[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Goracici Jelica"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 $5 {This little move is not a real
favourite of mine anymore but I just felt I had to go for it in the first game
of the day.} (4... e6 5. d4 (5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5
Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 $13) 5... Nbd7 6. Bd3 (6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9.
Bxc4 b5) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 {is the good old Meran.}) 5. Qc2 $5 (5. d4 Bf5 (
5... g6 $5 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O $13) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O $13 {is sort
of a Schlechter Slav.}) 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. b3 dxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qa5 {There is a certain similarity between
this game and my game with Illescas from 2002.}) 5... g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. d4 Bf5 (
7... O-O $5 8. Bd3 Bg4 (8... c5 $5) 9. Ne5 Be6 10. O-O c5 $5 {is what I had
last year with Mlakhov when I had White pieces.}) 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10.
O-O e6 $1 $146 11. e4 (11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 c5 $13) 11... dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Bf4 $5 {A very brave move.} (14. Rd1 Qa5 (14... c5
$2 15. Qxb7) 15. Bf4 Rfe8 {looked normal.}) 14... Qa5 ({The question evolves
around} 14... c5 $5 15. Qxb7 (15. Be5 $5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 $14) 15... cxd4 16. Bd6
Re8 (16... Qc8 $5 17. Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. Rfe1 Rc6 (18... Re8 $5) 19. Be5 $5 $13)
17. c5 $36) 15. Qe1 $5 Qf5 $1 (15... Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 $14) 16. Bd6 Rfe8 17. Ne5
Rad8 18. c5 (18. Bc7 $2 Nxe5 19. Bxd8 Nd3 (19... Nf3+ $6 20. gxf3 Rxd8 21. Qe4
$11) 20. Qa5 Bxd4 21. Rad1 e5 $17) 18... Nf6 ({After the exchange sacrifice} 
18... Nxe5 $5 19. dxe5 Rxd6 20. cxd6 Bxe5 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. d7 Bf6 $14 {the
d7-pawn survives and this gives Black almost no chances to play for a win.})
19. Qb4 $1 {White directs the game on to a very sharp course.} (19. f3 Nd5 $11)
19... Ne4 20. Bc7 (20. Qxb7 Nxd6 21. cxd6 Rxd6 $11) 20... Rc8 (20... Bxe5 $5
21. dxe5 Rd2 22. Qxb7 $1 Nxf2 (22... Rxf2 23. Qxa6 Rxg2+ $5 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25.
Kh1 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Qh3+ $11) 23. Qxc6 Rc8 24. Qb7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 $11
{is a forced draw.}) (20... a5 $5 {escaped my attention.} 21. Bxa5 Rxd4 22.
Qxd4 Bxe5 23. Qd7 Nf6 24. Qxb7 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxc5 26. Bb6 Qc3 27. Rf1 Nd5 $11)
21. Qxb7 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rac1 (24. Qxa6 Qxc5 25. Rfc1 Qe5
$1 {keeps the balance.}) 24... a5 25. Rfd1 (25. Qa6 Qc7 26. Rfd1 Ra8 27. Qc4
Red8 $11) 25... Qb2 $1 26. a4 $1 Red8 (26... Rb8 $6 27. Qxc6 Qxb3 28. Qd7 $1 e5
29. h4 $5 (29. c6 Qxa4 30. c7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Ra8 32. Rcd1 Rec8 $1 33. Re7 a4 34.
Rdd7 Rf8 35. Rxe5 a3 36. Re1 a2 37. Ra1 $11 {may give one an heart attack.})
29... h5 30. Rb1 Qxb1 31. Qxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxb1 $16) 27. g3 Kg7 28. Kg2 e5 29.
Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rf1 {Black has the initiative now alas it is not clear how to
make use of it.} Rd5 (30... Rd2 31. Qxc6 Qxb3 32. Qe4 Qb2 33. c6 Rc2 34. Qd5 h5
35. h4 Qc3 36. Rb1 Qxc6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Rb5 $11) 31. Qxc6 Qd4 32. Qb6 $1 Rxc5
(32... Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Rd6+ Kf5 36. Rd7 Ke6 37. Rb7 $11) 33.
Rd1 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qc2 35. Re1 Rd5 36. Qe3 $1 $11 h5 37. h4 Rc5 38. Kg2 Rd5 39.
Rc1 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Rxd3 41. Rc5 e4 42. Rxa5 (42. Rb5 e3 43. fxe3 Rxe3 44. Kf2 Rc3
{and it is just a draw!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 19th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Shaw, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Scottish GM-elect Shaw's Slav Defence looked unbreakable to me before the
game.Thus I have decided to go for something new and headed for what Alex does
from time to time in Reti's Opening.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 (3... Bf5
4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Na6 {Usually people goes for this in this type of set up.}) 4.
O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 $5 {Surprise.} 7. Qb3 Qc8 {Maybe too passive.} (
7... Qb6 8. Nd4 Bg6 (8... Qxd4 9. Qxb7 Qb6 10. Qxa8) 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nb5 Kd7
11. N1c3 Nc6 12. d3 Bc5 13. Bg5 $14) 8. d3 Be7 $2 {Ok but this seems way too
refined.Lasker's principal of developping knights before bishops is very
important in this particular position.} (8... Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ne5 (10. Rc1)
10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Nd2 $14) 9. Nd4 $1 {Now white takes the adavantage
of black's move order.} Bg6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Nxc6 ({I have seen that
} 12. Qa4 $4 {loses a piece due to simple tactics.} e5 $1 13. Nxc6 exf4 14. Bh3
Qxh3 15. Nxe7+ (15. Nb8+ Kf8 (15... Nd7)) 15... Kxe7 $19) 12... bxc6 13. Nd2
Bh5 $6 {Now black heads for some overactive defense.} (13... O-O 14. Nf3 Rfc8
15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. b3 $16) 14. e4 $2 {I thought that I
have calculated the coming tactics in this moment.} ({Best was} 14. Bf3 O-O 15.
Be3 Rab8 16. Qc2 $16) 14... O-O 15. e5 Rfb8 {Black is not afraid about what is
coming.} (15... Ne8 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Nb3 $16 {looks terribly passive for black.}
) 16. Qc2 (16. Qxb8+ $2 Rxb8 17. exf6 Bd6 $19) 16... Ne8 17. Qxc6 {I was not
expecting that black would jeopardize his rook's safety by taking the gauntlet.
} Qxc6 (17... Qd8 18. Nb3 a5 19. Qc2 $16 {Black is not only a pawn down but
Bh5 does not contirbute to the game much either.}) 18. Rxc6 Rxb2 $1 {I sort of
did not figure out that black can munch a pawn jeopardizing his rook's future.}
(18... Be2 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1) (18... Bg6 19. Bf1) (18... a5 {This was the
move I was anticipating the most.} 19. Rc2 $1 Bg6 20. Bf1 a4 21. Rac1 $18) 19.
Nb3 Bd8 $6 {Looks tricky,but I would opt for the natural 19...a5.Things are
still not clear with that to me.} (19... a5 20. Bf1 a4 21. Bc1 a3 (21... axb3
22. Bxb2 bxa2 23. Rc2 $18) 22. Bxb2 (22. Kg2 $2 {This looks like an important
precaution before starting important operations.} f6 $1 {but this gives black
a great game.} 23. d4 Bg6 $1) 22... axb2 23. Rb1 Rxa2 24. Nd4 (24. Rc2 $6 Ba3
25. Nd4 Ra1 (25... Bd1 26. Rxd1 Ra1 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 $11)) 24... f6
(24... Bd1 25. Rb6 Bc5 26. Rb8 Ba4 27. Ne2 Bc2 28. Nc3 Bxb1 29. Nxa2 Bxa2 30.
Rxb2 Bd4 31. Rxa2 $16 Bxe5 $140 $4 32. Ra8 Kf8 33. d4 Bxd4 34. Bb5 $18) 25. Rc2
(25. f4 fxe5 26. fxe5 Bd1 27. Kg2 Ba4 28. Rxe6 Bc5 29. Nb3 Bb4 30. Rb6 Bc3 31.
d4 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 Bxd4 33. e6 Kf8 34. Rb7 Nd6 35. Rd7 Ra1 36. Bd3 Nc4 37. Bxh7
$13) 25... fxe5 26. Nb5 (26. Nc6 Ba3 27. Nxe5 Ra1 28. Rbxb2 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 g5
30. g4 Bg6 $11) 26... Nd6 27. Rcxb2 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Nxb5 29. Rxb5 Kf7 $14) 20.
Bc1 $1 $16 {Gaining some important tempi!} ({For a while I was pondering about
the crazy looking} 20. Bf1 Bb6 21. Bc1 Rxf2 (21... Bxf2+ 22. Kg2) 22. d4 Rf3
23. Kg2 f6 $1 (23... Rxb3 $2 24. axb3 Bxd4 25. Ra2 Bxe5 26. Rac2 Nd6 27. Ba3
Bg6 28. Rc1 $18)) 20... Re2 21. Be3 Bb6 22. Bf1 {The point!} Rb2 23. Bxb6 (23.
d4 Bg6) 23... axb6 24. Rxb6 Rbxa2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Rb8 {Now the case is clear
with is king on the back rank and all of his pieces passively posted black has
very few chances.} Kf8 {Black wants to bring his king .} (26... f6 $5 27. Bh3
Bf7 28. Nc5 f5 (28... fxe5 29. Bxe6 Kf8 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Nxe5+
Ke7 33. Rb7+ Ke6 34. Nf3 Ra3 35. Nd4+ Ke5 36. Nb3 $1 $18) 29. d4 $1 (29. Nxe6
$2 Bxe6 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Rb8 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 d4 $132) (29. g4 $6 f4 30. g5 (30.
Kg2 g5) 30... f3 31. Rb1 Nc7 32. Bg4 Rc2 33. d4 Rd2 34. Bxf3 Rxd4 35. Rb7 Ne8
36. Be2 h6 $11) 29... Rd2 30. Rb4 g5 31. Bf1 g4 32. Bb5 Ng7 33. Bd3 Bg6 34. Kf1
$16) 27. d4 $1 {I wanted to prevent the exchange of bishops.} (27. Nc5 Be2 28.
Bxe2 Rxe2 29. Rb7 Rc2 30. d4 Rc4 31. Nd7+ Ke7 $11) 27... Rb2 (27... Ke7 28. Nc5
) (27... Be2 $4 28. Nc1) 28. Bb5 f6 $138 ({Black can not burn the bridges
behind with} 28... g5 29. Bxe8 $1 (29. Rxe8+ $2 Kg7 30. Ba4 Bd1 31. Rb8 Rb1 32.
f4 (32. Kg2 $2 g4) (32. Nd2 $2 Rxb8 33. Bxd1 Rb2 34. Nf1 Rb4 $13 35. Ne3 $140
Rxd4 36. Kf1 Re4 37. Bc2 $1) 32... Bxb3+ 33. Kf2 Bc2 34. Rxb1 Bxb1 35. fxg5 Kg6
36. Be8 (36. h4 $2 Kf5 37. Kf3 Be4+ 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Kf2 Bg6 40. Bd1+ Kh3 $1 $11
) 36... Kxg5 (36... Be4 37. h4 Kg7 38. Ke3 Bb1 39. Bb5 Bc2 40. Bd3 Bd1 41. Kd2
Bf3 42. Kc3 Bg4 43. Kb4 Bf3 44. Kc5 Bg2 45. h5 Bf3 46. g6 (46. h6+ Kg8 {
And it seems it is impossible to get the king on e7.} 47. Kd6 Be4 48. Bb5 Kf8)
46... hxg6 47. hxg6 Be4 48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. Kc4 Kxg6 50. Kc3 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kg4 52.
Ke3 Kxg3 53. Kxe4 Kg4 $11) 37. Bxf7 Bf5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Bg8 h6 40. Bf7 h5 41.
Bg8 Kh3 42. Kf3 $18) 29... Bf3 30. Ba4+ Kg7 31. Rc8 Bd1 32. Rc3 $18) 29. Nc5
Bf3 $4 {Sort of a Hara-Kiri.} (29... fxe5 $2 30. Bxe8 Rxb8 31. Bxh5) ({After} 
29... Bf7 $8 30. Nd3 {White has a huge positional edge but just that.} (30.
Nxe6+ $2 Bxe6 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 Rd2 $1 $11) 30... Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Rb7+
Kf8 33. f4 $16) 30. Nxe6+ $18 {Now it is a massacre !} Ke7 (30... Kf7 31. Bxe8+
) 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Nd8+ Kg6 33. Bd3+ f5 34. Rf8 $1 {I only had to find this
simple move.} Rd2 35. Ne6 $1 {By forking threats white defends against a
possible checkmate.} Rd1+ (35... Rxd3 36. Nf4+) 36. Bf1 Kh6 (36... Be2 37. Nf4+
) 37. Nf4 g5 {And now the Mighty Knight moves ahead to give checkmate.} 38.
Rf6+ Kg7 39. Ne6+ (39. Ne6+ Kg8 40. Rf8#) 1-0

[Event "Star Palmyra op 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2004.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kovalev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I wanted to be smart with the move order against Denis that is why I have
chosen the English Opening.} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 $6 {
This looks risky.} (4... a6 5. d4) (4... e6 5. d4 Nbd7 {are the common choices.
}) (4... Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O e6 10.
b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 $14) 5. cxd5 cxd5 (5... Nxd5 6. Bc4 e6 (6... Nb4 7.
O-O) 7. O-O $14) 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Bb5+ (7. d4 Nc6 8. Ne5 e6 9. f4 Bd6 10. Bd3 O-O
11. O-O $14 {was another way to proceed.}) 7... Nc6 8. Ne5 {I did not like the
idea of picking up a pawn.} (8. Nd4 $6 Bd7 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qb3
Nxd4 12. exd4 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. d3 $11) 8... Bd7 9. Nxd7
Qxd7 10. O-O (10. d3 $6 e6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11) 10... e6
11. d4 Be7 {I can not understand this move.} (11... Bd6 $142 {makes e7
available for black's queen.} 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rfc1 $14) 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rfc1
Rfc8 14. Na4 Qd8 (14... Ne4 15. Be1) (14... Bd6 15. Rc2) 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bb4
Rab8 $2 {An unexpected blunder.} (16... Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Rab8 18. Qa3 Qa5 19. Rc5
Qa6 20. Rac1 e5 (20... Nd7 21. R5c2 Nb6 22. b3 Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Qxa4 24. bxa4 {
and this ending is very pleasant.} Kf8 (24... Rb6 25. a5 Ra6 26. Rc5 Kf8 27.
Rb1 $16) 25. Kf1 Rb4 26. a5 Ke7 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra4 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30.
Rxa7 Rxa2 31. g4 $16) 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. R5c2 Nxe5 23. Qd6 Nc4 24. Qf4 Qxa4 25.
b3 Qa3 26. bxc4 $14) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxc6 $1 $18 {Now I thought I will bring
home another point sweatless.} Rxb3 $6 {And after this seems like I will have
an even easier ride.} (18... Qd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nc5 Ne4 21. Rc1 $18) 19.
Rxc8+ Ne8 20. axb3 h5 21. Nc5 Kh7 22. Ra8 Nd6 23. R8xa7 Qf6 {The first move
which started to confuse me.I thought he would try to generate an attack
against my king which loses right away.} (23... Qg5 $2 24. Rd7 Nf5 25. Rxf7 Qg6
26. Rf8 $18) 24. h3 ({I could win by the direct} 24. Rd7 e5 25. Ra6 Qf5 26. h3
Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Nf5 (27... Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Rxf7 exd4 30. exd4 Qxb2 31. Rd6
Qxb3 32. Rdd7 Qb8+ 33. Rc7 $18) 28. Rxf7 exd4 29. Ne6 Kg6 30. Rf8 $18) 24...
Nf5 25. Nd7 $5 {Almost anything wins.} (25. b4 Nh4 26. b5 Qg5 27. g3 Nf3+ 28.
Kg2 Qf5 29. h4 Qg4 30. b6 Nxh4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qg4+ 33. Kd3 Qf5+ 34. Kc3
Qxf2 35. gxh4 Qxe3+ 36. Nd3 e5 37. dxe5 Qxb6 38. Rxf7 Qc6+ 39. Kd2 Qh6+ 40. Rf4
$18) (25. Nd3 Qg5 (25... Nh4 26. Ne1 e5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. R1a4 Nf5 29. Rxf7 Kg6
30. Rfa7 $18) 26. Rxf7 $18) 25... Qd8 26. Ne5 (26. b4 Nd6) 26... f6 27. Nd3 ({
The paradoxal} 27. Nd7 $142 $18 {may even be better.}) 27... h4 28. b4 Qe8 29.
Nf4 e5 30. Nxd5 Qd8 31. Nc7 {Here around I have started to lose my orientation.
} ({Apart from the text I had two better lines.} 31. e4 exd4 (31... Nxd4 $2 32.
Ra8 Qd6 33. R1a6 Qd7 34. Rxf6) 32. Rd1 $18) (31. R7a5 exd4 32. Rd1 $18) 31...
exd4 32. Ne6 $4 {Why did I pick this up? Actually I think I have became really
braindead in this moment of the game.} (32. e4 Ne7 33. Ne6 Qd6 34. Nc5 $18 {
was easy.}) 32... Qd6 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34. exd4 Qxd4 $14 {This looks extremely
difficult to convert into a win.} 35. b5 (35. Rb7 Qxb2 36. Rd1 Kh6 37. b5 Qc2
38. Re1 Qd2 {and his queen will annoy my rooks.}) 35... Qxb2 36. R1a4 Qxb5 37.
Rxh4+ Kg8 {This was the position I was aiming for.} 38. g3 ({My original
intention was} 38. Ra3 $5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qb2 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. f4 Qf2 42. Rg4 f5
43. Rg3 Qxf4 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Raxg7 $14 {But I think white does not have
enough chances in this one since his king is very exposed.}) 38... Qc6 $5 39.
Rg4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 {There ain't no difference between squares to step on for my
majesty.} (40. Kg2 Qc6+ 41. Kh2 Qc2 42. Rgxg7+ $140 Kh8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rag7+
Kf8 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rhg7+ Kh8 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kf1 Qd3+ 49. Ke1 Qe4+ 50. Kd2
Qd4+ $11) 40... Qd2 {Only after he has played his move I have understood that
g7 pawn is taboo.} 41. Rf4 (41. Raxg7+ Kh8 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. R4g7+ Kh6 $11) (41.
Rgxg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rag7+ Kf8 $11) 41... Qc2 42. h4 Qd1 43. Ra5 Kh7 44.
Raf5 {The only way to win for white to achieve g4-g5 and to recapture it by
rook. He cleverly has never allowed that.} (44. Ra2 Kg6 45. Rfa4 Qe1 $11) 44...
Qe2 45. g4 Qd2 46. Kg2 Qc1 47. Rf3 Qc4 48. Rg3 Qe4+ 49. Rff3 Kg6 50. Kh2 (50.
g5 f5) 50... Qc4 51. Rf5 Qd4 52. h5+ Kh6 53. Kh3 Qe4 $11 54. f3 {This move
does not change much.} (54. Rg1 Qe7) 54... Qb1 55. Kh2 (55. g5+ $4 Kxh5 $19 {
would even result into a loss.}) 55... Qe1 $1 {Now besides many things my king
goes to the first rank by force.} 56. Rg1 (56. g5+ fxg5 57. Rfxg5 (57. Rgxg5
Qh4+ $11) 57... Qd2+ 58. Kh3 Qxg5 $11) 56... Qf2+ 57. Kh1 Qe2 58. Rc1 Qf2 59.
Rcc5 {After this he achieves perpetual but anyway I have missed the train due
to earier mistakes.} (59. Rd1 Qe2 60. Rdd5 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qf2+ 62. Kh3 Qg1 $11)
59... Qf1+ 60. Kh2 Qf2+ 61. Kh3 Qf1+ 62. Kg3 Qg1+ 63. Kf4 Qd4+ 64. Kg3 {
A very embarrassing game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furtuna, Alexei"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
b6 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Qc2 e5 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
e4 Nh5 16. g3 Bh6 17. Qb1 Ng7 18. b4 f6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ba3 Bc6 21. Rc3 Ne6
22. Nb3 f5 $1 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Bh3 Qf6 25. Na5 Ba8 26. Rb3 Nb6 27. Bb2 Nd4 28.
Nxd4 exd4 {[%csl Re4,Rf2][%cal Ga8h1,Gf5e4,Ge8e2]} 29. exf5 $6 ({More stubborn
was} 29. Bg2) 29... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge5d5,Ga8h1] Threatening 30...Qd5.}
30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Bc1 $2 ({The final mistake.
Essential was} 33. Re1) 33... Qf3 $1 34. Rf1 {[%tqu "En","Whtie's king appears
to be safe, but it is just an illusion. How would you conclude Black's
attack?","Exploit a weakenss of White's second rank.","Use your bishop for a
decisive blow.","h6e3","Of course! Now mate is inevitable.",4]} Be3 $1 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg1][%cal Ge3g1,Gf3g2,Ge2g2]} (34... Be3 $1 {White resigned, as
after this impressive bishop thrust mate is inevitable:} 35. Bxe3 (35. fxe3
Qg2#) 35... dxe3 {, and White's king is doomed.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Qd5 8.
Ne1 Qd4 9. e3 Qg4 10. e4 e5 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Bd6 13. b3 h5 14. h4 Be6 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. Nf3 f6 17. d4 O-O 18. Bb2 Bf7 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Qd2 Bc7 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qb4 $6 (24. f4 {trying to open the
position in the center and activate the white bishop, deserved here serious
attention.}) 24... Qc7 25. Rd2 a5 26. Qc5 Rfd8 27. Rfd1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 a4 29.
Qa3 (29. b4 {is strongly met by} a3) 29... b5 30. Kh2 Qb6 31. b4 Rd8 32. Qe3
Qc7 33. a3 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 c5 $1 {Black has a large advantage in the ending, yet,
he needs to overcome some technical difficulties.} 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qd8+ Qf8
37. Qd3 b4 $1 {Opening the way to the a-pawn.} 38. axb4 Qxb4 39. e5 fxe5 40.
Bd5 Qd4 41. Bxf7+ Kxf7 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ Ke6 44. Qg6+ Kd5 45. Qf7+ Kc5 46.
Qa2 e4 47. Qa3+ Kb5 48. Kg2 Qd2 49. Qe7 e3 $1 {The strongest continuation.} 50.
Qb7+ Kc5 51. Qa7+ Kb4 52. Qb6+ Kc3 53. Qc6+ Kb3 54. Qb5+ Ka3 55. Qc5+ Kb2 56.
Qb5+ Kc1 57. Qf1+ Qd1 58. Qc4+ Qc2 59. Qf1+ Kd2 60. fxe3 Kxe3+ 61. Kh3 g6 62.
Qf4+ Ke2 63. Qe5+ Kf1 64. Qf4+ Kg1 65. Qd4+ Qf2 66. Qe3 (66. Qd1+ {fails to}
Qf1+) {[%tqu "En","How can Black refute White's stalemate speculations?",
"Exploit a weak position of the white king.","Use your passed pawn!","a4a3",
"This is the only way to conclude the game victoriously.",4]} 66... a3 $1 {
[%csl Ga3,Re3,Gf2,Gg1,Rh3][%cal Gf2h2]} ({The pawn advance decides the game
for Black. White resigned in this hopeless position:} 66... a3 67. Qxa3 (67.
Qxf2+ Kxf2) (67. Qc1+ Qf1+ {, and Black's pawn is unstoppable.}) 67... Qh2#)
0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Qc2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Bf5 8. d3
Na6 9. a3 Rc8 10. O-O Nc5 11. Rd1 b5 12. Bd4 Ncd7 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. e4 Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 e5 17. Bxa7 bxc4 18. dxc4 Nxe4 19. b4 Kh8 20. Rac1 Nd6 21. Qb3
d4 22. c5 Nf5 23. g4 $2 ({The careless Das gierige} 23. Qxf7 $4 {is refuted by
wird widerlegt durch} Rc7 $1 {, winning the bishop. mit Gewinn des Läufers.}) (
23. b5 {was to be preferred. war vorzuziehen.}) 23... e4 $1 24. gxf5 exf3 25.
Bxf3 Ne5 26. Bg2 Bh6 27. Rb1 Qd7 28. Bb6 gxf5 29. b5 Rg8 30. Kh1 f4 $1 {
[%csl Gd7,Ge5,Gf4,Rg2,Gg8,Rh3][%cal Gd7h3,Gg8g2] Now Black's attack is
irresistible. Nun ist der schwarze Angriff unwiderstehlich.} 31. Re1 Rxg2 $1
32. Rxe5 (32. Kxg2 {fails to scheitert an} f3+ 33. Kh2 Bf4+ {, with mate in
two. nebst Matt in zwei.}) 32... Rcg8 33. Rh5 Rxf2 34. bxc6 Qxc6+ 35. Qd5 Qg6
36. Qxd4+ f6 37. Qxf2 Qxb1+ 38. Kh2 {[%tqu "En","White's king is in very bad
shape. How can Black to finish it off?","Try to 'overload' the white queen.",
"Use the f4-pawn for the decisive blow.","f4f3","This nice move decides the
game for Black.",3,"De","Der weiße König ist sehr schlimm dran. Wie kann
Schwarz ihn erlegen?","Versuchen Sie, die weiße Dame zu 'überlasten'.",
"Versetzen Sie mit dem Bauern f4 dem Gegner den entscheidenden Schlag.","f4f3",
"Dieser hübsche Zug entscheidet die Partie für Schwarz.",3]} f3 $1 {[%csl Gb1,
Rf2,Rg1,Rg2,Gg8,Rh2,Gh6][%cal Gg8g2,Gb1g1,Gh6f4] This efficient pawn move
creating manifold threats, impressively concludes Black's attack. Dieser
effiziente Bauernzug stellt vielfältige Drohungen auf und bildet einen schönen
Abschluss des schwarzen Angriffs.} 39. Rxh6 (39. Qxf3 Qg1#) 39... Rg2+ 40. Qxg2
fxg2 41. Kxg2 Qe4+ {White resigned in view of the loss of his rook: Weiß gab
auf, denn er verliert den Turm:} (41... Qe4+ 42. Kf2 (42. Kg3 Qe3+) 42... Qf4+)
0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 a6 8. Be2
Qe7 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. h3 Re8 14. Bc4 b5 15.
cxb6 Nxb6 16. Bb3 exd4 17. exd4 Be6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 Bd5 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21.
Ne5 Rac8 22. Re3 Nd7 23. Ba3 Qh6 24. Ng4 Qf4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27.
Qxc6 Qxd4 {The chances are about equal. Who could expect that the game will
last only two more moves?} 28. Rc1 Bf4 29. Bc5 $4 ({A terrible mistake.
Correct was} 29. Rf1 {, and chances are about equal.}) {[%tqu "En","White's
last move was a serious mistake. How would you prove it?","Exploit the
weakness of White's back rank.","Try to deflect the white rook.","d4c5","This
elegant move wins on the spot.",5]} 29... Qxc5 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Ge8,Gf4,Rg1][%cal
Ge8e1,Gf4h2] An impressive refutation of White's untimely bishop thrust. White
loses a piece and the game.} (29... Qxc5 $1 {, and White resigned in view of
the lines:} 30. Qxc5 (30. Qxd7 Qxc1+) (30. Rxc5 Re1#) 30... Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Re1#)
0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Bd6 7. d3 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Qe7 10. a3 Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Nd4 Ne5
15. e3 Bb6 16. h3 Bd7 17. e4 Qc5 18. Bc3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qd6 $5 {Suddenly White
has trouble defending his most centralised piece - the knight on d4. Obviously
what he played in the game was an oversight, but how should he deal with the
problem?} 20. N2f3 $4 {This is just a blunder. White clearly forgot about the
g3-square, yet the black queen isn't as far away from it as it looks.} ({After
} 20. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 21. exf5 {by playing} Bxf2+ $1 {Black would have highlighted
the vulnerability of the f2-square, which my colleague GM King disccussed in
CBM-59. Then Black's attack is victorious:} 22. Kxf2 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Qxg3 $1 {
This is the most energetic way of exploiting Black's advantage.} ({The more
prosaic approach -} 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxe1 25. Kxe1 Qxg3+ {- is also
winning for Black after} 26. Kf1 Nd5) 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nc4 Nd5 $19) ({
On account of the inadequate tries 20 N2f3?? and 20 Nf5? White has to retreat
modestly -} 20. Ne2 $1 {when Black does not have anything decisive yet.}) 20...
Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qxg3 $1 {The game is over now.} 22. Kf1 Nh5 $1 23. Red1 Qc7 24.
Qd2 Be6 25. Qg5 g6 26. e5 Qe7 27. Qh6 Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Kg1 Nf4 30. Bf1
Nxh3+ 31. Bxh3 Bxh3 32. Ng5 Bf5 33. e6 Bxe6 34. Ne4 Rfd8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+
Ke8 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Ne4 Rd5 39. Bf6+ Kd7 40. Nc3 Rxd1+ 41. Rxd1+ Ke8 42. Ne4
Bxb3 43. Nd6+ Kd7 44. Nc4+ Bxd1 45. Nxb6+ Ke6 46. Nxa8 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koblenz"]
[BlackTeam "Bielefeld"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 (5. Ne5 Bh5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $5)
5... cxd5 (5... Bxf3 $5 6. Bxf3 cxd5) 6. Ne5 $1 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 $6 (7... Nbd7 8.
d4 e6 9. O-O $14) 8. g4 $1 Bg6 9. h4 $1 $16 Bd6 (9... h6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Qc2
Kf7 12. h5 $16) (9... h5 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. g5 $16) 10. d4 $1 (10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11.
Nxd7 (11. d4 h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Qc2 Kf7 $14) 11... Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ (12. h5
Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Bc2 $13) 12... Kxd7 13. h5 Bc2 $13) 10... O-O (10... Bxe5 11.
dxe5 Nxg4 $2 12. Qa4+ $18) 11. h5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxg4 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. f4 $1 (
14. Qd4 Nxf2 15. Rf1 Nc6 $13) 14... Qb6 (14... Nc6 15. e4 $1 $16) 15. Rf1 Qd8 (
15... Nh2 16. Nxd5 $1 (16. Rh1 Ng4) 16... Qd8 (16... exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18.
Qxb7 $16) 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rh1 $16) 16. e3 $1 Qh4+ 17. Kd2
Nh2 (17... Nc6 18. Kc2 $1 (18. Rh1 Qf2+ 19. Qe2 d4 $1 $13) 18... Rac8 19. Kb1
$16) 18. Rh1 d4 $5 19. Ne2 $1 (19. exd4 Rxf4 $13) 19... dxe3+ 20. Kc2 $1 Rc8+
21. Kb1 Nc6 (21... Qg4 22. Be4 $1 $16) 22. Bxe3 Nb4 23. Nc3 Qg3 24. Qe2 Rd8 25.
Ne4 Qg4 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. Bc1 Rac8 28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Bd2 Nd3 30. Rh3 Ndf2 (30...
Ndxe5 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Ne4 $18) 31. Rb3 b6 32. a4 g5 33. a5 bxa5 $2 34. Bxa5
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be3 (7. cxd5
cxd5 (7... exd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 c5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nc6 13.
Bg5 Qd7 14. g4 h6 15. Bh4 d4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rc1 b6 $14 {
Malaniuk,V-Kishnev,S/Copenhavn/1991/1:0/37/}) 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4
Bg6 11. Nb5 Na6 12. N1c3 O-O 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Bd6 $16 {Loginov,V-Ikonnikov,V/
Katowice/1992/1;0/51/}) 7... dxc4 (7... O-O 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Re8
11. Nh4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Ng4 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 $14 {Bagirov,V-Anikaev,Y/
Moscow/1990/0,5/30/}) 8. dxc4 Nbd7 (8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bc2 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc3
$14) 10. Rd2 Bg6 11. Nd4 Nbd7 12. Rd1 O-O-O $10 {Kosic,D-Matulovic,M/YUG/1995/}
) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nh4 (10. h3 h6 11. a3 a5 12. Na4 $1 Qc7 13. Rc1 e5 14. Nd2
Rfd8 (14... b6 $142) 15. Qb3 $14 {Pigusov,E-Georgiev,Kir/Moscow GMA/1990/0:1/
67/}) 10... Bg4 (10... Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 $14) 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Ne8 $5
(12... Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 a5 (14... Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3
$14) 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Na4 $14) 13. gxh5 $5 (13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Qd2 Bc5 $10) 13...
Bxh4 14. h6 (14. Qd2 h6 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. b3 Nf6 $132) 14... g6 15. Qd2 Ne5 $6 (
15... Nc7 $5 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. b3 Qe7 $13) (15... Qe7 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. b3 f5 18.
f4 Nf7 19. Qd7 $16) 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 (16... Rxd8 17. Bc5 (17. Bxa7 $5 Nxc4 18. Bc5
Ncd6 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Rd3 $36) 17... Nd6 (17... Nxc4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. b3 $14)
18. Rad1 Be7 19. b3 Nc8 (19... a6 $2 20. f4 $18) 20. Bd4 $14) 17. Bc5 Nxc4 18.
Bxf8 Kxf8 19. b3 Ncd6 20. Rad1 $14 (20. f4 $5 Nf5 21. e4 Bb6+ 22. Kh2 Nxh6 23.
Rad1 Ke7 $14) 20... Bg5 21. Rd3 Ke7 22. Rfd1 f5 (22... Bxh6 $32 23. e3 Rd8 $14)
23. e4 $1 e5 $6 (23... Bxh6 24. e5 Nf7 25. Rd7+ $16) (23... Rd8 $22 24. e5 Nf7
25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Ne2 Bxh6 $13) 24. b4 Bxh6 25. b5 $1 Rc8 (25... cxb5 26. Nd5+
Kf7 27. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 (27... Rc8 28. Nxe8 Nxe8 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. exf5 gxf5 31.
Rxb7 $16) 28. Rxd6 Ne6 29. Rd7+ $16) 26. bxc6 bxc6 $8 27. h4 $1 Rc7 28. h5 Nf7
(28... Bf4 $5) 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Na4 Ned6 31. Nc5 Bf8 $6 (31... Bf4 32. Rh3 Bh6
33. Rg3 Bg5) 32. Rb3 $1 Nb5 33. Rg3 $1 $16 g5 $8 (33... Kf6 34. Nd7+ Ke7 35.
Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rxg6 Nd4 37. exf5 $18) 34. exf5 $16 Nd4 35. Ne6 $5 Ne2+ (35...
Nxe6 36. fxe6 Kxe6 37. Rc3 c5 38. Bd5+ Ke7 39. Re1 $16) 36. Kh2 Nxg3 37. Nxc7
Nxf5 38. Bxc6 $16 Nd4 39. Bg2 Nd6 40. Kh3 $1 Kd7 41. Nd5 Nc4 42. Ne3 (42. Kg4
$5) 42... Nb2 43. Rd2 Na4 44. Nc2 (44. Kg4 Be7 45. Nf5 $18) 44... Bc5 45. Nxd4
Bxd4 46. Kg4 Kd6 47. Kxg5 $18 Kc5 48. Kf5 Nc3 49. Bb7 Nb5 50. Rc2+ Kb4 51. Ke6
Nc3 52. f3 a5 53. Bd5 a4 54. Kd6 Ka3 (54... Nb5+ 55. Kc6 Nc3 56. Rd2 Ka3 57. f4
Be3 58. Rc2 Bd4 59. Rd2 Be3 60. Rd3 Bd4 61. f5 $18) 55. Bf7 Kb4 56. Kc6 Ka3 57.
Rd2 $1 Kb4 58. f4 $1 Be3 $8 59. Rb2+ Ka3 60. Rc2 Bd4 61. Rd2 (61. f5 e4 $132)
61... Ne4 (61... Be3 62. Rd3 Bd4 63. f5 $18) 62. Re2 Nc3 63. Rxe5 $1 $18 Nxa2 (
63... Bxe5 64. fxe5 Nxa2 65. e6 (65. Bxa2 Kxa2 66. e6 a3 67. e7 Kb2 68. e8=Q a2
$10) 65... Nb4+ 66. Kd6 $18) 64. Re4 $1 (64. Bxa2 Bxe5 65. fxe5 Kxa2 66. e6 a3
$10) 64... Nb4+ 65. Kb5 Nc2 66. Re2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 (5. O-O b5 (5... Be6 6. Ng5 $1
Bf5 7. Na3 h6 8. Nf3 Be6 9. Qc2 b5 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. d4 $44 {Dautov}) 6. Nc3 e6
7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 a6 9. d4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rac1 $44 {Pigusov,E-Sveshnikov,
E/Helsinki/1992/}) (5. Na3 Be6 (5... Qd5 6. O-O e5 $6 7. Ng5 $1 e4 8. d3 Bxa3
9. bxa3 cxd3 10. exd3 Qxd3 11. Nxe4 $1 Qxd1 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Rxd1 $44 {
Szabo,L-Short,N/Hastings/1981/1:0/27/}) 6. Ng5 Bd5 7. e4 h6 8. exd5 hxg5 9.
dxc6 Nxc6 10. Nxc4 e6 11. O-O $14 {Pigusov,E-Tukmakov,V/Sochi/1987/1:0/41/})
5... Qd5 (5... b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 a6 9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11.
Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Na3 g6 14. Qb2 $44 {Salov,V-Anand,V/Linares/1993/})
6. O-O (6. Na3 $32 b5 7. Nh4 Qc5 8. d3 $14) 6... Bf5 7. Qc3 e6 8. b3 cxb3 9.
axb3 Bxb1 (9... Be7 10. d3 Qc5 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bb2 $44)
10. Rxb1 a5 $1 (10... Be7 11. b4) 11. d4 Be7 12. Ne5 Qd8 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4 Na6
$15 (14... Nbd7 15. Nd3) 15. f4 Nc7 (15... g6 $5 16. f5 $140 exf5 17. exf5 Nb4
$17) 16. f5 Nb5 17. Qe3 exf5 18. Rxf5 a4 $1 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20. Rd1 Rb4 (20...
Nd7 $5 21. Nd3 Qb6) 21. Ba1 c5 (21... Nd7 22. Nd3 Rb3 $17) 22. d5 Nd4 $6 (22...
c4 $5) 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qe2 Ne8 (24... Qa5 25. d6 Bxd6 26. Nc6 $13) 25. Nd3
$44 Nd6 26. Rff1 Rb6 27. Qc2 (27. e5 Nc4 28. d6 Bg5 $15) 27... Nb5 28. Qc4 Qc8
$6 (28... Bg5 $32 29. e5 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Nc3 $13) 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. e5 (30. Rb1
Bd8) 30... Nc3 31. Ra1 Rb3 $2 (31... f6 $5) 32. d6 Bf8 (32... Bg5 33. Nc5) 33.
Nc5 $1 $16 Rb5 (33... Rxc5 34. Ra8 {/\ d7+-}) 34. Nxb7 Rb8 $8 35. Na5 d3 (35...
f6 $5 36. Nc6 fxe5 37. Nxb8 Rxb8) 36. Nc6 d2 37. Nxb8 Rxb8 38. Rad1 $2 (38. Bf3
$1 f6 39. Ra3 $1 Nb5 40. Rd3 $18) 38... Nxd1 39. Rxd1 g6 (39... f6 $10) 40.
Rxd2 Bg7 41. d7 $8 Rd8 42. Rd5 $14 Kf8 43. Bh3 Ke7 44. Kg2 h5 45. Kf3 Bh6 46.
Ke4 Bc1 47. Rb5 Bd2 48. Kd5 Be3 49. Rb2 Bg1 50. Rc2 Bb6 51. Rc8 Bg1 52. Kc6 Bd4
(52... Bxh2 $2 53. Kc7 Bxg3 54. Rxd8 Bxe5+ 55. Kc8 $18) 53. e6 f5 (53... fxe6
54. Bxe6) 54. Kd5 Bf6 55. Bf1 Bg7 56. Bd3 Bf6 57. Bc2 Bg7 58. Bb1 Bf6 59. Bd3
Bg7 60. Rc2 Bf6 61. h3 Rh8 62. Rf2 Ra8 63. g4 hxg4 64. hxg4 Ra5+ (64... fxg4
65. Rxf6 Kxf6 66. Kd6 $18) 65. Kc6 Kxe6 66. gxf5+ gxf5 67. Re2+ Kf7 68. Bc4+
Kg7 69. Rg2+ Kh6 $8 70. Kd6 Ra8 71. Ke6 Rf8 $10 72. Bd3 Bd8 73. Bxf5 Rf6+ 74.
Ke5 Rf8 75. Rg6+ Kh7 76. Re6+ Kg7 77. Re8 Bf6+ 78. Ke4 Bd8 79. Bg4 Bh4 $10
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. Qc2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. d4 Nb4 13. Qd2 e4 14. Ne5 Nd7 15.
O-O f6 16. a3 Na6 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nf8 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Qb6 21. Bc2
Rac8 22. Rf2 Bc6 23. a4 Qb4 24. Bc3 Qd6 25. Bd3 Bd7 26. h3 Qb6 27. Rb1 Qc7 28.
Ba5 Qg3 29. Kh1 Nb8 30. Bb4 Nc6 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Rbf1 Rfe8 33. Re2 a5 34. e4
Nb4 35. Bb1 dxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Re8 38. Re1 f5 39. Bxb7 Rxe1+ {
Diagramm [#] Eine - bei begrenzter Bedenkzeit - extrem schwer einzuschätzende
Stellung. Es wird aber schnell klar, dass Weiß im Endspiel auf b3 und a4 zwei
extrem schwache Bauern hat, was ihn schließlich die Partie kostet. Hätte Wei
dies erkannt, dann hätte er die Damen mit Sicherheit auf dem Brett gelassen.
Schwarz hätte es sich in diesem Fall nicht leisten können, beide weiße
Damenflügelbauern einzukassieren, da der Anziehende in der Zwischenzeit über
den schwarze König hergefallen wäre.} 40. Qxe1 $2 (40. Nxe1 $1 Qxb3 41. Qg5
Qxa4 (41... Bxa4 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Nf3 $18) 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Nf3 $18) 40...
Qxe1+ 41. Nxe1 Be6 42. d5 Nxd5 43. Nc2 Kf7 44. Kg1 Kf6 {Diagramm [#]} 45. Ba6 {
Allem bislang Gesagtem zum Trotz: Erst dieser Zug ist der entscheidende Fehler.
} (45. Nd4 $1) 45... Nc7 46. Bc4 Bxc4 47. bxc4 Ne6 48. Kf2 Ke5 {Der Ba4 geht
verloren.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Quentin op 4th"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2001.04.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e5 7. cxd5 cxd5 {
A ete essaye avec succes le modeste Fe2.} 8. Qc1 $5 {Prepare l'echange du
futur mauvais fou !} (8. Be2 a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 b5 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. a4 $1) 8...
a6 9. Ba3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Qa3 Nf8 15.
O-O Rc7 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. Qb2 Rc6 {d'un cote, les
noirs ont l'avantage sur la colonne "b" puisqu'ils ont double leurs tours,
d'un autre cote, les blancs ont en vue les cases b6 et surtout c5 qui est un
avant-poste.} 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Rc1 Ng4 22. Rxc6 (22. h3 Qc7 $1 $19) 22... Qh4
$1 $19 {Apres les preliminaires sur la colonne "c", les noirs passent aux
choses serieuses.} 23. Bxb5 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 axb5 25. Rc1 Qxe3 26. h3 Nf2+ 27. Kh2
Nd3 28. Nf1 Qf4+ 29. g3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 b5 (5... e5) 6. d3 cxd3 7. Ne5
a6 $1 (7... Bb7 {[7...Qb6]} 8. Qb3 e6 9. Nxb5) 8. O-O (8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Bxc6+
Bd7 10. Bxa8 Qxa8 $44) 8... Bb7 9. Qb3 e6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 (11... Qxe5
$2 12. Qd8# {#}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Be3 c5 $1 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bxc5
Rc8 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qb2 Bxc5 19. bxc5 O-O 20. Nc4 Rxc5 (20... Ng5 $1 21. f3 Rxc5
22. Nd6 Qb6 {/\ ...e5, ...Ne6}) 21. Nd6 Qc6 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Rd4 Rc2 24. Rxe4
Rxb2 25. a4 Rb8 (25... b4 26. a5 $1) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 g5 (27... b4 28. Rf4
Rf8 29. Rb7) 28. h4 $138 (28. Rg4) 28... b4 29. Re5 b3 $1 30. Rxg5+ Kf8 31. Rh5
h6 32. Rxh6 Kg7 33. Rxe6 Ra2 34. Rc7 b2 {(time)} 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 $6 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 $14 b6 11. Nb5 Nc5 (11... Ba6 12. a4) 12. b4 Ne6
13. Rfc1 Bd7 14. a4 a6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. Qb3 b5 18. a5 Bg4 19. Qb2
Qd6 20. Be5 (20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 e5) 20... Qe6 21. d3 h6 22.
Qd4 Red8 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Ng4 $1 26. Bxg4 Qxe5 27. Rc6 Rd6
28. Rxd6 $2 (28. Qb6 Qf6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 exd6 31. Bc8 Bc3 $10) 28...
Qxd6 29. Qb6 Qxb4 30. Bf3 Bd4 $1 31. Qb8+ (31. Qxa6 $2 Qe1+) 31... Kg7 32. e3
Bf6 33. Qb6 d4 34. e4 Qd6 35. Qxd6 exd6 36. e5 $1 dxe5 37. Bb7 Bd8 38. Bxa6 b4
39. Bc4 Bxa5 40. Kg2 f5 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. h4 Bc7 43. Bb3 Bb6 44. Bc2 Bc5 45. Ke2
g5 46. hxg5+ hxg5 47. f3 Bd6 48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 e4 50. dxe4 Ke5 51. Kf3 Bc5
52. Bd3 b3 53. Bc4 d3 (53... b2 54. Bd3 Bb6 55. Bb1 $10) 54. Bxb3 Kd4 55. Ba4
Bd6 56. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Plovdiv"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kirov, Nino"]
[Black "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg2 Re8 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. e4 Rac8 14. Be3 c5
15. Ne2 d4 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. b3 b6 19. f4 g6 20. g4 Ng7 21. e5 Qe6
22. Ng3 f5 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Nf8 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Bd5+ Ne6 27. Nxf5 gxf5
28. Kf2 Kf7 29. a4 Ke7 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. Rg1 $2 (33.
a5 $14) 33... Rxg1 34. Kxg1 a5 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kh4 Kg6 38. Kg3 (38.
e6 $4 Kf6 39. Kh5 Kxe6 40. Kg5 b5 $1 $19) 38... Kf7 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-GER Kings"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2015.10.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Bulmaga,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 a5 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf5 11. e3 Be4 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Nf6 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Ne4 16. Be1 {[#]} e5 $6 {Ein sehr "jugendlicher" und konkreter Zug, mit
dem Schwarz die Stellung öffnen will. Da Weiß das Läuferpaar hat, ist er
jedoch vielleicht nicht allzu gut.} (16... e6 {war vermutlich vorsichtiger und
besser. Schwarz will ...f5 spielen, um die Struktur zu stabilisieren und
anschließend mit ...g5 einen Angriff am Königsflügel einzuleiten. Nach 16...
e6 gefällt mir die schwarze Stellung besser.} 17. cxd5 exd5 18. b4 axb4 19.
Bxb4 Re8 20. a4 {GM Marin meinte, diese Variante hätte er 1996 in Eriwan
schon einmal gespielt.}) 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rab1 Qd6 19. Rc2 Qe6 20. Bg2 f5 21.
cxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Qf7 (22... Qe6 $6 23. Qe2 a4 24. b4 $14) 23. Qe2 a4 {[#]} 24.
Qc4 $2 ({Besser war} 24. b4 $1 $16 {, um die Struktur zu stabilisieren. Danach
kann Weiß versuchen, f3 zu spielen und hat bessere Chancen auf Vorteil als in
der Partie.}) 24... axb3 25. axb3 Rfd8 $11 {Schwarz ist seinen schwachen
a-Bauern losgeworden und sollte problemlos Remis machen können.} 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxb3 29. Qxe5 Qxc2 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32.
Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.11.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:02"]
[BlackClock "0:00:49"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Be6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. Nxc4 Bxe2 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. b4 e6 13. b5 Bd6 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
bxc6 Rc8 16. Qb1 Bxe5 17. cxb7 Rc5 18. d4 Bg6 $2 {White has a clear advantage,
which is increased by Black's last move.} 19. Ne4 $4 ({With the lovely queen
sacrifice} 19. dxc5 $1 Bxb1 20. Bxe5 {White could finished off here opponent.})
19... Rc4 {Now Black, with the extra piece, in on route to victory.} 20. Rd1
Bc7 21. Ba3 Re8 $2 {Taking on e4 was clearly a better option.} 22. Nxf6+ gxf6
23. Qb5 Bc2 24. Re1 Bxa4 25. Qh5 Bc6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rab1 Qd5
29. Qe2 Nc4 30. Bc5 Bd6 $2 {With this the tide turns against Black.} 31. Rec1
Bxc5 $4 32. b8=Q (32. Qxc4 $1 {would have won on the spot.}) 32... Rxb8 33.
Rxb8+ Kg7 $2 34. Qxc4 Bxd4 $2 35. Qxc6 Qa2 36. Qf3 f5 37. Rbc8 a4 38. R8c2 Qb3
39. Qxb3 {and White wins in the end. A bit like one of Shakespear's comic
plays.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3
b6 9. g4 Bb7 10. g5 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. f4 Bc5 15. Nce2
Nd6 16. Nf3 dxc4 17. h5 Bb4 18. h6 g6 19. O-O cxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Rad1 c5 22.
Ba1 Kf7 23. d3 Ke8 24. Nc3 b5 25. Na2 Ba3 26. Qd2 b4 27. Nc1 Kf7 28. Ne2 Kg8
29. Ne1 Bd5 30. Nc2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 e5 32. Nxa3 bxa3 33. Qc3 Nf7 34. Ng3 Nb6 35.
e4 fxe4 36. dxe4 c4 37. fxe5 cxb3 38. Qxb3 Nc4 39. e6 Qxe6 40. Rf6 Qe7 41. Rdf1
$2 (41. Rd5 $5 Qb4 42. Qd3 Nb6 (42... Nb2 $2 43. Qa6 $18 Qe7 44. Rxg6+ Kh8 45.
Rg7 Rc2+ 46. Kh3 Rc3 47. g6 Rxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Qc7+ 49. Kh3 Qc3+ 50. Qd3 Qxd3+ (
50... Nxd3 51. Bxc3 $18) 51. Rxd3 Nxh6 52. Rxh7+ Kg8 53. Rxa3 $18) 43. Qa6 Rb8
44. Rb5 Qe1 45. Rf1 (45. Rbxb6 Rxb6 46. Rxf7 (46. Rxb6 Qxa1 47. Rxg6+ hxg6 48.
Qxg6+ Kh8 $19) 46... Kxf7 (46... Rxf7 47. Qa8+ Rf8 48. Qd5+ Rf7 49. Qa8+ $11)
47. Qxb6 Qxa1 48. Qb3+ Ke7 49. Qb7+ Ke8 50. Qb8+ $11) 45... Qd2+ 46. Rf2 Qd1
47. Bg7 Nc4 48. Bxf8 Ne3+ 49. Kh2 Rxb5 50. Qxb5 Ng4+ 51. Kg2 Ne3+ 52. Kh2 (52.
Kh3 Qg4+ 53. Kh2 Qh4+ 54. Kg1 Qxg3+ 55. Kh1 Qxf2 $19) 52... Ng4+ 53. Kg2 $11)
41... Qb4 0-1

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 15th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kern, Guido"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.10.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be5 Bxf3 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bxf3 Bg7 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ke7 16. Rd2 Rhd8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Rd1 a5 20. b3 Bb2
21. e3 e5 22. f3 Ba3 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. Ke2 Rf8 25. Rh1 h5 26. h3 Kf6 27. g4 e4
28. fxe4 fxg4 29. hxg4 h4 30. Rf1+ Ke6 31. Rf5 h3 32. Rxf8 Bxf8 33. e5 h2 34.
Be4 Kxe5 35. Bh1 Ba3 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Kc3 Bc1 39. a4 Bxe3 40. Kd3
Bf4 41. Bg2 Kb4 42. Kc2 {Diagramm #} b5 43. axb5 $2 (43. cxb5 c5 $3 $19 {
funktioniert analog zur Partie, aber}) (43. Bxc6 $1 bxc4 44. bxc4 Kc5 45. Bh1
Kd4 46. Kd1 Ke3 47. Ke1 $1 {hätte die Stellung gehalten, z.B.} Bd6 48. Kf1 Kf4
49. Bd5 Kxg4 50. Kg2 $11) 43... c5 $3 {jetzt ist der Durchbruch a5-a4 nicht zu
verhindern. Damit bekommt Schwarz einen zweiten Freibauern und gewinnt leicht}
44. Bd5 Be5 45. b6 Bf6 46. b7 Be5 47. Bc6 a4 48. bxa4 Kxc4 49. a5 Bb8 50. a6
Ba7 51. Kd2 Kb3 52. Ke2 (52. Be4 c4 53. Kc1 Kc3 {und der schwarze König
marschiert zum h-Bauern}) 52... c4 53. Bd5 Kb2 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Borlange"]
[Date "2014.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 $6 {
Claiming that White pawn sacrifice is not correct. This move can be played
according to chess computers, but sincerely what is Black's hope of own play
here?} 8. Ng5 $1 {A concrete approach.} ({Simple development is also perfectly
fine.} 8. b3 $1 cxb3 9. axb3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Na5 Qc7 13. e4 Rad8
14. d4 {with compensation.}) 8... Bg4 9. Nxc4 Bxe2 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Re1 $1 {
[#] Another excellent move. White is going directly to the throat. What is
happening here? Black has a knight on b6, which Capablanca never liked. He has
moved his bishop four times. For this white has sacrificed one pawn. In a
position like this Black must search for unexpected tactics for White and be
sure his next move don't lose on he spot.} e6 $2 {White of course knows that
f7 is weak, so why did he not find Bf3? Well, my speculation is that he normal
tendency is to calculate forced lines, but in order to crack a gm you need o
include non-forcing moves in your search.} (11... h6 {This have been played by
Potkin.} 12. Ne4 e6 {And now it is surprisingly difficult for white to prove
an advantage.} 13. Nxf6+ (13. a4) (13. d4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bd6) 13... gxf6 14.
Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Qb7+ $11) (11... Nbd7 {A move played amongst
others, Gajewski.} 12. d4 e6 13. Bf3 $1 Nxe5 14. Bxh5 Ng6 15. Rxe6+ Be7 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Re2 $14) 12. b3 $2 {This move postpone the hard work of hard
calculation and in his case the chance doesn't return.} (12. Bf3 $1 {wins.} Bg6
13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Nfd7 (14... Nbd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxe6#
) 15. Nexf7 Bxf7 16. Nxf7 {Grandelius-Perunovic 2011.} Kxf7 17. Qxe6#) 12...
Be7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. d4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 {[#]Black's position is solid now.
With 2 knights on board they were both fighting for the d5-square.} 16. Ne4 Nb4
17. Qc3 Qd3 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Nc2 21. Bxg7 $2 {The final
mistake.} ({Perhaps both players missed:} 21. Re5 Nxa1 22. Rxh5 Nc2 23. Be4 Na3
24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Bb2 Nb5 26. Bxh7 Rf8 27. Bg7 Nxd6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Bd3 {
Gives White a position with some slight hopes.}) 21... Rg8 22. Bf6 Nxa1 23.
Rxa1 Kd7 {The rest is as they say a matter of technique...} 24. Be7 a5 25. Rc1
a4 26. b4 a3 27. b5 Rgc8 28. Rb1 Ra7 29. bxc6+ bxc6 30. Kf1 Bg6 31. Rb4 c5 32.
Rb6 c4 33. Ke1 Bc2 34. Bb7 Rc5 35. Ba6 Ba4 36. Rb8 Re5+ 37. Kf1 Rxa6 38. Rb7+
Kc8 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Rxd7 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Teheran FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2016.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 (5. d4 {ergäbe die
Ausgangsstellung der Slawischen Chebanenko-Variante.}) 5... Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7.
Bb2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 ({Einige Male geschah hier} 9. O-O Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11.
Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nc3 $11) 9... Bg6 10. Nh4 b5 11. Nxg6
hxg6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. g5 Nh5 {Der Springer steht hier etwas abseits und im
Moment ist nicht klar, wie er von hier wieder ins Spiel finden soll.} (13...
Ng8 $5 14. h4 Ne7) 14. h4 Qe7 15. a4 bxc4 16. bxc4 O-O 17. a5 Rab8 {[#]} 18.
Na4 e5 {Der König in der Mitte ist für Weiß auch kein reines Vergnügen.}
19. c5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxa6 f5 22. Be2 {Weiß hat sich einen Freibauern
verschafft, aber wie soll sie die Bauernwalze vor dem König stoppen?} e4 23.
Qc3 f4 24. Qe5 {Damentausch wäre natürlich im Sinne von Weiß.} (24. Bg4 fxe3
25. fxe3 (25. dxe3 Bb4) 25... Ng3 26. Rg1 Nf5 {ist ebenfalls günstig für
Schwarz.}) 24... Qf7 25. Rf1 (25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Rf1 fxe3 27. dxe3 Bd6 28. Qxd6
Rxb2 $19) 25... Rfe8 $19 26. Qc3 Bb4 {Die weiße Stellung wird nun gestürmt.}
27. Qc2 f3 28. Bd1 {[#]} Nf4 {So kommt der Springer also wieder ins Spiel.} 29.
exf4 e3 ({Oder auch} 29... Qxf4 30. a6 e3 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Be2 Qxe2#) 30.
fxe3 Qxf4 31. Bxf3 Rxe3+ 32. Kd1 Rxf3 33. Re1 Rf1 34. Qd3 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Qg4 {
Droht Te8 und Lc5 mit Matt.} 36. Qd4 {Droht auch Matt, aber...} Re8+ 37. Kf1
Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Bc5 39. Qxc5 Re2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Rfc8
15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rb5 20. a3 Qd8 21.
e4 a5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc5 Qb6 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Qd4
axb4 28. axb4 h6 29. Kg2 b6 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxb4 33. h4 Kf8
34. Rd7 Re4 35. Rb7 Re6 36. g4 g5 37. f4 gxf4 38. Kf3 Rf6 39. g5 Rc6 40. Kxf4
h5 41. Kf5 Kg7 42. Rb8 Rc5+ 43. Kf4 Rb5 44. Ke4 Rb1 45. Kf5 Rb2 46. Kf4 Rb4+
47. Ke5 Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 Rxh4 {Caruana's cut off This is an important
technique in rook endings:} 50. Rxf7+ $2 {This capture is too greedy.} (50. Rb8
$1 {saves the day, e.g.} b5 (50... Rb4 51. Kf6 $1 {(Golubev)} h4 52. Rb7 Rf4+
53. Ke5 Rf1 54. Rxb6 $11) 51. Rxb5 Kg6 52. Rb8 Kxg5 53. Rg8+ $1 {(Golubev in
Chess Today 4603)} Kh6 54. Kf5 Ra4 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rb8 h4 57. Rb3 Kh6 58. Rb6+
Kh5 59. Rb8 Ra5+ 60. Kf4 Ra6 61. Rb5+ Kg6 62. Kg4 Ra4+ 63. Kh3 $11) 50... Kg6
51. Rf6+ (51. Rf8 {is also insufficient, e.g.} Kxg5 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Rb8 Rc4
54. Kf6 Rc6+ 55. Kf5 Rd6 56. Ke5 (56. Rh8+ Kg7 57. Rxh5 $6 Rd5+ 58. Kg4 Rxh5
59. Kxh5 b5 $19) 56... Rg6 57. Kf5 Rc6 58. Rg8 Rd6 59. Rb8 Kg7 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61.
Kg5 Ke8 62. Kxh5 Kd8 63. Kg5 Kc8 64. Rh7 Rd7 $19) 51... Kxg5 52. Rxb6 (52. Rf5+
{is met by} Kg4 53. Ke4 Rh3 54. Rb5 Rh1 $1 {(Heimers)} 55. Rxb6 Re1+ 56. Kd3 h4
57. Kd2 Re5 58. Rg6+ Kh5 59. Rg8 h3 60. Rh8+ Kg4 61. Rg8+ Rg5 $19) 52... Ra4 {
The cut off decides.} 53. Rb8 Kg4 54. Rg8+ Kf3 55. Rf8+ Kg3 56. Rg8+ Kh2 57.
Kf5 h4 58. Rb8 ({Just waiting with} 58. Rg7 {is broken by} h3 59. Rg8 Kh1 60.
Rg7 h2 61. Rg8 Ra1 62. Kf4 Rg1 63. Ra8 Kg2 64. Ra2+ Kh3 65. Ra3+ Kh4 66. Ra8
Rf1+ $19) 58... h3 59. Kg5 ({After} 59. Rb2+ {Caruana's king hides on h4:} Kg3
60. Rb3+ Kh4 $19) 59... Re4 60. Kf5 Re2 61. Rg8 (61. Kf4 Kg2 62. Rg8+ Kf1 63.
Kf3 h2 64. Rh8 Rf2+ 65. Ke3 Kg1 66. Rh7 Rg2 $19) 61... Rg2 62. Rd8 Rf2+ (62...
Rf2+ 63. Ke4 Kg1 64. Ke3 h2 65. Rh8 Rg2 66. Ra8 h1=Q $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nxc4 e4 7. Nfe5 {Already
a very unusual game. White's centralized knights are annoying, but at the same
time they can be vulnerable to an attack.} Qc7 8. d4 f6 $6 {This probably
beings Rodshtein's problems.} 9. Ne3 Be6 10. N5c4 f5 {White's position looks
cramped, but in fact after a timely f3 it is Black's underdevelopment that
will come into play.} 11. O-O Nf6 12. f3 $1 exf3 13. Rxf3 g6 14. g4 $1 {
Why not? Going forward with the attack. Grischuk simply opens up lines.} f4 (
14... Nxg4 15. Nxg4 fxg4 16. Re3 {is ugly to say the least.}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. d5
$1 {More powerful play!} cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qc5+ 18. Nce3 $1 {The beautiful point
of White's position. d5 is defended and Black's position surprisingly
collapses.} fxe3 (18... Bg7 19. b4 $16) (18... Bxd5 19. b4 Qb6 20. Qxd5 $18)
19. b4 Qd6 20. Rxe3 {Rxe6 and Nc7+ is a threat.} Na6 21. Bb2 Bg7 22. Nf6+ {
A wonderful victory by Grischuk.} (22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Qxd6+ Kxd6 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25.
Rd7+ Kf8 26. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Snowdrops-Old Hands"]
[Site "Podebrady"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Kashlinskaya, Alina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.11.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Old Hands"]
[BlackTeam "Snowdrops"]
[WhiteClock "0:28:31"]
[BlackClock "0:23:57"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 e4 10. Nd4 cxd5 11. Nf5 Be5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. d4 $2 {Suicidal!} ({
After} 13. Rc1 {White has a nice, playable position.}) 13... exd3 14. Qxd3 Qa5
15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nb5 $2 {This simply loses substantial material.} (16. Na4 {
would allow White to fight on.}) 16... Bxa1 17. Rxa1 a6 18. Nd6 Rxe7 19. Nxc8
Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Muminova, Nafisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Danielian's choice of opening was spot-on as Muminova clearly was not
familiar with the plans of the position. She quickly lost the pair of bishops
and conceded the open c-file, more than enough for White to have an almost
decisive advantage. Danielian put her pieces where they belonged and scooped
an easy victory.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. h3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Nf8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nxd6
Qxd6 14. O-O N6d7 15. Qc7 Qe7 16. Rc2 Ne6 17. Qa5 e4 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6
20. Rfc1 Re8 21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 b5 23. Qc7 Nf8 24. h4 Qf5 25. Qg3 g6 26. Rc5
Bb7 27. Rc7 Bc8 (27... Rab8 28. Bg4 Qe4 29. Qf2 $18) 28. R7c5 Bb7 29. e4 Rxe4
30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Re1 Qf5 32. Rc7 Bc8 33. Qc3 f6 34. Qxf6 Qxf6 35. Bxf6 Nd7 36.
Bd4 Kf8 37. Rec1 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 (7...
Nbd7 $5) (7... Bf5 $5) 8. d3 Bxf3 (8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3
e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Nc2 Rad8 15. Qd2 $14 {Taimanov,M-Gutman,L/URS/
1976/}) 9. Bxf3 Re8 (9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 e6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. b4 Ne5
14. Bg2 Nf5 15. Qb2 Qf6 16. Rab1 h5 17. e4 Ne7 18. b5 $14 {Petrosian,T-Teufel/
Bamberg/1968/}) 10. Nd2 a5 (10... e5 $5) 11. a3 Na6 12. Bg2 Qd6 13. Qc2 Rec8 (
13... e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1) 14. Rac1 Qd8 15. Rfd1 (15. Nf3 $5) 15... Nc5 (
15... b5 $5 16. Qb1 {/\Nf3,cb,Nd4/}) 16. d4 Ncd7 17. Qd3 $14 e6 18. Rc2 Qe7 19.
e3 Rd8 (19... e5 $5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qb5 Rc5) 20.
Qe2 Ne8 21. h4 $5 f5 22. Nf3 Nd6 23. Ne1 a4 $6 (23... h6 $5) 24. c5 Nb5 $2 (
24... Ne4 $5 25. b4 {/\b5/}) 25. b4 h6 26. Bf1 (26. Nd3 $5 e5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28.
Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxd5+ Kh7 30. Bc4 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Nxa3 33. Bd3 {
/\h5/}) 26... e5 27. h5 $1 e4 (27... g5 28. Qf3 Qf7 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5
31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. Rcd2 Bc3 33. Rd3 $16) 28. hxg6 Qg5 29. Ng2 $16 Nf8 30. Nf4
Nc7 31. Qh5 Qxh5 32. Nxh5 Nxg6 33. Rb1 $5 Ne7 (33... Nb5 34. f3 {/\Rf2,Bh3/})
34. b5 cxb5 35. Bc3 Nc6 36. Bxb5 Nxb5 37. Rxb5 Ra7 38. Rcb2 Rd7 39. f3 exf3 40.
Rf2 Ra8 41. Rxf3 Rf8 42. Nf4 (42. Kf1 $5) 42... Bf6 43. Nd3 Bd8 44. Rb1 Rf6 45.
Kg2 (45. Kf2 {/\Ke2,Bh3,Rbf1/}) 45... Re6 46. Kf2 Bg5 47. Re1 Rf7 48. Nb2 Ne7
49. Rb1 Ra6 50. Ke2 Rff6 51. Nd3 Ra7 52. Ne5 Re6 53. Kd3 Kg7 54. Bd2 Rea6 55.
Rff1 Bf6 56. Nd7 Re6 57. Rb5 Rc6 58. Rb4 Kg6 59. Rfb1 Rc7 60. Nb6 $18 Bg5 61.
Rh1 (61. Rxa4 Rxa4 62. Nxa4 Kh5) 61... Rc6 62. Bc1 Re6 63. Rxa4 Rxa4 64. Nxa4
Ng8 65. Nb6 Nf6 66. Rf1 Re8 67. a4 Rd8 68. a5 Ne8 69. Bd2 Be7 70. Na4 Rd7 71.
Rb1 Nf6 72. a6 $1 (72. Nc3 {/\Rb6,a6+-/}) 72... bxa6 73. Ba5 Ra7 74. Rb8 {
/\c6-c7/} 1-0

[Event "Nordic-chT"]
[Site "Pohja"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Bc5 (6... Be7 7. Nh4
dxc4 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. dxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Nc3 $14 {Rivas/}) (
6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Na4 Be7 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Rfc1
Bg4 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bb4 $16 {Karlsson,
L-Barle,I/JUG/1985/}) (6... h6 7. cxd5 cxd5 (7... exd5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. e4 dxe4
10. dxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nbd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Kf8
16. Bf4 $16 {Vaganian/}) 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nd4 $1 Bg6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nb5 Kd7 12.
N1c3 Nc6 13. b3 Ra5 {Vaganian,R-Rivas,M/Linares/1985/1/2-1/2/53/} 14. Bb2 $5 {
a3,b4+/-/}) (6... dxc4 $5 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bc2 $1 9. Rd2 Bg6 $132) 7. Qc2
(7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. b3 dxc4 $1 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 Bg6
$10 {Karlsson,L-Nikolic,P/JUG/1985/1/2-1/2/23/}) 7... Nbd7 8. a3 a5 $6 (8...
O-O $5 9. b4 Be7 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Nb3 $14) 9. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (9... exd5 10. e4
dxe4 11. dxe4 Bg6 (11... Bxe4 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Qb3 {[]c3,[]g5/}) 12. Nh4) 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 (11... h6 $5) 12. Qb3 b6 (12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Rfc1
{[]a4/}) 13. Rfc1 Re8 (13... h6 $5) 14. Qb5 $16 Ng4 (14... h6 15. Na4 $16) 15.
d4 Be7 16. Na4 Bc2 (16... Ngf6 $5 {17.<<c8 1/4c8 18.<<c1 (18.[]b6 1/4b7 19.
>>a5 <<b8) 1/4b7}) 17. Ne1 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Ngf6 (18... Bd6 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1
Qb7 21. Qc6 $16) 19. Bf4 $1 Nf8 20. Qb5 $18 Ng6 (20... N6d7 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22.
Rc1 Qd8 23. Nd3) 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qxb6 Nxf4 23. gxf4 a4 (23... Qb8 $5 24. Qxb8
Rxb8 25. Nd3 Rc8 (25... a4 26. Rc1) 26. b4) 24. Nd3 Qc2 25. Bf3 Bf8 26. Rc1 Qd2
27. Qa6 g5 28. Qxa4 g4 $2 (28... gxf4 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. Rxd2 Rxa4 31. Nxf4 Bh6
32. e3 $18) 29. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Wuppertal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qb1 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. b4 Ng4
15. h3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nf6 17. b5 Nb8 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Nc2 Qd6 20. f4 Rc5 21. Nd3
Rc7 22. Nd4 Rdc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Ne5 Nfd7 25. Ng4 Nf6 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. e3 Ng8
28. Ng4 Nd7 29. Nf3 f6 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. Nge5 Nc5 32. Ng4 Ne4 33. Kh2 h5 34. Nf2
Nxf2 35. Rxf2 Nh6 36. Bf1 Nf7 37. f5 gxf5 38. Nh4 Bc8 39. Rxf5 d4 40. exd4 Ng5
41. Bg2 Rc4 42. Rd5 Qc7 43. Qb1 Rc2 44. Rc5 Rxc5 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. dxc5 Qxc5 47.
Qxh5 Be6 48. Ng6+ Kg7 49. h4 Ne4 50. Qxc5 Nxc5 51. Nxe7 Bxa2 52. d4 Ne6 53. d5
Nc5 54. Nc8 Bc4 55. Nxa7 Nb7 56. Nc8 Bxb5 57. d6 Nc5 58. Nxb6 f5 59. Bh3 Kf6
60. Nd5+ Ke5 61. h5 Ne4 62. Bf1 Nxd6 63. Bxb5 Kxd5 64. h6 Nf7 65. h7 Ke5 66.
Be8 Nh8 67. Kh3 Kf6 68. Kh4 Ke7 69. Bb5 Kf6 70. Bd7 Kg7 71. Be8 Kxh7 72. Kg5
Kg7 73. Kxf5 {Jetzt steht Weiß auf Gewinn - das sagt die Endspiel-CD, aber man
erkennt es auch selbst, denn Schwarz gerät in Zugzwang. Aber es gibt noch
Fallstricke, nämlich in Form von Pattwitzen.} Kf8 74. Bh5 Kg7 75. Kg5 (75. g4
$2 Nf7 $11) 75... Kh7 (75... Kf8 76. Kh6 Ke7 77. Kg7 $18) 76. Be8 $1 (76. Kf6
$2 Kh6 77. g4 Ng6 $11) 76... Kg7 77. g4 Kh7 (77... Kf8 78. Bg6 Kg7 79. Bh5 Kh7
80. Kf6 Kg8 81. g5 Kf8 82. Bg4 Kg8 83. Be6+ Kf8 84. Bd5 Ke8 85. Kg7 $18) 78.
Kf6 Kg8 79. Bg6 $6 Kf8 80. Bh5 $2 Nf7 $1 $11 81. Ke6 {...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 21-19"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.06.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.06.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 (5... e6 $142 6. c4 dxc4 7.
dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7) 6. c4 e6 7. Be3 (7. Nd4 $5 Bh7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Be7
10. e4 $36) 7... Be7 (7... Nbd7 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Nc3 $5 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nd4 Bh7
11. Bf4 Qb6 $13) 9... Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qa3 Qe7 12. cxd5 $1 exd5 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. dxe4 Ne6 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Kengis,E-Gausel,E,Gausdal 1991}
17. Nb3 $1 $36 {[+]}) (7... dxc4 $14) 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nc3 O-O $6 (9... Nbd7 $142
10. Rac1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 O-O $132) 10. Rac1 {/\Nd4,cd5+-} Bh7 11. cxd5 $1 exd5
12. Ne5 (12. Bd4 $1 Nbd7 13. Bh3 Qb8 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17.
Bxf6 Nxf6 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa7 Rxb2
23. Qa8+ Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Nxe8 25. Bd7 $16 {Kortschnoj}) 12... Bd6 $1 {/\Bc7} 13.
Bd4 Bc7 14. e4 $36 dxe4 15. dxe4 Na6 16. Nc4 (16. Rfd1 c5 17. Nd5 $1 {/\} Nxd5
18. exd5 cxd4 19. d6 $18 {Kortschnoj}) 16... Nd7 17. a4 Nac5 18. Qa3 Ne6 (18...
Nd3 19. Rcd1 N3e5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 $36) 19. Be3 Nb6 (19... Ne5 $5 $14) 20.
Nd5 $1 Nxc4 (20... cxd5 21. exd5 $16 {/\d6}) 21. Rxc4 Qd8 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. b4
Qe7 24. Qc3 Rfd8 25. f4 f6 (25... f5 26. e5 Bg6 27. b5 $16) 26. b5 $16 cxb5 27.
axb5 Rd7 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 (28... Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Rd1 $16) 29. Qxc8+ Nf8 30.
Qc4+ Qe6 (30... Kh8 31. Bxa7 $18) 31. Qxe6+ Nxe6 32. Bxa7 Nd4 (32... b6 $5 33.
Ra1 $18) 33. Bh3 Ne2+ $6 (33... f5 $142 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. e5 $5 $18) 34. Kf2
Rd2 35. Ke3 $18 Rb2 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Rd1 (37. Rf2 Nc3 38. Rxb2 Nd1+ 39. Kd4 $18
) 37... g5 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Bc5 gxf4+ 40. gxf4 Bg6 $22 (40... Rxb5 41. Bf8+) (
40... Bg6 41. Bf8+ Kh7 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Bg7+) 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-0"]
[Site "Velden"]
[Date "1980.03.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1980.03.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 (5. d4 Nbd7 {-D45-49}) 5... Nbd7
6. Bb2 (6. d4 $142 {-D45}) 6... e5 $5 7. d4 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. g4 d4 $5 9. exd4
e4 $146) 7... e4 8. Nd2 (8. Ne5 $5 Bd6 $10) 8... Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Re8 11.
c5 $6 (11. Be2 $142 $13) 11... Nf8 12. Be2 Qd7 $1 $36 13. Qc2 Qf5 14. f4 $8 (
14. O-O Qg5 15. Kh1 Bd8 $17) 14... g5 $5 (14... Qg6 $17 {/\Bg4}) 15. g3 gxf4
16. gxf4 Qh3 17. Rg1+ Ng6 18. Nf1 Qh4+ (18... Ng4 $17) 19. Ng3 Ng4 20. Bxg4 $8
(20. Kd2 $2 Nxe3 $1 $19) 20... Bxg4 21. Qf2 Qh3 $1 22. Nce2 $8 Nh4 23. O-O-O
Kh8 $2 (23... f5 $19 {/\Kf7,Rg8,Nf3}) 24. Nxe4 $1 $132 {/\Rg3+-} Qf3 $1 (24...
Bxe2 $2 25. Qxe2 dxe4 26. d5+ f6 27. d6 Bd8 28. Qh5 $18) 25. Qxf3 Bxf3 26. N4g3
Bf6 $44 27. Rd3 Re7 28. Bc3 Rae8 29. Bd2 h6 (29... Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Nf5 31. Ng3
Nxe3 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Kd2 R3e7 $15) 30. Rf1 Kh7 31. Rb3 (31. Ng1 $5 Bg4 32. f5
Rg8 $1 $13 33. Be1) 31... Bg4 32. Rf2 Nf3 33. h3 $1 Nxd2 34. Kxd2 Bxh3 35. Nh5
Bh8 36. f5 Rg8 37. Neg3 (37. Nef4 $142 $1 {/\} Bxf5 $2 38. Nxd5 $18) 37... Bg4
38. Rb1 (38. Rb1 Rge8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg4 $6 (4... dxc4 $1) 5. Ne5 Bh5 (5... Be6
$142 $5 {/\} 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3 Bc6 $132) 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Qa4+ (8. g4 Bd6 $1 9. Qa4+ Kf8 $13) 8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 $36 Bc2 (10...
Bd6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. h5 Be4 (13... Bc2 14. d3 Nxg4 15. Kd2 d4
16. Kxc2 dxc3 17. bxc3 $16 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Hebert,J,Buenos Aires olm 1978})
14. f3 Bc2 15. g5 Ne8 (15... Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Ne8 17. d3 {><c2} Be5 $8 18. f4 Bxc3
19. bxc3 $16 {Romanishin}) 16. d3 d4 17. Kd2 (17. Nb5 $5) 17... dxc3+ 18. Kxc2
cxb2 19. Bxb2 $16 {Petrosian,A-Beliavsky,A,Minsk 1976}) (10... h6 11. Nxg6 fxg6
12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nh7 15. Qg4 $1 $16 {Kourkonakis,I-Engquist,
T,Gausdal 1990}) 11. Nxf7 $1 $16 Bxa4 (11... Kxf7 12. Qxc2 Nxg4 13. Nxd5 $18)
12. Nxd8 Kxd8 13. Nxa4 Nxg4 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15. d4 (15. Rg1 $142 h5 16. f3 Ne5 17.
Bxe6 $16) 15... Rc8 (15... Kd7 $5 16. Bf4 $36) 16. Nc5 (16. f3 $5 $18 Rc4 17.
b3 Rxd4 18. fxg4 b5 19. Nb2) 16... Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne5 (17... Rxc5 18. Rg1 $16)
18. Rg1 g6 19. Bf4 Ned7 20. Bxe6 Rxc5 21. Be3 Rc6 (21... Rc2 $6 22. Kd1 Rxb2
23. Bxd7 {/\Bd4+-}) 22. Bh3 Re8 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. h5 $1
Rxb2 (26... Nxh5 27. Rxd5 Nhf6 28. Rd2 Rc1+ 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Kf1 $1 $16 Rxb2 $2
31. Bd4) (26... gxh5 $142 $5) 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rxg6 Rxa2 29. Kf1 $1 {/\Bg5+-}
Rh8 30. Bg2 Ke7 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 $40 Rh7 33. Bg5+ Kf7 34. Rgd6 Ke8 (34...
Nf8 35. Rf5+ Kg8 36. Bh6 $16) 35. Re6+ $18 Kf8 36. Bh6+ Rxh6 $8 (36... Kg8 37.
Re8+ Kf7 38. Rxd7+) 37. Rxh6 Nb6 38. Rc5 Kg7 39. Rd6 Kf8 40. Rc7 Ke8 41. Rxb7
Nc4 42. Rh6 1-0

[Event "POR-chT"]
[Site "Portugal"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Santos, Carlos Pereira Dos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
a6 9. d4 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qb8 12. h3 dxc4 13. bxc4 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 c5 16. d5 e5 17. Qc2 Qd8 18. e4 a5 19. Nh2 a4 20. a3 Re8 21. Ng4 Nf8 22.
f4 Ng6 23. f5 Nf4 24. Rf3 Bc8 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Re1 h5 27. Nf2 h4 28. Kh2 Rb8 {
As pretas entram em fortes apuros de tempo} 29. axb4 cxb4 30. c5 Qc7 31. c6
Bxf5 32. Qxa4 Bg6 33. Qb3 Ra8 34. Bc4 Ra5 35. Kh1 Rea8 36. Nd3 Bh5 $4 {[#]} 37.
Rxf4 $1 exf4 38. e5 Bf8 39. Nxf4 Bg6 (39... g6 40. d6 Qxc6 41. Bxf7+ Kg7 42.
Nxh5+ gxh5 43. e6+ Kh6 44. e7) 40. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eisterer, Heinrich"]
[Black "Casagrande, Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. a3
a5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d4 14. Na4 b5 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. bxc5 Nd5 {[#]} 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qb3 Ne7 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. Ra2 Qf5 21.
Rfa1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxc5 23. Ba3 Qc3 24. Qb1 c5 25. Qxb5 Rc8 26. Bg4 Rd8 27.
Bxc5 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qg5 29. Qd7 $4 (29. Ra7 $142) 29... Rxd7 30. Ra8+ Nc8 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:11:11"]
[BlackClock "1:54:04"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:27] Topalov-Anand was a classic clash,
in which the Bulgarian sidestepped the massive preparation he knew Anand would
still have stored up from his World Championship match, and played a flexible
Reti setup. This led to uncharted waters as of 7...Bd6. Black gave a pawn to
complete his development and play against the fractured pawn structure, which
was enough to keep the balance but no more.} e5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 6. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Bd6 $146 {[%emt 0:
01:55]} (7... exd4 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qh5 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. f3 a6
13. O-O-O Bd7 14. g4 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. e4 Be6 17. Nd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 c5 19.
Nf5 Qe6 20. Qa4+ b5 21. Qa5 g6 22. Rhe1 Qc6 23. Bf4 gxf5 24. exf5+ Be7 25. Bd6
Nd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxe7+ Kf8 28. Rd7+ Ke8 29. Qe1+ {1-0 (29) Nogueiras
Santiago,J (2482)-Abreu Delgado,A (2459) Havana 2004}) 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:08:17]}
Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:34]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 12. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]
} g6 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:15:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 15. Qxe5+ {
[%emt 0:14:21]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 16. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 17. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:23]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 19. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 20. a4 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 21. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:
53]} 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. axb5 {[%emt 0:02:16]}
axb5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:
01:23]} 27. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]
} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 30. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:03:38]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:08:
38]} 32. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 33. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} f6
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 35. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
37. e4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 38. f3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rg1+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42.
Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 43. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 45. Kg3 {[%emt 0:
00:58]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:01:48]} 46. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:54]}
47. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Kf4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Kg3 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52.
h4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} gxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:04] It is almost ironic that when they
shook hands on move 54, with their bare kings, their game was the first to end,
despite having the most moves played of all the skirmishes in the round.} Kxf3
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:02:
24]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]
Svidler's Reti set-up was anything but dangerous to Aronian. Using a well
known plan to gift the pair of bishops in return for a symmetrical position
with no weaknesses Aronian was able to hold equality with almost no problems.
Only one open file meant that all the major pieces were traded off on the c1
square and the ensuing endgame with two bishops against a knight and a bishop
gave just a symbolic advantage to the Russian player who decided not to press
the issue too much.} 6. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. O-O {
[%emt 0:03:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Rc1 $146 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} (12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Bg2 Bb4 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3
Rxc3 17. Bxc3 Nb3 18. Rd1 a5 19. f3 b5 20. Bf1 Rb8 21. Qc2 a4 22. Bb4 Ne8 23.
Rd3 g6 24. Rc3 Kg7 25. Rc6 Qd8 26. Kg2 Na5 27. Rc5 Nd6 28. Qc3 Nac4 29. Kf2 Qf6
30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Ra5 g5 33. Kg2 Qg6 34. Rxa4 g4 35. f4 Nxe3+ 36.
Qxe3 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 Qxa4 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qxb8 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qc2+ 41. Kg1 Qb1+ {
Neckar,L (2337)-Tichy,V (2260) Czechia 2010 1/2-1/2}) 12... Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 13. Bg2 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Nd6
{[%emt 0:06:48]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 16. Be1 {
[%emt 0:06:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:19:
43][%cal Ga8c8] Svidler was probably not too happy with Aronian's ultra solid
choice} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 19. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:51]}
Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 20. Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} R6c7 {[%emt 0:18:32]} 21. a4 {
[%emt 0:05:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:05:
16]} 23. b5 {[%emt 0:06:44] He pushed all his queenside pawns, but even that
expansion didn't amount to any advantage} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 24. Qb1 {
[%emt 0:03:54]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 25. Nd3 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:06:
40]} 26. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:01:09]}
Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Qd1 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 29. Bf1 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 30. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Nbc4 {[%emt 0:02:
38]} 31. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:45]}
Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 33. Qxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:05] Without a doubt this was a letdown for the
spectators. Aronian quickly went pawn hunting in a very strange opening but as
a result of this his position was completely tied down. Anand didn't have any
good break-through plans but he probably wasn't worried about any plans that
Aronian might have as the Armenian lacked space. An unusual repetition ensued
on move 15 and the game was drawn.} (3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7.
g4 Bg6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg2 g5
14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rd1 Bc7 16. Ne2 Nf8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. h4
e5 21. d5 Ng6 22. dxc6 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 O-O 24. cxb7 Qc7 25. Nd5 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7
27. b4 gxh4 28. Bf1 Bg5 29. Rh3 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rbb8 31. Rhd3 Rdc8 32. Bb3 Rb7 {
Caruana,F (2782)-Anand,V (2773) Zuerich 2014 1/2-1/2}) 3... d4 $146 {[%emt 0:
05:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 5. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Qb5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 9. d3
{[%emt 0:02:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:
34]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:04:22]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:12:10]}
a5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:09:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 14. Qd1 {
[%emt 0:05:19]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 15. Ne1 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} 16. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nc5
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich Schach-Olympia (No FIDE event)"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1936.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Von Hennig,Heinz"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1936.08.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bh3 11. d4 Rd8 (11... Bxg2 $142 12. Kxg2 Nbd7) 12. Qb3
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nbd7 14. Ba3 $1 c5 ({Solider war} 14... Re8) 15. Nd5 $1 Re8 16.
dxc5 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Bf8 (16... Nxc5 17. Qe3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b6 19. Bxc5 $16 {
Fritz}) 17. Qe3 e6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Rfd1 (19. Ne5 $1) 19... e5 $1 20. Kg1 Qh3
(20... e4 21. Ng5 $1 h6 22. Bb2 Nh5 $1 {Fritz} 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Qd4 fxe4 25.
Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh7+ Bg7 27. Rd6 Re6 $11) 21. Rb1 Bh6 (21... Ng4 22. Qe4 Rad8 {
/\ f5 nebst e4} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxb7 f5 25. Qc6 $1) 22. Ng5 Qh5 23. h4 Ng4
24. Qf3 Bxg5 25. hxg5 e4 26. Qg2 Rad8 (26... e3 $142 27. f3 Ne5 $1 28. Rbc1
Rad8 29. Rd6 Nc6 30. Bb2 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxg5 32. Qh3 f5) 27. Rd5 Rxd5 28. cxd5
Qxg5 29. Rd1 Qe5 30. d6 f5 31. Bc1 h6 (31... Nf6 32. Be3) 32. c6 $1 bxc6 33.
Bf4 Qe6 34. f3 $1 exf3 35. exf3 Nf6 (35... Ne3 36. Qe2 Nxd1 37. Qxe6+ Rxe6 38.
d7 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Re2+ 40. Kh3 $18) 36. Bxh6 Rd8 37. Bf4 Nd5 38. Qb2 $1 Nxf4 39.
gxf4 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Kf7 41. Qe5 Qxe5 42. fxe5 f4 43. Kh3 Ke6 44. Re1 g5 45. Kg4
Rg8 46. Rc1 $1 Kxe5 47. Rxc6 Kd5 48. Rc7 Kxd6 49. Rxa7 Kc5 50. Ra5+ Kd4 51. a4
$1 Rc8 52. Rxg5 Rc4 53. Kxf4 Rxa4 54. Rg8 Kd3+ 55. Kg3 Ra7 56. f4 Ke4 57. Kg4
Re7 58. f5 Ke5 59. Kg5 Kd6 60. f6 Re1 61. f7 Rg1+ 62. Kh4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O e6 8. Bb2 Bd6
9. d4 Nbd7 {Malakhov hat die Eröffnung ohne große Ansprüche gespielt, und
Schwarz bekam ohne Anstrengung eine bequeme Stellung. Anstatt des Textzuges
kam das typische 9...b5!? in Frage, um dem einzig plausiblen gegnerischen Plan
mit c5, b4, usw. vorzubeugen.} (9... b5 $5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. f4 O-O $11) 10. c5
Bc7 11. b4 O-O 12. a4 Qe7 {Nach dem langen Nachdenken entschied ich mich für
den künstlich aussehenden Plan 13...Ba5. Die natürliche Fortsetzung 12...e5
gefiel mir wegen 13.b5 nicht, da ich die Aussperrung meines Läufers auf b8
durch b5-b6 befürchtete. Diese Befürchtungen waren grundlos: der Läufer auf b8
hätte zwar keine Züge, bliebe aber sehr aktiv, und der Bauer b7 war nur schwer
angreifbar. Auch das typische Gegenspiel 12...b6! sah vielversprechend aus.} (
12... e5 $5 13. b5 (13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bc7 16. Qd4 Re8 $11)
13... axb5 14. axb5 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 e4 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. b6 Bb8 $13) (12... b6 $5
13. cxb6 Bxb6 14. Qb3 Qb8 $11 {/\Bc7-d6}) 13. b5 Ba5 $6 ({Nichts sprach gegen} 
13... axb5 14. axb5 e5 $1 15. b6 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Bb8 $132) 14. Nd2 $1 Bxc3 $2 {
Erst dieser Zug ist ein ernsthafter Fehler. Die verlorene Kontrolle über die
schwarzen Felder werde ich durch nichts kompensieren können. Trotz des
Zeitverlustes war die Rückkehr des Läufers nach c7 die beste Wahl.} (14... axb5
$1 15. axb5 e5 16. Nb3 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 16... Bc7 $1
17. b6 (17. Qd2 Rfe8 $11) 17... Rxa1 18. Qxa1 (18. Bxa1 Bb8 19. Na5 Re8 $11)
18... Bb8 19. Na5 exd4 20. exd4 Re8 21. Nxb7 Nxb6 22. cxb6 Qxb7 23. Qa6 Qxa6
24. Bxa6 Nd7 25. Bb7 (25. b7 Ba7 $15) 25... Nxb6 26. Bxc6 Rd8 $11) 15. Bxc3 $14
Ne4 16. Ba5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 axb5 18. axb5 e5 19. Bc3 exd4 {Weiß plante nicht nur
b5-b6 nebst Ra7, sondern hatte auch die Läuferüberführung Ba5-c7-d6 im Sinn.
Die Zentrumsöffnung kommt natürlich dem weißen Läuferpaar zugute, ließ sich
aber auf Dauer nicht vermeiden.} (19... e4 $2 20. Qb2 $16) 20. Qxd4 (20. Bxd4
Be4 $14 {/\Qg5}) 20... f6 21. Bb4 Qe5 (21... Qf7 {/\Qg6} 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ra1
Rxa1+ 24. Qxa1 $14) 22. b6 $1 $16 {Das kommende Ra1-a7 wird Schwarz zur
Aufgabe der a-Linie zwingen, da der Turmtausch sehr riskant wäre.} Rfe8 (22...
Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rf7 24. Ra7 Nf8 25. Bc3 $16) 23. Ra7 Rab8 (23... Qxd4 $6 24. exd4
Rxa7 25. bxa7 Ra8 26. Ra1 Nf8 27. f3 Ne6 28. Bc3 Nc7 29. Ra2 $1 (29. Be1 $2 Na6
30. Bxa6 Rxa7 $15) 29... Kf7 30. Be1 $16 {/\Bg3}) 24. Bc3 Qxd4 $2 {Der
Damentausch erleichtert das Spiel von Weiß. Viel besser war 24...Nf8 mit der
weiteren "wait and see"-Strategie. Tauscht Weiß die Damen auf e5, verwehrt ihm
das Schlagen fxe5 das wichtige Feld d4.} (24... Nf8 $16) 25. Bxd4 Nf8 26. f3 {
Deutet die Gefahr des kommenden Manövers Bc3-e1-g3 an.} Ne6 27. Kf2 Nxd4 $2 {
Trotz der besagten Gefahr durfte ich den Läufer nicht abtauschen, denn ohne
ihn gewinnt die taktische Idee Ba6 an Kraft.} (27... Re7 28. Rfa1 Kf7 29. Ra8
Rxa8 30. Rxa8 Re8 31. Ra7 Re7 $16) 28. exd4 $18 {Nun ist die schwarze Stellung
nach und nach verloren. Weiß tauscht ein Turmpaar ab und erobert die wichtige
Diagonale b1-h7.} Re7 (28... g5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Bf1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 $18) 29. Rfa1
Rbe8 30. Bf1 Kf7 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Re8 33. Ra7 Bc8 34. Bd3 h5 (34... g5 35.
g4 $1 Re7 (35... Kf8 36. Bg6 $18) 36. Ra8 Re8 37. Rb8 $18 {/\Bf5}) 35. h4 $1 g6
36. g4 $1 Re7 37. Ra8 Re8 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kg3 Be6 $2 (39... Rf8 40. Kf4 Re8
41. Bf5 $18) 40. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 (10... bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 $11 {Lerner})
11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 e5 $146 (12... a5 13. a3 e5 (13... Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
$14) 14. e4 (14. Nxb5 $5 e4 15. Ne5 cxb5 16. c6 Bc8 17. cxd7 Bxd7 18. bxa5 $14
{Lerner}) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe3 $1 e4 18. Ng5 Qe7 (18...
Nf6 $5 19. Ne6 Qe7 20. Nxf8 Nd5 21. Qd2 Rxf8 22. a4 $1 {Lerner}) 19. Qb3+ Kh8
20. Ne6 a4 21. Qa2 Nf6 22. d5 $1 cxd5 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. f4 $14 {
Lerner,K-Cuijpers,F/Nimes 1991}) 13. dxe5 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4
f5 16. Qe3 e4 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Ne6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 $44) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Bd3 (15. a4 $1 $14) 15... a5 16. a3 Re8 (16... d4 $2 17. Ne2 $16) (
16... Qe7 $1 17. Ne2 Bxb2 (17... Ng4 $2 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 $16) 18. Qxb2 Ng4
19. Qd4 (19. h3 $2 Nxe3 $17) (19. Nd4 Qe5 20. g3 Qh5 $132) 19... Ne5 $11 {
/\Bc8-d7}) 17. Ne2 Bc7 $2 (17... Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ng4 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. g3 Ne5 21.
Be2 Bc8 $11) 18. Nd4 {><c6,Bb7} Ne4 $2 (18... axb4 19. axb4 $14) 19. a4 $1 $16
bxa4 20. b5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Re5 (21... Rf8 22. Rxa4 $16) 22. f4 Rh5 23. Be2 Rh6
24. Nf5 Rc6 25. Nxg7 $2 (25. Bd4 $1 g6 (25... Bb6 $2 26. Qb2 Bc8 (26... Bxc5 $4
27. Bxc5 $18) 27. cxb6 Bxf5 28. Rxa4 $18) (25... f6 26. Bb5 Re6 27. Qxa4 $16)
26. Ng3 (26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Bb5 Re6 $13) 26... Nxg3 27. hxg3 Ba6 28. Qxa4 Qd7 29.
Bxa6 Raxa6 30. Rfb1 $16) 25... Bb6 $1 $13 (25... Rxc5 $2 26. Qd1 Nc3 27. Bxc3
Rxc3 28. Qd4 Rc6 29. Nh5 $16) 26. Bd3 (26. Nf5 Bxc5 27. Qxa4 Qb6 28. Bd4 Nc3 $1
29. Qc2 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Ba6 $15) 26... Bxc5 27. Qe2 a3 $1 28. Bxa3
(28. Be5 f6 29. Qg4 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Kh8 31. Nh5 (31. Bxe4 fxe5 32. Nh5 Rc7 $19)
31... Qg8 (31... Qe7 $2 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nxf6 $1 Rxf6 34. Qg5 Raf8 35. Rab1
$16) 32. Qxg8+ Rxg8 33. Bxe4 fxe5 34. Bxd5 Rb6 (34... exf4 $5) 35. Bxb7 (35.
Bxg8 $2 Rb2 $17) 35... Rxb7 36. Rxa3 exf4 $11) 28... Kxg7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30.
Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Qb2+ Qf6 32. Qxb7 Qc6 $11 (32... Qc6 33. Qxc6 (33. Qb2+ Kg8 34.
Rfc1 a4 35. Qa3 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qd5 $11) 33... Rxc6 34. Ra4 f5 35. Rfa1 Rc5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. g4 $6 {
Das Bauernflankenspiel direkt in der Eröffnung muß immer gut begründet sein.
Hier ist es nicht der Fall, Weiß verliert lediglich Zeit.} ({Chancenreicher
ist m. E.} 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rfc1
Qa5 13. Rc2 c5 14. d3 Rac8 15. Na4 $14 {mit leichtem weißem Druck, Kruppa,
Y-Milov,L/Donetsk 1998}) 7... e6 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 Nc6 10. d4 Rc8 11. Bd2 a6 {
Schwarz bereitet das Gegenspiel auf dem Damenflügel vor.} (11... Na5 12. e4 $13
) 12. Rc1 Nb6 (12... b5 13. a4 $1 b4 14. Nxd5 $5 exd5 15. Bxa6 Rc7 16. Qxd5 $36
) (12... Na5 13. e4 $13) 13. Qd1 Na5 $6 {Diese Aktion erweist sich als
verfrüht. Vor einem Springerausfall sollte ich die Entwicklung beenden.} (13...
Nc4 $6 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qa4 $14) (13... Bd6 $1 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 O-O $15 {/\Nc4
}) (14. Bg2 Nc4 $15) 14... Nb4 15. Be2 Nc4 $15) 14. Ne2 $1 (14. b3 $6 Ba3 15.
Rc2 Nc6 $15) 14... Nbc4 15. Bc3 Bd6 16. Bg2 Nc6 $11 17. e4 {Weiß versucht, das
Zentrum zu öffnen.} O-O 18. O-O (18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 $2 Nxb2 $1) 18... dxe4
19. Bxe4 Nb6 $1 {Selbstverständlich muß der Isolani blockiert werden.} 20. Qd3
g6 21. Kg2 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bb4 $1 {Angesichts des drohenden Angriffs h4-h5 will
Schwarz das gegnerische Angriffspotenzial etwas reduzieren und ein Paar
Leichtfiguren abtauschen.} (22... Qd7 23. a3 {/\h5} f5 24. Bf3 $13) 23. Be3 Be7
(23... Re8 $5 {/\Ne3, Bf8-g7}) 24. a3 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 $1 (25. fxe3 Qd7 {/\e5})
25... Qd7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, aber Schwarz, der den gegnerischen
Bauern angreifen kann, hat das leichtere Spiel. Außerdem hatte Christian hier
deutlich weniger Zeit.} 26. Rfd1 Rfd8 27. Qf3 {/\d5} (27. d5 $2 exd5 28. Bxd5
Qg4+ 29. Ng3 Qxh4 30. Bxc6 Bxg5 $19) 27... Bf8 28. d5 Ne5 29. Qg3 Rxc1 30. Nxc1
$2 $138 {Dieser Zeitnotfehler führt zum Bauernverlust.} (30. Rxc1 $1 exd5 31.
Rd1 $11) 30... Nc4 $1 {><b2} 31. Nd3 exd5 (31... Qa4 32. Qf3 exd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5
34. Qxd5 Ne3+ 35. fxe3 Qxd1 36. e4 $11) 32. Nf4 d4 $17 33. h5 (33. Bd5 Nd6 $17)
(33. Nd5 Bg7 $17) 33... Ne5 $2 {Ein schwer verständlicher Zug, ich wurde in
meiner beginnenden Zeitnot nervös. Es sprach nichts dagegen, den Mehrbauern
mit 33...Bg7 ausreichend zu verteidigen.} (33... Bg7 $17) 34. Nd5 $1 Qe6 {
Der Mehrbauer geht verloren und damit auch mein Vorteil. Hier fand ich es an
der Zeit, Remis anzubieten, das angenommen wurde.} (34... Qe6 35. Rxd4 Bg7 36.
Nf4 (36. h6 Nc6 37. Nf4 Qe7 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 36... Qe7 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. h6
Bh8 39. Bxb7 Qb6 40. Bd5 Qxb2 41. Qe3 Qb8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt 10th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2000.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 e5 $6 {Dieses
Eröffnungsexperiment scheint sehr verdächtig. Innerhalb weniger Züger verliert
der Nachziehnde die Kontrolle über die schwarzen Zentrumsfelder.} 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Nxd6+ Qxd6 10. Bb5 (10. d4 $5 e4 11. Ne5 $14) 10... e4 11. Nd4
O-O 12. Be2 $6 {Zu vorsichtig gespielt. Energischer war 12.Qc1.} (12. Qc1 $142
$1 {Hracek} Nb4 (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Qb2 $14) 13. a3 Na6 14. Be2 Nc7
15. h3 $14 (15. d3 $14)) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf5 14. O-O (14. g4 Be6 15. Bxf6
gxf6 $13) 14... Nd7 15. Rc1 (15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 (16. Bxf3 Bg6 17. Rc1 Rac8)
16... Bg6 17. Rg3 Ne5 $13) 15... Ne5 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qb2 f6 $11 {Dank der
Ungenauigkeit von Weiß im 12. Zug konnte Schwarz ausgleichen. Dennoch ist das
weiße Läuferpaar nicht zu unterschätzen.} 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1
a6 $6 {Dies schwächt weiter die schwarzen Felder. Besser war 20...b6.} (20...
b6 $11) 21. h3 Nd3 $6 {Diese Pseudoaktivität erlaubt Weiß eine weitere
Verbesserung seiner Stellung. Schwarz sollte "stehenbleiben", z.B Kf7,Nc6-e5
usw.} 22. Qc3 Qd7 23. g4 $1 Bg6 24. f4 $1 $14 Qc6 25. Qa5 Qd6 26. Kg2 h6 27. h4
Bf7 28. h5 (28. a3 g5 $1 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. f5 Qe7 32. Kg3 Qd6+
33. Kh3 Qe7 34. Qc3 Qe4 35. Bxf6 Qh1+ $11) 28... Be6 29. Kg3 (29. Qc3 Qd7 30.
f5 $2 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 $132) 29... Qd7 $1 {/\f5 Schwarz nimmt den weißen
König ins Visier und kann in vielen Varianten aufs Dauerschach hoffen.} (29...
f5 $2 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Be5 Qd7 32. g5 $16) 30. Qc3 (30. Qb6 Nc1 31. Bd1 Nxa2
32. Bb2 {/\Qa5} Qc8 33. Qd6 Qd7 $1 (33... a5 $2 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36.
Qe5 Qd7 37. h6 $16) 34. Qa3 Qb5 35. Qxa2 Qf1 $11) (30. a3 f5 31. Bxd3 (31. gxf5
Bxf5 32. Ba1 Nc1 33. Bd1 Nd3 34. Qc3 Ne1 $11) 31... exd3 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5
Qd6+ 34. Kf3 Qh2 $1 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. g6+ Kh6 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Qd8+ Kh6 $11)
30... Qc8 $1 {Karsten erkennt rechtzeitig die Gefahr. Der Damentausch auf c6
führte zu einem für ihn hoffnungslosen Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern.}
(30... Qc6 $2 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Bxd3 exd3 33. f5 Bc8 34. Kf3 $1 (34. Kf2 Kf7
35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Bc5+ Kf7 37. Kd1 g6 38. hxg6+ Kg7 39. Kc1 h5 $11) 34... Kf7 35.
Bc5 Bd7 (35... a5 36. a4 $18) 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Bc8 38. Kxd3 Bd7 39. Kd4
$18 {/\b4,a4, Bd6,Kc5}) 31. Qxc8+ {Dieses Endspiel ist im Gegensatz zu der
letzten Variante remislich, da Weiß keinen Freibauern bilden kann.} (31. Bxf6 {
Auch das Figurenopfer versprach nicht viel.} gxf6 32. Qxf6 Bf7 33. Bxd3 (33.
Qxh6 Qc1 34. Kh4 $2 Qe1+ 35. Kg5 Qxe2 36. Kf6 $2 Qxg4 $19) (33. g5 Qc6 34. Qd8+
Qe8 $11) 33... Qc1 34. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) (31. a4 $5 $14 {kam in Frage.}) 31...
Bxc8 32. Bxd3 exd3 33. f5 Bd7 $11 34. a4 Bc6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. a5 (36. Ke1 a5 37.
Kd1 (37. Bb6 d4 $11) 37... b5 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Kc1 a4 40. b4 a3 $11) 36... Kg8
37. Ke1 Kf7 38. Kd1 Bb5 39. Kc1 Bc6 40. Kb2 Bb5 41. Kc3 Kg8 42. Kb4 Kf7 43. Kc5
Bc6 44. Kd6 Bb5 45. Kc7 (45. Kxd5 Bc6+ 46. Kd6 Bf3 47. Kc7 Be4 $11) 45... Bc6
46. Kb6 Ke7 47. Kc5 Kf7 48. Kd6 Bb5 49. Bb2 Bc6 50. Ba3 Bb5 51. Bb4 Bc6 52. Bc5
Bb5 53. Bb6 Bc6 54. Ba7 Bb5 55. Bb6 Bc6 56. Bd8 Bb5 57. Bc7 Bc6 58. Bb8 Bb5 59.
Ba7 Bc6 60. Bc5 Bb5 61. Ba3 Bc6 62. Kc7 Ke8 63. b4 Kf7 64. b5 Bxb5 65. Kxb7 Bc4
66. Kb6 Bb5 67. Kc5 Ba4 68. Kb6 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Belotti, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 a5 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 a4 $5 {N} (9... Bf5 10. Rc1 Nd7 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 $14)
11. Nh4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bg2 a4 16. Qd2 $14 {
Nikolic,Pr-Gelfand,B/Sarajevo (m/2) 1991}) (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Nf6
12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. e3 Bf5 16. Qe2 a4 17. b4 dxc4 18.
Nxc4 Qa6 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Be1 $14 {Nikolic,P-Leko,P/Wijk op (05) ;CBM 46 1995})
10. Nxa4 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne1 (11. Ng5 $2 f5 $15) 11... c5 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. e3
f5 $13) 10... dxc4 11. Ne5 cxb3 12. axb3 Bxe5 (12... Nd6 13. Nc5 Rxa1 14. Qxa1
Nd7 15. Nexd7 Bxd7 16. Rc1 $14) 13. dxe5 Nd2 14. Re1 Be6 15. Nc5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1
$1 (16. Bxa1 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxb3 19. Rb1 Bc4 20. Rxb7 Rd8 21. Bf3
(21. f4 Ba6 $1) 21... Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Rxa1 23. Rxb8+ Kg7 $10) 16... Nxb3 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Qa3 Qb6 $2 (18... Qd2 $1 19. Rf1 Qc2 (19... Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxe7
Qd7 (21... Qxe5 22. Bh3 $16) 22. Qc5 Na6 23. Qb6 $14) 20. Be4 $1 Qxe4 21. Qxb3
Kf7 22. Qxb7 Qxe2 23. Ba3 Re8 24. Bxe7 $14 (24. Bd6 Qb5 25. Rb1 Qxb7 26. Rxb7
Na6 27. Ra7 c5 $1 (27... Nb8 $2 28. f4 Kf8 29. Bc5 $16) 28. Rxa6 exd6 29. Rxd6
Rc8 $10)) 19. e3 $16 Qa5 $6 (19... Nd2 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Qa2 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxf3
23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Qh3 $40 {/\e6,Qh6}) (19... c5 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Qa4 $1 Nca5 22.
Rb1 Qd8 23. Bf1 $16) 20. Rb1 $1 Qxa3 21. Bxa3 Na5 22. Bb4 $1 b6 (22... Nc4 23.
Bxe7 Re8 24. Rxb7 Nxe5 25. Bh3 $18) 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. Rxb6 Rxe7 25. Rxb8+ {
Hecht: TL-TS: starker L, Mehrbauer, Raum. passiver schwarze Figuren,
Aktivieren wK} Kf7 26. f4 $18 Rc7 27. Bf1 c5 28. Rb5 Nb7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. h4 Kd7
31. Rb6 Nd8 32. Bc4 Ke7 33. Ra6 Rb7 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kd3 Rb7 (35... Rg2 36.
Ra7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Rxg3 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Bb5 Rg1 40. Kc2 Rg2+ 41. Kc3 $18) 36.
Kc3 Kd7 37. g4 Ke7 38. e4 Rc7 39. Bb5 Rb7 40. Kc4 Rc7 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Appel, Ralf"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 $5 {Ein anspruchsvoller Zug. Schwarz
möchte beweisen, daß der Ausfall der weißen Dame auf a4 nichts anderes als ein
Tempoverlust war.} (4... Nd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 $11) 5. b4 Bg7 {Schwarz könnte
mittels 5...Nd7!? versuchen, den Vorstoß a7-a5 schnell durchzusetzen.} (5...
Nd7 $5 6. Bb2 e5 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 $6 a5 11. exd4 e4 12.
Ne1 Nb6 $15 {Lputian,S-Ivanchuk,V/Montecatini Terme 2000}) 6. d3 e5 7. Bg2 Ne7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 $6 {Dieser unnötige Zug verliert lediglich Zeit, denn
die geplante Aufstellung Be6, Nd7 wird sich nicht realisieren lassen. Besser
war deswegen das Fiancchetto 9...b6, nebst Bb7 und Nd7 mit etwa gleichen
Chancen.} (9... Qc7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. a3 h6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nbd2 c5 15.
Ne4 b6 $11 {Nikolaidis,I-Kapnisis,S/Korinthos 1999}) (9... b6 $5 10. b5 Bb7 11.
bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qc2 Nd7 $11) 10. Ba3 Nd7 {Erst hier entdeckte ich, daß der
geplante Zug 9...b6 auf taktische Art zum weißen Vorteil führt.} (10... b6 $6
11. b5 $1 Bb7 ({Auch} 11... cxb5 12. cxb5 Bb7 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Rfc1 $14 {
ist nicht erstrebenswert für Schwarz.}) 12. Nxe5 $1 cxb5 (12... Bxe5 $2 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. bxc6 $16) 13. Qxb5 a6 14. Qb4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {Weiß hat einen
Mehrbauern und kann seinen Vorteil behaupten.} Re8 $1 16. Nef3 Nec6 17. Qa4 $1
(17. Qb3 Rxe2 18. Ne4 Na5 19. Qd1 Rxe4 20. dxe4 Nxc4 21. Qd3) 17... Rxe2 18.
Ne4 f5 19. Ng1 Rxe4 20. dxe4 fxe4 21. Rae1 $16) 11. Rab1 Qc7 {Nun bedarf b7-b6
einer gründlichen Vorbereitung.} 12. Nb3 $5 {/\b5} Re8 13. b5 $1 cxb5 {
Selbstverständlich öffnete ich sehr ungern den Damenflügel, aber 13...c5
gefiel mir noch weniger.} (13... c5 14. Nfd2 {/\Ne4} f5 15. Rfe1 $1 {Der
schwarze Damenflügel ist lahmgelegt, und Weiß will das Zentrum öffnen.} Bf8 (
15... Rd8 $2 16. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 17. Qb4 Bf8 18. Qxc5 Nc6 19. Bd5+ Kg7 20. b6 axb6
21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Bxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxb6 Rxa2 24. Nf3 $16) 16. e3 dxe3 17. Rxe3
$14) 14. Qxb5 a6 15. Qb4 (15. Qa4 $1 Nc6 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bf5 18. Nd2 $14)
15... Bf8 16. Qe1 $2 {Bisher hat Ralf Appel exzellent gespielt, aber der
passive Textzug erlaubt mir, die Stellung zu konsolidieren. Deutlich besser
war es, die Dame im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens zu belassen, 16.Qa4!.} (16. Qa4
$1 Nc6 (16... b5 $2 17. Qa5 Qb8 18. Qd2 $16) 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Rfc1 $14) 16...
Rb8 17. Nfd2 b6 {Endlich kommt Schwarz zu diesem lang ersehnten
Entwicklungszug.} 18. Ne4 Nf5 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qc1 $1 Kg7 $6 {Es gab
überhaupt keinen Grund für diese Prophylaxe, vielmehr sollte ich endlich den
Läufer fiancchettieren, 20...Bb7.} (20... Bb7 $1 21. g4 $2 (21. Qa3 Rfc8 $11)
21... Nh4 22. Qxh6 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 24. dxe4 Qxc4 $17) 21. c5 $1 b5 $1 {
Dieser Zug sieht nach einem Fehler aus, denn er verschafft Weiß einen
gefährlichen Freibauern. Auf der anderen Seite kann dieser Bauer blockiert 
(solange er auf c5 steht) bzw. leicht angegriffen werden (wenn er nach c6
zieht). Außerdem möchte Schwarz bei Gelegenheit seinen Springer nach c3
überführen.} (21... bxc5 22. Nbxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 $14) 22. Qa3 (
22. c6 Nb6 23. Nec5 Ne7 {/\Nbd5, ><c6} 24. e3 (24. Qa3 Ned5 $15) 24... dxe3 25.
fxe3 Nbd5 $132) (22. e3 Bb7 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qb2 Rfd8 26. Qxd4+
Qe5 $11) 22... Bb7 23. Rfc1 Bc6 {Wegen der Drohung c5-c6 erzwungen.} 24. Na5
Bd5 $138 {Hier verblieben mir nur 5 Minuten bis zur Zeitkontrolle, während
Appel etwa 20 hatte. Dafür läßt sich die schwarze Stellung etwas leichter
spielen: meine Idee ist Nf5-e7-c6, wogegen sich Weiß etwas einfallen lassen
muß.} 25. Nd6 $6 {Nicht die beste Fortsetzung.} ({Besser war} 25. c6 $1 Nb6 26.
Nc5 Ra8 27. Nd7 (27. Bh3 $5 $13) 27... Nxd7 28. Bxd5 Nb6 29. Bg2 Na4 30. Qb4
Nc3 31. Rxc3 $1 dxc3 32. Qxc3 Nd4 33. Qd2 $44 {Der starke Freibauer verspricht
Weiß zumindest gleiche Chancen.}) 25... Ne7 26. c6 Nb6 27. Ndb7 Bxg2 28. Kxg2
Ned5 {Nun steht Schwarz in jedem Fall nicht schlechter, deswegen bot ich Remis
an. Ralf wollte jedoch im Mannschaftssinne weiterspielen.} 29. Qd6 Rfc8 30. Rc5
Qxd6 31. Nxd6 Rc7 {Die Restbedenkzeit war inzwischen ausgeglichen (jeweils
etwa 3 Minuten).} 32. a4 $5 Nc3 33. Rxc3 $2 {Das Qualitätsopfer ist ein Fehler,
nach dem richtigem 33.Rb4 bliebe die Stellung unklar.} (33. Rb4 $1 Nbd5 34. Rb3
b4 35. Nac4 f6 $13) 33... dxc3 34. axb5 Na4 35. b6 Nxb6 36. Ne8+ $2 (36. Ne4 c2
37. Rc1 $17) 36... Rxe8 37. Rxb6 c2 $19 38. Nb3 Rec8 39. Nc1 Rxc6 40. Rb2 Rc5
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Dzindzichashvili,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{Inf.26/667} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O
O-O 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 $14 e6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bg2 Rfd8 13. a3 a5
14. d4 b5 $6 15. a4 $16 b4 16. Rac1 Qf8 (16... Rac8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qxc8 $18)
17. Qd3 {[/\ Rc2, Rdc1]} c5 $6 18. e3 cxd4 19. exd4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Ra7 (20...
Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Ne5 $16) 21. Rfe1 Rc8 22. Ne3 $1 Rd8 (22... Rac7 23. Rxc7
Rxc7 24. Qb5 $18) 23. d5 $1 Nxd5 (23... Nb6 24. Bd4 $18) 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 (24...
Kxg7 25. Qd4+ $18) 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5 $18 Qf8 27. Qd4 Ra6 28. Red1 Re6 29.
Bh3 Re7 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch 78th"]
[Site "Campinas"]
[Date "2011.12.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jatoba de Oliveira Reis, Paulo Fernando"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 ({I think it's
more dangerous for Black to include a4 and a5... The knight on b6 can be
vulnerable and the black pawn on a5 falls in some variations.} 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4
a5 8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. Nxc4 Bxe2 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. b4) 6... Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6
8. Ng5 Bg4 9. f3 $6 (9. Nxc4 {this is critical, and if you are not expecting
it a difficult move to meet. White sacrifices an important pawn in order to
create some pressure on the e-file and in f7 with both knights since Black
still has some problems to finish his development.} Bxe2 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Re1
$13) 9... Bh5 10. Nxc4 Qd4+ 11. Ne3 h6 12. Nh3 Bg6 13. Qc3 e5 {Here I think
Black is slightly better already. The white pieces are not in harmony and I'm
ready to castle queenside and exert some pressure in the centre.} 14. b3 (14.
Qxd4 exd4 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. fxg4 {was possible to open White's position
slightly, but it is not easy to play Ng4... Normally people are a bit afraid
to double pawns in the wings... In any case, Black has no reason to worry!})
14... O-O-O (14... Bc5 15. Bb2 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Nbd5 17. Bxe5 O-O) 15. Qxd4 exd4
16. Nc4 Re8 (16... Nxc4 {this was my first idea, but I could not find the
perfect place to develop my bishop after the exchange... Keeping the knights
for some more moves at least kept my opponent thinking about it for a few more
minutes! If he takes on b6, he won't be able to make use of the b-file which
looks a bit more important than the c-file.} 17. bxc4 Bd6 (17... Bb4 {was
tempting to keep one eye on e1 when I threaten the e2-pawn... but with this
White has another resource to defend it.} 18. a3 Ba5 19. d3 Rhe8 20. Ra2 {
and now this square is available for the rook...}) 18. d3 Rhe8 19. Kf2 $11) 17.
Nf4 (17. Nxb6+ axb6 18. Nf4 Bh7 {is another option.}) 17... Bh7 18. Kf2 g5 19.
Bh3+ $6 {I don't like this move... it's interesting if I take the knight on d3,
but otherwise the bishop can be a target in the event of g4 or even if I play
h4 to open the file ...Nd3 was more natural.} Kc7 20. Nd3 Nxc4 21. bxc4 h5 (
21... Bxd3 $5 {this was a really difficult desicion to make! I was wondering
if I was winning in this position already! but after some moves} 22. exd3 c5
23. Bb2 Bd6 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27. Bf5 b6 {is the 'dead'
bishop enough to make Black's advantage decisive? If it isn't, to take on d3
is a huge mistake, because if I keep the pieces I have some advantage... my
idea is to drum up some pressure on the black squares to force him to exchange
the live bishop for my knight... after it I can sacrifice my bishop for two
pawns and win the endgame... I think the position is a bit too closed to make
it work... but who knows for sure?}) 22. Bb2 c5 (22... Bxd3 23. exd3 c5 24.
Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bd6) 23. Nc1 {Regrouping the pieces.} Bh6 (23... h4 $5 {
could be better, to use the bishop on the h2-b8 diagonal... I thought e3 was
more important} 24. Bg2 (24. e3 dxe3+ 25. dxe3 Bg7 $1 {and he has no way to
defend the bishop!} 26. Kg2 g4 27. fxg4 Be4+ 28. Kg1 hxg3 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2
Rxh2+ 31. Kxg3 Rxb2 {is totally winning for Black}) 24... Nd7 25. a4 Bd6 {
with some pressure.}) 24. Bg2 Re6 25. Nb3 b6 26. d3 Rhe8 27. Rfe1 {After some
moves both players rearranged the pieces to better positions and White's
position still remains passive. My idea was to use the knight to make some
threats... I just forgot a small detail...} Nd7 28. Rad1 Ne5 {Threatening ...
Bxd3.} 29. Bf1 Nc6 {Threatening Nb4-c2.} 30. a3 Ne7 $2 {Going to f5-e3 but...}
31. Bc1 (31. e3 $1 {I totally forgot about this! The check is not dangerous
for White and without the pawn on e2, White is free! Of course there is still
a lot of play for both, but I lost almost all the advantage... Fortunately I
was a bit lucky and my opponent overlooked this idea too.} dxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Rxe3
33. Kxe3 Nc6+ 34. Kf2 Rd8 {and I have a small advantage... but not too much.})
31... Nf5 32. Bh3 g4 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn to use the black squares and set
up a nice blockade!} 33. fxg4 Ne3 34. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 35. Kg2 Bg5 36. Kf1 h4 {
the position is not easy, and finally my opponent lost patience...} 37. Nd2 $2
(37. Bg2 f5 $1 {opening files to attack!} (37... Re3 38. Bf3) 38. gxf5 (38. Bf3
{[%emt 0:00:00]} fxg4 39. Bxg4 Re3 {is good for Black anyway.}) 38... Bxf5 39.
Nd2 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rf6 41. Nf3 Be3 {and there is nothing White can do about
rooks coming to the g-file!}) 37... Rxe2 {Ok, this was not hard to see, but
the next idea was the point...} 38. Ne4 (38. Rxe2 Bxd3 39. Ne4 Bxe2+ 40. Kxe2
Rxe4+ $19) (38. Nf3 Rxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Re3 40. Kf2 Be7 41. Bg2 hxg3+ 42. hxg3 Bd6
43. Bf3 Kd7) 38... Rxh2 $1 {Going straight to a winning endgame.} 39. Nxg5 Rh1+
40. Kg2 Rhxe1 41. Rxe1 Rxe1 42. Nxh7 Re2+ $1 {The last finesse, now the bishop
on h3 will be hanging after ...Re3 and all the pawns are going to fall!} 43.
Kh1 hxg3 44. Kg1 Rh2 45. Ng5 f6 46. Ne6+ Kd6 47. Nf4 Ra2 48. Bf1 Rxa3 49. Kg2
Ra1 50. Be2 a5 51. Nd5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Prague Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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"]

{[%evp 0,78,20,-6,49,49,49,53,53,53,41,23,29,23,23,-10,3,-11,-26,-65,-54,-126,
-114,-91,-98,-106,-113,-106,-106,-107,-101,-103,-130,-109,-123,-96,-100,-122,
-84,-121,-83,-98,-108,-143,-100,-139,-108,-133,-106,-133,-71,-86,-100,-143,
-129,-127,-106,-120,-117,-120,-122,-112,-184,-125,-78,-98,-98,-98,-9,-112,-102,
-273,-299,-488,-506,-674,-716,-761,-749,-759,-779]} 1. c4 c6 {I also played
the Slav Defence against Vidit in round 5, so I don't think it was a big
surprise to my opponent.} 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 {Luckily I was familiar with this
setup as I played some games in rapid and blitz previously.} Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
b3 (5. d4 {transposes to the Meran system.}) 5... Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O {Normal until
here.} 7. Qc2 $6 {This is a typical move for the line, but not in this positon
because I can get ...e5! very fast.} (7. Be2) (7. d4) 7... e5 $1 8. Be2 $5 {
An interesting choice, not going for the normal line appearing after cxd5 and
Nb5!} (8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 Nb4 12. Qd1 e4 13. Ne5 Ne8
$13 {Still I prefer Black's position.}) 8... e4 $1 {It was important to not
waste time on moves like Nbd7 or a6.} 9. Ng5 (9. Nd4 a6 {Probably he was
scared of this move but...} 10. g4 $1 c5 11. Nf5 d4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8
14. Qg2 Be5 $13 {and a very complicated position, but I am sure he
underestimated the 10.g4! move.}) 9... h6 10. h4 {An interesting way to
complicate things on the kingside, but I don't have any reason to open things
up too early.} Re8 $1 {His knight is doing nothing on g5.} (10... hxg5 11. hxg5
Ng4 12. cxd5 Qxg5 13. Nxe4 $18 {with a crushing attack for White.}) 11. Nh3 {
Of course he had to go back at some point.} Na6 12. a3 dxc4 $1 {Now I get a
very stable advantage.} 13. Bxc4 b5 $1 14. Be2 b4 $1 15. Nd1 bxa3 16. Bxa3 Nb4
17. Bxb4 Bxb4 $17 {It's clear that Black is much better, but still the game is
not finished and I have just a symbolic advantage.} 18. g3 Ng4 (18... Bxh3 19.
Rxh3 Qd7 20. Rh1 Rad8 $17 {was also possible, but I thought it was better to
keep the bishop pair advantage as long as possible.}) 19. Ra2 Qf6 20. Kf1 $1 {
Now he is close to reach the postion that he wanted, so I should be fast here.}
Bf5 21. Kg2 Rad8 22. Nc3 a5 $1 {Making things more stable on the queenside.}
23. Nf4 Qe5 24. Rc1 Rd6 (24... g5 {was always tempting, but I thought I could
prepare more for this move!}) 25. Qd1 Nf6 26. h5 Red8 27. Nb1 g5 $1 {Now that
all of my pieces are in the perfect places, it's time to go for the crush!} 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. Qh1 {Desperately trying to get some counterplay.} Kg7 30. Na3 $1
{Now I have to give away one of my two bishops.} Bxa3 31. Rxa3 g5 32. Nh5+ Nxh5
33. Bxh5 Rxd2 34. Rxc6 {This was a very important moment. I was left with 2 or
3 minutes on the clock and had to find the knockout move.} Bd7 $3 {I was very
proud that I managed to find this, especially with almost no time on the clock.
} (34... Qb2 35. Be2 $3 {Suddenly everything changes!} Rxe2 36. Qxh6+ Kf7 37.
Rc7+ $13) (34... Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rf8 36. Qa1 $1) 35. Rg6+ Kh7 {Now ...Rf8 or ...
Rxf2+ followed by ...Rf8+ check will be too strong.} 36. Qc1 (36. Ra6 Rxf2+ 37.
Kxf2 Rf8+ 38. Kg1 Qxg3+ 39. Qg2 Qxe3+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Rf4 $19) 36... Be8
$1 37. Rxa5 Qxa5 38. Qc4 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qf5+ {A very interesting game from
start to finish!} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Fridman,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Diese Partie wurde in der letzten Runde gespielt. Beide Spielr benötigten ein
Sieg für eine gute Platzierung.} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3
Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 (7... e5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11.
Bb5 Re8 {Ich wollte mein schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nicht so einfach gegen den
Springer tauschen.}) 8. Qc2 {Eine interessante Aufbau. Es sieht Antimeran
änlich, mit der Unterschied, dass ohne Bauer auf d4, kann Weiß versuchen mit
g4 direkt anzugreifen.} Qe7 9. g4 Ba3 {Schwarz versucht sofort ein mögliche
Angriff auf Punkt g7 zu unterbinden. Gefährliche Läufer auf b2 wird getauscht
und lange Rochade ist danach keine wirkliche Option für Weiß. Dafür verliert
Schwarz Tempi und die Dame steht etwas abseits.} (9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. g5
Nd7 12. f4 Bd6 13. h4 {Heberla - van Beek, Plovdiv 2008}) (9... a6 10. g5 Ne8
11. h4 Nc7 12. Bd3 f5 {Kozul - Hillarp Persson, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) (9... b6
10. g5 Ne8 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bd3 g6 13. h4 {Agrest - Smeets, SWE-chT 2010}) 10.
Bxa3 Qxa3 11. Bg2 $146 (11. g5 Nh5) 11... Rb8 $6 {Mit der Idee irgendwann b5
zu spielen. Leider geht es nicht in der nähere Zukunft. Logischer war z.B. die
Dame zurück zu bringen.} (11... Qe7 12. O-O b6 {mit unklarem Spiel.}) 12. Nd4 (
12. O-O h6 {nützliche profilaktische Zug.} (12... b6 13. g5 Ne8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Nce2 Rc8 17. Nf5) (12... b5 $2 13. g5 Nh5 (13... Ne8 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Nxb5) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bf3 g6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qd1 $16)
13. Rab1 Qe7) 12... Nb6 (12... e5 13. Nde2 (13. Nf5 dxc4 14. g5 Ne8 15. bxc4
Nc5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Rd8 15. O-O Nb6 16. d3 h5
17. g5 Nh7 18. h4 Nf8) 13. Rc1 Rd8 (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 Qe7 (14... Nxc4 $4 15.
Nb1) 15. Nce2) 14. f4 Qb4 {Schwarz versucht Weiß zu zwingen auf d5 zu nehmen,
damit man mehr Raum für Figuren hat, übersieht dabei c5!} 15. c5 Nbd7 (15...
Qxc5 $6 16. Nxd5 Nfd7 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 $14) 16. Nce2 e5
$5 {Eine riskante, aber zweischneidige fortsetzung, ganz im Sinne der letzten
Runde.} (16... Ne8 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 e5) 17. fxe5 (17. Nf5 $5 exf4 18. Nxf4
Ne5 19. Ne7+ Kf8 (19... Kh8 20. O-O Re8 21. g5 Ng8 22. Nxc8 Rbxc8 23. h4 $14)
20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. O-O Re8 22. Ne2 $14) 17... Nxe5 18. O-O b6 19. cxb6 (19. g5
Ne4 $1 (19... Nfd7 20. Nf5 bxc5 21. Ne7+ Kf8 (21... Kh8 22. Rf4 Qa5 23. Qxh7+
Kxh7 24. Rh4#) 22. Nxc8 Rbxc8 23. d4 cxd4 24. exd4 Ng6 25. Qf5 $44) 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Qxe4 Re8 22. Nf4 Ba6 23. a3 Qxd2 24. Rfd1 Qa2 25. Ra1 Qb2 26. Rab1 Qc3
27. Rbc1 $11) 19... axb6 (19... Rxb6 $142) 20. Rxf6 $5 {Positionelle Opfer.
Ein andere Zug war aber viel stärker.} (20. Rf4 $1 {Diesen starken Zug haben
wir im kommenden Zeitnot beide überehen.} Qa5 21. b4 Qa7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Qxc6
Be6 24. Qc3 $14) 20... gxf6 {Jetzt geht es scharf zur Sache.} 21. Nf4 (21. Ng3
$5) 21... c5 22. a3 (22. Nh5 cxd4 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Qc7 $8 Qxd2 $8 25. Nh5+ Kg6
26. Qxd8 Qxe3+ 27. Kh2 Bxg4 28. Qxb8 Bxh3 29. Ng3 Ng4+ 30. Kxh3 Nf2+ 31. Kh2
Ng4+ $11 {Eine fantasievolle Variante mit Dauerschach am Ende, die füe einen
Mensch kaum zu berechnen ist.}) 22... Qxa3 23. Nb5 Qa5 24. Nc7 Bb7 (24... d4
25. Ncd5 Rd6 26. Nh5 Ng6 27. b4 $40) 25. Nh5 (25. Ncxd5 $5 Rd6 (25... Bxd5 26.
Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Rd8 28. e4 h5 $1 (28... Qxd2 $2 29. Qxd2 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxd2
31. Ke3 $18) 29. gxh5 Kh7 $13) 26. b4 Qa3 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rb1 Qa7 $13) 25...
Rd6 26. Rf1 (26. d4 $5 Ng6 (26... Nd7 27. Qf2 Kh8 28. Qf4 Rc6 (28... Qd2 29.
Rf1) 29. Nxd5 Qd2 30. Rf1 Re6 (30... cxd4 31. Be4 Rc1)) 27. Bxd5 (27. Qf2 cxd4
28. exd4 Kh8) 27... Rc8 28. Bxb7 Rxc7 {Zu viele Möglichkeiten und zu wenig
Zeit.}) 26... Nd7 27. Qf5 Qb4 {Nimmt Feld f4 unter Kontrolle und gleichzetig
verteidigt Turm auf d6.} (27... Qxd2 $1 28. Qf4 d4 29. Bxb7 Qxe3+ 30. Qxe3 dxe3
31. Be4 Rd4 $15) 28. d4 (28. Rf2) (28. Nb5 $1 Re6 $8 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Qxd7
Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Qxd2 32. Qe7 d4 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 28...
cxd4 29. Qf4 Kh8 30. Nb5 Qxb5 31. Qxd6 dxe3 32. Nxf6 $138 {Ubersieht starke
Antwort.} (32. Rc1 $1 {Nimmt Feld c5 unter Kontrolle. In so einer
Rechenstellung in Zeitnot aber kaum zu finden. Man rechnet in ertser Linie
forcierte Variante.} e2 33. Nxf6 Qc5+ 34. Rxc5 e1=Q+ 35. Kh2 Re8 36. Nxe8 bxc5
37. Qxd7 Qe5+ $11) 32... Qc5 $1 {Erzwingt Damentausch.} 33. Qxc5 Nxc5 34. Nxd5
Re8 35. Re1 $2 $138 (35. Nf4 $8 {Durch diesen Zug behält Weiß immer noch gute
Chancen die Stellung mit minus Bauer zu halten.} Bxg2 36. Kxg2 e2 (36... Nxb3
37. Ne2 Kg7 38. Rb1 Nd2 39. Rxb6) 37. Re1 Re4 (37... Nxb3 38. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 39.
Nxe2) 38. Nxe2 Re3 (38... Nd3 39. Kf3 Rxg4 40. Kxg4 Nxe1 41. Kf5) 39. Kf2 Rxh3
40. Nd4 Kg7) 35... Bxd5 36. Bxd5 Nd3 {Jetzt ist alles aus.} 37. Bxf7 Re7 38.
Re2 Nf4 39. Bc4 (39. Re1 b5 $1) 39... Nxe2+ 40. Bxe2 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. d4 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 $14) 10... Qb6 $146 (10...
Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 $14 {Larsen-Smyslov,88}) 11. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (11... Bf5 $5 12.
Ndf3 Be4 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rf8 $10) 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 (
14. h3 Be6 (14... Bf5 15. g4 Be6) 15. Nf3 Rac8 (15... Rec8 $5) 16. Qd2) 14...
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc4 Qc7 $1 (16... Qf6 17. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 18. Qd5+ Kg7 19.
Qxe5 (19. Nxe5 $5) 19... Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 $14) (16... Qd4 17. Qxd4
Bxd4 18. Rad1 Bf6 (18... Bc5 19. Bxb7 (19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Ne5+ Ke6 21. Nxg4 h5
22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 $14) 19... Bxe2 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd7 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 $14)
(18... Bxe2 $2 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Re1 (20. Ne5 e6 21. Re1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23.
Rxe2 f6) 20... Bxc4 (20... Bf3 21. Bxf3 Rxd4 22. Bxb7 $18) 21. bxc4 e6 22. Rde4
$18) (18... e5 19. Rd2 Re7 20. e3 Bc5 21. a3 (21. Rc1 e4 $1 (21... Bb4 22. Rdc2
Rd8 23. e4 b6 24. a3 Bc5 25. Kg2 $14)) 21... a5 22. Rb1 $1 Bh3 23. f3 (23. Bg2
$6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 b5 $10) 23... Be6 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Rbd1 b5 (25... Red7 26. Bxe6
Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 28. Nxd2 fxe6 29. Nc4 $16) 26. Nxe5) 19. Bxb7 (19. f3 Bh3)
19... Bxe2 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd7 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 $14) 17. Rc1 Rad8 $1 (17... Bh3
18. f4 $1 (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Kf6 20. f4 Bd6 (20... Bxf1 21. Nxe5 Qb6+ 22.
Kxf1 $13) 21. Ne5 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Be6 $17) 18... Bg7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Ne5+ Bxe5
21. fxe5+ $18) 18. Ne3 (18. Qd2 e6 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Nxg4 Rxd5 $10) 18... Qd7 (
18... Qa5 $6 19. b4 (19. Nxg4 Rxd5 20. Qc2 Rd2) 19... Qxb4 20. Nxg4 (20. Rc4 $1
Qb6 (20... Qb5 21. Rxg4 e6 22. Qb3) (20... Qa5 21. Qb3 $1 {D.Atlas} (21. Rxg4
e6) 21... Rxd5 (21... Bxe2 22. Bxf7+ Kg7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Ra4) (21... Bh3 22.
Ra4 Qc5 (22... Qb6 23. Rb4) 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe8 Bxf1 25. Qf7 $1 $18) 22.
Nxd5 Bxe2 23. Re4 $1 Bxf1 24. Rxe5 Qa6 25. Nxe7+ $18) 21. Nxg4 (21. Rxg4 e6 22.
Ra4 $10 {/=/+}) 21... e6 22. Re4 $1 (22. Nxe5 exd5 23. Nxf7 dxc4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8
$17) 22... Bg7 (22... Rxd5 23. Qa4) 23. Qa4 f5 24. Rb4 $1 Qa6 (24... Qc5 25.
Bb3 fxg4 26. Rxb7 $18) 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. Bc6 $18) (20. Rb1 Qa5) 20... Qxg4 21.
Qb3 $10) 19. Qc2 $1 Be6 (19... Bh3 20. Rfd1) (19... Bf5 20. Qc4 e6 21. Bg2) 20.
Bxe6 (20. Rfd1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe4 b6) 20... Qxe6 21. Qe4
b6 (21... Bd4 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Ng2 $5 $14 {/\Rc2,Rfc1,e3,Kf1-e2} (23. Rc7 Bxe3
24. fxe3 Rd2 25. a4 Rxe2 26. Rxb7 Rxe3 27. a5 Rf8) 23... Rc8 24. Rfd1 Bb2 25.
Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ne3 $14) 22. Rc6 (22. Nc4 Rd5 23. Rfd1 Red8 (23... Rc5 24. b4)
24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Ne3 Rd4 $5 26. Qa8+ Kg7 27. Qxa7 Rd2 $132) 22... Qd7 23. Rd1
Bd4 24. Kg2 (24. Rc4 e5 25. Ng4 Kg7 $1 (25... Qe7 $5 26. Rc6 (26. Qc2 Bc5)
26... f5 27. Nf6+ Kh8) 26. e3 Qf5 $1 (26... f5 27. Nxe5 $18) 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28.
exd4 fxg4 29. d5 h5 $14) (24. g4 $5 Kh8 (24... e6 25. g5 Qb7 26. Ng4 Bg7 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxe6 $18) (24... e5 $140 25. g5 Qe7 26. Ng4 Qxg5 27. h4 Bxf2+ 28.
Kxf2 Qxh4+ 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30. Nf6+ $18) 25. Kh1 e5 26. g5 Qb7 (26... Qe7 $5)) (
24. a4 $5 {/\b4-b5,Hodgson} f5 25. Qc2 e5 26. Rc7 Qe6 27. Rxa7 Rc8 $44) 24...
f5 25. Qc2 b5 $1 (25... e5 26. Rc7 Qe6 27. Rxa7 $14) 26. a4 (26. b4 $5 Rc8 $140
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. f3) 26... Qb7 (26... a6 27. b4 $5) 27. axb5 Qxb5
28. Qc4+ Qxc4 29. Nxc4 Bf6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Ra6 (31. Rc7 $5 Rb8 32. Na5 a6 33.
Rc6 Ra8) 31... Rd7 32. e3 Bc3 33. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{For this game against my well-known compatriot I was especially motivated.
Not only that I wanted to start my winning series in the tournament (and
recover from a horrible game against Ljubojevic), but also I wanted to take
revenge for the Dutch Championship, the game that I played very badly and lost,
which was very important for the outcome of the whole tournament. But now
let's start with the game.} 1. c4 {In our earlier above mentioned encounter
Loek went for my centred move - 1.d4!} c6 2. Nf3 (2. e4 {is usually played by
people who have Slavophobia. Or Panovomania.}) 2... d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5.
b3 {This unprincipled way of playing was a surprise for me. Not only that it's
not exactly in the style of Loek, but also that he has hardly played it before
and in such a variation, it's experience that matters.} Nbd7 6. Bb2 {Already
on move six my opponent makes a very doubtful decision. How normal the move
may seem, it allows Black to take the centre. As it turned out in the
post-mortem, my opponent wanted to trick me, saving on the move Qc2. In fact
later Peter Svidler did manage to trick me with some other move order, but in
that game I managed to solve my opening problems rather easily as well.} (6.
Qc2 {is much more usual and probably more strong. The point being} e5 $6 (6...
Bd6 {is usual and then after} 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 {Black has a huge choice and
whatever he chooses the position remains balanced. In the above mentioned game
against Peter Svidler we went through a different move order and I choose the
most popular b6 Bb7 setup and equalised.}) (6... a6 7. d4 $1 {not allowing e5
anymore.}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 $2 8. Nb5 $1 Bc5 9. b4 $18 (9. Nxe5)) 6... e5 $5 {
Strangely enough almost all the top-players don't allow this possibility,
while when they get the chance to play it themselves they avoid it... I am
talking about among others such giants as Kramnik and Gelfand.} 7. Qc2 {
Threatening that Nb5 idea, but now Black has a sound reply.} (7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 {
is a way to play the position, pretending that you have the black pieces and
are happy to play a French Defence.}) (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qc1 $5 {is another
interesting possibility with the idea to exchange the future bad bishop.} a6 9.
Ba3 Be7 10. Be2 {was played in game Eingorn-Delchev in 2001, with a balanced
position. In that game Black somehow managed to outplay White easily.}) 7... a6
8. cxd5 ({Here again} 8. d4 {was an option} e4 9. Nd2 {with a French structure.
But it wasn't appealing to Loek that day.}) 8... cxd5 9. g4 $6 {It is pretty
logical to try to exploit the better development of the white pieces, but in
fact I was very happy with this move. To be honest, I was already sure that if
I made a couple of good moves, I would take over the initiative.} h6 {A
typical reaction. The well-known point of meeting g4 with h6 is that after h4
White will have to waste one more tempo to play g5 and take back with a pawn.
In this position, White simply can't afford that.} 10. Rg1 $6 {This natural
move turned out to be another inaccuracy, but it's hard to suggest anything
good for White already. Whatever he does, if Black defends precisely he just
takes over.} (10. g5 {is very logical, but it may be that such opening of the
h- and g-file will benefit Black.} hxg5 11. Nxg5 Nc5 {should be actually
better for Black. White isn't mating or anything, so in a couple of moves he
will have to turn back to defence.} (11... g6 $2 12. Ne6 $1 {is a line I saw
during the game, it stimulated me not to lose my sense of danger completely...}
)) (10. h3 {Simply protecting the g-pawn forever is probably the best, but
after the simple developing} Bd6 {it's not clear what White is doing. He may
try to continue developing and slowly prepare g4, or a knight manoeuvre like
Nh4-f5.}) 10... e4 11. Nxd5 {A practical try. To be honest, I actually
intended to play ...e4 quickly, then I suddenly noticed this move had a little
shock; but then realising that it isn't in any way dangerous for Black, I
confidently went ...e4.} (11. Nd4 Ne5 12. h3 (12. g5 $2 hxg5 13. Rxg5 Nfg4 $1)
12... Bc5 13. Be2 {is clearly worse for White. Black may take on d4, or just
continue developing, in any case White's position seems a bit ugly.} (13. Ncb5
$2 Bb6 $1)) 11... Nxd5 12. Qxe4+ Ne7 {Now Black has two defensive ideas - Nc5
and Nf6. It is impossible to parry both.} 13. Rc1 (13. Bc4 Nc5 14. Ne5 {
is losing in a funny way -} Qxd2+ $1) 13... Nf6 $1 {This move is actually a
very strong defensive idea. Black's doubled pawns will be very good protection
of the squares and the monarch himself.} 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bc4 {Somewhere here
I must say I was even overestimating my position a bit. I thought that after a
couple of moves my opponent will resign, so I countinued playing quickly.
Though I played reasonable, I believe I might have had a more precise way to
convert the advantage.} Bg7 (15... Qd6 $5 {may be actually more precise.}) 16.
h4 Qd6 (16... O-O $2 {is what the engine screams first, but it's obviously
very dangerous -} 17. g5 $1 hxg5 18. hxg5 f5 19. Qh4 Ng6 20. Qh5 Qd6 21. Rh1
Re8 22. Nh4 {with some attack.}) (16... Kf8 {however was my initial intention
and was maybe even more precise.}) 17. Nd4 Kf8 18. f4 $2 {A weird looking move
that in fact was a big strategic mistake. White should have gone Nf5
immediately followed by d4, trying to build up some sort of fortress. In that
case I might have had harder time winning this game.} (18. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 19. gxf5
{followed by d4 with only a slight advantage for Black. However in long run
after transferring the bishop to the f8-b4 diagonal one day, Black should
crack White's position. I also must add that I should have not given my
opponent this chance, and perhaps played 16...Kf8 instantly.}) 18... h5 {
A strong move, trying to open the position. Usually the side with an extra
piece benefits from it. However even stronger was the other way to open it up.}
(18... f5 $1 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rd8 21. Rc2 b5 22. Be2 Nd5 {and after ...
Bf6 and ...Rg8, the extra piece will tell.}) 19. Nf5 (19. f5 {was the move I
considered mostly. Now I thought that Black gets a big advantage with} hxg4 (
19... Rb8 $5 {was more patient and maybe even stronger.}) 20. Qxg4 Rh7 $1)
19... Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rd8 21. Ke2 $5 {A clever move. It was a big and unpleasant
surprise for me, but luckily enough, I managed to find the refutation of it.} (
{Anything else would lose easily - e.g.} 21. d4 Qd7 22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Kd2 Re8 24.
Qg2 Bh6 25. Rce1 Qd6 {and everything that stands on a dark square will slowly
drop, one piece after another.}) 21... b5 $1 (21... Qxd2+ $6 22. Kf3 {would be
pretty mutual with Black having to watch out for all the Bxf7 and Rxg7 tricks.}
) 22. Bd3 Nd5 {Now White can't defend from all the threats.} 23. Kf3 Nxf4 $1
24. Qxf4 Qxd3 25. Rg2 Re8 $1 {This is in any case winning, but I did not like
to allow Qe4, which would make my task more a bit more difficult.} 26. Rcg1 Rh7
27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qc5 ({After I knew all I had to do is avoid the most logical
and my first intention} 28. Qf4 Kh8 $4 {because of ... find it yourself!} (
28... Re5 29. Rc1 Rh8 $1 {is the easiest win for Black.})) 28... Kh8 {Now I
had accomplished my plan. ...Bh6 and ...Rg7 will follow and suddenly there are
no ugly pieces anymore and the "bad" bishop on g7, turns out to be not so bad
as it looks.} 29. b4 Bh6 30. Rc1 Rg7 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg1+ Kh7 33. Qa7 Qxf5+
34. Ke2 Qe6 {And here my opponent decided that it was time for dinner.  I was
very happy with the game, especially considering its importance for my
tournament.} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Orange"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 a6 (4... g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bf5
8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qa3 Na6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. e4 $6 (13.
Ne5 $5 {н/\14.a3}) 13... Be6 $1 $14 14. Bxe6 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxc1+ 16. Rxc1 fxe6
$17 {1/2-1/2 Rotstein,A-Volkmann,F/Jenbach AUT 2004/The Week in Chess 489 (80)}
) 5. h3 e6 6. d4 $5 {TN} (6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d4 Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Qf6
11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rae1 h6 13. Qc1 Rf7 14. Rd1 a5 15. Qa1 a4 16. bxa4 Rxa4 17.
Ne5 Rf8 18. Ndf3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Volkov,S/Batumi 2002/CBM 90 (34)})
6... c5 $5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qc6 (9... Qd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O
Nc6 12. Rd1 $36) 10. Bd2 $5 {[н/\11.Rc1|^]} Nbd7 11. Rc1 (11. Bd3 $5 {(н/\12.
Ne4)} Be7 $13) 11... Be7 12. Qb1 Qd6 13. Ne4 $6 (13. Be2 $5 {(н/\14.0-0,15.
Rfd1н|^)}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. O-O (17. Qxd6
Bxd6 18. Bc3 Ke7 19. Ke2 $11) 17... Bxf3 $6 (17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd5 $11) 18.
Qxd6 Bxd6 19. gxf3 Ke7 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. f4 $5 Rxc2 22. Bxc2 Rc8 23. Rc1 Nd5 $6
(23... g6 $11) 24. f5 $5 Nb4 (24... Bb4 25. Be4 $14) 25. Bb1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1
exf5 27. a3 Nc6 28. Bxf5 $14 g6 29. Be4 Ke6 30. Kf1 Be5 31. Ke2 f5 32. Bb1 Ne7
33. Ba2+ Nd5 $1 {[н/\34....Kd6,35...Nf6]} 34. f4 Bg7 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. e4 fxe4+
37. Kxe4 Nf6+ 38. Kf3 Nd5 39. Bb1 $5 {[н/\40.f5,40.Be4]} Ne7 40. Be4 b6 41. b4
Bc3 42. Bb7 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Ke4 {[텢e4-d3-c4-b5]} Kc5 $1 45. Kd3 Bf6 46.
Ba6 Nd5 47. Bc8 Bg7 48. Be6 (48. Bd2 a4 49. Bd7 Bb2 $11) 48... Bb2 $1 49. Bxd5
(49. Bxb2 Nxf4+ $17) 49... Bxc1 50. Bg8 $11 Bxf4 51. Bxh7 g5 52. Bg6 Bc1 53. a4
Kb4 54. Be8 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 23rd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Qb3 (4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2
Nbd7 8. Qd1 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne5
14. Be2 Qe7 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Nd2 Be5 17. Nf3 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 19. Rac1 Rad8 $11
{1/2-1/2 Mirzoev,A-Peralta,F/Brena Baja ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 553 (73)})
4... Qc7 5. cxd5 (5. Ne5 Be6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Nxd7 dxc4 8. Qc2 Qxd7 9. Nd2 Nf6 10.
Nxc4 g6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 a5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7
17. f5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Jakubiec,A-Zawadzki,S/Cappelle
la Grande 2003/CBM 092 ext (25)}) 5... cxd5 6. Nc3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e6 8. d4 Nc6 9.
Bd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 Be7 $5 (10... a6 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bb4 Bxb4+ 13. Qxb4 Qa5 14.
Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Ke7 17. f4 Rhc8 18. Kd2 Rc7 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. b4
Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Koshy,V-Abdulla,A/Calcutta 1999/CBM 069 ext (48)}) 11. Bd3 O-O
12. Ne2 $5 {TN[/\e3-e4-e5|^>>]} (12. f4) 12... Qd7 $1 13. Bc3 Bd6 $5 14. f4 (
14. e4 e5 $1 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd5 $36) 14... a6 15. Ng1 {
[/\Ng1-f3-e5;} (15. f3 $5 Nh5 $5 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. O-O Rac8 $13) 15... Ne4 $5 16.
Bxe4 (16. Nf3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 $132) 16... dxe4 17. f3 exf3 (17... Qe7 18.
fxe4 Qh4+ 19. Ke2 Qg4+ 20. Kf2 (20. Kd3 b5 $40) 20... Qh4+ $11) 18. Nxf3 Ne7 $5
{[/\19...Nd5|^]} 19. Bb4 Bxb4+ 20. Qxb4 Nd5 21. Qb3 Rac8 22. Ke2 $5 h6 (22...
Rc7 $5 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Nd3 Qe7 26. e4 Nf6 27. Nf2 Qd7 28. Rd1 $13
) 23. a3 Rxc1 $6 (23... Rc7 $142) 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Ne5 Qd8 (25... Qe8 26. Rxc8
Qxc8 27. Qc4 Qd8 $11) 26. Qxb7 $5 (26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. f5 Qc1 $132) 26... Rxc1
27. Qxf7+ $11 Kh8 (27... Kh7 28. Qg6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 $11) 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29.
Nf8+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O (7. Nh4 Bg6
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 g5 14. g3
gxf4 15. exf4 g5 16. fxg5 Bxg3+ 17. Kd1 Ng8 $17 {0-1 Gurevich,M-Izoria,Z/
Bastia 2005/Mega2006 (30)}) 7... Bd6 $5 {[/\8...Qe7,9...Nbd7<=>>>]} (7... Nbd7)
8. d3 $5 {TN[/\9.Bb2,10.e4;} (8. d4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 h6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe7 12.
c5 Bc7 13. f4 Ne4 14. Ndxe4 dxe4 15. b4 Nf6 16. a4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. b5
axb5 19. axb5 Ra2 20. Qb3 Rfa8 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 {1/2-1/2
Thompson,I-Westerinen,H/Gausdal 2004/PowerBook2005 (23)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7
10. Re1 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxg7 (13. Qd4 Bxf3 $1 14.
Bxf3 (14. Qxg7 Bxe2 15. Qxh8+ Qf8 $19) 14... Be5 $17) 13... Rg8 $40) (10. Nh4
$5 Bg6 11. f4 O-O-O $132) 10... Rd8 $5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. h3 {[/\13.Nh4;} (12. Nh4
Bg4) 12... h6 13. Rad1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bg6 $15)
14... Bg6 $15) 13... Bg6 $5 {[/\14...b5<=><<;} (13... b5 $2 14. Nd4 Rc8 15.
Nxf5 $14) 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. g3 (15. Nf3 $142) 15... b5 $1 {[/\16...Rb8,17....
Rfc8|^<<;xKg1]} 16. Qc1 Rb8 17. Nb1 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Nc5 $5 19. Bxf6 $5 {[/\20.d4,
21.c5;} (19. e4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ncxe4 $15) (19. d4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. c5 Bc7
22. Ndf3 Bh7 $17) 19... Qxf6 20. d4 Ne4 $5 21. Nxe4 dxe4 $5 $17 {[XNh4]} (21...
Bxe4 22. c5 Bc7 23. f4 $15) 22. Rf1 g5 23. Ng2 Bf5 24. g4 Bg6 25. f4 $6 (25. f3
$5 exf3 26. Rxf3 Qg7 27. c5 Bc7 28. Bd3 e5 $15) 25... Qe7 26. c5 Bc7 27. f5 Bh7
28. Qc2 (28. f6 Qd7 {(/\29...Ra8,30...Bb8,31...Qc7->>>)}) 28... exf5 29. gxf5
f6 30. a4 Rd8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Bg4 Kg7 {[/\Bh7-g7-d5]} 34. Rfb1 $6
$138 h5 $1 35. Bxh5 Bxf5 $19 {[XKg1]} 36. Bg4 Bxg4 37. hxg4 Qe6 38. Qd1 {
[/\Ng2-e1-c2-b4]} Bg3 $1 {[XKg1,Ng2;/\39...Kg6,Qe6-d7-h7-h2]} 39. Kf1 (39. Ne1
Bxe1) 39... Rh8 40. Rxa8 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Qxg4+ 42. Kd2 Rxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Re8 9. g4 $5 Ne5 {TN} (9... Nxg4 10. Rg1 Ngf6 11. Ng5 $6 Nf8 12. f4 e5 $15 {
Gurevich,D-Pavasovic Bern 1995}) 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. g5 Nd7 (11... Ne4 $5 12.
Nxe4 (12. d4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bd6 $13) 12... Bxb2 13. Qxb2 dxe4 14. Qe5 f5 15.
gxf6 (15. Rg1 $5 Bd7 16. O-O-O $14) 15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Rg1+ Kh8 $14)
12. f4 Bd6 13. h4 (13. d4 c5 $132) 13... Qe7 14. O-O-O $5 Ba3 (14... dxc4 15.
Bxc4 e5 (15... b5 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Ne4 $14) 16. g6 $1 $36) 15. d4 $1 $14 Bxb2+ (
15... b6 $5 {/\16...Bb7}) 16. Kxb2 b6 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. e4 $5 (18. h5 $5 dxc4 19.
Bxc4 Bb7 20. Ne4 $36) 18... Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rac8 $5 (19... dxc4 20. Bxc4 c5 21. d5
$14) 20. Qf2 dxc4 21. Bxc4 b5 22. Bd3 a6 $1 {[/\23...c5<=><<]} 23. f5 $1 $36
e5 24. f6 Qd6 (24... gxf6 25. gxf6 $18) 25. fxg7 Ne6 (25... Kxg7 26. Rf1 Rc7
27. Ne2 $1 $40) 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Qf6 Nxg7 28. Bc2 $1 $16 {[/\29.Rd7]} b4 $6 (
28... Rc7 $142 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Red1 $16) 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Na4
Rce8 31. Nb6 Nh5 32. Nd7 R5e7 33. e5 Bc8 34. Nf6+ $18 Nxf6 35. gxf6 Rd7 36.
Rg1+ Kh8 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Rg7 Be6 $138 1-0

[Event "Werther Schloss op-A 12th"]
[Site "Werther"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
g6 9. Nxc4 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Bg7 ({Nachteilig für Schwarz war} 10... Be6 11. Qc2
Bg7 12. e4 O-O 13. d4 Qc8 14. Re1 $14 {, Jenni-Buss, Schweizerische Liga 2004})
11. e4 O-O {Diagramm [#]} 12. Re1 ({Bereits eine Ungenauigkeit.} 12. d3 $5 {
wurde zurecht von Matamoros bevorzugt.} {Nach 12...} Be6 ({falls} 12... Nd7 {
, so} 13. Qc2 $5 (13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. b4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bd4 17. Bh6 Re8
18. Bd2 axb4 19. Rxb4 c5 $11 {ergab Ausgleich in Matamoros-Illescas,Dos
Hermanos 2006}) 13... Nb6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Ng5 h6 16. h3 $14) 13. Qc2 Qc8 14.
Be3 Bh3 15. Rab1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. b4 axb4 18. Rxb4 c5 19. Rc4 b6 20. d4
Qa6 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 $14 {stand Weiß besser in
Matamoros-Malachatko,Coria del Rio 2006}) 12... Be6 13. Qc2 Bg4 $1 14. d3 ({Auf
} 14. Ne5 {ist 14...} Qd4 $1 $15 {störend.}) 14... Nd7 15. Be3 c5 16. Ng5 (16.
h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rc8 $15 {ist gut für Schwarz.}) 16... h6 17. h3 hxg5 18. hxg4
e5 $2 ({Nimmt von seinem eigenen Springer das beste Feld weg. Stärker war 18...
} 18... Rc8 19. Bxg5 Ne5 20. Red1 Qd7 $15 {mit besserem Spiel für Schwarz.})
19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Bf6 21. Rac1 b6 22. Bd1 Kg7 23. Bb3 Qe7 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. Rh1
Rcd8 26. Qc2 Nb8 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Bd5 Na6 29. Bd2 Nc7 ({Keinem Ausgleich
versprach} 29... Nb4 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. a5 bxa5 32. Qxc5 Qxc5 33. Rxc5 $14) 30.
Bc4 Qd7 $2 (30... Ne8 31. Qb3 Nd6 {war angebracht,} 32. Bd5 (32. Qxb6 $6 {
ist zu riskant wegen 32...} Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Qd7) 32... Qd8 $11 {und Weiß kommt
nicht weiter.}) 31. Qb3 Qxg4 32. Rh1 $6 (32. Qxb6 $1 Qh3+ 33. Kf3 $16 {mit
guten Gewinnschancen}) 32... Rxh1 33. Kxh1 Ne6 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36.
f3 Kf7 37. Kg2 g4 38. fxg4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Zwesten op"]
[Site "Bad Zwesten"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Sorm, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 e5 4. Qh5 $6 ({Eine neue, aber keine gute Idee. Weiß
gewinnt einem Bauern auf Kosten eines katastrophalen Entwicklungsrückstands.
Meistens wird} 4. d4 $5 {bevorzugt.}) 4... Bd6 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Qe2 cxd5 7. Nxd5
Nxd5 8. Qb5+ Nc6 9. Qxd5 O-O 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qd1 ({Kaum günstiger wäre} 11. Qa4
Rc8 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Nc3 Bf5 $17 {gewesen.}) 11... f5 $6 ({Besser gefällt} 11...
Nb4 $1 12. a3 Qa5 $17 {mit vernichtenden Angriff.}) 12. Ne2 f4 13. Nc3 Qh4 14.
Qa4 $2 ({Mehr Widerstand versprach} 14. g3 fxg3 15. fxg3 Qh6 16. Bg2 Rf7) 14...
Bb4 ({Wiederum war} 14... Nb4 $1 {sehr stark in Hinblick auf} 15. a3 fxe3 16.
axb4 Rf4 $19) 15. e4 Rad8 16. d3 ({Auch nach dem besseren} 16. Bb5 Nd4 17. h3
a6 18. Bd3 Bc5 {ist Weiß nicht zu beneiden.}) 16... Bc5 17. Nd1 Nd4 18. Nc3 b5
(18... Nf3+ 19. Kd1 Qxf2 $19) 19. Qd1 Nb3 20. g3 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 fxg3+ 22. Kg1
g2 23. Be3 gxf1=Q+ 24. Qxf1 Qg4+ 25. Qg2 Nxa1 0-1

[Event "Bad Lauterberg Bohemia"]
[Site "Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1991.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Bf5 (5... Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Bc2 (10... b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Ke7
13. Nxa8 Qxa8 14. h5 Be4 15. f3 $16 {Negri,S-Giaccio,A Argentina 1990}) 11.
Nxf7 Bxa4 12. Nxd8 Kxd8 (12... Rxd8 13. Nxa4 Nxg4 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15. Rg1 Ne5 16.
Bxe6 Ng6 17. d4 Nxh4 18. Bg5 Ng6 19. Rc1 $16 {Pedersen,E-Kroll,O Denmark 1990})
13. Nxa4 Nxg4 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15. d4 Rc8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 $16 {/\Rg1+f3
Romanischin-Suba 1986}) (5... Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 g6 (7... e5 8. Nc3 e4 9.
Nh4 Qd7 10. d3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd3 13. exd3 O-O 14. Re1 $14 {
Kirov-Ivkov 1984}) (7... c5 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. d4 Nbd7 $13 {
Sehner-Dresen 1986}) 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 (10... Na6 11. e4 Be6 12.
d4 $14 {Pedersen,E-Kroll,O Denmark 1990}) 11. e4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. Qb3 e6 14.
Rd1 h6 15. Nf3 e5 16. d4 $14 {Nogueiras-Antunes 1991}) 6. d4 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
Nc3 e6 (7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. b3 O-O 13.
e4 $14 {Kochiev-Trabert Budapest 1989}) 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Bd6 10. d4 (10. Qa4+
Kf8 11. d4 h6 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc6 $13 {Petrosian,A-Bany
1988}) 10... O-O 11. h5 $16 {Hodgson,J-Plaskett,J London 1989}) 6... e6 7. Nc3
Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 {/\dxc4} 9. Qb3 O-O-O $6 (9... Be7 $10 {/\ 0-0}) 10. Qa4 dxc4
(10... Kb8 11. c5 (11. Bf4+ Bd6 12. c5 (12. Bxd6+ Qxd6 13. c5 Qc7 {/\e6-e5<=>})
12... Bxf4 13. gxf4 {/\b2-b4-b5 ->}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Qd4
Re8) 11. Qxa7 Qc7 (11... Qxd4 {Horn,Pe} 12. Qa8+ Kc7 (12... Kd7 13. Qxb7+ Ke8
14. Bxc6+ Nd7 15. Be3 $18) 13. Bf4+ Kb6 (13... Bd6 14. Nb5+ Kb6 (14... cxb5 15.
Qxb7#) 15. Qa7+ Kxb5 16. a4+ Kb4 17. Qxd4 $18) (13... Qxf4 14. Qa5+ b6 15. Qa7+
$18) 14. Na4+ Kb5 15. Qxb7+ Kxa4 16. b3+ Ka3 (16... Ka5 17. Bc7+) 17. Bc1+) 12.
e4 $16 e5 (12... Bg6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e5 Qb4 16. exf6 Qxb2 17. O-O
Qxc3 18. Rab1 $1 $16) 13. dxe5 (13. exf5 {Horn,Pe} exd4) 13... Nxe4 (13... Qxe5
14. Bf4) 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb4+ 16. Nc3 $18 Qxe5+ 17. Qe3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3
Rd1+ 19. Kxd1 Qd5+ 20. Ke2 Qxh1 21. Qe5 {/\ Bf4} 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 89th"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2014.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O a5 (9... Re8 {is the most popular move.} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. e3 $14 {Pantsulaia-Sevdimaliev, Nakhchivan 2014})
10. a3 Re8 11. Ne5 $146 {A very interesting novelty by Fressinet. It's a very
typical motif in this system to exchange the f3 N for the d7 N.} (11. h3 Bxf3
12. Nxf3 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb6 {was about equal in the game
Valdes-Libiszewski, San Sebastian 2012.}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. Nf3 a4 (
13... Qf5 $5 {is the engine's suggestion. It is hurrying with attacking the B,
because if it wants to challenge White's stability in the centre.} 14. Re1 (14.
Bb2 Nd7 $13) 14... Rad8 $13 (14... Bxf3 15. exf3 {is the point of Re1})) (13...
Bh3 $5 {is also interesting, but the engine doesn't like it.}) 14. Rb1 Bh3 {
The engine doesn't like this move, but it seems to be very logical.} (14...
axb3 15. Qxb3 dxc4 16. dxc4 Bf5 (16... Qe6 17. Rfe1 $1) 17. Rbd1 Qc8 $11) 15.
cxd5 (15. Bxh3 $1 Qxh3 16. bxa4 {is the eternal question, to take the 
(positionally) poisoned P or not. If Black has enough time to conduct an
attack against the white pawns, he is better, but if White has more pressure
on the b7 P, White has better chances. If Black defends passively with} Qd7 (
16... dxc4 17. dxc4 Qg4 18. Rxb7 Qxc4 19. Rb4 $16) 17. Qc2 $16 {it is better
for White, because he will continue with Rb3 increasing the pressure on the b7
P.}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc1 $1 axb3 19. Rxb3 Ra7 {
A very typical motif to defend the b7 P, at the same time attacking the
a3-pawn, but it isn't exact.} (19... b5 {followed by Ra6 seems to be better.}
20. e4 Nb6 21. Qc5 Na4 22. Qd4+ Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Rac8 24. Rc1 e5 $11) 20. Qb2+ (
20. e4 $1 {Occupying the centre and disrupting Black's forces. After Qb2, this
isn't possible, because of Nf4.} Nf6 21. Qb2 Qc7 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Ne5 (23. a4 $5
Rxa4 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Ra7 26. Qb2 $14) 23... Kg8 24. Qd4 $1 Rba8 25. a4
Ne8 26. Nc4 $36) 20... f6 21. Rc1 (21. e4 Nf4+ $1) 21... Rea8 (21... b5 $5) 22.
h3 {At the first sight this is a waiting move, which is more or less useful.
The hidden point of this move is covering the g4-square in order to be able to
play e4.} b5 23. e4 Nc7 24. d4 (24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 $11)
24... Ra4 (24... Ne6 $1 {would have been the best setup.} 25. d5 (25. Rbc3 Ra6)
25... cxd5 26. Rd3 Nc7 27. exd5 Nxd5 (27... e5 $5) 28. Rcd1 e6 29. Nd4 Rd8 $11)
25. Rd3 R8a6 26. Rcc3 Qd6 27. Qc1 Ne8 28. e5 Qd7 29. exf6+ Nxf6 (29... exf6 $1
{would have been a logical, but simple move, as the e5-square must be taken
under control. Black seems to have more or less equalised.}) 30. Rc5 $1 $16 Qd6
31. Rdc3 b4 32. axb4 Ra1 33. Rxc6 Qxb4 $6 (33... Rxc6 $1 34. Qxa1 Rxc3 35. Qxc3
Nd5 36. Qc5 Nxb4 {is also better for White, but the win is still very hard to
achieve in this position.}) 34. Rxa6 (34. Qe3 $18) 34... Rxa6 35. Re3 Qd6 36.
Qc5 (36. Re5 $16) 36... Qxc5 37. dxc5 Kf8 38. Ne5 Ke8 39. Rb3 Nd7 40. c6 Nxe5
41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. c7 Rc6 43. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moor, Roger"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. a4 Nc5 7. Na3 Nb3 8.
Ra2 Be6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Ng4 12. e3 Qd3 13. b4 Bd5 14. e4 Be6
15. h3 Nf6 16. Re1 g6 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Nxc4 Bg7 19. Kh2 O-O 20. Bb2 b5 21. Ne5
Qd6 22. Ra3 Rfc8 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Nc5 a5 27. Nxe6
fxe6 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Rxa5 Rxc3 30. Rxa8+ Kf7 31. dxc3 Qd2 32. Re2 Qxc3 33.
Re3 Qxb4 34. e5 Qc5 35. Ra5 Qc1 36. Kg1 b4 37. Rb5 Qa1 38. Rxb4 Nxe5 39. Rf4+
Kg7 {Schwarzer König im Fegefeuer.} 40. Rfe4 Nf7 41. Rxe6 Ng5 42. Rxe7+ Kf6 43.
h4 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nd4 45. Bc4 g5 46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Rd7 gxh4 48. Rd6+ Kg5 (48...
Kg7 $144 49. Ra6 h3+ 50. Kh2 Qb2 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Rf7+ Ke8 53. Ra8+ $18) 49.
Re5+ Nf5 (49... Kg4 50. Rxd4+ Qxd4 51. f3#) 50. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "253"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Ngf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b3 Qe7 14. Re1 Qb4
15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Qb2 Qa3 17. Bc1 Qxb2 18. Bxb2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b5 20. b4 h6 21. a3
Nb6 22. Bg2 Nfd7 23. h4 Nf8 24. Rab1 Ra6 25. h5 Rd8 26. e3 Na4 27. Ba1 d4 28.
e4 c5 29. Rec1 Ne6 30. Bh3 Rc6 31. bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Nexc5 33. Rxb5 Nxd3 34.
Rd5 Rxd5 35. exd5 Nc3 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Bf5 Ne5 38. Bxc3 dxc3 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Bc2
Kd6 41. Bb3 Ng4 42. f3 Nf6 43. g4 Nxd5 44. Kd3 f5 45. a4 fxg4 46. fxg4 Kc5 47.
Bxd5 Kxd5 48. Kxc3 Ke4 49. Kc4 Kf4 50. Kb5 Kxg4 51. Kb6 Kxh5 52. Kxb7 g5 53. a5
g4 54. a6 g3 55. a7 g2 56. a8=Q g1=Q {[#] Der weiße König steht goldrichtig in
der NW-Ecke. Die Stellung ist remis, was Tablebases bestätigt.} 57. Qe8+ Kh4
58. Qe4+ Qg4 59. Qe7+ Kg3 60. Qe1+ Kh2 61. Qe5+ Kg2 62. Qb2+ Kh3 63. Qc3+ Qg3
64. Qc8+ Kh2 65. Qf5 Qg5 66. Qf7 h5 67. Ka6 Qe5 68. Qf2+ Kh3 69. Qf3+ Kh4 70.
Qf2+ Kg5 71. Qg2+ Kf6 72. Qf3+ Qf5 73. Qc3+ Kg6 74. Qg3+ Kh7 75. Qh4 Qe6+ 76.
Ka7 Qg4 77. Qf2 h4 {Weiter kommt dieser Bauer nicht. Die Partie wird nicht nur
wegen der 50-Züge-Regel remis.} 78. Ka8 Qe4+ 79. Ka7 Kg6 80. Qb6+ Kf7 81. Qb3+
Ke7 82. Qc3 Qf4 83. Qc5+ Kf7 84. Qd5+ Kg7 85. Qg2+ Qg3 86. Qb7+ Kh6 87. Qc6+
Qg6 88. Qf3 Qg7+ 89. Ka8 Qe5 90. Qc6+ Kg7 91. Qd7+ Kg6 92. Qg4+ Qg5 93. Qe4+
Kg7 94. Qd4+ Qf6 95. Qd7+ Kh8 96. Qe8+ Kh7 97. Qd7+ Kh6 98. Qd2+ Kg6 99. Qg2+
Kf7 100. Qd5+ Kf8 101. Qc5+ Kg8 102. Qd5+ Kh8 103. Qh5+ Kg7 104. Qd1 Kf8 105.
Qd3 Qe6 106. Qf3+ Ke7 107. Qb7+ Kd8 108. Qb6+ Kd7 109. Qb7+ Kd6 110. Qb4+ Kc6
111. Qa4+ Kc7 112. Qa7+ Kd6 113. Qb6+ Kd5 114. Qb5+ Kd4 115. Qb6+ Kd5 116. Qb3+
Ke5 117. Qe3+ Kd6 118. Qb6+ Kd7 119. Qb7+ Ke8 120. Qb5+ Kf8 121. Qc5+ Qe7 122.
Qf5+ Kg7 123. Qg4+ Kh6 124. Qf4+ Kg6 125. Qg4+ Qg5 126. Qe6+ Qf6 127. Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 e5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. b3 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Bb2 a5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Rd2 Red8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Re8 20. e3 Bf8 21.
g5 Nfd7 22. h4 Nb6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nd7 25. Qg4 Re6 26. Qe2 Nc5 27. Bc3 b6
28. Rd2 Re8 29. Qg4 Re6 30. Qd1 Re8 31. a3 e4 32. Rd4 Qe5 33. Rxe4 Qb8 34. Rxe8
Qxe8 35. Bd4 b5 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Qe6 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Qd8+ Bf8 40. Qxa5
Qxc4 {[#] Ein weißer Mehrbauer, Raumvorteil, stärkerer Freibauer und aktiver
Läufer geben Weiß mehr als nur klaren Vorteil. Die Entscheidung indes führt
der weiße König höchstpersönlich herbei.} 41. Qa8 c5 42. Qe4 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 Qd1
44. Kg2 Qd7 45. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6][%cal Ra4a5,Ra5a6]} Be7 46. a5 (46. Qxg6 $2
Qg4+ $19) 46... Bd8 47. a6 Bb6 48. h5 $1 Kf8 (48... gxh5 49. g6 Qg4+ 50. Qxg4
hxg4 51. gxf7+ Kf8 52. Kg3 $18) 49. hxg6 fxg6 50. Bd5 Qd8 51. Qf4+ Ke7 52. Qe5+
$5 (52. Qf7+ $1 Kd6 53. Qe6+ Kc7 54. Qc6+ Kb8 55. Qb7#) 52... Kf8 53. Bc4 Qd7
54. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3c6]} Qd1+ 55. Ke4 Qh1+ 56. f3 Qb1+ 57. Kd5 Qd1+ 58. Kc6
Qxf3+ 59. Bd5 $1 {Vermeidet den Pattscherz} (59. Kxb6 $2 Qc6+ 60. Ka7 (60. Ka5
Qb6+) 60... Qb7+) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg HSK"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Qc2
Bf5 9. d3 Qc8 10. Nbd2 Bh3 11. e4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nfd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qc3+ Kg8 16. h4 h5 17. e5 Nf8 18. Ng5 Qf5 19. Rae1 Nbd7 20. Re3 Ne6
21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Nf3 c5 23. Kh2 Nf8 24. Ng5 Qc6 25. f4 f6 26. Ne4 f5 27. Ng5
Rad8 28. Rd3 Rd7 29. Rfd1 Red8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rd3 Ne6 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Nxe6
Qxe6 34. Qa5 Qb6 35. Qxb6 axb6 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Re5e6,Ge7e6,Rh2b2,Rb2a3,Ra3a4,
Ra4b5,Gg8e8,Ge8c6,Gb6b5] [#]_|_ keine schwarze Festung wegen Einbruchsdrohung
via b5 und Zugzwang; Reservetempo mit dem e-P beiderseits, kritische Stellung
nach Zug 44} 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. Kd3 Kc6 (39... Kc7 40. Kc3
Kb8 41. Kb2 Ka7 42. Ka3 Ka6 43. Ka4 e6 44. b4 $1 (44. a3 $4 b5+ 45. cxb5+ Kb6
46. b4 c4 47. g4 hxg4 48. h5 g3 49. hxg6 g2 50. g7 g1=Q 51. g8=Q Qd1# {
Satyrspiel!}) 44... Ka7 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Kb5 b6 47. a4 Kb7 48. a5) 40. Kc3 Kc7
41. b4 Kc6 42. Kb3 b5 $1 (42... Kc7 $2 43. Ka4 Kc6 (43... e6 44. bxc5 bxc5 45.
Kb5 b6 46. a4 Kb7 47. a5 bxa5 48. Kxa5 $18) (43... cxb4 44. Kxb4 Kc6 45. e6 $1
Kd6 46. Kb5 Kxe6 47. Kxb6 Kd6 48. c5+ Kd5 49. a4 e5 50. fxe5 g5 51. e6 Kxe6 52.
Kxb7 $18) 44. e6 $1 (44. a3 e6 $11) 44... Kc7 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Kb5 b6 47. a4
$18) 43. cxb5+ Kxb5 44. a4+ Kc6 45. Kc4 (45. b5+ Kb6 $2 (45... Kd5 $2 46. a5
c4+ 47. Kc3 Kc5 48. a6 bxa6 49. bxa6 Kb6 50. Kxc4 e6 51. a7 Kxa7 52. Kc5 $18) (
45... Kc7 $1 46. Kc4 (46. a5 b6 47. Kc4 (47. a6 e6 $11)) 46... b6 47. Kd5 Kd7
48. a5 e6+ 49. Kc4 Kc7 50. a6 $11) 46. Kc4 e6 (46... Ka5 47. Kxc5 Kxa4 48. Kb6
e6 49. Kxb7 Kxb5 50. Kc7 Kc5 51. Kd7 Kd5 52. Ke7 Ke4 53. Kxe6 Kf3 54. Kf6 Kxg3
55. Kg5 $18) 47. a5+ Kxa5 48. Kxc5 Ka4 49. Kd6 Kxb5 50. Kxe6 Kc5 51. Kf7 b5 52.
e6 $18) 45... cxb4 46. Kxb4 b6 47. Kc4 Kc7 (47... e6 48. Kb4 Kc7 49. a5 Kb7 50.
Kb5 bxa5 51. Kxa5 Ka7 $11) 48. Kb5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Malinin, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. h3 Be6 13. Ne2 f6 14. Be3 b6 15. f4
Bd6 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qa4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qe7 21. Rac1
Bc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh2 b5 25. Qa5 h5 26. h4 Qd4 27. Qxb5 Rc8
28. Qe2 Bc4 29. Qf2 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 Bxa2 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Bf3 Bf7 33. Kg2 a5 34.
Kf2 Rb4 35. f5 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Bd1 a4 38. Rd4 Rxb2 39. Rxa4 g6 40. Ra7+ Kf8
41. Ra5 Rb4 42. fxg6 Bxg6 43. Bxh5 Bxe4 44. Ra7 Bd5 45. Bd1 Re4+ 46. Kd3 Re1
47. Kd2 Re7 48. Ra5 Bf7 49. Bc2 Kg7 50. Ra4 Kh6 51. Rf4 Kg7 52. Be4 Re5 53. Bd3
Be6 54. Ra4 Bf7 55. Ra7 Kf8 56. Rb7 Re7 57. Rb4 Kg7 58. Rg4+ Kh6 59. Rf4 Kg7
60. Be4 Re5 61. Bc2 Re7 62. Rb4 Bh5 63. Bd3 Bf7 64. Rb5 Be8 65. Ra5 Kh6 66. Be2
Kg7 67. Ke1 Bf7 68. Kf2 Bg6 69. Ra4 Kh6 70. Bf3 Bf7 71. Rb4 Bg6 72. g4 Kg7 73.
Kg3 Bf7 74. Kf4 Be8 75. Be4 Bf7 76. Rb6 {Nach sehr langer Lavierphase ist bei
Weiß etwas voran gegangen - und er hat eine Idee, die Schwarz nicht erkennt.
Ermüdungserscheinung?} Be8 77. h5 Bf7 $2 {Der Fehler!} (77... Ra7 78. h6+ Kxh6
79. g5+ Kg7 80. gxf6+ Kf8 81. Rb8 Ra6 82. Ke5 Ra5+ 83. Bd5 Ra1 84. f7 (84. Bc6
Re1+ 85. Kd6 (85. Be4 Kf7 {führt nicht weiter}) 85... Kf7 86. Bxe8+ Kxf6 $11)
84... Re1+ 85. Kd6 (85. Kf6 Rf1+ 86. Kg6 Rf6+ $11) 85... Re7 86. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8
87. Rb7 Rd8+ $11) 78. h6+ Kxh6 79. g5+ {Auweh! Jetzt ist die Rückkehr wegen
der Bauernforke nicht mehr möglich.} Kh5 80. Rxf6 {[%cal Rf6h6]} Kh4 81. Bf3 (
81. Bf3 Bh5 82. Bxh5 $18) (81. Rh6+ Bh5 82. Bg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. a3
a5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. d4 Bd6 14. Nxd6 Nxd6 15.
Ne5 Nf5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 h6 18. h4 a4 19. Rc5 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rcd8 21. Bh3
Rd7 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Be3 Nd6 24. Bg2 Qe7 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Bb4 Qd8 27. e3 Nc4 28.
Qe2 Rc7 29. R1xc4 dxc4 30. Ba5 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Rc8 32. Rc5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rxc5 34.
dxc5 Qd5+ 35. Qf3 Kf8 36. Qxd5 exd5 {[#]} 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Kf4 Kf6 (38... Kd7
39. Ke5 Kc6 40. Kd4 h5 41. e4 (41. f3 f5 42. e4 fxe4 43. fxe4 dxe4 44. Kxc4 e3
45. Kd3 Kxc5 46. Kxe3 Kc4 47. Kd2 (47. Kf4 Kb3 48. Kg5 Kxb2 49. Kxh5 Kxa3 $19)
47... Kd4 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Kf2 b6 50. Ke2 b5 51. Kf2 Kd3 52. Kf3 Kc2 53. g4 Kxb2
54. gxh5 Kxa3 $19) 41... dxe4 42. Kxc4 f5 (42... f6 43. Kd4 g5 44. Kxe4 Kxc5
45. Kf5 Kc4 46. Kxf6 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kb3 48. Kg5 Kxb2 49. f4 Kxa3 50. f5 Kb3 51.
f6 a3 52. f7 a2 53. f8=Q a1=Q 54. Qf7+ $11) 43. Kd4 g6 44. Ke5 Kxc5 45. Kf6 Kc4
46. Kxg6 Kb3 47. Kxh5 Kxb2 (47... b5 48. Kg5 b4 49. h5 bxa3 50. bxa3 Kxa3 51.
h6 $18) 48. Kg5 b5 49. h5 b4 50. axb4 a3 51. h6 $18) 39. h5 g5+ 40. hxg6 fxg6
41. g4 g5+ 42. Kg3 Ke5 43. f4+ gxf4+ 44. exf4+ Ke4 (44... Ke4 45. f5 Ke5 46.
Kf3 d4 47. Ke2 Kd5 {Der Bc5 kann abgeholt werden, weil der König das Quadrat
des f-Bauern nicht verläßt. Danach kehrt er zurück und sprengt mit h5 das
weiße Bauernpaar.}) 0-1

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4
Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 {Karpov} 9. Nc3 (9. Be3 {Horn,Pe} Bc5 (9... Bb4 10. h3 Bc2
11. Rc1 Bg6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. c5 a4 14. Rc4 Nd5 $13 {Suba-Chernin/Reggio Emilia/
86/87}) 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Nc3 a5 12. b3 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 f6 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Ke7 18. Rad1 Rhd8 {1/2-1/2/Pigusov-Sveshnikov/
Kemerovo/1995}) 9... h6 {Horn,Pe: Karpovs Wahl in dieser Stellung} (9... Bb4 {
Horn,Pe} 10. Bd2 (10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 c5 14. a4
Ng4 $5 15. Bf4 e5 $132 {Karlsson-Hjartarson/Gausdal zt/1987}) 10... O-O-O (
10... Nb6 11. Ne5 (11. b3 O-O-O) 11... Bd6) 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 $6 13. Ne5
Bg6 14. b4 $16 {Kengis-Vitolinsh/Riga/1987}) 10. Bf4 {Horn,Pe: Provokativ
gespielt: der B ist hier Angriffen ausgesetzt. Auf b2 hätte der B ein
ruhigeres Leben. Aber auch in diesem Fall scheint die schwarze Stellung sehr
solide zu sein.} (10. h3 $5 Bc2 (10... Bc5 $6 11. Nd4 Bh7 12. Na4 Be7 13. Be3
Be4 14. Nb3 $1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O 16. Na5 $16 {Dizdarevic,E-Mithrakanth,P/
Moscow olm (06) BIH-IND ;EXP 44 1994}) 11. Rd2 $5 (11. Re1 Bh7 (11... Bb4 $5
12. Bd2 (12. Nd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 $15) 12... a5 {Karpov}) 12. Be3 Bb4 (12...
Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 (14. Ne5 a5 $10) 14... Nce4 $10 {Karpov}) 13. Rec1 O-O
$6 (13... Bc5 $5 {Karpov}) (13... Bc5 $5) 14. Na4 $1 $14 {Kortchnoi,V-Karpov,
An/Tilburg/1986Inf/42/5} (14. Na4 $1 $14 Be7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Be4 17. Na5 (
17. f3 Bg6 18. Na5 Rab8 $10) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rab8 $10 {Korchnoi-Karpov/
Tilburg/1986})) 11... Bh7 {Karpov: /\ Bb4} 12. b3 Be7 (12... Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O-O
(13... Bxc3 $2 14. Bxc3 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bxh6 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 $16) (13... Ne4
$140 $2 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Ne5+ $18) 14. Rad1 $14) 13. Bb2 O-O 14.
Rad1 Rfd8 15. Kf1 (15. Na4 $5 Be4) 15... Kf8 $1 16. a3 Nc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nd2 a5 $10 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Biriukov,O/St.Petersburg Petrov 
(02) ;CBM 52 1996 (45)} (19... a5 {Horn,Pe} 20. b4 $36 {Loginov-Biriukov/St.
Petersburg Petrov/1996})) (10. Nd4 $6 Bh7 11. Nb3 (11. Ncb5 $2 cxb5 12. Nxb5
O-O-O 13. Nxa7+ Kb8 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Be3 Be4 $19 {Kot,J-Stratil,L/Gdynia
Dreszer-mem (11) ;EXT 88 1988/0-1 (55)}) 11... Bb4 $10) (10. b3 {Horn,Pe} Be7
11. Bb2 Rd8 (11... O-O $5) 12. e4 $1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bb2
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. b4 Ke7 19. b5 $36 {Khalifman-Kakageldiev,
URS 1987}) 10... g5 $5 $146 {nimmt den Herausforderung an} (10... Bc5 $6 11.
Na4 Be7 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nb3 $32 O-O 14. Rac1 $14 (14. Na5 $2 Bc2) 14... a5 $2 (
14... e5 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Nac5 $14) 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rfe8 17. Nbc5 $16 {
Matveeva,S-Shumiakina,T/ URS-chW/ Lvov/1991/1-0 (55)}) 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 (12.
Bd4 $2 e5 13. h3 (13. Nxe5 $2 Ngxe5 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 Rg8 $19) 13... exd4
14. Nxd4 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Bg6 $15 16. Nxc6 $140 $2 bxc6 17. Bxc6 O-O-O $1 $19)
12... Bg7 $1 {[%csl Gg7] Horn,Pe: Nun herrscht Schwarz auf der langen
Diagonalen a1-h8.} (12... Bc5 $6 13. Be1 $14) 13. Rac1 (13. h4 Nde5 (13... Nge5
{Horn,Pe} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 g4 {/\ 0-0-0}) 14. b3 (14. hxg5
Nxc4 $17) 14... O-O-O $1 $17 15. hxg5 $140 $2 Bc2 $19) (13. h3 {Horn,Pe} Nge5
14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. b3 O-O-O) 13... O-O-O 14. b3 (14. h4 $6 Nde5 15. b3 Nxf3+ 16.
exf3 Ne5 17. hxg5 Nd3 18. gxh6 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 (19. Rxc3 Nb2 $19) 19... Nxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rxh6 $17) 14... Nc5 (14... Nge5 $10 {Horn,Pe}) 15. h3 $6 {When my
opponent played this move, I became very excited, because it seemd to me at
first glance, that he had made a blunder that would lose a pawn, by means of a
relatively simple combination on Black s part. However, things are not so
simple, as I realized quickly, since Black s minor pieces will become rather
misplaced after the ensuing complications and a very interesting situation
will arise.  kostet bereits einen P.} (15. Be1 $10) (15. Ne1 $142 $5 {Horn,Pe}
Bd4 16. e3 Bg7 $15) (15. b4 {Horn,Pe} Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4,Gg7]} 17.
Nxg5 $5 hxg5 (17... Bxg2 18. Nxf7 $13) 18. Bxe4 $13) (15. Be1 $10 {Horn,Pe} Ne4
) 15... Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 (17. Bxc3 $2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ne4+ 19. Ke3
Nxc3 20. Rc1 Nxa2 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Rxa7 Kb8 $19) 17... Ne4+ 18. Ke3 $1 (18. Ke1
Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Nxc3 20. Ne5 Rf8 $17 {xe4}) 18... Rxd2 (18... Nxc3 $2 {Horn,Pe}
19. Bxc3 Rxd1 20. Bxh8 $16) 19. Rxd2 Nxc3 {Für den gewonnenen P muß sich
Schwarz jetzt Sorgen um den Nc3 machen. Er kommt nicht in heimatliche Gefilde
zurück und muß sich in Feindesland auf die Unterstützung durch den Bf5
verlassen.} 20. Ne5 {It was this position that I found very difficult to
evaluate, when reflecting on the consequences of the sacrifice on move 15.
Black has to be very careful, not to lose Nc3 or let White enter with his R or
N onto the 7th rank, under favourable circumstances.} (20. Nd4 {Horn,Pe} Bg6
$19) 20... Rf8 $8 (20... f6 $2 21. Nf7 (21. Nd7 $2 Rd8 22. Nxf6 Nd1+ $19) 21...
Rf8 22. Nxh6 $14) 21. g4 Bb1 22. a3 f6 23. Nd3 {[%cal Re3d4] This is the
critical position, upon which evaluation of the correctness of Black s 15th
move depends.} (23. Kd4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rd8+ 25. Kc3 Rxd2 $17) 23... f5 $2 (23...
Rd8 $1 {The only way, in which Black can claim an advantage.} 24. Nf2 Bg6 25.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Kd2 Nb1+ 27. Kc1 Nxa3 {The Na3 is certainly miserably placed,
but it is quite difficult to take advantage of this for White so the
difference in material could easily be decisive in the end of the day.} 28. Ne4
$1 (28. e4 b5 $8 29. Kb2 b4 30. Nd3 a5 31. Nc5 e5 $17 32. Nb7+ $140 $2 Kc7 33.
Nxa5 Kb6 $19) (28. Be4 f5 29. Bd3 b5 30. Kb2 b4 $17) 28... f5 29. Nc5 fxg4 30.
hxg4 Nc2 31. Nxb7+ Kc7 32. Nc5 Kd6 $15 33. Nb7+ $140 Ke5 34. Bxc6 Nd4 $17) 24.
Ne5 $6 (24. Nc5 $142 f4+ (24... e5 25. Rd6 $44) (24... b6 $2 {Horn,Pe} 25. Nxe6
Re8 26. Rd6 f4+ 27. Kf2 $14) (24... Re8 {Horn,Pe} 25. Kd4 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Rd8+)
25. Kd4 Nxe2+ (25... Na2 {Horn,Pe} 26. Ke5 $132) 26. Rxe2 f3 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28.
Rxe6 $10) (24. Kd4 $2 {Horn,Pe} Nxe2+ $1 $19) 24... f4+ (24... Be4 $5 25. Bxe4
(25. Bf3 f4+ 26. Kf2 (26. Kd4 $2 Nb1 $1 27. Rb2 Rd8+ 28. Kc5 (28. Kxe4 Nc3# {#}
) 28... b6+ 29. Kb4 a5+ 30. Ka4 Nc3# {#}) 26... Nb1 27. Rd6 Bc2 $15) 25... Nxe4
26. Rd7 Nc5 $15) 25. Kd4 Ne4 $8 26. Bxe4 Rd8+ 27. Bd5 (27. Kc3 $2 Bxe4 $17)
27... exd5 28. Nf7 $6 (28. c5 $44) 28... Rd7 29. Ne5 Re7 (29... Rd6 {Horn,Pe}
30. c5 (30. Nf7 Rf6 $17 31. Ne5 dxc4 32. Nxc4 f3 33. exf3 Rxf3) 30... Re6 31.
b4 {führt zu ähnlichem Spiel wie in der Partie}) 30. c5 {Dank der starken
Blockadefiguren Kd4+Ne5 ist es nicht so einfach für Schwarz, Fortschritte zu
machen (selbst nach Eroberung des Ph3).} (30. cxd5 $4 {Horn,Pe} c5+ $19) 30...
Be4 $15 31. b4 h5 $5 {Horn,Pe: Damit öffnet Schwarz sich Linien für den Turm.}
(31... Bg2 {Horn,Pe} 32. Rd1 Re6 33. Rg1 Bxh3 34. Rh1 Bg2 35. Rh2 $17) 32. gxh5
$6 (32. a4 a6 $15 (32... hxg4 33. hxg4 Rh7 34. b5 $44)) 32... Rh7 33. Rd1 {
sucht Spiel gegen g5} (33. h6 $6 {Horn,Pe} Rxh6 34. Nf7 Rxh3 35. Nxg5 $17)
33... Rxh5 34. Rg1 Rxh3 35. Rxg5 Rg3 $1 (35... Rxa3 36. Rg8+ $10 (36. Rg8+ {
Horn,Pe} Kc7 37. Rg7+ Kb8 38. Rg8+ Kc7 39. Rg7+ Kc8 40. Rg8+ Kc7 $10)) 36. Rh5
(36. Rg4 $5 {Horn,Pe} Rxg4 37. Nxg4 f3 38. exf3 Bxf3 $17) 36... Rxa3 37. Nf7 (
37. Rh8+ {Horn,Pe} Kc7 38. Rf8 Ra4 (38... a5 39. Rf7+ Kb8 40. Nd7+ Ka7 41. Ne5
Ka6 42. Nd7 Kb5 43. Ne5 Kxb4 44. Rxb7+ Ka4 45. Nxc6 $17) 39. Rf7+ Kd8 40. Rf8+
(40. Kc3 a5 41. bxa5 Rxa5 42. Rxb7) 40... Ke7 41. Rf7+ Ke6 42. Rxb7 Ra1 43.
Nxc6 Rd1+ 44. Kc3 d4+ 45. Nxd4+ Rxd4 46. Rxa7 $17) 37... Re3 (37... Kc7 {
Horn,Pe} 38. Nd6 Bg6 39. Rh8 b6 40. Rg8 Bh5 41. Rg7+ Kd8 42. Ke5 bxc5 43. bxc5
a5 44. Nf5 $132) 38. Nd6+ Kd7 39. Rh4 Rxe2 (39... Rb3 $2 40. Ke5 Rxb4 41. Rxf4
$44) 40. Rxf4 Ke6 $17 (40... b6 {Horn,Pe} 41. Rf7+ Ke6 42. Rc7 (42. Rxa7 Rd2+
43. Kc3 Rd3+ 44. Kb2 bxc5 45. bxc5 Bf3 $17) 42... Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rd3+ 44. Kb2
bxc5 45. bxc5 Bf3 46. Rxc6 d4 47. Ra6 $15) 41. Nxb7 Rd2+ 42. Kc3 Rd3+ (42...
Rd1 $5 {Horn,Pe}) 43. Kb2 Ke5 $2 (43... Rd4 $1 44. Ka3 (44. Kc3 $2 Rc4+ 45. Kb3
Bc2+ $19) 44... Ke5 45. Rf7 Rd1 $17) 44. Rf7 Rd2+ 45. Kc3 Rd1 46. Re7+ Kf4 47.
Nd6 a6 {Horn,Pe: Danach wickelt Weiß in ein remisiges Turmendspiel ab.} (47...
d4+ $5 {Horn,Pe  Das wäre der aufregendere Gewinnversuch. Die folgenden
Varianten sind weder vollständig noch fehlerfrei, aber sie zeigen die
Schwierigkeiten, mit denen Weiß hier kämpft.} 48. Kb2 (48. Kb3 Bd3 49. Rc7 (49.
Rf7+ Ke5 50. Nc4+ Bxc4+ 51. Kxc4 Rc1+ 52. Kb3 Rc3+ 53. Kb2 a5 54. bxa5 Rxc5 55.
a6 Ra5 56. a7 c5 $19) (49. Rxa7 Rb1+ 50. Ka2 Rxb4 51. Rc7 Bb5 52. Ka3 Rb1 53.
Nxb5 cxb5 54. c6) 49... Rb1+ 50. Ka3 Ke3 51. Rxc6 Kd2 $19) 48... Rb1+ 49. Ka2
Bc2 (49... Bd3 50. b5 $1 cxb5 51. c6 b4 52. c7 b3+ 53. Ka3 Ba6 54. Re4+ $10)
50. b5 (50. Rxa7 $2 d3) 50... cxb5 (50... d3 51. Re4+ Kf3 52. Rd4 cxb5 (52...
Ke3 53. Nf5+) 53. c6 Rc1 $10) 51. c6 b4 52. Rf7+ (52. c7 b3+ 53. Ka3 Ra1+ 54.
Kb2 Ra2+ 55. Kc1 Bd3 $19) (52. Nc4 b3+ 53. Ka3 a5 $19) 52... Kg3 $1 (52... Kg5
53. Rg7+ Kh5 54. Rb7 b3+ 55. Ka3 Ra1+ 56. Kb2 Ra2+ 57. Kc1 Bg6 58. c7 Rc2+ 59.
Kd1 Rxc7 60. Rxc7 b2 61. Rb7 b1=R+ 62. Rxb1 Bxb1 63. Nb5 a5 64. Nxd4) 53. Rb7 (
53. c7 b3+ 54. Ka3 Ra1+ 55. Kb2 Ra2+ 56. Kc1 Bd3 $19) (53. Rg7+ Kh4 54. Rb7 b3+
55. Ka3 Ra1+ 56. Kb2 Ra2+ 57. Kc1 Bg6 58. c7 Rc2+ 59. Kd1 Bh5+ 60. Ke1 d3 $19)
53... b3+ 54. Ka3 Ra1+ 55. Kb2 Ra2+ 56. Kc1 Bg6 57. Rxb3+ d3 58. Rc3 Kf2 59.
Nc4 Ke2 $19) 48. Nxe4 dxe4 49. Kc2 (49. Re6 $2 Kf5 $1 $17 50. Rxc6 $140 e3)
49... Rd4 50. Re6 Rxb4 51. Rxc6 a5 $15 52. Kd2 Rb2+ (52... a4 {Horn,Pe} 53.
Rf6+ Ke5 54. Ra6 Kd4 55. c6 e3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Kf3 $10) 53. Kc3 Rb1 54. Kc2
Rb5 55. Kd2 Ke5 (55... e3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Ke1 Kf3 58. Rf6+ Ke4 59. c6 a4 60.
c7 Rc2 61. Re6+ $10) (55... a4 56. Rf6+ Ke5 57. Ra6 $10) 56. Rc8 Rb2+ (56... a4
{Horn,Pe} 57. c6 Kd6 58. Ra8 $10) 57. Kc3 Rb1 58. c6 Kd6 (58... a4 {Horn,Pe}
59. c7 Kd6 60. Re8 $10) 59. Re8 Rb4 60. Ra8 Ra4 61. Kb3 $10 Ra1 62. Kb2 Ra4 (
62... Rh1 $142 63. Rxa5 e3 64. c7 Kxc7 65. Re5 $10) 63. Kb3 Rb4+ 64. Kc3 Rb5
65. Kd4 Kxc6 66. Kxe4 Kb7 67. Rh8 a4 68. Kd3 a3 69. Rh1 Kb6 70. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 Bc5 $5 (8... Be7) 9. Qc2 (9. h3 $5 Bxf3 (9... Bh5 10. Nb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 {/\ Bc3+/= Petrosian,A}) 10. Nxf3 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. b3
Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfe1 $14 {/\ Nd4, e4}) 9... O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11.
Nb3 (11. b3 $5 Re8 12. e3 (12. e4 $6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bd4 14. Rb1 dxe4 15. dxe4
Nc5 $5 {/\ Nd3=/+}) 12... h6 {/\ Bg6} 13. Nh4 $5 $13) 11... Bb6 12. a4 a5 13.
Nbd4 {/\ 13...c5? 14.Nb5} (13. Bd2 $6 Re8 14. Bc3 c5 $5 $36) 13... Re8 14. b3
Bc5 $5 {/\ Bf8 ><g7, /^h8-a1} (14... Ne5 $5 $13) 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Rae1 Nc5 $6 (
16... Bxf3 $5 17. Bxf3 {/\ e4}) 17. Nf5 $6 {/\ g4, Ng7} (17. Nd2 $5 {/\ f4, g4,
f5, e4-> ץh5 Kramnik,V}) 17... Bxf3 $1 $8 18. Bxf3 g6 19. Nd4 Na6 $132 20. e4
$6 (20. Bc3 $5 {/\} Nb4 21. Qb2) (20. Rd1 {/\ Rfe1=}) 20... Nb4 21. Qb1 Bg7 22.
Bg2 (22. Re3 Qb6 23. Rfe1 {/\ 24.e5 Nd7 25.e6|^} Nd7 $1 24. exd5 (24. Nc2 d4 $1
25. R3e2 Nxd3 $19) (24. Qa1 c5 {/\ d4 ><d3}) 24... Rxe3 25. fxe3 c5 26. Nb5
Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Nxd3 28. Qd2 Nxe1 29. Qxe1 {/\ d6} c4 $1 30. bxc4 (30. Qc3 Re8
31. Kf2 $8 cxb3 32. Qxb3 Nc5 $1 33. Qc4 Nxa4 $1 {/\ Qe3-+}) 30... Ne5 31. Qe2
$8 Rc8 {/\ Rc4, Qc5->>> ><c2}) (22. e5 Nd7 23. e6 Nc5 $1 (23... Ne5 $6 24.
exf7+ Kxf7 25. Be2 {/\ f4-f5<=>}) 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Re1 Qf8 27.
Bg4 Re8 {/\ h5-/+ ><d3}) (22. Bd1 {><h5} Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 (23... Qb6 24. e5 Nxe5
25. fxe5 Bxe5 $40 (25... Rxe5 $40)) 24. e5 Nbxd3 25. Re2 (25. Re3 Nxb2 26. Qxb2
Qb6 {/\ Ne6-/+}) 25... Nxb2 26. Qxb2 Qb6 27. Kg2 f6 $1 $17) (22. Bc3 Qb6 23.
Bxb4 axb4 $5 (23... Qxb4 24. Nc2 Qc3 25. Ne3 $5 Bh6 26. Re2 {/\} Bxe3 27. Rxe3
d4 28. Rc1 Qb4 (28... Qxc1+ $6 29. Qxc1 dxe3 30. Qxe3 {/\ Qb6+/=}) (28... Qd2
29. Ree1) 29. Ree1 {/\ Rc4, b4}) (23... Qxd4 24. Ba3 Rad8 25. Bb2 Qb4 26. Bxf6
$5 Bxf6 27. exd5 Rxe1 28. Qxe1 (28. Rxe1 cxd5 $15) 28... Bc3 (28... Qxb3 29.
dxc6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 $10) 29. Qe4 $5 $13)) 22... Qb6 23. Ne2 (23. e5 Nd7 $5 (
23... Nh5 24. Nf3 $8 Nxg3 25. Bd4 c5 26. Bxc5 $8 (26. fxg3 cxd4 $17) 26... Qxc5
27. d4 Qb6 28. fxg3 Nc6 $1 $36 {><d4, e5, g3})) (23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Rfe1 Nh5 $1
$36 {><g3} (24... Nd7 25. Nc2 $8)) 23... dxe4 $1 $15 24. dxe4 Nh5 25. Bxg7 (25.
Rd1 Rad8 $1) 25... Nxg7 26. Nc3 $2 (26. Rd1 $5 $15) 26... Rad8 $17 {|^} 27. Re3
$6 (27. Rd1 Ne6 $17) 27... Rd2 28. Rd1 Red8 29. Re2 (29. Bf1 $5) 29... R2d3 $1
30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Nd1 (31. Qc1 Qd4 32. Re3 $8 Rd2 $1) 31... Ne6 32. Re3 Rd2 $1
$40 33. Bf1 Qd4 34. Nc3 Nc2 $1 35. Ne2 Qb4 36. Rc3 Ned4 $1 $19 37. Rc4 Nf3+ 38.
Kg2 (38. Kh1 Qb6 $1 39. Rxc2 Qxf2 40. Bg2 $8 Ne1 $1) 38... Nce1+ $1 39. Kh1 Qb6
$1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. O-O (6. Qb3 Nc5 7. Qb5+
$2 (7. Qe3 e6 $10) 7... Bd7 8. Qxc5 Rc8 $19) 6... e6 $146 (6... Ngf6 7. Qb3 Qb6
8. Qxb6 Nxb6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. d3 Bc5 12. a4 a6 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Rfc1
Rhc8 15. Kf1 Nbd7 16. Rc2 Rc7 $10 {Vaganian-Flear/London/1986}) 7. Qb3 (7. Qa4
$5) 7... Nc5 8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Nc3 a6 (9... Nf6 $2 10. Ne5 Qxb5 11. Nxb5 $18) (
9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $14) 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. d3 Ne7 (11... Bc5) (11... Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Bc5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 $16) 12. Nd4 Nc6 (12... e5
13. Nb3 d4 14. Na4 Bxe2 15. Re1 Bxd3 16. Nac5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bb5 18. Nxb7 $16)
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. d4 Bd6 (14... c5 $2 15. e4 $5 cxd4 16. exd5 $5 dxc3 17. dxe6
$16) 15. e4 (15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4) 15... O-O 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 Bxe4
(18... f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. exd5 $18) (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bc7 20. Be3 $16 {
><c6}) 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Rfc8 21. Bd2 Nf6 (21... Rab8 22. b3 c5) 22. Bg2
Rab8 23. b3 Bb4 $2 (23... c5 24. dxc5 (24. Rac1 $2 cxd4 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bb7
Rc2) 24... Bxc5+ 25. Kh1 Ba3 $14) 24. Rad1 h5 25. f5 exf5 (25... Bxd2 26. Rxd2
hxg4 27. hxg4 Nxg4 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rc1 Rb6 30. Rdc2 Nf6 31. Rxc6 Rcxc6 32.
Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Bxc6) 26. Rxf5 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Nxg4 29. Rc5 $16 Nf6
30. Rdc2 Rd8 31. Rxc6 Rxd4 32. Rxa6 Ng4 (32... Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Ng4+ 34. Ke2 $16)
33. Bf3 f5 34. Rc7 Ne5 35. Be2 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Rd6 Nc5 38. Rd5 Ne4 39.
Rxf5 Nc3 40. Bc4+ Kh7 41. a4 Kh6 42. a5 Ne4 43. Rd5 Nf6 44. Rd1 Kg5 45. a6 Kf4
46. a7 Ra8 47. Ra1 Ke5 48. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 5. b4 (5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. c5 Na6 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Nfd2 h6 13. Nc4 f5 14. Ned2 Nd5
15. a3 Qe7 $17 {Yermolinsky,A-Huzman,A/Pavlodar 1982}) (5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 (
6... e5 7. e3 dxe3 8. dxe3 Nd7 9. Rd1 Nh6 10. e4 f6 11. c5 O-O 12. b4 $14 {
Gutman,L-Boehm,J/Dortmund 1985}) 7. d3 O-O 8. c5 Ne8 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Rc1 e5 11.
Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Sakaev,K/Elista 1996}) 5... Nd7 $146 (
5... Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. a3 h6 12.
Qc2 a5 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Ne4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Kapnisis,S/
Korinthos 1999}) 6. Bb2 e5 7. e3 Bg7 {Ohne die Zugpaare Qa4/g3 gegen Nd7/c6
gibt es diese Stellung (ausgezeichnete Ergebnisse für Schwarz). Die
Verstellung des Springerfeldes c6 freut Weiß, aber seine dafür gewonnenen Züge
können nicht beeindrucken.} 8. Bg2 ({Kritisch ist} 8. exd4 e4 {Das ist die
Standardreaktion bei dieser Zentrumskonstellation.} ({Es kam aber auch} 8...
exd4 {in Frage, denn} 9. Nxd4 $2 {ist nicht gut möglich:} (9. Bg2 $142) 9...
Qe7+ $1 10. Be2 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qe4 12. Bxh8 Qxh1+ 13. Bf1 Ne5 $5 $40) 9. Ng1
Ngf6 (9... Nb6 10. Qc2) 10. Qb3 {und im Unterschied zur oben angedeuteten
Variante hat Schwarz ein echtes Bauernopfer gebracht.}) 8... Nh6 9. O-O (9.
exd4 e4 (9... exd4 10. O-O) 10. Ne5 Nb6 11. Qc2 f6 12. c5 fxe5 13. cxb6 Qxb6
14. O-O $11) 9... O-O 10. Na3 (10. exd4 e4 11. Ne1 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bxd4 $15) 10...
a5 $1 {Damit legt Ivanchuk die Schwächen der weißen Stellung am Damenflügel
bloß.} 11. exd4 e4 (11... exd4 12. c5 $13) 12. Ne1 Nb6 13. Qb3 axb4 14. Qxb4
Na4 (14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nec2 Qd8 17. Bxe4) 15. Bc3 e3 $3 {Ich nehme
an, solche Züge spielt Ivanchuk gerne.} (15... Nf5 16. Nec2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4
18. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15) 16. fxe3 (16. dxe3 $2 c5 17. Qb3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 cxd4 $19)
16... c5 17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. dxc3 Qd2 19. Nb5 Ng4 ({Nach} 19... Qxe3+ $6 20. Kh1
Ng4 {rettet Weiß die Qualität mit} 21. Qb2 $13) 20. Nf3 ({Lputian verspricht
sich nichts vom Erhalt des Pe3 mit} 20. e4 {.Nach} Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2
Qxf2 23. a3 $13 {entsteht eine zur Partie vergleichbare Stellung: der Pe4 ist
sicher kein Prachtexamplar, aber imerhin lebt er noch.} {z.B.:} Rd8 (23... f5 {
scheint nicht durchzuschlagen:} 24. e5) 24. Nd6 Qd2 25. Rb1 $15) 20... Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. a4 $2 ({Mehr Widerstand versprach} 23. a3 $17)
23... Bd7 24. Nc7 $6 {Freundlicherweise erlaubt Lputian einen hübschen Schluß.}
({Auch} 24. Nbd4 {rettet nicht mehr:} Bc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 $19) 24... Rxa4 $1 (
24... Rxa4 25. Rxa4 Bh3 26. Bxh3 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Bxc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zemerov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yarovik, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Qa4 $6 {Ohne 0-0/Nf6 wäre das eine bekannte Methode, um die Initiative zu
kämpfen. Hier macht das wenig Sinn, da Weiß nicht zu Ne5 kommt.} a6 9. d4 (9.
Ne5 $6 b5) 9... b5 {Es gibt keinen Grund, der Einladung nicht zu folgen.} 10.
Qb3 Be7 11. Bf4 (11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Qb6 $132) 11... O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. a3 h6
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 (15... Bf5 $5 $11) (15... Qb6 $5) 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. e4
{Weiß will die negativen Seiten von Nb6 aufzeigen.} Bf6 $6 {sehr provokativ
gespielt.} (17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 {[%cal Re4b7]} (18. Nxe4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qa4)
18... Nc4 $1 $15 (18... Qxd4 19. Bb7 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44) 19.
Bb7 $140 $2 (19. Qa2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 $17) 19... Na5 $19) 18. h3 Bh5 19. exd5
Bxd4 20. dxe6 Nc4 $1 {Die aktiven schwarzen Figuren und das mögliche Spiel in
der f-Linie machen die Sache nicht leicht für Weiß. Das Spiel wird sehr
kompliziert und die entstehenden Stellungen sind schwer einzuschätzen.} 21. g4
$6 (21. exf7+ Bxf7 22. Rfd1 Bxf2+ (22... Qb6 $5 23. Qc2 (23. Nd5 Bxf2+ 24. Kh2
Qa7) 23... g5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kg7 26. Re1 Ne3 $5 $13) 23. Kxf2 Qb6+ 24.
Ke2 $8 Bh5+ 25. Kf1 Kh8 $40) (21. Bd5 g5 $132) (21. Rce1 fxe6 $132) (21. Bb7 $1
Na5 (21... Rc5 22. Bxa6 $16) 22. Qb4 Bc5 (22... Rc4 23. e7 Rxb4 24. exd8=Q Rxd8
25. axb4 Nxb7 26. Ra1 $18) 23. Qe4 Nxb7 24. Qxb7 fxe6 25. Qxa6 $16) 21... fxe6
22. Ne2 $1 Rxf4 $2 (22... Bf7 23. Bb7 (23. Rfd1 e5 24. Nxd4 exd4 $132 {[%csl
Gc4,Gf7] Wieder eine spannungsreiche Stellung: Weiß hat zwar das B-Paar, wegen
der gut postierten Figuren kann Schwarz aber auf Gegenspiel rechnen, zumal
Weiß den Pd4 beachten muß.}) 23... Bxb2 (23... Na5 24. Rxc8 Nxb3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. Bxa6 $16) 24. Rxc4 (24. Bxc8 Bxc1 $17) (24. Rcd1 Qa5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44 {
[%csl Ra3,Ga6,Gb5]}) 24... Rxc4 25. Qxb2 Qd3 {[%cal Rc4c2]} 26. Be5 Qxh3 27. f3
Bg6 28. Nd4 Rd8 29. Nxe6 Rd7 $13) 23. Nxf4 Bf7 24. Ne2 $18 Bb6 (24... Nd2 25.
Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qb4 Nxf1 27. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Rf1]}) 25. Qd1 $2 (25. Bb7 $18)
25... Qf6 (25... Nxb2 26. Bb7 $1 $18) 26. Qd7 (26. Qc2 Rd8 27. b4 Bg6 28. Qc3
e5 $44) 26... Rd8 27. Qb7 e5 $2 (27... Qxb2 28. Qxa6 e5 (28... Qxe2 29. Qxb5 e5
30. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxc4 32. Qxe5 Qc1+ 33. Rf1 Qxa3 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Bd5+
Rxd5 36. Qxd5+ $11)) 28. Ng3 $18 (28. Nc3 $18) 28... e4 29. Nxe4 Qxb2 30. Rcd1
(30. Qxa6 $18) 30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qxa3 32. Nd6 $2 {Die Vermutung liegt nahe,
daß hier Zeitnot im Spiel gewesen sein wird.} (32. Bf1 $18) 32... Bxf2+ $1 33.
Kxf2 (33. Kf1 Nxd6 $17) 33... Qc5+ (33... Qe3+ $1 34. Kf1 Nxd6 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36.
Bf3 Nc4 $17) 34. Ke2 Nxd6 (34... Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Nxd6 {->33...Qe3+}) 35. Qa8+ (35.
Qb8+ Ne8 $17) 35... Kh7 {[%csl Gf7]} 36. Bd5 Qc2+ $2 (36... Nc4 $5 $17) 37. Rd2
Qg6 (37... Bxd5 $2 38. Qxd5) 38. Bxf7 Nxf7 39. Qf3 Qe6+ $16 {Das hier
unvermittelt auftauchende "1-0" kann ich mir nur durch eine Zeitüberschreitung
erklären. Ansonsten spielt Schwarz noch mit. Er muß allerdings wegen des
gefährdeten Kh7 mit einem Q-Tausch zufrieden sein. In dem entstehenden
Endspiel können die Pa6+b5 leicht eine Beute des Rd2 werden.} 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Matlak, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Ye2e4] Bekannt aus mehreren Partien Loginovs. Weiß
setzt e2-e4 durch. Aus dem Gegenüber von Qc2 und Bf5 kann Schwarz anscheinend
kaum ernsthaften Nutzen ziehen. Bei Bedarf kann die Qc2 nach e2 ausweichen.} (
9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Bd6 13. g4 h6 14. f4 Kh8 15. g5 Ng8
16. f6 gxf6 17. Bh3 $13 {Weindl-Johannsson/Stockholm op/1990}) (9. Be3 O-O 10.
Qb3 Qb8 11. Rac1 Bd6 12. Na4 Re8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bd4 Re7 15. a3 Bh7 16. Bh3 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc3 Qe8 19. Kf1 Rd8 20. b4 Bg6 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. a4 Bxd4 23.
Qxd4 Re5 24. Nb3 a6 25. Qf4 Nh5 26. Qd4 Nf6 27. Qf4 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 King-Ribli/
Calcutta/1992}) (9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Nb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxd1
14. Rxd1 Bxc5 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Rd2 f5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Schwarz,M-Kohlweyer,B/BL/1992
}) 9... Bg6 (9... h6 {So kann Schwarz seinen Bf5 behalten.} 10. e4 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Bh7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15. h3 Bb4 (15... Rad8 16. Nb3
Qb6) 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. a3 Bf8 19. Nd2 Qc5 (19... Bc5 $5) 20. Be3 Qe7
21. f4 Ned7 22. Bf2 $14 {Loginov-Soos/Budapest/1993}) 10. e4 (10. Nh4 d4 $5 $14
) 10... O-O (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb4 (11... Nc5 12. Ne5 $14) 12. Nh4 $14) 11.
Nh4 $14 dxe4 (11... Nc5 $5) 12. dxe4 $146 {Da das Ausweichen des Bg6 nicht zu
fürchten ist, kann man sich mit dem Tausch Zeit lassen. Es scheint mir, daß
Weiß hier wesentlich mehr erreicht hat als in den Beispielen mit 9.Nh4 und 9.
Nd4 .} (12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxe4 Qa5 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Qh5 16. Rae1 Ne5 17. h3
Bc5 18. Be3 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Rad8 21. f4 Nc4 22. Re2 Rd3 23. Rf3
Red8 24. e5 Ne8 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Ne4 $16 Ne3 $2 27. Nf2 {1-0 Loginov-Kadimova/
Berliner Sommer/1994}) 12... Re8 (12... Bh5 13. Nf5 $14) (12... Qc7 $2 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. Nd5 $16) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Ya1d1] Die weiße
Stellung spielt sich sehr angenehm. Zunächst zentralisiert man seine Figuren
und strebt dann langsam einen Vormarsch mit e4-e5(-e6) an. Schwarz hat
Schwierigkeiten, ein gutes Feld für seine Qd8 zu finden.} Nf8 $1 {Damit
schützt Matlak die kritischen Felder e6 und g6, was bei dem weißen Plan
e4-e5-e6 nicht verkehrt sein kann.} (14... Bc5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Na4 $16) 15.
Rad1 Qa5 (15... N6d7 {[%cal Ye7g5] /\ Bg5} 16. Rd2 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Rfd1
$14) 16. Bd2 (16. h3 $14) 16... Qa6 (16... Ne6 17. Nd5 Qa6 18. Nxe7+ $14) 17.
e5 N6d7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 $1 Qb6 (19... Qa5 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nd6 (21. Be3
Qa5 $10) 21... Nxe5 (21... Bxd6 22. exd6 Ne5 23. Qc3 $16) 22. Rxe5 (22. Nxe8 $2
Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Rxd2 $1 $17) 22... Bxd6 23. Ba5 Bxe5 24. Bxb6 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 axb6
26. b3 $16) 20. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4] Ein ideales Feld bei der gegebenen
Bauernstruktur.} Nc5 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Be2 {[%cal Ra2a3]} Nce6 23. a3 (23. Bxa7
Qa5 (23... b6 $5) 24. Be3 Qxe5 $14) 23... Qa5 24. Qb3 Bc5 $1 (24... b6) (24...
Qxe5 25. Qxb7 $16 (25. Bxa7)) 25. Bxc5 (25. Qxb7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe5 27. Qxa7
Ra8 $132) 25... Nxc5 (25... Qxc5 $5 26. Qxb7 Nd4 27. Bg4 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 (28. Qc7
Ree8 $13) 28... Qxe5 29. Qxa7 (29. Rd3 c5 30. Re3 (30. Qxa7 $2 Nb5) 30... Qb8
31. Re7 Qxb7 32. Rxb7 f5 33. Bd1 Rd7 $10) 29... f5 30. Qb6 $1 (30. Bh3 $2 Ne2+
31. Kf1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Qb5 $17) 30... Nfe6 31. Bh3 Rb8 32. Qa6 Rxb2 33. Bg2 $10
) 26. Qb4 Qb6 (26... Qxb4 27. axb4 Ncd7 (27... Nce6) 28. f4 g5 29. Ne4 gxf4 30.
gxf4 Re7 31. Kf2 $14) 27. f4 Nfe6 (27... g5) 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Kf2 b5 (29...
Nd4) (29... g5 $5 30. b4 (30. Rxd8 Rxd8 (30... Nxd8 31. Rd1 gxf4 32. gxf4 $16)
31. f5 Nc7 32. b4 Nd3+ 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 34. Re3 $14) (30. f5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Nf8 $10
) 30... Nb3 31. Bc4 (31. f5 Ned4 32. Bc4 b5 33. Bxb3 Nxb3 34. Rxd8 Rxd8) 31...
Nbd4 32. Bxe6 Nxe6 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. f5 Nd4 (34... Nc7 35. Kf3 $14) 35. Rd1 $14
) 30. h4 {Verhindert g6-g5} Nd4 31. Bd3 (31. Bg4 f5) 31... Kf8 $6 {Matlak hat
ständig die freie Auswahl zwischen verschiedenen schlechten Endspielen. Er muß
ständig mit der Schwäche des Damenflügels (><b7) rechnen. Hier hatte er die
Chance, das Material zu reduzieren.} (31... Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Nf5 33. Red1 Rxd3
34. Rxd3 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) (
31... Na4 32. Nxa4 bxa4 33. Ke3 $14) 32. Bb1 {[%cal Rb2b4] /\ b4, Ne4-d6} Ke7
33. b4 Nce6 34. Ne4 {[%csl Gd6]} Rh8 $6 (34... Nf5 35. Ba2 {[%csl Gc5][%cal
Ra2e6]} Rh8 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Nc5 (37. Rh1) 37... b6 38. Ne4) 35. Nd6 b6 (35...
Ra8 36. Re4 Nf5 37. Nxf5+ gxf5 38. Re3 g6 39. Red3) 36. Be4 f5 $2 (36... c5 37.
Re3 Rd7 38. Red3 $16) 37. Bg2 Rd7 (37... c5 38. Rc1) 38. Re3 Ra7 39. Red3 c5
40. Bd5 Rd8 (40... Ra4 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Rc1 $18) 41. Bxe6 Kxe6
42. Nxb5 Rad7 43. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Black "Lempert, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. h3
Bxf3 (8... Be6 9. Nd4 Bc5 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. dxe4 Nbd7
14. Qxb7 O-O 15. Qb3 Nh5 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Rb2
$44 {Epishin-Bareev/Jaroslaw/1983}) (8... Bh5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 (9... Na6 10. Nh4 (
10. e4 $5) 10... d4 11. Nf5 O-O $13 {Rotstein-Bangiev/1989}) (9... O-O 10. Nd4
(10. e4) 10... Re8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nbd7 18. f4 {Bashina-Botsari/Leningrad/1986}) 10. e4
O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Re1 $6 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Re8 $132 {Beltshik-Bagirov/
Riga/1981}) 11... Nc5 12. Nh4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Be3 $16 {Davies-Kuijf/Graested/1990}) (8... Bc8 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Na6 $14 {
Kirov-Vera/Leningrad/1989}) 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 (9... d4 10. Bg2 Bc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12.
a3 a5 13. b3 Na6 14. Bb2 Nc7 15. Nf3 Nb5 16. Qc2 Qd6 17. a4 Nc7 18. Rfc1 Ne6
19. Ng5 Bb4 $15 {Malisov-Kaunas/Daugavpils/1979}) (9... O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Nc3
Ne5 12. Be2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bb4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Kg2 Ng6 17. b4 Bb6 18.
Bb2 Qe7 19. Rfe1 $14 {Khasin-Shabanov/Kursk/1987}) 10. Bg2 $6 (10. e4 $5 dxe4
11. dxe4 Ne5 12. Be2 $1) (10. Nc3 O-O (10... d4 11. Ne4 O-O (11... Nxe4 12.
Bxe4) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 13. b4 Nd5 14. Qb3 $14) 13. b4 a5 14. Qb3 axb4
15. Qxb4 Ra7 16. a4 $14 {Shirov-Vyzmanavin/Lvov/1989}) 11. e4 $14 {Shirov})
10... O-O 11. e4 (11. Nc3 $6 d4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 $6 Nc5 14. f4 Qb6 $15 {
Vaganian-Van der Wiel/Wijk/1989}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 13. Qb3 Qd3 14. Nc3 (
14. Qxb7 $6 Bc5 {><g3}) 14... Bc5 15. Bf4 $1 (15. Kh2 Nf3+) 15... Ng6 16. Rad1
(16. Rfd1 $5 Qa6 17. Bf1 Qa5 (17... Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bd6 $10) 18. Bd6 Bxd6
19. Rxd6 Qe5 $10) 16... Qa6 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Rxd8 $6 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kh2
Rxd1 20. Qxd1) 18... Rxd8 19. Rd1 (19. e5 $6 Nxe5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ne4 Be7 $15
) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qa5 {/\ Bxf2} (20... Qb6 $5) 21. Bc1 $2 (21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. e5 $6) (21. Qd2) 21... Qb6 $1 22. Qe2 (22. Na4 Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Qd4 $19) 22...
Bd4 23. Nd1 $2 (23. Bf1) 23... h5 $1 24. Kh1 (24. h4 Ng4 25. Bh3 Qc5) 24... h4
25. gxh4 (25. g4 Qc5 $17) 25... Qc5 (25... Nxh4 26. Be3) 26. Be3 Nxh4 27. Bxd4
Qxd4 28. Nc3 Ng6 29. Kg1 Nf4 30. Qe1 (30. Qd1 $2 Qxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Nxg2 32. Kxg2
Nxe4 $19) 30... Nd7 31. Ne2 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Ne5 33. Bf1 c5 34. Kg2 $2 (34. b3
$17) 34... c4 35. f4 $6 (35. Qc2 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh6
39. Qf4+ g5) 35... Nd3 36. Kf3 Nxb2 37. Qe3 Qd1+ 38. Be2 Qh1+ 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40.
Kf3 c3 41. Qc5 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kf3 g6 44. f5 Qh1+ 45. Kf4 Qh2+ 46. Kg5
Qg2+ 47. Bg4 Qd2+ 48. Kh4 Nd3 49. Qe7 Qh6+ 50. Kg3 Qf4+ 51. Kh4 c2 52. fxg6
c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Ngf3 Bc5 $5 (
7... Be7) 8. e3 (8. g3 $6 {[%csl Rf2]} Qb6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bg2 $140 $2 (10. Be2)
10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qxe3+ 12. Kd1 Bxd3 $19) 8... h6 9. Be2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. e4
Bh7 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7) 12. e5 Ng4 13. O-O f6 14. exf6 Ngxf6 15. Qc3 (15.
b4 $5 Bb6 16. Qb3 $14) 15... Bd6 (15... e5 $5 16. d4 (16. Nxe5 $4 d4 $19) (16.
cxd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Rfe1) 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nb3) 16... exd4 17.
Nxd4 O-O $13) 16. d4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bd3 (18. Nd2 $5 Nf6 (18... Bg6) 19.
Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bh5+ Kd7 21. Qh3 Rhf8) 18... Nf6 19. Ne5 O-O 20. a4 Rad8 (20...
c5 $5 21. Rad1 (21. Ng6 $6 Bxg6 22. Bxg6 Ng4 $1) 21... cxd4 22. Qxd4 Bc5 23.
Qc3 $14) 21. Rad1 (21. Bxe4 $2 Nxe4 22. Qxa5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 dxc4 24. bxc4 Qh4
25. g3 Qh3 $44) 21... Bc7 $2 (21... dxc4 22. bxc4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Bxd3 24. Rxd3
Ne4 25. Qc2 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Nc5 27. Qc2 Qh4 $132) 22. Qc1 (22. f4 $5) 22... Bxd3
(22... dxc4 23. Ba3 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. bxc4 $16)
23. Nxd3 Ne4 24. Ba3 $1 {Der Tausch der schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nützt Weiß:
die Kontrolle des Schlüsselfelds e5 wird verbessert.} Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. c5
$1 {nimmt dem Schwarzen die Chancen, sich gelegentlich mit c6-c5 zu befreien.
Außerdem wird die Schwäche a5 festgelegt.} Qe7 (26... Qc7 $5) 27. Rde1 Qf6 (
27... Rf6) 28. Qe3 Rfe8 29. f3 Ng5 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Qc3 {[%csl Ra5]} Ra8 32. Re3
Nf7 33. f4 Nxe5 34. fxe5 Qh4 35. Ref3 Qe4 36. Rf4 Qe2 37. h3 Qh5 38. Qg3 Rae8
39. R1f3 (39. Rh4 Qg5 40. Qxg5 hxg5 41. Rg4 Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Rxg5 Rf7 44.
Rg3 $18) 39... Kh7 40. Qe1 Qg6 (40... Ra8 41. Rf8 Rxf8 42. Rxf8 $18) 41. Qxa5
Rb8 42. Kh2 b6 $2 {Verkürzt das Leiden.} 43. cxb6 Reb7 44. Rf8 Rxb6 45. Rg3 (
45. Rxb8 Rxb8 46. Qc7 $18) 45... Qe4 $6 (45... Qh5 46. Rxb8 Rxb8 47. Qc7 Rg8
48. Qxc6 $18) 46. Rf7 Qxd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[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. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
e6 9. g4 h6 ({An dieser Stelle bringt} 9... dxc4 $6 10. bxc4 Ne5 {nichts ein:}
11. Qe2 {und d3 ist geschützt.}) 10. Be2 $2 {Äußerst riskant gespielt.} ({
Es verdient Beachtung, daß Vaganian sich hier für} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg2 {
entschied.} Ne5 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. O-O h5 $6 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 Nh4 16. Qf2 Nxg2
17. Qxg2 Nc5 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Ng3 $16 {Vaganian,R-Backwinkel,P/
Germany 1993/GER-chT}) 10... dxc4 $1 $146 (10... b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. h4 Rc8
13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Ne5 15. Qg2 Rxh1+ 16. Qxh1 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Kf2 Ne7 19.
Rc1 Qb6 $132 {[%cal Yd5d4] Bischoff,K-Stangl,M/Brno 1994}) 11. bxc4 ({Es gab
hier noch eine mühsame Ausrede, mit der das Eindringen des N nach d3
unterbunden werden konnte:} 11. Bxc4 Ne5 12. Qe2 {, denn auf} b5 {folgt} 13. d4
Nxc4 14. bxc4 {mit vielleicht gerade noch erträglicher Stellung.}) 11... Ne5 {
[%cal Ye5d3] Die Pointe} 12. Qg3 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Qxd3 14. Qc7 $8 Rd8 15. Rd1 $2 {
Dieser Zug mißfällt mir: er ist zu passiv; der Ke1 sitzt danach in der Falle.}
(15. Qxb7 {Weiß sollte sich nicht um den Pd2 scheren, denn} Qxd2+ 16. Kf1 {
verbessert die Aussichten des Weißen auf Widerstand, z.B.:} Qd3+ 17. Ne2) 15...
Qxc4 (15... Nd7 16. Ba1 (16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Rxb2 $19) 16... Nc5 $19) 16.
Qxb7 Bb4 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Nd4 $6 ({Weiß mußte den gefährlichen Nf6 beseitigen:} 
18. Bxf6 gxf6 {Allerdings hätte das auch nur den Widerstand verlängert: nach}
19. Nd4 c5 {ist Weiß dem Ansturm des Gegners in der d-Linie hilflos
ausgeliefert.}) 18... Ne4 $19 19. Nxc6 Bxd2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Qc2 d5 7. b3 d4 $5 {
Hierfür konnte ich nur ein Beispiel finden bei ansonsten reicher Auswahl.} (
7... e5 $5) 8. d3 (8. Bb2 c5 9. b4 Nc6 10. bxc5 Nd7 11. d3 Nxc5 12. Nbd2 Nb4
13. Qd1 e5 $132 {Gilles,R-Beckemeier,W/Belfort 1992}) 8... c5 9. b4 cxb4 10. a3
Nc6 11. Nbd2 bxa3 12. Bxa3 Qc7 13. Rfb1 {Nun ist eine der Hauptstellungen des
Wolgagambits entstanden mit vertauschten Farben: der Weiße hat die Rolle des
Schwarzen angenommen mit der Zugabe eines Tempos. (Beide haben ein Tempo
vertrödelt (c7-c6-c5 und b2-b3-b4)).} Rd8 {Die Zugfolge ab hier wird
Wolgagambitexperten interessieren.} 14. Nb3 e5 15. Nfd2 Rb8 16. Nc5 b6 17. Qa4
(17. Nce4) 17... bxc5 18. Qxc6 Rxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Qa5 $1 20. Rb8 (20. Bc1 $2 {
wäre etwas passiv.}) 20... Qxa3 21. Rxc8 (21. Nf1 {ist zu passiv:} Qa2 22. Rxc8
Rxc8 23. Qxc8+ Bf8 $17) 21... Rxc8 22. Qxc8+ Bf8 23. Nf3 {Aktives Spiel ist
gefordert!} Qa1+ (23... e4 24. Ne5 e3 25. Qc7 $44) 24. Bf1 Qa4 {Gelfand gibt
den P zurück und hofft auf ein Endpiel mit dem starken a-Bauern.} 25. Nxe5 Qe8
26. Qc7 ({Es scheint mir, daß Dizdarevic sich hier ruhig auf die schwarzen
Absichten hätte einlassen können:} 26. Qxe8 Nxe8 27. Nc6 a6 28. Bg2 $11 {
und der Pa6 ist nicht so schnell in Gang zu setzen:} Bd6 29. Kf1 Bc7 30. Ke1 a5
31. Kd2 a4 32. Kc2) 26... a5 27. Bg2 Kg7 28. f4 Qe6 29. Bh3 (29. Qxa5 Bd6 30.
Qa6 $11) 29... Bd6 30. Qd8 (30. Bxe6 $2 Bxc7 $19 {[%cal Ra5a4]}) 30... Qe7 31.
Qxe7 $2 (31. Qxa5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd2 $11 {In der Tat ist der N hier
besser als der B, aber bei dem reduzierten Material hat das nicht viel zu
sagen.}) 31... Bxe7 32. Nf3 (32. Nc6 a4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Re7d8,Rd8a5]}
33. Nxe7 $4 a3) 32... a4 33. Ne1 a3 34. Nc2 a2 35. g4 Bd8 $19 {[%cal Yd8a5,
Ya5c3]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Zulfugarli, Magomed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. d3
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 $146 (10. Be3 Qd8 11. Qb3 Qb8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfe1 Ne5
14. Qc2 Ned7 15. d4 Bh5 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. Bc1 f5 $132 {Hickl,J-Twardon,M/
Myslowice 1985}) 10... dxe4 (10... Bxf3 $2 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 d4 $2 13. Na4
$14) 11. dxe4 e5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. c5 Be7 14. Be3 $14 {[%cal Yf3d2] Weiß
beherrscht mehr Raum.} Bxf3 {nicht unbedingt notwendig.} (14... Rfd8 $14) (
14... b5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Rfc1) 15. Bxf3 b5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Nc3
{[%cal Rc3b5]} Qb7 19. a4 $1 Bc5 $2 (19... bxa4 20. Nxa4 $14) 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Nxb5 cxb5 (21... Nxa4 {entsorgt zwar die Bauern auf dem Damenflügel, löst aber
das Stellungsproblem nicht:} 22. Nd6 Qxb2 23. Qxc6 Qb6 (23... Qd4 24. Bd1 Nb6
25. Rxa8 Nxa8 26. Bb3 {und f7 fällt.}) 24. Bd1 $1 Qxc6 (24... Rad8 25. Nc8 $18)
25. Rxc6 Nb6 26. Rxa8 Nxa8 27. Bb3 $16 {mit Einschlag auf f7.}) 22. Qxc5 bxa4
23. Qxe5 Rfe8 24. Qf4 Ra5 25. e5 Nd5 $8 26. Qc4 Qd7 (26... Qb5 27. Qxb5 Rxb5
28. Rxa4 Nb6 29. Ra7 $18) 27. b4 Rb5 28. Rd1 (28. Bg4 Qb7 29. Bc8 Qb6 30. Bd7
$18) 28... Rxe5 29. Rxa4 g6 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Ra5 Nb6 32. Qc3 Qc8 33. Bc6 f6 34.
Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Novikov, Mikhail V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 (7...
h6 {ist die andere Hauptfortfortsetzung. Eine Übersicht findet man in CBM52.})
8. Qc2 {[%cal Ye2e4] Ein eher seltener Zug, obwohl durchaus logisch: er
bereitet e2-e4 vor.} (8. Nc3 d4 $5 {Sehr selten gespielt: Der Zug verlängert
die Diagonale für den Bg2 und harmoniert nicht besonders mit c7-c6. Aber Weiß
kann es auch nicht sehr gefallen, den Nc3 noch mal zu ziehen.} (8... h6 {
->CBM52}) (8... Nbd7 9. Nd4 (9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 O-O) (9. Qc2 h6 10. e4 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Bh7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15. h3 (15. a3 $5) 15... Bb4 16.
Nb3 (16. Rfe1 Nc5) 16... Qb6 17. Rfe1 Ne5 $2 (17... Nd5 $132) 18. a3 $14 {
Loginov-Soos/Budapest/1993}) (9. Be3 O-O 10. Qb3 Qb8 11. Rac1 Bd6 12. Na4 Re8
13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bd4 Re7 15. a3 Bh7 16. Bh3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 (17. Qc3) 17... Bxe5
18. Qc3 Qe8 19. Kf1 Rd8 20. b4 Bg6 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. a4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Re5 $2 24.
Nb3 $2 (24. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 25. Bxd7 Qe7 26. f4 Rh5 27. Bg4 Rxh2 28. Kg1 $18) 24...
a6 25. Qf4 Nh5 26. Qd4 Nf6 27. Qf4 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 King-Ribli/Calcutta/1992}) 9...
Bg6 10. e4 Nc5 11. Nf5 dxe4 12. Nxe7 Bh5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 Qxd3 15. Nxe4
Nfxe4 16. Qxd3 Nxd3 17. Bxe4 O-O-O 18. Be3 Kb7 19. b4 $16 {Kirov-Marjanovic/
Balkaniade/1985}) (8... O-O 9. Nd4 Bg6 (9... Bc8 10. e4 Na6 (10... Qb6 11. Nb3
dxe4 12. dxe4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Be3 Qb4 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. h3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Bc5
$2 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ra4 $16 {Ermolinski-Anikaev/Ckhaltubo/1981}) 11. h3 Nc5
12. Re1 Ne6 13. Nf5 Bb4 14. exd5 $14 {Dorfman-A.Petrosian/URS-ch/1976} cxd5 15.
a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bb2 Kh8 18. Na4 Bc7 19. Rc1) (9... Bd7 10. e4 c5 11. Nc2
(11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. g4 h6 (14... h5 15. h3) 15. Bh4 d4
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rc1 b6 19. a3 Rac8 20. f4 Na5 (20... Rfe8) 21.
Qf3 f6 (21... Nb3 22. Rcd1 b5 23. g5 $1 $16) 22. h4 c4 23. g5 cxd3 24. gxh6 $40
{Malaniuk-Kishnev/Copenhagen Unibank/1991}) 11... d4 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. b4 Nxb4
14. Nxb4 cxb4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Nf3) 16. Nb3 Ba4 (16... Bb6 17. d4
$16) 17. Bb2 Bd4 $2 18. Bxd4 Bxb3 19. Bxf6 {1-0 Landenbergue-Nemeth,Z/Tapolca/
1989}) (9... Bg4 10. h3) 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Nde2 (11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Bd6 13. g4
h6 14. f4 Nh7 (14... Kh8 15. g5 Ng8 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bh3 fxg5 18. fxg5 Ne5 19.
Bf5 Qe7 20. Qh5 f6 21. g6 Qg7 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Ne7 25. Rg1 Nxf5
26. Qxf5 Nd7 27. Nd4 Re5 28. Qh3 Rae8 29. Bf4 {1-0 Weindl,A-Johannsson,J/
Stockholm op 1990}) 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. h3 Re7 18. Be3 Rae8 19. Bf2 Qf6
$15 {Vaganian-Balashov/URS-ch/1983}) (11. g4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 (12... Bb4) 13.
Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Qxd1 (14... Bd6) 15. Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bd6 18.
Bf3 Ne5 19. Be2 $14 {Ninov-F.Unzicker/Luxembourg op/1990}) (11. Re1 Bc5 12. Nb3
Bb6 13. e5 Ne8 14. d4 a5 15. a4 Nc7 16. Be3 f6 17. f4 Kh8 18. Kh1 Ne6 19. Bh3
f5 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Nc1 Rad8 22. N1e2 Qf7 23. Qe1 Bh5 24. Qf2 Ba7 25. Rad1 Nb6
26. b3 Nc8 27. Rd2 Ne7 28. Ng1 c5 29. Nb5 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxd4 32.
Qxd4 Nc6 $132 {Eisterer-Duer/OST-BL/1989}) (11. Nb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Nxc5
Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxc5 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Rd2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Schwarz,M-Kohlweyer,B/BL
1992}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Nf4 Nxc1 16. Raxc1
Rad8 (16... Rfd8 17. Rc2 Rd4 (17... Bb4) 18. Re1 Nd7 19. h4 f6 20. Nxg6 hxg6
21. Ne2 Rd6 22. f4 Rd8 23. Bh3 Rd3 24. Kg2 Nc5 25. Nc3 a5 26. e5 Kf8 27. Bg4
R8d4 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rce2 Rd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Re2 Rd4 {remis/
Yuferov-Margolin/Moskau/1989}) 17. Rfd1 $6 (17. Rc2 $5 Bb4 18. Re1 Rfe8 19.
Rce2 Ng4 20. h4 f6 21. Nxg6 hxg6) 17... Bb4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Kf1 g5 $15 {
Salov-Chandler/Leningrad/1987}) 9. Nb1 (9. Ne4 $5 {gefällt mir besser als Nb1}
Na6 (9... Nxe4 10. dxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 $14) 10.
Nxf6+ (10. a3) 10... Bxf6 11. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\ b4}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6
11. Qc2 c5 12. b4 $6 cxb4 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Qd1 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Bc5 $17
{S.Nikolic-Zecevic/Beograd op/1989}) (8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 (
10... b5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Re1 b4 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Ne4
Rxa2 17. Rxa2 Bxa2 18. Nf5 Kf8 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bg5+ Kf8 21. Nd6 h6 22. Bd2 c5
23. Nxb7 Ke7 24. Rc1 Na6 25. Bf1 Ra8 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Bxb4 Ke6
29. Rxc5 Bd5 30. Rc1 g5 31. Bc3 Bf3 32. Kf1 Ra4 33. h3 h5 34. Re1 g4 35. h4 Ra2
36. Rb1 Ra4 37. b4 Ra3 38. Bd2 Kxe5 39. b5 Be4 40. Rb2 Bf3 41. Bf4+ Kf5 42. Ke1
Rd3 43. Bd2 Rd7 44. b6 Kg6 45. Rb1 f6 46. Bf4 Be4 47. Rc1 Bf3 48. Rb1 Be4 49.
Ra1 Bf3 50. Bc7 Rd3 51. Rb1 Bb7 52. Bf4 Kf5 53. Rb5+ Ke6 54. Ke2 Ba6 55. Ra5
Bc4 56. Ke1 Rb3 57. Be3 Bd5 58. Kd2 Rb2+ 59. Kc3 Rb3+ 60. Kd4 Rb4+ 61. Kc5 Rc4+
62. Kb5 Rc2 63. Ka6 Rb2 64. Ka7 Be4 65. Kb8 Kd7 66. Ra7+ Kc6 67. Re7 Bd5 68. b7
Kd6 69. Rc7 Be6 70. Bf4+ Kd5 71. Rc1 {1-0 Dyachkov,S-Rublevsky,S/Ch-RYS tt,X
1992}) 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Re1 Nd3 15. Rd1 Nxc1 16. Raxc1
Bc5 $11 {Benkö-Spassky/Belgrad/1964}) (8. Nd4 O-O (8... Bc8 9. Nc3 c5 10. Nb3
Be6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. b3 h6 17.
Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nf4 Nd7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. f4 b5 21. a4 $14 {Ninov-Serrer/
Dortmund op/1989}) 9. Nc3 {-> 8.Nc3}) (8. Be3 {[%cal Yd1b3] Da Qb6 nun
verhindert ist, soll die schwarze Qd8 nach dem geplanten Qb3 auf ungünstigere
Felder (c7,c8) gezwungen werden.} O-O (8... Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O (10...
Nc5 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. dxe4 O-O 15. e5 Nd5 16. Rac1
Qe7 17. Nh4 Bb6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfe8 20. Nf3 $14 {S.Loeffler-Ha.Schulz/
Bundesliga/1992}) 11. Rac1 Qb8 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qd8 (13... Qc8) 14. Nd4 Bg6
(14... Bc8 $142) 15. Bh3 $1 Re8 $2 (15... a5) 16. b4 Ncd7 17. b5 c5 18. Nc6 $1
$16 {Landenbergue-Hoffmann/Mitropa-Cup/1990}) 9. Qb3 Bc8 (9... Qc7 10. Nc3 Nbd7
11. Rac1 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qc2 Na6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17.
a3 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Qa2 Rad8 20. Bh3 Qd6 21. Be3 b6 22. Ne4 $1 $14 {
Terreaux-Ludevid/1992}) 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Rac1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ne6 $5 {nimmt dem Be3
alle attraktiven Möglichkeiten.} 13. d4 Ng4 14. Bd2 f5 {[%cal Yf5f4] Von der
Bauernstruktur ist eine Art Stonewall entstanden. Der Ne6 ist sehr
ungewöhnlich plaziert. Es scheint mir, daß Schwarz an dieser Stelle zufrieden
sein darf.} 15. e3 Bd6 16. Na4 Qe8 17. Nc5 Qh5 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qb3 Rf7 20.
Bb4 Bc7 21. Qa3 g5 22. Bd6 Bd8 23. Rfe1 (23. h3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Rg7 25. Bf8 Rc7)
23... Bf6 24. b4 (24. h3 Nh6 25. Ne5 Rg7 $13) 24... Rd7 25. Be5 a6 {1/2-1/2
Drasko-Sveshnikov/Belgrade/1988}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 (9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 h6 11. b3
Re8 12. Bb2 Na6 13. e4 Bh7 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. Nd4 Bf8 16. h3 c5 17. Ne2 b5 18.
Nf4 d4 19. a4 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb8 21. Nc4 Na6 22. Qd2 Nb4 23. h4 {1/2-1/2
Pigusov,E-Zhu Chen/Beijing Lee Cup 1996}) 9... Na6 $146 (9... Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6
11. Nh4 dxe4 12. Nxg6 (12. dxe4 Re8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Rad1 Qa5 16.
Bd2 Qa6 17. e5 N6d7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Qb6 20. Bc4 Nc5 21. Be3 Qb4 22. Be2
Nce6 23. a3 Qa5 24. Qb3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qb4 Qb6 27. f4 Nfe6 28. Qxb6 axb6
29. Kf2 b5 30. h4 Nd4 31. Bd3 Kf8 32. Bb1 Ke7 33. b4 Nce6 34. Ne4 Rh8 35. Nd6
b6 36. Be4 f5 37. Bg2 Rd7 38. Re3 Ra7 39. Red3 c5 40. Bd5 Rd8 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42.
Nxb5 Rad7 43. Nc3 {1-0 Markowski,T-Matlak,M/Nat-ch POL, Brzeg Dolny 1996})
12... hxg6 13. dxe4 $14 {Loginov-Kadimova/Berliner Sommer 1994}) (9... h6 10.
e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh7 {könnte in eine Partie Loginov-Soos/Budapest/1993
überleiten:} 12. Bf4 Nbd7 {damit ist die genannte Partie erreicht.} 13. Rad1
Qa5 14. Nd4 Rfe8 15. h3 Bb4 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. a3 Bf8 19. Nd2 Qc5 20.
Be3 Qe7 21. f4 $14) (9... d4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4) 10. a3 (10. e4 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Nb4 12. Qb1) 10... Bg6 (10... h6 {behauptet den Bf5 auf der Diagonale
b1-h7. Bei der Qc2 hat das was.}) 11. e4 Nc7 (11... Nc5 12. Nh4 (12. Ne5 $5) (
12. Rd1) 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 $14) 12.
Nh4 d4 $6 {[%csl Rg6] Nachdem die Spannung im Zentrum im Zentrum aufgehoben
ist, wird die Lage für den Bg6 noch ungemütlicher, da er mit dem Vormarsch des
Pf2 rechnen muß.} (12... Ne6 {[%cal Ye6d4] Sieht auf den ersten Blick etwas
gewagt aus; ich denke aber, daß Schwarz so eher sein vorangegangenes Spiel
rechtfertigen könnte.} 13. exd5 (13. f4 $6 Nd4 $132 14. Qa4 (14. Qd1 Bh5) (14.
Qb1 Nb3 $17) 14... Qb6 15. Kh1 Nb3 16. Rb1 Ng4 $40) (13. Ne2 $5) 13... cxd5 $13
(13... Nxd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8
19. Be4 (19. Bf3 b6 $14) 19... Bf6 $14)) 13. Ne2 Nfe8 {Früher oder später muß
der Nh4 befragt werden.} (13... Bxe4 {führt nur zu einer für das weiße
Läuferpaar vorteilhaften Öffnung der Stellung.} 14. dxe4 d3 15. Qd1 dxe2 16.
Qxe2 $16 {[%cal Yh4f5,Yf1d1]}) (13... Qd7 14. f4 (14. h3) 14... Bh5 15. h3) 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 a5 (15... Nf6 $16) 16. Bd2 {Weiß beherrscht das Geschehen auf
beiden Flügeln und hat keinen Grund, etwas zu überstürzen.} Ra7 $2 {Der Ra7
ist hier sehr unglücklich plaziert. Es aber ist in jedem Fall sehr schwer, dem
schwarzen Spiel eine Spitze zu geben.} 17. Kh1 Ne6 18. Rae1 {[%cal Rf4f5] /\
f5,Nxd4} c5 (18... a4 $2 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 N6c7 21. Nxd4 $18) 19. a4 {
entwertet die schwarze Bauernmajorität, während die weiße intakt bleibt.} Nf6
20. Qc4 Nc7 21. Ng1 {[%cal Yg1f3] bringt die einzig schlecht plazierte Figur
auch noch auf die guten Felder.} Qd7 22. Nf3 b5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25.
Ne5 $1 (25. e5 $18) 25... Rc8 (25... Ra6 26. Nc4 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ye4e5,
Ye1a1]}) 26. Nc4 $18 {[%csl Ra5]} a4 27. e5 Ne8 28. Ra1 Nec7 29. Ba5 a3 30.
bxa3 Nc3 31. Bb6 Ra4 32. Bc6 (32. Ba5 $18) 32... N7b5 33. Bd7 Rb8 34. Ba5 {
[%cal Ra5c3]} Ra8 35. Bxc3 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 {->A11} e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O {Dieser
Stellungstyp ist nicht so weit erforscht wie viele andere und man ist früh auf
sein eigenes Urteil angewiesen.} Bd6 {Die meisten Spieler ziehen es vor, den
Bf8 nach e7 (oder c5) zu entwickeln. Das hat m.E. gute Gründe: Weiß plant
d3+e4; dann liegt immer e4-e5 in der Luft. Ein weiteres Argument: wenn Schwarz
mit d5xe4 tauscht, sind bei Be7 Entlastungsaktionen in der d-Linie möglich 
(Nb8-d7-c5, Qd8-d3), die nun entfallen.} (6... Nf6) 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3
Bh5 $6 (9... Bxf3 {Wenn man auf f3 tauschen will, ist jetzt der geeignete
Zeitpunkt (kein Zeitverlust).} 10. Bxf3 $14) 10. e4 {[%cal Rg3g4]} (10. Nd4
Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Nd4 Bb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6
$11 {Vaganian-Murei/Marseille/1987}) 10... dxe4 (10... Nbd7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 $14) 11. dxe4 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Bxf3 {Späte Reue. Entweder der
9. oder der 11.Zug war eben nicht in Ordnung.} (11... Qe7 $2 12. g4 Bg6 13. e5
Bxe5 14. Re1 Nfd7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 $18) (11... Qc7 12. g4 (12. Re1) (12.
Be3) (12. Qc2) 12... Bg6 13. Nh4 $14 (13. Re1) (13. e5 $2 Bxe5)) (11... Bb4 12.
Qb3 $14) 12. Qxf3 $16 {Noch ein Nachteil des verzögerten Bxf3: nun kann die
Qd1 wiedernehmen.} Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Qe2 {Die strategische Aufgabe von Weiß
ist es jetzt, seine Majorität im Zentrum ins Laufen zu bringen (f2-f4, e4-e5).}
Bc5 15. Kh2 {[%cal Yf2f4]} Nb6 (15... Rad8 16. f4) 16. e5 Rfe8 17. f4 Rad8 18.
Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Be3 $16 {Schließt die Entwicklung ab, indem die aktivste
schwarze Figur abgetauscht wird.} Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nfd5 $2 {kostet letztendlich
einen Bauern.} (20... Nfd7 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Gd6] Weiß beherrscht
das Zentrum und kontrolliert dadurch das Spiel.}) 21. Nxd5 cxd5 (21... Nxd5 22.
Qxa7 $18) 22. Rd1 Qd7 23. b3 {[%cal Ra2a4,Ra4a5]} Qb5 (23... Rd8 24. a4 d4 25.
Qe4 d3 26. a5 Nc8 27. Qxb7 $18) 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qd4 Qe2 26. a4 (26. Rc7 Qxa2
27. e6 Rf8 28. Rxb7 Qxb3 $2 29. Rxa7 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}) 26... Qa2 27. Rc7 Qxb3
28. e6 f6 (28... Rf8 29. a5 $18) 29. e7 Re8 30. a5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c4 Nf6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. O-O $146 {Vielleicht hat
der Elounterschied der Gegner bei der Wahl dieses Zuges eine Rolle gespielt.} (
{Das Spiel verflacht nach} 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3 Bc6 9. O-O e6 $11)
6... dxc4 {Die kritische Fortsetzung.} (6... Nbd7 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 7.
Qc2 Qd4 {Zwingt Weiß, ein echtes Gambit zu spielen.} 8. Nf3 Qd5 9. Nc3 Qa5 (
9... Qh5 {verfolgt agressivere Ziele.}) 10. Nd1 Na6 (10... Nbd7 11. Nd4 Bd5 12.
e4 (12. Ne3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b5) 12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qe5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxc4)
11. Nd4 Bd5 12. Ne3 e6 13. b3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Qd8 (15... Qh5 {
gefällt mir hier weniger: die Q könnte bei bei einem weißen Vorgehen am
Königsflügel ins Gedränge geraten.}) 16. f4 Nb4 17. Qb1 Nbd5 (17... Be7 {
[%cal Ye8g8]}) 18. Nc4 Nb6 (18... Nc3 19. dxc3 Qd5+ 20. e4 Qxc4 21. Nd2 $44)
19. Ne5 Qd5+ 20. Rf3 Qe4 {erwingt den Damentausch.} (20... Bd6 {setzt die
Verfolgung des N(e5) mit Abtauschdrohungen fort.}) (20... Be7 {nebst 0-0 sieht
gesund aus.}) 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Na5 {Weiß drückt gegen den schwarzen
Damenflügel und er ist besser entwickelt, während Schwarz auf den Mehrbauern
pocht.} f6 23. Re3 Nd6 (23... Nc5 24. Nd3 (24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Ra3) 24... Nxd3 25.
Rxd3 Rb8 26. Rb1) 24. Nf3 Kf7 25. Rb1 Re8 $2 ({Schwarz konnte sich einfach
weiterentwickeln:} 25... Be7 $142 {da} 26. Nd4 $140 $2 {den Pe6 nicht wirklich
bedroht:} (26. Reb3 $142 Rhd8 27. d3 $44) 26... c5 27. Nxe6 $2 Nd5 $19) 26.
Reb3 c5 27. d3 Rc8 $2 {Übersieht die folgende ungewöhnliche Kombination.} ({Mit
} 27... Re7 {konnte der Kampf (mit ungewissem Ausgang) fortgesetzt werden:
wirksamere weiße Figuren gegen schwarzen Materialvorteil, z.B.:} 28. Ba3 Rc7
29. Rc1 Nd7) 28. Nxb7 $1 Nxb7 29. Ra3 Nd7 $2 {Offensichtlich ist Schwarz
schockiert von der Entwicklung der Ereignisse und setzt noch einen Fehler
obendrauf.} ({Widerstand konnte Schwarz am ehesten mit} 29... Na5 30. Rxa5 Rc7
$16 {leisten.}) 30. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gutman, Lev"]
[Black "Holzhaeuer, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 h6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Nd4 Bc8 ({Meistens hat man hier} 9... Bh7 {gespielt.}) 10. e4 O-O $146 (
10... dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. h3 Na6 13. e5 $16) 11. e5 (11. h3) (11. exd5 $14)
11... Ng4 12. Nf3 (12. e6 Nf6 13. exf7+ Rxf7) 12... f6 (12... d4 13. Ne2 Nd7)
13. d4 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf6 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 (15... Qb6 16. Na4 Qb4 17. f4
$14) 16. Be3) 15. Ne2 Re8 $6 {Hier hätte ich eher eine Entwicklung des
Damenflügels erwartet.} (15... Bf5) 16. Qd3 Nbd7 (16... Nfd7 17. f4 (17. Bxh6
$5)) 17. Bxh6 $1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 (18... gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 (19... Kf8 20. Nf4
$18) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qxh6+ $18) 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Rac1 Bb6 21. Nd4 Nxe5 22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxc6 Bf5 (23... bxc6 24. Nxc6 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 $16) 24. Qd2 Be4 25.
Rcc1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd7 27. Nf3 (27. Rfe1 Re4 28. Nf3 $16) 27... Rh5 28. Ng1 (
28. h4 $16) 28... Rf8 29. Rce1 Rhf5 30. Re2 Qb5 31. f4 d4 32. Nf3 (32. Re7)
32... Qd5 33. Qd3 Qxa2 34. Ne5 (34. Rfe1 $14) 34... Qd5+ 35. Rf3 R5f6 $2 (35...
Bc5) 36. Ng6 $18 Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Qb5 38. Qd3 (38. Re7 $1) 38... Qd7 39. f5 Qd5
40. Qe4 Qb5 41. f6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gutman, Lev"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qc8 ({
Die gängige Fortsetzung ist hier} 7... Qb6) 8. Nd4 Bg6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 {
Gutman fühlt sich angesichts von Qc8 zu diesem scharfen Vorgehen berechtigt.} (
10. Nc3) 10... O-O $1 ({Die Annahme des Bauern} 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 {
ist auch zu prüfen:} ({nicht aber} 11... Bxe4 $2 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf5 $1 $40)
12. Re1 Nc5 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Nxc6 (14. Nc3 $5 {ist anspruchsvoller} Kf8) 14...
Nxc6 15. Qxc5 O-O $11) 11. Nc3 Na6 12. exd5 (12. Be3 c5) 12... Nc5 {Nun hat
Weiß Probleme mit dem Pd3.} 13. Qd1 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 14. Be3) 14. Nxd5 (14.
Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Bd6 $44) 14... cxd5 15. Be3 {Gutman ist kein ängstlicher
Spieler: er gibt den Pd3 her und hofft auf Druck gegen den Pd5.} (15. Nb3 Nxd3
16. Bxd5 Rd8 17. Qf3 {wäre eine Methode, um Schadensbegrenzung zu versuchen.})
15... Qd7 (15... Bxd3 {läuft nicht weg.}) 16. h4 (16. f4 Bxd3 17. Re1 Be4 $17)
(16. Nf3 Nxd3 17. Ne1 d4 $1 $17) 16... Bxd3 (16... Nxd3 $2 17. h5 $16) ({
Schwarz darf nicht warten:} 16... Rfe8 17. b4 $14) 17. Re1 Ba6 ({Eine
Alternative war} 17... Be4 18. f3 Bg6) 18. Qh5 Nd3 19. Red1 (19. Re2) 19...
Rad8 (19... Nxb2 20. Nf5 Nxd1 21. Qg4 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Nxe3 23. fxe3 $13) 20. Rd2
g6 $2 ({Konsequent scheint mir} 20... Bb4 $5 {Danach muß Weiß sich sehr
anstrengen, seine Kompensation nachzuweisen.}) 21. Qd1 Ne5 (21... Nb4 22. Nc2
Nxc2 23. Qxc2 {und der Pd5 fällt.}) 22. Nc2 Qf5 $2 (22... Qc7) (22... b6 23.
Rxd5 Qe6 $11) 23. Bxa7 $16 Nc4 24. Ne3 $1 (24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Rd8 $17)
24... Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Bf6 26. Bd4 Rfe8 27. Qf3 Kg7 (27... Qxf3 28. Bxf3 Bxd4 29.
Rxd4 Rc8 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. b4 $16) 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. b3 f4 30. gxf4 Re2 31. Rad1
Rde8 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. a4 Re6 34. Bxd5 Rd6 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Rg6+ 37. Kh2
Rg4 38. Rg1 Rxg1 39. Kxg1 Kg6 40. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qc2 {Die
Absicht von Qb3: Schwarz hat das Tempo Qb6 "gewonnen" und Weiß möchte
nachweisen, daß die Q dort nichts zu suchen hat.} Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 Nbd7 ({
Mit dem naheliegenderen} 9... O-O {hatte Schwarz mit demselben Manöver im
Zentrum recht ordentliche Ergebnisse:} 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 d4 12. Na4 Qb5 13.
e4 (13. Qc4 Qxc4 14. dxc4 Na6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Ba3 18. Bc1
Bxc1 19. Raxc1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica,B-Damljanovic,B/Bugojno 1999}) 13... dxe3
14. fxe3 Na6 15. d4 Nb4 16. Qd1 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Burmakin,V/Krasnoiarsk
1998}) 10. Nc3 (10. e4 Qc5 $1 {(Jussupow) stört den weißen Plan.}) 10... Bxf3
$146 {Damit bereitet Schwarz den folgenden Vorstoß vor. Zieht man die beiden
obigen Partien in Betracht, ist die Neuerung hier nicht überraschend.} ({Nach} 
10... O-O {realisiert Weiß seinen Plan:} 11. e4 Bh5 12. Nh4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5
14. Nf5 $14 {Filippov,V-Barsov,A/Corsica 1997}) ({Sofort} 10... d4 $2 {klappt
taktisch nicht:} 11. Na4 Qb4 12. a3 Qd6 13. Bf4 Qd5 14. Nxd4 $1 $18) 11. Bxf3
d4 {Mit diesem Vorstoß hat Vaganian bereits 1989 in einer vergleichbaren
Situation (ohne Qc2/Qb6, aber mit h2-h3, Bg2 und schwarzer 0-0) gegen Van der
Wiel schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht. Schwarz gewinnt Zeit und er stört den
weißen Plan Pe2-e4. Dafür erhält der Bg2 größere Wirkung.} 12. Nb1 {[%cal
Yb1d2,Yd2c4] Ehrgeizig gespielt.} (12. Na4 {geht zwar mit Tempo; der N steht
dort allerdings abseits.}) ({Am naheliegendsten finde ich} 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 {Weiß möchte am Damenflügel Pb2-b4 durchsetzen.}) 12... h5 $5 {Das finde
ich sensationell: nach dem Abtausch des Bg4 scheint der Kg1 durch den nicht
mehr abzutauschenden Bf3 hinreichend geschützt; auf der Gegenseite befindet
der Ke8 sich noch im Zentrum und kann sich auch am Damenflügel nicht sicher
fühlen. Der Zug paßt allerdings gut zu d5-d4.} ({Später schien Jussupow
zunächst} 12... Ne5 {etwas genauer.}) 13. Nd2 (13. Na3 $5) (13. Bf4) 13... Ne5
14. Bg2 h4 15. Nc4 (15. Nf3 $142 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 {[%cal Yf1e1] öffnet die
e-Linie und schützt den Kg1 besser. Jussupow hält die Stellung danach für
ausgeglichen.}) 15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Ng4 $1 {Da liegt der Unterschied: jetzt
werden die schwarzen Figuren lebendig.} 17. b4 Rd8 $1 {Macht die Qb6 beweglich;
ohne Beteiligung der Q kann es dem Kg1 nicht ernsthaft an den Kragen gehen.} (
17... Ne5 $6 18. Qc2 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bxb4 $2 {wäre genau das, was Weiß gerne
möchte:} 20. Rb1 $16 {und alle weißen Figuren (speziell der Bg2) sind aktiv.})
18. Bd2 (18. Rb1 {scheint mir nach b4 logisch zu sein.} hxg3 (18... Qc7 19. b5
{läuft etwas besser für Weiß als die Partiefortsetzung.}) 19. fxg3 Ne5 20. Qb3)
18... Qc7 19. b5 c5 20. b6 $2 ({Jussupow} 20. h3 Ne5 21. Qa4 $11 {[%cal Yg3g4]}
) 20... axb6 21. Qb5+ $2 (21. Rab1 $17) 21... Kf8 $19 22. Rab1 hxg3 23. hxg3 $8
Qe5 24. Rfe1 Rh2 $1 25. e4 (25. Qxb6 Qh5 {mit Mattangriff.}) 25... Qh5 26. Kf1
Rxg2 $1 27. Kxg2 Qh2+ 28. Kf3 Ne5+ ({es wird matt:} 28... Ne5+ 29. Ke2 Qh5+ 30.
Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qf3+ 32. Kf1 Ng4) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 (4... Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4
Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Be3 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. h3 Bb4 13. Na4 Ke7 14.
Ne1 $1 $14 {Dizdar-Savon, Baku 88}) 5. d3 e6 (5... h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 (
7... Nbd7 $10) 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 (9. Nc3 e5 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Rac1
Rhe8 $10 {Jansa-Mokry, Zenica 86}) 9... g5 10. Be3 Bg7 (10... e5 11. h4 Ng4 12.
Bd2 gxh4 13. Nxh4 Be6 14. b3 Be7 15. Nf3 O-O-O $15 {Löffler-Pieper_Emden, BL
88/89}) 11. Nc3 Ng4 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. Rac1 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. b3 Rd7 $10 {
Benkö-Geller, Curacao ct 62}) 6. c4 dxc4 (6... Be7 7. Be3 dxc4 8. dxc4 Qxd1 9.
Rxd1 Nbd7 10. h3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Nh4 a5 14. b3 Rhd8 $10 {
Podgaez-Filipenko, URS 85}) (6... h6 7. Be3 dxc4 8. dxc4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10.
Nc3 Ng4 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Be1 Ngf6 (12... O-O-O $6 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nd4 Bh7 15.
Ba5 $1 $14 {Rajkovic-Velicka, Luxemburg op 90}) 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Na4 Be7 15. b4
a5 $10 {Weber-Behrhorst, BL 87/88}) (6... Bc5 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. dxc4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1
Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bf4 Bxf3 $2 (11... Nd7) 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. b4 $1 $16 {
Dizdar-Barle, Voskresenk 90}) 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 (8... Bc2 9. Rf1 Na6 (
9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 Nh5 (11... O-O 12. Rac1 Bg6 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Ne5
{/\ b4-b5+/=}) 12. Be3 Nhf6 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. h3 (14. Rfd1 $6 Ng4 15. Bf4 Bc5)
14... Ne4 (14... O-O $1) 15. Bd4 f6 (15... Bf6 16. b4) 16. Rfd1 Nd6 $2 (16...
e5 17. Be3) 17. c5 $1 Nf5 18. g4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf7 20. b4 $36 {Inkiov-Smagin,
Moskau 85}) 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nc3 Rd8 (11... Be7 $2 12. Nd4 Bh7 13. Nxc6 $18) 12.
Rac1 Bh7 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bb4 15. Nb5 $1 $14 O-O (15... cxb5 16. cxb5
Nc5 17. a3 Ba5 18. b4) 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. a3 Bc2 18. Rd4 Bc5 19. Rd2 Bxd6 20. Rxd6
Rxd6 21. Bxd6 $14 {Barle-Flear, Bern 92}) 9. Nc3 (9. Be3 Bb4 10. h3 Bc2 11. Rc1
Bg6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. c5 a4 14. Rc4 Nd5 15. Bd4 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 e5 17. e4 Nc7 18.
Be3 Ke7 19. f4 f6 20. Rb4 Rhb8 21. Nc4 Bf7 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. a3
Ne6 $10 {Suba-Chernin, Regio Emilia 86/7}) 9... Bc2 (9... h6 10. b3 (10. h3 Bc2
11. Re1 (11. Rd2 Bh7 {/\ Bb4}) 11... Bh7 (11... Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. Nd4 $6 Bxc3
13. bxc3 Be4 $15) 12... a5) 12. Be3 Bb4 (12... Bc5 $5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nce4
$10) 13. Rec1 O-O $6 (13... Bc5 $5 {Karpov}) 14. Na4 $14 Be7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16.
Nb3 Be4 17. Na5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rab8 $10 {Kortschnoj-Karpov, Tilburg 1986}) (10.
Be3 Ng4) 10... Be7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. e4 $1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15.
Bb2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. b4 Ke7 19. b5 $36 {
Khalifman-Kakageldiev, URS 1987}) (9... Bb4 10. Bd2 (10. Bf4 Bxc3 (10... Nb6
11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Nxc6) 11. bxc3 O-O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 c5 $132 {
Karlsson-Hjartason, Gausdal zt 1987}) 10... O-O-O (10... Nb6 $5 11. Ne5 Bd6 $13
) 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 13. Ne5 $16 {Kengis-Vitolinsh, Lettland 1987}) 10.
Re1 Bg6 (10... h6 $6 11. e4 $16) 11. Nh4 $14 {Der Tausch gewinnt nicht nur das
B-Paar, sondern verhindert auch eine gelegentliche Neutralisierung des Bg2
durch Be4. Die weiße Strategie zielt jetzt auf eine Erweiterung der Diagonale
h1-a8 durch b2-b4-b5.} Bb4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 Nb6 $2 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5
15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bc1 $1 $14) (13... e5 $5) 14. Rec1 $1 $16 Nxc4 $2 (14... Nh5 $2
15. Bc7 $1 Bxc3 (15... Rc8 16. Bxb6 axb6 (16... Bxc3 17. Rxc3 axb6 18. Rb3 $18)
17. Na4 $18) 16. Rxc3 $16) (14... O-O-O $6 15. Nb5 $5 cxb5 16. cxb5+ Kd7 17.
Rc7+ Ke8 18. Rxb7 $44) (14... O-O 15. a3 $16) 15. Na4 Nb6 16. a3 $1 {Dem B
fehlt ein passendes Feld.} Be7 {verstellt dem K das Feld} (16... Nxa4 17. axb4
Nb6 18. b5 $16) 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rxc6 $1 $18 Bc5 (18... bxc6 19. Bxc6+ $18)
19. Rc7 O-O 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Bf3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. b4 Bd4 24. Ra2 g5 25.
e4 Rb5 26. Bd6 Be5 27. Bxf8 Bxc7 28. Be7 f6 29. Rc2 Bb8 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. a4 Re5
32. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS10 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Qa4 e6 (5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 $14) (5...
Nf6 6. cxd5) 6. O-O Ne7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nf5 (10... Nb6
11. Qb3 Nc4 12. b5 $14) 11. Rd1 Re8 (11... b5 $5 $14) 12. Bg5 Qb6 $2 (12... f6
13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nc4 15. b5) 13. b5 $1 $16 h6 14. Bc1 Nf6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16.
Ba3 Qa6 17. e3 Ne4 $2 (17... Bf8 18. Qxa6 Bxa6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ne5 $16) 18.
Qxa6 Bxa6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 $18 {><c6,e4} Bd3 21. Rac1 Re6 $6 (21... Rac8
22. Rc3 {/\ Rdc1}) 22. Nb3 Rb8 23. Rc3 Nd6 24. Nc5 Nb5 25. Rcxd3 exd3 26. Nxe6
Nxa3 (26... fxe6 27. Bc5 $18) 27. Nxg7 Rb1 (27... Kxg7 28. Rxd3 $18) 28. Rxb1
Nxb1 29. Ne8 d2 30. Bf3 Nc3 31. Nd6 Kf8 32. Nc4 d1=Q+ 33. Bxd1 Nxd1 34. Ne5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 {Das ist die Leib-
und Magenvariante von Loginov. Er kennt sich mit den Stellungstypen sehr gut
aus, aber seine Kollegen können sich sehr gut auf ihn einstellen.} exd5 7. d3
Ngf6 8. Nc3 Bd6 {Kramnik entschied sich auch für diesen Zug.} 9. e4 $146 ({
Ich hätte hier von Loginov} 9. Qc2 {erwartet, da er dies in ähnlichen
Stellungen häufig gespielt hat.}) ({Am häufigsten wird hier} 9. h3 {gespielt.})
9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Ne5 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf4 13. Bxg4 Be5 14. Bh3 ({
Weniger ehrgeizig wäre} 14. Bf3 {. Freilich sieht der Bf3 für längere Zeit
etwas tolpatschig aus; andererseits bleibt Pe4 gedeckt.}) 14... O-O 15. Qc2 Qe7
16. Rfe1 Rad8 {Schwarz hat keine Probleme. Ein weißer Vorstoß im Zentrum steht
noch nicht auf der Tagesordnung.} 17. Re2 Qc5 18. Kh1 Bd4 19. f3 g6 20. Rae1
Rfe8 21. Nd1 $2 ({Vielleicht sollte Weiß hier auf die Neutralisierung der
d-Linie achten.} 21. Rd2) 21... Kg7 22. Nf2 ({Auch in dem Endspiel} 22. Qxc5
Bxc5 $15 {hat Schwarz aufgrund der d-Linie ein wenig mehr vom Spiel.}) 22...
Bxf2 $1 23. Rxf2 Qa5 {[%csl Ra2,Re1]} 24. Ra1 {Sicher nicht mit Begeisterung
gespielt.} Rd4 $17 {[%cal Ye8d8]} 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Rd3 {Schwarz besitzt
hier einen klaren Vorteil wegen der d-Linie und der geschwächten weißen
Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel.} 27. Rc1 Red8 28. Rcc2 (28. Bf1 Rd2 29. Rxd2
Rxd2 $17) 28... Nd7 29. Bf1 Rd1 30. Rcd2 Ne5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rb2
b6 34. Be2 Rc1 35. f4 Nd7 36. Rd2 $2 {Funktioniert nicht ganz.} (36. c4 Nc5 $17
) 36... Nc5 37. e5 Rxc3 38. Bf3 Rd3 39. Rc2 (39. Re2 Ne6 40. Bxc6 Nd4 41. Be4
Rxg3+ 42. hxg3 Nxe2) 39... Ne6 40. Be4 (40. Rxc6 $4 Nd4) (40. Bxc6 Nd4 41. Rc4
Rd2+ 42. Kf1 b5 $19) 40... Ra3 41. Bxc6 (41. Kf2) 41... Nd4 42. Rc4 Rxa2+ 43.
Kh3 Rd2 44. Bb7 Ne6 45. g4 Rd4 46. Rxd4 Nxd4 47. Ba6 b5 48. Kg3 b4 49. Kf2 b3
50. Ke3 b2 51. Bd3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 1st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nc3 Be7 ({Zuletzt wurde} 9... Bc5 {bevorzugt.}) 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e3 $146
{[%cal Yc3e2,Ye2f4] Eine interessante Idee: Weiß möchte das Läuferpaar ohne
die Bauernstellung am Königsflügel zu lockern.} (11. e4 Nc5 (11... Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nc5 13. Rd1 Ne6 14. Ne2 Bc5 15. b4 Bd4 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qe7 18. Bg2
a5 19. b5 Qb4 20. Rab1 Qxb2 21. Rxb2 $14 {Tkachiev,V-Hector,J/Isle of Man 1996}
) 12. Nh4 (12. g4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Re8 15. Be3 Bf8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. f4
$14 {Gelman,A-Mitbreit,D/Moscow 1995}) 12... Re8 (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14.
Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Nxb2 17. Rfb1 Nc4 18. Rxb7 Nxe3 19. Rxe7 Nxg2 20.
Kxg2 $14 {Davies-Kuijf/Graested/1990}) 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rb1 Rc8 16.
Qb2 h6 17. Nh4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nd7 $1 19. f4 f6 $13 {Malaniuk,V-Vyzmanavin,A/
Groningen 1993}) (11. Nd4 Bc5 12. Nf5 Bg6 13. e4 Re8 14. a3 a5 15. Nh4 dxe4 16.
dxe4 Ne5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Bg5 $14 {Vezdeutsan,V-Vioreanu,B/Eforie
Nord 1998}) 11... Nc5 ({Eine scharfe Idee ist} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 d4 {die
Pointe, ansonsten hätte man sich mit dem Schlagen auf f3 nicht beeilen müssen.}
13. exd4 $140 Nb6 {[%csl Gd5] mit einer Blockade auf d5.}) 12. Ne2 Nfd7 13. Nf4
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd6 15. Bg2 Bxf4 16. exf4 {Läuferpaar gegen Springerpaar: das
ist ein garnicht so seltenes Thema in dieser Variante. Zunächst hat Weiß
keinen sonderlichen Grund, auf die B stolz zu sein: der felsenfeste Block
b7-c6-d5 läßt insbesondere dem Bg2 wenig Wirkung.} Qf6 $6 {Die Q ist hier
nicht sonderlich gut plaziert.} 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Rfe1 a5 (18... Rfe8) (18... Nb6
) 19. Rac1 a4 20. Bd2 Ra6 $2 {Der Ra6 steht hier nicht besser als auf a8.} ({
Die Selbstfesselung} 20... Nd4 21. Qd1 Rfe8 22. Bc3 $16 {macht ebenfalls
keinen guten Eindruck.}) (20... Rfe8 $142 21. Bc3 Qd8 $14) 21. Bc3 $1 d4 {
[%csl Gg2] Mit der Verlängerung der Diagonale g2-a8 ist Weiß wesentlich
vorangekommen.} (21... Nd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Re7 Rd8 24. Rce1) ({Auch} 21...
Qd8 {gibt zu Sorgen Anlaß:} 22. f5 Nc7 23. Bb4 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Re1 $16 {
[%csl Gb4,Ge1] Immerhin bleibt wenigstens der Bg2 tot.}) 22. Bb4 $16 {Jetzt
sind beide B lebendig.} Rfa8 (22... c5 23. Bd2) 23. h4 {Bringt zusätzlich ein
eventuelles Bh3 ins Spiel.} Rb6 24. Bd6 Ra5 (24... c5 25. Be5 $16) 25. Re2 Qd8
26. Rce1 Ndf8 ({Das konsequente} 26... c5 {löst auch nicht die Probleme:} 27.
f5 Rxd6 28. fxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Nf8 31. Re2 $16 {[%csl Gc2,Ge2,
Gg2] und die weißen Figuren sind ihren Gegenspielern klar überlegen.}) 27. Ba3
h6 28. Qc4 Rbb5 29. Bb4 Ra8 30. a3 Qf6 $2 ({Zäher war} 30... Qb6 31. Bh3 $16)
31. Bh3 Nxf4 (31... Rd5 32. f5 $18 {[%cal Yb4e7]}) 32. gxf4 Qxh4 33. Bg2 Qxf4
34. Re4 (34. Re8 Rg5 35. Rxa8 Qf3 36. Rxf8+ Kh7 37. Kf1 $18) 34... Qg5 35. Re8
{Eine gerechte Strafe für die Abseitsstellung der schwarzen Türme.} Rxe8 36.
Rxe8 Kh7 37. Qxf7 Rf5 38. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Bd6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4 $146 (9. e4 $6 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ne5 $1 $10) (9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Ne5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 Bc7 15. Qe2 Bb6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. f4
f6 $13 {Dejkalo-Kuczynski, Polen 1987}) 9... Bh5 10. Qh4 Bg6 11. e4 O-O 12. Be3
Re8 (12... Nc5 13. Rad1) 13. Rad1 a6 14. Qh3 Bb4 15. Nh4 Nf8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17.
exd5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bd2 (19. Bd4 $2 Ne6) 19... Qa5 20. c4 Nc3 21. Qg4
Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bd2 Qa3 24. Bc1 Qa5 (24... Qxa2 25. Rd2 Qa5 26. Rb2)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Namgilov, Sogto"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 {Hier hat Schwarz die freie
Auswahl. (Fast) alle sinnvollen Züge wurden schon gespielt.} (5... g6) (5... e6
) (5... Be6) (5... a5) (5... Na6) (5... Nbd7) (5... Ne4) 6. Na3 Qd5 {Ein
übliches Manöver im Reti-Gambit: der Rückgewinn des Pc4 wird erschwert.} (6...
e6 $6 7. Nxc4 $14) 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6 9. e4 (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qc2 e6 11. Nxc4
Na6 $15 12. Ne3 Qd8 13. a5 $6 Nd5 14. Ng4 $2 Bb4 $17 {Weyrich-Slobodjan/2.BLN/
1994}) 9... Qd4 10. Qe2 $146 (10. Nc2 Qd8 11. Ne3 e6 12. Nxc4 Bc5 13. d3 Na6
14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. e5 Nd5 16. d4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Bxb6 18. Be3 Nb4 19. O-O Nd5 20.
Bf2 g5 $15 {Tosic-Onischuk/Alushta/1994}) (10. Qc2 Na6 11. Qxc4 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 {
->Knol-Boersma}) 10... Na6 {[%csl Rc1,Rg2] Weiß gewinnt den Pc4 zurück und er
hat das B-Paar erobert. Er kann aber dennoch kaum auf Vorteil rechnen, da die
schwarze Bauernstruktur gesünder ist, und die weißen Läufer keine Wirkung
entfalten.} 11. Bf1 (11. Nxc4 $143 Nb4 12. Ne3 Nd3+ 13. Kd1 Nxb2+ 14. Bxb2 Qxb2
$17) (11. Qxc4 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Ke2 e6 14. d3 Bc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3
Bh5 17. Bh3 g5 18. Nhg2 O-O-O 19. Rhd1 Rd4 20. Ne1 Bg6 21. Bg2 h5 22. N1c2 Nxc2
23. Nxc2 Rdd8 24. Ne3 h4 25. g4 $10 {Knol-Boersma/NLD-chT/1987}) 11... O-O-O
12. Qxc4 Nb4 $15 (12... Nc5 $15) 13. Qxd4 (13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Qxd4 Rxd4 $15)
13... Rxd4 14. Ng2 (14. b3 $5 e6 15. Bb2 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Bc3 $10) 14...
Nd7 (14... e6 15. Ne3 Be7 $17) 15. Ne3 Nc5 (15... Ne5 $5 16. Bh3+ (16. Be2
Nbd3+ 17. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19. Rhxc1 Rxa4 $17) 16... e6 17. O-O Bc5 $17
) 16. Bc4 (16. Nac2 Nxc2+ (16... e5 $5) 17. Nxc2 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxa4 $17) 16...
e6 (16... Ncd3+ 17. Ke2 e6 18. b3 Bc5 $17 (18... Bh5 $17)) 17. Ke2 Be7 (17...
Nxa4 18. b3 Nc5 (18... Nb6 19. Nac2 Rd7 20. Rxa7 $15) 19. Bb2 (19. Nac2 Nxc2
20. Nxc2 Rd7 21. Rxa7 b5 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Bd3 Nxb3 $17) 19... Rd8 20. d4 Nd7
$13) 18. b3 Bf6 19. Rb1 (19. Nac2 $2 Rdd8 $1 20. Rb1 $2 Nxc2 21. Nxc2 Nxe4 $1
$19) 19... Rhd8 20. Rd1 (20. Nac2 $6 Nxc2 21. Nxc2 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Nxe4 $1 $17)
20... Ncd3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Nac2 R4d7 23. Ne1 Nxc1+ 24. Rbxc1 Bd4 (24... Kc7
$15) (24... Be7 25. Nc4 f6 $15) 25. N1c2 f5 (25... Bb2 26. Rb1 Bf6 $15) 26.
Nxd4 Rxd4 27. d3 fxe4 28. dxe4 e5 29. Nc4 Bf7 $10 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Nd2 Kd7 32.
f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Rd6 34. Rg1 g6 35. Rg3 c5 36. Rc3 Rb6 37. Rh3 (37. Rxc5 Bxb3
38. a5 Rb4 $10) 37... Bg8 38. Kd3 Rb4 39. Kc3 Ke7 40. Rd3 b6 41. Rh3 a6 42. Rg3
Bf7 43. Rh3 Bg8 44. Rg3 Bf7 45. Rg5 a5 46. Rg3 Be6 47. Re3 Kf6 48. Re1 Bf7 49.
h4 Be6 50. Re3 Ke7 51. Re1 Kf6 52. Rf1 Bf7 (52... Bxb3 $6 53. e5+ Kf5 54. Nxb3
Rxa4 $13) 53. Rf3 Be8 54. Re3 Ke7 55. Re1 Kf6 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS10 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 (8. Nc3 $14) 8... Bc5 9. e4 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 f5
13. Na4 Bd6 14. e3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nhf6 16. b4 Ne5 17. Bg2 Qe8 $132 {
Taimanov-Vorotnikov/Leningrad/1974}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Bd6 (10... dxe4 11. dxe4
Re8 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3 $5) 13. Nh4 Be2 14. Re1 Ba6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. Rxe3 g6 18. Rae1 Nh5 19. e5 Ng7 20. f4 $14 {Etruk-Rozenfeld/Tallinn/1964})
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Re8 13. Nh4 g6 14. f4 (14. Kh2 $2 Nxe4 $17) (14. Be3 dxe4
15. dxe4 Qe7 16. Rad1 Bc5 $13) 14... Nh5 15. Qf2 (15. Kh2 $2 Nxg3 16. Kxg3 Qg5+
17. Kh2 Qxh4 $17) 15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Bc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 $1 $10 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Kh2 (20. Kf2 $2 Nc5) 20... Nc5 21. e5 Red8 $2 (21... b5 $10) 22.
b4 Na4 (22... Nd3 $6 23. b5) 23. Rf2 (23. b5 $6 Rd2) 23... b5 24. f5 Ng7 (24...
Rd3 25. g4 Ng7 26. e6 $16) (24... Rd4 $5) 25. e6 $1 gxf5 (25... g5 26. exf7+
Kxf7 27. Nf3) (25... fxe6 26. fxg6) 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Be4 Kg8 28. Nxf5 Nxf5
29. Bxf5 $16 Kg7 (29... Re8 30. Rd1 Re7) 30. Be6 Rf8 31. Raf1 Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2
Rf8 33. Kg2 Nc3 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Bg8 b6 37. Ke3 c5 38. Kd3 (38.
Bxh7 Nxa2 39. bxc5 bxc5 $13) 38... cxb4 39. a3 Nd1 40. axb4 Nf2+ 41. Kd4 h5 42.
Bd5 Nxh3 43. Bf3 Ng5 44. Bxh5 Kd6 45. Bg4 Nf7 46. Be2 Nd8 47. Bxb5 Ne6+ 48. Kc3
(48. Ke4 Nc7 49. Be2 b5 50. Kf5 (50. Kd4 Nd5 $10) 50... Nd5 51. Bxb5 Nxb4 52.
g4 Nd5 53. g5 Ne7+ $10) 48... Ke5 49. Bd7 Ng5 50. Bc6 Nf7 51. Kd3 Nd6 52. Bd7 (
52. Ke3 Nf5+ 53. Kf3 $4 Nd4+) (52. b5 Nf5 53. g4 Nd6 $10) 52... Ne4 53. g4 Nf6
54. Bc8 b5 55. Kc3 Nd5+ 56. Kb3 Kf4 57. Be6 Nc7 58. Bd7 Kg5 59. Bc8 Kf4 60. Bb7
Kxg4 61. Kc3 Kf5 62. Kd4 Ne6+ 63. Kd5 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qa4 Bxf3 $1 $10 (6...
Ngf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Ne5 $1 $14) 7. Bxf3 e6 (7... Ngf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Be7 $1 (10... Nxe4 $6 11. Bxe4 Qb6 12. O-O Bd6 13. d3 Ke7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Qc4 $14 {A.Petrosian-Bagirov/URS/1977}) 11. Nxf6+ (11. Nc3 $6 O-O 12. d4 Nb6
13. Qd1 Qd7 $15 {Dorfman-Bagirov/Lvov/1978}) 11... Bxf6 12. Bxb7 O-O $13) 8.
O-O (8. Nc3 a6 (8... Bd6 $6 9. d4 $6 (9. e4 $1) 9... f5 10. Qc2 g6 11. h4 h5
12. Bf4 Bxf4 $6 13. gxf4 Ngf6 14. e3 Kf7 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Kb1 Ne4 17. Bxe4
fxe4 18. Rdg1 Rag8 19. Rh3 $36 {Szabo-Donner/Beverwijk/1966}) (8... Ngf6 9. O-O
{->8.0-0}) 9. d4 Ngf6 10. O-O b5 11. Qd1 Be7 $10 {A.Petrosian-Sherbakov/EU-Cup/
1991}) 8... Ngf6 9. d3 (9. Nc3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. Bg5 a6 12. Rfd1 b5 {remis/De
Boer-Bagirov/Dieren op/1990}) 9... Bc5 (9... Be7 $10) 10. Nc3 (10. d4 Be7 $10)
10... O-O 11. b4 Bd4 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rac1 (13. e3 Be5 (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 $14)
14. d4 Bd6 15. a3 $10) 13... Ne5 14. Bg2 Rfc8 $1 (14... Neg4 15. e3 Be5 16. h3
$14) (14... Nfg4 15. e3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxd3 $4 17. Rcd1 $18) 15. h3 (15. e3 Nxd3
(15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd3 $2 18. Rd1 $18) 16. exd4 Nxc1 17. Rxc1
Qxd4 18. Be1 $13) 15... Nh5 16. e3 Nxd3 (16... Bxc3 $2 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. Bxc3
Nxd3 $4 19. Rd1 $18) 17. Nxd5 (17. exd4 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qxd4+ 19. Kh2 Nxc1 20.
Rxc1 Qxd2 $17) 17... exd5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. exd4 Nf6 (19... Qxd4 20. Be3 Qxb4
21. Qxa7) 20. b5 (20. Qa5) (20. Be3 Qxb4 (20... Nb2 21. Qb3 Nc4 22. Rc1) 21.
Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Rb1 Nxa2 23. Rxb7 Ra8 24. Bg5 Nc3 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rc7 Nb5 27.
Rc5 Nxd4 28. Bxd5 Rd8) 20... Ne4 21. Ba5 $2 (21. Be3 $6 Rc4 22. Qd1 Rc3) (21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. d5 $10) 21... Qf6 22. Bc7 $2 (22. Qb3 $2 Qxd4) (22. Qd1 $2 Ndxf2
23. Qe2 (23. Bxe4 Nxd1 24. Rxf6 gxf6 $19) (23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2
Nhg5 $19) 23... Qxd4 24. Rxf2 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rc2+ 27. Kg1 Rxa2
$19) (22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Bd2 $15) 22... Rxc7 23. b6 Rc8 (23... axb6 $4 24. Qe8#)
24. bxa7 Ra8 25. Qb5 Qxd4 26. Qxb7 Qxa7 27. Qxd5 Ndxf2 $19 28. Kh2 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 (5. b3 e5 $5) 5... cxd5 6. Nc3
(6. d4 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 O-O 11. e3 $14 {Pavlovic,
M-Nikolic,B/JUG-ch/1991}) 6... e6 7. O-O (7. d3 b6 $6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bf4 a6 10.
Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Bd6 b4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd5
$14 {Loginov-Yemelin/St.Petersburg op/1995}) 7... a6 $5 $146 {Es ist klar, daß
Schwarz aus der Begegnung der Kontrahenten vom Vorjahr (->7.d3) seine
Schlußfolgerungen gezogen hat. Er strebt jetzt sofort b7-b5 an.} (7... Bd6 8.
d3 b6 9. Nb5 Bb8 10. Bd2 a6 11. Nbd4 Bb7 {Kirov-Ziatdinov/Beograd/1990} 12. Rc1
$5 $14) (7... Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ne5 Nh5 11. Bd2 g6 12. Bh6 Ng7 $13 {
Sanz-Westerinen/Alicante/1975}) 8. d3 (8. d4 $14) 8... b5 9. e4 (9. a4 b4 10.
Na2) (9. b3 {/\ Bb2 ->A13}) 9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Bb7 11. e5 (11. Bg5 $5) 11...
Nd5 12. Ne4 (12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. a4 (13. Bg5)) (12. Bg5 $6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7) (
12. Bd2) 12... h6 {[%csl Rg2] Die Bauernstruktur ähnelt der der Meraner
Verteidigung. Wie dort, hat Schwarz für eine feste Stellung am Damenflügel und
im Zentrum die Entwicklung des Königsflügels hintangestellt.} 13. Re1 (13. Nd4
$6 Nxe5 (13... Nc5) 14. Qh5 Qb8 $15 (14... Nd3 $2 15. Nxe6 $16) 15. Nxe6 $140
$6 g6) 13... Qb6 14. Be3 {Eine radikale Lösung des Entwicklungsproblems des
Bc1. Für das B-Paar kann Weiß den Idealspringer Nd5 beseitigen.} (14. a4 $5)
14... Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Rd8 $1 (15... Nc5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 $14) 16. Qe2 (16.
Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 (17. exd6 Nf6 $17 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yb7d5]}) 17... Qxd6
18. exd6 Nb6 $19 {[%csl Rd6]}) 16... Be7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Red3 Bd5 {[%cal Rd5c4]
} (18... Nc5 $5) 19. Rxd5 $6 {Bei ruhigem Spielverlauf muß Weiß ständig mit
der Kraft des Läuferpaars rechnen.} (19. b3 Nc5 $15) 19... exd5 20. Nc3 Qe6 21.
Nxd5 Bc5 $8 22. b4 Ba7 23. Nf4 (23. Nc7 $142 $5 Qc4 (23... Qc6 24. e6 Qxc7 25.
e7 $11) (23... Qb6 24. Nd5 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 $17) 24...
Qe6 (24... Qb7 $2 {[%csl Gg2]} 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. e6 $16) 25. Nc7 $11) 24. Qxc4
bxc4 25. e6 Nf6 (25... Bb6 26. exd7 Bxc7 27. Bf1 c3 28. Bxa6 c2 29. Rc1 Rxd7
30. Rxc2 $14) 26. Rc1 $11 (26. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 27. e7 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 c3 $19) 26...
Rd6 (26... Rc8 27. e7 Rxc7 28. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Ne5 $14) (26... Nd5 27. Bh3
$132) 27. Ne5 Rd2 (27... fxe6 28. Nxc4) 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Rxc4
$11) 23... Qc4 $1 24. Qe1 (24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. e6 Nb6 $19) 24... Rfe8 $1 $19 (
24... Nxe5 $5 25. Nxe5 (25. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxd8 $19) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2
Qc2+ 27. Qe2 Qxd1 28. Qxd1 Rxd1 29. Bd5 $13) 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxd7 (26. Bh3 Nf8
$19) 26... Rxd7 27. Ne5 Qd4 (27... Bxf2+ $5 28. Kxf2 (28. Qxf2 Rd1+ 29. Bf1
Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Qd4+ $19) 28... Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Rd1 30. Qe2 Qc1+ 31. Kf3 Rd2 $19)
28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Bh3 Qd4 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. Nf4 g6 $19 33. h4 Bb8
34. Nxg6 Bxg3 (34... Kxg6 35. Bf5+ Kxf5 36. Qxe8 $19) 35. h5 Kg7 36. Kg2 Qxf2+
37. Qxf2 Bxf2 38. Bd5 Be1 39. Bb7 Re6 40. Kf3 Bxb4 41. Nf4 Rb6 42. Be4 Rf6 43.
Kg4 Bd6 44. Nd3 Rf1 45. Bb7 a5 46. Bc6 b4 47. Ba4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 {a safe line} (5... cxd5 $2
6. Ne5) (5... exd5) 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bc5 (9... Be7 10.
a3 (10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Bxe3
16. Qxe3 Rfd8 $10 {Portisch-Matanovic/Wijk aan Zee/1968}) 10... O-O 11. b4 (11.
Bd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Kh1 Nd4 15. b4 Nb6 16. e3 Nb5 17. Qb3 Qd7
18. Ne2 Bf6 $10 {Larsen-Ivkov/Bled/1965}) 11... a5 (11... Rc8 12. Bd2 Qd7 13.
Bg2 Rfd8 14. Rc1 b6 15. Re1 Nd4 $10 {Forintos-Hennings/Kecskemet/1968}) 12. b5
Nd4 13. Bg2 a4 14. Rb1 Nb3 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. e3 Qa5 17. f4 Rac8 $10 {
Keene-Geller/Teesside/1975}) 10. Bd2 (10. Bg2 O-O 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. h3 Rfd8 13.
Rc1 Rac8 14. a3 a6 $10 {Sloth-Gligoric/Kopenhagen/1965}) 10... a6 11. Rc1 Ba7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O (13... Nxe4) 14. Nxf6+ (14. Bg5 Bd4) 14... Qxf6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qxb2 17. Bc3 (17. Rxa6 $4 Bxf2+ $19) 17... Qb5 (17... Qxa2
18. Qg4 f6 19. Rxe6) 18. Qg4 e5 19. Rc7 Bb6 (19... Qxd3 20. Bxe5 Qg6 21. Qxg6
hxg6 22. Rd1 $14) 20. a4 Qxd3 21. Bxe5 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rc6 Ba5 24. Bc7
Bxc7 25. Rxc7 Rfd8 26. Rfc1 Rd4 27. R1c4 Rad8 28. h4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2
Ra1 31. Kf3 Ra2 32. Ke3 Kf8 33. Re4 a5 34. f3 Ra3+ 35. Kf4 Rc3 36. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 c6 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. d3 Bc5 {Aktiver als} (9... Be7 {, was schon häufig gespielt wurde.}
) 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rd1 $146 {[%cal Ye2e4]} (12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5
14. Be2 Qe7 15. Kg2 Ned7 16. Bd3 Bd4 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 h6 20.
Bxf6 Qxf6 $132 {Ninov,K-Savchenko,S/Cap d'Agde 1994}) 12... Qe7 {Das ist ein
sehr ansehnliches Feld für die Q, sodaß man über die Einschaltung von 12.Rd1
geteilter Meinung sein kann.} 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8 {Weiß hat einige
statische Punkte gesammelt: Er hat eine Majorität im Zentrum und er hat das
Läuferpaar erobert. Dafür hat Schwarz dynamische Vorteile: er hat
Entwicklungsvorsprung und seine Figuren sind aktiver als die des Gegners. Das
alles verspricht einen spannenden Kampf.} 15. Kg2 {Weiß hebt die Fesselung des
Pf2 auf; dafür verwehrt er dem Bf3 den Rückzug nach g2.} (15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Be2
Bd4 17. Kg2 Ng6 $132) (15. Bg2 Ne5 16. Bd2 (16. Bg5 h6) (16. Bf4 Ng6) 16... Nd3
$132) ({Leider klappt} 15. Kh2 $2 {taktisch nicht:} Ne5 16. Bg2 Bxf2 $1 $19)
15... h6 (15... Ne5 16. Be2) 16. a3 (16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Rxd8 (17. Be2 Ng6 $15)
17... Rxd8 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 $11) 16... Nf8 (16... Ne5 17.
Be2 (17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Be2 Qd7 19. Bf4 (19. b4 $2 Bxf2 $1 20. Kxf2 Qxh3 $19)
19... Ng6 20. Rd1 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4 $11)) 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. b4 (18. Bd2 $142 Ne6
19. Ne2) 18... Bb6 {Das Feld d4 wird dem Nf8 offengehalten.} ({Weniger
raffiniert wäre} 18... Bd4) 19. Bb2 $2 {Weiß unterschätzt den folgenden Zug;
der Bc1 durfte die Diagonale c1-h6 nicht verlassen.} (19. Na4 Ne6 20. Nxb6 Nd4
$1 (20... axb6 21. Be3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11) 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. bxc5 axb6 (22...
Nc2 $5) 23. Rb1 b5 $17) (19. Bd2 $142 Ne6 20. Ne2 {und die Stellung ist fast
ausgeglichen.}) 19... Ne6 $17 {[%csl Re4][%cal Re6g5,Re6d4] Hier ist klar, daß
die schwarze Strategie des Figurenspiels gegen das weiße Zentrum gesiegt hat.
Weiß muß um das Überleben kämpfen.} 20. e5 {Aronian tritt die Flucht nach
vorne an.} ({Bei defensivem Verhalten bleibt Weiß in der Hinterhand:} 20. Na4
Ng5 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Re1 (22. Qb3 Nfxe4 $17) 22... Qe6 23. g4 Nxf3 24. Kxf3 h5
25. Bxf6 Qxf6+ $17) (20. h4 Nd4 21. Qd1 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Rd2 $19) (20. Re1 Ng5 21.
Bd1 Qd7 $17 (21... Qe6 22. g4 Bc7 $17)) 20... Nd7 {[%csl Re5]} 21. Re1 (21. Ne2
Bc7 {und der Pe5 fällt.}) 21... a5 $1 {Aufmerksam.} ({Nach dem naheliegenden} 
21... Nd4 22. Qe4 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxe5 24. Na4 $1 $132 {verflüchtigt sich der
schwarze Vorteil.}) 22. Ne4 ({Vielleicht wäre} 22. Na2 $5 {besser gewesen:} Nd4
({oder} 22... Ng5 23. Bg4 Nf6 (23... h5 24. Bf5 g6 25. e6 $1 $13) 24. Bf5 Nd5
$36) 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 $15) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Bd4 {Konsequent: der Pe5 ist nicht
mehr zu verteidigen.} ({Spielbar, wenn auch weniger klar, ist} 23... Qxb4) 24.
Be2 Nxe5 {Schwarz hat den strategisch wichtigsten weißen Bauern kassiert, ohne
daß Weiß irgendeine Art von Kompensation vorweisen könnte.} 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26.
Qxc3 Rd4 (26... Nd4 27. Rd1 Nxe2 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxe5) 27. Nc5 Qd6 28. Nxe6
$2 (28. Nxb7 $142 {gibt Schwarz die Auswahl zwischen 2 Endspielen mit einem
glatten Mehr(frei)bauern.} Qd5+ ({oder} 28... Qxb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 $17) 29. Bf3 (
29. f3 Rd3 $1 $19) (29. Kh2 Rd3 $1 $19) 29... Nxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rxb4
{und die Stellung ist äußerst gewinnträchtig.}) 28... fxe6 {Angesichts der
wunderbar zentralisierten schwarzen Figuren kann man den Pe6 nicht als
ernsthaft schwach betrachten.} 29. Rd1 {Führt zu einem verlorenen
Bauernendspiel} ({Die Alternative} 29. Bh5 {versprach auch keine Rettung:} Qd5+
30. Kg1 Nd3 31. Rxe6 (31. Ra1 Nxb4 $19) 31... Rc4 $1 $19) 29... Rxd1 30. Bxd1
Qxd1 31. Qxe5 Qd5+ 32. Qxd5 exd5 $19 33. f4 Kf7 34. Kf3 h5 35. f5 b6 36. Kf4 c5
37. bxc5 bxc5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g6 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gerstner, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8. d3
Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. O-O Qd7 (11... Bg6 12. Ne5 Nd7 $8 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. h4 $1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/Moscow 1974/Candidates}) 12. h3 {Ein
Nebenweg: Weiß unterbindet eine gelegentliches Ng4 oder Bg4 und bereitet so
die prinzipiellen Vorgehensweisen Pe2-e4 und Nf3-e5 vor.} ({Auch mit den
häufig gespielten Alternativen hat Schwarz so seine Schwierigkeiten:} 12. Ne5
Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 (13... Rfc8 $6 14. e4 Bg6 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 $16 {
Kirov,N-Kovacs,L/Copenhagen/1981}) (13... Bg6 14. e4 Ng4 (14... Rad8 15. exd5
exd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Be5 18. d4 Bb8 (18... Bxd4 19. Rfd1 Be5 20. Nf6+)
19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ne3 Qxd4 22. Qxb7 $16 {Smyslov-Bronstein/
URS-ch/1974}) (14... dxe4 15. dxe4 Rad8 16. Rfd1 $14) 15. Bf4 d4 $1 (15... e5
$2 16. Nxd5 $1 Bd6 (16... exf4 17. Rc7 $18) 17. Bd2 $18 {Doda,Z-Kruszynski,W/
Gdynia 1973}) (15... dxe4 16. dxe4 e5 17. Nd5 Rfc8 18. Bh3 Bd6 19. f3 h5 20.
Be3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 $16 {Pigusov-Maximenko/Riga/1988}) 16. Ne2 e5 17.
Bd2 Kh8 18. Bh3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. f3 Ne3 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. a4 {1/2:1/2/
Ibrahimov,R-Starostits,A/Oropesa del Mar/1999}) 14. Bd4 (14. Bf4 d4 15. Na4 e5
16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Be6 19. Qc2 b6 20. Rc7 Rfc8 21. Rc1 Rxc7 22.
Qxc7 Rc8 23. Qxc8+ Qxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bb4 $14 {Neckar,L-Mozny,M/Prague/
1988}) 14... Bd6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. e4 a6 17. Bc5 Rc8 18. Nd4 dxe4 19. dxe4 $16 {
Kirov-G.Agzamov/Potsdam/1985}) (12. e4 Bg6 (12... Bg4 13. Ne5 $1 (13. exd5 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 exd5 17. Be5 $14 {Doda,Z-Rogoff,K/Polanica
Zdroj 1974}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 dxe4 (14... Rfd8 $2 15. h3 Bh5 16. exd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rc7 $18 {Franke-Dahl/corr/1971}) 15. dxe4 {[%cal Yh2h3]} Rfd8
16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qxb7 $18 {Kaid,A-Reiter,H/GER 1998}) (
12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 Nc6 (16... Bf6 17.
Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qa5 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bd6 $16 {Dizdar-Haba/Halle/
1987}) 17. Rfd1 $44 Qc8 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (19... Bxd8) 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Qxc6 $14 {Barcza-Smyslov/Moskau ol/1956}) 13. exd5 (13. Nh4 d4 (13... Nd4
$11) 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nb1 e5 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. h3 Nh7 18. f4 $14 {Velickovic,
Z-Kaunzinger,A/Nuremberg 1989}) 13... exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 $16) 14. d4 (14. Rfd1 $143 Na5 (14... Bh5 $14) 15. Qc2 Bd6 $2 (
15... Nc6 $14) 16. Bg5 $16 {Forintos,G-Sallay,R/Budapest 1958}) 14... Na5 (
14... Be4 15. Ne5 $16) (14... Bd3 15. Rfd1 Bc4 16. Qc2) 15. Qd1 Ne4 16. Ne5 Qe6
17. Nb5 $18 {Brunner,L-Masserey,Y/Biel 1994}) (12. Rfe1 d4 (12... Bb4 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rfc8 16. Qd4 $16 {Vaulin,A-Trombik,K/Policka 1995})
13. Nb1 Rac8 14. Na3 Nh5 $2 (14... Bxa3 $5 $11) 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 $2 17.
Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxb7 $1 $16 {Pejko,O-Dancs,Z/Sarospatak 1995}) 12... Rac8 ({
Alternativen sind} 12... d4) ({und} 12... Bg6) 13. e4 $1 $146 {Technisch mag
dies zwar eine Neuerung sein, da dies aber bereits einen Zug vorher gespielt
wurde, kommt der Zug hier sicher nicht überraschend.} ({Weniger überzeugen kann
} 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bg6 16. Nf3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 {1/2-1/2 Sandor,
B-Stahlberg,G/Bucharest 1954}) 13... Bg6 (13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 (14... Bxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rcd1 $1 Qe8 (16... Nd6 $2 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Ng5
f5 20. Nxe6 $18) 17. Qxb7 $16) 15. Rcd1 Qe8 16. Qxb7 $14) 14. exd5 exd5 15. d4
$16 {[%csl Rd5] Weiß bestimmt hier ganz klar das Geschehen: der Pd5 ist
schwächer als sein Gegenspieler auf d4.} Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 $2 {Damit vergrößern
sich die schwarzen Probleme, da der N hier auf wackeligen Beinen steht.} (16...
Bb4 {adressiert das Problem des schwachen Pd5.} 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Re1 Bxc3 19.
Rxc3 Qb6 $16 (19... Rxc3 $2 20. Nxg6 $18)) 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. Qb3 (18. Nxc4 dxc4
19. Qa4 $16 (19. Bxb7 $16)) ({Zu wenig ergibt} 18. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxe5
20. Bxe5 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 $132) 18... b6 (18... Nb6 19. a4 (19. Rfe1) (19. Nb5
) 19... Rfe8 20. a5 Nc4 21. Qxb7 Rb8 (21... Nxa5 22. Qxa7 $18) 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23.
Qb7 Rab8 24. Qc6 (24. Qxb8 $5) 24... Rbc8 25. Qb5 Rb8 26. Qa4 $18) (18... Na5
19. Nxd5 $18) 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Ng4 Na5 (20... Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qd7 (21... Qxg4
22. Nxd5 $18 {[%csl Rc4,Re7]}) 22. Nxd5 $18) 21. Qb5 (21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxe8+
Rxe8 23. Qb5 $18) 21... Kf8 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 (22... Bxf6 23. Bd6+ Be7 24. Rxe7
Rxe7 25. Re1 $18) 23. Nxd5 Rxc1 24. Qxe8+ (24. Qxe8+ Kxe8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26.
Rxc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rac1 Qd7 (11... Bg6 $1 {played by Brunner})
12. e4 (12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bg6 (13... Ng4 14. Bd4 Bd6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. e4 a6
17. Bc5 Rc8 18. Nd4 dxe4 19. dxe4 {Kirov-G.Agzamov/Potsdam/1985}) 14. e4 Rad8 (
14... dxe4 15. dxe4 Rad8 16. Rfd1 $14) (14... Ng4 15. Bf4 dxe4 16. dxe4 e5 17.
Nd5 Rfc8 18. Bh3 Bd6 19. f3 h5 20. Be3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 $16 {
Pigusov-Maximenko/Riga/1988}) 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Be5 18. d4
Bb8 (18... Bxd4 19. Rfd1 Be5 20. Nf6+) 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ne3
Qxd4 22. Qxb7 $16 {Smyslov-Bronstein/URS-ch/1974}) 12... Bg6 (12... dxe4 13.
dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 Nc6 (16... Bf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18.
Qb5 a6 19. Qa5 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bd6 $16 {Dizdar-Haba/Halle/1987}) 17. Rfd1
Qc8 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 (19... Bxd8) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxc6 $14 {
Barcza-Smyslov/Moskau ol/1956}) (12... Bg4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rfd8 15. h3
Bh5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rc7 $18 {Franke-Dahl/corr/1971}) 13. exd5
exd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 $16) 14. d4 $146 (14. Ne5
$2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxd3 16. Rfd1 Bc4 $17 {Sehner-Fogarasi/Budapest/1991}) 14...
Na5 (14... Be4 15. Ne5 $16) (14... Bd3 15. Rfd1 Bc4 16. Qc2) 15. Qd1 Ne4 16.
Ne5 Qe6 17. Nb5 $18 Rad8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bc7 Nc6 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Re1 Qf6
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 a6 24. Rf4 Qe6 25. Nc3 f5 26. d5 Qf7 27. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Donev} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3
Bd6 8. Qc2 {Die Qc2 unterstützt hier den geplanten Zentrumsvortoß e4. Loginov
hat viele Partien zu diesem Thema beigesteuert.} O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 (
10... Rc8 $6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h5 $6 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. f4 Ne6 15. Kh1 Bc5 16.
Bd2 Qd7 17. e5 $16 {Spassov-Kolev/Bulgarien/1991}) 11. dxe4 Re8 12. h3 Bh5 (
12... Bxf3 {Diese Art, das Läuferpaar aufzugeben, gefällt mir besser als die
von Pelletier gewählte, da Schwarz hier Zeit gewinnt (der Bf3 muß doch nach g2
zurück).} 13. Bxf3 Qe7 14. Bg2 Bb4 15. Bd2 (15. Kh2 $5) 15... Nb6 (15... Bxc3
$6 16. Bxc3 Nxe4 $2 17. Rae1 $16) 16. Qb3 Bc5 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Re2 Nfd7 19.
Kh2 Nf8 20. Qc2 Ne6 $132 {Loginov-Soffer/Budapest/1993}) 13. Nh4 Bg6 {Das
scheint mir nicht konsequent (nach Bh5) zu sein.} (13... Bc5 14. Kh2 Nf8 {
[%cal Yf8e6,Ye6d4]}) (13... Bb4 14. f4 Nb6) 14. Nxg6 $14 hxg6 15. Kh2 (15. f4
$5) 15... Bb4 16. f4 Bxc3 (16... Qe7 $6 17. e5) (16... Nb6 17. e5) 17. bxc3 Qe7
18. e5 Nd5 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Bd2 (20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Be3 b6 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Qg2
Nf6 (23... Rbc8 24. Qxd5 Rxc3 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxd7 Rxe3 27. Rc1 $16) 24. Bd4
Nh7 (24... Ne4 25. c4 $18) 25. Rb5 Rbd8 26. Bf2 $16) 20... Qc5 21. Rbe1 (21.
Rfe1) 21... Nc7 22. Re4 {[%cal Yd2e3] /\ Be3,Ra4} (22. Be3 Qa5 23. c4 $16)
22... Nb6 23. Be3 Qb5 24. c4 $2 (24. Rb1 $1 Qd5 (24... Qa5 25. Rxb6 axb6 26.
Ra4 Qb5 27. c4 $18) (24... Qa6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Ra4 $18) 25. Reb4 $18) 24...
Qa5 25. Rb1 (25. c5 Nbd5 26. Bd2 Qa6 27. Ra4 $18) (25. Qf2 $142 {Donev,I} Ne6
26. f5 gxf5 27. Qxf5 Re7 28. Rh4 $18) 25... Ne6 26. c5 (26. Qf2 $5) 26... Nd5
27. Bf2 {[%cal Re4a4]} Qc3 28. Rc4 (28. Qe2 Qa5 (28... Nxc5 $4 29. Rc4 $18) 29.
Rc4 $16) 28... Qxc2 29. Rxc2 Red8 30. Rb3 Rd7 31. Rcb2 Nd8 32. h4 (32. a4 $5) (
32. Rd3 Ne6 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 $8 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. a4 $16) (32. Rd2 $1 {Für Weiß
ist es wichtig, einen Turm zu tauschen, darum sollte er die enzige offene
Linie nicht verlasen.} Ne6 33. h4 $16) 32... Nc7 33. Bf3 (33. g4 Nce6 34. Kg3)
33... Nce6 34. Kg2 Rc8 35. h5 $6 {Soweit ich sehen kann, erhöht dieser
Abtausch nur die schwarzen Remischancen.} (35. Ra3 $5 {Die folgende Variante
soll nur demonstrieren, daß Schwarz noch lange nicht alle Probleme gelöst hat.}
Ra8 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ke2 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc3 Rc8 40. Ke3 Rd7 41. Ra3 a6
42. Bg4 Ne6 43. Bxe6 fxe6 44. Rab3 Rcc7 45. Kf3 Ke7 (45... Rd5 46. Rxb7 Rxb7
47. Rxb7 Rxc5 48. Kg4 Rc3 49. Rb6 a5 50. Ra6 Ra3 51. Rxc6 Rxa2 52. Rxe6) 46.
Kg4 Kf7 47. Kg5 $16) (35. Ra3 {Donev,I}) 35... gxh5 36. Bxh5 g6 37. Bg4 Rcc7
38. Ra3 a6 39. Rc3 (39. Rab3 $16) 39... Rd5 40. Bf3 Rdd7 41. Rc4 (41. Rc1 Nd4
42. Bg4) 41... Rd3 42. Be2 Rd5 43. Bf3 Rd3 44. Be2 Rd5 45. Bf3 (45. Kf3 {
Donev,I} Re7 46. Ke4 f5+ (46... f6) 47. Kf3 (47. exf6 Ng5#) 47... Rh7 (47... g5
)) 45... Rd3 $14 {Wenn der Anziehende den aktiven Rd3 tauschen könnte, dann
sollte er mitels des Bauernmarsches g3-g4 nebst f4-f5 großen Vorteil bekommen.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 Bxf3 $5 $146
(7... Nbd7 {Kortschnoj,V-Spassky,B/Linares 1985}) (7... dxc4 8. dxc4 Qxd1 9.
Rxd1 Nbd7) (7... O-O 8. Qb3) 8. Bxf3 d4 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5) 9... a5 10. e4 {
Eigentlich sollte Weiß doch froh sein, daß dem Bf3 die Sicht erweitert wurde;
warum schränkt er sich jetzt freiwillig ein?} (10. Na3) 10... Nbd7 11. Bg2 h5
12. Qe2 (12. h3 h4 $140 (12... e5 13. f4) 13. g4) 12... e5 13. Na3 (13. h3)
13... h4 14. Nc2 Nc5 15. Rab1 Nfd7 16. f4 Qc7 17. f5 (17. b3 hxg3 18. hxg3 Qd6
19. a3 Qg6 20. Qf3) 17... Qd8 18. Be1 $2 {Seltsam. Vielleicht wollte Weiß den
Bd2 nicht tauschen (lassen)?} hxg3 19. hxg3 (19. Bxg3) 19... Bg5 20. Rd1 $2 (
20. b3 Qf6 $17) 20... Na4 21. Rb1 (21. b3 Nc3 22. Bxc3 dxc3) 21... Qf6 22. Kf2
Ndc5 23. Rh1 Rxh1 24. Bxh1 Qh6 {Jetzt wäre Weiß froh, wenn er den Be1 gegen
den Bg5 tauschen dürfte.} 25. Bg2 Bc1 $1 $19 26. b3 Nb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 28. Bd2
Qh7 29. Qf3 f6 30. Ke2 b6 31. Qg4 Bc3 32. Bc1 Na6 33. Kf1 a4 34. bxa4 Nc5 35.
Qd1 Nxa4 36. Ba3 Ba5 37. Bf3 Qh3+ 38. Bg2 Nc3 39. Bxh3 Nxd1 40. Bc1 Bc3 41. a3
Bb2 42. Bxb2 Nxb2 43. Ke2 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Karditsa"]
[Site "Karditsa"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Qa4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O Bg7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Na3 Nb6 10. Qa5 Bg4 $146 (10... Bf5 11. Bf4 Nc4 $6 12. Nxc4 dxc4 {
Vaganian-Christiansen/Linares/1985} 13. Qb4 $1 (13. Qb5 Qd5 $1) 13... Nd5 14.
Qxc4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Nxf4 16. gxf4 {/\ e3 Vaganian}) 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Rfd1 Nd6 13.
Rac1 a6 (13... Ndc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 (14... dxc4 15. Ne5 (15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Nd5
17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bd2) 15... Bxe2 16. Rd2 Bd3 17. Nxd3 cxd3 18. Bxb7 Qxd4 19.
Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxd3) 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.
b3 Nb6 17. Rc7 $16 Rd7 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Rc1) 14. Rc3 Bd7 15. Bxd6 exd6 16. b3
Bc6 17. Nc2 Nc8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ne3 (19. Nb4 Ne7) 19... Ne7 20. h4 Kf8 $2 (
20... f6 {/\ Kf7,Bh6}) 21. Ng5 h6 $2 (21... Kg8 22. Nh3 Bh6) 22. Nh3 $18 {><d5}
Rac8 23. Rc2 (23. Nf4) 23... g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Bh6 26. f4 Bxg5 27. fxg5
Bb5 28. Rcd2 Bc6 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. Rf6 b6 31. Rc2 Bb5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Kf2 Rd8
34. g4 Bc6 35. Nf5+ Nxf5 36. gxf5 Rd7 37. Rh6 (37. Rh6 Bb7 (37... Rd8 38. Bh3
Bb7 39. f6+ Kg8 40. g6 fxg6 41. Be6+ $18) 38. f6+ Kg8 39. Bh3 Rc7 40. g6 fxg6
41. Be6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 Be7 {Eine bekannte Stellung, die als ausgeglichen gilt. Weiß
kann sich nicht sehr viel auf sein Läuferpaar einbilden, da es wenig Wirkung
entfaltet. Speziell der Bf3 blickt einen gut geschützten Pd5 an. Schwarz hat
die Entwicklungsprobleme gelöst; alle Figuren befinden auf vernünftigen
Positionen. Der erste Feindkontakt wird üblicherweise von Weiß mit Pe2-e4
eingeleitet, er kann sich damit aber Zeit lassen, da jeder schwarze Bauernzug
im Zentrum die eigene Stellung schwächt.} 10. Bg2 ({Eine Alternative ist} 10.
e4) 10... O-O 11. Bd2 ({Es spielt keine größere Rolle, ob man hier mit} 11. a3
{anfängt.}) 11... Qd7 ({häufiger wählt man hier} 11... Rc8) 12. a3 Rab8 (12...
Rac8) (12... Rfc8) 13. b4 (13. Rc1 b5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bg5 b4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
axb4 Nxb4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. dxe4 $5) 19... Be7 20. d4 Rfd8 21. Qg4+ Kh8
$15 {Aronian,L-Beliavsky,A/Portoroz 1999/CBM 72}) 13... b5 14. Ra2 Rfc8 (14...
a5 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 $1 (17. Bxa5 b4 $1) 17... Nc6 18. exd5
exd5 $11) 15. Qb1 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Qd8 (15... a5 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bxa5 b4 $1 {[%cal Yd5c3]} 19. Rb2 Nc3 $132) 16. e4 a5 (16... d4 $2 {käme den
weißen Absichten entgegen.}) 17. exd5 axb4 $2 {Das hatte Zeit, denn die
Verwicklungen nach} (17... exd5 18. bxa5 b4 $1 {sind sicher nicht
unvorteilhaft für Schwarz.}) 18. dxc6 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 20. Be5 Bd6 (20... Rb6
21. Rc1 Rbxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxb5 $14 {[%csl Ga3,Gg2]}) 21. Bxd5 exd5 ({
Natürlich nicht} 21... Bxe5 $2 22. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 22. Qb2 (22. Re1)
22... Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxc6 24. Rb2 Re6 (24... Ra6) 25. Qf4 $36 h6 (25... Ra6 26.
Rfb1 Rxa3 (26... Ra5 27. a4 $16) 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 Ra8 29. Qd4 $16 {
[%csl Rd5] und der Pd5 fällt.}) 26. Rfb1 Reb6 (26... Qe8 27. a4 b4 28. Kg2 $16
(28. Rxb4 $4 Re1+ $19)) 27. Rb4 Qd7 28. a4 R6b7 (28... R8b7) 29. axb5 Rxb5 30.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 31. Rxb8+ Kh7 32. R1b7 Qf5 ({Nach} 32... Qg4 33. Rxf7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2
Qxd3 35. Rbb7 Qe4+ {entkommt der K mit} 36. Kh3 $18) 33. Rf8 Qxd3 34. Rfxf7 Kg6
35. Rxg7+ Kf6 36. Rbe7 d4 37. Rgf7+ Kg6 38. Rg7+ Kf6 39. Rgf7+ Kg6 40. Rf4 Qc4
(40... Qd1+ 41. Kg2 $18) 41. Re1 Qd5 42. Ree4 d3 43. Rd4 Qb7 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45.
Rfd4 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 e6 6. Nxg4 Nxg4 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e4 Nf6 (8... Ne5 9. d4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Nc4 11. exd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. dxc6
Re8+ 14. Kf1 Nxc6 15. Bf3 $16 {Davies,N-Krays,A/Tel Aviv 1993}) 9. e5 (9. Qb3
Nxe4 $2 (9... Qe7 $1) 10. Qxb7 $16 {Markov,J-Trofimova,O/Vladivostok 1995})
9... Nfd7 10. O-O Be7 $146 (10... Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. f4 g6 13. d4 Ne6 14. Nc3
$6 Nxd4 $132 {Cygielman,M-Bigot,A/Germany 1988}) (10... Nxe5 $4 11. Re1 $18)
11. Qg4 O-O (11... Nxe5 $6 12. Qxg7 Bf6 13. Qh6 $14) 12. d4 {[%cal Rc1h6]} f5
13. exf6 Nxf6 {Weiß hat zwar das Läuferpaar, aber es kann in dieser Situation
nicht sonderlich beeindrucken (Bg2 beißt auf Granit). Angesichts fehlender
Spannung in der Bauernstruktur ist mit einer längeren Manövrierphase zu
rechnen.} 14. Qe6+ Kh8 15. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2f3,Yf3e5] Der Nd2 strebt nach e5.} Qd7
{Die Qe6 kann dort nicht geduldet werden.} (15... Bd6 {[%cal Yf8e8]}) 16. Qe2 {
Das ist ein Zeichen, daß Weiß auf sein Läuferpaar zur Zeit nicht sehr stolz
ist.} Bd8 {[%cal Yd8b6] Der schwächste Punkt in der weißen Stellung ist der
Pd4.} (16... Na6 {[%cal Ya8e8]}) 17. Nf3 Bb6 18. Bf4 Na6 19. Qd3 Nc7 20. Rae1
Ne6 21. Bc1 {Weiß hat die Ruhe weg.} ({Selbstverständlich nicht} 21. Bh3 $4
Nxf4) (21. Be5 Ng4 $11) 21... Rae8 22. h4 {Eröffnet dem Bg2 eine Option auf
das bessere Feld h3.} Qd6 23. b4 Ne4 (23... Qxb4 $4 24. Ba3) 24. a3 Re7 ({
Aktiver sieht} 24... a5 $5 {aus.}) 25. Be3 {[%cal Yf3e5]} Ree8 {Schwarz
verlegt sich aufs Abwarten} 26. Ne5 {während Weiß kleine Fortschritte macht.}
Rd8 (26... Nxd4 $2 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. f3 $18) 27.
Bh3 Rde8 28. Bg2 (28. Kh2 $2 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxe5 $17) 28... Rd8
29. Kh2 Rde8 30. f3 Nf6 31. Bh3 $14 Re7 (31... Nd7 {war naheliegend, aber nach}
32. Bf2 {sieht der Tausch} Nxe5 $6 33. dxe5 $14 {vorteilhaft aus für Weiß: die
Bauern könnten ins Rollen kommen.}) 32. Bf2 Kg8 33. Re2 Rfe8 34. Rfe1 a5 35.
Kg2 {Weiß arbeitet mit kleinen Fallen.} axb4 36. axb4 Ba7 $6 (36... Qxb4 $2 37.
Nd7 Nxd7 38. Bxe6+ $18) (36... Nc7 $5 {[%cal Yc7b5] hätte den folgenden
Vorstoß unterbunden.}) 37. b5 {Mit dem Minoritätsangriff verschlechtert Weiß
die schwarze Bauernstellung.} cxb5 38. Bxe6+ {Der Fortschritt in der
Bauernstellung ist nicht umsonst zu haben: Weiß gibt dafür das Läuferpaar
wieder her.} Rxe6 39. Qxb5 R6e7 40. Qd3 Bb8 41. Rb2 {Es sind neue Ziele am
Damenflügel entstanden.} Qa6 42. Qf5 Rf8 $2 (42... Re6 {Der Druck gegen e5
gehörte zu den schwarzen Aktivposten.}) 43. Qb1 Qa4 $2 {Warum ?} (43... Rfe8
44. Nd3 Rxe1 45. Bxe1 Ba7 46. Bf2 $16) 44. Rxb7 {Manchmal ist Schach auch ein
Geduldsspiel.} Rxb7 45. Qxb7 Qa2 46. Qc6 Qa7 47. g4 Kh8 48. Re2 Qa3 49. Qc5 Bd6
50. Qxa3 Bxa3 {Da Weiß weit davon entfernt ist, einen gefährlichen Freibauern
zu bilden, geht es nach wie vor um kleine positionelle Errungenschaften.} 51.
Ra2 Bb4 52. Rb2 Bc3 53. Rc2 Bb4 54. Bg3 Ra8 55. Nd3 Be7 56. Rc7 {Die 7.Reihe
ist ein solcher Erfolg.} Bd8 57. Rb7 Kg8 58. Be5 Ra2+ 59. Kg3 Ba5 60. h5 Ra3
61. h6 gxh6 62. Bxf6 Rxd3 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rxh7 Bd2 $2 ({Schwarz sollte
wenigstens den Pd4 mitnehmen.} 64... Bb6 65. Rxh6 Bxd4 66. Bxd4 Rxd4) 65. Rd7 {
Nun könnte er eigentlich auch aufgeben.} Be3 66. Rxd5 Kf7 67. Be5 Ke6 68. Rd6+
Ke7 69. Rg6 Kf7 70. Rf6+ Ke7 71. Kg2 Rd2+ 72. Kf1 Bg5 73. Rf5 Be3 74. Ke1 Rg2
75. d5 Rd2 76. Bc3 Rd3 77. Bb4+ Kd7 78. Ke2 Rb3 79. Bd2 Bd4 80. Bxh6 Kd6 81.
Bf8+ Kd7 82. Bh6 Kd6 83. Bf4+ Kc5 84. d6+ Kc6 85. g5 Bc5 86. Rxc5+ Kxc5 87. d7
Rb2+ 88. Bd2 Rb8 89. Ba5 Rd8 90. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Sufe Cup"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2000.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nay, Oo Kyaw Tun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. d3
Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Qa4 (10. Nb5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 12. Qa4 Bc5 13. Bg2 Nd4 $4 (
13... O-O $132) 14. Nc7+ $16 {Burmakin,V-Ramesh,R/Ubeda 1999}) 10... Be7 11.
Nd4 $146 (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rac1 a6 13. Rfe1 b5 14. Qd1 Rac8 $132 {Stuemer,
P-Doering,T/Dortmund 1987}) 11... O-O ({Die Schwächung der Bauernstruktur
konnte Schwarz mit} 11... Nxd4 $1 {vermeiden:} 12. Qxd4 Rc8 13. Bg5 (13. Qxa7
d4 $132 14. Na4 $140 $2 b5 $19) 13... Bc5 $132) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 (12... Qxc6 {
gefällt mir besser.} 13. Qxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Bh5) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. e4 d4
$2 {[%csl Rg6] Die schwarze Stellung gefiel mir eh nicht mehr; die Aufhebung
der Spannung im Zentrum verschärft die Lage zusätzlich.} 16. Na4 c5 17. b3 $16
{Weiß hat keine Eile; die positionellen Trümpfe sind in seiner Hand: die
bessere Bauernstruktur und der schlechte Bg6.} (17. Nxc5 $2 Qc7 18. b4 a5 $44)
17... Rac8 18. Nb2 {Nähert sich dem Idealfeld c4.} Rfd8 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. Bd2 Nd6
{Schwarz möchte verständlicherweise den Nc4 gerne tauschen.} 21. Ne5 {Weiß ist
einverstanden; aber er holt sich lieber das Läuferpaar und nimmt nebenbei eine
Schwächung der weißen Felder von Schwarz mit.} Qc7 22. f4 f6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24.
Rae1 e5 (24... Nf7 25. e5 $5 (25. Qd1 $5)) 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. h4 {[%cal Yg2h3]
Nun dringt Weiß auf den weißen Feldern ein; es dürfte hier kaum noch eine
Rettung geben.} Rf8 27. Bh3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Rxf8 Bxf8 {
Der Tausch der Türme hat das schwarze Dilemma nicht beseitigt.} 31. Qd1 Qe7 32.
Qg4 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Nf7 $2 ({Einzig} 32... Qe8 {leistete noch Widerstand.}) 33.
Bg5 (33. h5 $142 {war sofort aus:} gxh5 34. Bf5+ Kg8 35. Qg6 $18) 33... Qc7 34.
Qf3 (34. h5 gxh5 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Bd8 Qb7 37. Bd5 $18) 34... Kg8 $2 (34... Nd8
35. Bd5 Be7 36. Qg4) 35. Bd5 (35. Bd8 Qb7 36. Qg4 $18) 35... Bd6 36. Qg4 Kh7
37. Qe6 Nxg5 38. hxg5 Bf8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 73rd"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 $2 7. Qa4+ Nbd7
8. Nc3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Bc2 $2 {Ich finde es erstaunlich, daß dieser
bekannte Fehler auch auf diesem Niveau sein Opfer findet.} (10... Bd6) (10...
h6) 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 (11... Bxa4 12. Nxd8 Kxd8 (12... Rxd8 {Huebner,R} 13. Nxa4
Nxg4 14. Bh3 h5 15. f3 $18) 13. Nxa4 Nxg4 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15. d4 Rc8 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. dxc5 Ne5 18. Rg1 g6 19. Bf4 Ned7 20. Bxe6 Rxc5 21. Be3 $16 {
Romanishin-Suba/Moskau/1986}) 12. Qxc2 Nxg4 13. Nxd5 $18 {Diese Widerlegung
ist schon lange bekannt.} exd5 14. Bxd5+ Ke8 ({Der Weg ins Freie rettet auch
nicht:} 14... Kf6 15. Qe4 {[%cal Re4e6,Re4g4]} Nc5 16. Qd4+ $18) 15. Qe4+ Nde5
(15... Nge5 16. d4 $18) 16. f3 Nf6 17. Qxe5+ Be7 {Die Alternative war:
aufgeben.} 18. Bb3 Rc8 19. d4 Kf8 20. Rg1 Rc7 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Qe6 Bb4+ 23. Kf1
Re7 24. Qf5 (24. Qc4 {gewann natürlich auch.}) 24... Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Qc8+
(26. Rxg7 {ist lustiger.}) 26... Re8 27. Qc4 Re7 28. a3 (28. Rg5 {ging auch
sofort}) 28... Bc5 29. Rg5 1-0

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 (5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 Be7 $10) (5. Ne5 Bh5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Nd7 8. d4 Ngf6 9.
Qb3 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qe3+ Be7 12. b3 Qd8 13. Ba3 Bg4 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 Romanishin-Geller/ Moscow/ 1986/}) 5... Qb6 6. Ne5 (6.
d3 Nd7 7. cxd5 (7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. O-O Bd6 {-> 6.0-0}) 7... Qxb3 8. axb3 exd5 9.
Be3 a6 10. Nd4 Ngf6 11. f4 c5 $6 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Nd2 $13 {Kettner-Backwinkel/
BL/1986}) (6. O-O Nd7 (6... Bd6 7. Nc3 (7. Qc2 Ne7 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. d3 Nf5 10. e3
O-O 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 $13 {Larsen-Kosten/Hastings/1988}) (7. d3 Nd7 8. Be3
Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. Na3 Ne7 $10 {Nikolic-Kosic/Kladovo/1990}) 7... Nf6 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Be3 (9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 O-O
$13 {Schurade-Thormann/DDR/1978}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 {1/2-1/2 Spassov-Farago/
Moskau/1989}) 7. d4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Rd1 Bh5 10. Bf4 h6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Ne5
$10 {Ribli-Larsen/Tilburg/1980}) (6. Qc2 Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O
10. Bb2 Rfe8 $10 {Pigusov-Voiska/Katerini/1993}) 6... Nf6 $146 (6... Bh5 7.
Qxb6 axb6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bd2 Nb4 11. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Nd3
Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nf5 15. Nf4 Bg6 16. e3 Nd6 {Stelting-Jacoby,F/ Hamburg/ 1992/ 1/
2-1/2/}) 7. cxd5 Qxb3 (7... exd5 8. Nxg4 Nxg4) 8. axb3 exd5 $2 (8... cxd5 9.
Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Nc3 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6) 10... Nc6) 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Bh3 $1
f5 (10... Nf6 $2 11. Bc8 $18) (10... h5 $2 11. f3 Nf6 12. Bc8 $18) 11. f3 Nh6
12. d4 $1 (12. e4 $2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Na6 14. exf5 (14. d4 Nb4) 14... Nc5 $1 $17 (
14... Nb4 $44)) 12... Bb4+ $2 (12... g6 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Na6 15. Bxh6 (15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. O-O Nb4 $13) 15... Bxh6 16. exf5 O-O $44) 13. Kf2
$1 {פh6,Pf5} O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Na3 {/\ Nc2-e3} Kg7 (15... Na6 16. Nc2 f4 (
16... Bd6 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 $16) 17. gxf4 Rxf4 18. e3 Rf6 $14) (15... f4 $2
16. gxf4 Rxf4 17. Bc8 $18) (15... Bd6 {/\ f4+/=}) (15... Bxa3 $14) 16. Nc2 Be7
17. b4 (17. Ne3 Kg6) 17... b5 (17... a6 18. b5 $5 cxb5 19. Ne3 $16) 18. Ra3 Bd6
19. Rha1 a6 20. Ne3 Kg6 (20... Bxb4 21. Nxf5+ Rxf5 22. Bxf5 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 $40)
21. Ng2 Bxb4 (21... Be7) 22. Re3 Ra7 23. Nh4+ (23. Re6+ Rf6 24. Nh4+ Kf7 25.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nxf5 h5) 23... Kf6 (23... Kg7 24. Nxf5+ Kh8 25. Nxh6) 24. Nxf5
h5 25. Nh4 (25. Rd3 {/\ e4}) 25... Re7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Nf5+ Kf6 (27... Kd8 $5
) 28. Ne3 $5 Ke7 (28... a5 $5 29. Nc2 Bd2 30. e3 (30. Rd1 Bh6) 30... a4 31. Ke2
Ba5) 29. Nc2 Bd6 30. Kg2 h4 (30... Bc7 {/\ a5} 31. b4) (30... c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5
$14) 31. e4 dxe4 32. fxe4 hxg3 33. hxg3 c5 $2 (33... Rg8 34. e5 $16) (33... Bc7
34. Ne3 $16) 34. e5 $1 Bc7 35. Ne3 cxd4 (35... Rd8 36. Rc1 c4 (36... Rxd4 $4
37. Nf5+ $18) 37. b3) (35... Nc6 36. Rxa6 Nxd4 37. Ra7 Kd8 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39.
Nd5+ $18) 36. Nd5+ Kd8 37. Rc1 Rf7 (37... Ba5 38. b4 $18) 38. e6 (38. e6 Rg7
39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Nxc7 Kxc7 41. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg University"]
[BlackTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh2 Rac8 15.
f4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. Qe1 h6 18. Na4 Be3 19. Ra2 Qd6 (19... Rc2 $4 20. Bxf6
$18) 20. Nc3 Qb6 21. a4 Bc5 22. e4 Bb4 23. f5 exf5 (23... d4 24. fxg6 dxc3 25.
gxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bc1 Qd6 $17) 24. exf5 Bxf5 (24... d4 25. fxg6 dxc3 26. gxf7+
Rxf7 27. Bc1 c2 $17) 25. Rxf5 d4 26. Qf1 dxc3 27. Bc1 Rfe8 28. Rc2 Re6 29. Qf3
Re1+ (29... g6) 30. Nf1 Qe6 31. d4 (31. Qxb7 Nc5 32. Qf3 Nb3 $19) 31... g6 (
31... Qb3) 32. Rf4 b6 33. Be3 Bd6 (33... Nh5 34. Rh4 Qb3) 34. Rh4 Nh5 $2 (34...
Qxe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Nxe3 Bxg3 $19) 35. Bf2 Qb3 36. Qd3 $6 (36. Bxe1 Qxc2)
36... Nxg3+ 37. Bxg3 Bxg3 38. Rg4 Bb8 {TACTICS} 39. Rxg6+ {Ich verstehe
wirklich nicht, warum hier Schwarz aufgeben sollte. Vielleicht hat er die Zeit
�berschritten ?} (39. Rxg6+ fxg6 40. Qxg6+ Kf8 $19 41. Rf2+ (41. Qxh6+ Ke8
42. Qh8+ Nf8) 41... Ke7 42. Qg7+ (42. Qxh6 Kd8 43. Qh4+ Re7) 42... Kd8) 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 12th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2002.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gonzalez de la Torre, Santiago"]
[Black "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Bg4
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 (10. a3) (10. Qc2) (10. Rc1) (10. Rb1) 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3
Qb6 $146 (11... e6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. Rad1 $14 Qc7 16. Ba3
Bf8 17. c5 Qb8 $6 18. g4 Rd8 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Rfd1 $16 {Radjabov,T-Ivanchuk,V/
Dubai 2002}) 12. Rb1 Rfe8 {[%cal Ye7e5]} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 (14. Qd2 e5 15.
Rfc1) 14... e6 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qe6 16. Bd4 b5) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Qd2 Rec8 18. Rfc1 Kg8 19. h4 Qb4 20. Qg5 Kg7 (20... Qa3 $11) 21. Bf3 h6 22.
Qe3 Rc6 {Die damit eingeleitete Aufhebung der symmetrischen Bauernstellung ist
durchaus nicht ohne Risiken für Schwarz.} (22... Qa3 $11) 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. d4
Rc8 (24... e5 25. dxe5 Re8 26. Rd1 Nxe5 27. Bg2 $14) (24... c5 25. dxc5 Rc8 26.
Rc1 {->Partie}) (24... a4 $5 25. h5 $5 (25. Rc1 axb3 26. axb3 Ra3 $132) 25...
axb3 26. axb3 Qd6 $13) 25. Rc1 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 {Wegen der Majorität
am Damenflügel bei dem reduzierten Material muß Schwarz jetzt sorgfältig zu
Werke gehen.} d4 $2 {[%csl Gf3] Damit stärkt Schwarz den Bf3.} (27... Nxc5 28.
h5 $14) (27... Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Kf1 $14) 28. Qe4 Qxc5 29. Qc6 Qa7 (29...
Qxc6 30. Bxc6 $14) 30. Qd6 $1 $16 Kf6 31. Qf4+ (31. g4 $5) 31... Kg7 32. Qd6
Kf6 33. Qf4+ Kg7 34. Bc6 e5 (34... Nf6 35. Qe5 $16) (34... Nf8 {passives
Verhalten hilft angesichts der weißen Majorität am Damenflügel uns der starken
weißen Figuren kaum.} 35. Qe5+ f6 36. Qd6 $18) 35. Qe4 Kf6 ({Auch} 35... f6 36.
Qd5 Nc5 {reicht nach} 37. Bb5 $18 {[%cal Rb5c4] nicht.}) 36. Qf3+ Ke7 37. Qd5
Nf8 (37... f6 38. Qg8 $18) 38. Qxe5+ Ne6 39. Bd5 Qc5 40. Qe4 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2
42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Qxg6 Qxe2 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Qxd4 e5 (45... Qxa2 46. Qa4+ Qxa4
47. bxa4 $18) 46. Qa4+ Ke7 47. Qxa5 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qb1+
51. Kh2 Qb2 52. Qc5+ Ke6 53. Qb6+ Kf5 54. a4 Qd4 55. a5 h5 56. b4 Kg4 57. Qxd4+
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Sidorov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Qc2
Be7 $6 $146 {Ausgesprochen unlogisch: die Q ist gerne auf c2, und so hat
Schwarz einfach ein Tempo verloren.} (8... Na6 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nc3 Re8
12. Bb2 c5 $13 {Yuferov,S-Filipenko,A/Belgorod 1989}) (8... Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
e4 Be6 11. Na4 (11. a3 Nbd7 12. Na4 Qe7 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 15. Nxb6 axb6
16. Nd4 Nc5 17. h3 Qd7 18. hxg4 Qxd4 19. g5 Ng4 20. Rad1 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22.
Bc3 $16 {Yuferov,S-Majorovas,V/Warsaw 1989}) 11... h6 12. b4 Qc8 13. Bb2 Bd8
14. Nc5 Bg4 15. Ne5 Bh3 $2 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Nxb7 $16 {Loginov,V-Filipenko,A/
Kstovo 1994}) 9. Nc3 Qc8 $2 {Vermutlich hätte Schwarz sich am besten für einen
normalen Entwicklungszug entschieden.} (9... d4 $6 {ist eine radikale Methode
gegen den Plan e2-e4.}) 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bg6 ({Die einzige Rechtfertigung
für Qc8 konnte in} 11... Bh3 {bestehen, aber dann kommt} 12. e5 $16 Bxg2 $140 (
{Alternativen wie} 12... Nh5 {sehen auch nicht vertrauenserweckend aus.}) 13.
exf6 $1 Bxf1 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Qxh7 $16) 12. Nh4 Nfd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 $16
{Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar abgegeben, außerdem ist er unterentwickelt.} Na6
15. e5 {Es zeichnen sich bereits Gefahren für den Ke8 ab.} Ndc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 Qe6 18. Bd2 O-O ({Auch auf dem anderen Flügel hat der K kein leichtes
Leben:} 18... Nc5 19. Re2 O-O-O 20. b4 Nd3 21. b5 c5 22. Ba5 $16) 19. h4 Rfd8
20. Ba5 Rd5 21. Bc3 Rdd8 ({Konsequenter wäre} 21... Rad8 22. Ra4 $5 R5d7 23.
Bf3 $16) 22. Kh2 {[%cal Rg2h3]} g5 (22... Nc5 23. Bh3 f5 $8 24. Re3 $16 {
[%cal Rh4h5]}) 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Bh3 Qg6 25. e6 Nc5 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Bf5 $1
$18 {Auch das noch! Angesichts des leicht ansprechbaren Kf7 reicht Weiß ein
günstiges Endspiel nicht mehr.} Qh6+ (27... Qxf5 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Rxg7+ $18) (
27... Qh5+ $2 {verliert gegenüber der Partie nur ein Tempo:} 28. Kg2 Nxe4 29.
Qxe4 Qh6) 28. Kg2 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd6 ({Auch die Alternativen retten nicht mehr:
} 29... Rh8 30. Qc4+ Ke8 31. Re1+ $18) (29... Rd5 30. Re1 Rxf5 31. Qxf5+ $18)
30. Rd1 Qe7 (30... Qxd1 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Bb4+ $18) 31. Qc4+ Rd5 (31... Kf8 32.
Bh7 $18) 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Qxd5+ Kf8 34. Bh7 (34. Bh7 Qf7 35. Bb4+ Be7 (35...
Ke8 36. Qe4+ Kd8 37. Ba5+ $18) 36. Bxe7+ Kxe7 37. Qxb7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Black "Catropa, Djalma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6 (6... c5 $1 $10)
7. d3 Nbd7 8. c4 Re8 9. Qc2 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... cxd5 $1 11. Rc1 $5 {/\ Qc7}
) 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Rad1 f6 14. Qc1 (14. e4 $14) 14... Ra6 $6 15. e4
Nc7 16. d4 b5 $6 17. Ne3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nb8 (18... c5 $2 19. Nxb5 $1 Nxb5 20.
Qc4+ Re6 21. Qxb5 $18) (18... Bb7 $16) 19. Rfe1 Ne6 $2 20. Nef5 $1 Qf8 (20...
gxf5 21. exf5 Qf7 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rd8+ $18) 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22.
Nxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 c5 24. f5 Bf7 25. e5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Kg8 27. Qc3 b4 28. Rxe8
bxc3 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bxc3 Be8 (30... gxf5 $4 31. Rd8+ $18) 31. Bf1 Ra7 32.
f6 Nc6 33. Rd5 a4 34. Rxc5 axb3 35. axb3 Rb7 36. Bc4 Rb8 37. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Yashtylov, Anatolij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 {Dieser Aufbau (cxd5,Qc2,e4) ist eine Spezialität
Loginovs.} dxe4 {Gespielte Alternativen sind:} (10... Rc8) (10... Nc5) (10...
Nb6) 11. dxe4 Qa5 {[%cal Ya5h5]} 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 $146 {Erzwingt eine
Entscheidung: entweder der B schützt e4 oder d3.} (13... Rfd8 14. Bg2 Nf8 15.
Bd2 Rd4 {1/2-1/2 Lombard,A-Szilagyi,G/Stary Smokovec 1969}) (13... Rad8 14. a3
Bc5 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. b4 Qa6 17. Be2 b5 $8 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qf3
Ndf6 21. Bd3 $44 {Anastasian,A-Stangl,M/Baden-Baden/1996}) 14. Bg2 (14. Be2)
14... Rad8 15. a3 Qa6 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 Nc4 $132) 16... Nd3 (16... Qd3 17. Rac1
Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Nd4 20. Rcc1 $14 {ist ein Endspiel, das Loginov
anstrebt: er hat das Läuferpaar, und wenn Schwarz die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer
tauscht, verbleibt er mit der kleinen Qualität (Läufer gegen Springer).}) 17.
Be3 {Nun stört kein N auf c4.} Bc5 18. Bg5 $1 Bd4 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Ne2 Ne6 21.
Bc1 (21. Nxd4 Nxd4 (21... Nxg5 22. Nf5 $14) 22. Qb1 $14 {war Loginov zu wenig.}
) 21... Qb5 22. Kh1 {[%cal Yf2f4]} Qh5 {Damit wird das Spiel sehr
zweischneidig.} 23. f4 (23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Qa4 $14 {[%cal Yc1e3]}) 23... Bb6 24.
f5 Rxd1 (24... Nd4 25. Nxd4 (25. Rxd4 $6 Bxd4 26. Nf4 Qg5 $13) 25... Bxd4 26.
Bf4 $14) 25. Qxd1 $6 (25. Rxd1 Ng4 26. Rf1 $14) 25... Nxe4 $6 (25... Ng5 $1 26.
Nc3 Nxh3 $1 27. Qxh5 Nxh5 28. Bxh3 Nxg3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Rd8 $132) 26. g4
Qh4 27. fxe6 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 $8 Bxf2 29. Qd7 Bc5 (29... fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31.
Bd2 Qd8 (31... Be1 32. Bf4 $14) 32. Bc3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Bc5 34. Be5 $36) 30. Bd2
Qf6 $2 (30... Qe7 31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32. exf7+ $14) (30... fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32.
Bc3 $16 {[%cal Rc3g7]}) 31. exf7+ $2 (31. Be3 $1 Be7 (31... Bxe3 32. e7 $18)
32. Nd4 Rd8 33. g5 $1 $18) 31... Rxf7 32. Qe8+ $2 {Dieser Zug scheint mir ein
Indiz für knappe Zeit zu sein.} (32. Qc8+ Bf8 (32... Rf8 33. Qxb7 $16) 33. Bc3
$14) 32... Rf8 $17 33. Qe4 Qxb2 {Es ist nicht einfach nur ein Bauer, den
Loginov überflüssigerweise hergegeben hat: die weißen Leichtfiguren finden
keine sicheren Positionen mehr.} 34. Qc4+ Rf7 35. Qxc5 (35. Bc1 Qe5 $17) 35...
Qxd2 36. Ng3 a6 37. Nf5 g6 38. Ne7+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kf8 40. Nc8 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+
42. Qxf4 Rxf4 $19 {Gegen die schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel ist kein Kraut
gewachsen, zumal die weißen Figuren schrecklich viel Zeit brauchen, um an den
Ort des Geschehens zu kommen.} 43. Nd6 (43. Nb6 Rf2 44. a4 Ra2 45. Kg3 Ke7 46.
Be4 Kd6 $19) 43... b5 44. Ne4 Ke7 45. Kg3 Rf8 46. Bf3 Rc8 (46... a5 $5) 47. Kf4
(47. g5 c5 $19) 47... c5 48. Ke3 b4 49. axb4 cxb4 50. Bd1 a5 51. h4 Rc1 52. Kd2
Ra1 53. Nc5 Kd6 54. Na4 (54. Nd3 Kc6 $19) 54... Ra2+ 55. Kd3 Ke5 {Weiß hat
tatsächlich noch eine Blockade am Damenflügel aufbauen können. Nun ereilt ihn
das Schicksal am anderen Flügel.} 56. h5 g5 57. Nb6 Ra1 58. Kd2 h6 59. Nd7+ Kf4
60. Nf6 (60. Nb6 Rxd1+ 61. Kxd1 Kxg4 $19) 60... a4 61. Nd5+ Kg3 62. Nxb4 (62.
Ne3 a3 $19) 62... Rxd1+ $1 63. Kxd1 Kxg4 64. Nc2 Kxh5 65. Ke2 Kh4 66. Kf2 Kh3
67. Kg1 g4 68. Na3 Kg3 69. Nc4 h5 70. Na3 h4 71. Nc4 h3 72. Na3 h2+ 73. Kh1 Kh3
74. Nc4 g3 75. Ne3 a3 76. Ng2 a2 77. Ne1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Prakash, GB."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 $2 $146 (11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Be1 Nb6 13.
Rac1 O-O 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Nde4 Be7 16. c5 $13 {Urban,K-Okuniewski,B/Krynica
1997}) 11... e5 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2 Bg6 15. Nxc6 $6 {Das war
also die Idee. Bei einer ruhigen Entwicklung könnte Schwarz mit der besseren
Bauernstruktur auf die Zukunft hoffen.} bxc6 16. Bxc6 O-O-O {Ansonsten wäre es
eng geworden. Aber nun ist wenig Kompensation zu sehen.} 17. Kg2 ({Die
Tauscherei} 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Bc5+ 19. Kf3 Kxd7 20. Rd1+ Kc6 $19 {
läßt Weiß wenig Hoffnung.}) 17... Be7 18. Be4 Bxe4+ 19. Nxe4 $19 {Die beiden P
sind nicht die Figur wert.} Nf6 (19... Rhe8 $19) 20. Nc3 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb4 22.
Nb5 Re8 23. Kf3 Bc5 24. Rd3 Re6 25. Nd4 Re5 26. g4 g6 27. b4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Nd7
29. e4 Re6 {[%cal Ye6a6]} 30. b5 {Sicher nicht gerne, aber was sonst gegen Ra6?
} Kc7 31. a4 Nc5 32. a5 Nb3 33. Rd5 Nxa5 34. c5 Nc4 35. Rd4 Na3 36. Rb4 Re5 37.
b6+ axb6 38. cxb6+ Kb7 39. Kf4 Rc5 40. e5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
d3 $146 (8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. Nb5 Ra5 11. a4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bb4 13. d3 Na7
14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. Bf4 Kd7 16. e4 Bd6 17. e5 g5 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. Bxb6 Ra6 20.
Be3 h6 21. d4 $14 {Hübner-L.Bronstein/Barcelona/1965}) 8... Nc6 9. Be3 Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 Ra6 (10... Ra5 $6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Nb5 $4 Rxb5 $19) 11. Nc3 e6 12. Nb5 Bb4+
13. Kf1 Kd7 14. a3 Bc5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. e3 e5 17. Bg2 g5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4
Rg8 20. fxg5 Rxg5 21. Bh3+ Kd8 22. Ke2 Rh5 23. Raf1 Be7 24. Bf5 Ra4 25. h3 Rg5
26. Rhg1 h6 27. Be1 (27. Bc3) 27... d4 28. e4 (28. exd4 Nxd4+ 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30.
Bf2 Rd6 31. Be3 Rxg1 32. Rxg1 $14) 28... Nh5 29. h4 Nf4+ 30. Kf3 (30. Kd1 Rxf5
31. exf5 Nxd3 32. f6 $18) 30... Rxf5 31. exf5 Nxd3 32. b3 Ra6 33. Bf2 $2 (33.
Bg3 $16) 33... Nxf2 34. Rxf2 Bxa3 35. Ra2 Bc5 36. Rga1 Nb4 37. Ra4 d3 38. Rd1
Kd7 39. Ke4 Ra5 40. Nd4 Be7 41. Nf3 Rb5 42. Nd4 Ra5 43. h5 Bd6 44. Rxa5 bxa5
45. Nf3 b5 46. Ra1 Bc7 47. Nd4 Nc2 48. Nxc2 dxc2 49. Rc1 a4 50. bxa4 bxa4 51.
Rxc2 a3 52. Kd5 Ba5 53. Rc4 Bd2 54. Ra4 Bc1 55. Ra7+ Ke8 56. Kd6 Bf4+ 57. Kc6
Be5 58. Rxa3 Ke7 59. Kd5 Kf6 60. Ke4 Bh2 61. Ra2 Bb8 62. Rb2 Bg3 63. Rb6+ Kg5
64. Rb7 Kf6 65. Kf3 Be1 66. Kg4 Bd2 67. Rb2 Bc1 68. Rb5 Bd2 69. Rd5 Bc1 70. Rd7
Bg5 71. Rd1 Ke5 72. Rb1 Kf6 73. Rb5 Bd2 74. Rc5 Be3 75. Rc6+ Ke5 76. Rc7 Kf6
77. Kf3 Bg1 78. Ke4 Bh2 79. Rc6+ Kg5 80. f6 Bb8 81. Rb6 Bc7 82. Rb7 Bd8 83. Rb8
Bxf6 84. Rb5+ Kg4 85. Rf5 Bg5 86. Rxf7 Kxh5 87. Kf5 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd2 Nge5 (11... Bc2 12. Rdc1 Bh7 13. h3
Ngf6 14. Be3 a5 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Rd1 Ke7 17. Rac1 Rhd8 18. Nd4 Bc7 19. Nb3 (19.
Bxc6 $5) 19... Be4 20. Nbc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 b6 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 $11 {Telman,
V-Kosikov,A/Lvov 1988}) ({Im selben Turnier geschah} 11... Bc5 12. Be1 O-O-O (
12... Ngf6) (12... Nb6) 13. a3 $146 (13. Nd4) (13. Na4) 13... Nde5 14. b4 Be7
15. Nd4 Nxc4 (15... Bg6 16. c5 $13) 16. b5 $1 c5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Nd5 Bd6 19.
Rdc1 Nce5 20. Ba5 $44 {Loginov,V-Tregubov,P/Moscow 1999}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. b3
Ba3 14. Bc1 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Ke7 16. h3 Rhd8 17. f4 Nd7 18. Kf2 a5 19. Na4 Rab8
20. e4 Bh7 21. e5 $14 {Weiß hat etwas mehr vom Spiel; die schwarze Stellung
ist aber solide.} f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. Rd2 Bg6 24. Rcd1 Be8 {[%cal Yb7b5]} (
24... b5 $2 25. Bxc6 $18) 25. Bf3 (25. c5 $142 $14 {verhinderte die jetzt
folgende Entlastung.}) 25... b5 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Nc3 Nc5 28. Ke3 Rxd2 29. Rxd2
Rc8 30. Ne2 b4 31. Rc2 Bd7 32. Nd4 Kd6 33. g4 a4 34. Rc4 (34. bxa4 Nxa4 35.
Nb5+ Ke7 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Nd4 (37. Kd4 Ba6 $1 $132) 37... Kd6 38. a3 $11)
34... axb3 35. axb3 Rb8 (35... e5 36. fxe5+ fxe5 37. Nf5+ Bxf5 38. gxf5 Rf8 39.
Rxb4 Rxf5 40. Rb6+ $16) 36. Bd1 Bc8 37. Nf3 {Es scheint, daß Loginov hier noch
nach dem ganzen Punkt strebt.} (37. Nc2 Nxb3 38. Nxb4 Nc5 39. Rd4+ Kc7 $11) (
37. h4 $142 $14) 37... e5 38. fxe5+ fxe5 39. Nd2 $2 (39. Nxe5 Be6 40. Rc1 Nxb3
41. Bxb3 Bxb3 $11) (39. Nh4 Be6 40. Nf5+ Bxf5 41. gxf5 $14) 39... Be6 40. Rc1
Bd5 {Jetzt muß Weiß sogar aufpassen, daß er nicht verliert.} 41. Bc2 (41. Nc4+
$11) 41... Ra8 42. h4 Ra3 43. Rb1 Ne6 44. Be4 (44. Bd3 $11) 44... Nd4 45. Bxd5
Kxd5 46. Kd3 Ra2 47. g5 (47. Rf1 Rb2 48. Rf8 Nxb3 49. Rd8+ Ke6 50. Ne4 $15)
47... hxg5 48. hxg5 Rc2 {[%cal Rc2c3]} 49. Ne4 $8 Rh2 50. Nf6+ Ke6 51. Kc4 Nf3
52. Ne4 $4 (52. Kxb4 Nxg5 53. Ne8 $11) 52... Rh4 53. Kd3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
d3 Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Bd4 h6 13. Rfe1 Nh7
14. Qa4 Qd8 15. Be3 Nhf6 16. Qb3 Qb8 $13 {Romanishin-Nogueiras/Leningrad/1987})
9. h3 Bh5 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $14) 10. Qc2 (10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4
Nc5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. g4 $6 Bg6 15. Ne5 $2 Bd6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 Nd3 $1 18.
Rf1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 g5 20. fxg5 Nd7 $17 {Beltschik-Bagirov/Riga/1981}) (10. e4
dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 12. Qe2 Qd3 $10 {Landenbergue-Keitlinghaus/Prag/1990}) 10...
O-O 11. e4 Nc5 12. Nh4 Re8 $146 (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Bg5
h6 16. Be3 Nxb2 17. Rfb1 Nc4 18. Rxb7 Nxe3 19. Rxe7 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 $14 {
Davies-Kuijf/Graested/1990}) 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rb1 (15. Qb3 $5 dxe4
16. dxe4 $14) 15... Rc8 16. Qb2 (16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 f6 $13) (16. Qb3) 16... h6 {
/\ Bg6} 17. Nh4 (17. Ne2 $6 Bg6 18. g4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Ng5 $132) 17... dxe4 18.
dxe4 Nd7 $1 19. f4 (19. Be3 $6 Ne5 $15 {><c4,d3}) 19... f6 20. Kh1 (20. Be3 Nb6
21. Bxb6 (21. Qb3 $6 Bf7) (21. Bf2 $2 Nc4 $19) 21... Qxb6+ 22. Kh2 $13) 20...
Nb6 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. a4 Rcd8 23. a5 Nc8 (23... Nc4 24. Qb3) 24. Qc2 (24. Be3 $1
Rd3 $6 25. Qc2 Red8 $2 26. Nd5) 24... Nd6 25. Be3 $2 (25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Be3 $13
) 25... Nc4 26. Bc1 Bf7 27. Ne2 g6 28. Nh4 (28. Ne3 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 $132)
28... Nd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. e5 (30. g4 Rdxe4 $5 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Bd5 33.
Qxd5+ cxd5 34. Nxg6 d4 {Nc4 is still dominating Bc1.}) 30... f5 (30... fxe5 $2
31. Nxg6) 31. Nf3 (31. g4 $5 Qd8) 31... Rdd8 32. Re1 Bd5 33. Nh4 (33. g4 $6 Qf7
{/\ Be4}) 33... Qf7 34. Kh2 Be6 (34... b6 $5) 35. a6 bxa6 36. Bxc6 Re7 37. Qe2
$6 (37. Rd1) (37. Qg2) 37... Rc7 38. Bg2 (38. Ba4 Rb7 $17) 38... Rcd7 39. Nf3 (
39. Be3 Nxe3 40. Qxe3 Rd3 41. Qf2 R8d4 $17) (39. Bc6 $2 Rd2 $19) 39... Rd3 40.
Ra1 $2 (40. Qf2 $17) (40. Qc2 $17) 40... Bxb4 $19 41. Rf1 a5 42. Ne1 Rd2 (42...
Rd2 43. Bxd2 Rxd2 44. Qf3 Bd5 45. Qb3 Rb2 46. Qd3 Bxe1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {King} Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 (
7. O-O Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 e6 $10 {Grün-Reefschläger/
HSK-Porz/1986}) 7... e5 (7... c5 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Bc6 $10 {Schwarz ist etwas
in der Entwicklung zurück. Dafür hat er einen schönen Einfluß im Zentrum und
bequeme Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten. Die mir bekannten Partien konnten keinen
weißen Vorteil nachweisen.}) (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. e4
Be6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. Qb3 e6 14. Rd1 h6 15. Nf3 e5 16. d4 $14 {Nogueiras-Antunes/
Santa Clara/1991}) 8. O-O $146 (8. Nc3 e4 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. d3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 exd3 13. exd3 O-O 14. c4 (14. Re1 {Kirov-Ivkov/Bor/1984}) 14... Bxg2
15. Kxg2 {/\ Bb2,Qf3 +/- Vaganian (i39/10) 1985}) 8... e4 9. Ne1 h5 $6 {
Damit wird das Grundthema dieser Partie festgelegt: Schwarz trägt ohne viel
Federlesen einen Rochadeangriff vor, während Weiß im Zentrum (mit Nc3, d3)
kontert. Schwarz wird durch den momentanen Vorteil im Zentrum zu diesem
riskanten Vorgehen ermuntert.} 10. Nc3 (10. h4 $6 {wäre halbherzig: der
Austausch von h4/h5 begünstigt Schwarz wegen der Schwächung des weißen
Königsflügels.}) 10... h4 (10... Bb4 $5 11. d3) 11. d3 (11. Qc2 hxg3 12. hxg3
Ng4 $132) 11... hxg3 12. hxg3 Bb4 (12... exd3 {Wenn Schwarz den Vorposten Pe4
aufgibt, kann er nicht mehr auf Erfolg beim Rochadeangriff rechnen. Der Zug
macht nur Sinn mit der Absicht der Schadensbegrenzung.} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd3
$16) 13. Bg5 (13. dxe4 Bxc3 14. exd5 Bxe1 15. Rxe1 Nxd5 (15... cxd5 16. e4 dxe4
17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Bg5 $16) 16. e4 $16 {Schwarz hat hier einen ganz schweren
Stand gegen die beiden B.}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bxf6 $1 (15. Qd2 Nbd7
$10) 15... gxf6 16. Rb1 (16. Qb1 $5 Qc7 (16... Qxc3 $143 17. Qxb7 Qxa1 18. Qxa8
$18) (16... Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Bxe4 $16) (16... exd3 $2 17. e4 $1 Bxe4 18.
Qxb7 Qh5 19. f3 $18) 17. dxe4 $16) 16... Bxa2 {[%cal Ya5h5]} 17. Rb4 {King
wählt die nächstliegende Alternative: das Zentrum wird attackiert.} (17. Ra1 $2
Qh5 $40) (17. Rxb7 $5 {Auf den ersten Blick gefällt dieser Zug nicht so sehr,
aber auf den zweiten bin ich nicht so sicher. Er hofft darauf, die schwarzen
Angriffsmöglichkeiten in der h-Linie auch einen Zug später noch dafür
befriedigend beantworten zu können. Dafür wird der Damenflügel zertrümmert.}
Qh5 18. f4 $8 Qh2+ (18... e3 19. Nf3 Be6 (19... Bd5 20. Qc1 $1) 20. Qa4 $16) (
18... Qc5+ 19. Rf2 e3 20. Rf1 Bd5 21. Qc1 $16) (18... exf3 19. Nxf3 $16) (18...
Nd7 19. Kf2 $14) 19. Kf2 Rg8 (19... Rh3 20. Ke3 Rxg3+ (20... Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 Qe3+
22. Kc2 $16) 21. Kd2 $16) 20. Ke3 Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 $16) 17... Be6 (17... Qh5 $4
18. Rxe4+ {/\ Rh4+-}) 18. Rxe4 Nd7 (18... Qxc3 19. Qb1 (19. Nf3) 19... b6 20.
Nf3 $36) 19. Nf3 (19. Qc2 $14 {Beide Seiten interessiert der Pc3 zunächst
anscheinend nicht. Ich sehe hier keinen Grund, warum Weiß den Pc3 nicht
behalten sollte.}) 19... Qxc3 20. Qb1 (20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 $132) 20... f5
(20... Nc5 21. Rc1 Qa3 $13) 21. Ra4 (21. Rb4 {Gefällt mir besser, da Weiß hier
nicht zu tauschen braucht.} Nb6 22. Rc1 (22. Qa1 Qxb4 (22... Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Kd7
24. Ra5 $44) 23. Qxh8+ $13) 22... Qa3 (22... Qf6 $5) 23. Nd4 $44) 21... Nb6 22.
Rc1 Qb3 {Erzwingt irgendeinen entlastenden Abtausch.} (22... Qf6 $5 23. Rb4 $13
) 23. Qa1 {King: Too sexy to resist, but not terribly good. I still prefer my
chances in the endgame after:} (23. Ra5 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 $10 {[%cal Yf3d4] /\ Nd4}
) (23. Qxb3 Bxb3 24. Ra5 {King: ... the f-pawn drops when I am left with my
beautifully compact, and potentially mobile, central pawn structure; while
Black's passed pawns on the queenside are less easy to launch.}) 23... Qxa4 24.
Qxh8+ Kd7 {Der K darf sich hier einigermaßen sicher fühlen.} 25. Qf6 Qa3 {
[%cal Ya3e7,Ra3c1]} 26. Ra1 (26. Ne5+ $6 Kc7 27. Rb1 Rf8 $17) 26... Qe7 {
King: This is the point. The queen is able to return to defend the king, and
White has scant compensation for the pawn.} 27. Qb2 (27. Ne5+ Kd8 28. Qxe7+
Kxe7 $15) 27... Bd5 {[%cal Yd7c7]} 28. e4 $6 {Weiß möchte sich Linien gegen
den Kd7 öffnen.} (28. e3 $5 $13) (28. Bh3 $5) 28... fxe4 29. dxe4 Bc4 (29...
Bxe4 $5 {den Bauern verliert Schwarz zurück, aber Figurenabtausch liegt liegt
im Interesse von Schwarz.} 30. Ne5+ Kc7 31. Bxe4 f6 32. Nxc6 (32. Bxc6 bxc6 $5
$17 (32... Qxe5 33. Qxe5+ fxe5 34. Bg2 $10)) 32... Qxe4 33. Nxa7 Rh8 34. Rc1+
Kd7 (34... Kb8 35. Nc6+ $10) 35. Rd1+ Ke7 $17) (29... Be6 $5) 30. Ne5+ (30. Qg7
$17) 30... Kc7 31. Qc3 (31. Nxc4 $6 Nxc4 32. Qc3 Qe5 $17) 31... Qf6 (31... Bb5
$5) 32. Rc1 (32. Qa5 Bb5 33. Ng4 $17) 32... Bb5 33. Qc5 {[%cal Rc5b5]} (33. f4
Rd8 34. Ra1 $17) 33... a6 $4 {Oh je. Hier wird sicher die Zeit knapp geworden
sein. King: Someone was smiling on me on this day.} (33... Rd8 $17 34. Qxb5
$140 $4 Rd1+ $19) 34. Qxb6+ $18 Kxb6 35. Nd7+ Ka5 36. Nxf6 Kb4 37. Bf1 Ba4 38.
Bc4 a5 39. Bxf7 Rf8 (39... Bb3 40. Bxb3 Kxb3 41. Rb1+ Kc4 42. Rxb7 a4 43. Nd7
$18) 40. Rb1+ Ka3 41. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nd4 {Gegenüber Nh4 kann man auf dieser Route nach f5 nicht durch d4
gestört werden wie in Rotstein-Bangiev.} (9. Nh4 Nfd7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Qb3 Nc5
12. Qc3 Ne6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 f6 16. Be3 Na6 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18.
g4 Bf7 19. f4 Qb4 20. Rfc1 Nd4 21. Bf1 $14 {Forintos,G-Lengyel,L/Budapest 1958}
) (9. Nc3 Na6 10. Nh4 d4 11. Nf5 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. dxe4 Rad8
15. f4 f6 16. Bd2 c5 $132 {Rotstein,A-Bangiev,A/Simferopol 1991}) 9... O-O 10.
Nf5 Bc5 11. Qc2 Na6 $1 $146 (11... Bb6 12. Nc3 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Na4 Bg6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nh4 d4 18. Bb2 Nd5 19. Nf3 Ndc7 20. Ne5 b5 21. e4
dxe3 22. fxe3 Qd6 23. Rad1 $14 {Khalifman,A-Yakovich,Y/St Petersburg 1998}) 12.
e4 (12. a3) (12. Nc3) 12... Re8 13. a3 $6 {Wahrscheinlich unterschätzt Lputian
den folgenden Zug.} (13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Qb1 {Die momentan etwas vertütelte weiße
Figurenstellung läßt sich anscheinend nicht einfach ausnutzen.} d4 $6 {ist
jedenfalls strategisch nicht erwünscht:} (14... Bg6 15. Nh4) 15. Na4 Bf8 16. a3
Na6 17. b4 $14) 13... Bg6 14. g4 (14. Nh4 {ist hier nicht möglich:} dxe4 $17)
14... Bxf5 15. gxf5 Bd4 {Schwarz darf hier mit dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung sehr
zufrieden sein.} (15... Qe7 $5) 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Ne2 (17. Bg5 $5) 17... Bb6 18.
Ng3 Qd6 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. b4 Nc7 21. Bb2 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qd2 $15 23. Rac1 (23.
Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 23... Nb5 24. a4 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd4 26. Rd2 $2 (26.
Rc4 Nb3 $15) 26... Nb3 (26... Nxf5 {gewinnt einen Bauern, allerdings steht
Weiß nach} 27. Rxd8 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Bxd8 29. Rd1 {recht aktiv.}) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. e5 Nd5 29. a5 Bd4 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Rb1 ({Auch nach} 31. Rd1 $5 Nxb4 32.
Ne2 c5 33. Bxb7 Ndc6 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $17 {verbleiben Weiß die Sorgen um seine
schwachen Bauern.}) 31... Kf8 32. Ne4 {Gibt einen Bauern, um Fortschritte am
Damenflügel zu erzielen.} Nxf5 33. b5 Nh4 (33... cxb5 $142 34. Nd6 (34. Rxb5 b6
$17) 34... Nxd6 35. exd6 Nf4 36. Rxb5 Rxd6 37. Rxb7 Ra6 38. Rb5 Ke7 $17 {
Schwarz hat einen klaren Bauern mehr. Die Realisation dieses Vorteils ist aber
schwierig, da Schwarz keinen Freibauern bilden kann.}) 34. bxc6 (34. a6 $6 bxa6
35. bxc6 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Rc8 37. Rb7 Rxc6 38. Rxa7 Nc7 $17 {verbleibt mit einem
klaren Mehrbauern.}) 34... bxc6 35. Nc5 $44 {[%csl Ra7] Hier muß sich Schwarz
Sorgen um den Pa7 machen.} Ng6 (35... Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Nc3 37. Rb7 Rd5 38. Rb8+
Ke7 39. Rb7+ Ke8 40. Rb8+ $11) 36. e6 Ndf4 37. exf7 Kxf7 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Nd7+
{Sperrt den Re8 vorübergehend vom Angriff auf den Kh1 aus.} (39. Rxa7 $5 Rd1+
40. Kh2 Rc1 $13) 39... Kg5 40. Rxa7 {[%csl Ga5] Vielleicht hat Jussupow hier
bedauert, nicht das klar vorteilhafte Endspiel im 33.Zug gewählt zu haben,
denn jetzt ist der Pa5 brandgefährlich.} Re8 41. a6 $2 {Zu stürmisch: Lputian
beachtet Jussupows Drohung nicht und verliert gleich eine ganze Figur.} (41.
Bxc6 Kh4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh1]}) (41. Nc5 $14) 41... Re1+ 42. Kh2 Nxg2 43. Nb6 {
[%csl Ga6] Witzigerweise ist das Matt nicht zu bewerkstelligen, nachdem Weiß
den Ng2 einfach stehen läßt.} (43. Kxg2 $4 Nh4+ 44. Kh2 (44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kh2
Nf3#) 44... Kf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4f3] Da liegt das Problem: nach 41.Nc5 wäre
das so nicht möglich gewesen.}) 43... Rb1 $2 {Wickelt ab ins Remis.} ({Nach
dem coolen} 43... N2f4 44. Rxg7 Nd5 {hätte Lputian wohl große Schwierigkeiten
gehabt:} 45. Nxd5 cxd5 46. a7 Ra1 47. Rxh7 Ne5 {[%cal Rd5d4,Rd4d3,Rd3d2,Rd2d1]
und der Pd5 ist eine Macht.}) 44. Rb7 N2h4 45. a7 Nf3+ $8 46. Kg3 Ngh4 47.
Rxg7+ Kf5 48. Rf7+ Kg5 49. Rg7+ (49. Rxf3 $4 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Nxf3#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. Nf3 {Psakhis} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Bf5 (5... b5 $6 6. a4
$16) (5... Nbd7 {die Hauptfortsetzung} 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2) 6. Na3 e5 (6... b5 7.
b3 $1 (7. Ne5 $5 {Psakhis} Qc7 8. d4 cxd3 $8 9. Bf4 $5 g5 $1 $8 10. Nxc6 gxf4
11. Nxb5 Qb6 $8 12. Ncd4 Bd7 $8 (12... Be4 $2 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Rc1 $18) 13.
Qxd3 $36 {Loginov,V-Iuldachev,S/UZB/1992/0:1/46/}) 7... cxb3 8. Qxb3 Be4 (8...
e6 9. Ne5 $1) (8... a6 9. d3 (9. Ne5 $5) 9... e6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12.
Nc2 Nfd7 13. Nb4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxc6 Rac8 $10
{Pigusov-Budnikov/Reykjavik op/1994}) 9. d3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Nc2 $1 e6 12.
a4 Ra7 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nb4 Bxb4 15. Qxb4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Ba3 $16 {
Romanishin-Sveshnikov/URS-ch/1979}) (6... Nbd7 7. Nxc4 h6 $6 8. b4 $1 e6 9. Qb3
Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Na5 $14 {Dzindzichashvili-Sherzer/Philadelphia ch-USA/1990})
(6... Qd5 7. b3 (7. Ng5 Qd4 8. Qa4) 7... cxb3 8. Ng5 Qd7 9. Qxb3 e6 10. Nc4 Bg6
11. d3 (11. Bb2 Be7 12. Ne5 Qc7 $13) 11... Be7 12. Nf3 (12. Ne5 $5 Qc8 13. Rb1
b6 $13) 12... Nd5 13. e4 Nb6 14. Nfe5 (14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bb2) 14... Qd8 15. Na5
Qc8 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. d4 O-O 19. f4 N8d7 $2 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Nxb7
$16 {Kirov-Westerinen/Andorra op/1994}) 7. Nxc4 (7. Nxe5 $4 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Qd4
$19) 7... e4 8. Ng5 $5 $146 {N/} (8. Nfe5 Nbd7 (8... Bc5 9. Qb3 b5 $2 10. Nd6+
$2 (10. Nxf7 $1 $18) 10... Qxd6 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. d4 $6 $13 {
Bell-Howell/BCF-ch/1988} (13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Qxf7 $16)) 9. d4 exd3 10. Nxd3 Be7
11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Na5 $14 {Karner,H-Polugaevsky,L/Tallinn/1973/0,5/42/} Qc8 13.
Nf4 (13. Re1) 13... O-O 14. Re1 Re8 15. e4 Bf8 16. f3 $14 {Kiarner-Polugaevsky/
Tallinn/1973}) 8... h6 $6 (8... Bc5) 9. Nxf7 (9. Ne3 {Psakhis} Bg6 (9... hxg5
10. Nxf5 Qd7 11. Ne3 Bc5) 10. Nh3 Bd6 $13) 9... Kxf7 10. Qb3 Ke8 (10... Qe7 11.
Nd6+ (11. Nb6+ Be6 12. Qa4 Qb4 (12... axb6 13. Qxa8 Na6 $17) 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14.
Nxa8 Na6 $15) 11... Kg6 12. Nxf5 (12. f3 Be6) 12... Kxf5 {[%csl Rf5] Eine
kritische Stellung für die Beurteilung des Variante. Weiß hat nur einen P für
den N, aber wegen der "aktiven" Königsstellung wird er noch mindestens einen
hergeben müssen.} 13. d3 (13. f3 Kg6 (13... exf3 14. Rxf3+ Kg6 15. Qc2+ Kf7 16.
Qb3+ Kg6 (16... Qe6 17. Qxb7+ Nbd7 18. d4 $44) 17. Qc2+ $10) 14. fxe4 Qb4 15.
Qf3 $44 (15. Qxb4 {Psakhis} Bxb4 16. e5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd5 18. Be4+ Kh5 19. Bf3+
$10)) 13... Kg6 (13... exd3 $6 14. Qxd3+ Ke6 $8 15. Qb3+ Kf5 16. e4+ $5 (16.
Qd3+ $10) 16... Kg6 $8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Be4+ Kf7 19. Rd1 $44) 14. dxe4 Kh7 15. e5
$44 {Die kompakte weiße Bauernmasse im Zentrum in Verbindung mit den schwarzen
Entwicklungsschwierigkeiten sollte Weiß wenigstens genügend Kompensation für
die Figur geben.}) 11. Qxb7 Nbd7 12. Qxc6 {Jetzt hat Weiß sogar 3 Bauern für
die Figur kassiert und dem Gegner die Rochade verdorben. Dafür hat Schwarz in
der Entwicklung aufgeholt.} Rc8 (12... Bc5 13. d4 $1) 13. Qa4 (13. Nd6+ Bxd6
14. Qxd6 Qc7 {entlastet Schwarz etwas}) 13... Be6 (13... Qc7 14. b3 {[%cal
Yc1a3]}) 14. b3 $1 (14. Ne3 $5 {/\ Bxe4. Der Idee sieht merkwürdig aus: wer
gibt schon gerne seinen Bg2 her ? Aber immerhin: Pe4 ist nicht zu verteidigen
und das ist der letzte schwarze Bauer im Zentrum ...}) (14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Ng6 Rg8
$13 16. Bxe4 $4 Rc4) 14... Bxc4 (14... Qc7 15. Bb2 {[%cal Ya1c1]} Bxc4 16. Rac1
$16) 15. bxc4 Qb6 (15... Bc5 16. Rb1 {[%cal Yb1b7]}) 16. d3 Bc5 (16... exd3 17.
exd3 {gibt Weiß zusätzliche Möglichkeiten.}) 17. Ba3 (17. dxe4 $2 Bxf2+ (17...
Bd4 {Psakhis} 18. c5 $1 Qxc5 (18... Bxc5 19. e5 Bd4 20. Be3 $1 $40) 19. Ba3 Qc4
20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Rac1 Rxc1 (21... Ne5 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Rc1 $1) 22. Rxc1 Kd8
$10)) 17... Bxa3 (17... exd3 18. Bxc5 (18. exd3 {Psakhis} Kf7 19. Bd5+ Nxd5 20.
Qxd7+ Ne7 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfe1 Rhd8 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Re3 $36) 18... Qxc5 19.
exd3 Kf7 20. Rab1 $36) 18. Qxa3 Kf7 {Der Pulverdampf hat sich verzogen. Weiß
darf ganz zufrieden sein: er hat 3 Bauern und eine "kleine Qualität" (B gegen
N) für die Figur. Andererseits hat auch Schwarz die größten Schwierigkeiten
überwunden: seine Figuren spielen alle mit und der Kf7 ist dem Getümmel
entronnen.} (18... Qc5 $5) 19. Rab1 Qc5 20. Qa4 (20. Qxc5 Rxc5 $10 (20... Rxc5
{Psakhis} 21. Rb7) (20... Nxc5 21. d4)) 20... Rc7 (20... exd3 21. exd3 Rc7 (
21... Rhd8 {Psakhis} 22. Rb7 $36) 22. Rfe1) 21. dxe4 (21. Rb5 Qe7 22. dxe4 Nxe4
) 21... Re8 (21... Qxc4 22. Qxc4+ Rxc4 23. Rb7 $14 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 22. Rb5 (22.
Rb4 Nxe4 23. Rb5 Qe7 24. Qa5 $13) 22... Qxc4 23. Qxc4+ Rxc4 24. Rb7 Re7 (24...
Rd4 25. Rxa7 Rd2 $10) 25. Rxa7 Nxe4 (25... Rc2 {Psakhis} 26. f4 $1) 26. Bxe4
Rcxe4 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rd2 Ra4 30. f3 Ke6 31. Kf2 Nd5 32. Rc2 Ra3
(32... Nb4 $2 33. Rc4 Kd5 34. Rg4 $16) 33. Rb2 Ra7 (33... Nc3 $2 34. Rb3 Nd1+
35. Ke1) 34. h4 Nc3 35. Rb3 Nxa2 36. h5 Rc7 37. Rb6+ Kf7 38. g4 Rc2 39. Rb7+
Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kf6 (41... Kg8 42. Re7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd2 Bc5 12. Be1 O-O-O (12... Nb6 13. Rac1
O-O 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Nde4 Be7 16. c5 Bxe4 $6 (16... Nd5 $5) 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. h3
Ne5 19. Nd2 (19. Nd6 $5 $14) 19... f5 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. a3 N7f6 22. Na5 Rd7 23.
Nc4 $14 {Urban,K-Okuniewski,B/Krynica 1997}) (12... Ngf6 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Na4
Be7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Ba3 17. Rc3 Bb4 18. Rcc1 Ba3 19. Rc3 Bb4 20. Rcc1 {
1/2-1/2 Weber,M-Behrhorst,F/Germany 1988/GER-chT (20)}) 13. a3 $146 (13. Nd4
Bg6 (13... Bh7 14. Na4 e5 $1 15. Nb3 Be7 16. e4 (16. Ba5 $5) 16... f5 17. h3
Ngf6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rac1 Ne4 20. c5 Ng5 21. h4 Ne6 22. Ba5 Rdf8 $13 {
Andreeva,N-Shaidulina,S/Kolontaevo 1997}) 14. Na4 Be7 $2 15. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 16.
Nxc6 Bf6 17. Ba5 $16 {Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 1999}) (13. Na4 Be7 14.
Nd4 Bh7 $2 15. Ba5 $2 (15. Bxc6 $1 $16) 15... Rde8 16. h3 Ngf6 17. Rac1 $13 {
Rajkovic,D-Velicka,P/Luxembourg 1990}) 13... Nde5 14. b4 Be7 15. Nd4 Nxc4 (
15... Bg6 16. c5 $13 (16. b5 c5 $17)) 16. b5 $1 c5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Nd5 Bd6 (
18... Bf8 19. Rdc1 Nce5 20. Ba5 (20. b6 a6 21. Bc3 $44) 20... b6 21. Bc3 $44) (
18... Bg5 $2 19. h4 Bf6 20. Rac1 $18) 19. Rdc1 Nce5 20. Ba5 Rde8 (20... b6 21.
Bc3 $44 {[%cal Ya3a4,Ya4a5]} (21. Nxb6+ axb6 22. Bxb6 $13)) 21. Bc7 Bxc7 (21...
Bf8 22. b6 a6 23. f3 Nf6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Bh3 $18) 22. Rxc5 Kb8 23. Rxc7 Rc8
24. Re7 Rhe8 25. f4 (25. h3 Nf6 (25... Rxe7 26. Nxe7 Re8 27. Nxf5 $18) 26.
Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Nxf6+ $18) 25... Nc4 26. Rxf7 Rxe2 27. h3 $18 Nd6 (27... Rxg2+
28. Kxg2 Nge3+ 29. Nxe3 Nxe3+ 30. Kf2 $18) 28. Rd7 Rcc2 29. Bf3 Rf2 30. Rxd6
Rxf3 31. Rd8+ Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Kxc8 33. hxg4 Rxg3+ 34. Kf2 Rxg4 35. Rd1 g6 36. Kf3
g5 37. a4 Rh4 38. a5 b6 39. Rc1+ Kb8 40. a6 Rh3+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
d4 (8. h3 Bh5 (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 13.
Bg2 Bc5 {Nezhni-Shirazi, USA 1981}) 9. d3 Bd6 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. dxe4
Qb8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxf6 16. Rfd1 Be5 {Horvath-Adams, Arnhem
1988}) 8... Bd6 9. Bg5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 h6 11. Bd2 {N} (11. Bc1 $6 O-O 12. Qd3 Rc8
13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rab1 a6 15. Rfc1 Rc4 {Romanishin-Anastasian, Erevan 1988})
11... O-O 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Be1 Rc6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. a4
Rac8 18. a5 Nc4 19. Rcb1 Be7 $1 20. b4 Ne8 21. Na4 Ned6 22. Nc5 R6c7 23. Rb3
Bf6 24. Rd1 Nb5 25. Be2 Ncd6 26. f3 h5 27. Bf2 g6 28. h3 Re7 29. g4 hxg4 30.
hxg4 Rce8 31. Kg2 g5 32. Rc1 e5 33. dxe5 Bxe5 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 35. Rd3 Rd8 36. Na4
Bb8 37. Nb6 d4 $1 38. exd4 Re2 $44 39. d5 Rb2 40. Rc8 (40. Rc4 Re8 {/\ Ree2})
40... Rxc8 41. Nxc8 Rc2 (41... Rxb4 $2 42. d6 $18) 42. Ne7+ (42. Nb6 Bd6) 42...
Kf8 43. Nf5 Ba7 44. Ne3 Bxe3 45. Rxe3 Rd2 46. Re5 Nc3 47. d6 f6 48. Rc5 Nd1 49.
Rc8+ Kf7 50. d7 Rxd7 51. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 (5... cxd5 $6 6. Ne5) 6.
Bxf3 cxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 {N} (10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd7
12. Na4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Rc8 $10 {Miles-Kuzmin, Hastings 1973/74}) 10... O-O 11. Qe2
a6 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Be1 Qb6 15. Bg2 Rfe8 $15 16. a4 $2 b4 17. Na2 b3
18. Nc1 Bb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. a5 Qb8 21. Rd3 $4 (21. Nxb3 $4 Nc2 $19) (21. Nd3
Qb5 22. Bf1 Rc2 23. Rd2 Ne4 24. Rxc2 Nxc2) 21... Rc2 22. Qf1 Rxb2 $4 (22...
Nxd3 $19 23. Nxd3 (23. Qxd3 Rxb2 24. Qc3 Rc2) 23... Nd7) 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. Nxb3
Nd7 $2 (24... Nc2 $1 25. Rb1 Na3 26. Rb2 Nc4) 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Qc1 $1 Qc6 $2 (
26... Rc8 $2 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxb4 Nd7 30. Bf1) (26... Qd6) 27.
Nc5 Rb8 (27... Nxc5 28. Rxb4) 28. Qc3 $18 Nxc5 (28... Na2 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30.
Qb3) 29. dxc5 Qa4 30. c6 Qxa5 (30... Qxc6 31. Rxb4) 31. Bf1 g6 32. Rxb4 Rc8 33.
Rc4 Qb6 34. Rc5 Rc7 35. Qc2 h5 36. Rc3 Kg7 37. Qa4 Kf8 38. Qxa6 Qxa6 39. Bxa6
Ke7 40. Bb7 Kd6 41. Ra3 e5 42. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nd7 7. d3 Bc5 (7...
Ngf6 {wurde hier meistens gespielt.}) 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Qb3 $146 (9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 O-O 11. Bg2 Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Na4 Bd4 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Kh2
Rad8 17. f4 Nd3 18. Bd2 Qb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rad1
$14 {Vaulin,A-Tunik,G/St.Petersburg op/1994}) 9... a5 (9... Qb6 10. Qc2 {
[%cal Yc3a4] Weiß hat dem Schwarzen das Tempo Qb6 "geschenkt". Die Q steht
dort aber wenig glücklich.}) 10. Bg5 {Jetzt ist der Pb7 wieder bedroht, wenn
der Ne7 vorher beseitigt wird.} (10. Qxb7 $2 Bb6 $19 {[%cal Ra8a7]}) (10. Na4
$5 {Ich habe nicht erkannt, warum Gausel nicht gleich hier den Finger in die
Wunde legt.}) 10... f6 11. Bd2 O-O (11... Qb6 {Schwarz konnte den Pb7
natürlich einfach decken.} 12. Qc2) 12. Na4 $1 $16 Bd6 {Nun wird es ein echtes
Gambit.} (12... b6 {wäre eine Notlösung gewesen. Um den Preis einer Schwächung
und des Läuferpaars behauptet Schwarz den P.}) 13. Qxb7 Rb8 {Die Verfolgung
der Qb7 führt nur dazu, daß sie sich mit Tempo auf sicheres Gelände begibt.
Aber auch sonst kann ich keine beeindruckenden Möglichkeiten für Schwarz
erkennen.} 14. Qa7 {Weiß hat keinen Grund, mit Remis zufrieden zu sein.} (14.
Qa6 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8) 14... Ra8 15. Qd4 $16 {[%csl Rg4] Das Tempo sichert Weiß
vor irgendwelchen Eventualitäten.} h5 16. Qc3 c5 17. e4 {Hier ist dieser
sowieso geplante Vorstoß besonders stark, da Schwarz auf den weißen Feldern
anfällig ist.} d4 18. Qc2 Ng6 (18... Rb8 19. Qc4+ {[%cal Yc4a6]}) (18... Ra7)
19. Rae1 (19. e5 Ngxe5 (19... fxe5 20. Ng5 $18) 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 {
[%csl Ga8] Gegenüber der Partiefortsetzung gibt die Position der Qa8 hier viel
mehr Spiel.} 22. f4 Bh3 23. Rf2 exf4 24. Bxf4 (24. gxf4 Rf6 $40) 24... Bxf4 25.
Rxf4 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Qf3 $13) 19... Qc7 (19... Qb8 {käme besser mit dem
folgenden Vorstoß klar.}) 20. e5 $1 Ndxe5 (20... fxe5 21. Ng5 $18 {[%cal Rc2c4]
}) 21. Nxe5 fxe5 (21... Nxe5 22. f4 $18) 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 {Das kostet wertvolle
Zeit.} 23. f3 $18 Be6 24. b3 Bd5 25. Bg5 Rf8 26. Re4 $1 {Gibt die Qualität
wieder her für die absolute Dominanz auf den weißen Feldern.} h4 (26... Bxe4
27. fxe4 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $18 {[%cal Rc2c4] Weiß hat hier nicht einmal etwas
mehr, aber die schwarze Stellung macht einen hilflosen Eindruck: Die Qc4 droht
auf den weißen Feldern einzudringen; bei Damentausch gibt es keine rechte
Verteidigung gegen Bd8.}) 27. gxh4 Nf4 28. Bxf4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rxf4 (29... exf4
30. Qc4+) 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Qe2 {[%cal Ya4b2,Yb2c4,Ye2g4] Der Bd6 ist hier
nicht ganz so schrecklich tot wie nach 26...Bxe4, aber auch hier ist der
Randspringer die kräftigere Figur. Wenn die Qc7 b6 nicht mehr bewacht,
eröffnet sich eine Route nach d5; ansonsten kann er auch über b2 nach c4
kommen.} f3 $6 32. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 33. Kg2 Bd6 34. Nb2 a4 {Verzweiflung.} 35. bxa4
Be7 (35... Qa5 36. Nc4 {ist noch schlimmer.}) 36. Qg4 Qa5 37. Qe6+ Kh8 (37...
Kf8 38. Nc4 Qxa4 39. Ne5 $18) 38. Nc4 (38. Qxe7 $143 Qd2+ 39. Kf3 Qxb2 40. Qxc5
$18) 38... Qe1 39. Qc8+ (39. Ne5) 39... Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qf3 Qxh4 42. a5
Qg5+ 43. Qg3 Qh5 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qh2 {[%csl Ga5]} Bh4 46. Ne5 g5 (46... c4 47.
Nxc4 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qd1+ 49. Qg1 Qxd3 50. Qg6+ Kg8 51. Nd6 Qf3+ 52. Kh2) (46...
Qe2+ 47. Kh3 Bf2 48. Qf4) 47. a6 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Bf2 49. Qh1 $1 {Vermeidet den
letzten Trick.} (49. a7 $2 g4+ 50. Kg2+ (50. Nxg4 $4 Qf3+ $19) 50... Bh4+ 51.
Kh1 Qf1+ $11) 49... c4 (49... Qxa2 50. Qf3 $18) 50. dxc4 d3 51. Qf3 Qxf3+ 52.
Nxf3 Kg7 53. Kg4 Kf6 54. e5+ Kg6 55. Nd2 Ba7 56. Ne4 Bd4 57. e6 Be3 58. Kf3 Bd4
59. Nxg5 Kf6 60. c5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 {Dieser Tausch bringt sofort
eine natürliche Spannung in die Partie: Weiß bekommt die Chance für eine
P-Majorität im Zentrum, während Schwarz auf ein freies Figurenspiel verweisen
kann.} exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Nc3 c6 {war (noch) nicht notwendig.} (7... Bc5 $5)
8. d3 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Bc5 {Diese Entwicklung wurde in letzter Zeit zunehmend (u.
a. von Shirov) angewendet.} ({Früher spielte man häufiger} 8... Be7) 9. h3 {
In ähnlicher (Qc2 statt Nc3) Stellung kritisierte Ftacnik in CBM67 diesen Zug
wegen der Schwächung der Bauernstruktur (Pg3). In ECO wird der Zug hier als
Hauptvariante geführt. Ich habe überhaupt den Eindruck, daß die Diskussion um
die nach 5.cxd5 entstehenden Strukturen noch fleißig im Gang ist.} (9. Rb1 O-O
10. b4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Na4 Qe7 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 b5 16. a3
Qe6 17. Bg2 h5 $132 {Martin,A-Westerinen,H/Gausdal 1994/EXT 98}) (9. e4 dxe4 (
9... O-O 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Bg2 Nxd3 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qxd3 Nb4 $11 {Filippov,V-Landa,K/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67}) 10. dxe4 O-O 11.
Bf4 Re8 12. Qc2 h6 (12... Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Darcyl,T-Hase,J/Buenos Aires 1983/MCD 
(12)}) (12... Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Na4 Bf8 15. Nd4 Nhf6 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Be3 Rad8
18. h3 Bh5 19. a3 Ne5 20. Nb3 Qa6 21. f4 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T-Hracek,Z/
Krynica 1998/CBM 67}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. a3 g5 15. Bd2 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. b4 Bb6
18. Be3 Re7 19. Nd2 Rae8 $15 {Markowski,T-Krasenkow,M/Augustow 1996/EXT 99}) (
9. Na4 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rc2 c5 14. Bf4 b5 15. Nc3 a6
$132 {Drasko,M-Abramovic,B/JUG-ch 1988/EXT 97}) (9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4
dxe4 12. dxe4 Nfd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bf7 17. Nh4 g6 18.
Bg3 Ne5 19. b3 a5 20. Kh1 a4 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Rogic,D/Zagreb zt 1993 
(21)}) 9... Bh5 {Wenn Schwarz auf f3 tauschen will, ist jetzt der richtige
Zeitpunkt.Eins ist sicher: ohne den Tausch ist das Leben viel aufregender 
(Shirov hat in der oben angedeuteten Partie auch nicht getauscht).} (9... Bxf3
10. Bxf3 O-O 11. a3 (11. Bf4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd4 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Bg2 Ng6 (14...
Nh5 $5 {"=" ECO}) 15. Bc1 a5 16. Kh2 h5 17. e4 $14 {Keene,R-Darga,K/Cheltenham
1971/EXT 99}) (11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15. Bg2 Qe6 16.
b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bb6 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Nc5 Qe7 (20... Qa2 $5) 21.
Bf4 h6 $6 (21... Ng6) 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. Nc5 $14 {Sakadin,A-Landenbergue,C/
Harkany 1993/EXT 97}) 11... a5 12. Qc2 (12. Bg2 Re8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nf8 16. Kh2 Ne6 17. f4 Nd4 18. Qd1 Red8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qd3
$14 {Karlsson,L-Sehner,N/Slupsk/1987}) 12... Qb8 13. Bf4 Qa7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15.
e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 $14 {Anastasian,A-Dreev,A/Kazan 1997/CBM 63}) 10. a3 $5 $146 {
[%cal Yb2b4] Wenn das im technischen Sinn eine Neuerung ist, so eine sehr
naheliegende, wie das oben versammelte Beispielmaterial ausweist. Eine Idee
ist die Expansion Pb2-b4, eine andere die Verhinderung von Bb4 (z.B. in
Loginov-Shipov).} (10. g4 Bg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Bg5 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Qd4 Rfe8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bd2 N5b6 19. Qb4 Qc5 20. a4 a5 $132 {
Lukov,V-Shabalov,A/Moscow 1989/TD}) (10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Re8 13.
Bf4 Bb4 14. Rfe1 (14. Nh4 Nc5 15. e5 Nfd7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bg6 $6 (17...
Be2 18. Rfe1 Nd3 19. Rxe2 Nxf4 20. Rd2 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 $14) (17... g5 18. Nf5
gxf4 19. e6 Qf6 20. exd7 Nxd7) 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Be3 Na4 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qc2
Nab6 22. f4 $14 {Loginov,V-Shipov,S/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54}) 14... Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nc5 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Rd4 Rad8 18. Nd2 b5 (18... Nd5 19. Be5 $1) 19.
Bg5 Ncd7 20. Nb3 $14 {Shuraev,A-Rodin,M/RUS-chT Moscow 1994/EXP 45}) 10... a5 (
10... O-O 11. b4) 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qc2 h6 {[%cal Yg7g5]
} 15. Rad1 {In Markowski-Krasenkow(!!) (s.o.) fehlte an dieser Stellung nur
das Zugpaar Rad1/Pa5. Es liegt nahe, zu vermuten, daß Marin diese Partie nicht
unbekannt war.} g5 $2 {[%cal Yh5g6] In Markowski-Krasenkow funktionierte diese
Idee sehr gut: der Bf4 wurde zurückgeworfen und Schwarz startete ein
Druckspiel gegen den Pe4.} (15... Qe7 $14) 16. e5 $1 {Das ist der Unterschied:
Weiß zieht Nutzen aus der Fesselstellung in der d-Linie.} (16. Bd6 Bxd6 17.
Rxd6 Qe7 $132) (16. Bc1 Bg6) 16... gxf4 (16... Nd5 17. Bc1 {am einfachsten} (
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 gxf4 19. e6 $1 {am lustigsten} (19. Qf5 Bg6 20. Qxf4 (
20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 fxg3 $17) 20... Qe7 21. Qxh6 Ra6 $1 $13) (19. g4 Bg6 20.
Qd2 Re7 $8 21. Rd1 Qb6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 $13) 19... Bg6 (
19... Rxe6 20. Rxh5 $16) 20. Qd2 fxg3 21. exd7 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 $16 {[%csl Gd7]})
17... Bxf3 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Nxd5 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 cxd5
$16 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]}) 18. Bxf3 Nxe5 (18... N5b6 19. Bg4 Rxe5 20. Kh2 $40 {
[%cal Rf2f4]}) 19. Bg2 $16 {Schwarz verliert den P auf d5 zurück und verbleibt
ohne Kompensation für seine Schwächen.}) 17. exf6 fxg3 18. Qf5 gxf2+ (18...
Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 Bg6 20. Qxd7 Qxf6) 19. Kh1 Bg6 20. Qxd7 Qxf6 {Es ist nach wie
vor eine Hochspannungsstellung geblieben: Schwarz hat immerhin 3 P für die
Figur; darunter das Prachtstück Pf2. Es läßt sich jetzt schon absehen, daß das
Schicksal der Partie mit dem Schicksal des Pf2 verbunden sein wird.} 21. Qxb7 {
Kaltblütig gespielt.} (21. Nh2 $142 {Marin}) 21... Bc2 {[%cal Ra8a7]} (21...
Rab8 $6 22. Qc7 Rxb2 $2 23. Na4 $18) (21... Ra7 22. Qb3) 22. Nh2 $1 (22. Rd7 $2
Ra7 $17) (22. Nd2 $5 Bxd1 23. Nde4) 22... Bxd1 23. Nxd1 {[%csl Rc6,Rf2][%cal
Yh2g4]} h5 $2 (23... Rab8 24. Qc7 $1 $16 (24. Ng4 Qd6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6
Re1 27. Kg2 Rb6 28. b4 (28. Bd5 $2 h5 $19 {[%cal Yb6g6]}) 28... Rxc6 29. bxc5
f5 $132) (24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Re1 $132)) 24. Qxc6 $18 Qf5 25. Qb5 {[%cal
Rb2b4]} Reb8 26. Qe2 Re8 27. Qb5 Reb8 {Schwarz wäre über ein Remis sehr
erfreut.} 28. Qc4 Ra7 29. Qc3 (29. Nxf2 Bxf2 (29... Rxb2 30. Nd3 $18) 30. Qe2
$18) 29... Rb6 30. Nf3 {[%cal Rd1f2] Mit dem Fall des Pf2 ist der Kampf vorbei.
} a4 31. Ne3 (31. Nxf2 {war auch möglich:} Rb3 32. Nd4 $18) 31... Bxe3 32. Qxe3
Raa6 33. Nd4 Qd7 34. Qxf2 Rg6 (34... Rf6 35. Nf5 $18) 35. Nf5 Rae6 36. Qf3 Qd2
37. Nh4 Rgf6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 (38... Kh7 39. Be4+ Kg7 40. Rg1+ $18) 39. Rg1 Re1 40.
Bf1+ Rg6 (40... Rg6 41. Nxg6 fxg6 42. Qb7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Blackpool zt"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Qd5 8.
Nh4 Qe6 9. e4 g6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Rad1 {N} (
14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Ne8 16. Ne5 $146 {Salov-Beliavsky, 54-ch URS 1987}) 14...
e6 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Rd8 19. Nd2 (19. e5 Ne8) (19.
Ne5) 19... e5 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Bf5 22. Qc1 e4 (22... Nd7 23. Ba3 Nc5 $2 (
23... Qf6 24. c5 $16) 24. d6 $1 $18) 23. h3 h5 24. Qa1 $1 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26.
Bxe4 Qd6 27. Bxf5 gxf5 $1 $14 (27... Nxf5 28. Ne4 $18) 28. Qd4 b6 29. Nf3 (29.
Rb1 $5) 29... Re8 30. Rb1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Ra6 32. Nd3 a4 33. Nb4 Ra8 34. Nc2 Ra6
35. Nb4 Ra8 36. Nc2 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
a5 9. d3 (9. cxd5 $5 cxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e4 $14) 10. Nc3 $14)
9... b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rac1 (11. a3 $5 e6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qb2+ Qf6 16. Qxf6+ Kxf6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. d4 $14 {Barcza-Trifunovic,
Vrnjacka Banja 1966}) 11... Rc8 12. Rfd1 e6 13. Qb1 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Bh6 16. Rc2 Nd7 17. Bb2 e5 18. e3 Bg7 19. Rdc1 Qe6 20. d4 e4 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22.
cxd5 (22. Bf1 $5 $14) 22... cxd5 23. Rc7 Ba6 24. Bf1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rc8 26.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 Nf6 28. Qc7 Ne8 29. Qb8 Bd7 30. Qb7 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32.
Nb1 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. Nc3 Nd6 $10 35. a4 Ke7 36. Be2 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nc3 e6 (8... Nc6 9. d3 e6 $14) 9. Nd4 $5 Bg6 10. Ndb5 Kd7 (10... Na6 11. d3 Be7
12. Be3 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Bf4 Nb4 $2 (15... h6) 16. Nc7 Ra5 17.
a3 Nc6 18. b4 Ra7 19. N3b5 Ra4 20. Bh3 $16 {Vekshenkov-Boidman, Moskau 1985})
11. d3 (11. O-O Nc6 12. d4 Be7 13. Bf4 Na7 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. f3 {Sehner-Pieper
Emden, 2.BL 87}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Bc5 13. b3 Ra5 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rb1 Raa8 16.
e4 Nb4 17. Rd1 Ng4 $2 (17... Ke8 $14) 18. Rb2 Ke8 $2 (18... Nf6) 19. d4 Be7 20.
exd5 Nd3 21. dxe6 $1 (21. Rbd2 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Bg5) 21... Nxb2 22. Bxb2 {/\ Bxb7}
Rab8 23. exf7+ Kxf7 $2 (23... Bxf7 24. d5 $16) 24. Bd5+ $18 Kf8 (24... Kf6 25.
h3 Nh6 26. Re1 $18) 25. Be6 Nf6 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. d5 Bc2 28. Rd2 Bxb3 29. d6
Bd8 30. d7 Rc6 31. Nd4 Be6 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. Ne2 Nxd7 34. Nf4 Bf5 35. h3 Bg5
36. Rd6 c5 37. Ne6+ Ke7 38. Rxd7+ Kxe6 39. Rxg7 Bd2 40. g4 Bc2 41. f4 $4 (41.
Rb7 Ba5 42. f4 $18) 41... Bxf4 42. Kf2 h6 43. Rb7 Bxa4 44. Rxb6+ Kd5 45. Bg7
Bc6 46. h4 c4 47. g5 hxg5 48. h5 Ba4 49. h6 Bc2 50. Rb7 g4 51. Bf8 c3 52. h7
Bxh7 53. Rxh7 c2 54. Ba3 c1=Q 55. Bxc1 Bxc1 56. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Qb3 (5. cxd5 $1 cxd5 6. Qb3) 5...
Qb6 6. cxd5 Qxb3 7. axb3 cxd5 {N} (7... Bxb1 $2 8. dxc6 $16) (7... Nxd5 8. d3
Nb4 9. Na3 $13) 8. Nd4 (8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 e6 10. O-O Be7 $14 {
Matychenko-Kandiba, Smolensk 1991 (CBM24)}) 8... Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. d3 e6 (11... Rb8 $6 12. Ra1 $14) 12. O-O Kd7 $1 13. Be3 Bd6 {/\ Rfb8-/+}
14. Ra1 a5 (14... a6 {/\ Rfb8-/+}) 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Ra4 Rxa4 18.
bxa4 {/\ b3} b3 $1 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. Bf3 (20. Ra3 $1 $10) 20... Kc7 {/\ Nd7} 21.
e3 Nd7 22. a5 (22. d4 $2 Nb6 23. a5 Nc4) (22. Bd1 $2 Nc5) 22... Nc5 23. Be2 Nb7
24. a6 Nd6 25. Kf1 Kb6 26. Bd1 Rxa6 27. Rxa6+ Kxa6 28. Bxb3 Kb5 29. Ke2 Kb4 $15
30. Bc2 c5 31. Kd2 e5 32. Bd1 f5 33. Kc2 g5 34. h4 g4 (34... h6 $15) 35. f3 h5
(35... f4 36. exf4 (36. fxg4 fxg3 37. Bf3 e4 38. dxe4 dxe4 39. Bg2 Nc4) 36...
exf4 37. fxg4 (37. gxf4 g3) 37... fxg3 38. Bf3 d4) 36. Kd2 e4 (36... f4 37.
exf4 exf4 38. fxg4 fxg3 39. Bf3 hxg4 40. Bxd5 Nf5 41. h5) (36... c4) 37. dxe4
dxe4 38. fxg4 fxg4 39. Bc2 c4 40. Ke2 c3 41. bxc3+ Kxc3 42. Ba4 Nf5 43. Kf2 Kd2
44. Bc6 Nd6 (44... Nxe3 45. Bxe4 {/\ Bg6}) 45. Bd5 Kd3 46. Bc6 Kc4 (46... Kd2
$10) 47. Ke2 Kc5 48. Bd7 Kb6 49. Be6 Kc5 50. Bg8 {Zeitüberschreitung ?} (50.
Bg8 Ne8 51. Bf7 Nf6 52. Bg6 Kc4 53. Kd2 $14) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Qc2
(8. e4 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Qc2 Ne6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bc7 13. b4 Qd6 14. Qc3
Rad8 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Rac1 dxe4 {1/2-1/2 Fauland,A-Chernin,A/AUT-chT 1996}) (8.
Nc3 Ne7 9. h3 (9. Qa4 Bh5 10. Qh4 Bg6 11. e4 (11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qb4
a5 14. Qa3 b5 15. d4 Ne4 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nxc6 $2 (
19. a4) 19... Nxc6 20. Nxd5 Nxd4 $19 {Wilhelmi,C-Rabiega,R/BL2-N9697/1997})
11... O-O 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Qxg5
f6 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qf3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qc7 20. Rd2 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Be5 22. Bc5 Nd5
23. Qb3 Kh8 $11 {Vaganian,R-Bagirov,V/URS-FL 1977}) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 a6 14.
Qh3 Bb4 15. Nh4 Nf8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Qa5 20.
c4 Nc3 21. Qg4 Qa3 22. Bc1 Qa5 23. Bd2 Qa3 24. Bc1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,
V-Chernin,A/Rubinstein mem 1992}) (9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ne5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qe3
Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Landenbergue,C-Lalic,B/Novi Sad olm 1990}) 9... Bh5
10. e4 dxe4 (10... O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Nc5 13. e5 Bc7 14. Ne2 Ne6 15. Ned4
c5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxc5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rf8 19. Kg2 Nc6 20. Rf1 (20. Bg4 $5)
20... Nxe5 $132 {Khasin,A-Rodin,M/RUS-chT 1994}) 11. dxe4 Ne5 (11... Bxf3 12.
Qxd6 (12. Qxf3 $5) 12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nc8 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Qa3 Qc5 16. Qxc5
Nxc5 17. Rd1 $14 {Dizdar,G-Rabiega,R/Zillertal op/1993}) 12. g4 Nxf3+ (12...
Bg6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 Bc7 15. Qe2 Bb6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. f4 $14 {Dejkalo,
S-Kuczynski,R/POL-ch/1987}) 13. Qxf3 Bg6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb6
17. Rd7 $1 $36 {Karasev,V-Solozhenkin,E/St.Petersburg-ch/1995}) 8... Ne7 {
Flexibler als Ngf6. Die Erfahrungen mit diesem Aufbau sind nicht schlecht.} 9.
e4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc5 {[%cal Yc5e6] gefällt mir an dieser Stelle (Weiß hat schon
Qc2 gespielt) am besten.} (10... dxe4 {Der Tausch liegt eher im Interesse von
Weiß.} 11. dxe4 Ne5 (11... Nc5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Rad1 $14 {Preiss,M-Klebel,M/
Badenweiler op/1990}) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be3 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. h3 Be6 16.
Rad1 Qc5 17. Rd2 $14 {Berkovich,M-Kogan,A/ISR-chT 1996}) (10... Re8 11. Bg5 Rc8
12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Nxd5 Bxd3 16. Rfe1 Bc5 17. Rxe8+
Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Bh3 f5 20. Qd1 Be4 21. Rxe4 $1 fxe4 22. Bxd7 $16 {Fancsy,
I-Khenkin,I/Heraklio op 1993}) (10... a6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. exd5 cxd5
14. h3 Bh5 15. Nd4 $14 {Loginov,V-Varga,P/Budapest FS09 GM 1994}) 11. exd5 $146
{Weiß gibt die Majorität im Zentrum auf; danach kann er kaum auf
Eröffnungsvorteil rechnen.} (11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 $14) 12. Re1 (12.
Rb1 Ne6) (12. Be3 Ne6 $132)) (11. Ne2 Ne6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nh4 g5 14. f3 gxh4
15. fxg4 Ng7 16. g5 hxg3 17. Nxg3 d4 18. Bf4 (18. Bxd4 $5) 18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4
Ng6 20. Rf6 Qg4 21. Qd2 Ne6 22. Rf5 $2 (22. Nf5) 22... Nh4 $17 {Ninov,K-Sharif,
M/Cap d'Agde op 1994}) (11. Bg5 $5 Ne6 (11... f6 12. Bd2 $13) 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 (
12... Qxe7 13. exd5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Qd1 $14) 13. exd5 cxd5 (13... Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Qd1 $14) 14. Ne5 $14) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Ne4 14.
Qb3 Qa5 15. Be3 (15. Qxb7 $4 Rab8 16. Qc6 Rfc8 $19) 15... Rfc8 16. Ne5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg2e4] Plötzlich fängt Weiß doch noch an, ehrgeizig zu spielen.
Er konnte stattdessen fortfahren, die Spannung aus der Stellung zu nehmen.} (
16. Ng5 $11) (16. Rfc1 $11) 16... Be6 17. Rfc1 $2 (17. f4 {wäre die logische
Fortsetzung gewesen. In der Tat schwächt Pf4 die weißen Felder, aber dafür
erhält Weiß aktive Möglichkeiten.}) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Qxb7 dxe3 (19...
Nxg3 20. hxg3 dxe3 $19) 20. Qxe4 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 (22. Qxa8+ Rc8
23. Qe4 Qb6+ $19) 22... Qd2+ 23. Qe2 Qxc1 24. Bxa8 Bc4 $1 {[%csl Rb2] Weiß
kann jetzt die Deckung des Pb2 nicht mehr aufrechterhalten.} 25. Qe4 Qxb2+ 26.
Kf3 Qc3+ $1 (26... Bf1 $5) 27. Kg4 (27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Bxa2 $19) 27... Be6+
(27... Bxa2 28. Bd5 {ist schwieriger}) 28. Kf4 $8 Qd2+ {führt zu einem
gewonnenen Endspiel.} (28... g5+ {Er konnte aber auch erst einen Bauern
gewinnen, und dann das Endspiel mit 2 Mehrbauern spielen.} 29. Kxg5 Qd2+ 30.
Kh5 (30. Qf4 Qd8+ $19) 30... Kg7 {[%cal Rd2h6]} 31. Qf4 Qxh2+ 32. Qh4 Qe2+ 33.
g4 Qxe5+ 34. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 35. Kxg5 Bxa2 $19) 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Bxa2 $19 31.
Kd4 a5 32. Kc5 Bb3 33. Kb5 a4 34. Kb4 Kf8 35. Bf3 Ke7 36. Bg4 Be6 37. Be2 Bb3
38. Bg4 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Be2 Ke5 41. Bd3 h6 42. Kc3 Be6 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d3 e5 (9... Qe7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14.
a3 a5 15. Nc3 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. c5 Bc7 18. Na4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 axb4 20. axb4
Rd8 $10 {Radulov-Hennings, Lugano ol 1968}) 10. a3 (10. Nbd2) 10... Re8 11. b4
$6 Bf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 a5 $1 $15 14. c5 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Bxf3
17. Bxf3 b6 $1 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Bc3 Bxb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxc6 Nc5 22. Qd6
Qa5 23. Qd2 Qa4 24. Nc3 Ncxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qc1 Qd4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Re1
Qd5 29. h4 h6 30. Qe3 f5 31. Rc1 Rb8 $6 32. Qc5 Qe6 33. Qc4 Re8 34. Qxe6+ Rxe6
35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Kg2 Re7 37. Rc5 Kf7 38. f4 Kf6 39. fxe5+ Rxe5 40. Rc6+ Re6 41.
Rc5 Ra6 42. Rb5 g5 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Barle, Janez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Bc5 7. Nc3 dxc4 $6 {
N; ohne Nc3/Bc5 gilt das entstehende Endspiel als = (Kortschnoj-Karpov,
Tilburg 86)} (7... O-O 8. Qb3) 8. dxc4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Ne4 $2 (9... h6) 10. Nxe4
Bxe4 11. Bf4 Bxf3 (11... Nd7 $2 12. Rxd7 Bxf3 13. Rxb7 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $18) 12.
Bxf3 Nd7 13. b4 $1 Be7 14. b5 Rc8 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. bxc6 b6 (16... bxc6 17. Rb8
$18) 17. Be3 Rc7 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Be3 Rc7 20. a4 O-O 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rb5 Na4 23.
Rxa5 Nb6 24. Bf4 Rcc8 25. Rxa7 Bc5 26. Ra5 Be7 27. Rc1 f6 28. Be3 Bd8 29. Ra6
Na8 30. Rd1 Bc7 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. Bc5+ Ke8 34. Bd6 Rxd7 35. cxd7+
Kxd7 36. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 (10... O-O $1 11. Bg2 $6 d4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13.
dxe4 $6 Nc5 14. f4 Qb6 $1 $15 {Vaganian-van der Wiel, Wijk 1989 (->CBM11)}) 11.
Ne4 O-O (11... Nxe4 $5 12. Bxe4) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (12... Nxf6 $5 13. b4 (13. Bg5)
13... Nd5 (13... Bxb4 $6 14. Rb1)) 13. b4 $5 a5 (13... Nb6 $5 {/\ Nd5}) 14. Qb3
(14. b5 $2 cxb5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 {/\ Nb6-d5=/+}) 14... axb4 15. Qxb4 Ra7 16. a4 $14
{Der schwarze Q-Flügel hat keine Chance, sich dem Druck der weißen Figuren zu
entziehen.} Ne5 17. Bg2 Be7 18. Qb3 Bc5 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. a5 h6 21. Ra2 Nd7 22.
Re1 Nb8 {verhindert a5-a6} 23. Qc4 Na6 24. Rb2 Nc7 25. Rc2 Ne6 {Danach erhöhen
sich die weißen Chancen, a5-a6 durchzusetzen.} (25... Na6 $5) 26. f4 Qf6 27.
Rb1 {/\ a6} Rc8 {Deckt c6 und verhindert so a5-a6.} 28. Bf3 Bd6 29. Bg4 Re8 (
29... g5 $6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rf1 $16) (29... Rc7 $5) 30. a6 $1 Rxa6 31. Rxb7
Nc5 32. Kg2 Rea8 33. Rb4 Ne6 34. Rb1 Nc5 35. Rcb2 g6 36. Rb6 Ra2 37. Rxc6 Rxd2
38. Qxc5 Bxc5 39. Rxf6 Ra7 40. Rc6 Ba3 (40... Be7 $5) 41. Rb5 Kg7 42. Rd5 Bb2
43. f5 gxf5 44. Rxf5 Rd1 45. Bf3 Rda1 46. Rf4 R1a6 47. Rg4+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Ke7
49. Re4+ Kf6 50. h4 Kg7 51. Ree8 Ra1 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. Rc6+ Ke7 54. Rxh6 Bc1 55.
Rhh8 Be3 56. Re8+ Kf6 57. Rhg8 Rg1+ 58. Kh3 Bf2 59. Re4 Ra6 60. g4 Re6 61. Rf4+
Ke7 62. g5 1-0

[Event "EST-ch int"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Zjukin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. d3
Qd7 9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. Rc1 (10. Qc2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Rd8 12. Rac1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Na6
14. Nce5 $14 {Ibragimov,I-Yandemirov,V/Elista 1995}) (10. Be5 $6 Bxg2 11. Kxg2
Qd8 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Bc3 Re8 $11 {Carrazoni,H-Guichon,D/Mar del Plata 1973})
10... Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Ne8 12. Qc2 d4 {Riskant gespielt angesichts der schwarzen
Unterentwicklung.} 13. b4 {Zunächst unterbindet Kengis die Unterstützung des
waghalsigen Vorpostens mit Pc7-c5...} e5 14. e3 {... und dann wird er befragt.}
dxe3 (14... Nc7 {läßt Schwarz mit einem Sorgenkind nach} 15. exd4 exd4 16. Rfe1
$14 {[%csl Rd4]}) 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. c5 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yc4d6]} Nd7 17. Nc4 Nc7 18.
e4 $14 {Die Bauernstruktur ist aus der sizilianischen Verteidigung (mit
umgekehrten Farben) bekannt. Die zentrale Bauernkette Pd3+e4 wirkt optimal mit
den weißen Leichtfiguren zusammen.} f6 $2 ({Hier hätte ich den Mut zu} 18... b6
{erwartet.}) 19. Nd6 Ne6 $2 20. Qc4 $2 ({Was sprach gegen} 20. Nxb7 $18 {?})
20... Kh8 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc7 {[%cal Yc7e8]} (22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 b5 24.
Qb3 $16) 23. Nf3 Ne8 24. Rcd1 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Nf8 (26... Rad8 $2 27.
Rd1 $18) 27. Re1 {[%cal Ye4e5]} Rad8 28. e5 $1 f5 (28... fxe5 $2 29. Nxe5 Qc7
30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxd8 $18) 29. Bc3 Ne6 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Qc4 Kf7 $4 (31... Kh8
$4 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 $18) ({Die einzige Möglichkeit, den Widerstand zu
verlängern, bestand in} 31... Rxd6 $8 32. exd6 Qd7) 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. h3
$6 {N} (8. d4 a6 9. O-O-O $13 {Makarov-Dreev, Gorki 1989}) (8. Rc1 Qe7 9. Nd4
Ba3 $2 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 Ne4 $2 13. f3 $16 {
Nimzowitsch-Maroczy, Bled 1931}) 8... a6 (8... e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11.
Rc1 a6 12. Nc7 Bxc7 13. Qxc7 Qxc7 14. Rxc7 Ne8 15. Rc2 f6 $14) 9. g4 b5 (9...
e5 $2 10. g5 $18) 10. g5 Ne8 11. d4 bxc4 (11... b4 12. Na4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 $13) (
11... f5 $5 12. c5 (12. gxf6 $6 Qxf6 $40) 12... Bc7 13. Ne2 Qe7 {/\ e5}) 12.
bxc4 Rb8 13. Bd3 g6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. h4 Ng7 17. O-O-O e5 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nd4 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Chisinau Rezina-Gaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. c4 a5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Bh5) 10. Nxf3 Be7 {Dieser naheliegende Zug ist hier
vielleicht nicht der beste.} (10... Bc5 11. Nh4 $5) 11. Nd4 O-O (11... g6 12.
Bh6 $14) 12. Nf5 {Darin sehe ich das Problem von 10...Be7.} Re8 (12... Bc5 {
Damit g�be Schwarz zu, da� sein 10.Zug nicht optimal war (er h�tte ja
gleich nach c5 gehen k�nnen). Immerhin behielte er seinen Be7.} 13. e4 $14)
13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. e3 {Nun mu� Schwarz mit den beiden Pferden das B-Paar
bek�mpfen. Momentan machen beide B einen k�mmerlichen Eindruck, aber da es
Schwarz schwer f�llt, konkrete Ziele zu finden, hat Wei� viel Zeit, das zu
ver�ndern.} Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Rae1 (17. Rac1 $5 $14) 17... Qc5
18. Qa4 {Eine Provokation.} (18. Rc1) 18... Qb6 (18... b5 $6 19. Qd1 Qd6 20. e4
$14) 19. Qc2 Qc5 20. Rc1 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Ndc5 {Nun hat Schwarz doch noch ein
konkretes Ziel gefunden.} 22. Rc3 (22. d4 {Das ist ein Zugest�ndnis, da es
den Bd2 auf lange Sicht einkerkert.} Ne4 (22... Nd7 $5) 23. Bc1 $14 {/\ Kh2, f3
}) 22... Nd7 (22... d4 $2 23. exd4 Nd7 24. d5 $16) 23. Ra3 $6 {Wei� m�chte
Pd4 ausweichen; allerdings begibt sich der Ra3 hierauf gef�hrliches
Gel�nde.} (23. Re1 d4) (23. d4) 23... a4 24. Rc1 Red8 25. f4 Nc7 26. Rac3 d4
27. Rc4 dxe3 28. Bxe3 {Diese Stellung finde ich nicht so klar: jetzt sind zwar
die wei�en B aktiv, aber daf�r mu�te Wei� seine Bauernstruktur (Pd3)
schw�chen.} Nb5 (28... Nf6 {Die Blockade auf d5 kam ernsthaft in Betracht:
Schwarz hat aber aktivere Ideen.} 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Re1 Ncd5 $14) 29. a3 Nf6 30.
Be4 $6 Re8 (30... Nd6 $1 31. Rb4 Re8 $132 {Danach f�llt es mir schwer, das
wei�e Spiel zu rechtfertigen.}) 31. Bc5 g6 (31... Nxe4 32. dxe4 $14) 32. g4
Nd7 33. Bf2 Nf8 34. Bh4 Ne6 35. Rf1 Nd6 36. Rb4 Nc5 37. Rd1 Kg7 (37... Ndxe4
38. dxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 (39. Bf6) 39... Nxe4 40. Rd7 Nc5 41. Re7) 38. Bf2 Ne6
39. Bf3 Re7 40. Re1 Rd7 41. Re5 Nb5 42. Be2 Nbd4 43. f5 Nxe2+ 44. Rxe2 Nf8 45.
Kg2 f6 46. Rbe4 Rf7 $6 {Es ist zwar verst�nlich, da� die Kr�cke Pd3 dem
Schwarzen nicht so gut schmeckt, aber jetzt begibt sich Schwarz freiwillig in
die R�ckenlage.} (46... Rxd3 47. Re7+ Kg8 48. Rxb7 gxf5 49. gxf5 Ra5 50. Ree7
Rxf5) 47. Bd4 gxf5 48. gxf5 Nd7 49. Rg4+ Kh8 50. Re6 Rg8 51. Kg3 h5 $6 52.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 53. Kh4 Rg7 54. Bxf6 Nxf6 55. Rxf6 Rd7 56. Re6 Rxd3 57. Re7 Rf3 (
57... Rb3 58. Kg5 Rxb2 59. Kg6 Rg2+ 60. Kf6 (60. Kxh5 Rg3 61. Rxb7 Rxh3+ 62.
Kg6 Rg3+ 63. Kf6 c5 64. Rc7 Rxa3 65. Rxc5)) 58. Kg5 Rxh3 59. Rxb7 h4 60. Rb4
Rb3 61. Rxh4 Rxb2 62. Rxa4 c5 63. Kg6 Rg2+ 64. Kf6 Ra2 65. Rg4+ Kf8 66. a4 Rh2
67. Rc4 Rh6+ 68. Ke5 Ra6 69. Kd5 Ke7 70. Re4+ Kf6 71. Kxc5 Kxf5 72. Kb5 Ra8 73.
Re1 Rb8+ 74. Kc6 Ra8 75. Ra1 Ra5 76. Kb6 Ra8 77. a5 Rb8+ 78. Kc7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 {Das gilt als bequeme
Ausgleichsfortsetzung.} 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O
11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 a6 14. b4 $146 (14. Kh1 Nd4 15. b4 Nb6 16. e3
Nb5 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Ne2 Bf6 $11 {Larsen,B-Ivkov,B/Bled cqf2 1965/CAND/1-0 (60)}
) 14... b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 $1 {Das war die Idee von 15.e4. Der Pd3 ist
zwar ganz schrecklich anzuschauen, aber immerhin bewacht er das Feld c4 und
die weißen Figuren sind genügend aktiv, um die Bauernschwäche zu kompensieren.}
(16. dxe4 Nde5 $132 {[%cal Ye5c4]}) 16... Nb6 (16... Nde5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5
$14) 17. Bc3 f5 $2 (17... Nd4 $5 $13) 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Na4 20. Ba1 e5 (
20... Nd4 21. c6 $16) 21. Qb3+ (21. Re1) (21. f4 $5) 21... Kh8 22. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6
23. Bxe5 Rxc5 (23... Nxc5 $2 24. Qc3 $18 {[%cal Rd3d4,Re5g7]}) 24. Rxc5 Nxc5
25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Rf6 27. Qxc5 Qxd3 {In Anbetracht der Lage des Kg7 ist
dieses Endspiel klar vorteilhaft für Weiß.} 28. Qe7+ Rf7 (28... Kg6 29. Re1 $16
) 29. Qg5+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Rc1 $18) 30. Rc1 Qd7 (30... Qxa3 31. Qh6 Qf8 $8
32. Qxa6 Rf6 33. Qxb5 $18) 31. Qf4 (31. Qh6 $5 $16 {gewinnt einen P.}) 31...
Rf8 (31... Qe6) 32. Rc7 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. f3 Rd8 $4 (34... Qa2+ 35. Kh3 Qe6
36. Qd4+ (36. Ra7 $16) 36... Qf6 37. Qd7 Qh6+ 38. Kg2 $16) 35. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 dxc4 {
Ein Nebenweg.} 8. bxc4 c5 {Von dieser Stellung gibt es viele Beispiele, nur
ist in aller Regel hier Schwarz am Zug, weil er für c7-c5 nur einen Zug
aufgewendet hat.} 9. Nc3 ({In dem einzigen hochklassigem Vorgänger entschied
sich Weiß für} 9. d3 {und fuhr damit nicht schlecht:} Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5
Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Qa4 $14 {Stein,L-Shamkovich,L/
Leningrad 1971}) 9... Nc6 10. Na4 Qd6 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. e3 b6 (13...
e5 14. Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e4,Ye4c3,Yc3d5]}) 14. d4 Ba6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 (16.
Qxd6 $2 exd6 $15 {wäre im Interesse von Schwarz: die weißen Leichtfiguren am
Damenflügel schauen dann einen gedeckten P an.}) 16... Nb4 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18.
Rxb4 cxb4 19. Rd1 ({Nach} 19. c5 Qd3 {steht Schwarz ausgezeichnet.}) 19... Qc7
20. Qd2 $11 {Danach verflacht das Spiel vollständig; es mangelte aber an
vernünftigen Alternativen.} Nb6 21. Qxb4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24.
Rb1 Rd8 25. h4 Rd6 26. a3 Ba2 27. Rc1 Bf6 28. e4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI Grand Prix"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Nd2 Na6 $6 (10... Nbd7 $14) 11. a3 Nc7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Be5
Nce8 14. Qb2 Bh6 15. Rfd1 c5 16. e3 Nd7 17. Bc3 $16 Nb6 18. a4 a5 19. d4 cxd4
20. Bxd4 Bg7 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nef6 24. Rad1 Nb4 25. Qd2 e5
26. Rd6 e4 27. Be2 h5 28. Qc3 Ng4 29. h3 Nh6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Rfe8 32. Nc4
Nc6 33. Rd7 Rac8 34. R1d5 Nf5 35. Nxa5 Ne5 36. Rxb7 Rcd8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Nc4
Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nd2 40. a5 Nxc4 41. Bxc4 Rd2 42. Kg1 Nd6 43. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. d4 {N} (4. Nf3) 4... e6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7.
g4 $6 (7. Ngf3 $10) 7... Bg6 8. Ngf3 Nbd7 9. e3 $6 (9. Bg2) (9. Nh4 $6 Ne4 10.
Nxg6 Bb4) 9... Ne4 10. a3 h5 $1 $17 11. Rg1 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bd6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Bd3 Nf6 15. c5 Bc7 16. Ke2 Qe7 17. g5 Nh7 18. Ke1 O-O-O $19 19. Qe2 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Nxg5 21. Qg4 f6 22. Ke2 Kb8 23. f4 Rh2+ 24. Rg2 Rdh8 25. Kd1 Ne4 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Bc3 g5 28. Rxh2 Rxh2 29. fxg5 f5 30. Qg1 Qh7 31. Be1 Qh5+ 32. Kc1 Qe2
0-1

[Event "Prague Bohemians-A"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. h3
(8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O {Vaganian-van der Wiel, Wijk 1989}) 8...
Bh5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 $5 {N} (10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 $1 13. Qe2
Re8 $132 {Beltshik-Bagirov, Riga 1981}) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Nc5 $1 {das
Standardmanöver} 12. Qe2 Qd3 $10 (12... O-O 13. Rd1 $5) 13. Re1 O-O 14. g4 Bg6
15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Nfd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Bd6 Bxd6
21. Rxd6 f6 22. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qc2 Be6 $6 {N} (5... b5 6. a4 Bb7
7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 a6 9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. O-O $146) (5... Qd5 {Empfehlung Lukacs/
Hazai (NIC YB 9)} 6. Nc3 Qh5 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Be6 9. Qf4 Na6 10. O-O Rd8 11.
b3 Qf5 12. Qxf5 Bxf5 13. bxc4 f6 14. d3 e5 15. Rb1 Rd7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Nb3 {
remis gegeben in Hug-Adams, Luzern WchT 1989}) 6. Ng5 Bd5 7. e4 h6 8. Nh3 $1 (
8. exd5 hxg5 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Qxc4 Rc8) 8... Be6 9. Nf4 Bc8 10. Qxc4 (10. e5
Nd5 11. Qxc4 $13 (11. e6 $2 Nxf4 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. gxf4 $17)) 10... e5 11. Nd3
Nbd7 (11... Bd6 $5) 12. Qc3 Bd6 13. Na3 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. b4 Nb6
17. Ndb2 Nfd7 18. d3 c5 19. a3 (19. b5 a6) (19. Be3 $5) 19... Nxc4 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Black "Frolov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 (
8. d4 $5 $14) 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 {N} (9. Nbd2 e5 10. e3 $14 e4 $2 11. Ne1 Nc5
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 $16 {Andersson-Heidenfeld, Kopenhagen 1967}
) 9... cxd5 10. Qc2 Nb6 (10... e5 $5 11. Rc1 Bh6 {Osnos}) 11. Nbd2 Bg4 { <<c8}
12. Bd4 (12. Rae1 Rc8 13. Qb1 $13) 12... Nbd7 $1 { e5} (12... Rc8 13. Qb2 $14)
13. Rac1 (13. Qb2 e5 $1 $15) (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 e5 $10) 13... e5 14. Bb2 Rc8
15. Qxc8 Qxc8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 e4 19. dxe4 dxe4 20. Ng5
Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 (7. Qb3)
7... e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qb3 O-O $1 10. Be3 (10. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 11. Qc6 (11. Qb5 Rb8
12. Qc6 Rb6 $19) 11... Rc8 12. Qb5 Rb8 13. Qc6 Rb6 $19) 10... Bxf3 $1 11. exf3
(11. Bxf3 Ne5 {/\ d4} 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. exf3 $15) 11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 $8 Bxc5
13. Qxb7 Qa5 14. Qb3 (14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Rab8 $17) 14... Bd4 15. Rfc1 $6 (
15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rfd1) 15... Rab8 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rab1 g6 18.
Bf1 Kg7 19. h4 h6 20. Qd2 $2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $8 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 d4 $1 23. Qc2 dxc3
$19 24. Rb3 Nd5 25. a3 Ne7 26. Bh3 Qa4 27. h5 gxh5 28. f4 Kf8 (28... Qxb3 $2
29. Qxb3 c2 30. Qb2+ Kg8 31. Qc1) 29. Kh2 Qxb3 $1 30. Qxb3 c2 0-1

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Black "Koutsin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5) 10... e5 11. e4 dxe4 12.
dxe4 Qb6 $146 (12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc5 14. Bxe5 Nfxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Nd7
17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nef6 19. c5 Re7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Qc3 Rxe1+ {1/2-1/2
Rodgaard,J-deBoer,J/Copenhagen 1986}) 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. h3 $3 {Weiß lockt den
Bg4 auf sein Territorium. Das sieht sehr gefährlich aus.} Be2 $6 (14... Be6 15.
Bxe5 $140 $6 Bxh3) 15. Rfe1 Bd3 16. Qc3 Rad8 17. Re3 Bh6 18. Rae1 Bxe3 19. Rxe3
a5 (19... Rd4 20. Nhf3 Ncxe4 (20... Nfxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Nxe5 Rxe3 23. Nd7
$18) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 (21... Bxe4 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 exd4 25.
Bxd4 Rxe3 26. fxe3 $16) 22. Qe1 Rdd8 23. Nxe5 $16) 20. Ba3 Nfd7 21. Nhf3 Re6 $6
(21... f5 22. Rxd3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nf6 24. Qe2 $16) 22. Ne1 Rd6 $6 (22... Nxe4
23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 $16) 23. Ndf3 $2 {Jetzt hätte er den Bd3 eigentlich nur
noch einsammeln müssen.} (23. Nxd3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Nf8 26. Qe2 $18)
23... Bxe4 24. Nxe5 Bxg2 25. Nxd7 R6xd7 $2 (25... Nxd7 26. Bxd6 Bxh3 27. Nd3
$44) 26. Bb2 Rd4 27. Nc2 $2 (27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Bxd4+ f6 30. Kxg2
$13) (27. Kxg2 Ne6 28. Nc2 c5 29. Rd3 $36) 27... Ne6 $2 (27... Ne4 $19) 28.
Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Kxg2 Ne6 (30... c5 31. Re7 (31. Re5 b6) 31... b6
32. Bc1) 31. Bc3 (31. Bf6 Rd2 32. a3) 31... a4 32. Kf3 (32. bxa4 Ra8 33. a5)
32... axb3 33. axb3 Nd4+ 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Bf6 Rd7 36. g4 {Zeitüberschreitung ?}
1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O (6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3
Qd7 8. d3 Na6 9. a3 f5 10. b4 Nf6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Qb3 Nc7 $11 {Kirov-Kovacevic/
Palma de Mallorca/1989}) 6... Bd6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 $146 (
10. Qb3 $2 Nd7 $1 11. Bd2 (11. Qxb7 Nc5 12. Qb4 Nxd3) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 Qd7 13.
g4 $2 Bg6 14. Nh4 f5 $1 $40 {Berkovich,M-Gofshtein,L/Tel Aviv/1992}) (10. Qc2)
10... Nd7 {[%cal Yd7e5]} 11. Qc2 Rc8 $6 {Der Rc8 steht goldrichtig, wenn Weiß
auf d5 schlägt. Das Problem ist nur, daß die weiße Hauptidee in der Verwertung
der Majorität im Zentrum (durch späteres Pf2-f4) liegt.} 12. Nd4 {[%cal Yf2f4]
Jetzt wollen die weißen P am Königsflügel vormarschieren. Schwarz kann wegen
Ne6 (noch) nicht mit Pf6 Rückzugsmöglichkeiten für den gefährdeten Bh5
schaffen.} Bg6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3 f6 (14... dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd5 16. Bf2 $14) 15.
b4 Bb6 (15... Bxb4 $2 16. Ne6 $18) (15... Bxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 {wäre eine
Möglichkeit, dem Rc8 zu einer sinnvollen Beschäftigung zu verhelfen.} 17. bxc5
Nxc5 $13) 16. Na4 Bf7 (16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 $16) 17. Nc5 $16 {Schwarz steht
sehr passiv.} Nxc5 {Ein interessanter Versuch, sich aus der Umklammerung zu
befreien: der entstehende Pc5 soll mit b7-b6 aufgelöst werden. So bekommen Rc8
und Ne7 doch noch etwas Sinnvolles zu tun.} 18. bxc5 Bc7 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4]}
19. Bf3 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Yf3g4]} (19. Rab1 b6) 19... b6 (19... h5 {verhindert
zwar Bg4, schafft aber eine lästige Schwäche. Ich denke, daß Schwarz sich
damit auch nicht entlasten kann.}) 20. Bg4 {[%cal Yd4e6] So findet der
unglücklich plazierte Rc8 doch noch seine Strafe: Weiß erobert das B-paar.} Rb8
21. Ne6 Bxe6 $8 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rab1 {[%csl Ge6]} bxc5 (23... Qe8) 24. Bxc5 (
24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Bxc5 Bb6 26. Kh1 $16 {ist auch nicht schlecht, gibt aber
unnötig die b-Linie her.}) 24... Bb6 {Schwarz kann die B "halbieren", es
bleibt aber die Überlegenheit des Be6 gegen den perspektivlosen Ne7. Auch
Tausche ändern nichts an diesem grundsätzlichen Manko.} 25. Kg2 Qc7 (25... Bxc5
26. Qxc5 Rxb1 (26... Rb6) 27. Rxb1 dxe4 28. dxe4 (28. Rb7 $2 Qxd3 $11) 28...
Qd2+ 29. Qf2 $16 {Schwarz ist einige Figuren losgeworden, aber
ärgerlicherweise bleibt der Ne7 gegen den Be6 nach. Vor Endspielen hat Weiß
keine Angst.}) 26. h4 {Schafft dem K ein neues Feld (h3). Gelegentlich kann
der Ph4 auch noch weiter vorstoßen; damit hat es aber keine Eile.} (26. Bxe7 {
Schwarz wäre sicher froh gewesen, wenn Weiß zu diesem Bauerngewinn gegriffen
hätte: er wäre sein Sorgenkind los, und die ungleichen B verhelfen Schwarz zu
sehr guten Remischancen.} Qxe7 27. Qxc6 dxe4 28. dxe4 $14) 26... Rfd8 27. Rfc1
dxe4 28. dxe4 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 $16 {[%csl Ge6,Re7]} Rd6 (29... Rd2+ 30. Kh3 Rbd8
31. Rc2 $16) 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Bb3 Rd2+ 32. Kh3 (32. Kg1 Qb6) 32... Qc8+ 33.
f5 $8 {Weiß hatte keine Wahl, aber der Zug hat einige für Weiß sehr angenehme
Effekte: die Situation der Problemfiguren (Kh8 und Ne7) wird zementiert; der
Bb3 erhält bei Bedarf sein altes Feld e6 zurück.} Qd7 34. Qb4 (34. Be6 $5)
34... Qd8 (34... Rd4 35. Qb8+ Qd8 36. Qxa7 Rxe4 37. Rd1 $16) 35. Qb7 Rd7 36.
Qa6 Qb8 37. Qc4 {Die Qc4 hat einen kleinen Spaziergang gemacht, ohne daß sich
grundsätzlich an der Situation was geändert hätte. Weiß hat eben reichlich
Zeit, da Schwarz keine wirklichen Chancen hat, die Situation des Ne7 zu
verbessern.} Qd8 38. Qc5 Qb8 {[%cal Yd7d3]} 39. Rc3 Qb6 40. Be6 Qxc5 {Es
scheint mir, daß die schwarzen Schwierigkeiten nach dem Tausch eher noch
zunehmen.} 41. Rxc5 {[%csl Re7,Rh8]} Rb7 42. g4 Rb5 43. Rc3 {Den R behält Weiß
gerne angesichts der Probleme des Kh8 und Ne7.} g6 (43... h6 44. Rd3 $16) 44.
Rd3 (44. g5 $5 fxg5 (44... Kg7 45. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3d7] /\ Rd7+-}) 45. hxg5 gxf5
46. exf5 Nxf5 $2 47. Rf3 $18) 44... gxf5 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. exf5 {[%cal Rd8d7]}
Rb7 47. g5 c5 (47... h6 48. g6 $18) 48. Rd6 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Rc7 49. Kg4 {
Weiß hat die freie Auswahl, wie er gewinnen will.} (49. Bc4 $5 Nxf5 (49... Ng8
50. Kg4 $18) 50. gxf6+ Kg6 51. f7+ Nxd6 52. f8=Q $18) 49... Nc6 (49... c4 $2
50. gxf6+ Kxf6 51. Bxc4+ $18) 50. Kf4 Nd4 51. Bc4 fxg5+ 52. hxg5 a5 (52... Kf8
53. f6 $18) 53. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8g8]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. d3 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 d4 $6 $146
({Bislang versuchte Schwarz den Abtausch mit} 7... dxc4 8. dxc4 Ne5 {zu
rechtfertigen, womit das Spiel etwas verflacht.} 9. Nd2 $5 (9. Qb3 Nxf3+ 10.
Qxf3 Qd4 (10... Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rd3 Rfd8 {
Dizdarevic,E-Dizdar,G/Zagreb 1993 Weiß hat höchstens einen hauchdünnen Vorteil.
}) 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Be3 Bc5 $11 {Kholmov,R-Sherbakov,R/
Cheliabinsk 1989}) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nf6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rd3
$14 {Pigusov,E-Sherbakov,R/St Petersburg 1998 Weiß hat eine leichte Initiative.
}) 8. e3 {Konsequent.} Ne5 9. Be2 (9. Bg2 $2 {geht natürlich nicht:} dxe3 $17 {
[%csl Rd3]}) 9... h5 {Mit ruhigen Zügen kann Schwarz sein bisheriges Vorgehen
nicht rechtfertigen.} 10. exd4 {Das alte Rezept: der frühe Flügelangriff wird
mit einem Gegenschlag im Zentrum beantwortet.} (10. f4 Ng4 $13) 10... Qxd4 11.
Nc3 {[%cal Yc1e3]} Nf6 (11... h4 12. Be3 Qd7 13. d4 Ng6 14. g4 $16 (14. Bd3 $5)
) 12. Be3 Qd7 13. d4 Neg4 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. cxd5 Qf5 (16... cxd5
$2 17. Nb5 $40) 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 Qh3 (18... Qd7 19. Qf3 $14 {[%cal Rd3f5]}
) 19. Qf3 ({Das direkte} 19. dxc6 $1 {hätte hier anscheinend nach wilden
Verwicklungen zum Erfolg geführt:} Ng4 (19... bxc6 20. Ba6+ Kc7 21. Qb3 Rb8 22.
Qxf7+ Kb6 23. Be2 Ng4 $2 24. Na4+ $18) 20. Bf5+ Kc7 21. Nb5+ Kxc6 22. Nxa7+ Kc7
23. Rc1+ (23. Nb5+ Kc6) 23... Bc5 24. Rxc5+ Kb8 25. Nc6+ bxc6 26. Qb3+ Kc7 27.
Qxf7+ Kb6 (27... Kb8 28. Qb3+ Kc7 29. Rxc6+ Kxc6 30. Rc1+ Kd6 31. Qe6#) 28.
Rxc6+ Kxc6 29. Rc1+ $18) 19... Ng4 20. Qh1 (20. Qg2 {ist ängstlich:} Qxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 cxd5 $17) 20... Ne5 ({Auch} 20... h4 {war zu überlegen:} 21. Qg2 (21. Bf5+
Kb8 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. dxc6 $2 (23. h3 Qg5) 23... hxg3) (21. Be4 hxg3 22. hxg3
Qxh1+ 23. Bxh1 Bc5 $132) 21... Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Kc7 $132) 21. Be4 h4 22. dxc6 Bc5
(22... bxc6 23. Bxc6 hxg3 24. hxg3 Bc5 25. Qg2 $14) 23. Qg2 Qg4 $2 {Hier
überschätzt Schwarz seine Möglichkeiten.} ({Das einfache} 23... Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2
bxc6 {ließ Schwarz bei den ungleichen B hinreichendes Gegenspiel.}) 24. h3 Qxg3
25. cxb7+ Kb8 26. Na4 Bd4 27. Rac1 Qf4 28. Nc5 Rd6 29. Nd3 ({Weiß konnte hier
die Qualität gewinnen:} 29. Na6+ $5 Rxa6 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 32.
Bb7+ Kb8 33. Bxa6 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 $18 {Die schwarzen Figuren stehen zwar momentan
ganz nett, aber wegen der Mattdrohung auf b7 geht gleich Re1.}) 29... Nxd3 30.
Bxd3 f5 $2 {Soviel Zeit hat Schwarz nicht.} ({Er sollte sich gleich um den Pb7
kümmern:} 30... Rb6 $5) 31. Rc2 Bxb2 ({Nun ist es zu spät für} 31... Rb6 32.
Rfc1 Rxb7 33. Ba6 $18) 32. Rxb2 $2 ({Die hübsche Lösung des Problems war} 32.
Re1 $1 Rxd3 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 35. Qc6+ Qc7 $8 36. Qa6+ $18) 32...
Rxd3 33. Rc2 Qd4 $2 (33... Rd7 $16) 34. Rc8+ $2 ({Nach} 34. Qc6 {hat Schwarz
nur noch ein Strohfeuer:} Rg3+ (34... Qd7 35. Qa6 $18) 35. Kh2 Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3
Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 $18 {und der Spuk ist vorbei.}) 34... Rxc8 35.
bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 36. Rc1+ Kd8 ({auch} 36... Kb8 {kam in Betracht:} 37. Rb1+ (37.
Qc6 Rd1+) 37... Kc7 38. Qb7+ (38. Rb7+ Kd8 39. Rb8+ Ke7) 38... Kd6) 37. Qg5+
Kd7 $2 (37... Qf6 38. Qf4 Rd6 {bot gute Verteidigungschancen.}) 38. Qxf5+ Kd6
$8 39. Qg6+ Ke7 40. Re1+ Kd8 (40... Kd7 41. Qf7+ Kc6 42. Re6+ $18) 41. Re8+ Kc7
42. Re7+ (42. Re7+ Kb8 43. Qe8+ Qd8 44. Qb5+ Qb6 45. Qxd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 $146 (5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 (6. Bb2 {
/\ d4 ->D45}) 6... Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O e5 (9... a6 10. d4 $14) 10.
cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Rad1 $146 (12. a3) 12... Nf8 13. d3 (13. d4 $5 {Piket
}) 13... Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Qc4 Nb6 18. Qg4 Qd7 $10 {
Polugaevsky,L-Piket,J/Aruba m/1994}) (5. d4 {->D4}) 5... Nbd7 6. b4 Bd6 7. Bb2
O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 a6 10. Rg1 $6 {[%cal Yg2g4] White plays for an attack
with Pg4-g5, but black seems to be well prepared. Critical will be the control
of /^b2-g7.} dxc4 11. g4 (11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 c5 $15) 11... b5 (11... c5 $6 12.
g5 Nd5 (12... Nh5 13. Ne4 $44) 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Ba2 $14) 12. g5
Nd5 13. Ne4 e5 (13... c5 $2 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. d3 $1 cxd3 16. Bxd3 Bb7 (16... g6
17. Bf6 $1 $18) 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 (17... Qxc5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qe4 {/\ Qh4+-}) 18.
Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rg3 $40) 14. d4 Bc7 15. Rd1 Kh8 $1 (15... a5 16. dxe5 Kh8 (16...
Nxe5 $2 17. Rxd5 $1 cxd5 18. Nf6+ $18) 17. Nf6 gxf6 18. gxf6 $40) 16. Nc3 N5b6
$6 (16... a5 $1 17. Qe4 (17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. dxe5 axb4 19. axb4 Qxb4+ $17) (17.
e4 axb4 18. exd5 bxc3 $19) 17... Bb7 18. Nh4 Rfb8 19. Nf5 Qf8 $17) 17. Qe4 Bb7
18. Qh4 Rae8 (18... a5 $5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rg3 Re8 21. Nxe5 b4 (21... Nxe5 22.
dxe5 Bxe5 (22... Qxe5 $2 23. Rh3 Qf5 24. e4 Qg6 25. Bh5 $18) 23. Rh3 h6 24.
gxh6 g5 $13) 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Rh3 Nf8 24. Rd2 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bc8 $132) 19. Rg3
f5 $2 (19... Qe6 $1 20. Rh3 (20. g6 $6 fxg6 21. Ng5 Qg8) 20... Qg6 $17) (19...
f6 $6 20. Rh3 g6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 (21... Rxf6 22. dxe5 $16) 22. dxe5 Nh5 23. Ng5
$1 $16) 20. Rh3 g6 21. dxe5 {[%cal Rb2h8]} Nxe5 (21... Kg8 22. e6 Ne5 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. Bxe5 c5 26. Qh6 $18) 22. Nxe5 (22. Nxb5 $5 cxb5 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. Bxe5+ Kg8 25. Bd6 $18) 22... Bxe5 23. f4 (23. Nd5 cxd5 24. Bxe5+ Kg8
25. Bd6 $18) 23... Na4 (23... Bxc3+ $142 24. Bxc3+ Kg8 25. Rd6 Nd5 26. Rxg6+
hxg6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7+ Ke6 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Qg7+ $18) 24. Nxa4 Bxb2 25.
Nxb2 c5 26. bxc5 Bg2 27. Rg3 Be4 28. Qh6 Rf7 29. Rd6 Kg8 30. Nxc4 Qc7 31. Ne5
Rg7 32. Rh3 Qxc5 33. Rxg6 Ree7 34. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 (7. Qa4
Bxf3 $1 $10 {Petrosian,A-Sherbakov,R /EUCup/1991} (7... Ngf6 8. Ne5)) (7. d4
Ne7 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 O-O 14.
Be3 Qa5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Rfd8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Romanishin,
O-Dorfman,I/URS-ch46 Tbilisi 1978 (41)}) 7... Qb6 (7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qb6 9.
Qxb6 Nxb6 10. O-O Ne7 11. d3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nc8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bg2 N8e7 15. Nb5
Be5 16. Bc5 O-O 17. d4 Bf6 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Nf5 20. g4 Nh4 21. Bh1 Ng6 22.
f4 Be7 23. f5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nf8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. e4 Ne7 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Nd6
Rd7 29. Rxd5 $1 $16 {Kengis,E-Pavasovic,D/Bern op/1995}) 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. O-O
Bxf3 (9... Ngf6 10. d3 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Kf1 {0.5/
Davies-Kharitonov/Moscow/1988/} (13. Nd4 $5 $14)) 10. Bxf3 Ra5 $2 {Starting
the wrong plan.} (10... Nc5 11. Rb1) (10... Ngf6 11. d4 (11. d3) (11. Nb5 Ra5))
11. d4 b5 $2 {This is only logical after Ra5, but it weakens the Pb5 too much.}
(11... Bd6 12. Bf4 Ke7 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6 14. a4 Ngf6) 12. Bd2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} b4
13. Nd1 Ra7 $2 (13... Rb5 14. Ne3 (14. b3 Ne7 15. Nb2 Nc6 16. e3 Bd6 17. Nd3
Ke7) (14. Rc1 Ne7) 14... Ne7 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. Rfb1) 14. Ne3 {[%csl Rb4][%cal
Re3c2]} Nb8 $1 15. Nc2 Nc6 16. e3 {[%cal Yf3e2,Ye2b5]} Nf6 $2 (16... Bd6 17.
Be2 Nge7 18. Bb5 O-O) 17. Rfc1 (17. Be2 Ne4) 17... Kd7 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Be1 Be7
20. f3 Nf6 21. Bb5 b3 $1 (21... Rha8 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. Bxb4 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2
25. Ba3 $18 {[%csl Ra2]}) 22. axb3 {Now white is a P ahead, but it's only
Pb2+b3 against Pb7.} Rha8 23. Ra4 Kc7 $1 (23... Kd8 $2 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rca1
Rxa4 26. bxa4 {This is, what white is hoping for: changing his Pb3 to a4.}) 24.
Nb4 Bxb4 25. Bxb4 Nd7 26. Ra3 Kb6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rca1 Ra6 29. Kf2 (29. Rxa6+
$4 Rxa6 30. Rxa6+ Kxa6 $10 {This is, what black is hoping for: once the R's
are exchanged, he is safe.}) 29... Kb5 30. Ke2 f6 $2 {It would be interesting,
to see white's plan against passive defense: Ra8-a7-a8 etc. He needs a target
or an open line in the centre or at the K's side, but that is not easily
achieved.} 31. Kd3 e5 $2 32. Bd6 exd4 $2 33. exd4 {Black has played into
white's hands: the open line is just what he wanted.} g6 34. g4 Nb6 35. Bc5 Nd7
36. Bd6 Nb6 37. h3 Nd7 38. h4 Nb6 39. Bc5 Nd7 40. Bd6 Ra5 41. Re1 $1 $18 c5 42.
Re7 Rxa3 43. bxa3 c4+ 44. Kc3 Kc6 45. Bb4 cxb3 46. Kxb3 h5 47. Rh7 Re8 48. Be7
Nb6 49. Kc3 Nc4 50. Kd3 Rb8 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Bxf6 Rb3+ 53. Ke2 Rxa3 54. Rxh5
Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Ne3 56. Rh8 Ng2+ 57. Kf1 Ne3+ 58. Ke1 Ng2+ 59. Kf1 Ne3+ 60. Kg1
Rg2+ 61. Kh1 Rf2 62. h5 Rxf3 63. Be5 Nf5 64. Kg2 Nh4+ 65. Kh2 Kd7 66. h6 Rf5
67. h7 Rh5 68. Ra8 Rg5 69. Rf8 Ke7 70. h8=Q Nf3+ 71. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 (5... Bh5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Nc3 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 $14) (5... Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4
Bd6 10. d4 O-O {Hodgson-Plaskett, London 1989}) 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 g6 $6 {N} (
7... e5 8. Nc3 e4 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. d3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd3 13. exd3 O-O
{Kirov-Ivkov, Bor 1984} 14. c4 $1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {/\ Lb2,Qf3+/= Vaganian}) (7...
c5 $5 8. O-O e6 9. Nc3 Bc6 $10) 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. e4 Be6 12.
Ng5 Bc8 13. Qb3 e6 14. Rd1 h6 15. Nf3 e5 16. d4 $14 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qe7 18. Bf4 (
18. h3 $5) 18... Na6 {/\ Nc5(-e6)} 19. Qc4 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Be6 22. Nxe6
(22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qxa6 Qb4 $44) 22... Qxe6 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Bf1
Qe6 25. f4 $16 Nd7 26. e5 Nb6 27. Rd6 Qe7 28. Rad1 Rad8 (28... f6 $2 29. Bxb6
axb6 30. Qc4+) 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Ne4 Bf8 33. h4 Qe6
34. Qb3 (34. h5 $5 Qxa2 $2 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kh7 37. hxg6+ fxg6 38. Bxb6
axb6 39. Qd7+ Kh8 40. Nf6 Bc5+ 41. Kh2 Qxb2+ 42. Kh3 $18) 34... Qxb3 35. axb3
Nc7 36. Bh3 (36. Nc5 Nbd5 37. Bf2 b6) 36... Ne6 37. h5 Nd5 38. Bxa7 gxh5 39. f5
Nec7 40. Bf2 (40. f6 $1 $16) 40... f6 $1 $14 41. e6 Bb4 42. Bf1 Ne8 43. Be2 Ng7
44. Bc4 Be7 (44... Nxf5 45. Bxd5 cxd5 46. Nxf6+) 45. Bxd5 cxd5 46. Nc3 Nxf5 47.
Nxd5 Kf8 48. Kg2 Ng7 49. Bd4 Nxe6 50. Bxf6 Bd6 51. Bc3 Kf7 52. Ne3 Kg6 53. Nc4
Bc7 54. b4 Kf5 55. b5 b6 56. Bd2 Ke4 57. Bxh6 Kd5 58. b3 Kc5 59. Be3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th final B"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilberman, Nathan R"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirgizia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KGZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd4 {N
} (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd4 (9. Qb3 $5 Qb6 10. e4 $5 $36 {Dizdar-Oney, Berlin op
1987}) 9... Bh7 10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Re1 $14 {Bezold-Franke,
Bundesliga 1990/91}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 (
12. Nf5 Bg6 $1 13. Nxg7+ $2 (13. Nxe7 Qxe7 $10) (13. e4 Bxf5 14. exf5 $10)
13... Kf8 $19) 12... Qb6 13. Nf5 Qxb3 14. axb3 (14. Nxg7+ $4 Kf8 $19) 14... Bg6
$1 15. Nxe7 (15. Nxg7+ $4 Kf8 $19) 15... Kxe7 16. e4 $36 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd7 18.
Be3 a6 19. Rfd1 f6 20. f4 Rhd8 21. b4 Nf8 22. g4 Bf7 23. Bb6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd7
25. Bc7 (25. Be3 $5 $14) 25... Rc8 26. Bd6+ Ke8 27. Kf2 Nb6 $1 {/\ Nc4} 28. e5
fxe5 29. Bxe5 Kf8 {/\ Nd5 oder Bd5} 30. Rd6 Nc4 31. Rd7 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Bd5 $1
33. Rxb7 (33. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 $10) 33... Bxg2 34. Kxg2
Re8 35. Kf3 Rxe5 36. Rb6 Rd5 37. Ke3 (37. Rxc6 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 Rd2+ $10) 37... a5
(37... Rb5 $2 38. Rxb5 cxb5 39. Kd4 {/\ Kc5-b6}) 38. Rxc6 axb4 39. h4 (39. Rb6
Rd1 40. Rxb4 Rh1 $10) 39... Rd1 40. h5 (40. Rb6 Rh1 41. h5 Rh3+ 42. Kf4 Rb3)
40... Rg1 (40... Rb1 41. Rc2) 41. Rc4 Rg3+ 42. Kf4 Rb3 43. Kf5 Rxb2 44. Kg6 Re2
45. Rxb4 Re6+ 46. Kh7 Re7 47. Ra4 Rb7 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. Rg6 Kf8 50. Kh8 Rd7 51.
Kh7 Rc7 52. Ra6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O ({nach} 4. c4 {ist} dxc4 {eine anerkannt
gute Verteidigung.}) 4... Bf5 5. c4 dxc4 {Die zusätzlich geschehenen Züge 4.
0-0 Bf5 bevorteilen Weiß, so daß der Textzug eher ein Seitenweg ist.} 6. Na3 e5
(6... b5 7. b3 (7. Ne5 $6 Qc7 8. d4 cxd3 9. Bf4 g5 $17 {Loginov,V-Iuldachev,S/
Tashkent/1992}) 7... cxb3 8. Qxb3 $44 (8. axb3 e6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Nh4 Qb6 11.
Nxf5 exf5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qc1 Rc8 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qxf5 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17.
Nc2 $14 {Konopka,M-Trichkov,V/Prague Bohemians-B/1992}) 8... Be4 (8... e6 $6 9.
Ne5) 9. d3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Nc2 $1 {/\ a4} e6 12. a4 Ra7 (12... Qb6 $6 13.
axb5 $16) (12... Nd5 $14) 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nb4 Bxb4 15. Qxb4 Qe7 16. Qb3 Qd7
17. Ba3 $14 {Romanishin-Sveshnikov/SU-ch/1979}) (6... Qd5 7. Ng5 $1 (7. Nh4 $6
Be4 8. f3 Bg6 (8... Qc5+ 9. Kh1 Bd5 {Lukacs/Hazai}) 9. Qa4 b5 10. Qa5 e6 11.
Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nc2 Bc5+ $17 {Garibaldi,O-Rossetto,H/ARG-ch/1947} (12... Bd6 $40)
) 7... Qc5 (7... Qd4 8. Qa4 b5 $2 9. Nxb5 cxb5 10. Qxb5+ Bd7 11. Qb7 $18 {
Lukacs/Hazai}) 8. d4 $1 cxd3 9. Qb3 {Lukacs/Hazai: "with a tremendous attack
for White"}) 7. Nxc4 (7. Nxe5 $4 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Qd4 $19) 7... e4 8. Nfe5 Bc5 (
8... Nbd7 9. d4 exd3 10. Nxd3 Be7 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Na5 $14 {Kärner-Polugajewski/
Tallinn/1973}) 9. d3 $146 (9. Qb3 b5 $2 (9... Qe7 $142) 10. Nd6+ $6 (10. Nxf7
$1 bxc4 (10... Kxf7 11. Nd6+ $18) 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Nxh8 Nc6 14.
d3 $16 (14. b4 $5)) 10... Qxd6 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Qxg7 Rf8 $13 {Bell,S-Howell,J/
BCF-ch/1988}) 9... Nbd7 10. Be3 Nxe5 (10... exd3 11. Nxd3 Be7 (11... Bxe3 $143
12. Nd6+ $16) 12. Qb3 $14) 11. Bxc5 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 {[%csl Gc5]
Weiß hat das B-paar und damit die Zukunft für sich. Momentan fristet
allerdings der Bg2 noch ein recht bescheidenes Dasein. Probleme bereitet dem
Schwarzen dagegen der Kollege auf c5, der die wünschenswerte 0-0 verhindert.}
b6 (13... Nd7) 14. Bd6 O-O-O 15. Be5 Rhe8 16. Bc3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rc1 {
Eine interessante Entscheidung: Loginov verspricht sich mehr davon, die Türme
auf dem Brett zu lassen.} c5 (18... h5) 19. Kf1 h5 20. h3 Ne8 21. g4 $1 {
Weiß nutzt sofort das Zurückweichen des Ne8, um die Stellung zu öffnen, was
die Wirkung des B-paars deutlich erhöht.} hxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Bxe4 Nd6 24.
Bd5 Bh3+ 25. Ke1 Be6 {Ein häufig anzutreffendes Verteidigungsverfahren gegen
das B-paar: Schwarz halbiert das Paar, indem er den Abtausch "seines" B
erzwingt. Hier bezahlt er aber dafür mit einer Zersplitterung seiner Bauern.}
26. Bxe6+ fxe6 27. Be5 $16 {Das Endspiel ist deutlich besser für Weiß: Schwarz
hat vereinzelte Bauern am K-flügel, die willkomene Angriffsflächen für die
weißen Figuren bilden. Zudem ist der B eine deutlich bessere Figur als der N.
Die Kette Pa7-b6-c5 ist ein ständiger Sorgenherd bei Vereinfachungen, da sie
sich nicht von der Farbe des Be5 entfernen können.} (27. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 28. Bh6
Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Rxc1 30. Kxc1 Nxc4 $11) 27... Ne4 (27... g5 {wäre ein Versuch,
das Spielgeschehen aktiv mitzugestalten.} {nach} 28. f3 $6 (28. b3 $16 {
Aber danach bleibt das Leben trostlos wie vorher.}) 28... g4 {bestehen
Aussichten, die Schwäche am Königsflügel aufzulösen.}) 28. f3 Nf6 29. Kf2 Rh8
30. Rg1 Rh5 31. Bc3 Rh2+ 32. Ke3 Rh7 33. Rd1 (33. Rg6 {An dem damit
verbundenen Bauerngewinn ist Weiß nicht interessiert, da er dafür sein
Prachtstück Be5 gegen den Kümmerling Nf6 abgeben muß.} Kd7 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35.
Rxf6 $14 {Schwarz hat ausgezeichnete Remischancen.}) 33... Rh4 34. b3 Ne8 35.
Bb2 Rh2 36. Be5 Rh4 37. Rg1 Rh7 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. Rd1+ Kc8 40. Kg3 Rh5 41. Bc3
Rh6 42. Kf4 Rh2 43. Ke3 Rh4 44. Rg1 Rh7 45. Be5 Kd7 46. Kf2 Kc8 47. a3 a5 48.
Ke3 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kc8 50. Kc3 Kd7 51. b4 axb4+ 52. axb4 cxb4+ 53. Kxb4 Rh5 54. f4
Rh2 $2 (54... Kc6 {Stellt sich dem Eindringen des Kb4 entgegen.} 55. Bxg7 (55.
Rd1 g5) 55... Nxg7 56. Rxg7 Rf5 (56... Rh2 57. Rg6 Rxe2 58. f5 $18) 57. e3 Rh5
(57... e5 58. Rg5 $18) 58. Rg6 Kd7 $16) 55. Rd1+ Kc8 (55... Kc6 {Nun ist das
zu spät.} 56. Rd8 $18) 56. Rd2 {[%cal Yb4b5]} Rf2 $6 (56... Rh1 57. Kb5 Rb1+
58. Kc6 Rb4 59. Rd4 Rb1 60. Bd6 Nxd6 61. Kxd6 $18) 57. Kb5 g5 58. Kc6 gxf4 59.
Ra2 (59. Bd4 Rh2 60. Bxb6 $18) 59... Kd8 60. Bd4 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Seminara, Juan Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O a5 8. cxd5 {
Eher eine Nebenvariante.} (8. d3) (8. Na3) 8... cxd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7
10. e4 (10. d4 $14) 10... Nb6 11. d4 Bg4 12. Nc3 N8d7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 a4
$13 {Rahman,Z-Annageldiev,O/Calcutta op/1996}) (8... Qxd5 9. Ne5 Qd8 10. a3 $2
(10. d4 {Filip} Nbd7 11. Nd3 $14) 10... Be6 11. Qc2 Ne8 $11 {Gonzalez-Csom/
Olot/1975}) 9. Nc3 (9. d4 Ne4 (9... Nc6 10. Ne5 a4 11. bxa4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4
13. Bxd5 Nxe5 14. Qb3 $14 {Slipak C,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/Buenos Aires/1988})
10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 Qd7 16.
e4 Bb7 $11 {Arenas,S-Robledo,N/Buenos Aires GP1/1994}) (9. d3 $5 {Filip}) 9...
Nc6 (9... Ne4 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qb6 12. Rd1 e6 13. c4 (13. Rb1 $5 {[%cal
Yc3c4]}) 13... Bxb2 14. Qxb2 dxc4 15. Ne5 cxb3 16. axb3 (16. Ng4 e5 $11) 16...
f6 17. Nc4 $44 {Csom,I-Flesch,J/HUN-ch/1969}) 10. Rc1 (10. d4 Bf5 11. Ne5 Rc8
12. Rc1 $14 {Flohr-Toran/Beverwijk/1960}) 10... Ne4 11. Qc2 Bg4 (11... Nxc3 12.
dxc3) 12. Nxe4 $6 (12. Rfd1 $142) 12... Nb4 (12... Bxb2 {So war ein leichter
Ausgleich zu erzielen.} 13. Qxb2 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bxe2 $11) 13. Nf6+
(13. Qb1 dxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qxe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxa2 $13) 13... Bxf6 14. Qb1
Bf5 15. d3 $8 Bxd3 $5 (15... d4) 16. exd3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxd3 18. Qd2 Nxc1 19.
Rxc1 {Materiell steht die Sache nicht schlecht für Schwarz. Es hängt jetzt
alles davon ab, wie die weißen Leichtfiguren ins Spiel kommen.} e6 {Die
Schwächung der langen Diagonale (a1-h8) war m.E. nicht nötig.} (19... Qd6 20.
Qh6 $140 $6 {[%cal Rf3g5] Das ist nicht zu fürchten:} f6 {die Drohung ist
abgewehrt und die Q hätte im Zentrum eine größere Wirkung.} 21. Nd4 Rac8 $132)
20. Ne5 Qd6 $2 (20... f6 21. Ng4 Qd6 {Damit sind die schwarzfeldrigen
Schwächen notdürftig repariert und es ist nicht leicht, für Weiß etwas zu
erreichen.} (21... Rc8 $6 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxa5 $16)) (20... Qe7) 21. Qf4 {
[%cal Re5g6]} Qe7 (21... f6 22. Nxg6 e5 23. Qh6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Bxd5 $1
{Vielleicht hat Schwarz das bei 20...Qf6 übersehen ?} Qxd5 26. Rc7 Qd1+ 27. Kg2
Qd5+ 28. f3 $18) (21... Rad8 22. Qf6 {[%cal Re5g4]} h5 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+
Kh8 25. Qxh5+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Rd1 $16) 22. Ng4 h5 (22... Rfc8 23. Rxc8+
Rxc8 24. Qe5 Rc1+ 25. Bf1 $18) 23. Rc7 $18 Qd8 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nd7 Rc8 26.
Qe5+ Kh6 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 29. Bf1 Kh7 30. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Kerteminde"]
[Site "Kerteminde"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 Ne7 7. Bb2 Nd7 $2 (7...
O-O) 8. d4 $2 (8. Bxg7 Rg8 9. Bb2 $18) 8... Ng6 9. Nbd2 {/\ e4} f5 10. Ne1 $5 {
/\ Nd3,Ndf3} Qg5 $6 (10... O-O) 11. Ndf3 Qh5 12. Nd3 f4 13. e3 fxg3 14. fxg3
O-O 15. Nf4 Qh6 $16 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. a3 Nxf4 20. exf4
Qg6 21. Rfc1 Nh5 22. Qe3 Bg4 23. Rf1 b5 $2 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Bc3 Rf7 26. Bb4
Bb8 27. Rac1 $18 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. Rc1 Bb8 30. Nf3 Qf5 31. Ne5 Bh3 32. Bf3
Kh8 33. Be2 a6 34. Qd3 Bxe5 35. fxe5 g6 36. Qxf5 Bxf5 37. Kf2 (37. g4 Nf4)
37... Ng7 38. g4 Be4 39. h3 h5 40. Rc7 Ra8 41. Be7 (41. Kg3 $5 $16) (41. Bd2
$16) 41... Kg8 42. Rc6 Kf7 43. Bf6 Ne8 44. Bg5 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ra7 46. Bd8 Ra8
47. Bg5 (47. Ba5 $5 {/\ a4+/-}) 47... Ra7 48. Ke3 Rc7 49. Rxc7+ Nxc7 50. Bd8
Na8 51. Bd3 (51. a4 $5 bxa4 (51... b4 52. Bxa6 Bc2 53. Bb7 Bxb3 54. Bxa8 $18)
52. bxa4 Ke8 (52... Bc2 53. Bxa6 Bxa4 54. Bb7 $18) 53. Ba5 Kd7 54. Bxa6 $18)
51... Bxd3 52. Kxd3 Ke8 53. Ba5 Kd7 54. Ke3 g5 55. Kd3 Ke8 56. Bd2 $2 (56. Kc3
{/\ Kb4-c5 +-}) 56... Nb6 57. Bxg5 Nd7 58. Kc3 a5 59. Kd3 Nb8 60. Bd2 a4 61.
bxa4 bxa4 62. Ke3 Kf7 63. Kf4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 {Die Öffnung der c-Linie erhöht die Remistendenz.
Die Spieler haben auch bald keine Lust mehr weiterzuspielen.} (10. Nd2 e6 $14)
10... cxd5 11. b4 e6 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Qb3 Nf5 15. Rac1 {(0.29/0.
41)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup Cheliabinsk-Yerevan"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qa4 Bxf3 $1
$10 (7... Ngf6 8. Ne5) 8. Bxf3 a6 {N} (8... Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. Bg5
a6 12. Rfd1 b5 $10) 9. d4 Ngf6 10. O-O b5 11. Qd1 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. a4 b4 14.
Na2 Nb6 15. Nc1 Nc4 16. Nd3 a5 17. Bg5 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nc5
e3 21. Qd3 (21. f3 $2 Nd2 22. Re1 Rfd8) 21... exf2+ 22. Rxf2 Ne5 (22... Nxb2 $4
23. Qb3 $18) 23. Qe4 Nc4 24. Qd3 Ne5 25. Qe4 Nc4 26. Rc1 Nd6 (26... Nxb2 $4 27.
Qc2) 27. Qd3 (27. Qd3 Rfd8 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 (5. Qc2 Nd7 6. a4 e6 7. Na3
Bxa3 8. Rxa3 Ngf6 9. Qxc4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Qb4 Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 Qe7 13.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 $14 {Petrosian-Dreev, Sebastopol 1986}) 5... Qd5 6. O-O (6. Qc2 Be6
7. e4 Qd3 8. Qxd3 cxd3 9. Ne5 Na6 10. Nxd3 Rd8 11. Ke2 g6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Rb1 f5
{Remis in Nogueiras-Torre, Novi Sad ol 1990}) 6... e6 (6... Nd7 7. b3 cxb3 8.
axb3 Qh5 9. Nc4 Ngf6 $13 {Vilela-Lugo, CUB-ch 1988}) 7. Nh4 (7. h3 $5) 7... Qh5
8. Re1 (8. f3 $5 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Bf5 10. Nxc4) 8... Bxa3 9. bxa3 Qc5 10. Rb1 b6 (
10... b5) 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Rb4 (12. a4 $5) 12... b5 13. d4 Qd6 (13... Qxd4 14.
Bb2 {/\ Bxg7}) 14. Qe4 (14. Rxb5 cxb5 15. Bxa8 Nbc6 {/\ 0-0}) 14... Bf5 15.
Nxf5 exf5 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Na6 18. Rbb1 (18. Rxb5 cxb5 19. Bxa8 Kd7 20.
Bb7 Nc7 $13) 18... O-O-O 19. a4 (19. Red1 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17) (19. Rec1 $5 {
/\ a4}) 19... b4 20. Rec1 c3 (20... Rxd4 $2 21. Be3 $146) 21. a3 $2 (21. e3 Nd5
(21... f6 22. Bf1 Kb7 23. h4 Nd5 24. a3) 22. Rb3 $13 (22. a3 bxa3 23. Bxd5 Rxd5
24. Rxc3 a2 25. Ra1 Nb4 26. Rc4 a5)) (21. e4 $5 Rxd4 (21... fxe4 22. Bf1 Nc7
23. Rxb4 $13) 22. Be5 Rd2 23. Bf1 Nc7 24. Rxb4) 21... bxa3 22. Rxc3 a2 $1 23.
Ra1 Rxd4 24. Rxa2 (24. h4 Rxa4 $19) 24... Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Rhd8 26. Kg2 (26. Rb2
Ra1 {/\ Rdd1}) 26... Nb4 27. Rb2 a5 $19 28. e3 Ned5 29. Rc5 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 R8d5
31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Kf3 Kc7 34. h4 Kd8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. h5 g6 37. Rb1
Kf6 38. h6 Rd8 39. Rc1 Ke7 40. Rb1 f6 41. Rg1 Rb8 42. Rb1 Na6 43. Rxb8 Nxb8 44.
Kd3 Nd7 45. Kd4 c5+ 46. Kd3 Nb6 47. Bb5 g5 48. e4 Ke6 49. Ke3 fxe4 50. fxg5
fxg5 51. Bc6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poley, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. a3 (8.
d3 $1) 8... Bg4 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 {N} (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e6 13.
Qc2 Nh5 14. d4 Nhf6 15. Nd2 a4 16. b4 b5 {remis in Znamenacek-Damjanovic, Prag
1987}) 11... e5 12. e4 Bf8 13. Qb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 b6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qe7
17. Bc3 Ra7 18. Kg2 h5 19. h4 Rea8 20. Qb2 Bh6 21. Nb3 Qe6 22. Qe2 Ne8 {/\ Nd6}
23. g4 Nd6 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Bxh5 Nf6 26. bxa5 Kh8 {/\ Rg8-+} (26... Kh7 $1 $19
) 27. f4 Rg8+ 28. Kh2 Bxf4+ 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Bg4 Rxg4 31. Bxf6+ Kh7 32. Nd4
Qxf6 33. Qxg4 Qxd4 34. Rg1 {/\ Qh5} Qe5 35. Qg8+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 {->A11} (7.
e4 {Karasev-Shabanov/RUS-ch/1992}) 7... Nd7 8. cxd5 (8. Nc3) 8... exd5 9. Nc3
Ne7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ne5 12. g4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bg6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4
O-O 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Rd7 $1 Qxb2 $2 (17... Rfe8) 18. Qe3 Nc8 19. Rb1 Qa3 20.
Rb3 (20. Rbxb7 $16) 20... Qa5 21. Rbxb7 Nb6 22. Rdc7 Rfc8 23. Re7 Rcb8 24. f4
$1 (24. h4) 24... Rxb7 25. Rxb7 f6 26. Qd4 (26. e5 fxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. fxe5
$16) 26... Re8 $6 (26... c5 $142 27. Qd3 Bf7 28. e5 $16) 27. Kh2 $5 {Preparing
the next move.} (27. g5 $2 c5 $132) (27. Rc7 $5 Qa3 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 c5 30.
Qe3 $16 (30. Qxc5 $2 Qc1+)) 27... c5 $2 (27... Bf7 28. Rc7 Bxa2 29. Rxc6 $16 (
29. g5 $2 Rf8)) 28. Qd6 $1 $18 Bf7 (28... Qxc3 29. Qc7 f5 30. e5 $18) 29. Qc7
Rf8 30. Nd5 $1 Qxa2 31. Ne7+ $1 (31. Rxa7 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qf2 $16) 31... Kh8 32.
Rb8 $2 {Up to this point it seems to me, that Karasev has played a very good
game. But from now on he seems to loose the thread.} (32. Rxa7 $18 {was simple
enough.}) 32... Be8 $2 (32... Re8 33. Nf5 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Bg8 35. Qc7 Qf7 36.
Qxc5 $16) 33. Qxc5 $4 (33. Qd6 $18 {/\Ng6}) (33. Nf5 $18) 33... Nd7 $19 34. Qd6
Nxb8 35. Ng6+ Bxg6 36. Qxf8+ Qg8 37. Qe7 a6 38. f5 Bf7 39. e5 fxe5 40. Qxe5 Qe8
41. Qd6 a5 42. g5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Bg2 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a6 {N} (11... Rc8 12. Bd2 a6 13. Rc1 $14 {
Larsen-Ivkov, Bled cq 1965}) 12. Bd2 b5 13. e4 d4 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. h3 (15. f4
Ng4 {/\ Ne3}) 15... Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Be1 Rfd8 (17... b4 $5 18. axb4 $6 Nxb4
$132) 18. e5 a5 19. Bf2 a4 20. Rc1 Rab8 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxd4 Qd5 23. Qe2 Rb7
24. Rc2 g6 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Kh2 b4 27. Rc4 bxa3 28. bxa3 Rdb8 {/\ Rb2} 29. Rc2
Rb1 30. Bg1 Kg7 31. g4 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Nb3 (32... g5 33. Qd2 (33. fxg5 Qxe5+ 34.
Kg2 Qxg5 35. Nf3 Qd5) 33... gxf4 34. Qxf4 Nxd3) 33. Nf3 Bxa3 34. Kg3 (34. Ra2
Bc1) 34... Bc5 35. f5 exf5 (35... Bxg1 36. f6+ Kg8 37. Qxg1 Qxd3 38. Qa7 Rf8
$13 (38... Qb5 $2 39. Ng5 Rf8 40. Rc8)) 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. d4 $1 Bb6 $6 (37...
Be7 $1 $13) 38. Kh2 Rg8 (38... Qe4 $2 39. Rg2+ Kh8 40. Ng5 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Rf8 42.
Qh5 $18) (38... h6 $6 39. Rg2+ Kh7 $2 (39... Kf8 40. Be3) 40. Ng5+ hxg5 41.
Qh5+ Kg7 42. Rxg5+ Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxb8 $18) (38... f4 $2 39. Rg2+ Kh8 40.
Ng5 {/\ Qh5+-}) 39. Be3 Qe4 $2 (39... f4 40. Bxf4 Nxd4 41. Rg2+ (41. Nxd4 Qxd4
42. Rg2+ Kh8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Qg4+ Kh8) 41... Kf8 $13 (41... Kh8 $2 42. Ng5
$1 Rxg5 43. Bxg5 Nf3+ (43... Qxe5+ 44. Kh1) 44. Qxf3 Qxf3 45. Bf6+ $18)) 40.
Rg2+ Kh8 41. Ng5 Qb7 (41... Qxe3 42. Nxf7#) (41... Rxg5 42. Bxg5 $18) 42. Qf3
Qe7 (42... Qxf3 43. Nxf7#) 43. Qxf5 Rg7 44. Rc2 h6 45. Rc8+ Bd8 46. Ne4 Rg6 47.
d5 Kg7 48. d6 Qe8 49. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 (7. cxd5 {
Loginov ist (in der Vergangenheit) ein Vertreter des Tauschs gewesen. Er mußte
damit rechnen, daß seine Vorliebe seinem Gegner nicht unbekannt war.}) 7... Bd6
{Recht ungewöhnlich.} (7... dxc4 $14) (7... Be7 8. Qb3 Qc8) 8. Qb3 Qc7 $146 (
8... Qc8 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Rac1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 $16 {Fritz,R-Mertens,K/Seefeld 1998}
) 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Bd2 ({Es ist mir nicht klar, wie Kobalija nach} 10. cxd5 {
Nachteil vermeiden wollte:} exd5 (10... Nxe3 11. dxc6 $5 bxc6 12. fxe3 {
und ich sehe keine Kompensation.}) 11. Bd4 O-O 12. h3 $16) 10... Nd7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. e4 {Nun ist doch wieder die Loginov gut
vertraute Bauernstruktur entstanden.} dxe4 15. dxe4 Bh7 {Die typische
Situation: Weiß besetzt das Zentrum und Schwarz setzt es mit seinen Figuren
unter Druck.} 16. Rcd1 ({Das scheinbar unangenehme} 16. Qd3 {findet eine
ausreichende Riposte in} Nxf2 $1 (16... c5 17. Nd5 $14) 17. Rxf2 Bc5 18. Rcf1
Rad8 19. Qe2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rfe8 $44) 16... Qc7 17. h3 (17. Bxh6
{führt zu nichts:} Nxh6 18. Qd2 Bxg3 $132) 17... Ngf6 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1
Rad8 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Nde2 Bc5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. a3 Nc5 25. b4 (25.
Nf5 $6 Bxf5 26. exf5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nb3 $15) 25... Ncxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4
Kh8 ({Der direkte (und sichere) Weg war} 27... Re5 28. Qd3 (28. Nxc6 bxc6 $17)
(28. Nf3 {kommt auch in Betracht, da die geschwächte schwarze Bauernstruktur
am Königsflügel nach} Rxd1 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Qxd1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 {dem Weißen
einiges Gegenspiel bringt.}) 28... Red5 29. Qc4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 (30... Rxd4
$2 {Vor derartigen Situationen wollte Kobalija mit Kh8 sicher Reißaus nehmen.}
31. Ng5 $1 $18) 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Nd6 $11 {führt zum Rückgewinn des Bauern.}) (
27... Rxd4 $2 28. Nf6+ $18) 28. Qd3 $1 Re7 (28... Re5 29. Re2 Red5 30. Red2
Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 {führt zur selben Stellung wie die beim 29.Zug
angegebene Variante.}) 29. Re2 a5 $2 (29... Red7 30. Red2 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4
32. Rxd4 Bf5 $14) 30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. Qc3 Qa4 32. Rdd2 Rxe4 33. Ne6 $1 Rg8 $2 ({
Das spektakuläre} 33... Qd1+ {führt nach} 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 fxe6 36. Qf3
Rxe2 37. Qxe2 $14 {zu einem etwas besseren Endspiel für Weiß.}) 34. Nc5 {
Für die Qualität gibt es nicht genügend Ersatz:} Qb5 35. Nxe4 Qb1+ 36. Kg2
Bxe4+ 37. f3 Bd5 38. Rb2 Qd1 39. Re1 Qa4 40. Rxb7 $18 Ra8 41. Re3 Qd1 42. Rbe7
Rb8 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Rxe8+ Kh7 45. Re1 Qa4 46. Qd3+ g6 47. Re8 Kg7 48. Qc3+ f6
49. Qc5 g5 50. Re7+ Kg6 51. Qc3 Qd1 52. Re1 Qa4 53. Qd3+ Kg7 54. Re7+ Kf8 55.
Qh7 Bxf3+ 56. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Petran, Pal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 (5... e6) 6. cxd5 cxd5 7.
Nc3 (7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 Nxb6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. d3 Bc5 12. a4 $14)
7... e6 8. d3 Be7 $5 (8... Bc5 9. e4) 9. a3 (9. e4 $10 {Dizdar-Horvath, Halle
1987}) 9... O-O 10. Bd2 a6 {N} (10... Qb8 $6 11. b4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Ne5 13. Nd4 $14
{Loginov-Borsos, Zalakaros 1991}) 11. b4 Bd6 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. e4
dxe4 15. dxe4 b5 16. Rfe1 {/\ e5} Bxf3 $1 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 Bb8 {/\ Ba7} 19.
Bf4 (19. a4 $5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 (20... bxc4 $5) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxe4
$10) 19... Qb7 20. a4 Nxe4 (20... bxa4 21. Qxa4) 21. axb5 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 axb5
23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Nc6 25. Be3 (25. Qxb5 $2 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Nd4 27. Bxb8 Rxb8
28. Be2 Rc8 $15) 25... b4 26. Bf3 Qb5 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qxb4 $10 Bc7 29. Qg4
Rd8 30. Bh6 g6 31. Qg5 e5 32. h4 f6 33. Qe3 Rd5 34. Rc1 Rd4 35. Qb3+ Qd5 36.
Qb5 Kf7 37. Be3 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd5 40. Qa6 f5 41. Qc8 Qd8 42. Qb7
f4 43. Bc1 Qe7 44. c6 Kf6 45. Kg2 Qd6 46. gxf4 exf4 47. Qb2+ Kf5 48. Qb5+ Qe5
49. Qxe5+ Bxe5 50. Kf3 h6 51. Bb2 Bc7 52. Bg7 g5 53. Bxh6 gxh4 54. Kg2 Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8. d3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Qd7 $6 (9... Be7 $14) 10. O-O (10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be7 12. O-O {
->Partie}) 10... Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bg6 {N} (12... O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14.
dxe4 Bg6 15. Rfd1 Qc6 16. Rac1 Qa6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd7 $16 {
Dzindzichashvili-Klovan, URS 1975}) 13. e4 Ng4 $5 {die Idee von Bg6} 14. Bf4 (
14. Bxg7 $5 Rg8 15. h3 Nxf2 (15... Rxg7 16. hxg4 dxe4 17. dxe4 $18) (15... Nf6
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 $18) 16. Bd4 (16. Rxf2 Rxg7 $13) 16... Nxd3 17. exd5 $16
) 14... d4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bd2 f6 $1 (16... O-O $2 17. h3 Nf6 18. f4 $16) 17.
Bh3 {/\ f3} (17. h3 Bf7 18. Qd1 Nh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 $13) 17... Bf7 $8 18. Qd1 Be6
$8 19. f4 {/\ f5+-} h5 (19... Ne3 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Nc3 {/\ Nd5+/
-}) 20. Rc1 (20. f5 Bf7 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Nc1 Bh5) 20... O-O 21. b3 Ba3 22. Rb1
Rfc8 $2 (22... a5 23. f5 Bf7 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Nc1 Rfc8 26. Qxg4 Rc2 27. Qd1 (
27. Bh6 Bf8) 27... Qc7 $13) 23. b4 Qf7 $2 24. Qa4 $18 Bxa2 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26.
Ra1 Bb3 27. Qxa3 Rc2 28. Nc1 Be6 29. Rf2 exf4 30. Bxf4 Rac8 31. Ne2 Qd7 32.
Qxa7 Rb2 33. Nxd4 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Bf7 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Be3 Kh7 37. Qc5 Qd6 38. Qc7
Qf8 39. Qc5 Qe8 40. Qf5+ Bg6 41. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Sonnevanck 5th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Van Mil, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 12. cxd5 (12. Qc2 e4 13. Nd4 Qb6 14.
dxe4 dxe4 15. Rfd1 e3 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nf3 Nce4 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Be5 Nf2 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Qb2 $13 {Ubilava-Gutman/Cheliabinsk/1975}) 12... cxd5 (12... Nxd5 13.
Nd2 $14) 13. Rc1 (13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Nc2 Rad8 15. Qd2 Nb8 (15... Nh5 $5) 16. Qb4
Qa6 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. e3 a6 20. b4 $36 {Taimanov-Gutman/Rostov am
Don/1976}) (13. Nd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bh6 15. b4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. e3 Qb5 $132 {
Pfleger-Gutman/BL/1985}) 13... e4 (13... Qb6 14. Rc2 e4 15. Bd4 Qa6 16. dxe4
dxe4 17. Nd2 Rad8 $132 {Fahnenschmidt-Gutman/BL/1987}) 14. dxe4 (14. Ne1 Qb6
15. Nc2 Qa6 $6 (15... Nh5 $132) 16. a3 $1 Rad8 17. Nb4 Qb5 $6 (17... Qa5) 18.
Bd4 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 $2 (19... Kxg7 20. Qc2 a5 21. Na2 exd3 22. exd3 Ne5 23.
d4 Nc6 24. Nc3 Qb6 25. Nxd5 Qxd4 26. Rfd1 $14) 20. dxe4 dxe4 21. Nd5 $1 {
Polugaevsky-Taimanov/URS-ch/1974}) 14... dxe4 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. Ne3
Qe6 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. Qa1 Re7 20. Rc5 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Ng4 $5 (22. g4 $14)
22... f5 23. Nh6+ (23. Re5 $6 Qd6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Nf6+ $2 Kf7 26. Nxh7 Rh8
$19) 23... Kf8 (23... Kh8) 24. g4 (24. Rfc1 g5 $2 25. Nxf5 $18) 24... Rd5 25.
Rfc1 Qe5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 (26... Qxd5 $2 27. Rd1) (26... Qxa1 $4 27. Rd8+ $18) 27.
Rc8+ (27. Qxe5 $6 Rxe5 28. Rc5 b6 29. Rc8+ Re8) 27... Ne8 $8 28. Qc1 (28. Qxe5
$5 Rxe5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxe4 Re5 32. f3 $13) 28... Rc7 $2 {
The exchange of one pair of Rs seems to help White.} (28... Nf4 29. Bf1 Ne6 $17
) 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 $2 (29... Nexc7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Qg5 Ne7 $13) 30. Qd2 (30. Qg5
Qe7) 30... Nf4 (30... Qe5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qg5 $18) (30... Qc3 31. Qxd5 Qc1+
32. Bf1 Qxh6 33. Qxb7) 31. Bf1 Kg7 (31... Qe5 $2 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Qd7 $18) (
31... Ng7 32. Qd4 $1 {><f6,a7} (32. Qb4+ Qe7 33. Qc4 Nge6) 32... Nxe2+ 33. Bxe2
Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qxh6 35. Qd6+ $18) 32. g5 {/\ Qd4+-} Nf6 (32... Qd6 33. Qc3+ Nf6
34. Qc8 $18) 33. h4 $6 (33. gxf6+ $1 Kxh6 34. Qb4 (34. f7 $2 Kg7 $19) 34... Qc1
(34... Nd5 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. f7 $18) (34... Qf7 35. Qe7 $18) 35. e3 Nd3 36. f7
$18) (33. Qd4 $2 Nxe2+ 34. Bxe2 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxg5) (33. Qb2 N4d5 34. e3 Qc3 $13
) 33... Nd7 34. Qd4+ Ne5 35. Qxa7 Ne6 36. Qa8 Nd8 37. Qa4 Qd7 38. Qb4 (38.
Qxd7+ $2 Nxd7 {פh6}) 38... Ndc6 39. Qb5 Kf8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. b4 f4 42. Kh2 f3 (
42... Ng4+ 43. Nxg4 Qxg4 44. Qxb7+ Kg8 45. Qxc6 $18) 43. e3 Qc7 44. Kg1 Qd7 45.
Qa4 Nf7 (45... Ng4 $4 46. Bh3 $18) 46. b5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Armas, Jorge"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 $1 $10 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O
e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d3 Nc6 10. e4 (10. a3) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 {N}
(12... Nd7 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Bxe3 (15... Rfd8 $1 $10) 16. Qxe3
Rfd8 $10 {Portisch-Matanovic, Wijk 1968}) 13. a3 $6 (13. Qb3 $5) 13... Rfd8 14.
Qe2 Ne5 15. Rfd1 (15. b4 $6 Qa6) 15... Rac8 16. Kg2 (16. Bg2 Neg4 17. Bd4 e5) (
16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 (18. Qxd1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxa3)) 16... a6
17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1 19. Nxd1 (19. Qxd1 Nc4) 19... h6 20. Bf4 (20. Bd4
$10 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 (21. Qxf3 Qd2 22. Bc3 Qc2 $17)) 20... Nxf3 21. Qxf3 (21. Kxf3
g5 22. Bd2 Qe5 23. Nc3 Qd4 $15) 21... g5 $1 22. Be3 Qe5 23. Nc3 b5 (23... Bxa3
24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. bxa3) 24. Bb6 $2 (24. Ba7 $1 b4 (24... a5 25. Qe3 b4 26. Bd4)
25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Bb8 Qxb8 27. Qxf6 $10) 24... b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 {><e4} 26. Bc7
Qxc7 27. Qxf6 Bxc3 28. bxc3 (28. Qxc3 $4 Qxc3 29. bxc3 a5 $19) 28... a5 29. f4
(29. Qd4 Qc6) (29. Qxh6 Qe5 $17) 29... gxf4 30. gxf4 a4 31. Qd4 (31. Qxh6 a3
32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qh4+ Kd7) 31... a3 32. f5 a2 33. Qa4
Qf4 34. Qxa2 (34. fxe6 Qd2+) 34... Qxe4+ 35. Kg3 Qxf5 36. Qc4 Qe5+ 37. Kf3 Qxh2
38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qb4+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf6 41. Qd4+ Qe5 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qc8 Qd5+
44. Ke2 h5 45. c4 Qe4+ 46. Kd2 h4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Be7 (6... Nbd7 7. Be3
Bc5 $1 $11) 7. Be3 {[%cal Yd1b3] Mit diesem Zug unterbindet Weiß die Parade
Qb6 auf Qb3.} dxc4 $146 (7... Nbd7 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rac1 (10. cxd5
exd5 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Bd4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 (13. Qc2 Ne6) 13... Bxc5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
$8 15. d4 b6 (15... Rxe2 16. Rxc5 $36 {[%cal Yf3e5]}) 16. Rfe1 Qa6 17. dxc5
bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14 {Loginov,V-Lukacs,P/Budapest ExpFS SepGM/1993 Auch hier
besteht angesichts des reduzierten Materials und der ordentlich plazierten
schwarzen Figuren eine starke Tendenz zum Remis.}) 10... dxc4 11. dxc4 Qc7 12.
h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 $10 {Kortschnoj-Spassky/Linares/1985 Die
Bewertung stammt aus dem Informator (39). Ich könnte mir aber vorstellen, daß
auf niedrigerem Level diese Stellung etwas bequemer für Weiß zu spielen ist.})
8. dxc4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 {Durchaus nicht unbedenklich, da Weiß
jetzt ein Pfund hat (das Läuferpaar), mit dem er wuchern kann.} (10... e5) (
10... O-O) 11. exf3 (11. Bxf3 $6 Ne5) 11... e5 $2 {Das bringt aber schon sehr
ernsthafte Schwierigkeiten mit sich.} (11... Bc5 {Die Halbierung des
Läuferpaares war die bessere Methode.} 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 $14) (11... O-O)
12. Bh3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd1,Ge3,Gh3][%cal Yd1d2,Ya1d1] Ungewöhnlich und stark:
Weiß übt einen lästigen Druck auf die schwarze Position aus, den er durch
Verdoppelung in der offenen Linie noch ausbauen kann. Schwarz dagegen kann
seinem Spiel keine Spitze geben.} (12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 $14 {ist auch nicht
schlecht, gibt Schwarz aber bessere Möglichkeiten.}) 12... Nb6 (12... Bc5 $2
13. Rxd7 $1 Bxe3 14. Rxb7 $16) 13. b3 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 (14... Rad8 15. a4) 15.
fxe4 Rad8 16. a4 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Ge3,Gh3]} c5 (16... Bb4 17. a5 Nc8 18. Rxd8
Rxd8 19. a6 b6 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Yd1d7] Weiß beherrscht das
Geschehen.}) 17. a5 Na8 18. Bd7 $1 {Lehrreich: hinter dem Vorposten Bd7 kann
Weiß jetzt in Ruhe die R verdoppeln.} Nc7 19. Rd2 f6 20. f4 g6 21. Rad1 Kg7 22.
Kg2 h6 23. f5 {[%csl Rc5,Re5,Re7,Rf6] Der nächste Schritt: der Be7 wird
eingekerkert.} g5 24. Kf3 {[%cal Yf3g4]} h5 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. b4 $1 {Die d-Linie
ist zwar beeindruckend, aber um zu gewinnen, wird eine 2.Front eröffnet.} b6 (
26... cxb4 27. Bxa7 $18 {[%cal Ra7b6]}) 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Bc6 {Erobert die 2.
offene Linie.} Rad8 29. axb6 Rxd2+ 30. Bxd2 axb6 31. Ra7 $18 {Mit dem
Eindringen in die 7.Reihe ist das schwarze Schicksal besiegelt.} Bd6 32. bxc5
bxc5 33. Ba5 Rc8 $2 {Verkürzt das Leiden.} (33... Ke7 34. Bxc7 Bxc7 35. Rxc7+
Kd6 36. Rh7 Kxc6 37. Rxh5 $18) 34. Bb7 (34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Bxc7 Bxc7 36. Bd5+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Leonid"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Qc8 (8... Bxf3 $14) (8... Nbd7 $14) 9. Re1 (9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. Rc1 Bxg2 11. Kxg2
Qd8 12. Qc2 Na6 $6 (12... a5) 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 $14 {Vukic-Gligoric/YU/1987}) (
9. Nc3 Bh3 10. cxd5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Na4 Qe8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qb5 17. Qb2 {Hecht-Hurme/Nice ol/1974} (17. Kg1 $1 $14)) 9...
Re8 (9... Bh3 10. Bh1 Rd8 11. Nbd2 Na6 12. Rc1 Qf5 13. a3 Bh6 14. b4 Ng4 $6 15.
cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qc2 Qf5 17. e4 Qh5 18. Red1 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. d4 $16 {
Polugaevsky-Trifunovic/Sarajevo/1965}) (9... Qf5 10. Nbd2 Qh5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12.
cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc7 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Nxc7 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 $13 {Franco-Diaz/Capablanca
mem-B/1991}) 10. Nbd2 h6 11. d4 Bxf3 12. exf3 g5 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ne3 e6 15. f4
$1 Nh7 (15... gxf4 $2 16. gxf4 {/\f5,Bh3,Kh1,Rg1}) 16. f5 Qd8 17. Bh3 Ndf6 18.
fxe6 fxe6 19. Nc2 Nf8 20. Ba3 N6h7 21. Qd2 Qf6 22. Rad1 (22. Bd6 {/\Be5} Ng6
23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Rad8 25. c5 Bf8 26. Be5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qg5+ 28. Qg2 $14)
22... Rad8 23. Bg4 Ng6 24. Bh5 e5 25. cxd5 cxd5 (25... Rxd5 26. dxe5 Rxd2 27.
exf6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxc2 29. Bxg6 Rxa2) 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. Ne3 (27. Nd4 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1) 27... d4 28. Qd3 (28. Bb2 Re6 29. Nc2) 28... Nhf8 29. Ng4 Rxe1+ 30.
Rxe1 Qa6 31. Qxa6 bxa6 {Now Bh5 and Ng4 are slightly misplaced.} 32. Kf1 $2 (
32. Bc5 $1 d3 (32... Rd7 $2 33. Re8 $16) 33. Bxa7 d2 34. Rd1 $16) 32... d3 33.
Rb1 (33. Rd1 {looks normal}) 33... Kh7 34. Ne3 (34. Bxg6+ Nxg6 35. Ne3) 34...
Ne5 35. Nf5 (35. Ke1 {/\Kd2} Ne6) 35... Bf6 36. Bb2 Nfg6 37. Ne3 Bg7 38. Kg2 a5
39. Bd1 Bf6 40. Ng4 Nxg4 41. Bxg4 Bxb2 42. Rxb2 Ne5 43. Bd1 Rb8 44. Rb1 Kg6 (
44... Rc8 $1 45. Kf1 (45. h3 Rc2) 45... g4 46. Ke1 Kg6 47. Kd2 Kf5 48. Ke3 $15)
45. Rc1 Kf5 46. f3 a4 47. Rc5 Rb6 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Rd5 Rc6 50. f4 (50. Ra5 $2
Rc2+ 51. Bxc2 $4 dxc2 52. Rc5 (52. Ra6+ Ke7 53. Rxa7+ Kd8 $19) 52... Nd3+ $19)
50... gxf4 51. gxf4 Ng6 $10 52. Ke3 Re6+ 53. Kf3 Re1 54. Rxd3 Rf1+ 55. Ke4
Rxf4+ 56. Ke3 axb3 57. Bxb3 (57. Rd6+ $2 Kg5 58. Rxg6+ Kxg6 59. Kxf4 bxa2 $19)
57... Rh4 58. Rd6+ Kg5 59. Rd5+ Kf6 60. Rd6+ Kg5 61. Rd2 Ne5 62. Rd5 Kf6 63.
Rd6+ Kg5 64. Ra6 Rxh2 65. Rxa7 h5 66. Bd5 Ng4+ 67. Kd3 Nf6 68. Bc6 h4 69. a4 h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 dxc4 {Verglichen mit dem
Reti-Gambit (4.c4 dxc4) ist das Schlagen an dieser Stelle klar schlechter, da
der Bg4 ungünstig steht.} 6. Na3 Qd5 7. Qc2 Be6 (7... Bf5 8. Qxc4 e6 9. Qb3
Qxb3 10. axb3 Be4 (10... Nbd7) 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. d3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Bd2
Be7 15. e4 Nb4 16. Bc3 O-O 17. d4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 f5 $2 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bxb4
Bxb4 21. d5 $16 {Loginov,V-Sermek,D/Kecskemet 1992}) 8. h4 {[%cal Yf3g5]} (8.
Re1 Na6 9. h4 Qc5 10. Ng5 Bd7 (10... Bd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Qc3 Nd3 13. Re2 h6 14.
exd5 hxg5 15. Qxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 $14) 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 $14 {Prokopchuk,
E-Mukhametov,E/Alushta 1997}) 8... Bf5 $146 {Schwarz entscheidet sich
nachträglich doch noch, den B nach f5 zu stellen. Gegenüber Loginov-Sermek (s.
o.) kann man kaum von einem echten Tempoverlust sprechen (Ph4 ist nicht viel
wert).} (8... Qf5 9. Qc3 (9. Qxf5 Bxf5 10. Nxc4 $14) 9... Nd5 (9... Ne4 $5) 10.
Qxc4 Ne3 11. Qb4 Nxg2 (11... Nxf1 12. Qxb7 $18) 12. Kxg2 (12. Qxb7 Nf4 13. gxf4
Qg4+ 14. Kh1 Bd5 $11) 12... b6 13. d3 Nd7 (13... Qh3+ 14. Kg1 Bd5 $132) 14. Ng5
$13 {Wockenfuss,K-Dewenter,U/Ostend 1993}) (8... Qe4) 9. Qxc4 e6 10. Qa4 $5 (
10. Qb3 {wäre Loginovs Methode (s.o.).}) (10. d3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Qxc4 12. dxc4
Nbd7 $13) 10... Nbd7 11. d3 {[%cal Re2e4]} Nb6 12. Qc2 Qd8 (12... Bg6 $5) 13.
Nc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd6 15. Bg5 ({Man konnte auch gleich} 15. Bf4 {spielen.})
15... h6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 O-O 18. Rfc1 {Der natürliche weiße Plan ist ein
Vormarsch am Damenflügel, gestützt auf den Bg2.} Qb6 (18... Qe7 {gefällt mir
besser.}) 19. Rab1 a5 20. Ne5 (20. b4 $5 {[%csl Gb1,Gc1] wäre der direkte
Versuch.} axb4 (20... a4 {ist nur eine Notlösung.}) 21. Rxb4 Qa7 ({oder} 21...
Qa6 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. g4 Bh7 25. Rc7 $16) 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 {
Von dem Fianchettoläufer trennt man sich nicht so gerne; vielleicht hat Weiß
deswegen diese Variante vermieden.} cxd5 24. e4 $16) 20... Rfd8 (20... Rad8 {
hielte den Pf7 geschützt.}) 21. g4 Rd4 (21... Bh7 $2 22. g5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) (
21... Bg6 22. Nxg6 Rd4 23. Qg3 fxg6 24. Bf3 $14) 22. e4 $8 Bg6 23. g5 hxg5 24.
hxg5 {Ab jetzt lauern langfristig Mattgefahren für Schwarz in der h-Linie (R+Q)
.} Nd7 (24... Nd5 25. Qg3 Ne7 26. Bf3 $36 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yc1h1]}) 25. Nc4 (25.
Nxg6 {führt zu nichts:} fxg6 {und der Kg8 hat an Sicherheit gewonnen.}) 25...
Qd8 26. Qe3 Nf8 (26... e5 27. f4 b5 $13) 27. Rc3 c5 $2 (27... f6 $5 {schützt
den Kg8 besser.}) 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. f4 Rd8 30. Bf1 b5 {[%cal Yc5c4]} 31. b3 {
[%cal Yb1b2,Yb2h2]} Nd7 $6 (31... Bh5 32. Rb2 $40) 32. Nf3 $2 ({Ich sehe nicht,
was gegen} 32. Nc6 $1 $16 {spricht.}) 32... Bh5 (32... e5 33. Qf2) 33. Rc2 Bxf3
34. Qxf3 c4 $6 {Schwarz versucht, mit einem Bauernopfer Gegenspiel zu erlangen.
} (34... e5 35. f5 $40) (34... Nf8 $5 35. Rbc1 (35. Rh2 Ng6) 35... Ng6 36. Rf2
(36. Rxc5 Nxf4 37. Rc6 Qb8 $13) (36. f5 exf5 (36... Ne5 $5) 37. Qxf5 Qg3+ 38.
Rg2 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Rxd3 $132) 36... e5 37. f5 Nf4 38. Rh2 $16) 35. bxc4 bxc4 36.
Rxc4 Rxc4 37. dxc4 Qd4+ 38. Qf2 $1 Qxe4 $2 {Gewinnt den P zurück, begibt sich
aber in eine sehr unangenehme Fesselstellung.} (38... Nc5 $142 {bringt auch
die letzte Figur ins Spiel}) 39. Rd1 {[%csl Rd7,Rd8]} Qa8 $2 $138 {zu passiv.}
(39... Qf5 $8 {[%cal Ye6e5] bot eher Schwindelchancen.} 40. Bg2 (40. Qd4 e5 41.
fxe5 Qxg5+ 42. Bg2 Kf8) 40... e5 41. Qe3 $1 $18) 40. Bg2 $18 Qc8 41. Qd4 Kf8
42. Qd6+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Rc8 {gegen exd5 gerichtet.} (10... Nc5 11. Be3 (11. exd5
Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Ne4 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Rfc1 $2
Bxe5 18. dxe5 d4 $17 {Markowski,T-Rublevsky,S/Polanica Zdroj 1998}) (11. Ne2
Ne6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nh4 g5 14. f3 gxh4 15. fxg4 Ng7 16. g5 hxg3 17. Nxg3 d4 18.
Bf4 (18. Bxd4 Bxg3 19. Bxg7 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rad1 $16)
18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Ng6 20. Rf6 Qg4 21. Qd2 Ne6 22. Rf5 $2 (22. Nf5) 22... Nh4
$17 {Ninov,K-Sharif,M/Cap d'Agde 1994}) (11. Bg5 $5) 11... Ne6 12. exd5 cxd5
13. Nb5 Nf5 14. Qa4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bf5 16. Ne5 (16. Qb3) 16... Bxe5 17. Rxf5
Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Rxd5 $14 {Markowski,T-Krasenkow,M/Polanica Zdroj 1998}) (
10... a6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. exd5 cxd5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nd4 $14 {Loginov,
V-Varga,P/Budapest 1994}) (10... Re8 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qa4 Bf5 14.
Bxe7 Bxe7 15. Nxd5 Bxd3 16. Rfe1 Bc5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Bh3 f5 20.
Qd1 Be4 21. Rxe4 fxe4 22. Bxd7 $16 {Fancsy,I-Khenkin,I/Heraklio 1993}) (10...
dxe4 11. dxe4 Ne5 (11... Nc5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Rad1 $14 {Preiss,M-Klebel,M/
Badenweiler 1990}) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be3 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. h3 Be6 16. Rad1
Qc5 17. Rd2 $14 {Berkovich,M-Kogan,A/ISR-chT 1996}) 11. b3 $146 (11. Be3 Bc5
12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne5 Bh5 (13... Be6 14. Rad1) 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Kh1
dxe4 17. dxe4 Rcd8 18. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Popov,V/St. Petersburg 1998}) (
11. Bg5) (11. h3) 11... Qa5 {Sieht etwas eigenartig aus, die Qa5 hat aber
interessante Optionen (Qa6, dxe4 nebst Qh5).} 12. Bd2 (12. Bb2 f5 $5) (12. a3
$5) 12... Qa6 13. Rfe1 (13. Be3 $5 {verhindert Nc5.}) (13. d4 c5 $1 14. dxc5
Nxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 N5f6 $15) 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Qd1 Ne4 $15)
13... Nc5 14. d4 Ne6 {[%cal Rg4f3]} (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 $132
) 15. Be3 Bb4 16. a3 {Unnötiges Risiko} ({Die Zwischenzüge} 16. Ne5 Bh5 {
hätten die Möglichkeit Bf5 ausgeschaltet.} 17. a3) 16... Bxc3 17. Qxc3 dxe4 18.
Ne5 Bf5 19. g4 Bg6 (19... Nd5 20. Qc4) 20. h4 $2 {schwächt den Königsflügel zu
sehr.} (20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe4 Nd5 22. Qc2 $11) 20... h5 {[%csl Rh4] fixiert
Ph4} (20... Nd5) 21. gxh5 Bxh5 22. Bxe4 Nd5 23. Qd2 $2 (23. Qc2) 23... Rcd8 24.
Bf5 (24. Qc2 $142) 24... c5 $1 {Die Entscheidung: das weiße Zentrum bröckelt
und die Qa6 kehrt ins Spiel zurück. Der geschwächte weiße Königsflügel ist
jetzt dem Ansturm der schwarzen Figuren hilflos ausgeliefert.} 25. dxc5 (25.
Bd3 Qd6 26. Nc4 Qe7 27. Bg5 f6 28. Bf5 Nxd4 $1 $19) 25... Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Nd4 27.
Bd3 Qf6 28. Be4 {Verliert sofort; es gab aber keine Rettung mehr.} (28. Qe4 Bg6
29. Nxg6 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kg2 Nxe1+ 31. Rxe1 fxg6 $19) 30... fxg6 31. Bc4+ (
31. Red1 Rxd3 $19) 31... Kh7 32. Red1 Nd2 $19 {[%cal Rd8d4]}) (28. Qg5 Qxg5+
29. hxg5 Rfe8 {[%cal Re8e5]} 30. Kg2 Nxb3 31. Rab1 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxd3 $19) (28.
b4 Rfe8 $19) 28... Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berkovich, Mark A"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 $6 Bh5 10. Qb3 $2 (10. Qc2) 10... Nd7 $1 11. Bd2 (11. Qxb7 Nc5 12.
Qb4 Nxd3) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. g4 $2 (13. e4 $2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Qxh3 $19) 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 f5 $1 $40 15. gxf5 Nxf5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 {/\ Nh4}
17. Bg5 Ne6 18. Qd2 Bc7 19. e4 Qd6 20. f4 Bb6+ 21. Kh2 Be3 22. Qe2 (22. e5 Qc7
23. Qe2 Nxg5 24. fxg5 Qxe5+ $19) 22... Nxf4 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Be3
{[%cal Yd1b3] Verhindert Qb6 und bereitet so Qb3 vor.} O-O (8... Nbd7 9. Qb3
Qb8 10. Bf4 (10. Nc3 $142) 10... Qc8 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. e4 $2 Nxd3 $1 $17 {
Loginov-Welling/Wien op/1994}) 9. Qb3 Bc8 $146 {Neuerungen dieser Art werden
wohl nicht am grünen Tisch entworfen.} (9... Qc7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rfc8 12.
Nd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. b4 Ne6 15. Qb3 b6 $6 16. Rfd1 $6 Rab8 $6 17. b5 $14 {
Bosboom,M-Jonkman,H/Vlissingen 1998}) 10. Nc3 Na6 11. h3 Re8 12. Rac1 Bd6 13.
Bd2 {[%cal Ye2e4]} h6 {[%cal Yc8f5]} (13... Nc5) 14. a3 Bf5 15. Nd4 (15. Qxb7
$2 Nc5 $19) 15... Bh7 16. Qc2 {Die schwarze Stellung macht trotz des
Zeitverlusts mit dem B einen ansprechenden Eindruck.} (16. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 17. Qxc6
Rc8 $17) 16... Qd7 (16... c5 $5 17. Ndb5 Bf8) 17. b4 c5 $1 (17... Rac8 {
[%cal Yc6c5]}) 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ncb5 $8 Rac8 20. Qb2 Nb8 $1 {[%cal Ra7a6] Es
zeigt sich, daß die N auf wackeligen Beinen stehen.} 21. Rxc5 $5 {Weiß
entscheidet sich für die Gewaltlösung.} (21. Bf4) (21. Be3) 21... Rxc5 22. Nxa7
{[%csl Gd4]} Na6 $2 (22... Qa4 23. Nab5 Nc6 {und die Lage ist noch völlig
undurchsichtig: für die Qualität hat Weiß nur einen P und den Prachtspringer
auf d4.}) 23. Bb4 {Jetzt verliert Schwarz seine Qualität zurück.} Nxb4 $2 ({
Wenigstens sollte Schwarz den Verlust der Qualität nutzen, um den Nd4 aus
seiner dominierenden Position zu vertreiben.} 23... Rc7 24. Nab5 Rc6 25. Nxc6
bxc6 26. Nc3 c5 27. Ba5 $16) 24. axb4 $18 Rc7 25. Ndb5 Bf5 26. Kh2 h5 27. Nxc7
Qxc7 28. Nb5 Qb6 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Nf3 Qe6 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Nd4 Qe5
34. Kg1 Qd6 35. Qd2 Qb6 36. Qc3 Rc8 37. Qa1 Re8 38. e3 Ra8 39. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Na4 $146 ({Mit der Zugfolge} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Na4 Nh5 12.
Bd2 Bd6 13. Rac1 Nhf6 {hatte Weiß das Tempo Bd2 gewonnen, allerdings machte
die schwarze Stellung immer noch einen soliden Eindruck:} 14. Nd4 Be5 15. Nf3 {
Dizdar,G-Chernin,A/New York 1989}) 10... Bd6 11. e4 $2 O-O $2 ({Wie wollte
Weiß wohl nach} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 d4 {seinen Na4 retten?}) 12. Nd4 dxe4 13.
dxe4 Re8 14. f3 Bh5 15. Be3 b5 16. Nc3 Bg6 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Rac1 (18. a4 $5)
18... a6 19. Bh3 $2 {Ein (naheliegender) Schritt in die falsche Richtung} (19.
Nce2 c5 20. Nf4 $14) 19... Qb7 {Die Qc8 entfernt sich gerne aus dem
Einflußbereich von Rc1 und Bh3; man beachte, daß mit dem B auf g2 Schwarz nach
Qb7 immer mit der Öffnung der langen Diagonale rechnen mußte.} 20. Nce2 ({
Möglicherweise war hier sogar} 20. Bg2 {sinnvoll, was aber ein schlechtes
Licht auf den vorigen weißen Zug wirft.}) 20... Ne5 21. f4 $2 {Das hält die
Stellung nicht mehr aus.} ({Das naheliegende} 21. Bg5 {leistet nicht viel, da
Schwarz den Doppelbauern akzeptiert:} c5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nf5 c4 $132) (21.
Bg2 c5 22. Nc2 c4 $15 {[%csl Rb3] Die Qb3 gerät ins Gedränge.}) 21... Neg4 22.
Bxg4 (22. e5 c5 23. Bg2 Ne4 24. f5 Bh5 $17) 22... Nxg4 23. f5 (23. Nxc6 Rxe4
$19) 23... Bh5 24. Nxc6 Rxe4 25. Rd3 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barle, Janez"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
dxc4 Bb4 (8... Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rad1
Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rfd8 15. b3 a5 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. b4
Nb3 20. Ne5 $10 {Osnos-Sveshnikov, Leningrad 1987}) 9. Bd2 {N; /\ Nb5} (9. Nd4
Bg6 10. Qb3 a5 11. Na4 O-O 12. a3 Nc5 13. Qd1 Nxa4 14. axb4 Nb6 15. b5 c5 16.
Nb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc2 18. Rd3 {Dlugy-Sveshnikov, Palma GMA op 1989}) 9... O-O
10. a3 Be7 11. Nh4 (11. b4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qb3 $10) (11. h3 Ne4 12. Nxe4
Bxe4 $10) 11... Bg4 12. h3 (12. Qc2) 12... Bh5 13. g4 Ne8 (13... Bg6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. b4 $14) 14. Nf3 (14. gxh5 Bxh4 $15) 14... Bg6 15. b4 h5 (15... Nd6 $5
$10) 16. Qb3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Qc7 18. Be3 Nef6 19. Nh2 Ne5 20. f3 (20. g5 $2 Neg4
$17) 20... a5 21. Rad1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra6 {/\ Rfa8} 23. g5 (23. b5 $2 Ra3) 23...
Nh5 (23... Ne8 24. Bf4) 24. f4 Nd7 25. c5 (25. Rf3 $5) 25... b6 (25... Rfa8 26.
Qc4 $10) 26. Qc4 (26. b5 $2 Nxc5 $19) 26... b5 27. Qb3 (27. Nxb5 $2 cxb5 28.
Qxb5 Nb8) 27... Rfa8 28. Rf3 $1 {/\ Rh3,Bf3+/-} Bf5 29. Bh3 Ra3 30. Qb2 Bxh3 (
30... g6 $2 {/\ Bf8-g7} 31. Ng4 $16) 31. Rxh3 Nxf4 $1 (31... g6 32. Ng4 $16)
32. Bxf4 Qxf4 33. Rxd7 Qxg5+ 34. Kf2 Qf5+ (34... Bf6 $5) 35. Rf3 Bh4+ 36. Kg2
Qg6+ 37. Kh3 Qh5 38. Kg2 Bf6 (38... Qg6+ 39. Kh3 $10) 39. Qd2 Rxc3 40. Rxc3
Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Qxe2+ 42. Kg1 e5 (42... Ra2 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Qh3+ (44. Qd3+ Qxd3
45. Rxd3) 44... Kg6 45. Qg3+ (45. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 46. Nxg4 f6) 45... Kf6 46. Qf4+
$10) 43. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Lillafured"]
[Date "1999.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Qc2 e5 5. d3 h6 (5... Bb4+ 6. Nd2 (6. Bd2 Bxd2+
7. Nxd2 O-O 8. Ngf3 (8. Rc1 Re8 9. e3 Bf5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. f3 Be6
$15 {Sakov,A-Rozanov,P/Moscow 1996}) 8... Qe7 9. e3 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 Bf5
12. b4 Rad8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 e4 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. dxe4 dxe4 $11 {Heissler,
J-Mueller,K/BL9495}) 6... O-O 7. a3 Bd6 (7... Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Re8 9. Bg5 d4 10.
Nf3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Bf5 13. b4 $14 {Giardelli,S-Rubinetti,J/Acasusso
1991}) 8. Ngf3 Qe7 (8... Re8 9. c5 Bc7 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 a5 13. Rb1
a4 14. b4 axb3 15. Rxb3 Ra7 16. a4 Nbd7 17. Bb2 Qa8 18. Ra3 Ra6 19. Rfa1 Qa7
20. Nb3 b6 21. cxb6 Bxb6 22. a5 $14 {Forintos,G-Lukacs,P/HUN-ch 1986}) (8...
Bg4 9. O-O h6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e4 Rc8 13. Rac1 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15.
Qb3 d4 16. c5 $13 {Antoshik,A-Hrtanek,J/CZE-chT9495}) 9. e3 (9. O-O a5 10. b3
e4 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 e3 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 exf2+ 16. Rxf2
Be5 $15 {Udovcic,M-Pachman,L/Bled 1961}) 9... a5 10. b3 h6 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Rfe1 e4 14. dxe4 dxe4 $132 {Abravanel,C-Plachetka,J/Cannes 1990}) (
5... Bd6 $5 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Re8 8. O-O a5 9. Rd1 Na6 $132 {Kuhn,D-Thiel,K/
Wuppertal 1986}) (5... Be6 6. b3 (6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. e4 h6 9. b3 d4 10.
Nh4 g5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 a5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Ba3 Qd7 15. Rae1 $36 {Cruz,
F-Pacheco Asmat,J/PER-ch43 1995}) 6... Bd6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Bb4+
10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 c5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Qh4+ 14. Kf1 Nc6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16.
h4 h5 17. Ne1 Bg4 18. Nd3 f6 19. Rb1 $14 {Angantysson,H-Bjarnason,S/ISL-ch 1993
}) (5... Na6 6. Nd2 Bc5 7. Nh3 O-O 8. a3 Bg4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Ngf3 Re8 $15 {
Gerigk,W-Apel,S/BL2-N 1994}) (5... dxc4 6. dxc4 Be6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. e4 Rad8 $11 {
Smyslov,V-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow 1994}) 6. b3 (6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 (8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 a6 10. e4 dxc4 11. dxc4 a5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
Na4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. a3 Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. b4 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 e3 $11 {
Zwaig,A-Ogaard,L/NOR-ch 1975}) (8. Nbd2 Be6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. e4 Re8
12. c5 Bf8 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 d4 15. Nc4 b6 $1 16. cxb6 axb6 17. a3 b5 18.
Ncd2 c5 $17 {Jakobsen,O-Zagorskis,D/Copenhagen 1998}) 8... dxe4 9. dxe4 c5 10.
Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Ne1 Bd7 15. Na3 h5 16. Nd3 h4
17. c5 Qe7 $11 {Kortschnoj,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1952/URS-ch}) (6. Nd2 Be6 7.
Ngf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. e3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Bf5 13. e4 dxe4
14. dxe4 Bh7 15. Nh4 Ba3 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 a5 $11 {Abravanel,C-Koch,J/Val
Thorens 1988}) 6... Bd6 (6... Bb4+) 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nd2 Re8 9. e4 a5 10. Ne2 Na6
11. a3 b5 (11... Bg4 $5) 12. O-O Rb8 13. d4 bxc4 14. bxc4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 $11
(15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. Bf3 $11) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 exd4
({Einfacher war} 17... Bc7) 18. Nxd4 {Es fällt Schwarz jetzt nicht leicht,
Nutzen aus der wackeligen Lage der weißen Figuren in der Diagonale b2-g7 zu
ziehen.} Bc5 {[%cal Rb8b2]} (18... Be4 19. Nb3 Qf5 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 (20... Qxe4
21. Rae1 Qxc4 22. Nxa5 Qd5 23. Qc3 $16) 21. Qc2 (21. Qxd6 Rxb3 $17) 21... Qg4
22. Nxa5 (22. f3 Rxc4 $17) 22... Re2 23. Qd3 Bc7 24. h3 $1 Qe6 25. Bc3 $14) (
18... Bd3 $5 $132) 19. Bc3 (19. Nb3 Qg6 20. Nxa5 Red8 21. Qc1 Be4 $44) 19...
Rbd8 (19... Be4 20. Nb3 Qg6 (20... Qf5 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Nxa5 $14) 21. Bxe4
Rxe4 (21... Qxe4 22. Nxa5 Qf3 23. Bd4 Re2 24. Qc3 $14) 22. Nxa5 $14 (22. Nxc5
$2 Nxc5 $15)) 20. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 $8 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Re2 (22... Rd6 $5 23.
Bxa5 Re2) 23. Bxc6 Rd6 24. Bg2 Rc2 25. Be5 (25. Bxa5 $142 Rxc4 26. Rfe1 $14)
25... Rdd2 26. Rad1 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Nc5 (27... Bd4 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 $11) 28. Rxd2
Rxd2 29. Bc3 Ra2 30. Bxa5 Nd3 (30... Rxa3 $11) 31. Be4 Nxf4 $2 (31... Bc5 32.
Bxd3 Rxa3 $11) 32. Bb4 g5 33. c5 Bd4 34. Bf5 $2 ({Der direkte Weg war hier
vorzuziehen:} 34. c6 Be5 35. Bb1 Re2 36. Rc1 (36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 $16) 36...
Rf2 (36... Kg7 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Bxc2 Bc7 39. a4 Nd5 40. Bd2 Ne7 41. Bc3+ Kf8
42. Be4 f5 43. Bg2) 37. Bc5 Re2 {[%cal Rf4h3]} 38. Bf5 $16) 34... Be5 35. Re1 (
35. c6 Nd5 $11) 35... f6 $2 {Es scheint, daß erst dies verliert.} (35... Rf2 $1
{[%cal Rf4e2]} 36. Be4 (36. Kg1 Bd4 (36... Rg2+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 Rf2 $11) 37...
Bd4 38. Re8+ $8 Kg7 39. Ke1 Kf6 40. Be4 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Be5 42. Bf3 Rxh2 43. c6
Ne6 $132) 37. Kh1 (37. c6 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Be5 39. Rxe2 Rxe2 $19) 37... Be5 $11) (
36. Rxe5 $4 Rf1#) 36... f5 37. Bg2 (37. Bb7 Nd3 $132) 37... Nxg2 38. Rxe5 Nh4 {
[%cal Rh4f3]} 39. Kg1 Rc2 40. Kf1 f4 $11) 36. c6 $18 Re2 37. Rd1 Nh3 38. Rd2
Re1+ 39. Kg2 Nf4+ 40. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Na6
(8... a4 9. Nbd2 Qb6 (9... axb3 10. axb3 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Qb6 12. Qa3 Na6 13. Bd4
$36) 10. Bc3 $14) (8... Re8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. d4 a4 11. e3 b5 12. c5 Qa5 $10 {
Ribli-Nunn, Skelleftea 1989}) 9. Nbd2 (9. a3) 9... a4 10. cxd5 (10. Bc3 Nc5 11.
Qc2 Ne6 12. Be5 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. b4 $14 {Ivanov-Kozlov, Moskau 1991})
10... cxd5 11. bxa4 Nc5 12. Bd4 Nxa4 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Qa3 e6 17. Nb3 Qd8 18. Nbd4 b6 19. Nc6 (19. Nb5 $14) 19... Qf6 20. d4 b5 21.
Qb3 Nab6 $1 22. Qxb5 Ba6 23. Qb2 Nc4 24. Qc3 Rfc8 25. Nb4 Bb5 26. Qe1 Ndb6 27.
Nd3 (27. e3 {/\ Nd2}) 27... Qe7 28. e3 Ra3 29. Nc5 Rca8 30. Rc2 Na4 31. Qb4 {
/\ Rxc4} (31. Nxa4 Bxa4 32. Re2 Bb3) 31... Nxc5 32. Qxb5 (32. Qxc5 $2 Qxc5 33.
dxc5 Rc8 $17) 32... Ne4 {/\ Nc3} 33. Qb1 Nc3 34. Qf1 Nxa2 35. Nd2 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barle, Janez"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bc2 9. Rf1 Na6 {N} (9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Nhf6 13.
Rac1 Bg6 14. h3 Ne4 (14... O-O) 15. Bd4 f6 (15... Bf6 16. b4) 16. Rfd1 Nd6 $2 (
16... e5 17. Be3) 17. c5 $1 Nf5 18. g4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf7 20. b4 $16 {
Inkiov-Smagin, Moskau 1985}) 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nc3 Rd8 (11... Be7 $2 12. Nd4 Bg6
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6+ $18) 12. Rac1 Bh7 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bb4 $1 15.
Nb5 $1 (15. Bd6 $6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 $15) 15... O-O (15... cxb5 16. cxb5 Nc5
17. a3 Ba5 18. b4) 16. Nd6 (16. Nxa7 $2 Bc5 $19) 16... Rd8 17. a3 Bc2 (17...
Ba5 18. b4 Bc7 19. c5) 18. Rd4 Bc5 19. Rd2 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 $14 Be4
22. b4 Ne8 23. Bf4 Kf8 24. Bf1 (24. Kf1 $14) 24... Ke7 25. Nd2 Bc2 26. Be3 $6 (
26. Bg2 $14) 26... b6 27. Bg2 Ba4 28. Ne4 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Kxd6 30. Be4 Bb3 31. Bd3
c5 $1 32. Bf4+ e5 $10 33. Bd2 Nb8 34. f4 Nc6 35. Bc3 f6 36. e3 cxb4 37. axb4 a5
38. c5+ bxc5 39. bxa5 Nb4 40. fxe5+ fxe5 41. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. d3 Ngf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 (8... Bd6) 9. e4 O-O (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Rd1 Qc8
13. Be3 $14 {Radulov,I-Lukasiewicz,G/Clichy 2000}) (9... Nc5) (9... Ne5) 10. h3
Bh5 11. Qc2 Nc5 ({Ein gewisses Zugeständnis ist} 11... Bxf3 {: Schwarz braucht
sich kein Kopfzerbrechen mehr zu machen, was seinem B drohen könnte, beraubt
sich aber dafür aktiver Möglichkeiten. Bislang konnte Weiß mit den Ergebnissen
nach diesem Zug sehr zufrieden sein. Wenn Schwarz schon so spielen will,
sollte er dies nach h2-h3 tun.} 12. Bxf3 $14) 12. Nh4 ({Eine wichtige
Alternative ist} 12. g4 {, z.B.:} dxe4 13. dxe4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Re8 15. Be3 Bf8 16.
Rad1 Qc7 17. f4 $16 {Gelman,A-Mitbreit,D/Moscow 1995}) 12... d4 $2 $146 {
Das macht strategisch wenig Sinn: die weiße Majorität (Pe4,f2,g3,h3) gewinnt
an Kraft und Schwarz beraubt sich seiner Optionen in der d-Linie.} ({Den
typischen Kampf kann man besser in der folgenden Partie studieren:} 12... Re8
13. Nf5 Bf8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Qb2 h6 17. Nh4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nd7 19. f4
f6 20. Kh1 Nb6 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. a4 Rcd8 23. a5 Nc8 24. Qc2 (24. Be3 $5) 24...
Nd6 $132 {Malaniuk,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Groningen 1993}) ({Das Endspiel nach} 12...
dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 {scheint für Weiß recht angenehm zu sein.} 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Nxb2 17. Rfb1 Nc4 18. Rxb7 Nxe3 19. Rxe7 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 $14 {
Davies-Kuijf/Graested/1990}) 13. Nb1 Nfd7 14. Nf5 Bg6 (14... Ne5 {klappt nicht:
} 15. g4 (15. Bd2 {geht auch.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. f4 $16) 15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. b4 Ne6 $2 {Ein grober Fehler.} ({Nötig war} 16... Na6 17. a3 c5 $14)
17. f4 $18 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxb4 21. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht Kasparov} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Na6 (5... Nc6)
(5... Qc8) 6. d3 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nd4 (7. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 8. Qb5+ c6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7
$19) (7. O-O Nc5 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nh4 (9. d4 $5 $10) 9... Bd7 10. b4 Nce4 (10...
Na6 $5) 11. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Kochiyev,A-Matlak,M/Moscow-B 1988}) (7. d4 $5 $10)
7... Bc8 8. Nc3 c6 $10 (8... c5 $5 $13) 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. d4 Be7 12.
Bf4 Nc7 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Bc1 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Bg5 Be6 (17...
Ne6 $10) 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 (19... h6) 20. dxc5 Ne4 21. Nd4 Qa5 22. Be3
Bd7 23. Rb1 (23. a3 $5) 23... Ng6 (23... Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Ra5
a6 27. Rc1 Rad8 28. Rxc4 $10) 24. b4 Qc7 25. Rb3 f5 (25... b6) 26. Qc1 (26. f3
Nf6 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 a5 29. bxa5 Qxa5 30. Ra1 $16) 26... Qe5 27. Nf3 Qe7
{1/2-1/2 Romanishin-Polugaevsky/SU 1980}) (6. d4 Nb4 7. Na3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Be4 9.
O-O Be7 (9... c6 $10) 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. Ne5 Bd5 13. Qc3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
a4 (14... c5 $5 15. dxc5 Qd5+ 16. Qf3 Bxc5 $14) 15. Rfd1 axb3 16. axb3 c6 17.
Nac4 Qc7 18. Qf3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 $16 {Todorcevic,M-Holzhaeuer,M/St Martin op/1991
}) (6. Qb5+ $2 {Eine alte, nicht ganz stichhaltige Empfehlung von Kasparov 
(eine Jugendsünde).} c6 7. Qxb7 Nc5 $1 {Das war Kasparov (damals) entgangen.} (
7... Nb4 $2 8. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Rb7f7]} Nd7 $1 (8... Nc2+ 9. Kd1 Qc8 10. Qxf7+ Kd8
11. g4 $1 Nxa1 12. gxf5 exf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 $18) (8... Be7 9. Nxc6 Nxc6
10. Qxc6+ Nd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Qa6 Rxc4 13. Qxa7 $16) 9. Nxd7 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1
11. e4 $6 (11. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Rb7f7] nicht von Kasparov, aber anscheinend
besser.} Bc2+ {was sonst wollte Kasparov mit 11.e4 vermeiden?} 12. Ke1 Qc8 13.
Qxf7+ Kd8 14. d3 {[%cal Rc1g5]} h6 15. Nc3) 11... dxe4 $2 (11... Qc8 $1 {
Deswegen gefällt mir 11.e4 nicht so gut.} 12. Qxc8+ Rxc8 13. Nxf8 (13. exf5
Kxd7 14. fxe6+ fxe6 15. b3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Rb8 17. Nc3 $13) 13... dxe4 14. Na3 (
14. Nc3 Bg4+ $13) 14... Rxf8 15. b3 $13) 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 (13. Bxe4 {
nicht von Kasparov, aber auch nicht schlecht.} Bh5+ 14. g4 $18) 13... hxg6 14.
Bxe4 {+- Kasparov-Analyse 1975}) 8. Qxc6+ Nfd7 $17 {[%csl Rc6] /\ Rc8}) (6. O-O
Be7 7. d3 (7. Qxb7 $5 Nb4 8. Qb5+ c6 9. Qa4 Nc2 10. Nh4 Nxa1 11. Nxf5 exf5 12.
cxd5 O-O 13. dxc6 {Osnos}) 7... O-O 8. Be3 (8. Qxb7 Nc5 9. Qb5 (9. Qc6 Rb8)
9... c6 10. Qxc6 Rc8 11. Qb5 Rb8 $10) 8... c5 9. Na3 Qb6 10. Nb5 Nb4 $2 (10...
Nc7) 11. Qxb4 $1 cxb4 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nfd4 $16 {
Malaniuk-Andrianov/URS/1982}) 6... Nc5 (6... c6 7. Qxb7 $2 (7. O-O $142 Qb6)
7... Nc5 8. Qxc6+ Nfd7 9. cxd5 Rc8 10. d4 Ne4 11. O-O Rxc6 12. dxc6 Nb6 13. Bf4
Bd6 $19 {Spiridonov-Sliwa/Zinnowitz/1967}) 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O (8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3
Bh5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Re8 15. O-O Ncd7
16. f4 Bc5+ 17. d4 Bd6 18. c5 Bb8 19. e3 $14 {Akesson-Kudrin/1984}) 8... h6 (
8... Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. Nbd2 {Das ist eine ganz normale
Reti-Stellung mit dem Nc5 statt Nd7.} Nfd7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Qc1 $2
(14. Rc1) 14... Qb6 (14... Bxb2 $5) 15. Nf1 Bg6 16. d4 Ne4 17. Ne3 $6 Be7 18.
Nc2 Qa6 19. Bf1 $6 a4 $17 {Forintos,G-Komarov,D/Bozen op/1992}) (8... a5 9. b3
h6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Bh7 14. Qb1 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5
16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bc3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bh3 Nb7 22.
Qa1 Ra8 23. Qb2 Nd6 24. Rc2 Nb5 25. Nf3 Ra6 26. Ra1 Na3 $2 (26... Rfa8) 27.
Rcc1 Qb7 28. Qd2 e5 29. Bc5 Rfa8 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Nh4 Rb8 $2 (31... Qb7) 32.
d4 $1 $16 {Goldin,A-Rachels,S/USA-op Los Angeles/1991}) 9. Be3 Ncd7 10. Qb3 Qc7
(10... dxc4 11. Qxc4 $14) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Be6
(13... Qc8 $14) 14. Nb5 Qa5 15. Nbd4 Qa6 16. Nxe6 (16. Nh4 $5 $16) 16... fxe6
17. d4 (17. Bh3 e5) 17... Ne4 18. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 {[%csl Re4]} Ng5 20. Qc2
(20. f4 Nf7 (20... Ne4 21. Qd3) 21. Bc5 Bxc5+ 22. Rxc5 O-O 23. e4 Qb6 24. Qxb6
axb6 25. Rc2) 20... Kf7 (20... O-O 21. f4 Nf7 22. Bh3 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 21. f4
Ne4 (21... Nh7 22. Bh3 Nf8 23. f5 $40) 22. Bxe4 (22. Qd3 $5 $16) 22... dxe4 23.
Qc4 $1 (23. Qxe4 Qxe2 24. Rc2 Qg4 $14) 23... Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rhd8 25. Rxe4 b5 26.
a4 a6 27. Rc1 Rac8 28. Bc5 Bxc5+ 29. Rxc5 Rd5 30. Rc2 c5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Re3
Rd1+ 33. Kf2 c4 34. b3 (34. Ra3 Rcd8 35. Ra5 R8d5 36. Kf3 $16) 34... Rb1 (34...
cxb3 35. Rb2 Rc2 36. Rexb3 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rd5 38. e4 Rc5 39. Ke3 $16) 35. Rcc3
$2 (35. bxc4 $1 b4 36. c5 b3 37. Rc4 Rb8 (37... b2 38. Rb3) 38. Ree4 b2 39. Rb4
$18) (35. Rec3 $2 Rxb3 $1 36. Rxb3 cxb3 37. Rb2 (37. Rxc8 b2 $19) 37... Rc3 $17
) 35... g5 36. bxc4 b4 37. Rb3 gxf4 (37... Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxc4 39. Ke3 gxf4+ (
39... Kg6 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Rxb4 Rh1 42. e4 Rxh2 43. Rb6 Rh3 44. Rxe6+ Kh5 45. f5
Rxg3+ 46. Kd4) 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. gxf4 Rh1 42. Rxb4 Rxh2 43. Rb7+ Ke8 44. e3 h5
45. Rh7 h4 46. Kd4 h3 47. Kc5) 38. gxf4 (38. Rxb1 $2 fxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Rxc4 40.
Kd3 Rc5 41. Rxb4 Rxe5 42. e4 Ra5 $16) 38... Rxb3 39. Rxb3 {Hecht: T - T Motive:
Bilden eines zentralen wFreibauern; Analyseidee: wT hinter e-Freibauer!} Rxc4
40. Kf3 Kg6 41. e4 Kh5 42. h3 Kh4 43. f5 (43. Ke3 Kxh3 44. f5 exf5 45. exf5 Kg4
$10) 43... exf5 44. Kf4 $6 (44. exf5 Kg5 45. f6 h5 $1 (45... Rf4+ 46. Kg3 Rf5
47. Rxb4 Rxe5 48. f7 Rf5 49. Rg4+ $18) (45... Kg6 46. Re3 Rc7 (46... Kf7 47.
e6+ Ke8 48. Rd3 Rc1 49. Ke2 Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Rc8 51. Rd7) 47. Kf4 Kf7 48. Kf5 Rc5
49. Rd3 Rb5 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. f7+ $18) (45... Kf5 {Hecht} 46. Re3 Ke6 47. Kg3 b3
48. Rxb3 Kxe5 49. Rf3 Rc8 $10) 46. Kg3 (46. Re3 Kg6 $14) 46... Kg6 47. Re3 Rc3
48. Kf3 Ra3 49. Ke4 h4 50. Kd4 b3 51. Re1 b2 52. Rb1 $14) 44... fxe4 45. Kf5 (
45. e6 e3+ 46. Kf5 e2 47. Re3 b3 48. Rxe2 Rc2 49. Re4+ Kxh3 (49... Kg3 {Hecht}
50. Re3+ $18) 50. e7 b2 51. e8=Q Rc5+ 52. Kf4 b1=Q 53. Qd7+ $18 {Hecht: Bitte
prüfen!}) 45... e3 46. Rxe3 (46. e6 $5 {Hecht siehe vorher}) 46... Rc3 47. Re4+
Kxh3 48. Rxb4 (48. e6 {Hecht} b3 49. e7 b2 50. e8=Q b1=Q 51. Qh5+ Kg2 $10 {
Fesselung Te4}) 48... h5 49. e6 (49. Kg5 Kg3 $1 50. Re4 Rc5 51. Re3+ (51. Kxh5
Kf3 52. Re1 Kf4 $10) 51... Kf2 52. Kf4 Rc4+ 53. Re4 Rxe4+ 54. Kxe4 h4 $10)
49... h4 50. Rd4 (50. e7 Rc8 51. Kg5 Rg8+ 52. Kf6 Kg3 53. Rd4 Re8 54. Rd8 Rxe7
55. Kxe7 h3 $10) 50... Rc8 51. Rd3+ Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qc2 Qd5 6. Nc3 Qf5 $6 $146 (6...
Qa5 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. e4 Na6 $15 {Lukacs/Hazai})
(6... Qh5 7. Ne4 (7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 Nbd7 9. d4 e6 $15 {Lukacs/Hazai}) (7. Nd1
e5 8. Ne3 e4 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 12. Nhg2 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qg6 14.
Qc3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Qc3 {Remis/Tseitlin-Pinter/Beersheba/1991}) 7... Nxe4
8. Qxe4 Be6 9. Qf4 Qf5 (9... Na6 10. O-O Rd8 11. b3 Qf5 12. Qxf5 Bxf5 13. bxc4
f6 14. d3 e5 15. Rb1 Rd7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Nb3 {Hug-Adams/Luzern/1991}) 10. Qc7
Bc8 11. Ne5 Qe6 12. d4 Na6 13. Qa5 f6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. O-O g6 $13 {
Landenbergue-Soffer/Genf op/1991}) 7. e4 Qh5 8. Ne2 $1 e5 $2 (8... Qb5 $13) (
8... Qa5 9. Qxc4 $16) 9. h3 Na6 10. g4 Nxg4 (10... Qg6 11. Nxe5 Qh6 12. d4 Qh4
13. Nf3 $18) (10... Qh6 11. g5 $18) 11. Ng3 Qg6 12. hxg4 Nb4 13. Qxc4 Be6 14.
Qc3 Nxa2 15. Nxe5 Qf6 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. d4 Qe6 18. g5 Rd8 19. Be3 g6 20. O-O
Bd6 21. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Nd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. Qb3 e6 (
7... Nc5 $6 8. Qb5+ Nfd7 9. d4 $1 a6 10. Qb4 Ne4 11. Qxb7 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13.
Bf4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nf6 17. Rfb1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rb6
{Andersson-Tal/Stockholm/1976}) 8. d4 $146 (8. Qxb7 Nc5 9. Qb5+ (9. Qc6+ Nfd7
10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qa5 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 13. O-O Nb3 14. Rb1 Qxa2
15. d3 Rc2 (15... Qxb1 16. Bg5 Qxf1+ 17. Bxf1 f6 18. Be3 $16) 16. Be3 Qa5 17.
Rfe1 $14) 9... Nfd7 $44 10. e3 Rb8 (10... Bf5 11. Qf1 Nd3+ 12. Kd1 Qb8) 11. Qf1
Qf6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. f3 Ncd3+ 14. Kd1 Bh5 15. Kc2 Bg6) 8... Qb6 9. Qxb6 Nxb6 10.
Ne5 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ke7 (11... O-O 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Na4 15. Nxg4
Nxg4 16. O-O $10) 12. h3 Bf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 h5 15. g5 {Nach dieser
Festlegung ist die Bauernstruktur so starr, daß die B an Kraft verlieren.} (15.
Nxg6+ $5 fxg6 16. gxh5 gxh5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nb5 $14) 15... Ne8 16. e4 $1 (16.
Nxg6+ $6 fxg6 17. Rc1 (17. Nb5 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nc4+ {[%cal Yh8f8,Yf8f4]}) 17...
Nd6 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Yd6f5]}) (16. Nb5 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bf5 18. b3 f6 $10) 16...
Bxc3 (16... dxe4 $2 17. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Nd6 19. Nxg6+ fxg6 20. Ne4 Nf5 21.
Rc1 $14) 17. Bxc3 Nd6 18. exd5 (18. Nxg6+ fxg6 19. f3 $13 (19. Bb4 {[%cal
Re4e5]} Kd7 $1 20. f3 (20. Bxd6 Kxd6 21. e5+ Kd7 $17 {/\ Rhf8-f4, Rac8-c2,
Nc8-e7-f5}) 20... Rhc8 $17) (19. e5 $2 Nf5 20. Kd2 Rac8 21. Rac1 Kd7 22. b3 Rc7
23. Ba1 Rhc8 $17)) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. O-O (20. Bb4 Ke6 21. Kd1 {
[%cal Yh1e1]} Rac8 22. Nxg6 (22. Re1 Bc2+ 23. Kd2 Ne4+ 24. Ke3 f6) 22... fxg6
23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Re5 Rc4 $1 25. Bc5 Ne4 $10) 20... Nc4 21. Rae1 Nxe5 22. Rxe5+
Kd6 23. Bb4+ Kc6 24. Rc1+ Kb5 25. Bd6 Be4 26. Re7 b6 27. Rxf7 g6 28. f3 Bf5 29.
Kf2 Rac8 30. Rcc7 (30. Bc7 {um ein R-Paar mehr im Spiel zu haben} Rhf8 31. Rf6
Ka6 $10 {[%cal Ra6b7]}) 30... Rxc7 31. Bxc7 (31. Rxc7 Rc8 $10 {und Weiß hat
praktisch keine Gewinnchance.}) 31... Bb1 32. f4 $6 {eine kleine Falle;
allerdings steht der P auf f3 besser.} (32. a3 $6 Kc4 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rc4b3]})
32... Bf5 (32... Bxa2 $2 33. f5 gxf5 34. g6 $18) 33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Re6 35.
Be5 Rc6 36. Rxa7 $2 {Geht dem Remis aus dem Wege. Das entstehende Endspiel
steht aber schon besser für Schwarz.} (36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Bxc7 $10) 36... Rc2+
37. Ke3 Rxb2 {[%csl Rh4]} 38. Bd6 Rh2 39. a4+ Kc4 40. Rc7+ Kb3 41. Rc6 Kxa4 42.
Rxb6 Rxh4 43. Rb4+ Ka5 44. Rb7 Rh2 45. Kf3 Ka6 46. Rb8 h4 47. Ra8+ Kb5 48. Ra1
Rd2 49. Be5 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 h3 51. Rg1 Rc3 52. Bb8 Kc6 53. Be5 Kd7 54. Bb8 Ke8 55.
Be5 Kf7 56. Bb8 Ke6 57. Be5 Rd3 58. Rh1 Rd2+ 59. Kg1 Rd1+ 60. Kh2 Rd3 61. Rg1
Rd2+ 62. Kg3 Kd7 63. Bf6 Kc6 64. Be5 Kb5 65. Bf6 Kc4 66. Be5 Kd3 67. Bf6 Ke2
68. Ra1 Rd3+ 69. Kh2 Kf2 70. Be5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2001.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. Qb3 $146 (6. cxd5 exd5 7.
O-O Nd7 (7... Bd6 8. d4 (8. Nf3 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Re1
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Bh7 14. Rad1 a5 15. Bc1 Nc5 16. e3 Qb6 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qa6
19. Bf1 c5 20. Qc2 c4 $36 {Loginov,V-Bryzgalin,K/St Petersburg 2000}) 8... Nf6
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qb8 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. e4 $36 {Pigusov,
E-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 1987}) 8. d4 Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12.
e4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 f5 $17 {Kengis,E-Yakovich,Y/Minsk
1986}) (6. O-O Nd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d4 Be7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bf4 $13 {
Hodgson,J-King,D/Gausdal 1990}) 6... Qb6 ({Hier bot sich} 6... Nd7 {an, was
das Decken von b7 mit Entwicklung verbindet.} 7. Nxd7 (7. d4 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qc7)
7... Qxd7) 7. d3 Nf6 (7... Qxb3 8. axb3 $14 {Es scheint mir, daß Weiß
Aussichten auf eine Initiative am Damenflügel besitzt.}) 8. Nd2 Qxb3 {Kommt
etwas überraschend, nachdem Schwarz den Tausch im vorigen Zug verschmäht hat.}
9. Nxb3 (9. axb3 {Gegenüber dem Tausch im vorigen Zug ist hier der Nd2
ungünstig plaziert. Hätte er noch die Wahl, würde Weiß ihn lieber über c3
entwickeln.}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Bd6) 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 Bg4 $2 {
Es gab noch nützliche Entwicklungszüge.} ({z.B.} 12... Rc8) 13. f4 {[%cal
Yh2h3] Nun zeigt sich, daß der Bg4 sogar ungünstig plaziert ist: Schwarz muß
mit h3,g4 und etl. f5 rechnen.} (13. e4 {war weniger direkt:} Ne5 14. exd5
Nxd3+ 15. Kf1 exd5 16. Bxd5) 13... Bh5 14. Rc1 Bd6 (14... Nf6 15. Rc7 $16) 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 $1 {Kostet schon einen glatten P.} Rb8 17. Bxb7 O-O (17...
Rxb7 $4 18. Rc8+ $18) 18. Bg2 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bc3 Bg6 21. Kd2 e5 22.
Rf1 (22. Bh3 $5) 22... exf4 23. gxf4 Kf8 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. f5 Bh5 26. h3 Be7 (
26... Na4) 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Na4 29. Ne5 f6 (29... Bg5+ 30. Kc2) 30. Nc4
Rd8 31. Rf4 Rd5 32. Ne3 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Ra5 34. a4 g5 35. Rc4 Bd6 36. Rc6 Bf4 37.
Rxf6+ Kg7 38. Re6 Rxa4 39. Ke2 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Rh2 41. Ke4 Rxh3 (41... Bxe3 42.
Kxe3 Rxh3+ 43. Ke4 $18) 42. Nd5 Bb8 43. f6+ Kf8 ({Auch nach} 43... Kg6 {
ist gegen die besser zusammenwirkenden weißen Steine schwer etwas zu machen:}
44. Re7 (44. Re8 Rh4+) 44... Rh4+ 45. Ke3 Rh3+ 46. Kd4 a5 (46... Bd6 47. Rd7
Rh4+ 48. Ke3 Bf4+ 49. Kf3) 47. Rg7+ Kf5 48. Kc5 $18) 44. Re7 g4 45. Rb7 (45.
Rd7) 45... Bh2 46. Rg7 a5 (46... h5 47. Ne7 Rf3 48. Ng6+ Ke8 49. Re7+ Kd8 50.
f7 $18) 47. Nb6 Bd6 48. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bg4 4. cxd5 (4. Qb3 $5) 4... Bxf3 5. gxf3 cxd5 6. Qb3
Qd7 (6... Qc7 $2 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Qxd5 $1 Qxc1+ 9. Ke2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Qd6 11. Qxb7
Rd8 12. Qxa7 $16 {Murej-Sorm, Luxemburg 1986}) 7. Nc3 e6 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bd2 Bd6
10. O-O-O Nge7 11. Kb1 O-O 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. f4 Na5 (13... a6 $2 14. Na4) 14.
Qb5 $1 Qd8 (14... Qxb5 15. Nxb5 $18) 15. Nxd5 $1 Rxc1+ 16. Kxc1 Nxd5 17. Bxa5
Qh4 18. Qe2 (18. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 {/\ Qf2-+}) (18. Be1 $2 Nxe3) 18... g5 19. Rg1 (
19. fxg5 $2 Rc8+ 20. Kd1 (20. Kb1 Qe4+ $19) 20... Qe4 21. Rg1 Qb1+ $19) 19...
Kh8 20. Bd2 (20. Rxg5 $2 Nxf4 21. Qg4 (21. exf4 Bxf4+ 22. Bd2 Qxg5 $19) 21...
Qxf2) (20. fxg5 $2 Bb4 $1 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. a3 (22. Rg4 Qh5) 22... Rc8+) 20...
gxf4 21. e4 Nb6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. Rxg4 Rc8+ 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Bg2 (25. e5 $4 Bxe5
26. dxe5 Rxd2) 25... Be5 26. Bxf4 Bxd4 27. e5 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Bg3 Nc4
30. Bxb7 (30. b3 Nxe5 31. Bxb7) 30... Nxb2 31. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 (4. b4 $5 {Speelman-Hertneck, München 1992}
) 4... Bg4 (4... e6 5. d4 {->D}) 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. cxd5 (6. Ne5 Be6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
d4 g6 9. f4 Bf5 10. Bd3 e6 $10 {Sokolov-Bagirov, Moskau GMA 1988}) (6. Qxb6
axb6 7. cxd5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nxd5 $10 (8... cxd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. b3)) 6... Bxf3 7.
gxf3 Nxd5 8. Qc4 (8. Nxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 (9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. axb3 Kxc7 $10) 9...
cxd5 $10) 8... e6 $10 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. d4 Bd6 11. f4 f5 12. Bf3 (12. e4 $2 fxe4
13. Nxe4 Bxf4 (13... Qb4+ $17) 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 $17) 12... N7f6 13. Bd2 O-O (13...
Qxb2 $2 14. Rb1 Qa3 15. Rxb7) 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. O-O Qe7 17. Kh1 h5 {
/\ Ng4} 18. Rg1 (18. h3 g5 $5 19. fxg5 Ng4 20. hxg4 $2 (20. Rg1 Qxg5 21. hxg4 (
21. Rg2 Qh4) 21... Qh4+ 22. Kg2 fxg4) 20... hxg4 21. Bxd5 Qh7+ $19) 18... Ng4
19. Rg2 Qh4 $15 20. Kg1 Qh3 21. Bxd5 cxd5 (21... exd5 $2 22. Nc5 {/\ Ne6-g5,
Nxb7}) 22. Qd1 Kh7 (22... g5 $2 23. f3) 23. f3 Nh6 24. Nc3 Nf7 {/\ g5} 25. Be1
{/\ Rg3+-} h4 26. Bd2 Rg8 27. Kh1 g5 28. Qf1 (28. fxg5 $2 Nxg5 29. f4 Nf3 $19)
28... g4 (28... Rg6 {/\ Rag8} 29. Ne2 $2 {/\ Ng1+-} gxf4 30. Rxg6 Qxf1+ 31.
Rxf1 Kxg6 32. Nxf4+ Bxf4 33. exf4 Rc2 $17) (28... gxf4 $2 29. Rg7+ Rxg7 30.
Qxh3 $18) 29. fxg4 Rxg4 (29... fxg4 30. f5 Ng5 31. fxe6 Nf3 32. Qd3+ Kh8 33.
Qf5 Nxh2) 30. Rxg4 Qxg4 31. Qf2 Rg8 (31... Nh6 $2 32. Rg1 Qh5 33. Rg5) 32. Rg1
Qxg1+ (32... Qh5 $5 33. Rxg8 Kxg8 34. Qg2+ Kh7 $15) 33. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Bb4
{/\ Bxc3} 35. Nb1 $1 Be7 (35... Bxd2 $2 36. Nxd2 $14) 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. Bc3 Nh6
38. h3 Ng8 39. Be1 Kh5 40. Nd2 Nf6 (40... Bb4 41. Nf3) 41. Nf3 Ne4 42. Kf1 Bf6
43. Ke2 Nd6 44. Nd2 Nc4 45. Nb3 b6 46. Bc3 Kg6 47. Nc1 Kf7 48. Nd3 Nd6 49. Nb4
Ke8 50. Nc6 Nc8 51. Be1 Kd7 52. Nb4 Ne7 53. Nd3 Nc6 54. Kd1 Be7 55. Kc2 Kc7 56.
Kb3 Kb7 57. Bd2 Kc7 58. Ka4 Kb7 59. Ne1 Bf6 60. Nf3 Ne7 61. Bb4 Ng6 62. Bd6 Kc6
63. Bb8 a6 64. b4 Kd7 65. Kb3 Kc6 66. a3 Kd7 67. Be5 Nxe5 68. fxe5 Be7 69. Kc3
Kc6 70. a4 a5 71. bxa5 bxa5 72. Kd3 Kb6 73. Ke2 Bd8 74. Ne1 Kc6 75. Kf3 Bg5 76.
Nd3 Be7 77. Kf4 Kd7 78. Nc1 Kc6 79. Nb3 Kb6 80. Nd2 Kc6 81. Nf3 Kd7 82. Ng5 Bf8
83. Nf7 Be7 84. Nd6 Kc7 (84... Bxd6 $2 85. exd6 Kxd6 86. Kg5) 85. Kf3 Bf8 86.
Nb5+ Kc6 87. Nc3 Kc7 88. Ne2 Kc6 89. Nf4 Kd7 90. Ng2 Be7 91. Kf4 Kc6 92. Ne1
Kc7 93. Nd3 Kc6 94. Nc1 Kc7 95. Kf3 Bf8 96. Ne2 Kc6 97. Nc3 Kc7 98. Nb5+ Kc6
99. Nd6 Kc7 100. Nf7 Kd7 101. Kf4 Be7 102. Nd6 Kc7 103. Ne8+ Kd8 104. Nf6 Bb4
105. Kg5 Bd2 106. Nh7 Ke7 107. Kf4 Bb4 108. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3
Bxf3 {Diese Verteidigung war in den 70er Jahren recht populär. Schwarz hat ein
recht solides Spiel, muß aber aufpassen, daß Bf3 nicht zu stark wird.} (8...
Nbd7 {ist die Alternative} 9. Nbd2 {und Weiß kann mit dem Nd2 auf f3
wiedernehmen.}) 9. Bxf3 Re8 (9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 (10. Bg2 Re8 (10... e6 11. Nd2
a5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Ne8 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qb2 Qf6 17. Rab1 Qxb2
18. Rxb2 $14 {Bilek,I-Flesch,J/Budapest 1971}) 11. Nd2 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3
e6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Rc2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb8 $11 {Mecking-Unzicker/
Palma de Mallorca/1969}) 11... a5 (11... e5 12. Qc2 (12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 e4 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe4 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 Sher,M-Lalic,B/Andorra 1993}) 12... Rc8 13. b4
Qe7 14. Qb3 e4 $11 {Lutsko-Shirov/Riga/1986}) 12. Qc2 e6 13. e3 Qe7 14. a3 Nh5
$11 {Larsen,B-Uhlmann,W/Las Palmas 1971/Candidates}) (10. e3 e6 11. Nd2 Re8 12.
Qc2 Rc8 13. Rac1 b5 14. Be2 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 16. Ba1 Qa5 17. Nb3 $14 {
Olafsson-Ogaard/Reykjavik/1978}) 10... e6 11. Qc2 (11. b4 Qe7 (11... Ne8 12.
Qc2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Qf6 14. Rab1 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Petrosian,T/Tallinn
1979}) 12. Qb3 (12. a4 a6 13. Qb3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. c5 Rfc8 16. Ra2 Ne8 17.
Rfa1 Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Langeweg,K-Uhlmann,W/Amsterdam 1972}) 12... b5
$1 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. e3 $11 {Larsen,B-Uhlmann,W/Las Palmas 1971/
Candidates}) 11... Qe7 (11... Qc7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Qb3 Qd6 15.
Rfd1 Ne8 16. a4 b6 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. d4 Nf5 19. e3 Kg7 20. Rc2 $14 {Peterson,
A-Osnos,V/Kiev 1964/URS-ch32}) (11... Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. b4 (13. Bg2 Nf5 14.
Nf3 Qf6 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rc7 18. e4 $14 {Hansen-Iskov/
Copenhagen/1983}) 13... Ne5 14. Bg2 Nf5 15. Qb2 Qf6 16. Rab1 h5 17. e4 Ne7 18.
b5 $14 {Petrosian,T-Teufel/Bamberg/1968/}) (11... Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Qe7
14. Rfd1 h5 15. h4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Nde5 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20.
bxa5 $16 {Kengis,E-Huzman,A/Vienna 1996}) 12. Bg2 (12. a3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 Ne8 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qb2+ Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Uhlmann,W/Amsterdam 1971}) (12. Rac1 a5
13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Ne5 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. f4 Neg4 $11 {
Gutman-Schaefer/Mengen/1990}) 12... Rfd8 13. a3 a5 14. d4 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Rac1
Qf8 17. Qd3 c5 18. e3 cxd4 19. exd4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Ra7 21. Rfe1 Rc8 22. Ne3 $14
{Dzindzichashvili,R-Schmidt,W/Buenos Aires 1978}) (9... e6 10. Nd2 (10. Nc3
Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. Bg2 Re8 12. Rc1 h5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 h4 15. e4 hxg3 16.
hxg3 Nb6 $11 {Webb-Damjanovic/Hastings/1976}) 11... Rc8 12. e4 Ne5 13. Be2 d4
14. Nd1 c5 15. f4 $14 {Savon-Gallagher/Baku/1988}) 10... a5 (10... Na6 $6 11.
a3 Nc7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Be5 Nce8 14. Qb2 Bh6 15. Rfd1 c5 16. e3 Nd7 17. Bc3 $16
{Ekstroem-Gallagher/SWZ-GP/1990}) 11. a3 Nbd7 (11... Qb6 12. Bg2 Nfd7 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Qc2 Qd4 15. Rab1 Ne5 16. Rfc1 Nbd7 17. b4 Ng4 18. Qb2 Qxb2 19. Rxb2
$11 {Schmidt-Spiridonov/Brno/1975}) 12. d4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15.
Rfd1 h5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf8 19. Rd3 $14 {Langeweg,
K-Whiteley,A/Vienna 1972}) (9... a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ne5 13.
Bg2 Nc6 14. d4 e6 15. e3 Nd7 16. Re1 $14 {Karlsson-Hebert/Thessaloniki ol/1984}
) 10. Nd2 e6 $146 {Der Sinn des schwarzen Aufbaus: auf cxd5 soll jetzt wohl
exd5 erfolgen.} (10... Nbd7 11. b4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 e4 14. dxe4 dxe4
15. Bg2 a5 16. Nc4 axb4 17. Qxb4 $16 {Nizamov,I-Karavaev,V/Azov 1996}) (10...
a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Bg2 Qd6 13. Qc2 Rec8 (13... e5 {Chekhov} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfc1) 14. Rac1 Qd8 15. Rfd1 (15. Nf3 $5 {Chekhov}) 15... Nc5 (15... b5 $5 {
Chekhov} 16. Qb1) 16. d4 Ncd7 17. Qd3 $14 {Larsen,B-Panno,O/Buenos Aires 1980})
(10... e5 $5 {Chekhov}) 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qc2 h5 13. Nb3 Qb8 (13... Qc7 {war
auch zu erwägen, zumal die Qb8 sich wenig später dort einfindet.}) 14. Bg2 h4 {
Eine harmlose Demonstration.} 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 e5 17. c5 Qc7 18. Rad1 $16
Bf8 19. Rd3 {[%cal Yf1d1]} a5 $6 {Das ist eine recht verzweifelte Methode,
Gegenspiel zu suchen.} (19... b6 20. Rfd1 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rab8 22. Bc1 $16 {
[%cal Yc1d2,Yd2a5]}) 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 {Schwarz kann noch auf den
Pc5 rechnen, aber ein Bauer für die Qualität ist bei den aktiven weißen
Figuren doch recht wenig. Es ist aber überraschend schwer, dem weißen Spiel
eine Spitze zu geben.} 22. Rf3 $2 {Verhindert zwar kurzfristig Nxc5, der R hat
hier aber keine realen Perspektiven.} (22. Bc3 $5) (22. Rfd1 $5 Nxc5 23. Bc3 (
23. Ra3 Qb5) 23... Qa3 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 hxg3 26. hxg3 Ncxe4 27. Bxe5 Qe7
28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qd2 $16) 22... Kg7 23. Bh3 Nxc5 24. Re3 ({Vielleicht war
ursprünglich} 24. Rxf6 Kxf6 25. f4 {geplant, aber nach} Kg7 $15 {hat Schwarz
die besseren Karten.}) 24... Na4 ({Natürlich nicht} 24... Qxa2 $4 25. Ra1) 25.
Bc1 (25. Ba1 {verfolgt die langfristige Absicht f2-f4.}) 25... Bc5 26. Rf3 {
Das weiße Spiel in dieser Phase hinterläßt einen etwas ratlosen Eindruck.} hxg3
27. hxg3 Be7 28. Bd2 Qa6 29. Re1 (29. Rc1 $5) 29... b5 {Da Weiß nichts
einfällt, setzt Schwarz seine Majorität in Bewegung.} 30. Bg5 c5 31. Bxf6+ (31.
Rd1) (31. Rd3 c4 32. Rdd1 Nc5 $44) 31... Bxf6 32. Rd3 Rh8 (32... c4 $13) 33.
Bd7 Qa5 $2 {Schwarz hatte große Fortschritte gemacht; mit diesem Zug wirft er
aber alles wieder weg.} (33... c4 $132 {zum Beispiel} 34. Rdd1 Nc5) 34. Rb1 $1
c4 35. Rf3 Nc5 (35... Rb8 36. Ra3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3a4]}) 36. Bxb5 {Das wars.}
Ne6 37. Bxc4 Nd4 38. Qc3 Qa7 39. Re3 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b4 (4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 $10) 4... Bg4 5. Bb2
Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 $6 (7... e6 $10) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bb5 Bd6 (9... Bxb4
$2 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 13. Qg4+ Kh8 14. Qxb4 $16) 10.
Nc3 e4 11. Qf5 (11. Qe2 O-O $15) 11... g6 12. Nxd5 (12. Qg5 $6 h6 13. Qh4 g5) (
12. Nxe4 $5) (12. Bxd7+ $2 Kf8 $8 13. Qg5 h6 14. Qh4 g5 $17 {Speelman}) 12...
gxf5 13. Bxf6 (13. Nxf6+ Ke7 $13) 13... Qc8 $2 {ermöglicht Weiß, unter
Tempogewinn die d-Linie zu besetzen} (13... Qb8 $1 {/\ Be5} 14. Bxh8 Be5 $15 {
Speelman}) 14. Bxh8 {/\ Nf6} Kf8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Rfc1 Qb8 (16... Qd8 $5 17. Bf6
Bh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxd5 $13) 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a4 (18. a3 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5) 18...
Bxb4 (18... Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Ra2 Rd8 21. Rac2 {/\ Rc7|^}) (18... Qd8 $5
19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxb6 Bxb4 $10) 19. Rc4 Bc5 (19... Bxd2 $2 20. Rd1
Ba5 21. Rd7 $18) 20. Rac1 (20. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 {/\ Rc1} Qc7 22. Rc4 Qd6
23. Rac1 {Speelman}) 20... Qd8 (20... Qd6 $2 21. Bd4 {/\ Rxc5}) 21. Bd4 f4 $1 {
/\ f3} (21... Bxd4 $2 22. Rxd4 {/\ Rd7,Rc7}) (21... Rc8 $2 22. a5) (21... Bd6
22. g3 f6 $14) 22. Bxc5+ bxc5 23. exf4 (23. Rxe4 Qxd2 24. Rxc5 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 (
25. Bf1 Rd8) 25... fxe3 26. fxe3 Rd8 27. Rf5 {><f7}) 23... Qxd2 24. Rxc5 Qxf4
$2 (24... Rd8 $1) 25. Rd1 {/\ Rd7,Rcc7} e3 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. fxe3 $2 (27. Re2
exf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qe4 29. Rd7 Rf8) 27... Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qb3 29. Rcc1 Rc8 {es ist
günstig, ein R-Paar zu tauschen} 30. Rf1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Qd5 32. Rf1 $10 h5 33.
Rf3 h4 34. Kh2 Kf8 35. Kh1 Qe5 36. Kg1 Ke7 37. Kh1 f6 38. Kg1 Kd6 39. Kh1 Kc5
40. Kg1 f5 41. Kh1 f4 42. Kh2 Kb4 43. Kh1 Ka5 44. Kh2 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Walsall op"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 (4. Nf3 dxc4 $5) 4... a5 $5 $146 5. Nf3 (5.
cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb2 $13) 5... a4 6. Bb2 e6 {->A13} 7. O-O Be7 (7... Bd6 {/\ Na6})
8. d3 O-O 9. Na3 Nbd7 (9... Qa5 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Rb1 axb3 12. axb3 Bd7 $10 {
Beliavsky-Salov, URS-55ch Moskau 1988}) 10. Nc2 b6 (10... a3 $6 11. Bc3 Bd6 12.
Re1 Qe7 13. e4 $14 {Bagirov-Zaitshik, Berlin 1989 (CBM13)}) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 (
11... exd5 $6 12. Ncd4 Bb7 13. Nf5 $36) (11... cxd5 12. Ncd4 Bb7 13. bxa4 Nc5
14. Nb5 Nxa4 15. Be5 $36) 12. e4 N5f6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Nd2 Qb8 15. a3 Rd8 16. Nc4
(16. d4 c5 $132) 16... Ba6 $6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. e5 (18. f4 c5 $13) (18. Qe2 $14)
18... Nd5 19. Qg4 $6 (19. Re1 $5) (19. Bxd5 cxd5 (19... exd5 20. Nf5 $40) 20.
Ne3 Nxe5 (20... Qxe5 21. f4 $5 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 {/\ Re1,Rf3}) 21. f4 Ng6 $13)
19... Nxe5 $1 20. Nxe5 (20. Qe2 $2 Ng6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 $19) 20...
Qxe5 21. Nxc6 (21. Rfe1 Qf6 (21... Qb8 $2 22. Nxe6) 22. Nxc6 Qxb2 23. Bxd5)
21... Qxb2 22. Bxd5 $1 (22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Bxb7 Ra7 $17) 22... Qf6 (22... Bf8
23. Ne7+ (23. Nxd8 $2 Bxd5 24. Qh4 Qf6 $19) 23... Bxe7 24. Bxb7 Rab8 $15) (
22... exd5 $2 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. d4 {/\ Nf5+/-}) 23. Be4 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Ra7 25.
Qd1 e5 26. Rc1 (26. Bxa4 e4 $15) 26... g6 27. Qc2 $6 Rc7 28. Rfd1 $2 (28. b5 $1
Bxa3 29. Ra1 Bc5 30. Rxa4) (28. Qxa4 Rxd3 $10 (28... Rdc8 29. b5 $16)) 28... b5
$19 {Weiß kann sich nicht mehr aus der Fesselung befreien.} 29. d4 exd4 30. Qe4
Rdc8 31. Re1 Bf8 32. Rcd1 Rxc6 33. Qd5 Rc2 34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc1 36. Kf1
Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Rc3 38. Rd5 Rxa3 39. Rxb5 Rb3 40. Ra5 $6 a3 (40... Bxb4+ $19)
0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd4
Bg6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Re1 (11. Nf5 {Das ist die härteste Methode, mit
der Stellung umzugehen.} Bxf5 12. exf5 {Schwarz hat jetzt eine felsenfeste
Stellung im Zentrum. Das B-Paar hat keine besondere Bedeutung, da der Bg2 nur
schwer eine sinnvolle Betätigung findet. Die weiße Chance liegt im Übergewicht
am K-flügel. Dort setzt Vaganian auch sofort alle Truppen in Bewegung, kann
dort aber wenig ausrichten.} Bd6 13. g4 h6 14. f4 Nh7 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Kh1 Qh4
17. h3 Re7 18. Be3 Rae8 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. Rae1 Bc5 $132 {Vaganian,R-Balashov,Y/
URS-ch50 1983/URS-ch/0-1 (40)}) (11. g4 {[%cal Yd4f5] Jetzt möchte Weiß bei
einem Abtausch auf f5 mit dem Pg4 wiedernehmen, was die weiße P-Struktur
lebendig hielte.} dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfd8
16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bd6 18. Bf3 Ne5 19. Be2 g5 $6 20. Be3 Be7 21. f6 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Ninov,K-Unzicker,F/Luxembourg op 1990 (58)}) (11. Nde2 {[%cal Ye2f4,
Yf4g6] Weiß will das B-paar bekommen, ohne seine Bauernstellung zu entwerten.
Die Zeit, die dabei verlorengeht, nutzt Schwarz aber zum Gegenspiel.} dxe4 12.
dxe4 Nc5 13. Qc2 (13. e5 Ng4 $17) 13... Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Nf4 Nxc1 16.
Raxc1 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Kf1 g5 $11 {Salov,V-Chandler/
Leningrad 1987}) 11... Nc5 (11... Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. e5 {In all diesen
Königsindischen Stellungen ist das Problem dieses Zuges, daß es den Bg6 wieder
lebendig macht. Deswegen sollte Weiß hier überlegen, ob er bei ruhigem Spiel
den Pe4 behaupten kann.} (13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 {Fritz möchte gerne diesen P
haben, Menschen wie ich haben hier schwere Bedenken, den Bg2 herzugeben.} (14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nc5 $15) 14... Nc5 $1 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 $16) 15. Nxc5
Nxd5 16. N3e4 $13) (13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 $14) 13... Ne8 14. d4 a5 15. a4 Nc7
16. Be3 f6 17. f4 Kh8 18. Kh1 Ne6 19. Bh3 f5 $13 {Eisterer,H-Duer,A/AUT BL
1989/TD 90\04/0-1 (64)}) 12. Nf5 dxe4 (12... Bxf5 13. exf5 {Die Entwertung der
weißen Bauernstellung macht diese Variante m.E. durchaus erwägenswert.
Gegenüber Vaganian-Balashov (s.o.) muß man aber deutliche Nachteile
konstatieren: der Nc5 hat dort nichts zu suchen; bei einem Rückzug nach d7
wären insgesamt 2 Tempi verloren gegangen.}) 13. dxe4 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 $14 Ncd7 17. h3 Bc5 {Eine übliche Verteidigungsmethode gegen
das Läuferpaar: Durch den Abtausch des eigenen B wird das Läuferpaar
"halbiert". Wenn Weiß dem Tausch ausweicht, so hat Schwarz immerhin die
Position des Be7 verbessert und die des Be3 verschlechtert.} 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19.
b4 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Yb4b5] Das weiße Spiel ist gegen die Bauernkette b7/c6
gerichtet.} Nd3 20. b5 Rac8 (20... Rab8 $5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1
$14) 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rab1 $14 {[%csl Gb1,Rc6,Gg2] Der weiße Vorteil ist
angesichts der besseren Figuren unbestreitbar, aber bei genügend
Vereinfachungen kann sich Schwarz etl. den Verlust eines P leisten, da der
Mehrbauer auf dem Königsflügel dann schwer zu realisieren ist.} (22. g4 Nf4
$132) 22... h5 23. Rb7 Nc5 24. Rxa7 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Nce4 26. Ra3 Rd8 27. Nc3
Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 {Danach kann Schwarz den gefährlichen Bf1 tauschen;
deswegen verdient die Alternative Interesse.} (29. Kh2 Rd2 (29... Ra1 30. Rc2 {
[%cal Rg2c6]} c5 31. Bc6) 30. a4 Ra2 (30... Rxf2 $2 31. Ra3 $18) 31. Bxc6 (31.
Rxc6 Rxa4 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Rc7 $16) 31... Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Rxf5 33. Bb5 {[%csl
Ga4] ...und der Pa4 sieht brandgefährlich aus.} (33. Ra3 Rc5)) 29... Ne4 30.
Rd3 Nd2 31. Kg2 Rxf1 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rxd2 Rc1 {Der Mehrbauer ist nicht
wichtig, aber wegen der besseren weißen Königsstellung muß Schwarz aufpassen.}
34. Kf3 c5 35. Ke4 c4 36. Kd4 h4 (36... c3 37. Re2) 37. Re2 (37. gxh4 Kh6 38.
Re2 Kh5 39. Re7 c3 40. Kd3 c2 41. Rxf7 Ra1 42. Kxc2 Rxa2+ 43. Kd3 Rxf2 $11)
37... Kh6 38. g4 c3 39. Kd3 Kg5 40. Re7 Rh1 41. Rxf7 Rxh3+ 42. Ke4 Kxg4 43.
Rxg7+ Kh5 44. f6 c2 45. Rc7 Kg6 46. f7 Kg7 47. Rxc2 Ra3 48. Kf4 Kxf7 49. Kg4
Ra4+ 50. Kg5 h3 51. f3 Ke6 52. Re2+ Kf7 53. Kf5 Rh4 54. Rh2 Ra4 55. Rb2 Rh4 56.
Rb7+ Ke8 57. Rb1 Ra4 58. Rb2 Kf7 59. Rh2 Kg7 60. Kg5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rac1 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. h4 Nc5
15. Qd1 Qd8 16. d4 Nd7 17. e4 Nb6 18. exd5 {Botvinnik} (18. e5 $6 Rc8 19. Bh3
$6 (19. Re1 {/\ Bf1}) 19... a6 20. Kg2 Nc4 $1 {Kortschnoj-Karpov, Moskau 74})
18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Re1 (20. h5 $1 gxh5 (20... g5 $5 21. Be3 $8 Qd7)
21. Qxh5 $14 {Botvinnik}) 20... Qd7 21. Kh2 Rfe8 22. Qb3 Rad8 23. a3 f5 (23...
Nxd4 $5) 24. Qd3 Bf6 25. h5 Kh7 26. g4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 g5 28. Bg3 Nxd4 29. gxf5
Qb5 (29... Qxf5 $5 30. Qd1 Qc2) 30. Qd1 Re8 31. Bh1 (31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Bxd5)
31... Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Qd7 (32... Qxb2 $6 33. Bxd5 Qxa3 $2 34. Qe8) 33. Qa5 Qxf5
34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. Bxd5 Nc6 $10 36. b3 Kh6 37. Bf3 Be5 38. Kh3 Bxg3 39. Kxg3 g6
40. hxg6 Kxg6 41. Be4+ Kf6 42. Kf3 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nf5+ 44. Kd3 b6 45. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[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 "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qc2 Qd5 6. Nc3 Qh5 (6... Qa5 7. b3
(7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 $13 Be6) 7... cxb3 8. Qxb3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. e4
Na6 {Lukacs/Hazai in NIC 9 (88)}) 7. Ne4 {N} (7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 Nbd7 9. d4 e6
{Lukacs/Hazai in NIC 9}) 7... Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Be6 (8... b5 $2 9. a4) 9. Qf4 Na6
10. O-O Rd8 11. b3 Qf5 (11... cxb3 12. axb3 Bxb3 $2 13. Rb1 $146) 12. Qxf5 Bxf5
13. bxc4 f6 14. d3 e5 15. Rb1 Rd7 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1999.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 a4
9. b4 {Ein Nebenweg} (9. Nbd2) (9. Na3) 9... dxc4 10. dxc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nbd7
$146 (11... Be6 12. Nbd2 a3 13. Bc3 Ra4 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. h3 Bc8 16. Nc2 $16 {
Leontiev,A-Seoev,R/Moscow 1996}) 12. a3 (12. c5 $5) 12... Nb6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14.
Rdc1 (14. Rac1 $143 Rfd8 {[%cal Rb6c4]}) 14... Rfd8 15. c5 Nc8 {[%cal Yc8a7,
Ya7b5]} 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Na7 18. Rc2 Nb5 {[%csl Gb5] Das sieht momentan
alles sehr prächtig für Schwarz aus; langfristig lauern auf ihn aber auch
Gefahren, da der Pa4 sehr schwach werden kann.} 19. e3 {[%cal Yg2f1,Yf3d4]} (
19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 $132) 19... Ne4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bf1 Nc7 (21... Nec3
) 22. Ne5 Nd2 (22... Rd5 23. Nc4 $16) 23. Be2 f6 24. Nd3 Nb3 (24... Ne4 25. f3
$16) 25. Raa2 e5 26. Nb2 {[%cal Yb2c4]} Rd7 27. Nc4 Rad8 28. Nb6 Rd2 29. Nxa4
Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Ra8 31. Rc3 Rxa4 32. Rxb3 {Weiß hat sein Ziel erreicht; er hat
den Pa4 kassiert. Momentan ist der Rb3 an den Pa3 gebunden. Gelänge es Weiß,
den Rb3 durch den Kg1 abzulösen, sähe es finster aus für Schwarz.} e4 $1 {
Ein wichtiger Verteidigungszug: Schwarz gewinnt Raum im Zentrum; der Kg7
bekommt Gelegenheit, aktiv ins Geschehen einzugreifen. Wenn Weiß selbst zu
e3-e4 käme, wäre Rd3 nicht mehr zu verhindern.} 33. Bc4 (33. b5 cxb5 34. Bxb5
Nxb5 35. Rxb5 Ra7 $11 {[%cal Yg7f7,Yf7e6,Ye6d5]}) 33... f5 34. h3 Kf6 35. Kg2
h5 36. h4 Ke5 37. f3 Nb5 38. f4+ Kf6 39. Bxb5 cxb5 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke2 Kd5 42.
Kd2 Ra8 $1 43. Kc2 Kc6 {[%cal Ya8d8]} 44. Rc3 Rd8 45. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Shurygin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. d4 (7. Qb3
Bxf3 (7... Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. O-O Bxf3 (9... Ngf6 10. d3 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12.
Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Kf1 {0.5/Davies-Kharitonov/Moscow/1988/} (13. Nd4 $5 $14)) 10.
Bxf3 Ra5 $6 11. d4 b5 $6 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd1 $14 {Dizdar,G-Loncar,R/CRO-ch/1995}
) 8. Bxf3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 Nxb6 10. O-O (10. d3 Ne7 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bxb6
Bb4+ 14. Kf1 axb6 15. e4 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Kxd6 $15 {Bagirov,V-Hodgson,J/Bern op/
1995}) 10... Ne7 11. d3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nc8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bg2 N8e7 15. Nb5 Be5
16. Bc5 $14 {Kengis,E-Pavasovic,D/Bern op/1995}) (7. Qa4 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 a6 $11 {
A.Petrosian-Sherbakov/1991}) 7... Bd6 $6 $146 {Der Bd6 ist hier Angriffen des
Nc3 ausgesetzt.} (7... Ne7 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Be3 Qa5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Rfd8 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18.
Qb3 $16 {Romanishin,O-Dorfman,J/URS-ch46/1978}) 8. Qb3 Bxf3 $6 (8... Qb6 $142)
9. Bxf3 Qb6 10. e4 $1 dxe4 11. Bxe4 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Ge4]} Bb4 (11... Rb8 12. Nb5
Ngf6 13. Bg2 $16) 12. O-O Ngf6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Bf4 Bxc3 {Das verliert, aber
guter Rat ist hier bereits teuer.} (14... Qxd4 15. Rfd1 (15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Rfc1) (15. Be3 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qe7
17. Nxa7 Bc5 18. Nb5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 $14 {[%csl Gg2]}) (15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5
17. Bxb7 Rad8 $14) 15... Qb6 16. Na4 Nc5 (16... Qa5 17. Bxb7 Rad8 18. Rac1 $14)
17. Nxb6 Nxb3 18. Nxa8 Nxa1 19. Bxb7 Nc2 20. Nc7 $16) (14... Rac8 15. Na4 Qa5
16. Bxb7 $18) 15. bxc3 $18 Nd5 (15... Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. Bd6 $18 (17. Bd2
$18 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rc3c4]})) 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6
bxc6 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. Rab1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Nb6 24. Bd2 h6 25. Kf1
Re8 26. Re1 Kf8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. c4 h5 31. h3 Kf5 32.
f3 g6 33. g4+ Ke6 34. Ba5 Nc8 35. Bb4 f5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. d3 c6 6. O-O Ngf6 7. cxd5 exd5 (7...
cxd5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Bg2 Nc5 14.
Qd1 Rc8 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. b4 Nb7 17. a3 Nd6 18. e3 Nf5 19. Ne2 h5 20. h3 Rfd8 21.
Bc3 Ne8 22. Ra2 {Anand,V-Speelman,J/Roquebrune rapid 1992/CBM 28/1-0 (54)}) 8.
Qc2 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Be7 (8... Bc5 9. e4 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Re8 12. h3 Bh5
13. Bf4 Bb4 14. Nh4 Nc5 15. e5 Nfd7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19.
Be3 Na4 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qc2 Nab6 22. f4 g5 23. a4 {Loginov,V-Shipov,S/
Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54/0-1 (76)}) 9. e4 Nc5 $6 $146 (9... O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Bg2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd3 15. Qxd3 Nxd3 16. Be3 b6 17.
Rab1 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. Ne2 c5 20. a3 Ba5 21. e5 {1-0 Loginov,V-Spraggett,K/
Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 $16) 10. Ne5 Be6 11.
Be3 $5 d4 (11... Qd6 12. f4 $16) 12. Bc1 {Weiß hat 2 Züge verloren (Bc1-e3-c1).
Aber der eine Zug, den Schwarz gewonnen hat (Pd5-d4), kommt Weiß sehr gelegen:
durch die Aufhebung der Spannung im Zentrum hat Weiß eine bewegliche
Bauernmajorität im Zentrum bekommen.} O-O 13. Nd2 Qa5 $2 {Es ist klar, daß die
schwarze Q sich hier auf feindliches Territorium bewegt. Aus der Folge wird
kein schwarzer Plan ersichtlich; ich nehme an, daß Oll irgendetwas entgangen
war.} (13... Nfd7 {Das wäre eine "normale" Fortsetzung: der Vorposten Ne5 wird
befragt, und der Pf7 wird beweglich.} 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f4 (15. b4 Na6 16. a3
c5 $132) 15... Bh3 (15... f5 16. b4 Na6 17. a3 c5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nf3 $5 cxb4
20. Ne5 $44) 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. b4 $14) 14. f4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4]}
Rad8 (14... Ng4 15. Ndc4 Qc7 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. f5 $16) (14... Ncd7 15. Nxd7 (
15. Ndc4 $5) 15... Bxd7 $8 16. Nc4 Qh5 $140 17. f5 $16) 15. f5 Bc8 16. Ndc4 Qc7
(16... Qa6 {die Q ist auch hier nicht gut plaziert.} 17. Bd2 $16 (17. Bf4 $5))
17. Bd2 Rfe8 $2 {ein taktisches Übersehen; die Stellung war aber schon nicht
mehr erfreulich.} (17... b6 $16) 18. Nxf7 $1 $18 Ncxe4 (18... Kxf7 19. Bf4 $18
Qd7 (19... Bd6 20. Nxd6+ Rxd6 21. Qxc5 $18) 20. Ne5+) 19. dxe4 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 {Das gilt als
eine sichere Fortsetzung, bei der Weiß kaum auf Eröffnungsvorteil rechnen darf.
} 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 Be7 (9... Bc5) 10. Bd2 (10. e4 dxe4 (10... d4 {
Die neueste Mode: Schwarz hält das Zentrum geschlossen und spielt in der
c-Linie und am Damenflügel.} 11. Ne2 Qb6 (11... O-O 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. b3 Qb6 14.
Bg5 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Rc4 a5 19. Rfc1 Nb4 20. Nf4
Qa7 $132 {Hebert-Christiansen/Saint John op-2/1988}) 12. Bg2 O-O 13. h3 Rac8
14. a3 a5 15. f4 Nd7 16. f5 e5 17. Rb1 Na7 18. Bd2 Rc6 19. g4 Qd8 20. Kh1 Nc5
$132 {Loginov-Shabanov/RUS-ch Elista/1996}) 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rc1
Bc5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Rfd8 $10 {Portisch-Matanovic, Wijk 1968}
) (10. a3 O-O 11. b4 a5 (11... Rc8 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Bg2 Rfd8 14. Rc1 b6 15. Re1
Nd4 $10 {Forintos-Hennings/Kecskemet/1968}) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bg2 a4 14. Rb1 Nb3
15. Bb2 Nc5 16. e3 Qa5 17. f4 Rac8 $10 {Keene-Geller/Teesside/1975}) 10... O-O
11. a3 Rc8 12. Bg2 a6 13. b4 (13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Kh1 Nd4 15. b4 Nb6 16. e3 Nb5 17.
Qb3 Qd7 18. Ne2 Bf6 $11 {Larsen,B-Ivkov,B/Bled cqf2 1965/CAND/1-0 (60)}) 13...
Nd7 14. Qb1 b5 $6 {[%csl Rc5] Das ist immerhin eine Schwächung (><c5). Schwarz
hat das Feld mit seinen Leichtfiguren zwar unter Kontrolle, aber von jetzt an
hat Weiß ein konkretes Ziel.} (14... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rc8c3]} 15. Ra2) 15. Rc1 Nb6
16. Ra2 Qd7 17. e3 Rc7 (17... d4 {Sieht sehr verlockend aus; man sollte aber
beachten, daß die toten B jetzt wieder zum Leben erwachen.} 18. Ne4 Nd5 19.
Rac2) 18. Ne2 Bf6 {Da der Bf6 wenig später reumütig zur Bewachung der Schwäche
c5 zurückkehrt, könnte man sich fragen, ob er sich den Ausflug nicht hätte
sparen sollen.} (18... Rfc8 19. Bc3 {Vielleicht war es das, was Schwarz
vermeiden wollte, aber ich bin nicht mal sicher, ob Weiß nicht lieber den
Partieplan (Rcc2, Nc1-b3) verfolgt hätte.}) (18... e5) 19. Rcc2 $1 {[%cal
Ye2c1]} Rfc8 20. Nc1 {[%cal Yc1b3,Yb3c5]} Na4 21. Nb3 Be7 22. d4 Nb6 {Eine
wichtige Entscheidung: Schwarz verpflichtet sich, mit dem Be7 auf c5 zu nehmen,
und erhält dafür das N-feld auf c4. Ich denke, an dieser Stelle gab es
interessante Alternativen.} (22... e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc2 Nc4
$13 {[%csl Ra3,Rd5] Eine kritische Stellung: für die schreckliche Schwäche auf
d5 hat Schwarz Spiel gegen a3 und aktives Figurenspiel.}) (22... Bf6 23. Nc5 (
23. Rc1 $5 {Es scheint schlau, noch ein wenig mit Nc5 zu warten.}) 23... Nxc5
24. dxc5 Rd8) (22... Bf8 $6 {Die passive Variante scheint die schlechteste
Lösung.} 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 {[%cal Yd2c3,Ya3a4]} (24. bxc5 $6 e5 $132) 24...
Ne5 25. e4 $5 {[%cal Rd2f4]} Nc4 26. exd5 exd5 27. Bf4 $16) 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24.
dxc5 Nc4 25. Bc3 {Aus der Remiseröffnung ist eine Hochspannungsstellung
entstanden. Da die c-Linie geschlossen ist, verlagert sich das Spiel ins
Zentrum und etl. sogar auf den Königsflügel. Die beiden am Q-flügel
versammelten Armeen müssen sich schleunigst umorientieren.} e5 (25... f5) 26.
Rc1 Qe6 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. a4 d4 (28... Rcd8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra6 $36) 29. axb5
axb5 30. exd4 exd4 31. Re1 (31. Bxc6 $2 Qxc6 32. Rxd4 (32. Bxd4 Rcd8 $19) 32...
Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3]}) (31. Ba1 $5) 31... N6e5 32. Ba1 {[%cal Ya2e2]} d3 33. Bxe5
d2 $1 (33... Nxe5 34. Rd2 $16 (34. f4 $2 d2 35. Rd1 Nc4 $17)) 34. Rd1 Qxe5 $1 (
34... Nxe5 35. Raxd2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 $18) 35. Bh3 (35. Bc6 $5 Re7 36. Bxb5 Qe1+
37. Kg2 Re2 38. Rxe1 Ne3+ 39. Kh3 dxe1=Q 40. Qxe1 Rxe1 41. fxe3 $14) (35. Bf1
Rcd8) 35... Re7 36. Bf1 (36. Bxc8 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Ne3+ 38. fxe3 Qe2+ $11) 36...
Qe4 (36... Qh5 $5 37. Raxd2 (37. Bxc4 $2 Qxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rxd1 $19)
37... Nxd2 38. Rxd2 $44 {[%csl Rb5,Gc5,Gf1] Es fällt mir schwer, diese
Stellung zu beurteilen: ich sehe für Weiß angesichts der für ihn wegen des Bg2
günstigen P-Konstellation am Damenflügel keine Verlustgefahr, aber ein Gewinn
ist (mindestens) Schwerarbeit.}) 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Kg2 Kf8 $2 (38... h6 $142
39. Bxc4 $140 Rxc4 40. Rdxd2 Rxb4 41. Ra7 Ra4 42. Re7 Rxc5 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44.
Rxf7 Rg5 $11) 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. Rdxd2 Rxb4 41. Ra7 {[%cal Rd2d7]} h6 42. Rdd7
Kg8 43. Rxf7 Rg4 44. Kf3 Rg6 45. Rfc7 Rf8+ (45... Rxc7 46. Rxc7 b4 47. Ke4 $18)
46. Kg2 Rf4 47. Rxg7+ Rxg7 48. Rxg7+ Kxg7 49. gxf4 b4 50. c6 b3 51. c7 b2 52.
c8=Q b1=Q 53. Qd7+ Kf6 54. Qd6+ Kf5 (54... Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kg6 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. f5
$18) 55. Qe5+ Kg4 56. h3+ (56. f3+ Kh4 57. Qe7+ Kh5 58. Qe4 $18) 56... Kh4 57.
Qe6 {[%cal Re6g4]} Qb7+ 58. Kh2 Qg7 59. Qe3 Qd7 60. f5 (60. f5 Qxf5 61. Qxh6+
Qh5 62. Qf4+ Qg4 63. Qxg4#) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Horn,Pe} Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 (5... Bf5 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Nc3 (7. Qa4+ Bd7) 7... Nbd7 (7... e6 $2 8. g4) 8. Qa4 (8. d4 {Horn,Pe}
e6 9. O-O $14 {Bangiev}) 8... Qc7 $13) (5... Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 (7...
e5 8. Nc3 e4 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. d3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd3 13. exd3 O-O {
Kirov-Ivkov/Bor/1984} 14. c4 $1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 $14 {Vaganian}) 8. Nc3 (8. O-O {
Horn} e6 9. Nc3 Bc6 $10 {Davies-Kotronias/Gausdal/1990 Sehner-Dresen/Elberfeld/
1986}) 8... Bc6 $10) (5... e6 {Horn} 6. Nxg4 Nxg4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O h5 $6 9.
d4 Bd6 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qb3 $16 {Schmittdiel-Ruf/BRD/1989}) 6. cxd5 cxd5 $2 (6...
Nxd5 {Horn,Pe} 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nb4 10. d3 Qd4 11. h5 Qxe5 12. hxg6
fxg6 13. Be4 Qf6 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. a3 Nc5 16. Qxb4 Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 Bxb4 18. axb4
O-O 19. Be3 $13 {Dementiev-Silberstein/Taschkent/1976}) 7. Nc3 Nbd7 {?! Horn,Pe
} (7... e6 {Horn,Pe} 8. Qa4+ (8. g4 Bd6 (8... Bg6 9. h4 Bd6 (9... h6 10. Nxg6
fxg6 11. Qc2 Kf7 12. h5 $16) 10. d4 O-O (10... Bxe5 $2 11. dxe5 Nxg4 $4 12.
Qa4+ $18) 11. h5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxg4 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. f4 $1 Qb6 15. Rf1 Qd8 (
15... Nh2 16. Nxd5 $1) (15... Nc6 16. e4 Ncxe5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Rae8 $13
{Hodgson-Plaskett/London/1989}) 16. e3 $1 $16 {Seul-Bangiev/BL/1993}) 9. Qa4+
Kf8 10. gxh5 Bxe5 11. Qb4+ Qe7 {Romanishin}) 8... Nfd7 $1 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 f6
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. d4 f5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. O-O Be7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qa3+ Kd8 17.
h5 Nc6 $13 {Kortschnoj-Anikaev/Minsk/1983}) 8. Qa4 e6 9. g4 (9. d3 {Horn,Pe}
Be7 $2 (9... Bd6) 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bh3 $36 {Simonov-Bikolov/
URS/1978}) 9... Bg6 10. h4 Bd6 (10... Bc2 $2 11. Nxf7 (11. b3 Bd6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7
13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $13) (11. Qxc2 Nxe5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. d4 Nc6 $132 {
Lisitzyn-Konstantinopolskij/URS/1936}) 11... Bxa4 (11... Kxf7 12. Qxc2 Nxg4 13.
Nxd5 {Konstantinopolskij}) 12. Nxd8 Rxd8 (12... Kxd8 {Horn} 13. Nxa4 Nxg4 14.
Bh3 Ndf6 15. d4 (15. f3 Ne5 16. Bxe6 Bd6 $13) (15. Rg1 $5 $16 {Romanishin})
15... Rc8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne5 (17... Rxc5 18. Rg1 $16) 18. Rg1 g6 19. Bf4
Ned7 20. Bxe6 Rxc5 21. Be3 $16 {Romanishin-Suba/Moskau/1986}) 13. Nxa4 Nxg4 14.
Bh3 h5 15. f3 $18) (10... h6 11. Nxg6 (11. d4 {Horn,Pe} a6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13.
Qc2 Kf7 14. h5 gxh5 15. gxh5 Bb4 16. Rh3 Kg8 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Rd1 $16 {
Khasanov-Galakhov/Taschkent/1985}) 11... fxg6 12. Qc2 (12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5
Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nh7 (14... Nh5 $5) 15. Qg4 Qxg5 $2 (15... Kf7) 16. Qxe6+ Be7 17.
Kf1 $16 {Kourkounakis-Engquist/Gausdal/1990}) 12... Kf7 13. h5 $16 (13. d4 Bb4
14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Rc8 16. Rh3 Qa5 $132 {Sehner-Schönthier/BRD/1987})) (10...
b5 {Horn} 11. Nxb5 $1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Nxa8 Qxa8 14. h5 Nexg4 (14... Be4
$5 15. f3 Nexg4 16. fxe4 dxe4 {/\ Qb8 Konstantinopolskij}) 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. d4
Kf7 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Rc1 Nh5 19. Bd2 Qb8 20. Bh3 Nhf6 21. Qb3 $18 {
Konstantinopolskij-Goglidse/Leningrad/1936}) 11. d4 (11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+
Kxd7 13. h5 Bc2 (13... Be4 {Horn,Pe} 14. f3 Bc2 15. g5 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Ne8 17. d3
Be5 18. f4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd6 20. a4 $36 {A.Petrosian-Beliavsky/URS/1976}) 14.
d3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nxg4 16. Rc1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ba4 18. Bxg7 (18. h6 Nxh6 19. Bxg7
Rhg8) 18... Rhg8 19. Bd4 (19. h6 Nxh6) 19... Bc6 $14) 11... h6 12. h5 $2 (12.
Bf4 Bb8 $8 (12... Be7 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Nb5) (12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 14. Nb5 {
xd6}) 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bxb8 Qxb8 $13 {xf4}) (12. Nxg6 $142 fxg6 13. g5 (13.
Qc2 Kf7 14. h5 Nf8 $13 (14... gxh5 15. gxh5 $14)) 13... hxg5 14. hxg5 (14. Bxg5
Qb6 15. Qc2 Kf7 $13) 14... Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 Nh5 (15... Nh7 {Horn,Pe} 16. e4 $1
dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxg5 18. Bxg6+ Nf7 19. Be3 $16 {Vaulin-Guliev/Pardubice/1993})
16. Qc2 (16. e4 Bf4 $13) 16... Nf8 $16) 12... Bh7 13. g5 hxg5 14. h6 (14. Bxg5
Kf8 (14... Bf5 {Horn,Pe}) 15. Nxd7+ (15. h6) 15... Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Qxa4 17. Bxg7+
Kxg7 18. Nxa4 Rac8 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Kd2 Rc4 (20... e5 21. e3 exd4 22. exd4 Rc4
23. Rh4) 21. e3 Rhc8 22. Rac1 Bxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Rc6 {/\ Rb6, Ra6=})
14... Kf8 (14... gxh6 {Horn,Pe} 15. Rxh6 {/\ Rf6,Bg5}) 15. Bxg5 (15. Nxd7+ Qxd7
$15) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bxc3+ {! Horn,Pe} (17... Bd6 $2 18. e4 (
18. Qd4) 18... dxe4 (18... Be7 {Horn,Pe} 19. O-O-O $40) 19. O-O-O $40 (19.
hxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rxh7+ $5 Rxh7 (20... Kxh7 21. O-O-O $40) 21. O-O-O $40)) 18.
bxc3 Qb6 {xe3, xd4} (18... Bg6 $2 19. Qd4 $18) 19. Qa3+ $8 (19. Bxf6 gxf6 $17)
(19. hxg7+ Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 {/\ Bg6-/+}) 19... Kg8 20. hxg7 (20. Bxf6 {Horn}
gxf6 21. Qe7 (21. c4 $2 Qd4 22. Qg3+ Bg6 $17) (21. Kd2 Bg6 22. Rag1 d4 $132)
21... Qd8 22. Qxb7 Qb8 23. Qxb8+ Rxb8 $15) 20... Kxg7 21. Bh6+ (21. Qe7 {Horn}
Ng8 $1 (21... Ne8 22. Bh6+ Kg8 (22... Kg6 23. Qg5#) 23. Qf8#)) 21... Kg8 22.
Qe7 (22. f5 $2 {Horn,Pe} Bxf5 23. Qc1 Bg6 (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qg5+ Bg6
26. Qf6 $18) (23... Nh7 24. Bh3 Be4 $13) 24. Qg5 Nh7 25. Qe5 f6 $17) (22. Rd1 {
Horn,Pe}) 22... Qd8 (22... Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Kd2 Qb2+ (25...
Bxh1 26. Qg5+ $10) 26. Ke3 Bg6 (26... Qb6+ $142 $10) 27. Rag1 Qc2 28. Rh5 Rc8 (
28... b5 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Bg7+) 29. Kf2 Qxc3 30.
Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Bg7+ (32. Re5 Qc6) 32... Qxg7 (32... Kxg7 33. Qe7+
Kg8 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qxg6 Qd4+ 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rxd5 Rc2 39.
Rd7+ Kf6 40. Kf3 $18) 33. Qxc8+ Qg8 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qxb7+ $16) 23. Qxb7 (23.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Bh6+ Kg6 (25... Kg8 26. Bg5 $10) 26. Bf3 Bg8 $17)
23... Bg6 (23... Qb8 24. Qe7) (23... Qc8 24. Qb4 {/\ Qd4}) 24. Bg5 Rxh1+ 25.
Bxh1 Kg7 26. Bf3 (26. Qb4 Qb6) 26... Qb8 27. Qb3 (27. Qc6 $6 Qc8 $17) (27. Qe7
$6 Nh7 {/\ Qb2-/+}) (27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 Rc8 $15 {Kaidanov}) (27. Qb3 Qb6 28.
Qxb6 axb6 29. c4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "IND-ch 55th"]
[Site "Patna"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Deepan Chakkravarthy, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Karthikeyan,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Nd4 Bh7 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 {White has a very good position here. Black
has to be careful with his ideas to create counterplay.} Na6 (11... Bc5 12. Nb3
{is just a waste of time.}) (11... c5 12. e5 Ne8 (12... cxd4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Nxd5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Qg4 Bg6 17. Rad1 $16) 13. Nde2 $14 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4d5]
}) 12. e5 (12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 $11) 12... Nd7 13. Bh3 Kh8 (13... Nb4 $5
14. Bf5 (14. Qg4 Nxd3 15. Bxh6 Bg6 16. Ne6 N7xe5) (14. Nf5 d4 (14... Nc5 15. d4
Ncd3 16. a3 Nxe1 17. axb4) 15. a3 dxc3 16. axb4) 14... Nc5 15. Qg4 $1 Bg5 (
15... Nbxd3 16. Bxh6 g6 17. Bxf8 $18) 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. f4 Be7 (17... Nbxd3
18. fxg5 Nxe1 19. gxh6 g6 20. Bg5 $36) 18. Rd1 $14) (13... Ndc5 14. Nf5 d4 15.
Ne4 $14) 14. a3 (14. Nf5 d4 $11 {if Black gets ...d4, White loses
co-ordination in protecting the e5-pawn.}) (14. Bf5 c5 $19 {is the point. Bxh7
is not with check.}) 14... Nac5 (14... Ndc5 15. Bf5 $14 {and the a6-knight is
bad.}) 15. Bf5 (15. Nf5 $5 d4 {Black should not wait as if White gets in d4,
Black's pieces are restricted:} 16. Ne4 (16. Nxd4 Nxd3 $19) 16... Nxe4 (16...
a5 17. Bf4 Ne6 (17... a4 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Bd6 $16) 18. Bxh6 gxh6
19. Qh5 $13) 17. Rxe4 Nc5 (17... Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nc5 19. Rg4 $40) 18. Rxd4 Qc7 (
18... Qc8 19. Qh5 $16) 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Rc4 Rad8 $132) 15... a5 (15... f6 $5 16.
e6 Ne5 17. Bxh7 (17. Re3 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 d4) 17... Kxh7 18. Qc2 (18. Re3 Na6 $13)
18... Kh8 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Qe2 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. d4 Qf5 23. dxe5 fxe5 $14 {
White is a piece up but it is not clear how to stop these central pawns.}) 16.
Bxh7 Kxh7 17. Nf5 $6 {It is very tempting to go forward with the knight but
that was not required.} (17. f4 Ne6 (17... Qb6 18. Kg2 Qa6 19. Nf5 $14) 18. Nf3
$14) 17... Ne6 (17... g6 18. d4 gxf5 19. dxc5) (17... a4 18. d4 Nb3 19. Rb1
Nxc1 20. Rxc1) 18. d4 Bg5 $2 (18... f6 19. Qd3 (19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Ne3 Kh8 21.
h4 Qg8 $132 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 19... Kh8 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bd2 Bf8 $11) 19. f4 g6
$2 (19... Be7 {but it is not acceptable for humans to provoke the dangerous f4
and then waste a tempo:} 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. f5 Nc7 (21... Ng5 22. Kg2 $16) 22.
Qh5 Rfe8 23. Bf4 $16) 20. fxg5 (20. Nd6 Be7 21. f5 Bxd6 22. fxe6 Nxe5 23. dxe5
Bc5+ 24. Kh1 fxe6 {is also good but gives unnecessary counterplay for Black.})
20... gxf5 21. Qh5 {The clearest.} Nxg5 $6 (21... Nxd4 22. e6 Qe7 23. Qxh6+ Kg8
24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. g6 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Re7+ Kxg6 28. Rxd7 $18) (21... Kg8
$5 22. gxh6 Kh8 23. Ne2 c5 {would have offered very good resistance.}) 22. h4
Ne6 23. Bxh6 (23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Ne2 c5 $16 {is unnecessary when you have a
clearer option than this.}) 23... Ng7 (23... Rh8 24. Qxf7+ (24. Bg5+ $4 Kg7 $17
) 24... Kxh6 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Ne2 $18) 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rf1 Rh8 26. Qxf5 Rh7
27. Qxf7+ (27. Ne2 $5 Qe7 28. Nf4 Kh8 (28... Rg8 29. Nh3 {is the simplest way
to win this game}) 29. Nh3 Rg7 30. Ng5 Kg8 31. Kh2 $18 {and dominating slowly.}
) 27... Kh8 28. Qf3 (28. Qf5 Qe7 29. Ne2 Rg8 30. Rf4 {also wins.}) 28... Qe7
29. Ne2 Rg8 30. Kg2 Qe6 (30... Rxh4 31. Rh1 $18) 31. Qf5 Qh6 32. e6 Qe3 (32...
Re7 33. Nf4 Nf6 34. h5 $18) 33. Rae1 Nf8 (33... Rhg7 34. exd7 Rxg3+ 35. Kh2
Rg2+ 36. Kh1 $18) 34. Qf6+ Rhg7 35. Rf5 Nh7 36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 Nf6 38. Rf1
Rg6 39. h5 Rh6 40. e7 Re8 41. g4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 (5... exd5 6. O-O Nd7 (6...
Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd4 O-O 9. h3 Bc8 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Bg5 c4 13. dxc4
dxc4 14. Qxd8 $6 (14. Nd2 $5 Be6 15. Qa4 Na5 $5 $13) 14... Rxd8 15. Nd2 Be6 $10
{Yermolinsky,A-Waitzkin,J/Suracuse/1995/0|1/40/}) 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. d3 Be7 9. h3
Bh5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 Nc5 $5 12. Nh4 Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rb1 $14 {
Malaniuk,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Groningen/1993/0|1/42/}) 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 (9... Bc5 $6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. a3 Qe7 13. e4 d4 14.
Nb1 Rfc8 15. Bg2 b5 $6 16. e5 $16 {Pigusov,E-Savon,V/Moscow/1989/1|0/53/}) 10.
e4 dxe4 (10... d4 $5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. h3 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 $132) 11.
dxe4 O-O 12. Be3 Qxd1 $6 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Qe2 Rfd8 $132) 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14. e5
$5 Nd7 $6 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bg2 Rxb2 17. Bxa7 $14) 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. f4 $14 Nb6 (16... Bc5 $6 17. Kf2 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 $16) 17. Kf2 Nd5 18. Rac1
Nxe3 (18... Rdb8 $6 19. Na4 Rb4 20. b3 $16) 19. Kxe3 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Ne4 Rc8 23. Rc4 $1 Kf7 24. Ra4 Rc7 25. b3 (25. g4 f5) 25... h5 (25...
f5 $6 26. Nd2 Bd6 27. Nc4 Ke7 28. Kd4 $16) 26. h4 $5 Kg6 27. Rc4 Kf5 28. Nf2
Bd6 29. Kf3 e5 $2 (29... Rc8 30. g4+ hxg4+ 31. Nxg4 Kg6 32. h5+ Kxh5 33. Nxf6+
Kg6 34. Ne4 $14) 30. fxe5 fxe5 (30... Bxe5 31. g4+ hxg4+ 32. Nxg4 $16) 31. g4+
hxg4+ 32. Nxg4 $16 Ke6 (32... Rh7 33. Ne3+ Ke6 34. Rxc6 $22 Rxh4 $4 35. Rxd6+
Kxd6 36. Nf5+ $18) 33. h5 Kf5 34. Ne3+ $1 Kg5 35. Ke4 Kxh5 36. Nf5 Bf8 (36...
Rd7 37. Nxd6 Rxd6 38. Kxe5 Rg6 39. Ra4 $16) 37. Kxe5 Kg6 38. Nd4 $1 Bg7+ (38...
c5 39. Ne6 Re7 40. Kd6 $1 $18) (38... Re7+ 39. Ne6 $1 $18) 39. Kd6 Rf7 40. Nxc6
$18 Bf8+ 41. Ke6 Rf6+ 42. Kd7 Bh6 43. Ne5+ Kg7 (43... Kf5 44. Ng4 Rf7+ 45. Ke8
Rf8+ (45... Rh7 46. Nxh6+ Rxh6 47. Kd7 $18) 46. Ke7 Bg7 47. Ne3+ Ke5 48. Rg4
Bh6 49. Rg6 $18) 44. Rc6 Rf5 45. Ke6 Rf6+ 46. Kd5 Rf5 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. b3 a5 (7... Ne4
8. Bb2 Bf5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Rfe8 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qa6 14. Bf1
dxc4 15. e4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14 {Nikolic,P-Timman,J/Moscow/1994/1|0/
37/}) 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf5 $5 {N/} (10... Nd7 11. Rc1 Nf6 12.
Ne5 Be6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. e3 Bf5 16. Qe2 a4 17. b4 $14 {Nikolic,
P-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 11. e3 (11. Nh4 $6 Be6 $10) 11... Be4 12. Qe2 Nd7
13. Rfc1 e6 14. Bf1 Bxf3 (14... g5 $5 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 h6 $14)
15. Qxf3 $14 f5 (15... Nf6 $5 16. Bd3 Ne8 $22 17. Re1 Nd6) 16. cxd5 $5 (16. a3
$5 $14) 16... exd5 (16... cxd5 $6 17. Be1 Qb6 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. Qb5 $1 $16) 17.
b4 $5 axb4 18. Bxb4 Rf7 19. a4 Nb8 20. a5 Na6 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Rab1 Ra7 23. Bd3
Ba3 24. Rc2 Qf8 25. Rb6 Nb8 26. Qd1 Be7 27. Qb1 Bd8 28. Rb3 Qg7 (28... Bxa5 $2
29. Bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 $16) 29. Rcb2 Rd7 30. Kg2 Qf7 31. Bb4 $1
Be7 (31... Qg7 32. Bc5 $16) 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rb6 Rc7 34. R2b3 Kg7 35. h4 $1
$16 h5 36. Qb2 Kf7 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. R3b4 Kf7 39. Qb3 Kg7 40. Qb1 Qf7 41. a6 $1
Nxa6 42. Ra4 Qf6 43. Qd1 Qe7 44. Qe2 Ra8 45. Bxa6 bxa6 46. Raxa6 Rac8 (46...
Rxa6 47. Qxa6 Qe8 $16) 47. Qc2 Qd6 48. Qb1 Re7 49. Rb7 Kf6 $6 (49... Rxb7 50.
Qxb7+ Qc7 $5) 50. Raa7 Rce8 (50... Rec7 $2 51. Rxc7 Rxc7 52. Qb8 Rd7 53. Qh8+
$18) 51. Qb6 Rxb7 52. Rxb7 (52. Qxb7 $2 Re7 $10) 52... Re7 53. Rb8 Qc7 54. Qb4
Kf7 55. Rb6 Kg7 $2 (55... Rd7 56. Qc5 Rd6 57. Ra6 Kf6 58. Ra7 Qb8 59. Qa3 $16)
56. Rxc6 $18 Qxc6 57. Qxe7+ Kg8 58. Kg2 Qb5 59. Kf3 Qf1 60. Kf4 $1 (60. Kf4 $1
Qxf2+ 61. Kg5 Qxg3+ 62. Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Griesheim GM 3rd"]
[Site "Griesheim"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Black "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
a6 (8... b6 9. Rg1 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. cxb5 c5 14. g4
d4 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qxc5 (16. Nxc5 $142) 16... Bb6 17. Qd6 dxe3 18. Rg3 Qxd6 19.
Nxd6 Nxf4 $132 {Zvjaginsev,V-Dreev,A/Moscow 2001/}) 9. Rg1 e5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (
9... b5 10. g4 b4 11. g5 Ne8 (11... bxc3 12. gxf6 cxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nxf6 14. O-O-O
$36) 12. Na4 Qe7 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 c5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Kb1 Nc7
$4 (17... Bc6 $142) 18. e4 Bc6 19. e5 $18 {Gurevich,M-Kallai,G/Koelln GER 2002/
}) 10. g4 e4 11. g5 Ng4 (11... Ne8 $5) 12. Rxg4 $2 (12. Nd4 $5 Nde5 (12... Nxh2
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Re8 15. O-O-O $36) 13. cxd5 $11) 12... exf3 $17 13. Bd3
(13. Bxf3 $4 Ne5 14. Rg3 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Qxg5 $19) 13... Ne5 14. Rg1 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Be5 {[%cal Yd5d4]} (15... Bxh2 $5 16. Rh1 Qxg5 17. O-O-O dxc4 18. Qxc4 (
18. bxc4 Qg2 $17) 18... Be5 19. d4 Bb8 20. d5 Be5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Bf5
23. Rdg1 Qf6 $17) 16. O-O-O Be6 17. c5 Qd7 18. h4 Rad8 {[%cal Yd5d4]} 19. Qc2
d4 20. Na4 d3 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rdg1 Qe4 25. Qb2 Rd5 26.
Kb1 Qxh4 27. e4 Qxe4 $2 (27... Rdd8 $142) 28. Nc3 Qf5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qc3 Rd8
31. Re1 Qd4 32. Qxd4 (32. Rxf3 $4 Qxc3 33. dxc3 d2 $19) 32... Rxd4 33. Re5 (33.
Kb2 $5 $16) 33... Bd5 34. Kb2 f6 $2 (34... Rh4 $142 $5) 35. gxf6 Rf4 36. Re7
Rxf6 37. Kc3 (37. Rxb7 $1 Re6 38. Rh3 h5 39. Kc3 Re2 40. Rh2 $18) 37... Rf7 38.
Re5 (38. Re5 Rd7 39. Re3 $16) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 b6 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (7... Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a3 b6 12. e4 dxe4 13.
dxe4 e5 14. Rfd1 Bc5 15. h3 b5 $2 (15... Nh5 $5) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18.
Rxa1 Bxb4 19. cxb5 Bb7 20. Bc4 Bc5 21. Ng5 Re7 22. Bxf7+ $16 {Lauvsnes,A (2270)
-Harestad,H/Norway 1994/}) 8. O-O Bb7 9. d3 c5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Rfe1
Rad8 13. Bf1 Rfe8 (13... d4 $142 $5) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... Rxd5 $5) 15. Rac1 Qb8
16. Qb1 Bf8 (16... Bf6 $5) 17. Qa1 e5 18. Nc4 f6 19. Ncd2 Kh8 20. Qb1 Nc7 21.
Red1 Ne6 22. Bc3 a5 23. Bb2 Rd7 24. Qc2 Ba6 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. Be2 Qb8 27. Ne1 Qa7
$2 (27... g6 $5 {/\Bf8-g7}) 28. Bh5 Red8 (28... g6 29. Bf3 $14) 29. Bg4 Re7 30.
Bf5 Bb5 31. Qe2 g6 32. Be4 a4 33. Qf3 Bg7 34. Bxc6 Ng5 35. Bxb5 Nxf3+ 36. Nxf3
axb3 37. e4 Qb7 38. h3 Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qb8 $142) 39. Bxd4 $18 exd4
40. Rb1 f5 41. e5 g5 42. Nd6 Qa8 43. Nxf5 Rf7 44. e6 Rxf5 45. e7 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1997.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4 8. d4 (
8. h3 $5) 8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 (11... c5 12. Nxe4
cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Rd1 Qe5 16. Rd5 Qa1+ 17. Rd1 Qe5 $11 {
Kortschnoj,V-Ljubojevic,L/Tilburg/1985/}) 12. g4 $6 (12. O-O $5 {/\f2-f3})
12... e6 13. h4 $2 (13. O-O-O $142) 13... Na6 $1 14. Bc3 Nc5 $1 15. O-O-O Nd3+
16. Kb1 c5 17. gxf5 exf5 (17... gxf5 $2 18. Rhg1 cxd4 19. exd4 $16) 18. Nf3 f4
19. exf4 (19. Rdf1 Qe7 (19... exf3 20. Qxd3 fxe3 21. fxe3 $16) 20. Ne1 Nxe1 21.
Qxe1 cxd4 22. exd4 e3 23. fxe3 fxe3 24. h5 Bxd4 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rfg1 Qe4+ 27.
Ka1 Qe5 $1 28. Bxd4 (28. Rxg6+ Kf7 $19) 28... Qxd4+ 29. Kb1 Rf2 30. Qc1 Qd3+
31. Ka1 Rc2 32. Qa3 e2 $19) 19... Rxf4 (19... cxd4 $2 20. Bxd4 Rxf4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Ng5 $16) 20. Ng5 Nxf2 21. Rdf1 Qf6 $1 (21... Nxh1 $2 22. Rxf4 cxd4 23.
Qxe4 $18) (21... cxd4 $5 22. Rxf2 (22. Ne6 Nxh1 23. Nxd8 Ng3 24. Qg2 Rxf1+ 25.
Kc2 d3+ 26. Kb2 Bxc3+ 27. Kxc3 Rxd8 28. Qxg3 d2 $19) 22... Rxf2 23. Qxf2 dxc3
24. Nxe4 (24. Ne6 Qd3+ $19) 24... Qd3+ 25. Qc2 Rd8 $17) 22. Rh2 (22. Rxf2 Rxf2
23. Qxe4 cxd4 24. Qd5+ Kh8 $19) 22... Rf8 23. Rfxf2 (23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. h5 g5
$19) 23... Rxf2 24. Nxe4 (24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Qxe4 cxd4 $19) 24... Rf1+ 25. Kb2
Qf4 26. Nxc5 (26. Bd2 cxd4 $1 27. Qg2 (27. Bxf4 d3+ 28. Ka3 dxe2 $19) 27... d3+
28. Nc3 Qxh2 29. Qxh2 R1f2 30. Qc7 Rxd2+ 31. Ka3 Bxc3 32. Qxb7 a5 33. Ka4 Rxa2+
34. Kb5 d2 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Qd3 Bg7 $19) 26... Qc1# 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bxh4 14. exd5 e5 15.
Qa4 h5 16. d6 (16. g5 $5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qe7 (18... exf4 19. Rae1+
Kd8 20. Rxf4 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Rf2 $16) 19. fxe5 O-O 20. d6 Qe6 21. Rae1
$16) 16... hxg4 17. hxg4 Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Bd3 $142 $5 18. Rd1 b5 19.
Qa3 (19. Nxb5 Bxf2+ $1) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23.
Kg1 Qh2+ $11) 18. Be3 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Nd5 b5 (20... Nb6 21. Qb4 $18) 21.
Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qe2 Qe8 {[%cal Ye5e4]} 23. Rac1 (23. Bxa7 $142 $5 Rb7 24. Qf3 $18)
23... Qg6 24. Bxa7 Re8 {[%cal Ye5e4]} 25. Rc3 e4 26. Ne7 (26. f3 $5) 26... Bxe7
27. dxe7+ Kxe7 (27... Rxe7 28. Bd4 (28. Re1 $5) 28... Qh6 29. Rfc1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1
Bh3 31. Rxh3 Rxh3 32. Rc8+ Kf7 (32... Re8 33. Bxg7+ $18) 33. Qc4+ Kg6 34. Rc6+
Kh7 35. Re6 $18) 28. Re1 Qh6 29. Qe3 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Bd4 Qd6 32. Rec1 Rh6
33. Rc6 Qxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Qf4 g6 36. Bh3 e3 (36... Rf6 37. Qg3 Ne5 (37...
Bxh3+ 38. Qxh3 Rf5 39. Qh7+ Ke6 40. Qxg6+ $18) 38. Qb3+ Kf8 39. Bxf5 Rxf5 40.
Qb7 Nf7 41. Ke2 $18) 37. Bxf5 e2+ 38. Ke1 gxf5 39. Qxf5+ Nf6 40. Be3 Re4 41.
Qb5 Rc2 (41... Rce6 42. Kxe2 Ng4 43. Qc5 R6e5 44. Qc3 $18) 42. a4 Ke6 (42...
Rcc4 43. a5 Rb4 44. Qxe2 Re6 45. Qd2 Rb5 46. b4 $18) 43. a5 Nd5 44. a6 Rh4 45.
Bd2 Nf4 46. Qb3+ Kf6 47. Qf3 Rxb2 48. Bc3+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 {Very fashionable nowadays, and for a good reason;
the resulting positions are relatively unexplored.} Bg4 {And the most
fashionable response. Instead of developing his knight to f6, Black intends to
play e7-e6 quickly without blocking the white-squared bishop that has already
'left the house'.} 4. Qb3 {The most principled reaction, trying to disrupt
Black's setup.} Qc7 $6 ({Not the best, as we shall see. For} 4... Qb6 {I refer
to Grischuk-Morozevich, while}) (4... Bxf3 {also deserves attention. With just
a dozen games played, this line offers plenty of room for exploration!}) 5. Bg2
e6 6. O-O Nf6 {So Black has achieved his setup, but at a price. The queen is
vulnerable on c7 and after White's next move that problem has to be dealt with.
} 7. d4 Bd6 ({Anish decides to meet the threat of Bf4 directly. Alternatively} 
7... Nbd7 8. Bf4 ({I thought} 8. cxd5 $5 {would be strong here but perhaps
it's nothing} exd5 (8... cxd5 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Rc1 {looks unpleasant, the knight
on d7 is misplaced.}) 9. Bf4 Qb6 $1 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Bd6 {during a game one
might stop here, thinking that Black looks to be in a bit of trouble, but
after the subsequent} (11. Nc3 Qd8 {followed by castling.}) 11... Qd8 $1 12.
Nbd2 Be6 $1 {Black is ready to castle and has no problems at all.}) 8... dxc4
9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 (10. Ne5 $5 {is interesting, with the idea} Nxe5 11. dxe5
Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Ke7 15. Qb7+ Nd7 16. Qb4+ Ke8
17. Qxg4 Qxb2 18. Qf3 $1 Rc8 19. Na3 Ke7 {and by placing either rook on b1
White retains some advantage.}) 10... Qxd6 11. Nbd2 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. Rfd1
Rad8 14. Rac1 {led to a small, risk-free advantage in Neubauer-Holt,
Philadelphia 2010}) 8. Nc3 ({It's interesting to note that the engine is very
happy to play} 8. c5 Be7 9. Bf4 {here, but I believe after} Qc8 {Black is
doing well because White doesn't really have a follow-up, which makes the
decision to release the central tension a strange one.}) 8... O-O 9. Nd2 $1 {
An important move that marks White's advantage. Any other approach would allow
Black to develop comfortably, but now e2-e4 is in the offing.} Nbd7 ({I was
expecting} 9... Bf5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14.
Be3 {with a pleasant advantage for White.}) 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4
Be7 {Naturally Black wants to preserve his bishop.} 13. Bf4 Qb6 (13... e5 $6
14. dxe5 Nxe5 {runs into} 15. c5 $1 {followed by Rfe1, when the knight on e5
is shaky.}) 14. Qxb6 $1 axb6 ({I considered taking with the a-pawn to be an
automatic move because} 14... Nxb6 {is calmly met with} 15. b3 {but Black
brings his knight back in the game, stopping Nc5, after which it's not easy to
prove a real advantage:} Nd7 (15... Rad8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nc8 18. h3 Bf5
19. Rad1 {with a rather serious advantage. In the long run White's queenside
pawns, supported by the bishop pair, will be difficult to sustain him.}) 16. h3
(16. Bd6 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nd6 Rb8 {is a much better version of the game.
I don't think Black has much to fear.}) 16... Be2 (16... Bh5 17. g4 $1 Bg6 {
and the point is White can now go} 18. Nd6 {because g7-g5 no longer wins a
piece.}) 17. Rfe1 Bd3 18. Bd6 (18. Nd6 g5 19. Be5 f6 20. Nxb7 fxe5 21. Bxc6 {
is the natural suggestion of the engine. It even tells me White is a bit
better but I would have also believed it had it claimed the opposite. In any
case, it seems strange to go for this line.}) 18... Rfe8 19. Bxe7 Bxe4 20. Rxe4
Rxe7 21. d5 {though Black still has some work to do before the position is
completely equal.}) 15. Bd6 Rfe8 {It makes little sense to take on d6 yourself
when you can have the same position with the rook slightly better placed on e7.
} 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd6 Rb8 ({The only move, as} 17... e5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5
$1 (19. Bxd5 Nf6 $1) 19... Nf6 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nxd5 (21... e4 22. f3 $1)
22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Rad1 $36 {is not pretty.}) ({Just to show how dangerous
Black's position is} 17... Nf6 18. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 19. Bxc6 Rab8 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
a4 Kf8 22. b4 {is just lost. White's pawns are unstoppable.}) 18. b4 $6 ({
So natural, and yet, it spoils a large part of the advantage! Black intends to
trade off the strong knight on d6 with Nf6-e8 so appropriate prophylactic
measures must be taken to deal with this. First the bishop is kicked back.} 18.
h3 Bh5 (18... Bf5 19. a4 (19. d5 $5 cxd5 20. Rfe1 $1 Kf8 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Rxe7
Kxe7 23. Bxd5 {is also not bad at all.}) 19... Nf6 20. c5 $1 bxc5 21. dxc5 Ne8
22. Rfd1 $1 {is similar to 18...Bh5}) 19. a4 $1 Nf6 20. c5 {with the pawn on
a4 Black can no longer reply with b6-b5} bxc5 (20... Ne8 21. Nxe8 Rexe8 22.
cxb6 Red8 23. g4 $1) 21. dxc5 Ne8 {and because of 18.h3! White can now play}
22. g4 {giving acces for the rook to d1, thereby securing the outpost on d6.}
Bg6 23. Rfd1 {White is ready to push the queenside pawns and strategically
speaking Black is completely busted.}) 18... Nf6 19. a4 ({Also here} 19. h3 {
had to be played.}) 19... Ne8 20. Nxe8 Rexe8 21. c5 ({Houdini likes} 21. b5 {
but after} cxb5 22. axb5 {Black has little to fear in my opinion. Most
straightforward is} e5 23. d5 (23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd5 Be6 $5) 23... Rec8 $1 24.
Rfc1 Kf8 {and when the king arrives on d6, who exactly is better?}) ({Note that
} 21. h3 {can now annoyingly be met with} Be2 {.}) 21... e5 $1 ({I had seen
this advance but had misjudged it. Of course} 21... bxc5 22. dxc5 {would still
be very pleasant for White.}) 22. f3 $6 ({I'm having problems to understand
why I didn't consider} 22. d5 bxc5 23. bxc5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 {when Black still
has to make a few precise moves.}) 22... Bf5 23. cxb6 exd4 24. Rfd1 Rbd8 25.
Rd2 d3 26. a5 h5 27. f4 Be4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Ra3 Red4 ({But not} 29... Rxb4
30. Raxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 g6 32. Rd7 Rb5 33. Rxb7 Rxa5 34. Rc7 {winning a pawn.})
30. Kf2 f5 ({and because of} 30... f5 31. Ke3 Re4+ 32. Kf2 Red4 {we agreed to
a draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Qd5 8.
Ne1 Qd4 9. e3 Qg4 10. e4 h5 11. h3 Qg6 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 h4 14. g4 Nxg4
15. hxg4 h3 16. Bf3 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 e6 19. f3 Qh4 20. d4 Bd6 21.
Be3 O-O-O 22. Rc1 g5 23. e5 $2 (23. Rg1 Bf4 24. Rg4 $18) 23... g4 $2 (23... Be7
24. Qe2 Kb8 $14) 24. fxg4 $18 Qxg4 25. exd6 Rdg8 26. d5 Qg3 27. dxc6 Qxe3 28.
cxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Masters"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Rg1
Qe7 9. g4 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. d4 Re8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Be2 g6 14. Nh4 e5 15. Rd1
dxc4 16. Bxh5 exd4 17. Rxd4 cxb3 18. axb3 gxh5 19. g6 $18 hxg6 20. Nxg6 (20.
Rxg6+ $1) 20... Nf6 21. Nb1 Qa5+ 22. b4 Qb6 $2 (22... Qa1 23. Rg5 $14) 23. Qc3
Bg4 24. Rdxg4 $1 hxg4 25. Qxf6 Rxe3+ $1 26. Kd1 $2 (26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 $18)
26... Qd8+ $19 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8+ 28. Kc1 Re4 29. Nh4 Rc4+ 30. Kb2 Rxb4+ 31. Kc3
a5 32. h3 Rd5 33. hxg4 Rc5+ 34. Kd3 Rb3+ 35. Kd4 Rc2 36. f4 a4 37. Re1 Rcb2 38.
Re8+ Kh7 39. Re7 Rxb1 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rc7 a3 42. Ke5 a2 43. Kf6 a1=Q+ 44. Kg6
Kf8 45. Nf5 Re1 0-1

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Sanchez, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 (4... Bf5 {Shirazi,K (2404)-Guichard,
P (2257) Malakoff 09th Op 2009 (2) 1-0}) 5. c4 $1 {Bien meilleur que le plan
habituel d3e4} (5. d3 $143 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 $11) 5... e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 $1 {
Il est trop tard pour jouer Nc6} cxd5 $6 {[%csl Rd7]} (7... exd5 $142 {la
grande ligne} 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 $14 {Khasin,A (2542)
-Skatchkov,P (2456) RUS-Cup06 Tomsk 2001 (3) 1-0}) 8. Nc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal
Ge2e4] Le Nc3 est beaucoup plus actif qu'en d2 qui est le plan habituel de
l'attaque indienne.} Be7 9. h3 (9. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Ge5];Loginov,V (2540)
-Huebner,R (2615) Manila ol (Men) 1992 1-0}) 9... Bh5 10. e4 $36 d4 11. Ne2 e5
12. Nh4 {[%csl Gf5,Rh5][%cal Gf2f4]} O-O 13. f4 $5 $146 ({RR} 13. Nf5 Ne8 14.
g4 Bg6 15. f4 Bc5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 f6 18. Rc1 Bb6 19. Bg3 Nc7 20. g5 Nf7
21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 gxf5
27. Qg6+ {1-0 Nikolic,P (2596)-Haznedaroglu,K (2438)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111 ext}
) 13... exf4 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxf4 Nc5 16. Rc1 Nfd7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 $16 {
[%csl Rb7,Gf4,Gg2]} Qb6 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. b4 Na4 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rc4 {[%csl
Ra4] Suite illisible et gain blanc au 64ème coup} 1-0

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Following my crisis with 1.c4, possibly caused by the psychological
blowback of my intense work on my English trilogy, I have spent a few years
starting almost exclusively with 1.d4. Without any special preparation (a
chess writer does not have too much time for it!) on the Isle of Man I felt
inspired by 1.Nf3 all my games. In this game, played in the last round, I felt
in a couple of moments that I had made interesting over the board choices. You
may imagine my surprise when I later discovered that I had annotated a few
games with the whole line!! I do not like to admit that memory has failed me;
on the contrary I would advocate the idea that it moved on to a deeper and
more subtle level.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 {I imagine that
by playing this move Black intends to retain the possibility of developing
with either ...Bd6 and ...Ne7 or, if White plays d2-d4, with ...f7-f5, in the
spirit of an accelerated Stonewall, with the bishop outside the pawn chain
already. But from my point of view this move order has a significant drawback.}
({I consider} 5... Nf6 {to be the critical continuation, when} 6. cxd5 {
can be met with} Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 {True, White can retain a
sytmbolic advantage, but it is not clear whether it is enough.} 9. d4 $5 {
This is the modern trend} ({In my book I analysed} 9. d3 {, based on the ideas
of an old game by one of the greatest specialists of the Reti opening ever:}
Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bd2 {Larsen,B-Ivkov,B Bled 1965 (1-0, 60)}) 9...
Be7 10. e3 {1/2-1/2 (72) Kramnik,V (2810)-Aronian,L (2809) London 2013 CBM 154
[Stohl,I]}) 6. cxd5 exd5 ({The main problem is that now} 6... Bxf3 $2 {loses a
pawn. In the only game in which Black fell into this trap, Varga,M (2232)
-Blagojevic,T (2004) Prague 2012 (1/2-1/2, 42), White did not take advantage
of it!} 7. dxe6 $1 Bxg2 8. exd7+ Qxd7 9. Kxg2 $16) ({Against} 6... cxd5 {
I planned} 7. Qb3 {My line followed something like} Nc5 ({Of course I did not
remember that I had commented on the following game:} 7... Qb6 8. Qxb6 Nxb6 9.
Nc3 a6 10. d3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. f4 $14 {Radjabov,
T (2784)-Aronian,L (2825) Moscow 2012 CBM 149 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 45)}) 8. Qb5+
Qd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. d3 Ngf6 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Rfc1 {Later I found
the game Matlakov,M (2689)-Movsesian,S (2672) Dubai 2014 (1-0, 51) with this
sequence.}) 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Bd6 {For some reason, I thought I had never seen
this positon before! But I felt that the bishop does not stand well on d6 and
was confident I could take advantage of it.} ({The main lines in my books were
} 8... Bc5 9. Qb3) ({and} 8... Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4) 9. h3 Bxf3 ({If} 9... Bh5
10. e4 {Black's problem is that the exchange on e4 would leave the bishop
hanging. Otherwise, White is having a pleasant game:} O-O 11. exd5 cxd5 12. g4
Bg6 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. d4 Ne6 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rad1 b5
19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Rfe1 Rb6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. Bb3 $14
{(1/2-1/2, 43)Radjabov,T (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2768) Ningbo 2011}) 10. Bxf3 d4 11.
Ne4 Nxe4 (11... Be5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nd2 Qxb3 {Hansen,T (2473)-Bellon Lopez,J 
(2382) Stockholm 2014 (1-0, 42)} 14. Nxb3 O-O 15. a4 $5 $36 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5
$6 16. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Gc6,Gd4]}) 12. dxe4 {I vaguely remembered that I had
annotated a game by Nakamura with this kind of structure, but was sure the
position was slightly different.} Bc5 13. b3 $5 $146 ({After the game, my
opponent asked me whether this was a prepared novelty with respect to the
following game annotated by myself!!} 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Bg2 Nc4 16.
Bc1 {Wang,H (2747)-Nakamura,H (2772) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2,
37). I only remembered that in principle it was not a good idea to weaken the
c4-square so soon, but, as mentioned above, did not suspect I had just
deviated from the previous game.}) 13... O-O ({During the game I thought} 13...
Nf8 {to be better, but after the knight has moved away from the c4-square
White can consider} 14. b4 $1 (14. Bb2 Ne6 {XPd4}) 14... Bb6 (14... Bxb4 15.
Rb1 {XPb7}) (14... Be7 15. Rb1 Ne6 16. Qd3 $14) 15. a4 a5 (15... a6 16. a5 Ba7
17. Bb2 Ne6 18. Qd3 $14) 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bd2 Ra7 18. a5 $5 (18. Qb3 $14)
18... Bxa5 19. Qa4 Bb6 20. Qb4 $36 {[%csl Rb7,Re8][%cal Gb4f8,Gb4b7] XKe8}) 14.
Bb2 $14 {The bishop pair, the mobile kingside majority and the relative
weakness of the d4-pawn ensure White at least the more pleasant game.} Ne5 {
With the c4-square well defended, this move only exposes the knight. It is
also true that there was no simple way of defending the central pawn.} (14...
Qb6 {would give up one of Black's main ideas in the Slav setups, namely
setting up a battery along the a3-f8 diagonal.} 15. a3 a5 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. Kh2
$14) 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qc2 ({During the game I thought that the main choice was
between my move and} 16. Rc1 $5 {/\Rc2-d2}) ({But later I discovered that} 16.
f4 $5 {was quite promising, too:} d3+ (16... Ng6 17. Qd3 $14) 17. Kh2 dxe2 18.
Qxe2 $16 Qd3 $2 19. Qh5 $1 $18 {XBc5, Ne5 This is a move I missed.} Nd7 20.
Rad1) 16... Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Kh2 Bb6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Qc4 Qc5 ({During the
game I was slightly worried by} 20... Qe6 {, but as indicated by my opponent}
21. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5] was quite good for White.} Qe7 22. Rd3 $14) (20... c5
{weakens the light squares and risks transforming the b6-bishop into a tall
pawn.} 21. e3 dxe3 22. Qc3 ({This may be even better than my planned} 22. Bc1
$14) 22... Qf8 23. Qxe3 c4 24. Qc3 cxb3 25. Qxb3 $16 {/\e5}) 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22.
Rd3 Bb6 23. b4 Nf8 {Black has to hurry about securing the d4-pawn.} 24. a4 a6 (
24... Ne6 25. a5 Bc7 26. e5 a6 27. h4 $16) 25. a5 Ba7 26. Rfd1 Ne6 27. f5 {
When I played this move I foresaw the game continuation until move 36. But
there was a detail I missed.} ({I was briefly tempted by} 27. h4 {but saw no
reasons for refraining from my plan. Here is a possible continuation:} f6 28.
Bf3 g6 29. f5 Nc7 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Re7 33. g4 Nb5 34. Rd8+
Kf7 35. g5 $16) 27... Ng5 $6 ({Despite my initial thoughts,} 27... Nf8 {
seems to be playable.} 28. Bf3 $5 {[%csl Ge2] Xe2} ({I counted on winning a
pawn with} 28. e3 {but missed the following resource:} dxe3 $1 29. Rxd8 e2 $1
30. Bc3 exd1=Q 31. Rxd1 Bb8 $14 {Xe5}) 28... h6 (28... f6 29. e3 $18) 29. h4 (
29. e3 Nh7 $1 {/\...Ng5, /\...Nf6, XPe4}) 29... Nh7 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4
32. Rxd4 Kf8 33. g4 {/\Kg3-f4, e4-e5} g5 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Kg3 $16)
28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gh3h4] /\h4, XNg5} f6 31.
Rd7 Rb8 (31... Re5 32. Rxb7 Rb5 33. Rb6 $1 $18) 32. e5 $1 $18 fxe5 33. h4 Nf7
34. Bh3 {[%cal Gf5f6,Gh3e6] /\f6. In this moment an amusing incident took
place. I was happy with my play so far and went out for a cigarette (to tell
the truth, this was the first game ever during which I smoked!) When returning
to the board, I saw the initial position, the clock switched off and the
scoresheets and the opponent missing. So, he must have been impressed by my
play and did not consider it necessary to test my technique anymore. True, I
was intrigued by the king's arrangement as if the game had ended in a draw and
immediately corrected it. But the next step was to sign the scoresheets and
get my carbon copy, so I went to the tournament press officer, the charming
WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, asking for help. She found my opponent and told him
about the problem. Noticing Mark's astonishment, I immediately realized I had
gone to the wrong board... I instantly re-corrected the king's position and,
red in my face as a hard boiled shrimp, I appologized to my opponent. Well,
they are right, smoking does a lot of harm!!} Kf8 35. f6 $1 gxf6 36. Be6 Nd8 {
But now I got fully concentrated. I knew the position was winning but felt the
moral obligation to prove it the most convincing way. Otherwise, my opponent
could have claimed (not without reason) that he lost partly because of the
whole incident.} 37. Rxh7 $1 b6 (37... Nxe6 38. Rh8+) 38. h5 $1 bxa5 39. h6 $1
(39. h6 axb4 40. Rd7 $5 $18 {/\h7}) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Czarnota, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 {If compared with the variation from the game
Markowski-Bobras from this same issue of CBM, this line is obviously less
favourable for Black. White has not only an extra-tempo (Qc2) but his king
side is also without weaknesses (h3).} 11. Nb1 $5 $146 {Same idea as in the
mentioned game.} ({There is nothing wrong with the usual} 11. Ne4 {for
instance:} Nxe4 (11... O-O 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b4 Nb6 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. b5 $1 Rac8
(15... cxb5 16. Qc5 $14) 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 g6 19. a4 Nd5 20.
Qc4 h5 21. a5 Nc3 22. Bxc3 dxc3 23. a6 $16 {1-0 Loginov,V (2507)-Tunik,G (2451)
/Togliatti 2001/CBM 083 ext (43) White has the more compact pawn structure and
a clear quen side plan.}) 12. Bxe4 (12. dxe4 $5 Qb6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rb1 a5 15.
a3 {/\b4|^}) 12... a5 (12... O-O 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3 Bc3 16. Bb2 $3 {
Instead of recuperating the pawn immediately, White exchanges Black's only
active pieve after which he will enjoy long term pressure against the numerous
weaknesses from Black's camp.} (16. Rxb7 Nc5) 16... Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Nb6 18. Rfb1
Ra6 19. Rb3 g6 20. h4 h5 21. Qc1 $44 {1-0 Loginov,V (2524)-Sinkevich,P (2323)/
St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (48)}) 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rfb1 Qb6 15. Qc4 (15. a3 $2
Nc5 16. Bf3 a4 $17) (15. Bf3 $5 Rfe8 16. a3 {would have maintained the
position alive.}) 15... Ne5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Qc4 Ne5 18. Qa4 Nd7 {1/2-1/2
Loginov,V (2540)-Grischuk,A (2701)/Togliatti 2003/CBM 094 ext}) 11... O-O 12.
Nd2 Ne5 13. Bg2 a5 14. b3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ya2a3,Yc1b2,Ya1b1,Yb3b4] White
maintains the elasticity of his queen side structure and aims to slowly
prepare the minority's attack. At the same time, he prepares to put pressure
against the d4-pawn.} Re8 15. a3 Bf8 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qa7 18. Rfe1 {
[%csl Re2] Since it is not clear yet which is the best concrete action, White
simply overdefends his e2-pawn. Markowski certainly enjoys this kind of
positions where direct confrontation occurs only after a long phase of
manoeuvring.} Rad8 19. Qc1 {[%csl Ra3] /\Ba1} h6 20. Ba1 {/\e4} Nd5 21. Nc4 Bc5
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf3 {[%csl Ye2] Once the e5-knight has disapeared, this
bishop returns to its best location, where from it safely defends the e2-pawn.}
Bf8 24. Kg2 {Continuing the same policy of slowly improving the own psoition.}
Ree8 25. Bb2 {Once the circumstances have slightly changed and the c4-square
has become available for the queen, White decides to return with the bishop to
its previous location, in order to defend the a3-pawn.} Nc3 $6 {Black gives up
the tension too easily. He was obviously worried about his d4-pawn in view of
the threat Qc4 and decides to trade it for the a3-pawn. However, this is
hardly an equivalent exchange.} (25... g6 $6 26. Qc4 Bg7 27. b4 $36) (25... Nc7
$5 26. Qc4 Nb5 {might have been a more accurate reaction.}) 26. Bxc3 dxc3 27.
Qxc3 Bxa3 28. Red1 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Bxc5 30. e3 Rd6 31. d4 Bb4 32. h4 $14 {White
has the more compact structure and is doubtlessly better. However, Black's
queen side stability offers him adequate chances to survive.} Red8 33. Rdc1 g6
34. h5 Kg7 35. Rc2 Rf8 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rh1 Re8 38. d5 c5 39. Rd1 b5 40. Be2
Re5 41. Bxb5 Rexd5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Rc4 Kf6 44. Rf4+ Rf5 45. Rh4 h5 46. Bd3
Rd5 47. Rf4+ Kg5 48. Bc4 Rd2 49. Re4 Rb2 50. Re5+ Kh6 51. Re6 Be1 52. Rf6 Kg5
53. Rf4 Bd2 54. Kf1 Rb1+ 55. Ke2 Rb2 56. Bf7 Bc3+ 57. Kf1 Rc2 58. Rc4 Rc1+ 59.
Ke2 Bb2 60. Re4 Rc2+ 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Rf4+ Kg5 63. Ra4 Kf6 64. Be8 c4 65. Rxa5
cxb3 66. Ra6+ Ke7 67. Bxg6 Bc3 68. Rc6 Rc1 69. Bxh5 b2 70. Bg6 Bd4 71. Ra6 Ra1
72. Rc6 Rc1 73. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 {This is a sound move, though
not the most popular.} (5... Bg4 {is the main continuation here.}) 6. Ba3 $5 {
White tries to delay Black's castling.} ({In case of the neutral} 6. Bb2 {
Black should have no big problems.} h6 $1 {One of the few accuracies needed by
Black.} (6... Nbd7 $6 {could lead to slight problems after} 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f4 O-O 11. g4 Ne4 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g5 Qb6 15.
Rf3 $14 {1-0 Ehlvest,J (2660)-Gretarsson,H (2465)/Stockholm 1996/CBM 057 ext 
(40)}) 7. Be2 e6 8. d3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bh7 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 $11 {1-0 Malaniuk,V (2610)
-Volkov,S (2480)/Minsk 1997/EXT 2000 (59)}) 6... Nbd7 {Preparing ...e6,
Nxf8-g6 and finally 0-0.} ({The attempt to castle in a normal way with} 6... g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O {would lead to a solid but rather passive form of the
Schlechter variation after} 9. d4 {for instance} Re8 10. Bb2 b5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12.
Ne5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 $14 f6 $6 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. Nb4 Nb8 16. Bb2 $16 {1-0
Papaioannou,I (2577)-Skaperdas,K (2285)/Aspropyrgos 2003/CBM 097 ext (65)}) 7.
Be2 h6 8. cxd5 $6 {This exchange looks premature.} ({White probably wanted to
avoid the other possible re-capture on d5 as in the following game:} 8. O-O e6
({Now,} 8... Bg4 {would be less efficient than in the main game. After} 9. d4
e6 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne5 $14 {White retains a stable advantage of
space.}) 9. Bxf8 Nxf8 10. b4 N8d7 11. cxd5 exd5 (11... cxd5 12. Nd4 Bh7 13. f4
$14) {but this position is also prefferable for him:} 12. a4 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc7
14. Rfc1 Qd6 15. a5 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Bh7 17. Na4 Nf8 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. d3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gausel,E (2480)-Kobalija,M (2590)/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (54) with a nice
blockade on dark squares.}) 8... cxd5 9. O-O Bg4 $5 {Now that White has
cleared the situation in the centre, Black can afford to lose a tempo in order
to secure his bishop.} (9... e6 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. Nd4 Bh7 12. f4 $14) 10. Qb1
e6 11. Bxf8 Nxf8 12. b4 Bxf3 $5 13. gxf3 {An attempt to get some play along
the g-file, but Black'sposition is solid.} Ng6 {Black has no problems at all.}
14. Kh1 O-O 15. Rg1 Rc8 16. Qb2 d4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 d3 19. Bd1 Qh4 20. f4
Qf2 21. Rg2 Qe1+ 22. Rg1 Qf2 23. Rg2 Qe1+ 24. Rg1 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 {By refraining from the immediate
occupation of the centre (d4 instead of, for instance, Nf3), White intends to
win a tempo for piece development, giving to the position a hypermodern
character. Of course, he can switch at any moment to well-known paths by
playing d4 later.} a6 {Black has a wide range of moves here, but none of them
is entirely free of drawbacks. After examining the practical material
available, I would recommend Black to refrain from the text move. However,
this might mean widening the opening repertoire (that is, adding some other
form of Slav than the Moldavian a6-line).} (4... Bg4 {allows White maintain an
advantage in space with} 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. d4 $14 {Therefore, Black
should probably choose from one of the following three lines.}) ({In case of} 
4... Nbd7 {[%cal Ge7e5] , apart from transposing to a normal Semi-Slav, White
can try to exploit his microscopical advantage in the symmetrical position
arising after} 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4) ({Or if} 4... e6 5. b3 Nbd7 {, then} 6. Qc2
(6. cxd5 $6 {is not advisable now because of} exd5 $1) 6... Bd6 7. Bb2 {
. There are lots of games starting from this position, but I would just
mention one which was annotated by an expert of this whole white setup,
Gurevich,M (2643)-Savchenko,S (2583)/Vlissingen 1999/EXT 2000/[Gurevich,M] 
(1-0, 38).}) ({Finally, there is} 4... g6 {, inviting White to the Schlechter
variation.}) 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 $6 {This certainly looks premature.} (6... e6
7. d4 {allows White transpose to a favourable form of the Semi-Slav in which
Black's early queenside action has left him with weaknesses and no real
counterplay.}) (6... g6 $5 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 7. Bb2 $5 (7. d4 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 {Although White has basically lost a tempo, things are not easy for Black
yet.} Nbd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. cxd5 (11. Bd2 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Rfc1
e5 $132 {Sargissian,G (2572)-Motylev,A (2634)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (1/2-1/2,
36)}) 11... cxd5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 ({This looks like a loss of tempo,
allowing White take over the control of the c-file. However,} 13... Qa5 {
does not equalize either.} 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Rc2 $1 $14 {[%cal
Ga1c1]}) 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 e6 19.
Ne5 Qa6 20. Nf4 Bh6 21. Nfd3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. Bd4 $16 {Petronic,J (2450)
-Matulovic,M (2420)/Vrnjacka Banja 1998/EXT 2002 (1/2-1/2, 51)}) 7... Bf5 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... cxd5 $2 11. Nxd5 $1 $16) (10... b4
11. Na4 cxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 $16) (10... O-O 11. e4 b4 12. Na4 cxd5 13. e5
Ne4 14. Rc1 $14) 11. O-O-O $5 (11. Nd1 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 {Makarov,
M (2513)-Asanov,T (2427)/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (1/2-1/2, 21). After the
simplifications, White's possibility of occupying the centre is less relevant.}
) 11... O-O (11... Nxc3 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. dxc3+ $36 {[%cal
Gf3g5,Gh2h4]}) 12. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 13. Kxb2 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 {[%cal Gb8c6]} 15. Qc3
{[%cal Gh2h4]} Nd7 16. Qc7 $36) 7. Ne5 $36 {With his c6-pawn vulnerable and
his bishop exposed, Black faces serious problems already.} Bh5 $2 {This
blunder has been played before.} (7... Be6 8. Bb2 $14 Qc7 9. cxd5 (9. Ne2 $1
$14 {[%csl Rc7,Rf8][%cal Ge2f4,Gc4d5]}) 9... cxd5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 (10... Qxe5 11.
Nxb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5c7]}) 11. Bxb5 $6 {Here, this sacrifice is unsound.} (11.
Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 12. a4 $14 b4 $2 13. Nb5 $1 $18) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Qxc2 13. Rxc2
Nxe5 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Nd3+ (15... Bf5 $1 $17) 16. Ke2 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 Bc8
18. b4 $13 {Komarov,D (2540)-Prie,E (2516)/Chalons en Champagne 2007/CBM 116
ext (0-1, 48)}) 8. cxb5 cxb5 $6 $146 {Not suspecting anything.} ({In the
previous game where this position was seen, Black understood in time what was
cooking for him and played the "relatively better"} 8... Qc7 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10.
bxc6 Qxc6 $16 {Agamaliev,G (2516)-Khaghani,M (2289)/Tehran 2005/CBM 104 ext 
(1-0, 30). , which allowed him play some more decent moves before resigning.})
9. Bxb5+ axb5 10. Nxb5 {The game is over. Black's insistence on playing on for
20 more moves may be regarded as some lack of respect for the opponent, but it
is not easy to resign before the game even started (although it is allowed by
the Sofia rule!)} e6 (10... Na6 11. Qc6+ Nd7 12. Nxd7 $18) 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12.
Nxa8 Nfd7 13. Ba3+ Kf6 14. Bb2 Nxe5 15. f4 Nbd7 16. Nc7 Bg6 17. Bxe5+ Nxe5 18.
fxe5+ Kxe5 19. Qc3+ Kf5 20. O-O+ Kg5 21. a4 Kh6 22. Rf3 Bf5 23. Raf1 Bd6 24.
Nb5 Bb8 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Rh3+ Kg6 27. d3 Bf5 28. Rhf3 Be5 29. Qe1 Bxd4 30. Rg3+
Kh6 31. exd4 g6 32. Rgf3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Wintzer, Joachim"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 "Kirchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 {Compared with a
normal Catalan, where the white d-pawn is on d4 already, White cannot do
without the phisycal elimination of the c4-pawn, even though this means giving
up any hope of recuperating the sacrificed pawn in the near future.} ({However,
White can first play the introductory moves} 6. a4 Bb7 {and only now} 7. b3
cxb3 8. Qxb3 {. The main achievement of such a move order is that after the
virtually forced} a6 {White is just in time to play} 9. Ba3 {hindering Black's
normal development. This largely compensates for the fact that, compared with
the Catalan, the white queen has reached b3 with loss of time.} Nbd7 (9... Qd5
10. Qb2 g6 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 e6 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. axb5 axb5 16.
Rxa8 Bxa8 17. O-O Nbd7 18. Nxd7+ Nxd7 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Qc3+ f6 21. d4 $36 {
[%csl Ra8,Yc5,Yd6,Yf6,Rg7] 1-0 Nikolic,V-Spassov,L/Vrnjacka Banja 1976/EXT 99 
(28)}) 10. O-O e6 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Rc1 Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Yc6c5]} (12...
Rc8 13. d3 g6 14. Nbd2 Kg7 15. Qb2 Qb6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qc7 18. Qb2 e5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 $36 {1-0 Vadasz,L (2465)-Ribli,Z (2575)/Budapest 1976/MCD 
(48)}) 13. Na3 (13. d3 c5) (13. d4 $5 c5 $6 14. axb5 axb5 $2 15. dxc5 $16)
13... g6 14. Qb2 (14. d4 $5) 14... Kg7 15. Nc4 bxc4 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rab1 Nfd7
18. a5 c5 19. axb6 Rab8 20. Rxc4 Rhc8 21. Ra4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rxb6 23. Rxb6 Nxb6
24. Rxa6 Nc4 25. Ra2 Rd8 26. d3 Ne5 27. Kg2 c4 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V (2660)-Anand,V
(2710)/Linares 1993/CBM 034}) 6... cxb3 7. axb3 {White has opened the a-file
for his rook, but on the other hand, the b4-square is weak now. In certain
cases, Black can consolidate by installing here one of his knights.} e6 (7...
Bb7 {is considered to be inferior because of} 8. Ba3 ({White can invite his
opponent to transpose to our main game with} 8. O-O {since} g6 {makes less
sense now. White can occupy the centre with his pawns and choose later where
to develop his bishop.}) 8... g6 ({Until recently, theory referred to the
following game:} 8... a6 $6 {-unnecessarily losing a tempo-} 9. O-O g6 10. d4
Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e4 a5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 b4 15. Bb2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Bb5 17.
e6 f6 18. Nc5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dzindzichashvili,R (2500)-Bagirov,V (2515)/Baku
1972/URS-ch (48)}) 9. O-O Bg7 10. d4 O-O 11. Nbd2 a5 12. e4 Na6 13. e5 Nd5 14.
Ne4 Ndb4 15. Qc3 c5 $5 {A typical method: Black returns the extra-pawn in
order to free his position and get active play.} 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nc6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,A (2452)-Papaioannou,I (2587)/Athens 2002/CBM 091
ext (61)}) 8. d4 (8. O-O Bb7 9. Ba3 b4 $6 {[%csl Yc4]} ({Since White is
underdeveloped yet, he could not make full use of the weakness of the c5- and
d6- squares in case of} 9... Bxa3 $1) 10. Bb2 c5 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Rd1 cxd4 13.
Bxd4 a5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne5 $1 Rc8 (15... fxe5 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7
18. Qc6+ Ke7 19. Qc5+ Kf6 20. Qxa7 $18) (15... Bxg2 16. Nxd7 Bb7 17. Nxf8 Qc8
$8 $13) 16. Qb2 fxe5 17. Bxb7 Rc5 18. Bf3 Bh6 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nc4 $44 Qc7 21.
Rd6 Nf8 $2 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Bd5 Rc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bxc1
26. Rc6+ Ke7 27. Rxc1 Nb6 $11) 22. Rad1 $40 {1-0 Van der Elburg,F (2223)
-Smeets,J (2545)/Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext (38)}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 ({
The alternate plan is based on developing the queen'sknight to a6, in order to
tale the b4-square under control.} 9... Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Na6 12. e5 Nd5
13. Ne4 h6 14. g4 {White's chances for an attack are questionable, while the
weaknesses (f4 in first line) left behind by this pawn are permanent.} (14. Ba3
$1 $44) 14... c5 15. g5 cxd4 (15... h5 16. g6 fxg6) 16. gxh6 g6 17. Nxd4 $14 {
1-0 Nguyen Ngoc Truong,S (2417)-Taylor,T (2385)/Budapest 2003/CBM 96 ext (30)})
10. Nc3 {The most active move. White has to occupy the centre as soon as
possible.} ({Once again,} 10. Ba3 {is premature:} Bxa3 11. Rxa3 Qe7 12. Rc1 O-O
13. Ra2 Rfc8 14. Nbd2 c5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kostic,V (2330)-Mihalj,M (2313)/Pancevo
2005/CBM 108 ext (68)}) ({looks a bit slow, allowing Black get counterplay
after} 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Nc3 c5 12. Be3 Rc8 $36 {0-1 Bogosavljevic,B (2302)
-Erdos,V (2499)/Herceg Novi 2005/CBM 108 ext (31)}) 10... a6 $146 {A solid
move, creating the potential threat of ...c5.} (10... Qb6 {has similar
purposes, but could have the drawback of defining the queen's position too
soon and leaving the g5-square without sufficient defence.} 11. e4 Be7 12. Bb2
$6 (12. Be3 $5 {[%cal Ye3b6]}) (12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Ba3 $44) 12... O-O
13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Qb1 Nf8 16. h4 Bb4 17. Re2 c5 $36 {0-1 Marosi,
G (2375)-Christen,P (2200)/Luxembourg 1982/EXT 2001 (52)}) 11. e4 Be7 (11... c5
12. d5 $44) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 (13... O-O 14. Neg5 g6 15. Qe4 $36) 14. Ba3
$1 {Now that the c5-and d6- squares are under firm control, the exchange of
the dark squared bishops would obviously favour White. Therefore, Black's
answer is more or less forced.} b4 {[%csl Yc4]} (14... Nb4 15. Bxb4 $5 Bxb4 16.
Ne1 O-O 17. Nd3 Be7 18. Ndc5 $5 (18. f4) (18. b4) 18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxe5 20.
Nd6 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Rg8][%cal Yf2f5,Yc2c3]}) 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Nc5 $5 (16. Nfd2
$44 {[%cal Yd2c4,Yc4d6,Yc4a5]}) 16... Nxc5 17. dxc5 a5 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Bb5
20. Ne4 Ra6 21. Nd6 $44 {White has achieved a stable form of compensation, in
view of his strong knight. However, his chances for a direct king's attack are
restricted by the fact that the regroupment Qe4, Bf1-d3 is impossible yet. The
position is more or less balanced, but quite sharp, of course.} Qd7 22. Rec1
Rfa8 23. Nxb5 cxb5 24. c6 Qc7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. e6 Bd6 27. Qf5 Re8 28. Qxd5
Rxe6 29. Qxb5 Rb6 30. Qd5 Bf8 31. Rxa5 Rbxc6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34.
Re5 Rc2 35. Bd4 Rd2 36. Bb6 Rd6 37. Ba7 f6 38. Re3 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Kf3 Rd2
41. Re2 Rd1 42. Re3 h5 43. h3 g5 44. g4 h4 45. Ke4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {When replaying the first 7 moves of the game I was pleased to notice
that Aronian followed the lines given in the second volume of my English
trilogy.} ({But then everything changed when Carlsen switched to a line I
examined in CBM 170:} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6.
bxc4 c5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 {The only difference is that... Carlsen played
this position with a tempo down! In the genuine ...dxc4 line Black's extra
tempo makes itself felt if play continues in the same spirit as in one of the
lines below:} 9. Ne5 Na5 10. Qc1 Ng4 11. Nxg4 Bxg4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d3 Rc8 14.
Nc3 Qd7 15. Nb5 b6 {With the queen on d7 instead of d8, the last move defends
the queenside properly solving most of Black's problems. In fact, in my
article I had recommended 9.d3 instead of 9.Ne5.}) 1... Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5
4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 $6 8. bxc4 c5 {Carlsen's win over a
difficult opponent (Kramnik) in the previous round might have been the reason
behind such a weird opening choice. But as we will see, there have been some
strong players who have experimented in this way before.} 9. d3 Nc6 10. Ne5 {
With an extra tempo White has no reason to refrain from this active knight
move.} Na5 $146 {This is the thematic answer, aimed at leaving the e5-knight
vulnerable.} (10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {frees the white knight's way to c3 forcing
Black to lose some time to exchange the dominating bishop.} Ne8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 (
12... Nxg7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qa3 b6 17. Rb2 Nd4 18. Rfb1
$16 {Stein,L (2605)-Shamkovich,L (2520) Leningrad 1971 (1-0, 37)}) 13. Nc3 Rb8
14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nd6 16. Qc1 Nf5 17. Qb2 Kg8 18. Rfb1 $36 {Radjabov,T (2734)
-Gelfand,B (2743) Beijing (blitz) 2014 (½-½, 45). In both these games
White's queenside play develops naturally, without any shadow of counterplay
for Black.}) (10... Nd4 {avoids the exchange but wastes time.} 11. e3 Nf5 12.
Qc2 (12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Nxf5 gxf5 {Giri,A (2722)-De Jong,J
(2424) Netherlands 2011 (1-0, 35)} 16. Qe2 $14) 12... Rb8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nef3
e5 15. a4 a5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Gd5] Giri,A (2737)-Negi,P (2662)
Linares 2013 (1/2-1/2, 64)}) 11. Qc1 {A cunning and typically English way of
developing the queen. Apart from defending the bishop thus avoiding any pin
along the long diagonal, Her Majesty is prepared to move to a3, causing Black
serious queenside problems.} Qc7 {This plan, aiming to take advantage of the
white knight's vulnerability, is too time consuming.} ({But with a tempo down,
the plan recommended in my article does not work out so well:} 11... Ng4 12.
Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc3 {White will try forcing the weakening of
Black's queenside with Nb5, even though this looks like a loss of time after ..
.a6, Nb5-c3.} Rb8 (14... Rc8 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. h3 Be6 17. Qa3 a6 18. Nc3 $14) 15.
Nb5 a6 (15... Nc6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. Qa3 $14 b6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxa7 Qb7 20. f3
Bh3 21. Rfd1 Ra8 22. Qb2+ f6 23. Nb5 $16) 16. Nc3 $14 {In all these lines
Black faces difficulties keeping the integrity of his queenside.}) 12. Nd2 {
A natural developing move} ({But speeding up the queenside attack with} 12. Bc3
Ne8 13. Qb2 {may be even more effective:} Rb8 14. Na3 a6 (14... Nd6 15. Nb5
Nxb5 16. cxb5 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 15. Rab1 b6 16. f4 $16 {In order to avoid
losing material due to the threat Bxa5, Black has nothing better than taking
on e5 with an obvious advantage for White.}) 12... Ne8 13. f4 Nd6 $6 {After
this logical move Black will not manage to keep his queenside together.} ({
The insertion of the fairly unaesthetic} 13... f6 {offers better chances for
surviving:} 14. Nef3 Nd6 15. Nb3 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5][%cal Gb2c3]} ({After the
white knight's retreat} 15. Bc3 {is not dangerous due to} Nc6 $11) 15... Nxb3 {
Black will have to take on b3 after Bc3 anyway and it is questionable whether
he can find a useful move in between.} 16. axb3 a5 17. d4 $14) 14. Bc3 Rb8 ({
It is too late for} 14... f6 {already:} 15. Qa3 fxe5 16. Bxa5 $16) 15. Qa3 {
A remarkable moment for a game which started with such a peaceful opening at
this level: after only 15 moves Black cannot avoid losing material.} b6 {.} 16.
Bxa5 bxa5 17. Nb3 Nb7 {The best practical chance. In order to win the pawn
White needs to part with his g2-bishop, offering Black some chances to muddy
the waters.} (17... Nf5 {has similar ideas but after} 18. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Nxc5
Rb2 20. Kf2 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nd4 22. Bf3 Nxf3 23. Kxf3 {the absence of queens
makes White's position easier to handle than in the game.}) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 {
Black needs to keep the queens on the board.} (18... Bxb7 19. Qxc5 {[%csl Gc7]}
) 19. Nxc5 Qc7 20. d4 Rd8 {This and the next few moves are aimed at shattering
White's stability in the centre. and clearing the path for the c8-bishop.} 21.
Rfd1 f6 22. Nf3 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({The thematic} 24... Rxd4 {
is insufficient:} 25. Rxd4 Bxe5 26. Qe3 $1 {The only move which retauns the
advantage by centralising the queen, but not a very difficult one to find.} (
26. Rad1 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Bh3 $44) (26. Rdd1 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe5 28. Re1 Bh3 $19) (
26. e3 Bh3 $132) 26... Bf5 (26... Bh3 27. Rad1 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 {[%cal Gc5e4,
Ge4f6]}) (26... Qxc5 $2 27. Rd8+ {[%csl Gc5]}) 27. Rad1 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 ({
The capture with the queen is slightly less clear than in the previous line
since the e4-square is controlled.} 28. Qxd4 Qe7 $5) 28... Bh3 (28... Qxc5 29.
Rd8+) 29. Kf2 Qc6 30. Re4 {Not the only move, of course, since ...Qg2+ is not
such a big threat. But it is useful to provoke opposition of the rooks.} Rf8+
31. Rf4 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 $18 {[%cal Ge1d2,Gc5d3]}) 25. dxe5 Rxd1+ $6 {The prelude
to a suicidal idea.} (25... Bh3 $142 26. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3][%cal Gd3f4,
Gd3f2]}) 26. Rxd1 Qxe5 $2 {Losing immediately.} (26... Bh3 27. Nd3 $16) 27.
Rd8+ Kf7 ({Carlsen might have overlooked that} 27... Kg7 28. Ne6+ $1 {[%cal
Ga3f8] yields a mating attack.}) 28. Qf3+ Bf5 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. g4 {[%csl Gf5]}
Qb4 31. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:31:38"]
[BlackClock "0:14:21"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:02:24]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:06:59]} 6. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:
04] I have advocated this line in the second volume of my English Opening
trilogy. Black defends the c4-pawn safely, but delays his kingside development
quite a bit.} 8. Ne5 $5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} ({I only analysed} 8. Ng5 {The game
move leads to a completely different type of position.}) 8... Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 10. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:04]
White will get a rook and a pawn for a knight and bishop, a complex material
balance, which could favour either side, depending on the concrete
circumstances. For White it will be essential to speed up his development with
either b2-b3 or d2-d3, otherwise Black would have a comfortable position.} Kd8
{[%emt 0:09:29] Keeping his pieces on active squares at the price of giving up
the right to castle.} (10... Bd7 $6 11. Bxa8 Nxa8 12. Nxc4 {offers White a
slight material advantage already.} Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 ({In the next phase the
bishop exchange with Be3-c5 will be a thematic issue, so} 13... axb6 $5 {
[%csl Gc5] deserves attention.}) 14. d3 Nd5 $6 (14... e5 15. Be3 Qb8 16. Rfc1
Bd6 17. Bc5 $14) 15. e4 $36 Nb4 16. Qc3 e6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. a3 Nc6 19. d4 {
Needlessly restricting his own bishop.} (19. b4 $1 f6 20. Rfc1 Be7 21. Rab1 a6
22. Bc5 $36) 19... Bd6 $2 {Now White's previous move is justified.} (19... f6 {
[%cal Gc3g7]}) 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Qxg7 $18 {(1-0, 35)
Brunello,S (2537)-Korneev,O (2573) Otranto 2011}) (10... Nfd7 {[%csl Gc8][%cal
Re6c8]} 11. Bxa8 Nxa8 12. d3 Bh3 (12... Nab6 13. dxc4 Bh3 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. Qe4
$16 {1-0 (21) Prusikin,M (2541)-Pacher,M (2403) Merlimont 2011}) ({The
negative effects of the knight retreat can be seen after} 12... cxd3 $2 13.
Qc8#) {Vojinovic,J (2346)-Houska,J (2415) Porto Carras 2011 (1-0, 34)} 13. dxc4
$1 Bxf1 14. Be3 Qd6 15. Rxf1 {[%csl Ga2,Ra7,Gb2,Gc4]} a6 $6 16. Qa4 $36) 11.
Nb5 $5 {[%emt 0:00:19] This move order is aimed at depriving the queen of the
d5-square. It seems to have taken Andreikin out of his preparation since he
spent more than half an hour on his next two moves.} (11. Bxa8 Nxa8 12. Nb5 Qd5
{Pantsulaia,L (2557)-Keler,F (2238) Konya 2012 (1-0, 33)}) 11... Qc5 {[%emt 0:
15:16]} 12. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:21:33] But Black can deviate
from the usual course, too.} (12... Bf5 13. Qc3 Qxb5 14. a4 Qd7 (14... Nxa4 15.
Qd4+ Bd7 16. Qxa7) 15. Bg2 $36 {Sadorra,J (2577)-Holt,C (2534) Houston 2013 
(1-0, 57)}) (12... Nxa8 13. a4 Nd7 $6 {Hinrichs,L (1993)-Kramer,J (2133)
Oberhof 2013 (0-1, 40)} 14. d4 cxd3 15. Qxd3 $32) 13. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bd7
$146 {[%emt 0:06:23] A logical novelty, clearing the path for the e6-pawn in
order to proceed with the kingside development.} (13... h5 {has been played a
few times, but it does not seem to contribute to the overall development.
Black will most likely be too slow in creating effective kingside threats.} 14.
a4 (14. d3 cxd3 15. Rd1 Bf5 {Pantsulaia,L (2575)-Smeets,J (2608) Istanbul 2012
(1/2-1/2, 45)}) (14. h4 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. a4 Nxa4 17. e5 Ne8 18. Re1 e6 19.
Bf1 $14 {Timman,J (2566)-Smeets,J (2615) Wijk aan Zee 2013 (1-0, 55)}) (14. Rd1
$5) 14... Qb3 {Giving up the ambitions for an attack.} ({But there seems to be
no time for it, anyway:} 14... Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Rd1 h4 17. d3 hxg3 18. hxg3
cxd3 19. Rxd3 Nd6 20. Be3 Bh3 21. Bc6 Qc7 22. Rc1 $16 {Black is fully
developed and exerts strong pressure.}) 15. Qxb3 cxb3 16. e4 Bd7 17. a5 Nc4 18.
d3 Ne5 19. d4 Nd3 20. Ra3 $16 {Medvegy,Z (2552)-Csonka,B (2354) Zalakaros 2013
(1-0, 41)}) 14. b3 {[%emt 0:14:06] White's first long thought produced a
debatable move.} (14. a4 $5 {looks worth investigating.} Nxa4 15. d3 cxd3 16.
exd3 {This looks ugly for White, but in the game he will get a similar
"structure". In this line, White's advance in development seems to be more
concrete.} e6 17. b3 Nb6 18. Rxa7 Bd6 19. Be3 Nfd5 20. Rb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 f5 22.
d4 $36 {[%cal Ge3e4,Gd4d5]}) 14... e5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} ({Only not} 14... cxb3
$2 15. axb3 a6 16. d4 e6 17. Bd2 $16) 15. Rb1 $5 {[%emt 0:10:04]} (15. Bb2 Bd6
{does not offer White anything.}) 15... cxb3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 16. Rxb3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 17. Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:26] This is part of
White's plan of development, but it also helps Black develop with gain of time.
} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:14:01]} 18. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. Qb1
$5 {[%emt 0:17:05] With the black king in the centre it looks logical to keep
the queens on the board.} (19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxa7 Re8 $5 {[%csl Gd8][%cal
Ge5e4,Ge8e6,Gc4d2] The king would be well placed to control the a-pawn.}) 19...
Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 20. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:15] With such a
centralised queen, Black should be out of danger.} 21. Rb7 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Na4
$6 {[%emt 0:02:18] But this leaves Black hanging slightly.} (21... Nbd5 $5 {
was more natural.}) 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:00]} (22. Rb4 Qxd2 (22... Qd6 $6 23. d4
e4 24. Rc1 {[%csl Ga4,Ge4][%cal Gc1c4]}) 23. Rd1 Qc3 24. Rxd7+ Nxd7 25. Rxa4
Rb8 26. Qxh7 Rb2 $44) 22... Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 23. h3 $5 {[%emt 0:22:00] A
mysterious move after a very long think. The threat ...Nf6-g4 was not that
real, since it could be met with Qb4+. After the queen exchange the knight
would have had to retreat to f6. Maybe Aronian was waiting for ...Ke7-f8,
after which the king would not be completely safe yet, while Black would have
lost some of his control in the centre.} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
02:48]} e4 $2 {[%emt 0:06:06] Weakening the control over the d4-square will
have important consequences.} ({The following line must be slightly hard to
evaluate over the board, but it seems that Black would be out of danger:} 24...
Ne4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Rb4 Qa8 27. Rc7 Qa5 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxa4 Qxd2 {
Although the f8-king looks exposed, there is no obvious way to set up an
attack. Besides, the white king is not 100% safe either.}) (24... Nc5 $6 25.
Qa3 {illustrates Black's problems of coordination:} Rc8 26. Rb4 Qd6 27. Rbc4
Be8 $1 28. Qe3 (28. Rxc5 $6 Nd7 $1) 28... Nfd7 29. a4 $36) 25. Rc4 $1 {[%emt 0:
02:31]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 26. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:03:39]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27.
Rd4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:54] Suddenly, White has a strong initiative.} Qc6 $2 {
[%emt 0:01:50]} (27... Qc5 28. Bxe4 $16) 28. Rbxd7 $6 {[%emt 0:05:19] Failing
to squeeze the maximum out of the position.} (28. Bxe4 $1 {This practically
gains a tempo.} Qe6 (28... Nxe4 $2 29. Rdxd7 $18) 29. Rbxd7 Rxd7 30. Qb8+ Ne8
31. Rxa4 $18) 28... Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (30... f5 31.
Rd4 Kf7 32. d3 exd3 33. Rxd3 Ke7 34. a4 $18) 31. Rxe4 $6 {[%emt 0:06:26] This
is not a real mistake yet, but rather an inaccuracy causing some loss of time
in carrying out the best plan.} ({As will be explained below, it is best to
keep the rook in front of the passed pawn, making} 31. Bxe4 {more
straightforward:} Rxd2 32. Ra8 g6 33. a4 Kg7 34. a5 {with similar play as in
the lines below.}) 31... Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. a4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:05] Once
again heading for an unfavourable regrouping, but still not throwing all the
winning chances away.} (32. Ra4 g6 33. Ra8 Kg7 34. a4 Ra2 35. a5 Ne6 36. h4 Nd4
37. a6 Kf6 38. Bf1 {keeps White's chances intact.}) 32... Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:31]
This endgame has a degree of complexity similar to the middlegame. In the
endgame, there usually is just one accurate way leading to the aim (a win or a
draw, depending on the circumstances), while in the middlegame one frequently
has a choice, according to one's own style or taste. My tendency in this
position would be to exchange either the rooks or the minor pieces in such a
way that a clear win would be available. With the current material on board, I
would be slightly afraid of Black's counterplay, using his rook and knight.
The rook exchange would almost always win, but is not easy to achieve. The
minor piece exchange is a realistic possibility, but only some of the rook
endings are won (sorry, Dr. Tarrasch!) While discussing this ending with
Rainer Knaak, I found out that he would not consider the minor piece exchange
at all and that he would rely on a major regrouping of the pieces. Rainer's
suggested policy has the practical advantage that it would allow the tension
to be maintained eternally (or at least until Black loses his patience and
goes wrong). In "my" favourite plan, if the rook ending turns to be drawn
despite my evaluation, there would be little to be done already. In the old
times, with adjourned games and home analysis, one would probably try out
Rainer's plan for about 20-30 moves or until the second adjournment and if
this did not bring in the desired result, look for a good moment for switching
to the rook endgame. So, from an abstract point of view, I must admit that
Rainer is right. In the comments below, I will mainly illustrate my approach,
which is easier to explain, so please be aware that the evaluations may be
partly biassed.} 33. Bf3 $6 {[%emt 0:03:51] There is some degree of
incertainty here. Either this or the next move make the winning plan based on
the minor pieces exchange highly problematic. My guess is that the final blame
should be put on the next move. The main issue is that White plays too slowly,
allowing Black to activate his king.} (33. Rb4 g6 (33... Ra1+ 34. Bf1 g6 35.
Kg2 Kg7 36. Bc4 {is similar}) 34. Bd5 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Ne6 36. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 {
A similar position was reached in the game after 38 moves. The essential
difference is that in the current line Black was not in time to hide with his
king to f6, allowing White to finally activate his rook and ensure the advance
of the pawn:} 37. Rb8+ $1 Kf7 38. Ra8 Kf6 {Black has to try playing actively.}
({Here is an illustrative line about what could happen if he would just mark
time:} 38... Ra3 39. a5 Kg7 40. a6 h5 41. a7 $1 {With the pawn on f7 rather
than on e6, this would only lead to a draw. The weakness of the e6-pawn is
decisive, though. The only thing White shoud avoid is playing h3-h4. After
that, even winning the e6-pawn would not allow the creation of a passed f-pawn.
}) 39. a5 g5 40. a6 Ke5 41. a7 Ke4 {Setting up a cunning trap.} (41... Ra3 {
makes things easier:} 42. f4+ gxf4 43. gxf4+ Ke4 44. f5 $18) 42. g4 (42. f4 $4
Ke3 43. fxg5 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Ra1+ {leads to a draw by perpetual}) 42... Ra3 43.
f3+ Ke3 44. Re8 $1 {A good moment to simplify to an ending with pawns on the
same wing.} Rxa7 45. Rxe6+ Kd3 46. Kg3 {With the black king cut off along the
e-file, White has every chance to win.}) 33... g6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Kg2 $6 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} (34. Rb4 Ne6 35. Bd5 Kg7 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Rb7+ Kf6 ({For
carrying out the counterplay with the e-pawn, suggested as a general idea by
Rainer, Black should hide his king with:} 37... Kh6 {but I believe this should
not save him either:} 38. Ra7 e5 39. a5 e4 40. a6 Ra3 41. Kf1 $1 {Otherwise,
Black woul be in time to exchange the e=pawn and return with his rook behind
the passed pawn.} e3 42. f3 $1 {More restrictive than 42.f4 e2!+} Ra2 43. Ra8
Rf2+ 44. Ke1 Ra2 45. f4 {followed by a6-a7 and g3-g4, f4-f5, etc.}) 38. Ra7 {
White is two tempi down with respect to the previous recommended winning
attempt. One of them was wasted by the bishop, the other one will be spent on
Ra7-a8. But even so, Black is in a critical position.} g5 ({Black's
counterplay based on the advance and exchange of the e-pawn fails by just one
tempo:} 38... e5 39. a5 e4 40. a6 Ra3 41. Ra8 e3 42. fxe3 Rxe3 43. a7 {Black
would need to play ...Ra3 and ...Kg7 at the same time in order to reach a draw.
}) 39. a5 h5 40. a6 Ke5 41. Ra8 Ke4 42. Kg2 e5 43. a7 Ra3 44. h4 $1 (44. Rg8
Rxa7 45. Rxg5 Rh7 {is pssive but maybe defensible.}) 44... g4 (44... gxh4 45.
gxh4 Ra1 46. Kh2 $1 {Using triangulation to escape the cage.} Ra2 47. Kg1 Ra1+
48. Kg2 Ra3 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Ke1 {After escaping with the king from the
dangerous perpetual check area, White will win with f2-f4!}) 45. Kf1 Ra2 46.
Ke1 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Kc3 Ra3+ 49. Kb4 Ra1 50. Kc5 Ra2 51. Kd6 Ra3 52. Ke6
Ra6+ 53. Ke7 $1 (53. Kf7 $2 Kf3 54. Rf8 Kxf2 $3 $11 {[%csl Ge5] The white king
is one step too far away to ensure the win.}) 53... Ra5 54. Kf6 $1 Kf3 55. Rf8
Rxa7 (55... Kxf2 {no longer saves him:} 56. Kg5+ Kxg3 57. a8=Q Rxa8 58. Rxa8 e4
59. Ra3+) 56. Kg5+ Kg2 57. Kxh5 $18) 34... Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 35. Rc4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 36. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} (36. Bc6 Kf6 37.
Bb5 $16) 36... Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 38. Bxe6 $4 {[%emt 0:00:18] With the rook on e4, the resulting endgame
does not offer winning chances at all. The rook cannot defend the a4-pawn and
the base of the white pawns. It could do this from f4 if it was not for the
"weak" e6-pawn.} ({Rainer displayed his confidence that in a practical game
White should still win with} 38. Bc6 {followed by the rook's retreat to the
second rank and the king activation. Here is a possible line illustrating his
approach:} Ra2 39. Bb5 Kf5 40. Re2 Ra1 41. Rd2 {(+-) controlling the d4-square
and followed by the gradual king activation. To tell the truth, I find this
quite convincing and it always is refreshing to learn something new about
technique. Thank you Rainer!}) 38... fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 40. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41.
Re4 {[%emt 0:14:51]} (41. Kf1 Ra2 42. Ke1 e5 $11) 41... Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:10]}
42. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 43. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:16:58]} 44. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 45. f4 {[%emt 0:
02:55]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:14:13]} 46. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47.
Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Re3 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 48. Kb2 {[%emt 0:04:26]} e5 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 ({In order to evaluate the specific move order used in this game, we
should refer briefly to the following variation of the symmetrical Grünfeld:} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 ({Theory considers that Black is better
advised to occupy the centre before the mutual castling. I am not entirely
sure about it, but maybe in some lines the white king is slightly more exposed
than its rival, while the lack of connection between rooks may also tell.} 4...
O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 {is another important branch,
though.} 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 {Giri,A (2672)-Nielsen,P 
(2700)/Amsterdam 2010/CBM 138 (1-0, 39)}) 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 dxc4 ({If} 6... O-O
7. Bb2 Ne4 8. O-O {followed by Nc3, e3, Qe2, Rfc1, White retains a long
lasting queenside initiative, as I learned from the games of Nebojsa Nikolic
and managed to prove in some of my own games.}) 7. bxc4 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Qb6 10. Qb3 Nfd7 $13 {Fressinet,L (2693)-Timofeev,A (2650)/Plovdiv 2012/CBM
148 (1-0, 32)}) 1... c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 $5 {
This is the virtually unexplored move order I had recommended in my second
volume of the English Opening trilogy, published by Quality Chess.} dxc4 (6...
e5 $5 $146 {is an interesting move which did not cross my mind when writing
the book.} 7. Nxe5 {Picking up the gauntlet.} ({White can also play in the
spirit of a reversed Alekhine Defence:} 7. Bb2 e4 8. Ne1 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10.
d3 {Still, after} Nc6 {Black seems to be doing fine.}) 7... Ng4 {The most
restrictive way to attack the daring knight.} ({If} 7... Nfd7 {White can
deviate from the actual course of the game with} 8. Nxd7 $1 Bxa1 9. Nxb8 Rxb8
10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ba3 Bxc3 13. dxc3 $44) 8. f4 dxc4 (8... Nxe5 9.
fxe5 Bxe5 10. d4 Bg7 11. Ba3 $1 dxc4 12. e3 cxb3 13. Nd2 $1 $44 {Black is far
behind in development and castling will cost him several tempi.}) 9. Bb2 Nxe5
10. fxe5 Be6 11. Na3 {This does not create the threat of taking on c4, because
the b2-bishop would be hanging to ...Qb6+.} (11. Bc3 {deserves attention, for
instance:} Nd7 12. bxc4 Nxe5 13. d3 {White is somewhat behind in development,
but his centre may become threatening in the long run.}) 11... Nd7 12. Qc1 cxb3
13. Nc4 O-O 14. d4 bxa2 {Black has normal development and no weaknesses at all,
so he can afford to grab every pawn he can! White's next move is careless,
allowing an elegant tactical operation, but it is not easy to suggest anything
constructive.} 15. Ba3 $2 Nxe5 $3 16. dxe5 Qd4+ 17. Ne3 Qxe5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $19
{Spoelman,W (2580)-Giri,A (2642)/Eindhoven 2010/CBM 137 (0-1, 32). The a2-pawn
sustained by the bishops is a kiler, although White is a rook up. Besides,
there are several other pawns waiting to get into motion...}) (6... Ne4 7. d4
O-O 8. Bb2 {is precisely what Black intends to avoid.}) 7. bxc4 Ne4 8. d4 c5 9.
Qc2 {Still following the line from my book.} Nc6 $5 {But this developing move,
ignoring the attacked knight, is a big surprise! Still, it may not suffice for
equality.} ({My main line goes} 9... Nd6 10. dxc5 Bxa1 11. cxd6 {with strong
compensation for the exchange.}) 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qe3 {Probably the best
retreat.} ({If} 11. Qf4 {play may flow towards equality (or just a symbolic
white advantage)} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 (12... Bxd4 13. Rd1 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxd1
15. Nd2) 13. Bxb7 Rd8 14. Bc6+ Bd7 (14... Kf8 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bh6+ Kg8 17.
Nd2 $16) 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Rb3 Be5 $11)
11... Nxd4 12. Ne1 {White puts his bid on a position with two minor pieces for
a rook, but his pieces will be a bit passive when the complications will have
calmed down.} ({The developing} 12. Nc3 $5 {(as a fair answer to 9...Nc6) may
offer better chances for an advantage:} Nc2 13. Qxc5 Nxa1 14. Bb2 Nc2 ({
The repeated attack against the queen initiated by} 14... Rc8 {fails to bother
White:} 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qc5 Rc8 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qb4 Nc2 19. Qb3 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. Rd1 $16 {White has a pawn for the exchange and a strong initiative.})
15. Nd5 $3 {Destroying Black's illusions of keeping the white initiative under
control by means of the pin along the long diagonal.} Bxb2 {This needs to be
checked in the first line, of course.} ({objectively} 15... Rc8 {may be a
lesser evil} 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Rd1 $16) 16. Qb5+ Kf8 (16... Qd7 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18.
Qxb2 Kxc7 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Nxf7 $18) 17. Qxb2 f6 18. Nh4 $18) 12... Nxe2+ 13.
Qxe2 Bxa1 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Kf8 $1 {A very accurate move.} ({If} 15... Bd7
16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nd2 Bb2 {White has} 18. Ne4 $1 $16 {activating the knight,
based on the fact that the c1-bishop is taboo in view of the fork on f6.
Besides, Black needs his f5-bishop to restrict the other knight as well.}) 16.
Nd2 Bb2 17. Nb3 (17. Nef3 $5 {is an important alternative, which should not
change the evaluation too much:} Bd3 18. Qe3 Bxf1 19. Bxb2 Rxb2 20. Qe5 f6 21.
Qxb2 Bh3 22. Ng5 Bf5 {With balanced play. Since White does not have stable
squares for his pieces along the d-file, the activation of the black rook is
inevitable, with possible dangers for the white king.}) 17... Bxc1 18. Nxc1 Qd6
19. Bd5 Kg7 20. Nb3 Rhd8 {Black's development is superior, which fully
compensates for the minimal material disadvantage.} 21. Qe3 e6 22. Bf3 Kg8 23.
Ng2 (23. Nxc5 Qd4 $5 24. Nb7 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rd7 26. Na5 Rc7 27. g4 Bb1 28. Rf2
Rb6 29. Rd2 Rc5 {The c4-pawn will fall and Black's rooks will burst into
activity.}) 23... Qa6 24. Qxc5 Bd3 25. Re1 Bxc4 26. Ne3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28.
Kg2 {White has finally managed to regroup properly, but it is Black who has a
minimal material advantage now. Since the exchange of quens would lead to a
dangerous endgame, White needs to seek an immediate kingside attack.} Qb6 29.
Qe7 Rdd3 30. Ng4 Qd8 (30... Rxf3 {also leads to a draw:} 31. Rd1 $1 Kg7 32. Rd8
Rxf2+ 33. Nxf2 Rb2 34. Qf8+ Kf6 35. Qh8+ Ke7 $11 (35... Kf5 36. g4+ Kf4 37.
Qf6+ Ke3 38. Qe5#) (35... Kg5 36. h4+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. g4+ Kxh4 39. Qh6#))
31. Nf6+ Kg7 (31... Kh8 32. Qxf7 $18) 32. Ne8+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ne8+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 {Mueller,Karsten} c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Qc8 {To my taste, this is a rather artificial idea. Black
loses valuable time in order to exchange the light squared bishops. In doing
so, he neglects both his development and the fight for the e5-square.} (8...
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7) (8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Re8) 9. Qc2 {But this is not the most
accurate way of taking advantage of the unfavourable placement of the black
queen. It is quite curious that Schebler deviates from a previous game of his,
where he obtained an opening advantage.} (9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. Rc1 {forces Black to
spend another tempo on a queen move.} Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd8 12. Rc2 (12. Qc2 Na6 $6
(12... a5 $5 {/\ Na6}) 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 Nb8 15. Qb3 e6 16. e4 $1 $14 {1-0
Vukic,M-Gligoric,S/Jugoslavija 1987 (41)}) 12... Ne8 (12... a5) 13. Qa1 Bxb2
14. Qxb2 Nf6 15. Rfc1 Na6 16. b4 $14 {1-0 Schebler,G-Gasthofer,A/Griesheim
2002/EXT 2003 (68)}) (9. Re1 $5 {also makes some sense, in order to preserve
the bishop. Black's attaking chances are not too realistical in this case.} Bh3
10. Bh1 Rd8 11. Nbd2 Na6 12. Rc1 Qf5 13. a3 Qh5 14. b4 Nc7 15. cxd5 Ncxd5 16.
Nc4 Bh6 17. e3 Ng4 18. Nfe5 (18. Nce5 Ngxe3 $5) 18... Ndf6 (18... f6 19. Nxg4
Bxg4 20. f3 Be6 21. f4 $14) 19. Rc2 Bg7 20. Qa1 $14 {1-0 Tratar,M-Groetz,H/
Salzburg 2004/CBM 102 ext (35)}) 9... Bh3 10. Nbd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nbd7 12. cxd5
$6 {But this exchange is really premature.} (12. Rac1 $142 {[%cal Yc2b1,Yb1a1,
Rc1c8,Rb2g7]}) 12... cxd5 13. Rac1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. Be5 Rxc2
17. Rxc2 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 {Once the rooks have been exchanged, White
cannot claim any advantage by minor piece pressure alone.} 19. e4 e6 20. Kf1
Ne7 21. Ke2 Nc6 22. Bd6 Ne8 23. Bc5 b6 24. exd5 exd5 25. Be3 Nc7 26. Nb1 b5 27.
Bf4 Ne6 28. Bd6 a6 29. Na3 g5 30. h3 f5 31. Nc2 Kf7 32. Ke3 g4 33. hxg4 fxg4
34. Nh4 Bh6+ 35. f4 gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Kf6 37. Kf2 Bc1 38. Nf3 Bb2 39. Nb4 Nxb4 40.
Bxb4 Kf5 41. Bd6 h5 42. Kg2 Ng7 43. Nh4+ Kg4 44. Nf3 Ne8 45. Bb4 Kf5 46. Nh4+
Ke6 47. Kf3 Nf6 48. Ng6 Kf5 49. Nh4+ Ke6 50. Ng6 Ng4 51. Bd2 Kf5 52. Ne7+ Ke6
53. Ng6 Be5 54. Nh4 Nh2+ 55. Kg2 Bxg3 56. Kxg3 Nf1+ 57. Kf4 Nxd2 58. Nf5 b4 59.
Ng7+ Kd6 60. Ke3 Nb1 61. Nxh5 Nc3 62. d4 Nxa2 63. Kd2 Nc3 64. Nf4 a5 65. Nd3 {
'?' Mueller,Karsten.} (65. Ng2 $1 {(Mueller,Karsten) was indicated, with good
drawing chances, e.g. mit guten Remischancen war angesagt, z.B.} Ke6 (65... Kc6
66. Ne3 Kb5 67. Kc2 a4 68. bxa4+ Kxa4 69. Kb2 $11 {does not make it here.
schlägt hier nicht durch.}) 66. Ne3 Kf6 67. Kd3 Kg5 68. Kc2 Kf4 69. Kd3 Kf3 70.
Nf5 Ne2 71. Nd6 Nf4+ 72. Kd2 Nh3 73. Nb7 Ke4 74. Nxa5 Kxd4 75. Nc6+ Kc5 76. Ne5
Nf4 77. Ke3 Ne6 78. Nd3+ $11) 65... Kc6 66. Nf4 ({After Nach} 66. Kc2 {
(Mueller,Karsten) the black knight draws the king as far away to the kingside
as possible. zieht der schwarze Springer den König so weit wie möglich zum
Königsflügel:} Ne2 67. Ne5+ Kb5 68. Kd3 Nf4+ 69. Ke3 Ng2+ 70. Kf2 Nh4 71. Ke2
Nf5 72. Kd3 a4 $19) 66... Kb5 67. Kc2 a4 68. bxa4+ (68. Kb2 {Mueller,Karsten}
a3+ 69. Ka1 Ka5 $22 70. Ne6 Ne2 $22 71. Kb1 Kb6 72. Ka1 Nc1 73. Nc5 Kb5 74. Kb1
Ne2 75. Ne6 Kc6 76. Nd8+ Kd7 $19) 68... Kxa4 69. Kb2 Nd1+ 70. Kc1 Ne3 71. Kb2
b3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O h6 5. c4 c6 6. d3 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3
$5 {Although ocasionally played, this is not the most popular move order.} ({
The main line goes} 8. Nc3 Be7 {Black interferes the e-file, in order to take
measures against White's planned e4.} (8... Nbd7 {allows} 9. e4 {immediately,
when Black has problems completing his development, for instance} dxe4 10. dxe4
Be6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nd4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Ba3 Bd5 15. Nf5 $16 {1-0
Dizdarevic,E (2505)-Vujosevic,V (2380)/Cetinje 1991/EXT 98 (26)}) 9. Qb3 Qb6
10. e4 $1 {Nevertheless! Even if the capture on e4 is possible, it would lead
to problems for Black.} dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh7 (11... Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qa5
14. Nd4 Bc4 15. Nce2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 O-O 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Nd6 Re6
20. Nc4 Qa6 21. Qc2 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. e5 Ne8 24. f4 $16 {1-0 Dizdar,G 
(2505)-Pablo Marin,A (2395)/Seville 1987/EXT 99 (39)}) (11... Nxe4 12. Nd4 $1
Qxb3 13. axb3 Nd6 (13... Nxc3 14. Nxf5 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Nxc1 16. Re1 $1 $16) 14.
Re1 (14. Ncb5 $5) 14... Kf8 15. Bf4 $36) (11... Bxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Nf6
14. Re1 $32) (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd4 $44) 12. Qc4 Qa6
13. Qd4 O-O 14. e5 Nfd7 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19.
Bxd4 Qa5 20. a3 Bc2 21. b4 Qc7 22. Be4 Bxe4 (22... Bxd1 23. Rxd1 $18 {[%csl
Ya8,Yb8,Yh8] /\Qf5->} (23. Qf5 g6 24. e6+ $2 Kh7 25. exf7 Qd6 $1 26. Rxd1 gxf5
27. Bxf5+ Qg6 $19)) 23. Nxe4 Qc8 24. Qh5 a5 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. bxc5 $16 {1-0
Dizdar,G (2490)-Ekstroem,R (2430)/Liechtenstein 1988/EXT 97 (37)}) 8... Nbd7 {
This is supposed to take advantage of White's move order.} (8... Qb6 9. Qc2 (9.
Nc3 $6 Qxb3 (9... Be7 10. e4 {transposes above}) 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12.
dxe4 Be6 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Nce2 Bb6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nd3 (17. Nxe6 $2
Kf7 $19) 17... O-O-O 18. b4 Rhf8 19. Bd2 Bd4 (19... Nb8 $5 20. Ra3 Ng4 21. Be1
Na6 {[%cal Ya6c7,Yc7b5]}) 20. Bc3 Bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C (2445)-Ivanchuk,
V (2535)/Debrecen 1988/CBM 009}) 9... Be7 (9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb4 $6 11. Be3 Qa6
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. b4 Qa4 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Horvath,C 
(2390)-Kuijf,M (2450)/Rotterdam 1988/CBM 009 (56)}) 10. Nc3 O-O ({In case of
the over-cautious} 10... Bh7 $6 {White can change his plans with} 11. Rb1 $5
O-O 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Na4 $14 {1-0 Ivanisevic,I (2537)-Megaranto,S 
(2420)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Nd4 (
{Shortly before, Markowsky tried a less sophisticated way of questioning the
stability of the black queen, but failed to get an advantage:} 14. a3 Nbd7 15.
Rfd1 Nb6 16. Bd4 c5 17. Be5 Rfe8 18. Nd2 c4 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Nf1 Nfd7 21. Ne3
Nc5 22. Rab1 Bf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Ncd5 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2587)
-Socko,B (2577)/Warsaw 2003/CBM 095}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nb3 {White has
transferred the knight on the queen side, in order to start the thematic
minority's attack.} Qh5 (15... Qc7 16. Rad1 $14) 16. Qd1 $1 {Eliminating any
king side danger and removing the main defender of the a5-square.} Qxd1 17.
Rfxd1 {[%cal Yb3a5,Ya2a3,Yb2b4]} a5 {[%csl Yb6]} 18. Na4 $1 b5 19. Nac5 Nb6 20.
a4 Nc4 21. Bd4 Rab8 (21... Rfb8 22. axb5 {[%cal Rg2a8,Re4e5]} Rxb5 $8 23. Bf1
$16) 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Nxa5 $6 (23. e5 $1 Ng4 24. Nxa5 Nxa5 (24... Ngxe5 25.
Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Nd7 $16) 25. Rxa5 Rfd8 26. Nb7 $16) 23... Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Rfd8 $44
{1-0 Markowski,T (2587)-Dzhakaev,D (2465)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (50)}) 9. Be3
$1 $146 {A strong novelty, denying to the enemy queen the b6-square and
revitalizing the line starting with 8.Qb3.} (9. Nc3 Qb6 (9... Nc5 $5) 10. Be3
$6 (10. e4 Qxb3 11. axb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 {transposes to Horvath-Ivanchuk,
above}) 10... Qxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. h3 Bd6 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Na4 Rfe8 15. g4 Bh7
16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Bf4 19. Rc2 h5 $132 {0-1 Sahu,S (2380)
-Barua,D (2455)/Coimbatore 1987/EXT 97 (34)}) (9. Qxb7 $6 Nc5 10. Qb4 (10.
Qxc6+ $2 Bd7 $19) 10... Nxd3 $13) 9... Qb8 (9... Qc8 $14) 10. Bf4 Nc5 $6 (10...
Qc8 $14) 11. Bxb8 Nxb3 12. axb3 Rxb8 13. Rxa7 Bd6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16.
d4 Bc7 17. e3 $16 {Black has no compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} Bb6 18.
Raa1 Nd7 19. b4 Ra8 20. Nd2 Ra7 21. Rxa7 Bxa7 22. Nb3 Nb6 23. Na5 Rb8 24. b5
Bd7 25. b4 Nc4 26. Bf1 Nd6 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Rc7 Bg4 30. Rxa7
Rxb4 31. Nc6 Rb1 32. Kg2 Ne4 33. Ra2 g6 34. Bd3 Rd1 35. Ne5 Be6 36. Be2 Re1 37.
Nd3 Rb1 38. Nf4 Kg7 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. Bd3 Rb6 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Ra5 Kf6 43.
Re5 g5 44. g4 Rb8 45. Rxe4 h5 46. h4 Rg8 47. gxh5 gxh4+ 48. Kf3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nd7 6. c4 Ngf6 7. cxd5 cxd5 ({
If Black's queen's knight would have find itself on b8 still, the normal
reaction would have been} 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 cxd5 {. In case of the immediate
capture with cxd5, White would get a promissing position jmping with his
knight to e5. On the other hand, once the knight has been developed to d7,
Black is better adviced to refrain from giving up the pair of bishops without
being forced to. The difference compared to the other situation is that once
the exchange on d5 has taken place, the knight's optimal square is c6. This
slightly inferior placement of the knight on d7 can be only compensated by
keeping the pair of bishops.}) 8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 {As can be understood from the
previous comment, this is not really a loss of time compared to the lines
where willingly Black captures on f3. It is clear that White's main plan
should be oriented against the g4-bishop, in order to start advancing the
central pawns in one way or another.} ({In two previous games of his,
Markowsky tried a more indirect way of fighting against the bishop:} 9. Nh4 O-O
(9... Ng8 $6 {[%cal Ye7h4]} 10. Qa4 Bh5 11. g4 Bxh4 (11... Bxg4 12. Qxg4 Bxh4
13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qg4 Ne7 {/\Nf5} 15. e4 $36 {[%csl Ye8] עe8}) 12. gxh5 Be7 {
/\Ngf6} (12... Bf6 {/\Ne7} 13. e4 $36) 13. e4 $32) 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Ne8 {
This is a more concrete approach. The h4-knight is attacked before the f-pawn
reaches the 4th rank.} ({The natural retreat} 11... Bg6 {is slightly
cooperative, allowing White carry out his main plan without restrictions:} 12.
f4 Qb6+ (12... Ne8 13. Nf3 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nd6 15. Na4 Bb6 16. Bd2 Bc7 17. Rc1 h5
18. Qe1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rc8 20. Be3 Bb8 21. Nc3 Qe8 22. Qf2 $14 {1-0 Markowski,T
(2505)-Bukal,V (2400)/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (33)}) 13. e3 (13. Kh1 Ne8 14. Nf3 $14
f5 $6 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. e4 $1 $36) 13... Ne8 14. Nf3 f5 15. Nd4 $13 {1-0
Markowski,T (2505)-Gaag,E (2370)/Minsk 1998/CBM 064 ext (41)}) 12. Nf5 $5 {
A rather imaginative, but not the only answer.} ({The simple} 12. gxh5 $5 Bxh4
13. e4 {makes some sense, too. As a compensation for his double pawns and the
relatively exposed king's position, White has the pair of bishops and the
better coordination of pieces (the h4-bishop and the e8-knight will need some
investment of time in order to get on favourable squares).}) 12... exf5 13.
gxh5 {Compared with the previous line, White has obtained a clear mark for
attack on d5, but is deprived of the possibility of opening the centre with e4.
} Nb6 {From the perspective of the further course of the game, this might look
as a loss of two tempi. However, there was no other way of preparing the
return of the e8-knight to f6.} ({Besides, in case of the careless} 13... Ndf6
$6 {White would get an advantage with} 14. h6 g6 15. Qb3 $16) 14. e3 Nf6 15.
Nb5 g6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bd2 Nbd7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. a4 a6 21. Nd4
Rac8 22. b4 Ne6 23. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Urban,K (2480)-Sapis,W (2375)/Ksiaz 1998/
CBM 063 ext (75)}) ({I believe that a normal developing move such as} 9. Bf4 {
would also deserve some attention, for instance:} O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {
[%csl Gg4][%cal Ya1c1,Yd1a4]}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 O-O 12.
f4 {would transpose to 9.Nh4.}) 10. Bxf3 Ne5 {Clearly, this is a rather
unstable square for the knight. However, the main achievement of the last move
is that the knight is transferred with gain of time one step closer to the
optimal c6-square. Besides, the d-file is cleared, in order to prevent White's
regroupment with Be3, f4, Bf2 by means of the permanent threat of the fork ...
d4.} (10... O-O {allows White a wider choice:} 11. e4 (11. Bg2 Rc8 (11... Ne5
$1 {transposes to the main game.}) 12. Be3 Ne5 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bf2 {(White has
reached a perfect regroupment).} d4 15. Nb5 Bc5 16. Qa4 Nd5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18.
Na3 Ne3 19. Nc4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21. a3 Nbd5 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Rc2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lombardy,W (2520)-Pomar Salamanca,A (2435)/Olot 1974/EXT 99}) (11. Bf4
Qb6 12. Rb1 Rfd8 13. d4 $6 {This doesn't seem to fit into White's plan.} Rac8
14. Qd3 Rc4 15. Rfd1 Rdc8 16. g4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e3 a6 19. Bg2 b5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Roos,D (2410)-Rausis,I (2560)/Bischwiller 1993/EXT 97 (30)}) 11... Ne5
12. Bg2 (12. Be2 $5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qb6 (13... Bc5 14. Kg2 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 14.
Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bc5 16. Kg2 Rfd8 17. f4 Nd3 18. e5 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Nd5 20.
Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rfd1 $14 {/=} Rad8 $2 22. Rxc5 $1 $18) 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5
14. Bf4 Ng6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qh5 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qb6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20.
Rd3 f5 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Qe2 Nc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26.
Bxb7 Qd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Sharif,M (2462)-Pinter,J (2501)/France 2004/EXT 2005 (47)
}) 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qb3 $146 (12. f4 Nc6 13. e4 d4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Kh1 (15. Qb3
$5 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Gf7][%cal Yf4e5,Ye2f4] /\fxe5, Nf4, ><d5, b7}) 15... Nd7 16.
Ng1 Rc8 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Rf2 Qb5 19. f5 (19. h4 $5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yg2h3,Gh3c8]
} Nc5 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Ne1 {[%cal Yh4h5]}) 19... Rc7 20. Bf1 Rfc8 21. Ne1 Nb4
22. b3 Qa6 23. a3 Nc6 24. Bd2 b5 25. h4 b4 26. a4 Na5 27. Rb1 Nb7 28. Rh2 Rc3
$13 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2510)-Mednis,E (2400)/Cannes 1997/CBM 057 ext (39)})
12... Qd7 13. e4 Nxd3 14. exd5 (14. Nxd5 Nxc1 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Raxc1 {
[%cal Ye4e5,Gg2b7]} e5 $1 $11) 14... Nxc1 15. Raxc1 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5
Bg5 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. h4 Bf6 21. Rd1 b6 $11 {In spite of White's
sligthly superior activity, the position is completely equal.} 22. Qf3 Qe7 23.
b3 Rd8 24. Kg2 g6 25. h5 Bg5 26. a4 Kg7 27. Rd3 Rd7 28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Qg4 Rd8 30.
Rd1 Qe5 31. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 {I find this way of meeting the Reti
setup as safest for Black. Instead of developing his queen's bishop on an
exposed square (f5 or g4) he gets castled and only later decides how to
develop his queenside.} 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 {But maybe Black is not
prepared for widening to such an extent the front of play.} ({I find} 7... Bg4
8. d3 Nbd7 {more natural, controlling among others the important e5-square.} 9.
Nbd2 Re8 (9... a5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 {Radjabov,T (2599)-Ivanchuk,V (2717)/
Dubai 2002/CBM 089/[Horn,Pe] (1-0, 69)}) 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {1/2 Kozul,Z 
(2585)-Stefansson,H (2579)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Marin,M] (81)}) 8. d3 Na6 (
{Black does not seem to achieve much by an early advancing of his a-pawn:} 8...
a4 9. Nbd2 a3 10. Bc3 c5 (10... Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 {Leyva,H (2410)-Neubauer,M 
(2454)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (1/2, 12)} 12. d4 $14) 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. Qc1 Qa5 (13... b6 14. d4 $36) 14. Nc4 Qc3 15. Nfd2 Qxc1 16. Rfxc1 Nb4 17.
Nb6 Ra5 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxb7 Rc7 20. Bf3 $16 {Panchenko,A (2425)-Piera,J 
(2175)/La Pobla de Lillet 1997/EXT 1999 (1-0, 62)}) 9. Nbd2 Bg4 ({Once again,
wasting time with} 9... a4 {does not seem too promsiing:} 10. Bc3 axb3 (10...
Bg4 11. Qc2 axb3 12. axb3 Qb6 13. Qb2 Rfc8 14. b4 Ne8 15. d4 Qd8 16. b5 Nac7
17. b6 Ne6 18. c5 Nf6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. exf3 Nd7 21. f4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. h4
$16 {Marin,M (2583)-Espinosa Aranda,A (2350)/Benasque 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1-0,
85)}) 11. axb3 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Qc2 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rfb1 Qc7 16. Qb2 Bc6
17. Be5 Qc8 18. Ra5 d4 19. Nb3 $16 {Timman,J (2575)-Giri,A (2701)/Leiden 2011/
CBM 143 Extra (1-0, 80)}) 10. a3 Bxf3 $5 $146 {Quite surprising. Taking on f3
without being pushed to it with h2-h3 is more common if White does not have
the reserve knight on d2, which would cause him to lose control over the
central dark squares.} (10... Rc8 11. Qc2 b5 12. h3 Be6 13. cxb5 $6 cxb5 14.
Qb1 Qd7 $11 {Kramnik,V (2803)-Mamedyarov,S (2753)/Moscow (blitz) 2013/CBM 154
Extra (1/2, 24)}) (10... Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qb1 (12. d4 $5) 12... e5 $11 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Le Quang,L (2687)/Havana 2011/CBM 143 (1/2, 22)}) (
10... Qc8 11. Rc1 Nc7 (11... Qf5 {Espig,L (2440)-Vogt,L (2510)/Plauen 1980/MCL
(1/2, 53)} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 {[%csl Gg4]}) 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf6 17. d4 $6 (17. Nc4 $1 Ne6 18. h3 Qc7 19. d4
$14) 17... Ne6 18. Nc4 Rd8 (18... Nf4+ $5) 19. Rfd1 Nf4+ 20. Kg1 Qh3 21. Ne1
Ne6 $132 {Granda Zuniga,J (2614)-Hertneck,G (2552)/Bahia Feliz 2011/CBM 143 
(1-0, 80)}) 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Qc2 Nd7 {This must have been planned in advance:
Black plays for simplifications, hoping to make the white bishop look like a
spectator. Still, things are not that one sided: the bishop inhibits the
expansion of Black's centre, ensuring White some permanent space advantage.}
13. Bxg7 ({Once the knight has stepped away from the centre, I would consider
gaining space in the centre (and keeping the bishop pair, btw) with} 13. d4 $5
$14 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gf1d1,Gb2c1,Gc1d2]}) 13... Kxg7 14. Qc3+ Qf6 $5 {Quite
ambitious. Black does not wish to give away the control over the long diagonal.
} ({There was nothing really wrong with} 14... Kg8 {, but in principle Black's
position would be passive with little hope of getting counterplay.}) 15. Qxa5 {
Picking up the gauntlet.} Nac5 16. Qb4 {So, did White simply win a pawn?} Ra6
$1 {Not really, the last move underlines the somewhat unfortunate placement of
the white queen.} 17. d4 Rb6 18. Qc3 Nxb3 $6 {After this move Black gets by
force into a very unpleasant position with a misplaced knight on the edge of
the board.} ({Good or bad, he should not have refrained from the principled} 
18... Rxb3 19. Qc2 Rxf3 {[%cal Gf6d4]}) 19. Rab1 dxc4 (19... Nbc5 20. Rxb6 Nxb6
21. Qb4 Ncd7 22. c5 Nc4 23. Qxb7 $18) 20. Qxc4 Na5 21. Qc3 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 $14 {
The hyper-jumping knight has ended up on a bad square. It causes Black some
worries defending it and leaves the kingside somewhat weakened.} b6 {So far,
Black did not have weaknesses, but now he gets one. I imagine this was not
what he wanted when he gave up his light-squared bishop.} ({The passive} 22...
Ra8 {deserves considering.}) 23. Nd2 Kg8 (23... c5 24. e3 e5 25. d5 $14) 24.
Ne4 Qe7 25. h4 $1 {White rightly starts an attack on the kingside, where he
will practically be a piece up.} (25. Qb4 Re8 (25... Qxb4 26. axb4 Nc4 27. Ra1
$36) 26. e3 Qf8 $14) 25... Rb8 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Ge6e5]} ({It is always a good
question whether to stop such a pawn with} 25... h5 {But the essence of the
matter remains the same: the a5-knight is a spectator.}) 26. h5 gxh5 (26... e5
27. dxe5 Nxe5 (27... Qxe5 {is safer, but this is not the idea of the central
break} 28. Qd2 $16) 28. h6 $18 {[%cal Gc3g7] It is interesting that the march
of the h-pawn actually inhibits a thematic break in the centre!}) 27. Bf3 $6 ({
It would have been better to put some pressure on the enemy queen before
advancing the h-pawn:} 27. Qb4 $1 Kf8 (27... Qd8 28. Qd6 $36) (27... Qxb4 28.
axb4 Nc4 29. Rc1 b5 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rc8 32. Ra1 $14) 28. Bf3 f5 (28... h4
29. gxh4 $14) 29. Ng5 $5 c5 30. Qd2 Nc4 31. Qc1 Nd6 32. Bc6 cxd4 33. Bxd7 Qxd7
34. Qf4 $36) 27... f5 $6 (27... h4 $1 28. Qb4 $140 c5 $13) 28. Nc5 Nf6 $4 (
28... bxc5 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Qxa5 h4 $14) 29. Qxa5 $1 {Suddenly, the bad
knight is lost.} (29. Qxa5 bxa5 30. Rxb8+ Ne8 (30... Kf7 31. Rb7 $18) 31. Bxh5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 (4... dxc4 {is more challenging from
the opening's point of view.}) 5. O-O (5. Ne5 $5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 e5 $13
) 5... e6 6. h3 {Almost never played in this position.} Bxf3 ({Since the
f5-square is under firm control} 6... Bh5 {Malakhov,V (2664)-Yakovich,Y (2585)
Moscow Aeroflot op 2005 (1) 1-0 came into consideration, not fearing a further
Nh4 as happened in the game from this same CBM} {An early exchange on d5 with}
7. cxd5 {could be comfortably met by} Bxf3 8. Bxf3 cxd5) 7. Bxf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 (8... cxd5 $5) 9. d3 {Finally, the game has transposed to one modern
tabyia. However, just one move later it will deviate again from the well knwon
paths.} Nc5 $5 {A rarely seen placement of the knight, aimed in first line
against White's plan of advancing the e-pawn. However, Sargissian might have
also wanted to discourage Malakhov's favourite plan, of pushing the d-pawn one
square further, (see the game Malakhov-Yakovich from this same issue of CBM)
which now would be answered by ...Nce5.} 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e4 (11. a3 $5 a5 $1 {
[%csl Rb3]} (11... O-O 12. b4 Ne6 13. Rb1 $14) 12. Qc2 (12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4
Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nb3 $11) 12... O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qd3 $1 $11 {[%csl Yc1]})
11... dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Be3 Ne6 $146 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Re7c5,Rf6d7]} ({
With these tricky move orders in the Reti, one can never be sure about which
is the real novelty. I only found one game where this position was reached
previously, from a completely different move order though. In any case,} 13...
Nfd7 {looks more passive than the text move:} 14. Bg2 Ne6 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. Rfd1
Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Re8 18. b4 a6 19. a3 Qe7 20. f4 $14 {1-0 Markowski,T-Grabarczyk,
B/Polanica Zdroj 1999/CBM 070 ext (45)}) 14. Qxd8 $1 {A very deep move. White
understood that in the middlegame he might have problems finding a good square
for the queen and decides to exchange it, not caring about the fact that he
actually helps Black's development.} (14. Bg2 {[%cal Yf2f4,Ye4e5]} Qa5 {
[%csl Rd1,Yd4][%cal Ra8d8,Re7c5]}) 14... Rfxd8 15. Rad1 Nd7 {Aiming to
exchange the dark squared bishops with all the comfort.} (15... Bc5 $5 16. Bxc5
Nxc5 17. Bg2 $5 (17. e5 Nfd7 18. Rfe1 Nb6 {/\Nca4} 19. b3 a5 $132) 17... Nd3
18. f4 $5 $14 Nxb2 19. Rb1) 16. Bg4 (16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Ndxc5 {[%csl Yd4]})
16... Ne5 (16... Bc5 $2 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxd7 $18) 17. Be2 {This change of
placement of the black knights rather favours White, since the critical
d4-square is under less pressure.} Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. f4 Ned3 20. Bxd3 Nxd3
{This square is much less stable than d4.} 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Kf1
Nc5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Ke2 $14 {The advantage of space in the
centre offers White the better prospects in the endgame.} h5 27. Ke3 Kf8 28.
Kd4 Ke7 29. b4 g6 30. Nd1 f5 31. e5 Nf8 32. h4 Ne6+ 33. Kd3 c5 (33... b5 $5 {
[%cal Yc6c5]}) 34. b5 Nd4 35. a4 b6 36. Ne3 Ne6 37. Nc4 Nc7 38. Ne3 Kd7 39. Kc4
Ke6 40. a5 Kd7 41. Nd1 Ke6 42. Nc3 Kd7 43. Na4 Na8 44. Nxc5+ bxc5 45. Kxc5 Nc7
46. b6 Ne6+ 47. Kb5 axb6 48. Kxb6 g5 49. a6 gxh4 50. a7 hxg3 51. a8=Q h4 52.
Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Palo, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 {This is the choice of players who do not
mind improvising. Not everyone is ready to leave the c4-pawn undefended.} ({
For the experimental} 4. b3 Bg4 5. Ne5 $5 {see 1-0 Kortschnoj,V (2619)
-Sutovsky,E (2665)/Paks 2005/CBM 108 [Marin] (68)}) 4... dxc4 5. O-O (5. a4 {
is generally a guarantee that White will get his pawn back, but the weakness
of the b4-square allows Black get a solid and stable position.}) 5... Nbd7 6.
Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 {Apparently, Black intended to play in the safest possible
way.} ({If Black wants to keep the extra-pawn at any cost, he can try} 7... Qd5
{. However, after} 8. Nh4 Qe6 {his queen is rather awkwardly placed. White can
simply exchange the c4-pawn by means of a further b3 and get the upper hand in
the centre, with rather unclear play. Unfortunately, there is nothing really
new since two games played by Salov, almost two decades ago.} 9. e4 g6 10. Re1
(10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. d4 Qd7 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Ne8 16.
Ne5 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f6 19. Nc4 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Be6 21. b4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Salov,V (2550)-Beliavsky,A (2630)/Minsk 1987/URS-ch (67)}) 10... Nfd7 11. b3
Bg7 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 O-O 14. bxc4 Ne5 15. d4 Nexc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qc3
Nd6 18. a4 Rd8 19. Rac1 Ne8 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. h4 Ng7 22. a5 $44 {1-0 Salov,V 
(2550)-Torre,E (2540)/Leningrad 1987/CBM 003 (41)}) 8. Ne5 (8. Ng5 {is rather
inoffensive.} Qd7 9. e4 g6 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Bf1 Ng4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4
14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 {White has managed to win the pawn back and get the
symbolic advantage of the pair of bishops, but the weakness of the d4-square
restricts his chances for an advantage.} Bd4 16. Kg2 Rd8 17. f4 e5 18. d3 {
1/2-1/2 Almasi,I (2420)-Lukacs,P (2460)/Zalakaros 2000/EXT 2002}) 8... g6 {
Same safe policy.} (8... Qd4 {is by far more provocative. White can play} 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Nfd7 11. Bxa8 Nxa8 {with far from clear consequences:} 12.
d3 Bh3 13. Rd1 Qd5 14. e4 Qh5 15. Nxc4 e5 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 19. d4 Qc7 20. e5 O-O 21. gxf4 Nab6 22. Rac1 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qb6 24. Qc6
Qxb2 25. Rc2 Qb6 $2 {The presence of queens on board was Black's main chance
for counterplay.} (25... Qb8 $13) 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Rc7 $14 {1-0 Hirsch,
A-Robitsch,H/AUT-ch22 corr9293 1992/Corr Nr. 1 (55)}) 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4
Bg7 {Instead of trying to defend the extra-pawn, Black continued developing
with natural moves, in the spirit of the Gruenfeld Defence.} 11. b3 $6 {
This natural move fails to pose any concrete problems to the opponent.} (11.
Rd1 $5 $14 {[%cal Yd2d4,Ye2e4] would have been a better try.}) 11... Bd5 12.
Bb2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. d3 (14. d4 c5 $11) 14... c5 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfd1
Qd5+ 17. Kg1 Rfd8 $11 {Black has no problems at all. He has a normal
development and some advantage of space. It is White already who should think
about equality.} 18. Ne5 Ne8 19. Nf3 e5 20. Nd2 Nd6 21. Nc4 Nb5 22. e3 b6 23.
Qe2 Qe6 24. a4 Nc7 25. e4 Rd7 26. Bc3 Rcd8 27. Rb1 Na6 28. Kg2 Nb8 29. b4 cxb4
30. Bxb4 Nc6 31. Bc3 Bf8 32. a5 bxa5 33. Nxa5 Nxa5 34. Bxa5 Rc8 35. Bb4 Bxb4
36. Rxb4 Qa6 37. Qb2 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Qxd3 39. Qxe5 Qd7 40. Rd4 Qc7 41. Qf6 Re8
42. Ra4 Qb7 43. Qd4 a6 44. h4 h5 45. Kh2 Qc6 46. Rc4 Qe6 47. Ra4 Qc6 48. Kg2
Qb7 49. Qd5 Qb5 50. Ra5 Qe2 51. Ra4 Qb5 52. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O {Against White's
Reti, Black chooses a setup typical for the Schlechter Slav. The fact that
White controls the e5-square by pieces alone (P on d3) certainly induces
differences compared to the normal lines.} 7. O-O Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 ({This
natural developing move certainly looks stronger than} 8... Qc8 {0-1 Schebler,
G (2496)-Votava,J (2505)/Germany 2005/CBM 106 [Marin] (71)}) 9. Nbd2 Re8 {
The most principled continuation. Black intends to occupy the centre with a
second pawn. White is at crossroads.} 10. Ne5 {This is the radical method of
crossing Black's plan. By the physical ocupation of the central square, White
prevents ...e5 for a while. This operation will obviously lead to considerable
simplifications, but on the other hand White shouldn't fear such a course of
the game, since he is the one with less space. His hopes are connected with
the possibility that Black gets over-extended.} ({White has also an entirely
different approach at his disposal. He can simply ignore Black's threat by
continuing to develop with} 10. Rc1 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 {
This is a first critical position. It can be reached from a different move
order, starting with 10.h3 as well. As a compensation for Black's powerful
centre, White has a very flexible position and the pair of bishops. The
d7-knight is not optimally placed (c6 would be a better square). White will
tryto increase the pressure against the enemy pawns, combining with an
eventually invasion along the c-file and a well timed break based on d4 or e4.}
e4 {This move was played almost without exception in all the games between
very strong players. However, I have the feeling that such an approach only
gives White possibilities of active play, once the pawns have abandoned their
optimal side-by-side position. One possible explanation for the popularity of
this move at high level is that Black tends to fear reaching a reversed King's
Indian type of position after White's e2-e4.} (13... Bf8 {[%csl Rc7,Gc8,Ge5]
[%cal Yf8d6,Yd7b6,Ya8c8]} 14. Qc2 (14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Bd6) (14. e4 $5) 14... Bd6
15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Ne3 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Olivera,H-Tempone,M/
Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2000}) (13... Qb6 14. Rc2 (14. Qc2 $5) 14... e4 15. Bd4
Qa6 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. e3 $14 h5 19. Qa1 Bf8 20. Rd1 h4 $6 21. g4
Qe6 {0-1 Fahnenschmidt,G (2340)-Gutman,L (2530)/Germany 1987/GER-chT (37)} 22.
Bxf6 Nxf6 23. g5 $16 {[%csl Ye4]}) 14. Nd4 (14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 Qa5 (15...
Qb6 {1-0 Glek,I (2590)-Van Mil,J (2475)/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 046/[Horn,Pe] 
(46)}) 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Qd5 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 b6 20. Rfd1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Nd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 N7f6 24. e3 h5 25. Bf1 Kf8 26. Bb5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Taimanov,M (2505)-Leko,P (2545)/Nettetal 1994/EXT 2004 (44)}) 14... Qb6 15. Nc2
Qa6 $6 (15... Nh5 {Polugajevsky}) 16. a3 Rad8 17. Nb4 Qb5 18. Bd4 Nh5 19. Bxg7
Nxg7 (19... Kxg7 20. Qc2 a5 21. Na2 exd3 22. exd3 Ne5 23. d4 Nc6 24. Nc3 Qb6
25. Nxd5 Qxd4 26. Rfd1 $14 {Polugajevsky}) 20. dxe4 dxe4 21. Nd5 Qa5 22. b4
Qxa3 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Ra1 Nd4 25. Qd2 $18 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L (2630)-Taimanov,M 
(2580)/Leningrad 1974/URS-ch (36)}) 10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 {The most
consistent move, connecting the rooks and threatening ...Bh3.} (11... Qa5 {
This apparently active move is not connected with any concrete plan.} 12. Rc1
Rad8 ({It appears that the a2-pawn is taboo:} 12... Qxa2 $2 13. Ra1 $18) 13.
cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $2 14. Bc7 $18) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc4 Qb5 16. Qd2 f6 17.
d4 $14 {1-0 Blatny,P (2540)-Uhlmann,W (2480)/Germany 1997/GER-chT (46)}) ({
The forced operation initiated by} 11... Ne4 {is sound from a tactical point
of view but does not solve all Black's strategic problems:} 12. Bxg7 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 Kxg7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 {White has a minimal advance in development
and the hanging d5-pawn will most probbaly enable him maintain this state of
facts.} Qd6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qc3+ Kg8 18. h4 {probably too slow.} (18. Qc7 Qxc7
19. Rxc7 Bc6 20. Rc1 {-preventing Rc8-} e6 $1 21. b4 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11) (
18. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 e6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 $14) 18... Bc6 (18... Rac8 19.
Qd4 Bc6 20. Qxa7 $140 Ra8 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxa2 $11) 19. Qc5 Qd7 20. f4 $5
$13 {1-0 Olafsson,H (2485)-Gunnarsson,J (2180)/Gardabaer 1996/EXT 98 (57)}) 12.
Re1 ({White should not hurry with the exchange on d5, because this would
deprive him from the possibility of launching the typical queen side attack
based on b4-b5xc6.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Qf5 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16.
exf3 b6 17. f4 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G (2455)-Smejkal,J (2560)/Sarajevo 1983/
MCD (49)}) 12... Nh5 {Black continues to play consequently; he clears now the
way of his e-pawn.} (12... Qf5 13. f4 Qh5 14. Nf3 Bh3 15. Qd2 Bh6 16. Bxh3 ({
Since Black's king side threats are not too dangerous, White could have tried
to take advantage of the lack of defence of the queen side with} 16. Qb4 $1)
16... Qxh3 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e3 Bf8 20. Rac1 a5 $132 {0-1 Kengis,
E (2570)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2390)/Regensburg 1996/CBM 050 ext (29)}) 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 Nf6 15. Qc2 e5 16. Qb2 Bh3 17. Bh1 Rad8 18. Rab1 {[%cal Yh1b7,
Yb2g7,Rb4b5] Both sides have arranged their pieces in optimal way. In spite of
Black's advantage of space, White's position is more flexible and his play
easier (he just has to provoke the opening of a queen side file, while Black
cannot put into motion his central pawns, mainly because of the pressure along
both diagonals.)} d4 19. b5 c5 $5 {An interesting decision. Black decides to
freeze the queen side and consolidate his centre even though at the cost of
losing an exchange.} (19... cxb5 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Rxb5 b6 22. a4 $36) 20. Qa3
b6 21. Bc6 Qc7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. f3 $44 {Black has reasonable compensation for
the exchange. Although the further course of the game suggests that White is
the only one entitled to claim an advantage, Black dosen't seem in big danger
either.} h5 24. Qc1 Rh8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Be6 27. Rb2 a5 28. Rd1 Qe7 29.
Rc2 Rc8 30. h4 f6 31. e3 Bf7 32. Qa3 Qd7 33. Kh2 Rc7 34. Qc1 Qe7 35. a4 Be6 36.
Kg1 Rc8 37. Qa3 Qc7 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Rdc1 Rd8 40. exd4 Rxd4 41. Qe3 Kg7 42. Rd2
Bxc4 43. Qc3 Rxd2+ 44. Qxd2 Bb3 45. Qb2 Qf7 46. Qa1 Qd7 47. Qc3 Bxa4 48. Rb1
Bxb5 49. Ke1 a4 50. Qd2 Qc6 51. Qb2 Bc4 52. Qxb6 Qxb6 53. Rxb6 f5 54. Rb7+ Kf6
55. Ra7 fxe4 56. Rxa4 Bb5 57. Rxe4 Bc6 58. Re3 Bd5 59. Kf2 c4 60. Ra3 Be6 61.
Ra6 Kf7 62. Ke3 Bf5 63. Rc6 Bd3 64. Rd6 Bf5 65. Rc6 Bd3 66. Kd2 Ke7 67. Kc3 Kf7
68. Kd2 Ke7 69. Ke3 Kf7 70. Ra6 Ke7 71. Rb6 Kf7 72. f4 exf4+ 73. gxf4 Ke7 74.
Kd4 Kd7 75. Rb5 Ke6 76. Re5+ Kf6 77. Rg5 Ke6 78. Ra5 Kf6 79. Re5 Kf7 80. Rc5
Kf6 81. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 {A familiar tabiya, but the next move is the least popular among the ways
of developing the king's bishop.} Bd6 (8... Bc5 9. h3 (9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O
11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Qe7 (12... h6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rb1 $36 {Marin,M (2556)
-Gustafsson,J (2634)/Reggio Emilia 2009/CBM 128 (1-0, 40)}) 13. b3 Ne5 14. Be3
{Fressinet,L (2706)-Adams,M (2727)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013/CBM 154/[Sumets,A]
(1/2, 72)}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Bh5 10. a3 a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8
14. Qc2 h6 15. Rad1 g5 16. e5 $1 $36 {Marin,M (2530)-Krasenkow,M (2655)/Elista
1998/CBM 066 ext/[Horn,Pe] (1-0, 40)}) 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5
13. Be2 Re8 14. Kg2 Ng6 15. Qc2 $132 {Shirov,A (2726)-Short,N (2697)/Sarajevo
1999/CBM 071/[Shirov] (1/2, 32)}) 9. h3 $5 Bxf3 {The natural reaction. In the
Slav/Reti setups Black does not mind giving away his bishop.} (9... Bh5 10. e4
({The attempt to keep the control of the central squares with pieces just
failed after:} 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Nd4 Bb6 $15 {(1/2, 41) Vaganian,R (2595)-Murey,J (2505)/Marseille 1987/TD; and
White starts losing ground in the centre.}) 10... O-O 11. exd5 cxd5 12. g4 Bg6
13. Nh4 $14 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (1/2, 43).
We see that here White gets the bishop pair under more favourable
circumstances.}) 10. Bxf3 (10. exf3 {led to highly original play in the only
game where it was played.} O-O 11. f4 Re8 12. g4 {The advance of the kingside
pawns does not seem too threatening, but Vaganian went all the way and
eventually squeezed out a draw.} Nc5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. f5 d4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16.
dxe4 {Even more originality. The position becomes very unbalanced now.} Nc5 17.
Re1 d3 18. b4 Na6 19. a3 c5 20. f4 c4 21. Bd2 c3 22. Bxc3 Bxf4 23. g6 hxg6 24.
fxg6 fxg6 25. Qb3+ Kh7 26. Rad1 Rc8 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Kh1 Nc7 29. Rf3 d2 30. Bxd2
{1/2 Vaganian,R (2595)-Kramnik,V (2765)/Yerevan 1996/EXT 1997}) 10... d4 (10...
O-O 11. e4 (11. Bg2 {Kirov,N (2485)-Kurtenkov,A (2455)/Plovdiv 1986/EXT 2000/
[Bulletin] (1/2, 39)}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 {offers White some chances to
advance his kingside majority:} Be5 {Probably the best way to set up some
piece pressure.} (12... Qc7 13. Bg2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. f4 Ne6 16. Kh2 Bc5 17.
e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qd3 $14 {Dizdar,G (2531)-Miroshnichenko,E (2599)/
Dubai 2004/CBM 101 (1/2, 51)}) 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Bd6
17. f3 {This only looks ugly; in fact, the pawns are only temporarily immobile.
} Nd5 18. Bf2 Nb4 19. Qc3 a5 {Black seems to have active play, but while the
enemy pawns are not blocked, we cannot speak about plain equality yet.} 20. Nd4
g6 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Bf1 Be5 23. a3 Ne6 $5 {Fighting hard against being pushed
back by the white pawns.} 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nxc6 bxc3 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxd8+
Nxd8 28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd1 $14 {Giorgadze,G (2601)-Ivanov,S (2538)/Saint
Vincent 2005/CBM 110 (1/2, 39). Objectively, Black should count on reaching a
draw, but not without a bit of suffering.}) 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 $5 {Wang Hao
played this after 11 minutes and apparently thought it was a novelty. In fact,
it had been played just once before.} (12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. e4 dxe3 15.
Bxe3 {1/2 Vaulin,A (2490)-Yagupov,I (2405)/St Petersburg 1995/EXT 1997}) 12...
Bc5 13. b4 {A logical move, although Wang Hao was not sure about its merits.} (
{Focusing on the kingside would not achieve any positive results:} 13. Bg2 Qe7
14. Kh2 O-O 15. f4 {The main problem is that White does not really threaten
e4-e5, which would run into ...f7-f6.} Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bb6 17. Be1 Rad8 18. Bf2
Nf6 {After having completed his development, Black forces the advance of the
e-pawn anyway.} 19. e5 Nd5 $15 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 13... Bb6 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Bg2
$146 {Played almost instantly. Obviously, Wang Hao did not wish to part with
his bishop.} (15. Qb3 a5 16. a3 O-O 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. f4 a4 19. Qa2 d3+ 20. e3
Bxe3+ 21. Kh2 Ng6 22. Rad1 Rfd8 $132 {Gabuzyan,H (2394)-Oparin,G (2368)/Moscow
2011/CBM 143 Extra (1/2, 31)}) 15... Nc4 16. Bc1 Qe7 17. Qb3 Nd6 18. a4 a6 19.
Bf4 ({Nakamura was mainly considering} 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. b5 axb5 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 d3 $1 {Only here Nakamura's line became
inaccurate.} (24... Bd8 $6 {Nakamura} 25. Ra7 $14) 25. e3 (25. exd3 Bxf2+ $1) (
25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. exd3 Kd7 $11) ({the last move also parries} 25. Ra8+ $2 Ke7
26. Rxh8 {n view of} dxe2 $1 $19 {promoting to a queen.}) 25... d2 26. Rd1 Ba5
27. Qa2 Qb4 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Bxc6+ Ke7 $11) ({White might have retained
better chances for some long term domination on the light squares with:} 19.
Qd3 {Actually this square was asking to be occupied!} O-O 20. Ba3 (20. Bb2 Rad8
21. Rfd1 Rfe8) (20. Bf4 $5) 20... Rfe8 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. axb5 $14 {
I do not understand the engines' scepticism: White's position is very pleasant.
}) 19... Nxe4 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 a5 22. Qd5 {More or less forcing
simplifications and a draw.} Nc3 23. Qxb7 Nxe2+ (23... Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25.
Bc6+ Ke7 26. Kg2 $11) 24. Kh2 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Rd8 26. Rae1 d3 27. Bf3 $11 {
The rest is simple.} O-O 28. Bxe2 dxe2 29. Rxe2 Rd5 30. Rb1 g5 31. Be3 Bxe3 32.
Rxe3 Rb8 33. b6 a4 34. b7 Rd7 35. Ra3 Rbxb7 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxa4 {Even the
Sofia rule officials would have no objection to a draw agreement in such a
position!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O ({If} 5. cxd5 {, theory
recommends} Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 {/\...Nc6, ...Qd7 as the best way to neutralise
White's early initiative.}) 5... Nd7 {This looks like a premature commitment.}
(5... Nf6 $5 {would maintain the aforementioned way of meeting the exchange on
d5.}) 6. cxd5 cxd5 ({With the knight away from the c6- and d4-squares and with
the d7-square unavailable for the queen, giving up the bishop makes little
sense:} 6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. Qb3 $14) (6... exd5 {leads to more complex
play, but White's position tends to be more pleasant.}) 7. Qb3 Qb6 {Relatively
best.} (7... Rb8 {is a bit passive:} 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. d4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Rd1
Qb6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 $36 {Loginov,V (2510)-Solozhenkin,E (2508)
/St Petersburg 2006/CBM 112 ext (1-0, 23)}) (7... Nc5 {also leads to an
initiative for White after:} 8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. d3 Ne7
12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. d4 Bd6 15. e4 $14 {Vladimirov,E (2585)-Kharlov,A
(2535)/Tilburg 1993/CBM 039/[Horn,Pe] (1-0, 48)}) 8. Qxb6 Nxb6 ({The knight is
misplaced here, but} 8... axb6 {would create permanent weaknesses.}) 9. Nc3 a6
10. d3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. f4 {White is slightly
ahead in development and has a clear plan of advancing his kingside pawns.
With his h5-bishop out of play, Black finds it more difficult to display any
form of activity.} Bb4 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. h3 Bg6 18. g4 h5 {Maybe
more ambitious than the position allows.} (18... h6 $5) 19. Bf3 (19. f5 $5 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 19... Bh7 (19... hxg4 20. hxg4 {would open the h-file for the
white rooks, putting the black king and light-squared bishop in some danger.})
20. gxh5 $5 {Just a pawn, plus the open file.} Kf8 21. Rg1 Rc7 22. Rg2 Be7 23.
Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rag1 Ne8 (25... d4 $5) 26. Rg4 {Maybe too slow.} (26.
e4 $5 $14) 26... d4 27. Na4 Rd8 28. Rg5 Bf5 29. b4 Rc2 $132 {Black has managed
to defend his kingside properly and can generate some queenside threats
already.} 30. Nc5 b6 31. Ne4 Rxa2 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Ra1 Nc7 34. Rag1 Nd5 35. Rxg7
Nxf4 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Nxh3+ 38. Kg3 Nxg1 39. Rb8 Nxe2+ 40. Bxe2 Rxe2 41.
Rb7+ Kf8 42. Nd6 {Setting up a drawing mechanism.} Bxd3 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. h6
Re5 45. Rg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Qb3 {Dizdar is a great expert of this variation. Theory is mainly
build on the basis of his games.} b5 $5 $146 {A highly unusual way of
defending the b7-pawn. Black hopes to leave the white queen misplaced on b3
and eventually start active queen side operations himself.} (9... Qc8 {looks
rather passive and allowed White to carry out the minority's attack in a
favourable form, though after a laboriouspreparatory phase:} 10. Bf4 O-O 11.
Na4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Rac1 Nhf6 14. Nd4 Be5 15. Nf3 Bc7 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Nd4
Be5 18. Nf3 Bc7 19. a3 h5 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Nd4 Bh3 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Bf4 Bxg2 24.
Kxg2 h4 25. b4 a6 26. Nc5 Nf8 27. e4 Nfg6 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. f4 Nd7 30. e5 a5
31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. b5 $1 $16 {1-0 Dizdar,G (2505)-Chernin,A (2580)/New York
1989/CBM 012 (40)}) (9... Bb6 {looks more solid but has the drawback of giving
up the pair of bishops.} 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Re1 Qe7 14.
b3 Qc5 (14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bb2 Qh5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. e3 Bf3 19. a4 Re6
20. Qc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qe5 22. Qb4 c5 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. d4 f5 25. Qd1 Qd6 26. Qd3
Rf6 27. Red1 Rd8 28. Rac1 Qe7 29. Kg1 Kg8 30. Rc2 Qd6 31. Qb5 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Qe5
33. Rcd2 Rfd6 34. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Dizdar,G (2495)-Lukacs,P (2490)/Debrecen 1992/
EU-chT (58)}) 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Bb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Bg2 d4 19. a4 Rad8 20.
a5 bxa5 21. Qxa5 c5 22. Qb5 b6 23. b4 cxb4 24. Rec1 Neg4 25. Rc4 Qe6 26. Bf3
Ne5 27. Rxb4 Nxf3+ 28. exf3 Qe2 29. Rxd4 Qxf3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qxb6 Qxd3 32.
Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qxf6 $14 {1-0 Dizdar,G (2563)-Landenbergue,C (2420)/Geneve 1999/
CBM 068 ext (51)}) ({According to the database, Dizdar has never won a game
against} 9... Nb6 10. Qc2 (10. Bg5 {is inoffensive. Giving up the dark squared
bishop is not a good idea combined with the typical plan involving e2-e4.} h6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Nd2 O-O 15. e4 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G 
(2490)-Velikov,P (2475)/Groningen 1988/EXT 97}) 10... O-O 11. e4 (11. a3 $5 a5
12. e4) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Re8 (12... Nfd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. h3 Bh5
16. g4 Bf7 17. Nh4 g6 18. Bg3 Ne5 19. b3 a5 20. Kh1 a4 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,
G (2490)-Rogic,D (2280)/Zagreb 1993/CBM 035}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. g4
Bg6 16. Bg3 h5 17. Nh4 (17. Rad1 $5) 17... hxg4 18. Nxg6 Qg5 $1 (18... fxg6 19.
hxg4 $14) 19. b4 (19. hxg4 Qxg6 $15) 19... Bd4 20. Nf4 gxh3 21. Nxh3 Qxg3 22.
Ne2 Qe5 23. Rad1 c5 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. f4 Qh5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G (2525)
-Bukal,V (2425)/Medulin 2002/CBM 090 ext (49)}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. e3 O-O 12. Ne2 {
Since Black's queen side pawns restrict the white pieces, Dizdar rightly
decided to regroup.} Bb6 13. Qc2 (13. a4 $5 Nc5 (13... a6 14. Ned4 $14) 14. Qc2
Nxa4 (14... bxa4 15. Bd2 Nfd7 16. d4 $14) 15. Qxc6 a6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qd7
18. b3 $14) 13... c5 $6 {This plan is not without risk. White has a very solid
position that is likely to resist against this kind of aggressions. At the
same time, the weaknesses left behind by the pawns will not easy to cover by
the black pieces.} 14. a4 c4 $5 15. Nf4 (15. axb5 $2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 $19)
15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Bg2 b4 {Black has no choice. He has to continue
attacking.} ({Giving up the pressure would most likely leave him with an
unpleasant position, for instance:} 17... cxd3 18. Nxd3 Rc8 19. Qd1 Nxd3 20.
Qxd3 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Qd6 22. Bd2 Qe6 23. Bc3) 18. Rd1 b3 19. Qe2 {Black can
already not hold his positionby normal means.} g5 $6 {This consequent move
should have only made things worse for Black.} ({Maybe he should have aimed
for a worse but defensible position with.} 19... cxd3) 20. d4 $1 Ng6 (20... Nc6
21. Nh5 $16) 21. Nxd5 $1 {This piece sacrifice should have underlined the
over-extended character of Black's position.} (21. Nh5 {would have also been
strong.}) 21... Nxd5 22. Qxc4 $6 {But this move leaves most part of the
advantage escape.} ({He should have forced the bishop to get on a vulnerable
position with} 22. a5 $3 Bxa5 {and only now capture on c4:} 23. Qxc4 Nge7 (
23... Nde7 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Rxa5 $18) 24. e4 Nf6 25. Bxg5 $18) 22... Nf6 23.
Qxb3 Re8 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. Bd2 Rab8 26. b4 Ne4 27. Be1 f5 28. Rac1 $13 {In spite
of the unusual material balance, both sides have a normal placement of pieces.}
f4 29. a5 Bd8 30. Rc6 fxg3 31. fxg3 Nf6 32. Bd2 Ne4 33. Be1 Nf6 34. Bd2 Ne4 35.
Be1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Bb2 ({The main line is
considered to be} 6. Be2 {when Black cannot easily advance his central pawn to
e5.}) 6... e5 {The most principled reaction.} ({However, there is nothing
wrong with} 6... e6 {when play is likely to transpose to the lines initiated
by 6.Be2. One recent example that illustrates White's strategy went:} 7. Be2
Nbd7 8. d3 Bd6 9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Bh5 $5) 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13.
Rc2 Rac8 14. g3 Ne5 15. Be2 dxc4 16. dxc4 Rfd8 17. Qc1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Rd1
h5 20. Rcd2 Qc7 21. f4 Nc6 22. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Socko,B (2570)-Fontaine,R (2531)/
Athens 2004/CBM 103 ext (38)}) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 {Black has managed to build
up an impressive centre but he has to act with care in order to avoid becoming
over-extended, especially that White has the pair of bishops. Black has to
decide now where to develop his bishop.} Be7 $146 {A new move, anticipating
White's next move and connected with an interesting concrete idea.} ({
Developing the bishop to g7 looks too time consuming, allowing White put the
enemy centre under strong pressure:} 8... g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg2 e4
12. Qe2 Nc6 13. d3 Nb4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rd1 Bg7 17. a3 Qe7 18.
axb4 dxe4 19. Qc4 O-O 20. Qxe4 Bc3+ 21. Ke2 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxb4 23. Bxb7 Ra7 24.
Bd5 $16 {1-0 Doettling,F (2518)-Fontaine,R (2452)/Germany 2001/EXT 2003 (68)})
(8... Bb4 {is an interesting move. Black places the bishop on a square where
it doesn't disturb the coordination of the other pieces, indirectly releases
the pressure against d5 and hopes to provoke a weakening of the white queen
side.} 9. Be2 (9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 {is precisely the kind of action Black is
hoping for. With his development incomplete, White will have problems keeping
both his wings under control.} 11. d3 O-O 12. g4 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. Ne2 Nbd7
15. Bxd4 Be5 16. Qe3 Re8 17. f4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 a5 $1 $44 {0-1 Socko,B (2564)
-Volkov,S (2609)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 (45)}) 9... O-O 10. Rd1 Qd6 {With the
bishop on b4, this move, keeping the d5-pawn defended in view of Nbd7, looks
very natural.} 11. O-O Nbd7 12. d3 Rfe8 13. Qg3 Rad8 14. Bf3 Qe6 $13 {1-0
Milov,V (2633)-Kallai,G (2525)/France 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 9. g4 {Running
directly into Black's plans. Once the bishop has been developed to e7, White
should have refrained from weakening the h4-d8 diagonal.} (9. d3 $5) (9. g3 $5)
9... e4 10. Qg2 O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3 Ne4 $5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bh4+ 15.
Kd1 Bf6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Kc2 {The mass exchanges that took place
during the last move have left White with a rather passive bishop, restricted
by the enemy pawns and with a rather exposed king's position.} c5 $2 {Black
willingly opens a new diagonal for the bishop and weakens the d5-square.} (
18... Nd7 $142 {[%csl Rd3,Re4][%cal Yd7c5]} 19. Raf1 Qg5 20. Qg2 a5 $44 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Ya5a4] The difference of activitz between the minor pieces as
well as the comparativelz more exposed position white king+s position offer
Black adequate compensation.}) 19. Qf4 Qb6 20. Be4 Nc6 21. a3 {/\Bd5} a5 22.
Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 23. a4 {Freeying the queen side.} Rad8 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. Rhf1 Rd7
26. Qf3 Qb6 27. h4 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yh4h5] White is a sound pawn up and
has the safer king+s position alreadz.} Re6 28. h5 Qb4 29. Qf4 Rb6 30. Qb8+ Kg7
31. h6+ Kxh6 32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Rxh7+ Kf6 34. Qh8+ Ke6 35. Qc3 Rbd6 36. d4 Ke7
37. Rf1 Rf6 38. Rxf6 Qxc3+ 39. Kxc3 Kxf6 40. d5 Kg5 41. e4 Kf4 42. Kd3 Re7 43.
g5 b6 44. Rh8 Rb7 45. Rf8 Re7 46. Rb8 Rxe4 47. Rxb6 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Rg3 49. Rb7
Ke5 50. Rxf7 Rxb3 51. Rf6 Kd4 52. Rf4+ Ke5 53. Rf6 Kd4 54. Rxg6 Kxc4 55. d6
Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Rd4 57. Rf6 Kd5 58. g6 Kc6 59. Kf3 Rd3+ 60. Kf4 Rd1 61. Kf5 Rg1
62. Ke6 c4 63. Ke7 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Ngf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. h3 {It is always a question in the Reti about which is the right
moment to play this move.} Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 $5 {A controversial move.
Black'sobvious aim is to prevent White's expansion in the centre by means of
e4, but opening the long light squared diagonal certainly presents some
strategic risk. Since Black's main hope to restrict the enemy bishop is the
tandem of pawns b7-c6, preventing its further submination with b4-b5 is of
crucial importance.} (10... O-O 11. e4 {/\|^[+]}) 11. Nb1 {We can safely call
this a novelty, since in the only earlier game where this move occured 
(Radulov-Atakisi 2002) a draw was agreed immediately. Markowsky aimed to
improve over a recent game of his where he failed to get an advantage. By
keeping the knight, he probably hoped to put pressure on the d4-pawn, but the
time invested in the regroupment will allow Black keep the control of the
position.} (11. Ne4 {is more natural and probably better.} {Possibly, the
safest continuation for Black is} a5 {but this has not been seen in practice
yet.} (11... O-O $5 {has the drawback that White gets chances to start the
queen side minority's attack:} 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {/\a5} (12... Bxf6 13. b4 $5 {
1-0 Shirov,A (2500)-Vyzmanavin,A (2560)/Lvov 1990/CBM 018/[Horn,Pe] (62)}) 13.
Bg5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Rg5f6,Yb2b4,Ya2a4] /\Bxf6+/=} (13. b4 $6 Qd7 $1 {
[%csl Yb4,Rb7,Yh3] ><b7, /\Qxh3, /\Bxb4}) 13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. b4 $36) (
{Therefore,} 11... Nxe4 $5 {was also tried.} {However,} 12. dxe4 {deserves
investigation.} ({Inded, after} 12. Bxe4 a5 $1 {White has no easy way to prove
an active plan.} 13. e3 {The only dynamic approach I found, aiming to take
advantage of the fact that Black has slightly delayed castling.} (13. Bg2 O-O
14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Rfc1 Re6 18. Rab1 Rae8 19. Bf1 Nf6 {
1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2570)-Riazantsev,A (2596)/Geneve 2005/CBM 104 ext}) (13.
a3 Nc5 14. Bf3 a4 $15) 13... dxe3 14. Bxe3 Nf6 15. Qb3 Qd7 (15... Nxe4 $6 16.
dxe4 Qc8 17. a4 $1 {It is important to prevent Black winning space on the
queen side. The threat against the h4-pawn is ilusory while Black hasn't
castled yet, because 17...Qxh3 18.Qxb7 leaves White with the initiative.} O-O
18. Kg2 $14 {In view of his more flexible pawn structure, White's position
should be preferred.}) 16. a4 O-O 17. Kg2 Bb4 $11 {Black has a very stable
position and the pair of bishops is at most a compensation for the structural
defects.}) 12... Qb6 13. Bg2 Rd8 14. f4 (14. Rb1 $5 {/\b4} a5 15. e3 Bc5 16.
exd4 Bxd4 17. Bg5 $36 f6 $6 18. Bd2 $16 {/\Qh5+, /\Qa4, קa5, עe8}) 14... O-O
15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. b3 $6 (16. e5 $13) 16... Bb4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Obukhov,A (2444)
-Erenburg,S (2475)/Alushta 2002/CBM 092 (35)})) 11... a5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qc2
Re8 14. Bg2 Bf8 15. Nf3 Ne5 {Black is just in time to exchange the enemy
knight anyway, thus neutralising the pressure against the d4-pawn.} 16. Nxe5
Rxe5 17. Bf4 Rc5 18. Qa4 Rb5 19. Rab1 Qb6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bf3 {White has a
solid position and the pair of bishops but he can hardly show up any active
plan. The only problem is whether Black can break the enemy fortress.} Nd5 22.
Bd2 Bb4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Qc4 Nf6 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 {This is an ambitious way to start the game
against the Reti, but one that allows White to setup an assymetrical structure
of pawns, something not really typical for this opening.} 4. c4 e6 (4... dxc4
$6 5. Na3 c6 6. Nxc4 Ngf6 7. b4 e6 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. a3
Nd5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. e4 N5f6 15. d4 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Rc2 $16 {
1-0 Marin,M-Korneev,O/Sitges 1996/EXT 99 (67)}) (4... c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3
$14) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 ({Capturing on f3 is an important
alternative. Malakhov had some experience with it already. Curiously, he
adopted the same structure in the centre as in the present game:} 7... Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 c6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Bd4 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. e3 Be5
15. d4 {(Not so usual in the Reti)} Bd6 16. b4 {[%cal Yc3a4,Ya4c5,Ra2a4,Rb4b5]}
a6 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Kg2 Nb6 19. e4 $5 {[%csl Yc4][%cal Rf3c6]} dxe4 20. Nxe4
Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h6 22. Bf3 Nd5 23. a4 Red8 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Be7 26. bxc6 bxc6
27. Rfc1 Bf6 $14 {/=, 1-0 Malakhov,V-Komarov,D/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 086 ext 
(95)}) 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 (9. d4 {would have been a shorter way to reach the
structure from the game.} Bd6) 9... Bc5 10. d4 $5 {One could get the sensation
that White made his decision over the board. However, we know already that
Malakhov doesn't have anything against advancing the pawn to d4 in this
variation.} ({More typical for this variation is} 10. a3 $5 $146 {[%cal Yb2b4]}
a5 11. e4 {1-0 Marin,M-Krasenkow,M/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Horn,Pe] (40)})
10... Bd6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Qd3 {Traditionally, this kind of positions have been
considered as more or less equal. However, this game proves that White's play
is a lot easier than Black's. He has some advantage of space and a more
comfortable development of his pieces.} Bg6 $6 {This premature retreat of the
bishop is one of the main causes for Black's future problems. Black
unnecessarily gives up the pair of bishops, spoils his king side structure and
releases the pressure against the e2-pawn. He might have feared that by
defending the g3-square White intended to trap the bishop with f4 and g4.} ({
However,} 12... Re8 {, continuing the development, would have been entirely
possible.} 13. Bg5 (13. f4 $6 Bg6 $1 14. f5 Bh5 15. g4 $2 Nxg4 $1 16. hxg4 Qxh4
$17) 13... Qb6 {[%cal Ye8e6,Ya8e8]}) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 {The fact that the
bishop has a stable outpost here is the first consequence of Black's inacuracy.
} Re8 15. Rac1 {It is hard to comment on this move. White probably wanted to
discourage the development of the black queen on the queen side (since ...Qc7
can be met by Nb5 while ...Qb6 allows Na4, a3, b4, Nc5; in both cases, the
rook is useful on c1). In any case, this mysterious move convinced Black to
transfer his queen to f8, where it will be relatively passive.} Re6 16. h4 $1 {
[%csl Rg6,Rg7][%cal Rg2h3,Rg1g2,Rf1h1,Yh4h5,Yh3d7] A wonderful multi-purpose
move. White prepares to activate the light squared bishop on an attractive
diagonal, deprives Black's king side pawns of any mobility and threatens with
an eventual attack along the h-file.} Qf8 17. Bh3 Ree8 18. Kg2 Be7 19. Rh1 {
As we shall see, this declaration of intentions on the king side was in first
place aimed to restrict Black's possibilities, rather than a signal for an
immediate attack. The h-pawn will be advanced only 29 moves later, deep in the
endgame.} Nb6 {Obviously, Black didn't like to have both his knights under the
pressure of the enemy bishops.} 20. Bxf6 $1 {Now that the knights are not
connected any more, this exchange is well-timed. One move earlier, this
exchange would have been followed by Nxf6, keeping the e4 and h5-squares under
control.} Bxf6 21. b3 {[%csl Yc4]} a5 22. e3 {[%csl Yf6] With his last two
moves, White considerably restricted the activity of the enemy minor pieces.
We have reached a position where, compared with a normal Karlsbad structure,
White has an active placement of his pieces, with a very safe position of the
king. Black can hardly start any king side counterplay, because of his
deffects of structure.} Qe7 23. Qc2 Nc8 {[%csl Rc4,Re4][%cal Yc8d6]} 24. Bxc8
$1 Raxc8 25. Na4 $14 {/+/- This last exchange has increased White's advantage.
He can now proceed with his queen side attack at his own convenience.} Qe4+ 26.
Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Nc5 Re7 28. a3 Rec7 29. b4 Ra8 30. Nd3 Be7 31. Rc3 Bd6 32. Rhc1
Kf8 33. Rb1 Ra6 34. b5 Rb6 35. a4 cxb5 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. axb5 Rd6 38. Rc1 Bd8
39. Nc5 b6 40. Na4 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. Ke2 Be7 43. Nc3 Kd8 44. Kd3 Rd7 45. Na4
Rd6 46. Rh1 Rf6 47. f4 Bb4 48. h5 Kc7 49. g4 Rd6 50. hxg6 Rxg6 51. g5 f5 52.
gxf6 Rxf6 53. Rh5 Rd6 54. Rg5 g6 55. Re5 Kd7 56. Ke2 Kd8 57. Kf3 Kd7 58. Kg4
Bd2 59. Kf3 Kd8 60. Ke2 Bb4 61. Kd1 Kd7 62. Kc1 Kd8 63. Kc2 Kd7 64. Nb2 Be1 65.
Rg5 Bf2 66. Kd2 Bh4 67. Rg4 Be7 68. Nd3 Ke8 69. Ne5 Bf6 70. Nxg6 Rd7 71. Ne5
Bxe5 72. dxe5 a4 73. Rg8+ Kf7 74. Ra8 Ke6 75. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "RUS-USA m"]
[Site "Ruschess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 $5 {This is not
really the most popular way of dealing with the potential threat of ...dxc4.
However, it might be that the move is slightly underestimated.} ({Personally,
I consider} 6. cxd5 {rather inoffensive because of} Bxf3 $1 7. Bxf3 cxd5 {
and White can hardly prove any advantage.}) ({Generally,} 6. b3 {is considered
to be the most consistent continuation.}) 6... Qc7 $5 $146 {This rather
non-typical move has not been played before.} ({Black has faced some practical
problems lately after the more natural} 6... Qb6 7. Qc2 $1 {(The idea is to
leave the queen misplaced on b6. Black will certainly need some time to
transfer it to the more natural e7-square.)} Nbd7 8. d3 Be7 {This is probably
the safest square for the bishop under these circumstances.} (8... Bd6 9. Nc3
O-O 10. e4 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z (2673)-Zulfugarli,M (2510)/Istanbul 2000/EXT
2001/[Horn,Pe] (34)}) (8... h6 $6 {is not really necessary. This move is
usually played only in combination with the development of the bishop on f5,
in order to ensure its retreat to h7 if needed.} 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Na4 Nf8 15. c5 Ne6 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Be2
Rfd8 18. Kg2 Nd7 19. h4 Ndf8 20. Bc4 h5 21. a3 g6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Nd4 24.
Bxd4 exd4 25. b4 Bf6 26. Nb2 Bg7 27. Nd3 $16 {1-0 Arencibia,W (2534)
-Skripchenko,A (2450)/Saint Vincent 2001/CBM 080 ext (39)}) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3
$5 ({With the bishop on e7, White failed to obtain an advantage after} 10. e4
dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Na4 b6 {-With the bishop on d6, this move
could have eventually be met by c5, which now would fail to ...b5-} 14. Ne1
Rfe8 15. Nd3 Nf8 16. f3 Bh5 17. Bh3 Rad8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Nc3 N6h7 20. Rd2 Ng5
21. Bg2 Nge6 $13 {0-1 Arencibia,W (2534)-Diez Gonzalez,P (2317)/Malaga 2001/
EXT 2002 (49)}) 10... Rfe8 11. h3 Bxf3 (11... Bh5 $5) 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Bg2 Rad8
14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 h5 (17... d4 18. e3 {is likely to
transpose}) 18. e3 d4 $5 19. exd4 h4 20. g4 Rxd4 21. Be3 Rxg4 $2 (21... Rdd8
22. Bxa7 $16) (21... Rd7 $5 $13 {[%csl Ge3,Yf4,Gg2]} 22. Bxa7 b5 23. Bb6 Qb8)
22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Izoria,Z (2573)-Haznedaroglu,K (2395)/Antalya
2004/CBM 101 (33)}) 7. d4 {This move weakens the c4-square and fails topose
Black concrete problems.} (7. d3 $5 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 e5 (9... Qb6 10. Qc2
$5) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 $36) 7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Qb6 {Now that the
c4-pawn is hanging, White cannot avoid the exchange of queens any more.} 10. c5
Qxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. b4 {[%cal Yb4b5]} Bxf3 $1 ({Accuracy is needed.} 12... a6
$6 {would allow White create strong pressure against the black queen side by
means of} 13. Nd2 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yd2b3,Yb3a5,Gf4b8] /\Nb3-a5.}) 13. Bxf3 a6
14. g4 h6 15. Bg3 Rac8 16. h3 Bd8 $1 {An essential part of Black+splan in this
kind of positions. The white dark squared bishop has to be exchanged.} 17. Bg2
Bc7 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. f4 Re8 20. e3 g6 21. Bf3 g5 22. Kf2 $14 {White has an
advantage of space and does hardly risk anything, although it is not easy to
break Black's position. However, the decision to agree to a draw looks a bit
premature.} (22. Kf2 Nf8 23. h4 $5 gxh4 $140 24. Rh1 Ng6 25. Rag1 $36) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal GM-A"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2005.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "Vidonyak, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qc2 Qd5 {This move is aimed to
create White problems with winning the pawn back wothout weakening the long
diagonal as is the case with 5...b5. Clearly, developing the queen at such an
early stage of the game is rather double edged.} 6. Nc3 Qf5 $5 {This move is
aimed to put as much pressure on White as possible.} ({In case of} 6... Qh5 7.
Ne4 {White's play has a less concrete character and he can prove long term
compensation for the pawn.} Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Be6 (8... b5 $2 9. a4) 9. Qf4 Na6 (
9... Qf5 10. Qc7 Bc8 11. Ne5 Qe6 12. d4 Na6 13. Qa5 f6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. O-O g6
16. a3 Bg7 17. Qc3 Be6 18. e4 O-O 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qa5 Bf7 22.
Rfe1 g5 23. Be3 Nc7 24. h4 g4 {1/2-1/2 Landenbergue,C (2410)-Soffer,R (2445)/
Geneve 1991/CBM 021 ext}) 10. O-O Rd8 (10... f6 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Bd5 13.
Rxa6 bxa6 14. Qa4 Qf5 15. d3 Qd7 16. e4 Bf7 17. e5 Bd5 18. Re1 e6 19. exf6 gxf6
20. Nd4 e5 21. Nf5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bc5 23. d4 Bb6 24. dxe5 Qxf5 25. exf6+ Kd8 {
1/2-1/2 Hug,W (2445)-Huebner,R (2595)/Nuremberg 1990/EXT 2000} (25... Kd8 26.
Qxc6 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 Qxe1 28. Qxa8+ Kd7 $8 29. Qxh8 Qxc1 30. Qxh7+ Ke6 $8 31.
Qe7+ Kf5 $8 32. f7 Qh6+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ $11)) 11. b3 Qf5 (11... cxb3 12. axb3 Bxb3
$2 13. Rb1 $146) 12. Qxf5 Bxf5 13. bxc4 f6 14. d3 e5 15. Rb1 Rd7 16. Nd2 Nc5
17. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hug,W (2445)-Adams,M (2505)/Luzern 1989/CBM 016/[Horn,Pe]}
) 7. e4 {A very commital move, weakening several squares and obstructing the
bishop, but White has to maintain his initiative somehow.} Qh5 8. Ne2 {
Attacking the c4-pawn, preparing to harrass the enemy queen and hoping to
discourage the attempt to exchange the light squared bishops with ...Bh3.} Bh3
$5 {Nevertheless! Black obviously had done some preparation about this line.} (
8... e5 $2 9. h3 Na6 10. g4 Nxg4 (10... Qg6 11. Nxe5 Qh6 12. d4 Qh4 13. Nf3 $18
) (10... Qh6 11. g5 $18) 11. Ng3 Qg6 12. hxg4 Nb4 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc3 Nxa2 15.
Nxe5 Qf6 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. d4 Qe6 18. g5 Rd8 19. Be3 g6 20. O-O Bd6 21. Nxc6 {
1-0 Vaulin,A (2550)-Solozhenkin,E (2505)/Elista 1994/CBM 044/[Horn,Pe]}) (8...
Qb5 $5) 9. Nf4 Bxg2 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 {As a result of this tactical operation,
Black will get at least sufficient material equivalent for the queen.} 11. Ne5
$1 $146 {White rightly decides to keep the more active, though less strong,
piece.} (11. Rg1 $6 Bxf3 12. Qxc4 Nd7 13. d3 Rd8 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bc7 Rc8 16. Ba5
Bg7 17. Bc3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. d4 Bc7 20. Qd3 g4 $17 {0-1 Yosilevich,D 
(2220)-Jakovenko,D (2564)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext (41)}) 11... Bxh1 12.
Qxc4 e6 13. Qe2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rd2d4,Rf2f3,Rc1e3] In spite of his huge
material advantage, Black has no obvious way to save his bishop. Being rather
undeveloped, he can hardly generate any complications that would prevent
White's simple plan d4, Be3, Kf2 or 0-0-0.} Nf6 (13... g6 {/\Bg7, פe5, /\f5, /
^h1-d5} 14. f3 $1 (14. Kf1 $5 f5 15. d3 Bg7 16. Kg1 $5 Bxe5 17. exf5 $44) 14...
Na6 15. d4 {/\Be3, Kf2}) 14. f3 Nbd7 {Black decides to play natural moves and
rightly so.} (14... Bd6 15. d4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nfd7 17. Bf4 {/\0-0-0} g5 $2 18.
Bxg5 Nxe5 19. O-O-O $18 {/\Rd8#}) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d4 e5 17. Be3 Bb4+ 18. Kf2
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Qc3 (21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rd1 O-O {/\Ne6, Rad8
}) 21... Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 {White has a minimal material advantage that is rather
difficult to convert. Black should aim to build up a fortress.} Nf6 $2 (22...
f6 $1 23. Rd1 Ne5 $11 {should be sufficient for a draw. In case White gets
over-ambitious with} 24. Qd6 Kf7 25. Qc7+ Kg6 26. Qxb7 $2 {he can get under
attack after} Rhb8 27. Qa6 Rxb2+ $40) 23. Qe5+ Kf8 24. Kg1 $16 {/+- Black's
poor coordination makes his survival virtually impossible.} Re8 25. Qc5+ Kg8
26. Qxa7 h5 27. Qxb7 h4 28. Qxc6 hxg3 29. hxg3 Re6 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc2 Nxe4
32. Rf1 Rhe8 33. Rxf7 Kg8 34. Qc7 Nf6 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rg5 Re1+ 37. Kg2 R8e2+
38. Kf3 Re3+ 39. Kf4 Re7 40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qh3+ Nh7 42. Rf5 R1e2 43. Kf3 Kg7 44.
Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Bd6 {This is not a
very common reply after the opening of the d1-b3 diagonal.} (6... Nbd7 7. Qb3
$140 $6 Nc5) 7. Qb3 Qc7 (7... Qb6 8. Be3 (8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 $5 {[%csl Gb6]
[%cal Yc1e3]}) 8... Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ra5 (11. h3 $5 Bh5 $140
12. Ra5 Rfd8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rfa1 $14) 11... Rfd8 12. Bg5 (12. Rfa1 $2 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Bc7 14. R5a4 d4 $17) 12... h6 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. Ra4 Nd7 $132 {1/2-1/2
Summerscale,A (2410)-Berg,K (2440)/Richmond 1994/EXT 2001 (24)}) 8. Be3 (8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rac1 dxc4 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 dxc4 12. dxc4 $1) 11. Qxc4
Bxf3 12. exf3 $1 Ne5 (12... e5 13. Nb5 $1) 13. Qd4 c5 14. Qh4 a6 {1-0 Kveinys,
A (2496)-Cmilyte,V (2329)/Vilnius 2000/CBM 075 ext (33)} 15. d4 $14 {^^}) 8...
Nbd7 9. cxd5 $5 (9. Nc3 {would transpose to the game Kveinys-Cmilyte above.})
9... exd5 10. Nc3 O-O $146 (10... Nc5 11. Qd1 Ne6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14.
a3 Qd8 {[%cal Yg4f3,Yd5d4] 1/2-1/2 Vidarte Morales,A (2350)-Oms Pallise,J 
(2340)/Foment 1995/EXT 97 (62)} 15. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Yb2b4]}) (10... Ne5 $6 11.
Rac1 Qd7 (11... Nxf3+ 12. exf3 Be6 13. Nb5 $16) (11... Bxf3 12. Nb5 $1 $16) 12.
Nxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 Dozsa,P-Wright,I (2130)/Canberra 2001/EXT 2002 (46)} 13. Bc5 $5
$14 {[%csl Ge8]}) 11. Rac1 a6 12. Rfe1 {[%csl Ye2] Preventively covering the
e2-pawn. In the next phase of the game, White will aim to take over the
control of the d4- and c5-squares, in order to prepare the thematical
minority's attack. To acertain extent, the position is similar to that from
the game Markowski-Bobras from this same issue of the CBM.} Rfe8 13. Bd4 Rad8
14. Na4 Qb8 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 {[%cal Yf3d4]} Bxf3 $5 {
After this exchange, White's influence over the central dark squares is
somewhat reduced.} 18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. Rcc1 Ne5 20. Bg2 Re6 21. Qb6 h5 22. Qd4 Rh6
23. h3 h4 24. g4 $14 {[%cal Yb2b4,Ya2a4] /= Objectively speaking the position
might be just equal, but from practical point of view White's position seems
easier to play.} Rg6 25. b4 Qd6 26. e3 Re8 27. f4 Nd7 28. Rf1 Rge6 29. Rf3 Nf8
30. g5 R6e7 31. Rcf1 Ne6 32. Qb2 Nc7 33. Qd2 Ne6 34. Rb1 g6 35. Rf2 Ng7 36. Re1
Rd8 37. Bf3 Nf5 38. Bg4 Ng3 39. Qb2 b6 40. Qd4 c5 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Qf6 Qc7 43.
Qxa6 Rde8 44. Kg2 c4 45. e4 dxe4 46. Qxc4 Qa5 47. Re3 Qb6 48. Qc1 exd3 49. Rxd3
Re1 50. Qb2 Qc6+ 51. Bf3 Qe6 52. Bd5 Qf5 53. Qf6 Qxf6 54. gxf6 Nh5 55. a4 Ra1
56. Rd4 Ree1 57. Bf3 Nxf6 58. Rfd2 Re3 59. Re2 Rea3 60. Bc6 Kg7 61. Kh2 Nh5 62.
Rf2 Ng3 63. Kg2 Nf5 64. Rd7 Rc3 65. Bb5 Raa3 66. Rfd2 Rg3+ 67. Kf2 Rxh3 68.
R7d3 Rh2+ 69. Kg1 Rxd3 70. Rxd3 Ra2 71. Be8 Ng3 72. Rf3 f6 73. Rf2 Ra3 74. Kh2
Kh6 75. Bc6 g5 76. fxg5+ fxg5 77. Rf3 Ra1 78. Rf6+ Kg7 79. Rf2 Nh5 80. Bd7 Nf6
81. Rd2 Nxd7 82. Rxd7+ Kg6 83. Rd4 Kh5 84. Rb4 Ra3 85. Rc4 Ra2+ 86. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 {It is not a secret that the opening is not Carlsen's
favourite area for duels of principle; he prefers the middlegame and the
endgame for that. The Reti Opening is just perfect for such an approach.} d5 3.
Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 ({After ...Nbd7, it seems
to make less sense to clear the c6-square with} 7... cxd5 {, but the move
remains playable, of course, see for instance Markowski,T (2564)-Fressinet,L 
(2627) Gothenburg 2005 CBM 109 [Marin,M] (1/2, 31)}) 8. Qc2 {Usually White
does not develop his queen so early, but it may well lead to a transposition.}
(8. Nc3 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 a5 11. e4 {1-0 (40) Marin,M (2530)
-Krasenkow,M (2655) Elista 1998 CBM 066 ext [Horn,Pe]}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4
11. Nb1 {1/2 (26) Markowski,T (2560)-Bobras,P (2501) Poznan 2005 CBM 107 
[Marin,M]}) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 Bxf3 {Black gives up the bishops pair in order to
prevent the planned e2-e4.} (9... O-O 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxd5 cxd5 14. d4 $14 {Loginov,V (2499)-Poddubnyi,V (2240) Elista 2001 CBM 083 
[Horn,Pe] (1-0, 33)}) 10. Bxf3 d4 {This prolongs the f3-bishops range only
partly, since the c6-pawn is solidly defended. It all depends on whether White
can carry out the minoritys attack with b4-b5.} 11. Ne4 (11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nd2 {
1/2 (73) Markowski,T (2560)-Czarnota,P (2478) Poznan 2005 CBM 107 [Marin,M]})
11... O-O {Abstractly speaking, the best approach. Black does not release the
tension, letting White do it if he wishes so.} ({Concretely, I am not sure
whether} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 {really improves that much White's position with
respect to the game, but in practice White scored well:} a5 (12... O-O 13. b4
Bxb4 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3 Bc3 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Nb6 18. Rfb1 Ra6 19. Rb3 $44 {
Loginov,V (2524)-Sinkevich,P (2323) St Petersburg 2003 (1-0, 48)}) (12... Nc5
13. Bg2 O-O 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Kh8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Rc2
Ng5 20. a4 Qf5 21. b5 $16 {Hausrath,D (2445)-Jacob,G (2250) Germany 2004 (1/2,
60)}) 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rab1 (14. Rfb1 Qb6 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Qc4 Ne5
18. Qa4 Nd7 {1/2 (18) Loginov,V (2540)-Grischuk,A (2701) Togliatti 2003}) 14...
Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. Qd1 Bb4 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Ne6 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qb4
21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Rc4 Rxa2 23. Rxb4 Re7 24. Bg4 g6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Kf1 $16 {
Hausrath,D (2507)-Van Wessel,R (2375) Netherlands 2011 (1-0, 44)}) 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 $146 ({Clearly an improvement over} 12... Bxf6 {, which allows White
start his queenside attack without loss of time:} 13. b4 Nb6 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. b5
Rac8 (15... cxb5 16. Qc5 $16) 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 g6 19. a4 Nd5
20. Qc4 $16 {Loginov,V (2507)-Tunik,G (2451) Togliatti 2001 (1-0, 43)}) 13. Bd2
({The already familiar} 13. b4 {maybe worth a try here, too, but Carlsens
approach (at least in this game) is by far longer ranged than that.}) 13... a5
14. a3 Nd5 $1 {From this square, the knight inhibits the thematic b2-b4,
because of the possible occupation of the c3-square (sustained by ...Bf6, of
course). Still, Black is not 100% stable since the d4-pawn cannot be defended
along the d-file.} (14... a4 {is premature and would play into White's hands:}
15. b3 axb3 16. Qxb3 Ra7 17. a4 $14) 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Rfc1 (16. b4 axb4 17.
axb4 Bf6 {[%cal Gd5c3]}) 16... Rfe8 {It is far from easy to evaluate this
position. It takes a lot of optimism to claim an advantage with White, but on
the other hand did Black achieve full equality? White's structure is more
flexible, his bishops are a potential danger and it would be only he who could
carry out certain pawn breaks, such as b2-b4 or e2-e4. Black has to limit
himself to parrying the small threats and in doing so he should also avoid
losing coordination. Karjakin will deal with this task for a long time, but
not long enough! So, for practical point of view, I would risk to asses the
position as a +/=.} 17. Qc4 Nc7 18. h4 a4 19. Bb4 {An interesting plan. White
needs the b4- and c5-squares for his major pieces, in order to start attacking
the a4- and d4- pawns.} (19. b4 {remains unappealing:} Nb5 20. Ra1 Bf6) 19...
Nb5 20. Kg2 h6 21. Bc5 g6 22. Qb4 Bf6 {Stepping out of the tension in the hope
that White's pieces will become vulnerable.} (22... Bxc5 23. Rxc5 {offers
White some initiative, but it is difficult to say how persistent. From
practical point of view, Black's position would be slightly unpleasant though.}
h5 24. Rbc1 Kg7 25. R1c4 Qe7 (25... Red8 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bxc6) (25... Re6 26.
Rxb5 cxb5 27. Rxd4) 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Rxd4 Qxb4 28. Rxb4 $44) 23. Qd2 Kg7 24.
Rc4 Ra6 25. Qd1 b6 {Quite a committal, but not necessarily bad move.} ({
It is not easy to find a constructive plan for White in case of neutral black
play, though:} 25... Rea8 26. Rbc1 h5 27. Rb4 Kh7 (27... b6 $2 28. Bf8+ $1 $16
{[%cal Gf3c6]}) 28. Qc2 Kg8 (28... b6 $2 29. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31.
Qxc6 Qxc6+ 32. Rxc6 $16) 29. Qc4 Kh7 30. Rc2 Kg7) 26. Bb4 c5 27. Bd2 Nc7 $1 {
Heading for d5, in oder to keep dreaming of the c3-square.} (27... Nd6 {
offers White some play:} 28. Rcc1 Qe6 29. b4 c4 (29... axb3 30. Qxb3 Qxb3 31.
Rxb3) 30. dxc4 Nxc4 31. b5 Ra7 32. Rb4 $36) 28. Rcc1 Nd5 29. Qh1 $5 {An
original way to cast some doubt over the advance of Black's queenside pawns.
The d5-knight has lost some of his stability.} Be7 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Rc2 Qe6 32.
Qg2 Ra7 33. Re1 Rad7 34. Kh2 Rc8 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ {As a consequence of Black's
space advantage, his queen enjoyed higher mobility and the possibility of
keeping both wings under control. These are reasons to keep the queen, but how
to achieve that?} (35... Qd6 $2 36. h5 $14 g5 $2 37. Bg4 $18) (35... f5 {
looks entirely playable, though. White could try to keep weakening the light
suqares from Black's camp with} 36. h5 g5 37. g4 Qd6+ 38. Kg2 f4 {, but how to
make progress here?}) 36. Kxh3 h5 37. Rb1 {Somehow, Black's queenside looks
more vulnerable in the absence of the queen.} Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. b3 axb3 40.
Rxb3 Bf6 41. Rc4 Rd6 ({There does not seem to be any counterindication for} 
41... Nc3 {, sicnce after} 42. e3 Nd5 $1 {it is not easy to make further
progress.} 43. e4 $2 (43. exd4 Bxd4 {activates the bishop.}) 43... Nc3 $1 {
and the c4-rook is in danger.}) 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. a4 Nc3 $6 {But now, the
occupation of this square allows White take over the initiative. It does not
lose the game, though, this will happen much, much later.} (43... Ke7 $6 44. a5
$1 bxa5 45. Rb7+ Ke6 (45... Kf8 46. Rxc5 $16) 46. Rxc5 a4 47. Bg2 $40) ({
It is better to put the king into safety with} 43... Kg7 {waiting for White to
display his intentions. For instance} 44. a5 $6 bxa5 $1 45. Rxc5 a4 {and there
is no interemdiate check anymore.}) 44. Bf4 Re6 45. e3 Nxa4 (45... Kg7 46. exd4
cxd4 47. Bc6 $14) 46. Bd5 $1 Re7 (46... Re8 47. Bc6 $18) 47. Bd6 b5 48. Bxe7+
Bxe7 49. Rxb5 Nb6 50. e4 Nxc4 51. Rb8+ Kg7 52. Bxc4 Ra7 {This ending is very
unpleasant for Black, but possibly not more than that.} 53. f4 (53. Rc8 Rb7 54.
f3 Rb2 55. Rc7 Kf8 56. Kg1 Re2 57. g4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Re3 59. Kg2 Re2+ $11) 53...
Bd6 54. Re8 Rb7 55. Ra8 Be7 56. Kg2 Rb1 57. e5 Re1 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Re8 (59. e6
f5) (59. Kf3 Rf1+ 60. Ke4 Rg1) 59... Bf8 60. Rc8 Be7 61. Ra8 Rb2+ 62. Kf3 Rb1
63. Bd5 Re1 64. Kf2 Rd1 65. Re8 Bf8 66. Bc4 Rb1 67. g4 $5 {The only chance.
Carlsen might have broken the kingside with his king on f2 in order to tempt
his opponent to make use of the h1-square. Had he put his king on g2 first,
Black would have been forced to play the correct move, ...g6xh5.} hxg4 68. h5
Rh1 $2 $18 (68... gxh5 69. f5 h4 70. f6+ Kg6 71. Rxf8 Kf5 $1 $11 (71... g3+ 72.
Kf3 Kf5 73. Rh8) 72. Rh8 (72. Rxf7 $2 g3+ 73. Kf3 Rb2 $19) 72... Rb2+ 73. Kg1
Rb1+) 69. hxg6 fxg6 70. Re6 (70. e6 Bd6) 70... Kh6 71. Bd5 Rh2+ (71... Ra1 72.
Be4) 72. Kg3 Rh3+ 73. Kxg4 Rxd3 74. f5 Re3 75. Rxg6+ Kh7 76. Bg8+ Kh8 77. Kf4
Rc3 78. f6 d3 79. Ke3 c4 80. Be6 Kh7 81. Bf5 Rc2 82. Rg2+ Kh6 83. Rxc2 dxc2 84.
Bxc2 Kg5 85. Kd4 Ba3 86. Kxc4 Bb2 87. Kd5 Kf4 88. f7 Ba3 89. e6 Kg5 90. Kc6 Kf6
91. Kd7 Kg7 92. e7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Sumets,A} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4 {
Sumets,A: 'Probably the most solid option. Black also has played 6...Nd7 and 6.
..Be7.'} (6... Nbd7 {Sumets,A} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Qb3 b5 11.
e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 $6 (13... O-O 14. Bg2 Qe7 15. Kh2 Rfe8) 14.
Be2 O-O 15. Kg2 Ned7 16. Bg5 (16. f4 $5 b4 17. Na4 Nxe4 18. Bf3 Re8 19. Qc2 Qe7
20. Rd1 $44) 16... Bd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 $11 {Dizdarevic,E (2475)-Eljanov,P (2761)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 1/2 (37)}) (6... Be7 {Sumets,A} 7. Qb3 (7. Be3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 d4 9. Bd2 (9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bc1 h5 $1 12. Nd2 h4 13. Be2 Nc5 14.
b4 Ne6 15. c5 $2 (15. Rb1 hxg3 16. fxg3 Qc7 $13) 15... hxg3 16. fxg3 a5 17. Nc4
$6 axb4 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qb3 Bxc5 21. Bg4 Rae8 22. Bf4 Qd7 23.
Bg5 Kg6 $19 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. e5 fxe5 26. Qc2 Qd5 27. Bf3 e4 28. Bxe4+ Qxe4 29.
Rae1 Qd5 {0-1 (29) Loginov,V (2499)-Grischuk,A (2667) Tomsk 2001}) 9... Nbd7
10. b4 h5 11. h3 Qc7 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. Qc1 Ng6 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Nc2 h4 16. g4 e5
17. Qa3 O-O $11 {Pelletier,Y (2595)-Matamoros Franco,C (2548) Istanbul Chess
Olimpiad 2012 1-0 (49)}) 7... Qb6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd2
a5 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. cxd5 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 exd5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rfe8 $11 {
Meier,G (2638) -Grachev,B (2667) Lublin 2010 1/2 (30)}) 7. dxc4 Nbd7 {Wang Hao
already had a recent game with this slightly uncommon structure, see below.} 8.
Nc3 Qc7 {With the exception of one game which ended ina draw one move later,
this seems to be a novelty. However, I would rather refrain from attaching the
"N" sign to it, since this is a very transpositional line. For instance, I
found two games which had escaped my attention when annotating the previous
game for CBM 155.} (8... Be7 9. Nh4 (9. h3 {Sumets,A} Bxf3 10. exf3 $5 Nc5 11.
Be3 Qd3 12. Ne4 Nfxe4 13. fxe4 Qxc4 $6 (13... O-O 14. Qc1 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Qd6 $11)
14. Rc1 Qb5 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Rxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxb2 18. a4 $16 {Hauchard,A 
(2518) -Dutreeuw,M (2375) Belgium 2001 1-0 (60)}) 9... O-O 10. h3 Bh5 {would
transpose to the aforementioned Wang Hao (2743)-Aronian,L (2813)/Sandnes 2013/
CBM 155 [Marin] (1/2, 37)}) ({Even more than the game move, this looks like an
early committment.} 8... Qa5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 {Now Black can really say
he has lost a tempo.} (10... Qa6) (10... Nb6) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4 {But now,
White gives it back.} (12. Rad1) (12. Nh4) 12... e5 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 $6 (
14... Bg6 15. Qc1 a5 {would have gained time with respect to the game, maybe
two whole tempi!}) 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Nxc5
Nxc5 20. Rd2 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gg2] Markowski,T (2548)-Ermeni,A (2245)/Biel 2001/
CBM 083 ext (1-0, 46)}) (8... Bxf3 9. exf3 $5 {Since the d4-square is not
important, this may be the best way to ensure a long term space advantage on
the kingside.} Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 a5 12. Na4 Qb8 13. Bf4 Qa7 14. Be3 Qb8
15. f4 Re8 16. g4 $16 {Danielsen,H (2533)-Milliet,S (2369)/Reykjavik 2011/CBM
141 Extra (1-0, 37)}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Be7 (10... O-O-O {Sumets,A All engines
recommend it but for human player it seems to be risky. White can easily
prepare b4,b5}) (10... Bc5 {Sumets,A} 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Kb8 (
13... h6 $6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. g4 $1 g5 $8 16. gxh5 gxh4 17. Qf5+ Nd7 18. Ne4
Kb8 19. Rad1 $16) 14. Rab1 Bb4 15. Ne4 {Due to the forthcoming a3, b4 etc.,
Black's position is difficult.}) (10... Bd6 $5 {Sumets,A} 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qc2
Rad8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Bd4 Be7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b3 Ned7 $14 {
Black's position is a bit worse.}) 11. Bf4 $1 {A logical way of taking
advantage of the early committment of the queen. Black more or less has to
weaken the f5-square and, although this is less obvious at this point, the
d5-square.} e5 {Sumets,A: 'Certainly he didn't want to weaken the square f5,
but other alternatives weren't very joyful.'} (11... Qb6 {Sumets,A} 12. g4 Bg6
13. Na4 Qb4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. b3 $14) (11... Qa5 $5 {Sumets,A} 12. a3 Qa6 13.
b3 (13. b4 $5 Qxc4 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rfd1
$44) 13... h6 (13... O-O $2 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. g5 $18) 14. Bd6 (14.
g4 $6 g5 $1) 14... Rd8 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qc2 g5 17. Nf3 Bg6 18. Qb2 $14) 12.
Bg5 Bg6 {It is hard to choose between the possible positional concessions. One
thing is clear: White will get one form of advantage or another.} (12... h6 13.
Be3 {would leave the h5-bishop in an uncomfortable situation.}) (12... O-O 13.
Nf5 {would most likely force Black to part with the other bishop.}) 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 $14 {White has the bishop pair and the more flexible
structure, allowing him to start long term positional attacks on either wing.}
Ne6 16. Bc1 {This looks too passive.} ({White probably refrained from} 16. Be3
$5 {because of} Bc5 (16... O-O 17. Na4 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) {but after} 17. Bxc5
Nxc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. b5 {White would get time for his queenside attack.} O-O {
Sumets,A} 20. e3 Nc5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Na4 $14) 16... Nd4 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Rd2
Nc5 $6 (18... Nb6 $5 {[%csl Gc4] deserves to be mentioned.} 19. Qa5 (19. Nd5
Qb8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Qd1 Rxa2 $15) 19... O-O-O $5 {It is useful to create the
threat ...Nxc4 as soon as possible. Curiously, the hanging a7-pawn is not so
relevant for the moment, since White is incompletely developed.} (19... O-O {
gives White the time to redevelop.} 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b3 $14) 20. e3 (20. Qxa7
Nxc4 21. Rdd1 Bb4 $11 {[%cal Gc7a5]}) 20... Nxc4 (20... Ne6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.
Qxa7 Nxc4 23. Qa8+ Qb8 24. Qa4 $14) 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. exd4 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxd4
24. Be3 Rd7 25. h4 $14) (18... Ne6 $1 {Sumets,A The strongest option. I don't
see how White can get any edge here.} 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. Qb3 Nd4 21. Rxd4 exd4
22. Bf4 Bd6 (22... Qd7 23. Be5 O-O 24. Bxd4 Qe6 25. c5 Qxb3 26. axb3 Nd7 27. b4
$44) 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. e3 Qe6 25. Rxd4 O-O 26. c5 Qxb3 27. axb3 Nc8 28. Rd7 Rb8
29. b4 $44) 19. Qd1 a5 $6 {Probably overlooking the simple tactical trick.} (
19... Qb6 20. e3 Nde6 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. Qxa4 Nc5 23. Qc2 O-O 24. b3 a5 25. Bb2
$14 {and Black is not in time with his counterplay based on ...a5-a4.}) 20. e3
Nde6 21. Nd5 $1 cxd5 22. cxd5 {[%csl Gc7,Ge7]} Ng5 ({Maybe it would have been
better to accept a simply unpleasant position with} 22... Qb6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24.
b3 $14) 23. h4 Qd6 (23... Nh7 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $16) 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. b3
$16 {The d5-pawn counts almost as an extra pawn.} Nd7 26. a4 O-O 27. Ra2 Nc5
28. Ba3 Be7 29. Rc2 $1 Rac8 30. Qe2 Qb6 31. Rfc1 Bd6 32. Qg4 Qa7 33. Bf3 $1 {
The start of the winning plan. With his pieces busy ensuring the stability of
his queenside, Black cannot defend against the attack along the h-file.} b6 34.
Kg2 $18 Rfe8 35. Rh1 Qe7 36. e4 Nd7 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Qh3 f5 39. Bxd6 (39. Bxd6
Qxd6 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qxc8) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 {A flexible move
keeping the option for several different plans.} Bd6 (6... Nbd7 7. cxd5 (7. Qb3
$6 Qb6 8. Be3 Bc5 {gains a tempo for Black who has not moved with his bishop
before.}) 7... exd5 (7... Bxf3 $2 8. dxe6 $1) 8. Qc2 {(1-0, 92) Carlsen,M 
(2861)-Karjakin,S (2780) Wijk aan Zee 2013 CBM 153 [Marin,M]}) (6... dxc4 7.
dxc4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 {Wang,H (2752)-Caruana,F (2796) Dortmund 2013 CBM 156 [Marin,
M] (1-0, 39)}) (6... Be7 7. Qb3 Qc8 (7... Qb6 8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 {is slightly
less active for Black than the game continuation.}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10.
cxd5 exd5 11. Rfc1 {Rahman,Z (2512)-Bluebaum,M (2626) Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Roiz,
M] (0-1, 47)}) 7. Qb3 {Once the bishop has moved, this and the next move are
logical.} Qb6 (7... Qc7 {is a bit passive.} 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4
dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Be3 (12. Nd4 $5) 12... Be6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Bd4 c5 15. Nb5
Qb6 16. Nxd6 cxd4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nge5 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rac1
Qxb3 22. axb3 Nb6 23. Ne1 Rac8 24. Nd3 $14 {Goganov,A (2598)-Bluebaum,M (2576)
Moscow 2015 (½-½, 43)}) ({But} 7... Qc8 $5 $146 {keeping the possibility of .
..Bh3 after the generally inevitable exchange on d5 deserves attention.}) 8.
Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 {White has consolidated his centre (he could later play d3-d4)
and exerts some queenside pressure. Without queens on the board it is also
entirely safe to chase away the g4-bishop with h2-h3 and g3-g4. In principle
his advantage is microscopic, but play tends to be one-sided.} a6 (9... Na6 10.
Nc3 O-O {Summerscale,A (2410)-Berg,K (2440) Richmond 1994 (½-½, 24)} 11. Ra4
Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bxf3 (13... Be7 14. Ne5 $5) 14. Bxf3 Be7 15. b5 $36)
10. h3 (10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 e5 $6 {Premature activity.
Black should remain solid and passive.} 14. d4 exd4 (14... e4 15. Nb1 $5 $14 {
[%cal Gb1c3]}) 15. Bxd4 Bb4 {Hammer,J (2647)-Oparin,G (2526) Yerevan 2014 
(½-½, 86)} 16. Rfd1 $14) 10... Bxf3 {It is probably best to give away the
bishop at once. Otherwise Black will get double pawns allowing White a
kingside expansion at the same time.} (10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nbd7 13.
Nc3 $14) 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 (12. Bg2 O-O 13. g4 Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. d4 f5 {
Wang,H (2752)-Meier,G (2610) Dortmund 2013 CBM 156 [Pavlovic,M] (1-0, 66) with
certain counterplay due to the slightly premature g3-g4.}) 12... Ke7 $146 {
A logical novelty. There are no dangers for the king in the centre and it
could be useful for coordinating the minor pieces.} (12... O-O 13. Na3 (13. Bg2
Rac8 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. c5 Bc7 16. b4 Re7 17. Nb3 Rce8 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. Bc3 e5 20.
e3 N8d7 21. e4 d4 22. Be1 g6 23. Nd2 Nf8 24. Nc4 Ne6 25. Bd2 $14 {Vastrukhin,O
(2401)-Lushnikov,S (1953) Sochi 2016 (½-½, 73)}) 13... Rac8 14. Nc2 Rfd8 15.
Bg2 h6 16. b4 {Pavlov,S (2526)-Itkis,B (2405) Kiev 2011 (½-½, 79) with some
pressure.}) 13. Nc3 Rhc8 14. d4 $14 {It is not easy to see how White is going
to break, but his superior space and the bishop pair offer him the better
chances in the long run.} Kf8 15. Bd2 Be7 {Black anticipates the slow kingside
pawn attack.} (15... Bb4 16. g4 h6 17. h4 $14) 16. e3 $5 {Aronian keeps
manoeuvring, intending to bring the knight to d3.} (16. e4 {allows Black to
get a Caro-Kann type of position, with every chance to hold:} dxe4 17. Nxe4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Bc3 Rd7) (16. g4 h6 17. h4 {is less
effective with the bishop on e7 due to} Nh7 18. h5 Bb4) 16... Nb6 17. Ne2 Ne4
18. Be1 f5 {A committal move, weakening the e6-pawn and the e5-square, but
Black probably had enough of passive play.} 19. Nf4 Kf7 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Be2 Bd6
22. b4 {[%cal Gd3c5] After having regrouped optimally, White starts the pawn
attack.} dxc4 23. Nc5 Ndxc5 24. bxc5 Bc7 25. Bxc4 {White has improved his
structure and has gained even more space. It is not easy to break yet, but his
advantage starts taking shape.} Ke7 ({The attempt at blocking the white
kingside on the dark squares wastes time and weakens his own kingside:} 25...
g5 26. Kg2 h5 27. f3 Nf6 28. e4 $1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nxe4 30. Ra3 {Suddenly Black
is awfully hanging.} Re8 31. Re3 Nf6 32. Bd2 $1 {A key regrouping move.} Re7
33. Rf3 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rf2 Rf8 36. Rcf1 Kg6 37. Bd3+ Kg7 38. Bg5 Ref7 39.
Rh1 $18) 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Ra4 $6 {Aronian probably thought the rook could
become active along the fourth rank after Black's logical break in the centre.}
({n fact, third rank activity would have been more effective. Let us compare
the parallel similar lines:} 27. Ra3 Rd7 28. f3 Nf6 29. Rb3 Rb8 30. Bf2 e5 31.
g4 exd4 32. exd4 Nd5 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rbe3 $16 {In the game he
will not have this quick rook switch.}) 27... Rd7 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bf2 ({Even
though this would have meant wasting a tempo,} 29. Ra3 $5 {deserves attention.}
) 29... e5 30. Rb4 Rb8 31. g4 exd4 32. exd4 Nd5 33. Re1+ Kf6 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35.
Re2 Rd7 {Black has some problems with his backward pawn on b7, but otherwise
has good control on the light squares and is out of any danger. In some cases
White's bishop could turn "bad".} 36. b3 {A mysterious move reducing the
rook's mobility.} h5 37. gxh5 a5 $6 {Black obviously wanted to free his rook
in order to retrieve the pawn, but the last move weakens the queenside. He
probably wanted to punish b2-b3.} (37... Kf7 $5) 38. Rc4 (38. Ra4 $1 Rh8 39. b4
{is much more effective as it attacks a5 forcing} axb4 40. Rxb4 $14 {when
White's queenside play is faster than Black's on the opposite wing.}) 38... Rh8
39. b4 Rxh5 $1 40. bxa5 Bxa5 41. Ra2 Bc7 $6 (41... Bd8 $1 $11 {would have
gained an important tempo by keeping b7 defended:} 42. Ra7 g5 43. d5 {White
needs to head for mass simplifications and a draw.} (43. Rb4 $2 Rdh7 $1) 43...
cxd5 44. Rc2 Rhh7 45. c6 bxc6 46. Rxc6+ Ke5 47. Ra4 Rd6 48. Bd4+ Ke6 49. Rxd6+
Kxd6 50. Ra6+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Bc7 52. f4 g4 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Be5 Kc6 55. Kg3 $11)
42. Rb4 Rg5+ $6 (42... Bd8 43. Rab2 $14) 43. Kf1 Bg3 44. Ra7 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 {
White has won a pawn but the final outcome of the ending is unclear yet. Black
goes down unnecessarily quickly.} f4 46. Raxb7 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 Rd5 48. Rb4 Kg5 (
48... Ke6 49. Ke2 Rh5 $14) 49. Ke2 Kh4 50. Kd3 Kg3 $2 (50... Rd7 51. Rb6 Rc7
52. Ke4 g5 $14) 51. Rb6 $18 Kxf3 52. Rxc6 g5 53. Rg6 $18 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 63rd+"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2006.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 $5 {By retreating his bishop from the relatively
exposed f3-square, White intends to prepare e4, without fearing the
intermediate move ...Ne5.} d4 $5 $146 {A radical antidote to White's threat.
Black does not fear the opening of the long light diagonal because the c6-pawn
retsricts the enemy bishop quite safely.} (10... O-O 11. e4 {0-1 Panchenko,A 
(2460)-Lempert,I (2455)/Nabereznye Chelny 1993/CBM 037/[Horn,Pe] (52)}) 11. Nd2
a5 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ne6 {For the time being, it might seem that
White has a comfortable position. Black's advantage of space is not easy to
preserve, while White's structure is rock solid. However, if White will not be
able to open the position somehow, he might simply get crushed in the long run.
} 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Rc4 Rad8 {[%csl Gd4] The efforst of both sides have been
concentrated around the d4-pawn so far.} 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. a3 c5 19. Rc1 {
From now on, White starts playing passively, failing to understand the
necessity of opening the position for his bishops. He should have found a way
to play e4 at some moment.} ({In fact, this seems to be a good opportunity for
that, for instance} 19. e4 dxe3 20. Rxe3 Nd5 21. Re2 {[%cal Yc4e4,Yf3e5] and
White's piece activity compensates for the minimal structural deffect.}) 19...
Nd5 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. Nd2 b6 22. Qc4 {Also without a concrete plan.} ({Actually,
this is a square for the knight:} 22. Nc4 $5 Qb8 23. Kh2 $5 {[%csl Yg3]} (23.
e4 dxe3 24. Nxe3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Nd4 $15) 23... Bf6 24. e4 dxe3 25. fxe3 {
and although Black has a nice position, the weakness of the b6-pawn restricts
his active possibilities.}) 22... Nec7 23. a4 Kh8 24. Nf1 Bg5 25. Rcd1 f5 $15 {
The signal to attack. White is reduced to passivity, while the weakness
induced by the early h3 will soon prove decisive.} 26. Kh1 f4 27. g4 Qh6 28.
Nd2 Bh4 29. Ne4 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Qxf6 31. Kg1 Ne6 32. Bc1 Ng5 33. Bd2 Rd6 34. Qc1
Rf8 35. Qc4 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nxh3+ 37. Bxh3 Qh4+ 38. Kf3 Qg3+ 39. Ke4 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bucharest Apa Nova"]
[BlackTeam "Ploiesti CSU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{Before the last round, my team Apanova Bucharest was in a shared lead with
Medicina Timisoara, trailed by one point by Baia Mare, a team headed by
Nisipeanu. Our tie break was inferior to that of Medicina and given the fact
that all three teams had theoretically easy matches the final configuration of
the podium seemed pre-determined. I sat down for this game with mixed feelings.
A few days earlier I had crossed the 2600 border and would have liked to end
the year this way. But even if I knew that my relatively low rated opponent
was hard to beat, I could not miss the match which was supposed to bring us
the silver medals.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {This used to be my repertoire 20 years
ago. Later I evolved to 1.c4 and more recently 1.d4. But progress in chess
seems to be a spiral, so here I am again ready for the Reti Opening.} c6 3. Bg2
Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 ({A few rounds earlier I had faced} 5... Nf6 {After
some minutes I came up with something I had never prepared for:} 6. d3 Be7 7.
Qb3 Qb6 8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. Nc3 Bd6 15. f4 (15. d4 Nxg4 $1 $11) 15... Ke7 16. d4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2
Marin,M (2581)-Mastrovasilis,D (2607) Calimanesti 2014} dxe4 18. Kf2 f5 19. c5
Bc7 20. g5 $11) 6. cxd5 cxd5 (6... exd5 {leads to more interesting play, as
for instance in Marin,M (2583)-Ferguson,M (2414) Douglas 2014 CBM 163 [Marin,M]
(1-0, 39)}) 7. Qb3 {I find it hard explaining why White's position is more
pleasant. There are a few minor elements favouring him, but each of them taken
separately wouyld not be enough for any shadow of advantage. Their
accumulation offers White a good game, though. White's structure is more
flexible, as he can break the centre with e2-e4. Black has some space
advantage in the centre, but this also implies some slight weakening of the
dark squares, mainly c5, e5 and d6. The light-squared bishop looks active but
in many cases it can stay out of play, being restricted by the white chain.
And if ...Bxf3 the bishop pair could tell in the long run. Last but possibly
not least, in this concrete position Black has committed his queen's knight on
d7, a less favourable square than c6. In any case, White needs to play
energetically if he wants to retain the initiative.} Qb6 (7... Nc5 {does not
solve Black's problems completely:} 8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. d3
Ngf6 (11... Ne7 {Vladimirov,E (2585)-Kharlov,A (2535) Tilburg 1993 CBM 039 
[Horn,Pe] (1-0, 48)}) 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Rfc1 $36 {Matlakov,M (2689)-Movsesian,S 
(2672) Dubai 2014 (1-0, 51) with similar play to that in the main game.}) 8.
Qxb6 {Black has to decide between spoiling his structure and misplacing his
knight.} Nxb6 {The most natural recapture.} (8... axb6 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. d3 Bb4
11. Bd2 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. a3 Be7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. f4 $16 {Dizdar,G 
(2553)-Khairallah,F (2323) Paris 2007 (1-0, 46)}) 9. Nc3 Bxf3 {Strictly
speaking, this is a bit premature, but in many lines Black would have to take
on f3 anyway, in order to avoid Nf3-d4 or Nf3-e5.} (9... Rc8 10. d3 Nf6 11. Be3
$1 {[%cal Gc3b5]} (11. Bf4 {actually loses a tempo, since after the more or
less forced} a6 {the bishop would be best placed on e3 anyway.} 12. Rac1 Be7
13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. f4 {Keene,R-Medina Garcia,A Palma
de Mallorca 1971 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 11... Nfd7 12. Rfc1 Bd6 (12... Be7 13. a4 a5
14. Nd2 $5 $14) 13. a4 Bxf3 (13... a5 14. Nb5 Bb4 15. Rxc8+ Nxc8 16. Rc1 Kd8
17. Nfd4 $36) 14. Bxf3 a5 15. Nb5 Bb4 16. Rxc8+ Nxc8 17. Rc1 Kd8 18. Bd4 Rg8
19. e4 e5 20. Bc3 Bxc3 {Pelletier,Y (2602)-Drabke,L (2439) Switzerland 2010 (1/
2-1/2, 30)} 21. Nxc3 d4 22. Nb5 $14) (9... a6 10. d3 Nf6 11. Ne5 $14 {Radjabov,
T (2784)-Aronian,L (2825) Moscow 2012 CBM 149 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 45)}) (9...
Bh5 {does not make too much sense.} 10. Nb5 Kd8 11. d3 a6 12. Nbd4 Bd6 {
Obukhov,A (2475)-Zinchenko,Y (2349) Alushta 2004 (1/2-1/2, 57)} 13. Be3 Nd7 14.
Rac1 $14) 10. Bxf3 Rc8 11. d3 Nf6 {I had a feeling of ease and pleasure, as
White's position surely looks agreeable, but I believe that on the next two
moves I did not make the best choices.} 12. Bf4 ({Just like in a comment above,
} 12. Be3 {might have been more accurate.} Nfd7 (12... Bc5 13. Nb5 $36) 13.
Rfc1 (13. Bd4 Nb8 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd4 $14) 13... a6 (
13... Be7 14. a4 a5 15. Nb5 $14) 14. a4 Rc6 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nxd5 $5 (16. Bd4 $16
) 16... exd5 17. Bxd5 Ne7 (17... Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nd6 19. Bf4 Kd8 20. e4 $36) 18.
Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rc3 Bd6 20. Rb3 Nd8 21. Rc1 Ke7 22. d4 $16 {Meier,G (2641)-Prie,
E (2504) France 2009 (1-0, 49)}) 12... a6 13. Rac1 (13. Rfc1 $14 {[%cal Ga2a4]}
) 13... Bc5 $146 {I assume that neither of us was aware of the fact that this
move was new. This opening is transpositional to such an extent that you can
never be sure for how long you are in known territory.} ({The modest} 13... Be7
14. e4 O-O {as played in Loginov,V (2525)-Taimanov,M (2470) St Petersburg 1996
(1/2-1/2, 35) might be safer.}) 14. Rc2 {As we see, the bishop is exposed on
c5.} Ke7 (14... O-O 15. Rfc1 $36) 15. e4 $1 (15. Rfc1 {would allow Black to
hold his own after} Nfd7 16. e4 d4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Bg5+ f6 19. Bd2 Bd6 $11)
15... dxe4 (15... d4 $6 16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6+ Kxf6 18. Bxb7 Rcd8 19. Rxc3 $16)
(15... Rhd8 16. exd5 $16 Nfxd5 $2 17. Nxd5+ Nxd5 18. Rfc1 $18) 16. dxe4 Bd4 17.
Rfc1 Nfd7 (17... e5 18. Ne2 $1 $16) 18. e5 $1 {White has activated his
fianchetto bishop and I thought Black would be in trouble already. But
starting with this moment my opponent defended very well, displaying full
confidence in the way he moved and pressed the clock.} Bxc3 (18... Rb8 19. Bg5+
$1) 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Nd5 21. Bxd5 (21. Bg5+ f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. Bxd5
exd5 24. Bf4 d4 25. Rc7 Ke6 26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Kg2 Rc2 $132) 21... exd5 22. Rc7 {
It was hard to abstain from this active move.} ({But the regrouping} 22. Bd2 {
[%cal Gf2f4] , clearing the path for the f-pawn, might have been better.} Rb8 (
22... Nxe5 23. Re3 {wins the knight.}) (22... Ke6 23. f4 $14) 23. f4 $14) 22...
Ke6 23. Rxb7 Rc8 24. Ra7 Rc6 25. Ra8 g5 $5 $132 (25... Nc5 $5 $132) 26. Bxg5
Nxe5 {Suddenly, Black's centralisation becomes threatening.} 27. Be3 (27. Bf4
Nd3 $132) (27. Kg2 $5 Kf5) 27... d4 28. Re8+ Kf5 29. f4 {I felt that Black
should be holding a draw somehow, but I thought that the game move offered the
best chances to swindle him.} Ng4 (29... dxe3 30. Rxe5+ Kg4 31. Rxe3 Rc2 $11)
30. Bxd4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Nxh2+ 33. Ke3 Ng4+ 34. Kd3 Rg2 35. Re7 Rxg3+
36. Kc4 {How to defend the kingside pawns?} Kg6 $2 (36... f6 37. Rxh7 Kxf4 38.
Ra7 $36) (36... h5 $1 37. Rxf7+ Ke4 $44) 37. f5+ $1 Kxf5 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 (38...
Ke4 39. Re7+ Kf5 40. Rxh7 $18) 39. Rg7+ Kh6 {[%cal Gg4e3]} 40. Kb4 $1 $18 {
Black is paralysed.} Rg2 {This makes things even easier for White.} (40... Kh5
$142 41. Rxh7+ Kg5) 41. Ka5 Ne3 42. Rxg2 Nxg2 43. Kxa6 Kg5 44. b4 h5 45. b5 h4
46. b6 h3 47. Be5 {In the end my team... lost, but so did Baia Mare, so we
still took the silver medals.} (47. Bg1) (47. Be5 Nf4 48. b7 h2 49. Bxf4+ Kxf4
50. b8=Q+) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 {
Markowski has rich experience in this line but his recent results are anything
but impressive.} 8. h3 {Aiming to improve upon some of his games from last
year.} (8. Nc3 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G (2524)-Babula,V (2584)/
Warsaw 2005/CBM 108/[Marin] (35). Dizdar is a great expert of this variation.
Theory is mainly build on the basis of his games.}) 9. h3 (9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3
d4 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2560)-Czarnota,P (2478)/Poznan 2005/CBM 107/[Marin] 
(73)}) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 $5 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2560)-Bobras,P (2501)/
Poznan 2005/CBM 107/[Marin] (26)}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Be7 10. e3 $5 $146 {
Apparently, Markowski has come to the conclosion that it is not wise to allow
the advance of the enemy d-pawn. With his novelty, he not only prepares the
development of the knight withoutn fearing ...d4, but also clears the
e2-square in order to transfer the knight to d4.} (10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 Nc5 12.
Be3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Nxd3 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Rab1 Bc5 $11 {0-1 Dizdar,
G (2518)-Bobras,P (2525)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (50)}) (10. e4 $5 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Ne5 12. Be2 $1 {Horn, Pe}) (10. Bg2 $5 {0-1 Urban,K (2462)-Dziuba,M (2491)
/Krakow 2006/CBM 112/[Marin] (39)}) (10. Nc3 d4 {basically transposes to a
previous note.}) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 a5 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Qc2 {White
prepares to over-defend the relatively weak d3-pawn. Although Black is not
under immediate pressure yet, White's position is more flexible, yielding him
a more pleasant position in the long run.} Nc5 15. Rd1 Qa6 16. Nd4 Bf8 ({
Black could have tried to slow down White's queen side plan with} 16... a4 $5)
17. b3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rb1 {[%cal Yc1b2,Yb2d4,Ya2a3,Yb3b4]} h5 {[%cal
Yh5h4,Yc7h2]} 20. Bb2 Bd6 21. Bd4 Rae8 22. Qb2 Qa8 23. a3 Qd8 {Black has
managed to regroup in a harmonious way but this does not completely equalizes
the chances yet.} 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 $14 {The minority's attack is not easy
to neutralise, while the white king side is relatively solid. White enjoys the
better prospects.} h4 26. g4 Bc7 27. Kf1 Qd6 28. f4 $4 (28. Rdc1 {[%csl Gc5]
[%cal Yb4b5]} b6 29. Rc3 $14 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Yb1c1]}) 28... Rxe3 $1 $17 29.
Bxe3 Rxe3 30. Qd4 Rg3 31. Ra1 Nd7 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Re1 Qxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35.
Rae8 f6 36. R1e7 Ne5 37. Rxb7 Rxd3 38. b5 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Rd1+ 41.
Ke2 Rd2+ 42. Kf1 Nd3 43. bxc6 Bh2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nd4
$146 {The Reti Openng is highly transpositional, which makes it possible that
games contain more than just one novelty! This is such a case and White's last
move is only the first (but also the most important) new move.} (8. Be3 Qxb3 9.
axb3 {Speelman,J (2605)-O'Cinneide,M (2285)/Bunratty 1998/CBM 062 ext/
[Speelman,J] (1-0, 42)}) (8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Nd4 Bd7 $5 11. Nc3 Na6)
8... Bh7 9. cxd5 exd5 ({One important point behind the novelty is that here
Black has no time for the intermediate exchange of queens:} 9... Qxb3 $2 10.
dxc6 $3 $16) 10. Qxb6 {I find this to be a concession, strengthening Black's
queenside..} (10. Nc3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 ({Or else} 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Nc2 a6 13. b4
Rc8 14. Be3) 11... Nbd7 12. e4 {in both cases with chances for an enduring
pressure.}) 10... axb6 11. Nc3 b5 $1 $146 {Black's novelty over a not very
relevant game, which had reached this position via a different move order.
Black immediately puts his pawns into motion, restrcting the white minor
pieces.} (11... Bd6 {Dossett,C-Murtagh,D (1889)/Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/
2, 15)}) 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd1 Bc5 14. Nc2 Na6 15. Rb1 O-O {As in many other Reti
lines, White has managed to keep the h7-bishop somewhat out of play, but the
situation on the queenside is not too promissing for him. There is simply no
minority's attack available!} 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Bf3 bxa3 18. bxa3 Ra7 {The
pressure along the b-file is easy to neutralize for the time being. A slow
manoeuvring phase follows.} 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Rb2 Ne6 21. Rfb1 Re7 22. Bg2 Bf5
23. h3 g5 24. Bf1 Bg6 25. Na2 Nh5 26. Bb4 f5 27. Nc1 {Black's progresses
certainly look more notable than Black's, but decision making is not easy.} Rf7
(27... f4 $5 28. g4 Nf6 29. Bg2 h5 30. Bf3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxb4 32. axb4 (32.
Rxb4 Nc5 33. Kg2 Na4) 32... Be8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Ge8d7]}) 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Nd4
$1 {White decides that he had enough of passivity and sacrifices a pawn in
order to get some dedent coordination.} Rxa3 30. Nf3 (30. Rc2 $5 $44 Na4 (30...
Ra5 31. Nb5) (30... Na6 31. Rb6) 31. Ncb3 f4 32. g4 Nf6 33. Na5) 30... Re7 31.
d4 f4 $1 (31... Ne4 32. Rxb7 $16) 32. g4 (32. dxc5 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 fxg3 $17)
32... Bxb1 33. Rxb1 Ne4 34. gxh5 Nf6 35. h4 Nxh5 36. hxg5 hxg5 $15 {Black
retains a minimal material advantage, but White's position remains very
compact.} 37. Nd3 Nf6 38. Nc5 Ne4 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40. Ne5 c5 41. Nc4 Ra4 (41...
Ra4 42. e3 Rb4 (42... cxd4 43. exd4) 43. Rd1 cxd4 44. Rxd4 b5 45. Rd8+ Kh7 (
45... Kg7 46. Nd6) 46. Nd2 Re5 {[%cal Ge5g5,Ge5b5]} 47. Rd4 Rxd4 48. exd4 Rd5
49. Nxe4 Kg6 50. Nc3 Rxd4 51. Nxb5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porto Mannu op 9th"]
[Site "Porto Mannu"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O {Whenever I
play this system with White, I look forward to transposing to my anti
symmetrical Grünfeld system with d2-d4, even though in some cases keeping the
pawn on d3 makes sense.} b6 $5 8. d4 {But against Black's slightly passive
setup, there is no reason to refrain from this active move.} Bb7 ({The attack
against c4 is ineffective:} 8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Ne5 ({It is with sorrow
that I have to leave the game of one of my greatest heroes in the secondary
line:} 10. Nd2 {Stein,L (2605)-Krogius,N (2575) Leningrad 1971 (1-0, 61)} e5
$132) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 {Balasubramaniun,R (2266)-Rawat,R (2004) New Delhi
2007 (1/2-1/2, 38)} 12. e3 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 9. Nc3 {I was thinking of this
position as a Catalan, already not a Grünfeld.} Na6 $5 {A rare but reasonable
move, aiming at inhibiting Qc2.} (9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 e6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rd2 {Schrems,H (2120)-Weissflog,
H (1943) Emmendingen 2012 (1-0, 38)} c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 (18... Bxf3
19. Qxf3 {[%csl Gf6]}) 19. Ne5 $36) 10. Rc1 $146 (10. e3 dxc4 $6 11. bxc4 Qc7
12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 $16 {Kreisl,R (2394)-Caroff,F (2117) Aix les Bains 2011 
(1-0, 29)}) 10... c5 {The most principled answer.} (10... Rc8 {is a bit slow:}
11. e3 (11. Qc2 c5 $132) 11... e6 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 $18) 12. Ne5
(12. Qe2 Ne4 $5) 12... Qe7 13. Qe2 $14) 11. Ne5 cxd4 (11... e6 $5 $14 {is more
solid, but not very principled and rather passive.}) 12. Qxd4 e6 (12... Nd7 13.
f4 $16) 13. cxd5 exd5 ({I was more worried about my chances for an advantage
after} 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfd1 ({I was counting on} 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16.
Qxd5 exd5 17. Rfd1 {but failed to notice that after} Rfe8 $1 {my advantage is
rather symbolic} 18. Rxd5 Nb4 19. Rb5 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Rxb4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5
Rxe5 23. e3 $14 {/=}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfc8 (17... Bxe5 18.
Bxe5 $14) 18. Nc6 $14) {White's position is insanely pleasant optically, but
he needs to make choices. Unfortunately, I did not make the best ones in the
next sequence.} 14. Rfd1 (14. Nb5 $5 Nc5 (14... Nd7 15. f4) 15. Ng4 $16 Ncd7 $2
16. Rc7 Ne8 17. Qxg7+ Nxg7 18. Rxd7 Qb8 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+) 14... Re8 15.
f4 ({I was not sure about} 15. Ng4 Ne4 16. Qxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nxe4+ Kf8 18. Ngf6 {
and, indeed, the engines claim White has nothing more than a draw by perpetual
with} dxe4 19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20. Nf6+ Kf8) (15. Qf4 $5 Re7 (15... Nc7 16. Ne4 $1
Nxe4 $2 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Rxc7 $18) 16. Nd3 $16) 15... Nc7 ({I was
disappointed he did not try} 15... Nd7 {but apparently my intended reaction
was not the best.} 16. Bxd5 $1 ({I planned} 16. Nxd5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18.
Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qe8 21. Bxa8 Qxe5 22. Bf3 {but things may not
be simple despite White's material advantage.}) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qd7 (17...
Bxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qc4+) (17... Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxe5
$18) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne4 $16) 16. Qa4 (16. e4 {Right after moving I felt
sorry for not trying} Ne6 ({My main candidate was} 16... dxe4 17. Qc4 Qe7 {
when I failed to find in time} 18. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qxc7 Re7 21.
Nf7+ Kg8 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Bc6 24. Re1 $36) 17. Qf2 d4 18. Nb5 Nxe4 {
and it seems that White does not have an advantage.} 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxd4
Bxe5 21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. fxe5 fxe6 23. Qf6 Bd5) 16... Ne6 17. Ba3 $6 {Active but
not best.} (17. e3 $5 a6 18. b4 $14 {[%cal Ga4b3]}) 17... a6 $1 {This should
have solved Black's problems forever.} (17... Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qb5 (19. e4
d4) 19... Qb6 20. a4 Red8 (20... Rad8 21. a5 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Bf8 23. a6 Ba8 24.
Nc7 Re7 25. Nxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxd5 $16) 21. a5 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Bf8 23. g4 $14 {
with the rooks on e8 and d8 this would be impossible due to ...Rxe5 followed
by ...Nxg4.}) 18. Nc6 {What else? The queen was getting into trouble.} Qd7 $2 (
{Giving in after a tiring defence.} 18... Bxc6 $1 19. Qxc6 Rc8 {We were both
living with the illusion that White could sac the queen by taking on d5 but
this is unsound. So...} 20. Qb7 Rb8 $11) 19. Nxd5 $16 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxc6 21.
Rxd7 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Rad8 $5 {My opponent once again started defending well in a
close to losing position.} (22... Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bd5 $18) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8
24. Bb7 a5 25. Kf1 $5 {[%csl Ge2]} Bd4 26. Rd1 f5 27. Ba6 Nc5 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29.
e3 Bf6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Bb3 Bf6 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Bc2 Kd7 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. h3 h5
36. g4 (36. e4 fxe4+ 37. Bxe4 Nxa4 38. Bxg6 b5 39. Bc2 Nc3 40. Bb3+ Kd7 41. g4
$18) 36... hxg4+ 37. hxg4 Bc3 38. e4 fxe4+ 39. Bxe4 g5 40. Bc2 gxf4 41. Bc1 Kf6
42. Bxf4 $4 {A hurried move played after returning from smoking. This was one
of the many reasons I decided on quitting some days later.} (42. Kxf4 $18)
42... Ne6 43. Bh6 $5 {Creating the illusion that everything was under control.}
(43. Be3 Nd4+ 44. Bxd4+ Bxd4 $11) 43... Ng5+ $2 {Trying to trap my bishop.} ({
My opponent failed to calculating the forced line until the end.} 43... Nd4+ $1
44. Ke3 Nxc2+ 45. Kd3 Kg6 $3 (45... Nb4+ 46. Kxc3 Nxa2+ 47. Kc4 {[%cal Gh6d2]}
Nb4 48. Bd2 Na6 49. Be3 $18) 46. Kxc2 Kxh6 47. Kxc3 Kg5 48. Kc4 Kxg4 49. Kb5
Kf5 50. Kxb6 Ke6 51. Kxa5 Kd7 52. Kb6 Kc8 $11) 44. Ke3 Bb4 45. Kd4 Bc5+ 46. Kd5
Bb4 47. Kc6 {Actually this is a second blunder in a won position, but
fortunately it did not spoil anything obectively.} (47. Bf5 Ba3 48. Kc6 Bc5 49.
Kc7 {This was my main idea. Black needs to free my bishop due to zugzwang.} Be3
50. Bf8) 47... Nf7 {Oops!!} 48. Be3 Ne5+ 49. Kb5 $1 Nxg4 50. Bxb6 Ke7 51. Bxa5
Bxa5 52. Kxa5 Kd8 53. Kb6 Ne5 (53... Kc8 54. Bf5+) 54. Bb3 Nd7+ (54... Kc8 55.
Be6+ Kb8 56. a5 Ng6 57. a6 Ne7 58. a3 Ka8 59. a4 (59. a7 $2 Nc8+ $1 $11) 59...
Kb8 60. a7+ Ka8 61. Ka6 Nc6 62. a5 (62. Bd5 $11) 62... Nxa7 63. Kb6 Kb8 64. a6
Ka8 65. Bd5+ Kb8 66. Bb7 Nc8+ 67. Bxc8 Kxc8 68. a7 $18) 55. Kc6 Ne5+ 56. Kb7
1-0

[Event "Budapest Krenosz Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1976.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hardicsay, Peter"]
[Black "Marszalek, Rafal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Marszalek"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1976.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 (4... Qb6) (4... g6) (4... e6) 5. Qxc4
Bf5 (5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 $11 {
Vadasz-Marszalek,1972}) 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O h6 9. e4 Bh7 10. e5 Nd5
11. d4 Be7 $11 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 N7b6 14. Ne1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nd5 16. Be4 $1 c5
$1 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc8 20. Ne4 Qa5 21. a3 Qa4 $1 $15 22.
Rd3 Kg8 $6 (22... b6 23. Rdf3 f5 $17) 23. Qd2 b6 24. g4 $5 Qc4 25. Nc3 $2 (25.
g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Qc1) 25... Bg5 $1 $17 26. Qf2 (26. Qe2 Nf4) (26. Qd1 Ne3)
26... Qxd3 $1 27. Nxd3 (27. Nxd5 Qe4) 27... Be3 28. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 exd5
30. Rd2 Rfd8 31. Kf2 g5 $6 (31... a5 $142) 32. Ke3 a5 33. Rf2 Rc6 34. h4 $1 Rg6
$1 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36. Rf6 $6 (36. Kf3 $5 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Nf4 Rh1) 36... Rg6
37. Kf4 Rxf6+ 38. exf6 Rd6 39. Ke5 Re6+ 40. Kf5 Rc6 41. Nf4 Rc2 42. b4 Ra2 43.
Nxd5 Rxa3 44. Ke4 axb4 45. Nxb4 Kf8 46. Nc6 Rg3 47. Ne5 b5 48. d5 b4 (48... b4
49. d6 Ke8 50. Kd5 Re3 $1 (50... b3 $4 51. d7+ Kd8 52. Kd6) 51. d7+ Kd8 52.
Nc6+ Kxd7 53. Nxb4 Rb3 $1) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 $5 {A challenging way to play against the solid Slav
setup (c6-d5).} dxc4 {Accepting the offer is one of the ways to play here. In
some cases, White may end up with a favourable version of a Catalan, if Black
plays simple developing moves like Nf6-e6-Be7.} ({For example:} 3... Nf6 4. Bg2
{developing the bishop now is very good advice} Bf5 $5 (4... e6 5. O-O Be7 6.
d4 O-O 7. Qc2 {followed by Nbd2 and e4, is supposed to be more confortable for
White}) (4... Bg4 $5) 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 $1 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 e5 $44 {
and Black has good play.}) (3... g6 $5 {trying to transpose to some sort of
Grünfeld fianchetto variation} 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 {where White has a lot of
options, like the simple 0-0 followed by cxd5, or b3!?, Qa4!?, Nbd2!?}) 4. Bg2
Nd7 {The standard line arrives after 4...Nf6, when Black prepares Nbd7 and Nb6.
But as we know, Jobava is anything but a standard player. He goes for a
creative approach, as expected} (4... Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 {
and now Black decides between ...g6, giving the pawn back with a solid
position, and ...Be6, trying to hold on to c4, and embarking on complicated
positions} Be6 $5 (7... g6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd5 {
a typical move, that happens even if White does not play Be3} 12. Bd4 Nb6 13.
Qb4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (15) Demuth,A (2529)-Banusz,T 
(2613) Karlsruhe 2017}) 8. Ne5 {there are some recent examples here, like
Adams-So, played in Shamkir, 2017} Qd4 (8... h5 $5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 h4 11.
Bb2 Qc8 12. Rfc1 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bd5 14. Nf3 g6 15. Nc4 Bg7 $13 {½-½ (41)
Adams,M (2761)-So,W (2822) Shamkir 2017 Black is a pawn up, but the position
remains very complicated.}) 9. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ Kd8 11. Nb5 Qc5 12. Bxa8
Qxb5 13. Bg2 Bd7 $146 (13... h5 14. a4 $1 Qb3 15. Qxb3 cxb3 16. e4 $16 {
1-0 (41) Medvegy,Z (2552)-Csonka,B (2354) Zalakaros 2013 with a strong
initiative, White has the advantage.}) 14. b3 e5 $1 15. Rb1 cxb3 16. Rxb3 Qxe2
17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qc4 19. Qb1 Ke7 20. Rxa7 Qd4 $11 {½-½ (48) Aronian,L 
(2830)-Andreikin,D (2709) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014, again with a complicated
middlegame, that should be ok for Black. Andreikin ended up in trouble, but
saved the game.}) 5. Na3 (5. O-O {it is interesting to know if Jobava would
stick to 5...e5 here, stepping out of the main lines.}) 5... e5 $5 6. Qc2 {
Threatening Nxc4, without having to deal with e4.} (6. Nxc4 e4 7. Nh4 {should
be the most challenging} ({even} 7. Ng1 $5 {is playable here, trying to
prepare a quick d3}) 7... Ngf6 8. O-O Nb6 $1 {threatening a cool g5, winning
the h4-knight} (8... Be7 $2 {allows d3 with a quick Nf5 to follow} 9. d3 $1 $16
) 9. Ne3 {keeping control of f5} Be6 {possibly preparing ...Qd7 for ...g5} 10.
Qc2 (10. d3 exd3 $11 {and Black is ok}) 10... g6 $5 (10... Be7 $5 11. Bxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 O-O $44) 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bg7 $44) 6... b5 {Brave and objective!
} (6... Bxa3 $5 7. bxa3 Ngf6 8. Qxc4 O-O $11 {was playable, but I like
Jobava's move better, tyring to keep the additional material.}) 7. O-O Ngf6 {
This is all very provocative, but White has to find out how to open the
position properly.} 8. b3 {A typical move to open lines.} (8. d4 $5 {was an
interesting way to take advantage of the better development} e4 (8... cxd3 9.
Qxc6 (9. exd3 $5 {hitting c6 and bringing about Re1 quickly (or even d4!?)})
9... Rb8 10. Nxb5 Bc5) 9. Ng5 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nb6 11. Nxe4 Bf5 $13 {with a very
unbalanced middlegame.}) 8... Bc5 $5 9. bxc4 b4 $1 {Black will soon be able to
castle, but this is an important move, to put the knight on a bad square.} 10.
Nb1 $6 (10. d4 $1 {a very creative and strong move to bring the knight back
into play. It was very hard to understand the need for this move, but the game
will show that} exd4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nbd2 $36 {with Nb3 to follow.}) 10... e4
11. Ng5 {A natural move. 11.Ne1 is possible, but not really appealing.} (11.
Ne1 $5 {followed by Bb2, and e3/d3.}) 11... Bd4 12. Bb2 Nc5 $1 {Suddenly Black
has great piece coordination in the centre, and White hasn't been able to do
much and still has to solve the b1-knight situation.} 13. Nxe4 $2 (13. d3 $1 {
was the only way to avoid a bad position to develop the queenside, but Black
is already more confortable anyway} exd3 14. exd3 (14. Bxc6+ $2 Bd7 15. Bxd7+
Nfxd7 $1 16. exd3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qxg5 $19) 14... O-O 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Nd2 Nxd3
17. Nb3 $1 Qc3 18. Qxc3 bxc3 19. Nc1 $1 Rd8 20. Nxd3 Rxd3 21. Rfc1 $11 {
and White will regain the c3-pawn, with probable equality.}) 13... Nfxe4 14.
Bxe4 O-O $1 15. d3 (15. Bxh7+ Kh8 {and White loses a piece, there is no way to
escape with the bishop} 16. Bd3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nxd3 18. exd3 Bh3 {is worse than
losing a piece} 19. Re1 Qxd3 $19 {followed by either ...Qf3 or Rae8.}) (15.
Bxc6 Bh3 $1 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf6 $1 {wins right away} 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. e3
Qxa1 20. Nc3 b3 $1 21. Qf5 b2 $1 22. Qxc5 Rac8 23. Qxa7 Qc1 $1 $19 {and White
should resign soon.}) 15... Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bh3 17. Re1 f5 $1 $17 {Precise play,
White has no time to develop his queenside while Black is activating
everything towards the white king.} 18. e3 (18. c5 $1 {was the last chance for
survival, or at least would force Black to find something more concrete than ..
.Bxb2 and ...fxe4, that fails now} Bxf2+ $1 (18... Bxb2 $2 19. Qxb2 fxe4 20.
Nd2 $13 {Qxb4 is coming now against ...Qe7}) 19. Kxf2 fxe4+ 20. Kg1 e3 {
threatening ...Rf2.} 21. Nc3 bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qg5 $1 $19 {with a very strong
attack, should be winning for Black.}) 18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 fxe4 20. Nd2 (20.
Qxb4 $2 Qf6 $19 {followed by ...Qf3.}) 20... Qe7 $19 {Now Black is simply
winning by pulling together all the forces on the kingside.} 21. Nb3 Rf6 $1 22.
c5 Raf8 23. Rac1 {This ends the resistance, but it was very hard anyway,} (23.
Re2 h5 $1 24. Nd4 h4 $19 {with a deadly attack, Black has many possible
attacking patterns, using the h-file after ...hxg3 hxg3 (fxg3 is not possible
because of the mate on f1).}) 23... Rxf2 $1 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf6+ {
White resigns because of 26.Kg1 Qb2! with unstoppable mate.} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {01h30} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 $5 {Trés peu joué} Bg7 6.
cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Rd1 (9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nd7
12. e4 Nc7 13. Be3 Qb5 14. Qc2 a5 15. a4 Qa6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. h4
Nf6 19. Ne5 e6 20. Qb3 Rcd8 21. Bf3 Qa8 22. Qb6 Rc8 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Qxa5 Qxa5
25. Nxa5 Rb8 26. d5 exd5 27. exd5 Ne5 28. Bg2 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 b6
31. Nc6 Nxc6 32. Rxc6 Bxb2 33. Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Re4 35. a5 Ra4 36. Kg2 Kg7
37. Rd8 Bc3 38. Ra8 Bd4 {Grischuk,A (2711)-Radjabov,T (2735) Odessa 2008 1/2-1/
2}) 9... Nb6 $146 (9... Qc8 10. e4 Nb6 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 N8d7 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Nxe5 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. Nc3 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qd7 18. Rb1 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20.
b3 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Ne3 a5 23. Kf1 a4 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. f4 axb3 26. axb3 Ra8
27. Rd1 Ke7 28. e5 f6 29. exf6+ Bxf6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Cornette,M 
(2567)-Mosquera,M (2395) Barbera del Valles 2012}) 10. Qc2 {77} (10. Qa3 $5 {
[%csl Re7][%cal Gc1g5]}) (10. Qb3) 10... Qc8 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Nc3 Bh3 13. e4 $1
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $14 N8d7 15. Rac1 $32 {[%csl Rc8] 60} e5 16. d5 h6 17. Be3 cxd5
18. Nxd5 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Nxd5 20. exd5 (20. Rxd5 $5 Nf6 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 (21... Nxe4
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rc7 Nd6 (23... Bxb2 24. Rxb7 Bg7 25. Rxa7 {[%csl Ga2]})) 22.
Nxe5 Nxe4 23. Nf3 (23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Rc7 h5)) 20... Rac8 21. Rdc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2
e4 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. d6 $5 Rd8 25. Rc7 {38} Rxd6 26. Rxb7 a6 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Nc4
Rc6 29. b3 Nd5 30. Bd2 f5 31. a4 g5 32. Rd8 Nb6 33. Na5 (33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. b4)
33... Re6 34. Be3 Bf6 35. Rd1 Kg6 36. Nb7 Nc8 37. Nc5 Rc6 38. Nd7 Bb2 39. b4
Rc4 (39... Kf7) 40. b5 $36 axb5 41. axb5 Rc7 42. Rd5 Rb7 43. b6 f4 $1 44. gxf4
(44. Nf8+ $1 {Les Blancs avaient des bonnes chances de gain dans cette
variante.} Kg7 (44... Kf6) 45. Rd7+ {[%cal Gd7g7,Gd7b7]} Rxd7 46. Nxd7 {
[%cal Gb6b7]} Nd6 47. gxf4) 44... gxf4 45. Bc5 (45. Nf8+ Kf7 46. Rd7+) 45...
Kf7 46. Nf8 {Trop tard!} f3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Bujisho, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 (6. O-O Nd7 7. d4 Ngf6
8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 Qxb3 14.
axb3 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Nd3 18. Bc7 O-O 19. Rfd1 Bxe4 20.
Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bc2 g6 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rd7 Bxb4 24. Bg3 Nc5 25. Rc7 Rad8 26. Bf4 a5
27. Be3 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Bb3 Re8 31. g5 Nd5 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33.
Rxd5 Kf8 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Bf6 Be7 {Andreikin,D (2700)-Morozevich,A (2770)
Astana 2012 1/2-1/2}) 6... Qxb3 7. axb3 Bf5 8. d3 $14 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7
Nxd7 (10... Kxd7 11. e4 Bg6) 11. Be3 a6 12. O-O $32 Bd6 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nb6
Nxb6 15. Bxb6 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. e4 $14 {[%csl Rh5]} dxe4 18. dxe4 f5 19. Rad1
Be5 20. Rd2 f4 {[%csl Rg2]} 21. g4 Be8 22. Rfd1 $14 Kf7 23. b4 (23. Bf1) 23...
g5 24. Bf1 Bf6 25. c5 Be7 26. Bc4 h5 27. Rd6 (27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rh8 29. Kg2)
27... Bxd6 28. Rxd6 $44 Kg7 29. Bxe6 {[%csl Ge4]} Bf7 30. Bf5 hxg4 31. Bxg4
Rfe8 32. Bc7 Re7 $6 33. Bd8 $1 {[%csl Re7,Rg5][%cal Gd8f6]} Re8 34. Bf6+ {
Belle démonstration technique de la paire de B} Kg8 35. Bc3 {Le GMI veut
surcontroler la case "a5" mais c'est au détriment du contrôle de la case "d8"}
(35. Bxg5 a5) 35... Rad8 36. Rh6 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh6h8,Gc3f6] Une attaque
venue de nulle part} Kf8 37. e5 (37. Bf6 Rd2 38. Rh8+ Bg8 39. Bh5 Re6 40. e5)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2
a6 9. Rg1 $6 {Im Gambit-Stil wurde auch schon sofortiges g4 versucht.
Jedenfalls ist dieses rabiate Vorgehen eine sehr spezielle, zweischneidige
Version der Réti- oder Zukertort-Nimzowitsch-Eröffnung".} ({Am populärsten und
solider ist} 9. d4 $142 {mit Übergang zum Damengambit/Anti-Meraner Variante 
(D45)} b5 $5) 9... b5 $1 (9... e5 10. g4 e4 11. g5 Ne8 (11... exf3 12. gxf6 g6
13. Bxf3 dxc4) 12. Nd4 Bxh2 $2 (12... Ne5 $13) 13. Rh1 Qxg5 14. cxd5 Qg2 $4 (
14... cxd5 15. O-O-O) 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Be5 (16... cxd5 17. Ng5 h6 18.
Rxh2 hxg5 19. O-O-O $18 (19. Nf5)) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. f4 Nef6 19. fxe5 (19. Bd3)
19... Nxe4 20. e6 (20. Nxc6) 20... fxe6 21. Nxe6 $18 Rf7 22. Nd8 Rf2 23. Bc4+
Kf8 24. Ne6+ Ke7 25. Ng5 Ndc5 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Rh4 {- 1:0, Herraiz Hidalgo,H 
(2480) - Serrano Salvador,E (2352), Madrid 2010}) 10. g4 bxc4 $1 ({Öffnet die
b-Linie und hält den unrochierten König weiter in der Mitte. Dagegen ist} 10...
b4 $6 {m. E. relativ angenehmer für Weiß, z.B.} 11. g5 $5 (11. Na4) 11... Ne8 (
11... bxc3 12. gxf6 cxd2+ 13. Qxd2 $13 {Plan 0-0-0->}) 12. Na4 Qe7 13. h4 Bb7
14. h5 c5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O-O Ra7 17. Kb1 Nc7 18. e4 Bc6 19. e5 Nd5 20.
exd6 Qxd6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Be4 {- 1:0, Gurevich,M (2633) - Kallai,G (2555),
Germany 2002}) 11. bxc4 Rb8 12. g5 (12. Rb1 e5 $5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $5
14. g5 Ne4 15. Nxd5 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qb6 $44) 15... Ndc5 $1
$44 16. d4 $2 exd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. dxc5 (18. Ba3 Qa5+ 19. Bb4 Rxb4 20. Nxb4
Ne6 $19) 18... Qa5+ 19. Nd2 Bxc5 20. Rf1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qxa2 $19) 14. Ne4 Nb4
15. Qa4 Re8 (15... Qe7 $142 $13) 16. a3 Nb6 17. Qb3 N4d5 18. Qc2 Qd7 $6 19. h4
Qc7 $6 20. Nfg5 $16 Be7 21. Nxh7 Nd7 22. g5 Rd8 23. h5 $18 Qb7 24. Nhf6+ N7xf6
25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. h6 Ne8 27. hxg7 Bf5 28. Bc4 Rd5 29. Bxd5 {- 1:0, Hall,C -
Ferrero,M, IECC email 2003}) 12... Ne4 $1 $36 {Schwarz ergreift sofort die
Initiative.} 13. Nd4 (13. Rb1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 (14. Qxc3 $143 e5) 14... Rxb1+ 15.
Qxb1 e5 16. h4 (16. Qb2 Re8 $15) 16... Re8 17. h5 Nc5 $15) 13... Qc7 14. Nxe4
$2 ({Nach einem Auftakt "mit der Brechstange" muß Weiß bereits schwer um den
Ausgleich kämpfen. Folgende Alternativen kamen eher in Betracht: I} 14. h4 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 (15. Qxc3 $143 c5 $1 16. Nf3 (16. Nxe6 $2 d4) 16... e5 $5 17. cxd5 Nb6
) 15... c5 16. Nb3 (16. Nf3 Ne5 $15) 16... Bb7 $15) ({II} 14. f4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3
e5 16. Nf5 Bb4 17. Qc2 d4 18. exd4 exf4 $15) ({III} 14. cxd5 $5 cxd5 15. Rc1 (
15. Nxe4 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 dxe4 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Nxa3 Bb7 $15) 15... Qb7 (15...
Bxh2 $6 16. Rg4) (15... Nec5 16. f4 Bb7 (16... Qb6 17. Ba3) 17. Ncb5 axb5 18.
Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21. d4 Ra8 22. dxc5 Qc7 $13 {/=}) 16. Ba1
Ndc5 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 $15) 14... dxe4 15. Bc3 (15. Nb3 Be5 16. Bxe5
Qxe5 17. O-O-O c5 18. h4 a5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc5 $17) 15... c5 $17 16. Nb3
Bb7 17. h4 Ne5 18. h5 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Qb2 Rf5 21. Rg2 $2 ({Büßt schlicht
seinen Bauern h5 ein. Andere Versuche, z.B.: I} 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Qc2 Bf8 23.
Bxe5 (23. h6 Nd3+ $1 24. Bxd3 (24. Kd1 Qh2 25. Rf1 Qg2 $19) 24... Qh2 25. Rf1
exd3 26. Qxd3 Bg2 $19) 23... Qxe5 $17) ({II} 21. O-O-O Rbf8 (21... Rxf2 $2 22.
Rg5 Rf5 23. Rdg1) 22. Rdf1 R8f7 $17) 21... Rbf8 $6 ({Nichts sprach gegen das
simple} 21... Rxh5 $142 22. O-O-O Rf5 $19) 22. Qa3 {(?)} ({Hätte der
französische Großmeister geahnt, was ihn erwartet, hätte er eher} 22. Na5 {
versucht (} Ba8 23. Qa3 $17 {).}) 22... Nd3+ $3 {Eine feine, weit berechnete
Kombination mit Damenopfer, an derem Ende der weiße König im Mattnetz zappelt!}
(22... Qe7 $143 $17) 23. Bxd3 (23. Kd1 e5 24. h6 g6 {und Schwarz holt bei
passender Gelegenheit den Bauern f2 ab (-+).}) 23... exd3 24. Rxg7+ (24. Rg1
Bf3 $1 (24... Rxf2 $5 25. O-O-O e5) 25. Nc1 Bxh5 26. Nxd3 Rxf2 27. Nxf2 Bg3 $19
{nebst Mattsetzung}) 24... Qxg7 25. Bxg7 Bf3 $1 ({Die Pointe: Die weißen
Felderschwächen können nun weidlich ausgebeutet werden (/\Txh5-h1#). Jedoch
bloß nicht} 25... Kxg7 $4 26. O-O-O) 26. Nd4 $8 {Was sonst?} cxd4 $1 (26...
Rxh5 $2 27. Qxd3) 27. Qxd6 (27. Qxd3 Kxg7 $19) 27... Kxg7 28. h6+ (28. Qxd4+
Kg8 29. Qxd3 Rxh5 30. Qf1 Rh1 31. Qxh1 Bxh1 $19) 28... Kxh6 29. e4 Rf4 30. Rb1
({Oder} 30. Qxe6+ R8f6 31. Qh3+ Kg7 32. Kf1 (32. Rb1 Rxe4+ 33. Kf1 Be2+ 34. Kg2
Rg4+ $19) 32... Rg4 33. Qh2 Rff4 34. Rb1 Rh4 $19) 30... Rxe4+ $6 ({Kurzen
Prozeß hätte} 30... R8f6 $142 $19 {gemacht:} 31. Kf1 (31. Qe7 Rg6) (31. Qe5
Rxe4+) 31... Rh4 {. Nun jedoch wird es richtig kompliziert. Zudem verliert der
20-jährige holländische Großmeister Wouter Spoelman - auch vermutlich infolge
Zeitnot - den Faden und bringt sich nach glänzender Spielführung um den
verdienten Lohn ...}) 31. Kf1 Be2+ $6 (31... Rf5 $142 32. Rb7 Be2+ 33. Ke1 Bg4+
34. Kf1 Bh3+ 35. Kg1 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 Bf5 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Qf7+ ({Weit ins
feindliche Lager wandert der schwarze Monarch nach} 38. Qe8+ Kg4 {/\Kf3} 39.
Qe7 h6 $19 40. Rb1 Kf3 41. Qb7 Kxf2) 38... Rg6 $1 39. Qxh7+ Rh6 40. Qg7 Rh4+
41. Kg3 Rg6+ $19) 32. Kg2 Rg8+ $2 (32... Rg4+ $142 33. Kh3 Rf6 $1 {mit der
tödlichen Drohung Tg4-g5-h5+ etc., und nun z.B. (für die beharrlichen
Schachfreunde):} (33... Rxf2 $6 34. Qe5 $5 (34. Qxe6+ Rg6 35. Qe4 Bg4+ 36. Qxg4
Rxg4 37. Kxg4 Rxd2 $19)) 34. f3 (34. Qe7 Rfg6 35. Kh2 {/\Rb7!} Kh5 36. Qxh7+
Rh6 $19) 34... Bxf3 35. Rf1 (35. Qe7 Rff4 {/\Rg6 plus Rff5} 36. Qd6 Bg2+ 37.
Kh2 Rf2 38. Kg1 (38. Qxe6+ Rg6 39. Qe1 Rf5 $19) 38... Rf6 39. Kh2 (39. Qh2+ Kg6
40. Qe5 (40. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 e5 $19) 40... Be4+ 41. Kh2 Rf2+ 42. Kh3 Bf5
$19) 39... Be4 40. Qxd4 Rfg6 41. Qe3+ Kh5 $19) (35. Kh2 Rfg6 $19) (35. Rb3 Kh5
36. Qc5+ Rf5 37. Qe7 h6 38. Qe8+ (38. Rxd3 Bg2+ 39. Kh2 Rfg5 40. Qe8+ Rg6 41.
Ra3 Rh4+ 42. Kg1 Bc6+ $19) 38... Rg6 39. Rxd3 Rf4 40. Qe7 Bg2+ 41. Kh2 Rh4+ $19
) (35. Re1 Be2 36. Qe7 (36. Qe5 Rgf4 {/\Rf4-f5-+}) 36... Rgf4 (36... Rfg6) 37.
Rg1 (37. c5 Rg6 38. c6 Rf5 $19) 37... Bf1+ 38. Kh2 Rh4+ 39. Kg3 Rh3+ 40. Kg4
Rg6+ 41. Kf4 Rxg1 42. Qxe6+ Rg6 $19) 35... Rgg6 {drohend Rf5 und Bg2+} 36. Kh2
Rf5 37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Qxd4 Rf5 39. Qe3+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ (41. Qh4 Rfg5
{/\Kg7 plus Rh6}) 41... Kf7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 43. Qd4+ Ke7 44. Qa7+ (44. Qh4+ Rfg5
$19) 44... Kf8 45. Qxh7 (45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qa7+ Kh8 47. Qb8+ (47. Qd4+ e5 $19)
47... Rg8 $19) 45... Rfg5 $19) 33. Kh3 Bg4+ (33... Bf3 {wird elegant mit} 34.
Rg1 $8 Rxg1 35. Qf8+ Rg7 36. Qxf3 {pariert:} Reg4 $13 {/=} (36... Rgg4 $13 {/=}
)) 34. Kh2 $2 ({Kurz vor der Zeitkontrolle liegen bei beiden Akteuren die
Nerven blank.} 34. Kg3 $142 Bf5+ 35. Kf3 Rh4 36. Re1 $1 $13 {/=} Kh5 (36...
Rgg4 37. Qf8+) 37. Qd7) 34... Bf5 $19 35. Qe7 Rf4 $2 ({Der letzte Fehler in
einem dramatischen Gefecht. Dagegen gewann} 35... Rg5 $142 {, z.B.} 36. Qf6+
Rg6 37. Qe7 Kh5 38. Qxh7+ Rh6 39. Qg7 Rh4+ 40. Kg3 Rg6+ $19) 36. f3 $8 $11 {
Glücklich ergreift Fressinet den Rettungsanker und} (36. Z0 {kontrolliert das
vitale Feld g4. Es drohte nämlich} Rg5 37. Qf6+ Kh5 38. Qf7+ Rg6 39. Qxh7+ Rh6
40. Qf7+ (40. Qg7 Rg4) 40... Kg5+ 41. Kg1 Rg4+ 42. Kf1 Rh1#) 36... Rg7 ({I Oder
} 36... Rg5 37. Qf6+ Kh5 (37... Rg6 38. Qe7 Rg5 39. Qf6+ $11) 38. Qf7+ Kh6 (
38... Rg6 $2 39. Qxh7+ Rh6 40. Qc7 $1 Rxf3 41. Rg1 Rh3+ 42. Kg2 Rg6+ 43. Kf2)
39. Qf6+ $11) ({II Freilich nicht} 36... Rxf3 $4 {wegen} 37. Qh4+ Kg6 (37...
Kg7 38. Rb7+ $18) 38. Rg1+ $18) 37. Qd8 Rg5 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+
Kh5 41. Qf7+ Kh6 {- eine irre Partie !} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({On move number 33 in the main game below, Carlsen was of the opinion
that perhaps he should have taken the N with his B and gone for a RR vs RBP
endgame with 3 other Ps each on the kingside. That endgame would be somewhat
similar to the following one that occured in Tkachiev - Van Wely, 2003 with
light notes by endgame expert Karsten Mueller in CBM 95. It went -} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. d5
Nb4 10. e4 c6 11. a3 Na6 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Nc4 14. Qb3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxa5 16.
Qc3 b6 17. b4 Bb7 18. bxa5 Bxd5 19. axb6 axb6 20. exd5 e4 21. Nd4 Qxd5 22. Be3
Rfc8 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. O-O Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Ra4 Bc3 28. Bxe4
Ra7 29. Bd3 Ba5 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 {This is the structure and material balance that
we are talking about.} 31. Rd1 Ra7 32. g4 Kg7 33. Rad4 Bc3 34. Rd7 Ra4 35. h3
Rf4 36. Kg2 b5 $5 37. R1d3 b4 38. Rb7 h6 39. Rf3 Rf6 40. Rxf6 Kxf6 {Without
the b-pawn Black's position is theoretically lost, but with it matters are not
completely clear. The game is not conclusive proof, so further analysis is
needed.} 41. Kf3 h5 $6 {opens for White many inroads on the light squares.} (
41... Be1 $142) 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Rb5 Kg6 44. Ke4 Be1 45. f4 Bc3 46. Rb6+ f6
47. Rc6 Bb2 48. Rd6 Bc3 49. Rd3 Be1 $6 (49... f5+ $5 {came strongly into
consideration}) 50. Re3 Bd2 51. Rg3+ Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Rd3 (53. Rg7+ $5 Kd6
54. Rh7 Kc5 55. Ke4 $16 (55. Kxf6 $2 b3 56. Rb7 b2 {[%cal Gd2b4]} 57. Rxb2 Bc3+
$11)) 53... Bc3 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. f5 Kg7 56. Rg3+ Kh7 57. Kd5 Be5 58. Re3 Kh6 59.
Ke6 Bd4 (59... Bc3 60. h4 Kg7 61. Ke7 Kh7 62. Kf7 Be5 63. Rb3 Bc3 64. Rb1 Kh8
65. Rg1 b3 66. Rg8+ Kh7 67. Rg7+ Kh8 68. Kg6 b2 69. Rc7 $18) (59... Kg5 $2 {
is refuted nicely:} 60. Rxe5 fxe5 61. f6 b3 62. f7 b2 63. f8=Q b1=Q 64. Qf6#)
60. Rg3 $1 Be5 61. Rg6+ Kh7 62. Kf7 h4 (62... b3 63. Rg7+ Kh8 (63... Kh6 64. h4
b2 65. Kg8 b1=Q 66. Rg6#) 64. Kg6 b2 65. Rd7 Bc7 66. Rxc7 b1=Q 67. Rc8#) 63.
Rg4 Kh6 64. Rxb4 Kg5 65. Ke6 {1-0 (65) Tkachiev,V (2642)-Van Wely,L (2675)
France 2003 CBM 095 [Mueller,Karsten]} (65. Ke6 Ba1 66. Rg4+ Kh5 67. Rg6 Bd4
68. Rxf6 $18)) 1... d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 Ne7 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 Na6 $146 {In two previous games the N
had been developed to d7. From a6 the N can find a nice shielded square on c7
to protect d5 while if needed, it can play an active role from b4 or c5.} (
10... Nd7 {[%cal Yd7e5]} 11. Qc2 (11. exd5 cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13.
Qb3 $14) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 $14) 11... Rc8 12. Nd4 {[%cal Yf2f4]} (12. Be3 $5)
12... Bg6 13. f4 $6 Bc5 (13... Qb6 $15) 14. Be3 $14 {1-0 Miles,A (2595)-Vera
Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2535)/Havana 1998 (53), with a slight advantage of space.})
(10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Berkovich,M (2334)-Azarov,S (2603)/Cappelle la Grande 2014 (31); was also
slightly better for White.}) 11. exd5 (11. g4 Bg6 12. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4] /
\f2-f4-f5.} (12. Nh4) 12... Re8 13. f4 Bc5 (13... Qb6 14. Be3 Qxb2 $13) 14. Be3
$13) 11... cxd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 $14) 12. Re1 ({Worth
considering was} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 {to pocket the ^^ advantage.}) 12... Nc6
13. d4 (13. g4 $5 Bg6 14. Nxd5 Nc5 $132 (14... Nab4 $5 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Ne5
Re8 (16... Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Bxd3 18. Bxb7 (18. Qxd3 $2 Bh2+ $19) 18... Rb8 19. Qf3
$14) 17. Bd2 Bxe5 18. Bxb4 Bxd3) 15. d4 Nd3) 13... Nc7 14. a3 h6 15. b4 Rc8 (
15... Re8 $5 16. Rxe8+ (16. Bb2 $6 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4) 16...
Qxe8 17. Bb2 $14 {[%cal Gd1d2,Ga1e1,Gd2d3]}) 16. Bb2 a6 $6 {Adams "My ...a6
move was not very clever, because it gave him a clear plan."} (16... Re8 $5)
17. Na4 $1 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5] Carlsen immediately pounces on the weakened squares.
} a5 18. Nc5 (18. Nb6 $5 Rb8 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Ne5 {[%cal Gb6d7,
Ge5d7,Ge5g6]} Bxe5 22. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb2d4,Gf2f4]}) 18... axb4 19.
axb4 Rb8 (19... b6 20. Qa4 $1 bxc5 21. dxc5 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rd6]} Nxb4 22. cxd6
Qxd6 23. Be5 Qb6 24. Rab1 Nca6 25. Bd4 Qd6 26. Nh4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7][%cal
Gh4f5]} Bg6 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Bf1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4] Black's pieces are stuck.
}) 20. Qa4 (20. Qb3 $5 b6 21. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3e5,Gf3e5,Gd3b4]} f6 (21... Bxf3 22.
Bxf3 Ne6 23. Qxd5 Nxb4 24. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Gd4,Gf3]}) 22. Rac1 $14) 20...
Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qf6 22. Qb3 (22. Bg4 $5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 $14) 22... Rfd8 23. Bg4
Nxd4 {Black finds the best way to fight, giving up an exchange.} (23... Qg6 24.
b5 Ne7 (24... Na5 25. Rxa5 b6 26. Ra7 bxc5 27. dxc5 Rxb5 28. Qf3 $1 Rxb2 29.
cxd6 Ne6 30. Qxd5 $18) 25. b6 Ne8 26. Ra7 $18) (23... Qg5 24. b5 $16) (23...
Ra8 24. Kg2 (24. Nxb7 Bxb4) 24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 b6 26. Nb7 Rb8 27. b5 Nxd4 28.
Nxd6 Nxb3 29. Bxf6 Nxa1 30. Bxa1 $16) (23... Bxc5 24. bxc5 $16 {[%csl Gb2,Rb7,
Rd5,Gg4]}) 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Red1 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Nd7 {[%csl Rd6]} Rxd7 (
27... Bxb4 28. Ra4 {would be similar to the game.}) 28. Bxd7 {Adams "I was not
very optimistic about my chances here."} Bxb4 29. Ra4 Bc5 $1 {Adams visualises
a nice fortress. Although not an impeccable one, this fortress seems like his
best chance to fight for a draw.} (29... Na6 30. Rc1 c3 31. Bb5 $16 {[%csl Ra6,
Rb4,Rb8,Rc3][%cal Ga6b4,Gb4c3,Gb8b4] and Black's pieces are all stuck
defending each other.}) 30. Rxc4 b6 {Carlsen "I just assumed that I should be
able to break down this fortress somehow. But maybe it is not that easy."} 31.
Kg2 g6 32. Bc6 Ne8 33. Rd7 ({Carlsen "Perhaps I should have taken the N with} 
33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Rd7 $14 {with slightly better chances to win than in the
game." A similar situation occured in Tkachiev vs Van Wely, 2003 which you can
find above in the note to the 1st move.}) 33... Nf6 34. Ra7 Kg7 35. Ra8 Rxa8
36. Bxa8 h5 37. Ra4 Ng8 38. Bd5 Ne7 39. Ba2 Nc6 ({Black could also think about
going for his desired setup immediately with} 39... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Gf5d6]}) 40.
Ra8 Nb4 41. Bc4 Nc6 42. f4 Ne7 43. Kf3 ({Adams was worried about} 43. Ra7 $5 {
but Carlsen rejected it because of} h4 {which seems to be simplifying towards
a draw. For example} (43... b5 $2 44. Ra5 $18) 44. gxh4 (44. g4 b5 45. Ra5 (45.
Rc7 Bd6 46. Rd7 Bxf4) 45... Bd6 46. Rxb5 Bxf4 $11) 44... b5 45. Ra5 Bd6 46.
Rxb5 Bxf4 47. Rb7 Bd6 $13) 43... Nf5 44. Ra7 Nd6 ({Nakamura was of the opinion
that keeping the N on e7 would secure an easier draw, but the players were not
sure about this assessment. While Adams thought that the White K would
penetrate via b5-a6-b7-c7 and so on, Carlsen thought that Ke4-e5 at some point
might create problems for Black. I tried both these ideas, but could not find
anything clear -} 44... Ne7 45. Ke4 Kf6 (45... b5 46. Rc7 Bd6 47. Rd7 $18) 46.
Rb7 Kg7 47. Kd3 (47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Kf6 49. g5+ Kg7 50. Kd3 Kf8 51. Kc2 Bd6)
(47. Ke5 Nc6+ 48. Kd5 Ne7+ 49. Ke4 Kf6 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kg7 52. g5 Kf8 53.
Ke5 Kg7 54. Rc7 Kf8 {It is still not clear how White can make progress.} 55.
Rd7 (55. Rxc5 bxc5 56. Kf6 Ng8+ $11) (55. Kf6 $4 Bd4#) 55... Ke8 56. Rb7 Kf8)
47... Kf8 48. Kc3 Kg7 (48... Bf2 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Be3 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5)
49. Kb3 Kf8 50. Ka4 Bf2 51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4 Bc5 53. Kb5 Kg7 54. Ka6 Kf8 55.
Ba2 (55. Rc7 Bd6) 55... Kg7 56. Ra7 (56. Rd7 Kf8 57. Kb7 Be3 58. Rd8+ Kg7 59.
Re8 Bc5 60. Kc7 Ng8 61. g5 Ne7 62. Kd7 Nf5 63. Bb1 Nd6 (63... Ng3 $5 {[%cal
Gg3h5]})) 56... Kf8 57. Kb7 {and in spite of getting the K into the enemy camp
I found it tough to make progress. Some sample variations -} Be3 58. Ra8+ (58.
Ra4 Ng8 59. Re4 Bc5 60. g5 Ne7 61. Kc7 Kg7 62. Kd7 Nf5) 58... Kg7 59. Re8 Bc5
60. Bb3 Ng8 (60... Kf6 61. Rf8) 61. Rd8 Nh6 (61... Ne7 62. Rd7 Kf8 63. Kc7) 62.
Rd7 (62. g5 Nf5 63. Rd7 Ne7 64. Kc7 Kf8 65. Rd1 (65. Kd8 Nc6+ 66. Kc7 Ne7)
65... Be3 66. Kd7 Nf5 $13) 62... g5 $5 (62... Nxg4 63. Rxf7+ Kh6 64. Bc2) 63.
f5 (63. fxg5 Nxg4 64. Rxf7+ Kg6 65. Be6 Ne3 $11) 63... Nxg4 64. Rxf7+ Kh6 65.
Rc7 Ne5 66. f6 Kg6 67. f7 Bd6 68. Ka6 Kg7 69. Ra7 g4 70. Ra8 Bf8 $11) 45. Bd5
Bd4 46. Rd7 Bc5 47. Ba2 Kf6 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. hxg4 Kg7 50. Rd8 Nb7 51. Rd7 Nd6
52. Ke2 Kf8 53. Kd3 Kg7 54. Bd5 Kf8 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Bc6 Kh7 57. g5 Kg7 58. Bd5
Kh7 59. Rd7 Kg7 60. Ke2 Kf8 61. Kf3 Ke8 62. Rc7 Bd4 (62... Kf8 $5) 63. Kg4 (63.
Bxf7+ Nxf7 64. Rc6 Nh8 {[%cal Gd4b6,Gd4h8,Gh8g6]} 65. Ke4 Kd7 $11) 63... Be3 $6
{After a lot of manouvering, Adams makes a slip, overlooking White's strong
idea.} ({He should have played} 63... Kf8 $142 {not allowing Bf7. Then Carlsen
was intending to use the idea of} 64. f5 (64. Bxf7 $2 Nxf7 65. Rc6 Kg7 $11)
64... gxf5+ 65. Kh5 {, with minor chances, according to him. This would still
be a draw, but it would require some accuracy from Black (less than the game
though).}) 64. Bxf7+ $1 {Adams admitted to having overlooked this point. But
luckily, he managed to collect himself and continue to find the best resources
in a difficult position.} Nxf7 65. Rc6 Bd4 66. Rxg6 b5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6,Gf7]
[%cal Gf7d6,Gd4h8,Gd4a1,Gb5b4,Gb4b3,Gb3b2,Ge8d7] Black has a striking harmony
and flexibility between his K,B,N&P. Its like they are all there for each
other, always. He can use the P as a decoy for the R, or he can even think
about sacrificing the 2 pieces for White's two pawns and draw the K+P vs K+R
ending.} 67. Rg8+ (67. Kf3 $5 b4 68. Ke4 Bc3 69. Rb6 Kd7 70. Kd5 Ke7 71. g6 Nh6
$11) (67. Kh5 Kd7 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf7d6]}) 67... Kd7 68. f5 (68. Rb8 Nd6 69. f5
Kc7 70. Ra8 b4 71. Ra4 Bc3) (68. Ra8 b4 69. g6 Nd6 70. g7 Bxg7 71. Ra7+ Kc6 72.
Rxg7 b3 73. Re7 Kc5 $11) 68... Be3 $1 {Carlsen underestimated this defense. He
thought White would win this but he missed 74...Ne7 in the variation below
with 73.Kh5.} 69. Rg7 (69. g6 $2 Nh6+ 70. Kf3 Nxg8 71. Kxe3 $11) 69... Ke8 70.
Rg8+ Kd7 71. Rg7 Ke8 72. g6 Nh6+ $1 73. Kf3 (73. Kh5 Nxf5 74. Rf7 Ne7 $1 $11 (
74... Nh6 $2 75. Rf3 Bd2 76. g7 $18 {[%cal Gh5g6]} b4 77. Kg6 Ke7 78. Rd3 Bc1
79. Rd1 Bf4 80. Rd4 Bc1 81. Rxb4 Bd2 (81... Ng8 82. Rb8 Nh6 83. Rh8 $18) 82.
Re4+ Kd7 83. Rd4+ $18) (74... Nd6 $2 75. Rf6 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Re3][%cal Gf6e6]}))
73... Nxf5 74. Rf7 Nh4+ 75. Kxe3 Nxg6 76. Rb7 b4 77. Ke4 b3 78. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ARM"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.07.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 (8. Nbd2 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14.
Ne5 Bh5 15. h3 Nfd7 16. Nec4 Nb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Anastasian,
A-Geller,E/Moscow2 ;CBM 47 1995 (39)}) 8... Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qb3
Qc8 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Bd4 h6 13. Rfe1 Nh7 14. Qa4 Qd8 15. Be3 Nhf6 16. Qb3 Qb8 {
Romanishin-Nogueiras/Leningrad/1987}) (8... Bc5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4
dxe4 12. dxe4 Nfd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 $10 {Dizdar-Rogic/Zagreb/1993}) 9. Qc2 (
9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 $13 {
Belchik-Bagirov/Riga/1981}) 9... O-O 10. e4 dxe4 (10... Nb6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. f4
$6 (12. b3 $5) 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc4 $1 14. Nxc4 (14. Nf3 Ng4) (14. Nd3 {
Horn,Pe} Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. Nd1) 14... Bxc4 15. Rf3 $8 Ng4 16. Bf1 (16. h3 $6
Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rfd8 $17) 16... Qd4+ 17. Kg2 Rad8 (17... Bxf1+ {
Horn,Pe} 18. Rxf1 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Qxe3 20. Rae1) 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. h3 Nf6 20. b3
Qa6 21. Bb2 Rd7 $1 {0-1 Vaulin,A-Pushkov,N/RUS-ch Elista (07) ;CBM 44 1994 (41)
}) 11. dxe4 Qa5 (11... Nb6) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rad8 14. a3 Bc5 15. Bf4 (15.
b4 $2 Bxb4 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. Be3 (17. Bb2 Qa6 18. Be2 Qb6 $17) 17... Qa3 $17)
15... Bd4 16. b4 Qa6 17. Be2 b5 $8 18. Rad1 $1 {Auf 18. Ld3 oder 18. Lf3 kommt
18...Se5 =/+. Der Textzug ist ein Baueropfer, dafür hat Weiß das Läuferpaar.
Außerdem ist Anastasian als Meister im Figurenverhältnis B <-> N bekannt.} Bxc3
19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qf3 Ndf6 21. Bd3 Nc3 (21... Rfe8 $2 22. Bxe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1
Nxe4 24. Qxe4 $1 $18) (21... Qa4 22. Bxe4 Rxd1 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd1 $16) 22.
Rc1 $1 {Weiß will die Stellung nicht konkretisieren} (22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxc3
Nd5 24. Qc2+ Kg8 $14 {zu wenig}) 22... Ncd5 23. Be5 Rfe8 24. Bb2 Rd6 $6 {
Wie man sieht, hat Schwarz Probleme.} (24... Qb6 $142 25. Bxf6 $2 (25. Rfd1 $13
) 25... Nxf6 26. Rxc6 $4 Rxd3 $1) 25. Bf5 Qb7 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28.
g4 Re8 $2 (28... h6) 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (30... Kf8 31. Bd4 Nef6
32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Bf5 $16) 31. Qe4+ Kg8 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. h4 Qe7 (33... Qc7 34.
Be5) 34. Qxe7 Nxe7 35. Kg2 f5 36. f3 g6 37. Bd4 a6 38. Kg3 Nd5 39. gxf5 gxf5
40. h5 Kg8 (40... Kh6 41. Kh4 f4 (41... Nc7 42. Be3+ Kh7 43. Kg5 $18) 42. Be5
$18) 41. Be5 Kh7 42. Kh4 Ne3 43. Kg5 Nc4 44. Kxf5 Nxa3 45. f4 Nc4 (45... Nc2
46. Bc3 $1 (46. Bd6 Kh6 47. Ke6 Nd4+ 48. Ke5 Nf3+) 46... Kh6 47. Ke6 Ne3 48. f5
Kxh5 49. f6 $18) 46. Ke6 a5 47. bxa5 Nxa5 48. f5 c5 49. f6 Nc6 50. Bc7 Nd4+ 51.
Kd7 Kg8 52. Ke8 Ne6 53. f7+ Kg7 54. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Hans"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. d3 $1 Nc6 8.
Bf4 e6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Nbd4 Bd7 $1 14. O-O
(14. Qxb7 $2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfb8 16. Qa6 (16. Nc6 $2 Rxb7 17. Nxe7+ Kf8 18. Nc6
Rc8 $19) 16... Rxb2 $17) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nc2 $1 (16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd4
e3 $1) 16... Be6 17. Qa3 $1 Qd7 (17... Qxa3 18. Nxa3 Rfc8 19. Nb5) 18. Ne1 $1
e4 (18... Ne8 $1 19. Nf3 f6) 19. Nc2 Bh3 20. dxe4 dxe4 $2 $138 (20... Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 dxe4 22. Rfd1 Qg4 23. Nd4 Nd5 24. e3 Rfd8 $10) 21. Rfd1 Qe6 (21... Qg4 22.
Ne3 Qh5 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Rc7 $1) 22. Nd4 Qg4 23. f3 Qh5 (23... exf3 24. exf3
Qh5 25. g4 $1) 24. g4 $18 Nxg4 25. fxg4 Bxg4 26. Bxe4 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Qxe2 28.
Qd3 $1 Qxb2 29. Bxh7+ Kh8 30. Qh3 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Qh6 32. Qxh6 gxh6 33. Be4 Rae8
34. Bxb7 Re2 35. Bd5 f5 36. Rc6 f4 37. Rg1 Re7 38. Rxh6+ Rh7 39. Rxh7+ Kxh7 40.
Kg2 Rd8 41. Be4+ Kh8 42. Kf3 a5 43. Kxf4 a4 44. h4 a3 45. Rg3 Rf8+ 46. Bf5 Ra8
47. h5 Ra4+ 48. Kg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5 Ne5 15.
Ng5 Qf6 16. Nxe6 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxa1 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Bxd6 Rfe8 20. Qg3 Rxe6 21.
dxe6 Qxe6 22. Be5 Qd7 23. h3 Re8 24. Kh2 Re7 25. Re1 Rf7 26. Re3 Be4 27. f3 Bc6
28. Re2 Qd3 29. Qf2 Qd8 30. Rd2 Rd7 31. Qg3 Qe7 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Bc3 Be8 34.
Qb8 Kf7 35. Be5 a5 36. Bd6 Qd7 37. Bc7 b5 38. Qa7 bxc4 39. bxc4 Qc6 40. Bd6+
Kg6 41. Qe7 Bf7 42. Bxc5 Bxc4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qf6 $142 $14) 43. Bd4 Bf7
44. Qe5 (44. Qe5 Qf6 45. Qg3+ Qg5 46. Qd6+ Kh5 47. g4+ fxg4 48. fxg4+ Kh4 49.
Qg3#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxf6 {sehr verpfichtend, aber nicht
schlecht. Lediglich der Bf8 muß unter Kontrolle gehalten werden, sonst
übernimmt er die Herrschaft auf dem Brett.} gxf6 (5... exf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3
Nc6 $13) 6. Nc3 e6 {droht Ba3} 7. a3 Nd7 8. d4 Bd6 9. Nge2 Qe7 10. c5 Bc7 11.
Ng3 Bg6 12. Be2 f5 $2 {läßt zu, daß Weiß die Stellung mit f4 für ihn günstig
abschließt. Besser (dynamischer) war} (12... e5 $1 13. O-O (13. Bg4 exd4 14.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Qxd4 Be5 $36) 13... f5 {was zur Partie sehr ähnlich ist.}) 13.
b4 $6 (13. f4 $1 h5 14. b4 (14. Bxh5 $2 Bxh5 15. Nxh5 Qh4+ 16. Ng3 Qxg3+ 17.
hxg3 Rxh1+ $19) (14. h4 e5 $36) 14... h4 15. Nf1 Nf6 16. a4 Bh5 17. Bxh5 Rxh5
18. Nd2 $14) 13... a6 14. a4 $6 e5 $1 {Angriff am Damenflügel, Gegenstoß im
Zentrum} 15. O-O h5 16. Re1 (16. Nxh5 $4 Bxh5 17. Bxh5 Qh4 $19) 16... Nf6 17.
Nf1 h4 18. Qb3 $6 (18. Qc1 $5 {überdeckt f4, was im folgenden wichtig werden
wird.}) 18... Ne4 19. f3 $6 (19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. b5 exd4 21. exd4 O-O $15) 19...
Ng5 $1 {[#]} (19... Ng3 $5 20. Bxa6 (20. hxg3 $2 hxg3 21. Nxg3 exd4 22. Nxd5
cxd5 23. exd4 O-O-O 24. Bd3 Qh4 $40) (20. Bd3 e4 $15) 20... bxa6 21. hxg3 hxg3
22. Nxg3 Qh4 23. Nce2 $13) 20. b5 $2 ({Kritisch ist} 20. dxe5 f4 $1 {[%csl Gb4,
Gc5,Ge3,Ge5][%cal Ga6a5] (der Hebel a6-a5 liegt nach wie vor in der Luft)} 21.
exf4 Ne6 22. Ne3 (22. g3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Nxc5 24. Qb2 (24. bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kg2 Bb6
26. Ne3 Qxe3 27. Rf1 Bf5 28. g4 Bxg4 $19) 24... Bb6 25. Kg2 Ne6 $1 26. a5 (26.
Qd2 Bf5 27. Nh2 Bh3+ 28. Kh1 Bf2 $19) 26... Ba7 27. b5 axb5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29.
Qxb5+ Kf8 30. Qxd5 Nxf4+ 31. gxf4 Qh4 $19) (22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxf4 24.
Qxb7 O-O 25. Bxa6 Qg5 26. Ra2 Bxe5 $17) 22... Nxf4 23. Ng4 O-O-O $40) 20... O-O
21. b6 Bd8 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. a5 f4 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Ge3] entwurzelt d4} 24. Qb4
fxe3 25. dxe5 Qg5 (25... Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Nxe3 Bg5 $17) 26. g3 hxg3 27.
hxg3 Qxe5 28. f4 Qg7 29. Nxe3 Bf6 (29... d4 30. f5 Bg5 31. Ng2 Bxf5 $19) (29...
Be4 {kam nicht aufs Brett, obwohl die Partie mit diesem Zug publiziert worden
ist.}) 30. Na4 Be4 31. Kf2 (31. Bg4 Bd4 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Kf2 Qh8 34. Rg1 Nc2
35. Qd2 Nxe3 36. Qxe3 Rfe8 $19) 31... Nxf4 (31... Nxf4 32. Bf1 (32. gxf4 Bh4+
33. Kf1 Qg3 $19) (32. Bg4 Qh6 33. gxf4 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Bh4 35. Qb2 Qxf4+ $19)
32... Nh5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Mullon,JB/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 (4... a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 (5... b5 6. b3 e6 7.
d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. c5 b4 12. Na4 a5 13. a3 $14) (
5... g6 6. d4 Bg7 (6... Bf5 7. Qb3 Ra7 $13)) 6. Ne5 Be6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nd3 {
Ivanchuk,V (2703)-Postny,E (2647) GRE-chT 37th 2009 (3) 1-0} (8. Be2 $142 {
Delchev})) 5. Qc2 {Une ligne secondaire} (5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3) (5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2
Bd6) 5... Bd6 (5... a6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5] Une
idée interessante du théoricien A.HAUCHARD} e5 9. g4 $36 {Hauchard,A (2450)
-Relange,E (2365) FRA-ch Nantes 1993 (4) 1/2}) 6. b3 (6. d4 {Retombe sur les
grandes lignes de la semi-slave}) 6... O-O 7. Bb2 c5 $5 {Malgré la perte de
temps, les Noirs ont une position solide dans cette ligne secondaire} (7...
Nbd7 8. Be2 (8. h3 Qe7 9. g4 $5 a6)) (7... Qe7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. d4) (7... e5 $5
8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 $132 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5];Semcesen,D (2420)
-Hector,J (2584) SWE-ch Lund 2010 (1) 1/2}) 8. cxd5 (8. g4 $1 {Une idée trés
moderne} Nxg4 9. cxd5 Ne5 10. Bg2 exd5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxd5 $14 {[%emt 0:33:
28] Heberla,B (2510)-Jaracz,P (2501)/Lubawka op 3rd (5)/1/2-1/2}) 8... exd5 {74
} 9. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc3d5,Gb2f6]} g6 {52} 10. h4 $5 {Profitant du fait
que les Blancs ont retardé le roque} Nc6 $1 11. Bd3 Nb4 $132 {Eliminant une
pièce importante d'attaque qui soulage la pression sur "h7"} 12. Qb1 Nxd3+ {46}
13. Qxd3 Bf5 {45} 14. Nxd5 {Les Blancs sont quasiment forcés de sacrifier la Q
car tout repli de la Q donnerait un net avantage aux Noirs mais les
compensations sont assez légères.} Bxd3 15. Nxf6+ Kh8 {43} 16. h5 {JB Mullon:
A bit too much, unfortunately for romantic games amateurs [Better was 16.
Nfxh7+f6 only move 17.Nxf6 Qxf6!! With this move, Black can hold that game.
Maybe Romanov missed this defense when he went into this variation (17... Rxf6
18.Nf7+Kg7 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 should be much better for white) 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19. f4
Kg7-/+.} (16. Nfxh7+ $8) 16... Be7 $19 17. Nfxh7+ Kg8 {28} 18. hxg6 Bxg6 19.
Nxf8 Bf6 20. Nxg6 Bxb2 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rb1 Qd3 {10} 23. Rxb2 Qxg6 24. g3 Qg7
25. Rb1 Rh8 26. Ke2 b6 27. a4 Ke6 28. Rxh8 Qxh8 29. Rc1 Qh5+ 30. f3 Qh2+ 31.
Kd3 Qxg3 32. f4 Qg6+ 33. Kc3 Qe4 34. Rc2 Kf5 35. Kb2 Qd3 36. a5 Kg4 37. axb6
axb6 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Clarin International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 $6 (7...
Nbd7) (7... Bf5) (7... Bg4) 8. d4 Bb7 9. Nbd2 $6 (9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11.
e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qc2 $14 {Vukic,M-Kostic,
V/YUG/1993/1:0/54/}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qb1 (10. Qc2 c5 $132) 10... e6 11. Rc1 c5 $6
(11... Rc8 $5) 12. cxd5 Bxd5 (12... exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 $14) 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. Bd4 Qe7 15. Qb2 Rfc8 16. Rc2 Nce4 17. Rac1 Rxc2 (17... Nd6 18. Ne5 $16
) 18. Rxc2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Qc3 $16 Ne8 23.
Nf3 Rd8 (23... Nd6 24. Qc7 Kf8 25. Ne5 $16) (23... Qb7 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 $16)
24. Ne5 Rd5 (24... Qf6 $5) 25. b4 a5 26. Ng4 (26. Nc6 Qd6) 26... h5 (26... Qxb4
27. Qxb4 axb4 28. Rc8 $18) 27. Ne3 Rb5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Qc6 Rb7 (29... Qb7 30.
Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Rc8 Kf8 32. Nc4 $16) 30. Nc4 Rc7 31. Qa4 $1 Qd8 $1 32. f3 $1 (32.
Qxa5 Qd4 $1) 32... Nf6 $2 (32... Rc5 $1 33. Rd2 Qb8 (33... Qc8 34. Nb6 Qc6 35.
Rd8 Kf8 36. Qd4 $1 $18) 34. Nb6 $5 Nf6 $1 $10) 33. Qxa5 Nd5 34. Kf2 Qb8 (34...
Qf6 35. Qd2 $16) 35. Rb2 (35. Ne3 Rxc2 36. Nxc2 Qb2 $10) 35... Qf8 36. Nd2 $2 (
36. Ne3 $1 $16) 36... Qg7 $1 37. Qa3 (37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Nb3 (38. Ne4 Qd4+ 39.
Kg2 Qe3 $17)) 37... Qd4+ $6 (37... Kh7 $1 $17) 38. e3 Ra7 $6 (38... Nxe3 $2 39.
Rb8+ $18) (38... Qe5 39. Ne4 $16) 39. Rb8+ $2 (39. exd4 Rxa3 40. Ne4 $16) 39...
Kh7 40. Rh8+ $5 Kxh8 $4 (40... Kxh8 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. exd4) (40... Qxh8 41. Qxa7
Qc3 $1 $10) 41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Qa4 {A mixture of everything!} d4 {We have a
Reversed Benoni Reti English Grünfeld... in other words a picturesque
position!} 5. e3 {A new idea.} ({A few examples of the other way of handling
this position:} 5. b4 Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Ba3 Nd7 10. O-O h6
({or:} 10... Qc7 11. Rfb1 h6 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Nfd2 a6 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nc4 Ned5
16. Bb2 Bg4 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. Nbd2 h5 20. a3 h4 {1/2-1/2 (74)
Harikrishna,P (2705)-Inarkiev,E (2688) Havana 2013 with a highly complicated
position}) 11. Rab1 f5 12. b5 c5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. e3 dxe3 15. fxe3 e4 $5 16.
dxe4 fxe4 17. Nfd2 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 b6 19. Nxe4 Bb7 $44 {0-1 (40) Le Roux,J 
(2572)-Landa,K (2626) Hockenheim 2015}) 5... dxe3 6. dxe3 (6. fxe3 Bg7 7. d4
Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Nc3 Nfd7 $5 {with an interesting type of game.})
6... Na6 7. Nc3 Nc5 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. h3 Nf6 10. e4 O-O 11. Be3 Qa5 {Black is
indeed fast here with his development.} 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Be2 Be6 15.
Kf1 h6 $5 {Having a little trick in mind...} (15... Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Nfg5
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. f3 $16) 16. g4 (16. Kg2 Nfxe4 $1 17. Nxe4
Bf5 $19) 16... Qc7 {Obviously Black is already better here; White simply has
problems in developing in a normal way and not only that, his structure is
compromised.} 17. b4 Ncd7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf8 20. Kg2 N6h7 21. h4 a5 22.
a3 axb4 23. axb4 Nxg5 24. hxg5 Qe5 {The idea is ...Rxd2.} 25. Rc1 b5 $17 26.
Be3 (26. cxb5 cxb5 27. f4 Qd6 28. Rhd1 Qxb4 29. Nxb5 Qa4 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 $17)
26... Bxc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Ne2 c3 29. Nxc3 Qe6 (29... Ne6 $1 30. Rhd1 Rxd1
31. Nxd1 Rb8 $17) 30. Rh3 Ra3 31. Nb1 Rb3 32. Nd2 Rc3 33. Qd1 Rcd3 34. Rc2 Nh7
(34... Bd4 $1 35. Qe2 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 (37. fxe3 Nh7 $19) 37... Qg4+
38. Qg3 Qd1 $19) 35. Qh1 Nxg5 36. Bxg5 Qg4+ 37. Rg3 Rxg3+ 38. fxg3 Qxg5 $19 39.
Nf3 Qb5 40. Qe1 Qa4 41. Rd2 Rb8 42. e5 Bh6 43. Rd4 Qc2+ 44. Qf2 Qb3 45. Qe1 Be3
46. Rh4 Ra8 47. Kh3 Qd3 48. Rg4 e6 49. Ng5 Bxg5 50. Rxg5 Qf3 51. Rg4 Kg7 52.
Rh4 g5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 {Of course, White can also go for a d3 e4
setup; that would be a completely different approach.} e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bd6
$5 {The Reti Opening is a slow type of chess with many ideas inside it. Here
we see that Black avoids an early Nbd7 keeping open the option of c6xd5! In
that case the knight would come straight away to c6.} 7. Qb3 (7. cxd5 cxd5 $1 {
that would be the idea} 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Nc3 (9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. exf3 Be7
12. Ne2 O-O 13. Be3 Rfc8 14. h3 a5 $15 {0-1 (33) Maletin,P (2468)-Sambuev,B 
(2536) Moscow RUS 2005}) 9... Nc6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Be3 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 (12...
Bxf3 $1 13. Bxf3 Be5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 $13) 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4
16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bc3 e4 18. dxe4 Nxe4 19. Rcd1 Bxf3 20. exf3 $16 {0-1 (61)
Maletin,P (2423)-Kornev,A (2582) Tomsk RUS 2004}) 7... Qb6 8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3
a6 10. h3 Bxf3 $1 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. g4 {I am not sure about this
so early} (13. Nc3 {and now if Black goes for the same idea like in the game...
} Ne8 14. f4 $5 f5 15. Bf2 Nc7 16. e4 $13 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Be7 19.
Na4 $14 {This looks at least much more to the point, compared to the game.})
13... Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. d4 f5 $1 {After this White is stopped everywhere,
Black is ok.} 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Be3 Rf7 21.
Rac1 Re8 22. Rc2 Nd7 (22... h6 $1 23. Bf2 f4 24. e3 fxe3 25. Bxe3 Nd7 $15) 23.
Bf2 f4 24. g5 $1 h6 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. h4 Rg7 27. Kh2 Kf7 28. Bh3 Reg8 29. Na2
$1 Ne8 30. Nc1 Nef6 31. Nd3 {Finally White has managed to come up with some
play.} h5 $6 {Not a big mistake, but an unnecessary move.} (31... Nh5 $1 {
leaving the h5-square for the knight would help Black tremendously.}) 32. Kh1
Ke7 33. Rcc1 Rg6 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Bxg1 Nf8 36. Bh2 Ng6 37. Rg1 a5 38. Rg5 Kf7
{Still everything looks ok for Black.} 39. c5 Bc7 40. Kg1 b6 $6 {This is an
introduction to losing the game.} (40... Ne8 $1 41. Kf1 Ng7 {[%cal Gc7d8]} 42.
Rg1 Re8 43. Kf2 $11 (43. e3 $2 e5 $17)) 41. Kf1 bxc5 {This unnecessary opening
of the position simply destroys Black's position.} (41... b5 42. b4 a4 43. Rxg6
$5 Rxg6 44. Bxf4 Bxf4 45. Nxf4 Rg7 46. Bxe6+ Ke7 47. Kf2 $14 {with e4 in the
air could be dangerous for Black.}) 42. Nxc5 Nf8 43. e3 $14 {We can say now at
move 42 (!), that one side, in this case White, has achieved an advantage.}
Rxg5 44. hxg5 N6h7 45. Bxf4 Bb6 46. Nxe6 Nxe6 47. g6+ Kxg6 48. Bxe6 Ng5 49. Bd7
$16 c5 50. Be8+ Kh6 51. dxc5 Bxc5 52. Ke2 d4 53. e4 h4 54. Bd7 Kg6 55. Bg4 $18
Nf7 56. Bh2 Kg5 57. Be6 Bd6 58. f4+ Bxf4 59. Bxf4+ Kxf4 60. Bxf7 h3 61. e5 Kxe5
62. Bh5 Kf4 63. Be8 Ke5 64. b4 Kd5 65. Bh5 axb4 66. b3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2007.05.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 {The French grandmaster avoids
the main lines of the Chebanenko Slav.} Bf5 6. Be2 e6 {It is common to
preserve the bishop by 6...h6, but for some reason I didn't want to waste a
tempo.} (6... h6 7. O-O e6 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 O-O 12. a4
Qe7 (12... b6 $5 $11 {Dautov}) 13. b5 Ba5 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Ba5
Nxd2 17. Qxd2 axb5 18. axb5 e5 19. Bc3 $14 {1-0 Malakhov,V (2672)-Dautov,R 
(2611)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (40)}) 7. Nh4 $1 Bg6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 $6 {
Inaccuracy. It was better to attack the Nh4, to force White either to retreat
with the knight or to exchange on g6.} (9... Ne4 $1 10. Nxg6 (10. Nf3 $11)
10... hxg6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. d3 Qh4 13. h3 O-O-O $132) 10. d3 $6 (10. f4 $1 {
The idea f4-f5 would have been annoying for Black.} Ne4 (10... Qc7 $6 11. cxd5
cxd5 (11... exd5 12. g3 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf4f5]}) 12. Rc1 $36) 11. Nxg6 (
11. Qe1 $1 Ndf6 12. Rc1 $14) 11... hxg6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxg7 Rh7 14. Bc3 Qh4
15. h3 g5 16. Qe1 gxf4 17. exf4 Bxf4 18. Qxh4 Rxh4 $132) 10... O-O 11. g3 {
Here 11.f4 was not so effective since the Pe3 is weakened.} Re8 12. Nxg6 hxg6
13. Bf3 {The position is equal, but I was intending to play for a win, since
the situation in the match was unclear.} Qe7 14. Bg2 Rad8 15. d4 {Now the
position is similar to those that arise in the Slav Defence after 1.d4 d5 2.c4
c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6.} g5 16. Qc2 Ba3 $1 {Seemingly, Black
exchanges his good bishop for White's restricted one. However, my idea was to
play g6 followed by Kg7 and Rh8 creating pressure along the h-file. Without
the exchange of the dark-squared bishops this plan would fail, since at an
appropriate moment White would play e3-e4 opening up the centre and the long
diagonal a1-h8.} 17. Rad1 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 g4 {Fixing the kingside. Of course,
this move might also have a drawback, Pg4 could become a target.} 19. Rfe1 Nb6
20. Na4 $2 {I was very surprised to see this.} (20. c5 $6 Nbd7 {followed by
e6-e5 is exactly what Black is striving for.}) (20. Bf1 {I expected this move.}
e5 21. cxd5 Nbxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd3 $11 (25. e4
$2 Rde8)) (20. e4 $5 dxc4 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qe2 Na3 $1 {[%cal Ga3b5]} (22... b5
$6 23. e5 Nd5 24. Ne4 f5 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Qxg4+ Qg7 27. Qh5 $14) 23. e5 Nd5
24. Ne4 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxg4 Nb5 28. Re5 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxe5
30. Rd7 Rf8 {and Black defends successfully.}) 20... Nxa4 21. bxa4 dxc4 22. Rc1
(22. Rb1 e5 $1 23. dxe5 Nd7 $1 {The same idea as in the game works fine here
as well.} 24. Qxb7 Nxe5 25. Qxa6 Rd2 $17) 22... e5 23. dxe5 $2 {
Underestimating the danger.} (23. Rxc4 exd4 (23... e4 24. Rb1 Rd7 25. Rb4 b5
$15) 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 26. Qb2 $15) 23... Nd7 $1 {The point! The
knight will be superb on e5, while Pb7 is of less importance.} 24. Qxb7 Nxe5
25. Qxe7 (25. Qxa6 Ra8 (25... Qc5 $17) 26. Qb6 Rxa4 $17) 25... Rxe7 26. Re2 (
26. Rc2 Red7 27. Kf1 Rd2 $17) 26... Red7 27. h3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rc1
$2 {In a winning position I started to play badly.} (29... c3 $2 30. Rc2 Rd2
31. Rxc3 Rxf2 32. hxg4 Rxa2 33. Kh3 Rxa4 34. Rc5 (34. Bxc6 $2 Rc4 35. Rxc4 Nxc4
$19) 34... Nxg4 35. Bxc6 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Nd3 37. Rd5 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 $15) (29... f5
$1 {was very much called for. White's position is totally cramped.} 30. e4 (30.
hxg4 fxg4 31. Be4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. f4 gxf3+ 34. Bxf3 Rd3 35. Kf2 Ra3 $19)
30... Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 gxf3 32. Rc2 (32. Re3 Rd3 {In my calculations I just
missed this simple move.} 33. Re1 Rd2 $19) 32... fxe4 $19) 30. hxg4 Nxg4+ 31.
Kh3 {Now White gets some chances.} Ne5 32. f4 Nd3 33. Bxc6 c3 34. Be4 (34. Kh4
Nb4 (34... c2 $2 35. Kg5 Nb4 36. Be4) 35. Be4 Rd1 36. Kg4 g6 37. Kf3 f5 38. Bc2
Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1 40. Bb3+ Kf8 41. a3 Nd3 42. Kh2 Ne1 {[%cal Ge1f3,Gf3d2]} 43.
Rf2 Rb1 $19) 34... Re1 35. Rc2 Rxe3 $2 {Another awful decision. It's clear
that Black should keep the knight. The rook endgames are "unwinnable".} (35...
Nc5 36. Bd5 Rxe3 37. Bb3 a5 $17) 36. Bxd3 Rxd3 37. Re2 Rd8 (37... Kf8 {Also
insufficient for a win.} 38. Re5 f6 (38... c2 39. Rc5 Rd2 40. Kg4 Ke7 41. Kf3
Kd6 42. Rc8 Kd5 43. Ke3 Rh2 44. a5 g6 45. Rc7 f5 46. a4 $11) 39. Re6 $1 c2 40.
Rc6 Rd2 41. Kg4 Ke7 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Rc3 Kd6 44. Ke3 Rg2 45. Kf3 Rh2 46. Ke4 $11
) 38. Rc2 Rc8 39. Kg4 Kh7 (39... Kf8 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43.
Rxc3 Rxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Kg4 45. Kb4 Kxg3 46. Ka5 Kxf4 47. Kxa6 g5 48. a5 g4 49. Kb5
g3 50. a6 g2 51. a7 g1=Q 52. a8=Q $11) 40. Kf5 $1 {Typical "shouldering".} Rc4
41. Rh2+ $1 Kg8 42. Rc2 f6 43. Ke6 Re4+ 44. Kd5 Re3 45. Kc6 {White's king is
extremely active, while mine is still dreaming.} Kf7 46. Kb6 $4 {A big mistake
in a drawish position.} (46. f5 $1 Ke7 47. a5 Rxg3 48. Kb6 Kd6 49. Kxa6 Kc6 50.
Rc1 Rf3 51. Rc2 $11 {Neither side can make any progress here.}) 46... Ke6 {
Now my king is coming towards the Pc3 pawn, the position is winning again.} 47.
Kxa6 Kd5 48. a5 (48. Kb5 Kd4 49. a5 Kd3 50. Rc1 Kd2 51. Rh1 c2 $19) 48... Kc4
49. Kb6 Kd3 50. Rc1 Kd2 51. Rh1 c2 52. a4 $1 {The only chance.} (52. a6 $2 Ra3
53. Rh2+ Kc3 54. Rh1 Kb2 55. a7 Rxa2 56. Kb7 c1=Q 57. Rxc1 Kxc1 58. a8=Q Rxa8
59. Kxa8 Kd2 $19) 52... Re4 $4 {I managed to find one of the moves that does
not win!} (52... Rxg3 53. a6 Rb3+ 54. Ka5 Rh3 55. Rg1 c1=Q 56. Rxc1 Kxc1 57. a7
Rh8 58. Kb6 Kd2 (58... g5 $2 59. fxg5 fxg5 60. Kb7 g4 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Kxa8 g3
63. a5 g2 64. a6 g1=Q 65. a7 $11) 59. a5 Kc3 60. a6 Kb4 $19) (52... Ra3 53. Kb5
Rxg3 54. a6 Rh3 55. Rg1 c1=Q 56. Rxc1 Kxc1 57. a7 Rh8 58. Kc6 Kc2 (58... g5 $2
59. fxg5 fxg5 60. Kb7 g4 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Kxa8 g3 63. a5 g2 64. a6 g1=Q 65. a7
$11) 59. a5 Kb3 60. a6 Kb4 61. Kb7 Kb5 $19) 53. Kb5 Re1 54. Rh2+ Re2 {Gaining
some time on the clocks.} 55. Rh1 Re1 56. Rh2+ Kd3 57. Rxc2 Kxc2 58. a6 {
This position is rather amazing. White's doubled pawns are very effective.
Black has no win.} Kb3 59. a7 Re8 60. a5 g5 61. fxg5 $2 {In time-trouble White
faced difficult calculations and failed to find the rigth path.} (61. f5 $1 {
The only move that saves White.} g4 62. a6 Rh8 63. Kb6 Kb4 64. Kb7 Kb5 65. a8=Q
Rxa8 66. Kxa8 Kxa6 67. Kb8 Kb6 68. Kc8 Kc6 69. Kb8 $1 Kd6 70. Kb7 Ke5 71. Kc6
Kxf5 72. Kd5 Kg5 73. Ke4 f5+ 74. Ke3 Kf6 75. Kd3 Ke5 76. Ke3 $11) (61. a6 $2
gxf4 62. gxf4 f5 63. Kb6 Kb4 64. Kb7 Kb5 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Kxa8 Kxa6 67. Kb8
Kb6 68. Kc8 Kc6 69. Kd8 Kd5 70. Ke7 Ke4 $19) 61... fxg5 62. g4 Rh8 63. a6 Rg8
64. Kb6 Kb4 65. Kb7 Kb5 66. a8=Q Rxa8 67. Kxa8 Kxa6 68. Kb8 Kb6 69. Kc8 Kc6 70.
Kd8 Kd6 {[%cal Gd6e5,Ge5f4,Gf4g4][%mdl 4096] This win brought my team "Metz
Fischer" an important match victory with a narrow score of 3-2.} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 (3... dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 (4... b5 5. a4 $36) 5. O-O
Nbd7) (3... Bf5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 $36 {[%csl Rb7]}) 4. Bg2 (4. Ne5
Be6 $1 {Pantsulaia,L (2578)-Gelfand,B (2717) FIDE World Cup 2005 (3.5) 0-1})
4... e6 5. O-O Nd7 $5 {L'intérêt de cet ordre de coups qui retarde la sortie
naturelle du Ngf6 est d'empêcher le thème Ne5 attaquant le Bg4} (5... Nf6 6. b3
Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3) 6. cxd5 $1 {Un coup multifonction qui libère les Blancs
de la menace dc4 et après Nbd7, les Noirs n'ont plus l'option de reprendre du
P"c" pour jouer le coup actif Nc6} exd5 (6... cxd5 $143 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. d3 Be7
9. Bf4 $36 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Ga1c1,Gc3b5];Loginov,V (2540)-Huebner,R (2615)
Manila ol (Men) 1992 1-0}) 7. d3 Ngf6 (7... Bd6 $5) 8. Nc3 ({RR} 8. h3 Bh5 9.
Nh4 Bc5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6
16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Bxe4 Bxd4 21. Bxd5 Bxe5
22. Bg2 a5 {McShane,L (2645)-Adams,M (2723)/London 2010/CBM 140/1/2-1/2 (44)})
8... Bxf3 {moins courant que Be7 ou même Bc5} (8... Be7 {la ligne principale})
(8... Bc5) 9. Bxf3 {A noter que Fritz12 et Rykba 4 proposent ef3 qui est un
coup... trés laid!} d4 (9... Bd6 $5 10. e4 dxe4 {Clemens,C (2360)-Kurajica,B 
(2525) Hamburg Favoriten 1980 (1) 1/2} (10... d4)) 10. Nb1 (10. Ne4 Nxe4) 10...
Be7 $146 ({RR} 10... Bc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Rfe8 15. Bd2
Ne5 16. Nxa5 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Qd7 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bb6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Qb3
b5 22. Nd2 c5 23. Ne4 Qc6 24. Rc1 Nxe4 25. fxe4 {Nikolic,P (2631)-Doric,D 
(2482)/Vogosca 2007/CBM 118 ext/1-0 (43)}) 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Qc2 a5
$11 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8 16. Bf4 (16. Bf3 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ge7f8,Ge8e2]})
16... Bd6 $1 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bf3 Re5 $36 19. Rab1 Rc5 20. Qa4
Rb5 21. a3 Nd7 22. b4 Nb6 {[%csl Ra4]} 23. Qc2 axb4 24. Rxb4 Rxa3 25. Rxb5 cxb5
26. Rb1 b4 27. Bxb7 g6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Qc6 Qxc6+ 30. Bxc6 Rc3 31. Bb5 b3 32.
Kf3 f5 33. e3 Kf6 34. exd4 g5 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 h5+ 37. Kxh5 Kf5 38. Kh6
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Rossolimo-Tartakower +1-1=8"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1948.11.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1948.10.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 (4... Bg4 {L'alternative}) 5. c4 $1 {
[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd1b3]} dxc4 (5... e6 {La grande ligne}) 6. Na3 e5 $146 (6...
b5 7. b3 {la ligne critique}) (6... Qd5 {Garibaldi,O-Rossetto,H ARG-ch Buenos
Aires 1947 1/2}) 7. Nxc4 $8 (7. Nxe5 $2 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Qd4 {[%cal Gd4a1,Gd4e5]})
7... e4 8. Ne1 (8. Nfe5 Bc5 9. d4 $5 {Gagnant un tempo important sur le Bc5} (
9. Qb3 $36 {[%csl Rb7]}) 9... Bxd4 (9... Qxd4 $4 10. Qxd4 Bxd4 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12.
Nexf7) 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 12. Nd6 $40 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd6f5,Gd6f7,
Gd1d4,Gd1b3,Gb3g8]}) (8. Ng5 h6 9. Ne3 hxg5 10. Nxf5 Qd7 11. Ne3 Na6 $11 {
[%cal Ga6c5]} (11... Bc5)) 8... Bc5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 (10. Bg5) (10. Qb3 $5 b5
11. Ne3 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. dxe4 Bxe4 $11 {Pour cette dernière ronde du match,
il est probable que la longue suite de nulle va continuer} 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13.
Qc2 Qe7 14. Nf3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Ndf6 16. Rxd8 (16. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 16... Rxd8
17. Rd1 {Le match se termine sur l'égalité 1-1 et 8 nulles d'affilée} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch 56th"]
[Site "Vitrolles"]
[Date "1981.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1981.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 (5... e6 {Plus solide} 6.
b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 e5 $11) 6. b3 (6. d3
e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qa5 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Ne5 14. Bg2 Rad8 15. a3 Qa6 $1 {[%csl Rd3]}) 6... e5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bb2
$146 (8. d3 Bd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qe7 11. Nc3 Qe6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Ba3 {
McDevitt-Henry,P Cork op 1971 0-1}) 8... Bd6 $132 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} 9. d4 e4 10.
Ne5 O-O 11. f4 exf3 12. exf3 Bf5 13. Re1 (13. g4) 13... Re8 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. g4
Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Black "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lublin"]
[BlackTeam "Prokonex"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 c6 8. cxd5
exd5 (8... cxd5 {[%csl Rd7]}) 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 (10... Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Bg2 Bc5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bxc5
Nexc5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Ne4 Red8 21. Qb2 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Rfe1 a6 24. e6 fxe6
25. Rxe6 Nf6 26. Rde1 Rd7 27. Re7 Rad8 28. Qb3+ Nd5 29. R7e5 Qf6 30. h4 Rf8 31.
R1e2 Kh8 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Re7 34. Qc2 h6 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qd2 Qe4 37.
Rd4 Qf3 38. a4 b5 39. a5 Re8 40. Rd8 {Artemiev,V (2621)-Matlakov,M (2695)
Yerevan 2014 1-0 (129)}) 11. dxe4 Re8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Be5 14. Ne2 $146 (14.
Be3 Qa5 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. Bd4 Nfd7 18. f4 Nc4 19. g4 Rad8 20. gxh5
Qxh5 21. Nf5 Nf6 22. Rg1 {1-0 (22) Kurtz,M-Kepenekidis,A ICCF corr 1992}) 14...
Qb6 15. Kh1 Bxe2 $5 16. Qxe2 Nc5 {[%csl Rd3]} 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Be3
Qxb2 $6 20. Qc4 $1 $44 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gc4a2,Ga1b1,Gb1b7]} Ne6 21. Rab1 Qc3
22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rxb7 $14 Rf8 24. Rd1 Ba5 $6 {[%csl Ra5] Malgré l'échange
des Q, les Noirs ont des petits problèmes pour terminer le developpement} 25.
e5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gf6]} g5 28. Rxd5 Bb6 29. Kg2 h5 30. Nf6
Bxe3 31. fxe3 $36 Kg6 32. Rd2 (32. Kf3) 32... Rfb8 33. Rbd7 Rb5 34. Nd5 $16
Rab8 35. Rf2 Rf8 36. Ne7+ Kg7 37. Rxa7 {[%csl Ga2]} Rxe5 38. a4 {[%cal Gf2a2]}
Kh7 39. Nf5 (39. Ra2 Rxe3 40. Nf5 Re5 41. Nd6 Kg6 42. a5 Rd5 43. Rd7 {[%cal
Ga5a8]} Nc5) 39... Ng7 40. Nd6 Rxe3 41. Nxf7 g4 $2 42. Rf6 Rh8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nh6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. O-O
O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Nb3 e5 12. Nfd2 Nd6 13. Na5 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
a4 Bd7 16. c5 Nf5 17. Nac4 Be6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Nh6 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. f4 f6
22. f5 Bd7 23. e3 dxe3 24. Bxe3 Kh8 25. Qb3 Be8 26. Rbd1 Bf7 27. Qc2 Bg8 28.
Bh3 Rad8 29. Rd3 gxf5 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Bxf5 b6 32. Rfd1 Rb8 33. Nc4 Rbd8 34.
Nd6 Rb8 35. Qg2 bxc5 36. Qh3 Qg7 37. bxc5 Rb4 38. Be6 Bg5 $2 (38... Rd4 39. Kg2
Be3 $11) 39. Bxg8 $18 Qxg8 40. Qd7 Rb2 $6 (40... Rd4 41. Rxd4 exd4 $16) 41. Nf5
$18 Rfb8 42. h4 Bf4 43. Qe7 Rf8 44. Qxf8 $3 Qxf8 45. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Black "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Trier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O Na6 6. Na3 Qd5 7. Ne1 Qd4 8.
Qa4 Nd7 9. Nec2 Qg4 10. Nxc4 Qxe2 11. Re1 Qh5 12. b4 e6 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Nd4 Nb6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nf5 Nd5 $6 (17... f6 18. a3 b5 $11) 18. b5 Nb4
19. Qe4 Qg6 20. a3 Nd5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qc2 $6 (22. Nxg7+ Bxg7 23. Qxg6 $11)
22... Kd8 $17 23. Nd4 Qxc2 24. Nxc2 f6 25. Nd4 e5 26. Nc2 Bd6 27. d4 Re8 28.
dxe5 Bxe5 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Bxd4 b5 32. Bc5 Bf7 33. Re1 Ra4
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Antoniewski, Rafal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Dankowice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bb2 Nbd7 (6... e6 7. Be2 h6
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. d3 Bh7 12. Qc2 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Qc7 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. Nhf5 Bc5 18. Bc3 Re6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Qb2 Rae8
21. a3 c5 22. Ne3 b5 23. Rac1 Nb6 24. Qb3 Na4 25. Ba1 Qd7 26. Red1 Rb8 27. Ne4
Bxe4 28. dxe4 Qa7 29. Qb1 Ree8 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 c4 33. Bxe5
Rbd8 34. Rxb5 Rd2 35. Bg3 c3 36. Ra5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Laznicka,V (2679)
Dubai 2014 1-0}) 7. Be2 h6 8. cxd5 $146 (8. O-O e6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Qb3
Bh7 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. Bf1 Qe7 14. c5 a5 15. d4 Bc7 16. h3 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18.
e4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. b5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qf6 22. b6 Bb8 23. Be2 Re8 24. Kf1
Qf4 25. Bc1 Qf6 26. Be3 Nxc5 27. Qb4 Nd3 28. Qd2 Nf4 29. Ra8 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 Qe6
31. Nd2 Bf5 32. Nb3 Bd6 33. Nc5 Rxa8 34. Qd1 Bf8 {0-1 (34) Grivas,E (2494)
-Movsesian,S (2651) Panormo 2002}) 8... cxd5 9. O-O e5 10. d4 e4 11. Ne5 Bd6
12. f4 exf3 $1 {[%csl Re3]} 13. Rxf3 Be6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rxf6 {Assez douteux
car les Noirs ont la possibilité de jouer le ooo} (15. Rc1 O-O 16. Rxf6 $1)
15... gxf6 16. e4 O-O-O $1 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Na4 (18. Rc1 Bf4) 18... Bc7 19. Qf1
Be4 20. Nc5 Qxd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bf3 {[%csl Rb7]} Qf4 (22... Qe3+ 23. Kh1
Rhe8 $36) 23. g3 Qd2 $1 24. Rb1 Rhe8 (24... h5 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh5h4] Rb1
donnait un tempo important pour jouer ce coup h5}) 25. Kh1 Kb8 26. Bg2 Re2 27.
Qf3 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Bf1 Re8 30. Qxf6 Re2 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 (3... Bf5) 4. c4 (4. Ne5 Bf5 5. c4 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Gd1b3]} (5. d3 {[%cal Ge2e4]})) 4... e6 5. cxd5 (5. O-O Nf6) (5. Qb3 Qb6)
5... exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Bxf3 {Une nouveauté dans cet ordre de coups mais
en fait, c'est une simple transposition} 8. Bxf3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bc5 (9... d4 10.
Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. b4 O-O 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. b5 Qd7 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. bxc6
bxc6 17. Qc4 Rab8 18. Rab1 Nc3 19. Rb3 Qe6 20. Qxc6 Nxe2+ 21. Kg2 Qxc6 22. Bxc6
Nc3 23. Bf4 Rxb3 24. axb3 g5 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Bf3 a5 27. Ra1 Rc5 28. Bb7 Re5 29.
Kf1 Rb5 30. Ba6 Rxb3 31. Rxa5 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 h6 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bxh6 hxg3 35.
fxg3 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Bd8 37. Rc5 Rb6 38. Rc8 Rxh6 39. Rxd8+ {Bachmann,A (2629)
-Nakamura,H (2776) Caleta 2015 1/2-1/2}) 10. Qc2 $5 $146 (10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4
O-O 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bg2 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. f3 h5 17. Rae1 Rad8
18. f4 h4 19. gxh4 Qh5 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Ng3 Qxh4 22. Nf5 Qh7 23. Bc3 Re6 24. e5
Nh5 25. Be4 Qh8 26. Qe2 Rde8 27. Qf3 Nc5 28. Bc2 Rg6 29. Nh4 Rh6 30. f5 Nf4 31.
Qxf4 Rxh4 32. Qg3 Bc7 33. Re2 Rh3 34. Qg1 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37.
f6 Ne6 38. Bb3 Ng5 39. Rf5 Bxf6 {Bocharov,D (2567)-Pridorozhni,A (2533)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 1/2-1/2 (74)}) 10... O-O 11. Na4 (11. e4 Ne5 {[%csl Rd3]})
11... Bd6 12. e4 Re8 (12... Ne5 $5 {[%csl Rd3]}) 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. Bd2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Rad8 16. Rae1 (16. Rfe1 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 16... Ne5 17. Re2 b5 18. Nc3 Bc5
19. Nd1 (19. Bg5) 19... Bb6 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. b3 Rd3 $1 {Les pièces Noires sont
plus actives} 22. Kh1 (22. Nf5 $142 Red8 23. Bc3 {[%cal Ge2d2]}) 22... Red8 23.
Bc1 b4 24. Rd2 R8d7 (24... Bxe3 25. Rxd3 Nxd3 26. Bxe3 Nxe4 {Les Blancs ont la
paire de B mais un P est un P}) 25. Rxd3 Nxd3 26. f3 Qe5 27. Bd2 Qd4 28. Bh3
Rd8 29. Nc4 Nxe4 $1 30. Be3 (30. fxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Bg2 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxc2) 30...
Qc3 31. Qxc3 Nxc3 32. Nxb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 Rb8 (33... Ra8 34. Bf5 {[%csl Gf5]})
34. Bc7 Rb7 35. Bd6 g6 36. Ra1 Nb5 37. Bf1 Rd7 38. Bxd3 Rxd6 39. Bxb5 cxb5 40.
Rc1 Rd3 (40... Rd2 41. Rc5 Rxa2 42. Rxb5 Rf2 43. f4 Rb2 44. Rxb4 Kg7 $44 {
[%csl Gb2,Rb4,Rh1]}) 41. f4 h5 $1 42. Rc5 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Rd2+ 44. Kh3 Rxa2 45.
Rxb5 Rb2 46. Rxb4 {La position des R permet aux Noirs d'annuler} Kg7 47. Rb7
Kf6 48. b4 Kg7 {Les blancs ne peuvent pas progresser} 49. b5 Kf6 50. b6 Kg7 51.
Rb8 Kf6 52. b7 Kf5 (52... Kg7) 53. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8.
Ng5 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nxc4 e5 11. Kh1 Nfd5 12. d3 Be7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. a3 O-O
15. b4 Kh8 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Na5 f5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. bxc5 f4 20. Rfc1 Be8 21. Qb3
Rb8 22. Rab1 Bd7 23. Qb2 b5 24. Nb3 Rbe8 25. Ba5 Qb8 26. Nd2 fxg3 27. hxg3 Bg5
28. Ne4 Be3 $1 29. Bd2 Bd4 30. Qc2 $6 (30. Qa2 Be6 31. Qc2 $17) 30... Rf5 31.
g4 Qd8 32. Be1 Re6 33. Qd2 Rf4 34. Bf2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f4e4","",10]} Rxe4
$1 35. e3 Rxe3 36. Rb4 Rxd3 $1 37. Qxd3 $2 (37. Rxd4 Rxd2 38. Rxd2) 37... Bxf2
$19 38. Qf1 Rh6+ 39. Bh3 Qh4 40. Rb2 Ne3 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Magnitogorsk"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.11.13"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bb2
Rc8 9. d4 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Rc1 N5f6 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Qb1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. b4 Be4 21.
Qa1 Na4 22. b5 Qb7 $6 (22... Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Rc5 $11) 23. Nc6 $16 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1
Nxb2 {[%tqu "En","","","","c6e7","",10]} 25. Ne7+ $1 Kh7 26. Nxc8 Nd3 27. Nd6
Qd5 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rc2 Qxb5 30. Be2 Qb3 31. Bxd3 Qxd3 32. Rc7 Kg6 33. Rxa7
Qd2 34. Qf1 h5 35. Rb7 Qb2 36. h3 Nc5 37. Ra7 Qc2 38. Rc7 Qb2 39. a4 Ne4 40.
Rd7 Nc5 41. Rd4 e5 42. Rd6+ f6 43. Rc6 Qb4 44. Rc7 Qxa4 45. Qb1+ e4 46. Rc8 Qa5
47. Rc6 Nd3 48. Rxb6 Qd2 49. Qf1 h4 50. Re6 Kf5 51. Re7 g5 52. g4+ Kg6 $2 53.
Rxe4 $18 Ne1 54. f4 Qd5 55. Qc4 Qd8 56. Kf2 Nd3+ 57. Kf1 Nc5 58. Rd4 Qf8 59.
Rd5 Nb7 60. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc4
15. Bc3 Bb4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Nd3 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Nc5 Rc7 21.
Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Rxc6 Qxa2 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Rb1 a5 25. Bd1 Nf6 26. Bc2 g6 27. f3
Qa3 28. Qc3 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Ra1 h5 31. h4 Re8 32. Kf2 Ree7 33. Ke2 Rec7
34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Kd2 Rb7 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Nd7 {Black is solid, but
passive. Karjakin starts opening up the position for his bishop. Even though
this looks drawish to the naked idea, a deeper inspection shows that this is
just unpleasant for Black.} 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Rb6 40. Ra4 e5 41. Ke3 Kf6 42.
dxe5+ {Not afraid of the symmetrical pawn structures. The bishop is superior
to the knight and b4 is weak, Karjakin will work with this.} Kxe5 43. Ra5+ Kd6
44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Bd5 $1 {Dominating the board.} f6 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. f4 Nb6 (
47... Nf8 {is uncomfortable to play but maybe a better try. It's hard to
imagine Black will hold on once he loses b4, though.}) 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Bf7 {
The Russian player made it look easy! Black's position is already falling
apart.} Rc8 50. Ra6 Kc6 51. Bxg6 Kb7 52. Ra5 Rc3 53. Be4+ Kb8 54. Rb5 Ka7 55.
Rxh5 {Simply too many pawns, and Black can't even grab b3 yet.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia II"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. a3 Rac8 13. b4 Qd8 14. e3 Nb8 15.
e4 {The only try for an advatage but it should not really worry Black.} dxe4
16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Qe2 b6 18. b5 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8
22. Qd3 a6 23. Nd2 axb5 24. Qxb5 Qc6 25. Qb3 Na6 26. Nc4 Nac7 27. Ne5 Qe8 28.
a4 g6 29. Qc2 Bf8 30. h4 Qe7 31. Qc6 h5 $2 {An unnecessary weakness in a
position where White had no real threats.} (31... Qb4 {was quite playable, e.g.
} 32. Qd7 ({or} 32. Bc1 Qc3) 32... Qe7) 32. Bc1 $1 Bg7 33. Bg5 Bf6 34. Bxf6
Qxf6 35. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Nd7 Qf5 {All of a sudden Black is in
serious difficulties and had only seconds left on the clock.} ({The awkward
text move is forced since} 37... Qe7 {loses a pawn}) ({and} 37... Qxd4 {
loses f and e pawns, at least.}) 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Ne5 Nc3 $1 40. Kg2 $1 (40.
Nxf7 {gives Black perpetual check but 40.Kg2 is so strong that Johansen almost
lost on time trying to find a reasonable reply.}) 40... Ne2 41. Nf3 $1 Nf4+ ({
The resulting queen ending is lost but} 41... f6 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44.
Qxb6 {is also hopeless.}) 42. gxf4 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qxf3 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Qxe6
Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qxd4 47. Qe5 $1 Qd7 48. Qh8+ Qh7 49. Qxh7+ Kxh7 50. Kf3 Kg7 51.
Ke4 Kf6 52. Kd5 Kf5 53. Kc6 Kxf4 54. Kxb6 g5 55. a5 g4 56. a6 Kf3 57. a7 Kxf2
58. a8=Q g3 59. Qd5 g2 60. Qxh5 g1=Q $5 61. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich op-A 29th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O ({After} 4. c4 {4...Bg4 is not so good,
but white has also to deal with} dxc4) 4... Bg4 {Black has a lot of
possibilities here, but this way of development is the most common against
white's set-up.} 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 {That pawn structure is normal for
black, but at least it leads to a complicated play, while I had already some
experience of playing such positions.} ({I was a bit worried about} 6... cxd5
$5) ({Or even} 6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5) 7. d3 Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 {Black prefers to
exchange the bishop immediately.} (8... Bh5 {is a principal alternative.}) 9.
Bxf3 Bc5 {Provoking the d3-d4 advancement which makes the pawn structure fixed.
} ({Other possible ways of development are:} 9... Bd6) ({and} 9... Be7) 10. Bg2
{This loss of a tempo is necessary anyway, since white's plan is advancing the
king-side pawns.} (10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. a3 Qe7 14. Bd2 Bb6
15. Rae1 Nc5 16. e3 Ne6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Kh2 $14 {1-0 Anastasian,A-Avrukh,B/
Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (32)}) 10... O-O 11. e3 $5 $146 {White's position is
very flexible - now the d5-d4 advancement can be met by e3-e4, followed by a
king-side attack. On the other hand, black has no clear plan of counterplay.} (
11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rb1 a5 (12... d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qe7 $11) 13. a3 Qe7 14.
Bd2 h6 15. Kh2 Bd4 $6 16. e3 Bc5 17. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Kunte,A-Goloshchapov,A/
Calcutta 2000/CBM 074 ext (32)}) 11... Re8 12. Qc2 Bb6 13. Kh1 {Waiting with
the development of Nb1.} Qc7 14. Re1 ({Possible was also:} 14. e4 $5 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nc5 16. Nc3 Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d4]} 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. f4 $14 {with slighty
better perspectives, but I didn't want to force the matters at this stage of
the game.}) 14... Nf8 {That manoevre seems to be pointless.} ({After} 14... Qe5
15. Nd2 Qf5 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Kg1 Rae8 19. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Gb2b4,
Ga2a4] white's position would be a bit better, but black's pieces are placed
actively here.}) 15. Nd2 Qe5 {Delivering the queen to h5 in order to create
some counterplay.} 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. b3 {Now it's clear, that after 14...Nf8
white's dark-squared bishop will put a strong pressure along the diagonal
a1-h8.} (17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Bc3 Qh6 $14) 17... Ba5 {This move is not that bad,
but it was connected with a wrong strategical idea.} ({I would prefer} 17... d4
$5 18. e4 Ba5 19. Rf1 (19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne6) 19... Bc3 20. Rb1 $14 {
with a slight edge of white.} (20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Ne6)) 18. Rf1 (18. Re2 $5)
18... g5 $2 {White's position is very solid, so this ''drastic'' attempt to
develop a strong attack cannot be successful!} ({Better was:} 18... Bc7 $142
19. Bb2 N8d7 $14) 19. Bb2 g4 20. Nh4 Bd8 21. Qc3 $1 {Immediately exploiting
the weakness of the long diagonal.} gxh3 {What else?} 22. Bxh3 Ng6 23. Rg1 {
Now it's obvious, that black cannot create any serious threats, while his
minor pieces are practically paralized.} Re5 $2 {This is already the decisive
mistake. Tomasz has probably overlooked my next move.} (23... Nxh4 $2 24. gxh4+
Kf8 25. Ba3+ $18) ({Necessary was:} 23... Ne5 24. Kg2 Nfg4 25. Raf1 Bf6 26. d4
Nd7 27. Nf3 $16 {although black's position remains very hard from strategical
point of view.}) 24. Qb4 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Re5] Winning the material.} Ne4 {
Black is trying to make the things more complicated.} ({Hopeless would be also:
} 24... Rb8 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qf4 $18) 25. dxe4 ({Good enough was also:} 25.
Qxb7 Nxf2+ 26. Kh2 Bxh4 (26... Nxh3 27. Qxa8 $18) 27. Qxa8+ $18) 25... Bxh4 26.
gxh4 ({Only not} 26. Bxe5 $4 Be7 $19) ({But there was nothing wrong also with} 
26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. gxh4 Rxe4 28. Kg2 Rxh4 29. Qd7 Qe2 30. Bf6 $18) 26... Rxe4 27.
Qc3 (27. Qxb7 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Rg3 Qxf2+ 30. Rg2 Qxe3 31. Rf1 $18) 27...
Kf8 ({Black couldn't develop a real attack:} 27... d4 28. exd4 Rxh4 29. Rg3 $18
) (27... Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2+ 29. Rg2 $18) 28. Rg3 ({Even stronger was:} 28. Rxg6
hxg6 (28... Qxg6 29. Qh8+ Qg8 30. Ba3+ $18) 29. Qg7+ Ke8 (29... Ke7 30. Ba3+
Kd8 31. Qxf7 $18) 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Qxa8 Rxh4 32. Qxb7+ $18 {with mate}) 28...
Rxh4 29. Kg2 $6 {A little inaccuracy. However, it doesn't change anything.} ({
At the same time,i could end the game immediately by:} 29. Qh8+ $1 Nxh8 (29...
Ke7 30. Ba3+ Rb4 31. Bxb4+ c5 32. Bxc5#) 30. Ba3+ Rb4 31. Bxb4+ c5 32. Bxc5+
Ke8 33. Rg8#) 29... d4 30. exd4 (30. Qb4+ c5 31. Qxb7 Re8 32. Rf1 $18) 30...
Re8 (30... Rxh3 31. Rxh3 Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Nxh3 33. Qxh3 $18) 31. Ba3+ Kg8 32. Re1 {
Simplifying the position.} Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Qd5+ ({I have calculated the
following variation:} 33... Rxh3 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. Qd6+ Kf5 37.
Rxh3 Nh4+ 38. Kh1 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Nf3+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kxf3 Qg4+ 42. Ke3 Qxh3+
43. f3 $18) 34. Kh2 (34. f3 $18) 34... Qxd4 {Allowing a nice mate.} 35. Qe8+
Kg7 36. Bf8+ Kf6 37. Be7+ ({Or} 37. Qe7+ Nxe7 38. Bg7#) 37... Nxe7 (37... Ke5
38. Bxh4+ $18) 38. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Be7 {The players are
deviating from the main theoretical lines, and the subsequent position is
almost unexplored.} 7. Qb3 Qc8 $5 ({But} 7... Qb6 {looks somewhat moe natural:}
8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 $11 {, but the higher-rated player is avoiding the
possible simplifications.}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 {The Bf4 is going to be
misplaced.} (9. cxd5 {looks better:} cxd5 (9... exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nbd7
12. Be3 $14) 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 $11) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 ({Opening
up the c-file would definitely suit White:} 10... cxd5 $6 11. Rfc1 Nc5 12. Qd1
Qd8 13. Rc2 Qb6 14. Rac1 $14 {Wang,Y (2711)-Lupulescu,C (2643) Bazna 2014}) 11.
Rfc1 $146 {Removing the rook from the k-side is a risky decision.} ({The
previously played} 11. Qc2 {also led White to an inferior position:} Nc5 12.
Nd4 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. Rab1 Bh3 15. b4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne6 $15 {Rajkovic,D 
(2475)-Huebner,R (2615) Germany 1991}) ({Possibly, the best way of handling
the position would be something like} 11. d4 $5 Nb6 12. Rfe1 $11) 11... Nc5 12.
Qd1 Bh3 ({A stronger move was} 12... Ne6 $1 13. Bd2 Qd8 $15 {, intending to
seize a lot of space by means of d5-d4.}) 13. Bh1 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({
There was no reason to deviate from the exchange of bishops:} 13. b4 $1 Bxg2
14. Kxg2 Ne6 15. Be5 $11 {- in this case White's setup would be justified.})
13... Ne6 14. Bd2 Qd7 $1 {GM Bluebaum reasonably doesn't hurry - White's
position lacks any active ideas now.} ({The over-ambitious} 14... d4 $6 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. dxe4 $132 {would only help White to consolidate.}) 15. d4 {Obviously,
White's pieces are awkwardly placed, especially after this move.} ({Possibly,
the lesser evil would be} 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. d4 $15 {
, simplifying matters.}) 15... Bd6 16. a3 ({Now} 16. Ng5 {can be strongly met
with} Bg4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 $36) 16... Qe7 17. e3 Ne4 18. Bg2 $6 {In comparison to
the previous note, now Black is better prepared for attacking White's monarch.}
({White had to play} 18. Ne5 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 $15 {, hoping to neutralise the
opponent's bishops in the future.}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 $17 {Now White is
doomed to a passive defence, while most of his pieces are stuck far away from
the king.} 20. Ng1 (20. Ne5 g5 21. f4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 $17 {looks very bad from a
strategic point of view - the Bd2 is like a big pawn!}) 20... g5 21. f3 Nf6 22.
Qc2 $2 {This is already a decisive mistake.} ({The only way to put up
resistance was} 22. f4 g4 23. Nge2 h5 24. Qc2 $17) 22... f4 $1 {Now White's
monarch is helpless.} 23. Re1 (23. Nge2 fxe3 24. Bxe3 Nh5 25. Qd2 Nhg7 26. Rf1
Nf5 27. Rae1 Rae8 28. Bg1 h5 $19 {was completely lost too.}) 23... Rae8 (23...
fxg3 $1 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Kxg3 Nh5+ 26. Kg2 g4 $19 {would offer Black a
deicisve attack, but the text move doesn't spoil anything.}) 24. Na4 Qg7 ({
Once again,} 24... fxg3 $1 25. hxg3 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 g4 $19 {was simpler.}) 25.
Nc5 Nxc5 $6 {This move makes Black's task much tougher.} (25... fxg3 $142 26.
hxg3 g4 27. f4 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Qh6 $19) 26. dxc5 Be5 27. exf4 gxf4 28. Rxe5 ({
White could have tried} 28. Bc3 d4 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxd4 {, but after} Ree8
31. Ne2 Nd5 $1 32. Bxg7 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Nxc2 34. Bxf8 Nxa1 {Black should be able
to convert the material advantage into a full point.}) 28... Rxe5 29. Bxf4 Re6
30. Qf5 Rfe8 $1 {Black doesn't need the f-file any longer.} 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. b4
Ne5 {The knight is heading to c4.} 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Qc2 Re3 {The penetration
of Black's major pieces easily decides the game now.} 35. h4 {Desperation.}
Rxa3 36. h5 Rae3 37. b5 R3e5 38. bxc6 bxc6 {The rest was just an agony.} 39.
Qa4 Rg5 40. Qxc6 Rxg3+ 41. Kh2 Rd8 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. h6 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Qb2 45. Qh3
Rdg8 46. Qh4 R2g6 47. Ne2 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 $5 {An interesting way to deviate
from the main lines in the Slav.} e6 6. b3 ({After} 6. d4 Nbd7 {Black has a
superb version of the Meran.}) 6... Bd6 {Black is ready to push e6-e5, so
White should clarify the situation in the centre.} ({The alternatives are:} 
6... c5 7. cxd5 (7. d4 Nc6 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 $11
{0-1 Gelfand,B (2729)-Bacrot,E (2707)/Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006/CBM 114 ext (39)})
7... exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O
$14) (6... Nbd7 7. d4 (7. Bb2 e5) 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd6 (9... Qe7 $5)
10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rc1 {may transpose to
another topical line of Meran.}) 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Be2 $146 {A natural
novelty in a typical but rare Meran position.} ({There was an alternative
worth considering:} 9. Bd3 $5 e5 (9... Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Na4 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Daly,C (2365)
-Ryan,J (2275)/Drogheda 1999/EXT 2000 (79)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
O-O Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Be5 14. Rfd1 $14 {with some pressure on the isolated pawn.})
9... Qe7 10. g4 $6 {White's setup isn't suitable for such aggressive measures.}
({More to the point was} 10. O-O e5 $140 (10... b6 $5 11. Qc2 Bb7 {might be
the best way to handle this position.}) 11. dxe5 (11. cxd5 $6 e4 12. Nd2 cxd5
$15) 11... Nxe5 12. cxd5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qe5 14. g3 Bxh3 15. dxc6 bxc6 (15...
Bxf1 $2 16. cxb7 Rad8 17. Qxf1 $18) 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. Ne2 $14) 10...
b5 {Black has control over the key e4-square, so there is no need to hurry
with 10...Ne4.} 11. g5 {What else?} (11. Qc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. g5 Nd5 14.
Bxc4 Rb8 $15) (11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 e5 $15) 11... Ne4 {Black takes over
the initiative, as the Ke1 is stuck in the centre.} 12. Nxe4 (12. c5 {was
hardly any better:} Bc7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15. Qc2 f5 $36) 12... dxe4 13.
Nd2 f5 $1 ({The text is much stronger than} 13... Qxg5 14. Nxe4 Bb4+ 15. Kf1
Qh4 16. Nd2 $132) 14. h4 {That is probably the best practical decision - the
advanced kingside pawns may give White some tactical resources in the future.}
(14. gxf6 {Opening up the f-file couldn't suit White:} Nxf6 15. Qc2 e5 16.
O-O-O exd4 17. Bxd4 (17. exd4 Bf5 18. Nf1 bxc4 19. Bxc4+ Nd5 20. Ne3 Kh8 $15)
17... Be5 $15) 14... e5 {This natural advance is the most natural way to
proceed.} ({But Black had a better way to develop the initiative:} 14... c5
$142 $1 15. cxb5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ne5 $36) 15. c5 Bc7 16. a4 $6 {
White has no time for real counterplay on the queenside.} ({It was the right
moment to get some space for the pieces:} 16. b4 $1 exd4 17. exd4 Kh8 (17...
Bb7 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. a4 f4 20. f3 $132) 18. a4 Bb7 19. Qb3 $132) 16... f4 $1 (
16... exd4 17. exd4 Bb7 (17... e3 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Qd3 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 $132) 18.
b4 f4 19. Qc2 e3 20. Nf3 $132) 17. Qc2 {Freeing a way for the king.} ({There
was no time for} 17. axb5 {in view of} fxe3 18. bxc6 exf2+ 19. Kf1 exd4 20.
cxd7 Bxd7 21. Bxd4 e3 22. Nf3 Rad8 23. Bc4+ Be6 $36 {with a strong attack.})
17... fxe3 (17... exd4 $5 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Nxe4 (19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21.
Qd5+ Kh8 $40) 19... Bf5 20. O-O-O Qe6 $36) 18. fxe3 exd4 19. Bxd4 {This
decision is double-edged. White keeps the bishop useful along the a1-h8
diagonal, but Black gets the important e5-square for his pieces.} ({On the
other hand,} 19. exd4 e3 20. Nf1 Qf7 21. O-O-O Re8 $36 {looks unpleasant as
well.}) 19... Ne5 20. axb5 $6 {Magnus is playing with fire. Black gets a
golden opportunity to develop a direct attack.} (20. Nxe4 {was called for:}
Nf3+ (20... Ba5+ 21. Kd1 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Kc1 Bc7 $44) 21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22.
axb5 cxb5 23. Rg1 Qe8 $44 {In the resulting position Black has obvious
compensation for a pawn, but there is nothing decisive.}) 20... Nd3+ $1 {
Dragan takes his chance.} (20... cxb5 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. O-O-O Rfd8
24. Qg2 Rac8 $44) 21. Bxd3 exd3 22. Qxd3 Bf5 $36 {The light squares in White's
camp are extremely weak now.} 23. Qe2 (23. Qc3 Bg3+ 24. Kd1 axb5 $36) 23...
cxb5 ({There was nothing wrong with the other recapture} 23... axb5 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. O-O Bh3 $17) (23... Bg3+ $5 24. Kd1 Rad8 $1 25. Qc4+ (25. bxa6 $4 Rxd4
26. exd4 Bc2+ $19) 25... Be6 26. Qc3 axb5 $17) 24. O-O-O {The king is under
attack there too, but there was no choice.} Qe6 {At this stage of the game
Magnus had to find precise moves in order to avoid an immediate loss.} (24...
Rad8 $5 25. Qg2 Rxd4 26. exd4 Qe3 27. Kb2 Qxd4+ 28. Ka2 Qxc5 $17) 25. Qg2 Rad8
(25... Be5 26. Rde1 Rac8 27. h5 Bd3 $17) 26. Rhf1 Be5 27. Rde1 Bd3 $2 {The
first serious inaccuracy by Dragan in this game. Exchanging one pair of rooks
will decrease the attacking potential.} (27... Rf7 $1 {[%cal Gf5h3]} 28. h5 (
28. Rg1 Rc7 $19) 28... Bh3 29. Qe4 Bxf1 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rd5 32. Bd6 Bg2
$17) 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rd1 {Now it looks like White has almost consolidated,
but Black starts to disturb the king again.} a5 $1 30. h5 a4 31. Kb2 $2 {
This could be a decisive mistake by the World Champion, but Dragan's task
wasn't easy.} (31. h6 $1 Bg6 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qa7 gxh6 34. gxh6 Qd5 35. Rg1 $132
) 31... Rd8 $2 {This natural move (especially under time pressure) is actually
a serious mistake.} ({Provoking b3-b4 would drastically change the picture:} 
31... Rc8 $1 32. b4 {and only now} Rd8 $1 {wins by force:} 33. Qf2 (33. h6 a3+
$1 34. Kc3 Bg6 $19 {[%cal Ge6a2]}) 33... a3+ 34. Ka1 Qg4 35. Nf3 Bxd4+ 36. exd4
Be4 37. Rf1 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Qxd4+ $19) 32. h6 $1 {Now the threat of 32...Rxd4
isn't fatal, so White can create some counterplay and stay in the game!} a3+ $2
{Mistakes are rarely come alone in such sharp positions!} (32... Rxd4 {leads
only to equality after} 33. exd4 Bxd4+ 34. Ka3 Bxc5+ 35. b4 Bf8 (35... Bxb4+
36. Kxb4 Qd6+ 37. Ka5 Qc7+ 38. Kb4 Qd6+ $11) 36. hxg7 Bxg7 37. Rc1 Bg6 38. Qa8+
Bf8 39. Qc6 $11) ({But} 32... Bxd4+ 33. exd4 Qe3 34. Qg1 Qf4 $1 {would still
keep the initiative. For instance,} 35. Nf1 Be2 36. g6 gxh6 37. Re1 Re8 38. c6
Qf3 39. Qg3 Qxc6 40. gxh7+ Kxh7 41. Nd2 Bh5 $15) 33. Ka2 Bxd4 34. exd4 {
Suddenly the Ka2 is not under attack, so Black has his troubles!} Qe3 35. Qg1
$2 {Returning the favour.} (35. c6 $1 {\/After} Qf4 (35... Qxd4 36. Ne4 Rc8 37.
Nc5 $18) 36. Nf1 Rxd4 (36... Qxd4 37. c7 Rc8 38. Rd2 Rxc7 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Qf3+
Kg8 41. Qxd3 $18) 37. Qh2 $3 {Black cannot keep the queens on the board, so
the passed c-pawn decides the game.}) 35... Qe2 $2 ({The game should have
ended in a draw in the event of} 35... Qf4 36. Nf1 Be2 37. Rd2 Bxf1 38. Rf2
Qxd4 39. Qxf1 Qxc5 $11) 36. Qe1 {Magnus doesn't miss a second chance to swap
the queens.} Rxd4 37. c6 Rd6 $1 ({Correctly deviating from the rook ending:} 
37... Bb1+ 38. Kxa3 Qxe1 39. Rxe1 Rxd2 40. Rxb1 Rc2 41. Kb4 Rxc6 42. Kxb5 Rg6
43. b4 Rxg5+ 44. Kc6 Rg6+ 45. Kc7 Rxh6 46. b5 $18) 38. c7 Rc6 39. Qxe2 Bxe2 40.
Re1 Bg4 41. Re7 {The endgame loos really difficult for Black, but there are
definite drawish chances.} gxh6 42. gxh6 Rxh6 43. Re4 {Now Black has to find a
good square for the bishop...} (43. Kxa3 $2 Kf8 44. Re4 Bd7 45. Rd4 Ke7 $11)
43... Bf5 $2 {Finally Dragan overlooks a nice tactical resource and loses on
the spot.} ({Had he played} 43... Bd7 44. Rd4 Bh3 45. Rd3 Bf5 46. Rg3+ Kh8 $14
{the position would be drawish due to a reduced material balance.}) 44. Nf3 $1
{That is the point! The bishop is vulnerable on f5, so White can avoid a pin
and win a piece.} (44. Re5 $2 Rh2 45. Rxf5 Rxd2+ 46. Kxa3 Rc2 $11) 44... Bh3 (
44... Rc6 {offered no hope either:} 45. Nd4 Rxc7 46. Nxf5 $18) ({And} 44... Ra6
45. Nd4 Bd7 46. Re8+ Kf7 47. c8=Q Bxc8 48. Rxc8 $18) 45. Ng5 Bf5 46. Re5 Bg4
47. Ne6 $18 {Finally White wins a piece and easily wins.} Rh2+ 48. Kxa3 Rc2 49.
Rg5+ ({A slightly simpler way was} 49. Nc5 Kf7 50. Kb4 h5 51. Rxh5) 49... Kf7
50. Nd4 (50. Nc5 h6 51. Rd5 Ke7 52. Kb4 $18) 50... Rxc7 51. Rxg4 Rb7 52. Kb4
Kf6 53. Nf3 {Preventing any counterplay.} ({There was also nothing wrong with} 
53. Nxb5 h5 54. Rg2 h4 55. Kc5 h3 56. Rh2 Rh7 57. Nd4 Kg5 58. b4 Kg4 59. Ne2
$18) 53... h5 54. Rf4+ Kg6 55. Kc5 b4 ({Or} 55... Rb8 56. b4 Rb7 57. Kc6 Rb8
58. Kc7 Rh8 59. Kb6 Rb8+ 60. Kc6 Kg7 61. Rf5 $18) 56. Rxb4 Rxb4 57. Kxb4 Kf5
58. Kc3 Kf4 59. Nh4 Kg4 60. b4 ({Black resigns in view of} 60. b4 Kxh4 61. b5
Kg3 62. b6 h4 63. b7 h3 64. b8=Q+) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. c4 c6 {This came as a real surprise for me.} ({I had only expected} 1... c5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ng4 {
which is Frank's favourite line in the English.}) 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3
Bg4 $5 {In my opinion,that move is much better than its reputation.} 5. cxd5 {
This move looks harmless, but it leads to an unusual position, where Black has
to play very energetically to compensate for his inferior pawn structure.} ({
I believe the only attempt to fight for a real advantage is} 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5
(6. cxd5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nxd5 9. d4 e6 $14) 6... Be6 7. d4 Nbd7 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 (8... Nxd7 9. cxd5 Qxb3 (9... cxd5 10. Bb5 $14) 10. axb3 Bxd5 (10...
cxd5 11. Nb5 $14) 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 $14) 9. Na4 $1 {1-0 Gurevich,
M-Hauchard,A/Belfort 1998} (9. Bd3)) 5... Bxf3 (5... cxd5 $2 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5
Qxb3 8. Nxf6+ $16) 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxc6+ (8. O-O Rc8 $11) 8... bxc6
9. b3 {Here Black made the most solid choice.} e6 (9... e5 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. O-O
O-O 12. Rac1 $14) (9... g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 $14) 10. O-O Bb4 {
Somehow I don't like this square for the bishop, although I don't know how
Black may equalise after other moves.} (10... Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rfc1 Qa5 13.
Rc2 Nd7 14. Na4 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qa6 16. Qd1 Rfe8 17. Qf1 $14 {1-0 Tomashevsky,
E-Ansell,S/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127 (45)}) (10... Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8
13. Na4 $14) 11. Na4 $6 $146 {A pointless move - there was no reason to hurry
and provoke the obvious transfer of the Nf6 to b6.} ({The previous example of
White's play was more logical:} 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Rc2 Nd7 14. Na4
Rac8 15. Rfc1 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Qa6 Qd6 19. d4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Vavrak,P-Meduna,E/Marianske Lazne 2008/CBM 122 Extra (27)}) 11... O-O 12. d3
Qe7 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 $11 {[%cal Gd7b6]}) 13. Bb2 Ba3 $6
{Allowing White to fix the weak Pc6.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 13... Nd7
14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Rc2 Nb6 16. Nc3 a5 $11) 14. Bxa3 (14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8
16. Bxa3 (16. d4 Bd6) 16... Qxa3 17. d4 $14) 14... Qxa3 15. Rfc1 Nd7 ({After} 
15... Rfc8 16. Nc5 $14) 16. d4 Nb6 $6 {That was played rapidly, but Black
understimates the danger of the awkward placement of his pieces.} ({In my
opinion, Black should opt for} 16... Rac8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 e5 19. Qd1 $14)
17. Nc5 a5 18. Qd1 (18. Qg3 Rfc8 19. h3 a4 20. Rcb1 $14) 18... a4 19. Qe1 $1 {
I was lucky to find that strong move which restricts the Qa3.} ({Premature
would be} 19. bxa4 $6 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 ({or} 20... Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxa4 22.
Rxc6 g6 23. Rc2 Rfa8 $14) 21. Rxc6 g6 $14 {and it's hardly possible to make
use of the extra a-pawn.}) 19... axb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] We both completely
missed a nice tactical idea!} ({Necessary was} 19... Ra7 20. h3 $5 (20. Qc3
Rfa8 21. b4 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 a3 $14) 20... Rfa8 21. Rc3 Qb4 22. Nd3 Qb5 23. Rac1
$16) 20. axb3 Qb2 21. h3 $2 {I was only choosing between two prophylactic
moves - 21.h3 and 21.g3!} ({There was an elegant way to exploit the lack of
coordination in Black's camp:} 21. Nd3 $1 Qxb3 22. Nc5 $1 {(the main
difficulty in this manoevre is the psychological problem of "giving up" the
key Pb3 which restricts the Nb6!)} Qb2 23. Rab1 $18) 21... Rxa1 {I was very
surprised after this move, since I couldn't understand why Black allowed me to
seize the a-file without any fight!} (21... Rfb8 22. Na6 Rc8 23. Rcb1 Qc2 24.
Nb4 Qe4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 (25... Nxa8 26. Rc1 $18) 26. Rc1 $1 $18) 22. Rxa1 {
Despite my mistake, Black's position remains strategically lost - more than
that, he cannot protect the Pc6.} h6 23. Ra6 Nc8 24. Ra8 $1 {Intuitively
choosing the right move.} ({Less convincing was} 24. Rxc6 Ne7 25. Ra6 Nf5 {
and Black has some practical chances for a draw due to his activity.}) 24...
Kh7 25. g3 $2 {For the second time I missed an easy tactical win!} ({For some
reason after} 25. Qa5 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Qf1 27. Qc7 Qxf2 {I failed to find} 28. Nd7
$1 Re8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8 Qxe3 31. Nf8+ Kg8 32. Nxe6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kg8 34.
Qb8 $18 {killing all counterplay.}) 25... Rg8 ({Hardly better was} 25... Re8
26. Qd1 $1 Nd6 27. Rxe8 Nxe8 28. Qd3+ g6 29. Qa6 $16) 26. Qa5 $2 {[%cal Ga5c7]}
({The strongest was} 26. Qa1 $1 Qxa1+ 27. Rxa1 Nd6 28. Ra7 $16 {winning the
pawn very soon.}) 26... Ne7 $2 ({Here I was quite lucky, since Frank missed a
nice tactical possibilty:} 26... e5 $1 27. dxe5 (27. Qc7 exd4 28. exd4 Qxd4 $11
) 27... Qxe5 $14 {and White's winning task is tough.}) 27. Rxg8 Nxg8 28. Qc7
$18 {Finally White has achieved his goal - Black loses the Pc6 and doesn't get
any counterplay, so the position is technically winning.} Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qf5 30.
Qxc6 $6 ({Much more energetical and strong was} 30. g4 $1 Qg6 (30... Qf6 31.
Nd7 Qe7 32. Qxc6 h5 33. Ne5) 31. Nd7 Qe4+ 32. Kg3 Kh8 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nxc6 $18)
30... Ne7 (30... Nf6 31. Qb5 Ne4 32. Qe2 $18) 31. Qb5 $6 ({Why not} 31. Qc7 Ng6
32. b4 $18) 31... e5 32. dxe5 (32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Nxd7 exd4 34. exd4 Nc6 35. Nb6
Nxd4 36. b4 Kg6 37. Nxd5 Kf5 $16) 32... Qxe5 33. b4 (33. Qd7 $142 g6 34. b4 Kg7
35. b5 Nf5 36. b6 Nxe3+ 37. fxe3 Qb2+ 38. Kf3 Qf6+ 39. Ke2 Qb2+ 40. Kd3 Qxb6
41. Qxd5 $18) 33... g6 34. Qd3 Qd6 35. Qa6 Qe5 36. Qd3 {Winning some time in
zeitnot.} Qd6 37. Kg1 h5 38. h4 Nf5 39. Kg2 Qe5 $6 {This move makes White's
task easier.} ({After} 39... Kg7 $142 {White should find an exact way to
regroup his pieces and push the pawn:} 40. Qa6 Qe5 41. Qa3 d4 (41... Qd6 42. b5
d4 43. e4 Ne7 44. Qb4 Nc8 45. Nd3 Qxb4 46. Nxb4 Nd6 47. b6 $18) 42. e4 $18) 40.
Nb3 {Now White has finally consolidated, so the rest is simple.} (40. b5 d4 41.
exd4 Nxd4 42. Qc4 Qf6 43. Nd3 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 $18) 40... Qb2 41. Nd4 (41. b5 $18)
41... Nd6 (41... Nxd4 {would also be hopeless:} 42. Qxd4 Qb3 43. Qf6 Kg8 44.
Qe7 Kg7 45. Qc5 Qd3 46. b5 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Qd4+ Kh7 50. Qb2
$18) 42. Qb3 ({Black resigned in view of} 42. Qb3 Qxb3 (42... Qd2 43. Nf3 $18 {
[%csl Rd5]}) 43. Nxb3 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Nd4 Ke7 (45... Ne4 46. b5 Ke5 47. b6
Nc5 48. g4 $18) 46. Kf4 f6 47. f3 $18 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:44] The Reti
Opening isn't the most ambitious choice, but it definitely allows White to
avoid early simplifications.} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:06:
37]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} ({Another possible way to
handle the position is:} 6. d3 {but after} dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 {Black
doesn't experience serious problems.}) 6... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} ({Another
continuation may lead to a slightly inferior endgame after} 6... cxd5 7. Qb3
Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 $14) 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:
39] Evgeny chooses the most active developing move, but the Bc5 isn't stable.}
({Black has a wide choice of alternatives:} 7... Na6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 Nc7 10.
Nd4 Qd7 11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. Bb2 a5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 $14 {1-0 (38) Jakovenko,
D (2745)-Matlakov,M (2685)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014}) (7... Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9.
Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qb1 c5 15. a3 Nc6
16. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Inarkiev,E (2682)/Dubai UAE
2014}) (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bg6
13. Re1 O-O 14. Bxc6 $14 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2779)-Sargissian,G (2671)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013}) 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:13:33] Provoking 8...Qb6, since the
queen would be vulnerable there.} ({Another move which deserves some attention
is} 8. Qc2 Be7 (8... Qe7 $5) 9. Re1 Na6 10. a3 h6 11. Nd4 $14 {1-0 (76) Lysyj,
I (2523)-Grachev,B (2510)/Cheboksary 2006/CBM 112}) 8... Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (
{Indeed, in the event of} 8... Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 $14 {White wins an
important tempi and manages to seize the initiative by means of the e2-e4
advance.}) ({Another way to protect the Pb7 is:} 8... Qe7 {but it has a
concrete drawback:} 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Qc2 h6
14. e5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 $36) 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} ({Possibly more promising is:
} 9. Qa3 $5 {trying to punish Black for delaying castling. Play might continue:
} Nbd7 (9... Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nc3 $14) 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Qb3 Bb6 12. Na4 (
12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bg6 $132) 12... O-O 13. Nxb6 {getting a pair
of bishops in a better version.}) 9... O-O {[%emt 0:05:13]} 10. Na4 {[%emt 0:
00:26] Exchanging the dark-squared bishop is an obvious achievement for
Karjakin.} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 11. Bf4 $146 {[%emt 0:34:32] The bishop hardly
has much job to do here, but that single move doesn't change the evaluation -
White's position is preferable due to the bishop pair, but Black is extremely
solid.} ({The previously played} 11. Re1 {looks somewhat more natural:} Nbd7
12. Bd2 h6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 (13... axb6 $5) 14. Qxb6 (14. Qc3 a5 15. h3 c5 $11 {
0-1 (88) Meier,G (2632)-Dreev,A (2667)/Dubai UAE 2014}) 14... axb6 15. Nd4 Bh7
16. a4 $14) 11... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:11:56]} 12. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} axb6 {
[%emt 0:00:21] A double-edged change of structure. The Ra8 is getting useful,
but the doubled pawns may become weak in the future.} ({For some reason Evgeny
rejected} 12... Qxb6 13. Qxb6 (13. Qc2 {does not promise anything:} d4 14. Rfe1
Nd5 $11) 13... axb6 14. Nd4 Bg6 {with a roughly equal endgame.}) 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:04:52]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:55] This advance wasn't necessary, but
Tomashevsky reasonably decides to seize some space and get a rid of the
potentially weak Pb6.} (13... Nf8 $5 14. b4 (14. a4 Ne6 15. Bd2 c5 $132) 14...
Ne6 15. Be5 Qe7 16. Qb2 b5 $11) 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:51]} ({A more aggressive
approach is:} 14. h3 $5 h6 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16. g4 {with some chances for
extending the k-side initiative.}) 14... Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:
00:34] Securing the Nd4 is a natural decision, though it gives Black some
pressure along the a-file.} Qe7 {[%emt 0:13:19]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:12:27]} Nf8 {
[%emt 0:06:57] Black's posiiton lacks any active ideas at the moment, but
exchanging the knights may reduce White's recourses also.} 17. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:
13] Obviously, White didn't really benefit from putting the bishop on f4.} Ne6
{[%emt 0:03:51]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:03] Transferring the
knight to b6 definitely makes sense.} ({However, there was a chance to change
the character of play:} 18... d4 $5 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Rfe1 Rad8 {the Pd4
restricts all White's pieces, so it could be quite annoying for Sergey} 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rxd4 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Ra4 $11) 19. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:
34]} 21. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:44] Obviously, White should avoid the exchange of his
bishop.} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 22. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 23.
Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Qb3 {[%emt 0:08:43] The position
is equal, but the tournament situation forced Sergey to continue.} Bh5 {
[%emt 0:06:50]} 25. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (25... f6 $5)
26. h3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:36] That looks like a concession, but
White's bishops are not that powerful in the resulting position.} ({A possible
move was:} 26... f6 27. e3 Qd7 28. g4 Bf7 29. Qc3 {,though in that case
Black's position remains rather passive, while White puts some pressure along
the a1-h8 diagonal.}) 27. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} ({Once
again, Evgeny deviates from the more aggressive way of handling this position:
} 27... d4 28. Bg4 f5 29. Bf3 Qf7 $11) 28. e3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 29. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Re7 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:24]
White's position is more comfortable, since Black can only sit and wait.} Rde8
{[%emt 0:03:25]} 31. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. Bh3 {
[%emt 0:03:21]} (32. h5 Qh6 33. Bc1 Qf6 {doesn't give much.}) 32... h5 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} 33. Qf3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} ({A more accurate move would be:} 33.
Re2 $142 {keeping the tension in the position.}) 33... Nd7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:21]
Missing a great chance to change the character of play!} ({Evgeny had no
reason for deviating from:} 33... Qxd3 34. Qxh5 Qg6 (34... Ng6 $5 {also makes
sense.}) 35. Qxg6 (35. Qf3 Nd7 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7e5,Ge5c4]}) 35... Nxg6
36. Ra1 Nc4 {and Black is not worse at the least.}) 34. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:01] Now White is completely safe
again.} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 36. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({The same type of
endgame could have arisen after} 36. Rd2 Re6 37. Ra1 Kh7 38. Kg2 Qh6) 36... Qf5
{[%emt 0:00:54]} 37. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Ra1 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} ({There is nothing special promised by} 38. e4 Nd6 39. f3 Ne5
40. Kg2 dxe4 41. fxe4 f6 $132 {Black is ready to meet the advance of White's
pawns in the cetnre.}) 38... Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 39. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nd6
{[%emt 0:03:49] Now it's very difficult to make any progress. The king's
transfer to the q-side looks interesting, but it didn't set Black any concrete
problems.} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:05:
55]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:05:36]} ({It was worth considering} 41... f5 $5 {, but
Evgeny didn't want to change the pawn structure.}) 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ng4
{[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 44. Kd1 {[%emt 0:
01:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 45. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:25]} 46.
Kb3 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:03:06] The rook is placed somewhat awkwardly
here, but it prevents White from pushing a3-a4.} 47. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Raa8
{[%emt 0:00:50]} 48. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} ({Evgeny reasonably allows} 48. a4
bxa4+ 49. Rxa4 Rxa4 50. Kxa4 Ra8+ 51. Kb3 Ng4 $11) 48... Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:24]}
49. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 50. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Kg6 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} 51. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:35] The bishop is coming to b3, but it
fails to disturb Black's monarch. In general, the next couple of moves had
little value.} Kf7 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 52. Ka2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:01:
18]} 53. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 54. Kc1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Kh8
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 55. Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 56. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 57. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:34] The king is
coming back!} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 58. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:08]
} 59. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} ({Correctly rejecting} 59...
Ngxe3 60. fxe3 Rxe3+ 61. Kf2 Rxg3 62. d4 Rg4 63. Bxf5 Rf4+ 64. Kg3 Rxf5 65. Re2
$14 {and Black is suffering from an awkward placement of the Rf5.}) 60. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:04:
33]} 62. Rde2 {[%emt 0:01:15] Karjakin is trying to make the e3-e4 advance
possible, but losing control over the c4-square is always risky.} Re7 {[%emt 0:
01:09]} 63. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 64. Ree1 {[%emt 0:00:47]
} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 65. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 66. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rea8 {[%emt 0:01:42] This looks rather passive.} ({Possibly,
the most accurate way is:} 66... g6 $5 67. Bb3 Ke7 68. Ra2 Rea8 69. Ke2 Nc8 {
in order to meet} 70. e4 {with} dxe4 71. dxe4 Nb6 {and Black is fine.}) 67. Bb3
{[%emt 0:00:50]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} ({Keeping the king in the centre looked
natural} 67... Ke7 $5 68. Ke2 Kd7) 68. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:58]
} 69. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:55] Finally Sergey manages to find some constructive
idea.} Nc8 {[%emt 0:03:21] Now there is a temporary lack of harmony in Black's
camp, so it is now or never...} (69... Ng4 70. Rda1 Kg6 71. a4 bxa4 72. Rxa4
Rxa4 73. Rxa4 Rxa4 74. Bxa4 $14) 70. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:24] After a long period
of manoeuvres, the play is becoming much more concrete.} Nb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36]
GM Tomashevsky correctly keeps the tension in the centre.} (70... dxe4 71. dxe4
Nb6 {didn't fully solve the problems:} 72. Bxe5 fxe5 73. Rd6 Na4 (73... Rxa3
74. Rxa3 Rxa3 75. Bf7 $16) 74. Rd3 $14) 71. f4 {[%emt 0:12:02]} ({Black would
have no reason for worries after} 71. exd5 Nxd5 72. Bxd5 cxd5 $11) 71... Ng4 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 72. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc8 $6 {[%emt 0:08:00] This somewhat
awkward move isn't that bad, but it definitely could be considered as an
achievement - White manages to open up the position.} ({It looks like the
position would be still equal after} 72... Rd8 73. Raa1 Re8 74. Kf3 Rd8 $11)
73. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 74. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxc6
$2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({In the event of} 74... Nxc6 75. Bg1 $1 Rxa3 ({After} 
75... Nxb4 76. Rb2 Rxa3 77. Bc5 Rxb3 78. Rxb3 Nd5 79. Kf3 $14 {at the same
time, Black does't get full compensation.}) 76. Rxa3 Rxa3 77. Be6 $14 {Black
wins the pawn back, but the bishops are getting very strong.}) ({White also
keeps some edge due to a strong ''d'' passer after} 74... Rxc6 75. Bc5 Nf5 76.
Bd5 Nxg3+ 77. Kf3 Nf5 78. Be4 $1 g6 79. Bxf5 gxf5 80. d4 $14 {, but that is
probably the lesser evil.}) 75. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:11]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:01:38]
Black loses material, but there was no considerable alternative.} ({Black
could hardly let White advance the ''a'' passer:} 75... Nf5 76. Bc5 Nxg3+ 77.
Kd2 Nf5 78. a5 Nxh4 79. Kc3 $16) 76. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
77. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({There is no time for
developing k-side counterplay:} 77... Nxg3+ 78. Kd2 Nf5 79. Bxa6 Rxa6 80. Rda1
Nxh4 81. Rxa4 Rxa4 82. Rxa4 Ng2 83. f5 $18) 78. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Raa8 {
[%emt 0:01:27]} 79. Bf7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07] Karjakin's play is quite impressive
- the bishops are just dominating over the board.} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({
The best practical chance was connected with} 79... Nxg3 80. Bxe8 Rxe8 {
,though after} 81. Re1 Rc8 82. Rxa4 Nf5 83. Ra6 Nxh4 84. Re6 {White should be
able to convert his material advantage into a full point.}) 80. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Ngh6 {[%emt 0:01:05] A sad necessity.} 81. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 82. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} ({There is no
hope after} 82... Ra6 83. Bb7 Re6 84. Rxa4) 83. Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 84. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rcd7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 85. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Nhf5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 86. Bc6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:25] One more
precise move. White manages to consolidate, so the passers should decide the
game.} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 87. b5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (
{Or} 87... Rdc8 88. Rxa4 Rxc6 89. bxc6 Rxc6 90. Rc4 Nxh4 91. d4 Ne2+ 92. Kb4
Nxf4 93. d5 $18) 88. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} ({There was also nothing wrong with} 
88. d4 Ne3 89. Rd3 Ngf5 90. Rxa4 $18) 88... Nxh4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 89. Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Nhf5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 90. Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:02] White is
completely winning now. The rest is just an agony.} g6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 91. Bf3
{[%emt 0:01:46]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 92. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 93. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 94. Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Nhf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 95. Bxb8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 96. Bc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 97. b6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 98. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 99. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 16th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Be6 7. d4 Nbd7 ({
It definitely makes sense to delay the development of the Nb8 for a while:} 
7... g6 $5 8. Bd2 Bg7 9. Qa3 Qd8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Nd3 O-O 13. f3
$6 Nd7 14. Bc3 Re8 15. Be2 e5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Vitiugov,N (2738)-Deviatkin,A (2528)
/Wroclaw POL 2014 (63)}) 8. f4 {This move doesn't look really challenging.} ({
In the following game White was able to get something of an edge:} 8. Nxd7 Bxd7
9. Na4 $1 Qxb3 (9... Qc7 10. Nc5 e6 11. Qxb7 Qxb7 12. Nxb7 $14) 10. axb3 a6 11.
Bd3 e6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Ba5 Ke7 14. c5 Bb8 15. Kd2 $14 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2737)
-Ivanchuk,V (2748)/Dagomys 2010/CBM 136 (86)}) 8... g6 $146 {A logical novelty
in a rare theoretical position. Black correctly completes his development
without releasing the pressure in the centre.} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxb3 10. axb3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Hujbert,F (2444)-Grimm,D (2309)/Budapest HUN 2014 (74)}) 9. Bd2
Bg7 10. Qa3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qxb3 14. axb3 c5
$11) 10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qd8 {This modest move enables Black to solve all the
problems.} ({There was nothing wrong with the more natural} 11... Qc7 $5 12.
Ne5 (12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Nxd4 e5
{Black is by no means worse here.}) 12... Qd6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qxd6 exd6 15.
e4 O-O $11) 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Be2 a5 {The Qa3 is a sort of problem for White now,
so Romanov's move definitely makes sense.} ({However, there was another
principled way:} 13... c5 14. Nxd7 ({The inaccurate} 14. Bf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6
16. Bxb7 Rb8 {offers Black more than sufficient counterplay.}) 14... Nxd7 15.
dxc5 Qc7 $11 {Black wins the pawn back and gets a good position.}) 14. Rd1 (14.
O-O Nb6 15. b3 Nbd5 $11) 14... Nxe5 (14... Nb6 $5 15. O-O Qd6 16. g4 Nbd5 $11)
15. dxe5 ({After} 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. O-O f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. e4 Nb4 {Black gets
a comfortable position.}) 15... Nd7 $1 ({Correctly deviating from} 15... Nd5
16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. O-O $14) 16. b3 {Delaying castling is a bit risky.}
({A better try was} 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Nf2 f5 18. O-O $11 {with a long strategic
battle.}) 16... f6 (16... b5 $1 {would be more energetic:} 17. Qc1 Qb6 18. Ne4
Bd5 19. Qc2 f6 $15 {with something of an edge.}) 17. exf6 exf6 (17... Nxf6 $5
18. Bf3 Bg4 19. O-O Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Qd6 $11) 18. e4 f5 19. e5 g5 {An interesting
continuation, which completely changes the character of play.} ({There was a
quiet way to equalise:} 19... a4 20. bxa4 (20. Qb4 axb3 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+
Kh8 23. axb3 Qe7 $11) 20... g5 21. O-O gxf4 22. Bxf4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Qxc5
Nxc5 $11) 20. Qd6 ({After} 20. O-O gxf4 21. Bxf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Qc1 Nxe5
{White has definite compensation for a pawn, but Black is OK.}) 20... Re8 (
20... Qe8 $5 21. g3 Rd8 $132) 21. Bh5 Qb6 $1 {Evgeny finds an excellent
dynamic resource. This sacrifice allows Black to keep his opponent's king in
the centre for a while.} ({The alternatives were worse:} 21... Bf8 22. Qd3 gxf4
23. Qh3 $1 ({The text move is much stronger than} 23. Bxe8 Qh4+ 24. g3 fxg3 25.
Bxd7 g2+ 26. Ke2 Qg4+ 27. Kf2 Bc5+ 28. Be3 gxh1=N+ 29. Rxh1 Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Qh4+
31. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 32. hxg3 Bxd7 $11) 23... Re7 (23... Nxe5 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25. Bxe8
Rxe8 26. Qg3+ Bg7 27. O-O Ng6 28. Na4 $16) 24. O-O $36) (21... Re7 22. O-O Nf8
23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. g3 Red7 25. Be3 $14) 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Na4 $6 {The knight is
now too far away from the king, so White is in real danger now.} ({The most
natural} 23. g3 {could be strongly met by:} Nxe5 $1 24. fxe5 Bxb3 25. Ne2 Qb5
26. Kf2 Bf8 27. Qd7 Qxe5 28. Qxe8 Qxe8 29. axb3 Qe4 $132) ({But the correct} 
23. Ne2 $1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 a4 25. Qd4 $1 Qa5+ 26. b4 Qc7 27. O-O Nxe5 28. Qd2 $14
{would allow White to consolidate.}) 23... Qa7 24. Qc7 $2 {White cannot afford
to waste a tempo in such a dangerous position, but Ian was really lucky in
this game!} (24. Kf1 $1 gxf4 ({The endgame after} 24... Qa6+ 25. Ke1 Nxe5 26.
Nc5 $1 Qb5 27. fxe5 Bf8 28. a4 Bxd6 29. axb5 Bxc5 30. Rc1 {should also be
defendable for White.}) 25. Bxf4 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qc5 Qb8 28. Nb6 {
in the resulting position the initiative is still on Black's side, but White
should be able to neutralise it with precise play.}) 24... gxf4 $6 ({GM Evgeny
Romanov missed a golden opportunity of winning this game in a nice attacking
style:} 24... Qd4 $1 25. Bc1 Qe4+ 26. Kf1 gxf4 (26... Bd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 {
is also winning.}) 27. Nc3 Qb4 28. Rxd7 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Bc4+ 30. bxc4 Rxe5 31.
Ne2 Qxc4 $19 {and White's position is hopeless due to a lack of coordination.})
25. Qxa5 ({Possibly, it was better to liquidate into a difficult endgame:} 25.
Bxf4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qe3+ 27. Kf1 Bd5 $1 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Qc3 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5
$17) 25... Qd4 26. Qb4 ({Correctly rejecting} 26. Qc3 Qe4+ 27. Kf1 Nxe5 $19 {
with a decisive attack.}) 26... Qxe5+ 27. Kf1 $2 {This move could have lead to
an immediate loss.} ({The lesser evil for Ian was} 27. Kf2 Nf6 28. Rhe1 Ne4+
29. Kg1 Qb5 $1 $17) 27... c5 $2 ({Missing one more chance to decide the game:} 
27... Qd5 $1 28. Qc4 {(White is paralysed, so there are no other moves)} Qxc4+
29. bxc4 Bxc4+ 30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31. Kf3 Be2+ 32. Kxf4 Re4+ 33. Kxf5 Re5+ 34. Kf4
Nf6 {with a crushing attack in the endgame.}) 28. Qxf4 {White manages to
liquidate into a worse endgame, and that is an achievement!} Bxb3 (28... Qxf4+
29. Bxf4 b5 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Nxc5 Bc6 32. Nd3 Be4 33. Nc5 Bd5 34. Nd3 Ra8 35.
Nc1 Rc8 $15) 29. Qxe5 Bc4+ 30. Kg1 Nxe5 {White is still suffering from
unconnected rooks, so Black is better here.} (30... Rxe5 31. Bc3 Bh6 $1 32. h3
Be3+ 33. Kh2 Bf4+ 34. Kg1 Re7 35. Nb2 Be3+ 36. Kh2 Bxa2 $15) 31. Bc3 Ra8 $2 {
I guess Evgeny was under time pressure, so he commits another serious mistake.}
({All the same, after} 31... Be2 32. Rb1 Bh6 33. h3 b5 34. Nb6 Kf7 $15 {
White would still suffer from a lack of harmony.}) 32. Nb6 $1 {Luckily for Ian,
now White suddenly gets excellent winning chances. I guess that move was
overlooked by Evgeny.} ({The text move is much stronger than} 32. Nxc5 Rxa2 {
when Black is out of danger.}) 32... Be2 ({After} 32... Rxa2 $2 33. Bxe5 Bxe5
34. Nxc4 Bd4+ 35. Kf1 b5 36. Nd6 b4 37. h4 $18 {White should be able to
consoldiate and convert the material advantage into a full point.}) ({But a
better way was} 32... Ra6 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. Bxe5 Rxb6 35. Kf2 Kf7 $14) 33. Nxa8
$6 {GM Nepomniatchi decides to simplify the position and avoid any risk of
blunders. However, this move spoils the lion's share of his advantage.} ({
A much stronger move was} 33. Rd5 Re8 34. Rxc5 Bf8 35. Rd5 Bh6 36. Bd2 Bg7 37.
h3 $14) 33... Bxd1 34. Nc7 Bc2 $2 {Returning the favour. This move turns out
to be a decisive mistake.} ({He had to play} 34... Kf7 $1 35. Kf2 (35. Nb5 Nd3
36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Nc3 Bh5 $132) 35... Ba4 36. Ke2 Bc6 37. Rc1 Bxg2 38. Bxe5
Bxe5 39. Rxc5 Kf6 {with excellent drawing chances.}) 35. Ne6 $1 {Black loses a
pawn, and the game.} Nf3+ ({A more stubborn attempt was} 35... Bf6 36. Nxc5 b6
37. Ne6 Kf7 38. Nf4 Be4 39. Nh5 Bh8 40. h3 {though White's task is quite easy
here.}) 36. gxf3 Bxc3 37. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3][%cal Gh1c1] Black has to
remove one of his bishops from the c-file.} Bd2 38. Nxc5 b6 39. Ne6 {The rest
is a matter of simple technique.} Be3 40. Re1 f4 41. Nc7 Bd3 42. Nd5 Bc5 43.
Rc1 Kf7 44. a4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 65th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Bxf3 $5 {Goryachkina employs a very risky
strategy in the crucial round. She gives up her light squared bishop and sets
up the pawns on light squares.} (4... Qb6 5. Qxb6 axb6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 e6 {
was a safer choice for Black.}) 5. Qxf3 e6 (5... dxc4 6. Na3 b5 $2 7. Nxb5 $16)
6. Qb3 Qd7 7. d4 Bd6 8. Bg2 f5 {Usually in the stonewall, it's the c8 bishop
which gives Black the most headaches. Here Goryachkina has exchanged the light
squared bishop and sets up her pawns on the light squares. But as you can see
Lagno takes advantage of his setup quite easily.} 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. c5 Be7 11. Nf3
{With Bf4 coming up white will have excellent control on the dark squares.} O-O
12. Bf4 a5 $2 {Black's main problem is that she lacks space. She needs to
fight back. And the best way to do that was} (12... b6 $1 13. cxb6 axb6 14.
Qxb6 Bd8 $1 15. Qb3 Ba5+ 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 {With interesting practical
play for the pawn.}) 13. O-O Na6 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. e3 Rfe8 16. b3 Nxf4 17. exf4 {
The e-file has opened up and the e6 pawn is a weakness. The e5 square is a
perfect home for the f3 knight. The knight on a6 is not so ideally placed. All
this leads to a clear advantage for White.} b6 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20.
Ne5 (20. Re3 $5 Qxb6 21. Rae1 Kf7 22. a3 $16 {is a very nice positional
advantage. The rook plans to swing over to c3 in order to attack c6 in some
cases.}) 20... Rac8 21. Qd2 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxb6 23. Rae1 Nc7 24. Rc1 Na6 25.
Rce1 (25. Bf1 $1 Nb8 (25... Kf7 26. Bxa6 $1 {A very strong positional decision.
} Qxa6 27. Rc5 $16 {With all these weaknesses and rooks in dominant positions,
White is close to winning.}) 26. Qe2 $5 Kf7 27. Re1 $1 c5 28. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 29.
Rxf5 $18) 25... Kf7 26. g4 $5 {The right idea. White cannot just sit and wait
for his opponent to collapse. She has to open another front.} Nc7 (26... fxg4
27. f5 exf5 28. Qf4 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qd8 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qxg4 $16 {The bishop
on g2 has now good scope to participate in the game.}) 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Rxf5+
Kg8 29. Rfe5 Rf8 30. f5 (30. Re7 $1 {It was extremely important to pin down
the knight on c7.} Rce8 31. R1e5 $16) 30... Nb5 $1 {The d4 pawn is attacked
and White has to lose her co-ordination to some extent.} 31. Rd1 Rf7 32. Qe3
Rcf8 33. Bh3 Nd6 34. Rc1 Ne4 35. Re6 Rf6 36. f3 Nd6 37. Qe5 Nf7 38. Qe3 Nd6 39.
Qe5 Nf7 40. Qf4 Nd8 41. Rxf6 Rxf6 {Black is still under quite some pressure
but with the exchange of a pair of rooks her defensive task has eased to some
extent.} 42. Qe3 Qb4 43. Bg4 Rf7 44. Re1 Rf8 45. Kf2 Qd6 46. Qe5 Qh6 47. Kg3
Qd2 48. Re2 Qc1 49. Kg2 Qc3 50. Qe3 Qb4 51. Rc2 Rf7 52. Rc5 Kf8 53. Qf4 (53.
Qc3 Qxc3 54. Rxc3 Rb7 55. Rc5 a4 56. bxa4 Rb4 $132 {would lead to a draw})
53... Rf6 54. Qe3 Rf7 55. Rc2 Kg8 56. Qc3 Re7 57. Kf1 Qb5+ 58. Kg2 Qa6 59. Qd2
Qb5 60. Kf2 Qb8 61. Kg1 Qb6 62. Qf4 Qb4 63. Kg2 (63. f6 Qe1+ 64. Kg2 Re2+ 65.
Rxe2 Qxe2+ 66. Kh3 gxf6 67. Qxf6 Qf1+ $11 {Gives black sufficient play for a
draw.}) 63... Rf7 64. Re2 Rf8 65. h4 a4 66. bxa4 Qxa4 67. f6 $1 {With the
perfect set up in place White is finally able to break in.} gxf6 68. Bf5 Qd1
69. Rd2 (69. Qe3 $1 $18 {with the idea of Qe7 and Kh2 followed by Rg2 is just
game over.}) 69... Qe1 70. Kh2 Kh8 71. Rg2 Rg8 $1 {Goryachkina exchanges
another rook and this makes White's task even more difficult.} 72. Rxg8+ Kxg8
73. Qg4+ Kf8 74. Bxh7 Qf2+ 75. Kh3 Nf7 76. a4 Qe1 77. Qg2 Qa1 78. Qd2 Qxa4 79.
Bg6 Qa3 80. Qf4 Qd6 81. Kg3 Qe7 82. Bxf7 Kxf7 $11 {Now the game is just drawn.}
83. Kf2 c5 84. Qf5 Qd6 85. Qh7+ Kf8 86. dxc5 Qxc5+ 87. Kg2 Qd4 88. Qf5 Qxh4 89.
Qxd5 Qe1 90. Qd6+ Kf7 91. Qd7+ Kg6 92. Qg4+ Kf7 93. Qc4+ Kf8 94. Kh3 Qe5 95.
Qg4 {A miraculous escape for Goryachkina who showed nerves of steel to defend
such an inferior position for almost the entire game. At the end even if she
would have lost, it would have been fine for her to become the Russian Women's
champion as her nearest compeititor Kosteniuk also lost her game. She is
surely the deserving champion and we will hear more about her in the years to
come.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 16th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2015.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3
a6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. h3 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Kc2 b5 15.
Rhd1 a5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Bd2 Nh5 {Weiß hat seinem
Naturell entsprechend teiweise etwas extravagant gespielt, die Stellung
befindet sich aber weiter im Gleichgewicht. Allerdings muss nun das Problem
mit dem Bauern g3 gelöst werden.} 20. cxb5 $2 {Öffnet die c-Line - für
Schwarz...} (20. g4 $2 {geht nicht:} Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Nxf4) ({Eine Lösung wäre
aber} 20. Be1 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Nxg3 22. Rxa5) 20... cxb5+ 21. Kb1 Nxg3 22. Nxb5 (
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Ra5 Rc5 24. Bf3 $15 {hielte den Schaden in Grenzen.}) 22...
Rb8 ({Spielbar war auch} 22... Nxe2 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Nd6 Nc5 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 $19
{und die schwarzen Springer sind dominant, der Lg2 hat keine Wirkung.}) 23. Nd4
Nc5 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 {[#]} 26. Ka2 $2 {Deckt weder b4, noch ist der
König hier in Sicherheit.} (26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxa5 Be3 $17) 26... Nxb3 27.
Rab1 (27. Kxb3 Bd2+ $19) 27... Bd6 $19 {Droht gelegentlich Tb4, Teb8 und Ta4
Matt. Weiß könnte sich noch mit Ld2 verteidigen, aber...} 28. Ba7 $2 Rb4 {
Nun droht das Manöver, eingeleitete mit Te7-b7 usw.} 29. e4 {[#] Eine
Nebelbombe ohne Wirkung.} Ra8 {Oder auch so...} 30. Be3 Rab8 0-1

[Event "GER-ch U20"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gueldner, Kurt"]
[Black "Schwarz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Schwarz,M"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 $5 {(Eine physiologische Waffe! Vor
knapp 14 Tagen spielte ich gegen Kurt 4. ... g6 und gewann relativ leicht. Ich
fürchtete eine neue theoretische Keule!)} (4... g6) 5. d3 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4
{(Die anspruchslose weiße Eröffnungsbehandlung erlaubt mir bequemen Ausgleich.)
} Na6 8. Nc3 Bc5 {(Diese Figur spielt im weiteren Partieverlauf eine tragische
Rolle. Hätte ich gewußt, was sich 6 Züge später ereignet, hätte ich diesen
Stein woanders hingezogen.)} 9. a3 $1 {(Idee b4)} Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bc2 $1 11. Re1
Ne4 {(Droht Lf2: mit siegbringendem Angriff!)} 12. Nxe4 {(Clever gekontert!)}
Bxe4 13. b4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {(14...K??+-, die Entscheidung ist gefallen. Warum
ich auf die Fortsetzung 14. ... Ld4 15. Tb1 0-0-0 mit ungefährem Ausgleich
verzichtete, wird Michael C. Schwarz später einmal in seinen Memorien
veröffentlichen.)} 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7.
d3 c6 $6 (7... Bc5) 8. Qc2 Bc5 9. e4 O-O 10. h3 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'xg3'
Ftacnik: 'This move only weakens white position since the g3 pawn becomes
vulnerable.'} (10. Nc3 $14) (10. Nbd2 {Ftacnik}) 10... Bh5 11. Nbd2 $6 (11. Nc3
) 11... dxe4 $1 12. dxe4 Re8 13. b3 $6 Qe7 $1 $15 14. Bb2 (14. Nh4 Qe5 15. Nf5
Qxa1 16. Bb2 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Qxa1+ 18. Bxa1 Bf8 $15) (14. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bg6 15.
Nh4 Qe5 $1 16. Bb2 Qxg3 17. Qxc5 Qxh4 $17) 14... Nxe4 $1 {'!?' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'A truly fascinating move based on a deep understanding of the
position and a razor sharp calculation.'} 15. Rae1 (15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qc3 Nf6
$1 $17 {'!' Ftacnik.} (16... f6 $1 {Ftacnik} 17. Rfe1 Qb4 $17) (16... Nf6 17.
Ng5 Qf5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21. Rae1 $13)) 15... Bg6 $1 (
15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd2 17. Rxe7 (17. Qxd2 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 Ne5 20.
Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rd7 Rab8 22. Re1 $44) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. gxh4 Bxe7 $13)
16. Nh4 $1 (16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qc3 Qf8 $17 18. Rxe4 $140 Rxe4 19. Ng5 Re5) 16...
Bxf2+ $5 (16... Nxg3 $5 17. Rxe7 $1 (17. Nxg6 $2 Qg5 $1 18. Qd3 Nxf1 19. Rxe8+
Rxe8 20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Ne4 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf1 Qb5+ 23. Kxf2 Rxd7 $19) 17... Bxc2 18.
Rxd7 Nxf1 (18... Rad8 $2 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Re1 $18) 19. Nxf1 Rad8 $5 20. Rxb7
Re2 21. Ne3 Be4 $1 22. Bc3 (22. Bxe4 $2 Bxe3 $19) 22... Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxa2 24.
Bd4 Rxg2+ 25. Nxg2 c5 26. Re7 Bxg2 27. Bxg7 Bxh3 $15) (16... Nxf2 $2 17. Rxe7
Bxc2 18. Rxd7 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. b4 $16) 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Rxe7 Bxc2 19.
Rxd7 $1 (19. Rxe8+ $2 Rxe8 20. Kxf2 Nc5 $17) 19... Rad8 $1 (19... Nd1 20. Nc4
$1 $132) 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nc4 $1 (21. Kxf2 $5 Rxd2+ 22. Ke1 (22. Ke3 $2 Rd3+
23. Kf2 Bxb3 $19) 22... Rd8 $15) 21... Nd3 (21... Nd1 $5) 22. Ba3 b5 $6 (22...
Bb1 $5 $15) 23. Na5 $2 (23. Ne3 $1 Bxb3 (23... b4 24. Nxc2 bxa3 25. Bxc6) (
23... Bb1 {Ftacnik} 24. Be7 Re8 25. Nhf5 Ne5 26. Bc5 Bxa2 27. b4 $15) 24. Be7 (
24. axb3 b4 25. Bxb4 Nxb4 26. Bf1 $13) 24... Rd7 (24... Re8 25. Nhf5) 25. Nhf5
Bd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Bxb5 Rb7 $11) 23... b4 $1 $19 {'!!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Yet another fascinating combination with a clear cut motive- the a3
pawn will be close to the promotion square. '} 24. Nxc6 $8 bxa3 25. Nxd8 Nb4 $1
(25... Bxb3 26. Nf5 Bxa2 27. Nd4 $13) 26. Nf3 Nxa2 27. Nc6 Be4 $1 (27... Nc1
$17) 28. Nfd4 Bxc6 29. Nxc6 a5 $1 (29... Nc1 30. Nb4 a2 31. Nxa2 Nxa2 $17) 30.
b4 (30. Nxa5 Nb4 $19) 30... axb4 $19 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7.
Nc3 c6 8. d3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 ({Shirov selbst hätte wohl eher} 9... Bh5 {Horn,Pe
gespielt.}) 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e4 $146 (11. Rb1 {Horn,Pe} a5 (11... Qe7 12. Bg2 (
12. e4) 12... Rad8 13. d4 $6 (13. a3) (13. Qc2) 13... Bd6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. e3 h5 17. h4 g6 $15 {Lopushnoy,D-Dreev,A/Maikop 1998}) 12. a3 Qe7 13.
e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15. Bg2 Qe6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bb6 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. Qc2
Bd4 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Bf4 h6 22. Nb3 $14 {Sakadin,A-Landenbergue,C/Harkany/1993})
(11. Bf4 {Horn,Pe} Re8 (11... Qe7 12. Qb3 (12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Bg2 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4
15. dxe4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Rcd1 h6 18. Kh2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 g5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
$14 {Ivanov,J-Sherbakov,R/Cheliabinsk/1989}) 12... Ne5 13. Bg2 Ng6 14. Bg5 Rab8
15. e4 d4 16. Ne2 h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Kh2 Qc7 19. f4 $14 {Hadas,Y-Rotman,D/
Jerusalem 1996}) 12. Qc2 Bd4 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Bg2 Ng6 $6 (14... Nh5 {Maric})
15. Bc1 a5 16. Kh2 h5 17. e4 h4 18. g4 $36 {Keene,R-Darga,K/Cheltenham 1971}) (
11. Bg2 {Horn,Pe} Re8 12. Kh2 (12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Rad1 b5 18. Kh2 Nc4 $15 {Ermolinski-Vorotnikov/Leningrad/
1983}) 12... Nf8 13. a3 a5 14. Bd2 b5 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 $14 {Tseitlin-Mikenas/Spartakiade/1979}) (11. Qc2 {Horn,Pe} Re8 12. e4
dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Be2 Qe7 15. Kg2 Ned7 16. Bd3 Bd4 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Rfe1
Rad8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. f4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qe6 $132 {Ninov,
K-Savchenko,S/Cap d'Agde 1994}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 $5 13. Be2 (13. Bg2 Nd3
$11) 13... Re8 $1 (13... Qxd1 $2 14. Rxd1 Rad8 15. Bg5 $14) 14. Kg2 (14. Qc2 {
(Horn,Pe) ->Ninov-Savchenko, s.o.}) 14... Ng6 $1 {'!?' Horn,Pe. Horn,Pe: 'Erst
hiermit verabschiedet sich Short endgültig von der Möglichkeit, zur Partie
Ninov-Savchenko zurückzukehren. Die dort gewählte Fortsetzung (15...) Ne5-d7
sieht weniger konsequent aus.'} 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. f3 (16. Bg5 Bb4 $1) 16... Rad8
17. Bd2 {Horn,Pe: 'Wegen des schwarzen Figurendrucks gegen das Zentrum fällt
es Weiß schwer, seine Figuren effektiv zu plazieren.'} (17. a3 {Horn,Pe sieht
auch nicht besser aus.}) 17... Bd6 $1 {Horn,Pe: 'Bei abwartender Haltung
könnte Schwarz wegen des weißen Läuferpaars leicht einige Sorgen bekommen. Er
nutzt deswegen seine aktiveren Figuren zu konkreten Aktionen gegen den weißen
König.'} 18. Rad1 (18. Be1 $13) (18. Be3 {Horn,Pe} Nd5 $36) 18... Nh5 $1 {
Horn,Pe: 'Die Konsequenz des letzten Zuges.'} (18... Bxg3 19. Kxg3 Nh5+ 20. Kh2
Qh4 (20... Qe5+ 21. f4 Nhxf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Kh1 Nxh3 24. Bg4 $14) 21. Rg1
$14) 19. f4 (19. Be1 $2 {Horn,Pe} Bxg3 $19) 19... Nxg3 $1 {Horn,Pe: 'Nur so!'}
20. Kxg3 Qg5+ $1 (20... Qh4+ 21. Kg2 Bxf4 (21... Nxf4+ {Horn,Pe} 22. Bxf4 Bxf4)
22. Be1 $14) 21. Kh2 (21. Bg4 $4 h5 22. e5 Qh4+ $19) 21... Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4+
23. Kh1 Qg3 24. Bg4 h5 $5 (24... Rxd1 25. Nxd1 (25. Rxd1 $2 h5 26. Bf5 g6 $15)
25... Rxe4 26. Qf2 $11) 25. Qf2 $1 (25. Bf5 $2 g6 (25... g6 {Horn,Pe} 26. Qe2
Be5 27. Rg1 Qh4 (27... Rxd1 28. Nxd1) 28. Qg2 Kh8 29. Bd7 Re7 30. Bg4 Rxd1 31.
Bxd1 $11)) (25. Rxd8 $2 Rxd8 26. Qf2 $2 hxg4 27. Qxf4 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 g3 29.
Qxf7+ Kh8 $19) (25. Rg1 {Horn,Pe} Qh4) 25... hxg4 (25... Rxd1 $5 26. Nxd1 Qxf2
(26... hxg4 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 (27... Qxh3+ $6 28. Kg1 $14 g3 $140 $2 29. Qxf7+ Kh8
30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Rf2 $18) 28. Rxf4 Rd8 $1 $11) 27. Rxf2 Bg3 $5 28. Rf3 hxg4
29. Rxg3 Rxe4 30. hxg4 Re1+ 31. Rg1 Re2 $11) 26. Qxf4 Qxh3+ 27. Qh2 Qe3 $5 (
27... b5 $5 $13) 28. Qh5 $1 (28. Rde1 $6 Qg5 29. Rf5 $4 Qxf5 $19) 28... g6 29.
Qxg4 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 $8 (30. Rxd1 $2 Re5 $1 $19) 30... Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1
(32. Kh1 Qh3+ (32... Kg7 $6 33. Qd4+ Re5 34. Rf2 c5 35. Qd2 $14)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Stany,GA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3
Ne4 (8... Na6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. d3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Nb4 14.
a3 Nc6 15. Na4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b5 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
e6 21. Qc3 Ne8 22. Ra1 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Nd6 24. Ra8 Qc6 25. Ra7 Qb6 26. Ra2 Nb7
27. Qc3 Nxc5 28. bxc5 Qc6 29. d4 Bd7 30. e3 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Qxa8 32. Bf1 Bc6 33.
Bd3 Qa4 34. Bc2 Qc4 35. Qb2 b4 36. Bb3 Qd3 37. Qc2 Qxc2 38. Bxc2 {Khismatullin,
D (2651)-Safarli,E (2657) Berlin 2015 0-1 (70)}) 9. Na4 Nd7 $146 (9... Bxb2 10.
Nxb2 Na6 11. d3 Nf6 12. d4 Bf5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. e3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Be4 16. f3 Bf5
17. g4 Bc8 18. f4 Nd7 19. c5 {1/2-1/2 (19) Prusikin,M (2557)-Caruana,F (2690)
Switzerland 2011}) 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qc2 b5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3+ Nf6 14. Ne5
Bb7 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Qc5 b4 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Qc7 Ba6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Nc6
Rd7 21. Nxa5 Bxe2 22. Nc6 e6 23. f3 Nxd2 24. Kf2 Bb5 25. Nd4 Rda7 26. Nxb5 Rxa2
27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Ke3 Nxb3 29. Rb1 Nd2 30. Rxb4 Nc4+ 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Bf1 Rxh2
33. Bxc4 {Here's the position from my game against Le Roux who was the top
seed of Sautron Open. After the next few moves I was completely winning but
missed the chance and after a long game it ended in a draw.} h5 34. f4 h4 35.
gxh4 Rh3+ $1 36. Ke4 Rxh4 37. Nd4 g5 38. Ne2 gxf4 39. Nxf4 {Now its Black to
play and win} Kf6 $6 (39... Kh6 $1 40. Ke5 (40. Ke3 e5 41. Bxf7 Rxf4) (40. Bxe6
Kg5 41. Bxf7 Rxf4+) 40... f6+ {I missed f6} 41. Kxf6 (41. Ke4 e5) 41... Rxf4+)
40. Ke3 e5 (40... Kg5 41. Nxe6+ fxe6 42. Bxe6) 41. Nd5+ Kg5 42. Be2 f5 43. Nc3
Rb4 44. Bd1 Rc4 45. Ne2 Re4+ 46. Kf3 Rh4 47. Bc2 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Ra3 49. Bb1 e4
50. Bc2 Kf6 51. Nd4 Ke5 52. Nc6+ Kd5 (52... Kd6 53. Nd4 Kd5 $1 {was right} 54.
Nxf5 Rf3+) 53. Ne7+ Ke6 54. Nc6 Rc3 $6 {The bishop escapes now and becomes
more active} 55. Ba4 f4 56. Nd4+ Ke5 57. Ne2 Ra3 58. Bc6 Ra2 (58... Rh3 59. Ba8
Rh2+ 60. Ke1) 59. Ke1 {I think this position is draw but I am not 100% sure.}
Rb2 (59... f3 60. Ng3 e3 (60... f2+ 61. Kf1 e3 62. Kg2) 61. Bxf3 Kf4 62. Bd5)
60. Ba8 f3 61. Nc3 f2+ 62. Kf1 e3 63. Bf3 Kf4 64. Be2 Rb3 65. Nd1 Kg3 66. Bh5
Rb5 (66... Rd3 67. Be2) 67. Be2 Re5 68. Bd3 Re8 69. Ke2 Kf4 70. Nxf2 exf2+ 71.
Kxf2 Ra8 72. Ke2 Ra2+ 73. Kd1 Ke3 74. Bg6 Ra1+ 75. Kc2 Ra2+ 76. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Bg4 {Although Kramnik is possibly the best prepared player
from the elite, even he occasionally avoids highly topical theory, shifting
the focus of the fight for the advantage form the opening to the early
middlegame. The Reti opening with its unhurried manoeuvring play is well
suited for this purpose. Annotating this game, I watched the following effort
online:} (2... c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 Re8 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Be3 Nf4 16. f3 $1 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bg6 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Nh4 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qe7 21.
Qb3 Rab8 22. Rf2 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd2 Bc7 25. Rd3 Qe6 26. Qb4 b6 27. b3
a6 28. Qd2 b5 29. Rd7 $1 $36 {Kramnik,V (2801)-Vitiugov,N (2712)/Alekhine mem
Paris/St Petersburg/2013/}) 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 {
A somewhat surprisingly modest choice, Aronian parts with his bishop just to
keep the position symmetrical.} ({The more usual} 6... exd5 {is also more
enterprising. The position remains roughly equal, but both sides have more
chances to disrupt the balance. After} 7. d3 Nbd7 {we have tranposed into
Carlsen-Karjakin, Wijk 2013:} 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 11. Ne4 O-O
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 Nd5 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 17. Qc4 Nc7 18.
h4 a4 19. Bb4 Nb5 20. Kg2 h6 21. Bc5 g6 22. Qb4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rc4 $14 {
/=, Carlsen,M (2861)-Karjakin,S (2780)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/ In the end White won
after a long fight, when Black in an endangered position missed a draw on move
68 - see the notes by Marin in CBM 153.}) (6... cxd5 {is the least played
alternative. Although the bishop will be missed on the queenside, even here
White's edge is at best only minimal:} 7. Ne5 (7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qd7 9. Nc3
Nc6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bd2 Rac8 13. Rfc1 Rfd8 14. Qd1 h6 15. a3 Bd6 16.
b4 Be5 17. Rab1 Ne8 18. Na4 b6 19. e3 Nd6 20. Qb3 Ne7 21. Nb2 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1
Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nexc8 24. d4 Bf6 25. a4 Qc7 26. b5 Be7 27. Qc3 $11 {/+/=,
Anastasian,A (2545)-Seirawan,Y (2630)/Groningen/1997/}) 7... Bh5 (7... Bf5 8.
Qb3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d3 $5 (11. d4 O-O 12. a4 Rac8 13. Bd2 Rc4
14. e3 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 a6 16. a5 {Hausrath,D (2519)-Fressinet,L (2667)/Biel/2009/
} Ne8 $15) 11... Bg6 12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 $13 {/+/=}) 8. Nc3 (8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Nc3
a6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. b3 Bd6 14. Bb2 Bg6 15. Rec1 Rc6
16. Nd1 Rhc8 17. d3 Rc2 18. Kf1 Bh5 19. f3 Bb4 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21. Rc1 Rxc1 $11 {
1/2, Pigusov,E (2575)-Georgiev,K (2675)/New York/1998/}) 8... Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10.
h3 (10. Bf4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Qxb7 Ndxe5 14. Qa6 Rb8 15. b3
Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rb6 18. Qa4 f6 $13 {1/2, Romanishin,O (2555)
-Epishin,V (2465)/New York/1989/}) 10... Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3
Rc8 (13... g5 $5 $13) 14. Bd2 Bb8 15. f4 a6 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Ne7
19. Rf3 Nf5 20. Rh3 b5 21. h5 b4 22. Ne2 $14 {Baklan,V (2590)-Grund,H (2480)/
Schwaebisch Gmuend/2000/}) 7. Bxf3 cxd5 (7... exd5 {is not too logical now,
although the position still bears a resemblance to the aforementioned
Carlsen-Karjakin game:} 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. a4 O-O
13. Na3 a6 14. e3 Qd7 15. Bg2 Nc7 16. Nc2 Nfe8 17. Bc3 Rd8 18. Qe2 f5 19. Bh3
Nd6 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Ne6 23. Qb2 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe7 $11 {
Loginov,V (2540)-Vaganian,R (2590)/Manila olm/1992/}) 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 {
Occupies space, but makes the pawn structure more rigid, which should favour
the side with the knights.} ({Thus White often prefers} 9. d3 {This leads to a
manoeuvring struggle, where White's main potential trump are his bishops.
However, with circumpsect play Black should be able to retain the balance:} Be7
(9... Bc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bg2 Qe7 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Bd4 15. e3 Ba7
16. Ne2 Rc7 17. Qb3 Rfc8 18. h3 Qd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Qb2 b5 21. Be1 Bb6 22. Kh2
Nb8 23. Bc3 Nbd7 24. Qa1 Qe7 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 $14 {Movsesian,S (2659)
-Gyimesi,Z (2531)/Pula/1999/}) 10. Bg2 (10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rac1 Qd7 13.
Bg2 h6 14. e4 $6 d4 15. e5 dxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. bxc3 Qxd3 19.
Qxc6 Rfc8 20. Qb7 Qb5 $15 {Harika,D (2514)-Eljanov,P (2678)/Moscow rpd/2013/})
(10. a3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. Bd2 Rab8 13. Rc1 b5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bg5 b4 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. d4 Rfd8 21. Qg4+ Kh8 {Aronian,
L (2502)-Beliavsky,A (2650)/Portoroz/1999/} 22. Qh5 f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5
Qxd4 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ $11) 10...
O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 (11... Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 a6 14. b4 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Nb6 17. Bc3 f5 $6 (17... Nd4 $142 $1 $13) 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Na4 20. Ba1 $36
{Akopian,V (2660)-Vaganian,R (2640)/Groningen/1997/}) 12. a3 (12. h3 a6 13. f4
$6 d4 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rb1 Ne7 17. Qa4 Nf5 18. Ba5 Qa7 19. Kh2
Ne3 20. Rfc1 b5 21. Qb3 {Bocharov,D (2620)-Jakovenko,D (2741)/Novosibirsk/2012/
} e5 $36) 12... a6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Nd4 15. Qa2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Kh1 h5
18. f4 Ng4 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 (20. dxe4 Nb3 $1 $36) 20... Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Be7
22. h3 Nf6 $11 {/=/+, McShane,L (2664)-Fressinet,L (2707)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/})
9... Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 {Caruana,F (2757)-Gelfand,B (2740) Zurich Chess
Challenge 2013 (6) 1-0 We have reached a position, which is suprisingly
similar to the Catalan from Caruana-Gelfand, Zurich 2013. For details about
this game see the notes in CBM 2013.} Qb8 $146 {Black uses a new and quite 
(over)ambitious setup.} ({Until now he used to play mainly} 11... Rc8 12. Qe2
a6 (12... Nd7 13. Rfc1 Nb6 14. Be1 Qd7 15. h4 a6 16. h5 Rc7 17. Qd1 Rfc8 18.
Ne2 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Nf4 Ne8 21. Nd3 Ba3 22. Rcb1 Bf8 23. b4 Nd6 24. Nc5 Qe8
25. a4 Nc4 26. Be2 Nb8 27. e4 b6 28. exd5 exd5 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Nf4 $13 {
/+/=,Karjakin,S (2775)-Fressinet,L (2700)/Beijing rpd/2012/}) 13. Rfd1 (13. Bg2
{is non-committal and more logical.}) 13... b5 14. a4 $6 (14. Rac1 $142) 14...
b4 15. Na2 Qb6 16. b3 e5 $5 17. Bg2 exd4 18. exd4 Ne4 19. Be3 Na5 20. Qd3 Nc3
21. Nxc3 Rxc3 22. Qf5 {Gabuzyan,H (2500)-Bok,B (2537)/WChJ Maribor/2012/} Qe6
$5 $15) (11... a6 12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Na4 Nd6 14. b3 Ne4 15. Be1 f5 16. Nb2 Rc8 17.
Nd3 Bd6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. a4 b6 21. a5 bxa5 $6 (21... b5 {/\} 22. Nc5
Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nc6 $13) 22. bxa5 Nd7 23. Be2 Rb8 24. f3 Nef6 25. Bd2 g5 26. Nf2
{[%csl Ra6]} f4 27. exf4 gxf4 28. g4 h5 29. g5 Ne8 30. h4 $16 {Karjakin,S 
(2775)-Jakovenko,D (2741)/Moscow rpd/2012/}) (11... Qd7 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Bg2
Bb4 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. Bxc3 Nb3 18. Rd1 a5 19. f3 b5
20. Bf1 Rb8 21. Qc2 a4 22. Bb4 Ne8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Rc3 $14 {Neckar,L (2337)
-Tichy,V (2260)/CZE-chT/2010/}) 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bg2 b5 {This is consistent
with Black's previous two moves, but still quite risky, as it gives White an
opportunity to expand in the centre.} ({However, recommending something like} 
13... Qd6 14. Qe2 h6 $11 {/+/= doesn't make much sense, as Black's queen could
have gone to d6 immedaitely on move 11.}) 14. e4 $1 {Kramnik shifts gear and
starts concrete play in the centre.} b4 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Nc3 Ncb4
17. Qb3 $36) 15. Bf4 (15. exd5 bxc3 16. Bf4 e5 {is not worth the trouble:} (
16... Qb6 17. dxc6 cxb2 18. Rb1 Nd5 $11) 17. dxe5 (17. dxc6 exf4 (17... cxb2
18. c7 bxc1=Q 19. cxb8=Q Qxd1 20. Qxe5 Qh5 21. Bxa8 Qxe5 22. dxe5 Rxa8 23. exf6
Bxf6 $11) 18. bxc3 $13 {/=/+}) 17... Nxe5 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Rxc3 (19. Bxa8 Qxa8
20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15) 19... Rxc3 (19... Qb6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qb3
Qa6 {is also about equal, but keeps more tension in the game.}) 20. bxc3 Qf8
21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Qxd6 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 $11) 15... Qb6 $8 (15... Qb7
$2 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. exd5 $18) (15... Bd6 $2 16. Nxd5 $1 exd5 17. e5 $18) 16.
Na4 {An enterprising move.} ({We have already mentioned the line} 16. exd5 bxc3
17. dxc6 cxb2 $11 {[%cal Yf6d5] above. After both sides lose their passed
pawns, there is not much fight left on the board.}) (16. Nxd5 exd5 17. exd5 Nd8
(17... Nxd4 18. d6 Bxd6 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Be3 Be5 21. f4 Nd5 22. Bf2 Nxf4 $5 (
22... Bxf4 23. Bxd4 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Bxd4 (24... Qxd4 25. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3f7,Rc1d1]})
25. Qf3 Qb7 (25... Qe6 26. Rcd1 $14) 26. Rcd1 Bxb2 27. Rxd5 $14) 23. gxf4 Qg6+
24. Bg3 (24. Kh1 $4 Qe4+ $19) 24... Bf6 $44 {[%cal Yg6e4,Ya8d8,Yh7h4]} 25. f5
Nxf5 26. Qd5 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Nxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qh6+ 29. Kg2 Qd2+ 30. Kh3 (30. Kf3
Qd3+ 31. Kg4 Qg6+ $11) 30... Qh6+ $11 (30... Rf8 $4 31. Qxf7+ $1 $18)) 18. d6
Bxd6 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Be5 Ne8 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Qd5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ne6 $13) 16...
Qa5 (16... Qxd4 $4 17. Rxc6 Qxd1 18. Rxc8+ $18) 17. e5 (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Re1
Bf8 $11) 17... Nd7 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. Be3 {[%cal Yf2f5]} Nb6 {White fixes his
sights on the kingside, so Aronian seeks immediate counterplay.} 19. Nxb6 $8 (
19. Nc5 Nc4 ({or} 19... Bxc5 {can be better only for Black.})) 19... axb6 {
The consistent recapture, keeping the a2-pawn under attack.} (19... Qxb6 20.
Qd3 (20. f4 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 20... Rc7 21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Rfc1 $11 {/+/=}) 20. f4
$5 {[%mdl 128]} ({Kramnik plays for a direct attack and spurns} 20. Ra1 $11 {
/+/= This is justified and dangerous for Black, as a majority of his pieces is
on the opposite side of the board.}) 20... Qxa2 $6 {Continues in the same
risky vein as from move 11 onwards.} ({A more circumspect try was} 20... g6 21.
Ra1 $5 $14 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yf4f5,Yf1f2,Yg2f1,Yf1d3] keeps an edge, but it's not
without counterplay after} (21. g4 $6 Qxa2 22. f5 Qxb2 {is too optimistic,
contrary to the game White's queen doesn't have the g4 square and his attack
seems too slow after} 23. Rc2 Qa3 24. Qf3 Nd8 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Yb4b1]} 25. Rcf2
Qc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ya8a1]}) (21. f5 gxf5 (21... exf5 $2 22. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}
) 22. g4 f4 $1 {[]} (22... Qxa2 $2 23. gxf5 $40) 23. Rxf4 (23. Bxf4 Nxd4 $1 24.
Qxd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5 $15) 23... Bg5 (23... Qxa2) 24. Rf3 (24.
Qf3 Qxa2 $5 25. Rf1 Qb3 $1 26. h4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Nd8 $17) 24... Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3
Ne7 $13 (25... Qxa2 26. Qd2 $44)) 21... Qa7 $5 22. g4 b5 {[%cal Ye7d8,Yd8b6]})
21. f5 $36 exf5 ({Here} 21... Qxb2 $2 {loses practically on the spot after} 22.
fxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 (23. Bh3 Nd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qa4 $1 $18) 23... Nd8 (23...
Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxc1 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 $18) 24.
Bh6 Bf8 (24... g6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4f8]}) 25. Bxd5 $1 (25.
Rxf8+ $2 Kxf8 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Rf1 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Ra1 $11 {and there is no
mate in sight, so White ashould give one of the numerous perpetuals.}) 25...
exd5 (25... Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qa1 27. Qf3 $18) 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qxc8 Qxd4+ (27...
Be7 28. Qd7 $18) 28. Kg2 Qc5 (28... Qe4+ 29. Kh3 $18) 29. Qxd8 gxh6 30. e6 b3 (
30... Qc2+ 31. Kh3 $18) 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. e7 $18) (21... Nd8 22. fxe6 Nxe6 23.
Qf3 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7] regains the pawn with a large advantage, so the text
move is forced.}) 22. b3 $1 ({White rightly strives for more than} 22. Rxf5 Nd8
$1 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 $132) 22... Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 64] A serious error, which could
have run into a hidden tactical refutation.} (22... Nd8 $142 23. Bxd5 Rxc1 24.
Qxc1 Ra5 25. Bc4 $36 (25. Qc7 $6 Rxd5 26. Qxe7 h6 {gives White nothing, only
Black can be on top after} 27. Qxb4 Qc2 $15) {/\} 25... b5 26. Bd5 {gives
White a very promising position, but still not a forced win.}) 23. Qf3 Nd8 24.
Qxd5 $2 {Kramnik returns the favour.} (24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxf5 Rc7 (25... Ra8
26. e6 $5 (26. Qd7 $16) 26... fxe6 27. Qh5 $40 {/\} Qb5 28. Be4 $1 $18) (25...
Qa8 26. Qd7 Qb7 27. Qe8+ ({More forcing than} 27. Qxb7 Nxb7 28. Bxd5 Nd8 29.
Bc4 $16 {[%cal Yf1a1,Yd4d6] /+-}) 27... Bf8 28. Bh3 Ne6 (28... Ra8 29. Bd7 $18
{[%cal Re5e6]}) 29. Rxf7 $1 Rxe8 30. Rxb7 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rd5]}) 26. e6 $3 fxe6
(26... f6 27. Bxd5 $18) 27. Qh5 Bf8 (27... h6 28. Qg6 $18 {[%cal Re3h6]}) (
27... g6 28. Qe5 Ra7 (28... Rd7 29. Bh3 $18) 29. Bh6 $18) 28. Qe8 Nf7 29. Qxe6
{[%csl Rd5]} Re7 30. Qf5 $5 {[%cal Rg2d5]} (30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 g6 32. Bg5
$16) 30... g6 31. Qf6 Qb5 (31... Qa7 32. Bxd5 $18) (31... Rd7 32. Qc6 $18) 32.
Bh6 $1 $18) (24. Qxf5 $2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne6 $132) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxd5 26.
Bxd5 Ra5 $44 {/+/= Now White has "only" the initiative and indisputable
compensation, but Aronian retains reasonable drawing chances.} 27. Bf3 (27. Bg2
Ra3 (27... f6 $5 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. d5 Ra1 $14) 28. d5 Rxb3 29. Bxb6 Rc3 30. Rb1
Bc5+ 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxb4 Kf8 $14) (27. Bc4 Kf8 28. d5 Bc5 $132) 27... Ra3 $5
(27... f6 {seems safer, but the text move is more concrete.}) 28. Rc8 ({
Black has counterplay also after} 28. Rc7 Rxb3 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Ke1 (30. Be2
Bf8 (30... Kf8 31. d5 Bc5 32. Bxc5+ bxc5 33. Rxc5 $36) (30... b3 31. Bc1 $5)
31. d5 b3 32. Rc3 Bb4 33. Rc4 (33. Rc8 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 b2 35. Rxd8+ Bf8 36. e6 (
36. Bc5 h5 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 38. e6 fxe6 39. dxe6 b1=Q 40. e7 Qe4+ $11) 36... fxe6
37. dxe6 b1=Q 38. e7 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Kf2 Qc2+ $11) 33... Bf8 34. Rc3 $11)
30... Rb1+ 31. Kd2 Rb2+ (31... Kf8 $6 32. d5 Rb2+ 33. Ke1 Rb3 34. Kf2 Bc5 35.
Bxc5+ bxc5 36. d6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Ke8 37. Be2 $1 $18) 32. Kc1 Rb3 33. Bd2 (33.
Rxe7 Kf8 34. Rd7 Rxe3 35. Rxd8+ Ke7 $11) 33... Rxf3 34. Rxe7 Kf8 35. Rc7 (35.
Bxb4 $2 Nc6 $19) 35... Ne6 36. Bxb4+ Ke8 37. Re7+ Kd8 38. Rxf7 (38. d5 Nc5 39.
Bxc5 Rc3+ $1 40. Kd2 Rxc5 41. d6 h5 $11) 38... Nxd4 39. Rxg7 f4 $11) ({White
could have retracted his previous move with} 28. Bd5 $5 Ra5 29. Bg2) 28... Rxb3
29. Kf2 Rc3 (29... Rb2+ {as in the previous note should also hold, a sample
line is} 30. Be2 b3 31. Rb8 (31. d5 $2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 b2 33. d6 Bf8 $1 $19)
31... Rc2 32. Rxb6 b2 33. d5 h6 34. d6 (34. h4 Ba3 35. Rb8 Rc8 $11) 34... Bg5
35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Ke3 Rc5 37. Rxb2 (37. Rb8 Rxe5+ 38. Kf2 b1=Q $15) 37... Rxe5+
38. Kd4 Nc6+ 39. Kc4 Na5+ 40. Kc3 Kf8 41. Bf3 Ke8 42. Kd4 Kd7 $5 43. Kxe5 Nc4+
$11) 30. Rb8 b3 31. Rxb6 g5 (31... Rc2+ 32. Be2 b2 $11 {tranposes to the above
note}) (31... f6 $5 32. e6 (32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Bxb3 fxe5 35. dxe5
Nc6 $11) (32. exf6 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Bxf6 $11) 32... Kf8 33. Bd1 Nxe6 $1 34. Bxb3 (
34. Rxe6 Bd8 35. Rd6 Bc7 36. Rd5 b2 37. Rb5 Rc1) 34... Nd8 $11) 32. Rb8 (32.
Bd1 Nc6 33. Bxb3 (33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Bxb3 f4 $11) 33... Nb4 $1 34. Ba4 Nd5 $11)
32... Rc4 $6 $138 {[%mdl 4096] Black in time trouble starts making problems
for himself and the endgame becomes very tense.} (32... Rc2+ $142 33. Ke1 (33.
Be2 b2 34. d5 Kg7 35. d6 Bf8 36. Bxg5 Nc6 37. Rb6 Nxe5 $15) 33... b2 34. Bd1
Rxh2 35. d5 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Bf2 $8 Rh1+ 38. Kd2 (38. Ke2 $2 f3+) 38... Rh2
$11) 33. d5 Rb4 34. Rxb4 Bxb4 35. Bd1 b2 36. Bc2 Nb7 {Very straightforward,
but perhaps simpler was} (36... Bc3 $5 37. Bxg5 f6 38. exf6 (38. Bxf6 Nf7 39.
Bxf5 Bxe5 40. Bxe5 Nxe5 41. d6 h5 42. Ke2 Kf7 $11) 38... Nf7 39. Bf4 Bxf6 $14 {
/=}) 37. Bxg5 Nc5 38. Bxf5 Na4 $5 (38... Nd7 39. Bf4 (39. e6 fxe6 40. dxe6 Nb6
$132) 39... Bc3 40. e6 fxe6 41. dxe6 Ne5 $14 {might still be tenable, but
proceeding with the risky venture turns out to be justified.}) 39. d6 Nc3 (
39... Nc5 40. Be3 $16) 40. d7 Ba5 41. Ke3 (41. d8=Q+ Bxd8 42. Bxd8 b1=Q 43.
Bxb1 Nxb1 44. Ke3 Nc3 45. Kd4 Na4 {doesn't seem to trap Black's knight and
once it returns to the defence, the fortress holds.}) ({An interesting idea is
} 41. Bd2 $5 b1=Q 42. Bxb1 Bb6+ 43. Kf3 Nxb1 44. Bb4 {, paralysing the knight.
However, I haven't been able to find a win after} Kg7 {, for example} 45. Ke4
Kg6 46. Kd5 Kf5 47. Kc6 Bd8 {doesn't achieve any progress.}) 41... f6 (41...
b1=Q $5 42. Bxb1 Nxb1 {/\} 43. Kd3 Nc3 (43... Na3 $2 44. Be7 Nb5 45. Kc4 Na7
46. Kc5 $18 {[%cal Re7d6,Rd6b8]}) 44. Bd2 Na4 $1 45. Bxa5 Nc5+ $11 {seems
simpler}) 42. Bxf6 (42. exf6 b1=Q 43. Bxb1 Nxb1 44. Kd3 (44. d8=Q+ Bxd8 45. f7+
Kxf7 46. Bxd8 Nc3 $11) 44... Kf7 45. Kc2 (45. Kc4 Bd8 46. Kb4 Bc7 {and White's
king can't penetrate without releasing the knight}) 45... Na3+ 46. Kb3 Nb1 47.
Kb2 Nc3 48. d8=N+ Bxd8 49. Kxc3 Bxf6+ 50. Bxf6 Kxf6 51. Kd4 Kf5 52. h3 Kg5 $11
{is a draw - once White doesn't have a pawn on the second rank, he can't win
even if he manages to penetrate with his king to h6, as Black will be able to
regulate the respective position of the kings. For example in this concrete
situation Kh6/Kg8 with White to move is drawn.}) 42... Nd5+ 43. Kd4 Nxf6 44.
exf6 Kf7 45. Bxh7 (45. Ke5 Bc7+ $11 {White can't hold his f6-pawn, so further
simplification is forced.}) 45... Kxf6 46. Kd5 (46. g4 Ke7 47. Bf5 b1=Q 48.
Bxb1 Kxd7 $11 {is a much simpler draw. In this endgame Black holds even if the
pawns reach h6 and g6 - it's enough for him to achieve one of the following
setups: 1) Kf8 and B on the long diagonal 2) Even Kh8 and Bf8 holds, as Black
has either Kg8-h8, or Bxh6 with stalemate motifs. However, here White can't
get so far, as with the king on h8 Black can give up his bishop for the g-pawn.
}) 46... Ke7 47. Kc6 Kd8 48. g4 (48. h4 $6 Be1 {draws immediately, so White
has to allow a blockade.}) (48. Kd6 Bc7+ 49. Ke6 Bb8 $11) 48... Be1 49. h3 Bh4
50. Kd6 Be7+ 51. Ke6 Bh4 52. Bb1 Kc7 53. Be4 Kd8 54. Bc2 Kc7 55. Bb1 Kd8 56.
Be4 Kc7 57. Bd3 Kd8 58. Kd6 Be7+ 59. Ke6 Bh4 60. Bf5 Kc7 61. Kf7 {Kramnik
accepts the inevitable, otherwise White can't make further progress.} b1=Q $8 (
{Black can't afford to lose a tempo,} 61... Kd8 $2 62. Kg6 b1=Q 63. Bxb1 Kxd7
64. Kh5 Be7 65. g5 Ke6 66. Kg6 (66. g6 Bf8 67. Kg5 Bg7 68. h4 Ke7 69. h5 Kf8
70. Ba2 $22 {[%cal Yg5h6,Yh6h7]}) 66... Ke5 67. h4 Kf4 68. Bf5 $8 Bd8 69. Bc8 (
69. Bd7 Be7 70. Kh6 $2 Kg3 71. g6 Bf8+ 72. Kh5 (72. Kg5 Be7+ 73. Kf5 Bf8 74. h5
Kh4 $11)) 69... Be7 70. Bd7 $22 Bd8 (70... Bf8 71. Kf7) 71. Kh6 Kg3 72. g6 Bf6
73. h5 Kh4 74. Be8 $18) {Nevertheless it's still impressive to see how Aronian
after the preceding long and tough fight reels out about a dozen only moves in
a row to save the game.} 62. Bxb1 Kxd7 63. Ba2 {If it were White's move now,
he would win by improving his bishop and then advancing his pawns.} (63. Kg6
Ke7 64. Kh5 (64. g5 Bxg5 65. Kxg5 Kf7) 64... Bf6 65. h4 Kf8 66. g5 Bc3 67. Kg6
Kg8 68. Ba2+ (68. h5 Bd2 {[%cal Rd2g5]}) 68... Kh8 $8 69. Kf7 Bd4 70. h5 Be3
71. g6 Bh6 $11) 63... Kd6 $1 {[]} 64. Kg6 Ke5 $8 (64... Ke7 $2 65. Kh5 Bf6 66.
g5 Bd4 67. h4 {/\} Bf2 68. g6 $18) 65. Kh5 Be7 $8 (65... Bd8 $2 66. g5 Kf4 67.
g6 Bf6 68. Kh6 $18) 66. g5 (66. h4 Kf4 67. g5 Kg3 68. Bc4 Bf8 $1 {transposes
to the game}) 66... Kf4 $8 67. h4 {[%cal Rh5g6]} (67. g6 Bf8 68. Bb1 Bg7 $11)
67... Kg3 $8 68. Bc4 (68. g6 Bf8 69. Kg5 Be7+ 70. Kf5 Bf8 71. h5 Kh4 $11 {
and from a2 the bishop can't protect the Ph5.}) 68... Bf8 $8 (68... Bd8 $2 69.
g6 Bf6 70. Bf1 Kf4 (70... Bg7 71. Kg5 {[%cal Rh4h6]}) 71. Kh6 Kg4 72. h5 Kh4
73. Be2 $18) 69. Be2 Bg7 $1 {[]} 70. Bc4 Bf8 $8 71. g6 {[%cal Rh5g5,Rh4h6]} Kf4
$1 {[]} 72. Ba2 Bg7 (72... Kf5 73. Bb1+ Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 13th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 {Short possibly repeated 1.c4 due to the successful outcome of his
first round game:} (1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. Be2 d5 {and now:} 8. O-O ({More natural is} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10.
d3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb1 {, but even here Black holds the balance:} a5 $5 (
12... Qc5 13. d4 $5 (13. O-O Nc2 14. b4 Nxb4 15. Bb2 $32 {|^}) 13... exd4 (
13... Qc2 14. Bd2 Bxa2 15. Qc1 $1 $14) 14. Nxd4 $14 {/\} Bxa2 15. Rxa2 Nxa2 16.
Bd2 Nb4 17. Qe4+ Kd8 18. Nb3 $16) (12... c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. b3 O-O 15. Ba3 Bf5
16. Qc1 Nd7 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rac1 b6 20. Bb2 a5 21. h3 h6 22. Bf1
Red8 23. Bc3 Nf8 24. Qb2 Ng6 25. a3 Re8 $11 {Kvon,A (2492)-Palac,M (2599)/
Istanbul olm/2012/}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 (14. a3 Nc6 15. b3 $13) 14... Bf5 15.
a3 Nc6 16. b4 e4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. Qc2 Be4 21. Qb3 Bd5
22. Qc2 Be4 23. Qb3 Bd5 {1/2,Stohl,I (2518)-Lipka,J (2441)/Vienna AUT-chT2E/
2012/}) 8... d4 (8... O-O $5) 9. exd4 exd4 10. Qa3 $5 ({A minor improvement
over} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bd1 Qd6 13. d3 Nd7 $1 14. Bd2 a5 15. Nh4 $6
Nc5 16. Qa3 Bd7 17. Be2 b6 18. Rad1 h6 19. b3 Qf6 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Qb2 Bg4 22.
Qc2 Rxe2 $1 23. Rxe2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. Bc1 f5 $40 {Short,N (2691)
-Morozevich,A (2762)/Sarajevo/2007/}) 10... Qxa3 11. bxa3 Bf5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13.
Bb2 Rhe8 14. Bf1 Be4 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. d3 Nc5 19. Nxd4
Nxd3 (19... Ne5 $5) 20. Nxc6 (20. Bxd3 $142 Bxd3 21. Nxc6 $11) 20... Nxb2 21.
Nxa7+ Kd7 22. Nb5 c6 23. Nd4 {Short,N (2698)-Rublevsky,S (2693)/Poikovsky/2012/
} Ra8 24. f4 Rxa3 $15) 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {Jakovenko wants to steer
his opponent into a Semi-Slav.} (4... a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. g4
$5 (8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Qg3 Nc5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Qe3 Qb4
14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Be2 Bd6 16. O-O Nd5 17. g3 Be5 18. Rac1 O-O $15 {Lanka,Z (2468)
-Ragger,M (2615)/AUT-chT/2010/}) 8... Nbd7 9. g5 Ne5 10. Qg3 Nfd7 11. f4 Ng6
12. h4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. O-O-O (14. h5 $142 $5 {[%cal Rh5h6] /\h6}) 14... Qa5
15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. h5 Kb8 17. d4 Nf5 18. Qf3 Ba3 (18... Bb4 $5) 19. c5 Bxb2 20.
Kxb2 $14 {()} b6 $6 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Rc1 Ka7 24. Nb1 Rb8 25. Ka1
Rhc8 26. Rc5 Qb4 27. Rhc1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6] Short,N (2705)-Granda Zuniga,J 
(2657)/Lima rpd m/2012/}) 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 e5 $1 {Short keeps
omitting d4, so Black doesn't hesitate to occupy the centre.} ({The text move
is more active than the popular alternative} 7... Nbd7 8. Be2 (8. d4 {- D45}) (
8. Rg1 {[%cal Yg2g4,Yg4g5] /\g4-g5 is an interesting, but perhaps too original
idea.}) 8... Re8 9. O-O e5 (9... Qe7 {allows White to keep his options open
with} 10. Rfd1 $5 dxc4 $5 (10... a6 11. d4 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. c5 Bc7 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Na4 Neg4 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. h3
Nf6 21. Be5 Ne8 22. Bxc7 Nxc7 23. Rab1 Re8 24. Nxc8 Rexc8 25. Ne5 $16 {Eingorn,
V (2590)-Baumegger,S (2485)/Graz/1997/}) 11. Bxc4 (11. bxc4 e5 $132) 11... Nb6
12. Be2 e5 13. d3 h6 14. a3 a5 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bf3 Bc7 17. Nce4 Nbd7 18. Ng3
Bg6 19. Be2 Nd5 20. Rac1 N5b6 21. Qb1 Bd6 22. Qa1 Nd5 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Qa2 Qe6
25. h3 N7f6 $11 {Bischoff,K (2509)-Marchio,E (2289)/GER-ch Altenkirchen/1999/})
10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... cxd5 $143 $6 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Rac1 $36) 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Ng3
Qe7 $5 {[%cal Re5e4] seems more accurate, Black equalises after} (12... Nf8 13.
a3 a5 14. d4 Ng6 15. Bd3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bg4 17. Bf5 Nf6 18. f3 Bh5 19. Rae1 (19.
Rad1 $5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 $14) 19... Nf8 20. Nxh5 Nxh5 21. f4 Bb6 22. Bg4 Nf6 23.
Bf3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Nf5 f6 26. Rd1 Qe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rf3 g6 29. Nh6+
Kg7 30. Ng4 Kf7 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 Kf7 $11 {1/2,Grischuk,A (2773)-Kramnik,V 
(2784)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 13. d3 N7f6 14. a3 c5 15. Rac1 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17.
Qb1 Rad8 18. Bf1 Bb8 19. Qa1 Nd7 $11 {Kipper,J (2307)-Nazarenus,M (2124)/Bad
Zwesten/2003/}) 8. cxd5 (8. d4 exd4 (8... e4 $142 9. Nd2 Na6 $11 {<=>}) 9. Nxd4
c5 $6 (9... a6 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ndxe2 Qa5 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nxd5 $6
cxd5 15. Bxf6 dxc4 16. Nc3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 gxf6 18. Nd5 Qc6 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20.
Nh5+ Kh8 21. Rd5 {Radjabov,T (2757)-Ragger,M (2561)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/} Be7
$15) (9... Re8 $5 $13) 10. Ndb5 d4 11. O-O-O $1 Nc6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. exd4 Nxd4
14. Nb5 $1 (14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qf4+ 17. Qd2 Qf5 18. Ne2 Nxe2+
19. Qxe2 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Re2+ 22. Rd2 Rxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Ne4+ 24. Ke3
Re8 $11 {Rychagov,A (2542)-Kreisl,R (2406)/Moscow/2012/}) 14... Qf4+ 15. Qd2
$14) 8... cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 {[%csl Gb2,Gc6,Gd5,Ge5,Gf1,Gf6] White
has gained the bishop pair, but at a price - he is lagging in development and
Black controls the centre. All in all, Jakovenko has fully solved his opening
problems.} 11. d4 {White must tread with care, other move are hardly any
better:} (11. Be2 Bg4 12. d3 (12. Qd1 Bxf3 (12... e4 $5) 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Be2 d4
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Bb5 dxe3 17. dxe3 Qb4 18. Qe2 Rd2 19. Ba3 Rxe2 20. Bxb4 Rc2
21. Ba3 a6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd1 h5 $11 {Balashov,
Y (2590)-Kallai,G (2460)/ECC/1991/}) 12... Rac8 13. Qd1 e4 14. dxe4 Qb4+ 15.
Qd2 Nxe4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. O-O Nc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. h3 Bh5 20. Rfd1 $11 {
1/2,Kraai,J (2514)-Shankland,S (2601)/San Francisco/2012/}) (11. Bb5 $6 Nb4 12.
Qc1 {White's idea is risky due to} Bd7 $1 (12... d4 {is good for Black, but
here White's king at least gets to safety with} 13. O-O a6 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Be2
Bf5 (15... Bg4 $5) 16. d3 Rac8 17. Qd2 Nc3 18. exd4 exd4 19. Rfc1 Nxe2+ 20.
Qxe2 Bg4 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. b4 Nd5 24. Bxd4 f6 25. Nf3 {1/2, Clery,
N (2390)-Savchenko,S (2558)/Cappelle la Grande/2008/}) 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14. a3 (14.
Be2 $2 Rfc8 15. Bc3 Bb5 16. a3 Bxe2 17. axb4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 d4 19. exd4 Qe6+ 20.
Kd1 Qf5 21. Rg1 Nd5 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Rb4,Rd1,Rd2,Rd4,Rf2,Rf3] Slipak,S (2453)
-Lemos,D (2538)/Buenos Aires/2012/}) 14... Rac8 15. Bc3 Bxb5 16. axb4 Ne4 $1
$40 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ga6f1]} (16... d4 17. Nxd4 Nd5 18. Ra5 Nxb4 $2 19. Rxb5
Nd3+ 20. Kd1 Qg6 21. Qa1 Nxf2+ 22. Ke2 Nxh1 23. Qxh1 $16 {Fioramonti,H (2350)
-Sherwin,J (2320)/Switzerland/1996/})) (11. Rc1 Bg4 12. Qc5 Qe6 13. Qb5 Rab8
14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 a6 16. Qa4 Rbc8 (16... d4 $142 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra4,Re1]})
17. Qh4 Ne7 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bd3 {1/2,Jakubiec,A (2547)-Jaracz,P (2543)/
CZE-chT/2011/}) 11... Nb4 (11... e4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Be2 Rac8 14. Qd1 Be6 15.
O-O Rc7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Nd7 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Rc1 h6 21.
Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc3 Nf6 24. Bb4 Bd7 25. Be7 Ne8 26. Kf1 g6 27. Ke1
f5 $11 {/+/=,Hauchard,A (2536)-Gozzoli,Y (2551)/Saint-Quentin/2012/}) 12. Qd1
e4 13. Ne5 Bf5 $146 {This simple developing move is new.} ({However, there is
also the interesting} 13... Ne8 14. a3 f6 $5 (14... Na6 15. h3 f6 16. Ng4 Rf7
17. Be2 Rc7 18. O-O Bd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qe6 21. f3 (21. b4 Nd6 22. b5 Nb8
23. Qb3 Nc4 $11) 21... Nd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rf4 Re8
26. Qf1 $1 $13 {[%cal Rg4f6]} (26. Qe2 Nb4 27. Nf2 f5 $15 {Anastasian,A (2602)
-Sakaev,K (2649)/Kusadasi/2006/})) 15. h3 $142 $5 (15. Nc4 dxc4 16. axb4 Qxb4+
17. Qd2 Qxb3 18. Ra3 Qb6 19. Bxc4+ Be6 20. d5 (20. Rb3 Qc6 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.
Rxb7 Nd6 $15) 20... Nd6 21. Ba2 Bd7 22. O-O $6 (22. Bd4 $142 $15) 22... a5 23.
Bd4 Qb4 $17 {Grandelius,N (2541)-Al Sayed,M (2485)/Sarajevo/2011/}) 15... fxe5
16. dxe5 Qe7 17. axb4 Qxb4+ 18. Ke2 Nc7 (18... Qb5+ 19. Ke1 Qb4+ 20. Ke2 $11)
19. f4 exf3+ 20. gxf3 Bd7 $13) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Be2 {White also develops first.}
(15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. Be2 Ne7 $5 $11 {[%cal Yf6e8,Yf7f6] and Black can proceed to
chase the Ne5 away as in the previous note.}) 15... Nd7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. a4 $6
({More natural and definitely safer was} 17. O-O $1 Rfc8 18. a4 $5 $11 (18. Rc1
Qb6 19. Rc3 $11)) 17... Rfc8 $6 (17... Qg6 $142 $1 $36 {was uncomfortable:} {/\
} 18. O-O $2 Bh3 $17) 18. Ba3 $2 ({White could have still rectified his
inaccuracy with} 18. O-O $11) 18... Qc3+ {Prevents castling, but} (18... Qg6 $5
19. g4 Be6 $15 {[%csl Rg4] had the same effect and Black's queen is already on
the weakened kingside.}) 19. Kf1 Qa5 20. g4 {[%csl Rf1] Without this move
White can't connect his rooks, but now his king will be vulnerable.} Be6 21.
Kg2 Qd8 $15 22. h3 (22. Rc1 Nf8 $15 (22... f5 $5 $36)) 22... Nf8 23. h4 h6 24.
Ra2 (24. Rc1 $142 Ng6 $15) 24... Ng6 $1 25. Kg3 (25. h5 Nf8 $36 {[%cal Yf8h7,
Yh7g5,Yh7f6]}) 25... f5 $1 $36 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Bg4 Bxg4 ({Black refrained
form} 27... Qc7+ 28. Kh3 Qd7 29. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 30. Qg4 {, but even here the
tactical} Nf4+ $5 31. Kg3 $8 (31. exf4 $4 Rc3+ $19) 31... Qxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Nd3 {
[%cal Rc8c3]} 33. f3 exf3 34. Kxf3 Rc3 $17 {gives him reasonable winning
chances.}) 28. Qxg4 Rc6 29. Kh3 Rac8 30. Rg1 R8c7 $17 {[%cal Yc7f7,Yc6f6]
Black has the clear-cut plan, intending a gradual transfer of his major pieces
to the kingside.} 31. f4 $6 {This violent liberating attempt doesn't help, but
it's not easy to suggeat an effective improvement.} (31. h5 Nf8 $40) (31. Rg3
Rf7 $36 {[%csl Ra2] צa2} 32. Ra1 $2 Rxf2 $1 33. h5 Rcf6 34. Rc1 (34. hxg6 R6f5
$19 {[%cal Rh6h5,Rd8d7] is similar.}) 34... R6f5 35. Qxg6 Qd7 $19) 31... exf3
32. Rf2 Rf7 33. Rg3 Rcf6 34. Kh2 Qc7 ({A more energetic try was} 34... Nf4 $1
35. exf4 (35. Rgxf3 h5 36. Qg3 Rg6 37. Qxg6 Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Nxg6 39. Rxf7 Qg3+
40. Kf1 Qxe3 $19) 35... Rxf4 36. Qe6 Re4 $1 {[%csl Re6]} 37. Qxf7+ $8 (37. Qh3
Rxh4) 37... Kxf7 38. Rfxf3+ Kg8 39. Rf8+ Qxf8 40. Bxf8 Rxh4+ 41. Kg2 Kxf8 $19)
35. Kh3 Qd8 36. Kh2 Rf5 $1 {[%mdl 96] Jakovenko finds a different tactical
solution to crown his strategic effort.} 37. Qxg6 (37. Kh3 R7f6 (37... Nf4+ $5
38. exf4 Rxf4 39. Qh5 Qc8+ 40. Kh2 Qc3 {[%cal Rc3e3,Rc3d4]}) 38. Rgxf3 (38. Kh2
Qc7 39. Kg1 h5 40. Qh3 Qc3 $19)) 37... Qxh4+ 38. Kg1 Rh5 39. Kf1 Rg5 $1 40.
Rxg5 hxg5 41. Ke1 {This attempt to escape is futile, but no better was} (41.
Kg1 Qg4+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 Rf6 $1 {/\} 44. Qxg5 Rf5 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Bd6 Rh5
47. Bh2 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qe4 49. Rb2 Qd3+ $19) 41... Qh1+ 42. Rf1 Qh2 43. Qd3 g4
$19 {[%csl Gf3,Gg4] White has managed to avoid mate, but he is helpless
against the advancing pawns.} 44. Rf2 Qh4 45. Bd6 g3 46. Bxg3 Qxg3 47. Qf1 (47.
Qb5 g5 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Qxe5 50. dxe5 g4 $19) 47... g5 48. Kd1 Kg7 49. Kc1
g4 50. Kb2 Qh3 51. Qb5 (51. Qxh3 gxh3 52. Kc2 h2 $19) 51... g3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 {No mainline Slav, or Semi-Slav with} (3. d4 {today!
It soon transpires that both players are in a creative mood and the game will
quickly enter uncharted and very original waters.}) 3... Bg4 ({Mihai Marin in
his English Opening trilogy is a great advocate of the gambit} 3... dxc4 4. Bg2
Nf6 5. O-O $44) (3... Nf6 4. Bg2 {can easily lead to the same position, as} Bf5
(4... Bg4 5. Ne5 {also allows White to fight for an opening advantage.}) 5.
cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 $14 {is pleasant for White.}) 4. Qb3 {In this concrete
position the otherwise standard queen sortie is very rare.} ({The usual
continuation is} 4. Bg2 {, in the preceding blitz event Morozevich played the
line} e6 (4... dxc4 5. Na3 Qd5 6. Qc2 Be6 7. O-O $44) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 {
More enterprising is} 7. d3 (7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11.
Re1 a5 $1 12. Qc2 (12. a3 $5 $13) 12... a4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nd4 a3 15. Bc3 Bg6
16. b4 Nb6 17. N2b3 Na4 18. Bd2 Qe7 {[%csl Rb4]} 19. f4 h6 20. f5 Bh7 21. g4
Bxb4 22. e4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Nd7 $17 {McShane,L (2706)-Morozevich,A (2769)/Moscow
blitz/2012/}) 7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 {, White concentrates more on central expansion
with a timely e4. After} Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qc2 ({Marin recommends
} 11. Qb3 $5 Qb6 12. Qc2) 11... d4 12. Nb1 Qe7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15. b4
Bxb4 16. Nb3 Bc3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 19. Qa3 c4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. dxc4
Nxc4 22. Nxd4 Rd8 23. e3 g6 24. Rfc1 Nd6 25. a4 Rdd7 $14 {/=,Svidler,P (2739)
-Karjakin,S (2788)/RUS-ch Moscow/2011/ White had a slight edge, which Black
gradually neutralized by circumspect defence.}) (4. Ne5 Bf5 ({or even} 4... Be6
$5) 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 {is rather harmless:} 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9.
Qb3 Rd8 10. d4 e6 11. Bf4 a6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Be5 O-O 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Rac1 Rc8
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {
Dizdar,G (2450)-Sinkovics,P (2420)/Stary Smokovec/1985/}) 4... Qb6 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A novelty as early as move 4 is something very rare at this level!} (
4... Qc8 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 $5 (9. d3 Nc6 10.
Bf4 Qd7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 e5 $11 {Kutynec,V (2319)-Khudiakov,A 
(2166)/Alushta/2007/}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. d4
O-O 14. Be3 Qd7 15. d5 $36 {Nikcevic,N (2470)-Milanovic,V (2375)/Tivat/1995/})
(4... Qc7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6
11. Nbd2 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Nd5 17.
b5 $14 {Neubauer,M (2458)-Holt,C (2375)/Philadelphia/2010/}) ({The simplest
and safe choice has usually been} 4... Bxf3 {and now:} 5. exf3 $5 (5. Qxf3 e6 (
5... Nf6 6. Qb3 Qd7 (6... Qb6 $11) 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6
11. Rd1 Rfd8 12. a3 Rac8 13. Qa2 b5 14. c5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxc5 {
Vojinovic,J (2299)-Eric,J (2245)/Pancevo/2011/} 17. Bf3 Na4 18. Bf4 $14) (5...
dxc4 6. Na3 $14 {advantageously regains the pawn.}) 6. Qb3 (6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. d3 Qd8 13. Bb2 d4 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. dxe4 e5 16. a3 Nc5 17. b4 Na6 18. b5 cxb5 19. cxb5 Rc8 20. Qd1 Nc5 21.
a4 Qd7 $15 {Rapport,R (2531)-Balogh,C (2604)/Szombathely/2011/}) 6... Na6 (6...
Qb6 $5) 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Qc2 Nf6 (8... d4 9. b4 Nd7 10. Bb2 e5 11. c5 a5 12. a3 g6
13. O-O Bg7 14. e4 (14. e3 $14) (14. d3 $14 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2c4]}) 14... h5 (
14... Ngf6 $11) 15. d3 Bh6 16. f4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 g5 19. Nd2 gxf4
20. Nc4 $44 {Arsovic,Z (2435)-Andriasian,Z (2616)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 9. O-O
Be7 10. d4 Ncd7 11. Bg5 (11. Nd2 $142 O-O 12. b3 $11 {/+/=}) 11... O-O 12. Nd2
Ne8 $1 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Ndf6 16. Nc3 $6 (16. Nd2 $142 {
[%cal Yd2f3,Yf3e5]}) (16. Ng5 $5) 16... Nd6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bh3 b5
$1 20. c5 Nc8 21. a4 b4 22. Ne2 Ne7 23. Qc4 a5 $15 {[%csl Rd4] Wirig,A (2408)
-Rublevsky,S (2649)/Izmir/2004/}) 5... Qd7 6. d4 dxc4 (6... e6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. c5 Be7 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. Qd1 Nbd7 13. f4 h5 14. h3 g6 15.
b4 Ng8 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Ng1 Ne7 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. O-O Bg7 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. b5 $36 {
Maletin,P (2557)-Ferguson,M (2404)/EU-ch Budva/2009/}) 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O (8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 Nd5 12. f4 Bf6 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 a5
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rf1 Nd7 18. f5 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. f6 gxf6 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Rae8 $132 {Maletin,P (2571)-Pushin,V (2338)/Tula/2009/})
8... Ne7 (8... Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O {transposes to 8.Nc3}) 9. Re1 a5 $6 (
9... Nd5 $142 $13 {[%cal Yf8e7,Ye8g8]}) 10. Nc3 b5 11. Nxb5 $1 $32 cxb5 12.
Bxb5 Nbc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Bxe7 (14. Rad1 $5 $44) 14... Kxe7 15. Rad1 (15. Qc4
$14) 15... Na7 16. Bxd7 Rxb3 17. axb3 Kxd7 18. d5 Bd6 $13 {Stocek,J (2545)
-Movsesian,S (2624)/CZE-chT/2002/}) 5. Ne5 (5. cxd5 Qxb3 6. axb3 Bxf3 7. exf3
cxd5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nb5 Kd7 10. Rxa7 Rxa7 11. Nxa7 Bc5 12. Nb5 Nc6 $44 {[%csl
Rb2,Rb3,Rd4,Rf2,Rf3][%cal Yg8e7,Ye7f5] gives Black excellent compensation -
White's pawn structure is disrupted and the scope of his bishops limited.})
5... Be6 6. d3 (6. Bg2 f6 (6... dxc4 7. Nxc4 Qa6 (7... Qc5 $2 8. Qxb7 Qxc4 9.
Na3 $18) 8. d3 {/\} b5 9. Qa3 Bd5 10. e4 $5 $14) 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9.
Bxd5 (9. Nf3 Rxa2 $14) 9... cxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 6... f6 {Both players
continue to play creatively, which soon leads to a very original position.} (
6... g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 (7... d4 8. Na4 Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. Bg2 Rd8 11. Bd2 $14 {
[%cal Yb3b5]}) 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 $5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 $132) 7. Nf3 Bf7 (
7... Qxb3 $5 8. axb3 Na6 $13) 8. Bh3 $5 {[%cal Rh3c8]} ({More active, than} 8.
Bg2 e5 $11) (8. Nc3 Qxb3 (8... e5 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 (10... cxd5 11.
Nb5 Ra5 12. a4 $14) 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. a3 $13 {/+/=}) 9. axb3 e5 10. Bh3 (10.
cxd5 Bxd5 $1 $11) 10... d4 11. Ne4 Na6 $132) 8... e5 9. O-O (9. Bc8 $6 {
leads nowhere after} Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Na6 (10... a5 $5)) ({Interesting was} 9. Qc2
$5) 9... Na6 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Nc3 d4 (11... Ne7 12. d4 $5 e4 13. Nh4
g6 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 $32 {/\} dxc4 16. Ne4 $36) 12. Ne4 Bg6 13. e3 $14) 10.
Nc3 Ne7 (10... dxc4 11. dxc4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nc5 13. Nd2 a6 14. b4 Ne6 15. b5 $14
) 11. Be3 (11. Qc2 $142 $1 {gives White more chances to fight for an opening
advantage.}) 11... d4 (11... Qxb3 12. axb3 d4 13. Ne4 Bg6 14. Nd6+ $5 (14. Bc1
Bxe4 15. dxe4 Nc8 $11 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5]}) 14... Kd8 15. Nxd4 $1 (15. Nxb7+ Kc7
$17) 15... exd4 (15... Kc7 $2 16. Ne6+ Kxd6 17. c5+ $16) 16. Bf4 $8 (16. Bxd4
Kc7 $17) 16... Rb8 17. b4 $1 $44 {[%cal Yb4b5]}) 12. Ne4 Ng6 (12... Qxb3 $4 13.
Nd6+ Kd8 14. Nxf7+ $18) (12... Nc8 13. Bd2 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nd6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16.
Nh4 $5 $13) (12... Bg6 13. Bc1 (13. Nd6+ Kd8 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bf4 Rb8 $15 {
is less convincing than the similar line above.}) 13... Bxe4 14. dxe4 Qxb3 $11
{transposes to a subvariation of 11...Qxb3.}) 13. Bc1 (13. Bd2 Qxb3 (13... Nc5
14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qa4 {[%cal Yb2b4] gives White more play.}) 14. axb3 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $11) 13... Nc5 ({Simpler is} 13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nc5 $11 {, but the
players strive for complications.}) 14. Nxc5 (14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11)
14... Bxc5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 {Again in the aforementioned
double-edged style. Alternatives lead to equal and rather sedate positions.} (
17. Qc2 c5 $11 (17... Be8 {[%cal Yf6f5]} 18. Bf5 $1 $13) {/\} 18. f4 exf4 19.
gxf4 Be8 $5 {[%cal Ye8c6]} 20. b4 cxb4 21. c5 Qc6 22. Qc4+ Bf7 23. Qxd4 Bd5 $15
) 17... exf4 18. gxf4 Rfe8 ({Engines prefer the immediate} 18... Qc7 {, but
this may well transpose into the game after} 19. Qc2 (19. f5 Ne5 20. Bf4 $2 b5
$1 $36) 19... Rfe8 20. f5 Ne5 21. Bf4 $13 {/=/+}) 19. f5 Ne5 20. Bf4 Bf8 21.
Bg2 (21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bg2 Bh5 $5 {/\} 23. Ng3 (23. Kf2 Bg4 24. Ng3 h5 $15)
23... Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Nxd3 $44 {[%cal Re8e2,Rd3b2]}) 21... Qc7 {[%cal Rb7b5]} (
21... Qxb3 22. axb3 a5 (22... Bh5 23. Ng3 Bxe2 $2 24. Nxe2 Nxd3 25. Bf3 $16)
23. Kf2 Bb4 $11) 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Bd2 b5 $1 24. c5 $5 {[%csl Rc5,Rd4][%mdl 32]
The pawn will be vulnerable here, but also the Pd4 is isolated. The text-move
leads to a strategically complex and murky position, after other tries Black
has a clear-cut initiative.} (24. cxb5 cxb5 $36 {[%cal Gc8c1]}) (24. b3 a5 $15)
24... a5 25. Rf4 a4 {Fixates the a2-pawn, but hands the b4-square over to
White.} (25... Bd5 $142 $5 $15) 26. Bb4 Rac8 (26... Bd5 $5 {/\} 27. Nd6 Bxd6
28. cxd6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nf7 30. Rxd4 Qxf5 $15 {[%csl Rg2]}) 27. Ng3 (27. Nd6
Bxd6 28. cxd6 c5 $5 29. Bxc5 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxc2 $36) 27... Kh8 28. Rh4 {
White seeks activity.} (28. b3 $5 $132 {[%cal Yc2b2] is another plausible
attempt.}) ({It's not easy to point out how Black can improve his position
after a waiting move like} 28. Qd2 $5) 28... Bg8 (28... g5 $5 29. fxg6 Nxg6 30.
Re4 f5 31. Bh3 (31. Rxe8 Rxe8 $15) 31... Be6 32. Rxe6 Nf4 33. Bxf5 (33. Rxe8 $2
Nxh3+ 34. Kg2 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Rxe8 36. Kxf4 Re3 $19 {[%csl Rf4]}) 33... Nxe6 $15 {
/~~}) 29. Qd2 Qa7 30. Rc1 Nd7 ({Black wants more than repetition after} 30...
Qd7 $11) (30... Bxa2 31. Rxd4 Rcd8 $13) 31. Qf4 $1 $132 (31. Rxd4 $2 Nxc5 {
[%cal Rg8a2,Rc5b3]}) 31... Bxa2 {Exchanging a flank pawn for a central one
seems to objectively favour White, but nevertheless significantly increases
the tension.} ({Black's choice is more risky, than} 31... Re5 32. Qxd4 Bxc5 (
32... Bxa2 33. Qf2 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Yd3d4,Ye2e4]} Bxc5 $2 34. Bxc5 Rxc5
35. Ra1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg3e4,Rb2b4]}) 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 Nxc5
36. a3 $11) 32. Qxd4 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8a6]} 33. Be1 Rcd8 (33... Nd7 $5 34. Bf2 (34.
Bb4 $11) 34... Qb7 35. Qb4 $13) 34. Qc3 Na6 (34... Bd6 35. Nh5 $5 $36 {[%cal
Rh5f6]} (35. d4 $14)) 35. Bf2 (35. Bxc6 Bxc5+ 36. Kg2 b4 $36) (35. d4 $142 $5
Qd7 36. Bf2 $14) 35... b4 36. Qe1 $6 (36. Qd2 $142 $13) 36... Qb7 (36... a3 $1
37. bxa3 b3 38. Qc3 (38. Bxc6 b2 39. Bxe8 Rxe8 $5 $36) 38... Bxc5 $36) 37. Ra1
Bb3 38. Qc1 ({White again refrains from the more natural} 38. d4 $1 $14 {
[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Ge2] /~~}) 38... Nc7 39. Bf3 Ra8 $6 (39... Kg8 40. Ne4 (40. Nh5
$5) 40... Qc8 41. Nd6 Bxd6 42. cxd6 Rxd6 43. Rxb4 $14) (39... Qb5 $142 $5 {
seems to promise more effective counterplay in a complex position:} 40. Ne4 (
40. Bh5 Re5 41. d4 (41. Ne4 h6 42. Bg6 Na6 $132) 41... Re7 42. Ne4 $5 $14 (42.
Bg6 Bg8 $13) (42. Bf3 $13)) 40... Na6 41. d4 $14) 40. Bh5 (40. Ne4 Nb5 (40...
Nd5 41. Nd6 Bxd6 42. cxd6 $36 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ye2e4]}) (40... Rad8 41. Nd2 $16
) 41. Nd2 Bd5 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Rxb4 Rxe2 44. Rbxa4 Rxa4 45. Rxa4 Qc8 46. Qd1
Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Qxc5+ 48. Kg2 $14 {/+/-}) 40... Red8 41. Bg6 h6 42. Ne4 {[%cal
Re4f6]} Ne8 (42... Nd5 43. Nd2 Ne7 44. Nxb3 axb3 45. Rxa8 Rxa8 46. Qc4 $16) 43.
Be3 $6 {[%csl Rh6]} (43. Nd2 $1 Bg8 44. Nc4 Qb5 45. Nb6 Ra7 46. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 47.
Bxd4 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 43... Bd5 44. Kf2 Bxe4 $2 (44... Qa7 45. Bxh6 $1 gxh6
46. Rxh6+ Kg8 47. Bxe8) (44... Kg8 $5 $132) 45. Rxe4 $6 (45. dxe4 $1 {keeps
the rook on the h-file and denies the knight the d5 square - White's attack is
very strong:} Rd7 $8 (45... Qe7 $2 46. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 47. Rxh6+ Kg8 (47... Bxh6
48. Qxh6+ Kg8 49. Rg1 $18) 48. Qc4+ Rd5 49. exd5 Qxc5+ 50. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 51. Ke1
$18) 46. Qc4 Nc7 (46... Qb5 47. Qxb5 cxb5 48. e5 fxe5 (48... Rc7 49. Rc1 (49.
e6 Rxc5 $5 $14) 49... a3 50. Rxb4 a2 51. Rxb5 $16) 49. Rxb4 Nc7 50. Rc1 $16) (
46... a3 47. bxa3 bxa3 48. Bxe8 Rxe8 49. Rxa3 $16) (46... Qb8 $2 47. Bh7 $3 {
[%cal Rc4g8]} Kxh7 48. Rg1 {[%cal Rh4h6]} Rd5 $8 49. exd5 $18) 47. e5 $1 Nd5 (
47... fxe5 48. f6 $40) 48. Bd4 $36) 45... Nc7 $132 46. Bxh6 $5 {[%mdl 576]
After a heavy strategic fight Grischuk suddenly changes tack in an attempt to
decide the game with a sudden tactical outburst. It seems the sacrifice should
have led to a draw.} (46. Kg2 Nd5 47. Bd2 $13) 46... gxh6 47. Re7 $1 {The most
dangerous follow-up.} ({Inconclusive is} 47. Rh4 Kg8 48. Rxh6 (48. Qc4+ Nd5 49.
e4 Qb5 $17) 48... Rd7 $1 49. Rh4 (49. Qc4+ Nd5 $17) 49... Qb5 $17) 47... Rd4 $5
(47... Qc8 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Nd5 50. Qg4 $1 Bxc5+ 51. Kf3 Be3 52. Rg1 $1
Bg5 53. h4 Rd7 54. hxg5 Rxh7 55. Bxh7+ Kxh7 56. Rh1 $1 fxg5 57. Qxg5 $18) (
47... Qb8 48. Qe3 $1 (48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Nd5 {[%cal Rb8f4,Rf4h2]}) 48... Qa7
(48... Rd5 49. Rg1 $40 Re5 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Qg3 Bxc5+ 52. Kf1 $18) 49. Rxa4 $1
Nd5 (49... Qxa4 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Qg3 Bxc5+ 52. Kg2 $18) 50. Rexa7 Rxa7 51. Rxa7
Nxe3 52. Rh7+ Kg8 53. Kxe3 $16) (47... Qb5 $5 48. Rh7+ (48. Qe3 Ra7 $1 49. Rh7+
Kg8 50. d4 Re8 51. Bxe8 Kxh7 52. Qg3 Qc4 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Bf7 Qxd4+ 55. Kf3 Bg7
56. Rg1 Ne8 57. Bg8 $1 Kxg8 58. Qxe8+ $11) 48... Kg8 49. Rxc7 Qxc5+ $11) 48.
Rh7+ (48. Qe3 Nd5 $5 (48... Rg4 49. Rh7+ Kg8 {transposes to the game.}) 49.
Rxb7 Nxe3 50. Kxe3 Bxc5 $11) 48... Kg8 49. Qe3 Rg4 $8 (49... Rd5 $2 50. d4 $1
$18 {[%cal Ra1g1]}) 50. h3 (50. Qf3 $5 Rxg6 $1 (50... Bxc5+ 51. e3 Bxe3+ (51...
h5 52. Rxh5 Bxe3+ 53. Ke2 $1 $40) (51... Rg5 52. h4 $18) 52. Qxe3 (52. Kxe3 $2
Qb6+ 53. Kd2 Qd4 $40) 52... Qa7 53. d4 Qxd4 54. Qxd4 Rxd4 55. Rxc7 Rd2+ 56. Ke3
Rxb2 57. Rd1 {[%cal Rg6f7,Rd1d7,Rd1g1]} Rg2 (57... a3 58. Bf7+ Kh8 59. Rdd7 $18
{[%cal Rf7e6,Rd7h7]}) 58. Rdd7 a3 59. Bf7+ Kf8 60. Bc4 a2 61. Rh7 $18) 51. fxg6
Bg7 52. Qf5 Qc8 (52... Nd5 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Rg1 {[%cal Re6f7]} a3 55. bxa3 bxa3
56. Qf7+ Qxf7 57. gxf7 a2 58. Rgxg7 Ke7 59. f8=Q+ Kxf8 60. Ra7 $18 {[%cal
Rh7h8]}) 53. Qxc8+ Rxc8 54. Rxa4 Ne6 55. Ra7 {[%cal Ra7e7]} Re8 56. Rb7 f5 $132
{/=}) 50... Rxg6 (50... Qa7 51. Rc1 Rxg6 (51... a3 52. bxa3 b3 53. hxg4 b2 54.
Kf3 bxc1=Q 55. Qxc1 Bg7 56. Qe3 Na6 57. Qe6+ Kf8 58. Qd6+ Kg8 59. d4 $5 $16 {/\
} Qc7 60. Qe6+ Kf8 61. Bh5 Rd8 62. Rxh6 $1 Bxh6 63. Qxf6+ Kg8 64. Qxh6 $18) 52.
fxg6 $36) 51. fxg6 Qc8 52. Rg1 $2 {Now Black consolidates with ease.} (52. Qe4
$1 Nd5 $5 (52... Bxc5+ 53. d4 Bf8 54. g7 Bxg7 55. Rxg7+ (55. Rg1 $2 Ne6 {
[%cal Re6g5]}) 55... Kxg7 56. Qe7+ (56. Rg1+ Kh8 57. Qf4 Qf8 58. Qxc7 a3 59.
bxa3 bxa3 60. Qxc6 a2 61. Ra1 $11) 56... Kh8 57. Qxf6+ Kh7 58. Qf7+ $11) 53. g7
f5 $1 (53... Bxg7 $2 54. Rg1 Ra7 55. Qg6 Qf8 56. d4 $18 {[%cal Rg6h6,Rh7h8]})
54. Rh8+ $1 {[]} (54. gxf8=Q+ $2 Qxf8 $19) 54... Kxg7 55. Qe5+ Kf7 (55... Nf6
56. Rg1+ Kf7 57. Rxf8+ Qxf8 58. Qc7+ Ke6 59. Qxc6+ Kf7 (59... Ke5 60. e3 $44 {
->}) 60. Qb7+ Ke6 $11) 56. Rh7+ Kg6 57. Rg7+ $1 Bxg7 58. Rg1+ Kh5 $8 59. Qxg7
Qe6 60. Qg3 Qe3+ 61. Qxe3 Nxe3 62. Kxe3 a3 63. bxa3 bxa3 64. Kf4 a2 65. Ra1 Kg6
66. Ke5 Re8+ 67. Kd6 Rxe2 68. Kxc6 f4 69. Kd7 f3 70. c6 $11 {and White's
counterplay comes just in time to save the game.}) 52... Qf5+ 53. Ke1 (53. Qf3
Qxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Bg7 $19) 53... Re8 $19 {Black coordinates his superior forces
and the game is decided.} 54. Qg3 (54. Qd4 Nd5 $5 (54... Bxc5 55. Qh4 h5 $5 {/\
} 56. Rxh5 Bf2+ $17) (54... Bg7 55. Rf1 Qe6 $19) 55. e4 Bg7 $19 {[%csl Rh7]})
54... Ne6 55. e4 (55. Rb7 Nf4 $19) 55... Qxc5 56. Kd1 Bg7 {[%csl Rh7] White's
rook remains offside, the rest is simple.} 57. Rg2 Qe5 58. Qe3 Rd8 59. Ke1 c5
60. Rxh6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Qb3 Bb6 ({When Fressinet had the black pieces he preferred 9...Qc8,
but I'm not sure that he remembered the game.} 9... Qc8 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4
O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Na4 Be7 15. Rae1 N6d7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nd4 Ne6
18. Nf5 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. e5 Bg6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $14) 18... Bb4 $13 {
Bruzon Bautista,L-Fressinet,L Wijk aan Zee 2004 1/2-1/2 (25)}) (9... b5 {
This is not classical chess at all. But those who have worked with Houdini a
lot aren't surprised when they see this kind of move.} 10. h3 (10. e4 {the
most logical continuation} dxe4 11. dxe4 (11. Nxe4 $5 Nxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bf4
$14) 11... O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 b4 15. Na4 Bd4 16. Qc2 (16. Be3
Nxe4 17. Rad1 c5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qxb4 Qg5 20. Qxd4 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ $11)
16... c5 $13 {Belezky,A-Janssen,R Germany 2009 0-1 (64)}) 10... Bh5 11. e3 O-O
12. Ne2 Bb6 13. Qc2 (13. g4 $5 Bg6 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Bd2 $14) 13... c5 14. a4 c4
15. Nf4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Bg2 b4 18. Rd1 $13 {Dizdar,G-Babula,V EU-ch
6thWarsaw 2005 1/2-1/2 (35)} (18. a5 Bc7 (18... Bxa5 19. dxc4 $16) 19. dxc4
dxc4 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. e4 $16)) 10. Na4 ({If you want
a draw you can make it:} 10. Qa3 Bc5 {1/2-1/2 Hausrath,D-Wichmann,C/
Saarbruecken 2009/CBM 128 Extra}) 10... O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 (12. h3 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Re8 14. Re1 b5 15. Bg2 d4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qc2 Re6 18. b4 {It seems to
me that it was the time to open up the position} (18. e4 $5 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Qc7
20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 $14) 18... Rae8 19. Kf1 Qd8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Qe7 22.
Bg5 $6 (22. Bf3 Ne5 23. Bg2 Ng6 24. Bf3 $11) 22... h6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 $15 {
0-1 Skoberne,J-Shaposhnikov,E/Al-Ain UAE 2012 (37)}) 12... Qe7 13. b3 Ne5 $146
{An Interesting novelty. In order to play for an opening advantage White
should double pawns.} (13... b5 14. Bb2 b4 15. Nd4 c5 16. h3 cxd4 $6 (16... Bh5
17. Nf5 Qe6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nh4 Rfe8 20. e3 $14) 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxd4 Qg5 19.
Qc7 Qh5 20. Rfc1 Rad8 21. Qf4 $6 $16 {Piket,J-Kramnik,V Rapid Zuerich 2001 1/
2-1/2 (29)} (21. Qxb7 $1 Rfe8 22. Rc2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 $18)) 14. Be3 $5 (14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Bd2 d4 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Qb2 Nd7 18. Bf4 Qf6 $11) 14... Bxf3 {Black
should trade trade his bishop for White's knight, otherwise he has a steadily
worsening position} (14... c5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. d4 $1 (16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. b4
Rac8) 16... Qh5 (16... cxd4 17. Qb2 Rfe8 18. Bxd4 Qxe2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qxf6
$16) 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Bf3 20. Bd4 $14) (14... Nxf3+ 15.
exf3 Bf5 16. Bxb6 $16) 15. exf3 Qb4 {It seems to me that Black wasn't
satisfied with the result of the opening.} (15... c5 {Maybe Adams should have
played 15...c5, but in any case, his position is worse. For example} 16. d4 Nc6
17. Rfd1 Nb4 $5 (17... Ra5 18. Qb2 Re8 19. a4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 $14)
18. Qd2 (18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Bh3 Re8 20. a4 h6 (20... c4 $2 21. Qc3 $16) 21. Qc3
Ra5 22. Bf1 Rc8 23. Bb5 $14) 18... Rfc8 19. Bh3 (19. a3 $2 Nc2 $15 20. Qxc2
cxd4 21. Qd2 dxe3 22. fxe3 $2 Rxa3 $17) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rc2 21. Qe3 Qxe3
22. fxe3 Raxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Bc8 $14) (15... b5 $2 16. Bc5) 16. a3 $1 {
Now we can say that the opening has ended in White's favour. Perhaps Black has
overlooked that after 16...Rxa3 17.Rxa3 Qxa3 18.Bxb6 Qa6 19.Bd4 he can't take
the pawn on d3} (16. d4 Ned7 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Qd3 Ne6 20. Kg2 c5
$132) 16... Rxa3 17. Rxa3 Qxa3 18. Bxb6 Qa6 19. Bd4 Ned7 (19... Qxd3 $2 20.
Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Rd1 Nb4 22. Bc5 $16) 20. f4 c5 21. Bc3 {This allows Black to
play ...d4.} (21. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 $8 22. Qxc5 Qxd3 23. Qb6 Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25.
Ra1 Ra8 26. Ra5 Kf8 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rb8 29. Rd3 a5 $11) (21. Bb2 $5 Re8
22. Bf3) 21... Re8 (21... d4 $5 22. Bb2 Qe6 23. b4 (23. Bxb7 $2 Rb8) 23... b6
24. Rc1 $14) 22. Bf3 Qd6 23. Rc1 b6 24. Bd2 h5 25. b4 h4 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Be3
$6 {An imprudence.} (27. Kg2 $1) 27... Rc8 (27... h3 $1 {I believe that Black
could get good counterplay:} 28. Bd2 (28. Qb2 d4 29. Bd2 Qe6 $132 30. Qb5 $6
Qa2 31. Qa5 Qb3 32. Qa6 Qb2) (28. Be2 $4 d4 $19) 28... Qe6 29. Qd1 d4 30. Qf1
Rb8 31. Re1 Qf5 $132) 28. Qb2 Qe6 29. Qe2 Re8 (29... h3 $6 {too late} 30. Bd2
Qd6 31. Qf1 Qe6 32. Bc3 $14) 30. Qd1 Rc8 31. g4 Qd6 32. Bg2 Nb6 $6 (32... d4
33. Bd2 Nd5 34. Qf3 N7b6 35. f5 $14) (32... Rb8 33. Qf3 d4 34. Bd2 Rb2 35. Rd1
Qe6 36. Bc1 (36. h3 $4 Rxd2 $19) (36. f5 $6 Qb3 37. Bf4 Nd5 $11) 36... Re2 37.
Rf1 $1 Re1 (37... Nxg4 $4 38. f5 $18) (37... Qxg4 $4 38. Qxg4 Nxg4 39. Bf3 $18)
38. g5 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Ne8 40. Bh3 $14) 33. g5 d4 34. Bd2 Nfd5 35. Qg4 Re8 36.
Bf3 $2 {After this move White lost his advantage.} (36. f5 $1 Nc3 37. Ra1 $1 {
If White had played this Black would have neededreally good advice. I don't
see how Black can escape.} (37. Bxc3 dxc3 38. g6 (38. Rxc3 $6 Re1+ 39. Bf1 Qe5
$44) 38... Qf6 39. Qh5 fxg6 40. fxg6 Re5 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Kf1 Nd7
44. Bh3 Nf8 45. Qg8 Qf3 46. Qf7+ Qxf7 47. gxf7 Kxf7 48. Rxc3 $11) 37... g6 (
37... Nbd5 38. g6 fxg6 39. fxg6 Nf4 40. Bxf4 Qxf4 41. Qh5 Qh6 42. Qf5 Rf8 43.
Bd5+ Nxd5 44. Qxd5+ Kh8 45. Qf5 Re8 46. f4 $18) 38. fxg6 Qxg6 39. Bxc3 dxc3 40.
Be4 Qg7 41. Kh1 $1 c2 42. Rg1 Re5 43. g6 (43. Qxh4 $2 f5 44. Bf3 Qe7 45. Qh6
Re1 46. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 43... f6 44. f4 $18) 36... Nc3 37. f5 Nbd5 $6 (37... Nd7
$1 {If Adams had played this he wouldn't have had the worse position.} 38. Kg2
(38. Qxh4 $6 Ne5 39. Be4 (39. Bh5 $2 g6 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Bxc3 gxh5 42. Qxh5
Qc6 43. g6 Re7 44. Bb2 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 Ne1 $19) 39... Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Nxc1 41. Bxc1
g6 42. Qh6 c4 43. Ba3 Qxa3 44. fxg6 Qd6 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. gxf7 Nxf7 47. g6 Qf6
48. gxf7 Qxf7 49. Qh8+ Qg8+ 50. Qxg8+ Kxg8 51. Bd5+ Kg7 52. Bxc4 $11) 38... Ne5
39. Bf4 Qe7 40. Bxe5 Qxe5 41. g6 Nd5 42. gxf7+ Kxf7 43. Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 44. Kh3 Re5
45. Ra1 Rxf5 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. f4 Qe6 48. Kxh4 Qe1+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 38. Ra1 $1
Qb6 $4 (38... Qd7 39. g6 Nf6 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. h3 $1 (42. Ra6 h3
$132) 42... Ncd5 43. Ra6 $40) 39. g6 {Laurent Fressinet could have won
immediately. I guess he was short of time.} (39. Bxc3 $1 Nxc3 40. g6 fxg6 (
40... Qf6 41. Qh5 $18) 41. fxg6 c4 42. Qh5 cxd3 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Ra7 $1 Qxa7
45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qxg7+ $18) 39... Nf6 40. gxf7+ $2 (40. Qxh4 $1 {Black has no
way to prevent Bg5.} fxg6 41. fxg6 Qb5 42. Bg5 Qxd3 43. Bxf6 Qxg6+ 44. Bg5 $18)
40... Kxf7 41. Qg6+ Kg8 42. Bg5 Rf8 43. Bxh4 $16 Ncd5 $2 {This move should
have only made things worse for Black.} (43... Nfd5 44. Bxd5+ $1 {It's time to
trade the strong bishop.} (44. Qxb6 Nxb6 45. Bg4 Nbd5 46. Bg3 Nb4 $1 47. Bd6
Nxd3 48. Bxf8 Kxf8 $13) 44... Nxd5 45. Bg3) 44. Bg3 Ne7 45. Qg5 c4 46. dxc4 Qc5
47. Re1 Rf7 48. Be5 d3 49. Qf4 $6 {Once again, missing an easy winning line.} (
49. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 50. Bd5+ Nxd5 51. Re8+ Rf8 (51... Kf7 52. Qh5+ g6 53. Qh8 Rxf5
54. Qg8+ Kf6 55. Re6+ Kg5 56. Qxg6+ Kh4 57. Qh7+ Rh5 58. Re4+ Kg5 59. Qg7+ Kf5
60. Re5+ Kf4 61. Qg3#) 52. f6 Nxf6 53. Qxc5 Rxe8 54. Qd4 $18) 49... Nd7 50. Bd6
Qxf5 51. Qxf5 Nxf5 52. Bb4 $6 (52. Re8+ $1 Kh7 53. Bb4 Nf6 54. Rd8 Rc7 55. c5
$18) 52... Nf6 {Black has a real chance to make a draw now.} 53. Rd1 Rd7 54. c5
Nd4 {The only chance for Black is to swap off White's bishop.} 55. Rxd3 (55.
Bg2 $5 Rc7 (55... Nd5 56. Ba5 Nc3 57. c6 Ra7 58. Bxc3 Ne2+ 59. Kh1 Nxc3 60.
Rxd3 Ra1+ 61. Bf1 Rxf1+ 62. Kg2 Rc1 63. Rd8+ Kf7 64. c7 $18) 56. Rxd3 Nc2 57.
Bc3 Rxc5 58. Bf3 $16) 55... Nxf3+ 56. Rxf3 Rd1+ 57. Kg2 Nd5 58. Ba3 Rd4 59. Kg3
$2 {Now, it is not clear how White can win the game.} (59. Kf1 Nf4 60. Ke1 Nd3+
(60... Ne6 61. Rc3) 61. Ke2 Nf4+ 62. Ke3 Ne6 {White should cash in on his two
extra pawns eventually.}) 59... Rc4 {Suddenly it turns out that due to the bad
position of White's bishop he can't properly protect his c5-pawn.} 60. Rd3 Nc3
61. Rd8+ Kh7 62. Rc8 Na4 63. f3 Rc3 64. Bb4 Rc4 65. Ba3 Rc3 $11 {Laurent
Fressinet could have won this game many times but he failed. Sometimes chess
is an illogical game.} 66. Bb4 Rc4 67. Bd2 Rxc5 68. Ra8 Nb6 69. Ra7 Nd5 70. h4
Rc7 71. Ra5 Rd7 72. Bg5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 (7. O-O b6 8.
d4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. e3 e6 14. Qe2
Qb8 15. Ne5 Red8 16. Nd3 Re8 17. e4 e5 $6 (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 e5
$11) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. e6 $1 $16 {Khismatullin,D 
(2680)-Zakhartsov,V (2544) Izhevsk RUS 2014 1-0 (40)}) 7... Bg4 (7... a5 8.
Nbd2 Na6 9. a3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 {As far as I am concerned, Black can't get an
equal game by giving up his bishop. He can count on a solid, but worse
position.} 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bc3 (13. e4 $5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. e5
$14) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 (14. d4 $5) 14... Kxg7 15. Qc3+ Qf6 16. Qxa5 Nac5 17.
Qb4 Ra6 18. d4 Rb6 19. Qc3 Nxb3 20. Rab1 dxc4 21. Qxc4 $14 {Kramnik,V (2793)
-Li Chao2 (2679) Antalya TUR 2013 1/2-1/2 (70)}) (7... b6 $5 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. O-O
c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Qb2+ f6 14. Ng5 Nc7 15. b4 e5 (
15... h6 $1 16. b5 Nd4 17. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 18. Kg2 hxg5 19. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 20. f3 Nd4
$44) 16. b5 Na5 17. Ngf3 Qd7 18. a4 Rad8 $11 {Pantsulaia,L (2595)-Laznicka,V 
(2688) Aix-les-Bains 2011 1-0 (38)}) 8. Nbd2 Bxf3 {I don't like this move.
Let's have a look at other options.} (8... Nbd7 9. O-O a5 (9... Re8 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Nxf3 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 e4 (13... Rc8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Qa1 Qb8 16.
e3 Bf8 17. Rc1 $14 {Pantsulaia,L (2581)-Safarli, E (2620) Tbilisi 2012 1/2-1/2
(32)}) 14. dxe4 dxe4 15. Nd4 (15. Nd2 $5 e3 16. Nc4 exf2+ 17. Rxf2 Ne4 18. Bxe4
Bxb2 19. Bxb7 $16) 15... Qb6 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. Ne3 Ne5 18. Qc2 $14 {Pantsulaia,
L (2595)-Baramidze,D (2614) Warsaw POL 2013 1-0 (55)}) 10. a3 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. Nf3 a4 14. Rb1 Bh3 (14... axb3 $1 15. Qxb3 (15. cxd5 Qxd5 16.
Bb2 Qe6 {and only Black can fight for an advantage.}) 15... dxc4 16. dxc4 Qe6
$11) 15. cxd5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc1 axb3 19. Rxb3 Ra7 20.
Qb2+ f6 21. Rc1 Rea8 22. h3 b5 $11 {Fressinet,L (2708)-Maze,S (2565) Nimes FRA
2014 1-0 (43)}) 9. Nxf3 (9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg2 Re8 13.
b4 (13. Rc1 $5 Rc8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. b4 $14) 13... a5 14. bxa5 Qxa5 $11 {
Ortega,L (2480)-D'Amore,C (2485) Siena 2010 1/2-1/2 (65)}) 9... Nfd7 $146 (9...
Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 e6 (11... Na6 12. O-O Rad8 13. d4 e6 14. Rfd1 Rfe8
15. Rac1 Bh6 16. e3 Nc7 17. b4 Bf8 18. a3 $14 {Leon Hoyos,M (2548)-Capellades
Subirana,M (2260) Barbera del Valles 2011 1-0 (68)}) 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Nbd7 14.
e3 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Ke2 Rfc8 17. Rhc1 Rab8 (17... Ne8 $11) 18. f4 (18.
Rxc8+ $5 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 $14) 18... Ne8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Ivanov,M
(2347)-Bonagura,S (2183) Arco 2013 1/2 (36)-1/2 (36)}) 10. d4 a5 (10... Qa5+
11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e6 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rfe1 {with a slightly better
position.}) (10... dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. e3 Rc8 14. Rb1 $14 {
White is better due to his strong light-squared bishop.}) 11. O-O e6 12. Qc2 a4
13. e4 {Mostly a forced move.} (13. b4 $6 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 $11) 13... dxe4 14.
Qxe4 Na6 (14... axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Na6 17. Bc3 Re8 18. b4 {Black has
no conterplay. Sooner or later White will prepare b5. The position might be
assessed as 'White has a big advantage'.}) 15. Ba3 Re8 16. b4 Qb6 $6 {To avoid
a lot of trouble Black should have played 16...e5:} (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18.
Rad1 Qb6 (18... Qe7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rfe1 Bd6 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. c5 Bf8 23. Rxe8
Rxe8 24. Qc2 $16 {Probably the final position is winning for White.}) 19. Nxe5
Rxe5 20. Qf4 Rd8 (20... Rf5 $6 21. Qd2 Nc7 22. Rfe1 Ne6 23. c5 Qa7 24. Bb2 $16)
21. b5 Nc5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qf3 $14 {With a comfortable edge.})
17. Rab1 Nc7 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Nxf7 $2 {This gives White an exchange but not a
winning position.} ({Kramnik could have reached a winning position after the
simple} 19. b5 $1 Nxe5 (19... f5 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. bxc6 $1 $18) (19... cxb5 20.
Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Bc5 Qa6 22. Qxb7 Bxd4 23. Qc6 $1 Red8 24. cxb5 Qa5 25. Bxd4 Rxd4
26. b6 $18) 20. Bc5 Qa5 $8 21. dxe5 cxb5 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Bb4 $1 $18) 19... Nf6
$1 (19... Kxf7 20. c5 Qa6 21. Qf4+ $16) 20. Qf4 (20. Qe5 $6 Kxf7 21. c5 Nfd5
22. cxb6 Bxe5 23. bxc7 Bxc7 $11) 20... Rxd4 21. c5 ({Vladimir could have
sacrificed a pawn with good compensation after} 21. Nh6+ $5 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Rxc4
23. Bb2 e5 (23... Rf8 $6 24. Rbd1 Ncd5 25. Bh3 Re4 26. a3 $16 {with the Re1
following}) 24. a3 Nb5 25. Qd2 Nd4 26. Rfe1 $44 {but he prefered to take an
exchange.}) 21... Rxf4 22. cxb6 Nb5 23. Nd6 $1 (23. gxf4 Kxf7 24. Bb2 {Black
gets the same position that he had in the game but his king is placed on f7,
that is in Black's favour.} Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 {As we saw in the previous
comment, it is not so attractive for White.} 26. Rfe1 Nxb6 27. Rbc1 Re7 28. Bf1
Nc7 {with a very solid position.}) 23... Nxd6 24. gxf4 Nb5 25. Bb2 {White has
won an exchange but Black's postion has not become as bad as it was before.
Most of all the white pawns are weak.} Nd7 26. Rfe1 (26. Bxg7 Kxg7 {As we saw
in the previous comment, this is not so attractive for White.}) 26... Nxb6 27.
Bh3 Bxb2 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. Rxb2 Kf6 31. Bg4 Nd5 32. Bf3 $6 {
Perhaps Vladimir Kramnik miscalculated somewhere. He had to choose between 32.
Bd1 or Be2. In both cases he had good chances to win the game.} (32. Be2 $5
Nbc3 (32... a3 33. Rd2 Nbc3 34. Bc4 Nxf4 35. Rd7 b5 36. Bg8 Ke5 37. Rc7 Kd6 38.
Ra7 Ncd5 39. Rxa3 Nxb4 40. Bxh7 $16) (32... Nxf4 33. Bxb5 cxb5 34. Rd2 Ke6 35.
a3 $16) 33. Bc4 $1 Nxf4 34. b5 Ke5 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rb7 $14) (32. Bd1 $5 a3 (
32... Nbc3 33. Bf3 Nxf4 34. Rc2 Nb5 (34... Nfd5 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. a3 $16) 35.
Rc4 g5 36. h4 h6 37. Kf1 $16) 33. Rd2 Ke7 (33... Nxb4 $6 34. Rd7 Nxa2 $2 35.
Bb3 Nac3 36. Rf7#) 34. Bb3 Nxb4 35. Re2+ Kd6 $14) 32... a3 $1 33. Rd2 (33. Rb1
{also looks passive:} Ndc3 34. Ra1 Kf5 $11) 33... Nxb4 34. Bd1 c5 ({After the
simple} 34... Nc3 $1 {Black is out of danger and White needs to work hard to
get a draw.} 35. Rd7 $8 (35. Bb3 $2 Ke7 $1 36. Kf1 (36. Bg8 b5 37. h4 c5 38.
Bxh7 Nbxa2 39. Bxg6 Nb4 $19) 36... b5 37. Ke1 c5 $19) 35... Nxd1 36. Rxd1 b5
37. Kf1 Kf5 (37... Nxa2 38. Ra1 $11) (37... c5 $2 38. Rb1 $1 Kf5 39. Rb3) 38.
f3 Nd5 39. Rc1 b4 40. Ke2 $1 (40. Rxc6 Nc3 41. Ke1 Nxa2 42. Ra6 (42. Rb6 $2 Nc1
43. Kd1 Nb3 $19) 42... Kxf4 43. Kd2 Kxf3 $17) 40... Nc3+ 41. Kd3 Nxa2 42. Rc5+
Kxf4 43. Kc2 Nc3 44. Rxc6 Kxf3 45. Kb3 Nd5 46. Ra6 Kg2 47. Ra5 $11 {It seems
to me that this line is too complicated to be found over the board.}) 35. Rd7
b6 36. Rb7 $6 (36. Bb3 $1 Kf5 $8 37. Bg8 Nd4 (37... h5 $2 38. Rb7 $16) 38. Rf7+
Ke4 39. Ra7 h5 40. Rxa3 Kxf4 $14 {The most likely result is a draw but White
still can try his chances.}) 36... Nd4 37. Rxb6+ Kf5 38. Rb7 Nxa2 39. Bb3 Nb4
40. Bc4 $2 {The wrong square for the bishop.} (40. Bg8 a2 (40... Ndc6 $6 41.
Rb5 Nd3 42. Rb3 a2 43. Ra3 Nxf4 44. Rxa2 h5 45. Rc2 $14) 41. Ra7 Ne2+ 42. Kg2
Nxf4+ 43. Kf3 Ne6 44. Ke2 h5 $11) 40... Nf3+ $2 ({Black should have played 40..
.Ndc6 preventing Ra7. In that case Kramnik would have huge problems.} 40...
Ndc6 $1 41. Rxh7 (41. Rb5 $2 Ke4 42. Rxc5 Kd4 $19) (41. Rc7 Ke4 42. Bg8 Kd4 43.
f5 gxf5 44. Rxh7 Kc3 45. Rh3+ Nd3 46. Rh6 Ncb4 47. Rh7 c4 48. Ra7 a2 49. h4 Kd4
50. h5 c3 51. Bb3 Nc5 52. h6 c2 $1 53. Bxc2 Nba6 $19) (41. Bg8 Ke4 $1 42. Rxh7
a2 (42... Na5 $6 43. f5 $1 gxf5 44. Re7+ Kd4 45. h4 c4 46. h5 a2 47. Re1 Nc2
48. Rd1+ Ke5 $8 (48... Ke4 49. h6 a1=Q 50. Rxa1 Nxa1 51. h7 $18) 49. Rd5+ Kf6
50. Rxa5 a1=Q+ 51. Rxa1 Nxa1 52. Bxc4 Kg5 $11) 43. Bxa2 Nxa2 44. Rg7 Kf5 $1 45.
Rf7+ Ke6 46. Rc7 (46. Rg7 $2 Ne7 $19) 46... Nab4 47. h4 {The only chance for
White to make a draw is an endgame N+N+K against K. However White's pawn are
not advanced and probably the endgame will be lost.} ({White's king can't stop
the c-pawn.} 47. Kf1 $2 c4 48. Ke1 c3 49. h4 c2 50. Kd2 Nd4 $19)) 41... a2 (
41... Na5 42. Bg8 c4 43. Rc7 a2 44. Rc5+) 42. Rf7+ Ke4 (42... Kg4 $4 43. Be6+
Kh5 44. Rh7#) 43. f3+ Ke3 44. Bxa2 Nxa2 45. f5 gxf5 46. Rxf5 Kd4 {I am not
sure that White can save the game. If he sacrifices his rook for his
opponent's last pawn the endgame would be lost according to Troitsky analyses.}
) 41. Kg2 Nd2 42. Bg8 $11 Nd3 (42... Kxf4 $6 43. Ra7 Nb1 44. Bxh7 a2 45. Bxg6
c4 46. h4 {and Black needs to play precisely.}) 43. Ra7 Nxf4+ 44. Kh1 h5 45.
Rxa3 Ke4 46. Rc3 c4 47. Rxc4+ Nxc4 48. Bxc4 h4 49. Kg1 g5 50. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Paks"]
[Date "2006.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 b5
9. O-O Bb7 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. c5 a5 13. a3 Ne8 14. b4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 axb4 18. axb4 Qh4 19. f4 (19. Nb1 f6) 19... Bg7 20. e4
d4 21. Na2 Rd8 22. Nc1 Nc7 23. Nd3 (23. Bd3 $1 $14) 23... Bc8 24. Bf3 Be6 $1
25. Kh2 Bc4 26. g3 Qe7 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Rfd1 Rfd8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Nc1 {
Diagram #} g5 31. f5 (31. Bxd4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Ne6 $44) 31... Ne8
32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Ra3 34. Kg2 h6 35. e5 Qxe5 (35... Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Qxe5 37.
Qe4 Bd5 38. Rxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxd5 cxd5 40. Ke3 $18) 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Nf6 38.
Bxc6 Rc3 39. Rd1 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 g4 42. h4 Nh5 43. Ne2 (43. Ne2 Rc2 (
43... Bxe2 44. Kxe2 Rc4 45. Bxb5 Rxb4) 44. Re1 (44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Re8 Kf6 46.
Bd7 Ng7 47. Re4 Nxf5 48. Ke1 Bxe2 49. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 50. Kxe2) 44... Rb2 45. Bb7
Nf6 46. c6 Nd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "DDR-BUL m"]
[Site "Nordhausen"]
[Date "1987.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1987.11.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

{SCHACH 1/1988} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6
7. d3 Ngf6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Bc5 12. Na4 Bd6 13. e4 d4
14. f4 e5 $1 15. f5 $6 {Naheliegend, aber fragwürdig.} ({Richtig war} 15. b4 $1
exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 {mit unklaren Konsequenzen.}) 15... b5 16. Nc3 $2 {
Danach bekommt Weiss schon ernsthafte Probleme. Sein Bauernzentrum erweist
sich als schwach.} dxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Rf3 Na4 20. Bd2 a6 21. d4
Nd7 22. Bf1 Ndb6 $2 {Nach dem Fehler im 16. Zug hat sich das Spiel
folgerichtig entwickelt und das weisse Zentrum steht unter Druck. Der Textzug
aber stellt eine grobe Nachlässigkeit dar, die zwei wichtige Tempi kostet.} ({
Gut war dagegen z.B.} 22... Qe7) ({oder} 22... Qb6 $1 23. Qf2 exd4 24. cxd4 Rc2
{und Weiss ist in Nöten.}) 23. Ng2 Qc7 24. h4 f6 $6 {Plötzlich ist Schwarz um
einen guten Plan verlegen, und Weiss drohte 25. h5. Zudem begann hier langsam
die Uhr gegen mich zu laufen.} 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. g5 fxg5 $1 27. Qg3 Rh5 $2 28.
Bxg5 $1 {Die einfache Widerlegung des gekünstelten schwarzen Manövers.} Nd7 {
Reumütige Rückkehr} (28... exd4 29. Bf4 {wäre vernichtend.}) 29. Qg4 Nf8 30.
dxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxb5+ $6 {Bei der inzwischen dramatischen Zeitnot natürlich sehr
wirkungsvoll, aber nicht ganz korrekt.} axb5 32. Raf1 Bf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34.
Rxf6 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Rc6 $4 (35... Rh8 $1 {noch ernsthafter Widerstand zu leisten,
denn nach} 36. Rxf8+ ({und auch} 36. Re6+ Kd8 $1 {taugt nichts.}) ({Vielleicht
} 36. Nf4) ({oder} 36. Rd1 {,aber ein forcierter Gewinn ist nicht zu sehen.})
36... Rxf8 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38. Rd1+ Kc7 {entwischt der schwarze König,}) 36. Rxf8+
Qxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nf4 Rh6 39. Qg5 {1:37-1:59} 1-0

[Event "Oslo m"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nd7 {I believe that ...Nc6 is the
critical move. The text is a bit submissive and white extracts his slight
advantage.} 4. g3 Ngf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qxc4 e5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. d4 (9. Nc3
{probably stronger - MA. White will be better after 10.d4.}) (9. b3 {Ftacnik /
\ Bb2}) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Rd1 $5 {leads to great complications. MA
mentioned the quieter alternatives} (11. Nb3 {and}) (11. Nf5 $5) 11... Qb6 12.
e3 Ne5 13. f4 {"Forced as} (13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Na4 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Qa5 {wins the
exchange."}) 13... Bg4 $5 (13... Ng6 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Rd3 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rad8 $14
{MA}) 14. fxe5 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Rad8 $1 16. exf6 Bxd4 17. Qb3 (17. exd4 $4 Rxd4 {
is of course suicide for white.} (17... Rxd4 {Ftacnik} 18. Qf1 Rd1+ 19. Kh1
Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Qf2 21. Nd2 Re8 $19)) 17... Bxf6 (17... Rfe8 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxb6
Bxb6 19. Nc3 (19. Kf2 $2 Rd1 20. Nc3 Rxc1 $1 $19) 19... Bxe3+ 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21.
fxg7 $13) 18. Qxb6 axb6 $6 {"Both players forgot about the possibility of} (
18... Rd1+ $1 19. Kf2 axb6 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rfd8 22. Bf3 R8d2+ 23. Bxd2
Rxa1 24. e4 {when a draw is the most likely result." - MA}) 19. Bf3 {"Better
was} (19. Kf2 {"}) (19. Nc3 $5 {Ftacnik}) 19... Rd3 20. Kf2 Re8 (20... Ra8 $1
21. a3 (21. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Rb3 22. Nd2 Rb5 $36) 21... b5 {was MA's suggested
improvement after the post-mortem.}) 21. a4 $1 (21. a3 {was preferred by the
discussion in the commentary room led by Erling Kristians en, but SA prefers
to create the option of disrupting black's queenside with a5-a6.}) 21... Ra8 (
21... Bg5 $5 22. Nc3 Bxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Rdxe3 (23... Rexe3 $4 24. Be2) 24. Ra3 $5 {
creating immediate pressure against black's queenside is another benefit of
pushing the a-pawn two squares.}) 22. Be4 Rd6 23. Ra2 (23. Ra3 $2 {Ftacnik} Rd1
24. Bd2 Bxb2 $15) 23... b5 24. a5 g6 25. b4 Re8 26. Bf3 $4 {"White has the
advantage after} (26. Bc2 {for example,} Rd5 (26... Bg5 27. Nc3 Rde6 28. Nd1)
27. Bd2 c5 28. bxc5 Rxc5 29. Kf3 {"}) (26. Bc2 $13 {Ftacnik}) 26... Rd3 $1 {
"Now black is winning."} 27. Ra3 {To meet the threat of ...Rb3, harvesting
weak pawns.} Red8 28. Be2 (28. Ke1 Rxa3 29. Bxa3 (29. Nxa3 Bc3+) 29... Rd3 {
is very strong MA, as is (e.g.)} 30. Ke2 (30. Bc1 {Ftacnik} Rb3 $17) 30... Rb3
31. Be4 Bb2 $1) (28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxa6 Rb3 {"}) 28... Rd1 $1 {Agdestein had
overlooked this in time trouble.} 29. Bxd1 Rxd1 30. Bd2 Rxb1 31. Rd3 Rb2 32.
Kf3 $6 (32. Ke1 $5 Be7 33. Rd7 Bxb4 34. Bxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxb7 Ra4 {was a better
practical chance though Adams assessed this as winning for black.}) 32... Kf8
33. e4 (33. Rd7 {Ftacnik} Ke8 34. Rxb7 Rxd2 35. a6 Rd8 36. a7 Be5 $19) 33...
Ke8 34. Kf4 Bg7 35. g4 {Preventing ...Rd2 followed by Bh6.} Rc2 36. g5 Bf8 37.
Ke5 (37. Rd4 {Ftacnik} Rc4 $19) 37... Rb2 38. Kf6 Bxb4 39. Bf4 Rf2 40. Ke5 Bxa5
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Vasiukov,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 (5... Bxf3 6.
Bxf3 cxd5 $10) 6. O-O Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Nc3 (8. h3 {Horn,Pe}) 8... Be7 (8...
Bd6 {Horn,Pe} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Bd4 h6 13. Rfe1 Nh7 14.
Qa4 Qd8 15. Be3 Nhf6 16. Qb3 Qb8 {Romanishin-Nogueiras/Leningrad/1987}) (8...
Bc5 {Horn,Pe} 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nfd7 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bf4 $10 {Dizdar-Rogic/Zagreb/1993}) 9. Qc2 (9. h3 {Horn,Pe} Bh5 10. Re1 O-O 11.
e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. g4 Bg6 $13 {Belchik-Bagirov/Riga/1981})
9... O-O 10. e4 Nb6 (10... dxe4 {Horn,Pe} 11. dxe4 Nb6) 11. Ne5 (11. h3 $5 Be6
(11... Bh5 12. Nh4 $1 $14) (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {^^+/=/}) 12. Nd4 Bc8 13. e5
$14) (11. e5 {Horn,Pe} Nfd7 12. d4 $14) 11... Be6 12. f4 $6 (12. b3 $5) 12...
dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc4 $1 14. Nxc4 (14. Nf3 Ng4) (14. Nd3 {Horn,Pe} Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ng4
16. Nd1) 14... Bxc4 15. Rf3 $8 (15. Rd1 $2 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Ng4 17. Na4 (17. Rd2
Rad8 $19) 17... Nf2+ 18. Kg1 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Qf2 $1 $19 20. Qxc4 (20. Qd2 Rad8 21.
Qe1 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 $19) 20... Qg1+ $3 21. Rxg1 Nf2#) (15. Re1 $6 Bc5+ 16.
Kh1 (16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Rxe3 Qb6 18. Nd1 Ng4 $19) 16... Ng4 17. Na4 (17. h3 Qd3
$1 18. Qxd3 Nf2+ 19. Kh2 Nxd3 $17) 17... Qd3 $1 18. Qxd3 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 Nxd3+ 20.
Be3 $8 Nxe1 21. Bxc5 Nxg2 22. Bxf8 Nxf4 $17) 15... Ng4 16. Bf1 (16. h3 $6 Qd4+
17. Kh1 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rfd8 $17) 16... Qd4+ 17. Kg2 Rad8 (17... Bxf1+ {Horn,Pe}
18. Rxf1 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Qxe3 20. Rae1) 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. h3 Nf6 20. b3 Qa6 21.
Bb2 Rd7 $1 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qf1 $5 (24. Qc2 Bb4 25. e5 Nd5 26. a4
$15) 24... Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 (25. Rxf1 {Horn,Pe} Bb4 (25... Rd2+ 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Bb4 28. Ke3) 26. e5 Rd2+ 27. Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Bxc3 $19) 25... Bb4 26. e5
$1 (26. Re3 {Horn,Pe} Rd2 27. Re2 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Nxe4 $19) 26...
Rd2 27. exf6 $1 (27. Bc1 Rc2 28. Ne2 Ne4 $17) 27... Rxb2 28. Ne4 Rxa2 29. Rd3
gxf6 30. Rd7 b5 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kf8 33. f5 a5 34. f6 Ke8 35. Rc7 (35.
Rb7 $5) 35... a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Ng7+ Kd8 38. Rxf7 a3 39. Rb7 Bd6 (39... Rb2
$2 40. Ne6+ Kc8 41. Rxb4 Rxb4 42. f7 $18) 40. f7 (40. Ne6+ {Horn,Pe} Kc8 41.
Rc7+ Bxc7 42. Nxc7 Rd2 43. f7 Rd8 44. Ne6 a2) 40... Kc8 $1 41. Nf5 $2 (41. Ra7
{Horn,Pe} Bc5 42. f8=Q+ Bxf8 43. Ra8+ Kb7 44. Rxf8 Rc2 45. Rf3 a2 46. Ra3 Rc1+)
41... Bc5 $1 (41... Bc5 42. Ne7+ (42. Re7 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rxf5 $19) 42... Kxb7 43.
f8=Q Rf2+ 44. Qxf2 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 a2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 (5... Nfd7 {
Kengis-Romanischin, Tilburg 1992}) 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nc3 e5
10. Be3 Nb6 11. Qb3 (11. Bxb6 $2 Qxb6 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Qf4 Nh5 $19)
11... Nbd5 12. Bd2 (12. Nxe5 $2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qe7 14. d4 Ng4 $17) 12... Re8 13.
Ng5 Re7 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Nf3 Qe8 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 $1 Qe8 17. e4 $14) 16.
Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... cxd5 17. Rac1 $14 {die schwarzen Figuren stehen unnatürlich !}
) 17. e4 Nc7 18. Be3 Nb5 (18... Bg4 19. Qxb7 Nd5 20. Qa6 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rb8 22.
b3 $14) (18... b6 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 c5 22. Nc2 $1 Bb7 23. Ne3
$14 Rxe4 (23... Bxe4 $2 24. Ng4 $1) 24. Qc2 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Qf2 $14)
19. a4 Be6 20. Qb4 Nc7 (20... a5 21. Qd2 $1 {Diesen Zug hatte Romanischin nach
eigen Angaben übersehen, als er Nb5 spielte} Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxh6 $16)
21. d4 Na6 22. Qc3 (22. Qd2 $1 Bb3 23. Re1 $16) 22... Bg4 $2 (22... exd4 23.
Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 $14) 23. dxe5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxe5 25. Qd2 $16 h5 26. Ra3 $1
b6 27. a5 c5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bg5 Re6 30. Qe2 b5 31. Rd5 c4 32. Bg2 Kh7 (32...
b4 33. Ra1 c3 34. bxc3 Bxc3 35. Rad1 $18) (32... Rd6 $2 33. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 34.
Bf4 Qe6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. e5 $18) (32... Nb4 $2 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Rd8+ $18) 33.
g4 $1 Nc7 (33... hxg4 34. Qxg4 Nc7 35. Rh3+ Kg8 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bf6 $18) 34.
Rxa8 Qxa8 35. Rd7 Qa1+ (35... Qe8 36. Rd8 Qc6 37. gxh5 $18) 36. Bf1 Kg8 37.
gxh5 Ne8 38. Qf3 Nf6 39. hxg6 $138 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Falun"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tikkanen, Hans"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 {So far so good, but now Jonny takes the
game inot unknown territory.} f6 {A specualtive move. It could be a good
receipt against many players, but not against Hans Tikkanen. His calculating
abilities is above par.} 5. Na3 {Looks pretty all right.} Be6 {blocking the
e-pawn must be good, or not...} (5... e5 {followed by a later Be6 was the
lesser evil.}) 6. Qc2 b5 7. b3 $1 {The classical way to meet the
"grab-the-c4-pawn-and-hold-it-to-all-cost-strategy". White is better.} Bf7 (
7... cxb3 8. axb3 {Leads to a position with a massive lead in development for
white combined with a lot of attractive squares in the centre to drop the
pieces on.}) 8. bxc4 b4 9. Nb1 {White has been temporarely pushed back, but he
now has teh a2-a3 trust to his leisure.} e5 10. a3 Nh6 11. O-O {From this
point and on it is not so easy to give any advice for Black. Jonny is doing
what he can to stay in the game.} Bg6 12. Qa4 bxa3 13. Nh4 Bh5 14. Nc3 Kf7 15.
c5 g5 16. Qb3+ Ke8 (16... Kg7 17. Qb7+ Nd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc5 19. Qxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxa8
Rxa8 21. Nf3 $18) 17. Ne4 {artistic} Nd7 18. Qe6+ Be7 19. d4 Bg4 (19... gxh4
20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Bxh6#) 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nhf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc7
24. Bxg5 exd4 25. Bh6+ Ke8 26. Bg7 Kf7 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Rfc1 {white is nog
giving anything away.} Ne5 29. Rxa3 Kg7 30. f4 Ng6 31. Rca1 1-0

