[Event "Vojvodina-ch 5th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2014.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 {Milko went for the
Stonewall which had been always a difficult opening for me.} 7. Nc3 $5 (7. Bf4
Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. Nc3 b6 $6 10. Ne5) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 {This was bread and
butter for the former World Junior Champion GM Valery Chekhov.} Qe7 $5 {
Before the game I also was for this flexible approach.} (8... Ne4 9. Rb1 (9.
Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 $13)) (8... Bd7 $6 9. Bg5 (9. Rb1 $5) 9... Be8 (9... h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qb3 $1 {is the predecessor of our game Chekhov-Tisdall, Gausdall
1990.}) 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 $16) (8...
b6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 dxc4 11. e3 Nd5 12. Ne5 $44 {seen in one of Tal
Baron's games recently.Possibly b6 does not go well with the minor piece
exchange on f4.}) (8... dxc4 9. e4 $44) (8... Nbd7 $2 9. cxd5 cxd5 (9... exd5
10. Qxf5) 10. Nb5 $16) (8... Qe8 9. Rb1 $1) 9. Rb1 $6 (9. Bg5 $5 h6 10. Bf4 {
is too deep at first sight but} Bxf4 11. gxf4 dxc4 12. Ne5 {ends up in a
double attack.}) 9... Bd7 $6 (9... Nbd7 $142 $1 {After this there is no
entirely satisfactory follow up for White.} 10. a3 (10. cxd5 $6 exd5 11. Qxf5
$2 (11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Ne4) 11... Ne4 $17 {puts the queen in an awkward
situation.}) 10... a5) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... Rxf6 12. Qb3 Bc8 (12...
Be8 $2 13. c5) 13. Ne5 $16) 12. Qb3 {I was following the foot steps of GM
Chekhov.} (12. b4 $5 Be8 $1 (12... dxc4 13. b5 $1 $40 (13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 $44)) (12... a6 $2 13. Na4 $16) 13. b5 dxc4
14. e4 $13) 12... Bc8 (12... b6 $2 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5) 13. cxd5 exd5 (13...
cxd5 14. Nb5) 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ne5 Nd7 (17... Na6 18.
f4) 18. Nxd7 $146 (18. Rbe1 {would have been a direct transposition to
Chekhov's game.} Nxe5 (18... Nf6 19. Re2 $14 {is the aforementioned game.} (19.
f4 $5)) 19. Rxe5 {is a better version of the game.}) 18... Qxd7 (18... Bxd7 $1
{is obviously the move.} 19. Rbe1 $1 $14 (19. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 20. Qa6 Qf6 21. Qxa7
(21. b4 Qxd4 22. b5 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 cxb5 24. Qd6 Rf7 25. Qxd5 $11) 21... Bf5 22.
Rbd1 Rxb2 23. f4 Rfb8 $44)) 19. Rbe1 Qf7 20. Re5 (20. Qa3 Re8) 20... Bf5 (20...
Re8 21. Rfe1) 21. Qa3 Rab8 $5 {A strange move which would never cross my mind.}
(21... Rae8 22. f4 $14 (22. Qxa7 $2 Bd3 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 $19)) 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Re7
Qf6 24. R1e5 Bg6 $6 {Back and forth, there is nothing worse than waiting
policy in this game.} (24... Be4 25. Qe3 $16) (24... Rf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Re7
Qf6 27. Qe3 Kf8 28. Re5 Bd7 29. Qb3 $16) 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. h3 (26. f3 $5) 26...
Rf7 27. g4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Bg6 29. h4 $6 {A bad move with the time trouble
approaching.} (29. f4 Be4 30. Re5 $14) ({I have seen the continuation to be} 
29. Re6 $1 Qf7 30. f4 Be4 31. f5 $16 {but for some obscure reasons I have
chosen the text.}) 29... Bf7 $2 {Another waiting move but now it should be
over.} (29... Qf8 30. f4 Re8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 (31... Qxe8 $2 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. f5
Bd7 34. Bh3 h5 35. g5 g6 36. Kf2 b6 37. b4 Bxf5 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. Kf3 Kf7 40.
Kf4 Ke6 41. a3 b5 42. g6 Kf6 43. g7 Kxg7 44. Kxf5 Kf7 45. Kg5 $18 {I was
counting on this winning kKing and pawns ending.}) 32. h5 $14 {is quite
comfortable but by far winning.}) (29... Kf8 $4 30. Re6 $1 Qf7 31. Rxg6 Qxg6
32. Qf4+ $18) (29... Be4 $1 {I have missed this rejoinder.} 30. Bxe4 dxe4 (
30... Qxe7 $2 31. Bh7+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ $18) 31. Qxe4 (31. Rxe4 Qxh4 $11) 31...
Qxh4 $11 (31... Rf8 32. f3 Qxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Rxb7 Rg3+ 35. Kf2 Rxg4 36.
Ke3 Rxh4 37. Rb6 $13)) 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Qg6 32. Qg3 $138 (32. Qf4 $142 {
may even be better proving White in the coming complications.}) 32... Re8 33.
Rxb7 Re1+ 34. Kh2 $1 (34. Bf1 Qe4) 34... Qh5+ 35. Bh3 Re4 (35... Re6 36. Qg4
Qxg4 37. Bxg4 Re4 38. Bf5 $18) (35... Be6 36. Rb8+ $1 (36. g6 $4 Bxh3 37. Rb8+
Bc8+ $19) 36... Kf7 (36... Kh7 37. g6+ $1) 37. g6+ $1 $18) 36. Kg2 Bg6 (36...
Rxd4 37. Qb8+ $1 Kh7 38. Qe5 $18) 37. f3 $1 Rxd4 $2 ({I have calculated
correctly that I could chase his rook in case of} 37... Re2+ 38. Kf1 $1 Rc2 (
38... Rd2 39. Ke1 $1 Rc2 40. Qe5 $18) (38... Bd3 39. Rb8+ Re8+ (39... Kh7 40.
Bf5+) 40. Kf2 $18) 39. Be6+ Kh7 40. Kg1 $1 Re2 41. Bg4 Qxg5 42. f4 Re3 43. Qxe3
Qxg4+ 44. Kf2 $18) 38. Qe5 (38. Qb8+ $5 {works as well.} Be8 (38... Kh7 39. Qe5
Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Bf7 41. Bf5+ Kh8 42. Rb8+ Bg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+
Ke8 (45... Kf8 46. Qd6+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. g6+ $18) 46. Bd7+ $18) 39. Qe5
Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Bf7 41. Rxf7 $18) 38... Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Bf7 40. Rxf7 (40. Rxf7 Kxf7
41. Qf4+ $18 (41. Be6+ $2 {is totally unnecessary!} Kf8 42. Qd6+ Ke8 43. Qxc6+
Ke7 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Ke8 46. Bd7+ Kf7 47. Qf4+ Ke7 48. Qxd2 Kxd7 49. Qxd5+
$18)) 1-0

[Event "Augsburg"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2004.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Arnold, Lothar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 {Tarraschian approach! I am usually for the idea that
the pieces should be posted on natural squares. That is why I have shown a
preference for the text over Nh3 lines.} (3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Nh3
Bd6 7. O-O O-O $14 {is believed by many people to be better for white.}) 3...
Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 {We have a Stonewall over the board. Since
Shaba likes it one should never underestimate this line.} 7. Bf4 {The modern
approach.} (7. b3 Qe7 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 O-O 10. e3 $13) ({GM Chekov's} 7. Nc3
$5 O-O 8. Qc2 $13 {is a very interesting line as well.}) 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O
{c4 is untouchable for the moment.} (8... dxc4 $6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. e3 b5 11. Qh5+
g6 12. Nxg6 Nf6 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Nc3 c5 17. Bf3 $16) 9.
e3 Ne4 $1 (9... Bd7 $6 {The very old idea to bring the bishop on h5 does no
good for black. The bishop should be fianchettoed and black should go for c5
after that.} 10. Qb3 {That is why I wanted to have b3 square open.} Qb6 11. Nc3
$16) 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qe1 $6 {It is too early for this move.} (12.
Kh1 $6 b6 13. Qa4 (13. cxd5 cxd5) 13... Bb7 14. cxd5 cxd5 (14... exd5 $5 $36)
15. Ne2 (15. Rc2 $6 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rc4 17. Qb3 Rac8 $36) 15... a5 $1 16. Rc7 Ba6
17. Rxd7 Qe8 $132) (12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 $14) (12. cxd5 exd5 13.
Ne2 $14) 12... b6 {Now white has problems on a6-f1 diagonal.} 13. cxd5 {
I have decided to clear the diagonal.} (13. Ne2 Ba6 14. cxd5 cxd5 $17) (13. b4
Qxb4 14. Nxe4 Qxe1 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Rfxe1 Ba6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rc7 Rf7 19.
Rec1 Kf8 20. Ne1 Rg7 $17) (13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 c5 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Bb7
$15 {is to black's advantage.}) 13... exd5 $6 {This was a relief!} (13... cxd5
$1 14. Kh1 (14. Qe2 a5 15. Rfd1 (15. Nb5 $2 Ba6 16. Rc6 Qb4 $19) 15... Ba6 16.
Qe1 $15 {is not the end of the world either.}) 14... Ba6 15. Rg1 Rac8 16. Ng5
Ndf6 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Nh3 Qc7 22. Bf1 Bxf1
23. Rxf1 Qc2 24. Rd1 $11 (24. Qxc2 $2 Rxc2 25. Rf2 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 $1 (26...
Re1 27. Rd2 {and black's rook does not have a point of entry on the 3rd rank
makes e3 untouchable.}) 27. a3 Re1 $19)) 14. Kh1 Rf6 $5 (14... Ba6 15. Rg1 Bd3
16. Bf1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be4 18. Bg2 Rac8 19. Ng5 Bxg2+ 20. Rxg2 Nf6 (20... c5 21.
Rcg1) 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Nf3 $13) 15. Rg1 (15. Bh3 Ba6 16. Rg1 Bd3 17. Nxe4 Bxe4
18. Rg3 Bxf3+ 19. Rxf3 g6 $13) (15. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rh6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18.
f3 Ba6 $17) 15... Rh6 16. Ng5 {White has to be careful about the possibilty of
an attack on h2.} (16. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 $19) (16. Nxe4 $2 fxe4 17. Ne5
Nxe5 $19) 16... Ndf6 17. Ncxe4 ({I have calculated correctly that} 17. f3 Nd6
18. e4 $2 fxe4 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nfxe4 21. Nxe4 Re6 22. Rxc6 Rxe4 23.
Bxe4 Nxe4 $19 {loses.}) 17... Nxe4 18. Bf1 (18. Nxe4 fxe4 (18... Qh4 $6 19.
Nf6+)) (18. Nf3 c5 $40) 18... a5 $6 {An empty move.} (18... Bd7 19. Nxe4 (19.
Nf3 c5 20. Rg2 $13 (20. Ne5 Rc8 (20... cxd4 21. exd4 (21. f3 $2 Nc5 22. exd4
Ne6 $17) 21... Qh4 22. Rg2))) 19... fxe4 20. Rg5 Rf8 $11) 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rg5
Bd7 21. Be2 Rf8 22. Qc3 (22. Qg1 Rff6) 22... Rf5 $11 {Another critical point
in the game. Even if I would have pulled the rook back the assesment of the
position would not have changed.} 23. Rcg1 (23. Rg2 Rff6 24. Rcg1 Rfg6 $11)
23... Rxg5 24. Rxg5 (24. fxg5 $6 Rh3 (24... Rd6 25. Qb3 b5 $132) 25. Qb3 Qd6
26. Rg2 Qc7 $15) 24... Rg6 25. Rg3 Qh4 26. Qe1 Bg4 (26... Bf5 27. Qg1 c5 28.
Rxg6 Bxg6 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. fxg3 c4 31. Kg1 $11) 27. Bxg4 Rxg4 28. Qe2 Rxg3 29.
fxg3 Qh3 {This has given me a slight surprise.} (29... Qe7 30. a3 $1 $14 {
would have kept the game going on.} (30. Qa6 Qb4 $11) (30. Qg4 Qb4 $11)) 30.
Kg1 h5 31. a3 (31. Qa6 $2 h4 (31... Qg4 $2 $11) 32. Qf1 Qg4 $17) 31... Kf7 (
31... h4 $2 32. Qh5) 32. b4 {Around this moment I have lost my objectivity.} (
32. Qa6 Qg4 $11 {should end up in a perpetual check.}) 32... axb4 33. axb4 b5
34. Qd1 g6 35. Qe2 Kg7 36. Kh1 (36. Qc2 h4 (36... Qg4 37. Qxc6 Qd1+ $11) 37.
Qc5 $11) 36... Kf7 37. Kg1 Kg7 (37... Ke6 38. Qc2 Kd7 39. Qc5 $11) 38. Qe1 $2 {
This is a typical psychological mistake. With 200 points difference in the
rating scale the player with the white pieces thinks that he can play any move
and timid play by black so far encourages him.} Qg4 39. h4 Qf3 $6 {Unambitious.
} (39... Kf6 40. Kh2 (40. f5 Kxf5 41. Qf2+ Qf3 $19) (40. Qf2 Kf5 41. Kg2 Qd1
42. Qg1 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Kf6 44. Qa1 Qxb4 45. Qa8 Qe7 $17) 40... Qf3 41. Kh3 (41.
Qc1 Kf5 42. Kh3 Qf2 43. Qxc6 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Kg4) 41... Kf5 42. Qg1 $132) 40. Kh2
{White could have equalized immediately with a pawn sac.} (40. Qf2 Qd1+ 41. Kg2
Kf6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Qf4 Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Qg4+ 45. Qxg4 fxg4+ 46. Kg2 $11) 40... Kf7
(40... Kf6 41. Kh3 Kf5 42. Qc1 Qe2 43. Qa1 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qf3 45. Kh3 Qe2 46. Qc1
Qc4 47. Qg1 $1 $11 {would have transposed to the game.}) 41. Qd2 {Finally I
have decided to offer a draw which was accepted instantly.} (41. Qd2 Kf6 42.
Qc1 Kf5 43. Kh3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qc4 46. Qg1 Qxb4 47. g4+ hxg4+ 48.
Qxg4+ Kf6 49. f5 (49. h5 gxh5 50. Qg5+ Ke6 51. f5+ Kd7 52. Qg7+ $11) 49... gxf5
50. Qg5+ Ke6 51. Qg6+ Kd7 52. h5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogoveen"]
[Date "2005.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. b3 $5 {A surprisingly rare move.} f5 {After
some time he decided to transpose the game into a Stonewall Dutch.} 5. g3 Nf6
6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 {Once again I play against this annoying Stonewall. I
have started to think and came up with a plan involving Bf4.} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4
Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nbd7 11. e3 Ne4 (11... b6 12. Ne5 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qe2 a5 14.
Rfc1 Ba6 15. Qd1 Ne4 16. Rc2 $11 {is similar to the game.}) 12... Bb7 13. Qc2
$11) 12. Qc2 b6 13. Rfc1 Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Ne2) 14. cxd5 {I had to be fast
with my plan of playing on the c line.} (14. Qb2 $6 c5 15. cxd5 exd5 (15...
Nxc3 $2 16. dxe6 cxd4 17. exd7 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rad8 19. exd4 $14) 16. Ne2 Rac8
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qh4 19. Ng3 $13) 14... cxd5 $1 (14... exd5 15. Qb2 $14)
15. Bf1 $1 {I thought that keeping his bishop boxed would have helped me to
build up an advantage albeit things are not as simple as they look.} Rac8 16.
Qb2 Ndf6 17. Nd1 $1 {A nice prophylactic move.} Ng4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 (18... Bxc8
19. Rc1 (19. h3 $6 Nh6 20. h4 Ng4 21. Rc1 Bb7 $15) 19... g5 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nxg5
Nxg5 22. fxg5 Qxg5+ 23. Kh1 $14) 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 g5 $1 21. fxg5 Nxg5 22.
Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Bg2 Qe7 $11 24. f3 $6 {This could have ended the game as a draw
at once.} (24. h3 $142 Nf6 25. Nb2 Ba6 26. Qc6 Bb7 27. Qc2 Ba6 $11) 24... Nh6
$2 (24... Qh4 $1 25. Qc7 $8 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Nxe3 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qxb7+ Kg6 29.
Nxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kh3 Qh6+ $11) 25. Nf2 $16 {Now white has
considerably improved his position.} Ba6 (25... f4 26. e4 e5 27. Nd3 $1 dxe4
28. fxe4 exd4 29. Qxf4 Nf7 30. Qb8+ $16) 26. Nh3 $1 {White improve his pieces.}
(26. Qc6 Bb7) 26... Nf7 27. Nf4 Nd8 28. Bf1 $1 {Another correct decision} Bxf1
29. Kxf1 Kf8 30. Qc8 Ke8 31. Qb8 $1 Kf7 32. Nd3 Ke8 33. Qe5 $1 (33. Ne5 Qb7)
33... Kd7 $6 {He goes to the wrong side of the board.} (33... Nf7 34. Qg3 $1 (
34. Qg7 $2 Qg5 $1 $11) 34... Kf8 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Nf4 Nd6 37. a4 $16) 34. Qh8
Kc7 35. Ne5 Kb7 36. a4 Kc7 $2 (36... Nc6 37. Nxc6 Kxc6 38. Qa8+ Kd6 39. b4 Qc7
40. Qf8+ Kc6 (40... Kd7 41. Qg7+ Kd6 42. Qxc7+ Kxc7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Kg3 e5 45.
f4 $18) 41. Qe8+ Kd6 42. b5 $16) 37. b4 $1 {After this white's pieces
dominates the entire board.} Kb7 38. Ke2 Kc7 (38... Nc6 $2 {too late for.} 39.
Nxc6 Kxc6 40. Qc8+ Kd6 41. b5 Qc7 42. Qxc7+ Kxc7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Kg3 Ke7 45.
Kf4 Kf6 46. e4 h6 47. h3 $1 $18) 39. b5 $1 $18 {Finally white seals the knight.
} Kb7 40. Qg8 $2 {An unnecessary waste of time.My main idea is h4-h5-h6.I
looked at the position and decided to first improve my queens standing.} (40.
h4 Qxh4 41. Qe8 $1 Qg5 42. Kd3 $18 {leads to a surprising mate.}) 40... a6 (
40... Qh4 41. Qe8 $18 {is similar.}) 41. h4 axb5 42. axb5 h5 $1 {Moving the
queen gave him this counterchance.} 43. Qg6 Qc7 $1 (43... Qb4 $2 44. Qe8 $18 {
is usual.}) 44. Kf2 $2 {The worst of 3 different alternatives.} (44. Qxh5 Qc2+
45. Kf1 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qxe3 47. Qh7+ Kb8 48. Nc6+ Nxc6 49. bxc6 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+
51. Kf4 Qc1+ 52. Ke5 Qxc6 53. h5 $18) (44. Kd1 f4 $1 (44... Qc3 45. Qh7+ Kb8
46. Qe7 $18) (44... Qe7 45. Qxh5 $18) 45. exf4 Qc3 46. Qg7+ Kb8 (46... Qc7 47.
Qf8 $18) 47. Qd7 Qxd4+ 48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Kf1 Qc1+ 50. Kg2 $18) 44... Qc1 $2 {
He misses his chance.} (44... f4 45. exf4 Qc3 46. Qh7+ Kb8 47. Qd3 Qb2+ 48. Kg3
Qc1 $11) 45. Qg7+ (45. Qh7+ Kb8 46. Qe7 Qc7 47. Qe8 $18) 45... Qc7 46. Qf8 $18
{Now he is totally tied up.} f4 $8 ({After} 46... Kc8 47. Kg3 $18 {whites king
just walks up the board.}) 47. Qxf4 Qc1 48. Qg5 Kc8 49. Qe7 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 Qxb5
51. Kf4 $1 {All white has to do is just to walk up with the king and cash h5
pawn.} Nb7 52. Qxe6+ {Black loses all his pawns.} (52. Kg5 $5) 52... Kc7 53.
Qf7+ Kc8 54. Qxh5 Nd8 55. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "ASEAN GM 2nd"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaw, Win Lay"]
[Black "Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. c5 Bc7
9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Ne4 11. Qc2 b6 12. b4 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. a4 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Qf6 16. Ra3 Rab8 17. b5 Bb7 18. e3 Rbc8 19. Nd4 Nexc5 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21.
Ncb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Ne4 23. Qa2 Ndc5 24. Rf1 Kh8 25. Rxa7 g5 26. fxg5 Nxg5 27.
f4 Nge4 28. Qa1 Rb8 29. Rc7 $2 ({More prudent} 29. Rb1 Rg8 $140 30. Nc6 Qxa1
31. Raxa1 Rb7 32. Ra7 {was to be preferred.}) 29... Rg8 30. Nc6 $2 (30. Ra7 {
was definitely a better choice in the position.}) {[%tqu "En","White intends
to exchange queens and defend the slightly inferior. Yet, the black queen is
still on the board, and Black has a good opportunity to decide the game by a
brilliant combination. Can you find it?","Eliminate the key defender of the
enemy king.","Use your g8-rook for the decisive strike!","g8g2","This terrific
blow decides the game for Black.",6]} 30... Rxg2+ $1 {[%csl Ra1,Gb8,Ge4,Rf1,
Gf6,Rg1,Gg2] A nice winning move, crowining Black's attack.} 31. Kxg2 Rg8+ 32.
Kh3 ({Or} 32. Kh1 Nf2+ {, with mate in two.}) 32... Nf2+ $1 {This knight
thrust, exploiting a shaky position of the white queen, makes White's further
resistance senseless.} 33. Rxf2 Qxa1 34. Ne5 Ne4 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Rg2+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2005.01.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Khmelniker, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 {Nowadays this is already a
typical idea: White is waiting for move d7-d5 and then develops his knight via
the h3-square.} d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 {It goes without saying that Black
avoids the swap of dark-squared bishops .} 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 (9... h6 10.
Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 11. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Gg6] actually is the point of White's set-up.})
10. Nf3 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd6 12. Nd3 Nd7 {This allows White to seize the
initiative on the queenside.} ({Deserve serious attention} 12... Qe7 {and now
White has to waste tempo on} 13. a3 Nd7 $14 (13... a5 $143 14. b4 $1 axb4 $140
15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Bxb4 $2 17. c5 $18 {[%csl Rb4]})) 13. b4 a6 $6 $146 {
A new try and in my opinion not a very successfull one.} (13... Qe7 $142 14.
Rab1 (14. b5 $5) 14... b5 $1 15. cxd5 (15. c5 Bc7 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5
18. dxe5 a5 $11) 15... cxd5 {[%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4]} 16. Qc6 Rb8 17. Nfe5 Rb6 18.
Qc3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002/CBM 091/
[Postny] (68)}) 14. a4 Nf6 ({After} 14... Qe7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17.
Rxa1 cxb5 18. cxd5 $1 (18. c5 Bc7 19. Qb3 $5 {also clearly better for White.})
18... exd5 19. Qb3 Nf6 20. Nfe5 $16 {White has a clear positional advantage.})
15. Nfe5 Qe7 16. b5 Bd7 $2 ({Apparently better was} 16... axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 (
17... Bd7 18. b6 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 18. Rxa1 cxb5 19. c5 (19. cxd5 Nxd5 20.
Qb3 b4 {not that clear}) (19. cxb5 {leads to White's solid advantage.}) 19...
Bc7 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5) 20. Qb3 {[%csl Gb5]} Qe8 {although after} 21. Ra7 {
Black's position is very unpleasant.}) 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfb1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal
Gb1b6]} Rfb8 19. a5 Be8 20. Rb6 Rc8 (20... Rxb6 $6 21. axb6 {Strategically
winning for White.}) 21. Rab1 (21. c5 $1 {was even more in the spirit of
White's play.} Bxe5 (21... Bc7 22. Nxc6 $18) 22. Nxe5 Nd7 23. Rb7 Qd8 24. Nxd7
Bxd7 25. e3 {[%cal Gg2f1]} Rcb8 26. Rb6 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gg2f1] White should
be able easily to convert his great positional advantage.}) 21... c5 $1 {
Ilya immediately uses his chance to get some activity.} 22. Qa2 $2 {Actually
this move was my idea, when I have played 21 Rab1.} ({The right decision was} 
22. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 23. Rb6 Qe7 24. Nxc5 Ne4 (24... Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxe6
$16) 25. Rxe6 Qc7 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qc3 {with clear advantage.}) 22... Ne4 $1 {
[%cal Ge4c3] I simply overlooked this jump. Now Black gets a reasonable play.}
23. Qa1 Bc7 ({After} 23... cxd4 24. Qxd4 Nd2 {White has a very strong tactical
solution} 25. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 26. Rb6 Qa3 27. Rxe6 {[%cal Gg2d5] with almost
decisive attack.}) 24. Rb7 (24. dxc5 Bxb6 25. cxb6 Rab8 {White definitely has
reasonable compensation, but Black is not without chances.}) 24... dxc4 $2 {
Strangely enough but this logical capture appears to be a serious mistake,
after which Black is getting in trouble once again.} (24... Nd6 25. Nxc5 (25.
R7b2 Ne4) 25... Nxb7 26. Rxb7 dxc4 27. Nxc4 {[%cal Gc4b6]} Rcb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8
29. Nxa6 Rb5 30. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Ga5]}) ({The correct capture was} 24... cxd4 $1
25. Qxd4 (25. cxd5 Nc3 26. R1b6 exd5) 25... dxc4 26. Nxc4 Bc6 27. R7b2 Rd8 28.
Qe3 {[%cal Gc4b6] and White has only small adavntage.}) 25. Bxe4 $1 {The point
.} (25. Nxc4 Bc6 {no problems for Black .}) 25... cxd3 26. Bxd3 Qd6 ({During
the game I thought that Black should play} 26... cxd4 27. Qxd4 Qf6 {with good
chance to equalise .} {But after} 28. Nf3 $1 Bxa5 (28... Bc6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30.
Bc4 $1 $16) 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Re7 $40 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gb1b7] I cannot find a
reasonable defence.}) 27. e3 cxd4 28. exd4 Rab8 29. Qc3 $1 $16 Bd8 $138 (29...
Ra8 30. Bc4 Kh8 31. Bxe6 Bxa5 32. Qxa5 Qxe6 33. R7b6 $16 {[%cal Gb6a6]}) 30.
Qb3 $18 {Black loses his a6-pawn .} Rxb7 31. Qxb7 Rc7 (31... Rc3 32. Qxa6 Qxa6
33. Bxa6 Bxa5 $140 $2 34. Rb8 Kf8 35. Bb5 $18) 32. Qxa6 Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Ra7 34.
Bc4 {[%cal Gb1b8,Gc4e6]} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 $6 {A very rare continuation,played only in two games,according to my
database.} ({The main lines for black here:} 8... Ne4) ({and} 8... b6) 9. Bf4 (
9. Nf4 Re8 (9... Qe7 $142) 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf4
14. Bxf4 Nxd5 15. Bc1 Be6 16. Bb2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Luig,B-Bolduan,M/Wiesbaden 1998/
EXT 2000 (70)}) 9... Be7 $146 {This move was the original idea of my opponent,
black tries to use white misplaced knight on h3 and to get comfortable play.} (
9... Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Qe7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Nd3 Kh8 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. e3 Nf7 17. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Engels,G-Vater,H/Kiel 2001/EXT 2003 (25)})
10. Nhg5 $1 {Otherwise black could play Ne4(or h6) and g5,cuting my knight on
h3.} Nb6 11. c5 (11. Ne5 $143 $2 Nxc4 $1 12. Nxc4 dxc4 {[%cal Gf6d5]} 13. Nf3
Nd5 {and white has to prove their compensation for the pawn}) 11... h6 (11...
Nc4 12. b3 Na5 13. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) (11... Ne4 12. h4 $1 Nxg5 13. hxg5 Nd7
14. b4 $16) 12. cxb6 hxg5 13. Bc7 Qe8 (13... Qd7 14. Qa4 $16) 14. bxa7 (14.
Nxg5 $143 axb6 15. Nf3 (15. Bxb6 $2 Nd7 {[%cal Ge7g5,Gd7b6]}) 15... b5 $13)
14... g4 15. Ne5 Rxa7 {After a forced play a very unbalanced position had
arised.In first sight it's looks like black is doing fine:they have a better
pawnstructure and they have no weaknesses,but in fact the most important fact,
like always in Stonewall-black light-squared bishop is very passive,this fact
gives white a clear edge.} 16. f3 $2 {[%csl Ge4] A clear unaccuracy,which
gives black opportunity to equalise the play.} (16. a4 Nd7 (16... b5 17. Bb6
Ra6 18. a5 Nd7 $11) 17. Nd3 b6 18. Bf4 Ba6 $11) (16. Nd3 $142 $1 $14 {was the
right prophilactical move}) 16... Qh5 $2 {Black is going into the wrong
direction(missing a good opportunity to equalise),kingside attack is not
dangerous for white ,on the other hand black light-squared bishop will be a
serious problem till the end of the game.} (16... b5 $142 $1 17. Bb6 Ra6 18.
Bc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 gxf3 20. exf3 Nd7 $1 21. Nd3 Qe7 {[%csl Gc5]} 22. Qc2 (22. f4
$143 $2 Nxc5 23. Nb4 Rb6 24. Rc1 Bb7 $17) 22... Qf6 (22... e5 $2 23. Nb4 Ra4
24. Nxc6 Qe6 25. b3 $16) 23. f4 e5 $11) 17. a4 g5 (17... Bd7 18. a5 Rc8 19. Bb6
Ra6 20. Nd3 $16) 18. Rf2 {[%cal Gg2f1] Easily parrying black idea of attack by
h-file.} Kg7 (18... gxf3 19. exf3 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23.
Ng6 Rf7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Be5 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Rg2] with very unpleasant
endgame for black}) 19. Bb6 (19. a5 $5) 19... Ra8 (19... Ra6 20. Bc5 Re8 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Bf1 $16 {[%cal Gf1a6]}) 20. Bc5 $16 Re8 (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 $16
{[%cal Gd1d4]}) 21. Qd2 ({More to the point} 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qd2 Bd7 $140 $2
23. Qb4 {[%cal Gb4e7,Gb4b7]}) 21... gxf3 22. exf3 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8c7]} 23. h3
$5 (23. Bd6) 23... Qh6 {[%cal Gf6h5]} (23... Bc7 24. Qb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc5d6]}
(24. g4 $143 Qh4)) (23... b6 24. Bd6 Bb7 25. Qb4 $16 {[%csl Gb6,Gc6]}) 24. Bd6
$1 {taking control under h2-b8 diagonal} (24. g4 Bc7) 24... Nh5 25. Nd3 Be7 (
25... Bf6 26. g4 $140 $2 (26. Qb4 $1) 26... Bxd4 27. gxh5 e5 $1 (27... Bxf2+
28. Qxf2 {[%csl Ge5]}) 28. Bc5 (28. Bxe5+ Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Qc3 Qf6 $15)
28... Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 e4 $13) 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. g4 Nf6 (27... Nf4 28. Nxf4 gxf4
29. Bf1 $16) 28. a5 f4 (28... Bd7 $2 29. Qb4 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7]}) 29. Bf1 Nd7 (
29... Qh4 30. Ne5 $1 Qg3+ $140 31. Rg2 Qxh3 $2 32. Rh2 Qg3+ 33. Bg2 {[%csl Rg3]
[%cal Gh2h3]}) 30. h4 $5 (30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qc3 Nf8 32. Rfe2 Ng6 33. Nc5 $16)
30... Qf6 $1 (30... Qxh4 $140 31. Rh2 Qg3+ 32. Bg2 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) (30... gxh4
31. g5 Qh7 32. Nxf4 e5 33. Bd3 e4 34. fxe4 dxe4 35. Re1 $18) 31. Ra4 $1 (31.
hxg5 Qxd4 32. Qxf4 Qxf4 33. Nxf4 e5 34. Nh5+ Kg6) 31... Rf7 (31... Nb6 $143 32.
hxg5 Qxg5 33. Nxf4 Nxa4 34. Nxe6+ {[%cal Gd2g5]}) 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. b3 (33. Rh2
$6 {[%cal Gh2h5]} Nb6 34. Ra1 Nc4 $132 {[%cal Gc4e3]}) 33... c5 $1 34. Qb2 $138
(34. Rh2 cxd4 35. Rxd4 Ne5 $13) (34. dxc5 $140 e5 $132 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6h6,
Gd7f6]}) (34. Qc3 $1 c4 35. bxc4 Nb6 36. axb6 Rxa4 37. cxd5 $18 {[%csl Gc8,Ge6]
[%cal Gd3c5]}) 34... Kg8 35. Rh2 {[%cal Gh2h5]} (35. Re2 $5) 35... Qg7 36. dxc5
(36. Rc2 cxd4 37. Qxd4 Qg5 $16) 36... e5 37. Rh5 $2 $138 (37. Re2 Rf5 $1 $132 {
[%cal Gf5g5]} (37... e4 38. fxe4 f3 39. Qxg7+ Rxg7 40. Re1 dxe4 41. Raxe4 Nf6
42. Rf4 Rxg4+ 43. Rxg4+ Bxg4 44. b4 $16)) (37. Qd2 $142 $1 {[%cal Gd3b4]} Ra6 (
37... Nf8) 38. Nb4 (38. Nxf4 $5 exf4 39. Bxa6 bxa6 40. Qxd5 $16) 38... Nxc5 39.
Bxa6 Nxa4 40. Bb5 Nc5 41. Qc3 $18) 37... e4 $1 38. Qxg7+ Rxg7 39. Rxd5 $1 {
The best chance} (39. Nxf4 Nxc5 40. Rd4 exf3 (40... Ne6 41. Nxe6 Bxe6 42. Re5
Kf7) 41. Nxd5 Nxb3 $11) 39... exd3 40. Bxd3 Nf8 41. Rd6 (41. Rd8 Rd7 $1) 41...
Be6 42. b4 (42. a6 bxa6 43. Bxa6 Rga7 44. b4 Kf7 45. b5 Nd7 46. c6 Nc5 $11)
42... Rd7 43. Rxd7 Bxd7 44. Ra3 (44. b5 Ne6 45. Bc4 Kg7 46. Bxe6 Bxe6 $11)
44... Kf7 45. b5 Ne6 (45... Ke7 46. a6 bxa6 47. Be4 $18) 46. c6 bxc6 47. b6 Bc8
$1 (47... Nc5 $140 $2 48. Rc3 $3 Rxa5 49. Rxc5 Ra8 50. b7 Rb8 51. Ba6 $18) 48.
a6 Nc5 $2 (48... Ke7 $142 $1 49. Kg2 (49. b7 Bxb7 50. axb7 Rb8 51. Ra4 (51. Be4
Rxb7 52. Bxc6 Rb2) 51... Rxb7 52. Bf5 Ng5 $1 $11) (49. a7 Nc5 (49... Kd6 50.
Bf5) 50. Bf5 Bb7 {and black should hold the position}) 49... Kd6 $1 (49... Nc5
$143 50. b7 Bxb7 (50... Nxb7 51. axb7 Bxb7 52. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 51. axb7 Rb8
52. Rc3 Kd6 53. Bf5 Kd5 54. g5 Rxb7 55. Kh3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh3g4]}) 50. Bc4 Nc5
51. g5 Ke5 $11) 49. b7 Bxb7 (49... Nxb7 50. axb7 Bxb7 51. Rb3 Ba6 52. Bxa6 Rxa6
53. Rb4 $18) 50. axb7 Rb8 51. Bc4+ $2 {It was so complicated game and
unfortunately right here i had played my move very quickly and had missed a
very simple answer,after which black easily make a draw.} (51. Rc3 $142 $1 Nxd3
52. Rxd3 Rxb7 53. Rd4 c5 54. Rxf4+ Ke6 55. Kf2 $18) (51. Bf5 Ke7 52. Rc3 Kd6
53. Rc4 Rxb7 54. Rxf4 Rb2 $16 {with some counterplay for black}) 51... Ke7 52.
Ra5 Kd6 {Now white cannot win f4-pawn.} 53. Ra8 Rxb7 54. Rf8 Rb4 $1 55. Rf6+ (
55. Rxf4 $140 $2 Ne6 56. Re4 Ng5 $17) 55... Ke5 56. Rf5+ Kd6 (56... Kd4 57. Bf7
Nd3 58. g5 Ke3 $13) 57. Bf7 Nd3 58. g5 Rb5 59. Rxb5 cxb5 60. Be8 Ke7 61. Bxb5
Ne5 (61... Ne5 62. Kf2 Kf7 {[%cal Gf7g6]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 $5 O-O 8. Bf4
Nh5 (8... Ng4 $5 9. Nxg4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 fxg4 11. e3 Qh4 12. Qe1 Rf6 13. f3 $10 {
Gelfand,B-Nikolic,Pr/Sarajevo(m/1)/1991/0,5/31/}) 9. e3 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nd7 (
10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 $1 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Nd6 $1 Nd7
(15... Bxf1 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ $18) 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Qf3 Ne4
18. Qa3 $1 $36 {Milov,V-Relange,E/Buenos-Aires/1992/1:0/29/}) 11. Nxd7 $5 {N/}
(11. Nd2 Nxe5 (11... Nf6 $6 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Be8 15. Nd3 $1 Bd7
16. Nf3 h6 17. Nfe5 $16 {Petrosian,A-Knaak,R/Yerevan/1988/1:0/42/}) 12. fxe5
Be7 13. Rc1 f4 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Ne1 Qb6 16. c5 Qa5 17. a3 Rf7 18. Nd3 Bg5 19.
Rc3 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Lvov/1990/0,5/}) 11... Qxd7 (11... Bxd7 12. Nd2 Be8
13. Re1 Qd7 14. Qe2 Bf7 $14) 12. Nd2 b6 13. Qb3 (13. Qa4 $5) 13... h6 14. Rfe1
Bb7 15. Nf3 $14 Rad8 16. Qa4 $1 Ba8 (16... a5 17. a3 Bc7 18. Rac1 $36) 17. cxd5
exd5 (17... cxd5 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxe6 $16) 18. Ne5 Bxe5 (18... Qc7 19. Rac1
Bxe5 20. fxe5 $14) 19. fxe5 f4 $6 (19... Rfe8 20. f4 Re7 $14) 20. e6 $1 Qe7 21.
Re5 Rf6 (21... Rde8 $5 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. b4 Re7 $16) 22. Rae1 Re8 23. b4 $16
Ref8 (23... Qd6 24. Rxd5) 24. a3 fxg3 25. fxg3 Rf2 26. Qb3 Bb7 27. Qe3 R2f6 28.
h4 Ba6 29. Qc3 Bc4 (29... Bb7 $5) 30. Qc2 b5 31. R1e3 a6 (31... g6 $22 32. Bh3
h5) 32. Bh3 g6 (32... Kh8 33. Bf5 Kg8 34. g4 $40) 33. h5 $1 Bf1 $6 (33... gxh5
34. Rxh5 Qg7 (34... Kg7 35. Bf5 Kg8 36. g4 Re8 37. Reh3 Qg7 38. Qd2 $18) 35. e7
Re8 36. Rhe5 Rd6 (36... Rf7 37. Be6 Rexe7 38. Bxf7+ Rxf7 39. Re8+ Rf8 40. Qf5
$18) 37. Qf5 $36) 34. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 R1f6 36. Qxc6 Rf2+ 37. Kh3 gxh5 38.
Qxd5 Rd2 39. Rf5 Rxd4 40. Qe5 $1 (40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qxd4 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43.
Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 (44. Kh4 $4 Qh1#) 44... Qf2+ $10) 40... Rd1 (40... Rxf5 41.
Qxf5 Rd8 42. Qg6+ Qg7 43. e7 $18) 41. Ref3 Re8 (41... Rxf5 42. Qxf5 Re1 43.
Qg6+ Qg7 (43... Kh8 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qxh5+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48.
Rf7 Rh1+ 49. Kg4 $18) 44. Qe8+ $18) 42. Rf6 Qg7 43. Qf5 Qg4+ $8 44. Qxg4+ hxg4+
45. Kxg4 Re1 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Rff6 Rg8 $8 (47... Rh1 48. Kf5 Rf1+ 49. Ke5 Rh1
50. Kd6 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 $18) 48. Rxg8 Kxg8 49. Kf5 $18 h5 (49... Kg7 50. Rf7+ Kg8
51. Kf6) 50. Kg6 $1 a5 (50... Re3 51. Kh6 Re5 52. e7 Rxe7 53. Rxa6 Re5 54. Kg6
Kf8 55. Kf6 Re8 56. Rb6 $18) 51. bxa5 Re3 52. Kh6 (52. Kh6 Rxg3 53. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 (9... Nfd7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Rc1 Na6 13. a3 Rd8 14.
b4 Bd7 15. Rc3 Be8 16. Qc2 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Cseshkovsky,V/YUG/1992/}) 10. e3 (
10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Ndf3 Ndf6 12. e3 Bd7 13. Ng5 (13. Qc2 $14) 13... Qe7 14. f3 Nd6
15. c5 Nb5 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. a4 Nc7 $14 {Notkin,M-Gleizerov,E/Podolsk/1993/0,5/
28/}) 10... Ne4 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 $1 (11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. h3 Nh6
14. f4 Be8 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. Qe2 g5 17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Qf2 Bh5 $10 {Beliavsky,
A-Salov,V/Vilnius/1987/}) 11... Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Rc1
Rac8 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rc3 Nf7 18. Rfc1 $16 {Zakharevic,I-Zarubin,P/Voronez/1991/
1:0/33/}) 11. f3 (11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 (12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bd7 $10) 13.
Qe2 (13. Nf3 $142) 13... Nxd2 $10 {Mikhalchishin,A-Dreev,A/Pavlodar/1987/})
11... Nd6 12. c5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nf7 14. Nc3 f4 (14... g5 $5 15. Ne2 Kh8 16. f4
g4 $13 {Shabalov,A-Glek,I/URS/1987/}) 15. e4 Qh4 16. b4 Bd7 17. Qe1 $14 Qh6 (
17... Qxe1 18. Rfxe1 Rfe8 (18... b6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bf1 $1 $16) 19. a4 b6 20.
Bf1 g5 21. Kf2 $14) 18. b5 (18. a4 a6 19. Qe2 Ng5 20. Kh1 $16) 18... dxe4 $1
19. Qxe4 (19. Nxe4 cxb5 20. Nd6 Bc6 $132) (19. fxe4 Ng5 $132) 19... Ng5 20. Qe2
Rad8 21. a4 Be8 22. Rad1 Rf5 $6 (22... Bg6 23. a5 Bf5 24. a6 $16) (22... Rf7 $5
23. a5 Rfd7 24. Qc4 a6 $1) 23. Rf2 Rf7 24. a5 cxb5 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 (25... Rfd7
26. Nd6 Bg6 27. a6 $16) 26. Qxb5 Qg6 27. Kh1 Rc7 $6 (27... a6 $1 28. Qb6 Rfd7
29. Rfd2 Qh5 $132) 28. a6 $1 bxa6 29. Qa5 Rcc8 (29... Rcd7 $2 30. c6 Rxd4 31.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33. c7 $18) 30. Rfd2 h5 $6 (30... Qh5 31. Rd3 Qf7 32.
Qxa6 Qd7 $5) 31. h4 $1 $16 (31. Qxa6 h4 32. h3 Rc7 $132) 31... Nh7 32. Qxa6 Nf8
(32... Qf5 33. Kh2 Nf8 34. Bh3 $16) 33. Bh3 Qg3 $6 (33... Qf7 $16) 34. Bxe6+
Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rf1 Qxh4+ 37. Rh2 Qg5 38. Qf7 $18 h4 (38... g6 39. Rg1
Qh6 40. Rxg6 Qh7 41. Qxh7+ Kxh7 42. Rg5 Rc6 43. Rgxh5+ Kg7 44. Rh7+ $18) 39.
Rg1 Qh6 40. Rg6 Qh7 41. Rxg7 Qh6 42. Rg6 (42. Rg6 Qh7 (42... Qh5 43. Rg8+ $18)
43. Qxh7+ Kxh7 44. Rg4 Rc6 45. Rhxh4+ Rh6 46. Rxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT2"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 (7...
O-O 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qc2 b6 10. Na3 $1 Na6 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5
Qe7 14. Qa4 Ne8 15. Rc3 Nec7 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. h3 $1 Rfc8 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5
gxf5 20. Ne5 $16 {Beliavsky,A-Bareev,E Minsk 1987/}) 8. gxf4 O-O 9. Ne5 (9. Qc2
Ne4 (9... Bd7 10. Nbd2 Be8 11. b4 Ne4 12. Rab1 Bh5 13. b5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. c5 Rf6 18. Rb3 Rh6 $13 {Fedorowicz,J-Knaak,R
Wijk aan Zee 1988/}) 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qe7 14.
Rac1 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Moskalenko,V 1991 Inf 53/107; 16.b4+/
=/}) (9. Nbd2 Bd7 (9... Nbd7 10. b4 $5 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1
dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15. e3 Nxb4 16. Rb1 Nd5 17. Qa3 N7f6 18. Nfe5 $44 {Olafsson,
H-Chandler,M Hastings 1990/}) 10. Qb3 b5 $6 11. c5 a5 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Kh1 Ra7
14. Rg1 $14 {Levitt,J-Tisdall,J London 1990 Inf 50/114/}) (9. e3 Bd7 (9... Ne4
10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 exf3 15. Qxf3 Ne4 16.
Qe2 Nd6 $1 $11 {Levitt,J-Porper,E Badeweiler 1990 Inf 50/113/}) (9... Nbd7 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 (10... Qe7 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nd2 Nf7 15. Nf3 h6
16. Nd4 $16 {Mikhalchishin,A-Tibensky,R Trnava 1989/}) 11. dxe5 $1 Nd7 (11...
Ne4 12. b4 Qb6 13. a3 a5 14. c5 Qa7 15. f3 axb4 16. fxe4 Qxc5 17. Qd2 $16) 12.
Nd2 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Nb3 Ng6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Nh4 18. Bh3
$16 {Beliavsky,A-Van Der Wiel,J Amsterdam 1990 Inf 50/112/}) 10. Qb3 Qb6 11.
Nc3 Be8 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Qd8 14. Kh1 Bh5 15. Ne5 $14 {Lobron,E-Hort,V
Munchen 1991 Inf 51/97/}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nfd7 10. Nd2 Nxe5 (10... Qb6 $5 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3 a5 $13) 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Rc1 Na6 13. a3 Rd8 14. b4 Bd7 15.
Rc3 Be8 16. Qc2 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Cseshkovsky,V Jugoslavia1992 Inf 55/110/}) 10.
Nd2 $5 (10. e3 Ne4 11. Nd2 (11. f3 Nd6 12. c5 Nxe5 $1 13. fxe5 Nf7 14. Nc3 g5
$1 15. Ne2 Kh8 16. f4 g4 $132 {Shabalov,A-Glek,I SSSR 1987/}) 11... Nxe5 12.
dxe5 Bd7 13. Qe2 Nxd2 $11 {Mikhalchishin,A-Dreev,A Pavlodar 1987/}) 10... Ne4
11. Ndf3 $1 $14 Ndf6 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd7 13. e3 Be8 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qg4
$16) 12. e3 Bd7 13. Ng5 $5 (13. Qc2 Be8 14. b4 Bh5 15. a4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 $14)
13... Qe7 (13... Nxg5 14. fxg5 Ne4 15. h4 Be8 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. f4 $16) 14. f3
Nd6 (14... Nxg5 15. fxg5 Ne8 16. f4 Nd6 17. Qc2 $16) 15. c5 Nb5 16. Qb3 (16.
Kh1 $5 Be8 17. Rg1 $16) 16... Rab8 17. a4 Nc7 18. Qc3 Be8 19. Nh3 Nd7 20. Nxd7
Qxd7 21. Nf2 (21. Rad1 $16) 21... e5 $3 22. fxe5 (22. dxe5 d4 23. Qxd4 (23.
exd4 $6 Ne6 24. Rad1 Nxf4 $15) 23... Qxd4 24. exd4 Ne6 25. Rad1 Rd8 $44) 22...
f4 23. Nh3 (23. exf4 Bg6 $1 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. Bh3 Bf5 $44) 23... fxe3 24. Qxe3
Qf5 $44 25. f4 Ne6 26. Ng5 Nxf4 27. Ne6 Qxe6 28. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. e3 Na6 (12... Ne4 13. Ndf3 Nd7 (13... Rd8
14. Nd3 Na6 15. Nfe5 Rac8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Qe2 c5 $13 {Portisch,L-Nikolic,P/
Debrecen/1992/}) 14. Nd3 Rac8 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ba3 17. f3 Bxb2 18. Nxb2
Nc5 19. Qc2 $14 {Lautier,J-Dolmatov,S/Manila(izt)/1990/}) 13. Qe2 $1 (13. Qc2
b5 (13... Ne4 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Ndf3 Nb4 16. Qb1 a4 17. Nd3 axb3 18. Nxb4 cxb4
19. axb3 Ra5 $15 {Delemarre,J-Glek,I/Sonnevanck/1995/1:0/36/}) 14. cxb5 cxb5
15. Rfd1 b4 16. Bf1 Rfc8 17. Qb1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 $15 {Van Gisberg,S-Ulibin,M/
Mamaia/1991/0:1/42/}) 13... a4 {N/} (13... Rac8 14. Rfd1 (14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rfd1 $16 {Chuchelov,V-Elbila,J/GER/1992/1;0/52/}) 14...
c5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qb5 $1 Bxe5 $6 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bxd5+ $1 Bxd5 19. Qxa6
Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxb6 $16 {Tukmakov,V-Haba,P/Haifa/1989/1:0/33/}) 14.
bxa4 (14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Nb4 16. Qxb6 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Rfb8 $13) 14... Bxe5 (
14... Nc7 15. Qd1 $14 (15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Qe8)) 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. a5 $1 (16.
cxd5 cxd5 17. Qb5 Nac5 $132) 16... Nac5 (16... bxa5 17. Nb3 Nac5 (17... a4 18.
Na5) 18. Ba3 a4 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. cxd5 $18) 17. Nb3 Ba6 $6 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3
Rxa5 $14) 18. Rfd1 Bxc4 (18... Nxb3 19. axb3 bxa5 20. Qd2 $16) 19. Rxc4 $1 dxc4
20. Qxc4 Nxb3 (20... bxa5 21. Ba3) 21. axb3 Rxa5 (21... bxa5 22. Qxc6 Rad8 23.
Rd6 Nb8 (23... Rfe8 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Bd5 $18) 24. Qb6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qd7 26.
Be5 Rc8 27. Bf3 $16) 22. Qxc6 Nb8 (22... Nxe5 23. Qxb6 Qc5 24. Qxe6+ (24. Qxc5
Rxc5 25. Ba3 Rfc8 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Bf1 $16) 24... Nf7 25. Rd7 $16) (22... Rd8
23. Rd6 Nf8 24. Qxb6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qa7 26. Qc6 $16) 23. Qxb6 Ra6 24. Qb5 $16
Qc7 25. Rc1 Rb6 (25... Qd7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Rc7 Nb8 28. Bd4 $16) 26. Qa4 Qd7
27. Bd4 $1 (27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Rc7 Rxb3) 27... Qxa4 $8 28. bxa4 Ra6 29. Rc4 Rf7
(29... Nd7 30. Bb7 Ra5 31. Rc7 Nxe5 32. Bc3 $18) 30. Kf1 (30. Rc8+ Rf8) 30...
g5 31. Ke2 Kg7 (31... f4 32. exf4 gxf4 33. g4 Kg7 34. Be4 $16) 32. Kd3 Nd7 (
32... f4 33. exf4 gxf4 34. Be4) 33. Bb7 (33. f4 $142) 33... Ra5 34. Bc6 $2 (34.
f4 $16) 34... Kg6 $2 (34... Nxe5+ 35. Kc3 Kf8 $13) 35. Bb5 $18 Ra8 36. Kc3 Rb8
37. Rc6 Re7 38. Kb4 Kf7 39. a5 Ra8 40. Rd6 Nb8 41. Bc4 $5 (41. a6 Nxa6+ 42.
Bxa6 Rb8+ 43. Bb6 g4 44. Kc5 h5 45. Kc6 $18) 41... g4 42. Kb5 h5 43. Bb6 Nd7
44. Bd4 Rb8+ $6 (44... Nb8) 45. Ka4 Nf8 46. a6 Rc7 47. Bb3 Ra8 48. Ka5 Rb8 49.
Ba4 Ng6 50. Rd7+ $1 Rxd7 51. Bxd7 Ne7 52. a7 Rd8 53. Bb5 Ra8 54. Ka6 Rd8 55.
Kb7 Nd5 56. Ba4 (56. a8=Q $4 Rxa8 57. Kxa8 Nc7+ 58. Kb7 Nxb5 $10) 56... Nb4 57.
a8=Q Rxa8 58. Kxa8 Nd3 59. e4 f4 60. Bb5 Ne1 61. Be2 1-0

[Event "Bodensee op"]
[Site "Bregenz"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nh3 Be8 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3 Bf6
15. Be3 Bg6 16. Qc3 Be4 17. Rff1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. Bg1 Nb6 20. c5 Nd7 21.
e4 dxe4 22. Qb3 Rf7 23. Rae1 Nf8 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. Rxe4 Re8 26. Rfe1 Rfe7 27. h4
Kh8 28. Qf3 Rf7 29. Qe2 Rfe7 30. Bf2 g6 31. Nd3 Qd5 32. Nb4 Qd7 33. Rd1 Bg7 34.
Be3 a5 35. Nd3 Qd5 36. Bg5 Rf7 37. Kh2 Qb3 38. Bf4 Nd7 39. Bd6 Kg8 40. Re1 Nf6
41. Rf4 {Diagramm [#]} h5 $2 {Immer wieder merkwürdig, wenn einem erfahrenen
Großmeister solch ein Fehler unterläuft...} (41... Bh6 $1) 42. Ne5 Ng4+ 43.
Rxg4 hxg4 (43... Bxe5 44. Rxg6+ Bg7 45. Be5 Ree7 46. g4 $1 {wäre hoffnungslos
gewesen.}) 44. Nxf7 Kxf7 45. Rf1+ Kg8 46. Rf4 Kh7 47. Rxg4 Qd5 {Diagramm [#]}
48. Rg5 $2 ({Nach} 48. Qe4 $1 {hätte Weiß einem ungefährdeten Sieg
entgegengesehen.}) 48... Qxd4 49. Kh3 {Diagramm [#]} Qxb2 $2 (49... Bf6 50. Be5
Bxe5 51. Rxe5 Kg7 {hätte Schwarz h4-h5 verhindern können, was wohl das Gebot
der Stunde gewesen wäre.}) 50. Qd3 Qf6 51. Be5 Rd8 52. Qb1 Qf7 53. h5 Kh8 54.
Bxg7+ Qxg7 55. Rxg6 Qf7 {Diagramm [#]} 56. Qe4 $2 {Den Damentausch hätte
Weiß besser vermieden.} Qf5+ 57. Qxf5 exf5 58. Rd6 Re8 59. Kh4 {Diagramm [#]}
Re4+ $2 ({Mit} 59... Re3 $1 {hätte Schwarz am Damenflügel einen Freibauern
erhalten.}) 60. Kg5 Rg4+ 61. Kh6 (61. Kh6 Rg8 (61... Rxg3 62. Rd8+ Rg8 63.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 64. Kg5) 62. Rf6) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A 21st"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1986.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1986.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 9/1986 Seite 15} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 ({In einer
Partie Gligoric,S-Ivkov,B/Wijk aan Zee 1971 folgte} 4. e4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3
Nxd2 7. Nbxd2 c5 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qe3 b6 {mit
leichtem weißen Vorteil. Darauf schlug Keres 4.....d5 vor, das meines Wissens
aber noch nciht versucht worden ist.}) 4... f5 ({Hier hatte mein Gegner die
Wahl, mit} 4... Nf6 {Bogoljubow-Indisch zu spielen oder in Holländisch
einzulenken.}) 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 $1 {
Der erste wirklich neue Zug.} ({Nach} 9. Qb3 $6 e5 10. c5+ Kh8 11. cxd6 cxd6
12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Ngxe4 Nd4 {musste Weiß in der Partie
Peterson-Uusi, UdSSR 1960 um Ausgleich kämpfen.}) 9... e5 10. e4 fxe4 $6 ({
Nach der Partie schlug Ivkov} 10... Nc6 {vor. Doch auch dann hat Schwarz
Schwierigkeiten, z.B.} 11. d5 $1 Nd8 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd4) 11. dxe5 $1 dxe5 ({
Bei} 11... exf3 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf3 $1 {behauptet Weiß durch seinen
Entwicklungsvorsprung auf jeden Fall Vorteil. Beispielsweise} Qxb2 14. Qd5+ Kh8
15. Rab1 $1 Qf6 (15... Qxa2 16. Re7 {mit Mattangriff.}) 16. Ne4) 12. Nxe4 Nc6
13. Qb3 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Qf6 15. Rf1 Bf5 16. Re3 Rae8 $2 {Schwarz hat sein
Bauernopfer nicht genügend berechnet.} ({Besser war} 16... Rab8 17. Qc3 Rbe8)
17. c5+ $1 {Ein wichtiges Zwischenschach, welches Dxb7 nebst Dxc7 ermöglicht,
da dann das Feld d6 gedeckt ist.} Kh8 18. Qxb7 Bc8 19. Qxc7 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Re6 {
Die weiße Dame scheint gefangen, doch die schwache gegnerische Grundreihe
lässt sie auftrumpfen.[#]} 21. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 (21... Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Rh6 23. h4 Nd4
24. Qxe5 Nc2 (24... Nf5 25. Nf7+) 25. Rf3 {verliert ebenfalls.}) 22. Bxc6 Rc8
23. Qxe5 $3 (23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5) 1-0

[Event "OHRA-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 { 8.>>a3} Qe7
8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Ndf3 Be8 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 {13.gf4}
h6 $2 {;>>f7; <<d8} (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 $14)
14. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (14... exd5 $2 15. Nh4 $1 g5 16. Nhg6 Qf7 17. Nxf8 gxf4 18.
Nxd7 $18) 15. Rc1 g5 16. Nd3 Nb8 17. Rc8 $6 (17. Nfe5 $1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.
Ne5 Rfc8 $14) 17... Bb5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $6 (18... Kxf8 $5 19. Nfe5 Kg7) 19. h4
$1 Qg7 (19... g4 20. Nfe5) (19... Ne4 $6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. a4 $1) (19... Bxd3
20. hxg5 $1 (20. Qxd3 $6 g4 $2 (20... gxh4 $1) 21. Ne5 Nbd7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23.
Qe3) 20... Be4 21. gxf6 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qxf6 23. Kg2 { <<f1-h1}) (19... gxh4 $1
20. Nxh4 (20. Nf4 hxg3 21. Nxe6 Qd6) 20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc6 $10) 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. Nc5 (21. Qc1 Nc6 $1) 21... Ne4 22. Nxe6 $6 (22. Qc1 $1 Bxe2 (22... Nxc5 23.
Qxc5 { 24.1/4c8+} Bd7 24. Qc7 Nc6 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qc7 Rc8 27. Qd6 g4 28. Ne5
Nxd4 { 29...[]xe2+ 30...1/4h6+}) 23. Nxe6 { 24.1/4c1-c8+}) 22... Qh6 $1 {
 23...1/4xe6; 23...[]c3} 23. Qc1 (23. Nfxg5 $5 Nc3 24. Nf4 Nxd1 (24... Qxg5 $2
25. Qc2) 25. Bxd5+ { 25.[]ge6 @}) 23... Qxe6 24. Nxg5 Qd7 (24... Nxg5 25.
Qxg5+ Kf7 26. Qd8) (24... Qc6 25. Qf4 $1) 25. Nxe4 dxe4 $2 (25... fxe4 $1 26.
Qg5+ Kf7 (26... Kh7 27. Bxe4+ dxe4 28. Kg2 $18) 27. Qe3 (27. f3 e3) (27. Qh5+
Kg7 28. Bh3 Qe7 29. Bf5 $13) 27... Nc6 (27... Qe7 $1 28. f3 Ke8 29. fxe4 Nd7)
28. f3 Qe7 $5 (28... Kg8 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Qg5+ { 31.1/4xb5}) 29. fxe4+ Kg7
30. Rf5 $1) 26. Qg5+ Kf8 (26... Kf7 $2 27. Bh3 $1 Nc6 (27... Bxe2 28. Bxf5 Qd6
29. Re1 Bf3 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Nd7 32. Qh5+ $18 Qg6 33. Re7+ $1) 28. Bxf5
Qd6 29. Qh5+) 27. Qf6+ $1 Qf7 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qe5 Bd7 30. Qc7 Qd5 $2 (30...
Bc6 $1 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxf5 Qd5 33. Qc8 Qd7) 31. Qd8+ Kf7 32. e3 Bc6 33. Qh8
Qe6 34. Rc1 Qf6 35. Qc8 Qe6 36. Qh8 Qf6 37. Qh7+ $1 Kf8 38. Rc5 Bd7 39. Rc7 $1
b6 $2 (39... Qg7 40. Qh4 $1 Nc6 $2 (40... Ke8 $1 41. Rxb7 Nc6) 41. Rxd7 Qxd7
42. Qh8+) 40. Bf1 $1 {40.<<xd7} Qd6 41. Bc4 Ke8 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ {43.1/
4c8!  44.1/4b7} Ke8 44. Be2 $1 Nc6 (44... Qxc7 45. Bh5+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47.
Bf7+ Kf8 48. Bg6+ Kg8 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qh7#) 45. Qg8+ Ke7 46. Rxd7+ Qxd7 47.
Qxa8 Nb4 48. a3 Nd3 49. Qg8 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. e3 a5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Ndf3 Rd8 $5 (13... Nd7) 14.
Nd3 Na6 15. Nfe5 Rac8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Qe2 c5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bh3 g6 20. g4
fxg4 21. fxg4 c4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Ne4 24. Nxd6 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qxd6 $44 26.
Ne5 Qd5 27. Bg2 Nb4 28. Qf3 Ng5 29. Qxd5+ Bxd5 30. e4 Nxe4 31. Bh6 Nd6 32. Bg5
Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Re8 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Nxc8 36. a4 Nd5 37. Bd2 Kf8 38. Kf3 Ke7
39. Ke4 Ke6 40. Kd3 Nd6 41. h3 b5 42. axb5 a4 43. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{As was true of Howell, so was So anxious to bring himself into contention in
the B group. Faced with a favourable pairing against Reinderman, who
languished at the bottom of the crosstable, So took full advantage of his
opportunities.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7.
b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. e3 Na6 13. Qe2 a4 14.
bxa4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. a5 Nac5 17. Bc3 $146 {leaving Sturua-Vaisser (1996),
where} (17. Nb3 {proved ample for a white victory.}) 17... bxa5 18. Nb3 Nxb3
19. axb3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Bb2 a4 22. bxa4 Ba6 23. f3 Ng5 24. cxd5 Bxf1 25.
d6 Qa7 26. Bd4 Qa6 27. Rxf1 {to this point, Black's position might have been
fairly described as tolerable, but with} c5 {spurning} (27... Qxa4 {things
simply got worse for him.}) 28. Bxc5 Rfc8 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. h4 Rac8 31. d7 Rd8
32. hxg5 Rxd7 33. f4 Rc8 34. Bf1 Qb7 35. Bc4 Re8 36. Bb5 {Faced with the
prospect of an unopposed wing pawn, which, in order to stop, would require an
investment of material he could not afford, Reinderman shook hands with his
Filipino adversary.} 1-0

[Event "Vienna m"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 {In der zweiten Wettkampfpartie
wählt Ragger mit Weiß die katalanische Eröffnung.} Bd6 {Bereits hier weicht
Mamdyarov von seiner einzigen Vorgängerpartie in dieser Variante ab. Gegen
Gelfand wählte er 2009 den Hauptzug Le7.} (5... Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. b3 b6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. a3 Nb6 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 a6 21. Na2
Qe7 22. Qa5 Bc7 23. Nc5 Nbd7 24. Qd2 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Bb8 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. b4 Bc6
28. Nc3 Rfd8 29. e3 Be5 30. Rab1 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 d4 32. exd4 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rxd4
34. Rd3 Rcd8 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Rc1 Kf8 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Rd8
40. a4 bxa4 41. Ra1 e5 42. Rxa4 Rd4 43. f4 f6 44. Rxa6 Rxb4 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46.
fxe5 Rb3+ 47. Ke4 f5+ 48. Kd4 Rb4+ 49. Kc3 Rb5 50. Kc4 Rb2 51. c6 Kxe5 52. Rxg7
Rxh2 53. c7 Rc2+ 54. Kb3 {1-0 (56) Gelfand,B (2733)-Mamedyarov,S (2725)
Nalchik 2009}) 6. Qc2 {Diesmal weicht auch Ragger sofort von seinen vier
Vorgängerpartien ab. Gegen Luther, Sokolov und Tazbir wählte er in der
Vergangenheit Lg2 und einmal gegen Braun Sc3. Sein Score ist in Summe 3,5/4.
Zuletzt gewann er 2014 gegen Tazbir.} (6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. O-O Nxd2 9.
Nxd2 c6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Bc7 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Be5 14. Qh5 Nd7 15. Rad1
g6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Bg7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Rd6 Qc7 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Nd5 Qb8
22. Ndf6+ Kh8 23. Qc5 Ng4 24. b3 Qb6 25. Rxc6 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Nxf6 27. Nxf6 Rb8
28. Nd5 Rd8 29. Rc7 Be6 30. Ne7 Rd2 31. Nc6 Rf8 32. Rxa7 Bd7 33. Rf1 Bxc6 34.
Bxc6 Bd4 35. Rd7 Rc8 36. Bb7 Rcc2 37. Rxf7 Kg8 38. Bd5 Bc5 39. Rd7+ Kh8 40. Kh1
Rxa2 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. b4 Bf8 43. Rc1 Rac2 44. Rxc2 Rxc2 45. b5 Rb2 46. Rd7+ Kh8
47. Bc4 g5 48. Rd5 h6 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Rb4 53. Bd3
Ke6 54. Rh5 Bg7 55. Be4 Kd6 56. Kf4 Kc7 57. Kf3 Kb6 58. Bc6 Rd4 59. Kg3 Rd3+
60. Kg4 Rd6 61. Rf5 Bc3 62. Rf7 Rd4+ 63. f4 Rd6 64. h5 Bb2 65. Kf5 Bc3 66. Re7
Rf6+ 67. Ke4 Bd2 68. f5 Bc3 69. Re8 Kc7 70. Bd5 Kb6 71. Rc8 Bb2 72. Be6 Ba3 73.
Ke5 Bb2+ 74. Kd5 Ba3 75. Rb8+ Kc7 76. Ra8 Bb4 77. Rc8+ Kb7 78. Rg8 Bd2 79. Rg6
{1-0 (79) Ragger,M (2668)-Tazbir,M (2544) Germany 2014}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. b3 {Häufiger gespielt werden} (9. Rd1) (9. Bg5) (9. Bf4) 9... Ne4
{Hier offenbart sich die Idee von Mamedyarov. Er verändert die katalanische
Struktur zu einem holländischen Stonewall, in dem der Läufer besser auf d6
als auf e7 steht.} 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bf4 {Der Abtausch der schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer ist ein typischer Plan. Viel erreicht Weiß damit aber nicht, vor
allem weil der Läufer auf g2 nur theoretisch besser ist als der weißfeldrige
schwarze Läufer.} Bxf4 12. gxf4 b6 $146 {Eine Neuerung an dieser Stelle.
Meistens reagiert Schwarz mit einem Spiel am Königsflügel nach dem Muster
Kh8, Tg8 nebst g5. Freilich ist b6 in ähnlichen Stellungen schon gespielt
worden.} (12... Kh8) 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Ba6 {Schwarz hat ausgeglichen.} 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nxe4 {Ragger entscheidet sich auch das zweite
Springerpaar zu tauschen. Eine Alternative war} (17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. e3 c5 (18...
dxc4 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Nxe4) 19. Qe2 $13) 17... fxe4 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. Rc1 c5 20.
cxd5 exd5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. b4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe6 24. Rc7 g5 (24... Rf7) 25. b5
Rc8 {Möglich war auch das interessante Figurenopfer} (25... Bxb5 $1 26. Qb4
Rg8 27. Qxb5 gxf4 28. Qd7 Qg6 29. Qh3 f3 {mit guter Kompensation, zum Beispiel}
30. exf3 e3 31. Rc1 d4 32. f4 d3 33. Rc8 d2 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qd7 Qb1+ 36. Bf1
d1=Q 37. Qe8+ {nebst Dauerschach.}) 26. Qc3 Rxc7 27. Qxc7 Bxb5 28. Qd8+ Be8 $6
{Nach} (28... Qg8 29. Qf6+ Qg7 30. Qd8+ {wäre wohl eine Zugwiederholung
gefolgt.}) 29. Qxg5 h6 30. Qh4 Bd7 31. Kf2 {Jetzt ist Weiß leicht in Vorteil.}
b5 32. e3 b4 $6 {Diese Ungenauigkeit gibt Ragger eine Chance.} 33. Qd8+ {
Doch der Österreicher bietet bei knapper Bedenkzeit Remis. Mit etwas mehr
Zeit auf der Uhr hätte Ragger wohl mit} (33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qa5 $16 {einen
Bauern gewonnen und pressen können. Die Verteidigung ist nicht einfach. Zum
Beispiel} a6 35. Qxb4 Bb5 36. a4 Bc4 37. Qb7+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 50th"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.09.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Legnica Miedz"]
[BlackTeam "Bydgoszcz Chemik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Rb1 Qe7 (9... a5 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Bd7 13. c5 Bc7 14. Bf4
Bxf4 15. gxf4 $16 {Grabuzova,T-Zaitseva,L/Orel/1993/}) (9... Bd7 10. b4 Be8 11.
b5 Nd7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 14. Ng5 Rf6 15. c5 Bc7 16. f4 $16 {
Chekhov,V-Yusupov,A/BRD/1993/}) 10. b4 $1 a6 (10... Bxb4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5
Qd7 13. Rxb4 exf3 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Be7 Re8 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Bd6 $36) 11. a4 Nd7
12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Kh8 (13... Ndf6 $5) 14. Bf4 Ra3 (14... Bxf4 15. gxf4 Ra3)
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Na4 $16 cxb5 17. cxb5 Ndf6 (17... b6 $5) 18. Ne5 Kg8 (18...
Bd7 $5) 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 (20... fxe4 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bc8 23.
Ra1 $16) 21. Nc5 Be8 (21... Rc8 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qxc8+ $18) 22. Nxe4 (22. Nxb7
$5 Qb8 23. Nc5 Rc3 24. Qb2) 22... fxe4 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Ra2 (24... Rf5 25.
c6 bxc6 26. bxc6 Rxe5 27. Rb8 Kf7 28. c7 Bd7 29. Rd8 $18) 25. c6 bxc6 26. bxc6
Rxe2 27. c7 Rfxf2 28. Ng4 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 Bd7 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rd8 Kg6 32. Rxd7
1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O (6... d5 {
Steiner,H-Botvinnik,M/Groningen (04/1946/0-1/}) 7. Qb3 $1 {/\Bb7} (7. Nf3 Ne4)
7... c5 (7... c6 8. d5 e5 9. d6 $1) (7... Nc6 8. d5 Nd4 9. Qd1 {/\e3}) 8. d5 (
8. dxc5 Na6 $1) 8... e5 9. e4 (9. d6 Bxd6 10. Bxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Nc6 $15) 9...
d6 (9... fxe4 10. Nxe4 $16) 10. exf5 Bxf5 $5 $132 (10... b6 11. Qc2) 11. Qxb7
Nbd7 12. Qa6 (12. Nge2 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rxb2 14. Qa3 Qb6 $132) 12... Bd3 13. Nge2
Qe8 14. b3 (14. Nc1 $142 $5) 14... Qf7 15. O-O Qh5 16. f3 g5 $1 17. Rae1 e4 $1
$40 18. fxe4 (18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxe2 $19) 18... Ng4 19. h3 Nde5 20. Qb7 (
20. hxg4 $2 Nxg4 21. Rf5 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qxg3 $19 {Kmoch} (22... Rxf5+ 23. exf5
Rf8 $19 {Sokolsky})) 20... Bf6 21. Rf5 {/\Nf4,hg4} Nh6 22. Rxf6 (22. Nf4 Qf7 $2
(22... Qe8 $1 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 $1 (23... Bxe5 $2 24. Nxd3 $18) 24. Nxd3 Qxg3 $13 {
e.g.} 25. Re3 Bd4) 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxe5 gxf4 25. Rh5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 f3 27. Bf1
$18) 22... Rxf6 23. Qxa8+ Rf8 24. Qxa7 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 (25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qe7 Qf2+
27. Kh1 Qf3+ $10) 25... Nxe1 26. Bxe1 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Qxe2 28. Bc3 Nf7 29. Qe7
Qe3 $1 30. Qf6 Ne5 31. Qe6+ Nf7 $8 (31... Kg7 $2 32. Bxe5+ $18) 32. Qf6 Ne5 33.
Qe6+ Nf7 34. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 11th final"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.11.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. O-O
Na6 9. a3 h6 10. Be5 g5 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 Nb8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15.
Bc7 Qe8 16. f3 Qf7 17. Nf2 Ne8 18. Ba5 Nd6 19. a4 a6 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. Bb4 Rc6
22. Qa2 Qg7 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nd3 b6 26. Rfc1 Ba6 27. Rc2 Rfc8 28.
Rac1 Qd6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bf1 f4 31. Bh3 R6c7 32. Rc3 h5 $5 (32... Ne3 33. Rxc7
Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 $15) 33. Qb1 fxg3+ 34. hxg3 Rh8 35. f4 h4 36. Ne5+ Ndxe5 37.
dxe5 Qb4 $4 (37... Qe7 $13) 38. Bxe6+ Ke7 39. Qg6 hxg3+ 40. Kg1 Rf8 41. Bxd5
Kd8 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Qd3+ Ke7 44. Rxc4 Bxc4 45. Qxc4 Rxf4 46. Qd5 Kf8 47. e6
Qe7 48. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Espoo zt"]
[Site "Espoo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schussler, Harry"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 $1 b6 $5 (
7... Qe7 $2 8. c5 $1) 8. Ba3 Bb7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qc2 {19.Nc3} Ne4 11. Nc3 Na6
12. cxd5 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 $1) 12... exd5 13. Rac1 c5 14. Rfd1 Qe6 15. e3 Rae8 $1
16. a3 h6 17. h4 $2 (17. Ne5 $1 cxd4 (17... g5 18. f4 $1) 18. exd4 Rc8 19. Qb2
f4 20. Ne2 $5 fxg3 21. fxg3 $13) 17... Re7 18. Qb2 g5 $5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nxe4
$2 (20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nxg5 $1) 20... fxe4 21. Nxg5 Qh6 22. Nh3
Bc8 23. Nf4 Bg4 24. Kf1 (24. Nxd5 Rh7 25. Bxe4 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ $1 27. Bxh1
Rxh1+ 28. Kg2 Bf3#) 24... Qh2 25. dxc5 Rh7 $1 26. Ke1 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Qg1+ 28.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 29. Kc3 Qxe3+ 30. Kc2 Bxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rh2 32. Rd2 Nxc5 $2 {>= 32...
Qxd2!} 33. Qc3 Qxf4 $6 34. b4 Nd3 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qxd5 $2 {
>= 37.Qd8+} Rxg2 38. Qd4+ Ke7 39. Rxg2 Ne1+ 40. Kb3 Nxg2 41. Qg7+ Qf7+ 42.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kc3 e3 44. Kd3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Match Alekhine-Euwe +3-2=4"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1927.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1926.12.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Played in Amsterdam.} e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.
Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Rd1 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Qc2 c6 12. e4 Qa5 13.
exf5 exf5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd7 16. Nd4 (16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. c5 $1 $16 Rc8 (
17... Ba4 18. b3 Bb5 19. Rfe1 dxc5 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Bxb7 $16) 18.
Ng5 $18) 16... f4 17. Rde1 (17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Qb3 $16) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5+
Kh8 19. Ne6 (19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Qxa2 21. Re2 $16) 19... Rf6 20. Ng5 Raf8 21.
Qb3 (21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Qd2 Qc7 $11) (21. b4 Qb6 22. a3 h6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6
Rxe6 25. Bxe6 Ne5 26. Bd5 $14) 21... fxg3 22. Qxg3 (22. hxg3 $11 Rxf2 23. Qe3
Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 h6 26. Qd3 $11 Qxa2 (26... Be8 27. Qf5 Qc7 (27...
Qxa2 28. Qe6 $16) 28. Ne4 Kh7 29. b4 $11) 27. Qxg6 Qa1+ 28. Kf2 Qxb2+ 29. Kf3
Qc3+ 30. Ke2 Qb2+ 31. Kf3 $11) 22... Nf4 $15 (22... Qxa2) 23. Re7 Rg6 24. Rf7
$2 (24. Nf7+ $142 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kg2 Qd8 $17) 26... Nxg3+ 27.
fxg3 h5 28. Rxd7 Rf6 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Rxd6 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kh3 Qxb2 $17)
24... Rxf7 $19 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Ne5+ Qxd5 27. cxd5 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. e3 Ne4 (12... Na6) 13. Ndf3 Nd7 14. Nd3
Rac8 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ba3 17. f3 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Nc5 19. Qc2 $14 Ba6 20.
Rfd1 b5 21. Bf1 Qa7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qd2 b4 24. Qd4 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qe7 26. Nd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Fuerteventura"]
[Site "Fuerteventura"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. O-O b5 $5 {(9...b6 o 9...Cd7 mís sólido)} 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Qxb5 Nc6
12. Qd3 Rb8 13. Nc3 {(si 13.b3 las negras tienen una buena combinación en 13...
Tb4 14.e3 Cd4! 15.ed4 Ae6 para capturar la torre y el peón d4)} (13. b3 Rb4 14.
e3 Nxd4 $1 15. exd4 Ba6) 13... Rxb2 14. Rfb1 Rb4 $1 15. e3 Ne4 16. Bf1 Bd7 17.
Rxb4 Qxb4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qd1 Qd6 {(el mejor plan)} 20. Rb1 (20. Be2 h6 21.
f4 Rb8 $1) 20... e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf4 d4 $6 (22... Bc6 $5 23. Bb5 Ba8 24.
Be2 g5 25. Nh5 {la posición no es clara}) 23. Bg2 $1 g5 24. Qxd4 $2 Qxd4 25.
exd4 gxf4 26. dxe5 f3 27. Bf1 Be6 {(o 27...Tc8 era bastante para las tablas)}
28. h3 $5 Rc8 29. a4 h5 {(el principal problema de las negras es el tiempo)}
30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rc2 32. a5 Bxg4 $2 {(despuÉs de 32...Rf7, tablas)} 33. Kh2
$1 {(ahora las blancas deben ganar)} Be6 34. Kg3 Ra2 $2 {(34...Rf7)} 35. a6 Kf7
36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Rxa7 $2 (37. Re7 $18) 37... Ra1 $1 38. Bb5 Kf5 39. Re7 Rg1+
40. Kh2 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 $2 {(41.Rh3 única y las blancas un poco mejor, pero
tablas)} Bd5 $1 {(fantística, las negras deben ganar; despuÉs de 41...Tf2?? 42.
Te6! Re6 43.a7!+-)} (41... Rxf2 $4 42. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 43. a7 $1 $18) 42. a7 Rxf2
$1 43. Bc4 e3 $1 44. Bd3+ $5 (44. Bxd5 e2 $19) 44... Kf4 45. Rf7+ Kxe5 $2 (
45... Bxf7 $3 $8 {(es única)} 46. a8=Q e2 47. Qa1 (47. Qe4+ Kg3 48. Bxe2 Rxe2
$19) 47... Rf1+ $1 48. Qxf1 exf1=Q+ 49. Bxf1 Kg3 $1 $19) 46. Re7+ Kf4 {(las
negras no tienen tiempo pero 46...Rd4 tambiÉn da tablas tras de 47.Ae4)} 47.
Be4 $1 Ra2 $5 48. Bxd5 Rxa7 49. Rxa7 e2 50. Rf7+ Kg5 51. Rg7+ $2 {(51.Af3=)}
Kh6 52. Bxf3 e1=Q+ 53. Rg1 Qf2 $1 54. Bd1 $4 {(pero tablas: las negras ya no
tienen tiempo para la magnífica 53...Rh7!!-+)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad Master"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1930.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 (4... a5) 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O
(7. Nc3) 7... Bxd2 8. Qxd2 {[%cal Gb1c3]} (8. Nbxd2 $143) 8... d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 {
[%cal Ge6e5]} 10. Rfe1 e5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8,
Gd2c1]} e4 14. Ng5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 h6 $6 (15... Ne5) 16. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 17. dxc6
Qf6 18. Qd4 (18. Qd5+) 18... Qxc6 19. Bxe4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 (20. Bd5+ Kh8) 20...
axb6 21. a3 $16 c6 22. Rd6 Bh3 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Kf2 Rb5 26. Rd2 Rb3
27. e4 $36 {[%csl Ge1,Ge4]} b5 28. Re3 $1 Rxe3 29. Kxe3 b4 30. axb4 Ra4 31.
Rd8+ Kh7 32. e5 $18 Kg6 33. Rf8 Ra1 34. Kd2 b5 35. e6 Ra7 36. f4 Re7 37. g4 h5
38. f5+ Kh6 39. h4 g5 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.28"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 $6 (7. Nh3
) 7... Ne4 $10 8. O-O Bf6 (8... b6 $142 9. Nxe4 (9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2)) 9. Nxe4
fxe4 10. Ne1 Bxd4 (10... d5 11. Bc3 {[%cal Ye1c2,Yf2f3] /\Nc2, f3}) 11. Bxe4
Bxb2 (11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 $1 {Alekhine}) 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qc2+ Kg8
14. Qxb2 Nc6 $15 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4} 15. Nf3 (15. Bc3 Qe7 16. f4 d6 17. Nf3 e5
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Bh3 {Alekhine}) 15... d6 (15... b6) 16. c5 $1 dxc5 17.
Bc3 Qe7 18. Rad1 b6 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Qg6 $2 (20. h4 Rf5 (20... Nb4 21. Bxb4 Bxf3
22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. exf3 Rxf3 24. Qe4 Raf8 $14) 21. Ng5 Re8 22. g4 (22. Qb3 Nd8)
22... Rxg5 $44 {Alekhine}) 20... Qf7 21. Qg5 (21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Ng5 $4 Qxf2+ $1
{Alekhine} 23. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne5+ $19) 21... Rad8 22. h4 (22. Ne5 Qf5 (
22... Qxf2+ $5 23. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 Nxe5+ 25. Rf3 Rf5 26. Qe7 $13)) 22...
Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd4 (23... e5 24. h5 (24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qb2 Bxf3 27.
exf3 $18) 24... Nd4 {Alekhine} (24... e4 $2 25. h6 g6 26. Rd7 $18 {Alekhine}))
24. Bxd4 cxd4 $2 (24... Bxf3 25. Bxc5 {best} bxc5 26. exf3 Qxf3 27. Rd2 c4 $17)
25. Rxd4 Bxf3 26. Rf4 Qh5 27. Rxf8+ $2 (27. Rxf3 $1 Qxg5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.
hxg5 b5 30. f4 a5 31. Kf2 a4 32. Ke3 c5 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. e4 Kd6 35. g4 {[%cal
Yf4f5] /\f5=}) 27... Kxf8 28. Qf4+ Qf7 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. exf3 e5 $1 $19 31. Kf1
b5 32. Ke2 c5 $4 (32... a5 33. Kd3 a4 34. Kc3 c5 35. g4 Ke7 36. Kd3 (36. g5 Ke6
(36... b4+ 37. Kd3 g6 38. Kc4 Ke6 39. Kd3 b3 $19)) (36. h5 Kf6 {[%cal Yf6f4,
Re5e4] /\Kf4, /\e4 -+}) 36... Kd6 37. Kc3 Kd5 38. a3 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Kc3
Kd5 41. Kd3 b4 42. axb4 cxb4 43. Kc2 Kc4 44. Kb2 (44. h5 Kd5) 44... a3+ 45. Ka2
Kc3 $19) 33. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Yf3f4] /\f4=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.12.03"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Diese Partie ging als "Die Perle von Zandvoort" in die Schachgeschichte ein.} 
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. O-O
b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 {Schwarz ist in einer Variante von Damenindisch gelandet, in er
eigentlich am Zuge ist. Weiß hat also ein Tempo mehr (dank 3...Bb4+ und Be7).}
10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 (11. Bxb7 $2 Nxe2+ 12. Kg2 Nxd4 13. Qd3 Nbc6 $17) 11...
Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. d5 d6 14. Nd3 e5 15. Kh1 c6 16. Qb3 $1 Kh8 (16... c5 17.
f4 e4 18. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1g2,Yg2e3] /\Sg2-e3 Euwe}) 17. f4 e4 18. Nb4 $1 {
[%cal Yd5c6,Yb4d5] /\19.dc, 20.Sd5} c5 19. Nc2 Nd7 ({Nach} 19... Bf6 $1 {
sollte die Stellung völlig im Gleichgewicht sein.}) 20. Ne3 Bf6 $6 {Die
Stellung ist geschlossen. Schwarz hätte irgend etwas ziehen können.} 21. Nxf5
$1 Bxc3 22. Nxd6 Qb8 23. Nxe4 Bf6 {Der e-Bauer wird marschieren, Weiß hat
Vorteil.} 24. Nd2 {[%cal Ye2e4,Re4e5] Der weiße Plan ist klar: e4, e5, aber ob
die Ausführung richtig ist, bleibt zweifelhaft.} (24. Rae1 $1) 24... g5 $1 {
Ein guter Verteidigungszug. Die Öffnung der g-Linie gibt Schwarz
ausgezeichnetes Gegenspiel.} 25. e4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bd4 27. e5 Qe8 ({Das
Rückopfer} 27... Nxe5 28. fxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qxe5 {kam auch in Frage.}) 28. e6
Rg8 $1 (28... Nf6 $2 29. Nf3 {[%cal Yf3d4] /\30.Sd4}) 29. Nf3 $6 ({Laut Euwe
war} 29. Qh3 $1 {der richtige Zug:} Nf6 30. Nf3 Bxb2 31. Rab1 $18 {(Euwe) Das
erscheint sehr optimistisch:} Bd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Rbd1 Qg6 34. Rxd4 Qc2 $13)
29... Qg6 30. Rg1 $1 (30. Ng5 Ne5 $1 $132) 30... Bxg1 31. Rxg1 Qf6 ({Mit} 31...
Qf5 $1 {war das Remis leichter erreichbar:} 32. exd7 (32. Ng5 h6 $1 {(Euwe)})
32... Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qxd7 34. Kf2 $10 {(Euwe)}) 32. Ng5 $1 Rg7 (32... h6 $2 33.
exd7 $1 $18 hxg5 $6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Rxg5+) 33. exd7 Rxd7 34. Qe3 Re7 (34...
Qxb2 35. Qe6 $18) 35. Ne6 Rf8 (35... Qxb2 36. d6 $1 Rd7 37. Ng5 $18) 36. Qe5 $5
(36. Qg3 $1) 36... Qxe5 37. fxe5 Rf5 (37... Rxe6 38. dxe6 Rf5 $1 (38... Re8 39.
Kg2 Rxe6 40. Re1 Kg7 41. Kf3 $18) 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Re3 $1 Kf8 41. Ra3 Rxe5 42.
Rxa7 Rxe6 (42... Re1+ $145 $1 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kf3 (44. Kg3 Rxb2) 44... Rxh2 $1
45. b3 Rh6 {mit Remischancen.}) 43. b3 $1 Re2 44. Rxh7 Rxa2 45. Rb7 $18 {(Euwe)
}) 38. Re1 (38. Rg5 $1 Rxg5 39. Nxg5 Kg7 (39... h6 40. d6 $1 $18) 40. d6 $1 $18
{(Euwe)}) 38... h6 $2 ({Hier bestand mit} 38... Rxe6 $1 39. dxe6 Kg8 {die
letzte Chance zu dem Turmendspiel, das beim 37. Zug von Schwarz analysiert
wurde.}) ({Nach} 38... Kg8 39. Rg1+ Kh8 {muß Weiß das beim 38. Zug von Weiß
skizzierte Abspiel wählen:} 40. Rg5 $1) 39. Nd8 $18 Rf2 40. e6 Rd2 {Hängepartie
} (40... Kh7 $5 41. d6 $1 Rg7 42. Rg1 $1 $18) 41. Nc6 Re8 42. e7 $1 {Gegen
Nc6-d8-b7-d6 gibt es keine vernünftige Verteidigung mehr.} b5 43. Nd8 Kg7 44.
Nb7 Kf6 45. Re6+ Kg5 46. Nd6 Rxe7 47. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "American CF-01 (Western op-35) Finals"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1934.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1934.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8.
O-O-O d5 9. Nf3 c6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 cxd5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14.
Nxd5 Nxe5 15. Qc3 Nc6 16. Nb4 Qa5 17. Nxc6 Qxc3 18. bxc3 bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8+ 20.
Ka1 Ba6 21. Rd2 Kf7 22. Ba4 Rfc8 23. Rc1 Rc5 24. Bb3 Rb6 25. e3 Kf6 26. Rd4 g5
27. Rd7 Rb7 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Kb2 g4 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Rd6 Bc8 32. Rd4 Rg7 33.
Ka3 Ke7 34. c4 e5 35. Rd5 e4 36. c5 Rg6 37. Ba4 Rh6 38. c6 Rxh2 39. c7 Rxf2 40.
Rd8 Bb7 41. Bc6 $11 (41. Rb8 $14 Ba6 42. Bb5 Rc2 (42... Kd6 $14) 43. Bxa6 $16
Rxc7 44. Kb2 $16 (44. Rb7 $4 Rxb7 45. Bxb7 h5 46. Ba6 h4 47. gxh4 g3 48. Bf1 f4
49. exf4 e3 $19)) 41... Rc2 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. c8=Q Bxc8 44. Rxc8 Rc3+ 45. Kb2
Rxe3 46. Rc7+ Kf6 47. Rxa7 Rxg3 48. a4 Rg2+ 49. Kb3 Rg1 50. Ra8 e3 51. Re8 f4
52. a5 Rc1 53. Bg2 Kg5 54. Kb2 f3 55. Bxf3 gxf3 56. Rg8+ Kh6 57. Kxc1 f2 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} f5
{[%emt 0:09:05]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:09:58]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:48]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:
05:17]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 8.
b3 {[%emt 0:19:35]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} b6 {[%emt 0:
03:48]} (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Rad1 a5 12. Ne1 b5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. c5 Bc7
15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 e5 17. Nd3 exd4 18. Bxd4 b4 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Re3 Re8 21.
Rde1 Ba6 22. Bh3 Nf8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Re8 26. Qf5 g6 27.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bxd7+ Kxd7 32. Ke3 Bb1 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Portisch,L (2523)-Vaganian,R (2617) Bazna 2008}) 10. cxd5 $146 {
[%emt 0:06:18]} (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. e3 O-O 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Ndf3 Rfd8
15. Nd3 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nh4 g6 19. Ba1 Nef6 20. Rfd1 Qf7 21.
Nf4 Be5 {1/2-1/2 (21) Skomorokhin,R (2378)-Ivanov,O (2467) Vladimir 2008})
10... cxd5 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 12.
Nc6 {[%emt 0:13:46]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 13. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} O-O {
[%emt 0:04:55]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 15. Bc1 {[%emt 0:
08:37]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 16. Nce5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 17.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:09:03]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:07:34]} 19. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 20. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 21. Be1 {[%emt 0:06:51]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 22.
Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 23. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g4 {
[%emt 0:02:57]} 24. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:04:48]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 25. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 26. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 27. Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 28. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 30. Rd6 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 31. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 32. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 33. Rxd5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:55]
A strange Stone Wall came to an abrupt end when Dzagnidze sacrificed an
exchange for activity against Stefanova. The Bulgarian player still had some
defensive resources but for some reason she was unable to find them and her
entire position collapsed.} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:01:53]} 35. Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 36. Qh6+ {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 38. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:36]}
Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 40. e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:09:36]} 42. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:01:48]} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} f5
{[%emt 0:00:51] Tomashevsky recently adopted the triangle set-up against d4,
with the idea of playing a Stonewall, as his pet defense. It seems solid
enough for now as no one has really been able to break it down. Ponomariov was
actually slightly worse out of the opening but he really had no issues as
Tomashevsky was more interested in holding a solid draw with Black.} 5. g3 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} O-O {
[%emt 0:04:48]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} b6 {[%emt 0:14:17]} 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
02:32]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 11. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 12.
e3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:
03:40]} 14. Rc2 $146 {[%emt 0:17:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 15. Qc1 {[%emt 0:06:
17]} axb3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 16. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 17.
f3 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 18. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:19:25]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:
08:28]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
22. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Bxd5
{[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 25. Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 26. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 27. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque op 16th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Qc2 O-O
9. Ne5 b6 (9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 Kh8 (10... Bxe5 $2 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Ba3 c5 13.
cxd5 $16) (10... Ne4 11. f3 $16) 11. Nd2 Bxe5 (11... Ne4 $14) 12. dxe5 Ng4 13.
Nf3 b6 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nd4 $1 Nxe5 (15... Bb7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qc7 Ba6 18. Ba3
$1 $16) 16. Nxc6 $1 Nxc6 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Qd2 (18. d6 Qg5 $1 19. Qc7 Nd5 20.
Bxd5 exd5 $17) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 $1 (19. Qxh6 Bb7 $14) 19... exd5 20. Qxh6
Bb7 21. Rac1 Rf7 22. Qd2 f4 23. gxf4 Qh4 24. Rc3 $1 Rg8 25. Rg3 Qxf4 26. Qxf4
Rxf4 27. Rc1 Rf7 28. Rgc3 $1 $18 {Cvetkovic,S-Drazic,S/Yugoslavia 1995/1-0 (57)
}) (9... b5 $5) 10. cxd5 cxd5 (10... exd5 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Nb4 $18) 11. Nc4 $1
Nc6 (11... Qc7 12. Qb2 Bb7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 $14) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc3 $1
(13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Qd2 a5 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 $10) 13... a5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. Qb2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 (18. Bxd2 $6 Ba6 19. e3 Rfc8 $10)
18... Rac8 19. Rc3 Nb4 20. Rac1 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Rc8 22. a3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc6 (
23... Nc6 24. h4 $14) 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. e3 Ba6 26. Bf3 $1 $14 (26. Bc7 b5 27.
Bf1 b4 $1 $10) 26... Bd3 27. Bd1 b5 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 $6 (29. h4 $1 $14) 29...
Ke7 30. Bc7 g5 $1 31. Ke1 b4 32. a4 h5 33. Kd2 Bf1 34. g4 $1 $8 (34. h4 g4 35.
fxg4 hxg4 $1 (35... fxg4 36. Bc2 Kf6 37. Bb6 Ba6 38. e4 $16) 36. h5 Kf6 37. h6
Kg6 38. Bf4 Ba6 $10) 34... Kd7 35. Bb6 hxg4 36. fxg4 Bh3 37. gxf5 Bxf5 38. Be2
Kc8 39. Bc5 $6 (39. Bb5 Kb7 40. Bc5 g4 41. Bf8 Na7 $1 (41... Kc7 42. Bg7 Kd6
43. Bf6 $1 $18) 42. Bf1 (42. Bd3) 42... Nc8 $14) 39... Kc7 40. Bf8 e5 $2 (40...
Nd8 $1 41. Bg7 Nb7 42. Be5+ Nd6 43. Bb5 g4 $10) 41. Bg7 Kd6 42. Bb5 g4 43. Bf6
Be4 44. Bxc6 $1 Kxc6 45. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O b6 7. Nd2 (7. Qa4 $5 Bd6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nc3 $14) 7... Bd6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Ba6 $2 $146 (
9... Ne4 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rac1 Na6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 g5 15.
Nd3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e3 $14 {Epishin,V-Soffer,R/Bern op (6) 1991}) (9...
Bb7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Rac8 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rfd1
Rfd8 16. e3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nd2 $14 {Lugovoi,A-Klinger,J/Balatonbereny op
1993}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 (10... exd5 11. Qxf5 (11. Bf4 $14) 11... Re8 (11... Ne4 $2
12. Qe6+ Kh8 13. Nfg5 $16) 12. Re1 Bxe2 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. Rec1 {><c6} Qd7 $2 15.
Qxd7 Nfxd7 16. Bxb8 $1 Nxb8 (16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxb8 18. Rxc6 $1 $16) 17. Ne5
$16) 11. Bf4 Ne4 (11... Qe7 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Qa4 $16) 12. Rfc1 $16
Be7 (12... Nd7 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Qc7 $1 Nc4 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. b3 Nd6 17. Nf4
Nf8 18. Ng5 $16) 13. Bc7 (13. Bxb8 $2 Qxb8 14. Nf4 Qd6 15. Qc6 Rfc8 16. Qxd6
Bxd6 $10) 13... Qe8 14. Nf4 Rf6 (14... Bf6 15. Ne5 {/\f3} Nd7 (15... Bb7 16. f3
Ng5 17. Bd6 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc7 $16) (15... g5 16. Nfd3 $16) 16. f3 Ng5
17. Qc6 Bxe5 18. dxe5 $16 {/\h4,><e6}) 15. h4 Bf8 (15... Nd7 16. Qa4 Bb7 17.
Be5 Nxe5 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. dxe5 $16) 16. Ng5 Bb5 (16... Nd7 17. Qc6 Rc8 18.
Ngxe6 $18) 17. Be5 Rh6 18. Qc8 $18 Na6 (18... Nc6 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. a4 Bc4 (
20... Nxe5 21. axb5 $18) 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe2 24. Nd6 Bxd6
25. exd6 Bc4 26. b3 e5 27. d7 Rd8 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rc8 $18) (18... Nd7 19.
Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rc7 Nxe5 21. dxe5 $18) 19. Qb7 {/\a4} Nd6 (19... Nb4 20. Rc7) 20.
Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Nfxe6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Vouldis, Angelos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 ({Anspruchsvoller ist} 4. e4) 4... f5 5.
Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 ({Mehr verbreitet ist} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3
{, z.B.,} Nc6 (9... c6 10. Rfe1 d5 11. Qc2 $14) 10. Rfe1 e5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 e4 14. Ng5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 h6 $2 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. dxc6 $16 {
Botvinnik,M-Ilyin Zhenevsky,A/Leningrad 1930}) 6... O-O 7. Nh3 $6 {Ein
ungewöhlicher Zug. Ich wollte neue Wege bestreiten und dachte, dass der weiße
Springer auf f4 nützlich werden kann. Objektiv gesehen ist die übliche
Fortsetzung 7.Nf3 besser.} (7. Nf3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. O-O) 7... Nc6
$1 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 (10. Qc2 d6 11. Nf4 (11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Qxe4
e5 $44) 11... e5 12. Nd5 Qf7 13. dxe5 dxe5 $11) 10... d6 11. d5 ({Nichts
verspricht Weiß} 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nd5 Qf7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O Be6 $11) 11...
Nd8 $1 (11... Ne5 {/\Nf4} 12. O-O Nxc4 $2 13. Bxg7 Qxg7 14. Rxc4 $16) 12. dxe6
(12. Nf4 e5 13. Nd3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nf7 $11) 12... Nxe6 13. O-O Bd7 $11 {Mit
natürlichem Spiel erreichte Schwarz eine angenehme Stellung. Das Experiment im
7. Zug mißglückte.} 14. e3 $1 {Um den schlecht stehenden Springer h3
abzutauschen.} (14. b4 a5 $36) (14. Nf4 $6 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Rae8 16. e3 Bc6 $15)
14... Bc6 15. Nf4 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxf4 17. exf4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {Hier lehnte ich
das Remisangebot meines Gegners ab. Weiß steht keineswegs besser, aber ein
Mannschaftsturnier hat seine eigenen Gesetze.} Qf7 (18... Qe4+ $1 19. f3 (19.
Kg1 Rae8 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Re7 $11) 19... Qc6 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21.
cxd5 Rf7 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Kf2 Re7 $11 {Die Stellung ist remislich, da der
Bauer noch auf b7 steht, und Schwarz die Option c7-c6 hat.} 24. Rb3 $6 c6) 19.
Qd5 b6 (19... Qxd5+ $5 20. cxd5 Rf7 $11) 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Rce3 Qxd5+ $2 {
Diese Version des Turmendspiels (der Bauer steht bereits auf b6) ist für
Schwarz ungünstig. Richtig war deswegen 22...Kf8.} (21... Kf8 $1 22. Qc6 Rxe3
23. Rxe3 Rd8 $11) 22. cxd5 Rxe3 ({Nach} 22... Kf7 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rec3 Re7 {
hat Weiß einen starken Zwischenzug} 25. Rc6 $1 {/\Rxd6. Nach} Rd7 26. Kh3 $1 {
ist Schwarz vollkommen passiv, und der weiße König kann sich auf den Weg
machen.} g6 27. Kh4 h6 28. h3 Kf6 29. g4 $14) 23. fxe3 $16 {Das Turmendspiel
ist klar besser für Weiß. Neben dem Druck gegen c7 kann er mittels e3-e4 die
Bauernmajorität auf dem Königsflügel bilden.} a5 {/\a4} 24. b3 (24. Rc1 $2 a4
$1 25. Rxc7 Ra5 26. Rc6 Rxd5 27. Rxb6 Rd2+ 28. Kf3 Rxh2 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Ra6
h5 31. Rxa4 Kf7 $11) 24... Rc8 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Kf3 h5 27. e4 fxe4+ 28. Kxe4 Kf6
29. Kf3 Ke7 30. Ke4 Kf6 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Rc3 Kd7 33. h3 Rf8 34. g4 {Nach und
nach verwirklicht Weiß seinen Plan und bildet einen Freibauern.} hxg4+ 35. hxg4
Rh8 36. Ke4 g6 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. Kxf5 Rf8+ 39. Kg5 Rg8+ 40. Kf5 Rf8+ 41. Kg5
Rg8+ 42. Kf4 Rf8+ 43. Kg3 Rg8 44. Rf3 $2 {Bisher mehr oder weniger logisch
gespielt, erlaubte ich hier meinem Gegner eine rettende Wendung. Richtig war
das prophylaktische 44.a4!} (44. a4 $1 Rg5 (44... Rg7 45. Kf4 Rf7+ 46. Kg5 Rf1
47. Rd3 $16) 45. Rd3 Rg8 $1 (45... c6 46. Kf4 Rg8 47. dxc6+ Kxc6 48. g5 d5 49.
Kf5 Rf8+ 50. Ke6 $18) 46. Rf3 $1 c5 $2 (46... Rg7 $1 47. Rf8 $1 $16 {, und die
Einschaltung von a3-a4 ist in allen Varianten nützlich für Weiß.}) 47. Rf7+ Ke8
48. Rf5 Ke7 49. g5 b5 50. axb5 Rb8 51. g6 Rxb5 52. Rf7+ Ke8 53. Rf3 Rb7 54. Kg4
$18) 44... Rg7 $2 $138 {Ein Gegenfehler. Der Moment war günstig für 44...c5!} (
44... c5 $1 45. Rf7+ (45. dxc6+ Kxc6 $11) 45... Ke8 46. Rb7 (46. Rf5 b5 47. g5
c4 $11) 46... Rg5 47. Kf4 Rxd5 $11) 45. Kh4 $2 $138 {Der naheliegende, aber
falsche Plan. Wie man gleich sehen wird, hat die Stellung des Königs am
Brettrand viele Nachteile. Stattdessen sollte der weiße Monarch seinen
Freibauern von der f-Linie aus unterstützen und dabei den gegnerischen
d-Bauern im Blick behalten.} (45. Kf4 Rf7+ 46. Ke4 Rg7 47. Rg3 Rg5 $11) ({
Richtig war} 45. Rf8 $1 {Es läßt sich nicht mit Sicherheit sagen, ob die weiße
Stellung gewonnen ist, aber es war auf jeden Fall der beste Plan. Die Idee ist
Kf4 und g5.} Ke7 (45... c5 46. Kf4 b5 (46... Ke7 47. Rb8 Rf7+ 48. Kg5 $16) 47.
g5 c4 48. bxc4 bxc4 49. Kg4 $1 Re7 50. Rf3 Re1 51. g6 Rg1+ 52. Kh5 $16) (45...
c6 46. Ra8 Rg5 47. Ra7+ Kc8 48. dxc6 Rc5 49. Kf4 Rxc6 50. g5 $18) 46. Rf5 (46.
Rc8 $5 Kd7 47. Rh8 $16) 46... Kd7 47. g5 c6 48. dxc6+ Kxc6 49. Kf4 d5 50. Ke5
Rd7 51. g6 d4 52. Rf7 Rd5+ 53. Kf4 Rd8 54. g7 Rg8 55. Ke4 $18) 45... c6 46.
dxc6+ (46. g5 $2 cxd5 47. Rg3 Rh7+ 48. Kg4 Rh1 49. g6 Ke7 $11) 46... Kxc6 47.
g5 Rg8 $2 {Die Zeitkontrolle fordert ihren Tribut (Weiß hatte etwa 2 Minuten,
Schwarz etwa 1 Minute Restbedenkzeit plus 30 Sekunden Bonus pro Zug). Richtig
war das naheliegende 47...d5.} (47... d5 $1 48. Rg3 (48. Kh5 Rg8 $11 {führt
zur Partie.}) 48... d4 49. g6 d3 50. Kg5 Rd7 $11) 48. Kh5 $2 {Nutzt nicht die
Chance, den König auf die f-Linie zu führen.} (48. Rg3 $1 d5 49. g6 d4 50. Kg5
Kd5 (50... Rd8 51. g7 d3 52. Rg1 Kd5 (52... d2 53. Rd1 $18) 53. Kf6 Kd4 54.
g8=Q Rxg8 55. Rxg8 Kc3 56. Rd8 $18) 51. Kf6 Ke4 52. Kf7 Rd8 53. g7 d3 54. g8=Q
Rxg8 55. Rxg8 d2 56. Rd8 Ke3 57. Ke6 Ke2 58. b4 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Kxd1 60. Kd5 Kc2
61. Kc6 Kb3 62. b5 Kxa3 63. Kxb6 a4 64. Kc5 $18) 48... d5 49. g6 d4 $11 50. Kh6
(50. Rg3 Kd5 51. g7 Ke4 52. Kg6 d3 53. Kh7 d2 54. Rg1 Rd8 55. g8=Q Rxg8 56.
Kxg8 Kd3 57. Kf7 Kc2 $11 {Anhand dieser Variante sieht man deutlich den
Nachteil Nr.1 des weißen "Randkönigs", er blieb zu weit entfernt.}) 50... Rh8+
51. Kg7 Rd8 52. Kh7 (52. Rd3 Kd5 53. Kh7 Ke4 $11) 52... d3 53. Rf1 Kc5 $6 ({
Einfacher war} 53... d2 $1 54. Rd1 (54. g7 $4 {Der Nachteil Nr. 2 - die
Randposition des weißen Königs macht diesen Zug unmöglich.} d1=Q 55. Rxd1 Rxd1
56. g8=Q Rh1+ 57. Kg7 Rg1+ $19) 54... Rd3 55. g7 Rh3+ 56. Kg8 Rh2 $11) 54. g7
Rd7 $4 {Ein schrecklicher Schnitzer, der unnötig ein Tempo verschwendet und
damit die remisliche Stellung verliert.} ({Die logische Fortsetzung 54...Kd4
führte zum Remis:} 54... Kd4 55. Rf8 (55. g8=Q Rxg8 56. Kxg8 Kc3 57. Kf7 Kxb3
$1 (57... d2 58. Ke6 Kc2 $2 (58... Kxb3 $11) 59. Kd5 d1=Q+ 60. Rxd1 Kxd1 61. b4
$18) 58. Ke6 b5 59. Kd5 Kc2 60. Kc5 b4 $11) 55... Rd7 56. Kh8 Rxg7 57. Kxg7 Kc3
58. Rd8 d2 59. Kf6 Kc2 60. Ke5 d1=Q 61. Rxd1 Kxd1 $11) 55. Kh8 $18 Rxg7 56.
Kxg7 Kd4 57. Kf6 b5 (57... d2 58. a4 Kc3 59. Ke5 Kxb3 60. Kd4 $18) 58. b4 $1
axb4 59. axb4 d2 60. Ke6 Kc4 61. Ke5 Kc3 62. Kd5 Kxb4 63. Kd4 Kb3 64. Kd3 Kb2
65. Kxd2 b4 66. Rf7 {Der Partieschluß ist typisch für die neue
FIDE-Zeitkontrolle: die Stellungsbewertung pendelt mehrmals hin und her bevor
ein Spieler den entscheidenden Fehler macht.} 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kharitonov} f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3
Qe7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Bb2 (9. Bf4 $5) (9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Ndf3 {/\Nd3,Bf4}) 9... Bd7 {
?! Kharitonov} (9... Nbd7 $5 {Kharitonov} 10. Nd2 a5 $1 11. Ndf3 (11. a3 Ne4
12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 $5 14. dxe5 b6 $10 {Adorjan,A-Moskalenko,V/
Balassagyarmat/1990/ Inf 50/115/}) 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 {Ruban,V-Meister,P/
Balassagyarmat/1990/ Inf 50/115/} a4 $1 13. Nxd7 axb3 $1 14. axb3 Bxd7 $10 {
Ruban/}) 10. Nd2 Be8 11. Ndf3 Nbd7 (11... Bh5 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Nd3 Rac8 14.
Rac1 Ne4 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc7 17. f3 Ng5 $2 18. h4 Nf7 19. Nf4 Bg6 20. h5
$18 {Schmidt,Wl-Haba/Prague Bohemians-A/1989}) 12. Nd3 Ng4 $6 (12... Bh5 {>=}
13. Nfe5 Rac8 (13... g5 $6 {Kharitonov} 14. Qc2 Kh8 15. Rae1 Rg8 16. f3 $16 {
Kharitonov,A-Naumkin,I/Riga/1988/1:0 (39)/}) 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Bc7 16. Kh1
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. cxd5 $1 cxd5 19. Bd4 Qe8 20. Qd2 Bb6 21. Bxb6 Nxb6 22.
Nf4 $14 {Schoen-Dittmar/Dortmund op/1991}) 13. Qc1 $1 {/\a4,Ba3} (13. Nfe5
Ngxe5 14. dxe5 Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Qc1 Qe7 17. Qc3 $14) (13. Qc2 {Kharitonov}
f4 $5 $132) 13... dxc4 (13... Nh6 $5 {Kharitonov /\Nf7,Bh5/}) 14. bxc4 $1 (14.
Qxc4 Bf7 (14... f4 $5 $132 {Kharitonov}) 15. Nfe5 (15. Qc3 {Kharitonov} Ngf6 (
15... Rfe8 $2 16. d5 $1) 16. Qc2 $16) 15... Ngxe5 16. dxe5 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3
18. b4 $14) 14... e5 (14... c5 15. e3 Rc8 16. h3 Ngf6 17. Nfe5 $16) 15. c5 $1 (
15. h3 e4 16. hxg4 exd3 17. exd3 fxg4 $132) 15... Bc7 16. dxe5 Ngxe5 17. Nfxe5
Nxe5 18. Qe3 $1 Ng6 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rab1 $16 b5 (20... Ng6 21. Bd4 Rb8 22.
Rb2 Rf7 23. Rfb1 Bd8 24. e3 $16) 21. Rfd1 a5 (21... Bh5 22. Be5 (22. Kf1 $16)
22... Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe2 24. Rd7 Rae8 25. Nxc6 Nxc6 26. Bxc6 a6 27. Bd5+ Kh8
28. c6 $16) (21... Bf7 22. Nb4 $16) (21... Rd8 {Kharitonov} 22. Nb4 $16) 22.
Be5 $1 Bxe5 (22... Rc8 $2 23. Bd6 $1) (22... Ra7 {Kharitonov} 23. Bd6) 23. Nxe5
Rc8 24. Rd6 Rc7 25. Rbd1 g6 (25... Bf7 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Re8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7
29. Bxc6 $18) 26. R1d2 Kg7 27. f4 b4 (27... Rf6 28. Rd8 Rf8 29. Ra8 a4 $2 30.
Rdd8 $18) (27... a4 {Kharitonov} 28. a3 $16) (27... Nc8 28. Re6 (28. Rd8 $16)
28... Ne7 29. Rdd6 $16) 28. Rd8 {/\Ra8; ?! Kharitonov} (28. Kf2 $1 {Kharitonov}
Rc8 (28... Nc8 29. Rd8) (28... Bf7 {Kharitonov} 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Nxc6 Ra8 31.
Ne5 a4 (31... Rxc5 32. Rd7 Rf8 33. Ra7 $18) 32. Rd7 Raa7 33. c6 $18) 29. Ke3 {
/\Kd4-c4+-/}) 28... Bf7 (28... Nc8 29. Nc4 a4 30. Rb2 $18) 29. R2d7 $1 (29.
R8d7 {Kharitonov} Rfc8) 29... Rxd7 {? Kharitonov} (29... Rxd8 30. Rxc7 Kf8 31.
Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Bxc6 Rd2 33. Bb5 $16) 30. Rxd7 Re8 31. Ra7 Kf8 (31... Bxa2 $2 32.
Bxc6 $18) 32. Rxa5 Bd5 33. Ra7 $18 Rd8 34. Nd7+ $1 Kf7 35. Bxd5+ Nxd5 (35...
cxd5 36. c6 (36. Ne5+ {Kharitonov} Kf8 37. Rxe7) 36... Nxc6 37. Ne5+ $18) 36.
Ne5+ Kg8 37. Nxc6 Rc8 38. Rd7 {! Kharitonov} Rxc6 39. Rxd5 Ra6 40. Rd2 Kf7 41.
Kf2 Ra3 42. c6 (42. c6 Rc3 43. Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rxh7 Rxc6 45. Rb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 (5. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} d5 6. Qc2
$5 {(/\Nh3,Nf3,Bf4)} Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf3 $5 (8. O-O Nh5 $5 (8... b6 $5) 9.
Nf3 Nd7 10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nf6 13. e3 Bd7 14. Kh1 Be8 15. Ne5
Ng4 16. Bf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. Qe2 $13 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Winants,L/Lyon 1990
}) 8... Ne4 $5 (8... Bd7 9. O-O Ne4 $5 (9... Be8 $5 10. Bf4 h6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. Nd3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bh5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Qb3 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Nikolic,P/New York 1994/EXP 41 (71)}) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7
12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 95op (26)})
9. O-O b6 $5 (9... Nd7 $6 10. Nf4 Qe7 11. Nd3 b6 12. b4 Ba6 13. c5 Bc7 14. a4
Bc4 15. Nb2 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Schmittdiel,E/Berlin 1997/EXP 59 (24)}) 10. Bf4
Bb7 (10... Ba6 11. cxd5 $1 cxd5 $2 12. Rfc1 Qe7 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nf4 Rc8 15.
Qa4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Bb7 17. h4 $16 {Chernin,A-Ulibin,M/26th Rilton Cup,
Stockholm SWE 1997 (38)}) 11. Rfd1 $6 (11. Rad1 Be7 (11... Na6 $143 12. Nfg5
Nc7 13. Nxe4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 dxe4 15. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Nolan,G/Largs
1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 12. Qc1 Qe8 13. Nhg5 Bf6 14. Ne5 c5 $13 {Georges,S-Klinger,
J/Zuerich 1992}) (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Qb2
$11 {Kandyba,L-Iljushin,A/Briansk 1995}) 11... Nd7 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 Qe7
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Nd3 c5 $132 {Golod,V-Ulibin,M/Vienna 1998}) 5...
d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 $5 {Black is willing to lose a tempo with a bishop
because white knight is awkwardly placed on h3.} (7... Bxf4 8. Nxf4 g5 9. Nd3
Nbd7 10. h4 g4 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. b4 Qg7 15. e3 a6 16. a4
$14 {Epishin,V-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1993}) 8. Nd2 (8. O-O Na6 9. a3 h6 10. Be5 g5
11. b4 O-O 12. b5 Nb8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. f3 $14 {
Pinter,J-Lobron,E/Ljubljana 1995}) 8... O-O 9. Rc1 Nh5 10. Be5 $6 {Wrong
decision permitting blak to get out of the opening with very promising
position.} (10. O-O Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 Nf6 13. Ne5 $14) 10... Nd7 11.
O-O (11. Nf4 $5 Nxe5 12. Nxh5 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Bd6 $13)
11... g5 $1 {[%csl Rh3] Cutting the knight on h3 off the game.} 12. f4 Nxe5 13.
fxe5 (13. dxe5 g4 (13... Bd7 $5) 14. Nf2 Ng7 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Qb6 $132)
13... Bd7 14. e3 Rc8 15. Nf2 Ng7 {[%cal Gh7h4] Preparing an advance of h-pawn.}
16. Nd3 h5 17. Nf3 g4 (17... h4 $6 18. gxh4 $1 g4 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qxg5
21. Nf4 $14) 18. Nd2 h4 19. Rfd1 Nh5 (19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Nh5 21. Nf1 $5 $13 (
21. Kf2 Kf7 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. Nf1 (23. Nf4 $2 Nxg3 $1 $17 {[%csl Rf2]}) 23... Qb6
$132)) 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 b5 22. cxd5 (22. c5 a5 $11) 22... cxd5 23. Qd3 h3
24. Bf1 Qb6 25. Be2 Kg7 26. Qe3 $6 {It was better to start with Nb3 keeping a
queen on d3 in order to prevent Bb5.} (26. Nb3 $5 b4 27. Qa6 $13) 26... b4 27.
Nb3 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Qxb5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Qa5 31. Qd4 (31. a3 bxa3 32. bxa3
Rc6 33. Rc3 Rfc8 34. Rdc1 Qa4 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) 31... Qxa2 32. Ra1 Qb3 33.
Rxa7+ Rf7 34. Ra5 $1 Rfc7 35. Rc1 Qf3 36. Qf2 Qe4 37. Qd2 d4 38. Rc4 Qb1+ $6 {
Missing a chance to increase an advantage with} (38... Qe3+ $1 39. Qf2 b3 40.
Qxe3 (40. Rxd4 $6 Qc1+ 41. Qf1 Rxc5 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Raa7 Qxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Rc1+
45. Ke2 R8c2+ 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Ke3 Rxd7 49. Rxd7 Rxh2 $19) 40...
dxe3 41. Rc3 Rd8 42. Rxe3 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Rxb3 Rxh2+ $17) 39. Rc1 Qe4 40.
Rc4 Kg6 $6 (40... Qe3+) 41. Rxd4 Qb1+ 42. Qd1 Qxb2 (42... Qxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Rxc5
44. Rxc5 Rxc5 45. Rd2 b3 46. Kf2 Kf7 47. Ke3 $11) 43. Rd2 $11 Qc3 44. Rd3 Qb2
45. Rd2 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Ne5 (9. b3 Bb7 10. Ne5 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Ndf3 Rc8 13. Qd1
Nbd7 14. Bf4 $14) 10... Qe7 11. Ndf3 (11. Bb2 a5 12. Rac1 Na6 13. Qb1 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 fxe4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f3 $14) 11... Rc8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 12. Nd3 Na6 13.
Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 c5 $13) 9... Bb7 10. Nd3 {Typical maneuver for this
structure: white's intention is to exchange dark-squared bishops from f4.} (10.
Ndf3 Qe7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Rac1 c5 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. cxd5 Nxd4 $2 15. Nxd4 Bxe5 16.
Nxe6 Bxb2 17. Rcd1 $16 {Kozul,Z-Klinger,J/Sarajevo 1988}) (10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Ndf3 Ne4 12. Nd3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Qb3
$14 {Varga,P-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest 1994}) 10... Qe7 (10... Nbd7 11. Nf3
Ne4 12. Bf4 (12. b3 Qe8 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 g5 15. Nd3 Qh5 16. Nfe5 $16 {
Kirillov,I-Provotorov,I/Nizhnij Novgorod 1999}) 12... Bxf4 13. gxf4 Rf6 14.
Rac1 Rh6 15. e3 g5 16. Nxg5 Nxg5 17. fxg5 Qxg5 $36 {Grant,J-Surendorj,H/Elista
1998}) 11. Rb1 $6 {It was better to play Nf3 right away.} (11. Nf3) 11... a5
12. Nf3 Na6 13. a3 (13. Bf4 c5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 $11) 13... c5 14.
Bg5 $6 {Overestimating his chances in the forthcoming complications. White had
to accept that he didn't get anything out of the opening and play 14.Bf4} (14.
Bf4 dxc4 (14... cxd4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd4 Rac8 17. b3 $13) 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16.
Bxd6 Qxd6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 $13) 14... cxd4 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd4 Rac8
16. b3 Bxa3 $17) 15... e5 $1 {Of course! Black's center is very strong after
this move.} 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Qxb6 (17. Nh4 Qd7 18. Qxb6 Nxd5 19. Qxa5 Nab4 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rfc8 $17 {[%csl Rc5]}) 17... Bxd5 18. Nh4 (18. Nxd4 Bxg2 (
18... Rfb8 $5 19. Nxf5 (19. Qxa5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 exd4 $17) 19... Rxb6 20. Nxe7
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bxe7 22. Nxe5 a4 $15) 19. Nxf5 Qd7 20. Nxd6 Bxf1 21. Nxe5 Qe7 22.
Ndf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf1 $13) 18... Rfb8 19. Qxa5 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nb4
$17 {[%csl Ra5] Trapping white queen.} 21. axb4 Rxa5 22. bxa5 e4 23. Ndf4 Qe5 (
23... Qa7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rfd1 Rb5 26. Ne6 $44) 24. a6 Nd7 25. Rfc1 Kg8 $19
26. Rc6 h6 27. a7 (27. Ng6 Qd5 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Bf4 Qxg6 30. Bxb8 Qxa6 $19)
27... Ra8 28. Rbc1 Rxa7 29. Ng6 Qb5 (29... Qd5 $4 30. N2f4 Qb5 31. Rxd6 hxg5
32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Nh8+ Ke7 34. Re6#) 30. Rxd6 hxg5 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. h4 Nf6 33.
h5 (33. hxg5 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Rh1#) 33... Ra1+ 34. Ne1 Rxe1+ 35. Kg2
Ne8 36. Rdd8 e3 37. Nh8+ Kf6 38. Rxe8 Qb7+ $1 39. f3 Rxe2+ (39... Rxe2+ 40. Kg1
(40. Kh3 g4+ 41. fxg4 Qh1#) 40... Re1+ 41. Kg2 Qxb2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne1
$5 {Transferring the knight to d3.} (8. Qc2 Ne4 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. Rad1
g5 12. Ne1 Qh6 13. Nd3 Qh5 14. Nf3 Rf6 15. Nfe5 Rh6 16. h3 Ndf6 $36 {Popov,
L-Czerniak,M/Reggio Emilia 1970}) (8. b3 O-O (8... b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ng5 Nb8
11. Nc4 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bb2 Ng4 14. Ngf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. Rc1 Bd6 17.
Nc4 Bb4 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bb4 20. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,A-Haba,P/Polanica
Zdroj 1989/EXT 97 (20)}) 9. Bb2 Ne4 (9... f4 10. e3 fxe3 11. fxe3 Ng4 12. Qe2
Bb4 13. e4 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Qg5 15. Bh3 $16 {Ilivitzki,G-Vaisman,A/Moscow 1964})
10. e3 (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. f3 exf3 15.
exf3 b5 16. c5 Be8 17. Bd4 Bg6 18. Qd2 a5 $15 {Vormum,W-Krug,P/Germany 1994})
10... a5 11. a3 b5 12. Qc2 a4 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. b4 Nb6 15. Ne1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bd7
17. Nd3 Qf6 18. Ra2 g5 $15 {Suba,M-Mestel,A/Hastings 1978}) 8... O-O (8... e5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. Nd3 $14 {
Fischer,H-Riemer,R/Bayern 1995}) 9. Nd3 b6 10. Nf3 $5 {Interesting pawn
sacrifice drastically changing the character of the game.} dxc4 11. Nde5 (11.
Bf4 $5 Qe7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nde5 $44) 11... Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 (12... Ne4 $5)
13. Qc2 b5 14. b3 cxb3 (14... N7b6) 15. axb3 Bb7 16. e4 fxe4 {After this move
white gets serious attacking chances even though black's defensive resourses
are more than sufficient to hold on.} (16... Nb4 $5 17. Qe2 c5 $13) 17. Ng5 Qe7
$6 (17... Re8 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Bh7+ (19. Bxd5 hxg5 20. Bg2 Nxe5 21. Bb2 Qd3 22.
Qc5 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Qxg5 Qf7 25. Rfd1 c5 $13) 19... Kf8 20. Nf3 (20. f4
hxg5 21. f5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 c5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gb7h1]}) 20... c5 21. Qg6
$44) 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Bh3 Rf5 $5 {After this move black finds himself on
defensive, however the position remaines unclear.} (19... Nc5 20. Qh4 a5 $132)
20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qh4 Nxe5 22. Re1 Qxg5 $1 $13 23. Qxg5 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Nxg5 25.
Bxg5 a6 26. Re5 a5 27. Kg1 Kg7 (27... a4 28. bxa4 bxa4 29. Bc1 (29. Ra3) 29...
c5 $1 30. Rb1 Bc6 31. Re6 Be8 $132 {[%cal Ge8f7]}) 28. Rae1 Kf8 (28... h6 29.
Bc1 {[%csl Rh6]} Ba6 30. Bb2 Kf7 31. Re6 $14) 29. Be7+ Ke8 30. Bc5+ $1 {
[%csl Gc5]} Kd7 31. Ra1 a4 32. bxa4 bxa4 (32... Rxa4 33. Rxa4 bxa4 34. f3 Ba6
35. Kf2 Bc4 36. g4 $14) 33. h4 Ra5 34. Bb4 Ra8 35. Bc5 Ra5 36. Bb4 Ra8 37. Ba3
Ra5 ({Deserved attention} 37... Ba6 $5 38. Rb1 Kc7 $13 {[%cal Ga6c4,Gc4b3]
bringing the bishop to b3.}) 38. Rb1 Bc8 (38... Rb5 $2 39. Rxd5+ $18 {[%csl
Rb5][%cal Gb1b7]}) 39. h5 Kc7 40. h6 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} Bd7 41. Kh2 Ra8 42. Ree1
g5 $6 {[%csl Rg5] Cretaing a weakness to himself.} (42... Ra5 $5 43. Rec1) 43.
Bc5 Ra5 44. Rbc1 f4 $6 (44... g4 $6) 45. Re5 fxg3+ (45... g4 46. gxf4 Nxf4 47.
Bd6+ Kxd6 48. Rxa5 $18) 46. Kxg3 Rb5 47. Rxg5 $16 Nf6 (47... Nb4 48. Be7 Nd5
49. Bf8 $16) 48. f3 a3 49. Ra1 Rb3 50. Re5 $1 $18 Ng4 51. Rh5 Nf6 52. Re5 Ng4
53. Rh5 Nf6 54. Rh4 Be8 55. Rxa3 Rb2 56. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 d6 7.
O-O Bxd2 8. Bxd2 {Arising position is quite typical for Bogo-Indian variation
of Queens Indian defense where black gives up a dark-squared bishop at the
early stage of the game.} (8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12.
Qc3 $14 {Cramling,P-Karlsson,L/Linkoping 2001}) 8... Qe7 (8... a5 9. Rc1 Qe7
10. c5 Nc6 11. Bg5 e5 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Nd2 e4 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. a3 Na6 18. Nc4 $16 {Horvath,J-Karlsson,L/Hilversum 1993}) (8... Qe8 9.
c5 dxc5 10. Rc1 $1 Nbd7 11. dxc5 c6 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Be3 $16 {Khenkin,I-Laketic,
G/Porto San Giorgio 1996}) 9. Qb3 {I doubt that white queen is better placed
on b3, than on c2, but it seems that white can get an opening advantage after
move in the game as well as after Qc2.} (9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 c5 12.
bxc5 Nc6 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Rad1 $14 {Salov,V-Kamsky,G/Linares 1991}) (9. c5 $5
dxc5 10. Rc1 Ne4 $6 11. dxc5 e5 (11... Nc6 12. Be1 e5 13. b4 a6 14. Qc2 Be6 15.
Qb2 $14 {Rausis,I-Berelovich,A/Cairo 2000}) 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Be1
a6 15. Qe3 $14 {Adianto,U-Johansen,D/Bali 1999}) 9... Nc6 (9... Kh8 10. Qa3 Ne4
11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Ne5 $132
{1/2-1/2 Manninen,M-Akesson,R/Reykjavik zt 1995 (41)}) 10. d5 Nd8 11. Rac1 (11.
Bb4 $6 a5 12. Ba3 a4 13. Qd1 e5 14. b4 Nf7 15. Rc1 f4 $13 {Lapienis,D-Lerner,K/
Klaipeda 1980}) 11... a5 $6 {Wasting a time and creating to himself a weakness.
White wasn't planning to play b4 so 11...a5 is just a useless move.} (11... e5
12. c5 Nf7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Rc2 b6 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Rc7 Rfc8 $14) 12. Bg5 $5
a4 (12... e5 13. c5 Nf7 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4,
Gc4b6]}) 13. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gf3d4]} h6 $6 {Wasting another tempo proves to be
very dangerous for black.} (13... e5 14. Nd4 Nf7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nb5 f4 17.
Qa3 Qe7 18. c5 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Qb4 $14) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 e5 (15...
Bd7 16. f4 $5 (16. dxe6 $6 Nxe6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20.
cxd5 Rxb2 $13) 16... Re8 17. Qd2 e5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Rce1 $14 {[%cal Ge2e4]})
16. Nb5 f4 17. Qa3 Bg4 $6 {It was still possible to hold on after} (17... Qe7
18. c5 Nf7 $16) 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nxc7 Rc8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 {Black's
counterplay on the kingside isn't sufficient.} Nf7 $6 (21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 fxg3
23. hxg3 Qg5 24. Rd1 Qxg3 25. Qxd6 Qg5 26. Qc7 $16) 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxa4 fxg3
24. hxg3 Qg6 25. Qg4 $1 {Forcing trade of queens after which game enters
technical phase and white's win turns to be just a question of time.} Qxg4 26.
fxg4 Rc2 27. Rb1 Kf8 (27... Rxe2 28. a4 b6 29. b4 Ra2 30. a5 $1 Ng5 (30... bxa5
31. b6 Nd8 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rc8 Ke7 35. b7 Nxb7 36. Rc7+ $18) 31.
Rc1 Kf7 32. axb6 Ra8 33. b7 Rb8 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. b6 e4 36. Bf1 $18 {[%cal
Gf1a6,Gc7c8]}) 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. a4 b6 30. b4 Ra2 31. a5 $1 {Fastest way to win.}
bxa5 32. b6 Nd8 33. bxa5 Nb7 34. Rc1 $18 Nxa5 35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Ra7 Kc8 37. Be4
Kb8 38. Bd3 Ra1 39. Rxg7 Nb3 40. Bb5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Ne5 {This move is considered to be the main line, even though 9.Qc1 is
quite popular either.} (9. Qc1) 9... Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Bxe5 $5 {Normally
black doesn't hurry up to trade his darksquared bishop, but I see nothing
wrong in this move.} (11... a5) 12. dxe5 Ne4 (12... Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. e3 Nd7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Nf3 c5 18. Rf2 Nf8 19. Rd2 Rd7 $13 {Sherwin,
J-Pye,D/Portsmouth 2003}) 13. cxd5 (13. Nxe4 fxe4 (13... dxe4 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15.
exd6 c5 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 Nd7 18. f4 $14) 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 c5 16. f4 d4
$132) 13... exd5 14. f3 Nxd2 (14... Nc5) 15. Qxd2 Na6 16. e3 ({More dangerous
for black was} 16. e4 $5 dxe4 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc5 19. Bg2 Rfd8 20. Qe3
Nd3 21. Rc2 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 $14) 16... Rad8 17. Qe2 $6 {White is wasting
precious time permitting black to accomplish everything black wanted to.} c5
18. f4 Nb4 19. Rfd1 a5 20. a3 Ba6 21. Qd2 Nd3 22. Rb1 Qe6 23. Qc2 c4 $6 (23...
Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Rd7 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rbd1 Bb7 $11) 24. Bd4 b5 25. b4 a4 26. Bf3
Bb7 27. Qg2 g6 28. Kf1 Rf7 29. Ke2 Rg7 (29... g5 $5 30. fxg5 Nxe5 31. h4 (31.
Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 $36 {[%csl Re3]}) 31... Rc7 32. Rbc1 $13) 30. g4 Bc8 31. gxf5 Qxf5
32. Bxd5+ Be6 33. Be4 Qh5+ 34. Bf3 Qf5 35. Be4 (35. Qg3 g5 36. Rg1 Rdd7 $13)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. O-O c6 6. d4 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 b5
(8... O-O 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nc3
Rd8 14. e3 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. h4 Nb4 18. Qb1 c4 19. bxc4 dxc4 20.
Ba3 a5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf7 {0-1 Petrosian,A-Ulibin,M/Berlin 1996/ (60)})
10... cxb5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Rxc6 Rfc8 15. Qc2 Nb6 16.
Nf3 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qxd7 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Nbxd7 21. Ng5 Nf8 {
1/2-1/2 Pogorelov,R-Moskalenko,V/Lvov 1988/ (52)}) (8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10.
Bb2 Bb7 11. Qc2 g6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Ndf3 Rc8 14. a4 a5 15. Rac1 (15. Rad1 O-O
16. Ba1 Ne4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. f3 Nf6 20. e3 c5 21. Qb2 {1-0
Nikolic,P-Vaisser,A/Paris 1994/ (64)}) 15... O-O 16. Ba1 Nb8 17. Nd3 Na6 18.
Nfe5 Nb4 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qe3 Rc7 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qd2 {1-0 Dautov,R-Vaisser,A/
Baden-Baden 1995/ (30)}) 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nd2 $6 {White is too
optimistic, without the bishop on f4 the main hero will become the pearl on d6.
} (11. Nc3 Qe8 12. Nd3 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ba6 14. Qc1 Qd7 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Nc6
17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2
Van der Sterren,P-Ulibin,M/Moscow 1994/ (21)}) (11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13.
e3 b4 $11) 11... Nh5 $1 12. Ndf3 (12. Be3 f4 13. Bxf4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rxf4 15. e3
Rf8 16. f4 Nd7 $15) (12. e3 Nxf4 13. exf4 Bxe5 (13... Nd7 14. Nc6 Qf6 15. Qe2
a6 16. Rfe1 Nb8 17. Ne5 $14) 14. fxe5 Nc6 15. Nf3 b4 $11) 12... Nxf4 13. gxf4
Ba3 $6 {This idea is too ambitious, black is trying to prevent the control of
the open c file with white rooks. On the other hand it seems unnatural, that
Vaisser is not trying to complete the development of the queenside.} (13... Bb7
14. Qd3 b4 15. Rfc1 Nd7 $15) 14. Qd3 a6 (14... Ba6 15. Ng5 Rd8 (15... Rc8 16.
Qh3 h6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Qb3 Bb7 20. Qxb4 a6 21. Qb3 Nd7 22. a4
Nxe5 23. fxe5 $14) 16. Rab1 Bd6 17. Nef7 (17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxf5 g6 19. Nxg6
hxg6 20. Qxd5+ Kf8 21. Ne6+ Ke8 22. Nxd8 Kxd8 23. Qxa8 Bb7 24. Qxa7 Bxf4 25.
Qb6+ Bc7 26. Qxb7 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxb7 $19) 17... Rd7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe3 Re7
20. Rfc1 $14) 15. Rab1 Bb7 (15... Nd7 $2 16. b4 $18) 16. Ng5 Bd6 (16... Rc8 17.
Nxe6 Qxe6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Nc6 20. Rb2 $11) (16... Rf6 $5 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18.
Rdc1 Nd7 $11) 17. Qh3 {Objectively the best was probably taking the queen for
the two knights, even though black would have chances for the tough resistance.
} (17. Ng6 $5 hxg6 (17... Qf6 18. Nxf8 Bxf8 19. Qe3 Bc8 20. Rfc1 $18) 18. Qh3
Qxg5 19. fxg5 Nc6 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. f4 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Kf7 $14) 17... h6 (17... g6
18. Rbc1 (18. Qh6 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nc6 20. e3 Rac8 $11) 18... Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nc6
20. Nf3 Rac8 $11) 18. Ng6 Qe8 (18... Qf6 $2 19. Nxf8 hxg5 20. Nh7 Qxd4 21. e3
g4 22. Qh5 Qa7 23. Ng5 $18) 19. Nxf8 hxg5 20. Nh7 (20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. fxg5 Qg6
22. Qh4 b4 23. Rbc1 Nd7 $15) 20... Bxf4 21. e3 g4 (21... Bd6 22. Nxg5 $16) 22.
Qh4 Bd6 (22... Bh6 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxh6 $16) 23. f4 (23. Ng5 Qg6 24. f4 gxf3
25. Nxf3 (25. Rxf3 Be7 26. Rg3 f4 $1 27. Qxf4 (27. Ne4 Bxh4 28. Rxg6 dxe4 $19)
27... Qxb1+ 28. Bf1 Qf5 29. Qc7 Nd7 (29... Bxg5 30. Qxb7 Qe4 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32.
Kf3 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Nxc6 34. Rxg5 $11) 30. Qxb7 (30. Qxd7 Bxg5 31. Qxb7 Rf8 32.
Bh3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qf1#) 30... Rf8 31. Nf3 Bh4 $17) 25... Nc6 $14) 23... gxf3 $2
(23... Nd7 24. Ng5 Qg6 25. Rbc1 $14) (23... Nc6 24. Ng5 Qg6 25. h3 gxh3 26.
Qxh3 Kf8 27. Rf3 Ke7 28. Rg3 $14) (23... Be7 24. Ng5 Qg6 25. h3 gxh3 26. Qxh3
$14) 24. Nf6+ $3 {[%mdl 128] Thunder from the seemingly clear sky, in reality
black is paying dearly for the unfinished development of his pieces. After the
opening of the kingside the survival of the exposed black king will cost too
much material.} (24. Ng5 fxg2 (24... Qg6 25. Nxf3 Nc6 26. Rbc1 b4 $13) 25. Qh7+
Kf8 26. Rxf5+ exf5 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 (27... Ke7 28. Qe6+ Kd8 29. Qxd6+ Kc8 30. Ne6
$18) 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qf5+ $11) 24... gxf6 25. Bxf3 Nd7 (25... Qf8 26. Kh1 Kf7
27. Rg1 Ke8 28. Qh7 $18) (25... Bf8 26. Kh1 Bg7 27. Rg1 Bc6 (27... Nd7 28. Rg3
Qf8 29. Rbg1 Re8 30. Rh3 Kf7 31. Qh7 $18) 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Qxf6+
Qf7 31. Qd8+ Be8 32. Qd6+ Qe7 33. Rg8+ Kxg8 34. Qxe7 $18) 26. Kh1 Kf8 27. Rg1
Rc8 (27... Bxh2 28. Qxh2 Ke7 29. Rg7+ Kd8 30. Bh5 Qh8 31. Rbg1 $18) (27... Ke7
28. Qh7+ Kd8 29. Bh5 Nf8 (29... Qe7 30. Rg7 Nf8 31. Qh6 $18) 30. Qxb7 Qxh5 31.
Qxa8+ Kc7 32. Rg7+ Kb6 33. Qd8+ Kc6 34. Rc1+ $18) 28. Qh7 (28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Bh5
Qf8 30. Qh7+ Kd8 31. Rg8 $18) 28... Qf7 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Rg7 {The rest of the
game is just a desperate attempt to postpone the innevitable capitulation.} Rc2
(30... Rf8 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Bh5 $18) 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. h4 Rxa2 (32... Bc6
33. Bh5+ Ke7 34. Qh8 Nf8 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. Qxf6+ $18) 33. Bh5+ Ke7 34. Qh8 Ba3 (
34... Bc7 35. Qe8+ Kd6 36. Bf7 $18) 35. Rg1 Bc6 (35... Kd6 36. Qd8 Bc6 37. Be8
$18) 36. Be8 Bd6 (36... Kd6 37. Bxd7 Bxd7 38. Rg7 $18) 37. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 (12... cxd5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Qc7 Qxc7 15. Rxc7 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nf4 $16) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e4 $1
fxe4 15. Nhg5 $1 Qe7 (15... N5f6 16. Nxe4 $16) (15... N7f6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Nc4
Qd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 $16) 16. Qxe4 N7f6 17. Qe2 $1 (17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18.
Nxe6 Rfe8 19. Neg5 $14) 17... h6 18. Nxe6 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Bh3 Nd7 (20...
Bc8 21. Rxc6 $16) 21. Qd1 Re7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rae8 24. Qe2 Kh8 25. a3 Qf6
26. f4 $16 c5 $6 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxe6 $2 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qd4+ 31.
Qf2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 O-O (6... c6 7. b3 Qe7)
7. b3 a5 $5 (7... c6 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 $14) (7... b6 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Ne5 Bb7
10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Na4 Be7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16.
Nb2 Rfd8 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. a4 Nf6 19. Bf4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Be5 Ne4 22. f3 Nf6
23. Nf4 Qf7 24. e3 $14 {Karpov,A-Karlsson,L/Haninge (10)/1990/}) 8. Ba3 (8. Nc3
c6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. f3 Nef6 15.
Rc1 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 c5 18. Kh1 Bb8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
Ba3 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Rd2 24. e4 {0.5/Hansen,LB-Karlsson,L/Nordic zt
(02)/1992/}) 8... Nc6 (8... Bb4 9. Bb2 {/\ c5}) 9. Bxd6 cxd6 $5 (9... Qxd6 10.
Nc3 b6 (10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Qb4 12. Qd3 $14) 11. Rc1 $13) 10. Nc3 (10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Qd2 b5 $10) 10... dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rb1 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 e4
$1 $132) (12. d5 Nb4 {xc5}) (12. e3 e4 13. Nd2 d5 14. cxd5 (14. Rb1 $14) 14...
Nxd5 15. Qb3 Nce7 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Be6 $13) 12... e4 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 $14) 13. Nd2 Rb8 (13... Nxd4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 fxe4 16.
Nxe4 Rb8 17. Rfd1 $14) (13... e3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17.
Qb3 $16) (13... d5 14. e3 $14) 14. e3 Kh8 $6 (14... d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5
Qxd5 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 $14) (14... Bd7 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Qe7 $10) 15. f3
exf3 16. Qxf3 Bd7 (16... Qe7 17. Nb5 Re8 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc2
21. Rf1 Bg4 22. Qc3 Nxe4 23. Qxc2 $14) 17. Nb5 Qe7 (17... Nb4 18. Nxd6 Bc6 19.
Qf4 Nd3 $140 20. Qxf5) 18. e4 (18. Qf4 Nh5 (18... Nb4 19. Rb3 Bxb5 20. cxb5
Nxa2 21. Qxf5 $14) 19. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 20. Rf2 Rbd8 21. Rb3 (21. Nf1 Qd3) 21... Qe1+
22. Nf1 f4 23. Qc5 Bg4 $13) 18... Nb4 (18... fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bg4 $1 20. Qf4 (20.
Qd3 $5 Nb4 21. Rxb4 axb4 22. Nexd6 $44) 20... Be2 21. Rfe1 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4
23. Bxe4 Bxc4 24. Nxd6 Bxa2 25. Rb2 (25. Rxb7 Nxd4 26. Ra7 Rb2 27. Rxa5 $10)
25... Bg8 26. Rd1 b6 27. Bxc6 Rf6 28. Nb7 Rxc6 29. Nxa5 Rc3 30. Rdb1 Rd8 31.
Rxb6 Rxd4 32. Nc6 Rd2 33. Ne7 $10) 19. exf5 d5 (19... Bc6 $5 20. Qb3 (20. Qf4
$2 Nd3 21. Qxd6 Qe3+ $19) (20. d5 Nfxd5 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. cxd5 Bxb5 23. Re6 $14)
20... d5 21. a4 $14) (19... Nxa2 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Nxd6 Bc6 22. Qf4 $16) 20. a4
(20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. a4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qxd4+ $13) 20... dxc4 21. Nxc4
Nfd5 (21... Bc6 22. Qe3 (22. Qb3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 b6 $14) 22... Qxe3+
23. Nxe3 Rbe8 24. Rb3 $14) 22. Rbe1 Qf6 (22... Qd8 23. Re5 Bc6 24. Qb3 $16) 23.
Re5 Bxb5 (23... Bc6 24. Nxa5 Ra8 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxa4 28.
Qb3 $16) (23... Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Rd1 $16) 24. axb5 Rbc8 25. Ne3 (25. Rxd5
$2 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Rfd8 27. Qe5 Rxc4 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Bxb7 Rcxd4 $17) (25. Nxa5
Qb6 26. Rxd5 (26. Nb3 Rc3 27. Qd1 Rxb3 $1) 26... Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxa5 28. Qxb7
Rb8 $14) 25... Nc3 (25... Nxe3 26. Qxe3 $16) 26. Qxb7 $6 (26. Ng4 $1 Qb6 (26...
Qd6 27. Kh1 Nc2 28. Qxb7 (28. f6 gxf6 29. Nxf6 Nxd4 30. Qxb7 Rc7 31. Ne8 Rxf1+
32. Bxf1 Qf8 33. Qg2 Rc8 34. Bd3 Nd1 (34... Rxe8 $2 35. Qb7 $18) 35. Qd5 Nf2+
36. Kg2 Rd8 $1 $19) 28... Nxd4 29. f6 Rc7 30. Qa6 $1 Ncxb5 $140 31. Qxd6 Nxd6
32. fxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rg5+ $18) 27. Kh1 Qxd4 (27... Nxb5 28. f6 gxf6 29. Re7 Nc6
30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qf5+ Kg7 32. Nxf6 $18) 28. Re7 Nxb5 29. f6 $1 $16) 26... Rb8
(26... Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. Ng4 Qg5 29. f6 Qxg4 30. Re7 Ne6 31. Qd7 $16) 27.
Qa7 (27. Qd7 Rfd8 28. Qe6 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Nxd4) 27... Nxb5 28. Qxa5 Nxd4 29. Ng4
Qf7 $6 (29... Qg5 30. f6 $140 Qxg4 31. Rg5 Nf3+ $1 32. Rxf3 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Rxf6
$10) (29... Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 $14) 30. Qc5 Nb3 31. Qe3 Nc2 (31... Qc4 32. f6
gxf6 33. Nxf6 $16 Qd4) (31... h5 $2 32. f6 hxg4 33. Re7 Rfe8 34. fxg7+ $18) 32.
Qg5 Qc4 (32... h6 33. Qh4 Qa7+ 34. Kh1 Nd2 35. Re7 Qa6 36. f6 $18) 33. Re7 Qd4+
(33... Rf7 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. f6 $16) 34. Kh1 Rbe8 35. Ne5 (35. Rc7 Rc8 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. f6 gxf6 38. Nxf6 $16 Ne3) (35. f6 $1 Rxe7 36. fxe7 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Qe4+
38. Kg1 $18) 35... Rxe7 36. Qxe7 Qc5 37. Qxc5 $4 $138 (37. f6 gxf6 38. Nf7+ Kg8
39. Qxf6 $18) (37. Qe6 Nbd4 (37... Qc7 38. Qxb3 Qxe5 39. Qxc2 $18) 38. Nf7+
Rxf7 (38... Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40. Qg8+ Rxg8 41. Nf7#) 39. Qxf7 $18) 37... Nxc5
38. Rc1 Re8 (38... Rxf5 $10) 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Bd5 Re1+ $138 (40... Re1+ 41.
Rxe1 Nxe1 $14) 1-0

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 (6... Be7) 7. Bf4
Be7 $6 (7... O-O 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nd2 $14) 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 $6 (9... Na6 $5)
10. Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Bd6 (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd5 13. Nd3 $14) 12. Nd3 Bd7
13. Nf3 Be8 (13... a5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nfe5 Be8 16. a3 $16) 14. b4 g5 15. a4 a6
16. Nfe5 Qe7 17. c5 Bc7 18. b5 $1 cxb5 19. axb5 Bxb5 (19... axb5 20. Ra7 Kg7
21. Rc1 $36) 20. Ng6 Qg7 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Rfb1 f4 $6 (22... Qd7 $1 $14) 23. c6
$1 bxc6 (23... Bxc6 24. Rxa6 $1 bxa6 25. Qxc6 Qd7 26. Qxa6 $16) 24. Rxb5 $1
axb5 (24... cxb5 25. Rxa6 Qe7 26. Nc5 Bd6 27. Qg6+ $16) 25. Ra7 Ne8 (25... Qd7
26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Qg6+) 26. Qxc6 Qxd4 (26... Qe7 27. Nc5 Rf6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29.
Bxd5 Kf7 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxc7+ Nxc7 32. Qxc7+ $16) 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Bxd5 $1
{Ftacnik,L} (28. Bxd5 $1 Qxa7 29. Qe7+ Kg6 30. Qxf8 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Nf6 32. Qf7+
Kf5 33. Be6+ Ke4 34. Qg6+ Kd4 35. Qxf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 O-O
9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nd2 $5 (10. Nd3 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 $10) 10... Bxe5
11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qc1 $1 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6 Ba6 16. Bh3 Rae8
$6 (16... Rfe8 $14) 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Qa4 Nc5 19. Qa3 Bb5 20. Be3 Na6 21. Qxe7
Rxe7 22. a4 Be8 23. a5 b5 24. b4 $1 $16 Kf7 25. Rab1 Rb7 26. f3 exf3 27. exf3
Bd7 28. Rec1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Bd2 g5 32. Bf1 Nb8 33. f4 gxf4
34. gxf4 Nc6 35. Bd3 Rb8 36. Kf2 a6 37. Rg1 Rg8 38. Rg3 Rxg3 39. hxg3 h5 40.
Ke3 Be8 41. Bc3 d4+ 42. Bxd4 Nxb4 43. Be2 Kg6 44. Bc5 Nc6 45. Bb6 Kf5 46. g4+
Kg6 47. gxh5+ Kh6 48. Bf3 Nb4 49. Bc5 Nc6 50. Bf8+ Kh7 51. Be4+ Kg8 52. Bxc6
Bxc6 53. Bb4 Kg7 54. Kd4 Kh6 55. Kc5 Be4 56. Kb6 Kxh5 57. Kxa6 Kg4 58. Kxb5
Kxf4 59. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O (7... Be7
8. Bg5 $5 O-O 9. Nf4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 Qe8 12. Nd2 a5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Nd3
Nd7 15. c5 $14 {Ulibin,M-Psakhis,L Chalkidiki 1992 Inf 56/107/}) 8. Nd2 (8. Qb3
Be7 $1 9. Na3 h6 10. Rad1 g5 11. Bd2 a5 $1 $13 {Bareev,E-Vaiser,A Pula 1988
Inf 45/113/}) 8... Be7 9. Qc2 Na6 $1 $146 (9... h6 10. Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Bd6
12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Nf3 Be8 14. b4 g5 15. a4 a6 16. Nfe5 $14 {Kozul,Z-Bareev,E
Biel 1991/}) 10. Rfd1 h6 $1 11. a3 g5 12. Be5 Ng4 $1 $10 13. b4 Bd7 14. b5 $6 (
14. Qb3 Be8 15. f4 (15. f3 $6 Nxe5 16. dxe5 f4 $15) 15... Bh5 $10) 14... Nc5 $1
15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf3 (16. dxc5 Nxe5 $15) (16. Rdb1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 $15)
16... Ne4 $15 17. Rdb1 Nd6 18. Bxd6 (18. Nd2 $6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nf7 $17) 18...
Bxd6 19. Ne1 (19. Rb7 $6 Bc8 20. Rb2 Ba6 $17) 19... Qa5 20. Nd3 Rab8 21. c5 Be7
(21... Bc7 $6 22. Nb4 $16) 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. f4 $8 gxf4 25. gxf4
Bh4 $1 26. Qc1 Be8 27. Bf3 (27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Nhf2 Nxf2 29. Nxf2 Qb3 $17) 27...
Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Qg7 29. Qb8 $1 (29. Qb2 Nxh2+ 30. Kh1 Nxf3 31. exf3 Bh5 $19)
29... Kh7 $6 (29... Qxd4+ 30. Kg2 Nf6 (30... Ne3+ 31. Kh1 Qa1+ 32. Ng1 $13) 31.
Bh5 Qe4+ 32. Bf3 Qe3 33. Bh5 $10) (29... Nxh2+ 30. Kh1 $1 Kf8 31. Bh5 $18) 30.
Qxe8 $1 Nf6+ 31. Ng5+ $1 Qxg5+ (31... hxg5 32. Qxe6 gxf4+ 33. Kf1 Qg5 34. Ne5
$16) 32. fxg5 Nxe8 33. gxh6 Nc7 $6 (33... Bf6 $5 34. e3 a5 $14) 34. Ne5 Bg5 35.
Kf2 Bh4+ 36. Kf1 Bg5 37. Kf2 Bh4+ 38. Ke3 Bg5+ 39. Kd3 Bf4 40. Nxc6 Bxh2 (40...
a6 $5 41. h4 Kxh6 42. h5 Kg5 $16) 41. Nxa7 Kxh6 42. a4 Kg5 43. Nc6 Kf6 44. Kc3
Bg3 45. Kb4 Be1+ 46. Kb3 Bf2 47. a5 f4 $6 (47... Kf7 $5) 48. Ka4 Kf5 49. Na7 $1
Kf6 (49... Bxd4 50. Nb5 Be5 51. Nxc7 Bxc7 52. a6 Bb8 53. c6 $18) 50. Nb5 Na6
51. c6 Ke7 52. Bg4 $18 Kd8 53. Bxe6 Nc7 54. Nxc7 Kxc7 55. Bxd5 Bxd4 56. Kb4 Be3
57. Kc3 Kd6 58. Kd3 Bc1 59. Ke4 Bd2 60. a6 Be3 61. Kf5 Kc7 62. Ke5 $22 Bg1 63.
Kxf4 Kb6 64. Kf5 Bh2 65. Bc4 Kxc6 66. e4 Bg1 67. Kf6 Bd4+ 68. e5 Kc7 69. Ke6
Bc3 70. Kd5 Bb4 71. Bb5 Kb6 72. Ke6 $1 Bc5 73. Bd3 Bd4 74. Kd6 Bc5+ 75. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Vienna op 13th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2e4]} d5 6. Qc2 $5 {
(/\Nh3,Nf3,Bf4)} Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf3 $5 ({Worse is:} 8. O-O {because of:} Nh5
$5 (8... b6 $5) 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Nf4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nf6 13. e3 Bd7
14. Kh1 Be8 15. Ne5 Ng4 16. Bf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. Qe2 {1/2-1/2
Brenninkmeijer,J-Winants,L/Lyon 1990/CBM 18 (18)}) 8... Ne4 $5 ({Dubious:} 8...
Bd7 9. O-O Ne4 $5 (9... Be8 $5 10. Bf4 h6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. Nd3
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bh5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Nikolic,
P/New York 1994/EXP 41 (71)}) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 $14 {
1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 95op (26)}) 9. O-O b6 $5 (9... Nd7 $6
10. Nf4 {/\Nd3,Bf4(><e5)} Qe7 11. Nd3 b6 12. b4 Ba6 13. c5 Bc7 14. a4 Bc4 15.
Nb2 $14 {1-0 Lautier,J-Schmittdiel,E/Berlin 1997/EXP 59 (24)}) 10. Bf4 ({
Slightly worse is:} 10. Nf4 Na6 $6 (10... Qe7 $5) 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13.
Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Na6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. f3 Nec5 18. Bd2 $14 {
1-0 Speelman,J-Relange,E/London 1991/TD 91\08 (53)}) 10... Bb7 ({This move:} 
10... Ba6 {is refuted by:} 11. cxd5 $1 cxd5 $2 (11... exd5 $142 $14) 12. Rfc1
Qe7 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Bb7 17. h4 $16 {1-0
Chernin,A-Ulibin,M/26th Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 1997 (38)}) 11. Rfd1 $6 $146
({Besides,white has three options:} 11. Rac1 $5 {(is the best option)} Nd7 $5 (
11... Na6 $143 $6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 g5 15. Nd3 c5 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. e3 $14 {1-0 Epishin,V-Soffer,R/Bern 1991/EXP 21 (38)}) 12. Bxd6 (12.
Nfg5 $5 $13) 12... Nxd6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Nd3 $11 {0-1 Madebrink,
L-Wiedenkeller,M/Norrkoeping 1988/EXT 97 (55)}) (11. Rad1 Be7 (11... Na6 $143
12. Nfg5 Nc7 13. Nxe4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 dxe4 15. h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Nolan,G/
Largs 1998/EXT 99 (21)}) 12. Qc1 Qe8 13. Nhg5 Bf6 14. Ne5 c5 $13 {0-1 Georges,
S-Klinger,J/Zuerich 1992/TD (33)}) (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14.
b3 Rfd8 15. Qb2 $11 {1-0 Kandyba,L-Iljushin,A/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (32)}) 11...
Nd7 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. cxd5 ({Dubious:} 14. b3 {because of:} Rac8 {
with the idea c5 or dxc4}) 14... exd5 15. Rac1 ({Slightly better is:} 15. e3 $5
) 15... Ne4 16. Nd3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nd2 $5 {[%csl Rc5,Re4]} ({Aside from
white has several alternatives:} 18. Nf4 $5 Nb6 (18... Ndf6 $6 19. Nh4 $5 $36)
19. a4 a5 20. Qb3 Qf6 $11) (18. b4 $2 c4 19. Nf4 Ndf6 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4][%cal
Gg7g5,Ge7b4]}) (18. e3 $5) 18... c4 19. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 (19... cxd3 $2 20. Qc7 (
20. Qb3 $5) 20... dxe2 21. Re1 $14) 20. Nf4 Nf6 $5 {/\g5} (20... Nb6 $143 21.
e3 g5 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. b3 $1 $14 {and white has a strong pressure on the pawn
chain of black.}) 21. b3 (21. Bh3 $2 g5 $1 22. Ne6 $140 g4 $1 23. Nxf8 gxh3 $17
) 21... g5 {is the best move.} (21... Rac8 $6 22. Bh3 $36) 22. Nh3 {[%csl Rc4,
Rg5]} ({Loses:} 22. Nxd5 $4 {in view of:} Bxd5 (22... Nxd5 $2 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24.
Bxe4 Rad8 25. Rxc4 $11 (25. bxc4 $2 Nc3)) 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4
Rad8 $19) 22... cxb3 23. Qxb3 {with the idea f3,Qe3} h6 24. f3 $1 Ba6 $5 ({
Badly:} 24... e3 $2 25. Rc3 Rfe8 26. Rdd3 {[%csl Re3]} Rac8 27. Rxe3 Rxc3 28.
Rxe7 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 Rxe7 30. Qb2 Rc6 $14) 25. Qe3 $5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh3f2]}
Rab8 26. fxe4 Rb2 $5 {[%csl Re2]} (26... dxe4 $143 27. Nf2 $14) 27. Rd2 $5 ({
After:} 27. Qd4 Rb4 {black gets an equality.} (27... Rxe2 $2 28. Bf3 $1 $36 (
28. exd5 $2 Rxg2+ $1 29. Kxg2 Qe2+ $40))) 27... Rxd2 28. Qxd2 dxe4 29. Qe3 Rb8
$6 (29... Ng4 $5 30. Qxe4 (30. Qb3+ Kh8) 30... Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe2 $11) (29...
Rc8 $6 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Nf2 Bf5 32. h4 {=/+/=}) 30. Nf2 Rb2 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 (
31... Rxe2 $2 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Bd5+ $16 {[%cal Ge3a7]}) 32. Qxe4 ({Can be
recommended:} 32. Bxe4 $5 Rxe2 33. Qb3+ (33. Bd5+ $6 Kh7 34. Qxe7+ Rxe7 $11)
33... Kh8 {and I have a slight advantage in the endgame,in view of the weak
king of black.}) 32... Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxe2 $1 {After this move black has a
forcing draw.} (33... Rxe2 $2 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Rc6 {[%csl Rh6]} Bd3 (35... Bb7
$4 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ $18) 36. Rxh6 $16) 34. Rc8+ (34. Rc7 a6 $11) 34... Kf7
35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxa7 Ke5 $1 37. Re7+ (37. Ba8 Bc4 $11) 37... Kd6 38. Ra7 Ke5
39. Re7+ Kd6 40. Rh7 Ke5 41. Bg2 Bc4 $1 $11 42. Rxh6 (42. h4 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rb2 {
[%cal Gc4d5]} 44. Kg1 $11) 42... Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 15th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2014.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Arabidze, Meri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Gunina,V"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the fourth game in the European Championship and I was having to
find my form slowly. It is always difficult at the start. My last classical
tournament was in April and did not work out so well for me. That meant I had
an enormous hunger to play chess and to show what I am capable of!  Es war die
vierte Partie der Europameisterschaft und ich musste erst langsam in Form
kommen. Am Anfang ist es immer schwierig. Mein letztes klassisches Turnier war
im April und lief nicht so gut. Dafür hatte ich jetzt einen riesigen Hunger
zum Schachspielen und zu zeigen, zu was ich in der Lage bin!} 1. d4 f5 2. c4
Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 ({The move
Häufiger wird} 8. Bb2 {is played more often and followed by Ne5 and the
transfer of the other knight to f3, but I chose another plan. gespielt gefolgt
von Ne5 und der Überführung des anderen Springers nach f3, aber ich wählte
einen anderen Plan.}) 8... a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qd3 ({
It is also worth considering Beachtung verdient auch} 12. Qc2 {, but I did not
want to place my queen opposite where a rook might turn up in future on c8. ,
aber ich wollte die Dame nicht in die Linie eines später auf c8 auftauchenden
Turmes stellen.}) 12... O-O 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rfc1 {White would like to bring
the queen to b5 and then, when Black protects the b6-pawn with her knight, to
invade via c7. Weiß möchte die Dame nach b5 bringen und dann, wenn Schwarz den
Bauern b6 mit dem Springer deckt, mit dem Turm auf c7 einsteigen.} Ne4 {
Black limits the range of the white bishop on g2. I had planned Qd3-b5 and
wanted in the event of ...Qd6 or ...Qd8 to follow up with Na3-c4 thanks to the
long-distance effect of the Bg2 on the long diagonal. But White also has a
strong reply to the text move too!  Schwarz grenzt den weißen Läufer g2 ein.
Ich hatte Qd3-b5 geplant und wollte im Falle von ...Qd6 oder ...Qd8 dank der
Fernwirkung des Bg2 auf der langen Diagonalen Na3-c4 folgen lassen. Aber auch
auf den Textzug gibt es für Weiß eine starke Erwiderung!} 15. e3 {On one hand
this is prophylaxis against f5-f4 and on the other it prepares the eventual
transfer of the bishop to f1. Dies ist einerseits Prophylaxe gegen f5-f4 und
bereitet andererseits die eventuelle Überführung des Läufers nach f1 vor.} (15.
Bxe4 $1 {is a move which I unfortunately did not consider. After hatte ich
leider gar nicht in Betracht gezogen. Nach} fxe4 (15... dxe4 16. Qb5) 16. Qd2
Na6 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 {the white knights are dominant.
dominieren die weißen Springer.}) 15... Nd6 16. Nb5 Na6 ({In the event of Im
Falle von} 16... Ba6 {White plays spielt Weiß} 17. Bf1 {and Black has
difficulties with the development of her queenside. und Schwarz hat
Schwierigkeiten mit der Entwicklung des Damenflügels.}) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qb5
Nb4 {I thought about this position for about thirty minutes. Über dieser
Stellung habe ich ungefähr dreißig Minuten nachgedacht.} ({After Bei} 18...
Rfc8 19. Nc4 $1 {White would have obtained an enormous advantage. hätte Weiß
riesigen Vorteil erhalten.}) 19. Rc3 {The idea is to double the rooks. Die
Idee besteht in der Turmverdopplung.} ({I also examined the variation Ich
untersuchte auch die Variante} 19. Qd7 Qxd7 20. Nxd7 Rfd8 21. Rc7 Bc6 22. Ne5
Rdc8 {and Black exchanges rooks. But I wanted to leave as much material on the
board as possible. und Schwarz tauscht die Türme. Aber ich wollte möglichst
viel Material auf dem Brett lassen.}) 19... Rad8 $6 {An inaccuracy. Eine
Ungenauigkeit.} ({Black should exchange a pair of rooks, which is always
useful in a cramped position. After Schwarz sollte ein Turmpaar abtauschen,
was in einer beengten Stellung immer nützlich ist. Nach} 19... Rac8 20. Rac1
Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Na2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rc1 {White would have had nothing left to do
but to sign a peace treaty because objectively speaking the position is level.
wäre Weiß nichts anderes übrig geblieben, als den Remisschluss zu
unterzeichnen, denn die Position ist objektiv ausgeglichen.}) 20. Qe2 {The
queen has fulfilled its mission of deterrence on b5 and is now needed in
another position. From e2 it controls the a2-square and enables the doubling
of the rooks. Die Dame hat ihre Abschreckungsmission auf b5 erfüllt und wird
jetzt an einem anderen Platz gebraucht. Von e2 aus kontrolliert sie das Feld
a2 und ermöglicht die Verdoppelung der Türme.} Rc8 {At the cost of the loss of
such an important tempo for White Black does put up some opposition in the
c-file.  Unter Verlust eines für Weiß so wichtigen Tempos opponiert Schwarz
doch noch auf der c-Linie.} 21. Rac1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qh5
$5 {Now White throws the queen over to the other wing and continues to work on
Black's nerves. It would not have been so effective from b5 since after the
check on e8 Black could interpose on f8 with her queen. Jetzt wirft Weiß die
Dame auf den anderen Flügel und geht Schwarz weiter auf die Nerven. Von b5 aus
wäre das nicht so effektiv gewesen, da Schwarz auf das Schach auf e8 die Dame
auf f8 dazwischenstellen könnte.} Qe7 25. Bf1 Ba6 $2 {This is a serious
inaccuracy. Das ist bereits eine ernste Ungenauigkeit.} ({The bishop had to be
brought to another square with Der Läufer musste mit} 25... Bd7 {The theory
quoted above that in cramped positions one should exchange pieces does not
work here! auf ein anderes Feld gebracht werden. Die oben zitierte Theorie,
dass man in beengten Stellungen Figuren tauschen soll, funktioniert hier nicht!
}) 26. Bxa6 Nxa6 {Since the exchange of bishops creates new entry squares for
White.  Denn der Läufertausch verschafft Weiß weitere Einbruchsfelder.} 27. Qe2
Nc7 28. Qc2 Qd6 {At first glance, Black has overprotected all the entry
squares. But White has additional options which make Black's defensive task
very difficult.  Auf den ersten Blick hat Schwarz alle Einbruchsfelder
überdeckt. Aber Weiß verfügt über zusätzliche Möglichkeiten, die Schwarz die
Verteidigung sehr schwer machen.} 29. h4 $5 g6 {It was probably better not to
provide a target for a pawn attack like this. Wahrscheinlich war es besser,
nicht auf diese Weise einen Ansatzpunkt für einen Bauernangriff zu liefern.} ({
After Nach} 29... Ne8 30. Qc8 Kf8 {White would first have had to work out how
to break down Black's defence. hätte sich Weiß erst noch etwas ausdenken
müssen, wie die schwarze Verteidigung zu durchbrechen ist.}) 30. Kg2 {This
waiting move at the same time clears the h1-square for the forthcoming queen
manoeuvre. Dieser Abwartezug räumt zugleich das Feld h1 für das kommende
Damenmanöver.} Kg7 {It is not clear what the best position for the black king
is. But our "silicon friend" is already certain of the state of things on the
board. Namely "+-"!  Es ist nicht klar zu sagen, wo der schwarze König am
besten stehen muss. Aber der "eiserne Freund" ist sich bereits sicher, wie es
auf dem Brett steht. Nämlich "+-"!} 31. Qc1 $1 {At this point I was very happy
with myself since my queen is controlling the whole board! In diesem Moment
war ich sehr zufrieden mit mir, denn meine Dame kontrolliert das gesamte Brett!
} Kf6 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qh1 ({I spent some time looking at the variation Ich
befasste mich längere Zeit mit der Variante} 33. e4 dxe4 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qxh7+
Ke8 36. Qxh5+ Ke7 37. Qh7+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ {At first it appears that White is
winning. But in reality the queen simply dances about around the f7-g7-g8
squares. Im ersten Moment scheint es, als ob Weiß gewinnt. Aber in
Wirklichkeit tanzt die Dame nur auf den Feldern f7-g7-g8 herum.}) 33... Kg7 34.
Qh4 ({The best continuation was Die beste Fortsetzung war} 34. Qxh5 $5 {
, but at this point we were approaching time trouble and each of us would have
needed a lot of time for calculation as things grew complicated. This led me
to lose concentration, as will soon become apparent. , aber wir näherten uns
hier der Zeitnot und jede von uns hatte für die Berechnung der komplizierten
Momente viel Zeit verbraucht. Das führte bei mir zum Konzentrationsverlust,
wie sich später noch zeigen wird.}) 34... Ne8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qxh5 Qe7 37.
Qh6+ Kg8 38. Nc6 Qd7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Ne5 Qe7 41. Qf4 {We had made the time
control but I was starting to lose the thread. Black was able to hold the
position together and I was somewhat suffering from shock, because I did not
know what to do. Die Zeitkontrolle war geschafft, aber ich fing an, den Faden
zu verlieren. Schwarz konnte die Stellung zusammenhalten und ich stand hier
etwas unter Schock, weil ich nicht weiterwusste.} Kg8 42. Nd3 {An attempt to
regroup my pieces. Ein Versuch, meine Figuren umzugruppieren.} Nd6 43. Qe5 Nf7
44. Qb8+ Qd8 45. Qb7 (45. Qa7 $5 {was interesting, because from this square
the queen has more options. war interessant, denn von diesem Feld aus hat die
Dame mehr Möglichkeiten.}) 45... Qd6 46. Qc8+ $6 ({Once again the question was
from where the queen could best display its strength. A better move was Wieder
war die Frage, von wo aus die Dame die meiste Kraft entfalten konnte. Besser
war} 46. Qa8+ $1 Nd8 47. Nf4 Kf7 48. Qa7+) 46... Nd8 {Now Black has taken the
b7-square from me for manoeuvring.  Jetzt hat mir Schwarz das Feld b7 zum
Manövrieren genommen.} 47. Ne5 Kf8 {I still remember this moment well. I was
in need of something with which to confuse my opponent and the search took up
quite a lot of time and energy.  Ich erinnere mich noch gut an diesen Moment.
Ich braucht jetzt etwas, um meine Gegnerin zu verwirren und die Suche danach
verschlang ziemlich viel Zeit und Kraft.} 48. Kf1 {A bluff. Ein Bluff.} Ke7 $6
({It was better to play Besser war es, mit} 48... Ke8 {and not fall into my
trap. nicht in meine Falle zu tappen.}) 49. g4 $5 {Hurray! I can crack open
the black defence like this. But the most interesting bit is yet to come.
Hurra! So kann ich die schwarze Verteidigung knacken. Aber das Interessanteste
steht noch bevor.} Kf6 $2 ({The lesser evil was Das geringste Übel war noch} 
49... fxg4 50. Qc2 $16 {/+-}) 50. gxf5 exf5 51. Nd3 {Now there is a weak pawn.
Jetzt ist ein schwacher Bauer vorhanden.} Nc6 52. Nf4 Ne7 53. Qf8+ Kg5 {
The key moment of the game has arrived. here I felt like a lemon that had been
squeezed dry and I was dreaming of bringing the struggle to an end as quickly
as possible. A lot of details had to be borne in mind and this was the result
- I lost control over the correct squares.  Der Schlüsselmoment der Partie ist
herangereift. Ich fühlte mich hier wie eine ausgepresste Zitrone und träumte
davon, den Kampf möglichst schnell zu beenden. Es gab hier viele Details zu
bedenken und dies war das Ergebnis - ich verlor die Kontrolle über die
richtigen Felder.} 54. Qg7+ $6 {This gives away my solid advantage. Das gibt
den soliden Vorteil aus der Hand.} (54. Nd3 $1 {creates threats against the
king; for example schafft Drohungen gegen den König, man siehe:} Qe6 55. Qg7+
Ng6 56. f4+ Kh4 57. Qh6+ Kg3 58. Qg5+ Kf3 59. Qg1 $18) 54... Ng6 55. Nh3+ {
Now I really lose my way. Jetzt komme ich völlig vom Weg ab.} ({The correct
move was Richtig war} 55. Nd3) 55... Kg4 56. Qh6 $2 {Now White even has to
fight for the draw! Nun muss Weiß bereits um das Remis kämpfen!} Qh2 {The
h2-square for the black quen and the h4-square for the king had completely
disappeared from my field of vision!  Das Feld h2 für die schwarze Dame und
das Feld h4 für den König waren völlig aus meinem Blickfeld verschwunden!} 57.
f3+ $2 {This is a mistake which could have cost me the game. But I here I no
longer felt even like a lemon, but more like a zombie staring dully at the
board and trying to understand what the devil was happening... Dies ist
bereits ein Fehler, der mich die Partie hätte kosten können. Aber ich fühlte
mich hier bereits nicht mehr als Zitrone, sondern als Zombie, der stumpf aufs
Brett starrte und irgendwie zu verstehen versuchte, was zum Teufel hier gerade
vor sich ging...} (57. Qg5+ Kxh3 58. Qxf5+ Kh4 59. Qxd5 $13) 57... Kg3 58. Qg5+
Kxf3 59. Qxf5+ Kxe3 60. Nf2 Kxd4 $4 {Obviously my opponent was just as shocked
by recent events as I was. But in fairness it must be said that she did not
deserve the win since all through the game I had had the advantage.
Offensichtlich war meine Gegnerin von den letzten Ereignissen genauso
schockiert wie ich. Aber der Gerechtigkeit halber muss gesagt werden, dass sie
den Sieg nicht verdient hat, da ich ja die ganze Partie über Vorteil gehabt
hatte.} ({Neither I nor my opponent had seen the pretty winning move Den
hübschen Gewinnzug} 60... Qg2+ $1 {As Vladimir Malakhov, who had prepared me
for the European Championship, told me later, he was praying at this point in
the game for anything to follow except the check on g2... After it Black gives
the fork on h4 and wins. hatten weder ich noch meine Gegnerin gesehen. Wie mir
Vladimir Malakhov, der mich auf die Europameisterschaft vorbereitet hatte,
später erzählte, betete er hier während der Partie, dass bloß nicht das Schach
auf g2 folgen möge... Danach gibt Schwarz die Gabel auf h4 und gewinnt:} 61.
Kxg2 Nh4+ $19) 61. Qd3+ Kc5 62. Qc2+ Kd4 63. Qb2+ {Black loses the queen. The
conclusion is: thinking is quite good, only it should not lead to a game of
chance. Once again I had been lucky! Schwarz verliert die Dame. Die
Schlussfolgerung lautet: Nachdenken ist ja ganz gut, aber es darf kein
Würfelspiel dabei herauskommen. Ich habe nochmal Glück gehabt!} 1-0

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. Ne5 {[%cal
Rg2a8]} Ne4 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Bb7 {Black has managed to get a reasonably
normal position from his somewhat unusual opening} 10. Be3 Qe8 11. Qc2 d6 12.
Nd3 Nc6 (12... Nd7 $5) 13. d5 Nd8 14. dxe6 Nxe6 {[%csl Ge4]} 15. Nb4 $1 Qg6 16.
Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gd5]} Rae8 17. Rad1 {Blacks position is solid but white is the
one who has better prospects to improve his position. His longterm plan could
for instance be to drive back Ne4, and play e2-e4 to open up for the bishops.
Black on the other hand would weaken d6 seriously if he played c7-c6.} a5 18.
b3 h5 {[%cal Yh5h4,Yh4g3] Trying to find targets to attack on the kingside} 19.
h4 {[%csl Rg5] Black has achieved what he wanted with his last move. White
will now have great difficulti in playing f2-f3 and it is easier for black to
keep the position closed. However there has been a price to pay. The weakening
of g5.} Rf7 20. Kh2 Kh7 21. Bc1 Ba8 {Black can not act - only react} 22. a3 {
[%cal Yb3b4] As white can not make progress in the center she tries instead to
gain more space on the queenside.} Nf6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Ne5 {
Black has regrouped his N from e4 to place it on e5. For two reasons. As long
as the N was on e4 the sacrifice-idea f5-f4 was never possible because of
QxNe4. Now it might be possible in some lines. Another positive thing for
black is that Ne5 attacks Pe4.} 26. Bb2 Qg4 {[%cal Rg4c4]} 27. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]
} Nd7 {[%cal Rg4g3]} 28. Kh2 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Bxd5 {Black had to do something
drastic to stop white from open the e-line with e2-e4 after which whites to
bishops would have become extremely strong.} 29. Rxd5 Nf6 {[%csl Re4]} 30. Bxf6
$2 (30. Rxf5 $1 $18) 30... gxf6 31. e4 {So white managed to get through this
advance anyway and she has now a positional advantage.} Rg8 32. Rf3 $6 (32. Qd3
$1 $16) 32... c5 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} 33. Rfd3 (33. Qd3 $5 Nd4 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Bh3
fxe4 36. Qxe4+ f5 37. Qd5 Qg6 $13) 33... Nd4 $2 {A miscalculation.} (33... Nxf4
$1 34. gxf4 fxe4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4][%cal Yf7g7,Yg8g1]} (34... Rfg7 35.
Rxf5 Qxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kh3 $14) 35. Bxe4+ f5 36. Bg2 (36. Rxf5 Rxf5)
36... Rfg7 $13) 34. R5xd4 cxd4 35. Bh3 {Winning back the sacrified exchange
with a solid extra pawn.} Qg7 36. Bxf5+ Kh6 37. Be6 Ra7 38. Bxg8 Qxg8 39. Rxd4
Qg4 40. Qf2 Ra1 41. Rd2 Rd1 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Qe3 Kf7 44. Qd3 Re1 45. Rf2 Rd1 46.
Rd2 Re1 47. b5 Kg7 48. Rf2 Rd1 49. Qe2 Rd4 50. Qxg4+ hxg4 51. f5 Rxc4 52. Rf4
Rc2+ 53. Kf1 Rc1+ 54. Ke2 Rb1 55. Rxg4+ Kf7 56. Rg6 d5 57. e5 fxe5 58. Re6 Rxb5
59. g4 Rb2+ 60. Kd3 Rg2 61. g5 Rg3+ 62. Ke2 e4 63. g6+ Kg7 64. h5 Kh6 65. f6
1-0

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. Qc2 (6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O dxc4
$5 8. bxc4 e5 9. e3 Qe7 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 O-O 13. Ng5 Ng4 14.
f4 e4 15. Rab1 c5 $15 {Karasev,V-Moskalenko,V/Moscow/1992/}) (6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4
Be7 8. Bg5 $5 O-O 9. Nf4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 Qe8 12. Nd2 a5 13. Rc1 Be7 14.
Nd3 $14 {Ulibin,M-Psakhis,L/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 (8.
b3 Qe7 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 g5 $6 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nf3 Ndf6 14.
Nfe5 Bd7 15. f3 $16 Nd6 16. Qd2 Qg7 17. Qb4 $1 Qe7 18. c5 Nb5 19. a4 a5 20. Qd2
Nc7 $8 21. Qxg5+ $18 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/New York op/1987/
}) 8... Be7 (8... b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Rfc1
Re8 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nf4 $16 {Yrjola,J-Agdestein,S/Gausdal zt/1987/}) 10. a3
Qe7 11. Rac1 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qa4 $14 {Farago,
I-Keitlinghaus,L/Dortmund-B/1988/}) (8... Na6 9. Nd2 Ne4 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Nf3
Nb4 12. Qb3 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 g5 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. exd3 $1 Nd6 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qc5
Rd8 18. Rde1 Qf6 19. Ne5 $16 {Gulko,B-Moskalenko,V/Helsinki op/1992/}) 9. Nd2 (
9. Nc3 $5 h6 10. Rad1 g5 11. Bc1 Bd7 12. f3 dxc4 13. e4 Na6 14. a3 b5 15. Nf2
Nc7 16. f4 g4 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 $44 {Gulko,B-Short,N/Reykjavik Summit/1990/}
) 9... h6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 g5 $5 $146 (11... Bd6 12. Nd3 (12. Ng6 Re8 13.
Nf3 Ne4 14. Nfe5 Qf6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. c5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 18. e3 Bd7 19. f3
$14 {Andruet,G-Dolmatov,S/Marseille/1988/}) 12... Bd7 13. Nf3 Be8 14. b4 g5 15.
a4 a6 16. Nfe5 Qe7 17. c5 Bc7 18. b5 $1 $16 {Kozul,Z-Bareev,E/Biel/1991/}) (
11... Qe8 12. e3 Bd6 13. Nd3 b6 14. Rfe1 Ne4 $1 (14... Bd7 $6 15. b4 g5 16. Nf3
Qh5 17. c5 Bc7 18. cxb6 Rxb6 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Nfe5 $16 {Vanheste,J-Kern,G/
Groningen op/1990/}) 15. Nf3 Ba6 $1 16. Nfe5 c5 $1 $132 {Roeder,M-Vaiser,A/
Bern op/1992/}) 12. Ng6 (12. Nd3 $5) 12... Rf7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Rae1 $5 (14.
Rac1 $14) 14... Bd7 15. Nf3 Rg7 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. e3 $6 {Now White can only play
on the queenside after Black`s excellent answer.} (17. f3 $5 {/\e4} g4 (17...
f4 $2 18. Ng6) 18. Bh1 $5 {/\e4;/\18..ef3.19.gf3+/-}) 17... g4 $1 18. cxd5 cxd5
19. Rc1 Bb5 20. Rfe1 Nd7 $1 {Instructive.Black is not afraid of having only
his "bad" bishop left,since Bg2 is certainly not better than Bb5!} 21. Qc7 Nxe5
22. Qxe5 Qf6 $1 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rc5 a6 25. Rec1 h5 26. b3 $1 Re7 27. a4 Be2
28. R5c2 Bd3 29. Rd2 Be4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. b4 Rff7 32. Rdc2 Kg7 33. b5 axb5 34.
axb5 Kf6 35. Rc8 e5 $1 {Active defence.} 36. dxe5+ Kxe5 $10 37. Rh8 Rf5 38. Rd8
Re6 39. Rd7 Rb6 40. Rc5 Ke6 41. Rd8 Rd6 42. Rh8 b6 43. Rc7 d4 $1 44. exd4 Kd5
45. Rch7 Kxd4 46. Rxh5 Rc5 $2 (46... Rxh5 47. Rxh5 e3 $1 {/\e2-+} 48. fxe3+
Kxe3 49. Re5+ Kf3 50. Rf5+ (50. Kf1 $4 Rd1+ 51. Re1 Rxe1+ 52. Kxe1 Kg2 $19) (
50. Re1 Rd2 $10) 50... Ke3 $10) 47. Rh4 Rg6 48. Rd8+ Kc3 49. Re8 Kd4 50. h3 $1
$16 Rxb5 51. hxg4 Rbg5 52. Rb8 b5 53. Kg2 e3 $5 (53... Rxg4 54. Rxg4 Rxg4 55.
Rxb5 $16) (53... Kc4 54. Rh1 $1 $16) 54. fxe3+ $2 (54. Rd8+ Kc3 55. fxe3 Rxg4
56. Rxg4 Rxg4 57. Kf3 Rc4 $10) (54. f3 $6 Rc6 55. Rd8+ Kc3 56. Rh1 Kb2 $1 $132)
(54. f4 $1 e2 (54... Rc5 55. Kf3 Re6 (55... Rc2 $2 56. Rd8+ $18) 56. Rh2 $1 $16
) (54... Rxg4 55. Rxg4 Rxg4 56. Rxb5 $18 {/\Re5;Kf3+-}) 55. Re8 (55. Kf2 $6
Rxg4 56. Rxg4 Rxg4 57. Rxb5 Rxg3 $1 58. Re5 $5 (58. Kxe2 Ke4 $10) 58... Rh3 59.
Kxe2 Ra3 $10) 55... Rxg4 56. Rxg4 Rxg4 57. Kf3 Rg7 58. f5 $16) 54... Kxe3 $10
55. Kh2 Kd4 56. Kh3 Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kd4 58. Rd8+ Ke3 59. Re8+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Diu, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 a5
9. Ba3 b6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15.
Qb2 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e3 Nb4 19. Bf1 Rf8 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21.
Bxd3 Ne4 22. Nf3 Rf6 23. Ne5 h5 24. f3 Ng5 25. f4 Nf7 26. Qe2 g6 27. Ba6 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Rff8 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. h3 Qe7 31. Rc3 Qe6 32. Rcd3 Rf7 33. Qf3 Rb8 34.
Rc3 Rd8 35. Rd2 c5 36. Rcd3 Rfd7 37. Qd1 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. Ke1 d4 40. exd4
Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Rxd4 cxd4 43. Qf3 Kd7 44. Kd2 Qc6 45. Qxc6+ Kxc6 {
[#] Grober Patzer in Remisstellung} 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. e6 Kxe6 48. Kxd4 Kd6 49.
Kc4 Kc6 50. b4 axb4 51. Kxb4 Kc7 52. Kc3 Kd6 (52... Kd7 53. Kd3 Kc7 $11) 53.
Kd4 Kc6 $4 {[%mdl 20480]} (53... Ke6 $1 54. Kc4 Kd6 55. Kb5 Kc7 56. Ka6 h4 57.
gxh4 Kc6 58. h5 gxh5 59. h4 Kc5 60. Kb7 b5 61. a5 b4 62. a6 b3 63. a7 b2 64.
a8=Q b1=Q+ 65. Kc8 Kd4 $15) 54. Ke5 Kc5 55. Kf6 Kb4 56. Kxg6 Kxa4 57. Kxf5 b5
58. Kg5 b4 59. f5 b3 60. f6 b2 61. f7 b1=Q 62. f8=Q Qd1 63. Kh4 Kb3 64. Qf5 Qe2
65. Qxh5 Qe7+ 66. Qg5 Qh7+ 67. Kg4 Qe4+ 68. Qf4 Kc4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 b6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Qxf5 Nfd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. e4 Ba6 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Nxf6 21.
exd5 Bb4 22. Re6 Bc8 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. dxc6 Rf7 25. Nc3 Na6 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. d5+
Kg8 28. d6 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxd6 30. Bd5 Nb4 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. h4
Nxc6 34. Kg2 Be5 35. Re1 Kf6 36. Rxe5 Nxe5 37. f4 Kf5 38. Bxe5 Kg4 {[#]} 39. h5
Rc8 $6 {warum nicht den Bh5 nehmen?!} (39... Kxh5 40. Kf3 Rg8 41. f5 (41. Bf6
$5 {[%cal Yf6g5,Yg3g4] ist vielleicht besser, um nach Lg5 zu g4 zu kommen. Das
müßte näher untersucht werden. Ich könnte mir vorstellen, daß der Turm derweil
am Damenflügel Beute macht...}) 41... b5 42. Ke4 Kg5 43. f6 Kg6 44. Kd5 Kf7 45.
Kc5 Re8 $132 {[%csl Ra2]}) 40. h6 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rh1 43. Bg7 Kf5 44.
Kg2 Rh5 45. Kf3 Rh3 46. Bf8 b5 47. b4 a6 48. Bg7 $22 Kg6 49. Kg2 Rh5 50. g4 Rh4
51. Kf3 Rh2 52. f5+ Kg5 53. Ke4 {[%cal Re4d5,Rd5e6,Re6f7,Rf7g8,Rd5c6,Rc6b6,
Rb6a6] Weiß kann sich den Gewinn aussuchen, nachdem die schwarzen Figuren
unbeweglich geworden sind.} 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Qe8 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Nd3 b6 14. b4 Ba6 15.
c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Bc7 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Qa8 19. Nfe5 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Rb8 21.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 {schlechtere schwarze Bauernstruktur 
(Schwächen c6 und a7 bzw.a5), passive schwarze Leichtfiguren und weißer
Raumvorteil. Spielverlauf: Ausbau Raumvorteil, Angriff auf Bauernschwächen,
Lavieren.} Nd7 24. e3 Kf8 25. f4 a5 26. Bf3 g6 27. Kf2 Nb8 28. Be2 Ke7 29. Ne5
g5 $6 (29... Bxe5 $2 30. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Ya6,Ye2,Yg5][%cal Gf2e1,Ge1d2,
Gd2c2,Gc2b2,Gb2a3,Ga3a4,Gb8d7,Gd7f8,Gf8h7,Gh7g5,Gg5e4,Gh2h4]}) (29... Kf6 $142)
30. h3 Kf6 31. Ke1 Ke7 32. Kd2 gxf4 33. exf4 Bd8 34. Kc3 Bc7 35. Bd3 Kf6 36. g4
fxg4 37. hxg4 Bd8 38. Kd2 Kg7 39. Ke3 Bc7 40. Nf3 Kf6 41. Ne5 Kg7 42. Kf3 Bd8
43. Kg3 Bf6 44. Kf2 Bh4+ 45. Ke3 Bd8 46. Nf3 Bc7 47. Bf1 Kg6 48. g5 hxg5 49.
Nxg5 Kf6 50. Bh3 e5 51. dxe5+ Bxe5 52. fxe5+ Kxg5 {starker L vs schwachen S}
53. Kd4 Kg6 (53... Na6 54. Bd7 Nb4 55. Bxc6 Nxc6+ 56. Kxd5 $18) 54. Be6 Kg7 55.
Bxd5 $1 Kf8 56. Bc4 Nd7 57. Be6 Nb8 58. Bc8 $18 {[%csl Ya6,Rb8,Yd7]} Ke7 59. e6
Kd8 60. Bb7 Kc7 61. Ke5 Kxb7 62. e7 Nd7+ 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
Bd7 9. b3 Be8 10. Na4 Ne4 11. Nb2 Nd7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. Rb1 Bf7 14. Nfe5 Rac8 15.
c5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nexc5 17. Ba3 b6 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Qxc5 Qc7 22. f4 Qb6 23. b4 Be8 24. e3 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rb8 26. a3 Rb6 27. Bf1 Kf8
28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Kf2 Bd7 30. Be2 Rg8 31. Ra5 Rb7 32. Rc1 Rgb8 33. Bd1 Rc7 34.
Rac5 Rb6 35. Be2 Kd8 36. Ke1 Rcb7 37. Kd2 Rb8 38. Rg1 Ke7 39. g4 g6 40. Kc3
fxg4 41. Rxg4 Rf8 42. Bd3 Be8 43. h4 Rg8 44. Kd4 Rg7 45. Ra5 Rb7 46. Rg1 Kd8
47. Rc1 Rb6 48. Rac5 Rgb7 49. Rg1 Rg7 50. Ra5 Kc8 51. Bf1 Re7 52. Rc5 Kd8 53.
Bd3 Rg7 54. h5 Rbb7 55. hxg6 hxg6 56. Rc2 Rg8 57. Rcg2 Rbg7 58. Rg5 Kc7 59. Kc5
Kd7 60. R1g4 Kc7 61. Rg2 Kd7 62. a4 Kc7 63. Rg1 Kd7 64. e4 dxe4 65. Bxe4 Ke7
66. Bxc6 Bxc6 67. Kxc6 {[#] Mehrbauer und starker Raumvorteil für Weiß sowie
schwarze Bauernschwächen. Der König wird von a6 aus Druck gegen a7 ausüben.
Die weißen Türme schwenken nach Belieben und kontrollieren das ganze Brett.
Schließlich fallen sie vereint über den schwarzen König her. Vorhang! Der
Endspielverlauf spricht für sich und bedarf keiner Kommentierung.} Rc8+ 68. Kb5
Kf7 69. R5g2 Rgg8 70. Rd2 Rc7 71. Rd4 Re8 72. Ka5 Ree7 73. b5 Kg7 74. Ka6 Rf7
75. Rgd1 Kh6 76. a5 Kh5 77. Rh1+ Kg4 78. Rg1+ Kh5 79. Rd8 Kh6 80. Rh8+ Kg7 81.
Rgh1 g5 82. R8h7+ Kg6 83. Rxf7 Rxf7 84. fxg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nf3 Nb8 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfc1 Ne4 14. e3 Bd7
15. Nf4 Rfc8 16. Qd1 Be8 17. a3 g5 18. Nd3 Bh5 19. Rc2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf6 21.
Rac1 Ne7 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Qc1 Qd8 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. e4 dxe4 27.
Bd1 b6 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 {Thema: Der aktive König; Taktik} 30. Bb3
Kf6 31. Qh8+ Kg6 32. Qe5 Nd2 33. Bd1 Nc4 34. Qe2 Na5 35. d5 Kf6 36. b4 Nb7 37.
dxe6 Qxe6 38. Qh5 Qf7 39. Qh6+ Qg6 40. Qf8+ Qf7 41. Qh8+ Qg7 42. Qb8 Qd7 43.
Bf3 Nd8 44. Qa8 g4 45. Bd5 {Bis hierher hat sich Schwarz mühsam verteidigen
müssen, um größeren Schaden zu vermeiden. Nun wird er offensiv, indem er
seinen König an die Front schickt!} Ke5 46. Bg8 Nc6 47. Kg2 h6 48. Bc4 Kd4 49.
Ba6 Qd5+ 50. Kg1 Ne5 51. Qh8 (51. Bb7 Nf3+ 52. Kh1 $11) 51... b5 52. Qg7 $2 (
52. Qxh6 $142) 52... Kc4 $1 {Hebt die Fesselung auf, räumt die d-Linie und
plant ganz nebenbei Kb3. Die Hauptdrohung ist freilich eine andere.} 53. Bb7 {
Zu spät, nachdem das Feld d1 der schwarzen Dame zugänglich geworden ist.} Nf3+
54. Kg2 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 d5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O Qe7 8. a4 a5
9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Nbd7 11. Nc2 b6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. f4 Nc5 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. b4 Na6 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Qxa5 Nb4 21.
Qc7 Rfc8 22. Qb6 Rcb8 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. a5 Bb5 27.
Rfb1 Kf7 28. a6 Bc4 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Ra4 Bxe2 31. a7 Ra8 32. Bf1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1
{T-T Motive: von hinten gedeckter wFreibauer und aktiver wK überkompensieren
den schwarzen Mehrbauern ===> Gewinn} Ke8 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Ra6 Kc8 36. Kd3 Kb7
37. Ra4 Kc6 38. Kd4 Kxd6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 (39... Kd7 40. Ke5 Kc7 41. Rxe6 Rxa7 42.
Re7+ Kb6 43. Rxa7 Kxa7 44. Kxd5 $18) 40. Kc5 g5 41. fxg5 Kf7 42. h4 h6 43. gxh6
1-0

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c5
Bc7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nb3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. e3 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. a4 Be8 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Rac1
a6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. h4 Nf7 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 f4 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Qd7 28.
f6 Rfe8 29. gxf4 Qg4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 gxf6 33. b5 axb5 34.
axb5 cxb5 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qxb5 Qxf4 37. Qd7 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc5 39. Qxb7 {
[#] Aktiver schwarzer König nach Lavierphase.} Qe5+ 40. Kh3 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+
42. Kh3 f5 43. Bf3 Qe3 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qe3 46. Kg2 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Kf6 48.
Bd5 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 Nd6 54.
Qa8 Ke5 55. Bf3 Kf4 56. Qc6 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Qd4 58. Kg2 Qd2+ 59. Kh3 Qd4 (59...
Ne4 60. Bxe4 Qe3+ 61. Kh2 Qg3+ 62. Kh1 Qxh4+ 63. Kg2 fxe4 64. Qc7+ $11) 60. Kg2
Ke3 61. h5 (61. Qc1+ Qd2+ 62. Qxd2+ Kxd2 63. Bd5 Ke3 $19) 61... Qd2+ 62. Kh3
Kf2 $1 63. Bg2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nd2 Nh5 $5 {N/} (9... h6 10. Bxb8 $1 $8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Qe8 12. e3 Bd6 13.
Nd3 Qe7 14. Rab1 Bd7 15. b4 Be8 16. a4 Ne4 17. c5 $6 Bc7 18. b5 Nxd2 19. Qxd2
b6 $10 {Gleizerov,E-Moskalenko,V/Balatonbereny/1994/1:0/36/}) (9... Na6 10. a3
h6 11. b4 g5 12. Be5 Nd7 (12... Ng4 $5) 13. Nb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. e3 Rf7
$13 {Peng,Z-Prudnikova,S/YUG/1995/0,5/41/}) 10. Be3 Bd6 (10... g5 $5 11. Nb3 (
11. f4 h6 $13) 11... Bf6 $13) 11. Nf3 Nd7 (11... f4 $2 12. Bd2 {/\13.e3}) 12.
Rad1 Ndf6 $6 (12... Qe7 $5 {/\b6,Bb7+/=}) 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Nd3 Qg6
$2 (15... h6 $5 16. Bc1 g5 17. f3 Nxh2 $5 (17... Ngf6 18. Rfe1 {/\e4+/-}) 18.
Kxh2 Nxg3 $13) 16. Ndf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 (17... Be7 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bc1 Bd7
20. Nf4 Qf7 21. e4 $16) 18. Nxf4 Qh6 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nd3 $16 g5 21. e3 {/\b4,
a4+/-} a5 $6 (21... Qg7) 22. a3 {/\23.b4} a4 $6 23. Rc1 (23. Nc5 f4 24. Nxa4
fxg3 25. fxg3 g4 $132) 23... Ne4 24. Ne5 Nd6 25. Qd2 Nf7 (25... Ne4 26. Qb4 $16
) 26. Nd3 Nd6 27. Ne5 Nf7 28. f4 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qg7 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Rg1 Rg8 32.
Bf3 Bd7 33. Qc3 g4 $6 (33... Be8 $5) 34. Be2 gxh3 (34... h5 35. hxg4 fxg4 (
35... hxg4 36. Kg2 Qe7 (36... Rgc8 37. Rh1+ Kg8 38. Rh5 $18) 37. cxd5 cxd5 38.
Qc7 $18) 36. Kg2 {/\Rh1,/\Bd3+/-}) 35. g4 $5 fxg4 36. Rxg4 Qf7 37. Rcg1 Rxg4
38. Rxg4 {/\39.Qb4;/\Bd3,Rh4} Rg8 (38... dxc4 39. Qxc4 $16) 39. cxd5 cxd5 40.
Qb4 Bc6 41. Rxg8+ Qxg8 42. Bf1 d4 $2 (42... Qe8 43. Bxh3 Kg7 44. Qd6 Bd7 $16)
43. Qxd4 Bg2 44. Bc4 Bc6 45. Qd2 $18 Be4 46. Bf1 Bf5 47. Qd7 Qg4 48. Qc8+ Kg7
49. Qxb7+ Kg6 50. Qb5 Qh4 51. Qe8+ Kg7 (51... Kh6 52. Qf8+ Kg6 53. Qg8+ Kh6 54.
Qg3 $18) 52. Qd7+ Kh8 53. Qd2 h5 54. Bb5 Kg7 55. Bxa4 Be4 56. Bd1 Kh6 57. b4
Qe7 58. Qd6 Qf7 59. Qd8 Qb7 60. Qh8+ Bh7 61. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Ne5 b6
(8... Bd7 9. Nd3 Be8 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Qe7 12. Nd2 $14 {Kiselev,S-Moroz,A/
Gdynia/1992/1:0 (56) Inf 56/110/}) 9. Nd3 $146 (9. Nd2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 $5 10.
Ndf3 Qe7 11. Bf4 Rc8 $132) 10. Ndf3 Na6 (10... Qe7 $5) 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Qb3 $14 {Kiselev,S-Agrest,E/Katowice/1992/1:0 (30) Inf 54/94/}) 9...
Ba6 10. c5 (10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 (11. Bf4 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rac8 $10) 10...
bxc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxc5 (12. dxc5 Nbd7 $15) 12... Qb6 $1 (12... Bxe2 13.
Re1) 13. Qc3 (13. Qxb6 axb6 $17) (13. Re1 Qxc5 14. dxc5 Nbd7 15. b4 e5 $15)
13... Nbd7 14. b4 (14. Re1 Ne4) 14... Ne4 15. Qb2 Rab8 $15 16. a3 Rbe8 17. Be3
(17. Bf4 g5 18. Be5 (18. Bxe4 gxf4 19. Bf3 fxg3 20. hxg3 f4 $1 $17) 18... Nxe5
19. dxe5 f4 $17) 17... Nd6 $1 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. Qc3 e5 20. dxe5 Ndxe5 21. Nd2 d4
$2 (21... Nxd2 $1 22. Qxd2 Ng6 23. Rfe1 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Re6 $13) 22. Nxc4 $1 Bxc4
(22... dxc3 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Rfc1 Bxe2 25. Rxc3 $16) 23. Qb2 $6 (23. Qc2 $5 d3
$2 24. Qc3) (23. Qd2 $5 Ng6 24. Bd6 Bxe2 (24... Rxe2 25. Qc1) 25. Bxf8 $16)
23... Nf7 24. Rfe1 g5 $1 25. Bxg5 (25. Bc1 $5) 25... Nxg5 26. Qc1 Bxe2 27.
Qxg5+ Kh8 28. Rac1 d3 29. Bxc6 $2 (29. Qd2 Qd4 30. Rxc6 f4 $19) (29. Qf4 $5) (
29. Rc5 $5 $13) 29... Re6 30. Ba4 $2 (30. Bd5 $5 Re5 31. Bf3) (30. Bd5 Rd6 31.
Qe7 Qd8 32. Qe5+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Rfxf6 34. Bc4 d2 35. Bxe2 dxe1=Q+ 36. Rxe1 Rfe6
37. Kf1 Rd2 $17) 30... f4 31. Rc5 d2 32. Ra1 Qd8 $1 33. Qd5 Qf6 0-1

[Event "NOR-ch playoff"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e3 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Nf4 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. Bc3 Nb4 13. Nd2 Qd6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Bb2 Ba6
16. Ne5 c5 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Bf1 Bf6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Kg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qc6 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bb5 Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rd2+ {[%cal Rd8d2] Black was
winning anyway, but this 'collinear' move was a nice way to finish the game.}
26. Kg3 Qd5 27. fxg5 Rxd1 28. Raxd1 Qxb3 29. Ba1 f4+ 30. exf4 Qxb5 31. Rd6 Qa4
32. f5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Altensteig-A"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5
Nbd7 {Sehr verpflichtend, weil der Plan mit Ld7-e8-h5 nicht mehr geht und auch
b6 kaum noch spielbar ist.} 9. Bb2 $5 O-O 10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Bc5 $6 (12... Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qc2 $14) 13. Ne1 f4 $6 14. gxf4 $16 Nxf2 (
14... Rxf4 15. Nd3 Rg4 16. Nxc5 Qg5 17. Nxe4 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 dxe4 19. f4 $1 exf3
20. Rxf3 $16 {+-}) 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qc5+ 17. Bd4 Rxf4+ 18. Nf3 Qe7 19.
Kg1 Bd7 20. Qd2 Rg4 $6 21. h3 $1 Rg6 {Da steht er ganz schlecht.} 22. Be3 $1
Rf8 23. Qe1 $6 (23. c5 $18 {Hansen}) (23. Bxa7 $18) 23... d4 24. Bd2 d3 25. Nh4
Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rxg2 27. Nxg2 Qxe5 28. exd3 Qd4 29. Be3 $1 Qd6 30. Qe2 e5 31. h4
Bf5 32. Re1 Qg6 33. Bxa7 e4 34. dxe4 Bg4 35. Qd2 Bf3 36. Qg5 Qe6 37. Qg3 Qd7
38. Bc5 Rf6 39. Rf1 b6 40. Rxf3 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Rxf3 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qf8+ Kg6 44.
Qe8+ (44. Nf4+ $1 Kh6 (44... Rxf4 45. Qxf4 bxc5 46. Qf5+ Kh6 47. Qg5#) 45. Qf6+
gxf6 46. Bf8# {Jusupow}) 44... Kh6 45. Be3+ 1-0

[Event "Thaelmann Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1988.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O h6
9. Bf4 Be7 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Qe8 12. e3 b6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Qa4 $6 Bd7 $1
15. cxd5 $2 cxd5 $17 16. Qc2 Ba4 17. Nb3 $8 Rf7 18. Nd3 Ne4 $2 (18... g5 {/\ h5
}) 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qd2 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-A"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bf4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 (
8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 Nf7 14.
Bf4 Bf6 15. b4 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Na2 Bd7 18. Nc1 Qe7 19. Nb3 Qxb4 20. Nc5 Bc8
21. e3 Qa5 22. Ra1 b4 $11 {Meduna,E-Priehoda,V/Novy Smokovec 1992/}) 8... b6 (
8... Ne4 9. Rc1 g5 10. Bxb8 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Rxb8 12. b4 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Qe3
Be8 15. b5 cxb5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rc5 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Re8 20. Qd3
Kh8 21. Rfc1 Bg7 22. R6c5 Qe7 23. R1c2 f4 24. Rxd5 $16 {Romanishin,O-Sielaff,M/
Dresden 1998/}) (8... Nbd7 $5 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd6 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. Rac1 Bf6 14. Nf3 Bd7 $11 {Lalic,B-Schmittdiel,E/Woerishofen/1995/}) 9.
Qc2 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9. Rc1 Ne8 10. h4 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Ng5
Rf6 14. Ndf3 h6 15. Nh3 Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Nd7
20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. h5 Rf8 22. Nf4 $14 {Pessi,J-Vaatainen,T/Jyvaskyla 1993/})
9... Bb7 10. Rac1 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. cxd5 Nxe5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (12... cxd5
$142 13. Qc7 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 $14) 13. d6 $1 Nxd6 (13... Bxd6 14. Nxe4 Nf7 (14...
Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf4 16. gxf4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 $16) 15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. Rfd1 $16) 14.
dxe5 Nb5 (14... Nf7 15. h4 $16) 15. Nb3 (15. Bxc6 $2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Rxc6 17. Qxb5
Rxc1 18. Rxc1 g5 19. Be3 f4 $19) 15... g5 (15... Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Qc4 (17.
a4 $5) 17... Qf7 18. Rd7 Rc7 19. Rcd1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Bc8 21. Bxc6 $1 Bxd7 22.
Bxd7 $18) 16. a4 Rc8 (16... Na3 $142 $5 17. bxa3 gxf4 $14) 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Bd2
Nc7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Kf7 21. Nd4 h6 22. Qb7 Nd5 (22... Qxa4 23. Be1 $1
Rfd8 24. b3 Qd7 25. Nxf5 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Nxh6+ Kg6 28. Qxc8 Rxe1+ 29.
Kg2 Kxh6 30. Qxc7 Bc5 31. e3 a5 32. Qf7 $18) 23. Nxf5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc1 24.
Bxc1 (24. Rxc1 $5) 24... Kg6 25. Rxd5 Rxf5 (25... exd5 26. Nxe7+ Kh5 27. f3 g4
(27... Rf7 28. g4+ Kh4 29. Kg2 Rxe7 30. Be3 Rxb7 31. Bf2#) 28. Kg2 Rf7 29.
fxg4+ Kxg4 30. h3+ Kh5 31. g4+ Kh4 32. Ng6#) 26. Rd7 Bc5 27. Rg7+ Kh5 28. g4+
$1 (28. g4+ Kh4 (28... Kxg4 29. Qg2+ Kh4 30. Qg3+ Kh5 31. Qh3#) 29. gxf5 Bb4
30. Qe4+ Kh3 31. Qf3+ Kh4 32. Qg3+ Kh5 33. Qh3#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 {GM Alexander Galkin is a great Semi-Slav
specialist but he has less experience in this system leading to a Stonewall
line.} f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 b6 9. Ndf3 {[%cal Yc1f4]} Ne4
10. Qb3 $146 {A new move with the idea to disturb Black's development.} (10.
Qc2 {and}) (10. b3 {had been seen in practice.}) ({It is important that} 10.
Bf4 {can be met with} g5 $1 {That's the idea of Black's previous move.}) 10...
Qe7 $6 (10... Bb7 {is normal, to which I planned} 11. c5 $5 Bc7 12. Be3 Nd7 13.
Rfc1 {with pressure on the queenside.}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 $6 12. Nxc6
Nxc6 13. Qxd5+ Be6 14. Qxc6 {and Black's compensation for the missing material
is hardly sufficient.}) 12. Bf4 Bb7 {Black decides on passive defence.} (12...
g5 {runs into} 13. Nxg5 $1 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxd5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 exd5 17.
Qxd5+ Be6 $1 18. Qxa8 f4 19. Qxa7 Qxe5 20. Qxb6 Nd7 21. Qb4 {The resulting
position is extremely complicated and Black's counterplay should not be
underestimated but nevertheless, White's material advantage should give him an
upper hand}) (12... Ba6 13. Qe3 $5) 13. h4 {To prevent ...g7-g5 once and for
all.} Rc8 14. Rfc1 Nc6 (14... Nd7 $5 {is probably more accurate.}) 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%csl Re5][%mdl 32] The hole on e5 is gaping but Black's
defensive possibilities are quite considerable. He will try to simplify the
position. Should he manage to trade all major pieces, White would be hardly
able to win in the resulting ending.} 17. Ne5 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Yf6d7] This knight
will fight for the e5 square. Black should not allow Bg2xe4, after which
White's e5 knight would become his "eternal" outpost.} 18. Rc3 Bd7 $6 {Black
suddenly changes his plan. Of course, I expected} (18... Nd7 19. Rac1 Bb7 (
19... Nxe5 $143 20. dxe5 Qd7 21. Qb4 {[%cal Yb4d6]}) 20. Qa4 (20. Nd3 $5) 20...
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. e3 {[%cal Yg2f1] and White keeps some pressure}) 19. Rac1
Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne8 {So, the e5 knight is now safe but how can White break down
Black's defence? Black intends to exchange the remaining rooks and then he
will only need to swap queens to be completely happy. ..} 21. Qb3 {Played in
bewilderment. As you will see, the best square for the white queen is e3.} Rc8
22. Rxc8 Bxc8 {And now I suddenly (better late than never!) recalled the main
principle of converting one's advantage - the principle of two weaknesses.
There is nothing strangein the fact that my queenside pressure is not enough -
I must open a second front on the kingside!} 23. h5 $1 Qc7 $6 (23... Nf6 $142
24. Bf3 a5 25. Qe3 h6) 24. Qe3 $1 {Black must now either allow h5-h6 or play ..
.h7-h6 himself, weakening the g6 square.} h6 25. Bf3 Nf6 $2 (25... Qd6 {
was still possible, firmly defending.}) 26. Qa3 $6 {[%cal Re5g6,Ga3f8] A right
idea but a wrong move order.} (26. Ng6 $142 $1 {[%cal Re3a3]} Qd6 $140 27. Qe5
Ne8 28. Bxd5 $1 $18) 26... a5 $4 {Ignoring White's threat.} (26... Ne8 $8 27.
Ng6 Nd6 {although White keeps a clear advantage after} 28. g4 $16) 27. Ng6 Nh7
{Black certainly overlooked} (27... Qd8 28. Qe7 $1 $18) {But the text move
doesn't change much.} 28. Qe7 $1 Bd7 29. g4 $1 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Qc8 31. Ne5 (31.
Ne5 Nf6 32. Nxd7 Nxg4 33. Qxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 O-O $5 {/\ b6, c5 S.
Agdestein} 7. c5 $5 $146 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Bb2 (9. Qc2 bxc5 $1 (9... a5 $2 10.
cxb6 (10. b5 $5) 10... cxb6 11. b5 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Rc6]}) 10. bxc5 (10. dxc5 c6
11. Bb2 a5 12. a3 Na6 $132 {/\ Rb8}) 10... Nc6 $1 11. Nc3 Rb8 $11) 9... a5 10.
a3 c6 (10... Nc6 $6 11. cxb6 (11. Qa4 b5 $1 {Karlsson} 12. Qxb5 Bd7 $11) 11...
cxb6 (11... axb4 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Ne5 $1 $16) 12. b5 Na7 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nbd2 Nc8
15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qb3 $14) 11. Ne5 (11. Nbd2 Ba6 (11... Nbd7 $6 12.
Ng5 Nb8 13. Qc2 $14) (11... b5 $6 12. a4 $1 axb4 13. axb5 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 cxb5
15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. Qb3 $14) 12. Ne5 Nfd7 {- 11.Ne5}) 11... Nfd7 (
11... a4 $2 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Nd2 $16) (11... b5 12. Nd2 $14 (12. a4 $6 axb4
13. axb5 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 Qa5 $1 15. Nd2 Qxb5 $15)) (11... Ba6 $1 12. Nd2 (12. Re1
Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bf6 $11 {/\ bc5}) 12... Nfd7 13. Ndf3 (13. Nd3 Bxd3 14. exd3 Na6
15. Re1 Nc7 $11) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bf6 15. Nd3 (15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Bc4 $11)
15... Nd7 $11) 12. Nd3 axb4 $6 (12... Ba6 $142 13. Nf4 Rf6 $132) 13. axb4 Rxa1
14. Bxa1 bxc5 (14... Bf6 $142 $14) 15. bxc5 e5 $6 (15... Bf6 $142) 16. dxe5
Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd2 Kh8 (18... f4 $5) 19. Qc2 (19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Bd4 Ba6
$5 21. Qc2 Bc4 $132 22. Nc5 $2 Qe7 $17) 19... Bb6 (19... Be7 20. Rb1 $1 (20.
Nb3 f4 21. Bd4 Bf5 22. Qc3 $14) 20... Be6 21. Nb3 {/\ Nd4, >< Be6} (21. Nf3 c5
$1 $132) 21... c5 22. Nxc5 Qc7 23. Bd4 Nd7 (23... Rc8 24. Qc3 $1 {Fritz 5.32}
Bg8 25. Rb7 Qxb7 26. Nxb7 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Nc6 28. f4 $18) 24. Rb7 Qc8 25. Rb3
Nxc5 26. Rc3 Qb8 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxe5 29. e3 $14) 20. Nb3 f4 21. Bd4
Bxd4 (21... Bf5 22. Qc3 $36) 22. Nxd4 Qb6 23. Qc3 Bg4 $1 (23... c5 24. Rc1 $1
$16) 24. h3 $6 (24. Rc1 fxg3 25. hxg3 Bxe2 26. e6 Bg4 $13) (24. gxf4 $142 Rxf4
25. e3 Rf8 26. Rc1 Re8 27. f4 (27. Nxc6 $4 Rc8 28. Bxd5 Bd7 $19) 27... Bd7 $14)
24... Bc8 $2 (24... c5 $2 25. hxg4 cxd4 26. Qf3 $1 $16 (26. Qa3 Nd7 27. gxf4 (
27. Qe7 $2 d3 $3 $40 {Karlsson} 28. exd3 $2 fxg3 29. Qxd7 Rxf2 $1 $19) 27...
Rxf4 28. Qa8+ Nf8 29. Qxd5 Qg6 (29... Rxg4 $2 30. Qf3 $18) 30. f3 $16)) (24...
Bh5 $2 25. Ne6 $16) (24... Bd7 $1 25. g4 (25. e6 c5 $1 $11) 25... c5 26. Nb3 c4
27. Nd4 Nc6 $1 $11) 25. g4 $36 c5 $2 26. Rc1 $1 Nd7 (26... cxd4 27. Qxc8 $18) (
26... Bxg4 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Bc8 29. e6 $18) (26... h5 27. Qxc5 Qxc5 28.
Rxc5 hxg4 29. e6 $1 $18) (26... Na6 27. Bxd5 Bxg4 (27... Qd8 28. Be6 Bb7 29.
Nf5 Qe8 30. Bc4 Qc6 31. f3 $18) 28. hxg4 cxd4 29. Qc6 Qd8 30. Bf3 $16) 27. Bxd5
(27. Nf5 $2 Qe6 $1 $11) 27... Nxe5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 (28... Qf6 $2 29. Qxc8 $18)
29. Rxc5 Nd7 $6 $138 (29... Rd8 $142 $16) 30. Rc7 Nf6 31. Be6 $18 Bxe6 32. Nxe6
Re8 33. Nxg7 (33. Nxf4 g5 34. Rf7 Nxg4 (34... gxf4 35. Rxf6 Rxe2 36. Rxf4 $18)
35. Nh5 (35. hxg4 $2 gxf4 36. Kf1 Re4 37. f3 Rc4 $16) 35... Ne5 36. Rxh7+ $1
Kxh7 37. Nf6+ Kg6 38. Nxe8 $18) 33... Rxe2 34. Nf5 $2 (34. Rf7 $1 Nd5 35. Nh5
Kg8 36. Rf5 $18) 34... h5 $1 $132 35. Kf1 (35. g5 Re5 $145 $1) 35... Re5 $2 (
35... Ra2 $1 36. f3 $16 (36. Rf7 f3 $1 $14 {Karlsson})) 36. Rf7 Nd5 37. g5 $18
Re6 38. h4 Ra6 39. Kg2 Rb6 40. Rd7 Rb5 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rxd5 $1 (42. Rxd5 $1
Rxd5 43. g6+ Kh8 44. g7+ Kh7 45. g8=Q+ Kxg8 46. Ne7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 a5 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. c5 Bc7 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. a3
Rfb8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. b4 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Rae1 Nf8 20. f3 axb4 21. axb4 Ng6
22. e4 f4 23. Bc1 Bd7 24. Bh3 Ra4 25. Qg2 Qf6 26. Bb2 Qf7 27. Bg4 Ra2 28. Re2
Rf8 29. Rfe1 Kh8 30. Qh3 Ne7 31. Bc1 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 dxe4 33. fxe4 Qf6 34. Bb2
Qg5 35. Bc1 Qf6 36. Bb2 Qg5 37. Ne1 fxg3 38. hxg3 Ng6 39. e5 Rf4 $2 (39... Ne7
40. Nd3 Nd5 $11) 40. Rh2 $18 h6 41. gxf4 Nxf4 42. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 {Black wants to avoid the exchange of his good B.} 9. Nd2 {/\ Nf3-e5} Nh5
$5 10. Nf3 (10. Be3 $5 {Shipov-Moskalenko, RUS-Cup2 Moscow 1996 CBM 56.}) (10.
Bxb8 {doesn't look very healthy, because it is not advisable to exchange a
well-developed piece for an undeveloped one.} Rxb8 11. e3 g5 {Black's chances
in the Stonewall usually lie on the >>.} 12. f4 (12. Rab1 Bd7 13. b4 {There is
not much on the << this time.} Rc8 14. Qd3 b5 15. c5 a5 16. a3 Ra8 17. Ra1 Qc7
$15 {Sieglen-Glek, Bonn 1994}) (12. f3 Bd7 13. Nf2 f4 {otherwise e3-e4 comes
with a great effect.} 14. exf4 gxf4 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Be8 {activating the bad B on the /^ b1-h7.} 19. Nb3 d4 20. Rad1 Bg6 21.
Qf2 d3 22. Rfe1 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qg5 $13 {P.Cramling-Vaisser, EU-ch
rapid 1996}) 12... h6 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nf2 g4 16. Nd3 h5 17. Ne5 h4
18. b4 h3 19. Bh1 b6 $5 $132 {Dzevlan-Gleizerov, Stockholm 1997}) 10... Nd7 ({
On} 10... h6 $6 11. Bxb8 {comes with a greater effect} Rxb8 12. Ne5 $16) 11.
Bg5 {White is chasing his opponent's good B.} (11. Bd2 {is less consistant.}
Bd6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 (12... Qe8 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Nxh5 Qxh5 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Re8
17. Rac1 Qf7 18. Rfe1 $14 {Jacimovic-Djurhuus, Yerevan olm 1996}) 13. Bxf4 Bxf4
14. gxf4 Nf6) 11... h6 (11... Bxg5 12. Nhxg5 Qe7 13. e3 h6 14. Nh3 g5 15. Ne1 {
- 11...h6}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 (13. Ne5 $6 {leads to a worse P structure for
White.} Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 $132) 13... g5 14. Ne1 b6 $1 {Black wants to activate
his passive B via a6.} (14... Ndf6 $143 15. Nd3 Bd7 16. f4 {White maintains
the pressure in the [+]. By this way White activates his bad N h3 via f2,
while Black's bad B has no perspectives.} Ng4 17. Rfe1 Qg7 18. Nhf2 gxf4 19.
Nxg4 fxg4 20. gxf4 Be8 21. Ne5 Nf6 22. Qf2 Bg6 23. Qh4 Bf5 24. c5 Kh7 25. Kf2
Nd7 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. h3 $14 {A.Karpov-Vaisser, Baden-Baden 1995}) 15. f4 g4
16. Nf2 Ba6 17. b3 Nhf6 $2 {This leaves Black in eternal passivity.} ({There
is no time for preparatory moves:} 17... Rac8 $6 18. Ned3 c5 19. cxd5 $1 cxd4
20. Qd2 $16) (17... c5 $1 {was the right plan for Black to activate his
position just in time.} 18. Ned3 cxd4 19. exd4 (19. cxd5 dxe3) 19... Rac8 20.
Nb2 (20. Qe2 $6 dxc4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Ng7) 20... dxc4 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22.
Nxc4 b5 23. Qe2 bxc4 24. Bd5 Ng7 25. Bxc4 Nb6 $13) 18. Ned3 Rac8 19. Ne5 Qg7 (
19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (22... Qxf8 23. Rf1 $14)
23. a4 $14) 20. Qb2 $1 {The Q finds his secure place.} Nxe5 21. fxe5 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 dxe4 (22... fxe4 23. Qa3 $1) 23. Qa3 $1 Qb7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Rd7 26.
Rad1 Rcd8 27. Bf1 h5 28. b4 b5 29. Qc3 (29. c5 $14 {leads to a better position
for White, although the breakthrough is not easy to find.}) 29... bxc4 30. a4
Kf7 31. Rc1 Rd5 32. Rb2 Rb8 33. Rcc2 Qd7 34. Rb1 $6 {[#] Overlooking Black's
tactical blow.} (34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 Rb6 (35... Rc8 $6 36. b5 c5 37. a5 $16)
36. a5 Rb8 37. Qxc6 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 Rxa5 39. bxa5 Rxb2 40. Rc7+ $14) 34... c5 $1
35. dxc5 Rd3 $1 {This is a nice positional exchange sacrifice in order to gain
the |^.} (35... Rxc5 36. Rcc1 $16) 36. Bxd3 exd3 37. Ra2 {White has to play
carefully defending the P a.} ({The light-hearted} 37. Rf2 $6 {can be punished
after} Qxa4 38. e4 Bb7 39. exf5 Qc6 40. fxe6+ Kg8) 37... Qc6 38. Qd4 (38. b5 $2
Qxc5) 38... Bb7 39. e4 Qxe4 40. Qd7+ {White has to keep the perpetual.} (40.
Qxe4 fxe4 41. Kf2 Bd5 42. Ke3 c3 43. Rf2+ Ke7 44. b5 d2 {/\ Bb3}) 40... Kf8 41.
Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 {
A strategically ambitious setup, aiming to exchange the dark-squared bishops
without making any structural concession (gxf4). However, the knight may
remain badly placed on h3 in certain cases.} Bxf4 {This move seems illogical.
Black spends a tempo carrying out the exchange that in principle does not
favour him, helping White improve the position of his king's knight at the
same time.} ({There has been some discussion in the line starting with} 8... b6
{, after which both sides try to "convince" the opponent to release the
tension, in order to win the race in development.} 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Rac1 Na6 {
If White had exchanged on d6 at an earlier stage, Black could have developed
this knight to d7, taking the critical e5-square under control.} 11. cxd5 $1 {
This exchange is justified by White's previous play. The f5 pawn is
insufficiently defended, which forces Black to open the c-file and refrain
from any form of counterplay based on ...c5..} cxd5 12. Qa4 {Taking the queen
out of the range of the enemy knight and preparing Nc4.} ({After the slightly
premature} 12. Nc4 {Black managed to get out of trouble with} Nb4 13. Qd2 dxc4
14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxc4 Rxb7 17. Qxb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Kf7
20. h4 Rc2 $44 {Ninov,K (2405)-Padevsky,N (2425)/Sofia 1991/EXT 97 (1-0, 50)})
12... Qe7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4 $1 Qe7 15. Ne5 $16 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4d3] White
achieved everything he could dream of, except for the final result in Ruban,V 
(2320)-Gleizerov,E (2405)/Kursk 1987/EXT 97 (0-1, 48)}) ({With the knight on
h3, it makes sense to "lose a tempo" with} 8... Be7 {[%csl Gh3] , avoiding the
undesirable exchange and leaving White with some problems of coordination.} 9.
Nd2 h6 {Practically forcing White's answer, in view of the threat of isolating
the knight with a further ...g5.} ({An even more ambitious continuation is} 
9... Na6 {, taking the knight out of the range of the enemy bishop in order to
add force to ...h6 and ...g5. Playing ...Nbd7 would be less effective, because
White can play Ng5, winning a tempo by attacking the e6-pawn.} 10. Rfd1 h6 $1
11. a3 g5 12. Be5 Ng4 $1 $10 {Aleksandrov,A (2530)-Gleizerov,E (2525)/
Voskresensk 1993/CBM 038/[Glatman] (1-0, 75)}) 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 {From a dynamic
point of view, this exchange obviously favours Black. White has spent two
tempi with his bishop in order to exchange it for an undeveloped knight.} 11.
Nf4 Qe8 12. Nf3 g5 13. Nd3 {White has regrouped his knights in an optimal way,
keeping the e5-square under firm control. However, a further intrusion on that
square will lead to simplifications, because Black still has his dark-squared
bishop.} Bd6 14. Nfe5 Nd7 15. f4 (15. e3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Rfc1 b6 18. b4
Bb7 19. a4 a5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Qd8 22. b5 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Bd8 24. Rc2 Rc8
25. Rac1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rf7 27. f4 {None of the players can make any serious
attempt to play for a win in this blocked position, 1/2 Gaprindashvili,V (2414)
-Moskalenko,V (2469)/Alushta 1999/EXT 2000}) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1
Qd7 24. Qc2 Kg7 $11 {Black has little to fear. His "bad bishop" is in fact
more active than its rival, while White's control over the c-file is
compensated by Black's possibility of opening the position on the other wing,
Komljenovic,D (2495)-Moskalenko,V (2505)/San Sebastian 1992/EXT 2002 (1/2, 47)}
) 9. Nxf4 g5 {Apparently, it is for the sake of this move that Black has
captured on f4. We can call the move a novelty, since it had been seen only in
games between players of a lower level.} (9... Qe7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... Ne4 11.
Rac1 Bd7 12. Nd3 Be8 {Cmilyte,V (2466)-Medic,M (2260)/Dresden 2007/CBM 117 ext
(1-0, 54)} 13. Nf3 $14) 11. b4 {This looks a bit hurried, but eventually
worked out well.} ({Personally, I would prefer} 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd3 $14) 11...
Ne4 12. b5 Ndf6 13. Nb3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd6 15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1
$14 {Tunik,G (2450)-Hoang Thanh Trang (2300)/Budapest 1992/CBM 030 ext (1-0,
51)}) (9... Qe8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 dxc4 $6 12. Qxc4 Nd5 13. e3 Qe7 14. Rfe1
Kh8 15. Nd3 N5f6 16. b4 $16 {Ovsejevitsch,S (2568)-Marcussen,C (1988)/Esbjerg
2007/CBM 119 ext (1-0, 62)}) 10. Nd3 Ne4 11. e3 {This move does not seem
really necessary.} ({Black is too poorly developed to allow himself open the
centre after} 11. Nd2 dxc4 (11... g4 $6 12. f3 $16) (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4
$6 13. Ne5 $16) (11... Nd7 12. Nf3 $14) 12. Nxc4 Qxd4 13. Rad1 $16) 11... Nd7
12. f3 {A move White generally prefers to do without at this stage of the game,
but after the overcautious previous move, there was nothing better.} ({Now,
things are less clear after} 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 {[%csl Ge5]}) 12... Nd6
13. Nd2 Qf6 14. f4 $14 {White should not define the position so soon, as this
will give Black the control over the e4-square.} (14. Rae1 $5 {[%cal Gg1h1,
Gc2c3,Ye3e4]} b6 (14... a5 15. Qc3) (14... Rb8 $5 15. Kh1 b6) 15. cxd5 $1 (15.
Qc3 Ba6 16. b3 c5 $132) 15... cxd5 16. Qc6 Nb7 17. f4 $16) 14... g4 (14... h6
$5) 15. b4 Qe7 16. a4 a6 17. Ne5 Nf6 {Black unnecessarily refrains from moving
to e4, tolerating the enemy knight on e5 at the same time.} (17... Nxe5 18.
dxe5 Ne4 $14) 18. c5 Nde8 (18... Nde4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 (19... dxe4 20. Ndc4 $16)
20. b5 $14) 19. h3 (19. b5 $14) 19... gxh3 $2 {An obvious strategic concession,
exchanging the important g-pawn for a rook pawn.} ({Both players probably
thought that} 19... h5 $5 {was impossible because of the fork on g6, but
things are not that simple.} 20. hxg4 (20. Ng6 $2 Qg7 21. Nxf8 gxh3 22. Bxh3
Qxg3+ 23. Bg2 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Kxf8 $44) 20... Nxg4 $8 21. Rae1 Qg7 $14 {/<=>})
20. Bxh3 $16 Kh8 21. Kf2 Rg8 22. Rh1 Nd7 23. Bg2 Nef6 24. Bf3 Nxe5 25. dxe5
Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Nb3 {White has obtained a dream position, with a
fantastic d4-square for his knight and a mass of mobile pawns on the kingside.
He also has the queenside attack based on b5 in reserve. Black is practically
lost.} Bd7 28. Rh3 Rg4 29. Rah1 Rag8 30. Nd4 R8g6 31. Qd1 Qg7 32. Qg1 h6 33.
Qh2 Kh7 34. Ne2 Qf8 35. Rh5 {I do not know whether Black lost on time or
whether the scoresheets were illegible starting from this moment.} ({White
should aim to unblock his pawns by exchanging rooks:} 35. Rh5 Be8 (35... Qg7
36. Rh4) 36. Nd4 Bd7 (36... Bf7 37. Rh4 Qg7 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Qh3 Qg6 40. b5
$16) 37. Rh4 Qg7 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Qg2 Qg6 40. Rh3 Be8 41. Qh2 Bf7 42. Rh4 $16)
1-0

[Event "Badalona op"]
[Site "Badalona"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf4 (7. b3 Qe7 8.
a4 a5 9. Ba3) 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. e3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Be8 11. Qc2 Bh5 12. Ne5 (
12. cxd5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 cxd5) 12... Nbd7 $6 (12... Ne4 13. Na4 (13. Ne2 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nd7) 13... Nd7 14. f3 Nd6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc5 $14) 13. cxd5 cxd5 (13...
Nxd5 $5) 14. f3 $1 {(><e4, פf6, ץh5)} (14. Rac1 $2 Rc8 15. Qa4 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Ne4 17. Qxa7 (17. Nb5 Be2 18. Rfe1 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qh4) 17... Nd2 18. Rfe1 Nf3+
19. Bxf3 Bxf3) 14... Rc8 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 a6 (16... Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. b4
$16 {/\Na4-c5}) (16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. f4 $16 {/\Nxd5}) 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18.
b3 {(פb6)} Be8 (18... Rc7 19. Na4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Nxa4 21. bxa4 $16 {<-> c})
19. Kf2 Bd7 20. a4 Rc7 (20... a5 21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24.
dxc5 Na8 25. Nd4 $16) 21. a5 Rfc8 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Nc8 25.
Ncd3 Nd6 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Bf1 Kf8 28. Ke1 Ke7 29. Kd2 Bd7 30. Bd3 $1 (30. Kc3
Bb5 31. Bxb5 Nxb5+ 32. Kb4 Nd6 $14) 30... Be8 (30... Bb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 (31...
Nxb5 32. Nxb7) 32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. a6) 31. Kc3 Nd7 (31... Bb5 32. Nxb7 $1 Nxb7 (
32... Bxd3 33. Nxd6) 33. Bxb5 Nxa5 (33... axb5 34. a6) 34. Bxa6) 32. Kb4 {
(/\ 33.Ncxd7 Bxd7 34.Kc5)} (32. Ncxd7 Bxd7 33. Kb4 Kd8 34. Kc5 Kc7 35. Nxd7
Kxd7 36. Kb6 Kc8 $10 37. Bxa6 bxa6 38. Kxa6 Kc7 39. b4 Kc6) 32... Nb8 33. e4 $1
{(><d5)} Bc6 (33... fxe4 34. fxe4 dxe4 (34... Bg6 35. Nxg6+ hxg6 36. e5 Nf5 37.
Bxf5 gxf5 38. Nxb7 $18) 35. Nxe4 h6 36. Kc5 $16) (33... dxe4 34. fxe4 Bc6 35.
exf5 Nxf5 36. Bxf5 exf5 37. Kc4 {(/\38.d5+/-)} Bb5+ 38. Kd5 Bc6+ 39. Nxc6+
bxc6+ 40. Ke5 g6 41. h4 h6 42. d5 cxd5 43. Kxd5 Kf6 44. Kd6 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5
46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47. Kc7 f4 48. Nd3 f3 49. Kxb8) 34. exf5 exf5 35. Be2 Bb5 (35...
g6 36. Ncd3 Bb5 37. Kc5 Ke6 38. Kb6 $18) 36. Bxb5 (36. Ncd3 Nd7 37. Nxd7 Kxd7
38. Kc5 Ke6) 36... Nxb5 (36... axb5 37. a6 (37. Nxb7 $4 Na6+ 38. Kc3 Nxb7)
37... Nxa6+ 38. Nxa6 bxa6 39. Ka5 Kd8 40. Kb6 $18 (40. Kxa6 Kc7)) 37. Nxb7 Nxd4
38. Kc5 Nxb3+ 39. Kxd5 Nd7 40. Nc6+ (40. Nxd7 Kxd7 41. Nc5+ Nxc5 42. Kxc5 Ke6
43. Kc6 Ke7 44. Kd5 (44. Kb6 Kd6 45. Kxa6 Kc6 46. Ka7 Kc7 47. h3 h6 48. h4 h5
49. a6 g6) 44... Kd7 45. Ke5 Kc6 (45... g6 46. Kf6 Kc6 47. Kg7 Kb5 48. Kxh7
Kxa5 49. Kxg6 Kb5 50. h4 a5 51. h5 a4 52. h6 a3 53. h7 a2 54. h8=Q $18) 46.
Kxf5 Kd5 (46... Kb5 47. Ke6 Kxa5 48. Kf7 Kb5 49. Kxg7 a5 50. f5 a4 51. f6 a3
52. f7 a2 53. f8=Q a1=Q+ 54. Kxh7 Qb1+ 55. Kh6 Qc1+ 56. f4 $18) 47. Kg5 Ke6 48.
h4 Kd6 49. h5 Ke6 50. f5+ (50. h6 gxh6+ 51. Kxh6 Kf5 52. Kxh7 Kxf4 53. Kg6 Kxf3
54. Kf6 Kf4 55. Ke6 Kg5 56. Kd6 Kf6 57. Kc6 Ke6 58. Kb6 Kd6 59. Kxa6 Kc6 $10)
50... Kf7 (50... Ke5 51. f6 gxf6+ 52. Kh6 $18) 51. Kf4 (51. f6 gxf6+ 52. Kh6
Kg8 53. f4 Kh8 54. f5 Kg8 $10 {stalemate}) 51... Kf6 $10 52. Ke4 $2 Kg5) 40...
Kf7 41. Nb4 Nf6+ (41... Nb8 42. Kd6) 42. Kd6 $1 (42. Ke5 Nd2 43. Nxa6 Nxf3+ 44.
Kd6 (44. Kxf5 $4 g6#) 44... Ne8+ 45. Kd7 (45. Kc6 Nd4+ 46. Kb6 Nb3 47. Nac5
Nxa5 48. Nxa5 $14) 45... Nd4 46. Nac5 (46. Nc7 Nxc7 47. Kxc7 g5 48. a6 gxf4 49.
Kb6 (49. a7 Nb5+) 49... f3) 46... g5 47. a6 Nb5 48. Kc6 Na7+ 49. Kb6 Nc8+)
42... Kg6 (42... Nd2 43. Nxa6 Nxf3 44. Nc7 $18) 43. Nxa6 Kh5 44. Nc7 Nxa5 45.
Nxa5 Kh4 46. Ne6 g6 47. Ng5 h6 48. Nf7 Kh3 49. Nc4 Kxh2 50. Nce5 Kg3 (50... g5
51. Nxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5 $18) 51. Nxg6 Kxf3 52. Ke5 Nh5 53. Nxh6 Nxf4 $6 (53...
Ke3 54. Ng8 Kf3 55. Nf6 Ng3 56. Nd5 Kf2 (56... Ne2 57. Nge7 Ng3 58. Nxf5 Nh5
59. Nd4+ Kg4 60. f5 $18) 57. Kd4 Kf3 58. Ne5+ Kf2 59. Kd3) 54. Nxf4 Ke3 55. Nf7
Kf3 56. Ng5+ Ke3 57. Nge6 Kd2 (57... Kf2 58. Kd4 Kg3 59. Ke3 Kh4 60. Nd4 (60.
Kf3 $4 {stalemate}) 60... Kg5 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Nc6 Kg5 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. Kh4 Kf7
65. Kg5 Ke8 66. Kf6 Kd7 67. Ne5+ Kd6 68. Ned3 $18) 58. Kd4 Kc2 59. Nc5 Kd2 60.
Nb3+ Kc2 61. Kc4 Kb2 62. Nd4 Ka3 63. Kb5 Kb2 64. Kb4 Ka2 65. Nc2 Kb2 66. Ne3
Ka2 67. Nc4 Kb1 68. Kc3 Kc1 69. Ne3 Kb1 70. Nd3 f4 (70... Ka2 71. Nc4 f4 72.
Kc2) 71. Nc4 f3 72. Kb3 Ka1 73. Nd2 (73. Nd2 f2 74. Nb4 f1=Q 75. Nc2#) 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Varitski, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 {Ungewöhn. Meistens spielt Schwarz hier
selbst ...d5.} 5. d5 ({Nicht unlogisch aber doch nicht viel gespielt. In das
erste bekannte Beispiel mit 5.d5 folgte:} 5. Nf3 d5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Ne1 Bg5 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc2 Rf7 14. f3 Nd6 15.
Nc3 f4 16. gxf4 Bxf4 17. e3 Bh6 18. Ba3 $14 {0-1 Johner,P-Tarrasch,S/Bad
Pistyan 1922/HCL (28)}) 5... Bb4+ (5... cxd5 6. cxd5 Bb4+ (6... e5 7. Nf3 (7.
Nc3 Bc5 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O h6 10. Na4 Na6 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Be3 b6 13. Nd2 a5 14.
Bxc5 bxc5 15. e4 O-O 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nc4 Rb8 {und Schwarz steht gut,
Levitt-Williams, Torquay 1988/CBM 66 ext (1-0, 59).}) 7... Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 e4 9.
Nd4 O-O $2 (9... g6) 10. O-O $2 (10. Nxf5) 10... d6 11. Nc4 Nxd5 12. Nxf5 (12.
Nc2 Be6 $8 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Nxd6 $13) 12... Rxf5 13. Bxe4 Ne7 14. a3 Bc5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. Qxd6 $5 (16. Bxf5 $1 $16) 16... Rf8 17. Bf4 $2 (17. Bg5 $1 $16)
17... Qxd6 18. Bxd6 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Dumitrache,D/Baku 1988/CBM 10 
(64)}) 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Na6 10. O-O Bb4 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rad1 Kh8
13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. d6 Qe8 15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. Qd4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Rb8 $16 {1-0
Romanishin,O-Giorgadze,T/Moscow 1987/CBM 04 (34)}) (5... Bc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nh3
e5 8. e4 d6 9. O-O cxd5 10. cxd5 h6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Be3 Qd7 {0-1 Zaerban,
J-Schmittdiel,E/Baunatal 1998/EXT 2000 (12)}) 6. Bd2 Qe7 (6... a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nh3 cxd5 9. cxd5 e5 10. e4 d6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Na6 14. O-O
Nc5 15. f4 e4 $11 {0-1 Karpman,V-Savchenko,S/Lvov 1988/EXT 2000 (57)}) (6...
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 e5 8. Nc3 c5 9. e4 d6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Qe7 13.
O-O h6 14. Nge4 Nbd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shalimov,V-Gasanov,E/Kharkov 1999/EXT 2000 
(60)}) 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 cxd5 10. cxd5 e5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7
13. Rfc1 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5b3,Rc5e4]} 14. Qd1 a5 15. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6]} Nfe4 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Na6 19. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 f4 $36 {[%cal Rc8h3,
Rf4f3,Rf8f4]} 21. Na3 Bd7 22. Rc1 Qf6 {[%csl Rf2]} 23. Rf1 Qh6 {/\fxg3/Qxh6/
gxf2+.} 24. Qb2 Bh3 25. Nc4 {[%csl Rd6]} Qh5 $5 26. Rc1 $2 (26. Nxd6 $5 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 f3+ 28. Kg1 $1 (28. exf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qxd5 $19) 28... fxe2 29. Re1 e4
30. Qxe2 Qxd5 31. Nxe4 Nxb4 $11) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 f3+ 28. exf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1
Qxd5 $17 30. Ne3 Qd4 $2 (30... Qf3 31. Rc2 g6 $17 {[%cal Gg8g7,Gg7h6]}) 31.
Qb3+ Kh8 32. Qf7 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8,Rd8,Re8,Rf8]} Rg8 33. Nf5 $16 Qg4 34.
Nxd6 h6 35. Qxb7 $6 (35. b5 $1 Nc5 36. h3 $1 (36. Rxc5 $5 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxd6 38.
Rd5 Qf6 39. Qxf6 gxf6 40. Rd6 Rf8 41. Rd7 $18) 36... Qe6 37. Qxe6 Nxe6 38. Nxb7
Rb8 39. Nd6 Rb6 40. Rc6 Rb8 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 43. Rxe6 $18) 35...
Nxb4 36. Rb1 $6 (36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Nxe5 $16) 36... Nd3 37. Qd5 $2 (37. Nf7+ $1
Kh7 38. Nxh6 $1 Kxh6 39. Qa6+ $18 (39. Qa6+ Qg6 $4 40. Rb6 $18)) 37... Qe2 {
[%csl Rf2]} 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Ne4 Ne1 40. Nc3 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Qc2 42. Ne4 Qe2 43.
Qc5 Nh4+ 44. Kg1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 (8.
a4 O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 b6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Rxa3 Na6
15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Rd1 Kf8 17. Raa1 Ke7 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Ne1 Ke7
21. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (43) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Radjabov,T (2713) Beijing
2013}) (8. Ne1 b6 9. Nd3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. e3 a5
14. Qc2 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Qb2 g5 17. Nd3 b5 18. a3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne4 20.
Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxc4 23. Bxe4 Ba6 24. Bf3 a4 25. e4 Rab8 26.
Qd2 Bc4 27. Bg4 Rf8 28. Rc2 Rb3 29. Qc1 {1-0 (52) Kamsky,G (2721)-Radjabov,T 
(2713) Beijing 2013. I only see an equal position here, but ultimately White
prevailed.}) 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. e3 Na6 13. Nb1 $2 {
I don't understand why this active knight retreats to its original position.
There would be some sense in this move if there were a black knight on e4
which could be chased away by f3, but here the idea behind the knight
withdrawal escapes me.} (13. Qe2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Nb1 Nb4 17.
Ba3 axb3 18. axb3 c5 19. f3 Ng5 20. h4 Nf7 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. f4 dxc4 23. Bxb7
Qxb7 24. Rxc4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Nd2 Nc6 27. Qg2 Rc8 28. Rd4 (28. Rxb4 b5
29. Rd4 Qa7 30. Rd3 Nb4 31. Rd6 Qxe3+ 32. Qf2 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rc2
35. Ke2 Kf7 $11) 28... Qe7 29. Rd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 (60) Alekseev,E (2640)
-Moiseenko,A (2662) Sochi 2006}) 13... c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nb5
Bb8 {Of course Black hangs on to the bishop pair.} 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Qe2 Nb4 19.
a3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 h5 $5 {White is a little behind in development so Black
becomes active first.} 21. dxc5 (21. f3 Nd6 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. a4 c4 24. Qc3 $11
) 21... bxc5 $5 {This implies a pawn sacrifice since a5 cannot be defended.} (
21... Nxc5 22. Qc2 h4 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 hxg3 26. fxg3 Nxg3 27.
Bxd5+ Kh7 (27... Kh8 $4 28. Qh6#) 28. Rf3 Rd6 $11) 22. Bc3 a4 $5 {It's better
to ruin White's pawn structure than to let the pawn simply be taken.} 23. bxa4
h4 24. Ba5 Rd7 25. Be1 {Again a retreat I don't understand. Especially with a
rook still on f1, why resort to such a passive position for the bishop? I
suppose White wanted to build up a solid defence but his passivity only makes
matters worse.} ({After} 25. Rfd1 hxg3 26. hxg3 {it doesn't look as if White
has to be afraid of a sacrifice on g3:} Nxg3 $6 (26... Rf6 {maintains the
pressure without giving up material} 27. Be1 Rh6 28. Rb1 Ba6 29. Qb3 Qf7 30. a5
Kh7 31. a4 Qh5 32. Qc2 {Chances look equal but the position doesn't look very
pleasant to play for White since he can't become active and has to sit and
wait.}) 27. fxg3 Bxg3 28. Be1 Be5 29. Rc2 f4 30. exf4 Bxf4 31. Re2 Qg5 32. Bd2
$16) 25... hxg3 26. fxg3 g6 27. Nc3 $2 {Yet another retreat, which makes
White's position precarious since the knight was about the best positioned
white piece.} (27. Bxe4 dxe4 (27... fxe4 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qe2 Rf7 30. Ba5 $11
) 28. Qc4+ $14 Rf7 29. Qxc5 Qd8 30. Rb1 Rd5 31. Qc4 Qb6 32. Bf2 {and White
stands firm.}) 27... Nf6 $15 28. Rb1 Qe6 29. Rf2 Ba6 30. Qd1 Ba7 {This is not
looking good for White. If only the knight had still been on b5. White tries
to remedy his mistake but it's too late.} 31. Nb5 Bxb5 $1 {Of course. It's the
a7-g1 diagonal that counts.} 32. axb5 c4 33. Re2 (33. Bd2 d4 $19) 33... Bxe3+
34. Rxe3 {Of course this is sheer despair. The rest is mopping up, so White
might have well have resigned here. The text doesn't require a question mark,
since the alternative is equally hopeless.} (34. Kh1 d4 35. Bf2 Ne4 36. Bxe4
Qxe4+ 37. Kg1 f4 38. Qc1 d3 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Qxe3 Qxe3 41. Bxe3 c3 $19) 34...
Qxe3+ 35. Bf2 Qxa3 36. b6 Qd3 $6 (36... Ne4 37. b7 Nxf2 38. Kxf2 Qc5+ 39. Kf1
c3 $1 40. b8=Q c2 41. Qxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Qc1 Qc4+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Kf3
Qd1+ $19) 37. Qc1 Ne4 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Ra1 (39. b7 Rb8 $19) 39... f4 40. gxf4
c3 41. f5 c2 (41... c2 42. b7 Qd1+ 43. Be1 Qg4+ 44. Kh1 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qxf5 {
with an almost obscene winning position.}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 Bd6 {In the past the Swede
Karlsson (not the same as Carlsen, but quite a good player in several open
tournaments) was quite successful with this move. Of course Black can still
play ...c6 later on, but another option is ...b6. This not only stops the
white advance c5, but in some lines Black now plays ...c5, which is of course
more active than ...c6. With the bishop on d6 instead of e7, Black also has a
little more space (e.g. e7 is now available to the queen).} (5... c6 {is by
far the most popular choice, whereas the text is seldom played, certainly at a
higher level.}) 6. O-O (6. c5 $5 {sidesteps a lot of lines, since now the
bishop has to be moved at once.} Be7 7. b4 O-O (7... b6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O a5
10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nc6 $11) 8. O-O Ne4 9. Ne5 Nd7
(9... Bf6 10. f3 Nd6 $1 11. e4 dxe4 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Be3 d5 15. b5
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 dxc4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Na3 Qe7 19. Nc2 Rd8 20. Qe2 $14) 10. Nd3
Bf6 11. Bb2 c6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Nd2 a5 14. bxa5 Qxa5 15. a4 b6 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. e3
Re8 18. Rf2 Rb8 $6 (18... Qb7 $1) 19. Bf1 (19. a5 bxc5 20. Nbxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
$14) 19... Qa8 (19... Qa7) 20. a5 $14 bxc5 21. Ndxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Nf7 23. a6
$16 {1-0 (38) Van der Stricht,G (2390)-Draftian,A (2333) Namur 2009}) 6... O-O
7. b3 {It's a standard idea to exchange the dark-squared bishops with Ba3,
leaving Black with the bad light-squared bishop.} b6 (7... c6 {leads to
well-trodden paths.}) 8. cxd5 (8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nd7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Na4 Be7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Nb2 Rfd8 17. Nd3 Qe8 18.
a4 Nf6 19. Bf4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Be5 Ne4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nf4 Qf7 24. e3 Nd7
25. Nd3 dxc4 26. bxc4 (26. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 27. Qc2 Nd5 28. Rfe1 $10) 26... Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 Qe8 28. Rb1 Ba8 29. Rfd1 Bf6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd3 Bg5 32. Kf2 Qe7 33. f4
Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Qd6 $1 35. Ne5 Bf6 36. Nf3 h6 37. h4 Qc6 38. Kf2 Qe4 39. Qxe4
fxe4 40. Ng1 Rd2+ 41. Ne2 Rc2 {½-½ (74) Karpov,A (2730)-Karlsson,L (2520)
Haninge 1990 CBM 018 [Schussler]; and in what followed Karlsson managed to
wrest a draw from the great Karpov himself.}) (8. Ba3 {transposes.}) 8... exd5
9. Ba3 Ne4 (9... Bb7 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Rc1 c5 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rd1
Ndf6 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qe7 $2 (16... Rc8 17. Qd3 (17. Nc4 Be7 $11) 17...
Rf7 $11 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. Qh3 Rcf8 20. Re1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rf1 Rxf2 $1 23.
Rxf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qf6+ 25. Bf3 exf3 26. Bb2 Be5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Re1 Qd4+ $11
) 17. Nc4 $1 $16 d4 18. Qc2 $6 (18. Qc1 $1 Bxg2 19. Nxd6 Bd5 20. Bxc5 $16)
18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd7 20. Rxd4 $16 cxd4 21. Bxd6 Qf6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rf1
Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Ne5 25. Rc1 Ng4 26. Qd2 Qf6 27. Qf4 g5 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Nxd6 {
1-0 (29) Komarov,D (2525)-Bonatti,W (2255) Massy 1993}) 10. Bxd6 cxd6 $6 {
Quite a commitment at an early stage of the game. Of course Black now firmly
controls the e5-square, but in the what follows the necessity to defend the
weak d5-pawn will be a pebble in his shoe. At first this is not so noticeable
but as the game progresses, the pebble may become more troublesome.} (10...
Qxd6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nc3 c5 13. Rac1 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Qb2 Rce8 {and Black
is OK.}) 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Nc3 (12. e3 g5 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Qb2 f4 15. exf4 gxf4
16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Nxf4 Rxf4 18. gxf4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qf6 20. Qc1 Kh8 21. Kh1 Rg8
22. Bh3 Nf8 23. f5 Qf7 $2 (23... Ne6 $1 $11 24. Qe3 Ng7 25. Qf4 Ne6 26. Qe3 Ng7
$11) 24. Qh6 $16 Qe8 25. Qh4 (25. Nh4 $16) 25... Qb5 26. Rg1 Qe2 $11 27. Rxg8+
Kxg8 28. Kg2 Qxa2 (28... Nd7 29. f6 Ndxf6 30. Ng5 h6 31. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Qxe4
dxe4 $11) 29. Ng5 Qe2 30. Ne6 h5 31. Nf4 Qd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (70) Kamsky,G (2741)
-Lou,Y (2484) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Nd7 $11 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. e3 Ndf6 15. Rfc1
Rac8 16. Nd1 (16. Ne2 $4 Nxf2 $19) 16... Ba6 (16... Bc6 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rac1
Rfc8 19. Bf1 Be8 20. Ne1 $14) 17. Ne1 Qd7 18. a4 $6 (18. f3 Ng5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. Rc1 Re8 21. Qd2 $14) 18... h5 $6 {It's difficult to sit still and do
nothing when playing the Dutch. But as Black has no prospect of a kingside
attack, it was wiser not to advance the pawn to h5. An obvious drawback of ...
h5, is that the g6-square is weakened.} (18... g6 $14) 19. Rxc8 $1 (19. a5 $2 {
looks consistent, since White has advanced the a-pawn, but it leads to no
advantage.} Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Qb2 Qb5 22. axb6 Qb4 23. Nf3 Qxb6 $11) 19...
Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. f3 Ng5 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bh3 g6 25. Nc3 {
After some forced moves and exchanges White has reached a small advantage
since his pawn structure is better than Black's.} Qe7 {Since e4 was threatened,
Black protects the undefended knight on e6.} 26. Qd2 Nd8 27. Ne2 {Because of
the weaknesses on d5 and g6, Black doesn't want to allow a knight on f4. Of
course White still has two knights...} Bxe2 (27... Ne6 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. Nc3 Bxf1
30. Kxf1 Qb7 31. Kf2 $16) 28. Qxe2 Nc6 (28... Qc7 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Bf1 Ne6 31.
Kf2 Ng8 32. Qc2 Qxc2+ 33. Nxc2 a5 34. Bb5 Kf6 35. Ne1 Nf8 36. Nd3 Ne7 37. Be8
$16 {White has a clear endgame advantage: a good bishop and the better pawn
structure.}) 29. Kf2 a5 30. Nd3 Kf7 31. Qc2 Qb7 32. Bf1 {White takes his time.
Of course the immediate Nf4 is possible, but White directs his pieces to their
optimal positions first, also waiting for Black to go wrong somewhere.} Kg7 {.}
33. Qc3 {Normal and simple but in retrospect also a very clever move.
Otherwise Black would have played the obvious ...Nb4 somewhere, attacking the
queen.} Kf7 34. Be2 Kg7 35. Nf4 Kf7 $4 {Probably Black was lulled to sleep by
White's slow build-up, so he 'just' repeats moves. But this terrible blunder
loses at once because either the knight on c6 gets pinned or the white queen
enters the game decisively. Now that the white knight no longer controls the
b4 square, Black should have played his knight there at once.} (35... Nb4 $1
36. Bb5 Kf7 $16 37. Nd3 Nxd3+ 38. Bxd3 Ng8 $1 39. Bb5 Ne7 {and White has a
laborious task ahead to try and make something of his advantage.}) 36. Ba6 $1 {
Illustrating the truth of the saying that a positional advantage is often
turned into a big plus by a tactical coup. After the next move, Black resigned
at once.} (36. Ba6 Qa8 (36... Qxa6 37. Qxc6 Qa7 {The queen is completely out
of the game.} 38. Qxd6 Kg7 39. Ne6+ $1 {Going into a queen ending with two
pawns up is also winning, but keeping the knights on is even stronger.} (39.
Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Qxd5) 39... Kf7 40. Kg2 Qd7 41. Ng5+ Kg7 42. Qxb6 $18) 37. Bb5
Ne7 38. Qc7 Qc8 39. Qxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O (6. c5 {to 'punish'
Black for the provocatively early ...Bd6 before ...c6, is a very rare move at
a higher level. Here is an exception:} Be7 7. b4 O-O 8. Bf4 Bd7 9. Nbd2 Be8 10.
Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nf3 (13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 a6 15. Be5 Qd7
16. Qc2 b6 17. O-O bxc5 18. dxc5 Rab8 19. Rfb1 $11) 13... Be8 14. h4 a6 15. Ne5
Bh5 16. f3 Nf6 17. b5 $6 Nd7 18. O-O Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. Qd2 $2 (20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. e3 $11) 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 f4 $15 {0-1 (35) Navara,D (2730)
-Riazantsev,A (2646) Minsk 2015}) 6... O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Qe7 (8... Ne4 9.
Bf4 (9. Rb1 Qe7 (9... a5 10. a3 Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Bd7 14. b4
Be8 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nd3 Ndf6 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 a4 19. Qd2 Kh8 20. Kh1 Nh5
21. Rg1 $14 {0-1 (44) Jakovenko,D (2704)-Vallejo Pons,F (2711) Doha 2016}) 10.
b4 b5 11. cxb5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Bd7 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16.
bxc5 a5 (16... a6 $14) 17. a3 $16 {½-½ (58) Edouard,R (2647)-Fressinet,L 
(2677) Agen 2016}) 9... Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nd7 11. e3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 $6 13. Kh1 (
13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f3 $36) 13... Be8 14. Bf3 (14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. f3 $14) 14...
Nd7 15. Rg1 $5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qh4 $132 17. Rg2 Bh5 $1 $11 18. Bxh5 {½-½ (45)
Budo,A-Selezniev,A Moscow (Russia) 1931; is from a very old game, illsutrating
how long this variation has been around.}) ({Apparently} 8... dxc4 {is never
played here, though it's not that clear to me how White will get an advantage.}
9. e4 Bc7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 b3 14. Qc3 Ba6 15. Nxc4 (15.
exf5 $2 Nd5 $17) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxb3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Rab8 18. Qa2 Nb6 {with equal
chances.}) 9. Rb1 Bd7 {The light-squared bishop is Black's eternal son of
sorrows in the Stonewall. A very common route is to go Bc8-d7-e8-h5 and
exchange it, because often it's just in the way on other squares.} ({Again} 
9... dxc4 {is certainly worth trying.}) 10. c5 {Now that White is almost fully
developed, this makes far more sense than at move six.} Bc7 11. b4 Ne4 {
There is hardly a Dutch Stonewall without this move. The knight cannot be
tolerated there for long (retreating Nf3 and chasing the black outpost with f3
is time-consuming) so White often exchanges it, opening the f-file for Black.
Ideally - if Black can push the e-pawn to e5 - he has an excellent position.} (
11... a6 12. a4 Be8 13. b5 cxb5 14. axb5 Ne4 15. b6 Bd8 16. Bf4 (16. Ne5 Nc6)
16... Nc6 17. e3 a5 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Ne1 g5 20. Nxe4 gxf4 21. Nd6 fxe3 22. fxe3
Nb4 23. Qe2 Kh7 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. Nf3 Rg8 26. Ne5 Qg7 27. Ra3 Bf6 28. Nxc6 Nxc6
29. Nb5 Bd8 30. Rca1 Kh8 31. Na7 Rxa7 32. bxa7 Nxa7 33. Rb1 $16) 12. Nxe4 {
This gets rid of an annoying customer and gives White a target: the pawn that
will appear on e4 will be attacked, opening up the f-file for White as well.} (
12. b5 Nxc3 13. bxc6 Bxc6 $6 (13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bxc6 $11) 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15.
Bf4 (15. Bg5 $5) 15... Bxf4 16. gxf4 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Be8 19. Qb4 Rc7
20. f4 Bh5 $11 {½-½ (33) Smirnov,P (2610)-Bareev,E (2663) Novosibirsk 2012})
12... fxe4 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Ne5 {Retreating is far too passive.} (14. Ne1 $2 h6
15. Be3 e5 $11) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be8 16. f3 Nd7 $6 (16... exf3 17. Rxf3 Qh5
18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Qd2 $14 h6 20. Bf4 Kg8 21. e4 Nd7 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Rf1 $14
{There are no immediate threats, but Black's minor pieces occupy awkward
positions. The only active option is ...a5.}) 17. fxe4 Qh5 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.
Rf1+ $2 {Apparently even 2700+ players are not immune to the well-known
mistake of 'Patzer sieht Schach, gibt Schach'. There was no need whatever for
White to drive the king to the safer square at g8.} (19. h4 $5 Nxe5 20. exd5
cxd5 $8 (20... exd5 $4 21. Qf5+ Nf7 22. Be7+ $18) 21. e4 h6 22. Qc3 Nf7 23. Be3
Qg6 24. Bd4 dxe4 25. Re1 Bc6 26. b5 Bd5 27. c6 Kg8 28. cxb7 Bxb7 29. Qc7 Bd5
30. Kh2 $14 {White's active position more than outweighs the minus pawn.}) (19.
Bf4 $1 {by force leads to an advantageous position for White, with a sound
extra pawn.} Nxe5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxh7 $16 Ke7 23. e4 Bf7 24.
exd5 Bxd5 25. Qh4+ Kf7 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Qf4 Qe6 (27... Qxf4 28. Bxd5+ cxd5 29.
Rxf4 $18) 28. a3 $16) 19... Kg8 20. Qd2 (20. Bf4 Nxe5 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. exd5 exd5
23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bf7 25. Bf3 Qf5 26. Be3 $14) 20... Nxe5 21. exd5 (21. Be7
Nf7 22. Qb2 Bd7 23. Bd6 b5 (23... Nxd6 24. cxd6 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. e5 Qg5
27. Qd4 b6 28. Kf2 c5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Qb2 a6 31. Bf3 $16) 24. a3 a5 25. exd5
exd5 26. e4 axb4 27. axb4 Nxd6 28. cxd6 Qh6 29. exd5 Qxd6 30. Qf2 cxd5 31. Qf7+
Kh8 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Rd8 34. Kf2 {and White is microscopically better.})
21... exd5 22. Qe3 Nf7 23. Bf4 Qg4 24. Bf3 $2 ({This weakens the h3-square.
It's better to 'keep the position together' by} 24. h3 $1 Qd7 25. Kh2 Qd8 26.
Qd3 Bd7 27. Bd2 $16 {I like the pair of bishops. White has a small but
comfortable advantage.}) 24... Qd7 25. Qd4 Qe6 26. Bc1 $2 {With Black unable
to lend extra support to the d5-pawn with his own bishop, e4! is the move to
extend the scope of the white bishop pair.} (26. e4 $1 dxe4 27. Re1 Qxa2 28.
Rxe4 h6 (28... Rd8 29. Qxd8 Nxd8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Rxd8 Qb3 32. Kf2 Qxb4 33.
Be3 $16) 29. Re7 b5 30. Qc3 Qc4 31. Bd2 Kf8 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Re4 Qc2 34. h4 $14
{Despite being a pawn down, White is slightly better because of the greater
activity of his pieces.}) 26... Qe5 27. Qd2 Bd7 28. Bg2 Rd8 29. Bb2 Qg5 30. Rf4
$6 (30. Qd4 $1 {sets up a battery against g7 that guarantees a small advantage:
} Bc8 31. e4 Be6 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Rf5 $1 Qg6 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 cxd5 $14)
30... Bc8 31. Qd4 (31. Qe3 $1 $14 {Intending 32.h4! followed by 33.Qe7.}) 31...
Qg6 $1 32. e4 Ng5 $1 $11 33. Rf1 (33. Qd2 Ne6 34. Rf1 dxe4 35. Qc2 Ng5 36. h4
Nf3+ 37. Bxf3 exf3 38. Qxg6 hxg6 39. Rxf3 $11) (33. exd5 $2 Ne6 $17) 33... Bh3
34. exd5 (34. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 35. Kg2 Ng5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Qc4 $8 Qe6 {is even
worse for White.}) 34... Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Rxd5 $15 {For the first time in the
game Black has obtained a small advantage, but White can hold on.} 36. Qe3 Rd3
37. Qe5 h6 $2 (37... Qe4+ $1 38. Qxe4 Nxe4 39. Re1 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Ng5+ 41. Kg4
Rxb2 42. Kxg5 Rxb4 43. Re7 Rb5 (43... Kf8 44. Rc7 $11) 44. Kf5 b6 45. a4 Rxc5+
46. Ke6 h6 47. Rxa7 Rc2 $15 {and White has some work ahead to get a draw.}) 38.
Rf2 $1 Rd5 (38... Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 Nxe4 40. Re2 $11) 39. Qf4 Kh7 40. h4 Ne6 41.
Qe3 a5 42. a3 h5 43. Rd2 Rxd2+ 44. Qxd2 a4 45. Kf2 Qe4 46. Qd1 Kg6 47. Bc3 (47.
Qxa4 $4 Nxc5 $19) 47... Nc7 48. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 (
8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. e3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Qe7 17. Rcd1 Bb8 18. e4 c5 $2 (18... Rcd8 $14) 19. d5
f4 $2 20. e5 $18 {0-1 (36) Vovk,Y (2617)-Wei,Y (2734) Baku 2015}) (8. Ne5 b6 9.
cxd5 (9. Ndf3 Bb7 (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Na6 13. a3 Qe7 14.
Nd3 Rac8 15. e3 c5 $11 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2693)-Krasenkow,M (2661) Gausdal
2007}) 10. Bf4 Qe7 (10... Ne4) 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Nc6
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Ne4 17. e3 Qd6 $2 (17... Rfd8 $14) 18. Qxd6 Nxd6
19. Rc6 Ne4 20. Rxe6 $16 {1-0 (40) Akobian,V (2624)-Tregubov,P (2642)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 9... cxd5 10. Ndc4 Bc7 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Rc1 Bxc4 13. Rxc4
dxc4 14. Bxa8 Nbd7 15. Bc6 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bb5 Nxe5 (17... g5 $5 18. Qxd8
Bxd8 19. Bxc4 $1 gxf4 20. Bxe6+ Kg7 21. gxf4 $14) 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxc4 Qe7
20. Qb3 Rf6 $2 (20... Kf7) 21. Rd1 Kh8 22. e3 $14 {1-0 (79) Moiseenko,A (2710)
-Can,E (2547) Biel 2015}) 8... Nbd7 9. Ne1 {The beginning of an elaborate
regrouping aimed at controlling the e5-square. It leads to nothing more than
an equal position. The alternatives don't seem to yield White an advantage
either, so it can be said Black is OK in this variation.} (9. a3 a5 10. Rb1 Qe7
11. Ne1 b6 12. Nd3 a4 {Preventing b4.} 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. cxd5 (14. Nde5 $6 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Ne4 16. cxd5 cxd5 $11 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Qd1 Qe8 (18... Ndc5 $1 $15) 19.
Bf4 Bc4 20. Nd4 Nec5 (20... h6 $1) 21. Rc1 Nb3 (21... b5) 22. Rxc4 {The start
of a lot of excitement in which Black avoids the draw and loses.} dxc4 23. Nxe6
Ra5 24. Ng5 Rcc5 25. Qd6 Nxe5 26. Rd1 h6 27. Qxb6 Nf7 28. Nxf7 Qxf7 29. Qd8+
Kh7 30. Rd7 Qe6 31. Be3 Re5 32. Bf4 Rxe2 33. Bf3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 c3 35. bxc3 Qc4
36. Kh3 Qa6 37. Rd6 Qa7 38. Rd7 Qxf2 39. Qf8 Qf1+ 40. Bg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 {
1-0 (41) Van Wely,L (2653)-Zhigalko,S (2647) Jurmala 2016}) 14... cxd5 15. Bf4
Rfc8 16. Qd2 $11) 9... Qe7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Bf4 c5 {With all of his
pieces developed, Black can create a little more breathing space for himself.}
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nf4 (15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5
18. Rfc1 Rab8 19. b3 Rfc8 $11) 15... Be4 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. dxc5 (
18. Qa3) 18... bxc5 $15 {If all the pieces are exchanged, White would be
better on account of the pawn formation - three islands versus two. So in
principle Black does best to avoid exchanges.} 19. Rad1 Rab8 20. Qa3 Rb6 (20...
f4 $1 {maintains the initiative. It opens the f-file for the other black rook.}
) 21. b3 (21. Nd2) 21... Ra6 {Black is still better.} 22. Qb2 Qf6 $6 {Why
exchange queens?} (22... f4 $1 23. Nh4 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 fxg3 25. hxg3 Ne5 {
And Black has an active game.}) 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 $11 24. Rd2 {Structurally
speaking White has improved his position because Black has the weaker pawn
formation. His best chance would be a rook ending, because there the chances
for a draw are always greater.} Re8 25. Rc1 Ra5 26. e3 {White plays this phase
very well, patiently strengthening his position and waiting for Black to
create more weaknesses.} h6 (26... g6 27. h4 Re7 28. Ng5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 h6 30.
Nh3 Ne4 31. Re2 g5 32. f3 g4 33. Nf4 Nf6 $11) 27. Ne1 d4 $2 ({I think Black
should at least have exchanged bishops. His safest course is a rook ending 
("All rook endings end in a draw.") In addition after the text move Black is
saddled with an isolated pawn, which is worse than hanging pawns.} 27... Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Kf7 29. Nd3 Ne4 30. Rb2 g5 31. a4 Rc8 (31... g4 32. b4 Rxa4 (32...
cxb4 33. Rxb4 $16) 33. bxc5 Rc4 34. Ra1 Re7 35. Ra6 Nxc5 36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxh6
Ra5 $16) 32. Rbc2 g4 33. h3 h5 34. Nf4 Nf6 35. b4 $1 Rxa4 36. bxc5 Rc6 37. Rb2
Rc7 38. c6 Ke7 39. Rb5 $16) 28. exd4 cxd4 29. f3 $1 Bd5 30. Kf2 Bf7 31. Nd3 {
Knights belong in front of an isolated pawn, as Nimzowitsch taught us long ago.
} (31. Bf1 {is also good.}) 31... Nd5 32. Rc5 Ra3 $6 {Of course it's not easy
to foretell whether it's better to leave the rook in its active position with
pressure on a2 or to exchange it. But as Black plays a5 later on, the rook
gets locked up. It is shown later in the game that because of his inferior
pawns Black must play very precisely, whereas White has more options to
manoeuvre.} (32... Rxc5 {looks like the safer option.} 33. Nxc5 Rc8 34. Nd3 Nc3
(34... g5 35. Ne5 Rc5 36. Rxd4 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ $11) 35. Ne5 Be6
36. Bf1 Rc5 37. Nd3 Ra5 38. Nb4 Rc5 39. Kg1 Ra5 $11) 33. Nc1 Nb4 34. Bf1 a5 35.
Bb5 (35. Rxf5 $2 Rc8 $1 $11) 35... Rd8 36. h4 (36. Ba4 g6 37. Rxa5 Rc8 $11)
36... Bg6 $2 {The bishop was more active where it was, keeping control of the
g8-a2 diagonal. Black missed his last chance here with ...g6!} (36... g6 $1 37.
Rc7 Kf8 38. Bd3 h5 39. Bb1 d3 $1 $11) 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. Rc7 f4 $6 {It's
understandable that Black wants more breathing space for his bishop but this
only hastens the end.} (38... d3 $14) 39. gxf4 h5 40. Rc5 $16 Rf8 41. Kg3 $16
Rf6 42. Rg5 (42. Rxd4 $1 $18) 42... Nc6 43. Nd3 Kh6 44. Ne5 Ne7 45. Rg2 (45.
Nxg6 Nxg6 46. Rxd4 Rxa2 47. Rd8 Nf8 48. Rdd5 $18) 45... Be8 (45... a4 46. Nxg6
Nxg6 47. Re2 axb3 48. Bxb3 Nxf4 49. Re8 Ng6 $16) 46. Kh3 $2 (46. Bd3 $1 $18 Nd5
47. Nc4 Nxf4 48. Nxa3 Nxd3 49. Nc2 Nf4 50. Rd2 d3 51. Nd4 $18) 46... g6 $2 (
46... a4 $1 47. b4 g6 $14) 47. Bd3 Nd5 48. Nxg6 $1 a4 $2 (48... Bf7 {is
somewhat more tenacious but loses all the same.} 49. Be4 a4 50. Bxd5 Bxg6 51.
Rd2 d3 52. Kg3 axb3 53. axb3 $18) 49. Rxd5 Bxg6 50. f5 Bh7 51. Ra5 Rb6 52. Kg3
Kg7 53. Kf4+ Kf6 54. Ra7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nc3 {A relatively rare line in which white scores very well.} (9. Nd2 {
is the main line.}) 9... Na6 $6 {A new move in a well-known position. Although
black already developed the knight to a6 he never did so in this moment.
Probably the idea is to play dxc4 which will be followed by Nb4.Anyway I don't
like this idea. Now the knight is too far away from the key square e5.... See
other possibilities below.} ({Roiz} 9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3
Nd7 13. Rad1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Be5 Nd5 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Lukacs,
P-Moskalenko,V/Budapest 1990/CBM 20 ext (61). (60)}) ({Roiz} 9... Nh5 10. Rad1
Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd6 12. e3 g5 13. Nfe2 Nd7 14. f3 dxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Totsky,L/Budapest 1996/CBM 53 (16)}) ({Roiz} 9... h6 10.
Rad1 g5 11. Bc1 Bd7 12. f3 dxc4 13. e4 Na6 14. a3 b5 15. Nf2 Nc7 16. f4 g4 17.
b3 $44 {1-0 Gulko,B-Short,N/Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18 (34)}) (9... dxc4 10. e4 Qxd4
11. Rad1 Qc5 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 $44 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Llanos,G/
Budapest 1999/CBM 71 ext (29)}) (9... Bd7 10. Rfd1 Be8 11. a3 h6 12. Rac1 g5
13. Bd2 f4 $6 14. Kh1 $6 ({Roiz} 14. f3 fxg3 15. hxg3 dxc4 16. Nf2 $16) 14...
Nh5 15. gxf4 g4 $36 {1-0 Anand,V-Schmittdiel,E/Stuttgart GER 2004/CBM100[Roiz]
(38). A detailed analyse of the earlier part of the game can be also found
there.}) ({Roiz} 9... b6 $5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Nf4 Bd6) 10. Rad1
Bd7 {Also the idea to bring the bishop via e8 to h5 is common in the Stonewall.
However there is no connection between two last moves.} (10... dxc4 {would be
a logical follow-up. Although after} 11. a3 $1 {White has a very strong
initiative.}) 11. a3 $5 {[%csl Gb4] Restricting the a6-knight.} Nc7 $2 {
Too slow. If Black wanted to capture the c4-pawn he had to do it immediately.
Now the pawn moves to c5 and White obtains not only space advantage, but also
control over the dark squares. Moreover the knight c7 will be out of play.} ({
The only active counterplay could be started with} 11... dxc4 {[%cal Ga6c7,
Gc7d5] with the idea to bring the a6-knight to d5 via c7. In this case after}
12. Qa4 {Black has a choice between agressive} Qb6 ({and} 12... Nc7 13. Qxc4
Ncd5 $14) 13. Qxc4 Qxb2) 12. c5 $1 $14 {[%csl Re5]} h6 {[%cal Gg7g5] This
attempt to solve the problem of the c7-knight be means of g5 and then Ne8-g7
doesn't look great. Eventually Black will have additional weaknesses on the
kingside. However from the other hand passive defense would be even worse.} (
12... b6 {will be always answered with} 13. b4) 13. f3 $1 {[%cal Ge2e4] With a
clear idea to open the position by means of e4.} g5 14. Be5 {The bishop feels
good on e5. Now Black would be glad to have his knight on d7 instead of c7.}
Nce8 ({Black could try to exchange the strong e5-bishop by leaving the
d7-square for other knight.} 14... Be8 $5 {[%cal Gf6d7]} 15. e4 Bg6 {[%cal
Gf6d7]}) 15. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Gf2d3,Ge2e4] White prepares e4 and also brings the
knight closer to d3 from where it controls the e5-square.} ({Immediate} 15. e4
{allows some counterplay:} g4 $5 {[%csl Re4]}) 15... Ng7 16. e4 {Usually this
advance requires much more efforts.} Be8 {[%cal Gf6d7] Finally Black managed
to unpin his pieces and now wants to play Nd7.} 17. b4 a5 $6 {This only helps
White to exploit weaknesses in the Black's position.} (17... Nd7 {would be
much more logical.}) 18. Rb1 $1 {[%csl Rb7] Now the b7-pawn is becoming a new
target for the white pieces.} axb4 19. Rxb4 Nd7 20. Bd6 $5 {[%cal Ge4e5]
Exchange of dark-squared bishops favours White.} Bxd6 ({Black could try to
complicate the matters with} 20... e5 $5 {although I believe that White has a
way to keep his advantage. For example} 21. Bxe7 (21. dxe5 Nxc5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7
23. exd5 Qxe5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxa3 26. Nb5 cxb5 27. Qxc5 Ra6 {is not
entirely clear.}) 21... Qxe7 22. exd5 exd4 23. d6 Qe3 24. Na4) 21. cxd6 Qb8 ({
Alternatives are:} 21... b6 $5 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) ({and} 21... e5 $5) 22. e5 c5 {
An attempt to destroy White's strong pawn centre which almost succeeded.} ({
After} 22... Rxa3 23. Qb2 {[%csl Ra3,Rb7]} Ra7 24. Nd3 $1 {White obtains a
very good compensation, Black is at least a pawn up.}) 23. dxc5 Nxe5 24. Rfb1
$6 {[%csl Rb7] Suddenly this move allows some counterplay.} (24. Re1 $5) (24.
f4 $1 {avoids unnecessary complications which could arise in the game.} gxf4
25. gxf4 Nc6 26. Rb6 Rxa3 27. Qb2 $16) 24... Qa7 $1 {[%csl Rc5] An interesting
tactical resource.} (24... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Ge5d7]}) 25. f4 $6 ({The following
piece sacrifice looks good, but it's not easy to evaluate all the consequences.
} 25. Nxd5 $5 exd5 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Nd7 28. Bxd5+ Bf7 29. Rxb7 Qxa3 30. Qc4
$1 {with a strong pressure.}) 25... gxf4 26. gxf4 Nd7 $2 {A decisive mistake.}
({At Black's disposal was a strong counterblow.} 26... Qxc5 $1 27. fxe5 Rxa3 {
[%csl Rc3]} 28. R1b3 Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c2,Rc5c2]} 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 {and the
outcome is not clear yet.}) 27. Ra4 $1 Qb8 28. c6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb8] Now it's
over.} Rxa4 29. c7 (29. Nxa4 $5 Qxd6 $140 30. c7 $1 $18) 29... Qc8 30. Nxa4 Bh5
31. Nb6 $1 Nxb6 32. Rxb6 Be8 33. Nd3 (33. Rxb7 $1 $18 {is one move faster, but
I believe the players were short of time and so White noticed this idea later.}
) 33... Nh5 34. Rxb7 $1 Bd7 35. Nc5 {[%cal Gb7b8]} 1-0

[Event "ASEAN GM 2nd"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aung, Aung"]
[Black "Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Going through the game of two Myanmar players I was pleasantly surprised by
the level of play, at least one of them. However it didn't take too long to
understand that they simply copied a game of two GMs played 6 years ago.
Nevertheless I decided to comment on the game. The reasons are: first, we have
to know our heroes, and second the game Slipak-Tregubov deserves to be
analysed.} 1. d4 {.} f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 ({In according to Tyomkin it's more flexible to start with
} 8... b6 {leaving an option of Na6 open.}) 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne5 ({White also
tested} 10. a4 a5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Ndf3 Qe7 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanov,I-Rodriguez,D/Saint John 1988/CBM 06 (83). (83) and White has a
symbolic advantage.}) (10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Ndf3 Qe7 13. Rc2 Ne4 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 Qe8 19. Qd1 Rxc2 20.
Rxc2 Rc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schulz,W-Czypinski,J/Winnipeg 2000/EXT 2001 (27)}) 10...
Bb7 11. e3 {This move is usually directed against the Black's plan connected
with the break f4.} ({White also achieved nothing special after} 11. Nd3 Qe7
12. e3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Rac1 a4 16. Nb1 axb3 17. axb3 c5 $2 ({
Tyomkin} 17... Ra6 18. Nc3 Rda8 19. Ra1 $11) 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nc3 dxc4 20. bxc4
cxd4 21. exd4 e5 22. Re1 Re8 23. Nb5 e4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Nf2 Ra2 $2 26. Nxe4
Nxe4 27. c5 $1 $18 {Beliavsky-Pavasovic, Metalska Trgovina 2002[Tyomkin]})
11... Qe7 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. a4 {I don't like this move too much as I see no
point in weakening the b4-square getting nothing in exchange.} a5 14. Rfc1 (14.
Rac1 {also doesn't promise much, but was more logical than the game as White
doesn't need a rook on the a-file. Starting from here when I say White or
Black I mean Slipak and Tregubov respectively.}) 14... Ne4 {Black prepares
Nxe5 which leads to a favourable change in the pawn structure, in a particular
the e5-square will be occupied by a pawn and won't be accessible for knights
anymore.} 15. f4 {The position is almost symmetric, although after the
following exchanges the rook on a1 is misplaced as is the bishop on g2.} (15.
Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 {leads to equality.}) 15...
Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bb4 17. Nxe4 {Otherwise Black remains with a strong knight on e4.
} fxe4 18. Rf1 {It seems that soon the rooks will be traded and the game will
come to its logical conclusion- a draw. However...} Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc4]} 19. Bh3
$1 {[%csl Re6] White also finds an object of attack.} Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21.
Rf4 $6 {White doesn't feel a danger and starts to ask for troubles.} ({A
simple and safe} 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qc2 {was enough for equality.}) 21... Rxf4
$1 22. exf4 {Now Black obtains a protected passer in the centre.} (22. gxf4)
22... g6 $1 {[%cal Gc6c5] Preventing f5.} 23. Qc2 c5 {Black is intending to
create a weakness on c4.} 24. cxd5 exd5 $15 {Black gets an upper hand. His
pawns are more dangerous and the bishops are more active.} 25. Bc3 Bd3 26. Qc1
Kg7 $5 ({The following line explains why the moe in text was made.} 26... cxd4
27. Bxd4 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5+ $2 29. Qxc5 bxc5 30. Be6+ {[%csl Rd5]}) 27. Bf1 {
It's not easy to recommend something better. White's position is getting worse
and worse.} (27. Bxb4 axb4 28. a5 bxa5 29. dxc5 (29. Qxc5 $2 {loses on the
spot:} Qxc5 30. dxc5 a4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gb4b1]} 31. c6 axb3 32. c7 b2 $1
33. c8=Q b1=Q+ 34. Kf2 Qb2+ 35. Kg1 e3 $1 $19 {and White can't avoid mate in 6.
})) 27... c4 $1 {Black creates another passer.} 28. bxc4 dxc4 $17 {After 20
moves the position looked equal and only a few moves later White is on the
edge of precipice... Don't create passers to your opponent. Be egoistic!} 29.
Bxd3 (29. d5 $2 {loses a pawn.} Qc5+ {[%csl Rd5,Rg1]} 30. Kg2 Qxd5 $19) ({While
} 29. Bh3 {is hopeless in view of} Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Qb4 31. Qc1 (31. Qxb4 axb4 {
and the b-pawn is unstoppable.}) 31... c3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb4b2,Gb4d4] and
Black wins. For example:} 32. f5 Qb2 $1 33. f6+ Kh8 $1 34. Qh6 Qb1+ 35. Kf2
Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qf1#) 29... cxd3 {[%csl
Gd3,Ge4] Look at the black pawns. Two modest pawns on c6 and d5 has definitely
made a brilliant career.} 30. Bxb4 axb4 $1 {All three Black passers were
created by White.} ({Inaccurate} 30... Qxb4 {would allow counterplay:} 31. Qc7+
Kh6 32. Qd8 {preparing a perpetual.}) 31. Kf2 {It seems that the white king
will stop the pawns, but White is one move short of blocking the pawns.} Qf7 $1
$19 {White has definetely missed this clever move. Now the queen penetrates to
a2 and supports its pawns.} 32. Qb2 {I would hardly call this one an important
novelty as it was the last move in the game.} ({Doesn't save} 32. Ke3 Qa2 $1
33. Qc7+ (33. Kxe4 Qc2 $1) 33... Kh6 34. Kxe4 Qe2+ (34... d2 $5 {is also
enough for a win:} 35. Qe7 Qc2+ 36. Kd5 Qf5 $1 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Qf7+) 35.
Kd5 d2 36. Qe7 Qg4 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Qe7 h6 39. h3 Qxg3 {0-1 Slipak,S-Tregubov,
P/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (39).}) (32. d5 $5 {was the best practical
chance, but eventually Black wins.} Qxd5 33. Qc7+ Kh6 34. Qe7 Qc5+ $1 35. Qxc5
bxc5 36. e6 Kg7 37. a5 d2 $1 {and Black promotes first.} 38. Ke2 b3 $1 39. e7
Kf7 40. Kxd2 e3+ $1 41. Kxe3 b2 $19) 32... Qc4 {White can't stop Qc2.} (32...
Qc4 {[%cal Gc4c2]} 33. Ke3 Qc2 34. Qxc2 dxc2 35. Kd2 b3 $19 {[%cal Ge4e3]}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Minev,N"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

{Inf.26/111} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2
(7. b3 $5 {/\ Ba3}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 b6 $5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. cxd5 $1 cxd5 11. Na3
a6 12. Rac1 $14 Nbd7 13. Nac4 (13. Nc6 $2 Qe8 {/\ Rc8}) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Be7
15. Qe3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 Ng4 $17) 16... Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7
19. Qb3 b5 20. Qc2 Nd6 21. Qc7 Re8 22. b3 Kf8 23. Qxe7+ (23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Rxc8+
Nxc8 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Ne7 {/\ Nc6=}) (23. e3 $142) 23... Rxe7 24. e3 Re8
25. Rc7 Re7 26. Rc5 (26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Nd3 $14 {_|_}) 26... Re8 27. Kf1 Rc8 28.
Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 a5 30. a4 $2 (30. Rxc8 $11) 30... bxa4 31. bxa4 $2 $138 (31.
Rxc8) 31... Rxc5 $1 32. dxc5 Nc4 $1 $17 33. Kd4 $8 Nxe5 34. Kxe5 Bc6 35. Bf1
Bxa4 36. Ba6 Bc6 37. Bc8 a4 38. Kd4 e5+ 39. Kc3 g6 40. f4 Kf6 41. Ba6 g5 42.
Bd3 gxf4 43. gxf4 (43. exf4 d4+ {/\ e4-+}) 43... d4+ $1 (43... e4 44. Be2 $1
$11) (43... Ke6 44. fxe5 Kxe5 45. Kb4 h6 46. Bc2 $11) 44. exd4 exf4 45. Bc4 Bg2
46. d5 $2 (46. Kd2 $1 Be4 (46... f3 47. Bd5 Bh1 48. Bc4 $11) 47. Kc3 $1 $17)
46... Ke5 $19 47. d6 Bc6 $1 48. Be2 Ke6 49. Bc4+ Ke5 50. Be2 Ke4 51. Kb4 f3 52.
Bc4 f2 53. Bf1 f4 54. Kc4 Ke5 55. Bh3 Ke4 56. Bf1 Ke3 57. Kc3 f3 58. Ba6 a3 59.
Bf1 a2 60. Kb2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Belgorod"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Moskalenko,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 (7. b3) 7...
O-O 8. c5 Bc7 9. Bf4 Bxf4 {N} (9... Ne4) 10. gxf4 Ne4 $5 11. Qc2 b6 $132 12. b4
Ba6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. a4 bxc5 $5 15. dxc5 (15. bxc5 Qa5 $15) 15... Qf6 16. Ra3
Rab8 (16... Bb7 $5 {/\ a5}) 17. b5 $1 Bb7 18. e3 Rbc8 {><c5} 19. Nd4 $1 Nexc5
20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ncb5 $44 Bxb5 22. axb5 Ne4 23. Qa2 (23. Nc6 Nb8 $1 24. Rxa7
Nxc6 25. bxc6 Qc3 $1 $15) 23... Ndc5 24. Rf1 $1 (24. Rxa7 $2 Nd3 {/\ Nf4})
24... Kh8 {/\ g5} 25. Rxa7 g5 $1 26. fxg5 Nxg5 27. f4 Nge4 $13 28. Qa1 (28. Nf3
$5) 28... Rb8 $1 29. Rc7 $138 Rg8 30. Nc6 $2 (30. Nf3 $5 Qxa1 31. Rxa1 Rxb5 32.
Ne5 Rb2 33. Kh1 $1 $13) 30... Rxg2+ $1 31. Kxg2 Rg8+ 32. Kf3 (32. Kh3 {>=} Nf2+
33. Rxf2 Qxa1 34. Ne5 Ne4 $1 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Rg2+ Kf6 37. Rxg8 (37. Ne5 Rf8
$19) 37... Qf1+ $1 $19) 32... Nd2+ 33. Kf2 Nce4+ 34. Ke2 Rg2+ 35. Kd3 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Bf4 Be7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bg5 Ndf6 12. e3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. exf4 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd2 Bc8 19. c5 Qc7 20.
Qc3 Bd7 21. b4 b6 22. Bf1 Rb8 23. Ba6 Rf7 24. Rde2 Re7 25. Kg2 Ree8 26. h3 Re7
27. Re3 Rf8 28. R1e2 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Ne5 Be8 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Rc2 Qd6 33.
Bd3 Rc7 34. a4 Qd8 35. Re1 c5 36. Bb5 c4 37. Bxe8 Qxe8 38. b5 Bxe5 39. Rxe5 Rh7
40. Qe3 Qg6 41. Rxe6 Qh5 42. Qf3 Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 Rd8 44. Rce2 Qh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+
46. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Rxb6 Rxa4 49. Rc6 Rb4 50. b6 Rb8 51. Ree6 g4 52.
Rg6+ Kh7 53. Rgd6 Rb5 54. Kf1 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Rb5 56. Re6 Kg7 57. Kf1 Kf7 58. Rf6+
Ke7 59. Ke2 Rc8 60. Rce6+ Kd7 61. Rd6+ Ke7 62. Rfe6+ Kf7 63. Rh6 Re8+ 64. Kd1
Rb1+ 65. Kc2 Rf1 66. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 67. Kc3 Re3+ 68. Kxc4 Rc2+ 69. Kb5 Rb3+ 70. Ka6
Ra2+ 71. Kb7 Rxg3 72. Rd7+ Ke8 73. Rdh7 Re3 74. Rf6 g3 75. Rxf5 g2 76. Rg5 Re7+
77. Rxe7+ Kxe7 78. Kc8 Rc2+ 79. Kb8 Kd7 80. b7 Ra2 81. Rd5+ Kc6 82. Rc5+ Kd7
83. Rd5+ Kc6 84. Rg5 Kd7 85. Rg8 Rc2 86. Rg3 Ra2 87. Rg7+ {[%tqu "De","Finden
Sie einen der beiden Remiszüge!","","","d7d8","",0,"d7e6","",5,"d7d6","",5]}
Kd8 $2 (87... Ke6 $11) (87... Kd6 88. Kc8 Rc2+ 89. Kd8 Rb2 90. Rg6+ Kd5 91. Kc7
Rc2+ 92. Kb6 Rb2+ $11) 88. d5 $1 Ra5 (88... Ke8 89. Kc7 Rc2+ 90. Kd6 Rb2 91.
Rg8+ Kf7 92. Rxg2 Rxb7 93. Kc6 Ra7 94. d6 Ra6+ 95. Kc7 Ra7+ 96. Kb6 $18) (88...
Rc2 89. Ka7 Ra2+ 90. Kb6 Rb2+ 91. Kc6 $18) 89. Rxg2 Ra1 90. Rg3 Kd7 91. Rg6 Ra2
92. Rg7+ Kd8 93. Rg5 Kd7 94. d6 Ra1 95. Rg7+ Kd8 96. d7 Ra2 97. Rg8+ Kxd7 98.
Rg7+ Kd8 99. Rg4 Rd2 100. Ra4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Qc1 Nd7 11. Nhg5 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Nxe4 Nxf4 14. gxf4
fxe4 15. Qe3 Bd6 16. f3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 exf3 18. Rxf3 Rxf3 19. Qxf3 Bd7 20. Rf1
Qe7 21. Qb3 Be8 22. e4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Bf7 24. b4 Rd8 25. a4 h6 26. b5 Kh7 27. h3
Bg6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Kh2 a5 30. Rf2 Qh4 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Rd1 c5 33. d5 exd5 34.
Rxd5 Rc8 35. Qc3 Bf7 36. Rd6 c4 37. Ra6 Rc5 38. Rxa5 Rc7 39. Ra6 Rb7 40. e6 Bg6
41. e5 Rb1 42. Qxc4 Rb2 43. Qg4 Qc5 44. Rd6 h5 45. Qf3 {#} Qxe5+ $2 (45... Rf2
$1 46. Qg3 Be4 47. e7 Qc2 $3 {This must be the point Shabalov missed.}) 46. Qg3
Qxg3+ 47. Kxg3 h4+ 48. Kf4 Rxg2 49. a5 Rf2+ 50. Ke3 Rh2 51. Kf4 Rxh3 52. e7 Bf7
53. Rd8 Rg3 (53... Ra3 54. e8=Q Bxe8 55. Rxe8 Rxa5 56. Kg4 $1 {is a tablebase
draw.}) 54. a6 g5+ 55. Kf5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch op"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1999.07.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Payen,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1999.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Cette partie a été joué а la 3ème ronde du Cht de Paris sur la 1ère
table les deux joueurs ayant 2 points sur 2.} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5
{La Hollandaise "Stonewall"(Mur de pierre!).} 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Rac1 Nd7 12. Ne5 {A cette époque mes
connaissances sur le Stonewall était assez limitées!} c5 $6 (12... Nxe5 $5 13.
dxe5 Bc5) 13. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5,Rd4,Rd5]} 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 bxc5
16. Rfd1 {Les blancs ont crée aux noirs des pions pendants en d5 et c5.leur
jeu se concentre maintenant sur l'attaque de ces deux faiblesses!} Qe7 {
Pour jouer éventuellement d4} 17. e3 {On stoppe le pion d5!} a5 18. Nb1 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Rb1c3,Rc3d5] Prépare l'attaque de d5 par Cc3} Rac8 {[%cal
Gc8c2]} 19. Qd3 {Un bon coup prophylactique pour que la dame ne se trouve pas
dans la colonne de la tour!} (19. Nc3 d4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 $17) 19...
Kh8 20. Nc3 c4 21. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rd5] Bien sûr on laisse la faiblesse d5 en
arrière!} Qe6 $2 {Une erreur pas si simple а anticiper!} (21... cxb3 22. axb3
Rc5 $14 23. Na4) 22. Nxe4 $1 {[%csl Rb7] Le début d'une belle combinaison sur
laquelle j'ai dépensé beaucoup de temps car j'ai vu que j'allais perdre f2 а
la fin!} fxe4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Bxg7+ $1 {La pointe de tous les
échanges précédents!} Kxg7 26. Qb2+ Qf6 27. Qxb7+ Rf7 28. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1
$18 {La position que j'avais essayé d'évaluer dans mes calculs au 22ème coup!}
Qe2 $2 30. Qd4+ Rf6 31. Rf1 {Tout s'enchaîne comme dans un rêve!} Be7 32. Qe5
Bd8 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Bd5+ Ke8 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. Qg8+ $1 (36. Qxf6 $2 Qd1+ 37.
Kg2 Qxd5+ $11) 36... Kd7 37. Qe6+ Kc7 38. Qc6+ Kd8 (38... Kb8 39. Qb7#) 39.
Qd6+ $4 $138 {Le côté tragique du jeu d'échecs,très mal au temps ,avec 50
personnes autour de la table et la tension je ne vois pas le simple Dxf6+ et
me contente de gagner du temps а la pendule.A l'époque,pas de cadence Fischer!}
(39. Qxf6+ $18) 39... Ke8 40. Qe6+ $2 (40. Qc6+ $1 $18 Ke7 41. Qe6+ Kd8 42.
Qxf6+) (40. Qxf6 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qxd5+) 40... Be7 {Attention au mat en f1!} 41.
Bxc4 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 (43. Kf3 $5) 43... Qd7 $1 {Seule chance :Finale
de fous.Les supers grands-Maîtres sont toujours difficiles а battre!} 44. Qxd7+
Kxd7 45. Kg4 Bc5 46. e4 Kd6 (46... Bg1 $1 47. h3 Bf2 48. e5 $1 {Pion a5!}) 47.
Bg8 $1 h6 48. Kf5 Bd4 49. g4 $2 (49. e5+ $1 Bxe5 (49... Ke7 50. e6 (50. Bd5) (
50. Kg6 Be3 51. g4 Bg5 52. Kh5 Bf4 53. h4 Be3 54. Kg6 Bf4 55. Bd5 Bd2 56. g5
hxg5 57. h5 Bc3 58. Kf5 Kf8 59. h6 g4 60. e6 g3 61. Kg4 Be5)) 50. Kg6 $18)
49... Bc3 50. a4 Bb2 51. h4 Bc3 52. Bf7 Bb2 53. g5 hxg5 54. Kxg5 $11 {Une
position de nulle théorique!} (54. hxg5 $5 $11 Bc3 55. Kg6 Ke7 56. Bc4 Bd4 57.
Kh7 Kf8 58. g6 Bg7 $11) 54... Ke7 55. Kg6 Bc3 56. h5 Bb2 57. h6 Bc3 58. h7 Bb2
59. Bc4 Bc3 60. Kf5 {Menace e5!} Kd6 61. Kf4 (61. Kg6 Ke7 $11) 61... Bh8 62.
Bf7 Bd4 63. Bg6 Bh8 64. Ke3 Bg7 65. Kd3 Kc5 $1 {Empêche le passage du roi.
C'est nulle!} 66. Bf5 {Une grosse déception!Etonnament cette partie ne figure
pas dans les bases de données!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-CHN Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 ({
Another logical move is} 8. Qc2 {following by the plan, connected with Rb1 and
b2-b4.}) 8... Bd7 {[%cal Yd7e8,Ye8h5]} ({More popular is} 8... Nbd7 {with
possible development of the queenside B by b6 and Bb7.}) 9. Ne5 {A rare move.
The alternatives does not yield white an advantage as well.} (9. Bb2 Be8 10.
Qc1 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f3 $6 (13. Rd1) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5+
15. Kh1 exf3 16. exf3 f4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Polugaevsky,L/Logrono
1991/EXT 97 (47)}) (9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Ne4 11. Qc1 Be8 12. e3 Rf6 13. Ne5 Rh6
14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 16. Qe1 (16. Nxd7 $142) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 f4 18.
cxd5 cxd5 19. exf4 Bb5 20. Rf2 Qh4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Schmitzer,K-Arnold,L/Germany
1991/GER-chT2 (52)}) 9... Be8 10. Nd3 (10. Bf4 Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 Nh5 13.
Qd2 a5 14. a3 h6 15. Nd3 Nxf4 16. gxf4 g5 17. e3 Qg7 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. f4 Qh6
$13 {0-1 Miralles,G-Ye Jiangchuan/Luzern 1985/MCD (47)}) 10... Nbd7 $146 (10...
Ne4 11. Bb2 g5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. e3 h5 (13... g4) 14. Ne2 Kh8 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nc3
Bg6 17. Rae1 g4 18. f4 $14 {0-1 Dearing,E-Pcola,P/Herculane 1994/TD (35)}) 11.
cxd5 $6 {This exchange is not particularly logical, since it helps black to
get rid of his weak Pe6.} (11. c5 $5 Bc7 12. f4 $13) 11... exd5 {It can be
concluded, that black has got a comfortable position after opening.} 12. f3 ({
Possible is} 12. Bf4 Be7 {with a complicated struggle.}) 12... Bf7 13. Bh3 Bg6
({Black achieves nothing after} 13... Qb6 14. Bf4 Qxd4+ $2 15. e3 Qxc3 16. Bxd6
$16 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Rd6b4,Rd6f8]}) 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qd2 Nh5 $15 16. Bf4 (16.
Nf4 $6 h6) 16... Nxf4 17. gxf4 $1 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Yd4e5,Yf4e5] This recapture
is stronger, than 17.Nxf4. Now white gets an opportunity to establish his N on
the strong outpost e5.} Qe7 18. e3 Qh4 $6 {The black queen has nothing to do
on h4.} ({Possible is} 18... Kh8 {with an idea to prepare the g7-g5 strike.})
19. Bg2 Rae8 20. Qf2 Qh5 (20... Qh6 $5) 21. Ne2 Re6 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Ng3 Qh4 $6
{Allowing the following small tactical trick.} ({Better was} 23... Qh6 {
keeping the queens on the board.}) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for
white?","","","g3e4","Now black is forced to exchange QQ, which is in white's
favour.",10]} 24. Ne4 $1 {Now black is forced to go for queens exchange, which
is in white's favour.} Qxf2+ 25. Nxf2 c5 26. Rac1 ({More precisely} 26. Rfe1 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Yg2f1]} cxd4 27. exd4) 26... cxd4 27. exd4 Nb8 28. Nfd3 $6 (28.
Rfd1 $142 {[%cal Yg2f1]}) 28... Bb5 29. Rfd1 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Nc6 31. Kf2 (31.
Nxc6 $2 Bxf4 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rc6] and black wins a pawn.}) 31... Bc7 32. Rdc3 Ba5
(32... Bb6 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rxc6 Bxd4+ 35. Kg3 $15) 33. Rc5 $6 {This is too
risky. Now the white king may become vulnerable.} (33. Rd3 Bb6 34. Nxc6 bxc6
35. Re1 $15) 33... Bb6 (33... Bd2 $5 34. R1c2 Bxf4 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxc6
37. Rxc6 Bxh2 $15) 34. Rxd5 Bxd4+ ({Interesting, but insufficient is} 34... Nb4
$6 35. Rb5 $8 (35. Rd7 $2 Rxe5 36. fxe5 Nd3+ $19) 35... Nxa2 36. Rc2 Bxd4+ 37.
Kg3 Nc3 38. Rxb7 {and white is equalizing, since now} g5 $2 {can be dangerous
only for black after} 39. Bf1 $1 gxf4+ 40. Kh4 $1 Bxe5 (40... Rxe5 41. Rg2+ Kh8
42. Rgg7) 41. Bc4 Rfe8 42. Kg5) 35. Kf1 Be3 (35... Bxe5 $6 36. fxe5 f4 37. Bh3
Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Nxe5 39. Be6+ Kh8 40. Bd5 $44) 36. Rc4 g6 $6 ({Black could just
capture the pawn:} 36... Bxf4 {since} 37. Nd7 {is strongly met by} Rfe8 $1 38.
Rxf4 Re1+ 39. Kf2 R8e2+ 40. Kg3 Rg1 {and white is in trouble.}) 37. Rd7 $6 {
Another inaccuracy. Probably both players were short of time.} ({Safer would be
} 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Re5) 37... Rxe5 $2 {This leads to a simplification of
position, and black's advantage decreases to a minimum.} ({After strong} 37...
Rfe8 $1 {black has a significant advantage, mainly because of bad Bg2.}) 38.
fxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxb7 Nxc4 40. bxc4 Rf7 $6 {Leads to the obvious draw.} (40... Rd8
41. Rb2 Kf7 {could still give black slight practical winning chances.}) 41.
Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 42. Ke2 Bf4 43. h3 Ke6 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Kd4 Be5+ 46. Ke3 Kc5 47.
f4 {Finally the white bishop is waking up!} Bd4+ 48. Kd3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 (
{Another main continuation is} 8. b3) 8... b6 (8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 $1 cxd5 10.
Ne1 f4 11. Nd3 fxg3 12. hxg3 Ng4 13. Nf3 Ndf6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 $14 {
1-0 Vladimirov,E-Firman,N/Lausanne 2001/CBM 82 ext (49)}) (8... Bd7 9. Ne5 Ne4
10. Nd3 Be8 11. f3 Ng5 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rae1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 dxc4 16.
Qxc4 Bf7 17. Qc3 e5 $11 {0-1 Vladimirov,E-Liang Chong/Shenyang 1999/EXT 2000 
(61)}) 9. Ne5 (9. b3 Bb7 10. Ne5 {- see the game Hauchard,A-Tregubov,P/Ubeda
op 2000/CBM 75/1/2-1/2 (46) [Tyomkin]}) 9... Bxe5 $5 $146 {According to my
Database this exchange did not appear in practice in this concrete position.} (
9... Bb7 10. Ndf3 c5 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14.
Qa4 a6 15. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Tregubov,P/Bastia 2000/EXT 2001 (56)})
11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Nfe5 Rc8
17. b3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Tregubov,P/France 2001/EXT
2002 (40)}) 10. dxe5 Nfd7 ({More in the spirit of StoneWall is} 10... Ne4 11.
Nxe4 fxe4 12. f3 Ba6 13. cxd5 exd5 $132) 11. Nf3 a5 ({Deserves attention} 11...
Bb7 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) 12. g4 {Interesting attempt to seize the initiative,
before black completes the development of his pieces.} Nc5 (12... fxg4 $4 13.
Ng5 $18 {[%csl Re6,Rh7]}) 13. gxf5 Rxf5 14. Bh3 (14. Nd4 $2 {does not work due
to} Rxe5 15. Bf4 Rh5 16. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 17. Nxc6 Qd6 $19 {[%cal Rd6c6,Rd6h2]})
14... Rf8 15. Ng5 g6 16. f4 (16. Be3 Nba6 17. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d4,Gd4h4]} Qc7 {
[%csl Re5] practically forces white to play f2-f4 anyway.}) 16... Qe7 (16...
Nba6 $5) 17. Be3 Nbd7 $6 ({Black should resist to the white's plan, connected
with a2-a3 and b2-b4 by} 17... Nba6 $14) 18. b3 Re8 19. a3 Nf8 20. Rab1 $6 (20.
b4 $1 {Bagaturov probably concerned about the variation} axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Na6 {, but after} 23. c5 {white is better.} Nxb4 $6 24. Qc3 $16 {[%cal
Gc5b6]}) 20... Bb7 $6 {This move is too passive.} (20... Ba6 $14) 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Ncd7 23. cxd5 (23. c5 $2 bxc5 24. bxc5 Ba6 $13) 23... cxd5 (23... exd5
$2 24. e6 h6 25. Nf7 {and black is collapsing.}) 24. Qc7 Ra3 (24... Ba6 25. b5
Rac8 26. Qd6 $16) 25. Bd4 $1 ({The pawn capture} 25. Bxb6 $6 {would allow
black to stir complications after} Nxb6 26. Qxb6 h6 27. Nf3 d4) 25... Ba8 (
25... Ba6 $6 {is met by} 26. b5) 26. Qd6 h6 27. Qxe7 $5 {I think, that white
could leave his Q on d6, where it dominates black's pieces.} (27. Nf3 $16)
27... Rxe7 28. Nf3 Ra2 29. Rfc1 $2 {This mistake is probably connected with
some miscalculation.} (29. Kf2 {still keeping a big advantage.}) 29... Rxe2 30.
Rc8 (30. Ra1 Re8 31. Rc7 Re4 {and now} 32. Rxd7 $2 {does not work, in view of}
Nxd7 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Bxd7 Ra3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd4,Rf3]}) 30...
Ra2 31. Ra1 Rxa1+ 32. Bxa1 Bb7 33. Rc7 Ba6 {It's clear now, that black managed
(with white's help) to avoid the worst.} 34. Nd4 Bd3 35. Nxe6 Nxe6 36. Rxd7 $6
{This move forces matters and leads to a draw.} (36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rxd7 {
would still give white some practical winning chances.}) 36... Rxd7 37. Bxe6+
Rf7 38. Bxd5 Kf8 ({The endgame after} 38... Kf8 39. Bxf7 Kxf7 {is completely
drawish.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O b6
{This is the most logical way of development. Other possible continuations are:
} (8... Bd7 {- see the game Anand,V-Nikolic,P/Corus Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75/
1-0 (40) [Tyomkin]}) (8... Qe7 {- see the game Banikas,H-Tyomkin,D/Dos
Hermanas op 2000/CBM 75 ext/1-0 (40) [Tyomkin]}) 9. Nf3 Ne4 $1 ({After} 9...
Ba6 $6 10. cxd5 $1 cxd5 11. Bf4 {black faces problems, for example see Dautov,
R-Schmittdiel,E/Geneve op 1997/CBM 57 [Dautov]}) 10. Bf4 Bb7 (10... Ba6 11.
cxd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 $142) 12. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Chernin,A-Ulibin,M/Stockholm
1998/EXT 99 (38)}) 11. Rac1 ({Less accurate is} 11. Rfd1 {- see commented game
Golod,V-Ulibin,M/Vienna op 1998/CBM 68/1/2-1/2 (44) [Golod,V]}) 11... Nd7 (
11... Na6 $5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Epishin,V-Soffer,R/
Bern 1991/CBM 21 ext (38)}) 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. cxd5 (14. b3 $2 dxc4
15. bxc4 c5 $15) 14... exd5 15. Nd3 Ne4 (15... Nf7 16. h4 $6 (16. b4 $5) 16...
Rfe8 17. e3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Qa4 a5 20. Qb3 Kg7 21. a3 Ba6 $132 {0-1
Prokopchuk,E-Ulibin,M/Krasnoiarsk 1998/EXT 2000 (43)}) 16. b4 $1 $14 {
Preventing the c6-c5 strike.} (16. e3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qa4
Rf6 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. Qc2 g5 22. Ne2 Rd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Gleizerov,E/
Stockholm 2001/CBM 79 ext (25)}) 16... a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rfc8 ({Black
can not really make use of the "a" file, for instanse:} 18... Ra3 19. Ra1 Rfa8
20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21. Qb2 $14) 19. Qb2 Ba6 20. Nde5 Bb5 {An ideal place for the B,
where it protects the Pc6 and puts a pressure along the a6-f1 diagonal as well.
} 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Ra1 Nd6 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yd6c4] The N is
already useless on e4 and should be transfered to c4 in order to harass the
white strong Ne5.} 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Qc8 26. Bf3 Nc4 27. Qc1 $1 Rxa1 28.
Qxa1 g5 $6 {The advantages of this move are not completely clear, on the other
hand this move weakens the defence around the black K.} (28... Nxe5 29. dxe5
Qa6 30. Qb2 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 29. Bh5 $6 (29. Nxc4 $5 Bxc4 (29... dxc4 $6 30.
d5 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 30. Qc1 Qd8 31. Qe3 $36) 29... Nxe5 30. dxe5 g4 $2 {
Probably the decisive mistake.} (30... f4 $1 {[%csl Yf5]} 31. Qa7 Qf5 {That's
the main idea of 31...f4. The black Q is very active here. I doubt, if white
has more, than a perpetual check in this position.}) 31. Qa7 Qe6 32. Qb8+ Kg7
33. Qc7+ Kg8 (33... Kh6 $4 34. Bf7 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 34. Kf1 Bc4 35. h3 gxh3
36. Kg1 c5 $6 ({An interesting practical chance was:} 36... d4 $1 37. Bf3 $1 {
The strongest reply.} (37. Qd8+ $2 Kg7 38. Qxd4 Qd5 39. Qxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Gc6]
[%cal Gc6c5] and black is O.K.}) (37. f4 $6 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move
for black.","","","h3h2","",10]} h2+ $1 38. Kh1 (38. Kxh2 Qh6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40.
Qd7+ Kg8 {and white should give the perpetual, since bad is} 41. Qxf5 $2 {
in view of} Be6 $1 42. Qg5+ Qxg5 43. fxg5 c5 $17) 38... Bd5+ 39. Bf3 Bxf3+ 40.
exf3 Qd5 $132 {[%csl Gd4]}) (37. Qxb6 $6 Qxe5 38. Qxc6 Bxe2 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40.
Qd7+ Kh6 41. Bxe2 Qxe2 42. Qxd4 $14) 37... Bd5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40.
f4 {and white should win this endgame.}) 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Kh2 $18 d4 (38... h6
39. f4 $18) 39. Qxc5 d3 40. exd3 Bxd3 41. Qd4 {The weakness of the K and the
PP leaves black with no chances.} Be4 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qc7+ Kg8 44. Kxh3 f4+
45. g4 h6 46. Kh4 {All white's forces are superbly coordinated.} Qa2 47. Qb6
Kh7 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Qg8+ 50. Kxf4 {The last black pawn is out of the
board. The rest is an easy job for white.} Qc4 51. Qe3 Bc2+ (51... Bg6+ 52. Kg5
$18) 52. Kg3 Bf5 53. f3 Qb4 54. Bg4 Kg6 55. f4 Qc4 56. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 {Black
avoides the exchange of the dark-squared BB, which is usually unfavourable for
him. The visible loss of tempo is not really important here.} 8. Nd2 (8. Qc2 {
- see the game Hebert,J-Tyomkin,D/Montreal2 2000/CBM 79 [Tyomkin]}) 8... O-O 9.
Nf3 {In my Database I found only one game where this move appeared. The main
alternatives are:} (9. a3 h6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Nd3 Bd7 13. b4 Be8
14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nf3 Bh5 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nfe5 $14 {1-0 Korobov,A-Moiseenko,A/
Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (38)}) (9. Qc2 Na6 $1 10. Rfd1 h6 11. f3 (11. a3 g5 12. Be5
Ng4 13. b4 Bd7 14. b5 Nc5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Nf3 Ne4 $15 {1-0 Aleksandrov,
A-Gleizerov,E/Voskresensk 1993/CBM 38 (75)}) 11... g5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. a3 Be8
14. Kh1 Bg6 15. b4 Nc7 16. Bg1 Kg7 17. e4 $13 {1-0 Dobrov,V-Gleizerov,E/
Oberwart 2001/EXT 2002 (42)}) 9... Nh5 $6 $146 {A standart idea for this setup,
but in this concrete context not really sound.} (9... Ne4 10. Ne5 g5 11. Be3
Nd7 12. Qc1 h6 13. f3 Nd6 14. c5 Nf7 15. Ng6 Re8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nf2 e5 $132
{1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Chandler,M/Hastings 1989/TD (28)}) 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qc2 {White achieved the favourable exchange of the dark-squared BB and has
already clear advantage.} Ndf6 {Black is keeping the knight on h5, in order to
prevent the transfer of the white Nh3 via f4 to d3, but not for long...} 13. e3
$1 Ne4 14. Ne5 (14. Nf4 $6 Nxf4 15. exf4 dxc4 {[%csl Rd4]}) 14... Bd7 (14... g5
15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 Nf7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. f4 $16) 15. Nf4 Be8 (15... Nxf4 16.
exf4 $16) 16. Nfd3 {A dream position for white in the Stonewall setup.} g5 {
The logical attempt to create any counterplay, since black's position is
strategically irreparable.} 17. b4 Nhf6 18. c5 $6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf2f3]} ({
I think, that white first should drive away the black Ne4 and then to close
the position.} 18. f3 Nd6 19. c5 Nf7 20. Rfb1 $16 {[%cal Ya2a4,Yb4b5]}) 18...
g4 $1 {[%csl Ge4]} 19. Nf4 Nd7 ({Comes into cosideration} 19... Kg7 {[%cal
Yf8h8,Yh7h5,Yh5h4]}) 20. Bxe4 Nxe5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 {The past
exchanges did make black's life a bit easier, however his position is still
very unpleasant, mainly because of bad Be8.} 23. Rad1 Rd8 (23... a5 24. b5 $16)
24. Rd4 {The white pieces occupied strong blockading squares. However it's not
easy to break opponent's defense, since black has enough space for regrouping
his pieces.} a6 25. Kg2 {Preparing the plan, which follows on the next moves.}
Rd7 26. Rh1 Re7 $1 {The best place for the R.} 27. h3 gxh3+ $6 {A dubious
exchange. I think, black should keep the pawn on g4.} (27... Bd7 $5) 28. Rxh3
Qg7 29. Qd2 Rf6 30. Ne2 {[%cal Yd4h4,Ye2d4]} Re4 $1 31. Rh4 (31. Nc3 Rg4 $1)
31... Rh6 32. Rxh6 Qxh6 33. Nf4 Qg5 34. f3 Re7 {Black rightly avoides the RR
exchange, which is favourable for white.} 35. Kf2 Qh6 36. Ng2 Rg7 37. Rh4 Qg5
38. Rh3 {Very nice regrouping.} Qf6 39. Qd4 Qxd4 $6 {It's hard to give a good
advice for black, but he should avoid the exchange of QQ.} (39... Qe7 $16) 40.
exd4 {[%mdl 16]} b6 {Probably Dolmatov relied on this move, which opens the
"b" file for his R, but as the continuation of the game shows, this is
insufficient.} 41. Rh1 (41. cxb6 $2 Rb7 42. Nf4 Rxb6 43. Nd3 f4 $1 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Ge8g6,Gg6d3]}) 41... bxc5 42. Re1 Bg6 43. bxc5 ({After} 43. dxc5 $2 Rb7
44. a3 a5 {black reaches the draw easily.}) 43... Rb7 44. Nf4 Rb4 {The only
practical chance.} ({If black prevents the penetration of opponent's R by} 
44... Bf7 {, white can do the same} 45. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Gf2e3,Ge3f4]}) 45. Re6
Rxd4 46. Rxc6 Bf7 (46... Ra4 47. Nxd5 Rxa2+ 48. Ke3 $18) 47. Ke3 ({Not so
clear is} 47. Rxa6 $6 Rc4 48. c6 d4) 47... Ra4 48. Ne2 $1 {A superb
coordination of white's pieces.} f4+ (48... Ra3+ 49. Kf4 Rxa2 50. Nd4 Ra4 51.
Ke5 $18 {[%csl Gc5,Gc6,Gd4,Ge5]}) 49. gxf4 ({Probably simplier is} 49. Nxf4
Ra3+ 50. Kd4 Rxf3 51. Rxa6 Rxg3 52. c6 Rg4 53. Ke5 $18) 49... Bg6 50. f5 $5 {
Gaining more space for the K.} ({Also strong enough is} 50. Rb6 Rxa2 51. c6)
50... Bxf5 51. Nd4 Bh3 52. Rh6 Bc8 53. Rc6 Bh3 54. Rh6 Bc8 55. Rd6 {In spite
of the material equality white's position is winning, thanks to a superb
coordination of all his pieces.} Kf7 ({More stubborn is} 55... Kg7) 56. Rc6 Bh3
57. Rh6 {White wins the Ph7 and eventually the game.} Bc8 58. Rxh7+ Kf6 59. Rh8
Ra3+ 60. Kf4 Ra4 61. Ke3 Ra3+ 62. Nb3 Be6 (62... Bd7 63. c6 Bxc6 64. Rh6+ $18 {
[%csl Rc6]}) 63. c6 Ke5 64. f4+ $6 ({Simply winning was} 64. c7 Rxa2 65. f4+ $1
Kd6 66. c8=Q Bxc8 67. Rxc8 $18) 64... Kd6 65. Rh6 Ke7 66. c7 $6 {Another
inaccuracy.} (66. Kd4 Ra4+ (66... Rxa2 67. Nc5 $18) 67. Kc5 Rxf4 68. Nd4 $18)
66... Bc8 67. Kd4 Kd7 68. Kxd5 (68. Rh7+ $2 Kd6) 68... Kxc7 69. Rh7+ Kb6 70.
Rh2 Ra4 $6 {After this wrong manoeuvre white wins easily.} ({Black could
produce a tougher resistance after} 70... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] White still has
to work hard to win this endgame. For example:} 71. Rf2 (71. Ke5 a4 72. Nd4
Re3+ {[%csl Ge3]}) 71... a4 72. Nd4 Bb7+ 73. Kc4 Ba6+) 71. Ke5 Rb4 72. Nd4 Rb1
73. f5 Bxf5 {Resigning to the inevitable. However there was no defence anyway.}
(73... Re1+ 74. Re2 Rxe2+ 75. Nxe2 Kc7 76. Nf4 Kd8 77. Kf6 $18) 74. Nxf5 Kc5 {
It looks like black has serious chances to capture white's last pawn, but with
precise play Sakaev convincingly refutes black's last counterplay.} 75. Rc2+
Kb4 76. Ne3 Ka4 77. Kd4 a5 78. Kc3 Ka3 79. Nc4+ Ka4 80. Nd2 Rb4 81. Nb3 {
The white pawn is completely safe now, and the rest is an easy technic.} Kb5
82. Rd2 Rc4+ 83. Kb2 a4 84. Nd4+ Kc5 85. Nc2 Rh4 86. Rd3 Kc4 87. Rc3+ Kb5 88.
Ka3 1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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27,25,62,35,35,52,55,45,62,85,85,65,124,59,74,37,40,42,52,54,74,71,39,74,93,55,
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1012,636,755,839,928,962,982,994,962,1000,1012,1012,1022,1022,29987,29984,
29989,29990]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 f5 {This is an
ambitious setup, but slightly dubious.} (4... Nf6 {would lead to one the lines
of Bogoljubow defense.}) 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 (6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 {is another way of
development, but I like the fianchetto.}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nc3 Qe7 (8...
Nc6 {is perhaps a more natural way to prepare e6-e5, although after} 9. O-O e5
10. Rad1 e4 11. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f3] I still prefer White.}) 9. O-O c6 {Covering
the d5 square.} (9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. Qxd6 cxd6
14. Rfd1 $14) 10. Rad1 (10. Rfe1 d5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. b3 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf4
dxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. Ng5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 $11 {0-1 (70) Giri,A (2690)-Carlsen,
M (2815) Monte Carlo 2011}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 d5 {Now the position suddenly
transposes into a Stonewall setup. The dark-squared bishops are already off
the board, which favours White.} (11... e5 $6 12. Qxf5 Nb6 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Qb3
b5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ng5 $16) 12. cxd5 $146 (12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. e3 Nd6 14. c5 Nf7
15. b4 e5 16. dxe5 Nfxe5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Na4 Kh8 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. a3 Rae8 $11 {
0-1 (38) Maiwald,J (2508)-Carlsen,M (2786) Germany 2008}) 12... cxd5 (12...
exd5 $1 {It was actually possible to sacrifice the Pf5.} 13. Qxf5 $6 (13. e3
$14) 13... Ne4 14. Qh5 (14. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 {White has three pawns
for the piece. I believe, the position is dynamically balanced.}) 14... Ndf6
15. Qe5 Qb4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Ng5 Rf5 18. Qe8+ Rf8 $11) 13. Rc1 {Now White has
small, but long-lasting advantage thanks to the opened c-file and the weakened
e5 square.} Ne4 ({More accurate is:} 13... Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 $14 {Later Black can
consider the manoeuvre Nb6-c8-d6.}) 14. Qb3 a6 {It wasn't necessary to weaken
the b6 square.} (14... Rb8 {looks a bit safer.}) 15. e3 {Preparing the knight
manouevre.} (15. Nxe4 $1 {was a more dynamic and effective approach.} fxe4 16.
Nd2 Nb8 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 {with a serious advantage.}) 15... Rb8 16. Ne2
Ndf6 17. Qb6 Bd7 18. Nf4 {I thought here for a while. I evaluated my position
as significantly better, but couldn't really prove it.} (18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Rfe1
Rfe8 $14) (18. Rc7 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Rfc1 Kf7 21. Ne5+ Ke7 {[%cal Gf8c8]
and Black will gradually equalize.}) 18... g5 (18... Bb5 $6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20.
Qxe6+ $6 (20. Ne5 $14 {is preferable, keeping all the benefits.}) 20... Qxe6
21. Nxe6 Ng4 22. Nf4 Nexf2 23. Re1 Nd3 24. Nxd3 Bxd3 25. h3 Nf6 26. Ne5 Be4 {
and it's not so much for White.}) 19. Nd3 Bb5 {Normally in Stonewall setup if
Black makes this bishop active - it is a certain achievement!} 20. Nfe5 Qd6 ({
There was also nothing wrong with} 20... Rbc8) 21. Qc7 Bc4 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qe1 (
23. Qa4 Bb5 24. Qd1 $14) 23... Bxd3 24. Nxd3 g4 {Most of my pieces went
backwards, but I still keep some edge.} 25. Ne5 ({It would be more precise to
start doubling heavy pieces along the "c" file right away.} 25. Rc2) 25... Rfc8
26. Qe2 b5 ({After the game we both agreed that it was safer to place the
queenside pawns on the dark squares.} 26... a5 {Still, after} 27. h3 $1 h5 28.
hxg4 hxg4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Kg2 {[%cal Gf1h1] I can torture him for a while,
using the h- and c- files. The black king is more vulnerable.}) 27. Rc2 Rc7 (
27... Nd7 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Rfc1 $14) 28. Rfc1 Rbc8 29. a4 $2 {
Correct idea, but I should eliminate one of his knights first.} (29. Bxe4 $1
dxe4 (29... Nxe4 30. a4 $16) 30. a4 Nd5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. h3 $1
$16) 29... bxa4 $2 {In mutual time trouble we both didn't realize the
importance of the exchange on e4.} (29... Ng5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32.
Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxb5 Qc2 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Qe7 Qb1+ 37. Bf1 Nfe4 $11
(37... Nh3+ $2 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. f3 Qc2+ 40. Kh1 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 $18)) 30. Rxc7
Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Qxa6 $2 {Again, the same mistake.} (32. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 33.
Qxa6 Ng5 34. Qxa4 Kg7 35. Kg2 {White is up a pawn and his king is better
protected than his counterpart.}) 32... Ng5 $2 {It was necessary to give check
first.} (32... Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Ng5 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Qe7 Nfe4 {
The knight on g5 protects the f7 and e6 spots. White doesn't have more than a
perpetual check.} 37. Nd7 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne1+ $11) 33. Nc6 {Blocking the way for
the black queen. Now I win the pawn.} Nd7 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qxa4 Kf6 36. Qb5 Nf7
37. Bf1 Nd6 38. Qa4 Nb6 39. Qc2 Ne4 $6 (39... Nbc4 40. Ne5 Qa5 41. b3 (41. Bxc4
dxc4 42. Nxc4 $2 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Qa8+ $11) 41... Nd2 42. Bd3 N2e4 $16 {Black
doesn't have enough compensation for the pawn, but at least has some activity.}
) 40. Bd3 {I consolidated my position and the extra pawn should be enough to
bring home the full point.} Ng5 41. Qc5 {[%cal Gc5f8]} Nf7 42. b3 Qb7 43. Na5
$6 {At this point I started a series of moves, which ruined all of my
overwhelming advantage.} ({The most solid plan would be like this:} 43. Kg2 Qc7
44. Be2 {The d3 square can be useful for the knight.} h5 45. h4 Nd6 46. Nb4 Qb8
47. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Gd3e5,Gd3f4]}) (43. Ba6 $5 {was a nice tactical idea, which
I saw. However, I wasn't entirely sure that the arising position is winning.}
Qxa6 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. Qxe6+ Kg7 46. Ne7 Nh6 47. Qe5+ $1 Kf7 48. Nxf5 Nxf5 49.
Qxf5+ $18) 43... Qb8 44. Bb5 Nc8 45. Be8 $2 {This move I simply can't explain.
I made a lot of bad moves in this tournament and this is just one of them.} (
45. b4 Ncd6 46. Bd3 Ng5 47. b5 $18) 45... Nfd6 46. Bc6 Na7 $1 47. Bd7 $6 (47.
Bb7 $1 Nxb7 48. Qb4 $16 (48. Qb6 $4 {would lose a piece after} Qd8 49. Qxb7
Qxa5)) 47... Ne4 48. Qa3 Kf7 49. Nc6 $6 (49. Qa4 {would be better and try to
finally push forward the passed pawn.}) 49... Nxc6 50. Bxc6 h5 $1 {Luke is
very resourceful!} 51. b4 {Finally my passed pawn goes forward.} h4 52. b5 hxg3
53. hxg3 Nd2 (53... Nxg3 $2 54. Qa8 Qxa8 55. Bxa8 Ne4 56. b6 Nf6 57. Bc6 {
and the pawn promotes.}) (53... Ng5 {[%cal Gg5f3,Gb8h8]} 54. Qa8 {would lead
to the same endgame as in the game.}) 54. Qa8 (54. Qc1 Nf3+ 55. Kg2 Kg6 $1 (
55... Qh8 $2 56. Qh1 Qxh1+ 57. Kxh1 Ke7 58. b6 Kd8 59. b7 Kc7 60. Bd7 Ng5 61.
Bc8 $18) 56. Bd7 Qh8 57. Qh1 Qd8 $1 58. Bxe6 Ng5 $11 {trapping the bishop.})
54... Qxa8 55. Bxa8 Ke7 {So, I still have an extra pawn, but it's not really
going forward anymore. My king is also stuck. My only chance is to combine an
attack on Pe6 and a threat to push my passed pawn. However, Black can defend.
Closed character of the endgame favours knight.} 56. Bc6 Kd6 57. Be8 Nc4 $6 (
57... Kc7 58. Bf7 Nf3+ {Black has to move the knight at some point, but he can
transfer it to e4 and attack Pf2.} 59. Kf1 Ng5 60. Be8 Ne4 $11) 58. Bf7 Ke7 59.
Bg8 Nb6 60. Kf1 (60. Kg2 Kf6 61. f3 gxf3+ 62. Kxf3 Nc4 {and also here I don't
see how White can make progress. The exchange of pawns actually helps the
defending side.}) 60... Nd7 ({The was a study like saving idea:} 60... Kf6 $1
61. Ke2 Kg7 $1 62. Bxe6 Kf6 $11 {trapping the bishop.}) 61. Ke2 Kd6 62. Bf7 Ke7
63. Bg6 Nb6 $2 ({After} 63... Kd8 $1 64. Kd3 Nf6 {the endgame was still
holdable.}) 64. Kd3 Nc4 65. Kc3 Kd7 66. Kb4 Nd6 67. Ka5 Kc7 68. Ka6 Kb8 69. Kb6
{Now my king is through, so it's finally winning.} Ne4 70. Bf7 Nxf2 71. Bxe6
Nd1 72. Bxf5 Nxe3 73. Bd3 Nd1 74. Kc5 Nc3 75. Bf5 Kc7 76. Bxg4 $1 Ne4+ 77. Kxd5
{I give my bishop, but the knight won't handle three passed pawns.} Nf6+ 78.
Ke6 Nxg4 79. d5 Nf2 80. d6+ Kd8 81. b6 Nd3 82. g4 Nc5+ 83. Kd5 (83. Kf7 $4 Kd7
84. g5 Ne4 85. g6 Nxd6+ $11) 83... Nb7 84. g5 Kd7 85. g6 Nxd6 86. b7 ({It's
never too late to miss the win:} 86. g7 $4 Nc8 87. b7 Ne7+ 88. Ke5 Kc7 $11)
86... Kc7 87. b8=B+ {A touch of humour.} Kxb8 88. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT1 9495"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lyon"]
[BlackTeam "Belfort"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]}
(7. Bf4) 7... Qe7 8. Nc3 (8. Bb2) (8. a4 {[%cal Gc1a3]}) (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb2 b6
$1 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1) 8... O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 $5 Ne4 11. Bb2 Ndf6 12. e3
Bd7 13. c5 Bc7 14. b4 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gb4b5]} Kh8 15. Qe2 Be8 16. a4 a6 17. Rfc1
Rg8 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 18. Ba3 g5 19. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 20. b5 gxf4 21. exf4 axb5 22.
axb5 cxb5 23. Nxb5 Bc6 24. Nd6 $13 Rg7 25. d5 $1 {[%csl Rg7,Rh8][%cal Ga3b2]}
Bxd5 26. Bb2 Rf8 (26... Rxa1 27. Rxa1 h6 {[%cal Gh8h7]}) 27. Nb5 Kg8 28. c6 $5
(28. Bd4 $44) (28. Nxc7 Qxc7 29. Bd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4]}) 28... bxc6 29. Nxc6 Bb6+
30. Kf1 Qb7 31. Ne5 (31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Nd6 Qd7 33. Qb2 $13 {[%cal Gb2b6,Gb2f6]}
) 31... e3 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Rf1,Rg2,Rh1]} 32. Nd4 $4 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Bc4 34. Qxc4
Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxe3 Rxg3+ 37. Nf3 Ng4+ 38. Kd3 Rxf3+ 39. Be3 Rxe3+ 40.
Kd4 Re4+ {le seul gain de Belfrt dans ce match} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 07th round of 32"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1989.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Birmingham, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1989.07.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Vektor"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3f4]} d5 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Nd2 O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Nf4 c5 ({RR} 12... Ne4
13. Nd3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Nde5 cxd4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7
19. Nxd4 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Timoscenko,G-Klinger,J/Oberwart 1991/TD}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. cxd5 e5 $1 15. Ne6 Nxe6 16. dxe6 Rad8 {[%cal Cb2e5,Gd8d1]} 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18.
Qxf3 Qxe6 19. Bh3 $1 Ng4 20. e4 h5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 $14 {[%csl Gb2,
Re5,Gh3]} 23. Rad1 Rff8 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Rfe1 {La finale est difficile pour
le clichois} Bc5 {[%csl Rf2]} 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Re2 (27. Bxe5 Rd2 $36) 27...
Bd4 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. h3 gxh3+ 30. Kxh3 Kg6 31. Bxd4 $6 {Les noirs avaient un
mauvais fou et un pion "e5" faible. Les deux faiblesses disparaissent et le
clichois a un pion passé soutenu} exd4 32. Kg4 Kf6 33. f4 Rd5 $6 (33... Rd6
$142) 34. Kf3 g5 35. Ke4 Rd7 36. Rd2 gxf4 37. gxf4 Re7+ 38. Kxd4 Kf5 39. Rf2
Re8 40. Kc4 $16 a6 41. Kd5 Rc8 42. Kd6 Rc5 43. Rd2 Kxf4 44. Rd4+ Ke3 45. Rb4
Rc2 46. a4 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Rxb5 Kd4 49. b4 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Qb3 $6 {What a move ? White activating queen attacking on b7 and my
king is on the same diagonal as queen. But anyway it is not good idea with so
bad placed piece Nh3.} Nd7 {Just development!} 10. Nf4 (10. Bf4 $5) 10... Qe7
11. Nd3 {The big idea of move Nh3 is to go to d3 and to attack e5 square. My
opponent made all the best but with queen on b3.} b6 $5 {Bishop on c8 is very
bad placed in Dutch Stonewall system. And now I can activate my bishop with
the development to a6 or b7. It is not important, that after Bb7 white will
get possibility of move c5, because i will just play Bc7 and then pawn c5 will
be very weak!} 12. Nfe5 {Good move... but not in this situation! More better
after Bf4 but after 12.Bf4 i have just 12...Ba6 or just Bxf4 and then Ba6.}
Bxe5 $1 {After 12...Nxe5 for example 13.dxe5 and i need to lost an a tempo to
play Bc7.} 13. dxe5 Ba6 14. cxd5 {[]} exd5 15. f4 Ndc5 16. Qa3 Qb7 {Played
after about 30 seconds of thinking.And move seems to be the best here!} 17.
Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Be3 Ne4 {After 18...Ne6 whites bishop on g2 is more better
playing by diagonal h1-a8} 19. Bf3 Bb5 20. Qb3 Qf7 {With the idea of c5 after
Bc4 or Ba6 then c5.} 21. a4 Bc4 22. Qc2 c5 23. b3 Ba6 {Now black pieces are
dominating in center! Pawns d5 and c5 seems not so pretty for white!} 24. Bf2
d4 $1 25. Rfd1 (25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Bb7 $5 (26... Qxb3 $1 $17 {Diagonal
h1-a8 is weak and black pieces are very active!} 27. a5 Qe6 28. axb6 axb6 29.
Rfb1 Ra7 30. Qc2 Rfa8 {And then Bb7 idea of Qd5 is possible!})) 25... g5 $3 26.
b4 $5 (26. fxg5 Nxg5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. b4 f4 $3 29. bxc5 bxc5 $6 (29... f3 $1
30. e4 (30. e3 Be2 31. Kh1 Nh3 32. Rf1 d3 33. Qd2 bxc5 $19) 30... Nh3+ 31. Kh1
bxc5 $1 $19) 30. Ra3 $1 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Bb7+ 32. Rf3 $1 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Bxf3 34.
exf3 $11) 26... gxf4 27. gxf4 Qg6+ 28. Kf1 Rac8 $1 {Just defending c5 pawn and
cxb4 some where is a threat. Now the main idea is to play Kh8 then Rg8 and Qh6
attacking both f4 and h2. White is losing!} 29. b5 (29. a5 Qh6 (29... Bb7 $5
30. axb6 axb6 31. e3 (31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Bh4 (32. Ra7 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Bxf3 34.
exf3 (34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qxf3 Qh6 36. h3 Rg8 $19) 34... Kh8 {With idea to play
Rg8 and whites king will be under attack.}) 32... Qh6 33. Bg3 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3
Qh3+ 35. Kf2 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Be4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4 Qxg3 $19) (31. Ra7 Nxf2
32. Kxf2 Bxf3 33. exf3 Qh6 $19) 31... Nd2+ 32. Rxd2 Bxf3 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. exd4
cxd4 35. Qxd4 (35. Qd3 Qg2+ $2 (35... Rc3 36. Qxd4 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 38. Bg1
Rc4 $3 $19) 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Qf1) 35... Qg2+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Bg1 Rc4 $3 $19)
30. axb6 Qxh2 (30... cxb4 31. Qb2 Nxf2 (31... Qxh2 32. Bxd4 Bxe2+ 33. Bxe2 (33.
Ke1 Qxf4 34. Qxe2 Qh4+ 35. Bf2 Nxf2 36. Qxf2 $18) 33... Qh1+ 34. Bg1 Qh3+ 35.
Ke1 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxf4+ 37. Ke1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke1 Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Rc3 $1
41. Bd3 Qf4+ 42. Bf2 axb6 43. e6 Qf3 $19) 32. Rxd4 $4 (32. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1
Rc3 $1 34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Rxa6 Qxf4+ $11) 32... Qxh2 33. Rxa6 Ne4 34. Bxe4 fxe4
$19) 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qxe4 $16) 29... Bb7 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Bh4 Rg8 32. Bg5
Nxg5 33. Bxb7 Ne4 {White resigned} 0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O {-> A 90} 9. Ne5 (9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rc1 h6 12. Qe2 g5 $13 {
Schuh,H-Glek,I Kusadasi op 1990 EXP/18}) 9... Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 $5 fxe4
12. Rg1 Qe7 13. Qg4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 b6 15. O-O-O Rf7 16. Qg5 $1 Ba6 17. Qxe7 Rxe7
18. b3 b5 (18... dxc4 $2 19. Nxe4 $16) 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Kb2 Rf8 21. Rc1 Rf5
22. h4 Bd3 23. Rg5 Rxg5 24. hxg5 Kf7 25. Na4 h5 $1 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Rg1 Be2
28. Nc5 Bf3 29. b4 h5 30. Nb3 Re8 31. Nd4 h4 32. Nxf3 exf3 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. Kc3
Kg6 35. Kd4 Kf5 36. Kc5 Ke4 37. Kd6 Rh6 38. Kd7 d4 39. exd4 Kxf4 40. Kxc6 Ke4
41. Kc5 h3 42. b5 h2 43. a4 Kf5 44. d5 exd5 45. Kxd5 Kg4 46. e6 Kh3 47. e7 Rh8
48. Kd6 Kg2 49. Rxh2+ Kxh2 50. Kd7 Kg2 51. e8=Q Rxe8 52. Kxe8 Kxf2 53. a5 Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Adamson, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 {A possible way to avoid the well-known
theoretical lines after 4.Nc3 dxc4 or 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4. The main drawback
of it's is a closing of Bc1-that's why 4...f5 leads to a good version of the
Stone-Wall system.} f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 {White is trying
to regroup his pieces according to a classical plan: Ne5-d3,Nd2-f3 and Bc1-f4,
getting control of the dark squares.} Qe7 {That move wasn't necessary, as
white's knight is already on d2, so the idea of b2-b3 and Bc1-a3 is irrelevant.
} ({Deserves attention:} 8... Nbd7 9. Nd3 b6 10. Nf3 (10. b3 $5) 10... dxc4 11.
Nde5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Qc2 b5 $132 {0-1 Tishin,D-Geller,J/Alushta UKR 2004/
The Week in Chess 516 (45)}) 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 b6 {That plan of development
is more popular nowdays than an old plan with Bc8-d7-e8.} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Be3
{That move looks a bit harmless. It's clear, that white should try to exchange
the dark-squared bishops, so it's better to place it on f4.} ({White's play in
the following game looks more logical:} 12. Nd3 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bxd3
15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. exd3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. h4 $14 {1-0 Bocharov,D-Ulibin,M/St
Petersburg RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 468 (58)}) 12... Bb7 {A necessary move
for completing development.} ({Dubiously would be:} 12... Ba6 $6 13. Rac1 Nd7
14. Qa4 Bxe5 15. Qxa6 $14) 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Nxd7 $146 {I don't like that
exchange, as usually white shouldn't swap the knights in that type of
positions.} ({White didn't achieved anything in the following game:} 14. Bf4
Rac8 15. Qa4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Vladimirov,E-Gleizerov,E/Abu Dhabi UAE 2004/The Week in Chess 511 (23)}) ({
Now after} 14. Nd3 Rfc8 15. Qb3 {black may prevent the exchange of the bishops
by:} g5 $1 {getteng a comfortable position.}) 14... Qxd7 15. Ne5 $6 {That is
not a serious mistake yet, but now black gets a very easy play.} ({Better was:
} 15. Bf4 Rfc8 16. Qb3 Ba6 $11 {although black has no problems at all.}) 15...
Bxe5 $1 {A right decision! White's bishops have no power (especially the Bg2
is worse than Bb7!), while black can easy attack white's pawns and try to
occupy the only open file ''c''.} 16. dxe5 Rfc8 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. Rfe1 $2 {
And that inaccuracy leads to a worse position!} ({White could keep an equality
after:} 18. Bf3 Rc4 19. Rxc4 Bxc4 20. Qa3 $11) 18... Rxc1 19. Bxc1 {That
allows black to seize the open file.} ({But after} 19. Rxc1 Bxe2 20. f3 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 d4 23. f4 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Kf2 d3 $36 {black's passed
Pd3 is very strong.}) 19... Rc8 20. f3 $2 {As it usually happens-one mistake
leads to another one.} ({More accurate would be:} 20. Be3 $142 Rc6 21. Qa4 Qc8
$15 {although black has a clear positional advantage.}) 20... Nc5 21. Qa3 (21.
Qd1 {can be also met by} Qa4 $1 $17) 21... Qa4 $1 $17 {Maybe that powerful
move was overlooked by Joel. Now white cannot prevent the penetration of
black's heavy pieces and his position becomes critical.} 22. b3 $2 {It's hard
to believe, but that natural move is already a decisive mistake!} ({White
could get some drawish chances only after the correct} 22. b4 $1 Qxa3 23. Bxa3
Nd7 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 d4 26. Rd1 d3 27. Bh3 $17) 22... Qd4+ 23. Kh1 (23. e3
Qc3 24. Rd1 Be2 25. Bd2 Qc2 $19) 23... Qc3 $1 {The weakness of white's king is
the most important fact now!} 24. Rg1 ({More resistant could be:} 24. Rd1 {
after which black should play directly:} Qxe5 $1 ({worse is:} 24... Bxe2 $6 25.
Bb2 Qe3 26. Bd4 Qh6 27. Rc1 $17) 25. e3 Be2 26. Bb2 Qxe3 27. Bd4 Qh6 28. Rc1
Qd2 $19 {activating the queen.}) 24... Bxe2 $19 {Now the position is
completely winning for black!} 25. Qxa7 {That looks like a desperation, but at
least white tries something....} (25. Qb2 {fails immediately to} {[%tqu "En",
"Please,enter the strongest continuation of black.","","","c3f3","",10]} Qxf3
$3 26. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 27. Rg2 Nd3 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1][%cal Gc8c1,Gd3b2]}) 25...
Bxf3 26. Qxb6 {White is unable to help his monarch, so at least he takes the
pawn...} Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qxe5 {White's king is completely compromised. It's
hard to believe that it could avoid a quick mate,but....} 28. Rf1 Qe4+ 29. Kg1
Nd3 30. Be3 Rc2 $4 {It's just unbelievable! Why did black allowed the
perpetual check?} ({White is completely hopeless after the simple} 30... h6 {
For example:} 31. Qd4 (31. a4 Rc2 32. Bf2 Ne5 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) 31... e5 32.
Qxe4 fxe4 $19 {with an easy win.}) 31. Qd8+ Kf7 32. Qd7+ Kf8 (32... Kg6 33.
Qe8+ Kf6 34. Qf8+ Ke5 35. Qb8+ $11) 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boskovic Memorial"]
[Site "Bijelo Polje"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Podinic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4] A very interesting way to fight against the
Stone-Wall system. White doesn't waste time for occupying the e5-square by
standard manoevres and immediately starts to advance the queen-side pawns.} a5
10. a3 Qe7 {Black is trying to prevent white from pushing b2-b4, but this
attempt is not successful...} ({The alternative is:} 10... Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12.
cxb5 cxb5 13. Bf4 b4 14. Qe3 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Rc2
Na6 19. Rbc1 $14 {1-0 Danielsen,H-Karlsson,L/Hillerod 1995/CBM 046 ext (34)}) (
{Deserves attention also} 10... b6 $5 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Ba6 $14) 11. b4
axb4 12. axb4 Nxc3 $6 $146 {I don't like that exchange, since the Ne4 was
black's most active piece!} ({Black may also win the pawn at cost of an
exchange of his dark-squared bishop, but white's initiative in that case looks
very strong:} 12... Bxb4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rxb4 exf3 16. exf3 Qxd4
17. Rbb1 Nd7 18. Be7 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qa7 20. Bd6 $16 {1-0 Novikov,I-Moskalenko,V/
Cap d'Agde 1994/EXT 97 (56)}) ({I would prefer:} 12... Nd7 13. b5 Nxc3 (13...
Qf6 $5) 14. Qxc3 Ra4 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 Rc4 19.
Qa5 $14 {1-0 Budnikov,O-Gnidash,A/Kharkov 2000/EXT 2001 (29) and white has
only a slight advantage.}) 13. Qxc3 dxc4 ({Or} 13... b5 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bf4 Bxf4
16. gxf4 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb1a1,Gf3e5]}) 14. Qxc4 Ra4 15. Bg5 $1 {That
forces black to remove his queen from the ideal square.} Qc7 (15... Qe8 16. Bf4
Bxf4 17. gxf4 $16) 16. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3] Delivering the knight to d3, there it
will be placed ideally.} ({Possible was also:} 16. Ne5 $5 {(a slighty more
active redaction of the same idea)} Bxe5 (16... h6 17. Bd2 $16) (16... Na6 17.
Nd3 $16) 17. dxe5 Na6 18. Qc3 $16) (16. Rfc1 Na6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qb3 Qb5) 16...
b5 {Black is already much worse, so he is looking for some counterplay even at
cost of an additional weaknesses.} ({Hardly better would be:} 16... Qb6 17. Nd3
Qa6 18. Qc3 Ra3 19. Rb3 $16 {[%csl Ra6]}) ({or} 16... h6 17. Bd2 Qf7 18. Nd3
Nd7 19. Qc2 $16) 17. Qc3 Qa7 $2 {Black's pieces are not developed, so he
cannot profit from his control of the a-file.} (17... e5 18. dxe5 (18. Nd3 $5)
18... Bxe5 19. Qb3+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Rfc1 Bd7 23. Bf4 $16) ({
I would prefer:} 17... h6 18. Bd2 ({Deserves attention also:} 18. Bf4 $5 Bxf4
19. gxf4 Qxf4 20. Nd3 {and white takes full control of the dark squares, while
black's extra pawn isn't important.}) 18... e5 {trying to simplify the
position, although after} 19. Nd3 (19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Qb3+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7
22. Nd3 Bf6 $14) 19... exd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qc3 $16 {white's pressure is
obvious too.}) 18. Nd3 Ra3 ({There was no time for completing development:} 
18... Bd7 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Na6 21. Ra1 Nc7 22. Nc5 $18 {with a decisive
strategical advantage.}) 19. Qc1 $1 {Taking control of Ra3. In the middlegame
white gets a decisive advantage.} ({Less convincing would be:} 19. Ra1 Rxc3 20.
Rxa7 Rc4 21. e3 $16) 19... Rxd3 {A desperate attempt to change the character
of the position.} ({After} 19... Ra2 20. Qe3 {black isn't able to complete his
development.}) 20. exd3 Bd7 {The Pc6 is protected, but the Nb8 looks quite
ugly now.} (20... Qxd4 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 e5 23. Rfc1 $18) 21. Qe3 $18 {
White is an exchange up, while black has a lot of weaknesses. The rest is just
a part of simple technique.} Re8 ({Hopeless was also:} 21... Na6 22. Bf4 Bxb4
23. Rfc1 Ba3 24. Rc3 b4 25. Rc2 Nc7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Nd5 28. Qxe6+ Qf7
29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. Bd6 $18) 22. Bf4 Bf8 {Black avoids the exchange of the
dark-squared bishop, but now the Pc6 falls.} 23. Rfc1 Na6 {[%tqu "En","Please,
find the best move.","","","c1c6","The most effect and effective!",10,"g2c6",
"",0]} 24. Rxc6 $1 {The most effectful and effective!} ({Black's life would be
much easier after} 24. Bxc6 Nxb4 25. Ra1 $140 $6 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxc6 $16 {
with some compensation for the queen!}) 24... Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Rd8 ({Or} 25... Re7
26. Bd6 Rf7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Ra1 Qb6 30. Qe7 Rg8 31. d5 $18) 26.
Qxe6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxb5 Nxb4 {Now white's material advantage is not
that big, but the d-pawns decide the game.} 29. Bc4+ Kg6 30. Bd2 Rb8 (30... Nc2
31. Rb6+ Rd6 32. Rb8 Be7 33. Rb7 Bg5 34. Bxg5 Kxg5 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Re7 Nxd4
37. f4 $18) 31. d5 Bd6 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Re6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Sandner, Gunter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Bd6 {Black is waiting with development of
Ng8 in order to meet 5.g3 with f5.} ({The most common continuations are:} 4...
dxc4) (4... Nf6) 5. g3 ({good chanses of getting advantage promises:} 5. Bg5 $5
Ne7 (5... f6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Qb6 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bg3 Na6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e3
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nh6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd3 f5 16. a3 $14 {1-0 Ikonnikov,
V-Beikert,G/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (68)}) 6. Nbd2 f6 (6... f5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bf4
b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c5 $14 {1-0 Gavrilov,A-Moroz,A/
Pardubice 2001/CBM 83 ext (39)}) 7. Bh4 Nf5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 f5 10. e3 Nd7
11. Be2 Nf6 12. Ne5 Qa5 13. O-O $14 {1-0 Istratescu,A-Apicella,M/Avoine 2003/
CBM 95 ext (44)}) 5... f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gc4c5,
Gb2b4] An interesting attempt to reach an advantage in a well known
theoretical position.He puts the knight on the most active position and
intending to seize a lot of space on the qside by c4-c5,b2-b4 e.t.c.Later,he
may exchange the dark-squared bishops by Bc1-f4.} ({another popular line is:} 
8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8h5] with a complicated strategical
struggle.See comments to 1-0 Borges Mateos,J-Agdestein,S/Capablanca mem Elite
33rd 1998 [Tyomkin,D]}) 8... Ne4 (8... a5 9. b3 Na6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12.
e3 h6 13. Na4 g5 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. h4 g4 16. Ne1 $14 {1-0 Pelletier,
Y-Kelecevic,N/Switzerland 1996/CBM 55 ext (55)}) (8... Qe8 9. Rb1 b5 10. cxb5
cxb5 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Bd7 13. b4 a6 14. e3 Nc6 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. Nd3 $14 {
1-0 Schandorff,L-Hansen,L/Denmark 1997/EXT 99 (39)}) (8... Qe7 9. Rb1 (9. a3
Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Bg5 h6 (11... Nbd7 $142 12. f4 Bh5) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3
Na6 14. c5 Bc7 15. e3 Rd8 16. b4 Rf7 17. Nh4 Rg7 18. Rfb1 $14 {1-0 Chekhov,
V-Chigvintsev,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 (70)}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Ne4 10. b4 {-8...Ne4.
}) 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 dxc4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Rd8 14. Rfc1 Nb6 15. e3 Bd7
16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rc2 Nfd7 18. Nd3 $44 {1-0 Dobrov,V-Kurnosov,I/Rybinsk 2001/EXT
2002 (33)}) 9. Rb1 Qe7 $6 {In my opinion,it was better to do without that move,
since black cannot prevent b2-b4 anyway.} (9... Nd7 10. b4 Ndf6 11. b5 (11. c5
$5 Bc7 12. a4) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. c5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. Rxb5 b6 16.
cxb6 Bd7 17. Rb2 axb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Radjabov,T/Torshavn 2000/CBM
78 ext (40)}) 10. b4 Nd7 ({It's obviously,that white has at least a sufficient
compensation for a pawn after:} 10... Bxb4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Rxb4
exf3 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Rb3 $44 {due to his development advantage and pair of
the bishops.His dark-squared bishop is especially strong.}) (10... Bd7 11. b5
Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. cxb5 $6 (13. cxd5 $142 $1 exd5 14. Ne5 $36 Bc6 $140 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxb5 $1 cxb5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bxa8 Qxe2 19. Bb2 $16) 13... Rc8
14. Qd3 a6 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rfc1 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mattick,
L-Gleizerov,E/Berlin 1996/CBM 54 ext (32)}) 11. b5 Ndf6 (11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3
cxb5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rxb5 Nb6 15. Ne5 Be6 16. f4 Rfc8 17. Qd3 $14 {1-0
Matveeva,S-Thipsay,B/Jakarta 1993/EXT 97 (45)}) 12. c5 {The most logical-white
has already started to advance his pawns on the qside,so black has no time for
counterplay by g7-g5.} ({less promised} 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Soppe,G/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (31)} 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. Qa5
Qd8 {and black is close to equality in the endgame.}) 12... Bc7 13. Bf4 $1 {
Exchanging the main defender of the dark squares.} Bxf4 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Ne4 $6 15. Qe3 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 g5 19. f3 gxf4 20. Qxf4
Nc3 21. Rb2 $16 {1-0 Gual Pascual,A-Moncayo Romero,E/Barcelona 2001/CBM 84 ext
(46)}) 14. gxf4 Nxc3 (14... Qc7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Qd2 Nxe5 18. fxe5
Bd7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bh3 Rf7 21. Rb3 Raf8 22. f4 exf3 23. Rbxf3 Rxf3 24. Rxf3
Rxf3 25. exf3 $14 {1-0 Borne,N-Peyrat,O/Bagneux 1999/EXT 2000 (76)}) 15. Qxc3
Bd7 16. a4 {Keeping the pressure.} ({after} 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rab8 18. Rb4
Qc7 19. Rfb1 Nd7 $14 {black has a defensible position.}) 16... Ne4 {An
inaccuracy-there was no reason for letting white to exchange his knight in
future.} (16... Rfc8 $142 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rb3 Rc7 19. Rfb1 Kh8 $14 {[%cal
Gh7h6,Gg7g5] In this position black is solid enough and may try to reach some
counterplay on the kside.}) 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Bxe4 {Opening a
second front and exchanging black's most active piece.} dxe4 ({after} 19...
fxe4 20. f3 b6 {The only attempt of getting counterplay-otherwise black's
position is lost} 21. bxc6 bxc5 22. Rb7 Qf8 {white can force an endgame,in
which he has an excellent chanses of a win:} 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Bxc6 25.
Nxc6 Rxc6 26. fxe4 Rxc5 27. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 20. f3 {I am not sure that
now white has to make this move,since after bxc6 black's bishop will be active.
} ({I would prefer:} 20. Kh1 $5 cxb5 21. axb5 a6 22. b6 Bc6 23. Rg1 $14 {
[%cal Gg1g3,Gb1g1] with a serious pressure.}) 20... exf3 ({black could try} 
20... b6 {but after} 21. Rfc1 $1 ({only not} 21. bxc6 $2 Bxc6 22. cxb6 Bd5 {
[%csl Gd5] and black is O.K}) 21... cxb5 22. axb5 exf3 23. exf3 Qh4 24. Qd2 $16
{white has a large advantage,mainly due to domination of his Ne5.}) 21. Rxf3
cxb5 {That is more or less forced-otherwise white will occupy the ''b'' file
and penetrate.} 22. axb5 a6 $1 {Black has to get control on c6.} {After this
move black's defence will be easy-he has only one weakness.} 23. bxa6 $6 ({
better was:} 23. b6 Bc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rg3 Qd7 26. Qc4 $14 {[%cal Gg1f2,
Gb1g1,Gh2h4] with a long and quite unpleasant pressure.}) 23... Rxa6 24. Qb2
Rc7 25. Rb3 Ra7 {Black's rooks are passive,but white has only to worry about
his king,since Ra7 may be useful on the ''a'' file.} 26. Rb6 Bc6 {The point is
that now it's very for white to make progress-his pieces are at the best
positions.} 27. Qb3 ({nothing gives} 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rb8+ Kf7 $11) 27... h6
28. Qg3 Be4 $1 {Now white's next move is practically forced,since the rook
shouldn't move.} 29. Qg6 (29. R1b2 $2 Rxc5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) (29. Rf1 Ra2
$132) 29... Bd5 {[%cal Ga7a8] Now black is ready to activate his rooks,since
b7 is protected well.} 30. c6 Ra8 $4 {A terrible move! After an excellent
defence black gives an important pawn without any reason!} (30... Qf6 $142 31.
cxb7 Raxb7 $11) (30... Be4 $142 31. cxb7 Raxb7 $11) 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 (31... Bxc6 {
fails to} 32. Nxc6 $18) 32. Rxb7 Qf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Ng6 $18 {Now the game
is over-black cannot stop the ''c'' pawn.} Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. Rd7 {The rest
is an agony-black has no any chanses.} Bxc6 37. Rc7 Be8 38. Rxc1 Bxg6 39. Rc7
Bf7 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. Kd3 {[%mdl 20]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 ({black can also start with} 4... c6 {
in order to meet} 5. Nh3 {with} d6 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 5. Nh3 {A modern approach
to playing a Stone-Wall system with white pieces.White is trying to occupy an
important square e5 with both of knights.Nh3 is going to d3 via f4.} c6 6. O-O
Bd6 7. Qc2 ({another common line is:} 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nf3 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 7...
O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 ({Black can also accept the exchange with a slighty worse,but
quite solid position:} 8... b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nf3 Ne4
12. Rfc1 Re8 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Nf4 Nf7 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Rc7 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Yrjola,J-Agdestein,S/Gausdal 1987/CBM 04 (37)}) 10. Rac1 Nh5 (10... Na6
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qa4 Nh5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. e3 Rc7 17.
Bf3 Nf6 18. Be2 $14 {1-0 Yrjola,J-Petrienko,V/Voronez 1987/EXT 97 (69)}) 11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. Bf3 Nhf6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shipov,
S-Glek,I/Groningen 1992/EXT 97 (52)}) 9. Nc3 {Quite a rarely continuation,
which was tried only several times by Peter Lukacs.White is intending to prove,
that black has lost some time(Bf8-d6-s7)and exploit some development advantage
by energetic play,which probably connected with e2-e4.} ({deserves attention
also} 9. a3 $5 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nd7 (10... a5 $5) 11. Bb4 g5 12. f3 f4 13. g4 Ng7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e3 e5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Rfe1 $36 {1-0 Volkov,
S-Ulibin,M/Dubai 2003/CBM 93 ext (37)}) ({The main here is} 9. Nd2) 9... Bd7 {
There are also 2 ways of development in this system:1)b7-b6 and Bc8-b7 or
Bc8-a6 and) Bc8-d7-e8.Black is going for the second option,which has a clear
drawback:now black has always to worry about the possible exchange on d5,since
he couldn't take with ''e'' pawn.} (9... h6 10. Rad1 g5 11. Bc1 Bd7 12. f3 dxc4
13. e4 Na6 14. a3 b5 15. Nf2 Nc7 16. f4 g4 17. b3 $44 {1-0 Gulko,B-Short,N/
Reykjavik 1990/CBM 18 (34)}) (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 Nd7
13. Rad1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Be5 Nd5 17. f4 $14 {1-0 Lukacs,
P-Moskalenko,V/Budapest 1990/CBM 20 ext (61)}) ({interesting is:} 9... Nh5 $5
10. Rad1 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd6 12. e3 (12. c5 $5 Bc7 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. b4
$14) 12... g5 13. Nfe2 Nd7 14. f3 dxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Lukacs,P-Totsky,L/Budapest 1996/CBM 53 (16)}) ({I could also recommend:} 9...
b6 $5 10. cxd5 (10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. e3 Qe7 $11) (10. Rfd1 Ba6 11. Ng5
Qd7 12. cxd5 (12. Nf3 Qe8) 12... cxd5 $11 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 10... exd5 11. Bxb8
Rxb8 12. Nf4 Bd6 {with a good chanses of equality.}) 10. Rfd1 $146 (10. Rad1
Be8 11. f3 Bh5 $6 12. Bc1 Qd7 13. Nf4 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Kh1 dxc4 16. e4 $36 {
1-0 Tsadzikidze,N-Gavasheli,A/Tbilisi 2000/EXT 2004 (41)}) 10... Be8 11. a3 {
That is also a useful move(white's main idea is advancing qside pawns).White
is waiting for Nbd7 to take on d5.} h6 $5 {That move is connected with an idea
of g7-g5,cutting white's knight on h3.} ({An alternative was} 11... Ne4 12.
Nxe4 fxe4 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Nd7 $14 {with a slighty worse position.}) 12.
Rac1 ({nothing promises} 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nf4 Qd6 $11 {as black's bishop is
already on e8.}) 12... g5 {That is practically forced-otherwise black's
previous move will be a loss of time.} 13. Bd2 f4 $6 {Black is not developed
enough for a such a drastic moves.His king is going to be weak now.} ({after} 
13... dxc4 $6 {white could gain a dangerous initiative by} 14. e4 $1 Bh5 (14...
Bg6 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Be3 $36) 15. exf5 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 exf5 17. Qxf5
Qe8 18. Re1 $36) (13... Bg6 $142 $1 14. f4 g4 15. Nf2 dxc4 (15... Nbd7 16. cxd5
exd5 17. Nd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3e5]}) 16. e4 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 b5 18. Bc3 $44) 14. Kh1
$6 {Freeing a spot for Nh3.} ({Much stronger was:} 14. f3 fxg3 15. hxg3 dxc4
16. Nf2 $16 {with a great advantage.}) 14... Nh5 {Black is trying to keep a
close type of position as long as it possible.} (14... fxg3 15. fxg3 Nbd7 16.
e4 dxc4 17. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Nxg5 $16) 15. gxf4 g4 16. Ng1 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4
18. e3 Rf8 {Now white must play very actively-otherwise black may consolidate
his position by Nb8-d7-f6.} (18... Rf6 19. Qe2 h5 20. f3 $16) 19. Qe2 h5 ({
after} 19... Bh5 $2 {strongly is:} 20. Bh3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg4,Rg8]} ({not} 20.
h3 $2 Bd6 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd8h4]})) 20. f3 $1 {Freeing the way to black's
monarch.Now black's few moves are forced.} ({Inaccurate was} 20. e4 $2 Bg5 21.
Rc2 Bf4 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 20... Bd6 $1 ({white's attack seems to be decisive
after} 20... gxf3 21. Nxf3 (21. Bxf3 $16) 21... Nd7 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. e4 $40) 21.
fxg4 Qh4 22. Nf3 Qxg4 23. Rg1 Kh8 $8 (23... Bg6 24. cxd5 exd5 (24... cxd5 25.
Nb5 $18) 25. Bf1 Qxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxg6+ $18) 24. e4 ({nothing promised} 
24. c5 Bc7 25. e4 Nd7 {[%cal Ge8g6]}) 24... dxc4 $1 {A brave,and quite the
best decison! Black's position looks very dangerously,but there is no strong
continuations for white!} (24... Nd7 $143 25. cxd5 exd5 26. exd5 Nf6 $16 {
and black has completed development in cost of a pawn.}) 25. h3 {It's
important to avoid a pin of Nf3.} ({after} 25. e5 Be7 26. Ne4 Nd7 {black is O.K
}) {Black's defence is just excellent!} 25... Qg6 $1 (25... Qg3 26. e5 Be7 27.
Ne4 Qg6 28. Nfd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg2f3,Gd2c4]}) 26. e5 $2 {Seizing a space and
reaching an important square on e4.But black is controlling all the squares
around his king!} ({White should take the pawn:} 26. Qxc4 Nd7 27. Rcf1 Nb6 28.
Qe2 $14 {with a solid advantage due to weakness of Kh8 and passivity of Be8.})
26... Be7 27. Qe3 ({black can defend successfully after:} 27. Qxc4 Nd7 28. Rcf1
Nb6 29. Qe2 Nd5 {For instant,} 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Nh4 Qh6 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $11)
27... Nd7 $1 (27... b5 28. Rcf1 Nd7 29. Nh4 (29. h4 $5 $36 {[%cal Gg2h3]})
29... Qg5 30. Qxg5 Bxg5 31. Bxc6 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rc8 33. Nf3 Rxc6 34. Nxg5 $16)
28. Bf1 Qf5 $1 {That is the best spot for black's queen.} 29. Ng5 ({white is
clearly worse in the endgame after} 29. Nd2 Qf4 $1 30. Nxc4 Qxe3 31. Nxe3 c5 $1
$15 {and black's bishop will get activity soon.}) 29... c5 {Black is already
not satisfied with an equality!} ({There was a forced line:} 29... Rg8 30. Nce4
(30. h4 c5 $1 31. Bh3 cxd4 32. Bxf5 (32. Qxd4 Qxe5 33. Qxc4 Nb6 34. Qxe6 Bc6+
$1 35. Qxc6 Bxg5 36. Rxg5 Qxg5 37. hxg5 bxc6 $17) 32... dxe3 33. Bxe6 Rg6 34.
Bf5 Rg7 $17) 30... c5 31. Nd6 $1 {The only move!} Bxd6 32. exd6 cxd4 33. Qxe6 (
33. Qxd4+ Nf6 $17 {[%cal Ge8c6]}) 33... Qxe6 34. Nxe6 d3 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nc7
Rd8 37. Rxc4 Ne5 38. Rd4 $11) 30. d5 Nxe5 $2 {Only now black misses an
excellent opportunity of getting advantage!} (30... Qxe5 $142 $1 31. Qd2 $1 (
31. Qxe5+ Nxe5 32. Nxe6 Rf2 33. Be2 Bg6 $17) 31... exd5 $1 32. Re1 (32. Nge4
Nf6 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Nxd5 Bc6 $17) 32... Qd4 $1 33. Qxd4+ cxd4 34. Rxe7 (34.
Nxd5 $2 Bxg5 35. Rxg5 d3 $19) 34... dxc3 35. bxc3 Nf6 36. Rxb7 Bg6 $15) 31.
Nxe6 $1 {Now black's pieces are not coordinated.More than that,they are very
vulnerable!Now the extra pawn is really not important.} Qf3+ (31... Rf7 32. Ne4
$1 Qf3+ 33. Qxf3 Nxf3 34. Rg6 $16 {with a domination.}) 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 (32...
Nxf3 33. Nxf8 Nxg1 34. Ne6 Nf3 35. Bxc4 $16) 33. Re1 $1 Bf6 (33... Nd3 34. Bxd3
Rxh3+ (34... cxd3 35. Nc7 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Rh2+ 37. Kxh2 Bd6+ 38. Kh1 Bxc7 39. Re6
$1 Bf4 40. Rf1 $18) 35. Kg2 Rxd3 36. Nc7 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 $4 Bd6 $19)
37... Bh4 {fails to} 38. Rh1 $1 Bxe1 (38... Bg6 39. Rxh4 Rf8+ 40. Kg1 Rff2 41.
Ne6 $18) 39. Kxe1 Rxb2 40. Nxa8 $16 {and white has a great chanses of win.})
34. Bg2 Rf5 $8 35. Re2 ({White had also another strong possibility:} 35. Ne4 $5
{[%cal Ge4d6]} Nd3 (35... Bh4 36. Re2 Nd3 37. N4xc5 $16) 36. Nxf6 Rxf6 (36...
Nxe1 37. Nxe8 Nxg2 38. N8c7 Rg8 39. Rxg2 $18) 37. Nc7 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 Rd8 39.
Nxe8 Rf2 40. Re7 $1 Kg8 41. Nc7 $16 Rxb2 $140 42. Ne6 Rd6 (42... c3 43. Be4)
43. Be4 c3 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rf7 $18) 35... Be7 $2 {That loses immediately.} ({
Black could play more resistantly:} 35... Nd3 36. Nc7 Rd8 37. Nxe8 Be5 38. Rxe5
Rxe5 39. Nc7 $16 {although white's position seems to be close to winning.}) 36.
Rge1 $1 {[%csl Re5,Re7,Re8][%cal Ge1e8] A rare way-now all black's minor
pieces are under the fire!} Bd6 (36... Nd3 37. Nc7 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Re7,Re8]})
37. Ne4 Bb8 38. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2015.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 {The Stonewall system must
have come as a surprise for Vishy. Magnus prefers to deviate from the main
theoretical lines as soon as possible.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 {Avoiding the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nd2 {White goes for a
classical plan of occupying the central square with both of his knights.} a5 {
A typical useful move for such a structure - Black is getting some space for
his q-side pieces and preventing White from advancing the b-pawn.} (9... c5 10.
e3 Nc6 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 $14) (9... Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Bf4 $14) (9... b6
10. cxd5 exd5 (10... cxd5 11. Ndc4 $1 $14) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 $14) 10. Bb2 {
This natural developing move seems most promising.} ({Black doesn't experience
any problems after} 10. Ndf3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4
Nd7 $11) 10... Nbd7 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. e3 $14) 11. Qc2 a4
12. Ndf3 {Vishy decides not to react to the aggressive advance of Black's
a-pawn.} ({The previously played} 12. bxa4 $5 {also comes to consideration:}
Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Ndf3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 $6 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rab1 Nc4 $15 {
0-1 (29) Goganov,A (2550)-Sandipan,C (2590)/Moscow RUS 2013}) 13... fxe4 14. f4
exf3 15. Nxf3 $14) 12... Ne4 13. e3 $146 {This innovation doesn't really
change the evaluation - White is slightly better due to a space advantage, but
Black's position is very solid.} ({Also worth considering is} 13. Rab1 $5 {
freeing the a1-square for the bishop is more promising. For instance,} a3 (
13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qb4 15. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (24) Cifuentes Parada,R (2508)
-Salamero Pelay,F (2130)/Spain 2011/EXT 2013}) 14. Ba1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd7 16. f3
Nf6 17. Nd3 {with a long strategic battle, where White's chances are
preferable due to a space advantage.}) 13... a3 14. Bc3 ({After} 14. Bc1 g5 (
14... c5 $5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qd3 Rad8 $11 {
is another solid way to equalise}) 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Be8 $132 {
White lacks harmony, so Black has no reasons for complaint.}) 14... Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bd7 ({The following simplification hardly promises Black equality:} 15...
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. c5 Be8 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. f3 $14) 16. Nxd7 {
The exchange of the passive bishop definitely makes Black's play easier.} ({
It looks like} 16. Be1 $142 $1 Be8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Nd3 e5 19. c5 (19. dxe5 Bxe5
20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc1 Qe7 $11) 19... Bc7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc3
Qe7 23. Qd4 {would allow White to keep a small, but risk-free edge.}) 16...
Qxd7 17. c5 {This ambitious advance is double-edged: White seizes a lot of
space on the queenside, but releasing the pressure in the centre offer Black
decent counterplay on the opposite side.} (17. Be1 b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. c5 Bc7 20.
Bc3 h5 $11) 17... Bc7 ({Magnus deviates from a boring equalising line:} 17...
Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be7 19. b4 b5 20. Rab1 Ra4 21. Rb3 Rfa8 $11) 18. b4 h5 {Black
has no real threats yet, but White's king is under pressure now.} 19. Be1 e5
20. dxe5 (20. f3 $5 {also deserved some attention:} Nf6 21. Rb1 exd4 22. exd4
h4 23. b5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nh5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf3 $11) 20... Bxe5
21. Rd1 Qe6 {Keeping an eye on the vulnerable Pa2. The position is still equal,
but White has to play precisely.} 22. f3 ({After} 22. Rd3 h4 (22... Bb2 23. f3
Nf6 24. Bc3 $11) 23. gxh4 $1 f4 24. f3 Nf6 {White's position doesn't look good,
though} 25. Bf2 Qf5 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qg6 28. Kh1 {enables him to keep the
balance.}) 22... Nf6 23. Bh3 $1 {White correctly opens up the position - the
bishops need more space! However, the king is getting exposed now.} (23. Qb3 {
was too passive:} Rfe8 24. Bf2 Bb2 $15) 23... g6 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bb2 $1 {
This brave attempt to play for a win was fully justified.} ({After} 25... Ng4
26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Bf2 Bb2 29. Re1 $11 {Black wouldn't be able to
win the Pa2, so White should be OK.}) 26. exf5 Qxa2 27. Bf2 {Anand's move is
natural - White is connecting the rooks, so the pieces are located more
harmoniously. However, this loss of tempi allows Magnus to stabilise the
situation on the kingside.} (27. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Ge1c3] was safer:} Rad8 28. Rxd8
Rxd8 29. Bc3 {and White neutralises the dangerous passer:} Nd5 30. f6 Kf7 31.
Bxb2 axb2 32. Qxb2 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 {with a drawish endgame.}) 27... g5 $1 28.
Rfe1 $2 {White doesn't have time for a slow improvement - the Pa2 is simply
too strong!} ({The correct approach would be} 28. Bg2 Qf7 29. Bd4 $1 Bxd4+ 30.
Rxd4 {Now, when the dark-squared bishop is gone, White is able to stop the
pawn:} Ng4 31. Qd2 a2 32. Qxg5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Ra1 Ra4 35. Rd2 Rfa8 36.
b5 Rb4 (36... Ne5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. f6+ $1 Kxf6 39. Rf2+ Ke6 40. Re2 {and
Black cannot make any progress.}) 37. Rdxa2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 cxb5 (
39... Ne3 40. Rf2 cxb5 41. Rf3 $11) 40. Re2 Kf6 41. h3 Ne5 42. Kf2 {White
should be able to achieve a draw quite easily.}) 28... Qf7 $1 29. Re6 $1 {
Vishy manages to find the best way to develop his counterplay.} (29. Rd6 {
was much worse:} Rfe8 30. Rde6 Ng4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Qb3 Rxe6 33. fxe6 Qf3 34.
Qc4 Qd5 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. e7 Re8 37. Re3 Bd4 38. Rxa3 Rxe7 $19) 29... Ng4 $2 {
This natural move is not the best from an objective point of view, though
White's task is becoming extremely tough.} ({After the correct} 29... Rfe8 $1
30. b5 cxb5 31. Bg2 b4 32. Bf1 Kh8 33. Bc4 Rxe6 34. fxe6 Qe7 $17 {White still
would have some counter-chances, but Black's advantage is indisputable there.})
30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Rd7 $4 {That desperate move leads to a quick
loss.} ({At the same time, Vishy could have escaped by means of} 32. Re6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6e7]} Rfe8 (32... Qxf5 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Rh6+ $11) 33. Be3
$1 {It turns out, that White has enormous attacking resources everywhere:} Be5
$1 (33... Rxe6 34. fxe6+ Qg6 35. Rd7+ Kh6 (35... Bg7 36. Qa2 {leads nowhere})
36. Bxg5+ $1 Kxg5 37. h4+ gxh3 38. Qd2+ Kh5 39. Qe2+ Qg4 40. Rh7+ Kg5 41. Qe3+
Kf5 42. Rf7+ Bf6 43. Qf2+ Ke4 44. Rxf6 h2+ 45. Kxh2 Rh8+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Qf1
Qxf1+ 48. Rxf1 Kd5 49. Ra1 $11) 34. h4 $3 gxh3 35. Rg6 {[%cal Gc2e2]} Bg7 36.
Rd7 $3 Qxd7 37. f6 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Kxg6 39. Qd3+ Kxf6 40. Bd4+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8
42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qxg5+ {with perpetual.}) 32... Qxd7 $19 {Unfortunately,
there are not many pieces left. Black easily wins now.} 33. f6 Qd1+ (33... Rxf6
{was also good enough:} 34. Rxf6+ Kg8 35. Rg6+ Bg7 36. Qa2+ Qf7 $19) 34. Qxd1
Kxg6 35. Qd3+ Kh6 36. h4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 a5 {A logical move.
After exchange of black's dark-squared bishop,a7-a5 will be quite useful move
to prevent b2-b4.At the same time,black prepares b7-b6 in order to neutralize
the pressure of Bg2 over the long diagonal. However,white has a different
reasonable ways to fight for the opening advantage.} ({The alternatives are:} 
6... d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Bxd2 Qe7 9. c5 $5 $146 {This move doesn't allow black
to lead e6-e5,as it's usual.The correctness of this pawn sacrifice depends of
position which is getting out after 10...cxd4.} (9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4
c5 12. bxc5 Nc6 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Rad1 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 e4 16. Nb3 f4 17. Qc2 f3 18.
exf3 exf3 19. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Salov,V-Kamsky,G/it 1991 (63)}) (9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qa3
Ne4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Ne5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Manninen,M-Akesson,R/Reykjavik zt 1995 (41)}) 9... dxc5 10. Rc1
Ne4 $6 (10... cxd4 11. Bf4 $1 (11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Nb3 e5 {[%cal Gc7c6,Yc8e6]})
11... c5 12. e3 $44 dxe3 $140 13. Bd6 $16) 11. dxc5 e5 (11... Nxc5 $2 12. Bg5
$1 Qd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Be7 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf8]}) 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Rfd1 Nc6
14. Be1 a6 15. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4] 1-0 Adianto,U-Johansen,D/Bali 1999/CBM 71/
[Tyomkin,D] (44) White intends to advance his queenside pawns.}) (6... b6 7.
Ne5 {[%cal Rg2a8]} (7. a3 $5 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Nc6 9. b4 Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. O-O
$14 {1-0 Chatalbashev,B-Naumkin,I/Lido Estensi 2002/CBM 88 ext (32)}) 7... Ne4
8. O-O Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Bb7 10. Be3 (10. Bc1 Qe7 11. b3 d6 12. Nd3 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4
14. Bxd4 Nd7 15. Bb2 a5 16. Nf4 a4 17. f3 Nef6 18. Ba3 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,
B-Epishin,V/Wijk aan Zee 1992/CBM 28 (38)}) 10... Qe8 11. Qc2 d6 12. Nd3 Nc6 (
12... Nd7 $5) 13. d5 Nd8 14. dxe6 Nxe6 {[%csl Ge4]} 15. Nb4 $1 Qg6 16. Nd5 $14
{[%csl Gd5] 1-0 Cramling,P-Hort,V/London 1996/CBM 55/[Hansen,Cu] (65)}) (6...
d5 {that move leads to the Stone-Wall type of positions,where black prefers to
avoid swapping of the dark-squared bishops} 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxd2
10. Bxd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qf4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Tunik,G-Driamin,D/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74 (44)}) 7. O-O b6 8. d5 {That
typical method of seizing a space is very tempting,as black has spent a tempo
for unnecessary 6...a5.} ({Before white has tried:} 8. Ne5 Ra7 9. Nd3 Bb7 10.
Nf3 Be7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. a3 c5 14. e3 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Botvinnik,
M-Larsen,B/Leiden 1970/MCL (52)}) (8. Nb1 Be7 9. Ne5 Ne4 (9... Ra7 10. Nc3 Bb7
11. d5 d6 12. Nf3 e5 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. e4 fxe4 15. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,
P-Karlsson,L/Sweden 1993/EXT 97 (41)}) 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ra7 12. e4 Bb7 13.
Re1 Bf6 14. Ba3 $36 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Rotstein,A/Porto San Giorgio 1997/EXT 2000 
(33)}) (8. a3 Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Ra7 10. Nb1 Ba6 11. b3 a4 12. Nc3 axb3 13. Nb5 Bxb5
14. cxb5 d5 15. Qxb3 $14 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Kristiansen,J/Copenhagen 1988/CBM 10 
(83)}) 8... Bb7 $6 {That ''shy'' move leads to white's stable advantage.} ({
The only principal answer was:} 8... exd5 9. Nh4 c6 $1 (9... Bb7 10. Nxf5 Bxd2
(10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge3d5]}) 11. Qxd2 $1 Ne4
12. Qf4 $1 Kh8 13. Qg4 $36) 10. cxd5 ({nothing promises} 10. Nxf5 dxc4 11. Nxc4
d5) 10... Nxd5 11. Qb3 (11. Nxf5 Rxf5 12. e4 Ne3 $1 13. Qb3+ d5 14. Qxe3 Bc5
15. Qc3 (15. Qb3 a4) 15... Rf8 16. exd5 Ba6 $36) 11... Bb7 ({deserves
attention also:} 11... Kh8 $5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Ra7 14. Nxf5 Bb7 15. Qe5
Qg5 16. e4 Nc6 $44) 12. Nxf5 Rxf5 13. e4 a4 14. Qd3 (14. Qd1 Nc3 $1 15. bxc3
Bxc3 16. Rb1 Rb5 17. Rxb5 cxb5 $132) 14... Nf4 $1 15. Qc4+ Rf7 16. gxf4 Qe7
$132 {[%cal Gb7a6]}) 9. Nd4 Bc5 $6 {A loss of time.Black should try to
simplify the position until white will complete his development.} ({That's why
i would prefer:} 9... exd5 10. Nxf5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne3 {although
white's chances are better due to weak pawn e4.}) 10. N2b3 a4 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12.
Nb5 {Now white's positional advantage is obvious,as black's minor pieces are
passive,while his pawn structure is also not so good.} exd5 (12... d6 13. dxe6
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qe7 15. Bg5 $16) 13. Bg5 {White completes development with a
tempo.} Qc8 {That looks ugly,but i can hardly recommend something better,as
white is already ahead in development.} (13... c6 14. Nd6 Qc7 15. Bf4 $1 Qb6 (
15... g5 16. Nxb7 gxf4 17. Nxc5 dxc4 18. Qd4 $16) 16. b3 Ne4 17. bxa4 $16) (
13... Bc6 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Qc2 (15. Nc3 $5) 15... h6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 (16... dxc6
17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nc3 $16) 17. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rf5]}) 14. cxd5
$16 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8]} ({Less convincing was} 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 16. Nc3
Bc6 $1 $14) 14... d6 {That weakens an important square e6,but there was no
other way to complete the development of qside pieces.} 15. Nc3 {Now black's
Pa4 is also vulnerable.} a3 ({After} 15... Qe8 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Re1 {[%cal
Ge2e4] black has no counterplay against e2-e4.}) 16. Rb1 $1 {White's rook will
put an unpleasant pressure on Bb7.} ({Weaker was:} 16. b3 Nbd7 $14 {and black
has a defensible position.}) 16... Qe8 $2 {An additional mistake-black allows
white to play 17.b4,which will free an important spot d4 for his knight.} ({
It was necessary to prevent 17.b4:} 16... axb2 17. Rxb2 Ba6 18. Bh3 Ng4 $16 {
[%cal Gb8d7] and black is at least ready to develop his knight by 19...Nd7.})
17. b4 $1 {[%mdl 32] After that powerful move black is completely lost from
strategical point of view.} ({Worse was:} 17. bxa3 Ba6 18. Qc2 Qg6 $16) 17...
Na6 ({Hardly better was:} 17... cxb4 18. Rxb4 Ba6 19. Qc2 Qg6 20. Bc1 $1 {
[%csl Ra3,Rc7]}) 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 $1 {That forces black to remove his Nf6
from the good position.} Nfd7 ({Hopeless was} 19... Ba6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6
Rd8 22. Qb3+ c4 23. Qxa3 Rxd6 24. Rfd1 $18) 20. Nb5 {The knight will be
transfered to e6 with a tempo!} Qc8 21. Qc2 Ra4 (21... Ba6 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Bc1
$1 Qd7 24. Rd1) 22. Rfc1 Ba6 23. Nd4 Rc4 $2 {The rook on a4 was quite
vulnerable,but after the exchange of it,black couldn't avoid a loss of Pa4.} ({
More resistant was:} 23... Qe8 24. Qd1 Bc4 25. Rc2 {[%csl Ra3,Ra4,Rc4][%cal
Gd1c1] although white has a greatd advantage anyway.} (25. Ne6 $5 Bxa2 26. Rb7
$3 Rf6 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Rxc5)) 24. Qd2 Qe8 {Too late! An
attempt to activate the queen is not successful,but black hadn't any other
reasonable idea.} (24... Ne5 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Nc4 27. Bc1 Re8 28. Qc2 Ne4
29. g4 $18) (24... Nb6 25. Ne6 $1 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Rxc1+ (26... Re8 27. Re1 $1 Bb7
28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb6 cxb6 30. Qxd6 $18) 27. Rxc1 Nc4 28. Qd4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3
Re8 30. Qxa3 Bxe2 31. Bc6 $18) 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Qc2 $18 Ne5 (26... Ba6 27.
Nxf5 Qf7 28. Nd4 Nb6 (28... Nf6 29. Nc6 Ng4 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Bf3 $18) 29. Nb5
$1 Nxd5 30. Bxc5 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 Nb6 33. Rb3 $18) 27. Rb4 Ng4 {
An agony! Black doesn't gets any compensation for a piece.} (27... Ng4 28. Rxc4
Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. Nxf5 $18) (27... Ba6 28. Nxf5 Ned3 29. Nh6+
gxh6 30. Rg4+ Kf7 31. exd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Nd2 $5 {A tricky move. White is
waiting with a development of the Ng1, as after d7-d5 it could be comfortably
placed on h3. At the same time, black is ready to meet an immediate 5.Nh3 with
5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 or 5...d6.} ({Another ''waiting'' move is:} 5.
Qc2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 (7. Nc3 $5 e4 8. Ng5 d5 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 dxc4 11.
O-O Be7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 $44 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Almeida,M/
Fuerteventura 1992/TD (63)}) 7... dxe5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 e4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3
O-O 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Na6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Agdestein,S/Port Erin 2003/
CBM 96 ext (32)}) 5... d5 6. Nh3 ({The World Champion has got a classical
advantage after:} 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bd7 (8... b6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nf4
Qe7 11. Nd3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. b4 Ba6 15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Sedlak,N/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (99)}) 9. O-O Be8 10. Bf4 h6
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Re5,Gf3] 1-0 Kasparov,
G-Nikolic,P/New York 1994/CBM 41 ext (71)}) 6... Bd6 7. Nf4 $5 {[%cal Gf4d3,
Gd2f3] A standard transfer of the knight-it goes to d3 in order to take
control on important central square.} ({The alternative is:} 7. Nf3 {leaving
the ''f4'' square for the dark-squared bishop} O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 Be7 10.
Qc2 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne1 g5 14. Nd3 Qg7 15. e3 f4 16. Qe2 Nhf6
17. gxf4 g4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Radjabov,T/Tallinn EST 2004/The Week in
Chess 487 (54)}) (7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O {-->leads to a well known theoretical
position.}) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Nf3 Qe7 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ye7e6,Gc8b7,Gc8a6]
That move is more or less necessary-otherwise black couldn't complete the
development of his qside.} 10. O-O (10. Nd3 Ba6 11. b3 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2
Zilberstein,V-Gleizerov,E/St Petersburg 1995/CBM 46 ext (11)}) 10... Ba6 (10...
Ne4 11. Nd3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Nfe5 $14) 12. Bf4 (12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14.
Nxf4 Rac8 15. Qa4 a6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Alexandrova,O-Slavina,
I/Istanbul 2003/CBM 94 ext (45)}) 12... Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Nd7 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. Qa4
a5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e3 Ba6 18. h4 $14 {1-0 Lalic,B-Peralta,F/Saint Vincent
2001/CBM 80 ext (41)}) 11. b3 Nbd7 12. a4 $146 {The plan of advancing ''a''
pawn is typical in that type of positions, but it's quite slowly and allows
black to reach a counterplay by c6-c5.} (12. Ng5 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Rac8 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Supatashvili,K-Graf,A/Batumi 2002/
CBM 90 (29)}) 12... Bb7 {Black prepares a standard freeing move 13...c5.} ({
Deserved attention also:} 12... Ne4 $5 13. a5 Rfc8 14. Rd1 Bxf4 $1 15. Bxf4 c5
$132 {with a heavy piece play.}) 13. a5 c5 14. a6 {That pawn may be very
powerful in the endgame,but it looks far away from the endgame...} Bc6 15. dxc5
{White is trying to exploit some vulnerablity of Bc6.} Bxf4 $6 {A strange
decision. There was no reason to exchange an important bishop, as now the dark
squares in black's enemy become vulnerable.} ({Better was the most natural:} 
15... bxc5 $142 16. cxd5 Nxd5 (16... exd5 $2 17. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 17.
Nxd5 (17. Nd4 cxd4 18. Qxc6 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 $132) (17. Nd3 e5
$1 $132) 17... Bxd5 $11 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ga8b8]}) 16. Bxf4 bxc5 17. Ne5 {
It's important to get control on e5, not allowing black to seize the space by
e6-e5 and d5-d4.} ({Nothing promises} 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $11) 17...
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rac8 {Now 18...d5-d4 is a serious strategical threat, so the
exchange on d5 is forced.} ({Black could keep the knight on the board:} 18...
Nd7 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 (20... exd5 21. e3 $14) 21. Rfd1 $14 {but
white's position is preferable,as his Bb2 is very powerful.}) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxf6 {Transforming the advantage.} ({After} 20. Rfd1 Ng4 $1 21. Bb2 {black
could get create some counterplay after:} f4 22. Ra4 Qg5 $132) 20... Rxf6 ({
I would prefer:} 20... Qxf6 $5 21. Ra5 (21. Rfd1 $6 f4 $1 $132) (21. e4 $5 fxe4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 $14) 21... Rfd8 22. Rd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 $14
{and white has only a minimal advantage.}) 21. Rfd1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $14 {Now
white is controlling the only open file.} f4 $6 {Black is looking for some
counterplay, but that's only creates an additional weaknesses.} (22... Kh8 23.
Rd2 e5 24. Rad1 $36) (22... e5 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Rd5 $36) ({A passive strategy
was preferable:} 22... Qc7 $142 23. Qc4 Qb6 $14) 23. Qe4 $1 {An ideal square
for the queen. Here it attacks black's weak pawns and protects the monarch.}
fxg3 (23... Rcf8 24. f3 Rb8 25. Rd3 $14) 24. hxg3 Rb8 25. Rd3 {Little by
little black's position become quite unpleasant,as he is totally passive.} Rf5
(25... Rb4 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Rad1 $36) 26. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Gd3d7] Now the
penetration of white's rook is practically unavoidable.} h5 ({Badly was also:} 
26... Rf7 27. Rd6 Re8 (27... e5 28. R1d5 $16) 28. Qc6 $16 {and white has a
full domination.}) 27. Re3 ({The immediate penetration was also possible:} 27.
Rd7 $5 Qf6 28. f3 Re5 29. Qc4 $16 Re3 $140 30. Rb7 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Rxa7
Qd2 33. Kf2 $18) 27... Qf7 (27... Re8 28. f3 $16 {[%cal Ge4c6,Ge3d3]}) 28. f3
Rd5 ({Black had no time for taking the Pa6:} 28... Rb6 29. Red3 Rxa6 30. Rd8+
Kh7 31. g4 Qg6 32. Qa8 $18) 29. Red3 Rb4 ({The weakness of black's monarch is
obvious in the following variation:} 29... Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Qf5 31. Qe3 Rb6 (31...
Kh7 32. Rd7) 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rc8 $1 $16) 30. Qe3 Rxb3 ({An attempt to swap
the pawns fails to:} 30... c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rb1 $1 Rc7 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34.
Qe4+ g6 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Qe5 Qg7 37. Qxd5 $18 {[%cal Gb8b7]}) (30... Rxd3 31.
Rxd3 Qe7 32. Qe5 $16) 31. Rxb3 Rxd1 32. Rb7 Rd7 $2 {This loses immediately.} ({
More resistant was:} 32... Qf5 33. Rxa7 Rd6 $1 (33... h4 34. gxh4 Qg6+ 35. Qg5
Qxg5+ 36. hxg5 Kh7 (36... Ra1 37. g6 $18) 37. Re7 Kg6 38. Rxe6+ Kxg5 39. Re5+
$18) 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. a7 Ra6 36. Rf8 $1 Qd5 (36... Qxf8 37. Qd3+ Kh6 38. Qxa6
$18) 37. Rc8 Ra5 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. Rxc5 Qa2 40. Rxh5+ Kg8 $16 {although
black's position is very hard, as he is a pawn down and his king is weak.}) 33.
Qxc5 $18 {Finally white's Pa6 decides the game!} Kh7 (33... Rxb7 34. Qc8+ Kh7
35. axb7 $18) 34. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 18th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 {It is a very popular order of moves
nowdays:the stone wall system is much more comfortable for black with the Nd2.}
5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 c5 $5 {An original reaction for this
type of positions!} ({Another possible method of play may be:} 8... Nbd7 9.
Ndf3 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gg4e5]} (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 (11...
Bxd7 12. Bf4 $14) 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rae8 16. Nd3
Nd6 17. c5 Nf7 18. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kozul,Z-Piskov,Y/GMA-Open Belgrade 1988})
10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bf4 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 b6 15. b4 Bb7
16. Rc1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Kozul,Z-Nikolic,P/Bled/Rogaska Slatina 1991}) (8... Qe7 9.
Ndf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nd3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qa4
Bc6 16. Qb3 Be8 17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. e3 Rc7 19. Nfe5 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Labunskiy,
D-Galkin,A/RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002}) 9. Ndf3 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4
$146 {White is not in a hurry to simplify the position.} (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 (13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Be3 Bb6 $11) 13... Qc7 14. Nd3 (14. Bf4 g5
15. Nd3 gxf4 16. Nxc5 fxg3 17. hxg3 f4 $132) 14... Bb6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. a4 Ne4
17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Tregubov,P/Moscow Aeroflot op 2002})
11... cxd4 12. Rc1 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Gc6c5,
Gf6e4,Ga8e8]}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4][%cal
Gb6d4,Gb6b2] Black must defend on his extra pawn-otherwise his position will
be hard.} 15. Qb3 Re8 16. f4 $8 d3+ ({possible was also:} 16... Qxb3 17. axb3
a5 {[%cal Ga8a6,Ga6b6]} (17... Be6 $6 18. Nf3 $1 $14) 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rxd4
Rac8 20. Rdd1 Ne4 $11 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. exd3 (18. a3 dxe2 19.
Rfe1 Be6 20. Kf2 Rec8 $15) 18... Rxa2 19. Rc7 {That move leads to a force draw.
} ({Another way was to keep the pawn,trying to improve the position.But after:
} 19. Rf2 Be6 20. Rc7 Ra7 (20... Rc8 21. Re7 Rc1+ 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1) 21.
Rfc2 Kf8 22. Kf2 Re7 {[%cal Gf6e8] black is out of danger.}) 19... Rxb2 20.
Rfc1 Be6 21. Rxb7 d4 $1 {[%cal Gb2g2,Ge6d5] That is the point! White cannot
avoid exchanges.} 22. Rcc7 (22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Rcc7 Ng4 $1 24. Rxg7 (24. Bxg4 fxg4
25. Rxg7 Ra8 26. Ra7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rb1+ $11) 24... Ra8 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7
Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb2+ $11) 22... Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bd5+ 24. Kh3 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Ng4 $1 {
The most accurate way to a draw-the Ne5 is too strong.} (25... Re6 $6 26. Rb8+
Ne8 27. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf3d4]}) (25... Nd5 $6 26. Rd7 Nc3 27. Rxd4 b5
28. Rd7 Rb8 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Nd4 $14) 26. Nxg4 fxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b6 {That way of development is the most common in that type of
positions.} ({However,the classical plan of} 9... Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8 {is also
very solid and the practice shows, that black's results here are not bad at
all.} 11. h3) ({Another possibility is:} 9... b5 {in order to meet 10.Ba3 with
b4.}) 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gc6c5] So, white has realized his
idea. On the other hand, black is ready for a freeing continuation c6-c5.} 12.
Qb2 {That continuation looks like the most principal way to fight for the
opening advantage. White takes control of ''e5'' spot and connects the rooks.}
({The endgame doesn't promise white any advantage:} 12. Qa3 Qxa3 ({interesting
is also} 12... c5 $5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 f4 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bh3
Rae8 $132 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Agdestein,S/Reykjavik 1987/CBM 02 (25)}) 13. Nxa3
Nbd7 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. e3 Kf7 17. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Tal,M/
Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 05 (17)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nbd2 c5 $146 {A thematical
freeing continuation. Black should make it before white could seize a space on
the qside by b3-b4 and c4-c5.} (13... Ne4 14. e3 (14. b4 $14) 14... Rae8 15.
Rfd1 Re7 16. Rac1 g6 17. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kryschilovskij,A-Fazulyanov,S/St
Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (35)}) 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. cxd5 {White could hardly
profit from keeping the pressure for a long time anyway.} (15. Rac1 Qe7 $11)
15... exd5 $6 {Now white gets a stable classical advantage, as his pawn
structure is better.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 15... Bxd5 16. Nc4 ({
after} 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {black has nothing to worry about}) 16...
Bxc4 17. bxc4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 $11 {and the power of Bg2 compensates some
weakness of Pc4,but not more than that.}) 16. Ne5 Rc7 ({White's chances are
also preferable after} 16... Rfe8 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rac1 $14 {
due to control of the dark-squares.}) 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. e3 $14 {So, white has
a pleasant edge and may just put pressure on black's central pawns.} g5 $6 {
Black doesn't want to stay passively and tries to get some counterplay on the
k-side. But the position is not closed, so such a weakening moves usually only
add troubles.} ({Better was:} 18... Rc8 19. Rac1 Qe7 $14 {and black has a bit
passive,but solid position.}) 19. dxc5 {Ofcourse, now it's the right time to
open the long diagonal.} bxc5 20. Nc4 {White should play energetically in
order to prove, that black's previous move was dubious.} (20. Rac1 $143 f4 21.
exf4 gxf4 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Ne5 Rc7 $14) 20... Qc7 ({Maybe,better was:} 20... Qe7
$5 {although after} 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Rac1 {g7-g5 is an obvious drawback of
black's position.}) 21. Ne5 Rg7 ({Badly was also:} 21... Re7 22. Nd3 Ne4 23.
Rac1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5,Rg8] and i don't see how black can hold on.}) 22. Rac1
f4 {Black is trying to make the position more complicated.} 23. Nd3 {That
leads to an endgame.} ({The reasonable alternative was:} 23. exf4 $5 gxf4 24.
Nd3 fxg3 25. fxg3 Ne4 (25... c4 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29.
Rxc4 $16) 26. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 27. Nxc5 e3 (27... Qb6 28. Qe5 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6]})
28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Qe5 $16 {with a heavy extra pawn for white, while the Kg8 is
weak. It looks like white has an excellent winning chances here.}) 23... fxe3
24. Nxc5 $1 {A good practical decision-white gets a serious advantage in the
endgame.} ({Less clear was:} 24. fxe3 Qe7 25. Re1 c4 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Nxc5 $16) 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Rgf7 $16) 24... exf2+ 25.
Qxf2 Qb6 ({The attempt to centralize the queen fails to} 25... Qe5 26. Rf1 $1
Rgf7 (26... Bc8 27. Nd3 Qe6 28. Rce1 $16) 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Rce1 $16 {with a
huge advantage of white.}) 26. Nxb7 {White has to simplify the position, since
he cannot make progress with such a compromised king.} Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxb7 28.
Kg1 $2 {A strange move-it's clear, that white couldn't win the game without
help of his monarch.} ({The right way was:} 28. Ke3 $1 Re7+ 29. Kd3 Rfe8 30.
Rd2 Kf7 31. Kd4 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5] and black's position is very hard.}) 28...
Rd7 {A necessary passivity.} 29. Rd4 {The rook is placed ideally on d4-it
blocks the pawn and can be easily delivered to the q-side, attacking the Pa7.}
Re8 {That open file has no special importance, as white can easily prevent a
penetration of Re8.} 30. Bf3 Re6 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Rc2 $6 {Mistakes are rarely
come alone! White chooses a wrong plan of swapping the rooks, as the Rc2 is
more active that Re6.} ({White should try to advance his qside pawns:} 32. Rc5
$142 h5 33. h3 Kg6 34. b4 $14) 32... Kg6 33. Re2 $6 ({As i mentioned before,} 
33. Rc5 {was better.}) 33... Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Kf5 {That is the point! The
exchange allowed black to activate the king, so the Pd5 becomes powerful!} 35.
Rd2 {White has to play accurately!} ({Optimistic woould be:} 35. b4 Ke5 36. Rd3
Rc7 $15 {and black is already better.}) 35... g4 36. Bg2 Ne4 37. Rd4 Ke5 38.
Ke3 Nf6 39. Ra4 Rc7 40. Kd2 Rg7 {Intending to attack white's pawns by
Rg7-g6-h6. White should prevent that-otherwise black's activity may become
very dangerous.} 41. Ke3 Rc7 42. Kd2 h5 {So,black is playing for a win! Anyway,
white's position is solid enough.} 43. Kd3 Rh7 44. Ke3 Rc7 ({The draw is also
unavoidable after} 44... h4 45. gxh4 Rxh4 46. h3 Ne4 47. hxg4 Rxg4 48. Bxe4
Rxe4+ 49. Rxe4+ dxe4 50. b4 Kd5 51. b5 $11) 45. Kd3 Rh7 46. Ke3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 {For a must-win
game, it is interesting that the Magnus chooses the Dutch Stonewall which is
also part of the repertoire of other World Champions such as Steinitz,
Alekhine, Botvinnik, Petrosian etc!} 7. Bf4 ({The most common way to continue
here is} 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 (8. Qc2) 8... Bxf4 9. gxf4 Nbd7 {leading to similar
paths as in the game.}) 7... Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. e3 Bd7 {This is one of the
typical ways to develop the famous or infamous, depending on your perspective
and experience, Stonewall bishop.} ({Another way to bring it out is} 9... b6
10. O-O Bb7 (10... Ba6 $6 11. Ne5 {now Black cannot develop the b8-knight.}
Nfd7 12. b3 $1 $14 Nxe5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. b4 $1 {shutting out
the black bishop followed by exploiting the development advantage and weak
a8-h1 diagonal is the idea behind b2-b3.}) 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qe7 {with a
solid position.} (12... Ne4 $5 {is also playable.})) 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. O-O Be8
12. Rfc1 {White now starts to make threats before Black finishes development
which can bring him closer to equality.} Qe7 (12... Bh5 $4 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 $18) 13. Qa3 $1 {One of the well-known ideas in the Stonewall for White
is to trade off Black's good dark-squares bishop in order to weaken the dark
squares and sometimes even leave Black with the "worse minor piece." Eljanov
rightfully extends this idea by trading off Black's queen which was serving
the same function of the aforementioned bishop.} ({Another good way to
increase the advantage is to simply keep improving his pieces and prepare the
Qa3 idea or a queenside expansion.} 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Rab1 Na6 (14... Kh8 15. Qa3
$1) 15. cxd5 $5 (15. Qa3 Nb4) 15... exd5 (15... cxd5 16. Qa3 Nb4 17. Nb5 $16 {
with a clear plan of invasion.}) 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. b4 $36 {with an easy plan of
using the minority attack.}) (13. Rab1 $5 $14) 13... Qxa3 14. bxa3 Nbd7 15.
Rab1 {White has successfully transformed a slightly better middlegame into
superior endgame position.} Rb8 16. a4 $1 {a nice prophylactic move - it both
prepares to meet ...Nb6 and plans to further weaken the queenside pawns in the
future.} a5 (16... Nb6 17. c5 (17. Bf1 $5) 17... Nc4 {now the a-pawn is not
under attack!} 18. Bf1 $1 (18. Ne5 Na5 19. Rb4 Nd7) 18... Na5 19. Rb4 $14 {
and Black will have to be very careful and alert in this complex ending as
White has a dangerous plan of doubling on the b-file and then bringing his
knight to b3!}) 17. Rb2 Ne4 $6 ({It was objectively better to do "trench
warfare" with} 17... Bh5 18. Ne5 (18. Rcb1 $2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b6 {and there's no
way to break through Black's fortress.}) 18... Rfc8 19. Rcb1 b6 20. Bf1 Be8 {
but it's probably too deressing for Carlsen's taste.}) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 $1
{The right square and plan.} (19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. fxe5 c5 $1 $132 {
and things start to look complicated for White. Just look at Black's famous/
infamous bishop!} 21. d5 Bxa4 22. Rcb1 $2 b5 $1 $15) 20... c5) 19... Rf6 20. f3
$1 {this pawn break is all part of the plan. Because if not, then what is the
future of his knight after h7-h6??} h6 21. Nh3 exf3 22. Bxf3 Rf7 23. Nf2 c5 24.
Nd3 $1 {Eljanov has been playing excellently, exercising good control on the
board and on his clock. He has 30 min left to Magnus's 39 min in a great
position that he knows he's fully capable of winning.} cxd4 25. exd4 Nf6 26.
Nc5 ({Another way to step up the pressure is to prepare the march of the
future passed c-pawn:} 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. c5 $1 (27. Rcb1 Rd8 {gives Black some
counterplay}) 27... Bxa4 (27... Rd8 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Rxd4 30. c6 $18) 28.
Rcb1 $16) 26... Ne4 27. Nxe6 Bxa4 28. d5 Bd7 29. Bxe4 $6 {A misjudged exchange.
It's not disastrous, but it already allows Black counterplay in the form of
piece activity.} fxe4 30. Nc5 Bg4 31. Re1 {All part of Eljanov's plan
connected to his decision to trade on move 29, at least according to the quick
pace at which he played the moves.} Rc8 $1 {This is most probably what he
missed in his analysis as he now stopped for 10 minutes before making his next
move.} 32. Nxe4 Rxf4 {Just look at Black's pieces now compared to when they
were living under the Stonewall bridge, say around move 22.} 33. Nd6 Rcf8 $1 {
Magnus now starts playing quickly and more confidently.} 34. Rb3 {Eljanov now
starts to switch to more solid play.} (34. Rxb7 $4 Bh3 35. Rbb1 Rg4+ 36. Kh1
Bg2+ 37. Kg1 Be4# {is one line that shows the dynamic power of Black's pieces,
thus the game move.}) 34... R8f6 35. Ne4 Rg6 36. Rg3 b6 $1 {a nice little move
that makes a big impact as it makes it difficult for White to push his passed
pawn in the future.} 37. d6 $6 {a risky decision.} ({I think it's best to go
for waiting tactics especially as the time control is approaching:} 37. Nd2 Bf5
{and White at least has a sure way to keep the balance.} (37... Rgf6 38. Ne4) (
37... Kh7 38. Re4 $1) 38. Rxg6 Bxg6 39. Re6 $11) 37... Kh7 38. Nf2 $2 {Panic
sets in as Eljanov tries to make the time control with 2 minutes left.} (38.
Ree3 $142) ({or} 38. h4 $5 Bf5 39. h5 $1 Rxg3+ 40. Nxg3 $13) 38... Rxc4 39.
Nxg4 Rgxg4 40. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 41. Kf2 Rd4 42. Re6 Kg8 {Suddenly, it is White that
must play for a draw.} 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. d7 {The best chance to obtain drawing
chances as holding on to the pawn only makes things worse for White.} ({E.g.} 
44. Ke4 Kf7 ({Not} 44... Re1+ $4 45. Kd5 Rxe6 46. Kxe6 Kf8 47. d7 $4) 45. Re7+
Kf6 46. Rd7 h5 47. Rd8 (47. h4 g6 $1 48. Rd8 Ke6 49. Rg8 (49. Re8+ Kd7 $19)
49... Rg1 50. Rd8 Rg4+ {netting another pawn.}) 47... Ke6 48. Rg8 (48. Re8+ Kd7
49. Re7+ Kxd6 50. Rxg7 Rd2 {similar to the mainline}) 48... Rd2 $1 {the enemy
passed pawn isn't going anywhere!} (48... Rxd6 49. Rxg7 Rd2 50. Rg6+ {is a big
difference}) 49. Rxg7 Kxd6 $19) 44... Rxd7 45. Rxb6 Rd5 {At this point of the
game, one can't help but stop and wonder at how Magnus was able to turn the
game around against a strong strategic player!} 46. Rb2 Kh7 47. Ke4 Rh5 48. Kf4
Rh4+ 49. Kg3 g5 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb6+ Kh5 52. h3 Ra4 53. Rc6 ({Defending the
a-pawn doesn't help either.} 53. Rb2 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Kh4 $19) 53... Ra3+ 54. Kg2
Rxa2+ 55. Kg3 a4 56. Ra6 a3 57. Kf3 Rb2 58. Kg3 (58. Rxa3 Kh4 $19 {and the
h-pawn falls.}) 58... a2 59. Kf3 a1=Q 60. Rxa1 Kh4 {And because there's
nothing White can do to hold on to his h-pawn, Black resigns. An very
important win for the current World Champion, setting up a tense and dramatic
finale in the last round!} 0-1

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 (3. d5 exd5 {3. - Bd6!? (Karlsson,L), 3. - Nf6.} 4.
Qxd5 d6 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e3 d5 {Olafsson,H-Agdestein,S,
Nordic (zt) 1992. CBM 31 game 683. +/=/=}) 3... Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4
O-O 7. b3 a5 {This move, to gain space on the Q-side, is popular in many Dutch
variations. Compare: Horvath,Jo-Kaenel,H 31/837 without the black-squared
bishop: +/= and Beim,V-Kholmov,R 31/955 without connection with Q-side play: +/
=} 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. f3
$6 {But Black is anyway only minimally worse. For another game that perfectly
illustrates Black`s strategy in this line, see Karpov,An-Karlsson,L, Haninge
1990.} Nef6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 c5 $10 18. Kh1 Bb8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7
20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Ba3 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Rd2 24. e4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 $5 {9.Nc3, 9.Nbd2, 9.Ne5} Bd7 {Is it really worth three moves to get
the bishop to the not so fantastic square h5? Other possibilities are 9. - Ne4,
9. - Nbd7 and Lars Karlsson`s 9. - Kh8!?.} 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc3 Be8 12. Qc2 Na6
$6 {What`s the N doing here? More logical is 12. - Nbd7 controlling e5.} 13. a3
Qd8 14. Kh1 Bh5 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Rg1 $14 h6 17. Nf3 Nb8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ne5
Nbd7 20. f3 Ne8 21. Qf2 Rc8 22. Rac1 Nd6 23. Bf1 a6 24. Bd3 Nf7 25. Rg3 Ndxe5
26. dxe5 Rc7 27. Rcg1 Nd8 28. Rh3 Qe8 29. Qh4 $16 Bg6 30. Rhg3 Bh5 31. e4 dxe4
32. fxe4 Kh8 33. h3 Rd7 34. exf5 exf5 35. Bc4 Rc7 36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Kh2 g6 38.
Bb3 Ne6 39. Bxe6 Qxe6 40. Rxg6 Rd2+ 41. R6g2 Rxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Bf3 43. Rg3 Bc6 44.
Ne2 Kh7 45. Nd4 Qd7 46. Qh5 Qf7 47. Qxf7+ Rxf7 48. Nxc6 bxc6 49. Rc3 Rc7 50. b4
Kg6 51. Kg3 Kh5 52. Kf3 Kh4 53. Rc1 Rd7 54. Rxc6 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Rd4 56. Ke3 Re4+
57. Kf3 h5 58. Rf6 Rc4 59. Rxf5 Rc3+ 60. Ke4 Rxa3 61. e6 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 {One
popular idea is to exchange the black-squared bishop. This is possible to do
in at least three different ways. For ...Bc1-a3 see CBM 24/game 815, for ...
Bc1-f4 see CBM 24/game 116 and for Bc1-g5 see CBM 24/game 793.} Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O
9. Nb3 {Highly unusual and a bit doubtful. Black normally plays b7-b6 anyway,
and the N then looks stupid on b3.} Ne4 10. Ne1 Qe7 11. Nd3 b6 12. Be3 Ba6 $1 {
Well calculated. The B is more active at a6, especially when White hasn`t
played b2-b3.} 13. c5 Bb8 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Qxc6 Bxg3 $1 16. Qc2 {A sad
retreat, but 16.hxg3 is met by 16. - Rfc8 17.Qxa4 Bxc3 - + .} Bd6 17. f4 Rac8
$17 18. Qd1 Qh4 19. Ne5 Ndf6 20. Nd2 Ng4 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 22. Rf3 Rc7 23. Kh1 {
Even worse is 23.Rc1 Bxe2 - + .} Rfc8 24. Bf1 Rc2 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rf2 Bb7 27.
a4 Bd5 $19 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 Rxb2 30. Qa4 Bf8 31. Rg2 Qh5 32. Ra7 Qe8 33.
Qa1 Rcb8 34. Kg1 R2b7 35. Ra5 Rb5 36. Ra7 R5b7 37. Ra5 Rb3 $1 38. Qc1 (38. Bc1
Rb1 39. Qc3 Bb4 $19) 38... Rc8 {39.Qd2 Bb4 - + .} 39. Rc5 Bxc5 40. dxc5 Rxe3
41. Qxe3 Qe7 42. Qd4 Rxc5 43. e3 h6 44. h3 Rc1 45. Qb2 Qc7 46. Rg3 Kh7 47. h4
Qc3 48. Qxc3 Rxc3 49. Kf2 Bc4 50. Bxc4 Rxc4 51. h5 Rc2+ 52. Kg1 Kg8 53. Kh1 Kf7
54. Kg1 Ra2 55. Kh1 Rf2 56. Kg1 Rf3 57. Rxf3 exf3 58. Kf2 g5 59. hxg6+ Kxg6 60.
Kxf3 Kf6 61. Kg3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. c4 b6 $5 {
Delaying c7-c6 saves time and keeps the possibility of recapturing with the
c-pawn after a later Bc1-a3xd6 by White.} 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Ne5 {9.Nc3 threatening
10.Nb5 is more active and might be more precise.} Bb7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nd7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Na4 {Threatening 15.c5.} Be7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Nb2
Rfd8 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. a4 Nf6 19. Bf4 {19.c5! gives White a slight initiative.}
c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Be5 Ne4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nf4 Qf7 24. e3 Nd7 25. Nd3 dxc4 26.
bxc4 (26. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 27. Qc2 Nd5 28. Rfe1 $10) 26... Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Qe8 28. Rb1
Ba8 29. Rfd1 Bf6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd3 Bg5 32. Kf2 Qe7 33. f4 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Qd6
$1 {34.-Bf6 35.Rb5!} 35. Ne5 Bf6 36. Nf3 h6 37. h4 Qc6 38. Kf2 Qe4 39. Qxe4
fxe4 40. Ng1 Rd2+ 41. Ne2 Rc2 (41... Ra2 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rc8 Rxa4 44. Rxc5 $16
{Black has problems as he hasn`t got h6-h5 in (Karlsson).}) 42. Rb7 Rxc4 43.
Rxa7 h5 44. a5 Ra4 45. a6 Kh7 46. Rc7 Rxa6 47. Rxc5 Kg6 48. f5+ $1 $14 exf5 49.
Nf4+ Kf7 50. Rxf5 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Ra1+ 52. Kg2 Ra2+ 53. Kh3 Ra3 54. Ng2 (54. Nd5
Rd3 55. Rxh5 g6 56. Rh7+ Bg7 57. h5 Rxd5 58. h6 Rh5+ $19 {(Karlsson)}) 54... g6
55. Rb5 Ra7 56. Nf4 Re7 57. Nd5 Rd7 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Be5 $1 60. Nf4 Bxf4
61. Kxf4 Rd1 62. Rg5 Rh1 63. Rg4 Rh3 64. Kxe4 Kf6 65. Kd4 Rh1 (65... Kf5 $5 66.
Rf4+ Ke6 $10) 66. Kd5 Ra1 67. Rf4+ Ke7 68. Rc4 Ra5+ 69. Rc5 Ra3 70. e4 Rh3 71.
Rc7+ Kf8 72. e5 Rxh4 73. Ke6 Re4 74. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
Nbd7 9. e3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Qa3 Qe7 13. Rc1 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 Kd8
15. Nb5 Ne8 16. Ng5 Ke7 17. Nc7 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Rab8 19. Rac1 Rhc8 20. Nxh7 Rxc7
21. Rxc7 Kd6 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Bf1 Nb8 25. Ng5 Ba6 26. Nf7+ Ke7 27.
Ne5 Bb7 28. Bb5 Ba8 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Kg3 Bb7 31. Kh4 Ba8 32. Kg3 Bb7 33. Kh4 Ba8
34. a3 Bb7 35. Kh5 Ba8 36. Kh4 Bb7 37. Kh5 Ba8 38. h3 Bb7 39. Kh4 Ba8 40. Kg3
Bb7 41. Kh4 Ba8 42. Kh5 Bb7 43. b4 Ba8 44. Nd7+ Nxd7 45. Bxd7 Bb7 46. b5 $1 $18
a6 47. a4 axb5 48. axb5 Ke7 49. Kg6 Kxd7 50. Kxg7 Bc6 51. h4 $1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 d6 7. e4 fxe4 8.
Nxe4 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qf6 12. Qd3 g6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Rad1
Rae8 15. Nc3 Qg7 16. a3 a6 17. b4 Bc8 18. b5 Na5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Bg2 Bb7 21.
Ne4 Nc6 22. c5 d5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Rfe1 g4 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. Rxe5 Rf6 29. Qe3 Re7 30. Rf1 Rg6 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Bf1 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34.
Rxb5 Qf8 35. Rb1 c6 36. Rf1 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Qxf7 38. Rg5 Qf6 39. Rxg6+ Qxg6 {
White must have lost on time. He is better, but propably not winning. His king
isn` safe enough and he has to take care of a3, d4 and h2.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Bxd2 Qe7 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 Nc6 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Rad1
Nxd2 15. Nxd2 e4 16. Nb3 f4 17. Qc2 f3 18. exf3 exf3 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Bf1 Bg4
21. Qe4 Bh5 22. Qd5 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. h3 Bg6 25. g4 h5 26. Qxf7+ Bxf7 27.
gxh5 Bxh5 28. Kh2 a5 29. Kg3 a4 30. Nc1 Re4 31. Bd3 Rd4 32. Re1 Nb4 33. Be4 Bf7
34. a3 Nc6 35. Nd3 Rxc4 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. Rc1 Re4 38. Kxf3 Re6 39. Rc3 Rh6 40.
Kg3 Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Rf6 42. Kg3 Rg6+ 43. Kh2 Rf6 44. f4 g5 45. Kg3 {45.fxg5? Rf3}
gxf4+ 46. Nxf4 Rf5 47. h4 Kg7 48. Nd3 Rf6 49. Nf4 Rf5 50. Nd3 Rf6 51. Nb4 Rg6+
52. Kf4 Rh6 53. Ke5 Be8 54. Rc4 Bf7 55. Rf4 Bb3 56. Kd4 Rg6 57. Ke5 Rh6 58. Kd4
Rg6 59. Nd3 Rg1 60. Ne5 Rd1+ 61. Kc3 Rc1+ 62. Kb4 Bd5 63. Rd4 Rb1+ 64. Kxa4 Kf6
65. Nd3 Rb8 66. Ka5 Ra8+ 67. Kb4 Rb8+ 68. Ka5 Ra8+ 69. Kb6 Rxa3 70. Nb4 Rb3 71.
Kc7 Ke5 72. Rg4 Be4 73. Nxc6+ Kf5 74. Rg5+ Kf6 75. Ne5 Rc3 76. Kd6 Rc2 77. Nd7+
Kf7 78. Ne5+ Kf6 79. Ng4+ Kf7 80. Nh6+ Kf6 81. Ng4+ Kf7 82. Ne3 Rh2 83. h5 Bb7
84. c6 Bc8 85. Ng4 Rd2+ 86. Kc7 Ba6 87. h6 Rd1 88. Rh5 Kg6 89. h7 Kxh5 90. Ne5
1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. b4 $5 {Planning to sacrifice a pawn.} a5 11. a3 axb4 12.
axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15. e3 Nxb4 16. Rb1 Nd5 17. Qa3 N7f6 18.
Nfe5 Ne8 $14 19. Qc5 Nec7 20. Nd6 Na6 21. Nxb7 $5 Bxb7 22. Qa7 Bc8 23. Nxc6 Qe8
24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Ne5 Qh5 26. Qa8 Nc7 27. Qc6 Ne6 28. Qxd5 Kh8 29. Qd6 g5 30.
d5 gxf4 31. dxe6 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th final B"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Zilberman, Nathan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[BlackTeam "Kirgizia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 {The set-up with h3 (preparing f4) was tried in Kozul,
Z-Bareev,E CBM 25/game 134 and Khenkin,I-Dahl,I, CBM 25/game 410.} Nf6 4. g3 d5
5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 {For the main-line 7. c2 followed by bd2 and b3 see
Klauser,M-Hansen,LB CBN 25/game 201 and Remlinger,L-Sjodell,U CBM 25/game 462
and (similar) Smyslov,V- Padevsky,N CBM 25/game 578. White didn`t get much in
these games.} 7. b3 Qe7 8. c5 $5 {Another interesting idea, 8.a4 b6 9.a5!?,
was tried in Kakageldyev,A- Nevednichy,V CBM 25/game 800.} Bc7 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10.
gxf4 O-O {More enterprising is 10. - b6!?, intending 11.b4 a5!} 11. Nc3 Ne4 12.
Qc1 Nd7 13. b4 {Compare with Tisdall,J-Dittmar,P CBM 25/game 502. White has
more play here because of his advanced Queenside s.} Kh8 14. a4 b6 15. b5 {
Very risky!} bxc5 16. bxc6 Nb6 17. dxc5 Nc4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Nd2 Na5 20. f3
exf3 21. Rxf3 Nxc6 22. e3 Ba6 $10 23. Qc3 Rac8 24. Rc1 Qc7 25. Rh3 Be2 26. Bf3
d4 27. Qc2 d3 28. Qc4 e5 29. Bxe2 dxe2 30. Qxe2 exf4 31. exf4 Qxf4 32. Rc4 Nd4
33. Qe4 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Nf5 35. Nf3 Qf6 36. Rc1 Rce8 37. Qd5 Re3 38. c6 Ne7 39.
Qh5 h6 40. c7 Rc3 41. Rxc3 Qxc3 42. Qe5 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Ng6 44. Qd6 Qc2+ 45. Kg1
Qf5 46. Rg3 Nh4 47. Nd2 Re8 48. Nf1 Nf3+ 49. Kh1 Kh7 50. Qc6 Re1 51. Rg1 Qd3
52. c8=Q Rxf1 53. Qxh6+ Kxh6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. b3 Qe7 10. a4 {Besides increasing White`s chances to play Ba3 the move
a4 is directed against b6. Nowaydays the developing scheme with Bb7 or Ba6 is
much more popular than the classical manouvre Bc8-d7-e8-h5.} b6 {10. - a5!?.}
11. a5 Ba6 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Ne4 14. Qd3 {Threatening 15. axb6 followed by
16. Rxa6.} Bb4 $2 {14. - b5 15. c5 is only slightly better for White.} 15. axb6
axb6 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. cxd5 Ra2 18. Rxc6 Rca8 (18... Rxc6 19. dxc6 Rxb2 20. c7
$1 Qe8 21. Qc4 $18) 19. dxe6 Ndf6 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5 Ba3 23. e7
b5 {Stops 24. Qc4+.} 24. Bh3 Rxb2 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Qc1 (26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Nf7+
Kg8 28. Nd6+ Kh8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Bf7 $18) 26... Ra2 27. Qg5 Qxe7 28. Qh4 g5
29. Qxg5 Rf8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 (30... Qxe6 31. Ng6+ hxg6 32. Qh6+ Nh7 $19) 31. Nf7+
Qxf7 32. Bxf7 Be7 33. Qxb5 Kg7 34. Bc4 Ra7 35. Qe5 Rf8 36. g4 h6 37. h4 Kh7 38.
Be6 Ne8 39. Bf5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Qb3 b5 $6 {After 10. - b6 White is only slightly better.}
11. c5 a5 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Kh1 Ra7 14. Rg1 Bh5 15. Bf3 $1 $16 Bxf3+ 16. Ndxf3
Ne4 17. Rg2 Qc8 18. Rag1 Re7 19. Ng5 Nd7 $2 20. Nxh7 $1 $18 Kxh7 21. Ng6 Qd8
22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Nxf8 Nxf8 25. Rxg7+ Ke8 26. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Ng4 {A modern and radical way to fight for e4. Black is not
afraid of 10.Nxg4 fxg4 11.Ne1, but this is perhaps White`s best try for an
advantage.} 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bf4 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 b6
15. b4 Bb7 16. Rc1 {16.cxd5 might be better, but White is hardly better. The B
on g2 is not better than his collegue at b7.} Qe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qb2 Rac8 19.
Rfd1 $6 {Better is 19.cxd5, not giving up the d-file.} dxc4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Rxc4 Rd1+ 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Rc1 c5 24. Rxd1 Qxd1 25. f3 Qd5 26. bxc5 Qxc5+ 27.
Kg2 h6 28. h3 Bd5 29. a3 h5 30. h4 a5 31. Kh3 Qe3 32. Qb5 Qxa3 33. Qxb6 a4 34.
e4 $2 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Bh5 14. Ng5 Re8 15.
Rfe1 Na6 16. Nh3 {An alternativ is 16.Nc2!? Bg4!? with complicated play.} Nb4
17. Nf4 dxc4 18. Nxh5 Nxh5 19. bxc4 Rad8 20. Red1 e5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1
Rxe5 23. Rd7 Rxe2 24. Rxb7 a5 25. Ra7 Nf6 26. c5 Rxa2 27. Rxa5 Ne4 28. Nc4 Rxa5
29. Nxa5 Kf7 30. g4 g6 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. f4 Kd5 34. Bh3 Nc2 35. Ke2
Nd4+ 36. Ke3 Nxc5 37. Nxc6 Nxc6 38. Bxf5 h6 39. Kf3 Nd4+ 40. Kg4 Ne4 41. Bg6
Nf6+ 42. Kg3 Nb5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. Bb1 Kc3 45. Ke3 Nd6 46. Bg6 Nd5+ 47. Kf3 Kd2
48. Bb1 Nf6 49. Bg6 Nb5 50. Bb1 Nd4+ 51. Kf2 Nh5 52. Be4 Nxf4 53. Bb7 Nd3+ 54.
Kg3 Ke3 55. Kg4 Nf4 56. Ba8 h5+ 57. Kh4 Nf3+ 58. Kg3 Ne2+ 59. Kg2 Nh4+ 60. Kf1
Nf4 61. Kg1 Nf3+ 62. Kh1 Kf2 63. Bc6 h4 64. Bb5 Nh5 65. Ba6 Nf4 (65... Ng3+ 66.
hxg3 hxg3 67. Bf1 $10) 66. Bc8 Ne2 67. Bg4 Ned4 68. Bc8 Nd2 69. Bg4 Nf1 70. Bh3
Nf3 71. Bg2 Ke2 72. Bh3 N1xh2 73. Kg2 Nf1 74. Bc8 N1d2 75. Kh3 Ke3 76. Kg4 Ne4
77. Kh5 Kf4 78. Bh3 Kg3 79. Bc8 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 $5 O-O 8. Bf4
Ng4 $1 9. Nxg4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 fxg4 11. e3 Qh4 12. Qe1 Rf6 13. f3 $10 Qxe1 14.
Rxe1 gxf3 15. Bxf3 g5 16. Nd2 gxf4 17. e4 Na6 18. exd5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20.
Kh1 Kf8 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxb7 Rd8 23. Ne4 Rg6 24. Nc5 Bh3 25. Be4 Rf6 26. a3
Nd5 27. Nb7 Rd7 28. Nc5 Rd8 29. Nb7 Rd7 30. Nc5 Rd8 31. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo Cup"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Ne5 O-O
9. Bb2 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc4 $1 {A well-known manouvre (but usually White
plays 9.Nbd2 instead of 9.Bb2, and now 11.Ndc4) gaining the B-pair. White
secures a small but persistent advantage and Black has great difficulties
creating counter-play.} b5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 $14 13. Na3 $5 {More normal is 13.Nd2.
Instead, the White N is aiming for the ideal square d3 controlling both c5 and
e5.} Bd7 14. Nc2 a5 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. Nd3 Na6 17. Qd2 b4 18. f3 Bb5 19. Rfc1 Qb6
20. Bf1 Nd7 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Ra7 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Nf2 Nf6 25. a4 bxa3 26.
Rxa3 Nb4 27. Bc3 Ba6 28. Ra4 Bb5 29. Bxb4 $1 $16 axb4 30. Qxb4 Rb7 31. Ra3 h6
32. e3 Qc6 33. Qc5 Qd7 34. Bxb5 Rxb5 35. Qc3 Qb7 36. Nd3 Kh7 37. Nc5 Qb6 38.
Qd3 Qc6 39. Ra6 Rb6 40. b4 Qc7 41. b5 $18 Rxa6 42. bxa6 Qb6 43. Qc2 Qa5 44. Kf2
Kg8 45. Ke2 Qa1 46. Qa4 Qb2+ 47. Kd1 Qb1+ 48. Kd2 Qb2+ 49. Qc2 Qa1 50. Na4 Qf1
51. a7 Qf2+ 52. Kc1 Qxe3+ 53. Kb1 Qe1+ 54. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b5 $5 {A rather new idea. Black prepares to meet Ba3 with b5-b4.} 10.
Ne5 a5 11. Nc3 a4 12. Qc2 a3 13. Bc1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Ba6 15. Bg5 Qa7 16. Rad1 Kh8
17. Bf4 Ne8 18. c5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bf4 e5 21. dxe5 Qxc5 22. Be3 Qe7 23.
f4 Nc7 24. Rfe1 Bc4 25. Nb1 Na6 26. Bc1 Nb4 27. Qd2 Nxa2 28. Bxa3 Rxa3 29. Nxa3
Qxa3 30. Ra1 Nc5 31. Reb1 h6 32. Bf3 Ra8 33. Rb2 {[#]} Nb3 34. Rbxa2 Qc5+ 35.
Kg2 Nxd2 36. Rxa8+ Kh7 {(1.59/1.56)} 0-1

[Event "Venice-A"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1947.10.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "Soultanbeieff,V/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1947.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ (4... Be7 {La grande ligne}) 5. Bd2 Be7
6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qb3 $1 Kh8 {Essayant d'améliorer une partie récente} (7... c5 {
Najdorf,M-Tartakower,S Staunton Memorial 1946 (8) 1/2}) 8. Rd1 c6 9. Nh3 $1 {
[%cal Gh3f4]} d5 10. O-O Ne4 $2 (10... Nbd7) 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. f3 (12. Nf4) (
12. Bb4 $5 {[%csl Rc8]}) 12... exf3 13. Rxf3 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rc8,Rd8]} Rxf3
14. Qxf3 (14. exf3 $5 {[%csl Ge4,Re6][%cal Gd1e1,Gh3f4]}) 14... Bf6 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Gd5c4,Gd8d4,Gf6d4]} 15. Kh1 (15. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rf8,Rh8][%cal Gg5f7,Gd2g5]
}) 15... Nd7 16. e4 e5 $1 {la seule chance} (16... dxc4 $143 17. e5 $36) 17.
exd5 exd4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rb8 20. b4 $2 (20. b3 $8) 20... Ne5 $44 21.
Qd5 Qxd5 22. cxd5 Bg4 23. Rc1 Nd3 24. Rf1 (24. Rc4) 24... Nxb4 25. Rb1 Na6 26.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Nf2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ (2... b6 3. e4 (3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Na6 (
6... g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. b4 Nd3 13.
exd3 Bxc3 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Re1 Ng7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd6 19.
Qe2 Rad8 20. Rb3 b5 21. Bb2 f4 22. Qe4 fxg3 23. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Re6] קe6,
><c6,Tunik,G-Lempert,I/Orel/1995/}) (6... Bd6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Qe8 9. Nd4 Na6
10. O-O f4 11. gxf4 exd5 12. Ndb5 Qg6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. f3 a5 16.
e4 Ba6 17. f5 Qh5 18. Rf2 Nd3 19. Rd2 $16 {Quinteros,M-Garbarino,R/San Martin /
1995/}) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qc2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O g5 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 Nc5
13. Nd4 Rhf8 14. e3 e5 15. Nb3 Nxb3+ 16. Qxb3 e4 17. Kb1 Qe5 18. Rd2 Kb8 19.
Rc1 $13 {[%cal Rc4c5] /\c5->,Savon,V-Lempert,I/Orel/1995/}) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 f5
5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 fxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11.
Qxe4 O-O (11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qf5 13. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 exf5 15. Kd2 O-O 16. h4
h6 17. Kd3 Rae8 18. Rae1 d6 19. Re3 Kf7 20. Nd2 Nb8 21. Rf3 Kg7 22. Nf1 Re1 23.
Re3 Ra1 24. Re2 Nd7 25. Ng3 Rxh1 26. Nxh1 Nf6 27. Ng3 Kf7 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rxe8
Kxe8 30. Ke3 $10 {1/2-1/2,Sorin,A-Garbarino,R/San Martin/1995/}) 12. Nf3 Bxc3+
13. bxc3 Nc6 14. O-O Qf4 15. Qe2 Rf5 16. Nd2 Qh6 17. Ne4 Raf8 18. Rad1 Ne7 19.
Rd3 g5 20. Rh3 Qg7 21. Qd1 Ng6 22. Rg3 h6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Ng3 R5f7 25. Nh5 Qg6
$15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4] ><c3,c4,Iskusnyh,S-Lempert,I/Orel/1995/}) 3. Nd2 f5 4. g3
Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O (5... c5 $6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Ba6 14. c5 d4 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4
Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Bb2 Re4 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. Bxd4 Bxe2 22. Rd2
g5 23. f4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Re2] ^-,Gulko,B-Shirazi,K/USA-ch/1992/}) 6. Ngf3 d6
7. O-O Bxd2 $8 (7... Qe7 $2 8. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Rb4] /\a3,ץb4}) 8. Qxd2 {
[%csl Gc1,Gg2] /\b3,Bb2^^} (8. Bxd2 Ne4 $132) 8... Qe7 9. b3 (9. Qc3 Nbd7 10.
b4 Ne4 11. Qb3 a5 12. b5 b6 13. Ne1 Bb7 14. f3 Nef6 15. Nd3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. c5+ Bd5 19. f4 Qe6 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5+ Nxd5 22. cxd6 cxd6
23. Rd1 $16 {Meulders,R-Kerkmeester,H/NLDchT 9495/1995/}) 9... e5 (9... Nbd7
10. Bb2 $14) (9... Nc6 $6 10. d5 $36 {[%csl Yd4,Yd5,Ye4,Ye5] [+]}) 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Bb2 Nc6 (11... e4 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qe3 $14 {/\f3,^^}) 12. Rad1 a5 $6 (
12... Bd7 $5 $14 {[%cal Ya8e8,Yd7c8] /\Rae8,Bc8}) 13. Qc1 $1 Re8 (13... Bd7 14.
Ne1 $36 {[%cal Rb2a3] /\Ba3}) 14. Ne1 a4 (14... e4 $5 15. Nc2 Be6 16. Ne3 $14 {
[%csl Gb2,Gg2,Yc3,Yd4,Ye5,Yf6,Yg7,Yh8][%cal Ye3d5,Yf2f3,Yd1d8] /^a1-h8,<->d,^^,
/\f3,Nd5}) 15. Bxc6 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Rc8] ^-} bxc6 16. Nd3 axb3 17. axb3 e4 (17...
Nd7 18. f4 $5 exf4 (18... e4 19. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7][%cal Ya1h8] |^/^a1-h8,
><c7,c6}) 19. Qxf4 $36) 18. Ne5 $16 Bb7 (18... c5 19. Qe3 $16 {[%cal Yd1d2,
Yf1d1] /\Rd2,Rad1,<->d}) 19. Bc3 (19. Qg5 $2 Ra2 $132) 19... h6 20. Qf4 Ra3 (
20... Qe6 21. Ng6 $16) 21. Qxf5 Rxb3 22. Ba1 Bc8 23. Qf4 c5 24. Nc6 Qf7 25. Rb1
$1 Rb6 (25... Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Qxc4 $6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxf6 $40) 26. Rxb6 cxb6 {
[%csl Rb6,Re4] קb6,e4} 27. Rd1 Ng4 (27... Bg4 28. Ne5 Qe6 29. Nxg4 Nxg4 30.
Rd6 Qxc4 31. Bxg7 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg8] עg8}) 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rd6 {[%csl Rb6,
Re4,Rg7] ק} Nf6 (29... Re6 $2 30. Nd8+ $18) 30. Ne5+ Ke7 31. Rxb6 $18 Bh3 32.
Ng6+ Kf7 33. Nf4 Bf5 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Nd5 Re6 (35... Be6 36. Nc7 $18 {P_|_})
36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7+ $138 Kf8 39. Rc7 Ra6 40. Kg2 (40. Rxc5 $6
Bh3 $132) 40... Bg4 41. Nc3 $1 Ra3 42. Nxe4 Bxe2 {/\Bf3-+} 43. Nxf6 Bxc4 44.
Nh7+ Kg8 45. Nf6+ Kf8 46. Rxc5 Be2 47. Nd7+ Kg7 (47... Ke7 48. Re5+ Kxd7 49.
Rxe2 $18) 48. Ne5 Kf6 49. g4 h5 50. g5+ $1 Ke6 (50... Kxg5 51. Nc4+ $18) 51. f4
Ra4 52. g6 {[%csl Gg6] o^g} Kf6 (52... Rxf4 53. g7 $18) 53. Rc6+ Kf5 (53... Kg7
54. f5 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6] /\f6}) 54. Rc8 Kxf4 (54... Kf6 55. Rf8+ Kg7 56. Rf7+
Kg8 57. Nd7 $18) 55. g7 Ra2 56. Kg1 $1 {/\g8Q} (56. g8=Q $2 Bc4+ 57. Kh1 (57.
Kh3 $2 Bf1+ $1) (57. Kg1 Ra1+ 58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59. Ke1 Bxg8 $10) 57... Bxg8 58.
Ng6+ Kf3 $10) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Caruana had reasonable results against the World Champion in the last 2 years,
but in 2015 the tide started to change. Despite having Black, Carlsen won a
nice attacking game in Wijk (see CBM 165) and easily drew in Baden.} 1. d4 {
Fabiano avoids the Sicilian, or Berlin...} f5 $5 {Magnus is in a fighting
mood! However, this could have hardly surprised Caruana, as his opponent has
already played the Dutch more than once this year.} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4
c6 {Still following his win against Anand in Baden. The flexible text move
waits for White to declare his intentions with the Ng1 before committing the
Pd7.} ({After the immediate} 4... d5 {White scored well with the} 5. Nh3 $5 {
system, an impressive example was} c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nf3
Be8 10. Bf4 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 g5 15. Ne5 a5 16.
e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Kh1 Bf6 20. Nxf4 $16 {Anand,V (2769)
-Nikolic,P (2659) Wijk aan Zee 2000 See the notes to this game by Tyomkin in
CBM 75.}) 5. Nf3 ({Now} 5. Nh3 {allows} d6 $5 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 6. Nc3 e5 (6...
Be7 7. e4 e5 $132) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. e4 Bd6 11. exf5
Bxf5 12. O-O h6 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. Nge4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Kf7 16. Bf5 Na6 17. Re1 g6
18. Bh3 Nb4 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Kg2 Nd3 22. Be3 b6 $11 {[%csl Gd3,Gd4]
Wojtaszek,R (2721)-Vaisser,A (2533) FRA-chT Mulhouse 2011}) 5... d5 {[%mdl 32]
The Stonewall leads to a complex strategic fight with almost no long forcing
lines - all in all an opening suiting Carlsen's style. Moreover it belonged to
the repertoire of his trainer Agdestein.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 {Allows
Black to fianchetto his Bc8.} ({He was fine also after} 8. Ne5 O-O (8... b6 {
now runs into} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc4 $1 Nc6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nd2
$14) 9. Nd2 a5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 a4 (11... Ne4 12. Ndf3 a4) 12. Ndf3 ({
Possibly critical is the greedy} 12. bxa4 Ne4 (12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Nf3
Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Nd4 Nc4 (17... f4 $5 $13) 18. f4 Ne3 19. Qb3
Nxf1 20. Ba3 Qd8 21. Bxf8 Nxg3 22. Bxg7 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Kxg7 24. Nd4 Ng8 25. Re1
$36 {Visloguzov,V (2036)-Jardi Talarn,J (2054) email 2011}) 13. Nxe4 $1 (13.
Ndf3 Bxe5 (13... Qd8 14. Nd3 Qa5 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Qxa4 17. Qxa4 Rxa4 18.
cxd5 exd5 19. e3 Nb6 20. Ne5 {Kiriakov,P (2555)-Moskalenko,V (2540) playchess.
com blitz 2006} Nc4 $15) 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5 $142 $5) 14... Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5
16. Rab1 Nc4 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Nd4 Qxa4 $36 {Goganov,A (2550)-Sandipan,C (2590)
Moscow 2013}) 13... fxe4 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 $14 {Roiz}) 12... Ne4 13. e3 a3
14. Bc3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd7 16. Nxd7 (16. Be1 $142 $1 $14) 16... Qxd7 17. c5 Bc7
18. b4 h5 19. Be1 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Rd1 Qe6 $11 {Anand,V (2797)-Carlsen,M 
(2865) Baden-Baden 2015 For more details see the notes to this game by Roiz in
CBM 165.}) 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 ({White will later redirect his N to c3,
but here the immediate} 10. Nc3 {is not too effective due to} Nbd7 $11 {
forcing White to make a decision about his Ne5.}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 ({My own
experience with this line was rather bleak, after} 11. e3 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3
Rac8 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Rfc1 c5 16. dxc5 Naxc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rd1 a4 19. bxa4
Ra8 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxa4 22. cxd5 exd5 23. f4 $11 {Stohl,I (2465)-Glek,I 
(2430) Tallinn 1986 White just barely managed to hold the balance (and lost
due to a miscalculation later on).}) 11... a5 12. e3 {The most usual move, but
it's not easy for White to get anything tangible from the opening.} (12. Nd3
Na6 13. Nf3 {avoids ideas with Bxe5; White intends to put the other N on e5,
but this manoeuvring costs time and Black gets counterplay after} Ne4 14. Nfe5
Rac8 (14... c5 15. f3 Nf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Re1 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. e3 Nd8 20.
Bh3 g6 21. Nf4 Qe8 22. Ned3 Rc8 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qd2 a4 25. e4 $5 dxe4 26.
fxe4 Bxe4 27. b4 $36 {Martin Clemente,J (2638)-Timmerman,G (2694) email 2009})
15. e3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nf4 Nb4 18. a3 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc6 {½ Avrukh,B 
(2425)-Gleizerov,E (2535) St Petersburg 1994} 20. Bb2 d4 $1 $132) (12. Nb1 Nbd7
(12... Ne4 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18.
exf5 exd4 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Ne4 Ba3 21. Bxa3 Qxa3 22. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3
24. c5 $16 {Gordon,S (2556)-Djurhuus,R (2436) Oslo 2012}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc4
b5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 Ba6 {[%csl Ga6,Rg2] Black's bad Ba6 is more effective,
than the "good"one on g2.} 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. f3 b4 19. Nd1 a4 20. Ne3 a3 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bc1 f4 23. gxf4 Qxf4 $11 {()=/+, Tukmakov,V (2575)-Agdestein,S 
(2560) Dortmund 1987}) 12... Na6 13. Nb1 $146 {A novelty, but judging by the
time-consumption an over the board idea. The N heads for c3 and possibly for
a4 (or e2-f4).} ({Until now White mostly connected his rooks with} 13. Qe2 Ne4
(13... Nc7 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Nd3 a3 17. Ba1 Na6 18. Nfe5 c5 19. f3
Nf6 20. Bh3 g6 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rdc2 Rc7 23. Rd1 Rfc8 24. Rcd2 cxd4 25. Bxd4
Nc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Bg2 Ba6 28. Bf1 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qf2
Rcd8 32. e4 d4 $132 {Hansen,O (2499)-Timmerman,G (2694) email 2009}) (13... a4
14. bxa4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. a5 Nac5 17. Bc3 bxa5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nc5
20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Bb2 a4 22. bxa4 Ba6 23. f3 Ng5 24. cxd5 Bxf1 25. d6 $16 {
So,W (2656)-Reinderman,D (2573) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4
15. Rfd1 a4 $5 16. Nb1 Nb4 (16... axb3 17. axb3 Nac5 18. Qc2 Ra2 $132 {/\} 19.
f3 $6 Qg5 $1 20. fxe4 fxe4 $44) 17. Ba3 axb3 18. axb3 c5 19. f3 Ng5 20. h4 Nf7
21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. f4 dxc4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxc4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {Alekseev,
E (2640)-Moiseenko,A (2662) Sochi 2006} 26. Rxb4 $14) 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Nb1 Nb4
16. f3 Nxa2 17. fxe4 Nxc1 18. Bxc1 fxe4 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Nb5 cxd4 21. exd4 Bxe5
22. dxe5 dxc4 {Van Wely,L (2668)-Ulibin,M (2581) Moscow 2003} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24.
bxc4 Qc5+ 25. Be3 Qxe5 26. Bxb6 $13) 13... Bxe5 $5 {A very straightforward
solution.} ({Black can also redirect his N with} 13... Nb8 14. Nc3 Nbd7 {
Carlsen maybe didn't relish the possibility} 15. f4 $5 (15. Na4 b5 $11 {
is harmless}) 15... Rac8 $13 {with a complex double Stonewall.}) 14. dxe5 Ne4
15. Qe2 (15. cxd5 exd5 $5 16. Nc3 Nac5 $132) ({It was worth considering} 15.
Nc3 $5 {/\} Nac5 (15... Rac8 $142 $5) 16. Ba3 $14) 15... a4 $5 16. Nc3 $6 {
A mediocre reaction, after which already White will have to tread with care.} (
{The principled continuation was} 16. Ba3 $142 c5 17. f3 Ng5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 (
18... exd5 $5 19. bxa4 $13) 19. bxa4 (19. Nc3 Nc7 $13 {can transpose}) 19...
Nc7 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bc6 23. h4 Nf7 24. Qb2 $13) (16. Rfd1 {
transposes to Alekseev-Moiseenko above.}) 16... axb3 (16... a3 $5 17. Ba1 Nb4
$13 {[%csl Ra1] /=/+ also deserves attention, but true to himself, Carlsen
chooses a simple technical solution.}) 17. axb3 Qb4 18. Nxe4 (18. cxd5 exd5 {
is also pleasant for Black.}) 18... dxe4 {Black continues in the spirit of his
16th move and chooses the simpler symmetrical recapture.} ({More complex is} 
18... fxe4 19. Bh3 (19. Bc3 $5 Qxb3 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bh3 $44) 19... Rfe8 20.
f4 $1 $13 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Bc3 Qxb3 21. Qxb3 Nxb3 22. Rb1 Nc5
23. Rxb6 Na4 24. Rxb7 Nxc3 {[%csl Gc3,Rg2][%mdl 4096] A series of natural
moves has led to an endgame in which White must still solve the problem of his
passive Bg2. It would seem that this is simple enough, but in such technical
positions Carlsen is incomparable.} 25. Re7 {Voluntarily exchanges the R on
the 7th rank.} ({A more active way is} 25. f3 $5 {White intends to reanimate
his bishop either on the long diagonal, or by hitting Pe6 from h3 after a pawn
swap on e4. All this should be sufficient to hold the balance.}) 25... Rfe8 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Ra1 $6 (27. f3 $1 $132 {still seems preferable.}) 27... Rd8 28.
Bf1 {White must already change plans and start calculating.} (28. Ra6 $5 Ne2+
29. Kf1 Nc1 30. Kg1 Rd1+ (30... Rc8 31. Bf1 $132 {and Black's R is too passive}
) 31. Bf1 Nb3 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Ra7+ {/\} Kg6 35. Rd7 Rxf1 36. Rxd2
Rc1 37. Rd6 $11) (28. f3 Rd1+ $1 29. Rxd1 Nxd1 30. fxe4 Nxe3 $15 31. exf5 $2
Nxg2 32. Kxg2 exf5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ke3 c5 $1 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Kf4 h6 $19) 28...
c5 29. Ra3 (29. Ra5 $5) 29... Nb1 $5 30. Ra1 (30. Ra5 {or}) (30. Ra6 $142 {
seems preferable:} Rd1 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg6 33. Ra1 {and it's still not
clear, how Black should make progress.} (33. Kg2 Rd2 (33... Nd2 34. Rd7 Rxf1
35. Rxd2 Rc1 36. Rd7 Rxc4 37. Re7 $11) 34. Re7 Nc3 35. Kg1 Nd1 36. Rxe6+ Kf7
37. Rd6 Rxd6 38. exd6 g6 $11 {/=/+})) 30... Nd2 $1 31. Be2 $2 ({This is
already a serious error, more or less necessary was} 31. Kg2 $8 Nf3 32. Ra6 Kf7
33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Rc7 Rd1 35. Rc8+ (35. Rxc5 Nd2 36. Be2 Re1 {[%csl Re2]}) 35...
Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Rc6 $1 $132) 31... Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 (32. Kg2 Nxe5 $17 {
gives Black a healthy extra pawn.}) 32... exf3 33. h3 h5 $17 {White had a
slightly unpleasant position, some nine moves later he is on the verge of
losing.} 34. g4 (34. Ra6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rf1 36. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 (37. Kh1 $2
Rf1+ 38. Kh2 Rc1) 37... Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Kf7 $17) ({With the passive} 34. Ra5 Rd1+
35. Kh2 Rf1 36. Ra2 (36. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxg3 $17) {, White
pins his hopes to stalemate tricks after} 36... g5 (36... Rc1 $5) 37. h4 g4 38.
e4 $17 {However, it's difficult to believe this would save the game, moreover
in time trouble one naturally strives for activity.}) 34... fxg4 35. hxg4 h4 $1
{[%csl Rg1]} 36. Kh2 (36. g5 Kh7 37. Ra6 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rf1 39. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 40.
Kh3 Rc2 $19) 36... Rd2 37. Kh3 $6 (37. g5 $1 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Kh7 39. Kxh4 Rg2 40.
Rf1 $17 {was the last chance to fight on. Black will have an extra pawn, but
converting it still presents technical problems.}) 37... g5 {Keeps the king
boxed in.} 38. e4 Rd4 $1 (38... Rxf2 $2 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Ke8 41. Ra8+ Kd7
42. Ra7+ Kc6 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Ra7+ $11 {is too obvious, Carlsen easily avoids
the stalemate trap.}) 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra3 Rxc4 41. Rxf3+ Ke7 42. Re3 Rd4 43.
f3 c4 $19 {[%csl Gc4,Gh4] Material is still equal, but Black's positional
superiority with 2 strong passed pawns is decisive.} 44. Ra3 ({After} 44. Rc3 {
Black already has a choice:} Kd7 $19 (44... Rd3 $5 45. Rxc4 Rxf3+ $19)) 44...
Rd3 45. Ra7+ Kd8 46. Kg2 c3 47. Ra4 c2 48. Rc4 Rd2+ 49. Kh3 Kd7 50. Rc5 (50.
Rc3 Rf2 $19 {[%cal Rf2f3]}) 50... Rf2 51. f4 Rf3+ (51... gxf4 52. g5 f3 53. g6
Rd2 54. g7 f2 $19 {is more forcing, but Black can already win without any
calculation.}) 52. Kh2 Rxf4 ({White has had enough, the endgame after} 52...
Rxf4 53. Rxc2 Rxe4 $19 ({or} 53... Rxg4 $5 $19 {is completely hopeless.})) 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Grinshpun, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8240]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 Qe7 7. c4
c6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1 b6 (9... a5 10. Ba3 Bb4 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Qb2
$14) 10. Ba3 Bxa3 (10... c5 11. cxd5 (11. Nc3 Nbd7 (11... Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13.
Rd1 $14 (13. Nb5 Nbd7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. e3 $14)) 12. dxc5 (12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxc5
bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14. Nfd4 (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nfd4 Bb7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 a6
18. Nc3 Qf6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qd2 Be5 21. Rad1 Rad8 $15) 14... a6 15. Nc3 (15.
Nc6 Qb7 16. Nbd4 e5 17. Nxb8 exd4 18. cxd5 Rxb8 $19) 15... Bb7 16. Qe3 Nfe4 17.
cxd5 $14) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... exd5 15. Nbd4 $14) 15. Nbd4 Bb7 16. Ng5 $16 {
0-1 Leyva,H-Remon,A/Cuba 1991/Inf 54/ (29)}) (12. Rd1 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nh4
Ne4 15. Nxd5 Qf7 16. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Jelen,I-Kovacevic,B/Bled Slovenia 1995 (43)}
) 12... bxc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nd4 $1 (14. Nh4 Qe6 (14... Nb6 15. Nb5 $16) 15.
Na4 Ba6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 (16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Rac8 18. Qe3) 17. Bxc5 Rac8 18. b4
Nxc5 19. bxc5 Ne4 20. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vul,A-Sideif_Sade,F/Moskva 1993/Inf 58/
(29)}) 14... Qe5 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd5 $18) (14... Nb6 15. Ncb5 $16) 15. Ncb5
Ba6 $2 {Vojinovic,G-Piskov,Y/Sibenik 1987/Inf 45 (15)} (15... g6 16. Nxd6 (16.
Nc6 Qe6 $14) 16... Qxd6 17. Nb5 $14) 16. f4 $18) 11... exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13.
Nc3 Na6 (13... Bd7 14. Rd1 Bc6 15. Nh4 Qe6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc4 Be5 18. Rac1
Rd8 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Rxd5 $1 $18 {1-0 Hasecic,S-Martin,A/Baden-Baden GER 1989
(23)}) 14. Nb5 (14. Nd4 $5 Qb7 15. Ndb5 Be7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rac1
Rab8 19. Bb2 Qd7 20. Na3 d4 21. Na4 Ne4 $132) 14... Bb8 15. e3 Ne4 16. Rd1 Bb7
17. Qc2 $14) 11. Qxa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 a5 (12... Nbd7 13. Rac1 (13. Rfc1 Bb7 14.
cxd5 (14. Rc2 Rfe8 15. e3 a5 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Ne1 Rac8 18. Nd3 Ba6 19. b4 Nd6
20. bxa5 (20. b5 cxb5 21. cxd5 b4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Paehtz,T-Panchenko Alexander N/
Bad Woerishofen GER 1995 (31)}) 20... bxa5 21. Nb2 $14) 14... exd5 15. Nc2 Rac8
16. Nce1 (16. Ne3 Ng4 $132) (16. Nb4 c5 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nde5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 cxb3
20. axb3 $14 {1-0 Koch,W-Boecker,J/NRW 1991 (68)}) 16... c5 17. e3 Rfe8 18. Nd3
$14) 13... Ba6 14. Rfd1 h6 15. e3 Rac8 16. Bf1 c5 17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nxd5
19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Nc4 Rfc8 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 b5 24. Nd6 R8c7 25.
Nxf5 $16 {1-0 Rizzitano,J-Weiss,M/Chicago USA- ,EXT 1989 (41)}) (12... Bb7 13.
Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nd3 a5 15. Rac1 g5 16. Rc2 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 Kf8 18. Nb1 Ke7 19. Nd2
h6 20. a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Krallmann,M-Lamprecht,M/Open, Lohmar GER 1997 (41)}) 13.
Rfc1 Bb7 14. cxd5 $5 $14 (14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nc2 Na6 16. Ne1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18.
N1d3 Rc7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Danner,G-Timmer,R/Lugano 1989 (20)})
14... exd5 15. Ne5 Rc8 (15... Ng4 16. Nxc6 (16. Nxg4 fxg4 17. Nc2 Na6 18. Ne3
Rae8 19. Rc2 Nb4 20. Rd2 $14) 16... Bxc6 17. Rxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxd5+ Rf7 19. Bxc6
Rd8 20. Nb5 $14) 16. Nc2 g6 17. Ne3 Nbd7 18. Nd3 $6 $11 (18. f4 $1 $14 Nxe5 19.
fxe5 (19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 (20... dxe4 21. Nc4 $16) 21. Ng4 Kf7 22. Nf6
h6 23. Kf2 Ke6 $15) 19... Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Rf1 Ke6
24. Nh7 Ke7 25. Rf6 $14) 18... Nf8 19. Nf4 (19. Nd1 Ne6 20. e3 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. N1b2 $132) 19... Re8 20. Rc2 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rac1 Ne4 $6 $14 (22...
Rae8 23. Kf1 (23. Bf3 Ne4 24. Nd1 Ng5 $15) (23. b4 axb4 24. Rb1 Nd7 25. Rxb4
Kf7 $132) 23... Ne4 24. Nd1 g5 25. Nb2 Nf6 26. Nd3 (26. Na4 Ba6 $132) 26... Ba6
27. Ne5 c5 28. f4 cxd4 29. Rd2 d3 30. exd3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Ne4 $132) 23. Nd1 a4
$5 (23... Rae8 $14) 24. b4 a3 $2 $16 (24... Rae8 25. b5 (25. Nb2 b5 26. Nd3 Nd6
27. Rxc6 $5 (27. Kf1 Nc4 28. Nc5 R6e7 $11) 27... Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ne4 29. Rc2 Kg7
30. Ne5 R8e7 31. f3 Nf6 32. f4 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rc5 Rb7 35. Kf2 Rd6 36.
Ke3 Kf6 37. d5 g5 38. Kd4 gxf4 39. gxf4 $14) 25... cxb5 (25... c5 26. Bxe4 Rxe4
27. dxc5 bxc5 28. e3 $16) 26. Rc7 R8e7 27. Nb2 (27. Ne3 b4 $17) 27... b4 28.
Nxa4 (28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxa4 Nc3 30. Nxc3 Rc7 31. Kf1 bxc3 32. Ke1 Kf7 33. Kd1
Ke6 34. Kc2 Ba6 35. Kb3 Bc4+ 36. Kb4 Bxe2 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Kxc3 g5 (38... f4
39. Bh3+ Kf6 40. gxf4 $16) 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 h6 $11) 28... Nc3 29. Rxe7
Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 Rxe7 $17) (24... b5 $1 25. Nb2 Rae8 26. Nd3 Nd6 (26... R8e7 27.
Ne5 $16) 27. Rxc6 $1 (27. e3 Nc4 28. Nc5 R6e7 $11) 27... Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ne4 29.
Rc2 $14) 25. b5 $1 (25. e3 $14) 25... cxb5 $6 (25... c5 $5 $16 26. f3 $2 (26.
Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 $2 (28. f3 $1 Re6 (28... Rb4 29. Rxc5 $16)
29. Kf2 (29. Rxc5 Rxe2 $132) 29... c4 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Nc3 $16) 28... Rxe2 29.
Nc3 Rb2 30. Rc7 d4 31. Rxb7 dxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxa2 33. Rcc7 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 a2 35.
Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rbf7+ Ke8 37. Rg8+ Kxf7 38. Rxa8 Ke6 39. b6 Rb1 $11) 26... Nd6 (
26... Nf6 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxe2 29. Rc7 Rb8 30. Nc3 Rb2 31. Bf1 $14) 27.
dxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxe2 29. Nc3 Rb2 $132) 26. Rc7 Ba6 (26... Rb8 27. Ne3 b4 28.
Rb1 Nc3 29. Rxb4 Bc6 (29... Rc6 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxc7 32. Nxc7 Rc8 33.
Rc4 Bd5 34. Rc3 Bxa2 35. Rxa3 Rxc7 (35... Bc4 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Nxa8 b5 (37...
Bxe2 38. Nxb6 Kf7 39. f4 $16) 38. Kf1 b4 39. Nb6 Bb5 40. Nd5 b3 41. Ke1 b2 42.
Nc3 Ba4 43. Kd2 Kf7 44. Nb1 $16) 36. Rxa2 $16) 30. Kf1 Nxa2 31. Rb3 Ra8 (31...
Nc1 32. Rxa3 $18) 32. Rxc6 $18) 27. Ne3 b4 28. Nxd5 b3 29. axb3 a2 $2 $18 (
29... Rd6 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Nc3 Rxd4 32. Ra1 Rc8 (32... Bc8 33. Nb5 Rd2 34.
Rxa3 $18) 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Rxa3 $16) 30. Ra1 Bxe2 31. Nf4 Ra3 32. Nxe6 Rxb3
33. Rxa2 $4 (33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Ra7 Rb1+ 35. Bf1 Kg8 36. R7xa2 $18) (33. Rcc1 $18
) 33... Rb1+ 34. Bf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Hecht} e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O
8. b3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. e3 (11. f3 Ng5 12. f4 $6 Ne4 13. Nd2 Ndf6
14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 Nxd2 $11 {Ballmann,M-Heymann,U/Bad Ragaz op 1994/1-0(35)})
11... Nxe5 $146 (11... g5 12. f3 Nef6 13. Nd2 Qg7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Ne8
16. f4 g4 17. Nb1 Qe7 18. Qe2 Ndf6 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. Rfc1 a6 21. Qe1 Ng7 22. Qa5
Rfc8 23. Ba3 $14 {Langeweg,K-Perez Garcia,H/NED-sf 1996/1/2-1/2(45)}) (11...
Qf6 12. f3 (12. Nd3 $5) 12... Ng5 13. f4 Ne4 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 $14 {Kozlovskaya,V-Struchkova,S/RUS-chW 1997/1-0 (53)}) 12. dxe5 Bc5 13.
Nc3 a5 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 (14. Bxc3 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bd4 Ba3 17. Bb2 Bb7
$14 (17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bb7 19. Rfc1 $14)) 14... b5 (14... b6) 15. cxb5 cxb5
16. Rfc1 Bb6 17. Qd2 {[%cal Gb2d4]} Bb7 18. Bd4 $14) 14. Ne2 b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7
16. Nf4 a4 17. Nd3 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. cxd5 exd5
(21... cxd5 22. b4 $18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 22. Qc1 Qa7 $2 {losing a pawn.} (22... Bb7
$142 $14) 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Ba3 Qe7 26. Qc3 Bb7 27. Bxc5 Qd7 28.
Qa5 Bc8 $4 (28... h5 $1 {[%cal Gd7g4,Gd7f5,Yg8h7]} 29. h4 (29. Bd6 Qg4 30. Qd8+
Kh7 31. h4 (31. Qf8 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Ba6) 31... Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qf1 (32... Qf3) 33.
Qf8 Bc8 $11) 29... Bc8 $14 {[%cal Gg8f7]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","e5e6","",10]}
29. e6 $3 $18 Qxe6 (29... Qe8 30. e7 $18) 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qf8+ Kg6 32. Bd4 Qd7
{[%tqu "En","","","","d4g7","",5]} 33. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 $6 (33... Qf5 34. Bf6 Qxf6
(34... h6 35. Qg7+ Kh5 36. h3 $1 $18) 35. Qxc8 Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kh8 $18) 34. Qxc8
Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Qf6 $2 {Now white changes queens and gets winning pawn ending.} (
35... Qc3 36. b4 $1) 36. Qg4+ Kf7 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. gxf4 {[#] Hecht: Der weiße
Mehrbauer setzt sich durch, wenn Weiß den schwarzen Freibauernkandidaten auf
der c-Linie nicht außer acht läßt.} c5 39. Kf1 (39. f3 $4 {Hecht} c4 40. bxc4
dxc4 41. Kf2 c3 42. Ke2 exf3+ $19) 39... Ke6 40. Ke2 Kf5 41. f3 (41. f3 {Hecht}
d4 42. Kf2 d3 43. fxe4+ Kxe4 44. Ke1 Kf5 45. Kd2 Ke4 46. f5 Kxf5 47. Kxd3 Kg4 (
47... Ke5 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. e4 h5 50. h4 Ke5 51. Kxc5 Kxe4 52. b4 Kf4 53. b5 Kg4
54. b6 Kxh4 55. b7 $18) 48. Kc4 Kh3 (48... h5 49. e4 $18) 49. e4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6
9. Ne5 (9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 $6 {Not necessary at all.} Bb7 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nd3
Nbd7 13. Nf3 c5 $15 {0-1 Gonzalez,G-Vaisser,A/Las Palmas 1995/EXT 98 (35)})
9... Bb7 10. Ndf3 (10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Ndf3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Rc2 Qe7 14. Qc1
$11 {1/2-1/2 Ubilava,E-Arkhipov,S/Tbilisi 1986/EXT 98 (39)}) 10... Ne4 $146 (
10... Qe7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne1 a5 13. Bb2 Na6 14. a3 Rac8 15. Qd3 $6 Nb8 $1
16. Qe3 Ba6 $15 {0-1 Miralles,G-Agdestein,S/Lyon 1988/CBM 07 (41)}) 11. Nd3 Nd7
12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nfe5 Ndf6 $6 {As I know from my experience, black should trade
pair of knights in this structure, otherwise, while white play f2-f3, black
hasn't good places for both knights.} (13... Nxe5 $142 14. Nxe5 dxc4 (14... c5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 $11) 15. Nxc4 (15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxc4 $11) 15... c5 $11)
(13... g5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be5 $14) 14. Rc1 Rc8 $6 (14... c5 15. cxd5 (15. f3
$6 dxc4 {[%csl Rd4]}) (15. dxc5 Nxc5 (15... bxc5 $2 16. f3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 {and black probably gets equality.}) 15... Nxd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4
$5 {but white still doesn't get anything serious.}) 15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 {Finally,
after two unaccurate moves of black, white got an advantage-white has more
space and full control over the center.} Nf7 17. b4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Ba6 19. Re1
Nh5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. e3 $16 {[%cal Rg3g4]} (21. Qa4 Bb5 22. Qxa7 Bxe5 23. dxe5
Ra8 24. Qxb6 Qc8 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga8a6]} ({or} 24... Qe7 {[%csl Rb6]})) 21...
g5 22. cxb6 (22. f4 $5 Qe8 $16 {[%csl Yc6,Yh5]}) 22... Bxe5 23. b7 $1 Bxb7 24.
dxe5 Ng7 (24... f4 25. exf4 gxf4 26. g4 $16) 25. Bc3 h5 26. h3 Ba6 27. Bd4 Rf7
28. Qd2 Kh8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Rec1 Bb5 31. Rc5 {I believe that white was in
time-trouble-this is how can I explaine that white didn't make any pawn
advance on the kingside, beeing warried to create some weakness.} (31. f4 gxf4
32. exf4 Rg8 33. Kh2 Ne8 34. Bf3 {and on h5-h4 white replies by g3-g4}) 31...
Rg8 32. R5c2 (32. a4 $142 Bxa4 33. Ra5 Bb5 34. Rxa7 Qe8 35. Rca1 $16) 32... g4
33. hxg4 hxg4 34. fxg4 (34. f4 Nh5 35. Kf2 Rh7 36. Rh1 $16) 34... fxg4 35. e4
Nh5 36. exd5 (36. Rc3 $16) (36. Qe3 $16) 36... Nxg3 (36... cxd5 37. Rc7 {
Looks as a best way to the win.Other moves also lead to the winning position.}
Qxc7 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Qh6+ Rh7 40. Qxe6 Bc4 41. Qf5 Ng7 42. e6 {[%cal Ge6e7,
Yf5f8] and black can not prevent e6-e7 and then Qf8. In that case, if black
covers the e8-square with Bb5, Bxd5 will decide.}) 37. Qh6+ Rh7 38. Qf6+ Rgg7
39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ (40. Qf2 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} Nf5 (40... Nh5 41. dxc6 Qc7 42.
Be4 $18) 41. Qxf5 $3 exf5 42. e6+ Qg7 43. Bxg7+ Rhxg7 44. d6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd6,
Ge6]}) 40... Rgg7 41. a4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Probably Bezgodov was in time-trouble
and didn't count moves.I guess in the normal situation with the time he could
easily find the way t win.} (41. Qf8+ Rg8 42. Qf2 $18 {-see 40.Qf2}) 41... Bxa4
42. Qf8+ Rg8 43. Qf6+ Rgg7 44. Ra2 cxd5 45. Bxd5 $1 Bb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This
tactical blunder of Grischuk I can explain just that he could not calculate
consiquences of this move correctly.It leads to the queen sacrifice of black,
and black gets some attack,but the whites king easily escapes from checks of
black pieces.} (45... Rh3 46. Qxe6 Qxe6 47. Bxe6 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 Rxc1 49. Kxg3 $11
) (45... Rh5 46. Qxe6 Qxe6 47. Bxe6 Rh1+ {-45...Rh3}) (45... exd5 $4 46. Qf8+
Rg8 47. e6+ $18 {mating.}) 46. Qf8+ Rg8 47. Qf6+ Rgg7 48. Rxa7 $18 Bxd5 49.
Rxd7 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Ne4+ 51. Ke2 Rh2+ 52. Kd3 Rh3+ (52... Nxf6 53. exf6 Bc4+ $1
54. Kc3 $1 Rh3+ 55. Kb2 $1 $18) 53. Kc2 Rh2+ 54. Kb1 Nd2+ 55. Kb2 Ne4+ 56. Rc2
{Not the best game of young and talanted GM Grischuk.} 1-0

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 132]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3
Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 $6 {In my opinion N is better on-d2} (9. Qc2 $142 Bb7 10.
Ne5 O-O 11. cxd5 (11. Nd2 a5 12. Ndf3 Na6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 Ne4 15. Nd3 Nb4
16. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Hebden,M-Relange,E/Hastings Premier 9798 1997}) 11... cxd5
12. Rc1 Ng4 13. Nxg4 fxg4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Qxg4 $16 {
Van Wely,L-Kveinys,A/Erevan olm 1996/1-0(44)}) 9... Nbd7 $146 (9... O-O 10. Ne5
(10. Rc1 Bb7 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 a4 16.
Qd3 b5 17. c5 {1/2-1/2 Gruenberg,H-Haba,P/CSR-ch int 1989}) 10... Bb7 11. a4 (
11. e3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 $2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Qc1 Ngxe5 15. Ba3 c5 16. Rd1 Nf6
17. Bb2 Nf7 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ne2 Rad8 $17 {Roobol,M-Reinderman,D/NLD-ch stud
Leeuwarden 1996/0-1(28)}) (11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. e3 Ba6 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Ne2 Qg5 17. Nef4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19. Qd2 h5 $15 {Costa,
J-Klinger,J/Bern 1991/0-1(39)}) 11... a5 12. e3 Na6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2 Nb4
15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $11 {Gruen,P-King,D/BL2-W
1988/0-1(35)}) 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Rfc1 Rc8 (11... dxc4 12. Nd2 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb7
14. Nb5 $1 $16) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15. Nb5 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Bxb5
17. axb5 f4 $5 {[%cal Gg7g5] with initiative on >>} 18. e3 $2 (18. g4 $142 h5
$1 (18... g5 19. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Ge1d3]}) 19. gxh5 Ndf6 {[%cal Gf6g4]} 20. Nd2 (
20. Nh4 $140 $2 Nxh5 21. Ng6 Qg5 22. Nxf8 f3 $19) (20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng4
22. Bd4 Qg5 (22... Qh4 23. h3 Ngxf2 24. Qf1 $18) 23. f3 Ne3 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25.
Qc2 Nf2 {[%cal Gf2h3]} 26. Qg6 Nh3+ 27. Kf1 Qxg6 28. hxg6 Nf4 29. Rc6 Re8 30.
h4 d4 $132) 20... Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nxh5 22. Bf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Rc6 Rd8 25.
Qc2 $132 (25. Qc1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rc8 (27. Qc4 Qd5 $17) 27... Rf8 28.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 $17)) 18... fxe3 $17 19. fxe3 Qf6 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf6h6]} 20. Qe2
Qh6 21. Rc2 (21. Rf1 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Nxg3 $17) 21... Ndf6 {[%csl Re3,Rh2][%cal
Gf6g4]} 22. Bc1 (22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ng4 24. Bxe4 Rf2 25. Qxf2 Nxf2 26. Rc8+
Kf7 27. Rc7+ Ke8 $17) 22... Ng4 23. h3 (23. Qd3 Ng5 24. Qd1 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Nxe3
26. Qe2 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3c2","",10]} Nxc2 $1 27. Bxh6 Nxd4 28. Qe3 {
[%tqu "En","","","","f8f3","",10]} Rxf3 $1 29. Qg5 {[%tqu "En","","","","f3g3",
"",10]} Rxg3+ $1) 23... Ngf2 24. Qf1 Bxg3 25. Ba3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b3 Qe7
9. Ne5 Ne4 $146 (9... b5 $146 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Ndf3 bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. Rb1 Ne4 15. Qb3 Bb6 16. Ba3 $14 {Shipov,S-Apicella,M/Open, Cappelle
la Grande FRA 1998/1-0(37)}) (9... Bd7 10. Nd2 (10. e3 Be8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12.
Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bb2 g5 $6 14. a4 g4 $6 15. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Gb2a3]} Ne4 16. Bxe4
fxe4 17. Ba3 $16 {Fakhretdinov,R-Moroz,A/Decin op 1997/1-0 (52)}) 10... Be8 11.
Ndf3 Ne4 (11... Bh5 12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. e3 Bxf3 $11 {
Kabatianski,A-Jussupow,A/BL9697 1997/1/2-1/2(39)}) 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nfe5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 Ba3 15. Be3 b6 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Nxd3 18. exd3 Bh5 $11 {Notkin,
M-Sabaev,E/Zepter Open, Minsk BLR 1998/1-0 (52)}) (9... b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
Nc4 $1 Nc6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc3 (13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Qb2 Ba6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Na3
Qe7 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rac1 g5 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Bd2 $14 {Hillarp Persson,
T-Gleizerov,E/Excelsior Cup 1997/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 13... a5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rc1
Bb7 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. Qb2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 $14 {Cifuentes Parada,R-Ulibin,M/
Benasque op 1996/1-0(44)}) 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bxe5 13.
dxe5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. e4 $14) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. f3 c5 $1 14.
dxc5 (14. fxe4 Bxe5 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. dxe5 d4 $1 17. Rf1 Qe7 18. e3 dxe3 19.
Qd3 Nc6 20. Qxe3 (20. Qd6 $2 Rd8) 20... Rd8 {[%csl Gd4,Re5]}) 14... Bxe5 $1 15.
Bxe5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Nd7 {Now bla ck succesfully finishes development.} 17. Qb2
Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Rae8 19. Rac1 (19. fxe4 dxc4 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. bxc4 Qf6 $1)
19... Rf5 20. Qb2 exf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe7
9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 (12. Nd3 Bf7 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. bxc4
c5 15. e3 Rfc8 16. Nfe5 Rc7 17. f4 Be8 $11 {0-1 Cifuentes Parada,R-Nikolic,P/
Rotterdam NED 1999 (85)}) 12... Bh5 13. Rfc1 $146 (13. Nd3 Kh8 14. Nfe5 Rac8
15. Rac1 Ne4 $2 16. f3 Ng5 17. Nf4 $16 {0-1 Kirusha,A-Moiseenko,A/Petrov mem,
St Petersburg RUS 1998 (34)}) (13. Ne1 Ng4 14. N1d3 Rac8 15. e3 g5 16. Rae1
Ngf6 17. c5 Bc7 18. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,M-Ivkov,B/Sarajevo 1986 (40)}) (13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 Rad8 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. h3 Ne4 $11 {0-1 Paunovic,T-Beliavsky,A/
YUG-chT Cetinje ,EXT 1992 (36)}) 13... Ng4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e3 Rae8 16. a4 Kh8
17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Nh6 19. Ne5 $14 {White has reached clear advantage from
the opening.The following plan of play for white is to advance queenside pawns.
} Qe7 20. Ra2 $6 (20. b4 $1 {White rook is situated perfectly on 3rd rank,and
white can continue to play on the queenside.} Qxb4 $140 21. Rb3 Qxa4 (21... Qe7
22. Qb2 $16) 22. Rxb7 $16) 20... g5 {Black is preparing f5-f4 break,and on the
other hand this move is weakening black king.} 21. cxd5 $6 (21. f4 {looks much
more logical,stopping all blacks activities on the kingside.}) 21... exd5 22.
b4 $6 (22. f4 Ng4 23. Qd2 {and white is clearly better.}) 22... f4 23. exf4
gxf4 24. Qd2 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. b5 Qd7 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. gxf4 $2 (28. Rac2
f3 29. Bf1 Re6 30. Rb2 {[%cal Gc1b1]}) (28. Rb2 $142 f3 29. Bf1 $14 {[%cal
Gc1b1]}) 28... Rg8 29. Ra3 Re2 30. Qb4 Qf5 (30... Qc7 31. Rf1 Qxf4 32. Rg3 {
-31...Qxf4}) 31. Rg3 (31. Qd6 Rg6 32. Qb8+ Rg8 33. Qd6 $11) 31... Rxf2 {
[%mdl 512]} (31... Qxf4 32. Rf1 Rd2 (32... h5 33. h3 $1) 33. Qb7 {and this
position is equal about.}) 32. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rxc6
$4 {[%mdl 8192] This horrible blunder allows black to mate whites king.After
accurate 35.Rc3 or 35.Qc3 black doesn't have more than draw.} (35. Rc3 Be4+ 36.
Kg1 Bf3 $1 {and black gets a draw.}) (35. Qc3 Be4+ (35... Bd1+ $2 36. Ke1 Bxa4
37. Qg3+) 36. Kg1 (36. Ke1 Qxh2) 36... Bd3 $1 $11) {[%tqu "En","Find mate in 5.
","","","f3g4","",5]} 35... Bg4+ 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Meulders} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Ne5 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Ndf3 Rc8 13. Qd1
Nbd7 14. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Wojtkiewicz,A-Matlak,M/POL-ch 1992/CBM 29 ext (14)})
10... Qe7 {This setup of black pieces is very useful in this opening
line-black gets equal play by pushing c6-c5.} 11. Ndf3 (11. Bb2 a5 12. Rac1 Na6
13. Qb1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f3 $14 {1-0 Sulava,N-Billio,A/
Bozen 1992/TD (34)}) 11... Rc8 $146 {Black plan is clear-to push c6-c5 as fast
as possible.} (11... Ne4 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rac1 c5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Pieniazek,A-Gleizerov,E/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (25)}) (11... a5 12.
Nd3 Na6 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rac1 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18.
e3 Ne4 $11 {[%cal Ga6b4] 1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Bjerke,R/Espoo 1988/EXT 97 (37)})
12. Nd3 Na6 (12... a5 $5 {is another idea in this structure.}) 13. Bf4 {
Meulders: 'Ein Standardmanöver um den eigenen schlechten Laüfer gegen den
guten schwarzen zu tauschen.'} Bxf4 (13... c5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfd1 $11) 14.
Nxf4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 (16. cxd5 e5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf4]}) 16... Nce4 $15
{White can not prevent creature of isolated pawn on c4, which will be a
weakness.} (16... dxc4 17. Qxc4 $11) 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. bxc4 (18. Nxc4 $2 b5 {
[%cal Rc8c2]}) 18... Rc7 {[%csl Rc4]} 19. Nfd3 Rac8 20. Qa4 Nc5 21. Qb4 Bxg2 {
Meulders: 'Jetzt ist auch Schwarz seinen schlechten Läufer los.'} 22. Kxg2 Kf8
{Just a preparation for forthcoming ending.} 23. Rfd1 Nxd3 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25.
exd3 {[%mdl 4096]} Nd7 26. Re1 $2 {Untill the moment white defended Ok, but in
this mment he missed a real chance to get an equality.} (26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. f4
Rcd8 28. Rc3 $11 {[%cal Gg2f3,Gf3e3]}) 26... b5 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. Red1 (28.
Rcd1 bxc4 29. dxc4+ Ke7 30. Rd5 {[%cal Rd5f5]} Rc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Kd6
$17) 28... Rc5 (28... Ke7 29. Rc3 bxc4 30. Rdc1 $11) (28... Ke7 {Meulders}) 29.
Rb1 {'!' Meulders.} bxc4 30. dxc4+ Ke7 31. Rb7+ R8c7 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 $17 33. Rd4
$2 {'?!' Meulders.} (33. Rc1 $142 e5 {[%csl Rc4,Rg2]}) (33. Rc1 {Meulders})
33... Rc5 $1 $19 (33... e5 34. Rd5 Ke6 35. Ra5 $11) 34. a3 {'?' Meulders.} (34.
f4 Ra5 35. Rd2 Ra4 36. Rc2 Kd6 $19 37. Rd2+ Kc5 38. Rd7 Rxa2+ $19 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Gc5c4]}) (34. f4 {Meulders}) 34... e5 {'-/+' Meulders.} 35. Rh4 h6 36. h3
Kf6 37. Kf1 e4 38. g4 f4 {'-+' Meulders.} 39. Ke1 {The game passed to the
time-trouble's stage and black missed a win in totaly winning position by two
last moves of the time-truble.} g6 {'?' Meulders.} (39... Rxc4 40. Rh5 Ra4 (
40... g6 {Meulders} 41. Ra5 Rc1+ 42. Kd2 Rh1 43. Rxa7 Rxh3 44. Ra4 Kg5 $19) 41.
Rf5+ Ke6 42. Rxf4 g5 43. Rf8 Rxa3 $19) (39... Ke5 $19) (39... Ra5 $19) (39...
Ke5 $1 {Meulders} 40. Ke2 Kd4 $19) 40. Rxh6 Kg7 $4 {[%mdl 4096] '?' Meulders.
White gets a small present from white with this move- now the game is drawn.} (
40... Rxc4 41. Rh8 (41. Rh7 Ra4 $19) 41... e3 $1 {[%cal Rc4c1]} (41... Kg5 {
Meulders} 42. Re8 Ra4 $19) (41... Ra4 42. h4 Rxa3 43. Rf8+ Ke5 44. Re8+ Kd5 $17
) 42. fxe3 Re4 43. Rf8+ Kg5 $19) 41. Rh4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} Rxc4 (41... Kf6 42. Rh7
Ra5 43. c5 $11) (41... g5 42. Rh5 {[%cal Rh3h4]}) 42. g5 f3 43. Rf4 {The
king-g7 stays in out of play.} Rd4 44. Rf6 a5 45. Ra6 a4 46. h4 Kf7 (46... Kf7
47. Rf6+ Kg7 (47... Ke7 48. Rxg6 Rd3 49. h5 $16) 48. Ra6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I watched this game live on ICC (Internet Chess Club) and was impressed, how
easy Anand beat Nicolic in this game, but after some analyses I understood
that everything wasn't such clear in this game.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6
4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nf3 Be8 (9... Ne4 10.
Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 {The opening plan of white is typical
for this variation.} Qe7 14. c5 Bb8 15. Qc3 h6 16. Qb4 e5 {Getting into the
troubles, black tries to complicate the game.} 17. Qxb7 exf4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19.
Nhxf4 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf7 21. Qxc6 g5 22. Qd6 $1 $18 Kg7 23. Bh3 Qxd4 24. Bxf5
Nxc5 25. e3 Qxe3 26. Ng2 {1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 97 (26)})
10. Bf4 $146 {It is new move, but looks as the most logical in this position.}
(10. Nf4 Qe7 (10... Bf7 $6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 g5 15.
Nfe5 Nef6 16. b4 Nh5 17. cxd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Peng,Z-Zaitseva,L/Tivat 1995/EXT 97
(58)}) 11. Nd3 Bh5 (11... Nbd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 e5 15. dxe5 Ne4
16. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hudecek,J-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (31)}) 12.
Nfe5 (12. Bf4 Bxf3 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c5 Qe7 15. exf3 $5 $14 {0-1 Zilberstein,
V-Ruban,V/Voronezh 1988/EXT 99 (47)}) 12... Nbd7 13. b3 Rac8 14. b4 Ng4 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Bf7 18. h3 Nf6 19. c5 $16 {1-0 Shtyrenkov,
V-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1995/EXT 97 (41)}) 10... h6 (10... Bh5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12.
Ne5 $14 {[%cal Gh3f4]}) 11. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7] White uses the defect of monouevre
of blacks bishop-blacks queenside is less protected.} (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4
Nbd7 $14) 11... b6 (11... b5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c5 Qe7 14. Nf4 $16 {[%cal Ga2a4,
Gf4d3]}) 12. Rfc1 Be7 (12... Bh5 $5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 $14) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 ({
Probably was better to capture with the pawn, but also in that case black
doesn't solve the problem of the development of his queenside knight.} 13...
exd5 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bd2 a5 $1 $14 (15... Ne4 16. Bb4 $16) (15... Qd6 16. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd2b4]})) 14. Bd2 {[%cal Gh3f4]} g5 15. Ne5 a5 16. e4 $1 {White has some
advantage in space and in development and he should create some active play to
use these advantages.} fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7 (17... Bf6 18. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ga1d1,
Yf2f4]}) 18. f4 gxf4 19. Kh1 Bf6 (19... a4 20. Qf3 $16) 20. Nxf4 Qd6 21. Nfg6
$6 (21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Nxb6 (22. Ne5 {like in the game.}) 22... Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Rb7
24. Qxa5 Qxd4 $132) (21. Re1 $142 $16) 21... Bxg6 22. Nxg6 Rff7 23. Bf4 {
continuing initiative play.} (23. Bxd5 $5 {was forcing better ending.} Qxd5+ (
23... exd5 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qd3 {[%cal Gf4b8] I don't see a way for black to
save c6-pawn.} (25. Bxb8 $5 Qxb8 26. Rxc6)) 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Bf4 Rab7 26. Ne5
$16 {[%csl Rb8,Rc6,Rh6]}) 23... Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bg7 $2 (24... Bxd4 25. Qh3 Bxb2
26. Rd1 Bd4 27. Rd3 $44 {[%cal Ga1d1,Yd3g3]}) (24... a4 $142 25. Qh3 a3 26. b3
(26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Qg2 Rg7 {and still nothing clear.}) 26... Bxd4 27. Rd1 $36)
25. Qh3 Rf6 26. Rc3 Qxd4 27. Qg2 {[%cal Rc3d3]} Rd7 28. Rg1 (28. Rd3 $6 Qc5)
28... b5 29. Rg3 Qa7 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Qd2 $6 ({In my opinion, much better was:} 
31. Bxc6 $18 {[%cal Rc6d7] and it is not clear how to prevent Bd7.}) 31... Qc7
32. Rd3 $18 {Nothing can't stop whites attack. Black N is still stalled on-b8!}
Re8 33. Rd6 (33. Bxc6 Ref8 34. Qg2 $18 {[%cal Rd3d7]}) 33... c5 34. Ng4 Rff8
35. Nxh6+ Kh8 36. Ng4 Rd8 37. Qg2 $1 {[%mdl 128] Tough!} Rxd6 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39.
Qh7+ Kf7 40. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 {I find direct 8..b6 more useful- Nb8 can be developed to a6 as well; The
white's plan developing Bc1 to f4 was shown in the following game, and it can
be recommended;} (8... b6 {Tyomkin,D} 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 $146 (10... Qe7 {
Tyomkin,D} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne1 a5 13. Bb2 Na6 14. a3 Rac8 15. Qd3 $6 Nb8 $1
16. Qe3 Ba6 $15 {0-1 Miralles,G-Agdestein,S/Lyon 1988/CBM 07 (41)}) 11. Nd3 Nd7
12. Bf4 Be7 13. Nfe5 Ndf6 $6 {As I know from my experience, black should trade
pair of knights in this structure, otherwise, while white play f2-f3, black
hasn't good places for both knights.} (13... Nxe5 $142 {Tyomkin,D} 14. Nxe5
dxc4 (14... c5 {Tyomkin,D} 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 $11) 15. Nxc4 (15. Bxe4 {
Tyomkin,D} fxe4 16. Nxc4 $11) 15... c5 $11) (13... g5 {Tyomkin,D} 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Be5 $14) 14. Rc1 Rc8 $6 (14... c5 {Tyomkin,D} 15. cxd5 (15. f3 $6 {Tyomkin,
D} dxc4 {[%csl Rd4]}) (15. dxc5 {Tyomkin,D} Nxc5 (15... bxc5 $2 {Tyomkin,D} 16.
f3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 {and black probably gets equality.}) 15... Nxd5
16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 $5 {but white still doesn't get anything serious.}) 15. f3
Nd6 16. c5 {Finally, after two unaccurate moves of black, white got an
advantage-white has more space and full control over the center.} Nf7 17. b4
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Ba6 19. Re1 Nh5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. e3 $16 {[%cal Rg3g4] 1-0
Bezgodov,A-Grischuk,A/Moscow 1999/CBM 75/[Tyomkin,D] (56)}) 9. Bb2 (9. Ne1 $5 {
[%cal Ge1d3,Yd2f3,Yc1f4] as in Bezgodov-Grischuk game;}) 9... b6 (9... Ne4 {
Tsesarsky} 10. Ne1 Qe7 11. Nd3 b6 12. f3 (12. Nf3 $14 {Tsesarsky}) 12... Nxd2
13. Qxd2 Ba6 14. Rfc1 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. f4 $1 {1-0 Damljanovic,B-Popchev,M/
Belgrade 2000/CBM 76/[Tsesarsky] (44) Good solution!}) 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd3 (11.
e3 Qe7 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. a4 a5 14. Rfc1 $6 {[%csl Ra1] There was no point to
leave another rook on a1;} Ne4 15. f4 Nxe5 $1 16. fxe5 Bb4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18.
Rf1 Ba6 $15 {0-1 Slipak,S-Tregubov,P/Buenos Aires ARG 1998 (39)}) 11... Qe7 12.
e3 {Black usually solves opening problems by leading c6-c5:} (12. Nf3 c5 13. e3
Rfd8 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Nfe5 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 dxc4 19.
Rxc4 Rxc4 20. bxc4 Ndc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Virovlansky,S-Timofeev,A/St Petersburg
2001/CBM 82 ext (60)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Qe2 Ne4 (13... c5 {[%cal Ga8c8,Yf6e4]
this move probably would reach the balance;} 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 cxd4 (15...
Ne4 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nf4 $14 {[%cal Gd2c4]}) 16. exd4 Ne4 {[%cal Gb7a6,Yd7f6]}
) 14. Rfd1 a5 {The alternative plan a7-a5-a4 gives black good counterplay;} 15.
Rac1 (15. a4 Ba6 {[%cal Ga6e2] the pressure of black over a6-f1 diagonal is
annoying;}) 15... a4 16. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1c3]} axb3 17. axb3 c5 $2 {[%csl Yb2,Yc1,
Yd1,Yd3,Ye2,Yg2] White is well-prepared for central explosion-all white pieces
are perfectly placed for this, Nc3 is coming; Black would get at least equal
by keeping the centre closed;} (17... Ra6 18. Nc3 Rda8 19. Ra1 $11) 18. f3 Nef6
19. Nc3 dxc4 (19... e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Bxe5 Bxe5
24. Qf2 $14) 20. bxc4 cxd4 {It was necessary for black to keep the centre
closed some way;} (20... e5 21. d5 $14) 21. exd4 e5 22. Re1 Re8 23. Nb5 e4 $8
24. fxe4 Bxe4 $6 (24... fxe4 25. Nf2 (25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Nf2 {Black is worse,
but he can survive here for a while;}) 25... Bb4 26. Rf1 {and black is facing
troubles here too;}) (24... Nxe4 25. Qh5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge1e7]}) 25.
Nf2 Ra2 $2 {It helps white to end the game by tactics;} (25... Bb4 26. Bc3 Bxc3
27. Rxc3 {[%cal Gc3e3]} Qb4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Re3 $16 {[%cal Gg2e4]}) 26. Nxe4
Nxe4 (26... fxe4 27. c5 $1 {[%cal Ge2c4]}) {[%tqu "En","That's the time to
break thru; What would you do here?","Open the diagonal a2-g8;","","c4c5","",
10]} 27. c5 $1 {[%cal Ya2g8] That's the reason why Ra2 was wrong;} Rxb2 28.
Qxb2 bxc5 29. Qa2+ Kh8 (29... Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3d7]} (31.
Bxe4 $18) 31... g6 32. d5 Re5 33. Rxe4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5d6]}) 30. Qd5 {[%csl
Rd6,Rf5][%cal Rg2e4]} Ndf6 {[%tqu "En","Find out the strongest continuation
for white;","","","d5d6","",10]} 31. Qxd6 $1 {[%cal Ye1e7] The quickest way to
win the game;} Qb7 32. Qxc5 $1 {[%cal Gg2b7] One more tactical motive; Black
is down the rook- right time to resign;} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 (6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 $14) 6... Bxd2+ (6... Nc6 $6 {Tyomkin,D} 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. d5 $1 Nd8 11. Nd4 Nf6 (11... e5 $2 12. Nxf5) 12. Nc3 g6
13. e4 fxe4 (13... e5 14. exf5 $1) 14. dxe6 {Botvinnik,M-Alatortsev,V/URS-ch08
Leningrad 1933/1-0(37)}) 7. Qxd2 (7. Nbxd2 {Tyomkin,D} O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 {
[%cal Ge2e4]} (9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rfe1 e5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nc6 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. h3 $13 {Ricardi,P-Karlsson,L/Novi Sad olm ARG-SVE 1990/0-1(41)}) 9... e5
10. e4 f4 $6 (10... fxe4 $142) 11. gxf4 Nh5 12. fxe5 Nf4 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qb3
$16 {Christiansen,L-Short,N/Hastings 1979/1-0(41)}) (7. Nfxd2 $6 {Tyomkin,D} d6
8. Nc3 e5 9. d5 O-O 10. Qc2 a5 11. e4 f4 $132 {Malaniuk Vladimir P-Sale Srdjan/
It (open) Pula (Croatia) 1996/1/2-1/2(39)}) 7... O-O (7... d6 {Tyomkin,D} 8.
Nc3 e5 (8... c6 $5) 9. O-O O-O (9... c6 $5 {[%csl Yd5]}) (9... e4 10. Ne1 {
[%cal Gf2f3]} (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 g5 12. f3 e3 $13)) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Qd6
12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Rd2 Be6 16. b3 Rd8 17. Rad1 $16 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf3e1,Ge1c2,Yf3g5] Magerramov,E-Laketic,G/Cheljabinsk 1992/1-0
(61)}) 8. O-O d6 (8... Ne4 {Tyomkin,D} 9. Qc2 d6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12.
e4 $146 (12. b4 Nf6 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 $14 {Van der Sterren,
P-Johansen,D/Sydney Mercantile 1991/1/2-1/2(30)}) 12... fxe4 13. Nd2 d5 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Qxc7 Qb4 16. Qc3 (16. Nb3 $5) 16... Qb6 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nf6
19. Ne5 Be6 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. Qb4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qxb4 23. Nxb4 Rc8 24. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Ovetchkin,R/Polish TV KO, Swidnica POL 1997}) 9. Nc3 c6 10.
Rfe1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} (10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Ne4 (11... d5) 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13.
Ng5 d5 14. f3 $16 {Bakalar,P-Vavruska,D/CSR-chT 1992/1/2-1/2(25)}) (10. Rae1 d5
11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Ndxe4 dxe4 14. f3 $14 {Van den Berg,C-Heidenfeld,
W/Amsterdam IBM 1962/1-0 (71)}) 10... d5 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Nxe4 (11. Qc2 d5 {
-game} (11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 $16)) 11... fxe4 12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 e5
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. dxe5 $16) 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. e3 Bd7 $6 (12... b6 $142 {[%cal
Gc8b7]} 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Ne2 $1 $14 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge2f4]}) 13. Ne2 $1 {[%cal
Ge2f4,Gf4d3] typical monouevre in this structure.} Be8 14. Nf4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Ndf6
$2 {Another strategical blunder.Now white has complete control over-e5,and
prepares to push back black knight by f2-f3.N on-f6 only desturbes black,
because black should try to change a pair of knights in this position.} (15...
Bh5 16. Nfe5 $14 {/+/-}) 16. Nfe5 $16 {/+-} Rc8 17. b4 $1 {Black doesn't have
any counterplay.} Rc7 18. Rec1 Nd6 19. a4 a6 20. Rab1 Rc8 21. Qb2 g5 22. Qa3 (
22. f4 {was the typical reaction on g7-g5 in this kind of positions.}) 22...
Rc7 23. Rc2 Qd8 24. Nc5 Re7 25. Qa2 Kh8 26. Bf1 {White doesn't hurry and
expect for another mistake,and that's it!} f4 $2 27. exf4 gxf4 28. Bh3 $1 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gc2e2,Gb1e1] black cann't hold e6-pawn and lose it in few
moves.Black is hopeless.} Qc8 29. Re1 dxc4 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Nd5 32. Rce2
$18 Bf7 33. Nxe6 f3 34. Re5 Rfe8 35. Ng5 Rxe5 36. dxe5 Qc7 37. e6 Bg6 38. b5
axb5 39. axb5 Qb6 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Nxf3 Rf8 42. e7 Re8 43. Ne5 Rxe7 44. Nxg6+
(44. Nxg6+ hxg6 45. Rxe7 Nxe7 46. Qh4+ {[%cal Gh4e7]}) 1-0

[Event "Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Qe7 {From all these moves I like 9...Bd7 more. Black queen can be
developed to b6, while white plays Qb3.} (9... Nbd7) (9... Bd7) (9... Ne4) 10.
Qc2 (10. Nbd2 b6 $5 {Rare way of development in this line with 7.Bf4 Bxf4, but
black has proved that this plan is possible in this position too.} 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. Ne5 Kh8 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qa4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18.
cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Ulibin,M/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in
Chess 295 (19)}) 10... Kh8 $146 (10... Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc5
Nc6 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Williams,S/
St. Helier JER 1999 (31)}) (10... Ne4 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 $1 Nxc3
14. Qxc3 $14 {0-1 Botsari,A-Gleizerov,E/Stockholm SWE 1999 (52)}) 11. Nbd2 Ne4
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Now black trades knights by Nd7, and
then moves the bishop to e8. Black doesn't have any problems this way.} (13.
Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f3] was the logical way to play in this position.}) 13... Nd7 14.
Nxd7 Bxd7 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Rf6 17. Rh3 h6 18. Rg3 c5 $1 {Typical break. It
brings black an equality.} 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. exd4 (20. Qc7 exd5 21. Qxb7 Re8 {
-like in the game.}) 20... exd5 21. Qc7 Re8 22. Qxb7 $2 {After 22.Bxd5, the
game should be drawn.} (22. Bxd5 Bc6 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Bb3 Rxf4 25. d5 Bd7 $11
{[%cal Gg7g5]}) 22... Rxf4 23. Rf1 $2 (23. Bxd5 Rxd4 24. Bg2 Qc5 25. Kh1 Rd2
$15 {Despite of few material on the board, black is better, because the black
king is safer.}) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rf8 {White doesn't have a way to protect
all his weaknesses.} 25. Qa6 {[%cal Ga6e2]} (25. Qxd5 Qf6 $19 {[%cal Rf6f2,
Rf6f1]}) 25... Qb4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 26. Qd3 Qxb2 27. Rg2 Qa1 28. a3 $2 {
loses at once.} (28. Rd2 Qe1 {[%cal Rd7h3] Of course, black is winning, but
nothing forced after accurate 29.Rc2 or 29.Rb2.}) 28... Bh3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 {It looks like correct way of development-black bishop should
be moved to the diagonal e8-h5 as fast as it possible.} 10. Qb3 (10. Ne5 Be8
11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qe3 Bh5 13. f3 Kh8 14. c5 Qd8 15. b4 Na6 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. a4
Be8 18. Nd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gaprindashvili,N-Zatonskih,A/Batumi 2000/CBM 76 ext 
(70)}) 10... Qb6 (10... b5 {'?!' Schussler: After 10. - b6 White is only
slightly better.} 11. c5 a5 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Kh1 Ra7 14. Rg1 Bh5 15. Bf3 $1 $16
{1-0 Levitt,J-Tisdall,J/London 1990/CBM 18/[Schussler] (26)}) (10... Qc8 11.
Ne5 Be8 12. Kh1 Bh5 13. f3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Kh8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5
{1/2-1/2 Levitt,J-Hansen,L/Graested 1990/CBM 16 ext (17)}) 11. Rfc1 $146 {
White intends to play on the queenside.} (11. e3 Be8 12. Qxb6 (12. Qc2 Nbd7 13.
Ne5 Bh5 14. Rab1 Qb4 15. c5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Be2 $11 {1-0 Plischki,
S-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (74)}) 12... axb6 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Bf3
Bxf3 15. Ndxf3 Na6 {White is slightly better in this ending, but it should be
draw. 1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Salov,V/Leningrad 1987/CBM 03 (42)}) 11... Be8 12. Qe3
Bf7 13. Rab1 Qb4 {Queen has nothing to do on the queenside, so Iljushin moves
it to e7 by this strange way.} 14. a3 Qe7 15. b4 $14 a6 16. a4 Nbd7 17. c5 Ne4
18. Nb3 (18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bh5 $11) 18... Bh5 19. Na5 $2 (19.
Ne1 $142 {[%cal Ge1d3,Yf2f3]}) 19... Ra7 {White is not able to open the
queenside now, because of the knight a5 is unprotected.} 20. Rb2 Bxf3 $1 {
Black is already better- after the last strong decision, black begins an
action over the kingside. g7-g5 is coming on.} 21. Qxf3 (21. Bxf3 g5 $1 $15)
21... g5 $1 22. e3 Kh8 23. fxg5 Nxg5 24. Qf4 e5 $1 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. h4 $2 $19
{It just creates more weaknesses.} (26. Rd1 Qf6 $17 {[%cal Re5d3,Ge5g6,Yf5f4]})
26... Ne4 {Black doesn't want (ot he just missed?) to win an exchange, but he
wins h-pawn this way.} (26... Ngf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qg7+ {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 27. Rd1 Ng6
28. Qh6 Nxh4 29. f3 $6 {White helps the opponent to finish the game faster!}
Ng5 $1 {[%csl Re3,Rf3]} 30. Kh1 Nhxf3 31. Bxf3 Nxf3 32. Rf1 Ne5 33. Qh5 Ng4 {
Very poor play has been shown by European Champion-2000 in this game.} 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nd2 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. cxd5 (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nbd7 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Qa4 a5 $11 {simply protecting a-pawn (white intended to
capture on c8). Then black brings out the bishop-b7 by Bc6 or Ba6} (15... Bc6
16. Qa6 Nf8 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qd3 (19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Ne8 $11 {
[%cal Ye8c7]}) 19... Ne4 $2 (19... Bb5 $1 $11) 20. Qa3 $1 Qd8 $4 21. Ne5 $18
Bb5 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxf8+ {1-0 Doettling,F-Iljushin,A/Tallinn
1997/EXT 98 (24)}) 16. e3 Ne4 (16... Bc6 17. Qd1 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kinsman,
A-Olsen,H/Tjalfe 1995/EXT 99 (44)}) 17. h4 h6 18. Ng6 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qd1
Qd6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. a3 Nef6 25. Nfe5 Nf8 26. Nxf8
Kxf8 27. Bf1 Nd7 28. Nxd7+ {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Klinger,J/Brocco 1991/EXT 97 (28)
}) ({Probably the most dangerous move for black is} 11. Rac1 {Ftacnik} Nbd7 {
?!-Tyomkin} (11... Ne4 $142 {and then Nf8-d7}) 12. cxd5 Bxf4 {Tyomkin} (12...
cxd5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc7 Qxc7 15. Rxc7 Rab8 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nf4 $16) (12...
Nxd5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e4 $1 fxe4 15. Nhg5 $1 Qe7 (15... N5f6 16. Nxe4 $16) (
15... N7f6 16. Ne5 c5 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 $16) 16. Qxe4 $16 {
1-0 Sosonko,G-Hansen,L/Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 37/[Ftacnik] (31)}) 13. Nxf4
cxd5 14. Qa4 Qd6 15. Qa3 $5 (15. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 15... Qxa3 16. bxa3
$16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gc1c7]}) 11... cxd5 {[%cal Gb8c6] Now the knight can be
developed on c6,and black gets control over the queenside.} 12. Rfc1 Nc6 (12...
Rc8 $2 13. Qxc8+ $18) 13. Qa4 $146 (13. e3 Rfc8 14. Qa4 Ne4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16.
Nf4 Rc7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rac1 a5 {Very interesting fight is going on in the
following line:} 19. Ne5 $1 (19. h4 $6 Ba6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kallai,G-Lehmann,Z/
Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (33)}) 19... Nf6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5,Yf6e8]} 20. Qa3 $1 Nb4 $8
21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rc3 Ne4 23. f3 $1 Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b1]}) 13... Rfc8 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Nf4 Ne4 {Black may double rooks on c-file, but it leads to very
unpleasant pin:} (15... Rc7 16. Rc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 a5 {[%cal Gc6b4]} 18. Qa3 Nb4
(18... Qxa3 19. bxa3 Re7 20. e3 $1 {[%cal Gg2f1] with an advantage.} (20. Ng5
h6 $1)) 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qe3 {getting an advantage.} (21. Nxe6
Qc1+ 22. Bf1 Ba6 23. Kg2 {black has a compensation, but this line could be
convenient for white.})) 16. Nd3 (16. e3 {-13.e3}) (16. Rc2 a5 17. Rac1 Qb4 $1
{and it looks like black gets a draw in forthcoming ending.}) 16... a5 {
This move captures the space over the queenside and black intends to develop
the bishop to a6.} (16... Rc7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rac1 a5 {and probably black
gets an equality.}) 17. Nfe5 (17. Qb5 Ba6 $1 18. Qxb6 Bc4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Ra8b8] and white can not save the queen.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nf6 $1 {[%csl
Yd7,Ye8][%mdl 256] The exact evaluation of this position is: +/=/= Good
defensive move, which protects weak squares d7 and e8. On the other hand, N is
almost useless on e4.} 19. e3 {[%cal Gg2f1]} Ba6 20. a3 Rc7 (20... Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bf1 $14 {white still has better position, and it's
quite importent to keep on queens in the game.}) 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxc7 (22. Qxb4
Qxb4 (22... Qd8 $2 23. Nc6 {[%csl Rb6]}) 23. axb4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bc4 $5 {
Otherwise black gets worse,because of its knight is worse than whites.} 25.
Nxc4 Rc8 {and it's going to be a draw.}) 22... Qxc7 23. axb4 h6 24. Qc6 (24.
Qd1 $142 $1 {Only winning chance for white is not to change queens.} Bb7 25.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Bf1 {Still better for white, but should be draw, as usually
happenes.}) 24... Qxc6 25. Nxc6 Kf8 $1 {[%cal Ga6b7][%mdl 256] Another exact
move, which forces the drawn ending.} 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {Blacks
defensive play in this game was succesfull, but unfortunately I found a way to
lose this ending in hard time-trouble.} 28. Ne5 g5 {It wasn't necessary at all.
} 29. Ba6 Ke7 30. Bc8 Ne4 31. g4 fxg4 32. Nxg4 h5 33. Ne5 Nd6 34. Bd7 (34. Ba6
b5 $1 {[%csl Ra6] And then black moves the king to the bishop.}) 34... Nc4 35.
Ba4 Nxe5 $2 {Black changes its main defensive piece. The forthcoming bishop's
ending is much worse for black.} 36. dxe5 Bb7 37. h4 $1 $16 {Fixing blacks
pawn on h5. This ending is already very dangerous for black because of all
pawns on the same colour of squares with the bishop.} gxh4 38. Bb5 Kf7 39. Bd3
Kg7 40. Kh2 Kh6 (40... Kh6 {Black lost on time on the last move of time
control, but the position should be losing already because of two weaknesses:
h5 and e6(or d5, after f4-f5).}) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4124]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2
O-O 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Be8 11. e3 Ne4 (11... Bh5 12. Ne5 (12. b4
Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nbd7 14. c5 Ne8 15. a4 h6 16. b5 g5 $132 {Lukov,V-Knaak,R/Halle
1987/0-1(55)}) 12... Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rf2 Nd7 16. Bf1 Kh8 17.
Rg2 Rg8 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Be2 Rc8 20. c5 $132 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gh7h6,Yg7g5] Iljushin,
A-Moroz,A/Pardubice op 1995/0-1(35)}) (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... Nxd5 $6
13. Nc4 Bh5 14. Kh1 Rf6 15. Rg1 $14 {Gasthofer,V-Moroz,A/Pardubice op 1994/1/
2-1/2(55)}) 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Rfc1 Bh5 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Ne5 $14 {Gausel,
E-Dizdar,G/Reykjavik op 1988/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ne5
$1 $146 (14. Ng5 Rf6 15. f3 h6 16. Nh3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bg6 18. Nf2 Nd7 19. Kh1
Raf8 20. Ng4 R6f7 21. Rg1 $14 {Tisdall,J-Dittmar,P/Gausdal Int 1991/1/2-1/2(44)
}) 14... Bh5 15. f3 {typical pawn's break in this structure.} ({Deserved
attention} 15. Bh3 $5 Rf6 16. cxd5 exd5 (16... cxd5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfc1 {
[%cal Gc1c8]} Na6 19. a3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Re6]}) 17. Bc8 Qxb3 18. axb3 a6 $8 19.
Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bc8 $18 {[%cal Gf1c1]}) 15... exf3 16. Bxf3 $14 {[%csl Rb8]} (16.
Nxf3 $143 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Gf8f6]}) 16... Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 {
[%cal Gb8d7] If black succsessfully solves problem of development knight b8,
the position will be equal.White tries to prevent it.} 19. f5 $5 exf5 20. Rxf5
{[%cal Gf5f7]} Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Ga5d5,Ga5a7]}
Re8 24. Kf2 (24. Rxa7 $143 g6 25. Rf3 Re6 $11 {[%cal Ge6b6]}) 24... Rc7 (24...
b5 25. Rxb5 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7e6]} 27. Kf3 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]})
25. Raxd5 Rc2+ 26. Kf3 Rxb2 27. Rb5 b6 (27... Rxh2 $5 28. e4 $1 (28. Rxb7 Rh3+
29. Kg2 Rhxe3 30. Rff7 $11) 28... Rh3+ 29. Kg2 Rd3 30. Rxb7 $14 {[%cal Gf5f7]})
28. h3 Rh2 29. Rbe5 Rxh3+ 30. Ke4 Rh4+ 31. Kd3 (31. Kd5 $5 {[%cal Gd5c6,Gd4d8]}
) 31... Rf8 (31... Rxe5 $6 32. dxe5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge5e8]}) 32. d5 Rd8
33. e4 $16 {Very active position of white's pieces and pair of passed pawn
gives to white a clear advantage.} Rh3+ 34. Kc4 b5+ 35. Kb4 a5+ 36. Kxa5 Rxb3
37. Re7 $138 {[%cal Gf5f7]} (37. Re7 Rf8 38. Rg5 g6 39. d6 Rd3 40. Rd5 $1 $18)
1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O
8. Nc3 Ne4 9. e3 $146 (9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Ndxe4 fxe4 11. Be3 Nf6 12. f3 exf3 13.
Bxf3 Bd7 14. Bf2 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qe8 18. e4 $14 {
Ardiansyah,H-Portisch,L/Thessaloniki olm 1988/0-1(42)}) (9. Ne1 Qf6 (9... Nd7
10. e3 {-9.e3}) 10. e3 Nd7 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Nd3 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
f3 Nef6 16. Nf2 c5 $11 {Lukacs,P-Tseshkovsky,V/Wijk-B 1988/0-1(32)}) (9. Rb1
$142 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qe7 (9... Nd7 $6 10. b4 a6 11. c5 (11. a4 $5) 11... Bc7 12.
a4 $6 (12. Bf4 $142) 12... e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3
Bxc3 17. Qxc3 f4 $132 {Kastanieda Georgiy-Gorjatschkin Wjatscheslaw/Ch Russia 
(club), Briansk (Russia) 1995/0-1(39)}) (9... a5 10. a3 Qe7 11. b4 axb4 12.
axb4 Bxb4 $2 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rxb4 exf3 16. exf3 Qxd4 17. Rbb1 Nd7
18. Be7 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qa7 20. Bd6 Qa5 21. f4 $44 {|^^^ Novikov,I-Moskalenko,V/
Cap d'Agde op 1994/1-0(57)}) 10. b4 $1 (10. Bf4 $5 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. b4 b6
13. b5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. bxc6 $16 {Schandorff,L-Nielsen,P/
Gistrup 1996/1-0(40)}) 10... a6 (10... Bxb4 $2 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 $16) (
10... Bd7 11. b5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. cxb5 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16.
Qxb7 Rxa2 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Ra7 20. Qb2 Rb8 21. Qc3 Rxb1 22.
Rxb1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. Qb2 Ra4 25. Qb8+ Qxb8 26. Rxb8+ Kf7 27. f4 Ra7 28.
Bf3 Rc7 29. Kf2 Ba4 30. Rh8 Kg6 31. h4 Bc2 32. h5+ Kh6 33. Re8 Rc6 34. Rd8 g6
35. Rd6 {Novikov,I-Gleizerov,E/EUCup Gr Portoroz 1993/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11. a4 Nd7
$5 (11... Bd7 $5) 12. b5 (12. Bf4 $2 Bxb4 $17) (12. c5 $6 Bc7 {/\ e5<=>[+]})
12... axb5 13. axb5 Kh8 $6 {עh8} 14. Bf4 $1 (14. Na4 $6 Rxa4 $1 15. Qxa4 Nc3
$10) 14... Ra3 $5 {+/= Gleizerov,E-Moroz,A/Lubniewice 1994} (14... Bxf4 $6 15.
gxf4 $16 {><e5, Bc8}) (14... Ra3 $5 15. Na4 $1 $14)) (9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nd7
(10... Bd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qa3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne5 $14 {Karpeshov
O-Gleizerov Evgeny/Ch Russia (club), Briansk (Russia) 1995/1/2-1/2(33)}) 11. e3
(11. b4 $5) 11... Qe7 12. Ne2 a5 13. c5 b6 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. Rfc1 Rfb8 $11 {
Eslon,J-Moskalenko,V/Andorra op 1991/1/2-1/2(22)}) 9... Nd7 10. Ne1 Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 b5 $5 12. cxd5 (12. c5 $5 Bc7 13. Nd3 a5 $13) (12. b3 $2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Ba6
) 12... cxd5 13. Qc6 Qb6 (13... Nb6 $5 14. Qxb5 a5 15. Qe2 Ba6 $44) 14. Qxa8
Ba6 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {The material is 2R:Q,but black pieces are better developed.
Black intends to play b5-b4 and to transfer hisN to-e4,but in my opinion white
isn't worse in this position,and maybe even better.} 16. Nf3 $6 (16. Nd3 $142
b4 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Bf1 g5 (18... Ne4 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bd2) 19. Bd2) 16... b4 17.
Re1 Nf6 18. b3 $6 {[%csl Rc3]} (18. Bd2 $142 {[%cal Ge1c1]} Ne4 19. Rec1 g5 20.
Be1) 18... Ne4 19. Bb2 Nc3 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 $2 (21. Rxf1 Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e2]
} (21... Ne2+ 22. Kg2 Qc6 23. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd1d2]}) 22. Bxc3 bxc3 23. Rac1 Qe2
24. Ne1 (24. Ng5 Qb2 $1) (24. Kg2 Qb2 $1)) 21... Qa6+ 22. Kg2 Qd3 23. Rec1 (23.
Kg1 $6 Ne2+ 24. Kg2 Qc2 $1 25. Rad1 $1 (25. Rab1 Qe4 $1) 25... Nc3) 23... Qe4 {
[%cal Re4g2,Gg7g5,Gg5g4]} 24. Bxc3 $4 (24. h4 {I don't see how black can win
after this move.} g6 (24... Nb5 25. Rc8+ Kf7 26. Rac1 g6 27. Rh8 h6 $5 (27...
Kg7 28. Rd8 h6 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rh7 $1) 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rb7) 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26.
Rxc3 h6 27. Rh1 $1 Kg7 (27... g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rch8) (27...
Ke7 28. Rc8 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh7+ Kf6 31. Rh6+ Kg7 32. Rch8) 28. Rc6 Bf8
29. Rc7+ Kg8 (29... Kf6 30. Rxa7 g5 31. hxg5+ hxg5 32. Rhh7) 30. Rxa7 g5 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh5 g4 33. Rg5+ Kh8 34. Rh5+ $11) 24... bxc3 $19 {[#] Hecht: 
Black wins by the advance of his g-pawn, due to the pin on the knight at f3
which cannot be broken. The entrance of White's rooks comes too late. The
finale comes with a surprising mating attack. [#] Hecht:  Wegen der nicht
aufhebbaren Fesselung des Sf3 gewinnt Schwarz durch das Vorrücken seines
g-Bauern den Springer. Der Einsatz der weißen Türme kommt zu spät. Das Finale
bildet ein überraschender Mattangriff.} 25. h4 c2 26. a3 g6 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gg6g5]
} (26... h6 $2 27. h5) 27. Ra2 h6 28. Raxc2 g5 29. Rc8+ Ke7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31.
Rh1 g4 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. Kg1 (33. Rch8 Qxf3+ (33... gxf3+ 34. Kh3 $8 (34. Kh2
Bxg3+ $3)) 34. Kg1 Bxg3 $1 35. Rh6+ Ke7 36. R6h7+ Kd6 37. Rd8+ Kc6 38. Rc8+ Kb6
$19) 33... gxf3 34. Rch8 {Hecht: There threatens a perpetual check by means of
Rh6 and R6h7. Black counters with an inventive mating attack! To me, this is
worth a Medal. Hecht: droht Dauerschach mittels Th6 und T6h7. Schwarz kontert
mit einem erfindungsreichen Mattangriff! Das ist mir eine Medaille wert.} Qb1+
35. Kh2 {[%tqu "En","","","","d6g3","",10]} Bxg3+ $1 (35... Bxg3+ {Hecht} 36.
Kxg3 (36. fxg3 Qc2+ 37. Kh3 Qg2+ 38. Kh4 Qh2#) 36... Qg1+ 37. Kxf3 (37. Kh3
Qg2+ 38. Kh4 Qg4#) 37... Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. a4 (12. Ndf3 {Tyomkin,D} Na6 13. Nd3 Ne4
14. Nfe5 c5 $146 15. e3 Nb4 {>< a2} 16. a4 (16. dxc5 $5 bxc5 17. a3 Nxd3 (17...
Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nf4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Rfd8 $13) 18. Nxd3 a4 19. f3 Nf6 $132)
16... Rac8 17. Nxb4 $6 (17. f3 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 (18. Qxd3 $2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 dxc4
$17) 18... dxc4 (18... Nf6) 19. bxc4 (19. fxe4 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Rcd8 $15) 19...
Nf6 20. Qb3 $13) 17... axb4 {[%csl Rb3,Gb4] another black pawn approached to
the center} 18. dxc5 $2 (18. f3 $142 Nf6 19. Qe2) 18... bxc5 $17 {[%cal Gd8d2]
Korniushin,N-Ulibin,M/RUS-Cup10 1997/0-1(22)}) 12... Na6 {[%cal Ga8c8,Yc6c5]
Black found the best setup in this variation.} 13. Ndf3 $146 (13. Nd3 {Tyomkin,
D} Rac8 14. Qc2 $6 c5 15. e3 Rc7 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Nb1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nb4 $15 {
Garcia Padron,J-Vaisser,A/Fuerteventura 1992/1/2-1/2(41)}) 13... c5 14. cxd5 (
14. e3 Rac8 15. Qe2 $14) 14... exd5 (14... Bxd5 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Nfe5 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 $14) 15. Nd3 Nb4 16. Re1 Rac8 17. e3 Ne4 18. Nfe5 Rfd8 19. f3 Nxd3 20.
Nxd3 c4 $1 21. bxc4 (21. Nf4 $6 Nf6 {[%cal Gd6b4,Yc4c3]}) 21... dxc4 22. fxe4
cxd3 23. Qxd3 (23. exf5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 (25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 d2)
25... Bb4 26. Bc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 28. Qb3+ Rd5 29. Qxc3 Rxf5 30. Qc4+) (23.
e5 $6 Rxc1 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxc1 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 d2 28. Rd1 Bb4
$17) 23... Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ke2 g6 $6 {[%cal
Gf7e6]} (27... Ke6 $142 28. d5+ Kxd5 29. Bxg7 {[%cal Gg7d4]} (29. Red1+ Ke6 30.
Bxg7 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bc5 {[%cal Gd8d3]} 32. Rc4 Kd5 33. Rc1 Rb8 $17 {[%cal Gb6b5]
}) 29... Bc5 $15) 28. d5 $1 Bb4 29. Rf1+ Ke8 30. Rf4 Rxc1 31. Rxe4+ Kf7 32.
Bxc1 Rxd5 33. Rd4 Ke6 (33... Rxd4 34. exd4 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. g4 $11) 34. Kd3
b5 35. Rxd5 Kxd5 36. e4+ Kc6 37. axb5+ Kxb5 38. Bb2 a4 39. g4 Be7 40. h3 Kb4
41. Kd4 Kb3 42. Ba1 Ka2 (42... a3 43. e5 a2 44. Kd5 $11) 43. Bc3 Kb1 44. e5 a3
45. Kd5 a2 46. e6 Bb4 47. Be5 Kc2 48. Kc4 Ba3 49. Bg7 h5 (49... Bb2 50. Bxb2
Kxb2 51. e7 a1=Q 52. e8=Q Qf1+ 53. Kb4 $11) 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Ba1 Kb1 52. Bd4
Bb2 53. Bxb2 Kxb2 54. e7 a1=Q 55. e8=Q Qf1+ (55... Qf1+ 56. Kb4 Qxh3 57. Qe2+
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. e3 Nbd7 (11... a5 12. Ndf3 (12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Rac8
14. Re1 Ne4 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 c5 $132 {Kolev,A-Pogorelov,R/Sitges op 1993/
1-0(35)}) (12. a4 Na6 13. Nd3 Rac8 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17.
Nf3 Nb4 $11 {Sherbakov,V-Zarubin,P/URS-sf 1991/1/2-1/2(26)}) (12. a3 $6 Nbd7
13. a4 Rac8 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. Ba3 c5 $15 {Renet,O-Jussupow,A/Dubai olm 1986/0-1 (49)}) 12... Na6 13. Rc1
Rac8 14. Qe2 Ne4 $6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb5 $16 {King,D-Shabalov,A/Lloyds Bank
op 1994/1-0(30)}) 12. Qe2 $146 (12. cxd5 exd5 (12... cxd5 13. Ndc4 $1 dxc4 14.
Bxb7 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxa8 Bxb2 17. Rb1 c3 $13 {Thorsteins,K-Andreasson,
I/Copenhagen op 1988/1-0(43)}) 13. Ndf3 (13. f4 Rac8 14. Qf3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. g4 Nf6 18. gxf5 c5 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Rac1 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Stone,
R-Levine,D/Chicago op 1988}) 13... Ne4 14. Rc1 c5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Be5 Be7 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qb2 $14 {Beckhuis,G-Iljushin,A/
Komercni Banka op 1996/1/2-1/2(25)}) (12. Ndf3 $146 Rac8 {Better was} 13. Nd3
$5 (13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ba3 16. Qc1 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 dxc4 18.
bxc4 {Bratchenko,A-Tulchinsky,M/Russian Club Cup 1998/1-0(44)}) 13... c5 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nf4 {[%cal Gd1c2,Ga1d1] with comfortable position})
12... Rfc8 13. a3 a5 14. Rfc1 Ba6 15. Qd1 Bb7 16. Nd3 Ne4 17. f3 Nef6 18. Nf1
$6 (18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 e5 20. dxe5 (20. exd5 exd4 21. dxc6 (21. Bxd4 cxd5 {
[%csl Ra3]}) 21... Bxc6 (21... Qe3+ 22. Nf2 $16 {[%cal Gd2f1]}) 22. Bxc6 Rxc6
23. Nf3 {[%csl Rd4]} Bc5 24. Nf2 (24. Nxd4 Qe3+ 25. Nf2 Rd6 $19) 24... Rd8 25.
Qd3 Re6 $17 {[%cal Ge6e3]}) 20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. exd5
cxd5 $11) 18... c5 $15 19. Qe2 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. cxd5 exd5 22. dxc5 bxc5 {
Hanging pawns c5 and d5 take control over the center and white cannot attack
them.} 23. Qd1 Rca8 24. Rab1 c4 25. Nb4 (25. Nf4 Bc6 26. Ne2 Ne5 $17) 25...
Bxb4 (25... Bc5 26. Nc2 $15) 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Bc3 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bc6 29. Qd4 {
Control over black squares gives white clear compensation.} Re8 30. Qf4 Qa3 31.
Qd4 Nf8 32. Ra1 Qb3 33. Ra7 {I guess in this stage of the game were in mutual
time-trouble,and as usual everything was decided by tactic.} Bd7 $4 (33... Ne6
34. Qe5 (34. Rxg7+ Nxg7 35. Qxf6 Qb7 $17) 34... Nd7 35. Qd6 Qxc3 36. Qxc6 Nf6
37. f4 Qd3 38. Ra5 Re7 (38... d4 $140 $2 39. Bd5) 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 (40.
Qxd5 Qxd5 41. Rxd5 c3 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rf1]}) 40... Qe4 41. Qd6 Kf7 42. Re5 Qc2
43. e4 $1 $36) 34. f4 $1 {[%csl Rd5]} Qb5 (34... Ne6 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Qxd5 $18
) (34... Re7 35. Qc5 Rf7 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. Bxd5+ Be6 38. Qe7 $18) 35. Ra5 $18
Ne6 36. Qa7 Qc6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Bxd5 Qd6 39. Bxc4 Kh8 $2 (39... Bc6 40. Rxf5
$18) 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Slutzky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nh3 Nc6 (6... d6 7. O-O
Bxd2 (7... Qe7 $5 8. Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rb4]}) 8. Bxd2 Qe7 9. Rc1 $5 e5 10. c5 Nc6
$1 (10... exd4 $6 11. cxd6 Qxd6 $140 12. Qb3+ {[%cal Gd2b4]}) 11. cxd6 cxd6 12.
d5 Nd8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Johansen,D/Suncoast AUS 1999 (19)}) 7. d5 Ne7 (7...
Ne5 8. Qc2 {[%csl Rc4]} c6 9. Nf4 $16) 8. a3 (8. Qb3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 e5 10. O-O
d6 11. Ng5 $14 {[%cal Gg5e6]}) (8. O-O $5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nexd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. Nf4
Qe7 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ cxd5 14. Qxd5+ Qe6 15. Qxe6+ dxe6 16. Nf3 Bd7 $11)
8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 $2 {I was prepared to this game, and I analysed even this
position, finding out that the capture with the bishop leads to white's
advantage. But during the game I decided to capture with the queen. I can not
explain why....} (9. Bxd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nexd5 11. Qb3 c6 12. Nf4 Kh8 (12... Qb6
13. Bb4 $1) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 $16) 9... e5 10. O-O {I
undestimated 10.d6, thinking that black would have been Ok placing the knight
on d4:} (10. d6 $5 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 11. b4 Nd4 12. Qd3 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3]})
10... d6 11. Ng5 {During the game I had missed one typical idea:} (11. f4 $5 e4
12. b3 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2,Yh3f2,Yf2d1,Yd1e3]} (12. b4 b5 $1)) 11... Qe8 12. c5 $5
{Playing for complications.} h6 $1 (12... dxc5 13. d6 Nc6 (13... cxd6 14. Qxd6
Nc6 15. Qxc5 Nd4 16. Be3 $5 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Nd4 18. f4 $16) 14.
dxc7 Qe7 15. Qc3 Nd4 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. b4 $5 (17. e3 $5)) 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 d5 16. b4 $2 {Now white is losing the pawn e6,and can not get
any compensation.} (16. Qb4 b6 (16... Nc6 17. Qxb7 Qxe6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 18. Qa6
$1 $13) 17. Qd6 e4 18. b4 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 16... Qc6 17. Bb2 Qxe6 18. b5 $2 {
It was necessary to activate at least one of my bishops by 2-f4.} (18. f4 $1)
18... Rac8 19. Rac1 b6 20. Bh3 (20. f4 $1) 20... Ne4 $17 {Now I gonna be
almost hopeless...} 21. Qe3 Ng5 22. Bg2 d4 23. Qd3 Qa2 24. Rb1 (24. Ba1 Ne6 $19
{[%cal Ge6c5]}) 24... Ne6 25. Qd1 {[%cal Ge2e3]} Qc4 26. e3 {Last chance to do
something.} dxe3 $4 {Missing the next reply of white. This is very hard to
believe that white gonna win this game in 5 moves!} (26... Rfd8 $17) 27. Qd6 $1
$16 {Suddenly all white pieces become very powerful.} exf2+ (27... e2 28. Rfe1
(28. Rfc1 Qxc1+ $1) 28... Kf7 29. Qxe5 Rc5 30. Qxe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxb5 32. Rbe1
$16) (27... Rf7 28. Qxe5 exf2+ {-game}) 28. Rxf2 Rce8 (28... Kf7 29. Qxe5 Rc5
30. Qe3 Rxb5 31. Re1 $44) (28... Rfe8 29. Rc1 (29. Qxe5 Rc5) 29... Qb3 30. Rxc8
Nxc8 31. Qxe5 $16) 29. Rc1 Qb3 (29... Qa2 30. Qxe5 {[%cal Gc1e1]} Ng6 31. Qc3
$18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rc1a1] Black queen is in troubles,}) 30. Rc3 $1 Nc8 (30...
Qxb5 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. Rb3 $18 {[%cal Re6e5]}) (30... Qa2 31. Bc1 Qa1 32. Qxe6+
Kh7 33. Qb3 {[%cal Rf2a2]} Rc8 34. Bc6 $18) 31. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
(8... b6 {in my opinion, this is better way for black in this position; The
idea is to delay the castle for a while, and, in case of white's Qc1 and Ba3,
to keep the king in the center in arising ending;}) 9. Qc1 Bd7 {9...b6
following by Bb7 gives black at least an equal play;} (9... b6 10. Ba3 (10. Ne5
Bb7 11. Ba3 Nbd7 (11... c5 $5) 12. Nd3 Ne4 (12... c5 13. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3b5]} a6
$13) 13. Qb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. e3 Rac8 (15... e5 $1 $15) 16. Rc1 Rfd8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Miralles,G-Dolmatov,S/Marseille 1988/CBM 09 (50)}) 10... Bb7 11. Bxd6
Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5 (12... Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. e3 Kf7
17. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Tal,M/Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 05 (17)}) 13. Ne5 Ne4
14. Rd1 Na6 (14... Nc6 $5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e3 $11 {[%cal Gb1d2]}
) 15. f3 cxd4 (15... Nf6 16. f4 Ne4 $11) 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. Rxd4 Nb4 18. Na3 Nf7
19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Marin,M/Dresden 1988/
CBM 10 (59)}) 10. Ba3 Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qb2 $146 {In the endgame after 12.
Qa3 black is quite safe as it was proved in few grandmasters' games:} (12. Qa3
Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Bh5 14. Rfe1 (14. Ng5 Re8 15. Rfe1 Na6 16. Nh3 Nb4 17. Nf4 dxc4
$5 18. Nxh5 Nxh5 19. bxc4 Rad8 20. Red1 e5 $11 {0-1 Ftacnik,L-Rechlis,G/Manila
1990/CBM 19/[Schussler] (79)}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nc2 Rae8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nb4
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Reyes,R/New York 1988/CBM 08 (41)}
) (12. Ne5 Bh5 13. e3 Nbd7 14. c5 Qe7 15. Nxd7 (15. f4 $5) 15... Nxd7 16. f4 g5
(16... Be2 $5 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3e4]}) 17. Nc3 gxf4 18. exf4 Nf6 19. Qe3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Danner,G-Lutz,C/Budapest 1989/CBM 14 (41)}) 12... Bh5 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14.
e3 Ne4 15. f3 Nec5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 (17... dxe4 18. b4 $14 {[%cal
Gb1c3]}) 18. g4 Be8 19. Qa3 Qxa3 (19... Qb8 20. Nc3 $14 {all black pieces are
very passive, and white controls all over the board;}) (19... c5 20. Nc3 b6 21.
dxc5 bxc5 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc3e4]}) 20. Nxa3 {
[%mdl 4096]} Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bg6 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $2 {[%mdl 20480] Black gonna
trade last pair of rooks, but the right way was to keep them on and to move
the king to the centre;} (22... Kxf8 23. b4 Ke7 24. b5 (24. c5 b5 $1) 24... Be8
{and black successfully holds its queenside;}) 23. Rf1 Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 20480]
After this move rooks will be traded and the ending knight against bishop will
be lost for black;} (23... Rc8 $14 {Black has good chances to save this ending;
}) 24. Nc2 h5 25. gxh5 Bxh5 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 27. c5 a5 {I tried to save this
ending for black different ways, but all of them didn't bring success;} (27...
g5 28. Ne1 Bd1 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Kg3 Kg6 31. h4 gxh4+ 32. Kxh4 Kf5 33. Ng2 b6 34.
b4 bxc5 35. bxc5 a5 36. Nf4 a4 37. a3 Bf3 38. Kg3 {[%cal Gg3f2,Gf2e1,Ge1d2,
Gd2c3,Gc3b4,Gb4a5,Ga5b6]} (38. Nh3 Bh5 $3 39. Ng5 Bg6 {and white can not get
in with the knight;}) 38... Bd1 39. Kf2 Bg4 40. Ke1 Kg5 41. Kd2 Kh4 42. Ng6+ {
[%cal Gg6e7]}) 28. Ne1 Bd1 29. Ng2 Kf7 (29... g5 30. Kf2 {[%cal Gf2g3,Yh2h4]} (
30. h4 {[%csl Re6,Yf4]}) 30... Kg7 31. Kg3 Kg6 32. h4 gxh4+ 33. Kxh4 Kf5 34.
Nf4 Bf3 35. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3g5]}) 30. h4 Kg6 31. Nf4+ Kf5 32. Kf2 g6 (32... Bg4
33. Kg3 Bd1 34. h5 {[%cal Gg3h4,Yf4g6]}) 33. Kg3 Bh5 (33... Bg4 34. Nxg6 $18)
34. Nh3 {[%cal Gh3g5,Gg5f7,Yf7d6,Yf7d8] Finally white knight has a way in, and
the game is actually finished for black;} g5 35. hxg5 Bg4 36. Nf2 Bh5 37. Kh4
Bf7 38. Nh3 Bg6 39. Nf4 Be8 40. Nh5 Bf7 41. Nf6 Kg6 42. Nd7 Kg7 43. Nb6 Bg6 44.
Nc8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Braga, Fernando Alberto"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. b3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 Qe7 8. a4 a5 (
8... O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Nbd7 11. a5 b6 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. b4
bxa5 15. bxa5 Rab8 16. Rfb1 c5 $11 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/London 1987/CBM 02 
(60)}) 9. c5 $146 {This is a new idea in this position, but it looks like I
found a way to get a good play for black in this game.} (9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3
O-O (10... Nbd7 11. Nc2 b6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f4 Nc5
16. Nd4 O-O 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. b4 $1 Na6 (18... Nxa4 19. Nxe6 $1) 19. bxa5 $16 {
1-0 Kharlov,A-Dreev,A/Elista 1995/CBM 50/[Hecht] (43)}) 11. Qc2 $5 $146 (11.
Nc2 Rd8 12. Qc1 b6 13. Nce1 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Ba6 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rac8 17.
Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Salov,V/New York 1996/CBM 52 (68)}) 11... Na6 12.
Rfc1 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. Qb2 f4 15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 Ne8 17. Qd2 g5 18. Nc2 Nxc2
19. Rxc2 Ng7 20. g4 $16 {1-0 Ibragimov,I-Rahman,Z/Guntur, AP IND 2000/The Week
in Chess 284 (61)}) 9... Bc7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Na6 (11... b6 $5 12. cxb6
Qb4 $11) 12. Nbd2 (12. Ne5 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7e5,Yb7b6] /\Nxe5, b7-b6 Changing
the knight e5, black anyway leads b7-b6.}) 12... b6 $1 {Thematic break- black
gets control over c5-spot.} 13. cxb6 Qb4 (13... Rb8 14. Qc2 $11 (14. b4 $5 {
I was afraid of this move during the game, but it is not dangerous for black:}
Nxb4 15. Nb3 Rxb6 16. Nxa5 Ba6 $15 {/\Ne4})) 14. Ne5 Bb7 (14... Qxb6 15. Ndc4
Qc7 16. Rc1 Nb4 {[%cal Gc8a6,Yf6d7] /\Ba6,Nd7 Black prevents all whites
threats.}) 15. Ndf3 O-O 16. Nd3 Qxb6 17. Rb1 $5 {As it becomes clear from the
following variation, white can not stop c6-c5.} (17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 c5 $1
19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Ne4 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Qc2 Rfc8 (18... c5 19. Qb2 $11)
19. Qb2 c5 20. Rfc1 Rc7 21. dxc5 Nexc5 (21... Naxc5 22. Qd4 {[%cal Yb3b4] /\b4}
) 22. Qd4 Rac8 23. Bf1 Qd6 {moving the queen out of the pin.} 24. Qe5 Qxe5 (
24... Qb6 25. Qe3 $11) 25. Ndxe5 (25. Nfxe5 $5 {It had forced black to make a
draw accurately.} Nxd3 (25... Ne4 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. b4 {white gets passed pawn
'a'.}) 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Nxd3 Rc2 28. e3 Nb4 29. Nxb4 axb4 $11) 25... Nb4 26.
Nd4 Na2 27. Rc2 Nb4 28. Rc3 Na2 29. Rc2 {Still white could try to go on in my
time-trouble, but my opponent weren't ambitious about this game.} (29. Re3 {
[%cal Gd4b5] /\Nb5} Ba6 (29... Ne4 30. Nxe6 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Nd3 Rb1 33.
f3 Nd2 34. Nd8 $1 $16) 30. Nef3 Ne4 31. Nxe6 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 $36 {[%cal
Ya2c3] /\Nac3}) 29... Nb4 30. Rc3 Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 740]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3
Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 (11. e3 Nbd7 12. f3 c5 13. Rc1 (
13. Qc2 cxd4 14. exd4 f4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. g4 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Rf6 $13 {
Ben Menachem,I-Zifroni,D/Ramat Hasharon 1992/0-1 (59)}) 13... cxd4 14. exd4 f4
15. c5 Bc7 16. c6 Nxe5 17. dxe5 bxc6 18. exf6 $16 {Gauglitz,G-Knaak,R/DDR-ch
Stralsund 1988/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3e5]} (12. Rc1 Bh5
13. Re1 Kh8 14. Qc2 Rae8 15. e3 Ne4 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 $14 {Pogorelov,
R-Bacso,G/Budapest IM-A 1990/0-1(45)}) (12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nf3 f4 14. Nfe5 fxg3
15. hxg3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6 17. Qc1 Qg5 18. cxd5 Qxc1 19. Raxc1 exd5 20. Kh2 Nd2
21. Rfd1 Bxd3 22. Rxd2 Bf5 23. f4 $14 {Chernosvitov,A-Tseshkovsky,V/
Voskresensk 1992/1-0(37)}) 12... h6 $146 (12... Bh5 13. Nfe5 Rad8 14. Qc2 Ng4
15. a4 g5 16. h3 Nh6 17. f3 f4 18. g4 Be8 19. Rfe1 Rf6 20. e3 $14 {Naumkin,
I-Laakso,H/Jyvaskyla op 1993/1-0(41)}) (12... Ng4 13. Qd2 Ndf6 14. Nfe5 Kh8 15.
f3 $14 {Kveinys,A-Conquest,S/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998/1/2-1/2(43)})
13. Nfe5 g5 14. f3 ({Nothing promises} 14. f4 Bh5 $132 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 14...
Bh5 15. Qd2 Qg7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Qa5 $5 {Trying to make aditional weaknesses
on the queenside.} Bb8 18. Qb4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nh7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rc1 $16 {
[%csl Rb8][%cal Gb2d4,Ga2a4,Ga4a5,Gd4c5]} Rfe8 (21... Rc8 22. Nc5 $16 {[%cal
Gc5b7,Gc5e6]}) 22. Rc2 Nf8 23. Rfc1 b6 24. Qd4 $5 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gb4c6,Gb2a3]}
Nd7 25. e3 {Preparing to play f4,released white pieces from protection of pawn
e5.} a5 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} 26. Rc6 {[%cal Gf3f4]} Nc5 27. Rxb6 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxe5
29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. f4 Qb2 31. Rbc6 d4 (31... Qxa2 $6 32. Qc3 {[%cal Gc6c7]} (32.
Qd4 Qxb3 33. Rc7 Bf7 34. Qa7 $2 Ra8 $17) 32... Qe2 33. Rc7 Bf7 34. Re1 (34. Qf6
Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Rd7 $13) 34... Qh5 (34... Qb5 35. Qf6 Rd7 36. Bf1 $1 $16) 35.
Qxa5 $16) 32. R1c2 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 e5 (33... Bd1 $5 34. Rd2 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 dxe3+
36. Kxe3 Rxd3+ 37. Kxd3 $16) 34. e4 $1 exf4 35. gxf4 Bf7 (35... gxf4 $8 36.
Qc4+ (36. exf5 $4 Qe1#) 36... Bf7 37. Rg6+ Kh8 38. Rxh6+ (38. Qxf7 Qxc2+ 39.
Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 38... Kg8 (38... Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kxh7 40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41.
Qf6+ Kg8 42. Rc7 $18) 39. Rg6+ Kh8 $11 (39... Kf8 40. Rf6 $40)) 36. fxg5 hxg5
37. Qd2 $40 {[%csl Rg5]} Kf8 (37... f4 38. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rb1]}) 38. Qxg5 (38.
exf5 $143 Re5 {[%cal Ge5f5]} (38... d3 $2 39. Rc1 Re2+ 40. Qxe2 Qxc1 41. Rxc1
dxe2 42. Kxe2 $18) 39. f6 Bh5 $132 {[%cal Ge5e2]}) 38... Rd6 39. Rc7 {[%cal
Rc7f7]} Rd7 40. Qxf5 Rxc7 41. Rxc7 Qxa2+ 42. Kg3 Qxb3+ 43. Bf3 a4 $2 (43... Qe6
$8 44. Qc5+ Re7 45. Rxe7 Qxe7 46. Qxa5 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 44. Qf6 $18 {
[%cal Rf6h8]} Kg8 45. Rc5 {[%cal Gc5g5]} Qb8+ $8 46. Kh3 Be6+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48.
Kg3 Qb8+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kg1 Qb1+ 51. Kf2 Qb2+ 52. Be2 Bf7 53. Rg5+ Kf8 54.
Rh5 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 c6 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nf3 b6
$146 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nf4 $14 {
Ward,C-Tisdall,J/Rilton Cup 1988/0-1 (52)}) (8... Qe8 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 b6
11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. b4 Nd7 14. b5 c5 15. e3 $14 {Karpov,A-Kolosowski,P/
Koszalin sim1 1997/1-0(34)}) 9. Bf4 {After changing black-square bishops Nh3
comes to-f4,and,if necessary,than to d3.} Ba6 $2 (9... Bb7 $14) (9... Ne4 $14)
(9... Be7 $5) 10. cxd5 cxd5 (10... exd5 11. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6] <->c}) 11. Rc1 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4d6,Yf3e5,Yh3f4,Gd1a4] Black is strategically lost.There is
no way even to finish development.My friend GM Kogan Arthur explained this
position:"Black is in a deep ......!"And I agree with him.} Ne4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6
13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Nf4 Bb7 15. Qa4 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 18. bxa3 {
[%csl Re6][%cal Gc1c7]} Nf6 19. Nxe6 $18 {White has pawn up and better place
of pieces.Line"c" is under control,pawns d5 and f5 are week-that's should be
enough for win.} Rfc8 20. Nc7 (20. Nf4 {was other not bed possibility}) 20...
Rab8 21. Nb5 (21. Rc2 Kf7 22. Rfc1 a6 {[%csl Rc7]} 23. e3 {[%cal Gg2f1]} Ne4 (
23... Ke7 $2 24. Nxd5+) 24. Bf1 b5 25. a4 bxa4 26. Nxa6 (26. Bxa6 $6 Bxa6 27.
Nxa6 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 a3 $132 {[%cal Gb1b2]}) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2
Bxa6 28. Bxa6 a3 29. Bd3 Rb2 30. f3 Nd6 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke2 {[%cal Ge2d2,Yd2c1]
} Nc4 33. e4 $18) 21... Ba6 22. Nd6 $6 (22. a4 $142 Bxb5 (22... Ne4 23. Nxa7
Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxe2 25. Rc8+ $18) 23. axb5 $18 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc1c6]} Rc4 $140
$2 24. Bxd5+) 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe2 24. Nxf5 Bc4 25. a4 $6 (25. Rc2 Bd3 26.
Ne7+ Kf8 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Nxc8 Bc4 29. Nxa7 Bxa2 30. Nc8 b5 31. Nd6 Bc4 32.
Bf1 $18) 25... g6 26. Ne7+ $2 (26. Ne3 Bxa2 27. Rc6 Ne4 28. f3 Nd2 (28... Ng5
29. h4 Nf7 30. f4 $18) 29. Rc7 $18) 26... Kf8 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nb5
Rxa4 30. Nc3 Ra3 31. Bf1 (31. Rc2 b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 31... Bxa2 32. Nxa2 {
Actually it was the last moment white misssed chances to get a point in this
game.} (32. Nb5 $16 {[%cal Gc1c6]}) 32... Rxa2 33. Rc6 Kg7 34. Rxb6 Ra4 35.
Rb7+ Kh6 36. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham GM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "2001.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 a5 6. Ngf3 b6 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ndf3 Be7 10. b3 a4 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. b4 d6 13. Nd3 Bf6 14. b5 c5 15. bxc6
Nxc6 16. Nb4 Na5 17. e3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Rab1 {
Black has got better position mostly because of the pressure over c-file.} Rxc4
$1 {'!' 'This blow had required exact calculation.'} 22. Rxc4 Bb5 23. Nd3 {
'J.Levitt has missed one nice tactical blow, which is better defensive move in
this position:'} (23. Nc6 $1 Bxc4 (23... Nxc4 24. Rxb5 Ncxd2 25. Nxd2 Qxc6 26.
Qc4 $132 {White gets a counterplay in forthcoming ending.}) 24. Nxa5 Bxe2 25.
Nxb7 Bxf3 26. Bb4 Be7 27. Rc1 $132 {/\Rc7, and white has some chances to save
the game.}) (23. Rbc1 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 d5 25. Rc7 $1 {The only chance.} Bxe2 26.
Rxb7 Bxf3 $17 {White has troubles because of the bishop d2, and black gonna
come in through the c-file.}) 23... Nxc4 (23... Bxc4 $4 24. Bxa5 $18) 24. Rxb5
Ncxd2 25. Rb4 {'The point is that white can not capture the knight:'} (25. Nxd2
Nc3 $19) 25... Nxf1 26. Qxf1 Rc8 27. Nf4 (27. Rxa4 Nc3 {attacking the rook and
the knight f3.}) 27... Kf7 28. Rxa4 g5 $1 {'Black gonna remove both white
knights from their outposts by promotion of g-pawn to g4.'} (28... Nc3 29. Rc4
{with chances to save.}) 29. Ne2 (29. Nh5 Rc2 $17 {f2 is a target.}) (29. Nd3
Nc3 30. Qg2 $1 {/\ Ng5 or Ne5.} Kg7 $17 {g4 is coming anyhow.}) 29... g4 30.
Nh4 (30. Ne1 Nd2 31. Qg2 Nf3+ $19) 30... Bxh4 31. gxh4 Nd2 $19 {Black is
developing decisive initiative over the white king.} 32. Qd1 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxh2+
34. Kg1 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nh2+ {'Just one repeatition of moves in the time-trouble
to gain some time.'} 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh4 38. Nf4 Rc1 (38... Rc1 39. Qxc1
Qh1+ {winning the queen.}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Lobach, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Rd1 $146 (9. Nc3 Nh5 (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 Nd7
13. Rad1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Be5 Nd5 17. f4 $16 {Lukacs,
P-Moskalenko,V/Budapest Herbstlich 1990/1-0 (61)}) (9... h6 10. Rad1 g5 11. Bc1
Bd7 12. f3 dxc4 13. e4 Na6 14. a3 b5 15. Nf2 Nc7 16. f4 g4 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3
fxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 h5 21. Nd3 $44 {Gulko,B-Short,N/Reykjavik Summit
1990/1-0(33)}) (9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rad1 Qd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Ng5 Ne4 14.
Ngxe4 fxe4 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 $14 {Lazarev,
V-Klinger,J/Werfen op 1993/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 10. e3 (10. Rad1 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd6
12. e3 g5 13. Nfe2 Nd7 14. f3 dxc4 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,
P-Totsky,L/Budapest FS03 GM 1996}) 10... Nd7 11. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Kindermann,S/AUT-chT9697 1996}) (9. Kh1 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Nd2
Nc6 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Qd1 Qb6 15. Nc5 h6 16. Be3 g5 17. f3 Na5 18. Ng1 Nb7 {
1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,D-Vaisser,A/Cappelle op 1991}) (9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Nd2 Ne4 11.
Nf3 dxc4 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd6 16. Qg4 $13 {
Gunawan,R-Chandler,M/Lloyds Bank op 1994/1/2-1/2 (76)}) 9... h6 10. f3 $5 Nbd7
{[%cal Gc6c5]} 11. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 (11... exd5 $2 12. Qxf5 $16) 12. e4 $1 (12. Bc1
$143 $6 e5 $1 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nb4 15. Qb3+ Kh7 16. a3 Na6 17. dxe5 Qc7 $15
{[%cal Gd7e5,Gd7c5]}) 12... Nxf4 (12... fxe4 $6 13. fxe4 Nb4 (13... Nxf4 14.
Nxf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4e6,Gf4g6]}) 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Re6]}) 13.
Nxf4 Nb6 14. Qb3 $14 Qd6 15. Ng6 Rf7 16. Nc3 {It's more accurate than
immediatly N:e7} Qb4 ({Doesn't solve blacks problms} 16... Bd8 17. f4 $1 Bc7 (
17... fxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 Qc7 19. Re1 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge4c5,Gg2h3]}) 18. Ne5
(18. d5 $6 exd5 19. Ne5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxe5 $19) 18... Rf8 19. d5 $1 cxd5 20.
exd5 $16 {with clear advantage.}) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Ga4a5]} fxe4 19. fxe4 Nd7 20. e5 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Rd6][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6] Visible
space advantage and lots of weaknesses in blacks position, makes  whites
chanses clear better.} Nb6 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Rf1 $6 {Missing simple} (22. Nd6 $1
Rf8 23. Rf1 b6 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rf1 Qd8 (25... Qe7 26. Qc2 $1 (26. Rf7 Qg5
$132) 26... Bd7 27. Be4 Be8 (27... Ne3 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Be8 30. Rf7 $1 $18)
28. Rf3 Rd8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Bg6 $18) 26. Qc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc2c6,Rc2g6,Gf1f7,
Gg2e4]}) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 b6 24. Nd6 Ba6 $14 {Now black has some
counterchanses.} 25. Rf2 (25. Rf7 Qg5 $132 {[%cal Gg5c1]}) 25... Rf8 26. Rxf8+
Qxf8 27. Qc2 Ne3 $5 ({After passive} 27... Ne7 28. Bh3 Kh8 29. Qf2 $1 Qxf2+ 30.
Kxf2 {black loses a pawn.}) 28. Qxc6 Bf1 29. Bf3 (29. Bh1 $5 {[%cal Gc6f3,
Gc6c8]}) 29... Bh3 {[%cal Ge3c2]} 30. Qc8 (30. Qe4 $142 $5 Nc2 31. Kf2 $18)
30... Nc2 31. d5 Nd4 32. Bh5 $6 (32. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4h7]} Qxc8 33. Nxc8 {
[%cal Gd5d6]} exd5 34. Bxd5+ Kf8 35. Nxa7 $18) 32... Qxc8 33. Nxc8 exd5 34.
Ne7+ (34. Nxa7 Bd7 $132 {[%csl Ra7]}) 34... Kf8 35. Nxd5 Bd7 36. Bd1 Kf7 37.
Nf4 (37. Nc7 Kg6 $11 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg6f5]}) 37... g5 38. Nd3 Bc6 39. Kf2 Ke6
40. Bg4+ (40. Ke3 $142 $5 Nf5+ 41. Kd2 {Keeping an extra pawn and winning
chanses.}) 40... Kd5 41. Nb4+ Kxe5 42. Nxc6+ Nxc6 43. Ke3 Na5 $1 $11 {[%cal
Ga5b7,Gb7d6]} 44. Kd3 Nb7 45. b4 Nd6 46. Bf3 Nf5 47. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Ne4 (10... Nbd7 $6 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. Ne5 Rg8 13. Kh1 g5
14. fxg5 Rxg5 15. f4 Rg7 16. Qe1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. c5 $16 {
Hsu Li Yang-Reinderman,D/Groningen op 1992/1-0 (55)}) 11. Nxe4 $146 (11. Qc2
Nd7 12. Nxe4 (12. Rac1 Kh8 13. Kh1 Rf6 14. Ng5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14 {Namgilov
Sogto-Ulibin Mikhail/Ch Russia, Elista (Russia) 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 12... fxe4
13. Nd2 Nf6 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rf3 Nd7 18. Rh3 h6 19. Ng4
$14 {Novikov,I-Kramnik,V/URS-ch58 Moscow 1991/1/2-1/2}) (11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bxe4
fxe4 13. Kh1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 15. Rg1 Be8 $11 {Bernard,C-Elbilia,J/Paris-ch
1992 (24)/1/2-1/2}) 11... fxe4 12. Nd2 (12. Ne5 $6 Nd7 13. f3 Nxe5 14. fxe5
exf3 15. Rxf3 Bd7 $11 {[%cal Gd7e8,Ge8g6,Ge7b4]}) 12... Bd7 13. f3 exf3 14.
Nxf3 Be8 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd7 17. Ne5 $6 {White should keep more pieces
on the board,because he has advantage in space} (17. b4 Bg6 18. Ng5 Rae8 $14) (
17. Ng5 $142 Rf6 18. b4 $14 (18. f5 Bf7 $13)) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bf7 19. Rad1
Rad8 20. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3h5]} h6 21. b4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd4 Qh4 24. Rxd8+
Qxd8 25. Qc3 Qh4 26. Qd2 Bg6 27. a3 Kh7 28. e4 $6 (28. Bd1 $10 {[%cal Gd1c2]})
28... Bh5 29. Bg2 (29. Bxh5 Qxh5 30. Qe3 $10) 29... Qg4 30. Qe3 Qd1+ 31. Kf2
Qc2+ 32. Kg3 (32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qc2+ $10) 32... Bg6 33. Bf3 b6 34. h4 h5 (
34... c5 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. h5 Bf7 37. f5 a5 38. Bg4 exf5 39. exf5 c4 40. e6 (
40. f6 gxf6 (40... Bd5 $2 41. e6 Qg2+ 42. Kh4 Qh2+ 43. Bh3 Qb2 44. Bf5+ Kh8 45.
e7 g5+ 46. hxg6 Qxf6+ 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kxh5 $18) 41. exf6 Qb3 42. Kf4 (42. Kf2
Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Qxf6 $17) (42. Kf3 Kg8 $15) 42... Kg8 43. Qc5 Qb8+ 44. Kf3 Qd8 $15
) 40... Be8 41. Qe5 Qd3+ 42. Kh4 Qd2 43. f6 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qxf6 45. Qxa5 c3 46.
Qd5 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh3 c2 (48... Qf1+ $10) 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. Bxf5+ Kg8
51. Bxc2 Bxh5 $10) 35. Qe2 Qb1 36. Bxh5 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Bxe4 39. Bg4
Qg1+ 40. Kh3 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Bd5 43. f5 $2 (43. Bf3 $10) 43... Qc1
44. fxe6 (44. Qd3 Qh1+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ (45... Be4 46. Qe2 exf5 47. Bxf5+ Bxf5 48.
Qh5+ $10) 46. Kh3 (46. Kf4 Kh6 $1 47. fxe6 Qf2+ 48. Bf3 Qxh4+ 49. Ke3 Qg3 50.
Ke2 Qxe5+ $19) 46... Be4 $19) 44... Qxa3+ 45. Kh2 Qxb4 46. Bf5+ Kg8 47. Bh7+ (
47. Qh5 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Qe3+ $19) 47... Kh8 (47... Kxh7 $4 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qe8+
$10) 48. Kg3 Bxe6 49. Bd3 Kg8 50. h5 Qd4 51. Bg6 b5 52. Bc2 a5 53. Bg6 a4 54.
Qe1 b4 55. Qe2 Bc4 56. Qe1 Qc3+ 57. Qxc3 bxc3 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hultin, Johan"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 $146 (12. Rac1 Rg8 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. f3 h6 16. fxe4 hxg5 {Birnboim,N-Shrentzel,I/Tel Aviv 1988
(36)/1/2-1/2}) (12. Rfc1 h6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 f4 16. Qe2 Bd7
17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Bf3 g5 $36 {Bern,I-Agdestein,E/NOR-ch Kristiansand 1987 (33)/1/
2-1/2}) 12... fxe4 (12... dxe4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. f3 h6 15. Nh3 exf3 16. Bxf3 $11
{Angelowa-Ghinda/Bulgarien-Rumänien wom tt/SW,3,19 1988 (35)/1-0}) 13. Ng5 Qe7
14. f3 h6 15. Nh3 exf3 16. Rxf3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 $2 (17. Raf1 $1 Nb6 (17... b5 18.
b3) 18. Ng5 (18. Rg3 $5) 18... hxg5 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Qh5+ g6 (
21... Kg8 22. fxg5 $1 $18) 22. fxg5+ Ke8 23. Qxg6+ $16) 17... e5 $1 $36 18. Rg3
$6 (18. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxh3 $17) (18. Raf1 $142 exd4 (
18... Nb6 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 e4 21. Rg3 Na4 $10) 19. exd4 (19. Qxd4 Nf6 20.
Nf2 Be6 $17) 19... Nb6 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Nc4 22. Rc1 Be6 $10) 18... Nb6 19.
Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Bxh3 $2 (20... Na4 21. fxe5 (21. b4 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 exf4 23.
exf4 Rxf4 $17) 21... Nxb2 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. e4 (23. Bh3 Bh7 24. Ne6 Rf7 $17 {
[%csl Rc5,Re3,Re5]}) 23... Bxe4 24. Ne6 Rf5 25. Bxe4 Rxe5 26. Nxg7 (26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. Nxg7 Rg8 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Rb7 a6 $19) 26... Rxe4 $17) 21. Rxh3 Nd7 22.
Rd1 Nxc5 23. Rh5 $1 (23. b4 $6 Ne6 (23... Na6 $2 24. b5) 24. fxe5 a5 (24...
Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 (25... Nxd8 $2 26. e4 Ne6 27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rd6 $16) 26. Rf3
Kg8 27. Bf1 Rf8 28. Rg3 Rf5 $17) 25. Rd7 axb4 26. Rxb7 Rxa2 27. Rf3 Rd8 (27...
Rxf3 28. Bxf3 c5 29. Bd5) 28. Rxb4 c5 29. Rg4 Rdd2 $17) 23... Rae8 24. Rxe5
Rxe5 25. fxe5 a5 26. Bh3 $2 (26. a3 $142 a4 (26... Re8 27. b4) 27. Rc1 Nd3 28.
Rc4 Nxb2 29. Rb4 Nd3 30. Rxb7 Nxe5 31. Re7 $11) 26... Rf3 27. e6 Rxe3 28. Kf2
Re5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Re8 $8 (30. Kf3 Nxe6 31. Re8 Ng5+) 30... Kg6 31. Re7 Ne4+
{Black wants to defend Pb7 by the rook from b4,and after that to attack Pe6.
White cann't do anything against this plan.} 32. Kf1 Ng5 33. Bg4 Re4 34. Be2
Rf4+ 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. b3 Kf6 37. Rd7 Nxe6 $19 38. Bc4 b5 $1 39. a3 bxc4 40. axb4
c3 41. Rd1 (41. Rd6 c5 $1) 41... axb4 42. Kf2 c5 43. Ke3 (43. Rb1 Nd4 44. Ke3
Ke5 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Rf1 Nxb3 47. Rf5+ Kc6 48. Kc4 c2 $19) 43... Nd4 44. Kd3
Nxb3 45. Kc4 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "INA-ROW m"]
[Site "Bali"]
[Date "1999.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Bxd2 Qe7 9. c5 $5 $146 {This move doesn't allow black to lead e6-e5,as it's
usual.The correctness of this pawn sacrifice depends of position which is
getting out after 10...cxd4.} (9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 Nc6
13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Rad1 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 e4 16. Nb3 f4 17. Qc2 f3 18. exf3 exf3 19.
Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Salov,V-Kamsky,G/it 1991 (63)}) (9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qa3 Ne4 11. Be3
Nd7 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 Ne5 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Manninen,M-Akesson,R/Reykjavik zt 1995 (41)}) 9... dxc5 (9... Nc6 10.
b4 $14) ({Black can not play:} 9... e5 {because of} 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. cxd6 cxd6
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bb4) 10. Rc1 Ne4 $6 (10... cxd4 11. Bf4 $1 (11. Nxd4 Rd8 12.
Nb3 e5 {[%cal Gc7c6,Yc8e6]}) 11... c5 12. e3 $44 dxe3 $140 13. Bd6 $16) 11.
dxc5 e5 (11... Nxc5 $2 12. Bg5 $1 Qd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Be7 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rf8]
}) 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Be1 a6 15. Qe3 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4] White
intends to advance his queenside pawns.} Be6 16. a3 Rae8 17. b4 Bc8 18. a4 Nf6
19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nd8 (20... Ng4 21. Qb3 Nd8 (21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. c6
$16) 22. c6 $1 bxc6 23. Bb4 Qf7 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. h3 Nf6 26. Nxe5 $18) (20...
Nd4 $2 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. c6 {[%cal Re1b4,Rc6b7]}) 21. Ba5 Ng4 $6
{Black has missed an attempt to create a counterplay by:} (21... f4 $142 22.
Qc3 {[%cal Gc5c6]} (22. gxf4 Ng4 $132)) 22. Qg5 Qf7 (22... e4 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24.
c6 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Re7,Rf8][%cal Ga5b4]} exf3 25. exf3 $16) 23. h3 h6 24. Qh4 $16
Nf6 (24... Ne6 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Nxe5 (26. Qxg4 Nf4 27. Qh4 Nxe2+ 28. Kh1 e4
29. Ng5 Qxf2 $36) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Nf4 28. Qh2 Rxe5 29. gxf4 Rxe2 30. Rf1
Qe3 31. Bxc7 $18 {[%cal Gc7e5]}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d1d8","",10]} 25. Rxd8
$1 {[%mdl 64]} Rxd8 26. Nxe5 Qb3 (26... Qe8 27. Bxc7 Rd2 28. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rd2,
Rf8][%cal Rc5c6,Ye5g6]} (28. c6 Ne4 (28... Nd5 29. Nc4 Qxe2 30. Nxd2 Qxd2 31.
Bf4 Nxf4 32. Qxf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4 bxc6 34. Bxc6 $18) 29. f3 Rf6 $1 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Rg7g5]} (29... Nf6 30. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Re5g6]}) 30. Qf4 (30. g4
$142) 30... Rxe2 31. fxe4 fxe4 $132) 28... Rxe2 29. c6 $18) 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28.
Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qc4 {White has a pawn up and completely winning position.Black
is losing another pawn on next move,but the ending is hopeless too.But,
probably, the better choice was to go to the ending anyway.} Qb2 $2 (29... Qxc4
30. Rxc4 Rf7 31. c6 (31. Rd4 Ne4 32. Rd8 Be6 33. c6 b6 {[%cal Ge6c4]} 34. Bxb6
$5 (34. Bb4 Bc4 35. Rd7 Kg8 $1) 34... cxb6 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rb8 {Too early to
evaluate this ending,but two passed pawns of white are advanced very far.})
31... b6 32. Bb4 Be6 33. Rd4 $18 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ye2e4]}) 30. Bxc7 Be6 31. Qc2
Qxb5 32. Rb1 Qd7 33. Bd6 Rc8 34. Bxb7 (34. Rxb7 $2 Qxd6 {[%cal Rc8c2]}) 34...
Re8 35. Bf3 Bd5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Qd3 Nf6 38. g4 (38. Bf4 $18) 38... Ne4 39. f3
Ng5 40. h4 Nf7 41. Bf4 Qa7 42. Qxf5+ Kg8 43. Qc2 Qa6 44. c6 1-0

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 {The idea of black is to get
improved Nimzo-Indian structure with the early advance f7-f5. But white gets
the stable advantage in this line, as it was proved in games, which appeared
below.} Nc6 $146 {One of possible ways to develop pieces in this position. But,
of course, more logical was to castle first.} (5... O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 (6... a5 7.
O-O b6 8. Ne5 Ra7 9. Nb1 $5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gc4c5] The typical monouvre,
white removes the knight out of attack of black bishop, and intends to catch
it there.} Be7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. d5 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Knaak,R/Halle 1987/CBM 05
(37)}) (6... Qe8 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nd8 $6 ({Black may accept the sac, but white
gets the pair of bishops as a compensation:} 8... exd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 (9... Nxd5
10. a3 (10. Qb3 Nce7 {and the compensation of white is not so clear.}) 10...
Bxd2 11. Qxd2 $44) 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Nexd5 12. b4 $44 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gf3d4]})
9. Nd4 a6 10. a3 (10. N2b3 $5 {trying to use b4-bishop.}) 10... Bc5 11. N2b3
Ba7 12. Qc2 Nf7 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Rc8] 1-0 Miles,A-Conquest,S/
Komotini 1992/CBM 32 ext (37)}) 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Bb7 10. Bc1 Qe7
11. b3 d6 12. Nd3 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Epishin,V/Wijk
aan Zee 1992/CBM 28 (38)}) 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 (7... d6 8. Nb1 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rb4]} (8. Nb3 Na5 $5)) 8. Bxd2 {Probably, exacter capture was:} (8. Qxd2
{White has d4-d5 in time.} d6 9. d5 $14) 8... Ne4 $6 (8... d6 $142 9. Bg5 $5 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} (9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qb3 Nce7 12. Rfd1 c6 {[%cal Gg8h8,
Yc8e6] and not clear how to go on with white.}) (9. b4 e5) 9... e5 {and black
has good chances to equalize.}) 9. d5 $1 exd5 (9... Ne7 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Bf4
$16 {with very difficult forthcoming ending for black.}) 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Qb3
d6 (11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Rac1 {[%cal Rb3c3]} Ng6 14. Rc3 $16 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Gf1c1,Yb3c2]}) 12. Rac1 $16 {Position of black is very difficult:
weakness on c7, and unability to develop pieces are painful.} h6 13. Rfd1 {
The rook will be used for protection of d5-pawn.} Kh8 14. Be1 {[%cal Gf3d4]} c5
{Otherwise white moves the knight to d4, following by Nb5 or Qc2, and the end
will be very quick for black.} 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 {White has couple of good
moves to win one of black pawns. Probably the best was 16.Nd2, but the move I
made also leads to the winning position.} (16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Bxe4 dxe5 $16) (16.
Nd2 $142 $1 $16) 16... Qd7 (16... Qe8 17. Qc2 (17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Rf6) 17...
Rb8 18. b3 Bd7 19. Nxf5 $16) 17. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5] Double attack.} Bb7 18.
Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxe4 Rae8 20. Bxf5 $1 {This is the transformation to the winning
position for white with the opposite bishops.} Rxf5 21. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 22. Qxf5
Rxe2 23. Bc3 {[%cal Rf5f7] This position I managed to get playing 20.Bxf5. In
addition to the pawn up, white has an attack on the black king.} Qe7 24. Qg6 {
Delaying the end of the game for a long time. 24.Rd1 gave white quicker win.} (
24. Rd1 $142 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Re6 (24... Qe6 25. Qf8+ Qg8 26. Bxg7+) 25. Qg4 $1
$18 {[%cal Rg4g7,Rc3g7]} Kh7 26. Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Bxg7 {This ending is much
better then I've got in the game.}) 24... Qf8 (24... Kg8 25. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]}
Qf8 26. Rd8 Re1+ 27. Kg2 c5+ 28. Kh3 Bc8+ 29. g4 Bxg4+ 30. Qxg4 {No tricks for
black anymore.}) 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qf4 $8 Qxf4 27. gxf4 c5 28. Rd1 {[%cal
Gd1d7]} Re7 29. h3 {[%cal Gg1h2,Gh2g3]} Kf7 30. Kh2 Kg6 31. Rg1+ Kf5 (31... Kh6
32. Rg5 Rc7 33. Re5 $18 {[%cal Gh2g3,Yf4f5,Yg3f4]}) 32. Bxg7 Kxf4 33. Bf8 Re2
34. Bxc5 Rxb2 35. Rg4+ Kf3 36. Rg3+ Kf4 37. Rg7 Kf3 38. Rg3+ Kf4 39. Be3+ Kf5
40. Rg5+ Ke4 41. Ra5 a6 42. h4 Kf3 43. Rf5+ Kg4 (43... Ke4 44. Rf4+ Ke5 45. h5
Rxa2 46. h6 Ra1 47. f3 $18) 44. Rf4+ Kh5 45. Kg3 Rb1 46. f3 {[%cal Rf4f6]} Kg6
47. h5+ $1 Kg7 (47... Kxh5 48. Rf6 {[%csl Rh5]}) 48. h6+ $1 (48. h6+ $1 Kg8 (
48... Kg6 49. Rg4+ Kh7 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Bd4) 49. Rg4+ Kh8 50. Rg7 $18 {[%cal
Ge3d4]}) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nd2 Nh5 10. Rad1 $146 {This move is completely useless for white right
now. The idea of the setup is to transfer the knight from h3 to f4, and the
second knight to f3 and e5. Rad1 is not the part of the plan.} (10. Nf3 {Lukacs
} Nd7 ({On} 10... h6 $6 11. Bxb8 {comes with a greater effect} Rxb8 12. Ne5 $16
) 11. Bg5 {White is chasing his opponent's good B.} (11. Bd2 {is less
consistant.} Bd6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 (12... Qe8 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Nxh5 Qxh5 15. Bb4 Bxb4
16. Qxb4 Re8 17. Rac1 Qf7 18. Rfe1 $14 {Jacimovic-Djurhuus, Yerevan olm 1996})
13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6) 11... h6 (11... Bxg5 12. Nhxg5 Qe7 13. e3 h6 14.
Nh3 g5 15. Ne1 {- 11...h6}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 (13. Ne5 $6 {leads to a worse
P structure for White.} Nxe5 14. dxe5 g5 $132) 13... g5 14. Ne1 b6 $1 {Black
wants to activate his passive B via a6.} 15. f4 g4 16. Nf2 Ba6 17. b3 c5 $1 {
Lukacs} ({There is no time for preparatory moves:} 17... Rac8 $6 18. Ned3 c5
19. cxd5 $1 cxd4 20. Qd2 $16) (17... Nhf6 $2 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Radjabov,T/
Budapest 1999/CBM 69/[Lukacs] (43)}) 18. Ned3 cxd4 19. exd4 (19. cxd5 dxe3)
19... Rac8 20. Nb2 (20. Qe2 $6 dxc4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Ng7) 20... dxc4 21.
bxc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Qe2 bxc4 24. Bd5 Ng7 25. Bxc4 Nb6 $13) (10. Be3 $5 {
Shipov-Moskalenko, RUS-Cup2 Moscow 1996 CBM 56.}) (10. Bxb8 {doesn't look very
healthy, because it is not advisable to exchange a well-developed piece for an
undeveloped one.} Rxb8 11. e3 g5 {Black's chances in the Stonewall usually lie
on the >>.} 12. f4 (12. Rab1 Bd7 13. b4 {There is not much on the << this time.
} Rc8 14. Qd3 b5 15. c5 a5 16. a3 Ra8 17. Ra1 Qc7 $15 {Sieglen-Glek, Bonn 1994}
) (12. f3 Bd7 13. Nf2 f4 {otherwise e3-e4 comes with a great effect.} 14. exf4
gxf4 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be8 {activating the bad B on
the /^ b1-h7.} 19. Nb3 d4 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. Qf2 d3 22. Rfe1 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24.
hxg4 Qg5 $13 {P.Cramling-Vaisser, EU-ch rapid 1996}) 12... h6 13. Rab1 Bd7 14.
c5 Nf6 15. Nf2 g4 16. Nd3 h5 17. Ne5 h4 18. b4 h3 19. Bh1 b6 $5 $132 {
Dzevlan-Gleizerov, Stockholm 1997}) 10... Nxf4 $6 {Immediatly I'd replied
wrong. This is shame that this way the StoneWall is played by ChessBase'
expert of this opening!  Black gets comfortable position after:} (10... Nd7 11.
Nf3 h6 $5 (11... Qe8 $5) (11... Nxf4 12. Nxf4 Rf6 $14 {[%cal Ge7d6]}) 12. Bc1
g5 13. Ne1 Nhf6 {[%cal Gd8e8]} (13... Bf6 14. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Ng7 15. e4 $14)
14. f3 Qe8 {and black looks not much worse.}) 11. Nxf4 Na6 $6 (11... Bd6 12.
Nf3 (12. Nd3 Qf6 13. e3 b6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Nfe5 Rc8 16. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Yc5]
[%cal Gc4c5]}) 12... Qf6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qc3 $14) 12. Nf3 g5 (12... Nb4 13. Qb3
dxc4 (13... g5 $2 14. Nxg5) 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gf3e5]})
13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Nfe5 $16 Be8 15. a3 ({nothing gives:} 15. Qb3 Qb6) 15... Nc7
16. Qb3 Rb8 17. f4 Kh8 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf4 Qe7 20. Qc3 $6 {After the
forthcoming move of black, 20.Qc3 turns the loss of tempo.} (20. Qe3 $142 {
still keeping some edge.}) 20... Bf6 21. Qe3 dxc4 $1 {The time to activate
some of black pieces.} 22. Nxc4 Rd8 23. Ne5 Qg7 {[%cal Gf8g8,Yd8d4] In this
position I was thinking that finally I have some chances even for a win, but...
} 24. Qb3 $1 b6 (24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxe5 27. Qxb7 Qe3+ 28. Kh1
Nd5 {and black is holding position quite succesfully.}) 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6
Bxd4+ {White could go on for a while, but black probably has a way to get the
balance.} (26... Bxd4+ 27. Kg2 Bxb2 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Qxe6 Qg6 $1
(30... Bxa3 31. Rxf5 $14)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1999.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Astrom, Robert"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4
O-O 9. e3 Ne4 {The favorite variation of Ulibin.This kind of position needs
very deep understanding.There was very good survey of Kramnik in one of
Dvoretzky's books were he explained these positions.} 10. Nbd2 Nd7 (10... Qe7
11. Qc2 (11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rc1 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 {and black is ok.
Koniushkov,I-Ulibin,M/Ekaterinburg 1997/CBM 57 ext/0-1(45)}) 11... Nd7 12. Rac1
Kh8 13. Kh1 Rf6 14. Ng5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 $14 {Namgilov,S-Ulibin,M/Elista 1995/CBM
50/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd2 (12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f3 h6 14. Nh3 exf3 15.
Qxf3 Ne4 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. b3 $14 {Levitt,J-Porper,E/Badenweiler 1990/GER/1-0 
(72)}) 12... Nf6 $146 (12... Qe7 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Bd7 16. Ne5
Be8 17. Qb3 Bh5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e4 $36 {Hertneck,G-Narciso Dublan,M/Berlin
1998/CBM 66 ext/1/2-1/2(59)}) 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Qe7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8
{[%cal Gf6d7,Ye8g6] Standart path of black's bishop.After change of knights
black's bishops becomes stronger then his opponent on-g2.} 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Nxd7
Qxd7 19. b4 Bg6 20. a4 Bf5 21. b5 a6 22. bxc6 $6 {[%mdl 32]} (22. b6 $5 {
and then c4-c5 trying to close queenside.Then white can concentrate pieces on
the kingside by:Kh1,Rf1-g1-g3,Ra1-g1.White should be not worse.}) 22... bxc6
$15 {/-/+ Now black is getting b-file for his rooks.b1-square is under control
of Bf5.} 23. a5 Rfb8 24. Kh1 Rb3 25. Rfc1 h6 26. Qe1 Rab8 27. Rc3 Rb2 28. Rac1
R8b7 29. cxd5 {White isn't holding the pressure and starting an action.} cxd5
30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4 {[%tqu "En","Rb7 is attacked.What black can do?","","",
"d7d4","",10]} Qxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 32. Bxf5 (32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Qe3 (33. Rc4
Qd5+ 34. Kg1 Rb2 35. Qg3 Be4 $19 {[%cal Rb2g2]}) 33... Qd5+ 34. Kg1 Rb2 35. Qf3
Be4 $19) 32... exf5 33. Qe6+ Rf7 $1 34. Rc7 (34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 $4 Qe4+ {
mating.}) 34... Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 fxe4 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] This rook
ending is easily winning for black.Kf7 is much more active than the opponent.}
37. Rc6 $6 (37. Rc5 $1 Rf2 $1 $19 (37... e3 38. Re5 e2 39. Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
e1=Q+ 41. Rxe1 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 {This pawn ending is drawing.} Kf6 (42... Ke6 43.
Ke2 Kd5 44. Kf3 Kd4 45. Kg4 Ke4 $11) 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Kf3 h5 45. h3 $11) 38. f5
e3 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Rc3 Rf3 41. Kg2 e2 $1) (37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Kg1 (
39. Rxa6 e3 40. Kg1 Rb1+ $19) 39... Kxf4 40. Rxa6 Kf3 41. h4 e3 $19) 37... e3 {
The rest was easy job for black} 38. Rc1 Kf6 39. Re1 e2 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. Kf3 Ra2
42. Rc1 Rxa5 43. Kxe2 Kxf4 44. Rc4+ Kf5 45. Rc7 g5 46. h4 Kg4 $1 {One g-pawn
is much better then two h-pawns.} 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 a5 50. Rc8
a4 51. Rc4+ Kg3 52. Rc3+ Kh4 53. Rc4+ g4 54. Rc3 a3 55. Kh1 g3 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Wach, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Wach,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. a3 (7. O-O Bb7
8. a3 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 Be4 $6 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 $14 {
Baburin,A-Heidenfeld,M/Kilkenny op-A(6) 1994}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 d5 9. cxd5
exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nf3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b4 $1 c4 (13... Nbd7 14. bxc5
Nxc5 15. Nd4 $14) 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Qd4 (16. e3 $14) 16... Qe4 17.
Qd2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Nd4 Qe7 21. b5 Kh8 22. e3 $16 Nc8 23. Qa5
Rd7 24. Ra2 Qc5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Rad2 Nb6 27. a5 Nc8 28. Rb1 Nd6 29. a6 Ba8 30.
Qa5 Rc8 31. Qb4 Ne4 32. Rc2 Qxb4 33. Rxb4 g6 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Kf1 Rb8 36. Rbb2
g5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. h3 Kf7 39. Ra2 Ke7 40. Ra5 Kd6 41. Rb2 Rb6 42. g4 Kc7 43.
Rc2 h5 44. gxh5 Rh6 45. Ra1 Rxh5 46. Rg1 Rg6 47. Kg3 Rgh6 48. Kg4 Rxh3 49. Kf5
Kb6 50. Rxg5 R6h5 51. Rb2 Rxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Rh1 53. Kf6 Rh6+ 54. Ke5 Kc5 55. Ne6+
Rxe6+ $2 (55... Kb6 $142 {Weiß muß ums Remis kämpfen.}) 56. Kxe6 c3 57. Rb1 d4
(57... Kc4 58. Kd6 c2 59. Rc1 Kc3 60. Kc7 d4 61. exd4 Kd2 62. Rxc2+ Kxc2 63.
Kb8 Bd5 64. Kxa7 $18) 58. exd4+ Kxd4 59. Rd1+ Kc4 60. Rd8 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 {Det är inte nödvändigt att tillåta schacken på
b4 med c4 nu. Men Ralf känner Lars och kände nog på sig att schacken kunde
komma och tyckte kanske att schacken inte är bra.} 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6.
Ngf3 d6 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Bxd2 Qe8 9. c5 dxc5 10. Rc1 {[#] Ett spännande drag!} (
10. dxc5 e5 {Spelades mellan Zilberstein-Naumkin i Moskva 1990.}) 10... Ne4 11.
Ne5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Ndf6 13. dxc5 Nd5 14. Qd4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 {Vit är både
centraliserad och välutvecklad, alltså står han bättre.} Nf6 16. c6 $6 ({
Det fanns bara en pjäs kvar att centrera:} 16. Rfd1 $1 {Svart kan inte spela
Ld7, ej heller kan han spela ...c6 eftersom d6-fältet blir kraftigt försvagat.
Kvar återstår små pseudodrag, så i valet mellan dåliga alterantiv blir nog
svart tvungen att spela ...c6 ändå.}) 16... b6 17. Bf3 (17. Rfd1 $1) ({Ett
annat alternativ var även:} 17. Rc3 {för att kunna operera längs tredje raden.}
) 17... Qe7 18. Rcd1 a5 19. Rd2 a4 20. Rfd1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 {[#]} 22. Kh1 $2
({Vit hade chansen att frukta skörden...} 22. Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qf3 {Svart kan
knappast slå på a2 och tillåta Td7,} Rfd8 24. a3 {Och vit borde kunna
realisera fördelen.}) 22... Be6 23. Rc2 Ra5 24. Rc3 Rb5 25. Rg1 Rb4 26. Rxg7+ {
[#]} Kxg7 27. Rg3+ Kh6 28. Rh3+ Kg7 29. Rg3+ Kh6 30. Qe3 $4 {Det är sånt här
som händer när man har en dålig turnering. Man blir osäker och tänker länge,
hamnar i tidsnöd, vill vinna, får någon form av chans, det är egentligen remi,
men vänta lite nu, vinner jag inte? Och så gör man det där vansinnesdraget.}
Rf6 $1 ({Ralf såg nog:} 30... Rg8 31. Rxg8 Bxg8 32. Ng4+ {Med damvinst.}) 31.
Rg1 Rg6 0-1

