb2 Na5 20. Ba2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Qa6 22. Rc2 Nf4 23. e4 {
1/2-1/2 De Souza,M-Lebredo,G/Pouso Alegre 1997/EXP 60 (23)}) 13. Ra2 Rac8 14.
Kh1 $5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3][%cal Ge3e4] White's plan is:Raf2,Bc2(Bb1)and e4!} a5 $6
({Better is:} 14... h6 $5) 15. Raf2 a4 16. Bc2 $5 $14 {[%cal Yf2c2,Ge3e4]} (16.
Bb5 $5 {[%csl Ra4]} Na5 17. Qxa4 Nc4 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. e4 $14) (16. e4 $2 cxd4
17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Bb2 Nb3 $15) 16... b5 17. e4 $1 cxd4 ({Worse is:} 17... dxe4
{because of:} 18. Nxe4 {[%csl Rc5]} (18. fxe4 $2 cxd4 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nh5 f5
$17) 18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 f6 (19... cxd4 20. cxd4 {-see the game after 20.fxe4})
20. Bf4 $16) 18. cxd4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 $1 (19. fxe4 $2 Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 20.
Rxf6 Bxd1 (20... Qxg3 $2 21. Qd2 $18) 21. Rxd6 Bxc2 $11 {[%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4]})
19... Nxe4 $8 ({Loses:} 19... Qxd4 $4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (20... gxf6 21. Rd2 $18)
21. Qxd7 $18) (19... Qe6 $6 20. d5 Nxd5 $8 21. Ng5 $40) (19... Qe7 $2 20. Bg5
$16) 20. fxe4 Nxd4 $2 ({Possibly:} 20... f6 21. Bb2 $5 {/\Qd3,e5->} (21. e5 $2
fxe5 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ (25. Rf6 $2 Qe7 $19)
25... Kg8 26. Qf7+ $11)) 21. Bb2 $1 ({Badly:} 21. Rd2 {in view of:} Bg4 $1 $17
(21... Rxc2 $2 22. Qxc2 $16)) 21... Rxc2 $1 {Is the only move.} ({Right away
loses:} 21... Rc4 $2 {in view of:} 22. Bd3 Rc6 $140 23. Bb1 $18 {[%cal Gf2d2]})
22. Rxc2 Rxe4 {with the idea Rh4(קh2;Kh1)} 23. Rd2 ({Good enough:} 23. h3 $5 {
[%cal Gc2d2]}) 23... Rh4 $8 (23... Bg4 $2 24. Rxd4 $18) 24. h3 $1 (24. g3 $4
Qxg3 $19 {[%cal Gd7c6]}) 24... Bxh3 (24... Qg3 $5 {An interesting idea which
was mentioned by Gofshtein,L after the game.} 25. Rff2 $1 (25. Rxd4 Rxh3+ 26.
Kg1 (26. gxh3 Bc6+ 27. Rd5 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 26... Qh2+ 27. Kf2 Qg3+ 28.
Kg1 (28. Ke2 $4 Qe3#) 28... Qh2+ $11) (25. Bxd4 $2 Rxh3+ 26. Kg1 (26. gxh3 $4
Bc6+ 27. Rf3 Bxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxf3+ $19) 26... Qh2+ 27. Kf2 Qg3+ 28. Kg1 (28. Ke2
$4 Bg4+ 29. Rf3 Qxg2+ $19)) 25... Rxh3+ (25... Bc6 26. Kg1 Ne6 27. Rd8+ Nf8 28.
Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 29. Qd8+ Be8 30. Re2 $18) 26. gxh3 Bc6+ 27. Rg2 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 $18
) 25. Kg1 $1 {[%mdl 256] a very strong move.} ({Loses:} 25. gxh3 $4 {because
of:} Rxh3+ 26. Kg1 $8 Qg3+ 27. Rg2 Qe3+ 28. Rff2 (28. Rgf2 Nf3+ 29. Qxf3 (29.
Kg2 Nh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+ 31. Rg2 Qxg2#) 29... Rxf3 $19) 28... Nf3+ 29. Qxf3 (29.
Kf1 $2 Rh1+ 30. Rg1 Rxg1#) 29... Rxf3 $19) (25. Rxd4 $2 Bxg2+ $1 (25... Bg4+ $2
26. Kg1 Qh2+ 27. Kf2 $18) 26. Kxg2 Rh2+ (26... Qh2+ $2 27. Kf3 Rh3+ 28. Ke4 f5+
29. Rxf5 $18) 27. Kf3 $8 (27. Kg1 $4 Qg3#) 27... Rh3+ 28. Kg4 (28. Ke2 $6 Qh2+
29. Rf2 Qe5+ 30. Kd2 (30. Kf1 $2 Rh1+ 31. Kg2 Qh2+ 32. Kf3 Qh5+ $1 $19) 30...
Qe3+ 31. Kc2 Qxf2+ 32. Kb1 {=/+/=}) (28. Ke4 $4 Qe6+ 29. Kf4 Qe3+ 30. Kf5 (30.
Kg4 Rg3+ 31. Kh4 (31. Kf5 Rg5#) 31... Qg5#) 30... g6+ 31. Kf6 (31. Kg4 h5#)
31... Qe6+ 32. Kg5 h6+ 33. Kf4 g5#) 28... Qg3+ 29. Kf5 Qg6+ 30. Kf4 (30. Ke5 $4
Qe6+ (30... Re3+ $2 31. Kd5 $18) 31. Kf4 Qe3+ 32. Kf5 (32. Kg4 Rg3+ 33. Kh4
Qg5#) 32... g6+ 33. Kf6 Qe6+ 34. Kg5 h6+ 35. Kf4 g5#) 30... Qg3+ (30... Qh6+ $5
) 31. Ke4 Qg6+ 32. Kd5 Rh5+ 33. Qxh5 Qxh5+ 34. Kc6 $13) 25... Qg3 26. Bxd4 Be6
$2 ({Better is:} 26... Bg4 $5 27. Qc2 $1 (27. Be5 $6 Rh1+ $1 (27... Qe3+ 28.
Rff2 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2d8]}) 28. Kxh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Bxd1 30. Rfxd1 $16)
27... Qh2+ 28. Kf2 Qf4+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ 30. Rdf2 $18) 27. Be5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gd2d8] The rest is the matter of technics.} Qe3+ 28. Rdf2 {[%csl Rg8,Rh4]
[%cal Gd1d8]} Qb6 (28... Qg5 29. Qd6 $18) 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 h5 $2 (30...
Rd4 $142) 31. Rf4 Rxf4 (31... Bg4 32. Rb4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd6g3]}) 32. Bxf4 f6
33. Rc1 Bc4 34. Rd1 g5 35. Bc1 Kf7 36. Rd6 Ke7 37. Rb6 g4 38. g3 $1 f5 39. Bf4
Kd7 40. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2
Rc8 15. Rad1 (15. Rae1 Re6 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ne5 19. Qd1 Nc4
20. Ba1 b5 21. d5 Ra6 22. Nf5 Ne8 23. e5 $36 {1-0 Moskalenko,V-Barrios,F/
Barcelona 2002/CBM 90 ext (28)}) 15... Na5 16. e4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc7 $5 {
TN [/\18...Qc2;18...Qc4]} 18. Rc1 (18. e5 $5 Qc2 (18... Nd7 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. f4
$36) 19. exf6 Qxb2 20. Rfe1 $36) 18... Nc4 19. Bc3 Qf4 $5 (19... Nxa3 20. e5
Nd7 21. Nf5 Nc4 (21... Qc4 22. Qd2 $16) 22. Bb4 Qd8 23. f4 a5 24. Qg3 g6 25.
Nh6+ $36) 20. Rce1 b5 21. Re2 Re6 (21... Nxa3 $2 22. Bd2 $18) (21... a5 $5 22.
e5 Nd7 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Bd2 $14) 22. Be1 $5 {[/\23.Nf5,24.Bg3|^]} g6 (22... Ra6
23. Bb4 g6 24. Nh1 $5) 23. Nh1 $5 Rce8 24. Nf2 Qc7 $6 (24... Ra6 $5 25. Bb4 Ra4
{(/\26...a5<=><<)}) 25. e5 Nd7 26. f4 f5 27. g4 $1 $40 Rf8 28. gxf5 (28. Bb4 $5
Rf7 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Ng4 $36) 28... Rxf5 (28... gxf5 29. Nh1 (29. Kh1) 29...
Rg6+ 30. Ng3 Qc6 31. Kh1 Qe6 32. Rg2 $40) 29. Nh1 $5 Nf8 30. Ng3 Rf7 31. Bb4
Re8 $6 $138 (31... a5 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. f5 gxf5 34. Nxf5 $40) 32. f5 gxf5 33.
Nxf5 Kh8 34. Bxf8 Rfxf8 (34... Rexf8 35. e6 Rf6 36. e7 Re8 37. Rg2 $18) 35. Kh1
$18 {[/\36.Rg1,37.Reg2]} Rg8 36. Nh6 Rg7 37. Ref2 Qc8 38. Rf6 Nb6 39. Nf7+ (39.
Qf3) 39... Kg8 40. e6 (40. Nd6 Qg4) 40... Nc4 (40... Rxe6 41. Nh6+ Kh8 42. Rf8+
) 41. e7 (41. e7 Rxe7 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Rf8+) 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 33] The chess tournament organised by the Dutch radio company AVRO was
the most representative gathering of all of the strongest chess players of the
time. Mikhail Botvinnik was only third (!) in this magnificent event, but his
two superb victories over Alekhine and Capablanca gave a serious foundation to
his claim to the world title - a dream he eventually fulfilled ten years later.
The game described below belongs to the golden treasury of chess. It proves
that Botvinnik's strategical vision was already superior to the greatest
genius of the old guard.  Das Turnier wurde 1938 von dem niederländischen
Radio-Hersteller AVRO organisiert und war eine Zusammenkunft der weltbesten
Spieler jener Zeit. Mikhail Botvinnik wurde nur dritter (!) in diesem
großartigen Turnier, aber seine hervorragenden Siege gegen Aljechin und
Capablanca untermauerten seinen ernsthaften Anspruch auf den Titel des
Weltmeisters Д ein Traum, der zehn Jahre später in Erfüllung ging. Die
folgende Partie gehört zum goldenen Schatz des königlichen Spiels. Sie beweist,
daß Botvinniks strategische Weitsicht bereits damals dem großen Genie der
alten Garde überlegen war.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 {Today we all know that due to Black's premature
definition of the pawn structure in the centre White has the better
opportunities to gain the initiative. But in those days both opponents were
wandering in 'terra incognita' - the routes that were to develop in the
Nimzo-Indian Defence were just being formed.  Heute wissen wir alle, daß die
vorzeitige Festlegung der schwarzen Bauernstruktur im Zentrum Weiß beim Kampf
um die Initiative bessere Chancen einräumt. Aber zu jener Zeit wanderten beide
Gegner noch auf 'terra incognita' - man hatte gerade erst begonnen, die
endgültigen Pfade in der Nimzoindischen Verteidigung zu definieren.} 8. Bd3 O-O
9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 {[#] By all chess standards that dominated the minds of
the chess players in the 20s and 30s Black has absolutely nothing to complain
about. Good pawn structure, easy development, no weaknesses. White isn't even
threatening any immediate action. However, Botvinnik felt correctly that a
possibility of a central advance e3-e4-e5 (after the preparatory f3) could
lead to a violent attack on the kingside. Hard to believe? Well, at least you
are thinking along the same lines as the great Cuban champion. Nach allen
gängigen Maßstäben der Meister der zwanziger und dreißiger Jahre müßte Schwarz
mit dieser Stellung ganz zufrieden sein. Eine gute Bauernstruktur, leichte
Entwicklung, keine greifbaren Schwächen. Weiß droht nicht einmal, irgendwelche
Aktivitäten zu entfalten. Allerdings fühlte Botvinnik völlig zu Recht, daß die
Möglichkeit eines Vorstoßes im Zentrum mit e3-e4-e5 (nach dem vorbereitenden
f3) einen scharfen Angriff im Zentrum einleiten könnte. Sie glauben das nicht?
Nun, das tat ebensowenig der kubanischen Exweltmeister.} ({In the game
Kasparov-Ivanovich, 1983, after hatte Weiß nach} 10... Re8 11. f3 Ba6 12. Ng3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rae1 {White has finished
mobilizing quickly and effectively. That is how, step by step, through
constant practical testing, we are improving old plans. But the most valuable
contribution, of course, is to invent a sound long-term strategy! seine
Figuren schnell und effizient mobilisiert. Das ist die Art, wie die Meister
Schritt für Schritt, durch stetiges praktisches Ausprobieren, die alten Pläne
revidieren und durch neue, bessere ersetzen. Der wichtigste Beitrag bleibt
indes die Definition der langfristigen Strategie eines solchen
Eröffnungssystems!}) 11. Bxa6 {Inzwischen haben uns viele Partien gezeigt, daß
man besser sofort 11.f3 spielen und den Zentrumsdurchbruch vorantreiben sollte.
Die Dame will ohnehin nach d3 ziehen, und der schwarze Springer erhält keine
zweite Option.} ({Subsequent experience has shown that one should prefer} 11.
f3 {immediately working on the critical break in the centre. The White queen
has to go to d3 anyway, and the black knight doesn't get a new option.}) 11...
Nxa6 12. Bb2 $2 {Pioneers are doomed to making mistakes. The wrong move order
always damages a deep strategical plan. Pioniere sind dazu verdammt, Fehler zu
begehen. Die falsche Reihenfolge der Züge verletzt den tiefen strategischen
Plan. Nötig war 12.Dd3.} (12. Qd3 {was necessary.}) 12... Qd7 13. a4 {Forced.
Now Erzwungen.} ({Nun war} 13. Qd3 {was not good because of nicht gut, weil}
Qa4 $1 {sealing White's queenside. den weißen Damenflügel abriegelt.}) 13...
Rfe8 $2 {Capablanca misses the moment to seize the initiative Capablanca
verpaßt die Gelegenheit, die Initiative zu ergreifen:} (13... cxd4 14. cxd4
Rfc8 {followed by gefolgt von Rc4 und Rac8. Danach kann Weiß seine aktiven
Pläne ad acta legen und muß sich statt dessen auf eine Verteidigungsstrategie
konzentrieren.} 15. Z0 Rc4 16. Z0 Rac8 {and White has to forget about active
plans in the centre and switch to defensive lines instead.}) 14. Qd3 c4 $2 {
[%cal Ya6b8,Yb8c6,Yc6a5,Ya5b3] This serious positional mistake has a clear
historical background. The 50-year-old Capablanca in his long chess career
never dealt with hidden dynamic factors. His unique intuition and rich
experience didn't send any danger signals here. Instead he counted on using
his opponent's light squares with the long manoeuvre Na6-b8-c6-a5-b3.
Capablanca simply underestimated the explosive power of White's position.  Ein
ernsthafter positioneller Fehler, aber einer mit einem klaren geschichtlichen
Hintergrund. Der 50jährige Capablanca hatte in seiner langen Schachkarriere
nie mit versteckten dynamischen Faktoren zu tun. Seine einzigartige Intuition
und reiche Erfahrung haben hier keine Gefahrensignale ausgesandt. Statt dessen
hat er damit gerechnet, die weißen Felder des Gegners mit dem langen Manöver
Sa6-b8-c6-a5-b3 ausnutzen zu können. Capablanca hat ganz einfach die
Explosivkraft der Weißen Stellung unterschätzt.} 15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17.
Ng3 Na5 ({If Falls} 17... Ne4 {then dann kommt} 18. Nh1 $1 {and White's plan
works out anyway, e.g. , und der weiße Plan funktioniert trotzdem, z.B.} f5 19.
f3 Nd6 20. Ba3 g6 21. Ng3 {and after the inevitable e3-e4 the weakened
position of the Black king is a source of permanent trouble. und nach dem
unvermeidlichen e3-e4 ist die geschwächte Stellung des schwarzen Königs eine
Quelle langanhaltender Probleme.}) 18. f3 Nb3 {Both sides are quite persistent.
The a4-pawn is lost, but the long-awaited central advance is also ready. 
Beide Seiten sind hartnäckig. Der a4-Bauer ist verloren, aber der lange
erwartete Vorstoß im Zentrum steht ebenfalls bevor.} 19. e4 Qxa4 {This
miserable pawn has played an important role as bait for the tiger!  Der
armselige Bauer hat eine wichtige Rolle gespielt - als Köder für den Tiger!}
20. e5 Nd7 {[%cal Yb3c5]} 21. Qf2 {Otherwise the isolated knight is able to
come back into the game extremely effectively after Nb3-c5! Now Black has to
take his opponent's threats more seriously - the white knight is heading for
f5 and d6, and the advancing f-pawn could be a battering ram that will crack
open the black castled position. But Capablanca cannot be frightened by these
shadows on the horizon. The stubborn proponent of economy was famous for an
astonishing ability to defend his king with a minimum of resources while his
main army was gaining an advantage elsewhere. Sonst kann der isolierte
Springer mit Nb3-c5! sehr effektiv wieder ins Spiel kommen. Jetzt muß Schwarz
die gegnerischen Drohungen sehr ernst nehmen: der weiße Springer strebt über
f5 nach d6, und der vorrückende f-Bauer könnte bald als Rammbock gegen die
Rochadestellung des weißen Königs aufbrechen. Aber Capablanca ließ sich von
den dunklen Wolken am Horizont nicht einschüchtern. Der große Verfechter von
Ökonomie im Schach war berühmt für seine erstaunliche Fähigkeit, den eigenen
König mit einem Minimum an Material zu verteidigen, während der Hauptteil
seiner Streitkräfte auf der anderen Seite Vorteile errang.} g6 22. f4 f5 {
Forcing the opening of the e-file and an exchange of rooks.  Öffnet die
e-Linie und erzwingt den Turmtausch.} 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. f5 {Getting closer to
the black king. Rückt näher an den schwarzen König.} Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 {
Using a tactical trick to protect the knight on f6: 26.fxg6... (variation).
Capablanca was reducing White's attacking potential, however, from now on he
had no choice but to join the club of chess masterpieces. Unfortunately he was
sitting on the wrong side of the board! In the event of Capablanca benutzt
einen taktischen Trick, um den Springer auf f6 zu verteidigen. Er will das
Angriffspotential seines Gegners reduzieren und schafft dabei ein Meisterwerk
der Schachkunst - nur leider saß er an der falschen Seite des Brettes! Auch
nach} (25... Rf8 26. Qf4 {White's attack is also unstoppable, e.g. ist der
weiße Angriff unaufhaltsam, z.B.} Qa2 27. fxg6 $1 Qxb2 (27... hxg6 28. Qg5) 28.
g7 $1 Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kh8 30. Qd6 Rf7 (30... Kg8 31. Qg3+) 31. Qxf6+ {mating.})
26. Re6 $1 (26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8) 26... Rxe6 {Now instead of being
consumed in the flame of the attack the modest f-pawn is making a dream career.
The appearance of this powerful ally for the white queen was impossible to
avoid: Anstatt in den Flammen des Angriffs einzugehen, hat der bescheidene
f-Bauer eine Traumkarriere. Es war auch unmöglich, diesen mächtigen
Verbündeten der weißen Dame zu stoppen:} (26... Kg7 27. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 28. fxg6+
Kxg6 (28... Ke7 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. g7) 29. Qf5+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. h4 $1 Rg8
32. g4 Qc6 33. Ba3 $1 {with mate to follow.}) 27. fxe6 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qe8 {
The queen must return Die Dame muß zurückkehren:} (28... Qa2 $2 29. Nf5+ {
with mate in five.} gxf5 30. Qg5+ {etc.}) 29. Qe5 Qe7 {[#] Attack and defence
have reached a faltering parity, each side needs reserves to decide an epic
battle in its favour. The question is whose minor piece from the forgotten
flank is faster? Black's knight is going to use the same route Ncb3-a5-c6, but
what about the sleeping white bishop?  Angriff und Verteidigung haben ein
instabiles Gleichgewicht erreicht, bei dem jede Seite zusätzliche Kräfte
benötigt, um diese epische Auseinandersetzung erfolgreich zu bestehen. Die
Frage ist nur: wessen Leichtfiguren lassen sich schneller vom vergessenen
Damenflügel in das Kampfzentrum bringen. Der schwarze Springer will die
gleiche Route zurück nehmen: Ncb3-a5-c6. Aber was ist mit dem schlafenden
weißen Läufer?} 30. Ba3 $3 {If the first move of the bishop, 12.Bb2?, was just
a bad joke, then the second little step from b2 to a3 has created a drama! The
kamikaze act forces the black queen to leave her king again, this time not
voluntarily, and to unblock the ambitious pawn which is running for the
biggest prize. Der erste Zug dieses Läufers, 12.Bb2?, war ein schlechter
Scherz, der zweite kleine Schritt von b2 nach a3 schafft ein Drama auf dem
Schachbrett! Die Kamikaze-Handlung zwingt die schwarze Dame, abermals ihren
König zu verlassen, diesmal allerdings nicht freiwillig. Dem ehrgeizigen
Bauern wird dabei der Weg freigemacht, so daß dieser nach dem höchsten Preis
greifen kann.} Qxa3 (30... Qe8 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. Be7 $1 $18) 31. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 (
31... Kh6 32. Nxf6 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qxc3+ 35. Kh4 Qxd4+ 36. Ng4+ $1
$18) 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 (33... Ke8 34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. Qd7#) 34. e7 ({Nach
} 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. g3 $1 {with the white king escaping to h3 was also enough,
but hurrying e7 could spoil everything: findet der weiße König auf h3
Unterschlupf. Das wäre auch ein gangbarer Weg gewesen, allerdings sollte Weiß
auf keinen Fall voreilig den Bauern vorspielen und damit alles verderben:} (35.
e7 $2 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qg5+ 38. Kf3 Nxd4+ $1 39. cxd4 Qg4+ {with
perpetual check.})) 34... Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5
Qe2+ {The exchange of queens doesn't help: Der Damentausch hilft nicht weiter:}
(38... Qg6+ 39. Qxg6+ hxg6+ 40. Kxg6 {and now the pawn promotes to queen (or
rook!) with mate. und nun wandelt der Bauer in eine Dame oder einen Turm (!)
um und setzt dabei matt.}) 39. Kh4 Qe4+ 40. g4 {The sad knight on b3 is left
as a silent reproach for Black's stragegical miscalculation in the early
middlegame. Der traurige Springer auf b3 bleibt als stumme Mahnung für die
strategische Fehleinschätzung von Schwarz im frühen Mittelspiel.} (40. Kh3 $2
h5 $1 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qg5 Qe2 $1 45. g3 (45. Kh4 Nd2
$1 46. Qf5+ (46. Qxh5+ $4 Qxh5+ 47. Kxh5 Ne4 $1 $19) 46... Kh6 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48.
h3 Qxg2 $11) 45... Qe6+ 46. Kh4 (46. g4 hxg4+ 47. Kh4 Qe1+ {'='} 48. Kh5 (48.
Kxg4 Qe4+ $11) 48... Qe6 49. Kh4 Qe1+ $11) 46... Nd2 $1 47. Qxh5+ Kg7 48. e8=Q
Nf3+ $1 49. Qxf3 Qxe8 50. Qxd5 Qf7 51. Qg5+ Qg6 52. d5 (52. Qe7+ Qf7 $11) 52...
b5 $11) 40... Qe1+ 41. Kh5 {and Capablanca's resignation, in my opinion,
symbolized the end of an heroic era of chess titans, dominating the field with
their natural genius. Since this historic moment the professional touch has
played a more and more important role as an integral part of chess, the path
to ultimate success. und Capablancas Aufgabe hat, nach meinem Gefühl, das Ende
eines heroischen Zeitalters im Schach eingeläutet. Ein Zeitalter, in dem die
Titanen mit ihrem natürlichen Genie das Feld beherrschten. Danach war es die
professionelle Haltung, die eine immer wichtigere Rolle spielte und
letztendlich den Weg zum Erfolg ebnete.} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 {
Der Übergang zu halbslawischen Strukturen kam bisher in der Praxis wenig vor,
und wenn, dann fanden die Weißen keinen richtigen Plan. Ibragimov zeigt uns
einen überzeugenden Aufbau.} 8. Ne2 $1 (8. Nf3 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11.
f4 f5 12. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Levitt,J-Bischoff,K/Goodricke 1997/EXP 56}) (8. a4 b6 9.
Ba3 Re8 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 c5 14. Rc1 Qb7 {><e4 
(Rozentalis)} 15. Rf3 Rad8 16. Rh3 Nf8 $1 $15 {0-1 Milov,V-Rozentalis,E/
Liechtenstein op 1996 (40)}) 8... b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. O-O (10. a4 Ba6 11. Ba3
Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. O-O Nc6 14. c4 Na5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I-Bischoff,K/Linares op 1996/EXP 51}) 10... Ba6 11. f3 $1 $14
Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc8 $1 13. e4 Qa6 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. e5 {Das ist nicht unbedingt
notwendig.} Nd7 16. Ng3 (16. f4 $6 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 {>< Bc1}) 16... Rae8 17. a4
f6 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nh5 Rf7 21. Nf4 Qc4 $13 22. Rfe1 Na5 23. Bb4
Nb3 24. Rab1 Nbc5 25. a5 bxa5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nxd5 Na4 28. Ra1 Rd7 29. Nf4
Nxc3 30. Rac1 Rc7 31. d5 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. d6 e5 34. d7 Rd8 35. Ne6 Ne2+
36. Kf1 Nxc1 37. Nxc5 Na2 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Nb7 Ke7 40. Nxd8 Kxd8 41. Ra1 Nb4 42.
Rxa5 Nc6 43. Rd5 a5 44. Rd6 Nb4 45. Ke2 a4 46. Kd2 a3 47. Kc3 a2 48. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4 {
As you see, the discussion on this pawn structure, which started from the
famous game Botvinnik - Capablanca (AVRO 1938), is still under way. And this
particular position is well-known in theory.} 15. Qe2 (15. Qd2 {is played more
often:} h5 $1 {The modern twist. Black pushes White's g3 knight from its
perfect position. Otherwise White prepares e3-e4 and obtains the better
prospects:} (15... Na5 16. Rae1 Nb3 17. Qc2 g6 18. e4 Kg7 19. Bc1 Nxc1 20. Qxc1
h6 21. e5 Ng8 22. f4 f5 23. exf6+ Nxf6 24. f5 $16 {1-0 Bondarevsky,I-Ujtelky,M/
Rostov on Don 1961/MCD (30)}) (15... Re6 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. Qf2 {[%cal Re3e4]}
Rf8 18. Bc1 Kh8 19. a4 $1 $14 (19. Nf5 Qd7 20. g4 Ne7 $13 {1/2 Erdos,V (2577)
-Werle,J (2582)/Germany 2008/CBM 127 Extra (27)}) 19... Na5 $140 20. e4 dxe4
21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Ba3 $1) (15... b5 16. Rae1 Re6 (16... a5 17. e4
b4 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Nb6 20. f5 f6 21. Nh5 Nd7 22. Re3 $16 fxe5 $2 23. Rg3 Kh8
24. Rxg7 {1-0 Averbakh,Y-Donchenko,O/Soviet Union 1970/EXT 2010}) 17. Qf2 (17.
e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Ne5 19. Re2 Nd3 $13 {1-0 Milov,V (2659)-Hernandez Carmenates,
H (2561)/Ourense 2009/EXT 2010 (33)}) 17... Qd7 18. e4 Ne7 19. Bc1 Ne8 {
0-1 Moreno Ruiz,J (2435)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2561)/Madrid 2009/CBM 132
Extra (46)} 20. Nh5 $36) 16. Rae1 h4 $1 (16... Qd7 17. e4 g6 18. Bc1 Nh7 19.
Qh6 $1 Re6 20. f4 Ne7 21. f5 gxf5 22. Qxh5 dxe4 23. Nxf5 $18 {1-0 Kasparov,G 
(2690)-Ivanovic,B (2515)/Niksic 1983/MCD (26)}) (16... g6 17. e4 $1 (17. Qc2 h4
18. Nh1 Nh5 19. Bc1 b5 $1 (19... Re6 20. e4 Qe7 21. Nf2 Re8 22. Nh3 f6 23. Rd1
Qf7 24. e5 Ne7 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Ng5 $16 {1/2 Macieja,B (2612)-Bartel,M (2619)/
Lublin 2009/CBM 132 Extra (59)}) 20. e4 a5 $13 {0-1 Mishugin,A (2097)
-Golichenko,I (2289)/Kiev 2005/EXT 2008 (44)}) 17... h4 18. Nf5 $1 gxf5 19.
Qg5+ Kf8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. e5 $14) 17. Nf5 Ne7 $1 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Qf2 h3 20.
e4 Qd7 21. e5 hxg2 22. Qxg2 Nh7 23. f4 f5 24. a4 Re6 25. Ba3 Rae8 $132 {
1/2 Santos Latasa,J (2155)-Maiorov,N (2525)/San Sebastian 2009/CBM 129 Extra 
(59)}) 15... h5 $1 {The same idea.} (15... b5 16. e4 a5 17. e5 b4 18. Qd2 bxc3
19. Bxc3 Nd7 20. f4 Rb8 {1/2 Gonzalez de la Torre,S (2390)-Cheparinov,I (2529)/
Ortiguera 2003/EXT 2004 (63)} 21. Nf5 $36) 16. Rae1 Ne7 (16... g6 17. Nh1 Na5
18. Nf2 Re6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qe7 21. e5 Nd5 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. Ne4 $16 {
1-0 Olafsson,F-Keller,D/Copenhagen 1953/EXT 2001 (35)}) (16... b5 17. Qc2 h4
18. Nf5 h3 19. gxh3 g6 20. Ng3 Kg7 21. e4 $14 {1-0 Kraemer,M (2424)-Michalik,P
(2311)/Szeged 2007/CBM 118 ext (32)}) (16... h4 $5 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. Qc2 Nxf5 (
18... h3 $1 19. g4 (19. gxh3 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $132) 19... b5 $132) 19. Qxf5
g6 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. e4 Nf6 23. Qxh4 dxe4 24. Re3 $14 {1/2
Brandenburg,E-Grooten,H (2405)/Netherlands 1992/EXT 1997 (59)}) 17. Qc2 (17. h4
Ng6 {[%csl Rh4]} 18. Qf2 {1-0 Jeven,R-Monnard,L/Graz 1972/MCD (40)} Nxh4 19. e4
Ng6 20. e5 h4 $1 21. Nf5 Nh5 $132) 17... h4 18. Nh1 (18. Nf5 h3 $1 {- see above
}) 18... Ng6 19. Bc1 Qd7 20. Nf2 Nh5 21. e4 (21. Nh3 b5 22. e4 {is more forced.
}) 21... b5 (21... Nhf4 $5 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qc1 $1 (23. Qd2 Qd6 24. e5 Qh6)
23... Nd3 (23... Qd6 $6 24. e5 Qh6 25. Ng4 Qg5 26. g3 $16) 24. Nxd3 cxd3 25.
Qd2 $14 {[%csl Rd3]}) 22. Nh3 $14 {White has successfully rearranged his
pieces and is ready for further kingside activity.} a5 23. Bg5 (23. e5 $5 b4 (
23... Ne7 24. e6 $1 fxe6 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Rxe6 $16) 24. cxb4 axb4 25. axb4 Ne7
26. Qd2 (26. e6 fxe6 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. Rxe6 Nc6 $132) 26... Nf5 27. Bb2 $16) (23.
Bd2 $5) 23... b4 $1 (23... Rab8 24. e5 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. cxb4 Rxb4 27. f4
$16) 24. axb4 axb4 25. cxb4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 Rb8 28. Qg4 $2 {
But his exchange leads to a drawish endgame!} (28. Rb1 $1 {was possible.
Surprisingly,} c3 29. Qd3 $1 c2 (29... Rc8 30. b5 c2 31. Rc1 $16) 30. Qxc2
Qxd4+ 31. Qf2 Rxb4 {is not a "dead draw":} 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Be3
Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Ne7 (35... f6 36. Rb5 $1 {- the point!} Ne5 37. f4 Ng4+ 38. Ke2
Nxe3 39. Rxh5+ Kg6 40. Rh8 $18) (35... f5 36. Rb5 Ne7 37. Re5 Rd7 38. Bg5 $16)
36. Rb7 Nf5 37. Rxf7 {- White gains a pawn, keeping winning chances.}) 28...
Qxg4 29. fxg4 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rb1 Rd8 (31... Ne7 $143 32. Nf4 Nc6 33. Nd5
Nxd4 34. Nxf6+ Kg7 35. Nd5) 32. b5 (32. Rd1 Rb8) 32... Rxd4 33. b6 Rd8 34. Nf2
(34. b7 Rb8 35. Nf2 c3 36. Nd3 c2 37. Rb4 Ne5 38. Nc1 Kg7 $1 39. Kf2 Nc6 40.
Rc4 Nd8 41. Rc8 Rxb7 42. Rxd8 Rb1 $11) 34... c3 35. b7 c2 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Ne4
Rxb7 38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. Nh5+ Kh6 40. Rxc2 f5 41. Rc6 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1
Rb1+ 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Keystone"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 e5 $6 {Black reveals his plans too early.} (10... b6
11. O-O Ba6 {is more popular.}) 11. O-O b6 12. Ng3 (12. d5 c4 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14.
Rb1 Ne8 15. Ne4 Ndf6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rb4 Ba6 18. Bb1 Rad8 19. e4 Nd7 20. Be3
Nc5 21. f4 f6 22. Bc2 Bb7 $13 {0-1 Tarasov,M-Barbitskij,A/St Petersburg 1998/
EXT 1999 (41)}) 12... Ba6 13. Re1 Nbd7 {This looks too passive.} (13... Nc6 {
, provoking d4-d5, was another option but Black had no time to establish a
safe blockade after that:} 14. d5 Rad8 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bg5 Qd6 (16... Ne8 17.
Nf5 Nxf5 18. Bxd8 Qxd8 19. exf5 $16) 17. h3 {[%cal Yd1d2,Yf2f4]}) (13... Rd8
14. d5 {doesn't change much.}) 14. e4 Rad8 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bb2
$36 Rad8 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. e5 {etc.} (18. Nf5 $5)) 15. Nf5 g6 $6 (15... cxd4 16.
cxd4 exd4 {looks more appropriate now but Black can't equalise anyway:} 17. Bb2
(17. Bg5 $5) 17... Nc5 (17... Ne5 18. Bxd4 Nc6 $2 19. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c6,
Rc1g5]}) 18. Bxd4 Bc8 $1 (18... Ne6 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. e5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Ne4 22. e6
fxe6 23. Qa4 Nc5 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Kh8 26. f3 $16) 19. Qf3 Bxf5 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. exf5 $14) 16. Ne7+ (16. Nh6+ $5 Kg7 17. Bg5 $36 {[%cal Yd1f3]}) 16...
Kg7 17. Bg5 Rde8 $6 (17... Bb7 $142) 18. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5]} h6
20. Be3 Nf6 $6 (20... Bb7 $1 $14 {was the right way to fight against this
bishop.}) 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qd2 Qh5 (22... g5 23. f4) (22... Rh8 23. Bf4 Qe7
24. c4 {[%cal Ye4e5]}) 23. c4 Kh7 (23... Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rxe4 $2 25. Bxh6+) 24.
Bf4 Nxd5 {The position with the opposite-coloured bishops is very poor for
Black as his king is unsafe and White's central pawns are very strong. But
what else could Black do?} 25. cxd5 g5 26. Bd6 Rg8 27. e5 Qg6 28. Re3 Rd8 29.
Be7 Rd7 30. d6 Re8 31. Rae1 Bc4 32. Qc3 Bd5 33. h3 {No need to hurry as Black
has no counterplay.} Qf5 34. Qd2 Qe6 35. h4 g4 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Bf6 Bc6 38. Qc2
c4 39. Rd1 b5 40. Rg3 {[%cal Yd1d4,Yd4f4,Yf4f5]} 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 (10... Ne7 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. f3 Qa5 13. Rb1 c4
14. Bc2 $16 Qxc3 $2 15. Rb4 $1 a5 16. Rb1 {Nogueiras,J-Garcia Martinez,S/
Havana/1:0/ (16)}) 11. f3 Qc7 (11... Nh5 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 h6 14. Ra2 Qa5 15.
h4 $1 $16 {Cvitan,O-Prandstetter,E/Prague/1987/1:0 (37)}) (11... cxd4 12. cxd4
b6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Rb1 Rc7 16. Qa4 $14 {Petrosian,T-Cardoso,Ro/
Portoroz(izt)/1958/1:0/ (41)}) (11... b6 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Ra2 Bb7 14. Re2 Rc8
15. Kh1 cxd4 16. cxd4 $14 {Gurevich,M-Agzamov,G/URS(ch)/1985/1:0/ (33) Inf 39/
711/}) (11... Rb8 12. Rf2 Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. Ng3 Ne7 $14 {Hoeksema,H-Sosonko,G/
NED(ch)/1993/0,5 (14)}) 12. Ra2 (12. Rb1 $5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. g4 h6 15. Kh1
Bc8 16. Rg1 $16 {Reshevsky,S-Steiner,G/USA/1946/}) 12... Bd7 13. Ng3 Rac8 14.
Re2 Qb6 $6 (14... cxd4 $5 15. cxd4 Na5 $14) 15. Kh1 cxd4 $6 (15... Na5 $5) 16.
cxd4 Na5 17. Rb2 $16 Qd6 18. Rb4 $1 {/\ 19.e3-e4} Qc7 19. e4 dxe4 (19... Nc6
20. e5 $1 Nxb4 21. axb4 $18) 20. fxe4 Bg4 (20... Nc6 21. Rc4) 21. Qd2 Qc3 22.
e5 Nd5 (22... Nd7 $142 23. Ne4 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 $16) 23. Rb5 $1 $18 Nc4 24. Qxc3
Nxc3 25. Rxb7 Be6 26. Nf5 (26. Rxa7 $6 Nb5 27. Rb7 Nxd4 $14) 26... Kh8 27. Rxa7
Rcd8 (27... Nb5 28. Rb7 Nbxa3 29. Bxa3 Nxa3 30. Nd6 $18) 28. Bg5 Ra8 29. Rc7
Rec8 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Chebanenco Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Kishinev"]
[Date "1998.02.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 {I think, that} (10. Bd3 {could give more chances
for White for initiative, but any case Black has nothing to worry after, for
example} b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qd3 Qb7 15. Ba3 Nc7 16.
a5 Qc6 $11 {0-1 De Souza,M-Sunye Neto,J/Sao Paulo op 1997 (32)}) 10... b6 {
[%cal Gc8a6,Gb8c6,Gc6a5]} 11. O-O Ba6 {[%cal Ga6f1]} 12. Re1 (12. f3 Nc6 13.
Rf2 Rfd8 14. Ng3 Rac8 15. Qe1 Rd7 16. Bb2 Na5 $11 {0-1 Hoffman,A-Smagin,S/
Amantea 1994 (40)}) (12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Na5 14. c4 Rfd8 15. Qc2 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Rac8 17. Nf3 Qe7 $15 {0-1 Hoi-Ogaard/Gausdal zt 1987 (45)}) 12... Nc6 13. Ng3
Rfd8 14. Nh5 {N/ New move doesn,t produced any troubles for Black} (14. Bb2 Na5
(14... Rac8 15. e4 Qf4 16. h3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ne5 18. Bb1 Rc7 19. Bc1 Qh4 20. Ra2
Nc4 $13 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Voitsekhovsky,S/Kstovo op 1997 (54)}) 15. a4 (15. Bb1
Rac8 16. e4 Nc4 17. Bc1 cxd4 18. cxd4 e5 $1 19. d5 Ne8 20. Bd3 Ned6 21. Qe2 b5
$11 {0-1 Marin,M-Dokhoian,Y/Budapest 1988 (65)}) 15... Bc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17.
Qe2 Na5 18. e4 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Hjartarson,J/Linares 1988 (40)})
14... Nxh5 15. Qxh5 Na5 $1 16. d5 $5 (16. Bb1 h6 17. Be4 Bb7 $15) 16... exd5 (
16... Bc4 $2 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4) (16... e5 $5 17. e4 Bc4 $11)
17. Bxd5 Bb7 18. c4 $1 (18. Bxb7 $6 Qxb7 $15 {[%csl Rb3,Rc1,Rc3]}) 18... b5 (
18... Bxd5 $5 19. cxd5 Nb3 20. Rb1 Nxc1 21. Rbxc1 c4 22. e4 b5 $132 {[%csl Gb5,
Gc4]}) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rb1 (20. Qxc5 $2 Nb3) (20. cxb5 Qxb5 $15) 20... Nxc4
21. Qxc5 Rab8 22. a4 a6 $11 {To passive, Black could pretend even for slight
advantage after} (22... Rd5 $5 23. Qb4 a5 24. Qc3 Qc6 25. axb5 (25. e4 Rdd8 {
[%csl Ra5]}) 25... Rdxb5 {[%csl Ga5,Gc4]}) 23. axb5 axb5 24. h3 Rdc8 25. Qb4 h6
(25... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ge5c6,Gb5b4]}) 26. e4 Qc7 27. Rb3 Re8 (27... Qc5 $5) 28.
Rd3 Qc6 29. Bf4 Rbd8 (29... Ra8 $5 {[%cal Ga8a4]}) 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Bg3 Rd2
32. Kh2 Rd4 33. Qe7 Qd7 (33... Nd2 $5) 34. Qc5 Nd2 35. f3 b4 36. Be5 (36. Ra1
Rc4) 36... Nb3 $2 (36... Rc4 $5 37. Qf2 (37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. exd5 f6 $11) 37... f6
38. Bf4 Rd4 39. Qg3 Kh7 $13) 37. Qc2 $6 (37. Qb6 $1 Rc4 38. Bd6 Nd4 39. Bxb4
Nc2 40. Rc1 Rxb4 41. Qc5 $16) 37... Rd3 38. Qc4 (38. Qb2 f6 39. Bg3 Qd4) 38...
Na5 $1 39. Qxb4 Nc6 40. Qb2 Nxe5 41. Qxe5 Rxf3 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Favorite weapon of Dizdar} 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 (10. O-O Qc8 11. f3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Qa6 13. Qd2 (13. Qc2 Re8 14. Ng3 c5 15. e4 Qc4 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Nf5 Nc6
18. Qd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 g6 20. Nd6 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. f4 Nc5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Polgar,J/Amber blind 1996 (61)}) 13... Nc6 14. Ng3 Na5
15. Rb1 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. e4 Qe6 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 $14 {0-1
Benjamin,J-Blatny,P/New York (open) 1995 (35)}) 10... Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. O-O
(12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. Qxc8 Raxc8 16. Nxd4 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Nc5
18. Nf5 $36 {1-0 Lilienthal,A-Aramanovic,I/Mocsow-ch 1945 (40)}) (12. f3 Re8
13. O-O c6 14. Ng3 Nc7 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. e4 $36 {1-0 Punteri,
M-Tukic,S/Nova Gorica op 1997 (27)}) 12... Nb8 {N} (12... c5 13. a4 Re8 14. Ba3
c4 15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Ne4 18. f3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Na5 $11 {0-1
Sanguinetti,R-Eliskases/Mar del Plata 1948 (33)}) 13. f3 {[%cal Ge3e4]
Alterman prepares pawns movement in the centre of the board- only one but good
plan for a White.} Qa6 14. Qc2 c5 15. Ng3 (15. e4 $6 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8) 15...
Nc6 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Qf2 (17. Nf5 $6 cxd4 18. cxd4 $2 Nxd4) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4
Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3g6] Tipical and strong manoeuvre!} 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. e4 $1 Ne7
(20... Rfe8 21. Rfe1 $13 (21. e5 Nh5)) 21. a4 {[%cal Gb2a3]} (21. Rfe1 Rc4 $132
) 21... Rfe8 22. Ba3 {It is clear now, that Alterman got initiative, bad Black
has many resoures for successful defence.} Nh5 $5 23. Ne2 f5 24. Bxe7 (24. Qh4
Nc6 (24... Rc2 $5)) 24... Rxe7 25. Qh4 Rce8 (25... Ree8 $5 $11) 26. e5 $8 Rc7
27. Rf2 {[%cal Rg2g4]} (27. Rc1 $5 $14 Rec8 $140 $4 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qd8+ $18)
27... Qh6 28. Ng3 (28. g4 fxg4 29. fxg4 Nf4 30. Qxh6 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 gxh6 $11)
28... Rc1 (28... Nxg3 $5 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. hxg3 Rc4 $13) 29. Rdf1 (29. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 30. Nf1 Nf4 $36 {[%cal Gf4e6,Gf4e2,Gf4d3]}) 29... Nxg3 30. Qxh6 (30. Qxg3
Rc4) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 gxh6 32. hxg3 Rc8 $132 {[%csl Gc8,Gd4,Ge5][%cal
Gc8c4]} 33. Kf2 (33. a5 $6 b5 34. a6 Rc4) 33... Rc4 34. Ke3 Rxa4 35. Kf4 Rxd4+
36. Kxf5 {Good question-who is better now!} Rc4 37. Ke6 (37. Rd1 d4) 37... d4
38. Kd5 (38. Rd1 b5) 38... Rc2 39. Rd1 (39. e6 Kf8 (39... d3 40. Kd6)) 39...
Rc8 $1 40. e6 (40. Rxd4 Rd8+ 41. Ke4 Rxd4+ 42. Kxd4 a5 43. Kc4 a4 44. Kb4 b5
45. f4 Kf7 46. f5 h5 $11) 40... Kf8 41. f4 (41. Rxd4 Ke7 $1) 41... Ke7 42. f5
d3 (42... Rc5+ 43. Ke4 Kf6 44. g4) 43. Ke4 Rd8 44. Rd2 (44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Kxd3
a5 46. Kd4 a4 47. Ke5 a3 48. f6+ Ke8 $1 49. Kd6 (49. e7 Kd7 $1 $19) 49... a2
50. f7+ Kf8 51. Kd7 a1=Q 52. e7+ Kxf7 53. e8=Q+ Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kg6 55. Qe4+ $11)
44... Kf6 45. Rxd3 Rxd3 46. Kxd3 b5 47. Kd4 b4 48. g4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Rac8
15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Qe2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. c4 Qc6 19. e4 Nd3 20. Red1 Nxb2 21.
Qxb2 Nxe4 $2 (21... Qc7 22. f3 Nd7 $11) 22. Nf5 $18 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Ne7+
Kf8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. f3 Bc6 27. Rd2 Ne8 28. Rad1 Ke7 29. Bb1 g6 30. Be4 Ba4
31. Re1 Kf8 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bd5 Nc7 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Ree2 b5 $2 (35... Rd7 36.
h4 Kg7 $16) 36. Bxf7 $5 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 b4 38. Bd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 bxa3 40. Rd8+
Ke7 41. Ra8 Bb3 42. Rxa7+ Kd6 43. Rxa3 Bxc4 44. Ra7 h5 45. Ke3 Bf1 46. g3 Ke6
47. Kf4 Be2 48. h4 c4 49. Ra3 Bd1 50. Ke4 Be2 51. Kd4 Kf5 52. Ra5+ Kf6 53. Ke3
Bd3 54. Rc5 Bf1 55. Kf4 Bd3 56. Rc6+ Ke7 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Rc5 Ke7 59. g4 hxg4
60. fxg4 Be2 61. g5 Kd7 62. Ra5 Bf3 63. Ra6 c3 64. Ra3 $2 (64. Ra7+ Kd8 65. Ra1
) 64... c2 $18 65. Rc3 Bd1 66. Kf6 Kd6 67. Kxg6 Kd5 68. h5 Kd4 69. Rc7 Be2 70.
Rxc2 Bd3+ 71. Kf6 Bxc2 72. g6 Kd5 73. h6 Kd6 74. h7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

{In this important match (we had started with a loss in this championship and
were in a must win situation almost in every game), I had White and the only
goal was to try pressing as much as I could. Improvisation started more or
less from the first moves, when we finally got in a more or less classical
structure arising from a Nimzo with e3.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 $5 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 {is more common}) 8.
Ne2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 {Now even if the
position looks innocent at first sight, the plan for White is clear: f3-e4 and
creating threats on the king's flank. Black has to play cautiously not to
allow a furious attack.} Qc8 13. f3 Nb8 14. e4 Qa6 15. Qe3 {The computer
suggests Qxa6 followed by e5 and a4, but I honestly don't think it's the way
to play for a win.} Nc6 16. Ng3 Kh8 {An interesting move; Black prepares for
the Qg5 move where he can always protect g7 by ...Rg8.} 17. a4 {I was trying
to free my bishop on c1 as I thought it's the only badly placed piece in
White's camp. Attack does not work yet and making useful moves makes sense for
now.} Na5 {Very logical, Black goes for the c4-square and will decide about
the c1-bishop, if he should capture or not.} 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ba3 (19. Qg5 Qd3 {
and I was not sure what to do! The queen may come to g6 followed by ...f6 for
example, c3 hanging and the knight is coming to c4 or b3.}) 19... Nc4 20. Qg5 {
It all looks dangerous for Black at first sight, but I thought that Black can
go for ...Nxa3 followed by ...Qd3 and it seemed to me that the position is ok
for Black, even though there are still a lot of tricks in the air,
Nh5-Qe7-f4-f5 somewhere, but of course if was a viable option. The computer
suggests even ...Rfe8 and after Nh5 Rg8:)} f6 {This came as a surprise! Black
weakens the e6-pawn and gives a lot of targets for my pieces to attack.} (20...
Rfe8 21. f4 (21. Nh5 $6 Rg8 22. Qe7 Qc8 23. Qxf7 Ndxe5 $3 24. dxe5 Nxa3 $1 $17)
21... f6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh4 Nxa3 24. Rxa3 $13) 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Nh5 $1 {
An important move; the rook should go to f7 now.} Rf7 23. Rfe1 {I thought that
the position could be equal, but playing Black here is harder at least. He has
to protect the e6-pawn and watch out for tricks with the last rank being
weakened.} Nxa3 $1 (23... b5 $2 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Bb4 $1 {I was hoping for
this!} Qc6 {it looks like Black is fine but...} 26. Rxa7 $3 Rxa7 27. Qd8+ Nf8
28. Bxf8 $18) 24. Rxa3 Re8 25. Nf4 Qc8 $1 {Very strong defence by Black, I was
already worried about the e5 thrust, that's why all my thoughts were to
protect against it.} 26. Re3 {Defending c3 in order to bring the rook from a3
to e1.} Rf5 $2 {The first bad move comes here, Black had to go for
complications after ...e5, but my opponent did not have enough time here to
calculate the consequences.} (26... e5 $1 {worried me the most!} 27. Nxd5 exd4
28. cxd4 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qd2+ 30. Kg3 Ref8 $1 {I was not sure what this is, but
thought that Black should play this way for sure and the computer agrees.} 31.
Ne7 $1 {with some slight pressure but Black should keep it all. For example,
one very strong move being} Qb4 $3 $11 {with the idea to play ...Qd6+ and ...
Qxd4 later to follow.}) 27. Qg3 Qb8 $2 {One more bad move by Black in an
already not so pleasant position.} (27... Qc6 $1 {Active defence was
preferable; the queen stands much better here, eyeing a4 and c3 as well as
protecting e6 but after say} 28. Nd3 $14 {White still maintains some pressure.}
) 28. Nd3 $1 e5 29. Ra2 $1 {I like this move and now after seeing that the
computer thinks it is the best move here, even more so, I was hesitating if I
have to go 29.Qe1 instead but I did not like some things there. As shown in
the lines, the computer says that Ra1 is the best, but I wanted to protect the
second rank, feeling, as I did, that in endgames it could be important.} (29.
Qe1 $5 e4 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Rf8 {and I was not sure here
how to convert my advantage at all. c3 is weak my king is not great and ...Nf6
is always in the air.}) 29... exd4 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. cxd4 Rf7 32. Rc2 Kg8 33.
Re6 $1 {A strong move, with the idea to attack d5 or bring the rook to the
c-line and fully occupy the c-file and the 7th rank.} Nf6 34. Ne5 Rfb7 35. Rec6
$6 (35. g4 $1 {The computer points out this very strong move, that would end
the game much faster. Now there is simply no move for Black: the rook goes to
d6 and h4 is coming, the king comes to g3 and the position is completely lost
for Black.}) 35... h6 36. h4 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Ra6 R5b7 39. Rca2 Kh7 (39...
Nh5 $1 {would be much more tenacious, Black wants to bring the knight to f4.}
40. Kh2 $1 Rb2 41. Rxa7 Nf4 42. Nd7 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rc8 44. Kg3 Ne6 45. Nb6 $16 {
3 vs 2 with knights and rooks is a hard constellation to hold, but it would be
the best chance for Black!}) 40. Rxa7 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 Rb4 $2 {Losing move!} (
41... Nh5 $1 {was still the best!} 42. g4 Nf4 43. h5 $1 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nxd4 45.
Rd7 {with good chances for White, but still Black has chances!}) 42. Nc6 $1 Rc4
43. Nd8 Nh5 44. Ne6 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Re1 46. Ra6 Nf6 47. g4 {White's play is very
simple: the king comes to g3 and many pawns make Black's task impossible, g5
is threatening all the time and Black's king is very weak. Here I was sure
that I was winning already.} Kg8 48. g5 $1 hxg5 49. hxg5 Nh7 50. g6 Nf8 51. Nf4
Rd1 52. Ra8 {Black resigned! An important victory as we managed to win 2.5-1.5
due to my win and the win of Rauf that day. This helped us a lot in chasing
the title!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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 "Australia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ba2 $5 {An old line} (10. Bd3 {is more usual nowadays.})
10... b6 11. f3 $6 {This can wait.} (11. O-O {is better.}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O
Ba6 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Bd3 $5 15. Nf4 $6 (15. Qd1 {would force Renet to
retreat the bishop, probably to a6 and come up with a new plan, since} c4 $6
16. Nf4 {is good for White.}) 15... b5 $1 16. Qd1 Bc4 $1 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qa4
e5 $1 19. Ne2 ({On} 19. dxe5 Nxe5 {is strong.}) 19... cxd4 20. exd4 exd4 21.
Bf4 Qc8 22. cxd4 $2 (22. Qxc4 {was necessary, although Black keeps an edge
after} d3 23. Ng3 Na5 $1) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Be5 Rd5 $1 {Wohl had
underestimated this move which neutralises any problems Black might have with
his shattered kingside pawns. With time trouble to add to his pawn deficit,
Wohl has no serious chances to save the game.} 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rac1 Qc5+ 27.
Kh1 Rc8 28. h3 Kg7 29. Re2 Rd4 30. Qa6 Rcd8 31. Ree1 R8d5 32. Qb7 Re5 33. Rxe5
fxe5 34. Qb8 c3 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Re1 c2 37. Rxe5 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.04.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] 5'-Blitz} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5
7. a3 $6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 $1 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. a4 Ba6
13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. Ke2 Nb8 17. Rhc1 Nc6 18. c4 Rc7 19.
c5 Nd5 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Ne5 Rac8 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Kd2 Kf8 25.
a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 g5 27. Ba3+ Kg7 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. g3 Rb8 30. Ra2 Kg6 $15 31. Ke2
$4 {An unglamourous way to end such a high quality event. Nonetheless it is
quite fitting given the extremely demanding playing schedule which made many
players play below par at certain moments.} Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 O-O (8... Bf5 $5 {/^b1-h7}) (8... Qc7 $5 9. Ra2 (9. Bd3 $140 cxd4 $1) 9...
Bf5 $132) 9. Bd3 (9. Ne2 b6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 {White changed BB without
Bf1-d3-a6 tempo loss.} Nxa6 12. O-O Re8 13. Ra2 Nc7 14. Re2 Nb5 15. Qd3 Qd7 16.
Bb2 Rad8 17. Rd1 $132 {1-0 Forintos,G-Szabo,J/EU-chT Hamburg 1965(53)}) 9... b6
10. Ne2 Ba6 {Black must change BB - weakening eventual White Attack on the
kingside.} (10... Bb7 $143 11. O-O (11. Ng3 Re8 12. Rb1 Ba6 13. O-O Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Nc6 15. Rd1 h5 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qf4 c4 18. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Scheffner,
A-Rohde,U/NRW-I 1996/GER 13 (51)}) 11... Re8 12. Ng3 (12. Re1 Nc6 13. Ng3 Qc7
14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Steinmacher,J-Stelzer,H/
Waldshut MA ,GER 1991 (31)}) 12... Nc6 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Qa4 cxd4 15. cxd4 a6 16.
Qb3 $14 {1-0 Euwe,M-Golombek,H/Hastings(2) 1938 (38)}) 11. Ng3 (11. Bxa6 $143
Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 $132 {/\Qb7} (12... Nc7 13. O-O Re8 (13... Qe7 14. Ng3 Rad8
15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Ne6 17. e4 $14 {0-1 Levitt,J-Hartereau,P/FRA jr . 1982
(39)}) 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rf2 $132 {0-1 Ammann,W-Gereben,
E/Basel 1970(32)})) ({Worth of attention} 11. Bb1 {but, in my opinion, it is
difficult for White to justify BB exchange avoiding.} Re8 (11... Nc6 12. O-O
Re8 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Raicevic,I-Cvetkovic,S/Belgrade YUG Op 1987 
(31)}) 12. g4 Nc6 13. Ng3 g6 14. Kf2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. h4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Adianto,U-Garma,C/Genting zt 1995 (42)}) ({Or} 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1
Re8 14. Bf5 Rc7 15. Bd2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Coret Frasquet,J-Munoz Agullo,F/Ateneo
Mercantil 1992(20)}) 11... Bxd3 $6 {Premature exchange.} ({Much better was} 
11... Re8 $142 $5 12. O-O Qd7 {and here it is not easy for White to improve
pieces locations.} 13. Bxa6 (13. e4 $2 dxe4 14. fxe4 cxd4 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16.
cxd4 Nxe4 $17) (13. Ra2 Qb7 $1 14. Re2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 Nxa6 17. e4
$132) 13... Nxa6 14. Qd3 Qb7 $132 15. Re1 Rad8 $1 $132 (15... Re6 $6 16. e4
Rae8 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 $36)) 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Bb2 {White's plan is
to prepare and to promote e3-e4 with strong activity in the center and
kingside.} Rfd8 $5 {[%csl Rd4]} ({Possible also} 14... Rfe8 15. e4 dxe4 16.
fxe4 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qg4 18. Qf3 (18. h3 Qg6 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 18... Qxf3 19.
gxf3 Na5 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]}) 15. Rad1 Na5 16. e4 Qa4 $6 {Inaccuracy} ({
Much better was} 16... Rac8 $5 17. Bc1 {/\Bg5} Nc4 $5 18. Nf5 (18. Bg5 $2 Nb2
$1) (18. dxc5 Rxc5 $132) 18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Qe6 20. Rfe1 g6 $132) 17. Bc1 $1 {
/\Bg5} h6 $2 $16 {Serious mistake} ({In any case, after} 17... Nc4 18. Nf5 Rd7
19. e5 Ne8 20. f4 $36) ({or after} 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 {White has strong
Attack.} (18. Bg5 $6 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 $1 20. Bxd8 (20. Qxe4 Re8 21. Qg4 Qxa3
$17) 20... Nxc3 $17) 18... Nc4 (18... Qc4 19. Bg5 $16) 19. Nf5 h6 20. e5 Ne8
21. f4 $36) 18. Nf5 $1 {Now Black can not be protected from threat Bxh6!} cxd4
{[#]} ({or} 18... Nb3 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qe3 Rd7 21. Qxh6 Ne8 22. exd5 $18) 19.
Bxh6 $3 gxh6 $2 $18 {Black in shock} ({Not bad was the only move} 19... Ne8 $1
20. Bg5 f6 21. Bc1 $1 (21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ Kf7 23. exd5 Qxa3 (23... fxg5 24.
Qf5+ (24. f4 g4 25. Qf5+ Nf6 26. Ne5+ Kg8 $11) 24... Nf6 25. Ne5+ Kg8 26. Qe6+
Kh7 27. Rxd4 Qxa3 28. f4 Qxc3 29. Rd3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 g4 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ $11
)) 21... dxc3 22. exd5 Qc4 23. Rfe1 $16) ({Badly is} 19... dxe4 $2 20. fxe4
dxc3 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kh7 (22... Ne8 23. Nxg7 Kh7 24. Nxe8 Kxh6 25.
Rf6+ Kg5 (25... Kh7 26. Rxf7+ Kg6 27. Rg7+ Kh6 28. Rd6+ Kh5 29. g4+ Kh4 30.
Rh6#) 26. Rd5+ Kg4 27. h3+ $18) 23. Bxg7 Ne8 24. Bxc3 $18) 20. Qd2 $1 Ne8 21.
Qxh6 {White wins by force.} Rd7 (21... Qxa3 22. Rxd4 Nc4 23. exd5 $18) (21...
Qd7 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. exd5 Nc4 24. Rxd4 $18) 22. exd5 Nb3 (22... Qc2 23. Qg5+
Kf8 24. Rxd4 $18) 23. Rde1 f6 24. Re7 (24. Ne7+ Kf7 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qg8#)
24... Rxe7 25. Nxe7+ Kf7 26. Re1 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Garcia Martinez, Silvino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 (12. Bb2 $6 Qd7 13. a4 {
was the course of the legendary Botvinnik - Capablanca game which first
brought home to the world the potency of white's central formation even in the
absence of white-squared bishops. In fact black could have spoiled the show
somewhat with} cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 $132 {here. Still, it is about the plan, and
Botvinnik's contribution was immense.}) 12... Nc7 (12... Qc8 $5 13. f3 Qb7 14.
Bd2 Rfe8 15. g4 $1 Nc7 16. Ng3 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. a4 $1 Nb8 19. a5 Nc6 20.
axb6 axb6 21. Rfb1 $14 {1-0 Chiburdanidze,M-Taimanov,M/Roquebrune 1998/CBM 67 
(62) White's initiative persists into the endgame, and her bishop is as likely
to prove an asset as a liability.}) 13. f3 Ne6 $6 14. Bb2 Rc8 $2 {A serious
but instructive error. It is ALL about holding up e4 until such moment as
counterplay can be organised, and to this end absolutely essential to play} (
14... Re8 $1 15. Ng3 (15. g4 $5) 15... Qd7 16. e4 $2 (16. Rad1 $5) 16... cxd4
17. cxd4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 {Hardly the idea, but} (18. fxe4 Nc5 $1 {will fall
short on compensation for white.}) 18... Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc7 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]}
20. Qd3 Nd5 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re5 f6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 Tomic,
D-Szabo,L/Vinkovci 1970/MCL (40) With a rather 'pure' example of an unpleasant
IQP ending for white.}) 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. e4 $1 {Now the ...Nc5 trick is but a
detail. Yes, the knight will look active, but the desertion of the king-side
allows white an uncomplicated but pleasingly thematic and decisive sacrifice.}
cxd4 17. cxd4 dxe4 (17... Nf4 18. Qd2 {doesn't help, but of course, however
unpleasant, black should endeavour to keep the f-file closed.}) 18. fxe4 Nc5
19. Qe2 Na4 20. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb2 (20... gxf6 21. Nh5 $1 Kh8 22. Nxf6
Qd6 {[%cal Ye4e5,Gd6c6,Gc6c2,Gc2h7]} (22... Qc6 23. Rf1 {[%cal Ye2h5]}) 23. e5
Qc7 24. Rc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kf2 $18 {[%cal Ye2h5]}) 21. Nf5 Qe8 (21...
g6 22. Qxb2 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Rc2 24. Qb4 $18) 22. Rf1 Nc4 23. Qg4 g6 24. Nh6+ Kh8
25. Nxf7+ Kg7 26. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Bd3 {This is Vadim Milov's latest try in an opening system which he
has really made his own.} ({My guess is that Milov has tired of the positions
arising after} 9. Bb2 Qa5 $1 (9... Qc7) (9... Nc6) {when white must choose
between attempting to keep open the option of capture towards the centre with
the rather clumsy and time-consuming} 10. Qd2 ({or acquiescing in the
inconvenient exd4 with} 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. O-O (12. a4 Ba6 13. Nd2
Rc8 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. c4 (15. Qe2 $5 {Lautier.}) 15... Nbd7 16. O-O Qa5 17. Re1
Rc7 {with comfortable play for black in Milov,V-Lautier,J/Biel 1996/Inf 67 1-0
(34)}) 12... Ba6 $1 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 b5 {[%csl Gc4]} 16. Nd2
Nbd7 (16... Qa4 $5) 17. a4 b4 18. c4 Qxa4 19. Ra1 Qc6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Milov,
V-Granda Zuniga,J/Buenos Aires 1996/CBM 53 (60) white clearly has some
compensation for the pawn, but I am a bit sceptical that it sould be enough.})
10... Nbd7 11. Rc1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 bxc4 16.
Rxc4 Ne4+ 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rhc1 Bd5 19. Ra4 $2 Nb6 $17 {0-1 Milov,V-Tiviakov,
S/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1996/CBM 53 (43)}) 9... Qc7 {This move seems to me very
sensible in that it restricts white's options.} ({There is of course nothing
wrong with} 9... Nc6 {either. After} 10. Nf3 Qc7 {however, white can still
choose between} 11. O-O ({but not} 11. e4 $2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4) ({and} 11. Bb2
e5 {which is covered in the note to 10...Nc6 below.}) 11... e5 12. Qc2 {
which is the old main line,}) 10. Bb2 (10. Nf3 $2 {is of course ruled out due
to} cxd4 11. cxd4 $140 $2 Qc3+ $19) (10. Ne2) 10... b6 $6 {Nothing at all
wrong in principle with playing on the light-squares, but after white's
logical reply, black feels obliged to close the centre after which the move ...
b6 plays just about no role at all.} (10... Nc6 $5 11. Nf3 (11. e4 $6 {might
appear a tempting alternative, but} Qa5 ({stronger than} 11... Qb6 {when} 12.
Rb1 $1 {covers everything due to the tactic} cxd4 $6 13. cxd4 Nxd4 $2 14. e5
$18) 12. Qd2 Rd8 {looks highly inconvenient. If white is forced to play} 13. e5
Nd5 {then the structure is not favourable at the best of times, but without
queens it is dictinctly bad.}) 11... e5 {leads to a highly interesting
position which can really only arise by the 6 a3 move order, since it is the
fact that white has not castled which uniquely gives him time to place his
bishops on b2 and d3. However, whilst it is clearly true that d3 is a more
active square than e2 ( comparing the line 4 e3 0-0 5 Bd3 d5 6 Nf3 c5 7 0-0
Nc6 8 a3 Bxc3 9 bxc3 dxc4 10 Bxc4 Qc7 11 Bb2 e5 12 Be2 ) it is also a more
vulnerable square. It is this that leads me to feel that I would play black
here. Practice seems to support this hunch, although it is to me strange that
black has not headed for this more often.} 12. dxe5 (12. Qc2 $5 cxd4 13. cxd4
e4 $5 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qf4 Qb5 18. Bc3 Qd3 19. Rc1
Rac8 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Nb3 b6 (21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 (22. Nxd4 Be4) 22... Qxb3 23.
O-O Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $13) 22. Qe2 Nb4 (22... Ne5 $5 23. dxe5 Rxc3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3
25. Nd4 Bg6 $132) 23. Bxb4 Qxb3 24. O-O Bd3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd1 Rc2 27. Re1
$14 {1/2-1/2 Addison,W-Reshevsky,S/Palma de Mallorca 1970/IZT (32)}) 12... Nxe5
13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qc2 {[%cal Yc3c4]} c4 $1 {An excellent thematic light-square
pawn sacrifice the logical consequences of which can be enjoyed some moves
later.} 15. Bxc4 Bf5 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. O-O Ng4 18. g3 Qc5 19. Bd3 (19. Ba2 Ne5
$44 {[%cal Gf5d3,Gf5g4]}) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qh5 21. h4 Ne5 22. Qd1 Qf5 {
with easily sufficient play to hold the balance in 1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Lautier,J/
Biel 1997/CBM 60 (31)}) 11. e4 $1 e5 (11... Ba6 12. e5 $5 (12. Nf3 Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 Qb7 $132) 12... Bxd3 $140 $2 13. exf6 $40) 12. d5 c4 13. Bc2 Nbd7 14. Ne2
Nc5 15. Ng3 b5 16. O-O a5 17. Bc1 Ra6 $1 {[%cal Ga6h6]} 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. f4 $6 {
Could this natural break be premature? If so it is a tribute to the splendid
trickery of the world's strongest woman player.} (19. h3 $5 {looks a sensible
preface in view of what is to come.}) 19... Ng4 20. Nf5 {My first thought was
that even if this move might be 'correct' it was one that black might have
been pleased to see, because it does damage white's structure, and give black
the chance to threaten entry into white's position with both her knights.
However, with a highly dubious position, I think Judit has already shown great
resourcefulness, evidenced by the fact that the thematic} (20. h3 $2 {would in
fact leave white clearly worse after} Qa7 $1 ({although not} 20... Nf6 $2 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qxc3 23. Ne2 Qxa3 24. Bc1 Qa2 25. Nc3 $18) ({or} 20... exf4
$2 21. Bxf4 Ne5 (21... Qb6 22. Qd4) 22. d6) 21. Kh1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 (22. hxg4 Nf2+
23. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 22... Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 $17 {[%csl Rd3,Rg3]}) ({However
what of} 20. Qf3 $5 {Here black's ( largely tactical ) resources do seem
rather stretched. I can find no good line, eg.} Nd3 (20... Qa7 21. Kh1 Rh6 22.
h3 Rh4 (22... Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. f5 $16) 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 e4 25. Qg3
$16) 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. f5 $16) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Nf6 22. Rxb5 $6 ({I must
admit I do not see much against} 22. fxe5 $5 Qxe5 23. Rxb5 Rc8 24. Re1 $16)
22... e4 $1 $132 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gc5d3]} 23. Qd4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. c4 h5 {
[%csl Gd3,Ge4]} 26. Be3 Qd7 27. h3 h4 28. Rfb1 Re8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kh7
31. Qc5 Qxf5 32. Qf8 Kg6 33. Qh8 Nh5 34. Qc8 {This really looks rather
time-scramble like. White's less than convincing chasing after the white king
followed by this apparent change of heart has cost his advantage.} Rd6 35. Qc7
Rf6 36. Rb6 (36. d6 $2 Nxf4 37. d7 Nxg2 $40 {[%cal Gf5f1]}) 36... Kh7 37. Rxf6
Nxf6 38. Qxa5 Qh5 39. Qe1 Ne8 $1 {This looks like a very fine move. To keep
the knight mobile black needs to support the e4 pawn with ...f5. It will still
be possible to stop the c and d pawns on the key light squares c6 and d7.} 40.
Bd2 f5 41. c5 Nf6 42. d6 Qe8 43. Qxh4+ Kg8 44. Qf2 Qa4 45. Bc3 Qc4 46. Bb4 (46.
Bxf6 gxf6 47. d7 Qd5 $11) 46... Kf7 47. Kh2 Ke6 48. Qg3 Kf7 49. Qf2 Ke6 50. Qg3
{Thematically for the Nimzo, black's light-square blockade remains the key!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Roque"]
[Site "San Roque"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Be7 $5) (
6... dxc4 7. Bxh7+ (7. Bxc4) 7... Nxh7 8. axb4 c6) 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 (
8... Nxd5 9. Ne2 Nc6 {-b6} (9... b6 {[%cal Gc8a6]})) 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11.
f3 Re8 (11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Ng3 $14 {with the idea Bb2-e4+/=}) 12. Ra2
(12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qd3 Nc7 (13... Qc8 $5) 14. Ng3 $14) 12... Qc8 {with the
idea Bxd3 followed by Qa6} 13. Bb1 $5 Nc6 14. Re1 Bc4 15. Rb2 Qa6 $132 16. a4
$1 (16. g4 $5) 16... Rad8 17. g4 $1 Nd7 {with some plans as Nf8-Ne6 putting
pressure on d4 not allowing e4} 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. Rg2 {typical to this type of
positions,when white has a strong pawn center,and his bishops are aimed
against black's king it is normal to transfer the rook to g2 and then advance
the king's side pawns} Qa5 (19... b5 $5) 20. Bd2 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. h4 $40
Qa6 $1 {[%cal Gc4d3] threatening Bd3 exchanging the white squared bishops
after white will have very weak white squares and no attack} 23. Bc1 cxd4 24.
cxd4 Nb4 {again threatening Bd3} 25. Rd2 b5 $1 26. axb5 Qxb5 $132 {[%cal Ga7a1]
now black got good counterplay a pass "a" pawn} 27. e4 {another plan was 27.
Kf2 with Rh1 and h5} dxe4 {if not white will play e5 and then simply advance
the "f" pawn} 28. fxe4 a5 29. Bb2 (29. d5 $2 Nxd5) (29. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Gd2f2,
Gh4h5]}) 29... Qb6 (29... Bd3 $5 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 (31. Qe2 $2 Nxe1 $1 (
31... Rb8 $11) 32. Qxb5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxd2 $17) 31... Qxb2 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Re4,
Rg1,Rg4,Rh4] Xkg1,Xd4,e4,g4.h4}) 30. Qf3 Rd6 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Qg3 Rfe6 {[%cal
Gc4d5]} 33. Rc1 Qb5 34. Kh2 (34. d5 $2 Nxd5) {[%tqu "En","the Knight on b4 can
stand better,can you find a place for him? this is not easy!","","","b4d5","",
5]} 34... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f6] Xg4,Xe4} 35. e5 (35. exd5 Re2+) (35. Ba1 Rxe4 $5
36. Bxe4 Rxe4 $44) 35... Rb6 {threatening Qxb2!} 36. Ba3 Qa4 37. Bc5 Rb3 38.
Bc2 $1 (38. Qf2 Ne3 $1 {[%csl Rg4]}) 38... Qa2 39. Qf2 Rb2 40. h5 $1 Nb4 $1 (
40... gxh5 $4 41. Bh7+ Kxh7 42. Rxb2) (40... Bb3 $4 {[%tqu "En","white has a
force very nice win,think about the black king","","","h5g6","",10]} 41. hxg6
$1 fxg6 42. Bxb3 Rxd2 43. Bxd5+ Kh7 {[%tqu "En","if you have not find white's
41 move take a second chance,find now white's move","","","c1h1","",5]} 44. Rh1
$3 Rxf2+ 45. Kg3+ Rh2 46. Rxh2+ Qxh2+ 47. Kxh2 $18) 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Kg3 Bd5
43. Re2 {[%cal Gc2d1]} Nxc2 44. Rcxc2 (44. Rexc2 Reb8 {[%cal Ga5a3]}) 44...
Qb3+ 45. Kh4 (45. Kh2 Rb1 46. Re3) 45... Rxc2 (45... Rb1 46. Re3 Rh1+ 47. Kg3
$13) 46. Rxc2 a4 $17 47. Rb2 Qc3 48. Rb6 g5+ $1 49. Kxg5 a3 $1 50. Ra6 Qc1+ 51.
Kh4 $6 (51. Qf4 Qh1 (51... Qxf4+ $1 52. Kxf4 a2 53. Bb4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 54.
Bc5 Rb8 $19 {[%cal Gb8b1]}) 52. Bxa3) 51... a2 52. Rxa2 Qh6+ 53. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Borlange"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:22"]
[BlackClock "0:01:30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 {A practical choice.}
dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 (7... e5 $5) 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 {[#] An intriguing
position. Normally the knight is on f3. The players were contemplating pros
and cons...} e5 {clearly a good way of expoiting the positioning of the knight
on e2.} 11. Bb2 {A risky move. What if the bishop never comes out?} Qe7 {
good choice.} (11... Qc7 12. Ba2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Rad1 {is easier for White.
}) 12. Ba2 {perhaps too cautious.} Rd8 {[#]} 13. d5 c4 $1 14. e4 (14. Bxc4 Qc5
15. Ba2 Nxd5 $17) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxc4 {forced.} Na5 16. Ba2 {[#]} b5 ({It
seems like Black did not have to prevent c4 physically.} 16... b6 $1 $17 17. c4
$2 Ba6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qd3 Nd6 {is a disaster for white.}) 17. Ng3 $6 {
White is showing signs of discomfort in the position.} (17. a4 $1 Qb7 18. Ba3
$11) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nc4 {[#]White's opening strategy has collapsed. Pia
has shown great expertise in the Nimzo in this tournament.} 19. Qe2 Qc7 $6 ({
In the commentators room} 19... Rxd5 $1 {was suggested. The point is that
Black, instead of being materially interested continue with her pursuit on the
White squares:} 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qe2 f6 {And Black will probably
win.}) 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. a4 a6 22. Rfe1 f6 23. d6 Qc6 (23... Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6
25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxc4+ bxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kh8 {Is better for Black but not
totally hopeless for white.}) 24. f3 Kh8 ({It was due time to hit the d-pawn.} 
24... Rxd6 $17) 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. a5 Qc5+ $2 {Black is going for the wrong
pawn.} (26... Rxd6) 27. Qe3 Qxa5 28. Ra1 Qb5 29. Ba3 a5 30. Reb1 Qd7 31. Rb6
Bc6 32. Rab1 {[#]White should be able to hold this without to much trouble.} h6
33. Kf2 Rdc8 34. R1b2 Qf5 35. Rd2 Qd7 36. Rdb2 Re8 37. Rb1 f5 (37... e4 $5 {
forcing} 38. f4 {and now the queen is practically stuck at e3.}) 38. Re1 Rac8
39. Ra6 f4 $6 {Black is gambling} 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Qxf4 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Qb7 43.
Rxa5 Qb1+ 44. Kf2 Qc2+ 45. Kg3 Qxc3 46. Ra7 {[#] After 39..f4?! this was
practically forced. Now White has the upper hand.} Qe1+ $2 47. Kh2 c3 48. Qd4
Rg8 49. Bb4 Qd2 50. Bxc3 Qxd4 51. Bxd4 Kh7 52. Bb6 Rb8 53. Ba5 Rb5 54. Bc3 Kg6
55. Rc7 Ba8 56. Rc8 Rh5+ 57. Kg1 {The game went very fine for Pia until she
overplayed the position. This have (sadly) been he case in many games in the
championship.} 1-0

