[Event "Pamplona San Juan 4th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Rae1 Ne5
15. Be2 f5 16. Qc1 a6 17. Bd2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Rxa2 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bc3
Nb6 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Bxg7+ Nxg7 24. Nc3 Ra7 25. Re2 Rb7 26. Rfe1 Rfb8 27. Nd1
Qf7 28. Ne3 h5 29. b3 Nc8 30. Nc4 Rxb3 31. Na5 R3b5 32. Nc6 R8b6 33. Qa1 Kh7
34. Kh2 h4 35. Ne7 Rb8 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. Re7 Qf8 38. Qa7 Kg8 39. Qd7 Rbb8 40.
Qxd6 Kh7 41. R1e6 Re8 42. Qxc5 Rbd8 43. d6 Kh6 44. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Be3 Be7 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Qb5 Qc7 14. Qxb4 Bxe4
15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21.
Rfd1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qa5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qf5 e4 25. Nd4 Bxa4 26. bxa4 Rxc5 27.
Qf4 Rd8 28. Nb3 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qxa4 31. Qc2 g6 32. Qc7 Qb4 33.
Kf1 e3 34. Qxa7 exf2 35. Qxf2 Ne4 36. Qd4 Nxg3+ 37. Kf2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 {Probably the Chigorin Defence came as a surprise for
Kramnik, because this line is not so popular among the top players.} 3. d4 Bg4
4. Nbd2 (4. Bg2 {is the main line.}) 4... Qd7 5. h3 Bf5 6. c3 e5 $5 $146 {
A very ambitious novelty. Fressinet sacrifices a P for fast development and
grabs the initiative.} (6... f6 {has been tried before} 7. Nh4 Be6 8. Bg2 (8.
b4 $5 {An unexpected and original decision. The game continues very sharply.}
a6 (8... g5 9. Ng2 (9. Nhf3 {is also possible} Bf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 $36) 9...
Bxh3 (9... Bf7 10. b5) 10. e4 Bg4 11. f3 (11. Qb3 dxe4 12. Ne3 $36 {
Muzyka-Malinin, corr 2004}) 11... Be6 12. Ne3 {With a very unusal, but
promising middlegame for White.}) 9. Nb3 b6 $13 {with an unclear position.})
8... Bf7 {followed by e5.} (8... g5 $6 9. Nhf3 Bf5 10. g4 $1 Bg6 11. h4 $36 {
Pachman-Dueckstein, Haifa 1976})) 7. dxe5 (7. Nxe5 $5 {was an interesting
alternative} Nxe5 8. dxe5 O-O-O (8... d4 9. Nf3) 9. Bg2 f6 10. Nf3 {and it is
not clear how can Black compensate for the sacrificed P .}) 7... O-O-O 8. e3 $6
{A slightly strange move, but Kramnik would like to develop his B to b5.} (8.
Bg2 {is the natural move} Re8 (8... f6 9. Nd4 $1) 9. Nb3 Be4 (9... Nxe5 $2 {
is not possible, because} 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Bf4 $16 {and White will take the
d5-pawn.}) 10. Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd4 $14 {with a slight advantage to
White.}) 8... Nge7 9. g4 $6 {This move creates a good target for Black with h5.
} ({The engine suggests} 9. Nb3 Be4 ({or} 9... Ng6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12.
Nfd4 Qd7 13. Nxf5 Qxf5 14. f4 h5 {Black can hope for some compensation thanks
to the weak light squares.}) 10. Nc5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxe5 {and Black is also
solid here.}) 9... Bg6 10. b4 {Another unexpected decision, but here it is not
so easy to suggest a normal developing move.} ({In the case of} 10. Nb3 {
the cold-blooded} Kb8 ({or the sharper} 10... Be4 11. Nc5 Qe8 $13 {is also
fine for Black.} (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 $13)) 11. Nfd4 h5 12. Bb5 Qc8 13.
Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6+ bxc6 $36 {with a huge initiative.}) 10... h5 11. b5 hxg4 $1
{is a very strong sacrifice, which exploits White's lack of development.} 12.
bxc6 Nxc6 13. e6 (13. Nd4 Nxe5 {is also attractive for Black.}) 13... Qxe6 14.
Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Be7 ({The computer suggests} 15... Bb4 $1 16. Qb3 Bxd2+ 17.
Bxd2 Be4 $1 18. Rh2 Qd6 $1 19. f4 g3 20. Rg2 Rxh3 $17 {with a decisive attack,
but the text move is also better for Black.}) 16. Bg2 gxh3 17. Bf3 Bf5 18. Qa4
Kb8 19. Ba3 Bh4 $1 {This was the point of Black's 17th move.} 20. Nf1 g5 21.
Rh2 $6 {Loses immediately. But already in this position it is difficult to
give a good advice.} ({Maybe} 21. Rc1 {was the best, but} g4 22. Be2 Be4 23.
Rh2 {transposes to the game, while White avoided 22...Rhg8!}) 21... g4 22. Be2
Be4 (22... Rhg8 $1 {was the strongest move, followed by the indefensible g3.
For example:} 23. Kd2 g3 $1 24. fxg3 Bxg3 25. Nxg3 Rxg3 $19 {with a completely
winning attack.}) 23. Rc1 (23. Qb3 Bg2 $19) 23... Bg2 $1 {Black's plan is Bxf1
which is followed by g3.} 24. Qa5 (24. Qc2 Rc8 $19) 24... Rc8 $19 {Fressinet
defends his K and he is ready for the final strike on the other wing!} 25. Rc3
Bxf2+ $1 26. Kxf2 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 g3 28. Bf3 gxh2 29. Ke2 Rhg8 30. Bc5 a6 31. Bh1
Rg2+ 32. Bxg2 {A fantastic win by Fressinet!} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nfd2 $5 {With the idea a2-a3 and
Nb1-c3. Of course, this is not a way to fight for an opening advantage but an
attempt to avoid theory.} Bb7 (5... Nh5 {is a tougher reaction. E.g.} 6. Bg3
Bb7 7. a3 Nxg3 (7... Be7 8. e4 Nxg3 9. hxg3 d6 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Nf3 c5 12. d5
exd5 13. exd5 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Nd7 $11 {0-1 (36) Tavadian,R-Razuvaev,Y (2485)
Yaroslavl 1982}) 8. hxg3 Bf8 $5 9. Nc3 g6 10. Qc2 Bg7 11. e3 O-O 12. g4 d5 (
12... Qg5 $5 13. Qd1 d5 $11 {L.Ftacnik}) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf3 c5 $11 {1-0 (38)
Sokolov,I (2647)-Adams,M (2744) Prague 2002 CBM 089 [Ftacnik,L]}) 6. a3 (6. e3
O-O 7. a3 Bxd2+ {(probably simpler)} (7... Be7 8. Nc3 c5 (8... d5 9. Be2 c5 10.
dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. O-O Nc6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rfd1 Na5 16.
Qa4 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (105) Javakhishvili,L (2367)-Tkeshelashvili,S 
(2238) Tbilisi 2002}) 9. d5 d6 $1 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 (10. Qf3 Ne4 11. cxd5
Nxd2 12. Kxd2 a6 13. Bd3 d6 14. Rhd1 Nd7 15. Ke1 b5 $132 {0-1 (90) Meduna,E 
(2489)-Berzinsh,R (2460) Czechia 2001}) 10... d6 11. e4 (11. Nc4 Ne8 12. Be2
Ba6 13. O-O Nd7 14. a4 $14 {1/2 (22) Meduna,E (2470)-Voloshin,L (2425) Prague
2002}) 11... a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bd3 $14 Nxd5 $6 {0-1 (25) Meduna,E (2416)
-Navara,D (2710) Prague CZE 2012} 14. exd5 $1 Bg5+ 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rxe3+
17. Be2 Qh4+ 18. Kf1 $16 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) 10. e4 Na6 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. Bd3 Bf6 13.
Bg3 Nac7 14. Qc2 g6 15. O-O Ng7 16. Be2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. a4 Bd4
20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Nc3 Bd4 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. Rbd1 exd5 24. cxd5 h5 25. h3 Be5 $132 {
1/2 (30) Sorokin,M (2578)-Lysyj,I (2474) Cheliabinsk 2005}) 8. Nxd2 d6 9. Bg3 (
9. Qc2 $6 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3+ 14. Qxb3 d5
15. Kb1 Rfc8 $36 {1/2 (72) Meduna,E (2482)-Landa,K (2610) Bad Wiessee 2000})
9... Nbd7 10. f3 e5 $11) 6... Be7 (6... Bxd2+ {is quite good here, too, e.g.}
7. Nxd2 Nh5 8. Be3 f5 $5 9. f3 O-O (9... f4 $143 $6 10. Bf2 d6 11. Qc2 O-O 12.
O-O-O d5 13. g3 $14 {1/2 (27) Bosiocic,M (2384)-Rukavina,D (2279) Sv Filip i
Jakov 2006}) 10. Bf2 d6 $11) 7. Nc3 Nh5 (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 d6 10.
b4 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O cxb4 13. axb4 d5 $11 {0-1 (23) Rodriguez Vargas,O 
(2440)-Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2470) Linares 1994}) 8. Bg3 d6 9. e3 g6 {Black
has no need to hurry up with ...Nh5xg3.} 10. d5 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bf6
13. O-O-O Qe7 {Black has good development and no problems.} 14. Be2 O-O-O 15.
Nb3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qf6 {[%mdl 32]} 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Bf3 exd5 19. cxd5 h5 20.
Rd4 Rde8 21. Nd2 (21. e4 $5 a5 $1 {[%cal Yb7a6]}) 21... Ng4 22. Bxg4+ (22. e4
$5 Ba6 23. Bxg4+ hxg4 24. Rh4 $5) 22... hxg4 $15 {[%cal Gh8h1]} 23. Rg1 ({
In the event of} 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rxg4 Bxd5 25. e4 Rh1+ 26. Kc2 Be6 27. Rh4
Rg1 {Black's bishop is clearly stronger than White's knight.}) 23... Rh5 24. e4
f5 25. f3 fxe4 (25... gxf3 $142 26. gxf3 fxe4 27. fxe4 (27. Nxe4 $2 Rf8) 27...
Rh2 {[%cal Gh2b2] (M.Notkin) It was probably not too important that White's
knight obtained the f3-square. Black consequently disregards the necessity to
open up the position for his bishop and activate it; as a result, it becomes a
"big pawn" and eventually causes Black's defeat.}) 26. fxe4 Ba6 27. Nb1 $1 Rf8
28. Nc3 {It is now difficult for Black to break through.} Rh7 29. b4 Kd8 (29...
Kb8 $142 {protecting the a7 pawn} 30. b5 $140 Bc8) 30. b5 Bb7 31. Kd2 (31. Ra4
{was already quite possible; after} Rf2 32. Rxa7 Bc8 {Black's counterplay
could only be enough to keep the balance.}) 31... a6 32. Ke3 Kd7 (32... axb5
33. Nxb5 Ba6 34. a4 Kc8 35. Rc1 Kb7 $11) 33. Rc1 Rh2 34. Rd2 Rh7 (34... Rf7 $5)
35. Rdc2 Kd8 (35... Kc8 {[%cal Yc8b8] was now a must.}) 36. a4 {White misses a
strong idea:} (36. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Ye2d4]} {Of course, after} Re8 37. Nf4 axb5
38. Ne6+ Rxe6 39. dxe6 Bc8 {the game is far from over but it is White who has
winning chances.}) 36... g5 $2 (36... Re7 $1) 37. Ra1 $2 (37. Ne2 {was now
especially strong, e.g.} Re7 38. Kd3 Rfe8 39. Nd4 axb5 40. axb5 Rxe4 41. Ne6+
R4xe6 42. dxe6 Rxe6 43. Rxc7 {, and White should win.}) 37... Re7 $2 (37... a5)
(37... axb5 38. axb5 Rh2) 38. Kd4 $2 (38. a5 $1 axb5 39. a6 Ba8 40. Rac1 $1 {
[%cal Rc3b5] was not easy to find.}) 38... Bc8 $2 (38... axb5 {was again
better.}) 39. a5 $1 {Finally! White opens up the position creating threats
from the other side.} bxa5 40. bxa6 Bxa6 41. Rxa5 Bc8 (41... Bb7 $144 42. Rb5
$1 Bc8 43. Rb8) 42. Ra8 Rfe8 $2 (42... Rf1 $1 {was the only way to continue
resistance, e.g.} 43. Kd3 (43. Rb2 Re8 44. Rbb8 Kd7) 43... Ref7 $1 44. Nb5 Rd1+
45. Kc3 Rff1 $1 46. Na7 Ra1 47. Rxc8+ Kd7 48. Ra8 Ra6 {, and White can't keep
his extra piece. It looks like he can give it back to get a winning rook
ending but it is not so easy, e.g.} 49. Kd3 Rfa1 50. Rg8 Rxa7 51. Rg7+ Kd8 52.
Rxg5 R1a3+ 53. Ke2 Rxg3 54. Kf2 Raa3 55. Rg8+ Kd7 56. Rg7+ Kd8 57. Rcxc7 ({or} 
57. Rgxc7 Rge3) 57... Rge3 {, and Black amazingly escapes. Of course, all that
was impossible to find over the board. After the text move White's attack
succeeds.}) 43. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Yc3b5,Yb5d6,Yb5a7]} Re5 44. Nb5 (44. Nb5 Rxe4 45.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 46. Nxd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{"Beating the super solid Eljanov is a nice achievement and even more
impressive is the fact that Fressinet managed to do so in the unbreakable
Berlin wall" Written before seeing the full game hence please don't judge me :)
!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {Lately the topical way to aim for an edge.} Be7 10.
Nc3 Nh4 11. Nd4 ({Grischuk in the 4th round opted for} 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Ne2
Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Be7 15. f5 Bc5 16. Be3 ({But} 16. c3 $5 {would be
paradoxical:} Re8 17. Bf4 {maintaining the pawn wedge} Kc8 18. g4) 16... Re8
17. e6 (17. Rae1) 17... fxe6 18. Nxe6+ (18. fxe6 $5 {opening more files} Bxd4
19. Bxd4 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 b5) 18... Bxe6 19. Bxc5 Bd5 20. Rad1 b5 21. b3 Kc8 22.
Rde1 Kd7 23. Bd4 g6 24. f6 {and Black managed to hold in (Grischuk-Eljanov).})
11... c5 12. Nde2 c6 {"If Black has to make this move in the Berlin then it is
definitely not a good sign"- Respectable human. "I don't give a damn about
your thoughts or feelings, so why don't you prove it?"- Indecent engine.} 13.
Ne4 Kc7 14. Bf4 Be6 {Black's new setup doesn't seem so bad but the d6-weakness
remains.} 15. Bh2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Kb6 18. Bg3 g5 (18... Ng6 19. Nh5 {
and it will be very difficult to get rid of this guy from h5.} Rhg8 20. Nd6 $5
Bxd6 21. exd6 Bxc2 22. Rac1 Bf5 (22... Bd3 23. Re3 $1 c4 24. b3 $16 {and White
regains the pawn with interest.}) 23. f3 $1 $40 {[%cal Gg3f2] with attack?! Is
this symbol even allowed to exist in the Berlin :D.}) 19. Nh5 {To be honest, I
chose this game for three reasons 1) White won 2) Against Eljanov 3) In 32
moves 4) In the Berlin 5) In the Berlin (no this is not a typing error) The
result was just too misleading!!!} Rd4 (19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nf5 {Black is
clearly superior.}) 20. Nd6 Bxc2 21. Nxf7 Rf8 22. Nd6 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Ng7
Rf7 {This seems like a waste of time.} (24... Bc8 $5 {was possible and the
knight would be left looking stupid on g7.}) 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 {Black looks
totally fine.} 26. Rad1 Kb5 27. e6 Kc4 28. Rc1+ Kd5 29. Rc2 h5 30. f3 h4 $6 ({
Of course knowing how the game ended its easy to suggest} 30... Rd3 {and say
Black is totally fine.}) (30... b6 {is met by the greedy} 31. Bb8 $1 {winning
a pawn or two :).}) 31. Bf2 Rd3 $2 (31... Rf8 $5 {would have allowed Black to
put up a strong resistance thanks to the centre pawn mass and the advanced
king.}) 32. Bxc5 1-0

