[Event "Candidates FIDE m2"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Having been surprised by the Steinitz defence in
the first game I was quite pleased to play my own surprise but Yusupov sticks
to his guns} 4. cxd5 {The classical is one of his main weapons against the
Grunfeld but having a Grunfeld addict (Pat Wolff) for my second came in handy!}
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3
Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1 {The alternatives are 14.d5 and 14.Qa4
but this one was not a surprise for us} Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 {and this is an
obscure side-line. The main move is 15...Be6 but I had some ideas here} 16. Qb4
b6 17. d5 (17. Bg5 $5 f6 (17... Bf6 $2 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. d5 $16 {>< Bb3}) (
17... Re8 $2 18. Bb5 h6 19. Bh4 $1 (19. Bxe8 hxg5 $44) 19... g5 20. Bxe8 gxh4
21. Bb5 $16) 18. Be3 Bf7 $13) 17... Qd6 $1 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Ba6
Ba4 $1 $13) 18... Rfd8 $1 19. Qxd6 (19. Ba6 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 e6 $1 21. Be7 $8 (21.
d6 Be5 $17) 21... Rd7 22. d6 Be5 23. Bb5 Bxd6 $1 24. Bxd7 Bxe7 $17) 19... exd6
20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Ba6 Rc5 $1 $17 22. Rxc5 bxc5 (22... dxc5 $5 {A far more
committal move. Black has an armada of passed pawns on the queenside but I was
afraid that white's centre pawns could get messy. The game continuation is
less risky but slower}) 23. Rc1 (23. Bd2 Bc4 $1) 23... Rb8 $1 24. Bd2 Rb6 25.
Bxa5 $8 (25. Bd3 $2 Nb7 {/\ a5-a4}) 25... Rxa6 26. Bc3 Bh6 $1 (26... Bxc3 27.
Nxc3 $15) 27. Rb1 Rb6 28. Kf2 Bc4 29. Ra1 $1 a6 30. Ra4 Bd3 31. Ra3 Rb1 32. e5
Bf8 (32... dxe5 33. Bxe5 Bb5 34. Nc3 $1 $132) 33. exd6 Bxd6 34. Be5 $1 Bxe5 35.
Rxd3 Bd6 (35... c4 $2 36. Re3 $1 Bd6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rc8) 36. Ra3 Rb6 37. Ra4
(37. Ra5 c4 38. Ra4 Bb4 $1 {/\ a5}) (37. Nc3 $5 c4 (37... f5 38. Ra5 c4 39. Na4
) 38. Ra2) 37... Kf8 38. h3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Be5 $1 $19 {/\ Kd6} 40. f4 Bg7 41. f5
Kd6 42. Rh4 h5 (42... h6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Rg4 g5 45. h4 Bf6 $19) 43. fxg6 fxg6
44. Ra4 Be5 $1 45. g4 (45. Ke4 Rb4+ $19) 45... h4 $1 (45... hxg4 46. Rxg4 Kxd5)
46. g5 Bg3 $1 (46... Kxd5 $6 47. Rxh4 Rb3+ 48. Kd2 a5 $17) 47. Nc3 (47. Nxg3
hxg3 48. Kf3 Kxd5 49. Kxg3 c4 50. Kf3 Re6 $19) 47... Be1 $1 48. Ne4+ Kxd5 49.
Nf6+ Kc6 50. Re4 Kb5 51. Kd3 Rd6+ 52. Kc2 Bb4 53. Rxh4 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 c4 55. Ne4
Re2 $1 (55... Rh2 56. Rf4 c3 57. Rf2) 56. Kd1 Re3 $1 {>< Ne4} 57. Nf6 (57. Rg4
a5 58. h4 a4 $19) 57... Re1+ 58. Kc2 Re2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Kc1 c3 0-1

[Event "SLO-chT 12th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.11.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ptuj"]
[BlackTeam "Grize"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Qb6+ $5 {The move which was regarded suspicious since the
stem game Bronstein-Boleslavsky,Moscow(ct)1950.} 17. Kh1 (17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rb1
Qc5 19. Rc1 Qb6 $13 {has been tried in their first encounter.
Bronstein-Boleslavsky,Budapest(ct)1950.}) 17... Bd7 $146 {A logical novelty.}
18. Rb1 (18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. f4 e6 $132) 18... Qd6 {Seems like the best square
for blacks queen.} 19. Bxf8 {Looks like a sad necessity since it is always
difficult to give your beloved bishop that easy.} ({I did not like} 19. Bd2 Nc6
$1 (19... Qa3 20. Nf4 $1) 20. Rxb7 Rab8 21. Bf4 Ne5 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rxa7 Ra8
$11) 19... Rxf8 20. Qc3 {It seemed to me to be the most principal move during
the game.Around this point I was playing against Na5.} ({However the following
alternative is also very interesting:} 20. Qd4 $5 b6 21. f4 e5 (21... Bg4 22.
e5 $1 Qa3 23. Ng3 $1 Qxa2 24. f5 $44) 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. f5 Qf7 24. Rc1 $40 Rc8
25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qd8+ Qf8 27. Qc7 Qc5 28. Qxa7 Nc4 $5 $44 (28... Qe3 29. Bb5
Qxe4 30. Qxb6 Bb7 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 33. fxg6 hxg6 $14)) 20... b6 21.
Ba6 {Hitting two birds with one stone:Preventing Rc8 from happening and
nailing down Nc5 to the edge of the board.} e6 {Natural reaction black has to
react in the center.} 22. Rd1 Bc6 $2 {An unforced error!} (22... Nc6 $142 23.
Bb5 (23. Bc4 Na5) (23. Qb3 Na5 24. dxe6 Qe5 (24... Qxe6 25. Qc2) 25. Qb4 Bxe6
26. Qe7 $40) 23... Ne7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. d6 Nc6 26. f4 e5 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5
$16 {White is clearly better but difficult to have a breaktrough at once.}) (
22... Rf7 23. Rd2 Kg7 24. h3 $5 exd5 $140 25. Rxd5 Qe7 26. Nd4 $16) 23. dxc6 $1
$18 {As simple as this!Black has to lose two pieces for the rook.} Qxd1+ 24.
Ng1 Nxc6 25. Qxc6 Kg7 $1 {Black king has to head for h6.} (25... e5 26. Qc7 Qd4
27. Qxa7 Rf7 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Bb5 Qc5 30. a4 Rc7 31. Qd8 $18) 26. Bc4 $5 (26.
Qxe6 Qd8 27. Bc4 Qc7 28. h4 $18 {looks also simple.}) 26... e5 27. Bd5 Kh6 $1 {
Creating some difficulties.} (27... Qd4 28. Qd6 Qc5 29. Qd7+ Kh6 30. Qxa7 Rc8
31. Qd7 Rc7 32. Qd8 $18) 28. Qc7 $1 {Grinding down tactics!} (28. Qd6 Rc8 29.
Qxf6 Rc1 30. Qf8+ (30. Qh4+ Kg7 31. Qf2 $2 Qd4 $19 {is even lost for white.})
30... Kg5 (30... Kh5 $2 31. g4+ Kg5 32. h4+ Kxh4 33. Qh6+ Kg3 34. Qh2#) 31. h4+
Kxh4 32. Qh6+ Kg3 33. Qe3 Qe1 34. Qg5+ Kf2 35. Qh4+ Ke3 {is not simple at all.}
) 28... b5 $2 {Final nail on his coffin!} (28... Qd4 29. h4 Qf2 (29... a5 30.
Nh3 (30. g4 Qc5 31. g5+ fxg5 32. hxg5+ Kxg5 33. Qxe5+ Kh6 34. f4) 30... Qc5 31.
Qd7 b5 32. g4 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Nf2 $18 {looks awful.}) 30. Nh3 Qxh4 31.
Qxa7 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qb4 33. Nf2 f5 34. Qc7 Qd4 (34... fxe4 35. Ng4+) 35. Qe7 Rc8
36. Nh3 $18) 29. Qc5 $1 {Black's remaining pieces are overloaded to defend
alot of squares.} Rb8 30. Qe3+ g5 31. Qxa7 Rc8 32. Qf7 $18 {Now it is all over.
} Rc1 33. Qxf6+ (33. Qxf6+ Kh5 34. Bf7+ (34. g4+ Kh4 35. Qh6#) 34... Kh4 35.
g3# (35. Qh6#)) 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ahlander, Bjorn"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bg5 (17. d5 Qd6 $1 $15 {Yusupov-Anand/Wijk aan
Zee m-2/1994/}) 17... f6 18. Be3 Bf7 $13 19. Ba6 Qd6 20. Qb2 Rab8 21. d5 $6 b5
$1 22. Bxb5 a6 23. Qc3 Rxb5 $17 24. Nd4 Rb4 25. Ne6 $1 Nb3 $1 26. Nxf8 Nxc1 27.
Rxc1 f5 $1 (27... Kxf8 $2 28. Bc5 $18) 28. Qc8 Bxf8 29. Bc5 Qb8 30. Bxe7 (30.
Bxb4 $1 Qxb4 31. exf5 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Bxd5 33. fxg6 hxg6 $17) 30... Rb1 $19 31.
Rxb1 Qxc8 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 exd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Rfd1 Bxd5
21. exd5 Re8 22. Bf4 (22. Bf2 Bf8 23. Qa4 a6 $1 24. Ra1 b6 25. Rdb1 Nb7 26. Qc6
Nc5 27. Bf1 Rc8 $10 {Lukacs}) 22... Be5 {N} (22... Qxd5 23. Be4 $18) (22...
Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bb5 $16) (22... Qf6 23. Bc7 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kf1
Bb6 26. d6 $1 $14 {Lukacs,P-Luecke/Budapest/1991/}) 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. d6 {
+/- Lukacs} Rd5 25. Be4 Qb6+ $1 26. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 axb6 28. Rb1 {Ftacnik,L
} (28. d7 Rd8 29. Rb1 Rxd7 30. Rxb6 $14) (28. Rb1 Nc4 29. Bxb7 Rd8 30. Bd5 Nxd6
31. Rxb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piskov, Yury"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qa3 b5 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Qb4 a6 20. Nd4 Re8 (
20... Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bb5 23. Qa2 $14) (20... Be5 21. f4 Bd6 22. Qe1
$44) 21. Be2 Be5 22. Ra1 Bc7 (22... Nc4) 23. Ne6 Bd6 24. Qxd6 fxe6 25. Qe5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Qa4 a6
15. d5 b5 16. Qb4 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Bd7 18. Qd4 f6 19. e5 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Qb8 (20...
Bf5 21. Bd4 Rf6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Ng3 Qd6 24. Qe1 $1 $16) 21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Qc5
Nb7 23. Qc1 Nd6 (23... Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Bd4 $5 Rxe2 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qf6+)
24. Ng3 (24. Nd4 $5 $13) 24... Bf5 (24... Nf5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Bd4 Qd6 27. Qh6
Qd7 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qf6 $18) 25. Qd2 $1 (25. Nxf5 $2 Nxf5 26. Bf2 Qe5 $17)
25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd8 27. Bc5 Rc8 $6 (27... Nb7 $5 28. Bf2 (28. Bd4 Qxd5 29.
Ne4 Rxe4 $1) 28... Nd6 $10) 28. Bxd6 Qb6+ (28... Qxd6 29. Ne4 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 $1
Rc4 31. Rd1 $16) 29. Kh1 Qxd6 30. Ne4 Qf4 31. g3 Qf5 32. d6 $16 Rcd8 33. Rd1
Qf7 34. a3 Rf8 35. Kg2 Qc4 $6 (35... a5 36. d7 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Nc5 Rb8
$132) 36. Qxc4+ bxc4 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. d7 Rcd8 39. Nc5 c3 40. Rc4 Rf6 41. Rxc3
Kf7 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Re3+ Kf7 44. Rd3 Ke7 45. Re3+ Kf7 46. f4 Rd6 47. Kf3 Rd2
48. h3 a5 49. Nd3 (49. Rd3 $5 Rxd3+ 50. Nxd3 Ke6 51. Ne5 Rf8 52. Ke4 $16) 49...
Kf6 50. Ne5 R8xd7 51. Nxd7+ Rxd7 52. Ke4 Rd1 53. Rc3 Ra1 54. g4 h6 55. Rc6+ Kf7
56. Rc7+ Kf6 57. h4 Rxa3 $2 (57... Re1+ 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Kc5 Ra1 60. g5+ hxg5
61. hxg5+ Kf5 $10) 58. g5+ Ke6 59. Rg7 $2 (59. Rc6+ Kf7 60. h5 $1 gxh5 61. g6+
Kg7 62. f5 $18) (59. gxh6 Rh3 60. h7 Rxh4 $10) 59... Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Ke4
{Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 324]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4
Be6 14. Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 {The popularity of this variation can not be
compared with the continuation 15...Be6. The pieces remain hanging a bit in
the air, but the latest experience shows, that black can get away with it.} (
15... Be6) 16. Qb4 b6 (16... Qb6 17. Qxe7 Nc6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfd8 20. d5
Ne5 21. Rc3 Ba4 22. Nd4 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rac8 24. Rb1 b5 {1/2-1/2 Wessman,
R-Einarsson,H/Reykjavik op 1990 (40)}) 17. Bg5 {The atractivity of black's
idea lays in the fact, that white has to play active and well. Otherwise the
first player runs the danger, that initiative and better chances will land in
black hands.} (17. Rc3 Be6 18. Rfc1 (18. Bg5 Re8 (18... f6 19. Bf4 $13) 19. Bb5
(19. Rfc1) 19... Bd7 20. Ba6 $2 (20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rfc1 Qd6 $1 22. Qa4 a6 $15)
20... Nc6 21. Qc4 b5 $1 (21... Bc8 $5 22. Bb5 Nxd4 23. Bxe8 Be6 $1 24. Qd3
Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bxc3 $19) 22. Qc5 (22. Bxb5 Na5 23. Qd5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxd4+ 25.
Be3 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rb8 $19) 22... Qb6 23. Qxb6 $8 axb6 24. Bb7 Nxd4 {0-1 Timman,
J-Hellers,F/Sigeman and Co/1997/ (30)}) 18... Qd6 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. Ba6 d5 21.
Nf4 Rad8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Alexandrova,O-Blazkova,P/EU-chJW U16/
1994/ (27)}) (17. d5 Qd6 $1 {This move has a lion share in the revitalisation
of the whole black system. The exchange of the queens neutralizes white's
pressure and the "a" pawn can later get a chance to show it's teeth.} 18. Qxd6
(18. Bd2 $6 Rfd8 $1 19. Qxd6 (19. Ba6 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 e6 $1 21. Be7 $8 Rd7 22. d6
Be5 23. Bb5 Bxd6 $1 24. Bxd7 Bxe7 $17) 19... exd6 20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Ba6 Rc5 $1
$17 22. Rxc5 bxc5 (22... dxc5 $5) 23. Rc1 (23. Bd2 Bc4 $1) 23... Rb8 $1 24. Bd2
Rb6 25. Bxa5 $8 (25. Bd3 $2 Nb7 {/\ a5-a4}) 25... Rxa6 26. Bc3 Bh6 $1 {0-1
Jussupow,A-Anand,V/Wijk cm2 1994/ (60)}) 18... exd6 19. Rc7 (19. Nd4 Ba4 20.
Rc7 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb3 22. Bf6 Rfc8 {0-1 De Rover,Y-Aubel,J/NLD-chJM U20 1996 
(35)}) (19. Ba6 Ba4 $1 $13) 19... Ba4 (19... Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Bf6
22. Bf4 Bd8 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Ba6 Ba4 25. Nd4 Kf8 26. Rc7 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Monda,L/
Budapest Spring op 1990 (33)}) 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nb3 22. Bc2 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+
Rxc8 24. Bxb3 Bxb3 25. Ra1 Rc7 26. Bf4 Rd7 27. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Peckford,W-Wolff,P/
North Bay op 1996 (30)}) 17... f6 18. Bf4 (18. Be3 Bf7 19. Ba6 Qd6 20. Qb2 Rab8
21. d5 $6 b5 $1 22. Bxb5 a6 23. Qc3 Rxb5 $17 {0-1 Ahlander,B-Hellers,F/Malmo/
1994/ (31)}) 18... e5 19. Be3 {Kramnik choses a compact move with the support
of the center, but white will squeeze out little from the position.
Interesting alternative was} (19. Bg3 $5 exd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Bc7 Qd7 21. Nxd4)
20... f5 (20... Bf7 $2 21. Bc7 $16) 21. Bd6 (21. Nxb3 Qxd3 22. Nxa5 bxa5 $15)
21... Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Nb7 23. e5 $13) 19... exd4 20. Nxd4 Bf7 21. Ba6 (21. Rfd1
Rc8 $15) 21... Re8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 {Shirov has little reason to undertake great
risk with black pieces in the first game, the queens on the board could have
created wild complications.} (22... Qb8 23. Nb5 (23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25.
Rdc1 Qe5 26. Bc4 $15) 23... Bf8 24. Nd6 Nb7 25. Nxe8 Bxb4 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Nd7
Qe8 28. Bd4+ Kh6 29. Be3+ g5 30. Bxb7 Rd8 31. Bc6 $13) 23. Qxe7 (23. Qc3 Qe5
24. Qc7 Red8 25. Be2 $13) 23... Rxe7 24. Nc6 (24. Kf2 h5 (24... Rd8 25. Nf5 $1)
25. g3 Rd8 $15) 24... Nxc6 (24... Re6 $6 25. Nxa5 bxa5 26. Bc4 $14) 25. Rxc6 {
Black accepted draw offer, even though his position is more pleasant. White
could not hope for more, than the compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (25.
Rxc6 Rae8 (25... f5 $6 26. Bg5 Re6 27. Rc7 $13) 26. Kf2 h5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 (15... Be6) 16. Qb4 (16. Qa3 b6 17. d5 Qd6 18. Qxd6 exd6 19.
Rc7 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Bf6 22. Bf4 Bd8 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Ba6 Ba4 25. Nd4
Kf8 26. Rc7 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Monda,L/Budapest Spring op 1990 (33)}) 16... b6 (
16... Qb6 17. Qxe7 Nc6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfd8 20. d5 Ne5 21. Rc3 Ba4 22.
Nd4 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rac8 24. Rb1 b5 {1/2-1/2 Wessman,R-Einarsson,H/Reykjavik op
1990 (40)}) 17. Rc3 (17. d5 Qd6 $1 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Rc7 (19. Ba6
Ba4 $1 $13) 19... Ba4 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nb3 22. Bc2 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.
Bxb3 Bxb3 25. Ra1 Rc7 26. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Peckford,W-Wolff,P/North Bay op/1996 
(30)}) 18... Rfd8 $1 19. Qxd6 (19. Ba6 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 e6 $1 21. Be7 $8 Rd7 22.
d6 Be5 23. Bb5 Bxd6 $1 24. Bxd7 Bxe7 $17) 19... exd6 20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Ba6 Rc5
$1 $17 {Yusupov,A-Anand,V/Wijk cm2 1994/0-1 (60)}) (17. Bg5 $5 f6 18. Be3 Bf7
$13 19. Ba6 Qd6 20. Qb2 Rab8 21. d5 $6 b5 $1 22. Bxb5 a6 23. Qc3 Rxb5 $17 24.
Nd4 Rb4 25. Ne6 $1 Nb3 $1 26. Nxf8 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 f5 $1 (27... Kxf8 $2 28. Bc5
$18) 28. Qc8 Bxf8 {0-1 Ahlander,B-Hellers,F/Malmo 1994 (31)}) 17... Be6 18. Bg5
(18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. Ba6 d5 21. Nf4 Rad8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rd3 Nc4
24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd7 26. Kf2 Rfd8 27. Ke2 b5 {1/2-1/2 Alexandrova,
O-Blazkova,P/EU-chJW U16 Herculane 1994}) 18... Re8 (18... f6 19. Bf4 $13) 19.
Bb5 (19. Rfc1) 19... Bd7 20. Ba6 $2 (20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rfc1 Qd6 $1 22. Qa4 a6
$15) 20... Nc6 21. Qc4 b5 $1 (21... Bc8 $5 22. Bb5 (22. Bxc8 Nxd4 23. Nf4 Rxc8
24. Qxc8 Qxc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nd5 Rc2 $19) 22... Nxd4 23. Bxe8 Be6 $1 (23...
Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxc3 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc4+ Be6 27. Qxc3 Rc8 $15) 24. Qd3 Nxe2+
25. Qxe2 Bxc3 $19) 22. Qc5 (22. Bxb5 Na5 (22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc8 24. Bc6 (24.
Qd5 Bxb5 25. Rxc8 Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qxc8 27. Qxb5 $15) 24... Bxc6 25. Ne6 $1 $15)
23. Qd5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxd4+ 25. Be3 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rb8 $19) 22... Qb6 23. Qxb6
$8 (23. Bxb5 Nxd4 $19) 23... axb6 24. Bb7 (24. Bxb5 Nxd4 25. Bxd7 Nxe2+ 26. Kf2
Nxc3 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 $19) 24... Nxd4 25. Nc1 (25. Ng3 Ra7 $19) 25... Ra7 26. Bd5
Ne6 $1 27. Bd2 (27. Bxe6 Bxc3 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 $19) 27... Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Nc5 29.
Ba2 Be6 30. Bb1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 exd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Rfd1 (20.
Ne7+ Kh8 21. Bb5 Nb3 22. Rfd1 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Nxa5 24. Nd5 a6 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Bb6
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Nb3 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Kf2 Bf8 30. Rb1 Bc5+ 31. Ke1 Bxb6 $17 {
1-0 Lautier,J-Timmer,R/Paris-ch 1988/EXT 88ch (53)}) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 (21.
Bf1 Nc6 22. Qc5 Ne7 23. exd5 b6 24. Qc4 Nf5 25. Bf4 Rc8 $17 {Bareev,E-Lputian,
S/Sochi/1987/}) 21... Re8 (21... Qxd5 22. Be4 (22. Bc4 Qe5 23. Bd4 Qxd4+ 24.
Rxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kf1 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Bb6 27. g4 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Barkhagen,J-Marcus,J/
WchJ-U16 Singapore/1990 (45)}) 22... Qb3 23. Bd2 b6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qe7 (25.
Qe4 Rd8 26. Rb1 Qc4 27. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Barkhagen,J-Khenkin,I/Rilton Cup (07)
1991 (35)}) 25... Nc4 26. Bf4 h5 27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Rd7 Qb5 29. Rxa7 Qc6 30. Qe7 {
1-0 Wilder,M-Kudrin,S/USA-ch/1988 (36)}) (21... Be5 22. Bc5 b6 (22... Re8 23.
Bb5 b6 24. Bxe8 bxc5 25. Qa4 $16) 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,
P-Fette,M/Miskolc (01)/1990/}) (21... b6 $6 22. d6 Rc8 (22... Nb7 23. Be4 Rb8
24. Rc7) (22... Qd7 $5) 23. Ba6 $1 Rxc1 (23... Rc6 24. d7 $18) 24. Rxc1 Qd7 (
24... Re8 25. Bf4) (24... Be5 25. Bh6 $1 Bxd6 26. Qb2 f6 27. Qa2+ $1 Kh8 28.
Bxf8 Bxf8 29. Qf7 $18) 25. Bg5 $1 $16 {1-0 Cramling,P-Amura,C/Merlo (m5)/1994 
(35)}) 22. Bf2 (22. Bf4 Qf6 (22... Bf8 23. d6 Qf6 24. Bb5 Red8 25. Rc7 a6 26.
Bf1 Nc6 27. Qd2 Rxd6 28. Bxd6 Rd8 29. Bc4 Bxd6 30. Rxf7 Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 {1-0
Lukacs,P-Spiriev,P/Budapest Kasparov (03)/1991/}) (22... Be5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24.
d6 {+/- Lukacs} Rd5 25. Be4 (25. Be4 Qb6+ 26. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 axb6 28. Rb1
{1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Horvath,Jzsef/HUN/1991/}) 25... Qb6+ $1 26. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 axb6 28. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Horvath,J/HUN-ch (05)/1991/}) (22... Qxd5
23. Be4 $18) (22... Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bb5 $16) 23. Bc7 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 Bxd4+
25. Kf1 Bb6 26. d6 Bxc7 27. Rxc7 Kf8 28. Be4 Rac8 29. Kg1 Rxc7 30. dxc7 Ke7 31.
Bxb7 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Luecke,N/Borsodtavho (08)/1991/}) 22... Bf8 (22... Be5 23.
Bb5 Bd6 24. Qa4 Rf8 25. Bh4 (25. Bh4 f6 26. Re1 b6 27. Re6 {1/2-1/2 Astrom,
R-Ernst,T/SVE-ch Goteborg/1990 (45)}) 25... f6 26. Bd7 Kh8 27. Be6 b6 28. f4
Nb7 29. f5 Nc5 30. Qg4 g5 31. Bf2 a5 32. Rc3 a4 {0-1 Wessman,R-Lputian,S/New
York op (05)/1990 (47)}) (22... Bh6 23. Ra1 b6 24. Ba6 Qf6 25. Qa4 Rad8 26. Ra3
Bf8 27. Ra2 Bd6 28. Bh4 Qe5 29. Bxd8 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1 Rxd8 {1-0 Gustavsson,
C-Schnegelsberg,K/Hessen-ch (03)/1992 (34)}) 23. Qb2 (23. Qa4 Bd6 (23... a6 24.
d6 (24. Ra1 b6 25. Rdb1 Nb7 26. Qc6 Nc5 27. Bf1 Rc8 $11) 24... b5 (24... Bxd6
25. Be4 Re6 26. Bd5 Re2 27. Bh4 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Qb5 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7
31. Rxd6 Nc4 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,S-Neverov,V/St.Petersburg
op2 (03)/1994 (44)}) 25. Qa2 Bxd6 26. Be4 Rb8 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxa5 {Cramling,
P-Qin Kanying/Jakarta iztW/1993/1-0 (78)}) 24. Bb5 Rf8 (24... Re7 25. Bh4 Qb6+
26. Kh1 a6 27. Bxe7 axb5 28. Qh4) 25. Bh4 (25. Bh4 f6 26. Re1 b6 27. Re6 Rc8
28. Rce1 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxd5 30. Rxf6 Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Fogarasi,T/Budapest
FS07 GM (03)/1993 (45)}) (25. Bh4 f6 26. Bd7 Kh8 27. Be6 b6 28. f4 Nb7 29. f5
Nc5 30. Qg4 g5 31. Bf2 a5 32. Rc3 a4 {0-1 Wessman,R-Lputian,S/New York op/1990
(47)}) 25... f6 26. Re1 a6 27. Bd7 b5 28. Qg4 Ra7 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rc8 Qxd7 31.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rg8+ Kh6 33. Qxf6 {1-0 Cramling,P-Tsuboi,E/Manila olm/1992 (39)}
) 23... Bg7 24. Qa2 a6 (24... Be5 $6 25. Bb5 Rf8 26. Bc5 $14) 25. d6 Nc6 26.
Be4 (26. d7 $2 Re7 (26... Qxd7 27. Bxg6 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Be4 $15) 27. Bc4
Rxd7 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 $17) 26... Qd7 27. Bb6 Rac8 28. Bc7 Rxc7 (28... Bh6 $5 29.
Rb1 Rxc7 30. dxc7 Qxc7 31. Kh1 $13) 29. dxc7 Qxc7 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qxa6 (31.
Qa4 Rc8 (31... Qb6+ $5 32. Kh1 Qb5 $13) 32. Qxa6 c5 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 c4
35. Rd7 c3 $14) 31... Be5 32. h3 (32. Qxc6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 Bg3 $11)
(32. g3 Bxg3 $1) 32... c5 33. Qb5 Rd8 $1 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Kh1 (35. Rxc5 $4
Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Bd4+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kg4 Qe6+ $19) 35... Bd4 36. Re1 Kg7 37. f4 (
37. Qd3 Qg5 $13) 37... h5 38. Qe8 (38. g3 $2 h4 39. g4 Qa8+ 40. Kh2 Qf3 $17)
38... Qf6 39. Qe4 h4 40. Rf1 Qa6 41. Rd1 (41. Rd1 Qf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 (18. Bf4 e5 {Kramnik-Shirov/WCC
Cand-f (01)/1998/}) 18... Qd6 (18... Bf7 19. d5 e6) 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. d5 {
/\ Ne2-d4-e6} f5 (20... Ba4 {Sakaev}) (20... Rac8 {Sakaev}) 21. exf5 gxf5 22.
Ng3 Bb2 23. Nxf5 Bc4 (23... Bxc1 24. Rxc1 $36 Rae8 $140 (24... Rac8 $140 $2 25.
Ne7+) 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Rc7+ Kxh6 27. Rxh7#) 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bxc4 Rf4 26. Bg5
Rxc4 27. Rce1 Rc2 28. Nf5 (28. f4 $1 {/\ f4-f5-f6+-}) 28... Nc4 29. Re6 Rf8 30.
Nxd6 (30. g4 $1 $16 {Dolmatov}) 30... Nxd6 31. Rxd6 Re8 32. Rd1 Ree2 33. Kh1
Rxg2 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Bf4 Bf6 36. Ra8 Bg5 37. Be5+ Bf6 38. Bf4 Bg5 39. Rxa7+
Kg6 40. Ra8 Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Bb8 h5 43. Rb7 Be3 44. Re7 Bc5 45. Re6+ Kg5
46. Re4 Kf5 47. Bf4 Rge2 48. Rxe2 Rxe2 49. Bg3 Re8 50. Kg2 Rd8 51. Kh3 Rd7 52.
d6 h4 53. Rd5+ Ke6 54. Re5+ Kf6 55. Kxh4 Rh7+ 56. Rh5 Rxh5+ 57. Kxh5 {[#] Due
to the strong black b-pawn, White can't keep his d6 pawn. After its fall, the
draw with two-versus-one passed pawns is unavoidable. [#] Wegen des starken
schwarzen b-Bauern kann WeiЯ den Bd6 nicht halten. Danach ist das Remis bei
2-1 Freibauern unvermeidlich.} b5 {[%cal Yb5b4,Yb4b3,Yc5d4,Yc5a3]} 58. d7 Ke7
59. Be5 Kxd7 60. Bb2 (60. Kg6 $5 b4 (60... Bd6 61. Bxd6 Kxd6 62. Kf5 Kd5 63.
Kf4 Kc4 (63... Kd4 64. h4 b4 65. h5 b3 66. h6 b2 67. h7 b1=Q 68. h8=Q+ Kc4 (
68... Kc5 69. Qe5+ {followed by Qe4+ or Qb8+ nebst De4+ oder Db8+}) 69. Qc8+
Kd4 70. Qd7+ Kc3 71. Qc6+ Kd2 72. Qd5+ Kc3 73. Qc5+ Kd2 74. Qe3+ $18) 64. Ke3
Kc3 65. h4 {and the h-pawn queens with check. und h8D erfolgt mit Schach} b4
66. h5 b3 67. h6 b2 68. h7 b1=Q 69. h8=Q+ Kc4 70. Qd4+ Kb5 71. Qd3+ $18) 61. f4
b3 {aber:} (61... Bd6 $1 $11) 62. Bb2 Bd6 63. Kg5 {and White can play on. und
WeiЯ kann noch spielen}) 60... Ke6 61. Kg6 Bd6 62. h4 b4 63. h5 (63. Bc1 b3 64.
f4 Bxf4) 63... Bf4 {[%cal Yf4d2,Yd2c3]} 64. h6 Bxh6 65. Kxh6 Kf5 (65... Kf5 66.
Bc1 b3 67. Kh5 b2 68. Bxb2 Kf4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-ch31 Final"]
[Site "Salzwedel"]
[Date "1982.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Gauglitz, Gernot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1982.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 (13. Rc1 $5) (
13. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 14. fxg4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 {Sevilla-Variation. Karpov-Kasparov 
(03)/Wch34/1987/}) 13... Be6 14. d5 $5 (14. Rc1 Bxa2) (14. Qa4) 14... Bxa1 15.
Qxa1 f6 16. Qb1 $44 (16. Bd2 Nc6 $1) 16... Bd7 (16... Bf7 {Knaak-Gauglitz/
Fuerstenwalde/1981/}) 17. e5 $5 fxe5 (17... Bf5 $5) 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8
20. f4 $5 (20. Qh6+ $10) 20... Bf5 21. Qh5+ Bh7 22. Qxe5+ Rf6 23. Bd4 Nc4 24.
Qe6 Qd6 25. f5 $1 Rd8 $2 (25... Qxe6 $142 26. dxe6 Ne3 $1 27. Bxe3 Rxf5 28. Re1
$13) 26. Rf4 $1 b5 (26... Qxe6 27. fxe6 $1 Rc8 28. Bxf6+ exf6 29. Rxf6 $16) 27.
g4 $1 Rg8 (27... Qxe6 28. dxe6 $16) 28. Kf1 $1 Rg7 $6 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. Rxc4 $1
Qxe6 31. fxe6 bxc4 32. d6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Bd7 {Giving up the exchange at once, Black can hardly
equalize.} (16... Re8 {is the main theoretical line.}) 17. Bxf8 Qb6+ 18. Qd4 {
The simplest course as the endgame is slightly better for White due to his
advantage in the centre.} (18. Nd4 {gives Black sufficient counterplay:} Rxf8
19. Rb1 Qd6 20. Qc3 (20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne6 Qa4 $13 {Lagunow}) 20...
Qe5 21. Rc1 $6 (21. Ne2 $142) 21... Rc8 22. Qxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rxc8+ Kg7 24. Ne6+
Kh6 25. f4 Qb2 $1 $17 {0-1 Christiansen,L-Lagunow,A/Porz 1991/EXT 97 (68)})
18... Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Kxf8 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. f4 $1 (22. Kf2 e5 23.
dxe6 Ke7 24. Ke3 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Kd4 g5 $11 {0-1 Emodi,B-Berebora,F/
Erkelmem 1992/EXT 98 (40)}) 22... Kf7 23. Kf2 a6 {The point is that Black
can't play} (23... e6 {in view of} 24. Nb5 $1) {The text move makes Black's
queenside pawns vulnerable. This "minor" circumstance is quite sufficient for
White to win.} 24. Ke3 e6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. dxe6+ Kxe6 {The rest of the game
shows a big advantage of a bishop over a knight when the fight goes on both
sides.} 27. Kd4 {Black can't cover the c5 square with ...b6!} Kd7 ({Or} 27...
Kd6 28. e5+ fxe5+ 29. fxe5+ Kc7 (29... Ke6 30. Kc5 Kxe5 31. Kb6 Nc6 32. Bxa6
Nb4 33. Bc4 Kd4 34. Bg8 $18) (29... Kd7 30. Kc5 Kc7 31. Kd5) 30. Kd5 $1 {
and White should win, e.g.} Kd7 31. e6+ Ke7 32. Kc5 Kxe6 33. Kb6 Nc6 34. Bxa6
$18) 28. Kc5 Kc7 29. Kd5 Kd7 30. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2g4] Forcing another weakness
in Black's camp.} h5 {[%csl Rg6]} 31. e5 $1 fxe5 32. Kxe5 Ke7 33. Kd5 {[%cal
Rd5c5,Rc5b6] If the white king comes to b6, Black can resign.} Kd7 34. Kc5 Kc7
{But now...} 35. Bd3 {and the g6 pawn falls. The rest is easy.} Nc6 36. Bxg6
b6+ 37. Kc4 h4 38. Be4 Ne7 39. g4 Kd6 40. Kd4 Ke6 41. Bb7 a5 42. Kc4 Kd6 43.
Be4 h3 44. Kb5 Nd5 45. Bxd5 Kxd5 46. g5 Ke4 47. g6 {En excellent game by Davor
Palo!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. e5 Nc4 20. e6 Ba4 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Bxg6 Ne5 23. Be4 Bc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 25. Qd1 Kh7 26. f4 Kxh6 27. fxe5 {
This forced line was examined in some of the previous CBM issues (e.g. CBM95,
annotations to Hansen-McShane).} Qc8 {[%mdl 8]} ({As already mentioned in
CBM95,} 27... Qc7 {is good enough for equality. Here are some recent practical
examples:} 28. exf6 (28. d6 Qc6 29. Qg4 fxe5 30. Qh3+ Kg6 31. d7 Rf8 32. Qg4+
Kh6 33. Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qg3+ Kh6 35. Qh4+ Kg6 36. Qg4+ Kh6 37. Qh3+ Kg6 38. Qd3+
Kh6 39. Qh3+ Kg6 {1/2-1/2 Vaisser,A-Shomoev,A/playchess.com INT 2004 (39)})
28... Qc4 29. f7 Rf8 30. d6 exd6 (30... Qe4 $4 31. Qxc2 $3 Qxc2 32. dxe7 $18)
31. Re1 $5 {The only, double-edged way for White to play for a win.} (31. e7
Rxf7 $1 32. Qxd6+ Kh7 33. Rxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qd3+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ $11) 31... Rf2 32.
h3 d5 33. a4 d4 $6 {A serious inaccuracy} (33... Rc8 $142 $1 $13) 34. Kg1 $1
R2xf7 35. exf7 Rxf7 36. Re4 $16 {[%csl Rh6] 1-0 Lobron,E-Koster,R/Amsterdam
NED 2004/The Week in Chess 507 (50)}) (27... Rc4 $143 28. Qd3 b5 29. exf6 exf6
30. d6 Kg7 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Qg3+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Kg6 35. Qd5 $16 {
1-0 Hansen,C-McShane,L/Malmoe 2003/CBM95[M.Krasenkow] (43)}) {GM Artyom
Timofeev finds another way.} 28. exf6 Rg8 $5 {This unusual idea appears to be
sufficient for the draw.} 29. f7 (29. Qd3 Rgxg2 30. Qh3+ Kg6 {and White must
give the perpetual check.}) 29... Rgxg2 30. f8=Q+ {This leads to a drawish
endgame.} (30. Qxc2 $142 Rxc2 31. f8=Q+ Qxf8 32. Rxf8 {keeping the h2 pawn
although Black should not lose after} Rd2 33. Rd8 Kg6) 30... Qxf8 31. Rxf8
Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 Rcg2+ 33. Kf1 Rh1+ 34. Kxg2 Rxd1 35. Rd8 Kg6 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ke4
(37. Ke4 Re1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch 54th"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Flumbort, Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qb1 {An old, well-forgotten move.} Bf7 (16... Bd7 17. Bh6 (17.
e5 fxe5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. f4 $5 (20. Qh6+ $10) 20... Bf5 (20...
Nc4 21. Rf3 Nxe3 22. Rg3 Bg4 23. Qh6+ {1/2-1/2 Schachl,M-Traudes,W/Germany
2000/EXT 2002 (23)}) 21. Qh5+ Bh7 22. Qxe5+ Rf6 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Qe6 Qd6 25. f5
$1 $13 {1-0 Knaak,R-Gauglitz,G/Salzwedel 1982/MCL/[Knaak] (32)}) 17... Qc7 (
17... Rf7 $5 18. e5 $140 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qxf7 Qb6+) 18.
Rc1 Qd6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qb2 b6 21. Bb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Anikaev,Y-Kalinski,I/
Beltsy 1977/MCD (41)}) 17. Nd4 $1 {The best move. Other options:} (17. Qb4 $6
Nc6 $1 18. Qxb7 Ne5 19. Bb5 a6 20. Ba4 Qd6 21. Rc1 Rfb8 22. Qc7 Rb2 23. Qxd6
exd6 24. Nd4 Rxa2 25. Bc6 Rb8 26. Bh6 Nd3 27. Rd1 Rbb2 {0-1 Stefanov,J-Moe,M/
Oerebro 1966/EXT 2000 (27)}) (17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rec8 20. Qd3 Qd8
21. Rd1 a6 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bc2 Nc4 $17 {0-1 Boccioni,F-Fano,V/Pellestrina 1979/
EXT 99 (46)}) (17. Kh1 Qd6 18. Qe1 Qa3 19. Nf4 Rac8 20. Bb1 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qa5 $17
{0-1 Marsh,S-Round,M/Clevaland 2003/CB03 (34)}) (17. Rc1 $5 b6 (17... e6 $5)
18. Bh6 Nb7 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Nc6 Kg7 22. Bc4 $14 {1-0
Leeuwenburgh,E-Van Alfen,R/Haarlem 2001/EXT 2002 (40)}) 17... Rc8 18. Qb4 b6 ({
Black is close to equality after} 18... e6 $5 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxd3 21.
Bd2 b6 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Bh6 Re8 24. Qb2 Kf7 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Be3 Re6 $14 {
0-1 Knaak,R-Schmidt,W/Halle 1976/MCL (42)}) 19. Bh6 (19. Ba6 Rc5 20. Bh6 Qc7
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd1 $11 {1-0 Knaak,
R-Gauglitz,G/Fuerstenwalde 1981/MCD (42)}) 19... Rc5 20. Nb5 (20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11
) 20... e6 $1 {This typical blow in the centre is an improvement over the
following old game:} (20... Qd7 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rd1 e6 23. Qd4 Kg7 24. dxe6
Qxe6 25. Bf1 Nc6 26. Qd7 a6 27. Nc7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Rc1 29. Nd5 b5 30. Rc7 $14 {
1-0 Damjanovic,M-Szabo,L/Kecskemet 1964/EXT 98 (41)}) 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Nxa7 (
22. Rc1 $142 Qe7 23. Rxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Qxc5+ bxc5 $11) ({After} 22. Nxa7 {Black
could have safely played for a win as his pieces were placed better:} exd5 23.
Qd4 (23. exd5 Bxd5 $15) 23... Qe7 24. Nb5 Nc6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 {An attempt of
improvement on the game Najer-Krasenkow, analysed in CBM 110.} (25. Nf4 Rf7 26.
Qc3 Qd8 27. Rc1 b5 28. Qg3 Rc8 29. Re1 Re7 30. Rf1 Qd6 31. Bg5 Rf7 32. h4 Nc4
33. Re1 Rcf8 34. Re6 Qa3 35. Qxa3 Nxa3 36. d6 Rd7 37. Nd5 Rf1+ 38. Kh2 Kf7 39.
Nc7 Nc4 40. Re7+ Rxe7 41. dxe7 Nd6 42. Be3 Kxe7 43. Bxa7 Kd7 44. Nd5 Rf5 45.
Nb4 Rf4 46. Nd3 Rxh4+ 47. Kg3 Nf5+ {0-1 Najer,E-Krasenkow,M/Saint Vincent 2005/
CBM 110}) (25. Bd2 {[%cal Rd2c3]} Qf8 26. Qa1 $1 Rxe2 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bh6 $5
(28. Bxa5 Rxa2 29. Qe1 Rxa5 30. Qe6+ $11) 28... Rf7 29. h3 {deserves attention
although Black should not lose after} Nc4 30. Qd1 Re8 31. Qa4 Nd6 32. Qxa7 Rf5)
25... Rd8 $146 (25... Rc8 $5 {is another important option. Here is a practical
example:} 26. Ng3 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. h3 $36 Rc4 $2 (28... g5 $5 29. Bxg5 Qg6
30. Bh4 {[%cal Yg3e4]}) 29. Qe5 Rc8 30. Ne4 Nc4 31. Nf6+ (31. Qd4 $18) 31...
Kh8 32. Qd4 $18 {-> 1/2-1/2 Del Rio Angelis,S-Konguvel,P/Badalona 2006/CBM 113
ext (46)}) 26. h3 $1 {[%mdl 4]} (26. Ng3 $2 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qc3 Nc6 29.
h4 Rxd5 30. Ne4 Re5 $19 {0-1 Moskalenko,A-Danin,A/Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 639 (70)}) 26... Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qc3 b6 29. Ng3 $44 Nb7 $2 {
A terrible mistake.} (29... Re8 $1 {to prevent Ne4 was absolutely necessary.
After} 30. Qd4 {[%cal Rg3e4] Black should probably continue} g5 $1 31. Bxg5 Qg6
{with good chances to successfully defend, e.g.} 32. Bf4 Rf8 $1 (32... Qg7 $143
33. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Yg3h5]}) 33. Be5 (33. d6 Nc6 34. Qd5+ Qf7 35. Qg5+ Qg6 $11)
33... Rd8 $1 {[%cal Ra5c6]} 34. d6 Qe6 35. Bf4 Nc6 $13) 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Nf6+
Kf7 32. Nxh7 Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Ng4 $1 {White has recaptured a pawn and his
attack continues.} Kg8 (34... Rxd5 35. Qg7+ Ke6 36. Qxg6+ Kd7 37. Nf6+ $18) 35.
Qd2 Re8 36. Qf4 Qd6 {Black is ready for an endgame a pawn down but White
prefers to attack!} 37. Qf2 $1 Qc5 38. Qg3 (38. Qf1 $5 Qe7 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40.
Nxe8+ Kxe8 41. Qf4 {and White should win.}) 38... Qd4 {Other defences are
equally insatisfactory:} (38... Qe7 39. Qf3 (39. Qf4 Qd6 40. Qf2 Qc5 41. Qf1 {
is possible, too, of course}) 39... Rc8 40. Qf4 Qd6 41. Qd4 Qe7 42. Nf6+ Kf7
43. Ne4 Kg8 44. d6 $18) (38... Qd6 39. Qc3 (39. Qf2) 39... Re7 40. Bg5 Re2 41.
Nf6+ Kf7 42. Ne4 $1 Rxe4 43. Qf3+ $18) 39. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rg3c7,Rg3h4] A quiet
move with deadly threats.} Nd8 40. Qd6 $1 Ne6 41. Be3 $1 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd4 Bf7 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 {This topical line was
examined in CBM117, annotations to Topalov-Shirov. Alexey lost that game but
now comes up with a powerful improvement:} Rf7 $1 {[%mdl 4] Actually this move
had been introduced a month earlier by Russian IM Alexander Danin. However,
the copyright probably belongs to GM Konstantin Sakaev who suggested it in his
book published last year.} 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Bd2 (27. h3 Rd8 (27... Re8 $5 28.
Ng3 Qe7 29. d6 $140 Nc6 $1) 28. Qc3 b6 29. Ng3 Re8 30. Qd4 g5 $1 (30... Qe7 $2
31. d6) 31. Ne4 $2 (31. Bxg5 Qg7 32. Qg4 h6 33. Nf5 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 hxg5 35. Qxg5+
Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 31... Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qe5 34. Nf6+ Kf7 $19 {
0-1 Rakhmanov,A-Danin,A/Sochi RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 653 (38)}) 27... Qg7
$1 {This is safer than} (27... Nc4 $5 {suggested by K.Sakaev. After} 28. Bc3
Kf8 29. Qh8+ (29. Nf4 Nb6 30. Ne6+ Ke8) 29... Qg8 30. Bb4+ Kf7 31. Qd4 Nb6 32.
Qf4+ Ke8 33. Qe5+ Kd7 34. Qe7+ Kc8 35. d6 {White keeps a good compensation for
the exchange in a tense position.}) 28. Qe4 ({After} 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bxa5
Rc8 30. Kg1 (30. Bb4 Rc2 31. Ng1 Kf6) 30... Rc5 31. Bc3+ Kf7 {Black recaptures
the d5 pawn with an equal endgame, e.g.} 32. d6 $6 (32. Kf2 $142) 32... Ke6 33.
Nf4+ Kd7 {[%cal Rc5c4]}) 28... Qf7 29. Bc3 (29. Bxa5 $2 Re8 30. Qc2 Qf2) 29...
Rc8 30. h3 Nc4 31. Qd4 Kf8 {Compared to Sakaev's line, h2-h3 Ra8-c8 is
included, which is rather good for Black.} 32. Qh8+ (32. d6 Ke8 33. d7+ Qxd7
34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 $11 37. Qxh7+ $6 Kd6 38. Qxg6+ Kc7) (32.
Nf4 Ke8 33. Ne6 b6 {doesn't worry Black too much either.}) 32... Qg8 33. Qd4 (
33. Bb4+ Kf7 34. Qd4 {is now senseless.}) 33... Qf7 34. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. Bd3 $5 $146 {
[%cal Yf3f4][%mdl 8] Another new idea of Topalov's team. Recent theoretical
discussions were concentrated on} (20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5 23.
exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 {see - Topalov - Shirov in CBM 117, which
Topalov brilliantly won, and Aronian - Shirov (CBM 119), where Alexey
demonstrated a way to equality.}) 20... Rc8 (20... Rc7 $5 21. f4 Qe7 {is
another way of consolidation, which may be tested in future.}) 21. f4 Nc4 22.
fxe5 Nxe5 $6 (22... Rxe5 $1 {looks stronger, e.g.} 23. Qxa7 (23. Bf4 Re7 24.
Qxa7 Ne5) 23... Nd6 24. Bf4 Rxe4 $1 25. Bxd6 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Qxd6 27. Qxb7 (27.
Bf3 b6 $15) 27... Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Bxd5 $15 {It would be interesting to know what
Topalov had prepared in that case.}) 23. Qxf6 Bxd5 (23... Qb6+ 24. Qxb6 axb6 {
, although not very pleasant, was apparently better than the text, e.g.} 25.
Bg5 Rec7 26. Bb1 Be8 $1 27. Bf4 Bb5 $1 28. Bxe5 Rc5 {regaining the piece with
good drawing chances.}) 24. exd5 Ng4 25. Qf4 Nxh6 26. Qxh6 Qb6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]
A strange blunder.} (26... Qxd5 {was necessary but with the queens on the
board Black's life is far from easy.}) 27. Kh1 Qe3 28. Qh4 {It looks like
Black overlooked this simple move but the mysterious thing is that even after}
(28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rd1 {I don't see equality for him.}) 28... Re5 $2 {[%mdl
8192] Collapsing immediately.} (28... Rf8 $142 $1 29. Rxf8+ (29. Rg1 $5) 29...
Kxf8 30. Qc4 {and White should gradually win} ({but not} 30. Qf6+ $4 Rf7 31.
Qh8+ Ke7)) 29. Qf6 Ree8 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh8
34. Nf4 (34. Nf4 Rg8 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 {[%mdl 4] This move is quite rare as it creates a queen
exchange motif for Black (...Qb6). However, the present game shows that it is
not harmless at all!} Bf7 {After this White can recapture the exchange, which,
however, leads to equality.} (16... Bd7 {is more popular.}) 17. Bh6 e5 (17...
Qd6 $6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rc1 b6 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. Qc3 e6 22. Qxf6 exd5 23. Qh8+
Ke7 24. Qxh7 d4 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. e5 Qe7 27. Qh8+ Bg8 28. Nf4 Qf7 29. Rc7 {
1-0 Ferreira,A-Morais,M/Portugal 1993/EXT 97}) 18. Qf2 {White refuses to
restore the material balance.} (18. Qb4 $6 Re8 19. Be3 b6 20. Ba6 Qe7 21. Bd2
Nb7 $15 {1-0 Rebizzo,C-Benko,F/Buenos Aires 1951/MCD (36)}) (18. dxe6 {leads
to an almost forced draw:} Bxe6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qb4+ Kg8 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Nxe6
Nxb4 23. Nxd8 Nxd3 24. Nxb7 Rb8 25. Rd1 Rxb7 26. Rxd3 Rb1+ 27. Kf2 Rb2+ 28. Kg3
Rxa2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Battaglini,G-Vitoux,C/Le Grand Bornand 2003/EXT 2004 (67)})
18... Re8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. f4 $1 {White allows the queen exchange, which,
however, doesn't solve Black's problems.} (20. Be3 {is another option seen in
practice:} Rc8 {Activation is more important than the a7 pawn!} (20... b6 21.
f4 Be8 22. Bd3 Rf7 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. h4 Rc8 25. h5 Rg7 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Bg5 Qc5+
28. Kh2 Bd7 29. Bf6 Qf8 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qg5 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8
34. Ng1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Andre,G-Peters,A/Germany 1999/EXT 2002 (59)}) 21. Bxa7 Nc4
22. Bxc4 (22. Bc5 Rec7 23. Bb4 Be8 24. Nc3 Nd6 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 26. Qb6 Nf7 27.
Qe3 Kg7 28. Rd1 Nd6 29. Rd3 Qd7 $17 {0-1 Gligoric,S-Portisch,L/Nice 1974/EXT
2000 (55)}) 22... Rxc4 23. Bc5 (23. Bb6 Qa8 24. Ng3 Qa6 25. Qb2 Re8 26. h3 Ra8
27. Bf2 b5 {0-1 Suarez,R-Acosta,D/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 105}) 23... Rd7 24.
a3 Qc8 25. Bb4 Rc2 26. Qe3 Rdc7 {1/2-1/2 Gralka,J-Schmidt,W/Krakow 1978/EXT
2003}) (20. Ng3 $6 {is not good in view of} Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. f4 Be8 23.
Be2 Bd7 $17 {0-1 Zude,E-Novotny,M/Pardubice CZE 2005/The Week in Chess 560 (59)
}) 20... Rc8 (20... Qb6 {is a logical reply but White keeps initiative after}
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. fxe5 $1 (22. d6 $2 Re6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. d7 Nc6 25. f5 Re7 26.
Rd6 Rexd7 27. Rxf6 Rd6 $19 {0-1 Ferreira,A-Luyks,M/Portugal 1992/EXT 99 (37)})
22... Rxe5 (22... fxe5 23. Nc1 $16 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yc1d3]}) 23. Ng3 f5 24. Bf4
Rxe4 $8 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Rd1 $14) 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Ng3 Nc4 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24.
Rxf6 $16 {White's pair of bishops and strong central pawns more than
compensate Black's minor material advantage.} a6 25. Ba4 b5 26. Bd1 a5 27. Bg4
Rd8 28. Rc6 Ree8 29. Rc7 Ne5 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Rb7 {even stronger than} (31. Rxc8
Rxc8 32. Bxb5) 31... b4 32. Bf4 {[%cal Cg6g5,Cg5f4,Re2b5]} g5 33. Bxg5 Rb8 $2 {
A blunder in a difficult position.} 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Bf4 Re8 36. Bb5 Ng6 (
36... Rb8 37. Ba4 $18) 37. Bxe8 Bxe8 {The rest needs no comments.} 38. Bc7 a4
39. Ne2 Bb5 40. Kf2 a3 41. Nc1 Bc4 42. Bd6 Bxa2 43. Nxa2 b3 44. Bxa3 bxa2 45.
Bb2 Nf4 46. Bc3 Kf7 47. g3 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Nb4 49. Kd4 Nc2+ 50. Kd3 Ne1+ 51. Ke2
Nc2 52. Kd2 Nb4 53. Ba1 Na6 54. Kc3 Nc5 55. e5 Ke7 56. Kc4 Nd7 57. Kb5 h5 58.
Kc6 Nb8+ 59. Kb5 Nd7 60. h3 Nf8 61. Kc6 Nd7 62. g4 hxg4 63. hxg4 Nb8+ 64. Kb5
Nd7 65. g5 Nf8 66. Kc6 Ng6 67. e6 Nf4 68. Bf6+ Ke8 69. g6 Nxg6 70. d6 Ne7+ 71.
dxe7 {So, it remains an open question how Black can solve his problems in this
line.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 {About this
line see CBM 108, annotations to Van Wely-Sutovsky.} exf4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
important improvement. Previous games saw} (20... Rc8 {or}) (20... Qb6) 21.
Qxf4 (21. Qd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxf4 f5 $1) 21... Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5 $1 23.
exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Nf4 $2 {Having faced a novelty, White doesn't find
a good way.} (25. Bd2 {was very solid:} Qf8 $1 (25... Nc4 26. Bc3 Ne5 27. Ng3
$44) 26. Qa1 $1 (26. Qxf8+ $2 Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bb4 Nc4 $17 {_|_}) 26...
Rxe2 $1 (26... Qg7 $6 27. Bc3 $40) 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxa5 Rxa2 $1 29. Qe1 Rxa5
30. Qe6+ $11) (25. Qd4 $5 $13 {was a risky way to play for a win.}) 25... Rf7 (
25... Nc4 $17 {was probably even stronger.}) 26. Qc3 Qd8 $1 (26... Qb5 27. Rc1
Re8 28. h3 $44 {xNa5}) 27. Rc1 b5 $1 28. Qg3 (28. Ne6 {didn't help due to} Qf6
$1 ({but not} 28... Qxd5 29. Qc8+ Rf8 30. Qc7 $1 Rf7 $11) 29. Qc8+ $5 Rf8 30.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxf8 {and Black consolidates his position by} Nc4 32. Bh6 (32.
Kg1 Qe5 33. Bh6 (33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qd3) 33... Qh5 $1) 32... Qf2 $1 33. h3
Kf7 $19) 28... Rc8 29. Re1 Re7 $1 30. Rf1 Qd6 31. Bg5 Rf7 (31... Rec7 {/\32...
Rc1} 32. Qe1 $5 Nc4 $19) 32. h4 (32. Re1 Rcf8 33. Re6 Rxf4 $19) 32... Nc4 $6 {
An inaccuracy, after which Black must work hard to win.} (32... Re8 $142 $1 {
, seizing the e-file} 33. h5 Nc4 $19) 33. Re1 Rcf8 34. Re6 Qa3 (34... Qc7 $6
35. d6 $1 {although Black keeps an extra pawn after} Qd7 $1 (35... Nxd6 36.
Nxg6 $1) 36. Be7 Nxd6 $1 37. Bxf8 (37. Bxd6 Rxf4 $1) 37... Nf5 $17) 35. Qxa3
Nxa3 36. d6 {It was probably better not to hurry with this pawn advance:} (36.
g3 $5) 36... Rd7 $1 (36... Nc4 37. Nd5) 37. Nd5 $6 {This is what Black
expected.} (37. h5 $5 {lead to a big mess but Black ended up in a winning
position all the same:} Nc4 ({or} 37... Rf5 38. Re8+ $1 (38. Bh6 Kf7 $1) (38.
Re7 Rxe7 39. Bxe7 Kf7 $19) 38... Kf7 39. Rh8 Kg7 $1 (39... Rxd6 40. Bh6 Kf6 $1
41. g4 Rc5 42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rh8 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46. Kg3 gxh5 47.
Rxh7+ Ke8 48. Nxh5 $132) 40. Rc8 Rxd6 41. Rc7+ Rf7 42. Bh6+ Kxh6 43. Rxf7 a5
$19) 38. hxg6 Nxd6 (38... Rxd6 39. gxh7+ Kxh7 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Rxa7 $17) 39.
Nh5 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 hxg6 $1 41. Rxg6+ Kf8 42. Bh6+ Kf7 43. Rg7+ Ke8 44. Rg8+ Ke7
$19) (37. Bh6 {was another option:} Ra8 $5 (37... Rfd8 38. Bg5 $1) (37... Nc4
$5 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19) 38. Nd5 Nc4 $1 39. Bf4 Kf7 40. Rf6+ Kg7 $19) 37... Rf1+
38. Kh2 Kf7 $19 {White must now trade the rooks or lose the d6 pawn. Black
wins easily in both cases.} 39. Nc7 Nc4 40. Re7+ Rxe7 41. dxe7 Nd6 42. Be3 Kxe7
43. Bxa7 Kd7 44. Nd5 Rf5 45. Nb4 Rf4 46. Nd3 Rxh4+ 47. Kg3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bd7 (16... Bf7 {has recently become topical - see CBM108,
110}) 17. e5 {A typical break in the centre.} fxe5 {The other moves are
dubious:} (17... Bf5 $6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. e6 Qd6 20. Ng3 Qe5 21. f4 Qxd4 22.
Bxd4 Nc4 23. Nxf5 Rfe8 24. Rf3 h5 25. Rg3+ Kh7 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28.
Bxf6+ Rg7 29. Bxg7+ Kh7 30. d6 {1-0 Rodshtein,M-Dragicevic,D/Stockholm SWE
2005/The Week in Chess 582}) (17... a6 $6 18. a4 (18. Rb1 $5) 18... fxe5 19.
Qxe5 Rf6 20. Rb1 Bxa4 21. Bc5 Kf7 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Bb6 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25.
Qe6+ Ke8 26. Qg8+ Rf8 27. Qxh7 Qxd5 28. Qxg6+ Qf7 29. Qe4 Qc4 30. Nxb5 {
1-0 Kristensen,B-Bae,T/Fredrikstad 2003/CBM 095 ext}) 18. Qxe5 Qb8 (18... Rf5
$4 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Bd4 Qf8 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qxh7+ Ke8 23. Bg7 $18 {1-0
Becker,S-Duemmke,J/Bad Segeberg 1995/EXT 2002 (55)}) (18... Bf5 $6 19. Bd4 Rf6
20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rc1 $16) 19. Qxe7 (19. Qg5 $6 Bf5 20. Rd1 Qd6 21. Nd4 Bxd3
22. Rxd3 Nc4 23. Bf2 Qf4 $17 {0-1 Lombard,A-Castro Rojas,O/Biel 1976/IZT (44)})
19... Re8 20. Qc5 b6 21. Qc1 {The white queen has temporary retreated but
White has gained a pawn for the exchange while the black king is seriously
compromised.} Qd6 $2 {Black must try to trade the queens:} (21... Qc8 $1 22.
Qd2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qh4 25. Ng3 (25. Nc3 Rac8 26. Bg5 Qb4 27. Bf6 Rc4
$1) 25... Rac8 26. Rxc8 (26. Rf1 $5) 26... Rxc8 27. Ne4 Rc2 28. Qd1 Ba4 29. Qf1
$2 (29. Bg5 $1 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 31. Nxg5 Bxd1 {must be a draw}) 29... Bb5
30. Qd1 $2 Be2 $1 31. Qb1 Bxf3 $19 {0-1 Niklasson,C-Schmidt,W/Malmo 1976/Inf
23 (38)}) 22. Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} Rac8 (22... Qxd5 23. Be4 $1 $16) 23. Qh6 Qf8
24. Qh4 Bf5 $2 {This loses instantly.} (24... Qe7 25. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rd3g6]} (
25. Bf6 $2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxd3 27. Qh6 Re7) 25... Qf7 26. Nc3 $18 {[%cal Rc3e4]})
(24... Qd6 $142 25. Nf4 (25. Nc3 Qe7 26. Qg3 Qb4 27. Qf4 Qf8 {- a real
acrobatic show of the queen!}) 25... Qe7 26. Qg3 (26. Bf6 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rc1)
26... Qd6 $1 27. Qg5 Qe7 28. Bf6 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rc1 30. Qh6 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Re7
32. Bxe7 Qxe7 {and Black is still fighting}) 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Ng3 Qxd5 (26...
Qf7 27. Ne4 $18) 27. Qf6 Re7 28. Ne4 Rcc7 29. Nd6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Qa4 {
A rare line which eventually (after the exchange sac d4-d5) leads to positions
similar to those arising after} (14. d5) 14... a6 15. d5 b5 (15... Bd7 {
is less accurate but playable:} 16. Qb4 b5 (16... Bxa1 $5 17. Rxa1 (17. Bb6 Qe8
18. Rxa1 Bb5 $1 19. Bxa5 (19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Bxa5 Qxe2 21. Qxe7 Rfc8 $17) 19...
Bxd3 20. Nf4 Qb5 21. Qd2 Bc4 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. e5 Rad8 24. a4 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxd5
$1 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxb4 $17 {0-1 Pares Vives,J-Sanchez Almeyra,J/
Barcelona UGA 1992 (49)}) 17... b5 {-see 15...b5}) 17. Rac1 e6 18. dxe6 Bxe6
19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Bc5 Nc6 21. Qa3 Ne5 22. Bxf8 (22. Bxb5 $6 axb5 23. Rxd8 Rfxd8
$44 24. f4 $6 Nc4 25. Qb4 Rd2 26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Bd5 28. Qxb5 Rxe2 29. Bf2
Rd2 30. a4 Bd4 31. Bxd4 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Ba8 33. h4 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Rxc1+ 35. Kf2 Nd6
36. Qe5 R8c2+ 37. Kg3 Rg2+ {0-1 Nenashev,A-Krasenkow,M/URS Army-ch Tashkent
1987}) (22. Bb1 $5 Qh4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qxa6 Bc4 25. Ng3 Qf4 $44) 22... Bxf8
23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qb2 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Nxf3 $3 26. Nf4 $8 Nxh2 $1 27. Nxe6 $1 Qh5
28. Nf4 Qxd1+ 29. Kxh2 Bh6 30. Nd5 Qxd3 31. Qe5 Qa3 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nd5 Kg8
34. Nf6+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Nenashev,A-Chuchelov,V/Novosibirsk 1989}) (15... Bxa1 {
is possible but Black can hardly do without ...b7-b5 anyway. Here are some
examples:} 16. Rxa1 Rc8 (16... f6 17. Qd4 $6 (17. Qb4 b5 {-15...b5}) 17... Bf7
18. Nf4 b5 19. e5 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Qd6 21. Qe4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe5 24.
Re1 Rac8 25. Qxa6 Rc1 26. Qe2 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bxd5 $17 {Packroff,H-Otto,A/BL2-O
1992/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 17. Qd4 Bd7 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. h3 b5 21. f4 Nc4
22. Rc1 $6 (22. e5) 22... e5 23. Qf2 Nb2 24. Bc2 Qe7 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Bb3
Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Ke8 $17 {0-1 Kierzek,M-Schnitzspan,L/Hessenliga 1995 (37)}) 16.
Qb4 (16. Qa3 $5 {has not yet been tried.}) 16... Bxa1 (16... Nc6 $5 17. Qc5 $5
(17. Qa3 $2 Bxa1 (17... Ne5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Rfd1 f5 20. exf5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Bxf5 22. Qb3 $14 {Morchat,M-Kleiser,G/Liechtenstein op 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 18.
Rxa1 b4 $1 19. Qb3 Ne5 20. Bh6 Qb6+ 21. Kf1 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bd7 {/\ Bb5=/+,
Browne,W}) 17... Bxa1 (17... Ne5 $5 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. f4 Rc8 20. Qa7 Nxd3 21.
Rxd3 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Rc8 25. e5 Bf5 26. Rd1 {1/2-1/2
Pisulinski,J-Malisauskas,V/POL-chT Bydgoszcz 1990 (34)}) 18. Rxa1 Ne5 19. Bh6
Bd7 20. Qd4 f6 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rd1 (22. f4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rc8 24. Qe3 Rc4 25.
h3 Qa5 26. e5 Qb4 27. Rd1 Re4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Wolff,P/San Francisco 1991
(37)}) 22... Qc7 23. f4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bg4 25. Rc3 Qb8 26. e5 $13 {1-0 Browne,
W-Nickoloff,B/New York 1989 (35)}) 17. Rxa1 Bd7 (17... f6 18. Bc5 (18. Rd1 Bf7
19. a4 Nc4 20. Bc5 a5 $6 (20... Re8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Ne5) 21. Qxb5 Nd6
22. Qb2 Qc7 23. Rc1 $44 {Vogel,R-Schirm,F/BL2-N 1995/1-0 (56)}) (18. a4 $5 Nc6
19. Qd2 Ne5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. dxe6 Rd8 23. Nd4 $2 (23. Bd4 $14 {
Ftacnik,L}) 23... Qa1+ 24. Bf1 Nc4 $19 {0-1 Getmanchuk,A-Krivonogov,A/
RUS-Cup02 1998 (28)}) 18... Nc6 $1 19. dxc6 (19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Nd4 Bd7 (20...
Bxd5 $1 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Rc1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rfd8 $17) 21. f4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8
23. Rc1 Qa5 24. Nb3 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qxa1+ 26. Nxa1 Rxc5 $17 {1-0 Knaak,
R-Gruenberg,H/Leipzig 1975 (39)}) (19. Qa3 b4 20. Qb3 Ne5 21. Nd4 $1 Bf7 22.
Be2 Nd7 23. Bxb4 Rb8 $1 (23... Qb6 $2 24. Rd1 $16 {Bareev,E-Spiriev,P/Budapest
(open) 1988}) 24. Nc6 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Qxc6 $1 26. dxc6 Bxb3 27. Bxe7 Rf7 28. cxd7
Rxe7 29. axb3 Rxd7 30. Rxa6 $11 {Bareev,E}) 19... Qxd3 20. Nd4 (20. Nf4 Qc4 21.
Bxe7 Rf7 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Bd6 Rc8 24. Qc5 Qc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. c7 Rd7 27. Rb1
Kf7 28. Rb8 Rcxc7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 {1/2-1/2 Nasibullin,V-Janjgava,L/Novosibirsk
1989 (42)}) 20... Qc4 (20... Bc4 21. Qe1 b4 22. Rd1 Qc3 23. Bxe7 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1
a5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Ra1 Ke7 27. Kf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Kudrin,S/USA-ch
Estes Park 1987 (42)}) 21. Bxe7 Rf7 22. Bc5 Rc8 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Bb6 f5 25.
exf5 gxf5 26. a3 Rf6 27. Ba5 Rcxc6 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Hellers,F/Philadelphia
World op 1992}) 18. Qd4 (18. a4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Rb1 Re8 22.
Qxc4 Bb5 23. axb5 Qxb6+ 24. Nd4 Rec8 25. Qb4 axb5 26. Kf1 Ra2 27. Rb2 Rc1+ 28.
Ke2 Rb1 {0-1 Budraitis,A-Akoral,S/SVE-ch op Vaxjo 1992}) 18... Rc8 $146 {
Black decides to give up an exchange to obtain a quiet, quite satisfactory
position. The main theoretical line is} (18... f6 19. e5 (19. Bh6 $6 Re8 20. e5
fxe5 (20... Nc4 21. e6 Bc8 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Nf4 Qc7 24. Re1 Qa7 $17 {Micheel,
A-Schulz,P/BLW-9192 1992/1-0 (53)}) 21. Qxe5 Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qf6 23. Qc7 $5 Qxa1+
24. Kf2 Qf6 25. Qxd7 Nc4 $19 {0-1 Delgado,I-Colias,B/USA op 1990 (32)}) 19...
fxe5 20. Qxe5 Qb8 21. Qxe7 Re8 (21... Qe8 $6 22. Qc5 Rc8 23. Qd4 Nc4 24. Bh6
Rf7 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Be3 Re8 28. Kf2 Qd6 29. Ng3 Bb5 30. Ne4 Qe5
31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Nc3 Rb7 33. Bd4 Ree7 34. Ne4 Rbd7 35. a4 Bc6 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37.
Nxd7 Bxd7 38. Rxc4 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Portisch,L/San Antonio 1972 (54)}) 22. Qc5
Nb7 23. Qc1 Nd6 $1 24. Ng3 (24. Nd4 $5 $13) 24... Bf5 25. Qd2 $1 (25. Bxf5 Nxf5
26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Qd2 Qe5 28. Bd4 Qd6 29. Rd1 Rac8 30. h3 f4 31. Ba1 Rc4 32.
Qb2 Qg6 $15 {0-1 Nenashev,A-Vyzmanavin,A/URS Army-ch Tashkent 1987 (47)}) 25...
Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd8 27. Bc5 $1 Nb7 $5 (27... Rc8 28. Bxd6 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Qxd6 30.
Ne4 Qf4 31. g3 Qf5 32. d6 Rcd8 33. Rd1 Qf7 34. a3 Rf8 35. Kg2 $1 $16 {Browne,
W-Kudrin,S/USA (ch) 1989/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 28. Bf2 Nd6 29. Bc5 Nb7 30. Be3 Nd6 $11
31. Rd1 $6 Rc8 32. Bf4 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 Rc4 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Ne4 Rcxe4
37. fxe4 Qxh2 $19 {0-1 Browne,W-Ernst,T/Reykjavik op 1990 (52)}) 19. Bh6 f6 20.
Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Kf2 {It is apparently premature here to advance the king
anticipating the endgame which is not yet on the board!} (21. e5 fxe5 22. Qxe5
Qb6+ {[%cal Yb6f6]}) (21. f4 $5 {[%cal Ye4e5]}) 21... Qc7 {[%csl Rh2]} 22. Rc1
{Of course, after} (22. g3 Qc5 ({or} 22... Qd6)) {Black is fine, so White
decides to simplify the game.} 22... Qxh2 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc3 Nc4 25. Bxc4
bxc4 26. Qxc4 Bh3 27. Qxa6 Qxg2+ {Apparently, Black didn't want very much to
play for a win.} (27... Bxg2 $5 {deserved attention, e.g.} 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Qe8
Bh3+ 30. Ke3 Qd6 $15 {With passed pawns on the board the black bishop is
stronger than the white knight.}) 28. Ke3 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qg2+ 30. Ke3 Qg5+ 31.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Kh1 {This old line has recently become the main
topic in this system.} a6 {Quite a rare move. Black wants to put his bishop to
f7 (to protect his kingside more solidly) and therefore eliminates the Bd3-b5
threat.} (17... Qd6 $2 18. Qc3 b6 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. dxe6 {1-0 Stocek,
J-Gavrjushin,O/Komercni Banka op 1997 (34)}) (17... Bf7 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Qd4 Qd6
20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qc3 b6 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Adnan,A-Abdullah,M/Open
2000 (38)}) (17... Rc8 18. Qd4 (18. Nf4 Bf7 $6 (18... Bd7 $142 19. e5 {-see 17.
..Bd7}) 19. e5 (19. Bb5 {is possible, of course}) 19... g5 $6 (19... Bxd5 $6
20. Rd1 e6 21. exf6 $44 (21. Be4 fxe5 22. Qxe5 $2 Qc7)) (19... e6 $5 20. Bb5 (
20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bb5 f5 $13) 20... exd5 21. Bxe8 Bxe8 22. exf6 Bf7 $13) 20. e6
$1 gxf4 (20... Bxe6 {leads to very interesting variations, eventually
favourable for White:} 21. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e4]} Bf5 (21... Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qd6
23. Qe4 f5 24. Qxf5 Qxh6 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qxc8+ Qf8 27. Qc5 $18) 22. Bxf5 e5
23. Qa4 b5 (23... Rc4 24. Qd7 Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Rxf4 26. Bxe8 Rh4 27. d6 Rxh6 28.
d7 Nc6 29. Rc1 $18) 24. Qa3 $1 Nc4 25. Qa6 Rb8 (25... exf4 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27.
Qxa7 $18) 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bf7 gxf4 28. Bxe8 Nd6 29. Qxa7 Nf5 (29... Nxe8 30.
Qf7 Qd6 31. Bf8 Qa6 32. d6 $18) 30. Bxf4 exf4 (30... Qxe8 31. Bc1 $16) 31. Re1
Ne3 32. Qf7 Qxe8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qxf4 Rc8 35. d6 $18) 21. Qb1 $3 Qxd5 (21...
Bh5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qf5 $1 $18) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. exf7 Qxf7 24. Bg6 Qc4 (
24... Qg8 $142) 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Rc1 Qf7 27. Bxf4 e5 28. Be3 $14 {Stocek,
J-Zitin,Y/EuJun, Tallinn EST 1997/1-0 (67)}) 18... Bd7 19. Qxa7 (19. Rb1 b6 (
19... Qc7 20. Qxa7 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Be3 Rcc8 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Bf4 b5 25.
Nd4 g5 26. Bg3 Na3 27. Rd1 Ra8 $15 {0-1 Dreev,A-Gavrikov,V/URS-FL Lvov 1987 
(43)}) 20. e5 Rc5 21. Nf4 Qc7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. exf6 e5 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Bxg6
Rf8 26. Re1 Qd7 27. f7+ Rxf7 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 {0-1 Deze,A-Pribyl,J/Zalaegerszeg
1977}) 19... Nc4 20. h4 Ne5 21. Bb1 Bb5 22. Re1 Ra8 23. Qe3 Qa5 24. Nd4 Rec8
$13 {Furman,S-Suetin,A/URS-ch21 Kiev 1954/0-1 (58)}) (17... Bd7 {is the main
line, with the following possibilities:} 18. e5 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. e6 Ba4 (
20... Ne5 $6 21. exd7 (21. Re1 Nxd3 22. exd7 Qxd7 23. Nxd3 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qc4 $11
{V.Korchnoi}) 21... Qxd7 22. Qb1 $14 Nf7 $2 23. Bxg6 $1 Nxh6 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25.
Ng6+ $1 Kg7 26. Ne5 $1 fxe5 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh6 $18) 21. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 22.
Bxg6 Ne5 23. Be4 $1 Bc2 $1 $13 {Bannik,A-Novotelnov,N/USSR 1951} (23... Qa5 $2
24. Qd4 (24. Qb2 $16 {V.Korchnoi}) 24... Rc4 25. Qf2 Rxe4 26. fxe4 Qc3 27. h3
$2 (27. d6 $1 $36 Ng4 $2 28. Qf5 Nxh6 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8
32. d7 Rd8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qf7+ $18) 27... Qd3 28. Qf5 Rc8 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Bf4
Be8 31. Rb1 Qd3 32. Rb3 Qxb3 {0-1 Christiansen,L-Korchnoi,V/Reggio Emilia 1987}
)) 18. Nf4 (18. Qe1 Bf7 19. Qg3 Qd6 20. f4 Rac8 21. h4 Kh8 22. Rf3 Rg8 23. Qe1
Nc4 24. Qc3 Ne3 25. Qb2 Ng4 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bg5 Bxd5 28. Rg3 Be6 29. Ng1 Qd4 {
0-1 Drentchev,M-Macieja,B/EU-chJM U16 Rimavska Sobota 1992 (38)}) (18. f4 Rc8
19. f5 Bf7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Nf4 Nc4 22. Nh3 Ne5 {0-1 Thiteca,T-Lavrenov,Y/
Belgian League 1997/98 1997 (32)}) 18... Bf7 (18... Bd7 {[%cal Yd7b5] is too
risky as Black's kingside is not protected enough:} 19. e5 Bb5 20. Bxg6 $3 hxg6
21. Qb1 f5 22. Qe1 $1 Qb6 (22... Nc4 23. Qg3 Nxe5 24. Nxg6 Ng4 25. fxg4 Qd6 (
25... f4 $2 26. Qc3 e5 27. dxe6 $18) 26. Nxe7+ $1 Qxe7 27. gxf5+ Kh8 28. f6 Qf7
29. Qh4 Kg8 30. Rf3 $18) 23. Qg3 Bxf1 24. d6 $1 (24. Ne6 Kf7 25. Ng5+ $11) (24.
Nxg6 Kh7 25. Nf8+ Kxh6 26. Qh4+ Kg7 27. Qh7+ Kxf8 28. Qh8+ $11) 24... Bxg2+ 25.
Kxg2 Qb2+ 26. Kh3 Qxe5 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qf7 $6 (28. d7 $1 Rg8 29. Qh5 $18)
28... Rg8 29. Qh5 $1 {1/2-1/2(?) Negyesy,G-Gereben,E/HUN-ch 1951} (29. Qh5 Rg3+
30. hxg3 Qxd6 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Bf4 Qd8 33. Nh4 $1 $18 {->})) 19. e5 {The
position is similar to the 17...Rc8 line and 17...a6 is certainly less useful!}
e6 {White can't play 20.Bb5 and must continue an exchange down; however, he
gets an excellent compensation.} (19... g5 20. e6 $1 {-see 17...Rc8}) (19...
Bxd5 20. Rd1 $16 {(after} e6 21. Be4 {Black can't play} fxe5 22. Qxe5 Qc7 {)})
20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. exf6 Bf7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Be4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Qe5 (23...
Rad8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Rxd5 $16) 24. Qxe5 (24. Nd5 {gets back
the exchange but the endgame after} Qxa1 (24... Nc6 $2 25. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 26.
fxe7 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Nxe7 28. Bxb7 $16) 25. Rxa1 Nc6 26. Nc7 Rxe4 27. fxe4 Rd8 {
gives White little chances to win.}) 24... Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096]} 25. Rd7 $44 Ree8
(25... Rae8 $5) 26. Nd5 Nc6 27. Ne3 $5 {White is playing for a win. This
knight is aiming to h6!} (27. Rxb7 Rab8 {exchanging the rooks} 28. Rxb8 Rxb8
29. Kg1 {leeds to a roughly equal endgame.}) 27... Ne5 (27... Rab8 {was quite
possible. Because of the weakness of the first rank White couldn't arrange the
mate:} 28. Bf4 (28. Ng4 Red8 29. Bg7 h5 30. Nh6+ Kh7 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. g4 Bd5
$1 $19) 28... Red8 $1 29. Rc7 Rbc8 (29... Rdc8 $11) 30. Rxb7 Na5 (30... Bxa2
31. Rg7+ $13) 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Rc8 33. Nd5 Kh8 34. Bf4 g5 $1 35. Be3 (35.
Bxg5 Rc5) 35... Nc4 36. Bg1 {with a messy position.}) 28. Rxb7 Rab8 29. Re7
Rxe7 30. fxe7 Nd7 {Black is still OK but gradually loses his way in the
complications. There was nothing wrong with} (30... Bxa2 $1 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Kg1
Nd7 $13) 31. Nd5 Rc8 $6 {The rook has nothing to do here and soon gets into
trouble.} (31... Be8 $5 {[%cal Yg8f7] was appropriate.}) 32. h4 a5 (32... Be8
$1) 33. Bf4 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (33... Be8 {is now too late:} 34. Nc7 Kf7 35.
Bd6 Nf6 36. Bb7 {trapping the ill-fated rook} Rb8 37. Ne6 $18) (33... Rc4 {
was necessary as} 34. Nc7 Nf6 35. e8=Q+ Nxe8 36. Nxe8 Bxe8 37. Bd5+ Bf7 38.
Bxc4 Bxc4 {leads to a draw.}) 34. Nc7 $1 {killing the black rook!} Nf6 ({If} 
34... Kf6 {then} 35. Bb7 ({even better than} 35. e8=Q Bxe8 36. Bb7 Rb8 37. Nd5+
) 35... Rh8 (35... Rb8 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. Bxb8 Kxe7 38. Bxd5 Nxb8 $18) 36. Bd6 {
with full domination, e.g.} Ne5 37. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 (37... Nd3 38. Bc6) 38. Nxd5+
Ke6 39. Bxe5 $18) 35. Bb7 Rg8 36. Be5 h6 37. g4 g5 38. h5 a4 39. a3 Rh8 {
A picturesque position! Of course, White has many ways to win (e.g. 40.Bc6).}
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 {This line was discussed in
detail in CBM68, in GM V.Mikhalevsky's annotations to his game against E.Liss.
The text move is White's most serious attempt to fight for an advantage in
this system; however, at the moment it doesn't bring him any real success.} (
18. Bf4 e5 {Kramnik-Shirov/WCC Cand-f (01)/1998/}) 18... Qd6 $1 (18... Bf7 $5 {
, immediately removing the bishop before playing ...Qd6, is another option for
Black. However,} 19. Bg3 $1 {, preventing ...Qd6, poses some problems to Black.
The other moves are less dangerous:} (19. Ba6 Qd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Rc7 d5 22.
Nc3 (22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nc3 Bf7 24. d5 Nb3 25. Bb7 Rad8 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. Bc6 Be8
28. Bxe8 Rfxe8 29. d6 Re6 30. d7 Kf7 31. Bf2 Bf8 32. Rxa7 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34.
Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Pierrot,F/Linares 1999/CBM 68 ext (34)}) 22... dxe4 (
22... Rad8 23. Bf2 dxe4 24. fxe4 Be6 25. Rxa7 Nc6 26. Rc7 Nxd4 27. Nd5 Nf5 $4 (
27... Bxd5 28. exd5 Nf5 29. Bxb6 Bh6 $14) 28. Nf4 {1-0 Shneider,A-De Vreugt,D/
Cappelle la Grande 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) 23. fxe4 f5 24. e5 Nb3 25. Rd1 (25. Nb5
$142) 25... Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxe5 27. Rdd7 Bxc7 28. Rxc7 Bb3 29. Bb7 Rab8 30. Bd5+
Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rf7 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Rxa7 b5 34. Bf2 b4 35. Nc6 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 b3
{0-1 Roemer,U-Schnitzspan,L/Seefeld 1998/EXT 2000 (36)}) (19. d5 Nb7 (19... e6
$5) (19... Qd6 $5 20. Qxd6 exd6) 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Bb5 Bh6 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Bg3
Qb7 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Bf2 Bf8 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Amura,C-Qin
Kanying/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 (59)}) {Returning to 19.Bg3.} 19... e5 20. Ba6 $1
b5 $1 (20... Nb3 $5 21. Rcd1) 21. Bf2 $1 (21. Bxb5 $6 Rb8) 21... Qb6 22. Ra1 $1
Nc6 $1 23. Qxb5 Nxd4 $6 (23... Qxb5 $5 24. Bxb5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 f5
$1 $14 {Mikhalevsky,V}) 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qd3 $1 Rad8 26. Rfb1 Qe6 27. Rb7 $1
f5 28. exf5 $1 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (60) Mikhalevski,V-Liss,E/
Israel (ch) 1998/Inf 74/CBM 68 [Mikhalevski,V]}) 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. d5 {
'Mikhalevski,V: 'Here we can see the idea of 17.Bg5!The e6-square is weakened
and knight is ready to come there via d4.'' However, Black has his own trumps.}
Rfc8 (20... f5 $2 21. exf5 gxf5 $6 (21... Bxd5 $5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Bc4
24. Kf2 d5 $132) 22. Ng3 $1 Bb2 $6 (22... Bd4+ 23. Kh1 f4) 23. Nxf5 $1 Bc4 24.
Ne7+ Kh8 25. Bxc4 Rf4 26. Bg5 Rxc4 27. Rce1 Rc2 28. Nf5 (28. f4 $5) 28... Nc4
29. Re6 $16 {Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/WCC cand Cazorla 1998/CBM 65}) (20... Ba4 $5 {
Sakaev,K}) (20... Rac8 $5 {Sakaev,K}) 21. Nd4 Bh6 $1 {A correct decision.
Black must fight for the c-file.} 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {Pay attention to the fact
that the white knight can now occupy the e6 square but it will be completely
useless there!} 23. Nb5 (23. Nxb3 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Nxb3 25. Bxf6 {wins back the
pawn but Black's passed pawns give him sufficient counterplay:} Kf7 26. Bb2 $6
(26. Bh4 $142 Rc3 27. Bb5 Nd4) 26... Bd4 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Ba6 Rc3 29. h4 Ra3
30. Bc8 Rc3 31. Ba6 Nb3 32. Kg1 Nc5 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Kf2 Kd8 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bb5
a5 37. Rh1 a4 38. Rxh5 a3 39. Rxh7 a2 {0-1 Hillarp Persson,T-Rowson,J/Torshavn
2000/CBM 78 ext (39).}) {With the text move White recaptures a more important
a7 ot d6 pawn but Black easily holds his ground.} 23... a6 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. e5
{Looks very formidable but White can't keep his centre and must be careful to
secure the draw.} Be3+ 26. Kh1 g5 $1 27. Bg3 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Bf4 $1 29. Bxf4 gxf4
30. Ne4 Bc4 (30... b5 $5 {deserves serious attention} 31. Ra1 $140 Bxd5 $1 {
although after} 32. g3 {White should not lose.}) 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. d6 Rd7 33. g3
fxg3 34. hxg3 b5 35. Kg2 Bxd3 (35... b4 $6 36. Bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rd4) 36. Rxd3 Nc4
37. Nc5 $1 {White captures one of Black's connected passed pawns and the game
comes to a peaceful end.} Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Nxa6 Kf6 40. f4 Kf5 41. Kf3 h5
42. Nb4 Nc4 43. Nc2 Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Ne4 45. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 {This move is now almost forgotten (everybody plays Anand's} (
15... Bb3) {). Some ten years ago it was, however, one of the most topical
lines of the Gruenfeld.} 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 exd5 (18... b6 {is
another option.}) 19. exd5 Re8 (19... Be5 20. Rfd1 $44 (20. f4 Bc7 21. Kh1 Bb6
22. Bd2 f5 23. Bb1 Be8 24. Ba2 Bf7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,J-Timmer,R/Berlin op
1988 (46)}) (20. Ne4 $44)) (19... b6 20. Rfd1 $1 (20. Ne4 Re8 21. Bd4 $6 (21.
Bf2 Bf5 $13 {Obodchuk}) 21... Nb3 $1 22. Bxg7 Nxc1 23. Qd4 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Nxd3
25. Bh6 f6 26. Rxf6 $6 (26. Qxd3 Qe7 $15) 26... Qe7 27. d6 Qe5 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29.
Qf7 Qa1+ $1 30. Rf1 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Be6 $1 $17 {0-1 Utemov,V-Obodchuk/USSR 1988 
(35)}) 20... Re8 21. Bf2 Be5 $6 (21... Bf8) 22. Bh4 Qb8 23. Ne4 $1 Kg7 24. f4
$1 Bxf4 25. Qd4+ Be5 26. Bf6+ Kf8 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. d6 $1 $44 {1-0
Vostrecov-Nadanian,A/USSR 1991 (33)}) 20. Bf2 (20. Ne4 f5 21. Bg5 Qb6+) 20...
b6 (20... Be5 $5 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. Bc5 b6 $1 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qxf8+
Kxf8 26. Rfe1 $1 Nb3 27. Rcd1 Nd4 28. Ba6 Nc2 29. Re2 Nd4 $11 30. Ree1 Nc2 31.
Re2 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Timman,J/Rotterdam 1988}) (20... b5) (20... Bf8)
21. Bh4 {White tries to weaken Black's kingside position.} (21. Rfd1 Bf8 (21...
Nb7 22. Bh4 g5 {weakening his kingside} 23. Bf2 Nc5 24. d6 Rc8 25. Bb1 $44 {
1-0 Gustavsson,C-Schnegelsberg,K/Hessen qual 1991 (41)}) 22. Qb2 (22. Qf4 Qb8)
22... Bg7 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Qb2 Bg7 25. Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Burtman,S-Shahade,J/ch-USA 
(Women), Chandler USA 1997}) 21... Bf8 $1 {The only way to avoid serious
weaknesses.} (21... Bf6 {weakens the dark squares:} 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qg7
24. Qd6 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxd3 26. Qxd7 Red8 27. Qe7 Rxd5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd5 Qxd5
30. Rfd1 $18 {Kaidanov,G-Kurz,A/Balatonbereny 1987}) (21... f6 {nakes the
a2-g8 diagonal and the e6 square while the f6 pawn is also vulnerable:} 22. Ne4
$1 Nb7 23. Ba6 Na5 24. d6 $16 g5 25. Bf2 f5 $6 26. Nc3 Bf8 27. Rfe1 $1 Bc6 28.
Bc4+ Kh8 29. Bd4+ Bg7 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nd5 Nxc4 32. Qc3+ $1 Kh6 33. Ne7 Nxd6
34. Re6+ {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Vyzmanavin,A/Moscow II 1987}) (21... g5 {compromises
the whole kingside:} 22. Bf2 Nb7 23. Ne4 f5 24. Ng3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qxc5
Be5 27. Bxf5 {1-0 Cramling,P-Holmsten,A/Rilton Cup 1998 (36)}) 22. d6 (22. Qf4
Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Be3) 22... Bxd6 $5 $146 {A surgical attempt to solve all the
problems.} (22... Qb8 {is insufficient:} 23. Bg3 Re6 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. Bb1 $1 $16
{/\ Ba2} (25. Bb5 $6 Bc8 26. Qc3 a6 27. d7 Bxd7 28. Bc7 Qe7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30.
Nf6+ Rxf6 31. Qxf6 Bg7 $13 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Janjgava,L/URS-FL Lvov 1987 (36)})
25... Re8 26. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Dokhoian,Y-Huzman,A/Sverdlovsk 1987 (35)}) (22...
Nc6 23. Qf4 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxh4 25. Ne4 Ne5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Bb5
$16 {Dokhoian}) 23. Qxd6 Qxh4 24. Ne4 Rad8 $1 {A very difficult move (perhaps
home preparation). White can now win a bishop but his pieces will be tied} (
24... Be6 $143 25. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rf6]}) 25. g3 {White prefers to win an
exchange but Black already has a sufficient material compensation.} (25. Qd4 $2
Re6) (25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxd7 {[%csl Rd7]} Nb3 $1 (26... Nb7 27. Qd5 Nc5 28. Bb5
Nxd7 29. Bxd7 Re7 30. Rc7 $16) (26... Re6 27. Qd5 Qe7 28. Rc7 Rd6 29. Qe5+ Qxe5
30. Nxe5 Rxd3 31. Nxd3 Rxd3 32. Rxa7 $16) 27. Rc7 (27. Rc4 $2 Qe7) 27... Qe7
28. Qd5 (28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rb1 Nc5 30. Bb5 Nxd7 31. Rxa7 Kf6 $11) 28... Qe3+
29. Kh1 Nc5 30. Bb5 a6 31. Bc6 Nd3 $44) 25... Qe7 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nxe8 Rxe8
28. Qd4 Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Be4 Nb3 {[%cal Yb3c5] This knight enters the
game, after which Black is completely safe.} (30... f5 $6 31. Bd5) 31. Rc7 Nc5
(31... Bb5 $6 32. Rb1) 32. Rxa7 Bh3 33. Kf2 (33. Rb1 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 $11 {
_|_ This endgame may (but not must) only be won after the exchange of rooks,
something White can't achieve.}) 33... Rxe4 34. fxe4 Nxe4+ 35. Ke3 ({After} 35.
Kg1 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 {the endgame is also drawish.}) 35... Bxf1 36. Kxe4 b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Kh1 {A rare move in this position. Its only idea is to avoid
Qd8-b6+ but a whole tempo is a high price.} (16. Rb1 {is more popular as it
also improves the position of the rook.}) 16... Bd7 (16... Rc8 $5 17. Bh6 (17.
Qd4 $142 Bd7 18. Qxa7 Nc4) 17... Re8 18. g4 Bd7 19. g5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
gxf6 exf6 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. Nd3 Qa5 24. Qb2 Qc3 25. Qb1 Qc2 26. e5 Qxb1 27. e6+
Bxe6 28. dxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxb1 b6 $17 {Geller,E-Gavrikov,V/URS-ch52 Riga 1985/
0-1 (49)}) 17. e5 (17. Bh6 {looks more logical after 16.Kh1:} Re8 18. e5 Rc8
19. Nf4 Nc4 20. e6 Ne5 (20... Ba4 $2 21. Nxg6 $1 $40 {Christiansen,
L-Kortschnoj,V/Reggio Emilia 1987}) 21. Re1 Nxd3 22. exd7 Qxd7 23. Nxd3 Qxd5
$11 {Kortschnoj,V}) 17... Rc8 (17... Bf5 $5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rd1 fxe5 20. Qxe5
Qd6 21. Qc3 b6 22. Bf4 {Eriksson,J-Winsnes,R/Sverige 1997} Qg6 23. Qc7 Rf7 $17)
(17... Bc6 $5) 18. Bh6 fxe5 {Black gives back the exchange and obtains a
positional advantage.} 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Qxe5 Qf6 21. Qe3 (21. Qxf6 exf6 $15 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc8c1] _|_}) (21. f4 $5 Nc4 $140 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qb8+) 21...
b6 22. Ng3 Nc4 23. Qe2 (23. Bxc4 $5 Rxc4 24. Re1 $15) 23... Nd6 {[%csl Rd3,Rd5,
Gd6]} 24. f4 $6 {This desperate attack doesn't succeed. White should rather
try to create counterplay along the e-file:} (24. Re1 Kf8 25. Ne4) 24... Rc5
25. f5 $6 (25. Ne4) 25... Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Nxf5 27. Ne4 (27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Qd3 Qe5
) 27... Qe5 28. Qf3 Rxd5 (28... Rc8 $5) 29. g4 Rd4 30. Ng5 Qe3 $2 {This leads
to a rook endgame, hardly winning for Black.} (30... h6 $1 {was stronger, e.g.}
31. gxf5 (31. Qb3+ Qd5+ 32. Qxd5+ Rxd5 33. gxf5 (33. Ne6 Nd6) 33... hxg5 34.
fxg6 Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kxg6 36. Rxe7 Rd1+ $19) (31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Nf3 Qe2 $19) (31.
Nh3 Rd2) 31... hxg5 32. fxg6 Rf4 33. Qb3+ Kg7 34. Rxf4 Qxf4 $19 {_|_}) 31. gxf5
Qxg5 32. fxg6 Qd5 33. gxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Rxe7 Rd1+ 37.
Kg2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 {Complications have ended up in an interesting endgame.
If Black's king came to support his pawns, it would be theoretically winning
for him (in most cases). However, here it is White's king who supports his own
pawn; White's task is to push it forward as it is known that two pawns move
slower than one.} 39. h4 ({An attempt to stop the black pawns with} 39. Rb7 {
doesn't work in view of} Kf5 $1 40. Rf7+ Ke6 41. Rb7 Rxh2 42. Rxa7 Kd5 $19 43.
Rc7 Kd4 {and the white king is cut off.}) 39... Ra3+ 40. Ke4 $2 {A completely
wrong concept. The white king should support his own pawn!} (40. Kg4 {was
correct, with good drawing chances.}) 40... Kh5 41. Rh7+ Kg4 42. Kd4 a5 43. h5
{This allows Black to cut off the white king but} (43. Kc4 Ra4+ 44. Kb3 Rb4+
45. Ka3 b5 {is probably hopeless for White, too, e.g.} 46. h5 Kg5 47. h6 Rh4
48. Rb7 Ra4+ 49. Kb3 Rb4+ $19) 43... Rb3 $1 44. Kd5 (44. Kc4 a4 {[%cal Yb6b5]})
44... Kg5 45. h6 Kg6 46. Rh8 a4 47. Ra8 (47. h7 b5) 47... Rb4 48. Rh8 b5 {
White's king is cut off and his rook can't both protect his pawn and stop the
black passed pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 {This was introduced by Vishy Anand in his candidates' match
against Artur Jussupow (Wijk aan Zee 1994). Here this bishop is more active
but less safe than in the} (15... Be6 16. d5 Bd7) {line. White can push it by
means of Rc1-c3 but then the rook will be hanging.} 16. Qb4 b6 (16... Qb6 $6
17. Qxe7 (17. Qd2 $5 {[%csl Rb6]}) (17. Qa3 $5) 17... Nc6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5
Rfd8 20. d5 Ne5 21. Rc3 Ba4 22. Nd4 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Wessman,
R-Einarsson,H/Reykjavik op 1990 (40)}) 17. Rc3 {Probably the most harmless
option. White's idea is to double his rooks along the c-file but this only
allows Black to exchange them! Besides, as I have already mentioned, the c3
rook is now hanging in different tactical variations (starting with problems
for White playing d4-d5).} (17. d5 $5 {Cutting off the b3 bishop} Qd6 $1 {
the point of Anand's idea} 18. Qxd6 (18. Bd2 $6 Rfd8 $1 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. Bg5
Rdc8 21. Ba6 Rc5 $1 $17 {Jussupow,A-Anand,V/Wijk cm2 1994/0-1 (60)}) 18... exd6
19. Rc7 $5 (19. Ba6 Ba4 $1 $13 {Anand}) 19... Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Bf6
22. Bf4 Bd8 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Ba6 Ba4 25. Nd4 Kf8 26. Rc7 Ke8 27. Bb5+ Bxb5 28.
Nxb5 Kd8 29. e5 dxe5 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Bg5+ Ke8 32. Nxd6+ Kf8 33. Bh6+ Kg8 {
1-0 Lukacs,P-Monda,L/Budapest Spring op 1990 This line needs further
investigation.}) (17. Bg5 $5 f6 {closing down the g7 bishop} 18. Bh4 (18. Be3
Bf7 19. Ba6 Qd6 20. Qb2 Rab8 21. d5 $6 b5 $1 22. Bxb5 a6 23. Qc3 Rxb5 $17 {
0-1 Ahlander,B-Hellers,F/Malmo 1994 (31)}) (18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 exd4 20. Nxd4
Bf7 21. Ba6 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/WCC cand Cazorla 1998}) 18... Qd6 (18... Bf7 $5 19. Ba6 $5 (
19. Bg3 e5 20. Ba6 b5 $5 21. Bf2 (21. Bxb5 Rb8 22. Ra1 Nb3 23. Ra6) 21... Qb6
22. Ra1 Nc6 23. Qxb5 Qxb5 (23... Nxd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qd3 Rad8 26. Rfb1 Qe6
27. Rb7 $14 {1-0 Mikhalevsky,V-Liss,E/ch-ISR 1998 (59)} (27. Bxd4 f5 28. Rb4
fxe4 29. fxe4 Rfe8)) 24. Bxb5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 f5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
exf5 gxf5 {and the game should end in a draw.}) (19. d5 Qd6 (19... e6) 20. Qxd6
exd6 {Kramnik,Dolmatov}) 19... Qd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Rc7 d5 22. Nc3 (22. exd5
Bxd5 23. Nc3 Bf7 24. d5 Nb3 25. Bb7 Rad8 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. Bc6 Be8 28. Bxe8 Rfxe8
29. d6 Re6 30. d7 Kf7 31. Bf2 Bf8 32. Rxa7 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Nd5 {1/2-1/2
Georgiev,Vl-Pierrot,F/Linares op 1999}) 22... Rad8 23. Bf2 dxe4 24. fxe4 Be6
25. Rxa7 Nc6 26. Rc7 Nxd4 27. Nd5 $44 Nf5 $2 28. Nf4 {1-0 Shneider,A-de Vreugt,
D/Cappelle la Grande 1999}) 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. d5 {/\ Ne2-d4-e6} f5 $6 (20...
Rac8 $5 21. Ba6 Rc5 {Sakaev}) 21. exf5 gxf5 (21... Bxd5 $5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23.
Bxg6 Bc4 24. Kf2 d5 $132 {Kramnik}) 22. Ng3 Bb2 23. Nxf5 Bc4 $1 24. Ne7+ Kh8
25. Bxc4 Rf4 26. Bg5 Rxc4 27. Rce1 Rc2 28. f4 $5 (28. Nf5 Nc4 {Kramnik,
V-Shirov,A/WCC cand Cazorla 1998/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 28... Nc4 $5 29. f5 Kg7 30. f6+
Kf7 31. Nf5 Be5 32. Nh6+ Kg6 33. h4 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 $16 {/\ f7 Kramnik}) (17. Ba6
$5 {even this straightforward move is not bad.} Be6 18. d5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20.
Nc3 Rc8 21. Nb5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ba6 23. Bf1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Be5 25. Ba6 Qd6 26.
Qxd6 Bxd6 27. Rc3 $44 {Matevzic,C-Larsson,J/SoLett Open 1999/1-0 (55)}) 17...
Be6 18. Bg5 (18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. Ba6 d5 21. Nf4 Rad8 22. Nxe6 fxe6
23. Rd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd7 26. Kf2 Rfd8 27. Ke2 b5 {1/2-1/2
Alexandrova,O-Blazkova,P/EU-chJW U16 Herculane 1994}) (18. Nf4 Bd7 19. Rfc1 e6
20. e5 Rc8 21. Be4 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qb8 (22... Bb5 23. Qb4 Qd7 24. d5 Re8 25. h4
Bxe5 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. h5 gxh5 28. Bxh7+ Kg7 29. Nxh5+ Kh8 $13 30. Qe4 Qd5 31.
Qh4 Qd8 32. Qe4 Qd5 33. Qg6 Rd8 34. Bg8 Qd1+ {0-1 Barkhagen,J-Akesson,R/Rilton
Cup 1998}) 23. Qc7 Bb5 24. h4 Rd8 25. h5 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 g5 27. Nh3 h6 28. Rxa7
Nc6 29. Rb7 Nxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Barkhagen,J-Rytshagov,M/Excelsior Cup 1999 (40)})
(18. Bf4 $5 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Bd7 21. Bc7 Qe8 $13 {Ftacnik}) 18... Re8
{it is now possible} (18... f6 19. Bf4 $13) 19. Bb5 (19. Rfc1 $5 Rc8) 19... Bd7
20. Bxd7 (20. Ba6 $2 Nc6 21. Qc4 b5 $1 (21... Bc8 $5 22. Bb5 Nxd4 23. Bxe8 Be6
$1 24. Qd3 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bxc3 $19 {Ftacnik}) 22. Qc5 (22. Bxb5 Na5 23. Qd5
Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxd4+) 22... Qb6 23. Qxb6 $8 axb6 24. Bb7 Nxd4 25. Nc1 Ra7 26.
Bd5 Ne6 $1 {0-1 Timman,J-Hellers,F/Sigeman and Co 1997 (30)}) 20... Qxd7 21.
Rfc1 Rac8 $5 {A new interesting idea in this well-known position. Black gives
up his e7 pawn but swaps both pairs of rooks and starts his own counterplay.} (
21... Qd6 {Ftacnik}) (21... Rad8 $11 {Timman,J}) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8
24. Qxe7 (24. Bxe7 Qc2 25. Qd6 Nc6 $17) 24... h6 25. Bf4 (25. Bf6 Nc6 26. Qd6
Qe6 $5 $15 {_|_ In the knight endgame Black's outside passed pawns will be
important.}) (25. Be3 $5 {was more accurate with idea} Qc2 26. Kf2 $1 Nc4 $2
27. Qe8+) 25... Qc2 26. Kf1 g5 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Bg3 $2 {Here the bishop is
placed badly and Black obtains dangerous initiative.} (28. Be5 $142 {
exchanging or closing down (after} f6 29. Bg3 {) the black bishop.}) 28... Qc4
29. d5 (29. Be5 f6 30. Bg3 Nb3) 29... Nb3 30. Qc6 $2 {This is already losing.
White should not have lifted his attack of the f7 pawn.} (30. Ke1 $1 {(quite a
computer-like move!) was the only way to fight on. After} Nc1 31. Nxc1 Qxc1+
32. Ke2 Qc4+ 33. Kd1 ({or even} 33. Kd2 Bc3+ 34. Kc2 Bd4+ 35. Kd2 Qc3+ 36. Kd1)
33... Qd3+ 34. Kc1 Qf1+ 35. Kd2 Qxg2+ 36. Ke3 {I don't see any win for Black})
30... Qd3 31. Bf2 (31. Kf2 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Ke1 Bc3+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kf1
Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qe1#) 31... Qd1+ 32. Be1 Nc5 (32... Nc5 33. Qc8 Nd3 34. Qf5+ Kg8
35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. Qc3 Bb4 37. Qc8+ Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Wattens op 05th"]
[Site "Wattens"]
[Date "1990.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ilic, Dragan M"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Inf 51/474} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. f3 cxd4 13. cxd4
Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Rb1 (16. Bh6) 16... Bd7 17. e5 $6 (17. Bh6)
17... Bc6 $3 (17... fxe5) 18. exf6 (18. dxc6 Qxd3 $19) (18. Nf4 g5 $1) (18. Be4
f5 $1) (18. Nc3 $5 Bxd5 19. Rd1) 18... Qxd5 $1 19. fxe7 (19. Be4 $142 Qd6 $17)
19... Rxf3 $1 20. Bh6 (20. gxf3 Qxf3) 20... Rf7 21. Nf4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxe7 23.
Re1 (23. Qc3 Qh4) 23... Qh4 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Re6 Be4 $1 26. Nxg6 Bxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Kh1 Bd7 (17... Rc8 {is more accurate - see CBM81
and 90, as well as Hansen-McShane in this issue.}) 18. e5 Rc8 19. Ng3 $1 {
[%mdl 8] A new, very strong plan. The knight aims to e4 to press the f6 point.}
Nc4 (19... Qc7 $142 20. exf6 Qc3 21. Ne4 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 $44) 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
Ne4 {The f6 point is undefendable!} Qb6 22. Rd1 $1 (22. exf6 {is less strong
in view of} Qd4) 22... Rxe4 $8 (22... Rc2 {is met with} 23. Rb1 $1 $18 {
followed by 24.exf6}) 23. fxe4 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Qf6 25. Qg3 $16 {White has
regained the exchange maintaining a clear positional advantage as the black
king is poorly protected, which is especially dangerous when opposite-coloured
bishops are on the board.} (25. Qc7 $5 Ba4 (25... Bg4 26. Rc1 g5 27. Qg3) 26.
Rb1 g5 27. d6 $16) 25... e6 (25... e5 $5) 26. d6 (26. Qc7 $5 Ba4 27. e5 Qe7 28.
Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd4 $16 {_|_}) 26... e5 27. h3 {White needn't hurry.} (27. Qb3+
$143 Be6 28. Qxb7 g5 29. d7 Rd8 30. Qc7 Bg4 $1) 27... b5 28. Bg5 Qe6 29. Be7
Rc8 30. Rf1 Qc4 31. Qf2 b4 32. Bg5 Bb5 $2 {A blunder leading to an immediate
defeat.} (32... h5 $8) {[%tqu "En","White wins immediately. How?","","","d6d7",
"",10]} 33. d7 $1 Bxd7 34. Bh6 $18 Bf5 35. exf5 Qf7 36. f6 a5 37. Qb6 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Kh1 Rc8 (17... Bd7 18. e5 Rc8 {is less accurate in
view of} 19. Ng3 $1 {- see Nielsen-McShane in this issue.}) 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. e5
Nc4 20. e6 Ba4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 Ne5 23. Be4 Bc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 25. Qd1 {
About this line - see CBM90, annotations to Kharlov-Mamedyarov. White's attack
is certainly sufficient for a draw and it is not easy for Black to defend.} Kh7
26. f4 Kxh6 27. fxe5 Rc4 {Too passive!} (27... Qc7 {[%cal Yc7c4] should be
prefered.} 28. exf6 (28. d6 $5 Qc4 $5 (28... Qc6 29. Qg4 fxe5 30. d7 Rf8 $1 $11
)) 28... Qc4 {leads to big complications needing detailed analysis. Here is
one of the lines:} 29. f7 Rf8 30. d6 exd6 (30... Qe4 $4 31. Qxc2 $3 Qxc2 32.
dxe7 $18) 31. e7 (31. Re1 $5 Rf2 $13) 31... Rxf7 $1 32. Qxd6+ Kh7 33. Rxf7+
Qxf7 34. Qd3+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ {with a perpetual.}) 28. Qd3 b5 (28... Rh4 $5) 29.
exf6 exf6 30. d6 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6]} Kg7 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Qg3+ Kh7
34. Qf3 Kg6 35. Qd5 {White doesn't want a draw! His two strong pawns are
certainly worth more than a rook.} Rh8 $2 (35... Rxe6 $1 36. Qxe6 Rd4 {appears
necessary but White, a pawn up, maintains good winning chances anyway.}) 36. h3
$18 a6 (36... Kg7 37. Qb7+ (37. Rf3 Qb6 {is less clear}) 37... Kh6 38. Qf7 f5
39. Qxf5 {was hopeless enough, too.}) 37. Qd3+ Kg7 (37... Kh6 38. e7 Qe8 39.
Rxf6+ Kg7 40. d7 $18) 38. Qg3+ Kh7 (38... Kh6 39. e7) 39. Rf5 Qe8 40. Rxf6 Rg8
41. Qd3+ Kg7 42. Qf5 Rc5 43. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rama, Lorenc"]
[Black "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Albania"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ALB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. d5 (17. Bg5 {was examined in detail in CBM68
and 84. The text move, originated from the stem game Jussupow-Anand, is
considered harmless.}) 17... Qd6 $1 18. Qxd6 (18. Bd2 $6 Rfd8 $1 19. Qxd6 exd6
20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Ba6 Rc5 $1 $17 {0-1 Jussupov,A-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee (m/2)
1994 (60)}) 18... exd6 19. Nd4 $6 (19. Rc7 {is more active.} Ba4 $1 (19... Rfc8
20. Rfc1 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Bf6 22. Bf4 Bd8 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Ba6 Ba4 25. Nd4 Kf8 26.
Rc7 Ke8 27. Bb5+ Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Kd8 29. e5 dxe5 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Bg5+ Ke8 32.
Nxd6+ Kf8 33. Bh6+ Kg8 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Monda,L/Budapest 1990/CBM 17 ext (33)})
20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nb3 22. Bc2 (22. Bf4 $5 Rfd8 $13 (22... Rfc8 23. Rxc8+
Rxc8 24. Bxd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Guevara,F-Tilghman,J/ICCF Email 2000/ICCF tele 5/
2001 (39)}) (22... Nc5 23. Ra1) 23. Bc2 $140 Nd4 $1 {This line needs further
tests.}) 22... Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bxb3 Bxb3 25. Ra1 a5 (25... Rc7 26. Bf4
Rd7 27. Rc1 f5 28. Kf2 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ba4 30. Ke3 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Peckford,W-Wolff,
P/North Bay 1996/EXT 98 (30)}) 26. Bxb6 a4 27. e5 Kf8 28. exd6 Ke8 29. Bc7 Kd7
30. Re1 Re8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Ba5 a3 33. Bc3 Kd7 34. Kf2 a2 35. Be5 Bxd5 36. f4
Ke6 37. h4 f6 38. Ba1 Kxd6 39. Bxf6 Ke6 40. Be5 Kf5 41. g3 Ke4 42. Ke2 Be6 43.
Kd2 Bf5 44. Kc1 Kf3 45. Kb2 Kxg3 46. Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Shirov,A/
Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (46)}) (19. Ba6 Ba4 $1 $13 {V.Anand}) 19... Ba4 20.
Rc7 {A bit too late.} Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb3 {[%cal Rb3d4,Yb3c5] Black gains a
crucial tempo.} 22. Bf6 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Be7 {This attempt to regain
the pawn fails.} (24. f4 {is quite poor, too, e.g.} Nc5 25. Bb1 Kf8 26. h4 Nd7
27. Bb2 Ke7 28. Re1 b5 29. e5 b4 30. Re2 Bb3 31. e6 Nf8 32. f5 fxe6 33. fxg6
hxg6 34. dxe6 Bxe6 35. Bg7 Rc1+ {0-1 De Rover,Y-Aubel,J/Arnhem 1996/EXT 98 (35)
.}) 24... Nc5 25. Bb1 Nb7 26. f4 Rc7 27. Bf6 Bb3 28. h4 a5 29. h5 a4 30. hxg6
fxg6 31. e5 Bxd5 32. exd6 Rd7 33. Be5 $6 (33. f5 {gives White more chances for
counterplay.}) 33... Nxd6 34. Rd1 Nf7 35. Bf6 Rd6 36. Be7 Re6 37. Bb4 Bc4 38.
g4 b5 39. Rc1 Re8 40. f5 {This only helps Black to activate his knight.} gxf5
41. Bxf5 Ng5 42. Bd7 Re3 43. Bxb5 $2 {A blunder in a hopeless position...} Bxb5
44. Rc5 h6 $2 {...but Black fails to find} (44... Re5 $1 {or even simply}) (
44... Nh3+ 45. Kg2 Bd7 $19) {Fortunately, it doesn't change much.} 45. Rxb5 Rb3
{Threatening ...a4-a3-a2} 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Bd6 $2 {This means a resignation.} (
47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Ke6 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Bc5 Ne6 52. Bd6 Rd3 53.
Bb4 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Rxg4 55. Rb7 {was better but White is lost anyway.}) 47...
Rxb8 48. Bxb8 Ne4 49. Kf1 a3 50. Be5 a2 51. Ke2 Nc5 52. Kd2 Nb3+ 53. Kc2 a1=Q
54. Bxa1 Nxa1+ 55. Kb2 Kg6 56. Kxa1 Kg5 57. Kb2 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Rb1 Bf7 {Black immediately gives back the exchange and White,
with his strong central pawns, maintains the better prospects, giving the
weakened position of the black king. This is the theoretical verdict. However,
GM Victor Mikhalevski has his own opinion on the subject!} (16... Bd7 {is the
main theoretical line.}) 17. Bh6 e6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Immediately attacking
the white centre. Previous games played with this line saw} (17... Re8 18. Bb5
{or}) (17... Rc8) 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nf4 ({After} 19. dxe6 Qxd3 20. exf7 (20.
Qxf6 $2 Qxb1+ 21. Kf2 Qb6+ 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. exf7 Qb6 $3 $19) 20... Qxe2 21. Qxf6
Qd3 {White has maximum a perpetual.}) 19... exd5 (19... e5 $5 20. Ne2 Rc8 {
deserves attention, too.}) 20. exd5 ({Or} 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Qd4
Rc8 {[%cal Rd6c5] with a satisfactory position for Black.}) 20... g5 $1 ({
But not} 20... Qd6 $2 21. Ne6+) 21. Ne6+ Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qxd3 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24.
Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ {Alas, White has nothing more. A very important theoretical
game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Kh1 {About this line - see annotations to the game
Kobalia-Odeev in CBM81.} Rc8 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. e5 e6 $6 $146 {Quite a dubious
novelty.} (19... Nc4 {is the main line,in which GM M.Kobalia demonstrated an
interesting idea:} 20. e6 Ba4 (20... Ne5 $5 21. exd7 Qxd7 22. Qb1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3
e5 24. Ne2 Qa4 25. Nc3 Qd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Ne4 Red8 28. Nxf6+ Kf7 29. Ne4
Rxd5 30. Kg1 $14 {_|_1-0 Nielsen,P-Turov,M/Copenhagen DEN 2002/The Week in
Chess 403 (62)}) 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 Ne5 23. Be4 Bc2 {(a theoretical
continuation, considered satisfactory for Black)} 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 25. Qd1 Qc7 (
25... Kh7 26. f4 $1 (26. Qxc2+ $6 Kxh6 27. f4 Ng6 28. Qf5 (28. Qb3 $142) 28...
Rh8 29. g3 Qa5 30. Rd1 Qxa2 $19 {0-1 Bannik,A-Novotelnov,N/Tbilisi tt 1951 (37)
}) 26... Kxh6 27. fxe5 Qc7 {-see 25...Qc7}) 26. f4 Rc1 $6 (26... Kh7 $142 27.
fxe5 (27. Bg5 fxg5 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. fxe5 Rf8 {and White must give a perpetual})
27... Kxh6 28. exf6 $13) 27. Qxc1 Qxc1 28. Rxc1 Ng4 29. h3 $1 Nxh6 30. g4 {
[%csl Rh6]} Rd8 31. Rc7 Kf8 32. Rd7 $1 $16 {_|_1-0 Kobalija,M-Zakharstov,V/St
Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (45).}) 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. exf6 (21. Bb5 $142 $1 f5 (
21... Bd7 22. exf6 Kf7 23. Rd1 Bxb5 24. Rxd8 Rexd8 25. Nh3 Rc5 26. Qe1 $1 (26.
Ng5+ $2 Rxg5 27. Bxg5 Be2) 26... Nc6 27. Ng5+ Rxg5 28. Bxg5 Ba4 29. Bd2 $18)
22. Bxe8 (22. Rd1 Qh4 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qc3 $16) 22... Qxe8 23.
Rd1 $16) 21... Bf7 {A similar position arose in Kobalia-Odeev, with the black
pawn on a6 instead of rook on c8.} 22. Rd1 Rc6 $6 {Black gives back the
exchange entering into an inferior endgame.} (22... Qc7 $5 23. Bb5 $140 Red8)
23. Bb5 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Bxe8 Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Black has weak dark
squares and a poorly protected king.} 26. Rd8 Kf7 27. Nh3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Yh3g5]} Ke7 28. Rd1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} (28. Ra8 $143 Ra6) 28... Re6 29. Ng5 Re2 30.
h4 (30. Nxh7 Rxa2 31. Bg5+ (31. Re1+ Kd6 $1) 31... Ke6 32. Re1+ Kd6 $1 33. Bf4+
Kc5 {doesn't yield White any real benefit.}) 30... Rxa2 31. Nxh7 $6 (31. Re1+
$1 Kd8 32. Nxh7 {was apparently more precise as the black king is clearly
misplaced on d8.}) 31... Re2 {It's now difficult for White to penetrate into
Black's position. However, in mutual "eternal" time-trouble (30 seconds per
move, with a requirement to score the game!) a comedy of errors starts. I
think, those who invented this new time control should be brought to justice
for killing the whole stage of a chess game: the endgame.} 32. Bg5+ Kf7 33. Rd8
Bc6 $2 {White now wins the g6 pawn obtaining good winning chances.} (33... Nc6
$1 {was correct:} 34. Rc8 Ne7 35. Rb8 (35. Rc7 Bc6) 35... Bc6 36. Rf8+ Ke6 {
with a good position.}) 34. Rf8+ Ke6 35. Rf6+ Kd5 36. Rxg6 b5 37. Nf6+ $2 {
An unnecessary check depriving the white bishop of the important square.} (37.
h5 $142 b4 38. h6 b3 39. Bf6 Nc4 40. Rg5+ Ne5 (40... Ke6 41. Bd4 {[%cal Rh7f8]}
) 41. Bxe5 Rxe5 42. Nf6+ Ke6 43. Rxe5+ Kxe5 44. h7 b2 45. h8=Q b1=Q+ 46. Kh2 {
and White should win.}) 37... Kc4 38. Ne4 (38. h5 b4 39. h6 b3 {is impossible
now as White can't play 40.Bf6:} 40. Bc1 (40. h7 b2 41. h8=Q b1=Q+ 42. Kh2 Qxg6
$19) 40... Re1+ 41. Kh2 Rxc1 42. h7 b2 43. Rg4+ Kb5 44. h8=Q b1=Q $19) 38...
Bxe4 39. fxe4 b4 40. h5 (40. Ra6 b3 41. Bf6 Nb7 42. Rxa7 Nc5 $11) 40... b3 41.
Bf6 Rxe4 $2 {A losing move.} (41... b2 42. Bxb2 Rxb2 43. h6 Rb8 {and Black
should easily reach the draw.}) 42. h6 Rh4+ $5 43. Kg1 $2 {Apparently White
had no time to calculate} (43. Bxh4 $1 b2 44. Rg4+ $1 Kb3 ({or} 44... Kb5) 45.
Be1 $1 {the point!} Nc4 46. h7 b1=Q 47. h8=Q Qxe1+ 48. Kh2 $18) 43... Nc6 44.
Bxh4 $2 {Too late! This capture leads to a drawish position.} (44. Bb2 $1 {
was correct. In positions with passed pawns on both sides the bishop is much
stronger than the knight. Then White moves the g-pawn forward, with good
winning chances, e.g.} Kd5 (44... Nd4 45. g3 Nf3+ (45... Ne2+ 46. Kg2 Rh5 47.
Rg4+ Kd3 48. Rh4 $18) 46. Kf2 Rh2+ 47. Kxf3 Rxb2 48. Rg4+ Kd5 49. Rh4 $18) 45.
g3 Rh5 46. g4 Rh4 47. Kf2 $1 $16 (47. Rg5+ Ke6 48. Rh5 Rxh5 49. gxh5 Nd8 $11)
47... Nd4 $2 48. Rg5+ Ke6 49. Rh5 $18) 44... b2 45. Rxc6+ Kd5 46. Rc7 b1=Q+ 47.
Kh2 Qg6 48. h7 Qh6 $11 {Any attempt to support the h7 pawn leads to a
perpetual check; besides, Black has his own trump, the a-pawn.} 49. g3 a5 50.
Ra7 Ke4 51. Kg2 Qh5 52. Re7+ Kf5 53. Kh3 Qg4+ 54. Kh2 Qh5 55. Kh3 Qg4+ 56. Kg2
Qh5 57. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 58. h8=Q Qxe7 59. Qc8+ Kg5 60. Qc1+ Kg6 61. Qb1+ Kg7 62.
Qa1+ Kg6 63. Qxa5 Qe2+ 64. Kh3 Qf1+ 65. Kg4 Qe2+ 66. Kf4 Qf2+ 67. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Qa4 a6
15. d5 Bxa1 {This order of moves (yielding the d4-square to the white queen)
may look inaccurate. However, it usually leads to a mere transposition.} (15...
b5 {is usually played.}) 16. Rxa1 Bd7 (16... f6 {is an interesting alternative:
} 17. Qa3 (17. Qd4 $6 Bd7 18. h4 (18. e5 Bb5 $1) 18... e5 19. Qb4 b5 $15 {
1-0 Thomas,R (2153)-Truman,R (2032)/Sunningdale 2008/EXT 2009 (34)}) (17. Qb4
Nc6 $1 18. Qxb7 Ne5 {0-1 Colias,B (2265)-Kudrin,S (2550)/Chicago 1992/EXT 2000
(21)} 19. Nd4 $13) 17... Bd7 18. Bd2 b6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Rf1 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qe5 $13
22. Qb4 $6 (22. Ne2) 22... Rac8 $1 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxa6 $2 Rc4 25. Qxb6 Qxd4+
{0-1 Popov,N (2405)-Anikaev,Y (2435)/Rostov on Don 1976/MCD}) 17. Qb4 (17. Qd4
$6 f6 {is not dangerous for Black - see 16...f6}) 17... b5 {Usually this
position arises after 15...b5 16.Qb4 Bxa1 17.Rxa1 Bd7. About this line - see
Piket - Van Wely in CBM 77.} 18. Qd4 {Black has no idea ...Bd7-b5 now.} f6 (
18... Rc8 $5 19. Bh6 f6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Kf2 (21. f4 {[%cal Ye4e5]} Bg4 $132)
21... Qc7 {[%csl Rh2]} 22. Rc1 Qxh2 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4
26. Qxc4 Bh3 $1 $132 {1/2 Piket,J (2633)-Van Wely,L (2646)/Rotterdam 2000/CBM
077/[Krasenkow] (31)}) 19. e5 (19. Bh6 $6 Re8 20. e5 fxe5 (20... Nc4 21. e6 Bc8
22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Nf4 Qc7 24. Re1 Qa7 $17 {Micheel,A-Schulz,P/BLW-9192 1992/
1-0 (53)}) 21. Qxe5 Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qf6 23. Qc7 $5 Qxa1+ 24. Kf2 Qf6 25. Qxd7 Nc4
$19 {0-1 Delgado,I-Colias,B/USA op 1990 (32)}) 19... fxe5 20. Qxe5 Qb8 21. Qxe7
Bf5 $146 {[%mdl 8] This new move may be the simplest way for Black to obtain
sufficient counterplay.} (21... Qe8 22. Qc5 Rc8 23. Qd4 Nc4 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Rc1
Qe7 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Be3 Re8 28. Kf2 Qd6 29. Ng3 $44 {1-0 Gligoric,S-Portisch,
L/San Antonio 1972 (54)}) (21... Re8 {is the main line:} 22. Qc5 Nb7 23. Qc1 (
23. Qd4 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Ree8 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. Ng3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Kg7
29. Kf2 Rac8 $15 {1/2 Duben,I (1806)-Fedorko,A (1942)/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM
89 (34)}) 23... Nd6 $1 24. Ng3 (24. Nd4 $5 $13) 24... Bf5 25. Qd2 $1 (25. Bxf5
Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Qd2 Qe5 28. Bd4 Qd6 29. Rd1 Rac8 30. h3 f4 31. Ba1 Rc4
32. Qb2 Qg6 $15 {0-1 Nenashev,A-Vyzmanavin,A/URS Army-ch Tashkent 1987 (47)})
25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd8 27. Bc5 $1 Nb7 $5 (27... Rc8 28. Bxd6 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Qxd6
30. Ne4 Qf4 31. g3 Qf5 32. d6 Rcd8 33. Rd1 Qf7 34. a3 Rf8 35. Kg2 $1 $16 {
Browne,W-Kudrin,S/USA (ch) 1989/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 28. Bf2 Nd6 29. Bc5 Nb7 30. Be3
Nd6 $11 31. Rd1 $6 Rc8 32. Bf4 Qb6+ 33. Kf1 Rc4 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36.
Ne4 Rcxe4 37. fxe4 Qxh2 $19 {0-1 Browne,W-Ernst,T/Reykjavik op 1990 (52)}) 22.
Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qe6+ Rf7 24. Ng3 Qe8 25. Re1 $6 {An inaccuracy, after which
Black gets the upper hand.} (25. Bg5 $142 $1 $44) 25... Qxe6 26. dxe6 Re7 $1
27. Bc5 (27. Bg5 Ree8 28. e7 Nc4 29. Ne4 Kf7) 27... Ree8 28. e7 Nb7 $1 29. Ba3
a5 30. Ne4 b4 $6 {Black misses a nice pirouette:} (30... Kg7 $1 31. Bb2+ Kf7
32. Ng5+ Kg8 {keeping a material advantage and good winning chances.}) 31. Nf6+
Kf7 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Bc1 Rxe7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Black keeps an edge here, too,
due to his queenside pawn advantage.} 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. Bf4 Rd7 36. Rc1 (36. Rxd7
$6 Kxd7 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4]}) 36... Rd4 37. Be3 Rd3 38. Kf2 Nd6 39. Rc6 Kd7 40. Rc2
Rd5 41. Bd2 Nf5 42. Bc1 Nd4 43. Rc4 Nb5 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A
blunder, after which Black wins at least a pawn. Of course, it was not easy to
defend.} (45. Rc5 Nc3 46. Bd2 (46. Bb2 Na4 47. Rc2 Nxb2 48. Rxb2 Kc6 $17 {_|_})
46... Nb1 47. Bc1 Kd6 48. Rc2 Nc3 $17) ({Perhaps,} 45. Bb2 Nd6 46. Rc1 {
was the best choice after all.}) 45... Rh1 {[%cal Rh1h2,Rb5c3]} 46. Bd2 Rxh2
47. Rc5 {Desperation.} (47. Kf2 {was absolutely hopeless.}) 47... Rxg2+ 48. Kd3
Na3 49. Be1 (49. Rxa5 $2 Rxd2+) 49... Rxa2 50. Rxa5 b3 51. Bc3 Nb1 52. Bb4 Rxa5
53. Bxa5 b2 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. e5 Nc4 20. e6 Ba4 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Bxg6 Ne5 23. Be4 Bc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 25. Qd1 Kh7 26. f4 Kxh6 27. fxe5
Qc7 28. d6 Qc4 $146 ({After} 28... Qc6 29. Qg4 fxe5 {Vaisser,A (2573)-Shomoev,
A (2483)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext (1/2, 39). White tried to play for
a win, but eventually had to content himself with a perpetual.}) 29. exf6 exf6
$2 {Black either forgot his analysis or simply did not have any at all. In
either case, we can suppose that he did not expect to play the Grьnfeld that
day, since Dvirnyi had always opened with 1.e4 before.} ({He should have
reduced White's attacking potential with} 29... Qe4 {, for instance} 30. Rf3
Qe2 31. Qf1 Qxf1+ 32. Rxf1 exd6 {White will win the rook back, with a non
symmetrical, but probably equal ending.}) 30. d7 $16 {With his king wide open
and the enemy pawns far advanced, Black is in trouble.} Rg8 31. Rxf6+ Kg7 32.
Rf1 Kh6 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34. Rf1 Kh6 35. e7 Rgxg2 36. Qh5+ Kxh5 37. e8=Q+ Kh6 38.
Rf6+ Kg5 39. Qe5+ Kh4 40. Rf4+ Qxf4 41. Qxf4+ Kh5 42. Qf3+ Rg4 43. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6.
bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5
13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Bb3 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bg5 $1 {New trend in a
line with 15...Bb3.I think this is the way to fight for an advantage.} (17. d5
{after} Qd6 $1 $15 {Yusupov-Anand/Wijk aan Zee m-2/1994/ has lost its
popularity and Kramnik came with a new idea.}) ({Timman tried} 17. Rc3 Be6 18.
Bg5 {against Hellers,but without a lot of success.}) 17... f6 18. Bh4 $1 {
The last word of theory.The idea is simple :preventing the e7-e5 advance which
was played after inexact 18.Bf4.} ({In the first game of Kramnik-Shirov match
Vladimir played} 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 {but after} exd4 20. Nxd4 Bf7 21. Ba6 Re8
22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 {a draw was agreed as black
is at least not worse.}) (18. Be3 Bf7 $13 19. Ba6 Qd6 20. Qb2 Rab8 21. d5 $6 b5
$1 22. Bxb5 a6 23. Qc3 Rxb5 $17 {0-1 Ahlander,B-Hellers,F/Malmo 1994/CBM 42/
[Ernst] (31)}) 18... Bf7 $5 $146 {This retreat was recommended by Kramnik and
Dolmatov in their annotations in 72/430. Black is intending to play 19...Qd6
when his bishop is back and the e6-square is covered.} ({The fifth game of
Kramnik-Shirov match(Cazorla,98) continued} 18... Qd6 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. d5 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Ge2d4,Gd4e6] Here we can see the idea of 17.Bg5!The e6-square
is weakened and knight is ready to come there via d4.} f5 $2 (20... Ba4 {
[%cal Ga5b3] Sakaev}) (20... Rac8 $5 {Sakaev} 21. Ba6 Rc5 {Kramnik,Dolmatov})
21. exf5 gxf5 $6 (21... Bxd5 $5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Bxg6 Bc4 24. Kf2 d5 {Kramnik,
Dolmatov}) 22. Ng3 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla1998/(65)}) 19.
Bg3 $1 {preventing Qd6.} (19. d5 Qd6 (19... Nb7) (19... e6 {Hecht}) 20. Qxd6
exd6 {Kramnik,Dolmatov}) (19. Ba6 Qd6) 19... e5 20. Ba6 $1 (20. d5 Nb7) 20...
b5 $5 {[%cal Gd8b6,Ga8b8] An interesting idea.Black is trying to upset the
coordination of white pieces. Ftacnik: 'Excellent idea in order to lock white
bishop out of play with a help of some simple chess magic.'} (20... Bh6 21. f4)
(20... Nb3 $5 21. Rcd1 (21. Rc4 $2 b5 $3 22. Bxb5 a6 $1 23. Qxb3 (23. Ba4 Nd2
$1) 23... axb5 24. Qxb5 $15)) 21. Bf2 $1 {[%mdl 96] Please pay your attention
to the unique manoeuvres of white bishop.} (21. Bxb5 {would help black to
solve his problems.} Rb8 (21... Qb6 $5 22. Rb1 a6 (22... exd4 23. Nxd4 Rfd8 24.
Bf2) 23. Be8 Qxb4 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxb4 Nc6 26. Ra4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28.
Rxd4 $11) (21... Nb3 $5 22. Rcd1 (22. Rc4 $6 a6 $1) 22... Qb6) 22. Ra1 Nb3 23.
Ra6 $13 (23. Rxa7 Qb6 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxb3 Qxb5)) 21... Qb6 (21... Nb3 22.
Rcd1 $5 (22. Rc6 $5 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bc4 25. Rd1 $44 {[%cal Gc6d6,
Ga6b5]} Rb8 $1 26. Qe1 $5 (26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Bc5 Rf7)) 22... Qb6 23. Qxb5 (23. d5
$5 Qxa6 24. Qxb3 $44) 23... Rfb8 24. Qd3 $1 exd4 $140 25. Bc4 $1) 22. Ra1 $1 {
The idea of the previous move.Now 22...Nb3? can be met with 23.d5!} (22. Qxb5
$5) 22... Nc6 (22... Qxa6 $6 23. Rxa5 $14) 23. Qxb5 Nxd4 {An inaccuracy.} ({
Black should change queens immediately.} 23... Qxb5 $142 24. Bxb5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4
exd4 26. Bxd4 f5 $1 (26... a5) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. exf5 (28. e5) 28... gxf5 29.
Ra5 $5 $14 {/=} (29. Bc6 Rac8 30. Bd7 Rc7 31. Bxf5 $2 Bc4) (29. Rfc1 $5)) 24.
Nxd4 exd4 25. Qd3 $1 {This is the reason why black should prefer 23...Q:b5.} (
25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Bxd4 Rfd8 $1 27. Bc3 f5) 25... Rad8 26. Rfb1 Qe6 $5 {[%cal
Gf6f5]} 27. Rb7 $1 $138 {Ftacnik: 'Mikhalevski manged to put his house in
order and black has to fight for equality.'} (27. Bxd4 {Ftacnik} f5 28. Rb4
fxe4 29. fxe4 Rfe8 $13) 27... f5 28. exf5 $1 {Only this way white can obtain
an advantage.} (28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Bc4 Qd7 30. exf5 gxf5 $13) 28... Qxf5 (28...
gxf5 $6 29. Re1 $5 Qg6 30. Ree7) 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Bd3 $14 {'!' Ftacnik. The
d-pawn must be blocked.} Be6 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] '?' Ftacnik.} (30... Rc8 $5)
({Liss} 30... Bg6 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 31. Raxa7 Bf6 32. f4 $14) (30... Ra8 {Ftacnik}
31. Raxa7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 $14) 31. Raxa7 Rf7 (31... Bf6 32. Rxh7 (32. Bh4 $5))
32. Bxf5 $1 {'!!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Even simple positions can offer scope for
fascinating tactical blows.'} Bd5 (32... Rxb7 $4 33. Bxe6+) (32... Rxf5 33.
Rxg7+) 33. Rxf7 Bxf7 34. Bd3 $1 $16 {A good work of another bishop.Its
colleague worked at the opening.Someone has to be a substitute for it.} (34.
Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 35. Rxf7 d3 36. Be1 d2 37. Bxd2 Rxd2 $11) 34... Bg6 $1 35. Ra3
Rc8 $1 36. Kf1 $1 Be5 $1 {[%cal Gg8f7,Gf7e6]} (36... Bf8 $6 37. Rb3 Rc3 $2 38.
Rxc3 dxc3 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Ke2 $18) (36... Rc3 $2 37. Rxc3 $1 (37. Ra8+ $6 Kf7
38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Bxg6 hxg6 $44 40. Rxg7 $140 $2 Rc1+) 37... dxc3 38. Bxg6 hxg6
39. Ke2 $18) 37. h3 $6 {Now black gets counterplay as an advance f3-f4 /
\Kf1-e2-f3 has become difficult and black has enough time to bring his king to
the centre.} (37. Bg3 $5) (37. g3 $5) 37... Rb8 $1 {preventing Kf1-e2.} 38.
Bxg6 hxg6 39. Rd3 Rb4 40. h4 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3,Gf3f4,Gf1e2,Ge2f3] preparing
g2-g3,f3-f4 and Kf1-e2-f3.} (40. g3 $6 g5 $1) 40... Kf7 41. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf1e2,
Ge2f3] If f4 can be played without g2-g3 it's even better.} Bh8 (41... Rb1+ $5
42. Be1 Bf6) (41... Bxf4 $2 {loses immediately} 42. Rf3 $1 d3 43. Be1 $1 $18 {
[%cal Ge1d2] only like this} ({After} 43. Be3 $2 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 (45.
Ke1 Re2+) 45... Rb1+ $11 {a draw is inevitable.})) 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Kf3 Kd5 44.
g4 $2 {This move could cost me a win in the game and the whole final match as
I had lost the first game and had to win this one at any price.} (44. Ra3 $142)
44... Rb8 $2 {Black refuses to take the gift.} (44... Rc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4c3] /
\Rc3!} 45. Be1 Rc1 $1 $11 46. Bd2 $140 Rh1) 45. Ra3 $1 Kc4 46. Ra4+ (46. Ra6 $5
) 46... Kb3 (46... Kd5 47. Ra5+ Kc4 (47... Ke6 $5) 48. Ra6 (48. Rg5 $5)) 47.
Ra6 $1 d3 $6 (47... Rg8 $5 {The only chance to escape was to keep the g6 pawn.}
) 48. Rxg6 $1 Rd8 (48... d2 49. Rd6 Kc2 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Be3 Re8 52. h5 $18) 49.
Rb6+ $1 ({But not} 49. Be3 $2 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gb6]}) 49... Kc2 50. Be3 $1 d2 (
50... Bd4 51. Rc6+) 51. Bxd2 Rxd2 52. g5 $18 {Thanks to the bad position of a
black king white pawns are unstopable.} Kd3 (52... Rh2 53. Kg4 Rg2+ 54. Kf5 Rh2
55. h5 $1 (55. Rh6) 55... Rxh5 56. Rh6 Rxh6 57. gxh6 Kd3 58. Ke6 Ke4 59. f5 Kf4
60. f6 Kg5 61. f7 $18) 53. h5 Bd4 54. Rd6 Rf2+ 55. Kg3 Rf1 56. h6 Rh1 57. Kg2
Rh5 58. Kf3 Rh1 59. Rd7 {[%cal Gh6h7]} Rh2 (59... Rf1+ 60. Kg4 Ke4 61. Rxd4+ $1
Kxd4 62. h7 Ke4 63. Kg3 $1 $18 (63. h8=Q $4 Rg1+ 64. Kh5 Rh1+)) 60. h7 {
[%cal Gd7d4] An interesting game which gave me a chance to prolong a fight for
a title of Israel Champion.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal Empresa-A"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2006.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 $5 {Van Wely's speciality. I decided to try this line as I
had to face it as Black earlier this year. See below.} Bd7 ({The main
alternative} 16... Bf7 {was tested first in Van Wely,L-Sutovsky,E, Dortmund
2005/CBM108[Krasenkow], but then the commentator himself improved upon Black's
play in the following game:} 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 exf4 $1
({Sutovsky played} 20... Rc8) 21. Qxf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5 $1 23. exd5 Qxb5 24.
Qxf6 Qe8 {0-1 Najer,E-Krasenkow,M, EU-Cup 21st Saint Vincent 2005/CBM110
[Krasenkow].}) 17. e5 fxe5 (17... Bf5 $2 {is bad in view of the simple} 18.
Bxf5 gxf5 19. e6 Qd6 $6 20. Ng3 Qe5 21. f4 $1 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Nc4 23. Nxf5 Rfe8
24. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Re7,Rf6][%cal Gf3g3,Gg3g7] 1-0 Rodshtein,M-Dragicevic,D/
Stockholm SWE 2005(30). and Black's position collapced.}) 18. Qxe5 {[%cal
Ge3d4] White is ready to play Bd4 with serious threats. So Black's reply is
virtually forced.} Qb8 $1 19. Qxe7 ({In the origin game White played} 19. Qg5
$6 {which promises Black better play.} Bf5 $1 20. Rd1 ({After} 20. Bxf5 Rxf5
21. Qxe7 Qe5 $1 $19 {[%csl Re3,Re7] White can't avoid the exchange of queens.})
({or} 20. Nf4 Qd6 $15) 20... Qd6 $15 {0-1 Lombard,A-Castro Rojas,O/Biel 1976/
IZT (44)}) 19... Re8 20. Qc5 {White needs the dark-squared bishop in order to
create threats along the a1-h8 diagonal.} ({An exchange of dark-squared bishops
} 20. Qxd7 Rxe3 $11 {doesn't look like a serious attempt to play for a win.})
20... b6 21. Qc1 {[%cal Ge3d4] This seems to be the main critical position of
the line with 16...Bd7.} (21. Qd4 {allows to exchange queens.} Qe5 $1 22. Qxe5
Rxe5 23. Bf4 {and then sacrifing back an exchange Black solves all his
problems.} Rxd5 $1 24. Be4 Bc6 25. Bxd5+ Bxd5 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Rd1 Nc4 $11 {
with full equality.}) 21... Qe5 $1 $146 {This move was based on the precise
computer analysis. Emil told me after the game that he would never went for
such a position without checking it with a computer.} ({I played computer's
suggestion} 21... Qc8 22. Qd2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,
L-Mikhalevski,V/Ledyards USA 2006(65). which leads to a complicated position
with mutual chances, although it's easier to play it as White.}) ({Another
recent game saw quick Black's defeat after} 21... Qd6 22. Bd4 Rac8 $2 ({
Black had to play} 22... Qxd5 {, which tranposes to the text.}) 23. Qh6 $1 Qf8
24. Qh4 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Ng3 Qxd5 (26... g5 27. Nxf5 gxh4 28. Nd6 $18 {
is also hopeless.}) 27. Qf6 Re7 28. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4g5]} Rcc7 ({Doesn't
save} 28... Rf8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qxh7+ Ke8 31. Qxg6+ Kd8 (31... Kd7 32. Nf6+
$18) 32. Bf6 $18) 29. Nd6 {[%cal Gf6h8] 1-0 Nielsen,P-Holzke,F/Kirchheim GER
2006/(29)}) 22. Bd4 $1 {The only chance to fight for an advantage is to
sacrifice the d5-pawn.} (22. Be4 Rac8 23. Qd1 Nc4 24. Bd4 Qg5 {is fine for
Black.}) 22... Qxd5 23. Qh6 (23. Be4 {is sufficient only for equality.} Rxe4 ({
But not} 23... Qxa2 $2 24. Qh6 Qf7 25. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Ge4d5]} Rxe4 26. fxe4 Rf8
27. Rf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf4g6]}) 24. fxe4 Qxe4 25. Qh6 (25. Ba1 $6 {[%cal Gc1c3]
turns out to be too slow.} Nc4 $1 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 26. Rf2 {[%cal Gc1c3]} Re8 $1
27. Qh6 (27. Qc3 Ne5 28. h3 Bb5 29. Ng3 Qe1+ $1 30. Qxe1 Nf3+ $17) 27... Ne5)
25... Qe7 26. Bf6 Qf8 27. Qd2 (27. Qh4 Re8) 27... Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Bc6 29. Qh6 Qf8
30. Qg5 Qc5 31. Qh6 $11) 23... Qf7 24. Nf4 {[%cal Gd3g6] The most agressive.} (
{Once again} 24. Ba1 {is too slow.} Bf5 (24... Qf8 25. Qd2 $44 {[%cal Gd2c3,
Gd2b2]}) 25. Be4 (25. Bxf5 Rxe2 $1 26. Bd3 Rxa2 {and having the option Rxa1
Black is at least not worse.}) 25... Qf8 $1 (25... Rad8 26. Ng3 $36) 26. Qxf8+
(26. Qh4 $2 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Qe7 28. Qh6 Rf8 $17) 26... Kxf8 27. Bxa8 Rxe2 28. Rf2
Re1+ 29. Rf1 Re2 $11) 24... Qf8 $1 (24... Bf5 $2 {looks dangerous.} 25. Nd5 $5
Re6 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Qg6 29. Qh4 $16) 25. Qh4 $1 (25. Qg5 {
is at least not better than the move in text.} Qe7 ({Black's play for a win by
means of} 25... Bf5 {is also not justified.} 26. Nd5 (26. Be4 $5 {is
interesting.}) 26... Bxd3 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 (28... Bxf1 $2 29. Qd5+ $1
Kxe8 30. Qxa8+ Kf7 31. Qxa7+ $16) 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qf6+ $11 (31.
Qxh7+ $5 Ke6 32. Re1+ Kd6 33. Rd1 Re7 34. Qh4 Qf5 35. Qf6+ Qxf6 36. Bxf6 Re2
37. Rxd3+ Ke6 38. Bh8 Rxa2 $13)) 26. Qh6 $11) 25... Qe7 $1 (25... Bf5 $2 {
loses to} 26. Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5f6]} Re6 (26... gxh5 27. Qg5+ Bg6 28. Bxg6 Qe7
29. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke6 33. Re1+ $18 {
[%csl Re7]}) 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 (27... gxf5 28. Qg3+ $1 Kf7 (28... Rg6 29. Qe5 $1
$18) 29. Qg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5f5]} Rae8 30. Nf6 $1 Nc6 31. Nxh7 Qg8 32. Qxf5+ Ke7
33. Nf6 Qf7 34. Bb2 $18) 28. Ng7 $1 {The point of 26.Nh5! comparing to 26.Nd5.}
Qf7 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Re1 $18 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 26. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Gf4g6]} ({
After the optimistic} 26. Bf6 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Bf5 {White would have to find} 28.
Nxg6 $1 Bxd3 29. Nh8 $3 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gh4g4]} Qc7 (29... Rf8 30. Qg4+ Bg6
31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Nxf7 Bxf7 33. Qg4+ Bg6 $8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 (34... Bf7 $11) 35. Be5
Qc6 36. Bd6+ Kg7 37. Be5+ Kf8 $11) 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ $11)
26... Qf8 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qh6 Qf8 {Neither of sides can avoid the repetition
and so a draw was agreed. After this game it seems that Sutovsky's 21...Qe5
fully equalizes.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. f4 $2 (15. Qa4 $5) 15... a6 16. f5 b5 17. e5 Bb3 $2 (17... Nc4 18. Bg5
(18. Bxc4 Bxc4 $17) 18... Nb2 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bc4 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Qd7 $15) 18. Qe1 Bc4 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Rf3 Qa5 22. Rd2 $2 (22. Bd2
Qc7 (22... Qb6 23. Be3 $10) 23. f6 $2 exf6 24. exf6 Rfe8 $17) 22... Rfd8 23.
Rh3 (23. e6 Nxd4 $1) 23... Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qb4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. e6 f5 $1 (26...
Nxd4 27. exf7+ Kf8 28. Qd1 Rd6 (28... Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxe4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.
Rh8+ $18)) 27. Bxf5 $5 Nxd4 (27... gxf5 28. Qh5 $18) 28. Qg4 (28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29.
Bxg6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rd2+ $19) 28... Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Qxg6
Rxf5+ 31. Rf3 (31. Kg3 Qd6+ 32. Kg4 Rc4 $19) 31... Rf1+ $1 (31... Nxf3 $4 32.
Rd8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf7#) 32. Kg3 (32. Kxf1 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Rxf3+ 34. gxf3
Qxg6 $19) 32... Qd6+ 33. Kg4 Nxf3 $1 34. gxf3 (34. Rxd6 Ne5+ $19) 34... Rg1+ $1
35. Kxf5 (35. Bxg1 Qf4+ 36. Kh3 Qxf3+ 37. Kh4 (37. Qg3 Rh5#) 37... Rf4+ 38. Kg5
Qg4#) 35... Qe5# 0-1

