[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5
(7. Nb3 {Ribli} Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 {Das ist die andere Hauptvariante. Ich
war immer der Meinung, daß Schwarz gleiche Chancen hat.Ribli.}) 7... Ne5 8. Bg2
{Mit dem Partiezug opfert Weiß einen Bauern, aber die Annahme ist mehr als
gefährlich.Ribli.} (8. Bf4 $5 {Ribli} Nfg4 9. e3 a6 $5 {[#]} 10. Nc7+ (10. h3
$5 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 (11... Ng6 12. cxb5 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bb4 15. Bg2
Qxb5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 d6 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Henriksen,G/Gausdal
Eikrem 1996 (48)}) 12. Qb3 d5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bb4+ (15...
Ra5 $5) 16. Ke2 Ra5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20. Nxb7 Rxa4 21. Nc5
{1-0 Schroll,G-Miniboeck,G/AUT-chT96/97 1997 (40)}) 10... Qxc7 11. Qxg4 d6 12.
Qe2 Bd7 (12... Ng6 $5) 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Bg2 Be7 (14... Bc6 $5) 15. O-O O-O 16.
Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 {Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk (11) 1996/1-0 (54)}) 8... a6 (8...
Nxc4 {Ribli} 9. Qa4 $1 Ne5 (9... Qc5 10. Bf4 $16) 10. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Yf4c7,
Yb5c7]}) 9. Qa4 Rb8 (9... Neg4 {Ribli} 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 $1 axb5 12. Nxb5 d5
13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. c5 Qa6 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. b5 Qa8 17. Bf4 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/
Monaco Amber rapid 1994 (25)}) 10. Be3 (10. O-O $5 {Ribli} axb5 11. Nxb5 Bc5
12. b4 Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Nxc4 14. h3 O-O 15. Bg5 {Petrakov,A-Sivokho,S/St.
Petersburg op2 1994/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 10... Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 (12. b4 $6
axb5 13. Nxb5 Qe7 14. Qa7 Qxb4+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Qxb8 Nxc4 $17) 12... b6 $1 {
[#] Die Stellung ist Timman nicht unbekannt: vor 8 Jahren spielte er diese
Variante - mit Schwarz!Ribli.} (12... Qxa3 13. Nxa3 d6 $11 (13... Ke7 14. f4
Nc6 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 Na7 17. e4 axb5 18. b4 d6 19. Kf2 Ba6 20. Rhc1 Rhc8 21.
Rab1 Rb6 22. Rb2 Bb7 23. Rbc2 Rb8 24. Ke3 Bc6 25. Nab1 Bd7 26. e5 {1-0
Vaganian,R-Nickoloff,B/Toronto (01) ;CBM 20 1990 (32)}) 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O-O (
15. Rd1 {Ribli} Ke7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bf3 Nb4 {
Christiansen,L-Schlosser,P/BL9596 1996/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 15... Ke7 16. Rd2 Nb4 17.
Bf3 (17. Rhd1 Ng4 $1) 17... Bd7 $5 (17... Rd8 18. Rhd1 b6 19. Nc2 $14) (17...
d5 18. g4 $1 $14) 18. Rhd1 d5 19. g4 {Speelman,J-Timman,J/London (m/8) 48/45
1989/0-1 (54)} (19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5+ Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Be6 23.
Re5 Rbc8+ 24. Nc2 f6 25. Re3 Kf7 26. b3 Bf5 27. Rd2 b5 $1 {/\} 28. Kb2 Rhd8 29.
Nd4 b4 $1 $44) (19. g4 Bc6 20. g5 Ne4 21. Rd4 Rbc8 22. Nab1 Nc5 23. cxd5 Nxa2+
24. Kc2 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 exd5 26. Nxd5+ Bxd5 27. Rxd5 h6 {Speelman,J-Timman,J/
London csf2 1989/0-1 (54)})) 13. Nd6+ (13. b4 Qe7 14. c5 $2 (14. Nc7+ Kd8 15.
Nxa6 (15. c5 Kxc7 16. cxb6+ Rxb6 17. O-O Qxb4 $19) 15... Nxc4 16. Qa4 b5 $1 $19
) 14... bxc5 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. bxc5 Nc4) (13. O-O Nxc4) 13... Ke7 {Schwarz kann
nicht mehr rochieren, aber das ist bedeutungslos, da der schwarze König nach
dem folgenden Damentausch auf e7 aktiv steht.Ribli.} 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ (
15. O-O-O Neg4 (15... Nfg4 $2 16. f4 Ng6 17. Rd2) 16. Nce4 (16. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 17.
Rdf1 Rb4 $1 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5 c4 20. Kc2 cxb3+ 21. axb3 a5 22. h3 a4 23. hxg4
Rxb3 $17) 16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 $17) 15... Rhxc8 16. b3 d5 $1 $146 (16... g5
17. Rd1 (17. O-O-O h5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Rxh4 Ng6 20. Rhh1 Rh8 21. Be4 Ng4 22.
Bxg6 fxg6 23. Ne4 Rbc8 24. f3 Ne5 25. Rd6 g5 {1/2-1/2 Duncan,C-Emms,J/Gausdal
TM (01) 1996}) 17... h5 18. h3 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Kd2 Rh8 21. Ke3 Rxh1 22.
Rxh1 d6 23. Rh6 a5 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Kc2 Rb8 26. Bh1 Nfd7 27. Nd1 a4 28. Ne3
axb3+ 29. axb3 Rg8 30. Kc3 Nb8 31. Rh4 Na6 32. Nc2 Rb8 {Holst,A-Emms,J/
Copenhagen op (07) ;EXT 94op 1994/1/2-1/2 (94)}) 17. cxd5 (17. f4 $6 {[%csl
Re3] Ribli} Neg4 18. cxd5 Ne3 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Ge3,Rg2]}) 17... c4 {Das war die
Idee des schwarzen Bauernopfers. Er möchte die c-Linie für seinen Turm öffnen.
Ribli.} 18. b4 {Weiß gibt seinen Bauern zurück, sein Nc3 befindet sich auf
einem ausgezeichneten Blockadefeld.Ribli.} (18. bxc4 $6 Rxc4 19. Rc1 Rbc8 20.
Kd2 Neg4 (20... Rd4+ 21. Ke3 $4 (21. Kc2 $15) 21... Nfg4+ 22. Kxd4 Rc4#) 21. f3
(21. dxe6 $2 Nxf2 22. Rhf1 Rxc3 $19) 21... Rd4+ 22. Ke1 Ne3 23. Bh3 $1 (23. Kf2
$2 Nxg2 24. Nb1 (24. Kxg2 Rdc4 $19) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nf4 26. gxf4 Nxd5 $17)
23... Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxh1 26. Rxe3 Rxh2+ 27. Bg2 Nxd5 28. Ra3 Nc7
$15) 18... Rxb4 19. h3 $6 {Weiß bereitet f2-f4 vor und verteidigt das Feld g4
Ribli.} (19. O-O-O $1 Neg4 (19... Nfg4 20. Rhf1 $1 (20. Rdf1 $2 Nd3+ 21. exd3
cxd3 22. Kd2 Rb2+ 23. Kxd3 Ne5+ 24. Kd4 Rc4+ 25. Kxe5 f6#) (20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
Rdf1 $2 Nd3+ 22. exd3 cxd3 23. Kd2 Rb2+ 24. Kxd3 Rd8+ 25. Nd5+ exd5 $17) 20...
Nxh2 21. Rh1 Nhg4 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxh7 Nxf2 24. Rf1 Ned3+ (24... Nfd3+ 25.
Kd1) 25. exd3 cxd3 26. Rxf2 Rxc3+ 27. Kd2 Rc2+ 28. Ke3 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rb2+ 30.
Kf3 e5 31. Bf1 d2 32. Be2 (32. Rxg7+ Kd6 33. Be2 Rb1 34. Rg6+ Ke7 35. Rxa6)
32... Rb1 33. Rxg7+ Ke6 34. Rg6+ Ke7 35. Rxa6 d1=Q 36. Bxd1 Rxd1 $11) (19...
Ned7 $1 20. Kc2 Nc5 21. Rb1 a5 22. h3 Rcb8 $15) 20. Rdf1 exd5 21. Bxd5 Kf8 22.
Bg2 $14) (19. dxe6 {Ribli} fxe6) 19... Ne8 $5 {-Ne8-d6-b5} (19... Ned7 $1 20.
O-O-O Nc5 21. Kc2 Rcb8 22. Rb1 a5) (19... Rb2 $6 20. Rc1 (20. O-O-O $1 Rcb8 21.
dxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Rd4 $14)) 20. f4 (20. O-O-O Nd6 21. f4 Nd3+ $1 22. exd3 cxd3
23. Rxd3 Nb5 24. Kc2 Rbc4 $15) 20... Nd7 (20... Nd3+ $2 21. exd3 cxd3 22. Nd1
Rc2 23. O-O $18) 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Be4 $1 (22. f5 $5 Nef6 23. fxe6 Ne5 (23...
Nb6 24. O-O Rc5 $11) 24. O-O Kxe6 25. Rf4 $132) (22. O-O-O $5 {Ribli}) 22...
Nef6 23. Bc2 {Die weißen Leichtfiguren halten die Stellung am Damenflügel, und
z.B. nach eventuellem Turmtausch wäre der Pc4 im Endspiel eine Schwäche. In
unserer Partie jedoch hat Schwarz aufgrund seines aktiven Spiels Kompensation.
Ribli.} Nc5 24. Rd1 $2 (24. O-O-O $1 Nb3+ 25. Kb2 (25. axb3 {Ribli} cxb3 {
[%cal Rc8c1]}) 25... Nd4+ 26. Kc1 Nb3+ $11) 24... Rb2 25. Rd2 $2 (25. Bb1 Nd5
$1 26. Nxd5+ exd5 27. Bxh7 Ne4 $6 (27... Kd6 $1 28. Rd2 Rcb8 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30.
Kf2 Rxa2 $17) 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Kf2 c3 30. h4 c2 31. Rc1 Rxa2 32. h5 Rb2 33. h6
gxh6 34. Rxh6 Rb1 35. Rhh1) 25... Rd8 $1 $19 26. Rf1 (26. Kd1 Nd5 27. Kc1 Ne3
28. Kxb2 Rxd2 29. Rc1 Nd3+ $19 (29... h6 30. Kb1 a5 $22) 30. exd3 cxd3 31. Re1
Rxc2+ 32. Kb3 d2 $19) (26. Kd1 {[%cal Yd1c1] Ribli}) 26... Nd5 {Mit diesem
Springerzug übernimmt Schwarz das Kommando.Ribli.} 27. Nxd5+ Rxd5 28. a3 (28.
e4 Nxe4) 28... c3 {Der schwarze Freibauer auf c3 ist - unterstützt durch den
Turm - gefährlich für Weiß. Der schwarze Springer ist auch deutlich besser
postiert als der passive weiße Läufer.Ribli.} 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Kd1 (30. Bxh7 {
Ribli} Kf6 $1 {Droht 31...g6.} 31. Rf3 (31. Bd3 Nxd3+ 32. exd3 Rb1+ $19) 31...
g6 32. Rxc3 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kd2 Ne4+ $19) 33... Ne4+ $19) 30... Ra2 $1 31. e3
(31. Kc1 Ra1+ 32. Bb1 Nb3+ 33. Kc2 Nd2 $19) 31... Ne4 32. Rf3 (32. Bxe4 dxe4
33. Re1 Kd6 34. Re2 Rxa3 $19) 32... h6 $22 33. f5 Nd2 (33... Nd2 {Ribli} 34.
Rf4 (34. Rf2 Nc4 35. Re2 Ra1+ $19) 34... Nc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Kavala op 19th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2010.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pap, Misa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 {I have sort of chickened out of a Volga Gambit.R egarding
the game continuation it might have been justified albeit in general I despise
such an attitude.} (2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 {Volga or Benkö Gambit which lost the
steam in these days.} 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 $5 {I had good memories with this move
although I have rarely employed it.} (5. bxa6 g6 {Avoiding the Gheorghiu line
with an early b3.} 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 $1 {
The new wave.} O-O (10... Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 (11... Bc8 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. e4 Bc8 14.
Bb2 Ba6 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 O-O 17. Kg2 $14) 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14. Qc2
$1 $14) 11. O-O Qa5 (11... Ng4 $5 12. Qc2 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. b3 Qa5 15. Bd2
(15. a4 Rfb8 16. Bd2 $14) 15... Qa3 16. Qc1 $5 Qxc1 17. Rfxc1 Rfb8 18. h3 $14 {
Atalik,S-Milanovic,D,Teslic 2006.}) 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Rd1 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nge5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qa3 17. h3 Ra7 18. Kh2 Rab7 19. Qc1 (19. f4 Nd7 20. Rbc1 c4
21. Nb1 cxb3 22. Qc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nf8 24. Nxa3 bxa2 $44) 19... Qxc1 20.
Rdxc1 c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Be1 Rb2 23. Rxb2 Rxb2 24. a4 $14 {is never clear.})
5... e6 $5 (5... d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 Qxb6 8. a5 Qb4 $1 {The black queen has
to lure White's rook to a4, a square which could further be used for latter's
knight.} (8... Qb7 9. e4 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. O-O Nc7 14.
Qd3 Nf6 15. Ra2 Bd7 16. b3 Nb5 17. Na4 $14) (8... Qb8 $6 {This square for the
queen has nothing to do with the game flow.} 9. e4 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Bc4 Ne8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Qd3) (8... Qc7 9. e4 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12.
Nf3 Rb8 13. O-O Rb4 14. Qd3 $16 {and now what to play for Black?}) (8... Qa7 9.
e4 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Qd3 (14. Re1 $6 Rb8
15. Qd3 Nb5 $1 16. Nxb5 $2 axb5 17. Bxb5 c4+ $19) 14... Rb8 15. Na4 Nb5 16. Bd2
$1 $14 (16. Be3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bf2 $14)) 9. Ra4 Qb8 (9... Qb7 10. e4 g6
11. f4 Bg7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nf3 Ne8 14. O-O Nc7 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Ra2 Bd7 17. b3
Bb5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Re2 $14) 10. e4 g6 11. f4 Bg7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bc4 Ne8 14.
O-O Nc7 15. Qd3 Ra7 16. Ra2 Rb7 17. Na4 Nb5 18. Bd2 $14) (5... a5 6. Nc3 Ba6 7.
f4 d6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 Nxb6 11. Qe2 Rb8 12. Be3 g6 13. Rd1 (13.
Ne5 $5) 13... Bg7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Bc1 ({Although I won after} 15. Bg1 $6 O-O 16.
h3 Nh6 17. g4 Nd7 18. e6 fxe6 19. dxe6 {things were not clear due to} Nb6 $1
$132 {is Atalik-Knoppert,Tilburg(m/2.1) 1993.}) 15... O-O 16. h3 Nh6 17. g4 $13
) 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 (9... Bb7 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Bf4
Nd8 12. Qd1 $1 {preventing d5.} Ne6 13. Bg3 Nd4 14. e3 Nf5 15. Nc4 Nxg3 16.
hxg3 $16 {Black's compensation is vague.}) (9... Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Qxd8 Bxd8 $1 13. Bd2 Bxb6 14. e3 $16) 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6
13. Qh5 d6 14. b3 Be6 (14... Bf6 15. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qe8 17. Rad1 Ne5 18.
Be2 $14) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 $1 (16. Be3 $5 a5 $132) 16... Rf6 (16... Qc8 17.
Bb2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd2 $13) 17. h4 Rb4 18. h5 d5 19. Ng5 $13) 2... e6 3.
c4 c5 4. Nc3 (4. d5 b5 {Blumenfeld Gambit is the other weapon of the
grandmaster from Vojvodina.} 5. Bg5 $1 {Next time I will go for this one.} b4 (
5... Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7. Nfxd2 bxc4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Nxc4 Rb8 11.
O-O-O Nc7 12. e4 Ba6 13. g3 h5 14. h4 $14) (5... exd5 6. cxd5 d6 (6... Qa5+ 7.
Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 d6 10. e4 a6 11. a4 $16) (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qc2 Na6 9. e4 $16) 7. e4 a6 8. a4 (8. Bd3 $5 Be7 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11.
O-O O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. a4 $14) 8... Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. Nbd2 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11.
axb5 O-O 12. Bc4 $14) 9... Bxf6 10. axb5 Bxb2 11. Ra2 Bf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O
Bb7 14. Nbd2 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 $14) (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 b4
8. Nb5 Kd8 (8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 $1 {White has to attack Black's a-pawn after
having grabbed the exchange.} Qxa2 10. Ra1 Qxc4 11. e3 $1 Qe4 12. Bd3 Qg4 13.
h3 Qxg2 14. Rh2 $18 {traps the queen.}) 9. e4 Qxb2 {It is strange that nobody
ever dared to pick up the pawn.} (9... g5 10. e5 Qg7 (10... Qf4 11. Bd3 g4 12.
Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 $16) 11. g4 Bb7 12. Qa4 a5 13.
O-O-O $16) 10. Rb1 Qf6 (10... Qxa2 $2 11. Ne5) 11. e5 (11. Bd3 e5) (11. Qa4 a5
12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O d6) 11... Qg6 12. Bd3 (12. Rb3 exd5 13. cxd5 a6) 12... Qxg2
13. Rg1 Qh3 14. Be4 (14. Rg3 Qh5 15. Be4 (15. dxe6 Bb7 16. exf7 Qxf7 17. Nh4 a6
(17... g5 18. Nf5) 18. Nc3 (18. Ng6 $2 axb5 (18... Rg8 19. Nc3) 19. Nxh8 Qg8
20. Ng6 bxc4 21. Be2 Rxa2 $1 (21... c3 22. Rxc3) 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nc6 $17)
18... g5 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 (20... Rxg6 $2 21. Rf3) 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qg4
Rxg6 23. Bxg6 Nc6 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Qe4 Qxe4+ 26. Bxe4 Rb8 $17) 15... Bb7 16. Qa4
a5 17. Qc2 exd5 18. cxd5 $44) 14... Bb7 15. Qd3 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc6
18. Qxf7 Qe6 (18... a6 19. Rd1 Kc8 (19... axb5 20. Rg3 $18) 20. Qe8+ Nd8 21.
Rg6 $3 $40) 19. Qxe6 dxe6 20. Rg6 $36 {is certainly worth of trying for Black.}
) 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 $1 (8. Bd3 $6 {It is very difficult to
undertstand why this one is wrong.} e5 $1 (8... Nxd5 $2 9. exd5 Bxg5 10. dxe6
fxe6 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 $16) 9. a3 Nxd5 $2 (9... bxa3 10. Rxa3 O-O) 10. exd5
Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. axb4) 8... e5 (8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Bxg5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11.
Nc4 Be7 12. O-O e5 13. a3 $44) 9. Be3 $1 $14) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 {This is of
course a weird move. Here Black had three serious alternatives and I had
looked upon them briefly since my Yugoslav opponent has never taken them
before.} (5... Nc6 {transposes the game into the English Opening.} 6. a3 Be7 7.
g3 $5 Qb6 8. Nf3 (8. Nc2 Ne5 9. Ne3 O-O (9... Nxc4 $2 10. Nxc4 Qc6 11. e4 Nxe4
12. Qf3) 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. b3 $11 {looks normal to me.}) 8... Ng4 (
8... O-O 9. Bg2 Rd8 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3
$14) 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bc5 $14) 9. e3 O-O 10. Bg2 (10. Be2 $5) 10...
Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. b3 Bf6 13. Ra2 d5 14. cxd5 Qa6 15. Bf1 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3
Bxc3+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Qxa3 19. Bc4 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qa5 21. Ke2 {looks
playable.}) (5... Bb4 {transposes to a Nimzo-Indian.} 6. g3 O-O (6... Ne4 7.
Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 {became popular all of a sudden.} 9. Bf4 (9. Bg2 O-O 10.
O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6 12. Be4 h6 13. Qf3 Nd7 $132) (9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11.
Qxd6 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 d6 16. c5 $11) 9... Nc6 $1
(9... Na6 10. Nb5) (9... d6 10. Nb5 e5 11. c5 exf4 12. cxd6 O-O 13. dxe7 Qxe7
14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Nd4 $14) 10. Bg2 (10. Nb5 $6 e5 11. Be3 O-O (11... d6 12. c5)
12. Bg2 d6 $17) 10... O-O 11. O-O $13 {is subject for investigation.}) 7. Bg2
d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6
14. Rfd1 Qc5 (14... Rab8 $2 15. c4 $3 Qc5 16. cxd5 Rxb3 17. axb3 Qc2 (17...
Bxe2 18. Re1) 18. Rac1 Qa2 19. dxc6 Bxe2 20. Bb4 $18) 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6
17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 $5 $36 (18. Be3 $5 Be2 19. Rd2 Rab8 (19... Nc4 $2 20. g4
Qxg4 21. f3) 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qd6 $14) (18. Bf4 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. h3 f6 21.
Be3 e5 22. Bxc5 Be6 $11)) (5... a6 6. a3 $5 Qc7 7. e4 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6
10. Be2 (10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qc5 14. Kf2 $14) 10...
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd2 $14 {is just one of many possible lines.}) 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 a6 8. b3 (8. O-O Qc7 9. b3 O-O (9... d5 $2 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4 e5 11. Ndb5
axb5 12. Nxb5 Qc5 13. Bxe5 $44) 10... dxc4 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na4 $16) 10. Bb2 Nc6
{transposes to the game.}) 8... Qc7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. O-O (10. e3 {is always a
serious alternative.}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 (11. e3 Ne5) 11... Nxd4 (11... Ne5 12.
e3 Bd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. g4 h6 15. Qf3 Rab8 16. Qg3 $40) 12. Qxd4 Bd7 {This is
the stem position in this opening which I have regarded as being under suspect
however things are not that simple.} 13. e4 (13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. h3 $40 {
followed by a quick g4 is very popular.}) (13. Qf4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bc6 $11) 13... Rac8 14. Rfe1 $6 {Hell knows why I needed this
move.} (14. Nd1 $142 Bc6 (14... Qa5 15. Ne3 Bc6 16. a3) 15. Ne3 Qb8 16. Rfe1
Rfe8 (16... Rfd8 $2 17. Nd5) 17. Nc2 $1 {prevents the fianchetto.}) 14... Rfd8
15. h3 (15. Nd1 Qa5) 15... Qb8 16. Nd1 $146 Bc6 17. Ne3 Bf8 18. Qd3 $6 (18. Nc2
$142 {is a great idea which prevents the fianchetto.}) (18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4
b6 ({or simply} 19... b5) 20. g5 Qb7 $15 {looks better for Black since he
achieved what he wanted.}) 18... Nd7 19. Ng4 h5 $1 20. Ne3 (20. Nh2 Nc5 21. Qb1
b5 22. Nf3 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Bb5 24. Rd4 $15 {was a serious alternative.}) 20...
Nc5 $1 (20... b5 $6 21. Qe2 Nc5 22. b4 Na4 (22... Nxe4 23. Qxh5 Qb7 24. Ng4 $40
) 23. Bd4 $40 {was what I was counting for.}) 21. Qb1 {Here around all the
possibilties looked like leading into a slightly worse position to me.} (21.
Qb1 b5 22. cxb5 (22. b4 Na4 23. Bd4 $15 (23. cxb5 Qxb5 (23... Bxb5) 24. Bd4 e5
25. Ba1 $15)) 22... axb5 23. b4 Na4 24. Bd4 $15 (24. Ba1 Qb7 25. Qd3 Nb6 $15))
1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC op"]
[Site "Lake George"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 $5 {This system is
as useless as} (6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8
$11) (6. a3 $142 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e4 $14 {If white wants to open the game in
this way he has to learn about this line.}) 6... d5 $1 (6... Bb4 $6 7. Ndb5 O-O
8. Bc7 (8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Qb6 10. Qd2 $14) 8... Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 $14
{gives white what he wants.}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Nxd5
Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 cxd5 (11... exd5 $6 12. g3 $1 O-O 13. Bg2 Re8 14. O-O $14) 12.
b4 $5 $146 {I waited to play this move almost for 25 years. It is amazing that
noone has tried it. However it looks toothless. Obviously it shows the
drawbacks of children's mind.} (12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6
Qxa6 $11 {is one of this positions Kortschnoj was hitting his head to the wall
for all these years even he had switched to 6.a3!}) 12... O-O $6 {Nick has
shrugged his shoulders and played for the center.} (12... Ba6 13. a4 Bc4 14. g3
Qf6 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Bg2 $11) 13. e3 e5 14. Be2 d4 15. exd4 exd4 16. Rd1 $14 {
White has some advantage now. Nick came up first with some surprise.} Bb7 $5 (
16... Be6 17. O-O Qb6 18. a4 $36) 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 {To retain
my adavantage I have to avoid bishops exchange.} (19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Qb2 Qd7 $1 $11 (21... Qa6 $2 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. h3 $18
) (21... Qb6 $2 22. Re4 Rfe8 23. Qxd4)) 19... Qd6 20. Qb2 (20. Re3 $6 Rd7 21.
Rg3 Qf6 22. Rg4 Rfd8 $11 {holds the pawn so it looks ridiculous for white.})
20... Rd7 21. Rd3 $1 (21. Rd2 $6 Qf4 22. b5 Rd6 23. a4 $140 $2 Rh6 24. h3 Rxh3
$1 25. gxh3 Qf3 26. Kh2 g5 $1 $19 {annoyed me.}) 21... Rfd8 22. h3 h6 23. Rg3
$2 {The start of an absolutely ridiculous and self destructive plan.} (23. a4
$14) 23... Re7 $1 $36 24. Rd1 Be4 25. b5 Rc7 $1 26. Bd3 $2 {I have already
forgotten about the advantage and so I tried to equalize immediately which was
a wrong policy in this particular position. I had to keep the bishops on.} (26.
Rd2 $142 $15) 26... Bxd3 27. Rgxd3 {Draw offer.} Rc4 {Nick has rightfully
declined mine offer.} 28. Qa3 $1 Qc7 (28... Qb6 29. Qe7) 29. g3 $6 (29. Qb3 Qc5
(29... Rd5 30. a4) 30. a4 $15) 29... Rd7 30. h4 h5 31. Rf3 $1 Qe5 32. Qb3 $6 {
Another bad move, now his d pawn started to become very strong!} (32. Qd3 Rc3 (
32... Qxb5 33. Rb1) 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. Rxf5 d3 35. Rxh5 Rc2 $11) 32... Rdc7 (
32... Qe2 33. a3 Rc5 34. Qd3 Qe5 35. Rf4 Rc3 36. Qe4 $1 $11) 33. b6 $1 $132 {
I have used the moment to exchange this overextended pawn.} axb6 34. Qxb6 Qe2
$1 {Looks killing but white has a defence.} (34... Rc1 35. Rfd3 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1
Rd7 37. Qc6 Qf5 38. a4 d3 39. a5 d2 40. a6 Qd3 41. Qa4 $11) 35. Rfd3 $1 Rc2 (
35... Rc1 36. Qxd4 Qxa2 $11) 36. Qxd4 Rd7 37. Qe3 {This possibility saves the
day for white.} Qxd1+ (37... Qxe3 38. fxe3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 $11) 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+
39. Kg2 Rd8 $1 40. a4 (40. Qg5 $2 Rdd2 $17) 40... Rdc8 $2 $138 {The notorius
40th move. However even after the best attacking scheme by black white has
means to draw this precarious looking ending.} (40... g6 $142 41. g4 $1 {
Trying to exchange the pawns around black's king is the best for the defending
side with the queen.} (41. Qe7 $6 Rd5 42. Qa7 Rcc5) 41... Rd5 $1 (41... hxg4 $6
42. h5 $11) 42. Qe4 Rcc5 (42... Rdc5 $6 43. gxh5 $11) (42... Rcd2 43. g5 R2d4
44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qc6 Rf5 46. Qc3 Rff4 47. a5 $132) 43. g5 $1 {After this the
pawn endgame is draw. A very well known trick.} Rf5 44. f3 Ra5 45. Kg3 Ra7 46.
Qd4 Rfa5 47. Qe4 Rxa4 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qe8 R4a5 51. Qe4 Rf5 52.
Qc6 Ra3 53. Qe4 $11 {Since} Raxf3+ 54. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 55. Kxf3 Kg7 56. Ke4 $11 {
Black can never gain the opposition after the liquidation of his f pawn for
white's g. It is important to know this classical endgame positions.}) 41. a5
R2c6 42. Qa7 $1 $11 {Now he can never use his rooks efficiently to make a4
fall.} R6c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Kocaeli"]
[Date "2008.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {This is the most
challenging move.} Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 $1 ({Preventing} 8. Be2 d5 $1 $11) 8...
b6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne5 (11... Ng4 12. Qd2 Nge5 13. Rfd1 $14) 12.
Nd2 Ng6 13. Bg3 d5 $6 (13... Qc7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Bf1 Qb8 16. Qe2 $14) 14. cxd5
exd5 15. e5 Ne4 (15... Nd7 16. Nf3 $16) 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qa4 a6 $5 {A move I
did not appreciate much during the game.} (17... e3 18. f4 (18. fxe3 $2 Qd2 19.
Qd4 Rad8 20. Qxd2 Rxd2 $40) 18... Bh4 (18... Nh4 $2 19. f5 $1 Nxg2 20. Rad1 Qe8
21. Rd7 Bc8 22. Rd5 $16) 19. Rad1 $16) (17... Qd2 18. Rab1 Bh4 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20.
Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxg3 22. hxg3 $16) 18. Rad1 $2 {Insanity! I do not pick up
a pawn for no reason at all.} (18. Nxe4 b5 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd5 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Bf3 $16) 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qd3 (20. Nc3 Qb6 $44) 20... Qb6 21. Nd6 Bxd6
22. exd6 f5 23. Bh5 $1 $18) 18... Qe8 19. Qd7 (19. Qb3 Bd8 $132) 19... Bc6 (
19... Qxd7 20. Rxd7 Bc6 21. Rc7 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bxa6 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+
25. Nxd1 Bc5 26. Bc4 $16) 20. Qf5 Bh4 $1 {I did not see this move before he
contemplated it.} 21. Nxe4 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd6 Rfd8 25. f4
Ng6 26. Bc4 Rd7 27. Bb3 (27. f5 $2 Ne5 28. Rfe1 Ba4 $1 $36) 27... b5 $1 (27...
Kf8 28. Nc4 $40) 28. f5 (28. Rfe1 Kf8 29. f5 Rad8 $1 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Nxf7
Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Kxf7 33. Bb3+ Bd5 34. Rd1 Ke6 $11) 28... Ne5 29. Rfe1 Rad8 30.
Rxe5 Kf8 (30... Rxd6 {was also possible.} 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Re7 Rd2 33. Rxf7
Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxb2 35. Be6 Bg2+ 36. Ke1 $11) 31. Rc5 (31. Bxf7 Rxd6 (31... Rxf7
$2 32. Rd4 $16) 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Bh5 Rd2 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Bxe2 Ke7 36. Kf2 Kf6
37. g4 Ke5 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. Ke3 g6 40. Bb7 a5 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 gxf5 43. gxf5
h5 $11) 31... Rxd6 32. Rxc6 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd3 35. Rxa6 Rb3 $1
$11 36. g4 h6 37. f6 gxf6 38. Rxf6 Rxb2 39. Rxh6 b4 {White has won a pawn but
the amount of material left does not allow more than a draw.} 40. axb4 Rxb4 41.
Kh3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 $5 {I am always ready to play g3 line in Nimzo when the
central pawns are exchanged.Perhaps too dogmatic.} c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Qe7 $5 9. Na4 $5 Rd8 $5 {I was expecting
some Tarrasch type of play from Nigel.} (9... d5 10. a3 (10. cxd5 exd5 {
leads also same type of play.}) 10... Bd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Be5 13. Be3 $14
) 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 (11. Nb5 Be5 12. f4 Bb8 13. c5 d5 14. cxd6 Bxd6 $13) 11...
Be5 12. Bb2 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 d6 15. Nc3 (15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. b5 (16.
Nc3 Bc6 17. e4 $13 {is not my type of position.}) 16... Be8 $132) 15... e5 $1
16. Qh4 $2 {I have become to ambitious and thus I did not notice the real
danger in the position.} (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rb8 $11) (16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rac1
Rac8 18. Nd5 $11) 16... Be6 17. Ne4 Rd7 {White has ended up with an extremely
weak c4 pawn.} 18. c5 (18. Rfd1 Nxe4 $1 (18... Rc8 19. c5 Nxe4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7
21. cxd6 $11) 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxe4 Bxc4 21. Rxd6 Bxe2 22. Rc1 $44) 18... Nxe4
19. Qxe7 {Draw offer.How could I offer a draw to nigel in a clearly worse
position?} (19. Qxe4 $2 dxc5 20. Qxe5 c4 $17) 19... Rxe7 20. Bxe4 dxc5 21. bxc5
f5 22. Bg2 Rc8 23. Rfb1 $1 e4 24. Rc1 $3 {Now white hooks his counterplay on
e4 pawn ina very subtle way.} Bd5 25. f3 Rc6 (25... Rec7 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Bh3)
26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rab1 Kf7 28. Kf2 Rec7 (28... e3+ 29. Kg1 $11) 29. Ke3 Rxc5 (
29... Rh6 30. h3 Rg6 31. g4 h5 32. Rf1+ $11) 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32.
Kxe4 $11 {By some superb play white has repaired his early mistake in the game.
} b6 33. Kd4 Ke6 (33... Rc2 34. Kd3 Ra2 35. Rb3 Ke6 36. h4 Kf5 37. e4+ Ke5 38.
Rb5+ Ke6 39. Rb3 $11) 34. a4 Rd5+ 35. Kc3 Rh5 36. h4 Re5 37. Kd3 Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 $5 {A very interesting idea, that was first played by Aronian,
but most probably found by Gabriel, who has been coaching Levon for many years.
} ({The normal continuation has always been} 9. e3 {, but everybody knows ,
that Black is fine after} a6 $1) 9... a6 $5 $146 {Unfortunately I had only one
day for preparation, also this variation was one of a few possible lines my
opponent can choose, while I believe this variation has been deeply
investigated by Aronian's camp. Anyway I believe I found a quite interesting
idea, that might give Black a reasonable game.} ({The model game here is} 9...
g5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O-O a6 12. e3 Rb8 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Be2 Be7 {with very
complex struggle Aronian,L (2739)-Leko,P (2753)/Morelia/Linares 2008. Also
it's quite obvious, that my opponent had prepared some improvement over this
game.}) (9... Qxf2+ {looks extremely risky:} 10. Kd2 {for example:} Qc5 11. Ne4
$1 Qc6 (11... Nxc4+ $2 12. Kc3 $1 $18) 12. Bg2 $1 {and White has powerful
compensation for being a pawn down.}) 10. f3 {The best reply.} ({Another
natural option is} 10. h3 {Here is the line I prepared at home:} Qxf2+ (10...
g5 {might be an interesting alternative as well.}) 11. Kd2 ({In the event of} 
11. Kd1 Ne3+ 12. Bxe3 Qxe3 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Qd4+ 15. Ke1 ({Clearly worse} 
15. Kc2 Nxc4 16. Rd1 Ne3+ 17. Kc1 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 b5 20. N4b6 Bb7
21. Rh2 Bc5 {and White is lost with such ugly knights.}) 15... Bc5 $44 {
Black has a serious initiative.}) 11... Rb8 ({Also wortho considering is} 11...
axb5 12. Qxa8 Nxc4+ 13. Kc2 Nb6 14. Qa5 Nf6 15. Qxb5 Nbd5 $44) 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13.
hxg4 Bd6 14. Nxe6+ (14. Be3 {leads to a draw after} Nf3+ $1 15. Kd3 Ne5+ $11)
14... dxe6 {and Black seems to me alright in this messy position.}) 10... g5 $1
{The point of Black's previous move.} ({Absolutely senseless} 10... Qf2+ $2 11.
Kd1 {[%csl Ge5,Gg4] and Black loses material.}) 11. Bxg5 f6 ({Much worse would
have been} 11... Ne3 $2 12. Nc7+ Qxc7 13. Bxe3 Nxc4 14. Bd4 Rg8 15. e3 $16) 12.
Bf4 Ne3 {I still was following my preparation. Black doesn't get a
satisfactory position after} (12... Nf2 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Kxf2 Qb6+ 15. Be3
Qxb2 16. Qb3 $1 {and White is better after both} Qa3 ({and} 16... Qxa1 17. Bg2
Qxh1 18. Bxh1 Be7 19. c5 $1 $16) 17. Bd4) 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Bxe3 Nxc4 {Here I
decided to go for more complicated play, while} (14... Qxc4 {was a worthy
alternative, for example} 15. Bd4 (15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Bd4 Kf7 17. O-O-O b5 {
leads to a normal position for Black.}) 15... b5 {This move is stronger than} (
15... Bb4 16. Qd1 $1 {and Black's queen is obviously misplaced on c4.}) 16.
Qxc4 bxc4 {And now the critical line runs} 17. f4 (17. Bg2 Bb7 {leads to an
unclear position.}) 17... Bb7 18. Rg1 Nc6 19. Bxf6 Bc5 20. Bxh8 Bxg1 $44 {
and Black has good compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Bf4 Qc5 $6 {As often
happens the very first move played over the board appears to be a serious
inaccuracy.} ({I didn't like the position after} 15... Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. e4
Ne5 18. Kf2 {there is nothing dangerous for Black , but White is obviously
slightly better.}) ({The correct continuation would have been} 15... e5 $1 16.
Bc1 ({Black is not worse after} 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Nxf6+ ({Risky
for White} 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Bb4+ 20. Kd1 exf4 21. e4 Ne3+ 22. Ke2 Nxf1 23.
Rhxf1 Bc5 $1 $17 {and White cannot save his knight.}) 18... Kf7 19. Bg5 Bb4+
20. Kf2 h6 (20... Bc5+) 21. Rc1 d5 22. Bh4 {and Black has at least a draw:}
Bc5+ 23. Ke1 Bb4+ $11 (23... Be3 $5)) 16... Qc6 17. e4 b5 18. Qb3 Bb7 {with a
very complicated double-edged game, for example} 19. a4 Na5 20. Qd1 Bb4 21. Bh3
d5 $1 {and Black should be OK here}) 16. Ne4 $1 Qb4+ 17. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 18. Kf2 f5
$2 {Unfortunately I misjudged the position, that has arisen after my 23th move
and went for the forced line. Instead I should have played} (18... Kf7 19. e3
d5 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Bd6 Ba5 22. Bc5 $14 {and though White is slightly better
here, Black's position seems to me pretty defendable.}) 19. b3 $1 ({This is
much stronger than} 19. e3 fxe4 20. Bxc4 b5 21. Be2 Bb7 {and White has nothing
special.}) 19... fxe4 20. bxc4 b5 21. Rb1 Bc5+ {A tempting continuation, but
most probably better was} (21... Be7 22. fxe4 ({Black manages to equalise after
} 22. Bg2 O-O 23. Rhc1 Bb7 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rxb5 Bc6 26. Rh5 exf3 27. Bxf3
Bxf3 28. Kxf3 Rxa2 29. Rc7 Rd8 $11) 22... O-O 23. e5 Bc5+ 24. e3 Bb7 25. Rg1 b4
$14 {and I believe Black has reasonable chances to hold this endgame.}) 22. Be3
Be7 23. Bg2 O-O 24. f4 $1 {[%csl Ge4] Somehow I simply forgot about this
natural move. Now Black faces serious problems in this endgame.} bxc4 {I also
examined two other options, but neither of them appealed to me:} (24... Bb7 25.
cxb5 axb5 26. Rxb5 Bc6 27. Rb2 Ra4 28. Rc2 Rfa8 {it looks like Black has
definite positional compensation, but after} 29. Rd1 Rxa2 30. Rxc6 $1 dxc6 31.
Rd7 Kf8 32. Bxe4 $16 {White is clearly better.}) (24... d5 25. cxd5 exd5 26.
Rbc1 Be6 27. Bc5 $1 Rf7 28. Rhd1 $16 {and this position looks very unpleasant
for Black.}) 25. Bxe4 d5 26. Bf3 Bf6 27. Bc5 $1 {A very strong idea.} ({
Black would be OK after} 27. Rhd1 Bd7 $14) 27... Rf7 28. e4 Rc7 29. Be3 d4 {
The alternative would be} (29... Bb7 30. e5 Bg7 (30... Be7 {runs into the
unpleasant} 31. f5 $1) 31. Rb6 Re8 32. Bd4 Bc8 33. Rhb1 $16 {and it's hard to
believe Black can hold this endgame.}) 30. e5 dxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Raa7 32. exf6 Kf7
{Black regains the pawn, but his position appears to be strategically very
difficult , due to the weakness of his pawns, especially c4, and the passivity
of his pieces.} 33. Rhc1 Rc5 ({In the event of} 33... Kxf6 34. Be2 c3 35. Rb3
$16 {Black loses his c-pawn.}) 34. Kd4 Rac7 35. Rc3 $1 {Obviously White
shouldn't allow Black to push forward his c-pawn.} Kxf6 36. Be4 Ra5 ({Again} 
36... h5 37. Rb4 $1 {loses the c4-pawn.}) 37. Rb2 $6 {I believe this is the
only slight inaccuracy commited by Gabriel in this game.} ({Better would have
been} 37. a3 $142 {anyway it is essential for White to put his pawn on a3 in
order to free his second rook from defending the a2-pawn.} h5 38. Rb6 $16)
37... Ra4 $2 $138 {In general my last move is wrong, as my rook will be out of
play on a4. Unfortunately I didn't exploit my chance} (37... h5 $1 {this move
is very strong , somehow it's not easy for White to make any progress} 38. Rxc4
(38. Rbc2 Bd7 {and now the forced line} 39. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 40. Kxc4 Ra4+ 41. Kd3
Bb5+ 42. Ke3 Bc4 {promises Black good chances to escape.}) ({If White executes
the same idea like in the game} 38. h3 Rb5 39. Rf2 Ra5 40. g4 {Black is just
in time to create counterplay} Rd7+ 41. Ke3 (41. Kxc4 Ra4+ 42. Kb3 Rxe4 43.
Rxc8 Rd3+ $11) 41... Bb7 $1) (38. a3 {also allows Black to get some activity.}
Rd7+ 39. Ke3 Rd1 $132) 38... Rxc4+ 39. Kxc4 e5 $1 40. fxe5+ Kxe5 41. Bb1 Be6+
42. Kc3 Rc5+ 43. Kd2 Ra5 $14 {and Black has good chances to hold this.}) 38. g4
$1 {A very strong positional idea. White grabs even more space on the kingside
chasing off Black's king from the f6-square.} h6 39. h4 Kg7 40. g5 {Now White
is strategically winning. Gabriel converted his advantage very convincingly
into the full point.} Rd7+ 41. Ke3 Rc7 42. a3 {White could have won a pawn
already by means of} (42. Bc2 Ra5 43. Bd3 $1 Rac5 44. Rbc2 $18 {, but the game
continuation is good enough.}) 42... Ra5 43. Rb4 Bd7 44. Rb6 Bc8 45. Rb4 {
White repeats the position to gain some extra time.} Bd7 46. Kd4 Bb5 47. Bc2
Rf7 48. Ke3 Bd7 49. Rb6 $5 ({White doesn't allow Black any activity, though
after} 49. Rbxc4 e5 50. g6 $1 exf4+ 51. Kf3 Re7 52. Rc5 $16 {White should be
winning.}) 49... Bc8 (49... hxg5 {doesn't help either:} 50. fxg5 Rf1 51. Rb7
Re5+ 52. Kd2 Rf2+ 53. Kc1 Rf1+ 54. Kb2 Rb5+ 55. Rxb5 axb5 56. h5 $18) ({
, nor does} 49... Re7 50. Rb7) 50. Rc6 Bd7 51. Rd6 ({Once again White avoids
any possible activation of Black's forces} 51. R6xc4 e5 $1) 51... Bc8 52. Be4
Rc5 53. Rb6 Ra5 $6 {This is not the most pleasant position to defend in
permanent time trouble. My last move slightly eases White's task, but even in
the event of} (53... Rfc7 54. Kd4 $1 {Black cannot hold out for long.}) 54. Rc6
Bd7 55. Rc7 $1 $18 {Now Black unavoidably loses the c4-pawn and the rest is
very easy and doesn't require any special comments.} hxg5 {Just an agony.} 56.
fxg5 $1 Be8 57. R7xc4 Rb5 58. Rc8 Bd7 59. Rd8 Ra5 60. g6 Re7 61. Rc7 Rxa3+ 62.
Kd2 Ra2+ 63. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 ({Another line is} 
6. g3) 6... Be7 ({In the previous game I opted for} 6... Bc5 {Bacrot-Avrukh
23rd ECC men}) 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 $6 {This move is a well-known opening
inaccuracy, which allows Black to equalise comfortably.} ({In order to fight
for an opening advantage White has to prevent the d7-d5 advance by means of} 8.
Nf3 {with complicated play.}) 8... d5 $1 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O ({The
alternative is} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O
Bf6 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbd1 Rxb2 18. Qxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,
L-Kudrin,S/ICC INT 2007/The Week in Chess 678 (31)}) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 $1
12. cxd5 (12. c5 $6 {is too risky for White:} Nd7 $1 13. Nxd5 (13. b4 Bf6 14.
Qd3 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 $15) 13... Bxc5 14. Qd1 Ne5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qb6 $15
{1/2-1/2 Zhumabayev,R-Andreev,E/Nizhnij Tagil RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 643 
(54)}) (12. Rd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Bxc4 (14... Bc5 $142 15. Rh4 Rac8
16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rfd8 19. Rd4 $11) 15. Rxc4 Rac8 16. Rxc8
Rxc8 17. Be3 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Dominguez,L/Barcelona ESP 2006/CT-2174 
(18)}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 (14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Rad1 Bc6
17. b3 a6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ghaem Maghami,E-Nielsen,P/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (108). and
later on Black even managed to get a winning position.}) 14... Rfd8 (14... Qb3
15. Bd1 (15. Bf3 $143 Rfd8 16. Qe4 Rd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 $15) 15...
Qb5 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. a4 Qb3 18. Qc3 Qxc3 (18... Rd3 19. Qxb3 Rxb3 20. Rac1 Rxb2
21. Rb1 $11) 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rfd1 $11) 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 (
16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bb3 18. Bxf6 Bxd1 19. Bxd8 Bxe2 20. Re1 Rxd8 $19) 16...
Bf6 17. Bd4 $6 {A slight inaccuracy, which allows Black to get some initiative.
} (17. Rd2 $142 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Dominguez,L/Santa Clara 2006/CBM 111
ext} (17... Bb3 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Rd2 20. Bf3 $11)) 17... Bb3 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Re1 ({Another reasonable alternative would have been} 19. Rdc1 Rd2 20.
Bf3 Rb8 21. Rc7 Rxb2 22. Rxb7 ({or} 22. Bxb7 Bc2 23. Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Bxc8 f5)
22... Rxb7 23. Bxb7 f5 {[%cal Gg8g7,Gg7f6] in both lines Black keeps some
initiative, but certainly it should be draw.}) ({Of course it would be a
serious mistake to capture on d8:} 19. Rxd8+ $2 Rxd8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gd8d2]}
20. Bf3 b6 21. Kf1 Rd2 22. Rb1 Ba2 $1 23. Ke1 Rc2 $17) 19... Rac8 (19... Rd2
$143 20. Bf3 $11) 20. Bf3 b6 21. Re3 (21. Re7 a5 22. Rb7 Rd6 23. Be4 {><c2} Rc5
$1 $15 {/\ Be6, Rb5}) 21... Be6 22. b4 Rd2 $15 {Obviously Black has a slight
edge here, due to his active rooks, but still it's not much and White should
achieve a draw quite easily.} 23. h3 f5 24. Rae1 Kg7 {Improving the position
of the black K.} 25. R3e2 Rd4 {To keep both rooks is Black's best chance.} ({
White's task would be much easier after} 25... Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Ra1
28. Re3 f4 (28... Kf6 29. Kg3 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg3f4]}) 29. Re4 Rxa3 30. Rxf4 a5
31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Bc6 $11) 26. Kh2 Kf6 27. g3 a5 {The only reasonable active
plan} (27... f4 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Re3 Rc2 30. Kg3 $11) 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Re5 {
A strange move, which appears to be just a waste of tempo, anyway I was
planning to play a5-a4.} ({The easiest way to make a draw would have been} 29.
Re3 a4 (29... Rd2 30. R1e2 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Rc2 32. Kg2 $1 (32. g4 f4 33. Re4 Ra2
34. a4 Rb2 $15 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 32... a4 33. Bd1 Bd5+ 34. Kf1 $11) 30. Rd1 Rcd8
31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Bc6 Bb3 33. Kg2 {and this is just an easy draw.}) 29... a4
30. R5e3 ({Good enough} 30. Kg2 Rc3 (30... Bb3 31. Ra5 Rc3 32. Ree5 Be6 33. Re3
$11) 31. R5e3 Rb3 32. Bc6 $11) 30... Bb3 $1 {[%csl Ga3] The point of my plan,
now I can attack the a3-pawn from behind.} 31. Kg2 {Once again my opponent
misses the right idea} (31. g4 $1 {creating counterplay and getting some space
for White's K.} Rc2 (31... f4 32. Re4 {[%csl Gf4]}) 32. R1e2 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Rd2
(33... fxg4 34. hxg4 Rd2 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. Bb5 $11) 34. gxf5 Ra2 35. Kg3 Rxa3 36.
Bc4 $1 $11) 31... Rd2 32. R1e2 ({Now} 32. g4 Ra2 {already dangerous for White.}
) 32... Rxe2 33. Rxe2 ({Another option is} 33. Bxe2 Rc1 {and now the best is}
34. Bf3 $1 (34. g4 $6 f4 $1 (34... fxg4 35. hxg4 Ra1 36. Kg3 Rxa3 37. Bc4 $11)
35. Re8 Rc3 $1 $17 {[%csl Ga3]}) (34. Bb5 Bd5+ 35. f3 Bb3 36. g4 $140 Ra1 37.
Kg3 Rxa3 38. Bxa4 $2 f4+ $1 $19) 34... Ra1 35. Kh2 $11 {-34 Re3}) 33... Rc1 {
[%cal Gc1a1,Ga1a3] Black has squeezed the maximum from his position, White's
a3-pawn is lost, but still the position remains drawish.} 34. Rd2 $2 {A
serious mistake, my opponet missed a nice defensive idea.} (34. Re3 $1 Ra1 35.
Kh2 $1 Ra2 (35... Rxa3 36. Bd5 $11) 36. Be2 $1 Rxa3 37. Bc4 Ra2 38. Bxb3 axb3
39. Rxb3 Rxf2+ 40. Kg1 {with an easy draw.}) 34... Ke5 $1 {[%csl Gd5] We both
were short of time, so it was difficult to calculate, but the text is very
strong, Black takes control over the d5-square, preventing the trade of the
light-squared B.} ({It appears that White escapes after} 34... Ra1 35. Rd3 $1 (
35. Bd5 Rxa3 36. Rd3 Bxd5+ 37. Rxd5 Rb3 $19) (35. Rd6+ Ke5 36. Ra6 Rxa3 $19)
35... Rxa3 36. Bd1 Ke5 37. Kh2 Bxd1 (37... Ke4 38. Bc2 Ra2 39. Rxb3+ (39. Bb1
$5) 39... Rxc2 40. Rb4+ $11) (37... f4 38. gxf4+ Kxf4 39. Kg2 {and I don't see
how Black can get out of the pin.}) 38. Rxa3 Bb3 39. Ra1 Kd4 40. Rc1 a3 41. Kg2
a2 42. Kf3 Bc2 43. Ra1 Bb1 44. Kf4 Kc3 45. Kg5 f4 ({or} 45... Kb2 46. Rxa2+
Bxa2 47. f4 $1 Kc3 48. Kh6 Kd3 49. Kxh7 $11) 46. Kxf4 Kb2 47. Rxa2+ Bxa2 48.
Kg5 Kc3 49. Kh6 Kd3 50. Kxh7 Ke2 51. Kg7 Kf3 52. Kf6 Kxf2 53. g4 $11) 35. Bb7 (
{After} 35. Re2+ Kd4 36. Re7 Ra1 37. Bh5 Bd5+ 38. Bf3 Bc4 $1 (38... Bxf3+ 39.
Kxf3 Rxa3+ 40. Kf4 Rb3 41. Rxf7 a3 42. Rxh7 $11) 39. Bh5 Bf1+ 40. Kf3 Rxa3+ 41.
Kf4 Bxh3 42. Bxf7 Bg2 {Black has good chances for a win.}) 35... Ra1 36. f4+
Kf6 37. Bd5 $4 {This is really a funny moment in this game, we both missed a
simple tactical blow.} Rxa3 $4 (37... Ra2 $1 $19 {[%cal Cd2a2,Ga2d2,Gd2g2,
Gb3d5]} 38. Rxa2 Bxd5+ {[%cal Gd5a2]}) 38. g4 $4 ({The correct} 38. Bxb3 {
would have led to a drawish rook endgame} Rxb3 (38... axb3 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rb6
Kd7 41. Kf2 Kc7 42. Rb4 Kc6 43. Ke1 Kc5 44. Rb7 Kc4 45. Kd2 $11) 39. Rd6+ Ke7
40. Ra6 a3 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Kd7 43. Kf2 Kc7 44. Ke2 Kb7 45. Ra4 Kb6 46. Kd2
Rg3 47. g5 a2 48. Kc2 Rg2+ 49. Kc3 $11) 38... fxg4 (38... Ra2 $1 $19) 39. hxg4
Ke7 $4 ({I could have decided the game with} 39... Ra2 $1 $19 {for the third
time !}) 40. Rd4 {Now the endgame seems to me drawish.} Ra2+ (40... Ra1 41. Kf3
) (40... Bc2 41. Be4 $1) 41. Kg3 ({The cleanest way for a draw would have been
} 41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Ke4 (42. Bxb3 axb3 43. Rb4 b2 44. Rb6) 42... Bxd5+ 43. Rxd5
a3 44. Ra5 a2 45. Ra6 Kd7 46. Kf5 Kc7 47. Ra3 Kb6 48. Kf6 Kb5 49. Kxf7 Kb4 50.
Ra8 Kb3 51. f5 Rc4 52. Rxa2 Kxa2 53. Kg7 Rxg4+ 54. Kxh7 $11) 41... Rc2 42. g5 (
42. Kf3 $5 Bxd5+ 43. Rxd5 a3 44. Ra5 a2 45. Ra6 Kd7 46. Ke4 Kc7 47. Kd3 (47.
Kf5 Kb7 48. Ra3 Re2 49. Kg5 $5) 47... Rg2 48. Kc3 Kb7 49. Ra4 Kb6 50. g5 Kb5
51. Ra8 $11) 42... Bxd5 43. Rxd5 a3 44. Ra5 a2 45. Kg4 Kd6 46. Kh5 $4 {An
incredible mistake for such an experienced player as Ftacnik. White could have
still reached a draw after} (46. Kf3 Kc6 47. Ke3 Kb6 48. Ra8 Rh2 49. Kd3 Kc5
50. Kc3 $1 {and I am not sure 100% , but it seems to me it's drawish. Even if
Black could win both White's pawns for his a-pawn, it's still a theoretical
draw.} Kd5 51. Ra4 Rf2 52. Kb3 (52. Kd3 Rf3+ 53. Ke2 Rh3 $1 $19) 52... f6 53.
Ra6 fxg5 54. fxg5 Ke4 55. Ra4+ Kf5 56. Ra5+ Kg6 57. Kc3 Rg2 58. Kd4 $11) 46...
Rh2+ 47. Kg4 Kc6 $19 {Now it's easily winning for Black.} 48. Kf5 Kb6 49. Ra3
Rf2 50. Kf6 Rxf4+ 51. Kg7 Rf2 52. Kxh7 Rg2 $1 {Now White is hopeless against
the march of Black's king to the b2 square.} ({Of course not} 52... Kb5 $4 53.
Kg7 Kb4 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. Kxf7 $11) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op sf "]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 (11. Rd1+ {another line here})
11... Bd7 ({In my opinion the best way for equality} 11... Bb7 $1 12. Rd1 Kc7
13. g3 Rd8 14. Bg2 Rxd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bxd5
19. Nxd5+ Kc6 20. e4 f5 21. Nc3 fxe4 22. Nxe4 g6 23. Ke2 Bg7 24. b3 Bd4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Reinderman,D-Oral,T/Batumi GEO 1999 (29)}) 12. g3 Bd6 {After this move
black failed to equalize and white gets a slight edge.The problem,that d6
isn't so good place for black bishop,the better way was showed by Krasenkow in
the next game} (12... fxg3 $142 13. hxg3 Bb4 14. Bg2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Kc7 16. Nb3
Rhe8 17. Rh4 Bg4 $1 18. f3 Bc8 19. Kf2 a5 20. Ra4 Nd5 21. e4 Nb6 22. Rxa5 Be6
23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nd4 Rxa2+ 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 26. Ke3 Nc4+ {1/2-1/2 Lerner,
K-Krasenkow,M/Porz GER 1998 (26)}) 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. O-O (14. O-O-O $5 Ke7 15. e4
Rhe8 (15... fxe3 16. Rhe1 Rhd8 17. Rxe3+ Kf8 18. Red3 $14 {[%csl Gd6,Gd7]}) 16.
Rhe1 Kf8 17. Nf5 (17. Nde2 $143 Bc5 18. Nxf4 Bxf2 19. Re2 Bb6 20. e5 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Bg4 23. Re1 g5 24. Nd3 Be6 $15 {[%cal Ge6a2]}) 17... Bc5 18.
Nd6 Bxf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tolstikh,N-Delchev,A/Pardubice 1997/CBM 59 ext (57)})
14... Ke7 (14... fxg3 15. hxg3 h5 16. Rad1 Kc7 $2 (16... Ke7 17. e4 {[%cal
Ge4e5]}) 17. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 18. Ndb5+ $16 {1-0 Ligterink,G-Hulak,K/Plovdiv 1983/
EU-chT (46)}) 15. Rad1 Rc7 (15... h5 $143 16. Nf3 (16. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Ge2e4]})
16... Rhd8 17. Rd2 Bc7 18. Rc1 Ng4 19. Na4 Be8 20. Rdc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,
U-Timman,J/Tilburg 1983/MCD (43)}) 16. Rfe1 fxg3 17. hxg3 Rb8 18. Rd2 (18. e4
Be5 19. Re2 (19. b3 g5) 19... g5 {[%csl Gf4]} 20. Nf5+ Kf8 $14) 18... Be5 19.
e3 Bxd4 (19... c5 20. Nde2 (20. f4 Bd6 21. Nf3 {[%cal Ge3e4]} c4 $1 22. e4 Bc5+
23. Kh1 (23. Kf1 Nh5 24. Red1 Nxg3+ 25. Ke1 Bc6 26. Ne5 Ba8 $13) 23... Rcb7 24.
Ree2 $14) 20... Be6 21. f4 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Rd7 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 24. Re2 (24. b3 c4
$132) 24... c4 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 25. e4 $14) 20. exd4+ Kd6 21. Re5 $1 $14 {
[%csl Ya7,Yc6][%cal Ge5a5,Ge5c5]} Be6 22. Rc5 Rb4 (22... Bd5 23. Rc2 (23. Bxd5
Nxd5 24. Ne4+ Kd7 25. Ra5 (25. b3 Re8) 25... Re8 26. Nc5+ Kd6 27. Kg2 Re1 $132)
23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rb4 25. Kf3 $14 (25. a3 $6 Rb3 $11)) 23. Bf3 Bd5 (23...
Rxd4 $2 24. Rxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxd4+ Ke5 26. Ra4 Rb6 27. Ra5+ Kd4 28. Ne2+ Kd3 29.
Nf4+ Kd2 30. Rxa7 $18) (23... h6 $5) 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Ne4+ Ke7 26. b3 h6 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} (26... f5 $2 27. Ng5 h6 28. Nf3 {[%csl Ge5]}) 27. Rd3 Rb8 (27...
f5 $2 28. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3e5]}) 28. a3 Re8 29. Kf1 Kd8 (29... Kd7 30. Nd2)
30. Nd6 Re6 31. Nc4 f6 {[%csl Ge5]} 32. Na5 Rd6 33. Rd1 Ne7 34. b4 Rcd7 35. Nb3
Rd5 36. Rcc1 R7d6 (36... Nf5 37. Rc4 {[%csl Gc6]}) 37. Nc5 Kc7 $4 $138 {
Untill this moment i defended quite well my position,but in timetrouble i
simply blundered white move,which for my lack wasn't played by my opponent.} (
37... Ke8 $142 {[%csl Gd4]} 38. Rc4 Kf7 (38... Nf5 39. Ne4 Rd7 40. Rxc6 Nxd4
41. Ra6 Re7 42. Nc5 $16) 39. Nb7 Rd7 40. Na5 R7d6 41. Rdc1 $140 Rxd4 42. Rxd4
Rxd4 43. Nxc6 Nxc6 44. Rxc6 Re4 $1 $11) 38. b5 $2 (38. Re1 $1 Nf5 (38... Nc8
39. Ne6+ Kd7 40. Nxg7 Ne7 41. Rc5 Rxd4 42. Ra5 $18 {[%csl Ga7]}) 39. g4 Nxd4
40. Re7+ $16 Kb8 41. Rxg7 $18) 38... cxb5 39. Ne4+ Rc6 40. Nc3 Rh5 $1 41. d5
Nxd5 $1 {My opponent simply missed this smal combination,then he played 38b5.
Unfortunately white still reaches the draw,after forced line.} 42. Nxb5+ (42.
Nxd5+ Rxd5 $19) (42. Rxd5 Rh1+ {[%csl Gc1]}) 42... Kb6 43. Rxc6+ Kxc6 44. Nxa7+
Kb6 (44... Kb7 45. Nb5 Kb6 46. a4 Rh1+ 47. Ke2 Rxd1 48. Kxd1 Ka5 49. Nd6 Kxa4
50. Nf5 $11 {[%csl Gg7,Gh6]}) 45. Nc8+ Kb7 46. Nd6+ Kc6 47. Ne4 f5 48. Rc1+ Kb6
49. Rb1+ Ka5 50. Nd2 Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Rxb1 52. Nxb1 Ka4 53. Kh3 Kb3 54. Nd2+ Kxa3
55. g4 fxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Qf4 $5 {Very interesting idea,that first was introduced by Victor Kortschnoi
in his candidats match against Sax in 1991. The main idea is to play Qg3 
(after developing of black bishop) and Bh6 ,on the same time black cannot play
8...d5 because of Nb5!.} (8. e4 Bc5 {is very unclear line}) 8... d6 $146 (8...
Be7 9. e4 d6 (9... O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bd3) 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bd2 Nf6
13. Bh6 (13. Bd3) 13... Ne8 14. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Hansen,C/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (14)}) (8... Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rd1 a6 (12... Qb8 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Gorbatow,A-Lengyel,L/
Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (30)}) 13. e5 (13. b3 $142 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 13... dxe5
14. Qxe5 Qc8 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Qg3 Qb7 $13 {0-1 Chuchelov,V-Georgiev,K/Mainz GER
2002/The Week in Chess 406 (46)}) 10... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7e5,Gd7c5]} (10... Be7
11. Qg3 (11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. b3 Bf6 $10) 11...
O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. O-O Bf6 15. Rac1 g6 16. b3 $14 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Candidates/[Kortschnoj] (45)}) 11. Qg3 a6 12. O-O g6
(12... Rc8 13. f4 $14) 13. Bf4 {[%cal Gg3d6]} (13. Rd1) 13... Qc7 $13 {0-1
Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Cannes 2002/CBM 88/[Ribli] (41)}) 9. e4 Nd7 (9... Bb7 10.
Bd3 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. O-O $14) 10. Qg3 Ba6 $2 {Doubtful idea,
black starts to attack c4-pawn,but on the same time, having serious problems
with developing of his kingside.} (10... a6 $142 {playing ,like Topalov in his
game against Lautier} 11. b4 $140 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 {[%csl Gc4]} 13. Rd1 Ne5 $132
) 11. Bg5 $1 (11. Be2 $143 Rc8 12. b3 (12. Bg5 f6 $1 {[%csl Gc4]}) 12... Nc5 {
[%csl Gb3]} 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Qe3 (14. f3 Be7 15. Qxg7 $140 Bf6 $19) 14... Be7
$13) 11... Qc7 12. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7] Now black needs a few moves more to
create threats against c4-pawn} Rc8 (12... Bxc4 $2 13. Nb5 $18) ({After} 12...
Ne5 {white has two options :} {a)} 13. f4 $1 ({and solid} 13. b3) 13... Ng6 (
13... h6 $140 $2 14. fxe5 hxg5 15. c5 $1 {[%cal Gf1a6]} Bxf1 16. cxd6 $18) 14.
f5 Ne5 15. Be2 $40) 13. Be2 h6 (13... g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}
O-O $140 16. Be7) (13... Qb7 14. O-O (14. b3 $2 Nc5 {[%csl Gb3,Ge4]}) 14...
Bxc4 (14... h6 15. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Gd6]}) 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Ge8]
and this position with white bishop on g5 is extremely dangerous for black,for
example} Rc6 17. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Gd6]} (17. b4 $5 {[%csl Gc5]})) 14. Be3 Qb7 (
14... Qb8 15. b3 g6 16. Bd4 $1 $16) 15. b3 $1 $16 {White clearly won opening
battle,black has serious difficulties with developing of his kingside.} (15.
O-O $143 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nb5 Qxe4 $13 18. Nxd6+ $140 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qd5
$1) 15... Nf6 (15... Nc5 $140 16. b4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. b5 $18 Bb7 19. Bf3)
16. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Ge4e5] A concrete play} (16. f3 Nh5 (16... d5 17. exd5 exd5
18. cxd5 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 $1 Qa6+ 20. Kf2 Qxa3 21. Rhe1 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) (16...
Qb8 17. O-O Nh5 18. Qh4 Nf6 {[%cal Gf8e7]} 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. Qg3 $1 {and no
castle once again}) 17. Qh4 Nf6 18. O-O d5 {[%csl Ga3] with some complications,
which i wanted to avoid.} {But after} 19. e5 $1 Nd7 20. cxd5 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 exd5
22. Qg3 $16 {white is clearly better}) 16... Qb8 (16... Nd7 17. O-O) (16... e5
17. O-O $16 {[%csl Gd6,Ge8]}) 17. O-O Bb7 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb8a8]} 18. Rfd1 Qa8
(18... Nd7 $142 $16) 19. Nb5 {[%csl Gd6] All white piecies are well-placed ,so
white starts a decisive action.} Bxe4 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Bf4 $1 {
and black is hopeless} (21. Nxd6+ $5 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Bg6 23. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 24.
Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Bd4 Qb7 26. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3f3] with winning position})) 20. Be2
$1 (20. Nxd6+ $6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nh5 $1 (22... Rd8 23. c5 $16) 23.
Qh3 Nf6 {[%cal Ge8g8] wasn't clear at all} 24. Bd4 $140 Ke7 $1 25. Be5 Rhd8)
20... Rc6 {It's difficult to suggest anything else} 21. f3 $1 (21. Nxd6+ Bxd6
22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 {[%csl Ge8]} Qd8 24. Qg3 (24. Qb4 Qe7) 24... Bg6 25. c5
O-O 26. c6 {[%csl Rc6] also looks very good}) 21... Nh5 (21... Bg6 22. c5 $1 {
[%csl Ge8]} bxc5 (22... dxc5 23. Nc7+ Rxc7 24. Qxc7 Be7 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Bc6
$18 {[%csl Ga8]}) 23. Nxa7 $3 {[%cal Ge2b5]} Qxa7 24. Bb5 Qd7 $8 (24... Qb6 25.
Rxc5 $3 dxc5 $140 26. Bxc6+ Qxc6 27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Qd8#) 25. Qf4 $1 {[%cal
Gf4a4]} Nd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Qa4 $18 {[%csl Ge8]}) 22. Qg4 (22. Qh4 Bg6 23. c5
Be7 24. Qa4 O-O 25. cxd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb5c7]} (25. Nxa7 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 $44
)) 22... Nf6 23. Qh4 Bg6 24. c5 $1 {The same idea ,like after 21...Bg6} bxc5 (
24... dxc5 25. Qa4 $18) 25. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ga4e8] Decides immediately,black
allready going to lose material.} Nd7 (25... Ke7 26. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 Kxd6
28. Bxc5+ $18) 26. Nxa7 Rc7 (26... Rb6 27. Rxc5) 27. Nb5 {Of course} Qxa4 28.
Nxc7+ Kd8 29. Nxe6+ $1 {Important intermediate move} fxe6 30. bxa4 $18 Kc7 (
30... d5 31. Bb5 d4 32. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Be8 34. Kf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc1d1]}
) (30... Be7 31. Bb5 $18) 31. Bb5 Nb6 (31... Nf6 32. Bf4 e5 33. Bg3 {[%cal
Gf3f4]} Bf5 {was more stubborn}) 32. Bf4 $1 e5 33. Bg3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} Bf5 $8 (
33... Be7 34. f4 e4 35. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc1c5]}) 34. a5 Nd7 35. f4 $1 e4 36.
Bxd7 Bxd7 (36... Kxd7 37. Rxc5 $18) 37. f5 $1 {Finally white opens his bishop
and black position collapse immediately.} Kc6 38. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb1b6]} e3 39.
Rb6+ Kc7 40. Rd5 c4 41. Rc5+ Kd8 42. a6 $1 {[%csl Gf8,Gh8]} (42. a6 dxc5 43. a7
) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 {
'!' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'am schärfsten; Ribli in der 'Sonntagszeitung Zürich'.
Ruhiger ist 7.Nb3 oder 7.Nc2.'} d5 {'!?' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'N'} (7... Ne5 {
Euwe} 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Na5 13. Rb1 d5
14. Na4 $146) 8. Bg2 {'!' Bulletin.} (8. cxd5 $2 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Be6
$17) 8... d4 (8... dxc4 $2 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 $16) 9. Na4 Qa5+
10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nc5 {'!' Bulletin.} O-O 12. Nd3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Rd8 15. c5 Ne8 16. Na3 {'!' Bulletin.} f6 17. f4 {'!' Bulletin.} Bd7 18. Nc4
Rab8 19. b4 {'!' Bulletin.} Ne7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Bf3 {'!' Bulletin.} a6 22. Rhb1
Nc7 23. Nd6 {'!' Bulletin.} Nf5 24. b5 {'!' Bulletin.} axb5 25. axb5 Nxd6 (
25... Bxf3 26. Nxf5 Bxe2 27. b6 $1 Bxd3 (27... Nd5 28. Nxd4 Bxd3 29. Kxd3 $16)
28. Kxd3 Na6 (28... Ne8 29. c6 $1 bxc6 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxc6 $18) 29. Rxa6 bxa6
30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nc6 $16) 26. bxc6 Nc4+ 27. Kc1 bxc6 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Ra4 {
'!' Bulletin.} Ne3 30. Bxc6 e5 {'+-?' Bulletin.} (30... Rd8 $1 31. Ra7 Ned5 $16
) 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Ne6 33. Ra5 Rc8 34. Kd2 {'!' Bulletin.} Kf8 35. Kd3 {
'!' Bulletin.} Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Nd7+ Kg5 38. Bf3 Nf5 39. h4+ Kg6 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. Bd5 Re8 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 (5... e6 6. Ndb5) (5... g6
6. e4) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd2 (8. e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 e5
11. Bc4 Bc5 $1 12. Bxf7 $2 Rf8 $10) 8... e6 9. g3 (9. e4 Nb4) (9. Rc1 Be7 10.
Na4 O-O 11. Rxc6 Bb7) 9... Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bf3 Rb8 (12... Qb6 {
/\ ...Rac8, ...Rfd8}) 13. Qc1 $1 Qb6 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Rd1 Rbc8 16. Na4 $10 (16.
b4 Bc4 (16... Bxb4 $6 17. a3) 17. e4 Nc7 18. Na4 Qa6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Bd3
{/\ 21...Nb5=}) 16... Qb5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. a3 Qb6 $5 (
7... Be7) 8. Be3 Ng4 9. cxd5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 exd5 11. g3 (11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3
Qe5 $44) 11... Be6 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O {/\ Na4} Nxd4 14. exd4 Be7 15. Qd2 O-O
16. e3 $14 Qb3 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Rc6 $6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nc1 Qb6 21. b4 $16
Bd6 22. Nb3 Re8 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Rc3 Be7 $132 {><e3} 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Qf2 g6 27.
Nb3 Bg5 28. h4 Bh6 29. Na5 Bd7 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Re7 32. g4 f6 33. Bd1 Re4
34. Qg3 Qd8 35. Kf2 $2 (35. Nb7 $1 Qe7 36. Nc5 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bxe3 38. Nxd7 Bxd4
39. Qc7 $18) 35... Kh8 $1 36. Nb7 Qf8 37. Nc5 Re7 38. Nxd7 (38. Kg2 $142 {
/\ g5+/-}) 38... Rxd7 39. Rxc6 Re7 40. Rc3 f5 $1 41. Kg2 (41. g5 f4 $1 $13)
41... f4 42. exf4 Bxf4 43. Qf2 Rf7 44. Rf3 Qd6 45. Bb3 $2 (45. g5 {/\ b5, a4+/-
}) 45... h6 46. Qf1 Kg7 47. Bc2 Rf8 48. Rf2 Rf6 49. Bb3 Be3 50. Rxf6 Qxf6 51.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 52. Bxd5 Bxd4 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Bf7 g5 55. h5 Bb2 56. a4 Bc3 57. b5
Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1986.06.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 a5 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 a4 14. Nc1
O-O 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Nf4 d4 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. e4 Be6
21. Rd2 f5 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Nd3 Bc4 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. f4 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc5 27.
Rad1 Rc2 28. R3d2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Kf7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Be4 h6 32. Kf3 Nb4 33. a3
Na6 34. Bxb7 Nc5 35. Bc6 d3 36. Bb5 Rd6 37. Rd1 Rb6 38. Bxd3 Rxb2 39. Bc4 Rc2
40. Bd5 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 Nd3 42. Rb1 Nf2+ 43. Kh4 Rxa3 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kd6
46. Bg8 g5+ 47. fxg5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Rf3 49. Ra7 Ne4+ 50. Kg4 Rf2 51. Bh7 Nf6+
52. Kg5 Nxh7+ 53. Rxh7 Rb2 54. h4 $2 (54. Ra7 Rxh2 55. Rxa4 Ke7 56. Kg6 Rg2 57.
g4 $18) 54... Rb5+ 55. Kg4 Ra5 56. Rb7 a3 57. Rb1 a2 58. Ra1 Ke6 59. Kf4 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 15th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 $5 {(Kortchnoi)} Nfg4 9. e3 g5 $5 {N} (9... a6) (9... Qc6 $6) 10. Bxg5 $1
a6 (10... Qc6 11. h3 Qxh1 $2 12. Nc7#) 11. h3 f6 12. Bh4 $8 (12. Bf4 axb5 13.
hxg4 bxc4 $132) 12... Nxe3 (12... axb5 13. hxg4 Nxc4 14. Bxf6 Rg8 15. Qb3) 13.
fxe3 $1 (13. Qh5+ Ng6 14. Bd3 f5 $132) 13... axb5 (13... Qxe3+ 14. Qe2 Nd3+ (
14... Nf3+ 15. Kd1 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Nxh4 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 $18) 15. Kd1 Nf2+
16. Kc2 Qxe2+ 17. Bxe2 $18 {/\Bh5#, /\Nc7}) 14. Bxf6 $1 Bg7 $5 (14... Qxe3+ 15.
Qe2 $18) 15. Qh5+ Nf7 16. Bxg7 Qxe3+ 17. Ne2 (17. Kd1 $5) 17... Rg8 18. Bd4 $18
(18. Qxh7 $6 Rxg7 19. Qxg7 Ne5 $132) 18... Qe4 19. Rh2 e5 (19... Rg5 20. Qh4
Qg6 21. Rf2 $18) 20. Rf2 Qg6 (20... Rg7 21. Bg2 $18) 21. Qxg6 Rxg6 22. Bc3 (22.
Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Bxe5 Re6 $1 (23... bxc4 24. Nf4 Rxg3 25. Bxc4+ {/\Kf2, +-, צg3})
24. Bc3 bxc4 $16) 22... bxc4 23. Bg2 d6 24. g4 h5 (24... Be6 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26.
Bc6+ Ke7 27. Ng3 $18) 25. gxh5 Rh6 26. Ng3 Ke7 27. Bd5 Rf6 (27... Be6 28. Nf5+)
28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. Ne4+ Ke7 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. Nxd6+ Ke6 32. Nxc4 Ra4 33. b3 1-0

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Positionally one of the best games of the tournament. Ju Wenjun won the pair
of bishops and patiently used their power to crush Muzychuk. It is hard to
point even one move that the Chinese player made in this game that was
inaccurate.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7.
Nb3 Bb6 {Unusual. This has been played once before, but the alternative is
much more common.} (7... Be7 {has been played by dozens of grandmasters.}) 8.
c5 Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nb5 $1 {Taking the pair of bishops
is definitely a good idea.} bxc5 13. Nxc7 c4 (13... Qxc7 14. Nxc5 {is an edge
for White but nothing special.}) 14. Nd4 Qxc7 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. Qa4 Nd5 $6 {
Muzychuk hopes to equalize through trades, but it does not achieve the desired
result.} (16... e5 17. Qxc4 Be6 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rfc8 20. Bg2 Rb3 21. Rd1
$14) (16... Qb6 $5) 17. Qxc4 Qb6 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Re1 Qb3 20. Qc5 Qb5 {The next
moves by Ju Wenjun are absolutely perfect and show great understanding of this
position. White holds a big advantage but she has to play precisely to prove
it.} 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. e4 Nb6 23. Bf1 $1 Na4 24. Rb1 $1 Rbc8 25. Be3 Rc2 26. b3
$1 Nc3 27. Rbc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxe4 29. Rc7 $18 Ra8 30. Bg2 f5 31. Bf1 Nf6 32.
Bd4 Rd8 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rxa7 Rd6 35. b4 $1 Rb6 36. a4 e5 37. a5 Rd6 38. Be2
h6 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Rb8 Rd4 41. Rb6 Bc8 42. Rc6 Bd7 43. Rc7 Kg6 44. a6 Be8 45.
Rc8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bf4 d5 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bxc7 Qxc7 11. Nb5 Qe5 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Qc1 d4 14. e4 Nxe4
15. f4 Qd5 16. Bc4 Nxc5 17. Bxd5 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Kxd6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Nxd4 Bd7 22. Ke3 Rhc8 23. Rhd1 Ke7 24. Rc5 a5 25. b3 Ra6 26. g3 Rb8 27. Rd3
h6 28. a4 f6 29. h4 Be8 30. Nf3 Bg6 31. Rdc3 Kd6 32. h5 Bh7 33. Nd2 Rb4 34.
R5c4 Rxc4 35. Nxc4+ Kc5 36. Rc1 Kb4 37. Nd2 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rc4+ Ka3 40.
Rc5 Bg8 41. Rxe5 Bxb3 42. Nxb3 Kxb3 43. Re7 Kxa4 44. Rxg7 Kb3 45. Kd2 Rb6 46.
g4 a4 47. Kc1 a3 48. Kb1 Rb4 49. g5 hxg5 50. Rxg5 Rh4 51. Rg3+ Kb4 52. Rg6 Rh1+
53. Ka2 Rh2+ 54. Kb1 {Diagramm [#] Das berühmte f+h-Bauer-Szenario bahnt sich
an. Diese Stellung wäre ohne den weißen h-Bauern verloren, da der König auf
der Grundreihe abgeschnitten ist und Schwarz zudem den richtigen Bauern nach
vorne (a3) geschoben hat.} c5 55. Rb6+ Ka5 56. Rh6 c4 57. Rc6 Kb5 58. Rc8 Kb4 (
58... Rxh5 $6 59. Ka2 $8 Kb4 60. Rb8+ Kc3 61. Rg8 {ist eine theoretische
Remisstellung} Rh2+ 62. Kxa3 Kc2 63. Rg3 c3 64. Rg1 {und der weiße König ist
auf der richtigen (kurzen) Seite.}) 59. Rb8+ Kc3 60. Ra8 a2+ 61. Ka1 Kd3 62.
Rd8+ Kc2 63. Rg8 Kb3 (63... Rxh5 64. Rg2+ Kb3 65. Rb2+ Kc3 66. Kxa2 $11 {
mit gleicher Stellung wie in der Partie}) 64. Rb8+ Kc3 65. Rg8 Kd3 66. Rd8+ Ke3
67. Re8+ Kd4 68. Rd8+ Kc5 69. Rc8+ Kb4 70. Rb8+ Ka3 71. Ra8+ Kb3 72. Rb8+ Kc3
73. Rg8 Kd3 74. Rd8+ Kc2 75. Rg8 {Schwarz hat die letzten Züge keinerlei
Fortschritte erzielen können und wechselt jetzt die Strategie} Rxh5 76. Rg2+
Kb3 77. Rb2+ Kc3 78. Kxa2 Rd5 79. Rb8 Kc2 80. Rb2+ Kc1 81. Rb1+ Kc2 82. Rb2+
Kc3 83. Rb8 Rd2+ 84. Kb1 Rd1+ 85. Ka2 Kc2 {Diagramm [#] die
Zermürbungsstrategie Inarkievs mündet an dieser Stelle in den einzigen Fehler
seines Gegners - was ihm jedoch den halben Punkt kostet.} 86. Rb2+ $4 (86. Rh8
{der Turm gibt von der langen Seite Schachs und sichert so das Remis}) 86...
Kd3 87. Rb8 c3 {mit dem Bauern auf der dritten Reihe ist Weiß ein Tempo zu
langsam um die Remisstellung mit Th8 einzunehmen.} 88. Rd8+ (88. Rh8 c2 89.
Rh3+ Ke4 90. Rh4+ Kf5 91. Rh5+ Kg6 $19) 88... Ke2 0-1

[Event "Seville op 41st"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. e4
d5 (8... O-O) 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 O-O 12. Be2 (12. dxc6 $2
Bxf2+ 13. Ke2 Re8+ $19) 12... Qf6 13. O-O Rd8 {Diagrama [#]} 14. Qd3 $2 (14.
Be3 Be6 (14... Qxb2 15. Nc5 $11) (14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qe5 16. Qc2 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1
Ne7 (17... Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd7 $2 (18... Re5 19. Rxf7 $14) 19. Rae1) 18. Bd3 $11)
15. Bf3 Ne7 $11) 14... Be6 $16 15. Qf3 (15. Qc3 Bxd5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 Nd4
$17) 15... Qxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Ne4 Nd3 20. Nc3
Rf5 (20... Re5) 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 (23. Rxf1 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nc4
25. Rxb7 Nxa3 26. Rc7 $15 (26. Kf2 a5 $15)) 23... Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Rxb7
Nxa3 26. Ke2 h6 27. e4 Nc2 28. Kd2 Nd4 29. Nd5 a5 30. Ke3 Nc6 {Diagrama [#]}
31. Nb6 $6 (31. Rc7 Ne5 32. Kd4 $15) 31... Ra6 $17 32. Na4 Ne5 33. Kd4 f6 34.
Rb5 h5 35. Kd5 Kh7 36. h4 Ra8 37. Ke6 Kg6 38. Ke7 Ra7+ 39. Ke6 Ra6+ 40. Kd5 Ra8
41. Kd4 Kh6 42. g3 (42. Kc3) 42... Rd8+ 43. Rd5 Rb8 $19 44. Kc3 (44. Rxa5 Nc6+)
44... Rb4 45. Rd4 (45. Nc5 Rc4+ 46. Kb3 Kg6 47. Nd3 a4+ 48. Ka2 Nxd3 49. Rxd3
Rxe4 $19) 45... Rxd4 46. Kxd4 g5 47. Nc5 gxh4 48. gxh4 Nf3+ 49. Kc4 Nxh4 50.
Kb5 Ng2 51. Nd3 Kg5 52. Kxa5 Nf4 53. Nf2 Kh4 54. e5 fxe5 55. Kb5 Kg3 56. Ne4+
Kf3 57. Ng5+ Kg4 58. Ne4 h4 59. Kc6 Kf5 60. Nd2 Ke6 61. Ne4 h3 62. Kc5 h2 63.
Ng3 Nd3+ 64. Kc4 Nf2 0-1

[Event "ROM-GER Kings"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2015.11.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.10.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Rac8 {Die Partie ist in eine Igelstruktur
übergegangen. Weiß verfügt über mehr Raum, doch dafür ist die schwarze
Stellung ziemlich fest. Schwarz will das weiße Zentrum sprengen und Züge wie
...d5 oder ...a6 und ...b5 durchsetzen.[#]} (11... Rad8 {Wird hier häufiger
gespielt. Mit diesem Zug bereitet Schwarz einfach späteres ...d5 vor.} 12. Rc1
Qb8 13. Re1 $13) 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Qb8 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Bg3 d6 16. Nd2 Qa8 17.
Bf1 Ne5 18. f3 Ng6 19. b4 Nd7 (19... d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bd3 Bf8 22. Bxg6 fxg6
23. Nb5 $13) 20. Bf2 Bh4 21. g3 Be7 22. Qb3 h5 23. Be2 Nf6 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Nb5
Qb8 26. Nd4 Bf8 27. h3 Ng6 28. Qe3 Re8 29. Nb5 Rcd8 30. Nb3 {[#]} d5 $2 {
Die Zeit für diesen Zentrumsdurchbruch ist immer noch nicht gekommen.} (30...
Rc8 $11) 31. c5 $1 $16 bxc5 (31... dxe4 32. c6 $16) 32. Nxc5 dxe4 33. Nxb7 Qxb7
34. fxe4 Ne5 35. Rc7 Qb8 36. Rc3 (36. Rxa7 Rc8 37. Qf4 Red8 $13) 36... Rd7 37.
Nxa7 Nfg4 $4 38. hxg4 Nxg4 39. Nc6 $1 $18 Qa8 40. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{White emerged from the opening with a small advantage and a position that was
simple to play with straightforward moves, and one which demanded exact
responses by Black. Unfortunately for the Mongolian representative in Jermuk,
she was unable to find the right answer and at a crucial time committed a
positional mistake.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3
Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13.
Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rxe2 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Bxd5 Qd7 $2 ({Necessary
was} 17... Qe7 18. Bf3 Re6 {Of course White is in control, but Black is
holding on.}) 18. Qf4 Bc2 19. Rd4 Qe7 20. Rc4 Rd8 21. Rc7 Qf6 22. R1xc2 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 {#} 9. Qa4 {This astonishing move was introduced into practice last
year by Aronian, who surprised Leko in Morelia 2008.} g5 {Faced with a new
situation in the above-mentioned game this advance took Leko 80 minutes of
thought. Dominguez spent less than a minute for it. His next moves were played
a tempo as well - a clear sign of good home preparation.} 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ {
An important novelty! In the game Aronian-Leko, Morelia 2008 Black continued
10... Nxe5.} 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. Kb3 ({
Without preparation Carlsen wasn't ready to test the most principled
continuation} 15. e4 Qd2+ 16. Kb3 Qxb2+ (16... Ne3 {loses:} 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2
) 17. Kxc4 d5+ ({Not} 17... Qxa1 18. Qa5+ b6 19. Qxg5+ Be7 20. Qe5 {winning}) {
and here White must find} 18. Kd3 $1 (18. exd5 Bg7 {favours Black}) 18... Bg7
19. Ne2 {# This wild position requires a careful analysis in order to tell if
White can emerge out of complications with some advantage. At the first sight
Black has sufficient counterplay to keep the balance. Here is a possible
variation that ends up with a draw by perpetual check:} Bd7 ({worse is} 19...
dxe4+ 20. Ke3 Qxa1 21. Bg2 Qe5 22. Qxa7 Bd7 23. Rc1) 20. Qxa7 Qxa1 (20... Bb5+
21. Ke3 d4+ 22. Kf2 {is again winning for White}) 21. Bg2 Bb5+ 22. Ke3 Qb2 23.
Qb8+ Ke7 24. Qxb7+ Kf8 25. Qc8+ Ke7 26. Qc7+ Ke8 {and White can either repeat
the moves, or try to play for more with 27.Re1.}) 15... Nd2+ 16. Kc2 Nc4 17.
Kb3 Nd2+ 18. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Helsingborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Black "Schneider, Lars Ake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 {Ett säkert
system som ger vit en minimal fördel.} d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6
10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Vit har den bättre bondeställningen, men svart har bättre
pjäser i form av löparparet och den halvöppna b-linjen. Även bonden pÅ f4
utövar ett starkt tryck pÅ kungsflygeln. Med textdraget vill vit likvidera
löparparet. En annan} 11. Rd1+ (11. Nd4) 11... Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 {Säkrare är:12.
- Ld6} (12... Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 (14. b3 Rb4 $1 {För att förhindra Td4})
14... Re8 15. g3 f3 16. Kd1 fxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Kc7 {Med en minimal fördel för vit
eftersom han har tvÅ bondeöar mot svarts tre.}) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 Rb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. g3 (16. Rd2 Ne5 $1) 16... Rxb2 17. Bh3 Nc5 (17... Nf6 18. O-O
fxg3 19. hxg3 Bb4 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Bg2 Rdd2 {Adorjan - Cebalo, Visac 1983.
Spelet är ganska jämt eftersom svarts bÅda torn stÅr aktivt som kompensation
för den svaga c-bonden.}) 18. O-O Bd6 {Ett nytt drag,tidigare har spelats 18.
- Tc2} (18... Rc2 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 {Korchnoi-Portisch,Bad Kissingen (5)
1983.}) 19. Rc1 g5 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Bg2 h6 (21... Be7 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. gxf4
gxf4 24. Nd5+ $1) 22. Na4 Nxa4 (22... Rxe2 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 25. Kf1
) (22... Rb5 23. Rc2) 23. Rxc6+ Kb8 24. Rcxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Nc3 26. Bf3 $1 {
Hämmar svarts bönder pÅ kungsflygeln och ger kungen ett fält.} Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2
Rxe2 28. g4 $1 Rxa2 (28... f3 29. h3) 29. Rxh6 Rc2 30. Rh5 {Svarts ställning
är givetvis hopplös.} Rc5 31. Kg2 {Förbereder h4} Kc7 32. h4 a5 33. hxg5 Kd6
34. Rh6+ {Naturligtvis inte 34.g6??} (34. g6 $4 Rxh5 35. gxh5 Ke6) 34... Ke5
35. Ra6 Ke4 36. g6 Rg5 37. f3+ Kd4 38. Re6 Kd5 39. Ra6 Kd4 40. Kf2 Rc5 41. g7
Rg5 42. Rxa5 Rxg7 43. Ra4+ Ke5 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sjodahl, Pontus"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
b6 9. f4 (9. Be2) 9... d6 10. Bd3 $5 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 (12... Nd7 $5)
13. Rc1 a6 (13... Nd7) 14. Kh1 Nb8 15. Nd4 Nbd7 16. b4 $16 *

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bf4 d5 7. Ndb5 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 (12... Rb8 $5)
13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. g3 Rb8 15. Bg2 Rxb2 16. O-O fxg3 17. hxg3 Bb4 18. Rc1 Bxc3 19.
Rxc3 Rxe2 20. Rfc1 $2 (20. Ra3 $142) 20... Rge8 21. f4 Re1+ (21... R8e3 22. Ne5
Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxa2 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Bxc6+ Kd6 26. Bf3 $17) 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23.
Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Ra3 Re7 26. Ne5 Kb7 27. Rb3+ Kc7 28. Ra3 Kb7 29.
Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 (9. f4 $2 Nxe4 $1 $17) 9... d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7
13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 {
(Ftacnik)} (18... Bd7 19. Qc4 b5 $1 (19... Bc6 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. Bc5 Qc7 $10) 20.
Qd4 (20. Qb4 a5 21. Qa3 b4 $1 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxa8+ Ne8 25.
Bxb4) 20... Bc6 21. Bd6 Qb7 $1 (21... Bxg2 22. Bxc7 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Bxh1 24. exf6
$10) 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. O-O Ne4 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Qxa7 Qxc3 (25... Nd2 26. Qc7
$1 {(Sax)}) 26. Qc7 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 $13 {(Bulletin:Ftacnik)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dornbirn op"]
[Site "Dornbirn"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. g4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Na4 Qa6 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd5 Bxg4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21.
Rxe5 Qf6 22. Rd5 b5 $6 (22... Bf3 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Bd3 Rfe8 $13) 23. Rxb5 Qf3
24. Rg1 Rfd8 25. Bd3 Rxd3 26. Rxb4 Rcd8 27. Nc3 Rd2 $4 28. Qxd2 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hanel, Reinhard"]
[Black "Hoelzl, Franz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 $5 {Bis hierher hatte ich die Variante schon einige Male geuebt,
u.a. gegen Dan- ner, Titz und Swoboda.} 10. f4 Nc6 $1 {Meines Wissens neu.
Bislang pflegte man hier weniger stark mit 10... Sg6 oder 10... Sd7
fortzufahren.} 11. Bg2 $6 {Im Nachhinein halte ich 11.Le3 fuer staerker.
Allerdings folge ich mit dem Textzug, ohne es zu wissen, eine Partie von
Portisch.} e5 $1 12. Bd2 $1 (12. Be3 $2 Nd4 $1 13. Qd3 Nc2+ $19) 12... O-O {
Portisch spielte hier Sb5 und geriet in eine schlechtere Stellung, die er al-
lerdings noch gewinnen konnte. Mit dem Textzug folge ich - ohne es zu wissen -
einer Emfpehlung Adorjans, der die Stellung etwa gleich einschaetzt.} 13. Nd5
$2 {Zu versuchen war 13.f5!?.} Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nb4 $1 16. a3 {
Weiss sucht sein Heil in einem Bauernopfer.} Nxd5 $1 17. exd5 (17. Qxd5 Be6 $19
) 17... Re8 $5 {Auf 17... Dxb3 18.0-0 exf4 19.Txf4 hat Weiss fuer den Bauern
etwas Enwick- lungsvorsprung und Raumvorteil, was moeglicherweise zum
Ausgleich gereicht haette.} 18. Nc1 $1 (18. Qd3 exf4+ 19. Kf1 Re3 $19) (18. f5
Qxb3 19. f6 $1 Bf5 $3 20. O-O Bg6 {und Schwarz verfuegt neben dem 'gedeckten'
Mehrbauern auch ueber eine bomben- sichere Koenigsstellung.}) (18. Qc2 exf4+
19. Kf1 Re3 20. Nd2 Qa6+ 21. Kg1 (21. Qc4 f3 $1) 21... Re2 {und nichts geht
mehr.}) (18. Qd1 exf4+ 19. Kf1 f3 20. Bxf3 (20. Qxf3 Re3 $19) 20... Bh3+ 21.
Bg2 Qb5+ 22. Kf2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Re2+ 24. Kg1 (24. Kh3 Qd7+ {nebst baldigem Matt,
ebenso nach 24.Kf3 Tae8 usw.}) 24... Rae8 $1 {und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie
der Anziehende die schwarzen Drohungen pa- rieren sollte.}) (18. Qb4 Qe3+ {
mit baldigem Gewinn.}) 18... exf4+ 19. Kf1 Bd7 $2 {Nach Einschaltung von 19. ..
.Te3! mit der Drohung 20... f3 ist 20.gxf4 er- zwungen - und erst dann 20...
Ld7! konnte Weiss das Handtuch werfen.} 20. Bf3 $1 {Das waere auf 19... Te3
nicht moeglich gewesen.} Bh3+ 21. Bg2 Qb5+ 22. Kf2 {Jedoch nicht 22.Dd3??
Lxg2+ nebst 23... Dxb2+ mit Turmverlust.} Qc5+ 23. Kf1 {Remis?} Qc4+ $6 24. Qd3
$1 Qc8 25. gxf4 Bxg2+ $2 {25... Dg4! 26.Lxh3 Dxf4+ haette
hoechstwahrscheinlich Dauerschach erzwungen.} 26. Kxg2 Qg4+ 27. Qg3 Qf5 (27...
Re2+ $2 28. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 29. Qf2 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Qg2 Qd3+ 32. Qe2 Qh3+ 33.
Kg1 $18) 28. Rf1 $1 Qxd5+ 29. Qf3 Qd4 30. Rf2 Re6 31. Qd3 Qb6 $1 {Das sollte
natuerlich ebenso verlieren wie alles andere, gibt Weiss jedoch noch die
Moeglichkeit zu einem spektakulaeren Selbstfaller.} 32. Nb3 Re3 33. Qd4 Rxb3 {
[FM R. Hanel]} 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Qc7 7. Bg5 a6 $6 (
7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 $14) 8. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 9. e3 f5 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O
f4 12. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 13. exf4 Qxf4 14. c5 $16 Rb8 15. Qc2 Bd4 16. Na4 h5 17.
Rad1 h4 18. Qc4 $2 (18. Rxd4 $3 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. b4 Rg8 21. Bf1 $16) 18...
Be5 19. Qxf4 Bxf4 20. g3 Bc7 21. Rd4 hxg3 22. hxg3 (22. fxg3 a5 $132) 22... Ke7
23. Rc1 a5 $11 24. Rc2 Rb3 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Rh4 Be5 27. Bc4 Rb8 28. Rh5 Bf6 29.
Be2 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. Nb6 Be5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Bc7 34. Nxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba m"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Knaak Levant Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3
Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 $5 {Cifuentes: A novelty in a well known position. 8.
Bg2 is the normal move Ribli: Kortschnoj spielt sehr oft mit weissen Steinen
die Eroeffnung sehr agressiv. Natuerlich hat er diesen schaerfen Zug schon zu
Hause gruendlich analysiert.} (8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 $5 (9... Neg4 10. O-O Rb8
11. b4 $5 axb5 12. Nxb5 $44 {Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Monaco Amber 25'/1994/EXP40/
INF60,(42)/}) 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 d6 $10 {Speelman,
J-Timman,J/London m/1989/CBM15/INF48,45/}) 8... Nfg4 (8... d6 9. Bg2 a6 (9...
Nxc4 $2 10. Qa4 Nxb2 11. Qb3 Ng4 12. O-O $18) 10. Qa4 Bd7 (10... Nfd7 11. c5 $1
Qxc5 (11... dxc5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nc7+ $18) (11... Nxc5 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nd5+
$3 Kxd6 14. Bxe5+ Kxe5 15. Qf4# {mate}) 12. Be3 $18) 11. Be3 $1 Qd8 12. Bxb7
axb5 13. Qxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxa8 Nxc4 15. Bf3 $16) (8... Bc5 9. Bg2 $1 (9. e3 d6 10.
Be2 a6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. b4 axb5 $1 13. Qxa8 Bxb4 $19) 9... Bxf2+ 10. Kf1 Nfg4
11. Qd6 $1 Nxc4 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Nxa8 $18) 9. e3 Qc6 $6 {
Cifuentes: 9. ....a6 is better Ribli: Nach dieser schablonhaften und
fehlerhaften Antwort erhaelt Weiss klaren Vorteil.} (9... a6 $5 10. Nc7+ Qxc7
11. Qxg4 d6 (11... Qc6 12. Bxe5 Qxh1 13. O-O-O $1 (13. Ne4 f5 $1 14. Qh5+ g6
15. Qe2 $8 fxe4 16. Bxh8 Bb4+ $15) 13... Qxh2 14. Qf3 $44) 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Bxe5
dxe5 14. Bg2 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. c5 f5 $6 (18...
Bxc5 $1 19. Ne4 Bb5 20. Qf3 (20. Qc2 Be7 $17) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qe7 22. Qc2
(22. a4 Be8 23. Qc2 a5 $1 24. Nxc5 b6 $17) 22... Rc7 (22... a5 23. Nxc5 b6 24.
Qd2 $14) 23. Nxc5 b6 24. b4 bxc5 25. bxc5 $14) 19. e4 $1 Bg5 20. Rb1 g6 21. b4
Bc6 22. Qc4 Qf7 23. a4 Bf6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Be8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. c6 $16 {
Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk (11) 1996/1-0 (54)}) 10. h3 $1 {[#]} (10. e4 $2 Bc5 11.
Bxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 a6 $1 13. fxe5 axb5 14. cxb5 Qc7 $17) 10... Nf3+ (10... Qxh1
$5 11. hxg4 Nf3+ 12. Ke2 e5 $1 (12... Ng1+ 13. Kd2 $18) 13. Nd6+ $1 (13. Nc7+
Kd8 14. Nxa8 exf4 15. gxf4 b5 $1 (15... d6 $2 16. Qd5 $1 Ng1+ (16... Bxg4 17.
Kd3 $16) 17. Kd3 Qxd5+ 18. Nxd5 Bxg4 19. Bg2 Nf3 20. Rh1 h5 21. e4 $16) 16. Qd5
Bb7 17. Qxb5 $8 Bxa8 18. Qb8+ Ke7 19. Rd1 Ng1+ 20. Ke1 Nf3+ $10) 13... Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 f6 $8 15. Nd5 Kf7 16. Qe7+ Kg6 17. g5 $1 $40 fxg5 (17... Nxg5 18. Bxg5
Qh5+ (18... fxg5 19. Qxe5 {- B2) 17..,fxg5}) 19. Kd2 Qxg5 (19... fxg5 20. Bd3+
Kh6 21. Nf6 $1 Qf3 22. Ng4+ $1 Kh5 23. Nxe5 $18) 20. f4 Qh5 21. Bd3+ f5 22. Rh1
Qxh1 23. Qg5+ Kf7 24. Qxf5+ $18) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 d6 20. Qxd6+ Kf7 21.
Qe7+ Kg6 22. Kd2 Kh6 23. f4 $1 gxf4 24. Be2 $1 Qh2 25. exf4 $18) 11. Ke2 Nge5 (
11... e5 $2 12. Qd5 $1 $18) 12. b3 g5 (12... a6 13. Bg2 axb5 14. Bxe5 Qc5 15.
Bxf3 Qxe5 16. Nxb5 $16) 13. Bg2 $1 $16 {Ribli: Nach dieser kalbluetigen Zug
steht der Nahziehende vor unloesbaren Problemen.} (13. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 14. Bg2
Qxg2 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 b6 $17) 13... gxf4 14. exf4 (14. gxf4 $2 Rg8) 14...
a6 (14... Qb6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Na4 $1 Qa5 (16... Qd8 17. Qd4 f6 18. Nxa7 $18)
17. Qd4 Ng6 18. Rhd1 $18) 15. fxe5 axb5 16. Bxf3 Qc5 17. Nxb5 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 Bg7
19. Kg2 $18 {Levant: This exact position appeared on Korchnoi's board on the
morning of the game and was analyzed by both himself and GM Har-Zvi. This was
the reason for White spending less than 3 minutes until this move whilst Black
had spent over 95 minutes! Instead of White's last move 19. a4! is preferable.}
(19. a4 $5 Qxa1 20. Qxa1 Bxa1 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nxa8 Bd4 23. Ke2 $18 {The king
in the centre gives White the advantage in the ending}) 19... Qxa1 (19... Qb8
20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. c5 $1 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Rg8 23. Re1 $1 Qa7 24. Nf5+ Kf8 (24... Ke8
25. Qf6 Qxc5 26. Bh5 Rg6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qh8+ Qf8 29. Nd6+ Ke7 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8
31. Rc1 $18) (24... Kd8 25. Qf6+ Kc7 26. Ne7 $1 Rf8 27. Nd5+ $18) 25. Qf6 exf5
26. Qh6+ $1 Rg7 27. Qd6+ $18) (19... O-O 20. Qd2 Qb2 (20... Qxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxa1
22. Nd6 $18) 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rad1 $18) 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Qxa1 (21. Nxa8 $6
Qxa2 22. Nb6 Qa5 $16) 21... Bxa1 22. Nxa8 Bd4 23. b4 (23. Rd1 e5 24. a4 $18)
23... b6 24. Rd1 e5 25. a4 Rg8 $1 26. c5 $1 (26. Rxd4 {Knaak} exd4 27. Nxb6 Re8
$1 28. Kf1 d3 $13) 26... bxc5 27. b5 Rg6 28. b6 Rf6 29. Rb1 c4 (29... Rxf3 30.
Kxf3 Bb7+ 31. Ke2 Bxa8 32. b7 Bxb7 33. Rxb7 $16 {[%cal Ya4a8]}) 30. b7 Bxb7 31.
Rxb7 d5 {/\ e4, קf2} 32. Rb8+ (32. Rb5 $5 {Knaak}) 32... Kd7 33. Bg4+ Kc6 34.
f4 c3 35. a5 c2 36. a6 $4 (36. Nb6 $1 {Knaak} Bxb6 37. axb6 Kc5 (37... exf4 38.
Rc8+ Kxb6 39. Rxc2 fxg3 40. Kxg3 $18) 38. Rc8+ Rc6 39. b7 c1=Q 40. b8=Q Qd2+
41. Kf1 Qc1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Be2 Qd4+ 44. Kf1 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 $18) (36. Rc8+ Kb7
37. Rxc2 Kxa8 38. Rd2 $16) 36... Bc5 $4 (36... Kc5 $19 37. Bd7 Bc3 38. Rc8+ Kd4
39. Nc7 Rb6 (39... c1=Q $2 40. Nb5+ Kd3 41. Rxc3+ Qxc3 42. Nxc3 Kxc3 43. Bb5
$18) 40. a7 c1=Q 41. Nb5+ Rxb5 42. Bxb5 Qb2+ 43. Kf3 Be1 44. Kg4 Qa3 45. a8=Q
Qxg3+ 46. Kf5 Qg6#) 37. Rc8+ Kb5 38. Nc7+ Kc4 39. Be2+ Kb3 40. Ne6 $1 $8 (40.
a7 $2 c1=Q 41. a8=Q Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qf2+ 43. Kg4 Qxe2+ 44. Kh4 Rh6+ 45. Kg5 Qh5#)
40... c1=Q 41. Nxc5+ Ka3 (41... Ka2 42. a7 Ra6 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8+ Kb1 45.
Ra1+ Kxa1 46. Nb3+ $18) 42. a7 Ra6 43. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Seville op 36th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2011.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Razmyslov, Alexander"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Corrales Jimenez"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. e3 $6 {
Muy solida, mejor 7.Cb3} O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qh4 a5 {Evitando b4 del blanco.} 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bd2 h6 16.
Rae1 $6 (16. b4 $142 $1 axb4 17. axb4 $15) 16... Rb8 $1 $17 17. Bc1 (17. e4
Rxb2 $19) 17... Bd6 18. h3 c5 19. Rd1 Bc6 (19... Re5 $5 20. f4 Re8 21. g4 d4
22. g5 dxc3 23. bxc3 (23. gxf6 cxb2 $19) 23... Nd5 $19 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. Bxf7+
Kxf7 26. Rxd6 Qe7 $19) 20. Bc2 Be5 {Buscando el cambio del alfil por el
caballo y dejando al blanco de casillas negras obsoleto.} 21. Ba4 $6 Bxa4 $1 (
21... Bxc3 $2 22. Bxc6 Re4 23. f4 (23. Qg3 Be5 (23... Bxb2 24. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 25.
Rxd5 $16) 24. Qf3 $14 {Y las blancas liberan.}) 23... Qb6 (23... Bxb2 24. Bxb2
Rxb2 25. Bxd5 $1 $36) 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 $15) 22. Nxa4 (22. Qxa4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 c4
$17) 22... c4 23. f3 $6 (23. f4 Bd6 24. Nc3 Bc5 25. Qg3 Qd7 $17) 23... Qc7 24.
Nc3 $4 (24. f4 Bd6 $17) 24... d4 $1 {Ahora la dama tiene problemas.} 25. f4
dxc3 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. bxc3 Ne4 28. Rd7 Rb1 $1 29. Qe1 (29. Rdxf7 Rxc1 30.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxc1 Qg5 $19) (29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. Qd7 Qe6 $1 $19)
29... Ng3 $1 30. Rf2 (30. Rfxf7 Rxc1 $19) (30. Qf2 Nxf1 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qxf1
Qxc3 $19) 30... Qxe3 $1 31. Qxe3 (31. Bxe3 Rxe1+ 32. Kh2 R8xe3 33. Rfxf7 Rh1#)
31... Rxe3 32. Rfxf7 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+ 34. Kxe3 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Kd4 Ke6
37. Kxc4 Ne2 $1 {Quitando cualquier posibilidad,} 38. a4 Kd6 {Comentarios de
Corrales para P Belleza} 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 (
7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O $14) (7. e3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nf3 a6
11. Be2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ne4 15. Nf3 Bf6 $10 {Kortschnoj,
V-Sax,G Wijk 1991}) (7. Bf4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 Bf6 11. Qc2
O-O 12. e3 Rb8 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rab1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3
18. Qxc3 Qxa6 $10 {Speelman,J-Lutz,C Munich 1992}) (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. e3
O-O) 7... O-O (7... d5 $2 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5 $16) 8. Nb3 {N} (8. Be2 d5 9.
exd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Bf6 14. Bd3 a5 15.
Qc2 g6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Rab1 Ba6 {1/4:1/4 Bagirov,V-Schlosser,P Brno-B 1991})
8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf4 (10. O-O d6 11. f4 $5 Rc8 12. Be3 Nb8 13. Bd3 Nbd7
14. g4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. g5 Nd7 $14) 10... d6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bg3 (12. Rc1
$142 Ne5 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 d5 $140 $2 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Ndxe4 dxe4
18. Qa4 $16) 12... Ne5 13. Nd2 g5 $1 14. b3 Ng6 15. Re1 (15. Rc1 a6 16. a4 Kg7
17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Nd4 Nhf4 $36) 15... a6 16. a4 Kg7 17. Rc1 Rh8 18. Nf3 $2 (18.
Bf1 h5 19. f3 g4 20. Bf2 $13) 18... h5 $1 19. e5 $2 (19. h4 g4 20. Nd4 Nd7 $17)
(19. h3 $142 h4 (19... g4 20. Nh4 Nxh4 21. Bxh4 gxh3 22. gxh3) 20. Bh2 g4 21.
hxg4 Nxg4 $40) 19... dxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Bxe5 {Ribli} g4 21. Bxf6+ Bxf6 $17)
20... h4 21. Nxg6 (21. Qxd8 $1 {Ribli} Rhxd8 22. Nxg6 Kxg6 23. Be5 $15) 21...
hxg3 22. Nxh8 (22. Qxd8 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bc5+ 24. Kf1 Rxh2 $19 (24... Rhxd8 $17 {
Ribli})) 22... gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bc5+ 24. Kf1 Qxh8 25. Qd2 (25. h3 Qh4 $19) (25.
Bf3 Qxh2 26. Bxb7 Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Qe3+) 25... Qxh2 $19 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Bd1 (27.
Bd3 Nh5 (27... Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Rd8 30. Qd2) 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Kd2 Be7
30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Re3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Qh6+ 33. Kc2 Rxd3 $19) 27... Qg1+ 28. Ke2
Qf2+ 29. Kd3 Rd8+ 30. Nd5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1985.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1985.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O $5 (10. a3 $6 Bxc3+ (10... Nxc3 $2 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8
12. axb4 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. b5 $16) 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. c4 Ne5 14.
c5 b6 $10 {Mortensen,E-Parma,B/Kiel/1978/ Inf 25/71/}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Bxc3 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Nc5 e5 $6 (14... Rd8 $5) (14... Nd4 15. Kf1 e5) (
14... Nd8 $6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Na6 Ba5 17. Rb5 bxa6 18. Rxa5 $16 {Christiasen,
L-Radulov,I/Surakarta/1982/ Inf 33/68/}) 15. Ba3 Bf5 (15... Re8 16. Nxb7 Bxb7
17. Rxb7 $16) 16. Rxb7 $16 Na5 (16... Nd4 $5 17. e3 Bg4 18. Rd3 $16) 17. Rc7
Rac8 18. Na6 $1 Rfd8 $2 (18... Rfe8 19. Rc1 Bd4 20. Bd5 $16) 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.
Rxc3 (20. Rxc3 Rd1+ 21. Bf1 Bh3 22. Rc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Oslo"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Helmers, Knut Jaran"]
[Black "Ogaard, Leif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bg2 b6 (12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 d6) (
12... d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. cxd5 exd5 16. bxc3 b6 17. Rac1 $16 {
Kortschnoj,V-Spassky,B/Belgrade m/1977/}) 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. O-O (14. e5 $2 Nd5)
14... Bxc3 15. Rxc3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qf3 Rac8 (17... dxc4 $2 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19.
Bxc6 cxb3 20. Rd1 $16) 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 $6 (19. Rxc6 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Qb7
$17) (19. Qxf1 $5 exd5 20. Nd4 $5 (20. Bxd5 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rfd8 23.
Bd6 Qb6+) 20... Nc5 (20... Qb7 21. Bxd5 $16) 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22. b4 Qd7 (22...
Qa4 23. bxc5 d4 24. Rc4 $16) 23. bxc5 d4 24. c6 $16) 19... exd5 20. Qxd5 Ndb8 (
20... Ne7 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. Rd3 $16) 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Qb3 Qd7 23. e6 $44 Rxc3 24.
bxc3 Qd6 $1 $10 (24... fxe6 $2 25. Nxe6 Rf7 26. Ng5 $18) 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Bh3
Kf8 27. Ne6+ Ke8 28. Bd4 Nbc6 29. Nxg7+ Rxg7 30. Bxg7 Qd3+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Kg1
Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Ke1 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 $4 Qg1+ $17) 34... Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chTa 1920 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Daventry"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Harvey, Marcus Ross"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Ndb5 (7. Nb3
{is definitely the main line, with lots of critical variations:} Bb6 8. c5 (8.
e4 $6 d5 $1 9. exd5 exd5 10. cxd5 (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qf6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13.
gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 Bf5 $44 {½-½ (68) Aronian,L (2805)-Howell,D (2676) Riyadh
2017}) 10... Ng4 11. Qe2+ Ne7 12. Be3 (12. Ne4 Qxd5 13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. h3 Ngf6 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Be2 Rhe8 19. O-O Kf8 $36 {0-1 (72)
Huang,Q (2450)-Ju Wenjun,- (2558) CHN 2016}) 12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. O-O-O
Ng6 15. e4 Ne5 $44 {0-1 (71) Tan Zhongyi (2496)-Muzychuk,A (2558) Doha 2016}) (
8. Bf4 d5 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bxc7 Qxc7 11. Nb5 Qe5 (11... Qb8 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nd2
b6 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Na7 16. cxb6 Qxd6 17. bxa7 Rxa7 $13 {1/2-1/2 (35) Rapport,
R (2731)-Navara,D (2744) CZE 2016}) 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Qc1 d4 (13... b6 $2 14. f4
$16) 14. f4 Qe3 15. Qxe3 dxe3 16. g3 a5 17. Bg2 a4 18. Nc1 Nd7 (18... Nd4 $1
19. O-O Nd7 $44) 19. Nd3 Nxc5 20. Nxc8+ Raxc8 21. Nxc5 Nd4 22. Rc1 b6 23. Nd3
Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Rc8 25. Nd3 Rc2 26. Bf3 Nxf3+ 27. exf3 $14 {1-0 (43) Navara,D 
(2742)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2696) AZE 2016}) 8... Bc7 9. Bg5 (9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6
11. O-O Be5 (11... Rb8 $5) 12. a4 bxc5 (12... Rb8 $5) 13. Nxc5 d5 14. e4 Rb8
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Nd4 19. Be3 Bh3 20. Bg2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nc2 22. Nd7 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rxb2+ 24. Kf3 Re8 $11 {½-½ (27) Matlakov,
M (2718)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 O-O $5 (10... Be5
$5) (10... b6 $5) 11. e3 d5 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 gxf6 15. Nb5
Be5 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Rd2 a6 18. Nc7 Ra7 19. Rxb2 b6 20. Nb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Ne7
$11 {½-½ (40) Navara,D (2741)-Svidler,P (2753) Biel 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Bf4 $6
a6 $6 ({I have no idea what my opponent wanted after} 8... e5 $1 9. Bg3 (9. Bg5
$2 Bxf2+ $17) 9... d6 10. b4 (10. Na4 a6 11. Nbc3 Ba7 $15) 10... a6 11. bxc5
axb5 12. cxb5 Nd4 13. cxd6 Bf5 14. e4 Qa5 $19) 9. Bc7 Qe7 10. Bd6 Bxd6 11. Nxd6
Ne8 12. c5 (12. Nxe8 Rxe8 13. e3 Rd8 14. Bd3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (15)
Zubarev,A (2517)-Banikas,H (2571) Athens 2008}) 12... Rb8 13. e3 Nxd6 14. Qxd6
(14. cxd6 Qf6 $13) 14... Qxd6 15. cxd6 {The d6-pawn is a strength (short-term)
and a weakness at the same time (middle-term/long-term).} b5 16. Ne4 Rb6 17.
Be2 Nd8 (17... Ne5 $5) 18. O-O Nb7 19. Rac1 f5 20. Nc5 Nxd6 (20... Rxd6 21. Bf3
Na5 {was the other option.}) 21. Rfd1 Kf7 22. Nd3 Ke7 23. Ne5 f4 $5 (23... Nf7
{was the other option. After} 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rc7 Rc6 {White still struggles
to prove compensation.}) 24. exf4 (24. Bd3 fxe3 25. fxe3 Nf5 $15) 24... Rxf4
25. Bd3 (25. Rxc8 Nxc8 $1 (25... Re4 26. Nxd7 Nxc8 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Rd2 $11)
26. Rxd7+ Ke8 27. Rxg7 Re4 28. Bh5+ Kf8 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. f4 Nd6 $15) 25... Rd4
{The point! It is very important to exchange one pair of rooks to make my play
easier.} 26. Bxh7 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nc4 28. Ng6+ $6 {Wrong direction.} ({Better
was} 28. Nd3) 28... Kd8 29. b3 Nxa3 30. Ne5 a5 31. h4 d6 32. g4 $2 (32. Be4 Bd7
$17) 32... Bb7 {Now Black wants ...Bd5 and the game is over.} 33. Rd3 Bd5 34.
Ng6 Be4 35. Re3 d5 36. Nf8 Nc2 37. Re2 Nd4 38. Re3 Bxh7 39. Nxh7 b4 40. Ng5 (
40. h5 a4 $19) 40... a4 41. bxa4 b3 42. Re1 b2 43. Rb1 Ne2+ 44. Kg2 Nc3 45.
Nxe6+ Kd7 46. Rxb2 (46. a5 Nxb1 47. axb6 Nc3 $19) 46... Rxb2 47. Nxg7 d4 48.
Nf5 d3 49. Ne3 d2 50. h5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
Qc7 9. Nf3 b6 10. Bg5 $6 {A wrong move order.} (10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 {has to be
played.}) 10... h6 $1 $146 ({I already had one game in that line, with the
very same move order, and could not realise it was bad. I went} 10... Bb7 11.
O-O {1-0 (29) Xiu,D (2508)-Edouard,R (2634) Moscow RUS 2011; that transposes
to the main line, and lost in spite of a decent position.}) 11. Bh4 Nxe4 $1 {
A quite nice trick.} 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe7 {might be a better chance but after}
Nxc3 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd6 Nxe2 15. Bxf8 Nf4 16. Bd6 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Nxf2 {
Black's position is more pleasant.} ({Or} 17... Nxb2)) 12... Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Qf4
14. Nd6 Qxh4 15. O-O Qf4 16. Bf3 (16. Qd3 {might have been the best chance for
White but anyway after} Nd4 17. Rfd1 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rb8 {White is
far from having enough compensation.}) 16... Rb8 17. g3 Qe5 18. Nxc8 $2 (18.
Bxc6 dxc6 19. b4 {was the best chance but after something like} Ba6 $5 {
White is quite far from solving his problems.}) 18... Rbxc8 19. Qxd7 {White
gets the pawn back, at least temporarily, but enters a strategically lost
position.} Rfd8 20. Qb7 Rc7 21. Qa6 Nd4 22. Bg2 (22. Bd1 Qe4 $19 {White is
dominated.}) 22... Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 24. a4 Nc3 $1 {Dominating the white rooks,
and eliminating White's chances to exchange all the pawns of the queenside,
which would increase drawing chances.} 25. a5 Qb3 $5 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rfc1 (
27. Ra3 Qb4 $19) 27... Rxc4 28. Qa3 Qxa3 29. Rxa3 Rd1+ (29... Rdc8 $5 30. Bf1
R4c5 $19) (29... Nb5 $5 30. Raa1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rd2 $19) 30. Rxd1 Nxd1 31. Kg1
Kf8 32. Bf1 Rc2 33. Ra8+ (33. f4 Rb2 $19) 33... Ke7 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Bb5 Nxf2
36. Be8 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 g5 $1 38. Rxf7+ Ke5 39. Ba4 (39. Rf1 $8 Rb2 $19) 39...
Rc1+ 40. Kg2 g4 41. Rf1 Rxf1 42. Kxf1 Ng5 43. Kf2 Kd4 44. Be8 Ne4+ 45. Ke2 Nf6
46. Bf7 e5 47. Be6 b5 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2020.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Rc1 $5 {Although the next 
(half) move is the real novelty, playing 12.Rc1 Anish brought to life a
completely new idea, playing 12.Rc1.} (12. Qb3 d5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5
15. Nxb5 Ra5 {was the mainstream theory, with equality.}) 12... d5 $1 $146 {
If you watch the game with an engine, this move is obvious, as it is
immediately shown. However, it involves a temporary piece sacrifice!} ({After} 
12... Qa5 13. b3 Ba3 14. bxc4 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 bxc4 16. e4 $18 {White quickly
took over in Sedlacek,P (2478)-Suarez Sedeno, M (2426) ICCF email 2004, 1-0 
(33).}) (12... Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ $1 (13... Nxa3 $2 14. Qb3 $1 Qc5 15. Be5 $3 Nc4
16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bd4 $16) 14. Rxc3 d5 15. Qc2 {looks easier to play for White,
but might be playable for Black.}) (12... Qc6 $2 13. Rh5 $1 {doesn't help
Black.}) ({Finally, of course} 12... Nxb2 $2 {is bad due to} 13. Qb3 $16) 13.
b3 Bb4 $1 {Any knight move would give White huge compensation for the
sacrificed pawn, g4-g5 arriving quite soon.} ({However} 13... e5 {is worth
having a look at:} 14. bxc4 exf4 15. c5 $1 (15. cxd5 $2 Bb4 $1 16. Qd3 Kd8 $1 {
and the c3-knight is in trouble}) 15... Bxc5 16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. gxf4 d4 18. exd4
Bxd4 {and the position is quite unclear, although Black is on the limit, for
example} 19. O-O (19. a4 $5) 19... Bxc3 20. Rxc3 h5 $1 21. Re1 Bxg4 22. Qa4 Rb8
(22... Rd8 23. Rd3 {helps White}) 23. Rce3 g6 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Bxf7 Rbd8 $132)
14. bxc4 Ra3 $1 15. Be5 (15. Qd2 $2 Qa5 $17) 15... f6 (15... Qa5 16. Be2 $5 (
16. Ke2 Bxc3 17. cxd5 {would be about equal after} Bd7 {or 17..b4!?}) 16... f6
17. Kf1 $1 bxc4 18. Bd4 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. g5 {would be a similar mess to
the game.}) 16. Bd4 Qa5 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 (18. Bxc3 $4 Rxc3 $19) 18...
Rxc3 19. Kf1 b4 $5 {Interesting, although other moves weren't too bad either.}
(19... Ra3 $6 20. g5 $1 {would offer White huge compensation.}) (19... bxc4 20.
g5 $1 {with the same ideas to open the black king.}) (19... Rxc4 20. Bxc4 ({or
} 20. g5 $5 {first}) 20... bxc4 21. g5 e5 22. gxf6 exd4 (22... gxf6 $5 23. Qh5+
Ke7 24. Bxe5 Qd2 {also looks like a draw}) 23. fxg7 Rg8 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ {
with a draw.}) 20. g5 $1 e5 (20... Qxa2 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Kg2 Qc2 {may also be
playable.}) 21. Bxc3 (21. gxf6 $5 {would likely transpose into the game,
unless Black tries} exd4 {which also looks like a forced draw:} 22. fxg7 Rg8
23. Qxd4 Rc1+ 24. Kg2 Rxh1 25. Qe5+ Kf7 26. Kxh1 Rxg7 27. Bh5+ Rg6 28. Qh8 Bf5
29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Qh8+ $11) 21... bxc3 22. gxf6 gxf6 ({Even} 22... O-O $5 {
should be playable.}) 23. Qb1 $5 (23. cxd5 Qxa2 (23... Qc5 $5 24. Bd3 Ke7 $13)
24. Qd3 Bd7 $1 {should be about equal.}) 23... Qc7 $5 {Not the only move.
Clearly, at this stage Nepo has managed to fight Giri's opening preparation
with perfection.} (23... d4 $5 24. exd4 exd4 25. Rh5 (25. Rxh7 $2 Rxh7 26. Qxh7
Bf5 $19) 25... f5 26. g4 Rf8 27. Rxh7 Rf7 $13) (23... dxc4 $5 24. Bxc4 Qc5 25.
Qb3 Bd7 $13) 24. Qd3 $6 (24. Qb5+ Qc6 25. cxd5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5+ Ke7 {and White
should be careful in order to mae a draw.}) (24. Qg6+ $4 {fails:} hxg6 25.
Rxh8+ Ke7 26. Rh7+ Kd6 27. Rxc7 c2 $19) 24... b5 $3 {A very elegant move by
Nepo!} 25. Qxc3 bxc4 26. e4 $1 dxe4 {White is definitely worse now.} 27. Rh4 (
27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 Bg4 $15) 27... Be6 28. Rxe4 O-O 29. Bxc4 $4 (29. Rh4 $1
Kg7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Qc1 {and White should be able to make a draw.}) 29... Kg7 $1
30. Qb3 $2 {Anish surely assessed that his drawing chances were higher saccing
his queen for rook and bishop, rather than losing a full pawn.} (30. Qb4 Rb8
31. Bb5 Bxa2 $17) 30... Rb8 $1 31. Bxe6 (31. Qa4 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. Qc2 Qb7
34. Bd3 Rb2 35. Qc3 Bc6 $19) 31... Rxb3 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Bxb3 (33. Rg8+ Ke7 34.
Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rxc7 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Kxc7 $19) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 h5 36.
Rg8+ Ke7 37. Rg7+ Kd6 38. Rh7 Qf3 39. Rh8 e4 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. Bd1 Qc3 $1 (41...
Qf5 42. Rd4 $1 {would make Black's task harder.}) 42. Rd5 h4 43. gxh4 f5 44.
Rxf5 {This looks like the best chance to set a fortress and make a draw. But
Nepo's demonstration is going to be awesome.} Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qxd1 46. Rg5 Qa1 47.
Rg4 Qb1 48. Rg3 Qxa2 49. Rh3 Qd5 50. Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Rg3 Qh5 (52...
Qxh4 $4 53. Kf1 $1 {is indeed a fortress:} Qh5 54. Ke1 Kd6 55. Re3 Kd5 56. Kd2
Kd4 57. Rg3 Qa5+ 58. Ke2 Qa2+ 59. Ke1 Qb1+ 60. Ke2 Qc2+ 61. Ke1 Qc1+ 62. Ke2
$11) 53. Ra3 Qd5 54. Kg1 Kf6 55. Rg3 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Rg5+ Kf4 58. Rg3 Qd5
59. Kf1 Qd2 60. Kg2 Qd1 61. Re3 Kf5 62. Rg3 Kf6 63. Rh3 Kg6 64. Rg3+ Kh5 65.
Rh3 Qb1 $1 66. Re3 (66. Rh1 Qb7 67. Re1 Kxh4 $19) 66... Kxh4 {Nepo managed to
win the h4-pawn without allowing the white king to e1/e2.} 67. Rg3 Kh5 68. Rh3+
Kg4 69. Rg3+ Kf4 70. Re3 Qd1 71. Ra3 Ke5 72. Rg3 Kd4 73. Re3 Qd3 $1 {And this
is the difference. Black will soon convert into a winning pawn endgame. A
perfect handling of the game for Nepo, from the opening until the endgame!} (
73... Qd3 74. Rg3 Kc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was always unlikely that there would be significant adventures in a game
between an outright leader, and someone who could not catch them. Thus, the
game went as expected.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 (
5... g6 {could be slightly more interesting; notwithstanding that Black has no
strong incentive to win, he could still try and do so. Ruling out all kinds of
'safe' e3 setups is a logical way to do this. Then White might have to play a
Maroczy bind, which he might well be reluctant to do.} 6. Bf4 $6 Bg7 7. e3 Nh5
{and White might even be worse already.}) 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 {Not the most common
setup for White by any means, but seen in a disproportionate number of
super-GM games, for instance we have seen Boris Gelfand, Magnus Carlsen, Wei
Yi and Wesley So play the White side; meanwhile MVL, Kramnik, Svidler and
Ponomariov have taken the black pieces... I am guessing, but I suspect the
appeal for White is that Black's critical strategies involve Bb4xc3, and the
resulting structural damage will only persist for a certain length of time, i.
e. Black has to play fast.} Bb4 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 $14 {has understandably
never appealed to anyone, even if the ending after} dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc4
Bd7 {is nowhere near as bad as it looks (...Rc8, ...Bb4, ...Ke7, ...Rhd8)}) 8.
Be2 (8. Nxc6 {may be strategically richer, and has been seen in practice.} bxc6
9. Qa4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O {Now White should develop his bishop, and we shall
examine one example of each deployment.} 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 {could improve, and
then the logical move is} a5 $1 (11... dxc4 $6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. O-O Nxf4 14.
exf4 {when both sides have rather slapdash structures but White's bishop might
be a tiny bit better, and ideas like Rd1, Qa3-d6 are just around the corner.})
12. c5 (12. O-O Ba6 13. Rfd1 {may leave White with slightly more prospects.})
12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd4 Ne8 $36 {Unfortunately, while the computer
sees no problems for White, it is next to impossible for him to generate any
actual play - this would not be the case if at some point he had taken on d5
and/or the light squared bishops were still on.} 15. Rb1 f6 16. Qd3 Ra7 17. Rb6
e5 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. O-O Nc7 20. c4 Qe6 21. Rc1 Re8 22. Qc2 a4 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24.
Rbb1 Nc7 25. Rd1 Nb5 26. Rbc1 a3 $15 {0-1 (52) Banusz,T-Rodshtein,M, Minsk 2017
}) 11... Ne4 {Gaining full counterplay and one suspects this was preparation.}
12. Rc1 Qe7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Qf6 15. Qd4 Re8 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. c4 e5 18.
Bg3 Bb7 19. f3 Rac8 20. Kf2 Nh5 $1 (20... Ba6 21. cxd5 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Nxd5 23.
Bxe5 {could be something}) 21. Rhd1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxc4
Kf8 $1 $11 {The last good move. A draw was shortly agreed in Gelfand,B-Vachier
Lagrave,M, Caleta 2017}) 8... Bd7 {Indicating, perhaps, a desire to take on c4
and not be left with a bad c-pawn on a (half) open file.} (8... O-O 9. O-O Bxc3
10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 (13... e5 $5 $132) 14. Qc2 (14.
Bf3 $14) 14... e5 15. Nxc6 (15. cxd5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Rad1 Bf5 $132)
15... bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rfd1 Bf5 $15 {Bu,X -Svidler,P, Tbilisi 2017}) 9.
Ndb5 e5 (9... O-O {is also legal}) 10. Bg5 a6 11. a3 axb5 12. axb4 Rxa1 13.
Qxa1 dxc4 14. O-O (14. Nxb5 {could have been played, but even assuming it
wasn't all preparation, move 14 was the last moment I am willing to believe
White noticed the move repetition that was about to take place.}) 14... O-O 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Nc7 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe6 19. Nc7 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Summer-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {An alternative way to try and get
Maroczy-type positions with White (i.e. not an Open Sicilian.) Black has a
slightly wider variety of options, but as White has not yet completely
committed his centre, the worst-cases outcomes for him are not as bad and the
position is thus marginally more peaceful.} Nf6 (4... Qb6 {makes more sense
here than after 1.e4, though it is still known there (the Grivas system.)} 5.
Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 $1 {White must tread a narrow path to an edge.} (7. e4
Bb4 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. O-O Qd6 $1 {Mareco,S-Alekseev,E Zuerich 2013. With the
queens gone Black equalised quickly.}) 7... d5 8. Be3 (8. cxd5 {is markedly
inferior: the pawn cannot be taken at the end due to ...Be6 so after} Nxd5 9.
Nxd5 exd5 {White should probably play} 10. Be3 d4 11. Nxd4 Qxb2 12. Nxc6 Qc3+
13. Bd2 Qxc6 $11 {where Black has at least equalised.}) 8... Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5
10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 Bf6 $1 13. O-O $1 {This has only been played
once, but it is the most accurate, refusing to compromise the blockade of d4
due to Black's tempo-gainer.} ({After} 13. Qd2 {either} O-O {or indeed the
pawn sacrifice 13...d4 of Speelman-Sax is playable.}) 13... Bxb2 (13... O-O 14.
Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bf6 17. Nc5 $14) 14. Ra2 Bf6 15. Rd2 O-O 16.
Rxd5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Nc5 Re8 19. Qd3 $14 {Can,E-Kosic,D Sarajevo 2016}) ({
After} 4... g6 {White should probably transpose into the Accelerated Dragon.}
5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3) 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Not played particularly often, but maybe
White realised that the standard moves were not promising anything.} (6. e4 {
is possible, but as shown in previous analysis on this site (the game
Kapnisis-Pogosyan, Heraklion 2018) Black shouldn't be too worried after} Bb4 7.
Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {, and this isn't even his only way of playing.}) (6.
g3 {is the main line:} Qb6 $1 {By contrast to 4...Qb6, here White hasn't been
able to play a3 thanks to the move order, so Black gets a better version.} 7.
Nb3 Ne5 $1 {Threatening ...Nxc4 and ...Qc6.} 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 $11
{Black has equalised due to White's dodgy structure.} (10... Ned7 $5)) (6. Ndb5
d5 $1 {Black equalises reasonably straightforwardly after this pawn sacrifice.}
7. cxd5 (7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Black is fine, as
I realised soon in Fernandez,D-Sax,G Kecskemet 2013, where I managed to draw
with my illustrious opponent.}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Bb4+ {This
position has been analysed to death, but the long and short of it is that
Black is fine.}) 6... d5 (6... Bc5 $5 {is more commonly played, and it's quite
interesting to see how many extra options Black gets compared to a 'standard'
Maroczy position.} 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 O-O $1 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg3 d6 10. b4 $2 a6 $17)
7... Bb6 8. e4 (8. g3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 d4 11. Na4 O-O $132 {Black's
play continues along Tarrasch lines.}) 8... d5 $1 {An interesting pawn
sacrifice. The details probably deserve a whole review in CBM, but let me just
say for now that} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Ng4 $1 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Ne5 $44 {
gives Black at least enough for the pawn.}) 7. cxd5 exd5 {Black has maybe made
a slightly substandard decision in going into the Tarrasch structure without
White making any special concessions, but I would still hesitate to call this
an opening edge for White.} 8. e3 (8. g3 Bc5 9. Be3 {looks most critical, and
here there is a game from one of the greatest '...e6 Sicilian theoreticians'
Evgeny Alekseev.} Bb6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Be6 (12... Rxe3 $5) 13.
Na4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne4 $11 {Malakhov,V-Alekseev,E St Petersburg 2015}) 8... Bd6
9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nf3 {White tries to obtain a '1.b3-type' position with some
extra tempi. Unfortunately for him this doesn't promise an edge either.} Be6
11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O {So we have arrived. Both sides have
essentially completed development. White's plans all include simply bolstering
the d4-square repeatedly, whereas Black has greater variety: he can play for a
kingside attack, or for ...b5-b4, or maybe even ...d4 in some cases.} Bb8 {
Making Black's intentions clear. He would like ...Qd6, ...Rfd8 if necessary, ..
.Bg4 and ...Ne4.} (14... b5 {is interesting, if only because it's not clear
what White's next move could be. The engine comes up with the very strange} 15.
Na2 Qe7 16. Nb4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Rc6 $132 {when Black will almost certainly take
a pawn but White has compensation.}) 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. Na4 Ne4 17. b4 Bg4 18. g3
Bh3 {It isn't completely clear that the bishop improves its prospects on h3;
indeed it cues up a possible Nd3-f4 move for White.} (18... Ba7 {immediately
was marginally better.}) 19. Re1 Ba7 $5 {Black protects against Nc5, and
vaguely hints that one day he might like to play ...d4. Black doesn't have an
ideal move anymore; both this and my alternative leave White a little
something.} (19... Rfd8 20. Nc5 Qe7 {is the engine suggestion, but here White
can probably take advantage of the exposed bishop on h3:} 21. Nd3 $1 $14 {
whereupon the beast wants to head back to g4, proclaiming '0.17' but this is a
good sign that things have not proceeded ideally for Black.}) 20. Nc3 $6 (20.
Nd2 $1 {was the correct move in my opinion, trading off Black's e4-knight for
the less useful of the Black knights.} f5 21. Nc5 $5 (21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nc5 $14
) 21... Nxc5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qb3 {White has amazing compensation.}) 20... Qh6
$5 {Black sets up ...Nxf2. This is an intuitive pawn sacrifice, and probably a
good one.} 21. Nxe4 {It is impossible to criticise this most natural decision;
White is likely not worse after it. However there was a better move.} (21. Nxd5
$5 {was playable but it took some nerve, as well as some incredible
engine-level calculation.} Rcd8 $1 (21... Rfd8 $6 {looks desirable but the
engine points out the amazing tactic} 22. Bxa6 $3 {taking a second pawn and
leaving Black in trouble.} Qh5 (22... bxa6 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Qxd8+
Rxd8 26. Nxc6 Rc8 27. Rc1 $1 $18) 23. Bxb7 Rxd5 24. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8
26. Qxh5 Rxh5 27. Bxe4 $16 {White has three pawns for the piece and Black's
co-ordination is miserable.}) 22. Bxa6 $1 Nxb4 $3 (22... Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Rfe8 {
looks reasonably scary from a human perspective, but the engine is fine to play
} 24. Bxb7 $1 Rxd5 25. Bd4 $16) 23. axb4 (23. Bxb7 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxf2 25. Kxf2
Be6 $40 {and White is in serious trouble}) 23... Qxa6 24. Qc2 $1 Rxd5 25. Qxe4
$14 {White emerges a pawn up, and Black has some compensation but it is not
enough.}) 21... dxe4 22. Nd2 (22. Nd4 Rcd8 23. Rc2 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. exd4
Rd6 $15 {is a bad structure to sign up for in principle, even if White is
somehow still essentially fine here.}) (22. Ne5 $1 {was best, exchanging off
Black's attacking pieces before they become too threatening.} Rfd8 (22... Bxe3
23. Nxc6 $1 $18) 23. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 24. Qc2 Bxe3 (24... Bb8 25. Qxe4 $44) 25.
Qxe4 Bb6 26. Bxa6 {White obtains two pawns for the exchange and is basically
fine.}) 22... Rcd8 $1 $15 {Now, however, White gets badly tied down and his
position gets broken open by the two battering-rams on the f-file.} 23. Rc2 f5
24. Qc1 f4 $1 25. exf4 e3 $1 26. Bc4+ (26. Ne4 exf2+ 27. Nxf2 Nd4 $36 {was in
principle legal, but I suspect Black's attack is enough to make him better
here too.}) (26. fxe3 Rxf4 $17) 26... Kh8 27. Rxe3 (27. fxe3 Rxf4 $17 {is
again crushing.}) 27... Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rd7 {In what follows White obtains a few
chances to get back into the game, but the momentum remains firmly with Black.}
(28... Bg4 $5 $15) 29. Be2 (29. Nf3 {might once again equalise the game by
blockading on the d-file.}) 29... Qe6 30. Nf3 h6 31. Kf2 Bf5 32. Rc5 (32. Rd2
$5 $11) 32... Be4 {Now the intention is clearly ...Qh3.} 33. Ne5 $6 (33. Rh5 $1
$11) 33... Nxe5 $2 (33... Qh3 $1 34. Nxd7 Qxh2+ 35. Ke1 Qxg3+ 36. Kd2 Rd8 {
is close to winning.}) 34. Rxe5 Qh3 35. Qg1 $2 {An odd winning attempt.} (35.
Rxe4 Qxh2+ 36. Kf3 {was possible, and Black only has a draw. Maybe the time
trouble was so desperate that White thought ...Qh1 wins?}) 35... Rd2 $1 {
Once the bishop on e2 falls, White can expect to be mated.} 36. Bc1 Rxe2+ $1
37. Kxe2 Qg4+ 38. Kd2 Rd8+ 39. Kc3 Qe2 {A topsy-turvy game, but ultimately
Black simply played better and with more energy.} 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {There are
substantial differencies in the art of fighting against the fianchetto of
White's g2-bishop in various openings. In this famous line of the English
Opening Black is trying to get enough counterplay with the help of pressure
along the dark squares.} 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 {Like all
great players Morozevich is also working hard on searching ideas in openings.
His choice of a lesser played alternative instead of the main line 10.f4 has a
profound meaning.} a5 {Leko is famous for being very well versed in openings,
in each line he tries to know the most promising continuation. In this
position advance of a pawn has a better score than the two other black moves.}
(10... O-O) (10... Bd7) 11. f4 (11. Nb5 Bxd2+ (11... Bd7 12. Bxb4 (12. f4 Ng6
13. Bxb4 axb4 (13... Bxb5 14. Bc3 $14) 14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. e5 Qe7 16. exf6 Qxf6
17. Bg2 Bc6 $11) 12... axb4 13. f4 Ng6 $11) 12. Nxd2 Bd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. e5 (14.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 15. e5 Qb4 16. exf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Ba4 $1 $11) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5
Bxb5 16. cxb5 (16. exf6 Bc6 17. fxg7 Rg8 $17) 16... Nd7 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Nd6+
Ke7 $15) 11... Nc6 {Cheparinov is an insider of the Topalov opening kitchen,
so it makes sense to take his test of the alternative move 11...Ng6 seriously.
Objectively speaking the knight should be better placed on the c6-square.} (
11... Ng6 12. Bg2 a4 13. Be3 (13. Nb5 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Bd7 15. e5 Bxb5 16. cxb5
dxe5 17. Nc4 Qc5 (17... Qc7 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bc6+ Nd7 20. fxe5 $16) 18. Bxb7
Rd8 19. Bc6+ Nd7 20. Nxe5 Ngxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 22. fxe5 Ke7 $44) 13... Qc7 14.
Nd4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rab1 Rac8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20.
Qxb5 $14 {0-1 Ivanov,J (2406)-Cheparinov,I (2555)/Zaragoza 2004 (49)}) 12. Be3
{White is in fact coming back to the main line of the system, but it is
impossible to ignore one significant difference. Black has already played the
move a7-a5, thus weakening the control of the b6- and b5-squares.} (12. Na4
Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 (13. Nxd2 Qa7 14. Qf2 Nd4 15. Nf3 e5 16. Nxd4 Ng4 17. Qf3 exd4
18. c5 O-O 19. Rc1 Ne3 20. f5 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Qb6 22. Qe2 Qh6 23. Qd2 b6 24. Nd3
Re8 $19 {0-1 L'Ami,E (2577)-Volokitin,A (2678)/Germany 2007}) 13... Qb4 14.
Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Rd1 $1 Nxe4 $6 (15... Ke7 $1 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Bg2 a4
19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 $11) 16. Bg2 Nc5 (16... d5 17. Nb6 $16) 17. Nbxc5 dxc5
18. a3 Nc6 (18... Na6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxb7 $18) 19. Nxc5 $16 {
1-0 Huzman,A (2575)-Tsesarsky,I (2430)/Ramat Aviv 1999/ (42)}) (12. O-O-O a4
13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd2 (14. Nd4 a3 $1 (14... Bxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Nb5 Qa5 17.
Qc2 f5 18. Bg2 d5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Bc5 $14) 15. Ndb5 axb2+ 16. Qxb2 Qa5 17.
Nb1 O-O 18. a3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Nd7 $132) 14... a3 15. Ndb1 axb2+ 16.
Qxb2 Qe7 17. a3 Ba5 $17) 12... Qc7 (12... Qd8 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nd5 Bc5 15. fxe5
Nxe5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bg2 O-O 18. O-O Bg4 19. Qe3 Nfd7 20. Qc3 f6 21. Rf2 Re8
22. Nf1 Nc6 23. Nfe3 Nde5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Croberson (2431)-Alexisco (2519)/
playchess.com INT 2008 (45)}) 13. Bg2 (13. Bd2 a4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16.
N3d4 e5 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Bg2 O-O 19. Rd1 (19. f5 d5 20. cxd5 Nbxd5 21. exd5 e4
$17) 19... exf4 20. gxf4 Nxe4 $17) (13. Nd2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. g4
Ba6 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Ne7 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Rh3 {1-0 Abbasov,F (2552)-Ninov,N 
(2515)/La Fere 2008 (40)} f6 $15) 13... a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 {Morozevich has
prepared a good counter-blow to the move 14...a3, so Leko consents to the
transposition to a position similar to the main line.} (14... a3 15. Nb5 $14)
15. bxc3 b6 (15... O-O 16. c5 d5 17. O-O Rd8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qh5 Ra5 20. g4 f6
21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 $11 {1-0 D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,R 
(2531)/Palma de Mallorca 2008 (33)}) 16. Rb1 Nd7 {In my understanding of chess
this move suffers from one drawback, that tends to somewhat discredit it. The
defender had to keep the knight on f6 as long as possible, even though it is
possible to push it away with the move g4-g5. The voluntary retreat has
enabled White to put even more pressure against the g6-square.} (16... Rb8 17.
O-O O-O 18. g4 Ba6 $14) 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 Ba6 (19... f6 20. Qh4
Nc5 21. Rf3 Bd7 $13) 20. Qh4 {It is a well known truth in this line, that
Black will be facing a dangerous mechanism in the form of the battery Qh4, Rh3.
Nobody can doubt, that Leko is facing the danger of annihilation, but Black is
definitely not without chances. He can surely try to win the c4-pawn and also
regroup his pieces in the style of the Scheveningen.} Rfe8 (20... Na5 21. Rf3 (
21. g5 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Rf3 Qxe4 $17) 21... Nxc4 22. Rh3 h6 23. Nxc4 Qxc4
24. g5 Qxa2 25. Rd1 $40) 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Rh3 b5 $6 {The Hungarian star never
got to act forcefully against the c4-pawn, any other form of counterplay is
unfortunately too meek.} (22... Na5 23. Rb4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. a3 $13) 23.
e5 $5 {Morozevich is following the golden rule propagated already by
Capablanca: choose a plan and try to be consistent in its realisation! Much
more important than material is the ambition of the white pieces to get closer
to the enemy king.} (23. c5 dxc5 (23... e5 24. f5 b4 25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. f6 $14)
24. e5 b4 25. Be4 h6 26. cxb4 Rxb4 27. g5 Ng6 $13) 23... dxe5 $2 (23... bxc4
24. Be4 g6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Rd1 f5 $14) 24. Be4 h6 (24... g6 25. f5 $1 $16)
25. f5 f6 (25... bxc4 26. Bxh6 Rxb1+ 27. Bxb1 f6 28. Be3 Kf7 (28... Rb8 29. g5
$18) 29. Ne4 $18) 26. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 128] The demolition of the kingside pawn
structure comes in on time and represents the logical continuation of the
attack.} gxh6 (26... bxc4 27. Be3 Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 $18) 27. Qxh6 Qa7+ {This
surprising move has the flair of the "revenge check". Leko is trying to force
the white knight to retreat to a square, where it will be more accessible for
Black.} (27... Qg7 28. Bxc6 Qxh6 29. Rxh6 Red8 30. Ne4 b4 (30... bxc4 31. Nxf6+
Kg7 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. g5 exf5 34. Bd5 $18) 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. cxb4 Bxc4 33.
Nxf6+ Kg7 34. g5 exf5 35. Ne8+ Kg8 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Bxa2 38. Bxa4 $18) (
27... bxc4 $2 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rh7+ $18) (27... Kf7 28. Qh7+ Nxh7 29. Rxh7+ Kf8
30. Rxc7 $18) 28. Kg2 Qg7 29. Bxc6 Qxh6 30. Rxh6 {The defender has survived
the worst phase of White's attack, but he had to accept the loss of a pawn and
continuing initiative of the enemy.} Red8 31. Ne4 Kg7 $6 {The king move leaves
the taste of something false. In case Black will not manage to force White
into anything unnatural then there must have been a better solution. The best
chance for counterplay was hidden in the advance 31...b4!} (31... b4 $1 32.
Rxb4 (32. fxe6 Nxe6 33. Bd5 Kg7 34. Rxf6 Nf4+ 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. cxb4 Bxc4 37.
Bxc4 Rd4 $14) 32... Rxb4 33. cxb4 Bxc4 34. a3 $1 (34. Nxf6+ Kg7 35. g5 Rd2+
$132) 34... Kg7 35. Rxf6 Rd3 36. h4 exf5 37. gxf5 Rxa3 38. h5 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 $16)
32. Rxf6 Rdc8 (32... exf5 33. gxf5 bxc4 34. Rg1 $1 $18) (32... bxc4 33. Rxb8
Rxb8 34. fxe6 $18) 33. cxb5 Rxc6 34. bxc6 Rxb1 35. fxe6 {With this move
Morozevich has come close to the full triumph. He has 4 pawns for the piece
and two of those are very close to the promotion squares.} Bd3 (35... Nxe6 36.
Rxe6 Bc8 37. Rxe5 Ra1 38. Kf3 Rxa2 39. Re8 $18) 36. e7 {White was nearly
certainly suffering from the lack of that precious commodity - time! Under
ideal conditions he could have evaluated this fascinating position a bit more
precisely and played more exact moves.} (36. Rf7+ Kg6 37. c7 Bxe4+ (37... Nxe6
38. c8=Q Bxe4+ 39. Rf3 $18) 38. Rf3 $1 (38. Kg3 Nxe6 39. c8=Q Kxf7 $14) 38...
Nxe6 39. c8=Q Ng5 (39... Nf4+ 40. Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kh4 Bxf3 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Qxe5+
Kg6 44. Qd6+ Kh7 45. Qxf4 $18) 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qxe5+ Kh6 42. Qh8+ Nh7 43. g5+
Kxg5 44. Qe5+ $18) 36... Bxe4+ 37. Kg3 (37. Kf2 $1 Ne6 38. e8=N+ Kg8 39. Rxe6
$18) 37... Ng6 (37... Nh7 38. c7 $1 (38. e8=Q Rg1+ 39. Kf2 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Nxf6
41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. c7 Nxg4 43. Qe8+ Kh6 44. Qh8+ Kg5 45. c8=Q $18) 38... Nxf6 39.
c8=Q Kf7 40. e8=Q+ Nxe8 41. Qc4+ Ke7 42. Qxe4 $18) (37... Ne6 38. e8=N+ Kg8 39.
Rxe6 $18) 38. e8=Q Kxf6 39. Qd8+ $6 {The nerves before the very end somewhat
spoils the beautiful game. Fortunately for White Leko was also not rich in
time and thus failed to spot the setup that would enable him to stop the
c-pawn. White would have had to work much harder for his win after 39...Ne7.} (
39. c7 $1 Bb7 (39... Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Rg2+ 41. Ke3 $18) 40. c8=Q Bxc8 41. Qxc8 $18)
39... Kf7 (39... Ne7 40. c7 Bb7 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qc5 $18) 40. c7 Rb2 41. Qd7+
Kf6 42. g5+ {A small combination at the very end, the bishop on e4 will be
lost. An energetic attacking game against a legendary defender sent Morozevich
to the top of the event again.} (42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Qg4+ Kf6 44. Qxe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 (2... g6) 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 (4. e3) (4. g3) 4... cxd4 5.
Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 (6... Bb4 $5) (6... Ne5 $5) (6... Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 (7... Bb4 8.
Bg2 Qa6 $5 {Korchnoi-Spassky, m (5) Belgrade 1977}) 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4
Nc6 11. Be3 $14 {Korchnoi-Spassky, m (3) Belgrade 1977}) 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5
9. cxd5 (9. O-O dxc4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Be3 $14 {Portisch-Parma,
Teeside 1972}) 9... Nxd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O (11... Qf6 $6 12. Qc2 O-O
13. c4 Nde7 14. Bb2 e5 15. O-O $14 {Korchnoi-Darga, Siegen (ol) 1970}) 12. Qc2
Qc7 13. c4 Ne5 14. Nd2 b5 15. c5 Bb7 (15... Bb7 16. O-O Rac8 $6 {
Korchnoi-Spassky, m (1) Belgrade 1977} (16... Rfc8 $1 $15)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 {
/\ 8...Qc6} 8. e4 $8 Bb4 9. Qe2 a5 $5 10. Be3 (10. f4 $6 a4 $1 (10... Neg4 $2
11. e5 a4 12. exf6 axb3 13. fxg7 Rg8 14. Bd2 $16) 11. Nd2 (11. fxe5 axb3 12.
exf6 (12. a3 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 b2 $17) 12... Rxa2 $1 {/\ 13...Bc3-+}
) 11... Neg4 12. e5 Ne3 13. exf6 (13. Qd3 Nfg4 14. Nde4 d5 $1 $17) 13... Nc2+
14. Kd1 Ne3+ 15. Ke1 Nc2+ $10) 10... Qc6 (10... Qc7 11. Bd2 $1) 11. f3 O-O 12.
Nd4 Qa6 (12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa4 14. f4 Neg4 15. e5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 (16. exf6
Nf5 (16... Nxf1 $2 17. Qg4 $1 g6 18. Qg5 {/\ 19.Qh6+-}) 17. fxg7 $16) 16... Ne8
17. Nb5 $16) 13. Ndb5 d5 $8 14. Nc7 Qd6 (14... Qc6 15. Nxa8 Nxc4 (15... dxe4
16. O-O-O exf3 (16... Nd3+ 17. Rxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 $16) 17. Qc2 $16) 16. Bd4 {
/\17.e5} (16. a3 $5) 16... e5 17. exd5 Nxd5 (17... Qxd5 $2 18. O-O-O $18) 18.
Qxc4 exd4 19. Qxc6 (19. O-O-O $6 Qh6+ 20. f4 Ne3 21. Qxd4 Nxd1 22. Nxd1 $2 (22.
Kxd1 Bg4+ {/\ 23...Ra8+/-}) (22. Qxd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc6 $16) 22... Qc6+ $19)
19... bxc6 20. a3 dxc3 21. axb4 cxb2 22. Rb1 axb4 23. Rxb2 Bf5 24. Nb6 (24. Bc4
Rxa8 25. Bxd5 Ra1+ $1) 24... Nxb6 25. Rxb4 $16 {_|_ Karpov}) 15. Nxa8 dxe4 (
15... d4 $2 16. O-O-O d3 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa3+ 18. Qb2 Qxb2+ 19. Kxb2 dxe3
20. Be2 $18) 17. Rxd3 $1 $18) (15... dxc4 16. Rd1 $3 Nd3+ 17. Rxd3 cxd3 18.
Qxd3 $18) (15... Nxc4 $5 16. a3 $5 Nxa3 (16... Nxe3 $2 17. axb4 d4 18. bxa5) (
16... Bc5 17. e5 $1) 17. Rxa3 d4 (17... Bxa3 18. bxa3 Qxa3 19. Bd4 $18) 18. Bd2
dxc3 (18... Bxa3 $2 19. Nb5 $18) 19. Rxc3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd7 21. Qe3 {/\ 22.
Qd4+- Karpov}) 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Rd1 $1 Qc6 (17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3+ 19. Kf2
$18) 18. Bg2 (18. Bd2 Nxc3 (18... Ng5 19. Bg2 Ngf3+ 20. Kf2 Nd4 21. Qxe5) 19.
bxc3 Nf3+ 20. Kf2 Nd4 21. cxd4 Qxh1 22. Bg2 Qxh2 23. Rh1 $18) 18... Nxc4 19.
Bd4 (19. Bd2 $2 Ncxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxc3 $19) 19... Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 f5 21. O-O Ncd6 (
21... b5 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qf2+ $18) 22. Nb6 e5 23. Nxc8 Rxc8
24. Bxe5 Qc5+ 25. Bd4 (25. Bd4 Nxc3 26. Qe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "Peru"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 {Cordova is
following the example of top players who are lately trying to enrich the
theory of this neglected line. Development of the white bishop seems to be
logical, but it does not necessarily amount to any advantage.} Bb4 (6... Be7 7.
e3 Qa5 (7... O-O 8. Be2 Qa5 (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd4 (9... Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb4 14. b3 Rb6 15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Ba6 17. Rc2
c5 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qxb4 cxb4 20. Ke2 $11 {1-0 (41) Wojtaszek,R (2733)
-Sutovsky,E (2622) Poikovsky 2016}) 10. Qxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O Qxd4
13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd2 Be6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd2 17. Rxd2 Kf8 18. Bf3 Nc6 19.
Ne4 Rb8 20. Nd6 f5 21. Nxb7 e4 22. Nc5 $16 {1-0 (42) Sargissian,G (2689)
-Grischuk,A (2750) Reykjavik 2015}) 9. Bh4 Rd8 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12.
Qxd4 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. b4 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Qb2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (33) Gelfand,B (2700)-Kramnik,V (2775)
Amsterdam 1996}) 8. Bh4 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. a3 Qd8 12.
f4 b6 13. Be2 Ba6 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. b3 Qc7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Kf2 Bb7 18. Rhc1 a6
19. b4 f5 20. Ng3 Bh4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Kg1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (60) Krasenkow,M 
(2614)-Ragger,M (2688) Austria 2015}) 8... Ne4 (8... Bb4 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Qc2
Nxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd6 13. d5 Qc5 14. Bd3 Nxc4 15. Qe2 b5 16. Be4 f5
17. Bxf5 Bb7 18. Bxe6 dxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Qf5+ Kg8 21. Qe6+ {1/2-1/2 (23)
Bocharov,D (2611)-Grischuk,A (2752) Novosibirsk 2016}) 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Qd2
Nxe7 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Be2 Bb7 16. e4 f5
17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Rhg1 Rac8 19. Rd2 Kf8 20. g3 Ke7 21. Re1 Nd6 22. b3 b5 23.
Red1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Kb2 {1/2-1/2 (25) Kramnik,V (2772)-Leko,P (2738)
Miskolc 2007}) (6... h6 7. Bh4 Qb6 8. Bxf6 $5 (8. Nb3 d5 9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxc4
Qb4 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Qd3 $1 Qb6 14. Qxc3 $36) 8... gxf6 9. Nb3 f5
10. e3 Rg8 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 b6 14. e4 f4 15. g3 Bb7 16. gxf4
Rg4 {1-0 (42) Pelletier,Y (2583)-Bruzon Batista,L (2667) Biel 2006} 17. f5 $1
$16) (6... Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfd1
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. a3 Qa5 15. Bh4 Rfd8 16. Ra1 d5 17. b4 Qc7 18. Bg3 Bd6 19.
Bxd6 Qxd6 20. c5 Qe7 21. Qe5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (43) Kortschnoj,V (2659)
-Iljushin,A (2515) Smolensk 2000}) (6... Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 Nxd4 9. exd4
Bb4 10. Qf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ke7 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. d5 Qc5 15. Rad1 d6
16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (32) Stocek,J (2596)-Oleksienko,M (2564)
Benasque 2011}) 7. Rc1 {In my understanding of chess this seems to be more
sensible than 7.Ndb5 which breaks the rule of not playing more than once with
the same piece in any opening.} (7. Ndb5 h6 (7... O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d5
10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O e5 15. Bd3 Bf5 16.
Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd7 Rab8 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Nd4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. Kb2 $14 {1-0 (59) Bistric,F (2494)-Leventic,I (2443) Pula 2002}) 8. Bh4 a6
9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Bxf6+ gxf6 11. Nxc8+ Rxc8 12. e3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qd4 Qc7
15. Rd1 Rhd8 16. Be2 Nxc4 17. O-O d5 18. Qh4 Nd6 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Qxh6 Qxa2 21.
Qf4 Qb2 $17 {0-1 (57) Jurcik,M (2484)-Druska,J (2474) Banska Stiavnica 2016})
7... h6 (7... Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ (9... Be7 10. e3 Qe5 11. Be2 b6 12.
Nxc6 dxc6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. O-O Bd6 15. g3 Rc8 16. b4 Ke7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Ne4
cxb4 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qa4 Ba8 21. axb4 Qb8 22. Qa3 c5 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 {1-0 (28)
Graf,A (2621)-Atakisi,U (2388) Athens 2008} 24. bxc5 $16) 10. Rxc3 Nxd4 11.
Qxd4 Qe5 12. Qd2 b6 13. f4 Qf5 14. g4 Qc5 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. b4 Qe7 17. O-O Rg8
18. Rg3 {1-0 Stangl,M-Pezerovic,E/Munich op9192 1992/ (38)}) (7... O-O 8. e3 d5
9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Bc6 14. e4 Rc8 15.
Qd3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qe5 17. f4 Qb8 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Qb1 e5 20. f5 b5 21. b4 Qb7 22.
Bf3 Rc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (52) Zhigalko,A (2610)-Quparadze,G (2471) Malatya 2016})
8. Bh4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. e3 Rd8 12. Be2 a6 13. Nd4 d5
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Bf3 Bd6 19. Na4 Be5 20.
Rb1 Be8 $15 {1/2-1/2 (44) Lautier,J (2560)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2510) Polanica Zdroj
1991}) 8... g5 {In the modern times of computers and databases Black has lost
all innocence concerning the early advance g7-g5 in openings. Black can truly
afford the exposure of the kingside pawns if he can support his weaknesses
with pieces.} (8... O-O 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
O-O d6 14. Qa4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Qa3 Be8 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Rd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(18) Psakhis,L (2599)-Har Zvi,R (2507) Ramat Aviv 2000}) (8... Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6
10. e3 Rg8 11. Qd2 f5 $6 12. g3 $14 {Porath-Evans Amsterdam izt 1964}) (8...
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 12. f3 g5 13. Bf2 Bc5 14. Qd2 Ke7 15. O-O
Rg8 16. a3 Rg6 17. b4 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 a6 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Bd3 $16 {1-0 (37) Graf,
A (2445)-Tukmakov,V (2580) Riga 1988}) 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 (10. Ndb5 Nxg3 11.
hxg3 a6 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 14. e3 (14. a3 Bd6 15. e3 Bb8 16. Be2 Na5
17. Ne4 f5 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. c5 d5 20. b4 Qf8 21. Qb3 Qf6 $11 {1-0 (46) Buhmann,
R (2570)-Hulak,K (2552) Austria 2008}) 14... d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17.
a3 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 d4 19. exd4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Gelfand,B (2691)-Shirov,A (2726)
Monte Carlo 1999}) 10... d5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 {The computers would like
to solve the riddle of achieving equality with a slightly different approach
which is also figting for the centre.} (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6
15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be5 f6 17. Bc7 Rf7 $11) 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 (14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rfb8 19. Bxc4 $14) 14... Bd7
15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 (16. fxg3 Ne5 17. Be4 f5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 $11) 16... e5 $1 {
Rodshtein cleverly combines the control of the light squares with very strong
play on the dark ones.} 17. Qh5 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 (17... Qf6 18. Nd6 Rab8 19. c4
$14) 18. Bxf5 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $11) 17... Qf6 (17... exd4 $2 18. Qxh6 f5 19.
Bc4+ $18) 18. Nb3 (18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Nc7 Rac8 20. Nd5 Qg7 21. e4 Be6 $11) 18...
Rad8 (18... b6 19. Rfd1 Be6 $11) 19. Bb1 b6 20. f4 Qg7 {Very conservative, but
not the only sensible solution to the tension after the f-pawn advance.} (20...
gxf4 21. exf4 Qg7 22. Qh4 f6 $11) 21. f5 f6 {After this move Black has too
many elements controlling the dark squares in the position and his task will
be to rebalance forces towards parity.} (21... Qf6 $2 22. Nd2 $16) 22. Be4 (22.
Qe2 g4 23. c4 Qg5 24. c5 h5 $11) 22... Ne7 (22... g4 $1 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. e4 Be8
25. Qh1 Ne7 26. c4 Qg5 27. Kf2 $11) 23. Qe2 (23. c4 g4 24. c5 Bb5 25. Rfd1 $11)
23... Qf7 (23... g4 $1 24. c4 Qg5 25. Qf2 $11) 24. c4 Ba4 {For some strange
reason Black got the feeling that he can put pressure against the b3-knight.
The really dangerous piece was on e4 so he should have preferred 24...Bc6 with
equality.} (24... Bc6 $1 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. g4 $11) 25. c5 Bxb3 $2 {Definitely
the wrong plan as the light-squared bishop will be sorely missing in the
defence of the kingside. Black must have been suffering from some strategic
delusion as the dangers are quite obvious.} (25... Kg7 26. c6 Rc8 27. c7 Nd5
28. Qa6 $1 $16) (25... Nd5 26. Bd3 Kg7 27. e4 Nc7 $11) 26. axb3 bxc5 (26...
Qxb3 27. c6 Nd5 28. c7 Rc8 29. Qc2 Qxe3+ 30. Kh2 Nxc7 31. Bb7 $16) 27. Rxc5 (
27. Bd3 $5 Kh8 28. Bc4 Qh7 29. Be6 $16) 27... Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 32] Some comedies
are full of errors and then they easily turn to tragedies full of tears. Three
successive errors are pretty rare, but nobody is immune from misconceptions or
misclaculations.} (27... Nd5 28. Ra1 Nb6 29. b4 $14) 28. Rc7 $2 (28. Rb1 $1 Qa3
29. Rc7 Nd5 (29... Rc8 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rbb7 Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 Rxc7 33. Qxc7 $18)
30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 31. Qh5 $18) 28... Rf7 $2 (28... Nd5 $1 29. Bxd5+ Qxd5 30. Qh5
Rd7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Rfc1 Qf7 $11) (28... Qb4 29.
Bb1 $1 Rd2 30. Qa6 Qb2 (30... Kh8 31. Qxa7 Re8 32. Rb7 $16) 31. Be4 Rf7 32. Qe6
Qb4 33. Bc2 $18) 29. Rb1 Qa4 30. Bc2 $1 {The bishop is heading towards b3
hoping to create havoc in Black's position.} Qa5 31. Rbb7 Rd2 (31... Kf8 32.
Qh5 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qa3 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Bb3+ $18)
32. Qc4 Nd5 {Cordova probably did not have enough time to calculate the
sacrifice of the queen on c4 followed by the mating attack on the 8th rank.
His solution is good enough but in strength it simply pales in comparision.} (
32... Qd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxf7 Rxc2 35. Rfd7 $18) 33. Rc8+ (33. Rxf7 Rxg2+ (
33... Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 36. Kh2 Nxc4 37. Rfd7 $18) 34. Kxg2
Nxe3+ 35. Kh3 Nxc4 (35... g4+ 36. Qxg4+ Nxg4 37. Bb3 Nf2+ 38. Kg2 $18) 36. Rfd7
Qb6 37. Bb3 $18) 33... Kg7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Be4 Ke7 {The king should have
run towards the corner as winning would present White with slightly more
precise work.} (35... Kg7 36. Qc6 Ne7 37. Qb7 Kf7 38. Rc7 Qa3 39. Bd5+) 36. Qc6
Rd1+ (36... Qb6 37. Qe8+ Kd6 38. Qe6#) 37. Kh2 {The black king is utterly
helpless against the white pieces.} 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
(8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. e3 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 $10 {Stohl,I-Khalifman,A/Manila
izt/1990/}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. f4 {N} (10. Be3 Bb7 11. c5 Na5 12. Nxa5 bxa5
13. f3 Rc8 14. Qb3 Ba8 15. Ba6 Rc6 $13 {Hansen,L-Hansen,C/Vejstrup/1989/}) (10.
O-O $5 {Ribli}) 10... d6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. O-O Qc7 (13... Ba6 $5 14.
Nb5 (14. Nd2 d5 $5 15. exd5 (15. e5 d4) 15... exd5 16. Bxd5 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17.
Bxd5 Bf6 18. Rb1 Ne7 19. Bf3 Bd4 $132) 16... Re8 {/\ Bd6<=>}) (14. Be2) 14...
d5 $1 15. e5 Nd7 16. Rf2 dxc4) 14. g4 (14. Rc1 Qb8) 14... Rfe8 (14... Na5 15.
Nxa5 (15. g5 Nxc4 16. gxf6 Nxe3 17. Qe2 Nxf1 18. fxe7 $13) 15... bxa5 16. b3 (
16. g5 Nd7 17. b3 Nc5 $132) 16... d5 $5 17. exd5 exd5 18. g5 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 Bc5 $1 $132) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kg2 Ne4 21. Nxd5 $14) 15. Rc1 (
15. g5 Nd7 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. e5 dxe5 $1 18. Qxd7 Red8 19. Bxc6 Rxd7 20. Bxd7 Rd8
21. Rad1 Ba8 $1 {/\ Qb7-/+}) 15... Qb8 16. Rc2 $6 (16. Rf2 $5) 16... Na5 (16...
Ba6 $5 17. Nb5 (17. Nd2 d5 18. exd5 (18. e5 d4 19. exf6 dxe3) 18... exd5 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxa3 $40) (17. g5 Bxc4 $1 18. gxf6 Bxb3 (18... Bxf6 $2 19.
e5 $1 dxe5 20. Ne4 Bxb3 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rg2+ $18) 19. fxe7 Bxc2 20. Qxc2
Nxe7 $13) 17... d5 $1 18. exd5 (18. e5 dxc4 19. exf6 Bxb5) 18... exd5 19. Bxd5
Red8 $40) (16... Ba6 $5 {Ribli}) 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. g5 (18. b3 a4 $1 19. g5 axb3
20. Rb2 Nd7 21. Qxb3 Bc6) 18... Nd7 19. b3 Ba8 (19... d5 20. exd5 (20. cxd5
exd5 21. Nxd5 (21. exd5 $2 Bd6 $1) 21... Rxc2 $1 (21... Bxa3 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23.
Qc2 $14) (21... Bxd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxd5 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bg4 $1) 22.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxc2 Qa8 $1 24. Rc1 g6 $13) 20... Bxa3 (20... exd5 21. Bxd5 $1
$16) 21. dxe6 (21. Nb5 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. d6 Red8) 21... Rxe6 22. Qxd7 Rc7
23. Qb5 (23. Qa4 Rxe3 24. Bxb7 Bc5 $1) 23... Rxe3 24. Nd5 a6 25. Qxa5 (25. Qb6
$2 Bc5 26. Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Nxc7 Rxf3+ $19) 25... Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxb3 $10) 20. Qb1
Nb6 (20... Nc5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nd7 23. Be2 $14) (20... d5 $1 21. exd5 (21.
cxd5 exd5 22. Bg4 Rcd8) 21... Bxa3 $15) 21. Kg2 a4 (21... d5 22. cxd5 exd5 (
22... Bxa3 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Nb5) 23. e5 $5 Bxa3 (23... Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25.
Ne2) 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Nxd5 $36) 22. Nxa4 (22. Bxb6 $6 axb3 23. Qxb3 Qxb6 $15)
22... Nxa4 23. bxa4 Qc7 (23... Bc6 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. a5 $14) 24. Rfc1 Rb8 $6 (
24... Bc6 25. c5 (25. Rb2 Qa5) 25... d5 26. e5 (26. Qb4 Rb8 27. Qd4 dxe4 28.
Bxe4 e5 29. fxe5 Bxg5 30. Bxg5 Rxe5 31. Bf4 Rxe4) (26. exd5 exd5 {/\ d4, xf4})
26... Bxa4 27. Rb2 {/\ Bd4}) 25. Rb2 Rxb2+ (25... Bc6 26. Rb4 $5) 26. Qxb2 Rb8
(26... Bc6 27. c5 (27. Qd4 a6) 27... Bxa4 28. cxd6 Qxd6 29. e5 Qd7 $10) 27. Qc3
$1 (27. Qd4 a6 {/\ Bc6<=>}) 27... Bc6 28. c5 (28. a5 Ba4 $132) 28... Bxa4 (
28... d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. h4 $14) (28... dxc5 29. Bxc5 Bxa4 (29... Bxc5 30.
Qxc5 Rc8 31. Kg3 Qb8 $14) 30. Qxg7+ (30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Qc7) 30... Kxg7 31. Bd4+
e5 32. Rxc7 exd4 33. Rxe7 Rd8 34. Rxa7 Bc2 35. Rc7 d3 36. Kf2 $16) 29. Qd4 Be8
$2 (29... Bd7 30. cxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. Rd1 $18) (29... Bc6 30. cxd6 Bxd6
31. Qxa7 (31. Qc3 Rc8 $13) 31... Qxa7 32. Bxa7 Rc8 $1 33. Rc3 Bxf4 $14) (29...
Qd7 30. cxd6 Bxd6 31. Qxa7 Qxa7 32. Bxa7 Bxf4 (32... Bxa3 33. Rc3 Bb2 34. Rc4
Bb3 35. Rc7 $36) 33. Rc4 Bb3 (33... Rb2+ $5 34. Kh3 Bd7) 34. Rc3 Ra8 35. e5 Bd5
) 30. cxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxa7 Rb2+ (31... e5 32. f5 $1) (31... Kf8 32. Kg3 {/\ Bc5})
32. Kg3 Bf8 (32... Qxa3 33. Rc8 Kf8 34. Qd7 $18) (32... Bd7 33. Bc5 Qd2 34.
Qa8+ $18) (32... e5 33. Rc8 Kf8 34. f5 $1 (34. Bc5 $2 exf4+ 35. Kh3 Qe6+ 36.
Bg4 Rb3+ 37. Kh4 Qh6+) 34... Ra2 35. Bc5 $18) 33. Rc8 Bd7 34. e5 (34. e5 Qd3
35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 8.
Bg2 d5 $6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bd7 (13...
O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 $16) (13... Nxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Qb3 $16) 14. Nb5
Qb8 15. Rb1 Nd8 (15... a6 16. Nd4 Qc8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Rb6 $18)
16. Qd4 e5 17. Qc4 Bc6 (17... O-O 18. Nc7 Qc8 19. Bd5) 18. Bc5 $1 (18. Nxa7 $5
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxa7 20. Qb5+ Kf8 21. Bxa7 Qxa7 $44) 18... a6 (18... Bxg2 19.
Bxe7 Bxf1 20. Bd6 Qc8 21. Nc7+ Kd7 22. Qd5) 19. Bxe7 axb5 20. Qh4 f6 21. Bb4
Bxg2 (21... Qc7 22. Rbd1) 22. Kxg2 Qc7 23. Rbd1 h5 (23... Ne6 $16) (23... Nc6
$16) 24. Rd5 Nf7 25. Qe4 Qc6 26. Rfd1 Rd8 27. f3 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 h4 29. Qd3 hxg3
30. hxg3 Qc4 31. Rd7 Qxd3 32. Re7+ Kd8 33. exd3 Ng5 34. Rxg7 Kc8 35. Ba5 Kb8
36. Bc7+ Ka7 37. Bxe5 Nxf3 38. Bxf6 Ne1+ 39. Kf2 Nxd3+ 40. Ke3 Nc1 41. Rxb7+
Kxb7 42. Bxh8 Nxa2 43. g4 Kc6 44. g5 Kd5 45. g6 Ke6 46. Kd2 b4 47. c4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 $5 Nxd4 $5 7. Qxd4
b6 8. Bf4 $6 (8. Qf4 $1 {Kortschnoj,V-Sax,Gy (03)/Wijk cm/1991/}) 8... Bc5 9.
Qd2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Rc8 13. e3 Re8 $1 (13... Ba6 14. b3
Bb7 15. a4 a6 16. f3 Rc6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Bd3 d5 19. O-O Rc7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 {
0,5/Kortschnoj,V-Sax,Gy (01)/Wijk cm/1991/}) 14. f3 Rc6 15. Qd4 Ba6 16. Ne4 (
16. Be2 Qc7 17. b3 d5 18. cxd5 Rxc3 $1 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bxa6 Rxb3 $36) (16. Bd3
Qc7 17. Ne4) 16... Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. Bd3 $2 (18. b3 $1) 18... g6 $1 19. b3
(19. O-O Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 $1 (21... Rxe4 22. Rxc7 Rxe3 23.
Rxa7 Rc8 $1 $17) 22. Qxc4 Qd2 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qe2 {/\ Rc2}) 19... d5 $1 20.
cxd5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 (21. Rxd3 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rd8 $17) 21... exd5 (
21... Rc3 22. d6 $1) 22. Kf2 (22. O-O Rc3 23. Qxd5 Rexe3 $1 $17) 22... Rc3 23.
Qxd5 Rcxe3 (23... Rexe3 24. Rhe1 $1) 24. Rd2 (24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qc2+ $17)
24... Qe7 $1 25. Kg3 (25. a4 Re1 $1 26. Rd1 Qh4+ 27. g3 R8e2#) 25... Rxb3 $1
26. a4 (26. Qxb3 Qg5+ 27. Kh3 Qxd2 $19) 26... Rb4 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qg5+
29. Kh3 Re2 30. Rg1 Qh5+ 31. Kg3 Qg5+ 32. Kh3 Rd2 33. Qc3 Ra2 34. Qd4 h6 35.
Qc4 Qh5+ 36. Kg3 Qe5+ 37. Kh3 Rd2 38. Qh4 Qf5+ 39. Kg3 g5 $1 40. Qxh6 (40. Qb4
Qe5+ 41. Kh3 Rd4) (40. Qh5 Rd4 41. Re1 Rh4 $19) 40... Qf4+ (40... Qf4+ 41. Kh3
g4+ 42. fxg4 Qxh6+) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na3 $5 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Bg5 h6 $146 (11... Qc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. O-O Ne3 14. Qd3 Nxf1 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Qd4 Nd2 18. Qh4 Kf8 19.
Qh6+ Ke7 20. Qg5 Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Kovacevic,A/Halkidiki GRE
2002 (21)}) (11... d5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e4 d4 16. Na4
Qb5 17. Rxc4 Qxc4 18. Nb6 Qc5 19. Nxa8 Bd7 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qf4 Rxa8 22. Qxf6
Rc8 23. e5 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/Skara SWE 2002 (23)}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. O-O Rb8 14. Rc1 Qd6 $1 15. Qc2 (15. Nd5 $6 b5 (15... exd5 16. Rxc4) 16.
Nxf6+ Ke7) 15... b5 (15... Qd2 16. Qb3) 16. a4 Qe5 (16... Qd2 17. Qb1 $44) 17.
axb5 axb5 18. a4 $5 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Nd2 $8 (19... Nb6 20. Qa7) 20. Rfd1 Nb3 21.
Rc2 O-O 22. Nd5 $1 (22. Bd5 $6 exd5 23. Nxd5 d6) 22... exd5 23. Bxd5 Nc5 (23...
Bb7 24. Qxb3 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 $14) 24. Rxc5 Qxe2 25. Rcc1 Bb7 26. Qxd7 Bxd5 27.
Qxd5 Rb2 $14 (27... Rfc8) 28. Qd4 Qe5 29. Qg4+ Qg5 30. Qf3 Rfb8 31. h4 Qg6 32.
Rc4 (32. Rc6 R2b3 33. Qxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 R3b6 $11) 32... R2b3 33. Qf4 Kg7 34.
Rd7 R3b7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Qf3 Qb1+ $2 (36... Rb1+ 37. Kg2 h5 $14) 37. Kh2 $2 (
37. Kg2 $1 f5 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Rc7+ Rxc7 40. Qxc7+ Kg8 (40... Kg6 41. h5+ $18)
41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf8 (42... Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qxf6 Qe4+
46. Kh2) 43. Qh7 Qe4+ (43... Qc1 44. Qxf5 Qc6+ 45. Kh3 Kg7 46. h5 Qe8 47. g4
Qf7 48. Kh4 Qe8 49. Qd3 Qf7 50. Qe4 $22) 44. Kh2 Qf3 45. Qxh6+ Kf7 46. Qe3 Qd5
$16) 37... f5 38. Rc6 f6 39. Rc8 Qe4 40. Qc3 h5 41. Qc5 Re7 42. Rd8 f4 43. Qxh5
fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Qe5+ 45. Qxe5 Rxe5 46. Kg4 Kg6 47. Rd6 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5
Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 {Ribli: 'Dieser Zug ist sehr populär in der letzten Zeit
und wird besonders von den Großmeistern Agrest und Gelfand gespielt. Weiß
opfert Material am Damenflügel, aber bekommt Initiative auf den dunklen
Feldern als Kompensation. '} (9. Qa4 {Ribli} Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12.
Qa3 b6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 {Das ist eine bekannte
Variante, wo die Stellung ungefaehr gleich ist.}) 9... Bxa3 {Ribli: 'Das ist
die prinzipielle Fortsetzung - Schwarz nimmt die Herausforderung an.'} (9...
Be7 {(Ribli) Das ist die ruhige Fortsetzung, aber die schwarze Stellung wird
etwas passiv.} 10. O-O d6 (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. c5 $1 Nfd7 (
13... dxc5 14. Nab5 $18) 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 $16) 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 O-O 13.
Rfd1 Ng6 14. Be3 $14) 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Bg5 Qd8 $5 $146 {Ribli: 'Schwarz geht
zurück mit der Dame und im Falle von Bxf6 kann Schwarz eventuell Qxf6 spielen.'
} 12. Rc1 d5 (12... O-O $142 13. O-O (13. Qd4 d5 14. e4 e5 15. Qd3 (15. Qc5 b6
16. Qb4 d4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd5 b5) 15... d4 16. Qxc4 dxc3 $11) 13... h6 $1
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Rxc4 d5 17. Rc3 (17. Rb4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 e5) (17.
Rxc8 Raxc8 18. Nd2 Qxa3 $17) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 e5 19. Qc1 $14) 13. O-O Ne5 (
13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e4 $1 (15. Bxd5 $6 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qc6 17. Qd4 Be6 $5
(17... b5 18. Qxg7 (18. Qe4+ Kf8) 18... Qxd5 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Qxh6 Bb7 21. e4
Qe5 $13) 18. e4 (18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Qxh6 Bf5 $17) 18... b5 19. Qxg7
Rf8 $13) 15... d4 16. Na4 e5 17. Rxc4 b5 18. Rxd4 (18. Rc7 bxa4 19. Qxa4+ Kf8
$16) 18... exd4 19. e5 $18) (13... Nd6 $6 14. e4 Ndxe4 (14... dxe4 15. Qd4) 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nxe4 $18) (13... b5 14. e4 h6 $1 (14... Bb7 15.
exd5 O-O 16. Ne4) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. exd5 O-O 17. dxe6 $16) (13... O-O 14. e4 d4
15. Ne2 d3 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Nh5 $36) 14. Bxf6 $2 (14. e4 $142 $1 d4 15. Qa4+ (
15. f4 Neg4 (15... Nc4 16. e5) 16. Qa4+ Bd7 (16... Qd7 17. Rfd1) 17. Qxd4 Bc6
$14) 15... Qd7 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. e5 $16) 14... gxf6 15. Qd2 {'©' Ribli. Ribli:
'Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber der gegnerische König steht in der Mitte.
Weiß plant 16.Qh6 zu spielen, mit Angriffschancen am Königsflügel.'} b5 {
Ribli: 'Schwarz beschäftigt sich nicht mit 16.Qh6, er entwickelt den
Damenflügel.'} (15... O-O 16. Rfd1 f5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 $44) 16. Qh6 (16. e4
d4 17. Ne2 Nc4 $11) 16... Bb7 17. Rcd1 {'!' Ribli. Ribli: 'Der andere Turmzug
scheint auf den ersten Blick logischer, aber im Falle von 17.Rfd1 kann der c1R
in der Fesselung sein.'} (17. Rfd1 Rc8) 17... Qe7 $2 (17... Ke7 $1 18. e4 (18.
Ne4 Nd7 $1) 18... d4 19. Ne2 $1 (19. f4 Ng4 20. Qh4 h5) 19... d3 20. Nf4 $13) (
17... Rc8 {Ribli} 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Qg7 f5 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Nxh7 $13) 18. e4 {
Ribli: 'Weiß muss die Zentrumstellung öffnen.'} O-O-O {Ribli: 'Schwarz spielt
die lange Rochade, was gar nicht typisch für die Englische Eröffnung ist. Er
gibt den Bauern zurück und möchte endlich seinen König in Sicherheit bringen.'}
(18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 {'|^' Ribli.} Rc8 21. Qg7 $16) (18... Rc8
19. exd5 Rxc3 20. d6 Qf8 21. Qxf6 $18) 19. exd5 Kb8 20. Qf4 {Ribli: 'Die weiße
Dame steht aktiv auf f4 und Schwarz hat einige Problemen mit seiner
Königsstellung.'} (20. dxe6 {Ribli} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 fxe6 $11 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Ge7b7,Gb7g2]}) 20... Ka8 21. a4 (21. Rfe1 $5 Qxa3 (21... Rd7 22. d6 Rxd6 23.
Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxf6 Rc8 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. Rxe5 Rxc3 27. Qxf7+ $18) (21... Rhg8
22. d6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qxf6) (21... Rhe8 $5) 22. Qxf6 Nd7
$16) 21... b4 {'[]' Ribli. Ribli: 'Schwarz muss die Stellung, wenn möglich,
geschlossen halten.'} (21... bxa4 $2 {Ribli} 22. d6 Qe8 (22... Rxd6 23. Bxb7+
Kxb7 24. Qb4+ Kc6 25. Ne4 $18) 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Qxf6 $18) 22. d6 Rxd6 23.
Qxb4 (23. Bxb7+ $2 Qxb7 24. Rxd6 bxc3 $1 (24... Nf3+ 25. Kh1 bxc3 (25... Nd2+
26. Nd5 Nxf1 27. Rxa6+) 26. Rxa6+ Qxa6 27. Qxf3+ Qb7 28. Kg2 $14) 25. Qxf6 $140
Nf3+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kh3 Qg2+) 26... Nd2+ $17) 23... Rd7 24. Qa5 Bxg2
25. Rxd7 (25. Kxg2 Ra7) 25... Qxd7 26. Qxa6+ {Ribli: 'Auf diese Weise erhalten
wir auch die Partiefortsetzung.'} Qa7 27. Qxa7+ Kxa7 28. Kxg2 {Ribli: 'Nach
forcierten Vereinfachungen haben wir eine Stellung, in der Weiß einen Bauern
mehr hat, aber seine Bauern auf der a-Linie sind entwertet. Trotzdem muss
Schwarz vorsichtig sein, weil sein König weit entfernt vom Königsflügel steht,
der bald zum Hauptkriegsschauplatz wird.'} Rc8 29. Rc1 (29. Ne4 f5 30. Nf6 h6
31. Re1 $5) 29... Ka6 {Ribli: 'Jetzt droht schon 30...Nd3.'} 30. Ne2 Rxc1 31.
Nxc1 Ka5 {Ribli: 'Der aktive schwarze König neutralisiert die weißen Bauern am
Damenflügel.'} 32. Nb3+ (32. f4 $5 Ng4 (32... Nc4 33. Nb3+ Kxa4 34. Nc5+ $5 Ka3
35. Ne4 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Nd5 37. Nd6 Kxa2 38. Nxf7 Kb3 39. Nd8 Nc7 40. f5 e5 41.
Ne6 $16) 33. h3 Ne3+ 34. Kf3 Nd5 35. Kg4 $5) 32... Kxa4 33. Nc5+ Ka3 34. Ne4
Nd7 $1 35. Kh3 {Ribli: 'Der weiße König strebt nach dem h6-Bauern, aber wegen
des reduzierten Materials kann Schwarz das Remis erreichen.'} (35. Nd6 Kxa2 36.
Nxf7 Kb3 $11) 35... Kxa2 36. Kh4 Kb3 37. Kh5 Kc4 38. Kh6 Kd3 39. Nd6 Ke2 40. f4
e5 41. Kxh7 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli Hansen,LB} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {
Hansen,LB: A solid continuation, but not without poison.} (6. g3 {Hansen,LB}) (
6. a3 {Hansen,LB}) (6. Ndb5 {Hansen,LB}) 6... Be7 (6... Bb4 {Hansen,LB}) (6...
Qb6 {Hansen,LB}) 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Qa5 {Hansen,LB: A new and straightforward
idea. Black prepares d7-d5 with equality. Psakhis empfehlt dieser Zug.} (8...
Qb6 $5) (8... d6 {Hansen,LB} 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 (10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 $6 12.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 13. Qd2 Ra7 14. f4 $16 {Lautier,J - Pinter,J/France/1991/}) 10...
Qc7 11. Rac1 Ne5 12. b3 h6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. f4 Ned7 16. b4 Rac8 17.
a3 Qb8 $13 {Kortschnoj,V - Psakhis,L/ Manila ol/1992/}) (8... b6 {Hansen,LB} 9.
O-O (9. Ndb5 {Ribli} d5 $1 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5
Bxb2 $10 {Stangl,M-Alterman,B/Beijing/1995/CBM49/INF64,40/}) 9... Bb7 10. Bxf6
$5 Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Ne7 12. Qb3 d6 13. Rfd1 Nc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Qc2
Na7 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. b3 Ba8 {1/2-1/2/Lautier,J - de Firmian,N/
Biel/1990/}) (8... d5 {Ribli} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2
$14 {Der Anziehende hat einen unbedautenden Vorteil. Stangl,M-Kindermann,S/
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25'/1994/}) 9. Bh4 Rd8 10. O-O $1 $146 (10. Nb3 Qb6 11.
O-O {Nenashev-Dvoiris,84} d5 $5 $10 (11... d6 {Hansen,LB} 12. Bg3 e5 13. Bh4
Be6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rc1 a5 $13 {Psakhis})) 10... d5 {Ribli: Dieser Zug ist
fuer derartige Stellungen typisch: Schwarz will im Zentrum die Figuren
tauschen.} 11. cxd5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Ba6 $10) 11... Nxd4 (11... exd5 $14)
(11... Nxd5 {Ribli} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qc2 $14) 12. Qxd4 Nxd5 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. b4 $1 {Hansen,LB: Otherwise Black equalizes through Bd7. Sonst
soll Weiss den Punkt schon jetzt teilen.} Qc7 (14... Rxd4 15. bxa5 $16 (15.
bxa5 {Ribli} Rd8 16. Bf3 $14 {>< b7})) (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf3 Nc6 17.
Rfd1 (17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. a4 $14) 17... Bd7 18. b5 Na5 19. Rab1 $5 {/\Na4}) 15.
Nb5 Qd7 (15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bf3 $14) 16. Qb2 {/\ Rfd1} (16. Qh4 Nf5 $5
(16... Ng6 17. Qg3 e5 18. f4 $5) 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Nd5 Qd6) 16... Nc6
(16... a6 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Nc3 $16) (16... Nd5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rac1 (18. Nc3
Nf6 (18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 $14)) (18. e4 Nf4 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Bd7 (20...
Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qe7 22. Qd3) (20... Qg5 21. Bf1 e5 22. h4 Qxh4 (22... Nh3+ 23.
Kh2 Qf4+ 24. g3) 23. g3 Qg5 24. Qxe5 $18) 21. Bf1 Nh3+ (21... Qe7 22. Nd6 Ba4
23. Rd2 $14) 22. Kh1 (22. gxh3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Bxb5) 22... Qb6 $1 $10 (22... Bxb5
23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. gxh3 Bxf1 25. Kg1 (25. Qc3 h6 $44) 25... Bb5 (25... Bc4 26.
b5 a6 27. a4 axb5 28. axb5) 26. Qe5 a6 27. Qc7 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 g6 (28... h6 29.
Qc8+ Kh7 30. Qxb7 $16) 29. Qxb7 Rd2 30. a4)) 18... Bd7 19. Nc7 Ba4 20. Nxd5 (
20. Nxa8 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxa8) 20... exd5 21. Rd4 $14) (16... Qd2 $4 {Ribli} 17.
Rfd1 $18) 17. Rfd1 (17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Bxc6 (18. Rfd1 $1) 18... bxc6 19. Nd4 Rd6
20. Qc3 Bd7 $14) (17. Bf3 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 17... Qe7 18. Rxd8+ (18. Bf3 $1 Bd7 (
18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nxb4 20. Qd4 $18 (20. Qe5)) 19. Nd6 Be8 20. Nxe8 Rxd1+ (
20... Rxe8 21. b5 Na5 22. Qc3) 21. Rxd1 Rxe8 22. b5 Na5 23. Rc1 (23. Qc3 b6 24.
g3 Nb7 $10) 23... b6 24. Qe5 Nb7 25. Bxb7 (25. Rc7 Qb4 26. h3 Nc5 27. Bc6 (27.
Qf4 $1 Qxf4 (27... Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Bh5 g6 30. Bg4 Nd3)) 27... Rf8) 25...
Qxb7 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. h3 Qb8 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Qc4 $16) 18... Nxd8 19. Rd1 Bd7 20.
Qd4 $6 (20. Nd6 $1 Bc6 (20... a6 $5 21. Qb3 $16) 21. e4 a6 {/\f6,Nf7} (21...
Bd5 22. Nxf7 (22. Nf5 exf5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qc2 g6 (24... Qxb4 25. d6 $16 (25.
Qc7 $5)) 25. Qc5 $16) 22... Bxe4 23. Qe5 Bd5 24. Rxd5 Nxf7 25. Qe4 $16) 22. Qb3
Bd5 (22... f6 23. Bg4) 23. Qg3 (23. exd5 Qxd6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 $14) 23... Bxa2 24.
Rd2 $18) 20... Bxb5 21. Bxb5 h6 {Ribli: Sehr wichtig ist es fuer Schwarz die
Grundlinie zu sichern.} (21... Nc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25.
Rd7 Kf8 26. Rxa7 Rb8 27. a3 c5 28. Ra4 $14) 22. h3 (22. Qc5 $5 Qxc5 23. bxc5
Rc8 24. Rd7 g5 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Ba4 $14 (26. a4 a6 27. Be2 Kf8 $10) 26... b6 (
26... b5 27. Bxb5 Rxc5 28. a4 Nc6 29. Ke1 $1 $36 (29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxa7 $14))
27. Ke2) 22... Nc6 {Ribli: Schwarz wird mit einigen aktiven Zuege das Remis
erreichen.} 23. Bxc6 bxc6 {Hansen,LB: With the b-pawn on b2 or b3 White would
be clarly better due to the weak c6-pawn, but as it is Black can organize
counterplay against the b4-pawn.} 24. Qc4 (24. Qc3 $1 Rb8 25. a3 $14) 24... Rb8
25. a3 (25. Rb1 {Ribli} a5 $10) (25. Qxc6 {Ribli} Rxb4 26. Rd7 Qf6 $10) 25...
a5 26. bxa5 Qxa3 27. a6 (27. Qf4 $5 Rf8 (27... Ra8 28. Rd7 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qf6 30.
Qc7 Qxf2 31. a6 Qxe3 32. a7 (32. Rxf7 $5)) 28. Qc7 c5 29. Rd6 (29. Kh2 c4 30.
Rd4 c3 31. Rc4 Ra8) 29... Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. g3 (31. f4 Qxe3 32. Rc6 h5 $132
33. Rxc5 h4 34. Rc3) 31... c4 (31... Qf6 32. Kg2) 32. a6 c3 33. a7 c2 34. Rc6
$10) 27... Ra8 28. Qxc6 Rxa6 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Qc2+ (30. Qe8 $5) 30... g6 31.
Qc7 Ra7 32. Qb8 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nb5 Ne5 8.
N1c3 a6 9. Na3 $5 Be7 10. O-O d6 $146 (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. c5
Nfd7 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 $16 {1-0 Agrest,E-Hellers,F/SWE t-ch 0102 2002 (51)}
) 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Ng6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Na4 $5 (15. Rac1 Rb8)
15... Rb8 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Bd4 $142 Rb8 18. Qc3 $1 Bf6 19. Rac1 b6
$14) 17... Bd8 $1 18. Rac1 (18. Bd4 Rb8 $11) 18... Qa5 $1 (18... Ne7 19. c5 d5
(19... Nf5 20. cxd6 Nxe3 21. dxc7 Nxd1 22. cxd8=Q Rxd8 23. Rxd1 Rxa7 24. Nb6)
20. Bb6 $14) 19. b3 Ne7 $1 20. g4 (20. Bd4 Nf5 21. Qc3 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Be7 $15)
20... Nc6 $1 (20... Bc7 $6 21. Bd4 $16) (20... Ng6 21. Bd4 Bg5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23.
Rxc3 $16) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxd6 Qc7 (22... Bg5 23. f4 Be7 24. Rxd7 Bxa3 25.
Bb6 $16) (22... Be7 $5 23. Rxd7 (23. Rcd1 $2 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 c5 $5 25. Bxc5 $2
Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Bb7+ $19) 23... Bxd7 (23... Bxa3 24. Rcd1 Bxd7 25.
Bb6 Qb4 26. Bc5 $16) 24. Rd1 $1 $44 (24. Bb6 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. Rd1 Bc8 $13)
) 23. Bc5 (23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Bc5 Re8 $15) 23... Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Be7 25. Rcd1 Bxd6
(25... e5 26. h3 (26. f3 Bxg4 27. Qxc6 $13) (26. Qxe5 Bxd6 (26... Bxg4 27. c5)
27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxg4 29. f3 Be6 $13) 26... Bxd6 (26... Bxg4 27. Rxc6)
27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 f5 $132) 26. Qxd6 Ra7 $6 (26... Qxd6 27. Rxd6 e5 28. f3
(28. h3 f5) 28... e4 $132 (28... f5 $5)) 27. c5 $1 e5 28. Nc4 $6 (28. f3 e4 $5
29. Nc4 $44) 28... f6 $2 (28... Bxg4 29. f3 (29. Nxe5 Bxe2 30. Re1 Bb5 31. Nb6
Qxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. a4 f6 $17) 29... Bh3 $1 {Notkin,M} (29... Be6 30. Nxe5
$16) 30. Nxe5 Qe7 $1 $15) 29. f3 Qf7 30. Nab6 (30. Qxc6 $2 Bd7 31. Qb6 Bxa4 32.
Nd6 Qc7 33. bxa4 Rb8 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 $19) 30... Rc7 31. Na5 h5 $2 (31... Bb7 $5
$16) (31... Re8 $5 32. Nxc6 Re6 33. Qxc7 $5 (33. Qd8+ Re8 34. Qd6 $11) 33...
Qxc7 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rxc8 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. b4 $16) 32. gxh5 Bh3 33. Nxc6
Kh7 (33... Qxh5 34. Kh1 $16 (34. Qxc7 $2 Qg5+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 (36. Ke3 $2
Qf4+ 37. Kd3 $4 e4+) 36... Qg5+ $11)) 34. Kh1 (34. Nd8 $2 Rxd8 35. Qxd8 Rxc5
$132) 34... Rfc8 35. Qd3+ (35. Nxc8 $2 Rd7 $132) 35... e4 36. Qxe4+ f5 37. Qh4
Re8 (37... Rxc6 38. Nxc8 Rxc8 39. Qxh3 Rxc5 $18) 38. Nd4 Qe7 39. Qxh3 Qxc5 40.
Nc4 Rd8 41. e3 f4 42. Rg1 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.01.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jerusalem Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 {'?!' Tsesarsky.} (10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7
13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O (14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $1 17. Bb4 (17. Nxa5
Qxc5) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qc4 Qd7 {Kramnik-Salov,96})) 10... O-O {
'!' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'maybe better than '} (10... a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a3]
Yields black an equality}) (10... a5 $5) 11. f4 {Tsesarsky: 'This move seems
best in this position'} (11. O-O-O a5 12. f4 a4 {'!' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky:
'And according to my analysis Black have advantage, for example: '} 13. fxe5 (
13. Nxa4 Rxa4 14. fxe5 dxe5 $17 {[%csl Rc1]}) (13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nd4 a3 15. Ndb5
(15. fxe5 axb2+ 16. Kc2 (16. Qxb2 Ba3 17. exf6 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Qa3+ $17) 16...
dxe5 17. Ndb5 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 Qa4+ 19. Kxb2 Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 Ba3+ 21. Nxa3 Qxa3+
$17) (15. Ncb5 $5 axb2+ 16. Qxb2 Nc6 $1 (16... Neg4 17. Qxb4 Nxe3 18. Rd3 $16 {
[%cal Gd3a3]}) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qxb4 cxb5 $17) 15... axb2+ 16. Qxb2 Bxc3 17.
Qxc3 Neg4 $17) 13... axb3 14. a3 (14. exf6 Bxc3 $1 (14... bxa2 {[%csl Ga2,Rc1]}
15. Nxa2 Rxa2 16. fxg7 (16. Qg4 g6 17. Qg5 (17. Qh4 Qd4 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) 17...
Qd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1][%cal Rd4b2]} (17... Rxb2 18. Kxb2 Bxd2+ 19. Qb5 Qd4+
$17)) 16... Kxg7 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1]}) 15. a3 Bxf6 $17) 14... dxe5 {'!'
Tsesarsky.} (14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 dxe5 16. Bxe5 $36 {'+/=' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky:
'1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Elista 1998/CBM 65/ (48)'}) 15. axb4 Ra1+ $44 (
15... Ra1+ 16. Nb1 Qa7 (16... Rd8 17. Qf3) 17. Qd3 b5 18. c5 Nxe4 $17)) (11.
Rc1 Bd7 (11... d5 12. c5 (12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxe5 (14. cxd5 Re8
$19) 14... Bg4 $19) 12... Qd8 13. a3 Bxc3 (13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2
Bd7 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc6 18. Bg2 e5 19. O-O exf4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Romero
Holmes,A-Izeta,F/ch-ESP Team, Ampuriabrava ESP 1997 (46)}) 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. e5
Ne4 16. Bg2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 $11) 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bg2 e5 14. Nd5 (14. a3 $2 Bxa3
15. bxa3 Qxb3 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. Be3 Nd4 $17 {0-1 Dienz,O-Koehler,R/
Wiesbaden GER 1992 (40)}) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 (15. exd5 Nd4 (15... Bxd2+ 16.
Qxd2 Nb4 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nxc5 Rfc8 (18... Bf5 19. a3 Na2 20. Rc4 Qb5 21. b3 $16
) 19. Nxd7 Nd3+ (19... Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Qd4 22. Qc3 $18) 20. Kd1
Nxb2+ (20... Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qd4) 21. Ke2 Qb5+ 22. Kf3 e4+ 23. Ke3 Nc4+ 24. Rxc4
Rxc4 $17)) 15... Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Nb4 $17) (11. Bg2 a6 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O-O e5 (
13... d5 $2 14. e5 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qc5 Qxc5+ 18. Nxc5 Nce7
19. Kb1 $14 {1-0 Mellado,J-Gil Gonzales,J/Catalunia-chT ,EXT 1995 (76)}) 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 exf4 17. gxf4 (17. Bxf4 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. a3
Bf5 $17) 17... Na5 $17) 11... Nc6 12. O-O-O {'[]' Tsesarsky.} (12. Bg2 $2 e5
13. O-O-O (13. f5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 d5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18.
Nxd4 dxe4 19. O-O Rd8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3 Rd4 22. Rae1 {Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/
Zaragoza op 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 13... Qa6 14. Kb1 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Qxc4 $17 {0-1 Virtanen-Tocklin/cr SF Hkl 1990 (27)}) (12. Rd1 $2 e5 13. f5 Nd4
14. Nxd4 exd4 (14... Qxd4 15. Nd5 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Qc5 17. b4 Qc6 18. Ne7+ {
1-0 Czarnolewski,P-Zawadka,A/cr ch-POL 1993 (18)}) 15. Nb5 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Re8
17. Bg2 Bxf5 18. Rxd4 d5 $1 $17) 12... e5 13. f5 {'=!?' Tsesarsky.} (13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2+ (14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18.
Kb1 Bd7 $11) 15. Qxd2 Nb4 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. a3 (17. fxe5 Ba4 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Qc3
(19. Rc1 Nxa2 20. Kxa2 Rxc4 $44) 19... dxe5 $17) 17... Na6 $11 {Lautier-Lutz/97
} (17... Na6 18. Na5 Nc5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qe3 $11 {0-1 Lautier,
J-Lutz,C/Baden-Baden 1992 (49)})) 13... Nd4 {'!' Tsesarsky.} (13... a5 14. Be3
Qa6 15. Nb5 a4 16. Nd2 (16. Nc7 axb3 17. Nxa6 bxa2 18. Kc2 Rxa6 19. Bg2 Bc5
$132 (19... Bc5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 a1=Q+ 23. Rxa1 Bxd4+ 24. Kc2
Bxa1 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys Semen I/Cheliabinsk RUS 1990 (24)})) 16... a3 17.
b3 Bc5 18. Kb1 $14) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 (15. Nb5 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 (16. Qxd2
Nxe4 17. Qxd4 Nf2 $17) 16... Re8 17. Rxd4 a6 18. Rxd6 Qc5 {I considered this
position to be won during the game.} 19. e5 (19. Rxf6 axb5 $19) 19... axb5 20.
exf6 Bxf5 $17) 15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 $36 {[%cal Gc8f5,Ga8c8,Gc8d7] A very
complicated position with black compensating with dynamics on his positional
weaknesses.} (16... Ba3 {A funny move which falls short to} 17. Qb5 $1 $16 (17.
bxa3 Bd7 {Unbelievably white cannot defend from one threat} 18. Bb4 (18. Be1
Rac8+ 19. Kd2 Qb2+ 20. Kd3 Rc3+ 21. Bxc3 (21. Kxd4 Rc2+ $19) 21... Qxc3#) 18...
Rfc8+ 19. Kb1 a5 20. Qb2 axb4 21. axb4 Rc3 $40)) 17. Qd3 $8 (17. Bxb4 $2 Bxf5
$1 18. Qb5 {'!' Tsesarsky.} Rac8+ (18... Bxe4 19. Qxb6 axb6 (19... Rac8+ $1 20.
Qc6 bxc6 21. Bd3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 cxd5+ 23. Kd2 $14) 20. Bd3 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Rxa2
22. Kc2 Raa8 $132) 19. Kd2 Bxe4 20. Re1 $1 (20. Qxb6 $2 Rc2+ 21. Ke1 Bd3+ 22.
Be2 Rexe2+ 23. Kf1 Rf2+ 24. Kg1 Rg2#) 20... Qd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd8g5]}) (17. Qf3
Bxf5 $1 (17... Bd7 $17) 18. exf5 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Re1+ 21. Rd1 Qc5
22. Bc4 Rxh1 (22... Re3 23. Qg4 Qxc4 24. f6 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 g6 $17) 23. Qxh1 Qxc4
24. Qe4 $11 {Horvath=Palajzer '=/+' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: '1/2-1/2 Wittmann,
W-Erdelyi,T/Austria tt2S 1993 (32)'}) 17... Bd7 (17... Bxf5 18. exf5 Bxd2+ 19.
Qxd2 $18) 18. Bxb4 (18. Bg2 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Bc3 $17) 18... Qxb4 19. Bg2 $6 (19.
Kb1 $142 Rac8 20. Bg2 Ba4 21. Rc1 (21. Qxd4 $2 Bc2+ 22. Ka1 Bxd1 $19) (21. b3
$1 {see- annotations to white's 20th move}) 21... Bb5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17) 19...
Ba4 20. Rd2 $4 {'-+??' Tsesarsky.  Tsesarsky: 'White wins the pawn d4, but
loses the game'} (20. b3 $8 Qa3+ (20... Bb5 21. Qxd4 $14 Rec8+ 22. Kb2 Rc4 23.
Qd2 $16) (20... Rac8+ 21. Kb1 Rc3 22. Qxd4) 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Rc1 (22. bxa4 $4
Rc1+ $19) (22. Qxd4 Rc2 23. Kxc2 (23. Qa1 Bxb3 $19) 23... Qxa2+ 24. Kd3 Bb5+
25. Ke3 Qxg2 $44) (22. Rhg1 Bd7 (22... Rc3 23. Qxd4 Bxb3 (23... Rec8 24. Qxa4)
24. Qxc3 Qxa2+ (24... Bxa2+ 25. Kc2 Bb3+ 26. Kd3 $18) 25. Kc1 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 Qf2
27. Qe1 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 $16) 23. Qxd4 a5 24. Rc1 a4 25. b4 Bb5 26. Qb2 Bd3+ 27.
Ka1 Qxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Kf8 $14) 22... Rc5 (22... Qb4 $1 23. Rhd1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 (
24. Kxc1 Rc8+ 25. Kb2 Rc3 26. Qxd4 Rxb3+ 27. axb3 Qxb3+ 28. Ka1 Qxd1+ 29. Qxd1
Bxd1 30. e5 Kf8 31. exd6 Ke8 32. f6 gxf6 33. Bh3 Bb3 $19) 24... Bb5 $15) 23.
Rxc5 dxc5 $13 {With a very unbalanced position where every side has its good
and bad sides} (23... dxc5 24. f6 gxf6 25. Rf1 Qb4 26. Rxf6 Bb5 27. Qd1 c4 28.
Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qh5 Qe1+ 30. Kb2 Qe2+ 31. Qxe2 c3+ 32. Kc2 Bxe2 33. Rf2 $132))
20... Rac8+ 21. Kb1 Rc3 $1 {Doubling the rooks on 'c' file.} (21... Rc4 $1 22.
f6 (22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Qc5 25. a3 Qc1+ 26. Ka2 Bc2 $19) (22.
a3 Qc5 23. f6 Rc8 24. Ka2 Qb6 {[%cal Gc4c3]} 25. Qf3 Rc3 26. Qg4 Qb3+ 27. Kb1 (
27. Ka1 Rc1+ $19) 27... g6 $19) 22... Rec8 $19) 22. Qxd4 Rc4 $1 (22... Bc2+ 23.
Rxc2 Qxd4 24. Rxc3 {White's position is very solid. Black needs to get the
same position with white having only one rook}) 23. Qe3 (23. Qf2 Rec8 (23...
Rcxe4 24. f6 gxf6 25. Rc1 $15) 24. a3 Qb5 25. Rg1 Bc2+ 26. Ka1 Qb3 27. Qf3 Rc3
28. Qf1 Bd3 29. Qe1 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Qb4 Rxg2 $1 32. Rc1 Rc2 $1 $19) 23...
Rec8 {[%cal Gc4c2,Ga4c2]} 24. a3 (24. b3 Rc3 25. Qe2 R8c5 (25... Qc5 26. Qd1
Bb5 $17) 26. Rb2 Bb5 27. Qd2 Bd3+ 28. Ka1 Qd4 $19) 24... Qb5 25. Bf3 (25. f6
Rc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qd4 Rxg2 $19) 25... Rc3 26. Qf2 (26. Qe2 Qb3 27. Bg4 Rc2
$19) 26... Bc2+ (26... Rxa3) (26... Rxa3 27. Bd1 Rc1+ $19) 27. Ka1 (27. Rxc2
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Qc4+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Ke2 Qxb2+ 32. Kf1 Qxa3 33.
Kg2 Qb2+ $19 {[%cal Ga7a1]}) 27... Qa4 (27... Rxa3+ 28. bxa3 Qb3 29. Rxc2 Rxc2
30. Qxc2 Qxc2 31. Bd1 Qxe4 $19) 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 {'(+)' Tsesarsky.} 29. Qe3 $138 (
29. Qe3 R8c3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Qxa3+ 32. Kb1 Qb3+ 33. Kc1 Qxc3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 ({Black's main
choice is between this move and} 6... Be7 7. e4 O-O) 7. Nb3 $1 Bb6 $1 {This is
a modern line.} ({In the 'old' days when people prepared without engines'
assistance,} 7... Be7 {had been used invariably here. Then} 8. e4 $1 {normally
leads to the Hedgehog-type positions with some White's pressure.}) 8. c5 ({
Navara as White had also tried} 8. e4 {, against Eljanov in Biel 2015. (The
active bishop on b6 appears to be useful for Black in the further lines, he
can even try 8...d5)}) ({While} 8. Bf4 d5 $1 {had been tested in several of
Navara's games, with both colours.}) 8... Bc7 9. Bg5 $5 ({Deviating from} 9. g3
O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 $1 {as, in particular, in Navara-Cheparinov,
Tbilisi Wcup 2017 and Matlakov-Svidler, Wijk aan Zee 2018.}) 9... h6 (9... b6
10. e3 bxc5 $5 11. Nxc5 Be5 12. Rc1 (12. Qd2 $5) 12... Qa5 (12... Ne7 $5) 13.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 ({or} 13... gxf6 {, Karttunen-Gelfand, Skopje ECC 2015,} 14. N5a4
$1 {/\ b4}) 14. N5e4 $1 Rb8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Laznicka-Sutovsky, EU-ch Jerusalem
2015, is probably slightly better for White.}) 10. Bh4 O-O ({The attempts} 
10... Be5 $5) ({and} 10... b6 11. e3 Be5 $5 {have been seen in email/internet
games.}) 11. e3 d5 $146 {A practical decision: in a strategically tense, quite
complex position Svidler goes for simplifications, hoping that he'll not be
significantly worse in the symmetrical structure.} ({Black has a number of
more ambitious moves to consider:} 11... b6 12. Rc1 Rb8 $5 (12... Be5 $6 13. f4
$1 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 {Van Egmond-Kristensen, Leiden 2017}) (12... Bb7 13. f4 $5))
(11... Be5 12. Rc1 $140 Ne7 $1) ({or maybe} 11... Rb8) 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxf6
$5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 gxf6 15. Nb5 (15. Be2 {with certain pressure is preferable.})
15... Be5 $5 (15... Bb6 {was also an option but Black rightly decides that he
is ready for forcing matters.}) 16. f4 $1 ({After} 16. Rd2 a6 $5 {White has
nothing better than} 17. Nc3 {what certainly wasn't his idea} (17. Nd6 $6 Rd8
$1)) 16... Bxb2 17. Rd2 a6 $8 18. Nc7 Ra7 $8 19. Rxb2 b6 $1 20. Nb5 $6 ({
White had to play rather} 20. Nxe6 $1 {and if} Bxe6 21. Kf2 $5 {where he's at
least no worse.}) 20... axb5 21. Bxb5 Ne7 $1 {And now it's Black whose chances
are slightly better.} 22. a4 ({An engine's suggestion is} 22. Kf2 $5 Rxa3 23.
Rd1 {/\Rd6 where Black can hardly can profit from his extra pawn.}) 22... Bd7 (
{An alternative was} 22... Ba6 $5 {where} 23. Bxa6 $2 Rxa6 {loses a pawn for
White.}) 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Kf2 Ra8 ({Black doesn't have much but he could have
tried} 24... f5 $5 {(generally preparing ...Nd5 and ...Ra8) with the idea of}
25. a5 $6 bxa5 26. Nxa5 Rc8 $1) 25. Ra1 Rda7 26. Nd2 ({Or} 26. Nd4 Nd5 27. f5
$1 $11) 26... Nd5 27. Nc4 $1 Rxa4 ({Or} 27... Ra6 28. f5 $1 $11) 28. Rxa4 Rxa4
29. Nxb6 Nxb6 30. Rxb6 $11 {The rest was a formality.} Kg7 31. Kf3 f5 32. h3 h5
33. g4 hxg4+ 34. hxg4 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Kg6 36. Kf3 Rc4 37. Rb5 f5 38. Re5 Kf6 39.
e4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 fxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Acropolis op-A 24th"]
[Site "Chalkida"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Papadopoulos, Ioannis K"]
[Black "Burtasova, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. e3 ({The
main alternative is} 7. Nb3 Bb4 (7... Qb6 $6 8. Nxc5 Qxc5 9. e4 Qa5 10. Bg2 O-O
11. O-O $16 {Damic,D-Rodic,M Bjelovar 2008}) 8. Bd2 (8. Qc2 $6 d5 9. a3 dxc4
10. Nd2 Nd4 $17 {Sehrt,J-Hesse,K Hamburg 1975}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5
10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 $14 {Maninang,R-Sosonko,G
Surakarta 1982}) 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bd4 Bf5
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Be4 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Sosonko,G Rotterdam
1988.}) 7... O-O ({Or} 7... Qb6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O d5 11. Na4 $14 {
Rodriguez,J-Cooper,G East Lansing 1992.}) 8. Bg2 Ne5 ({Also playable is} 8...
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. O-O $14 {
Zieher,U-Lindemann,S Germany 1981}) 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13.
e4 Bh3 14. Bg5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {Sedlacek,J-Novak,
P Plzen 2000.}) 9. b3 ({White might also try} 9. Qe2 $5 {:} d5 10. cxd5 exd5
11. h3 Re8 12. O-O Bxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. g4 Ne4 17.
Bxe4 dxe4 18. d5 $1 Bxd5 19. Rad1 $14 Nb4 $2 (19... Ne7) 20. Rd4 {1-0 Karlsson,
L-Schneider,L Eksjo 1982.}) 9... d5 ({Also playable is} 9... a6 $5 10. O-O d5
11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nde2 Be6 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rc1 $14 {Stoettinger,F-Bahr,O
Grieskirchen 1998 but Black is fond of a more complicated continuation.}) 10.
cxd5 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 ({The other option was} 12. Kf1 e5 13. Nde2 Ng4
14. Be1 Nxe1 15. Qxe1 Bf5 $44 {.}) 12... Ng4 ({Interesting is the immediate} 
12... e5 13. Ndb5 Ng4 14. Rf1 $1 (14. f3 $2 Ngf2 $17 {Isaev,J-Shariyazdanov,A
Ekaterinburg 1997}) 14... Nxh2 (14... Nc5 $5 $44) 15. Rh1 Ng4 16. Be4 Ndxf2 17.
Bxh7+ $11 {.}) 13. Rf1 e5 14. Nf3 $2 (14. Ndb5 $1 {transposing to the previous
analysis, was obligatory.}) 14... Bxc3 $6 (14... Bf5 $1 15. Ne1 Nb2 16. Qc1 Qa5
$1 $17 {.}) 15. Bxc3 e4 16. Ne1 Ngxf2 $1 ({A nice follow-up and of course a
much better one than} 16... Qxd5 $6 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Bd7
20. a4 Nxh2 $11 {.}) 17. Rxf2 Bg4+ 18. Bf3 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 exf3 21.
Qxf3 $6 ({Black would be also on top after} 21. Qd4 f6 22. Kxf3 Rc8 23. e4 Re8
{but she would face many more practical problems in order to convert her
advantage into the full point.}) 21... Rc8 22. Bd4 Rc2+ 23. Kg1 Qd7 $1 24. g4
$6 ({Shortening the end. Obligatory was} 24. e4 Qh3 25. Bf2 Rfc8 26. Qf4 h6 $17
{.}) 24... Qd6 $1 (24... Qd6 {White resigned due to} 25. Qg3 Qxd5 $19 {. A
cruel game!}) 0-1

[Event "Heusenstamm Schloss op-A 5th"]
[Site "Heusenstamm"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Noe, Christopher"]
[Black "Gschnitzer, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,48,32,27,27,19,51,14,20,-20,3,-51,-9,-16,8,-55,3,-30,-30,-71,-40,-19,
-144,-382,-382,-134,-134,-134,-132,-122,-136,-122,-140,-140,-145,-145,-246,
-171,-232,-290,-373,-369,-199,-342,-353,-390,-442,-422,-446,-447,-464]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 {Eine
aktuelle Variante in Englisch. Etwas überraschend zeigt Christopher Noe,
einer der Gewinner des Turniers, eine sehr schwache Vorbereitung und verliert
praktisch ohne Widerstand.} 8. Bf4 (8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 (9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Na3 Bxa3
11. Qxa3 Nxc4 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne5 14. Bf4 d6 $11 {grandelius-ragger,
gibraltar 2016}) 9... Bxa3 (9... Be7 10. O-O d6 11. Na4 $5 Qc7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13.
b4 Rb8 14. Ba7 Ra8 15. Bd4 $14 {Bachmann-Duda, Baku Ol 2016, Mihail Marins
kommentaren}) 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Qb3 (11. O-O Qc5 12. Na4 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qc5 $11 {
Grischuk-Svidler, Moscow 2017}) 11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Na5 13. Rb1 d5 14. Na4 Nd7
{und Weiß hat Kompensation für das geopferte Material,mehr aber nicht,
Anatoly Karpov, Englisch richtig gespielt, Beyer Verlag 1999}) 8... Nfg4 9. e3
a6 10. Qa4 (10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 (11. cxb5 $2 g5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bf4 Nh6 14.
Bg2 Nhf7 $17 {Michalik-Nguyen, Praha 2017 blitz}) 11... Nxc4 12. Qb3 d5 13.
Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5 15. Nxb5 $11 {Timofeev-Stevic, Bihac 2010}) 10... Ra7
11. Nxa7 $2 (11. h3 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6 13. hxg4 Qxh1 (13... Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Qxh1+
15. Bf1 Qc6 16. a3 b6 17. Bd3 Be7 $11 {Meskovs-Kulaots, Viljandi 2016}) 14.
Bxe5 Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 $11 {Topalov-Caruana, Moscow FIDE Candidates 2016}) 11...
Qxb2 12. Be2 Qxc3+ 13. Kf1 Qxa1+ 14. Kg2 Qb2 15. Qd1 Qb6 16. Nxc8 Qc6+ 17. e4
g5 18. Bxg5 Rg8 19. Bf4 Qxe4+ 20. f3 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Ne3+ 22. Kh3 Nxd1 23. Rxd1
Ng6 24. Kg3 Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Rb8 13. Nxf7+ Ke8
14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Rxb2 16. Rd2 Rxd2 17. Kxd2 Ke7 18. g3 Bf5 19. Bg2 Rd8+
20. Kc1 Nd5 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. gxf4 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Rc2+ 24. Ke3 d4+ 25. Kxd4 Rxe2
26. Bd5 Kd6 27. Bb3 Re4+ 28. Kc3 Rxf4 29. Rd1+ Kc5 30. Rd5+ Kc6 31. Rd2 a5 32.
Bd5+ Kc5 33. f3 g5 34. a3 h6 35. Rd1 Bg6 36. Rd2 Bh5 37. Rd3 Bg6 38. Rd2 Rf6
39. Ba8 Bh5 40. Rd5+ Kb6 41. Rd3 Be8 42. Kd4 Rd6+ 43. Ke3 Rxd3+ 44. Kxd3 Kc5 {
[#] Bauernschwäche f3 und Raumnachteil bei Weiß} 45. Be4 Bd7 46. Kc3 Bh3 47.
Bd3 Bd7 48. Bc2 Bc6 49. Bd1 Bb5 50. Bc2 Kd5 51. Bd3 Bd7 52. Be4+ Ke5 53. Bb7
Bb5 54. Ba8 h5 55. Bb7 h4 56. Ba8 Bf1 57. Kd2 (57. Bb7 Kf4 58. Kd2 Bg2 59. Ke2
g4 60. Kf2 Bxf3 61. Ba6 g3+ 62. hxg3+ hxg3+ 63. Kg1 Ke3 {Wegen des
abgedrängten weißen Königs gewinnt auch hier die Seite mit dem "falschen"
Läufer leicht} 64. Bb5 Kd4 65. a4 Kc5 66. Be8 Kb4 67. Bd7 Bd1 68. Kg2 Bxa4 69.
Be6 Bb5 70. Kxg3 a4 71. Kf2 Bc4 72. Bf5 a3 73. Bb1 Kc3 74. Ke3 Kb2 $19) 57...
Kd4 58. Ke1 Bb5 59. Kd2 Kc4 60. Ke3 (60. Kc2 Ba4+ 61. Kb2 Kd4 62. Kc1 Ke3 $19)
60... Kb3 61. f4 gxf4+ 62. Kxf4 Kxa3 63. Kg4 a4 64. Kxh4 Kb2 65. Bd5 a3 {
[%cal Rb5a4,Ra4b3]} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ndb5 Be7 14. Rac1
a6 15. Nd6 Rb8 16. c5 b5 17. Nce4 f5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 Nf7 20. e4 Bxd6 21.
cxd6 Rb6 22. exf5 Nxd6 23. fxe6 dxe6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 e5 26. Rc5 Bg4 27.
Rd2 Bf5 28. Rxe5 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rf7 30. h4 g6 31. Red4 Rbf6 32. Rd6 Kf8 33. Rxf6
Rxf6 34. Rd7 Rc6 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Kg2 Rf6 37. f4 h5 38. Kf3 Re6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40.
Kxg4 Re2 41. Rxa6 Rg2+ 42. Kf3 Rxb2 43. Rxg6+ Kh7 44. Rg2 Rb1 45. Kg4 b4 46.
Kg5 b3 47. a4 Ra1 48. Rb2 Rxa4 49. Rxb3 Ra1 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. f5 Rg1+ 52. Kf6
$18 {Weiß gewinnt, wenn der s. K auf der 8.Reihe abgeschnitten ist.} Rh1 53.
Rg7+ (53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Kf7 Ra1 $10 (54... Rxh4 55. Rb1 Rh2 56. f6 Kh8 57. Kf8
Kh7 58. f7 Rh3 59. Re1 Rh2 60. Ke7 $18)) (53. h5 $1 Ra1 (53... Rxh5 54. Kg6 $18
) 54. h6 Ra6+ 55. Kg5 Ra1 56. f6 Rg1+ 57. Kf5 Rf1+ 58. Ke6 Re1+ 59. Kd6 Rd1+
60. Ke7 Re1+ 61. Kd8 Rf1 62. h7+ Kh8 63. Ke7 Re1+ 64. Kf7 Ra1 65. Rb8+ Kxh7 66.
Kf8 Ra7 67. f7 Kg6 68. Rb6+ Kh7 69. Rf6 $18) 53... Kh8 54. Rg5 (54. Re7 Rxh4
55. Kf7 Ra4 56. f6 Kh7 57. Kf8+ Kg6 58. f7 Kf6 $10) 54... Rxh4 55. Kf7 Rh7+ 56.
Kf8 Rh6 57. Kf7 (57. Rg6 Rxg6 58. fxg6 {patt}) 57... Rh7+ 58. Kf8 Rh6 59. Rg8+
Kh7 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rg5 Rf6+ 62. Ke7 Ra6 63. f6 Kh7 64. f7 Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g3
Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14.
O-O b6 15. g4 $6 Bb7 {Ribli: Die neueste Mode.} (15... Ba6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3
Rfe8 18. Rh3 Ne7 $6 $146 (18... Nf8 {-Inf/60/42}) 19. f5 $1 exf5 20. exf5 Bxc4
(20... Nxf5 $2 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qf3 $18) 21. Qh5 Nf8 22. Nd4 (22. Bxa8 $2 Nxf5
$44) 22... Bd5 23. f6 {Akesson,R-Hansen,Cu/Reykjavik zt/1995/CBM47/} Bxg2 24.
Kxg2 (24. fxe7 $5 Bxh3 25. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Qxh3 Qxc3 27. Rc1 $13) 24... Nd5
25. Bd2 Re5 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Rf1 b5 28. Nf5+ $2 (28. Rhf3 $1 f6 $8 29. gxf6+
Kh8 30. Qh6 $16 {Ribli}) 28... Kh8 29. Nh6 f5 $1 30. Nf7+ $2 (30. Nxf5 $13)
30... Kg8 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Rxf5 Ng6 $44 {xf4, Akesson-Hansen,Cu/Reykjavik/zt/
1995}) 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rfe8 $1 $146 {<=> <->e Eine Neuerung.} (17... Rfc8 $6
{Lobron-Kramnik/Dortmund/1995}) (17... Ne7 {Ribli} 18. Rh3 Rfc8 19. Qh5 Nf8 20.
Nd2 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. f5 $40 {Lobron,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund/1995/CBM48/}) 18.
Rh3 Rac8 19. Qh5 Nf8 20. Rf1 (20. f5 {Ribli} exf5 21. exf5 Ne5 $15) 20... Ne7 (
20... Na5 $5 21. Nd4 $5 (21. Nxa5 bxa5 22. Bxa7 Qxc4 $17) 21... Nxc4 22. Bc1
$15) (20... Na5 $5 {Ribli}) 21. Nd2 (21. f5 {Ribli} exf5 22. exf5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2
Qxc4 $15) 21... Ba6 (21... d5 {Ribli} 22. cxd5 exd5 23. f5 $40) 22. f5 {
Ribli: Voellig auf seine Angriffsplanung konzentriert, ueberlaesst Weiss den
Damenfluegel dem Gegner.} Bxc4 $1 $17 (22... exf5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5 g6 25.
Qh6 gxf5 26. Bd4 Re5 27. Bd5 $1 $44) 23. Rf2 (23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. f6 Neg6 25.
fxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhf3 (26. Qh6+ {Ribli} Kg8 27. Rhf3 Rc7 28. h4 Qxe4 29. h5 Nh4
$17) 26... Rc7 $17) 23... e5 $2 (23... exf5 24. Bd4 (24. exf5 Nxf5 $1 25. Rxf5
g6 26. Qh6 gxf5 27. Bd4 Re5 $17) 24... f4 $1 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Nxe4 $44) 25.
Rxf4 Neg6 26. Rf2 Be6 $17) 24. f6 Neg6 25. fxg7 (25. Rhf3 $5 {Ribli Mit diesem
Zug koennte Weiss die Partiefortsetzung (26...Re7) verhindern.}) 25... Kxg7 26.
Rhf3 Re7 27. Bh3 Rd8 (27... Be6 28. Bf5 $44 {/\Nf1-g3}) 28. Bf5 $44 d5 {
Ribli: Schwarz spielt nach einem guten alten Rezept: Gegen Fluegelangriff soll
man dem Zentrum spielen.} 29. h4 (29. Bxg6 {Ribli} Nxg6 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rh3
Nf8 32. g6 fxg6 33. Bg5 Ne6 34. Bxe7 Qxe7 $44) 29... Rd6 (29... d4 $6 30. cxd4
exd4 31. Nxc4 $1 Qxc4 (31... dxe3 32. Nxe3 $13) 32. Bd2 Qxa2 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
h5 Ne5 35. Rg3 $44) 30. Qg4 $2 (30. exd5 $1 Bxd5 31. Be4 $44) 30... d4 $1 31.
cxd4 exd4 32. Bf4 $8 Nxf4 33. Qxf4 Rc6 $17 34. e5 $138 {Ribli: Weiss
beabsichtigt mit diesem zweiten Bauernopfer im Trueben fischen, sonst steht
der Nachziende ueberlegen.} (34. Qg4 {Ribli} Be6 $17) 34... Qxe5 $2 $138 (34...
Bd5 $1 $17 35. Be4 $140 Ng6 $1 36. Qf6+ Kg8 $1 $19) 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5 36. Be4 $1
Rc7 37. Nxc4 Rxe4 38. Nd6 $44 Re6 (38... Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rd7 40. h5 $1 $44) 39.
Nf5+ (39. Rxf7+ {Ribli} Rxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 $19 (40... Kg6 41. Rxf8 Rxd6 $19)) (
39. Nxf7 {Ribli} Ng6 40. h5 Nh4 41. Rf4 d3 $19) 39... Kg6 40. Nxd4 Re4 41. Rf6+
Kh5 42. Rh6+ (42. Nf5 Rg4+ $15) (42. Rxf7 {Ribli} Rxf7 43. Rxf7 Rxd4 44. Rxf8
Kxh4 $19) 42... Kg4 43. Rg2+ Kf4 (43... Kh3 $2 44. Ne2 $16) 44. Rf6+ Ke3 (44...
Ke5 $2 45. Nc6+ Kd5 46. Rd2+ Kc5 47. Rc2+ Kb5 (47... Rc4 $2 48. Rf5+ $18) 48.
Nd4+ Rxd4 49. Rxc7 $16) 45. Nf5+ Kd3 46. Rg3+ Kc2 47. Ne3+ $2 (47. Rb3 $1 Ne6
48. Ne3+ Kd2 49. Rf2+ Kc1 50. Rf1+ Kd2 51. Rf2+ $10) 47... Kb1 48. Rf1+ Rc1 (
48... Kxa2 {Ribli} 49. Rg2+ Kb3 50. Rb1+ Ka3 51. Ra1+ Kb3 (51... Kb4 $2 52.
Rb2+ Kc5 53. Rc1+ Kd6 54. Rd2+ $18) 52. Rb1+ $10) 49. Nd1 Ka1 $1 (49... Kxa2 $2
50. Nc3+) (49... Rec4 50. Rgf3 $1 $44) 50. Rgf3 Rxh4 $2 (50... Rg4+ 51. Kh2
Rxh4+ 52. Kg3 Ng6 $1 (52... Rd4 53. Ne3 $10 (53. Ne3 {Ribli} Rxf1 54. Rxf1+
Kxa2 55. Rxf7 {Schwarz kann die Partie retten, wie in der Partie.})) 53. Rxf7
Rd4 54. Ne3 Rxf1 55. Nxf1 Ra4 56. Rxh7 Rxa2 57. Rg7 Ne5 58. Nh2 $15) 51. Ne3 $1
Rxf1+ 52. Rxf1+ Kxa2 53. Rxf7 $10 Ne6 54. Rxa7+ Kb3 55. Rb7 Nxg5 (55... Rb4 {
Ribli} 56. Nd5 Rb5 57. Rxb6 $10) 56. Rxb6+ Kc3 57. Kf2 Rh2+ {Beide
Grossmeister spielten mit vielen schoenen Ideen, besonders lustig war die
schwarze Koenigswanderung von g7 bis a1. Diese Partie gefaellt mir sehr. Ribli}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hessen-ch"]
[Site "Bruchkoebel"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schnitzspan, Lothar"]
[Black "Kersten, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "Hoehne,V/Loukas,T"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bd2 $5 (11. e4 Qc7 12. b3 Rb8 13. Ba3 Rd8
14. Rac1 b6 15. h3 Bb7 16. Qe3 Bf8 17. Kh2 Ba8 18. Bb2 Rbc8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rd2
Qb8 21. Rcd1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nc3 b4 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. Nd4 Qb7 26. f3 Rd7 27.
Bf1 d5 28. e5 Rdc7 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bd3 Qa7 32. Bb1 Qa6 33. h4 Bb7
34. Kg2 Rc8 35. h5 Bc5 36. f4 Bf8 37. g4 Nc5 38. Rc1 Ne4 39. Rxc8 Bxc8 40. Qc1
Qb7 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Qc6 Qb8 43. Kf2 Bb7 44. Qb5 Qa8 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Qa4 Qd8
47. g5 h6 48. g6 fxg6 49. hxg6 Qh4 50. Qe8 Qg3+ 51. Kd2 Qxf4+ 52. Kc2 e3 53.
Kd3 Be4+ 54. Kc4 Qf1+ {0-1 Heck,N-Genkin,M/Willingen 1999/EXT 2001 (54).})
11... Rb8 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Rac1 b6 14. Ne4 (14. Ne4 Bb7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch"]
[Site "Palencia"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Rc1 Bd7 $2 (12... Ng4 $1) 13. Bf4
$1 Qb8 (13... e5 14. Bg5 $16) 14. c5 $1 (14. Nc5 $5 Bc8 $140 15. Na6 bxa6 16.
Bxc6 Bb7 $14) (14. Nb5 Ne5) 14... e5 15. Bg5 Be6 (15... Rd8 16. cxd6 Be6 17.
Bxf6 Rxd6 18. Bxe5 $1 $16) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Rg8]} (16... Bxf6 17. cxd6 Rd8
18. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 17. e3 $5 {[%cal Yd1h5][%mdl 128]} (17. cxd6 Qxd6 18.
Qxd6 Bxd6 $14) (17. Nd5 Rd8 18. e4 (18. e3 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Kh8) 18... dxc5 19.
Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 $16) 17... dxc5 18. Ne4 $1 c4 19. Nbc5 Qc8 (19... f5 20. Qh5
$1 Kh8 (20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22. Nxe6 fxe4 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Nxf8 (24. f4 $5)
24... Qxf8 25. Qxe4 Kg7 26. Rxc4 $16) 21. Nxe6 (21. Qh6 $2 Rg8 22. Nf6 Rg7 23.
Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxc4 Qd8 $17) 21... fxe6 22. Rxc4 $1 Qe8 (22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf5
24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qxf5 $16) 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 26.
Rxc5 $16) 20. Qh5 $40 b5 (20... Bf5 21. Rxc4 Bg6 22. Qh6 $16) (20... f5 21. Ng5
Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rfd1 $16) 21. Qh6 $1 (21. f4 $2 Bf5 22.
fxe5 Bg6 23. Qh6 Nxe5 $15) 21... Nb4 (21... Bf5 $2 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 $18)
22. f4 $1 {[%csl Gf1]} (22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Be4 Bf5 24. Qxf6 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qe6
$11) 22... Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Nd5 $2 23. fxe5 Bxc5 (23... fxe5 24. Ng5
Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Qxe5+ $18) 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. exf6 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Kh8
27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Be4 $18) (22... Nxa2 $2 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Be4 $18
) (22... exf4 $2 23. Rxf4 Bf5 24. Rd1 $1 Nd3 (24... Bxc5 $2 25. Nxf6+ Kh8 26.
Nh5) (24... Bg6 $2 25. Nd7 $1 Nd3 26. Nexf6+ Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 28. Rh4 Qf5 29.
Rf1 $18) (24... Re8 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Bg6 27. Nd7 $1 Nd3 28. Bxa8 Qxa8
29. Qd4 Nxf4 (29... Rd8 30. Rf6 $18) 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Qd6+ Re7 32. exf4 Be4 33.
Rd5 $18) 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Nf2 $1 Bg6 (26... Rb8 $2 27. Rxf5 Qxf5 28. Be4) 27.
Bxa8 Qxa8 28. Nxd3 $16) (22... Bf5 $8 {[%mdl 256]} 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rcd1 $1 {
/\Nd7} (24. a3 Nd5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd5 Bxc5 27. Bxa8 $14) (24. Nd6 Bxd6 25.
Qxd6 (25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Be4 Qg6 $1 27. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 $13) 25... Rb8 26. Qxe5 Bg6
$13) 24... f6 $1 (24... Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bg6 26. Nd7 Nd3 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Bxa8
Qxa8 29. h4 $18) (24... Rb8 25. Nd7 $1 Bxd7 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Be4 $18) (24...
Nd3 25. Nxd3 cxd3 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Bg6 28. Bxa8 Qxa8 29. Qxe5 $16) 25.
Nb7 $5 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rf7 27. a3 Nd3 28. Bd5 Qf8 29. Qh5 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31.
Bxf7 Qxf7 32. Qd7 $14) (22... f5 $2 23. fxe5 (23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25.
Qf6+ Kg8 $16) 23... Nd5 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Bxd5 Qxc5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8
28. Rcd1 $18) 23. fxe5 $18 {->>>} fxe5 24. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 25. Be4 1-0

[Event "Match Kortschnoj-Timman +1-1=4 KRO"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1982.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1982.12.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 (6. Ndb5 Bb4 (6...
d6 7. Bf4 (7. e4 $5) 7... e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 f5 11. e3 Qa5 12.
Qd2 Be6 13. O-O-O Bh6 $13 {Kharitonov,A-Lysenko,A/URS/1976/1:0//39/}) (6... d5
7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 $5
(12... Rb8 13. Nxf7+ Ke8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Rxb2 16. Rd2 Rb4 17. g3 Rc4 $10
{Andersson,U-Timman,J/Bugoino/1982/1:0/73/}) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. g3 Rb8 15. Rd2
Bb4 $13 {Andersson,U-Tal,M (02)/Malmo m/1983/1/2-1/2/27/}) 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd6
Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Ne8 10. e3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Qb4 12. Nxe8 Rxe8 $10 {Korchnoi,
V-Andersson,U/Iohannesburg/1981/1:0/36/}) 6... d5 (6... d6 7. Ndb5) (6... Bb4
7. Ndb5) 7. cxd5 (7. Ndb5 e5) 7... Nxd5 (7... exd5 $2 8. Ndb5 $18) 8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. Bd2 Bb4 $1 (9... Nxc3 $6 10. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 $16) 10. Nxd5 (10. Rc1 Rb8
11. Qc2 Qa5 12. e3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 $10 {Andersson,U-Sosonko,G/Tilburg/1982/})
(10. Qc1 Qa5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qb6 14. e3 Rd8 $36) 10... Bxd2+
11. Qxd2 cxd5 (11... exd5 $5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. e3 O-O 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Rfc8
16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rab8 $10) 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 (13... a5 14.
O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rfc1 $14) 14. O-O Ba6 $10 (14... a5 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16.
Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Rc5 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rxc5 19. Rxc5 Qb6 20. Qc3 h6 21. b3 $14) (14...
e5 $5 {/\Be6,d4<=>/}) 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. a4 Rab8 17. b4 Qd6 18. b5 a6 $6 (18...
Rfc8 $5 19. Rfc1 e5 20. a5 d4 21. exd4 exd4 (21... Qxd4 $2 22. Qxd4 exd4 23.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. b6 axb6 25. axb6 $18) 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rb1 d3 24. b6 axb6 25.
axb6 Rb8 26. b7 g6 27. Rb3 Qd7 $14) 19. Rfb1 axb5 (19... Rfc8 $5) (19... e5 $5
20. bxa6 Qxa6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. a5 $14 (22. Qxd5 Qxa4 $1)) 20. axb5 Rb6 21. Qd3
Rfb8 22. Ra6 $1 $14 Qc5 (22... Rxa6 23. bxa6 Ra8 (23... Rxb1+ $2 24. Qxb1 $18)
24. Ra1 $16) 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 (23... Qxb6 24. Qc3 $14) 24. h3 g6 25. Qb3 d4 $5 (
25... h5 $5 26. Qb2 Qc4 27. Rc1 Rxb5 28. Qa1 Ra5 $1 29. Qb2 Rb5 $10) (25... e5
$5 26. Qb2 d4 27. exd4 exd4 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Rxb4 d3 30. Kf1 Re6 $1 31. Rb2 Kg7
32. Rd2 (32. b6 d2 $10) (32. f4 f5 33. Kf2 h5 34. Rb1 d2 $10) 32... Rb6 $10)
26. exd4 Qxd4 27. Rc1 (27. g3 Qc5 28. h4 h5 29. Qb2 Qc4 30. Qe5 $14) (27. g3 g5
$5 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Kf3 h5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 Kd6
34. Ke4 f6 35. Kd4 Rb8 36. b6 Kc6 37. Rf1 Rf8 $10) 27... Kg7 28. Rb1 h5 29. g3
h4 $6 (29... Qe5 $142 30. h4 Qd4 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Rxb2 Kf6 33. Kg2 Ke5 34. Kf3
Kd6 35. Kf4 f6 $10) 30. gxh4 $5 Qxh4 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. Qc5 $1 Qd6 $4 (32... Qb8
33. Kg2 Qd8 34. Rb4 {/\h4-h5+/-/}) 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34. b6 $18 Rd8 35. b7 Rb8 36.
Kg2 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke5 (37... Ke7 38. Kg4 f6 39. h4 Kd7 40. Rb6 Kc7 41. Rxe6 Kxb7
42. Rxf6 $18) 38. Kg4 f6 (38... Kd6 39. Kg5 Ke7 40. f4 Kd7 41. Kf6 Ke8 42. Rb2
Kf8 43. Rc2 $18) 39. h4 Kd6 40. Rb6+ Ke5 (40... Kd5 41. f4 $22 $18) 41. f3 $1
Kd5 42. f4 e5 (42... Kd4 43. Rd6+ Kc5 44. Rxe6 Rxb7 45. Rxf6 Rg7 46. Kg5 $18)
43. f5 gxf5+ (43... g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. f6 Kc5 46. Rb1 Kd6 47. Kxg5 Ke6 48.
Rb6+ Kf7 49. Kf5 $18) 44. Kxf5 Kd4 (44... e4 45. Kf4) 45. h5 e4 46. Kf4 Kd3 (
46... e3 47. Kf3 Kd3 48. h6 e2 49. Rd6+ Kc4 50. Kxe2 Rxb7 51. Kf3 Kc5 (51...
Rb5 52. Rxf6 Rh5 53. Kg4 Rh1 54. Kg5 Kd5 55. Kg6 Ke5 56. Kg7 $18) (51... f5 52.
Kf4 Rf7 53. Rd1 Kc5 54. Rh1 Rh7 55. Kxf5 $18) 52. Rxf6 Kd5 53. Kf4 $18) 47. h6
e3 48. Rb3+ Kd2 (48... Kc4 49. Rxe3 Rxb7 50. Kf5 $18) 49. Rxe3 Rxb7 50. Rh3 (
50. Rh3 Rh7 51. Kf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(f7)} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. e4 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nb5 e5 13. Be3 Bxb5 14. cxb5
Nb8 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Qe2 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Nd2 Bc5 19. Bg5 Nbd7 20. Bc4 Qb7
21. Rad1 Bd4 22. b3 h6 23. Bh4 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Bc5 {How does White attack f7?} 25.
b4 Bf8 26. Qa2 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rc4f7,Ra2c4] That's how.} Re7 27. Rfe1 Rce8 {
Black's position is already critical. I feel that White should have made more
of his advantage at this point.} 28. h3 (28. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2f1,Rf1e3,Re3f5,
Re3d5]} e4 29. Nf1 g5 (29... g6 30. Ne3 Bg7 31. Nd5 $40) 30. Bg3 Ne5 31. Bxe5
Rxe5 32. Ne3 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7]}) 28... g6 29. Rd6 Bg7 30. Red1 g5 31. Bg3 Nf8 32.
Bxf7+ {White plunges, though, to a certain extent, it takes the pressure off
Black.} (32. Nh2 $5 {[%cal Rh2f1,Rf1e3,Re3f5]} Ne4 33. Bd5 Nc3 34. Bxb7 Nxa2
35. Bc6 Rc8 36. Ng4 $5 (36. Nf1 Nc3 37. R1d2 f5) 36... Nc3 37. R1d3 e4 38.
Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Nf5 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 exd3 41. Nxe7 Nd4 42. Rxd4 Bxd4 43. Nxc8 $18 {
These are just my fairly random thoughts. What is clear is that Black is still
under pressure.}) 32... Rxf7 33. Nxe5 Ree7 34. Nxf7 Rxf7 35. Be5 Qe7 36. Bxf6
Bxf6 37. a4 Kg7 38. a5 Be5 39. R6d5 Bc3 40. Rd6 Be5 41. R6d5 Bc3 42. Qc4 Qxb4
43. Qxb4 Bxb4 44. a6 Bc5 45. R1d2 Ne6 {[%cal Rc5f2,Rf7f2] If White isn't
careful Black will take over the initiative, so he correctly simplifies.} 46.
Rd7 Bxf2+ 47. Kf1 Bd4+ 48. Rxf7+ Kxf7 49. Ke2 Ke7 50. Kd3 Bc5 51. Kc4 Nc7 52.
Re2+ Kd7 53. Rd2+ Ke7 54. Re2+ Kd7 {Black is unable to make progress as the
a-pawn is too weak.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Karpov in Linares 1994 - das ist eine Erfolgsstory, die kaum Parallelen
aufweist. Aber halt: eine fällt mir doch ein. New York 1924, da hat der von
Capablanca drei Jahre zuvor besiegte Lasker plötzlich mit 16 aus 20 der
Schachwelt noch einmal gezeigt, was für ein Riese er ist.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5
3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10.
Bf4 $1 Nh5 11. e3 $1 {Ein bemerkenswerter Zug. Weiß läßt sich einen
Doppelbauern machen und verzichtet zudem auf das Läuferpaar. Das basiert aber
auf einer sehr tiefgründigen Einschätzung der Stellung: Das schwarze
Läuferpaar ist hinter den eigenen Bauern eingesperrt, der auf f4 entstehende
Bauer ist schnell zu f5 bereit und außerdem wird die e-Linie geöffnet.} Nxf4
12. exf4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Rfe1 g6 {Schwarz mußte schon mit f4-f5 rechnen.}
15. h4 a6 16. h5 {Noch ist nicht ganz klar, was Weiß gegen den schwarzen König
ausrichten kann. Man wird es erst einige Züge später sehen.} b5 {Der junge
bulgarische Spieler gehört in die Kategorie "Initiative und Gegenspiel
suchend". Doch hier war es ohne Zweifel besser 16...Ra7 nebst b6 oder zu
spielen.} 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc5 $1 dxc5 (18... Be8 19. Nxa6 $1 Rxa6 20. cxb5
Rb6 21. bxc6 $18) 19. Qxd7 Rc8 20. Rxe6 $1 {Das ist das Salz in der weißen
Suppe! Der Turm bricht wie ein Tornado in die schwarze Stellung ein und
zerstört den Wall vor dem König.} Ra7 21. Rxg6+ fxg6 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Bxc6 Rd8
24. cxb5 Bf6 25. Ne4 {Weiß steht auf Gewinn.} Bd4 26. bxa6 ({Der Vorschlag von
Fritz lautet:} 26. f5 gxf5 27. Qxf5 $18) 26... Qb6 27. Rd1 Qxa6 28. Rxd4 $1 {
Das dritte Turmopfer in ein und derselben Partie! Selten sieht man ähnliches,
noch weniger in hochklassigen Turnieren.} Rxd4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31.
Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Be8+ Kf8 35. Qxc5+ Qd6 36. Qxa7 Qxf6 (
36... Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rg1+ $1 38. Kh3 (38. Kxg1 $2 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qh1+ $1) 38...
Rh1+ 39. Kg4 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 37. Bh5 Rd2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Kg2 {Schwarz
entschied, daß fünf Bauern für eine Qualität für einen leichten Sieg
ausreichend sind.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates m5"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Speelman}
Nxd4 {Dieser Zug wurde von Sax für diesen Wettkampf vorbereitet.} (6... Be7 {
vgl. 9. Matchpartie}) (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. e3
b6 11. Be2 Ba6 $10 {Stohl.I-Khalifman.A/Manila izt/1990/}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 b6
10. f4 (10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nb5 $1 {Andersson,
U-Polugaevsky,L/Manila izt/1990/1-0/43/}) 10... d6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Be3 Rc8 13.
O-O {Kortschnoj,V-Lautier,J/Manila izt/1990/1-0/34/}) 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 $1 (8.
Bf4 $2 {vgl. 1. Matchpartie}) 8... Bb7 (8... Bc5 $5 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qg3
O-O 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Qd3 Rb8 14. O-O-O $13) (8... Ba6 $5 9. e4 Rc8 10. e5 Ng8
11. b3 $1 Ne7 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. Qg3 Qh4 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. O-O-O $13) 9. e4 d6 10.
Bd3 (10. Qg3 $1) 10... Be7 11. Qg3 $1 (11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14.
Be2 Rc8 15. b3 Bf6 $10 {vgl. 3.Matchpartie}) 11... O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 $16
{>< Ne8} Rc8 14. O-O Bf6 15. Rac1 g6 16. b3 a6 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Rfd1 $142 Bg7
18. Bg5) 17... Bg7 18. Na4 Rc6 19. Be2 (19. Bb4 Nf6 20. e5 Ng4 21. Qg3 Nxe5 (
21... h5 22. Bxd6 (22. Be4 $5) 22... Rxd6 23. exd6 a5 $13) 22. Be4 d5 23. Bxf8
Qxf8 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxa3 $13) 19... Nf6 20. Rfd1 (20. Bf3 $5 {/\ 21.e5}
Nd7 21. e5 d5 22. Bb4 Re8 23. Bd6 Qh4 (23... f6) (23... Qa8)) 20... Nd7 21. Bc3
Qe7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nb2 Rd8 24. Rc2 Rcc8 25. Rcd2 Nf6 26. f3 Rb8 27. a4 Qc7
28. Nd3 Ne8 29. Nf2 {Weiß hat großen Raumvorteil, er muß allerdings vor Beginn
des Schlussangriffs seine Figuren umgruppieren. Subtiler war hier 29.Bf1} Qc5
30. Qc3+ e5 31. Kf1 b5 $2 (31... a5 $1 {Hiernach wäre es nicht leicht,den
Stellungsvorteil in einen Gewinn umzusetzen.}) (31... Nc7 $2 32. b4 Qc6 33. c5)
(31... Rdc8 $5) (31... Rdc8 $5 {Ribli}) 32. b4 $18 Qc7 33. axb5 axb5 34. c5 Kg8
(34... dxc5 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qxe5+ $18) (34... Ba8 $1 35. Rd3 {
/\ 36.Qd2}) (34... Ba6 {Ribli} 35. Qa1 $1 $18) 35. Bxb5 dxc5 36. Qxc5 $2 (36.
Rxd8 $142 Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qxe5 Nc7 39. Qxc5 Ne6 40. Qc3 Qb8 41. Ng4 $18)
36... Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Qxc5 38. bxc5 Nc7 39. Bc4 Ba6 40. Bxa6 Nxa6 41. Nd3 Rd8 (
41... Rb3 42. c6 f6 (42... Rc3 43. Nxe5 f6 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Ra7
$18) 43. Nc5 $18) 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. Rb2 Ke8 44. Ke3 Rc8 45. Ra2 {2.23/2.19} (45.
Ra2 Rc6 46. Nxe5 Rxc5 47. Kd4 f6 48. Nxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4
O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 $1 {It is stronger than 8...d6 played in the game 2. Ribli:
'Das ist die Neuerung von Schwarz. In der 2. Wettkampfpartie spielte der junge
ukrainische GM 8...d6 und verlor nach 117 (!) Zügen. Die Idee des Zuges ist,
dass Schwarz nicht d7-d6 zieht, sondern nach Möglichkeit gleich den für diese
Stellung typischen Ausgleichszug d7-d5 durchsetzen will.'} 9. Bg5 b6 10. Bd3 {
According to the entourage of Ponomariov 10.Bh4 was more dangerous for black.
Ribli: 'Wir haben eine Igelstellung erreicht - Weiß hat ein starkes Zentrum
mit den Bauern auf c4 und e4, die schwarze Stellung hingegen ist etwas passiv,
aber elastisch.'} h6 $5 {An interesting idea. Normally people play Bb7 and
then d7-d6 and Nc6-e5.} 11. Bh4 Nh5 {Ribli: 'Mit diesem Zug tauscht Schwarz
die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer und verringert so den positionellen Druck von Weiß.
'} 12. Bxe7 (12. Bg3 {Ribli} Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bb7 $11) 12... Nxe7 13. O-O {
13.Nb5 was worth to interpose} (13. Nb5 {Ribli} Qb8 14. e5 Bb7 $13) 13... Ba6 {
Ribli: 'Schwarz strebt vollwertiges Spiel an, er ist mit seiner etwas passiven
Stellung offensichtlich nicht zufrieden.'} (13... Bb7 {Ribli}) 14. Rc1 Nf4 15.
Nb5 {'!?' Ribli. Ribli: 'Nur auf diesem Wege darf sich Weiß Hoffnungen auf
aktives Spiel machen. - Man muß hier anmerken, dass dies die letzte Partie in
diesen Match war. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt führte Ponomariov 4:3, Kortschnoj musste
als um jeden Preis gewinnen.'} (15. b3 d5 (15... Qd6 $5 16. Bc2 Qxa3 17. Qd2
Qb4 $13) (15... Rad8 $11 {Ribli}) (15... Rfd8 $11) 16. exd5 Rfd8 $13) 15...
Bxb5 (15... Qb8 {Ribli} 16. e5 $36) 16. cxb5 {'~~' Ribli. Ribli: 'Die weiße
Bauernstruktur ist aufgrund des Doppelbauern auf der b-Linie geschwächt, doch
der Pb5 verschafft Weiß dauerhaften Raumvorteil am Damenflügel.'} Qd6 (16...
Qb7 {Ribli} 17. Qd2 (17. g3 $14) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 $14) 17. Bb1 Qxd1 18.
Rcxd1 (18. Rfxd1 $4 {Ribli} Ne2+ $19) 18... d5 {The arising position is
approximately equal.} (18... Rfd8 {was also playable.}) (18... Rfd8 {Ribli} 19.
g3 Nfg6 20. e5 $14) 19. e5 g5 $1 {Thus white's e-pawn will become a
long-lasting problem of white's position.  Ribli: 'Ein tiefer,
großmeisterlicher Zug - Schwarz verteidigt sich schon im vorhinein gegen die
positionelle Drohung g3-f4.'} (19... Rfc8 {Ribli} 20. g3 Nfg6 21. Rc1 Nf8 22.
Nd4 Nd7 23. f4 Kf8 24. b4 $14 {[%csl Rd7]}) 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. h4 {21.Nd4} g4 (
21... gxh4 $5 {Ribli} 22. Nxh4 Rc5 $13) 22. Nh2 {Ribli: 'Kortschnoj versucht,
Komplikationen am Königsflügel zu schaffen.'} (22. Nd4 {Ribli}) 22... h5 23. f3
{In order to carry out his plan without obstacles white had to play g2-g3
first.} g3 ({Black could play now} 23... gxf3 24. Nxf3 Nfg6 (24... Neg6 25. g3
$18 {[%csl Rf4]}) 25. g3 (25. Kf2 {Ribli} f6 $13) 25... Rc4 {with about equal
chances but he prefers to deviate from the main line of the white's plan.}) 24.
Nf1 Neg6 25. Rd4 (25. Nxg3 Nxh4 26. Kf2 (26. Rd2 Nfxg2 27. Rxg2 Nxf3+ 28. Kf2
Nxe1 29. Kxe1 Rc1+ $19) 26... Nhxg2 (26... f6 {Ribli} 27. exf6 Rxf6 $36) 27.
Rg1 h4 28. Ne2 (28. Nh5) 28... Nxe2 29. Rxg2+ Ng3 30. Rd4 Rc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32.
Rh2 Nf5 33. Bxf5 exf5 {white advantage is hardly possible to convert into a win
}) 25... Rc4 {'?' Ribli.} (25... Rc1 $142 $1 {Ribli} 26. Rxc1 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxd4
28. Nxg3 Nxb5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Ne2 $14) 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Bxg6 {The only move.
Otherwise after 27.Re4 Rc8 and then c4-c3 it is black who stands better.} fxg6
28. Nxg3 {'+/=' Ribli. Ribli: 'Nach einer Reihe von Vereinfachungen hat Weiß
einen Bauern gewonnen, in der Folge bekommt Schwarz jedoch Aktivität. '} (28.
Re4 g5 $1 29. Nxg3 (29. hxg5 h4 $44) 29... gxh4 30. Ne2 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 h3 $11)
28... Nd3 {Ribli: 'Der lebendige Nd3 ist der Stolz der schwarzen Stellung.'}
29. Re2 Rd8 (29... Kf7 $5 30. Ne4 Ke7 $11) 30. Ne4 {'!' Ribli. Ribli: 'Weiß
gibt den Mehrbauern zurück, um seinen Springer zu aktivieren.'} Nxe5 (30... Kf8
$2 31. f4 $1 $16) 31. Ng5 Rd5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Nxe6+ Kf6 34. Ng5 (34. Nf4 $6 {
Ribli} Rd4 $11) 34... Kf5 35. Ne4 {Ribli: 'Weiß hat wieder einen Bauern mehr,
doch die Verwertung des Materialvorteils ist keineswegs leicht, da die
schwarzen Figuren aktiv stehen.'} Rd3 36. Nc3 (36. Kh2 {Ribli}) 36... Rd4 37.
Ne4 Rd3 38. Kh2 {Ribli: 'Natürlich gibt sich Weiß nicht mit Zugwiederholung
zufrieden, er nutzte die Gelgenheit vielmher, um in der Zeitnotphase etwas
Luft zu gewinnen.'} Rb3 39. Nd6+ Kf6 40. Ne8+ Kf5 41. Nd6+ Kf6 42. Kg3 Rb4 (
42... Rd3) 43. Re4 $1 Ke6 $1 {The only move:} (43... Rxb2 44. Rxe5) (43... Rxa4
44. b3 $16) 44. Nc8 Kf6 $1 45. Nxa7 Rxa4 (45... Rxb2 $2 46. Nc6 Nd3 47. Rxc4
Ne1 48. Re4 Rxg2+ 49. Kh3 Rg1 50. a5 bxa5 51. b6 Nxf3 52. Rf4+ Kg7 53. b7 g5
54. Rxf3 g4+ 55. Kh2 $18) 46. Nc6 Nd3 47. Ne7 Nxb2 48. Nd5+ Kf7 $4 {After} (
48... Kf5 49. Nxb6 Rb4 {black would still hold the game.}) 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Rb7
$18 Nd1 51. Rxb6 c3 52. Rc6 Ra5 53. b6 Rb5 54. Rc7 Rxd5 (54... Ke8 55. Nf6+ Kd8
(55... Kf8 56. b7 c2 57. b8=Q+ Rxb8 58. Nd7+ Ke8 59. Nxb8 $18) 56. Rd7+ Kc8 57.
Rxd1 $18) 55. b7 Rb5 56. Rc8+ Kf7 (56... Ke7 57. b8=Q Rxb8 58. Rxb8 c2 59. Rc8
Ne3 60. Kf2 Kd7 61. Kxe3 Kxc8 62. Kd2 $18) 57. b8=Q Rxb8 58. Rxb8 c2 59. Rc8
Ne3 60. Kf2 Nf5 61. g3 Nd4 62. g4 Ke6 63. Ke3 Kd5 64. Rc3 g5 65. hxg5 hxg4 66.
fxg4 1-0

[Event "Donetsk m"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2001.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
{The only way to continue a fight. 8.Be2 d5 would lead to simplification and a
quick draw.} d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Rc8 (11... Ne5 {was worth a
consideration:} 12. Nd2 Ned7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bf1 d5 15. e5 Nfe4 $13) 12. Re1 a6
13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 ({If} 14... Ne5 15. Nd2 b5 $2 {then after} 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. c5 {white has an edge. In one of his games Robert Fischer in a
similar position has applied an interesting plan: Kh8, Rg8 and then g7-g5 with
an initiative on the king side...}) 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. h3 Bc6 18. Qe2
$14 Ng6 19. Bg3 Qb7 20. Nb3 h6 21. Rb1 $1 {planning a3-a4-a5 or c4-c5} Bf8 22.
f3 Re8 23. Bf2 Qb8 (23... d5 {does not work properly:} 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxa6
dxe4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 (26... Qxa6 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. b5 $16) 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxb7
Bxb7 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxb6 $16) 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Red1 Bb7 {Bad move.} (25...
Nge5 {was also not satisfactory due to} 26. f4 Ng6 27. a4 d5 28. cxd5 exd5 29.
e5 Bxb4 30. Nxd5 $16) ({The best in order to maintain tension in the position
was} 25... Be7 $1) 26. Na4 $1 $16 Nge5 (26... d5 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 dxe4 (
28... dxc4 $2 29. Na5 c3 30. Rbc1 $18) 29. Na5 Ba8 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. fxe4 Bxe4
32. Rbc1 {and then c5 +/-}) 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Na5
Rc7 31. b5 $1 $18 Ba8 (31... axb5 32. Rxb5 Ree7 33. Nc6 $18) 32. Qxb8 $4 (32.
Qxa6 Rc2 33. b6 d5 34. b7 Bc5 (34... Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bc5+ 36. Ke2 Qg3 (36... Qf4
37. Rb3 $18) 37. bxa8=Q $18) 35. Bxc5 Qg3 36. Qf1 $18) 32... Rxb8 33. b6 Rd7
34. b7 {34.Ba6!?} Bxb7 35. Rb3 Kh7 36. e5 $2 (36. Rdb1 Bxe4 37. Rxb8 Bxb1 38.
Rxb1 $16) (36. Rd2 $1 {and then Rdb2.}) 36... Bxf3 $1 37. Rxf3 d5 38. Nc6 Rc8
39. Nd4 Rb7 $44 40. Kf1 Kg8 41. Nb3 Rc2 42. Bd4 Rbc7 (42... Bxa3 $2 {was bad
because of} 43. Na5) ({but} 42... Ra2 $5 43. Nc5 Bxc5 44. Bxc5 Rbb2 $13 {
was an alternative.}) 43. a4 Bb4 44. Bb6 R7c4 45. Rf2 R2c3 46. Rb1 Be7 47. a5
f6 48. exf6 Bxf6 49. Rf3 Rc2 (49... Rxf3+ $5) 50. Rd1 Rb2 51. Nc5 $1 $16 e5 (
51... Rxb6 52. axb6 Rxc5 53. Rb1 Rc8 54. b7 Rb8 55. Ra3 $18) 52. Nxa6 (52. Nd7
$5) 52... e4 53. Rf2 Rxf2+ 54. Bxf2 d4 55. Be1 d3 56. Nb4 Rc5 57. g4 $2 (57. a6
$2 Rf5+ 58. Kg1 Bd4+ 59. Kh2 Rf1 60. Nc6 Bb6 61. a7 Bxa7 62. Nxa7 Rxe1 63. Rxe1
d2 $17) (57. Nxd3 $1 exd3 58. Rxd3 $16) 57... Rxa5 58. Nxd3 Ra3 $1 (58... Ra2
$2 59. Nf4 $18) 59. Nf2 Bh4 60. Nxe4 Bxe1 61. Rxe1 Rxh3 {From now on white has
a slight advantage, which is highly problematic to transform into a win.} 62.
Kg2 Rd3 63. Rh1 Kh7 64. Ng5+ Kg6 65. Nf3 Ra3 66. Rd1 Ra7 67. Rd6+ Kh7 68. Kg3
Rb7 69. Nd4 Ra7 70. Kf4 Ra4 71. Rd7 Kg6 72. Kg3 Kf6 73. Nf3 Ra6 74. Rb7 g5 {
Black could continue 74...Rc6, but transition into another set-up is also not
bad for black.} 75. Rb5 Kg6 76. Kf2 Rf6 77. Ke3 Rf4 78. Rb6+ Kh7 79. Ne5 Kg7
80. Rd6 Ra4 81. Rg6+ Kh7 82. Rc6 Kg7 $4 (82... Rf4 83. Rc7+ Kg8 84. Ra7 (84.
Rc4 Rxc4 85. Nxc4 Kg7 86. Kf3 Kg6 87. Ne5+ Kg7 $11) 84... h5 85. gxh5 Rh4 86.
Nd7 Kg7 $11) 83. Nc4 $1 $18 Ra7 84. Nd6 Ra3+ 85. Kd2 Ra2+ 86. Ke3 Ra3+ 87. Ke4
Ra4+ 88. Ke5 Ra5+ (88... Rxg4 89. Nf5+ Kh8 90. Kf6 Ra4 91. Rc8+ Kh7 92. Rc7+
Kh8 93. Ne7 Ra6+ 94. Nc6 Ra8 95. Kg6 Rg8+ 96. Kxh6 Re8 97. Ne7 $18) 89. Ke6 Kh7
90. Kf6 Ra7 91. Nf5 Rb7 92. Ra6 Rc7 93. Ke5 Rc5+ 94. Kd4 Rb5 95. Rxh6+ Kg8 96.
Rc6 Ra5 97. Ke4 Kf7 98. Nd4 Kg7 99. Rd6 Ra4 100. Ke5 Kf7 101. Rd5 Kg6 102. Rb5
Rc4 103. Rb6+ Kf7 104. Rd6 Ra4 105. Nf5 Ra5+ 106. Rd5 Ra7 107. Nd6+ Kg6 108.
Ne4 Ra4 109. Rc5 Ra6 110. Kd4 Ra4+ 111. Kd3 Ra3+ 112. Kd2 Ra2+ 113. Kc3 Ra3+
114. Kb4 Rf3 115. Rxg5+ Kh6 116. Rf5 Re3 117. Rf4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
{'Kortschnoj: 'The only way to continue a fight. 8.Be2 d5 would lead to
simplification and a quick draw.''} b6 {'Kortschnoj: 'Ribli: 'Das ist die
Neuerung von Schwarz. In der 2. Wettkampfpartie spielte der junge ukrainische
GM 8...d6 und verlor nach 117 (!) Zügen. Die Idee des Zuges ist, dass Schwarz
nicht d7-d6 zieht, sondern nach Möglichkeit gleich den für diese Stellung
typischen Ausgleichszug d7-d5 durchsetzen will.'''} (8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. Bf4
Bb7 11. Qd3 Qb8 12. Rd1 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Akesson,R/Antwerp 1995/EXT
97 (51)}) (8... Qc7 $1 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Ponomariov,R/Donetsk 2001/CBM 81/
[Kortschnoj] (66) It is stronger than 8...d6 Ribli: 'Das ist die Neuerung von
Schwarz. In der 2. Wettkampfpartie spielte der junge ukrainische GM 8...d6 und
verlor nach 117 (!) Zügen. Die Idee des Zuges ist, dass Schwarz nicht d7-d6
zieht, sondern nach Möglichkeit gleich den für diese Stellung typischen
Ausgleichszug d7-d5 durchsetzen will.'}) 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 $146 (10... d6
11. Bf4 Rc8 $5 (11... Ne5 $6 {1-0 Chuchelov,V-Krasenkow,M/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 
(33)}) 12. Rc1 (12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 ({If} 14... Ne5 15. Nd2 b5
$2 {then after} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. c5 {white has an edge. In one of his games
Robert Fischer in a similar position has applied an interesting plan: Kh8, Rg8
and then g7-g5 with an initiative on the king side...}) 15. Rc1 Ne5 {1-0
Kortschnoj,V-Ponomariov,R/Donetsk 2001/CBM 81/[Kortschnoj] (117)}) 12... a6 13.
Qd3 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Stohl,I/Tilburg 1993/CBM 39 (55)}) 11. Bg5 Rad8
12. Qd2 d6 13. b4 Nb8 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
Qe2 {The presence of Bc1 does not allow to apply the Fischer's idea mentioned
above after 10...d6}) 16. h3 Nf8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Bc2 Rc8 19. Ba4 Red8 20. Qe2
Ng6 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Qb7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Bd2 a6 26. Nbd4 Nd7
27. b5 Re8 28. Nc6 Bf8 29. Nfd4 Nde5 (29... Nc5) 30. a4 Ra8 (30... Nxc6 31.
Nxc6 Ne7 32. Nxe7+ Bxe7 33. Qg4 $14) 31. a5 Ne7 (31... Be7 32. axb6 Qxb6 33.
Red1 Bf6 34. Be3 $14) 32. Nb4 $6 (32. Nxe5 $5 dxe5 33. Nb3 Ng6 34. Qe3 $16)
32... bxa5 33. Nxa6 N7g6 34. Nb3 $2 (34. Ra1 $14) 34... a4 $2 (34... Rxa6 $1
35. bxa6 Qxb3 36. Bxa5 Ra8 $17) 35. Na5 $16 Qb6 36. Qe3 Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Nf4 $2 (
37... Rec8 38. Ra3 $16) 38. Nc7 $18 Rxa5 39. Bxa5 Rc8 40. b6 Nfd3 41. Rc2 Nc5
42. Bb4 (42. f4 $18) 42... Ned7 $6 (42... Ncd7 $142 $16) 43. Bxc5 $18 Nxc5 44.
Rb2 Rb8 45. Rb5 Rb7 46. Re2 Be7 47. Ra2 Bf6 48. Kf1 g5 49. Rxc5 $6 $14 (49. f3
$5 $16 Kf8 $140 50. Ke2 Ke7 51. Ke3 Kd7 52. g3 Rb8 53. f4 Kc6 54. e5 gxf4+ 55.
gxf4 Be7 56. exd6 Bxd6 57. Rbb2 Rxb6 (57... Rg8 58. Rg2 Rxg2 59. Rxg2 Nd7 60.
Nb5 Bc5+ 61. Kd3 $18) 58. Nb5 Bf8 59. Nd4+ Kc7 60. Rg2 $16) 49... dxc5 50. Na8
Bd8 51. Rxa4 Bxb6 52. Nxb6 Rxb6 53. Ra8+ (53. Ra5 Rc6 54. Ke2 $14) 53... Kg7
$11 54. Rc8 Rb1+ 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. f3 f5+ 59. exf5+
exf5+ 60. Kg3 f4+ 61. Kh2 Rc3 62. Rc6+ Kh5 63. Rxc5 Kh4 64. Rc8 h5 65. c5 Rc1
66. c6 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik Ribli} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 (10. Bd2 {Ribli} O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. f4
Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 b6 $13 {Timman,J-Gulko,B/Riga Tal/1995/CBM47/}) 10...
Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O (14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8
16. e5 Na5 $1 $10 (16... Na5 {Ribli} 17. Bb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qc4 $10 {
Vaganian,R-Kramnik,V/Riga Tal/1995/CBM47/})) 14... b6 {[%csl Yc3,Yc4,Rg8]
Ftacnik The position bears the structure of the Hedhehog, but the B from e7
was exchanged for the Nc3. White s pawn structure is thus rather weak, but
black s K is far more endangered.} (14... e5 15. f5 (15. f5 {Ftacnik} b6 16. g4
Ne8 17. g5 Ba6 18. Rf3 Na5 $6 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Rh3 g6 21. Qf2 Qxc4 22. Qh4 h5
{Moutousis,K-Wojtkiewicz,A/Athens/1992/1-0 (23)})) 15. g4 (15. e5 {Ftacnik}
dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Bf4 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rad1 Na5 21. Qg4
Kh8 22. Qh5 Nxc4 23. Nf3 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 {Heinig,W-Psakhis,L/Berliner Sommer/1991/
0-1 (36)}) (15. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Bb7 (15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. e5 Bxc4 18. Rfc1
Bxe2 19. Rxc7 {Cvetkovic,S-Lanka,Z/Trnava-B (07)/1989/0.5 (19)}) (15... e5 16.
Nb5 Qe7 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rfd8 20. f5 Na5 21. Bg5 Nxc4 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd3 d5 24. a4 Nb2 {Dienz,O-Remling,C/Wiesbaden op/1992/0-1 (24)})
16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Rf2 Na5 20. Nxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxb6 Bc6
22. c5 Rdd7 23. Bxa7 dxc5 24. Qb1 {Ostenstad,B-Dvoirys,S/Gausdal Peer Gynt (6)/
1991/0-1 (41)}) (15. c5 {Ftacnik} dxc5 16. g4 Bb7 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Ne7 19. c4
Rad8 20. h5 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Bc1 Qd7 23. Ba3 Ba6 24. Bh3 {Sunye Neto,J-Van
Riemsdijk,H/Bogota Lat Cup (08)/1992/0-1 (41)}) 15... Bb7 {Ribli Der erste
neue Zug. Schwarz hat eine interessante Idee, er spielt erst nicht gegen den
c4 (wie die Anderen) sondern gegen den e4P.} (15... Ba6 $5 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 {
Ribli} Rfe8 18. Rh3 Ne7 (18... Nf8 $5 $13 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Dos
Hermanas/1994/CBM42/INF60,42/}) (18... Nf8 {Ftacnik} 19. Qh5 (19. Rd1 $5 Rad8
20. f5 Ne5 21. Qh5 Qxc4 $13 {Garcia Ilundain,D-Izeta,F/Espana/1993/}) 19...
Bxc4 20. f5 Ne5 21. Bd4 $2 g6 $1 22. Qh6 exf5 23. exf5 gxf5 $1 24. Bxa8 {
Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas/1994/0.5 (61)}) 19. f5 $40 {Akesson,
R-Hansen,Cu/Reykjavik zt/1995/CBM47/} (19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Bxc4 21. Qh5 Nf8
22. Nd4 Bd5 23. f6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 {Akesson,R-Hansen,Cu/Reykjavik zt (01)/1995/
0-1 (77)})) 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Ne7 (17... f5 18. Rh3 $5 (18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Rg3
$14)) (17... Rfe8 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. Rf1 $40) 18. Rh3 {Ftacnik Somewhat
artificial but often very efficient way of preparing strong attack.} Rfc8 (
18... Rfe8 {Ribli}) (18... f5 $2 {Ftacnik} 19. Qh5) 19. Qh5 (19. Nd2 f5 $1 20.
gxf6 (20. Qh5 Nf8) 20... Nxf6 $132 21. Bd4 e5) 19... Nf8 20. Nd2 (20. Bd4 $2 e5
) (20. Rf1 Qxc4 21. Bd4 e5 $5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Neg6 $13) (20. Nd4 $5 $13)
(20. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qxc4 21. Rxd6 Qxc3 $17) 20... d5 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rf4,Rg1]
Ribli Schwarz kehrt sich an die Regel: Gegen einen Angriff am Koenigsfluegel
soll man im Zentrum spielen.  Ftacnik Excellent move, that shows the
vulnerability of opponents set up. Pawns are rather exposed and white king can
also come under fire.} 21. cxd5 (21. f5 exf5 22. exd5 f4 $5 $132) 21... exd5
22. f5 (22. Bd4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf5 $13) (22. e5 d4 $5 (22... Nf5) 23. Bxd4 Bxg2
24. Kxg2 Nf5 $44) (22. exd5 {Ribli} Nxd5 $15 (22... g6 {Ftacnik} 23. Qg4 Bxd5
$17) (22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 (23. g6 Nf6 24. gxf7+ Kh8 25. Qe5 Bxg2 26. Qxc7 Rxc7
27. Kxg2 Rxc3 $17) 23... Bxd5 24. g6 Qxc3 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Rf1 Bxa2 $17))
22... Qxc3 $2 (22... dxe4 $1 23. Rf1 {Droht /\ f6 oder Nxe4,Nf6+.} (23. f6 g6
$1 {/\Nf5}) 23... Nd5 $8 24. Nxe4 (24. f6 $6 Nxe3 25. fxg7 Nxf1 26. Qh6 (26.
gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 $17) 26... Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qf5 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Nxf1
Qg6 $19 (29... e3 $5)) (24. Bd4 $2 Nf4) 24... Nxe3 25. Rxe3 $13) 23. Rf1 $2 (
23. Nb3 $1 dxe4 24. Bd4 Qc2 (24... Qb4 {Ribli} 25. Rf1 $44 {Droht /\ f6.}) 25.
Rf1 $1 $16 {->}) 23... d4 (23... Qb2 {Ftacnik} 24. f6 $1 $40) 24. Bf4 (24. f6
Neg6 25. fxg7 Kxg7 (25... dxe3 $2 26. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 27. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Qxh7+
$18 Kf8 (28... Qg7 29. Rf3+) 29. Rf3+) 26. Bf4 d3 $13) 24... d3 $15 25. Qh4 {
Mit der Idee /\ g6 und den Ne7 haengt.} (25. Kh1 $5 Qd4 26. Be3 Qd7 27. f6 Neg6
28. fxg7 Kxg7) (25. Nf3 $6 Bxe4 26. Ne5 Qd4+ 27. Re3 g6 $17) (25. Be3 $5 {
Ribli Droht /\ f6 wieder.}) (25. f6 {Ftacnik} Neg6 26. fxg7 Qxg7 $17) 25... Re8
(25... Qd4+ $5 26. Be3 Qd7) 26. Qg3 Rad8 27. Rf2 $6 $138 (27. Kh1 $15 Qc6 $5 {
/\} 28. Be5 Nxf5 $5 29. Rxf5 Qc1+ 30. Nf1 (30. Rf1 Qxd2) 30... d2) (27. f6 {
Ftacnik} Neg6 28. fxg7 Ne6 $17) 27... Qa1+ 28. Rf1 (28. Bf1 Nc6 $5 {/\Nd4}) (
28. Nf1 {Ftacnik} Nc6 $17) 28... Qb2 (28... Qxa2) 29. Rf2 Qxa2 $17 {Ribli
Schwarz hat schon zwei P mehr und der weisse Angriff sieht nicht besonders
gefaehrlich aus.} 30. Be5 (30. f6 {Ftacnik} Neg6 $17) 30... Nxf5 $5 {[%cal
Ye8e1,Yb7g2] Ribli Mit diesem ueberraschenden Zug uebernimmt der Nachziehende
die Initiative. In Frage kommt 30...Qa5 -/+ auch.  Ftacnik Ingenious tactics,
that reduces the number of attackers and opens diagonals and files for black
pieces.} (30... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 31. Bd6) (30... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32.
Qh4 (32. f6+ Kh8 33. fxe7 Rxe7 $17) 32... Ng8 $17) 31. exf5 (31. Rxf5 {Ribli}
Qxd2 $19) 31... Bxg2 32. Kxg2 $2 (32. g6 fxg6 33. fxg6 Nxg6) (32. Rxg2 $8 Qd5
$17 (32... Rd5 $5) (32... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 33. Bf4 Qxf5 $19) 33. Bc7 (33. Nf3 Rxe5
$1) (33. Bf4 {Ribli} Qxf5 $17 {Schwarz hat 4-Bauern fuer die geopferte Figur,
er steht sehr nahe zum Gewinn.}) 33... Rc8) 32... Qd5+ 33. Nf3 Rxe5 $1 $19 {
Ein eleganter Abschluss der Partie.} 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 d2 36. Rxd2 (36.
Rf1 {Ftacnik} d1=Q 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Ra3 a5 39. Rb3 Rd5 40. Nc6 Rd2+ 41. Kg3
Nd7 $19) 36... Rxd2+ 37. Kf3 {Ribli Kramnik hat sehr gut die Ungenauigkeit
seines Gegners ausgenutzt und spielte grosszuegig.} (37. Kf3 {Ftacnik} g6 38.
f6 Ne6 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 (8... d5) 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Bd7 $6 (10... Qc7 $2 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5
$16) (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Qxd4 Qc7 (11... b6 12. Rfd1 $16 {with the idea Bf6 and
Ne4}) 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Qb6 $16 (14. Nb6 $4 e5 $19)) (10... Ne5 $1
11. Qd2 Qc7 (11... b6 $2 12. f4 Ng6 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Rcd1 $16) 12. b3 b6 $10) 11. Nb3 $1 {with the threat of 12.Bf6.} b6 $6 (
11... Qc7 $2 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 exd5 15. cxd5 $16) (11... Ne8
$2 12. Bf4 $16) (11... Qb8 12. Qd2 (12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 (13... gxf6 $6
14. Na4 $16) 14. Nxc5 (14. Qxd7 $4 Rd8 $19) 14... Be8 $14) 12... Rd8 13. Rfd1
Be8 $14) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd2 Ra7 14. f4 $1 $16 (14. Ne4 Bc8 15. Rfd1 Rd7 $14)
14... Kh8 (14... f5 15. Rcd1 Be8 (15... Bc8 16. Bf3 $16) 16. e4 fxe4 17. f5 $1
Bg5 18. Qe1 exf5 19. Rxf5 Bd7 20. Rfd5 $16) 15. Ne4 Be8 16. Rcd1 Rd7 17. Qc3 $1
(17. f5 $6 d5 {with counterplay}) 17... Rg8 18. f5 $18 e5 (18... Ne5 19. Nd4
$18) 19. Bf3 Na7 20. Qd3 $1 {with the plan Ne4-c3-d5 followed by Nb3-d2-e4 +-}
b5 21. Nc3 Qb8 22. Nd5 Nc8 23. cxb5 axb5 (23... Qxb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rc1 $18)
24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Nxe7 $1 Rxe7 26. Ne4 Nc4 (26... d5 27. Nxf6 e4 28. Qd4 exf3 29.
Nd7+ $18) 27. Nxf6 Nxb2 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rf8 30. Be2 $1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4
32. Rc1 Bb5 33. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.02.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.02.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
b6 {Black delays moving his d-pawn, in order to push d5 at once, attacking
White's centre.} ({More natural is} 8... d6 {,and a typical pawn structure
occurs, in which both sides will try to improve their positions slowly.}) 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Nd2 d5 $6 {This dynamic try is logical,
but a little bit dubious. Black will have to defend with an isolated pawn,
while White's pieces are more active than their black counterparts.} 13. cxd5
exd5 14. e5 Ne4 {My opponent decided to play energetically, instead of sitting
and waiting passively. But probably he missed my 20th move.} (14... Nd7 15. Nb5
a6 16. Nd4 {gives White a pleasant position.}) 15. Ncxe4 dxe4 16. b4 Bg5 {
Obviously this was his idea when he played 14...Ne4. Black sacrifices a piece
to get the initiative and some prospects on the kingside. White must play very
accurately to maintain his advantage.} (16... Nc6 17. Bg4 Ra8 18. Bf5 $14) 17.
Bxg5 Qxg5 18. h4 $1 (18. bxa5 $2 Rcd8 (18... Rfd8 19. Bg4 Rc3 20. a6 $1 {
with huge complications}) 19. Ra2 e3 20. Bg4 exd2 21. f4 Qg6 $13) 18... Qxh4 (
18... Qh6 19. bxa5 Rcd8 (19... Rfd8 20. a6) 20. Ra2 e3 21. fxe3 Bd5 22. Rb2
Qxe3+ 23. Rf2 Qxa3 24. Rb1 Qxa5 25. Ra1 Qb4 26. Rxa7 {and White should be able
to win with his material advantage.}) 19. bxa5 Rc6 {Afterwards, I checked my
database and found that this position had already occurred before! Here my
move Nxe4 is clearly stronger than Bruzon's.} 20. Nxe4 ({In the game Bruzon,L
- Miton,K they played} 20. Qb3 Rh6 21. f3 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qh2+ 24.
Kf2 {draw.}) 20... Rh6 (20... Qxe4 21. Bf3 Qxe5 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. axb6 $16) 21.
f3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 {White's king is a bit exposed, but concrete calculation
shows that there is no danger for him. White is simply a piece up, and just
needs to play some accurate moves. White only has a few pawns left, but it is
enough.} Rd8 $2 {This move just worsens Black's position. Now the f7-pawn is
weak.} (22... Qxe4 $142 23. Qd3 Qxe5 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Bg4 $16) 23. Qb3 Qh2+ 24.
Kf2 Qxe5 25. Rad1 Re8 26. axb6 Qxe4 $2 {The final blunder, but his position
was lost anyway.} 27. Kg1 {Now White's king is absolutely safe, and Black has
to worry about his own king. The rest of the game is simple and does not need
any further analysis.} Qe7 28. Rxf7 Qc5+ 29. Rf2+ Kh8 30. Qb5 Qe3 31. Rd3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 {Une idée originale
de KORTCHNOI mais comme dans les alternatives g3 et Ndb5, les Noirs peuvent
égaliser en jouant précisément.} (6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 (7. Nb3 Ne5 (7... Bb4 8.
Bg2 Qa6 9. c5 b6 10. O-O bxc5 11. Be3 d5 {Eingorn,V (2475)-Georgiev,K (2430)
Lvov 1984 (6) 1-0} (11... c4 12. Nc5 Qa5 {Mikhalchishin})) 8. e4 (8. Bg2 Nxc4
9. O-O d5 10. e4 {[%csl Re8]} dxe4 11. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2e4,Ge2c4]} Qa6 $6 {
Miladinovic,I (2556)-Kovacevic,A (2598) MNT CupT Tivat 2011 (3) 1-0} (11... Nd6
12. Be3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Rfd1 $44 {[%csl Re8]} (14. Nc5))) 8... Bb4 9. Qe2
O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bd2 f6 13. c5 Qd8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 fxe5 16.
Bxe5 b6 17. Bg2) (7. Nc2 d5 $1) 7... Ne5 (7... Bc5 8. Bg2 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Ng4 10.
Qd6 Kd8 11. Bg5+ {Greenfeld,A (2530)-Yemelin,V (2485) Beersheba-St Petersburg
1998 (6) 1/2} (11. Qf4 $1 Nce5 12. Nd1 $40 {[%csl Re5,Rf2,Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]}))
8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5
bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 g5 $11 {[%csl Gf4]}) (6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5
exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ (11. Nd4 Bd7 (11... Kc7 $6 12. g3 Rb8
(12... Bc5 13. Rc1 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc1c7,Gc3b5];Kortschnoj,V (2600)-Portisch,L 
(2620) Candidates qf1 1983 (3) 1-0})) 12. g3 fxg3 (12... Rb8 13. O-O-O) 13.
hxg3 Bb4 14. Bg2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Kc7 16. O-O Rab8 17. Nb3 Rhe8 {Timman,
J-Gligoric,S EU-Cup Volmac-Partizan 1984 0-1} (17... h5 $142)) 11... Bd7 12.
Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 $132) (6. Bf4 d5) 6... Bc5 (6... Be7) 7. e3 {Il est
difficile pour les Blancs de garder un avantage d'ouverture avec ce coup aussi
peu ambitieux} (7. Nb3 $142 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 d6 12.
f4 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7,Gc3d5]} Qb8 15. Qe2 (15. g4)) 7... d5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. b4 Ne5 12. Bb2 a6 13.
Qb3 Bc7 14. Rfd1 Qd6 15. g3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. b5 Bd6 18. Bf1 Bg4 19. Be2 Be6
20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Bg2 Nc4 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Bxf6 Bxg2 25. Qxc4 {
Kramnik,V (2730)-Lautier,J (2645)/Paris 1995/CBM 049 ext/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 11. Nf3
Bf5 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. b4 d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16.
Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Qxg4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Re6 20. Rad1 Rf8 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22.
f4 Ng6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qc3 Qe2 25. Re1 Qg4 26. Qg3 {Olsen,H (2360)-Nielsen,U
(2375)/Copenhagen 1995/EXT 1998/0-1 (69)}) 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. b4 {[%cal Gc1b2]}
Qf6 $1 $11 (13... Bb6 $143 14. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 14. Rb1 Bb6 15. Bb2 Qh6
16. Nbd4 Bg4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Bc7 19. f4 Bd7 20. Rc1 Bb6 21. Bg4 f5 $15 {
[%csl Re3,Ge4]} 22. Bf3 a5 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 (23... fxe4 $5) 24. Rf3 axb4 25. axb4
Rae8 26. Qb3 Qd6 27. Rg3 {[%cal Gg3g7,Gb2g7,Gd4f5]} R8e7 (27... g6 28. h4 {
[%cal Gh4h5]}) 28. Rd1 h6 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Nxc6 Qxc3 31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Bxc3
Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 d4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Rgd3 Ba4 36. Rxd4 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 Kf7 38. Rb1
Rb7 39. g3 Ke6 40. Kg2 Kd5 41. Kh3 g5 42. b5 Rb6 43. g4 $1 gxf4 44. gxf5 Ke4
45. Kg4 h5+ {Le plateau DGT n'a pas sauvegardé le reste de la partie.} 46. Kg5
f3 47. Rc1 Kd3 48. Kxh5 f2 49. Rh1 Rxb5 50. Kg6 Rb8 51. Rf1 Rg8+ 52. Kf7 Rg2
53. h4 Ke2 54. Rxf2+ Rxf2 55. f6 Rh2 56. Ke7 Rxh4 57. f7 Rh7 58. Ke8 Rxf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 $5 {
A relatively rare contnuation which came into the limelight recently after
having been used by Carlsen at the 2013 Candidates. So might have decided upon
this variation due to the later improvement over a previous game of his
opponent.} ({The main line goes} 7. Ndb5 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+
Kxd8 {as for instance in Nakamura,H (2775)-Kramnik,V (2801) Moscow 2012 CBM
149 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 7... Bb4 8. Be2 {Both sides will keep the
tension in the centre for a while, but Nxc6 and ...dxc4 are permanent issues.}
(8. Nxc6 bxc6 {only strengthens Black's centre without causing him any major
inconvenient regarding his development.} 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12.
Qc2 Ba6 $11 {Bruzon Batista,L (2659)-Vidit,S (2651) Baku 2015 (1-0, 39)}) 8...
O-O ({Carlsen's aforementioned game went} 8... dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 bxc6
11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Nxf4 13. exf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Kramnik,
V (2810) London 2013 (1/2-1/2, 30). White's position looks more active but due
to the king's presence in the centre Black had no trouble reaching a draw.}) 9.
O-O Bxc3 ({After castling} 9... dxc4 {looks a bit more suspicious, since in
the endgame the king would be far from the centre:} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... Qxd1
11. Rfxd1 bxc6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Be5 $16 {is a lot different from the
Candidates' game.}) 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Rac1 (13. Be5 $5 $14 {looks
more natural.}) 13... Nxf4 14. exf4 Bb7 $11 {Huzman,A (2580)-Moiseenko,A (2692)
Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 53)}) ({The last move anticipates possible problems in
the centre, which could pop up after} 9... Re8 10. cxd5 $1 Nxd4 (10... Bxc3 11.
dxc6 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bxd4 13. c7 Qe7 14. exd4 Nd5 15. Qc1 {with a well defended
and annoying pawn on the seventh rank.}) (10... exd5 11. Ncb5 Re7 12. Rc1 $16)
(10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 $16 Qxd5 $2 12. Bf3 $18) 11. Qxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd5 13.
Bg3 $14) 10. bxc3 $146 ({Vachier had previously faced} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. bxc3
Ne4 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bg3 $6 (14. f3 Nc5 15. Bg3 {may be better but
Black would have an active position anyway}) 14... Bf5 $36 {Zhigalko,A (2589)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711) Warsaw 2012 (0-1, 69)}) 10... Re8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 11.
Bg5 {The bishop was at risk of becoming a passive piece so White spends a
couple of tempi to exchange it for the important f6-knight, thus reducing
Black's control over d5.} h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 {allows Black to develop strong
counterplay:} g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rad1
Be6 18. c4 Nf4 $5 19. exf4 exf4 $11 {Black will retrieve the piece and the
mutual weaknesses will compensate for each other.}) 12... Qxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 {
From the structural point of view, the c3-pawn is almost as weak as the
d5-pawn (the difference is made by the bishops' colour) but White has on his
side a slight advance in development.} 14. Qb3 Rd8 {A necessary loss of time
allowing White to increase his pressure.} 15. Bf3 Na5 $6 {This will lead to an
unpleasant ending. Quite possibly, Black missed something in the line from the
next comment.} (15... Qd6 16. Rfd1 Ne5 {looks safer.} {The combination} 17.
Bxd5 $2 Qxd5 18. Nb5 {does not work on account of} Nf3+ $1 19. Kh1 $2 ({
This is the thematic line, but it loses. Better is} 19. gxf3 {accepting that
he will have to struggle after} Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Be6) 19... Qh5 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 21.
Qc2+ g6 22. gxf3 (22. h3 Bxh3 $19) 22... Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 16. Qb5 $1 {
Attacking the knight and keeping an eye on the d5-pawn.} (16. Qa4 {is less
effective due to} Nc4 $11 {when} 17. Bxd5 $2 {does not work on account of} Nb6
$19 {[%cal Gb6a4,Gb6d5]}) 16... Qb6 ({Vachier might have relied on} 16... b6
17. Bxd5 a6 18. Qa4 Rxd5 $2 19. Qe8+ Kh7 20. Qe4+ Qg6 21. Qxd5 Bb7 {[%csl Gg2]
failing to notice that} 22. Qf5 $18 {pins the queen.}) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfb1 {
After getting additional weaknesses Black's position became unpleasant. In the
event of complete exchanges of the weak pawns White would get an ending with 4
pawns versus 3 pawns, which would offer good winning chances if he kept a
minor piece in the process.} Nc4 19. Rb4 (19. Be2 $5 Rd6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rb4
{[%csl Rc8,Gd4]}) (19. a4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gb1b4]}) 19... Ra3 20. Nb5 Ra5 21. h3
$6 {Wasting a vital tempo in a moment when White faced no back rank dangers.} (
21. a4 $14 {stabilises the queenside in White's favour since} Bd7 $6 22. Rd1
$16 {wins a pawn on account of} Be6 $2 23. Rxc4 $18) 21... Bd7 22. Bxd5 $2 {
Unexpectedly losing a piece.} (22. a4 Nd2 23. Be2 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Ne4) 22... Ne5
$1 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5][%cal Ra5d5,Rd8d5] Quite a curious system of pins and X-Ray
attacks.} (22... Bxb5 $2 23. Bxc4 $16) 23. Re4 (23. c4 Bxb5 $19) 23... Ng6 24.
Bxf7+ {Relatively best.} Kxf7 25. Nd6+ Kg8 26. Nxb7 Bc6 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Nxa5
Rd6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. a4 Rxc3 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 {White has managed to
simplify to an ending which at first sight looks drawish. But the black knight
will show impressive versatility in weakening and attacking the white
structure and So will not display the required accuracy in defence..} Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg3 Nf8 35. h4 ({Another way of advancing the pawns is} 35. f4 Nd7
36. Kf3 Nb6 (36... Rc3 37. Ra6 Nf6 38. Ra5 {prevents the knight's activation.})
37. e4 Rc3+ 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. e5 Nc5 {and White has no lesser worries than in
the game.}) 35... Nd7 36. Kf3 Kh7 37. Rf5 Nc5 38. g4 Nd3 39. Kg3 g6 40. Rf7+
Kg8 41. Rf6 Kg7 42. g5 $2 {This looks like the decisive mistake. So obviously
relied on the stability of his fortress but probably misjudged the ending
after the more or less forced rook exchange.} ({It was better to keep both
enemy pawns vulnerable on the sixth rank with} 42. Ra6 $1 {for instance} Rxf2 (
{Or} 42... Nxf2 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Ra6 {when in order to avoid a repetition
Black would have to give up both his pawns and head for a rook and knight
versus rook ending.}) 43. Ra3 $1 {Forcing the rook to abandon the f-file.} Rd2
44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kd8 47. Ra6 Ne5 48. Re6 $11) 42... h5 43. f3
{White has a wide range of defensive plans, but none of them seems to work.} (
43. f4 {loses quicker than the game continuation:} Ne1 44. f5 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 gxf5
46. Rxf5 Re2 47. Re5 Nd3 48. Re8 (48. Re6 $2 Nf4+ $1) 48... Kf7 {and the rook
does not have favourable squares along the e-file.}) ({One natural question is
how would Black make progress if White keeps his pawns on their actual squares:
} 43. Kg2 Ne5 44. Kg3 Ng4 45. Rf4 Ra2 46. Rf3 Ra4 {Reducing White's mobility
even more.} 47. Kh3 Ne5 48. Rf6 Rg4 49. Ra6 Nf3 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52.
Ra7+ Kd8 ({Black does not make ay progress after} 52... Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54.
Ra5+) 53. Ra8+ Kc7 54. Rf8 Ng1+ ({The hurried} 54... Nxh4 {leads to a draw:}
55. f3 Nxf3 56. Rxf3 Rxg5 57. Rf6 Kd7 58. e4 $1 Ke7 59. e5 $11 {The pawn has
reached e5 just in time to help build a fortress.}) 55. Kh2 Kd6 56. f3 Nxf3+ $1
57. Rxf3 Rxh4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kf2 Rxg5 {Black's king is better centralised
than in the previous line which makes a decisive difference.}) ({With the
h-pawn much safer than on h6, the rook's side attack does not work:} 43. Ra6
Rxf2 44. Ra3 Rd2 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ra7+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 {It is
also important that after g4-g5 this square is available for the king,
practically winning a tempo.} 49. Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rxg6 Nc5 {White has no time to
eliminate Black's last pawn due to the danger of a direct attack:} 51. Rh6 Ne4+
52. Kh3 Re2 53. Rxh5 (53. g6 Rxe3+ 54. Kh2 Nf6 $19) 53... Rxe3+ 54. Kg2 Kf4 $19
) 43... Ne1 44. e4 Rc3 45. Kf2 Nd3+ 46. Kg3 Ne5 47. Kg2 {It may seem that
White has stabilised things, but his rook is kind of trapped:} Rc6 $1 48. Rxc6
(48. f4 {loses the h4-pawn:} Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Nf3 $19) 48... Nxc6 49.
f4 Kf7 {This ending offers no saving hope since White will not be able to keep
the compact character of his structure due to zugzwang.} 50. Kf3 ({f4-f5 is a
permanent issue, but it almost never works:} 50. f5 $2 gxf5 51. exf5 Ne7 52. f6
Ng6 53. Kg3 Ke6 $19) 50... Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kd2 (52. f5 gxf5 53. exf5 Ke5
54. f6 Nd4 55. Kd3 Ne6 56. Ke3 Nf4 57. Kf3 Ng6 $19) 52... Kc5 53. Kd3 (53. f5
Ne5 $19) 53... Kb4 54. Kd2 (54. f5 Kc5 (54... Ne5+ $2 55. Kd4 $18) 55. fxg6
Ne5+ 56. Ke3 Nxg6 $19) 54... Kc4 55. Ke3 Kc5 $1 ({Vachier's initial intention
might have been} 55... Ne7 {If so, he must have noticed in time the saving
line:} 56. f5 gxf5 57. g6 $3 {Clearing the g5-square for the king in order to
eliminate the last black pawn.} (57. exf5 Nxf5+ 58. Kf4 Nxh4 59. Ke5 Kd3 $19)
57... fxe4 58. Kxe4 Nxg6 59. Kf5 $11) 56. Kd3 Nd8 {Not the only way of
improving the knight's placement.} 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Kd3 (58. f5 Ne5 59. Kf4 Kd4
$19) 58... Nd6 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. f5 Ne8 $1 {Preparing to block the g-pawns.} (
60... gxf5 $2 61. g6 $11) 61. fxg6 (61. f6 Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6]} 62. Kf4 Kd4 $19)
61... Ng7 62. e5 (62. Kf4 Kd4 $19) 62... Kd5 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. e6 $5 Kd5 (64...
Nxe6+ $2 65. Kf5 $18 {As we can see, there are several moments when the line
between winning and losing is very thin.}) 65. e7 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kxe7 67. Ke5 Ke8
{The most elegant way.} ({But} 67... Kf8 {also wins:} 68. Kf6 {This looks like
a zugzwang, but the knight is too mobile to allow that:} Ne8+ 69. Ke6 Nc7+ 70.
Kd6 Nb5+ 71. Kc5 (71. Ke5 Kg7 72. Kf5 Nd4+ 73. Ke4 Nc6 74. Kf5 Ne7+) 71... Na3
{[%cal Gf8g7,Gg7g6]}) 68. Kd5 (68. Kf6 Kf8 69. Ke5 Ke7 {with a decisive
opposition.}) 68... Kd7 (68... Kd7 69. Ke5 Ke7 {is the same as above.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O {
This variation allows White to obtain the pair of bishops and an optically
impressive advantage of space. However, the chronic weakness of the c4-pawn 
(partly caused by the fact that the light-squared bishop has been developed on
another diagonal than f1-d3) offers Black excellent prospects for active
counterplay. This game will not question this general evaluation in any way.}
b6 15. Nd4 {The fact that this logical move (aiming to take advantage that
double pawns generally offer excellent outposts for minor pieces) fails to
solve White's structural problems is a serious signal of alarm for the
adherents of this whole setup.} Nxd4 $1 {This paradoxical move, allowing White
to get rid of the double pawns, but in no way of his weakness on c4, is
probably the simplest way out the opening.} (15... Bb7 {allows White develop
some initiative with} 16. Nb5 {for instance:} Qe7 (16... Qb8 17. Nxd6 $6 {
This leads to premature simplifications.} (17. Rad1 Rd8 18. g4 {looks better
and if} Na5 {then} 19. f5 $1 $36 {taking advantage of the fact that the knight
is far from the e5-square.}) 17... Qxd6 18. e5 Qe7 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. c5 Rac8 {
1/2-1/2 Bui Vinh (2444)-Breder,D (2438)/Budapest 2002/CBM 090 ext (31)}) 17.
Rad1 Rfd8 18. Bc1 $1 {The transfer of the bishop to the a3-f8 diagonal is the
most efficient way of increasing the pressure against the relatively weak
d6-pawn.} (18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Rf2 Na5 20. Nxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxb6 Bc6 22. c5 Rdd7 23.
Bxa7 dxc5 24. Qb1 Rxa7 $15 {0-1 Ostenstad,B (2475)-Dvoirys,S (2525)/Gausdal
1991/TD (41)}) 18... Ne8 (18... a6 {unnecessarily weakens the b6-square. After
the already familiar to us exchange operation} 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21.
e5 Qe7 22. exf6 Qxf6 {White has} 23. Qf2 $14) 19. Ba3 Na5 (19... a6 20. Nxd6 $1
) 20. Rd4 e5 (20... Nc6 21. Rd2 {/\ Rfd1}) 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rfd1 $16 {1-0
Evdokimov,A (2356)-Zarezenko,I (2230)/Cherepovets 2001/EXT 2002 (56). with
strong pressure for White.}) (15... e5 $6 {unnecessarily gives White chances
for a kingside attack.} 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. f5 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. g4 Na5 20. Bc1
h6 21. h4 Nh7 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nxg5 24. f6 gxf6 25. Rd3 $40 {1-0 Rotstein,
A (2485)-Schlosser,P (2515)/Vienna 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) 16. cxd4 {White has
built up an impressive pawn centre but Black has won time to attack his
Achile's heel (the c4-pawn). If the d-pawn was placed just one square behind,
on d3, White would enjoy considerable positional advantage, but the way it is
he even has problems maintaining the balance even.} Ba6 17. Rac1 $146 {Judging
from the modest effects produced by this novelty, we can guess that it was
just over-the-board inspiration rather than fruit of thorough home analysis.} (
17. e5 Bxc4 (17... Nd5 $5) 18. Rfc1 Bxe2 19. Rxc7 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Cvetkovic,S 
(2460)-Lanka,Z (2420)/Trnava 1989/EXT 97}) 17... Rac8 18. e5 {White's problems
consists of the fact that after the elimination of the c4-pawn the chronic
weakness is extended to other light squares in the centre, which can be seen
after} (18. g4 Bxc4 19. Qf3 d5 $1 20. e5 Ne4 {and White's attacking chances
are rather doubtful.}) 18... Nd5 19. Bxd5 {White definitevely gives up the
fight for the light squares for the sake of a rather illusory kingside attack.
In any case, after} (19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Bd2 Ne7 {he would have faced problems
defending his central pawns.}) 19... exd5 20. f5 dxc4 21. f6 g6 22. Qg4 ({
Pelletier:} 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Qxe6 Qd7 25. d5 $13) 22... Qc6 $17 {
Black's threats along the h1-a8 diagonal are more realistic than White's plan
to deliver mate on g7.} 23. Rf4 dxe5 24. dxe5 Bb7 25. Qh3 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Rxe5 27.
Rcxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qd7 Rc2+ 30. Kg1 Bc6 31. Qd4 Rd5 32. Qg4 h5 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {A modern
variation, characterized by very complicated play. Black puts the enemy centre
under pressure immediately, but if White manages to repel this early attack,
the queen might remain exposed and Black in general - underdeveloped.} 7. Ndb5
$5 ({The main alternative is} 7. Nb3) 7... Ne5 {Moving again with an already
developed piece, for the sake of attacking the relatively vulnerable c4-pawn.}
({The developing move} 7... Bc5 {has also been tried frequently. White's best
chance for an advantage is} 8. Bg2 $5 {ignoring the threat against the f2-pawn.
Anticipating a bit, this will be the main theme of White's opening play in the
main game.} ({As I had the occasion to convince myself,} 8. Nd6+ {is fine for
Black after} Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 {In this variation Black
has problems with the development of his queenside and also especially on the
dark squares. The question is whether his activity can compensate for these
positional disadvantages. In dieser Variante Schwarz hat Probleme mit der
Entwicklung des Damenflügels und besonders auch auf den schwarzen Feldern. Die
Frage ist, ob seine Aktivität diese positionellen Nachteile kompensiert.} d5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 $132 {Marin,M (2545)-Nisipeanu,L (2610)/Bucharest
1998/CBM 064/[Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 22)}) 8... a6 (8... Bxf2+ {leaves Black with
problems of coordination after} 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. Qd6 $44 {Greenfeld,A (2530)
-Yemelin,V (2485)/Beersheba 1998/EXT 99/[Yemelin,V] (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 9. Nd6+ Ke7
10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $5 {ףb6, Bb4. Maybe this move is not
necessary, but after having left the f2-pawn undefended, giving up the right
to castle seems like a minor concession for the sake of leaving the early
developed enemy pieces vulnerable.} (12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qb4 {left Black
with a passive but solid position in Lautier,J (2645)-Izeta Txabarri,F (2505)/
Madrid 1993/CBM 036/[Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 12... d5 $1 {The correct reaction.}
(12... d6 $6 {leaves Black uncoordinated after} 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Qc2 $16 {
Marin,M (2548)-Sion Castro,M (2425)/Benasque 1999/CBM 072/[Marin,M] (1-0, 37)})
13. cxd5 Rd8 14. Be3 Qb5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 exd5 17. Rb1 (17. h4 $5 {
[%cal Gh4h5,Gh1h4,Yh4a4,Ya4h4]} h5 18. Bf3 $14) 17... Qc4 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Bc5+
Kf6 20. exd3 b5 21. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M (2551)-Gashimov,V (2664)/Reggio
Emilia 2008/ CBM 122}) 8. Bf4 {A move designed by the inexhaustible Korchnoi.}
Nfg4 9. Qa4 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty, quite similar to 8.Bg2 from the
line above.} ({Korchnoi's initial move} 9. e3 {is best met by} a6 $1 {
introduced into practice by... Leko!} (9... g5 $6 10. Bxg5 $1 {Marin,M (2545)
-Komljenovic,D (2460)/Andorra 1997/CBM 058 ext/[Bulletin] (1-0, 33)}) (9... Qc6
$6 10. h3 $1 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Greenfeld,A (2570)/Beersheba 1995/CBM 051/
[Cifuentes] (1-0, 43)}) 10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Qxg4 $13 {Anand,V (2725)-Leko,P 
(2625)/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 051/[Ribli] (1-0, 54)}) 9... g5 {Played after 80
minutes of thought. Black accepts to play a hedgehog type of position, where
he will have the pair of bishops to compensate for the early kingside
commitment and the slight delay in development.} ({Over the board, it must not
have been easy to evaluate the consequences of} 9... Qxf2+ 10. Kd2 {and, I
must admit, it is not much easier to do it at the analysis desk.} Qc5 {[%csl
Gc4] might be relatively best.} (10... Nf3+ $6 11. Kc1 {Apparently the best
square, out of the reach of the knights.} Nfxh2 12. Ne4 Qe1+ 13. Kc2 Qxa1 14.
Bg2 $16) (10... Qb6 11. h3 {leaves the knights unstable.} g5 12. Bxg5 f6 13.
Bf4 {Black has given up a pawn for the sake of consolidating the e5-knight.}
Nf2 {Risky, but otherwise Black is just worse.} 14. Rh2 {[%csl Yc7][%cal Gh2f2]
/\Rxf2} Bc5 15. Kc2 $5 (15. b4 Be3+ $1 16. Kc2 Nxc4 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Nc7+ Kf7
19. Nxa8 Qd4 {is not entirely clear, as White's extra-piece does not make
itself felt.}) {But now, the threat of b4 is real and} 15... a5 $6 {is
strongly met by} 16. e3 $1 Bxe3 17. Nc7+ $1 Qxc7 18. Bxe3 $16) 11. Ne4 $1 Qc6 (
11... Nxc4+ $2 12. Kc3 $1 $18) 12. c5 $44 {[%csl Gd6]}) 10. Bxe5 (10. Bxg5 f6
11. Bf4 Nxf2 $1) 10... Nxe5 11. O-O-O {White has to protect the b2-pawn with
his king, but in the long run this will offer Black chances for counterplay.} (
{The attempt to castle short fails to} 11. Bg2 $6 a6 12. O-O $2 Rb8 {[%csl Gb2]
}) 11... a6 12. e3 Rb8 13. Nd4 Qc7 (13... Qb4 14. Qc2 Nxc4 $6 15. a3 Qc5 $2 (
15... Nxa3 $14) 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bxc4 d5 18. Bb5+ $1 Kd8 19. Be2 $18) 14. Be2
Be7 15. Kb1 (15. f4 {has been recommended by several commentators, but after
the calm retreat} Nc6 {the position does not differ too much from what we will
see in the game. The early advance of the pawn to f4 leaves White slightly
over-extended.}) 15... Nc6 {The critical position of the game. As an
experienced English Hedgehog player, I do not find Black's position as bad as
it might look at first sight. In fact, if his g-pawn were on its initial
position, I would prefer playing with the black pieces. White's advance in
development is not easy to convert into something concrete because the absence
of his dark-squared bishop would make the position double-edged in the event
of an early attacking operation. Besides, the black king feels safe, being
covered by a strong shield of pawns.} 16. Rc1 {[%cal Gc3d5] /\Nd5. The slow
regrouping initiated by this move will allow Black to improve his kingside
position.} (16. Rd2 {would to a certain extent be similar to Aronian's rook
regrouping from his game against Topalov, in the same tournament.} h5 (16...
Qe5 {is also possible, because after} 17. h4 gxh4 18. Nf3 {Black has} Qf5+ 19.
e4 Qc5 {[%csl Gf2]}) 17. Qd1 h4 (17... g4 18. h3 $14) 18. Nf3 (18. Ne4 Qe5 $1 {
and White has not the time to take on c6 and play Nd6+.}) 18... b6 19. Ne4 g4
20. Nxh4 Bb7 $44 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gb7h1]} (20... f5 21. Ng6 Rh6 22. Nxe7 Kxe7
23. Nd6 $16)) ({It looks natural to try opening the kingside with} 16. h4 gxh4
17. gxh4 {but this would just weaken the dark squares allowing Black to obtain
powerful counterplay with} Nxd4 $1 18. Rxd4 ({After the previous structural
modifications,} 18. exd4 {weakens the f4-square.} Qf4 $132) 18... Bf6 19. Rg4
h5 20. Rg3 Qc6 21. Qd1 Ke7 $132 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) ({I would prefer} 16. Qc2 $5 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Gc3d5] , removing the queen from a generally exposed and not
really active square and increasing the control over the centre. In certain
lines, the h7-pawn would be under pressure. Besides, this move also threatens
Nd5. Generally, the move just aims to establish the harmony between White's
pieces, after which he can decide to embark either of the plans mentioned
above, according to the circumstances.} Nxd4 (16... Ne5 17. b3 h5 18. h3 $14 {
[%cal Gf2f4]}) (16... Nb4 17. Qd2 $14) (16... Qe5 17. h4 $5 gxh4 18. gxh4 {
With the own queen obstructing the long diagonal, Black cannot get counterplay
so easily now after} Nxd4 19. Rxd4 b6 20. Rhd1 $14 {[%cal Gc3e4]}) (16... Qa5 {
releases the pressure against the f4-square and can be met by} 17. f4 {, for
instance} Nxd4 18. exd4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Bb4 21. a4 $14) 17. exd4 b5
$5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bb4 (19... O-O 20. Rhe1 Bb4 21. Re3) 20. Rd3 O-O 21.
Rc1 $14) 16... Qe5 17. Rhd1 h5 $1 {After the recent game Kramnik-Carlsen, WaZ
2008, where the ex-World Champion was defeated by means of such a massive
advance of the kingside pawns, we can hardly call Leko's plan "original".
However, for Aronian it might have come as a surprise. Black has excellent
play already, although his queenside is still underdeveloped.} 18. Ka1 g4 19.
Bf1 f5 $6 {Not necessary yet (or maybe at all), but ...f5 was part of
Carlsen's plan, too...} (19... h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4g3,Gh8h2] would have put White
under immediate pressure.}) 20. Bg2 (20. h3 $5 h4 $5 21. hxg4 hxg3 22. gxf5
gxf2 23. fxe6 dxe6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6+ Kf7 26. Rd2 Qxe3 27. Rcc2 Qe1+ 28.
Nb1 Rh2 29. Qf3+ Bf6 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Qe5 $44 {Black's superior activity
and his pair of bishops entitle him to hope for a draw.}) 20... Kf7 (20... h4
$1) 21. h3 $1 {Now, it will be up to White to decide when to open the h-file.}
Bf6 (21... h4 $6 {does not work out so well now because of} 22. hxg4 hxg3 23.
gxf5 gxf2 24. fxe6+ dxe6 25. Bxc6 $1 $18) 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nce2 b5 $5 {A
courageous pawn sacrifice, aiming to exchange White's last remaining central
pawn and open files on the queenside.} ({I do not see any special worries for
Black after the more restrained} 23... b6) 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nf4 d5 26. Qc5 Rb7
27. Qb4 Bd7 28. Nd3 Qb8 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Qa5 Rc7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 (31... Rxc1+ 32.
Rxc1 Qxd7 33. Nxb5 h4 $5 $132) 32. hxg4 (32. Nxb5 $5) 32... hxg4 (32... Bxd4 $5
33. exd4 hxg4 34. Qxb5 $140 Rh2 $132) 33. Bf1 b4 34. Nb5 Qe5 35. Qxb4 Ra8 36.
Rd2 Qb8 37. Kb1 Be5 38. Rdc2 Rda7 39. a3 Ra4 40. Qb3 Qb6 41. Rc5 R4a5 42. Be2
Rb8 43. Qb4 Kf6 44. R1c2 Rh8 45. e4 fxe4 46. Bxg4 Rha8 {Instead of this
mechanical concentration of forces on the queenside, Black could have struck
from the other side, too:} (46... Rh1+ 47. Ka2 (47. Rc1 $2 Rxc1+ 48. Kxc1 Nc6
$19) 47... Bd6 48. Qc3+ Be5 49. Qb3 Rh2 $44) 47. Rc1 (47. f4 $5 {was the last
chance to keep Black under some pressure.}) 47... Ra4 48. Qd2 Rxa3 49. Nxa3
Rxa3 50. Rc6 Nxc6 51. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 $5 {This move was
popularized by the eternally young Viktor Kortschnoj. White aims for a
Hedgehog structure. The move a3 could prove a loss of time at a later stage,
but the c6-knight is also far from optimally placed for the aforementioned
structure. Esta jugada fue popularizada por el eternamente joven Viktor
Kortschnoj. Las blancas aspiran a obtener una estructura de erizo. Aunque la
jugada a3 puede resultar como una pérdida de tiempo para mas tarde, el caballo
de c6 tampoco está situado do forma óptima para dicha estructura.} Be7 7. e4
O-O 8. Nf3 {Necessary prophylaxis.} ({In case of the normal developing move} 8.
Be2 {, Black equalizes with} d5 $1 $11 {Bagirov,V (2485)-Schlosser,P (2485)/
Brno 1991/CBM 026/[Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 17)}) 8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4
{This move is supposed to cause Black some problems with his regrouping.} Ne5 {
This was suggested by Kortschnoj. However, Black has other ways of
re-arranging his knights.} (11... Ng4 12. Nd2 Nge5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rc1 g5 {
This would be a very good plan if the queen's knight were better placed (say,
on g6).} 15. b4 Kh8 (15... Qe7 {[%cal Re5g6,Gf6e5]} 16. c5 $5 $36) 16. Nb3 Ne7
$6 17. Qd2 Rg8 18. Rfd1 $16 {Nester,I (2417)-Nikolaev,Y (2110)/St Petersburg
2006 (1-0, 31)}) (11... Rc8 12. Re1 (12. Rc1 {Cheparinov,I (2572)-Karjakin,S 
(2599)/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105/[Ribli] (0-1, 43)}) 12... Ng4 $5 (12... a6 {
Kortschnoj,V-Ponomariov,R/Donetsk (m/2) 80/30 2001/[Kortschnoj,V] (1-0, 117)})
13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Nf6 {Apparently, Black has only lost time
with his knight, but the retreat of White's minor pieces (Nd2, Be3) can hardly
be considered an achievement.} 16. Qa4 a6 17. Red1 Nb8 18. b4 Nbd7 {Finally,
Black's knights stand the way they are supposed to in the Hedgehog.} 19. Qb3
Qc7 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Nf1 Qb8 22. Kh1 Bd8 $13 {Gavrikov,V (2581)-Lazarev,V (2477)
/Switzerland 2002/EXT 2003 (1-0, 44)}) 12. Nd2 Ng6 ({Not a bad square for the
knight, but} 12... Ned7 {should also be considered.} 13. Re1 a6 (13... Nc5 14.
Bf1 d5 15. e5 Nfe4 $13 {was suggested by Kortschnoj.}) 14. Rc1 Rc8 $13 {
[%cal Yd8c7,Yf8e8,Yc7b8] with a normal Hedgehog position.}) 13. Bg3 Rc8 $146 (
13... d5 $6 {is probably premature.} 14. cxd5 (14. exd5 $6 exd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 $11
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 Roeder,M (2404)-Ninov,N (2486)/
Cutro 2005/CBM 106 ext}) 14... exd5 15. e5 Ne4 (15... Nd7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Nd4
$14) 16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Nc4 $14 {[%cal Yc4d6]}) 14. Re1 a6 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. b4 {
Both sides have carried out their plans in a consequent way. Black's queen's
knight occupies a "typical" square for this kind of position, while the
a3-pawn proves useful by sustaining his colleague on b4 for the eventuality of
a central break (...d5). We shall now see a long phase of slow manoeuvring.
Ambas partes han llevado a cabo su plan de forma consecuente. El caballo negro
se encuentra en una casilla "típica" para este tipo de posiciones, mientras
que el peón de a3 resulta útil por defender a su colega de b4 para el caso de
una eventual ruptura central (...d5). A continuación, seguírá una larga fase
de maniobras lentas.} Qb8 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Qe3 h6 20. Nf3 {
Overcautious.} (20. f4 {would have shortened the way to the position arising 6
moves later.}) 20... Ba8 21. Red1 Nde5 22. Nd2 Ng4 23. Qe2 N4e5 24. f4 Nd7 25.
Nf3 Bf6 26. Qe3 {White's queen has been constantly avoiding the opposition
with the enemy rooks and the brutal attacks of the minor pieces. This did not
cause any concession on White's part, but also prevented him from making
significant progress. La dama blanca ha evitado constantemente laoposición con
las torres enemigas o los ataques brutales de las figuras menoras enemigas.
Esto no ha causado ningún tipo de concesión por parte de las blancas, pero
tampoco le ha permitido hacer progreso alguno.} Re8 27. Be1 ({For the moment,
De momento no valía} 27. e5 {was not possible because of por} dxe5 $1 28. Rxd7
exf4 {winning back the piece recuperando pieza.}) (27. Bf2 {offers Black the
additional possibility of} Bxc3 $5 (27... Rcd8 {, as recommended after the
game conntinuation, is entirely playable, too.}) 28. Rxc3 Nf6 29. Nd2 b5 $132)
27... Bd8 $2 (27... Bxc3 $2 {is pointless now because of} 28. Bxc3 $16) ({
Playing with fire. Jugando con el fuego.} 27... Rcd8 $13 {would have
maintained the previous stage of the issue. hubiera mantenido el estado
anterior del asunto.}) 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. Rxd7 exf4 30. Qe2 $16 {It is hard to
say whether Leko overestimated his position, or he simply overlooked that,
after the bishop retreat to e1, e5 had become a serious threat. The latter
looks more plausible, because it is not really his style to gamble this way.}
e5 31. Ne4 Be7 32. c5 $5 bxc5 33. bxc5 Bc6 (33... Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Bxc5+ 35. Kh1
Bxa3 36. Bc4 $18) 34. Rdd1 {Black has no adequate compensation for the
sacrificed piece. Las negras no tienen compensación adecuada por la figura
entregada.} Bb5 35. Qb2 Qa7 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. Bf2 Qa8 38. Nd6 e4 39. Nxe8 Rxe8
40. Nd4 Bf6 41. c6 e3 42. Be1 f3 43. gxf3 Nf4 44. Bg3 Ne6 45. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Benasque op 19th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bc5 8.
Bg2 $5 (8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nde4) 8... a6 (8... Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. Qd6 $44) 9.
Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $1 {ףb6, Bb4} (12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 Qb4 $13) 12... d6 13. Be3 Qd8 (13... Bc5 14. Qxd6+ (14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qd6+
Ke8 16. Rd1 $18) 14... Bxd6 15. Bxb6 $18) (13... Qc7 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bb6 16.
Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxd6+) 14. Qc2 Qa5 (14... Qc7 15. a3 (15. Rd1 Rd8 (15... b6) 16.
Bg5+ f6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Qxh7+ $18) 15... Ba5 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. c5 d5 18. Bf4 e5
(18... Qd7 19. Bd6+ Ke8 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxh7) (18... Ne5 19. Nd6 f6 20. b4)
19. Bg5+ f6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Qxh7+ Ke8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. b4 $18)
15. a3 f5 (15... Bc5 16. b4 Nxb4 (16... Bxb4 17. Qb2 Bc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bxc6
bxc6 20. Qxg7 $18) 17. Qc3 (17. Qb2 Bxe3 18. axb4 Qf5 $14) 17... Nc6 18. Qxg7
Bxe3 19. Qf6+ Kd7 20. Qxf7+ Ne7 (20... Kd8 21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Qxh8 $18) 21. Qg7 (
21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Qg7 Ng6)) 16. Rd1 fxe4 (16... Bxa3 17. bxa3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 h6
19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qg6 Rf8 21. Bf4 $18) 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Kg2 $6 (
19. Ra1 $142 $18) 19... Ne5 20. Bd4 Bd7 (20... Qxc4 21. Bxe5 Qxc2 22. Bxd6+ $18
) (20... Nxc4 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bc3 Qb5 23. Bf3 $18) 21. Bc3 (21. c5 Rhc8 22.
Qc3 $3 Qxc3 23. cxd6+ Kf7 24. Bxc3 $16) 21... Qb6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. c5 Qb4 24.
Rd6 (24. Qd3 Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Bc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27. Rd6 $16) 24... Ba4 (24...
Rac8 25. Qd3 (25. Rhd1) 25... Bb5 26. Rxe6+ Kxe6 27. Qd6+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Kg8 29.
Qe6+ $18) (24... Rhc8 25. Rhd1 (25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Rxe6+ Kxe6 27. Qd6+ Kf7 28.
Bd5+ Ke8 29. Qg6+ Kd8 30. Rd1) 25... Ba4 26. Qd3 Qxc5 (26... Rxc5 27. Rxe6+
Kxe6 28. Qd6+ Kf7 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Qd8+ $18) 27. Rd7+ Bxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kf6 29.
Rd3 $18) 25. b3 Bxb3 (25... Qxb3 26. Qxb3 Bxb3 27. Rb1 $18) 26. Qd3 Rhd8 (26...
Qb5 27. Qe3 $18) 27. Rb1 Qxc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxb3 b5 30. Qb2 (30. e3) 30...
Rd4 31. Rc1 Qb4 32. Rc7+ Kf6 (32... Kd8 33. Qc2 Rxe4 34. Qc6 $18) (32... Kd6
33. Qc2 $18) 33. Qxb4 (33. Qc2 Rxe4 34. Qd3 Rg4 $8 35. Qd8+ Kg6 (35... Kf5 36.
f3 Rd4 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Qg8) 36. Qg8 Qe4+ (36... Kh5) 37. Kh3 Rh4+ 38. gxh4
Qf5+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 33... Rxb4 34. f3 a5 35. Ra7 a4 36. Bc6 (36. Bd3) 36...
Rb3 37. Ra5 (37. Be8 a3) (37. Ra5 Rc3 38. Be4 (38. Bxb5 Rc5) 38... Rb3 39. Bd3
$18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 {White has systematically failed to impose his point of view in
this line. This game is no exception. One important thing Black needs to know
is that the exchange on c3 is premature when the white bishop is on c1.} 10. f4
(10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 (13... a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3
b6 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 {Morozevich,A (2748)-Leko,P 
(2732)/Tashkent 2012/CBM 152/[Ftacnik,L] (1-0, 42)}) 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 a4
16. Nd2 Ng4 {Fridman,D (2667)-Anand,V (2780)/Baden-Baden 2013/CBM 153/[Stohl,I]
(1/2, 58)}) 10... Nc6 (10... Bxc3+ $2 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Ba3 $1 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5
14. Bb4 Qa4 15. Bg2 $16 {Romanishin,O (2513)-Borosova,Z (2307)/Presov 2010/CBM
136 Extra (1-0, 26)}) 11. Be3 (11. Bg2 e5 $1 {does not change the situation
essentially.} 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 Nd4 $1 $17) 12... O-O (12... a5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 a4 15. dxc6 axb3 16. a3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 O-O 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20.
O-O $13 {Nezar,M (2399)-Tregubov,P (2647)/Nancy 2009/CBM 129 (1-0, 48)}) 13.
Nb5 (13. f5 Bd7 14. Qd3 Nd4 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Rf1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nd7 18. Qc2 f6
19. Ke2 Nc5 $15 {Karpov,A (2750)-Gulko,B (2610)/Linares 1989/CBM 011 (1/2, 24)}
) 13... exf4 14. gxf4 Re8 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 {/\ ...Bg4, ...Rxe4-+ Portisch,L (2610)
-Sax,G (2610)/Brussels 1988/CBM 007 (1-0, 42)}) 11... Bxc3+ {Now is a good
moment for this exchange.} ({However,} 11... Qc7 {seems to be OK, too.} 12. Bd2
{(+/= Portisch - practice has proved this evaluation to be too optimistic.)}
O-O 13. Bg2 a5 (13... e5 14. O-O Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18.
fxe5 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxe5 {Cifuentes Parada,R (2500)-Riemersma,L (2440)/
Netherlands 1994/EXT 98 (1/2, 46); with perfect play for Black.}) 14. O-O (14.
a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 e5 16. f5 Bd7 17. Qe3 a4 18. Nd2 Na5 $15 {Swoboda,E (2200)
-Danner,G (2335)/Austria 1979/EXT 98 (0-1, 40)}) 14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 e5 16. Kh1
b6 17. Nd2 a4 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 {1/2 Drasko,M (2505)-Ivanovic,B (2530)/
Yugoslavia 1989/CBM 013}) 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $1 {Quite wisely, Gelfand
decids to take over the control on the dark squares without wasting time with
castling.} ({The main move is} 13... O-O {, but this offers White some chances
for the initiative, although Black seems to be fine here, too:} 14. c5 (14. O-O
b6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. e5 Nd5 $1 {Carlsen,M (2675)
-Volokitin,A (2662)/Biel 2006/CBM 114/[Marin,M] (32, 0-1)}) 14... dxc5 15. Bxc5
Rd8 16. e5 Na5 17. Bb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qc4 Qxc4 (19... Qd7 20. Qd4 Nxb4
21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. cxb4 Bb5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Ba6 {1/2 Kramnik,V (2790)-Salov,V
(2680)/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 063/[Ribli]}) 20. bxc4 Ne3 (20... Nxb4 21. cxb4
Rd4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 $14) 21. Be4 (21. Kf2 $11) 21... Nxc4 (21... Bd7 22.
Kf2 Nxc4 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Rxa7 Bc8 25. Bf3 Rd2+ 26. Be2 Bb7 27. Rha1 Be4 28.
Ke1 $18 {Smirnov,P (2631)-Tomashevsky,E (2641)/Sochi 2007/CBM 118 (1-0, 35)})
22. O-O Ne3 (22... a5 $1 $15 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f5 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Ge4]})
23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. Bc5 b5 25. Bxa7 Bb7 26. Bg2 h6 27. Bd4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29.
Rb1 Bc6 $11 30. Bf1 Ra3 31. Bxb5 {1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I (2535)-Izeta
Txabarri,F (2380)/Ponferrada 1991/EXT 99}) ({The move order starting with} 
13... b6 $6 {is wrong:} 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Nd4 $36 {[%cal Gd4b5,
Gb5d6]}) 14. c5 {Practically forced; otherwise the c4-pawn would be too weak
to deal with after ...b6.} (14. f5 b6 15. g4 Ba6 16. g5 Nd7 17. O-O Na5 $5 18.
Nxa5 bxa5 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Rab1 Bxc4 22. Qf2 b5 23. f6 g6 24. Rb2
Rd8 25. Rbd2 h6 $17 {Wells,P (2520)-Emms,J (2502)/Southend 2008/CBM 123 Extra 
(1-0, 41)}) (14. O-O b6 15. a4 Ba6 {Suetin,A (2430)-Kindermann,S (2585)/Bern
1995/EXT 2000 (1-0, 41)}) 14... b6 $5 $146 {The most logical complement to the
previous move.} (14... Bg4 15. cxd6 (15. Qb5 a6 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. cxb6 Be6 18.
O-O-O Ke7 {Ftacnik,L (2568)-Kovacevic,A (2582)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (1/
2, 28)}) 15... Qxd6 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qc4 (17. Qxb7 Qd3 18. Qxc6+ Nd7 19. Qxa8+
Ke7 20. Bc5+ Nxc5 21. Qa7+ Ke8 22. Qb8+ Ke7 $11 {Korchnoi,V}) 17... Be6 18. Qe2
b5 $13 {Morovic Fernandez,I (2535)-Kortschnoj,V (2640)/Vina del Mar (m/2) 1988/
[Portisch,L] (0-1, 36)}) 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. f5 {Too straightforward.
} ({It would have been a good idea to force the queen to make up her mind
before deciding the kingside configuration.} 17. Rfd1 Qc7 (17... Qa3 $6 {
does not work now:} 18. Qb5 Bb7 19. Bc5 $1) 18. f5 $13) 17... Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3
$1 {Putting very unpleasant pressure on the white queenside. In some cases,
the simple ...Ba6-c4 would win material.} 19. Rxd8+ (19. Qb5 Bb7 20. Bc5 $2 {
does not work now because of} Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qxa2 $19) 19... Nxd8 20. Bg5 ({
The attack based on the massiev pawn advance seems to be too slow:} 20. g4 Ba6
21. Qf3 Nb7 22. g5 Ne8 23. f6 g6 24. h4 Rd8 25. h5 Bc4 26. hxg6 hxg6 {White is
far from creating decisive threats yet, while his queenside problems are
chronic.}) 20... Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 ({Objectively,} 22. Bf1 $15 {may have
been better, since the g2-bishop is passive while its rival is killing.
However, this would be equivalent to stategic surrender, so we can understant
White's reluctance to play it.}) 22... Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
Nd6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 $17 {White's attack has come to an end before
even starting seriously, while his weaknesses are hard to defend.} 28. a4 $6 {
Creating even more weaknesses.} Qd7 29. a5 Nxe4 30. Bc2 Qb5 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qg2
bxa5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 {This used to be
Korchnoi's favourite variation in his Candidates' matches about three decades
ago.} ({Later he came up with the then virtually unexamined} 6. a3 $5) 6... d5
{The most principled reaction, fighting for space in the centre and inviting
White to justify his early display of piece activity. This was Portisch'
constant choice in his (curiously) only match against Korchnoi.} ({In his
second match with Korchnoi, Polugaevsky preferred the developing} 6... Bb4) 7.
Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ ({Korchnoi managed to
surprise his opponent with} 11. Nd4 {in the first match game Kortschnoj,V 
(2600)-Portisch,L (2620) Bad Kissingen 1983 (1-0, 35). Despite the favourable
result, he returned to the known game move.}) 11... Bd7 12. Nd6 {The forced
sequence has come to an end and we can make a first description of the
strategic plot. White has managed to spoil Black's structure on both wings and
can hope to reach a favourable endgame in the long run. Besides, he has a
powerful threat (Nxf7+). However, his seeming initiative is about to vanish.
He needs several tempi to complete the kingside development, while Black has
better possibilities for rapid piece mobilisation. Practice has shown that
Black's greater activity compensates for the static drawbacks of the position.}
Kc7 {A rather aggressive continuation. Black ignores the threat on f7 for the
sake of speeding up his counterplay along the b-file.} ({The obvious
alternative is} 12... Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 $1 {It is important to
take measures against White's planned g2-g3.} (14... Kc7 15. g3 {offers White
some initiative.} fxg3 16. hxg3 Rb4 17. Bg2 {Huebner,R (2580)-Sax,G (2486)/
Leon 2011/CBM 145 Extra (1-0, 31). It is interesting that both players had
been at their best in the times when the theory in this whole line was just
builidng up.}) 15. f3 $5 (15. g3 {allows} f3 {, when Black seems to equalise:}
16. Kd1 fxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Kc7 18. Bc4 Bg4+ 19. Kc2 Re7 20. b3 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8
22. f4 Bf5+ 23. Kc1 Kc7 24. Nd1 Ne8 25. Kd2 Nd6 $11 {1/2 Karpov,A (2700)
-Polugaevsky,L (2615)/London 1984/MCL. Black has regrouped properly, fighting
against the blockade on c4 and controlling the main weakness in White's camp,
namely e4.}) 15... Kc7 16. g3 Be6 $5 {This indirect defence of the pawn is the
best.} (16... Nh5 {was played at grandmaster level, but leaves White with some
advantage:} 17. Kf2 Re5 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rc1 h6 20. b3 $14 {Gurevich,D (2503)
-De Firmian,N (2547)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112 (1/2, 30)}) 17. b3 ({Black's point
is revealed after} 17. gxf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5+ Bxd5 $11 {[%csl Ga2,Gf3]}) 17... Nd5
(17... Rb4 $5) 18. Nxd5+ Bxd5 19. Kf2 Rb4 {Gasthofer,V (2333)-Mueller,R (2337)
Germany 2005 (1-0, 45). After the exchange of knights, the weakness of the
c6-pawn becomes less relevant.}) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 {The knight hurries back
into play and intends to eliminate the d7-bishop, which is an important
defender of the c6-pawn.} ({The following classical game is a good example
about the way how Black can build up his counterplay with natural moves after} 
14. g3 Rb8 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Bg2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb1+ 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Ng4
$132 {Andersson,U (2635)-Tal,M (2620)/Malmo 1983/IZT (1/2, 27)}) 14... Rb8 $1 {
Black has to play everything on the card of his advance in development.} ({
There is no time to for neutral moves such as} 14... Bf5 $6 15. g3 fxg3 16.
hxg3 Re8 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Bg2 $16 {Yartsev,P (2175)-Raznikov,D (2314) Israel
2010 (1-0, 51)}) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 {White has achieved most of his strategic aims,
but the time has come to think about developing. He still is two tempi behind.}
16. g3 {Returning the pawn for the sake of gaining time.} (16. Rd2 $6 {helps
Black to develop his initiative.} Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 17. e3 (17. b3 Bb4 18. Rc2
Rge8 $36 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 17... fxe3 18. fxe3 Bb4 19. Be2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb1+ 21.
Rd1 Rb2 22. Rf1 Rxa2 23. Rf5 Re8 24. Rd4 Ra5 25. g4 Rc5 $13 {Rubinetti,J (2445)
-Velimirovic,D (2520)/Lucerne 1982/EXT 97-B (1-0, 42)}) 16... Rxb2 17. Bh3 {
Gaining another important tempo, but the bishop does not get on the most
active diagonal at once.} Nf6 {The best way to keep the paths open for the
other pieces (the a3-f8 diagonal and the b-file).} ({After} 17... Nc5 {White
can forget about the threats ...Bb4 and ...Ba3, which allowed him consolidate
in the following classical game:} 18. O-O Rc2 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 fxg3 21.
hxg3 {The material is equal, but White's structure is better.} Be7 22. Bg2 Rb8
23. Rc2 Rb4 24. e3 Rc4 25. Bf1 Rb4 {It became obvious that Black's activity
has reached a dead end.} 26. Ne2 Rb1 27. Nd4 Kb6 28. Nf3 Nd3 29. Kg2 Nb4 (29...
Ne1+ 30. Nxe1 Rxe1 31. Rb2+ Kc7 32. Ba6 $36) 30. Rd2 Kc7 31. Bc4 $14 {
Kortschnoj,V (2600)-Portisch,L (2620)/Bad Kissingen 1983/Candidates (1/2, 52).
White has regrouped properly and his advantage is beyond doubt.}) 18. O-O Bb4
19. Rc1 Rd8 {White has managed to almost complete his development (the f1-rook
needs to be activated still), but Black's activity is overwhelming.} 20. Bg2 {
Hoping to prove that the black king is not that safe behind the c6-pawn.} Rdd2
{The most natural and possibly best move. Black does not need to release the
tension in any way yet. However, there are worthy alternatives available.} (
20... Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Ra3 Kb6 {The king takes an active part in events,
compensating for the queenside weaknesses.} 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rb3+ Rxb3 25. axb3
fxg3 26. hxg3 Nb4 $11 {Prudnikova,S (2421)-Maksimovic,S (2278)/Herceg Novi
2000/CBM 075 ext (1-0, 42)}) (20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Rdd2 {Compared to the game,
this gives up the control over the e3-square and offers White the possibility
to regroup with Nd1-e3.} 22. a3 Be7 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rbc2) (22... Bxa3 $2
23. Nb1 $18) 23. Nd1 Rb6 (23... Rbc2 24. Ne3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxe2 $11 {Adorjan})
24. Ne3 Rxe2 25. a4 $44 {Adorjan,A (2535)-Cebalo,M (2475)/Vrsac 1983/MCD (1-0,
43)}) 21. gxf4 $146 {This novelty doesnot change the evaluation of the whole
variation as comfortable for Black.} (21. a3 Bd6 22. gxf4 Rbc2 23. a4 Ba3 24.
Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nb1 Bb2 26. e3 a5 27. Bf3 Rc4 $13 {Krivonosovs,V (2490)-Lepikhov,
A (2515)/W-Cup7 fin corr 1994/Corr 2002 (1/2, 64)}) 21... Rbc2 22. Ne4 Rxe2 23.
Nxf6 gxf6 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Be4 Rxa2 26. Rc1 c5 27. Bxh7 Rd2 28. h4 a5 {
Only Black can be better here, of course, but a draw is the most probable
result.} 29. h5 Rd8 30. Kg2 a4 31. h6 Rh8 32. Bc2 Rxh6 33. Bxa4 Rh8 34. Bb3 Rd8
35. Rd1 Bd2 36. Ba2 Bxf4 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. f4 Bxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1 Gr-B"]
[Site "Barbera del Valles"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pena Gomez, Manuel"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.08.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Universidad de Vigo"]
[BlackTeam "Foment Martinenc"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 {As far as I remember, I
never had played this line with Black before. It was an over the board
inspiration based on the fact that I had analysed (and played) it quite a lot
from White's side and was curious to see how it feels from the opposite side.}
({My usual choice is} 5... a6) 6. Ndb5 {This move somewhat took me out of
book! My knowledge was mainly based on a thorough examination of the games
from the Candidates' match Kortschnoj-Polugajevsky, Buenos Aires 1980, but
this had been done... right after the games were played! After almost 30 years,
I had only vague memories...} ({I had hoped for} 6. g3 Qb6) 6... Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Bc7 (8. Bd6 {is the other main line.}) 8... Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11.
e3 ({The most active continuation is} 11. e4 {I planned to go} b6 {and, after
checking the available practical material, I still believe it is Black's
safest option.} (11... a6 12. Nc7 Ne8 13. Nxe8 Rxe8 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qd4 16.
Rd1 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Kf8 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rfd1 g5 20. Na4 $14 {Kortschnoj,V (2645)
-Gruenfeld,Y (2505)/Luzern 1982/MCD (1-0, 44)}) (11... e5 12. O-O-O Ne8 13. Qd2
Qa5 14. Kb1 a6 15. Nd6 Nd4 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 $14 {Savchenko,B (2569)
-Chudinovskih,A (2392)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (1-0, 32)}) 12. Be2 a6 13. Na3 (13.
Qa3 axb5 14. Qxa8 b4 15. Nb5 Nxe4 $44) (13. Nd4 Bb7 14. O-O Qb8 15. Qxb8 Raxb8
16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Rd6 f6 $11) 13... Ne8
14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rd1 d6 16. O-O Qc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Bf3 Ne7 20. Qe2
Ng6 21. g3 $11 {Johansson,P (2200)-De Firmian,N (2475)/London 1982/MCD (1/2,
47). Black has regrouped properly and has little to worry about.}) ({Two games
I had problems to remember were:} 11. g3 a6 12. Na3 Qb6 13. Rb1 Qb4 14. Qxb4
Nxb4 15. Bg2 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rd1 Be6 $11 {Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Polugaevsky,
L (2635)/Buenos Aires 1980/Candidates (1/2, 41). I must confess that I only
remembered this position, but not the way they got here!}) ({and} 11. O-O-O a6
12. Nd4 Ne8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4 d6 15. c5 d5 16. f4 Nf6 17. e4 a5 18. g3 Ba6
$13 {Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Polugaevsky,L (2635)/Buenos Aires 1980/Candidates (1/
2, 31)}) 11... Qa5 {For me, this was the first independent move. Indeed, I
could not remember how they used to play a position I had never seen before!}
12. Bd3 $146 {It is strange that this move had never been played before. The
bishop seems a bit exposed on this square, but I did not find any effective
ways to take advantage of this circumstance.} ({As I was to find out later,} 
12. Qd2 {was unanimously played. I intended to continue with} d5 13. cxd5 Rd8
$1 {, which looks like an important novelty, solving Black's problems.} (13...
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 exd5 16. Bd3 $14 {Gulko,B (2585)-Kaidanov,G (2625)
/Denver 1998/CBM 068/[Ribli] (1/2, 38)}) 14. d6 (14. e4 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16.
Nxd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Be6 $1 $15 18. Nbc7 Bxd5 19. Nxa8 $2 Bxg2+ $1) (14. Rd1 a6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Nxd5 $15) (14. O-O-O exd5 $15 {[%csl Gc1]}) (14. Bd3 Nb4
$11) 14... Ne8 15. Ne4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Nxd6 $11) (12. Rd1 {was suggested to me
by IM Valentin Stoica, but Black seems to be OK after} a6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Nb3
Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxd6 16. Rxd6 b5 $132) 12... a6 13. Nd4 (13. Na3 b6 {/\ Qc5})
13... Nxd4 (13... Qe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 d6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rfd1 $14 {
I thought that the queenless hedgehog would be a bit passive for Black.}) (
13... Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bb1 d5 16. a3 Nc6 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. exd4 exd5 19.
f3 $14 {[%cal Ge1f2,Gb1a2,Gc3a4] The position is almost symmetrycal, but White
has better minor pieces and his king will be more centralized.}) 14. exd4 {
Black has not managed to expel the enemy queen from d6, but the presence of
the white king in the centre gives him the possibility of launching some
queenside counterplay.} b5 $1 15. cxb5 {White plays for the initiative.} ({
The strategically more constructive} 15. c5 {would have led to unusual
positions>} b4 16. Nd1 (16. Ne4 Nxe4 $3 (16... b3+ 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. O-O bxa2 19.
Rxa2 Qb4 20. Rb1 $14) 17. Bxe4 b3+ 18. Kd1 (18. Ke2 Bb7 $1 $17) 18... Ra7 19.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf8 Bb7 $44 21. Qb8 (21. Qxf7 bxa2 22. Qf4 Qa4+ 23. Kd2 Qb4+
24. Kc1 Bxg2) 21... bxa2 22. Qxa7 Qa4+ 23. Ke1 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Qb4+ 25. Ke2 Qxb2+
26. Kd3 (26. Ke3 Qc3+ $19) 26... Qb3+ 27. Kd2 Qb2+ $11) 16... Qa4 $5 17. Ne3 (
17. O-O Qc6 $1 18. Qxc6 dxc6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yf8d8,Ya6a5,Yc8a6]}) 17... Bb7
18. O-O a5 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. Qxc6 (20. Qg3 $6 Nh5) (20. f3 Ba6) 20... Bxc6 21.
Ne5 Rfb8 $132) 15... axb5 16. O-O (16. b4 $2 Qa3 $19) (16. Bxb5 $2 Nd5 $17)
16... b4 (16... Ba6 $143 17. a3 $16) 17. Ne4 Ne8 $1 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 Ba6
19. Bxa8 Bxf1 20. Be4 Ba6 21. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 18. Qe7 f5 19. Nc5 (19. Nd6 Nf6 20.
Rfc1 Ba6 $11 (20... Nd5 $5)) 19... Ra7 $6 {Black loses too much time, relying
on his compact structure. This is only the start of mutual inaccuracies, for
which the players may be excused because of the unusual character of the
opening (which had taken a lot of time and energy), middlegame and also of the
ensuing ending...} (19... Nf6 $1 {(/\ Qb6, Nd5)} 20. Qd6 (20. Rfc1 Qb6 21. Nb3
Ba6 $132) 20... Ne8 21. Qe7 (21. Qf4 d6 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Bc4 Nc7 $11) 21... Nf6
$11) 20. Rfc1 $6 ({White misses his chance:} 20. a4 $1 d6 (20... bxa3 $2 21.
Rxa3 Qb6 22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Nxe6 $18 {I believe that we both overlooked this
possibility!}) 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. a5 Qb8 23. Qh4 $14) 20... d6 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Rc6
Rxe7 $6 (22... Qxc6 $1 {is the right way to reach the ending from the game.}
23. Qxa7 Qb7 24. Qa5 $6 (24. Qxb7 $1 Bxb7 {transposes to the game}) 24... Nf6
25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Bc4 (26. Be2 Qe7 27. Bf3 Bb7) 26... Nf4 27. f3 (27. Bf1 Qe4 $15
) 27... Bd7 28. Kf2 Bc6 $132 {Somehow, I could not work out all these
regrouping manoeuvres during the game.}) 23. Rxb6 Rb7 24. Rxb7 $6 (24. Rc6 $1
Bd7 25. Ra6 Rb8 (25... Rc7 26. Rb6) 26. Rc1 $14) 24... Bxb7 25. a4 {The only
chance to retain some initiative.} (25. Rc1 Nf6 $11) (25. Bc4 Kf7 $11) 25...
bxa3 26. bxa3 Bd5 $6 {Once again, Black fails to find the most effective
regrouping.} (26... Nc7 $142 $1 27. Na5 (27. Nd2 Ra8) (27. a4 Ra8 28. a5 Kf8
29. f3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Ba6 $11) 27... Ba6 28. Bxa6 Ra8 $1 $11 {Of course, I failed
to foresee this important resource...} (28... Nxa6 29. Nc4 $14)) 27. Nd2 Rf7 (
27... Nf6 28. Nc4 $14) 28. a4 Ra7 29. a5 Kf8 30. f3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Nc7 32. Nb1 (
32. Nc4 $142 $1 Bb7 (32... Nb5 33. Nb6 $18) 33. Nb6 $14) 32... Bb7 33. Nc3 Ba6
34. Ke3 Rb7 35. Bxa6 (35. Rb1 Ra7 $11) (35. Bxa6 Nxa6 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Nxb1 Kd7
38. Nc3 Kc6 39. g4 Nc7 $11 40. gxf5 $140 exf5 41. Kf4 Ne6+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Be3 $5 {
Almost a novelty at a very early stage.} ({The main line goes} 7. Nb3 {and the
latest annotated games are:} Bb6 8. Bf4 d5 9. c5 (9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 {Yilmaz,M 
(2594)-Vidit,S (2648) Dubai 2016 CBM 172 [Vidit,S] (0-1, 65)}) 9... Bc7 10.
Bxc7 Qxc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Nd6+ Ke7 {Rapport,R (2731)-Navara,D (2744) Prague
2016 CBM 173 [Schulz,A] (½-½, 35)}) 7... Nxd4 $146 ({The only previous game
went} 7... Be7 8. Ndb5 $6 ({Embarking on active operations with the bishop
blocking the development of its colleague is unsound.} 8. Bf4 O-O 9. e3 {
is more normal.}) 8... O-O $1 ({The solid} 8... d6 $11 {is enoguh for equality
for if} 9. Bf4 $2 e5 10. Be3 a6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 axb5 13. dxc6 bxc6 $17)
9. f3 ({Another weird move. White is dreaming of Bf2, e2-e4 and so on but in
chess we move in turns.} 9. Bf4 $5 {or}) (9. Nd6 $5 {offer better chances to
survive the opening.}) 9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 Bf6 $17 {
Soskic,B (2205)-Vratonjic,S (2467) Belgrade 2006 (0-1, 23) with an
overwhelming advance in development.}) 8. Bxd4 b6 {The most logical move, but
as it turns out later, played with a risky plan in mind.} (8... Be7 9. e4 d6 {
is a safer way of reaching the same kind of middlegame position.}) 9. e4 Bb7
10. b4 Be7 $6 {Extremely provocative.} (10... Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 {offers chances
for gradually equalisng, but as the ulterior course of the game shows, this
was not Mamedyarov's intention.} 12. cxd5 O-O 13. Rd1 exd5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Rfc8 18. Be2 a5 {and Black should reach a draw.})
11. Bd3 {Quite a respectful move, characteristic of White's play all through
the game.} ({Things would not have beeb entirely clear after} 11. e5 Ne4 12.
Qg4 Nxc3 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Rg1 Kb8 17. O-O-O {
but in principle Black's compensation for the lost pawn is not obvious.}) 11...
d6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 {An open declaration that all White wants
to do is sit and wait.} ({The active minor piece placement seems to more or
less require a different approach:} 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. f4 {but then Black can
fight back with} e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd5 Bg5 {retaining a solid position on
the dark squares.}) 14... Rc8 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qb8 {Black has more or less
completed his development and has no problems. Actually, there is only one
practical problem: how to generate winning chances against a very peaceful
opponent?} 17. Qg4 Nf6 ({Had Black aimed for just comfortable play he might
have chosen} 17... Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qg3 Rfd8 20. f3 a6 21. Nd4 h6 $11 {
But Mamedyarov's decision to keep the bishop will prove justified in the end,
when this piece will be stronger than a rook! True, there will be some far
from one-sided adventures on the way...}) 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Qg4 Ne5 {From the
perspective of previous comments, this is the only reasonable move.} 20. Qg3
Ng6 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Bf1 Bh4 {Black cannot generate a coherent active plan yet,
as White is solid in the centre. The best he can do is organise small
diversions, aimed at provoking White into weakening his structure or else
losing coordination.} 23. Qg4 h6 {The obvious threat is ...Bg5, but as the
line from the next comment shows, this is about more than just improving the
piece placement slightly.} 24. Be3 ({The innocent} 24. Kh1 $2 {would be an
almost decisive mistake as after} Bg5 {White's queen would land in completely
unexpected trouble:} 25. Rb1 (25. Rc2 $2 {is even worse as after} e5 26. Bg1
Bc6 {the threat ...Bxb5 winning a piece gains an important tempo:} 27. Rb2 Bd7
28. Qg3 Bh4 $19) 25... a6 26. Nc3 Bc6 {Even so there is no simple escape for
the queen (I will not examine the desperate h2-h4 or f3-f4 which just lose a
pawn without compensation.)} ({Actually} 26... b5 {is not bad either.}) 27. Qg3
e5 28. Bg1 Bh4 29. Qg4 (29. Qh3 Bd7 30. g4 b5 $17) 29... Bd7 30. Qh5 Bg5 31.
Nd5 Be6 32. g3 Nf4 33. gxf4 g6 34. Ne7+ Kg7 $17 {Black wins the queen for
insufficient compensation.}) 24... Bf6 25. Nd4 Re8 {Taking measures against a
possible Nx6.} 26. Nb5 {The second invitaion to a repetition in this game.}
Rcd8 27. a4 {Finally an active white move, which does not seem to offer
chances for a pawn attack though.} Bc6 {Mamedyarov seems to have been focused
on harassing his opponent by means of piece pressure, without the pawns'
involvement.} (27... d5 $5 {would have led to unclear play:} 28. c5 dxe4 29.
fxe4 Rxd1 ({This looks better than} 29... bxc5 30. Bxc5 Be5 31. Bxa7 Bxh2+ 32.
Kh1 {when White's passed pawns are more dangerous than Black's immobile
kingside majority.}) 30. Rxd1 Bc6 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. b5 bxc5 33. Bxc5 Ne5 34. Qg3
Ba8 35. a5 h5 {White's position looks more active but he also faces the risk
of being over-extended. At the same time Black's king is safer, so all in all
chances may be about equal.}) ({I would have probably preferred} 27... a6 28.
Nc3 Ba8 {waiting for a good moment to play ...a6-a5.}) 28. Qg3 Bh4 29. Qg4 Re7
{The start of a somewhat unnatural regrouping.} (29... Bf6 $11) 30. Bd3 Bf6 31.
f4 {Hard to say whether this was intended as an attacking move (this does not
fit into the general picture) or just a sign that White had enough with his
queen feeling uncomfortable in the narrow kingside space. But objectively the
move is justified as the f6-bishop is almost immobile now.} Qa8 {Still
refraining from pawn moves.} (31... a6 32. Nc3 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 ({The principled
continuation as} 33. b5 {avoids the pawn loss but weakens the drk squares.})
33... Bxa4 34. Rf1 b5 35. c5 (35. e5 dxe5 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. c5 {looks more
like a way to try forcing a draw.}) 35... dxc5 36. Bxc5 {with reasonable
compensation for the pawn.}) 32. Re1 (32. c5 {would have led to interesting
complications:} Bxe4 (32... dxc5 $2 33. e5 {wins a pece.}) 33. cxd6 Red7 (33...
Bxd3 34. dxe7 Nxe7 35. Qf3 {offers White some chances for converting the extra
exchange in the ending.}) 34. Nc7 Bf5 35. Bxf5 exf5 {with a probable draw as
the d-pawn is safely blocked. If} 36. Qxf5 $2 {then} Qxg2+ $1 37. Kxg2 Nh4+ 38.
Kf2 Nxf5 $15) 32... Rdd7 {This may be subjective, but I feel that now Black's
overall coordination is unnatural. The bishop still does not have retreats and
the king's rook lacks quick access to the queenside.} (32... Bxe4 $2 33. Bxe4
Qxe4 34. Bxb6 $18) (32... a6 33. Nc3 (33. Nd4 Bxe4) 33... Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Bxe4
35. Bxb6 $14) ({Mamedyarov probably discarded the more natural} 32... Red7 {
becuse the d8-rook would be hanging after his planned ...a7-a5. But things are
not entirely clear after} 33. Bf2 a5 {(Obviously not forced, but Black needs
to unbalance the position somehow if he wants to play for a win.)} 34. Bxb6
axb4 35. Bxd8 ({If White ignores the offered exchange and plays as in the game
} 35. a5 {then Black's higher mobility is revealed after} b3 36. Rb1 b2 37. Qf3
Rb8 $1 {Threatening the positional exchange sacrifice ...Rxb6.} 38. Qe3 Bxb5
39. cxb5 Bc3 {with unclear complications.}) 35... Bxd8 36. Bc2 Bb6+ 37. Kh1 Bc5
{Black has reasonable compensation for the exchange due to his perfect control
on the dark squares and White's numerous weaknesses.}) 33. Bf2 a5 34. Bxb6 axb4
35. a5 b3 36. Kh1 e5 $2 {The idea of activating the knight is right, but
unfortunately the last move obstructs hia own bishop.} (36... b2 {may still
have been better, even though after} 37. Rb1 {Black should probably lose a
tempo over the previous similar line with} Re8 {folloed by ...Rb8.}) 37. f5 Nf4
38. Bb1 d5 {The logical follow up of ...e6-e5, but concretely this pwn break
is unsound.} 39. exd5 Bxb5 (39... Nxd5 {does not work either:} 40. cxd5 Bxb5
41. Qb4 Qa6 (41... Rxd5 42. Be4 $18) 42. d6 Re8 43. Rc5 $16) 40. cxb5 Qxd5 41.
Be4 {The time trouble is over and White has managed to maintain his stability
while his a-pawn is very threatening.} Qd2 $2 {Leaving White with both passed
pawns alive is equivalent to suicide.} ({Mamedyarov probably discarded} 41...
Qxb5 {on account of Be4-c6, but winning the exchange would actually deprive
White from his perfect stability.} 42. g3 (42. Bc6 $2 {is actually playing
with fire:} Qb4 43. Bxd7 Rxd7 44. g3 b2 45. Rb1 h5 46. Qf3 Nd3 $36 {with
complete black domination.}) 42... Kh7 ({One of the problems with having the
rooks away from the bck rank is that} 42... Nd3 $2 {leads to mate:} 43. Rc8+
Kh7 44. Qg6+ fxg6 45. fxg6#) 43. Bc6 Qa6 44. gxf4 b2 45. Rb1 Rd2 $16 {Black
does not have enough compensation for the piece, but has reasonable saving
chances due to the exposed white king and strong b2-pawn.}) 42. a6 ({Since the
knight cannot move away,} 42. g3 {would win material for instance} b2 43. Rc8+
Kh7 44. Rg1 $18) 42... b2 43. Rb1 Qb4 44. Bc6 Rd3 45. Be3 $2 {Finally throwing
away the win.} (45. a7 $2 Rxa7 46. Bxa7 h5 $19 {traps the queen.}) (45. Re3 $1
$18 {would have prevented the game manoeuvre making the a-pawn unstoppable.})
45... Ra3 $44 46. a7 $6 {This makes Black's play simple as it absolves him
from the need of keeping an eye on the passed pawn.} (46. g3 $5 h5 47. Qf3 Nd3
48. Rf1 e4 49. Qxh5 Ra1 $13) 46... Rexa7 47. Bxa7 Rxa7 48. Qd1 Ra3 49. Be4 Qxb5
50. Qd2 Rb3 {Black has eliminated the passed pawns and retains two pawns for
the exchange. But he cannot claim a clear advantage yet before solving the
problem of his unstable knight.} 51. g3 Nh3 52. Bg2 Ng5 53. h4 Nf3 54. Bxf3
Rxf3 55. Rxb2 {Black has accomplished the aforementioned task, but lost the
b-pawn in the process. His play remains more pleasant, but possibly White
could hold his own.} Qa4 56. Re3 e4 57. Rb8+ (57. Rxf3 {should reach a draw
but the following line is not easy to calculate nor to evaluate.} exf3 {
[%cal Ga4e4]} 58. Rb4 Qa1+ 59. Kh2 Qf1 {Since the rook is dominated by the
bishop (b2) and the queen (c4) there seems to be no way of defending against ..
.f3-f2.} 60. Rb8+ $1 {The only way to return with the rook to the defence.} Kh7
61. Rc8 $1 f2 62. Rc1 Qc4 $1 {Otherwise Black would lose the pawn..} 63. Rxc4 (
{This leads to a simpler draw than} 63. Kg2 Qe4+ 64. Kh3 Qxf5+ 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66.
Kh3 Bd4 67. Qf4 {when Black still has some practical chances.}) 63... f1=N+ 64.
Kh3 Nxd2 65. Rc7 Kg8 66. Rc8+ Kh7 67. Rf8 $11) 57... Kh7 58. Kg2 Qc6 $1 ({
More ambitious than} 58... Rxf5 59. Rb4 Qa1 60. Qe1 Qxe1 61. Rxe1 Bc3 62. Rexe4
$11 {with an obvious draw.}) 59. Rxf3 exf3+ 60. Kf2 $2 {The king will now land
in troubles.} (60. Kh3 $1 Qe4 61. Rb4 Qxf5+ 62. g4 f2 $1 63. gxf5 f1=Q+ 64. Qg2
Qxf5+ 65. Qg4 {The king has breathing space now and White's pieces are
coordinated. One drawing idea would be exchanging queens with Qe4+ while after}
Qd3+ 66. Qg3 Qd1 67. Qf4 {the threat Qf5 more or less forces Black into giving
a perpetual or allowing the exchange of queens.}) 60... Be7 61. Qd3 Bc5+ 62.
Kf1 Ba7 63. Rb1 Qc5 64. Ke1 $2 (64. f6+ {still offered some saving chances,
due to the weakness of the f7-square.} g6 65. Ke1 h5 (65... Qf2+ $6 66. Kd1 h5
67. Rb7 $1 $11) 66. Qxf3 Qg1+ 67. Qf1 Qxg3+ $17) 64... Qf2+ 65. Kd1 f6 $3 $19 {
Now White is just lost. He has no counterplay and can only follow how his
pawns are falling one after another.} 66. Rb3 Qg1+ 67. Kc2 Qg2+ 68. Kc3 (68.
Kc1 f2) 68... Qxg3 69. h5 Qe5+ 70. Kb4 Qf4+ 71. Kb5 f2 72. Rb1 Qg4 73. Ra1 Bd4
74. Rf1 Qg2 75. Kc4 Bb6 76. Kb5 Be3 77. Ka4 Bd2 78. Kb5 Be1 79. Kc5 Qg4 80. Kd6
Qxh5 81. Ke7 {Trying a desperate attack as the only alternative to watching
the h-pawn promoting.} Qh2 82. Qd8 Qh3 83. Qc8 Bb4+ 84. Ke8 Qh5+ 85. Kd8 Qe2
86. Qc1 Be1 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 $5 {
A rare move, but not a weak one by any means. White wants to move the knight
away from the attack without suffering the typical annoyances directed against
the c4-pawn.} (7. Nb3 {is the common response:} Ne5 $1 {hitting c4} 8. e4 Bb4
9. Qe2 {with complex play:} d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5
14. f5 b6 $15 {0-1 (49) Grigoryan,K (2584)-Gledura,B (2605) Barcelona 2017})
7... Bb4 (7... d5 {is playable, but Black got too excited in this game and
soon found himself in a lost position:} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 d4 $1 {enjoying
the initiative of the isolated pawn} 10. Na4 Qa5+ (10... Bb4+ $5 11. Bd2 Qb5
12. O-O Bxd2 {forcing White to take with the knight, which is at least awkward}
13. Nxd2 O-O $11) 11. Bd2 Qb5 12. O-O Bf5 $6 {the first step in the wrong
direction} 13. Rc1 Be4 14. Re1 O-O-O $4 15. Bf4 $18 {1-0 (22) Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2664)-Goh,W (2446) Benasque 2017}) 8. Bg2 O-O (8... Qa6 $5 {was
another game played at a high level} 9. Qb3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nxd5 $5 (12. Be3 $1 $14 {would guarantee White a small positional advantage})
12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxe2 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. Bf4 $11 {½-½ (30)
Hracek,Z (2635)-Bologan,V (2672) Tromsoe 2013, with a good initiative, but the
game ended up in a draw.}) 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc5 11. Qa4 $1 Re8 (11... Qa5
$1 12. Qb3 Re8 13. Nd4 d5 $1) 12. Nd4 $1 {Opening up the g2-bishop is very
important in this kind of position, with neither ...Ne5 (that is not possible
now) nor ...Nxd4, putting any pressure on the diagonal.} (12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qxa5
Nxa5 14. c5 Nd5 $1 {White has the bishop pair and the better development, but
his pawn structure and the strong knights provide Black with compensation for
it.} 15. Bd4 b6 $1 {a very important move, preparing to develop the queenside.
The c5-pawn is doubled and weak, but Black is looking forward to exchange it}
16. cxb6 Nxb6 $11 {followed by ...d5 and ...Ba6, Black should be fine.}) 12...
Ne5 $6 (12... d5 $1 {was necessary} 13. Qb5 (13. Ba3 Qa5 $1 $11) 13... Qd6 $1
14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 Qa3 $1 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Ba6 $132 {with good
counterplay.}) 13. Qb5 $1 d6 14. Qxc5 dxc5 15. Nb5 {The white pawns remain
even weaker now, but the piece activity is very dangerous, and Black is
getting in trouble.} Rd8 (15... Nxc4 $2 16. Nc7 $16) 16. Na3 {Preparing Bf4
and Rfd1.} a6 17. Bf4 Ned7 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Rab1 (19. Bd6 $5 $16 {placing the
bishop in a very annoying spot in Black's position:} Nb6 (19... e5 20. Rab1 {
now this feels like a clearly improved version for White} Ra7 21. Nc2 e4 22.
Ne3 $16) 20. Bxc5 Na4 21. Be3 $1 e5 (21... Nxc3 $2 22. Rd3 $1 Na4 (22... Nxe2+
$2 23. Kf1 $18) 23. Rc1 $18 {followed by Rb3 or c5, White has a winning
position already}) 22. c5 $16) 19... e5 20. Be3 e4 ({After} 20... Rb8 $5 {
also defending b7, it looked logical to play b6 next without committing the
pawn to e4} 21. Nc2 b6 22. Bc6 {stopping ...Bb7} Re6 23. Ba4 Kf8 {followed by .
..Ke7 and ...Rd6, Black tries to survive.}) 21. h3 (21. Bf4 $1 $16 {followed
with Bd6, Nc2 and Ne3.}) 21... h6 22. Nc2 {Leaving the c4-pawn unprotected is
not a good idea, Black could already go for it.} b6 (22... Ne5 $1 23. Bxc5 Nxc4
24. Bd4 b5 $14 {White keeps a small edge, but this is consistent for Black.})
23. a4 $6 (23. Bf4 $1 b5 (23... g5 24. Bc7 $16) 24. Ne3 $1 $16 {and Black
still has to solve many problems to fully develop his queenside.}) 23... Ne5 $1
{[%csl Rc4]} 24. Na3 Be6 $1 25. Rxb6 Bxc4 $1 {Solving all of Black's problems.}
(25... Nxc4 $2 26. Rxe6 $1 Nxa3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bxc5 $18) 26. Rb2 Nd5 $1 27.
Bf4 Nxc3 28. Rdd2 Nxe2+ 29. Kh2 (29. Rxe2 $2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 exf3
$17 {and Black is very happy suddenly.}) 29... Nxf4 30. gxf4 Nd3 (30... Bd3 $5
{was a nice piece sacrifice} 31. fxe5 Rab8 $44 {c4-c3 is coming fast!}) 31.
Nxc4 Nxb2 32. Rxb2 Rab8 {With a strange unbalanced endgame, that looks
somewhat dangerous for Black.} 33. Rc2 {Keeping the rooks is important for
White, specially with the strong passed pawn on c5.} Rb4 34. a5 Ra4 35. Bf1 Re6
36. Rd2 Ra1 $2 (36... Rf6 $1 37. Nb6 Rxa5 (37... Ra1 $1) 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Nd7
Rf5 $1 40. Nf8+ Kg8) 37. f5 Re8 38. Be2 g6 39. fxg6 $6 (39. Ne3 $1 gxf5 (39...
Rxa5 40. Bc4 $1 {threatening Rd7}) 40. Kg3 {is scary for Black, White has all
the activity his pieces could ask for and there are so many weak pawns to take
one after another. For example:} Rxa5 41. Bc4 $1 $16 {followed by Kf4 and Nxf5.
}) 39... fxg6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Ra7 Ra2 $1 43. Rxa6+ Re6 44. Rxe6+ {
Without the rooks, White loses most of his chances to convert the game, even
after winning the a6-pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {This
Symmetrical English is a very complicated variation; both sides have found
interesting new ideas and improvements over the last years. This game is
another example.} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 (9. Qa4 $5 {Aronian,L (2739)
-Leko,P (2753) Morelia/Linares 25th 2008 (6) 1/2 I was really surprised the
first time I saw this idea. How could it be good to give up the f2-pawn with
check, without any clear reason? Aronian played this novelty in 2008 against
Peter Leko (who amazingly reacted very well - it is very hard to deal with
such a strong novelty over the board)} g5 {is the common move (played by Leko
in 2008 and then in 2015 also)} (9... Qxf2+ 10. Kd2 {and white has his 'jumps'
as well - Nc7+ is threatened, there is no easy way to deal with it} Qb6 $2 (
10... Qc5 11. Ne4 {with a complex position}) 11. h3 $16) 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1
Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Qd2+ (15... Ne3+ $2 {
was a tragic confusion by Karjakin. He mixed up the lines and couldn't figure
it out during the game, leading to a quick end} 16. Kb3 Qd2 17. a3 $1 {and
Black is in deep trouble as White's king is safe on a2} Qc2+ 18. Ka2 Qxa4 19.
Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5 21. N4b6 $1 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1 $18 {
1-0 (27) Nakamura,H (2776)-Karjakin,S (2760) Zuerich 2015}) 16. Kb3 Qxb2+ 17.
Kxc4 Bg7 18. Qa5+ b6 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qb5 Ba6 21. Qxa6 f5 22. Qxa7 Qxc3+ 23.
Kb5 {1/2-1/2 (23) Shankland,S (2661)-Leko,P (2713) Tsaghkadzor 2015; is a
bizarre forced line that leads to a draw.}) 9... a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 (10... g5 {
is another option} 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. Nd4 Qb4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. a3
Qa5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (43) Rambaldi,F (2560)-Abdumalik,Z (2390)
Doha 2015; and White had the better chances.}) 11. h3 axb5 $1 $146 (11... g5 {
is possible here also, and had been played by Grischuk once already, but
didn't look convincing} 12. hxg4 gxf4 13. gxf4 axb5 (13... Nxg4 14. Bh3 Nxf2
15. Kxf2 axb5 16. Qxb5 $14) 14. Qxb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Nc6 16. Nxa7 Nxa7 17. Bd3
Bg7 18. O-O-O $16 {1/2-1/2 (52) Matlakov,M (2689)-Grischuk,A (2792) Dubai 2014;
with advantage for White in this weird endgame.}) 12. Qxb5 Qc6 (12... Qxb5 $5 {
is also playable, apparently} 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Ra5 15. hxg4 Nxc4 $13 {
with a super complicated and odd endgame for both players.}) 13. hxg4 Qxh1 14.
Bxe5 Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 (16. O-O-O $5 {I think Topalov didn't want to
allow ...Qxb5, because a2 was hanging. But it was in fact playable:} Qxb5 {
(this is not forced, I'm just trying to justify 16.a3)} 17. Nxb5 Rxa2 18. Kb1
Ra4 19. Be2 $1 {is an important move to stop h5, but a very hard move to find!
Because 19.Na7 simply wins the exchange back, but apparently it is not enough}
(19. Na7 e5 20. Bb6 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 h5 $11 {with a balanced endgame}) 19... d6
20. b3 Ra5 21. Kb2 $16 {followed by Bc3, winning the exchange and getting big
chances in the endgame, because of his opponent's lack of development.}) 16...
Be7 17. Qh5 (17. Bxg7 $5 Rg8 18. Bd4 {(threatening Qh5)} Rg5 19. Qb3 Rxg4 20.
O-O-O {and again we have an irrational position, but I would definitely choose
White here:} d6 21. c5 Kf8 22. Bb5 Qc7 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Be2 $36) 17... Kf8 (
17... O-O $6 18. O-O-O $40) 18. O-O-O $6 (18. c5 $1 {was a key move to create
more problems for Black. In the game, Caruana was able to play 18...b6 and 19..
.Ba6.} d6 $6 19. Rd1 $1 $16 dxc5 $2 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd8+ Ke7
23. Rxh8 $18) 18... b6 {Now Black has easy and simple moves to bring his
pieces into play.} 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Bc3 {Topalov chooses to play on
and gradually gets into trouble.} (21. Nd6 $5 {would force a draw immediately}
Bxd6 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qd8+ Kg7 $11)
21... Bxb5 22. cxb5 (22. Qxb5 $5 Qxb5 23. cxb5 $13 {Black has to be watching
his queenside, b4-a4-a5 could be an idea.}) 22... Qf3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Bb4+ Kg8
25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Qh3 {Threatening the pretty Bg2.} Qe4+ (26... h5 27. gxh5 Rxh5
28. Qg2 Qxg2 29. Bxg2 Rxb5 30. Bb7 $1 $44 {followed by b4, puts the black
rooks in awkward positions.}) 27. Bd3 Qd5 28. Bb4 (28. Qf1 $5 {(threatening
Bxh7+)} g6 (28... Qf3 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 $132 {now Black has trouble to
activate his h8-R. Meanwhile, White could start play on the queenside with
a4-b4-a5}) 29. Bf4 {(wanting to play e4-e5)} h5 30. e4 Qc5 31. Be3 $13 {
with an unclear position.}) (28. Bxh7+ $4 {fails because the queen on h3 also
stays under attack} Rxh7 $19) 28... Qf3 $1 29. Bf1 h5 30. Bg2 (30. gxh5 {
(similar to 26...h5)} Rxh5 31. Qg2 (31. Bg2 $5 Rxh3 32. Bxf3 d5 33. Ka2 {
The endgame remains complex, but Black has the better chances} Rh2 $17) 31...
Qxg2 32. Bxg2 d5 $17 {the difference is that Black is able to play the freeing
move ...d5, obtaining good chances in the endgame.}) 30... Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4
32. Bd6 {Topalov wants to play a4-a5 (that would be very dangerous for Black).}
(32. Rxd7 {wouldn't change matters} Rh2 33. Bb7 Rb8 {and White is in trouble,
because there is no time to defend on f2 safely} 34. Be1 Rxb7 $1 35. Rxb7 Rh1
$19 {and Black wins the bishop.}) 32... Rc4 $1 {Stopping a4.} 33. Ka2 Rh2 34.
Bf1 Rc1 35. Bd3 Bg5 36. Bf4 Be7 (36... Bxf4 {was not an easy decision, because
White is marching fast with a4-b5-a5. But with precise play, it was good
enough for a win.} 37. exf4 Kf8 38. a4 Ke7 39. b4 Rg1 $1 40. a5 Rxg3 {scary,
but Black gets back in time} 41. axb6 Rgg2 42. b7 Rh8 $19) 37. e4 Bc5 38. e5
Re1 $2 {Throwing away the benefit of all the work so far by removing the R
from c1. Now White plays the strong 39.Rc2! threatening Rxc5 followed by b6.
Suddenly White has big chances to survive.} (38... f6 {is one of the winning
moves, threatening ...g5} 39. Bg6 fxe5 40. Bxe5 d5 $19 {and after taking on f2,
Black wins easily.}) (38... Kf8 {is also good enough, bringing the king to e7
and then thinking} 39. b4 Bd4 40. a4 Ke7 $19 {and Black takes on f2 at the
right moment, with an easy win.}) (38... Bxf2 $4 39. Rxf2 Rxf2 40. Bxc1 $18)
39. Rc2 $1 {Taking the opportunity to survive.} g5 $2 (39... Kf8 40. a4 $1 $132
{renewing threats (either Rxc5 or a5); it suddenly gets very dangerous for
Black} (40. Rxc5 $2 bxc5 41. b6 Ke7 $19 {and Black wins with ...Rh8})) (39...
Bxf2 $4 {it is never too late to go wrong} 40. Rc8#) (39... Rxf2 $2 40. Rxc5 $1
bxc5 41. b6 c4 42. b7 cxd3 43. b8=Q+ Kh7 44. Qb4 Ree2 45. a4 d2 46. Qd4 $16 {
Black is still fighting, but White should win this.}) 40. Bxg5 Rxe5 41. Bf6 Rd5
(41... Rd5 42. Be4 Rxf2 43. Rxf2 Bxf2 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. Be5 $13 {could have
been played, and it's hard to evaluate this weird bishop endgame, Black should
have the better chances, but White's queenside is scary. In any case, Caruana
probably wasn't in his best mindset to keep on pushing for the win. What a
crazy game!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 ({
In the last century Black obtained quite solid counterplay after a
counterattack in the centre.} 7... d5 8. Be3 d4 9. Nxd4 Qxb2 10. Ndb5 Bb4 11.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 12. Rxc1 O-O 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. O-O a6 15. Nd4 Na5 16. Ne4 Rac8 17.
Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Nb3 Rxc4 19. Nxa5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxa5 21. Bxb7 Bb5 22. Bf3 Rd8
23. Kg2 Bd2 24. Rd1 Ba5 25. Rb1 Bd2 26. Bb6 Rc8 27. Rb2 Bc1 28. Rb4 Rc4 {
1/2 Tukmakov-Mikhalchishin,Lviv 1984}) ({Possible, but extremely risky is} 7...
Ng4 8. e3 h5 9. Bg2 Nce5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. b3 d5 13. h3 Nf6 14. f4
Ned7 15. O-O dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. bxc4 Nc5 18. Rb1 Be7 19. Ba3 Nfd7 20. Rfd1
Rb8 21. Bb4 g5 22. f5 e5 23. Nde2 Nf6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxf5 26. e4 Nxe4
27. Rxe5 Be6 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rxe4 Rhc8 30. Nd4 Rxc4 31. Nxe6 Rxe4 32. Bxe4
Kxe6 33. Rxb7 Rc8 34. Rb3 Ke5 35. Bf3 {1-0 Agrest,E (2588)-Ortiz Suarez,I 
(2517)/Ourense ESP 2009 (48)}) ({But a simple continuation that has, strangely
enough, not been tried often is} 7... a6 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4
11. Rb1 d5 12. Bg2 dxc4 13. b3 cxb3 14. Rxb3 Nc2+ 15. Kf1 Nd4 16. Rb4 Nc6 17.
Rb1 O-O 18. Be3 e5 19. Na4 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2710)-Topalov,V (2745)/Dortmund GER
2002}) ({Very popular in former times was} 7... Bc5 8. Bg2 ({After} 8. Nd6+ Ke7
9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg2 Rhd8
15. O-O Kf8 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nc3 Qa6 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Rac8 21.
Rfd1 Bg4 22. Kf1 Nd4 23. f3 Be6 {This position with an isolated pawn is not
dangerous for Black.} 24. f4 Nf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nc3 d4 27. Nd5 Rc2 28. Nxe7
Kxe7 29. g4 Ne3+ 30. Bxe3 dxe3 31. Bf3 f5 32. Rd3 fxg4 33. Bxb7 Rxb2 34. Be4
Bxa2 35. Rxe3 Rb3 {without problems for Black.}) 8... a6 (8... d5 9. O-O dxc4
10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne7 12. Qa3 Nfd5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nd6 c3 15. e4 Nb4 16.
Nc4 Qc5 17. Qxc3 b5 18. Na3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nd3 20. Nxb5 Nxc1 21. Rfxc1 e5 22.
Nc7 Rb8 23. Rab1 Bd7 24. Nd5 Nc6 25. Bf1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rb8 27. Rb3 Kf8 28. f3
Be6 29. Kf2 {and the extra pawn can be converted into a win.}) 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10.
Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 d5 $1 13. cxd5 Rd8 14. Be3 Qb5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 exd5 17. Rb1 Qc4 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Bc5+ Kf6 20. exd3 b5 21. Ke2 {A strange
decision - White is clearly better in the endgame.}) 8. Bf4 {A modern move,
but the old one is not bad at all.} (8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 ({Very sharp and not
clear up to now is} 9. Qa4 Rb8 (9... Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 $5 $146 (11. Na3)
11... axb5 12. Nxb5 d5 $8 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. c5 Qa6 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. b5 Qa8 17.
Bf4 Nxd6 $2 (17... f5 $1 {Seirawan,Y}) 18. Bxd6+ Ke8 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. a4 Qc7
$2 (20... f5) 21. Rfc1 f5 22. a5 Ne5 23. c6 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Ra8 Kd8 26.
Rb8 $1 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2710)-Anand,V (2715)/Monaco 1994}) 10. Be3 axb5 11. Bxb6
bxa4 12. Bc7 Ra8 13. Bxe5 a3 14. O-O-O axb2+ 15. Kxb2 Bc5 16. Nb5 Ke7 17. Bd6+
Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Kb3 Nc6 21. Rhd1 g5 22. a4 h5 23. c5 h4 24. g4
Rf8 {1-0 Sismanis,A (2183)-Malakhatko,V (2596)/Nikea GRE 2007. and Black has
no space.}) 9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nxc4 {This position was tried in many games,
but it is clear, that White has sufficient compensation for the pawn, but not
more.} 11. Bg5 d5 12. O-O Bd7 13. e4 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e4 d4 15. Rb1 Qc5 16.
Rxb7 Rd8 17. Na4 Qxa3 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Qxf6 Bxb7 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21. Qxh7 Qxa4
22. e5 Bxg2 23. Qh4+ Ke8 24. Kxg2 Rd2 25. Qg5 Qc6+ 26. Kg1 Qe4 27. Rc1 Qf3 28.
Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Rd4 {0-1 Thinius,M (2380)-Rapport,R (2444)/Marianske Lazne
CZE 2010}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rb1 Qc5 16. Rxb7 O-O 17. Qc1 Bb5 18. a4
Bxa4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Be7 Qe5 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24.
Rc7 Bc6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. f4 Nf3+ 27. Kf2 Nxh2 {1/2 Agrest,E (2574)-Ivanchuk,V
(2699)/Sweden SWE 2003. Black's compensation for the queen looks to be
sufficicient for a draw.}) 8... Nfg4 (8... d6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. c5 Qxc5 11. Be3
Qc4 12. b3 Qb4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qb2 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rb1 Qa3
18. b4 d5 19. b5 Ne5 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Bf4 Nc3 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. Rb3 Qc5 24. Qxc3
Nc4 25. Bg5 {winning}) 9. Qa4 {In this critical position Black has a few
interesting possibilities.} ({A very simple defensive move which is playable
and which gives not bad results:} 9. e3 a6 {'N!' Anand,V.} (9... Qc6 10. h3
Nf3+ 11. Ke2 Nge5 12. b3 g5 13. Bg2 gxf4 14. exf4 a6 15. fxe5 axb5 16. Bxf3 Qc5
17. Nxb5 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 Bg7 19. Rc1 Rxa2 20. Kg2 Qb2 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Ne4 Qd4
23. Qe1 f5 24. Nc3 Rb2 25. Nd5+ Kd8 26. Rd1 Qa7 27. Nf4 Kc7 28. Rd3 Bd4 29. Rf1
e5 30. Nd5+ Kb8 31. Qc1 d6 32. Qh6 {1-0 Bosboom Lanchava,T (2383)-Golubenko,V 
(2271)/Dresden GER 2007. with very unclear play.}) 10. Nc7+ $6 ({A much
stronger move which has not been tried yet is:} 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 (11. cxb5
Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Ng6) 11... Nxc4 12. Qb3 $13) 10... Qxc7 11. Qxg4 Qxc4 (11... d6
$11 12. Qe2 Bd7 (12... Ng6 $5 {ץf4}) 13. Bxe5 $8 dxe5 14. Bg2 Be7 (14... Rc8
15. O-O) 15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. c5 (18. a3 f5 19. b4 e4
20. Bf1 {/\ Qa2=}) 18... f5 $1 19. e4 (19. b4 e4) 19... Bg5 $4 (19... Bxc5 $1
20. exf5 exf5 21. Nd5 Qd6 (21... Qb8 22. b4) 22. Ne3 Bd4 23. Bxb7 $15) 20. Rb1
g6 {/\ Kf4, g4 1-0 Anand,V (2725)-Leko,P (2625)/Wijk 1996} (20... a5 21. exf5
$1 (21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc5 24. Rd8+ Bxd8 25. Qe8+ Qf8 26.
Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc8 $11) 21... exf5 22. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 (22... Qxc5 23. Nd6) 23.
Qxb5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 $16 e4 (24... Qxc5 $2 25. Rd8+ $1 Bxd8 26. Qe8+ Qf8 27.
Bd5+ $18) 25. c6 $1 $16)) (11... Qc6 $2 12. Bxe5 Qxh1 13. O-O-O $1 $44) 12. Qd1
(12. Qh5 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 (13. Kd2 Nxf4 $17) 13... Qxd3 $15) (12. Qxg7 $4 Qxc3+
$19) 12... Qc6 13. e4 (13. Bxe5 Qxh1 $15) 13... Bb4 14. Bxe5 Qxe4+ 15. Qe2 Qxh1
16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxh2 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bc3 d5 20. Rxd5 Bd7 21. Rh5 Qg1
22. Qe1 O-O-O 23. Rxh7 Bb5 {1/2 Smirin,I (2671)-Holzke,F (2492)/Port Erin IOM
2004. and Black is trying to win.}) 9... f6 $146 ({Very risky is the immediate
} 9... g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ (10... Nxe5 11. O-O-O a6 12. e3 Rb8 13. Nd4 Qc7 (13...
Qb4 14. Be2 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bb3 bxa4 18. Bxa4 {with a good
endgame for Black.}) 14. Be2 Be7 15. Kb1 Nc6 16. Rc1 Qe5 17. Rhd1 h5 18. Ka1 g4
19. Bf1 f5 20. Bg2 Kf7 21. h3 Bf6 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nce2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nf4
{1/2 Aronian,L (2739)-Leko,P (2753)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2008. and the
black king is clearly not so safely placed.}) 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13.
Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 ({equal was} 15. Kb3 Nd2+ 16. Kc2 {1/2-1/2
Carlsen,M (2776)-Dominguez Perez,L (2717)/Linares 2009/CBM 129}) 15... Qd2+ 16.
Kb3 Qxb2+ 17. Kxc4 d5+ 18. exd5 Bg7 19. Qb3 exd5+ 20. Kc5 {such kings never
make it back to home territory!} Qf2+ 21. Kb4 Bd7 22. Be2 Bf8+ 23. Ka5 Qc5+ 24.
Nb5 {Ponkratov,P (2579)-Zablotsky,S (2540)/Voronezh 2009/CBM 130 Extra/0-1}) ({
Very useful is} 9... Bc5 10. O-O-O f6 11. Ne4 O-O 12. b4 Be7 13. h3 Qc6 $5 ({
Not bad was} 13... Nxf2 14. c5 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. Nxf2 axb5) 14. Bg2 d5 15.
hxg4 $2 (15. Nc5 $1 {led to a sharp, but balanced position.}) 15... Qxc4+ 16.
Nec3 a6 17. Qc2 axb5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Rxd5 h6 20. Rd3 Bxb4 21. g5 Ra3 22. Ne4
Rxa2 {Buhmann,R (2569)-Volokitin,A (2684)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124/0-1 (24). with
a winning attack.}) ({And finally one more interesting try is} 9... a6 10. f3
g5 $1 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Bf4 Nf2 $146 (12... Ne3 {was not so strong.}) 13. Nc7+
Qxc7 14. Kxf2 Qb6+ (14... Qxc4 {was bad:} 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 fxe5 17. Rc1 {
winning.}) 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Qb3 Nd3+ 17. Kg2 Bb4 18. Rb1 Ne1+ $1 19. Rxe1 Qxb3
20. axb3 Bxc3 21. Rc1 Bb4 $11 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2528)-Holzke,F (2524)/
Wijk aan Zee}) 10. Ne4 Bc5 ({Very interesting was} 10... a6 11. Rd1 Kf7 12. h3
d5 13. hxg4 Nxc4 14. Nc7 Bb4+ 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rb8 18. Bg2
{with a very unclear situation on the board.}) 11. e3 $6 (11. f3 {had to be
tried.} Nf2 12. Nxc5 Nxh1 13. Ne4 {and Black will have huge problems with his
knight on h1.}) 11... O-O 12. h3 (12. Nxc5 {was met by} Qc6 $1 13. h3 Qxh1 14.
hxg4 Nf3+ 15. Ke2 e5) 12... Nf3+ (12... Qc6 {gave nothing, as White has} 13.
Nbc3 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bb4+ 15. Nac3 Nf3+ 16. Ke2 Nge5 17. Bg2 f5 18. a3 Be7 19.
Bxf3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxc4 21. Nd5 $1) 13. Ke2 Nge5 14. Bg2 d5 (14... g5 {was
very weak and White kept an advantage after} 15. Bxf3 gxf4 16. gxf4 Nxf3 17.
Kxf3) 15. Bxf3 Bd7 $1 (15... dxe4 {was wrong:} 16. Bxe4 a6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18.
Rhd1 {with advantage.}) 16. Bxe5 fxe5 (16... dxe4 {was possible:} 17. Bxe4 fxe5
18. b4 Bd4 19. Rad1 a6 20. Qb3 axb5 21. c5 Qa6 22. exd4 Qxa2+ 23. Qxa2 Rxa2+
24. Rd2 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 26. Ke3 Rxd4 27. Bxb7 {with a slight advantage in
the ending.}) 17. b4 Be7 (17... Bd4 $1 {was very interesting. It kept play
running at high speed!}) 18. Nec3 (18. Qa5 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bc6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nc7 Ra4 23. Nxe6 Rfa8 24. h4 h6 25. b5 Rxc4 {led to a very sharp
ending.}) 18... a6 (18... a5 $5 {was very much possible, opening the a-file.})
19. cxd5 exd5 (19... axb5 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Bd5 Kf7
24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Rhc1 Bxb4 26. Nxb5 {led to an endgame with an extra pawn.})
20. Qa5 $2 ({Better was} 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Qb3 axb5 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. f4 exf4
24. gxf4 Rac8 {with a complicated position.}) 20... Qf6 $1 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22.
Nc7 $2 ({There was the slightly stronger} 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 axb5 24. Qc7 Bc6
{with advantage to Black.}) 22... b6 $1 (22... Qxf2+ {was possible.}) 23. Qa3
Rac8 {Once more it was possible to take on f2.} 24. f3 Rxc7 25. Be4 (25. Rac1 {
was bad:} a5) 25... Bc6 26. Rac1 (26. Raf1 {was a slightly more stubborn
defence in comparison with the game.}) 26... Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rxc3 $1 {A well
calculated decisive attack.} 28. Qxc3 Qf2+ 29. Kd3 Rd8+ 30. Kc4 Qxa2+ 0-1

[Event "SLO-chT"]
[Site "Slovenia"]
[Date "2011.06.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.05.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor"]
[BlackTeam "Pomgrad Radenska"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 {This avoids
the main line, but leads to a hedgehog, which most modern players hate.} 7. e4
({Another serious option is to try to get the Catalan bishop, personally I
like this way.} 7. g3 O-O ({It is necessary to try to damage White's set up:} 
7... Qb6 8. Nf3 (8. Ndb5) 8... Ng4 $1 9. e3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
b3 Bf6 13. Ra2 d5 14. cxd5 Qa6 15. Bf1 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 17. Bd2 {1/2
Tkachiev,V (2657)-Gelfand,B (2681)/Shenyang 2000}) 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Bb7 (11... Nd5 $5 12. Qxc6 Bd7 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa6 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qb6 $1) 12. Qxc4 Nd5 $146 (12... Qc8 13. b4 Nd5 14. Bb2 Bf6 $11) 13. e4
Nb6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb6 15. Rd1 $14) 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Rd1 c5 16. Bf4 (16.
a4 $5) 16... Qc6 (16... Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qf8 19. a4 $16) 17. a4 (17.
Rac1 $5 {/\ b4}) 17... a5 (17... Rad8 18. a5 Nc8 19. Qb5 $14) 18. Qb5 $1 $14
Rfc8 19. Bf1 (19. Rac1 $14) 19... g5 20. Be3 Qxb5 (20... h6 $142) 21. axb5 $1
a4 22. Ra3 $1 h6 (22... f5 23. Nxa4 $1 Nxa4 24. Rd7 $16) 23. f3 f5 24. Nxa4 $1
$16 {1-0 Mikhalchishin,A (2522)-Borisek,J (2445)/Slovenija 2003  (34)}) 7...
O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 (8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Nd2 d6 13. Rc1
Nc6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. b4 a6 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Bf1 Nce5 18. f4 Ng6 19. g3 Bf6 20.
Bf2 Qc7 21. Nb3 Rfd8 22. Bg2 Ne7 23. Nd4 Qb8 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Red1 {with a
typical small hedgehog advantage, Wang Hao (2732)-Bu Xiangzhi (2662)/Danzhou
CHN 2011 (55)}) ({There is a new move, which requires real testing:} 8... Qa5
$1 $146 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O d4 11. Ne2 e5 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. b4 b6 16. Nh4 Nf6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rac1 a5 19. c5 axb4 20. Qxb4 bxc5 21.
Rxc5 Qa7 22. Ra1 Rfb8 23. Rb5 Qc7 {1/2 Hernandez Carmenates,H (2568)-Dominguez
Perez,L (2695)/La Habana 2008}) 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 b6 10. O-O (10. h3 Bb7 11. Be3
Rad8 12. O-O d5 $6 {Too risky a pawn sacrifice} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15.
Rc1 Qb8 16. Qd4 Ng6 17. Bc4 Bc5 18. Qd2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Ne5 20. Ba2 Nxf3+ 21.
Rxf3 Qe5 22. Rf4 {Black has no real compensation for the pawn,
Jakovenko-Alekseev, Russia 2008}) 10... Bb7 11. Bg5 (11. g3 Rfd8 12. Bf4 d6 13.
Rc1 Rac8 14. Re1 Qb8 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qa8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Nfd7 19. b4 Nf6
20. Qe2 Rd7 21. Na4 Rdc7 22. Nb2 Nfd7 23. Nb3 Bf6 24. Nd4 a6 25. Bh3 Qa7 26.
Bg2 Qa8 {and the black hedgehog breathes freely!, 1-0 Lenic,L (2602)-Ponkratov,
P (2604)/Paleochora GRE 2010}) 11... Rac8 12. Bh4 d6 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Ng4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rad1 Nge5 17. Ne1 g5 18. g3 Qf6 19. Nb5 d5 20. f4 $2 ({
It was much better to concentrate on queenside play:} 20. exd5 exd5 21. c5)
20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. e5 Qe7 24. Nf3 gxf4 25. gxf4 f6 26. b5
Na5 27. Nxb7 Nxb7 28. Kh1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kh8 {and White has no real
compensation for the pawn, Krasenkow-Macieja, Poland 2008}) 9... b6 10. O-O Ng4
$5 {A very interesting new approach; previous tries were not so very
successful.} (10... Bb7 11. Bg5 (11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Re1 d6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. h3 Rd8
15. Rc1 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Bg3 Ng6 20. f4 Bh4 21.
Bxh4 Nxh4 22. Nf3 Ng6 23. g3 Nf6 24. Kh2 h5 25. Qd2 h4 26. Nxh4 Nxh4 27. gxh4
Qc5 28. Bd3 g6 29. Rg1 Kg7 30. Rg5 Qd4 31. Rd1 Rh8 {with very complicated play,
1/2 Macieja,B (2625)-Zaslavsky,M (2391)/Rijeka CRO 2010}) 11... Rad8 12. Qd2 d6
13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Nbd4 N7g6 19.
Rac1 Rc8 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Nb3 Rfd8 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Bf1 Ne7 24. c5 bxc5 25.
Rxc5 Nc6 26. Rec1 Nd4 27. Na5 Rxc5 28. Nxb7 Rxc1 29. Nxd6 {with white
advantage, 1-0 Ding Liren (2565)-Lou Yiping (2429)/Olongapo City PHI 2010}) 11.
h3 Nge5 12. Bf4 (12. Nb5 {was not very impressive:} Qb8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2
a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. b3 b5) 12... d6 13. Rc1 Nxf3+ ({It is better to avoid
White's typical tactics} 13... Bb7 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bb1) 14. Qxf3
Ne5 15. Qg3 Bb7 (15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb7 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Nxd6 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 {
and it is impossible to exploit this pin.}) 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. b4 $5
({White wants to solve the situation on the queenside immediately, but it was
better to continue slowly} 18. b3 Rac8 19. Be3) 18... Nxc4 $5 ({Possible was
the positional} 18... Bf6 19. Qe3 Rab8 20. Na4 Bc6 {, but Black decided for a
very interesting positional queen sacrifice.}) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd5 exd5 21.
Rxc4 dxc4 22. Be3 ({A more exact solution was to try to exchange the
black-squared bishops:} 22. f3 Rac8 23. Bg5) 22... b5 23. f3 Bf8 24. Bd4 Rac8
25. Bc3 $6 ({It was better to try to stop the freeing move ...d6-d5 for a time
} 25. Bf6 Rd7 26. Qg4 Bc6 27. Bc3) 25... d5 26. exd5 $6 ({Possibly better
would be not to exchange pawns, but after} 26. e5 a5 27. Qf2 axb4 28. axb4 Bc6
29. Qb6 Rd7 {it would be necessary to keep an eye on the black centre.}) 26...
Rxd5 (26... Bxd5 $5 {with next ...Be6 allowed to fight for the d3-square.}) 27.
Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qe5 Be6 29. Qd4 (29. Bd4 $1 {would close the d-file more
efficiently.}) 29... a5 $2 (29... Rc6 {and ...Rd6 would be stronger. As was
mentioned, Black's idea is to reach the d3-square.}) 30. Qb6 axb4 31. axb4 Be7
(31... Bd7 {would not be so good:} 32. Qb7 Rd8 33. Qc7 Be7 34. Bd4 h6 35. Bb6
c3 36. Qxc3) 32. Kf2 ({The pawn capture} 32. Qxb5 {was dangerous:} Bf6 33. Bxf6
gxf6 34. Qa4 c3) ({Another try did not promise too much either:} 32. f4 Bf6 33.
Bxf6 gxf6 34. f5 Bxf5 35. Qxf6 Bg6 36. Qa6 Rd8 37. Qc6) 32... Bf6 33. Qe3 Bxc3
34. Qxc3 h5 {Black has Lasker's classical compensation for the queen - rook,
bishop and pawn. As the pawn is strong, it means, that the compensation is
more than sufficient.} 35. Ke2 Rd8 36. Qe5 Rd5 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. g4 $6 ({
A big fight would start after} 38. Qc7 h4 39. Qf4 g5 40. Qe4+ Kh6 41. f4 g4 42.
hxg4 Bxg4+) 38... hxg4 ({The simple pawn push} 38... c3 {would be very
unpleasant for White:} 39. Qc7 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Bc4) 39. hxg4 g5 {Now the position
is blocked and Black can't easily get in ...c4-c3 - White finds a way to
create some threats of perpetual.} 40. Qc7 Kg6 41. Qc6 Kf6 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Ke2
Rd5 44. Ke3 Kg7 45. Ke2 Re5+ 46. Kd2 f6 47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. Qc6 Bf7 49. Qc8 Bd5
50. Qb8 Bf7 ({A perpetual would happen after} 50... Bxf3 51. Qg8+) 51. Qc8 Rd5+
52. Ke2 Re5+ 53. Kd2 Kg7 54. Qc7 Rd5+ 55. Ke2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 ({The solid} 
6... Be7 {seems to be better:} 7. g3 d5 ({The most critical here is} 7... Qb6
8. Bh6) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 ({It is not useful to open the Catalan bishop by
} 9... dxc4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Bb7 (11... Nd5 $5 12. Qxc6 Bd7 13. Qxc4 Rc8
14. Qa6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6 $1) 12. Qxc4 Nd5 $146 (12... Qc8 13. b4 Nd5 14. Bb2
Bf6 $11) 13. e4 Nb6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb6 15. Rd1 $14) 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Rd1
c5 16. Bf4 (16. a4 $5) 16... Qc6 (16... Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qf8 19. a4
$16) 17. a4 (17. Rac1 $5 {/\ b4}) 17... a5 (17... Rad8 18. a5 Nc8 19. Qb5 $14)
18. Qb5 $1 $14 Rfc8 19. Bf1 (19. Rac1 $14) 19... g5 20. Be3 Qxb5 (20... h6 $142
) 21. axb5 $1 a4 22. Ra3 $1 {Mikhalchishin,A (2522)-Borisek,J (2445)/Slovenija
2003; with a big advantage.}) 10. h3 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e3 Be6 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4
20. exd4 Rc8 21. Rfc1 {Lenic,L (2637)-Rapport,R (2543)/Baden AUT 2012; with a
better endgame.}) ({The most principled move here is considered to be} 6...
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rd1
Bh4 14. Qh3 Qf6 (14... f5 $6 15. exf5 Bxf2+ (15... Rxf5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3
h6 18. Bd3 Re5+ 19. Kd2 $16) 16. Kxf2 Rxf5 17. g3 $1 Bxh1 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. Bxf5
exf5 20. Qxf5 $16) 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Be2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 $14 Qe7 18. O-O Nf6 19.
Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. f4 $1 {Kasparov,G (2817)-Van Wely,L (2651)/Armenia -
ROW 2004; and White obtained a serious advantage.}) ({Allowing an isolani is
favourable for White here:} 6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Bc5 9. Nxc6 (9. Nb3 Bb6
10. Bg2 d4 11. Na4 Be6 12. Bg5 Ba5+ 13. Nd2 $14) 9... bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O
Re8 12. Qa4 (12. Na4 {is not bad}) 12... Bg4 13. Bg5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Rxe2 15.
Rac1 Bb6 16. Qxc6 Qe8 (16... Rxb2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxd5 $16) 17. Bxf6 Qxc6 18.
Rxc6 gxf6 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Rxb2 21. Rxf6 Rd7 22. Rf3 $14 {Ponomariov,R 
(2718)-Mamedyarov,S (2742)/Moscow 2008}) 7. Nb3 Bb6 $5 {Sutovsky had prepared
a novelty.} ({Just few days before} 7... Be7 {was played:} 8. e4 (8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 O-O 10. e3 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 $10 {Stohl,I-Khalifman,A/Manila izt/1990/}) ({
One very logical development is} 8. Bf4 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Bc5 Qd8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bb5 Bf5 18.
Qd2 a6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bd4 Rb8 21. Qc3 {Kveinys,A (2545)-Plachetka,J (2475)/
Ostrava 1992; and Black awaits a difficult defence.}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 b6 10.
Bf4 (10. f4 {N} d6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. O-O Qc7 14. g4 (14. Rc1 Qb8)
14... Rfe8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Rc2 $6 (16. Rf2 $5) 16... Na5 (16... Ba6 $5 {Ribli})
17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. g5 (18. b3 a4 $1 19. g5 axb3 20. Rb2 Nd7 21. Qxb3 Bc6) 18...
Nd7 19. b3 {Kortschnoj,V (2630)-Lautier,J (2570)/Manila 1990; with better
chances for White.}) (10. Be3 Bb7 11. c5 Na5 12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qb3
Ba8 15. Ba6 Rc6 $13 {Hansen,L-Hansen,C/Vejstrup/1989/}) 10... d6 11. O-O Bb7
12. Re1 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Nd2 Nfd7 16. Bg3 g5 $5 17. b4 Kh8 18. f3
Rg8 19. Bf2 Bf6 {Lenic,L (2637)-Kunin,V (2537)/St. Veit AUT 2012; with an
unclear position.}) 8. Bf4 ({Probably Sutovsky had prepared active play after
the logical} 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Ng4) ({Maybe it was a good idea to
try} 8. Na4 Bc7 9. g3) (8. c5 Bc7 9. Nb5 O-O 10. g3 Ne4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. f3
Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxg3+ 14. Kd2 Ne5 15. Kc3 d5 16. Qd4 Nxf3 17. Bf4 Nxd4+ 18. Bxg3
Nf5 19. Bh2 Bd7 20. Nd4 Ne3 21. Bh3 Rac8 22. Kd3 Nc4 23. b3 Na5 24. Rag1 f5 25.
Be5 g6 26. e3 b6 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rc1 g5 29. Rcg1 g4 30. Bxg4 fxg4 31. Rxg4+
Kf7 32. Rxh7+ Ke8 33. Rgg7 Nc6 34. Nxc6 Bxc6 35. Bc7 Bb5+ 36. Kd4 e5+ 37. Kxe5
Rf5+ 38. Kxf5 Bd3+ 39. Ke6 {1-0 Sorgic,D (2244)-Pavlovic,D/Serbia 2008/EXT 2012
}) 8... d5 9. e3 ({Not} 9. Nb5 Ne4) 9... d4 $6 ({There is nothing wrong with} 
9... O-O) 10. exd4 (10. Nb5 {would be very risky:} dxe3 11. Nd6+ Ke7) 10...
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 ({Problems awaited Black in the endgame} 11... Qxd4 12. Qxd4
Bxd4 13. Nb5 e5 14. Nxd4 exf4 15. f3 Be6 16. O-O-O) 12. Nb5 Bxb2 $6 (12... e5 {
was slightly better:} 13. Nxd4 exf4 14. Qe2+ Qe7 15. O-O-O) 13. Nc7+ (13. Bd6
$1 {was much stronger:} Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qb6 (14... Ne4 15. Qxg7 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6
17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Be5) {but Lenic did not see here the fantastic winning move}
15. Qd1 $3) 13... Ke7 14. Qb3 ({It was possible to take the rook} 14. Nxa8 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qe5+ 16. Be2 Rd8 17. f4 Qb8 (17... Qc5 18. Bb4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bc3+ 20.
Bxc3 {with very strong threats.}) 18. Ra2) 14... e5 ({A forced mate is there
after} 14... Bxa1 15. Qb4+ Kd7 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Qc5+ Kd7 18. Qd6#) 15. Qxb2
Qxc7 16. Bxe5 Qb6 17. O-O-O ({Some other players would prefer to improve the
own pawn structure by} 17. Qb4+ Qxb4+ 18. axb4) 17... Rd8 18. Rxd8 ({It was no
better to keep rooks on the board:} 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Kb2 g6 21.
Bc7 Rdc8) 18... Kxd8 19. Bd3 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Be6 {White has the bishop pair,
but the relative weakness of the c4-pawn gives Black chances to equalise.} 21.
Rd1 (21. c5 {would promise a clearly better endgame:} Ng4 22. Bg3 Rc8 23. Rc1)
21... Rc8 ({A very unpleasant position for Black would appear after} 21... Ke7
22. c5 Kf8 23. a4 Rc8 24. a5) 22. Be4+ Nd7 $2 ({The correct move was} 22... Ke7
23. Bxb7 Rxc4 24. Bd6+ Ke8 25. Ba6 Rg4 26. Bb5+ Bd7 27. Bf1 {and White keeps
an advantage, but not such a big one.}) 23. Bxg7 Rxc4 24. Bxb7 Kc7 25. Ba6 $2 (
{Lenic saw the best} 25. Bf3 {but was unsure about the dangerous looking
knight manoeuvre} Nb6 26. Bd4 Na4+ 27. Kb1 {but Black has nothing better than
the bishop ending with a pawn down:} Nc3+ 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rc1 $18) 25... Rg4
26. Bd4 ({Still there were winning chances after} 26. Bh6 Rxg2 27. Bf4+ Kb6 28.
Rd6+ Kc5 29. Rd2 Rg4 30. Be3+) 26... Rxg2 27. Be3 Ne5 28. Rc1+ Kd8 29. Bxa7
Rxh2 30. a4 Rh4 $1 31. Rd1+ ({Once more it was necessary just to run - Black
would have some defensive problems:} 31. a5 Ra4 32. Bb6+ Ke7 33. Kc3 Nd7 34.
Bb5) 31... Kc7 32. Rd4 Nc4+ {Lenic accepts, that he can't win anymore.} 33.
Bxc4 (33. Kc3 {was met with} Rh3+) 33... Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Bxc4 35. Kc3 Ba6 36.
Be5+ Kc6 37. Kd4 h5 38. Bg3 Be2 39. Ke5 Bd1 40. Kf6 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Teheran FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:46"]
[BlackClock "0:11:42"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 {
A provocative new move.} ({The usual retreat} 7... Be7 {leads to hedgehog
structures, which are considered to be passive nowadays.}) 8. c5 ({Before, the
logical} 8. Bf4 {was tried:} d5 (8... e5 9. Bg3 d6 10. e3 Be6 11. Bh4 h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rad8 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. b4
Nd7 19. Nc4 a6 20. Rc1 Ba7 21. Rc2 f5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rfc1 Nf6 24. Na5 Rd7 25.
Qb3 Qf7 {Artemiev,V (2671)-Khismatullin,D (2642)/Chita 2015, Black keeps the
balance.}) 9. e3 d4 $6 ({There is nothing wrong with} 9... O-O) 10. exd4 Nxd4
11. Nxd4 Bxd4 ({Problems awaited Black in the endgame after} 11... Qxd4 12.
Qxd4 Bxd4 13. Nb5 e5 14. Nxd4 exf4 15. f3 Be6 16. O-O-O) 12. Nb5 Bxb2 $6 (12...
e5 {was slightly better:} 13. Nxd4 exf4 14. Qe2+ Qe7 15. O-O-O) 13. Nc7+ (13.
Bd6 $1 {was much stronger:} Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qb6 (14... Ne4 15. Qxg7 Qf6 16. Qxf6
Nxf6 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Be5) {but Lenic did not see here the fantastic winning
move} 15. Qd1 $3) 13... Ke7 14. Qb3 ({It was possible to take the rook:} 14.
Nxa8 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qe5+ 16. Be2 Rd8 17. f4 Qb8 (17... Qc5 18. Bb4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Bc3+ 20. Bxc3 {with very strong threats}) 18. Ra2) 14... e5 ({A forced mate is
there after} 14... Bxa1 15. Qb4+ Kd7 16. Qb5+ Ke7 17. Qc5+ Kd7 18. Qd6#) 15.
Qxb2 Qxc7 16. Bxe5 Qb6 17. O-O-O ({Other players would prefer to improve their
own pawn structure by} 17. Qb4+ Qxb4+ 18. axb4) 17... Rd8 18. Rxd8 ({It was
not better to keep rooks on the board:} 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Kb2 g6
21. Bc7 Rdc8) 18... Kxd8 19. Bd3 Qxb2+ 20. Kxb2 Be6 {1/2 Lenic,L (2637)
-Sutovsky,E (2700)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM 148/[Mikhalchishin,A] (40)}) ({Maybe it
was a good idea to try} 8. Na4 Bc7 9. g3) (8. e4 O-O (8... d5 9. exd5 exd5 10.
c5 Bc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Be5 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Rc1
Re8 17. a4 a6 18. Bf3 Qxc5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. h3 Be6 22. c4 Rab8
23. Qb3 b6 $11 {Kovalyov,A (2616)-Caruana,F (2808)/Baku 2015}) 9. Be2 (9. Bg5
h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Nd2 Nd4 14. Nf3 e5 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16.
Nb5 Bc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bg4 {Navara,D (2724)-Eljanov,P (2723)/Biel 2015, the
weakness of the d5-square will sooner or later be a problem for Black.}) 9...
d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bf3 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Re8+ 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rxe3+ 17. Kf2 Qb6 18. Nd4 Re5 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Rd8 {Kuzubov,Y (2641)-Greenfeld,A (2534)/Douglas 2015, with a very strong
initiative.}) 8... Bc7 9. g3 ({A very interesting try is} 9. Nb5 O-O (9... b6
$5) 10. g3 Ne4 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. f3 $5 (12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd6 Nxd6 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bd2 Nc4 16. Qc2 $14) 12... Nxg3 (12... Nf6) 13. hxg3 Qxg3+ 14. Kd2 Ne5 15. Kc3
(15. Kc2 b6 16. Kb1) 15... d5 16. Qd4 (16. cxd6 Bd7 17. Kc2 Ba4 18. Kb1 Rfd8
19. Ka2) 16... Nxf3 17. Bf4 Nxd4+ 18. Bxg3 {Sorgic,D (2244)-Pavlovic,D/Serbia
2008, Black has no real compensation for the piece.}) ({But not} 9. Bg5 h6 (
9... b6 10. e3 bxc5 11. Nxc5 Be5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. N5e4 Rb8 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qd2 Rg8 17. f4 Bb7 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Rg1 Qh5 20. g3 Rc8 21. Rf1
Nd5 22. Be4 {Laznicka,V (2670)-Sutovsky,E (2626)/Jerusalem 2015, with
advantage.}) 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e3 b6 12. Be2 Be5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15.
Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 d5 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nf3 Ng6 {Zubov,A (2600)-Boruchovsky,A 
(2517)/Israel 2015, The black centre is very solid.}) 9... O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11.
O-O (11. cxb6 {is no better:} axb6 12. O-O Bb7 (12... d5 $142 $1) 13. Nb5 d5
14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rc1 h6 19. Be3 Rad8 20.
Qc2 f5 21. Qc4+ Kh7 22. Qb5 {Tari,A (2521)-Heimann,A (2546)/Berlin 2015, with
pressure.}) 11... Be5 {Ju Wenjun has played this line with White! And now
improves on Black's play.} (11... Rb8 12. Nb5 bxc5 13. Nxc7 c4 14. Nd4 Qxc7 15.
Nxc6 dxc6 16. Qa4 Nd5 17. Qxc4 Qb6 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Re1 Qb3 20. Qc5 Qb5 21. Qxb5
(21. Qxa7 c5 22. b4 Rfc8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qe7 $14) 21... cxb5 22. e4 Nb6 23.
Bf1 {1-0 Ju Wenjun (2532)-Muzychuk,A (2561)/Lopota 2014. The bishop pair is
very important here.}) 12. Bf4 $5 ({A very unclear position would appear after
} 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. f4 Bc7) 12... Bxf4 (12... Bxc3 {would be too
risky strategically:} 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Qc2 Bc4 16. Rab1) 13. gxf4
Rb8 14. Rb1 ({Tigran Petrosian would apply his favourite idea in such
situations:} 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. e3 g6 18. Rac1 Kf8
19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd4) 14... Ba6 ({An interesting idea was} 14... Ne7 15. e3
bxc5 16. Nxc5 d6 17. N5e4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5) 15. Bf3 ({The immediate} 15. Re1 {
was more logical.}) 15... Qc8 {An unnecessary manoeuvre.} ({The immediate} 
15... Ne7 {would be better}) 16. Re1 Ne7 ({It was possible to create his own
strong centre - it was more important than the strong position of the white
knight on c5.} 16... bxc5 17. Nxc5 d5) 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rc1 Qd8 {Now it is
necessary to go back.} 19. e3 Nf5 20. Nd4 Nh4 ({A major struggle for the
c-file would start after the exchange} 20... Nxd4 21. Qxd4 d5 22. Na2 $1 Nd7
23. Nb4 Bb7 24. Rc3) 21. Bh1 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qe2 ({It was necessary to
play on the c-file:} 23. Ncb5 Qe7 24. Rc4 Ne4 25. Qc2) 23... Rc7 24. Nf3 $6 {
The exchange is in Black's favour.} Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 d5 26. Red1 ({It was better
to change the file under his control - from the c- to the d-file.} 26. Qe2 Qc8
27. f3 Rc5 28. Rcd1 Rc4 29. Rd2 {but it led to similar positions as in the
game.}) 26... Qd7 27. Qe2 Rfc8 28. f3 h6 29. Rd4 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Na2 ({
A more logical, technical way was} 31. b3 Rc6 32. Qd2) 31... Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Ne8
$1 {The knight on f6 had no future!} 33. Nb3 Nd6 34. Nd4 f6 $1 35. b3 $6 ({
For equality a more effective idea was} 35. Qc2 Nc4 36. e4 b5 37. exd5 Qxd5 38.
Qe4) 35... e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nc2 Qf7 38. Ne1 Nf5 39. Ng2 ({It was not easy
fighting against the stronger black knight:} 39. Qd3 d4 40. exd4 Nxd4 41. b4 b5
) 39... d4 40. e4 $6 ({Or} 40. Qd3 dxe3 41. Nxe3 Nd4) 40... Nd6 41. Qd3 Qc7 {
Now Black can create a lot of threats controlling the c-file.} 42. Kf2 Qc1 43.
f4 ({White can not apply a waiting strategy here:} 43. a4 Qb2+ 44. Kg3 Kh7 45.
h3 h5) 43... exf4 44. Qxd4 $6 {White is lost now.} ({Or} 44. e5 Qb2+ 45. Kg1
Nf7 46. Nxf4 Qc1+ 47. Qf1 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Qxe5 49. Qf3 {with drawing chances.})
44... Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qxb3+ 46. Kxf4 Qh3 $1 47. Qf2 Qxh2+ 48. Ke3 Qh3+ 49. Kd4
Qxa3 50. Kd5 Ne8 51. e5 Nc7+ 52. Kc6 Qc3+ 53. Kb7 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bc5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4 a5 13. Rac1 Ba6 14. Rc2
Rfb8 15. b3 {This game is an example of a GM's draw offer. The Black player, a
much lower-rated IM, faces a strong British GM but thanks to his deep
calculation and solid play he gets the upper hand after:} Rb4 $1 16. Qxa5 (16.
Qa3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qe5 18. Rd1 h5 19. h3 {is slightly better than Howell's
choice.}) 16... Bb7 17. c5 Qxh2+ $1 {Howell, may have missed this.} 18. Kxh2
Rxa5 {Now Black has a greatly superior pawn structure and White's pawn on c5
is a great target.} 19. Na4 Ba6 $1 {Another strategically sensible move. Black
gets rid of his bad bishop.} 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Kg1 Kf8 22. f3 Ke7 23. Kf2 Nd7
24. Ke2 Ra5 25. Kd2 $1 {The exclamation mark is for Howell's draw offer. It
was going to be a long session of suffering for White as Black could
comfortably play h5-g6-e5-f5 and keep improving his position while all White
could do was to stall. Howell, offered a draw before things got nastier. A
wise decision on his part and not a very good one from his opponent's side,
who showed more respect to his opponent than to his position.} (25. Kd2 h5 26.
Rh1 g6 27. Kc3 Rb7 28. Kd2 e5 29. g3 Ke6 30. Rhc1 f5 {and a very bad position
for White.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Guadalpi, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Rac8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Bh4 d6 14. b4 Rfe8 15.
Re1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf1 Rcd8 18. Qb3 Rd4 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Rcd1 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Red8 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Na4 Bc6 24. Nb2 Qb7 25. e5 Be4 26. f3 Bc6 27. Bd3
h5 28. b5 Be8 29. Be4 Qc7 30. Nd3 h4 31. g4 Rc8 32. Rc1 Bc5 33. a4 f6 34. exf6
gxf6 35. Qb2 Qg3 36. Nxc5 bxc5 37. Qf2 Kg7 38. Qxg3 hxg3 39. Kf1 Bg6 40. Bxg6
Kxg6 41. Ke2 Rh8 42. a5 Kg5 43. Kd3 f5 44. Re1 Kf6 45. gxf5 Kxf5 46. Rb1 Rh7
47. a6 Ke5 48. b6 axb6 49. Rxb6 Rh1 50. Rc6 Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Ra1 52. Rxc5+ Kd6 53.
Rg5 Rxa6 54. Kd3 Ra2 55. Rxg3 e5 56. Rg8 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 Re3+ 58. Kf5 d3 $2 (58...
Kc5 59. Rc8+ Kb4 60. c5 d3 61. g4 (61. c6 Kc5 62. f4 Kd6 $11) 61... Rxf3+ 62.
Kxe5 Re3+ 63. Kf5 d2 64. Rd8 Kc3 65. c6 Re7 $11) 59. Rc8 $3 {[%mdl 4096] Dies
schneidet den schwarzen König entscheidend ab. Ohne aktiven König hat Schwarz
keine Chance mehr:} d2 60. Rd8+ Kc5 61. Rxd2 Kxc4 62. g4 Rxf3+ 63. Kxe5 Rg3 64.
Kf4 Rg1 65. g5 Rf1+ 66. Ke5 Rg1 67. Kf6 Rf1+ 68. Kg7 Kc5 69. g6 Rg1 70. Kf7
Rf1+ 71. Kg8 Kc6 72. g7 Rg1 73. Rh2 Kd6 74. Kh7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baia Mare"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{This game was played in the penultimate round of the European Club Cup 2017.} 
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 {This move came as
a surprise.} Bb4 ({The principled reply was} 6... d5 7. Ndb5 (7. e3 Bb4 8. Nxc6
$5 bxc6 9. Qa4 {should not bring White much, either.}) 7... e5 {. I vaguely
remembered the line} 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12.
Nd6 {but felt uncertain about some details. Black has more than one way to
equality.}) 7. Ndb5 O-O 8. a3 ({A more principled move was} 8. Bd6 $1 {, after
which Black can choose between several "almost equal" positions:} {I planned
to meet that move with} Qb6 (8... a6 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 (9... Qxf8 10. Nd4 Ne4 11.
Nxc6 $1 Nxc3 12. Qb3 $14) 10. a3 {also looks slightly better for White.}) ({
The main continuation is} 8... Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Qb6 (9... Ne8 $5 10. e3 Qb6 11. Rb1
{is fairly similar to the 9...Qb6 10.Qd2 Ne8 line.}) 10. Qd2 {and now} Nd4 (
10... Ne8 $5 11. Nxe8 Rxe8 12. e3 Rd8 13. Be2 d6 {followed by Bd7} ({or even} 
13... d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5 16. e4 Be6 17. Rc1 Qd6 {are serious
alternatives.})) 11. O-O-O Qxd6 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 $14 {still does not
look completely equal to me.}) 9. Bxf8 Bxf8 {, but} 10. Rb1 a6 11. Nd6 Ne5 12.
Nxc8 Rxc8 13. e3 $14 {looks preferable for White.}) ({On the other hand,} 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 {should be fine for Black. The following game
shows how Black should handle such positions, or perhaps how White shouldn't.}
11. e4 Qa5 12. O-O-O (12. Qd2 d5 $1 13. exd5 Rd8 $44) 12... a6 13. Na3 (13. Nd4
Ne8 $5) 13... b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. e5 $6 (15. Nc2) 15... Ng4 $1 16. Rd2 $6 (16.
Qd2 $1) 16... Nb4 $1 17. Bd3 b5 $1 18. Bb1 Rac8 19. Qxd7 $2 Ba8 20. Re1 Rfd8
21. Qe7 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Nc6 23. Qh4 Qd8+ $1 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8+ 25. Kc1 b4 $19 26.
Nab5 axb5 27. Nxb5 Nd4 28. Be4 Nf2 29. Bxa8 Nd3+ 30. Kd2 Nxb5 {0-1 (30) Navara,
D (2644)-Eljanov,P (2643) Deizisau 2005. There are certainly better ways how
to celebrate one's 20th birthday!}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d5 10. e3 {The play has
almost transposed to the line 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5, but not quite.
White has managed to develop his bishop. True, this does not prevent Black
from equalising.} Re8 ({The alternatives} 10... Qe7 {(followed by Rd8)}) ({and
} 10... h6 {(preparing e6-e5) look like safer ways to equality.}) 11. Bg3 ({
After} 11. Bd3 $5 {Black would still have to demonstrate the way to equality.})
11... d4 {Now Black solves all the opening problems.} 12. exd4 Nxd4 (12... Qxd4
13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. O-O-O e5 {looked tempting until I found} 15. b4 (15. Bxe5 $6
Nb3+ 16. Kc2 Nc5 $1 17. Bxf6 $6 Bf5+ 18. Kc1 Nb3# {is a funny line unless you
are playing with White.}) (15. Bd3 $1 e4 16. Bf1 $1 {is Komodo's suggestion.
Steinitz would be happy. The pawns cannot go backwards, whereas the bishops
can!} Nf5 17. Bf4 $14) 15... a5 16. Kb2 {. This position might still be equal,
but it appeared worse to me.}) 13. Be5 Nc6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd1
Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 b6 ({The computer suggests} 17... e5 $5 {, but I was
understandably reluctant to weaken the d5-square. The position would remain
equal anyway.}) 18. Bd3 Ba6 19. Kc2 Nd4+ 20. Kb1 $6 {This is a step in a wrong
direction.} ({After} 20. Kd2 Rc8 21. b4 {Black has nothing better than} Nb3+ (
21... Bxc4 $2 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Kd3 b5 $6 24. Nxb5 $18) 22. Kc2 Nd4+ 23. Kd2 {
with a move repetition. I was hoping to take some photos of a beautiful sunset,
but White's move convinced me to play on. Soon afterwards my teammate Markus
Ragger got into trouble, thus further enhancing my fighting spirit.}) 20... Rc8
21. Ne4 ({The computer prefers} 21. Nb5 {, but} Nxb5 22. cxb5 Bb7 {leaves
Black with a more comfortable position. The computer says that} 23. Re1 {
leads to equality. It might be the case, but George Orwell could have pointed
out that Black remains more equal!}) 21... Kg7 (21... f5 22. Nd2 e5 (22... Bb7
$5) 23. Nf3 $5 Nxf3 24. gxf3 {looked equal to me. Perhaps wrongly so, as} Bxc4
25. Bxf5 Rc6 {leaves Black with an edge.}) 22. Nd2 e5 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Bf1 ({
I prepared some naive little traps like} 24. Re3 $6 f5 $1 25. Rxe5 $2 Nc6 $1
26. Re3 f4 27. Rh3 Bc8 $1 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Kc2 Rxd3 $17 {.}) 24... Bc8 $1 {
It is time to improve the bishop.} (24... f5 $6 {no longer works:} 25. Rxe5 Nc6
$2 (25... Nf3 $1) 26. Rd5 $16) 25. Ne4 Bf5 {This looks pretty logical, but} (
25... Be6 $1 $15 {was preferable. Black retains a slight pull after} 26. b4 f5
27. Nd2 (27. Ng5 Kf6 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 $15) 27... Kf6 {.}) 26. b4 a5 ({It would
have been wiser to squeeze White's kingside, playing} 26... h5 $5 27. Kb2 h4 {
. While the position remains equal, there remains some tension. I like Black's
position, here.}) 27. Kb2 axb4 28. axb4 Nc6 ({I rejected} 28... Ra8 {on
account of} 29. Nc3 Nc2 30. Rd1 Nxb4 31. Rd6 $44 {. The material balance would
soon be restored.}) 29. b5 $1 {White plays his trumps.} ({My intention was} 29.
Kc3 Ra8 {.}) 29... Na5 ({I rejected} 29... Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Nd4 {on account of}
31. f4 $1 {. Perhaps Black could still maintain equality after} exf4 32. Rxf4
Ne6 {, but that was not my intention.}) 30. c5 $1 Bxe4 (30... bxc5 $2 31. Nxc5
{would leave my knight too weak.}) 31. Rxe4 Rd2+ $2 {Constantin was short of
time, so I decided to complicate matters and grab some pawns. This approach 
(almost) backfired. It is questionable how much my decision was influenced by
the problems on the neighbouring board. Perhaps not so much, as I take such
risks fairly often.} (31... bxc5 $1 {would have maintained a dynamic
equilibrium, e.g.} 32. Ra4 ({or} 32. f4 Rd1 $5 33. Be2 Re1 $11 {.}) 32... Nb7)
32. Kc3 Rxf2 33. Bc4 {Any bishop move was good, but this one looks the most
logical.} ({Still, the computer insists on} 33. Rg4+ $1 Kf8 34. Bd3 bxc5 35.
Ra4 Nb7 36. Ra8+ $1 Kg7 37. b6 {, when Black faces a difficult task of
stopping the passed pawn. After} Rf4 38. Ra7 Nd6 39. Rd7 Rd4 40. b7 Nxb7 41.
Rxb7 Rg4 {he should probably be able to hold, but it would take a lot of time,
energy and patience. I could easily lose such a position.}) 33... bxc5 $2 ({
The engine suggests} 33... f5 $1 34. Rxe5 Kf6 35. Rd5 bxc5 36. b6 Nxc4 $1 (
36... Rxg2 37. Ba6 $14) 37. Kxc4 Rxg2 {with equality. Still, I guess that very
few players would give up the e5-pawn instead of taking on c5.}) 34. Bd5 $1 c4
35. Re1 $1 Nb3 (35... Ra2 36. b6 $16 {looks grim for Black, who is going to
lose a piece.}) 36. b6 Nd4 (36... Nc5 {was not much better, as} 37. Ra1 $1 {
followed by Ra5 is very strong.} e4 38. Ra5 Nd7 39. b7 e3 40. Bxc4 $18) 37. Rb1
$1 {Well, I had seen this move, but still decided to gamble. But now I
realised that my position was lost. Seeing two bad positions, Mateusz Bartel
decided to take a risk, but his attempt backfired.} (37. b7 Nb5+ 38. Kxc4 Rb2
39. Kc5 Nc7 {looked fine to me. It is not, as} 40. Be4 Ne6+ 41. Kd6 $1 {
(threatening Rb1) wins a piece. Black retains realistic drawing chances after}
Nd8 42. Kc7 Nxb7 43. Bxb7 $16 {, but his task is by no means simple. It
certainly helps that White's bishop does not control the h8-square.}) 37...
Rc2+ 38. Kb4 c3 39. Ka3 $5 {This move had escaped my attention. Black is in
big trouble, now.} ({Still,} 39. b7 Rb2+ 40. Rxb2 cxb2 41. Be4 {was also
winning, as the following lines demonstrate:} f5 $1 {Black has to push this
pawn sooner or later. However, its sacrifice is insufficient for a draw.} ({
Black cannot do without f6-f5, as he ends up in zugzwang:} 41... Nc6+ 42. Kc3
Nb8 43. Kxb2 h6 44. Kc3 Kf8 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Kc5 Kd7 (46... Ke6 47. g4) 47. Kb6
Kd6 48. Ka7 Kc7 49. g4 Nd7 50. h4 Nb8 51. Bd3 Nd7 52. Bb5 Nb8 53. h5 e4 54. Be8
e3 55. Bb5 $18 {I saw this motif and was not very happy about it.}) 42. Kc3 $1
Nc6 43. Bxf5 h6 44. Kxb2 Kf6 45. Be4 Nb8 46. Kc3 Ke6 47. g4 $1 (47. Kc4 $2 f5)
47... Kd6 48. Kc4 Nd7 49. Bf5 (49. Kb5 $2 Kc7 50. Ka6 Kb8) 49... Nb8 50. h4 f6
51. h5 Nc6 52. Be4 Nb8 53. Kb5 Kc7 54. Kc5 Nd7+ (54... Na6+ 55. Kd5 Kxb7 56.
Ke6+ {is equally bad.}) 55. Kd5 Kxb7 56. Kd6+ $1 Kc8 57. Bf5 $18 {. Needless
to say, I had not seen this line at all. Time trouble was looming and I had
more than enough food for thought.}) 39... Rd2 40. b7 c2 ({After} 40... Ne2 {
both} 41. b8=Q ({and} 41. Be4 Rd8 (41... c2 42. Bxc2) 42. b8=Q Rxb8 43. Rxb8
Nd4 $18 {should be winning for White in the long run.}) 41... c2 42. Be4 cxb1=Q
43. Bxb1 Nc3 44. Bf5 Rxg2 45. Qb7 $18) 41. Rc1 $1 (41. b8=Q $2 Rd1 $1 42. Qb7
cxb1=Q 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qxf6+ Kh5 45. Qxe5+ Nf5 46. Bf3+ Kg6 47. Qe6+ Kg5 $17)
41... Nb5+ $1 {After the time control I realised that my position was not as
hopeful as it looked at first sight. It is lost, but Black can still fight.} (
41... Ne2 42. Rxc2 $1 Rxc2 43. b8=Q Nf4 44. Bxf7 $5 $18) 42. Kb2 (42. Kb4 Rxd5
(42... Nc7 43. b8=Q Na6+ 44. Kc3 $18) 43. Rxc2 Nd4 44. Rc5 Rd6 $1 45. b8=Q Nc6+
46. Rxc6 Rxc6 47. Qb7 Rd6 48. Qf3 Rd4+ 49. Kc5 {more or less transposes to the
game. White's king has crossed the 4th rank, but it is not particularly
relevant.}) 42... Rxd5 43. b8=Q Nd4 {Around this moment we were losing 1.5:2.5.
Pentala Harikrishna had an advantage and later converted it.} 44. Qc7 Rb5+ 45.
Ka2 Rb4 46. Rxc2 $6 {This move looks understandable, but now Black comes close
to creating a fortress.} ({White could have played} 46. Qd6 $1 Rb7 47. Qa6 {
, thus keeping his rook. White should gradually win due to the potential
weakness of the black king.}) 46... Nxc2 47. Qxc2 {I have used engines a lot
while analysing this game. They often criticised my decisions, but the time
for revenge came now, as the engines are still struggling with the concept of
a fortress.} h5 $2 {Sometimes it is better to sit and wait. I wanted either to
gain control of the f4 square or provoke the exchange on g3. Still, I missed
one important detail and one tempo.} ({I saw a partial zugzwang which could
arise after} 47... Rd4 48. Kb3 Rf4 49. g3 Rd4 50. Qf5 h6 51. h3 {Black has to
let White's king go forward. I missed an important defensive resource. When
White's king comes to c7, Black can play Rd4-a4!, thus preventing White's king
from getting any closer to the f7-pawn. On the other hand, Rd4-d2 would then
lose to Qf5-g4+ Kg7-h7 Qg4-b4 with an eventual Qb4-f8. For the same reason,}
Rd8 $1 {is the safest move even with the king still on b3.}) 48. g3 $1 {
This move highlights the drawbacks of my pawn advance. The h5-pawn is weak and
its sacrifice does not help much. I spent almost all the remaining time 
(around 20 minutes) and went for a desperate sacrifice which eventually
succeeded. It seems to me that Black's position is already beyond saving.} h4
$6 {After some hesitation I decided to get rid of all the redundant material
to create a fortress. If Black exchanges one white pawn for his pawns on e5,
f6 and h5 and succeeds in putting his rook to e6 without allowing White's king
to cross the 6th rank, he will draw. The problem is that this is easier said
than done.} (48... Rd4 49. Qc3 f5 50. h4 $1 $18 {looks grim for Black, whose
rook cannot switch to the 6th rank.}) ({Something like} 48... Rg4 49. Qf5 Rg5
50. Qe4 Rg4 51. Qf3 e4 52. Qf5 Rg5 (52... e3 53. Qxh5) 53. Qxe4 Re5 {looked
like a reasonable saving attempt, too. White can probably bring his king to h4,
threatening to sacrifice the queen on h5, but Black might simply protect that
pawn with his king. Still, White seems to be winning with the help of a timely
advance g3-g4. The following lines do not constitute a proof but rather
suggest the right idea.} 54. Qf3 Rg5 55. Kb3 Re5 56. Kb4 (56. h4 $1 {followed
by g3-g4 also wins in a similar way. Black is in a sort of zugzwang, but} Rb5+
57. Kc4 Ra5 58. Kb4 Re5 59. g4 {might just transpose to my main line.}) 56...
Rg5 57. h4 Re5 (57... Rg4+ 58. Kc5 $18 {enables White's king to cross the
barrier.}) 58. g4 hxg4 (58... Re6 $5 59. Kc4 $1 (59. gxh5 $2 f5 $1 60. Qxf5 Rh6
$11 {transposes to the game. Believe or not, it is a fortress!}) 59... hxg4 ({
The line} 59... Kf8 60. gxh5 $5 (60. Qf4 hxg4 61. h5 $1 f5 62. Qg5 $1 $18 {
might admittedly be simpler.}) 60... f5 61. Qg3 f4 $1 62. Qg5 $3 (62. Qxf4 $2
Kg7) 62... f3 63. h6 f2 64. Qd8+ $1 Re8 65. Qd3 Re6 66. Qa3+ Kg8 67. Qa8+ $1
Kh7 68. Qf3 Kg8 69. h7+ $1 $18 {clearly shows how difficult "simple positions"
can be.}) 60. Qxg4+ Kh7 61. Qf5+ $1 {White needs to prevent the advance f6-f5!}
Kg7 (61... Kg8 62. h5 Re5 {is also lost unless White takes the f6-pawn.}) 62.
h5 {This is winning for White, for example} Kh6 (62... Re5 $2 63. h6+ $1) 63.
Kd4 Kg7 64. Qg4+ Kh7 65. h6 $1 Kxh6 66. Qg8 {with a theoretical win.}) 59.
Qxg4+ Kh7 60. Qf4 $1 (60. h5 $2 f5 $1 61. Qg5 Re6 $11) 60... Re6 (60... Kg6 $5)
61. Qf5+ $1 Kg7 62. h5 Kh6 63. Qg4 f5 (63... Re5 64. Qf4+ Kg7 65. h6+ Kg6 66.
Qh4 Re8 67. Kc5 Rh8 68. Kd6 $18) 64. Qg8 $1 Re4+ 65. Kc5 Kxh5 66. Qxf7+ {
and White should gradually win. Chess is quite difficult!}) 49. Qc3 $1 Rd4 (
49... Rg4 50. Qf3 $1 {seems to bring no relief, e.g.} Rg5 (50... Rg6 51. g4 {
resembles rather a nightmare than a fortress.}) 51. gxh4 (51. g4 {also seems
to be winning, for instance} Kg6 52. Qe4+ f5 53. gxf5+ Rxf5 54. Kb3 h3 55. Kc4
Kf6 56. Kd5 Rg5 57. Qh7 $1 $18) 51... Rg6 (51... e4 52. Qxe4 Re5 53. Qg4+ Kh7
54. Qf4 $1 {strongly resembles the positions from the previous note. It is
indeed lost, White just needs to prevent f6-f5 with the rook placed on e6.} (
54. h5 $2 f5 $1 55. Qf4 Re6 $11) 54... Re6 (54... Kg6 55. Kb3 Re6 56. Qg4+ Kh7
57. Qf5+ Kg7 58. h5) 55. Qf5+ $1 (55. h5 $2 f5 $1 56. Qxf5+ Kg7 $11) 55... Kg7
56. Kb3 {and White should gradually win.}) 52. h5 Rh6 53. Qg4+ Kf8 54. Qf5 {
It is remarkable that Black loses because of the presence of his f6-pawn!
Without the pawns f6 and e5 the position would have been drawn! In the game I
managed to get rid of all the superfluous material. The inspiration came from
some endgame books rather than from Buddhism.}) (49... Rb6 50. g4 $1 (50. gxh4
$2 Re6 $1 {followed by f6-f5 only leads to a draw. I opened a cloud engine
which evaluates this as +9.50 at depth 57/78. Now it is my turn to laugh at
the computer!}) 50... e4 51. Qe3 Re6 52. Kb3 {looks pretty grim for Black, too.
I am not really sure that Black is lost here, but it would be very surprising
if he could hold.}) 50. gxh4 f5 ({And} 50... Kh7 $5 {was little better:} 51.
Qg3 (51. h5 $5 Rf4 52. Qb3 Kg7 53. Qg3+ Kh7 54. Kb3 {might be more accurate.})
51... Rf4 (51... f5 $1 52. Qxe5 Ra4+ 53. Kb3 {transposes to the game.}) (51...
Rd6 52. Qf3 Kg7 53. Qg4+ Kh7 54. h5 {is another case when Black would make a
draw without the f6-pawn but not now, as} Re6 {allows} 55. h6 $1 Kxh6 56. Qg8
$18 {.}) 52. Kb3 Rd4 53. h5 Rf4 54. h4 $1 Rd4 55. Qf3 Rf4 56. Qb7 $18 {.}) 51.
Qg3+ $6 {This natural move brings Black closer to a draw.} ({Instead,} 51. h5
$1 {would have deprived Black's rook of the g6-square. The key difference
becomes apparent after} Ra4+ (51... Kh6 52. Qe3+ (52. Qc7) 52... Kxh5 53. Qxe5
Rd2+ 54. Kb3 Kg6 55. h4 Rg2 56. Qh8 $18) (51... f4 52. Kb3 f3 (52... Kh7 53.
Qc7) 53. Qxf3 Rd6 54. Qg4+ Kh7 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ $1 Kh7 57. Qe7 $18) 52.
Kb3 Ra6 53. Qxe5+ Kg8 54. Qf4 $1 Kg7 (54... Re6 55. h6 $1) 55. Qg5+ {, when
Black's rook cannot go to g6. White wins after} Kh7 56. Qxf5+ Kg7 57. Qe5+ Kh7
58. Qc7 Kg7 $6 59. Qc3+ {with a subsequent double attack.}) ({On the contrary,
my offhand suggestion} 51. Kb3 $2 {fails to} Rxh4 $1 52. Qxe5+ Kg8 $1 53. Qxf5
Rh6 $11 {.}) 51... Kh7 52. Qxe5 Ra4+ 53. Kb3 Ra6 54. Qxf5+ Kg7 55. Qe5+ Kg8 {
What an amazing position! White has an overwhelming material advantage and
Black's pieces are still disorganised, but the draw is very close. I believed
that this was a unique fortress. In fact, there is a narrow path to White's
victory, which is no less impressive!} 56. h5 $2 ({White could have won,
playing} 56. Qg3+ $1 Rg6 57. h5 $3 (57. Kc4 $2 {fails to} Kh7 $1) 57... Rxg3+
58. hxg3 Kg7 59. g4 Kh6 60. Kc4 Kg5 61. Kd5 f5 62. h6 $1 Kxh6 63. gxf5 Kg7 64.
Ke6 Kf8 65. Kf6 $18 {. Black is short of one tempo in this line. I would like
to point out that the win is only possible due to White's spare h2-pawn and
the loose position of the Black's rook.}) 56... Re6 {Now White can no longer
win. Black has two safe squares for his rook, viz. e6 and h6. His king should
stay on the 7th rank, preventing the h5-h6 advance. The rest is simple. Around
move 48 I had almost no time left, but I accumulated 23 minutes till the end
of the game!} 57. Qg5+ Kh7 58. Qf5+ Kg7 59. Qg5+ Kh7 60. Kc4 Rc6+ 61. Kd4 Re6
62. Qf5+ Kg7 63. Qg5+ Kh7 64. Kd3 Rh6 65. Qf5+ Kg7 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Ke4 Re6+
68. Kf4 Rh6 69. Qf5+ Kg7 70. Kg5 Rc6 71. Qd5 Rh6 72. Qd4+ Kh7 73. Qd3+ Kg7 74.
Qd4+ (74. Qh3 Kh7 $1 $11) 74... Kh7 75. Qf4 Kg7 76. Kg4 Re6 77. Qg5+ Kh7 78.
Qd5 Kg7 79. Kg5 Rh6 80. Qd4+ Kh7 81. Qc4 Kg7 82. Qc3+ Kh7 83. Qf3 Kg7 84. Qf4
Re6 85. Kg4 Rh6 86. Qe5+ Kh7 87. Qf5+ Kg7 88. h3 Re6 89. Qg5+ Kh7 90. Qf5+ Kg7
91. Qf4 Rh6 92. Kg5 Re6 93. Qd4+ Kh7 94. Qf4 Kg7 95. h6+ Rxh6 96. h4 Rg6+ 97.
Kh5 Re6 {There was no need to set White's king free; sitting and waiting is
quite sufficient, too.} 98. Qd4+ Kh7 99. Qf4 Kg7 100. Qg5+ Rg6 101. Qe5+ Kh7
102. Qe3 Kg8 {White's king cannot leave its cage.} 103. Qe5 Kh7 104. Qe7 Kg8
105. Qd8+ Kg7 106. Qb8 ({After} 106. Qe8 Re6 {the rook returns to g6.}) 106...
Rg2 107. Qe5+ Kg8 108. Qe8+ Kg7 109. Qa8 Rg6 110. Qd8 Rg2 111. Qd4+ Kg8 112.
Qa4 Rg6 113. Qe8+ Kg7 114. Qa8 Rg1 {and White offered a draw which was gladly
accepted. The match was hereby drawn and we (AVE Novy Bor) retained realistic
chances for a medal. Constantin remained friendly after the game and we
briefly analysed it before going for the dinner. The endgame turned out to be
far more complicated than I had suspected. It took me much more time than
intended and there is still room for improvements.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I am very happy that the Prague International Chess Festival took place once
again. It was a pleasure to play there. The event was nicely organized and was
a big success, though not for me.} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 ({While} 7. Ndb5 {might be more ambitious, it is
also very forced and I expected Nils to know the theory well. The game might
continue with} Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6
13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 d5 $1 17. cxd5 c4 $44 {
, but White has numerous reasonable alternatives to this line and Black also
has some.}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 {I looked at this line with my friends
before the tournament. It does not lead to White's advantage, but Black needs
to solve some practical problems in a relatively unexplored position.} d6 10.
Bd2 ({The most straightforward continuation} 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Qc7 13. Bg2 {leaves White's doubled pawns rather exposed. Black can choose
between} O-O ({and} 13... e5 14. c5 b6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 {with decent play in both
cases. The latter happened in the following prominent game:} 16. O-O O-O 17. f5
Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bg5 Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8
24. Qc1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. a4 Qd7 29. a5 Nxe4 30.
Bc2 Qb5 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qg2 bxa5 {0-1 (32) Radjabov,T (2793)-Gelfand,B (2740)
London 2013 CBM 154 [Marin,M] It is a model game from Black's point of view.}))
10... a5 ({Black can also start with} 10... O-O {, when} 11. O-O-O a5 {might
transpose to the game.}) 11. O-O-O {This move was inspired by GM Gelfand's
recent game. Alas, I somehow forgot to play it through and analyzed various
other options instead.} ({White's main option is} 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 {, when
it is not clear whether Black's extra a7-a5 move (compared to the line
starting with 10.f4) favours White or Black. Black should refrain from} Bxc3+
$6 ({Both} 12... Qd8 {and 12...Qc7 are better options.}) 13. bxc3 {for a while,
as it weakens the b5 and b6-squares.}) ({White can also play} 11. Bg2 a4 12.
Nb5 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 {, but it does not look very challenging.}) 11... a4 (11...
O-O 12. f4 Nc6 {was another relevant option, for example} 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5
a4 $1 15. Nc7 axb3 $1 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17. Kc2 Rxa6 $44 18. Bg2 $2 (18. e5 $1)
18... e5 $1 19. f5 Bc5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 $2 ({White had to play} 
22. Rxd4 $1 exd4 $19 {and hope for Black's mistake.}) 22... a1=Q+ $1 23. Rxa1
Bxd4+ 24. Kc2 Bxa1 {0-1 (24) Gleizerov,E (2420)-Dvoirys,S (2520) Cheliabinsk
1989}) 12. Na1 O-O ({The big question is when (or if) to insert} 12... a3 13.
b3 {. On the one hand, the dark squares around White's king become chronically
weak. On the other hand, it is not so easy to exploit that and attacking the
c4-pawn no longer makes sense. If Black does not play a4-a3 quickly enough,
White might play a2-a3 in some lines, preferably not too early.}) ({After} 
12... Neg4 13. f3 Nf2 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxf2 Bxf2 16. Nc2 $13 {a complex
position arises. White's king is potentially weak, but Black's pieces are
still too passive to exploit that. I analysed this position before the game.})
({Black can also play} 12... Bc5 {, when the position remains double-edged
after} 13. f3 {.}) 13. Nc2 Bc5 14. f4 ({It seems that} 14. Be3 $1 {was the
right way to fight for the opening edge. The critical position arises after}
Bd7 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. f4 Nc6 {, when White has various interesting options.})
14... Nc6 {The game has transposed back into my preparation, but I was unable
to recall it.} 15. e5 $6 {This is too optimistic, as White's is not ready to
open the position.} ({The stem game continued with} 15. Be3 $1 {. I am not
going to analyze it in detail, given that it was "just" a rapid game.} Qa5 $6 (
15... a3 16. b3 e5 17. h3 $1 $36 {was played in a correspondence game Bissmann
- Ilyushchenko, corr (e-mail) 2012.}) 16. Bxc5 $6 ({White's option} 16. a3 $1
$16 {effectively prevents Black's activity. It also matters that Black's
knight cannot enter the a5-square.}) 16... Qxc5 17. Qd2 a3 18. Nxa3 Rxa3 19.
bxa3 Qxa3+ 20. Kb1 e5 21. Bd3 Bg4 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. Rhe1 Ra4 25. Rc3
h5 26. Bc2 Ra5 27. Bb3 Nd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rd3 Ra6 30. Rxd4 Qa3 31. Re3 Nd7
32. c5 Qxc5 33. Rc3 Qb6 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qb4 Nc5 36. Qxb6 Rxb6 37. Rc7 Ne6 38.
Rcc4 Nxd4 39. Rxd4 Be6 40. Kb2 Kg8 41. Kc3 Kf8 42. Rb4 Rc6+ 43. Kd3 Bxb3 44.
axb3 b6 45. Rc4 Rc5 46. b4 Rxc4 47. Kxc4 Ke7 48. Kb5 f5 49. exf5 d5 50. h3 Kd6
51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4 Kd7 53. Ka4 {1-0 (53) Gelfand,B (2684)-Tregubov,P (2588)
Moscow WCh rapid 2019}) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4 f6 $1 {I
underestimated this move, which allows Black to develop his queenside quickly.}
18. exf6 Nxf6 {White's king is more exposed than Black's.} 19. Bh3 $2 ({
It was time to admit the mistake and aim for equality, playing} 19. Bd6 $1 Bxd6
20. Rxd6 {. Still, Black's position looks preferable after} Qc5 (20... e5 21.
c5 $5 Qxc5 22. Qc4+ Qxc4 23. Bxc4+ Kh8 24. Bb5 $44) 21. Rd2 a3 $1 22. b3 Qa5
$36 23. Nb5 e5 {with subsequent 24...Bf5, as White's king is seriously exposed.
Taking on a3 with any knight is completely wrong for numerous reasons, 24...
Nd4 being just one of them.}) 19... e5 $1 20. Bxc8 exf4 $2 {This was the
turning point, after which my position started to improve.} ({I guess that
Nils might have rejected} 20... Rfxc8 $1 {in view of} 21. Bg5 $6 ({After} 21.
Bxe5 $2 Re8 $1 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Re6 $19 {White loses the e5-bishop sooner
or later.}) ({After} 21. Be3 {Black has a pleasant choice between} Nd4 ({and} 
21... a3 {, with better chances in both cases.})) {It might seem that White
exchanges on f6 and puts his knight on d5 with good play, but Black's attack
comes first after} 21... Nd4 $1 22. Nxd4 $6 ({White had better reject the
sacrifice, as} 22. Qxe5 $2 Re8 $1 23. Qf4 a3 $1 24. Rxd4 (24. b3 Nxb3+ $1 25.
axb3 Qxb3 $19) 24... Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 Bb4 $1 26. Qf3 Red8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rd5
Rac8 $1 $19 {leaves him tied up and down.}) ({A modest reply} 22. Qd3 $17 {
at least avoids the worst.}) 22... Bxd4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 {, when} 24. Nd5 Rxc4+
$1 25. Kb1 Qb5 $1 {(threatening 26...Rc1+ among other things)} 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 $1
27. Rhe1 $1 Rac8 $1 $19 (27... Kxf6 $2 28. Rxd4 $1 {already favours White, as}
exd4 $2 {loses to} 29. Qe7+ Kg6 30. Re6+ {with a quick mate.}) {leaves the
b2-pawn too weak, e.g.} 28. Ne4 $2 Bxb2 $1 29. Qxb2 Rb4 $19 {. To be honest, I
also underestimated 20...Rfxc8 and its detailed analysis is Stockfish's work.})
21. Be6+ Kh8 22. gxf4 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Black is threatening both 24...Be3+
and 24...a3, but White can parry this dual threat.} 24. Rd3 $6 (24. Kc2 $1 {
might have been a better option, but I wanted to recapture on c3 with a rook.})
24... a3 25. b3 Nh5 $6 ({Black could obtain more than sufficient compensation
for a pawn with} 25... Rad8 $1 26. f5 $6 ({Or} 26. Na4 $1 Qc7 $15 {with a dual
threat 27...b5 and 27...Qxf4+, when White had better return his extra pawn.})
26... Bxc3 $1 27. Rxc3 Rd4 $1 $17 {White is unable to oppose on the d-file, e.
g.} 28. Rd3 $2 Rxd3 $1 29. Qxd3 Rd8 {with a crushing attack.}) 26. Qxh5 Bxc3 ({
No better was} 26... Qxe6 27. Qd5 $1 Be3+ 28. Kc2 $16 {.}) 27. f5 $1 Bb2+ ({
It would be too naive to expect} 27... Qf2 $2 28. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 29. Rh3+ $18 {.
}) 28. Kb1 h6 $14 {White has maintained his extra pawn. Still, I was rather
sceptical about my winning chances, as my king was rather exposed and the
opposite-squared bishops could be a drawing factor in the endgame. That said,
it is not easy for Black to attack White's king, as his rooks are still
passive.} 29. Rhd1 Bf6 30. Qe2 Qa5 $6 ({Black needed to activate his queen to
obtain a full compensation for the sacrificed pawn. My engine suggests} 30...
Qc7 $1 31. Rd7 Qf4 $1 32. Rxb7 Ra5 $1 33. Rb5 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Re8 $5 {, when
Black has a full compensation due to the insecure position of White's king. I
was very surprised to learn that} 35. Z0 Qxf5+ $2 {is an illusory threat, as
White emerges better after} 36. Bxf5 Rxe2 37. Bc2 $1 Rxh2 38. b6 $16 {. Should
I search for another job?}) 31. Qe1 Qc7 32. Qg3 $14 Be5 33. Qe3 Bf6 ({Black's
queen would be overloaded after} 33... Bxh2 $2 34. Rd7 $18 {.}) 34. R1d2 Rfe8
$6 {The rook will not be able to join the play, as Black cannot effectively
attack the f5-pawn. Black had several better options.} ({He could prevent
White's subsequent move with} 34... Qc6 $1 $14) ({or simplify the position with
} 34... Rad8 $5 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ (36. Qg3 Qa5 $1 {does not change much.}
({Black should avoid} 36... Qxg3 $2 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. hxg3 {, as he would not
be able to activate his king and prevent the b3-b4 advance at the same time.
Nils was well aware of this danger and for that reason kept the rooks on the
board.})) 36... Qxd8 37. Kc2 (37. Bd5 b5 $1 {is an important point. Black
opens one more line, after which his queen's activity will be very hard to
neutralize.}) 37... Qd6 $1 $14 {when Black seems to hold with accurate play.})
35. Rd7 $1 Qc6 (35... Qa5 $2 36. R2d5 $18) 36. R2d5 $1 $16 {White limits
Black's queen.} Rac8 $2 $138 {Putting the rook under attack was not the best
idea.} ({Both} 36... Re7 37. R7d6 Qe8 38. Qe4 $16) ({and} 36... Rad8 {were
better options. Exchanging a pair of rooks could relieve White's pressure.})
37. Rf7 ({While I saw} 37. R7d6 Qc7 38. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 39. Rxb6 Rc7 40. c5 $18 {
with a technically winning endgame, I was not sure about how much winning it
was. Moreover, the game continuation is more tempting and similarly strong.})
37... Bb2 (37... Rf8 {might avoid further material losses, but White should be
winning after} 38. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 39. Bxc8 Qxc8 40. Qe5 $1 {, when Black's major
pieces remain completely passive. White's king can even walk to b4 to collect
the a3-pawn.}) 38. Qd2 {The fork on d7 looked too tempting to resist.} Rb8 $6 (
{A clever move} 38... Rf8 $1 {somehow escaped my attention. There is no mate
on the 8th rank, as White's king is also exposed. Still, White remains in
control after} 39. Rfd7 $18 {.}) 39. Bd7 Qb6 40. c5 $6 {It felt extremely
natural to limit Black's queen, but computer disagrees and prefers an
immediate capture on e8.} ({It turns out that White's king remains safe after} 
40. Bxe8 $1 Rxe8 41. Kc2 $1 {. I will skip the further lines and just remark
that some precision is still needed.}) 40... Qd8 $6 ({I believed} 40... Qa6 $1
41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Rd8 {to be completely lost for Black, but the things are
less clear after} Rxd8 43. Qxd8+ Kh7 {, as the c5-pawn is hanging in many
lines. True, White is eventually winning, but it takes a lot of precision to
convert the advantage. A sample computer line goes}) 41. f6 $1 {I played this
move quickly, being sure that it was a good one. Even if White chooses a
suboptimal continuation on move 42, the position still looks better than
without 41.f6!} Bxf6 {Here I sank into thought for almost half an hour. I
believed the position to be winning outright, but could not find any
conclusive line for quite a long time.} 42. Bb5 $1 ({My original intention was
} 42. Bxe8 $2 Qxe8 43. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 ({I also had to take} 43... Qe4+ {into
account.}) 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 {and now} 45. Rd1 $2 {(as long as I can remember), but
} Qe4+ $1 46. Kc1 Qe5 $1 {or even 46...Qe5 looked unconvincing to me. I was
right, as Black surprisingly maintains equality after} 47. Rg1+ Kf7 48. Rg7+
Ke6 49. Qh3+ Kd5 {.}) ({Stockfish suggests} 42. Rd6 $1 {, a move which had not
even crossed my mind. White intends to take on f6 and there is no appropriate
defence, e.g.} Bg5 43. Qc3 $1 Rg8 44. Rg6 Bf6 45. Qd2 Bg5 46. Qd4 Bf6 47. Rfxf6
gxf6 48. Rxf6 Rg1+ 49. Kc2 $1 Rg2+ 50. Kc3 $18 {.}) ({It was clear to me that} 
42. Be6 $2 Rxe6 43. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $44 {was not the right way, but other bishop
moves along the same diagonal looked more tempting:}) ({After} 42. Bf5 $6 {
Stockfish suggests} Re1+ $1 ({I rejected 42.Bf5 as} 42... Bg5 $2 43. Rxd8 Rbxd8
{did not appear completely clear to me, but White has numerous ways to victory,
there.}) 43. Kc2 Qg8 44. Rxf6 Re2 $3 {, but I understandably missed this
brilliant idea. White is still winning after} 45. Qxe2 Qxd5 46. Qe7 $3 {
(There was no way to preserve the material advantage.)} Qg2+ 47. Kc3 Qb2+ (
47... gxf6 48. Qh7#) 48. Kc4 Qxf6 49. Qxf6 gxf6 50. b4 {, but the whole line
looks too complex for a modest 2700-rated player.}) (42. Bg4 $6 Re1+ $1 43. Kc2
Qe8 {did not look clear to me, either.}) 42... Re1+ $1 {Black finds the only
moves to prolong the game, but they are not enough to save it.} 43. Kc2 Qg8 44.
Rxf6 gxf6 45. Rd7 $1 ({White needs to avoid} 45. Qxh6+ $4 Qh7+ {- check!})
45... Qg6+ 46. Bd3 Re4 $1 47. Re7 $1 f5 48. Bxe4 fxe4 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ ({
When playing 42.Bb5, I saw that} 50. Qxe4 Qf6 51. Qe6+ $18 {was winning easily.
That said, I hoped to win a prize for the best game of the round, which was
another reason why I tried to be as precise as possible.}) 50... Kf8 (50... Kh8
$6 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qxb8+ $18) 51. Re6 Qg5 52. Re5 ({Mr Vladimir Jagr, the
tournament photographer, would have played} 52. Qd6+ $1 {and rightly so. Black
can resign after} Kf7 53. Re5 $18 {.}) 52... Qg6 ({Black's last chance
consisted in} 52... Qg2+ $1 53. Kc3 Qg6 54. Rf5+ (54. Re6 $5) 54... Kg7 55.
Qe5+ Kh7 {, when} 56. Qc7+ $6 ({White has many better options, e.g.} 56. Qxe4
Qg7+ 57. Rf6+ Kh8 58. Qe5 $1 $18 {when both Rb8 and Ph6 are hanging. I like
this geometric motif!}) 56... Qg7+ {(check!) shows why the intermediate check
on g2 was so important. That said, White is winning even there after} 57. Qxg7+
Kxg7 58. Re5 $1 {.}) 53. Rf5+ Kg7 54. Qe5+ Kh7 55. Qc7+ {Black resigned in
view of 55...Qg7 56.Rf7. I succeeded in winning the best game prize for this
round, but eventually only finished 9th with 4/9.} 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Condie, Mark L"]
[Black "Schulte, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 (7...
d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 $14) 8. e4 Bb4 (8... d6 9. f4
Ng6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bg2 (12. Nb5) 12... Bd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O $16
{[Polugaevsky - Ljubojevic, Tilburg 1985]}) 9. Qe2 a5 $5 (9... O-O 10. f4 Nc6
11. e5 Ne8 12. Bd2 f6 13. c5 Qd8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qxe5 $14 {[Dvoirys - Tal, SSSR 1985]}) 10. Bg2 $6 (10. Be3 Qc6 11. f3 (11. Bd2
{S.Conquest /\ Nd4-b5} a4 (11... O-O 12. f4) 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Ndb5 $40) 11...
O-O 12. Nd4 Qa6 13. Ndb5 d5 14. cxd5 (14. Nc7 Qc6 15. Nxa8 Nxc4 16. Bd4 b5 $5
$14 {Karpov}) 14... exd5 15. Bd4 dxe4 $1 16. Bxe5) 10... a4 11. Nd2 (11. Be3
Qc6 12. Nd2 a3) 11... h5 $2 (11... d6 $142 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nf3 (13. Kh1 h5 $1
14. Nf3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Nd4 h4 $36) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 (14. Bxf3 O-O)
14... Bc6 (14... O-O $2 15. Bg5) 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5
Rfe8 19. Qc2 Bb5 $1 20. cxb5 Qxb5 {/\ Re2=}) (11... a3 12. O-O axb2 13. Bxb2
Ba3 14. Bxa3 Rxa3 15. Rfb1 {/\ Nb5}) 12. Nf3 $1 (12. O-O h4) 12... Nxf3+ (12...
d6 $142 13. Bf4 Ng6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bg5) 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O $14) 13. Bxf3 d6 14. O-O h4 $2 (14... e5 15. Be3 Bc5 16.
Bg5 $40) 15. e5 $1 Nd7 (15... dxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qg5 {/\ Be3, Nb5, Rad1 |^})
16. Nd5 $1 exd5 (16... Qa5 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bf4 $16 {/\ Rad1})
17. exd6+ Kf8 18. Qe7+ Kg8 19. Bxd5 Nf6 (19... Qxd6 20. Qxf7+ Kh7 21. Be4+) 20.
Qxf7+ Kh7 21. Be4+ $1 Nxe4 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qe8+ Kh7 24. Qxe4+ g6 (24... Kg8
25. Qd5+ Kh7 26. d7 $18) 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. d7 hxg3 (27... Qd4 28.
dxc8=Q Rxc8 29. Be3 $1) 28. Qe5+ Kf7 (28... Qf6 29. Bh6+ $1 Kf7 30. fxg3 $18) (
28... Kh7 29. Be3 Qa5 30. c5 $1 gxh2+ (30... Bxd7 31. fxg3 Bf5 32. Rxf5 $18)
31. Qxh2+ Kg8 32. Qd6 Bxd7 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Bd4 Rh7 36. Qg6+ $18)
29. Qxh8 Bxd7 30. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 {Not the
only move, 7.Ndb5 was played and analysed a lot, but it seems that Black is
doing ok.} ({For instance one possible line goes like this:} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2
a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 d6 {with equal
chances in this endgame.}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 {This line is considered fine
for Black, and for that reason the Four Knights Variation in the English is
often played by many strong grandmasters.} 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12.
Na4 {Another recent example is:} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bg2 Ng4 16. Bg1 exf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. h3 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Nf6 20. Be3 O-O 21. Qf2
Qxf2 22. Bxf2 Nh5 23. Be3 f5 {1-0 (45) Mareco,S (2599)-Krysa,L (2464) Villa
Martelli 2015; with interesting play for both sides.}) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa7
{Still a known position.} (13... Qb4 14. b3 $1 {Next a3 is unpleasant for
Black.}) 14. Nc3 $5 {A new idea, previously we saw} (14. Qf2 Nd4 15. Nf3 e5 16.
Nxd4 Ng4 $5 17. Qf3 exd4 18. c5 O-O 19. Rc1 Ne3 $17 {0-1 (24) L'Ami,E (2577)
-Volokitin,A (2678) Germany 2007; Black seized a strong initiative.}) 14... Nd4
15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 {I am really not quite sure what Anand had in mind when
he opted for this line, but the position does appear fine for Black.} 17. Nf3
Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19. gxf4 O-O 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc3 Be6 22. O-O-O (22. f5 Bd7
23. O-O-O Bc6 24. Rxd6 Rae8 25. Rxf6 (25. Bd3 Qc5 26. Qg3 Bxe4 {is also fine
for Black.}) 25... gxf6 26. Bd3 Kh8 {The sacrifice that doesn't give White
much, actually there is no compensation here.}) 22... Qc5 23. Rh2 $1 {This is
only for maintaining dynamic equality.} Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxd6 Rad8 26.
Rhd2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kb1 b5 29. Qd3 {An alternative is important and
should have been preferred now or one move later:} (29. e5 b4 30. Qd3 (30. exf6
bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb8+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 $17) 30... Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 bxc3 32. exf6 cxb2
33. Rd5 gxf6 34. Rxa5 Rc3 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Rc4 37. Rf5 Rb4 38. a3 Rb3 39. a4
Rb4 40. a5 h6 41. Rd5 Rxf4 42. Kxb2 f5 {This is fine for Black, but the
position is also ok for White, which compared with the game is a better choice.
}) 29... Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 b4 31. Nd5 ({Again:} 31. e5 {was a better choice
transposing to the note above...}) 31... Rc4 $1 32. Nxf6+ (32. Nxb4 g6 33. Nd5
Nxe4 {with some initiative for Black.}) 32... gxf6 33. Rd5 Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Rxf4
35. Kc2 Kg7 {This endgame is of course preferable for Black.} 36. Kb3 Kg6 37.
Rb5 f5 38. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 39. Kxb4 Kh5 {Black has an advantage here.} 40. a4 f4 41.
a5 f3 42. a6 f2 43. a7 f1=Q 44. a8=Q Qxh3 45. Qd5+ Kg6 46. Ka5 h5 47. b4 Qf5 $2
{Giving White the chance to save the game. An alternative was clearly in
Black's favour:} (47... h4 $1 48. b5 Qa3+ 49. Kb6 h3 {Black has every reason
to try to win this.}) 48. Qxf5+ Kxf5 49. b5 h4 50. b6 h3 51. b7 h2 52. b8=Q
h1=Q 53. Qc8+ {It seems that Black can't escape from perpetual.} Ke5 54. Qe8+
Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 {I have already
used this rare move several times with success. theory is correct in saying
that Black can equalise. But the same is true of the alternatives. Diesen
seltenen Zug habe ich schon mehrmals und erfolgreich angewandt. Die Theorie
behauptet zurecht, dass Schwarz ausgleichen kann. Aber dies gilt auch für die
Alternativen!} h6 7. Bh4 Qb6 8. Bxf6 $5 {The resulting structure promises na
exciting game. Die entstehende Struktur verspricht spannendes Spiel.} ({
But simply a good move was Einfach gut war aber} 8. Nb3 {in Timoscenko-Ortega,
Lido Estensi 2000:} d5 9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Qd3
$1 Qb6 14. Qxc3 $36) 8... gxf6 9. Nb3 f5 {Possibly Black should not play this 
(yet) and try to finish his development. 9...a6 followed by Qc7 is worth
considering. Möglicherweise sollte Schwarz dies (noch) nicht tun und versuchen,
seine Entwicklung zu beenden. 9...a6 gefolgt von Qc7 kommt in Frage.} 10. e3
Rg8 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 ({An automatic move but the immediate Ein
automatischer Zug, aber der sofortige} 13. e4 $5 {was also worth considering.
kam natürlich auch in Frage.}) 13... b6 14. e4 f4 (14... fxe4 15. Nxe4 {
looks too dangerous. sieht zu gefährlich aus}) 15. g3 Bb7 ({After Nach} 15...
fxg3 16. hxg3 Bb7 {White can play kann Weiss} 17. Rh5 {, intending ziehen, mit
der Idee} O-O-O 18. c5 $5 $40) 16. gxf4 Rg4 17. Qe3 $2 ({Here we were already
short of time before reaching move 40. After Hier hatten wir bereits nicht
mehr so viel Zeit übrig bis zum 40. Zug. Nach} 17. f5 {White has an advantage.
besitzt Weiss Vorteil.}) 17... Qxf4 (17... Rxf4 {allows erlaubt} 18. Nd5 {
even if it is far from decisive. , auch wenn dies bei weitem nicht entscheidet:
} exd5 19. exd5+ Qe5 20. dxc6 Qxe3 21. cxd7+ Ke7 22. fxe3 $14) 18. Qxb6 Rb8 19.
f3 Rg5 20. Qf2 {White has won a pawn and bolstered his centre. But Black has
active pieces and attacking chances. Weiss hat einen Bauern gewonnen und sein
Zentrum befestigt. Aber Schwarz verfügt über aktive Figuren und
Angriffschancen.} Bc8 21. Bg2 ({The computer gives Der Computer gibt} 21. h4
Rg3 22. Be2 $16 {But i wanted to start my pawns moving. an. Ich wollte aber
meine Bauern in Bewegung setzen.}) 21... Bg7 22. Ne2 Qf6 23. Rd2 Na5 $1 24. f4
Nxc4 25. Rd4 Na5 ({A possible and interesting move was Möglich und interessant
war} 25... Rgb5 $5 26. Rhd1 (26. e5 Nxe5) (26. Rc1 Na5) 26... Rb4 $1 (26... Na5
27. Nc3 Nxb3 28. Nxb5 Nxd4 29. Nd6+ $1 Kf8 30. e5 Qg6+ 31. Be4 f5 32. Qxd4 fxe4
33. Rg1 Qh5 34. Rc1 $16) (26... Rxb3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. e5 Nxe5 29. Nc3 $16) 27.
Rc1 (27. Nc3 d5 $1 $40) 27... d5 28. exd5 Kf8 $13) 26. Bf3 Rgb5 $2 $138 ({
But this is wrong now. After the correct Nun ist das aber verfehlt. Nach dem
richtigen} 26... Nxb3 27. fxg5 (27. axb3 Rgb5 28. e5 Qe7 29. Nc1 f6 $36) 27...
hxg5 (27... Nd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rxb2+ 29. Kc1 Qxg5 30. Rhd1 (30. Nd4 Rxd2 31. Qxd2
Bxd4 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rxh4 $11) 30... Rxa2 31. Nd4 Qc5+ 32. Kb1
Ra4 33. Nb3 Qa3 34. Rb2 Rb4 35. Nd4 $14) 28. axb3 g4 29. Qg3 Qxf3 (29... gxf3
$2 30. Qxb8) 30. Qxb8 Qxh1+ 31. Ka2 Bxd4 32. Qxc8+ Ke7 33. Nxd4 Qxe4 34. Qc5+ {
there would arise a complicated situation, with chances for both sides.
entstünde eine komplizierte Stellung, wo die Chancen aber verteilt wären.}) 27.
e5 Qe7 28. Nec1 Nxb3 $6 ({Frees the c-file for it to be occupied by the white
rooks. So mor precise was Befreit die c-Linie für deren Besetzung durch die
weissen Türme. Genauer war deshalb} 28... f6 29. Rg1 $36 (29. Nxa5 $2 Rxb2+ 30.
Qxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Kxb2 fxe5 $40)) 29. Nxb3 f6 30. Rc1 $1 Kf8 31. Rdc4 $18 Bb7 $2
32. Bxb7 R8xb7 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Qf3 Kg6 35. Rg1+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ $4 $138 ({
Incredible! Unglaublich!} 36. Qh5 {mated in a few moves... setzte in wenigen
Zügen matt....}) 36... f5 37. Rg2 d6 (37... Rd5 $142 $16) 38. exd6 (38. Qxd6
$142 $18) 38... Qd7 39. Rcc2 $2 (39. Rc1 $16) 39... Rd5 40. Qg3 Qxd6 $4 $138 ({
It was blitz at this point and we did not know that this was move 40. After
Wir waren hier am blitzen und uns daher völlig unbewusst, dass dies der 40.
Zug war. Nach} 40... Rd1+ 41. Rc1 Qxd6 {White should force perpetual check.
sollte Weiss Dauerschach erzwingen.}) 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Rc8+ Qd8 1-0

[Event "Basel Hilton op 04th"]
[Site "Basel"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Lekic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 (8. Be2 $142) 8... h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 {
Falls er 8.Be2 gezogen hätte, könnte Weiss nun langrochieren, wie in einer
1962 ausgetragenen Partien zwischen Kortschnoj und Suetin. Nun ist aber das
Endspiel völlig ausgeglichen.} 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Bf3 Bc6 ({Genauer
war} 15... Rac8 {, um dann mit dem Turm auf c6 zurücknehmen zu können.}) 16.
Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Ke2 Kf8 18. f4 Ke7 19. g4 Rac8 20. h4 {Am Königsflügel wurde
zwar Raum gewonnen, aber das Gleichgewicht wurde dafür nicht gestört.} Na5 ({
Nach} 20... Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d3] hätte ich wohl kaum Wahl gehabt. Um das
Eindringen auf d3 zu verhindern, hätte ich mich auf einen generellen
Turmtausch einlassen müssen:} 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11) 21.
b3 Rc6 22. Rc2 $5 ({Nun gibt es mindestens eine Kleinigkeit, auf welche ich
mein Spiel richten kann: der abseits stehende Na5. Die Alternative} 22. Nb5 {
hätte weniger gebracht:} Rdc8 23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Rd1 a6 25. Nd6 Rc7 $11 {
[%cal Gc7d7]}) 22... Rdc8 23. Rhc1 {[%csl Ra5]} a6 (23... b5 $2 24. b4) 24. e4
$1 b5 25. Kd3 b4 $1 ({Als ich meinen 22. Zug ausführte, hoffte ich auf das
Turmendspiel nach} 25... Rd8+ $2 26. Nd5+ $1 exd5 (26... Kd7 27. Nb4) 27. Rxc6
Nxc6 28. Rxc6 dxe4+ 29. Kxe4 {in welchem Weiss praktisch auf Gewinn steht.
Schwarz kann die Türme nämlich nicht tauschen, da} Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Kd4
$18 {hoffnungslos wäre. Das nach dem Textzug entstehende Springerendspiel
verspricht leider weniger, als ich mir früher gedacht hatte.}) 26. Na4 Rxc2 27.
Rxc2 Rxc2 (27... Rd8+ 28. Ke3) 28. Kxc2 e5 $1 {Eine nötige Massnahme, um den
Raumnachteil zu kompensieren. Es darf nicht zugelassen werden, dass Weiss
selber e5 zieht.} 29. f5 Nb7 30. Kd3 a5 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 g6 $2 ({Dieser
Zug erschien mir zuerst auch logisch, da Schwarz das Feld e6 für die Deckung
von e5 bekommt, aber eigentlich verliert er. Die richtige Verteidigungsidee
bestand darin, einen Aufbau mit f6 anzustreben, z.B:} 32... Kd6 33. Nb6 f6 $1
34. g6 (34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Kc4 Nc5 $11) (34. Ke3 Ke7 $11) 34... Ke7 35. Nd5+ Kf8
36. Nc7 Nc5+ 37. Ke3 Ke7 $11 {[%csl Re4] und Weiss kommt wegen der
Anfälligkeit von e4 nicht weiter.}) 33. f6+ Kd6 34. Nb2 Nc5+ ({Nach} 34... Ke6
35. Ke3 Nc5 36. Kf3 {entscheidet der Zugzwang. Falls man aber 34. Nb6? gezogen
hätte (anstelle von 34. Nb2), hätte Schwarz in dieser Alternative das rettende
36. ... Nd3 zur Verfügung.}) 35. Ke3 Ne6 (35... Ke6 36. Kf3 $22 $18) 36. Nc4+
Kc5 37. Nxa5 Nxg5 38. Nc4 Nh7 39. Nxe5 Nxf6 40. Nxf7 Ne8 $6 ({Hartnäckiger war
} 40... Ng4+ {, obwohl der Sieg nach} 41. Kf4 Nf2 42. Ne5 Kd4 43. Nf3+ Kc3 44.
e5 {nicht in Frage gestellt wäre;} Nd3+ 45. Ke4 Nxe5 46. Nxe5 Kb2 47. Kd3) 41.
Ne5 Nd6 42. Nxg6 Nb5 43. Ne5 Nc3 44. Nd3+ Kb5 45. Kd4 Nxa2 46. e5 Kc6 47. Kc4
Kd7 48. Nxb4 Nc1 49. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ndb5 d5 $2 ({Da dieser direkte Befreiungsversuch
scheitert, sollte Schwarz} 10... Qb8 {spielen, mit Übergang zu einer
Igel-Stellung nach späterem d6.}) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 $1 Qxd5
14. Nxd5 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Be5 (15... Rad8 16. Bf3 Be5 17. Rfc1 $16) 16. f4 Bb8 $6
{[%csl Ra8]} ({Schwarz hätte lieber zuerst} 16... Rad8 {gespielt, aber er
übersah in der Variante} 17. fxe5 $6 ({besser sind jedoch} 17. Bf3 $14) ({und} 
17. Nxa7 $5 Rxd5 18. Rxb6 $1 Nxa7 19. Rxb7 Bb8 20. Rfb1 Rdd8 21. Bf3 $44 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb8,Rd8,Rf8]}) 17... Rxd5 18. Nd6 {den starken Zwischenzug} Rd2 $1
$13 (18... Ba8 $2 19. Bc4 $16)) 17. Bf3 Kh8 18. Kf2 ({Ich wollte mit meinem
Turm noch abwarten, aber genauer war wohl} 18. Rfc1 Nd8 (18... Na5 19. Kf2 $16)
19. Nbc7 (19. a4 Ne6 20. a5 $140 bxa5 21. Kf2 $14) 19... Bxc7 20. Rxc7 Rb8 21.
f5 $5 $16 {[%csl Rd8]}) 18... Nd8 19. g4 Ne6 20. g5 Bc6 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. h4 (
22. f5 {funktionniert nicht wegen} Nxg5 23. Nxb6 Bg3+ $1 24. Kxg3 Bxf3 $132) ({
aber} 22. Rbc1 $5 Bxb5 23. Nc3 Bxf4 24. exf4 $16 {wäre stärker gewesen}) 22...
Bxb5 23. Rxb5 (23. Nc3 {gewinnt keinen Material wegen} Bd3 24. Rbc1 Bd6 $1 {
ganz knapp, aber Weiss behält etwas Druck nach} 25. Rxd3 (25. Bxa8 Ba3 $1)
25... Rac8 26. Rcd1 Bf8 27. Nd5 Rc2+ 28. R3d2 Rxd2+ 29. Rxd2 $14) 23... Bd6 24.
Rb2 Rac8 25. Rbd2 Bf8 26. h5 {[%csl Gd5,Rh8] Weiss besitzt ein klares
Übergewicht am Königsflügel, wo er die gegnerischen Kräfte völlig bindet. In
sich annähernder Zeitnot versucht Schwarz, am Damenflügel selber aktiv zu
werden, aber er öffnet dadurch nur Linien für die weissen Figuren.} Nc5 27. Kg3
Re8 28. Rd4 b5 (28... Ne6 29. Ra4) 29. e4 a5 $6 30. e5 b4 (30... Ne6 31. R4d2
$16) 31. Nb6 Rc7 (31... Rb8 32. Nd7 Rbd8 33. Nxc5 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Bxc5 35. Rd7
$18) 32. Rd8 Rxd8 (32... Rce7 33. Bc6 (33. Nc8 Ne6 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nd6 $18)
33... Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Kg8 35. Bd5 $18) 33. Rxd8 {[%cal Ga8h8]} Kg8 (33... Ne6 34.
Ra8 $18) 34. Bd5 g6 35. h6 a4 36. Kg4 (36. Bc4 $18 {/\Nd5}) 36... b3 37. axb3
axb3 38. Bxb3 $1 Nxb3 (38... Rb7 39. Nd5 f5+ 40. exf6 Rxb3 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42.
Nxg6 $1 $18) 39. Nd5 f5+ 40. gxf6 Rc1 41. e6 1-0

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Portisch/Kortchnoi"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 (7...
Bb4 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. c5 Nc4 11. Qc1 $14 {Kortschnoj=:K}) 8. e4 Bb4 9.
Qe2 O-O (9... a5 {Taimanov-Geller/22-ch URS/}) (9... d6 10. Bd2 $1 {/\ f4, Nb5
K}) 10. f4 Nc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bd2 $1 {Portisch=:P/K} f6 (12... d6 $4 13. exd6
Nxd6 (13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. O-O-O {K}) 14. c5 $18 {P/K}) 13. c5 Qd8 14.
a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 fxe5 16. Bxe5 (16. fxe5 $6 {P} Qg5) 16... b6 (16... Nxe5 17.
Qxe5 (17. fxe5 b6) 17... b6 18. Bg2 Ba6 $1 {K}) 17. Bg2 Nxe5 $2 {P/?! K} (17...
Bb7 $1 {P} 18. O-O Qc8 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gb7a6,Ga6f1]} 19. Rfd1 $2 (19. Rf2 $1)
19... Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Rf5 $36 {K}) (17... bxc5 18.
Bxc6 $16 {P}) 18. Bxa8 Nf7 (18... Ba6 19. Qxa6 (19. Qxe5 $6 Qxa8 20. O-O-O Bc4
21. Qc3 Bd5 22. Rhe1 Nf6) 19... Qxa8 20. O-O-O {K}) 19. Bg2 $2 (19. Bf3 $1 bxc5
20. Nxc5 Qb6 21. Qf2 Qb5 22. Be2 $1 $18 {P}) 19... bxc5 20. Nxc5 Qb6 $1 {P} 21.
Qf2 (21. b4 a5 22. Na4 Qb8 23. b5 {K}) 21... Qb5 $1 {P} (21... d5 22. f5 {K})
22. Bf1 $6 {The crucial point for the final overall result was Portisch giving
a draw to a completely lost Korchnoi. Fischer had something to say about it at
the time} (22. Rd1 $1 Ba6 23. Nd3 Nfd6 24. O-O $18) (22. O-O-O Nfd6 $1 {
[%cal Gd6c4,Gc8a6] Portisch}) (22. Bf3 d6 23. Ne4 Ba6 $44 {P}) 22... Qc6 23.
Bg2 Qb5 24. Bf1 Qc6 25. Bg2 (25. Rg1 Ne5 26. Be2 (26. Bg2 $4 Qxc5) 26... d6 27.
Qe3 {K}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14.
Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Ne3+ $2 (15... Qd2+ 16. Kb3 Qxb2+ $1 17. Kxc4 Bg7 18. Qa5+ b6
19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qb5 $1 Ba6 $1 21. Qxa6 f5 $11) 16. Kb3 Qd2 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2
Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5 21. N4b6 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1
Be7 25. Rf3 Kc7 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:53"]
[BlackClock "0:10:42"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 6. g3
{[%emt 0:00:16]} (6. a3) 6... Qb6 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 7. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:02:21] Un
coup naturel mais l'inconvénient de cette variante est sa lenteur et les
Noirs ont souvent des ressources tactiques} (7. Nb3) 7... Bc5 {[%emt 0:11:51]
[%csl Rf2]} (7... Ne5 {La grande ligne}) 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (8. e3 O-O 9.
Bg2 a6 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Ne5 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O
b5 16. Nc5 Nc4 17. Qc3 Bf5 18. Qd4 Qe7 19. Nd3 Be4 20. f3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rfe8
22. Re1 Rad8 23. Bd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxa3 25. Rac1 h5 26. Rc3 Qa5 27. Rec1 Rd7
28. a3 Rde7 29. Qd4 Qd8 30. Kf2 Qd7 31. h3 Qf5 32. Kg1 Qg5 33. Kf2 Qf5 34. Kg1
a5 35. Rb3 a4 36. Rbc3 Re6 37. Re1 Re5 {Fressinet,L (2702)-Short,N (2707)
Bastia 2012 1/2-1/2 (75)}) (8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nde4 {[%cal Ge4c5,Ge4f2]} (9. Nxc8+
$6 Raxc8 $32 {[%csl Re1,Rf2]}) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 d5 $132 {
Pomar Salamanca,A (2460)-Najdorf,M Siegen ol (Men) fin-A 1970 (6) 1/2}) 8... d5
{[%emt 0:30:24] Les Noirs s'étaient davantage préparés à la grande ligne 9.
e3 et ils se sont plongés dans une longue réflexion} 9. O-O $1 {[%emt 0:16:
30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 10. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:09:03]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} (
10... Ke7 11. Nxc4 $14) 11. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 12. Qf4
{[%emt 0:05:18]} (12. Qe5 $5 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Be3 $32 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7];
Horvath,J (2507)-Danner,G (2377) Elekes Memorial GM 28th 2003 (1) 1-0}) 12...
Qa6 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 13. b3 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:48][%cal Gf4b4]} (13. Be3 Nc2
14. Bc5 Nd7 15. Rad1 Nxc5 16. Qc7 Nd3 17. exd3 cxd3 18. Rxd3 Qxd3 19. Rd1 Qxd1+
20. Nxd1 Nd4 21. Qc5 Nf5 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Be4 Ne7 25. Qxa7 Rxb2 26.
a4 f5 27. Bd3 Rb3 28. Qd4 Kf7 29. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Mulyar,M (2422)-Moiseenko,
A (2652) Edmonton 2005}) 13... O-O {[%emt 0:03:47]} 14. Qxc4 $14 {[%emt 0:02:
46]} (14. Bb2 Bd7) 14... Nbd5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 15. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} 16. Bb2 $16 {[%emt 0:08:29][%csl Gb2,Rb7][%cal Gb2g7,Ge2e4]
Non seulement, les Blancs ont la paire de B mais les Noirs ont des
difficultés à terminer le développement de l'aile-dame} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:04:07]
} 17. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 18. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 20. Rd6 {
[%emt 0:03:40]} e5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 21. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (21. Rxc6 $5
bxc6 22. Bxc6 Be6 23. c5 Rac8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rc1 {[%csl Gc5]} Bxa2 26. c6
$36) 21... Na5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 22. Bd5 {[%emt 0:15:46]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
23. Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 24. Rxe6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 26. Rb3 {
[%emt 0:08:34]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 27. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:03:
13]} 28. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 29. e3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} b5 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} 30. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (30. Bd4) 30... Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
31. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (33. Bf3 $5) 33... Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]
} 34. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} a4 $132 {[%emt 0:00:14][%csl Ga4,Gb4]} 35. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 36. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 38. Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa2
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 40. b6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:05:14]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 42.
g4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 43. h4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:
10:48]} 44. Kd3 $11 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 45. h5 {[%emt 0:05:
48]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:02:59]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 47.
hxg6 {[%emt 0:11:58]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rxb6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 50. Kf3 {[%emt 0:
00:59]} Rf8+ {[%emt 0:01:56]} 51. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 52.
f4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 53. Kh4 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 54. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 55. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 56. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Qb6 {6...Qa5 7.
Bxf6, gxf6 8.e3, Bb4 9.Qd2, Rg8 10.f4, Nxd4 11.Qxd4, Bc5 12.Qd2, Qb6 
Kortschnoj-Holmov URS-ch 1957} 7. Nb3 Bb4 $5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Ne5 10. Rc1 Rg8
11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 d6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Nc5 Nd7 17.
Nb3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bf4 (8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Ba6 $5) 11. Be3 Rc8 {Andersson,
U-Polugaevsky,L Biel-A 1990 CBM/19}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. e3 b6 {Stohl,
I-Khalifman,A Manila izt 1990 CBM/19 49/(50)}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
exd5 11. e3 Bf6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bc2 Rd8 16. Re1 Be5 17.
Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nd4 g6 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. b4 Kg7 22. Ba4 Bd7 23. Rbc1
a5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 axb4 26. axb4 d4 27. Qb2 Qd5 28. Rc2 Kg8 29. exd4
Qxd4 30. g3 (30. Re8+ $2 Rxe8 31. Qxd4 Re1#) 30... Kg7 31. Qb3 Rd6 32. Qb2 Kg8
33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. b5 Rb6 36. Rc5 Kf8 37. Re5 h5 38. Rb2 f6 39. Rc5
Ke7 40. h4 Rd7 41. f4 Rdb7 42. f5 Kd6 43. Rbc2 gxf5 44. Rxf5 Rxb5 45. Rxf6+ Ke7
46. Rcf2 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 R7b5 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. Rg7 Rb7 50. Rg5 R7b5 51. Rff5 R5b2+
52. Rf2 Rb5 53. Rgf5 Ke7 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Rh7 R1b2 56. Rg7 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Rb6
58. Kf3 Kf8 59. Rg5 Rh6 60. Kf4 Kf7 61. Rf5+ Kg7 62. Rg5+ Kf7 63. Kf3 Rf6+ 64.
Kg2 Rh6 65. Ra5 Rh8 66. Kf3 Kg6 67. Rg5+ Kh6 68. Kf4 Ra8 69. Re5 Kg6 70. Re6+
Kg7 71. Kf5 Ra5+ 72. Re5 Ra3 73. Kf4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 {Dieser Lauferzug
wird heutzutage weniger gespielt - die Alternativen sind 6.g3 (hauptsaechtlich)
,6.a3 und 6.Ndb5.} h6 (6... Bb4 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 O-O (8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10.
Ndb5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 a6 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 14. e3 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16.
Qxd5 exd5 17. a3 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 d4 19. exd4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Monte
Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (19)}) (8... Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Be5 f6 14. Re3 fxe5 15. Rxe4 {1-0 Pelletier,Y-Karr,J/France
2000/EXT 2001 (46)}) 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O
d6 14. Qa4 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Qa3 Be8 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,
L-Har Zvi,R/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM 77 (18)}) (6... Qb6) 7. Bh4 Be7 (7... Qb6 8.
Nb3 d5 9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Qxc3 Bd6
15. Qxg7 Be5 16. Bf6 {1-0 Timoscenko,G-Ortega,L/Lido Estensi 2000/CBM 76 ext 
(29)}) 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nxd4 {Statt dieses Springertausches konnte Schwarz mit
8...d6 eine Igelstellung aufbauen.} (9... d6) 10. Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 (11...
exd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 (12... Qxe7 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. Bf3 $14 (14. Qxd5 Qb4+ (14... Rd8 $44) 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rd8+ 17.
Ke1 Be6 $44)) 13. O-O-O $1 {Es passiert nicht so oft, dass Weiß nach der
langen Seite in der Englische Eroeffnung rochiert, aber hier das ist eine gute
Entscheidung - der weiße König steht in völliger Sicherheit auf c1.} Qa5 14.
Bf3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Gf3][%cal Gf3a8,Gd1d8] Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorteil - er
kontrolliert die d-Linie und der f3B steht auch aktiv. Es ist nicht leicht
fuer Schwarz seinen c8-Laufer zu entwickeln.} Nc6 15. Qa4 (15. Bxc6 $6 bxc6
$132) 15... Qxa4 (15... Qb6 16. Rd6 $14) 16. Nxa4 {[%csl Ga4,Gd1,Gf3] Weiß hat
aktives Figurenspiel und fuehlbaren positionellen Druck am Damenfluegel.} Ne5 (
16... Rd8 $2 17. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 bxc6 19. Nc5 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Gc5,Rc8][%cal
Gd1d8,Gd8a8,Gd8g8]}) 17. Be4 (17. Be2 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bc6 $11) 17... Ng4 (17... Bd7
18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 (19... bxc6 $14) 20. Rd7 $14) 18. Rd2 {[%cal Gh1d1,
Gd1d8]} Nf6 19. Bf3 Rb8 {[%mdl 256] Schwarz bereitet 20...b6 und 21...Bb7 vor.}
20. Rc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gc2c7]} e5 $1 {[%cal Gc8g4] Nach diesem Zug kann
Schwarz endlich seinen Läufer entwickeln.} (20... Bd7 21. Nc5 $14) 21. Rc5 (21.
Rd1 e4 22. Be2 Be6 $11) 21... e4 $11 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz Raum und
der frueher aktive weiße Laufer muss von der großen Diagonalen weichen.} 22.
Bd1 $1 (22. Be2 Bg4 $132) 22... b5 $6 (22... b6 $5 $11 {Dieser Zug scheint mir
besser, als 22...b5?! - jetzt kann Schwarz nach 23.Rc7 23...Rb7, oder 23...Bb7
ziehen.}) 23. Nc3 b4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 {[%mdl 4096]} 26. Rd4 Rbc8+ (
26... Bxa2 $2 27. b3 $18 {[%cal Rc1b2,Rb2a2]}) (26... f5 $11) 27. Kd2 (27. Kb1)
27... Bxa2 28. Bc2 Bc4 $2 (28... f5 $1 29. b3 (29. Rxb4 $11) 29... Rc3 30. Rxb4
Rfc8) 29. Bxe4 $14 {[%cal Rh1a1,Ra1a7]} a5 $2 (29... b3 30. Ra1 a6 31. Ra4 f5
$14) 30. Ra1 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ra1a5] Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern.}
Rcd8 (30... Rc5 $2 31. Rc1 Rfc8 32. b3 $18) 31. Rxa5 $16 {Weiß hat einen
Bauern mehr und der b4P ist auch eine potentielle Schwäche in der schwarzen
Stellung.} Rfe8 32. Bf3 Rc8 (32... Rxd4+ 33. exd4 $18) 33. Ra4 Bb3 34. Raxb4
Rc2+ 35. Ke1 Rc1+ 36. Kd2 (36. Bd1 $18) 36... Rc2+ 37. Ke1 Rc1+ 38. Bd1 $18
Bxd1 39. Rxd1 Rc2 40. Rd2 Rec8 41. Rbd4 1-0

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 $6 {6...d5 7.
Ndb5, e5} 7. Ndb5 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 $5 {9.Bxf6!?, gxf6 10.Na3, Be6 11.e3 +/=}
Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Be6 12. O-O Qd7 {12...Rc8!?} 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Bxf6 $1
Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. Qa5 e4 $5 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20.
Rab1 Bxa3 $6 {20...Bf6!?} 21. Qxa3 Qc7 22. Bf3 $1 Nc6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qxc5
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rb1 Qa5 $6 {>= 26...g6} 27. Qxa5 Nxa5 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29.
Rxb7 g6 {>= 29...h5} 30. Ra7 Rd2 31. Rxa6 Rxe2 32. g4 Kg7 {>= 32.h5} 33. Kg2
Rc2 34. Kg3 Rc3+ 35. f3 Rc2 {>= 35...g5} 36. h4 h6 37. Ra5 Rb2 38. a4 Ra2 39.
Kf4 Ra1 40. Ra8 Kf6 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. Ra7 Kf6 43. g5+ hxg5+ 44. hxg5+ Ke6 45.
Ra6+ Ke7 46. a5 Kf8 47. Ke5 Kg7 48. Kd5 Ra3 49. f4 Ra4 50. Kc5 Rxf4 51. Rd6 Ra4
52. a6 Kf8 53. Kb6 Ke7 54. Rf6 Ra1 55. Kb7 Rd1 56. a7 Rd7+ 57. Ka6 Rd8 58. Rb6
1-0

[Event "Tatran Cup"]
[Site "Stary Smokovec"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Be3 Ba6 (10... Bb7 11. c5 Na5 12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. f3 Rc8 14.
Qb3 Ba8 $13 {Hansen,LB-Hansen,C Vejstrup 1989 CBM/15}) 11. O-O d6 (11... Rc8 $5
) 12. f4 Rc8 13. Kh1 Nb8 14. Nd2 d5 $1 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 d4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Nde4 Nc5 21. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Der englische
Großmeister spielt diese Fortsetzung gerne. Zwar verliert Weiß viel Zeit mit
diesem Zug, aber die Möglichkeit Bb4 ist verhindert, was ein typisches Motiv
für Schwarz in dieser Variante darstellt.} Be7 (6... d5) (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7)
7. g3 Ne5 $146 {Eine interessante Neuerung. Anzumerken ist in diesem
Zusammenhang, dass Schwarz sich in der Variante 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5, oder 7.
Nb3 Ne5 desselben Motivs bedient.} (7... d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 (9... dxc4
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. Qxc6 Bd7 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qb6 {
1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Chabanon,J/Bischwiller 1999/EXT 2001 (15)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Be3 Be6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bh3 Bf8 15. Nb5 Qf7 16. Nd4 Na5 17. Nf3
Ne4 18. Qd3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Gulko,B/Amsterdam 1989/CBM 14 (18)}) (7...
Qb6 8. Ndb5 (8. Nf3 Ng4 $5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. b3 Bf6 13.
Ra2 $5 d5 $1 14. cxd5 Qa6 15. Bf1 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 17. Bd2 {1/2-1/2
Tkachiev,V-Gelfand,B/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Ribli] (17)}) 8... Ne5 9. Bg2 Nxc4
10. Qa4 a6 11. Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Nc7 Ra4 15. b3 Ra5 16.
a4 d5 17. Bd2 Rc5 18. Nb5 Rc6 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. O-O Bd7 21. Rfd1 Ra8 {1/2-1/2
Kortschnoj,V-Schlosser,P/Brno 1992/CBM 31/[Ribli] (58)}) (7... O-O 8. Bg2 a6 9.
O-O Qc7 10. b3 Rb8 11. e4 Rd8 12. Re1 d6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F-Lautier,J/Pamplona 2000/CBM 75 (14)}) 8. e4 d5 $6 {Dieser Zug
führt zu kompliziertem Spiel, aber Weiß bekommt die Initiative. Nach meiner
persönlichen Meinung wäre es besser für Schwarz die Stellung geschlossen zu
halten.} (8... d6 9. f4 Ned7 10. Bg2 $14) (8... Qb6 $5 {Jetzt droht 9...Qxd4
und nach 9.Be3? kommt 9...Neg4.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bf4 Ng6 (11...
Nc6 $2 12. e5 $16) 12. e5 Ne4 {[%mdl 2048]} 13. Nxe4 {Weiß nimmt nicht den Pd5,
was sehr gefährlich wäre, wie die folgenden Varianten illustrieren:} (13. Nxd5
O-O $1 (13... Bc5 14. Qa4 $5 (14. O-O O-O $5 (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxb5 16. Rfd1
Nxf4 17. gxf4 Ng5 18. fxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Kh1 Bc6 $15) 15. Bc4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 (16.
Nxf4 Qb6 $36) 16... Qh4 17. f3 Ng3 $17) 14... Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 16. Kg2 $16 (
16. Qxd4 Bxb5 17. Qc5 Bc6 18. Rhd1 $16)) 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Bxg6
hxg6 $13 (16... fxg6 $13)) 13... Nxf4 (13... Bxb5 $5 14. Nxb5 dxe4 15. Qxd8+
Rxd8 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Nxa7 Rd5 $132) 14. gxf4 Bxb5 (14... dxe4 15. Qa4 $36) 15.
Nxb5 dxe4 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Ge2,Re4][%mdl 4096] Es ist
wahr, dass Weiß einen Doppelbauern auf der f-Linie hat, aber sein König steht
aktiv und der Nb5 ist auch wirksam postiert. Andererseits ist der Pe4 schwach
und der Be7 steht etwas passiv.} f6 $6 (17... O-O $5 18. Rhd1 $5 $14 (18. Nxa7
Rd5 19. Rad1 (19. Rhd1 Ra5 20. Rd7 Bc5 21. b4 Bxb4) 19... Ra5 20. Rd7 Bxa3 21.
bxa3 Rxa7 22. Rb1 Rxa3 23. Rbxb7 Rh3 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 $11)) 18. Nc7+
Kf7 19. e6+ {[%csl Ge6]} Kg6 20. Rhg1+ Kh6 {[%csl Rh6] Der schwarze König ist
in Sicherheit, aber er steht sehr passiv auf h6.} 21. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d7]
Die weiße positionelle Drohung ist 22.Rd7.} Rd6 (21... g6 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. exd7
$16 {[%csl Gd7]}) 22. f5 Rhd8 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 (23... Rxd6 24. Ke3 $18 (24. Rg3
$18)) 24. Nb5 (24. Nd5) 24... Be7 (24... Be5 25. Rd1 $18) 25. Nxa7 g6 (25...
Ra8 26. Nb5 Ra5 27. Nd4 $18) 26. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rc1c8]} (26. Rd1
Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Kg7) 26... gxf5 27. Rc7 Re8 (27... Ra8 28. Nc8 $18) 28. Rc8 $1 (
28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Nxc8 Bf8 30. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 $5 Ne5
8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Ke7 (13...
d6 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O-O Ke7 {Speelman,J-Timman,J London cs 1989 CBM/15 48/45})
14. f4 Nc6 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 Na7 17. e4 axb5 18. b4 d6 19. Kf2 Ba6 20. Rhc1
Rhc8 21. Rab1 Rb6 22. Rb2 Bb7 23. Rbc2 Rb8 24. Ke3 Bc6 25. Nab1 Bd7 26. e5 Ne8
27. Ne2 d5 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bf1 Kd8 31. Nd2 Ra6 32. Rc2 Ra4 1-0

[Event "Donetzk zt"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 {Einige Monate zuvor spielte Tukmakov gegen
denselben Gegner 3.g3 und nach 3...Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nc7 war die
Grundstellung der Rubinstein-Variante der Englische Eröffnung erreicht. Ribli.}
Nc6 {Diese Fortsetzung ist viel schärfer als ihre Alternativen 4.g3 oder 4.e3.}
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 $5 {
Dieser Zug ist zuletzt sehr beliebt. Weiß bereitet die lange Rochade mit
scharfem Spiel vor.} O-O 11. O-O-O {[#]} a5 {Schwarz möchte ...a4-a3 ziehen,
aber diese Idee ist zweischneidig, denn das Feld b5 wird schwach.} (11... Bd7
12. f4 Ng6 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. Kb1 (14. Rhf1 Rac8 15. g4 d5 16. Kb1 dxc4 17. Nd4
Qxd4 18. Be3 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe5 {0-1 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/Harplinge 1998/CBM 67
noVC (29)}) 14... Rac8 (14... a5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 a4 18. Nd4
a3 19. b6 Qe7 20. Nc2 d5 21. Qb5 Ng4 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 axb2 25.
Bc5 Qg5 26. Bxf8 $18 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Paris 1991/CBM 26 ext (56)}) 15.
Be1 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Ba4 17. h4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qxb3 19. h5 {1-0 Smirin,I-Maryasin,
B/Givatayim 1998/CBM 65 (52)}) (11... Nc6 12. Bg2 (12. g4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14.
Nxc5 dxc5 15. Na4 Qa6 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd5 Bxg4 20.
Kb1 Rac8 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Rd5 b5 $6 (22... Bf3 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Bd3 Rfe8 $13)
23. Rxb5 Qf3 24. Rg1 Rfd8 25. Bd3 Rxd3 26. Rxb4 Rcd8 27. Nc3 Rd2 $4 28. Qxd2 {
1-0 Gschnitzer,O-Horvath,J/Dornbirn 1990/EXT 97/[ChessBase] (28)}) 12... a5 13.
Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. a3 a4 16. N3d4 Bc5 17. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 bxc6 19.
Nxd6 e5 20. Rd2 Rb8 21. Rhd1 {1-0 Filippov,V-Notkin,M/Maikop 1998/CBM 66 (33)})
12. f4 Nc6 (12... a4 {Dieser Zug führt zu großen Komplikationen, in denen Weiß
die besseren Chancen zu haben scheint.} 13. fxe5 axb3 14. a3 $1 Bxc3 15. Bxc3
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf3 e5 20. Rd5 {1-0 Ivanchuk,
V-Khalifman,A/Elista 1998/CBM 65 (48)}) 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5]} a4 15.
Nd2 $146 {Weiß möchte nicht mit sofortigem 15.Nc7 Material gewinnen.} (15. Nc7
axb3 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17. Kc2 Rxa6 18. Bg2 $6 e5 19. f5 Bc5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb2 Nd4
22. Bxd4 $4 a1=Q+ $1 23. Rxa1 Bxd4+ 24. Kc2 Bxa1 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys,S/
Cheliabinsk 1989/EXT 97 (24)}) 15... a3 16. b3 Qa5 (16... Rb8 17. Bg2 $14) 17.
Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gb5] Weiß hat eine starke Zentrumsstellung errichtet und
besitzt einen guten Springer auf b5, während Schwarz keine Drohungen am
Damenflügel hat.} e5 {[%cal Rc8g4]} (17... Bd7) (17... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7]}) 18.
f5 {[%csl Rc8,Yd5] Jetzt kommt Weiß mit g3-g4-g5 und Bauernsturm am
Königsflügel.} Bd7 19. g4 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c1] Schwarz droht 20...Qxb5 21.cxb5
Nd4+ mit Materialgewinn.} (19... Ne8 20. g5 Nc7 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22. f6 $40) 20.
g5 Ne8 (20... Qxb5 21. gxf6 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 21. Kb1 {[%csl Gb1]} (21. g6 hxg6
(21... Qxb5 $2 22. gxf7+ $18) 22. fxg6 fxg6 $13) 21... Ne7 22. Rc1 $6 (22. f6
gxf6 (22... Ng6 23. fxg7) 23. gxf6 Ng6 24. Rhf1 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Bc5 $13) 22... d5
$1 $13 {[#]Eine starke Fortsetzung. Nach diesem Befreiungszug bekommt auch
Schwarz seine Chancen.} 23. exd5 (23. g6 hxg6 24. fxg6 f5 $17) 23... Nxf5 {
[%csl Yd6]} (23... Bxf5+ $6 24. Ne4 $14) 24. Ne4 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Nxe3 (25... Ned6
$5 $15 {[%csl Gd6] Schwarz hat eine ideale Blockadestellung auf d6 errichtet.}
26. Rxc8+ $6 (26. Bh3 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Nxe4 28. Bxf5 Nc3+ $17 {[%cal Rc3e2,Rc3b1]
}) 26... Rxc8 27. Bh3 $4 Nxe4 28. Bxf5 Nc3+ $19 {[%cal Rc3e2,Rc3b1]}) 26. Qxe3
Nd6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 {[%csl Gd6] Wir haben materielles Gleichgewicht bei
ungleichfarbigen Läufern. Die weiße Königsstellung ist etwas schwach und der
Läufer g2 steht passiv.} 28. b6 g6 $2 {Dieser Zug hilft dem Weißen.} (28... Rc5
$1 $15 {[%csl Rb6]}) 29. h4 $40 {[%csl Rg8]} Bc5 30. Qh3 $1 {[%csl Rg8,Gh1,Gh3]
} Qxb6 31. h5 Rc7 {[%cal Gc7h7]} 32. Be4 $44 {[%csl Ge4,Rg8,Gh1,Gh3] Weiß hat
gutes Spiel für den Bauern, der schwarze König ist angreifbar.} (32. hxg6 fxg6
{[%cal Gc7h7]}) 32... Qb4 (32... Rac8) 33. Rc4 Qd2 $2 {[%cal Rd2b2] In Zeitnot
verliert Schwarz sofort.} (33... Qb6 {Das ist klar die beste Möglichkeit für
Schwarz. Weiß hat Angriffschancen am Königsflügel, aber es gibt nichts
konkretes.} 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Qe6+ Kh8 (36... Kf8 37. Bxg6 Qf2
38. Qxe5 Qb2+ 39. Qxb2 axb2 40. Kxb2 $14) 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ $11 {Weiß hat
Dauerschach, aber nicht mehr.} (38. Bxg6 Rac8 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Rc8c1]}) 38...
Kh8 39. d6 (39. Qxg6 $2 Qc1+ 40. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kxc1 hxg6 $17) 39... Qc3 $132 {
[%cal Rc3b2]}) 34. Rc2 Qd4 (34... Qxg5 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. d6 $18 {[%csl Gc2,Ge4,
Rg8,Gh1,Gh3] Und alle weißen Figuren nehmen am Angriff teil.}) 35. hxg6 $18
Qxe4 (35... fxg6 36. Qe6+ Kh8 (36... Kf8 37. Bxg6 $18 {[%csl Rf8]}) 37. Qxg6 {
[%csl Rh7]} Qg1+ 38. Rc1 $18) 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. g7+ {[%cal Rh7e4,Rg7f8]} Ke7
38. Qxe4 {Und Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Stern, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 $5 Bc5 (
7... Ne5 $5) 8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qb4+ (10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 d5 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg2 Rhd8 15. O-O Kf8 $6 (15... Bxc3 $5 16. bxc3 Kf8
17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Rb2 Kg8 20. Rd2 $14 {Olafsson,H-De Firmian,N
Reykjavik op 1990 EXP/18}) 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Bxb4+ Qxb4 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Nc5 Rac8
20. Qa4 a6 21. Rfd1 $16 {Christiansen,L-Tolnai,T WchT Luzern 1989 CBM/16}) 11.
Nc3 Ne5 (11... Qxc4 $2 12. e3 Qb4 13. a3 Qb6 14. Na4 $18) 12. e3 $1 b5 13. a3
Qa5 14. Bg2 $1 Ba6 15. Bd2 $1 Qc7 16. cxb5 Bb7 17. O-O Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19.
e4 Rhc8 20. Qe2 Bd4 21. Rad1 Kf8 22. Be1 Rc4 23. b3 $1 $16 Rxc3 24. Rxd4 Rxb3
25. Bb4+ Kg8 26. f4 Ng6 27. Rfd1 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 h6 30. Qe4 $1 Qb6
31. f5 Nf8 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Qc6 Rb2+ 34. Kh3 Re8 $2 35. Qxe8 Qf6 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8
37. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Drury Lane"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 {Das ist eine relativ neue Fortsetzung, die zu interessantem taktischem
Spiel führt.} (8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 (9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bf4 axb5 11. Bxe5 bxc4 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Qd4 Bg7 14. Qxc4 d5 15. Qd3 f5 16. O-O O-O {0-1 Bollow,T-Emms,J/
Hamburg op 1992 (26)}) 9... Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Nd6+
Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 d5 $1 (16... g5 17. Rd1 (17. O-O-O h5
18. h4 gxh4 19. Rxh4 Ng6 20. Rhh1 Rh8 21. Be4 Ng4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Ne4 Rbc8
24. f3 Ne5 25. Rd6 g5 {1/2-1/2 Duncan,C-Emms,J/Gausdal TM 1996}) 17... h5 18.
h3 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Kd2 Rh8 21. Ke3 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 d6 23. Rh6 a5 {Holst,
A-Emms,J/Copenhagen op 1994/1/2-1/2 (94)}) 17. cxd5 c4 18. b4 Rxb4 19. h3 Ne8
20. f4 Nd7 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Be4 Nef6 23. Bc2 Nc5 24. Rd1 Rb2 {0-1 Timman,
J-Alterman,B/EU-chTM 1997 (33)}) 8... Nfg4 (8... Bc5 9. Bg2 $1 Bxf2+ 10. Kf1
Nfg4 11. Qd6 $1 Nxc4 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Nxa8 $18) 9. e3 a6 (9...
Qc6 $6 {Auf den ersten Blick ein sehr logischer Zug, aber die konkreten
Verwicklungen sind vorteilhaft für Weiß.} 10. h3 $1 {[#]} Nf3+ 11. Ke2 Nge5 12.
b3 g5 13. Bg2 $1 $16 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Greenfeld,A/Beersheba m 1995 (42)}) (
9... g5 $6 10. Bxg5 $1 a6 11. h3 f6 12. Bh4 $8 Nxe3 13. fxe3 $1 axb5 14. Bxf6
$1 Bg7 $5 15. Qh5+ Nf7 16. Bxg7 Qxe3+ {1-0 Marin,M-Komljenovic,D/Andorra op
1997 (32)}) 10. h3 (10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Qxg4 {Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk (11) 1996/1-0 
(54) Obwohl Weiss hat diese Partie gewonnen,die Stellung ist guenstig fuer
schwarz.Ribli.}) 10... axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 (11... Ng6 12. cxb5 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bh4 Bb4 15. Bg2 Qxb5 16. g5 {Har Zvi,R-Henriksen,G/Gausdal Eikrem 1996/1-0 (49)
}) 12. Qb3 {Das ist ein theoretischer Vorschlag von Anand nach seiner Partie
gegen Leko. (Anand-Leko/Wijk/1996)} d5 $11 (12... Qc6 13. Nxb5 (13. e4 $14) (
13. Rh5 $5) 13... Qxh1 14. Qxc4 $36 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Rb5c7]} (14. Nc7+ Kd8 15.
Qxc4 (15. Nxa8 Qxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Nd2+ 17. Ke2 Nxb3 18. axb3 $13) 15... d5 $13))
13. Bxc4 (13. Qxb5+ Qxb5 (13... Bd7 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Nb5 $6 $15 Bb4+) 14. Nxb5
Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Ke7 $15) (13. Nxb5 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 e5 $36) 13... dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5
15. Nxb5 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 O-O {Weiß hat eine aktive Stellung, aber der Gegner hat
das Läuferpaar. Der c4-Bauer ist ein wenig schwach, aber Weiß hat auch Sorgen
mit seinem Doppelbauern.} (16... Ra5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20.
Nxb7 Rxa4 21. Nc5 Raa8 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Kd2 {1-0 Schroll,G-Miniboeck,G/
AUT-chT96/97 1997 (40)}) 17. Bd6 (17. Rhc1 Ra5 (17... e5 18. Bxe5 Bxg4+ 19. f3
Be6 20. Nc7 $14) 18. Nd6 e5 {[%csl Rf4]}) (17. a3 $5 {Ich glaube,das ist ein
nuetzlicher Zug,als in einigen Varianten der a2-Bauer ist schwach.Ribli.} Be7
18. Bd6) 17... Bxd6 18. Nxd6 e5 19. g5 (19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 $11) 19... Be6 20. Rh4 {
Und in dieser gleiche Stellung wurde remis gegeben.} (20. Rh4 b5 (20... c3 $5
21. bxc3 Bxa2 $11) 21. Nxb5 Rab8 (21... Rfb8 22. Nc7 (22. a4 $2 Rxb5 23. axb5
Rxa1 $19) 22... Rxb2+ 23. Kf3 Raxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxc4 Kf7
27. Re4 Ra5 $11) 22. a4 Bd7 23. Rxc4 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rxb5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bf4 (8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Be3 Ba6 {Stohl,I-Horvath,Jo Stary Smokovec 1990
CBM/21}) 8... O-O (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. e3 Bf6 12. Rb1 O-O
13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O {Dorfman,I-Hansen,Cu Debrecen 1990 CBM/20}) 9. Rc1 (9. e3 d6
10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 $10) 9... d5 (9... d6 $5) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. e3 Bf6 13. Qc2 d4 14. Bd3 h5 15. e4 Be5 16. Bd2 Qf6 17. O-O Bf4 18. Bxf4
Qxf4 19. g3 Qh6 20. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {In demselben
Turnier spielte Großmeister Agrest schon zweimal die Fortsetzung 6.g3. Jetzt
probiert er eine andere Variante. Die Idee des Textzugs ist, dass Weiß die
mögliche Fesselung mit Bb4 vermeidet.} b6 {Das ist eine wirklich seltene
Fortsetzung - nach 6...Nxd4 7.Qxd4 spielt man gewöhnlich 7...b6, aber in
unserer konkreten Stellung wird das weniger gespielt.} (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
e4 Bc5 9. Qd1 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qb8 (10... O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. exf6 Nxf6
14. b4 Be7 15. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Leko,P/Groningen 1996/CBM 57/[Ribli]
(46)}) 11. Qe2 Qe5 12. f4 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Nb5 O-O 15. b4 Be7 16. O-O d6
17. Bb2 a6 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. g3 {0-1 Anic,D-Palac,M/Makarska 1997/EXT 99 (49)})
7. e4 {Dieser Zug ist natürlich, aber der Springertausch kommt auch in
Betracht.} (7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. e4 Nh5 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12.
Be3 e5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Be2 g6 15. f4 Bh6 16. Kc2 Ke7 17. fxe5 {1-0 Tabatadze,
T-Ninov,N/Antwerp 1992/CBM 30 ext (27)}) 7... Bb7 8. Nf3 {Mit diesem Zug
vermeidet Weiß den Springertausch und verhindert die Möglichkeit d7-d5.} (8.
Be2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 Qc7) 8... Qc7 (8... d6) 9. Be2 a6 {Wir haben eine
Igelstellung - Weiß kontrolliert mehr Raum, aber Schwarz hat keine Schwächen
und eine elastische Stellung.} 10. Bg5 (10. O-O) 10... h6 (10... Be7 11. Rc1 {
[%cal Gc1c7] Schwarz muss in einigen Varianten mit Nd5 rechnen.}) 11. Bh4 (11.
Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {Die schwarze Bauernstruktur ist zwar geschwächt, aber er hat
gute Kontrolle über die schwarzen Felder.}) 11... Nh5 {[%cal Gg7g5] Schwarz
möchte den h4-Läufer tauschen und bereitet den Zug 12...g5 vor.} 12. O-O g5 13.
Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 $13 {Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar, aber seine Bauernstruktur
ist geschwächt.} g4 (14... Bg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7a1]} 15. Rc1 g4 $13) 15. Nd4
h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} (15... Bg7 $6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxg4 h5 18. Bxh5 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Qe5 20. Bf3 (20. g4 Qxe4 21. f3 Qxc4 $15) 20... Qg7 21. Re1 Qh6 22. Kf1
$14) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gf8]} (16... Qxc6 $5 $13) (16... dxc6 $5 $13) 17.
Qd4 Rh7 $6 (17... Rg8 $142) {[#]} 18. Nd5 $5 {[%mdl 64] Ein interessantes
Springeropfer, das in Igelstellungen typisch ist.} Bxd5 (18... exd5 19. exd5
O-O-O (19... Bb7 20. Qe4+ {[%cal Re4e8,Re4h7]}) 20. dxc6 dxc6 21. Qe4 Rh6 22.
Rad1 $11) 19. exd5 f5 {Auf diese Weise verteidigt sich Weiß gegen das Motiv
Qe4.} (19... O-O-O $2 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qe4 {[%cal Re4h7,Re4a8]}) (19... Bg7
20. Qd3 (20. Qe4 f5) 20... Rh6 21. Rab1 $36) 20. Bd3 O-O-O (20... Bg7) 21. Qf6
(21. c5 Bxc5 22. Bxa6+ Kb8 23. Qf6 {Mit Zugumstellung haben wir unsere
Partiefortsetzung.}) 21... h4 22. c5 (22. gxh4 Be7 (22... g3 $5) 23. Qg6 Rxh4
24. g3 Bc5 25. Kg2 Rh3 26. Rh1 Qe5 $19 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5,Rg2,Gh3]}) 22... Bxc5 (
22... b5 23. d6 (23. gxh4 Bg7 24. Qg6 Rdh8 25. g3 Bd4 26. Kg2 Rg7 $19 {[%csl
Rg6]}) 23... Qc6 $13) 23. Bxa6+ Kb8 24. d6 $1 {Mit diesem Zug verjagt Weiß
eigentlich den Läufer von c5.} Bxd6 25. Rfc1 Bc5 (25... Be7 $2 26. Qg6 $18) (
25... Rf8 $2 26. Qg6 $18) 26. b4 {[%cal Gc1c7]} (26. gxh4 $2 Rdh8 $19) 26...
hxg3 {Schwarz verliert seinen c5-Läufer, aber am Königsflügel hat er seine
Gegenchancen.} (26... Rdh8) 27. bxc5 gxf2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kxf2 Qf4+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+
$11) 28... Rdh8 {Schwarz hat drei Bauern für die Figur und beide Könige stehen
in etwas unsicherer Stellung.} (28... Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 bxc5 31. Rb1+
Ka8 $13) 29. Qd4 (29. cxb6 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 f1=Q+ 31. Rxf1 Qc2+ 32. Ke1 Qe4+ 33.
Be2 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Bf3 Qd2+ 37. Be2 Qf4+ $11) 29... Qg3 (
29... e5 30. Qxf2 $16) 30. Qd6+ $6 {Weiß tauscht die Damen, was scheinbar
logisch ist, aber die Alternative scheint mir besser.} (30. Rab1 $1 Rh1+ 31.
Ke2 f1=Q+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg2+ 33. Rf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 (34. Qxf2 Rxb1 $132) 34...
R8h2+ 35. Kg3 Rh3+ 36. Kf4 Rxb1 37. cxb6 $18) 30... Qxd6 31. cxd6 g3 {[%csl
Gf2,Gg3][%mdl 4096] Die schwarze Bauern sind auch im Endspiel wertvoll am
Königsflügel.} 32. Ke2 e5 33. Rab1 (33. Kf3 Rh4 (33... f4 34. Rc7 $16) (33...
Rg8) 34. Kxg3 Rf4 {[%csl Gf2,Gf4,Rg3]} 35. Rc3 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Rh4+ 37. Rh3 Rhg4
38. Bf1 Rd4 39. Ra2 Rxd6 40. Rxf2 $16) 33... Rh6 34. Rd1 (34. Rxb6+ $2 Ka7 $17
{[%csl Ra6,Rb6]}) 34... Ka7 (34... R8h7) 35. Bb5 Rc8 (35... R8h7 36. Rbc1 Kb8)
36. Bxd7 Rc2+ 37. Kd3 $6 (37. Kf3 Rc3+ $11) 37... Ra2 (37... Rb2 $1 38. Bxf5 (
38. Rxb2 Rxd6+ $19) 38... Rxd6+ 39. Kc3 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 Ra2 $17) 38. Bxf5 (38.
Kc4 $5) 38... Rxd6+ 39. Ke3 Rxa3+ 40. Ke4 Rf6 (40... Rxd1 $5 41. Rxd1 b5 42.
Rf1 (42. Kxe5 Re3+ $19 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re3e5,Re3e1]}) 42... b4 43. Kxe5 b3 $17
44. Kd4 b2 45. Bd3 Kb6 $15) 41. Kxe5 Rf8 42. Rd7+ Ka6 (42... Ka8 43. Be4+ Kb8
44. Rb7+ $18) 43. Rd6 (43. Bd3+ Rxd3 44. Rxd3 f1=Q 45. Rxf1 Rxf1 46. Rxg3 $11)
43... Re8+ 44. Be6 (44. Kf4 Re1 45. Rdxb6+ Ka7 46. Rb7+ Ka6 $11) 44... Re3+ 45.
Kd5 Re1 46. Rbxb6+ Ka7 (46... Ka7 47. Ra6+ Kb7 48. Rab6+ $11 (48. Rdb6+ $11))
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ljubljana"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bukic, Enver"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 a6 (4... b6) 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nxc6 (9. Bf4 Nxd4 (9... Qa5 10. Nb3 (10. Rc1 Qh5 11. e4
Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Qd1 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 f6 17. Na4 Ba7
18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. c5 Rd8 20. b4 {1-0 Peng Zhaoqin-Maksimovic,S/Thessaloniki
olw 1988 (35)}) 10... Qh5 11. e4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Ne8 13. c5 g5 14. Be3 f6 15.
Na4 Bd8 16. Nd4 {1-0 Tischbierek,R-Enders,P/DDR-ch Salzwedel 1982 (32)}) 10.
Qxd4 d6 11. Qd3 (11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. c5 Qxc5 15. Nd5 exd5
16. Rxc5 dxc5 17. Bc7 Re8 18. Bxd5 {1-0 Spiridonov,N-Horvath,G/Agard 1976/
MCD-r7 (31)}) 11... Qc7 12. Rac1 (12. Rfd1 Rd8 (12... e5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Qxc4 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bxa6 {1-0 Burmakin,V-Parkanyi,A/
Nagykanizsa op 1993 (27)}) 13. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Rac1 $16 {+/-
Dzindzichashvili,R-Browne,W/Las Vegas 1992}) 12... Rb8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. c5 Qxc5
15. Nd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 {1-0 Hausner,I-Tepper,M/Rimavska Sobota
1975/MCD-r7 (46)}) (9. Nb3 d6 10. Bf4 Ng4 11. Rc1 Nge5 12. Na4 Ng6 13. Be3 Bf6
14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 {1-0 Petrosian,
T-Bobotsov,M/Bamberg 1968 (28)}) (9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Rc1 Nxd4 (11... Ne5
12. e3 $14) (11... Bd7 12. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Rc6,Rc7][%cal Gc1c7] Das ist ein
typisches Motiv in Igelstellungen mit Nc6, Qc7 und Rc1.}) 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1
$14) 9... bxc6 (9... dxc6 10. Qxd8 (10. Qc2) 10... Rxd8 11. Be3 $14 {[%csl Rb6,
Rc8,Ge3,Gg2] Und Schwarz hat Entwicklungsprobleme mit seinem Bc8. Die Schwäche
des Felds b6 ist fühlbar.Ribli.}) 10. Bf4 Ne8 $6 {Dieser Springerzug gefällt
mir nicht. Schwarz verhindert zwar den drohenden Läufertausch mit 11.Bd6, aber
alle seine Figuren stehen hinten.Ribli.} (10... Qb6 11. b3 d5 12. Na4 Qa5 13.
Rc1 $14) (10... d5 11. Qa4 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 $11 {
[%csl Gd5]} (13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Ra7 15. Qc2 $14)) 11... Qb6) 11. Qa4 $14 g5 {
Schwarz bevorzugt einen originellen Stil. Nach dem Partiezug kann er 12...Rb8
ziehen.Ribli.} (11... Bf6 12. Rfd1 $14) (11... Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Rfd1 {
[%csl Rc8,Re8,Gg2]}) (11... d5 $2 12. Qxc6 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 $14) 12... Bd7
13. Qb7 $16) 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc2 f5 {Die schwarze Aktivität am Königsflügel
ist nicht gefährlich für Weiß. Mit dem Textzug verhindert Schwarz 14.Ne4.} 14.
Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Qc7 15. b3 d5 (15... d6 16. Qd2 {[%csl Rg5]}) 16. Na4 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc8] Der weiße Springer zielt nach c5. Schwarz hat - wie immer in
dieser Partie - Probleme bei der Koordination seiner Figuren.} Rf7 17. cxd5
cxd5 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Rc1 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rc1c8] Der Damentausch kann
Schwarz nicht die Sorgen nehmen.} Ba3 $2 (19... Bf6 20. Rc2 $14) (19... Nb5 20.
Rc2 $14) 20. Rc2 {[%csl Rg5]} f4 21. Ba7 Rb5 $6 (21... Ra8 22. Bb6 Nb5) 22. Bb6
$16 Rxb6 $8 23. Nxb6 {Mit der Mehrqualität steht Weiß überzeugend. Weiß
kontrolliert zudem die einzige offene Linie.Ribli.} Bb7 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Nc4 {
[%cal Rc4a3,Rc4e5]} (25. g4 $16) (25. Na4 $16 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 25... dxc4 26.
Bxb7 c3 $1 {Die einzige Chance zu Gegenspiel.} 27. Rd3 (27. Rxc3 Nb5 28. Rc6
Rxb7 29. Rxa6 $14) 27... Bb2 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3]} 28. Be4 Kf6 (28... Nb5 29. a4 Na3
30. Rcxc3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 $18 {[%csl Ra3]}) 29. Rdxc3 $5 {Weiß gibt die Qualität
zurück und hat aufgrund seines Mehrbauern gute Gewinnchancen.Ribli.} Bxc3 30.
Rxc3 {[%csl Ge4]} Ke5 31. Bf3 Nb5 32. Rc5+ Kf6 33. Rc4 Rd7 {Schwarz spielt
aktiv um jeden Preis.} (33... e5 34. Rc6+) (33... fxg3 34. hxg3 $16) (33... Kf5
34. a4 Nd6 35. Rc6 $16) 34. gxf4 g4 35. Be4 (35. Bxg4 $2 Rg7 36. h3 h5 37. f3
hxg4 38. fxg4 $14 {Und Weiß hat vier Bauern für die Figur, aber die
Partiefortsetzung ist viel überzeugender.}) 35... Rd1+ 36. Kg2 h5 37. h3 Nd6
38. Ra4 {Sonst kommt Weiß mit 39.Bd3. Dann ist der schwarze Springer in seiner
Bewegungsfreiheit arg eingeschränkt und Pa6 hängt.} Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd2 40. hxg4
hxg4 41. a4 $18 {Mit zwei Bauern mehr muß Weiß gewinnen. Zudem ist der
schwarze Pg4 schwach.Ribli.} Kf5 42. Re5+ Kxf4 (42... Kf6 43. Kg3 {[%csl Rg4]})
43. Rxe6 a5 44. e3+ (44. Ra6 Rxe2 45. Rxa5 g3 {[%csl Rf2]}) 44... Kf5 45. Ra6 (
45. Rb6 $5 Rd5 46. Rb5 $18) 45... Rd5 46. Rb6 Ke4 47. Rb5 Rd3 48. Rxa5 Rxb3 49.
Rg5 Kd3 50. Rxg4 Ra3 {Und Schwarz gab auf. Mit drei Mehrbauern gewinnt Weiß
leicht. Ich möchte anmerken, daß die Stellung auch ohne den Pa4 ebenso leicht
gewonnen wäre.} 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 {Dieser Zug ist die Hauptvariante in
unserer Stellung, aber 4.g3 und 4.e3 sind auch möglich.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3
{Statt dieser Fortsetzung hat Weiß viele Möglichkeiten, aber der Textzug ist
sehr populär. Die Alternativen sind - 6.Ndb5, 6.Bf4, 6.Bg5, 6.e4 und 6.a3.} Qb6
(6... Bc5) 7. Ndb5 (7. Nb3) 7... Ne5 (7... a6 $146 {Es ist interessant, dass
dieser einfache Zug früher nie gespielt wurde. Schwarz gibt das Läuferpaar auf,
erhält aber gute taktische Gegenchancen.} 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qb4 10. Qxb4
Nxb4 11. Rb1 d5 12. Bg2 dxc4 13. b3 cxb3 14. Rxb3 Nc2+ 15. Kf1 Nd4 16. Rb4 Nc6
17. Rb1 O-O 18. Be3 e5 19. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Dortmund GER 2002/
(19)}) 8. Bg2 (8. Bf4) 8... a6 9. Na3 $146 {[%mdl 4] Weiß vermeidet die
Hauptvariante (8.Qa4) und opfert einen Bauern für die Initiative.} (9. Qa4)
9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Bg5 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und die bessere
Entwicklung und der c8B hat Entwicklungsprobleme. Trotzdem hat Schwarz einen
Bauern mehr, so dass die Stellung sehr zweischneidig bleibt.} d5 (11... Qc5 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O Ne3 (13... d5 14. e4 $44) 14. Qd3 (14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1
Qxc3 $17) 14... Nxf1 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Qd4 Nd2 18. Qh4 Kf8 19. Qh6+
Ke7 20. Qg5 $11) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 $44 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e4 d4 15. Qg4+ Kh8
16. Qh4 Qd8 (16... e5 $2 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Rad1 Rg8 $17 (17... f5 18. Qh6 Rg8
19. exf5 e5 20. Nd5 Bxf5 21. Nf6 Rg7 $17)) 13... Rd8 (13... Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bxd5 $1 $36) (13... Nd7 14. e4 $44) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e4 d4 (15... dxe4 16.
Qg4+ Kf8 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Qh4 $16 {[%csl Rf8]}) 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Rxc4 {[%mdl 64]
Mit dieser Kombination gewinnt Weiß zeitweilig eine Figur.} (17. Qg4+ Kh8 (
17... Qg5 18. Qxg5+ fxg5 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Rc5 (20. e5 Ra7 21. Rc6 Bb7 (21...
bxa4 22. Rfc1 Bb7 23. Rc7 Bxg2 24. Rxa7 Bf3 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 22. Nb2 Bxc6 23.
Bxc6 Rc7 24. Be4 Rc3 $15) 20... bxa4 21. Rxg5+ Kf8 $15) 18. Rxc4 Qxc4 19. Nb6)
17... Qxc4 18. Nb6 Qc5 19. Nxa8 {Weiß hat zeitweilig eine Figur mehr, aber der
a8N kann sich nicht befreien.} Bd7 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qf4 Rxa8 22. Qxf6 Rc8 23.
e5 Bb5 (23... Bb5 24. Rd1 (24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qf6+ Ke8) (24. Re1 Qc3 25. Rd1 Be2)
24... Be2 25. Re1 d3 26. Bxb7 Qc3 (26... d2 27. Qh6+ $18 {[%cal Rh6f8,Rh6d2]})
27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 (3. Nc3 e5 {Diese Variante ist sehr populär in
letzter Zeit - es ist wahr, dass der d5-Punkt geschwächt ist, aber Schwarz hat
starke Kontrolle über das Feld d4.}) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 (5. g3 $5)
5... e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 {Dieser Zug ist die
theoretische Hauptlinie in dieser Variante - es scheint, dass Großmeister
Agrest seine frühere Neuerung aus der erste Runde (gegen Wedberg) - 9.Na3 -
nicht wiederholen möchte.} Rb8 (9... Neg4) (9... Bc5) 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5
12. Qa3 Qxa3 {Der Damentausch ist spielbar, aber die Alternative 12...b6!?
gibt Schwarz auch gutes Spiel.} (12... b6 $5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15.
Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 g5 $5 17. h3 (17. Rd1 h5 18. f3 h4 19. Kf2 Rh8 20. e3 hxg3+
21. hxg3 Rxh1 22. Bxh1 d6 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Stevic,H/Solin/Split 2001/CBM 87(25)
}) 17... h5 18. O-O-O d6 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rd7 21. Bh1 g4 22. h4 Rbd8 {
1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/Sweden 1999/CBM 73 ext (34)}) 13. Nxa3 g5 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Schwarz spielt nicht 13...d6 - zuerst möchte er seine
Springerstellung auf e5 sichern.} (13... d6 14. f4 (14. O-O-O Ke7 15. b3 Bd7
16. Nc2 Rhc8 17. Kb2 Rc7 18. Rd2 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Roussel Roozmon,T-Lazarev,V/
Montreal CAN 2002/(18)}) 14... Nc6 15. Rd1 (15. O-O-O $6 Ke7 16. Rd2 Nb4 17.
Bf3 Bd7 18. Rhd1 d5 19. g4 Bc6 20. g5 Ne4 21. Rd4 Rbc8 22. Nab1 Nc5 $15 {
0-1 Speelman,J-Timman,J/London 1989/Candidates (54)}) 15... Ke7 16. O-O Bd7 17.
Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bf3 Nb4 20. g4 h6 21. h4 Bc6 22. g5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Christiansen,L-Schlosser,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT (62)}) (13... Ke7 14. f4 Nc6
15. e4 d6 16. Nc2 $5 Bd7 17. O-O-O Rhc8 18. Rd3 Na5 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21.
Rhd1 {1-0 Pelletier,Y-Ponomariov,R/Kharkov 2001/CBM 83/[Ribli] (45)}) 14. h3 (
14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 Ng6 $11 (15... Neg4 16. Nc2 $14)) (14. O-O-O) 14... Ke7
15. Rd1 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb7g2] Es scheint, dass Schwarz gar nicht d7-d6
spielen möchte, er will lieber den Läufer auf der großen Diagonalen tauschen.}
(15... d6) 16. e3 {Mit diesem kleinem Zug bereitet Weiß die Zurücknahme des
Bauern nach 17.f4 gxf4 mit dem e-Bauern 18.exf4 vor.} (16. e4 Bb7 17. f3 Rhc8
$11) 16... Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 $11 18. f4 (18. Ke2 $2 {[%cal Gh8c8,Gc8c4]} Rc8
19. b3 b5 $17) 18... gxf4 19. exf4 {Die weiße Bauernstruktur ist ein wenig
besser, aber Schwarz hat seine Gegenchancen am Damenflügel.} Nc6 (19... Ng6 {
Auf den ersten Blick steht der Springer unglücklich auf g6, aber nach
folgendem h7-h5 kann Schwarz am Königsflügel aktiv spielen. Trotzdem erscheint
der Textzug natürlicher.} 20. Rh2 (20. Rf1 h5 21. Ke2 Rg8 $11) 20... h5 $11 {
[%cal Gh5h4]}) 20. Kf2 (20. g4 $5) 20... Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c4]} (20... h5) 21. g4
Na5 22. Rd4 Nc6 23. Rd3 {Schwarz verteidigt vorher den c3 - Springer und im
Falle von 23...Na5 24.b3 geht die schwarze traditionelle Drohung 24...b5 nicht.
} (23. Rd2 Na5) 23... Nb4 (23... Na5 24. b3) 24. Rd2 d5 $1 25. g5 (25. cxd5
Nfxd5 26. Nxd5+ Nxd5 27. Kf3 Rbc7 $15) 25... Nh5 26. cxd5 Nxf4 27. dxe6 (27.
d6+ Kd7 {[%csl Gd7]} 28. Ne4 Nbd5 $13) 27... fxe6 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Gb4d5,Gf4d5]
Das d5-Feld wird ein guter Festpunkt für den schwarzen Springer.} (27... Nxe6
28. Ne4) 28. Kg3 Nfd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 29. Nab1 (29. Nxd5+ Nxd5 $11) 29... Rd7 (
29... Rbc7) 30. a3 Nxc3 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32. Nxc3 Nd5 33. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} (
33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Rf1 $11) 33... Kd6 (33... Kc6 $2 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Rc1+ Kd7
36. Rxc8 Kxc8 37. Kf4 $18 {[%csl Gg5,Gh3]}) 34. h4 {[%csl Gg5,Gh4] Weiß hat
gefährliche (ernfernte) Bauern am Königsflügel, so muss Schwarz vorsichtig
sein.} Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8f1]} (34... Rc4) 35. Rd2 Rf1 36. Nxd5 (36. h5 Ke5)
36... exd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 37. Kg4 a5 38. h5 (38. Kh5 Rh1 $11 (38... Rf4 39. Rh2
$16)) 38... Rg1+ 39. Kf4 Rf1+ (39... Rh1 $2 40. g6 hxg6 41. hxg6 Rg1 42. Kf5
$16) 40. Kg4 Rg1+ 41. Kf4 (41. Kf5 Rf1+ $11 (41... Rh1 $11)) 41... Rf1+ 42. Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grinshpun, Eduard"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 {Diese
theoretische Hauptvariante verspricht dem Weißen meines Erachtens keinen
Vorteil. Ich glaube, die Alternative 6.g3 ist chancenreicher. Ribli.} d5 7. Bf4
(7. cxd5 $6 {Dieser Zug gewinnt einen Bauern, kann aber von mir nicht
empfohlen werden.} Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 $1 $44 {Schwarz
ist gut entwickelt und die weiße Dame steht unglücklich auf d5. Das ist mehr
als ausreichender Ersatz für den Bauern.}) 7... e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6
10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ {Weiß hat die viel bessere Bauernstruktur, aber
Schwarz besitzt das Läuferpaar und er entfaltet einigen positionellen Druck am
Königsflügel mit seinem f-Bauern. Im allgemeinen sind die Chancen hier etwa
gleich.} (11. Nd4) (11. O-O-O+) 11... Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 {Schwarz opfert den
f7-Bauern und komplitziert so das Spiel.} (12... Bxd6 {Ich glaube, das ist der
einfachste Weg zum Ausgleich.} 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 15. g3 f3 16. Kd1 fxe2+
17. Bxe2 Kc7 $11 {[%csl Rc6] Schwarz hat nur eine kleine Bauernschwäche auf c6,
aber die ist gut verteidigungsfähig.}) 13. Nxf7 {[%cal Rf7h8]} Rg8 14. g3 (14.
Ne5 Rb8 (14... Bf5 15. g3 $5 $16) 15. Nxd7 (15. Nd3 $6 Bf5 {[%cal Gb8b2]
Schwarz hat großen positionellen Druck für den Bauern.} 16. Rd2 Bd6 17. g3 Ne4
18. Rd1 Rxb2 $15 19. Nxb2 Bb4 {[%cal Rb4e1]}) 15... Nxd7 16. g3 (16. Rd2 Ne5
$44 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Re5c4,Rc4d2,Rc4b2]} 17. e3 fxe3 18. fxe3 Bb4 19. Be2 Bxc3
20. bxc3 Rb1+ 21. Rd1 Rb2 $11 {[%csl Ge5]}) 16... Rxb2 17. Bh3 Nc5 (17... Nb6
$5) (17... Bb4 $5) 18. Rd2 Rxd2 (18... Rb4 19. O-O Bd6 20. Rc1 $14 {[%cal
Gc1c7]}) 19. Kxd2 Bd6 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Ke1 $11) 14... Rb8 15. Rd2 (15. Bg2 Rxb2
16. O-O fxg3 (16... Bb4 17. Rc1 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8 19. gxf4 Rexe2 20. Ne5 Rec2
21. Rg3 g6 22. Nd3 Rb5 $15 {Schwarz hat die bessere Bauernstruktur und aktives
Figurenspiel.} 23. Re3 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Adianto,U-Emms,J/Gausdal 1992/TD (57)}) 17.
hxg3 Bb4 18. Rc1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxe2 20. Rfc1 $2 (20. Ra3 $142) 20... Rge8 21.
f4 Re1+ (21... R8e3 22. Ne5 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxa2 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Bxc6+ Kd6 26.
Bf3 $15) 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Ra3 Re7 26. Ne5 Kb7 27.
Rb3+ Kc7 28. Ra3 Kb7 29. Rb3+ {1/2-1/2 Casagrande,H-Wittmann,W/Voitsberg 1995/
CBM 49 ext/[ChessBase] (29)}) 15... Bb4 16. Bg2 (16. gxf4 $2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4
{[%cal Re4c3,Re4d2]} 18. Rd1 (18. Rc2 Rb1+ $19) 18... Nxc3 $36 {[%cal Rc3d1,
Rc3a2]}) 16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb1+ {Schwarz kann mit dem Eröffnungsergebnis
zufrieden sein. Er hat aktives Figurenspiel für den Bauern.} 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ (
18... Rb2 $5) 19. Kxd1 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rf2d1,Rf2h1]} 20. Kc1 $6 $146 (20. Kd2
$1 Rf8 {[%cal Gf8f2]} (20... Rb8 21. Rc1 Rb2+ 22. Rc2 $11) 21. Ng5 Nxf2 22. Rf1
fxg3 23. Ke1 $1 h6 24. Ne4 Re8 25. Nxf2 (25. Nxg3 Nd3+ 26. Kd2 Ne5 $15 {
[%csl Rd2,Ge5][%cal Ge8e2]}) 25... gxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Be6 27. Rf4 {[%cal Gf4a4]}
Re7 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Tal,M/Malmo 1983/IZT (27)}) (20. Ke1 $6 Rb8 {[%cal
Rb8b1]} 21. Be4 {[%cal Ge4b1]} (21. h3 $2 Rb1+ 22. Kd2 Rxh1 23. Bxh1 Nxf2 24.
Bg2 fxg3) 21... Be6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Re6f7,Re6a2]} 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Kf1 Bxe4 24.
Nxe4 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb2a2,Rb2h2]} 25. Kg2 Rxe2 26. Kf3 Rxe4 $1 27. Kxg4 (
27. Kxe4 $2 Nxf2+ 28. Kxf4 Nxh1 29. Kf3 Kd6 $19 {[%cal Rd6c5,Rc5c4]}) 27...
fxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Re2 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Ge2]}) 20... Nxf2 21. Rf1 fxg3 22. hxg3
Ng4 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Re2,Rg3][%cal Gg4e3,Ge3f1,Ge3g2] Schwarz hat die
bessere Bauernstruktur und sein Springer steht aktiv auf g4.} 23. Rf4 {[%cal
Gf4a4,Ga4a7]} Re8 {[%cal Ge8e2]} (23... Rf8 24. Kd2 h5 $15) 24. Ra4 $6 (24. Kd2
c5 $15) 24... Rxe2 25. Bf3 $2 (25. Rxa7+ $5 {Nachdem Weiß 23.Ra4 spielte, ist
das die logische Fortsetzung.} Kb6 26. Rxd7 Rxg2 {[%csl Rc1,Gg2][%cal Rg2a2]}
27. Nd6 g5 28. Rxh7 Rxg3 $15) 25... Rf2 26. Bxg4 (26. Rxa7+ Kb6 27. Rxd7 Rxf3
$17 {[%cal Rf3g3,Rf3c3]}) 26... Bxg4 27. Ne5 (27. Rxa7+ Kb6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc1,Gf2,
Rf7]} 28. Re7 Bf5 $17 {[%cal Rf2c2]}) (27. Rxg4 Rxf7 $17 {Schwarz hat einen
Mehrbauern, aber im Turmendspiel bieten sich immer Rettungschancen.}) 27... Be6
28. Rxa7+ Kd6 {[%csl Gd6,Re5]} 29. Nd3 {Einziger Zug.} Rf3 $17 {[%cal Rf3c3,
Rf3g3] Schwarz gewinnt den wichtigen Bauern g3.} 30. Kd2 (30. Kc2 $2 Bf5 $19 {
[%csl Rd3][%cal Rf5c2]}) 30... Rxg3 {[%csl Gg7,Gh7] Schwarz hat nur einen
Bauern mehr, aber seine beiden verbundenen Freibauern bieten ihm gute
Gewinnchancen. Außerdem ist der Läufer in diesem Endspiel viel stärker als der
Springer.} 31. a4 Bc4 32. Nf2 (32. Nb2 Rg2+ 33. Kc1 Bb3 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1]
[%cal Rg2c2,Rc2c1,Rc2c3]}) 32... Bd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 33. a5 {Weiß hat einige
Gegenchancen mit seinem a-Bauern, aber mit gutem Spiel kann Schwarz das
neutralisieren.} Rf3 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 34. Nd3 (34. Ke2 Rf7 $17) 34... Rf7 35.
Rxf7 $6 {Nach diesem Zug kommt Weiß in ein sehr schwieriges Endspiel. Es wäre
besser, die Türme auf dem Brett zu behalten.} (35. Ra8 $5 Rd7 36. a6 h5 $17)
35... Bxf7 36. a6 Kc7 {[%cal Rc7b6]} 37. Ne5 Be8 {[%csl Gc6,Ge8][%cal Rc7b6,
Rb6a6] Der Läufer steht scheinbar passiv auf e8, schränkt aber die
Beweglichkeit des weißen Springers ein und deckt den Bauern c6.} 38. Nc4 {
Weiß nimmt dem schwarzen König das Feld b6.} Kb8 {[%cal Rb8a7,Ra7a6]} 39. Nd6
Bd7 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7,Gh7] Die schwarzen Bauern stehen ausgezeichnet in der
Grundstellung, der Läufer verteidigt das Feld f5 und sie können so nicht vom
weißen Springer angegriffen werden.} 40. Ke3 Ka7 {[%cal Ra7a6] Endlich gewinnt
Schwarz den a6-Bauern.} 41. Ne4 Bc8 (41... Kxa6 $2 42. Nc5+ $11 {[%cal Rc5a6,
Rc5d7] Schwarz kann nicht verlieren, denn nach 42...Kb5 43.Nxd7 Kc4 44.Kd2 hat
er mit 44.h5 Gegenspiel.}) 42. Nc5 Kb6 $1 (42... Bxa6 43. Ne6 {[%cal Re6g7]} g6
44. Nf8 {[%cal Rf8h7,Rf8g6]}) 43. Kd4 h5 {[%csl Gg7,Gh5] Die entfernten
schwarzen Freibauern entscheiden die Partie.} 44. c4 h4 45. Ne4 {Weiß muß
seinen a-Bauern geben, sonst kann er nicht den schwarzen h-Bauern bekämpfen.}
Bxa6 $19 46. c5+ Ka5 47. Ng5 (47. Ke3 Kb4 $19 {[%csl Rc5]}) 47... Bf1 {[%cal
Rh4h3,Gf1h3]} 48. Nf3 h3 49. Nh2 (49. Ke3 Kb4 $19) 49... Bg2 50. Ng4 Kb5 51.
Nh2 g5 {Und Weiß gab in hoffnungsloser Stellung auf. Sein Springer allein kann
die schwarzen Bauern nicht aufhalten und nach Königszügen verliert Weiß noch
den c-Bauern.} (51... g5 52. Ng4 Bf3 53. Nh2 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 (6... d5 7. cxd5
exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb5 $1 Ne5 $5 (10... Bg4 11. Qa4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 a6
13. Bd3 $14 {Speelman-Timman Reykjavik WCup 1988 46/53}) 11. O-O h6 {Hansen,
LB-Petran,P Budapest Elekes 1989 CBM 14}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 $5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O
10. e3 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 $1 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bg3 d6 15. Bxe5 $5 dxe5
16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qc7 18. Qe2 e4 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. b3 a6 21. Rfc1 h5 $1 $36
22. Na4 Bd6 23. g3 Bc5 24. Nc2 Qc6 25. Nb2 g6 26. b4 Be7 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Rd1 e5
29. Nb3 Qh3 30. Qf1 Qe6 31. Rdc1 h4 32. Nd2 Kg7 33. Qg2 Qf5 34. h3 hxg3 35.
fxg3 Rh8 36. g4 Qg5 37. Nd1 Rad8 38. Ra2 Rh4 39. Kf1 Nxg4 40. hxg4 {Zeit Ribli}
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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 "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Novi Sad"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 {Nach meiner
Meinung bietet dieser Zug Weiss die besten Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil. Die
wichtigste Alternativen sind - 6.Ndb5, 6.Bf4, 6.Bg5 und, 6.e3.} Qb6 7. Ndb5 (7.
Nb3) 7... Ne5 (7... Bc5 {Dieser Läuferzug sieht sehr chancenreich aus, aber in
Wirklichkeit hat Schwarz grosse Entwicklungsprobleme.} 8. Bg2 a6 (8... Bxf2+ 9.
Kf1 Ng4 10. Qd6 $16) 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $1 $16) 8.
Bg2 (8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 $13) 8... a6 9. Na3 $5 {Das ist die beliebte
Fortsetzung von Grossmeister Agrest. Weiss opfert einen Bauern, aber dank
besserer Entwicklung bekommt er gute Kompensation.} (9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11.
Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 $5 (12... Qxa3 13. Nxa3 g5 14. h3 Ke7 15. Rd1 b6 16. e3
Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. f4 gxf4 19. exf4 Nc6 20. Kf2 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Ernst,T/
Skara 2002/CBM 91 (42)}) 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 g5
$5 17. h3 h5 18. O-O-O d6 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rd7 21. Bh1 g4 22. h4 Rbd8 23.
Na4 Rb8 24. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/Sweden 1999/EXT 2002 (34)}) 9...
Bxa3 (9... Be7 10. O-O d6 (10... Qc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 $14) 11. Qb3 Qc7 12.
Bf4 O-O 13. Rfd1 $14) 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Bg5 {[%csl Gg2,Gg5][%cal Gg2a8] Was
hat Weiss fuer den geopferten Bauern? Er hat zwar einen Doppelbauern auf der
a-Linie, aber der c8B hat schwerige Entwicklungsproblemen und nach Bxf6 gxf6
wird die schwarze Königsstellung angreifbar.} Qc5 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
O-O Rb8 14. Rc1 $44) (11... d5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 $44) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O
$44 Ne3 (13... d5 14. e4 $44) 14. Qd3 $1 (14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Qxc3 $17)
14... Nxf1 15. Ne4 Qc7 (15... Qe5 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rd1 $44) 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17.
Qd4 {[%csl Gd4,Re7,Gf6][%mdl 1024] Weiss hat einen Turm weniger, aber der d2N
haengt und der schwarze Koenig steht schlecht in der Mitte.} Nd2 18. Qh4 {
[%cal Gh4e7][%mdl 128] Weiss hat Angriff, aber das ist "nur" genug fuer Remis.}
(18. Nd5+ exd5 19. Qxh8 Ne4 $19) 18... Kf8 19. Qh6+ Ke7 20. Qg5 Kf8 21. Qh6+
Ke7 {Die Zugwiederholung ist forciert und es gibt keine
Abweichungsmoeglichkeiten.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O (10. Be3 Bb7 11. c5 Na5 12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qb3
Ba8 15. Ba6 Rc6 16. Bb5 Qb8 17. Qc2 Rcc8 18. Qf2 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Bd4 Qg5
21. h4 Qf4 22. e5 Nd5 23. g3 Qh6 24. Ne4 Rb8 $13 {Hansen,LB-Hansen,C Vejstrup
1989 CBM 15}) 10... Bb7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nb5 $5 (13. Nd2 d5 $5)
13... Nxe4 14. Nxa7 Ra8 15. Nb5 d6 16. N3d4 Nf6 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3 {>< c6} Qc8
19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Kh1 Bf8 21. Bg1 g6 22. b4 e5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. fxe5 dxe5 25.
Nc2 Nh5 26. Rcd1 Ndf6 (26... Nf4 27. Qf3) 27. Qxe5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. Qd4
Re2 30. Ne3 Ne4 31. Nc3 Nxc3 32. Qxc3 Qe7 33. Nd5 Qe4 34. Qf3 Qxc4 35. Nxb6 Qe6
36. Nd5 Bd6 37. g4 Nf4 38. Nxf4 Bxf4 39. Rf1 g5 40. Bf2 Ra2 41. Bg3 Qa6 42.
Bxf4 Rxa3 (42... gxf4 43. Qxf4 Qb7+ 44. Qf3 $18) 43. Be3 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blees, Albert"]
[Black "Miniboeck, Guenter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 (12... Bxd6 $5
13. Rxd6 Rb8 $1 14. Rd2 Re8 15. g3 f3 $10 {Knezevic,M-Smejkal,J Bahrain 1990
CBM/20}) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 Rb8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Rd2 (16. g3 Rxb2 17. Bh3
Nc5 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Bd6 20. Rc1 Rd8 $10 {Georgiev,Kir-De Firmian,N
Reggio Emilia 1989/90 49/51}) 16... Ne5 17. g3 $5 Bb4 18. Bh3 fxg3 19. hxg3
Rgd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Kd2 Bc5 22. Ne4 Rxb2+ 23. Kc3 Rb5 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. f4
Bb4+ 26. Kc2 Nc4 27. Bd7+ Ke7 28. Bxc6 Ne3+ 29. Kd3 Nxd1 30. Bxb5 h5 $1 31. Bc6
Be1 32. Kd4 Nf2 $1 $10 33. Nc3 Ng4 34. Nd5+ Kd8 35. e4 Bxg3 36. e5 Bf2+ 37. Ke4
Bc5 38. f5 Nf2+ 39. Kf4 Nd3+ 40. Ke4 Nf2+ 41. Kf4 Nd3+ 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 (6... Qb6 7.
Nb3 Bb4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Ne5 $10 {Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J Rotterdam 1990 CBM 18
}) 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Ne7 $1 12. Qb3 d6 13.
Rfd1 Nc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Na7 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. b3
Ba8 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 (11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13.
Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 15. g3 f3 $10 {Hjartarsson,J-Sokolov,A Belfort WCup 1988
45/(43) CBM 8}) 11... Bd7 12. g3 Rb8 $5 (12... fxg3 13. hxg3 Bb4 14. Bg2 Bxc3+
15. bxc3 Kc7 $10 {Timman-Gligoric Volmac-Partizan 1984 37/44}) 13. O-O-O Kc7
14. gxf4 Ng4 15. Ne4 Re8 16. f3 Ne3 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. f5 (18. e3 f5 $1) 18... g6
$1 19. f6 c5 20. Nc2 Bc6 21. e3 Bh6 22. Ra3 a5 $1 23. Rg1 a4 24. Rg4 Re5 25.
Bc4 Rf8 26. Rh4 Bg5 27. Nxg5 Rxg5 28. Rd3 (28. Rxh7 Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Rg2+ $13)
28... Nxf6 29. Rf4 Rf5 $1 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Ne1 Rg8 32. Bxf7 Rg1 33. Rd1 Rh1
34. Be6 Rxh2 35. Bxf5 Nd5 36. Nc2 h5 37. Be4 Nb4 $1 38. Nxb4 cxb4 39. Bxc6 Kxc6
40. Rd2 Rh1+ 41. Kc2 h4 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. f4 h3 44. Ke4 Rg1 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. b3
axb3 47. axb3 Rb1 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Mit diesem Zug vermeidet Weiß die interessante
Variante 3.Nc3 Nd4. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 $5 {Eine seltene, aber
interessante Zugfolge. Schwarz spielt noch nicht ...Nf6 und nutzt dieses Tempo
am Damenflügel.} 5. Nc3 (5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Ne5 7. N1d2 (7. e4 a5 8. Be3 Qc6 $13)
7... a5 $13) 5... Bb4 6. Ndb5 (6. g3 $5 Nf6 {Das führt zu Hauptvarianten, die
aber in anderer Zugfolge entstehen (nach 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 ist es besser, 6...Qb6 und nicht 6...Bb4 zu spielen).} (6... Qa5
7. Ndb5 d5 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bd2 a6 $13 (9... dxc4 $5) (9... d4 $6 10. Nd5 Bxd2+ 11.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rb8 13. Bg2 Nge7 $14))) 6... Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 {
Schwarz scheint jetzt großen Schwerigkeiten auf den schwarzen Feldern
gegenüber zu stehen. Ich empfehle trotzdem 8.Bd6.} (8. Bd6 $5 Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Qb6
10. Qd2 Ne8 {[%cal Re8d6] Das ist der Schlüsselzug für die schwarze
Verteidigung. Sonst gerät er in großen Nachteil.} 11. Nxe8 Rxe8 12. e3 $14 {
[%csl Rc8]}) 8... Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 $5 {Schwarz vermeidet den
Damentausch und möchte mit eventuellem ...Ne8 die weiße Dame verjagen.} (10...
b6 11. g3 Qxd6 12. Nxd6 Rd8 13. Bg2 Kf8 14. Rd1 Rb8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bxc6 Ba6
17. Bb5 Bb7 18. O-O Rbc8 19. Rd4 Ke7 20. Rfd1 d5 21. f4 Ng4 22. R1d3 e5 23.
fxe5 Nxe5 24. Re3 Rf8 25. Rxe5+ {1-0 Chekhov,V-Obukhov,A/Moscow 1998/CBM 63 
(25)}) (10... Ne8 11. Qxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O-O d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e3 a6 15. Nd4
$14 {[%csl Rd5] Weiß hat eine bequeme Stellung. Schwarz hat einen isolierten
Damenbauern und Weiß kontrolliert das Blockadefeld d4.}) (10... Rd8 11. Qxe7
Nxe7 12. Nd6 $14 {[%csl Gd6]}) 11. e3 {[#]Weiß möchte die Entwicklung mit 12.
Be2 beenden. Neben der Partiefortsetzung gibt es für ihn viele andere
Möglichkeiten.} (11. e4) (11. O-O-O) (11. g3) 11... Qa5 {[%cal Rf6e4,Ga5e1]
Schwarz möchte mit 12...a6 nebst 13...Ne4 oder sofortigem 12...Ne4 die Dame
von d6 vertreiben.} (11... Ne8 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rd1 f5 14. Be2 Ne5 15. O-O Nf7
16. e4 $1 a6 17. Nd4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 b6 19. f4 $1 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Wang Zili/
Copenhagen 1995/CBM 48/[Ribli] (51)}) (11... a6 12. Nd4 Qa5 (12... Ne8 13. Qc5
d6 14. Nxc6 Qc7 15. Ne7+ Qxe7 16. Qd4 Bd7 17. Be2 Bc6 18. O-O Nf6 {0-1
McCambridge,V-De Firmian,N/American op 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) 13. Nb3 Qg5 14. Qg3
Qf5 15. O-O-O b5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Be2 $13 {Matthias,H-Farago,I/Lippstadt/1994/
CBM43/}) 12. Qd2 d5 {Mit der Partiefortsetzung befreit Schwarz seine Stellung.}
13. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 $146 (13... exd5 14. Be2 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 17. O-O
$14 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5] Weiß hat wegen des schwachen isolierten schwarzen
Damenbauern einen kleinen Vorteil. Er kontrolliert das Schlüsselfeld d4.} Rac8
18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 h6 20. a3 Qc7 21. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Lautier,J/
Monaco 1996/CBM 52 ext (44)}) 14. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 exd5 16. Bd3 $14 {
[%csl Rd5] Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur und eine aktive Stellung.
Schwarz kontrolliert zwar das Feld d4, aber die Anwesenheit der weißfeldrigen
Läufer erhöht die Chancen des Anziehenden.} (16. Nc7 $6 Rb8 17. Nxd5 Rd8 {
[%cal Gd8d2]} 18. e4 Be6 19. Bc4 Ne7 {[%csl Rd2] Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern
zurück und der weiße König ist auf d2 angreifbar.}) 16... Be6 17. Rhc1 Rad8 18.
f4 $5 (18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Rc8 $11 {Vielleicht besitzt Weiß einen minimalen
Vorteil wegen des Bauern d5, aber Schwarz kann das Remis halten.}) (18. Nc7 Rd7
(18... Bc8) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6][%cal Rf8f2]}) 18... d4 19. e4 {
Der schwarze Bauer d4 ist gut blockiert.} (19. exd4 $2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 $15 {
[%csl Rd2,Gd4][%cal Rd4d2]}) 19... f6 20. Nc7 {[%csl Gc7] Weiß entfaltet eine
kleine, aber dauerhafte Initiative.} Bf7 21. Bb5 (21. Ba6 Nb4 (21... bxa6 $6
22. Rxc6 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Ra7,Gc6,Gc7]}) 22. Bc4) 21... Ne7 22. Bc4 {Weiß
tauscht den aktiven Läufer.} Rd6 (22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 $14 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Ga1c1,Gc1c7]}) 23. Nb5 (23. b3 $5 Nc6 $11) 23... Rb6 {[%cal Gb6b2]} 24. b3 Bxc4
{Schwarz schwächt die weiße Bauernstruktur, aber der Bauer d4 bleibt auch
schwach.} 25. bxc4 a6 $5 {Schwarz gibt seinen schwachen d4-Bauern auf und
aktiviert seine Figuren.} (25... Nc6 {[%csl Rb6] Der schwarze Turm steht sehr
passiv auf b6.} 26. a4 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gb5d6]}) 26. Nxd4 Rd6 {[%csl Rd2,Gd6]}
27. Ke3 Rfd8 {[%csl Gd6,Gd8]} 28. Nb3 (28. Rd1 $2 Nc6 $17 {[%csl Gc6,Rd1,Rd4,
Gd6,Gd8]}) 28... Nc6 $44 {[%csl Gd6,Gd8][%cal Gd8d1] Die Kontrolle der
einzigen offenen Linie ist für Schwarz ausreichender Ersatz für den geopferten
Bauern.} 29. Rab1 (29. Rc3 Nb4 $44 {[%csl Yd3]} 30. a3 $6 Rd3+ 31. Rxd3 Rxd3+
32. Ke2 Rxb3 33. axb4 Rxb4 34. Kd3 $15 {[%csl Gb4]}) 29... Rd3+ 30. Ke2 Nb4 {
[%cal Rb4a2]} 31. Rd1 $1 {Weiß muß in der d-Linie dagegenhalten.} (31. Nc5 $2 {
[%cal Rc5d3,Rb1b4,Gc5b7]} Rd2+ {[%csl Gd2,Re2]} 32. Kf3 b6 33. Rxb4 bxc5 34.
Rb3 Rxa2 $17 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rd8d2,Ra2h2]}) 31... Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Kxd1
Nxa2 {[%cal Ra2c3,Rc3e4,Rc3d1] Schwarz hat die Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel,
aber der weiße König steht aktiv und die Chancen sind daher gleich.} 34. Kd2 {
[%cal Rb3c5,Rc5a6,Rc5b7]} (34. Kc2 b6 $11) 34... b6 {Schwarz stellt sich auf
35.Nc5 und 35.c5 ein.} (34... b5 35. c5 $14 (35. Nc5 Nb4 (35... bxc4 $2 36.
Nxa6 {[%csl Ra2]} Kf7 37. Kc2 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rc2b2,Rb2a2]} c3 38. Kb1 c2+ 39.
Kxc2 $18 {[%cal Rc2b2,Rb2a2]}) 36. Kc3 Na2+ 37. Kb2 Nb4 $11)) 35. c5 bxc5 36.
Nxc5 Nb4 (36... a5 $2 37. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3c1,Gd3b4]} Kf7 38. Kc2 Ke6 39. Kb3 Nb4
40. Nxb4 axb4 41. Kxb4 $18) 37. Kc3 a5 38. Kc4 $6 $15 {[%cal Rc4b5,Rb5a5] Und
hier wurde remis vereinbart.  Ich glaube, Schwarz könnte noch weiterspielen,
denn sein entfernter Freibauer ist stark und mit seinem Springer kann er die
weißen Bauern am Königsflügel angreifen.} (38. Nb7 $5 Na2+ (38... Nc6 39. Kc4
a4 40. Nc5 a3 41. Kb3 Nd4+ 42. Kxa3 Nc2+ 43. Kb3 Ne3 44. g3 Nf1 $11) 39. Kc4
Nb4 40. Kc3 $11 (40. Nxa5 Nc2 41. g3 Ne3+ 42. Kd4 Nf1 43. Nc4 Nxh2 $11)) (38.
Kc4 Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2e3,Re3g2,Re3c4,Ge3f1,Gf1h2]} 39. Kb5 Ne3 40. g3 Nf1 41.
Kxa5 Nxh2 {[%csl Rg3]} 42. Kb5 h5 $15 {[%csl Rb5,Rg3][%cal Rh2f1]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 39th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 {Das ist die
eigentliche Hauptvariante in dieser Stellung.} Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. Bg2 {Eine
große Überraschung! Dieser Läuferzug wird praktisch nie gespielt, nur in
kleineren Turnieren. Ikonnikov ist der erste Großmeister, der dieses
Bauernopfer probiert.} Nxc4 9. e4 {Mit diesem Zug verhindert Weiß die
Möglichkeit 9...d5, was ganz gut wäre nach 9.0-0. Weiß strebt nun eine
schnelle Figurenentwicklung an.} Bb4 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Tatai,S-Bobotsov,M/Bari 1972/EXT 2002 (11) Diese Variante kann zu
unserer Hauptpartie führen nach 12.0-0 d6.}) (10... Ne5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7
13. Rc1 O-O 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Rxc3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qh5 Rd8 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. Nb5
Qa5 20. Nd6 Ng6 21. g4 {1-0 Mudrak,J-Knazovcik,L/Czechia 1996/EXT 2000 (35)})
11. O-O Bxc3 (11... a6 12. Bf4 d6 (12... e5 13. Rac1 $44 exf4 $2 14. Nd5 $16)
13. Rac1 $44) 12. bxc3 d6 $15 {[%csl Gc4] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und
sein c4N blockiert die weiße Stellung.} 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 (14. Bxd2 O-O $15
) 14... O-O 15. Ba3 {[%cal Ga3f8,Gd2d8]} Rd8 16. Rad1 Ne8 (16... d5 $5 17. Rfe1
b5 18. e5 Ne8 $15) 17. e5 d5 18. Qd4 Bd7 $2 {Mit diesem schablonenhaften
Entwicklungszug hilft Schwarz dem Gegner. Das große Problem mit dem Läuferzug
ist, dass Schwarz den Schlüsselbauern auf f7 verliert.} (18... b6 $142 19. Qb4
h6 20. f4 Ba6 $15 {Der e8N steht nicht aktiv, aber ich sehe keine vollwertige
Kompensation für Weiß.}) 19. Qb4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ra3f8]} h6 20. Qf8+ Kh7 21.
Be7 (21. Qxf7 Qxe5 22. Be7 (22. Rfe1 Qf6) 22... Rdc8 23. Rfe1 {Auf diese Weise
bekommen wir - mit Zugumstellung - unsere Partiefortsetzung.}) 21... Rdc8 22.
Qxf7 Qxe5 (22... Qxc3 23. Rfe1 Ba4 24. Bf1 Bc2 (24... Bxd1 25. Rxd1 {[%cal
Rf1d3,Rd3h7]} Rc4 26. Bd3+ Re4 27. f3 $18) 25. Rc1 Qd2 26. Qxe6 $16) 23. Rfe1
Qxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Schwarz nimmt den Bauern, aber verliert die Partie. Es
war notwendig mit 23...Qf5 die Damen zu tauschen.} (23... Qf5 $8 24. Qxf5+ exf5
25. Bxd5 Rc7 (25... Bc6 26. Be6 {[%cal Re6c8,Re6f5]}) 26. c4 $14) 24. Bf1 $1
$18 {[%csl Ge7,Gf1,Gf7,Rh7][%cal Rf1d3,Rd3h7][%mdl 128] Plötzlich befindet
sich der schwarze König in einem Mattnetz.} Nc7 (24... Nf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26.
Qxd7 $18) 25. Bd3+ Kh8 26. Re3 (26. Qg6 Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Bh4 $18) 26... Ba4
27. Qg6 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 {Das ist die alte
Fortsetzung. Interessanterweise möchte Macieja nicht die Variante 6.a3 spielen,
was in Krasenkow-Macieja (3. Runde) im gleichen Turnier vorkam.} Bb4 {Diese
Variante ist heutzutage ein seltener Gast in der Großmeisterpraxis -
gewöhnlich spielt man die Variante 6...d5 7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.
Qxd8+ Kxd8, welche ungefähr zu gleichem Spiel führt .} 7. Bf4 (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 $11 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, aber Schwarz hat Entwicklungsvorteil und
er kann schnell d5-d4 ziehen.}) 7... O-O 8. Bd6 (8. Bc7 $5 {Ähnliche
Stellungen wie in der Partie bekommen wir nach 8.Bc7!? Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6.}
) 8... Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Qb6 (9... Ne8 10. e3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Qb4 12. Nxe8 Rxe8 13. Be2
Rd8 14. O-O b6 15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 (16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19.
Rfd1 Nc5 20. Qc2 d6 21. Rd4 Rac8 22. Rbd1 Nb7 23. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,
V-Zvjaginsev,V/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 (77)}) 16... d6 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Ne5
19. Rd4 Qg5 20. e4 Nc6 21. Rd3 e5 22. Nb5 Qe7 23. Qd1 Ba6 24. Rc1 Bxb5 25. cxb5
Nd4 26. Rdc3 {1-0 Pelletier,Y-Nikcevic,N/France 2003/CBM 95 (30)}) 10. Qd2 Nd4
{Mit diesem Zug kann sich Schwarz von dem d6-Springer befreien. Mit dem
gleichen Ziel spielt Schwarz die Alternative 10...Ne8.} 11. O-O-O (11. Rd1 Qxd6
12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 d5 (13... b6 $5) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. e3 Be6
17. Be2 Rac8 18. Kd2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Sebenik,M-Farago,I/Bled 18. - 24.november
2002 (33)}) (11. e3 Nc2+ (11... Qxd6 12. exd4 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O $14) 12.
Qxc2 Qxd6 13. Be2 a6 14. O-O b6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 {
1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Dvoirys,S/Skelleftea 2001/CBM 81 ext (17)}) 11... Qxd6 12.
Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 b6 14. e4 Rd8 {Schwarz möchte die Bauernstruktur nicht
ändern. Obwohl die Alternative 14...e5 das d5-Feld schwächt, bietet sie
Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen, und in diesem Fall kann Weiß nicht mit e4-e5
Raum gewinnen.} (14... e5 15. Rd2 Bb7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Be2 Kf8 18. Rhd1 Ke7 19.
Bf1 d6 20. b3 Bc6 21. Kb2 a6 22. a3 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Eingorn,V/Graz 1997/EXT
2000 (31)}) 15. e5 Ne8 16. Be2 {[%mdl 4] Neuer Zug in einer alten Variante.
Der Läufer steht besser auf e2 als auf d3. Die weiße Drohung ist 17.Bf3 und im
Falle von 16...Bb7 kann Weiß mit Turmverdoppelung den d7-Bauern sofort
angreifen.} (16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Kf8 19. Rhd1 Ke7 {1/2-1/2
Rubinetti,J-Hulak,K/Toluca 1982/IZT (19)}) 16... Bb7 17. Rhd1 f6 (17... Bc6 $6
18. Bf3 $16) (17... Bxg2 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Bc6 20. Rd2 $14 {Der e8N steht
passiv und Weiß hat eine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel.}) 18. Bf3 (18. exf6
Nxf6 $11) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 fxe5 (19... Rac8 20. b3 $14) 20. Rxd7 Rdc8 (20...
Rxd7 21. Rxd7 $16) 21. b3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Beide Spieler haben eine schlechte
Bauernstruktur, aber wegen seines aktiven Figurenspiels sind die weißen
Chancen besser.} Nf6 (21... Rc7 22. Rxc7 (22. Ne4 $14) 22... Nxc7 23. Rd7 $14)
22. R7d6 (22. Re7 Re8) 22... Kf7 23. Ne4 (23. Kb2 Ke7 $11) 23... b5 (23... Nxe4
24. Rd7+ Kf6 25. fxe4 b5 26. Rg1 g5 (26... bxc4 27. Rgxg7 cxb3+ 28. Kb2 Rf8 29.
axb3 $16) 27. h4 h6 (27... gxh4 28. Rgg7 Rf8 29. cxb5 $16) (27... bxc4 28.
hxg5+ Kg6 29. Rd6 cxb3+ 30. Kb2 Re8 31. axb3 Rad8 $11) 28. h5 bxc4 29. Rg3
cxb3+ 30. Kd2 g4 31. Rxg4 Rg8 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. axb3 $11) 24. Nd2 a5 $6 (24...
Ke7 25. Ra6 (25. Rd3 Nd5 $132) 25... Nd5 $132 {[%cal Gc8c1]}) 25. Kb2 bxc4 $6 (
25... b4 26. Ne4 $14) (25... Rab8 $14) 26. Nxc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Gc4a5,Gc4e5]}
Rc5 27. Rb6 {[%cal Gb6b7,Gb7f7,Gd1d6,Gb6e6] Nun kann Weiß die Türme auf der 6.
Reihe verdoppeln oder Rb7+ spielen.} Ra7 28. Rdd6 Nd7 (28... Re7 29. Ra6 $16 {
[%csl Ra5]}) 29. Ra6 Rxa6 30. Rxa6 {Der a5P ist nicht zu verteidigen.} e4 31.
Ra7 (31. fxe4 Ne5 32. Kc3 Nxc4 33. bxc4 $16) 31... Ke8 (31... Ke7 32. Nb6) 32.
Nd6+ Ke7 33. Nxe4 $16 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und eine aktive Stellung.}
Rh5 34. Kc3 Kd8 (34... Rxh2 35. Nc5 $18) 35. a4 Rf5 (35... Rxh2 36. Rxa5 $18)
36. Kc2 Rxf3 $6 (36... g5 $16) 37. Rxa5 {[%csl Ga4,Gb3] Mit zwei ernfernten
Freibauern muss Weiß das Endspiel gewinnen.} Nf6 38. Nxf6 {Das ist eine gute
Vereinfachung für Weiß.} (38. Nc5 Rxf2+ 39. Kd3 Rxh2 40. Ra7 $16) 38... gxf6 (
38... Rxf2+ 39. Kc3 gxf6 40. Rh5 $16) (38... Rxf6 39. Ra7 Rxf2+ 40. Kc3 Rxh2
41. Rxg7 $16) 39. Rh5 Kd7 40. Rxh7+ Kd6 41. b4 Rxf2+ 42. Kb3 {Gewöhnlich hat
der Verteidiger in Turmendspielen gute Remischancen, aber hier nicht - mit
zwei ernfernten Freibauern mit der Unterstützung des Königs gewinnt Weiß
leicht.} Rf3+ 43. Kc4 Ra3 44. a5 e5 45. Rh6 Ke6 46. Rh8 e4 47. Re8+ Kf5 48. Kb5
Kf4 49. a6 $18 {Die weißen Bauern sind viel schneller.} f5 50. Kb6 Ke3 51. a7
f4 52. a8=Q Rxa8 53. Rxa8 f3 54. Kc5 f2 55. Rf8 Ke2 56. b5 e3 57. Kd4 Kd1 58.
Kxe3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 {Dies ist eine spezielle Igelstellung. Weiß besitzt großen
Raumvorteil, aber Schwarz hat lebendiges Figurenspiel in fester Stellung.
Ribli.} 10. Bd2 $5 {Diese Fortsetzung in in letzter Zeit in Mode. Früher
spielte man gewöhnlich 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bg2. Mit der
Partiefortsetzung kann Weiß die Doppelbauern in der c-Linie vermeiden.} O-O (
10... Bd7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 a5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nb5
Bxb5 17. cxb5 a4 18. Nd4 a3 19. b6 Qe7 20. Nc2 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Paris
Immopar rapid 1991/0-1 (56)}) 11. O-O-O {Das ist die neuste Errungenschaft der
Theorie. Weiß spielt die lange Rochade, gar nicht typisch für die Englische
Eröffnung.} (11. f4 $6 Nc6 12. O-O-O e5 $1 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2
Nb4 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. a3 Na6 18. Na5 Nc5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qe3 f6 22.
Rc1 Rac8 23. Be2 b5 $1 {Lautier,J-Lutz,C/Baden Baden 1992/0-1 (49)}) (11. Rc1
d5 (11... a5 $5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 $1 b6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nb5 Qd7
17. O-O Rab8 18. Rfd1 $6 (18. Rcd1 $1 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Ne7) 18... e5 $1 19. Nf3
Qe7 20. Nh4 g6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bg5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxb5 $1 24. cxb5 Qe6 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gulko,B/Riga 1995 (27)}) 12. c5 Qd8 13. a3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxd2+
15. Nbxd2 Bd7 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc6 18. Bg2 e5 19. O-O exf4 20. gxf4 Nd4 21.
Qf2 Nf5 22. Rcd1 Qc7 23. Nd6 Rab8 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Bh3 g6 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27.
Nxf5 gxf5 $14 {Romero Holmes,A-Izeta,F/ch-ESP Team, Ampuriabrava ESP 1997/1/
2-1/2 (46)}) 11... Nc6 {Dieser Springerzug ist nicht schlecht, aber die
konkrete Antwort 11...a5 ist für Weiß gefährlicher.} (11... a5 $5 12. f4 Nc6 (
12... a4 13. fxe5 (13. Nxa4 $6 Rxa4 14. fxe5 dxe5 $11) 13... axb3 14. a3 Bxc3
15. Bxc3 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf3 e5 20. Rd5 f5 21.
Rxe5 Be6 22. Rb5 f6 23. Rxb3 fxe4 24. Qe3 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 Qd5 27.
Rb4 Rae8 28. Rc1 Rf7 29. Rc5 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/President's Cup 1998 
(47)}) 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nc7 axb3 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17. Kc2 Rxa6 18. Bg2 (
18. e5 $5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Kb3 a1=Q 21. Rxa1 Rxa1 22. Kxb4 Bd7 $13 {
Dvoirys,S}) 18... e5 19. f5 Bc5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 a1=Q+ 23. Rxa1
Bxd4+ 24. Kc2 Bxa1 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys,S/Cheliabinsk 1989}) 12. Bg2 $14 {
Ich denke, diese natürliche Läuferentwicklung ist chancenreicher als der
sofortige Bauernsturm mit 12.g4.} (12. g4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Na4
Qa6 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd5 Bxg4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rxe5
Qf6 22. Rd5 b5 $6 (22... Bf3 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Bd3 Rfe8 $13) 23. Rxb5 Qf3 24. Rg1
Rfd8 25. Bd3 Rxd3 26. Rxb4 Rcd8 27. Nc3 Rd2 $4 {Das ist ein schrecklicher
Fehler in schwieriger Stellung.} 28. Qxd2 {1-0 Gschnitzer,O-Horvath,J/Dornbirn
op 1990}) 12... a5 $6 {Dieser Zug schwächt das Feld b5, aber Schwarz will
aktiv am Damenflügel spielen. Meines Erachtens ist es zu spät für ...a5, denn
in der Partie erlangt Weiß leicht freies Spiel.} (12... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gf8c8,
Gc8c1]}) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 {[%csl Gb5,Rc7,Rd6][%cal Rb5c7] Der ausgezeichnet
plazierte weiße Springer auf b5 drückt auch gegen den schwarzen Bauern d6.} Qe7
15. a3 a4 (15... Bc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Rd6 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Re3c5]} Nd7 18.
Rhd1 $16 {[%csl Gb5,Rc8,Gd1,Gd6][%cal Gd1d8] Weiß entfaltet unangenehmen Druck
über die d-Linie.}) 16. N3d4 Bc5 (16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. e5
$16 {[%csl Gb5,Yd6,Ge5,Rf6][%cal Gg2a8,Gd1d8] Weiß hat überzeugendes Spiel,
während der Nachziehende das Problem seines Damenläufers nicht gelöst hat.}) (
16... Ba5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxd6 $16) 17. Nxc6 Bxe3+ (17... bxc6 18. Bxc5 dxc5
(18... cxb5 19. Bxd6 $18 {[%cal Rd6f8,Gg2a8]}) 19. e5 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Ge5,Rf6]
[%cal Gg2a8]} Nd5 20. cxd5 cxb5 21. d6 $18) 18. Qxe3 bxc6 19. Nxd6 $16 {
[%csl Gd6][%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b1] Schwarz hat nur geringe Gegenchancen über die
halboffene b-Linie, während Weiß über einen gesunden Mehrbauern und einen
aktiven Springer auf d6 verfügt.} e5 $8 {Sonst gewinnt Weiß weiteren Raum mit
20.e4-e5.} 20. Rd2 {[%cal Gh1d1,Gd1d8,Gd2b2] Weiß verteidigt die potentielle
Schwäche auf b2 und bereitet die Verdoppelung der Türme in der d-Linie vor.}
Rb8 21. Rhd1 $36 Qc7 22. h3 {Dieser Zug ist gegen ...Ng4 oder ...Bg4 gerichtet,
denn Weiß plant f2-f4.} Rb3 {[%csl Gb3] Leider ist dieser Turm die einzige
schwarze Figur, die gut steht.} 23. Qg5 {[%csl Re5,Gg5][%cal Rg5e5]} Qa5 24. f4
{[%csl Gd6,Re5,Gg5][%cal Gg5a5] Schwarz ist in großen Schwierigkeit, der Bauer
auf e5 ist schutzlos.} Be6 25. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5,Gg5,Rg7,Rg8]} (25. Qxe5 $6
Qxe5 26. fxe5 Nd7 $132 {[%csl Gd7,Re5,Rg2][%cal Rd7e5] und Schwarz gewinnt e5
mit Gegenspiel zurück.}) (25. fxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]}) 25... Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rfb8
(26... Re8 27. g4 $16 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) (26... Rxg3 27. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Rf6]})
27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. fxe5 Ne8 {[%cal Rb3g3]} 29. g4 {Weiß besitzt zwei Mehrbauern
und Schwarz kann keinerlei Gegenspiel entfalten.} Kf8 (29... Nc7 30. Rd8+ Ne8
31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. e6 fxe6 33. e5 $16 {[%csl Gg2]}) 30. e6 $1 {Weiß gibt einen
Bauern zurück, um seinen Läufer zu beleben.} fxe6 31. e5 {[%csl Ge5,Re8,Gg2]}
c5 (31... R8b6 32. c5 R6b5 (32... Ra6 33. Rd7 {[%csl Gd1,Gd7,Re8,Rf8][%cal
Rd1f1,Rf1f8]} Ra5 34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Rd8g8]}) 33. Rc2 {[%csl Rc6]
[%cal Rg2c6]}) 32. Bc6 $18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rc6a4,Rc6e8] Die Aktivierung des
Läufers entscheidet den Kampf.} R3b6 (32... Rxh3 33. Rd8 Rhb3 34. Bxe8 $18) 33.
Bxa4 {und der Schwarze strich die Segel.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Dieser - auf den
ersten Blick - genügsame Bauernzug verhindert die Möglichkeit Bb4. Diese
Variante ist populär in letzter Zeit.} d5 {Schwarz kann auch 6...Bc5 oder 6...
Be7 fortsetzen, oder 6...Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6, mit der Idee 8...Bc5.} 7. cxd5 exd5 (
7... Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 $14) 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bb5 {Dieser
Läuferzug bietet Weiß mehr Hoffnungen auf Eröffnungsvorteil als die genügsame
Fortsetzung 10.Be2.} Ne5 {Das gefällt mir nicht. Nach meiner Meinung muss der
schwarze Springer prinzipiell - ebenso, wie der d4N vor dem isolierten Bauern
steht - auf c6 sein. Ich glaube, die Alternativen 10...Bd7, 10...Bg4 und auch
10...Nxd4 bieten Schwarz bessere Verteidigungschancen als die
Partiefortsetzung.} (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. O-O a6 14. Be2 Rc8
15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 Kf8 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b4 d4 $5 20. exd4 Bb3 $44
{0-1 Leventic,I-Pavlovic,R/Pula 1992/EXT 2002 (26)}) 11. O-O a6 (11... Be6 12.
h3 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Nce2 Rxc1 17. Nxc1 Qb6 18. Qe2 a5
19. Bf5 Rc8 20. Nd3 Ned7 21. Nf4 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 {1/2-1/2 Zlochevskij,
A-Komljenovic,D/Augsburg 1991/EXT 97 (29)}) (11... h6 12. Bh4 $14 (12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Qb3 a6 14. Be2 Nc6 $11)) 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Gb3,Gd4,Rd5,
Re5][%cal Gb3d5,Gb3b7] Der isolierte d5P ist der Zielpunkt des weißen Spiels.
Die Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf b3 und wirkt nicht nur auf den d5-Bauern,
sondern auch auf den b7-Bauern und mit Rfd1 (oder Rad1) kann Weiß seinen
positionelle Druck erhöhen. Der e5N steht weniger gut.} b5 (13... Qd7 14. Rfd1
$14) (13... Nc6 14. Qxb7 $4 (14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 $14) 14... Na5 $19 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 14. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Qb6 $5 {Schwarz opfert den schlechten
d5-Bauern und strebt ein Endspiel an, in dem er Rettungschancen besitzt.} (
14... Qd7 $2 15. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5,Rf4f5,Rf5e6]} Nc6 16. f5 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxf5
18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Qc3 $18)
20. Qd3 $16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qb3 Nc6 {[%mdl 256]
Schwarz verteidigt sich gut - er möchte die Springer tauschen und die
Anwesenheit ungleichfarbiger Läufer bietet immer Rettungschancen für den
Verteidiger.} 19. Nxc6 (19. Nf3 Ne5) 19... Qxc6 20. Rc1 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rc2 {[%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die Verwertung des
Materialvorteils ist sehr schwer. Wegen der ungleichfarbigen Läufer muss Weiß
mindestens ein Turmpaar auf dem Brett halten.} Rfd8 {[%cal Gf6b2,Gd8d1]} 23. b3
{[%cal Ga3a4] Es ist notwendig den Wirkungskreis des f6-Läufers zu vermeiden;
Weiß kann nun a3-a4 ziehen.} g6 (23... Rd2 24. Rfc1 $16) (23... a5 $5) 24. a4
Kg7 25. Rfc1 Be7 26. g3 {Stufenweise verbessert Weiß seine Stellung.} bxa4 (
26... Ba3 27. Ra1 Bb4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra7 $16) 27. bxa4 a5 28. Rc7 R8d7 29.
Bb5 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Re5 31. Kf1 Bb4 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Bc4 Re7 34. Rc6+ {Natürlich
muss Weiß die Türme auf dem Brett halten.} Kg7 35. Bd5 f5 36. f3 $1 {[%cal
Ge3e4]} Rd7 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] Der d5B steht
ausgezeichnet und dominiert auf dem Brett.} Kf8 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Kd4 Rd6 41. Rc2
Rd7 42. e5 Kd8 43. Rc6 Rc7 44. Ra6 Bc5+ 45. Ke4 Ra7 46. Rf6 Rc7 47. Bc6 Bb4 $6
(47... Be7 48. Re6 $16) 48. Kd5 Rg7 {Das ist ein sehr passiver Platz für den
Turm.} (48... Be7) 49. g4 $1 {Weiß gewinnt weiteren Raum am Königsflügel.} Kc7
50. g5 Re7 (50... Bd2 51. h4 Be1 52. e6 $18) 51. e6 $18 Bd2 52. h4 Be1 53. Rf7
Kd8 (53... Rxf7 54. exf7 Bb4 55. Bb5 $18) 54. Rf4 Bg3 55. Rf3 Be1 (55... Bxh4
56. Kd6 $18) 56. Bd7 Kc7 57. Rf4 Bg3 58. Rg4 (58. Rg4 Be1 (58... Bh2 59. Rc4+
Kb6 60. Rc6+ Kb7 61. Rc5 Kb6 62. Rb5+ $18) 59. Rc4+ Kb6 60. Kd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 d5 $6 {
Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Es ist besser, die unklaren Verwicklungen mit 7..
.Ne5 einzugehen. Nach der Partiefortsetzung bleibt Schwarz mit isoliertem
Bauern auf d5 zurück.} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 {[%csl Rd5]} 10. Bg2 (10. Qxd5
$2 {Für den Bauern bekommt Schwarz mehr als ausreichenden Ersatz.} Be6 $44 {
[%cal Ye6b3,Yf8b4,Ya8d8,Yc6b4,Yc6d4]}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bg4 {Natürlich
tauscht Schwarz nicht von selbst den Läufer mit 11...Bxd2, denn nach 12.Qxd2
bekommt Weiß freies Spiel.} 12. O-O (12. Bxb4 $5 {Ich empfehle diese
Möglichkeit für Weiß. Nach Damentausch gelangt der weiße König nach d2.} Qxb4+
13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {[%csl Gd2]} O-O-O 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Nc5 Rd6
18. Rhd1 f6 19. Ke1 Rhd8 20. Rd2 Bf7 21. b3 Ne7 22. Rdc2 $14 {Smyslov-Olafsson,
H/Kobenhavn 1985/1-0 (53)}) (12. Bxd5 $2 Rd8 $17 {[%cal Gd8d1]}) 12... Rd8 (
12... O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Be7 18. Rfd1
Qa5 $13 {[%cal Ye7f6] Li Zunian-Van der Wiel,J/Biel izt/1985/}) (12... O-O-O
13. Rc1 Rhe8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Bc4 18. Rxe8
Rxe8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. b3 $16 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Veingold,A/USSR 1979 (35)}) 13.
Bxb4 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Bxb4 (14. Be3 d4 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5
18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Bxc5+ Qxc5 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Qa5 g5 {0-1 Adorjan-Danner/Lugano
1983 (40)}) 14... Qxb4 15. f4 f6 16. Qe1 Qb6+ 17. Qf2 d4 18. Rfd1 O-O {1/2-1/2
Nikolic,P-Cebalo,M/Novi Sad 1984 (24)}) 13... Qxb4 14. Rc1 {Strategisch steht
Weiß gut, er hat keine Schwächen und der d5-Bauer ist isoliert, aber Schwarz
entfaltet Aktivität. Ich denke, es wäre besser, zuerst die Position der Dame
zu verbessern und erst später mit dem Turm ins Spiel zu kommen.} (14. Qc2 O-O
15. Rfd1 Qc4 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. e3 g6 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Rxd5 Qa6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
h3 Bf3 22. Qc7 Re8 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd3 25. Qd7 Rf8 26. Rc7 $16 {Smejkal,
J-Cebalo,M/Marseille 1986/1-0 (58)}) 14... O-O $11 {[%csl Rb3] Schwarz hat mit
seinem isolierten Damenbauern ein dauerhaftes strukturelles Problem, aber
seine Figuren stehen ausgezeichnet.} 15. Qd3 (15. Bxd5 {[%cal Gd8d1] Es sollte
gefährlich sein, den d5-Bauern zu nehmen, aber ich sehe keine konkrete
Widerlegung.} Rfe8 $44 {[%cal Gd8d1,Re8e2]} (15... Ne7 16. Rc4 $16 {[%cal
Rc4b4,Rc4g4]} (16. Rc5 b6 17. a3 Qa4 18. Rc4 Qd7 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Rd8d1,Gd7g4]}
)) (15... Bxe2 16. Bxf7+ $16)) 15... Rfe8 16. e3 d4 $1 $13 {Schwarz möchte
nicht unter seinem isolierten Bauern leiden, und opfert einen Bauern für
aktives Figurenspiel.} (16... a5 $6 17. a3 Qd6 18. Qb5 {[%csl Gb5]}) 17. Bxc6 (
17. e4 $2 {[%csl Rd4]} Ne5 {[%csl Rd3,Gd4,Ge5]} 18. Qb1 (18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2
Be2 20. Rfe1 Nd3 $19 {[%cal Rd3e1,Rd3c1]}) 18... Be2 19. Rfe1 d3 $17 {[%csl
Gd3,Ge2][%cal Rd3d2]}) 17... bxc6 {[%csl Yf3,Yg2,Gg4,Yh3] Nachdem Weiß seinen
Läufer abgegeben hat, sind die weißen Felder in seinem Lager schwach.} (17...
dxe3 $2 {Dieses Figurenopfer ist nicht korrekt.} 18. Qb5 (18. Bd5 $18) 18...
exf2+ (18... Qxb5 19. Bxb5 $18) 19. Rxf2 (19. Kxf2 Re2+ 20. Kg1 $18) 19... Re1+
20. Rf1 $18) 18. Nxd4 (18. e4 Qb6 $15 {[%csl Rd3,Gd4]} (18... f5 $13 {[%csl
Rd3,Ge8,Gg4]} 19. exf5 $2 Be2 {[%cal Re2d3,Re2f1]})) 18... c5 {[%csl Rd3,Rd4]
[%cal Rd8d3]} 19. Qb3 Qb6 (19... Qxb3 20. Nxb3 $16 {[%csl Rc5]} c4 21. Nd4 {
[%csl Gd4] Weiß hat einen besonders starken Springervorposten auf d4.} (21.
Rxc4 $2 Be2 {[%cal Re2f1,Re2c4]})) 20. Qxb6 $8 (20. Nb5 Be2 {[%cal Re2f1,Re2b5]
}) 20... axb6 $44 {[%csl Rd4,Gd8,Gg4] Schwarz hat eine gesunde Bauernstruktur,
keine Schwächen und besonders sein starkes Spiel auf den weißen Feldern stellt
Konpensation für den geopferten Bauern dar.} 21. Nb3 (21. Nc2 Rd2 $44 {[%csl
Gd2]} (21... Bf3 $44)) 21... Rd3 {[%csl Rb3,Gd3] Schwarz möchte die Türme in
der d-Linie verdoppeln.} 22. Rc2 Red8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 23. f3 {Dieser Zug
schwächt die weiße Königsstellung, macht aber gleichzeitig auf f2 Platz für
den weißen König.} (23. Kg2 Be6 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Re6b3]} 24. Nc1 Rd2 25. Rxd2
Rxd2 26. b3 b5 $1 $44 (26... c4 27. bxc4 Bxc4 28. Re1 Bxa2 $11)) 23... Be6 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Re6b3]} 24. Re1 {Weiß kann seinen Mehrbauern nicht mehr halten.
Er gibt das Material zurück und kämpft um Ausgleich.} (24. Nc1 $6 Rxe3 $15)
24... Bxb3 25. axb3 Rxb3 $15 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gd8d1] Schwarz hat die bessere
Bauernstruktur und seine Türme stehen sehr aktiv. Aber für gewöhnlich bieten
Doppelturmendspiele eine große Remisbreite.} 26. Kf2 f5 27. e4 Rdd3 {[%cal
Rb3f3]} 28. f4 (28. exf5 $2 Rxf3+ 29. Kg2 Rxf5 $17) 28... Rf3+ 29. Kg2 fxe4 30.
Rxe4 Rfe3 31. Ra4 $5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga4a8,Ga8g8] Schwarz scheint nichts
Konkretes auf der 3. Reihe zu erreichen, während Weiß Gegenchancen in der
a-Linie sucht.} (31. Rxe3 Rxe3 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Ge3]}) 31... Kf7 32. Ra7+ Re7 33.
Ra6 $11 {[%csl Rb6] Schwarz besitzt auch eine Schwäche, den Bauern b6. Die
Stellung ist gleich.} h6 34. Kh3 g6 {und es wurde remis vereibart.} (34... g6
35. Rd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Lobo, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bb4 {Die
Alternative 6...Qb6, die einen besseren Ruf genießt, führt zu lebendigem Spiel.
Eine andere Möglichkeit für Schwarz ist 6...Bc5. Der Textzug ist nicht
schlecht, bietet aber meines Erachtens dem Schwarzen keinen vollen Ausgleich.
Ribli.} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 (8... Qe7 $5 {Ich empfehle diesen Zug für Schwarz.
} 9. Na4 (9. Nc2 $5) 9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc2 Rd8
14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Be4 18. Bh3 d4 19. Nc5 $36 {
Ivanchuk,V-Zvjaginsev,V/President's Cup 1998/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 9. cxd5 exd5 {
[%csl Gd4,Rd5] Schwarz hat einen isolierten Damenbauern auf d5. In diesem
Stellungstyp ist es wichtig für Weiß, das schwache Feld vor dem Bauern zu
kontrollieren.} (9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nc2 Be6 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. b3 Qb6
14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Qd2 f6 16. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Pedersen,S-Nieminen,K/Troll Masters
1994 (39)}) 10. Bf4 $5 $146 {[%csl Gd4,Rd5,Gg2][%cal Gf4b8] Die anderen
Läuferzüge sind auch möglich. Nach der Partiefortsetzung droht Weiß, 11.Rc1
oder eventuell 11.Ndb5 zu spielen.} (10. Be3 Be6 (10... Re8 11. Rc1 Bg4 $1 12.
Qb3 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxe2 15. Rfc1 Ne4 $13 {Portisch,L-Donner,J/
Santa Monica 1966}) 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5
Qb6 16. Qd4 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. e3 Rac8 $14 {0-1 Langeweg,K-Donner,J/
Amsterdam IBM 1973 (35)}) (10. Bg5 $5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Rb5 a6
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rb4 Rc8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Qxd1
20. Rxd1 Rxc3 21. Rd7 Rf3 22. Rd5 b5 23. a4 Rb3 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Nh6 Nc6 26.
Rf5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Arlandi,E/Cannes sim 1988}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 {[%csl Rc3,
Rd5] Jetzt sind die Bauernschwächen beiderseitig, aber Weiß besitzt das
Läuferpaar. Der Bauer c3 ist besser verteidigungsfähig als der Bauer auf d5.}
Be6 {Schwarz hat keine Angst vor 12.Nxe6 fxe6, denn so bekommt der Bauer d5
Unterstützung.} 12. Rb1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb1b7]} (12. Qb3 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4,
Ra5b3]}) 12... Qd7 13. Nxe6 (13. c4 $5 dxc4 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 dxc4 15. Qxd7
Nxd7 16. Rxb7 $14) 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 (14... fxe6 $2 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Rxb7 $16 {
[%csl Gb7,Rc6,Rd7,Gg2]}) 15. Rxb7 $14) 13... fxe6 {Das ist eine typische
Stellung. Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar, aber der d5-Bauer ist gedeckt.} 14. Qa4
$14 {[%csl Ga4,Gf4,Gg2] Weiß hat keine konkreten Drohungen, aber seine Figuren
sind aktiv. Im folgenden kann er mit c3-c4 das schwarze Bauernzentrum
erschüttern.} Rad8 15. Rbd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} (15. c4 $5 $14) 15... Qf7 16. c4 e5
(16... d4 $2 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 $16) 17. Be3 (17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 (18.
Bd2 Nd4 $13 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd4e2]}) (18. Bg5 Nc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rc3d1,
Rc3a4,Rc3e2,Re2g1]} 19. Bxd8 Nxa4 20. Bd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc3 $19) 18... Rxd5 19.
Rxd5 Qxd5 $11 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber Schwarz steht aktiv,
so daß die Schwäche des isolierten Bauern auf e5 nicht ins Gewicht fällt.})
17... dxc4 (17... d4 18. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Gg2]} (18. Bc1)) 18. Rc1 Nd4 {
[%cal Rd4e2,Re2c1,Re2g1]} 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 (19... exd4 20. Rxc4 {[%csl Ga4,Gc4,
Rd4,Gg2] Der Bauer d4 ist sehr schwach und Weiß hat lebendiges Figurenspiel.})
20. e3 Rd7 (20... Rd2 21. Rxc4 $14 {[%csl Ga4,Gc4,Gg2]}) 21. Rxc4 (21. Qxa7 $5
b5 22. Qc5 {[%csl Rb5,Gc5,Re5]}) 21... b6 22. Rc2 {Das ist ein kleiner, aber
typischer Großmeister-Zug. Weiß verteidigt die zweite Reihe, den a2-Bauern und
bereitet die Verdoppelung der Türme in der c-Linie vor.} Kh8 23. Qb5 {[%csl
Gb5][%cal Rb5e5] Die weiße Dame kontrolliert von b5 aus den kompletten
schwarzen Damenflügel.} Qe7 24. h3 {Weiß verbessert seine Stellung mit kleinen
Bauernzügen. Der Textzug verhindert den eventuellen Springerzug ...Ng4 und für
alle Fälle schafft sich der Weiße ein Luftloch auf h2 für den König.} h6 25. a4
Rc7 26. Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d8]} (26. Rfc1 Rfc8) 26... Rc5 (26... Rd8 $2 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Qxe5 $16) 27. Qd3 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gd2d8] Weiß entfaltet
positionellen Druck über die d-Linie.} Rfc8 28. Rfd1 e4 {[%csl Rg2] Jetzt ist
der weiße Läufer von der langen Diagonalen ausgesperrt.} 29. Qa3 {Weiß hat nur
einen kleinen Vorteil. Der Bauer e4 ist immer schwach, obwohl er zunächst gut
verteidigt ist, und auch die schwarze Königsstellung weist Schwächen auf.} Re5
$6 {Meines Erachtens sollte Schwarz die Damen auf dem Brett behalten.} (29...
Qe8 {[%cal Ge8a4]}) 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Gf1a6] Der
Läufer hat auf g2 keine Zukunft und strebt nach a6.} Rec7 32. Ba6 {[%csl Ga6]
[%cal Ra6c8]} Re8 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. g4 {Ein Raumgewinnzug. Weiß kann im
folgenden Kg2-g3-f4 spielen und die Schwäche des Bauerns e4 wird spürbar.} Re5
35. Rd4 {[%csl Gd4,Re4][%cal Gd1d8]} h5 36. Kg3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kg6 (37... Rg5
38. Be2 (38. f3 exf3 39. Bd3+ Kg8 40. Bf5 {[%csl Gf5,Rg5,Rg8]})) 38. Kf4 {
[%csl Gf4] Der weiße König steht aktiv auf f4.} Rg5 39. Be2 Rf7 $6 (39... Rc2
$5 40. R4d2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Rc5) 40. Rd6 {[%csl Gd6,Gf4,Rg5,Rg6][%cal Gd6g6]
Weiß fesselt den Springer auf f6.} Rc5 41. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rb5e8,Re8g6]}
Re7 (41... Kh7 42. Rh1+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Rf8 44. Rh8+ Kxh8 45. Rxf8+ Kh7 46. Rf7
$14) 42. R1d2 {[%csl Gb5,Gd2,Gd6,Rg6] Weiß hat gute Figurenkoordination. Der
schwarze König befindet sich früher oder später in der Gefahrenzone.} Ree5 {
Schwarz verhindert die Möglichkeit g4-g5.} 43. Rd8 Kf7 44. Ra8 {[%csl Ra7,Ga8,
Rf7]} g5+ {Der Textzug schwächt die schwarze Königsstellung.} (44... Re7 45. g5
$36) 45. Kg3 {[%csl Rf7]} Re7 46. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1h1,Gh1h8] Weiß kann jetzt auch
über die h-Linie eindringen.} Kg7 47. Rh1 Rcc7 48. Rd1 Rc5 49. Ba6 Rcc7 (49...
Ra5 $6 50. Bb5 {[%csl Ra5,Gb5]}) 50. Rdd8 {[%csl Ga6,Ga8,Gd8]} Rc1 51. Bc8 $1 {
[%csl Yf5][%cal Gc8f5]} Rc4 52. a5 $1 {Mit diesem zeitweiligen Bauernopfer
schwächt Weiß den schwarzen Damenflügel.} bxa5 53. Rd6 {[%csl Ra5,Ra7][%cal
Gd6a6]} Rcc7 (53... a4 54. Ra6 Rec7 55. Bf5 $36) 54. Bf5 {[%csl Ga8,Gd6,Gf5,
Rg7]} Re5 55. Ra6 {Schwarz hat schwache Bauern und ist ohne Gegenspiel.} Ree7
56. Rxa5 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Ga8,Gf5,Rg5,Rg7]} Kf7 57. Rd8 Rc4 $6 (57... Kg7 $18)
58. Rd6 {[%csl Ga5,Gd6][%cal Ra5a6,Ra6h6] Die Herrschaft über die 6. Reihe
entscheidet die Partie.} Kg7 (58... Rcc7 59. Raa6 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal
Ra6h6]}) 59. Be6 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re6c4,Ra5g5] Und Schwarz gab auf, denn
er verliert Material und sein König findet keine Ruhe.} (59. Be6 Rcc7 60. Rxg5+
Kh6 61. Ra5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rg4g5]}) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 (6... Be7) (
6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7) 7. Qxd4 b6 {Diese Variante war eine wichtiges Thema des
Wettkampfes Kortschnoj-Sax, Wijk aan Zee 1991, diese Zugfolge gab es dort
nicht weniger als dreimal.} 8. Qf4 {Das ist die chancenreichste Fortsetzung
für Weiß, 8.Bf4 und 8.e4 sind auch möglich.} Ba6 {Ist das eine zu Hause
vorbereite Neuerung oder nur Improvisation auf dem Brett? Die traditionelle
Läuferentwicklung nach b7 scheint mir besser zu sein. Die Idee des Textzuges
ist, dass Schwarz den c4-Bauern so schnell wie möglich angreifen möchte.} (8...
Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 {Jetzt haben wir eine Igelstellung auf dem Brett. Weiß
kontrolliert mehr Raum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist solide.} (10. Be2 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 a6 13. e5 (13. b3 $142 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5
Qc8 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Qg3 Qb7 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Rac1 b5 {0-1 Chuchelov,
V-Georgiev,K/Mainz 2002/CBM 89 ext (46)}) 10... Nd7 $5 $146 {[%cal Gd7e5,Gd7c5]
} (10... Be7 11. Qg3 $1 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 a6 14. O-O {1-0 Zvjaginsev,
V-Balashov,Y/Togliatti 2003/CBM 94 ext (36)}) 11. Qg3 a6 12. O-O g6 (12... Qc7
13. Be3 g6 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - es wäre besser 13...Ne5 zu
spielen.} 14. Bd4 $1 $14 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Karjakin,S/Dos Hermanas 2003/CBM
95/[Ribli] (37)}) 13. Bf4 {[%cal Gg3d6]} Qc7 (13... h5 $5 14. Rfd1 h4 $13) 14.
Bc2 (14. Rad1 $5) 14... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh4g3]} 15. Ba4 {[%cal Ga4e8]} Bc6 (
15... h4 $6) 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {0-1 Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Cannes 2002/CBM 88/
[Ribli] (41)}) (8... Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 $5 (12. Bd2
Nf6 13. Bh6 (13. Bd3) 13... Ne8 14. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Hansen,C/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (14)}) 12... e5 13. Bd2 f5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe3 Nf6
17. Be2 Rc8 18. O-O {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Caceres Cortes,J/Montreal 2002/CBM 89 ext
(28)}) (8... d6 9. e4 Nd7 10. Qg3 Ba6 $2 (10... a6 $142 11. b4 $140 Bb7 12. Bb2
Rc8 13. Rd1 Ne5 $132) 11. Bg5 $1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Be2 {1-0 Avrukh,
B-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 93/[Avrukh,B] (42)}) 9. e4 Rc8 10. e5 Ng8 11. b3
f5 $6 {Dieser Zug ist zu langsam, es wäre besser die Entwicklung mit 11...Ne7
fortzusetzen.} (11... Ne7 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. Qg3 Qh4 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. O-O-O $13)
12. h4 (12. exf6 Qxf6 $132) 12... d6 (12... Ne7 13. h5 $14) 13. Bb2 Qc7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Der unglückliche 13. Zug! Schwarz möchte den Zug 14.exd6
provozieren.} (13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qf6 15. Nb5 Qxe5+ 16. Bxe5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Nf6
18. Bc4 Kf7 $14) {[#]} 14. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Mit diesem Zwischenzug gewinnt
Weiß einen Schlüsselbauern und eigentlich auch schon die Partie.} Bxf1 (14...
dxe5 15. Qa4+ $18) 15. cxd6 Qd7 16. Kxf1 {Es gibt keine Kompensation für
Schwarz und noch dazu stehen seine Figuren am Königsflügel katastrophal
schlecht.} Nh6 {Das ist die einzige Entwicklungsmöglichkeit.} 17. Rc1 Nf7 18.
Ne2 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 g6 20. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3c3,Gc1c8]} Bg7 21. Rc3 O-O (21...
Bxe5 22. Rc8+ $18) 22. f4 $18 {[%csl Rg7] Nun sind die schwarzen Figuren am
Königsflügel eingeschlossen. Schwarz könnte hier ruhig aufgegeben...} Qb5 23.
Qc2 h6 24. Kg1 Qd5 (24... g5 25. Nd4 Qd5 26. Nc6 $18) 25. Qd3 Nxd6 26. Qxd5 (
26. exd6 $2 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxb2 $132) 26... exd5 27. exd6 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 {
Das Endspiel mit zwei Leichtfiguren gegen den Turm ist leicht gewonnen für
Weiß, denn der d6P paralysiert die ganze schwarze Stellung.} Kf7 29. Be5 Ke6
30. Nd4+ Kd7 31. h5 $1 gxh5 32. Kh2 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gh3h4,Gh4h5]} h4 33. Kh3 Rg8
34. Nxf5 b5 35. Nd4 a6 36. f5 Re8 37. f6 a5 (37... Rxe5 38. f7 $18) 38. Kg4
Rg8+ 39. Kf5 Rg5+ 40. Kf4 Ke8 41. d7+ Kxd7 42. f7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Rd8 11. Ba3 d6 12. Qd2 $1 (12. Nd4) 12... Qc7 13.
Rfd1 d5 14. Ne3 $1 dxc4 (14... d4 $2 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. cxd4 b6 17. d5 $16) 15.
Bd6 Qb6 (15... Qa5 16. Qb2 $44) 16. Rab1 Qa6 17. Qb2 $44 Nd5 $6 (17... Ne8 18.
Ba3 $44) 18. Nxd5 (18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bf5 (19... Rxd6 $2 20. Nc7 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Qa4 22. Qd2 $1 $18) 20. Nc7 Qa4 21. Nxa8 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Rxd6 23. Qxb7 Qxa2
$14) 18... exd5 19. Bc7 $1 (19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Rd2 Rd7 {/\ Rad8=}) 19... Re8 (
19... Rd7 20. Bxd5 $1 Rxc7 21. Bxc6 $18) 20. Rxd5 Bg4 21. Qxb7 (21. Rd2 $5 {
/\ Qb7 +/-}) 21... Qxa2 22. Rg5 (22. Rdb5 $1 Ne7 23. Bd6 $1 Ng6 24. Qxa8 $1
Rxa8 25. Rb8+ Nf8 26. Bxa8 $18) 22... Rac8 $1 (22... Bd7 23. Rd1 $18) 23. Rf1
$1 (23. Bxc6 Rxc7 24. Qxc7 Qxb1+ 25. Kg2 Bxe2 26. Kh3 $13) 23... Bxe2 (23...
Re7 24. Qxc6 Be6 (24... Rexc7 25. Qf6 $18) 25. Ra5 $1 $18) 24. Qxc6 Bxf1 25.
Bxf1 Re6 26. Qd7 Rce8 27. Qd4 $1 g6 28. Re5 $1 $18 Qa6 29. Bxc4 Qa1+ 30. Bf1
Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Qc1 32. Qxa7 Qb1 33. Qd4 Qc1 34. c4 Qg5 35. Bf4 Qe7 36. c5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 {Nach 3.Nc3 ist auch die überraschende Antwort 3...
Nd4 möglich.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 (6. Bg5) (6. Bf4) (6. a3) (6.
Ndb5) 6... Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5) 7... Ne5 8. e4 {Diese ganze Variante erinnert
mich an die Sizilianische Verteidigung.} Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+
(11... Qc7 12. Bd2 (12. Bg2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 {Durch Zugumstellung haben wir
wieder eine Partiestellung erreicht.})) 12. bxc3 Qc7 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar
und Raumvorteil, während Schwarz keine Schwächen zu beklagen hat. Der
Doppelbauer auf der c-Linie könnte Weiß jedoch Probleme verursachen. Dies ist
eine theoretische Grundstellung einer Variante, die meiner Meinung nach als
Ganze dem Anziehenden keinen Vorteil verspricht. Die vorliegende Partie ist
ein weiterer Beweis für die Richtigkeit dieser Einschätzung.} 13. Bg2 O-O 14.
c5 {Weiß befreit sich vom Doppelbauern und öffnet die Stellung.} (14. O-O b6 {
Der schwarz Plan ist einfach: Er beendet die Entwicklung und greift die weißen
Bauern am Damenflügel an. Am Königsflügel hat Weiß etwas Initiative, aber
Schwarz kann sich gut verteidigen.}) 14... dxc5 (14... d5) 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5
Na5 17. Bb4 (17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 19. Qc4 (19. Qb4 Bc6 20. Bd6 Qd7 21. O-O
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Rf3 Ne4 24. Rd1 b5 25. c4 a6 26. c5 a5 27. Qd4 Nxc5 28.
Qc3 b4 29. Qc4 Rac8 30. Ra1 Qa8 31. f5 exf5 32. Qf4 Ne6 {-+ Azmaiparashvili,
Z-Arnason,J/Reykjavik open 1990}) 19... b5 20. Qd4 Bc6 $15 {Smejkal,J-Lau,R/
Porz/1992/}) (17. Bd4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 (18... Rxd4 19. cxd4 Qc3+ 20. Kf2 Qxd4+
21. Kf3 Qc3+ $11 (21... Nd5 22. Rhd1 Qb6 $44)) 19. Rc1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rxd4 21.
Be4 Rd8 22. Rg1 g6 23. h4 Bd7 24. h5 Be8 {0-1 Vukanovic,S-Palac,M/Ljubljana op
1997 (36)}) (17. exf6 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qxc5 19. Qe5 Qb6 20. Qg5 Qe3+ 21. Kf1 Qd3+
22. Kg1 $2 (22. Kf2 $10 {van der Wiel,J}) 22... Qg6 23. fxg7 Qxg5 24. fxg5 Rd3
25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Bf1 Re3 27. Kf2 Re5 $17 {Uhlmann,W-van der Wiel,J/Baden_Baden
II 1992}) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qc4 (19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qe3 Bf5 $1 {
Und Schwarz bekommt gutes Spiel auf den weißen Feldern.} (20... b6 21. O-O Bf5
22. Rf2 a5 23. Bd6 Qc6 24. Rc1 a4 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Bb4 h5 $36 {Casafus,
R-Bellon Lopez,J/Buenos Aires/1994/}) 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bd4 Qd7 $1 23. O-O Rac8 {
0-1 Filippov,V-Khalifman,A/Anibal op4th 1997 (38)}) 19... Qd7 $5 $11 {Schwarz
möchte die Damen auf dem Brett halten und die Entwicklung mit dem einfachen 20.
..b6, 21...Bb7 beenden. Natürlichdroht jetzt auch 20...Ne3.} (19... Qxc4 20.
bxc4 Ne3 $5 {[%csl Ge3]} (20... Nxb4 21. cxb4 Rd4 (21... Kf8 22. Ke2 Rd4 23.
Rhc1 $14) 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Gg2] Weiß steht etwas aktiver
und droht 24.Kc2, 25.Rd1.}) 21. Be4 Nxc4 (21... Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,
R-Kramnik,V/Tal mem 1995}) 22. O-O Ne3 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. Bc5 b5 25. Bxa7 Bb7 26.
Bg2 h6 27. Bd4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Bf1 Ra3 31. Bxb5 {1/2-1/2
Morovic Fernandez,I-Izeta Chavarri,F/Ponferrada open 1991}) (19... Qb6 20. Bc5
$14) 20. Qd4 (20. Bxd5 exd5 $5 $15 {Und die weißen Felder im weißen Lager sind
schwach.} (20... Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11)) 20... Nxb4 (20... b6 21. Bd6 $14 (21.
c4 $2 Nxb4 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 $19)) 21. Qxd7 (21. Qxb4 $2 Qd2+ $17 {[%csl Re1]})
21... Bxd7 22. cxb4 Bb5 (22... Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ke2 Rd4 25. Rhc1 Rxb4 26.
Rxc6 Rxb3 27. Rxa7 $11) 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Ba6 {Und in dieser ausgeglichenen
Stellung einigte man sich auf remis.Ribli.} (24. Ba6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxb4 (25...
Rd7 26. Ke2 (26. O-O Rxb4 27. Rfa1 $11) 26... Rxb4 27. Rd1 $11) 26. Rxa7 Rxb3
27. O-O g6 28. Rf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 (3. Nc3 Nd4 $5) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6.
Ndb5 Bc5 {Eine selten gespielte Fortsetzung. Die Hauptvariante (6...d5 7.Bf4
e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.Qxd8 Kxd8) wird häufiger angewendet.} 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 {
Jetzt entwickelt sich ein taktischer Kampf mit beiderseitigen Chancen.} (8. Be3
Bxe3 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. fxe3 Ng4 11. Qd2 Qg5 12. e4 Qf6 13. e3 Nxe3 14. Nxc8 (14.
Qxe3 Qxd6 15. Bd3 h5 16. Nd5 b6 17. Rf1 Nb4 18. Qf3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Bb7 20.
O-O-O Rc8 21. Kb1 Rh6 22. Qf3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 {0-1 Vadasz,L-Rogulj,B/
Karlovac 1979 (30)}) 14... Nd4 15. Bd3 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Nxg2+ 17. Kf1 Qh3 18. Qg3
Ne3+ 19. Kg1 Qxg3+ 20. hxg3 Rxc8 $19 {0-1 Palatnik,S-Sideif Sade,F/URS-ch
otbor56 1988 (43)}) (8. Bg3 Qb6 {=/+ Ungureanu,E-Rogulj,B/Athens 1978}) 8...
Qb6 (8... Bxf2+ $5 9. Kxf2 Ng4+ 10. Ke1 Qxg5 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Qf4 13. Nd5
(13. Qd6 Qf2+ 14. Kd2 Qe3+ 15. Ke1 $11) (13. Qd2 Qf2+ 14. Kd1 Ne3+ 15. Kc1 Nxf1
$13) 13... Qf2+ 14. Kd2 Qd4+ 15. Ke1 Qf2+ {1/2-1/2 Grinshpun,E-Shabtai,R/
Czerniak mem 1995}) (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Qg6 12. O-O d6 13.
Bh5 Qf5 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. a3 Be6 16. Be4 Qg5 17. Bd5 Qe7 18. b4 a6 19. Bxe6 fxe6
20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qh5 axb5 22. cxb5 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M-Braga,F/Pico City op
1996 (42)}) (8... d6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 9. e3 a6 10. Na4
$146 (10. Bxf6 axb5 (10... gxf6 11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12. Nbc3 $14) 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bf6
bxc4 $13 13. Bxc4 Rxg2 $2 14. Qd5 Nd8 15. Qxg2 Qxf6 16. Qg8+ Bf8 17. O-O-O b5
18. Ne4 Qf3 19. Bd5 {1-0 Berebora,F-Rade,M/Solin 1994}) 10... Qa5+ (10... Bb4+
11. Nbc3 Qa5 (11... Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Re8]
}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Re8]}) 11. Nbc3 (11. Qd2
$2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bb4+ (12... Ne4+ $19) 13. Nbc3 Ne4+ $19 {[%csl Rg5][%cal
Re4d2,Re4g5]}) 11... Ne4 $13 {[%cal Re4g5,Ge4c3]} (11... Be7 12. a3 {[%csl Ra5]
Weiß hat die unangenehme Drohung, 13.b4 nebst 14.c5 mit großem Übergewicht am
Damenflügel fortzusetzen.} b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 $16) 12. Nxc5 Nxc3 (12...
Nxg5 $6 13. Qd6 $14 {[%csl Gd6,Re8]}) 13. Qd2 (13. bxc3 Qxc3+ (13... Qxc5 $15 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Rg5] und Weiß hat dauerhafte Schwierigkeiten mit seiner
Bauernstruktur.}) 14. Ke2 Qxc4+ 15. Nd3 e4 $17 {[%csl Re2]}) 13... Qxc5 14.
Qxc3 f6 {Nach Komplikationen ist eine ruhige Stellung entstanden. Weiß hat das
Läuferpaar, aber sein schwarzfeldriger Läufer hat kein gutes Spiel am
Königsflügel und Schwarz kann mit folgendem ...d7-d5 das Spiel ausgleichen.}
15. Bh4 {[%csl Rh4]} d5 $11 16. cxd5 (16. Rd1 d4 $15) 16... Qxd5 17. f3 (17.
Rd1 Qxa2 18. Bc4 Qa5 $15) 17... Be6 (17... e4 18. Be2 $13 (18. Rd1 Qxa2 (18...
Qh5 $5) 19. Bc4 Qa5 20. fxe4 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Ne5 22. Bd5 $13 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}))
18. Bd3 (18. a3 Rd8 $11 (18... Qb3 $11) (18... O-O $11)) 18... Nb4 (18... Rd8
19. Be4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxc6+ bxc6 22. b3 $11) 19. Be4 Qb5 $15 {[%csl
Ge1] Jetzt hat Schwarz aktives Gegenspiel am Damenflügel und der Läufer h4
gelangt nicht ins Freie.} 20. a4 Qb6 21. O-O Rc8 22. Qd2 O-O 23. a5 Qb5 24. Be1
$5 Bc4 {[%cal Rb5f1]} (24... Nc6 $11) 25. Rf2 (25. Qxb4 Bxf1 $17) 25... Nd3 (
25... Nc6 $11) 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Qb4 $11 {Schwarz ist stark auf den weißen
Feldern, aber Weiß kann mit späterem Bc3 eine feste Stellung aufbauen. Die
Chancen sind gleich.} Rfd8 {Und hier wurde Remis gegeben. Theoretisch steht
Schwarz aktiver, aber die Anwesenheit der ungleichfarbigen Läufer sichert Weiß
das Remis. Ribli.} (27... Rfd8 28. Qxb5 Bxb5 29. Bc3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Marin,M} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 (6. Bg5) (
6. Bf4) (6. a3) (6. Ndb5) 6... Qb6 {Die andere Fortsetzung (7.Nb3) führt zu
langen Hauptvarianten, während der Partiezug noch nicht so tiefgründig
analysiert ist. Ribli.} 7. Ndb5 Bc5 (7... Ne5 8. Bg2 (8. Bf4 {Diese
Fortsetzung wurde von Kortschnoj in die Turnierpraxis eingeführt.} Nfg4 $5 9.
e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 $13) 8... a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6
{Das ist ein gutes Thema für theoretische Diskussionen. Nach meiner Meinung
besitzt Schwarz trotz einiger Felderschwächen ausreichendes Gegenspiel.}) (7...
d5 {Marin,M}) (7... Ne5 {Marin,M}) 8. Nd6+ (8. Bg2 $5 a6 (8... Bxf2+ $2 9. Kf1
{[%csl Rb6,Rf2]} Ng4 10. Qd6 Rb8 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qxa4 13. b3 Qa6 14. Nc7+
$18) 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qb4 14. c5
(14. Nc3 Qxc4 15. Qg5+ Kf8 16. O-O $44 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8]}) 14... Rb8 15. Rc1
Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 b6 (16... b5 17. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Re4d6]}) 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. cxb6
Rxb6 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. f4 Bb7 21. Kf2 c5 22. Rhd1 Bd5 23. b3 Bxc4 (23... Ra8) (
23... h6) 24. Rxc4 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11 {Line Cifuentes Parada,R-Izeta
Txabarri,F/Ampuriabrava 1997}) 8... Ke7 9. Nde4 (9. Nxc8+ Raxc8 $15 {Und
Schwarz ist seinen schlechten Damenläufer losgeworden. Er hat großen
Entwicklungsvorsprung.}) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ (10... Qb4+ $6 11. Nc3 Ne5 12.
e3 $1 b5 13. a3 Qa5 14. Bg2 $1 Ba6 15. Bd2 $1 Qc7 16. cxb5 Bb7 17. O-O Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. e4 Rhc8 20. Qe2 Bd4 21. Rad1 Kf8 22. Be1 Rc4 23. b3 $1 $16 {
1-0 Schlosser,P-Stern,R/Budapest Honved 1991 (36)}) 11. Bd2 {In dieser
Variante Schwarz hat Probleme mit der Entwicklung des Damenflügels und
besonders auch auf den schwarzen Feldern. Die Frage ist, ob seine Aktivität
diese positionellen Nachteile kompensiert.} d5 (11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qb4 $1 13.
Rd1 Qxd2+ (13... Qxc4 14. Qg5+ Kf8 15. Nd6 $44) 14. Rxd2 d5 $1 $146 (14... b6
15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Nd6 Rab8 17. O-O Na5 18. e4 Bc6 19. e5 Rhd8 20. Rfd1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Ryskin,A-Savon,V/Nikolaev zt 1993 (45)}) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc5 b6 17.
Nb3 Be6 18. Bg2 Rhd8 19. O-O $6 (19. e3 $1 Rac8 20. Ke2 d4 21. Bxc6 Bc4+ 22.
Kd1 Bxb3+ 23. axb3 Rxc6 24. exd4 Rcd6 25. Re1+ Kf6 26. Re4 $14) 19... Rac8 20.
Rfd1 d4 $5 {Tsesarsky,I-Shevelev,A/Kfar-Saba 1997/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 12. cxd5 exd5
13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg2 {Weiß verfügt über die bessere, intakte Bauernstruktur und
der schwarze König ist in der Mitte, aber Schwarz entfaltet gutes Figurenspiel
im Zentrum.} Rhd8 15. O-O d4 $5 $13 {[%cal Ge6a2] Die Partiefortsetzung öffnet
dem Schwarzen die Diagonale g8-a2. Das bedeutet Gegenspiel.} (15... Kf8 16. Na4
$14 (16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa6 18. a4 Kg8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Qd3 Qa5 21. Bf4 h6 22.
Rfb1 Qd8 23. h4 Rc8 24. Be3 b6 25. Bf4 Na5 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. Qe3 Nb3 28. Rab1 Nc5
29. a5 Na4 30. axb6 axb6 31. Be5 {1-0 Gulko,B-De Firmian,N/New York PCA-op
1994 (45)}) 16... Qb5 17. Bxb4+ Qxb4 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. a3 Qe7 20. Nc5 Bf5 21.
Qa4 Ne5 22. Qf4 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxf5 Qd4 25. Qxh7 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qxe2 27.
Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 $16 {1-0 Adorjan-Horvath,J/Hungary tt 1985 (33)}) (15... Bxc3
16. bxc3 Kf8 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Rb2 Kg8 20. Rd2 $14) 16. Na4 {
Weiß kann mit Tempogewinn die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer tauschen, aber es
scheint, daß der Springer auf a4 ihm Probleme bereitet.} (16. Ne4 h6 $5 {
Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen das mögliche Ng5 oder Bg5.} 17. Rc1 (17. Bxb4+ {
Marin,M} Nxb4 $2 (17... Qxb4 $15) 18. a3 $14 {Maric,Alisa-Nisipeanu,Dieter
Cappelle 1998}) 17... Rac8 $11) 16... Qa5 17. Bxb4+ (17. Bf4 $5 Bd6 (17... g5
18. a3 gxf4 (18... Bd6 19. Bd2 Qb5 20. b4 $14) 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. gxf4 $13) 18.
Bxc6 bxc6 (18... Bxf4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bg2 $14)) 17... Qxb4 18. a3 (18. Rc1
Bxa2 19. Nc5 Rac8 $13) 18... Qb5 19. b4 a5 (19... d3 {Marin,M} 20. exd3 Rxd3
21. Qe2 $14) 20. Nc5 (20. bxa5 $2 Rxa5 21. Rb1 Qxa4 22. Rxb7+ Kd6 $19) 20...
axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 (21... Qxb4 $6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 (22... Kxe6 23. Rb1 Qc5 24.
Qb3+ $16 {[%csl Rb7,Re6]}) 23. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rb1b7]}) 22. Qxa1 Bc4
$132 {und in dieser unklaren Stellung wurde Remis vereinbart. Ribli.} (22...
Nxb4 23. Nxb7 $14) (22... Qxb4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 (23... Kxe6 24. Rb1 Qe7 25. Rb6
$44 {[%csl Ga1,Gb6,Re6,Gg2]}) 24. Rb1 $40 (24. Be4 $1 {Marin,M} Kf7 25. Rb1 $44
) (24. Rb1 $2 Ra8 $3 $17)) (22... Bc4 23. Qb2 (23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. exd3 Qxd3 $15 (
24... Nxb4 25. Rb1 $36 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gb1b7]})) (23. Rc1 Bxe2 24. Nxb7 Qxb7
25. Bxc6 Qxb4 26. Re1 d3 27. Bf3 Kf8 (27... Qb5 28. Qd1 $11 (28. Qa2 Qb4 29.
Qa1 $11)) 28. Bxe2 Re8 29. Rb1 (29. Qd1 Qe4 $17 {[%cal Re8e1]} 30. Kf1 $2 Qh1#)
29... dxe2 30. Rxb4 e1=Q+ 31. Qxe1 Rxe1+ $11) (23. Qc1 $5 $40 {Marin,M
Nisipeanu}) 23... Bxe2 $5 (23... Nxb4 24. Nxb7 $16 {[%csl Gb7,Re7]}) (23...
Qxb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Nxb7 (25. Rb1 $11) 25... Rc8 $11) (23... Kf8 24. Rc1 $1
Bxe2 25. Nxb7) 24. Re1 d3 25. Nxd3 Qxd3 26. Qxe2+ Qxe2 27. Rxe2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Renet, Olivier"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MNC"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nb3
{Weiß geht mit dem Springer weg von d4 und auf diese Weise verhindert er die
Ausgleichsmöglichkeit 8...d5.} (8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4
Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Kasparov,G/Horgen CS
1994/CBM 43 (13)}) (8. Nf3 b6 (8... Qc7 $1 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Ponomariov,R/
Donetsk 2001/CBM 81/[Kortschnoj] (66)}) 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 $146 11. Bg5
Rad8 12. Qd2 d6 13. b4 Nb8 14. Bd3 Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Graf,A/Batumi 2002/
CBM 90/[Kostakiev,D] (66)}) 8... b6 (8... Na5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nxb3 11. Qxb3
Nd7 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Rd2 b6 15. Qd1 Ne5 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Be3 Bb7 18.
Na4 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Benkovic,P-Karjakin,S/MTO, Biel SUI 2003 (24)}) (8... a5 9.
Be3 a4 10. Nd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Nc4 Qxd1+ 15.
Rxd1 Bf6 16. Nb6 Ra5 17. Rd2 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Xu Jun-Peng Xiaomin/HeiBei CHN 2001/
(31)}) 9. Bf4 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung spielt Weiß gewöhnlich 9.Be2 und der
c1B kann auf e3 gehen, wonach der Plan f2-f4 möglich ist.} d6 10. Be2 Ba6 11.
O-O Rc8 {'=' Schwarz hat eine typische Igelstellung, in der er weniger Raum
hat, aber seine Stellung sehr fest ist.} 12. Re1 (12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Bd3 Nd7 $11)
(12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nxe4 15. Nd4 $44) 12... Ne5 {Das ist ein
gewöhnliches Motiv - Schwarz greift den c4-Bauern an und hat keine Angst vor
13.Bxe5?!.} 13. Nb5 (13. Bxe5 $6 dxe5 $15 {[%csl Yd4,Ge5,Ge6] In solchen
Stellungen hat Schwarz gute Doppelbauern auf e5 und e6 - der e6P kontrolliert
das d5-Feld und der e5P sichert das d4-Feld.}) 13... Nxc4 (13... Nxe4 14. Nxa7
Rc7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 $13) (13... Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nxe4 15. Bf1 Nc5 (15... Nf6
16. Nd4 $44) 16. Nd4 $44 {[%csl Yc6]}) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 (15... Rc6
16. e5 Nd5 17. Nd4 Rc5) 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. f3 (17. Nd2 Rd4 (17... Qxd6 $2 18. e5
$16 {[%cal Re5d6,Re5f6]}) 18. Bb4 Bb7 19. Bc3 Rd3 $15) 17... Qc8 18. Re2 (18.
Bg3 Rd8 19. Qb1 (19. Qe2 $2 Rc2 20. Qe3 Rd3 $19 {[%cal Rd3b3,Rd3e3]}) 19... Rc2
$17 (19... Nh5 $17)) 18... Bb5 {'-/+!' Schwarz bereitet 19...Ba4 vor, wonach
er den b3-Springer fesseln könnte.} 19. Qe1 (19. Rd2 Ba4 $17 {[%csl Rb3][%cal
Ra4d1]}) (19. e5 Nd5 $15) 19... Rc6 20. Rd2 e5 21. Qe3 {'?'} (21. Bb4 $142 a5
22. Bc3 $15) 21... Ba4 {'-+' Weiß hat eine ganz schlechte Figurenkoordination,
der d6B und der b3N stehen sehr unglücklich. Es droht 22...Bxb3 23.Qxb3 Rxd6
24.Rxd6 Qc5+ mit Figurengewinn.} 22. Rad1 Rc2 (22... Qe6 $19 {[%csl Rb3][%cal
Ra4d1,Re6b3]}) 23. Rd3 (23. Bb4 a5 $19) 23... Rxb2 24. Rc1 Qe6 25. Na1 Qa2 26.
Qg5 h6 $19 (26... Rb1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 {Khalifman möchte das Wolga-Gambit (3.d5 b5) spielen, aber
Ivanchuk lehnt diese Einladung dankend ab. Ribli.} 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 (
4... e5) (4... e6) (4... g6) 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 Ne5) 7... Ne5
8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 {Ein relativ selten gespielter Zug. Die
Modevariante ist 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bg2. Die
Partiefortsetzung scheint mir indes logischer, denn Weiß muß nicht mit
Doppelbauern spielen.} O-O 11. O-O-O {Dieser scharfe Zug ist die logische
weiße Konsequenz. Es sei angemerkt, daß es nicht gerade typisch für die
Englische Eröffnung ist, daß Weiß mit langer Rochade spielt.} (11. Rc1 d5 (
11... a5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 b6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. O-O Rab8
18. Rfd1 e5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nh4 g6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bg5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxb5 24.
cxb5 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gulko,B/Tal mem 1995 (27)}) (11... Bd7 12. f4 Nc6
13. Bg2 e5 14. a3 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qxb3 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. Be3 Nd4 {
0-1 Dienz,O-Koehler,R/Wiesbaden op 1992 (40)}) 12. c5 Qd8 13. a3 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2 Bd7 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc6 18. Bg2 e5 19. O-O exf4 20. gxf4
Nd4 21. Qf2 Nf5 22. Rcd1 Qc7 {Romero Holmes,A-Izeta Txabarri,F/ESP-chT 1997/1/
2-1/2 (46)}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O-O (12. Bg2 e5 13. f5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nb5
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 d5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 dxe4 19. O-O Rd8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3
Rd4 22. Rae1 {Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/Zaragoza op 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 12... e5 13.
f5 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nb4 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. a3 Na6 18. Na5 Nc5
19. Nc4 Qc7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qe3 f6 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Be2 b5 $1 {Lautier,
J-Lutz,C/Baden Baden 1992/0-1 (49)}) 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16.
cxd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Re1+ 21. Rd1 Qc5 22.
Bc4 Rxh1 23. Qxh1 Qxc4 24. Qe4 h5 25. a3 d3 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxd3 Kf8 28. f6
gxf6 29. Rf3 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Wittmann,W-Erdelyi,T/AUT-chT2S 1993 (32)}) 11... a5 (
11... Nc6 12. g4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Na4 Qa6 16. Qc2 Nd4 17. Bxd4
cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rd5 Bxg4 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Rd5 Bf3 (22... b5
$6 23. Rxb5 Qf3 24. Rg1 Rfd8 25. Bd3 Rxd3 26. Rxb4 Rcd8 27. Nc3 Rd2 $4 28. Qxd2
{1-0 Gschnitzer,O-Horvath,J/Dornbirn op 1990}) 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Bd3 Rfe8 $13)
12. f4 a4 $146 (12... Nc6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nc7 axb3 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17.
Kc2 Rxa6 18. e5 $5 (18. Bg2 e5 19. f5 Bc5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 a1=Q+
23. Rxa1 Bxd4+ 24. Kc2 Bxa1 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys,S/Cheliabinsk 1989}) 18...
dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Kb3 a1=Q 21. Rxa1 Rxa1 22. Kxb4 Bd7 $13 {Dvoirys,S}) 13.
fxe5 (13. Nxa4 $6 Rxa4 14. fxe5 dxe5 $11 {[%csl Rc1]}) 13... axb3 14. a3 (14.
exf6 bxa2 {[%csl Ga2,Rc1]} 15. Nxa2 Rxa2 16. fxg7 (16. Qg4 g6 17. Qg5 (17. Qh4
Qd4 $19 {[%csl Rc1]}) 17... Qd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb2,Rc1][%cal Rd4b2]} (17... Rxb2
18. Kxb2 Bxd2+ 19. Qb5 Qd4+ $17)) 16... Kxg7 $15 {[%csl Rc1]}) 14... Bxc3 $6 {
Eine natürliche Antwort, denn in der praktischen Partie wäre es natürlich sehr
schwierig, die taktische Verwicklungen nach 14...dxe5 zu überblicken.} (14...
dxe5 $5 15. axb4 {Weiß hat eine Figur mehr, aber die schwarzen Drohungen sind
gefährlich.} Ra1+ 16. Nb1 Qa7 {[%csl Ga1,Ga7,Gb3,Rc1] Es droht 17...Rxb1 18.
Kxb1 Qa2 19.Kc1 Qa1 Matt.} 17. Qd3 (17. Bc3 Qa2 {[%csl Ga1,Ga2,Rb1,Rc1][%cal
Ra2b1,Ra1b1]} 18. Qd3 Nxe4 (18... Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rf2d1,Rf2d3,Rf2h1]} 19. Rd2
Ne3 $40 {[%cal Re3c2]}) 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qd3 e4 $19) 17... Qa2 {[%csl Rc1]} 18.
Bg2 Re8 $13 {[%cal Re8e7,Re7d7,Rd7d1] Diese letzte Variante ist ein wenig
märchenhaft, aber trotz seiner Mehrfigur ist es für Weiß nicht einfach, sich
von der tödlichen Fesselung seines Springers b1 zu befreien.}) 15. Bxc3 dxe5
16. Bxe5 $14 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und besonders sein schwarzfeldriger
Läufer ist sehr stark, während Schwarz mit seinem Damenläufer Probleme hat.}
Qc6 17. Bxf6 $5 {Weiß gibt seinen besseren Läufer auf, aber es bleibt eine
geschwächte schwarze Königsstellung.} gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf3 e5 (19... f5
20. Qxb3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Rh8] Schwarz hat Schwierigkeiten mit dem Damenläufer.})
20. Rd5 {[%csl Gd5]} f5 {Schwarz opfert zeitweilig einen Bauern, um den Läufer
zu aktivieren.} (20... Kg7 21. Bd3 Be6 22. Rf1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7]} Bxd5 23. exd5
Qd6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qf5 $18 {[%csl Rh7,Rh8][%cal Rd3h7]}) 21. Rxe5 Be6 22. Rb5
{[%csl Rh8]} f6 (22... Bxc4 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Bxc4 $18) 23. Rxb3 fxe4 (23... Qxe4
$2 24. Qxe4 fxe4 25. Rxb7 $16) 24. Qe3 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 {Weiß hat
keinen Materialvorteil mehr, aber seine Königsstellung ist sicher und die
schwarze Bauernstruktur schlecht.} Qd5 27. Rb4 {[%csl Re4]} Rae8 28. Rc1 $1 {
Die weißen Figuren sind viel aktiver.} Rf7 29. Rc5 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5,Ge3]} Qd1+ (
29... Qe6 $142 $14) 30. Ka2 Qd6 $2 (30... Qf3 31. Qxf3 exf3 32. Rf5 Re3 33.
Rbf4 $16 {[%csl Rf3]}) (30... f5 $5 {[%csl Rh8] In der Tat ist die Sschwarze
Königsstellung schwach, aber ich denke, daß dies seine beste Möglichkeit wäre.}
31. Rd4 $36) 31. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 32. Rc8+ {Ein wichtiger Zwischenzug.} Kg7 33.
Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Gc8,Ge4,Rg7] Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern und die schwarze
Königsstellung ist nach wie vor schwach.} f5 34. Qc4 h5 35. Rh8 $1 {Ein
originelles Motiv! Weiß droht 36.Rh7+ mit Gewinn.} Qg6 (35... Kxh8 36. Qxf7 {
[%csl Rf5,Gf7,Rh5,Rh8][%cal Rf7f5,Rf7h5]}) 36. Qd4+ $6 (36. Qc8 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rg6,Rg7]}) 36... Rf6 (36... Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Rxf6 38. Rxh5 $18) 37. Rd8 {
[%csl Rg7]} Qf7+ 38. b3 {[%cal Rd8d7,Rd7g7]} Qe6 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7 {
Die beiden verbundenen Mehrfreibauern bieten dem Weißen ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen. Außerdem findet der schwarze König noch immer keine Ruhe.} h4 (
40... Qe2+ 41. Qb2 $16) 41. a4 (41. Qxh4 $4 Qe2+ 42. Kb1 Qf1+ 43. Kb2 Qg2+ {
[%cal Rg2b2,Rg2b7]}) (41. gxh4 $6 Qe2+ 42. Qb2 Qxb2+ 43. Kxb2 f4 $16 {[%csl
Rf4]}) 41... Qc6 42. Rb8 h3 $5 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Rh8 Kg7 45. Rh4 $18 {Weiß hat
alle Punkte verteidigt; die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos.} (45. Rxh3 $4
Qg2+ $19 {[%cal Rg2a2,Rg2h3]}) 45... Kg6 (45... Qc2+ 46. Qb2 Qg2 47. Rf4 $18 (
47. Qxg2 $4 hxg2 $19)) 46. Qe3 {[%csl Rg6]} Kf7 47. Qa7+ Kg8 48. Qh7+ {und
Schwarz gab in hoffnungsloser Lage auf.} (48. Qh7+ Kf8 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. Rh7+
Rf7 (50... Ke6 51. Qxf6+ Kxf6 52. Rh6+ $18 {[%cal Rh6c6]}) 51. Qe5+ Qe6 52.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 53. Rxf7 Kxf7 54. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Guillermo Garcia Memorial-A 06th"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1998.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rivera, Alberto"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 {Auf diese Weise kann Weiß die Variante 3.Nc3 Nd4
vermeiden. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. cxd5 {Eine selten
gespielte Fortsetzung. Die Alternative scheint mir besser zu sein.} (7. Bf4)
7... Nxd5 8. e4 {Dieser bescheidene Zug sollte dem Weißen keinen
Eröffnungsvorteil bieten.} (8. Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 (9. Qxd5 $6 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11.
Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. e3 Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rfd8 17. Qc2
Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Nb4 19. Qe4 Nxa2 20. Qb4 Rd1+ {0-1 Suba,M-Portisch,L/
Thessaloniki olm 1984}) 9... Be6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. exd4
O-O 14. Qb3 Re8 15. O-O Bd6 16. Bb4 Bc7 17. Bf3 Qg5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bd2 Qe7
20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. Rc1 {Bronstein,D-Geller,E/Moscow zt 1964/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 8...
Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 $6 {Weiß möchte um jeden Preis die Symmetrie
vermeiden, handelt sich aber so eine ewige strukturelle Schwäche ein.} (10.
Nxc3 Bc5 (10... Bb4 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Kc7 {Wegen der geschlossenen
c-Linie steht der schwarze König sicher auf c7.} 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11) (10... Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 11. Bd3 e5 $11) (10... Nb4
11. Bg5+ f6 12. O-O-O+ $14) 11. Bb5 (11. Bg5+ f6 12. O-O-O+ Bd7 13. Bh4 a6 14.
Kb1 g5 15. Bg3 Ke7 16. h4 h6 17. Rc1 Bd4 18. Na4 Ne5 19. Nc5 {1/2-1/2
Petrosian,A-Sivokho,S/St.Petersburg op 1993}) (11. Bf4 Ke7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13.
Rd2 Rac8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. Bf1 f6 17. Kb1 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 {
1/2-1/2 Gostisa,L-Sosonko,G/Mitropa Cup 1995}) 11... Bd7 12. Bxc6 (12. O-O a6
13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Re1 f6 15. Be3 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Parma,B/Teeside 1972}
) 12... Bxc6 13. Ke2 Ke7 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Rhd1 b5 16. Rac1 Rhc8 17. f3 Bxh2 18.
Rh1 Bd6 19. Rxh7 b4 20. Nd1 Bb5+ 21. Kf2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rc8 23. Bg5+ Kd7 24. f4
Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Bf8 26. f5 exf5 27. exf5 Bd3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Portisch,L/
Abano Therme csf 1980 (53)}) 10... a6 {Schwarz möchte sich vom gegnerischen
Springer auf b5 befreien, schwächt aber seinen Damenflügel.} 11. Nd4 Bd7 12.
Be3 {Weiß hat dank seines Bauern c3 einen starken Springervorposten auf d4,
das ist aber alles, sollte Weiß nichts in der halboffenen b-Linie erreichen.} (
12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Rd1 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Ba4 16. Rf1 b5 17. Be3 Bb4 18.
Bg5+ f6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. d5 e5 21. Bg4 Rc4 22. Rac1 Bc2 23. Be2 Rc7 24. Bd1 Rhc8
25. Bg4 Ba3 26. Bxc8 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc8 28. Bd2 Rc4 {Kluger,G-Palatnik,S/
Rimavska Sobota 1977/1/2-1/2 (67)}) (12. Nxc6+ Bxc6 $15 {[%csl Rc3]}) 12... Bd6
13. Be2 Ke7 14. Rb1 b5 {[%csl Rc3,Yc4] Schwarz hat bequemes Spiel und einen
Angriffspunkt auf c3.} 15. O-O Rhc8 $15 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3]} 16. Nb3 {
[%cal Gb3c5] Der weiße Springer strebt nach c5.} Nd8 {[%cal Gd8b7,Gb7d6,Gd6c4,
Rc8c3] Es hängt jetzt c3 und Schwarz bereitet das Springermanöver Nd8-b7-d6-c4
vor.} 17. Rfc1 Ba3 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ra3c1]} 18. Rc2 Nb7 {[%cal Gb7d6,Gd6c4]}
19. f3 Nd6 20. Bc1 Bxc1 (20... Bc5+ $2 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Ba3 $18 {[%cal Ra3e7]}
) 21. Rbxc1 Nc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 22. Bxc4 {Natürlich muß Weiß die beste Figur des
Schwarzen tauschen.} bxc4 $6 {Jetzt stehen die weißen Türme überflüssig in der
c-Linie.} (22... Rxc4 $5 23. Nd2 (23. Na5 Ra4 {[%csl Ga4]}) 23... Rc7 24. c4
Rac8 25. c5 b4 $15) 23. Nd2 (23. Na5 $2 Rab8 $19 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Rb8b5,Rb5a5]}
) 23... Rab8 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 24. Nf1 (24. Rb1 Rxb1+ 25. Nxb1 Rb8 26. Nd2 (26.
Rc1 Rb2 {[%cal Rb2h2,Rb2a2]}) 26... Ba4 27. Rc1 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rb2d2,
Rb2a2]} 28. Nxc4 Rxa2 $15 {[%csl Ga2] Wegen seines aktiven Turmes und des
entfernten Freibauern steht Schwarz etwas besser.}) 24... Ba4 25. Re2 $6 {
So läßt der Weiße den schwarzen König nach c5.} (25. Rd2 {[%cal Gd2d8]}) 25...
Kd6 26. e5+ Kc5 27. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e4,Ge4c5] Endlich aktiviert Weiß seinen
Springer.} Bc6 {[%cal Gc6e4]} 28. Nh5 (28. Ne4+ Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rb2 $15 {[%csl
Gb2]}) 28... Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d1,Gb8b1]} 29. Kf2 {Weiß vermeidet den Konter in
der g-Linie.} (29. Nxg7 $2 Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g1]} 30. Nh5 Bxf3 $19 {[%cal Rf3e2,
Rf3h5]}) 29... g6 {Die Schwächung des Feldes f6 ist von nicht so großer
Bedeutung.} 30. Nf6 h5 {Jetzt ist im schwarzen Lager alles verteidigt und mit
seinem letzten Zug nimmt der Nachziehende dem weißen Springer das Feld g4.} 31.
h4 a5 $1 {Schwarz möchte a5-a4-a3 ziehen, um das Eindringen des Turmes
vorzubereiten.} 32. Nh7 a4 33. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5f7] Weiß kann nur einfache
Dohngen schaffen.} Rb7 {[%cal Gb7f7]} 34. Ke1 a3 {[%csl Ra2,Ga3] Schwarz legt
den weißen Bauern auf a2 fest und bereitet das unangenehme Eindringen seines
Turmes auf b2 vor.} 35. Nh3 Rdd7 36. Nf4 Ba4 $17 37. Kf2 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2]} 38.
Ke1 (38. Rxb2 $2 axb2 39. Rb1 Rb7 $19 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Ra4c2]}) 38... Rdb7 {
[%csl Ga3,Ga4,Gb2,Gb7,Gc4,Gc5] Die schwarze Aktivität am Damenflügel ist
entscheidend, während Weiß nur abwarten kann.} 39. Ra1 Bc2 40. Rd2 Bb1 {
[%csl Ra1] Das ist der letzte Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle. Ich glaube, die
Alternative 40.Rb1 wäre noch besser.} (40... Rb1+ $5 41. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 42. Ke2 Rb2
$17 {[%csl Ra2]}) 41. g4 {Weiß versucht in dieser sehr schwierigen Lage, im
Trüben zu fischen.} Rb8 42. gxh5 (42. g5 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Rb2+ $17) 42... gxh5 43.
Nxh5 Rg8 $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rg8g1] Mit dem Turm in der g-Linie entscheidet
Schwarz den Kampf.} 44. Nf6 (44. Rxb2 axb2 45. Rxb1 Rg1+ $19) 44... Rg1+ 45.
Kf2 Rc1 {und Weiß gab seine hoffnungslose Stellung auf.} (45... Rc1 46. Ke3 (
46. Ke2 Bd3+ $19 {[%cal Rc1a1,Rd3e2]}) (46. Rxb2 $2 axb2 $19) 46... Rxc3+ 47.
Ke2 Rc1 $19 {[%csl Ra1,Re2][%cal Rc4c3,Rc3c2]}) 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Auf diese Weise vermeidet Weiß die Variante 3.Nc3
Nd4!?. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 {Dies ist eine chancenreiche
Fortsetzung für Weiß. Die Alternativen (6.Bf4, 6.Bg5, 6.Ndb5, 6.e4 und 6.a3)
bieten allesamt dem Weißen keinen Eröffnungsvorteil. Der Partiezug führt
zumindest zu kompliziertem Spiel.} Bb4 (6... Qb6 {Dieser Zug bietet meines
Erachtens dem Schwarzen gute Ausgleichschancen.}) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Na4
$5 {Dieser Zug richtet sich gegen den Läufer b4. Weiß beabsichtigt a2-a3 /
b2-b4 zu spielen und der Läufer soll nicht auf c3 nehmen können.} (9. Nc2 Bxc3
(9... Rd8 $2 10. Nxb4 Qxb4 11. Qb3 a5 12. Nb5 d5 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. cxd5 Nd4 15.
Qxb4 axb4 16. Be3 Nc2 17. Ba7 {1-0 Lisik,V-Domarkaite,L/Katowice op 1991 (41)})
10. bxc3 Rd8 11. Ba3 d6 12. Rb1 (12. Qd2 $1 Qc7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Ne3 $1 dxc4 15.
Bd6 Qb6 16. Rab1 Qa6 17. Qb2 $44 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Ernst,T/Subotica izt 1987 (35)})
(12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qb3 Nfd7 (13... a6 14. f4 Neg4 15. Nc2 e5 16. f5 e4 17. Qb6
Ne5 18. Ne3 a5 19. Rad1 Ra6 20. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Hort,V/CSR-ch int 1977
(25)}) 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Qa3 Be8 19. Rxd8
Nxd8 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. e4 b6 22. Qb2 Nb7 23. e5 {1-0 Ftacnik,L-De Wit,J/Lloyds
Bank op 1982 (44)}) 12... Qc7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. cxd4 $6 Qxc4 15. Qd2
Qa6 16. Rb3 Rb8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Bb4 $5 (18. Re1 $2 Ba4 19. Rf3 $2 {0-1 Kramnik,
V-Kamsky,G/New York (m/2) 1994 (38)}) 18... Ba4 19. Ra3 b5 20. g4 $5 Rbc8 21.
g5 Nd7 22. Rc1 $140 $44) 14... e5 15. Qd3 e4 $5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Be6 18.
Rxb7 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Rb2 $14) 9... d5 10. cxd5 (10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Nc2 Rfd8) 10... exd5 (10... Nxd5 $5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 (12. Qc2 $5
$14 {[%csl Rc6] Schwarz hat eine Bauernschwäche auf c6, aber sein Springer
steht aktiv im Zentrum.}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. a3 Qb5 15. Re1 Nb6 16.
Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Neverov,V-Obukhov,A/RUS-Cup4 1997}) 11. Bg5 {
Mit dem weißen Springer auf c3, der schwarzen Dame auf d8 und dem schwarzen
Läufer auf e7 wäre dies eine Grundstellung der Tarrasch-Verteidigung.} h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc2 {[%csl Rd5]} (13. e3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Be6 $11)
13... Rd8 {Schwarz legt sich bezüglich des Damenläufers noch nicht fest.} (
13... Be6 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 $14) (13... Be7 14. Ne3 (14. Qxd5 Rd8 $44 {
Der geopferte Bauer wird durch das gute schwarze Figurenspiel und das
Läuferpaar kompensiert. Die weißen Springer auf a4 und c2 stehen schlecht.}) (
14. Bxd5 Rd8 $44) 14... d4 15. Nd5 $14 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5,Gg2]}) 14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15.
Qd2 (15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Qxb7 Nd4 18. Nc3 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxe2 20. Rxd5
Rdb8 21. Qd7 Rd8 22. Qc7 {1-0 Sieglen,J-Gawehns,K/Bonn GSK 1994 (28)}) 15...
Nc6 16. Rac1 $14 {Das Spiel gegen den isolierten schwarzen Damenbauern bietet
dem Weißn einen kleinen aber dauerhaften Vorteil.} Bf5 (16... Bg4 $5 17. h3 Bf5
18. Rfd1 Be4 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc3 Qb4 22. Nxe4 Qxb2 23. Nd6 Rd7
24. Nf5 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. e4 Qd2 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. Rb1 b6 29. Rc1 Na5 30.
Rc8+ Kh7 31. Re8 f6 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Alterman,B/Lloyds Bank op 1994 (37)})
17. Rfd1 Be4 (17... d4 18. Nc5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5,Rc6,Gg2]} Rab8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7
20. Rxc6 $16) 18. Bh3 {[%csl Ge4]} (18. f3 $6 Bf5) 18... d4 $5 {Ein
Bauernopfer für aktives Gegenspiel.} (18... Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rc5 $14 {
[%csl Gc5,Rd5][%cal Gc5f5]}) 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Nxb7 Re8 21. Rc5 $6 (21. Nc5 $5
$16 Bxa2 $2 22. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rd2a2]}) 21... Be4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]} (
21... Rab8 22. Rxd5 Rxb7 23. Bd7 $16 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rd7e8,Rd7c6]}) 22. f3 $6
(22. Na5 $5) (22. Rdc1 $5) 22... Rab8 $132 23. fxe4 (23. Na5 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Ba8
$44 25. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxe2 {[%csl Rb2,Rf3]}) 23... Rxb7 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25.
gxf4 Ne7 {[%csl Rb2,Re4,Rf4][%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4] Weiß ist in Besitz eines
Mehrbauern und drückt gegen d4, hat aber auch eigene Schwächen.} 26. Rd2 (26.
Rxd4 Rxb2 $132) 26... Ng6 $44 27. f5 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5,Rh3] Der schwarze Springer
ist auf e5 ausgezeichnet postiert, während die weiße Leichtfigur auf h3 recht
unglücklich steht.} 28. b3 (28. Kf2 $5 {Dieser prophylaktische Zug nimmt die
Möglichkeit 28...d3 aus der Stellung.}) 28... d3 $5 29. Bf1 (29. exd3 $4 Nf3+
$19) 29... dxe2 30. Rxe2 (30. Bxe2 Rb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Re4][%cal Rb4e4]}) 30...
Rd7 {[%csl Gd7,Ge5,Rf1]} 31. Rd5 Rc7 32. Kg2 g6 {Weiß, materiell in Vorteil,
hat Probleme mit der Figurenkoordination.} 33. Red2 Ng4 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rg4e3,
Re3g2,Re3d5,Re3f1]} 34. Rd7 $14 (34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7) 34... Ne3+ 35. Kf2
Nxf1 {[%cal Rf1d2]} 36. Kxf1 Rc1+ $1 (36... Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rxe4 38. fxg6 fxg6
39. Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3] Hier sollte Weiß - trotz der Remisbreite in
Turmendspielen - mit den beiden verbundenen Freibauern über ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen verfügen.}) 37. Kf2 (37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxe4 39. fxg6 fxg6
40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Re7 $11) 37... gxf5 38. exf5 a5 {Weiß besitzt einen
Mehrbauern, aber das reduzierte Material sollte dem Schwarzen im
Doppelturmendspiel ausgezeichnete Remischancen bieten.} 39. R7d5 (39. Rd8 Rxd8
40. Rxd8+ Kg7 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Gc1,Rf5,Gg7]}) 39... a4 $1 40. bxa4 Re4 $44 {
[%csl Ra2,Ra4,Gc1,Ge4,Rf5] Schwarz hat bereits zwei Bauern weniger, aber die
Aktivität seines Turmpaares rettet die Partie. Die weißen Mehrbauern sind kaum
zu verwerten.} 41. a5 (41. R5d4 Rxd4 42. Rxd4 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 $14 {Remis ist
trotz des Mehrbauern sehr wahrscheinlich.}) 41... Ra4 {[%csl Ra2,Ga4,Ra5,Gc1]}
42. Ke2 Ra3 43. Kf2 {und hier wurde Remis vereinbart. Weiß kann trotz des
materiellen Übergewichts praktisch nichts machen.} (43. Rb2 Rh1 $11 {[%csl Re2,
Rh2]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Dieser Zug ist
sehr populär in letzter Zeit - Weiß verhindert die Fesselungsmöglichkeit Bb4.}
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 $5 {Das ist die beste Fortsetzung für Weiß - die Dame
strebt nach g3.} Be7 (8... Ba6 9. e4 Rc8 10. e5 Ng8 11. b3 f5 12. h4 d6 13. Bb2
Qc7 14. c5 Bxf1 15. cxd6 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Macieja,B/Warsaw POL 2004/(42)}) (
8... Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 $5 (10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 a6 13. e5 (13. b3
$142) 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qc8 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Qg3 Qb7 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Bf4 Bf6
19. Rac1 b5 20. b4 {0-1 Chuchelov,V-Georgiev,K/Mainz 2002/CBM 89 ext (46)})
10... Nd7 $5 (10... Be7 11. Qg3 $1 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 $14 a6 14. O-O Nf6
15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Rae1 Bf6 19. Bd2 Bc6 20. Rc1 Rb8 21.
Rfd1 Qe7 22. b4 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Balashov,Y/Togliatti 2003/CBM 94 ext (36)})
11. Qg3 a6 12. O-O g6 (12... Qc7 13. Be3 g6 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht -
es wäre besser 13...Ne5 zu spielen.} 14. Bd4 $1 $14 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,
F-Karjakin,S/Dos Hermanas 2003/CBM 95/[Ribli] (37)}) 13. Bf4 (13. Rd1) 13...
Qc7 (13... h5 $5 14. Rfd1 h4 $13) 14. Bc2 (14. Rad1 $5) 14... h5 $5 {0-1
Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Cannes 2002/CBM 88/[Ribli] (41)}) (8... d6 9. e4 Nd7 10.
Qg3 Ba6 $2 {Schwarz zielt den c4-Bauern, aber er hat Schwerigkeiten mit der
Entwicklung des Koenigsfluegels.} (10... a6 $142 11. b4 $140 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8
13. Rd1 Ne5 $132) 11. Bg5 $1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Be2 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Sutovsky,E/
Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 93/[Avrukh,B] (42) 1-0}) 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 {
Weiß möchte die schwarze Figurenkoordination stören.} Ne8 (11... Nh5 $2 12. Qg4
Bf6 13. Qxh5 gxh6 14. Qxh6 $16) 12. Bf4 (12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Bh6 (13. Bd3) 13...
Ne8 14. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Hansen,C/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (14)}) 12...
Bb7 (12... e5 13. Bd2 f5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Be2 Rc8 18.
O-O {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Caceres Cortes,J/Montreal 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) 13. Rd1 {
[%cal Gd1d6] Der Pd6 ist der Zielpunkt des weißen Spiels.} Bh4 14. Qh3 (14. Qg4
) 14... Qf6 (14... Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qg3 $14) 15. Be3 (15. Bg3 Bg5) 15...
Bg5 16. Be2 (16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qg3 $14) 16... Bxe3 17. Qxe3 $14 {Weiß
kontrolliert mehr Raum und hat kleinen Positionsvorteil - der d6P ist immer
eine Schwächung der schwarzen Stellung.} Qe7 18. O-O Nf6 {Endlich befindet
sich der schwarze Springer auf seinem natürlichen Platz.} 19. Rd2 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Gd1d6][%mdl 32] Weiß spielt sehr logisch - zuerst möchte er seine Türme auf
der d-Linie verdoppeln und den d6-Bauern angreifen.} Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. f4
h5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, denn Schwarz schwächt von selbst seine
Königsstellung.} (21... Rac8 $14) 22. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3c6,Ge4e5] Die weiße
Drohung ist 23.e5 - mit Materialgewinn.} Qc7 23. h3 {[%cal Gg2g4] Schwarz muss
nun immer mit g2-g4 rechnen.} e5 24. f5 h4 25. Qf2 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rf2h4]} Bb7
26. Nb5 $1 (26. b3 a6 $132 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) 26... Qxc4 27. Nxd6 Qc7 28. Qxh4 $16
{Weiß hat einen klaren Bauern mehr.} Bc6 {[%cal Gc6a4,Ga4d1] Es droht 28...Ba4.
} 29. g4 {[%mdl 128] Dieser Zug führt zu konkretem Spiel und Weiß bekommt
gefährlichen Angriff, aber 29.Rd3 war besser - mit klarem Vorteil.} (29. Rd3 $5
$16) 29... Ba4 $132 30. g5 Bxd1 31. gxf6 Rxd6 $2 (31... gxf6 $142 $1 {Nach
diesem Zug ich sehe nichts Besseres als Dauerschach für Weiß.} 32. Qxf6 (32.
Rg2+ Kf8 $17) 32... Bxf3 (32... Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Bxf3 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Ke8
36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ $11) 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ $11) 32. Rg2 $18
{Interessanterweise - mit einem Turm weniger - hat Weiß überlegenen Angriff.}
g6 (32... Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Qf8 35. Bxd1 $18) 33. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2004.03.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 {Dieser Zug ist sehr populär in der
letzten Zeit. Die Alternativen sind 4.e3 und 4.g3.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 {
Heutzutage bietet die Fortsetzung 6.g3 Weiß mehr Hoffnungen auf
Eröffnungsvorteil. Dieser Zug war sehr populär ungefähr 20 Jahre früher, z.B.
Beispiel im Wettkampf Kortschnoj-Portisch, Bad Kissingen 1983.} d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ {Dieser Zug ist eine
Seltenheit, 11.Nd4 und 11.Rd1 sind die Hauptvarianten. Der Vorteil des
Textzugs ist, dass der König den weißen Damenflügel verteidigt, der Nachteil
ist, dass der f2-Punkt unverteidigt bleibt.} Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 {Das ist ein
bekanntes Motiv in dieser Variante - Schwarz opfert den f7-Bauern. Schwarz
bekommt einige Kompensation für den Bauern, aber ich bin nicht sicher, ob das
völlig korrekt ist.} (12... Ke7 13. g3 fxg3 14. hxg3 g6 $11) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14.
Ne5 Bf5 15. Nd3 $146 (15. e3 fxe3 16. fxe3 (16. Bc4) 16... Bc5 17. Bd3 Rge8 18.
Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Schneider,A/Hungary 1989/TD (18) Ribli:}) (15. g3 Bc5
16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rf2d3,Rf2h1]} 18. Nd1 Rad8 $5 19. gxf4
Rxd3 20. exd3 Nxf2 21. Nxf2 Bxf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Borgo,G-Ristic,N/Cutro 2001/CBM
83/[Ribli] (55)}) 15... Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f2,Gf5d3] Schwarz droht 16...Bxd3 und 17.
..Nxf2 zu spielen.} (15... Bd6 16. g3 $14) 16. h3 Bxd3 17. hxg4 Bg6 18. g3 (18.
e3 fxe3 19. Bc4 Rh8 20. fxe3 Bc5 $44) 18... fxg3 (18... Bd6 19. gxf4 Bxf4+ 20.
e3 $16) 19. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5] Weiß beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem g3-Bauern,
er möchte mit f4-f5 am Königsflügel Raum gewinnen.} Bd6 (19... h6 20. Rh3 Bd6
21. e3 $14) 20. f5 Bf7 21. Rxh7 Be5 $44 {[%csl Ge5,Gg3] Weiß hat einen Bauern
mehr, aber der e5B steht ausgezeichnet, was Schwarz Gegenspiel bietet.} 22. Bg2
Rab8 23. Kc2 $2 (23. g5 $142 $1) {[#]} 23... Bxa2 $1 $36 {[%csl Ga2,Ge5,Gg3]
[%mdl 64] Auf diese Weise gewinnt Schwarz den Bauern zurück und mit dem
Läuferpaar und dem starken g3-Bauern steht er deutlich besser.} 24. Ra1 (24.
Nxa2 $2 Rxb2+ 25. Kc1 Rxa2 $19) 24... Bb3+ 25. Kc1 Rh8 (25... Kb6 26. Ra3 (26.
Na4+ Bxa4 27. Rxa4 Kc5 $15) 26... Bc4 $15) 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Kd2 (27. Rxa7+ Kb6
28. Ra3 Bf7 (28... Bg8 $5 29. Na4+ Kc7 $17) 29. Na4+ Kc7 (29... Kb5 30. Nc3+
Kb6 $11 (30... Kb4 31. Ra4+ Kb3 32. Be4 $18 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Re4c2,Rc2b3]}))
30. Nc3 Rh2 31. Ra7+ Kb6 32. Rxf7 Rxg2 $19) 27... Rh2 28. Rg1 a5 $17 {Schwarz
bringt den a-Bauern ins Spiel. Die weiße Stellung ist gefesselt und es ist
nicht leicht für Weiß aktives Gegenspiel zu finden.} 29. Kd3 a4 30. Bf3 Rh8 {
[%cal Gh8d8,Gd8d3]} 31. Ra1 Rd8+ 32. Ke3 Re8 (32... Bxc3) 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34. Ke3
Bxc3 35. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd1 $1 36. Ra3 (36. Rxd1 Bxd1 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Gg3]})
36... Rf1 {Die schwarze Drohung ist 37...Bd5.} 37. Bg2 Rf2 38. Bf3 Rf1 (38...
Rh2 39. Ra1 g2 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Rxh1 gxh1=Q 42. Bxh1 a3 $19) 39. Bg2 Rc1 40. Be4
$6 (40. Kf4 Rxc3 41. e4 Rc2 42. Kxg3 Kd6 $17 {[%cal Gd6e5]}) 40... Rxc3+ 41.
Bd3 Rc1 {[%cal Rg3g2,Rg2g1]} 42. Kf3 c5 $19 {Der schwarze c-Bauern entscheidet
die Partie.} 43. Kxg3 c4 44. Be4 c3 45. Kf4 Kd6 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Rd6c5,Rc5b4,
Rb4a3]} 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g3 {7.a3!?}
Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ {11...Qa6!? Dorelov-Huzman 
URS 1989 47/54} 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 d5 (14... dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16.
e5 {16.0-0 1/4  Vaganian,R-Ehlvest,J  Rotterdam WCup 1989 CBM/13} Na5 17. Qb5
Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 {Ftacnik,L-Sax,G  Haninge 1989 CBM/13  1/4}) 15. e5 Nd7 16.
c4 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxc5 19. Qe3 Na4 20. O-O Bd7 21. g4 Bc6 22. Bh3 (
22. f5 Kh8 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 b6 {Timman,
J-Sax,G  Reykjavik 1988 46/54 CBM/10}) 22... b6 23. f5 Kh8 24. Rf2 Rae8 25.
Raf1 Ba8 26. Rc1 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re1 Kg8 30. Rd2 f6 31.
exf6 exf5 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. fxg7 fxg4 34. Bxg4 Kxg7 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Rxh7 Rg8
37. h3 Bf3 38. Rh4 Bxg4 39. hxg4 Kg5 40. Rh5+ Kxg4 41. Rxc5 Kf3+ 42. Kf1 Rh8
43. Rf5+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 8.
Bg2 Qa6 $5 9. c5 b6 10. cxb6 $6 (10. O-O $1 Bb7 (10... bxc5 11. Be3 $1 $146 {
Eingorn-Gergiev,Kir Lvov 1984 37/(46)}) 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd4 $14 {Glejzerov-Dvojris URS 1988 46/(549}) 10... axb6 11.
Bg5 (11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 $1 14. Qxd4 d5 15. e4 h6 $1 $10 {
Bagirov-Razuvaev URS ch 1978 26/72}) 11... Bb7 $1 12. O-O d5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Be7 $10 15. a4 Rc8 16. e4 $5 Rc4 17. Qd2 dxe4 18. Rfe1 (18. Rfd1) 18...
Qa5 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Bb5+ Bc6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qd6 Qa8 23. a5 $1 bxa5 24. Rxa5
Qb7 25. Bxc6+ (25. Ra7 Qxa7 26. Bxc6+ Rxc6 27. Qxc6+ Qd7 (27... Ke7 28. Nb5
$146) 28. Qa8+ Bd8 (28... Qd8 29. Qc6+ Qd7 30. Qa8+ $10) 29. Rd1 $146) 25...
Qxc6 26. Qxc6+ Rxc6 27. Ra8+ Bd8 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Nxe4 Re8 30. Ra7+ Bc7 31. Rb7
Rb8 32. Rxb8 Bxb8 $15 33. Rd2 Be5 34. f4 Rc4 $1 35. Nf2 Bd4 36. Kf1 Be3 37. Re2
Bb6 38. Nd3 f6 39. Ke1 Bd4 40. Kd1 Bb6 41. Ne1 h6 42. h4 h5 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Nc2
e5 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. b3 e4+ $1 47. Kd2 Rc7 48. Nb4+ Ke6 49. Rxe4+ Kf5 50. Rc4
Rxc4 51. bxc4 Ba5 $1 52. Kc3 Kg4 53. c5 Kxg3 54. c6 Kxh4 55. Kc4 Kg3 56. Na6 h4
57. Kb5 Bd8 58. Nc5 Bc7 59. Ne6 Bb8 60. Kb6 h3 {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bc5 $6 (
7... d5 8. Bg2 $1 d4 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nc5 $1 O-O 12. Nd3 Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {Kasparov,G-Vaganian,R  Skelleftea WCup 1989 CBM/14  +/=})
(7... Ne5 $5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13.
Nxa3 d6 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O-O {Speelman,J-Timman,J  London cs (8) 1989 CBM/15  
+/=,=}) 8. Nd6+ {8.Bg2!?,Bxg2+ 9.Kf1} Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 d5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg2 Rhd8 15. O-O Kf8 16. Na4 $1 Qa5 17. Bxb4+
Qxb4 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Nc5 {+/=} Rac8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Qd4 Nc4 23. Nd3
Kg8 24. Nf4 h6 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxe2 27. Re1 Nd2 28. Nf6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Qb6 7.
Nb3 Ne5 {Diese Fortsetzung führt zu gehaltvollem Spiel mit beiderseitigen
Chancen. Ribli.} (7... Bb4) (7... d5) 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 {[#]} (10. f4
Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 $13 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4] Das ist die andere Variante.
Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und Zentrumsübergewicht, während der Schwarze
keine Schwächen hat und die weißen Doppelbauern angreifen kann.}) 10... O-O 11.
O-O-O {Das ist eine sehr interessante Variante. Die lange Rochade ist dabei
für die Englische Eröffnung gar nicht typisch.} (11. Rc1 d5 (11... a5) 12. c5
Qd8 13. a3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2 Bd7 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc6 18. Bg2
e5 19. O-O exf4 20. gxf4 Nd4 21. Qf2 Nf5 22. Rcd1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,
A-Izeta,F/ESP Team 1997 (46)}) (11. f4) 11... Bd7 (11... a5 12. f4 Nc6 $5 (
12... a4 13. fxe5 axb3 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 dxe5 16. Bxe5 $14 {Ivanchuk,
V-Khalifman,A/Elista 1998 (48)}) 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nc7 axb3 16. Nxa6
bxa2 17. Kc2 Rxa6 18. e5 (18. Bg2 e5 19. f5 Bc5 20. b3 Bd7 21. Kb2 Nd4 22. Bxd4
a1=Q+ 23. Rxa1 Bxd4+ 24. Kc2 Bxa1 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys,S/Cheliabinsk 1989})
18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Kb3 a1=Q 21. Rxa1 Rxa1 22. Kxb4 Bd7 $13 {Dvoirys})
(11... Nc6 $5 12. Bg2 a5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. a3 a4 16. N3d4 Bc5 17.
Nxc6 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 bxc6 19. Nxd6 e5 20. Rd2 Rb8 21. Rhd1 {1-0 Filippov,
V-Notkin,M/Russian Club Cup 1998 (33)}) 12. f4 Ng6 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. Rhf1 $5 {
Dieser Zug ist zwar noch nicht schlecht, aber früher oder später muß Weiß mal
den König mit Kc1-b1 aus der c-Linie nehmen.} (14. Kb1 Rac8 (14... a5 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 a4 18. Nd4 a3 19. b6 Qe7 20. Nc2 d5 21. Qb5 Ng4 22.
Bd4 Bd6 23. e5 $18 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Paris Immopar 1991 (56)}) 15. Be1
$6 (15. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg6] Der schwarze Springer sieht auf g6 unglücklich und
kann von Weiß mit Tempo vertrieben werden.}) 15... Bxc3 (15... a5 16. h4 a4 17.
Nd4 $14) 16. Bxc3 Ba4 $132 {1-0 Smirin,I-Maryasin,B/Givatayim 1989 (65)}) 14...
Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c1] [#]} 15. g4 $2 {Es ist für mich unverständlich, daß ein so
guter Spieler wie Agrest einen solchen Fehler begehen kann.} (15. Kb1 $5 a5 $13
) (15. f5 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 Rfe8 $15) (15. Be3 Qa6 $15 {
[%csl Ra2,Ga6,Rc1,Rc3][%cal Gc8c1]}) 15... d5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gc8c1] Dieser
typische Zentrumdurchbruch bringt Schwarz in Vorteil.} 16. Kb1 {Jetzt ist es
zu spät. Weiß verliert Material.} (16. e5 dxc4 $1 (16... d4 $6 17. Nxd4 Bxg2
18. Qxg2 Rxc4 19. exf6 Rxd4 $13) 17. Be3 (17. exf6 cxb3 18. fxg7 Rfd8 19. axb3
(19. Be3 bxa2 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8) (19. Bxc6 bxa2 $17 {[%csl Rc1]}) 19... Bb5 $17 {
[%cal Gb5f1]}) 17... Qa6 $17 (17... Qc7 $17)) (16. cxd5 exd5 17. exd5 Bb5 $17 {
[%cal Rb5f1,Gc8c1]}) 16... dxc4 (16... Bxc3 $6 17. Bxc3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
f5 $132) (16... dxe4 $6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nxe4 $13) 17. Nd4 {Weiß versucht in
schwieriger Lage im Trüben zu fischen.} (17. Be3 Qc7 (17... Qa6 $17) 18. Nd2 b5
$17 {Schwarz besitzt einen Mehrbauern und eine gute Angriffsstellung.}) 17...
Qxd4 $1 (17... Nxf4 $6 18. Rxf4 (18. Bxf4 Bxc3) 18... Qxd4 19. e5 $16 {[%cal
Rf4d4,Re5f6]}) 18. Be3 (18. g5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxe4+ 20. Ka1 (20. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 21.
Qxe4 Nxe4) 20... Bd3 $17 {[%cal Rd3f1]}) (18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb4 c3 20. Rxd4
Bxe2 $17) 18... Nxf4 $17 {[%cal Rf4e2] Ein starker Zwischenzug.} 19. Rxf4 (19.
Bxf4 Qb6 $17) 19... Qe5 {Schwarz hat zwei gesunde Mehrbauern und auch der
weiße e-Bauer ist schwach.} 20. g5 {In Hoffnung auf Gegenspiel gibt Weiß einen
dritten Bauern.} (20. Qxc4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 g5 $1 (21... Bxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Qxh2 $17 (
22... Rxc4 23. Rxe5 Nxg4 $17)) 22. Rxf6 (22. Rf2 Bxe4+ $19 {[%cal Rc8c4,Re4b1]}
) 22... Qxf6 $19) 20... Qxg5 21. Qf2 (21. h4 Qa5 $17) 21... Bxc3 (21... Qg6 $17
{[%cal Gg6b1]}) 22. bxc3 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rg4e3] Schwarz tauscht die einzige
gute weiße Figur, den Läufer e3.} (22... Qa5 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Bh6 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Rf2g3,Rg3g7]} Qxc3 $17 {[%csl Gc3]}) 23. Qg3 Qb5+ 24. Ka1 Nxe3 25. Qxe3
Rcd8 $19 {Schwarz steht dank seiner drei Mehrbauern auf Gewinn.} 26. Rb1 (26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $19 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Rd8d1]}) 26... Qe5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5a1,Rd8d3]
Es droht 27...Rd3.} 27. Bf1 b5 28. Rg4 f5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ge5e3]} 29. Rg5 Bxe4
{Mit vier Minusbauern gab Weiß auf.} 0-1

[Event "Bahrain"]
[Site "Bahrain"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Knezevic, Milorad"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BAH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8
14. Rd2 Re8 15. g3 f3 $1 16. Kd1 fxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Kc7 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6
20. Kc2 Rd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 h5 23. h3 Re1 24. Rd1 Re5 25. Rd2 Re1 26.
Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anic, Darko"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Das ist eine auf
den ersten Blick genügsam erscheinende, in Wirklichkeit aber gefährliche
Fortsetzung.Ribli.} Qc7 (6... Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 (8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10.
O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,
V-Kasparov,G/Horgen CS 1994}) 8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd3 Qb8 12. Rd1
Ne5 13. Qb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Qc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 {Kortschnoj,V-Akesson,R/
Antwerp op 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 7. Ndb5 (7. Bg5 $5 a6 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9.
Qd2 $14) 8. e3 Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg3 $13 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Przewoznik,J POL-ch 1992 EXP/29}) 7... Qb8 8. g3 a6 9. Nd4 d6 (
9... Qc7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Na4 Ng6 15. Be3 Ng4
16. Bd2 Bf6 17. e3 N4e5 18. c5 d5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nxc8 Rbxc8 22. Qb3
b6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 {Salov,V-Yudasin,L/Madrid 1992/CBM 30/[Ribli]/1-0 (59)}) (9...
Qd6 10. e3 $14) (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 $5) 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O
13. Bb2 {Schwarz spielt den sogenannten Igel, hat aber eine Reihe von
Problemen: die Dame schränkt den Ra8 ein, der Nc6 stünde viel elastischer auf
d7 und der Bd7 wäre besser auf b7 postiert.Ribli.} Rc8 14. e3 $14 Ra7 {Schwarz
möchte die Probleme auf der Diagonale h1-a8 mit dem Textzug lösen, aber der
Turm steht keineswegs gut auf a7.Ribli.} (14... Nxd4 15. exd4 (15. Qxd4 Bc6)
15... Bc6 16. d5 $14) 15. Ne4 e5 $6 {Schwarz verkompliziert das Spiel auf
Kosten der Felderschwächung auf d5.Ribli.} (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Nxc6 (
17. Qh5 g6) 17... Bxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxe4 19. Bxg7 (19. Qg4 Bg6 $11) 19... Kxg7 20.
Qd4+ $16) (15... b5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxf6 gxf6
20. Qg4+ Kf8) 16. Ne2 {[%csl Rd5]} b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. N2c3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Be6
(18... b4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nd5 {
[%csl Gd5]} Bxd5 $6 {Der weiße Springer dominierte zwar das Brett, die Aufgabe
des Läuferpaars scheint mir dennoch ein Fehler zu sein.} (20... Bd8 $5) (20...
b4 21. a4) 21. Qxd5 {[%csl Gb2,Gg2]} Ne7 22. Qd2 Qb6 (22... d5 23. Bxd5 (23.
Rac1) (23. Bc3 Z0 24. Bb4 $140) 23... Rd8 (23... Rd7 $2 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxd7
$16) 24. e4 Rad7) 23. Rac1 $1 {Mit einfachen, aber starken positionellen Zügen
verbessert Weiß seine Stellung.Ribli.} Rac7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rd1 {[%csl Rd6]}
Nc8 26. Bc3 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc3b4,Yb4d6]} Ra7 27. Bb4 Be7 (27... h6 28. Bh3
(28. Bxd6 $2 Rd7 {[%cal Gd7d1]})) 28. Bh3 {[%csl Gh3]} Ra8 (28... Qb8 29. Qd5 {
[%csl Gd5]}) (28... Qb8 29. Bxc8 Qxc8 30. Bxd6 Rd7 $19 {[%cal Gd7d1]}) 29. Qd5
{[%csl Gd5,Re7]} Rb8 30. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Na7 31. Bg2 {Alle vier weißen
Figuren stehen aktiv, und Schwarz hat nicht die geringste Hoffnung auf
Gegenspiel.Ribli.} Bf8 32. h4 h5 $6 {[%csl Rh5]} (32... h6) 33. Be4 $16 Rc8 (
33... Nc8 34. Bg6 Qb7 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxc8 fxg6 37. Bxd6 $18) 34. Rxc8 Nxc8
35. Bg6 {[%csl Rh5]} Qc7 36. Bxh5 {[%csl Rb5,Gd5,Rf8,Gh5]} Qd7 37. Be2 {
[%csl Rb5] Das weiße Läuferpaar -besonders der weißfeldrige Läufer -gewinnt
die Partie.Ribli.} Na7 38. Qa8 Qc7 39. Bf3 (39. Bxd6 $6 Qxd6 40. Qxa7 Qxa3 41.
Qxa3 Bxa3 42. Bxb5 $16) 39... Nc8 40. Qc6 Qxc6 (40... Qb8 41. Qe8 $18) 41. Bxc6
$18 Na7 42. Bb7 {[%csl Ra7]} d5 (42... Be7 43. Ba5 $18 {[%cal Ra5b6,Rb6a7]})
43. Ba5 Bd6 44. Bb6 b4 {Das ist der letzte Trick von Schwarz.Ribli.} 45. a4 (
45. Bxa7 $4 bxa3 $19 {[%cal Ra3a1]}) 1-0

[Event "Terres Catalanes 15th"]
[Site "Ampuriabrava"]
[Date "1997.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bc5 {
Heutzutage wird häufiger die Variante 7...Ne5 gespielt. Das Hauptproblem für
Schwarz ist, daß der Bauer f2 nicht wirklich hängt. Ribli.} 8. Bg2 $1 (8. Nd6+
Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qb4 $1 13. Rd1 Qxd2+ (
13... Qxc4 14. Qg5+ Kf8 15. Nd6 $44) 14. Rxd2 d5 $1 $146 (14... b6 15. Bg2 Bb7
16. Nd6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ryskin,A-Savon,V/Nikolaev zt 1993 (45)}) 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
Nc5 b6 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Bg2 Rhd8 {Tsesarsky,I-Shevelev,A/Kfar-Saba 1997/1/2-1/2
(57)}) 8... a6 (8... Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 {[%cal Rc3a4] Weiß opfert einen Bauern, aber
ich kann nicht sehen, wie Schwarz seinen Läufer verteidigen kann.} Ng4 10. Na4
(10. Qd6 $18 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rb5c7]}) 10... Ne3+ 11. Bxe3 Qxe3 12. Nc7+ $18) (
8... d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bf4 $16) 9. Nd6+ Ke7 (9... Bxd6 $6 10. Qxd6 $16 {
Weiß verfügt wegen der schwachen schwarzen Felder über großes positionelles
Übergewicht.}) 10. Nde4 (10. Nxc8+ $2 {Selbstverständlich tauscht Weiß nicht
den schlechten weißfeldrigen Läufer.} Raxc8 $11) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12.
Bd2 Bxd2+ (12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. O-O Rad8 16. Na4 Qa5 17.
Bxb4+ Qxb4 18. a3 Qd6 19. Rc1 h5 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Qb3 Nd4 22. Qe3+ Ne6 23. Rfd1
d4 24. Qe4 {1-0 Christiansen,L-Ristic,N/BL9697 (30)}) 13. Qxd2 Qb4 14. c5 $14 {
Ein logischer Zug. Weiß verhindert die Entwicklung des schwarzen Damenflügels.
Sein g2-Läufer ist viel wertvoller, als der schwarze auf c8.} (14. Rd1 Qxd2+
15. Rxd2 b5 16. c5 a5 17. O-O Ba6 18. f4 Ra7 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. e4 a4 21. e5 Na5
22. f5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Izeta Txabarri,F/Madrid 1993/CBM 36/[Ribli] (35)})
(14. Nc3 Qxc4 15. Qg5+ (15. Rc1 Qd4 $15) 15... Kf8 16. O-O $44 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8]}
) 14... Rb8 {Schwarz weicht den Unannehmlichkeiten auf der Diagonalen h1-a8
aus und bereitet den Befreiungszug ...b6 vor.} 15. Rc1 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (16. Kxd2
$5 b6 17. b3 (17. cxb6 Rxb6 18. b3 d5 $11) 17... bxc5 18. Nxc5 $14 (18. Rxc5
Bb7)) 16... b6 (16... b5 17. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Re4d6]}) 17. Bxc6 {Wenn Weiß
freiwillig seinen schönen Katalanisch-Läeufer gibt, muß er etwas Konkretes für
den Tausch bekommen. Hier hat Weiß die bessere Bauernstruktur, was einen
geringen, aber dauerhaften, Vorteil bedeutet.} dxc6 18. cxb6 Rxb6 19. Nc4 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc6]} Rb5 20. f4 Bb7 (20... f6 $5 {Schwarz bereitet 21...e5 vor.})
21. Kf2 c5 {[%cal Gb7h1]} 22. Rhd1 Bd5 {Schwarz hat nur eine Schwäche, die er
mit aktivem Figurenspiel gut verteidigen kann.} 23. b3 Bxc4 {Schwarz strebt
nach Vereinfachungen, denn er ist sicher, das entstehende Turmendspiel halten
zu können.} (23... Ra8) (23... h6) 24. Rxc4 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Ke3 {[%csl
Rc5] Der weiße König kommt ins Zentrum, aber Schwarz kann seine Schwäche
relativ problemlos verteidigen.} Kc7 27. Kd3 h5 {Dieser Zug gewinnt Raum am
Königsflügel und blockiert die weißen Bauern.} 28. Kc3 Kc6 29. e4 {Weiß
mobilisiert seine letzten Reserven am Königsflügel und nimmt dem schwarzen
König für ein eventuelles Bauernendspiel das Feld d5.} (29. b4 $6 a5 30. Rxc5+
(30. a3 $2 axb4+ 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 cxb4+ 33. Kxb4 Kd5 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Gd5]
[%cal Rd5e4]}) 30... Rxc5+ 31. bxc5 Kxc5 $11) 29... a5 30. a3 Rb7 $11 {Nur
eine Abwartezug, denn 31...Rd7 mit aktivem Spiel wäre wegen 32.b4 zu früh.} 31.
b4 (31. h3 Kb5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb7d7,Gd7d1]}) 31... axb4+ 32. axb4 Rxb4 (32...
Rb5 33. bxc5 Rxc5 (33... Rb1 $44 {[%csl Gb1]}) 34. Kd4 Rxc4+ 35. Kxc4 $11) 33.
Rxb4 cxb4+ 34. Kxb4 {In diesem Bauernendspiel steht Weiß scheinbar wegen
seines aktiven Königs besser, aber die Königsstellung bringt nichts wirklich
konkretes.} f6 35. Kc4 (35. Ka5 $4 {In Bauernendspielen kann jeder Fehler
verhängnisvoll sein.} Kc5 $19) 35... Kb6 $1 (35... Kd6 $2 36. Kb5 f5 37. e5+
Kd5 38. Kb6 Ke4 (38... g5 39. fxg5 Kxe5 40. Kc6 $22 h4 41. Kd7 hxg3 (41... h3
42. Ke7 $18) 42. hxg3 $18) (38... h4 39. Kc7 (39. gxh4 $2 Ke4 40. Kc5 Kxf4 41.
Kd6 Kg4 42. Kxe6 f4 $11) 39... h3 (39... hxg3 40. hxg3 Ke4 41. Kd6 $18) 40. Kd7
g6 41. Ke7 Ke4 42. Kxe6 Kf3 43. Kf6 Kg2 44. e6 Kxh2 45. e7 $18) 39. Kc6 Kf3 40.
Kd6 Kg2 41. Kxe6 Kxh2 42. Kxf5 Kxg3 43. e6 $18) 36. f5 Kc6 (36... e5 $4 37. Kd5
$18) 37. Kd4 (37. fxe6 Kd6 38. e7 Kxe7 39. Kd5 Kf7 $11) 37... Kd6 38. h3 Kc6
39. e5 (39. g4 e5+ 40. Kc4 $8 (40. Kd3 hxg4 (40... h4 $2 41. Kc4 $22 Kd6 42.
Kb5 $16) 41. hxg4 Kb5 42. Kc3 Kc5 $22 {Die Herbeiführung der Opposition ist in
Bauernendspielen eines der wichtigsten Motive.} 43. Kd3 Kb4 $19) 40... h4 41.
Kb4 Kb6 $11) 39... exf5 (39... fxe5+ $2 40. Kxe5 exf5 41. Kxf5 $18 {[%csl Gf5,
Rg7,Rh5]}) 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kf4 h4 (42... h4 43. gxh4 Ke6 $11 {
Und in dieser elementaren Stellung wurde Remis vereinbart. Ribli.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Griesheim GM 3rd"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Mit diesem Zug oeffnet Weiß die Stellung. Nach 3.
Nc3 waere 3...e5 moeglich.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 {
Dieser Zug fuehrt zu kompliziertem Spiel. Die klassische Fortsetzung ist 7.Nb3,
wonach Schwarz gewoehnlich die Variante 7...Ne5 8.e4 Bb4 wählt - mit ungefaehr
gleichem Spiel.} Ne5 8. Bg2 (8. Bf4) 8... a6 9. Na3 {Das ist vermutlich die
vorbereitete Variante des schwedischen Großmeisters.} (9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5
11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 $11) 9... Bb4 $6 {Dieser Lauferzug ist eine Neuerung,
aber nach meiner persoenlichen Meinung bietet die Variante 9...bxa3 10.bxa3
Nxc4 Schwarz mehr Chancen auf Ausgleich.} (9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. Bg5 d5 (
11... Qc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O Ne3 14. Qd3 Nxf1 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17.
Qd4 Nd2 18. Qh4 Kf8 19. Qh6+ Ke7 20. Qg5 Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,
E-Kovacevic,A/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92 (21)}) (11... h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O Rb8
14. Rc1 Qd6 $1 15. Qc2 b5 16. a4 Qe5 17. axb5 axb5 18. a4 $5 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Nd2
20. Rfd1 Nb3 21. Rc2 O-O 22. Nd5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Van Wely,L/Bled 2002/
CBM 92/[Gelfand] (47)}) 12. O-O Bd7 (12... O-O 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e4
d4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/Skara 2002/CBM 91/[Ribli] 
(23)}) 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rb1 Qc5 16. Rxb7 O-O 17. Qc1 Bb5 18. a4
Bxa4 19. Bxe4 Rac8 20. Be7 Qe5 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24.
Rc7 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Ivanchuk,V/Sweden SWE 2003/(46)}) (9... Be7 10. O-O
Qc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. c5 Nfd7 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 {1-0 Agrest,
E-Hellers,F/SWE 2002/EXT 2003 (51)}) 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... O-O 11. Qb3 $14 {
[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb3b6] Es ist schwer zu sehen, wie Schwarz seinen c8-Laufer
entwickeln kann.}) 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 (12... Qc7 13. Bf4 d6 14. c5
$18 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf4c7]}) (12... Qa5 13. c5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Nc4 $16)
13. cxd4 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4,Gd4,Gg2] Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und
Zentrumsvorteil. Außerdem hat Schwarz große Schwierigkeiten mit der
Entwicklung des Damenfluegels.} Nc6 (13... Ng6 14. c5 $18 {[%cal Ga3c4,Gc4b6,
Gc4d6]}) 14. d5 (14. Bb2 d5 $14) (14. c5 Nxd4 15. Re1 $44) 14... exd5 15. cxd5
Nb4 (15... Nd4 16. Re1 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc1b2,Gb2f6]}) 16. Rd1 (16. e4 $16)
16... Re8 17. Bf3 $16 {Weiß hat die ueberlegene Stellung - Schwarz hat schwere
Probleme mit der Figurenkoordination.} (17. Rd2 $5 $16) 17... b5 18. Bb2 {
[%mdl 2048]} (18. Bd2 Nbxd5 (18... a5 19. Nxb5 $18) 19. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rd5]
[%cal Rf3a8]}) 18... Bb7 $2 (18... Rb8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd2 d6 21. Nc2 Nxc2
22. Rxc2 $16) 19. Bc3 Nbxd5 {Dieser Zug verliert eine Figur, aber guter Rat
war schon teuer.} (19... a5 20. Nxb5 $18) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5
$18 {[%mdl 1024] Weiß hat großen Materialvorteil. Der a3N ist noch nicht
wirklich im Spiel, aber der weiße Gewinn ist nur eine Frage der Zeit.} Rxe2 23.
Rc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Ga3c2,Gc5c8]} Rae8 24. Nc2 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern für
die Figur, aber seine Bauernstruktur ist sehr schwach.} R8e4 25. Rd1 {[%csl
Gc2,Gc5,Gd1]} Ra4 26. a3 b4 27. axb4 Ra2 28. Rc1 (28. Ne3 $5 Rxf2 29. Rxd7 Rfb2
30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Rg8+ Kh5 33. g4# $18) 28... d5 29. Kf1 Rd2 30.
Ke1 Rd3 31. Ra1 Rb2 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 (3. Nc3 Nd4 $5 {Dieser extrawagante Springerzug
genießt heutzutage Popularität.Ribli.}) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5
{Eine seltene Variante. Die Alternativen - 6.g3, 6.Ndb5 und 6.a3- sind häufig
gespielt worden. Der Textzug findet sich in ein paar Partien von GM Lautier.}
Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 {Meiner Meinung nach ist das ein einfacher Weg zum
Ausgleich. Schwarz entwickelt seinen Läufer nach b7 und möchte eine
Igelstellung aufbauen, in der der Bg5 nicht glücklich steht.} 9. O-O (9. Ndb5
d5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 15. Rc1
Na5 16. f4 Bb2 17. Rc2 Bf6 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Nxa7 Rxc7 21. Nxc7 Rd8
$44 {Stangl,M-Alterman,B/Tan Cup 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 9... Bb7 10. Rc1 (10. Bxf6
Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Ne7 12. Qb3 d6 13. Rfd1 Nc8 {Das ist ein Schlüsselzug des
schwarzes Plans. Die weißen Aktivitäten bringen nichts Konkretes ein. Schwarz
hat eine ausgeglichene Stellung erreicht.} 14. Rac1 a6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Na7
17. Na4 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. b3 Ba8 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-De Firmian,N/Biel 1990/
CBM 19/[Ribli]}) 10... Ne5 {Das ist ein typisches Manöver. In Igelstellungen
ist der Springer am besten, am elastischsten, auf d7 platziert.} 11. Bf4 d6 12.
Bg3 (12. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 $15 {Schwarz hat keine Angst vor dem Doppelbauern, denn
er besitzt das Läuferpaar und starke Kontrolle auf den schwarzen Feldern.})
12... Rc8 13. b3 a6 {Schwarz kommt um diesen gegen Ndb5 oder Ncb5 gerichteten
Zug nicht drum rum.} 14. Qd2 Rc7 $11 {Ein elastischer Zug. Schwarz bereitet 15.
..Qa8 vor und eröffnet sich viele Möglichkeiten zur Turmverdopplung.} 15. Rfd1
Qa8 16. f3 {Weiß schränkt den Wirkungskreis des gegnerischen Läufers auf der
großen Diagonale ein.} (16. Bf1) 16... Rd8 17. e4 {Wir haben eine typische
Igelstellung auf dem Brett. Weiß hat großen Raumvorteil, aber die schwarze
Stellung ist solide. Es ist nicht leicht für Weiß voranzukommen, weil jeder
Schritt auch mit taktischen Gegenchancen für Schwarz verbunden ist.} Qb8 18.
Kh1 Re8 19. Bf1 {Das ist die Phase der Manöver. Die Spieler folgen keinem
konkreten Plan, sie versuchen ihre Stellung durch kleine Züge zu verbessern,
bevor die entscheidende Schlacht losbricht.} Bd8 {[%cal Gd8c7] Das ist auch
ein typisches Manöver: der Läufer zielt nach c7, von wo aus er beide Schwächen
b6 und d6 zugleich halten kann.} 20. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2e3]} Rd7 21. Ne3 {[%csl Yd5]
Weiß verhindert den möglichen Vorstoß d6-d5. Schwarz befindet sich in einer
etwas passiven, aber trotzdem bequemen Position.} Bc7 22. Bh4 (22. h3 $6 {
Mit der Idee 23.f4, und der Springerzug nach g4 ist unterbunden.} d5 {Wenn
Schwarz diesen Zug hat, meint das mindestens Ausgleich.} 23. cxd5 Nxf3 24. gxf3
Bxg3 $15) 22... Qd8 (22... Bd8 $11) 23. Qb2 (23. Qe1 $5) 23... Ng6 24. Bf2 h5
$13 {Schwarz besitzt etwas Initiative am Königsflügel, aber er muß vorsichtig
sein, da seine Königsstellung ein wenig geschwächt ist.} 25. b4 h4 26. Rc2 $6 {
Dieser zögerliche Turmzug gefällt mir nicht. Es sollte - nach meiner Meinung -
der sofortige Durchbruch am Damenflügel folgen.} (26. c5 $5 d5 $13 27. exd5
exd5 28. Ne2 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Ge2d4]}) 26... Nh5 {[%csl Yg3,Rh1,Gh4,Gh5] Am
Königsflügel ist noch nichts Konkretes, aber in einigen Varianten hat Schwarz
die Möglichkeit zu ...Ng3.} 27. c5 {Schwarz sucht Angriff am Königsflügel, so
es ist logisch, daß Weiß aktiv am Damenflügel spielt.} d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Ne2
{[%cal Ge2d4] Der weiße Springer zielt nach d4. Dort kontrolliert er die
wichtigsten Felder.} bxc5 30. bxc5 Bc6 {[%cal Rc6a4,Ra4d1]} 31. Nd4 Ba4 32.
Bxa6 $5 {Weiß opfert die Qualität. In Falle der Annahme des Qualitätsopfers
werden die weißen Felder in der schwarzen Stellung schwach.} Qg5 $1 $40 {
[%csl Gc7,Ge8,Gg5,Rh1,Gh4,Gh5] Die schwarze Dame schafft die unangenehmen
Drohungen ...Rxe3 und ...Ng3.} (32... Bxc2 33. Qxc2 $44) 33. Qc3 Ng3+ $1 {
[%csl Gg3]} 34. Kg1 (34. hxg3 hxg3 35. Ndf5 {[%cal Rc3g7]} Be5 $17) 34... Rde7
35. Nf1 (35. hxg3 hxg3 $40) 35... Nxf1 36. Bxf1 Nf4 $17 {Die schwarze Drohung
ist 37...Nh3 38.Kh1 Nxf2 39.Qxf2 Bxd1 mit Gewinn.} 37. Kh1 Be5 38. Qd2 $2 $138
{Der letzte Fehler in Zeitnot.} (38. c6 $8) 38... Bxd4 39. Bxd4 Re2 $19 {
[%csl Rg2,Rh1] Weiß muß die verlorene Stellung aufgeben.} (39... Re2 40. Qxe2 (
40. Bxe2 Qxg2#) 40... Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Bxd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Chomet, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 (4. d5 {Mit diesem
prinzipiellen Anwortzug würde in die Benoni-Verteidigung übergegangen. Ribli.})
4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 {Diese Fortsetzung wurde einst von den englischen
Großmeistern Miles und Speelman in die Turnierpraxis eingeführt. Weiß
vermeidet die Fesselung des Springers c3 und beendet in Abhängigkeit von der
schwarzen Antwort seine Entwicklung, verliert allerdings ein Tempo.} Qc7 {[#]}
(6... Be7 $2 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 (8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Kasparov,G/Horgen CS 1994})
8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd3 Qb8 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Qb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5
15. Qc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Akessson,R/Antwerp op 1995 (51)
}) (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 {[%csl Rd4] Die Dame steht im Zentrum unglücklich,
denn Schwarz kann mit ...Bc5 ein Tempo gewinnen.}) (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 {
[%csl Rb3] Schwarz verliert ein Tempo, aber der Springer steht auf b3
schlechter als auf d4.}) 7. Bg5 (7. Ndb5 $5 Qb8 8. g3 a6 9. Nd4 d6 (9... Qc7
10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Na4 Ng6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bd2
Bf6 17. e3 N4e5 18. c5 $14 {1-0 Salov,V-Yudasin,L/Madrid 1992 (59)}) 10. Bg2
Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 Ra7 15. Ne4 e5 $2 (15... b5 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kf8) 16. Ne2 {
1-0 Anic,D-Koch,J/Narbonne 1997 CBM (45)}) 7... Nxd4 (7... a6 8. e3 Be7 9. Rc1
O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg3 d6 $13 {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,
A-Przewoznik,J/POL-ch 1992 (81)}) 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 $146 {Der Weißspieler
weicht von einer seiner früheren Partien ab.} (9. Qf4 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Nb5
e5 12. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Nxe5 $11 15. e3 b6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Be2
Bb7 18. b4 f5 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Rhd1 Rf6 21. Rd4 Rbf8 22. a4 Rg6+ 23. Kf4 Bxf3
24. gxf3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Berend,F/Brussels 1993 (47)}) 9... a5 {
[%csl Gc5] Schwarz hat keine Angst vor 10.Bxf6 gxf6 und festigt seine
Läuferstellung auf c5. Die Schwäche des Feldes b5 ist dabei ohne Bedeutung.} (
9... Ng4 $2 10. e3 {Das Nehmen 10...Nxh2 wäre für Schwarz nach z.B. 12.Be2
gefährlich.}) 10. e3 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 {Auf ersten Blick scheint die schwarze
Bauernstellung schlecht, aber in Wirklichkeit kann er später ...f6-f5 ziehen.
Er kontrolliert dann die wichtigsten Felder und besitzt das Läuferpaar.} 11. g3
Qc6 $13 {[%cal Rc6h1]}) (10. e4 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5f2]} Ng4 $11) 10... b6 11.
Be2 Bb7 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung, ist frei von Sorgen.} 12. O-O
Ne4 (12... O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. b3 Kh8 $13 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8g1]}) 13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Bf4 (14. b3 {Auf diese Weise verhindert Weiß den schwarze
Raumgewinnungszug ...a5-a4 am Damenflügel, schwächt aber auch ein wenig seinen
Damenflügel.}) (14. b4 axb4 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Bd6 $11)
14... e5 (14... d6 $2 15. b4 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) 15. Bg3 a4 {[%csl Gc5] Jetzt
steht der Läufer "ewig" auf c5.} (15... O-O 16. b4 $14) 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Bf3 {
Der Läufertausch kommt für mich etwas überraschend, aber Weiß möchte der
Stellung etwas Leben einhauchen.} (17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Rd2 $11 (19.
e4 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4] Der schwarze Läufer auf d4 ist sehr stark.})) 17... Bxf3 18.
gxf3 O-O 19. f4 f6 (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Rad8 21. Qc2 Qc6 $11) 20. Qd5+ Qf7 (
20... Kh8) 21. Kg2 Ra5 {[%cal Ga5d5] Schwarz kontrolliert die fünfte Reihe,
plant später ...b6-b5.} (21... Qxd5+ 22. Rxd5 $11 {[%csl Gd5]}) 22. Rac1 g5 {
Ein origineller Zug. Der sofortige Damentausch nebst Zentralisierung des
schwarzen Königs scheint mir natürlicher zu sein.} (22... Qxd5+ 23. Rxd5 Kf7 (
23... b5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 dxe5 27. Rxe5)) 23. fxg5 fxg5 24.
h4 $36 g4 $5 {[%csl Gg4] Der schwarze Bauer drückt auf den weißen Königsflügel.
} (24... h6 $6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 (26... Kxf7 27. Kf3 Ke6+ 28. Ke4
$14 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gd1h1,Gh1h7]}) 27. Rh1 $14 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) (24... gxh4)
25. h5 {Weiß isoliert den schwarzen g4-Bauern, indem er 25...h5 verhindert.}
Kg7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {Die Stellung ist in der Grenze zwischen Mittel- und
Endspiel. Es gibt beiderseitige Bauernschwächen, aber der schwarze Läufer
steht aktiver.} 27. Kf1 (27. Rh1 Ke6 28. Rh4 Rg8 $11 (28... Kf5)) 27... Ke6 28.
Ke2 Ra7 29. Rh1 (29. Kd3 Rf5 30. Rh1 Rg7 $11) 29... Rb7 30. Rc2 Rg8 31. h6 Rg5
(31... b5 32. cxb5 Rxb5 $15) 32. Kd3 (32. e4 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4] Der schwarze
Läufer beherrscht das Brett.}) 32... Kf5 33. Rcc1 (33. e4+ Kg6 34. Rh4 Bd4 {
[%csl Gd4]}) 33... Rg6 (33... e4+ 34. Ke2 b5 $5 $15) 34. Rh5+ Ke6 35. Ke4 b5
$15 {Nach diesem Durchbruch ist die schwarze Stellung etwas besser. Es gibt
einige taktische Motive, wobei der schwarze Läufer stärker als sein Gegenüber
ist.} 36. cxb5 Rxb5 (36... d5+ 37. Kd3 {[%cal Rh5e5,Rg3e5]} e4+ 38. Ke2 Rxb5
39. Re5+ $13) 37. Rc2 Rg8 (37... d5+ 38. Kd3 Bd6 $15) 38. Kd3 Rb3+ {[%csl Gb3]}
39. Kd2 (39. Ke4 $4 d5#) 39... Kd5 40. Rf5 Rg6 41. Rf7 {Weiß opfert zeitweilig
einen Bauern für Aktivität.} (41. Rh5 Ke4 {[%csl Gb3,Ge4]} 42. Bxe5 Bxe3+ 43.
fxe3 Rd3+ $17 {[%csl Gd3,Ge4,Gg4]}) 41... Rxh6 42. Rg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gg7h7,
Rg7g4]} Rh1 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Rh1b1,Rb1b2,Rb3b2]} 43. Rxg4 Rb1 44. Rxa4 R1xb2 {
Die Setlung ist materiell gleich, aber die schwarze Aktivität ist spürbar.} 45.
Rh4 (45. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 46. Kc3 Rb1 $15) 45... Bxa3 46. Rxb2 (46. Rxh7 Bb4+ 47. Kd1
Rd3+ 48. Kc1 (48. Ke2 Rxc2+ 49. Kxd3 Rd2#) 48... Rbb3 {[%csl Rc1]} 49. Rc8 {
Der weiße König steht allein im Sturm, aber ein konkreter Gewinn für Schwarz
ist schwer zu finden.}) 46... Rxb2+ 47. Kc3 Rb7 $17 {[%csl Gh7] Schwarz hat
einen ernfernten Freibauern und gute Figurenkoordination. Das reduzierte
Material gibt dem Weißen gewisse Rettungschancen.} 48. e4+ Kc5 (48... Ke6 $2
49. Rh6+ $11 {[%csl Re6,Gh6]}) 49. f4 $5 {Weiß tauscht so viel Material wie
möglich.} Bb2+ (49... exf4 50. Bxf4 $15) 50. Kc2 Bd4 {[%csl Rc2]} 51. fxe5 dxe5
(51... Bxe5 $2 52. Bxe5 dxe5 53. Kd3 $11 {In diesem Turmendspiel kann Weiß
leicht Remis halten.}) 52. Rh5 Kc4 {[%csl Gc2] Die weiße Stellung scheint
kritisch, denn der König ist in großer Not. Weiß findet allerdings die einzige
Rettungsmöglichkeit - ein Figurenopfer.} 53. Bxe5 $1 Rb2+ (53... Rb5 54. Rxh7
Bxe5 {Das ist ähnlich der Partiestellung.}) 54. Kd1 Rb5 {[%cal Rb5h5]} 55. Ke2
(55. Rxh7 Bxe5 (55... Kd3 56. Rh3+ Be3 57. Rxe3+ $11 {Der Läufer kann gegen
den Turm leicht Remis halten.}) 56. Ke2 $15) 55... Bxe5 56. Rxh7 Kd4 {[%csl
Re4] Der weiße Bauer ist zwar schwach, aber ohne Bedeutung.} 57. Rd7+ Kxe4 {
Das ist ein interessantes Endspiel. Gemäß der Regel kann 50 Züge auf Gewinn
gespielt werden. Bei gutem Spiel kann Weiß Remis halten, aber die Verteidigung
ist nicht so einfach. Bronstejn verlor ein solches Enspiel z.B. 1949 gegen
Smyslow. Hecht: '[#] Diese Position und alle folgenden sollten Sie der
ENDSPIEL-CD vorlegen oder in John Nunns Buch "Secrets of pawnless endings"
herumstöbern. Die Arbeits ist zwar mühsam, aber vielleicht bekommen Sie ja
doch einmal solch ein Endspiel, und haben dann hoffentlich noch nicht alles
vergessen...! In meiner eigenen umfangreichen Endspielpraxis kommt dieses
Endspiel nicht vor.'} 58. Rd8 (58. Re7 Rb2+ 59. Ke1 Kd4 60. Kf1 Bf4 61. Re2 $15
) 58... Rb7 59. Rd2 {Das ist die beste Verteidigung. Weiß hält wenn möglich
die 2. Reihe} (59. Re8 Rb2+ 60. Ke1 Kd4 61. Kf1 Bf4 62. Re2 $15) 59... Rh7 60.
Rc2 Bd4 (60... Rh2+ 61. Kd1 Rh1+ 62. Ke2 $15) 61. Kd2 Rh3 62. Ke2 Bc3 63. Kd1
Rd3+ (63... Rh1+ 64. Ke2 Re1+ $2 65. Kf2 {[%csl Rc3,Re1]} Kd4 (65... Re3 66.
Re2 $11) 66. Rxc3 $11) 64. Ke2 Re3+ {Schwarz spielt gut. Zuerst er probiert
einen neutralen Plan, kommt erst später mit den Hauptdrohungen.} 65. Kf2 (65.
Kd1 $4 Re1#) 65... Be1+ 66. Kf1 Kd3 67. Rc7 Bc3 68. Rd7+ Bd4 69. Rf7 (69. Rd8
$2 Rg3 $19 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Rg3g1] Das ist ein typisches Gewinnmotiv in diesem
Endspiel.}) 69... Rg3 70. Ke1 {Das ist die wohlbekannte Remisstellung von Szen.
Der ungarische Spieler analysierte im letzten Jahrhundert diese Stellung. 
Weiß muß mit dem König in Springeropposition bleiben, während der Turm die
gegnerischen Grundreihenschachs parieren können muß.} Rg1+ 71. Rf1 Rg7 (71...
Bc3+ 72. Kf2 $15) (71... Rg2 72. Rf7 $15) 72. Rf8 {'!' Hecht.} (72. Rf4 {Hecht}
Ke3 $19 73. Rf1 (73. Rf8 Rg1+ 74. Rf1 Bc3+) 73... Ra7) 72... Be3 (72... Ke3 73.
Re8+ Kd3 74. Rf8 (74. Rd8 Rg1#) 74... Be3 75. Rd8+ Ke4 76. Rf8 {Schwarz kommt
nicht voran.}) 73. Rd8+ Ke4 (73... Bd4 74. Rf8 Rb7 75. Kf1 $15) 74. Rf8 Rg2 75.
Kf1 Ra2 (75... Rg1+ 76. Ke2 $15) 76. Ke1 Kd3 77. Kf1 (77. Rd8+ $2 {Weiß muß
vorsichtig sein, denn ein so "natürlicher" Zug verliert sofort.} Bd4 {[%csl
Re1][%cal Ra2a1]} 78. Kf1 $8 Rf2+ 79. Ke1 (79. Kg1 Rf8+ $19) 79... Rf5 80. Rd7
(80. Re8 Bc3+ 81. Kd1 Rf1+ $19) 80... Rb5 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rb5b1]} 81. Kf1 Rg5
$19 {[%cal Rg5g1]}) 77... Ra1+ 78. Kg2 Ke2 79. Kg3 Rg1+ 80. Kh4 {Die Stellung
hat sich um 90 Grad gedreht.} Kd3 81. Re8 Ke2 82. Rf8 {Weiß spielt einfach,
gibt kein Turmschach, sondern verhindert lediglich die Annäherung des
gegnerischen Königs.} Rg7 83. Kh5 (83. Re8 $6 Kf3 84. Rf8+ Bf4 85. Kh5 Rg5+ 86.
Kh4 Rd5 (86... Rg6 87. Rf5 Rh6+ 88. Rh5 $15) 87. Rf7 $15 {Weiß befindet sich
in passiver Lage, aber es gibt keinen Gewinn.}) 83... Bd4 84. Kh6 Kd3 85. Re8
Rg1 86. Kh7 {Weiß bereitet 87.Rg8 vor, um sich zu befreien.} Be3 87. Rg8 Rh1+ (
87... Rxg8 $2 88. Kxg8 $11) 88. Kg6 Ke4 (88... Rg1+ 89. Kf7) 89. Re8+ Kf4 90.
Ra8 Rg1+ 91. Kf7 Bd4 92. Rg8 Ra1 (92... Rxg8 $2 93. Kxg8 $11) 93. Ke6 Ra6+ 94.
Kd5 Bf6 95. Rg1 {Schwarz könnte noch weiterspielen, aber es ist
unwahrscheinlich, daß er in 12 Zügen (50-Züge-Regel) gewinnt.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... Nd4 {Dieser schräge
Springerzug führt zu interessantem Spiel. Ribli.}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3
Qb6 {Das ist die moderne Fortsetzung. Die Alternativen 6...Bb4, 6...Bc5, 6...
Be7 oder 6...a6 sind auch spielbar, aber der Textzug bietet Schwarz die besten
Möglichkeiten.} 7. e3 {Meines Erachtens kann Weiß mit dieser zahmen
Fortsetzung nicht um Eröffnungsvorteil kämpfen.} Bb4 (7... Nxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9.
Bg2 d5 10. c5 Qa6 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Bd2
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 a5 18. Rhb1 Bc6 19. Bf1 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Nogly,C-Emms,
J/Hamburg 1995 (48)}) (7... Bc5 8. Nb3 (8. Bg2) 8... Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6
11. e4 Ne5 12. Be3 Qb4 13. c5 dxc5 14. a3 Qc4 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Rxc4
dxc4 18. Nd2 b5 $44 {0-1 Paunovic,T-Rogulj,B/Belgrade 1988/(36)}) (7... d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd4 $13) 8. a3 $6 $146 {
Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Für gewöhnlich ist es nicht notwendig, den
Läufer zum Tausch zu zwingen, wenn Weiß mit dem Bauern zurücknehmen muß. In
der konkreten Partiestellung bekommt Weiß viele Schwächen am Damenflügel, für
die das Läuferpaar keine ausreichende Kompensation darstellt.} (8. Bg2 d5 (8...
Ne5 9. Qb3 (9. O-O Nxc4 10. Na4 Qa5 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Qc2 d5 14. Nb2
Bd7 15. e4 Rc8 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re1 Ncb6 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Bd2 Bf6 {0-1
Plaksin-Izhnin,A/Simferopol 1991(27)}) 9... Qc5 10. Nc2 Ba5 11. Na3 d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Nb5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bb6 17. Ba3 a6 18. Nd6+
Kd7 19. Rfd1 Kc7 20. Nb5+ {1-0 Pomar Salamanca,A-Penrose,J/England 1970 (20)})
9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Obukhov,A-Ovetchkin,R/Briansk 1995})
8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 {Weiß hat eine schlechte Bauernstruktur, in der
insbesondere die Doppelbauern in der c-Linie schwach sind.} O-O (9... e5 $6 10.
Nb5 O-O 11. Bg2 $13) 10. a4 {Weiß möchte den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer
aktivieren.} (10. Bg2 Ne5 11. Qe2 Qc5 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Gc5,Ge5]}) 10... d5 $1 $15
{Zwar ist der Bauer c4 schwach, aber nach dem Abtausch kommt der schwarze
Springer ins Spiel.} 11. Ba3 (11. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%csl Gd5]} (11... exd5 12. Bg2
Bg4 {Auch hier hat Schwarz bequemes Spiel.}) 12. Qc2 (12. c4 Nf6 $15) 12... e5
$15) 11... Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d1]} 12. Bg2 (12. Rb1 Qc7 $15 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Bb4
Qc7 $15)) 12... dxc4 13. O-O (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Be7 Rd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 $17 {
Schwarz hat zwei Doppelbauern, aber die weißen Felder im Lager des Anziehenden
sind sehr schwach.}) 13... e5 14. Rb1 (14. Bxc6 exd4 15. Bg2 dxe3 $17 (15...
dxc3 $17)) (14. Nxc6 Rxd1 15. Ne7+ {Turm und Leichtfigur sind zu wenig für die
Dame.} Kh8 16. Raxd1 Bg4 $19 (16... Bd7 $19)) 14... Qa5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qe2
$6 {Den Bauern c3 aufzugeben ist ein schwerer Fehler. Weiß mußte ihn um jeden
Preis decken.} (16. Qc2 $5 Nd5 17. Bb4 Qc7 $15) 16... Qxc3 17. Bb4 (17. Bxc6
Bg4 (17... Bh3) 18. Qa2 Rac8 $17) 17... Qd3 18. Qxd3 (18. Qb2 e4 $17) 18...
cxd3 19. Bxc6 Bh3 $1 $17 (19... Rb8 20. Be7 $132 {[%csl Gb1,Gc6,Ge7]}) 20. Rfd1
(20. Bxa8 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 (21. Be7 Rxa8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Kxf1 Rc8) 21... Rxa8
$17 {[%csl Gd3] Schwarz besitzt einen Mehrbauern und der Freibauer d3 ist
gefährlich.}) 20... Rab8 21. Ba5 (21. Be7 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rc8 $17) 21... Rxb1 22.
Rxb1 Rc8 23. Bb7 (23. Bb5 e4 $17) 23... Rc5 {[%csl Gd3,Gh3][%cal Rc5a5]} 24.
Bb4 Rc2 25. f3 (25. Ba6 e4 $17 (25... d2 26. Bxd2)) 25... h5 {[%csl Gc2,Gd3,
Rg1,Gh3] Schwarz öffnet seine Königsstellung und nimmt Grundreihenmotive aus
der Stellung.} 26. e4 d2 $19 {Der gefährliche schwarze Freibauer entscheidet
den Kampf.} 27. Ba3 Ra2 {und Weiß gab in verlorener Stellung auf.} (27... Ra2
28. Bd6 (28. Bc5 Rb2 $19 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rb2b7,Rb2b1]}) 28... Rb2 $19 {
[%csl Rb1,Rb7,Gd2][%cal Rb2b1,Rb2b7]}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Black "Bistric, Faruk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 {Mit diesem Zug kann Schwarz die heutzutage populäre
Variante - 3.Nc3 e5 - vermeiden.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 {Dieser
Zug wird heutzutage nicht so häufig gespielt - die Partiefortsetzung war vor
ungefähr 20 Jahren populär. Die Alternativen sind - 6.Bg5, 6.Bf4, 6.a3 und
hauptsächtlich 6.g3.} d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {
Nach forcierten Zügen haben wir eine Stellung, wo Schwarz das Läuferpaar hat,
aber seine Bauernstruktur schwach ist.} 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Rb8 {Dieser
Turmzug führt zu Komplikationen, weil die Alternativen (hauptsächtlich 12...
Bxd6!?) sind sicherer und bieten Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen.} (12... Bxd6
$5) (12... Kc7) 13. Nxf7+ Ke8 14. Nxh8 (14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Rxb2 16. Rd2 Rb4
17. g3 Rc4 18. Nd1 fxg3 $11) 14... Rxb2 {Weiß hat einen ganzen Turm mehr, aber
der h8N steht unglücklich und droht 15...Bb4.} 15. Rd2 {Dieser Turmzug liegt
auf der Hand, aber wahrscheinlich ist die Alternative 15.Rd4 besser.} (15. Rd4
a5 (15... Bb4 16. Rxb4 Rxb4 17. g3 Kf8 18. gxf4 Rxf4 19. Rg1 Kg8 20. Ng6 hxg6
21. Rxg6 Rh4 22. Bg2 Rxh2 23. Bf3 {1-0 Stean,M-Liberzon,V/Vienna 1980/MCL (58)}
) 16. g4 Bb4 17. Rxb4 axb4 18. Nd1 Rxa2 19. g5 Nd5 20. g6 hxg6 21. Nxg6 b3 {
1/2-1/2 Cvetkovic,S-Vadasz,L/Trnava 1981/MCD (27)}) (15. f3 $2 Bb4 16. g3 Nd5
17. Kf2 Bc5+ 18. Ke1 Nxc3 {0-1 Ducret,T-Kosten,A/Cap d'Agde FRA 2003/(18)}) (
15. Rc1 $2 Bb4 16. Kd1 Ng4 17. Ne4 Nxf2+ $1 $19) 15... Bb4 16. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 17.
Kd1 (17. Rd2 Ne4 $17) 17... Bxb2 18. Kc2 Be5 {Nach weiteren forcierten Zügen
hat Schwarz eine Qualität weniger, aber der h8N steht ganz passiv und die
schwarzen Figuren stehen aktiv.} 19. e3 $146 (19. e4 Be6 20. a4 Nd7 21. Be2 g5
22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. h4 g4 24. Nf7 Bxf7 25. Bxg4 Nc5 26. Rb1 a5 {1/2-1/2 Varga,
Z-Nisipeanu,L/Budapest 1996/CBM 52 ext (41)}) 19... fxe3 20. fxe3 Nd5 $44 {
[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat ein lebendiges Figurenspiel und das Läuferpaar, was
ausreichend Kompensation für das Material gibt.} (20... Ng4 $5 21. Bc4 (21. Kd2
$4 Nf2 22. Rg1 Bxh2 $19) 21... Nxe3+ {Auf diese Weise haben wir die Variante
von der Partie(Anmerkung nach 21...Nxe3+)mit Zugumstellung.}) 21. Bc4 (21. e4
Nb6 $44) 21... Ke7 $6 (21... Nxe3+ $1 22. Kd3 Nxc4 23. Kxc4 Be6+ 24. Kc5 (24.
Kd3 Bf6 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Re6a2] Jetzt droht schon 25...Bxa2, was ganz schlecht
wäre - 24...Bxa2?? - wegen 25.Re1.}) 24... Kd7 25. Rd1+ Bd5 26. Nf7 Bxh2 $17)
22. Kd2 $13 Be6 (22... g6 23. Nf7 Kxf7 24. e4 {[%cal Rc4f7,Re4d5]} Be6 25. exd5
cxd5 26. Bb3 Ke7 $14) 23. Rb1 $36 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Gb1b8] Plötzlich ist es
Weiss, der die aktive Figuren hat; es ist nicht leicht für Schwarz den
h8-Springer zu fangen.} Nb6 (23... g6 24. Rb7+ Kf8 25. e4 $18) (23... Bc8) 24.
Bxe6 Kxe6 25. Rf1 $14 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Gh8f7,Gf1f8][%mdl 4096]} Bf6 $6 (25...
Nc4+ 26. Kd3 Nd6 27. Rf8 $14) 26. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rc1c6]} Kd5 27. e4+ Kd6
(27... Kxe4 28. Rxc6 $16) 28. e5+ $1 Kxe5 (28... Bxe5 29. Nf7+ Ke6 30. Nxe5
Kxe5 31. Rxc6 $18) 29. Rxc6 $16 {Weiss hat schon eine klare Qualität mehr und
der h8N kann mit Nf7 herauskommen.} Kd5 30. Rc7 a5 31. Ra7 (31. Nf7) 31... a4
32. Nf7 Kc5 33. Kc2 (33. Kd3) 33... Kb4 34. Nd6 Be5 (34... Ka3 35. Kd3 Kxa2 36.
Ra6 Bd8 37. Nc8 Nxc8 38. Rxa4+ Kb3 39. Ra8 $18) 35. Rb7 Kc5 36. Rxb6 $1 $18
Bxd6 (36... Kxb6 37. Nc4+ $18 {[%cal Rc4b6,Rc4e5]}) 37. Rb7 Be5 38. Kd3 h5 39.
h3 h4 40. Re7 Bf6 41. Re4 Kb5 42. Rg4 Ka5 43. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7.
Ndb5 Bc5 {Dieser Zug hat keinen guten Ruf - die Alternative 7...Ne5 ist die
beste Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} (7... Ne5 $5) 8. Bg2 $5 {Das ist die
chancenreichste Fortsetzung für Weiß - er muss den f2-Bauern nicht verteidigen.
} (8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qb4 $1 13. Rd1
Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 d5 $1 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Bg2 Rhd8 {
Tsesarsky,I-Shevelev,A/Kfar-Saba 1997/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 8... d5 {Ftacnik: 'The
novelty in a very sharp position, black would be glad to solve the question of
the backward d7 pawn. ' Dieser Zug ist eigentlich eine theoretische Neuerung.}
(8... a6 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $1 (12. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
12... d5 $6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. O-O Rad8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Bxb4+ Qxb4
18. a3 Qd6 19. Rc1 {1-0 Christiansen,L-Ristic,N/BL9697 (30)}) 13. Qxd2 Qb4 14.
c5 Rb8 15. Rc1 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (16. Kxd2 $5 b6 17. b3 bxc5 18. Nxc5 $14) 16...
b6 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. cxb6 Rxb6 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes
Parada,R-Izeta Txabarri,F/Ampuriabrava 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (42)}) 12... d6 13.
Be3 Qd8 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. a3 f5 16. Rd1 fxe4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Kg2 $6
(19. Ra1 $142 $18) 19... Ne5 20. Bd4 Bd7 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bc3 Qb5
23. Bf3 $18) 21. Bc3 (21. c5 Rhc8 22. Qc3 $3 Qxc3 23. cxd6+ Kf7 24. Bxc3 $16)
21... Qb6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. c5 {1-0 Marin,M-Sion Castro,M/Benasque 1999/CBM 72/
[Marin,M] (37)}) (8... Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. Qd6 $44 (10. Na4 $5) 10... Kd8 11.
Bg5+ f6 12. Na4 Qa6 13. h3 Qxa4 14. hxg4 Bb6 15. Rxh7 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,
A-Yemelin,V/Beersheba 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) (8... Ne5 9. O-O Nxc4 10. Qa4 a6 11.
Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ke7 14. Bd2 d6 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 d5 17. a5 Bd7
{1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Rodriguez,A/Reno 1999/EXT 2003 (17)}) 9. O-O dxc4 (9... a6 {
Ftacnik} 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Nxc5 axb5 12. cxd5 $16) 10. Nd6+ {[%mdl 4] Dieses
Springerschach ist die natürliche Fortsetzung, aber 10.Bf4!? kommt auch stark
in Betracht.} (10. Bf4 $5) 10... Bxd6 (10... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 11. Nxc4 Qa6 12. Qa4
Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Bb4 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nxd6 Kxd6 16. Rd1+ $16) 11. Qxd6 Ne7 (11...
Nb4 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Bh6 $1 {Nach diesem schönen Zug droht 14.Bxg7.} Ne8 (13...
Nbd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qe6 17. Qg5+ $18) 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Bc5
Qa5 16. Qd4 Nc2 17. Qxc4 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 $36) 12. Qa3 $44 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3f8]
Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber großen Entwicklungsvorteil und das
Läuferpaar. Es ist nicht leicht für Schwarz zu rochieren.} Nfd5 (12... Bd7 13.
Be3 $44) 13. Ne4 $5 {[%csl Yd6]} (13. e4 Nxc3 (13... Nb4 $2 14. Be3 $18) 14.
Qxc3 (14. bxc3 $44) 14... O-O 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 $14) 13... O-O 14. Nd6 c3
15. e4 {'!' Ftacnik.} (15. bxc3 Rd8 $11) 15... Nb4 (15... cxb2 16. Bxb2 Nb4 17.
Rfd1 $44) 16. Nc4 (16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Be3 Qb5 (17... Nc2 18. Qxe7 Nxe3 19. fxe3
Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 cxb2 $132) 18. bxc3 Nbc6 19. Rab1 $16) 16... Qc5 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'This modest move ensures, that black will not be mated, but from the
positional point of view he is facing great suffering without the dark squared
bishop.'} (16... cxb2 17. Bxb2 Qc5 18. Rac1 $44 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gc1c5] '+/='
Ftacnik.}) 17. Qxc3 $14 {Endlich hat Weiß den Bauern zurückgewonnen und behält
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} b5 (17... Nbc6 18. Rd1 $16) 18. Na3 Qxc3
19. bxc3 Nd3 20. Nxb5 Nxc1 21. Rfxc1 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die
technische Verwertung des Materialvorteils ist nicht leicht, weil der c3P
schwach ist.} e5 {Schwarz muss die Diagonale des Bg2 geschlossen halten.} 22.
Nc7 Rb8 23. Rab1 Bd7 24. Nd5 $16 {Ftacnik: 'Rustemov has won the whole pawn
and the position should be technically won.'} Nc6 (24... Nxd5 25. exd5 $16) 25.
Bf1 {[%cal Gf1a6] Der katalanische Läufer war eingeschlossen auf g2, also
findet er eine andere Diagonale.} Rxb1 26. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096]} Rb8 27. Rb3 (27.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 28. f4 $16) 27... Kf8 (27... Rxb3 28. axb3 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gc3]}) 28.
f3 Be6 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Rb5 Ne7 31. c4 (31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Ke3 $16 (32. Rxe5 Rd2+
{[%cal Rd2a2,Rd2f2]} 33. Ke3 Rxa2 $14)) 31... Nc6 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gc6d4]} 32.
Ke3 Rc8 (32... Nd4 33. Rb7 $16) 33. f4 f6 (33... exf4+ 34. gxf4 $16) 34. Bd3
Bd7 35. Rb7 Ke8 36. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2c3] Mit diesem Zug verbessert Weiß seine
Königsstellung.} Kd8 37. Kc3 Rb8 38. Rb5 Rc8 (38... Rxb5 39. cxb5 Nd4 40. a4
$16) 39. h4 h6 40. a3 Be6 41. Rb7 Bd7 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} g6
44. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f6]} Rb8 (44... Nd4 45. Kd2 $16 (45. Rxa7 $4 Nb5+ $19)) 45.
Rb5 Rc8 46. Rc5 Nd4 47. Ra5 Nc6 48. Ra6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6a7,Ga6h6]} g5 49.
Nb4 $1 gxh4 (49... Nxb4 50. axb4 $18) 50. gxh4 Rc7 51. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4,Ga4d7]
Ftacnik: 'Despite black's heroic resistance there are too many factors
speaking in white's favour. The transfer of the bishop to a4 definitely breaks
the defensive set up of Karjakin. '} h5 52. Bd1 (52. Ba4 Nxb4 53. axb4 $18)
52... Nxb4 53. axb4 Bc6 54. Ra5 Re7 (54... Bxe4 55. Rxe5 {[%csl Re4,Rh5]}) 55.
Bf3 Be8 56. Kd3 Bf7 57. c5 {Die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel sind nicht zu
halten.} Rd7+ 58. Kc3 Bg8 59. Bxh5 Rh7 60. Bg6 Rxh4 61. Bf5 {[%csl Ra7]} Bf7
62. Rxa7 $18 Be8 63. Ra8+ Ke7 64. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Diese -
auf den ersten Blick - genügsame Fortsetzung ist gar nicht ungefährlich für
Schwarz. Mit dem Textzung verhindert Weiß die Möglichkeit Bb4.} Nxd4 {Mit
dieser Fortsetzung möchte Schwarz den Umstand ausnutzen, dass die weiße Dame
auf d4 exponiert wird. Ich muss bemerken, dass Schwarz statt dieser
Fortsetzung einige Alternativen hat, wie 6...Be7 (eine sichere Fortsetzung), 6.
..Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 und 6...d5.} (6... Be7) 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 {Mit diesem - auf
den ersten Blick sonderbaren - Damenzug bereitet Weiß Qg3 vor.} (8. Bf4) (8. e4
) 8... Bb7 (8... Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 (12. Bd2 Nf6 13.
Bh6 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Yemelin,V/Zadar CRO 2002/(14)}) 12... e5
13. Bd2 f5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Be2 Rc8 18. O-O {1-0
Nogueiras,J-Caceres Cortes,J/Montreal 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) (8... d6 9. e4 Nd7
10. Qg3 Ba6 $2 (10... a6 $142 11. b4 $140 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Ne5 $132) 11.
Bg5 $1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Be2 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 93/
[Avrukh,B] (42)}) 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 {Ftacnik: 'White queen on f4 will become
the source of great ennoyance to the opponent.'} (10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12.
O-O Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. b3 Bf6 16. Rac1 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,
V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Candidates/[Ribli] (28)}) (10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rd1 Qb8 (12... a6 13. e5 (13. b3 $142) 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qc8 15. Be3 Bc6
16. Qg3 Qb7 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Rac1 b5 {0-1 Chuchelov,V-Georgiev,K/
Mainz 2002/CBM 89 ext (46)}) 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Bf3 Nd7 17.
Rab1 a6 18. a4 Nc5 19. Ba1 Qc7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. h4 {1-0 Gorbatow,A-Lengyel,L/
Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (30)}) (10. Qg3 $5) 10... a6 (10... Be7 11. Qg3 $1 O-O
12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. O-O Bf6 15. Rac1 g6 16. b3 a6 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Rfd1
$142 Bg7 18. Bg5) 17... Bg7 18. Na4 Rc6 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee
1991/Candidates/[Kortschnoj] (45)}) (10... Rc8 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2
Bg7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Na4 {1-0 Speelman,J-Kinsman,A/Hove 1997/EXT
99 (28)}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3g7]} Qc7 {Dieser Damenzug
ist normalerweise eine gewöhnliche Fortsetzung in der Igelstellung, aber es
wäre besser für Schwarz zuerst 12...g6 zu spielen, weil er in der Partie damit
zu spät kommt.} (12... g6 13. Bf4 Qc7 (13... h5 $5 14. Rfd1 h4 $13) 14. Bc2 (
14. Rad1 $5) 14... h5 $5 15. Ba4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 17. h4 $6 (17. Rfd1 $5)
17... Be7 {0-1 Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Cannes 2002/CBM 88/[Ribli] (41)}) 13. Be3 g6
$6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - es wäre besser 13...Ne5 zu spielen.} (13...
Ne5 $5) 14. Bd4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 4] Ftacnik: 'Vallejo Pons has found a new and
elegant method of putting black's development under the question mark.'} e5 (
14... Ne5 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 $16 (16. Bxh8 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nxb2 $13 {'='
Ftacnik.}) 16... e5 {Ftacnik} 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2 Bc5 19. b4 $16) (14... Rg8
{Ftacnik} 15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Be2 $16) 15. Be3 {[%csl Yd5,Gf8] Weiß hat großes
positionelles Übergewicht - das d5-Feld ist ein ewiges positionelles Loch in
der schwarzen Stellung und Weiß hat großen Entwicklungsvorsprung.} Bg7 16. Nd5
{[%csl Gd5]} Qd8 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 $16 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7]}) 17.
h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} O-O (17... h5 18. Bg5 $16) 18. h5 $36 {Weiß hat starke
Initiative am Königsflügel.} Nc5 (18... Re8) 19. h6 $1 Bh8 (19... Nxd3 $2 20.
hxg7 (20. Bxb6 Nf4) 20... Kxg7 21. Bxb6 $18) (19... Bf6 $142 $16) 20. b4 $1 {
Alles kommt mit Tempo für Weiß.} Nd7 (20... Nxd3 $2 21. Bxb6 Qd7 (21... Nf4 22.
Bxd8 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nxg3 24. Ne7#) 22. Qxd3 $18) (20... Bxd5 21. bxc5 Bb7 22.
cxb6 f5 23. exf5 e4 24. Bc2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxf5 26. Rd1 $16) 21. Bg5 $16 {
Mit diesem starkem Läuferzug provoziert Weiß eine weitere Schwächung in der
schwarzen Stellung.} f6 22. Be3 {Die schwarze Stellung ist sehr passiv, der
b6P ist immer schwach und im Falle von Bxd5 cxd5 wäre der schwarze Damenflügel
sehr geschwächt.} Rf7 23. Be2 {[%cal Ge2g4,Gg4e6] Die weisse Drohung ist 24.
Bg4.} Kf8 24. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8] Ftacnik: 'A forceful play has enabled white
to win the strategic fight, black has no compensation for the remarkably
passive pieces.'} (24. Bg4 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bh5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 f4 $132)
24... f5 {Das ist der einzige aktive schwarze Zug in der Partie, aber danach
gerät der schwarze König in große Not.} (24... a5 25. f4 axb4 26. axb4 Ra2 27.
Rf2 $16) 25. exf5 gxf5 26. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf1f8]} Bxd5 (26... e4 27. Bh5 $16) 27.
Rxd5 Nf6 28. Rd3 (28. Rdd1 $16) 28... Ne4 (28... e4 29. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Gc4c5,Gd1d6]}) 29. Qh3 {[%csl Rf5] Droht 30.Bh5 und der f5P ist nicht
verteidigungsfaehig.} Qc8 30. Bh5 Rf6 (30... Qxc4 31. Bxb6 Rf6 32. fxe5 dxe5
33. Rxf5 $18) 31. Bxb6 Qxc4 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Rxf5 $18 {[%mdl 128] Weiß hat
einen Bauern mehr, aber noch wichtiger ist: Der schwarze König befindet sich
im Mattnetz.} Qc1+ 34. Rd1 Qxh6 35. Be3 $1 (35. Rd7 $18) 35... Qg7 36. Bf3 (36.
Qf3 $18) 36... Nc3 37. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Weiß vermeidet so die Variante 3.Nc3
Nd4. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 {Nur dieser Zug bietet meines
Erachtens dem Weißen Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} Qb6 {Dieser Zug führt zu
scharfem taktischen Spiel.} 7. Ndb5 (7. Nb3) 7... Ne5 (7... d5) (7... Bc5) 8.
Bg2 (8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 $13 {Das ist eine sehr komplizierte Variante mit
beiderseitigen Chancen.}) 8... a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 {Eine so scharfe Stellung ist für
die Englische Eröffnung untypisch.} (9... Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 (11. Na3 Bc5
12. Nd1 O-O 13. Rb1 Be7 14. Ne3 Ne5 15. b4 d6 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Rbc1
b6 19. h3 Rfc8 20. Nb1 Qa7 21. a3 Bc6 $13 {0-1 Hjartarson,J-Portisch,L/
Budapest 1989 (44)}) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 d5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. c5 Qa6 15. Qc2 Ne8
16. b5 Qa8 17. Bf4 Nxd6 $2 (17... f5) 18. Bxd6+ Ke8 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. a4 Qc7 $2
(20... f5) 21. Rfc1 f5 22. a5 Ne5 23. c6 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Ra8 Kd8 26. Rb8
$1 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Monaco 1994 (26)}) (9... Bc5 10. O-O Nxc4 11. Qxc4
axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ke7 14. Bd2 Rd8 $2 (14... d5 15. Rfc1 b6 16. b4 Bd6
17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. b5 $14) 15. a4 d5 (15... d6 16. b4) 16. Rfc1 b6 17. b4 Bd6
18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Bf4+ $1 e5 21. Bd2 $18 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Dvoirys,S/
USSR-ch 1989 (38)}) 10. Be3 Bc5 (10... axb5 11. Bxb6 bxa4 12. Bc7) 11. Bxc5
Qxc5 12. Qa3 (12. b4 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qe7 14. Qa7 Qxb4+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Qxb8 Nxc4)
12... b6 $5 (12... Qxa3 13. Nxa3 d6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rd1 (15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Rd2
Nb4 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Rhd1 d5 19. g4 Bc6 20. g5 Ne4 21. Rd4 Rbc8 $11 {0-1
Speeelmnan,J-Timmman,J/London m 1989 (54)}) 15... Ke7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rd2 Rhd8
18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bf3 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Schlosser,P/BL9596 (62)}) 13.
Nd6+ (13. b4 $2 {Dieser aggressive Zug ist nur scheinbar gut.} Qe7 14. Nc7+ (
14. c5 bxc5 (14... axb5 $2 15. Qa7 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Ra7b8]}) 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16.
bxc5 Nc4 $19 {[%csl Gb8,Gc4,Rc7,Ge7]}) 14... Kd8 15. Nxa6 Nxc4 16. Qa4 b5 17.
Nxb5 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qxb4+ $19) 13... Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Gb8b2]
Nach dem Damentausch kann Schwarz zufrieden sein. Er hat keine Schwächen und
der weiße Läufer hat auf der langen Diagonalen keine Angriffspunkte.} 15. Nxc8+
(15. O-O-O Neg4 (15... Nfg4 16. f4 Ng6 17. Rd2 Ne3 18. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Gd6]}
) 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 $132 {[%csl Gb7,Rf2,Gg4][%cal Gb7h1]}) 15... Rhxc8
{[%cal Re5c4]} 16. b3 g5 $5 {[#] Ich glaube, das ist die beste Möglichkeit für
Schwarz. Die Alternative 16...d5 führt zu interessantem Spiel, sollte aber
letzlich vorteilhaft für Weiß sein, während dieser starke positionelle Zug dem
Schwarzen sehr gute Ausgleichschancen bietet.} (16... d5 $6 17. cxd5 c4 18. b4
Rxb4 19. dxe6 (19. h3 $6 Ne8 20. f4 Nd7 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Be4 Nef6 23. Bc2 Nc5
24. Rd1 $2 (24. O-O-O $1 Nb3+ 25. Kb2 Nd4+ 26. Kc1 Nb3+) 24... Rb2 25. Rd2 Rd8
{0-1 Timman,J-Alterman,B/Pula 1997 (33)}) 19... fxe6 20. h3 Rd8 (20... Ned7)
21. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Rytshagov,M/Jyvaskyla 1997 (35)}) 17. h3 $146 {
Weiß blockiert die schwarzen Bauern am Königsflügel. Die schwarze Strategie
ist klar: ...h7-h5 nebst ...g5-g4 und der Springer hat eine feste Stellung auf
e5.} (17. Rd1 h5 18. h3 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Kd2 Rh8 21. Ke3 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 d6
23. Rh6 a5 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Kc2 Rb8 26. Bh1 Nfd7 27. Nd1 a4 28. Ne3 axb3+ 29.
axb3 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 Holst,A-Emms,J/Copenhagen op 1994 (94)}) (17. O-O-O h5 18. h4
gxh4 19. Rxh4 Ng6 20. Rhh1 Rh8 21. Be4 Ng4 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Ne4 Rbc8 24. f3
Ne5 25. Rd6 g5 {1/2-1/2 Duncan,C-Emms,J/Gausdal 1996 (25)}) 17... h5 18. f4 {
Weiß verjagt den Springer, schwächt aber seine Königsstellung.} (18. Rd1 g4 19.
hxg4 hxg4 $11 {[%cal Gc8h8]}) 18... gxf4 19. gxf4 Ng6 $11 {[%csl Yh4][%cal
Gg6h4,Rg6f4]} 20. Rf1 (20. e3 d6 21. Kf2 Nh4 $11 {[%csl Gh4]}) 20... d6 21. Bh1
(21. f5 $2 Nh4 $17 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rh4g2,Rh4f5]} (21... Ne5 $15 {[%csl Ge5]}))
(21. e4 Nh4 22. Bh1 Rg8 $132) 21... Rg8 22. e3 Nh4 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Gg8g3]
Schwarz droht 23...Rg3.} 23. Kf2 Nf5 24. Rg1 (24. Bf3 Nh4 (24... h4) 25. Bh1
Nf5 $11) 24... h4 {[%csl Yg3] Schwarz hat auf g3 ein schönes Springerfeld.} 25.
Bf3 Rxg1 (25... Ng3 $11 {[%csl Gg3]}) 26. Rxg1 Ng3 {[%csl Gg3]} 27. Rd1 (27.
Ne2 Nfe4+ 28. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 29. Ke1 a5 $17 {[%csl Ga5,Gb8,Re1,Ge4] Der schwarze
Plan ist typisch. Er nutzt die halboffene Linie und droht, ...a5-a4 zu spielen.
}) 27... Nd7 28. Bc6 (28. Ne2 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Rg8 $11) 28... f5 {[%csl Ge4]} 29.
Bxd7 {Es ist notwendig, den starken Springer zu tauschen.} (29. Kf3 Nf6 $15)
29... Kxd7 $15 {Schwarz hat einen kleinen Positionsvorteil. Sein Springer
steht ausgezeichnet auf g3. Der weiße Springer muß hingegen wegen der Drohung .
..a4 auf c3 bleiben. Schwarz hat die Bauernmehrheit im Zentrum und kann im
folgenden ...d5 spielen.} 30. Rg1 (30. Kf3 Kc6) 30... Kc6 31. Kf3 a5 32. e4 $5
{Das ist vielleicht die letzte Chance für e3-e4, sonst spielt Schwarz 32...d5.
Schwarz hat im Turmendspiel die Oberhand, aber Weiß besitzt gute Remischancen.}
(32. Rg2 d5 33. cxd5+ exd5 $15) (32. Nb5) 32... fxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 (33... Nf5)
34. Kxe4 a4 $1 {Dieser Durchbruch ist auch im Endspiel stark.} (34... d5+ $6
35. Ke5 dxc4 36. bxc4 Rb2 37. Kxe6 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Ge6,Gf4]}) 35. bxa4 $5 (35.
Rb1 d5+ 36. cxd5+ (36. Ke5 dxc4 37. Kxe6 cxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 $19) 36... exd5+
37. Ke3 Kd6 $15) 35... Rb4 {[%csl Ra2,Ra4,Gb4,Rc4]} 36. Rc1 (36. a5 $2 Rxc4+
37. Kf3 Ra4 $17 {[%csl Ga4]}) 36... Rxa4 (36... d5+ 37. Ke5 Rxa4 (37... Rxc4
38. Rxc4 dxc4 39. Ke4 (39. Kxe6 c3 40. f5 c2 41. f6 c1=Q 42. f7 Qh6+) 39... Kb6
40. Ke3 Ka5 41. Kd2 Kxa4 42. Kc3 Kb5 43. a4+ $18 {Schwarz muß den a-Bauern
nehmen, verliert dann aber seine c-Bauern und auch das Bauernendspiel.}) 38. f5
$11) 37. f5 {Weiß möchte Bauern tauschen.} (37. Rc2 Ra3 $17 (37... d5+)) 37...
exf5+ (37... d5+ 38. Ke5 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40. f6 c3 (40... Kd7 41. Ke4 $18 {
[%csl Ga2,Gf6] Weiß kann die schwarzen Bauern leicht aufhalten, während der
schwarze König gegen die a- und f-Freibauern machtlos ist.}) 41. f7 c2 42. f8=Q
c1=Q 43. Qe8+ $11) 38. Kxf5 d5 (38... Rxa2 39. Kg5) 39. cxd5+ Kxd5 40. Rc2 {
Schwarz hat die aktiveren Figuren und einen starken Freibauern, aber Weiß
verfügt noch über Rettungschancen. Er möchte den schwarzen h-Bauern erobern,
seinen Turm dann bei Bedarf für den schwarzen c-Bauern geben, um dann mit
seinem h-Bauern gegen den schwarzen Turm Remis zu halten.} Kd4 (40... Rd4) 41.
Rc1 Kd5 (41... Rxa2 42. Kg5 $11) 42. Kg5 Rd4 {Schwarz verteidigt seinen
h-Bauern, bevor er mit dem c-Bauern vorstößt.} 43. a3 c4 (43... Rd3 44. Kxh4
Rxa3 45. Kg4 c4 46. h4 $11) 44. a4 Kc5 (44... Rd3 45. Kxh4 Kd4 46. Kg4 $11) 45.
a5 Kb5 (45... Rd3 46. Kxh4 Ra3 47. Kg4 $11) 46. Ra1 Ka6 (46... c3 $2 47. a6 {
[%csl Ga6]} c2 48. a7 Ra4 49. Rc1 Rxa7 50. Rxc2 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Gc2,Gh3][%cal
Gc1c8]}) 47. Ra4 Rd5+ (47... Kb5 48. Ra1 {Das wäre nur Zugwiederholung.}) 48.
Kxh4 Rc5 {[%csl Gc4,Gc5][%cal Gc4c3,Gc3c2,Gc2c1]} 49. Kg4 c3 50. Ra1 c2 51. Rc1
(51. h4 $5 c1=Q 52. Rxc1 Rxc1 53. h5 $11) 51... Kxa5 52. h4 $11 {Der weiße
h-Bauer sichert das Remis.} Kb4 53. h5 Kb3 54. h6 Kb2 (54... Rc6 55. Kg5 $11 (
55. h7 $2 Rh6 $19)) 55. Rxc2+ Rxc2 (55... Kxc2 56. h7 Rc8 57. Kg5 Kd3 58. Kg6
Ke4 59. Kg7 $11) 56. Kg5 Rh2 57. Kg6 Kc3 58. h7 Rxh7 (58... Kd4 59. Kg7 $11)
59. Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Weiß kann so spielen, wenn er die Variante 3.Nc3
Nd4 vermeiden möchte. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5
8. e4 Bb4 {Eine heutzutage sehr häufig gespielte Variante. Nach meiner
persönliche Meinung bietet die ganze Variante keinen Eröffnungsvorteil für
Weiß.} 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2
b6 $13 {Timman,J-Gulko,B/Riga Tal/1995/CBM47/}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und Entwicklungsvorspung, aber Schwarz hat
eine feste Stellung. Kann der Anziehende nicht sofort zu Angriff kommen oder
etwas Konkretes erreichen, bleiben ihm Schwächen im Endspiel.} Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O
14. O-O (14. c5 {Auch diese alte theoretische Fortsetzung bringt dem Weißen
keinen Vorteil.} dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $1 $10) 14... b6 {Ftacnik The
position bears the structure of the Hedhehog, but the B from e7 was exchanged
for the Nc3. White s pawn structure is thus rather weak, but black s K is far
more endangered.} (14... e5 15. f5 b6 16. g4 $1 $16 {Moutousis,K-Wojtkiewicz,A/
Athens/1992/CBM30/INF54,(40)/}) 15. g4 (15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bb7
18. Bf4 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rad1 Na5 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh5 Nxc4 {Heinig,
W-Psakhis,L/Berliner Sommer/1991/0-1 (36)}) 15... Bb7 (15... Ba6 {Das ist die
andere gute Möglichkeit, den Läufer zu entwickeln. Schwarz kontrolliert die
Schwäche c4.} 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rfe8 18. Rh3 Ne7 $6 (18... Nf8 19. Rd1 $5 (19.
f5 Ne5 20. Qh5 Qxc4 21. Bd4 Qe2 22. Qh4 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Rg3 Ne5 25. h4
Rac8 26. h5 Be2 27. h6 g6 28. Re1 Bb5 29. f6 Nfd7 30. Rd1 Red8 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32.
Kxf1 Kf8 {0-1 Lobron,E-Hulak,K/Erevan olm 1996 (50)}) (19. Qh5 $5 Bxc4 20. f5
Ne5 21. Bd4 g6 22. Qh6 exf5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd2 Ba6 26. Nf1 Re8
27. Ne3 Re6 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1994 (60)})
19... Rad8 20. f5 Ne5 21. Qh5 Qxc4 22. Nd4 $13 {~~ Garcia Ilundain,D-Izeta,F/
Espana 1993}) 19. f5 $1 exf5 20. exf5 Bxc4 21. Qh5 Nf8 22. Nd4 (22. Bxa8 $2
Nxf5 $44) 22... Bd5 23. f6 {+/- Akesson,R-Hansen,C/Reykjavik (zt) 1995 (32)})
16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rfe8 $1 $13 {Das ist ein guter prophylaktischer Zug. Der
Turmzug macht das Feld f8 für den Springer frei und in einigen Varianten (wie
in unsere Partie) öffnet sich die e-Linie, so daß der Turm auf e8 gut steht.} (
17... Ne7 18. Rh3 {Ftacnik Somewhat artificial but often very efficient way of
preparing strong attack.} Rfc8 19. Qh5 Nf8 20. Nd2 (20. Nd4 $5 $13) 20... d5 {
Ftacnik Excellent move, that shows the vulnerability of opponents set up.
Pawns are rather exposed and white king can also come under fire.} 21. cxd5
exd5 22. f5 {0-1 Lobron,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1995/CBM 48/[Kramnik] (36)}) 18.
Rh3 Nf8 (18... Rac8 19. Qh5 Nf8 20. Rf1 Ne7 (20... Na5 $5 21. Nd4 $5 (21. Nxa5
bxa5 22. Bxa7 Qxc4 $17) 21... Nxc4 22. Bc1 $15) 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Bd4 (22. f5 {
Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/Reykjavik Olafsson 1995/CBM 49/[Hjartarson]/1/2-1/2 (57)
} Bxc4 $17) 22... Bxc4 23. Rf2 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nxc4 exd4 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27.
Bf1 dxc3 28. e5 Neg6 {0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Leko,P/Leon 1996/CBM 54/[Ribli] 
(37)}) 19. Rf1 $146 Ba6 20. Nd2 Na5 $15 {[%csl Ga5,Ga6,Rc4,Gc7]} 21. Qh5 Nxc4
22. Nxc4 Bxc4 {Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger. Er besitzt das Läuferpaar, aber
das nur scheinbar aktive Spiel am Königsflügel bringt ihm nichts besonderes
ein. Schwarz kann mit dem Eröffnungsergebnis zufrieden sein.} 23. Rf2 d5 (23...
Rac8 $17) 24. f5 $8 {Nur dieser Zug erhält die Initiative am Königsflügel
aufrecht.} (24. e5 Bd3 {[%cal Gd3g6]}) 24... exf5 (24... dxe4 25. f6 $36 (25.
Bxe4 exf5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {Schwarz hat zwei Bauern für die Qualität, aber
die schwachen weißen Felder im Lager des Anziehenden sind von noch größerer
Bedeutung.})) 25. exf5 {[%cal Ge8e3]} Qe5 26. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} (26. f6 Qxc3 $17
) 26... Qe1+ 27. Bf1 Bxf1 (27... Re4 $5 $17 {[%csl Ge4] Die weiße Stellung ist
lahmgelegt und ich kann nicht sehen, wie er sein Gegenspiel organisieren soll.}
) 28. Rxf1 Qe2 29. Rhf3 {Weiß muß im Sinne möglichen Gegenspiels die Damen auf
dem Brett halten.} (29. Qxe2 Rxe2 $17) 29... Re4 $17 {[%csl Ge4]} 30. Kh1 Rae8
31. g6 $5 {Gut oder nicht, Weiß muß das Spiel komplizieren.} f6 $5 {Schwarz
schränkt die Beweglichkeit des d4-Läufers ein.} (31... fxg6 32. fxg6 {[%cal
Rh5d5]}) (31... hxg6 32. fxg6 f6 $5 (32... Nxg6 33. Qxd5 $40 R4e6 34. Rxf7 $14
{[%csl Rg7]}) 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. g7 Nh7 $19 (34... Kxg7 35. Rg1+ $18)) 32. R1f2
Qd1+ 33. Kg2 h6 (33... Re1 34. Kh3 Qb1 {[%cal Gb1h7]} 35. Rg3 h6 $5) 34. Qh3 {
[%cal Gh3g3,Gh3c7] Es gibt keinen direkten Angriff am Königsflügel mehr, so
verbessert Weiß seine Damenstellung.} (34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. g7 Nh7 $19) 34... Re2
(34... Nd7 $17 {[%cal Rd7e5]}) 35. Qg3 Rxf2+ (35... Nd7 36. Qd6 Rxf2+ 37. Rxf2
Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 (39. Rg2 Qxf5+ $19) 39... Re1+) 36. Rxf2 Re7 $2 {
Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen das mögliche Eindringungen der Dame.} (36... Nd7
37. Qd6 Qg4+ $19) 37. h3 $5 {Ein nützlicher Zug, der das eventuelle ...Qg4
verhindert.} Qe1 (37... Nd7 $2 {Jetzt ist es zu spät für diesen Springerzug.}
38. Qd6 $40 {[%csl Rd5,Gd6,Gf5,Gg6,Rg8]}) 38. Qd6 $44 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Rd7 40. Qc6
{[%csl Gc6] Weiß hat einen Minusbauern, aber die aktive Dame und die immer
gefährliche Bauernmasse f5/g6 bieten ausreichende Kompensation für das
Material.} Qe7 41. a4 {Legt die schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel fest.} Rd6 {
Hier wurde remis gegeben, nachdem Weiß über nicht mehr als Kompensation
verfügt, während Schwarz seinen Materialvorteil nicht verwerten kann. Ribli.} (
41... Qd6+ 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Re2 $44 {[%cal Re2e8]}) (41... Rd6 42. Qc8 Rd8 43.
Qc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 2560]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bc5 {
Eine heutzutage selten gespielte Fortsetzung. Die Alternativen 6...Bb4 und vor
allem 6...Qb6 werden häufiger gespielt. Ribli.} 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 (
9. O-O dxc4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Bd2 Rd8 $11) 9... Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3
11. Qxd8+ (11. bxc3 $5 {Ribli} Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc3 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Nc5 $44 {
Razuvaev,Y-Polugaevsky,L/Moscow/1985/INF39,(72)/}) 11... Nxd8 (11... Kxd8 12.
bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 a5 (13... Kc7 14. Bf4+ e5 15. Rfc1 exf4 16. Rxc3 Bf5 17. Rb2
Rhd8 18. Rc1 Rd6 19. gxf4 Rad8 20. h4 {1-0 Gleizerov,E-Moiseenko,A/Minsk op
1996/EXP 52 (39)}) 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Rfc1 $1 Ke7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nb5 $1 Kf6 18.
a3 Be7 19. h4 $1 Kg6 20. Rd1 Be8 21. g4 Bxh4 22. Nd6 f5 23. Rxb7 Rd8 24. gxf5+
exf5 25. Rb6 Rb8 26. Ra6 f4 27. Bxf4 {1-0 Lautier,J-Leko,P/Cap d'Agde 1994 (27)
}) 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Gg2a8,Gb1b7] Schwarz besitzt einen
Mehrbauern, aber Weiss hat gute Kompensation. Der g2-Läufer kontrolliert die
lange Diagonale und es droht Nc5, Ba3, Tfc1 mit lebendigem Figurenspiel.} a5 $1
{Ein Schlüsselzug für Schwarz. In einigen Varianten kann er später ...Bb4
ziehen. Die andere Idee des Zuges ist ...Ra6.} (13... Bd7 $6 14. Nc5 $1 Bc6 15.
Ba3 $1 $16 b6 $6 (15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 $8 17. Nxb7 Be7 18. Nd6+ $16) 16. Ne4
Be5 17. Rfd1 $1 {1-0 Greenfeld,A-Leko,P/Pamplona 1993/Inf 60/[Greenfeld,A] (45)
} (17. Rfc1 $6 f5)) (13... Bb4 $2 14. Nd4 Be7 (14... Bc5 15. Nb5 {/\ Nc7-a6}) (
14... a5 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Bf4) 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Bf4) (
13... O-O $6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nc5 $16) 14. Nc5 (14. Rd1 e5 (14... f6 15. a3 Rf8
16. Nc5 Rf7 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bd6 e5 19. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Reshevsky,S-Kogan,B/USA (ch)
1981/Inf 32 (54)}) 15. Be3 Bb4 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Rbc1 Rc8 18. Nxb7 Nxb7 19. Bxb7
Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Be6 21. Bd5 Kd7 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Rc6+ Kd7 24. Ra6 {1/2-1/2
Ribli,Z-Baklan,V/BL98/99 Passau-Zähringen 1999/BL9899 (24)}) 14... Bb4 15. Na4
{[%csl Yb6][%cal Ra4b6,Rb6a8,Rb6c8]} Ra6 (15... Bd7 16. Nb6 Ra6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7
18. a3 Bd6 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rxb7+ Bc7 21. Bf4 Rc6 22. Ra7 $16 {[%csl Ra5]})
16. a3 Bd7 17. axb4 Bxa4 18. b5 (18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Sponheim,
O-Pacsay,L/Balatonbereny op 1988/TD 88\10 (19)}) 18... Rd6 (18... Ra8 19. Rb2 {
Gegen den Befreiungszug 19...Bc2 gerichtet. Im folgenden spielt Weiss 20.Be3
und 21.Ra1 mit Figurengewinn.}) (18... Rb6 19. Ra1 Bb3 (19... Bxb5 20. Rb1 $18
{[%csl Rb5,Rb6][%cal Rc1e3,Re3b6]}) 20. Rxa5 Bc4 21. Rd1 $1 Rxb5 (21... Bxe2
22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ra8+ Kd7 24. Rxh8 Rxb5 25. f4 Rb1 26. Kf2 $18) 22. Ra8 Ke7
23. Ba3+ Kf6 24. f4 Rb3 25. Bc5 b6 26. Bd4+ Kg6 27. Be5 f6 28. Bc7 $18) 19. Be3
(19. Bf4 Rd4 20. Be5 Rb4 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bc3 Rxb5 23. Ra1 Rc5 24. Rxa4 Rxc3
25. Rxa5 Rg7 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rb5 f6 28. Bf3 Rgd7 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Tal,M/
Erevan 1980/Inf 29 (58)}) (19. Ba3 $5) 19... f6 {[%cal Gd8f7] Ein guter
Verteidigungszug. Schwarz bereitet ...Nf7 vor und befreit so den Springer.} (
19... Bc2 20. Rb2 Bd1 $5 $13) 20. Rfc1 {[%cal Gc1c7,Gc7h7]} Rd7 21. Kf1 Nf7 22.
Rc8+ Rd8 23. Bxb7 (23. Rc7 $6 Bxb5 $1 {Nach 24.Rxb5 kommt 24...Rd1 Matt.})
23... Nd6 24. Bc6+ (24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bc6 Nc4 $132 (25... Ke7 26. Bc5 $16 {
[%csl Gb5,Gc5,Gc6,Rd6,Re7]})) 24... Kf7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bb6 {[%cal Rb6d8,
Rb6a5] Schwarz scheint in schwerer Not, kann sich aber ausreichend verteidigen.
} Rc8 27. Bxa5 {[#]} Bxb5 $1 28. Bxb5 Rc5 $11 {Mit dieser kleinen Kombination
gewinnt Schwarz das Material zurück und erlangt gleiche Chancen.} 29. Bd3 Rxa5
30. Rb6 Ke7 31. Bxh7 Rh5 {[%cal Rh5h2,Rh5h7]} 32. Bd3 Rxh2 33. Ra6 f5 34. Ra7+
{Und hier wurde Remis vereinbart. Die Stellung ist gleich.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m4"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 (5... d5 $5) 6.
O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Bf4 $1 (9. dxc5 $6 dxc5 10. Bf4 Qa5
11. Qc2 h6 $13 {Van der Sterren,P-Lobron,E/Wijk m/1993/CBM34/}) 9... Nh5 10.
Be3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Qe7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nb3 $16 {
Mikhalchishin,A-Lerner,K/USSR/1982/}) 8. Nxd4 {-> A33} Qe7 (8... d5 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Bg5 $14 {Kasparov,G-Arlandi,E/Cannes sim/1988/CBM08/}) 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10.
bxc3 Rd8 11. Ba3 d6 12. Rb1 (12. Qd2 $1 Qc7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Ne3 dxc4 15. Bd6
Qb6 16. Rab1 Qa6 17. Qb2 $44 {Ribli,Z-Ernst,Th/Subotica izt/1987/CBM03/}) 12...
Qc7 13. Nd4 $6 (13. Ne3 $5 Na5 $6 14. Qa4 Bd7 $2 15. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Qxa5 $16)
13... Nxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Qxd4 $5 e5 15. Qd3 $13 (15. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Be6 16. Rxb7
Qxc4 17. Qxc4 (17. Rb4 Qxd3 18. exd3 Rac8 19. c4 d5 $10) 17... Bxc4 18. Rc7 $10
)) 14... Qxc4 15. Qd2 (15. e4 $5 {Ftacnik} Qxa2 (15... Qa6 16. Qb3 e5 $5 (16...
Bd7 17. e5 $1) 17. f4 Re8 (17... exd4 18. e5 Be6 19. Qb2 dxe5 20. Bxb7 Qa5 21.
Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qb8+ Qd8 23. Qxe5 $16) 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Qxb7 Qxa3
21. exf6 Bxa2 $17) 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 (16... Nxe4 17. Be5 Nd6 18. Qg4 Ne8 19. Be4 $5
f6 $140 20. Qh5 fxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. dxe5 $40) 17. e5 Rd7 18. exf6 gxf6 19.
Qg4+ Kf8 20. Rfd1 $36) 15... Qa6 $1 (15... d5 $2 16. Rfc1 Qa6 17. Be7 Re8 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh6 $36) 16. Rb3 Rb8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Re1 (18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Bc6
20. Qg5 h6 $17) 18... Ba4 19. Rf3 Rbc8 20. Bf1 (20. Rxf6 $6 {Ftacnik} gxf6 21.
Qh6 Qa5 $19) 20... Bb5 21. Bh3 (21. Bxb5 {Ftacnik} Qxb5 22. Rb3 Qc6 $17) 21...
Qa4 22. d5 Rc2 $1 (22... Nxe4 $2 {Ftacnik} 23. Qf4 Nf6 24. dxe6 Qxf4 25. exf7+
Kxf7 26. Be6+ Kf8 27. Rxf4 $44) 23. Qe3 exd5 24. e5 (24. exd5 Re8 $19) (24.
Rxf6 {Ftacnik} gxf6 25. Bf5 Re2 $5 (25... Bd7 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. exd5 $17) 26.
Rxe2 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Qxa3 $19) 24... d4 (24... dxe5 {Ftacnik} 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26.
Be7 (26. Bf5 Re2 $1 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Qxa3 $19) 26... Re8 27. Bf5 (27.
Bxf6 Qe4 $1) (27. Qh6 Qd4) 27... Re2 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Rxe7 30. Qh5 Rc7 (
30... Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Qxf6) 31. Qh6 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qc1 33. Bxh7+ Kh8 34. f4
$10) 25. Qg5 Re2 $1 (25... h6 $1 {Ftacnik} 26. Qh4 (26. Qf5 Re2 27. Qb1 Bc6 $19
) (26. Qf4 Re2 $19) 26... Re2 27. Rb1 Re4 28. Rf4 Rxe5 29. Rxf6 gxf6 $17) 26.
exf6 (26. Rxe2 Qd1+ 27. Bf1 Bxe2 $19) (26. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Rxe5 $17) 26... Rxe1+
27. Bf1 (27. Kg2 $2 {Ftacnik} Bf1+ 28. Kg1 Bxh3#) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Rg1+ $1
29. Kh3 (29. Kxg1 {Ftacnik} Qd1+) 29... Bd7+ (29... Bf1+ $5 {Ftacnik} 30. Kh4 (
30. Kg4 Qd7+ $1 (30... d3+ 31. Rf4 Qd7+ $19) 31. Kf4 g6 $19) 30... d3+ 31. Rf4
Qxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Rg2 33. fxg7 (33. g4 h6 34. fxg7 d2 $1 (34... Rxh2+ $2 35. Qxh2
d2 36. Qf4 d1=Q 37. Qxh6 f6 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qxd8 Kxg7 40. Bxd6 $40) 35. Qxd2
Rxh2+ 36. Kg3 Rh3+ 37. Kf4 Rxa3 (37... Bg2 38. g5 hxg5+ 39. Kxg5 Rxa3 $19) 38.
Qc1 Ra4+ 39. Kf3 Bd3 40. Qxh6 Bh7 $19) 33... Rxh2+ 34. Kg5 h6+ 35. Kf6 (35. Kg4
Be2+ 36. f3 d2 $19) 35... Re8 $19) 30. Kh4 g6 (30... d3+ {Ftacnik} 31. Rf4
Qxf4+ 32. Qxf4 Rh1 33. g4 h6 34. fxg7 Bc6 35. f3 $13) 31. Qh6 (31. Rf4 {Ftacnik
} Rh1 $19) 31... d3+ $1 32. Rf4 Qxf4+ 33. Qxf4 (33. gxf4 Rg4+ 34. Kh3 Rg5+ 35.
Kh4 Rh5+ $19) 33... Rh1 34. g4 h6 $1 35. Kh3 (35. Qd4 {Ftacnik} g5+ 36. Kg3
Rg1+ 37. Kf3 Re8 $19) 35... g5 36. Qd4 d2 $1 (36... Rg1 {Ftacnik} 37. f3 d2 $1
38. Qxg1 Ba4 $19) 37. Qxd2 Rg1 38. f3 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O (14. c5
dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $10 {Uhlmann,W-Van der Wiel,J/Baden Baden-B/1992/
CBM33/INF56,(45)/}) 14... b6 $1 (14... e5 15. f5 b6 16. g4 $1 $16 {Moutousis,
K-Wojtkiewicz,A/Athens/1992/CBM30/INF54,(40)/}) 15. g4 Ba6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3
Rfe8 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. Qh5 $5 (19. Nd2 Na5 $13) 19... Bxc4 20. f5 Ne5 (20... e5
$2 21. f6 $36) 21. Bd4 (21. f6 Neg6 $13) 21... g6 (21... Rad8 $2 22. f6 $36)
22. Qh6 (22. fxg6 $2 fxg6 23. Qh6 Re7 $17 (23... Qg7 24. Qh4 Nfd7 $17)) 22...
exf5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd2 Ba6 26. Nf1 Re8 (26... Bb7 27. Ne3 Be4
(27... Qc6 28. Bxe5 $16) 28. Rf1 $16) 27. Ne3 Re6 28. Qh5 Qc6 (28... Bb7 $5 29.
Rf1 Qc6 30. Bxe5 (30. Rxf5 $2 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 Qe1+ 33. Kxd3 Be4+ 34.
Kc4 Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Qf1+ $17) 30... Rxe5 $44) 29. Bxe5 (29. Nxf5 $2 Bb7 $17)
29... Rxe5 (29... Bb7 $5) 30. Qf3 Qxf3 (30... Qxc3 31. Rd1 Bb7 32. Qxb7 Rxe3
33. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kh1 Ne6 $44) 31. Rxf3 Bb7 32. Rh3 f4 33. Nc4 Rxg5+ 34. Kf2
Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rc2 36. Ke1 Bg2 (36... Ng6 37. Nxd6 Bc6 $44) 37. Rd3 Be4 38. Rd2
Rxc3 39. Nxd6 Re3+ (39... Bc6 $6 40. Nf5 $1) 40. Re2 Bd3 41. Rxe3 fxe3 42. Rd1
Bg6 43. Nc4 Bf5 44. Nxe3 Be6 45. Nd5 Ng6 46. a3 Ne5 47. Nf4 Bb3 48. Rd8+ Kg7
49. Kd2 a5 50. Kc3 a4 51. Rb8 Nc4 52. Kb4 Ne3 53. Rxb6 Nc2+ 54. Kc5 Nxa3 55.
Nh5+ Kf8 56. Ra6 Nc2 57. Kd6 f5 $1 58. Ke5 Ke7 59. Ng7 a3 60. Nxf5+ Kd7 61.
Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matthias, Heiner"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 $1 (8. Bd6 Qb6 $1 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. e3 d5 $10) 8... Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6
Qd8 11. e3 (11. e4 $1 a6 12. Nc7 Ne8 13. Nxe8 Rxe8 14. Be2 $14 {Kortschnoi,
V-Grunfeld,Y/Luzern ol/1982/INF33,(65)/}) 11... a6 12. Nd4 (12. Nc7 $5) 12...
Qa5 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Rb1 Ne8 $13) 13. Nb3 Qg5 14. Qg3 Qf5 15. O-O-O (15. Rd1
$5) 15... b5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Be2 Qh6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. h4 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 Rb6 27.
Rd3 Nc3+ $1 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rxb3+ 30. Ka2 Rxc3 31. Kb2 Rc5 32. Rc1 Rb5+
33. Ka2 Kf8 34. f4 Ke7 35. a4 Rd5 36. Kb3 Kd8 37. Kb4 Rd2 38. Rh1 Rb2+ 39. Kc5
(39. Kc3 $5 Re2 $1 (39... Rxg2 40. Rxh7 Re2 41. Kd3 Ra2 42. Rxg7 Ke8 43. Rg8+
Ke7 44. Ra8 $16) 40. Kd3 Rxg2 41. Rxh7 Ke7 42. Rxg7 Kf8 43. Rh7 Kg8 44. Rh1 Ra2
$10) 39... Rc2+ 40. Kb5 Rb2+ 41. Ka6 h6 $1 42. gxh6 gxh6 43. g4 (43. Rxh6 Rxg2
44. Rh7 Re2 45. Rxf7 Rxe3 $10) 43... Rb3 44. Re1 d5 45. a5 Kc7 46. Ka7 Rb7+ 47.
Ka6 Rb3 48. Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 d6 $6 (
7... O-O $1 8. Nf3 (8. Nb3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. Be3 Rc8 11. f4 d6 $13 {Xu
Jun-Adorjan,A/Shenzen/1992/CBM31/}) (8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Bf6 $10 {Bagirov,V-Schlosser,P/Brno-B/1991/
CBM26/}) 8... b6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O $10 {Korschnoj,V-Stohl,I/
Tilburg 20'/1993/CBM39/}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 (9... Bd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Nxc6
Bxc6 12. Bd3 b6 13. f4 Nd7 $13) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 c5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Qc2 (
13. Bd3 $5 Bb7 14. Qf3 Rae8 15. Rae1 $13) 13... Bb7 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Bd3 Rae8
16. Rf3 g6 17. Rh3 f5 (17... Bf6) 18. exf5 exf5 19. Bf2 Bf6 20. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 (
20... Bg7 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. b4 $14) 21. Qxc3 Nf6 22. b4 Qc6 23. Bf1 Re2 $2 (23...
Ne4 $1 $13) 24. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 25. Bxe2 Ne4 26. Qe5 Qd2 27. Qe6+ Rf7 (27... Kh8
28. Qe7 $18) 28. Rxh7 Kxh7 29. Qxf7+ Kh6 30. Qg8 $1 Qc3 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Qf8+
Kh7 33. Qxc5 Be4 34. Kf2 Qxa3 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. g4 $1 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 24]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {
Das ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung für Schwarz. Ribli.} 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 Ne5 {
Diese Variante ist weniger analysiert als unsere Partiefortsetzung.}) 7... Ne5
8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 {Die Dame verteidigt gleichzeitig den c4- und den e4-Bauern.}
d6 (9... Bxc3+ $2 10. bxc3 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Ba3 $16) 10. f4 {10.Bd2 (mit der
Idee 11.0-0-0) war sehr populär vor einem Jahr, aber Schwarz kann mit 10...a5
fortsetzen und hat gute Ausgleichschancen.} Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13.
Bg2 {Weiss kontrolliert mehr Raum und hat das Läuferpaar, aber die schwarze
Stellung ist fest. Meines Erachtens ist die ganze Variante nicht besonders
gefährlich für Schwarz, aber er muss genau spielen.} O-O 14. Rd1 $146 {
Grossmeister Ftacnik hat immer interessante Eröffnungsideen. Weiss rochiert 
(noch) nicht, sondern möchte im Zentrum aktiv spielen.} (14. O-O b6 {[%csl Yc3,
Yc4,Rg8]} 15. g4 (15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Bf4 Na5 19. Bxb7
Nxb7 20. Rad1 Na5 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh5 Nxc4 23. Nf3 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 {Heinig,
W-Psakhis,L/Berliner Sommer/1991/0-1 (36)}) (15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rad1
Rfd8 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Rf2 Na5 20. Nxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxb6 Bc6 22. c5 Rdd7 23. Bxa7
dxc5 24. Qb1 {Ostenstad,B-Dvoirys,S/Gausdal Peer Gynt (6)/1991/0-1 (41)}) 15...
Bb7 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rac8 (17... Rfe8 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. Rf1 Ba6 20. Nd2 Na5 $15
{[%csl Ga5,Ga6,Rc4,Gc7]} 21. Qh5 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,
R-Schandorff,L/Reykjavic 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (41)}) 18. Rh3 Rfe8 $1 19. Qh5 Nf8
20. Rf1 Ne7 21. Nd2 Ba6 $1 (21... d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bd4 dxe4 24. f5 Nxf5 25.
Rxf5 e3 26. g6 fxg6 27. Bd5+ Bxd5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qxd5 Re7 30. Rxh7 Rf7 31.
Qe6 {1-0 Lesiege,A-Sulypa,A/1st Master, Gonfreville FRA 1999 (31)}) 22. Bd4 (
22. f5 Bxc4 $15 {Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1995/CBM49/INF64,42/} 23.
Nxc4 Qxc4 24. f6 Neg6 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhf3 Rc7 $15) 22... Bxc4 23. Rf2 e5 $1
{0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Leko,P/Leon 1996/CBM 54/[Ribli] (37)}) (14. c5 {
Weiss kann sich von seinen Doppelbauern befreien, aber er hat keinen
Eröffnungsvorteil.} dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $11) 14... b6 {Schwarz plant
15...Bb7. Der c4-Bauer ist festgelegt, daher muss Weiss aktiv spieln,
ansonsten bleibt er auf seinen Bauernschwächen sitzen.} (14... e5 15. f5 $36 {
[%cal Gg3g4]}) 15. e5 {Das ist die Idee von 14.Rad1.} dxe5 (15... Ne8 16. Nd4 (
16. exd6 Nxd6) 16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 $14 (17. Bxd4 Bb7 $11)) 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Nd4
Nxd4 (17... Bb7 18. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Yd6]}) 18. cxd4 Bb7 $11 {Es ist strategisch
schlau von Schwarz, die weissfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen.} 19. Bxb7 (19. O-O
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rac8 $11) 19... Qxb7 20. O-O Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c4] Der weise
c4-Bauer ist der Angriffspunkt.} 21. Rc1 f6 $5 {Schwarz sprengt die weisse
Bauernkette.} (21... Rc7 22. Qg4 $36) 22. exf6 (22. Qg4 f5 $11 (22... Rce8 23.
Bh6 Re7 $11)) 22... Nxf6 {Die Bauernschwächen sind hier beiderseitig. Der
schwarze e-Bauer ist ebenso schwach wie der weisse c-Bauer.} 23. Bf4 Qc6 24.
Rf3 $6 {Weiss möchte 25.Re3 spielen, aber er übersieht die schwarze Antwort.} (
24. Rfe1 $11) 24... Nh5 $15 {[%csl Rf3,Rf4][%cal Gc6f3,Gf8f3] Der f4-Läufer
und der f3-Turm stehen unglücklich.} 25. Rcc3 Nxf4 (25... Rf5 $15) 26. gxf4 Qd6
{[%csl Rc4,Rd4,Rf4][%cal Rd6d4,Rf8f4,Rd6f4] Die weissen Bauern sind allesamt
schwach. Weiss muss jetzt ums Remis kämpfen.} 27. Qe4 (27. Qf2 Rcd8 28. Rcd3
Qc6 29. Rc3 Qe4 $17 {Nach 30.Rcd3 kommt 30...Rxf4.}) 27... Rf6 {[%cal Gc8f8,
Gf8f4]} 28. d5 $5 {Weiss opfert einen Bauern, aber im folgenden Turmendspiel
hat er Remischancen.} exd5 29. Qxd5+ Qxd5 (29... Kh8 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rfd3 $15
) 30. cxd5 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxf4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc3c8] Schwarz hat einen Bauern
gewonnen, aber die Aktivität des weissen Turmes rettet die Partie.} 32. Rc7 Rd4
(32... Rf7 $2 33. d6 $18 {[%csl Gd6]}) 33. Rxa7 Rxd5 34. a4 $11 {Weiss möchte
die Bauern am Damenflügel tauschen. das verbleibende Turmendspiel ist dann
leicht remis.} Ra5 (34... b5 $11) (34... Ra5 35. Rb7 Rxa4 36. Rxb6 $11 {
Der schwarze Mehrbauer ist nicht zu verwerten.}) (34... h6 35. Ra6 Rd6 36. a5
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Endgame-CD} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7.
Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O
14. O-O b6 15. g4 Ba6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rfe8 18. Rh3 Ne7 {Der erste neue Zug.}
(18... Nf8 19. Rd1 (19. Qh5 Bxc4 (19... Ne7 $5) 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 $1 $40 {
Gelfand} (21. Bd4 $2 g6 22. Qh6 exf5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17 {Schwarz
hat mehr als gegnuegend Kompensation fuer die geopferten Qualitaet. Illescas
Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas/1994/CBM42/INF60,42/})) 19... Rad8 (19... Ne7
$5) 20. f5 Ne5 21. Qh5 Qxc4 22. Nd4 $13 {Garcia Illundain,D-Izeta,F/Espana/
1993/INF60,(42)/}) 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Bxc4 (20... Nxf5 $2 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Qf3 $18) 21. Qh5 Nf8 22. Nd4 (22. Bxa8 Nxf5 $5 23. Bg2 (23. Qf3 Rxe3 24. Qxf5
Be6 25. Rxe3 Bxf5 $17) 23... Rxe3 $44) 22... Bd5 23. f6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 (24. fxe7
Bxh3 25. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Qxh3 Qxc3 $17) 24... Nd5 25. Bd2 Re5 26. fxg7 Kxg7
27. Rf1 b5 28. Nf5+ {Weiss gewinnt forciert eine Qualitaet, aber es waere
besser mit >= 28.Rhf3 dem Angriff fortzusetzen.} (28. Rhf3 $5 f6 29. gxf6+ Kh8
30. Qh6 Qf7 31. Nxb5 $40) 28... Kh8 29. Nh6 f5 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxe5 (31. g6 $2
hxg6 32. Qh8+ Kxf7 33. Rh7+ Nxh7 34. Qxh7+ Ke8 $19 {Die Dame ist auf c7
gedeckt.}) 31... dxe5 32. Rxf5 Ng6 33. Qf3 Rd8 $44 {Die schwarze Figuren
stehen sehr aktiv, waehrend Weiss keine Koordination zwischen seine Figuren
hat. Ich meine, dass der Nachziehende sehr gute Kompen- sation fuer die
verlorene Quelitaet hat. Droht /\ Ndf4.} 34. Kh1 Qd7 {Wieder droht /\ Ndf4} 35.
Rh6 Nde7 36. Rxg6+ {Was sonst?} Nxg6 $15 {Die Zurueckeroberung der Quelitaet
bedeutet, dass der Vorteil schon bei Schwarz ist (besserer Bauernstruktur und
aktivere Figuren).} 37. Be1 Qd1 38. Qe4 Qd3 $1 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. Kg1 Rd1 41.
Kf1 Ra1 42. Rf2 Nf4 {Droht /\ Nd3} 43. Rd2 Kg7 (43... Kf7 $5 44. Kf2 Ke6 $17)
44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Rd7 {Jetzt verliert Weiss zwei Bauern, aber fuer ihn ist es
nicht so einfach guten Rat zu geben.} Nh3+ 46. Ke2 (46. Kg3 Nxg5 47. Bd2 Rxa2
48. Bxg5 Kxg5 49. Rxh7 Ra3 50. Rc7 b4 $19) 46... Ng1+ 47. Kf2 Nh3+ 48. Ke2
Rxa2+ 49. Ke3 Nxg5 50. Bg3 Nf7 51. Rd5 {Weiss gewinnt einen Bauern zueruckt
und hat wieder Hoffnung.} a6 52. Bxe5 Nxe5 53. Rxe5 h5 54. h4 Ra4 55. Rg5+ (55.
Kd3 Rxh4 56. Re6+ Kg5 57. Rxa6 Rf4 $19 {Ungefaehr wie die Partie.}) 55... Kh6
56. Rd5 Rxh4 57. Rd6+ Kg5 58. Rxa6 Rc4 59. Kd3 h4 $1 60. Rb6 Rc5 61. Ke2 h3 62.
Kf2 Kf4 {Droht /\ Rh5.} 63. Rh6 Rxc3 64. Rh4+ Kg5 65. Rb4 Rc5 66. Kg3 Kf6 67.
Kxh3 {Endgame-CD: Weiss gewinnt wieder einen Bauern zurueck. Wir sehen jetzt
ein Lehrbeispiel zur Theorie der Turmendspiele: Der b-Bauer mit aktiven
schwarzen Turm und der Koenig garantieren den Sieg. vgl./comp. CBM 46 R+b(g)P}
Ke6 68. Kg3 Kd6 69. Kf3 Rc3+ $1 70. Ke2 Kc5 71. Rh4 b4 72. Kd2 Kb5 73. Rh8 (73.
Rh1 {Endgame-CD} Ka4 74. Ra1+ Kb3 75. Rb1+ Ka3 76. Ra1+ Kb2 $19) 73... Ka4 74.
Rb8 Ka3 75. Rb7 Rc6 76. Rb8 b3 77. Rb7 Kb2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Diese - auf den
ersten Blick - genügsame Fortsetzung spielt Korchnoi oft. Weiß verliert zwar
ein Tempo, verhindert aber das mögliche Bb4, und das ist gewöhnlich ein guter
Plan für Schwarz.} Be7 {Hier stand Schwarz eine Reihe von Alternativen zur
Auswahl, doch der Textzug ist sicher.} (6... Qb6) (6... Bc5) (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4
b6) 7. g3 {Ich glaube, dass der ganze Aufbau mit 6.a3 für Weiß nichts zu
bieten hat.- Mit 7.g3 verliert Weiß zu viel Zeit.} (7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. exd5
exd5 10. O-O (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Bf6 $11) 10...
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 7... Qb6 {Dieser Zug kommt
immer in Betracht. Ich möchte anmerken, dass man ohne 6.a3 Be7 nach der
Zugfolge 6.g3 Qb6 in eine populäre Variante gelangt, in der Schwarz
Gegenchancen hat.} (7... d5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Qa4 Bb7 12. Qxc4 Qc8 13. b4 Nd5 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Rac1 {1-0
Pogorelov,R-Rodriguez Talavera,J/Sevilla 1993/TD (44)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be3
Be6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bh3 Bf8 15. Nb5 Qf7 16. Nd4 Na5 17. Nf3 Ne4
18. Qd3 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Gulko,B/Amsterdam 1989/CBM 14 (18)}) 8. Nf3 (8.
e3 O-O (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Bg2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. e4 Bf6
14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Be3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Krutti,V-Palkovi,J/HUN
tt 99/2000 2000 (47)}) 9. Bg2 d5 (9... d6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. e4 Rfc8
13. Be3 Qd8 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Bf4 Qf8 18. b4 {1/2-1/2
Smejkal,J-Gulko,B/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (18)}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Na4 Qc7 12.
Nxc6 Qxc6 13. O-O Qa6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rfd8 17. Qg4 Bf8 18.
Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qh4 Bb5 20. Bb4 h6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qe7 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24.
Rxc6 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Vuckovic,B/Korinthos GRE 2000/The Week in Chess 300 
(24)}) (8. Ndb5 Ne5 9. Bg2 Nxc4 10. Qa4 a6 11. Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5
O-O 14. Nc7 Ra4 15. b3 Ra5 16. a4 d5 17. Bd2 Rc5 18. Nb5 Rc6 19. Nd4 Rc7 20.
O-O Bd7 21. Rfd1 Ra8 22. Bf4 Rc3 23. h3 Be8 (23... Kf8 $5) 24. Kf1 Kf8 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Schlosser,P/Brno 1992/CBM 31/[Ribli] (58)}) 8... Ng4 $5 {
Schwarz strebt sofortiges Gegenspiel an und provoziert den Zug e2-e3, wodurch
Weiß Probleme bei der Entwicklung des Bc1 bekommt.} (8... O-O 9. Bg2 d5 $11 {
Schwarz hat eine angenehme Stellung.} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6
$44) 9. e3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. b3 (12. Qe2 Qb3 $17 {[%csl Rc4]})
12... Bf6 {[%cal Gf6a1]} 13. Ra2 $5 {[%mdl 256]} (13. O-O Nxc4 $17) 13... d5 $1
{Schwarz opfert selbst einen Bauern anstatt mit 13...Nc4 einen Bauern zu
gewinnen und bekommt aktives Spiel.} (13... Nxc4 14. Ne4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 $44) 14.
cxd5 Qa6 {[%csl Re1][%cal Re5d3,Rd3e1][%mdl 2048]} 15. Bf1 (15. Be4 Rd8 $44)
15... Nf3+ (15... Qa5 $6 16. b4 $16) 16. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 17. Bd2 (17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18.
Kxd2 (18. Rxd2 Qxa3 19. Bc4 $11) 18... Qd6 (18... Qa5+ 19. b4 Qxd5+ 20. Qxd5
exd5 21. Bd3 $14) 19. Bd3 exd5 20. Rc1 Be6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk New Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 (6. e3 {
Dolmatov} d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 $10) (6. g3 {Dolmatov} Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 $13)
6... Bc5 (6... d5 $6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O $14) (6... a6 7. e3 Qc7 8. Be2 b6 $10
) 7. Nb3 (7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. b4 Ne5 12. Bb2 a6
13. Qb3 Bc7 14. Rfd1 Qd6 15. g3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qe7 $13 {Kramnik,V-Lautier,J/
Paris PCA-Intel/1995/EXP4}) 7... Be7 8. e4 (8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11.
Nb5 d5 $10 {Gurevich,D-De Firmian,N/USA-ch Modesto/1995/CBM51/}) 8... O-O 9.
Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 (10... Bb7 11. f4 d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfd8
15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 Bf8 17. Rac1 Ne7 18. Nd2 $14 {Giorgadze,G-Urday,H/Porto San
Giorgio/1994/INF61,37/}) (10... a6 11. f4 d6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qe1 $14) 11. Bf4 (
11. f4 d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rc1 $14) 11... d6 12. Rc1 $146 (12. f3 Ne5 13. Nb5
Bb7 14. Rc1 a6 15. N5d4 Rc8 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Smejkal,J/Ostrava/1994/CBM42/})
12... Rc8 13. f3 Qd7 $5 {Eine neue Idee; Der Anziehende will erst seinen
d6-Bauern verstaerken und dann beginnt er gegen den c4-Bauern zu spielen.} (
13... Ne5 14. Nb5 $14 (14. Bxe5 $2 dxe5 $10)) 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Qe1 (15. Qd2 $5)
(15. Qd2 $5 Ne5 16. Nb5) 15... Ne5 16. Nb5 Ng6 17. Be3 (17. Bg3 Nh5 $132) 17...
Bxb5 18. axb5 (18. cxb5 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 $15) 18... d5 $1 {[#] Schwarz hat die
Eroeffnungsprobleme sehr zufriedenstellend geloest und wird langsam die
Initiative uebernehmen.} 19. exd5 exd5 20. c5 (20. Qf2 $2 dxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4
22. Bxc4 Ne5 23. Be2 Nd3 $17) 20... d4 $1 (20... bxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 d4
$13) 21. Bxd4 (21. c6 $2 Qe6 $19) (21. Nxd4 Bxc5 $15 {/^ c5-g1}) 21... bxc5 22.
Bc3 (22. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Nxc5 Qd4+ 24. Qf2 Qxb2 $15) (22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bc4 Bxb2
$17) 22... c4 $1 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxc4 Bxb2 {Als Ergebnis der Kombination
steht der Nachziehende minimal besser, weil seine Figuren besser koordiniert
sind und die weisse Koenigstellung -wegen f3- verletzbar ist.} 25. Qb1 (25.
Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qb1 Qc3 27. Rd1 $132) 25... Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Bb6 $1 {
Das groesste Problem fuer Weiss, dass er seinen b3-Springer nicht mehr ins
Spiel bringen kann.} 28. Qe4 Re8 29. Qc6 (29. Qd5 $5 Qxd5 (29... Qe7 30. Nd4
Nf4 31. Qf5 $13) 30. Bxd5 Re2 31. Rc1 Ne7) 29... Qe7 $1 {Droht /\ Ne5} 30. f4
Rd8 $1 {Ein Turm gehoert auf eine offene Linie.} 31. Qf3 (31. g3 $5 {Dolmatov})
31... Nh4 32. Qe2 Qd7 $1 {Natuerlich will Schwarz die Dame nicht tauschen,
weil sie bei dem Angriff eine sehr wichtige Figur ist.} 33. Re1 g6 $1 {Schwarz
hat genueg Zeit seine Grundlinie zu versichern.} 34. Qe4 Nf5 35. Bf1 (35. g3 {
Dolmatov} Nd6 $17) 35... Nh6 {Droht /\ Ng4 ><f2.} 36. Qf3 Qd6 (36... Ng4 {
Dolmatov} 37. h3 Nf6 $15) 37. g3 Nf5 38. Bh3 (38. Bg2 Ne3 39. Rxe3 Qd1+ 40. Bf1
Bxe3 $19) (38. Qc6 {Dolmatov} Qb4 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Qe5+) 38...
Qb4 39. Re2 $2 {Verkuerzt die Partie.} (39. Rd1 Rxd1+ 40. Qxd1 Ne3 $19 (40...
Qe4+ {Dolmatov} 41. Bg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Ne3+ $19)) (39. Re5 {Dolmatov}) 39...
Rd1+ 40. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 {Neben diesem Zug
hat Weiß viele andere Möglichkeiten: 6.a3, 6.Bg5, 6.Bf4, 6.Ndb5, aber die
Partiefortsetzung scheint mir die beste Wahl zu sein. Ribli.} Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8.
e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 Bxc3+ $2 {Schwarz hatte Angst vor der Variante 9...d6 10.Bd2,
die in letzter Zeit sehr beliebt und gefährlich für Schwarz war. Ivanchuk hat
mit ihr z.B. gegen Khalifman in der dritten Partie ihres Wettkampfes in Elista
1998 gewonnen. Sokolov gibt daher den wichtigen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer auf.
Dieser Zug ist aber ganz klar keine Verbesserung. Ribli.} 10. bxc3 d6 11. f4
Nc6 (11... Ng6 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Be3 Qa6 14. c5 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 dxc5 16. e5 Nd5
17. Bxc5 Re8 18. c4 Nb6 19. Na5 Bd7 20. Bd6 {1-0 Ree,H-Van den Berg,C/Wijk
1971/MCL 04 (20)}) 12. Ba3 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga3,Rd6,Re8][%cal Ra3d6] [#]Weiß hat
großen positionellen Vorteil. Der schwarze d6-Bauer ist kaum zu halten und
Weiß erlangt deutliche Initiative.} e5 {Schwarz opfert (verliert!) einen
Bauern, aber meines Erachtens ist guter Rat hier schon teuer. Es ist
interessant, daß ein Supergroßmeister wie Sokolov so schlecht nach der
Eröffnung steht.} (12... Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bb4 Qa6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rxd6 $16
b6 17. e5 Bb7 18. exf6 Bxh1 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qg5 Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rd7 Qxa2 23.
Rxf7 Qb1+ 24. Kf2 g5 25. Bf8 Raxf8 26. Rxf8 Qg6 27. f7 {1-0 Garcia Ilundain,
D-Rojo,G/ESP-chT 1994/EXT 94ch (27)}) 13. Bxd6 {[%csl Gd6]} exf4 14. c5 $1 (14.
gxf4) 14... Qa6 (14... Qd8 15. gxf4 $16) 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. e5 {[%csl Gd6] Der
weiße Läufer steht auf d6 ausgezeichnet.} Ng4 (16... Nd5 17. Bg2 {[%cal Rg2a8]}
Be6 18. Rd1 $18) 17. Bg2 {[%cal Rg2c6]} Bd7 18. gxf4 Ne3 {[%cal Re3c2,Rc2e1,
Rc2a1,Re3g2]} 19. Be4 {[%cal Ge4c2]} Rc8 20. Rg1 {[%cal Rg1g7]} g6 21. Bd3 {
Weiß greift den Bauern a6 an und plant ein Qualitätsopfer.} (21. Nd4 $16) 21...
Bf5 22. Bxa6 $1 Nc2+ 23. Kf2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ra6c8] Weiß hat
zwei Bauern für die Qualität und seine Läufer beherrschen das Brett.} Rd8 25.
Nd4 Bd7 (25... Nxd4 26. cxd4 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Gc5,Gd4,Gd6,Rd8,Ge5,Re8]}) 26. Rb1
{[%cal Gb1b8]} Ne7 27. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7a7]} Nc8 28. Bc7 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%mdl
16388] Weiß gewinnt die Qualität zurück und behält zwei gesunde Mehrbauern.}
O-O 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. c6 {[%csl Gc6] Der c-Freibauer entscheidet die Partie.}
Bh3 31. Kg3 {[%csl Rh3] Und Schwarz gab auf. Eine Eröffnungskatastrophe für
Sokolov!} (31. Kg3 Be6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rd7 Rf8 (33... Rxd7 34. cxd7 $18 {
[%cal Rd7c8,Rd7d8]}) 34. c7 $18 {[%cal Rd7d8]}) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9394 4th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Qxd8+ (11. bxc3 $5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc3 13.
Rb1 O-O 14. Nc5 $44 {Razuvaev,Y-Polugaevsky,L/Moscow/1985/INF39,(72)/}) 11...
Nxd8 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 Bd7 (13... a5 14. Rd1 f6 15. a3 Rf8 16. Nc5 $44 {
Reshevsky,S-Kogan,B/USA ch/INF42,75/}) 14. Nc5 Bc6 15. Ba3 $1 $44 (15. Nxb7
Bxb7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 (16... Rb8 17. Be4 $14) 17. Rxb7 O-O 18. Be3 a6 19. Rc1 $14)
15... b6 (15... a5 16. Nxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxb7 Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20.
Rxb4 O-O 21. a4 $14) 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 (17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 19. Bd3
$16) 18. Rbc1 f5 (18... Bb7 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bd6 $16) 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Rxd8+ $1
Kxd8 (20... Bxd8 21. Rxc6 $18) 21. Nf7+ Ke8 22. Nxh8 Bd7 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.
Bc6+ Bd7 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Nf7 Kc6 27. f4 $1 Kd5 28. Kf2 b5 (28... Kc4 29.
Nd6+ Kc3 30. Nb5+ $18) 29. Ke3 a5 30. Ne5 b4 31. Bb2 a4 32. a3 bxa3 33. Bxa3
Bxe5 34. fxe5 Kc4 35. Bb2 g5 36. h4 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kf3 Kb3 39. Ba1 Kc4
40. Bb2 Kb3 41. Ba1 Kc4 (41... Ka2 42. Bd4 a3 43. e4 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Kb1 45. Kf3
a2 46. Kg4 $18) 42. e4 $1 Kc5 43. Bb2 Kc6 44. Ba3 Kd7 45. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Yudasin,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 {
Das ist eine wirklich seltene Variante. Meiner Meinung nach bietet diese
Fortsetzung keinen Vorteil für Weiß, aber Kortschnoj war einmal mit diesem Zug
gegen Timman erfolgreich, Hilversum 1982 m/3.Ribli.} d5 7. cxd5 (7. Ndb5 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 {Führt zu einer Hauptvariante.Ribli.} (9... bxc6 {
Yudasin,L} 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 $13 (12. Nd4 $14))) 7... Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 {Ich möchte anmerken, daß dieselbe Stellung, jedoch mit einem
Mehrtempo für Weiß, aus folgender Variante hervorgeht A31: 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd2 e6. In der Partie
Horvath,Jo-Nemeth,Z/HUN-chT/1997/ war 9.Qa4 Bb410.e4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne7 12.Bf4
o-o 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Bd6 vorteilhaft für Weiß.Ribli.} Ba6 $146 {Wenn man nur die
Bauernstruktur beachtet, hat Weiß eine überlegene Stellung, denn Pc6 ist immer
schwach. Aber Schwarz bekommt Initiative und die offene b-Linie für seine
Schwäche, sein Springer auf d5 ist ebenfalls stark.Ribli.} (9... Nxc3 $2 10.
Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 f6 12. g3 Rb8 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. O-O Bb4 15. Bxb4 Rxb4 16. Rd6
Ke7 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. b3 $14 {Atalik,S-Friedman/Philadelphia World op/1995/}) (
9... Bb4 10. Nxd5 (10. Rc1 $5) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 cxd5 12. e3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6
14. O-O Ba6 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J/Hilversum KRO m/1982/}) 10. Qa4 (10. g3
Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bf6) (10. e4 {Yudasin,L} Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Nb4 12. Qe2 Be7)
10... Qb6 11. Nxd5 (11. Rc1 {Yudasin,L in english} Rc8 {transposes into the
game}) 11... exd5 12. Rc1 (12. Bc3 {Yudasin,L} Bc5 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 O-O 15.
g3 $11) 12... Rc8 (12... Bc5 $2 {Yudasin,L} 13. Rxc5) 13. g3 (13. Bc3 {Yudasin,
L} Bc5) (13. Ba5 {Yudasin,L} Qb5) 13... Be7 (13... Bc5 $2 14. Rxc5 Qxc5 15.
Qxa6) 14. Bh3 Bb5 (14... f5 {Yudasin,L} 15. Bxf5 O-O 16. Be6+ Kh8 17. Be3 $16)
15. Qg4 (15. Qf4 {Yudasin,L} Rd8 {and castle on the next move}) 15... O-O {
Wenn wir die Bauerninseln zählen, dann steht Weiß besser, in dieser konkreten
Stellung ist die schwarze Aktivität jedoch so stark, daß er keineswegs
schlechter steht.Ribli.} 16. Bc3 $5 (16. O-O d4 {Und Schwarz hat unangenehmen
Druck.Ribli.}) (16. Qxc8 $2 {Yudasin,L} Rxc8 17. Bxc8 Qd4 $17) 16... g6 (16...
f6 {Yudasin,L} 17. Qe6+ (17. O-O {with Rfe1 and e3+/=}) 17... Kh8 18. Qxe7 Rce8
$13) 17. O-O c5 18. Qf4 Rce8 (18... d4 $2 {Yudasin,L} 19. Bxd4 $1) 19. a4 (19.
Rfe1 {Yudasin,L} d4 20. Bd2 Bd6 $15) 19... Bxe2 (19... Ba6 $5 20. Bd7 (20. b4
$1 Bxe2 (20... cxb4 21. Bd4 $44) 21. Rfe1 d4 (21... Bc4 $2 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23.
bxc5 $40) 22. Rxe2 dxc3 23. bxc5 Bxc5 (23... Qxc5 24. Qf3 $11) 24. Rxe8 Rxe8
25. Rxc3 $11) 20... Rd8 (20... d4 $1 {Yudasin,L} 21. Bxe8 dxc3 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23.
axb5 cxb2 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Rb1 Rb8 $17) 21. Qe5 d4 (21... d4 22. Qxe7 dxc3 $15))
20. Qe5 d4 21. Qxe2 Bf6 {Die Partiefortsetzung garantiert Schwarz den halben
Punkt, aber vielleicht wäre es interessant, die Alternative zu prüfen.Ribli.} (
21... dxc3 22. Rxc3 (22. Bd7 cxb2 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Qxe7 c4) 22... Bf6 23. Re3
Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bxb2) 22. Qc4 dxc3 23. bxc3 $11 {Weiß hat einen mikroskopisch
kleinen Vorteil, aber in Wijk aan Zee kann man derartige Stellungen nicht
gewinnen.Ribli.} Re7 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Rfc1 Rfe8 26. Rb5 Qd8 27. Rxc5 Qd2 {
Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern, kann ihn aber kaum halten.Ribli.} 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. a5
Re5 30. Rc6 R8e7 {Ich kann mir wirklich nicht vorstellen, wie Weiß hier
vorankommen soll.Ribli.} (30... Rxa5 $2 {Yudasin,L} 31. Rxf6 Kxf6 32. Qc6+ Re6
(32... Ke7 $2 33. Qc7+) 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qc7 $16) 31. Qa6 (31. a6 {Yudasin,L}
h5) 31... Bg5 32. f4 {Das führt zum sofortigen Remisschluß.Ribli.} (32. Bg2 {
Yudasin,L} Rf5 {with Re2}) 32... Re2 33. fxg5 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+
36. Kh1 Qe4+ {Und remis durch Dauerschach.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 $6 (6... Be7 $5 {
Xu Jun-Adorjan,A/Shenzhen/1992/CBM31/}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 Qb6 (9...
O-O $5 {Hansen,LB-Petran,P/Budapest/1989/CBM14/}) 10. Bb5 $1 $14 Be6 11. Na4
Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. O-O O-O $6 (13... Rc8 $14 {Vilela,JL-Lesiege,A/Capablanca
mem/1993/CBM36/}) 14. Bf4 $16 Qc8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qa6 18.
Nxe7 Bxa4 19. Qc3 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. Qe5 Rfe8 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Nc6 Ba4 24.
Re1 Rac8 25. Ne5 Kg8 26. f3 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bb5 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5
Rc8 31. Rc1 Bc4 $2 (31... Nd7 $5) 32. Rb1 $1 Ne8 33. c6 $18 Ba6 34. Rb6 Ra8 35.
Nd7 Bc8 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Bxb8 Kf7 38. Nb6 Ba6 39. Be5 1-0

[Event "Elbow Beach Club GM-B"]
[Site "Paget Parish"]
[Date "2001.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 {Dieser Zug ist die
Hauptfortsetzung, aber auch 6.Ndb5,6.a3 und 6.Bf4 werden oft gespielt.} Bc5 {
Dieser Läuferzug wird heutzutage seltener gespielt.} (6... Qb6) 7. Nb3 Be7 {
Schwarz hat scheinbar ein Tempo verloren (wegen 6...Bc5 und 7...Be7), aber der
weiße Springer steht nun auf b3 statt auf d4.} 8. Bg2 d6 (8... O-O 9. O-O b6
10. Bf4 $14) 9. Bf4 {Weiß ist gut entwickelt, er übt positionellen Druck am
Damenflügel aus.} O-O 10. O-O Nh5 {Schwarz möchte den starken Bf4 entweder
vertreiben oder abtauschen.} 11. e3 $5 {Früher gab man der Fortsetzung 11.Be3
den Vorzug. Der Textzug wurde erstmals in der wohlbekannten Partie Karpov,A -
Topalov,V Linares 1994, angewandt.} (11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. gxf4 $14 (12. Qxf4 $14))
11... Nxf4 12. exf4 {Weiß hat einen Doppelbauern, sein Gegner das Läuferpaar.
Dank der Pc4 und Pf4 besitzt Weiß jedoch Raumvorteil, zudem steht sein Bg2
ausgezeichnet.} Bd7 (12... Na5 13. Qd3 $2 (13. Nd2 $16) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Qb6
(14... Qc7 15. Rfe1 $14) 15. Qe3 $5 Qxe3 16. fxe3 a6 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2
Pelletier,Y-Larsen,B/Zuerich 74/38 1998/Inf 74/[Pelletier,Y] (50)}) 13. Qd2 {
Weiß hat zwei offene Linien im Zentrum - noch droht er nichts Konkretes, aber
er kann seinen Druck in der Folge mit Rad1 und Rffe1 verstärken.} Qb8 (13...
Qb6 14. Ne4 $14 (14. c5 dxc5 15. Qxd7 Rad8 16. Bxc6 Rxd7 17. Bxd7 c4 18. Nc1
Qxb2 19. N1e2 Bf6 $15)) 14. Rfe1 Rd8 {Schwarz bereitet das Manöver Be8 vor und
ignoriert die positionellen Drohung seines Kontrahenten. In der Stammpartie
Karpov,A - Topalov,V Linares 1994 wählte Schwarz 14.g6, um sich gegen 15.f5 zu
schützen.} (14... g6 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc5 $1 dxc5 19. Qxd7
Rc8 20. Rxe6 $1 $16 {1-0 Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Linares 1994/Inf 60/[Karpov,An] 
(39)}) 15. f5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 4]} Ne5 (15... e5 16. g4 $14 {[%csl Gd5]} (16. Nd5
{[%csl Gd5]} Bxf5 17. Na5 Bf8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nb4 Qb6 20. Nxc6 Rdc8 $13)) (
15... exf5 $2 16. Bxc6 $18) 16. fxe6 Bxe6 (16... fxe6 17. Nd4 $14 (17. Qe2 $14)
) 17. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5] Weiß hat einen kleinen aber dauerhaften Vorteil - denn
er hat die Herrschaft über das Schlüsselfeld d5. Der schwarzfeldrige Läufer
steht passiv.} Bxd5 18. Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Qc7 19. Rac1 (19. f4 $5 $16 {Dieser
Zug erscheint mir logisch - so kann Weiß die einzige aktive Figur von Schwarz
verjagen.}) 19... Bf6 20. Nd4 {Weiß verbessert seine Springerstellung und
eröffnet sich damit für die Zukunft eine Vielzahl möglicher Springermanöver.}
Qd7 21. Kg2 (21. Re2 $14 {[%cal Gc1e1]}) (21. f4 Nc6 22. Nb5 $16) 21... Rac8
22. b3 Re8 (22... a6 $14) 23. Nb5 {[%mdl 32] 24. Nxd6 droht nicht, denn nach
24...Qxd6 25.Bxf7+ kommt 25...Nxf7. Mit dem Textzug bereitet Weiß vielmehr das
Manöver Nc3-e4 vor.} a6 24. Nc3 Ng6 (24... b5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. f4 Ng6 (26... Nc6
27. Nc5 $1 Qa7 (27... dxc5 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qxd7 $18) 28. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 29.
Qd5+ Kg6 (29... Kf8 30. Ne6+ $18) 30. Re6+ Bf6 31. f5+ Kh6 32. Qd2+ Kh5 33.
Qe2+ $18) 27. c5 $16) 25. Ne4 Be7 26. h3 {Weiß spielt sehr prophylaktisch und
verteidigt sich gegen 26...Qg4.} (26. c5 Qg4 27. Nxd6 $16) 26... Rcd8 27. Re3 {
Der weiße Plan ist einfach und gut - er möchte anschließend Rce1 und Qe2
spielen.} h6 {Schwarz hat keine aktiven Möglichkeiten - er kann nur abwarten.}
(27... b5 $2 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Bc6 $16) 28. Rce1 Bf8 29. Nc3 Ne7 (29... Rxe3
30. Qxe3 $16 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 30. Bf3 (30. Qe2 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 $16)
30... b5 31. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Re1e8] Droht 32.Nd5 mit
Materialgewinn. Weiß hat nicht nur die bessere Bauernstruktur, auch seine
Figuren stehen viel aktiver.} Qa7 (31... bxc4 32. Nd5 (32. bxc4 $16) 32... cxb3
33. axb3 Nxd5 34. Rxe8 $18) 32. Nd5 (32. Bc6 Nxc6 33. Rxe8 $18) 32... Rd7 33.
cxb5 axb5 34. Qxb5 {Weiß hat in überlegener Stellung einen Mehrbauern.} Rb8 35.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 (35... Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 (36... Bxe7 37. Rxe7 $18) 37. Rxe7 Rxb5
38. Rd7 $18) 36. Qe2 (36. Qd5 $16) 36... Bf6 37. Re8+ (37. Bd5 $16) 37... Rxe8
(37... Kh7 38. Rxb8 Qxb8 39. Bd5 $16) 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Bd5 {Man könnte meinen,
dass die Anwesenheit ungleichfarbiger Läufer die Remischancen für Schwarz
erhöht, aber in unserer konkreten Stellung besitzt Weiß starken Angriff auf
den weißen Punkten.} Be5 40. Qc8 (40. Re4 $16) 40... Rc7 41. Qa8 Qd4 (41...
Qxa8 42. Bxa8 $16 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3] Weiß hat nur einen Bauern mehr, aber seine
verbundenen Freibauern am Damenflügel sind gefährlich.}) 42. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4]}
Ra7 43. Qf3 Kg8 (43... Rxa2 44. Qxf7 $18 (44. Qf5+ $18)) 44. a4 Qb6 45. h4 $1 {
Weiß möchte noch mehr Raum am Königsflügel gewinnen.} Qc7 46. h5 $18 {[%csl
Rg8,Gh5] Der schwarze König schwebt in großer Gefahr.} Qd7 47. Qe4 {Weiß
kontrolliert die e-Linie und bereitet das tödliche 48.f4 vor.} Ra5 (47... Qe7
48. Bd3 Kf8 49. Rc1 $18) 48. f4 {Dieser Zug gewinnt mindestens eine Figur und
die Partie.} Qc8 49. Re2 (49. Re2 Bf6 50. Qe8+ $18) (49. fxe5 Rxe5 50. Qb1 Qc6+
51. Kf2 Qc5+ 52. Kf3 Rf5+ (52... Qc6+ 53. Re4 $18) 53. Kg4 Rg5+ 54. Kh3 Rxh5+
55. Kg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Yudasin,L} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {
Eine bescheidene, aber gefährliche Fortsetzung.Ribli.} Nxd4 {Das ist eine
seinerzeit vom ungarischen GM Sax in die Turnierpraxis eingeführte Fortsetzung.
Er hat diesen Zug dreimal gegen Kortschnoj in ihrem Wettkampf 1991 ausprobiert.
Ribli.} (6... Be7 {Yudasin,L 0-0-d5}) 7. Qxd4 b6 {Schwarz hat gutes
Figurenspiel und schnelle Entwicklung.Ich glaube, daß 6.a3 nicht viel für Weiß
bietet.Ribli.} 8. e4 $146 (8. Qf4 Bb7 (8... Bc5 $5 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qg3
O-O 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Qd3 Rb8 14. O-O-O $13 {Kortschnoj}) 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Be7
11. Qg3 $1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/Wijk cm2/1991/}) (8. Bf4 Bc5 9. Qd3 O-O 10.
b4 Be7 11. e4 a5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Be2 d5 $11 {Ftacnik,L-Motwani/Erevan Olm/1996/}
) (8. b4 {Yudasin,L} a5) (8. Bg5 {Yudasin,L} Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O) 8... Bc5 9. Qd1
Bb7 10. Bd3 (10. e5 $2 Ne4) 10... O-O (10... Qb8 $5 $11) 11. e5 (11. O-O {
Yudasin,L} d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 $11) 11... Ne8 12. O-O f5 (12... d6 $2
13. b4 Bd4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxd4) (12... Be7 $5 {Yudasin,L with d6} 13. Qe2
$14 {[%cal Gf1d1,Gc1f4]}) 13. exf6 (13. Qe2 {Yudasin,L} a6) 13... Nxf6 (13...
Qxf6 14. Qe2) 14. b4 Be7 (14... Bd4 $2 {Yudasin,L} 15. Bxh7+) 15. Qe2 $14 {
Ich glaube, daß Weiss in dieser Stellung etwas Vorteil hat, weil er mehr Raum
kontrolliert und ruhig f2-f3 spielen kann, was "gegen" den Laeufer auf b7
gerichtet ist. Außerdem gibt es positionelle Schwächen im schwarzen Lager.
Ribli.} Qc7 16. Nb5 (16. Bb2 {Yudasin,L} a6 {Yudasin: with Bd6}) 16... Qc6 17.
f3 {Das ist der ideale Bauernaufbau. Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz keine realen
Chancen am Königsflügel.Ribli.} a6 (17... a5 $2 18. Bd2) 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Be3
Rae8 (19... Bd6 {Yudasin,L} 20. f4 {with Rac1 and c5}) 20. Nb3 {preparing c5} (
20. Rac1 $5 {Wäre meiner Meinung nach logischer, weil nach 20...e5 Weiß 21.Nf5
hat. Deshalb vermeidet Schwarz 2o...e5 und kann z.B. 20...Kh8 spielen. Ribli.})
20... e5 {Jetzt ist der letzte Moment für Schwarz, um etwas Aktives zu spielen.
Ribli.} (20... a5 $5 {Yudasin,L}) 21. c5 (21. Qf2 Ng4 (21... e4 $5) 22. Bxb6 (
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (22... Kh8 23. Bxb6 Nxf2 (23... Qc6 $13) 24. Bxc7) 23. Qc2+)
22... Nxf2 23. Bxc7 Nxd3) (21. Rac1) 21... bxc5 (21... b5 22. a4) (21... e4 $2
{Yudasin,L} 22. Bc4+) 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 d6 24. Be3 {Yudasin: white
enjoyes the advantages of the two bishops and black very weak a6 pawn} (24. Bf2
Nh5) 24... Qc8 {Endlich findet Schwarz den rechten Plan. Er steht nur etwas
schlechter, aber später wird er dank seines starken Läufers, und des
potentiellen Vormarsches mit den d-und e-Bauern Gegenspiel haben. Weiß hat
eine solide Stellung, mit zwei Läufern, und seine Bauernstruktur ist besser.
Ribli.} 25. Rac1 Qa8 26. Bb1 (26. Rc7 {Yudasin,L} Nd5 27. Bc4 Kh8) 26... Rf7 (
26... Nd5 $2 {Yudasin,L} 27. Qd3 g6 (27... Nxe3 28. Qxh7+ Kf7 29. Rc7+) 28. Bh6
$16) 27. Bg5 {Yudasin: threatening Qd3 attacking both the h7 and d6 pawns} d5 {
Unsere Partie hat den ECO-Code A33, aber jetzt können wir eine typische
sizilianische Stellung sehen.Ribli.} 28. Qd3 (28. Rc5 $1 {Yudasin,L Qc2+/-})
28... Kh8 29. Rc5 d4 {Yudasin: with the idea e4 and getting some play on the
a1-h8 diagonal} 30. Bxf6 (30. Ba2 $16 {Yudasin,L}) (30. Re1 {Yudasin,L} e4 31.
fxe4 Nxe4) 30... gxf6 31. Qf5 Qd8 32. Bd3 (32. Rfc1 $16 {Yudasin,L}) 32... Rg7
{Der vom aktiven Nachziehenden "gestichelte" Weiße muß aufmerksam spielen,
weil sein Gegner die Initiative auf der halboffenen g-Linie hat. Ribli.} (32...
Qd7 {Yudasin,L} 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. Rfc1 $16 {[%cal Gc1c8,Gc5a5]}) 33. Rfc1 (33.
Rf2 {Yudasin,L}) 33... Qd6 34. R1c2 Reg8 35. Re2 (35. a4 {Yudasin,L Yudasin:
with b5 maybe the best plan}) (35. g3 {Yudasin,L} e4 {[%cal Gg8g1,Gd6g3]})
35... Bc6 36. Qh5 (36. Bxa6 $5 Bxf3 (36... Bd7 37. Qd3) (36... d3 37. Qxd3 (37.
Bxd3 Qd4+ 38. Kf1) 37... Qxd3 38. Bxd3 Bxf3) 37. Qxf3 Qxa6 38. Rc6 e4 39. Rxa6
(39. Qxe4 Qxa3 40. Qxd4 Qf3 41. Rcc2) 39... exf3) 36... Bb5 37. Qf5 Bxd3 38.
Qxd3 f5 $1 39. Rc4 (39. Qxf5 $2 d3 40. Rd2 Qd4+ 41. Kf1 Qa1+ $19) (39. Rcxe5 $4
{Yudasin,L} Qxe5 $1 40. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 R8g2#) 39... Qf6 40.
Rcc2 Re7 41. a4 Rd8 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Rxe4 Rxe4 46.
Qxe4 {Und hier wurde Remis gegeben. Schwarz wird 46...d3 spielen, und Weiss
hat mehrere Alternativen. 47.Rd2 Qd4 48.Qxd4 Rxd4 49.Kf2 Rxb4 50.Rxd3 Rxb5
ergibt eine gleiche Stellung, aber nach 47.Rd2 ist Qa1 noch besser, und 48.Kf2
Rf8 49.Kg3 Qg7 50.Qg4 Qe5 51.Kh3 Qe3 52.Kh4 Rf4 gewinnt für Schwarz. Besser
ist es für Weiss, 47.Rf2 zu spielen mit 47...Qa1 48.Rf1 Qd4 49.Qxd4 Rxd4 und
gleicher Stellung.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Casafus, Ruben Andres"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 (14. O-O
b6 15. g4 Ba6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rfe8 18. Rh3 Nf8 $13 {Illescas Cordoba,
M-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas/1994/CBM41/}) 14... dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $1
17. Bb4 (17. exf6 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qxc5 19. Qe5 Qb6 $10 {Uhlmann,W-van der Wiel,J/
Baden Baden-B/1992/CBM32/}) (17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 $13 {Smejkal,J-Lau,R/
Porz/1992/CBM31/}) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 $5 (19... Rxd5 20. c4
Rd8 21. Bd6 Qc6 22. O-O b6 23. Qg2 Bb7 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Ra3 $14) 20. Qe3 b6
21. Qd4 Bf5 $1 22. O-O (22. Kf2 $5) 22... Qc6 23. Rf2 (23. Rfc1 Be4 $13) 23...
a5 24. Bd6 Rdc8 25. Rc1 a4 $1 26. bxa4 (26. b4 a3 27. Ra2 Ra4 28. Rca1 Rca8 $15
) 26... Rxa4 27. Bb4 h5 28. Rd2 h4 $1 29. Re1 (29. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxb4
$19) 29... h3 30. Kf2 (30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Ra2 $17) 30... Rca8 31. Qxd5 Qxd5
32. Rxd5 Bg4 $1 $44 33. Rd2 Ra2 34. c4 R8a4 35. Rc1 (35. Rb1 $2 Rxb4 $19) 35...
Be6 36. Ke3 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Bxc4 38. Rb1 Ra3+ 39. Kf2 (39. Kd4 Rd3+ 40. Kxc4 Rxd2
41. Rxb6 Rxh2 $17) 39... b5 40. Rc1 Rb3 41. g4 Rb2 42. Ke1 Kf8 43. Rc3 Ke7 44.
Rxh3 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 b4 46. Bxb4+ (46. f5 b3 $19) 46... Rxb4 47. Rh7 $2 (47. Ra3
$5) 47... Bd3 48. Rxg7 Bg6 49. e6 Kf8 50. e7+ Kxe7 51. Rg8 Rxf4+ 52. Kg3 Rf1
53. h4 Rd1 54. Kf4 Rd4+ 55. Kg5 (55. Kg3 $5) 55... f6+ $1 56. Kh6 (56. Kxg6
Rxg4+ 57. Kh7 Rxh4+ 58. Kg7 Rg4+ 59. Kh7 Rxg8 60. Kxg8 f5 $19) 56... Bf7 57.
Rg7 f5 $1 58. gxf5 Kf6 59. h5 Rh4 60. Rg6+ (60. Rg5 Rh1 $19) 60... Bxg6 61.
fxg6 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 68]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 {In dieser
Zugfolge muß Weiß so spielen, denn nach 5.g3 bekommt Schwarz aktives Spiel mit
5...Qb6 6.Nb3 Ne5. Ribli.} Nf6 6. g3 {Weiß hat viele Alternativen: 6.Bg5, 6.
Bf4, 6.Ndb5, 6.a3 oder 6.e4, aber der Partiezug ist ist die prinzipielle weiße
Fortsetzung.} Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 {Weiß hat ein starkes
Bauernzentrum, das bringt aber andererseits auch Sorgen mit sich. Um Bg2 zu
spielen, muß er erstmal den Bauern c4 verteidigen.} d6 10. f4 (10. Bd2 $5 {
Dieser Zug, gefolgt von 0-0-0, wirkt viel gefährlicher als die
Partiefortsetzung.}) 10... Nc6 11. Bg2 $6 {Die Eröffnungstheorie empfiehlt
diesen Zug nicht. Die Alternative scheint mir besser zu sein.} (11. Be3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2) 11... e5 {[%csl Yd4] Schwarz übernimmt die Kontrolle im
Zentrum.} 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 Nd4 $1 $15 {Das ist ein großre Unterschied! Nach 11.
Be3 wäre dieser Zug nicht möglich.}) 12... O-O 13. f5 {Das ist die relativ
beste Fortsetzung. Weiß muß die Stellung geschlossen halten.} (13. Nd5 $2 Nxd5
14. cxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nb4 $1 16. a3 (16. Nc1 exf4 17. gxf4 Re8 18. Qf2 Nxd5
19. Qxb6 axb6 {0-1 Whiteley,A-Kinsman,A/Sheffield 1996/EXT 97 (29)}) 16... Nxd5
$1 17. exd5 (17. Qxd5 Be6 $19) 17... Re8 $5 18. Nc1 $1 exf4+ 19. Kf1 Bd7 $2 {
[FM R. Hanel]. 0-1 Hanel,R-Hoelzl,F/AUT BL 1989/TD 90\04 (33)} (19... Re3 20.
gxf4 Bd7 $19)) (13. Nb5 $6 exf4 14. gxf4 Re8 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 {/\ Bg4, Re4-+} 16.
O-O-O d5 $1 (16... Bg4 $6 17. Qd2 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxa2+ $2 (18... a5 $1 19. Nxd6
Nxa2+ 20. Kc2 a4 $1 21. Nc1 Nb4+ 22. Kb1 Red8 23. e5 a3 {/\ Ne8-/+}) 19. Kb1 a6
20. Qxd6 {1-0 Portisch,L-Sax,G/Bruxelles 1988/Inf 45 (42)}) 17. Qd2 (17. c5 Qa6
$19) 17... dxc4 18. Qxb4 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Be6 $19) 13... Bd7 {Die Alternative 13..
.Nd4 ist ebenso gut. Schwarz hat gutes Figurenspiel und kann mit ...Nd4 / ...
Rac8 aktives Spiel bekommen, während es für Weiß nicht so einfach ist, seinen
König in Sicherheit zu bringen.} (13... Nd4 14. Qd1 (14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nb5
Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 d5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 dxe4 19. O-O Rd8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3
Rd4 22. Rae1 Rxc4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Kf8 26. Rc1 Ke7 27. Bxb7
Bxb7 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7 Rc8 30. a4 Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/
Zaragoza op 1996/EXT 96op2 (52)}) (14. Na4 $6 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qa6 (15... Nxb3
16. Nxb6 Nxd2 17. Nxa8 Ndxe4 $44) 16. Nxd4 $8 Qxc4 $1 17. b3 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 exd4
19. O-O-O d5 $5 (19... b5 $1 20. e5 Rb8 21. exf6 bxa4 22. fxg7 Kxg7 $15) 20.
Rxd4 dxe4 21. Rf1 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Tolnai,T/Budapest 1989/Inf 47/
[Tolnai,T] (43)}) 14... Bd7 15. g4 Bc6 16. g5 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxc3 18. Qxb6 Bxd2+
19. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 20. Bxe4 axb6 21. Ke3 f6 22. Rhg1 Ra5 23. Rad1 fxg5 24. Rxd6
Rxa2 25. Rxg5 Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Kotsur,P/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (35)})
14. g4 $6 {Dieser Angriffszug hat keine Unterstützung.} (14. Qd3 $5 Nd4 15. Rd1
Bc6 16. Rf1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nd7 18. Qc2 f6 19. Ke2 Nc5 20. Be3 Bxc3 21. Bxc5 dxc5
22. bxc3 a5 23. Ra1 Rfd8 24. Ke3 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Gulko,B/Linares 1989/
CBM 11 (24)}) 14... Nd4 $15 {[%csl Gd4]} 15. Nxd4 $2 {Dieser Zug hilft nur dem
Gegner. Weiß muß die Finger vom schwarzen Springer auf d4 lassen.} (15. Qd1 Bc6
16. g5 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxc3 18. Qxb6 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 20. Bxe4 axb6 $15 {
Mit Zugumstellung haben wir eine Stellung aus der Partie Akesson,R - Kotsur,P,
Erevan 1996 - siehe 13...Nd4 14.Qd1 Bd7 15.g4 Bc6.}) 15... exd4 16. Nd5 (16. g5
dxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 (18. cxb4 Rfe8) 18... Rfe8 {[%csl Re1,Re2][%cal
Ge8e1]} 19. cxb4 Qd4 $19 {[%csl Re1,Re2][%cal Rd4a1,Rd4e4]}) 16... Nxd5 17.
cxd5 {[#]} d3 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1,Re2] Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, aber bekommt
überlegenen Angriff. Der weiße König steht allein in der Mitte.} 18. Qxd3 (18.
Qf3 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Qxb2+ $19) 18... Bb5 {[%csl Gb4,Gb5,Gb6,Rd3,Re1]} 19. Qf3 (
19. Qb3 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Qf2+ $19 {[%cal Rf2d2,Rf2g2]}) (19. Qc2 Qe3+ $19) 19...
Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Qd4+ {[%csl Gb5,Rd2,Gd4]} 21. Ke1 (21. Kc1 Rac8+ $19) 21... Qxb2
$19 {[%csl Ra1,Gb2,Gb5,Re1]} 22. Rd1 Rac8 {[%csl Re1] Weiß gab in völlig
hoffnungsloser Stellung auf. Sein König befindet sich im Mattnetz. Eine
katastrophale Niederlage für Ionescu.} 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 07th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 {
Ein seltener Zug. Die Alternativen 6.g3, 6.Ndb5 und 6.a3 werden häufiger
gespielt. Ribli.} Be7 {Das ist ein sicherer Zug. Schwarz verteidigt den
Springer und befreit die Dame. In anderen Varianten (6...Bb4 und 6...Qb6) muss
Schwarz manchmal nach Bxf6 ...gxf6 spielen.} (6... Bb4 7. Rc1 h6 (7... Qa5 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qe5 12. Qd2 b6 13. f4 Qf5 14. g4
Qc5 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. b4 Qe7 17. O-O Rg8 18. Rg3 {1-0 Stangl,M-Pezerovic,E/
Munich op9192 1992/TD 92\03 (38)}) 8. Bh4 (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. a3 Be7
11. e3 Rd8 12. Be2 a6 13. Nd4 d5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Wojtkiewicz,
A/Polanica Zdroj 1991/[Ribli,Z] (44)}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Ndb5 Nxg3 11.
hxg3 a6 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 14. e3 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17.
a3 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 d4 19. exd4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/8th Amber Blindfold,
Monte Carlo MNC 1999 (19)}) (6... Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Ne5 10. Rc1
Rg8 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 d6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Nc5 Nd7
17. Nb3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J/Rotterdam 1990/CBM 18/[Ribli] (17)})
7. e3 Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5g5]} (7... O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O (9. Ndb5 d5 10. Bxf6
Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 {Stangl,M-Alterman,
B/Tan Cup 1995/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 9... Bb7 10. Bxf6 $6 (10. Rc1 Ne5 11. Bf4 d6 12.
Bg3 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Qd2 Rc7 $11 {0-1 Akesson,R-Rytshagov,M/Asker 1997/CBM 62/
[Ribli] (39)}) 10... Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Ne7 12. Qb3 d6 13. Rfd1 Nc8 14. Rac1 a6 15.
Nd4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Na7 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. b3 Ba8 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-De
Firmian,N/Biel 1990/CBM 19/[Ribli]}) 8. Ndb5 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Schwarz hat eine
bequeme Stellung und keine Eröffnungsprobleme.} 9. Qd2 (9. Be2 Nxd4 10. exd4
Qb6 11. Nb5 a6 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. Na3 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qc3+ 15. Kf1 Qxd4 {0-1 Buechle,
R-Grinfeld,A/Prague Bohemians-W 1992/TD 92\07 (15)}) 9... O-O 10. Be2 d5 11.
cxd5 Nxd4 12. exd4 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Bodnar,A-Neber,A/HUN
1997/EXT 99 (43)}) 8... O-O (8... a6 9. Bxf6 (9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Bxf6 Bf8 (10...
Be5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Be2 $11) 11. Bh4 Bb4 $11) 9... Bxf6 (9... gxf6 10. Nd6+
Bxd6 11. Qxd6 $14) 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Qd2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 $36 {[%csl Gd6]}) 9. a3 {
[%cal Gb2b4] Weiss bereitet 10.b4 vor.} d5 10. b4 Qd8 11. cxd5 (11. Rc1 a6 (
11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 $11) 12. Nd4 (12. cxd5 axb5 13. dxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Ra8a3]}
14. Qb3 e5 $11 {[%cal Gc8e6,Ge6b3]}) 12... a5 $5 $36 {[%cal Ge7a3]}) 11... Nxd5
(11... exd5 12. Be2 a6 13. Nd4 $14 {Schwarz hat einen isolierten Damenbauern
und Weiss beherrscht dessen Blockadefeld d4.}) 12. Bxe7 (12. Nxd5 $6 Bxg5 $15)
12... Ncxe7 $11 {Die Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch und Weiss hat keinen
Vorteil, denn die leichte Initiative am Damenflügel kann Schwarz leicht
neutralisieren.} 13. Nxd5 (13. Qb3 a5 $11 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 13... Nxd5 (13...
Qxd5 $6 14. Nc7 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rb8 16. Be2 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Rc8]}) 14. Bc4 (14.
e4 $6 {Dieser Zug ist scheinbar aktiv, schwächt aber das Feld d4.} Ne7 $11 {
[%csl Yd4][%cal Ge7c6,Gc6d4] Schwarz plant ...Sc6 nebst ...a6 und die Schwäche
des Feldes d4 wird spürbar.}) 14... Bd7 15. Nd4 (15. Bxd5 $6 Bxb5 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Gb5f1]} (15... exd5 $2 16. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 16. Bf3 (16. Bxb7 Qc7 {
[%cal Rc7b7,Rc7c3,Rc3a1,Rc3e1]} 17. Bxa8 Qc3+ $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rc3a1,Rc3e1]
}) 16... Qb6 $36) 15... Nb6 {Natürlich muss Schwarz die Variante 16.Bxd5 exd5
vermeiden, in der er einen isolieerten Bauern erhält.} 16. Bd3 e5 17. Nf3 (17.
Qh5 {[%cal Rh5e5,Rh5h7]} f5 18. Nxf5 (18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Qf6 {[%csl Rf2,
Rf5][%cal Rf8f2]} 20. e4 g6 $19) 18... g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 $17 {[%csl Rh5,Rh6]})
17... Qe7 {Schwarz kann zufrieden sein. Er hat Übergewicht im Zentrum und
leichten Entwicklungsvorsprung.} 18. Qb1 {[%cal Rb1h7]} (18. e4 Rfd8 $15 {
[%csl Yd4][%cal Gd8d1,Gd7g4,Gg4d1]}) 18... f5 {[%cal Re5e4,Re4d3,Re4f3]} 19.
Be2 (19. e4) 19... f4 (19... e4 $6 20. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 20. e4 (20. O-O e4 21.
Nd4 f3 $17) 20... Rac8 (20... Bg4 $11) 21. O-O (21. Qb2 $6 Nc4 22. Bxc4+ Rxc4
23. Nd2 Rd4 $15) 21... Bg4 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil,und das Feld-d4 ist eine
potentielle Schwachung in der weise Stellung,aber der schwarze Springer steht
ungluecklich auf b6.Ribli.} 22. Qa2+ Kh8 23. Rac1 Nd7 {Schwarz verbessert
seine Springerstellung.Ribli.} 24. h3 Bxf3 (24... Bh5 $5 {Schwarz kann sich
später entscheiden, ob er auf f3 nimmt oder ...Lf7 spielt.}) 25. Bxf3 Nf6 26.
Rc2 $5 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc1c8]} (26. Qb2 $11 {Weiss kann im folgenden 27.Rxc8 und
28.Rc1 spielen.}) 26... Rxc2 27. Qxc2 g6 {[%cal Gh8g7]} 28. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]}
b6 29. Qc7 Re8 {Weiss kontrolliert die c-Linie, aber sein f3-Läufer steht
passiv.} 30. h4 $5 {Eine guter prophylaktischer Zug. Schwarz gewinnt ansonsten
später Raum am Königsflügel mit ...g5 und ...h5.} Kg7 31. Be2 $1 {Der e4-Bauer
ist Tabu und Weiss verbessert so seine Läuferstellung.} Kf8 (31... Nxe4 32. Bb5
$18) 32. Bb5 Qxc7 33. Rxc7 Re7 34. Rc8+ {Weiss muß die Türme auf dem Brett
behalten.} (34. Rxe7 Kxe7 $15) 34... Kf7 35. f3 h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 36. Kf2 (36.
Bc4+ Kg7 $11) 36... g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ke2 (38. g4 $5 $11) 38... g4 {Schwarz
hat etwas Initiative am Königsflügel.} 39. Kd3 Kg6 40. fxg4 Kg5 $15 {Schwarz
gewinnt den Bauern zurück und sein König steht aktiv.} (40... Nxg4 $11) 41. Bc6
Kxg4 (41... Nxg4 $11) 42. Rf8 Re6 43. Bd5 (43. Rg8+ $2 Nxg8 44. Bd7 Nf6 45.
Bxe6+ Kg3 $19) 43... Rd6 44. Rf7 $8 (44. Kc4 Kg3 $17 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Rg3g2]})
44... Kg3 45. Rg7+ Kf2 {[%csl Gf2]} 46. Rg5 $132 {Weiss kommt zu Gegenchancen,
denn der Bauer e5 ist nicht zu verteidigen.} b5 (46... Nxd5 47. exd5 Rxd5+ 48.
Ke4 $11) (46... Nd7 47. Kc4 $11) 47. Rxe5 Kxg2 48. Rg5+ Kf2 (48... Kf3 $6 49.
Kd4 $11 {[%cal Rd4e5]}) 49. Kd4 f3 {Der f3-Bauer ist sehr gefährlich, aber
Weiss findet ausreichendes Gegenspiel.} 50. Rf5 Nxd5 (50... Ke2 51. Kc5 $11)
51. exd5 {[%csl Gd5,Gf3]} Ra6 52. Kc5 Rxa3 53. d6 {Der weisse d6-Bauer ist
ebenso stark wie der schwarze auf f3.} Rd3 54. Kc6 {Der schwarze Mehrbauer ist
ohne Bedeutung.} Ke2 55. d7 f2 56. Re5+ Kd2 (56... Kf3 57. Rf5+ $11) 57. Rf5 {
Schwarz kommt nicht voran. Die Stellung ist gleich.} (57. Rd5 Rxd5 58. Kxd5
f1=Q 59. d8=Q Qd3+ $19) 57... Ke2 (57... Ke1 58. Re5+ $11) 58. Re5+ Kf3 59.
Rf5+ Ke2 {Und Remis mit Zugwiederholung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Nach 3.Nc3 muss Weiss mit der
interessanten Fortsetzung 3...Nd4 rechnen. Ribli.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6
6. g3 {Meines Erachtens bietet dieser Zug dem Weissen die besten Aussichten
auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} Bc5 {Es gibt zwei andere prinzipielle Fortsetzungen: 6.
..Qb6 und 6...Bb4, aber der Textzug ist De Firmians Lieblinsvariante.} 7. Nb3
Bb4 8. Bg2 b6 {Schwarz hat Angst vor der Vorbereitung des Gegners und wählt
daher eine Nebenvariante. Mit diesem Zug bereitet Schwarz ...Bb7 oder ...Ba6
vor.} (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O {Das ist die kritische Variante fuer
Schwarz. Weiss opfert einen Bauern, aber bekommt starke Initiative. Im CBM 72
kann der Leser die Partie Agrest,E - De Firmian,N Siegeman & Co. 1999 zu
diesem Thema finden.}) 9. Nd4 {Weiss rochiert (noch) nicht, denn er möchte
zuerst die Situation am Damenflügel klären. In der Tat war der Nb3 nicht
gerade der Stolz der weissen Stellung.} (9. O-O Ba6 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Bf4 (11. a4
O-O 12. N3d4 Qe7 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qh4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxe7
Bxe7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Ra2 Bxb5 21. axb5 d4 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bd2 Rfe8
24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Re5 26. f4 Rc5 {0-1 Claesen,P-Lazarev,V/Interteam ch,
BEL 1996 (45)}) 11... d5 12. N3d4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qd7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5
16. Nf5 Qxf5 (16... O-O 17. e4 f6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rxd5 gxf5 21.
Rxf5 Qe6 22. Be5 Rce8 23. Rc1 fxe5 24. Rc7 Be7 25. Qh5 Qxa2 26. h4 Rxf5 27.
exf5 Qg8 28. Qh6 Qf8 29. Qe6 Bf6 30. Qd7 Re7 31. Qd6 Rf7 {0-1 Rotstein,
A-Lazarev,V/Cannes 1995/EXT 97 (31)}) 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxa6 O-O 19. Rac1 Be7
20. Rfd1 Rc5 21. Qd3 Rd8 22. a3 Qc8 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Qe3 h6 25. Qd3 Rc4 26. Be3
Bf6 27. b3 Re4 28. Rc2 d4 29. Bc1 Re8 30. Re1 Qh3 31. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-De
Firmian,N/Linares MEX 1994/EXT 94 (31)}) 9... Bb7 (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bb7 11.
Nb5 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc1a3,Ga3f8]} (11. Ba3 $6 Na5 $13)) 10. Ndb5 (10. O-O
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 $13) 10... Na5 $5 (10... O-O 11. a3 $14) 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 {
Der Springer steht sonderbar auf b7, aber er verteidigt das Feld d6.} 12. Qa4 (
12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rc8c4]} 14. Qa4 (14. b3 d5 $15 {
[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3]}) 14... Nc5 $15 15. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 {[%csl Ra7]}) 12... Be7
13. O-O O-O $11 {Weiss kontrolliert mehr Raum, aber der b5-Springer muss nach .
..a6 weichen und der Bauer c4 ist angreifbar.} 14. Bf4 a6 (14... Nc5 15. Qc2 a6
16. Nd4 $14 (16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Bd6 Qd8 $11) (16. Nd6 g5 $17)) 15. Nd4 Qc8 {
Wir haben eigentlich eine Igelstellung. Weiss hat Raumvorteil, aber die
schwarze Stellung ist elastisch. Es sei angemerkt, dass der Bauer c4 etwas
schwach ist und von der Dame verteidigt werden muss. Nach b2-b3 wäre die
weisse Dame in grosser Not.} 16. Nb3 (16. Rac1 $11 {[%cal Gc1c8]}) 16... Nd6 (
16... Nc5 17. Nxc5 (17. Qb4 Qd8 $6 $11 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge7b4]}) 17... Qxc5 $11
) (16... d5 $6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. Bxd6 (17. Nd2 Qb7
$11 (17... Qc6 18. Qxc6 dxc6 $11)) 17... Bxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 (18... Be5 19. Rac1
$11 (19. Nd4 Qc5 $15)) 19. Nd2 Be5 {[%csl Ge5] Schwarz hat lebendiges
Figurenspiel und sein Läufer steht gut auf e5. Er scheint aktiver zu stehen,
aber die weisse Stellung ist nicht schlechter.} 20. Rdc1 {Der andere Turmzug
wirkt natürlicher, aber so hat die weisse Dame das Rückzugsfeld d1.} (20. Rac1
Qb7 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. Rc2 $6 (21. Nf3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Ne4 23. Rc2 $11) 21...
Qb8 {Weiss muss jetzt immer mit der Möglichkeit ...b5 rechnen, denn die Dame
ist etwas ausgesperrt.} (21... Qb7 $5 $15 {[%cal Gb7h1]}) 22. Nde4 Nxe4 23.
Nxe4 b5 {Schwarz hat aktives Spiel am Damenflügel.} 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qb3 d5 {
Schwarz hat eine starke Position im Zentrum.} 26. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]} Bd6 (26...
b4 27. Nd3 Bd6 28. Rc6 $11) 27. a3 h6 (27... b4 $5 $15 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 28. Rac1
{[%cal Gc1c8] Schwarz hat eine feste Zentrumstellung, aber Weiss kontrolliert
die c-Linie.} Ra7 $15 29. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3e6,Gc5e6,Ge3a7] Es droht noch nichts,
aber in einigen Varianten muss Schwarz mit dem Springeropfer auf e6 rechnen.}
Qb6 {[%cal Gb6e3] Schwarz fesselt den Springer und bereitet ...Rc7 vor.} 30.
Qb3 {Das ist ein indirektes Remisangebot. Weiss wäre mit Stellungwiederholung
zufrieden.} Rc7 31. Nd3 Rxc2 (31... Rdc8 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. a4
bxa4 35. Qxa4 $11) (31... Rc4 $2 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Rxc4 $16 {[%cal Gb3b6]}) 32.
Qxc2 {[%cal Gc1c8]} (32. Rxc2) 32... b4 $2 (32... e5 $15) 33. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3b6]
} Rb8 34. axb4 $16 {Weiss hat einen Bauern mehr und aktives Figurenspiel.} Kh7
(34... Bxb4 35. Nxb4 Qxb4 36. Rc8+ $1 {Ein altes, aber schönes Motiv.} Kh7 (
36... Rxc8 37. Qxb4 $18) 37. Rxb8 $18) 35. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rc2h7]} g6 36.
Qa4 {[%cal Gc1c6]} Bxb4 37. Rc6 {[%csl Gc6] Weiss hat die bessere
Figurenkoordination und die schwarze Königsstellung ist unsicher.} Qb5 38. Qc2
{[%cal Gc2c8] Weiss kontrolliert die c-Linie.} Rb7 39. Rc8 Qd7 40. h4 $2 $138 {
Ein schablonenhafter Zug in Zeitnot. Stattdessen gibt es für Weiss einen
direkten Gewinn.} (40. Nxb4 Rxb4 41. Qc3 {[%csl Rb4,Rh7][%cal Rc3h8,Rc8h8]} d4
(41... e5 42. Rc7 $18) 42. Qc5 $18 (42. Qxb4 Qxc8 43. Qxd4 $16)) 40... Bd6 (
40... h5 $2 41. Nxb4 Rxb4 42. Qc3 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rh7][%cal Rc3h8,Rc3b4,Rc8h8,
Rh8h7]}) 41. h5 {[%cal Gc2h7]} Rc7 {Schwarz muss den aktiven weissen Turm
tauschen.} 42. hxg6+ fxg6 43. Rxc7 Qxc7 44. Qa4 $14 {[%csl Gb2] Der schwarze
Königsstellung ist ein wenig schwach und Weiss hat einen Freibauern auf b2.
Aber das reduzierte Material macht Remis wahrscheinlich.} e5 45. e4 dxe4 (45...
d4 46. b4 $36) 46. Qxe4 h5 47. b4 {[%csl Gb4] Endlich kommt der weisse b-Bauer.
} Qb6 48. Qc4 (48. Kg2 $14) 48... Kg7 49. b5 $6 {Mit diesem Zug gibt Weiss
seinen Vorteil auf.} (49. Kg2 $14) 49... e4 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb6g1]} 50. Qxe4 Bxg3
(50... Qxb5 $2 51. Qd4+ $18 {[%cal Rd4d6,Rd4g7]}) 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53.
Qe7+ Kg8 {Weiss hat Dauerschach, aber nicht mehr.} 54. Kg2 Bb8 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56.
Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kg7 58. Ne5 {Weiss spielt bis zum Ende. Sein Freibauer
scheint gefährlich zu sein, aber man kann das nicht verwerten.} (58. Qc6 Qxc6+
59. bxc6 Kf6 $11 {[%cal Gf6e6,Ge6d6,Gd6c6]}) 58... Bxe5 59. Qxe5+ Kf7 {Der
schwarze König strebt zum Damenflügel.} 60. Qd5+ Ke7 61. Qe5+ Kd7 62. f4 Qe6 {
Schwarz kann jetzt auch die Damen tauschen, denn sein König ist nahe genug am
b-Bauern.} 63. Qd4+ {Und (endlich) Remis.} (63. Qxe6+ Kxe6 64. Kh3 Kd5 65. Kh4
Kc5 66. f5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 {Dieser Zug ist prinzipiell logisch -
Weiß löst damit die Symmetrie der Stellung auf.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {
Eine auf den ersten Blick bescheidene, aber für Schwarz nicht ungefährliche
Fortsetzung. Weiß unterbindet so die Entwicklung des schwarzen Läufers nach b4.
} a6 (6... Be7 $5 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Panno,
O-Kasparov,G/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 98 (15)}) (6... Qc7 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. g3 a6 9.
Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. e4 e5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. cxb5 Bc5 14. Qf3 Bd4 15. Bg5
Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bb7 18. Qb4 f6 19. b6 Qc6 20. O-O-O Qxh1 21. Bh3
$18 {1-0 Timman,J-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen 1999/CBM 74 no vc (51)}) (6... Nxd4 7.
Qxd4 b6) 7. Bg5 {Ich möchte anmerken, dass dieser Zug ohne 6.a3 a6 natürlich
mit Bb4 beantwortet worden wäre.} (7. e4 {Führt durch Zugumstellung in die
Sizilianische Verteidigung (Paulsen Variante).} d6 (7... Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Be3
d6 10. O-O Bd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b4 Re8 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 a5 16.
Rfd1 axb4 17. axb4 Bb7 18. Qb2 Nd7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Be3 {1-0 Matlak,M-Kalod,R/
CZE 1999/EXT 2000 (55)}) (7... Qa5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Na5
12. Nd2 Be7 13. b4 Nb7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O {1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Luft,A/
Regensburg 1996/CBM 50 ext (34)}) 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Re1 Ne5 13. Bf1 Ng6 14. Rc1 Qc7 15. Rc2 Qb8 16. a4 Bd8 17. Ba3 Bc7 18. g3
Rfd8 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Qd1 Rcd8 21. Rd2 Bc8 22. Qc2 h5 {1/2-1/2 Gutkin,B-Sturua,
Z/Biel 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) 7... Be7 (7... d6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8
11. Nf3 O-O 12. Rc1 Na5 13. Nd2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 exd5
17. Nf3 Be6 18. Nd4 {1-0 Robatsch,K-Hanel,R/AUT-chT 1991/EXT 97 (26)}) 8. Rc1 (
8. e3 Qa5 $11) (8. e4 $2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 $17) 9...
Bxg5 $17) 8... Qa5 9. Bh4 g5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Schwarz spielt zu optimistisch.
Meiner Meinung nach kommt diese Aktion zu früh. Es wäre besser, zuerst die
Entwicklung zu beenden.} (9... O-O 10. e3 Nxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. c5 $14) 10. Nb3
(10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nb3 (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qd4 (12. b4 Qf5 13. Qd4 Bf6 14. Nxe4
Bxd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nxf5+ exf5 $15) 12... Nf6 13. Qe5 $14) 11... Nxc3 12.
Rxc3 $14) 10... Qf5 (10... Qe5 $2 11. Bg3 $16) 11. Bg3 $14 {Weiß hat eine
gesunde Stellung, Schwarz hingegen Probleme - die scharzen Felder am
Damenflügel sind schwach.} h5 {Schwarz muss so spielen, sonst wäre der Zug 9...
g5 sinnlos.} 12. e3 g4 (12... h4 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. Be2 Qf5 15. Bd6 $16) 13. Bd3 (
13. h4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Bd6 $14) 13... Qg5 14. Na4 {[%csl Yb6][%cal Ga4b6,
Gb6c8,Gb6a8]} e5 {Wegen der Drohung 15.Nb6 muss Schwarz die Diagonale des g3B
schließen. Aber dieser Zug schwächt das d5-Feld.} (14... Bd8 15. Bf4 Qg7 16.
Bd6 $16) 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. h4 gxh3 (16... Qh6 17. Nd4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gg3b8]} exd4
$2 18. Bf4 Qg7 19. Bxb8 Nxb8 20. Nxc8 $18) 17. Rxh3 h4 18. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2f3,
Gf3g5,Gf3h4]} Ng4 {Die schwarze Stellung ist schwierig. Mit dem Springerzug
versucht die Nachziehende im Trüben zu fischen.} (18... Qg7 19. Bxh4 (19. Rxh4
Rxh4 20. Bxh4 Qxg2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 $14) 19... Qxg2 20. Bf1 $16) 19. Nxc8
Rxc8 20. Nf3 Qg7 21. Bf5 $5 (21. Bxh4) (21. Nxh4 Nxe3 22. Nf5 (22. fxe3 Bxh4
23. Bxh4 Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Qg3+ $11 {[%cal Rg3e1,Rg3h4]}) 22... Nxf5 23. Bxf5 $14)
21... Rd8 22. Nxh4 Nxe3 {[%mdl 64]} (22... Bxh4 $2 23. Rxh4 $18) 23. fxe3 Bxh4
24. Qf3 $1 (24. Bxh4 Rxh4 25. Qf3 $14 (25. Rxh4 Qg3+)) 24... Bxg3+ (24... Be7
25. Rd1 $14) 25. Rxg3 Qh6 26. Rh3 Qg7 27. Rg3 Qh6 28. Rh3 Qg7 29. Rxh8+ {
Die logische Entscheidung - Weiß vermeidet Zugwiederholung.} Qxh8 30. Ke2 {
Weiss hat das viel bessere Figurenspiel.Der Pe3 steht ausgezeichnet und
unterbindet u.a. den Zug Nd4.} Ke7 31. b4 Qh6 32. Rd1 Qh4 33. Be4 Rg8 34. Qf5
d6 (34... Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 Rxg4 36. Rxd7+ Ke6 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Ra7 Rxg2+ 39. Kd3
$16) 35. c5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re7]} Rg5 36. cxd6+ Kf8 37. Rh1 $1 (37. Qc8+ Kg7 38.
Kd3 $16) 37... Qxh1 38. Qxg5 Qc1 39. Qf6 {[%cal Rf6h8,Rh8f8]} (39. Qh4 $18) (
39. Qh6+ Ke8 40. Bf5 $2 Nd4+ $19 {[%cal Gc1h6]}) 39... Qc4+ 40. Kf2 Kg8 41.
Qg5+ $18 Kf8 42. Qh6+ Ke8 (42... Kg8 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Qh8#) 43. Bf5 {Weiß
beraubt den schwarzen König des Feldes d7 und droht Matt auf h8.} Qa2+ 44. Kg3
1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 {Ribli.Auf diese Weise vermeidet Weiss das
eventuelle Wolgagambit oder die Benoni-Verteidigung.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3
e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 Bb7 $5
{Ribli.Das alte 11...Bd7 ist auch gut spielbar,aber De Firmians Idee ist
logisch. Der Laeufer hat seinen Platz auf der grossen Diagonale.} (11... Bd7 {
Siehe SURVEY}) 12. g3 c5 (12... fxg3 13. hxg3 Kc7 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Rc1 Bb4 (
15... Rxd4 $2 16. Nb5+) 16. Rh4 (16. O-O Rxd4 (16... Bxc3 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 (17...
Bxb2 18. Nxd8+ Bxc1 19. Rxc1+ (19. Nxf7 $1 Bxg2 (19... Re8 $2 20. Rxc1+ Kb8 21.
Bxb7 Kxb7 22. Nd6+) 20. Rxc1+) (19. Nxb7) 19... Kxd8 20. Bxb7) 18. Rxc3 Rd6 19.
Rfc1 $18) 17. Nb5+) 16... Nd5 $10) 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bg2 (14. O-O-O Ke7) 14...
Rb8 15. O-O-O Ke7 $10 {Ribli. Schwarz hat einen schwachen Bauern auf c5, aber
das Laeuferpaar und sein aktives Spiel kompensieren das. Der Bauer f4 stoert
ein wenig die weisse Stellung, nach 16.gf4 Bf4 hat Weiss auch Probleme mit
seiner Bauernstruktur. Der folgende Zug von Weiss ist erzwungen.} 16. e3 {
Ribli.Weiss kann diesen Zug nicht umgehen.} fxe3 17. Rhe1 Rhd8 $8 18. Rxe3+ Kf8
{Ribli. Ich kann diese Stellung als gleich abschaetzen. Der schwarze c-Bauern
ist grundsaetzlich schwach, aber es gibt auch andere Faktoren. Schwarz droht
mit Ng4.  Weiss kann zu seinem Unglück nicht seinen Traum verwirklichen. Das
ist in erster Linie der Tausch des weissfarbigen Laeufers, und die Besetzung
des wichtigen Feldes c4 durch seinen Springer auf f3.} 19. h3 (19. Red3 Be7 (
19... Ke7 20. Nb5 (20. Nh4)) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Ne1 (22. h3)
22... Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Ng4) 19... g6 20. Ne1 $6 (20. Red3 Bc7 21. Rxd8+ (21. Nb5
$2 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Ba6) 21... Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Ne1 $10) 20... Ba6 $1 $15
21. Nc2 Be7 22. Rde1 Rd7 23. Bf1 (23. b3 c4) 23... Bxf1 24. Rxf1 c4 25. Rd1 (
25. Re2 $5) 25... Rdb7 26. Na4 {Ribli.Die Turmverdoppelung auf der halboffenen
b-Linie bietet Schwarz gefaehrliche Initiative.Weisse frueheres Grundziel -
das Spiel gegen den schwache c-Bauern - bleibt eine Illusion.} Nd7 27. Rd4 Nb6
28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29. Rxc4 (29. Rd7 Bc5 30. Rf3 Rxb2 31. Rfxf7+ Ke8 $17) 29... Rxb2
30. Rc7 $6 (30. a4 $5) 30... Bg5 31. f4 Bd8 $17 32. Rd7 (32. Rxa7 Bb6) 32...
Rxa2 33. Rc3 Bb6 {Ribli. Schwarz hat praktisch gewonnen.Er besitzt nicht nur
einen Bauernvorteil, darueber hinaus ist die gegnerische Bauernstellung
ziehmlich verwundbar.} 34. Rc4 Ra5 35. Kd2 Re8 36. Kc3 Rb5 37. Ra4 Re2 38. Nd4
Re3+ 39. Kd2 Bxd4 40. Rdxd4 Rxg3 $19 41. Rxa7 Rxh3 {Ribli.Weiss macht in
seiner Verzweiflung noch ein Paar Zuege - er hätte sich diese letzte Phase
lieber sparen sollen.} 42. Rdd7 Rf5 43. Rd4 Rf3 44. Raa4 Rh5 45. Rd3 Rh2+ 46.
Kc3 Rhh3 47. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 48. Kd2 Kg7 49. Ke2 Rb3 50. Ra6 h6 {Ribli. Die
einfache Drohung von Schwarz ist: mit g6-g5 zwei verbundene Bauern ins Leben
rufen, das gewinnt leicht. Deshalb gab Weiss in dieser hoffnungslosen Stellung
auf.} 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 {Ribli.Mit dieser Zugfolge vermeidet Weiss die
Variante 3.Nc3 Nd4.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 {Ribli. Wenn
Weiss kein Risiko eingehen will, ist diese Variante meiner Meinung nach sehr
gut. Obgleich Weiss nicht so gute Chancen hat, klaren Vorteil zu erreichen,
ist sein Vorteil im allgemeinen zwar ziemlich gering, aber er kann kaum
verlieren.} e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ (11. O-O-O+) (
11. Nd4 Bb7 $5 {Ribli.Das ist eine neue, von De Firmian eingefuehrte
Fortsetzung, das letzte Wort in dieser Variante.}) 11... Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 (
12... Rb8) (12... Kc7) 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 15. g3 f3 (15... Kc7 $5 16. Bg2
Bf5 $1 (16... Rb4 $2 17. O-O fxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. Rc1 $1 h4 20. a3 Rc4 21. b3
Rg4 22. Nb5+ $16 {Engquist,T-De Firmian,N/Gausdal/1995/EXP46/INF63,(38)/}) 17.
O-O fxg3 18. hxg3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 $10 {Akesson,R-Ernst,T/
SVE-ch/1988/}) 16. Kd1 (16. e3 Kc7 17. Bd3 Bh3 $15) 16... fxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Kc7
18. Bc4 (18. Kc1) 18... Re7 (18... Be6) (18... Bg4+) 19. Kc1 {Ribli.Wir haben
ein Endspiel auf dem Brett, aber das ist noch Theorie. Meiner Meinung nach hat
Weiss dank seiner besseren Bauernstruktur minimalen Vorteil, und normaleweise
kann er nie verlieren, aber seine Gewinnchancen sind hoch.} Bf5 (19... Rbe8 20.
b3 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 $10 {XU Jun-De Firmian,N/Thessaloniki ol/1984/INF38,54/})
20. b3 Rbe8 21. Kb2 Ne4 22. Nxe4 (22. Rd4 Nxf2 $2 (22... Nd6 23. Bd3 $10) 23.
Rf1) 22... Bxe4 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rc3 Bh1 (24... Rd7 $10) (24... Rd8 $10) 25. Rcd3
g5 (25... Be4 26. Re3) 26. Rd4 Be4 27. Kc3 f4 (27... Kb6 $10) 28. gxf4 gxf4 29.
Bd3 $14 {Ribli. In diesem Manoeverkampf hat Weiss einen kleinen Vorteil. Nach
dem Laeufertausch werden die schwarzen Bauernschwaechen schon bemerkbar.} Bxd3
30. R4xd3 Kb6 31. Rf3 Re4 32. Rd7 h5 33. Rd4 (33. Rf7 $5 Re2 34. a4 {Ribli.Das
scheint mir besser.}) 33... Rxd4 34. Kxd4 c5+ 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Kc3 $6 {Ribli.
Nach dem Textzug ist der weisse Koenig von dem schwaechsten schwarzen Bauern
abgeschnitten.} (36. Ke4 Rd2 37. Kxf4 (37. a4 Rd4+ 38. Ke5 Rb4 $10) 37... Rxa2
38. Kg5 $5) 36... Rd4 37. Rh3 (37. Rd3 Re4) 37... Re4 38. Kd3 Rd4+ 39. Kc3 Re4
40. Kd3 Rd4+ 41. Ke2 {Ribli.Endlich findet Weiss den richtigen Plan, aber es
ist schon zu spaet.} c4 42. bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxh5 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rxa2 45. Rf5 a5 46.
Rxf4 (46. h4 $5) 46... Ra1 47. h4 Kb5 48. h5 Rh1 49. Rf5+ Kb6 (49... Kb4 50.
Kg2 Rh4 51. Kg3 Rh1 52. Rf4+ Kb3 53. Rh4 Rxh4 $2 54. Kxh4 a4 55. h6 a3 56. h7
a2 57. h8=Q $18) 50. Kg2 Rh4 51. Kg3 (51. Rf6+ Kb5 52. h6 a4 53. Kg3 Rh1 (53...
a3 $5 54. Kxh4 a2 55. Rf5+ (55. h7 a1=Q 56. h8=Q Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qxh8 {Ribli.
Theoretisch ist dieses Endspiel Remis, aber da Weiss dier ganze Partie ueber
ein wenig besser stand, kann er damit nicht zufrieden sein.}) 55... Kb6 (55...
Kb4 56. Rf4+ Kb3 57. Rf3+ Kb2 $2 58. h7 $18))) 51... Rh1 52. Kg2 Rh4 53. Kg3 {
Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 {[#]} bxc6 (9... Qb6 $5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 bxc6 12. Rd1
Be6 13. g3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Rd8 $10 {Tratar,M-Rotstein,A/Bled op-B/1996/EXP33/})
10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 {Weiss hat nur zwei "Bauerninseln", während Schwarz
vier hat, aber Schwarz hat dafür das Läuferpaar Die Chancen sind gleich.} Bd7
12. g3 fxg3 13. hxg3 Bb4 14. Bh3 $146 (14. Bg2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Kc7 16. O-O Rab8
17. Rab1 $5 (17. Nb3 Rhe8 $6 (17... h5 $5 $13) 18. Rfe1 Rb5 19. e4 $14 {
Timman,J-Gligoric,S/Beograd tt/1984/INF37,44/}) 17... Rb6 18. Rb4 $1 Rc8 $5 19.
Rc4 Ne8 20. Rd1 Nd6 21. Ra4 a6 22. Nb3 Nb7 $10 {Oll,L-Emms,J/Copenhagen op/
1993/}) (14. Rc1) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Kc7 17. Rh4 h5 18. Rf4
Rab8 19. O-O-O Rhe8 (19... Rhd8 20. Rf5 Rd5 $10) 20. Rf5 Rb6 21. Ra5 {Weiss
hat einen aktiven Turm, aber sein Vorteil ist weniger als mikroskopisch.} a6
22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Rg5 g6 24. Re5 Rd7 25. f3 Rd5 26. Re7+ {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 $5 {Koertschnoj's Idee} Nfg4 9. e3 Qc6 $2 {Ich verstehe nicht, warum
Schwarz diesen Fehler wiederholt. Moeglicherweise wusste er nicht, dass dieser
Zug schon gespielt wurde.} (9... a6 $5 10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Qxg4 d6 12. Qe2 $10 {
Anand,V-Leko,P/Wijk/1996/CBM51/INF65,38/}) 10. h3 Nf3+ 11. Ke2 Nge5 12. b3 g5
13. Bg2 $1 gxf4 14. exf4 a6 15. fxe5 axb5 16. Bxf3 Qc5 17. Nxb5 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1
Bg7 19. a4 $1 $146 {[#] Man findet dieser Zug als Empfehlung im CBM51/} (19.
Kg2 Qxa1 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Qxa1 Bxa1 22. Nxa8 Bd4 23. b4 b6 24. Rd1 e5 25. a4
Rg8 26. c5 bxc5 27. b5 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Greenfeld,A/Beersheba m/1995/CBM51/
INF65,(38)/ Spaeter hat Weiss nach einigem grossen und kleinen Fehler gewonnen.
}) 19... d5 (19... Qxa1 20. Qxa1 Bxa1 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nxa8 Bd4 23. Ke2 $18 {
CBM51}) 20. Rc1 {Ich siehe keine Kompensatien fuer den geopferten -verlorenen-
Bauern.} Bd7 (20... d4 21. c5 $16) 21. cxd5 Bxb5+ 22. axb5 O-O {Schwarz hofft
auf die ungleichfarbigen Laeufer, aber dieser Remisfaktor greift nur im
Endspiel - und auf dem Brett ist eindeutig eine Mittelspielstellung.} 23. Kg2
exd5 (23... Rfd8 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Rc7 exd5 26. Ree7 $18) 24. Re1 Qf6 (24... Qd4
25. Bxd5 Ra2 26. Qf3 $18) 25. Qxd5 Qb2 26. Rcd1 Rae8 (26... Ra2 27. Re2 $18)
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Qd7 Rf8 29. Bxb7 Qxb3 30. Bd5 Qc2 31. Rd3 Kh8 32. Rf3 f5 33.
b6 Qb2 34. b7 Qe5 35. Re3 {Die heutige Zeit ist sehr-sehr wichtig die Theorie
gut kennenzulernen, sonst kann man fast ohne Spiel verlieren. Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Romero} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3
Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 (9... O-O {Romero} 10. f4 Nc6 11. e5) 10. f4 Nc6 11.
Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O (13... e5 {Romero} 14. c5 Bg4 15. cxd6 Qxd6
16. Qd2 $14) 14. O-O (14. c5 d5 (14... dxc5 $5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $10) 15.
e5 Nd7 16. c4 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxc5 19. O-O Rb8 (19... Bd7) 20. g4 b6
21. f5 Kh8 22. Rf3 Bb7 23. Rh3 Bxg2 (23... Rbd8 $5 24. Rd1 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Qxe5
$1 26. Bxe5 Rxd1+) 24. Qxg2 Qd7 25. Rd1 {Und Remis in einer für die Theorie
unbekannten Partie: Schroll-Horvath,J/Wien/1995/}) 14... b6 {Romero: This
position have been prepared quite well by Peter Leko, together with his
analyst Zoltan Ribli, who has a lot of experience in this variation. Illescas,
who also has played it with white some times ago, knew, that Leko have had bad
results with this line before this game.  Das ist noch eine theoretische
Variante. Meiner Meinung nach hat Schwarz mindestens gleiche Chancen, und es
liegt an Weiß, etwas besonders zu zeigen, sonst werden sich seine
Bauernschwächen im Endspiel bemarkbar machen.} 15. g4 {The only possible plan
in this position. White has some attacking chances due to the lack of
defenders in black position and the lack of control in the black squares. Is
clear that white hopes are not in the queen side.} (15. Nd4) 15... Bb7 $5 {
Improving the game Illescas-Gelfand,Dos Hermanas 94.} (15... Ba6 16. g5 Nd7 17.
Rf3 Rfe8 18. Rh3 Nf8 19. Qh5 Bxc4 20. f5 $40 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Gelfand,B/Dos
Hermanas/1994/CBM41/INF60,42/} (20. f5 {Romero} Ne5 {(Illescas-Gelfand)} 21. f6
$1)) 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Rh3 Rfe8 $1 19. Qh5 (19. Rf1 Nf8) 19... Nf8
20. Rf1 (20. f5 {Romero} exf5 21. exf5 Ne5 {Romero: Black has advantage in
this variation because the king column is opened in his favour and black will
exchange the white square bishops.}) 20... Ne7 {Romero: a good defensive move}
21. Nd2 Ba6 $1 {Romero: When the advance of the f pawn is paralized this move
is possible.} 22. Bd4 (22. f5 Bxc4 {Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1995/
CBM49/INF64,42/} 23. Nxc4 (23. Rf2 exf5 24. exf5 (24. Bd4 {Romero} f4 $1 25.
Rxf4 Neg6 26. Rf2 Be6 $17) 24... Nxf5 25. Rxf5 g6 26. Qh6 gxf5 27. Bd4 Re5 $17)
23... Qxc4 24. f6 Neg6 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhf3 Rc7 $15) 22... Bxc4 23. Rf2 e5 $1
{Romero: Probably leko refused to go for complications after 23...Ba2 because
of the counterblow 24.Bg7!?.} (23... Bxa2 $5 {Romero} 24. Bxg7 $5 (24. Nf1 e5
$5) (24. f5 e5 $1) 24... Kxg7 25. Nf1 Qc5 (25... Bc4 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Ne3 Neg6
28. f5 exf5 29. exf5 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Ne5 31. f6 Ne6 32. Be4 $18) 26. Ne3 (26.
Qh6+ $5 Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Ng3 Qxc3 29. Nh5 Qxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Nxe8+ Rxe8
32. Rxa2 Nfg6 33. Rf3 Nc6 $15) 26... Neg6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 (27... Kh8) 28. Ng4 f5
29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Qxh7+ Nxh7 31. Rxh7+ Kf8 32. Nd7+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ $10) 24. fxe5
dxe5 25. Nxc4 (25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nxc4 Qe6 $17 {Leko}) 25... exd4 $1 (25... Neg6
$5 {Romero} 26. Ne3 exd4) 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 {Romero: Still, Black has a solid
position after all.} 27. Bf1 dxc3 28. e5 $1 {Romero: With this strong move
white goes for an endgame with some drawing chances. The threat is Nd6 so the
c pawn falls. Die einzige Gegenchance.} Neg6 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc3 b5 $1 {
Der e5-Bauer ist "vergiftet"} (30... Nxe5 31. Re3) (30... Rxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxc3
32. Bc4) 31. Nd6 Rxc3 32. Nxe8 Ne6 {Schwarz hat eine bessere Stelllung, aber
für den Gewinn muß er noch sehr gut spielen.} 33. Rf7 (33. Nd6 a6 $1 (33... a6
{Romero} 34. Rf7 Nxg5 35. Ra7 h6 36. Rxa6 Rc2 37. Nf7+ $5 Nxf7 38. Rxg6 Nxe5
39. Rg2 (39. Rg3) 39... Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Rc1 41. Rf2 $17)) (33. Bxb5 {Romero} Nxg5
$1) 33... Nxg5 34. Rxa7 Rc2 35. Bxb5 Nxe5 36. Kf1 (36. Nd6 {Romero} Ngf3+ 37.
Kf1 Nxh2+ 38. Ke1 Nhf3+ 39. Kd1 Rd2+ 40. Kc1 g5 41. Nf7+ Nxf7 42. Rxf7 Rd5 $1
$17) 36... Ng4 37. Ke1 $4 {Romero: An incredible mistake that decides the
fight.} (37. Be2 Nxh2+ 38. Ke1 (38. Kf2 Nhf3 39. Rxg7 (39. Nd6 g6 $17 {Romero:
White has very good practical possibilities for draw.}) 39... Nd4 40. Rxg5
Rxe2+ 41. Kf1 Rxe8 {Leko}) 38... Nhf3+ 39. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 40. Kd1 Rg2 41. Rf7 Rg1+
42. Kc2 (42. Ke2 Re1+) 42... Nd4+ 43. Kc3 Ne6 $17) 37... Nf3+ {Ribli} 0-1

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen 3rd"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 {Nach meiner
persöhnlichen Meinung ist dieser Zug chancenreicher für Weiss als die
Alternativen 4.e3 und 4.g3.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Dieser Zug war von
Speelman in 1988 in Turnierpraxis eingeführt worden. Mit dieser Fortsetzung
verhindert Weiss den Zug Bb4.} Qc7 {Dieser Zug ist ein seltener Gast in der
Turnierpraxis. Die Alternativen scheinen mir besser zur Erlangung von
Ausgleich geeignet zu sein.} (6... Be7 $5 7. e4 (7. e3 d5 (7... O-O 8. Be2 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bf6 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Bd2 Bxb2
15. Rab1 Qf6 16. Qb3 Be5 17. Qxb7 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Barlov,D-Matamoros Franco,C/
Cala Galdana ESP 1999 (22)}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Bg4 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ne4 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rb1 Qd6 $11 {
Kortchnoi,V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee (m/9) 1991 (17)}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 (8. Nf3 d6 9.
Be2 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd3 Qb8 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Qb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Qc1 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Bf6 {Kortschnoj,V-Akesson,R/Antwerp op 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 8... d5 9.
exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 (13... Bxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Kasparov,G/Horgen CS 1994}) 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Panno,O-Kasparov,G/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 98 (15)}) (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4
b6 $11 {[%cal Gf8c5,Gc5d4]}) 7. Ndb5 (7. e3 a6 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 (10.
Nxc6 Bxc6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bf3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qe2 d5 {1/2-1/2
Averbakh,Y-Mikenas,V/Moscow 1955/URS-ch (24)}) 10... Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1
Rac8 13. Nf3 Qb8 14. h3 Rfd8 15. b4 d6 16. Qb3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Xu Jun-Wojtkiewicz,
A/Manila 1992/TD (31)}) (7. Bg5 a6 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 (9. Qf4 Qxf4
10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Nb5 e5 12. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2
Hauchard,A-Berend,F/Brussels 1993/CBM 34 ext (47)}) 9... a5 {[%csl Gc5]} 10. e3
b6 11. Be2 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Chomet,P/Meribel 1998/CBM 67/[Ribli] 
(95)}) 8. Bxf6 (8. e3 Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg3
{1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Przewoznik,J/POL-ch 1992/CBM 29 ext (81)}) 8... gxf6 9. e3
f5 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O f4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exf4 Qxf4 14. c5 Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Chuchelov,V-Baklan,V/Vlissingen NED 1999 (34)}) (7. e4 $6 Nxe4 $1 (7... Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bc5 $11) 8. Nxe6 (8. Nxe4 Qe5 $17 {[%csl Rd4,Re4]}) 8... dxe6 9. Nxe4 Be7
$15) 7... Qb8 8. g3 {Nach diesem Zug droht Weiss 9.Bf4 zu spielen. (Es ist
anzumerken, dass es ähnliche Motive in der Sizilianischen Verteidigung gibt: z.
B. nach 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3, wonach 6...Nf6
nicht so gut wäre wegen 7.Bf4 und 8.Ndb5, so dass Schwarz mit 6...a6
fortsetzen muss).} a6 9. Nd4 (9. Bf4 $2 e5 {[%csl Rb5,Rf4][%cal Ra6b5,Re5f4]}
10. Bg5 axb5 11. cxb5 Nd4 $17 {Weiss kann dann mit Bxf6 und Bg2 fortsetzen,
aber seine Kompensation ist auf jeden Fall nicht ausreichend.}) 9... Nxd4 {
Schwarz möchte seine Stellung mit diesem Springertausch befreien.} (9... Qc7
10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Na4 Ng6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bd2
Bf6 17. e3 N4e5 18. c5 $1 $14 {1-0 Salov,V-Yudasin,L/Madrid 1992/CBM 30/[Ribli]
(59)}) (9... d6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 $14 {
1-0 Anic,D-Koch,J/Narbonne 1997/CBM 61/[Ribli] (45)}) 10. Qxd4 b5 (10... b6 $5
{Diese genügsame Fortsetzung mit der Idee Bc5 scheint mir logischer als der
Textzug.}) 11. e4 $146 {Weiss muss energisch spielen, nach 11.Bg2 hat Schwarz
keine Probleme.} (11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qb7+ 14. f3 bxc4 15. Qxc4
Be7 16. b4 d5 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Na4 Qb5 {0-1 Tunik,G-Dvoirys,S/
Moscow 1996/EXT 99 (48)}) 11... e5 (11... b4 12. e5 $5 (12. axb4 e5) 12... bxc3
13. exf6 cxb2 14. Bxb2 $14) (11... bxc4 {Ftacnik} 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bg2 Bb7 15. O-O Qa7 16. Qxa7 Rxa7 17. Rd1 $11) 12. Qe3 Qc7 $5 {Schwarz spielt
scharf und opfert einen Bauern.} (12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 $14) (12...
bxc4 {Ftacnik} 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. Qd3 $14) 13. cxb5 Bc5 (13... axb5 {Ftacnik} 14.
Bxb5 Bb7 15. O-O $16) 14. Qf3 (14. Qd3 Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]} (14... Qb6 {[%cal
Rb6f2]})) 14... Bd4 {[%csl Gd4] Das ist schwarze Hauptidee. Der Bauer auf e4
ist schwach in dieser Stellung.} 15. Bg5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The opening
becomes exceptionally tactical, both sides are playing with great phantasy.'
Weiss muss so spielen; es entsteht sehr scharfes Spiel.} (15. bxa6 {Ftacnik}
Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qc6 17. Bg2 Bxa6 $14) 15... Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxe4 $5 {Sonst kann
Weiss Bxf6 spielen, mit deutlichem Positionsvorteil.} (16... axb5 {Ftacnik} 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxb5 f5 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rab1 $16) 17. Qxe4 Bb7 {[%cal Rb7h1]} (
17... Qxc3+ {[%cal Rc3a1,Rc3e1]} 18. Ke2 Qb2+ (18... Qxa1 19. Qxa8 $16) 19. Bd2
$16) 18. Qb4 $40 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rb4e7]} f6 {Weiss hat eine Figur mehr, aber
es hängen Bg5 und Rh1.} 19. b6 Qc6 20. O-O-O $1 {Weiss opfert den Turm auf h1
und strebt sofortigen Angriff an.} (20. Rg1 fxg5 21. Bg2 e4 $14) (20. Bxf6 $5 {
Ftacnik} Qxf6 (20... gxf6 21. Rg1 Rc8 22. c4 $18) 21. Rg1 Rf8 22. Ra2 $16)
20... Qxh1 (20... fxg5 21. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rh1e1,Re1e8,Gb4f8,Gc4f7]} (
21. Bh3 d5 22. Rhe1 e4 $13)) 21. Bh3 Qe4 $5 (21... Qc6 22. Bxd7+ Qxd7 23. Rxd7
Kxd7 24. Qc4 $16 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Rc4c7,Rc7d7,Rc7b7,Rc4f7,Rf7d7]}) (21... Qxh2
22. Rxd7 $18) 22. Qd6 (22. Rxd7 $2 Qxb4 23. axb4 Rb8 {[%cal Rb7c8,Rc8h3]}) (22.
Bxd7+ Kf7 23. Qb3+ Kg6 24. Be3 Rhd8) 22... Kf7 {[%csl Gd1,Gd6,Rf7,Gg5,Gh3] '!'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Polgar defends like a lion, the king is ready to find more
peaceful play in front of his pawns. Black queen on e4 holds the position.'} (
22... fxg5 23. Bxd7+ Kf7 24. Be6+ Kg6 (24... Ke8 25. Qd7+ $18) 25. Bf5+ $1 Kxf5
26. Qd7+ Kg6 27. Rd6+ Kh5 28. Qh3+ $18) 23. Qxd7+ Kg6 (23... Kf8 24. Be6 Qg6
25. Be3 Rc8 26. Bc5+ Rxc5 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Qd8#) 24. Be6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Rd7f7,Rf7g6]} Rhf8 (24... fxg5 25. Bf7+ Kh6 26. Qh3+) (24... Kxg5 25. Qxg7+ Qg6
26. h4+ $18) (24... Rhg8 $2 25. Be3 h6 (25... h5 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qxh5#) 26. g4
$18 {[%cal Re6f5,Rf5e4,Rf5g6]}) 25. Be3 (25. g4 fxg5 (25... Kxg5 26. Qxg7+ Qg6
27. h4+ $18 {[%cal Rg7b7]}) 26. Bf5+ Rxf5 27. gxf5+ Kh6 (27... Qxf5 28. Rd6+
$18) 28. Rd6+ g6 $17) 25... Rad8 $2 (25... Bc6 $5 26. Bd5 (26. Qd3 {Ftacnik}
Qxd3 27. Rxd3 $11) (26. Qe7 Rae8 27. Qd6 Rd8 $17) (26. Qc7 Qa4 27. Bc5 Be4 28.
Rd2 Qb5 29. Rd7 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Rfc8 $17) 26... Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxd5
28. Rxd5 $14 {[%csl Gb6,Ge3] Weiss hat einen gefährlichen Bauern (auf b6) für
die Qualität.}) (25... Rac8 $5 26. Kb2 $40 {[%cal Re6b3,Rb3c2,Rc2g6]} (26. c4
Rxc4+ 27. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 28. Kb2 Rc8 29. Rc1 Qe2+ 30. Ka1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Qc4 32.
Qe8+ Kf5 33. Qh5+ (33. Qd7+ Kg6) 33... Ke6 34. Qe8+ $11) 26... Rxc3 $1 (26...
Bc6 27. Bf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxc8 $16) 27. Kxc3 Rc8+ 28. Kb2 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 Qc3+ $11) (
25... Bc8 {Ftacnik} 26. Bd5 Qc2+ 27. Kxc2 Bxd7 28. Bxa8 Ba4+ 29. Kc1 Bxd1 30.
Bd5 Be2 31. b7 $18) {[#]} 26. g4 $3 $16 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Fascinating
move that was easy to be missed. White manages to square black king despite
the threat to his queen.' Dieser schöne Zug war von Schwarz üebersehen worden.}
Rxd7 (26... Qxe3+ {Ftacnik} 27. fxe3 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Bc8 29. Bf5+ Kh6 30. Rf7 $1
Rd8 (30... Rxf7 31. Bxc8 Kg5 32. b7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 $18) 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. b7 Rb8
33. c4 $18) 27. Bf5+ Qxf5 (27... Kf7 28. Rxd7+ Ke8 29. Bxe4 $18) 28. gxf5+ Kxf5
29. Rxd7 {Die Stellung ist materiell gleich, aber b7 und g7 hängen, so
verliert Schwarz einen Bauern und der b6P ist stark.} Be4 30. Rxg7 Ke6 31. Kb2
$1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb2b3,Gb3b4,Gb4a5] Sehr effektiv gespielt - der König
strebt nach a5.} Rd8 32. Kb3 f5 33. Kb4 f4 {Schwarz aktiviert seinen f-Bauern.}
34. Bc5 Rd7 35. Rg8 {Weiss muss - natürlich - die Türme auf dem Brett halten.}
(35. Rxd7 $2 Kxd7 $11) 35... Bb7 36. Re8+ Kf5 (36... Kd5 37. c4+ Ke4 38. Ka5
$18) 37. c4 {Ftacnik: 'All white queenside pawns belong closer to the
promoting squares.' Der weise Plan ist klar - die Bauern auf dem Damenfluegel
werden vorgetrieben und es droht dann Rxb7 mit Gewinn.} e4 38. Ka5 h5 39. Rb8 {
[%cal Rb8b7]} e3 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, bekommt aber einen Freibauern
auf der f-Linie.} 40. fxe3 f3 (40... fxe3 41. Bxe3 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6,Gb8,Gc4]}
) 41. e4+ {Dieser Zug ist auch gut, aber die Alternative wäre schneller. Weiss
muss die Diagonale a7-g1 öffnen, sonst wäre die Drohung f3-f2 immer gefährlich.
} (41. Rxb7 $5 Rxb7 42. e4+ Kxe4 43. Kxa6 $18) 41... Bxe4 (41... Kxe4) 42. Kxa6
Kg4 43. a4 {[%csl Ga4,Ga6,Gb6,Gb8,Gc4,Gc5] Weiss hat drei (!) Freibauern am
Damenflügel.} Rf7 44. a5 Kh3 (44... f2 45. Bxf2 Rxf2 46. Rg8+ Kh3 47. b7 $18)
45. b7 Kxh2 46. Kb6 Rf6+ 47. Ka7 Rf7 48. a6 $18 {Mit zwei verbundenen Bauern
steht Weiss auf Gewinn.} Bd3 49. Rc8 Kh3 (49... Bxc4 50. Bd6+ $18 {[%cal Rd6h2,
Rc8c4]}) 50. Kb6 Rf6+ 51. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Anand spielt normalerweise 1.e4, aber jetzt hat er gegen den ungarischen
Wunderknabe speziell vorbereitet.} 1. Nf3 $5 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 $5 {Anand kannte diese interessante
Neuerung von Kortschnoj bereits, aber sein Gegner hatte in diesem Moment von
der Partie Korschnoj-Greenfeld (03)/Beersheba m/ Partie noch nichts gehoert.}
Nfg4 9. e3 a6 $1 $146 {Natuerlich spielt Leko nicht 9...Qc6? wie Greenfeld.}
10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. Qxg4 d6 (11... Qc6 12. Bxe5 Qxh1 13. Ne4 $44) (11... b5 12.
Bg2 (12. cxb5 $2 Qxc3+ $1 13. bxc3 Nxg4 $19) 12... Qxc4 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Nc6 15. a4 $1 b4 16. Nb5 $1 {[#]} axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 $44) 12. Qe2 Bd7
(12... Qc6 13. e4) (12... Ng6 $5) 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Bg2 Be7 (14... Bc6 $5) 15.
O-O O-O 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. c5 $5 {Mit diesem zweischneidigen Zug
will Weiss die Initiative uebernehmen.} f5 {Die Annahme des Bauernopfers
fuehrt zum klaren Vorteil fuer Weiss.} (18... Bxc5 $2 19. Ne4 Qa5 (19... Bb5
20. Qe1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Qb6 22. Qc2 $18) 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxb7 $16
) (18... Qxc5 19. Bxb7 $16 {/\ Qxa6}) 19. e4 Bg5 (19... Bxc5 $5 20. exf5 exf5
21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Qf7 Bd4 23. Ne2 Bc6 24. Qxc7 (24. Qxf5 $2 Rf8 {>< f2}) 24...
Rxc7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Kf1 $15) 20. Rb1 g6 21. b4
$1 Bc6 22. Qc4 Qf7 23. a4 $1 {Weiss steht mit dem Bauernpulk am Damenfluegel
schon klar besser.} Bf6 24. b5 $1 axb5 25. axb5 Be8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. c6 $1 {
Die weissen Bauern maschieren unaufhaltsam voran.} Rc8 28. Na4 bxc6 29. b6 $1
Rb8 30. Nc5 Be7 31. Qc3 Bd6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Na6 Ra8 (33... Rb7 34. Bxc6 Bxc6
35. Qxc6 $18) 34. Qd3 Qe7 35. b7 Rd8 36. Qc2 $1 {Schwarz kann den
Materialverlust nicht mehr verhindern.} e4 37. b8=Q Bxb8 38. Nxb8 Qd6 39. Na6
Qd4 40. Qc1 Qd2 41. Nc7 Qxc1+ 42. Rxc1 Bd7 43. Rd1 $1 {Der Rest der Partie
bedarf keines Kommentars.} Kf7 44. Na6 $1 Ke7 45. Nc5 Bc8 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. Kf1
Ke7 48. Ke1 Kd6 49. Na4 c5 50. Bf1 Bb7 51. Kd2 Bd5 52. Nb6 h6 53. Ke3 Kc6 54.
Na4 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 {Heutzutage ist dies die Hauptvariante
gegen die Benoni-Verteidigung . Das System mit Bd3 und h3 gibt nicht viel her.
Ein weiterer Grund, Benoni zu vermeiden, ist: De Firmian spielt sehr
gefaehrlich in scharfen Stellungen. Die Partiefortsetzung bietet meiner
Meinung nach keinen grossen Vorteil fuer Weiss, aber fuehrt zu ruhigen
Stellungen mit leichter weisser Initiative.} cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 (6. Bf4
d5 7. cxd5 $14 (7. Ndb5 {Fuehrt zur Zugumstellung.}) (7. e3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9.
Qa4 Qb6 10. a3 $2 (10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 $14 {Merey -
Schandorff,Berlin 1984.}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qb2 $1 12. Rd1 Ne4 13. Bg3 Qxc3+
14. Ke2 O-O 15. f3 Qb2+ 16. Ke1 Nc3 $19 {Murey-Palac,Albena 1996.})) (6. Bg5
Bc5 $146 7. e3 (7. Nb3 $2 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Ng4+ $19) 7... O-O 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 d5
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Be7 (11... Bb4 $5) 12. O-O $14 {Horvath,J-Palkovi,Paks
1996.}) 6... d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 Bb7
$5 {Das ist eine interessante Entdeckung von De Firmian. Die fruehere Theorie
schaetzte diesen Zug,als unguenstig fuer Schwarz ein.} 12. Rd1 {Zwei Runden
frueher in der Partie Salov - De Firmian/Amsterdam Donner/1996/CBM55/ kam es
zu 12.g3 c5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.Bg2 Rb8 mit gleichen Chancen.} Kc7 13. g3 Rd8 $1 14.
Bg2 (14. gxf4 $2 Rxd4 15. Rxd4 c5 $19) 14... Rxd4 {Mit einfachen Mittelen
erreicht Schwarz Ausgleich.} 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 fxg3 18. hxg3
Bxd5 19. Nxd5+ Kc6 $10 {In dieser Stellung war Remis geboten..Die Partie kann
z.B. fortgesetzt werden mit 20.Ne3 g6 21.Nc4 Bg7 22.Kd2 h5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 $6 {Es gibt so
viele gute Züge in dieser wohlbekannten Stellung. Es ist bemerkenswert, dass
Weiß eine so genügsame Fortsetzung wählt. Viel unangenehmer für Schwarz sind
die Alternativen 6.g3, 6.Ndb5, 6.Bg5 oder 6.a3. Der Springertausch verschafft
Weiß keinen Vorteil - er stärkt vielmehr das schwarze Bauernzentrum.} bxc6 (
6... dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bf4 $1 $14) 7. g3 h5 $5 {Schwarz spielt auf
sofortigen Angriff am Königsflügel.} (7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 d5
11. b3 Rd8 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. c5 Qa5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qb2
Ba6 18. Be5 Qb7 19. e3 {1/2-1/2 Demina,J-Galianina Ryjanova,J/Elista 2000/CBM
76 ext (19)}) (7... Ba6 $6 8. Qa4 Qb6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 $1 Bb7 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Kg7 (13... Be7 14. c5 $1 $16) 14. Rac1 a5 15. g4 $1 h5 $5 16.
gxh5 Be7 17. c5 Qb4 18. Qd1 Bc8 19. Rc3 $16 {1-0 Cvetkovic,S-Rajkovic,D/
Jugoslavija 1992/Inf 55/[Cvetkovic,S] (45)}) (7... d5 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. b3 Ba6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Pettersson,R-Gaard,K/
Oerebro 1992/EXT 97 (49)}) 8. Bg2 (8. h4 $5) 8... h4 $13 9. e4 $6 {Mit diesem
Zug sollte man lieber warten. Der Textzug schwächt die weiße Bauernstellung.} (
9. O-O) (9. Bg5 Rb8 $13) 9... e5 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gf8c5,Gc5g1] Schwarz hat
durch 5...e6 und 9...e5 ein Tempo verloren. Aber jetzt droht 10...Bc5, wonach
sein Läufer sehr stark würde.} (9... d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8
$44) 10. Be3 Bb4 11. O-O (11. Qb3 $6 Qe7 12. a3 Bc5 $15) 11... Qe7 (11... Bxc3
12. bxc3 d6 13. c5 $13) 12. Rc1 (12. Na4) 12... hxg3 13. hxg3 (13. fxg3 Bc5 $15
) 13... Qe6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf6g4] Weiß hat zwar Entwicklungsvorsprung, doch
Schwarz droht schon gefährlich am Königsflügel.} 14. f3 {Dieser Zug ist
logisch - er richtet sich gegen 14...Ng4, aber er schwächt auch das Feld g3
und damit die ganze Känigsstellung.} (14. a3 Be7 $15) 14... Nh5 15. Ne2 (15.
Bf2 $2 Qh6 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rh8h2]}) 15... Ba6 {[%cal Ga6f1]} 16. b3 (16.
Qa4 Bxc4 17. Qxb4 (17. Rf2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nxg3 19. Rec2 a5 $19) 17... Bxe2 18.
Rfe1 Bb5 $17) 16... Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d5]} 17. a3 (17. Bxa7 d5 $44 {Alle schwarzen
Figuren stehen aktiv - Schwarz hat spürbar mehr als ausreichende Kompensation
für den Bauern.}) 17... Be7 (17... Bxa3 18. Ra1 Qe7 19. Qd2 $132 {[%cal Gd2a5]}
) 18. f4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Mit diesem Zug schwächt Weiß aus freien Stücken
seine Königsstellung.} (18. Qd2 $15) 18... Qh6 {[%csl Rg1,Gh6,Gh8][%cal Gh6e3,
Rh8h2]} 19. Rf3 (19. b4 exf4 (19... Nf6 $17) 20. gxf4 Nf6 $17 {[%cal Rf6g4,
Rh6h2,Rh2g1]}) 19... Nf6 {Der schwarze Springer strebt nach g4. In Verbindung
mit der offenen h-Linie verspricht das ausgezeichnete Angriffschancen.} (19...
d5 $5 $15 20. fxe5 $2 dxe4 $19) 20. fxe5 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4]} (21...
Nxe4 $6 22. b4 $13) 22. Bg1 (22. Bxa7 Nxe5 $44) 22... Qh6 23. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f5]
} (23. Qd4 $5) 23... g6 {Damit ist alles in der schwarzen Stellung verteidigt
- Weiß kann nichts gegen 24...Nxe5 ausrichten, und danach bekommt Schwarz
positionellen Vorteil.} 24. Rf4 Nxe5 {[%csl Ge5] Der Ne5 dominiert das Brett.
Schwarz hat eine solide Stellung mit guten Angriffschancen am Königsflügel.}
25. Qd2 {Dieser Zug ist eigentlich ein Qualitätsopfer, aber Weiß hat nichts
besseres.} (25. Rb1 Bg5 26. Rf2 Be3 $17) 25... Bg5 {[%cal Rg5c1]} 26. Ne2 d6 (
26... Bxf4 $6 {Schwarz muss natürlich nicht mit diesem Zug eilen.} 27. gxf4 Ng4
28. Qa5 Bc8 29. Bxa7 $44) 27. Qa5 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8g4,Gg4e2]} 28. Be3 {[%cal
Rf4h4,Rh4h8]} (28. Bxa7 Bh3 $1 $19) 28... Qh5 $17 {[%cal Gh5a5] Auf diese
Weise unterbindet Schwarz das Motiv Rh4 und droht gleichzeitig 29...Bh3 bzw.
29...Bxf4.} (28... Bh3 $2 29. Rh4 {[%cal Ge3h6]} Bxe3 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 $14) 29.
Qxa7 Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 128] Schwarz tauscht die beste weiße Verteidigungsfigur ab.
Ich sehe keine Verteidigungsmöglichkeit für Weiß mehr. Es droht u.a. 30...
Bxg2+ nebst 31...Qxe2.} 30. Ng1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bxf4 (31... Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qxg3
$19) 32. Bxf4 Qh1+ $19 33. Kf1 Rh2 {[%cal Rh1g2,Rg2f1] Droht das tödliche
Schach auf g2 - Weiß ist hilfslos.} 34. Qd4 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Nf3+ 36. Nxf3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 $5 {Sax's
Lieblingszug.} (6... Be7 $5) 7. Qxd4 b6 8. b4 {Das ist offenbar eine Neuerung.}
(8. Qf4 $5 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Rc8 $5 $13 {Kortschnoi} (10... Be7 $6 11. Qg3
O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 $14 {Kortschnoi,V-Sax,Gy/Wijk aan Zee m/1991/CBM22/
INF51,46/})) (8. Bf4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Rc8 13.
e3 Re8 $13 {Schwarz steht bequemer, (b7-Laeufer ueberwacht die lange Diagonale,
weisser c4 Bauer ist schwach). Karpov,A-Timman,J/FIDE-Wch/1993/CBM38/INF59,61/}
) 8... Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Ba6 $5 12. Nd1 (12. O-O Rc8 {Droht /\
e5 und der c4-Bauern geht zu verlieren.} 13. Nb5 $2 (13. b5 Bb7 $13 {Schwarz
hat eine angenehme Stellung (nur Weiss hat schwaeche -e4,c4-Bauern).}) 13...
Bxb5 14. cxb5 Rc2 $1 $19 {Die Drohungen /\ Re2 oder e5,Rb2 sind unparierbar.})
12... Bb7 13. f3 Nh5 14. O-O Bf6 15. Qe3 Bg5 16. Qd4 Bf4 $1 {Natuerlich ist
der Nachziehende mit einer Zugwiederholung nicht zufrieden. Droht /\ Qh4.} 17.
g3 Qg5 18. Qf2 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Nc2 d5 $1 {Dieser Vorstoss
ist fuer derartige (Igel) Stellungen typish.} 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nd4 $6 (23. c5
$5 {Dieser Zug mit der Idee /\ Rac1,Nd4 kommt auch in Betracht.}) 23... dxc4
24. Bxc4 Rad8 25. Rad1 Rfe8 {Der Nachziehende steht guenstiger, weil seine
alle Figuren sehr gut und aktiv stehen.} 26. Rfe1 $4 {Verliert sofort.} Rxd4 $1
{Ribli} (26... Rxd4 27. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 28. Kg2 Rxe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt playoff"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 Kc7 (11... Bd7 $5 12. g3 fxg3 13.
hxg3 Bb4 14. Bg2 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Kc7 $10 {Timman,J-Gligoric,S/Volmac-Partizan/
1984/INF37,44/}) 12. Rc1 (12. g3 Bc5 $6 13. Rc1 $1 fxg3 14. hxg3 Ba6 $6 15.
Nxc6 $1 $16 {Kortschnoi,V-Portisch,L/Bad Kissingen m/1983/INF35,53/}) 12... Bb7
13. g3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Rd8 15. Bg2 Bb4 (15... Rxd4 $4 16. Nb5+ $18) 16. Rh4 {
Droht /\ Ndb5.} c5 17. Ndb5+ Kb8 18. Bxb7 Kxb7 {Droht /\ a6.} 19. a3 Ba5 20.
Ra4 Bb6 {Schwarzen Laeufer steht in b6 wie einer grosser Bauer, und Weiss hat
unbedeu- tenden Vorteil (sehr wenige Figuren sind am Brett und schwarze Tuerme
sind aktiv).} 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Kc6 23. Nc3 Rhe8 $1 24. Rc4 Re5 25. f4 (25.
e3 Rd4 $10) 25... Rh5 26. Kf2 Rd2 27. g4 Rh3 28. b4 Rd4 $1 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30.
Na4+ Kd7 31. Nxb6+ axb6 32. Rc4 Rxa3 33. Rxd4+ Ke7 34. Rd5 Rc3 35. e3 h6 36.
Kf3 Rc6 37. Rb5 Kd7 38. f5 Rd6 39. Re5 Rd1 40. Rb5 Kc6 41. Re5 Kd7 {Ribli}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen K41"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 (6... d5 $5 {
Diese scharfe Fortsetzung gibt bessere ausgeglichene Chance fuer Schwarz.} 7.
Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13.
Rxd6 Rb8 $10 {Smejkal,J-Kavalek,L/Ostrava/1994/CBM42/}) 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 $5 (
8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. O-O-O Qxd6 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 b6
$10 {Rubinetti,J-Hulak,K/Toluca izt/1982/INF34,(63)/}) 8... Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10.
Qxd6 Qd8 11. e3 (11. e4 $5 a6 12. Nc7 Ne8 13. Nxe8 Rxe8 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qd4
16. Rd1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Gruenfeld,Y/Luzern/1982/INF33,(65)/}) 11... Ne8 (
11... a6 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qg5 14. Qg3 Qf5 15. O-O-O b5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Be2
$13 {Matthias,H-Farago,I/Lippstadt/1994/CBM43/}) 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rd1 f5 {
Schwarz hat grosses Entwicklungsproblem mit seinem Damenfluegel, deswegen
beginnt er mit einem interessanten Manoever.} 14. Be2 Ne5 15. O-O Nf7 16. e4 $1
a6 17. Nd4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 b6 19. f4 $1 {Dieser Zug hat zwei Ziele: 1.Weiss
kontrolliert die e5 und g5 Punkte. 2.Droht f5 mit starkem Amgriff.} g6 {
Schwarz soll f5 verhindern.} 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. Rfe1 Rc7 22. b3 $14 {Der
Anziehende steht besser, weil seine Figuren (auch die Bauern) sehr gut
postieren und Schwarz Probleme mit seiner Bauernstuktur hat.} Nh6 23. Nc3 {
Droht /\ Nd5.} Qf6 24. Na4 Qxf4 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxb6 {Droht /\ Nxe6 und Rd8.}
Bb7 27. Nd5 $6 {Mit dieser kleinen Kombination gewinnt Weiss einen Bauern,
aber er erschwert nur seine Aufgabe.} (27. Bxb7 $5 Rxb7 28. c5 $16 {Weiss /\
droht auch mit c6 und auch mit Nf3.}) 27... exd5 28. Rxe8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8
30. cxd5 (30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Rc5 32. Nf3 Nf7 $14) 30... Nf7 31. Kf2 Rc5 32.
Rd2 Ng5 (32... Bxd5 $4 33. b4 $18) 33. d6 Bxf3 34. gxf3 (34. Nxf3 $4 Ne4+ $19)
34... Rd5 35. b4 Rxd6 36. Nb3 Rb6 37. a3 Ke7 38. Nc5 d6 39. Re2+ Kf7 40. Nb3
Ne6 41. Rc2 Ke7 42. Rc8 Rb5 43. Rc6 Rh5 $1 44. Rxa6 Rxh2+ 45. Ke3 h5 46. Ra7+
Kf6 47. Nd2 d5 48. b5 d4+ 49. Kd3 Nf4+ 50. Ke4 Re2+ 51. Kxd4 {Es ist sehr oft
wichtig den Materialvorteil zu erreichen aber nicht immer. Einigemal ist es
besser den Druck aufzubehalten (siehe 27-sten Zug).} (51. Kxd4 Rxd2+ 52. Ke3
Rb2 53. Kxf4 Rxb5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 (11... Bxc3+ $5) 12. Bg2 b6 $6 {Eine
fragwuerdige Neuerung.} (12... Bxc3+ $1 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. g4 Bb7 $5
16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Rfe8 $5 $13 {Hjartarson,J-Arnason,J/Reykjavik/1995/CBM49/})
13. Rc1 $1 {Dieser Zug hat zwei Absichten: 1.Weiss will seine Bauernstruktur
nicht durch 13...Bxc3 14.bxc3 schwaechen lassen. 2.Die Drohung Nc3-d5 kommt
ins Spiel.} Bb7 14. O-O Bxc3 (14... O-O 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Bc5 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. Nd4 $1 $16) 15. Rxc3 Nd7 $6 (15... O-O $5 16. Rd1 $14 {>< d6}) 16. Rd1
Nc5 17. e5 $1 {Beginn taktischer Komplikationen, die fuer Schwarz wegen dessen
schlechter Entwicklung (der Koeing noch auf e8) unguenstig enden.} Nxb3 (17...
dxe5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bxc5 exf4 20. Bd6 $16) 18. exd6 $1 Qd7 (18... Ncd4 19.
Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc5 21. Qe5 $18) 19. Rxb3 $1 {Im Enderergebnis hat der
Anziehende einen Bauern erobert, und er steht mit diesem riesenstarken
Freibauern deutlich besser.} Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 (20... Qxb7 21. d7+ $18) 21. c5
$1 {Weiss gibt seinen Mehrbauern vorlaeufig zurueck.} Nxc5 (21... bxc5 22. Qa6
$18) 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qe4 $1 {Weiss kontrolliert das Zentrum und postiert
seine Figuren gut.} O-O 24. Rb7 Qd8 25. d7 Qa5 26. Qc6 Qxa2 27. Qxc5 {Droht /\
Qf8 folgt d8Q} Qa6 {Der Partiezug ermoeglicht eine huebsche Kombination.} 28.
Rxa7 $1 Qe2 (28... Qxa7 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. d8=Q $18) (28... Rxa7 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8
30. d8=Q#) 29. Qd4 Rad8 (29... Rxa7 30. d8=Q $18) 30. b4 h5 31. Rd2 Qe1+ 32.
Kg2 Qb1 33. Rb2 Qc1 34. b5 Rb8 35. b6 Qc6+ 36. Kh3 e5 37. Qxe5 Rxb6 38. Rc7 Qd6
39. Rxb6 Qxb6 40. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 {Eine seltene
Fortsetzung, derer sich ab und zu Kortchnoi bedient.} d6 $6 (6... d5) (6... a6)
7. Ndb5 Ne5 $6 {[%mdl 8192]} (7... e5 {Die schwarze Stellung ist nicht schön,
der Punkt d5 ist eine ewige Schwäche, dennoch ist diese Fortsetzung viel
besser als der Textzug.} 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Qd2 (10. e3 Be6 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O Qa5 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bg4 e4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nab1 Qf5
18. Nd2 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rf8 20. Nb3 Rad8 {0-1 Shariyazdanov,A-Kuzuev,D/Pskov
1998/EXT 2000 (36)}) 10... O-O 11. g3 Be6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. O-O Na5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. b3 e4 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 b5 18. Bxe4 bxc4 19. bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Garcia
Ilundain,D-Speelman,J/Andorra (zt) 75/(30) 1998/Inf 75 (19)}) 8. c5 $1 $16 {
Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz große Probleme.} Nh5 (8... Bd7 9. e4 a6 10. Nxd6+
Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bc6 13. f3 Qa5 14. O-O-O {1-0 Rivas Pastor,M-Mirza,S/
Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (44)}) 9. e3 $5 {Die schwarze Stellung ist
katastrofal - es ist interessant, dass ein Spieler mit mehr als 2600
ELO-Punkten nach 9 Zügen praktisch auf Verlust steht.} (9. cxd6 Nxf4 10. Nc7+
Kd7 11. Qa4+ $18) 9... Nxf4 10. exf4 Nc6 11. cxd6 Rb8 {Es gibt nichts besseres
gegen 12.Nc7+.} 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Ne4 {Droht einzügiges Matt mit 14.Nc5.} Qh4
14. g3 Qh6 15. Bb5 {Weiß verbessert seine Stellung durch natürliche Züge.} Kd8
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 $18 {Das Eingreifen der weißen Dame ist tödlich für
Schwarz.} Qg6 (17... Rxb2 18. O-O-O $1 Rb6 19. Qxa7 Rb4 20. Na8 $18) 18. O-O f5
(18... Rxb2 19. Qxc6 f5 20. Nd5 $5 {Droht das tödliche 21.Qc7+.} Qf7 21. Ne7
Bxe7 22. Qc7+ Ke8 23. dxe7 $18) 19. Qa5 fxe4 20. Nxe6+ Ke8 21. Qd8+ Kf7 22.
Ng5+ Kg8 23. d7 Bxd7 (23... Qf5 24. Qc7 Bxd7 25. Qxb8 h6 26. Qb3+ Qd5 27. Nxe4
$18) 24. Qxb8 {Schwarz gab in völlig hoffnungsloser Stellung auf.} 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
b6 {Das ist offenbar eine Neurung.} (8... d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4
Be6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $10 {Kortschnoj,V-Kasparov,G/Horgen CS/1994/CBM43/}) 9. O-O
Bb7 10. Bf4 (10. Be3 Nxd4 (10... Rc8) 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d6 14.
Rfd1 Qe7 $10) 10... d6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Re1 Qd7 14. a4 Ba8 15. b3
a6 16. Re3 Qc7 17. e5 (17. Rd3 Rfd8 18. Qd2 {/\ Rad1}) 17... dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa7
(18... Qc5 {Die Dame ist hier aktiver als a7.} 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rc1 $10) 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Rg3 {>< g7} Rfd8 21. Qc1
{Droht /\ Qg5} Rc5 22. Qe3 g6 23. Re1 (23. Bd4 Nh5 24. Rg4 Bg5 (24... Rg5 25.
h3 $14) 25. Rxg5 (25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rc6 $13) (25. f4 Bf6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 $44)
25... Rxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxd4 $13) 23... Nh5 24. Rf3 Ng7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 26. Nd5
$2 {Gewinnt eine Qualitet aber nicht die Partie.} (26. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qxe6+
Kg7 28. Qxe7+ Kh6 29. Nd5 $16 {Weiss hat mehr als genuegend Kompensation fuer
die geopferte Qualitaet. Vorher oder spaeter soll Schwarz die Qualitaet
zurueckgeben, dann bleibt mindestens einen gesunden Mehrbauern.} (29. h4 $5))
26... Rdxd5 $1 $8 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. g3 Bf6 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern fuer die
Qualitaet, und seine Stellung ist sehr fest. Weiss hat nur theoretische
Chancen die Partie zu gewinnen.} 29. Qf4 Qd8 30. Kg2 {Droht /\ Rd1} g5 31. Qe4
Re5 32. Qb1 Rd5 33. h3 h5 34. Qc2 b5 $1 35. axb5 axb5 36. Re2 Qd7 37. Qe4 Rd4
38. Qa8 b4 39. Re4 Qd6 40. Rxf6 {Der letzte Versuch.} Rxe4 $1 (40... Kxf6 $4
41. Qh8+ $18) 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Qxe4 Qd5 43. f3 $1 {43.Qxd5? exd5 und nur
Schwarz kann gewinnen.} Qxb3 44. Qh7+ Ke8 45. Qxh5+ Kd7 46. Qf7+ $1 (46. Qxg5
Qc2+ 47. Kg1 b3 $17) 46... Kd6 47. Qf8+ Kd5 48. Qa8+ Kc5 49. Qc8+ Kd4 50. h4 $1
{Richtige Entscheidung, weil Weiss auch einen Freibauern braucht.} gxh4 51.
gxh4 Qa2+ 52. Kg3 Qd5 53. Qc1 Qe5+ 54. Kg4 Qf5+ 55. Kg3 Qg6+ 56. Kf2 b3 57.
Qe3+ Kc4 58. h5 $1 Qxh5 59. Qe4+ Kc3 60. Qe3+ Kc4 61. Qe4+ Kb5 62. Qd3+ Ka4 63.
Qd4+ Ka3 {Weiss kann das ewiges Schach nicht verhindern. Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cutro 06th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2000.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Zu dieser
Fortsetzung gibt es für Weiß eine Reihe von Alternativen: 6.g3, 6.Ndb5, 6.Bg5,
6.Bf4 und 6.e4. Durch den Textzug verhindert Weiß die Varianten mit Bb4 .} d5
$6 {Dieser Zug sieht natürlich aus, gefällt mir aber nicht, weil Schwarz mit
einem isolierten Bauern spielen muss.} (6... Be7 $142 $5 {Das ist die beste
Fortsetzung für Schwarz. Auch Kasparov spielte so in zwei Partien.} 7. e4 O-O
8. Be2 d5 $11) (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 h6 (9...
O-O 10. Bb5 $5 Ne5 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. O-O a6 13. Be2 h6 14. Bh4 Ne4
15. Bxe7 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxe7 17. Qd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. Bf3 {1-0 Speelman,
J-De Firmian,N/Moscow 1990/TD (52)}) (10... Bd7 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxb5 13.
Nxb5 Qd7 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Qf5 16. Bh4 Qh5 17. Bg3 b6 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Bxd6
Rxd6 20. h3 h6 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Qa4 {1-0 Pigusov,E-Ernst,T/Reykjavik 1994/CBM
39 ext (85)}) (10... Bg4 11. Qa4 Nxd4 $6 (11... Ne5) 12. Qxd4 a6 13. Bd3 Qd7
14. O-O Rad8 15. Rac1 Bf5 $6 16. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Timman,J/
Reykjavik 1988/Inf 46/[Speelman,J] (44)}) 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 a6
14. Be2 Nc6 15. Rad1 Bxd4 16. exd4 Be6 17. Bf3 Na5 18. Qa2 Nc4 19. Na4 b6 20.
b3 Nd6 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. Rfe1 Nb5 23. Qb4 Na7 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,L-Petran,P/
Budapest 1989/CBM 14 (23)}) (9... Qb6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13.
O-O Rc8 (13... O-O $6 14. Bf4 $14 Qc8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qa6
18. Nxe7 Bxa4 19. Qc3 {1-0 Smejkal,J-David,A/Prague 1993/CBM 37/[Ribli] (39)})
14. b4 O-O 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne4
20. Rc2 a5 21. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Vilela,J-Lesiege,A/Capablanca mem-A 1993/CBM 36 
(73)}) 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 $5 $14) 11... Qb6 (11... Be6 12. O-O $14)
12. Na4 $1 (12. Qd2 Nxd4 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Nxd5 $6 Bxh4 14. Nxb6 Bxf2+
15. Kd1 (15. Kf1 $4 Nxd2+ 16. Kxf2 axb6) 15... Nxd2 16. Nxa8 Nxd4 17. exd4 Nb3
$17) 13... Bxh4 14. Nc3 Nxd4 15. exd4 Be6 $11) 13. Bxf6 (13. exd4 $11) 13...
Bxf6 (13... Nb3 14. Nxd5 $18) 14. Nxd5 Nc2+ 15. Qxc2 Qxb2 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11)
12... Qa5+ 13. b4 Qd8 14. O-O a5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht,
er schwächt nur den Damenflügel. Dadurch wird das Feld b6 ein guter Stützpunkt
für Weiß.} (14... Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc1 {[%csl Yc5] Weiß hat
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel - der Pc6 und das Feld c5 sind schwach.} Bd7
18. Qd4 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Be8 20. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Karasev,V/St
Petersburg 1994/CBM 43 ext (50)}) 15. b5 Ne5 (15... Nxd4 $6 16. Qxd4 Be6 17.
Nb6 Rb8 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfd1 $16) 16. Qc2 $14 {Weiß hat einen
starken Springer auf d4, und der schwarze Pd5 ist eine potentielle Schwäche.}
Bd7 (16... Ng6 17. Bg3 $14) 17. Nf5 Rc8 (17... Bxf5 18. Qxf5 $14) 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2a5,Gd2d5]} (19. Qb2 g5 20. Bg3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nb6
$14) 19... g5 $8 {Mit diesem Zug schwächt Schwarz seine Königsstellung - aber
es gibt nichts anderes, denn nach Bxf6 ist der Pd5 nicht zu halten.} 20. Bg3
Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 (21... dxc4 $2 22. Bd6 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Nxd2 24. Bxf8 Nxf1 25.
Bxh6 $18 (25. Nb6 Rxf8 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Kxf1 c3 29. Ke2 c2 30. Rc1
Rxd7 31. Rxc2 $16)) 22. Nb6 {[%csl Gb6]} Rc5 23. a4 {[%csl Ga4,Ra5,Gb5,Gb6,Rd5]
Weiß hat eine starke Stellung am Damenflügel - die schwarzen Bauern auf d5 und
a5 sind schwach.} h5 24. Qd4 {[%cal Gg3e5]} (24. Rfc1 $16) (24. h3 $2 Ne4 25.
Qd4 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Be6 $11) 24... Be6 25. Rac1 $16 {[%mdl 2048] Nach diesem Zug
erringt Weiß die Herrschafft über die c-Linie. Ich möchte anmerken, dass der
schwarzfeldrige Läufer von Weiß aktiv steht, während der Be6 nur eine Funktion
erfüllt, und zwar die Verteidigung des Pd5.} Rxc1 26. Rxc1 h4 27. Be5 Ng4 (
27... Ne8 28. Nxd5 $18) 28. Rc7 {[%cal Rc7b7,Rc7e7] Das Eindringen des Turms
ist tödlich - Schwarz verliert einen Bauern.} Qd8 29. Rxb7 Nxe5 (29... f6 30.
Bc7 $18) 30. Qxe5 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e5]} 31. Qd4 {[%csl Gb6,Gb7,Gd4] Weiß hat zwar
nur einen Bauern mehr, dennoch sind die Hoffnungen von Schwarz gering, weil
der Pb5 praktisch nicht aufzuhalten ist.} Bc8 (31... g4 32. Ra7 $18 (32. Qf4 $6
d4 $132 {[%cal Ge8e1]})) 32. Ra7 Re6 33. Nxd5 $18 {Mit zwei Mehrbauern steht
Weiß auf Gewinn.} Rd6 34. e4 Be6 35. Ra6 Bxd5 (35... Rxa6 36. bxa6 $18 {
[%csl Ga6]}) 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. exd5 (37. Qxd5 $18) 37... Qb4 38. Qxb4 (38. Qxb4
axb4 39. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Der "beste Schachspieler der Welt" lässt
Schwarz nicht e7 - e5 spielen - was z.B. nach 3.Nc3 möglich wäre.} cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 (4... e6 {Dieser Zug ist meiner Ansicht nach präziser als die
Partiefortsetzung, denn Schwarz kann nun sofort am Damenflügel spielen (z. B.
mit Bb4 oder Qb6). Der Königsspringer kann später entwickelt werden.}) 5. g3 $5
e6 (5... Qb6 6. Nc2 Ne5 7. b3 $14 Qc6 (7... d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd5 10.
Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 $14) 8. Rg1 $36) 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 (7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 $14
(8. Bd2 $14)) 8. Nc3 d6 (8... O-O 9. O-O b6 $5) 9. Bf4 {Weiß übt positionellen
Druck am Damenflügel aus. Dafür steht der Nb3 nicht besonders gut.} O-O 10. O-O
Nh5 11. Be3 (11. e3 $5 {Dieser Zug kam erstmals in der Partie Karpov,A -
Topalov,V Linares 1994 aufs Brett.} Nxf4 12. exf4 Bd7 (12... Na5 13. Qd3 $2 (
13. Nd2 $16) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Qb6 15. Qe3 $5 Qxe3 16. fxe3 a6 17. Rfd1 {
1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Larsen,B/Zurich 1998/EXT 99 (50)}) 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Rfe1 Rd8
15. f5 $1 $14 Ne5 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qc7 19. Rac1 (19. f4 $5
$14) 19... Bf6 20. Nd4 {1-0 Teplitsky,Y-Shahade,G/Paget Parish 2001/CBM 81/
[Ribli] (49)}) 11... Ne5 {Schwarz attackiert den Pc4. Weiß ist jedoch besser
entwickelt und hat Aktivität am Damenflügel.} (11... Bd7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2
Nf6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4
20. Nd5 {1-0 Pekarek,A-Schulz,K/Berlin-West 1988/TD (66)}) 12. c5 {Der
"katalanische" Läufer auf g2 steht ausgezeichnet, die schwarze Figuren sind
hingegen kaum aktiv.} d5 (12... Nc4 13. cxd6 Bxd6 (13... Qxd6 14. Bc5 $14) 14.
Qd4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 $14) 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. e4 {Natürlich muss Weiß das Spiel - und
die Diagonalre des Bg2 - öffnen.} Nxd4 (14... Nf6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. exd5 exd5
17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qf3 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Matulovic,M/Palma de Mallorca 1967/EXT 98 
(65)}) 15. Qxd4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 $5 $146 {[%csl Ge5][%mdl 4] Die Dame
steht ausgezeichnet auf e5 - vor allem nimmt sie der schwarzen Dame das Feld
c7. Ich vermute, dass Kasparov diese Neuerung zu Hause vorbereitet hatte. Denn
er spielte diese Stellung vor 21 Jahren mit Schwarz gegen Mikhalchishin. - Es
ist nun schwierig für Schwarz, die Entwicklung zu beenden.} (17. Qe2 Qc7 18.
Nb5 Qb8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. N3d4 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Handoko,E/
Indonesia 1983/MCD (30)}) (17. Qf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Rd3 Rc8
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfd1 Bxc5 23. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Kasparov,G/Baku
1980/EXT 2000 (42)}) 17... Bd7 (17... Nd7 18. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Rc8,Rd8][%cal
Gg2a8]} e5 19. Rfd1 $14) 18. Bxb7 $16 Qb8 19. Qxb8 Raxb8 20. Ba6 {Weiß hat
einen gesunden Mehrbauern.} (20. c6 $2 Bc8 21. Bxc8 (21. Na5 Bb4 $15) 21...
Rfxc8 $11) 20... Bc8 (20... Rxb3 {Ftacnik} 21. axb3 Bxc5 22. Bb5 $16) 21. Bb5 {
Das ist das Schlüsselmotiv in dieser Partie - Weiß muss die Läufer nicht
tauschen.} (21. Bxc8 $6 Rfxc8 $11) 21... Bb7 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This move
is obviously passive and the punishment will be painful.'} (21... Nd5 $1 {
Ftacnik} 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bd3 (23. Bc6 {Ftacnik} Be6 24. Rfd1 d4 25. Rxd4 Bxb3
26. axb3 Bxc5 $14) 23... Bf6 24. Rab1 Be6 $14) 22. c6 Ba8 23. Rfd1 Bb4 (23...
Rfc8 24. Nd4 $16) (23... Nd5 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Nd4
$1 {Ftacnik: 'An excellent piece sacrifice, white wins very elegantly with the
help of the mighty c7 pawn.'} Bxc3 (24... e5 {Ftacnik} 25. Nf5 Bxc3 26. c7 (26.
bxc3 {Ftacnik}) 26... Bxb2 27. Rab1 Ba3 28. cxb8=Q Rxb8 29. Ba6 $16) 25. bxc3 {
[%csl Gc6]} e5 {Es scheint, als sollte Schwarz Material gewinnen, aber
Kasparov hatte schon alles berechnet...} (25... Rfc8 26. Rab1 $16 (26. f4 $16))
26. Nf5 Rxb5 {Dieser Zug verliert. Guter Rat war hier aber ohnehin schon teuer.
} 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. c7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rc7c8]} Bb7 (28... Rc5 29. Rd8 $18) 29.
Rab1 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Ftacnik: 'The key move, black pieces are no match for the
dangerous c7 pawn.' Das ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels. Früher oder später
muss Schwary die Türme tauschen, und danach ist der Bb7 angegriffen.} (29. Rd8
$2 Re8 30. Rxe8+ (30. Rad1 {Ftacnik} h5 31. c8=Q Bxc8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Nxc8
Kh7 34. Nxa7 Rc5 $14) 30... Nxe8 31. c8=Q Bxc8 32. Nxc8 a5 $11) 29... Rxb1 (
29... a6 30. c4 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 $18) 30. Rxb1 Ba6 31. Rb8 Re8 32. c4 $1 $18 {
Eine ungewöhnliche Stellung - Schwarz hat zwar eine Figur mehr, befindet sich
aber so gut wie in Zugzwang.} g6 $6 (32... h6 33. Nc6 $18 (33. c5 $18)) 33. Nd5
Rc8 34. Nxf6 Kg7 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Ne8+ {[%cal Re8g7,Re8d6]} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 {
In dieser Variantie läßt Weiß seinem Gegner keine Gewinnchancen. Meiner
Meinung nach ist die Remisbreite bei normalem Speilverlauf sehr groß,Weiß hat
nur sehr geringe Gewinnchancen.Ribli.} e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 {[#]} bxc6 (9...
Qb6 $5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. g3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Rd8 15.
Qxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bg2 Kc7 {1/2-1/2 Tratar,M-Rotstein,A/Bled op-B
1996 (28)}) 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {[%csl Rc6,Rd8,Gf4]} 11. Nd4 {In dieser Variante
hat Weiß die viel bessere Bauernstruktur, aber das schwarze Läuferpaar
kompensiert diesen Nachteil.Andererseits stört der Pf4 den weißen Königsflügel.
Ribli.} (11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 (14... Ke7 15. g3
fxg3 16. hxg3 Rb4 17. Bg2 c5 18. Nd5+ Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf5 20. f3 h6 21. e4 Be6
$10 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Eingorn,V Tilburg1. 1992 CBM/32}) 15. g3 f3 $10 {
Hjartarsson,J-Sokolov,A Belfort WCup 1988 45/(43) CBM 8}) 11... Bb7 $1 {
Die vom amerikanischen Großmeister de Firmian in die Turnierpraxis eingeführte
Fortsetzung, zugleich das letzte Wort in der Eröffnungstheorie.Ribli.} (11...
Bd7 12. g3 fxg3 $1 (12... Rb8 13. O-O-O Kc7 14. gxf4 Ng4 15. Rd2 Nxf2 16. Rg1
g6 17. Bg2 Ng4 $2 (17... Bg7 18. e4 $5) 18. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 19. Rxg4 Bd6 20. Rc2
$1 $16 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Wolff,P/Wijk op 1993 (37)}) (12... c5 $6 13. Nf3
Bc6 14. Bg2 Bd6 15. O-O Rb8 16. b3 Re8 17. Rfd1 Kc7 18. Rac1 Rb4 19. Ne1 Bb5
20. Nc2 {1-0 Palatnik,S-Loeffler,S/Hradec Kralove 1988}) (12... Bd6 13. Bg2 Rc8
14. O-O fxg3 15. hxg3 h5 16. Rad1 Kc7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ndb5+ {1-0 Ligterink,
G-Hulak,K/EU-chT Plovdiv 1983 (45)}) 13. hxg3 Bb4 $1 14. Bh3 (14. Bg2 Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 Kc7 $10 {Timman,J-Gligoric,S/Volmac-Partizan/1984/INF37,44/}) 14... Bxc3+
15. bxc3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Kc7 17. Rh4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Dyachkov,S-Shariyazdanov,A/
RUS-chJ U20 1996 (25)}) 12. g3 (12. Rd1 Kc7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Bg2 Rxd4 15. Rxd4 c5
16. Rd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5+ Kc6 {1/2-1/2 Adianto,U-De
Firmian,N/Amsterdam Donner 1996}) 12... c5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bg2 Rb8 15. O-O-O
Ke7 16. Nh4 $146 (16. e3 $2 fxe3 17. Rhe1 Rhd8 18. Rxe3+ Kf8 19. h3 g6 20. Ne1
Ba6 21. Nc2 Be7 {Salov,V-De Firmian,N/Amsterdam Donner 1996/0-1 (50)}) 16...
Bxg2 17. Nxg2 fxg3 (17... Ng4 18. Ne4 Be5 $13) 18. hxg3 Be5 $11 {[%cal Yb8b2,
Ye5b2] Jetzt hat Schwarz nur einen schwachen Pc5, aber sein Be5 ist sehr stark
und sein für das Endspiel immer wichtige König steht aktiv.Ribli.} 19. Ne3 Ke6
$1 (19... Bxc3 20. Nf5+ Kf8 (20... Ke6 21. Nxg7+) 21. bxc3 $14 {Schwarz hat
Probleme bei der Koordination seiner Figuren.Ribli.}) 20. Nc4 Rb4 (20... Bxc3
21. bxc3 Rhd8 $11) 21. Nxe5 Kxe5 22. Rd2 (22. e3 $5 {Mit diesem Zug
unterbindet Weiß Rb4-d4.}) 22... Rd4 (22... h5 $5 {In dieser Stellung hat
Schwarz Ausgleich, er kann sich später mit g7-g5 und h5-h4 einen gefährlichen
entfernten Freibauern bilden. Aber das ist ein sehr langfristiger Plan, und im
Moment steht der schwarze König nicht sicher genug für ein solches Vorhaben.
Ribli.}) 23. e3 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Rb8 25. b3 {Und hier einigten sich die
Kontrahenten auf Remis. Weiß hat nur einen mikroskopisch kleinen Vorteil (der
schwarze Pc5 ist isoliert).Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {GM Topalov spielt gerne die Benoni-Verteidigung
- die könnte hier nach 4.d5 entstehen.} 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 (5... Bb4) 6.
a3 {Die Hauptidee des Zugs besteht darin, die Fesselung des Nc3 durch Bb4 zu
umgehen. Der Alternativen gibt es viele: 6.g3, 6.Bg5, 6.Bf4, 6.Nbd5.} Nxd4 (
6... Be7) (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7) (6... d5) 7. Qxd4 b6 {Schwarz beabsichtigt Bc5
zu spielen und den weißfeldrigen Läufer nach b7 zu entwickeln.} 8. Qf4 (8. e4
Bc5) (8. Bf4) 8... Bb7 (8... Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bd2 Nf6
13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Hansen,C/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (14)})
9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 {Jetzt haben wir eine Igelstellung auf dem Brett. Weiß
kontrolliert mehr Raum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist solide.} (10. Be2 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. Rab1
a6 18. a4 Nc5 19. Ba1 Qc7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. h4 {1-0 Gorbatow,A-Lengyel,L/
Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (30)}) (10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qg3
Ne5 $11) 10... Nd7 $5 $146 {[%cal Gd7e5,Gd7c5][%mdl 4] Der Springer strebt
nach e5 oder c5. Der natürliche Entwicklungszug 10...Be7 eröffnet Weiß
hingegen Angriffschancen.} (10... Be7 11. Qg3 $1 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 Rc8
14. O-O Bf6 15. Rac1 g6 16. b3 a6 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Rfd1 $142 Bg7 18. Bg5) 17...
Bg7 {2.23/2.19. 1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Candidates/
[Kortschnoj] (45)}) (10... Rc8 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Rad1 O-O
15. Be2 Nd7 16. Na4 {1-0 Speelman,J-Kinsman,A/Hove 1997/EXT 99 (28)}) 11. Qg3 {
Mit diesem Zug unterbindet Weiß die Entwicklung des Bf8 nach e7.} (11. O-O Be7
(11... Rc8) 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Bf6) 11... a6 {Wer "den Igel" spielt, kommt um
diesen Zug nicht herum. Anschließend kann Schwarz Qc7 spielen.} (11... Be7 12.
Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 (13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nc5 $44) 13... Bh4 14. Qh3 $6 (14. Qe3
e5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Bxh4 Qxh4 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Nxd6 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Bxe4 20. Nxe4
fxe4 21. Rd5 $14) 14... Ne5 $13) 12. O-O g6 {Schwarz muss so spielen, wenn er
den Bf8 entwickeln möchte.} (12... Rc8 13. f4 $14) 13. Bf4 {[%cal Gg3d6] Weiß
greift den Pd6 an, aber hier wie in ähnlichen Stellungen kann Schwarz diese
Schwäche leicht verteidigen.} (13. Rd1) 13... Qc7 {Weiß hat großen
Entwicklungsvorsprung, aber die schwarze Stellung ist elastisch.} (13... h5 $5
14. Rfd1 h4 $13) 14. Bc2 (14. Rad1 $5) 14... h5 $5 {[%cal Gh5h4,Gh4g3] Ein
origineller Spielplan - Schwarz beabsichtigt, die Qg3 mit 15...h4 zu verjagen.
Danach wäre Ne5 oder Be7 möglich} (14... Qxc4 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 $14) (
14... e5 15. Be3 Qxc4 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Rfd1 $36) 15. Ba4 {[%cal Ga4e8]} (15.
Rfd1 h4 16. Bxd6 hxg3 17. Bxc7 gxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rc8 $11) 15... Bc6 (15... h4 $6)
16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {Der Pd6 ist verteidigt, und die Dame steht aktiv auf c6.
Wie soll Weiß seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung nun auszunutzen versuchen?} 17. h4
$6 {Damit legt Weiß die Bauern am Königsflügel fest, aber in der Folge wird
der Ph4 schwach.} (17. b3) (17. Rad1 h4 $11) (17. Rfd1 $5) 17... Be7 (17...
Qxc4 $6 18. Rfd1 $1 (18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qc5 20. Qg3 O-O 21. Rfe1 $14) 18...
Bg7 19. Rxd6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxe4 21. Rad1 $18) 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1 $1) 18... Ne5
(18... Qxc4 $2 19. Bxd6 $16) 19. Bxe5 $6 {Weiß ist optimistisch und erobert
vorübergehend einen Bauern.} (19. b3 O-O 20. a4 Bf6 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 $11)
19... dxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O $44 {[%csl Rc4,Gc6,Ge7,Rh4] Schwarz hat einen Bauern
weniger, konnte aber endlich die Entwicklung beenden. Momentan hängen sowohl
der Pc4 als auch der Ph4.} 21. Qf4 $6 (21. g3 $142 Qxc4 (21... Rad8 $6 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Nd5 Bxh4 (23... exd5 $2 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. gxh4 (24. Nb4 Qc5 (24...
Qxc4 25. gxh4 a5 26. b3 $18) 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Nxa6 Be7 27. b4 $16) 24... exd5
25. cxd5 $16) 22. Rd7 Rfe8 $11) (21. Rd4 Bxh4 $15) 21... Qxc4 $15 22. Rd7 (22.
Rc1 $5) 22... Bxa3 $1 {Damit gewinnt Schwarz einen Bauern.} 23. bxa3 Qxc3 24.
Qd6 (24. Rb1 b5 25. Qd6 Qf6 $15) 24... b5 25. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7] Weiß hat
starke Kontrolle über die d-Linie, die Realisierung des Materialvorteils ist
daher keine leichte Sache für Schwarz.} Qf6 26. g3 (26. Qg3 $142 Rac8 27. e5
Qf5 $15) 26... Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 27. Kg2 (27. e5 Qf5 $15) 27... Rc2 28. Qb6
$6 (28. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 29. R1xd4 $15 {In diesem Turmendspiel hat Weiß bessere
Remischancen als in der Partie.}) 28... Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c1] Schwarz
kontrolliert die c-Linie.} 29. R1d3 (29. R1d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc3 $1 31. Qxa6
Qf3+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 $19) 29... R8c3 $17 30. Qe3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Qe5 {[%csl Gc2,Ge5]
[%cal Gc2c4,Gc4e4][%mdl 4096] Schwarz hat nicht nur einen Mehrbauern, sondern
auch die aktiveren Figuren.} 32. Qf3 Rc4 33. Re3 $6 (33. Rd7 Qxe4 34. Rxf7
Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Ra4 $17) 33... Kg7 $1 {Schwarz muss sich nicht beeilen - sein
Gegenüber ist machtlos und zum Abwarten verurteilt.} 34. Qe2 Qd4 {[%csl Gc4,
Gd4,Re2,Re3]} 35. e5 (35. Qe1 e5 36. Qb1 Rc3 37. Rxc3 Qxc3 $19) 35... Rc3 $1
36. Qb2 (36. Rxc3 Qxc3 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Re5]}) 36... Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rxe3 38. fxe3 {
Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger und eine sehr schlechte Bauernstruktur.} Qc5 $19
{[%csl Re3,Re5] Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Schwarz einen weiteren Bauern und die
Partie.} 39. e4 Qe3 {[%csl Ge3]} 40. Qb4 Qf2+ 41. Kh3 Qg1 {[%csl Rh3][%cal
Rg1h1,Rh1h3]} (41... Qg1 42. Qb2 Qh1+ 43. Qh2 Qxh2+ 44. Kxh2 a5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 (7. Bf4 $5
d5 (7... O-O $5) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 Bf6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. e3 O-O
13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O $14 {Speelman,J-Lutz,C Munich 1992 CBM/30 54/41}) 7... O-O
8. Nb3 $6 (8. Be2 d5 $1 $10 {Bagirov,V-Schlosser,P Brno-B 1991 CBM/26}) 8... b6
$1 9. Be2 Ba6 $1 (9... Bb7 10. Bf4 d6 11. O-O Rc8 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Greenfeld,
A Beersheba 1992 CBM/30 54/40}) 10. Be3 Rc8 11. f4 d6 12. Bd3 $2 (12. Rc1 $5)
12... Nd7 $1 13. Be2 $2 (13. O-O Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 $13) 13... Nc5 14. Nd2 Bh4+
$1 15. g3 Bf6 16. Rc1 Nd4 17. Bf1 e5 18. b4 (18. Nd5 exf4 $17) 18... Nce6 19.
f5 Bg5 $1 20. Nd5 (20. Bxg5 Qxg5 $1 21. fxe6 fxe6 $44) 20... Nc7 21. Qg4 Bxe3
22. Nxe3 Ne8 $1 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. b5 Bb7 25. Bg2 Qc7 26. g4 Qc5 $1 27. g5 Ne6 $1
$19 28. Nc2 Nxg5 29. Qe2 h6 30. h4 Ngh7 31. Rb1 d5 $1 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5
Bxd5 34. Ne3 Bxh1 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Qc7 $5 7. Ndb5 (7.
Bg5 a6 8. e3 Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg3 $13 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Przewoznik,J POL-ch 1992 EXP/29}) 7... Qb8 8. g3 a6 9. Nd4 Qc7 (
9... d6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Be7 $13) 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rc1
O-O (13... Nxc4 $2 14. b3 Ne5 15. Ncb5 $18) 14. Na4 Ng6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bd2 Bf6
17. e3 N4e5 18. c5 $1 $14 d5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nxc8 Rbxc8 22. Qb3 b6
23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Nf3 h6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nge5 28. Nxe5
Nxe5 29. Bb2 Qb5 (29... Nc4 $5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Bf1 Qc6 32. a4 Kg7 33. b5 axb5
34. axb5 Qc5 $10) 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Bf1 Qc6 32. Qd3 Bb2 33. Qb3 Bf6 34. Bd3 g6
35. a4 Bd8 36. a5 Be7 37. b5 axb5 38. Bxb5 Qc1+ 39. Bf1 Qc7 40. a6 Bc5 41. Qc2
Qd6 42. Kg2 Ba7 43. Bd3 d4 $6 (43... Kg7 $5) 44. e4 Qc5 45. Qa4 Qc3 46. Qb5 Qd2
47. h4 Kf8 48. e5 Kg7 49. Qb1 Bc5 50. Qb3 Ba7 51. Qb5 Kf8 52. Qb7 $1 Qxd3 53.
Qxa7 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qe2 55. Qb7 $1 d3 56. a7 Qxf2+ 57. Kh3 d2 58. a8=Q+ Kg7 59.
Qf3 1-0

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O $5 (13... e5
14. c5 $1 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Bg4 16. Qe3 b6 17. Ba3 $14 {Smejkal,J-Gdanski,J
Polanica Zdroj 1991 CBM/26}) 14. c5 (14. O-O e5 $2 (14... b6 $5) 15. f5 b6 16.
g4 Ne8 17. g5 Ba6 18. Rf3 Na5 (18... f6 $5) 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Rh3 $16 {
Moutousis,K-Wojtkiewicz,A Athens Akropolis 1992 CBM/30 54/(40)}) 14... dxc5 $1
15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 (16. O-O e5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd4 Be6 $10 {Drasko,
M-Fette,M Budapest Autoteam 1991 EXP/26}) 16... Na5 $1 17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3
Bd7 19. Qc4 (19. Qb4 Bc6 20. Bd6 Qd7 21. O-O Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Rf3 Ne4 24.
Rd1 b5 25. c4 a6 26. c5 a5 27. Qd4 Nxc5 $17 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Arnason,J
Reykjavik op 1990 EXP/18}) 19... b5 $1 20. Qd4 Bc6 21. Bd6 Bxg2 22. Bxc7 Rxd4
23. cxd4 Bxh1 24. exf6 gxf6 $15 25. b4 a6 26. Rc1 Bd5 27. Rc5 Kg7 28. f5 Be4
29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Kd2 Bd5 31. Ke3 h5 32. Ba5 Kh6 33. Rc7 Bc4 34. Bb6 h4 $1 35.
gxh4 Rg8 36. Rf7 Kg6 37. Ra7 Rh8 38. Rxa6 Rxh4 39. Bc7 Kf5 $17 40. Bb6 Rxh2 41.
Ra7 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Ke4 43. Rg7 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Rb3 45. Bc5 f5 46. Rh7 Rb2+ 47. Kg1
Bd5 48. Rh4+ Kd3 49. Kf1 f4 50. Bd6 (50. Rxf4 Ke3 $19) 50... f3 51. Rh2 Rb1+
52. Kf2 Kxd4 53. Rh4+ Be4 54. Bc5+ Kd3 55. Rg4 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Dieser Wartezug
erfreut sich in letzter Zeit großer Popularität. Weiß legt sich noch nicht
fest, wie er seine Figuren entwickeln wird, sondern unterbindet zunächst die
Fesslung durch Bb4.} Bc5 (6... Be7) (6... d5) 7. Nb3 Be7 {Schwarz scheint ein
Tempo verloren zu haben, denn er spielte 6...Bc5 und 7...Be7. Aber der weiße
Springer steht weniger stark auf b3 als auf d4.} 8. e4 (8. Bf4 O-O 9. Rc1 d5
10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. e3 Bf6 $11) 8... O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 {
Das ist aktiver als 10...Bb7.} (10... Bb7 11. Be3 d6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14.
Rc1 Qb8 15. Qe2 Nd7 $11) 11. f4 (11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nd2 Rc8 $11) 11...
d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Kh1 (13. Rc1 Nb8 (13... Re8 14. Kh1 Bf8 15. Qe1 Nb8 16. Nd2
Nbd7 17. Qg3 Qc7 18. Rce1 Qb8 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qh3 Bb7 {0-1 Smejkal,J-Chandler,
M/Germany 1991/GER-chT (68)}) (13... Qd7 14. Qe1 Qb7 15. Nd2 Na5 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Qg3 {1-0 Chuchelov,V-Gofshtein,L/Noyon FRA 2001/(25)}) 14. Nd2
Bb7 15. Bf3 Nbd7 16. Qe2 a6 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Kh1 Qb8 20. Bg3 Nf8
21. Nb3 Qa8 {0-1 Agdestein,S-Emms,J/Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD (39)}) (13. Bd3
Nd7 14. Rc1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Rf2 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Qa4 Qa5 19. b4 {
1-0 Stohl,I-Fancsy,I/Hungary 1998/EXT 2000 (44)}) (13. Bf2 Qc7 (13... Nb8 14.
Nd2 Bb7 15. Rc1 Nbd7 16. b4 h6 17. Bd3 a6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Rfd1 {1-0 Vallejo
Pons,F-Matamoros Franco,C/Havana 1999/CBM 70 ext (38)}) 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nd2 Bb7
16. b4 Qa8 17. Re1 Nb8 18. Bd3 Nbd7 19. Re3 $6 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Hracek,
Z/Budapest 2000/CBM 78 (19)}) 13... Nb8 {Das ist ein für solche Stellungen
typisches Springermanöver - Schwarz verbessert damit seine Springerstellung.
Der Springer steht in der Tat auf d7 viel elastischer als auf c6.} 14. Nd2 Nbd7
$11 {Wir haben eine typische Igelstellung vor uns - Weiß kontrolliert mehr
Raum, aber die schwarze Stellung ist elastisch.} 15. g4 {Ein aggressiver Zug,
der mir nicht gefallen will. Meiner Meinung nach ist die weiße Frontlinie zu
breit.} (15. Qa4 $6 Bb7 16. Qxa7 Bc6 17. Nb5 Nxe4 $13) (15. Rc1 $5) 15... g6
16. g5 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8g7]} 17. Qe1 Ng7 18. Qg3 f5 $1 {Ein sehr starker Zug -
die schwarze Drohung ist 19...fxe4 nebst 20...Nf5.} 19. gxf6 Bxf6 {Nun muss
Weiß immer mit Bxc3 rechnen.} (19... Nxf6) 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Qh3 (21. b4 $5 {
Das ist zwar kein Angriffszug - aber Weiß kann damit den Springerzug Nc5
verhindern.}) 21... Bb7 $15 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gb7h1] Endlich nimmt der
weißfeldrige Läufer sein natürliches Feld ein - der weiße König steht
unglücklich auf h1.} 22. Bf3 (22. b4 d5 23. exd5 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 exd5 25. Bf3 Nf5
$15) 22... Nc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gc5d3]} 23. Rc2 (23. Bxc5 bxc5 $15) 23... Nd3 {
Der Springer steht aktiv auf d3 - Weiß muss mit 24...Nxb2 25.Rxb2 Bxc3 rechnen.
.} 24. Nd1 b5 {[%cal Gc8c2]} (24... d5 $5) 25. b3 a5 {Weiß muss nun immer die
Motive b5-b4 und a5-a4 im Auge behalten.} 26. Nf2 Nxf2+ 27. Bxf2 b4 {[%mdl 32]
Damit blockiert Schwarz den Damenflügel und festigt das Feld c3 für seinen
Läufer.} 28. axb4 axb4 {[%csl Yc3]} 29. Be3 (29. Nb1 Ra8 $15) 29... Bc3 30. Nb1
e5 (30... Bf6) 31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. Rxc3 (32. Bg2 exf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Bxf4 Nf5
35. Rxc3 Bxe4 $15) 32... exf4 33. Bd2 Ne6 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Re6g5,Rg5f3,
Rg5h3,Re6d4] Der zuvor passive Springer kommt nun stark ins Spiel.} 34. Re1 (
34. Bg2 Ra8 $17 {[%cal Ga8a2,Ga2h2]}) 34... Nd4 (34... Ng5 $5 35. Qh4 Rce8 $17)
35. Bg4 $2 (35. Rd3 Nxf3 36. Rxf3 Rce8 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Bxf4 Bxe4+ 39. Kg1 $15
) 35... Rce8 (35... Bxe4+ 36. Kg1 Rce8 $19) 36. Kg1 Qe5 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge5c5,
Gc5g1]} (36... Bxe4 $19) 37. Bd1 Qc5 38. Kf1 $6 (38. b4 $5 Qb6 39. c5 dxc5 40.
bxc5 $17) 38... Bxe4 $19 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Ge4,Rf1][%mdl 128]} 0-1

[Event "Athens Akropolis 15th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1992.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3
Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ (11... Qc7 12. Bg2 Na5 13.
Nxa5 Bxa5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. O-O Bb6 16. Nb5 $14 {Zakharcov,V-Beshukov,S Smolensk
1991 CBM/24}) 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O (13... e5 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Bg4 16.
Qe3 b6 17. Ba3 $14 {Smejkal,J-Gdanski,J Polanicza Zdroj 1991 CBM/26}) (13... b6
$6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. O-O O-O
20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Rf2 $5 Qc6 22. Raf1 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bh6 $1 Rg8 25. Qh4 Ne8
26. Rf8 $16 {Rohde,M-Gulko,B Cambridge 1991 52/49}) 14. O-O $5 (14. c5 dxc5 15.
Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $1 17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 $10 {Azmayparashvili,
Z-Arnason,J Reykjavik op 1990 EXP/18}) 14... e5 (14... b6 $5 {Anand}) 15. f5 $5
(15. c5 {Anand} dxc5 16. Bxc5 Re8) 15... b6 16. g4 Ba6 17. g5 Ne8 (17... Nd7
18. Rf3 Na5 (18... Rfc8 {Anand} 19. Rh3 Nf8) 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Rh3 Rfe8 21. Qh5
Nf8 22. f6 $18 Re6 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Rf6 $36) 18. Rf3 Na5 19. Nxa5
bxa5 20. Rh3 g6 21. Qf2 Qxc4 (21... f6 $16 {Anand}) 22. Qh4 h5 23. gxh6 (23.
gxh6 {Anand} Kh7 24. Bf1 Qc6 25. fxg6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 $5 Qb6 8.
Ndb5 Ne5 9. Bg2 Nxc4 10. Qa4 a6 11. Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14.
Nc7 Ra4 (14... Ra5 15. Bd2 Rc5 16. Bb4 Rxc7 17. Bxe7 $16) 15. b3 Ra5 16. a4 d5
17. Bd2 Rc5 18. Nb5 Rc6 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. O-O Bd7 21. Rfd1 Ra8 22. Bf4 Rc3 23. h3
Be8 (23... Kf8 $5) 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. h4 Bd7 26. Bf3 Be8 27. Rac1 Rac8 28. Rxc3
Rxc3 29. Bd2 Rc8 30. e3 Bd7 31. Be1 e5 32. Nb5 Rc2 33. Nc3 (33. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5
34. Rxd5 Bh3+ 35. Kg1 Rc1 36. Kh2 Be6 $19) 33... e4 34. Bg2 Bg4 35. Rb1 Bb4 36.
Nxe4 Bxe1 37. Nxf6 Rxf2+ $10 38. Kg1 (38. Kxe1 $2 Rxg2 39. Kf1 Bh3 $19) 38...
gxf6 39. Rxe1 Rd2 40. Rf1 Bd1 41. Rxf6 Bxb3 42. a5 Bc4 43. Rb6 Ra2 44. Rxb7
Rxa5 45. g4 Ra2 46. Bf3 h6 47. Rd7 Ra5 48. Kf2 Kg7 49. Rd6 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra3 51.
Kf4 Ra4 52. h5 Be2+ 53. Kg3 Bxf3 54. Kxf3 Ra5 55. Rb6 Ra3 56. Rb4 Kf6 57. Kf4
Ra6 58. Rb5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "Toledo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. c4 d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 $1 a6 (10... Ng4 11. Rc1 Nge5 12. Nd4 Nxc4
13. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b3 Ne5 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Rc7 $16
{Adorjan}) 11. Rc1 h6 12. e4 e5 13. Be3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 16.
Nxa4 $14 Nd7 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. b4 b5 21. Nc3 $1 bxc4 22.
Nd5 Bd8 23. Rxc4 Nb6 24. Rc6 Nxd5 25. exd5 Be7 26. a3 f5 27. f4 $1 e4 28. Bf1
Ra8 29. Rdc1 Re8 30. Rb6 a5 31. Bb5 Rf8 32. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gostisa, Leon F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
c4 d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 a6 (10... Ng4 11. Rc1 Nge5 12. Nb5 (12. Nd4 $5 $14)
12... a6 13. N5d4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qd3 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rfd1 $14 {
Adorjan-Mokry Praha zt 1985 39/72}) 11. Rc1 Nh5 (11... h6 12. e4 e5 13. Be3 Na5
14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 $14 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Vehi Bach,V Toledo
1991 CBM/22}) 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Qd2 $14 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Bf4 $1
Nde5 17. c5 $1 d5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rd8 20. Qe2 g5 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bd2
Ng6 23. Nb6 Bf6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Nce5 26. Qd2 Bd7 27. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Candidates m5"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Bf4 (8. Qf4 $1) 8... Bc5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd6 (11. Rd1 d5 $1 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 11... Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Rc8 13. Rd1 Ba6 (13... a6 $5) 14.
b3 Bb7 15. a4 a6 16. f3 Rc6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Bd3 d5 19. O-O Rc7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 {
1.48/1.47} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m5"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 (10. Bd3 $1) 10... Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qg3
Ne5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. b3 Bf6 16. Rac1 Ng6 17. Nb5 Bxe4 18. Qxd6 Bb2 19. Rcd1 Qf6
20. Qg3 Be5 21. f4 Bb8 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. fxg5 Ne7 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26.
Rxd6 Nf5 27. Rd3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 {1.53/1.54} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 Qb6 8.
Ndb5 (8. Nb3 $5 Qa6 9. c5 b6 {Gurevich,D-De Firmian,N USA-ch 1989 CBM/19}) 8...
a6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Raxc8 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. O-O Bd6 14. Rc1 Rhd8
15. e3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rb8 17. h3 Rdc8 18. f4 h6 19. Kh1 Ne8 20. g4 Bc7 21. a3
b6 22. Ne4 d6 23. Bc3 Na5 24. Nd2 Bd8 25. b4 Nc6 26. Ne4 Na7 27. Bd4 Nc6 28.
Bb2 (28. Bc3 $5 $10) 28... Rc7 29. b5 axb5 30. cxb5 Na5 31. Rxc7+ Bxc7 32. Nd2
d5 $1 33. Bc3 Bd6 34. a4 Rc8 35. Bxa5 bxa5 36. Nb3 Rc4 37. Ra1 Bc7 38. Nd4 Nd6
39. Rb1 Bb6 40. Nc6+ Ke8 41. Ra1 Rc3 42. Re1 Nc4 43. e4 d4 44. Ne5 Ne3 45. Bf1
f6 46. Nf3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $5 (13... O-O $1
14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 19. Qb4 Bc6 20.
Bd6 Qd7 21. O-O Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Rf3 Ne4 24. Rd1 b5 25. c4 a6 26. c5 a5
$17 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Arnason,J Reykjavik op 1990 EXP/18}) 14. c5 $1 dxc5 (
14... Bg4 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 $14) 15. Bxc5 Bg4 16. Qe3 b6 17.
Ba3 O-O-O 18. f5 Qb7 19. h3 Qa6 $1 20. hxg4 Qxa3 21. g5 Ne8 22. O-O h6 23. f6
gxf6 24. gxh6 Qf8 25. Rfd1 Nd6 (25... Rxd1+ $5 26. Rxd1 Qxh6 27. Qd3 Nc7 28.
Qd7+ Kb7 29. Nc5+ bxc5 30. Rb1+ Nb4 31. cxb4 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 c4 $1 $13) 26. c4
Qxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxh6 28. c5 bxc5 29. Nxc5 Nd4 30. Kf2 Nb7 31. Rac1 Nxc5 32. Rxc5+
Kd7 33. Rb1 Ke6 34. Rc7 a6 35. Rb6+ Rd6 36. Rxd6+ Kxd6 37. Ra7 Nc6 38. Rxa6 Kc5
$6 (38... Rh8 $1) 39. Ra8 Rg6 40. Rc8 Kd6 41. a4 Rh6 42. Kg1 Rg6 43. Kf2 Rh6
44. Ra8 Kc7 45. Rf8 Nd8 46. a5 f5 47. exf5 Ra6 48. Bd5 Kd7 49. Bxf7 Ke7 50.
Re8+ $1 Kxf7 51. Rxd8 Rxa5 52. g4 Ra3 53. Rd6 e4 54. Re6 Rf3+ 55. Kg2 Re3 56.
Ra6 Kg7 57. Re6 Kf7 58. Rh6 Ra3 59. Rh3 e3 60. Rh6 e2 61. Re6 Ra2 62. Kf3 Ra3+
63. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 (6... Qb6 7.
Nb3 Bb4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Ne5 10. Rc1 Rg8 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 d6 $10 {
Kortschnoj,V-Timman,J Rotterdam 1990 CBM/18}) (6... Be7 $5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Ne7 12. Qb3 d6 13. Rfd1 Nc8 14. Rac1 a6
$10 {Lautier,J-De Firmian,N Biel-A 1990 CBM/19}) 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bxf6 (8. Bh4 $5
Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Rg8 11. Qd2 f5 $6 12. g3 $14 {Porath-Evans Amsterdam
izt 1964}) 8... Qxf6 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. e3 Rd8 12. Be2 a6 13. Nd4 d5
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Bf3 Bd6 19. Na4 Be5 20.
Rb1 Be8 21. Be2 Bd6 22. g3 g6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 25. b3 Bf8 26. Qe3 Rd4
27. Nc3 Rbd8 28. Nb5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Bc6 31. f3 Qa1 32. Qd3 Bxb5
33. cxb5 Qxa3 34. Bc2 Qb4 35. Kg2 h5 36. Bd1 $1 Be7 (36... Bg7 $5) 37. Be2 Bf6
38. Qc4 Qd2 39. b6 Qd6 40. Qb5 Qb8 41. b7 Be7 42. Qd7 Bd6 43. f4 Qc7 44. Qc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bxc3+ (
7... O-O 8. O-O d5 (8... Qe7 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Rd8 11. Ba3 d6 12. Qd2 $1 Qc7
13. Rfd1 d5 14. Ne3 $14 {Ribli,Z-Ernst,Th Subotica izt 43/38 CBM/3}) 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rc1 $14 {Titov,G-Shestoperov,A Budapest Spring op 1990
EXP/17}) (7... Qb6 8. Ndb5 $5 (8. Nb3 Qa6 9. c5 b6 10. cxb6 $6 (10. O-O $1)
10... axb6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. O-O d5 $10 {Gurevich,D-De Firmian,N USA-ch 1989 CBM/
19}) 8... a6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Raxc8 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. O-O Bd6
14. Rc1 Rhd8 $13 {Greenfeld,A-Pinter,J Beersheba 1991 CBM/25}) 8. bxc3 Qa5 9.
O-O $1 O-O (9... Qxc3 10. Nb5 Qxa1 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 $36) 10. Qb3 d5 11.
Rd1 (11. cxd5 $1 exd5 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Qb4 Qa6 16. Nb5
$16 {Tajmanov-Saharov URS-ch 1965}) 11... Ne4 12. cxd5 (12. Ba3 $5) 12... exd5
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4 Be6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qa3 Qb5 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19.
exf3 Rfe8 20. Rd2 Re6 21. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brno Morava-B"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 $5 7. e4 (7. e3
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Bg4 $10 {Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G Wijk
cm 1991 51/(46) CBM/22}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 d5 $1 $10 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Bf6 14. Bd3 a5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bf4 Qb6 17.
Rab1 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Yudasin,L} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 {
Heutzutage empfiehlt die Theorie diesen Zug. Früher wurden 6...Bb4 und 6...Bc5
oft gespielt. Ribli.} 7. Ndb5 (7. Nb3 {Yudasin,L}) 7... d5 {Das ist eine
seltene Fortsetzung. Üblich ist 7...Ne5. In dieser Variante sehen wir einen
taktischen Kampf, und es gibt viele Fallen und Verwicklungen. Ribli.} 8. Bg2 (
8. cxd5 {Yudasin,L} Nxd5 9. Bg2 $14) (8. Be3 {Yudasin,L} Qa5 {with a6}) (8. Bf4
{Yudasin,L} e5 9. cxd5 exf4 10. dxc6 Qxc6) 8... d4 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11.
b3 (11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxa4 $2 (12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14 {Der weiße Bg2
ist besonders stark, und die weiße Kavallerie kontrolliert die wichtige Punkte
am Damenflügel.Ribli.}) 13. b3 Qb4 14. Bxc6+ $18) (11. Nc5 $5 O-O 12. Nd3 Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rd8 15. c5 $14 {Kasparov,G-Vaganian,R/Skelleftea/1989/}
) (11. Nd6+ {Yudasin,L} Ke7 $15) 11... e5 12. a3 (12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Ke7 $11) (12. Bxc6+ {Yudasin,L} bxc6 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Bxb4 Nd7 {
with c5and Bb7}) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O (13... Ke7 $5) (13... Qxd2+ {Yudasin,
L} 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. b4 {[%cal Gb5d6,Gb5c7]}) 14. Bxc6 (14. Qxa5 {Yudasin,L}
Nxa5 {Xb3}) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 bxc6 16. Nd6 {Weiß hat einen schönen Springer
auf d6, aber sein König ist in der Mitte. Wenn es zum Endspiel kommt, ist das
vorteilhaft für ihn, aber im Mittelspiel ist es nicht so einfach. Nach meiner
Meinung ist die Stellung ungefaehr ausgeglichen.Ribli.} Rd8 (16... Bh3 17. f3 (
17. Nc5 {Yudasin,L}) 17... h5 $5) 17. Nxc8 Ne4+ (17... Raxc8 {Yudasin,L} 18.
Nc5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11) 18. Kc2 (18. Kd3 $2 Nxf2+) 18... Raxc8 19. f3 Nf6
20. Nc5 Nd7 21. Nb7 $14 (21. Nxd7 $11) (21. Nxd7 $11 {Yudasin,L}) 21... Rf8 22.
b4 {with the idea c5 and Kd3+/= Es fehlt - wie immer beim Schach - nur ein
Tempo. Wenn Weiß c4-c5 spielen könnte, hätte er klaren Vorteil. Ribli.} (22. c5
Rc7) 22... c5 23. Nd6 $6 (23. b5 $5 {Mit ähnlichen Stellungen wie in der
Partie, aber nach 23.b5 hat Schwarz nicht das Manöver Rc5-Rf6. Ribli.}) (23. b5
{Yudasin,L} Nb6 {or f5 and e4 immediately}) 23... Rc6 24. Nf5 Re8 25. b5 Rf6
26. Nh4 {XNh4} (26. g4 {Yudasin,L} e4) 26... g5 27. Ng2 g4 (27... e4 $5 28.
fxe4 (28. Rhf1 Ne5 $15) (28. f4 $8 {Yudasin,L} gxf4 29. Nxf4 Ne5 30. Kb3 $13)
28... Rf2 $15) (27... Nb6 {Yudasin,L} 28. Kb3 a5 29. a4) 28. Rhf1 gxf3 29. Rxf3
(29. exf3 {Yudasin,L}) 29... Rxf3 (29... e4 {Yudasin,L} 30. Rxf6 Nxf6 31. Nf4
Ng4 32. Nd5) 30. exf3 e4 (30... f5 $1 {Yudasin,L} 31. Nh4 e4 32. Re1 (32. Nxf5
exf3 $17) 32... e3 $1 33. f4 Nb6 34. Kd3 Na4) 31. fxe4 f5 $1 (31... Rxe4 32.
Re1 Rxe1 33. Nxe1) 32. e5 $8 Nxe5 33. Re1 (33. Nf4 Ng4) 33... d3+ (33... Kf7
34. Rf1 (34. Kb3 {Yudasin,L} d3 35. Nf4 Rd8 36. Nd5 d2 37. Rd1 Nf3 38. a4 $13)
34... Nxc4 35. Rxf5+) 34. Kc3 d2 35. Rd1 Nf3 36. a4 Re2 (36... Re1 $2 37. Rxd2)
37. Nh4 Re3+ (37... Re1 $2 38. Kc2) (37... Nxh4 $2 {Yudasin,L} 38. gxh4 Rxh2
39. Rxd2 Rxh4 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rd7+ $18) 38. Kc2 Nd4+ 39. Kxd2 Ra3 $11 40. Rf1
Rxa4 41. Nxf5 Rxc4 42. Kd3 Rb4 {Und wegen des reduzierten Materials wurde in
dieser gleichen Stellung remis gegeben.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ryskin, Alexander"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Ndb5 Bc5 $6 (
7... Ne5 $5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Neg4 $1 10. O-O Rb8 11. Na3 Bc5 $10 {Hjartarson,
J-Portisch,L/Budapest/1989/INF48,46/}) (7... d5 $6 8. Bg2 $1 $14 {Kasparov,
G-Vaganian,R/Skelleftea WCup/1989/CBM14/INF48,42/}) 8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4
10. Nxe4 Bb4+ (10... Qb4+ $6 {Schlosser,P-Stern,R/Budapest/1991/CBM27/}) 11.
Bd2 Bxd2+ (11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg2 Rhd8 15. O-O Kf8 $2 (
15... Bxc3 $1 {Olafsson,H-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik-op/1990/CBM18/}) 16. Na4 $1
$16 {Christiansen,L-Tolnai,T/WchT Luzern/1989/CBM16/INF48,43/}) 12. Qxd2 Qb4
13. Rd1 Qxd2+ (13... Qxc4 14. Qg5+ Kf8 15. Nd6 $44) 14. Rxd2 b6 15. Bg2 Bb7 16.
Nd6 $14 Rab8 17. O-O Na5 18. e4 (18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. b4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nb7 $10)
18... Bc6 19. e5 Rhd8 20. Rfd1 Nb7 21. Ne4 (21. Bxc6 dxc6 22. f4 (22. Kf1 Nxd6
23. Rxd6 c5 24. Ke2 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 $10) 22... Nxd6 23. Rxd6
Rxd6 (23... c5 $5) 24. Rxd6 Rd8 $6 (24... c5 $5) 25. Rxc6 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Rd2+ 27.
Kh3 Rxb2 28. Rc7+ Ke8 29. Rxa7 Rc2 30. Ra6 Rxc4 31. Rxb6 Ra4 32. Rb2 $14) 21...
Rbc8 22. Rd4 h6 23. b4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rc7 25. a3 Rdc8 26. Bc2 (26. f4 $5 $14)
26... Rd8 27. Ba4 d6 28. f4 dxe5 29. fxe5 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Nd8 31. Kf2 (31. Rd6
Nb7 $1) 31... Nc6 32. Re4 a5 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Ke3 axb4 35. axb4 Rc7 36. Rg4 g5
37. Rd4 (37. h4 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. hxg5+ hxg5) 37... f6 $1 38. exf6+ Kxf6
39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Rd8 Ra7 $1 41. Rb8 Ra3+ 42. Kc2 Kd4 43. Rxb6 Kxc4 44. Rxe6 Ra2+
$1 45. Kd1 Rxh2 46. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 d6 $6 (
7... Bb4 $1) 8. e4 Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rc1 $1 Qb8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Rd8 13.
Qe2 b6 14. f4 (14. e5 $2 Nxe5 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) 14... Bb7 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Kh1
Nc5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 a5 19. b3 Bc6 $6 (19... Bf8 $5) 20. Nd5 $1 Bf8 21.
Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qh5 gxf6 (22... h6 23. Qxf7 $18) 23. Bxf6+ Bg7 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25.
e5 $1 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qc7 27. Rxd6 $16 f5 28. Rcd1 Bf8 29. Qf3 $1 Rc8 30. R6d4
Be7 31. a3 $1 {/\ b4, Rd7} Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Ne4 35. Rd7
Bxb4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. R1d7+ Kh6 38. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Cutro 07th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borgo, Giulio"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 {Diese
Fortsetzung war Mitte der 80er Jahre populär und wird heutzutage seltener
gespielt.} d5 {Das ist die zu Vereinfachungen führende Hauptfortsetzung. Die
Alternativen 6...Bb4 und 6...Bc5 werden seltener gespielt.} 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5
exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber
auch Schwarz hat seine Chancen - er besitzt das Läuferpaar, und sein Pf4 ist
nicht wirklich schwach, weil Weiß früher oder später e3 oder g3 ziehen muss.}
11. O-O-O+ {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt. Er scheint logisch, weil Weiß
damit seinen König in Sicherheit bringen kann. Andererseits aber ist der Pf2
nun nicht mehr verteidigt.} (11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Re8 14. Rd4 Rb8
15. b3 g5 16. g3 f3 17. Kd2 c5 18. Rc4 Bc6 19. exf3 Bxf3 20. Rg1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2
Stohl,I-Baklan,V/Germany 2000/CBM 74 ext (35)}) (11. Nd4) 11... Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7
{Mit diesem Zug opfert Schwarz seinen Pf7. In der Folge aber befindet sich der
weiße Springer etwas weit entfernt vom Ort des Geschehens.} (12... Bxd6 13.
Rxd6 Ng4 $5 (13... Ke7 14. Rd4 g5 (14... Nd5 15. Ne4 $1) 15. g3 Ng4 16. gxf4
Nxf2 17. Rg1 $16) 14. Nd1 (14. Ne4 f5 15. h3 fxe4 16. hxg4 Kc7 $15 {[%csl Ge4,
Gf4]}) 14... Kc7 15. Rd4 g5 16. g3 c5 $13) (12... Ke7 {Dieser Zug ist ein
wenig unnatürlich, aber nicht schlecht.} 13. g3 fxg3 14. hxg3 g6 15. Rh4 Bg7
16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4+ Be6 18. e3 f5 $11) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 {[%cal Gf8c5,Gc5f2]}
14. Ne5 (14. g3 Bc5 15. gxf4 Bxf2 16. Rd3 Bf5 17. Rf3 Bd4 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Rxh3
Rge8 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Kc2 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 Roeyset,J-Bull Jager,F/
Tromsoe 1996/EXT 2001 (22)}) 14... Bf5 (14... Be6 15. Nd3 (15. g3 Nd5 (15...
Bb4 16. Bg2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Nxc6 Rae8 19. Nd4 Bc4 20. Kd2 Ne4+ 21. Bxe4
Rxe4 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Rxa7+ Kd6 24. Re1 {1-0 Eng,H-Pritchett,C/Germany 1989/
GER-chT2 (61)}) 16. Nxd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 cxd5 18. Bg2 Bd6 19. Nd3 Rgf8 20. Bxd5
Rad8 {0-1 Lesiege,A-Gershon,A/Paget Parish BER 2001/The Week in Chess 325 (53)}
) 15... g5 16. g3 Nd5 17. Na4 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. a3 Be7 20. Bg2 {1-0
Wojtkiewicz,A-Vettel,M/San Marino 1998/EXT 2000 (36)}) 15. g3 (15. e3 fxe3 16.
fxe3 (16. Bc4 Re8 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. fxe3 Rxe3 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Bb4 {0-1 Trois,F-Rogulj,B/Virovitica 1980/Inf 30 (42)}) 16... Bc5 17. Bd3 Rge8
18. Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Schneider,A/HUN-ch 1989/TD (18)}) (15. e4 fxe3 {
Das ist nur Zugumstellung zur Variante 15.e3 fxe3.} (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4
17. Bc4 $36 (17. Rd7+ $36))) 15... Bc5 {Schwarz attackiert den Pf2. Weiß hat
aufgrund des fehlenden zweiten Läufers Probleme auf den schwarzen Feldern.} (
15... fxg3 16. hxg3 Bc5 17. e3 $16) 16. Nd3 (16. gxf4 Bxf2 $44 {[%csl Gf2]})
16... Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Ng4 {[%cal Rg4f2,Rf2d3,Rf2h1][%mdl 2048]} 18. Nd1 (18. Ne4
Bxf2 (18... Nxf2 $2 19. Nxc5 Nxh1 20. Rd7+ Kb6 21. b4 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}) 19. Bh3
Be3+ 20. Kc2 Ne5 $11) 18... Rad8 $5 (18... Nxf2 19. Nxf2 Bxf2 20. gxf4 Rge8 21.
Kd2 Rad8 $44) 19. gxf4 (19. f3 Rxd3 20. exd3 Ne3 $11) 19... Rxd3 20. exd3 Nxf2
21. Nxf2 Bxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, aber sein
Läufer ist stark. Früher oder später muss Weiß seinen Mehrbauern zurückgeben.}
22. f5 Re8 23. Kd2 Be3+ (23... Re1 {[%cal Ge1h1]} 24. Bg2 Rxh1 25. Bxh1 c5 $11
{Der weiße Mehrbauer hat keine Bedeutung.}) 24. Kd1 (24. Kc3 Re5 25. Bh3 Rc5+
$11) 24... Bd4 {[%csl Gd4] Der Bd4 steht ausgezeichnet.} 25. Bg2 (25. b3 Re5
26. Bh3 Re3 $11) 25... Re5 $5 {Schwarz nimmt nicht den Pb2, er möchte vielmehr
26...Ra5 spielen. Zudem hängt jetzt der Pf5.} (25... Bxb2 $11) 26. b3 (26. Be4
Ra5 $15) 26... Rxf5 27. Re1 (27. Rf1 $11) 27... Kd6 28. Re4 c5 29. b4 {Da
Schwarz dank seiner Aktivität über einen mikroskopisch kleinen Vorteil verfügt,
ist es logisch, dass Weiß das Material reduzieren möchte.} Rg5 30. Bf1 (30. Bf3
Rg1+ 31. Kc2 (31. Ke2 Ra1 {[%cal Ra1a2,Ra2h2]}) 31... Rf1 $15) 30... Rg1 31.
Ke2 Rh1 32. Rh4 (32. h3 $2 Rh2+ $17 {[%cal Rh2a2]}) 32... h6 33. a4 Bg1 34.
bxc5+ (34. Bg2 $2 Rxh2 35. Rxh2 Bxh2 36. b5 Ke5 $17) 34... Kxc5 35. Rc4+ Kd6
36. Rg4 (36. h3 $11) 36... Rxh2+ (36... g5 37. h3 $11) 37. Kd1 {[%cal Rg4g7,
Rg4g1] Schwarz kann nicht gleichzeitig den Bg1 und den Pg7 verteidigen.} Be3
38. Rxg7 h5 $15 {Der schwarze Freibauer auf der h-Linie ist gefährlich, aber
da das Material bereits weit reduziert ist, kann Weiss das Remis leicht halten.
} 39. Bg2 $2 (39. Rg2 Rh1 40. Ke2 $15) 39... h4 40. Ke2 Bd4 (40... h3 41. Kxe3
Rxg2 (41... hxg2 42. Kf2 $11) 42. Rxa7 h2 43. Rh7 Ra2 $11) 41. Rg5 {[%cal
Rg5d5,Rd5d6,Rd5d4]} Bb6 $2 (41... Ke6 $1 $17) 42. a5 $1 {Es scheint, als wäre
die Diagonale a7-g1 zu kurz für Schwarz.} h3 43. axb6 axb6 (43... hxg2 44. Kf2
$11) 44. Kf3 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 hxg2 46. Kxg2 $11 {Schwarz steht nur theoretisch -
dank seines entferntem b-Bauern - besser, die Stellung ist aber Remis.} Kc5 47.
Kf3 Kd4 48. Ke2 Kc3 (48... b5 49. Kd2 $11) 49. Ke3 b5 50. d4 Kc4 (50... b4 51.
d5 b3 52. d6 b2 53. d7 b1=Q 54. d8=Q $11) 51. d5 (51. Kd2 Kxd4 52. Kc2 Kc4 53.
Kb2 Kb4 $19) 51... Kxd5 52. Kd3 Kc5 53. Kc3 b4+ 54. Kb3 Kb5 55. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 {Der junge GM aus
der Schweiz spielt gerne diese Variante.} Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8
10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 {Das ist - meiner Meinung nach - nicht
die beste Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} (12... b6 $5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15.
Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 g5 $5 (16... d5 17. cxd5 c4 18. b4 Rxb4 19. O-O-O Ned7 $11 {
[%cal Gd7c5]}) (16... d6)) 13. Nxa3 Ke7 (13... d6 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nc2 (15. O-O-O
$6 Ke7 16. Rd2 Nb4 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Rhd1 d5 19. g4 Bc6 20. g5 Ne4 21. Rd4 Rbc8
22. Nab1 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Speelman,J-Timman,J/London 1989/Candidates (54)}) (15.
Rd1 Ke7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Bf3 Nb4 20. g4 h6 21. h4 Bc6
22. g5 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-Schlosser,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT (62)}) 15...
Bd7 16. O-O-O Ke7 17. Rd3 (17. e4 {Dieser Zug führt zu unserer Hauptpartie.})
17... Rhd8 18. e4 Be8 19. Re1 Nd7 20. g4 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Eljanov,P/
Kharkov RUS 2001/(43)}) 14. f4 Nc6 15. e4 {Weiß hat spürbar Raumvorteil, aber
der Na3 steht schlecht. Die schwarze Stellung ist verteidigungsfähig, es sind
keine besonderen Schwächen in ihr auszumachen. Allerdings muss er das Problem
der Entwicklung des Bc8 noch lösen.} (15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 Na7 17. e4 axb5 18. b4
d6 19. Kf2 Ba6 20. Rhc1 Rhc8 21. Rab1 Rb6 22. Rb2 Bb7 23. Rbc2 {1-0 Vaganian,
R-Nickoloff,B/Toronto 1990/CBM 20/[Ribli] (32)}) (15. c5 b5 16. cxb6 Rxb6 17.
Na4 Rb4 18. Bxc6 dxc6 19. b3 e5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. Nc4 Be6 22. Nab2 Rb5 {1-0
Rekhmann,P-Donchenko,A/Moscow 1990/EXT 2000 (61)}) 15... d6 16. Nc2 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Auf diesen logischen Zug ist bis jetzt noch niemand gekommen. Weil
Schwarz auf 16.0-0-0 mit 16...Nb4 antwortet, stellt der Textzug in der Tat die
beste Fortsetzung für Weiß dar.} Bd7 17. O-O-O Rhc8 $11 (17... Rbc8 18. Rd3
Rhd8 19. Re1 $14 {[%cal Gc3d5] Weiß hat spürbar Raumvorteil. Schwarz muss
immer mit Nd5+ rechnen.}) 18. Rd3 {[%cal Gh1d1,Gd1d6]} Na5 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5
axb5 21. Rhd1 {Auf den ersten Blick kann Schwarz zufrieden sein, denn er
konnte das Thematische b5 schon durchsetzen. Als gewichtiger erweist sich hier
jedoch, dass Weiß Druck auf der d-Linie entwickeln kann.} b4 $6 (21... Bc6 22.
Rxd6 b4 23. Ne2 (23. e5 Bxg2 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Ne2 Be4 26. R6d2) 23... Bxe4
24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Ra6 $14) (21... Be8 $5 22. Bf3 (22. Kb2 Nc4+ $1 {[%cal Gb8b2]
}) (22. Nb4 {[%csl Gb4]} Nc6 23. a3 Nxb4 24. axb4 Rd8 $11) 22... b4 23. Ne2 Rb6
24. Kb2 Bb5 25. R3d2 e5 $11) 22. e5 Ng4 $6 {Dieser Zug verliert einen Bauern,
aber auch die Alternativen versprachen schon keinen vollen Ausgleich mehr.} (
22... bxc3 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd6 $14) (22... Rxc3 23. exf6+ gxf6 (23... Kxf6
24. Rxd6 (24. Rxc3 bxc3 25. Rxd6 $14) 24... Rbc8 25. R1d2 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27.
Kb2 $14 {[%csl Rb4] Der Pb4 ist ein ewiger Schwachpunkt in der schwarzen
Stellung.}) 24. Rxd6 $14) 23. Rxd6 $16 {[%csl Rh2]} Rc7 (23... Be8 24. Ne4 Ne3
(24... Rxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Ne3+ 26. Kd2 Nxg2 27. Rg1 Bc6 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxg2 $16)
25. R1d2 Ra8 26. Bf3 Nb7 27. Rb6 Bc6 28. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 29. Nd6 $16) (23... Rxc3
24. Rxd7+ Ke8 25. R7d3 $16) 24. Ne2 (24. Ne4 $5 Rbc8 (24... Bb5 25. R1d2 Rbc8
26. Kb2 Rxc2+ $6 27. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Ne3+ 29. Kd2 Nxg2 30. Rb6 $16) 25. Kb1
$16) 24... Nb7 (24... Rbc8 25. Ned4 f6 (25... Ne3 26. Rd2 $16) 26. Ra6 fxe5 27.
fxe5 Ne3 28. Rd2 $16) 25. Kb1 (25. Bxb7 Rbxb7 26. Kb2 $16) 25... Nc5 26. R6d4
f6 (26... Bb5 27. R1d2 $16) 27. R1d2 $6 (27. h3 Nf2 (27... fxe5 28. Rxd7+ $18)
28. R1d2 fxe5 29. fxe5 $16) 27... fxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxb4 Be8 $6 (29... g5
30. h4 Be8 (30... gxh4 31. gxh4 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 31. hxg5 Bg6+ 32. Ka1 $16)
30. Nf4 g5 {[#]} 31. Nfd5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Mit diesem schönen Zug gibt Weiß N+N
für R + P, aber danach werden die schwarzen Springer gefesselt.} exd5 32. Nxd5+
Kd8 33. Nxc7+ Kxc7 34. Rc2 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rc2c7]} Bg6 (34... Ned7 35.
Rxd7+ $18) 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Ned7 37. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Rc5,Rd7][%cal Gc2c7,
Gd4d7]} Rb7 (37... Rb5 38. b4 $18) 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Rxc5 $18 {Mit zwei
gesunden Mehrbauern steht Weiß klar auf Gewinn.} h6 40. Kb2 Rb4 41. a4 Re4 42.
Rc2 h5 43. Ka3 Re5 44. Kb4 Kd6 45. a5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.02.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Yudasin,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 (6. Ndb5
$5 {Yudasin,L}) 6... Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 $5 {Yudasin,L}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9.
Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 (10... Ned7 $5 {Yudasin,L} 11. Bd2) 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Qc7 $132 {Yudasin: it is not difficult to understand this type of positions.
White has a very weak double "c"pawn, which black must attack as quick as
possible, on the other hand white has the two bishops plus some attacking
chances on the king's side. Ich bin schon immer der Meinung gewesen, daß
Schwarz in dieser Variante ein bequemes Spiel hat.Weiss hat zwar das
Läuferpaar, aber die Stellung hat eher geschlossenen Charakter, und Weiß hat
außerdem einen Doppelbauern auf der halboffenen c-Linie und wenn er seine
c-Bauern tauschen kann, hat er noch Probleme mit anderen Bauern.Ribli.} 13. Bg2
O-O 14. c5 (14. O-O {Yudasin,L} b6 {Yudasin: with Ba6 seems prolematic for
white}) (14. g4 $5 {Yudasin,L} Nd7 15. g5 b6 16. h4 Ba6) 14... dxc5 $5 {
Dieser einfache Zug gibt Schwarz die besten Möglichkeiten. Ribli.} (14... d5 $6
) 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 (16. O-O {Yudasin,L} e5 17. f5 b6 18. Be3 a5) 16... Na5
17. Bd4 (17. Bb4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Qc4 (19. Bxd5 $2 {Yudasin,L} exd5 $15 {
[%cal Gc8f5,Gf5e4]}) (19. Ba5 b6 20. c4 $1 bxa5 21. cxd5 Qc3+ 22. Kf2 exd5 $17)
19... Qxc4 20. bxc4 Ne3 $11 {Vaganian,R-Kramnik,V/Riga/1995/}) 17... Nd5 $1
$146 {[#] Wahrscheinlich eine vorbereitete Neuerung..} (17... Nxb3 18. axb3
Rxd4 19. cxd4 Qc3+ 20. Kf2 Qxd4+ 21. Kf3 Qc3+ $11 {SURVEY 1993 Ribli}) 18. Rc1
$2 {Yudasin: a terrible blunder losing immediately,a pawn but with it the
games it was necessary to castle} (18. Qd3 $5 Nc4 {Das ist zwar auch
vorteilhaft für Schwarz, aber Weiß kann wenigstens ohne Materialverlust
weiterspielen.Ribli.}) (18. Qf3 Bd7) (18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. O-O Nxc3 20. Qd2 Rxd4
21. Qxd4 Ne2+ $19) (18. O-O {Yudasin,L} Nxb3 19. axb3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21.
Rfd1 $44) 18... Nxb3 19. axb3 Nxf4 $1 $19 {[#] Mit diesem schönen Zug gewinnt
Schwarz einen Bauern und damit praktisch die Partie. Ribli.} 20. gxf4 Rxd4 $17
{Die wesentlichen weißen Probleme sind nicht nur ein Bauernverlust, sondern
auch seine offene Königstellung und seine Bauernschwächen.} 21. O-O (21. Qe3
$17) 21... Rd8 22. Qh5 $2 Bd7 23. Rf3 {Weiß hat keine Angriffschancen, und mit
den letzten zwei Zügen beschleunigt er das Ende nur.Ribli.} Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bc6
25. Rg3 (25. Rh3 {Yudasin,L} Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rd2+) 25... Rd2 $19 26. Rg1 (26.
Bxc6 {Yudasin,L} Qxc6+ 27. Kg1 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 Qxb3) 26... Rxg2 27.
R1xg2 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Qxb3 {Und Weiß gab auf. Seine Stellung ist
wirklich verloren.Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 $5 (9. O-O $1 d6 10. Bf4 a6 (10... Ng4 11. e4 $14 {Nikolic,
Pr-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg/1992/INF56,(43)/}) 11. Rc1 $14 {Nikolic,Pr-Gostisa,L/
Bled/1991/CBM24/}) 9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O (12. Qxd5 Bb4+ (
12... Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Nb4 14. Be4 f5 15. Bb1 $14) (12... Bf6 $5) 13. Bd2 Bxd2+
14. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nd4 16. Rc1 $14) 12... Bf6 13. Qxd5 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Ba3
15. Qb5 (15. Qh5 $5) 15... Qb6 16. Qa4 (16. Qh5 $5 $36) 16... Qb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4
18. Na1 (18. Nc1 $5 Ba5 19. Nd3 Bb6 20. Bd6 Rd8 21. Bc5 $14) 18... Ba5 19. Nc2
Bb6 20. Ne3 Re8 21. Rb2 (21. Nd5 $6 Rxe2 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Nxb6 Rexa2 $15)
21... Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. e4 h6 25. Rc1 Re7 26. h4 Red7 27. Rd1
Kf8 28. g4 Ne7 29. Rbd2 Ng6 30. Bg3 Bc7 31. Kg2 Bxg3 32. Kxg3 Ne7 33. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bc5 (
7... Ne5 $5) 8. Bg2 (8. Nd6+ {Ryskin,A-Savon,V/Nikolaev zt/1993/CBM35/}) 8...
a6 (8... Bxf2+ $2 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. Qd6 $16 {Lipinski-Schinzel/Poland/1978/}) 9.
Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ (12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Nc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 $14) 13. Qxd2 Qb4 14. Rd1 (14. c5 f5 15. a3 $1 $14) 14...
Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 b5 16. c5 a5 17. O-O Ba6 18. f4 Ra7 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. e4 $14 a4 $5
21. e5 Na5 22. f5 $6 (22. Rfd1 $5 Rxc5 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Rxd7+ Kg6 25. Ra7 $16)
22... f6 $1 (22... Nc4 23. f6+ gxf6 24. exf6+ Kf8 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Rd6 $16) (
22... Rxc5 23. fxe6 Kxe6 24. Bh3+ $18) 23. fxe6 dxe6 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Bh3 Nc4
(25... Rxc5 26. Ne4 $1 $16) 26. Re2 (26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Rd6 Bc8 $15) 26... Ne5
$1 27. Ne4 b4 28. Rxf6 Nf3+ $1 29. Kf2 Ng5 (29... Bxe2 $5) 30. Nxg5 Kxf6 31.
Nxe6 Bxe2 32. Nxc7 Bc4 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 Bxb3 35. Na6 Be6 36. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CUB-ch"]
[Site "Las Tunas"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Herrera, Irisberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2001.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 {So kann Weiß die Varianten 3.Nc3 e5 oder 3.Nc3 Nd4
umgehen.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 {Das ist die aussichtsreichste
Fortsetzung für Weiß - aber auch die Alternativen (6.Ndb5, 6.Bf4, 6.Bg5 und 6.
a3) sind spielbar.} Qb6 7. Ndb5 (7. Nb3) 7... Ne5 (7... Bc5 $6 {Dieser Zug
sieht auf den ersten Blick logisch aus, in Wirklichkeit aber hängt der Pf2 gar
nicht.} 8. Bg2 a6 (8... Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. Qd6 Kd8 11. Bg5+ f6 12. Na4 Qa6
13. h3 Qxa4 14. hxg4 Bxg3 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Qxg3 $16) 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nde4
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $1 d6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Re7][%cal
Ga1d1,Gd1d8]}) 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 {Das ist eine logische Fortsetzung, es
kommen aber auch ein paar Alternativen in Betracht.} (9... Bc5) (9... Neg4) 10.
Be3 Bc5 (10... axb5 11. Bxb6 bxa4 12. Bc7) 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 {Dieser
Zug ist logischer als der Damentausch auf a3. Anschließend muss Weiß die Damen
tauschen und dabei die schwarze Zentrumsstellung stärken.} 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14.
Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3 {Nach einigen forcierten Zügen haben wir eine
bekannte theoretische Stellung vor uns, in der Weiß B gegen N hat. Die
schwarze Stellung ist jedoch solide.} d6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, er ist
etwas zu passiv. In der Folge bekommt Weiß freie Hand am Königsflügel.} (16...
g5 $5 {Mit diesem logischem Zug stützt Schwarz seinen Springerposten auf e5.}
17. h3 (17. O-O-O h5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Rxh4 Ng6 20. Rhh1 Rh8 21. Be4 Ng4 22. Bxg6
fxg6 23. Ne4 Rbc8 24. f3 Ne5 25. Rd6 g5 {1/2-1/2 Duncan,C-Emms,J/Gausdal 1996 
(25)}) (17. Rd1 h5 18. h3 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Kd2 Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Holst,A-Emms,J/
Copenhagen 1994/EXT 99 (94)}) 17... h5 18. O-O-O (18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Ng6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Emms,J/Harplinge 1998/CBM 67/[Ribli] (59)}) 18... d6 19. Rd2
Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rd7 21. Bh1 g4 22. h4 Rbd8 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/Sweden
1999/CBM 73 ext (34)}) (16... d5 17. cxd5 c4 18. b4 Rxb4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. h3
Rd8 $6 (20... Ned7 $11) 21. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Rytshagov,M/Jyvaskyla 1997 
(35)}) 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3 {[%cal Gg3g4][%mdl 32] Weiß möchte 19.g4 ziehen mit
großem Raumvorteil am Königsflügel spielen. Er zieht natürlich nicht e2-e4,
wonach sein Läufer eingeschlossen wäre.} h5 (18... h6 19. g4 g5 20. e3 $14) 19.
h3 g6 20. Kf2 Nb6 {Schwarz möchte eventuell d6-d5 oder a5-a4 ziehen.} 21. Rad1
{[%cal Gd1d6]} Rd8 (21... a5 $5 $132) 22. g4 Rg8 (22... hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh8 24.
g5 $14) 23. g5 Ne8 24. Rd3 {Weiß hat zwar spürbar Raumvorteil, aber keine
konkreten Drohungen. Andererseits verfügt Schwarz über kein Gegenspiel, er
kann nur abwarten. Insofern besitzt Weiß einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften
Vorteil.} Ng7 25. Rhd1 Rgd8 26. e3 Nf5 {[%csl Gf5] Der Springer steht gut auf
f5 und provoziert den Zug e3-e4 - was wegen der Schwächung des Feldes d4 ein
Fehler wäre.} 27. Be4 {Weiß möchte den stolzen Nf5 abtauschen. Es ist aber
fraglich, ob Weiß danach noch etwas erreichen kann.} Ng7 28. Ke2 {[%cal Ge2d2,
Gd2c2] Weiß möchte seine Königsstellung verbessern - der König strebt nach c2.}
Ne8 29. Bf3 Ng7 30. R1d2 Nf5 31. Be4 Ng7 32. Kd1 {Langsam nähert sich der
König seinem Ziel c2..} Ne8 33. Bc6 {Droht 34.Bxe8.} Ng7 34. Be4 Ne8 35. Bc6
Ng7 36. a4 $5 {Weiß will sich nicht mit Zugwiederholung zufrieden geben - er
möchte mit a4-a5 am Damenflügel Raum gewinnen.} Nc8 (36... a5 37. Nb5 Nc8 $14)
37. Kc2 Na7 38. Be4 Nf5 39. Rd1 (39. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) 39... Ng3 40. Bf3 Nf5 (
40... h4) 41. Ne2 {Weiß möchte endlich den Nf5 mit e3-e4 verjagen und nimmt
die Felder des Springers (d4 und g3) unter Kontrolle.} Ng7 42. Kc3 Ne8 43. R3d2
Kd7 44. a5 Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6a5]} (44... Kc7) 45. Bxc6+ Kxc6 $11 {Weiß hat
Raumvorteil, aber Schwarz steht sehr solide. Schwarz möchte jetzt 46...d5
durchsetzen.} 46. e4 f5 $1 47. exf5 exf5 (47... gxf5 $11 {[%cal Ge8g7]}) 48.
Ng1 {[%cal Gg1f3,Gf3h4,Gh4g6]} Nc7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4,Ge6f4]} 49. Nf3 Ne6 50.
Nh4 Nxf4 (50... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rb8b3,Rb3c3]} 51. b4 (51. Rxd4 cxd4+ 52. Rxd4 Re8
$15) 51... Re8 {[%cal Re8e3,Re3c3]} (51... Rxb4 $4 52. Rxd4 $18) 52. Nxg6 Re3+
53. Rd3 cxb4+ 54. Kd2 $13 (54. Kxd4 $4 Re4#)) 51. Rf1 Ne6 (51... Nxh3 52. Rg2 {
[%csl Rh3][%cal Rf1f3,Rf3h3]} Rb7 (52... Rd7 {[%cal Rd7b7,Rb8b3]}) 53. Rf3 Rdb8
54. Kc2 Nf4 55. Rxf4 Rxb3 56. Rd2 $14) 52. Nxg6 Nxg5 {[%cal Rg5e4,Re4c3,Re4d2]}
(52... Nd4 53. b4 (53. Rxd4 cxd4+ 54. Kxd4 Rxb3 $15) 53... Re8 $13) 53. Rg2 {
Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber der Pf5 ist nicht zu verteidigen.} Ne4+ 54.
Kc2 Rd7 (54... Rb7) 55. Rxf5 Rdb7 56. Rf3 Re8 57. Re3 Nf6 $6 (57... Rf7 $11)
58. Rxe8 Nxe8 59. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Rf4h5,Gf4d5] Weiß steht dank des
besseren Figurenspiels etwas aktiver.} Nf6 60. Rg6 Ne4 (60... Rf7 61. Ne6 {
[%cal Re6d8,Rd8c6,Rd8f7]} Kd7 62. Ng5 Rf8 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. Ra7 $16) 61. Re6 (
61. Nxh5 $5 Rf7 (61... Rh7 62. Nf4 $16) 62. Ng3 Nxg3 63. Rxg3 Rf2+ 64. Kd3 $16)
61... Ng5 62. Rf6 Re7 (62... h4 $5) 63. Rf8 Kb7 (63... Ne6 $5 64. Nxe6 Rxe6 65.
Rh8 Re5 66. Kd3 $14) 64. h4 Ne6 65. Nxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096]} 66. Rf7+ Kb8 (66...
Kc6 67. Rh7 (67. Ra7 Re4 68. Rxa6+ Kc7 69. Ra7+ Kc6 $11) 67... Re5 68. Kd3 $22
Rf5 (68... d5 69. Ra7 $16) 69. Ke4 Re5+ 70. Kf4 $16) 67. Rf5 Rh6 {[%csl Rb8,
Rh6] Beide schwarzen Figuren stehen passiv.} 68. Kd3 {[%csl Gd3,Gf5]} Kc7 69.
Rf7+ Kc6 (69... Kb8 70. Ke4 $16 {[%cal Ge4d5,Gd5c6]}) 70. Ra7 $16 {Auf diese
Weise gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern.} Re6 71. Rxa6+ Kb7 72. Rb6+ Ka7 (72... Kc7 73.
b4 cxb4 74. Rxb4 $16 {[%csl Ga5]}) 73. b4 $1 cxb4 74. c5 {[%cal Gb6e6]} b3 75.
cxd6 (75. Rxd6 b2 76. Kc2 (76. Rb6 Rc6 $1 77. Rxb2 Rxc5 78. Rg2 Rxa5 79. Rg5
Kb6 80. Rxa5 Kxa5 81. Ke4 Kb6 82. Kf5 Kc7 83. Kg5 Kd8 84. Kxh5 Ke8 $11) 76...
Re5 $11) 75... b2 76. d7 (76. Kc2 Re5) 76... Rd6+ 77. Ke4 Rxd7 78. Rxb2 Rg7 (
78... Ka6 79. Kf5 Rg7 80. Rb6+ Kxa5 81. Rh6 $18) 79. Rf2 Ka6 80. Ke5 Kxa5 81.
Kf6 Rg4 82. Rf5+ Kb6 83. Rxh5 $18 {Gewöhnlich kann man in einem Turmendspiel
mit einem Minusbauern das Remis halten, aber hier ist der schwarze König zu
weit vom Königsflügel entfernt.} Kc6 84. Rh8 Kd7 85. h5 Rg2 (85... Rf4+ 86. Kg5
Rf1 87. h6 Rg1+ 88. Kf4 Ke7 89. h7 Kf7 (89... Rg7 90. Ra8 $18 {[%cal Ra8a7,
Ra7h7]}) 90. Ra8 $18) 86. h6 Rf2+ 87. Kg5 Rg2+ 88. Kf4 Rf2+ 89. Ke3 Rf7 90. h7
{Droht das bekannte geometrische Motiv - 91.Ra7 - mit sofortigem Gewinn.} Re7+
91. Kf4 Ke6 92. Kg5 Ke5 93. Kh5 $22 (93. Kh5 Ke4 94. Kg6 Re6+ 95. Kf7 Rh6 96.
Kg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 {Meiner Meinung nach
bietet diese ganze Variante Schwarz gute Möglichkeiten. Weiß hat immer
Probleme mit seiner Bauernstruktur, und das weiße Läuferpaar ist ohne große
Bedeutung, da Schwarz nach b6/Bb7 auch seine Chancen auf den weißen Feldern
hat. Ich möchte noch anmerken, daß Schwarz mit dieser Variante in der
Turnierpraxis einen guten Score erzielt hat.Ribli.} 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 dxc5 $5
{Heutzutage ist diese Antwort in Mode, aber das alte 14...d5 ist auch spielbar.
Ribli.} 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 17. Bb4 (17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 19. Qc4 b5
20. Qd4 Bc6 $15 {Smejkal,J-Lau,R/Porz/1992/}) (17. Bd4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxd4 19.
cxd4 Qc3+ 20. Kf2 Qxd4+ 21. Kf3 Qc3+ $11) (17. exf6 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qxc5 19. Qe5
Qb6 20. Qg5 Qe3+ $11 {Uhlmann,W-Van der Wiel,J/Baden-Baden-B/1992/}) 17... Nxb3
18. axb3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qe3 {Weiß verhindert den möglichen Durchbruch
d5-d4.Ribli.} Bf5 $1 $146 (20... b6 21. O-O Bf5 22. Rf2 a5 23. Bd6 Qc6 24. Rc1
a4 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Bb4 h5 $36 {Casafus,R-Bellon Lopez,J/Buenos Aires/1994/})
21. Bc5 (21. Rxa7 $2 d4 $19) (21. Bd6 Qc6 22. Qd4) 21... b6 22. Bd4 Qd7 $1 {
[%cal Yf5e4,Yd7h3,Yh7h4,Ya8c8,Yc8c6,Yc6g6] Schwarz bereitet die spätere
Dameneindringung am Königsflügel vor.Ribli.} 23. O-O Rac8 {In dieser Partie
demonstriert Khalifman,wie gefährlich ungleichfarbige Läufer auf dem Brett
sind. Im Endspiel gibt es eine große Remisbreite mit diesen Läufern, aber im
Mittelspiel ist es vorteilhaft für die angreifende Seite. Ribli.} 24. Rf2 Be4
25. Qe2 Rc6 26. Qb5 $6 {Meiner Meinung nach ein pseudoaktiver Zug. Der weiße
Angriff hat keinen Zielpunkt am Damenflügel.Ribli.} (26. Kf1 {[%cal Yf1e1,
Ye1d2] /\ 27.Ke1 28.Kd2 wäre besser, weil Weiß am Königsflügel keine Ruhe
findet.Ribli.}) 26... Rdc8 27. Ra6 h5 $1 {Schwarz hat einen klaren Plan: mit
h5-h4 wird die Linie geöffnet, um mit der Q und dem Rc6 den entscheidenden
Angriff zu führen.Ribli.} 28. Qf1 (28. h4 Qh3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3,Rh1]})
28... h4 29. f5 {Weiß versucht, im Trüben zu fischen, denn nach den "normalen"
Zügen hat er keine Hoffnung. In der Partie bekommt er etwas Aktivität, aber
schließlich fällt die weiße Königsstellung auseinander.Ribli.} (29. gxh4 $2
Rg6+ $19) 29... hxg3 30. Rf4 {Mit diesem Zug bekommt Weiß etwas Aktivität für
den Bauern.Ribli.} (30. hxg3 Rh6 31. Rh2 Rxh2 32. Kxh2 Bxf5 $17) 30... gxh2+
31. Kxh2 Rh6+ 32. Kg3 Rh5 {[%csl Rf5]} 33. e6 (33. f6 Rg5+ 34. Kf2 Rg2+ 35. Ke1
Qh3 $19) 33... fxe6 34. f6 Qf7 {Weiß hat zum ersten Mal in dieser Partie eine
etwas offensive Stellung erreicht, aber das ist auch schon das Maximum an
möglicher Aktivität gewesen - sein Angriff ist gescheitert.Ribli.} 35. Rg4 {[#]
} Rxc3+ $3 $19 {Ein schönes und unerwartetes Motiv, nach dem Schwarz auf
Gewinn steht.Ribli.} 36. Bxc3 Qc7+ 37. Rf4 (37. Qf4 Qxc3+ 38. Kf2 Qc2+ 39. Ke1
(39. Kg1 Rh1#) (39. Ke3 Rh3+ 40. Kd4 (40. Rg3 Qc1+ $19) 40... Qc3#) 39... Rh1+
$19) 37... Qxc3+ 38. Kg4 Qe5 {[%cal Re5g5] Und Weiß ist hilflos gegen die
vielseitigen Drohungen.Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Shevelev, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5
$5) 7... d5 {Eine heutzutage selten angewandte Fortsetzung.Nach diesem Zug hat
Schwarz einen isolierten Pd5, und Weiß bekommt - ohne Risiko - bessere
Aussichten.Ribli.} (7... Ne5 $5) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 (10. Qxd5 $2
Be6 $44 {[%cal Ye6b3,Yf8b4,Ya8d8,Yc6b4,Yc6d4] Wäre sehr gefährlich für Weiß,
denn Schwarz käme zu schneller Entwicklung und einfachem Spiel.Ribli.}) 10...
Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. O-O (12. Bxb4 $5 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O-O 15. h3
Bh5 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Nc5 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5,Rd5] Smyslov,V-Olafsson,H/
Kobenhavn/1985/}) 12... O-O (12... Rd8 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Rfd1 $14 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Rg2d5,Rd1d5] Smejkal,J-Cebalo,M/Marseille/1986/}) 13. h3 Bh5 (
13... Be6 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Be7 18. Rfd1 Qa5 $13 {
[%cal Ye7f6] Li Zunian-Van der Wiel,J/Biel izt/1985/ Und Schwarz hat auch
seine Chancen mit Bf6.Ribli.}) 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 (14... Qxb4 15. g4 (15. Qxd5 Bxe2)
15... Bg6 16. Qxd5 $14) 15. Nd4 (15. a3 Nc6 16. Qxd5 (16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxd5 (17.
Qxd5 Rfd8 $44 (17... Bc2 $44)) 17... Rfd8 $17) 16... Bxe2 $132) 15... Nc6 16.
Nxc6 bxc6 {Wenn wir allein auf die Bauernstruktur achten, so hat Weiß zwei
Inseln, während Schwarz drei hat. Aber es gibt noch andere Faktoren: Die
schwarze Dame und der Läufer stehen aktiv und die weißen Pb2 und Pe2 sind
schwach.Ribli.} 17. Qd2 Rab8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. e3 (19. g4 Bg6 20. Rac1) 19...
Rbd8 20. b4 (20. Rac1 d4 $5 (20... c5 21. Bxd5 $4 Bf3) 21. Rxc6 (21. e4 c5 (
21... d3 22. g4 Bg6 23. Rfe1 Rd4 $13)) 21... dxe3 $11) 20... d4 21. e4 c5 22.
bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rac1 Qa3 24. Rfe1 f6 $5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yh5f7,Yf7a2,Ya3a2] Mit
diesem Zug bekommt der Bh5 eine neue Zukunft auf der Diagonalen a2-g8.Ribli.}
25. Rc4 d3 26. Re3 Bf7 27. Rc3 Qxa2 28. Qxa2 Bxa2 29. Rexd3 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 $11 {
Schwarz steht - nur - theoretisch besser, dank seines Freibauern auf a7, aber
in Wirklichkeit kann Weiß das Gleichgewicht halten. Ich möchte anmerken, daß
Weiß ohne Pa7 natürlich besser steht, aber das ist schließlich auch Remis.
Ribli,} Bb1 31. Ra3 Bxe4 (31... Re7 32. f4 {Und Weiß spielt 33.Kf2, mit
gleichen Aussichten.Ribli.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novik, Maxim"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bg2 e5 (12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 e5 14. c5
dxc5 15. Bxc5 $14 {Smejkal,J-Gdanski,J Polanica Zdroj 1991 CBM/26}) 13. Rc1 $1
(13. f5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 b6 $13) 13... exf4 14. gxf4 Qe7 (14... O-O 15. O-O Bxc3
16. Rxc3 $14) 15. Bd2 Na5 (15... O-O 16. Nd5 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 $14)
16. Nxa5 Bxa5 17. c5 $1 O-O (17... Bxc3 $5 18. Bxc3 dxc5 19. Bxf6 (19. e5 $5
$44) 19... Qxf6 20. Qb5+ Bd7 21. Qxb7 Qxf4 22. Qxa8+ Ke7 23. Qxh8 Qe3+ 24. Kd1
Qd3+ 25. Ke1 Qe3+ $10) 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. e5 Qd8 20. exf6 Re8 21. Ne4 (21. Be3
Bg4 $1 $44) 21... Bf5 22. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 23. Kf2 Qb6+ 24. Kg3 (24. Qe3 $5 Qxb2+ (
24... Qxe3+ $2 25. Kxe3 gxf6 26. Rc5 $18) 25. Kg3 $16) 24... gxf6 {/\ Lxe4, f5}
25. Rc4 Kh8 26. h3 Be6 $1 27. Rc5 Rg8+ 28. Kh2 f5 29. Rb5 (29. Qc2 fxe4 30.
Qc3+ Rg7 31. Rg5 Rag8 $13) 29... Qc7 $1 30. Ng3 Rxg3 $1 31. Kxg3 Rg8+ 32. Kh2
Qxf4+ 33. Kg1 Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 (12... Kc7 13.
Nxf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 Rb8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. g3 Rxb2 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19.
Kxd2 Bd6 20. Rc1 Rd8 $10 {Georgiev,Kir-de Firmian,N Reggio Emilia 1989/90 49/51
}) 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Ke7 (14... Re8 15. g3 f3 16. Kd1 fxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Kc7 18.
Bc4 Be6 $10 {Knezevic,M-Smejkal,J Bahrein 1990 CBM/20}) 15. g3 fxg3 16. hxg3
Rb4 17. Bg2 c5 18. Nd5+ Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf5 20. f3 h6 21. e4 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6
23. Ke2 Rhb8 24. b3 c4 $1 25. Rc1 cxb3 26. Rc7+ Kf6 27. axb3 R8b7 28. Rdd7 Rxc7
29. Rxc7 Rxb3 30. Rxa7 g6 31. Kf2 Rb2+ 32. Ke3 h5 33. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 $5 (10. f4 $5) 10... O-O $1 (10... Bd7 $6 11. f4 Ng6 12.
Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 a5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 a4 18. Nd4
a3 19. b6 $1 Qe7 20. Nc2 d5 21. Qb5 Ng4 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 axb2
25. Bc5 $18 {Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V Paris Immopar 25' 1991 EXP/26}) 11. f4 $6 (
11. O-O-O $5 a5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nc7 axb3 16. Nxa6 bxa2
17. Kc2 Rxa6 $44 {Glejzerov-Dvojris Cheljabinsk 1989/90 49/(50)}) 11... Nc6 12.
O-O-O e5 $1 13. Nd5 (13. f5 a5 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Nb5 a4 16. Nc7 axb3 17. Nxa6
bxa2 18. Kc2 Rxa6 $44) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nb4 16. Kb1 Bd7 17.
a3 Na6 18. Na5 Nc5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qe3 f6 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Be2 b5
$1 24. Nd2 Qb6 25. Rc2 $2 (25. Rc3 $5) 25... f5 $1 $36 26. Rc3 (26. Bf3 $2 Nxe4
27. Qxb6 Nxd2+ 28. Rxd2 axb6 $19) 26... Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 fxe4 29.
Rc1 Kf7 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Ke7 33. Kc2 Kd6 34. Kd2 Kxd5 $19
35. Ke3 Bc6 36. Bf1 Kc5 37. Be2 h6 38. Bf1 Bd5 39. Be2 Bc4 40. Bd1 Bd3 41. Bb3
g5 42. Kd2 Bc4 43. Bd1 Be6 44. Be2 g4 $1 45. Ke3 Bf5 46. Bf1 a5 47. Be2 a4 $1
48. Kf2 h5 49. Ke3 Bg6 (49... Bg6 50. Bf1 Bf7 51. Kxe4 (51. Be2 Bc4 52. Bd1 Bd3
$19) 51... Bc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 (6... Be7 $5 {
Xu Jun-Adorjan,A/Shenzhen/1992/CBM31/}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O
Bb7 (10... Ba6 $5 $13 {Stohl,I-Horvath,Jo/Stary Smokovec/1990/INF50,(45)/}) 11.
f4 d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rc1 (14. g4 $13 {Kortschnoj,V-Lautier,J/
Manila izt/1990/CBM19/INF49,50/}) 14... Qb8 15. Qe2 Qa8 $6 (15... Nd7 $5 $13 {
Sokolov,I-Illescas Cordoba,M/Pamplona/1992/CBM33/INF56,44/}) 16. g4 $1 Rfe8 17.
g5 Nd7 18. h4 a6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. b4 g6 21. Rfd1 a5 (21... Bg7 22. Nb3 Qb8 23.
Qd2 $16) 22. b5 Ne7 23. Na4 Qa7 24. Nb3 d5 (24... Nc5 25. Nbxc5 dxc5 26. Rd7
$16) 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Bg4 $1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ba8 28. e5 $1 (28. Bxd7 $2 Qxd7 29.
Nxb6 Qh3 $13) 28... Nc8 29. e6 Nc5 (29... fxe6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32.
Bd4+ (32. Nxb6 $5) 32... Bg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qb2+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxc8
Kxe6 37. Nd4+ Kd6 38. Qe8 $18) 30. Nbxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Bxc5 Qb8 33.
Qe5 Qxe5 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd4 (11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13.
Rxd6 Rb8 $1 14. Rd2 Ke7 15. g3 fxg3 16. hxg3 Rb4 17. Bg2 c5 18. Nd5+ Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 Bf5 20. f3 h6 21. e4 Be6 $10 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Eingorn,V Tilburg1. 1992 CBM/
32}) 11... Bd7 (11... Kc7 $6 12. g3 Bc5 13. Rc1 $1 fxg3 14. hxg3 Ba6 15. Nxc6
$1 Bb7 16. Na4 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Portisch,L Bad Kissingen m/3 1983 35/53}) 12.
g3 Rb8 13. O-O-O Kc7 14. gxf4 Ng4 15. Rd2 Nxf2 16. Rg1 g6 17. Bg2 Ng4 $2 (17...
Bg7 18. e4 $5) 18. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 19. Rxg4 Bd6 20. Rc2 $1 $16 f5 21. Ncb5+ Rxb5
22. Nxb5+ Kb6 23. Nxd6 fxg4 24. Nc4+ Kb5 25. Ne5 Be4 26. Rc4 Bd5 27. a4+ Kb6
28. Rb4+ Kc5 29. Rb5+ Kd6 30. Nxg4 Rf8 31. Ne3 Bc6 32. Rb4 g5 33. Rd4+ Kc5 34.
Rc4+ Kd6 35. fxg5 Rf2 36. h4 Rxe2 37. Nf5+ Kd5 38. Rxc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden-B"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O $1 (13... b6
14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. O-O O-O
20. Qg4 $36 {Rohde,M-Gulko,B Cambridge 1991 52/49}) 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8
16. e5 Na5 $1 17. exf6 (17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 $13 {Smejkal,J-Lau,R Porz
1992 CBM/31}) 17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Qxc5 19. Qe5 $1 $8 Qb6 20. Qg5 Qe3+ 21. Kf1
Qd3+ 22. Kg1 Qg6 (22... Qe3+ $10) 23. fxg7 (23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. fxg7 Rd3 25. Rc1
Bd7 $15) 23... Qxg5 24. fxg5 Rd3 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. Bf1 Re3 (26... Rd2 $5 27. h4
Bc6 28. Rh2 Rad8 $15) 27. Kf2 Re5 28. Bg2 $1 Rxg5 29. Rhd1 Bc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6
31. Rd6 Rb5 32. Rxc6 Rxb3 33. Rc7 a5 34. Rd1 Rb5 35. Rdd7 Rf5+ 36. Ke3 a4 37.
Ra7 Ra5 38. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9293 3rd"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 $6 8.
Bg2 Ne5 (8... Qa6 9. c5 b6 10. cxb6 $6 axb6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. Nd4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Be7 $13 {Gurevich,D-De Firmian,N USA-ch 1989 CBM/19}) 9. c5 $5 (9. Be3
$5 Qa6 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bc1 d5 12. cxd6 O-O 13. O-O Bxd6 14. Qd3 $14 {
Romanischin,O-Hulak,K URS-Yugoslavia 1976 21/59}) 9... Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11.
O-O d5 (11... O-O 12. Bf4 $1 d6 13. Rc1 $44) 12. e4 dxe4 (12... d4 13. Na4 $36)
13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O 15. Bf4 $1 $44 f5 $2 (15... f6 $5) 16. Rc1 Qa5 17.
b4 $1 Qxb4 18. Bxe5 Qxe4 19. Re1 Qd5 (19... Qg4 20. Rc7 Rf7 21. Qd8+ Rf8 22.
Qe7 $18) 20. Rc7 Rf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qxh7 $18 Bd7 24. Qxg7+ Ke8
25. Bf6 Qd6 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ (28. Qg8+ Qf8 29. Rxe6+ Bxe6 30.
Qxe6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Drammen Smartfish Masters"]
[Site "Drammen"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 {Dieser - auf den
ersten Blick bescheidene - Zug ist besonders populär in der letzten Zeit -
Weiß bestimmt noch nicht sein Spielplan, denn er verhindert die Möglichkeit
Bf8-Bb4.} Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 $5 {Das ist Kortschnojs Lieblingsfortsetzung.
Nach dem Springerzug kann Schwarz nicht den Befreiungszug 8...d7-d5
durchführen, was im Falle von 8.Be2 möglich wäre.} b6 (8... Qc7 9. Bg5 b6 10.
Bd3 h6 $5 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 Nf4 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16.
cxb5 Qd6 17. Bb1 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 d5 19. e5 g5 $1 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Ponomariov,R/
Donetsk 2001/CBM 81/[Kortschnoj] (66)}) (8... d6 9. Be2 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd3
Qb8 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Qb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Qc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {1/2-1/2
Kortschnoj,V-Akesson,R/Antwerp op 1995/EXT 95op (51)}) 9. Bf4 (9. Be2 Bb7 10.
O-O d6 (10... Qc7 11. Bg5 Rad8 12. Qd2 d6 13. b4 Nb8 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8
16. h3 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Graf,A/Batumi 2002/CBM 90/[Kostakiev,D] (66)}) 11.
Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ne5 (12... a6 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. Rfd1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3
Bc5 17. Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Stohl,I/Tilburg rapid20 1993/CBM 39 (55)})
13. Nd2 a6 14. Re1 Rc7 15. Be3 Ned7 16. b4 Qa8 17. Na4 Rc6 18. Qb3 Bd8 19. f3
Rc8 20. Kh1 Bc7 {0-1 Cheparinov,I-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105(43)})
9... Bb7 10. Bd3 Nh5 (10... d6 11. O-O Ng4 12. Re1 Nge5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Benkovic,P-Perunovic,M/Dimitrovgrad YUG 2003/}) 11. Be3 Qc7 {[%cal
Gh5f4] Schwarz spielt noch nicht d7-d6, weil er zuerst Nf4 ziehen möchte.} 12.
O-O (12. Nb5 $5 Qb8 13. O-O Nf4 14. Bc2) 12... Rac8 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bc2 (14.
Bf1 Ng6 15. Rc1 Qb8 $11) 14... Ng6 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. b3 {Natürlich wäre 16.
Qxd7?? ganz schlecht wegen 16...Rfd8 mit Damenfang. Wir haben eigentlich eine
typische Igelstellung, in der Weiß mehr Raum kontrolliert, aber die schwarze
Stellung fest ist; desweiteren hat er keine Schwächen.} Rfd8 $11 {[%cal Gd7d5]
Schwarz mobilisiert seine Figuren und frueher, oder spaeter er moechte den Zug
d7-d5 durchfuehren.} 17. Qd2 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 (19. Rad1 $5) 19... d6
20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Bg3 Bf6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gf6e5,Ge5g3][%mdl 32] Schwarz
aktiviert den Läufer und bereitet den Zug 22...Be5 vor.} 22. Rad1 Be5 23. Qe3 (
23. f4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 e5 25. Qf2 exf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Qc7 $11) 23... d5
$1 {[%mdl 256] Dieser Befreiungszug führt zu Vereinfachungen.} (23... Bxg3 24.
Qxg3 d5 $2 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. cxd5 exd5 27. e5 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5]}) 24. exd5 (
24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. exd5 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 exd5 $11) 24... Bxg3 25. hxg3 (25. Qxg3
Qxg3 26. hxg3 exd5 $11) 25... exd5 26. Nf5 {Weiß hat ein wenig Aktivität, aber
Schwarz kann das Gleichgewicht halten.} (26. cxd5 Rxd5 $11) 26... dxc4 27. Qc3
f6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxc4+ Bd5 30. Qb5 Bf7 31. Ne7+ Nxe7 32. Rxe7 Kf8 (32...
Re8 33. Rd7 $11 (33. Bxh7+ $4 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern, aber
verliert die Partie.} Kxh7 34. Rxf7 Kg6 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Re8e1,Re1g1,Gb8h8,
Gh8h1]})) 33. Re3 Bg6 {Mit einfachen Zügen tauscht Schwarz die weißen Figuren.}
34. Qb4+ Qd6 35. Qxd6+ Rxd6 36. Bxg6 Rd1+ (36... hxg6 37. Kf1 $11) 37. Kh2 hxg6
38. g4 b5 39. b4 Kf7 40. f4 Rc1 41. Kg3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Weiß strebt eine halboffene Stellung an; im Falle
von 3.Nc3 kann Schwarz 3...e5 ziehen. Diese Spielweise ist in der letzten Zeit
populär geworden.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 {Die
Alternative ist 7.Nb3.} Ne5 8. Bf4 d6 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt, die
Hauptvariante ist 8...Nfg4!?, die Schwarz vollwertiges Spiel bietet. Vor zwei
Jahren spielte der englische Großmeister diese Variante mit Schwarz.} (8...
Nfg4 $5 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Qb3 d5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+
Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 e5 19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20. Rhd1
Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Motwani,P-Wells,P/Port Erin IOM 2003/(41)}) (8... Bc5 $6 9. Bg2 $1
a6 (9... Bxf2+ 10. Kf1 Nfg4 11. Qd6 $1 Nxc4 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Nxa8
$18) 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Nc7+ Qxc7 13. Bxb4 Nxc4 14. Rc1 a5 15. Ba3
Ra6 16. b3 {1-0 Bruzon Bautista,L-Volokitin,A/Lausanne 2001/CBM 82 ext (78)})
9. Bg2 Nfg4 {Dieser Springerzug ist nicht so stark wie 8...Nfg4!?.} (9... Be7
$2 10. c5 $1 $16 Qxc5 11. Be3 {[%csl Rc5]} Qc4 12. b3 (12. Nxd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6
Ned7 14. Rc1 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Re8]}) (12. Nxd6+) 12... Qb4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 (13...
Kd7 14. Nxa8 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 $16) 14. Nxa8 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 {1-0 Romero Holmes,
A-Karjakin,S/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99/[Ribli Zoltan] (35)}) (9... a6 10. Qa4 Nfd7
11. c5 Nxc5 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nd5+ $18) (9... Bd7 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6
12. Qxd6 Nxc4 13. Qd4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 $14) 10. O-O $14 a6 11. Na4 (11. Qa4 Bd7
12. h3 Rc8 13. hxg4 Nxc4 $15 {[%cal Gd7a4]}) 11... Qd8 12. Na3 Ng6 (12... Be7
13. c5 $16) 13. Bd2 {Beide Spieler haben Probleme mit der Positionierung ihrer
Springer: die weißen stehen unglücklich auf a4 und a3, ebenso die schwarzen
auf g6 und g4. Anderseits verfügt Weiß über Raumvorteil und gute Entwicklung.}
Rb8 (13... Be7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 $14) 14. c5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Statt der ruhigen
Alternative 14.h3 spielt Weiß eine aktive Fortsetzung: er opfert einen Bauern
für Initiative.} (14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 b6 16. Nc3 $14) 14... dxc5 15. Nc4 {
[%csl Ga4,Gc4,Gd2][%cal Gd2a5]} N4e5 {Schwarz muss seinen Springer schnell zur
Verteidigung seiner Stellung zurück bringen.} (15... b5 16. Ba5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1
bxc4 (17... Bd7 18. Nab6) 18. Bc6+ Bd7 (18... Ke7 19. Bd8#) 19. Rxd7 $18) 16.
Nxe5 (16. Ncb6 Bd7 17. f4 $44) 16... Nxe5 17. Bf4 $44 {Weiß hat
ausgezeichnetes Figurenspiel und ausreichende Kompensation für den Minusbauern.
} Qc7 18. Rc1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc1c7]} b6 (18... Be7 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 b6 21.
Qb3 $36) 19. b4 (19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc6+ Ke7 21. Qb3 $44) 19... Bd7 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Qc2 (21. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 22. Be3 Rb5 23. Qc2 O-O 24. a4 (24. Bxc5 Rc8 $19
{[%cal Rc8c1]}) 24... Ra5 25. Bxc5 Rc8 26. Bb4 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Bxa5 Bxa4
$17) 21... c4 22. Rfd1 $1 {Weiß spielt sehr stark, da er die
Figurenkonzentration am Damenflügel erhöht.} Rb4 (22... Ba3 $2 23. Qc3 $18) 23.
Nb2 f6 24. a3 $6 (24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxc4 $16) 24... Rb5 25. Bxe5 (25. Nxc4 Qxc4
26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 $14) 25... Rxe5 26. Nxc4 Rc5 27. Qd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Bis jetzt spielte Weiß in gutem und schönen Stil, aber dieser Zug ist ein
unglaublicher Fehler, der mindestens einen halben Punkt kostet.} (27. Qe4 Be7
28. Rc2 O-O 29. Rcd2 Rxc4 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxa3 33. Ra7 $11
) 27... Ba4 $19 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ra4d1] Jetzt "hängt" der Nc4 und der Rd1;
Weiß hat keine Verteidigung.} 28. Qe3 (28. Ne3 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Be7 $19) 28...
Bxd1 29. Qxe6+ Be7 30. Rxd1 Rxc4 31. Bd5 Rc1 32. Rxc1 (32. Qf7+ Kd8 $19 (32...
Kd7 $4 33. Be6+ $18)) 32... Qxc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc7 34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. Qxg7 Rf8 36.
Qxh7 f5 37. h4 Qe5 38. Bf3 Qf6 39. e4 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 {Eine clevere Zugfolge: Weiß
spielt zuerst 5.g3 und nicht 5.Nc3, wonach 5...e6 6.g3 Qb6 eine gute
Alternative für Schwarz ist.} e6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qb6 {Mit Zugumstellung
haben wir die Variante 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Bb4 erreicht (statt der guten Fortsetzung
6...Qb6) 7.Bg2 Qb6.} 8. Ndb5 a6 {Dieser Zug erscheint mir ein wenig passiv,
ich glaube 8...d5 ist eine bessere Alternative für Schwarz.} 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10.
Nxc8+ Raxc8 11. O-O $1 {[%mdl 4] Weiß hat keine Angst vor strukturellen
Schwächen und spielt auf Entwicklungsvorteil, anstatt mit 11.Bd2 ein Tempo zu
verlieren.} Bxc3 (11... Rhd8 12. Na4 Qd4 13. Be3 $16) 12. bxc3 Na5 (12... d6
13. Be3 Qc7 14. c5 d5 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5) 13. Rb1 {Mit Tempo für Weiß.} Qc7 (
13... Qxb1 $4 14. Ba3+ $18) (13... Qc5 14. Qa4) 14. Qa4 {[%csl Ga4,Gc1,Re7,Gg2]
Schwarz verfügt über die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber das hat keine Bedeutung,
da alle weißen Figuren sehr aktiv stehen.} b6 (14... Nxc4 15. Rxb7 $16 (15.
Bxb7 $16)) {[#]} 15. c5 $1 {Statt Bauerngewinn mit 15.Qb4+ opfert Weiß selbst
einen Bauern und öffnet die Stellung.} (15. Ba3+ d6) (15. Qb4+ d6 16. Qxb6 Qxb6
17. Rxb6 Nxc4 18. Rxa6 Rc7) 15... bxc5 16. Rd1 $44 {[%csl Gc1,Re7,Gg2][%cal
Gb1b8,Gd1d8] Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und aktive Türme auf den offenen Linien.
Damit besitzt er ausreichende Kompensation für den Minusbauern. Auch wenn der
schwarze König in der Mitte steht, so muss Weiß sehr genau spielen,um zu
gewinnen.} Nc6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Na5 {Dieser Springerzug ist sicherlich nicht
"schön", aber auf diese Weise verteidigt sich Schwarz gegen Rb7 und den
c5-Bauern.} (18... d6 19. Qxa6 Nb8 20. Qa3 $18) 19. c4 $16 {Weiß hat weiterhin
nachhaltige Kompensation für den Minusbauern: er kontrolliert die
spielentscheidenden Felder.} (19. Rd2 $5 $16 {[%cal Gb1d1,Gd1d7]}) 19... Rb8
20. h3 (20. Bd2 Nc6 21. Qxa6 $16) 20... Rhc8 $8 (20... d6 $2 21. Bd2 $18) 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Bd2 Nc6 {Dieser Springer hat während der gesamten Partie große
Schwierigkeiten ein strategisch wichtiges Feld zu erobern.} 23. Qxa6 Rb2 (23...
Qd6 $5) 24. Qa3 {[%cal Ra3b2,Ra3e7]} Rc2 25. Qa4 (25. Qxc5+ $1 Qd6 (25... Ke8
26. Bb4 $18) (25... Ke6 26. Bd5+ $18) 26. Qxd6+ Kxd6 27. Bh6+ Ke7 28. Bxg7 $16)
25... Rb2 26. e3 $6 {Weiß möchte das Läuferpaar behalten; seine Stelung ist
jetzt allerdings nicht mehr so gewinnversprechend. .} (26. Qa3 Rc2 27. Qxc5+)
26... Qb6 (26... Qd6) 27. Bc3 (27. g4 $5) 27... Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kh2 Ne4
$1 {[%csl Gb1,Ge4] Nach diesem aktivem Springerzug erhält Schwarz ein
ausgeglichenes Spiel.} 30. Qa3 Nxc3 (30... Kd6 31. Bxe4 Qxe4 32. Qb3 Qf3 33.
Qc2 Ke6 $11) 31. Qxc5+ $6 (31. Qxc3 Qb4 (31... Qxa2 $2 32. Bxc6 dxc6 33. Qxe5+
$18) (31... f6 32. Bxc6 dxc6 33. Qd2 $14)) 31... Kd8 32. Bxc6 dxc6 33. Qa5+ Kd7
34. Qxc3 Qxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Nach Komplikationen haben wir ein gleiches
Damenendspiel erreicht.} 35. Kg2 Ke6 (35... f6 $2 36. Qd3+ $16) 36. Qb4 (36.
Qd3 h6 $11 (36... g6 $11)) 36... Qc2 37. g4 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qd3 (38... g6 $11) 39.
Qf8 Qxc4 40. Qxg7 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauern- und Königsstellung, aber das
hat keine Bedeutung, Schwarz kann das Gleichgewicht halten.} Qe4 41. Qf8 Qc2
42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. h4 Qe4 44. Qf8 Ke6 45. g5 f5 46. f3 Qb1 47. Qf6+ (47. Qe8+ Kd6
48. Qd8+ Kc5 49. Qe7+ Kd5 50. Qd7+ Kc5 $11) 47... Kd5 48. Qf7+ Kd6 49. Qf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Dieser Zug ist
besonders populär in der letzten Zeit geworden; Weiß legt noch nicht seinen
Plan fest, sondern möchte 6...Bb4 verhindern.} Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 {Auf den
ersten Blick ist dieser Springerzug sonderbar, aber Weiß möchte auf jeden Fall
die Befreungsmöglichkeit verhindern.} (8. Be2 d5 $11) (8. Nb3) 8... b6 9. Be2
Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Nd2 (12. e5) 12... d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne4
15. Ncxe4 dxe4 16. b4 {Es scheint, dass Schwarz große Schwierigkeiten mit
seiner Figurenkoordination hat, aber...} Bg5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 4] Der polnische
Großmeister hat seine Hausaufgaben gut gelöst! Vor zwei Jahren probierte er
die Fortsetzung 16...Nc6 (was auf den ersten Blick der einzige Zug ist), aber
ohne Erfolg. Jetzt kann er seine, natürlich häuslich vorbereitete, Neuerung
spielen.} (16... Nc6 17. Bg4 Ra8 18. Bf5 Bg5 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxg5 gxh5 21. Bxd8
Raxd8 22. Nxe4 Nxe5 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxh5 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Miton,K/Warsaw 2003/
EXT 2005 (70)}) 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. h4 {Weiß muss die gegnerische Dame von g5
ablenken, sonst hätte Schwarz in einigen Varianten e4-e3 ziehen können mit
Mattdrohung auf g2.} (18. bxa5 Rfd8 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Rd8d1,Rg5d2]} 19. Ra2 e3)
18... Qxh4 (18... Qh6 19. bxa5 Rfd8 20. Ra2 e3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Qxe5 23.
axb6 axb6 24. Bf3 $16) 19. bxa5 Rc6 {[%cal Rc6h6,Rh6h1][%mdl 128] Das ist die
Pointe des schwarzen Spiels: es droht 20...Rh6.} 20. Qb3 (20. Nxe4 Rh6 (20...
Qxe4 21. Bf3 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qxa5 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Qd6 $16) 21. f3 Qh2+ 22. Kf2
Rg6 23. Rg1 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qxe5 $44) 20... Rh6 21. f3 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ (22...
Rg6 23. Rg1 Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Qxe5) 23. Kg1 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 {Diese
Variante wird selten gespielt, die Alternative 8.e4 ist populärer. Nach 7.g3
bekommen wir eine ähnliche Stellungen, wie nach 6.g3, aber der Zug 6.a3 ist
hier wohl ein Tempoverlust. Nach meiner Meinung ist diese Variante mit 6.a3
und 7.a3 nicht gefährlich für Schwarz.} Qb6 8. Nf3 (8. e3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10.
Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Leko,P/
Linares 2005/(13)}) (8. Ndb5 Ne5 9. Bg2 a6 $5 10. Qa4 (10. Na4 Qa5+ $1 11. b4
Qd8 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Nxc4 14. Qd4 d5 15. O-O O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Karjakin,S/Dos Hermanas 2004/}) 10... Rb8 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Qb4 Bxe3
13. Nd6+ Kd8 14. fxe3 Qxb4 15. axb4 Ke7 16. c5 b6 {1/2-1/2 McDonald,N-Papp,G/
Budapest 2003/(56)}) 8... O-O (8... Ng4 $5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. b3 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6a1]} 13. Ra2 $5 d5 $1 14. cxd5 Qa6 {[%csl Re1][%cal Re5d3,
Rd3e1]} 15. Bf1 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 17. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Gelfand,B/
Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Ribli] (17)}) 9. Bg2 Rd8 {[%cal Gd7d5] Schwarz bereitet
d7-d5 vor.} (9... d5 10. Be3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 $44)
10... Qd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Bh3 16.
Rfe1 {1-0 Tomashevsky,E-Belov,V/Kazan 2005/(53)}) 10. O-O (10. Be3 Qa6 {
[%cal Ga6c4,Gd7d5]} (10... Qxb2 $4 11. Na4 $18 {Ein bekanntes Motiv.})) 10...
d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung und keine Probleme.} (11...
exd5 $5) 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 (13. Qxc3 Bf6) 13... h6 {Mit diesem
prophylaktischen Zug sichert Schwarz seine Königsstellung und verhindert 14.
Ng5.} (13... e5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Be3 $14) 14. g4 $6 (14. Be3 Qc7 (
14... Qa5)) (14. Rb1) 14... Qa5 $1 $15 {Schwarz hat eine gesunde Stellung,
während die weiße Bauernstruktur schwach ist.} (14... e5 15. g5) 15. Rb1 e5 16.
Qe4 $1 {[%mdl 256] Weiß zentralisiert seine Dame und beschäftigt sich nicht
mit der Verteidigung des c3-Bauern.} (16. g5 e4) (16. h3) 16... Qxc3 (16... Rb8
17. g5 $132) 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 {[%csl Ra3,Gb1,
Rb7,Ge5,Gg2,Rg4] Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger und seine a3- und g4-Bauern
sind schwach, aber alle seine Figuren stehen aktiv.} Bxa3 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 22.
Rxb7 Re8 23. Bd4 a5 {[%csl Ga5]} 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. Ra4 $1 {Weiß opfert den
e2-Bauern, aber was noch noch wichtiger ist, er blockiert den a5-Bauern.} (25.
e3 a4) 25... Rxe2 26. Be3 {[%csl Ga4,Gb7][%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen Bauern
weniger, aber eine feste Verteidigungstellung.} Bd6 27. Kg2 Rc2 28. Bf4 (28. h3
) 28... Bc5 (28... Bxf4 29. Rxf4 f6 (29... Rf8 30. Rf5 a4 31. Ra7 $11) 30. Rd4
Rc5 31. Rdd7 Rg5 32. h3) 29. Bg3 Be3 30. Ra3 Bd4 (30... Bd2 {[%cal Yd2b4]} 31.
Ra4 (31. Rf3 f6 32. Rd3 Bb4 33. Rdd7 Bf8 34. Ra7 (34. Bd6 Rd2 35. Bxf8 Rxd7 36.
Rxd7 Kxf8) 34... Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Ra2 36. h4 a4 37. h5 a3) 31... Bb4 $4 32. Rbxb4
$18) 31. Ra4 Rb2 32. Rc7 (32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. Kf3 Bc3 34. Ke4) 32... Bb6 33. Rb7
Bd4 34. Rc7 Bf6 35. h4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5] Weiß mobilisiert seine Reserven und
möchte am Königsflügel Raum gewinnen.} Rb3 36. h5 Bc3 37. Rac4 Bb2 (37... Bb4)
38. Ra4 Ra3 39. Re4 a4 40. Be5 Rb3 41. Bxb2 Rxb2 42. Ree7 Rb4 (42... Rf8 43.
Rc4 Ra8 (43... a3 44. Ra7 a2 45. Rca4 $11) 44. Rcc7) (42... Rb4 43. f3 Rf8 44.
Ra7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 {Stattdessen kann Schwarz
auch 5...Bb4 spielen und in die Nimzoindische Verteidigung überleiten.} 6. a3 {
Diese Spielweise ist sehr populär in den letzten Jahren. Weiß sichert seine
Springerstellung auf c3, da er Bb4 verhindert. Die Hauptalternative ist 6.g3.}
Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 {Der Springer geht weg von d4, da Weiß das
Ausgleichsmanöver d7-d5 verhindern will.} (8. Be2 d5 $11) (8. Nb3) 8... Qc7 (
8... b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne4
15. Ncxe4 dxe4 16. b4 Nc6 17. Bg4 Ra8 18. Bf5 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Miton,K/Warsaw
2003/EXT 2005 (70)}) 9. Bg5 (9. g3 Rd8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Rc1 Ng6 13.
Be3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Bd4 Qb8 17. f4 Nd7 18. b4 Bf6 {0-1
Krasenkow,M-Jakovenko,D/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (47)}) (9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11.
Bg5 Rac8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Bh4 d6 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf1 {
1-0 Van Wely,L-Guadalpi,D/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (74)}) 9... b6 10. h3 {Dieser
Zug scheint mir ein wenig langsam. Weiß möchte das Springermanöver Ng4
verhindern. Die Alternative 10.Bd3 ist aktiver.} (10. Bd3 h6 $5 11. Bh4 Nh5 12.
Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rc1 Nf4 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Ponomariov,R/Donetsk 2001/
CBM 81/[Kortschnoj] (66)}) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 {Nach diesem Zug muß Schwarz
immer mit Sprnger d5 rechnen.} Ne5 $11 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Igelstellung
- Weiß hat mehr Raum, aber die Stellung von Schwarz ist elastischer verbunden
mit Entwicklungsvorteil.} 12. Nd2 Ng6 (12... d6 13. Be2 a6 14. O-O Rac8 $11)
13. Be2 h6 14. Be3 Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Schwarz möchte die schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer tauschen, um die Kontrolle über die schwarzen Felder zu erlangen. Dies
ist der Vorteil gegenüber dem schematischen d7-d6.} 15. Bxc5 bxc5 $15 {[%csl
Yd4,Ye5,Yf4] Schwarz kann mit seinem Entwicklungverlauf zufrieden sein; er
kontrolliert die wichtigen schwarzfeldrigen Felder im Zentrum.} 16. O-O Rad8
17. Qc2 Nh7 $5 {[%cal Gh7g5,Gg6f4,Gf7f5] Ein originelles Springermanöver:
Schwarz zielt auf mit dem Springer auf das Feld g5 und befreit gleichzeitig
seinen f-Bauern, um f7-f5 zu ziehen.} (17... Nf4 $15) 18. Rfe1 Ng5 19. b4 f5
20. exf5 Nh4 (20... Rxf5 21. Bd3 Nxh3+ (21... Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Nxh3+ 23. gxh3 Qh2+
) 22. gxh3 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke3 Qg3+ 25. Ke2 Nf4+ 26. Kd1 Nxd3 $44 {
Weiß hat einen Turm mehr, aber der schwarze Angriff ist gefährlich.}) 21. Bf1
Qf4 $36 {[%csl Gb7,Gf4,Gg5,Gh4] Schwarz verfügt über positionellen Druck am
Königsflügel.} 22. Nce4 Rxf5 (22... Nxf5 $15 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gf5d4]}) 23. f3
Rdf8 (23... Bxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 (24. fxe4 $2 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Rf2 $19)
(24. Rxe4 Nhxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxd2 $19) 24... Ngxf3+ 25. gxf3 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Nxe1
27. Rxe1 cxb4 28. axb4 d5 $17) 24. Kh1 $1 $13 {[%csl Gh1] Weiß verteidigt sich
gut und vereitelt Nxf3+.} (24. Nxc5 $2 Qg3 $19 (24... Ngxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 26.
gxf3 Rg5+ $19)) 24... Nxe4 25. Nxe4 cxb4 26. axb4 Qc7 27. Qd1 $2 {Mit diesem
Zug bereitet Weiß 28.Qd6 vor. Unter positionellem Aspekt ist dieser Zug zwar
richtig, aber die Dame verläßt dann die zweite Reihe. Somit kann Schwarz mit
einem schönen Opfer deutlichen Vorteil erlangen.} (27. c5) (27. Qd2) {[#]}
27... Rxf3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 64]} 28. Qd6 (28. gxf3 Nxf3 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Rc7h2]}
29. Qd6 (29. Qc2 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Qg3 $19) 29... Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Nxe1+ 31. Kg1 (31.
Nxb7 $2 Rxf1+ 32. Kh2 Nf3+ $19) 31... Nf3+ $17) 28... Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 30.
Rxf1 Bxg2+ {[%cal Rg2h1,Rg2f1]} 31. Kg1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Nf5 $19 {
Mit zwei Bauern mehr steht Schwarz auf Gewinn; falls der Nd6 dem
Springertausch ausweicht, folgt 34...Ne3+ und Weiß verliert den c4-Bauern.} 34.
Ne4 (34. Nc8 Ne3+ 35. Ke2 Nxc4 36. Nxa7 Kf7 $19) 34... Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 {Das ist die
einfache und populäre Fortsetzung - die Alternativen sind 6...Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6,
6...d5 und 6...Bc5.} 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 {Mit diesem Damenzug verhindert
Schwarz die Möglichkeit Bf4.} (8... b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12.
Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Ncxe4 dxe4 16. b4 Nc6 17. Bg4 Ra8 18. Bf5 {
1-0 Krasenkow,M-Miton,K/Warsaw 2003/EXT 2005 (70)}) 9. g3 {[%cal Gc1f4,Gf4c7]
Eine theoretische Neuerung - Weiß möchte nicht Bg2, sondern Bf4 ziehen. Meiner
Meinung nach ist die Alternative 9.Bg5 natürlicher.} (9. Bg5 b6 10. h3 (10. Bd3
h6 $5 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Ba6 (13... Bb7 {Ribli}) 14. Rc1 Nf4 {
1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Ponomariov,R/Donetsk 2001/CBM 081/[Kortschnoj] (66)}) 10...
Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Be2 h6 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 {0-1
Khismatullin,D-Romanov,E/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (34)}) (9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11.
Bg5 Rac8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Bh4 d6 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bf1 {
1-0 Van Wely,L-Guadalpi,D/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (74)}) 9... Rd8 10. Bf4 d6 11.
Be2 (11. Bg2 Ne5 12. b3 a6 $15 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 11... Ne5 12. Rc1 Ng6 (12...
Nxc4 13. O-O $44) 13. Be3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 $11 {Weiß verfügt über Raumvorteil,
der typisch ist in der Igelvariante, aber die schwarze Stellung ist sicher und
bequem.} 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Bd4 Qb8 {Schwarz verläßt die c-Linie - in solchen
Stellungen muß Weiß immer mit d6-d5 rechnen.} 17. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6b2]
Schwarz bereitet 18...Bf6 vor.} (17... d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 $14) 18. b4 Bf6
19. Bxf6 (19. Be3 $5 $11) 19... Nxf6 20. Bd3 a6 {Schwarz verfolgt weiterhin
konseqent seine Wartestrategie; mit dem Textzug sichert er seinen Damenflügel
und verhindert eventuell Nb5.} (20... d5 $6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. e5 d4 (22... Ne4
23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qe2 $16) 23. Nb5 (23. Nce4 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Ng4 25. Re1 Ne3 26.
Nb3 $14) 23... Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Ng4 25. Nb3 $14) 21. Qe2 Rc7 22. Nb3 Nf8 23. Rfd1
h6 24. h3 Rcc8 25. Qe3 Bc6 26. Be2 (26. Bf1 $11) 26... Ba8 27. Rd4 Qc7 28. a4
Qe7 {[%cal Ge7b4]} 29. Rdd1 Qb7 (29... d5 $5) 30. Rd4 Qe7 31. Rd2 (31. Rdd1
$142) {[#]} 31... d5 $1 {[%cal Ge7b4][%mdl 4] Dieser Zentrumsdurchbruch kommt
rechtzeitig - Schwarz übernimmt die Initiative} 32. c5 (32. exd5 Qxb4 $36) (32.
e5 dxc4 33. exf6 Qb7 $36 {[%cal Ra8g2,Rg2g1,Rc4b3]}) 32... bxc5 33. bxc5 (33.
Nxc5 a5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5]}) 33... Qb7 {Es "hängt" der Nb3 und Schwarz
verteidigt gleichzeitig den a6-Bauern.} (33... Nxe4 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Bxa6) 34.
Rb1 Nxe4 $1 $17 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und es gibt viele Schwächen in
der weißen Stellung.} 35. Nd4 Qa7 {[%cal Ga7g1]} 36. Nxe4 dxe4 37. Rb6 {
Mit diesem Zug fischt Weiß im Trüben.} Rxc5 38. Rxa6 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Qc5 40. Nc2 {
[#]} Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Vor dem Hintergrund der überlegenen Initivative
opfert Schwarz Dame gegen Turm und Springer.} (40... Qxe3+ 41. Kxe3 $15) 41.
Qxc5 Bd5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc2,Rf2] Alles ist verteidigt in der schwarzen Stellung;
es "hängt" unmittelbar der Nc2 und im nächstem Zug der Be2.} 42. Rd6 Rcxc2 43.
Qb5 Rc3 $1 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Re4e3,Re3f2]} (43... Rxe2+ 44. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2
$36 {[%csl Ga4]}) 44. Qb1 e3+ {Die aktiveren schwarzen Figuren und der starke
Pe3 gewinnen die Partie leicht.} 45. Kf1 Rdc2 46. Rxd5 exd5 47. Qb5 d4 $1 0-1

[Event "RUS-USA m"]
[Site "Ruschess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 {Wenn Weiß statt der Partiefortsetzung 3.Nc3 spielt,
gibt es zwei populäre Fortsetzungen für Schwarz: 3...Nd4 und 3...e5.} cxd4 4.
Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 d6 10. O-O
Rb8 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Qa4+ Kf8 {1/2-1/2
Nielsen,P-Alekseev,E/Skanderborg 2003/(24)}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10.
Bd2 (10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 {Das ist die alte Hauptvariante:
Weiß verfügt über das Läuferpaar und Raumvorteil, aber die schwarze
Bauernstruktur ist gesund und er hat eine feste Stellung.}) 10... O-O 11. O-O-O
(11. Rc1 a5 $5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 $1 b6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17.
O-O Rab8 18. Rfd1 $6 (18. Rcd1 $1 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Ne7) 18... e5 $1 {1/2-1/2
Timman,J-Gulko,B/Riga 1995/(27)}) 11... a5 (11... Nc6) (11... Bd7 $5) 12. f4 a4
(12... Nc6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nd2 a3 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bg2 (17. g4) 17...
Bd7 (17... e5 18. f5 Bd7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. g5 Ne8 21. Kb1 {1-0 Tukmakov,
V-Berelovich,A/Donetsk (zt) 1998/ (38)}) 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5
21. Bd4 Neg4 22. Rhf1 Bxb5 (22... e5 $5) 23. cxb5 Bc3 24. Nc4 Qb4 25. Bxc3 Qxc3
26. Rd3 Qb4 27. Nb6 {1-0 Marzolo,C-Breder,D/Budapest 2002/ (30)}) 13. fxe5 axb3
14. a3 dxe5 (14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 dxe5 16. Bxe5 $36) 15. axb4 Ra1+ 16. Nb1 Qa7
17. Qd3 Qa2 18. Bg2 Re8 19. Bc3 (19. Bg5 Re7 $3 {(/\ Rd7)} 20. Qd8+ Re8 21. Qd3
Re7 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Elista 1998/CBM 65/[Ribli] (21)}) 19... Re7 20.
Kd2 Rd7 21. Na3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h5 $146 {[%csl Ra2,Rd3] Eine Neuerung. Beide
Damen stehen schlecht; Weiß verliert seine Dame, aber die schwarze Dame steht
vollkommen abgeschnitten. Anderseits es ist nicht leicht für Weiß, die Dame zu
fangen.} (22... Kf8 23. Bf3 Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Nd7 25. c5 b5 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. Be2
Ba6 (27... f5 28. Bd3 $1) 28. h4 $5 (28. Bd3 Nb8 29. Bb1 Qa1 30. Rd6 $16) 28...
f6 29. Rd6 (29. c6 $5 $18) 29... Bc8 30. Rd1 Ba6 31. h5 $2 $138 Nb8 32. Bd3 Nc6
33. Bb1 Qa1 34. Bc2 Qa2 35. Bb1 Qa1 36. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Khamrakulov,I/
Andorra 2001/[Ribli] (36)}) (22... Rxd3+ 23. Kxd3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6]} (23... Ng4
24. Ke2) 24. c5 {[%cal Gd3c4]} b5 25. Ke3 h5 $1 (25... Kf8 26. Bf1 Nxc5 27.
bxc5 b4 28. Bxb4 Qxb2 29. c6+ Ke8 30. c7 $18) 26. Bf1 Nxc5 $1 27. Bxb5 $1 (27.
bxc5 b4 $132) 27... Na6 (27... Nb7 $5) 28. Bxa6 Bxa6 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bc3 {
[%cal Ge4e5]} e5 31. h4 Kh7 32. b5 {1-0 Marin,M-Marzolo,C/Cannes 2002/[Ribli] 
(50)}) 23. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3d1,Gd1b3] Weiß plant den Angriff auf den Bauern b3
mit seinem Läufer.} Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6a4] Ein typisches Motiv
in dieser Variante: der Springer strebt über b6 nach a4.} 25. c5 (25. Bxh5 Nb6
$13 {[%cal Gb6a4]}) 25... Kf8 26. Kc4 {Weiß hat Turm und Laufer gegen Dame und
Bauern. Die weiße Stellung ist viel aktiver, aber die große Frage ist, wie
kann Weiß die Dame auf a2 angreifen.} Ke7 27. Rc1 $16 {[%cal Rf3d1,Rd1b3]} (27.
Bxh5 $5 $16) 27... f5 28. Bd1 b5+ $8 {[%mdl 256] Das ist die einzige
Gegenchance für Schwarz; sonst spielt Weiß 29.b5 und 3.Bxb3 mit Damenfang.} (
28... fxe4 29. b5 $18 (29. Bxb3 $2 b5+ 30. cxb6 (30. Nxb5 Qa8 $19 (30... Bb7 {
[%cal Rb7d5,Rd5c4]})) 30... Nxb6+ 31. Kc5 Qxb3 32. Kxb6 Qd5 $19)) 29. Kxb5 (29.
Nxb5 $2 Qa6 $19) 29... Nb8 30. Kc4 $6 (30. Ka4 $1 Bd7+ (30... fxe4 31. c6 $18 (
31. Bxb3 $2 Bd7+ 32. b5 Bxb5+ $19)) 31. b5 Na6 32. Bxe5 Nxc5+ 33. Rxc5 Qa1 34.
Bxh5 (34. Bxb3 $18)) 30... Nc6 31. Bxb3 (31. Rb1 $5) 31... Ba6+ 32. b5 (32. Nb5
Bxb5+ (32... Nd4 33. Bxd4 (33. Bxa2 $4 Bxb5#) 33... Bxb5+ 34. Kxb5 Qa8 (34...
Qxb3 35. Bc3 fxe4 36. c6 Qd5+ 37. Kb6 $16) 35. c6 exd4 36. exf5 Qb8+ 37. Kc5
Qd6+ $11) 33. Kxb5 Qa8 (33... Qxb3 34. Kxc6 Qa4+ 35. Kb6 Qa8 36. Bxe5 Qxe4 37.
Bd6+ $14) (33... Na7+ 34. Kb6 (34. Kc4 $4 Qa6+) 34... Nc8+ 35. Kc7 Qa7+ 36.
Kxc8 Qa8+ 37. Kc7 Qa7+ $11)) 32... Na5+ $2 (32... Bxb5+ $1 33. Nxb5 (33. Kxb5
Nd4+ $19) 33... Qa6 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4][%cal Rc6a7,Ra7b5] Weiß hat Turm und zwei
Leichtfiguren gegen die Dame, aber Schwarz droht 34...Na7 mit Figurengewinn.})
33. Bxa5 Qxb2 34. bxa6 (34. Rc3 Qxa3 35. Bb4 Qa1 36. c6+ Kf6 37. bxa6 Qxa6+ 38.
Kc5 $18) 34... Qxc1+ 35. Kb4 {[%mdl 1024] Weiß hat drei Leichtfiguren gegen
die Dame und zwei starke Freibauern am Damenflügel.} (35. Kb5) 35... Qe1+ 36.
Ka4 $2 {Weiß verliert nun seinen e4-Bauern mit Schach.} (36. Kb5 $1 $18) 36...
Qxe4+ $132 37. Bb4 (37. Nc4 Qc6+ 38. Kb4 Qxa6) 37... Qc6+ 38. Ka5 f4 {[%csl
Ge5,Gf4] Schwarz hat Gegenchancen; seine Bauern auf der e- und f-Linie sind
gefährlich.} 39. Nc4 f3 40. Ne3 (40. Nxe5 $4 Qc7+ $19) 40... Kd8 41. Bc2 Kc8
42. Bd3 Kb8 (42... Qc7+ 43. Ka4 Qd7+ 44. Bb5 Qd4) 43. Bb5 Qe4 44. Nf1 Qd4 45.
c6 e4 (45... Qd5) 46. Bd2 Qd8+ $11 47. Ka4 Qd4+ 48. Kb3 Qd5+ 49. Kb4 Qd4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/3 NationU26 POL-CSR-DDR"]
[Site "Zakopane"]
[Date "1980.10.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Gruenberg, Hans Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Rittner,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1980.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 $2 {Das bedeutet praktisch einen Tempoverlust.} ({Besser geschah} 8...
Qe7 9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Rd8 11. Nd4 Ne5 {Tukmakov,V-Hort,V/Decin 1977}) 9. Bf4
Qb6 10. Nb3 $1 Bxc3 $6 {Auch andere Züge können nicht ganz befriedigen, so
dass die ungünstig verlaufene Eröffnung für Schwarz bereits unheilvolle
Konsequenzen nach sich zieht.} 11. c5 $1 ({Hier hofft der Nachziehende auf} 11.
bxc3 d5 {,doch durchkreuzt der nächste weiße Zwischenzug diesen Plan.}) 11...
Qa7 12. bxc3 b6 $6 {Schwarz ist schon ziemlich lahmgelegt.} 13. Bd6 Rd8 14.
cxb6 Qxb6 15. Rb1 Qa7 16. a4 Kh8 $6 {Verlegenheit, der Zug verliert schnell,
freilich gab es in keinem Fall noch ausreichende Verteidigungen.} 17. Bc5 Qc7
18. Nd4 $1 {/\ 19. Bb6} Rb8 $6 19. Bd6 $1 {Dieser elegante und starke Zug
klärt die Lage zugunsten von Weiß.} Rxb1 $6 ({Er ist begründet in der Variante
} 19... Qxd6 20. Nxc6 Qxd1 ({bzw. hier} 20... dxc6 21. Qxd6 $1 {Bei der
schwarzen Antwort kommt es zu einem hoffnungslosen Endspiel.}) 21. Rbxd1 $1)
20. Bxc7 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rg8 22. Nxc6 dxc6 23. Bxc6 Nd5 24. Ba5 {Gegen den
c-Bauern ist kein Kraut gewachsen.} 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Quite a
fashionable alternative to the main lines with 6.g3. Now Black has a wide
choice of moves.} d5 {Rustam's response is principled and solid - Black gets a
good version of ''Tarrasch stuff''. However, most players still don't like
playing with an isolated pawn.} (6... Bc5) ({and} 6... Be7 {are the most
common moves in this position.}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 (8. g3 $5 {is an option
worth considering here here, but the text move looks most natural.}) 8... Bc5
9. e3 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 {was tried as well, but it seems rather harmless:}
O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Bd6 $132) 9... Bxd4 (9... O-O 10. Be2 Bxd4 (10... Nxd4
11. exd4 Be7 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 {gives White a small risk-free advantage.}) 11.
exd4 h6 12. Be3 {might transpose to the text.}) 10. exd4 h6 11. Be3 {This move
looks like a concession, since the pin was quite unpleasant for Black. However,
after 12.Bh4 White's bishop could be vulnerable.} ({Nothing is achieved by} 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. Nc3 (13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4
Qxd4 $11) 13... Nxd4 14. Ne2 Nf5 $11) (11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2 {requires some
accuracy, but it looks like the following way to equality is quite convincing:}
Qd6 $1 (12... Re8 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rc1 $14) 13. Bg3 (13. O-O Qf4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Nxd5 Qd6 $11) 13... Qe7 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bf3 (15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bf3 Qxd4 17.
Qb3 Qc4 18. Bxd5 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Nd4 $11) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Re1 Qd7 $11
) 11... O-O 12. Be2 Ne4 $146 {This innovation is hardly an improvement, since
in the preceding game Black hadn't experienced any problems.} (12... Re8 13.
O-O Bf5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b4 (15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) (15. Re1
Na5 16. h3 Nc4 $11) 15... a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D (2621)-Khenkin,I (2600)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 (21)}) 13.
Rc1 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qh5 (17. Qd4 Nxd5 18.
Rad1 Be6 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20. Bc1 Ne3 $1 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Bxe3 Bxc4 $11) 17...
Nxd5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Rxd6 Nxh5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23.
Bxa7 Rd2 $11) 13... Nd6 {A logical continuation of Black's previous play.} ({
However, it looks like a safer way would be} 13... Bf5 14. O-O Re8 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 {and Black should be able to neutralise the slight pressure from White's
bishops.}) 14. Nxd5 $6 {Sergey's move leads only to simplifications.} ({
At the same time, it was possible to develop some initiative by means of a
nice regrouping:} 14. O-O Nf5 15. Bd3 $1 Re8 (15... Nfxd4 16. Bb1 Nf5 17. Bc5
Re8 18. Nxd5 $14) 16. Bb1 Be6 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rxe3 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rxf7 Bf5
20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 $36) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qd2 $14) 14... Nf5 15. Bf3 Be6 16.
Nf4 (16. Rc5 Rc8 (16... b6 $5 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rxc6 Nh4 $1 19. Rc3 Bd5 $44)
17. Nf4 Ncxd4 18. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 fxe6 20. O-O b6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11) 16...
Ncxd4 {Obviously, Black has comfortably equalised.} 17. Bxd4 ({Correctly
deviating from} 17. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 18. O-O Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nxf3+ {and it looks
like White is going to suffer for a long time:} 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd2 $15)
17... Nxd4 18. O-O Bb3 ({Nor was there anything wrong with} 18... Qf6 19. Nxe6
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 fxe6 $11) 19. Qd3 Qf6 (19... Qd6 20. Bd5 Qxf4 21.
Bxb3 $11) 20. Bd1 Qxf4 21. Bxb3 Rad8 22. Ba2 Rd7 {The position is completely
drawish now, but the players had to play till move 30.} ({Of course, Rustam
avoids the following simple trap:} 22... Rfe8 23. Rce1 Ne2+ $2 24. Rxe2 Rxd3
25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Bb1 $18) 23. Rce1 Qf6 24. Re4 g6 25. Qc3 {Sergey Karjakin
finds the safest square for his queen.} Kg7 26. Rfe1 Rfd8 {Sometimes the
bishop may be a bit stronger than a knight in such positions, but this time
Black's pieces are too active.} 27. Kf1 Nf5 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 19th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 {A
relatively rare continuation, which recently was employed by many strong
players.} Bb4 {This position resembles the Romanishin line in the Nimzo-Indian
- Black might heavily damage the opponent's pawn structure, but in this case
White would get control over the dark squares.} ({The alternatives are:} 7...
Bc5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O (11. b3 $5 Rd8 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Qe2 {might still pose Black some problems - the Bc8 is
poor.}) 11... Qxb2 12. e4 d6 13. Rb1 Qa3 $15 {Gelfand,B - Svidler,P Sochi RUS
2018, White didn't have enough play for the pawn.}) ({and} 7... d5 $5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 d4 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb5 12. b3 (12. O-O Bxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14.
Rc1 Bg4 $132) 12... O-O 13. O-O Be7 14. Bg5 Bg4 $132 {Svidler,P - Dubov,D
Sochi RUS 2018.}) 8. Bg2 Qc5 $1 $146 {Perhaps this innovation was deeply
analysed by Ian during his home preparation.} ({The previously played} 8... O-O
{doesn't seems to fully solve the problems:} 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 (10...
Qc5 11. Qa4 Re8 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qb5 $36 {Harikrishna,P - Vachier Lagrave,M
Palma de Mallorca ESP 2017}) 11. Qa4 $6 ({The lack of a dark-squared bishop
would tell after} 11. Be3 $142 $1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qxc4 13. Bd6 $36) 11... d6 12.
Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4 a6 $15 {Gelfand,B - Mamedyarov,S Moscow RUS 2018}) 9. Qd3 Ng4 {
Again, the most challenging.} ({In the event of} 9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Qb1 O-O 14. Bb2 {White's initiative would fully
compensate for the pawn, to say the least.}) 10. O-O Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qc2
Qxc4 {This time Black was able to grab the pawn without exchanging the
dark-squared bishop. Still, the lead in development offers White enough play
for the pawn.} 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bd2 ({Another natural retreat could have
invited major simplifications:} 14. Be3 d5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Qd1 Qa6 17. Qd4
Bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. c4 Bc6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) 14... d5 15. Rac1 $6 {This
natural move turns out to be a serious mistake - Black manages to consolidate
and keep his extra pawn.} ({The correct} 15. b3 Qc6 ({Of course, not} 15... Qa6
$2 16. Nxd5 $18) 16. Qb2 Be7 17. e4 d4 18. e5 $44 {would offer White
sufficient compensation for the pawn due to his powerful light-squared bishop.}
) 15... Be7 16. Rfd1 ({In comparison to the aforementioned note, now} 16. b3 {
runs into} Qa6 17. e4 d4 18. Na4 e5 19. Nc5 Qc6 $17 {and Black is just a pawn
up.}) 16... O-O 17. Qb1 $6 {The poor location of White's queen makes it eaiser
for Ian to fully consolidate.} ({A better try was} 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Bd4 Rd8 (
18... Bd7 19. h4 h5 20. f4 $1 $44) 19. f4 Bd7 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxd5 $15 {
maintaining decent drawing chances due to the activity of his pieces.}) 17...
Qa6 18. e4 {Alas, this standard break is coming too late.} ({However, also
after} 18. Be3 Bd7 19. f4 f5 20. Bd4 Bf6 $17 {White wouldn't have much for the
pawn.}) 18... d4 19. Bf1 Qb6 20. Na4 Qd8 21. f4 b6 22. Qd3 {The lack of
harmony in White's camp makes it easier for Ian to convert the extra pawn into
a full point.} ({Possibly, the most stubborn was} 22. b4 $5 Bb7 23. Nb2 Rc8 24.
Bg2 Qd7 25. Nd3 $17 {, and White manages to set up a blockade.}) 22... Bb7 23.
Be1 Rc8 24. h4 {A desperate attempt to complicate matters.} Re8 25. h5 Nf8 26.
Bf2 e5 $1 27. fxe5 {Regaining the pawn is a symbolic achievement - White's
position is ruined now.} Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ne6 29. Bh3 Qa8 30. Re1 (30. Bxe6 fxe6
31. Qxd4 Bxe4 32. Qd7 Bf8 $19 {was hopeless as the king is too exposed.}) 30...
Rd8 31. b3 Qb8 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Bxd4 Bc5 $19 {The piece is gone.} 34. Nxc5
bxc5 35. Qc4 cxd4 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. h6 Qc7 38. Rf1 Bxe4 39. Qg4 Bg6 40. Qxd4
gxh6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bf4 e5 9. Bg3 d6 10. e3 Be6 11. Bh4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 (13. Ne4 $5 Qe7
14. Nxd6+ $14) 13... O-O 14. O-O Rad8 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18.
b4 Nd7 19. Nc4 a6 20. Rc1 $14 {Diagram [#] White has a very pleasant edge
thanks to his very strong knight on c4 and also the space advantage due to the
d5-pawn.} Ba7 21. Rc2 f5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rfc1 Nf6 24. Na5 (24. a4 $5 {with the
idea of a5 and Nb6 could have been much better than the game continuation.})
24... Rd7 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. b5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Re7 {Black has a very compact
structure on the kingside and if White is not careful he can launch a very
dangerous attack. This is what happens in the game.} 28. Rc8 $2 {How can we
explain this mistake? Well first of all, the rook on f8 was not doing much.
The rook on c2 goes out of his way to exchange himself for the c8 rook. After
the exchange the black king is absolutely under no pressure because he has a
nice home on g7. Besides a lone white rook cannot cause much damage. Due to
all these reasons Rc8 turns out to be a mistake.} Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kg7 $17 30.
Bf1 f4 $1 {When the attack is calling, Khismatullin doesn't miss his chance.
With this move the bishop on a7 comes to life.} 31. Nc4 (31. h3 {trying to
stop Ng4 is met with} fxe3 32. fxe3 Ne4 $1 $19) 31... Qxd5 32. a4 fxe3 33. fxe3
Qe6 (33... Ng4 {would have been very strong. There is no good way to defend
the e3 pawn. Why Khismatullin didn't play this is a good question.}) 34. Ra8
Bc5 35. h3 Rf7 36. Rb8 d5 37. Nb2 (37. Rxb7 dxc4 38. Bxc4 Qxc4 39. Qxc4 Bxe3+
40. Kh1 Rxb7 $19) 37... Nd7 38. Rxb7 Qf5 39. Bb5 Qf2+ 40. Kh2 Bxe3 41. Qd1 Bf4+
42. Kh1 Qg3 43. Qg1 {Black is almost on the brink of victory.} Nc5 ({A much
simpler route to victory was} 43... Be3 44. Qd1 Nf6 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. a5 (46.
Qf3 Qe1+ 47. Qf1 Qxf1+ 48. Bxf1 Bb6 $19) 46... Bf4 47. Qg1 Ng4 $1 $19) 44.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. a5 e4 46. Nd1 Ke6 47. a6 Bb8 48. Ne3 {White has erected some
sort of a blockade and it was important for Black to be patient with some move
like Qd6. Instead he starts pushing his pawns which gives White a lot of
counterplay.} d4 49. Nc2 $1 d3 50. Nd4+ $1 Kf6 51. Nc6 $1 {Artemiev must be
given praise for finding the only moves to keep the balance.} e3 {Diagram [#]
With two pawns in your face like the ones on e3 and d3 it is extremely
difficult to find the only way to draw the game.} 52. Nxb8 $2 (52. a7 $1 {
was the only way to draw the game and the reason is very beautiful. White
doesn't want to win a piece. He just wants to distract the bishop from the
b8-h2 diagonal!} Bxa7 53. Qf1+ $1 Kg5 $1 {only way to keep the balance.} (53...
Qf2 54. Qa1+ $1 Kg5 55. Qe5+ Qf5 56. Qxe3+ $18 {and it's White who emerges
victorius.}) 54. Bxd3 $1 Nxd3 55. Qxd3 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qf2 57. Nxa7 e2 58. Qd5+
Kh4 59. Qe4+ Kg5 60. Qd5+ $11) (52. Qf1+ Bf4 $19) 52... Ne4 $1 53. Qa1+ Kg5 $1
{Denis sees that his king is extremely safe on g5.} 54. Bxd3 Nf2+ 55. Kg1 Nxh3+
56. Kh1 Nf2+ 57. Kg1 Nxd3 {Both pawns are racing towards the queening square
but unfortunately the a-pawn is just too far away from the scene of action.}
58. a7 e2 59. Qa5+ Kh4 60. a8=Q e1=Q+ 61. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 62. Kh2 Ne5 $1 63. g3+ (
63. Qa4+ Ng4+ $19) 63... Qxg3+ 64. Kh1 Ng4 {If this were a real war scene then
the queen on a8 and the knight on b8 would have felt really stupid for leaving
'His Majesty' all alone on the other side! A great win for Khismatullin who
has now three wins in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.06.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 (6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5
Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 11. h3 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6 13. hxg4 Qxh1 14.
Bxe5 Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 Be7 17. Qh5 Kf8 18. O-O-O b6 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Nb5
Rd8 21. Bc3 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qf3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Qh3 Qe4+
27. Bd3 Qd5 28. Bb4 Qf3 29. Bf1 h5 30. Bg2 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Bd6 Rc4 33.
Ka2 Rh2 34. Bf1 Rc1 35. Bd3 Bg5 36. Bf4 Be7 37. e4 Bc5 38. e5 Re1 39. Rc2 g5
40. Bxg5 Rxe5 41. Bf6 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Topalov,V (2780)-Caruana,F (2794)
Moscow 2016}) 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 ({Üblicher ist} 7... Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6
10. O-O Bb7) 8. Bf4 d5 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bxc7 Qxc7 11. Nb5 {[#] Das ist alles
bekannt. Schwarz bringt nun eine vermutlich vorbereitete Neuerung.} Qb8 (11...
Qe5 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Qc1 d4 14. e4 Nxe4 15. f4 Qd5 16. Bc4 Nxc5 17. Bxd5 Nd3+
18. Kd2 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Kxd6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxd4 {0-1 (92) Bocharov,D (2595)
-Inarkiev,E (2677) Moscow 2016} c5 22. Nb5+ Kc6 23. Nd4+ Kb6 $15) 12. Nd6+ Ke7
13. Nd2 b6 14. b4 a5 $11 15. b5 Na7 16. cxb6 Qxd6 17. bxa7 Rxa7 18. a4 $6 (18.
e3 $11) 18... d4 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. e3 Rd8 (21... dxe3 $5 22. Nxe3 Rd8
$15) 22. b6 (22. Nxa5 $2 dxe3 23. fxe3 Ng4 $17) 22... dxe3 (22... Rb7 $11) 23.
bxc7 exf2+ 24. Ke2 Rd4 25. Qa3 (25. Rc1 Ba6 26. c8=Q Qxc8 27. Kxf2 Qc5 28. Qa3
Ne4+ 29. Ke1 Rxc4 30. Qxc5+ Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Bxa6 Nxa6 $14) 25... Rxc4
26. Qxc5+ Rxc5 27. Kxf2 Rxc7 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. Rhc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxa4 31. Rc5
Bb3 32. Rxa5 Bd5 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Be2 g6 35. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Timisoara"]
[Date "1986.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Lupu, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Stefanov,P/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1985.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 $6 {Accelère
le développement des Blancs} (6... Qb6 $142) 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6
10. Rd1 (10. e4 {[%csl Gd5]}) 10... a6 11. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} Qc7 12. Rac1 $32
Rb8 $146 {[%cal Gb7b5]} (12... Rd8 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Qb6 (14. Nb6 Qc5 15. Qxc5
dxc5 16. Bf4 {Stefanov}) 14... Qxb6 15. Nxb6 {Stohl,I (2305)-Franzen,J (2375)
Tatran Cup 30th 1982 (11.2) 1-0}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Be7 16.
Rd2 b5 17. Ne4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 $36 Bb7 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 a5 21. Nb3 g6 22.
Rdc2 Bf6 23. Nxa5 Bxb2 24. Nc6 Rb6 25. a4 Bf6 26. a5 Ra6 27. Rb4 Rfa8 28. Rb6
Bg7 29. Rc5 Bf8 30. Rcb5 {Source: Revista romania de Shah février 1986} 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({In 2008 Morozevich came up with} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2
c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. c6 $5 {Morozevich,A (2788)-Ponomariov,R (2718)/
Moscow/2008/ and scored a resounding win against Ponomariov in the Tal
Memorial. For details see the notes to this game in CBM 126 by Krasenkow, I'm
mentioning this because of the similarity: In our game the creative Russian GM
will come up with another novelty at an early stage, also involving the
advance of a c-pawn.}) 1... c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3
({The other main move is} 6. a3 {Here are two recent games by Tkachiev which
featured the less usual} Nxd4 (6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O
Bb7 11. Bf4 $11 {/+/=, Carlsen,M (2848)-Polgar,J (2705)/London/2012/ For more
details about the whole line see the extensive notes to this game in CBM 152})
7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 Be7 $5 $146 ({Black doesn't hurry with} 9... d6 10.
Bd3 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rd1 a6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bf6
17. Kh1 g6 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. Bf4 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. b4 Nf6 22. Qe3 Rfd8 23. f3
Kg7 24. Bf1 Rd4 25. c5 $1 bxc5 26. Na4 $36 {Tkachiev,V (2644)-Hamdouchi,H 
(2602)/Nancy rpd/2013/}) 10. Bd3 ({More testing is to accept the challenge with
} 10. e5 $5 Nh5 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 f6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qh3 $13 {
/+/=}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qb8 12. Qf3 a6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Qh3 Nd7 15. Nd5 exd5 16.
Qxd7 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe7 Re8 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rc6
22. Bg3 Rec8 23. b3 b5 24. Re1 Bc2 25. cxb5 axb5 26. a4 Bxb3 27. axb5 Rb6 28.
Rec1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 f6 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8 h5 $11 {Tkachiev,V 
(2650)-Ivanchuk,V (2758)/Gibraltar/2013/ Due to the opposite-coloured bishops
Black easily held the endgame.}) 6... Qb6 7. Nb3 ({The text move is played
more often than} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 ({The more topical alternative} 8. Bf4 Nfg4
{was analysed in the notes to the aforementioned game Carlsen-J.Polgar.}) 8...
a6 9. Na4 ({The older} 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 $11 {
promises Black easy equality.}) 9... Qa5+ {Another recent novelty is} 10. Nbc3
$5 $146 (10. Bd2 $6 Qd8 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 $6 (12. c5 $142 $1 $132) 12...
Nxc4 13. Bb4 d5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Be1 O-O $17 {
Kleeschaetzky,R (2220)-Holloway,T (2160)/Bundesliga2N/2008/}) 10... Nxc4 11. b3
Nb6 (11... Na3 $5 12. O-O d5 13. e4 (13. Be3 Nd7 $15) 13... b5 14. exd5 Bb7 (
14... bxa4 15. dxe6 Qxc3 16. Bd2 $32 {|^}) 15. Ne4 bxa4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. dxe6
Rd8 18. Qe2 Bxg2 19. e7 Bxe7 20. Bxa3 O-O 21. Bxe7 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rd2 23. Qf3
Qe5 $11) 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O Be7 (13... d5 14. e4 $44) (13... Qa5 $5 14. Bd2
Qd8 $13) 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Be3 d5 16. Bb6 Qd6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bc7 Qa3 19. Nb6 O-O
20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc2 Bc6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23. Rfxc1 Ba3 24. Rb1 $14 {Kramnik,V 
(2801)-Gelfand,B (2739)/Alekhine memorial Paris/St Petersburg/2013/ White's
small material advantage gives him winning chances, but after a long defence
Gelfand managed to save the game.}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]}
({Until now White, without a second thought, has played almost exclusively} 9.
Qe2 {, but in 2013 Black has been doing fine after} d6 {Morozevich's most
recent outing with this line prompted him to look for earlier improvements:}
10. Bd2 (10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $5 ({More ambitious
than} 13... O-O $11 {, mentioned in the notes to Carlsen-J.Polgar}) 14. c5 (14.
O-O b6 $13) 14... b6 $146 (14... Bg4 15. Qb5 a6 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. cxb6 Be6 18.
O-O-O Ke7 {Ftacnik,L (2568)-Kovacevic,A (2582)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} 19.
Kb2 $11) 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 (17. f5 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+
Nxd8 20. Bg5 Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 $15 {Radjabov,T (2793)
-Gelfand,B (2740)/Candidates London/2013/}) 17... Qe7 18. f5 h6 19. g4 Rd8 20.
h4 h5 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. gxh5 Kh7 23. Bg5 Bb7 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. Qg2 Bc6 26. Kh2
Nb7 27. Nd2 Nc5 28. Rg1 Rg8 $132 {Civitillo,A (2447)-Zautzig,H (2555)/corr/
2010/}) 10... O-O (10... a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $1 $11 {Fridman,
D (2667)-Anand,V (2780)/Baden-Baden/2013/ also solves Black's opening problems,
for more details see the notes to this game in CBM 153.}) 11. O-O-O a5 12. f4
a4 13. Na1 ({A new, but rather clumsy idea. White refrains from the complex} 
13. fxe5 axb3 14. a3 dxe5 $13) 13... Nc6 14. Nc2 a3 15. b3 d5 $5 (15... Bc5 16.
Be3 Qa5 $132) 16. Bg2 (16. e5 dxc4 $1 {/\} 17. exf6 $6 cxb3 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19.
axb3 a2 20. Kb2 Rd8 $17) 16... dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxc3 (17... Ng4 $5 $132) 18. Qxc3
Ng4 19. Qf3 e5 20. f5 Nf6 (20... Bxf5 $5 21. exf5 Rac8 22. Qxg4 Nd4 23. Be4 h5
24. Qh4 Rxc2+ 25. Bxc2 Rc8 26. Qe4 Rxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 Qc6+ 29. Bc3
Qe4+ 30. Kd2 Qd5+ 31. Kc1 Qc6 $11) 21. Bg5 Qc5 22. Kb1 b6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd5
Qe7 25. Rhd1 Ra5 26. Qe3 (26. Qf2 $5 $36) 26... Nd4 $1 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. R1xd4
Bxf5 $11 {Morozevich,A (2758)-Grischuk,A (2764)/RUS-chT/2013/}) 9... Qc6 $1 {
Here the parallel with Morozevich-Ponomariov ends: while Ruslan was surprised,
the Bulgarian GM reacted quickly and confidently. Topalov had obviously done
some research of his own and anticipated White's attempt beforehand.} (9...
Bxc5 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Be2 $44 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Yc1e3,Ye3f4] gives White good
compensation - he has two bishops and potentially promising play on the dark
squares.}) 10. f3 (10. Bg2 Qb5 {practically forces} (10... b6 11. Bf4 d6 (11...
Nc4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. e5 Nd5 14. bxc3 $14 {/\} O-O 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bh6 $1 gxh6
17. Qxc4 $16) 12. cxd6 (12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. cxd6 Nd3+ 14. Kd2 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bb7
$11 {/=/+}) 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kf1 Nd3 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qxe5 17.
Qc2 Nc5 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Re1 Nxf4 21. Bc6+ Bd7 22. Bxa8 Bb5+ 23.
Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 11. Bf1 Qc6 $11 {White certainly didn't reveal his
novelty to immediately repeat moves.} ({Perhaps Topalov himself would have
gone for the fighting, but very risky line} 11... Qa4 12. f3 Nxe4 13. fxe4
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qe2 Qxh1 16. Qxe5 O-O $13)) 10... b6 11. Bf4 {Both
sides continue playing concrete chess, the following series of moves is
practically forced.} (11. cxb6 Nxe4 $1 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 axb6 $36) 12. fxe4
Qxe4+ 13. Qe2 Qxh1 14. Qxe5 Ba6 15. Nd2 Bxf1 16. Nxf1 O-O $32 {-/+}) 11... Ng6
12. Bd6 bxc5 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. fxe4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxe4+ 15. Kf2 Qxh1 16. Bg2
$18 {[%csl Ra8]}) 13. a3 (13. Kf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. Nc5 Nd5 16. Bxc4 Qxd6
17. Qd4 Ne5 (17... f5 18. exd5 e5 19. Qe3 f4 20. gxf4 Nxf4 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Qc5
Qxc5+ 23. Nxc5 d6 24. Ne4 $132) (17... O-O $5 18. exd5 e5 19. Ne4 $13) 18. exd5
Nxc4 19. Qxc4 O-O $15 {/\} 20. Rhd1 Rb8 21. dxe6 $6 Rb2+ 22. Kg1 Qc6 23. Qd5
Qxd5 24. Rxd5 fxe6 $36) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 a5 $1 {[%cal Ya5a4,Yc8a6] Another
strong move, which Topalov obviously prepared at home and still played fast.
Black frees his potentially trapped rook and prepares to unravel his queenside.
} (14... Nxe4 $143 $6 {still isn't ideal:} 15. fxe4 Qxe4+ 16. Kf2 Qxh1 (16...
Bb7 17. Rg1 Qf5+ 18. Ke1 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 17. Bg2 Qxh2 18. Qh1 $36 {[%csl Ra8]
} (18. Qf3 $6 Rb8 $1 19. Bxb8 Nh4 $13) (18. Nxc5 $5 {[%cal Rd1f3,Rd1h1]})) 15.
e5 (15. Nxc5 Nd5 $1 16. exd5 (16. e5 f6 $36 {[%csl Re5]}) 16... Qxd6 $15) (15.
Kf2 c4 16. Nc5 Nd5 $11 {/=/+ is similar to the 13.Kf2 line above, with only
the moves a3 and a5 inserted. As in both cases White has to fight for equality,
Morozevich supports his powerful Bd6 instead. The problem is that not only
Black, but also White lacks development.}) 15... Nd5 {Here Black already had a
choice and he opts for the safest line.} (15... a4 16. Nd2 (16. Nxc5 Nxe5 $15)
16... Ng4 17. Nc4 $44) ({However, there are two other moves, which can't be
discarded outright:} 15... Ne4 16. Bb5 (16. fxe4 Qxe4+ 17. Kf2 Qxh1 18. Bg2
Qxd1 19. Rxd1 a4 $5 $17) 16... Qxb5 17. fxe4 Ba6 18. Rb1 $5 $13 {Although the
open f-file might be dangerous for Black, it's difficult to see how White
could directly profit from it.}) (15... Ng4 $5 16. Bd3 (16. fxg4 Qxh1 17. Nxc5
{is interesting, but speculative - in the future Black can free his kingside
with f6 (just as in the game).}) 16... f5 {[%csl Re5]} 17. exf6 (17. Qe2 c4 18.
Bxc4 N6xe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxc4 21. Qxg7 Rf8 $15) (17. Bb5 Qxb5 18. fxg4
fxg4 19. Rf1 Ba6 $36) 17... Nxf6 18. Bxg6+ hxg6 19. Qd3 Kf7 $15 {[%cal Rc5c4,
Yf6e8,Yd7d6,Ye6e5]} 20. Nxc5 $2 Rh5 $1 $19) 16. Bd3 ({Morozevich couldn't make
lines like} 16. c4 $6 Ne3 17. Qe2 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxf3 19. Nxc5 Qxh1 {work and
his initiative starts fading away.}) ({Krasenkow's suggestion is} 16. a4 $5 {
[%cal Rf1b5] , which could have led to a number of more or less forced draws:}
Nxc3 (16... Ba6 17. Nxa5 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc6 {A simpler try is} 19. Na5 $142 $11 (
19. Qb3 Nxe5 $5 (19... f6 20. Na5 c4 21. Qb2 Qc8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. f4 Qd8 24.
Nxc4 (24. Nb7 Qc8 25. Na5 Qd8 $11) 24... Qc8 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. Ba3 Ndxf4 27. Nd6+
Kf8 $13 (27... Ke7 $5)) 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Na5 (21. Nd6+ Ke7 $36) 21... c4 (21...
Qc8 22. Bc4 (22. Bf4 Bxf1 23. Nb7 O-O 24. Rxf1 c4 $44 {|^}) 22... fxe5 23. Bxd5
Rb8 24. Qa2 Qc7 25. Nc6 exd5 $5 (25... dxc6 26. Bc4 $14) 26. Nxb8 Qxb8 {
[%csl Re1]} 27. Qxd5 Qb2 28. Qxe5+ Kd8 29. Qg5+ Kc8 (29... Ke8 30. Qe5+ $11)
30. Qxc5+ Kd8 31. Qa5+ Ke8 32. Qxa6 Qxa1+ 33. Ke2 Qxh1 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qxh8
Qxh2+ $11) 22. Qb8+ (22. Nxc6 cxb3 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 $15) 22... Rxb8 23. Nxc6 Rb6
24. Nb8 fxe5 25. Nxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxc4 $11)) 17. Qd2 Ne4 (17... Qxf3 $4 18. Bg2)
18. fxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Kf2 Bb7 20. Be2 Qg2+ 21. Ke3 Qe4+ $11) 16... f6 $1 {[%mdl
32] Undermining White's central outpost is crucial for Black's strategy.} 17.
Bxg6+ (17. c4 $5 {deserved attention:} fxe5 (17... Ne3 18. Qe2 fxe5 19. Bxc5
Nf5 20. Rd1 $13 {[%cal Rd3e4]}) 18. cxd5 (18. Bxc5 Nf6 $15 {[%cal Ra5a4,Yc8b7,
Yd7d6]}) 18... Qxd6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Nxc5 Qb6 21. Rc1 $132) 17... hxg6 18. Qd3
Kf7 19. Nd2 (19. Nxc5 fxe5 20. Ne4 Ba6 21. c4 $1 (21. Ng5+ $2 Kg8 22. Qxg6
Qxc3+ 23. Kf2 Qd2+ 24. Kg1 Qd4+ $19) 21... Rh5 (21... Nf6 22. Rc1 Rh5 {only
transposes}) (21... Bxc4 22. Ng5+ Kf6 $8 23. Ne4+ Kf7 $11) (21... Qxc4 22. Qxc4
Bxc4 23. h4 $44) 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. O-O $13 {/=/+}) 19... c4 $1 $36 {From now on
Morozevich is definitely fighting only for equality.} (19... Ba6 20. c4 $13)
20. Qd4 $5 (20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Ba6 22. Nxa5 Rac8 $36) 20... Qb6 $1 {
The queen swap lessens the potential danger for Black's king.} (20... Ne7 21.
g4 $5 {is less clear-cut}) 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rb1 Nd5 23. Ne4 g5 $1 {Another
important link in the strategic chain - Black discourages h4.} 24. Kd2 (24. h3
$5 $15) 24... Rh3 $1 25. Nf2 Rh5 26. Rb5 (26. h4 $142 gxh4 27. Rxh4 $15 {
and getting the Bc8 into the game is still not easy.}) 26... a4 27. h3 Ba6 28.
Rc5 Bb7 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rxc4 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Ye7g6] Black has gladly returned
the extra pawn to activate his bishop.} 31. g4 Rhh8 32. Ke3 $6 $138 {
Morozevich was already down to his last 6 minutes and the text move is not
ideal.} (32. f4 $142 $1 gxf4 33. exf6 (33. Rxf4 Ng6 $17) 33... gxf6 34. Bxe7
Kxe7 35. Rxf4 $15 {leads to a pleasant endgame for Black, but his advantage is
still far from decisive.}) 32... Ra5 $1 {Finally forcing White to relinquish
his central outpost. Compare this position with the one after move 16!} 33.
exf6 ({Here White can't even exchange the knight as in the previous note:} 33.
Bxe7 $2 Rxe5+) 33... Nd5+ $5 34. Kd2 gxf6 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6,Gf6][%cal Ye6e5,Yf7e6]
[+]} 35. f4 $8 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Rb5 (36... e5 $142 37. Bg3 Nc7 $5 $36 {[%csl Ra3]
[%cal Yc7b5,Ya5d5]}) 37. Rxb5 Bxb5 38. Rd4 (38. Rc5 {is interesting but White
was obviously worried about} Nxf4 (38... Bf1 39. Bd6 Bxh3 40. c4 $132) (38...
Bc6 39. Bg3 {and now} e5 $6 {isn't with tempo as in the game, so White has} 40.
g5 $1) 39. Rxb5 Nxh3 40. Nxh3 Rxh3 41. Rb4 Rh4 (41... Rh2+ $5) 42. Rxa4 f5 $36)
38... Bc6 39. Bg3 (39. Be3 $5 {/\} e5 40. Rd3 Rb8 41. c4 $15) (39. c4 Nxf4 40.
Rxf4 e5 41. Rf5 Kg6 $17) 39... e5 40. Rc4 Rb8 41. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Yd3b4,Yg3e5]
After the time-control White finds the best chance - activating his knight.} (
41. g5 $2 Rb2+ 42. Kc1 Ne3 $1 43. Kxb2 (43. Rb4 Rc2+) 43... Nxc4+ 44. Kc1 fxg5
$19 (44... f5 $19)) 41... Rb3 (41... Ke6 $5 42. Nc5+ Kd6 $17) 42. g5 $2 ({
The consistent move was} 42. Bxe5 $1 Rxa3 $5 (42... fxe5 43. Nxe5+ Ke7 44.
Nxc6+ dxc6 45. Rxc6 $5 (45. Rxa4 Rxc3 $17) 45... Rxa3 46. g5 $132 {and
fighting against the kingside passed pawns will most probably cost Black his
last winning hope - the Pa4.}) 43. Bd4 Ra2+ 44. Kc1 Bb5 (44... Rh2 $5 45. Nf2
Nf4 $17) 45. Rc5 Bxd3 46. Rxd5 Ke6 47. Ra5 a3 $17 {gives Black good winning
chances, but the game is not over yet.}) 42... e4 (42... Bb5 $142 $1 43. Rc5
Nb6 {[%cal Rb6c4] /\} 44. gxf6 d6 $1 45. Rc7+ Kxf6 $19 {[%csl Ra3]}) 43. Nf4 (
43. Rxe4 Nxc3 44. Re3 Nb1+ (44... Ne4+ 45. Kc2 (45. Kc1 Nxg3 46. Rxg3 Be4 47.
Kd2 Rxd3+ 48. Rxd3 Bxd3 49. Kxd3 fxg5 50. Kc4 Ke6 51. Kb4 Kd5 $19) 45... fxg5 (
45... Nxg5 $5) 46. Be1 $17 {/-+}) 45. Ke2 Nxa3 $5 46. gxf6 Bb5 47. Bh4 Kf8 $19)
43... Nxf4 (43... e3+ 44. Kd3 Ne7 $5 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 45. Rc5 (45. Kxe3 Nf5+ 46.
Kf2 Rb2+ $19) 45... d6 46. Ra5 Bb5+ 47. Kxe3 fxg5 48. Ne2 Nf5+ 49. Kf2 Rb2 50.
c4 Bd7 51. Ke1 Rb3 $17 {/-+}) 44. Bxf4 Rxa3 (44... fxg5 $142 $1 45. Bd6 (45.
Bxg5 Rxa3 {transposes to the game after} 46. Rc5 Ra2+ $19) 45... Ke6 46. Bb4
Rb2+ 47. Ke3 Rh2 $19) 45. Rc5 fxg5 46. Bxg5 {Eases Black's task.} ({A more
resilient try was} 46. Rxg5 $1 Ra2+ (46... d5 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Re5+ Kd7 49. Rh5
$17) 47. Ke3 {/\} a3 $6 ({Black has a large advantage, but he must still work
for the full point after} 47... Ra1 $17 {or}) (47... Rc2 $17) 48. Rf5+ $1 Kg6
49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Ra5 Ra1 51. c4 {[%cal Rf4e5]}) 46... Ra2+ 47. Ke3 a3 $19 {
[%cal Ya2a1,Ya3a2] White has no effective defence against the advance of the
Pa3.} 48. Bf4 Ra1 49. Rf5+ Ke6 (49... Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kf6 {-49...Ke6}) 50. Re5+
Kf6 51. Ra5 d5 $6 (51... a2 $142 $1 52. Kf2 (52. Be5+ Ke6 53. c4 Rh1 54. Bd4
Rxh3+ 55. Ke2 Rh2+ $19 (55... d5 $5 {/\} 56. Rxa2 Rh2+ 57. Bf2 d4 $19 {[%csl
Gd4,Ge4]})) 52... Ke6 (52... e3+ $6 53. Bxe3 Rh1 54. Bd4+ Kf7 55. c4 $17) 53.
c4 d5 54. cxd5+ Bxd5 55. Bd2 Rh1 56. Bc3 Rxh3 $19) 52. Kd4 $6 (52. c4 $1 Ke6 $1
(52... a2 53. cxd5 Re1+ (53... Bxd5 54. Rxd5 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Rf1+ (55... a1=Q 56.
Be5+ Qxe5 57. Rxe5 $11) 56. Ke2 Rxf4 57. Ra5 $11) 54. Kf2 (54. Kd4 $2 Rd1+ 55.
Kxe4 Bxd5+ $19) 54... Ba4 (54... a1=Q 55. Rxa1 Rxa1 56. dxc6 $11) 55. Rxa4 a1=Q
56. Rxa1 Rxa1 57. h4 $11 Kf5 58. Bg5 Ke5 59. h5 Kxd5 60. h6 {is already a TB
draw (even with the pawn only on h4).}) 53. Kd4 Bb7 $17 {still retains good
winning chances.}) 52... a2 {[%cal Ra1d1]} 53. Bd2 (53. Kc5 Kf5 54. Bh6 Bb5 55.
Kxb5 Rb1+ 56. Kc6 a1=Q 57. Rxa1 Rxa1 58. Kxd5 Rd1+ 59. Kc4 Rd3 $19) 53... Bb5
$1 {[%cal Rb5c4,Ra1d1]} 54. Kxd5 (54. Rxb5 Rd1 55. Ra5 a1=Q (55... Rxd2+ 56.
Ke3 Rd3+ 57. Kf2 Rxh3 $19) 56. Rxa1 Rxa1 {/\} 57. c4 Rd1 $19) 54... Rd1 55.
Kxe4 (55. Rxa2 e3 $19) 55... a1=Q {[%mdl 2] An extra rook is too much. With
this game Topalov took the sole lead and ran away with the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2848"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 ({Kavalek in his notes indicated that the first one to use White's setup
was Ljubojevic almost 40 years ago, albeit against a Sicilian:} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 (7. N1c3 {is the usual
move, but Ljubojevic wanted to avoid the standard} a6 8. Na3 {, as he didn't
like the knight on the edge.} (8. Nd4 {allows} Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d5 $1 11.
exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Be3 a5 16. Bf3 Ba6 17.
Re1 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Bc3 d4 20. Bxa8 dxc3 $44 {Ehlvest,J (2589)-Bacrot,E 
(2649)/Dubai rpd/2002/})) 7... Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nd2 (
11. Re1 {is similar:} Ne5 12. Nd2 (12. Bf1 Ng6 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Na3 Rfd8 15. Qd2
Ne8 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Nab5 Qe7 18. Qe3 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qf2 Qf6 21. f5 Ne5 22.
Qd4 Ng4 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rdd1 Ng4 26. Rd3 {1/2,Ljubojevic,L (2605)
-Sokolov,A (2595)/Bugojno/1986/}) 12... Nfd7 13. Bf1 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nf3
Qf6 $5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 (17. Qxd6 Rfd8 $44) 17... g5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Qe3
Rd7 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Red1 Rad8 22. f3 h5 23. Be2 h4 $11 {Ljubojevic,L (2590)
-Kasparov,G (2630)/Tilburg/1981/}) {The most usual reaction is the immediate}
11... a6 (11... Ne5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 {leads to the position from our game,
only there Black's bishop took 2 moves to get to e7 and Carlsen had the extra
move Re1. After} a6 (13... Qc7 14. Re1 Qb8 15. b4 Qa8 16. Bf1 Rfd8 $13 {
is a viable attempt to do without a6.}) 14. Re1 Rc7 15. Be3 Ned7 16. b4 Qa8 17.
Na4 Rc6 18. Qb3 Bd8 19. f3 Rc8 20. Kh1 Bc7 21. Bf1 Kh8 22. Qb2 Rg8 23. Nb3 Bc6
24. Nc3 Bb7 25. Na4 Bc6 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Red1 Qb8 28. Bg1 g5 $132 {Cheparinov,I
(2572)-Karjakin,S (2599)/Wijk aan Zee/2005/ Here Black has a typical Hedgehog
counterplay, see the notes to this game by Ribli in CBM 105.}) (11... Rc8 12.
Re1 Rc7 13. Bf1 Rd7 {seems too artificial:} 14. a3 Qa8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Bg3 Ng6
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. f4 Rdd8 19. Kh1 h5 20. Nf3 Re8 21. h3 Ba6 22. b3 d5 23. e5 Ne4
24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Nd2 h4 26. Bh2 Bb7 27. b4 a5 28. Rb1 axb4 29. axb4 Qa3 30.
Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Bxb4 32. Re3 Qa5 33. f5 $1 $40 {Ljubojevic,L (2605)
-Bronstein,L (2380)/Buenos Aires olm/1978/}) 12. a3 Nd4 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Be3 (
14. Re1 $5 Ne5 15. Bf1 Bg5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Rh3 $13 {
leads to an interesting position. Black has active piece play, but his central
pawns are vulnerable and exchanges help his opponent. After} Qg5 (19... Qc7 $5)
20. Nde4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qf4 22. Qe1 d5 $6 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nc3 Rad8 25. Rd1 d4
26. Qe4 $14 {/+/-,Kavalek,L (2555)-Langeweg,K (2410)/Wijk aan Zee/1975/ White
forces an advantageous endgame.}) 14... Bf6 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Bb1 Nec6 17. Re1
Rb8 (17... Rc8 $5 $11 {seems more natural}) 18. b4 b5 19. Ba2 Ba8 20. Nd5 $5
exd5 21. cxd5 a5 (21... Ne7 22. Nf1 Ndf5 (22... Qb6 23. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3h5]} g6
24. Rc3 $16) 23. exf5 Nxf5 $11) 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Qb3 axb4 24. axb4 Ne5 25. h3
Qe7 26. Qb1 {1/2,Ljubojevic,L (2565)-Karpov,A (2660)/Madrid/1973/} Rfe8 $132 {
The final position resembles a Ruy Lopez.}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 (5... Qb6 {is less flexible:} 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 $5 {[%csl Rb6]
} (7. e4 Bb4 8. Bd3 Ne5 9. O-O Qd6 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd3 12. Bxe5 {
1-0 Le Quang,L (2647)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2658)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135/[Le Quang
Liem] (60)} Qxd1 $5 13. Raxd1 (13. Rfxd1 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bd4 b6 16. f3
Nd6 17. c5 Nf5 $11) 13... Nxe4 (13... b6 14. Rd4 $14) 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Nd4 Kf8
16. Nb5 $44 {White has compensation, but hardly an advantage after} Ne8) 7...
d5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 a5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nd4 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na5 $6 (15... Bc5 $5 $14) 16. Bxd5 Bh3 17. Rhd1 Rd8 18. Ba2
Bc5 19. Ke1 O-O 20. Rac1 b6 21. Nc2 Rb8 22. Bf4 Rb7 23. Ne3 Re8 24. Rc3 $16 {
Stohl,I (2525)-Polgar,J (2540)/Amsterdam/1990/}) 6. a3 {Let's check the
alternatives:} (6. g3 Qb6 {There have been new developments also after} 7. Nb3
(7. Ndb5 Bc5 (7... Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 (9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ $5 11. Kd1
Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. Kb3 Nd2+ 16. Kc2 Nc4 17. Kb3
Nd2+ 18. Kc2 {1/2, Carlsen,M (2776)-Dominguez Perez,L (2717)/Linares/2009/})
9... a6 10. Qa4 $5 $146 {With this White wants to avoid the above line.} {
The critical move is probably} Rb8 {when} (10... g5 11. Bxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O-O {
Vachier was obviously striving for this position and got a big plus after} Be7
(12... Rb8 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Be2 Be7 15. Kb1 (15. f4 $5) 15... Nc6 16. Rc1 Qe5
17. Rhd1 h5 18. Ka1 g4 19. Bf1 f5 20. Bg2 Kf7 21. h3 Bf6 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nce2
b5 $5 $13 {Aronian,L (2739)-Leko,P (2753)/Morelia/Linares/2008/ See the notes
to this game by Marin in CBM 123. Here the actual move order was 9.Qa4 g5 10.
Bxe5 Nxe5 11.0-0-0 a6 12.e3.}) 13. Be2 O-O 14. Nd4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. f4
gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng6 18. h4 b6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Ne4 d5 21. Rhg1+ Kh8 22. Nf6 Bc5 23.
h6 Ng8 24. Nxg8 Rxg8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Rg1+ $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2686)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2725)/Istanbul ol/2012/}) 11. Be2 axb5 12. Nxb5 g5 13. Bxg5
f6 14. Bf4 h5 15. O-O $5 $44 {gives White good compensation.}) {White can
probably fight for an edge only with} 8. Bg2 $5 (8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10.
Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg2 Rhd8 15. O-O d4 $5 (
15... Kf8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Bxb4+ Qxb4 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Qa4 a6 21.
Rfd1 $14 {Christiansen,L (2555)-Tolnai,T (2470)/WChT Luzern/1989/}) 16. Na4 Qa5
17. Bxb4+ Qxb4 18. a3 Qb5 19. b4 a5 20. Nc5 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 {
Marin,M (2545)-Nisipeanu,L (2610)/Bucharest/1998/} Bd5 $11) (8. e3 $6 {This is
too soft.} O-O 9. Bg2 a6 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Ne5 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Qb3 d5 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. O-O b5 16. Nc5 Nc4 17. Qc3 (17. a4 $5) 17... Bf5 18. Qd4 Qe7 19.
Nd3 Be4 20. f3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rfe8 22. Re1 Rad8 $36 {[%csl Rc1,Gc4,Gf6,Rg2]
Fressinet,L (2702)-Short,N (2707)/Bastia rpd/2012/}) 8... a6 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10.
Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 d5 13. cxd5 Rd8 14. Be3 Qb5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 exd5 17. Rb1 ({Marin suggests} 17. h4 $5 h5 18. Bf3 $14) 17... Qc4 18. Qd3
Qxd3 19. Bc5+ Kf6 20. exd3 b5 21. Ke2 {1/2,Marin,M (2551)-Gashimov,V (2664)/
Reggio Emilia/2008/}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 (10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3
Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 (14. O-O b6 15. g4 Ba6 $13 {/=/+ is not
without risk, in practice Black has mostly been able to cope with White's
attack.}) 14... dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. e5 Na5 17. Bd4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxd4 19.
cxd4 Qc3+ 20. Kf2 Qxd4+ 21. Kf3 Qc3+ 22. Kf2 Qd4+ $11 {is a well-known draw.})
10... a5 (10... O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. f4 Nc6 $5 (12... a4 13. fxe5 axb3 14. a3
dxe5 15. axb4 Ra1+ 16. Nb1 Qa6 17. Qd3 {The untested} b5 $5 (17... Qa2 18. Bg2
Re8 19. Bc3 Re7 20. Kd2 $1 (20. Qd8+ Re8 21. Qd3 Re7 $11) 20... Rd7 21. Na3
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $16 {[%csl Ra2] Gulko,B (2589)-Alekseev,E (2625)/Ruschess.com/
2005/ White has good winning chances, as the Qa2 is completely offside. see
the notes to this game by Ribli in CBM 109.}) 18. c5 Nxe4 $13 {seems worth a
try.}) 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nd2 (15. Nc7 axb3 $1 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17. Kc2
Rxa6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg2 Neg4 21. Ra1 e5 22. Rxa2 Be6 {[%cal
Re6c4]} 23. Kb3 Ba5 24. Bc5 b5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qd2 bxc4+ 27. Kb4 Rxc5 28.
Kxc5 Rc8+ $44 {Pauwels,C (2541)-Korze,D (2474)/corr/2009/}) 15... a3 16. b3 e5
$5 17. Bg2 (17. Nc7 $2 Qa5 18. Nxa8 Bc5 $1 $19) ({Probably the critical move is
} 17. f5 $5 Bc5 18. Bg5 $13) 17... Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qa5 20. h4 $6 Rfe8
21. f5 h5 $1 22. Rhe1 Bc5 23. Re2 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rd3 Qc5
$17 {Martin Rebollo,L (2106)-Baltasar Perez,A (2022)/corr/2008/}) 11. f4 Nc6
12. Be3 $5 (12. Na4 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qb4 $11) 12... Qc7 13. Bg2 a4 ({After} 13...
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 {Black is a tempo up, compared to 10.f4. However, the extra
move a5 only makes his queenside more vulnerable.}) ({The same goes for} 13...
O-O 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3) 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b6 (15... O-O 16. c5 d5 17.
O-O Rd8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qh5 Ra5 20. g4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4
24. Rad1 Qxc5 25. Kh1 $18 {[%cal Rd2f3,Rd2e4] D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,R (2531)
/Palma de Mallorca/2008/}) 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 Ba6 (
19... f6 {is more circumspect}) 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Rh3 b5 $6 (22...
Na5 $142 $5 {was consistent:} 23. e5 Nxc4 $13) 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. Be4 h6 25. f5
$1 f6 26. Bxh6 $1 $40 {Morozevich,A (2748)-Leko,P (2732)/Tashkent/2012/
However, we have indicated Black's play can be improved, only further practice
will decide the future of 10...a5.}) (6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6
bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 $5 (12... Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14.
Rd2 Re8 15. g3 f3 16. Kd1 fxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Kc7 $11) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 Rb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. g3 (16. Rd2 Bb4 17. g3 Ne5 18. Bh3 {allows Black to force a draw
with} Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb1+ 20. Rd1 Nd3+ $1 21. exd3 Re8+ 22. Kd2 Rb2+ 23. Kc1
Ree2 $11 {Blees,A (2380)-Hegeler,F (2245)/Krumbach/1991/}) 16... Rxb2 17. Bh3
Nf6 18. O-O Bb4 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Bg2 Rdd2 21. gxf4 Rbc2 22. Ne4 Rxe2 23. Nxf6
gxf6 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Be4 Rxa2 26. Rc1 c5 27. Bxh7 Rd2 $11 {Nakamura,H (2775)
-Kramnik,V (2801)/Moscow/2012/ The ^- endgame is drawish, if anybody must
tread with care, it's White.}) (6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 (7... dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
9. e5 Ne4 10. a3 $1 {/\} Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. a4 Ne4 13. Be3 b6 14. a5 $44
Rb8 15. axb6 axb6 16. Ra7 Rf8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bxh7 Nd7 19. Bg5+ f6 20. exf6
gxf6 21. Bf4 Rb7 22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. Bd6 Rh8 24. Be4 f5 25. Bd3 Rh4 26. f4 Nf6
27. O-O $14 {/+/-,Kosten,A (2534)-Don Juan/playchess.com/2007/}) 8. Bd3 e5 (
8... d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. cxd5 Qe7+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5
14. Bd2 (14. c4 $5) 14... O-O 15. c4 Re8+ 16. Kf3 Ba6 $132 {1/2,Stohl,I (2560)
-Lautier,J (2580)/Chalkidiki/1992/}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bc5
12. a3 a5 13. Qd2 d6 14. Kh1 Be6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 g5 17. Raf1 Bd4 18. R4f3
Ng4 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. R3f2 Qb6 $17 {Christiansen,L (2595)-Ribli,Z 
(2595)/Bundesliga/1992/}) ({Maybe White should prefer the modest} 10. Bd2 {
, but here Black can hardly have problems after} Be7 $11 ({or} 10... d6 $5))
10... d6 (10... Bxc3 $5 11. bxc3 d6 $11 {was Kasparov's laconic recommendation.
However, even his own move was not that bad.}) 11. Na4 $1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13.
a3 Be7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bc5 Nf6 (15... Bxc5 $5 16. Nxc5 Nf4 $132) 16. Re1 Bxc5
17. Nxc5 Qb6 18. Qc2 Re8 19. h3 a5 20. Rac1 Rb8 21. Re2 h6 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Rd2
e4 $14 {/<=>,Kramnik,V (2710)-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York rpd/1994/ Black lost
the game only after further mistakes.}) 6... Bc5 (6... Qb6 7. Nb3 $14 {- 5...
Qb6}) ({However, an equivalent alternative is} 6... Be7 $5 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 (8.
Be2 d5 $11 {was sufficient for equality even in an inferior version from the
note to move 1 - here it easily solves Black's problems.}) (8. Nc2 b6 $11 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ne3 a6 12. f4 d6 13. b4 b5 $5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bb2 Qb6
16. Qd3 Nd4 17. Bd1 e5 18. Kh1 Rac8 $132 {Agdestein,S (2571)-Carlsen,M (2528)/
Sandnes/2005/}) 8... Qc7 (8... b6 9. Bf4 {prevents the queen from going to c7,
but even here} Bb7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Rc8 {leads only to a playable Hedgehog
from our game (mentioned also in the note to move 1).}) 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7
11. Bg5 Rad8 {is less forcing:} (11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 (12. Bh4 {Xiu,D (2508)
-Edouard,R (2634)/Moscow/2011/} Ng6 $5 13. Bg3 Nf4 14. Nb5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qc6 {
[%csl Gb7,Ge7] is fine for Black.}) 12... Qxe5 13. Bh4 Bxe4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bf3 Qxc4 17. Rc1 Qd4 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rc7 a5 20. Rxd7 Qxb2 21.
Qd6 h6 22. Rd1 b5 23. g3 b4 $11 {Van Wely,L (2688)-Dominguez Perez,L (2734)/
ECC Eilat 2012/}) 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 d6 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Nd4 Qb8 16. Bg3 Qa8 17.
Qe2 Rc8 18. b3 a6 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. h3 Ned7 $11 {Kovalyov,A (2593)-Akopian,V 
(2703)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 ({
Here Black has also} 10... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4] , targetting c4.} 11. f4 (11. Bf4
d6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nd2 Rc8 $132) 11... d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rc1 {again allows} (
13. Bd3 Nd7 $5 14. Rc1 (14. Nd2 Bf6 $132) 14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Rf2 Qa5 (
16... Bb7 $11) (16... Bf6 $5 {/\} 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc5 Be7 $13) 17. Bd2 Qc7 18.
Qa4 Qa5 19. b4 $5 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 Nd4 21. Be3 Bf6 $2 (21... Rfd8 $11) (21... f5
$5 $132) 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxc5 {Stohl,I (2580)-Fancsy,I (2345)/HUN-chT/1998/}) (
13. Kh1 Nb8 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 d4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19.
Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Nde4 Nc5 21. Nxf6+ {1/2,Stohl,I (2525)-Horvath,J (2540)/Stary
Smokovec/1990/}) 13... Nb8 ({Black can also keep more tension on the board with
} 13... Re8 14. Bf2 Bb7 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. b4 Ne7 17. Bf3 Ng6 18. g3 h6 19. Re1
Qc7 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. Nf1 Bc6 22. Ne3 a6 23. Nc2 Ba8 $11 {Khairullin,I (2631)
-Jakovenko,D (2736)/Tyumen/2012/}) 14. Nd2 d5 $5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bxa6 Nxa6
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Qc1 Nc7 21. d6 {1/2,Papaioannou,I
(2600)-Vajda,L (2584)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 11. Bf4 {Simple development
а la Ljubojevic.} (11. Be3 d6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 (13... Nb8 $143 14. Nd2
Nbd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. g4 $1 Ne8 18. g5 Nc7 19. Qg2 Rfe8 20. h4 Bf8
21. h5 g6 22. Rce1 Ba8 23. Qh3 b5 24. Re2 Re7 25. f5 $1 $40 {Stohl,I (2525)
-Benjamin,J (2560)/Novi Sad olm/1990/ Black played too passively and White
whipped up a strong attack.}) 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 (16. g4 {
is double-edged, as the knight has a comfortable retreat} Nd7 $1 $13) (16. Bf2
Bf8 17. Nd2 {0 Milov,V (2635)-Vettel,M (2205)/Baden/1998/ is similar to what
Carlsen played later in the game.}) 16... Bf8 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. b4
Ng6 20. g3 Rc7 21. a4 Rec8 22. Na2 d5 $1 23. e5 Ne4 24. b5 Bb7 $11 {Jakovenko,
D (2718)-Bocharov,D (2595)/RUS-chT Olginka/2011/ The typical central break
once again gave Black good counterplay.}) (11. f4 d6 {usually only transposes.}
) 11... d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2 {[%mdl 32] The extra tempo in
comparison with Cheparinov-Karjakin is fine, but it still doesn't change the
evaluation - Black is doing reasonably well here. More important for Carlsen
is the fact that against an excellent tactician he has achieved a complex
position full of various predominantly strategic options and motifs. This
allows him to fight for an advantage in the middlegame - something he
obviously enjoys much more than preparing computer novelties in irrational
lines.} Nfd7 15. Be3 $146 {The first novelty, Carlsen starts the manoeuvring
struggle by retreating the bishop to a square, where it could have been since
move 11. From here it attacks both flanks and has more perspectives than after}
(15. b4 Kh8 16. Bg3 g5 $5 17. Nb3 a6 18. Bf1 Rg8 19. Na4 Bc6 20. Nd4 (20. b5
axb5 21. cxb5 Bb7 $13) 20... Bb7 21. Nb3 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Nb3 {1/2,Van Wely,
L (2692)-Gashimov,V (2761)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/}) 15... Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 ({Even
here} 16... g5 {deserved attention, but Polgar doesn't want to commit herself
yet...}) 17. f4 {And she doesn't get another chance.} Ng6 18. g3 {[%cal Yh2h4,
Yh4h5] White first fortifies his territorial gains.} Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qa8 20. Bf2
Ngf8 21. Qe2 Qb8 22. Red1 g6 $2 {Black's lack of space doesn't matter that
much, as long as she has no weaknesses - and the text-move creates a serious
one.} (22... a6 {/\Rc7, Rec8 is plausible, Black can proceed to double on the
c-file as in Jakovenko-Bocharov above.}) ({Other waiting moves are} 22... Red8
{or}) (22... Ba8) ({If Black wanted to create a luft, Kavalek indicates the
stronger} 22... h6 $5) 23. e5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ge5] This pawn will be a thorn in
Black's flesh, moreover with the last move he denied his knight the g6-square,
from which it could be effectively attacked.} Bc6 (23... Bxf3 24. Nxf3 {or}) (
23... dxe5 24. fxe5 {are similar.}) 24. Bd4 Red8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nf3 (26.
exd6 Qxd6 27. Nf3 {/\Ne4 is tempting, but Magnus wants this as an option,
preferring to retain the cramping Pe5.}) 26... dxe5 (26... Rdc8 $2 {already
runs into} 27. exd6 Bxd6 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Ne5 Nxe5 (29... R6c7 30. Ng4 $18) 30.
Bxe5 Qb7 31. b5 $16 {/+- , winning an exchange.}) 27. fxe5 (27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28.
Bxe5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qb7 30. Ne4 Nd7 $14 {gives Black better defensive chances.}
) 27... Rdc8 {The counterattack fails due to Black's lack of space and weak
kingside.} ({After} 27... a5 28. Ne4 axb4 29. axb4 Bxb4 {Kavalek points out
the powerful} 30. Qe3 {[%cal Re3h6]} Kg7 31. Qf4 h6 32. Be3 $18 {/\} g5 33.
Nfxg5 $1 hxg5 34. Qxg5+ Ng6 35. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Nf6#) ({This is
why the computer recommends} 27... h6 {, or even}) (27... g5 $5 {as more
resilient. However, I can't believe that in the long run Black can get away
with such weaknesses.}) 28. Ne4 {[%csl Rf6,Rg7,Rg8][%mdl 128] White has a
promising attacking position, Carlsen will meke the most of his chances.} Qc7
29. Nfd2 {[%cal Rb4b5]} a6 (29... Nxe5 30. b5 Rc5 31. Nb3 $5 $16 (31. Nxc5 $16)
31... Rxc4 $2 32. Bxe5) 30. Nf2 {[%cal Yf2g4]} Bg5 {This active move doesn't
help, as without the bishop Black can't defend the gaping holes on the
dark-squares.} ({More resilient was} 30... f5 $5 31. exf6 Bxf6 {although White
is distinctly better after} 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Nde4 $16) 31. Rf1 $1 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Gf1f7,Yf2e4] ><f7} Bxd2 {Insufficient, but it's difficult to suggest an
improvement.} ({After} 31... f5 32. exf6 Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34. Nfe4 $40 {
White is has an important extra tempo, compared with the previous note.}) 32.
Qxd2 Nxe5 (32... Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qxc4 34. Ng4 Kh8 35. Nh6 $5 (35. Rxf7 $40) {
gives White a huge attack:} 35... f5 36. exf6 e5 37. Bb2 Qe6 {allows White to
quickly shift the to e5 with} 38. Re1 Rc7 39. Ng4 $1 {/\} Qxg4 40. Qh6 Ne6 41.
f7 $18 {[%cal Re1e5,Rb2e5]}) 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Ng4 Rd6 (34... Qd6 35. Nh6+ Kg7
36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. Qc3+ e5 38. Qf3 $18 {[%cal Rc1d1]}) 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+
Kh8 37. Qf2 Qd4 38. c5 $5 ({Here White already had a wider choice, other good
moves are} 38. Rb7 {, or}) (38. Rf1 Qxf2+ 39. R1xf2 Nd7 40. Re7 Ne5 41. Nf7+
$16 {/+-}) 38... bxc5 (38... Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 bxc5 40. Rxc5 (40. bxc5 $5 Rdc6 41.
Ke3) 40... Rxc5 $1 41. bxc5 Rc6 42. Ng4 (42. Rxf8+ Kg7 43. Rf3 Kxh6 44. Rc3 Kg7
45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Rb3 $14 {/+/- is difficult for Black, but she
could still fight on.}) 42... Kg8 43. Ne5 Rxc5 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. Nd7 Rd5 46.
Rd8 h6 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Nb6 Kxf8 (49... Rb5 50. Rb8 $18) 50. Nxd5
exd5 51. Kd4 {and White's active king decides the issue:} Ke7 52. Kxd5 Kd7 53.
Kc5 Kc7 54. g4 Kb7 (54... g5 55. a4 Kb7 56. a5 Kc7 57. h3 $22) 55. Kd6 Kb6 56.
Ke6 Kb5 57. Kf6 g5 (57... Ka4 58. Kxg6 Kxa3 59. Kxh6 $18) 58. Kg6 Ka4 59. Kxh6
Kxa3 60. Kxg5 a5 61. h4 $18) (38... Nd7 39. Re7 Ne5 40. cxd6 $5 Rxc1+ 41. Kg2
Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rd1 43. g4 Rd2+ 44. Kg3 g5 (44... Rxd6 45. Re8+ Kg7 46. g5 {
[%cal Re8g8]}) 45. Rxe6 $18) 39. Qxd4+ $5 {Carlsen doesn't even allow the line
from the previous note.} Rxd4 40. Rxc5 {[%csl Rh8] Black is fighting for a
lost cause with her cornered king and uncoordinated pieces.} Rcd8 (40... Rxc5
41. bxc5 Nd7 (41... Rc4 42. Rxf8+ Kg7 43. Rf4 $18 {retains the extra knight})
42. c6 Nb6 43. c7 $18 {[%csl Gc7]}) (40... Rdd8 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Ng4 $18 {
[%cal Yg4f6,Yg1d4,Ya3a4,Yb4b5] also paralyses Black. The course of the game
will be similar.}) 41. Rcc7 $18 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 R1d2+ 43. Kh3 R2d5 44. Ng4 Rh5+
45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Rxf7 48. Rxf7 Rd8 49. Nf6 Rb8 50. Kf4 {
[%cal Rf4h6,Rf7g7,Rg7g8]} h6 $8 51. Ke5 a5 (51... Rd8 52. h4 g5 53. h5 $22) 52.
bxa5 Ra8 53. a6 (53. a6 Rxa6 54. Rxf8+ Kg7 55. Rd8 Ra5+ 56. Kxe6 Ra6+ 57. Rd6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2013.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 (6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2
Nfd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. f4 Ng6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qa8 20. Bf2 Ngf8 21.
Qe2 Qb8 22. Red1 $14 {(),Carlsen,M (2848)-Polgar,J (2705)/London/2012/ See the
notes to this game in CBM 152.}) 6... Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10.
Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] We have already
mentioned this position in the notes to Carlsen-Polgar. Anand's novelty is a
radical, but logical attempt to solve the opening problems Black has faced
after other moves:} (13... a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b6 (15... O-O 16. c5 d5 17.
O-O Rd8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qh5 Ra5 20. g4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4
24. Rad1 Qxc5 25. Kh1 $18 {[%cal Rd2f3,Rd2e4] D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,R (2531)
/Palma de Mallorca/2008/} Qc3 26. Bf2 Rad5 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Qc4 29. Qxh7+
Kf8 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Bh4 Ne2 32. Bg6 Rh5 33. gxh5 {1-0 D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,
R (2531)/Palma de Mallorca 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O
O-O 19. g4 Ba6 (19... f6 $5) 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Rh3 b5 (22... Na5
$142 $5 {/\} 23. e5 Nxc4 $13) 23. e5 dxe5 24. Be4 h6 25. f5 f6 26. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
27. Qxh6 $40 {Morozevich,A (2748)-Leko,P (2732)/Tashkent/2012/ For more
details see the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 152.}) (13... O-O 14. O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. g4 (16. c5 $5 d5 17. e5 $36) 16... Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. c5
Ne7 (18... a4 $5 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Nc5 Na5 $132) 19. a4 d5 20. f5 dxe4 21. fxe6
Bxe6 22. Nd4 Bd5 $2 (22... Qe5 $5) 23. c4 Bc6 {Fuhrmann,A (1649)-Berkley,S 
(1756)/corr/2001/} 24. Rxf7 $1 $40 Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Ne6 $16) 14. O-O (14.
f5 {is a double-edged attempt to deny Black the g4-square:} a4 15. Nd2 {
Risky, but possibly more promising is} Bc5 $5 (15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Qd3 Bd7
$1 $32 {|^}) 16... exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. a3 Ba5 (
20... Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxf5 {doesn't win a pawn due to} 22. Rae1+ Kd7 23. Rhf1
Bg6 24. Bh3+ Kd8 25. Rf4 $11 {/+/=}) 21. Rf1 $13 {/=}) 16. Bg5 (16. Nb5 Qe7 17.
Rd1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Nfxd4 Bd7 $36) 16... a3 (16... Nd4 17.
Qd3 Qb6 18. Rb1 $13) 17. Bxf6 axb2 18. Rb1 gxf6 19. Nd5 Qa5 $5 $13 {/=/+ with
strong counterplay on the dark squares - White's K is no safer than Black's.})
14... Bxc3 {It's impotant to flick in this exchange.} (14... a4 $143 $6 15. Nb5
$1 Qe7 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qf2 b6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg5 $36) 15. bxc3
a4 16. Nd2 ({The text move allows the subsequent sortie, but after} 16. Nc1 $6
Ng4 17. Bd2 (17. Nd3 $142) 17... Na5 $36 {White's knight looks extremely stupid
}) 16... Ng4 $1 {Exchanging the strong dark-squared bishop gives Black a
promising position - White will be hard pressed to find compensation for his
queenside weaknesses.} 17. Rab1 ({In my opinion a more accurate move was} 17.
f5 $142 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f6 (18... Na5 19. f6 $132) 19. c5 $5 (19. Rab1 Na5 {
tranposes to the game}) 19... dxc5 20. Qxc5 Ra5 (20... b6 21. Qa3 Ne7 22. Rfd1
O-O 23. Rab1 $132) 21. Qe3 Ne7 22. Rab1 O-O 23. Rfc1 $11 {/<=> Black is OK,
but his forces are not fully coordinated yet and White can claim (a slightly
uneasy) equality.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. f5 f6 $1 {Black is behind in
development, so Anand hardly even considered the greedy} (19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4
Qxc4 21. Qg5 Rg8 22. Rfd1 $44 {[%csl Ra8,Re8,Rg8] -> Here Black's king may run
into all sorts of trouble on e8. On the contrary, after the text-move Anand
will soon safeguard his king and White's space advantage on the kingside won't
give him attacking chances, but only counterplay at most.}) 20. Rb4 Bd7 21. Bf3
Qc5 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rc4][%mdl 4112] With a better pawn-structure Black
willingly goes into an endgame. Glancing ahead, this factor should have
ultimately decided the game much later on.} 22. Kf2 Kd8 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Yd8c7]
Another good move - the king aims for its ideal square c7.} 23. Bd1 Kc7 $5 {
Anand sacrifices a relatively unimportant pawn.} ({After} 23... a3 24. Nb3 (24.
Be2 Kc7 $15) 24... Nxb3 25. Bxb3 Bc6 26. Bc2 $15 {White is passive, but
breaking into his position is a tough task.}) 24. Bxa4 Nc6 25. Bxc6 $8 Bxc6 26.
Qxc5 {Again probably a concession, as the open d-file will pose White more
problems than the c-file.} (26. Ra1 Ra6 $44 {Black is fine here, but must
still work to achieve something more tangible.} (26... g6 $5 $44)) 26... dxc5
27. Rb2 Ra3 28. Nb1 Ra4 29. Nd2 Rd8 $1 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rc4,Re4][%cal Gd8d1]
|^} 30. Re1 (30. Ke3 $5 Rd6 31. g4 {[%cal Yf1g1] might have spared White a
tempo.}) 30... Rd6 {[%cal Yc6e8,Ye8f7]} 31. g4 $1 {Defending purely passively
is not only against human nature, but probably objectively hopeless in the
long run. Therefore Fridman correctly seeks counterplay even at the cost of
further opening the position.} Be8 32. Rg1 h6 (32... Bf7 33. g5 $132) 33. h4
Ra3 34. Nb1 Ra8 35. g5 Rad8 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg7+ (37. Na3 Rd3 38. Rg7+ R8d7
39. Rg8 Kd8 40. Rb6 $132 Rxc3 41. Re6 Rxa3 (41... Re7 $2 42. Nb5 Rc2+ 43. Ke3
Rxe6 44. fxe6 Ke7 45. Rg7+ $1 $18) 42. Rgxe8+ Kc7 43. Rxf6 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Raxa2
45. Re7+ Kb8 46. Rb6 $11) 37... R6d7 38. Rxd7+ (38. Rg8 $5 Bf7 39. Rg7 $13 Bxc4
40. Rg6 {and once again it seems that Black's attack is good enough only for a
draw.}) 38... Rxd7 39. Re2 Bf7 40. Rd2 {White seeks salvation in a minor piece
endgame. While simplification is often a good defensive method, here without
rooks his counterplay tends to be less effective. However, this is in all
probability still not the decisive mistake...} (40. Na3 $5 Rd3 (40... Bh5 41.
Rb2 Rd3 42. Nb5+ Kd8 43. a4 (43. Na7 Rf3+ 44. Kg1 Rxc3 45. Rxb7 Rxc4 46. Nc6+
Ke8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rc7 Rxe4 49. Nd8 $132) 43... Be8 44. a5 Bc6 45. Re2 h5 46.
Re1 $132 {[%cal Ye1g1]}) 41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd8 43. Ke3 Rg8 (43... Ra8 44.
Rg2 Kd7 45. Rg7 Ke7 46. Nb5 Kf8 47. Rg2 Bxc4 48. Nd6 Ra3 49. Rg6) 44. Nb5+ Kc6
45. Rd2 Bxc4 46. Nd6 Rg3+ (46... Ba6 47. Nf7 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxc3 49. Rd6+ $132) (
46... Bxa2 47. Nxb7 Kxb7 (47... Bc4 48. Nd8+ Kc7 49. Ne6+ $11) 48. Rb2+ $1 Kc6
(48... Kc7 49. Rxa2 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rxc3 51. Ra6 $44) 49. Rxa2 Kb5 50. Rb2+ $132)
47. Kf2 Rxc3 48. Ne8 $132 {/\} Bd3 49. Nxf6 {[%cal Yf6g4]} h5 50. Nd5 Ra3 51.
Rxd3 Rxd3 52. f6 Ra3 53. f7 Rxa2+ 54. Ke1 Ra8 55. Ne7+ Kb5 56. Ng6 Kc4 57. f8=Q
Rxf8 58. Nxf8 $11) 40... Bxc4 41. Rxd7+ Kxd7 42. a3 Kc6 43. Nd2 Bf7 44. c4 $6 {
Trying to stop Black's king, but creating another weakness.} (44. Nf1 $142 $1 {
/\} Kb5 45. Ne3 $15 {[%cal Re3g4] /\} h5 46. Ke2 (46. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 47. exd5 c4
$19) 46... Ka4 (46... c4 $6 47. Kd2 Ka4 48. Kc2 $11 Kxa3 $2 49. Nd5 $18) 47.
Nd5 Kxa3 48. Nxf6 b5 49. Nd7 b4 50. cxb4 cxb4 51. Nxe5 b3 52. Nf3 $1) 44... b5
45. Ke3 $2 {Only this puts White on the verge of defeat.} ({A considerably
stronger move was} 45. cxb5+ $142 Kxb5 46. Ke3 c4 {[%cal Rc4c3]} (46... Ka4 $2
47. Kd3 Kxa3 48. Kc3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Yd2c4,Yc4b6,Yb6d7,Yb6d5]} Ka4 49. Nc4 Bh5
50. Nb6+ Kb5 51. Nd5 Kc6 52. Nxf6 Bf3 53. Kd3 Kd6 $11 {and it's already Black,
who scrapes a draw.}) 47. Nb1 $8 Ka4 48. Kd2 Kb3 49. Nc3 Kxa3 50. Kc2 Kb4 51.
Na2+ (51. Kb2 Kc5 52. Kc2 {- 51.Na2+}) 51... Kc5 52. Nc3 Kd4 53. Kd2 $15 {
and the tricky knight with its numerous forks still seems to save the day:} h5
(53... Be8 54. Nd5 c3+ 55. Kc1 $1 Bf7 56. Nxf6 Bb3 57. h5 Ke3 58. Ng4+ Kxe4 59.
Nxh6 $11) (53... Bg8 54. Kc2 {/\} Ke3 55. Nd5+ $11) 54. Nb5+ Kxe4 55. Nd6+ Kf4
56. Nxf7 Kxf5 57. Nd6+ Kg4 58. Nxc4 Kxh4 59. Ke2 $11) 45... b4 $1 {The main
problem is now Black will have a passed b-pawn, which is far more dangerous
than the Pc4 from the previous line - his B controls b1.} (45... bxc4 $2 46.
Nb1 $11) 46. Kd3 Kb6 (46... bxa3 $2 47. Kc2 $11 {[%cal Yc2b3,Yb3a3]}) 47. Kc2 (
47. axb4 cxb4 48. Nf1 Ka5 49. Ne3 Ka4 50. c5 Be8 $1 51. Kc2 Ka3 52. Kb1 Bb5 $19
) 47... Ka5 48. Kb3 Bh5 $2 {Anand returns the favour and squanders a
half-point.} ({As all the engines and commentators pointed out, the winner was
} 48... Be8 $1 {[] with zuzwang motifs:} 49. Nf1 (49. Ka2 Ka4 50. Nb3 bxa3 51.
Nxc5+ Kb4 $19 {and contrary to the game, White knight doesn't have access to
d7.}) 49... Ba4+ 50. Kb2 Bc6 $1 (50... Bd1 51. Ne3 Bf3 52. Nd5 Bxe4 53. Nxf6
Bxf5 54. Kb3 bxa3 55. Kxa3 e4 56. Nd5 Be6 57. Ne3 Kb6 58. Kb3 Kc6 59. Ka4 $1
$17) 51. axb4+ (51. Nd2 Ka4 52. axb4 Kxb4 $1 (52... cxb4 $2 53. Nb3 $11 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 53. Kc2 Ba4+ 54. Kb2 (54. Kd3 Bb3 $22) 54... Bd1 55. Nf1 Bf3 56.
Nd2 Be2 $19) 51... cxb4 $5 52. Nd2 Kb6 53. Kc2 Kc5 54. Kd3 Ba4 55. Nf1 h5 56.
Ng3 (56. Ne3 Bb3 $22) 56... Bd1 57. Kd2 Bf3 58. Kd3 b3 59. Kc3 b2 60. Kxb2 Kxc4
$19) 49. Ka2 $1 Ka4 (49... Be8 50. Nb3+ Kb6 51. Kb2 Bf7 52. Nd2 $11 {and the
king already won't penetrate via a4.}) 50. Nb3 bxa3 51. Nxc5+ Kb4 52. Nd7 $11 {
The counterattack is just in time.} Bf7 53. Nxf6 Bxc4+ 54. Ka1 Kc3 55. Ng4 Kd4
56. Nxh6 Kxe4 57. Ng4 Kf4 58. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,19,29,55,19,20,-18,-14,-7,4,4,14,-1,5,-43,22,30,30,43,23,26,52,1,
20,24,17,12,0,3,-10,14,-3,6,48,32,71,41,45,25,40,51,67,59,57,41,52,51,43,43,23,
50,1,-1,7,16,19,14,0,71,69,108,108,82,82,78,78,76,98,22,24,24] The Jerusalem
final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix brought the winner Nepo qualification for the
2020 Candidates tournament. However, this game shows his tournament might have
well ended in the first round - after an initial short draw with White he was
under heavy pressure in the second classical encounter against Boris Gelfand.} 
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 ({The more restrained} 3. Nc3 {occurs somewhat more
often and leads to a somewhat different set of heavily analysed and palyed
lines after} e5 (3... g6 4. e3 Nf6) 4. g3 (4. e3 Nf6 5. d4) 4... g6 {Also here
one finds many Black games by top players, especially by MVL and Nepo himself.}
) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 ({A long time ago in the Beograd Informant I saw the
brief line} 4... d5 5. Qa4 $5 ({Po} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5
e6 9. e4 Be7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Qd4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. g3
Qd7 $11 {Kasparov,G (2790)-Boissonet,C (2430) Cordoba sim 1992}) ({However,
the simplest way to achieve a riskless long-term pull is} 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Nxc6
Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 bxc6 8. e4 Nf6 9. f3 e5 10. Bxc4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Ke7 12. Be3 Nd7 13.
Rc1 Rd8 14. Nf2 Nb6 15. Nd3 Bd6 {Likavsky,T (2492)-Baramidze,D (2561) Austria
2007} 16. Bb3 $36) 5... Qb6 {and Black is supposed to equalize. Modern engines
don't share this optimism and quickly suggest} 6. Nb5 d4 (6... dxc4 $6 7. N1c3
Nf6 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. Nxa8 $16) 7. c5 $1 Qxc5
8. N1a3 Rb8 (8... Kd8 9. Bd2 $36 {/\} a6 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. g3 Rb8 12. Bg2 $1 axb5
13. Nxb5 $18 {[%cal Rg2c6,Rd2a5] s hrozbou Sxc6 a Sa5.}) 9. b4 Qb6 10. Nc4 Qd8
11. Bf4 e5 12. Nxe5 Bxb4+ 13. Kd1 Bc3 14. Nxc3 dxc3+ 15. Ke1 Qd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4
17. Rc1 $36 {[%csl Gf1,Gf4] +/=^^ Indeed, It does seem logical that the
radical central break requires more preparation from Black.}) 5. Nc3 {Natural,
already Lasker said you should develop your knights before your bishops -
their best posts are usually more clearly defined.} ({However, we'll check also
} 5. g3 {as the Bf1 udeniably has a future on the long diagonal:} {However,
currently Black prefers} e5 $5 ({The Q sortie} 5... Qb6 {is usually met by} 6.
Nc2 (6. Nb3 Ne5 7. c5 Qc6 $132) 6... e6 (6... Ne5 7. b3 (7. Ne3 Nfg4 (7... Nxc4
$2 8. Nxc4 Qc6 9. e4 $1 Qxe4+ 10. Qe2 Qxh1 11. Nd6+ $18) 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. e3 Qc6
10. Qd5 Nf6 11. Qxc6 dxc6 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O Be6 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bb2 Nd7 $11 {
Filippov,V (2595)-Malinin,Y (2335) Omsk/Perm 1998}) 7... Qc6 8. f3 e6 (8... d5
$5 9. Bb2 Qe6 10. e3 dxc4 11. Nba3 $32 {[%cal Ra3b5] +/=}) 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Nc3
a6 11. Bg2 d6 12. f4 Ng6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 {
Yermolinsky,A (2590)-De Firmian,N (2565) Key West 1994} 17. f5 $16 {For
details see the notes to this game in CBM 044.}) 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 (8. O-O {
is featured more often, but doesn't give White much after} dxc4 9. Nba3 Qa6 10.
b3 Be7 $5 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Qc1 Bd7 14. Rd1 Be8 15. a4 Rxd1+ 16.
Qxd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 b5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qc3 Bc5 20. Bf3 Be7 21. Kg2 Qb8 $11 {
Lecroq,M (2607)-Mokrys,C (2522) email 2008}) 8... Nxd5 (8... exd5 $5 9. O-O Be6
$13 {is probably objectively stronger, as Black effectively solves the problem
of developing his Bc8. However, positions with the isolated Pd5 are not to
eveyone's taste.}) 9. O-O Bc5 (9... Be7 10. Bxd5 (10. Ne3 $5 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxb2
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd4 $13 {/+/=}) 10... exd5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxe7
Qxe7 14. Nxd4 Bh3 15. Nxc6 Qe4 16. f3 Qxc6 17. Re1 Qb6+ 18. e3 O-O 19. b3 Rfd8
20. Qe2 $11 {/+/=, Stohl - Neumeier, Vienna 2017}) 10. a3 {Here a model game
was} a5 $6 {[%csl Ra5,Rb5]} (10... O-O $142 11. b4 Be7 12. e4 Nf6 $14 (12...
Nc7 $5)) 11. e4 Nde7 $6 (11... Nf6 $142 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nxc5 Rd8 $1
15. a4 $1 Qxc5 16. Be3 $36 {is still better for White.}) 12. Nc3 Qb3 13. Be3 b6
14. Nd4 $1 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bd7 18. e5 Bc6 19. Rd6
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rb8 21. Rad1 O-O 22. Rd7 Nc6 23. f4 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+
Nxd8 26. Kf3 Kf8 27. Na4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb6] Gelfand,B (2733)-Ivanchuk,V (2746)
Dagomys 2009 After mass exchanges Black paid the price for weakening his <<.})
6. Nb5 (6. Nc2 d5 $11) 6... Bb4+ {and now:} 7. N1c3 (7. Bd2 a6 (7... Bc5 8.
N1c3 O-O (8... a6 $2 9. Be3 $1 $16) 9. Bg2 a6 10. Na3 d6 11. O-O h6 12. Nc2 Be6
13. b3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bg5 hxg5 17. Qxd5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rad8
19. Qc4 b5 20. Qe4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rac1 b4 23. e3 Bc3 24. Rd3 $14 {
Rapport,R (2735)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Dortmund 2019}) 8. N5c3 (8. Bxb4 axb5
9. Bd6 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 (10. Nd2 Ne4 11. c5 Nxd6 12. cxd6 Qb4 (12... h5 $5 13. Bg2
Rh6 $13) 13. Bg2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2 $13) 10... b4 11. Nb5 b3+ 12. Nc3 Ne4 13.
Qd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd4 15. Bg2 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra6 (17... Qxa2+ 18.
Rxa2 bxa2 19. Qe3 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Qxe5+ $11 {is a perpetual}) 18. c5 $2 (
18. a4 $1 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 18... Qxa2+ 19. Rxa2 bxa2 20. Qe4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5
22. Qxe5+ Re6 23. Qxg7 Rf8 24. Bf3 Ref6 {0-1, Ernst,S (2606)-Bruzon Batista,L 
(2691) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Na4
({Other moves promise even less:} 12. Be3 Nc4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a3
Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba5 17. Nd2 $6 Bb6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Na4 Ba7 $36 {Aronian,L (2815)
-Nakamura,H (2760) London 2012}) 12... Be7 ({Fully playable is also} 12... Bxd2
13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qxd2 O-O 16. Nc3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 c5 $11 {
Shimanov,A (2625)-Barbosa,E (2446) Katowice 2014}) 13. Nbc3 O-O 14. Nxb6 Qxb6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2633)-Rodshtein,M (2673) Baku 2015
} Rad8 17. e4 Bc5 {/\} 18. Bc3 Ne7 19. Bxe5 Nxd5 20. exd5 f6 21. Bc3 Qd6 $11)
7... d6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. Bg2 (10. e4 O-O $32 {<=>}) (10. Bg5 Bxc4
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (11... gxf6 {is also playable,} 12. Bg2 $44 {gives White
compensation, but hardly an advantage.}) 12. Ne4 Qe6 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14. Nxc4
Qxc4 15. Bg2 Rhd8 16. Qc1 Qxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Rac8 18. e3 f5 19. O-O g6 20. b4 $11 {
½, Mohammed,F (2200)-Gupta,A (2187) email 2019}) 10... Bxc4 11. Bg5 O-O 12.
Rc1 Rc8 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bd5 Nxd5 $5 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe2+
18. Kg2 Nxc1 19. Bg5 Nd3 (19... Bxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Nb3 21. Qxd6 Rfc8 22. Qxe5 Nc5
23. Be3 Rb7 24. a4 Rbc7 $14 {/=,Vitiugov,N (2730)-Leko,P (2691) Linares 2018})
20. Bf6 Nc5 (20... Nf4+ $11) 21. Re1 Rfc8 22. Bxg7 Bb3 23. Qxd6 Rb6 24. Qd2
Kxg7 25. Rxe5 Ne6 $11 {Thompson,B (2384)-Nizky,R (2427) email 2019}) 5... e6 ({
The Maroczy after} 5... g6 6. e4 {is nowadays not too popular at the highest
level. One illustration from the same event is} Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9.
f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. g4 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7
16. Rg1 Rc6 17. Be2 Kh8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bf3 Rc7 21. Ke2 b5 22. e5
Rac8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 g5 25. d6 $16 {Navara,D (2707)-Jakovenko,D (2698)
Jerusalem 2019}) 6. g3 ({After} 6. a3 {Black effectively equalizes with the
manoeuvre} Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 (8. Be2 d5 $11) 8... Qa5 $5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2
d5 {, here the central break is well-founded:} 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13.
Nd4 Qh4 (13... Qe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Qd4
Rb6 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Qa4 Rb7 21. Rad1 Bf6 22. h4 Qf5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5
25. Rxd5 Qxb2 $11 {So,W (2780)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis blitz 2018}
) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Be6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. g3 Qc4 18. Rc1 Qb3 19. Nxd5 cxd5
20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Be5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Rb3 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd2 Rdb8
26. Bxd5 Rxb2 $11 {So,W (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Jerusalem rpd 2019
White's symbolic plus soon evaporated completely.}) (6. e3 {is too soft and
Black comfortably equalizes with simple development} Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. exd4 Rfe8 15. h3
Bb4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bf3 Ba6 19. Rc2 Be7 20. Qd3 Rc7 21. Be2 Bf6
$11 {Guichard,P (2378)-Bilguun,S (2471) Caleta 2019}) 6... Qb6 {Over the
decades this has remained Black's key reaction,} 7. Nb3 ({Later in the finals
Ian had to face the second main alternative} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 {and now:} 8. Bg2 {
is now more popular:} (8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 (9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5
12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Qd2+ 16. Kb3 Qxb2+ 17. Kxc4 Bg7
18. Qa5+ b6 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qb5 Ba6 21. Qxa6 f5 22. Qxa7 Qxc3+ 23. Kb5 {
½, Shankland,S (2661)-Leko,P (2713) Tsaghkadzor 2015} Qc6+ 24. Ka6 Qa4+ 25.
Kb7 Qxe4+ 26. Ka6 $11) 9... a6 {and} {More exciting is} 10. Qa4 (10. h3 axb5
11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Qb3 d5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bb4+ (15... Ra5
$5 $11) 16. Ke2 Ra5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20. Nxc4 Rxa4 $11 {
are well-known roads to full equality.}) 10... Ra7 $5 (10... Rb8 11. Be2 axb5
12. Nxb5 g5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Bf4 $44 Rg8 15. h3 Nh6 16. O-O-O Kf7 17. g4 Rg6 18.
Rhg1 d6 19. Qc2 Kg8 20. h4 Nhf7 21. Nc3 Ra8 22. Kb1 Qb4 23. Ne4 d5 24. cxd5
exd5 25. Nc3 Nc4 26. Ka1 b5 27. h5 Rg7 28. Nxd5 $16 {Khairullin,I (2653)
-Gabrielian,A (2560) Kaliningrad 2015}) 11. h3 (11. Be2 $2 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6
13. Qxc6 dxc6 14. h3 Nd7 15. hxg4 e5 $19 {Meskovs,N (2557)-Giri,A (2783) chess.
com INT 2019}) 11... axb5 12. Qxb5 Qc6 ({The more modest} 12... Qxb5 $5 13.
Nxb5 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Ra5 15. a3 Be7 16. hxg4 Nxc4 $132 {hasn't been tested yet,
but also deserves attention.}) 13. hxg4 (13. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 (13... Qxh1 14. hxg4
{is Topalov-Caruana by transposition}) 14. Qxe5 b5 $5 $132 (14... Qxh1 $143 15.
Qb8)) 13... Nd3+ $1 (13... Qxh1 14. Bxe5 Qc6 (14... h5 $5 15. g5 Ra6 16. O-O-O
Qf3 17. Bd3 Qxf2 18. Bf4 Rc6 19. Qe5 h4 20. Ne4 d6 21. Qd4 e5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23.
Qxe5+ Re6 24. Qc7 Qxe3+ 25. Kb1 Rc6 26. Qe5+ Re6 27. Qb8 Rc6 28. Qe5+ Re6 {
½, Maetzig,R (2082)-Hoeppenstein,M (2017) email 2015}) 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 Be7
17. Qh5 (17. Bxg7 $5) 17... Kf8 18. O-O-O $6 (18. c5 $1 $36) 18... b6 19. Kb1
Ba6 20. Nb5 Rd8 {Topalov,V (2780)-Caruana,F (2794) Moscow 2016} 21. Nd6 $5 Bxd6
22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ $11 {For more details see the notes to this game in
CBM 172 by Mekhitarian.}) 14. Bxd3 Qxh1+ 15. Bf1 Qc6 {and contrary to Topalov
White doesn't have the important Bd4 move. Black has chances to gradually
untangle:} 16. a3 (16. Bd3 Be7 17. Be4 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Ra4 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Bxd6
Rxc4 21. Bf3 Ra4 22. Rc1 Kd8 23. a3 Ra6 $15 {0-1 (63) Gagliardi,V (2148)
-Sardella,A (2208) ICCF email 2016}) 16... b6 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Bd3 Ra5 19.
Qxc6 dxc6 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Bc7 Ra6 22. f4 b5 $15 {Meskovs,N (2467)-Kulaots,K 
(2568) Viljandi 2016}) 8... a6 (8... Nxc4 9. b3 a6 (9... Ne5 10. Be3 $44) 10.
bxc4 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. O-O d5 14. Rb1 O-O 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. Bf4
b6 17. e3 Ra5 18. Be5 Be7 19. Nd4 Qa8 20. cxd5 Bb7 21. e4 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bf6 23.
Nb5 exd5 24. Qd1 Ne5 25. exd5 Rxa2 26. Re1 Nc4 27. Qd3 Na3 28. Nxa3 Rxa3 29.
Qf5 Ra5 30. Be4 {1-0 (30) Kosteniuk,A (2538)-Abdumalik,Z (2389) Baku 2016}) 9.
Qa4 (9. Na4 Qd8 $5 {is the latest try:} (9... Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 Nxc4 11. O-O (11.
b3 Na3 (11... Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O Be7 14. Na4 Qd8 15. Be3 d5 16. Bb6 Qd6
17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bc7 Qa3 19. Nb6 O-O 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc2 $14 {/+/-, Kramnik,V
(2801)-Gelfand,B (2739) Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) (11... Bb4 $5 $13) (11...
Ne5 12. O-O d5 13. e4 $44) 12. O-O Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 e5 15. f4 b5 16. fxe5
bxa4 17. exf6 Bxc3 18. Bxa3 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Qc1 h6 22. Bc5
Qe6 23. e5 Rb8 24. Bd6 Bb7 {½, Greenfeld,A (2535)-Heimann,A (2548) Lingen 2015
} 25. Bxb8 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ $11) 11... d5 12. b3 Nd6 $5 $13 13. Qe1 Qd8 (
13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 $1) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Nxe4 Ndxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb5 18.
Bxb7 Rb8 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Bh1 O-O 21. Nc3 Qe7 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4
Bc5 $11 {Yanez Garcia,J (2319)-Hassim,U (2358) email 2019}) 10. Nd6+ (10. Nbc3
Nxc4 11. b3 Ne5 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Bd6 Be7 14. Ne4 $13) 12... d5 13. Bb6
Qd6 14. Bc5 Qd8 15. Bb6 Qd6 16. Bc5 Qd8 17. Bb6 {½, Wojtaszek,R (2722)
-Gelfand,B (2655) Prague 2019}) 10... Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Nxc4 12. Qc5 d5 13. b3 Bd7
14. bxc4 Bxa4 15. Qa3 $5 $146 (15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. O-O Qd7 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Qd4 f6
$13 {[%cal Ye8f7,Yh8d8]}) 15... Qd7 16. Bb2 b5 $6 (16... dxc4 $142 17. O-O Rc8
18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxa4+ Qc6 $11) 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. O-O Qe7 20.
Qf3 O-O 21. Qg4+ (21. Rac1 $5 $36) 21... Kh8 22. Bxd5 Rad8 23. e4 b4 24. Rac1
Bd7 25. Qf4 Bb5 26. Rc7 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rb1 a5 29. a3 f5 $11 {Dubov,D 
(2700)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2775) Paris rpd 2019}) 9... Rb8 (9... Bc5 {forces
Black to reckon with} {or even} 10. Bf4 $1 (10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 $5 (11. Na3 {
transposes})) 10... Bxf2+ $2 (10... Nfg4 11. h3 $36) 11. Kf1 Nfg4 12. h3 g5 13.
Bxg5 Bxg3 14. c5 $1 $18 Qxc5 15. Ne4 Qg1+ 16. Kxg1 {1-0, Ganguly,S (2638)-Wei,
Y (2737) Changsha 2019}) 10. Na3 $5 ({This is the modern approach.} 10. Be3 Bc5
11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 b6 $1 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Qxc5 bxc5 15. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 16. b3
d5 $1 17. cxd5 c4 $132 {is well-known and has been played already in the past
millennium.}) 10... Bc5 (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qb3 (13. b4 Qc7
14. Rac1 Ng6 15. Be3 b6 16. Qb3 Bb7 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Na4 Ned7 20.
Kh1 Ba8 $132 {Lupulescu,C (2643)-Howell,D (2694) Douglas 2019 This is a fully
acceptable hedgehog for Black.}) 13... Qc7 14. c5 $1 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bb6
Qd7 17. Rfd1 $44 Bd8 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bc5 Ne8 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. f4 Qe7 22. Nxd6
Nd7 23. Bb4 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Nxd6 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Bxd6 Re8 27. Rd1 h6 28. a4 b5
29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxa8 bxc4 31. Qb4 Qb6+ 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Bf3 $16 {Bykov,E 
(2270)-Garcia Rodriguez,I (2002) email 2010}) (10... Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Nxc4 12. Qa4
$44 ({or} 12. Qb3 $5 $44 {is quite dangerous fo Black})) 11. O-O O-O (11...
Neg4 $5 {deserves attention:} 12. e3 O-O 13. Rb1 Be7 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bb2 d6 16.
Rbc1 b6 17. Qd1 Bb7 18. e4 Rbc8 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Ncb1 Qb8 21. Nd2 Rfe8 22. Nc2
Qa8 23. a3 h6 24. f4 Ned7 25. Nd4 Bf8 $13 {Inarkiev,E (2693)-Leko,P (2679)
Germany 2018 Again this is a viable Hegehog set-up.}) 12. Rb1 (12. Nc2 Qc7 13.
Bf4 d6 $132 {[%csl Gc5]}) 12... Qb4 (12... d6 $143 $6 13. b4 Bd4 14. Qb3 Bd7
15. e3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rfc8 17. c5 Qc7 18. Bb2 b6 19. Rfc1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Nd5 21.
Qd4 $16 {(29) Nihal,S (2598)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Brest 2019}) ({Black's novelty
was not a result of preparation and is hardly ideal. He can still go in Leko's
footsteps with} 12... Neg4 $5) {Here Wei Yi, who was playing a tempo until now,
thought for more than 50 minutes and played} 13. Qd1 (13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. Nc2
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc4 16. Na3 $5 $44 {is Giri's recommendation.}) ({Also the
simple} 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nc2 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxc4 16. Nxc5 e5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18.
Rfd1 Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. f3 Rfc8 21. b4 $14 {still forces Black to fight for
equality.}) 13... d6 14. Na4 b5 $1 $132 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bg5 Ba6
18. Nc2 b4 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qb3 Ra8 24.
f4 Qa7 25. e3 Nd7 26. Qd1 Qxa2 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qh5
Kg8 $11 31. Nb5 $2 Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Qxb2 $1 33. Rb1 Qc2 {Wei,Y (2725)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Jerusalem 2019} 34. Ra1 $15) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2
({Morozevich's} 9. c5 {didn't find many followers, after} Qc6 10. f3 b6 11. Bf4
Ng6 12. Bd6 bxc5 13. a3 (13. Kf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. Nc5 Nd5 16. Qd4 Qxd6 17.
Bxc4 Ne5 18. exd5 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 O-O 20. Kg2 Qc7 $1 21. Qd4 d6 22. Ne4 e5 23.
Qd3 f5 $15 {Baigorri Navarro,F (2020)-Ferre Perez,A (2069) email 2016}) 13...
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 {Topalov's recipe} a5 $1 $132 {still remains valid:} (14... Ba6
$6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Nxc5 Qc6 17. Qd4 Nd5 18. exd5 Qxd6 19. dxe6 Qxd4 20. exf7+
Kxf7 21. cxd4 $16 {Bruzon Batista,L (2653)-Swiercz,D (2656) Saint Louis 2018})
15. e5 (15. Qd2 c4 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxc5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bd4
Qc7 $13 {Black has sufficient <=>, as his King can still hide on the queenside.
}) 15... Nd5 (15... Ne4 16. fxe4 $2 (16. Bb5 $1 $13) 16... Qxe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxh1
18. Nxc5 Bb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bg2 Qb3 21. Qd3 Qb2 22. Bxa8 Qxa1+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+
24. Kf3 f6 $19 {0-1 (34) So,W (2765)-Navara,D (2738) Saint Louis 2019}) (15...
Ng4 $5) 16. Bd3 f6 17. Bxg6+ (17. c4 $142 $132) 17... hxg6 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Nd2
c4 20. Qd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rb1 Nd5 23. Ne4 g5 24. Kd2 Rh3 $15 {
Morozevich,A (2758)-Topalov,V (2771) Zug 2013 For details about this line seee
the notes in CBM 154.}) 9... d6 10. Bd2 {White has lately switched to the text
move.} (10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 {seems to promise precious little after} Bxc3+ 12.
bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $5 ({More ambitious, than} 13... O-O 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5
Rd8 16. e5 Na5 $1 $11) 14. c5 (14. f5 b6 15. g4 Ba6 16. g5 Nd7 17. O-O Nd8 18.
Nd2 Nb7 19. Qh5 Na5 20. Rfd1 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. a4 Nc5 23. a5 bxa5 24. g6
f6 25. gxh7+ Bf7 $17 {Grigoryan,K (2584)-Gledura,B (2605) Barcelona 2017})
14... b6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 (17. f5 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+
Nxd8 20. Bg5 Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd6
26. Bxf6 gxf6 $17 {Radjabov,T (2793)-Gelfand,B (2740) London 2013 See the
notes to this game in CBM 154 by Marin.}) 17... Qe7 18. f5 Qa3 ({In mail game
Black was OK also after} 18... Bb7 {or}) (18... h6) 19. Bc1 Qa4 20. Bg5 Ba6 21.
Qe3 Rfd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxa2 25. Qxf6 Qxb3 26. Qg5+ Kh8
27. Qf6+ {½, Svane,R (2542)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2016 White can be glad he
has a perpetual here.}) 10... Bd7 $2 {A careless response, which could have
had fatal consequences. Black has to choose between 2 other moves:} (10... a5 {
and now:} {However, it's more circumspect not to chase the N to c6 immediately
(from where it has access to d4) and play first} 11. O-O-O {After} (11. f4 Nc6
12. Be3 (12. Na4 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 (13. Qxd2 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Rd1 Ke7 $1 $11)
13... Qa7 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19.
gxf4 O-O 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc3 Be6 22. O-O-O Qc5 23. Rh2 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25.
Rxd6 Rad8 26. Rhd2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kb1 b5 $11 {Anand,V (2803)-So,W (2760)
Bilbao 2015 The notes in CBM 169 by M.Pavlovic show it's already White, who
has to read with some care here.}) (12. O-O-O a4 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd4 {is risky
for more than one reason.} {Possibly the best is} e5 $5 (14... a3 $132) (14...
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxd4 (15... Nxe4 $2 16. Nb5 $36) 16. Rxd4 (16. Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5
Bg4 $17) 16... Qc7 17. e5 $5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Rg4 g6 $13 {/=/+}) 15. Nxc6
bxc6 $15 {[%cal Rc8g4]}) 12... Qc7 13. Nd2 (13. Bg2 e5 $1 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3
a4 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Rab1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. f5 f6 20. Rb4 Bd7 21. Bf3 Qc5 22.
Kf2 Kd8 23. Bd1 Kc7 24. Bxa4 Nc6 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc5 dxc5 $44 {Fridman,D 
(2667)-Anand,V (2780) Baden-Baden 2013 For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 153. White has been avoiding this line since 2013.}) 13... Bxc3 14.
bxc3 b6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. g4 Ba6 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Ne7 19. Qf2 O-O 20. Rh3 {
Abbasov,F (2552)-Ninov,N (2515) La Fere 2008} f6 $1 $15) (11. Bg2 a4 12. Nb5 $8
(12. Be3 $2 {Matlakov,M (2699)-Vidit,S (2721) Moscow blitz 2019} Qc6 $1 13. Nd2
a3 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Rc3]}) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bd7 14. f4 Neg4 15. e5 dxe5 16.
fxe5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Ne3 18. exf6 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 Ne3+ $11 {s večným šachom.} (
19... Nxa1 20. fxg7 Rg8 21. Kc1 $14) 20. Kc1 $4 Qc5+) 11... a4 (11... O-O $5 {
transposes to 10...0-0 and seems to be a better choice.}) 12. Na1 O-O 13. Nc2
Bc5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Be3 a3 (15... Qa5 16. a3 $5 $14 {and Black has no concrete
<=> in sight, while White may expand on the >>.} (16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 {
Gelfand,B (2684)-Tregubov,P (2588) Moscow rpd 2019} Ng4 $132)) 16. b3 e5 17. h3
$5 $13 (17. Rxd6 Bg4 18. Qd3 Rad8 $44) {led to a complex position, in the end
White was successful after} 17... Qa5 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Bg2 Nh5 20. fxe5 Nxg3 21.
Rhe1 Nxe5 22. Nd5 Qxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rb8 24. Nc7 Rf8 25. Nb5 b6 26. Nxd6 Nh5 27.
Bxc5 bxc5 28. Nxa3 $14 {Bissmann,S (2396)-Ilyushchenko,Y (2303) email 2012/
converting his extra pawn after a long and tense fight.}) (10... O-O 11. O-O-O
a5 {is more patient, although no less complex after} 12. f4 (12. Bg2 $2 Qxf2 $1
) 12... a4 $5 {leads to huge complications:} (12... Nc6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4
15. Nd2 (15. Nc7 axb3 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17. Kc2 Rxa6 $44) 15... a3 16. b3 e5 17.
Bg2 (17. h3 $6 Qa5 18. Kb1 Re8 19. Bg2 d5 $1 $40 {Scharf,N (2099)-Avotins,M 
(2465) email 2009} {/\} 20. exd5 $2 Bf5+ 21. Kc1 Bc3 $19) (17. f5 $5 $13 {
is critical and unclear.}) 17... Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qa5 20. h4 Rfe8 21.
f5 h5 22. Rhe1 Bc5 23. Re2 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd4 $36 {Martin Rebollo,L (2106)
-Baltasar Perez,A (2022) email 2008}) 13. fxe5 axb3 14. a3 dxe5 15. axb4 Ra1+
16. Nb1 Qa7 17. Qd3 Qa2 18. Bg2 b5 $5 $146 ({Even the older move} 18... Re8 19.
Bc3 Re7 20. Kd2 Rd7 21. Na3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 $44 {[%csl Ra2] might be viable in
connection with} b5 $5 23. c5 Rxd3+ 24. Kxd3 Bb7 25. Bf3 h5 26. Ke3 Ng4+ 27.
Bxg4 {½, Owen,K (2403)-Evans,D (2352) email 2017} {Neither side can make
progress after} hxg4 28. Bxe5 f6 29. Bc3 e5 30. Nxb5 Qa6 31. Nd6 Bc6 32. Kf2
Kf8 33. Ke3 $11) 19. c5 Nd7 20. Bc3 (20. c6 $6 Nc5 $1 21. bxc5 b4 22. Bxb4 Ba6
23. Bf1 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 Qa4 $17) 20... Nxc5 21. bxc5 b4 22. Kd2 Ba6 23. Qf3 Rxb1
24. Bxe5 Rxb2+ 25. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 26. Ke1 f5 27. Bf1 fxe4 28. Qe3 Bd3 29. Bxd3 exd3
30. Rxd3 Qg2 31. Rg1 Qc2 32. Qd2 Qxc5 33. Qe3 Qc2 34. Rd2 {½, Szabo,A (2401)
-Sergeev,V (2425) email 2012} Qc1+ 35. Ke2 b2 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qe7 Qc4+ 38.
Ke3 Qc3+ 39. Rd3 Qc1+ $11) 11. f4 Ng6 (11... Nc6 12. e5 {is similar}) 12. e5 $1
{[%mdl 128] The Nf6 lacks squares on d7 or e8, so Gelfand strikes immediately
and gets a huge attack.} ({Softer is} 12. Bg2 O-O (12... Bc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O $2
(13... O-O $142 $13) 14. Kb1 a6 15. Rc1 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc7 17. c5 Bb5 18. Qf2
$40 {Stohl,I (2604)-Rogulj,B (2433) Austria 2000}) (12... e5 $5 {deserves
attention.}) 13. O-O-O $5 (13. Rc1 Bc6 14. a3 Bxa3 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxa3 Qxb3 17.
Bc3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. O-O dxc4 20. f5 Qb6+ 21. Rf2 Rae8 22. Nxc4 Rxe2 23.
Nxb6 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Ne5 $1 $15 {Elwert,H (2681)-Sanakoev,G (2585) email 1999})
13... Rfc8 14. Kb1 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. h4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. h5
Ne7 19. Rh4 a5 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qa4 22. Nd2 b5 $14 {/<=>,Koestner,W (2292)
-Helmer,J (2163) ICCF email 2018}) 14... a5 15. e5 a4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. exd6 Qb8
18. Nd2 a3 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 axb2 21. Rd3 f5 22. Rb3 Ra4 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24.
Nxd2 Qxd6 $14 {/~~, Duchardt,A (2308)-Jaulneau,C (2535) email 2016 Although
even here White's is somewhat better, the situation is far less clear, than
after the enrgetic text-move.}) 12... dxe5 (12... Bc6 13. exf6 Bxh1 14. fxg7
Rg8 15. O-O-O Rxg7 (15... O-O-O 16. Be3 $16 (16. Bh3 $5 $36)) 16. Be3 Qa6 (
16... Qd8 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. c5 $40) 17. Qc2 O-O-O 18. Be2 Bg2 19. c5 Qc6 20. Nb5
Kb8 21. a3 $18 {[%csl Rb4] Koestner,W (2371)-Guenschmann,M (2043) email 2014})
13. fxe5 Ng8 (13... Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Bc6 15. c5 $1 Bxc5 16. Bb5 $18 {and White
retains an extra piece.}) (13... Bc6 14. c5 Qc7 15. exf6 Bxc3 (15... Bxh1 16.
Qb5+) 16. Bxc3 Bxh1 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. O-O-O e5 19. h4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gg7] and
the powerful Pg7 will cost Black dearly.}) 14. c5 Qc7 15. Ne4 $146 {[%csl Rd6]
[%mdl 8] A very natural novelty, hardly deserving an exclamation mark / the K
heads for the fantastic d6-square.} (15. O-O-O $2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bc6 17. Rg1
N8e7 $13 {Schinke,A (2504)-Malac,M email 2007}) 15... Bxd2+ 16. Nbxd2 Nh6 (
16... Qxe5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bh3 $5 $40 {[%cal Ye1g1] hardly helps, White gets a
powerful attack.}) 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. b4 Bc6 (18... a5 19. Bg2 axb4 20. Nb3 $16 {
[%csl Gd6]}) 19. Bg2 $1 (19. Rg1 $14 {/+/- is also better for White, but the
pawn sacrifice is stronger - it achieves excellent coordination of the
attacking forces.}) 19... Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Nxe5 (20... a5 21. O-O axb4 22. N2e4 {
[%cal Ye4g5]} Nxe5 23. Qb2 $16 {/\} Nc6 24. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 25. Ng5 $40) 21. O-O
Nf5 ({Activating the Nh6 is natural, but more resilient was} 21... f6 $5 $16 {
[%cal Yh6f7] /\Nhf7}) 22. N2e4 (22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Rxf5 $16 {is good for White,
but retaining the monster on d6 is even more dangerous.}) 22... a5 {Black's R
are passive and it's no wonder Ian wnats to get some counterplay at almost any
cost.} (22... Nxd6 23. Nxd6 f6 24. Rae1 Kg8 25. Rxe5 $5 fxe5 26. Rf7 {and
Black's position is beyond saving:} Qxd6 (26... Qc6 27. Qf2 Qd5 28. Rxb7 Qd4
29. Qxd4 exd4 30. Nf7 $18) (26... Qxf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Qxb7+ $18) 27. Rxg7+
Kxg7 28. Qxb7+ Kg6 29. cxd6 $18) (22... f6 23. Ng5 $5 (23. Rae1 $16) 23... Qd7
(23... fxg5 24. Rae1 $18) 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxf5 $16 {/+- is no better -
White will at the least win the Pb7 with a continuing attack.}) 23. Nxf5 {
Somewhat hesitant.} ({More consistent was} 23. Qb2 $1 f6 (23... Ng4 {gives
White a pleasant choice between} 24. Nxf5 $16 ({and} 24. Ng5 $5 $40)) 24. Ng5
Qe7 25. Rae1 h6 26. Ngf7 $1 Nxf7 27. Nxf5 Qd7 28. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Qxf6+ Kg8
30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rxf7+ (31. Re4 $5 e5 32. Rxe5 Ra6 33. Qe4 Rg8 34. Rd5 $18 {
should also win}) 31... Qxf7 32. Rf1 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 axb4 34. Qf6+ $18 {and
White will take a couple of pawns - with his active Q he should be winning.})
23... exf5 24. Nd6 {Now Black will at least fortify f5.} ({Promising was} 24.
Rxf5 $5 axb4 25. Raf1 g6 26. Rf6 Kg7 27. Qb2 Rhf8 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Rd5 $16 ({or
} 29. Nf6 $5 $40 {with a strong attack.})) 24... g6 25. Qd5 f6 26. b5 Rb8 27.
b6 $6 {Gelfand was running short of time and his task was alteady far from
easy. Maybe this is the moment, when White squandered a win:} (27. Rae1 $142 $1
{Gelfand was maybe worried about} b6 {, but here White has} ({Only after} 27...
h5 28. Rxe5 fxe5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5+ Kg7 {White flicks in} 31. b6 $1 {and}
Qe7 (31... Rbd8 32. Rg5+ Kf6 33. Rg6+ $1 Kxg6 34. Qe4+ $18) 32. Rxe5 Qf6 33.
Rg5+ Kh6 34. Rf5 Qg6 35. Qf3 $1 Kg7 36. Qc3+ Kh7 37. Qe5 $18 {wins the Black Q.
In the arising _|_ White's active Q should prevail against the clumsy rooks
and exposed king.}) 28. Rxe5 $1 (28. c6 $2 Rd8 29. Rxe5 Rxd6 30. Rd1 $1 $11)
28... fxe5 29. c6 $1 (29. cxb6 $16) 29... Rd8 (29... Rg8 30. Qxe5 Qe7 31. Qd4 {
[%cal Rc6c7]} Rg7 32. Rc1 $18) 30. Qxe5 Qg7 (30... Kg8 31. Rxf5 $1 Qxd6 32. c7
$18) 31. c7 Rc8 32. Qe3 $1 Qxc7 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. Rxf5+ Qf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.
Qxb6 $18 {and White's Q again dominates.}) 27... Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 256] Excellent
defence by Nepo.} (27... Qe7 $143 $6 28. Rae1 Kg7 (28... h5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30.
Nxf5 {- see 27.Rae1! above}) 29. g4 $1 fxg4 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32.
Rf7+ Kh6 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Nxb7 Rc8 35. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Gc5][%cal Yf2e3,
Yb7d6] /\Ke3,Nd6 and the passed pawns decide.}) 28. Rae1 h5 $1 {[%cal Yh8h7,
Yh7e7] A necessary luft.} (28... Kg7 $2 {fails to} 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8
(30... Kh6 31. Rf4 $18) 31. Nxf5 $18) 29. Rxe5 {White must act, otherwise
Black can consolidate with Rh7-e7.} fxe5 30. Qxe5 Kg8 31. Ne4 $138 {Again a
difficult choice for White.} (31. Qf6 Kh7 (31... Qg7 $2 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Nxf5
gxf5 34. Rxf5) 32. c6 bxc6 (32... Qxc6 $2 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Nf7+) 33. Re1 Rhe8
34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Kf2 Qe4 37. Qf7+ Kh6 38. Qb3 f4 {and Stockfish
already claims Black has enough counterplay, e.g.,} 39. b7 Qd4+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+
41. Kd2 Qd4+ 42. Kc2 a4 $1 $11) (31. Nxf5 Re8 32. Qf6 Kh7 $11 {is unconvincing,
but perhaps}) (31. Re1 $1 {still retains some winning chances.}) 31... Rf8 32.
Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Qxf6 Kh7 34. Re1 (34. c6 bxc6 (34... Qxc6 $2 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36.
Kf2 $18 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Yf2c5] and the R_|_ is hopeless.}) 35. Re1 (35. Rb1
Re8 {and White has no follow-up}) 35... Re8 $11 {- 31.Qf6}) 34... Re8 35. Rxe8
({Black already holds after} 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Qc3 (36. Kf2 Qe4 $132) 36... Qe2
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 c5 $5 4. Bg2 (4. d5 b5 $5 5. c4 (5. a4 b4 $13) 5...
a6 6. Bg2 e6 7. Nc3 b4 8. Nb1 exd5 9. Nh4 Bb7 10. O-O g6 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. b3
Bg7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 a5 15. a4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Re1 Nfd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15
{/\c4,o^b4,Gruenfeld,Y-Pasman,M/Beer Sheva/1982/}) (4. dxc5 Qa5+ (4... dxc5 $6
5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Bg2 $36) 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3
O-O $10) 4... cxd4 (4... e6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. b3 Nc6 9. Nc3
Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne4 e5 13. Qd3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Bc6 15. Bxe4
Kxe7 16. Rfd1 g6 17. Qe3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 h5 19. Rd5 Rhd8 20. Rad1 b6 21. f4 $40 {
Schlosser,P-Heinemann,T/BL 9293/1992/}) 5. Nxd4 Qc7 (5... e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4
a6 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qd2 Bf8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14.
Ba3 Rd8 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Ng5 Be7 17. Nce4 Ne8 18. h4 h6 19. Nf3 b6 20. Qe3 Bb7
21. Bb2 Rab8 22. a3 $14 {Romanishin,O-Yap,A/Moscow/1986/}) 6. O-O a6 7. e4 (7.
b3 e5 $5 8. Nf3 d5 9. Bg5 Be6 $13 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]}) 7... e6 8. b3 $5 (8.
Nc3 Be7 {-B80}) 8... Be7 9. c4 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 {/\} O-O 11. g4 $5 $36)
10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Nxc6 (12. Rc1 {[%cal Rc3d5] /\Nd5!} Nxd4 13. Qxd4
Rac8 14. Rfd1 $14 {()}) 12... Bxc6 13. Qe2 (13. Rc1 $142 $5 $14) 13... Rac8 14.
Rfe1 (14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Ba3 $5 $13 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd1d2,Yc1d1,
Gd2d6] /\Rd2,Rcd1,><d6}) 14... Rfe8 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. a4 $6 {[%csl Rc5] ><c5}
Nd7 17. b4 (17. a5 $2 b6 18. axb6 Qxb6 $17 {[%csl Rb3] ><b3}) 17... b6 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb4,Rc4] A typical hedgehog position. White has already exposed
himself on the Queen-side and the c4-pawn is weaker, than d6.} 18. f4 $6 (18.
Rc2 Bb7 19. Rec1 $10) 18... Bb7 19. Nd1 Bf6 20. Bxf6 (20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Be7
$17 {[%csl Rb4,Re5,Rg1] ><b4,e5,Kg1}) 20... Nxf6 $36 21. Nf2 (21. e5 Bxg2 22.
Qxg2 (22. exf6 Ba8 23. Qg4 g6 $40 {[%cal Ga8h1] /^a8-h1}) 22... dxe5 $17) 21...
Nd7 (21... a5 $6 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rb1 Qa8 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. e5 $14) 22. Red1
Red8 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Qe3 (24. Qd4 Qc7 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yf8e6,Ye6d4] /\e5,Ne6-d4|^})
24... Qc7 25. h4 $6 {׻} (25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Rd2 $15) 25... a5 $1 26. b5 (26. bxa5
bxa5 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4] ><a4,c4}) 26... Nd7 27. Nd3 Nc5 $1 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. e5 (
29. Kf2 e5 $17 {[%cal Rd8d4] /\Rd4}) 29... Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7d1]
<->d} 31. Rxd7 (31. Qe4 $142 Qd8 $1 $17 (31... Rcd8 32. Qc6 $5 Rd2+ 33. Kh3
$132)) 31... Qxd7 32. Rc2 Rd8 33. Qf3 (33. Kf2 Qd1 $40) 33... Qd3 $1 34. Qxd3
Rxd3 {The R-endgame is practically hopeless for White, as his R is passive and
the white P are weak. Black proceeds to open up the K-side.} 35. h5 Kf8 36. Kf2
Ke7 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4,Rg3] ק} 37. g4 f6 $1 38. exf6+ (38. Ke2 Rd4 $1 (38... Rg3
39. Rd2 fxe5 40. fxe5 Rxg4 41. Rd6 Rxc4 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Rb7+ $132) 39. Rd2
fxe5 40. fxe5 Re4+ $19) 38... Kxf6 39. Rc1 Rd4 40. Ke3 h6 41. Rc2 (41. g5+ hxg5
42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Rg1+ Kf6 44. Rf1+ Ke5 45. Rg1 Rxc4 46. Rxg7 Rxa4 $19) 41...
e5 $19 42. Rf2 (42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rg3 $19) 42... Rxc4 43. g5+
hxg5 44. fxe5+ Ke6 $5 (44... Kxe5 45. Rf7 Rxa4 46. Rxg7 Ra3+ $19) 45. Rf8 Rxa4
46. Rb8 Kxe5 47. Rxb6 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Rb3 49. Rb7 (49. Rg6 Kf4 50. Rxg7 Rxb5 51.
h6 Rb2+ $19 {[%cal Rb2h2] /\Rh2}) 49... Kf6 50. b6 a4 51. Kc2 c4 52. Rb8 a3 (
52... a3 53. Ra8 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4
Nbd7 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Rc8 $5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rac1 (12. a4 $5 Ne5 $1
13. b3 O-O 14. a5 bxa5 {Pd5}) 12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. b3 (15.
Na4 $5) 15... Qc7 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Na4 Ba8 18. b4 Nfd7 19. Bg1 h6 20. a3 Rc7 $10
{Stohl-Yudasin, Novi Sad ol (8) 1990}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 (5...
Qb6 $5 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 (7. e4 $5 Bb4 8. Bd3) 7... d5 (7... Ne5 {46/53}) 8. Be3
Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 a5 $5 (11... Be7 12. Bg2 Be6 13. O-O O-O
14. Nc5 $14) (11... Bd6 12. Bg2 Be5 13. O-O $1 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bf6 (14... Be5 $5)
15. Rd2 O-O 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. Bf4 (17. Nc5 $5) 17... Qb6 18. Nc5 $16 {
Razuvaev-Horvath,Jo., Stary Smokovec 1990}) 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nd4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {Stohl-Polgar,J, Amsterdam II 1990} Be6 $14) 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. e4 (8. Bg5 {49/(50)}) 8... b6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Ba6 $5 11.
Be3 Rc8 12. f4 d6 13. Kh1 Nb8 $1 14. Nd2 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 d4 $1 $10 {
Stohl-Horvath,Jo., Stary Smokovec 1990}) 11. Be3 d6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Bf3 (13. Bd3
Nd7 $5) 13... Nb8 {N} (13... Qc7 {49/50}) 14. Nd2 Nbd7 (14... Ba6 $6 15. b3)
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rac1 (16. g4 h6 {(P h7,g5)} 17. h4 Nh7 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 e5
$132 {<->g5}) (16. Rae1 $5) 16... Qb8 $6 (16... a6 $13) 17. g4 Ne8 (17... h6 $2
18. h4 Nh7 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 e5 21. Bg4 $40 {Pg6}) 18. g5 Nc7 19. Qg2 {
Pf5-f6} Rfe8 20. h4 (20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 Bf8 $13) (20. Rce1 $1) 20... Bf8 (20...
d5 $5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. e5 (22. exd5 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Rxe3 24. d6 Ne6 $1 $36)
22... Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 $132) 21. h5 g6 $1 (21... d5 22. g6 $1 fxg6 (22... dxc4
23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. h6 g6 25. f5 $16 {~/=}) 23. hxg6 h6 24. cxd5 exd5 25. e5 $16
{~/=}) 22. Rce1 Ba8 (22... Bg7 23. f5 {(P f6~/=/^h)} exf5 24. exf5 Rxe3 25.
Rxe3 Bd4 26. Bxb7 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Re8 28. Bc6 $16) (22... d5 $5 $8) 23. Qh3 $1
$36 b5 24. Re2 Re7 (24... bxc4 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rh2 Re7 27. Nxc4 Nb5 28. Bg4
$1 $16) 25. f5 exf5 (25... Ne5 26. f6 Rd7 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Nxb5 $1 Nxb5 29.
Qxe6+ Kh8 30. cxb5 $16) 26. exf5 gxf5 (26... Bxf3 27. Nxf3 gxf5 (27... Rce8 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rh2 $18) 28. Nd4 {P c6, f5}) 27. Bxa8 Qxa8 28. Qxf5
Bg7 29. Nde4 $6 $138 (29. Nce4 {P f6~/=}) 29... Bxc3 $1 30. Nxc3 (30. Nf6+ $5
Nxf6 31. gxf6 Rxe3 $8 (31... Re5 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. bxc3 $18) 32. Rxe3 Be5 33.
Qg5+ Kf8 $13) 30... Rf8 $1 (30... Rce8 31. Bd4 $1) 31. Bd4 (31. cxb5 $5 $16)
31... Rxe2 32. Nxe2 Ne6 $2 $138 (32... Qe8 $132) 33. g6 $18 Nxd4 (33... hxg6
34. hxg6 Qe8 35. Qh5 $18) 34. gxf7+ Kh8 35. Nxd4 Qd8 36. Ne6 Qh4 (36... Qb6+
37. Kh1 (37. Qf2 $4 Rxf7) 37... Qc6+ 38. Qd5) 37. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 {The main idea of Black's last move is to exert
pressure on c4. Sooner or later, White should play Nd2, where he might be
placed worse than on b3 and then Black will play ...Bb7.} ({Those, who doesn't
believe in it, could play another popular line} 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 (11. f4 d6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Kh1 Ne7 18.
Nd2 Ba6 19. b4 Ng6 20. g3 Rc7 21. a4 Rec8 22. Na2 $6 (22. b5 Bb7 23. Ra1 Nd7
24. a5 $14) 22... d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. b5 Bb7 25. cxd5 {1/2 Jakovenko, D (2718)
-Bocharov,D (2595) Olginka 2011}) 11... d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2 Nfd7
{An aggressive plan, which is connected with ...Kh8 and ...g5.} ({A usual way
is} 14... Ned7 15. Bf1 a6 16. Be3 Re8 {etc}) 15. b4 Kh8 16. Bg3 g5 17. Nb3 a6
18. Bf1 (18. Qd4 $5 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. e5 Bg7 22. Red1 Qc8 $1
$13) 18... Rg8 19. Na4 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Nb3 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Nb3 {
1/2 Van Wely,L (2692)-Gashimov,V (2761) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 11. Bf4 (11. f4 {
This move seems to me more dangerous for Black than Bf4.} d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13.
Rc1 Re8 14. Rf2 (14. Bf2 Bb7 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. b4 Ne7 (16... e5 $5 17. Be3 (17.
f5 Nd4 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Kh1 h6 $13) 17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Nd5 Be7 $11) 17.
Bf3 Ng6 18. g3 h6 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. Nf1 Bc6 22. Ne3 a6 $13 {
Khairullin,I (2631)-Jakovenko,D (2736) Tyumen 2012 1/2 (57)}) 14... Nb8 15. Qf1
Nbd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bf3 e5 18. g3 $5 (18. f5 a6 19. Qe2 h6 $13) 18... a6 19.
b4 exf4 (19... h5 $6 20. h3 h4 21. Rg2 hxg3 22. f5 Nh7 23. Rxg3 Kh8 24. Qg2 $40
) 20. gxf4 Bf8 21. Bd4 b5 $2 (21... g6 22. Rd1 Qc7 $132) 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Re1
Bc6 24. Nxb5 Ra8 25. Bb2 Qb6 26. Nd4 $16 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2616)
-Moiseenko,A (2677) Moscow 2010 1-0 (46)}) 11... d6 12. Nd2 {A rare line.
Usually White waits untill the opponent plays ...Ne5 and only then does he
play Nd2. The main line is Re1.} (12. Re1 Ne5 (12... Rc8 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Nd2
Bb7 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Ned7 $2 (16... a6 17. b4) 17. c5 $3 Qb8 (17... bxc5 18.
Nc4 Ne8 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Ncxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxd6 $18) 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6
20. Nc4 Qb8 21. Qd6 Ba6 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. e5 Ng4 24. f4 Nc5 25. h3 Nh6 26. g4
$16 {1-0 (49) Bacrot,E (2695)-Avrukh, B (2645) Kemer 2007}) 13. Nd2 Rc8 (13...
Qd7 14. b3 Rad8 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Ra2 Bb7 18. Qa1 Rfd8 19. Bd1 a6 20.
a4 a5 (20... Qc7 $1 21. Be2 {preparing a piece sacrifice} (21. a5 $2 b5 $17)
21... Nd7 22. a5 $5 b5 23. cxb5 $8 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. bxa6 Ba8 26. b4 d5
27. b5 $44) 21. Nb5 Rc5 22. Qb1 Qc8 23. Rc2 Bf8 24. Rc3 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 $1 $11
{Sasikiran,K (2664)-Bacrot,E (2700) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 0-1 (57)}) 14. b3 Ng6
15. Bg3 Bb7 16. b4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bf1 Bh4 19. f4 f6 20. cxd5 $2 ({White
could get an advantage after} 20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. Nb5 fxe5 (21... dxc4 22. Nd6
Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxc4 $16) 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nc4
$1) 20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Rxc3 22. Ne4 Rc7 23. dxe6 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nb8 $13 {
Olafsson,H (2595)-Anand,V (2610) Novi Sad 1990 0-1 (35)}) 12... Rc8 13. Re1 Nd7
(13... Ne5 {leads to the game Olafsson,H-Anand,V.}) 14. b4 Bb7 (14... Bf6 15.
Rc1 Bxc3 $6 16. Rxc3 Qf6 17. Rf3 Nd4 {It seems that Black wins an exchange but
after} 18. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 {due to the threat e5 with the subsequent b5 he
has no time to save the exchange} Qc3 (19... Rfd8 20. e5 Qh6 21. b5 Bxb5 22.
cxb5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. h3 $16) 20. Nb1 Qxc4 $2 (20... Qb2
21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. b5 Bb7 {with some compensation for the pawn}) 21. Bxf8 Nxf8
22. Be2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxe2 24. Qd2 $16 {Krasenkow,M (2595) -Ciemniak,R (2415)
Lubniewice 1993 1-0 (45)}) 15. Rc1 {A hedgehog pawn formation is on the board.
Here we can see that both sides have placed their knights on atypical
positions. The black knight, which is placed on c6, usually should be placed
on f6 or on e8. The white knight usually is on d4 or b3 but not on d2. Within
several moves Black fixes this drawback.} a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qe2 {White could
put his queen on f2. It's not easy for White to find the best setup against a
hedgehog defence.} Nce5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Na4 Ned7 {Black dislocate his knights
on the typical squares.} 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. f3 Bc6 22. Nc3 Qb8 23. Kh1 (23. Qf2
Bd8 24. Kh1 $13) 23... Bd8 24. a4 Bc7 (24... Ne5 25. b5 Bb7 $6 26. c5 $1 dxc5
27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. bxa6 Bc6 29. Nc4 Qh5 (29... Qb8 30. Rb1 $5 (30. e5 Nd5 31.
Nd6 Bh4 32. g3 Be7 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 $14 {Black has some compensation for the
exchange}) 30... Nd7 31. e5 Bc7 32. Nb5 $16) 30. e5 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Nd6
$16 {winning an exchange.}) 25. g3 Qa8 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Bg2 h6 28. Rec1 Qb8 29.
Re1 Qa8 {Neither player sees how to strengthen his position.} 30. Rec1 Qb8 31.
f4 {Hikaru doesn't agree to a draw by repetition.} (31. Re1 Qa8 $11) 31... e5 {
A typical and very logical move. However I suppose that Caruana's last move is
a premature one. He should have prepared it better.} ({For example} 31... Qa8
32. Kg1 (32. g4 $2 e5 $1 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Nd5 Bd8 35. h3 a5 36. b5 Nfd7 $17) {
now is the time to play} 32... e5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Be3 Bd6 35. Rab1 a5 36. b5
Ba3 37. Rf1 Bb4 $11 {So everything in the hedgehog defence is based on tactics.
}) 32. fxe5 Nxe5 $6 {I believe that Fabiano should have played 32...dxe5.
Let's see some lines.} (32... dxe5 33. Be3 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Bh3 Bd8 36. Nd5
Bc6 37. Rcb1 Qa8 38. Kg1 $14) 33. Nd5 {An inaccuracy.} (33. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 34. Nd5
{Black can't play ...Bd8 so it is not easy to find the right squares for his
pieces.} Nh7 (34... Nxd5 $6 35. cxd5 $16) 35. Rf1 Ng5 36. Bf5 Ne6 37. Be3 $16)
33... Nxd5 {It is not easy to recommend something good for Black, but probably
he shouldn't have traded the knights on d5.} (33... Bd8 $5 34. Nxb6 Bxb6 35.
Bxb6 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxb6 38. b5 a5 39. Qf5 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41.
Bd5 Ne5 42. Rf1 $44 {The activity of White's pieces is more important than the
sacrificed pawn.}) 34. cxd5 Bd8 35. Nf3 $6 {A strange move.} (35. b5 $1 a5 {
He would have a choice between the solid 36.Nc4 and the aggressive 36.Rc6!} 36.
Nc4 (36. Rc6 $1 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Bc7 38. Rf1 Re7 39. Nb1 $1 $16 {Black is short
of a move. Probably his position is lost.}) 36... Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc4
Qc7 39. Qd3 Bc8 40. Qa3 Bd7 41. Rc1 Qb8 42. Qc3 $16) 35... Nd7 $1 {Now b5 will
be met with ...Nc5.} 36. Qd3 Bf6 37. Bh3 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 $6 (38. Nxd4 {White
still wants to play b5 and Nc6.} Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Nf6 40. Bg2 Ng4 41. Qd2 Qd8 42.
h3 Ne5 43. Nc6 Qa8 $1 (43... Qd7 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 $14) 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5
Nd7 46. Qf4 Qa3 $11) 38... Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Qd8 40. Kg1 Re7 $11 {The position is
about equal. Probably complicated lines, which he had to calculate during
first 40 moves, made Hikaru so tired that he soon got a hopeless position. It
has happened to many players who have fought against the Hedgehog Defence.} 41.
Rc3 a5 $1 42. b5 $6 (42. Bxd7 $6 axb4 43. Qxb4 Qxd7 44. Kf2 Qe8 $15) (42. bxa5
bxa5 43. Bf5 $1 {an artificial but strong move} Qe8 (43... g6 $6 44. Bxd7 Qxd7
45. Nd2 $14 {Due to g6 Black has some problem with the king.}) 44. Rc4 Nc5 45.
e5 Nd7 46. exd6 Re1+ 47. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 42... Nc5
43. Re3 Bc8 {Now Black is the side who is playing to win.} 44. Bg2 Bg4 $15 45.
Ne1 Bh5 (45... Qc8 $1 {preventing Nd3} 46. Bf1 (46. Nd3 $2 Nxd3 47. Qxd3 Rc7
$17) 46... Bh3 47. Bxh3 Qxh3 48. Nd3 Nxd3 49. Rxd3 Qg4 50. Re3 Rc7 $15 {
White's position is very unpleasant.}) 46. Nc2 $2 {He missed his chance to
save the game.} (46. Nd3 $1 Nxd3 (46... Rc7 $2 47. Nf4 Bg6 48. e5 $14) (46...
Qc7 47. Nxc5 dxc5 48. Qc3 $11) 47. Rxd3 Rc7 48. h3 $1 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Qc7 50. e5
$1 dxe5 51. d6 $1 exd4 52. dxc7 Rxc7 53. Rxd4 Rc2 54. Kg1 $44 {Due to the
weakness of the black pawn on b6, White should be able to make a draw. For
example} Ra2 55. Rd6 Rxa4 56. Rxb6 Rb4 57. g4 Bg6 58. Rb8+ Kh7 59. b6 Be4 60.
Bxe4+ Rxe4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Ra8 Rxb7 63. Rxa5 $11) 46... Bg6 47. Qc4 Re8 48. Nd4
Qf6 $17 49. Nb3 $6 Nxb3 50. Rxb3 (50. Qxb3 Qd4 $19) 50... Qa1+ 51. Kf2 f5 $1
$19 52. Re3 fxe4 53. Bxe4 Qe5 54. Kf3 Bxe4+ $2 ({The simple move} 54... Bh5+ $1
{leads to victory.} 55. g4 (55. Kf2 Qf6+ 56. Kg2 Rf8) (55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Kg1 Qd2
) 55... Qxh2 56. gxh5 Rf8+ $19) 55. Rxe4 Qf5+ {Now the most likely outcome of
the game is a draw. Nevertheless, the exposed king creates some problems for
Nakamura.} 56. Ke3 Rc8 57. Qd3 Rf8 58. Kd2 $2 (58. Rf4) 58... Qg5+ $1 59. Kc2
Rf2+ 60. Kb3 Qf6 $2 (60... Rxh2 61. Re8+ Kf7 62. Re3 (62. Rb8 Qe5 63. Rb7+ Ke8
64. Qg6+ Kd8 $19) 62... Qh5 63. Rf3+ Kg8 64. Qe4 Rg2 $17) (60... Qc1 $1 {
The winning continuation.} 61. Re8+ Kf7 62. Re2 Rxe2 63. Qxe2 Qb1+ 64. Kc3 Qb4+
65. Kd3 Qa3+ 66. Ke4 Qxa4+ 67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Ke4 a4 $19) 61. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 (6. g3 Qb6 {is the
main line.}) 6... Be7 {Black can choose between different types of of
positions. He can play the Hedgehog (6...Bc5 or 6...Be7) or the Tarrasch
Defence (6...d5) or the Sicilian Defence (6...Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 or 6...a6).} (6...
Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1
Ne5 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. b4 Kh8 16. Bg3 g5 $5 17. Nb3 a6 18. Bf1 Rg8 19. Na4 Bc6 (
19... Rg6 $2 20. c5 $16 bxc5 21. bxc5 dxc5 $2 22. Naxc5 $18) 20. Nd4 Bb7 21.
Nb3 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Nb3 {1/2 (23) Van Wely,L (2692) -Gashimov,V (2761)
Wijk aan Zee 2012}) (6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 {The position which has arisen
is similar to the Tarrasch Defence. However White has made the rather
unnecessary move a3.} (8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bh4
Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. Qd3 Re8 15. O-O Bf5 $1 16. Qd2 (16. Qxf5 $2 Nxd4 $17) 16...
Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bb5 Qxd4 $1 (18... Re6 19. Rfd1 Qc2 20. Rac1 Qxd2 21.
Rxd2 a6 22. Bf1 Rd8 23. f3 $14) 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxe8 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Rxe8 22.
Rad1 d4 23. Rd2 d3 24. Rfd1 Nd4 25. h3 Nb3 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2705)-Nisipeanu,
L (2668) Vitoria Gasteiz 2007 1/2 (40)}) 8... Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11.
O-O Re8 12. Qa4 Bg4 (12... Bd7 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bb6 $132) 13. Bg5 Bxe2 14.
Nxe2 Rxe2 15. Rac1 Bb6 16. Qxc6 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 gxf6 19. Bxd5 Rd8
20. Bc4 Rxb2 21. Rxf6 $14 {Ponomariov,R (2718) -Mamedyarov,S (2742) Moscow
2008 1/2 (87)}) (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6
Ne8 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18.
O-O Nd7 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. f4 a6 22. Qh3 Bf8 23. b4 g6 24. Ne2 Bg7 $11
{Jakovenko,D (2708)-Moiseenko,A (2630) Dresden 2007 1-0 (39)}) (6... a6 7. e4
Qc7 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bd6 10. Qd3 Be5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Qg3 $6 (12. Be2 O-O
13. O-O Qc7 14. Rad1 b6 15. f4 $16) 12... Qxg3 13. hxg3 d6 $11 14. f3 Ke7 15.
g4 g5 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Kf2 h5 18. gxh5 Rxh5 {1/2 Tratar,M (2494)-Lenic,L (2565)
Otocec 2009}) 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {To compare with a
typical hedgehog position Black's knight is placed on c6, whereas it should be
on d7. On the other hand White hasn't yet finished the development of his
pieces and his knight on f3 is misplaced.} 11. Bg5 (11. g3 Rfd8 (11... Ne5 12.
Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qc5 14. Qd3 d6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 $11) 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rc1
Rac8 14. Re1 (14. Nd5 $6 Qb8 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bg5 Qa8 $15) 14... Qb8 15. Bf1
Ne5 16. Nd2 Qa8 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Nfd7 19. b4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Rd7 21. Na4 Rdc7 22.
Nb2 Nfd7 23. Nb3 Bf6 (23... a5 $5 24. Bg2 Ba6 $15) 24. Nd4 a6 $11 {Lenic,L 
(2602)-Ponkratov,P (2604) Martuni 2010 1-0 (105)}) 11... Rad8 12. Rc1 (12. Re1
h6 13. Bh4 d6 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Nd4 (15. Nxe5 $6 dxe5 16. Qc2 g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 $15)
15... Qb8 16. Bg3 Qa8 17. Qe2 (17. Qc2 $6 Nh5 $1 $15) 17... Rc8 18. b3 a6 19.
Rac1 Rfe8 20. h3 Ned7 21. b4 $2 (21. Rc2 Nc5 22. f3 Qb8 $11) 21... Ne5 22. Bxe5
dxe5 $15 {Kovalyov,A (2593)-Akopian,V (2703) St Petersburg 2012 0-1 (51)})
12... Qb8 13. Re1 Ne5 $5 (13... h6 14. Bh4 d6 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 $6 Nxd4 17.
Qxd4 g5 $1 {An ambitious approach. To get an equal or even superior game Black
needs to trade off White's dark-squared bishop.} 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Be2 Bf6 20.
Qd3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Bc6 22. b4 Be5 $11 {Vallejo Pons, F (2686) -Anand,V (2786)
Monte Carlo 2005 0-1 (60)}) 14. Bh4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Qa8 16. Bd3 $2 {A mistake, now
Black has a superior position.} (16. Nd2 {I think that this was the only
reasonable move.} Nxe4 $5 (16... d6 17. Bf1 a6 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Qb8 {
Black has nothing to complain about.}) 17. Ndxe4 f5 $5 (17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4
Qxe4 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bf3 (20. Qxd7 $4 Qb7) 20... Qf5 21. Qxd7 Bf6 22. Bb7 Rce8
23. Be4 Qa5 $132) 18. Nd6 f4 19. Nxb7 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qxb7 21. Bf3 Qb8 $13) 16...
Nh5 $15 17. Bb1 (17. e5 Nxg3 (17... Bxf3 $5 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 f5 20. exf6
Rxf6) 18. hxg3 d6 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Qe2 Rfd8 $15) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qb8 (
18... d6 $5 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Red1 Rfd8 {Black needs to put his knight on f6 and
prepare a breakthrough in the centre with ...b5 or ...d5.}) 19. Qe2 (19. e5 d6
20. exd6 Rxd6 21. Qe2 Rfd8 $15) 19... d6 20. Red1 Rc8 21. Nh2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 a6 (
{Black could have played} 22... Ne5 $5 23. Ba2 Ba6 $1 {The point. It seems to
me that Black has a small advantage in all lines. Also, it should be said that
White doesn't have any real chance to win the game.} 24. b3 (24. Nb5 Bxb5 25.
cxb5 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Rc8 27. Qd2 Qc7 $15) 24... b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Rxc2
27. Qxc2 Qxb5 28. b4 a5 $15) 23. Ba2 Qc7 (23... Ne5 $5 24. f4 Nd7 25. g4 h6 $15
) 24. f4 Bf6 {It's too sophisticated for me} (24... Nf8 25. Rcd2 Red8 26. Nf3
Nd7) 25. Ng4 Qc5+ 26. Kf1 Bxc3 $2 {Giving up his strong bishop Black allows
his opponent to equalise the game.} (26... Be7 27. b4 Qc7 28. Kg1 Nf8 $15 {
The knight should be placed on f6.}) 27. Rxc3 a5 $11 28. Nf2 h5 $2 {This only
weakens his position. White keeps the centre under control, so the idea of
h5-h4 is a mirage.} (28... Ba6 {provokes 29.e5 which is not dangerous for
Black:} 29. e5 $6 (29. Qd2 Red8 30. Kg1 a4 31. Rd3 Bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxd6
Rxd6 34. Qxd6 b5 $11) 29... dxe5 30. Ne4 Qc7 31. fxe5 (31. Nd6 exf4 32. Nxe8
Rxe8 33. gxf4 Nxf4 34. Qe3 e5 $15) 31... Rcd8 32. Nd6 Rf8 33. Qe3 f6) (28...
Red8 {another normal move} 29. Kg1 h6 30. Rcd3 Ne7 31. Qe1 Nc6 32. R3d2 Ne7 33.
Rd3 Nc6 $11) 29. Qd2 Red8 30. Rd3 $16 d5 {This seems to be a forced pawn
sacrifice.} (30... e5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Qc7 33. f5 Ne7 34. Qg5 $16) (30...
h4 31. gxh4 Nxh4 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 $18) 31. Kg1 (31. cxd5 $1 exd5 (31...
Ba6 32. dxe6 Qc2 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Be6 $16) 32. Bxd5 Ba6 33. Bb7 $1 Bxd3+ 34.
Nxd3 Qc2 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Qe2 $16) 31... Ne7 32. cxd5 exd5 33. exd5 Qc2 $6 (
33... Nf5 34. Rc3 Qb5 $1 (34... Qe7 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Re1 Qc5 37. Kh2 $16) 35.
Rxc8 (35. g4 $6 hxg4 36. Nxg4 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qe2 38. Nf2 Rc8 $44) 35... Rxc8 36.
Bb1 Nd6 37. Ne4 Rd8 38. Nxd6 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 Qxd6 {Black retains chances to draw
the game.}) 34. Qe3 $1 Nf5 {Desperation.} (34... Qc5 35. Qe5 Re8 36. Qxh5 $18)
(34... Qxb2 $4 35. Qxe7 Qxa2 36. Qxb7) (34... Ba6 35. R3d2 Qc5 36. Qe5 g6 37.
d6 $18) 35. Qxb6 Rb8 36. Rc3 Qe2 37. Bc4 Qe7 38. Qxa5 $18 {White has 3 pawns
up. It is too much.} h4 39. gxh4 Qxh4 40. Rf3 Rbc8 {Of course, in team
competitions you should play till the end, but it is hard to find any
reasonable chance for Black.} (40... Re8 41. Qd2 Ng3 42. Re1) 41. b3 Ng3 42.
Re1 Rd6 43. Ree3 Nf5 44. Re5 Nd4 (44... Ng3 45. Rg5 {and the knight is trapped.
}) 45. Rh3 $1 Qxf4 46. Qe1 $18 f5 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Qe7+ Kg6 49. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Timman,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chile"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 d5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. c4 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxc5 19. Qe3 (19. O-O Bd7 $10) 19...
Na4 20. Rc1 (20. O-O $5 {Timman-Sax, Reykjavik 1988 P 20... c4 21. fc1~/=})
20... Bd7 21. O-O Rac8 {P 22. f2 b5, 21... c6?! 22. h3 P 23.f5[]} 22. g4 Bc6
23. Bh3 (23. f5 Bxg2 24. f6 Be4 $1 $13) 23... b6 24. f5 Kh8 25. g5 (25. f6 $2
Rg8 $17) 25... exf5 $1 $8 (25... Bd7 $2 26. g6 $1 hxg6 27. f6 $1 Kh7 28. Qg5 $1
$18) 26. Bxf5 Bd7 {[#]} 27. Bc2 (27. e6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 $142 (28. Bc2 $142 Nc5
29. Qc3 (29. Bxg7+ $142 $2 Kxg7 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rf6 Kg8 33. Rh6
f6 $19) 29... Rg8 $13) 28... fxe6 29. Qxe6 (29. g6 $143 $5 e5 $1 $10) 29... Nc5
$15 30. g6 $5) 27... Nc5 28. Rf4 Be6 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Qh4 g6 (30... h6 $2 31.
Rf6 $1 $18) 31. Rcf1 {P 32. h6, 33. h4; 32... g8} (31. Qh6 $2 Rg8 $17) 31... h5
$8 32. Bd1 $1 (32. gxh6 Qxh4 33. Rxh4 Rfd8 $17) 32... Kg7 33. Bxh5 {[#]} Ne4 $1
$8 (33... Rh8 34. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 34. Rf6 (34. Bxg6 Qxg5+ 35. Qxg5 Nxg5 36. Bf5
Bxf5 37. Rxf5 $10) 34... Qd7 $1 35. Qxe4 (35. Ba1 Qd2 $1 $15) 35... gxh5 36.
Rh6 (36. g6 Rxc4 37. gxf7 (37. Rxf7+ $2 Bxf7 38. e6+ Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4+ Rxd4 40.
e7 Rg4+ $19) 37... Qxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxe6 Rxf7 $10) 36... Rh8 37. Rff6 {
P 38. fg6} Rxh6 38. Rxh6 Rh8 39. Qf4 (39. Rxh8 $10) 39... Rxh6 40. gxh6+ Kh7
41. Be3 $1 $10 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Bd2 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7.
Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 $1 $11 {This move is stronger than 10...
0-0 and 10...Bd7. Theoretical discussion in this variation is over.} (10... Bd7
11. f4 Ng6 12. Bg2 (12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bg2 Rfc8 14. Kb1 a5 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Nb5
d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Bg4 (19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 a4 21. N3d4 {
1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Sargissian,G/Novgorod RUS 1999 (21)} Be4 $15) 20. Bf3 Bxf3
21. Qxf3 Rxc4 22. N3d4 Rc5 23. a4 Rac8 $15 {[%csl Ra1]}) 12... Bc6 13. O-O-O (
13. Rd1 $5) 13... O-O 14. Kb1 a5 (14... Rac8 15. Be1 $6 (15. h4 $1 $40) 15...
Bxc3 $5 (15... a5 16. h4 a4 17. Nd4 $14) 16. Bxc3 Ba4 $132 {1-0 Smirin,
I-Maryasin,B/Givatayim 1998/CBM 65/[Tsesarsky] (52)}) 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5
17. cxb5 a4 18. Nd4 a3 19. b6 Qe7 20. Nc2 d5 21. Qb5 Ng4 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. e5 $18
{0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Paris Immopar (8f/2) 1991 (56)}) (10... O-O 11. O-O-O
(11. Rc1 a5 (11... d5 12. c5 Qd8 13. a3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 (14. axb4 Nd3+ 15. Kd1 e5
16. h3 Be6 17. Na1 Qd4 $44) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Nbxd2 Bd7 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc6
18. Bg2 e5 19. O-O exf4 20. gxf4 Nd4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Izeta,F/
ch-ESP Team, Ampuriabrava ESP 1997 (46)}) (11... Bd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bg2 e5 14.
a3 $2 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qxb3 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qc5 $19 {0-1 Dienz,O-Koehler,R/
Wiesbaden GER 1992 (40)}) 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 (14. Bg2 a4 15. Nd2 a3
16. b3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nb4 18. Nb1 $132) 14... b6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. O-O
(17. Bxb6 Rab8 18. Be3 d5 19. e5 dxc4 $132) 17... Rab8 18. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Timman,J-Gulko,B/Riga 1995/Inf 63 (27)} (18. Rcd1 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Ne7 20. a4 $11)
) (11. Bg2 a6 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O-O d5 14. e5 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd5
17. Qc5 Qxc5+ 18. Nxc5 Nce7 19. Kb1 a5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Ne4 $14 {1-0 Mellado,
J-Gil Gonzales,J/Catalunia-chT ,EXT 1995 (76)}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O-O (12. Bg2
e5 13. f5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 d5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4
dxe4 $11 {Pogorelov,R-Kolev,A/Zaragoza op 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 12... e5 13. f5 (
13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nb4 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. a3 Na6 18. Na5 Nc5
$132 {0-1 Lautier,J-Lutz,C/Baden-Baden 1992 (49)}) 13... Nd4 (13... a5 14. Be3
Qa6 15. Nb5 a4 16. Nc7 axb3 17. Nxa6 bxa2 18. Kc2 Rxa6 19. Bg2 Bc5 $15) 14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Wittmann,W-Erdelyi,T/Austria
tt2S 1993 (32)}) 11... a5 (11... Nc6 12. Bg2 (12. g4 $6 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14.
Nxc5 dxc5 15. Na4 Qa6 16. Qc2 Nd4 (16... e5 $15) 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19.
Rd5 Bxg4 20. Kb1 Rac8 $15 {1-0 Gschnitzer,O-Horvath,J/Dornbirn ,EXT 1990 (28)})
12... a5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. a3 a4 16. N3d4 Bc5 17. Nxc6 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3
bxc6 19. Nxd6 $16 {1-0 Filippov,V-Notkin,M/Russian Club Cup, Maikop RUS 1998 
(33)}) (11... a6 12. f4 Nc6 13. g4 $2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. g5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bg4
(16... Re8 17. Qg2 Ne4 18. cxd5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qe3+ 20. Kb2 $16) 17. Qg2 Qe3+
18. Nd2 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Bartos-Skala/cr ch CZE 1991 (21)}) (11... Bd7 12. f4 Ng6
13. Bg2 Bc6 14. Rhf1 Rac8 15. g4 d5 16. Kb1 dxc4 17. Nd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Nxf4 19.
Rxf4 Qe5 20. g5 Qxg5 21. Qf2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ng4 $19 {0-1 Agrest,E-Wedberg,T/
Harplinge SWE 1998 (29)}) 12. f4 Nc6 $5 (12... a4 13. fxe5 axb3 14. a3 (14.
exf6 bxa2 15. Nxa2 Rxa2 $15) 14... dxe5 $5 (14... Bxc3 $6 15. Bxc3 dxe5 16.
Bxe5 $14 Qc6 (16... Rd8 17. Bg2 Nd7 18. Bc3 e5 19. Rd5 Qc7 20. Qd1 Qxc4 21. Bf1
Qxe4 22. Bb5 b6 23. Re1 Qg6 24. Rexe5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Nikcevic,N-Lesiege,A/
Gonfreville FRA 1999 (49)}) 17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qf3 e5 (19... f5
20. Qxb3 $14) 20. Rd5 $14 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Khalifman,A/Elista 1998/CBM 65/ (48)}
) 15. axb4 Ra1+ 16. Nb1 Qa7 17. Bc3 Qa2 18. Qd3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qd3 e4 $19
) 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Nb5 a4 15. Nd2 (15. Nc7 axb3 16. Nxa6 bxa2 17. Kc2 Rxa6 18.
Bg2 e5 19. f5 Bc5 $17 {0-1 Gleizerov,E-Dvoirys Semen I/Cheliabinsk RUS 1990 
(24)}) 15... a3 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bg2 e5 18. f5 Bd7 19. g4 Rfc8 20. g5 Ne8 $132 {
1-0 Tukmakov,V-Berelovich,A/Donetsk UKR 1998 (38)}) 11. f4 (11. Nb5 Bxd2+ (
11... Bd7 12. Bxb4 (12. f4 Ng6 13. Bxb4 axb4 (13... Bxb5 14. Ba3 $14) 14. Nxd6+
Qxd6 15. e5 Qe7 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Bg2 Bc6 $11) 12... axb4 13. f4 Ng6 $11) 12.
Nxd2 (12. Kxd2 a4 13. N3d4 $15) 12... Bd7 13. f4 Ng6 14. e5 (14. Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.
e5 Qb4 16. exf6 gxf6 (16... Bc6 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. Bg2 $14) 17. O-O-O Ba4 $1 $11)
14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 (16. exf6 Bc6 17. fxg7 Rg8 $17) 16... Nd7 17.
Nc4 Qc5 18. Nd6+ Ke7 $15) 11... Nc6 (11... Ng6 $5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nb5 Bxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 Bd7 15. e5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Qc5 (17... Qc7 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bc6+
Nd7 20. fxe5 $16) 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Bc6+ Nd7 20. Nxe5 Ngxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 22.
fxe5 Ke7 $44 {[%csl Re5]}) 12. Na4 $1 (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd2 a4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
Bxb4 Nxb4 16. N3d4 e5 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Bg2 O-O 19. Rd1 (19. f5 d5 20. cxd5 Nbxd5
21. exd5 e4 $17) 19... exf4 20. gxf4 Nxe4 $17) (12. O-O-O a4 13. Be3 Qd8 14.
Nd2 (14. Nd4 a3 $1 (14... Bxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Nb5 Qa5 (16... Ra5 17. Qc2
f5 (17... d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 $16) 18. Nxd6+ (18. Bg2 d5 19. cxd5 Rxb5
20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. dxc6 Qe7 22. Qxa4 bxc6 $132) 18... Nxd6 19. c5 $14) 17. Qc2
f5 18. Bg2 d5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Bc5 $14) 15. Ndb5 axb2+ 16. Qxb2 Qa5 17. Nb1
O-O 18. a3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6a4]} (20... Ng4
21. Qe2 Nh6 22. Bg2 Nf5 $11)) 14... a3 15. Ndb1 axb2+ 16. Qxb2 Ng4 (16... Qe7
17. a3 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 d5 $1 $36 (18... O-O 19. Rd3 (19. Be2 Bd7 (19... d5 $6 20.
e5 Nd7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. a4 (22. Nxd5 Qxa3 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 24. Kb2 Ra5 25. Rd2
Nc5 26. Bxc5 (26. Rhd1 Na4+ 27. Kb3 Be6 $15) 26... Rxc5 27. Rhd1 $14) 22... Nb4
$132) 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. Rhd1 d5 22. e5 Ne8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Nb8 25. Bf3
Rxa3 26. R1d3 b5 (26... Be6 27. Rc5 Rxc5 (27... Rb3 28. Rxc8 Rxb2 29. Rxb8 Rb3
30. Bc5 Rxc3+ 31. Rxc3 Qd7 32. Rxb7 $16) 28. Qxa3 Rc7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rd8 $16
) (26... Ra4 $15) 27. Bc5 $16) 19... e5 20. Bg2 Be6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Na5
23. Rc3 exf4 $17)) 17. Bg1 Qa5 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Nb5 O-O (19... Nxe4 20. Qxg7 Rf8
21. a3 $18) 20. a3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. e5 Nd7 $132 (22... Ne8)) 12... Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Rd1 $1 Nxe4 $2 $16 (15... Ke7 $1 16. a3 Nc6 17.
Nb6 Ra7 18. Bg2 a4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 $11) (15... Nxa2 16. Rxd6 (16. Nb6
Rb8 17. Nxa5 Nxe4 18. Bg2 Nc5 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rd2 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11) 16...
Nxe4 17. Rd4 Nf6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxa5 $14) 16. Bg2 Nc5 (16... d5 17. Nb6 $16)
17. Nbxc5 dxc5 18. a3 Nc6 (18... Na6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxb7 $18) (
18... Nc2+ 19. Kf2 Ra7 20. Nxc5 b6 21. Na4 $18 {[%csl Rc2]}) 19. Nxc5 Ke7 (
19... a4 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Kd2 (21. Rd6 Ke7 22. Rxc6 Rb8 23. Kd2 (23. Nd3 Rb3
$17) 23... Rxb2+ 24. Kc3 Ra2 25. Kb4 Rb2+ 26. Ka5 Bd7 27. Ra6 Rc8 28. Nxd7 Kxd7
29. Rd1+ Ke8 30. Rc1 Rxh2 31. Kxa4 h5 32. Kb5 $16) 21... Ra5 22. Ne4 Ke7 23.
Kc3 c5 24. Rhe1 Bb7 25. Nd6 Bf3 26. Rd3 Rb8 27. Kc2 Bg4 $11) 20. b3 Rd8 21. Kf2
Rb8 (21... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd8 23. Na4 Ra6 (23... Rb8 24. Nb6 $16) 24. c5 Ra8 25.
Nb6 Rb8 26. Ke3 $16) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ke3 Rd6 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Kxd4 Bd7 (25...
f6 26. Re1 Kd6 27. Re3 h6 28. Ne4+ Kc7 29. Kc5 Bd7 30. b4 (30. Nd6) 30... axb4
31. axb4 Ra8 32. Nd2 Ra2 33. Nf3 g5 34. Nd4 Rxh2 35. Nxe6+ $16) 26. Kc3 Be8 (
26... f6 27. Re1 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Kxc5 29. Rxd7 $16) 27. Re1 Ra8 28. Re5 Ra7 29. a4
Bd7 30. Re2 h6 $2 $18 (30... Ra8 $1 31. Rd2 Bc8 32. b4 axb4+ 33. Kxb4 Rb8+ 34.
Kc3 (34. Ka5 f6 35. h4 e5 $132) 34... Rb1 35. Rb2 (35. a5 Ra1 36. Nb3 Ra4 37.
c5 Ba6 38. Rd4 Ra2 $14) 35... Rxb2 36. Kxb2 f6 37. Kc3 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. a5
Kd6 40. Kb4 Kc7 41. h4 h5 42. Nb3 Kd6 43. Nd2 Kc7 44. Kc5 Bg4 45. a6 Bc8 46. a7
Kb7 47. a8=Q+ Kxa8 48. Kxc6 $16) 31. b4 axb4+ 32. Kxb4 Bc8 33. a5 Ra8 34. Na4
Ba6 35. Rd2 g5 36. Nb6 Ra7 37. Kc5 gxf4 38. gxf4 Rc7 39. Rg2 Kf6 40. Rg8 Ra7
41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Maryasin, Boris Feliksovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.05.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 (10. Bg2 $2 Qc7 $1 11. Bd2 Qxc4 $17 {0-1 Jeras,S-Farago,
I/Bled op 1992 (58)}) (10. f4 Nc6 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Ba3 Na5 13.
Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bb4 Qa6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rxd6 b6 17. e5 Bb7 18. exf6 Bxh1 19. Qg4
g6 20. Qg5 Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rd7 $18 {1-0 Garcia Ilundain,D-Rojo,G/ESP-chT
1994 (26)}) (10... Ng6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Be3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. O-O Bd7 15.
c5 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bd4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. c4 $14 {1-0 Kholmov,R-Razuvaev,Y/
USSR 1971 (36)}) (10... Ned7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bg2 a6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. g4 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Qxc5 16. g5 Nd7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 b6 19. b4 Qc7 20. O-O $14 {1-0 Bukic,
E-Tringov,G/Istanbul 1975 (43)}) 11. Be3 (11. Bg2 e5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. f5 Bd7 (
13... Nd4 14. Na4 $6 (14. Qd1 Bd7 {/\ Rac8=/+}) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qa6 16.
Nxd4 $8 Qxc4 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Tolnai,T/Budapest 1989 (43)}) 14. Qd3
Nd4 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Rf1 Nxb3 17. axb3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Gulko,B/Linares
1989 (24)}) 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16.
O-O (16. e5 Na5 $1 17. Qb5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bd7 $10 {Azmayparashvili,Z-Arnason,J
Reykjavik op 1990 EXP/18}) 16... e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd4 Be6 19. Qe3 Nfd7 $10
{Drasko,M-Fette,M Budapest Autoteam 1991 EXP/26}) 10... Bd7 (10... O-O 11.
O-O-O a5 12. f4 {Adamski,J 2435-Maciejewski,M 2320, Polska (ch) 1989} Nc6 $5
13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nb5 $13 {Adamski,J}) 11. f4 Ng6 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O-O (13. Rd1
$5) 13... O-O 14. Kb1 Rac8 $146 (14... a5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 a4
18. Nd4 a3 19. b6 Qe7 20. Nc2 d5 21. Qb5 Ng4 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. e5 $18 {
Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Paris Immopar 1991/0-1 (56)}) 15. Be1 $6 (15. h4 $1 $40)
15... Bxc3 $5 (15... a5 16. h4 a4 17. Nd4 $14) 16. Bxc3 Ba4 $132 17. h4 (17.
Bxf6 gxf6 (17... Bxb3 18. axb3 gxf6 19. Qd3 $14) 18. Qd3 Rfd8 $11) 17... Bxb3
18. axb3 Qxb3 19. h5 Rxc4 (19... Ne7 20. h6 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxd6 (22.
hxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxd6 (23. g4 $6 Rxc3 24. bxc3 d5 $15) 23... Rfc8 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6
25. e5+ Kg7 26. Bxb7 $14) 22... Rc7 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. g4 $16) 20. Rd3 (20. hxg6
Rxc3 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Rxd6 Rfc8 $15) 20... Ra4 $1 (20... Nxh5 21. Qxh5 h6 22.
Qd1 $16) 21. hxg6 Rc8 (21... fxg6 22. Rxd6 Qa2+ 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Rd3 $16) 22.
gxh7+ Kh8 23. Kc1 (23. e5 $2 Qa2+ 24. Kc1 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qf3 (26. Rhd1
d4 $17) 26... Qb3 27. exd6 Ra2 $17) 23... b5 $1 (23... Ra1+ 24. Kd2 Rxc3 25.
Rxc3 Qxb2+ 26. Kd3 Qb5+ 27. Ke3 Qb6+ 28. Kf3 Rxh1 29. Bxh1 Qb1 30. Bg2 Kxh7 31.
Qd3 $18) (23... d5 24. Qc2 Ra1+ (24... Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 d4 26. e5 Nd5 27. Kb3 $18
) 25. Kd2 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rxh1 27. Bxh1 dxe4 28. Re3 Kxh7 29. Bxe4+ $18) 24. Qc2
$8 Ra1+ 25. Kd2 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rxh1 27. Bxh1 b4 $11 28. Rxd6 bxc3 29. bxc3 {[#]
} Rc7 (29... Kxh7 30. Bf3 (30. e5 Nh5 31. Be4+ (31. Rd3 g5 32. fxg5 Kg6 33. g4
Nf4 34. Rd7 a5 35. Be4+ Kxg5 36. Rxf7 Kxg4 $11) 31... Kh6 32. Bd3 Nxg3 33. f5
Kg5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf4 $11) 30... Rc7 31. e5 Nd7 $11) 30. e5 Nh5 31.
Be4 g6 32. Rd3 Kxh7 33. Kb3 a5 34. c4 Kh6 (34... f6 35. Rf3 (35. exf6 Nxf6 36.
Bf3 Kg7 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Ra6 Rc5 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. Kc3 e5 $11) 35... fxe5 36.
fxe5 Rc5 37. g4 Rxe5 38. Bc2 Ng7 39. Rh3+ Kg8 40. Bxg6 Rg5 $11) 35. Rc3 Rc5 $6
$14 (35... g5 36. Rf3 f6 $11) 36. Rf3 g5 37. Kc3 f5 (37... f6 38. g4 $1 (38.
Kd4 Rc7 $11) 38... Nxf4 39. exf6 Rc8 40. Rf2 Ng6 41. Rh2+ Nh4 42. Kd4 $16) (
37... gxf4 38. gxf4 f5 39. Bc2 Kg6 40. Kd4 Rc8 41. c5 Kf7 42. Ba4 Ke7 43. c6
$16) 38. Bc2 Rc7 (38... gxf4 39. gxf4 Kg6 40. Kd4 $16) 39. Ba4 Ng7 40. Kd4 Kh5
41. Rc3 (41. Rf1 Kg4 42. c5 Kxg3 43. fxg5 f4 44. c6 f3 45. Kc5 Ne8 46. g6 f2
47. Bb5 Rg7 48. Bd3 Nc7 $11) 41... Rc8 $4 (41... Kg4 $1 42. fxg5 (42. Bd1+ Kh3
43. Be2 (43. g4+ $2 Kh4 $17) 43... g4 44. c5 Nh5 45. Bc4 (45. Ra3 Kg2 46. Bc4
Rc6 (46... Nxg3 $2 47. Bxe6 Kf2 48. Kd5 $16) 47. Bb5 Rc7 48. Bc4 $11) 45... Rc6
46. Bb5 Rc7 47. Bc4 $11) 42... f4 $1 43. gxf4 (43. Bd1+ Kf5 (43... Kxg5 44. Ke4
fxg3 45. Rxg3+ Kh4 46. Rg4+ Kh3 $11) 44. Bc2+ Kxg5 45. Ke4 fxg3 46. Rxg3+ Kh4
47. Rc3 Nf5 $11) 43... Kxf4 44. c5 Nf5+ 45. Kd3 Kxe5 46. c6 (46. Kc4 Nd6+)
46... Ne7 $11) 42. c5 $18 Rd8+ (42... gxf4 43. gxf4 Kg4 44. Ke3 Rh8 (44... Nh5
45. c6 Rc7 46. Bd1+ Kh4 $18) 45. Bd1+ Kg3 46. c6 Rc8 47. Bb3 Rc7 48. Rc1 $22
Nh5 49. Bxe6 Nxf4 50. Bxf5 Nd5+ 51. Ke4 Ne7 52. Rc3+ Kh4 53. Bd7 Kg5 54. Rg3+
Kh6 55. e6 $18) (42... Kg4 43. Bd1+ Kh3 44. c6 Ne8 45. Kc5 $18) 43. Ke3 Ne8 44.
Bxe8+ Rxe8 45. c6 Kg4 46. fxg5 Kxg5 47. Rc4 Rc8 48. Kd3 Kg6 (48... Rc7 49. Kc3
Rc8 (49... Kg6 50. Kd4 $18) 50. Kb3 $18) 49. Kd4 Kf7 50. Kc5 Ke7 51. Kb6 a4 52.
Kb7 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 18th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Vidit,S"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2016.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game I had 6/8 and I needed a win to score a decent place. The
good thing about Dubai open was that even the final round began at 17:30! So
unlike the last rounds in other opens I felt quite fresh and ready to fight!} 
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 {
A relatively new move in the a3 system. The direct approach was pioneered by
Sutovsky. This move prepares for direct confrontation in the centre with d5.} (
7... Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O {was the way the games used to go
previously here.}) 8. Bf4 (8. c5 {was tried by Laznicka, impeding Black's
d5-break} Bc7 9. Bg5 b6 10. e3 h6 (10... bxc5 11. Nxc5 Be5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 (13... gxf6) 14. N5e4 Rb8) 11. Bh4 Be5 12. Rc1 Rb8 $132) (8. e4 {doesn't
exactly prevent ...d5.} O-O (8... d5 {is also possible} 9. exd5 exd5 10. c5 (
10. cxd5 Ng4 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Ne5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Qh5 O-O 15. Bxd7 Nxd7
16. O-O-O Bxe3+ 17. Kb1 $132) 10... Bc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Be5 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(41) Kovalyov,A (2616)-Caruana,F (2808) Baku 2015}) 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
exd5 Ne7 12. Bf3 Nexd5 $1 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qe8+ 15. Be2 Bg4 16. Be3 Bxe2
17. Kxe2 Rd8 $11) 8... d5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 h6 {A useful move to get in. I can
sometimes go e5-d4 without fearing Bg5.} 11. Bg3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 {Black has
emerged out of the opening phase with no problems. But the nature of the
position got me worried. It was the last round and I had to win in order to
end the tournament with a decent place.} 13. O-O Na5 14. Nxa5 (14. Be2 {
I was more worried about this move, but Black should be totally fine after} Rc8
15. Nd2 Bc7 $11) 14... Bxa5 15. Rc1 $6 {This move doesn't exactly set Black
any problems and passes over the initiative.} (15. Be5 Rc8 16. Bxf6 (16. Be2
Bc6 $11) 16... Qxf6 17. Qxd7 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc4 $11) (15. Bd6 {it is important
to provoke Black's rook to e8 to set some problems.} Re8 16. Be5 Bxc3 (16...
Bc6 17. b4 Bc7 18. Qxd8 Bxd8 19. b5 $36) (16... Rc8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd7 {
[%csl Re8] the point of provoking ...Re8.}) 17. Bxc3 Rc8 18. Bxf6 (18. Ba2 Ne4
19. Be5 Bb5 $11) 18... gxf6 {is just equal anyway, but Bd6 was probably
White's most promising try.}) 15... Rc8 16. Qe2 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne4 18. Rcc1 Nxg3
19. hxg3 {After a lot of exchanges the position looks very dull. It should be
completely equal, but White still needs to play a few decent moves.} Qb6 20. b3
$6 {Although this doesn't change the equilibrium, fixing the pawns on light
squares doesn't look right.} (20. Rc3 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Qd2 $11 {looked
like the most simple and straightforward way.}) 20... Rc7 21. Rfd1 (21. Rcd1 {
I couldn't find a way to pose White problems if White just moves the rook from
the c-file. The position is too symmetrical for any tricks.}) 21... Rfc8 22.
Qb2 $4 {This move just loses a pawn directly.} (22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Qd3 {just
keeps things equal.}) 22... Ba4 23. Rb1 (23. Be2 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Bxb3 25. Rd8+
Rxd8 26. Rxc7 Bd5 $17) (23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qb1+ g6
27. Qa1 Rg7 $1 $19) 23... Rxc4 24. bxa4 Qxb2 25. Rxb2 R8c7 26. Rb4 Rc3 27. Ra1
b6 {Black has a clear advantage now. One of the a-pawns is doomed to fall, and
White doesn't have a completely smooth pawn structure on the kingside either.}
28. g4 Kf8 29. Kh2 Ke7 30. Kg3 R7c5 {Not allowing any mess with a5. My plan
was to bring the king to the queenside and attack one of the a-pawns with the
rooks. White's pieces are too passive for any counterplay.} 31. Kf3 Rd5 32. Rb5
Rc4 33. Rb4 (33. Rxd5 exd5 34. a5 b5 35. Rb1 a6 $19) 33... Rc3 34. Ra2 (34. Rb5
Kd6 {was my intention.}) 34... Kd6 35. Rf4 f6 36. Rb4 Kc6 37. Re4 Kd6 38. Rb4
Kc6 39. Re4 e5 40. Rb4 Rd4 (40... Rdc5 {is probably cleaner, but during the
game it looked simpler to stop Ke4-f5.}) 41. a5 (41. Ke2 {might've put up a
more stubborn defence, but I don't think it would change the evaluation of the
position by much.} Rdc4 42. Kd2 Rxb4 43. axb4 Rc4 44. b5+ Kc5 45. f3 Kb4 46.
Kd3 e4+ (46... Rc3+ 47. Ke4 Ra3 48. Rc2 Rxa4) 47. fxe4 Rc3+ 48. Ke2 Ra3 49.
Rb2+ Ka5 $19 {[%csl Ga7,Rb5,Gb6][%cal Ga3a4,Ga4b4] would eventually win.})
41... b5 42. Rab2 a6 43. Ke2 Rd5 44. a4 Ra3 45. axb5+ axb5 46. Kf3 Rxa5 {
The rest is pretty easy.} 47. R4b3 Ra4 48. Rc3+ Rc5 49. Rcb3 Ra8 50. Rd2 Rc4
51. Rdb2 Rb8 52. Ra3 b4 53. Ra6+ Rb6 54. Ra8 Rb7 55. Rd8 Kb5 56. Ra8 Rc3 57.
Ke2 b3 58. Rb1 Kb4 59. Rb2 Rc5 60. Kd3 Rd7+ 61. Ke4 Kc3 62. Re2 Rd2 63. Re1
Rxf2 64. Rd8 b2 65. g5 Rc4+ {After an unexpected Round 6 loss with White I
scored 3/3 in the end with a decent shared 2nd place. It was nice to end the
tournament on a positive note and also to break into the top 100 :)} (65... f5#
{was a bit prettier? ;)}) 0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sieglen, Joachim"]
[Black "Gawehns, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Na4 $1 (9. Nc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Rd8 11. Ba3 d6) 9... d5 (9... Nxd4 10.
Qxd4 e5 11. Qd3 d6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bg5) (9... Rd8 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4
Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1) 10. Bg5 h6 (
10... Bd7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc2 Rfd8) (10... dxc4 11. Bxc6 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
Bxc6 Rb8 13. Qd4 Ba6 (13... e5 14. Qxc4 Be6 15. Qh4 Rfc8) 14. Bxf6 gxf6) 11...
Rd8 12. a3 e5 13. Bb5 Rxd4 14. Qc2 Ba5) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc2 Rd8 13. cxd5 exd5
14. Nxb4 Nxb4 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Qxb7 (17. Rd2 Na5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19.
Nxc3 d4) 17... Nd4 {[#]} 18. Nc3 Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxe2 20. Rxd5 Rdb8 21. Qd7 Rd8
(21... Qxb2 22. Re1 Qb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rd1 Bh3 26. Qd3 Bf5 27.
Qd2 Rab8) 22. Qc7 Rac8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Re1 Rd2 25. Qxa7 Qxb2 26. Bd5 Bh5 27.
a4 Qb4 28. Re8+ (28. Re7 Rxd5 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qxd5 Qxe7 31. Qxh5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2
Qe4+) 28... Kh7 29. Bxf7 (29. Bxf7 $4 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qh1+ (30... Bf3+ 31. Kxf3
Qh1+ 32. Kg4 Qd1+ 33. Kf4 g5+ 34. Ke5 Re2+ 35. Kf6 Qd6+ 36. Be6+) 31. Kxh1 (31.
Kh3 Qf1+ 32. Kh4 g5+ 33. Kxh5 Qh3#) 31... Bf3+ 32. Kg1 Rd1+ 33. Re1 Rxe1#) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Introduced into
tournament practice in the 1990's this little move shows White's big ambition
to build up a big centre by preventing the black bishop from coming to b4.} Be7
{The d7-d5 break can be delayed.} ({In the past Anand and some members of his
coaching staff relied on} 6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 {which is
a dull but reliable way to equalise.}) 7. e4 ({Carlsen-Gelfand, 2009 saw a
different plan:} 7. g3 Qb6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg2 Rd8 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 exd5 {
the resulting position looks like it came from the Tarrasch Defence, possibly
with an extra tempo for Black thanks to White's Nf3-d4-f3.}) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 {
Normally White wouldn't retreat with that knight,} ({but} 8. Be2 d5 {is known
to be equal.}) 8... Qa5 $5 {Still a relatively fresh idea. Black insists on
his central break.} ({A Hedgehog-like formation can be reached via the standard
} 8... Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {Anand had this position with Black against
Vallejo back in 2005!}) 9. Bd2 {I'm rather surprised with this one.} ({One
would think the endgame up a pawn after the semi-forced} 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5
exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd5 Qa6 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qb5 {would be
right up Carlsen's alley.}) 9... Qh5 10. Be2 d5 {So, the break goes through.}
11. cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. O-O ({Black absolutely doesn't mind the split
pawns after} 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {as his pawn formation provides support
to his Nd5, as seen in Huzman-Timofeev, 2016 and Inarkiev-Gelfand 2017}) 13...
Nf6 $5 {A novelty and improvement from Vishy, which was rather predictable.} ({
We talked about the c6-pawn in the note above, but here things take a bit of a
different shape after} 13... Rd8 14. Nd4 Qg6 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Bf3 {as White got himself a free ride in Wojtaszek-Borisek, 2015. Naturally,
Carlsen wouldn't mind a repeat of such a scenario, but this being a Wojtaszek
game made it very unlikely to escape a careful examination in Anand's lab.})
14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bf3 {White's only hope in this dry desert type
of position is the pressure against b7, but Black's next takes care of that.}
Qa6 $1 17. Re1 Be6 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 Bg4 $1 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 {Dead equal. One
last thing left to do was to honour the 30-move rule.} 21. h3 Ne5 22. Nf4 Nc6
23. Nd5 Bd6 24. Bc3 f6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. Red1 Bb8 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29.
Nb4 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Bf4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Nc2 Nc6 35. Nd4
Nxd4+ 36. Bxd4 a6 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Be3 Kd5 39. f3 b5 40. Bd2 f5 41. Be1 g6 42.
Bd2 Be7 43. Be1 Bd6 44. Bd2 Be7 45. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Eriksson, Anders"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {g3 är vanligare.}
Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 {Ribli menar att svart på detta sätt utnyttjar att
löparen står olyckligt på g5 genom att föra över spelet till
treradersuppställningen.} 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ndb5 Ne7 12.
Qb3 d6 13. Rfd1 Nc8 {Ett viktigt drag som säkrar lika spel.}) 10... a6 ({
Ett alternativ som kanske är bättre var} 10... Ne5 {Med idén att ställa
springaren på det det dynamiska d7-fältet.}) 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Nxc6 {Det var nog
lika bra att eliminera springaren.} Bxc6 (12... dxc6 {Är tämligen lika.}) 13.
Rfd1 Qc7 14. e4 {[#] Nu har svart kommit lite snett. Man brukar ha bonden på
d6 eftersom det ökar flexibiliteten i ställningen. De närmaste dragen kan
förstås som att vit försöker förhindra ...d6.} Rfd8 ({Ofta är det dock så att
det man vill göra också går. Men då måste man vilja tillräckligt mycket så att
man övervinner hindren. Låt oss titta på ...d6:} 14... d6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Qxd6 {Vit har kanske ett minimalt plus, men svart har löparparet och en solid
ställning.} Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc2 {Och frågan är om vits
löpare någonsin kommer göra annat än att titta på sina egna bönder.}) 15. Qe3
h6 (15... d6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $1 exd5 18. cxd5 Qb7 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6
Qxc6 21. b4 {Och vit har ett litet övertag.}) 16. Bf4 Qb7 (16... e5 {Dämpar
vits aktivitet temporärt men lämnar svart med en kavitet på d5.}) 17. e5 {
Vit sätter dit den ordentligt.} Ne8 18. Qg3 b5 {Det här är vanligt. Först när
man är riktigt illa ute offrar man. Men då krävs det inget mod.} 19. cxb5 axb5
20. Bxh6 b4 21. Nb1 Bd5 22. Nd2 (22. a4 $1) 22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 ({Svart
kunde även aktivera tornet med:} 23... d6) 24. Nc4 Qa6 25. b3 Qxa2 26. Bf1 {
[#] Svart är tillbaks i matchen igen.} f5 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Rd1 {Vit hotar Sb6
och svart måste parera det på något sätt.} Bc3 $2 (28... Qc2 $1) 29. Nb6 Rc7
30. Qg6 {Svart är ute på djupt vatten igen. Dessutom har Anders dåligt med tid.
} Kf8 31. Bf4 Qxb3 (31... Ra7) 32. Rd3 Bc6 33. Rh3 Ke7 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Bxc7
Qd1 36. Rd3 Qe1 37. Bg3 b3 38. Re3 Qd2 39. Nc4 Qd4 40. Rd3 {Svart förlorar på
tid i en hopplös ställning.} 1-0

