[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
{An old Capablanca line later picked up in 80s by GM Eingorn.} Nxc3 9. Bd2 e5
$5 10. bxc3 (10. Bxc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ke7 $11) 10...
exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Bc4 c5 $1 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 cxd4 16. Nb3
Qb6 {The Italian IM could have tried to exchange queens.} (16... Qc3 17. Rac1 (
17. Qe2 $6 Ne5 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. Bd5 Bd7) (17. Qxc3 dxc3 18. Rac1 Nb6 (18... Ne5
19. Bd5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxc3 $14) 19. Rxc3 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Be6 $11) 17...
Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Nb6 19. Nxd4 $14) 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Bd5 Bg4 19. f3 $6 {Risky!} ({
I did not like} 19. Rxd4 Qg6 (19... Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Qg6 (20... Bxf3 21. e5 $18)
21. Qc7) (19... Bf3 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Qd2) 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Qb1 $13 (21. Qd2 $2
Nf3)) 19... Rac8 $2 {My opponent seemed to rely on me which is always a big
mistake in chess.} ({Why not} 19... d3+ 20. Qc5 (20. Qf2 Be6 21. f4 Ng4 22.
Qxb6 axb6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rxd3 Rxa2 $17) 20... Be6 21. f4 (21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22.
Nd4 Qb6 $1 {Azmaiparashvili} 23. Qxe5 Rfe8 24. Qd5 Rad8 25. Rb1 Qf6 26. Qc4 (
26. Qxb7 Qxd4+ 27. Rf2 Qe3 28. Qb4 d2 29. Rd1 Rd3 30. Kf1 Red8 $17) 26... Rxd4
27. Qc7 $13) 21... Nd7 (21... Ng4 22. Rxd3) 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxd3 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rd4 Rxa2 26. e5 Ng4 27. Re1 Rb2 28. Nd2 $44) 20. Qf2 Be6 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 $6 {Black is drifting away.Position is not that simple as he thinks.} (
21... fxe6 22. Qxd4 $14) 22. Nxd4 $16 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qa6 (23... Qc7 24. Nb5 Qe7
25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Nb5 Rfd8 27. Rfd1 $16 {white is a healthy pawn up.}) 24. Nf5
Rfe8 25. f4 $1 {White has to show his hand quickly before black consolidates.}
(25. Rfd1 $6 Rc7 26. Qg3 f6 $14) 25... Nc4 (25... Nd7 26. e5 $40 (26. Qb2 Qg6
27. Qxb7 Qe6 28. Qd5 $16)) 26. Qd4 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rxb7 Nd2 $2 {Loses
right away.} (28... Rb8 29. Rxa7 (29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rc1 Nd2 31. Nd6 $16) (29.
Rfb1 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 h5 31. Rxa7 Rxe4 32. Ng3 Rxf4 33. Nxh5 Rf5 34. g4 Rf3 35.
Kg2 Rd3 36. Nxf6+ $16) 29... Rxe4 30. h3 Kf8 $16) 29. Rd1 Rc2 (29... Rcd8 30.
Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Rxd1 33. Nd6+ Kf8 34. Nxe8 Kxe8 35. Kxf3 $18)
30. Rd7 $18 {In this hopeless postion my opponent threw a towel.} (30. Rxa7 Rd8
31. Ne3 Rc3 32. Nd5 Rd3 33. Re1 $18) (30. Rd7 Nc4 (30... Nxe4 31. Rd8 Kf8 32.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Re1 $18) 31. Rxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Podlehnik"]
[Site "Podlehnik"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polajzer, Danilo"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 {An old
variation with which H.Wolf has beaten Alekhine in Vienna 1922 later played by
may people including GM's ,P.Nikolic ,I.Sokolov and Andersson.} 7. e3 (7. e4
Be7 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxc4 c5 13. dxc5
Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc5 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. Kb1 Bd7 $13 {is a healthy alternative for
White.}) 7... Nb6 8. Nd2 $5 (8. Bxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qb3 b6 13. Ne5 c6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Be8 {and things develop like in 7.
Nd2 Cambridge Springs Defense.}) 8... c5 $5 (8... Be7 9. Nxc4 O-O $11 {
Radjabov-I.Sokolov,Dos Hermanas 2001.}) 9. Nxc4 Bd7 $5 (9... cxd4 10. Nxb6 Qxb6
11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxb5 13. Bxd4 Qa6 14. Qh5 Bc6 15. O-O-O b5 {With sharp
play.}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 $6 {Surrendering bishops pair looked at the time of the
game good but not anymore.} (10... Nxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Qe2 Be7
14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Rac1 O-O $11) 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Bc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. f3
$14 g5 (14... Rc8 15. e4) 15. Bf2 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 (16... exd5 $142 17. h4
Ke7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Kb1 f5 $14) 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Kb1 O-O $2 {Simply the
outproduct of a horrible miscalculation.} (18... f5 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf4
21. Re1 b6 $14) (18... Ba4 $6 19. Rd2 a6 20. b3 Nc3+ (20... Bb5 21. Bxb5+ axb5
22. e4 $16) 21. Kb2 Bb5 22. e4 $16) 19. e4 $16 Ba4 (19... Nb6 20. Be2 Rfd8 21.
h4 $16) (19... Nf4 {This was my original idea, to implant a N in f4.} 20. Bxa7
Rfd8 21. Rc1 $1 $16 {Now not only white has a superior position but also gets
material advantage.} (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bb6 Rd1+ 23. Kc2 Ra1 24. g3 Ng6 (24...
Ne2 25. Be3) 25. a3 g4 26. Bg2 Rxh1 27. Bxh1 gxf3 28. Bxf3 f5 $16)) 20. Rd2 Nb6
(20... Nf4 $5 21. b3 Bc6 22. Bxa7 Rfd8 23. Be3 e5 $16) 21. b3 Bc6 22. Be2 Rcd8
$2 {Another stupid move caused by panic.I was too much concerned with an
illusionary loss of a pawn.} (22... Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Kf8 25. a4 $16
(25. Bxb6 $2 axb6 26. Rd4 Ke7 27. Rb4 Kd6)) 23. Rhd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Nc8 25. Kb2
(25. b4 a6 26. Rc2 Rd8) 25... f6 26. b4 $1 $18 {Already the position seems
undefendable.} a6 27. Kb3 Ne7 $2 {Final punch of self-destruction.} 28. Bc4 Kg7
(28... Kf7 29. Rd6 Nc8 30. Rxe6 (30. Bxe6+ Ke7 31. Bxc8 Kxd6 32. Bc5+ Kc7 33.
Bxf8 Kxc8 34. Bxh6 $18) 30... Kg7 31. e5 f5 32. Bc5 $18) 29. Bc5 Re8 30. Bxe6
Ng6 31. Bc4 (31. Bd7 Rd8 32. Bxc6 Rxd2 33. Bxb7 Rxg2 34. Bxa6 {Is most likely
also winning but there is no need for that.}) (31. Rd6 Nf4 32. Bc4 Nxg2 33. Bd4
Rf8 34. Bxa6 {is the simplest.}) 31... Ne5 32. Bf1 Bd7 33. Rd6 Be6+ $2 (33...
Re6 {is more resilient.}) 34. Kc3 Bxa2 35. Rb6 Ra8 36. Rxb7+ Bf7 (36... Kg6 37.
Ra7 (37. Rb6 $6 a5 38. bxa5 Rxa5 39. Be7 Nd7 40. Rd6 Ra7 $16) 37... Rxa7 38.
Bxa7 $18) 37. Be2 $138 (37. Ra7 $142 $18) 37... a5 38. b5 Kg6 (38... Rc8 $142
39. Kd4 Rd8+ 40. Ke3 Rc8 41. Bd4 Nc4+ 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. b6 (43. Rb6 $6 Rc2 44.
Bxf6+ Kh7) 43... a4 44. e5 fxe5 45. Bxe5+ Kg6 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. b7 $18) 39. Rc7
a4 40. Ba3 Be8 41. b6 Rb8 42. b7 (42. b7 Bc6 43. Ba6 $18) 1-0

[Event "SRB-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "2012.09.30"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.09.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paracin"]
[BlackTeam "Goracici"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 $5 (6. Nf3 Qa5 {
Cambridge Springs.}) 6... Be7 7. Qc2 $5 {Designed against Ne4.} (7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Rc1 $13 {Atalik,S-Banikas,Kavala 2005.}) 7... h6 (7... e5 $142 $5 8. dxe5 (8.
Nf3 exd4 (8... e4 9. Nd2 $14) 9. Nxd4 Nb6 $11) 8... Nxe5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5
cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Be2 $11 {goes nowhere.}) (7...
O-O 8. Nf3 {gives White a small edge.} (8. Rd1 $5)) 8. Bf4 $1 {Given the
chance, the bishop should step on to the better diagonal.} (8. Bh4 O-O 9. Nf3
b6 (9... a6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. h3 $14 {is also another game of mine: Atalik,
S-Mastrovasilis,D, Ikaria 1997.}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 $14)
8... Nh5 $6 {He falls into the same trick into which Rubinstein fell not only
once but twice in 1928 at Bad Kissingen against Euwe and in 1930 at San Remo
against Alekhine!} (8... c5 $5 9. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 10. Nf3 O-O $14) 9. cxd5 (9. Be5
$5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 {is really a complicated position to play.}) 9... exd5 $5 (
{I was expecting more} 9... Nxf4 10. dxc6 Nxg2+ 11. Bxg2 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13.
Bg2 O-O 14. Nge2 $14 {and White is a pawn up after all.}) 10. Nxd5 Qa5+ (10...
cxd5 11. Bc7 $18 {was embarrassing.}) (10... Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2) 11.
Nc3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 $1 13. Bd3 (13. Nf3 $6 O-O 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qd2 (15. Qc1
Bd6) 15... Bb4 {gets the pawn back.}) 13... Nd5 14. Qd2 (14. Nge2 $6 Nb4 15.
Qd1 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 O-O $44) 14... O-O 15. Nge2 Bg4 $1 16. O-O {Like it or not,
I had to be satisfied with a miniscule edge.} (16. f3 Bh4+ 17. Ng3 (17. Kd1 Be6
) 17... Be6 18. O-O Rad8 $44) 16... Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Rad8 18. Bf3 Nxc3 $6 (18...
Nc7 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Ne4 Qxd2 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxd2 Ne6 $11) 19. bxc3 Bf6 $2
{I did not fancy this.} (19... c5 $142 20. d5 b5 (20... Bf6 21. Rfc1 b5 22. d6)
21. Rfc1 Rfe8 $14) 20. Qd3 $1 $16 c5 21. Qf5 {The point.} (21. Bxb7 $6 cxd4 22.
c4 Qc7 23. Bd5 Qxf4 $11) 21... Qxc3 22. Be4 {This looked like the most logical
move.} ({Also} 22. dxc5 {was very tempting.} g6 (22... Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxa1 24.
h4 $16) 23. Qh3 Qxc5 24. Rac1 Qxa3 25. Qxh6 $40 {I believed in White's
attacking chances but Black's queenside passers should not be underestimated.})
22... Rfe8 23. Qh7+ (23. Rab1 $5 Rxe4 (23... b6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bc6 Re2 $1 26.
Bf3 Rd2 27. Rbe1 g6 28. f5 gxf5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Qxh6+ Bg7 $11 {is playable
for Black after all}) 24. Qxe4 cxd4 {may even be better for Black.}) (23. Rae1
Rxe4 $1 {is no different.}) 23... Kf8 24. Rae1 g6 25. dxc5 (25. f5 $6 gxf5 26.
Bd5 Rxd5 27. Qxh6+ Bg7 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Qxg7 Rxd4 30. h4 Qc2 $1 $11) 25...
Qxc5 (25... Bg7 $5 {is what I am always afraid of, bringing back bad memories
from my games with Beliavsky but here I may free my queen.} 26. f5 Qd4 (26...
g5 27. Rc1 Qb2 (27... Qf6 $6 28. Bxb7 $18) 28. f6 $1 Qxf6 29. Bxb7 $16 {
is a healthy pawn after all.}) 27. fxg6 Rxe4 28. gxf7 Rxe1 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30.
Rxe1+ Kd7 31. Qe8+ Kc7 $13) 26. Qxh6+ (26. f5 gxf5 $1 27. Qxh6+ Bg7 28. Qg5 Qe5
29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Bxf5 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rd2 $11) 26... Bg7 {Now came the first
important point in the game.} 27. Qh3 $1 {was at least good for f5.} (27. Qh4 {
did not serve any particular purpose.}) 27... Re7 28. Qf3 b6 29. Rc1 Qh5 (29...
Qa5 $142 $5 {may be better.}) 30. g4 (30. Qxh5 $2 gxh5 31. Bf3 h4 $11) 30...
Qh4 31. Bb1 $5 (31. f5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 $14 {resembled the game.}) 31... Bd4 32.
Rcd1 Red7 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. f5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Rd2 37. a4 Qf6 38. h3
Qd4 $2 $138 {He had at least two better moves than this one.} (38... Kg7 39.
Be4 (39. h4 $2 Qxh4 40. Qc3+ Rd4 41. Rd1 Qf6 $11) 39... Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 $14) (
38... Ra2 39. Qf4 $1 {keeps the game alive.} (39. a5 $5 Ra3 (39... bxa5 $2 40.
Qd5 $18 {wins by double attack.}) (39... Rxa5 $2 40. h4 $1 {and the pawn
advances} Qxh4 $140 $4 41. Rh1 $18) 40. Qa8+ Kg7 {probes the weakness of h3
now.} 41. axb6 $140 $4 Qh4 $19)) 39. Be6 $1 (39. h4 Qxa4 40. h5 Qd4 41. h6 $36)
39... f6 {A sad necessity} ({since the pawn ending is lost after} 39... Rxf2+
$2 40. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Bxf2 42. Kxf2 $1 (42. Bxf7 $2 Bh4 $11) 42... fxe6
43. Ke3 Ke7 (43... a6 44. Kf4 b5 45. axb5 axb5 46. h4 $18) 44. h4 Kd6 45. Ke4
a6 46. h5 $18) 40. Bf5 $138 (40. Bb3 Kg7) (40. h4 Qe5) 40... Qxa4 $1 {When we
made the time control it became obvious that the h-pawn should decide the
issue.} 41. h4 $1 (41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. Qb7+ Kf8) 41... Qd4 42. h5 {The checks do
not provide White with anything significant.} (42. Qa8+ Qd8 43. Qxa7 $140 $2
Qd5+ 44. Kg1 $2 Bxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Rd1+ 46. Rf1 Qd4+ 47. Kg2 Rd2+ $19 {just mates.}
) 42... Kg7 $2 {This gives White an important tempo.} (42... Qe3 $142 43. Qxe3
Bxe3 44. Kg3 $16) 43. h6+ Kh8 44. Kh3 Qd5 45. Qxd5 $1 (45. Qf4 Bd6 46. Qe3 Bc5
47. Qe8+ Qg8 48. Re1 Rd8 49. Qc6 Qf7 $132) 45... Rxd5 46. Kh4 $1 {His active
king will give White the win.} a5 47. Kh5 a4 48. Re1 Rd8 49. f4 a3 (49... b5
50. g5 $18) 50. Bb1 $1 {This is even simpler} ({than} 50. g5 fxg5 51. fxg5 a2
52. Be6 Bb4 53. Ra1 Ra8 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. Bxa2 b5 56. g6 Bc3 57. Kg4 b4 58. Kf5
$18) 50... Bd6 (50... b5 51. Ba2 b4 52. Kg6 Bd6 53. Re6 $18 (53. Rd1 $4 Bc7 54.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {Do not forget about the bishop's colour!})) 51. Ba2 $1 {
The pawn is not important.} Bxf4 52. Re7 $18 Bd6 53. Rg7 $1 {The simplest.} (
53. Ra7 Bb8 54. Rb7 {also wins but the game's finish was much more elegant.})
53... Bf8 54. Kg6 Bxg7 55. hxg7# 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 34th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1999.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. d4 {Tsesarsky} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Qc2 (7. a3 {Tsesarsky} Bd6 8. e3 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ng6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rc1
Bf4 13. Nxg6 Bxg5 14. Ne5 c5 15. f4 cxd4 16. fxg5 Rxe5 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Rf1 $1
(18. Ne2 $2 Bg4 19. exd4 $4 (19. Rf1 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxh2 21. Qc7 f6 22. Qxb7 Rae8
23. Rc7 g6 24. Rf2 Qh1+ 25. Rf1 Qh5 (25... Qh2 26. Rf2 $11) 26. Rf2 Rxe3 27.
Qa6 R8e6 (27... Bxe2 28. Rxe2 Qf3 29. Kd2 Rxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Qe3+ 31. Kd1 $132) 28.
Qc8+ Re8 29. Qa6 $11) 19... Rxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Re8 $19 {0-1 Jakovljevic,
M-Cvetkovic,S/Cetinje YUG-tt2 ,EXT 1993 (30)}) 18... Qh4+ 19. g3 Qh6 20. Ne2 (
20. Nxd5 Bh3 $132) 20... Qxe3 21. Qxc8+ (21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 Bg4 23. Rd1 Rae8
24. Rf2 $16) 21... Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Rf4 $16) (7. e4 {
Tsesarsky} Be7 (7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Bd2 Re8 12.
O-O $132) 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 Ndxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1
$14 {0-1 Miethsam,G-Olschok,H/Lichtenfels/Schney GER ch-BAY women 1994 (30)}) (
7. Qb3 {Tsesarsky} Qb6 8. Qc2 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 Nf8
13. O-O Bg4 $11 {1-0 Baeos,O-Martin,M/Mar del Plata ARG 1996 (64)}) (7. e3 $5 {
Tsesarsky}) 7... Be7 (7... Bd6 {Tsesarsky} 8. e3 O-O (8... h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10.
Bd3 Re8 11. a3 Nf8 12. O-O Bg4 13. b4 (13. Nd2 Bh5 14. b4 a6 (14... Bg6 15. b5
$14) 15. Rab1 Bg6 $11) 13... Bh5 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. f4 a6 $132) 14.
Bg3 Ng6 15. Nd2 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Roeschlau,B-Haus,V/Hessen
ch ,GER 1991 (51)}) 9. Bd3 Qa5 (9... Re8 $4 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 (10... Kf8 11. Bd3
Qc7 12. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Alho,D-Rocha,F/POR ch sf ,EXT 1993 (28)}) 11. h4 $16 {
1-0 Schuh,H-Ferstl,M/Baden-Baden 1988 (32)}) 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 g5
13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nf8 15. b4 Qd8 16. b5 $16 {1-0 Corral,H-Kalkstein/
Montevideo 1954 (45)}) (7... Qa5 {Tsesarsky} 8. Nd2 Be7 9. e3 h6 10. Bf4 c5 11.
Nb3 Qb6 12. Nb5 (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Be5 $14) 12... O-O 13. Bc7 Qc6
14. Na5 Qe6 15. dxc5 $14 (15. Bd3 $4 c4 16. Bf5 Qa6 $19 {0-1 Martineau,G-El
Mezwaghi,H/Novi Sad olm HAI-LIB 1990 (43)})) 8. h3 {This move is designed to
avoid 8 e3 Nh5 - the line, favoured by GM Vera. Ojectively this move should
not create much problems for Black.} (8. g3 {Tsesarsky} O-O 9. Bg2 h6 (9... Ne4
$6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. e3 f5 12. O-O Ndf6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Rab1 Rac8 15. b4 b6 16.
Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. b5 a6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Qe2 (20. Rfc1 axb5 (20... Ng4
21. Qb3 Kh8 (21... Nxf2 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nxd5 $18) 22. Ne5 Rxc1+
23. Rxc1 axb5 24. Nxd7 (24. Nxg4 Bxg4 25. axb5 $16) 24... Qxd7 25. axb5 $16)
21. axb5 Ng4 22. Qb3 Kh8 (22... Nxf2 23. Qxd5+ $18) 23. Rc2 Bxc6 24. bxc6 Rxc6
25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. h3 Nxf2 (26... Nf6 27. Qxb6 $16) 27. Rf1 Nxh3+ 28. Bxh3 $16)
20... axb5 21. Na7 (21. axb5 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rfc1 $132) 21... Rc4 22.
Nxb5 $14 {1-0 Kolvig,B-Bertelsen,K/Esbjerg 1955 (37)}) 10. Bf4 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6
$11) 10... Re8 11. O-O Nf8 $11) 8... O-O 9. Bf4 (9. e3 {Tsesarsky} h6 (9... Ne4
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Ndf6 13. Rab1 (13. Ne5 Bf5 14. f3 Nxc3 15.
Bxf5 Nb5 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. b4 $132) 13... Bf5 14. b4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a6 17. a4 Ne4 $11) 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bh2 $14) 9... c5 (9... Re8 10.
e3 Ne4 $5 (10... Nf8 11. Bd3 {transposes into a quite well-known line.}) (10...
Ne4 {Tsesarsky} 11. Bd3 Ndf6 12. O-O (12. O-O-O Bf5 13. g4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 (14.
bxc3 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Ne5 Qb6 $1 $19) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Rhf1 Qa5
17. Kb1 $132) (12. g4 Qa5 13. Ng5 Bb4 14. O-O Nxg5 (14... Nxc3 15. Bxh7+ Kf8
16. bxc3 Be7 (16... Bxc3 17. Bd6+ $18) 17. Bd3 $16) 15. Bxg5 Ne4 16. Bf4 h5 $1
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Kg2 $132) 12... Bf5 13. Ne5 Bd6
14. f3 Nxc3 15. Bxf5 Nb5 16. Bg5 g6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 (17... Be7 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19.
Bd3 Nd7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxb5 Bxf4 22. exf4 Kxh6 23. Ba4 (23. Bd3 Qf6 $17) 23...
Nb6 24. Bb3 a5 (24... Qh4 25. Qd2 Re7 26. Rae1 Rae8 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. f5+ Kg7
29. fxg6 hxg6 $15) 25. f5 a4 26. Qd2+ Qg5 27. Qxg5+ Kxg5 28. Bc2 gxf5 $17) 18.
Bxd8 Nxe3 19. Qf2 Raxd8 20. Bd3 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 (21. Bxb5 Ne3 22. Bd3 $132) 21...
Nc7 $132)) 10. e3 cxd4 ({Also possible was} 10... c4 11. Be2) (10... b6 {
Tsesarsky} 11. Rd1 (11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 a6 13. O-O b5 14. a3 Bb7 $132) 11... Bb7
12. Bd3 (12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bd3 d4 $1 $132) 12... Re8 13. O-O $132 (13. Ne5 cxd4
14. Nxd7 dxc3 (14... Qxd7 15. Bf5 Qc6 16. exd4 Bb4+ (16... Ba6 17. Be5 Bd6 18.
f4 Bb4 19. Kf2 (19. a3 Bxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Re7 $1 $19 {[%csl Re5]
[%cal Gf6e8]}) 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Ne4+ 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rhe1 f6
24. Bd6 Rac8 $15) 17. Be3 Ba6 $15) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. bxc3 $11)) 11. Nxd4 ({
White could play more ambitiosly -} 11. exd4 {trying to prove that in such
pawn formation the d7-knight is badly placed.}) 11... Nc5 12. Be2 (12. Rd1 {
Tsesarsky} Bd7 13. Be5 Nce4 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 h6 $11) 12... Bd7
13. O-O Rc8 {Tsesarsky: 'This position is equal.'} 14. Rac1 $14 (14. Rfd1 {
Tsesarsky} Nce4 $11) 14... Nce4 15. Qd3 Qb6 $6 {My opponent played this move
quickly, but it may be quite risky!} (15... Nxc3 $5 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6)
16. Nxd5 {'!?' Tsesarsky.} (16. Be5 $5 {Tsesarsky} Qxb2 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 (
17. Rxc3 Ne4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bf3 (19. Bh5 Bf6 (19... Qxb2 20. Nc6 Qa3 21.
Qxd5 $16) (19... g6 20. Bf3 Qxb2 21. Nc6) 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qe2 Nxh5 22. Qxh5
Qxb2 23. Qxd5 Be8 $11) 19... Qxb2 20. Nc6 (20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Rc1 (21...
Qxa2 22. Bxg7 $16) 22. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 23. Kh2 Qc5 $15) 20... Qa3 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.
Qd4 Rc4 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Ne4 $11) 17... Qa5 $11)
17. Rc2 Qa3 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qxb7 Rxc2 21. Nxc2 Qxa2 22. Nd4 Rd8
23. Bf3 Qa3 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 $14) 16... Nxd5 17. Rxc8 (17. Qxe4 {Tsesarsky
} Nxf4 18. Qxe7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qxb2 (19... Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Qxb2 21. Qxd7 Qxe2 22.
a4 $16) 20. Rc2 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Qc1+ 22. Kh2 Qc7+ 23. Kg1 Re8 $132) 17... Bxc8
18. Qxe4 Nxf4 19. Qxe7 (19. exf4 $2 {Tsesarsky} Bf6 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc3 Qxb2 22.
Nd5 Bd8 23. Bd3 g6 24. Qc4 Be6 $15) 19... Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Qxb2 21. Rd1 $1 {
This is what Black missed when playing his 16th move. Now White has better
chances, as his pieces get dominant positions, while Black's pawn majority on
this queenside is not too important here.} Qf6 {'+/-?' Tsesarsky.} (21... Qxe2
$4 {Tsesarsky} 22. Rd8 $18) (21... h6 {Tsesarsky} 22. Rd8 (22. Nf4 Qc2 23. Rd4
({RR} 23. Rd6 $1) 23... a6 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Kh7 26. Qd5 $11) 22... Rxd8
23. Qxd8+ Kh7 24. Nd4 (24. Qxc8 Qxe2 25. Qxb7 Qxa2 $15) 24... Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qb1+
26. Kh2 Qxf5 $11) 22. Qc7 {'?' Tsesarsky. Tsesarsky: 'Both sides didn't
evaluate right this endgame.'} (22. Qxf6 $1 {Tsesarsky} gxf6 23. Nf4 Be6 24. a3
$1 (24. g4 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bc4 26. Rxa7 b5 27. Nh5 f5 28. gxf5 b4 29. Rc7 (29. Rb7
b3 30. e4 Ra8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 (31... Kh8 32. Ng4 {[%csl Rc4,Rf7][%cal Gg4e5]} Ra5
33. Rb8+ (33. f4 Rb5 $19) 33... Kg7 34. f4 h5 (34... Rb5 35. f6+ Kg6 36. Rg8+
Kh5 37. Rg7 h6 (37... Kh4 38. Kh2 b2 39. Ne3 Kh5 (39... b1=Q 40. Rxh7+ Rh5 41.
Nf5#) 40. Ng4 Kh4 41. Ne3 $11) (37... b2 38. Rxh7+ Kg6 39. Rh6#) 38. Rh7 Kh4
39. Kh2 Ra5 $19) 35. f6+ Kh7 36. Ne3 Rb5 37. Rxb5 Bxb5 38. Nd1 Kg6 39. Kf2 Kxf6
40. h4 $11) 32. Ng4 Ra5 33. Ne3 Rb5 34. Rxb5 Bxb5 35. Nd1 Bd3 36. f3 Be2 37.
Nb2 Bxf3 $19) 29... Be2 30. Ng3 (30. Nf4 Bf3 $44) (30. Nf6+ $1 Kg7 31. Nd7 (31.
Nd5 b3 32. f6+ Kh6 33. Nf4 Bf3 34. Nd3 Rb8 35. Rxf7 b2 36. Nxb2 Rxb2 $17) 31...
Ra8 32. Rb7 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Kg3 (34. Ne5 Kf6 35. f4 Kxf5 36. Rxf7+ Ke4 37.
Kf2 Rb2 38. Rxh7 b3 $44) 34... b3 35. Nc5 Bc4 36. Rb4 $16) 30... Bf3 $44) 24...
b5 (24... Re8 25. Nh5 $16 (25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd7 Ra6 27. Rxb7 Rxa3 $11)) 25.
Rd6 Rc8 26. Nxe6 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Ra1 29. Ra6 b4 30. Rxa7 bxa3 31.
Kg3 $16) 22... g6 $2 {[%csl Rf6] '+/=?!' Tsesarsky. This move weakens the
f6-square, which is fatal for Black as White's knight is about to move to d5.}
(22... h6 $142) (22... h6 {Tsesarsky} 23. Nf4 Re8 $11) 23. Nf4 Re8 {'+-??'
Tsesarsky.} (23... Qg5 {Tsesarsky} 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Qxd8 (25. Qb8 a6 26. e4 Be6
27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Rc7 b5 30. Rc6 a5 31. Rxe6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd2 $11
) 25... Rxd8 26. Rc7 Kg7 $11) (23... Qc6 {Tsesarsky} 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Rd6 Bb7
26. Nd3 $14) 24. Nd5 $18 Qe5 (24... Qh8 {Tsesarsky} 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nxc8 Rxc8
27. Qxb7 $18) (24... Qe6 {Tsesarsky} 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. Qd4 (26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27.
Qxf6 Rxd1+ 28. Kh2 Be6 $16) 26... Rd7 27. e4 $18) 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. f4 $1 Re6
27. Nc7 Rxe3 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 Ra3 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nxb7 Rxa2
33. Rc7+ Ke6 34. Nd8+ Kd5 35. Rxf7 h5 36. f5 1-0

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.11.26"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O (7...
Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 f5 $1) 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 (10...
Nxc3 11. Bxd8 (11. Qc2 Qxe7 12. Qxc3 c5 13. O-O b6 $10) 11... Nxd1 12. Be7 Re8
$10 {Alekhine}) 11. Ne4 N5f6 (11... N5b6 12. Ba2 (12. Bd3 e5) 12... e5 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nd6 Be6 $1 16. Bxe6 (16. Nxb7 Qxb2) 16... Qxe6 17. Nxb7
Qe7 $1 18. Na5 Qg5 19. Nxc6 Qxg2 $13 {Tartakover}) 12. Ng3 c5 (12... e5 13. Nf5
Qe8 14. Nd6 Qe7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Ng5 Nd5 17. Nxf7 Qxf7 (17... Kxf7 18. e4 N7b6
19. Bb3 exd4 20. Qe2 d3 21. Qe3 $1 d2+ 22. Kf1 Be6 23. exd5 $18) 18. e4 N7b6
19. Ba2 Qg6 20. Qf3 {Kostitsch}) (12... b6 {/\Bb7=}) 13. O-O Nb6 (13... b6 {
/\Bb7 Kostitsch} 14. d5 $1 {Alekhine}) 14. Ba2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 g6 $1 (15... Bd7
16. e4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ye4e5] /\e5 ><d6} e5 17. Ndf5 $16 {/+- Alekhine}) 16.
Rc1 {[%cal Yd4b5] /\Nb5} Bd7 (16... e5 17. Nb5) 17. Qe2 (17. Rc7 Qd6 $1 18.
Rxb7 $2 Bc8) 17... Rac8 (17... e5 18. Nf3) 18. e4 {/\e5, Ne4} e5 19. Nf3 Kg7 $6
(19... Bg4 $142 20. h3 $2 Bxf3) (19... Rxc1 $142 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8
22. Ng5 Nd6 {Kostitsch}) 20. h3 h6 $6 (20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8
23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxf7 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Nd8 Qd7 $19 {Kostitsch}) 21. Qd2 $1 {
[%cal Yd2a5,Ra5a7,Ra5e5] /\Qa5} Be6 (21... Rc5 22. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 23. Rc1 $16) (
21... Bb5 22. Rfd1 a6 (22... Rfd8 23. Qa5) 23. Qd6 $16) (21... Bc6 22. Qa5 (22.
Nh4 $3 Bxe4 (22... Kh7 23. Nhf5) (22... Rfd8 23. Nhf5+) (22... Nxe4 23. Nhf5+
gxf5 24. Nxf5+ Kg6 (24... Kf6 25. Qxh6+ Kxf5 26. g4#) 25. Qxh6+ Kxf5 26. g4# {
Alekhine}) 23. Qe3 $18 {Kostitsch/Alekhine}) 22... Nfd7 (22... Nbd7 23. Rfe1 b6
$1 24. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 25. Qc7 Rfc8) 23. Qxa7 $4 (23. b4 a6) 23... Ra8 $19 {Wolf})
(21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 (23... Nxc8 24. Qc3) 24. Qa5 {Tartakover
}) (21... Na4 $1 22. Rfd1 $14 (22. Qa5 Nxb2 $10)) 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qa5 Nc4 (
23... Qb3 24. Qxe5 Nc4 25. Qd4) 24. Qxa7 Nxb2 (24... Ra8 25. Qc5 $1 (25. Qxb7
$2 Rfb8 26. Qc7 Rc8 $10) 25... Nxb2 26. Nxe5 Rfc8 27. Qd4 $16) (24... b5 25.
Rc2 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yf1c1] /\Nfd2, Rfc1}) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxb7 Nc4 27. Qb4 Ra8
28. Ra1 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Ya8a4] /\Ra4} 29. a4 $1 Nxe4 30. Nxe5 $1 (30. Nxe4 Qxe4
31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Nd2 (32. Nxe5 $2 Ne3 $3 33. Qxe4 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Kh1
Ng3+ 36. Kh2 Nxe4 $19) 32... Nxd2 $17) 30... Qd6 $1 (30... Nxe5 31. Qxe4 Qe8
32. f4) 31. Qxc4 Qxe5 32. Re1 Nd6 33. Qc1 $1 (33. Rxe5 $2 Nxc4 $10) (33. Qb4
Rxa4 $10) 33... Qf6 (33... Qd4 34. Rd1) (33... Qa5 34. Rd1) 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35.
Rxe4 Rb8 {[%cal Yb8b2] /\Rb2} (35... Ra5 36. g3 {/\h4}) 36. Re2 $1 (36. a5 Qf5
$1) 36... Ra8 37. Ra2 Ra5 38. Qc7 $1 Qa6 39. Qc3+ Kh7 40. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Yd2d8,
Rc3h8] /\Rd8} Qb6 {adjourned} (40... Rxa4 41. Rd8 g5 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh5
(43... Kf5 44. Qh7+ Ke5 45. Qxf7 $18) 44. Qe5 $18 {Kostitsch}) 41. Rd7 Qb1+ 42.
Kh2 Qb8+ 43. g3 Rf5 44. Qd4 {[%cal Ya4a5] /\a5} Qe8 45. Rd5 $1 (45. Rd8 Rxf2+
46. Qxf2 Qxd8 47. Qxf7+ Kh8 $10 {Becker}) 45... Rf3 46. h4 (46. Kg2 Ra3 47. Rd8
Rxa4 48. Qf6 Ra6 49. Qd4 Ra4 $10 {Kostitsch}) (46. a5 Qe2 47. Kg2) 46... Qh8 (
46... h5 47. a5) 47. Qb6 $1 (47. Qxh8+ Kxh8 48. Kg2 Ra3 $10 {Tartakover}) 47...
Qa1 (47... Qa8 48. Rd8 Rxf2+ (48... Qxa4 49. Qb2 $18) 49. Qxf2 Qxd8 50. Qxf7+
Kh8 51. Qxg6 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Qd7+ 53. Qg4 $18 {Tartakover}) 48. Kg2 Rf6 (48... Ra3
49. h5 $1 (49. Rd7 Kg7 50. Qe6 Qf6 51. Qe4 Ra2 $10) 49... gxh5 50. Rd6 $1 (50.
Rxh5 $2 Qg7 51. a5 Qg6 $1) 50... Qc1 (50... Qg7 $2 51. Qb1+) 51. Qd4 Qc3 52.
Qf4 Qg7 53. Qe4+ $18 {Kostitsch}) 49. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 50. Rxd4 Kg7 $1 (50... Ra6
51. Kf3 {[%cal Yf3d5] /\Ke4-d5}) 51. a5 Ra6 52. Rd5 Rf6 53. Rd4 Ra6 54. Ra4 Kf6
55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke3 h5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. Ra2 Kb5 60. Kb3 Kc5 61. Kc3
Kb5 62. Kd4 $1 Rd6+ (62... Kb4 63. Ra1 $1 Kb3 64. Kc5 $18) 63. Ke5 Re6+ 64. Kf4
Ka6 (64... f6 65. a6 $1 Rxa6 66. Rxa6 Kxa6 67. Ke4 $18 {Tartakover}) 65. Kg5
Re5+ 66. Kh6 Rf5 67. f4 $6 (67. Kg7 Rf3 68. Kg8 Rf6 69. Kf8 Rf3 (69... Rf5 70.
f4) 70. Kg7 Rf5 71. f4 $18 {Alekhine}) 67... Rc5 68. Ra3 Rc7 (68... Rf5 69. Kg7
{[%cal Ya3e3,Ye3e5] /\Re3-e5}) 69. Kg7 (69. f5 Rc6 $1 70. Kg7 gxf5 71. Kxf7 f4
$1 72. gxf4 Rc4 {Tartakover}) 69... Rd7 70. f5 (70. Kf6 $1 Rc7 71. f5 gxf5 (
71... Rc6+ 72. Kxf7 gxf5 73. Rf3) 72. Kxf5 Rc5+ 73. Kf6 Rc7 74. Rf3 Kxa5 75.
Rf5+ $18 {Alekhine}) 70... gxf5 71. Kh6 f4 72. gxf4 Rd5 73. Kg7 Rf5 74. Ra4 Kb5
75. Re4 Ka6 76. Kh6 (76. Kg8 $1 Rf6 (76... Kb7 77. Re7+ Ka6 78. Rxf7) 77. Kf8
Kxa5 (77... Rf5 78. Kg7 {Zugzwang}) 78. Ke7 $1 $18 {Tartakover}) 76... Rxa5 (
76... Ka7 {Kb7} 77. Re5 (77. Kg7 Ka6 78. Kg8 Rf6 79. Kf8 Kxa5 (79... Rf5 80.
Kg7 {Zugzwang}) 80. Ke7 Rb6 (80... Rf5 81. Re5+ $18) 81. Kxf7 $18 {Becker})
77... Rxf4 78. Kg5 (78. Kxh5 Rf1 $1) 78... Rf1 79. Kxh5 f5 80. Kg5 f4 81. Rf5
f3 82. Kg4 $18 {Alekhine}) 77. Re5 Ra1 78. Kxh5 Rg1 79. Rg5 Rh1 80. Rf5 Kb6 81.
Rxf7 Kc6 82. Re7 {adjourned} 1-0

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 b6 (9... c5) 10. O-O-O Bb7 (10... c5 $2 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5)
11. h4 $1 Qc7 12. Bd3 {[%cal Rd3h7] /\13.Bh7} Rfe8 13. Kb1 Nf8 (13... a6 $142 {
[%cal Yb6b5,Yc6c5] /\b5, c5}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 c5 $1 (15... Be7 16. Neg5
f5 (16... g6 17. h5 $40) (16... h6 $4 17. Bh7+ Nxh7 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8#) 17.
Ne5) 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qd2 {[%cal Yd2h6,Yh1h3,Yh3g3] /\Qh6, Rh3-g3} Ng6 18. h5
(18. Qh6 Qf4) 18... Nf4 19. Rh4 Bxf3 $1 (19... Nxg2 20. Rg4+ Kf8 21. d5 $18) (
19... e5 20. dxe5 $16) 20. gxf3 e5 21. d5 Qd6 22. h6 Kh8 23. Qc2 Nxd3 $2 (23...
Ng6 $142) 24. Qxd3 Rg8 25. f4 $1 Rg6 26. Qf5 a6 27. Re1 exf4 $8 (27... Re8 28.
Rh5 b5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5+ Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxh6 33. b4 $1 $16)
28. Rxf4 Rxh6 29. Rfe4 Rg8 30. Re7 Rf8 31. a4 Rh4 32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Kg7
34. Qc8 Kh6 (34... b5 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Qe8 Qc7 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Qg7 h6 39. Rh8
$16 {Kotov}) (34... Rxc4 $2 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Qh3+ Rh4 37. Qxh4#) 35. Rg8 {
[%cal Rc8e8] /\De8->} Qe7 $8 {[%cal Re7e4] /\Qe4->} 36. Ka2 b5 37. Rg3 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rc8g8] /\Qg8->+-} f5 (37... Rh5 38. Qg8) (37... Kh5 38. Qg8 h6 39. Qh7
Qd7 (39... Rg4 40. Qf5+ Rg5 41. Rh3#) 40. Rg6 $1 $18 {Kotov}) 38. Qxf5 $6 {
/\39.d6 Qd6 40.Qg5#} (38. Qg8 $1 Rg4 (38... f6 39. d6 Qd7 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qxf6
$18) (38... Qf6 39. d6 Rd4 40. d7 $18) 39. Rh3+ Rh4 40. d6 Qf6 41. d7 Rxh3 42.
d8=Q $18) 38... f6 (38... Rd4 39. Rh3+ Rh4 40. Qf4+ Kh5 41. Rxh4+ Qxh4 42.
Qxh4+ Kxh4 43. d6 $19) (38... Rxc4 39. Rh3+ Rh4 40. Qf4+ Kh5 41. Rxh4+ Qxh4 42.
Qxh4+ Kxh4 43. d6 $18) (38... bxa4 39. d6 $1 Qd8 40. Qxc5 $18) 39. Re3 $6 $138
(39. Qe6 $1 Qxe6 (39... Qd8 40. Rg8 $18) (39... Re4 40. Qh3+ $18) 40. dxe6 Re4
41. Re3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Kg7 43. cxb5 $18) 39... Qf7 40. Re6 $2 $10 (40. Qe6 $1
$18 Qf8 41. Rf3 Kg7 (41... Kg6 42. Rg3+ Kh5 43. Rg8 Qh6 44. Qf5+ $18) 42. Rg3+
Kh8 43. d6 Rd4 44. Qe7 $18 {Kotov}) 40... Kg7 41. Rd6 (41. Rxa6 Rxc4 42. axb5
Rb4 43. Rd6 Qg6 44. Qd7+ Kh6 $14) (41. d6 Rf4 42. Qh3 Kg6 43. Qd3+ Kh6 44. d7
Rd4 $14) 41... Qg6 42. Rd7+ (42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. Qe7 Rxc4 $1 44. Rxf6 Rxa4+ 45.
Kb3 Rb4+ 46. Kc3 Rc4+ 47. Kd2 Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Re4+ $1 49. Qxe4 Qxf6 $15) 42... Kh6
43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. axb5 axb5 (44... Rxc4 $2 45. b3 $1 Rc2+ 46. Kb1 $18 {Kotov})
45. cxb5 Ra4+ 46. Kb3 Rb4+ 47. Kc3 Rxb5 48. Rc7 h5 49. d6 Rb8 50. Rxc5 Rd8 51.
Rd5 h4 52. Kc4 Kf7 $10 53. Kc5 (53. Rd4 Ke6 54. Rxh4 Rc8+ (54... Rxd6 $2 55.
Re4+ Kf5 56. f3 $18) 55. Kd3 Kxd6 $10) 53... Ke6 54. Rd4 Rc8+ 55. Kb6 Kd7 56.
Rxh4 Rc6+ 57. Ka5 Rc2 58. b4 Kxd6 59. f3 (59. Rf4 Ke5 60. Rf3 f5 61. b5 Ke4 62.
Re3+ Kf4 {/\RxPf2, RxPb5=}) 59... Rc3 60. f4 Ra3+ 61. Kb6 Ke6 62. Rh5 (62. b5
Kf5 63. Kb7 Rb3 64. b6 Rb1 65. Kc7 Rc1+ 66. Kb8 Rb1 67. b7 Rb2 68. Rh7 Kxf4 {
[%cal Yb2b7] /\RxP= Kotov}) 62... Rf3 63. f5+ Ke5 64. b5 Kf4 65. Kc6 Kg4 66.
Rh1 Rc3+ 67. Kd5 Kxf5 68. Rb1 Rd3+ 69. Kc6 Rd8 70. b6 Kg4 $2 (70... Ke4 $1 $10)
71. b7 f5 72. b8=Q Rxb8 73. Rxb8 f4 74. Kd5 f3 75. Ke4 f2 76. Rf8 Kg3 77. Ke3
1-0

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e4 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3
Qa5 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Qd1 b4 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Bf4
Be7 15. Nc1 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. a4 bxa3 18. bxa3 Ne4 19. Rb1 Nc3 20. Qh5 g6
21. Rxb6 Nxb6 22. Qg4 Bxa3 23. Ncb3 Nd7 24. Na5 Bc6 {1-0 Sorin,A-Blanco
Fernandez,A/Capablanca mem (12) ;CBM 48 1995}) 6... dxe4 (6... Qa5 7. Bd2) 7.
Nxe4 Qb6 (7... Be7) 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bc1 e5 10. Bd3 $5 (10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2
Bc5 $13) 10... exd4 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf5 Bb4 15. Ng7+
Kd7 16. Re4 Rg8 17. Nh5 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxd4+ Kc8 19. Bxf5+ Ne6) 17... Be7
18. b4 f5 19. c5 Qxb4 20. Re5 Ng6 (20... Bxc5 $6 21. Rb1 Qc3 22. Nf6+ Kd6 23.
Rxc5 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qxc5 25. Rxb7) 21. Rb1 Qa5 (21... Qxb1 $2 22. Bxb1 Nxe5 23.
Qxd4+ $19) 22. Re2 (22. Rxb7+ $2 Kc8 $19) 22... b6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Reb2 Rab8
25. Bf1 c5 26. a4 Kc7 27. Rb5 Qa8 28. a5 bxa5 29. Bd2 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Rb8 31.
Rxa5 Qb7 32. Qa4 Bd7 33. Qa2 Qb3 34. Ra7+ Kd6 (34... Kc8 $2 35. Ba6+ Kd8 36.
Ba5+ Ke8 37. Qxb3 Rxb3 38. Ra8+ $18) 35. Qa6+ Rb6 (35... Qb6 $142) 36. Qa5 Rb7
37. Ra6+ Bc6 38. Ng7 Qd5 39. f3 Kd7 (39... d3 $1 {-/+/-+}) 40. Bd3 Bd8 41. Qa1
Ne7 42. Nxf5 Qb3 (42... Nxf5 $2 43. Be4 $18) 43. Qf1 Nd5 44. Ra1 (44. Bc4 Qb1
45. Bxd5 Qxf1+ 46. Kxf1 Bb5+ 47. Ke1 Bxa6) 44... Bb5 45. Bxb5+ Qxb5 46. Qe1 Qc6
47. Qg3 Qg6 48. Qh3 Kc6 49. Nxd4+ cxd4 50. Qc8+ Bc7 (50... Kb6 51. Ba5+ Ka7 52.
Bxd8+ $18) 51. Rc1+ Nc3 (51... Kb6 52. Ba5+ Ka7 53. Bxc7) 52. Bxc3 Rb1 (52...
dxc3 53. Rxc3+ Kb6 54. Rb3+ $18) 53. Qa8+ Kd7 54. Qa4+ Kc8 55. Bd2 Rxc1+ 56.
Bxc1 Qd6 57. Qe8+ Kb7 58. Qb5+ Ka7 59. Qa4+ Kb7 60. Qb5+ Bb6 61. Qd3 Qg6 62.
Qxg6 fxg6 63. Kf2 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.11.25"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bh4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... b4 10. Qa4 $1 (10. Nb1 Ba6 $1 $10) 10... Qxa4 11. Nxa4
$16) 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a3 Qb6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 (13... c5 $5 {Alekhine})
14. Bxe4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rc1 Rac8 {recreation}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
(8. Nf3 $2 Bb4 9. Kd2 c5 {Tarrasch-Marshall(1) m/Nürnberg/1905}) 8... Nxc3 9.
Bd2 Qa4 $1 10. Qxc3 a5 $1 (10... e5 11. Nf3 exd4 12. Qxd4 $1 (12. Nxd4 Bc5 $1)
12... Qxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Rc1 $14) 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Qc1 O-O 13. a3 (13. Bd3 e5
$1 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd4) 14... Nc5 15. Bc2 Qb5 $36) 13...
Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 e5 $1 $8 15. Rc1 (15. Qd3 exd4 16. b3 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Nxd4
Nc5 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Be6 $10) 15... exd4 16. Rc4 (16. Nxd4 {/\ Be2-d1} Nb6 {
/\ Rfd8 /\ Rfd8}) 16... Qb5 (16... Qb3 $2 17. Rxd4 $1 Nb6 18. Be2 $14) 17. Rxd4
Qc5 18. Be2 (18. Rxd7 $4 Bxd7 19. Qxd7 Rad8 20. Qxb7 Qc2 $19) 18... Qe7 (18...
Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O {/\ f4 /\ f4} c5 21. Rd5 Qxe4 22. Rxc5 $36) 19. O-O
Nc5 20. Qe3 {@} Bg4 (20... Be6 $6 {[%csl Rb3] ><b3}) 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rfd8
23. Rfd1 Ne6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qa7 $1 (25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $15) 25... Rxd1+ 26.
Bxd1 Qc7 27. Bb3 (27. Qa8+ Nd8 {/\ Kg8-f8-e7} (27... Qd8 $1 $10 {Becker}))
27... h6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qd4 c5 {Winning the square e5.} 30. Qc4 (30. Qc3 b5)
30... Qe5 31. f4 Qxf4 (31... Qxb2 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qxc5 Qb1+ 35.
Kh2 Qxe4 $10) 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Qd5 (33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. exf5 a4 35. Kf2 g6 36.
fxg6+ Kxg6 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. g3 Ke5 39. g4 b5 40. h4 b4 41. Kd3 Kf4 42. g5 hxg5
43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. Kc4 bxa3 45. bxa3 Kf5 46. Kxc5 Ke6 47. Kb5 Kd6 48. Kxa4 Kc7)
33... Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 {This avoids the
Cambridge-Springs Variation. Vermeidet die Cambridge-Springs-Variante.} Be7 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8. Qc2 $142 {/\ Rad1}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11.
Rc1 (11. Ne4 $1) 11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Be6
$6 (15... Bf5 16. Qb3 Qe7 (16... b5 {16... b6} 17. Bd3 $16) 17. e4 $5 Bg6 $10 {
Alekhine} (17... Qxe4 18. Qxb7 $16) (17... Bxe4 18. Re3 $16)) 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17.
Rd3 Qf6 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 (19... Rfd8 $2 20. Qxb7 $18) 20. h3 Rxd3 (
20... b6 21. Qa4 $16 {White wins the d-file.}) 21. Rxd3 g6 22. Qd1 Qe5 23. Qd2
a5 (23... Re8 24. Rd7 Re7 (24... Qh5 25. Qd4 $16) 25. Rd8+ Re8 (25... Kg7 26.
Ra8 $16) 26. Qd4 $1 {White wins a pawn.}) 24. Rd7 b5 (24... b6 $2 25. Rb7 Qc5
26. Qc3 $1) 25. Qc3 Qxc3 (25... Re8 26. Rd8 {White wins a pawn.}) (25... Qe6
26. Rc7) 26. bxc3 Rc8 (26... Re8 27. Rc7 Re6 {/\ Kd4, f4-f5,e4-e5 >< Re6 +/-/+-
}) 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Ra7 a4 29. c4 (29. Ke2 $1 {/\e4,f4} g5 (29... h5 30. h4 {
/\e4, f4}) 30. g3 {/\f4}) 29... Kf6 30. Ra5 Ke6 $1 $10 (30... Rb8 $2 31. Ra6 $1
{White wins a pawn}) 31. Ke2 (31. cxb5 cxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc3) 31... bxc4 32. Rc5 (
32. Rxa4 Kd5 33. Ra7 Rb8) 32... Kd6 33. Rxc4 Ra8 34. Rd4+ Ke6 35. Kd3 c5 36.
Rh4 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. Rxg4 Kd6 39. Rf4 f5 40. Rh4 (40. h4 Ra7 41. h5 gxh5 42.
Rxf5 Rh7 43. Kc4 h4 44. Rd5+ Ke6 45. Kxc5 h3 46. Rd1 h2 47. Rh1 Ke5 48. f3 Rh4
49. Kb5) 40... Kd5 41. Kc2 (41. Rf4 Rb8 42. Rxa4 Rb2 43. f3 Rb3+ 44. Kd2 g5)
41... Ra6 42. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Qa5 7. Bh4 dxc4 (7...
Bb4 8. Nge2 $1) 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nf3 (10. Nge2 $6 c5 11. O-O (11. dxc5
Bxg2) 11... c4 12. Bc2 b4 $36) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 (11... Nxc5 $5 12. Bxf6
gxf6 {Alekhine}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd4 a6 $1 (13... b4 14. Na4 Bd5 $10) 14. Qe2 (
14. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Rf7 (15... Kh8 16. Bxd7 Rad8 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qh5
Qc7 19. Bh3 Rh6 (19... Bd6 20. f4 Qb6) 20. Qe2 Qe5 $40) 16. Qb3 Ne5 17. Rad1
Qc7 18. Bg3 Qc6 {[%cal Ye5c4] /\Nc4=/+ Alekhine}) 14... b4 15. Na4 Bxd4 16.
exd4 Nd5 (16... Bc6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rfc1 $14 {
Alekhine}) 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Qc2 Bxa4 (18... Rac8 19. Nc5 $14) 19. Bxa4 Rac8 20.
Qd1 N7b6 21. Bc2 (21. Bb3 Qb5 {[%cal Ya6a4] /\a5-a4}) 21... Nc4 22. b3 (22. Qd3
f5) 22... Na3 $6 (22... Nce3 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. fxe3 $16 {Becker})
(22... Nde3 $1 23. fxe3 (23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (23... Kh8 24. fxe3 Nxe3 25. Qd3 Nxf1
26. Be5 $1 $16) 24. Qd3+ Nf5 (24... Qf5 $17 {Alekhine}) 25. bxc4 $16 {Becker})
23... Nxe3 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qd3+ Nf5 26. Be5 Kg8 $1 27. Qe4 (27. d5 $2 Rc5 $1
) 27... Qb6 28. g4 Ne7 29. Rac1 Rc3 $17 {Alekhine}) 23. Bd3 Nb5 24. Be5 $1 $10
f5 $6 (24... f6 25. Qh5 g6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ $10 {Alekhine}
(28. f4 Rc7 $1 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. Rf3 Qh7 $1 $17 31. Rh3 $2 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Rg8))
25. Bc4 Rfd8 $6 (25... Qd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8d7] /\Qd7!=Alekhine}) 26. Re1 Qb6 27.
Qd2 {[%cal Yd2g5] /\Dg5} Qb7 $2 (27... Nbc3 $1 28. a3 $1 Ne4 29. Qd3 (29. Rxe4
fxe4 30. axb4 Ra8) 29... a5 30. f3 Nd6 $10 {Alekhine}) (27... a5 $2 28. Qg5 Rd7
29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qxf5 $16 {Tartakover}) 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxb4 Rc2 30. Qe7 Qd7
31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Ye1c1] /\Rec1} (32. a4 $143 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4
34. Rxe6 Rdd2 35. Rf1 Rb2 $14 {Alekhine}) 32... Kf7 (32... Rd5 $143 33. Rec1
Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Rc6 a5 37. Ra6 $1 Rd5 38. Rxe6 a4 39. Re1
{[%cal Ye1b1] /\Rb1+/- Alekhine}) (32... Nc3 $143 33. Rac1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Nxa2
35. Rc6 $16 {Alekhine}) 33. a4 Nc3 34. Rac1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Nd5 36. Rc6 $16 Ra7
37. a5 $2 (37. h4 {/\K-><< +/-/+- Alekhine}) 37... g5 $1 38. h3 (38. Ke2 $142)
38... h5 39. Ke2 g4 40. Rc8 $2 (40. hxg4 hxg4 41. g3 $16 {Alekhine}) 40... Rb7
41. Rb8 {sealed} (41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Ra8 Rxb3 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Rxa6 f4 $1 45.
Rxe6+ Kf5 46. Re8 Ra3 $10 {Alekhine} (46... Rb2+ $10) (46... f3+ $10)) 41...
Rxb8 42. Bxb8 (42. Bxb8 Ke7 $10 43. Kd3 (43. f3 gxh3 44. gxh3 h4 $1 $10) 43...
Kd7 44. Kc4 Kc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e4 {A very unknown idea
that doesn't bring White much, but is far from stupid in my opinion.} dxe4 7.
Nxe4 Be7 ({The critical move is} 7... h6 {and after} 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Be3 Bb4+
10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ne4 12. Qb4 $5 $146 {White's position is easier to play.
} (12. Qe3 Qa5+ 13. Kd1 Nf6 14. Bd3 O-O $132 {1-0 (78) Stocek,J (2578)
-Timoscenko,G (2481) SVK 2008})) (7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 {is just good
for White.}) (7... Qa5+ $6 8. Bd2 Bb4 $2 {allows} 9. Nd6+ $16) 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Bd3 c5 10. Bc2 $5 $146 {White should definitely play aggressively if he wants
to achieve something.} b6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Ndb5 Qe5
15. Be3 a6 $6 (15... Qb8 $1 {was a better move. White's attack is apparently
too slow.}) 16. Nd6 $1 Bc6 $8 (16... Bxd6 $2 17. f4 $16) 17. Rhg1 Qa5 $6 ({
The engine is a little bit hungry here but it looks like committing suicide,
for exemple:} 17... Qxh2 18. Rh1 Qxg2 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Rdg1 Qxg1+ 21. Rxg1
Nxc3 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bh6+ $18) (17... Rad8 $5
18. f4 Qa5 19. g4 Ne8 (19... Nc5 20. g5 $40) 20. Nxe8 Rfxe8 21. g5 Nf8 $13) 18.
g4 Ne5 19. g5 Nfd7 $2 (19... Ne8 {was required:} 20. Nde4 $1 (20. Nxe8 Rfxe8
21. Rg3 Ng6 22. Qh5 Nf8 $132) 20... Bxe4 (20... b5 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qc7
23. Rg3 $40) 21. Bxe4 Rc8 22. Rg3 Ng6 $13) (19... Bf3 $2 20. gxf6 Bxe2 (20...
Bxf6 21. Qe1 Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Rad8 23. Nce4 Be7 24. Bd2 Qxa2 25. Bb1 Qa1 26. Bc3
$18) 21. Rxg7+ Kh8 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Rg1+ $18) 20. Rg3 Rfd8 $4 (20... Ng6 21.
h4 (21. f4 $5 Rfd8 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxf5 $40) 21... Qe5 (21... Rad8 22. h5 $40)
22. Qd2 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Rac8 24. Qd2 $5 $40) 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. f4 Ng6 23. Bxg6
fxg6 {It is quite funny that with an hour against 30 seconds I managed to lose
almost all of my advantage from this position!} 24. f5 $5 ({My original idea
was} 24. Rh3 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 {and suddenly I realised Black has} Qf5 {and
changed my mind although} 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Rxd8 Kxd6 28. c5+ {is completely
winning.}) (24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qxg6 Bxd6 26. Rh3) 24... Qe5 (24... Ne5 25. Bxb6
Qxb6 26. Qxe5 $18) 25. fxg6 Bxd6 26. Qf1+ $2 (26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf1+ Nf6 28.
gxf6 {just mates.}) 26... Nf6 $2 (26... Qf5 27. Qxf5+ exf5 28. Rxd6 Ne5 29.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxb6 $18) 27. gxf6 $2 (27. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 28. Bf4 $18) 27... Qxf6
28. Rh3 $4 (28. Qe2 Bxg3 29. Rf1 Be5 30. Bg5 $18) 28... Ke7 $2 ({Now Black
could play} 28... Qxf1 29. Rxf1+ Kg8 {and White is only a bit better since} 30.
Bxb6 $2 {is met by} Bg2 $132) 29. Qg1 Be5 $2 (29... Bf4 30. Rf1 Rd4 $1 {
was required and Black has some chances to save the game:} 31. Kb1 Rxc4 32. Ka1
Qf5 33. Rh4 Bxe3 34. Rxf5 Bxg1 35. Rf7+ Kd6 36. Rxc4 Bxh2 37. Rxg7 Be5 $132)
30. Rf1 Bxc3 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 32. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 h6 (7... Ne4
8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nd2 f5 11. c5 (11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh6 e5 13. c5 Qf6
14. Nc4 exd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qxb2 18. Bc4 Nxc5 19. O-O b5
20. Qe3 Nd7 {Prokop,F-Zinner,E/Prague (10)/1937/0-1 (36)}) (11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 Qe7 15. c5 Nf6 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6
19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Bc4 Rf6 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qc3 f4 24. exf4 Rxf4 {
Norman,G-Menchik,V/Hastings/1934/0.5 (48)}) 11... e5 (11... O-O 12. Bc4 (12.
Nc4 b6 13. b4 Ba6 14. Be2 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 a5 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. O-O b5 18. Be2 a4
19. Qb1 Nf6 20. f3 e5 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Qxe4 Rad8 {Euwe,
M-Bogoljubow,E (02)/Karlsbad m/1941/0.5 (46)}) 12... Kh8 13. f4 exf3 14. Qxf3
e5 15. O-O e4 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Ba2 g6 (17... Be6 18. Qe5 Rae8 19. Qxe6 Qxe6 20.
Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxf5 Rfe8 22. Raf1 h6 23. Nc4 Kh7 24. h3 {Rejfir,J-Asztalos,L/
Prague ol (02)/1931/0-1 (45)}) 18. Nc4 Nh5 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Nf6 21. b4 Kg7
22. Rad1 Ne8 23. Nxe8+ Rxe8 {Rejfir,J-Winter,W/Folkestone ol (02)/1933/1-0 (58)
}) (11... Nf6 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Qc2 b5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17.
O-O Rfc8 18. b4 Be8 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rca7 21. Qb2 {Fine,R-Apscheneek,F/
Kemeri/1937/1-0 (84)}) 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nd6 Kh8 14. Be2 (14. Bc4 Nf6 15. b4 b5
16. Bb3 Be6 17. O-O exd4 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxd4 a5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 axb4
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxb4 {1-0/Rejfir,J-Monticelli,M/Warsaw ol (04)/1935/1-0 (31)}
) 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 Rf6 16. O-O-O Nf8 17. g4 Ng6 18. g5 Rf8 19. h4 Qc7 20. h5
Ne7 21. h6 Nd5 22. g6 Nf6 23. Rdg1 Be6 24. gxh7 Ng4 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxg4 Bxh7
27. hxg7+ {1-0/Zimmermann,O-Cruusberg,A/Prague ol (07)/1931/}) 8. Bh4 Ne4 9.
Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 {The position is similar to the one, where
black tries to get more breathing space with Ne4 without a3,c6 moves being
inserted. The difference is in white's favour, since d6 square is weak and
white N jumpes to it very quickly.} f5 12. c5 O-O 13. Nc4 e5 14. Nd6 b6 (14...
exd4 15. Qxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 $14) 15. b4 Kh7 16. Be2 Rf6 17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 (
18. Qxd4 $2 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 $1 $17) 18... Nf8 (18... g6 19. f3 $1 $14) 19.
f3 $1 {The Nd6 is an unpleasant intruder, but without support it can hardly do
any harm. Opening the position addresses targets as Pc6 and f5.} exf3 (19... e3
20. f4 $16) 20. Bxf3 Bd7 (20... Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. cxb6 $16) 21.
Re1 Re6 22. Qd2 (22. b5 $5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rb8 24. bxc6 Bc8 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Rb1
$16) 22... bxc5 23. dxc5 Rd8 24. Rxe6 Nxe6 (24... Qxe6 25. Qc3 $1 $16) 25. Re1
(25. Nxf5 $5 Qf6 26. Re1 Nxc5 (26... Ng5 27. Nh4 (27. Bg4 h5 $1) 27... Nxf3+
28. Nxf3 $16) 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. bxc5 $16) 25... Qf6 $2 (25... g6 26. Nb7 Rb8
27. Na5 $16) (25... Qg5 26. Qc3 $16) 26. Nb7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Qxc3 a5 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Qe3 $5 (12. Qb3) 12... Bxd2+ (12...
O-O $2 13. a3 {/\ b3}) (12... Qc2 $5 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 e5 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 (16... Qxe5 17. Rac1 O-O 18. f4 $40) 17. f4 Ng4 (17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3
{/\ Nc4}) 18. Qe2 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Qe3 20. Nc4 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Nf6 22. Bf3 $44) 13.
Qxd2 Qb4 14. Rc1 $1 (14. a3 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 b6 $10) 14... e5 15. a3 Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Bc4 $14 Nf6 $6 (18... Rd8 19. Ke3 Ne5 20. Be2 Ng4+
21. Bxg4 Bxg4 $14 22. f4 Rd6) 19. f3 Ne8 20. Rhd1 Nc7 21. Ke3 $16 Re8 22. h4 {
/\ g4-g5} h5 $6 23. Ne2 g6 24. Nf4 Kf8 25. Rd6 Ne6 (25... Ke7 $142 26. Rcd1 a4
$1) 26. Nxe6+ Bxe6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Kf4 $18 Kf6 31.
e5+ Ke7 32. Kg5 Rf8 33. Rd2 Rf5+ 34. Kxg6 Rxe5 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Re4 37. Rg2
Rf4 38. h5 Rf8 39. h6 Rg8+ 40. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 53rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2018.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. O-O-O Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. e4 Be6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4
Bg7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Kb1 Qb6 18. Ba4 Qb4 19. Bb3 a5 20. a3 Qb5
21. Ba4 Qc4 22. Qxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Bf5+ 24. Ka2 Bf6 25. d6 Kg7 26. d7 Rhd8 27.
Rd6 Ra6 28. Rhd1 g4 $6 29. Nd4 $1 Bd3 30. Rd5 Rb6 31. Rd2 (31. f3 $1) 31... Be4
$2 (31... Bg5) 32. Rxa5 $16 Kg6 33. Ne2 Bg5 34. Rd4 Bf6 35. Rd2 Bg5 36. Nf4+
Bxf4 37. gxf4 Bxg2 38. Re5 Bc6 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. Rh5 $6 (41. f5 $1
$18) 41... Rb7 42. f5 $6 Rbxd7 $2 (42... c3 43. b4 (43. bxc3 Rbxd7 44. Rdxh6
Rd2+ 45. Kb3 Rxf2 46. Rxc6 Rb8+ $132) 43... Rbxd7 $1 44. Rdxh6 Rd2+ 45. Kb3
Rxf2 46. Rxc6 c2 $1) 43. Rxc6 $2 Rd4 44. Rcxh6 Rf4 45. Rh7+ Kf6 46. R5h6+ Kg5
47. Rh5+ Kf6 48. R5h6+ Kg5 49. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Bykhovsky,Av Ftacnik Baburin} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3
Nbd7 6. a3 $5 Be7 7. Qc2 (7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11.
Qxc3 $14) (7. Nf3 $14 {Bykhovsky,Av}) 7... e5 $1 {N/} (7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9.
Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O
Qb6 16. Rac1 Rec8 17. Ne5 c5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bb1 Bf6 21. Qc2
Bxb2 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rcd1 {1-0 Rauzer,V-Rokhlin,Y/URS-ch06 Odessa sf2/1929/ 
(35)}) (7... O-O {Bykhovsky,Av} 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Rd1 Nf8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5
$14) 8. dxe5 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 $10) (8. cxd5 exd4 9. dxc6 dxc3 10.
cxd7+ Bxd7 11. Qxc3 Rc8 $44) 8... Nxe5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6
(11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nge2 $14 (13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc5 15. Ne4 $16) (
13. O-O-O $6 {Ftacnik} Rc8 14. Rxd5 $2 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nd3+ 16. Kd2 Rxc2+ 17.
Kxc2 Nxf2 $19)) 12. Rd1 a6 13. Ba4 (13. Rxd5 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxc3+) 13... Bg4 14.
Nge2 Bxe2 (14... Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 (15... O-O 16. f3 $14 (16. Bxc6 {Ftacnik}
bxc6 17. Qxc6 Qa5+ 18. Rd2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 $16)) 16. Qxg7 $16) 15. Nxe2 O-O 16.
O-O (16. Bxc6 {Ftacnik} Rc8 (16... bxc6 17. Qxc6 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Rfc8 19. Qxd5
Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Qd2 Qxa3 $15) 17. Rxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxd5
Rc7 20. b3 $13) 16... Na5 (16... Rc8 $5 17. Qb1 Na5) (16... Rc8 $10 {Bykhovsky,
Av}) 17. Nf4 Rc8 18. Qe2 d4 {Baburin: Here this pawn advance is not an
agressive thrust, but an attempt to save the isolani, which however, failed in
the game} 19. Nh5 (19. exd4 $2 b5 20. Bc2 Qc7 21. Qd2 Qxc2 22. Qxa5 Qxb2 $10)
19... b5 20. Bc2 Re8 (20... Be5 {Ftacnik} 21. f4 $16) 21. Bf5 Rc5 (21... Rc7 $1
22. Qf3 (22. Bb1 g6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd2 (24. Rxd4 $4 Qxd4) 24... Nc4 25.
Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxb2 27. Rd6 $14) 22... Nc4 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Rxd4 Nxb2 $10
) 22. Bxh7+ (22. Qd3 g6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bd7 $16) (22. Qf3 $5 {Bykhovsky,Av}
Nc4 23. b4 $16) 22... Kxh7 23. b4 Rc3 (23... Rxh5 $2 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. bxa5 $18
) 24. bxa5 Rxa3 (24... d3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qb4 Qc7
29. Qd4 $16) (24... Be5 $5 {Ftacnik} 25. Qg4 g6 (25... d3 26. f4 Bf6 27. Qf5+
$16) 26. exd4 Bc7 27. Ng3 Rxa3 $132) 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rxd4 Rxa5 {Baburin:
This position is very difficult for Black to save, as his king is very
vulnerable, while the passed pawns are not dangerous yet.} (26... Qxd4 $4 {
Ftacnik} 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. exd4 $18) 27. Qd2 $14 (27. Rfd1 $5 $14) 27... Ra3 28.
Qc1 (28. Rc1 $14) 28... Qe7 (28... Ra5 {Ftacnik} 29. Rfd1 $16) 29. Rfd1 Kg8 30.
Rd7 (30. Qc6 $6 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 Qe2+ $10) (30. g3 $5) 30... Qb4 31.
Qc6 Qc3 (31... Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. Rc7 Rc3 34. g3 $16) 32. Qd5 (32. Qf3 Qf6
$1 (32... Rf8 $2 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rd8+ $18) 33. Qxf6 gxf6 $14) 32... Rf8 (
32... Qf6 $5 33. g4 (33. Rd6 {Ftacnik} Qe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. R8d7
Kg6 $13) 33... Ra1 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kg2 $14) 33. g4 g6 $6 (33... b4 {Ftacnik}
34. Kg2 b3 35. Rd3 Qc2 36. Rd8 g6 37. Qe5 $1 $18) (33... Ra1 $1 $14 34. Rxa1 {
Bykhovsky,Av} Qxa1+ 35. Kg2 $16) 34. Kg2 b4 $6 (34... Ra1) 35. Rd4 b3 36. Rf4
$16 Ra5 (36... Qg7 {Ftacnik} 37. Rb4 $16) 37. Qe4 Re5 (37... Qg7 38. Rb7 (38.
Qc6 {Ftacnik} b2 39. Rb4 $16) (38. Qb7 Rb5 39. Qxa6 Rbb8 40. Rb7 $16) 38... Rb5
39. Rxb5 axb5 40. Qb4 b2 41. Qxb5 Rc8 42. Rb4 $16) (37... b2 38. Rfxf7 $1 Rxf7
39. Qe8+ $18) (37... Rb5 38. Rdxf7 Rxf7 39. Qe8+ $18) (37... Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5
39. Rb7 $16) 38. Qf3 f5 (38... Re6 39. Rfxf7 Rfe8 40. Rh7 Qf6 41. Qb7 $18) 39.
Qb7 $18 Re6 (39... Rb5 40. Qxa6 $18) 40. Rc4 (40. Rc7 Qb2 41. Qd5 Qf6 (41...
Qe5 42. Qd7) 42. Qxb3 $18) 40... Qxc4 (40... Qe5 41. Rcc7 $18) (40... Qf6 41.
Rcc7 $18) 41. Rg7+ (41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Hanley, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 c4 12. Bf5 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. h4 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne4 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Qd5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Be5 Rxe5 21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. fxe4 b6 25. Rab1 Kg7 26. Rb5 Kg6 27.
Rd1 Be6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Kf2 Kh5 30. Rd6 Kh4 31. Rdd5 $2 (31. Rd2 Rf8 32. a5 $18)
31... Bxd5 $14 32. exd5 Kg4 33. d6 Rd8 34. Rd5 Rd7 35. g3 Kh5 36. e4 Kg6 37.
Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. e5 Rd8 40. Kxc4 Rc8+ $2 (40... Rh8 41. a5 bxa5 $16) 41.
Kd4 $18 Kd7 42. a5 Rf8 43. axb6 axb6 44. Rb5 Kc6 45. Rb4 Ra8 46. Rc4+ Kd7 47.
Rc7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Rb7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 (6... Qa5 {leads
to the old Cambridge Springs Variation.}) 7. Bh4 g5 {This is not a common way
to handle this opening. Black is going for the bishop, regardless of what
damage to his structure it might create. The solid 7...Be7 is the most normal,
of course.} 8. Bg3 Nh5 {Vladislav has already played this recently, in a blitz
game, though.} 9. Be5 {I don't claim that this move is better than 9.Bd3, but
I just didn't want to double my pawns in order to keep the option to play
h2-h4 in the future.} (9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7 {Here, or on the
next move Black can also castle. It's not easy for White to gain a clear
benefit from the opened h-file. The dark-squared bishop is a great guard of
the black monarch.} 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Bd3 c5 $6 15. d5 Nb6 16. d6
$1 $36 {0-1 (36) Vitiugov,N (2721)-Artemiev,V (2663) Sochi 2016}) 9... Nhf6 $1
{The most accurate.} (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. h4 {is more or less, what I
wanted to get.}) 10. Bd3 (10. g4 $6 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bg7 12. h4 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7
$11 {1-0 (28) Stabulnieks,K (2069)-Mesaros,F (2321) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016})
10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 {Now Black is in time to swap or kick back White's
active knight.} 12. Nxd7 $146 (12. f4 $6 gxf4 13. exf4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 $15 {
1-0 (33) Mestnikova,T (1896)-Dibirova,U (1879) Moscow 2012}) (12. Nf3 {was a
possible alternative, but after} Bg7 {I don't really see, why White should be
happy. It's hard to exploit the slight weakness of Black's kingside. Meanwhile,
Black's bishop pair can become a factor in the long term.}) 12... Bxd7 13. Qh5
$6 (13. O-O {would be more solid way to play. After} Bg7 14. Qb3 {trying to
provoke some concession. Though I must admit that the position is basically
equal.}) 13... Bg7 14. h4 {I was mildly optimistic about this plan, but it
appears to be not very good.} c5 {After long meditation my opponent plays in
full accordance with the rule saying that play on the side of the board shall
be met with a counterstrike in the centre. Black had other options to consider
as well.} (14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. dxc5 (16. d5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Rc1
O-O-O $11) 16... Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Rc1 O-O-O $11) (14... Qb6 15. O-O-O c5
16. hxg5 cxd4 17. exd4 O-O-O $1 18. cxd5 hxg5 19. Qxf7 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bxd4 21.
dxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 $11) 15. cxd5 {Now it was my turn to ponder the
position.} (15. dxc5 dxc4 16. Ne4 $2 (16. Bxc4 {would transpose to the
variation, mentioned above - 14...dxc4.}) (16. Be4 $6 Rc8 17. Bxb7 Rxc5 $15)
16... Qa5+ 17. Kf1 O-O-O $17) 15... cxd4 16. Ne4 $2 {This was way too
optimistic.} (16. exd4 {was the simple and the right move. No need to be too
smart, when it's not necessary.} Bxd4 (16... Qb6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} 17. O-O-O
Qxd4 18. dxe6 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bxe6 20. hxg5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxf2 22. Bc2 Qb6+ 23.
Kc1 Qa5 24. Rd3 Rg8 {and the engine says that this exciting battle should end
in a draw. I believe it.}) 17. hxg5 (17. O-O Qf6 18. Rac1 Kf8 {Black brings
the king to g7, where it will be fairly safe. The position is balanced.}) 17...
Qxg5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5+ Ke7 $11) 16... Qa5+ 17. Ke2 Qxd5 $2 {Returning the
favour.} (17... dxe3 {was simple and strong, basically refuting all my
previous bad play.} 18. Nd6+ ({After} 18. fxe3 Qxd5 19. hxg5 O-O-O {Black's
king escapes, while for its counterpart tough times are coming.}) (18. hxg5
exd5 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Qg5 Rg6 $19) 18... Ke7 19. Qxf7+ Kxd6 20. Qxg7 Qd2+ {
and White is getting mated.}) 18. hxg5 Ke7 $1 (18... dxe3 19. gxh6 Qxh5+ 20.
Rxh5 Rxh6 21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. Nf6+ Ke7 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. fxe3 $11) 19. gxh6 (19.
Nf6 Qxg5 20. Nxd7 Qxh5+ 21. Rxh5 Kxd7 $15) 19... Qxh5+ {Black has a choice
between various versions of similar endgames, where he is slightly better.} (
19... Rxh6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Nc5 Rxh1 (21... Rb6) 22. Rxh1 Bc6 $15) 20. Rxh5
Rxh6 (20... Bxh6 21. exd4 Bc6 $15) 21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. exd4 {The dust has
settled and we can evaluate the position. At the moment White is a pawn up,
but he is the one who has to play accurately to hold the balance. Black's
bishops are too powerful and the extra pawn on d4 is weak anyway.} Bg7 (22...
Bc6 $1 {would force White to face an unpleasant defensive task. White's extra
pawn will be captured soon, while Black's bishops are a force to reckon with.})
23. Nc5 Bc6 24. Be4 {Now I manage to swap bishops.} Bxd4 (24... Bxe4 25. Nxe4
Bxd4 26. Rc1 $11) 25. Bxc6 Bxc5 (25... bxc6 {was a somewhat strategically
risky try} 26. Nd3 {[%cal Ga1c1] but, I don't believe that White can have real
problems here.}) 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Bf3 {Opposite coloured bishops hint strongly
at a draw, which was agreed a few moves later.} Rh8 28. g3 b6 29. Rc4 Rh2 30.
Kf1 Bc5 31. Bg2 Rh5 32. b4 Bd6 33. a3 a5 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. a4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Pazos Gambarrotti, Plinio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Ecuador"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ECU"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. Bd2 e5 10. bxc3 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 14. O-O Bg4
15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd5 18. Rab1 (18. Rfd1 {was worth
considering here. kam hier in Betracht.}) 18... Qxd4 19. Rxb7 Rac8 (19... Qxe5
{seems perfectly playable. scheint vollkommen spielbar zu sein.} 20. Qxc6 Nb6 {
and Black holds. und Schwarz hält sich.}) 20. Re1 (20. Be4 $5 g6 $2 (20... h6)
21. e6 $1) 20... Rfe8 $2 {The wrong rook! Now the point f7 is weak. Der
falsche Turm. Jetzt ist der Punkt f7 schwach.} (20... Rce8 $1 {was indicated,
or even the active 20...Nb4 21.Qe2 Nd3. war angezeigt, oder sogar das aktive
20...Sb4 21.De2 Sd3.}) 21. Qf5 $1 Rc7 (21... Qf4 {was more stubborn, although
White keeps a clear edge after both war hartnäckiger, wenngleich Weiß sowohl
nach} 22. Rxf7 {or 22.Be4. oder 22.Le4 klaren Vorteil behauptet.}) {[%tqu "En",
"White is clearly dominating the board, yet now he has to find an energetic
continuation.","Find a move which opens lines and in fact threatens mate,
using back rank motifs.","","e5e6","The first blow, ripping open Black's king
position.",15,"b7c7","",0,"De","Weiß beherrscht eindeutig das Brett, doch nun
muss er eine energische Fortsetzung finden.","Gesucht wird ein Zug, der Linien
öffnet und sogar Matt droht, da die schwarze Grundreihe schwach ist.","",
"e5e6","Der erste Schlag, die schwarze Königsstellung wird aufgerissen.",15,
"b7c7","",0]} 22. e6 $1 {The first blow, ripping open Black's king position.
Der erste Schlag, die schwarze Königsstellung wird aufgerissen.} (22. Rxc7 Nxc7
23. Bxc6 $2 Qc3 24. Qe4 f5 $1 {would lose a piece. würde eine Figur verlieren.}
) 22... fxe6 (22... f6 23. Qb1 {and the pawn on e6 is extremely powerful. und
der Bauer auf e6 ist eine Macht.}) (22... Rxb7 $4 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Rxe8+ {
and mate. und Matt.}) {[%tqu "En","This is the position White had in mind when
he played 22.e6 on the previous move. But now his queen and rook are hanging,
and his back rank is a bit weak too. What would you do?","White can eliminate
a central defender of the black position, rendering the attack on both his
queen and rook useless.","The bishop does the trick.","f3d5","Very beautiful -
now Black can't either take on b7, d5 or f5.",20,"De","Diese Stellung hatte
Weiß bei 22.e6 im vorigen Zug im Auge. Doch nun hängen Turm und Dame, und auch
seine Grundreihe scheint ein wenig schwach. Was würden Sie spielen?","Weiß
kann einen zentralen Verteidiger der schwarzen Stellung eliminieren und
gleichzeitig den Angriff auf seine Dame bzw. Turm entkräften.","Der Läufer
soll es richten.","f3d5","Wunderschön - Schwarz kann weder auf b7, d5 noch auf
f5 nehmen.",20]} 23. Bxd5 $1 (23. Rxe6 $4 Rf8 $19 24. Qb1 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Qa1+) (
23. Rxc7 Nxc7 (23... exf5 $4 24. Rxe8#)) 23... g6 (23... Rxb7 24. Rxe6 {
and Black is helpless against the following discovered check. und Schwarz ist
wehrlos gegen das folgende Abzugschach.} (24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Qf8#)
24... Rb1+ 25. Qxb1) 24. Rxe6 $1 {The final point - all white pieces are
hanging, and yet Black is hopelessly lost. Die Schlusspointe - sämtliche
weißen Figuren hängen, doch Schwarz ist rettungslos verloren.} (24. Rxe6 Qd1+ (
24... Rxe6 25. Rb8+ Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Kg7 27. Qf8#) (24... gxf5 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26.
Rxc7+ Kg6 27. Rxc6+ Kg5 28. h4+ $1) 25. Re1+ cxd5 26. Rxd1 gxf5 27. Rxc7) ({
The simple Das einfache} 24. Qxe6+ {was also winning: gewann allerdings
ebenfalls:} Rxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. Rxc7) 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Qc2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. c5 Nd7 14. e4 $36 g4
15. Nh4 $1 Bxd4 16. exd5 Nxc5 17. Bf5 $146 (17. dxe6 Bxe6 {0-1 (28) Vitiugov,N
(2726)-Artemiev,V (2653) Doha 2016}) 17... Be5 (17... Bg7 $1 $11 {keeps the
balance.} 18. dxe6 Bxe6) 18. dxe6 $16 Bxe6 19. Rhe1 Bf6 {[#]} 20. Bxg4 $2 (20.
b4 $1 $18) 20... Bxh4 $11 21. gxh4 Rd8 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Ne4 O-O 24. Qc3 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Qg3+ Kf8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd6+ {[#]} Qxd6 (28... Qe7 {
was better and less trouble.}) 29. Nxd6 $14 Nf4 30. g3 Nd3+ 31. Kd2 Nxf2 32.
Ke2 Ke7 33. Nxb7 Ne4 (33... Ng4 $1 $14) 34. Kf3 $18 Nf6 35. b4 Nd5 36. a3 Nc3 (
{Black had once again managed to reset the balance but goes astray once more.
He had to play} 36... f5 $1 $11) 37. Na5 $16 Kd6 38. Kg4 ({White should play} 
38. g4 $16) 38... Ne2 39. Nc4+ Ke6 $1 40. Ne3 Ke5 41. Nf5 h5+ 42. Kg5 f6+ $2 {
The last mistake, after which there is no salvation.} (42... a6 $16 {was
tougher.} 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kxg4 Nc3) 43. Kg6 $18 a6 44. a4 Nc3 45. Ne7 Kd6 46.
Nf5+ Ke5 47. Ng7 Ne4 48. Nxh5 f5 49. a5 c5 {[#]} 50. b5 $1 c4 (50... axb5 51.
a6) 51. bxa6 c3 52. a7 c2 53. Nf4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 a6 8. a4
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 (10. Nxd4 {-see detailed commented game 1/2-1/2
Pelletier,Y-Piket,J/Biel 1999/CBM 72 [Tsesarsky,I](29)}) 10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7
12. O-O O-O ({In case of} 12... Nbd5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne5 {White leaves with
advantage:} Nb4 (14... Bd7 $2 $16 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxf7 $3 Rxf7 19. Qxd5 Qe8 20. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Andersson,U-Kierzek,M/Dortmund
1978/MCL (56)}) 15. Rc1 b6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxe5 (18... Nxd5
19. Nxf7 $1 $18) 19. Rxe5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Ra7 21. Qe2 Rd7 22. Qe4 $14) 13. Re1
Bd7 (13... Nbd5 {doesn't help:} 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5
Bd6 18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd7 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qg3 Qf6 22. h4 b5 $16 {1-0
Khalifman,A-Vaganian,R/Germany 1993/GER-chT (36)}) 14. Qd3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gb3c2,Gc2h7,Gh4f6] Preparing threats on the diagonal c2-h7.} (14. a5 Nc8 15.
Qd3 Nh5 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. d5 $6 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,G-Raicevic,V/
Belgrade 1989/EXT 97 (35)} (18. Qe3 $14)) 14... Bc6 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. Bg3 ({
Worth of attention} 16. Nxd5 $5 Bxd5 $6 (16... Nxd5 17. Bc2 f5 18. Bxe7 (18.
Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bb3 Qd6 21. Re5 Rab8 22. Rae1 Rf6 23. a5 $14) 18...
Nxe7 19. Bb3 Bd5 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qb3 $14) 17. Bc2
Re8 (17... g5 18. Ng4 $18) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. a5 $16) 16... Rc8 17.
Rac1 ({Not} 17. Nxc6 $6 Rxc6 18. Be5 Bb4 $11) 17... Nb4 18. Qe2 Bd5 ({Not} 
18... Qxd4 $4 19. Rcd1 Qc5 20. Nxf7 $18) 19. Nxd5 Nfxd5 ({On} 19... Nbxd5 {goes
} 20. Nxf7 {-like in our game. See below.} Rxf7 21. Qxe6 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23.
Qxc6 $14) 20. Nxf7 $6 {Interesting sacrifice. White recieves steady initiative.
} (20. Rxc8 {leads to equal position:} Qxc8 21. f4 Qd8 22. f5 (22. Qg4 Nf6 23.
Qf3 Qxd4+ 24. Bf2 Qd6 25. f5 $44) 22... exf5 23. Qf3 Bh4 24. Bxd5 Bxg3 25.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh4+ 28. Qh3 Qxe1 29. Nd6 $11) 20... Rxf7
21. Qxe6 Rc6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Rxc6 {Without this sacrifice the
previous one can't be justified.} Nxc6 25. Qxc6 Rd7 26. Qxa6 {Position is very
comprlicated. White has only 4P and pair of BB for whole R.} (26. Be5 Bb4 27.
Qxa6 $44) 26... Kh8 27. Be5 $4 $19 {Fatal mistake.} ({Right was} 27. h3 Nb4 28.
Qc4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gb3g8]} Rd5 29. Bc7 (29. Be5 Kh7 30. f4 $13) 29... Qe7 30.
Be5 Kh7 31. f4 $13) 27... Bd6 28. g3 Nb4 29. Qb5 Re7 $2 $17 {Inaccuracy.} ({
Why not} 29... Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nd3 31. a5 (31. e6 Qf6 $19) 31... Rc7 $19) 30. a5
Bxe5 31. dxe5 Nd3 32. e6 Rc7 33. Qf5 $2 $19 {The last mistake...} (33. Bc4 $142
Nxf2 34. e7 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Rxe7 36. Kxh3 Qc8+ 37. Kg2 Rb7 38. Qd5 Rxb2+ 39. Kf3
Qf8+ $17 {[%csl Rf3]}) 33... Rc8 ({Easily wins} 33... Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc5 35. Qe4
Re5 36. Qc6 Qd4 $19) 34. e7 (34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. Bxd5 Nb4 36. Bb3 g6 $19) 34...
Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Ne1+ 36. Kh3 Qxe7 37. a6 Rc5 38. Qf4 Qd7+ 39. g4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 260]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7.
e3 a6 8. a4 (8. Bxc4 c5 (8... b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 bxa4 12. Qxa4
Rb8 13. O-O Be7 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Bxa6 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V-Ivanov,I/New York 1991
(30)}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Be4 Qb6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Ne5 O-O $11 {Time forfeit. 1-0 Shainswit,G-Denker,A/USA-ch New York ,
HCL 1940 (36)}) (8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Nd7 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bf1 g5
13. Bg3 Bb7 14. f4 Rg8 $15 {0-1 Misanovic,V-Maric,A/Elista RUS 1998 (42)}) 8...
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 (9... b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bg3 Bd6 14.
Rc1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 cxd4 $11 (15... e5 $6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qh5
(18... Qe7 19. e4 O-O 20. e5 $14) 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Samisch,
F-Sapira/Spa 1926 (34)})) 10. Nxd4 $11 (10. exd4 $5 {- The only way to fight
for advantage} Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. O-O Nbd5 (12... O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a5 Nc8
15. Ne5 $14 (15. Qd3 Nh5 16. Bc2 g6 17. Re5 (17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qe3 (18. d5 $6
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 (20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Qxh6 Qxb2 22. Bd3 $44) 20... Bc6
21. Qb3 Nf4 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd3 24. Rb4 Rab8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,
G-Raicevic,V/Belgrade ,EXT 1989 (35)}) 18... Kg7 19. Ne5 $14) 17... Bxh4 18.
Rxh5 Bg5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Rh6 $1 Qf6 21. Ne4 Qg7 22. Rh3 $16)) 13. Re1 O-O 14.
Ne5 Bd7 $2 (14... Nd7 15. Bg3 (15. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 16. Rc1 Nxe5 (16... Nf6 $14)
17. dxe5 $14) (15. Nxd7 $6 Nxc3 (15... Bxd7 16. Bxd5 Bxh4 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bf3
$16) 16. bxc3 Bxd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bc2 Bc6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qg3 Rac8 $132)
15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd7 20. Bc2 g6 21.
Qg3 Qf6 22. h4 $14 {1-0 Khalifman-Waganjan/BL 1993 (36)}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxh4 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bc6 $16) 15... Nxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxd5 Qe8 20. Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Andersson,U-Kierzek,M/
Dortmund 1978 (56)}) 10... Ne5 11. Ba2 (11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bg3 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11)
12... e5 13. Nf3 Bd6 $11) 11... Bb4 12. O-O (12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Bg3 e5 $11) 12...
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ng6 14. Bg3 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. f4 O-O $132) 14... Ne4 15. Bxe6 $5
(15. Qc2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qg5 (16... O-O 17. Bxe6 Qg5 18. Bb3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qg5
20. Qe4 $16 {[%csl Rf7]}) 17. Qf2 O-O $11) 15... Nxg3 (15... fxe6 16. Qc2 Qd5
17. c4 $18) (15... Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. f3 O-O 19. Rad1 Qf5 20.
fxe4 Qc5 $14) 16. Bxc8 (16. Bxf7+ $5 {This sacrifice of a piece did not
conduct to advantage white but put before the black certain problems.} Kxf7 17.
Qb3+ (17. fxg3+ Kg8 18. Qh5 Kh7 $17) 17... Ke8 (17... Ke7 18. fxg3 Rf8 19. Rxf8
Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe8 21. Qb4+ Kd8 22. Qb6+ Ke7 23. e4 (23. Qc7+ Qd7 24. Nf5+ Kf8
25. Nh4+ Kg8 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27. Nxg6 Bxa4 $14) 23... a5 24. Qc7+ Qd7 25. Qc5+
Kd8 26. Qb6+ $18 {[%cal Gb6g6]}) 18. fxg3 Qc7 (18... Qe7 $5 19. Qd5 (19. e4 Rf8
20. Nf5 (20. Rae1 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nf8 (21... Ne5 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Nf5 (23. Ne6
$5 Qxe6 (23... b5) 24. Qxg7+ Qe7 25. Rd1+ Ke6 26. Qxh6+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 $11)
23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Kc7 25. Qxg7+ Bd7 26. Qxh6 Bxa4 $132) 22. Qd5 $132) 20...
Bxf5 21. exf5 Ne5 22. Rae1 Rd8 $17) 19... Rf8 20. e4 Ne5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.
Rf1+ Nf7 23. e5 Kg8 24. e6 Nd6 25. c4 Ne8 26. Rf7 Qa3 27. e7 (27. h3 Qxg3 28.
e7 Kh7 29. Rf8 Qe1+ (29... Bxh3 30. Qg8+ Kg6 31. Qf7+ Kh7 $11) 30. Kh2 Qxe7 31.
Qg8+ Kg6 32. Rxe8 Qd6+ 33. Kh1 Qxd4 34. Rxc8 $11) 27... Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Kh7 29.
Rf8 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 19. Rf2 Bg4 (19... Rf8 20. Ne6 $16) 20. Raf1 Ne5 21.
h3 (21. Qb4 Qe7) 21... Bc8 22. Qd5 Ng6 23. Rd1 $5 $16 (23. Qh5 Qxg3 24. Nf5 Qg5
(24... Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qd6 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. Qxg7 $18) 25. Nxg7+ Kd8 26. Qd1+ Kc7
27. Rf7+ Kb8 28. Qd6+ Ka7 29. Qd4+ Kb8 30. R1f5 Qg3 31. Nh5 Qh4 32. Qd6+ Ka7
33. Ra5 Qc4 34. Qxg6 Be6 35. Re7 $16)) 16... Rxc8 17. hxg3 (17. fxg3 $5 Rxc3 (
17... O-O 18. Qb3 $14) 18. Rb1 O-O (18... Rc7 19. Qf3 O-O $1 (19... Qc8 $2 20.
Rb6 $1 Ne5 (20... O-O 21. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 22. Qxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ne6+
$18) (20... Rd7 21. Rxg6 fxg6 22. Qe4+ Kd8 (22... Re7 23. Qxg6+ $18) 23. Ne6+
Ke7 24. Nxg7+ Kd8 25. Qe5 $18) 21. Qe4 $18) 20. Rxb7 $14) 19. Rxb7 Rxe3 20. Nf5
Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Re4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Rd8 $11) 17... Rxc3 18. Rb1 (18. Qf3
Rc7 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. Nf5 O-O 21. Nd6 Qa8 $11) 18... Qc8 19. Rb6 (19. Qf3 Rc7
20. Nf5 O-O $11) 19... O-O 20. Qb1 (20. Qf3 Rc7 21. Rfb1 Ne5 22. Qe4 (22. Qf5
Rc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. Qb1 Ng4+ 26. Kg1 Rc8 27. Ne2 Qc2 $15) 22...
Ng4 23. Rd1 $11 (23. Rxb7 Rc1+ $19)) 20... Rc7 21. Nf5 (21. Qb3 Ne5 {[%cal
Gc7c1,Ge5g4]}) 21... Ne7 22. Nxe7+ (22. Nd6 Qd7 23. Nxb7 Qxa4 24. Rd1 $11)
22... Rxe7 23. Qb4 Rc7 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qf5 $1
28. Rxd1 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Qxd1+ (29... Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxa4 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8
33. Qc8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kozlov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 (6. Nf3) 6... Qa5 7.
Bh4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 $5 $146 (8... b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... b4 10. Nce2 c5
11. Nf3 (11. Nh3 Bb7 12. O-O Bd6 13. a3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd5 15. f3 bxa3 16. bxa3
O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Rossiter,P-Parker,J/Irish Open-Z 1993 (57)}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 g5 15. Bg3 e5 16. Nb5 a6 $17 17. f4 gxf4 18. exf4 e4
19. Nb3 Qb6+ 20. Bf2 Bc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Be2 axb5 $19 {0-1 Ornstein,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Le Havre 1977 (27)}) 10. Nge2 (10. a3 $5 {N} c5 $5 (10... b4 11.
axb4 Qxb4 12. Nge2 $14 {ףb4}) 11. Nf3 c4 (11... a6 12. O-O Qb6 13. a4 $14) 12.
Bc2 (12. Be2 $5) 12... Ne4 (12... Nd5 {>=} 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. e4
$44 {|^}) 13. Bxe4 $5 (13. O-O) 13... Bxe4 14. O-O Bd3 $5 (14... Bb7 15. e4 $36
{@}) 15. Re1 Qb6 16. e4 a6 $2 (16... h6 $1 17. Re3 a6 $1 18. Ne1 Qxd4 19. Nxd3
cxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa7 $14 {@}) 17. Nd5 $1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Makarov,M-Sherbakov,R/USSR
1990 (27)}) (10. Nf3 $5) 10... a6 (10... c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 b4 13. Na4 Be7
14. Rc1 O-O 15. Bb1 Rac8 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc4 Qxc4
20. Rxc4 Bb5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rc5 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Fachini
Neto,O-Janahi,Z/WchJM-U12 1991}) 11. Bxf6 (11. O-O c5 12. Bc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7
14. Re1 b4 15. Nce2 O-O 16. Nc1 Qd5 17. e4 Qe5 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Ncb3 Bb6 20. f3
Nh5 21. Be7 Rfe8 22. Bxb4 $16 {1-0 Fachini Neto,O-Talal,F/WchJM-U12 1991 (30)})
11... Nxf6 12. a3 Qb6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Capablanca,
J-Alekhine,A/Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (18)}) 9... Bb7 10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. O-O O-O 13. Nd4 a6 14. Qe2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/
Wch13-Buenos Aires 1927 (40)}) (8... Bb4 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. a3 Bd6 12.
d5 cxd5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc4 16. Be7 Bxe7 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18.
Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Qxd7 Qxe2 20. Qxb7 $16 {Ragozin,V-Yudovich,M/URS-ch15 Leningrad
1947/1-0 (83)}) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13.
Qc2 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Nxb5 (16. Rfd1 Rac8 $15) 16... Qxb5 17. a3
Be7 18. Bc4 Qa5 (18... Qb6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd7 $18) 19. Qb3
Rad8 20. Rfe1 $14 (20. Qxb7 Rb8 $11)) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rc1 $6 (12. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Ga1d1]} Nb6 (12... Rd8 13. Qf3 (13. Qh3 b6 14. Bd3 $1
{[%csl Rh7]} h6 (14... Qb4 15. a3 Qxb2 (15... Qd6 16. Ne4 Qb8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (
17... Bxf6 18. Bg3 $18) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh7+ $16) (15... Qb3 16. Rab1 $1 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge2c1]} (16. Bxh7+ $2 Nxh7 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Qh4 Qxb2 19. Rab1
Qd2 20. Rfd1 Qh6 21. d5 Qxh4 22. Bxh4 exd5 23. Rxd5 Nhf6 24. Rd6 $11) 16... e5
17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bd6 Qe6 (19... exd4 20. Nxd4 Qc4 21. Rfd1 Nc5 (
21... Ndf6 22. Qg3 $16) 22. Qg3 $16) 20. Qxe6 (20. Qf3 $6 exd4 (20... e4 21.
Qg3 $16) 21. Qxa8 dxc3 22. Nxc3 Qxd6 23. Qxa7 Ne5 24. Rfd1 Nd3 25. Qa4 $14)
20... Rxe6 21. Bc7 exd4 22. Nxd4 Re8 23. Rfd1 $16) 16. Ra2 Qb3 17. Rb1 $18) 15.
a3 $1 Re8 (15... Bb7 16. b4 $18) (15... Kf8 16. Nf4 $1 (16. b4 Qh5 17. Nf4 Qg4
18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Be4 Rb8 21. Bf3 Ngf6 22. Rfe1 (22. Nb5 $2 g5
23. Nxa7 gxf4 24. Nc6+ Ke8 25. Rac1 Ba6 26. Rfe1 Bb5 27. d5 $5 Rbc8 28. Nxd8
Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Kxd8 $17) 22... Bb7 $11) 16... b5 17. Bxb5 $16) 16. Bb5 $18 {
[%csl Ra5]})) 13. Bb3 {[%cal Gb3c2]} Qh5 14. Bxf6 $6 (14. Bg3 Rd8 15. Bc7 (15.
Rad1 Bd7) 15... Rd7 16. Nf4 Qg4 17. f3 Qh4 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20.
Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rfe1 $16) 14... Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. N2g3 Qh4 17. Rac1 Nd5 $11)
12... Nb6 13. Bd3 (13. Bb3 Rd8) 13... Qh5 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Qb3 (15. Qd2 $5 Rac8
16. Nf4 Qa5 $132) 15... Rac8 16. Nf4 Qa5 17. a3 Rfd8 (17... Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8
19. Re5 (19. Qc2 Nbd5 20. Nfxd5 Bxd5 21. Be5 Bc4 $1 22. Bxf6 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxf6
$15) 19... Bd5 20. Nfxd5 Nfxd5 21. Qc2 h6 22. Qb3 Bf6 23. Re4 Red8 $15) 18.
Rfe1 Bd6 (18... Ba4 $5 19. Nxa4 (19. Qa2 Rxd4 $17) 19... Qxa4 20. Qxa4 $2 (20.
Bc2 Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxd4 23. Rc7 Bd8 24. Rxb7 Rd2 25. Rb8 Kf8 26.
Nh3 (26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. Bc7 Ke7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxd8+ Kxd8 30. Bxe6 $19)
26... Ke7 27. Rb7+ Nbd7 28. Ba4 Bb6 29. Bh4 Kd6 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Rxf7 Rxb2 32.
g3 Ne4 $15) 20... Nxa4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17) 19. Bb1 Ba4 20. Qa2 Be8 21. b4 Qg5
22. Nce2 $6 (22. Nh3 $5 Qh6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nfd5 25. Qa1 $15) 22... Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Bb8 24. Nh3 Qh6 25. f4 $2 (25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Nhf4 Bc6 $17) 25... Nbd5
26. Nc3 $2 (26. Bd3 $17) (26. Qd2 Bd6 27. Bd3 Nh5 (27... Bc6 28. b5) 28. Ng5 f5
$17) 26... Nxf4 $19 27. Bxf4 (27. Nxf4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 $19) 27... Bxf4 28.
Rd1 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Bc6 30. b5 Bd5 31. Qe2 Bxd4 (31... Bb3 32. Rf1 Bxd4 $19) 32.
Rxd4 Qc1+ 33. Rd1 Qxc3 34. Nf4 Qc7 (34... Qxa3 $19) 35. Qe3 Qb8 $2 (35... Bxg2+
36. Kxg2 Rxd1 $19) 36. Rc1 Ng4 (36... e5 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 $19) 37. Qg3 Nf6 38. Qh4
Kf8 $2 (38... Rc8 $19) 39. Bxh7 Qe5 (39... Qd6 $19) 40. Bb1 (40. a4 Qb2 41. Re1
Bb3 42. Bb1 $17 Rd2) 40... Ke7 41. Qf2 (41. Qg3 $17) 41... b6 42. a4 (42. Re1
Qc3 43. Nxd5+ Rxd5 44. a4 Qb4 $19) (42. Qg3 Qb2 43. Re1 Qd2 44. a4 Bc4 $17)
42... Ba8 43. h3 Rd4 44. Nd3 Qd6 (44... Qh5 45. Qg3 Rxa4 46. Rc7+ Nd7 47. Ne5
Rd4 48. Qa3+ Kd8 49. Rxd7+ Rxd7 50. Nxd7 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qxd7 52. Qf8+ Qe8 53.
Qxg7 Qxb5 $17) 45. Rc7+ Qxc7 46. Qxd4 Qg3 $19 47. Nf4 Nh5 48. Qb4+ Ke8 49. Qc4
Qxf4 50. Qc8+ Ke7 51. Qxa8 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 ({I'd prefer} 5. cxd5 $5 {
with good edition of Carlsbad variation for White.}) 5... h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3
{This very old variation is popular again after about 80 years.} (7. Qa4 Be7 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. Qxc4 a6 10. Bg3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. e4 b5
15. Qb3 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Bf4 (17. Ba5 {[%csl Ra5]} Ng4 $15 {1-0 Shaboian,
V-Meister,Y/Barnaul 1984/MCD (74)}) 17... Nb6 $11) 7... Nb6 ({Black can
recieve strong couterplay in position with isolated Pd4 after} 7... c5 8. Bxc4
Be7 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rac1 b6
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Be7 (16. f4 Nc5 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Rf3 Ba6 19. Bxa6
(19. f5 $5 Bxc4 20. f6 g6 21. Qxc4 $11) 19... Qxa6 20. Rh3 (20. c4 $10) 20...
Qc4 $132 {0-1 Malich,B-Moehring,G/Leipzig 1975/MCL/[Bulletin] (31)}) 16... Re8
17. Bd6 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Bxc5 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Rd7 $14)
(8... a6 9. a4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Ne5 $5
(14. Bg3 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rac8 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Hernandez,R-Moehring,G/Leipzig 1975/MCL (35)})) 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 a6
11. Rad1 b5 12. Bb3 Qb6 13. Ne5 cxd4 (13... c4 $6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. f4 Bb7 16.
Bb1 $14 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Steiner,L/Berlin 1928/EXT 99 (26)}) 14. exd4 Rd8 15.
Rfe1 Bb7 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qe2 g5 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 $13) 8. Ne5
{[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge5c4]} ({Another way to recapture Pc4 is} 8. Bxc4 Nxc4 9.
Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 Be7 (10... Rc8 11. Ne5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Qb3 b6
15. Rac1 Be8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a4 $14 {with space advantage 1/2-1/2 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Nikolic,P/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (26)}) 11. O-O (11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Rac1 c6 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c5 18. Qb3
cxd4 19. Rxd4 (19. Rc7 Qe8 20. exd4 b6 21. Be5 Bd6 22. Qg3 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rd5
$11) 19... Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Magai,V-Sokolov,I/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (25)})
11... O-O 12. Rac1 Bc6 (12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Qe2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Moritz,B-Becker,A/Frankfurt 1923/
HCL (25)}) 17. Ne4 $14) 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 Rfd8 17.
Rf2 Rac8 18. e4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bc6 20. Rcf1 Be8 21. Qe3 $14 {0-1 Alekhine,
A-Wolf,H/Vienna 1922/HCL (76)}) (8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O (9... Nfd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. Bxc4 Nxc3 (11... Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Qb4 $14) 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Bd3
c5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 $14 {0-1 Samson,T-Taylor,G/
Toronto 1995/EXT 97 (35)}) 10. Ne5 c5 $11) ({On} 8. Nd2 {goes} c5 9. Nxc4 Bd7
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Bc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. f3 $11 {1-0
Polajzer,D-Atalik,S/Podlehnik SLO 2001/The Week in Chess (42)}) 8... Be7 ({
Dubious is} 8... c5 $6 {in view of} 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxc4 cxd4 12.
Qxd4 Be7 (12... Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Ke2 $16 {
[%csl Rb6,Rb7,Rf6,Rf7] 1/2-1/2 Schara,A-Becker,A/Vienna 1925/EXT 99 (45)}) 13.
Rd1 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 $14) 9. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} ({Black equalizes also in case
of} 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. Nxb6 (10. Ne5 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nbd5 (12... Nfd5 13.
Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Qb3 Bh4 16. O-O Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qc7 18. c4 Ne7 19. Bc2
$40 {[%cal Ga1e1] 1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Taimanov,M/Budapest 1982/MCD (55)}) 13. O-O
Qb6 14. Qd2 Rd8 $132) 10... axb6 11. Bc4 c6 12. O-O b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Ne2 b6
15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Bc2 g6 21.
Qf3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Sokolov,I/Dos Hermanas ESP 2001/The Week in
Chess 338 (91)}) 9... a5 {[%csl Rb4]} 10. Nxc4 Nbd5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 ({or
} 12... Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bc4 Nb4 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Rad1 $14) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14.
Bb5 {[%csl Rc6]} Nb4 $1 {[%csl Yb4,Rc6][%cal Gb4c6] Black N feels very
convenient on b4: a2-a4 move's results.} ({Not} 14... c5 $2 15. Bc6 $1 Rb8 16.
Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Qxd5 $16) 15. Rc1 c6 {Black obstructs Bb7, but Bb7 can be developed on a6.}
16. Bc4 Nd7 {[%cal Gb7a6] White has space advantage, so to exchange pair of
pieces is to Black's favour.} 17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Qg4 ({Equal
position after} 19. Bg3 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bd6 Be7 22. Nb5 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qg5
24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rfd8 $11) 19... c5 $6 $14 {Mistake.} (19... Bxe5 $6 {
weakens d-line and d6 square.} 20. dxe5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6]} Qc7 21.
f4 Rad8 22. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Ge4d6]}) ({Right was} 19... Ba6 $1 {with
inhevitable position simplification:} 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Ne4 Qe7 {
and Black has reliable position, very close to equality.}) 20. Rfd1 Nc6 $2 $16
{Another mistake.} (20... Qe7 $142 21. Qg3 Bxe5 (21... Rad8 22. Bc7 $14) 22.
dxe5 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6,Gc3e4,Ge4d6]}) 21. Nb5 $2 $11 {Both sides have
overlooked 21.Bxf6!} ({Quite dangerous for Black was} 21. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 22. Ne4
Qe7 23. dxc5 $1 {threatening Rd1-d7! and White leaves with advantage:} (23. d5
Ne5 $11) 23... f5 (23... Rad8 24. Qh5 $16) (23... bxc5 24. Rd7 $1 $18) 24. Qg6
fxe4 25. Rd7 Qxd7 26. Bxe6+ Qf7 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. cxb6 $16) 21... Bxe5 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd8 Nxg4 24. Rd6 {[%csl Rb6]} Rab8 ({Equality after} 24... Ne5
25. Rxb6 Rab8 26. f4 (26. b3 Bc6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Be2 Nd7 $11) 26... Nxc4 27.
Rxc4 Bd5 28. Rxb8 Bxc4 $1 $11) 25. Rxb6 Nf6 $2 $16 {Bad passive move gives to
White advantage again.} ({Worth of attention} 25... Ne5 $1 26. f4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4
Bd5 28. Rxb8 Bxc4 29. Rb7 Bd5 (29... Rd8 30. Nc3 Rd3 31. Rc7 $16) 30. Rc7 c4
31. Nd6 f5 32. Nxc4 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rb8 34. Rc5 Rxb2 35. Rxa5 Ra2 $44) 26. Nd6
Bd5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 ({Or} 28... exd5 29. Rxc5 Rxb2 30. f3 Rb6 31.
Nf5 Re6 32. Rxa5 g6 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Ng4 Nxg4 35. fxg4 Rxe3 36. Rxd5 $16) 29.
Rxc5 Rxb2 30. h3 $16 f5 (30... Rb6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Nxf7 Rb4 33. Nd8 Rxa4 34.
Nxe6 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 a4 36. e4 Nb4 37. f4 {[%csl Rh7]} g5 38. f5 $16) 31. Nxf5
Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg1 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb2 35. Kg3 ({Strong is also} 35. Rxa5
Rxf2 36. e4 exf5 37. Kg3 Rf4 38. exd5 Rd4 39. Kf3 f4 40. Kg4 {[%cal Gg4f5]} g6
41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. a5 Rxd5 43. Kxf4 Rd2 44. g4 Ra2 45. Ke5 $16) 35... Nf6 36.
Ne7+ ({Or} 36. Nd6 {[%csl Re4]} Rd2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Nb7 (38. Rc6 $4 Rxd6)
38... Ne4+ 39. Kf4 Nxf2 40. Ra8 g5+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Nxa5 Ne1+ 43. Ke4 Nxg2 44.
Nc4 $16 {[%cal Ga4a8]}) 36... Kf7 37. Rc7 Ne4+ 38. Kf3 $2 $132 {Too many
mistakes in one game...} ({Right was} 38. Kf4 $1 Nxf2 39. Ke5 Nd3+ 40. Kd4 $16)
38... Nxf2 $2 $16 ({Black misses} 38... Ng5+ $1 {probably in time pressure.}
39. Kf4 (39. Kg4 Rxf2 $132) 39... Rxf2+ 40. Ke5 Rxg2 41. Nc6+ Kg6 $132) 39.
Nd5+ Kg8 40. Nf4 e5 41. Nh5 g5 $2 $18 ({More stubborn was} 41... e4+ 42. Kf4
$16) 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nd7+ Ke7 44. Nxe5+ $18 Ke6 45. Rc5 Nd1 46. Rxa5 Rf2+ 47.
Kg3 Ra2 48. Nf3 Kf6 49. Ra6+ Kf5 50. e4+ Kxe4 51. Rxh6 Ne3 52. Re6+ Kd3 53.
Nxg5 Nf5+ 54. Kf4 Nh4 55. g3 Rf2+ 56. Kg4 Nf5 57. Ne4 Ne3+ 58. Kg5 Rf5+ 59. Kg6
Ra5 60. h4 Ng4 61. h5 Ne5+ 62. Rxe5 Rxe5 63. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Mondariz GEMA m"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.12.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 (7. e3 a6
(7... Nb6 8. Bxc4 (8. Ne5 Be7 (8... c5 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxc4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Ke2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Schara,A-Becker,A/Vienna 1925/EXT 99 (45)}) 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4
12. exd4 Nfd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Qb3 Bh4 16. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2
Farago,I-Taimanov,M/Budapest 1982/MCD (55)}) 8... Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 Rc8
(10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Bc6 (12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Ne5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Moritz,B-Becker,A/Frankfurt 1923/HCL (25) - this position is similar
to position from the game 1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Nikolic,P/Yerevan 1996/
EXT 97 (26) - see below.}) 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 Rfd8
17. Rf2 Rac8 18. e4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bc6 20. Rcf1 Be8 21. Qe3 c5 22. d5 b5 23. d6
$16 {0-1 Alekhine,A-Wolf,H/Vienna 1922/HCL (76). (76)}) 11. Ne5 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Rfd1 c6 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Nikolic,P/
Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (26)}) (7... c5 8. Bxc4 Be7 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. O-O
O-O 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 (12... Qc7 $5) 13. Rac1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 (14...
Nxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Rf3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Rh3 (
20. c4 $10) 20... Qc4 {[%tqu "En","?","","","h4f6","",10]} 21. Bf6 $1 (21. Re1
$2 {0-1 Malich,B-Moehring,G/Leipzig 1975/MCL/[Bulletin] (31)}) 21... Rg8 (21...
gxf6 22. Qh4 $18) 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Rxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. f5+ exf5 26.
Qxc4 $18) 15. f4 $14) 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. Bb3 Qb6 13. Ne5 c4
14. Bc2 Re8 15. f4 Bb7 16. Bb1 $40 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Steiner,L/Berlin 1928/EXT
99 (26)}) 8. a4 (8. Bxc4 b5 (8... c5 9. dxc5 $6 $11 (9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 {
with standard position with isolated central Pd4.}) 9... Bxc5 10. O-O b5 11.
Bd3 Bb7 {Time forfeit. 1-0 Shainswit,G-Denker,A/New York 1940/HCL (36)}) 9. Bd3
c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Rb8 (12... Be7 13. Ne5 $14) 13. O-O Be7
14. Qc2 O-O (14... Qb6 15. Bg3 Qxb2 16. Bxb8 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Nxb8 18. Rfb1 $16)
15. Bxa6 Qb6 16. Bb5 Bb4 (16... Bd6 $16) 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Na4 Qxb5 19. Bxd6 Bb7
20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Ra3 (21. Nc3 $18) 21... Qh5 22. Qc7 Qb5 23. Nc5 $18 {1-0
Epishin,V-Ivanov,I/New York 1991/CBM 23 (30)}) 8... c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 (9... b6
10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Rc1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 e5 $132
{1-0 Saemisch,F-Sapira,E/Spa 1926/EXT 99 (34)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. exd4 Bb4 (10...
Nb6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. O-O Nbd5 (12... O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a5 Nc8 15. Qd3 Nh5 16.
Bc2 g6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qb3 Nf4 22. Be4
Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,G-Raicevic,V/Belgrade 1989/EXT 97 (35)})
13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne5 Nd7 (14... Bd7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 19. Qxd5 Qe8 20. Qxb7 Rd8 21. Re3 Kf8 22. Bxf7 Qxf7 23. Rd1 Be8
24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qxa6 $16 {1-0 Andersson,U-Kierzek,M/Dortmund 1978/MCL (56)})
15. Bg3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd7 20. Bc2 g6
21. Qg3 Qf6 22. h4 b5 23. h5 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Vaganian,R/Germany 1993/
GER-chT (36)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Bg3 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,R-Moehring,G/Leipzig 1975/MCL (35)}) 10... Ne5
{-see detailed commented game 1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Piket,J/Biel 1999/CBM 72 
[Tsesarsky,I](29)}) (7. Qa4 Be7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. Qxc4 a6 10. Bg3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. b4 Be7 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. e4 b5 15. Qb3 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Ba5 Ng4 $15 {
1-0 Shaboian,V-Meister,Y/Barnaul 1984/MCD (74)}) 7... Be7 (7... Bb4 8. Qc2 c5
9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. O-O a6 14. f4 Bd7 15.
Rae1 Rc8 16. Rf3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc4 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Rfe3 Nh5 20. Qf2 Kf8 21. Qf3
Nf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Taimanov,M/Leningrad 1974/URS-ch
(34)}) 8. Bxf6 (8. Qc2 Nb6 9. Rd1 (9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. h4 Rfd8 18. g4
$132 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Ivanov,I/New York 1994/CBM 40 ext (45). (45)}) 9...
O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxc4 c5 {-see detailed commented game 0-1
Riemersma,L-Sokolov,I/Rotterdam 1997/CBM 60[Tsesarsky,I] (36)}) (8. Qe2 Nb6 9.
Bg3 O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nd2 Na4 12. Nxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba4 14. Rd2 b5 {
-see commented game 1-0 Epishin,V-Sokolov,I/Groningen 1997/CBM 63(Tsesarsky,I]
(41)}) ({Avoiding standard trap:} 8. Bxc4 $6 Nxe4 $1 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1
11. Bxc7 Nxb2 12. Be2 Na4 $15) 8... Nxf6 9. Bxc4 $14 {We can try evaluate
position here: White has strong PP center, but Black, however, has pair of BB.
The first factor, in my opinion, is more important.} a6 {[%cal Gb7b5,Gc8b7]
Preparing b7-b5 and Bc8-b7.} 10. O-O (10. a4) 10... b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5
13. dxc5 b4 (13... Bxc5 $2 14. Bxb5+ $1 $16) 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Nb6
Nxb6 17. Ne5 (17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Nc4 {-like in this game.}) 17...
Bb7 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Rfd1 O-O 21. e5 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4] Position has
changed. Black keeps his pair of BB, but now White has space advantage and
convenient place for Nc4. Black PP on the queenside are weak.} Qb8 22. Be4 Bxe4
23. Qxe4 $14 Bg5 24. Rc2 (24. f4 Be7 $14) 24... Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Nd6 Rb8
{[%cal Gb4b3]} 27. Qf3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf3f7,Gf3b3]} Qd7 28. g3 (28. Rc4 f6
29. h4 fxe5 30. hxg5 Qxd6 31. gxh6 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 28... Rf8 29. Qc6 Qa7 {
[%cal Ga7d4]} 30. Rc4 {[%csl Ra7,Rb4][%cal Gc4d4,Gc4b4] Domination! White
pieces control all the board.} a5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. h4 Be7 33. Nc8 Qd7 34. Qxd7
$6 {This exchange action is premature! Black will survive in RR endgame
without P.} ({Rihjt was} 34. h5 $22 Bf8 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Nb6 Rd2 37. Rc8 f6
38. Kf3 fxe5 39. Ke3 Rd6 40. Nc4 Rd5 41. Ke4 $16) 34... Rxd7 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36.
Rc8+ $6 $44 ({Certain chances White would recieve in case of} 36. Rc5 Ra7 (
36... Rd7 37. Rxa5 Rd2 38. b3 $16) 37. a4 bxa3 38. bxa3 a4 39. h5 $14 {[%csl
Ra4,Ra7,Gc5]}) 36... Kh7 37. Ra8 b3 38. Rxa5 (38. axb3 Rb7 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 40.
Ra2 Kg6 41. g4 h5 $44) (38. a3 Rd7 39. Rxa5 Rd2 $11) 38... bxa2 39. Rxa2 Rb7
40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Ke4 h5 42. f4 Rb3 43. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 (7. e3 Nb6
(7... c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13.
Rac1 b6 $11 14. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 $15 {0-1 Malich,B-Moehring,G/Leipzig
1975 (31)}) (7... a6 8. a4 (8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 bxa4 12.
Qxa4 Rb8 13. O-O Be7 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Bxa6 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V-Ivanov,I/New York
op 1991 (29)}) 8... c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nb6 13.
Bb3 Nbd5 (13... Bd7 14. a5 Nc8 15. Qd3 Nh5 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. d5 $6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,G-Raicevic,V/Belgrade op 1989 (34)} (18. Ne5 $14) (18. Qe3
$14)) 14. Ne5 $14 Nd7 $5 15. Bg3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Qf3 Bxe5
19. Rxe5 $14 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Vaganian,R/BL 1993 (36)}) 8. Bxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+
Bd7 10. Qxc4 Rc8 11. Ne5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Illescas Cordoba,M-Nikolic,P/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (25)}) 7... Be7 (7...
Bb4 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. O-O a6 (
13... Nfxe4 14. Bxe4 Qf4 15. Nb5 Kf8 16. Rfd1 Qxh4 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19.
Bf3 $16) 14. f4 $14 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Taimanov,M/URS-ch42 Leningrad 1974 (33)})
8. Qc2 Nb6 9. Rd1 $146 (9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxc4 Nxc4
13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Kb1 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,
L-Ivanov,I/New York op 1994 (45)}) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 $1 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.
Nxc4 c5 $11 13. Ne3 $6 (13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 $11) 13... cxd4
14. Rxd4 Ne5 $5 $15 (14... e5 15. Ncd5 Qg5 16. Rd1 Nxd5 17. exd5 (17. Nxd5 Nb6
$11) 17... Rd8 $11) 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Rd2 e5 17. O-O (17. Ned5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 (18.
exd5 Nd4 $15) 18... Qg5 19. O-O Bh3 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Rad8 $15) 17... Nd4 18.
Qd1 Be6 19. f4 $2 $17 (19. Bg4 $11) 19... exf4 (19... Qc5 20. Kh1 exf4 21. Rxf4
Qe5 $17) 20. Rxf4 Qg5 21. g3 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rad8 23. Nf5 (23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qf2
Qc5 $17) 23... Rfe8 $6 (23... Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qf2 Rd3 $1 $17) 24. Rxd8
Qxd8 (24... Rxd8 $2 25. h4 Qf6 26. e5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. Qf3 $16) 25. Qf2
h5 $5 (25... Qd3 $6 26. Rg4 Bxf5 27. exf5 Nd5 28. Rd4 Re1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 30.
Qf2 Ne3 $15) 26. e5 Qc7 $5 $17 (26... Nd5 $5 27. Rd4 (27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Nd6 Rd8
$17) 27... Bxf5 28. Rxd5 (28. Qxf5 Qb6 29. Qe4 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qc7 $17) 28... Qg5
29. Qxa7 (29. e6 fxe6 30. Rd7 Rf8 $17) 29... Qc1+ 30. Nd1 Be4 31. Rd6 Rxe5 32.
Qd4 Qc2 $17) 27. Nd6 $5 Re7 28. Qd4 Nd7 $5 (28... Rd7 29. Nce4 Bxa2 30. Nc5 Re7
31. Ncxb7 Nd7 32. Re4 $15) 29. Nf5 $5 (29. Nd5 $5) 29... Re8 $5 (29... Bxf5 30.
Rxf5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxa7 Nd3 33. Qe3 Nxb2 34. Nd5 Qd8 $17) 30. Nd6 Rd8
31. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxe5 $1 (32... Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Nxe5 34. Qxe5 Qd2+ 35. Rf2
Qxd6 36. Qxh5 $11) 33. Qxe5 Qxd6 34. Qxh5 Qe6 (34... Qd1+ $2 35. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 36.
Kg2 $11) 35. a3 Rd2 $2 (35... Rd5 $1 36. Qf3 (36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. Rxg4 Rd1+ 38.
Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kh3 Rxb2 $17) 36... Qb6+ (36... Rd2 $2 37. b4 $1 Ra2 (37... Qe1+
38. Qf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh1 Qxa3 40. Qc4 $1 Qa1+ 41. Rf1 Qa2 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qh3+ $11
) 38. Qd3 Qb6+ 39. Kh1 $1 (39. Qd4 $5 Rxa3 (39... Qxd4+ 40. Rxd4 Rxa3 41. Rd8+
Kh7 42. Rd7 $11) 40. Qxb6 axb6 41. Rf5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf5b5]}) 39... Ra1+ 40.
Kg2 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 g5 42. Re4 Qh6+ 43. Kg4 Qh4+ 44. Kf5 Qh7+ 45. Kxg5 Qg6+ 46.
Kh4 (46. Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Re1+ 48. Kf4 Qf6+ (48... Rf1+ $11) 49. Kg4 Qg6+ 50.
Kf4 $11) 46... Qh7+ $11) 37. Kh1 (37. Qf2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Qc6+ 39. Rf3 Rc1 40. Qe3
Rc2+ 41. Kh1 Rxb2 $17) 37... Qc6 $1 38. Rxf7 (38. b4 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd2+ 40. Kh3
Qc8+ 41. Rg4 (41. g4 Qc2 $19) 41... Qc2 $19) 38... Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd2+ 40. Kh1 (
40. Kh3 Qh6+ 41. Kg4 Qg6+ $19) 40... Qc1+ 41. Qf1 Rd1 $19) 36. Qc5 $2 (36. Qf5
Qxf5 (36... Qe3+ $2 37. Kh1 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 $11 (38. Rf1 Qe6 39. Qxe6 Rxf1+ 40.
Kg2 fxe6 41. Kxf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 $16)) 37. Rxf5 Rxb2 $17) 36... Qh3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 (6... Bb4 7.
cxd5 (7. e3 O-O (7... g5 $5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qb3 $6 (9. Nd2 $5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3
11. Rc1 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 $44) (9. Rc1 $5) 9... c5 10. Bd3 dxc4 $1 11. Bxc4 g4
$132 {1-0 Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Tilburg 1987 (32)}) (7... c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9.
Qc2 Qa5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bf5 O-O 12. O-O $14 {1-0 Hertneck,G-Campora,D/Tilburg
1994 (82)}) 8. Qc2 c5 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2
Bb7 14. Qb2 $14 {1-0 Steinberg,J-Gonzalez,G/Bariloche 1953 (38)}) 7... exd5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Qa5 11. Nxd5 $5 (11. Qc2 $14) 11... Nxd5 12. a3 cxd4
13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Qf3 Qc3 (15... Ne5 16. Qxd5 Nxd3 17. Rfb1 $44)
16. Be4 N5f6 17. Bf5 $44 {Petursson,M-Ljubojevic,L/Biel izt 1985/1/2-1/2 (127)}
(17. Rfc1 Qb4 $132)) (6... c6 7. e3 Bb4 8. a3 Be7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Taimanov,M-Shamayev,L/Leningrad 1949 (39)}) 7. e4 (7. e3
a6 (7... Nb6 8. Bxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 Rc8 (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rac1 $14 {0-1 Alekhine,A-Wolf,H/Vienna 1922 (76)}) 11. Ne5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Nikolic,P/32nd ol, Yerevan ARM 1996 (25)})
8. a4 (8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Rb8 13. O-O Be7
14. Qc2 O-O 15. Bxa6 Qb6 16. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Epishin,V-Ivanov,I/New York op 1991 
(29)}) 8... c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5
14. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Vaganian,R/BL 1993 (36)}) 7... Be7 (7... Bb4 8.
Qc2 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. O-O a6 14. f4
Bd7 15. Rae1 Rc8 16. Rf3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc4 18. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,
R-Taimanov,M/URS-ch42 Leningrad 1974 (33)}) 8. Qe2 $2 $146 (8. Qc2 Nb6 9. O-O-O
(9. Rd1 O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxc4 c5 13. Ne3 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Ne5
15. Be2 Nc6 16. Rd2 e5 $15 {0-1 Riemersma,L-Sokolov,I/ch-NED, Rotterdam 1997 
(36)}) 9... O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb3
c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. h4 Rfd8 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van
Wely,L-Ivanov,I/New York op 1994 (45)}) 8... Nb6 $15 9. Bg3 (9. O-O-O Bd7 10.
Bg3) 9... O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nd2 Na4 $5 (11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 (12. Nxc4 Nxc4
13. Qxc4 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5 $17) 12...
Bxc5 13. Be5 (13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qa5 $17) 13... Qe7 14. f4 Bc6
15. g4 Nfd7 $17) 12. Nxc4 (12. Qxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 $15) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
Ba4 (13... c5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19.
d6 bxc4 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxc4 Bc6 $15) 14. Rd2 b5 $5 (14... Bb5 15. Qe3 $132)
15. Na5 $2 (15. Nb2 c5 $1 $15) 15... Ba3+ $17 (15... b4 $6 16. c4 $8 Nd7 (16...
c5 17. Nb7 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qc6 20. f3 $14) 17. c5 $1 $14) (15... c5
16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 $132) 16. Kb1 c5 (16... c6 17.
Nb3 a5 18. Nc5 $132) 17. Nb7 $8 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. f3 $6 (20.
Bd6 Qxc3 21. Bxf8 Rc8 22. Ba3 Qxa3 23. Rb2 Rd8 $19) (20. Rd3 $8 Rfd8 21. Qd2 $5
(21. Bh4 Rac8 (21... g5 22. Bg3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rc8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Bd6 Qxc3 26.
Qxc3 Rxc3 27. h4 g4 $15) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 $17) 21... Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Rd8 23. Re1 b4
24. c4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxd2 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Nh5 28. Kc1 Rd3 29. Kc2 Rc3+
30. Kb2 Nxg3 31. hxg3 a5 $17) 20... Qxc3 $19 21. Qd3 Qa5 (21... Rac8 22. Qxc3
Rxc3 23. Be2 $15) 22. Qe3 Rad8 $2 (22... Rfd8 $1 23. Be1 (23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.
Be2 Bc2+ $1 (24... Rd2 25. a3 Rc2 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 $15) 25. Ka1 (25. Kb2
Qb4+ $19) (25. Kxc2 Qxa2+ $19) 25... Rd3 $1 $19) 23... Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.
Bd3 Qc7 26. Bf2 Bc2+ 27. Bxc2 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Nd7 $19) 23. Be1 Qc7 (23... Qb4+
24. Ka1 Rc8 25. Rd1 $17) (23... Rc8 24. Be2 $17) 24. Be2 (24. Bd3 Qe7 (24...
Qc3 25. e5 Nd5 26. Qe4 Qb4+ 27. Qxb4 Nxb4 28. Bxb5 $1 Bxb5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30.
Bxb4 $11) 25. Bf2 Rd7 26. Rc1 Rfd8 27. Rc5 e5 $17) 24... Rxd2 $2 (24... Rc8 25.
Bh4 $17 (25. Bg3 e5 26. Bh4 Nh5 $17)) 25. Bxd2 $44 Rc8 (25... a5 26. Qc3 (26.
Rc1 Qxh2 $19) 26... Qxc3 27. Bxc3 b4 28. Bd4 $44) 26. Rc1 Qb7 (26... Bc2+ 27.
Kb2 b4 (27... a5 28. Bd1 Qe5+ 29. Bc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 $16) 28. Bxb4 (28. Bd3 Qe5+
$19) 28... Qb7 29. Qa3 Rb8 30. Rxc2 Qxb4+ 31. Qxb4 Rxb4+ 32. Kc1 $14) 27. Rc3 (
27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qc3 $44) 27... Ne8 (27... Rd8 28. Rd3 (28. g4 b4 29. Rd3 Rc8
30. Rd4 b3 31. a3 Qc7 32. Bd1 Bc6 33. h4 $132) 28... Rc8 (28... Rxd3 29. Qxd3
$44) 29. Rc3 $44) 28. Qd4 a5 29. Kb2 b4 30. Rc5 (30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Bd3 $44)
30... Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Qc7 $6 (31... Qd7 32. Be3 Qd8 $44) 32. Qxc7 Nxc7 33. Be3
Na8 $2 (33... Bb5 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 35. Bc5 Nc3 36. Kb3 a4+ 37. Kxb4 Nxa2+ 38. Kxa4
Nc1 $11) 34. Ba6 $14 Bc6 35. Kb3 $5 (35. Bc5 $6 f5 $1 $132 (35... Nc7 36. Bc4
Bb5 37. Bxb5 Nxb5 38. Kb3 e5 (38... Nc3 39. a3 Ne2 40. axb4 axb4 41. Be3 f5 (
41... g5 42. Kxb4 Nf4 43. Bxf4 gxf4 44. Kc5 Kg7 45. Kc6 Kg6 46. Kd7 $18) 42.
Kxb4 g5 43. Kc4 Kf7 44. Kd3 Nf4+ 45. Bxf4 gxf4 46. Kd4 $18) 39. Bb6 Nd4+ 40.
Ka4 Nc2 41. Bf2 Nd4 42. Kxa5 b3 43. axb3 Nxb3+ 44. Kb4 Nd2 45. Kc3 Nb1+ (45...
Nf1 46. Bg1 $18) 46. Kd3 Na3 47. Bc5 Nb5 48. Kc4 Nc7 49. Bd6 $16)) 35... Kf8 $4
(35... f5 $1 36. exf5 exf5 37. Kc4 Nc7 38. Kc5 Bd5 39. Bc4 Bf7 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7
41. Kc4 $14) 36. Kc4 $18 Nc7 (36... Ke7 37. Kc5 Ba4 38. Bb7 Nc7 39. Kb6 Kd7 40.
Kxa5 $18) (36... f5 37. Kc5 $18) 37. Kc5 Bd7 (37... Ba4 38. Bc4 $18) 38. Bc4
Ne8 (38... Na8 39. Bb5 $1 (39. Kd6 Ke8 40. Ba6 a4 41. Bb7 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43.
e5 (43. Bd4 Nb6 $11) (43. Bxa8 b2) 43... b2 44. Be4 Ba4 45. Bd4 Bb3 46. Bxb2
Bd5 47. Bxd5 exd5 48. f4 Nb6 49. Bd4 Nc8+ 50. Kxd5 Ne7+ 51. Ke4 $16) 39... Ke8
40. Bxd7+ Kxd7 41. Kb5 $18) 39. Kb6 a4 40. Bc5+ Kg8 41. Bxb4 1-0

