[Event "Buenos Aires sim"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 f5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. h3 Nh6 14. d5 Nd8 15. c5
Ndf7 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Rc1 Nhf7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nb3 Ng5 21. Bg4
b6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qh5 e4 24. Ne2 f4 25. h4 Ngf7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qxf4 Qe7
28. Nbd4 Rg8 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qf6+ Rg7 31. Ne6 Ne8 32. Qxg7+ Nxg7 33. Nxc7 Rc8
34. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Qe2 (9. Bd2 Qb6 (9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Bb4 13. a3
O-O-O 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc7 16. Rdf1 Nb6 17. f5 exf5 18. gxf5 Bh5 19.
Qxh5 Nxc4 20. f6 {1-0 German,G-Garcia, Rai/Buenos Aires op IVESS (07) 1995 (25)
}) 10. Qe2 $5 Nbd7 (10... Qxb2 $2 11. Rb1 Qxc2 12. Rxb7 Be7 13. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7
14. Bd3 $18 {ף}) (10... Qxd4 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxe6 $1 O-O-O (
13... fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Be7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O $8 16. Qxe7 $16) 14. Bg5 Qb4 15. Bxf7
Qa5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Be6 Rh7 18. f4 Bh6 19. Qe4 {1-0 Hogenacker,J-Forchert,N/
NRW-II/1995 (42)}) 11. f4 (11. O-O-O $5) 11... O-O-O (11... Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qb6
13. f5 $18) 12. O-O-O Nxe5 (12... Bb4 13. h4 {ץg6}) 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Rhf1 {
<->f,<->3} h6 15. f5 Bh7 16. Rf3 Be7 (16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 exf5
19. gxf5 Qc7 20. e6 $40 {עc8,ץh7,Pe6,f5}) 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rb3 $1 Qd4 19.
Ba6 $1 $18 {1-0 Trindade,S-Soppe,G/Sao Paulo zt (01)/1993 (20)}) (9. h4 Nbd7 (
9... Bb4 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. f3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 b5 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. Nxc6
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qc7 17. d5 Nf6 18. h5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qe3+ Be4 21. fxe4
O-O 22. Nb4 {Campora,D-Hansen,Cu/Palma de Mallorca GMA (03)/ 1989/1/2-1/2 (52)}
) 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. O-O (12. Rh3 Bd5 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. c3 Qxb2 17. Rf3 f6 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qe7+ 21. Re3
Qd6 22. Re6 Qxd4 23. Ba6 Nc5 24. Rxc6+ Kd7 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxb7+ {Rublevsky,
S-Lastin,A/RUS-ch Elista (07)/1995/0-1 (54)}) 12... Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3
Bd6 15. c3 g6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Kg2 gxh5 18. g5 Qe7 19. Qxh5 O-O-O 20. Rae1 h6 {
1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Prie,E/Andorra op (02)/1994 (41)}) 9... Bb4 10. Bd2 Nbd7 (
10... Bxc2 11. Nxf7 $1 O-O (11... Kxf7 12. Qxe6+ Kg6 13. Qf7#) 12. Ng5 $14) 11.
f4 O-O-O 12. O-O-O $2 (12. f5 exf5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf7 Rhf8 $17) (12. O-O
Qb6 $15) 12... Nb6 13. f5 (13. Bb3 Rxd4 14. a3 Bxa3 $17) 13... exf5 14. a3 (14.
Nxf7 Bxf7 15. Bxf7 Nxg4 16. Be6+ Kb8 17. h3 Nf6 $15) 14... Rhe8 $1 15. axb4 (
15. gxf5 Bh5 $19) (15. Qf1 Rxd4 $19) 15... Qa1+ 16. Nb1 Na4 17. Bc3 (17. Bf4
Qxb2+ 18. Kd2 Rxd4+ $19) 17... Ne4 18. Rd3 (18. Qe1 Nexc3 19. bxc3 f6 20. gxf5
Bxf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 fxe5 $19) (18. Qe3 Nexc3 19. bxc3 f4 20. Qxf4 Nxc3
21. Nxg6 Qxb1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb4 $19) 18... f4 19. Qf3 (19. Nxg6 Nexc3 20. Ne7+ Rxe7
21. Qxe7 Qxb1+ 22. Kd2 Qxh1 23. bxc3 Nb2 24. Be6+ fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kb8 $19) 19...
Nexc3 20. bxc3 Qb2+ 21. Kd2 Nb6 22. Ba6 (22. Bxf7 Rxe5 $1 23. dxe5 Rxd3+) (22.
Bb3 Rxe5 23. Qxf4 Bxd3 24. Qxe5 Bxc2 $19) (22. Re1 Rxe5 $1 $19) 22... bxa6 (
22... Rxe5 $2 23. Qxc6+ Kb8 24. Qxb7#) 23. Qxc6+ Kb8 24. Nc4 (24. Nxg6 Rc8 $1
25. Qd6+ (25. Ne5 Rxe5 $1) 25... Ka8 26. Ne5 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Nc4+ 28. Ke2 Nxd6
29. Rxd6 Qxc2+ $19) 24... Nxc4+ 25. Qxc4 Re3 $1 (25... Re3 $1 26. Rxe3 Qxc2+
27. Ke1 Qxb1+ 28. Ke2 Qc2+ 29. Kf3 fxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O e6 10. Bc4 Qc7 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und ist besser
entwickelt. Das Problem besteht darin, daß Schwarz so gut wie keine Schwächen
hat. Der Vorstoß g4-g5, um den Springer von f6 zu vertreiben, ist in diesem
Sinn durchaus logisch.} 11. Bb3 (11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. Bb3 Bd6 (12... h6 13. Kb1
Nb6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rubinstein,A-Bernstein,O/San Sebastian
1911/HCL 17 (41)}) 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Ne2 c5 15. c4 e5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bc2 Ne6
$14 {Sinowjew,J-Moser,G/AUT-chT 1993/TD 93\08/1-0 (51)}) (11. g4 Nb6 12. Bf1
Rd8 $6 13. g5 Ng8 14. h4 Rxd4 {[%tqu "De","Worin bestand die Pointe des
Bauernopfers?","Weiß hat sehr großen Entwicklungsvorsprung, er braucht aber
Zugstraßen zum schwarzen König. Öffnen Sie sie!","ein direktes Springeropfer
ist möglich","c3b5","der war nicht leicht zu finden oder ?",9]} 15. Nb5 $3 cxb5
16. Bxb5+ Nd7 (16... Kd8 17. Bf4 Rd6 18. Rhe1 Kc8 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6
21. Qc3+ $18) (16... Rd7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bxe5 $18) 17. Bf4 $1 Rxf4 (17... Qxf4+
18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Rxd7 a6 20. Rhd1 axb5 21. Rd8+ Ke7 22. R1d7#) (17... Qb6 18.
Rxd4 Qxb5 19. Rhd1 $18) 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. Qxf4 Qc8 20. Rh3 Ne7 21. Rf3 Nf5 22.
Rc3 Bc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qb8+ Ke7 25. Qxb7+ {1-0 Conquest,S-Hodgson,J/BL9596
1996/BL 90}) 11... Bd6 (11... O-O-O 12. g4 Nb6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd5 15. g5
Qd7 16. h4 Ne7 17. Ba5 $14 {1-0 Morvay,M-Havasi,J/HUN-chT1 1995/EXT 95ch (45)})
12. g4 O-O {sehr mutig gespielt} 13. Ne2 $6 ({Warum nicht} 13. g5 Nd5 (13...
Ne8) 14. Ne4 {?}) 13... c5 $1 14. g5 c4 15. gxf6 {sonst geht der Springer nach
d5} cxb3 16. axb3 Rfc8 17. c4 Nxf6 18. Rhg1 Ne8 $1 19. Kb1 (19. Nc3 Qc6 20.
Qxc6 Rxc6 $15) 19... a5 20. c5 $6 (20. Nc3 {war besser.}) 20... Bf8 21. Nc3 b6
22. Ne4 Qc6 23. Bc3 b5 24. d5 $2 {diese Kombination geht nicht:} exd5 25. Nd6
Nxd6 26. cxd6 (26. Bxg7 $2 Bxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rg1+ Kf8 $19) {[%tqu "De",
"Wie kontert Schwarz?","mit den Damen auf dem Brett ist der weiße Angriff sehr
gefährlich...","","d5d4","nach dem Damentausch steht Weiß vor einem
Scherbenhaufen, da der Bauer d6 verloren geht",4,"c6d6","",0]} 26... d4 $1 {
nach dem Damentausch steht Weiß vor einem Scherbenhaufen, da der Bauer d6
verloren geht} (26... Qxd6 $2 27. Rxd5 Qh6 28. Rdg5 $40) 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxd4
b4 29. d7 Rd8 30. Bd2 (30. Re1 Rc7 31. Re8 Rdxd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Be5 f6 $17)
30... Rc7 31. Rg5 Rcxd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Kc2 Rc7+ 34. Kd3 Rc5 35. Be3 Rxg5 36.
Bxg5 Bc5 37. f3 (37. Bd8 Bxf2 38. Bxa5 {hätte Weiß versuchen sollen, da das
Endspiel ansonsten ziemlich chancenlos aussieht.}) 37... f6 38. Bf4 Bb6 39. Kc4
Kf7 40. Kd5 g5 41. Bd6 h5 42. Bb8 Kg6 43. Ke4 f5+ 44. Kd3 h4 45. Ke2 (45. Be5
g4 46. fxg4 fxg4 47. hxg4 Kg5 48. Ke2 Kxg4 49. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 45... Kh5 46. Kf1
Bd4 47. Bc7 a4 48. bxa4 Bxb2 49. Ke2 Bd4 50. Kd3 b3 51. a5 g4 52. fxg4+ fxg4
53. hxg4+ Kxg4 54. a6 b2 55. Kc2 h3 56. Be5 Kf5 (56... Bxe5 $4 57. a7 {würde
die Sache verderben.}) 57. Bh2 (57. Bxd4 h2 58. a7 h1=Q 59. Kxb2 $19) 57... Ke4
58. Kb1 Kd5 59. a7 Bxa7 60. Kxb2 Ke4 61. Kc2 Kf3 62. Kd3 Kg2 (62... Kg2 63. Be5
Bf2 64. Ke2 Bg3 65. Bxg3 Kxg3 66. Kf1 h2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 g6 (4... Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. Bg2
g6 8. O-O (8. e5 $5 Bh6 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Qd1 dxe5 11. Bxb7 Ra7 12. Bg2 Nf6 13.
O-O O-O 14. d3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Qa5 16. Qe1 $14 {Vasiukov,E-Nepomnishay,M St.
Petersburg op 1994}) 8... Bg7 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd1 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13.
Ne2 Rc8 14. c3 b5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. a3 $14 {Kuzmin,G-Wahls,M Berlin 1994}) (4...
b5 5. Bg2 (5. d4 b4 (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf5 Bb7 8. Bg2 h6 9. O-O Nf6 10.
f4 Nc6 11. Nd5 exf4 12. Bxf4 $16 {Keitlinghaus,L-Rechel,B BL 94/95}) 6. Na4 Bb7
7. dxc5 Bxe4 8. cxd6 exd6 9. Qe2 Ra7 10. Nd2 Re7 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3
Rxe4 14. O-O-O $18 {Serper,G-Novikov,I Uzhgorod 1987}) 5... Bb7 6. d4 (6. d3
Nd7 7. O-O e6 8. Ne1 Ngf6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 exf5 11. exf5 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. g4
$13 {Kupreichik,V-Novikov,I Lvov 1986}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 e6 8. O-O Nd7 (8...
Nf6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Kd8 13. Bg5 Qc5 14. c4 $44 {
with very strong threats form white although do not forget black is a piece
up! Keitlinghaus,L-Kempinski,R Pardubice op 1994}) 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2
a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 $16 {[%csl Gb5] Krpreichik,V-Petrosian,A Lvov 1988}) (
4... e5 5. Bg2 (5. d3 $5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4,Gc4e3]}) 5... g6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Nec6 11. Nf3 f5 $13 {
Dzindzichashvili,Z-Fedorowicz,J USA-ch 1992}) 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O (6. d4 $5 {
when after exchanging on d4 you get a usual position only black played a6
which may be a loss of a tempi since he does not have to play this}) 6... Nc6
7. d3 e6 8. Bg5 (8. Be3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Nd4) 8... Nge7 9. Qd2 Nd4 {after this
move black will wait another 10 moves before making 0-0 is was possible to
castle here and after 10.Bh6 just to play 10...e5 when black is OK} (9... O-O
$5) 10. Rab1 h6 11. Be3 d5 12. Ne1 $5 (12. exd5 exd5 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Nc6
$13) 12... b6 13. f4 Nxc2 (13... O-O 14. f5 $5 exf5 15. Nxd5 (15. exd5 Bb7 16.
d6 Nec6) 15... fxe4 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Kh7 (16... Bb7 17. c3 Nb5 18. c4 Nd4
19. Bxh6) 17. c3 Nb5 18. c4 Nd6 19. b3 $14) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe4 Bb7 18.
Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxh6 {and although black has some compensation,I think white can
survive this,with an extra pawn}) 14. Nxc2 d4 15. Bf2 dxc3 16. bxc3 {[%csl Rb6]
} Ra7 (16... O-O 17. f5 $1 Ra7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Be3 $36 {[%csl Ra7]}) 17. a4
Rd7 18. Rfd1 a5 {if black does not play this move and play for example 18...
0-0 then after 19.a5 his position collapas} 19. d4 O-O {finally} 20. Na3 {
[%cal Ga3c4]} Ba6 21. Qb2 cxd4 22. cxd4 (22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Be2 {[%cal
Gd4d3]}) 22... Nc6 23. Nc2 (23. Qxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Be2 25. Rd2 Nxd4 $36 26. Kh1
Rc8) 23... Qa8 24. Qb3 (24. Qxb6 {this move leads simply to advantage for
white,just taking a pawn,when I can not see any real compensation for black}
Rb7 (24... Rb8 25. Qc5 Rc8 26. Qa3) 25. Qc5 (25. Qxc6 $4 Rxb1 26. Qxa8 Rxd1+)
25... Rc8 26. Qa3) 24... Rc8 25. d5 exd5 26. Bh3 (26. exd5 $5 {also after Bh3
white is better,but with complicated an unclear position,after exd5 it seems
white is better but the position is not so complicated,and more easy to play}
Nd8 27. d6 (27. Bxb6 $6 Rc3 28. Qb2 (28. Qa2 Bc4 29. Qb2 Rxg3) 28... Rxg3 $36)
27... Qb8 (27... Bb7 28. Bh3 $1 Rc3 29. Qa2 $16) 28. Qxb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 $16)
26... Bc4 27. Qe3 $2 {the first mistake,why giving black the chance to play d4
and Be6,my guess is that white a very strong player which showed us this also
in this game was in time trouble} (27. Qa3 Nb8 (27... Bf8 28. Qb2 Bg7 29. Qe5)
28. e5 $16 {/+-}) 27... d4 28. Qd2 (28. Qa3 d3) 28... Be6 29. Bxe6 $2 {after
this move white finally throwes his advantage,after 29.f5 it seems he is still
much better} (29. f5 $1 gxf5 30. exf5 Ne5 (30... Ba2 31. f6) 31. Ne1) 29...
fxe6 30. Rxb6 {this is OK,but I think Qe2 is a very interesting move,the idea
is to play e5,and not allowing black to push his pawn,after Qe2 white seems
better} d3 31. Ne1 Bd4 32. Rb3 $2 (32. Bxd4 Rxd4 (32... Nxd4 33. Qxd3 Qa7 34.
Rdb1) 33. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Gb6c6]} Qa7 $1 (33... Rxe4 $2 34. Qf6) (33... Rcd8 34.
Qb5 $36) 34. Kf1 Rxa4 (34... Rxe4 35. Nxd3 Rxa4 36. Rc1) 35. Qf6 (35. Rb7 Qd4)
35... Qf7 (35... Qxb6 36. Qxe6+ (36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Qxe6+ Kd8 39.
Qd6+ $11) 36... Kg7 37. Qd7+ Ne7 38. Qxa4 Qb2 $13) 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Nxd3 $14
{/+/-}) 32... Nb4 $17 {and after you play many not good moves must come a time
when you find your self in a difficult position,this is it} 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34.
Qf2 $2 (34. e5 $8 Re4 35. Qg2 Qd5 $36) 34... Qxe4 35. Nf3 Rdc4 36. Re1 Rc1 37.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 11th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bxa6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg2
d6 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3 O-O 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. b3
Qa3 15. Nf4 Nc7 16. Bh3 Ne5 $44 17. Ng2 $2 Bxe2 $1 18. Nxe2 Qxa2 19. Qxa2 Rxa2
20. f4 Rxd2 21. Kf2 Nd3+ 22. Ke3 Rb2 $19 {Kortschnoj,V-Baklan,V/ECC Neum/2000/}
) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 (10... O-O $143 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rb1 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd2 Rfb8 16. Kh2 Bg7 17. b3 Qa7 18. f4 Bc8 19. a4 Ba6 20. Rfe1
Rb6 21. Ne4 Rab8 22. b4 $1 cxb4 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qxc5 {Bacrot,
E-Zhang Pengxiang/Cap d'Agde/2000/}) 11. Nh4 $5 (11. Re1 {or}) (11. Nd2 {
are the usual continuations, Karpov comes up with a less tested, but
interesting idea. By protecting his Pd5 his Rf1 can come to d1, offering extra
support to the pawn.}) 11... O-O (11... Nc4 12. b3 Qa5 13. Na4 $1 $16) 12. Qc2
Qd7 (12... Ra7 13. Rd1 Qa8 14. e4 Ne8 15. b3 Nc7 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Rab1 Nb5 18.
Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a4 Ba6 21. e5 $1 $36 {Stromer,A-Adrian,C/Etang
Sale/2000/}) 13. Rd1 Bb7 (13... Rfb8 14. b3 Ne8 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. Rab1 Nb5 17.
Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ Kg8 {Bakalarz,M-Ciganikova,A/Trinec op/1998/}
20. e4 $16) 14. a4 $5 $146 {Karpov typically stops Black's active ideas.} (14.
e4 Na4 15. Nxa4 Rxa4 16. Bd2 e6 17. b3 Rd4 18. Bc3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 exd5 20. exd5
Re8 21. Qb2 Nh5 22. Bf3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ng7 24. g4 h5 25. h3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qd8
27. Ng2 $14 {Malakhatko,V-Kosikov,A/Kiev/2000/}) 14... Rfb8 (14... Ra7 15. e4
Rfa8 16. b3 $16 {/\} c4 $6 17. Be3) 15. e4 Ne8 16. b3 Nc7 (16... c4 $142 17. b4
$5 (17. bxc4 Nxc4 $14 {<=>}) 17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 19. Be3 Ba6 20. Nf3 $36)
17. Bb2 e6 $6 {Black's << initiative has temporarily been brought to a
standstill, so he turns his attention to the [+]. But White's setup is ideal
to meet such premature activity.} (17... c4 $2 18. b4 $18) (17... Ba6 18. Nf3
Ra7 $14 {[%cal Ya7b7,Gb8b2] /\Rab7<=><->b}) (17... Na6 $5 $14) 18. dxe6 Qxe6 (
18... fxe6 19. a5 Nc8 20. Na4 $5 {/\Nc5} Rxa5 $2 21. Nb6 Qb5 22. Nxc8 Rxa1 (
22... Bxc8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ $18) 23. Ne7+ Kf7 24. Rxa1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe8
26. Nexg6 $16) 19. Rab1 $16 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} Bc6 (19... Na6 20. Nb5 $16) 20.
Ne2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Na6 22. Qc3 $5 (22. Nd4 cxd4 23. Qxc6 Nb4 24. Qc1 d3 $14 {
gives Black more counterchances than he had in the game.}) 22... Nd7 (22...
Bxe4 $2 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Re2 $18) (22... Re8 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. e5 $1 Bxg2 25. exd6
$18) (22... Nb4 $142 23. Rbd2 $16) 23. Nf3 $6 $138 (23. Nf5 $142 $1 gxf5 (23...
Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. e5 $18) 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Bxc6
Ra7 26. Rxd6 $18) 23... Ne5 24. Nf4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 (25. Bxf3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5
27. Nd3 $16) 25... Qe5 26. Rbd2 c4 27. bxc4 (27. Rxd6 $143 Rxb3 28. Qe2 Bxa4
29. Qxc4 Rb4 $16 {/+/=}) 27... Bxa4 28. Re1 Nc5 29. Rd5 Qe7 30. Qe2 $138 ({
More consistent was} 30. e5 $142 $1 {/\} Bc6 31. Qd1 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Qf8 33. exd6
$1 {[%cal Rd5e7,Rd5f6] /\Ne7,Nf6+-} (33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Bxa8 dxe5 $16)) 30... Bc6
31. Rd2 Ra4 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Nd7 34. Red1 Ne5 (34... Rb6 35. e5 $1 {/\}
Nxe5 36. c5 $18) 35. Rxd6 Nxc4 36. R6d4 (36. Rd7 Qe6 $14) 36... Rb2 (36... Nb6
$142 $16 {/+/=}) 37. Qd3 Qf6 38. f4 Qb6 39. Kh1 $138 {+-} (39. Kh1 Raa2 (39...
Ne5 40. Rd8+ (40. fxe5 Rxd4 41. Qxd4 Qxd4 42. Rxd4 Rb1+ $11) 40... Kg7 41. fxe5
Raa2 42. Rf1 (42. Rg1 $2 Qxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Rxh2 45. Kg1 Rag2+ 46.
Kf1 Ra2 $11) 42... Rxg2 (42... Kh6 43. Qd7 Rxg2 44. Qh3+ Kg7 45. Rxf7+ $1 $18)
43. Rxf7+ $1 Kh6 (43... Kxf7 44. Qd7#) 44. Rxh7+ Kg5 (44... Kxh7 45. Qd7+ Kh6
46. Rh8+ Kg5 47. h4#) 45. Qd1 Rge2 46. e6 Qf2 47. Rd5+ Kf6 48. Rf7+ $18) 40.
Rd8+ Kg7 41. Qc3+ Kh6 (41... f6 42. R8d7+ (42. g4 $4 Qxd8 $1 $19) 42... Kh6 43.
g4 Qe3 44. Qxf6 $18) 42. g4 $1 Qe3 (42... Rxg2 43. g5+ Rxg5 $8 44. fxg5+ Kxg5
45. Qxc4 Qf2 46. Rg1+ Kh6 47. Qc1+ Kg7 48. Qc3+ {/\Qg3+-}) (42... Ne3 43. Rg8
$1 f6 $8 44. Qc8 Qb4 45. g5+ fxg5 46. Qh3#) 43. g5+ Kh5 44. R8d3 Qxf4 45. Rh3+
Kxg5 46. Rf1 (46. Rg3+ Kh6 47. Qxc4 $2 Rxg2 $1 $11) 46... Rf2 (46... Qe5 47.
Rg3+ Kh6 48. Qxc4 $18) 47. Qxc4 $18) 0-1

