[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Khalifman Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2
Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Kh1 (9. Nb3 {Khalifman}) (9. Qd2 {Khalifman}) 9...
d5 (9... Bd7 {Khalifman} 10. f4 $14) 10. Nxc6 $146 (10. exd5 Nxd5 (10... Nb4
11. Bc4 $6 (11. Qd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bh6 $10) 11... Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5
13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 Bd7 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 $15 {Mandarin,V-Inkiov,V Cannes
op 1992 0-1 40}) 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd5 13. Bxg7 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 Kxg7 15. Bf3 Bf5 $10 {Proehl,H-Hausrath,D GER-chj Steinsfurt (06) 1992 1/
2 24}) 12. Bf3 Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c3 (14. Bxc6 Rb8 $15 {-ECO}) 14... Rb8 15.
b4 Qa3 16. Bxc6 Ba6 17. b5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Qd7 $10 {Barreno,H-Husari,S
Novi Sad olm 1990}) 10... bxc6 11. e5 Ne4 $1 (11... Nd7 12. f4 $14 {/\ Na4} (
12. f4 {Khalifman} Rb8 13. Na4 $14)) (11... Ne8 {Khalifman} 12. f4 f6 13. exf6
$13) 12. Nxe4 (12. f4 {Khalifman} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 $15) 12... dxe4 13. Qxd8 (
13. Bd4 Qc7 $17) 13... Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Bd4 f5 (15... Rd7 {Anand} 16. a4
Rad8 (16... f5 {Khalifman} 17. exf6 $14) 17. c3 {and the doubling of rooks
doesn't really help} (17. Bxa7)) 16. a4 $2 (16. exf6 Bxf6 17. c3 $10 (17. Bxf6
{Khalifman} exf6 $10)) 16... Kf7 17. a5 Rxd4 $3 18. Rxd4 Rb8 $1 (18... Bxe5 19.
Rb4 $10) 19. f4 $6 (19. Rb1 Bxe5 20. Ra4 (20. Rdd1 $2 Ba2 21. Ra1 Rxb2 $19 (
21... Rxb2 $4 {Anand Fails to} 22. Rxa2 $1) (21... Be6 {is at least a draw}))
20... Rxb2 (20... Rd8 $5 {Khalifman}) 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Rb4 Bc3 23. Rb7 Bxa5
24. Rxa7 $14) (19. Bc4 {Khalifman} Bxe5 20. Bxe6+ Kxe6 21. Rc4 Kd5 $19) 19...
exf3 20. Bxf3 Bxe5 $17 21. Rd3 (21. Rd2 {Khalifman} Rxb2 22. Bxc6 Bc3 $17)
21... Rxb2 22. Re1 Bd6 23. Bxc6 Rxc2 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Ra2 26. g3 (26. Rb1
{Anand} h5 (26... Bb4 $1) 27. g3 $140 h4 $17) 26... Bb4 27. Rb1 Rxa5 $19 (27...
Bxa5 {Anand} 28. Rb7 Bc3 (28... Bb6 29. Re5 $1) 29. Rdd7 Bf6 30. Rxa7) 28. Rd7
(28. Rxa5 {Anand} Bxa5 $19) 28... Ke6 29. Rd8 Bd6 30. Rh8 h5 31. Rf8 Re5 32.
Rb2 a5 33. Ra2 Bb4 34. Kg2 Kd5 35. Rc2 a4 36. Rg8 Re6 37. Rd8+ Bd6 38. Rd2+ Kc6
39. Ra8 a3 40. Kf3 Re4 41. Rg8 Rb4 42. Rc8+ (42. Rxg6 Rb3+ 43. Ke2 Rb2 44. Rg8
Kb7 $19 (44... Bb4 $19 {Khalifman})) 42... Kb5 43. Rd5+ Kb6 44. Ra8 Rb3+ 45.
Ke2 Rb2+ 46. Rd2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxc6 (11. f4 Bd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. h3 b6 $6
(13... Na5 14. b3 $10) 14. f5 Ne5 15. b3 Bc6 16. Bg5 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5
a6 19. a4 Qd7 20. c4 $16 {Nevednichy,V-Rogozenko,D Bucharest 1993 1-0 31}) (11.
f3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Qxd4+
17. Rxd4 Rfc8 $10 {Hekmet,Z-Olesen,M Rilton Cup (04) 1995 0-1 56 - EXP 45})
11... bxc6 12. Bh6 (12. h3 Be6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qa5 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. f4 d5
$10 {Brochet,P-Prevot,E Hyeres op 1992 1-0 41}) 12... Bxh6 (12... Be6 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. b3 a5 16. Rae1 f6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Re3 a4 $10 {Kristensen,
B-Sher,M Vejle 1994 1/2 29}) 13. Qxh6 Rb8 (13... Qb6 14. Rab1 Be6 15. Rfd1 Rab8
16. Rd3 Qc5 17. b3 Rb4 18. Re1 f6 19. Qd2 a5 20. Na4 Qa7 21. c3 Rb7 22. c4 $14
{Kindermann,S-Benko,P Aruba (1) 1992 1-0 57}) 14. b3 (14. Rab1 Be6 15. Qe3 Qb6
16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a4 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rc4 $15 {Mencinger,
V-Vera,R Portoroz 1987 1/2 41}) 14... Qa5 15. Qe3 Rfd8 (15... e5 16. h3 Be6 17.
Rad1 Rbd8 18. Kh1 f6 19. f4 Kg7 20. a4 Qb6 $10 {Kamsky,G-Rao,V Philadephia
World op (8) 1991 1-0 42}) 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Rd3 Qb6 19. Qh6 Qc5 20.
Rad1 Kh8 21. R1d2 Rg8 22. Qe3 $6 {Weiß gibt seine Gewinnversuche auf, das
Endspiel ist ausgeglichen.} (22. Ne2 g5 23. Nd4 Bf7 24. Nf5 $13) 22... Qxe3 23.
Rxe3 $10 g5 24. Ne2 Kg7 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. exf5 Kf7 28. Rde2 Rb7 29.
g4 h5 30. Kg2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Re4 a5 33. Re1 Rh7 34. Re6 a4 35. bxa4 $6
Rh8 36. R1e3 Ra8 37. Rh3 Rxa4 38. Rh7+ Kf8 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Rxf6+ exf6 41. Rxb7
Rxc2 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. Rb7+ Ke8 44. Rb8+ Kd7 45. Rb7+ Ke8 (45... Kd8 46. Rf7 c5
47. Rxf6 Rd2 48. f4 Rd3+ 49. Kf2 gxf4 50. g5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.09.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "Bohatirchuk,F/Botvinnik/Voronkov"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Voronkov,S: Bogatyirchuk.tom1. p.370. 2)Botvinnik in Shakhmatyi v
SSSR 1933} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7
8. Qd2 (8. O-O {La ligne principale} O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 {Rauzer,V-Chekhover,V
URS-ch08 Leningrad 1933 1/2}) 8... Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e3]} 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 {[#]} 10.
Nd5 $1 {Bohatyrchuk} O-O 11. c4 $1 Bd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (11... Rc8) 12. O-O f5 {
Pour lutter face а l'étau de Maroczy, les noirs ont le choix entre les
poussées b5 ou f5 mais cette dernière option est plus risquée.} 13. exf5 Bxf5
14. Nxf5 Rxf5 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Bh6 $16 {[#]} Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Raf8 (17... e6 18.
Ne3 Rh5 (18... Ra5)) 18. Qd2 Ne5 $11 19. Ne3 (19. b3) 19... Rh5 20. f3 Qe6 21.
b3 Qf6 22. f4 $14 Nc6 23. Rde1 Qg7 24. Nd5 {[#]} g5 $2 (24... e5 $142 {[#]} 25.
Nb4 (25. g4 {Voronkov} Rh4 26. g5 exf4 27. Nf6+ Kh8 (27... Rxf6 28. gxf6 Qxf6
29. Re4 $16) 28. Qf2 $1 $18 (28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 $16) 28... Rh3 29. Qxf4 Rd3
30. Re8 Ne5 31. Nxh7 $1 Rxe8 32. Nf6 $18) 25... Nd4 (25... Nxb4 26. Qxb4 exf4
27. Qxd6) 26. Nd3 Rhf5 27. fxe5 {[#]} Rxf1+ (27... Qh6 $1 28. Qd1 (28. Qxh6 $4
Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf1#) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Rxf1+ 31.
Qxf1 dxe5 $11 {Botvinnik}) 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 dxe5 30. Qe3 Nc6 31. Qe4 $11
{Bohatyrchuk}) 25. Qe2 $1 $16 (25. Nxe7+ $1 Nxe7 26. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5,Ge2e7]})
25... Qh6 $2 (25... Rh6 $142 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7 27. Qxe7 gxf4) 26. fxg5 $18 Rxg5
27. Nxe7+ $40 Kh8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Qe7 (30. Qe8 $142 Qxe8 31.
Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Re7+ {[%csl Rg7] Gagne un tempo important}) 30... Qxe7 31. Rxe7 {
[%csl Ge7,Rh8]} Ra5 32. a4 d5 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Gg1d4]} a6 35.
Ra7 (35. Kf2 Rc5 {[%cal Gc5c2]}) 35... d4 36. Rd7 Rc5 37. Rxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2
Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rb8 a5 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. h4 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gf1g1,Gg1h2]} h5 44. Kg1 Kh6 45. Kh2 Kg6 46. Kg3 Rb1 47. Kf2 Kh6 48. Ke3 Rg1
49. Rxa5 Rxg2 50. Rb5 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Rg4 52. Rb6+ Kg7 53. a5 Rxh4 54. a6 Rh2+ 55.
Kg3 Ra2 56. b4 h4+ 57. Kxh4 Kf7 58. b5 {BOHATIRCHUK avait obtenu des trés bons
résultats contre BOTVINNIK. Il avait annulé avec les noirs en 1931 а Moscou au
Championnat d'URSS et il l'a battu а nouveau en 1927 au 5ème championnat
d'URSS. Après une nouvelle victoire au tournoi de Moscou en 1935, il aurait
d'ailleurs fait l'objet de menaces par les autorités soviétiques afin de ne
plus faire de l'ombre au "champion officiel ". A noter également que dans le
livre "the soviet School of Chess" écrit par KOTOV et YOUDOVICH, la carrière
de BOHATIRCHUK est totalement occultée.} 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 52nd"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rab1 Qa5 14. a3 Rb7
15. b4 Qc7 (15... Qxa3 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Rfb1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxa1
20. Ba6 Rc7 21. c3) 16. Ba6 Rbb8 17. Ne2 Bc8 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. f4 c5 20. Nc3 Bb7
21. Nb5 Qb6 $2 (21... Qd8) 22. c4 a6 23. Nc3 Bxc3 $2 24. Qxc3 cxb4 25. Bxb6
bxc3 26. Ba7 Nc5 27. Bc2 $1 (27. Bxb8 Nxd3 28. Rxb7 c2 29. Ba7 c1=Q 30. Rxc1
Nxc1 31. Rxe7 Rc8 32. Bd4 Ne2) 27... f6 28. Kg1 Kf7 29. e5 $1 f5 30. Rfd1 Ke6
31. exd6 exd6 32. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 33. Rb6+ Ke7 34. Rdb1 Be4 $1 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36.
Rxb8 Bxc2 37. Kf2 Be4 38. Ke3 Bxg2 39. Rb6 g5 40. fxg5 Be4 41. Rf6 (41. Rxa6
f4+ 42. Ke2 f3+ 43. Ke3 c2 44. Kd2 f2 45. Rf6 $18) 41... h6 42. h4 (42. Rxh6)
42... hxg5 43. hxg5 a5 44. Ke2 a4 45. Kd1 Bd3 46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Rxc5 Kg6 48. Rc8
f4 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rd8 Bxc4 51. Rd6 $1 Be6 52. Rc6 Bb3+ 53. Kc1 c2 54. Rf6+
Kg7 55. Kd2 Kh7 56. Rxf4 Kg6 57. Rg4 Kf5 58. Rg3 Kg6 59. Rxb3 $1 axb3 60. a4
1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 3rd"]
[Site "Bazna"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Kamsky declared after the
game that Sicilian Dragon came as a surprise for him.} 6. Be2 {Therefore Gata
decided to chose a solid variation, without long castle. Another reason for
such a solid opening choice from Kamsky's side was the loss in the first round
- Gata wanted to avoid any risk.} Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5
Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 12. c4 e5 13. Rad1 {A new move that perfectly suits
Kamsky's initial intentions to avoid any complications. The usual move is the
more aggressive 13.f4.} Be6 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nf4 Bf5 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. b3 Qd7
18. a4 Rfe8 19. h3 b6 20. Bd5 Qe7 21. Nd3 {#} Qa3 {A risky move.} ({After} 
21... Qe2 {the position would have remained equal.}) 22. g4 $1 {This way
Kamsky forces a favourable exchange of pieces.} Bxd3 (22... Be4 23. Qb4 {
doesn't solve Black's problems, who might end up with a bad dark-squared
bishop against white strong knight.}) (22... Bd7 {runs into} 23. c5 {creating
the threat to cacth the queen 24.Ra1.}) 23. Qxd3 Qb4 24. Qf3 Re7 {# White is
better due to the differences of the bishops - the one on d5 is much more
active than Black's bishop. However, in order to increase the advantage White
must prepare an attack on the kingside. For that reason he needs to play g4-g5
and then h3-h4, Kg1, Rh1 and then open position with h4-h5. Kamsky delays the
advance of the g-pawn too much.} 25. h4 Rce8 26. Rd3 Qd6 27. Kg2 h6 $1 {
Finally Black makes this important move. Now White's advantage is only formal,
since he cannot open the kingside: h5 will be met by Black's g6-g5 and g4-g5
is met by h6-h5.} 28. Rh1 a5 {Black closes the queenside as well and he is
very safe now.} 29. Rdd1 Be5 30. h5 g5 31. Rhe1 Qf6 32. Re4 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Kg7
34. Rb1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 12. c4 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 e6 14. Nc3
b6 15. Rfd1 Qh4 16. c5 Qb4 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Rd7 Bc6 19. a3 Qh4 20. Rc7 Rfc8 21.
cxb6 Be5 22. g3 {[#]} Qd8 (22... Qh3 23. Nd5 exd5 (23... Bxc7 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25.
Rxc6 $18) 24. R7xc6 $16) (22... Qh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. bxa7 $18)
23. Rxc6 $18 Rxc6 24. Qb5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. b7 Rd8 28. Bxa7
Kf8 29. Rb1 Bb8 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. a4 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grosar, Aljosa"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qb6 $1 10. Qd3 (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf5 Qxb2 $1 13.
Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4 Qb4 $1 15. Bxe5 Qxe7 16. Qd4 Nh5 $15) 10... Ng4 11. Nd5 Bxd4
12. Bxg4 (12. Nxb6 $6 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 Bxb6 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 $17 {Bosch - Landau,
Amsterdam 1939}) 12... Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 14. Nxe3 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 $10 Rac8 16.
Ne3 f6 17. Rad1 {Eine ruhige Remisvariante. Dem Weissen droht keine Gefahren.}
Na5 18. Rf2 Kf7 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rfd8 21. Rdf1 f5 22. e6+ Kxe6 23. g4 fxg4
24. Re2 Nc6 25. Nxg4+ Kd6 26. b4 b5 27. c3 h5 28. Nf2 Rf8 29. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 60th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murdzia, Piotr"]
[Black "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Nb3 b5 12. f3 Re8 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Kh1 {Murdzia
might have thought about the plan of solving the problem of the c pawn by
completing the Maroczy set up with 14.c4!?} (14. c4 $5 bxc4 (14... Qb8 15. Nb6
bxc4 16. Nxa8 cxb3 17. Nb6 bxa2 18. Ra1 $14) 15. Bxc4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Be2
Qd7 18. Qa5 $14) 14... Nd7 15. f4 (15. c4 $5 Qb8 16. Rc1 $14) 15... Rc8 (15...
Bxb2 $6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. Rc1 $14) 16. f5 (16. c4) 16... Bxd5 17.
exd5 Nce5 18. Rf4 (18. Bd4 Qc7 (18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Bxg7 cxb3 21. Bc3
$16) 19. c3 Nb6 $14) 18... Nf6 19. Rh4 $2 {This move fails badly in tactical
sense, since white will refrain from trying to be consequent with an attack.} (
19. fxg6 hxg6 20. c3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nc1 e6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 $15) (19. c3
Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nc1 gxf5 22. Rxf5 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rf3 Ne4 25. Qc2 d5
26. Rdf1 $13) 19... Nc4 (19... gxf5 $5 20. Bh6 (20. Nd4 e6 21. dxe6 fxe6 22.
Qe1 Ne4 $17) 20... Ne4 $1 21. Qe3 e6 22. Rh5 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qb6 24. Rd4 Rxc2 25.
dxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qxf5 Rxe2 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Ng4 $19) 20. Bxc4
(20. Qc1 Nxe3 (20... Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxb2 22. Qg1 e6 23. Rdd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 e5
$17) 21. Qxe3 Rxc2 $17) 20... bxc4 21. Nd4 (21. Nc1 gxf5 22. Qe2 (22. Bh6 Ne4
23. Qf4 Bf6 24. Qxf5 Bxh4 25. Qxe4 Bf6 26. Rf1 e6 $19) 22... Ng4 23. Rh5 e6 $17
) 21... Nxd5 22. Nc6 (22. Rf1 c3 23. bxc3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qa5 $17) (22. Bh6 Bf6 (
22... c3 23. bxc3 e5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rh3 $13) 23. Rh3 Qb6 24. c3 Rb8 $17)
22... Qd7 (22... Rxc6 23. Qxd5 Qc7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 e5 $17)
23. fxg6 (23. Qxd5 Qxc6 24. c3 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Be5 $17) 23... hxg6 (23... Nxe3 $2
24. gxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Qxe3 Qxc6 (25... Rxc6 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Qe4 h6 28. Rxh6
$18) 26. Rf1+ Bf6 27. Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Rf4 (28. Rh8+ Kxh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+
$11) 28... Kxh7 29. Rg4 d5 30. Qh3+ Bh4 31. Rxh4+ Kg7 32. Rg4+ Kf6 33. Qh6+ Ke5
34. Qf4+ Ke6 35. Rg6+ Kd7 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. g4 $14) 24. Bh6 (24. Qxd5 Qxc6 $17)
24... c3 (24... Bf6 25. Rxc4 Nb6 $19) 25. bxc3 (25. Qxd5 Qxc6 26. Bxg7 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 Kxg7 28. b3 Rc6 $19) 25... Bxc3 26. Qxd5 Qxc6 {Black has eneded up with a
spare pawn and devsatating positional advantage due to weak white pawns and
shaky basic rank.} 27. Qd3 (27. Qxc6 Rxc6 $19) 27... Bf6 28. Rh3 Qxc2 29. Qf1 (
29. Qd5 e6 30. Qb3 Be5 $19) 29... Qxa2 30. Rf3 Qc4 31. Qe1 Qh4 32. Qd2 Rc4 33.
Be3 Qe4 34. Rf4 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qb6 10. Kh1 (10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Nd5 (11. Bxg4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4+
13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxc8 Rfxc8 15. Rf2 Rc4 16. Rd1 (16. Nd5 Kf8 17. Ne3 Rc5 18.
c3 Ne6 19. Re1 Rac8 20. g3 Ra5 21. a3 Nc5 22. Rd2 Nxe4 23. Rd4 f5 24. Nf1 $17 {
Strobel,W-Dueball,J/BL 8081/1981/}) 16... Rac8 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Re2 Kf8 19. c3
e6 20. Nf6 Kg7 21. Nd7 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. f5 d4 24. f6+ $13 {Becker,
Mi-Dueball,J/BL 9192/1992/}) 11... Bxd4 (11... Qd8 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f5 Nxd4
14. Bxd4 Be2 15. Qc3 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Rxc3 17. f6 Rc7 18. fxe7 Rxe7 19. Bf6 Rfe8
20. Rf2 Bc4 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rfd2 Rxe4 24. Rxd6 {0,5/Moen,
OC-Rantanen,Y/Eksjo/1981/}) 12. Bxg4 (12. Nxb6 $6 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 Bxb6 14. Bxg4
Bxg4 $17 {Bosch-Landau/Amsterdam/1939/}) 12... Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Qxe3+ (13... Qxb2
14. Rab1 Qxa2 15. Bxc8 Rfxc8 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qc3 Qa6 19. Qxc6
Qxc6 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. Nxc6 Rc8 22. Nxa7 Rxc2 23. Nb5 Ke7 {1-0/Grosar,
A-Kutzner,J/Bad Woerishofen/1991/}) 14. Nxe3 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 Rac8 (15... Nb4 16.
c3 Nd3 17. Rab1 a5 18. Rf3 Nc5 19. Re1 b5 20. e5 d5 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. f5 Ne4 23.
f6 e6 24. Nh6+ $14 {Mendivil-Alvarez,JL/Santa Clara/1968/}) 16. Ne3 f6 (16...
Nb4 17. c3 Nd3 18. Nd5 Rfe8 19. Rf3 Nxb2 20. Rb1 Na4 21. Rxb7 Rc4 22. e5 dxe5
23. fxe5 Rc5 24. Nxe7+ $40 {Grosar,A-Jirovsky,M/Groningen op/1991/}) 17. Rad1
Na5 18. Rf2 Kf7 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rfd8 21. Rdf1 f5 $10 {Grosar,A-Ward,C/
Bern op/1992}) (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf5 Qxb2 $1 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4
Qb4 $1 15. Bxe5 (15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Bxe5 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 $17) 15... Qxe7 16.
Qd4 Nh5 $15) (10. Nf5 $2 Qxb2 11. Na4 Qa3 12. c3 Nxe4 13. Bc1 Nxc3 14. Bxa3
Nxd1 15. Nxg7 Ne3 $19) (10. Na4 Qb4 11. c3 Qa5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Rc1
a6 15. h3 e5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 $17) 10... Nxe4 (10... Qxb2 11. Ndb5) 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
(11... Qxe3 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. c3 $14) 12. Nd5 Qd7
$6 (12... Re8 {Karpov} 13. Bf3 (13. a4 a6) 13... f5) 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bf3 $1 (14.
Be3 Nf6) 14... exd4 $6 (14... f5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. fxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 dxe5 18.
Qc4 (18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxd4 20. Rf1 Bf5 $19) 18... Kh8 (18... Qe6 $6 19.
Bc5 Bd7 20. Qxe4 Bc6 21. c4) 19. Bc3 (19. Nc7 Rb8 (19... Qxd4 20. Qf7 $1) 20.
Bxa7 b5 $1) 19... Qc6 $17) 15. Bxe4 Re8 16. Bf3 $2 (16. Qd3 {/\17.f5} f5 17.
Bf3 Qf7 18. Rae1 Be6 19. Qb3 $15) 16... Qd8 $1 17. a4 $6 (17. Qd2 $142 {/\Tae1}
) 17... Bf5 18. a5 Rc8 19. Nb4 Rc4 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Rfe1 Re3 $17 22. Bd5 Rc5 23.
Bb3 h5 24. Nd5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Be6 26. Nb4 Bxb3 27. cxb3 Rxa5 28. Nd3 (28. Nc6
$2 Rb5 29. Nxd4 Rd5 $19) 28... Rb5 29. b4 Rb6 30. Ra1 a6 31. Ra5 Qe6 32. h3 Qe3
$19 33. Qd1 Bf6 34. Ra3 Qe4 35. Ra5 Bh4 36. f5 Rc6 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. b5 axb5
39. Rxb5 Bg3 {/\40... Dd3-+} 40. Rb3 (40. Qb3+ Kh8 41. Rxb7 Rc1+ 42. Nxc1 Qe1#)
40... Qe3 41. Ra3 Kg7 42. Ra1 Rc7 43. Rc1 Rf7 44. Qc2 Be5 (44... d5 {/\45...
Lb8, 46... Dg3-+}) 45. Rd1 Qg3 46. Nxe5 dxe5 47. Qe4 Qf4 48. Qd5 Qe3 (48... Qf5
$142 {/\Td7-+}) 49. Kh2 h4 $6 (49... Qe2 $142) 50. b4 Qf4+ 51. Kg1 Qf5 52. b5
Rd7 53. Qc4 d3 (53... Qe4 $142 {/\Dd5}) 54. Qxh4 e4 55. Qf2 Re7 56. Qd4+ Qe5
57. Qd8 Qc5+ 58. Kh1 Rf7 59. Re1 (59. b6 Qc3 {/\e3} 60. Kh2 Qf6 61. Qd5 Re7 62.
Kh1 Qe5 63. Qd8 Re6 64. Qd7+ Kh6 65. Qxb7 e3 $19) 59... Qb4 60. Rd1 Qc3 {/\e3}
61. Qg5 Qd4 62. h4 e3 63. h5 e2 64. Qxg6+ Kf8 65. Qh6+ Ke7 66. Qg5+ (66. Qg5+
Kd7) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 (5... g6) (5... Nc6) 6. Be2
g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rad1 (10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 (11... b5
$16) 12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 (13. Bxf4 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Qxb2) 13... Nd7 14. Rd1 Ne5
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bh6) (10. a4) (10. h3) 10... Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3
Be6 13. Nd5 (13. f4 Bc4 14. Rf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be5)
13... Rc8 $2 (13... Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. c3 Qa5
18. a3 Qc5 $10) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nb6 $1 Rc7 16. c4 Ne5 17. Qb4 (17. c5 $1 Rc6
18. b4 $16) 17... Rc6 18. a4 Qc7 19. b3 Nd7 $2 (19... a5 20. Qb5 $16) (19...
Rc5 $1 20. Bxc5 (20. a5 Nc6) 20... dxc5 21. Qa5 Bh6 22. Kh1 (22. Rfe1 Bf4 $44)
(22. Rde1 Rd8 $44) (22. Qc3 Bg7 $10) 22... Bf4 $1 23. g3 Be3 { []c6} 24. Qc3
Bd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Nxf3 28. Qd7 Qxb6 29. Qe8+ $10) 20. a5
$14 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Qc8 22. Qd2 Qe8 23. Qd3 (23. f4 $16) 23... Qf7 $6 (23... Be5
24. Be3 g5) 24. f4 $16 Bb2 25. Rb1 (25. b4 Qg7) 25... Bg7 26. Rf3 Qf6 27. Kh1
Kh8 28. h3 Qf7 29. Rbf1 Qe8 30. b4 Rc8 31. b5 Qd7 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. c5 Qb7 34.
cxd6 exd6 35. Rb1 Qa8 (35... Rc6 36. Bd4 Qc7 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $16) 36. Bd4 e5 37.
fxe5 Rxf3 38. Qxf3 dxe5 39. Bg1 Qc6 40. Qd3 $18 h5 41. Rb6 Qc1 42. Rxg6 Rc6 43.
Rg3 $1 Qh6 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Be3 Qe6 (45... Qf6 46. Qe8) 46. Qh4 Qf7 47. Rg5 Rc2
48. Rxh5+ Kg8 49. Rf5 Qg6 50. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Fritz} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 (9... Qc7 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5
Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Rc1 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. b4 Bd7 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. Nb3 Qb8 18.
Bd4 Bc6 19. Ba1 {Kindermann,S-Miles,A/Bath TV-B 1983/MCD-r8/0-1 (77)}) (9...
Nbd7 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. a4 Nc5 12. Bf3 Re8 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Ra3
Rac8 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Rxb3 Be6 17. Ra3 Qa5 18. Ra1 Qb4 19. Rb1 {Herrera,
I-Garcia Martinez,S/Bayamo 1990/CBM 18/0-1 (39)}) 10. Kh1 Nxd4 (10... Qc7 {
Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 11. g4 (11. Qd2 $11 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)}) 11... Nxg4 12. Nd5
Nxe3 13. Nxc7 Nxd1 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxa8 Ne3 16. Rg1 Nxc2 17. Rac1 Nd4 18. Bd3
Bh6 19. Rc4 c5 20. Nb6 {Ryc,I-Pribyl,J/CSR-ch Bratislava 1967/MCD-ch/0-1 (41)})
11. Bxd4 ({Schlechter ist} 11. Qxd4 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13.
Qxe3 b5 $11) 11... Be6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bf3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Be4 (18. Qxb4 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} Rxc2 19. Rc1 Qc7 20.
Rxc2 Qxc2 21. Qd4+ Kg8 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qxe4 Qc7 21. f5 (21.
Rf2 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} Qc4 22. Qxe7 Rfe8 $11) 21... Qxc2 22. Qxe7 Rc4 (22...
Qxb2 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 23. Qxd6 Rc2 24. Rg1 $11) 23. h3 (23. Qxd6 {Fritz 5.
00 (100s)} Rg4 24. g3 Re4 $11) 23... Qe4 (23... Qxb2 $5 {Fritz 5.00 (100s) ist
interessant} 24. Qxd6 Rc2 25. fxg6 hxg6 $11) 24. Qxd6 {d5 setzt sich schnell
in Bewegung} Rc2 {Droht Matt: Dxg2} 25. Qg3 Rxb2 26. d6 {Ist dieser Freibauer
gefährlich?} Rxa2 {Der schwarze Turm greift über a2 drohend ein} 27. d7 Rd8 28.
Rf4 {Es droht Matt} Qc6 29. Rfd4 b3 30. Rd6 Qa8 (30... Qc2 $142 {Fritz 5.00 
(100s) ist noch spielbar} 31. Re1 Ra1 32. Rxa1 b2 $14) 31. fxg6 {Droht Matt}
hxg6 32. Rxg6+ fxg6 {Wenn Schwarz nun zu Txg2 kommt, geht es ihm besser} 33.
Qxb3+ Kg7 {Droht Matt} 34. Qxa2 {[%cal Ra2e6] [#] Hecht geschwächte schwarze
Königsstelleung in Verbindung mit dem gewaltigen Freibauern d7} Qc6 (34... Qe4
35. Qxa6 $18) 35. Qb2+ Kg8 (35... Kh7 36. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4h4]} Qc7 (36... g5 37.
Qe5 {[%cal Re5g5,Re5e7]}) 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qe7 a5 39. h4 a4 40. Rd6 Qc1+ 41.
Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 Rf8 44. Qxf8+ $18) (35... Qf6 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)}
36. Qe2 Qf7 37. Qe5+ Qf6 $18 38. Qe8 a5 39. Re1 $18) 36. Qe5 {[%cal Re5e7,
Rd1d6]} (36. Qe5 Rxd7 (36... Qc2 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)} 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Re1 $18 (
38. Qxd8 $6 {scheint erheblich schwächer} Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Kg1 Qc5+ 41.
Kf1 Qc4+ 42. Kf2 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qe4+ 44. Kd1 Qd3+ 45. Ke1 Qe4+ 46. Kd1 Qd3+ 47.
Ke1 Qe4+ 48. Kd1 $11)) 37. Qe8+) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 {This solid system against Dragon can be quite dangerous for
Black. White centralizes his pieces and it is not trivial for his opponent to
create counterplay. The present game is a good example in that respect.} (9. f3
d5 $11) (9. f4 Qb6 $1) (9. Kh1 d5 $11) (9. Nb3 Be6 (9... a5 $5 10. a4 Be6 11.
f4 Nd7 $5 $13) 10. f4 Rc8 $5 $11) 9... Bd7 {A possible, but not the most
optimal plan against White's set-up. In spite of the traditional opinion that
Black easily equalizes against Classical Dragon, in order to avoid passive
positions the second player should know precisely at least several concrete
variations. Instead of 9...Bd7 Black has two clear ways to equalize:} (9... Ng4
10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nd5 $1 (11. f4 Nxd4 $1 (11... Bd7 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. h3 Na5 14.
b3 $14) 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Rxf4 (14. Bxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 $11 {/=/+
}) 14... Be6 $11) 11... Bd7 (11... Rc8 12. c4 $14 Nxd4 $140 13. Bxd4 Rxc4 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne3 Rxe4 16. f3 $16) 12. c4 Ne5 13. b3 e6 14. Nc3 $14 {/=}) (9...
Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Rad1 $14 {/=}) (9... d5 $142 10. Rfd1 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
e5 Ne8 12. f4 f6 $13) (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nxd5 cxd5
14. Qxd5 Be6 $11) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 dxe4 $11) 11... Nxe4 12. Qxd5
Nd6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nf5 15. c4 (15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Bxd5 17. c4 Rxb2 18.
Rxd5 Qc8 $44) (15. Bf3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxd5 $11) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 (16. Nf6+
Bxf6 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qxe3 Bxb2 {is by no means worse for Black, as was
shown in two games by Gufeld.}) 16... Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 $11) 10. f3 $5 (10. f4
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 e5 $11) 10... Nxd4 (10... Rc8 $142 11. Rfd1 a6 $14)
11. Bxd4 Bc6 {Taking on d4 and placing the bishop on c6 doesn't make much
sense after White's f2-f3.} 12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. a4 Rfc8 14. a5 Qe6 {Without a
stable a stable square in the center it was better to keep the queen on d8 or
eventually f8.} (14... a6 $142 $14 {[%cal Gd7e8,Gf6d7]}) 15. Ra3 $1 Nd7 16. Bf2
$1 a6 17. Rb3 Rc7 18. Nd5 {This points out the vulnerable position of the
queen.} Bxd5 19. exd5 $16 {By simple means White achieved a clear advantage.}
Qe5 20. Bf1 Rac8 21. c3 Qf5 22. Rb4 {White's advantage is based on several
factors, such as space advantage, bishop pair, opponent's weaknesses on b7 and
(especially) e7. Black does not have active play and all he can do is to keep
pawns on b7 and e7 well protected and wait for White to create weaknesses in
his own camp. Such tactics require from Black not only patience, but also
accuracy. The problem is that thanks to his space advantage White can combine
several plans and Black must be always ready to react promptly. With his next
move Shabalov protects pawn e7, but misses another factor and loses at once.}
Bf6 $4 {Now White can use the exposed position of the queen on f5.} (22... Re8
23. Re1 (23. g4 $5 Qf6 24. f4 h6 25. Bh3 g5 26. Bg2 $16) 23... Nc5 $16) (22...
Nc5 $142 {[%cal Gf5d7,Gd7d8,Gd8f8] The queen would be better off on f8.}) 23.
g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf5] White wins a piece by force.} Qg5 ({After} 23... Qxf3 24.
Bg2 {the queen is trapped.}) 24. Be3 Qh4 25. g5 Qh5 26. gxf6 Ne5 27. Bg2 exf6
28. Qf2 Re7 29. Rh4 Qf5 30. Rf4 Qh5 31. Bd4 f5 32. Rh4 Qg5 33. Qg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 {A rather harmless set-up. White doesn´t pretend to get an
advantage out of the opening and put his hopes into the middlegame.} Bd7 (9...
Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Na4 Qb5 15. b3
Be6 16. c4 Qe5 17. Rae1 c5 $11 {Glek,I-Van De Mortel,J/Dutch league 1997/98
1998 (39)}) 10. Rad1 (10. f4 Nxd4 $1 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14.
Be3 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rd4 $15 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Gulko,B/Leon 1992})
10... Rc8 11. Nxc6 (11. f4 a6 (11... Na5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nf3 dxe5 14. Bxa7 Bc6
15. Qxd8 Rcxd8 16. Bb6 Ra8 17. Nd2 $13 {Larsen,B-Borge,N/ch-DEN, Taastrup DEN
1998}) 12. Nxc6 (12. Kh1 $6 b5 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nb3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5
$15 {Geller,E-Serper,G/Moscow2 1995 (33)}) 12... Bxc6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rf2 b5
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. c3 Nb6 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. a3 f5 21.
Bb6 Rfe8 $11 {Dolezal,C-Hoffman,A/ch-ARG, Buenos Aires ARG 1998}) 11... Bxc6
12. f3 $11 Qc7 (12... a6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17.
Qxb6 Nxb6 $11 {Voboril,P-Sluka,R/CZE-chT 1993}) 13. Qe1 $6 (13. Rfe1 a6 14. Bf1
b5 15. a3 $11) 13... a6 14. Qh4 Rfe8 {Preparing 15. ... Bh8 in case of 15.Bh6.}
15. Bd3 {With the idea to transpose the Knight at the kingside. Black has a
very solid position though and the whole attacking plan doesn´t look very
promising for White.} b5 16. a3 e6 (16... Nd7 $5) 17. Ne2 $2 (17. Bg5 $6 Nd7
$15) (17. Bd4 e5 $140 18. Be3 d5 19. Bg5 $13) 17... d5 18. e5 $2 {This loses a
pawn and the game.} (18. Bg5 Nd7 $15) (18. Bd4 $5 e5 19. Be3) 18... Nd7 (18...
Qxe5 $2 19. Bd4 g5 20. Qh3 Qc7 21. f4 $1 $40) 19. f4 f6 $1 {Suddenly all
White´s pieces a very bad placed.} 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qh6 Bxb2 22. c3 Nf8 23.
Bd4 (23. Bc1 {Of course White has a very difficult position - a pawn dawn
without any compensation. But maybe the right decision here was to defend the
second pawn?} Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qe7 25. Ra1 $17) (23. Bc5 Bb7 24. Bb4 a5 25. Bxf8
Rxf8 $19) 23... Bxa3 $19 24. Ng3 Re7 25. Rf3 Be8 26. Nh5 {Black has too many
pieces in defence, so such moves can never work.} gxh5 27. f5 (27. Rg3+ Bg6 28.
Bxg6 Nxg6 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ (30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 $19) 30... Kf8
$19) 27... exf5 28. Rxf5 Bg6 29. Rdf1 Rg7 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dolezal, Cristian"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 {Now the normal Dragon appears. Another
possibilities are:} (4. c3) (4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6
7. Be2 (7. Bc4) (7. Qd2) 7... Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 {Not very popular system
nowadays. The practice has shown that Black has several plans to get a good
play.} Bd7 {Other moves are also enough to equalize, but this one has the
advantage to keep more pieces on the board, what real Dragon players
appreciate the most.} (9... Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f4 Bd7 12. Rad1) (9... d5 {
Equalizes easily; soon half of the pieces will be off the board.} 10. Nxc6 (10.
exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qc5 Qxc5
16. Bxc5 Bxb2 $11 {Kovalev-Savchenko/Simferopol/1988}) 10... bxc6 11. e5 Ng4
12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f4 f6 14. Bd4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Qc7 16. Qe3 Bf5 $11 {
Unzicker-Liang Chong/Beijing/1996}) 10. Rad1 (10. f4 {Probably less accurately
than the text.} Nxd4 (10... Rc8) 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3
Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Rfd8 $11 {Illescas Cordoba-Gulko/Leon/1992}) 10... Rc8 11. f4 a6
$11 12. Nxc6 (12. Kh1 b5 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nb3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 $15
17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Qxb4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 $2 Ne3 20. Qd2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qc4 22. Re1
Qxa2 $19 {Geller-Serper/Moscow/1995}) 12... Bxc6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rf2 {
Protecting c2-pawn and preparing Nc3-d5.} (14. Bd4 e5 $5) 14... b5 15. Nd5 (15.
a3 a5 16. Nd5) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. c3 Nb6 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20.
a3 f5 (20... a5 21. f5 $13) 21. Bb6 $5 {In this way White stops for a while
Black´s counterplay a6-a5 and b5-b4.} Rfe8 22. Qe3 $2 (22. Re2 $13) 22... e5 $1
23. dxe6 (23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Qd2 Rce8 $17) 23... Rxe6 24. Qd3 d5 25. Bd4 $2 {
White overlooks Black´s answer. After the right 25.Re2 it would have been a
position with approximately equal chances.} (25. Qxc4 dxc4 (25... Rxc4 26. Ba5
$11) 26. Bd4 Rd8 $15) 25... Re1+ $1 (25... Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Re1+ 28.
Rf1 Re2 29. Rf2 $11) 26. Rf1 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Re2 $19 29. b3 (29.
Rf2 Rc1+ 30. Rf1 Rcc2 $19) (29. Rc3 {This looks somehow better than the game.}
Rxc3 30. bxc3 Ra2 31. Re1 Rxa3 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Rc8 {with some practical
chances.}) 29... Rcc2 30. Rg3 Red2 {Black wins a pawn and has more active
Rooks. White´s position is hopeless.} 31. h4 Rxd4 32. h5 Kg7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Rff3 a5 35. Rg5 (35. Rd3 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Kf1 d4 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. b4 axb4
40. axb4 Rb2) 35... Kf7 36. Kh2 Re4 37. Kh3 d4 38. g4 Kf6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rg8
Ree2 41. Rg1 (41. Rd8 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rcg2#) 41... Rc3 42. Rxc3 dxc3 43. b4 axb4
44. axb4 c2 45. Kg3 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Rc3 47. Rc1 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Juswanto, Denny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Endspiel-CD} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 c5 7.
O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 {Durch Zugumstellung ist ein Drachen entstanden, in dem
Weiß früh h2-h3 gespielt hat.} 9. Be3 Bd7 {wird am häfigsten gespielt,} ({
besser ist aber} 9... d5 $1 10. exd5 ({Nach} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 {spielt man}
Ne8 12. f4 {und läßt jetzt oder später} f6 {folgen.}) 10... Nb4 $15) 10. Re1 (
10. Qd2 Qc8 11. f4 Rd8 12. Bf3 {und nun zeigt ein großer Meister, was die
schwarze Stellung alles erlaubt:} Kh8 13. Qf2 Ng8 14. Rad1 Be8 15. Rd2 Na5 16.
Be2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rfd1 b5 {Schwarz,A-Tarrasch,S/Wien+ 1898/0-1 (53)})
10... Rc8 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bf1 b5 14. a3 Qc7 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nxe5
dxe5 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Qe3 e6 19. Rd2 Qb7 20. f3 Nd7 21. Red1 Bf8 22. b4 Qc7 23.
Qf2 h6 24. Be3 Nf6 25. Qh4 Nh5 26. Ne2 f5 27. g4 Nf4 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nxf4
exf4 30. Bxf4 Qa7+ 31. Kh2 fxe4 32. Bxh6 Qh7 33. Bg5 Qxh4 34. Bxh4 e3 35. Rg2
Bxf3 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Bd3 Be4 38. Rg2 Bd6+ 39. Kh1 e2 40. Bxe4+ Rxe4 41. Rxd6
Rxh4 42. Rxe2 Rxh3+ 43. Rh2 Rxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Rxc2+ 45. Kg1 a5 46. bxa5 Rc4 47.
Rb6 Ra4 48. Rxb5 Rxa3 {Endspiel-CD} 49. Kf2 Kg6 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Kd2 Ke6 52. Kc2
Kd6 53. Kb2 Ra4 54. Kb3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U21"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1985.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zysk, Robert"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Witkowski,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1985.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 (6... Nf6 $6 7.
Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bc4) 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 $5 (9. Nb3) 9...
Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Rad1 a6 (11... Na5 12. b3 (12. f4 $5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
e5 Ne8 15. Nf3 Qa5 $2 16. Qd5 $14)) 12. Nb3 (12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Bf3
e5 $1 15. Be3 (15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe4 $1 17. Bxg7 Nxc3) 15... exf4 16.
Bxf4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qxb2 18. Bxd6 Rfe8 19. e5) 12... b5 (12... Na5 13. Nxa5 (13.
f4 $142 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rxc3 $5 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Ng3 17. Rf2 Bf5 18. Qc4 Qd7
19. Bf3) 13... Qxa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rxd2 Rce8 17. Nd5 Nxe4 18.
Rdd1 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc6) 13. Bd3 (13. a3 Na5) 13... Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 (14... Nc4 $2
15. e5 $1) 15. cxd3 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nbd4 $1 (17. f5 Ba4 $1) 17... e5 18. Nf3
exf4 $2 (18... Bb5 $142 $1 19. f5 (19. fxe5 $6 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1) 19... d5)
19. Nxf4 Bb5 20. Nd4 $1 Ba6 21. Nfe2 Nd7 22. Bh6 Nc5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe3 Bb7
25. Nf4 Rc7 $2 26. Nb5 $1 Rd7 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxc5 Re8 {/\ Bxe4} 29. Rc1 Rc6
30. Qe3 Rd6 31. Rc5 Ba6 32. Qf2 $1 Rf6 33. Rd5 Qe7 34. Qd4 {/\ Nh5} Kg8 35. Rd7
$6 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rf3 Kg7 38. Ra7 Kh6 $5 39. Kf2 Rc5 40. Ke3 Bc8 41. d4
$2 (41. b3 {/\ Nd5}) 41... Rc2 42. e5 Rfc6 43. Nd3 (43. Rxf7 Rxb2 44. d5 Rc3+
$132) 43... Rxg2 44. Rfxf7 Be6 45. Rxh7+ $6 (45. Rfc7 Rxc7 46. Rxc7 Bxa2 47.
Nc5 $1) 45... Kg5 46. Nc5 $1 Bd5 $1 (46... Bxa2 47. Rxa5 {/\ 48.e6}) (46...
Rxb2 47. Nxe6+ Rxe6 48. Rxa5 $16) 47. Rxa5 $2 (47. Rhd7 $142 Bxa2 (47... Rg3+
$142 48. Kf2 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Bf3) 48. Rd6 $1 $16) (47. Ne4+ $1 Kf5 48. Rhf7+ $1
Bxf7 49. Rxf7+ Ke6 50. Rf6+ Kd5 51. Rxc6 Kxc6 52. e6 $1 Rh2 53. d5+ $1 Kxd5 54.
e7 Rxh3+ 55. Kd2 Rh8 56. Nf6+ Ke5 57. e8=Q+ Rxe8 58. Nxe8 g5 59. Ng7 g4 60. Nh5
) 47... Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Kf4 $1 50. Nd3+ Ke3 $3 51. Rxd5 Rcc2 52. Rc5
Rcd2 53. Rc1 Rh2 (53... Kxd3 54. Rd1 $1) 54. Kg1 Rdg2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Kg1
Rdg2+ 57. Kf1 Rd2 58. Kg1 Rdg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Rad1 Rc8 11. h3 a6 12. f4 b5 13. a3 Qc7 14. Nb3 Qb8 15.
Bf3 b4 16. Nd5 bxa3 17. bxa3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Na7 19. Rb1 Nb5 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21.
Bxd4 Qc7 22. Ba1 Nxa3 23. Rbc1 f6 24. Kh1 Nc4 25. Qe2 Rfe8 26. Be4 Qc5 27. Rfe1
Rb8 28. Bd3 Rb4 29. Bc3 Ra4 30. Rcd1 Ne3 31. Qxe3 Qxc3 32. Qa7 Qc8 33. c4 Rb4
34. c5 Bxh3 $1 35. Rxe7 (35. gxh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Rxf4 $19) (35. Kg1
Bxg2 $1 $19) (35. Bxa6 Qg4 $1 $19) 35... Bxg2+ $1 36. Kg1 Rxe7 37. Qxe7 Bxd5
$19 38. Be2 Qxc5+ 39. Kf1 Rxf4+ 40. Ke1 Qc3+ 41. Rd2 Qg3+ 42. Kd1 Bb3+ 43. Kc1
Qe1+ 0-1

