[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Akobian,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {In this game Vachier-Lagrave decided to play a slow setup without any
theory} d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Re1 ({White could have also tried the interesting} 9. Nxe5 $5 Nxc3
10. Nxc6 Nxd1 11. Nxd8 Nxb2 12. Bxb2 Bxb2 13. Rab1 Rxd8 14. Rxb2 c6 15. Re1 {
with about equal position.}) 9... Nde7 10. a4 h6 11. a5 a6 {very important to
stop white from playing a6} 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bc5 Rb8 15. Ne4 b6 $1 {
Diagram [#] Black is removing the Bishop from active c5 square.} 16. axb6 cxb6
17. Ba3 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd1 ({White could of tried} 19. Nd6 Re6 20. Nxc8
Rxc8 21. Rac1 h5 $1 22. Bb4 a5 23. Bc3 Nb5 {and black is slightly better.})
19... Bb7 20. c3 (20. Nd6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Re6 22. c3 Nc6 $15) 20... Nb5 21. Qb3 {
Active move by white I believe this is the right way to play otherwise black
might be slightly better.} Qd7 (21... Nxa3 22. Qxa3 a5 23. Qb3 Qc7 $15) (21...
Qxd3 $4 22. Rad1 {and black queen is in trouble.}) 22. Re3 Kh7 23. Rae1 f5 24.
Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Re6 26. Nf3 Rbe8 27. Kg1 e4 $6 {Topalov is slightly better
but here he rushed to break thru. Better is to build up.]} (27... a5 28. d4 e4
29. Nh4 Nxa3 30. Qxa3 h5 31. Ng2 Bh6 {black is slightly better}) 28. dxe4 Rxe4
29. Rxe4 Rxe4 (29... fxe4 30. Nh4 (30. Rd1 $4 exf3 31. Rxd7 Re1#) 30... Nxa3
31. Qxa3 Qd2 32. Ng2 e3 33. fxe3 Rf8 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ {
with a draw}) 30. Rd1 Qe8 (30... Qb7 31. c4 (31. Rd8) 31... Nxa3 32. bxa3 Qc6)
31. Qd5 $1 {Diagram [#] Activating the Queen} Nxa3 32. bxa3 Qe7 33. h4 Qc5 34.
h5 Qxd5 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxd5 Bxc3 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Rxb6 Ra4 39. Rxh6 Rxa3
40. Nh4 Ra5 41. Rc6 {Very solid game by both players position always remained
around equality throughout the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 29th"]
[Site "Arinsal"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Venkatesh, Marani Rajendran"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O h6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. f4 O-O {Up to this point both sides' play
has been very standard.} 12. g4 $6 {After the game my opponent told me that he
knew Vaganian played Kh1 first, but decided to try g4 anyway. Of course, White
is not really trying to attack here (although that could happen later on), but
intends to leave my bishop out of the game with f5 at some point. However, the
problem with the pawn push is that it's not flexible at all and gives Black
too much information (pawns can´t go back!)} (12. Kh1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Qe2
(14. Qe3 Qd7 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bc5 18. g4 Qe7 19. f5 h5 $1 {
Vaganian-Dominguez}) 14... a5 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 c5
19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Rc2 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Bf6 23. Rc1 Bd4 24. h4 Bxe3 25.
Qxe3 Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Rdd1 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R (2615)
-Karpov,A (2725)/Moscow 1993/EXT 1997}) 12... dxe4 {Obviously, Black must look
for counterplay in the centre, just like in the model game Vaganian-Karpov.}
13. dxe4 Qa5 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga5c5] ...Qc5 is a threat.} (13... Nc5) 14. Kh1
Rad8 15. Qg3 ({I was expecting} 15. Qe2 Qa4 16. Nb3 (16. b3 Qd4 17. Rb1 Nc5 {
and White can barely move.}) 16... Rfe8 17. Bd2 {In any case, Black can't
complain about his position after the opening.} Nb6 $5 18. Bc3 Qc4 $1) 15...
Nc5 {At this point my opponent began to think for a very long time. At first,
I didn't understand why, since Nb3 seemed so natural. But then it dawned on me
that he was looking at the tactical possibility of a3. I had seen this and
believed it to be highly suspicious, but began calculating it, just in case.}
16. a3 $2 (16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qb3 $15 {is what I expected. I
suppose Venkatesh wasn't ready to admit that he was worse already.}) 16... Rxd2
$1 17. Qe1 Rxg2 $1 18. Qxa5 Bxe4 19. Re1 b6 $1 {The cleanest.} 20. Qb4 Bd5 $1 {
A nice little move.} 21. Re5 (21. c4 Nd3 22. cxd5 Bxb4 $19) 21... Nd3 {I win
back the queen and remain a few pawns up to boot.} 22. Rxd5 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rxc2
24. Rd2 Rc4 25. b3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Golden Sands Europe op 1st"]
[Site "Golden Sands"]
[Date "2012.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The guy usually plays 1.e4 and has even beaten Taras once.} 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 (5... d5) 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O
{is what happened in the game with reverse colours.} h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. a4 a6 11.
Re1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 $13) 1... d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 $5 (3... Nd7 4.
c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Ncd7 $5 {is known.}) 4. O-O (4. c4
c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 $5 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bc5 $13 {is a
position in which Alex tried to squeeze Black.} (9... Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4
O-O 12. Be3 Qa5 $132)) 4... Nd7 5. d3 c6 (5... Bd6 6. c4 (6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. e4 O-O
8. Qe1 c6 $13) 6... dxc4 (6... Ne7 7. Nc3 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 $13) (6... Ngf6 7.
cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 c6 $11) 7. dxc4 Ngf6 {is what I was considering during the
game.}) 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. b3 (7. Qe1 Ne7) 7... Ngf6 {I like my knight to be
posted forward but} (7... Ne7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a5 10. a3 b5 $13 {is also a
legitimate line.}) 8. Bb2 O-O 9. e4 (9. c4 Qe7) 9... e5 $1 {This position is
very OK despite the tempo down.} 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 $146 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2
Qc7 13. Qf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 15. a4 a6 $13) 11... a5 12. Nf1 ({I was expecting
} 12. a3 b5) ({or} 12. a4 Nc5 13. Qc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 $36) 12... a4 13. Ne3
Bc5 $1 14. b4 $2 {He had better options.} (14. Nxg4 Nxg4 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4
Ngf6 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxd4 (18... a3 $6 19. Bc1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qb4) 19. cxd4 Nxd5 {looks OK} 20. Bxd5 $140 cxd5 21. Qb4 axb3 22.
axb3 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qc8 $17) (14. exd5 Bxe3 15. fxe3 a3 (15... cxd5) (15... e4
16. dxe4 a3 17. Bc1 Ne5 $44) 16. Bc1 cxd5 17. e4 Nc5 $40) 14... Bxe3 15. Rxe3
a3 (15... Nb6 $5 {is enough to get an advantage.}) (15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Nb6 17.
Qe2 $132) 16. Bc1 d4 17. Re2 (17. cxd4 exd4 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nfd7 $17 {
and the pin is very annoying.}) (17. Re1 dxc3 18. Qb3 Nf8 19. Qxc3 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Ne6 21. Be3 Nc7 $15) 17... dxc3 18. h3 (18. Qb3 Nf8 19. Qxc3 Ne6 20. Be3
Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nc7 $15 {and knights may be better than bishops.}) 18... Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 c5 $2 {This must have come as a big relief for my opponent.} (19... Nb6 $1
20. Rc2 Na4 21. Bxa3 (21. Be3 Qd6 $17) 21... b5 22. Be2 Nd7 $17) (19... Nf8 20.
Rc2 Ne6 21. Rxc3 Qd6 22. Rb1 Nd4 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. Bxa3 Ra8 $17) 20. Qb3 cxb4
$5 (20... Qb6 21. Be3 (21. Rb1 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 Nc5 24. Rc4 Ne6 25.
Be3 Rec8 $19) (21. b5 Nf8 22. Qxc3 Ne6 23. Bxa3 Nd4 24. Re3 Qxb5 25. Bd1 $15)
21... Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 b5 24. Rxb5 (24. Rxc3 b4 25. Rb3 Ra6 $17)
24... Reb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rc2 Rb2 27. Rxc3 Rxa2 28. Kg2 Ra1 29. Bxc5 Nxc5
30. Rxc5 Nd7 31. Rd5 a2 32. Rxd7 Rg1+ 33. Kxg1 a1=Q+ 34. Kg2 $11) 21. Qxb4 Re6
(21... Qa5 $2 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Rc2 $1 $16 {is what I missed and might have
turned out to be better for White.}) 22. Be3 (22. Qxc3 Rc6) 22... Qc7 23. Rc2
Rc6 24. Rac1 Rc8 (24... Nc5 $2 25. Qxc3 Ncxe4 26. Qb3 $18 {is a further point
which justifies White's play.}) 25. Qxa3 h5 {First I wanted to put my pawn on
h5 to cut any further possibilities of Bg4.} (25... Nf8 26. d4 (26. Qb4 Ne6 27.
a4 b6 28. Rb1 Qd7 $13) 26... exd4 27. Bxd4 Ne6 28. Be3 (28. Bxc3 $2 Nd4) (28.
Bxf6 gxf6 29. Bg4) 28... Qe5 29. Qb4 b5 $13) 26. Kg2 g6 27. Qb3 $2 $138 {
Draw offer.} (27. Qb4 Nf8 (27... h4 28. gxh4 Nf8 29. Rb1 (29. d4 $2 Rc4) 29...
Qd8 $1 $44) 28. a4 (28. d4 Rc4) 28... Ne6 29. a5 Ne8 $13 {is very messy.})
27... Nc5 $1 $138 {In mutual time trouble I had what I had wanted for a long
time in the game.} 28. Qb5 Ne6 29. Qb4 Nd7 (29... Ne8 30. Rb1 Qd8 $1 31. Be2
R8c7 32. Bb6 Nd4 $17 {looks grim for White.}) 30. Rb1 b6 $6 ({Even better is} 
30... Qd8 $142 $17) 31. Rb3 Kg7 32. Ra3 Kg8 {I just wanted to gain some time
before coming up with an important decision.} 33. Bd1 Ndf8 $1 (33... Kg7 34.
Rb3 (34. Rc1 c2)) 34. Be2 h4 $4 {This is really stupid. Somehow I had the
wrong feeling that something would have happened and I would have won the game.
} (34... Nd4 $1 {would have given me a great game.} 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Qxd4 Ne6
37. Qe3 (37. Qb4 $2 Qe5 38. f4 (38. Ra4 b5) 38... Qd4 39. Ra4 Rc4 $19) 37...
Qd7 (37... Qd8 $5) 38. Ra4 b5 39. Ra7 R8c7 40. Ra8+ (40. Rxc7 Rxc7) 40... Kg7
41. Rc1 c2 $17) 35. Bg4 $16 {I had completely forgotten about this.} hxg3 36.
fxg3 Nd7 (36... f6 37. Rb3 {wins a pawn} Ra8 38. Bxb6 Qd6 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40.
Rcxc3 Rxa2+ 41. Kf1 Nd7 42. Be3 Kf7 $16 {but Black may still show some
resilience.}) 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rb3 Qa7 $2 (38... Nc5 $2 39. Rbxc3 Rf8 40. a4 (
40. Bxc5 bxc5 41. Rxc5 $2 Qf7 $132 {all of a sudden the f-line becomes crucial.
}) 40... Ra8 41. Bxc5 bxc5 42. Rxc5 Rxc5 43. Qxc5 Qxc5 44. Rxc5 Rxa4 $18) (
38... Kf7 39. Rf2+ Kg8 {and Black hangs around.}) 39. Qe7 $1 $18 {Finishes the
game at once.} Qc7 40. h4 $1 Ra8 (40... Nc5 41. Qxc7 R8xc7 42. Rbxc3 Kg7 43. a4
Ra7 44. Bxc5 bxc5 45. Rxc5 Rxc5 46. Rxc5 Rxa4 47. Rxe5 Kf6 48. Rb5 Ra3 49. d4
Rd3 50. Rb4 g5 51. h5 g4 52. h6 Rd2+ 53. Kf1 Kg6 54. Rb6 Rxd4 55. Rxe6+ Kf7 56.
h7 Kg7 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Rh6 Kh8 59. e5 $18) 41. Rbxc3 $1 {A good move which I
had even failed to see in the time scramble.} Rxc3 $2 {Equal to resignation.} (
41... Nc5 $142 42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. Qxc7 Rxc7 44. Kf3 (44. Rxc5 Rxc5 45. Rxc5
Rxa2+ 46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Rxe5 Rxd3+ 48. Kf4 Kf7 49. Ra5 $18 {should also win.})
44... Kg7 45. Kg4 Kf6 46. Rf2+ Ke7 47. Kg5 $18) 42. Rxc3 Rxa2+ 43. Kh3 Qxc3 44.
Bh6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krysztofiak, Marcin"]
[Black "Kuraszkiewicz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. c3 Nbd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ne1 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. d4 Bd6 15.
f4 Nc7 16. Nef3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Ndf3 Ne4 20. Be3 Qa4 21. Ng4
Rff8 22. Bd4 Nb5 23. Be5 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. a4 Nbd6 27. Nd4 Bf5
28. Ne3 Bg6 29. Rad1 Rfe8 30. Bf3 Rac8 31. Kg2 Nf6 ({Better was} 31... Re7) 32.
Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Bxb7 Rb8 34. Bc6 Rxb2+ 35. Kg1 Bd3 36. Bxe8 Nxe8 37. Rf2 Rb6 38.
Nxe6 Nf6 39. a5 Ra6 40. Rfd2 Be7 41. f5 Rxa5 42. Rb2 Ne4 43. Rb7 Bf6 $2 ({
More tenacious was} 43... Bg5) 44. Rb8+ Kf7 (44... Kh7 {loses to} 45. Nf8+ Kg8
46. Ng6+ Kf7 (46... Kh7 47. Rh8#) 47. Rf8#) {[%tqu "En","White's attack needs
extra power. How to obtain it?","Try to bring the d1-rook into attack.",
"Sacrifice your knight!","e3c4","This beautiful move nicely concludes White's
combination.",5]} 45. Nxc4 $1 {[%csl Gb8,Gd1,Ge6,Rf7][%cal Ca5f5,Gd1d7,Oc4a5,
Gb8f8] This neat move decides the game at once.} Bxc4 (45... Rd5 {loses to} 46.
Nf4) 46. Rd7+ (46. Rd7+ {, and Black resigned in view of inevitable mate:} Be7
47. Rf8#) 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2004.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:49"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 {White would like to strengthen the
control of the e5-square by playing Bb2. Also 4.d4 was fully playable, but it
leads to more known lines which I wanted to avoid.} Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. Bb2 Nbd7
7. d4 e6 8. Nxd7 (8. Nd2 {was an alternative. Black can now choose between
playing} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 {or the more quiet 8...Bd6 leading back to the game
variation.}) 8... Qxd7 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. f3 {White´s plan is to carry through
e2-e4 and take central control. My first thought was to start with} (10. O-O {
but I evaluated it as too risky after the energetic} h5 $1 11. f3 h4 12. e4
hxg3 $1 {with a very strong attack for black.}) 10... c5 $1 {Correctly black
strikes back in the center before white gets time to take the command.} 11. e4
dxe4 12. Nxe4 {Unfortunately white must recapture the pawn in this way because}
(12. fxe4 {loses a pawn after} Bg4 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 {and if now 15.
Bxd4 comes Bxg3+ followed by ...Qxd4 and black is just a pawn to the good.
However it´s not totally clear after the energetically} 15. e5 $5 Bxe5 16. Nc4
{followed by 0-0-0 in the next move, but it´s hard to belive it should be
enough compensation for white.}) 12... Bxe4 13. fxe4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 {After all
exchanges white has captured the pair of bishops, but black´s pawn structure
is more solid and white has still got some problems with his king.} e5 15. Qd2
Qe7 {Black overprotects his pawn on e5 to be able to play ...Ba3 later on and
exchange the stronger white bishop on b2.} 16. O-O O-O ({To play} 16... Ba3 {
here would have been a big mistake. After} 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qg5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 {
black has no good way to defend his g7 pawn because} O-O {loses a piece after}
20. Rxf6 {and 19...Kf8 does just look too ugly.}) 17. Rf5 {White puts pressure
on the e5 pawn and stops black´s plans with ...Ba3 for the moment.} Rad8 18.
Qe2 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Bd4 {Black has managed to get his bishop forward to d4 and is
now about to swap off the important white bishop on b2. White must stop this
at all costs and is now forced to close the nice bishopdiagonal.} 20. c3 Bc5
21. Raf1 {Black is under pressure and moves like Rxf6 can soon become reality.
Therefore he chooses to retreat with the knight already now.} Ne8 22. Bc1 {
The white bishop finds a new diagonal where it can suport the forthcoming
advance of the pawns on the kingside.} f6 23. g4 Nd6 24. R5f3 Nf7 25. h4 Kh8 {
Black leaves the c4-g8 diagonal with his king, not to get exposed after a
g5-break in combination with Qc4. On the other hand he loses protection on the
f7-knight.} 26. Kh2 {A calm waiting move. White has no need to hurry and can
just prepare slowly for the comming g4-g5-break.} ({The immidiate} 26. g5 {
is possible, but after} fxg5 27. hxg5 (27. Qc4 $4 {Doesn´t work because of} g4
$1 {followed by ...Qxh4 and Black wins.}) 27... Nd6 {the worst is over for him.
}) 26... Ba3 {A surpricing move. Black sacrifaces a pawn to get through the
desired exchange of the black bishops. Th equestion is if it really was worth
the price.} 27. Bxa3 Qxa3 28. g5 Qe7 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Rxf6 Rd6 31. Qf2 Kg7 $1
({After} 31... Qxf6 32. Qxf6+ Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Kg7 34. Re6 $1 {white is winning.
Except of the extra pawn he also has the more active rook and will soon be
controlling the seventh rank.}) 32. Qg3+ {In this part of the game we were
both in timetrouble and had only a few minutes left. Therefore I decided to
repeat moves a couple of times not to make any mistakes before the 40th move.}
({An interesting alternative was} 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 (32... Nxd6 $4 {loses another
pawn for black after} 33. Qg3+ Kh8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxe5+ {and white wins.})
33. Qxa7 {White is two pawns up and has a winning position. But I got a little
scared of} b6 {and decided to play safe instead, not giving my opponent any
chances of counterplay. Most probably this would have been the objectively
best continuation.}) 32... Kh8 33. Qf2 Kg7 34. Qg3+ Kh8 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Qg4+
Kh8 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Qf5 Kg7 40. Rxd6 {Forced because if I give
another check on g4 black can claim a draw by repetition.} Nxd6 (40... Qxd6 {
was possible as well.}) 41. Qg4+ $1 (41. Qxf8+ {just makes black´s task easier.
After} Qxf8 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 {he has got good drawing chances.}) 41... Kh8 42.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. Qg5 $1 Nf7 {The only move! Black has no other good way to
protect the e5 pawn. Both in the case of ...Qe8 and...Qg7 black loses a piece
after a queencheck on f6 respective d8 and if} (43... Qf4+ 44. Qxf4 exf4 45.
Kh3 {white has an easy won endgame.}) 44. Qf6+ Kg8 (44... Qg7 {I would have
answered with} 45. Qe7 {with continuous pressure for white.}) 45. Bh3 {Be6 is
threatened forceing a won pawnendgame for white.} Qd8 $2 (45... Qg7 {was
nessesary. If white swaps off the queens, black will get the same type of play
as in the game with good drawingchanses. But instead White can play} 46. Qe6 $1
{and Black has got problems. He is in principle almost stalemated. The knight
is nailed to f7 and the king cannot move because of Qc8+ winning the b7 pawn.
The best move seems to be} Qf8 {and despite the overwhelming position of white
I havn´t been able to find any clear win.}) ({After} 45... Qd6 $2 46. Be6 $1
Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Qf2 Qxc3+ 49. Kg4 Qc7 50. Qxf7+ Qxf7 51. Bxf7+ Kxf7 52.
Kf5 {White has a won pawnendgame.}) (45... Qh6 $2 {leads to a disaster for
black after} 46. Qxh6 Nxh6 47. Be6+ Kf8 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Bd5 b6 50. c4 {and the
black knight is stuck on the edge. If it returns white will just swap it off
getting a won pawn endgame.}) 46. Qxd8+ Nxd8 47. Kg3 $2 {Here I missed a easy
win. Instead} (47. Bf1 $3 {should have been played.} Kg7 48. Bc4 {followed by
Bd5 in the next move and Black´s knight is stalemated, which in practice means
the loss of the game because White is a pawn up and Black cannot allow an
exchange of knight versus bishop.}) 47... Kg7 48. Bd7 Nf7 49. Be6 Nd6 50. Bd5
b6 51. a4 Kf6 52. Kg4 h6 53. Bc6 Kg6 54. Bd7 Kf6 55. Kf3 Kg6 56. Bg4 Ne8 57.
Ke3 Kf6 58. Kd3 Ke7 59. Bh5 Nc7 60. Kc4 Kd6 {Black has now achieved an
impenetrable blockade and the position is most probably drawn, but there is
still possible to go wrong.} 61. b4 Kc6 62. Bf7 Kd6 63. Kd3 Ke7 64. Bg6 Kf6 65.
Bf5 Ke7 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. Kf3 Ke7 $2 {Black continues with passive defence, but
it involves too big risks for him as the game will show. Instead he should
have transfered his knight to d6 where it will have better future prospects
than on c7. It is very hard to find any good continuation for White then, so
Black should keep the draw.} 68. Kg4 Kf6 69. Bd7 Kg6 70. Bf5+ Kf6 71. Kh5 Kg7
72. Bd7 Kh7 73. b5 {White has now succeded locking the Black knight in, who
has only two squares to move between, a8 and c7.} Kg7 74. c4 Kh7 (74... Na8 {
was interesting. The idéa is that Baclk´s king should be one step closer when
White breaks with his pawns on the queenside.}) 75. Bf5+ Kg7 76. Bd7 Kh7 {
White has now obtained the startingposition to a little combination that not
nessesarily leads to a win, but it will be required exact defence from the
Black side.} 77. c5 $1 {White´s only chance to win is to sacrifice a pawn to
create a passed pawn on the queenside.} (77. a5 {was also interesting, b ut
usually it is an advantage to have a distant passed pawn if possible.}) 77...
bxc5 ({After} 77... Kg7 $4 {there will follow} 78. cxb6 axb6 79. Kg4 $1 {
White leaves the exposed position of his king on h5, notice a knightcheck on
f6 would give checkmate!} ({If} 79. Bc8 $2 {there will follow} Ne8 {
threatening mate on f6.}) 79... Kf6 80. Bc8 $3 {The bishop keeps the important
a6-square and Black has no way to stop the White b-pawn.} Na8 ({On} 80... Ke7
81. Kh5 {is comming, winning the h6-pawn.}) (80... Ne8 81. a5 bxa5 82. b6 Nd6
83. b7 {is winning as well.}) 81. h5 Nc7 82. a5 bxa5 83. b6 {and the b-pawn
will soon become a Queen.}) 78. a5 Kg7 $2 ({Instead Black should have played} 
78... c4 79. b6 axb6 80. axb6 Na6 {leading to the game after} 81. Ba4 ({
In case of} 81. Bb5 $2 c3 $1 82. Bxa6 (82. Bd3 Nc5 83. Bc2 Nd7 $3 {White
cannot protect both his b-pawn and the matethreat on f6.}) 82... c2 83. b7 c1=Q
84. b8=Q Qd1+ 85. Be2 Qxe2#) 81... Kg7 82. b7 {but now Black ha avoided the
possibility of 81.Bb5 that was in the game.}) ({Even here} 78... Na8 {is
possible. Black protects against b5-b6 and 79.Bc6 can be answered with ...c4!
forcing White to return with his bishop stoping the Black pawn. But instead
White can play} 79. Be6 $1 {with the idea of Bd5 followed by b6.}) 79. b6 axb6
80. axb6 Na6 81. Ba4 $2 ({It was better to play} 81. Bb5 $1 {stopping the
advance of Black´s c-pawn.} Nb8 82. Kg4 {The White king is going to c4!} Kg6 {
Forced. After} (82... Kf6 83. Kf3 Ke7 84. Ke3 Kd6 (84... Nd7 85. b7 Nb8 86. Kd3
Kd6 87. Kc4 Kc7 88. Kxc5 Kxb7 89. Kd6 Kb6 90. Be8 {and White wins.}) 85. Kd3
Nc6 86. b7 Nb4+ 87. Kc4 Kc7 88. Kxc5 {White is winning even though Black still
can fight on for a while.}) 83. Kf3 Kh5 $1 84. Kg3 $1 Kg6 85. Kg4 Kf6 86. Kf3
Kg6 {följer} 87. Be8+ $1 Kf6 88. Ke3 Ke7 89. Bb5 Kd6 90. Kd3 {and White is
winning.}) 81... c4 82. b7 c3 83. Bd1 $1 {From here the bishop also keeps an
eey on the h5-square not letting the Black king enter on the White kingside.}
Nb8 84. Kg4 Kf6 (84... Kg6 $2 {loses time after} 85. Kf3 Kh5 86. Kg3+ $1 Kg6
87. Kf2 {Now the only chance for Black is to try} Nd7 88. Ke3 c2 89. Bxc2 Kh5 {
but White is winning after} 90. Ba4 Nb8 91. Kd3 Kxh4 92. Kc4 h5 93. Bd1 Kg5 94.
Kd5 h4 95. Kxe5 h3 96. Bf3) 85. Kf3 Ke7 86. Ke3 Kd6 87. Kd3 ({After} 87. Bb3
Kc7 88. Bd5 Nd7 89. Kd3 Nf8 90. Kxc3 Ng6 91. h5 Nf4 {Black is fine.}) 87... Kc7
88. Kxc3 Kxb7 89. Kc4 Kc6 $4 {A seemingly natural move. Black prevents the
White king to enter d5, but his knight on b8 will now be out of squares
leading to the loss of the game.} ({Instead} 89... Nd7 {was nessesary and after
} 90. Kd5 Kc7 91. Be2 $1 Kd8 92. Bb5 Nf6+ 93. Kxe5 Nxe4 $1 94. Kxe4 Ke7 95. Kf5
Kf7 {the Black king reaches the corner in time with a theoretical drawn
position.}) 90. Ba4+ $1 Kd6 91. Bb5 h5 (91... Nc6 92. Bxc6 Kxc6 93. h5 $1 Kd6
94. Kb5 Ke6 95. Kc6 Kf6 96. Kd6 Kg5 97. Kxe5 Kxh5 98. Kf5 $1 {and White wins.})
({The best chance for Black was} 91... Kc7 92. Kc5 Kb7 93. Kd6 Kb6 94. Be8 Na6
95. Kxe5 {but this is lost as well. Black is too many tempi away from having a
realistic chance to get his king to the h8-corner.}) 92. Kb4 Kc7 93. Kc5 Kb7
94. Kd6 Kb6 95. Be8 Na6 96. Bxh5 Nc5 97. Bg6 Nd3 98. h5 Nf4 1-0

[Event "Zadar op-A"]
[Site "Zadar"]
[Date "2015.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5 7. c4 dxc4 8. dxc4
Ngf6 9. Nh4 Bc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. c5 Bg6 15.
e4 b5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Be3 b5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 Bxf5 20. exf5 e4 21. b3 {
In der jetzt erreichten Stellung hat Schwarz drei Bauern, die zur Schwäche
neigen (b4, c6, e4), während es beim Weißen nur zwei sind (a2, f5).
Außerdem käme Weiß eine weitere Öffnung der Stellung natürlich entgegen,
da er über das Läuferpaar verfügt. Letztlich kommt es genau so: Alle
genannten Bauern verschwinden vom Brett und der weiße Lg2 erwacht zum Leben.
Schwarz hätte zunächst den Be4 sorgfältig decken müssen.} Nd5 (21... Qe5 {
Wäre ein guter Zug gewesen: Schwarz kassiert den Bf5 sofort ein und gibt im
Gegenzug den Bc6 auf. Mit Zügen wie Te8 und Le7 kann er die verbleibenden
Bauern b4 und e4 danach zunächst stärken, bevor er dann evtl. sogar von
seinem Raumvorteil profitieren könnte. Im Gegensatz zur Partiefortsetzung
hätte Schwarz hier den Vorteil, das Feld c5 nicht für den weißen Springer
freizugeben.}) 22. Bd4 N7f6 (22... e3 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Bxe3 Qe5 25. Qd3 {
hätte es Schwarz zwar gestattet, sich von der Schwäche e4 zu befreien, doch
wäre er auch hier mit einem Minusbauern zurückgeblieben.}) 23. Re1 {Weiß
greift jetzt mit allen seinen Kräften den Be4 an. Es war zu diesem Zeitpunkt
schwer zu sehen, wie schnell dies zum Erfolg führen würde.} Qc8 24. Rc1 Qxf5
25. Rxc6 h5 26. Qc2 Re8 27. Rc4 Rb8 28. Nc5 Bb6 29. Nxe4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Kh8 31.
Qd2 Nc3 32. Nxc3 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 bxc3 34. Qxc3 Qb1+ 35. Bf1 Qxa2 {Diese
Stellung ist natürlich für Weiß glatt gewonnen.} 36. b4 Qa7 37. b5 Re8 38.
Rb4 Qb8 39. Bg2 Rc8 40. Rc4 Rd8 41. Qb3 Qb6 42. Rc6 Qa5 43. Rc1 Qb6 44. Qb4 Kg8
45. Bf1 h4 46. Qxh4 Qa5 47. Qc4 Re8 48. Qc7 Qd2 49. Qc2 Qa5 50. Qb3 Ne4 51. Qe3
Nf6 52. Qc3 Qd8 53. Bg2 Qd6 54. Qc6 Qa3 55. b6 Re6 56. Qc8+ Re8 57. b7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 $5 ({
In der absoluten Weltspitze wurde hier bislang vorsichtiger zu Werke gegangen.
} 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11. Nh4 a5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Kh1
Rfe8 14. Nb3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Red8 17. Qc3 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfd1
b6 20. Bf3 Nf8 21. Kg2 Ne6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxg5 25. Qe3 Nxf3
26. Qxf3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe2 g6 29. c3 Qd6 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nb3 bxa4 32.
Nxa5 Qc5 33. Nc4 Qb5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke1 Nd7 36. f3 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qb5 38. Ke1 Qc5
39. Kf1 Nb6 40. Na3 Qd6 41. Ke1 Qc5 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Kg5 45.
Kd3 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Nb1 e4+ 48. fxe4 fxe4+ 49. Kd4 e3 50. Kxe3 Nc4+ 51.
Ke2 Nxb2 52. Na3 Kf5 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Kc2 Nd3 55. Nc4 Nc5 56. Kb2 Kf3 57. Ne5+
Kxg3 58. Nxc6 Kf4 59. Ka3 Ne4 60. c4 Nd6 61. Na5 Nxc4+ 62. Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 (62)
Giri,A (2784)-So,W (2775) Doha 2015}) 7... Bg6 8. Nh4 $5 {Diagramm [#] Das
lässt das Pendel bereits ganz unmerklich zur schwarzen Seite ausschlagen.
Egal, ob Weiß dem Gegner durch das Schlagen auf g6 die h-Linie öffnet oder
ob er (nach Sf5) mit dem g-Bauern zurückschlagen muss: In einer praktischen
Partie bedeutet beides eine bedenkliche Schwächung der Königssicherheit.} e5
9. e3 $5 {Schließt ohne Not den Lc1 ein.} Bd6 10. c4 dxc4 $1 {In diesem
Stellungstyp immer gut, wenn Weiß mit dem Bauern zurücknehmen muss.
Anschließend kann der Anziehende e5-e4 (was auch noch den Lg2 lahmlegen
würde) nur unter Inkaufnahme weiterer Schwächungen verhindern.} 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. dxc4 Qe7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nc3 {Diagramm [#]} O-O-O (14... Qxg5 $4 15. Ne4)
15. Ne4 Bc7 16. Qa4 f5 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. b4 (18. Qxa7 $2 f5 19. Nc3 e4 $17)
18... Kb8 19. Ba3 f5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 {Diagramm [#] Der weiße Läufer
bleibt auch auf a3 ohne Wirkung!} e4 22. Rab1 Ka8 23. Rb3 Bb8 (23... Qe5 $1 24.
Re1 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Ng3+ 26. fxg3 Rd2 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Qxg2+ {wäre noch
zwingender gewesen.}) 24. Bb2 Rhf8 25. Qb4 Rd7 26. f4 g5 27. Be5 gxf4 28. Bxb8
Kxb8 29. exf4 Rg8 30. Kh2 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O {Diagramm [#] Schwarz hat alle seine Figuren
auf gute Felder gestellt und kann sehr zufrieden sein. Unglaublich ist aber,
wie lange der weiße Lc1 jetzt auf seinem Ausgangsfeld verbleibt, was
irgendwie sinnbildlich für den gesamten Partieverlauf ist.} 11. Nh4 Re8 12. a4
Bf8 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. Nf5 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Na5 Rc8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe2 a6 19.
Nb3 Na4 20. c3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Nd7 22. Ne3 Ndb6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 f5 25. gxf5
Bxf5 26. Nd2 e4 27. Nf1 $2 (27. Nxe4 Nc5 28. f3 $11) 27... Bd6 28. Ne3 Bg6 29.
h4 $2 {Diagramm [#] Weiß sollte seinen König besser nicht weiter entblößen,
sondern ihn vielmehr schützen.} (29. Nf1 $1) 29... Qf7 30. Bh3 Bh5 31. Bg4 {
Diagramm [#]} Re5 $5 (31... Qf4 $1 32. Kf1 Qh2 33. Ke1 Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Rf8 $19)
32. Bxh5 Rxh5 33. Qg4 Re8 34. Ng2 (34. Nc2 Rf5 {macht es auch nicht wirklich
besser.}) 34... Rf5 35. Be3 {Jetzt macht diese Figur doch noch ihren ersten
Zug.} h5 36. Qe2 Rf3 {Diagramm [#] Es gelingt Weiß in der Folge nicht mehr,
am Königsflügel alles zusammenzuhalten.} 37. Rxa4 bxa4 38. Qxa6 Qf6 39. Qxa4
Qe5 40. Kf1 Ref8 41. Qd7 Qh2 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Rd2 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qxg2 45. Qxd6
Rxf2+ 46. Kd1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch13"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1958.02.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Bilek,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1958.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bf4
Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nd3 c5 13. Nb2 $2 (13. Nxc5 Bxc5
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qb5) 13... Nb6 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. a4 $2 Be4 $1 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Qc2 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Be5 Qc6 21. Kf2 Rac8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. d5
Qa6 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 f4 $1 26. gxf4 Qh6 27. Kg2 exf4 28. d6 Bxd6 29. Qxb7 Kh8
$1 30. Bg1 Rb8 31. Qd5 Rxb2 32. Qxd6 exf3+ 33. Kxf3 Qh3+ 34. Kxf4 Rf8+ 35.
Qxf8+ Nxf8 36. Re1 Ng6+ 37. Ke4 Qg4+ 38. Kd5 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Bok,B"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This game was played in the 15th round of the 2017-18 Schachbundesliga.
Before the round my team SG Solingen and Baden-Baden were sharing the lead
with 25/28 match points. It was clear that we had to win this match and if
Baden-Baden also won, a tiebreak match for the title would await us.} 1. Nf3 d5
2. g3 {Andreas decided to go for the quiet Reti since this was game was played
at 10 AM and there was not a lot of time to prepare.} c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5
5. c4 {One of the subtle move orders White has against the ...Bg4 system.} e6
6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 {Generally I don't like to give up the
bishop pair but here it was difficult to find a convenient way to deal with
the threat to the b7-pawn.} ({The endgame after} 8... Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. d3
$14 {looks quite unpleasant.}) ({While after} 8... Qc7 {Black's queen is a bit
misplaced and White can develop some initiative, for example:} 9. d3 Nc6 10.
Bf4) 9. Bxf3 Qd7 10. d4 Nc6 11. e3 ({Perhaps it was better to play} 11. Qd3 {
since the queen is not ideally placed and ...Na5 can always be annoying.
Nevertheless, Black is very solid and his position should be fine.} Nf6 12. Nc3
O-O $11) 11... Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd2 $6 {Now I have the opportunity to
activate my knight with the gain of tempo.} Na5 14. Qc2 (14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Nxa4
Nc4 16. Bc3 Rfc8 $11 {is also be fine for Black.}) 14... Nc4 15. Bc1 Rac8 16.
b3 Bb4 {There is nothing wrong with this move,} ({but it was also possible to
continue quietly with} 16... Nd6 17. Qd3 Rc6 18. Bb2 Rfc8 {and the activity of
Black's pieces compensates for White's bishop pair.}) 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bd2
Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qc6 (20... Rxc3 {should also be fine, but I found
it difficult to evaluate the resulting positions and thought White's rooks
should guarantee him no risk.} 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 g6 $11) 21. Rab1 b5 ({
Of course not} 21... Rxc3 $2 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxb7 {when I
first would have to create some space for my king} g6 {and White would gobble
up the a7-pawn.} 25. Rxa7 $16) 22. Qb2 ({The point of 21...b5 is that White
cannot protect his bishop on c3 since} 22. Rb3 $2 {runs into} b4 $17) 22...
Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxb5 (24. Qxc3 {is also fine for Black.} Rxc3 25. Rxb5
Kf8 26. Ra5 (26. Rb8+ Ne8) 26... Rc7 $11) 24... g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Qa6 Qc2 27.
Re1 {I could have played on here with a move like 27...Rc7, but I did not
really see how to be better. Besides the team was already leading by this
point. We went on to win this match 5.5-2.5 and on the 24th of May a tiebreak
match against Baden-Baden awaits us!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz op 28th"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Vatter, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qb3 d4 10. Nc4 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Bb4 Be6
15. Qd1 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Nc6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Be1 Nd8 19. h4 Rc6 20. Bh3 Qb6 21.
b4 Qc7 22. f4 b5 23. Bd2 a6 24. f5 Qe7 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Ra7 27. Qc8 f6 28.
Rc1 Bf8 29. g4 gxf5 30. gxf5 Qd6 31. Kf2 Rg7 32. Bf1 Kh8 33. Be2 Rg8 34. Bd1
Rg7 35. Bb3 Ra7 36. h5 h6 37. Bd5 Kh7 38. Qc2 Rg7 39. a4 Qd7 40. Qc8 Qe8 41.
Rh1 bxa4 42. Qxa6 {[#]} Qe7 $6 (42... Be7) 43. Qxa4 Nf7 44. b5 Ng5 45. b6 Qc5
46. b7 Bd6 47. Ke2 Qb6 48. Qc6 Qb2 $2 (48... Qxc6 49. Bxc6 Nf7 $16) 49. Qxd6
Nh3 50. Qb4 (50. b8=Q $2 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Ng5+ 52. Kxg2 Qxd2+ 53. Kf1 Qd1+ $10)
50... Nf4+ 51. Kd1 (51. Kf3 $142) 51... Qa1+ 52. Kc2 Rc7+ 53. Kb3 Qxh1 54. b8=Q
$6 (54. Bg8+ $1 Kg7 55. b8=Q Qb1+ 56. Ka4 Qc2+ 57. Bb3 $18) 54... Nxd5 55.
Qxc7+ Nxc7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qxc7+ Kg8 59. Qd8+ Kg7 60. Qe7+ Kg8
61. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Black "Condie, Mark L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 (5. O-O) 5... e6 (5... Nbd7 6.
O-O e5) 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2 a5 9. a4 Nbd7 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne5 (11. b4
axb4 12. cxb4 Na6 13. b5 Nb4 $17) 11... Bh5 12. Re1 Qb6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4
Ncd7 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rfe8 17. Qd3 Ng4 18. Nd7 Qc7 19. Qb5 Red8 20. Nc5
b6 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Nd3 Bg6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Nf4 Nf6 25. c4 Be4 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. d5 exd5 28. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. e4 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2
Ne7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. a4 Be5 12. d4 dxe4 13. dxe5 exf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Ng6 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Na3 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qe2 b4 21. Nc4
Ne7 22. Ra2 Nb8 23. Nd6 Nbc6 24. Qf3 Ng6 25. Nc4 Rd5 26. h4 Rad8 27. Qe2 h6 28.
Raa1 Nge7 29. Rad1 Nf5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qe4 Qd8 32. Kg2 Na7 33. Ra1 Qc7 34. c3
bxc3 35. Bxc3 Nc6 36. Kh3 Qd8 37. Ra2 h5 38. Rd2 g6 39. Qe1 Ncd4 40. Bxd4 Nxd4
$15 41. Qd1 $2 {Tappt in die Falle.} Nxb3 $1 42. Rxd5 Qxd5 43. Qxd5 (43. Qxb3
$4 Qh1#) 43... exd5 44. Nb6 d4 45. Kg2 Nd2 46. f3 Nb1 47. Kf2 Nc3 48. Nc4 a4
49. Na3 Kf8 50. Ke1 Ke7 51. Nc2 d3 52. Na3 Ne2 53. g4 Ke6 54. Kd2 Nf4 55. Ke3
Kxe5 56. Nc4+ Ke6 57. Kd2 g5 58. gxh5 gxh4 59. h6 h3 60. h7 Ng6 0-1

[Event "WchT (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2013.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Foisor, Cristina Adela B"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 {Die Läuferentwicklung in Verbindung mit dem
Aufbau mit d5 und c6 gilt als besonders solide gegen den Königsindischen
Angriff.} ({Gut ist auch} 3... Bf5) 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 (5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7.
h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bd6 11. f4 Ng8 12. Qe1 Ne7 13. e4 dxe4 14.
f5 exf5 15. gxf5 Bh5 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qg3 O-O-O 20.
Be5 Ne8 21. Qf2 f6 22. Bg3 Qd4 23. Rae1 Qxf2+ 24. Bxf2 Rd7 25. Bxa7 Nd6 26. Bc5
Kc7 27. Rf4 Ndc8 28. a4 b6 29. Bf2 Re8 30. Rfe4 Kd8 31. Rc4 Rc7 32. b4 Bf7 33.
Rd4+ Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. c4 b5 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. axb5 Bd5 38. b6 Bxg2 39.
Kxg2 Nd6 40. Bc5 Rb8 41. Ra1 Nec8 42. Ra6 Rb7 43. Nf3 Nxf5 44. Nd2 Nfe7 45. Ra7
Nxa7 46. bxa7 Rxa7 47. Bxa7 Nd5 48. Bc5 Nf4+ 49. Kf3 Nxd3 50. Ke4 Ne5 51. b5
Nf7 52. Kd5 Ng5 53. b6 {1-0 (53) Nakamura,H (2760)-Morozevich,A (2748) Beijing
2012}) 5... Nd7 6. h3 ({Häufiger sieht man gleich} 6. O-O {z.B.:} Bd6 7. e4
Ne7 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 a5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qc2 c5 14. exd5
exd5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Be3 c4 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18. b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Be7
21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Nh4 Qd7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Rfc8 26. Nf5 Bg6
27. Be4 Rc7 28. Nd6 Na7 29. Rb3 Be7 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Ne3 b5 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33.
Reb1 b4 34. c4 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Re7 37. Rbd3 Re4 38. c5 Nb8 39. Ng5 Re7
40. d5 Re5 41. Nf3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Bxc5 43. Ne5 Re8 44. Nc4 Nd7 45. Nxa5 Ra8 46.
Nb3 Rxa4 47. Nxc5 Nxc5 48. Rd4 Kf8 49. Rc4 Nd7 50. d6 f6 51. Rc7 Ke8 52. Rd4
Ra1+ 53. Kf2 b3 54. Rb7 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 b2 56. Kd1 Ne5 57. Kc2 Nc6 58. Rh4 {
1-0 (58) Nakamura,H (2760)-Fressinet,L (2700) Beijing 2012}) 6... Bh5 7. a4 {
Der Zug verleiht der Partie eine eigenständige Note.} ({Üblich ist} 7. O-O)
7... Bd6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qe1 {Weiß bereitet e4 vor.} O-O 10. e4 Qc7 11. Nd4 {
Diesen Zug hat man in ähnlicher Stellung schon gesehen.} (11. d4 f6 12. b3
Rae8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. c3 Bd6 15. Rc1 e5 16. c4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qd7 19.
Rfe1 Bg6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf3 Nb4 22. Re3 Be5 23. Nc4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25.
Rd1 Ncd3 26. Rdxd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd7 b5
31. axb5 cxb5 32. Nd6 Rd4 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nf5+ Kf7 35. Nxd4 a6 36. Nc6 Ke6
37. Kg2 {0-1 (37) McNab,C (2390)-Motwani,P (2470) Blackpool 1990}) 11... Rae8
12. N2b3 Bg6 13. Bd2 e5 14. Ne2 {Die weißen Springer stehen sich selbts im
Weg herum.} f5 {Schwarz ist gut entwickelt und geht schon zum Angriff über.}
15. exd5 Nxd5 ({Weniger gut wäre} 15... cxd5 {wegen} 16. Nc3) 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17.
Bxc3 f4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qc4+ Kh8 {Für Schwarz kommt schon f4-f3
und Dd7-h3 in Sicht.} 21. Nd2 ({Oder} 21. Kg2 e4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. dxe4 fxg3 ({
Nicht schlecht ist auch} 23... f3+ 24. Kh2 Qc8 25. Rfd1 Rh6 26. Qf1 Rxe4 27.
Rd4 Re5 $17) 24. fxg3 Bxg3 {und es wird luftig um den weißen König.}) 21...
Qd7 22. Kh2 (22. g4 Nxg4) 22... b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Qb3 b4 {Nachdem der
weiße Königsflügel eigentlich nur noch auf den Gnadenstoß wartet, macht
Gunina nun am Damenflügel ein neues Fass auf.} ({Logisch war} 24... e4 {
zum Beispiel} 25. Bxf6 (25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Rxe4 $19) (25. Rae1 fxg3+ 26.
fxg3 e3 $19) 25... Rxf6 26. Nxe4 fxg3+ 27. fxg3 Rh6 28. h4 $6 (28. Nf2 Bxg3+
$19) 28... Rxh4+ 29. Kg2 Qh3+ $19) 25. Bxb4 Rb8 26. c3 a5 27. Rxa5 fxg3+ 28.
fxg3 e4 29. Qc4 ({Besser war} 29. Qc2 Bxb4 30. cxb4 exd3 31. Qc3 {und die
Geschichte dieser Partie ist noch lange nicht zu Ende.}) 29... Rfc8 ({Besser
war} 29... e3 30. Nf3 Rbc8 $17) 30. Bxd6 ({Mit} 30. Rxf6 $5 {könnte man auch
noch etwas Verwirrung stiften} gxf6 (30... Rxc4 $2 31. Rxd6 Qf7 32. Nxc4 Qf2+
33. Kh1 Qf1+ {Schwarz muss Dauerschach geben.}) 31. Qxe4 {aber} Bxb4 32. cxb4
Rc2 33. Qf4 Rf8 34. Rc5 Rxb2 35. Rc4 Qxd3 36. Rd4 Qe2+ 37. Kh1 Qe5 $19) 30...
Qxd6 ({Nicht} 30... Rxc4 31. Nxc4 {mit unklarer Situation.}) (30... Rxb2 $5)
31. Ra6 Qd8 32. Qf7 {Weiß hat jetzt doch noch Gegenspiel bekommen. Es droht
Ta7 und nach Damentausch ist das Endspiel für Weiß besser.} Rc7 33. Qa2 $2 {
Wirft die Partie weg.} (33. Qe6 {hätte Schwarz in Verlgenheit gebracht. Es
droht dann Td6 und Weiß hat alles unter Kontrolle.}) 33... Qxd3 34. b4 e3 35.
Ra8 Rcc8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Qa7 Qxd2+ 38. Kg1 Re8 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. cxd4 Nd5 41.
b5 Nb4 0-1

[Event "WchT (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2013.03.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.03.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 ({Beliebter ist der Aufbau mit} 4...
Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7) 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Ne7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qe1
e5 11. e4 Re8 12. Nh4 f6 (12... Qc7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nhxf3 Rad8 15. Kg2 {
1/2-1/2 (15) Sakaev,K (2648)-Ivanov,S (2538) Vrnjacka Banja 1999}) 13. f4 Qc7
14. g4 Bf7 15. f5 {Weiß hat jetzt eigentlich mit vertauschten eine für die
Königsindische Verteidigung sehr typische Angriffstellung erreicht. Im
Unterschied zum Königsinder ist das Zentrum hier aber nicht abgeschlossen und
das sollte Schwarz auch weiter vermeiden.} h6 16. Nhf3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. h4
{Weiß strebt g4-g5 an, da ja auch der e5 hängt, falls der f-Bauer auf g5 nimmt.
} Be3 19. g5 Bh5 (19... hxg5 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 dxe4 23. Nxe4
Nd5 {ist allerdings durchaus spielbar.} 24. Bb2 Bd4 25. Bxd4 $11) 20. gxf6 (20.
gxh6 Bxh6 {gefiel nicht.}) 20... gxf6 21. Ng1 Kh7 22. Bc1 Bd4 23. Rb1 dxe4 24.
dxe4 Ng8 {Das ist recht passiv.} (24... Qa5 $5) (24... Bc3 $5) 25. Ne2 Bc5 26.
Nc4 Qc7 27. b4 Bf8 28. a3 Bf7 29. Ne3 {Weiß hat die schwarzen Kräfte
zurückgeschlagen und die Initiative übernommen.} a5 30. Rg1 axb4 31. axb4 Re7
32. Bf3 Be8 33. Ng3 Rg7 34. Bh5 {Das Feld h5 soll für den Springer frei
gekämpft werden. Den Plan hatte Weiß schon mit 21. Sg1 eingeleitet.} Qd8 35.
Bd2 Qe7 36. Qe2 b5 37. Rg2 Nb6 38. Rbg1 Ra7 $2 ({Nötig war} 38... Kh8 {Warum
der König auf h8 stehen muss, statt auf h7, erhellt sich aus der
Schlussanmerkung.} 39. Bxe8 Qxe8 40. Nh5 Rxg2 41. Qxg2 Qf7 {mit weißem Vorteil.
}) 39. Bxe8 ({Oder} 39. Bg6+ Kh8 40. Nh5 $18) 39... Qxe8 40. Nh5 {Angekommen!}
Rxg2 41. Qxg2 ({Die hübsche Pointe ist} 41. Qxg2 Qf7 42. Qxg8+ Qxg8 43. Nxf6+
Kh8 44. Rxg8#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden TU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 {Aronians Zug,
zuletzt im Kandidatenturnier gespielt.} 7. e4 a4 8. Re1 (8. a3 c5 9. Re1 Nc6
10. h4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 b5 13. Ng5 Ra6 14. Qh5 h6 15. Nf3 f5 16. Re1
Bd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Rb1 f4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4
Qxf4 23. Qxc5 Rf5 24. Qe3 Qxh4 25. Qg3 Qh5 26. Qc7 Qf7 27. Qb7 Rd6 28. Qb8+ Qf8
29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re3 Bc6 31. Rbe1 {1/2-1/2 (31) Karjakin,S (2760)-Aronian,L 
(2786) Moscow 2016}) 8... a3 9. e5 axb2 10. Bxb2 Nfd7 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. N2b3 Nbd7
13. Bc3 Ra6 14. h4 Na4 15. Bd2 c5 16. Nb5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Qe2
c4 20. f4 Nxd3 ({Wenn Schwarz erst} 20... Qb6+ {spielt, hat Weiß die
Möglichkeit d3-d4 nicht zur Verfügung.} 21. Kh2 (21. N3d4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Bxd4+
23. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Be3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 cxd3 $13 {Schwarz hat Material gewonnen,
aber Weiß steht aktiv und hat das Läuferpaar.}) 21... Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qxb5 23.
dxc4 dxc4 24. Nd4 Qd7 {mit schwarzem Mehrbauern.}) 21. cxd3 cxb3 (21... Qb6+
22. Be3 Qxb5 23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Nxa6 Qxa6 {mit dynamischem Gleichgewicht.}) 22.
axb3 Qb6+ $2 {Nun falsch wegen} ({Spielbar war} 22... Nc5 23. Rec1 Qb6) 23. d4
{Sb5 ist gedeckt, Sa4 hat kein Rückzugfeld. Schwarz verliert eine Figur. Die
Partie ist entschieden.} Nb2 24. Rxb2 Bd7 25. Nc3 Qxd4+ 26. Kh2 Rc8 27. Rc2
Rac6 28. Nb5 Qb6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. Bh3 h6 32. Bxe6+ Bxe6 33. Qxe6+
Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Kh3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 d4 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. a3
Qe7 14. Bd2 Bb6 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. e3 Ne6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Kh2 a5 {Anastasian,
A-Avrukh,B/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/1-0 (32)}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Bd2 a5
15. a3 Qe7 16. Kg2 g6 17. Rab1 a4 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Qc4 Nc5 20. Bf3 Nb3 21. Rd1
Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Qe5 23. b3 axb3 24. Rxb3 Re7 25. Rdb2 Ra7 26. h4 $2 Bxa3 27. Ra2
Bc5 28. Rxa7 Bxa7 29. Ra3 {Um uber a8 einzudringen, hat Weis einen Bauern
gegeben. Er wird feststellen, dass auf a8 nichts los ist. Der Turm lauft ins
Leere.} Bb8 30. Ra8 Kg7 31. Qb3 Bd6 32. Ra7 Qb5 33. Qa2 h5 34. Ra8 Qc5 35. Rd8
Rc7 $2 {Verliert die Grundreihe und die Kontrolle uber h8. Anastasian spielt
Reversi. Er macht die Reihe zu.} 36. Qa8 $13 Qe5 37. Rh8 Qe7 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39.
Be4 Rd7 40. Qc8 Rc7 41. Qa8 Kg7 42. Qg8+ Kf6 43. Qh7 Ke6 44. Rg8 Be5 45. Ra8
Bf6 46. Qg8 Kd7 47. Rb8 $2 (47. Rf8 $16) 47... b5 48. Rb6 Rc8 49. Rb7+ Rc7 50.
Rb8 Kd6 $2 {Gibt die Kontrolle uber e8 auf.} (50... Qe6) 51. Ra8 $2 {Nutzt es
nicht aus.} (51. Re8 $142 {'>='} Qd7 52. Qf8+ Be7 53. Qxf7 $16 {'->'}) 51...
Kd7 52. Qb8 b4 $4 {Verliert die Orientierung.} (52... Qd8 $15 {Schwarz hat
nichts zu furchten, so lange er die Grundreihe kontrolliert.}) 53. Ra4 (53.
Bxc6+ $1 Kxc6 54. Ra6+ Kd7 55. Qb5+ Kd8 56. Ra8+ Rc8 57. Qb6+ Kd7 58. Qb7+ Rc7
59. Qb5+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ $18) 53... Qd8 54. Qxb4 c5 55. Qb6 Ke7 56. Ra8 Rc8 57.
Qb7+ Rc7 58. Qa6 Qd6 59. Qb5 (59. Re8+ $1 Kd7 60. Qb5+ $18) 59... Rd7 60. Ra6
Qe5 61. Ra8 Qd6 62. Rc8 Rd8 63. Rxc5 (63. Rc6 $1 Rb8 64. Qa6 $18) 63... Kf8 64.
Rc6 Qe7 65. Qc4 Kg7 66. Rc7 Rd7 67. Rc5 Rd8 68. Bf3 Rd7 69. Rc6 Rd6 70. Rc5 Rd8
71. Qb5 Rb8 72. Qa5 Rd8 73. Qb5 Rb8 74. Qc4 Rd8 75. Rb5 Rd7 76. Qa4 Ra7 77. Qb3
Rd7 78. Rb8 Rd8 79. Rb6 Rd6 80. Rb5 Rd7 81. Qc4 Rc7 82. Qb4 Qxb4 83. Rxb4 Rd7
84. Rb5 Be7 85. Bd5 f5 86. Kf3 Rc7 87. Bc4 Bf6 88. Rb6 Rd7 89. Ra6 Be5 90. e4
fxe4+ 91. Kxe4 Bf6 92. Kf3 Be5 93. Ra5 Bf6 94. Bd5 Kh6 95. Be4 Rf7 96. Kg2 g5
97. hxg5+ Bxg5 98. Rd5 Bf6 99. f4 Ra7 100. Kf3 $16 {'|^' Schwarz ist fast
niedergeknetet, jetzt bricht er ein. Schach ist manchmal grausam.} Ra1 $4 101.
Rd7 (101. Rd7 Bg7 102. Rd6+) 1-0

[Event "ENG-ch m"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Chandler,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a3
Be6 9. b4 $6 Bf6 $1 10. Bb2 e4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. dxe4 Ne3 {Completely
overlooked by Hodgson.} 13. fxe3 Qxa1 {I've never seen Short fail to
capitalise on such an advantage. I've also never seen a middlegame comeback
like the one Julian now produces.} 14. b5 Ne5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Rad8 17. Kf2
$1 Rd7 18. Nc3 Qxc1 19. Rxc1 Rfd8 20. a4 c6 21. h3 Na5 22. e5 c5 23. g4 b6 24.
g5 Kf8 25. h4 {None of the spectators could understand this plan of pushing
the K-side pawns. Even Short, after writing down the move, was ostentatiously
analysing only on the queen's wing!} Nb3 26. Rh1 Nd2 27. h5 Nxf3 28. Bxf3 Rd2
29. h6 Rc2 30. Ne4 Ra2 31. hxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nf6 Rh8 $2 {Black could have
improved earlier, but making this rook passive is a serious error.} (32... Bf5
{Natural and correct.}) 33. Nh5+ Kf8 34. Nf4 $1 Rg8 $2 35. Rxh7 Rxa4 36. g6 {
/\ 37.Ne6 fe6 38.Rf7 Ke8 39.Bc6 Kd8 40.g7 /\ 41.Rf8} Rxg6 {A bitter concession.
} 37. Nxg6+ fxg6 38. Bc6 c4 39. e4 c3 40. Bd5 c2 $2 {Although material is
level, black is suffering in this endgame. His king is cut off on the back
rank, and the three-pawn centre is remarkably useful for white.} (40... Bxd5 $1
{Yet I cannot see a win for White.} 41. exd5 Rc4 42. d6 c2 43. d7 Rd4 44. e6
c1=Q 45. e7+ Kg8 46. e8=Q+ Kxh7) 41. Rc7 Bd7 42. Rxc2 Ke7 43. Rc7 Kd8 44. Rb7
Kc8 45. Bc6 $2 {Finding it hard to mentally adjust to playing for a win, Jules
forces the draw.} (45. Bc6 $2 $10 Bxc6 46. bxc6 Rxe4 47. Rxa7) (45. Ke3 $1 {
With this move White could have maintained very dangerous prospects.} g5 46.
Bc6 Bxc6 47. bxc6 Rc4 48. e6 Rxc6 49. e7 Re6 50. Rxa7 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O (4. d4 $5) 4... e5 $1 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 Nge7
7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne2 (8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 (9... Qxd5 10. Nxe5) 10. Re1 f6 11.
Qe2 Nxd5 (11... Qxd5 $5) 12. Nxd4 $13) 8... h6 9. c3 (9. Nh4 {Pf4/} g5) (9. Nd2
{Pf4/}) 9... dxc3 10. bxc3 g5 $5 11. Be3 (11. d4 $5 exd4 (11... g4 12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe5 15. Bf4) 12. Nfxd4 (12. cxd4 g4) 12... O-O 13.
Be3) 11... b6 12. Ne1 $2 (12. d4 $5 exd4 13. cxd4 Ba6 14. Re1 Bxe2 (14... O-O
15. Rc1) 15. Rxe2 g4 16. Nh4 Nxd4 17. Rd2 c5 18. Qxg4 $18) 12... Ng6 13. Qd2 $2
(13. d4 $5 exd4 14. cxd4 Ba6 15. Nc2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rad1
c5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qb5+ Kf8 $140 21. Qb4+) 13... Qd7 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 Ba6
16. Bf2 $6 (16. f5 Nh4 17. Bh1 O-O-O 18. Bf2 Bf6) (16. Rf2 $5 O-O-O 17. fxe5
Ngxe5 18. d4 Nc4 19. Qd3) 16... exf4 17. Rc1 (17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxc3 19.
Rc1 Be5) 17... Nce5 $19 18. Nxf4 (18. d4 Nc4 19. Qc2 O-O-O 20. Nd3 Qg4) 18...
Nc4 19. Qc2 Nxf4 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Bg3 Ne2+ (22... Ne2+ 23. Kh1
Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Bxf1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 (6... Bxf3 $5)
7. e4 e5 8. exd5 $5 cxd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 h6 $1 (10... Bc5 11. g5 (11. Nb3 $5)
11... Nh5 12. Bxd5 Bxf2+ (12... O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Ne4 $14) 13. Kxf2 Qb6+
14. Kf1 (14. Kg2 Nf4+) 14... Ng3+ 15. Kg2 Nxh1 16. Kxh1 $16) 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12.
O-O Bc5 13. d4 (13. c4 $5) 13... Bxd4 14. Nb3 Qb6 (14... Bb6 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16.
Qxd5 $16) 15. c3 Bc5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O-O 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc4 (19.
Qxe5 Nd3 20. Qxg7 (20. Qe3 Qc6 $44) 20... Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Rhf8 22. Be3 Qxe3 23.
Raf1 Qg3+ 24. Rg2 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Rd1+ 26. Ke2 Qd3+ 27. Kf2 Rf1#) 19... Qc7 20.
Be3 Nd3 21. Qxc7+ (21. Qe4 $5) 21... Kxc7 22. b3 g5 23. Rad1 Rhf8 24. f3 Nf4
25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Kf2 b5 27. h4 Rd6 28. Rfe1 g5 29. Rh1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Kc6 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rh8 34. Rd5 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rxa2 36. Rxe5 Ra1+ 37.
Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Kd3 Ra3+ 39. Kd4 Rxf3 40. Rxg5 Rg3 41. Rg8 a5 42. g5 a4 43. Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch38 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1970.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bg7 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qh4 Nf5 11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nfe7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Nd4 19. Kf1 c5 20. Rab1 b6
21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Rc8 23. Rbb1 Rdc7 24. Bd2 Nef5 25. e3 Ne6 26. Nb5 Rxc1+
27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 a6 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Ke2 Kg8 31. g4 Nd6 32. Bc6 Bf8 33.
Nd5 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Nxb6 e4 36. d4 Nd3 37. Bd2 Nb5 38. Bb7 Nb4 39. a4 Nd6
40. Ba8 a5 {time} (40... a5 41. Bxb4 axb4 42. a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-ch02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1927.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1927.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 c6 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 a5 $1 12. a3 Nc5 13. Ne5 (13. b4 Na4) 13...
Re8 14. h3 Qc7 15. f4 Rad8 16. Kh1 Nfd7 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. f5 dxe4
$1 20. fxe6 $2 (20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 exf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxe1+ 24.
Rxe1 Qxg3 25. Rg1 Qd6 $17) 20... Rxe6 $19 21. d4 (21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Rg6)
21... e3 $1 22. dxc5 (22. Nc4 Ne4 23. Kh2 Nf6 24. Qe2 Rd8 $19) 22... Rxd2 23.
Bc1 h5 $1 24. Qxh5 Rxc2 25. Qh4 Be7 26. Qh5 Bf6 27. Rxe3 (27. Rb1 Rxg2) 27...
Rxc1+ (27... Bxa1 28. Rxe6 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Rd6 Qe7 $19) 28. Rxc1 Rxe3 29.
Qg4 Rxg3 30. Re1 Bg6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qd1 Qf4 33. Qd6 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Match Bogoljubow-Euwe +3-2=5"]
[Site "Amsterdam & Den Haag"]
[Date "1928.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1928.04.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Euwe in WSZ 1928,S.135.} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7
6. Nbd2 e6 (6... e5 7. e4) 7. e4 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. b3
Bb4 {Tempoverlust. Die Feselung führt zu nichts.} (11... Qc7) (11... a5) 12.
Bb2 Nc5 (12... Bxd2 $142 13. Qxd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Qe3 $14) 13. g4 $1 Bg6
14. a3 Bxd2 {Erzwungen. Weiß bejommt nun das Läuferpaar und übernimmt die
Initiative.} 15. Nxd2 Qc7 16. Qf3 e5 {Sperrt die gefährliche Läuferdiagonale.
} 17. Qc3 Nfd7 (17... Ncd7 18. Nc4 {/\Ra1-d1.}) 18. f4 f6 19. b4 (19. f5) 19...
Na6 20. f5 Bf7 21. Bf1 {Die weiße Bauernformaton am Königsflügel gibt bald
die gelegenheit zu einem starken Angriff, welcher mit Qc3-g3 und g4-g5
eingeleitetwerden kann.Weiß verschiebt diese Aktion um einige Züge, um
vorher seine Figuren besser zu stellen.} Rfd8 22. Kg2 Nb6 23. Bc1 Na4 24. Qg3
Qd6 (24... g5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. g5 $18) 25. g5 $16 fxg5 26. Nf3 h6 27. Nxe5 b5
$2 (27... Bh5 $142) 28. Nxf7 $18 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Kxf7 30. c4 (30. h4 gxh4+ 31.
Kxh4 Rd4 32. Kg3 $18) 30... Nc7 31. h4 gxh4+ 32. Kxh4 Rd4 $2 (32... a6 $142) (
32... Rac8 $142) 33. Bf4 $18 Ne8 34. Be5 Rd2 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Bxb5 Nb6 37.
Rac1 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Nxc8 39. Bxe8+ Kxe8 40. Bxg7 Nd6 41. Be5 Nc4 42. Bf4 Rf2 43.
Kg3 Ra2 44. e5 Rxa3+ 45. Kg4 Rb3 46. f6 Rxb4 47. Kf5 Nb2 48. e6 Rxf4+ 49. Kxf4
Nd3+ 50. Kf5 Nxe1 51. f7+ Ke7 52. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qe1 (7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe4 Bxe4 (8... Nxe4 9. Nh4 $16) 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ne5
$16) (7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bh7 $1 $14 {Petrosian}) 7... O-O 8. e4 dxe4 (8... Bh7
$142) 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 (9... Be7 10. Nh4 Bh7 $2 11. Nxf6+ $18 {Bronstein}) 10. dxe4
Bh7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Na6 (12... c6 $142 {/\ Qc7, Nd7 Bronstein}) 13. a3 c6 (
13... c5 14. b5 $14 {Stahlberg}) 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. c4 Nc7 16. Qc3 (16. c5 $142) (
16. Ne5 $142) 16... Bf6 17. Ne5 (17. e5 Be7 18. Rd6 $6 Ne8 19. c5 Nxd6 $13 {
Petrosian}) 17... Rd8 18. Bf3 Ne8 (18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qe8 20. Qe3 $1 $16) 19.
Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. c5 a5 22. Bg2 axb4 23. axb4 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 $10 {
[+/= Petrosian]} 25. Qc2 Nc7 26. Bf1 Nb5 27. f4 (27. f3 $1 {Bronstein}) 27...
Kf8 28. Kf2 Bxe5 $2 (28... Kg8 $142 {/\ ...Qa8 Stahlberg}) 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bb2
Ke7 31. Bc4 Bg6 32. Ke3 Bf7 33. g4 Qc7 34. e5 $1 (34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36.
Bxg7 Qf4+ $17 {Petrosian}) 34... Qd8 35. exf6+ gxf6 36. h4 (36. Bxb5 cxb5 37.
Qc3) 36... Nc7 (36... Qg8 $5 {Petrosian}) 37. Qc3 Nd5+ 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxf6+
Ke8 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. Qg7 $16 Ke8 (41... Qb3+ 42. Bc3 Ke8 43. h5 $1 $18) 42. Bf6
(42. h5 Qh1) 42... Qb3+ 43. Bc3 Qd1 {>=} (43... h5) 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qb8 Qc1+ {
>=} (45... Qg1+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47. Kd1 Qf1+ 48. Kc2 Qe2+ 49. Bd2 Qa6 $16 {
Petrosian}) 46. Bd2 Qg1+ 47. Kd3 Qf1+ 48. Kc2 Qa6 (48... Qc4+ 49. Kb2 Qd4+ 50.
Bc3 Qf2+ 51. Ka3 e5 52. Qxb7+ Ke8 53. Qxc6+ Kf8 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qc7+ Kf8 56.
Qd8+ $18 {Petrosian}) 49. h5 $1 $18 Qa2+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qe4+ 52. Kf2 Qd4+
53. Be3 Qxb4 54. Qf8 Qb2+ 55. Kg3 Qf6 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. Bd4 Qd8 58. Qxd8+ Kxd8
59. Bg7 Kc7 60. Bxh6 b6 61. cxb6+ Kxb6 62. Kh4 1-0

[Event "PAL/CSS Freestyle fin 4th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Icy45"]
[Black "Flying Saucers"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Dagh,Nielsen"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My opponent was Auno Siikaluoma from Finland. I knew in advance that he is
currently very active in correspondence chess, and that he would probably play
some "irregular" Nf3 opening, against which it would be difficult to prepare
something concrete. I think the game can best be characterised as a nervous
affair, where first white and later black had huge winning chances, but it was
eventually a fair draw.} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:45]
} 4. O-O {In my preparation, I had looked a bit on both Bf5 and Bg4, and
decided that I would be better able to decide the further course of the game
if and when that position actually arose on the board. [%emt 0:00:11]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:02:40]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 6. Qe1 {More
commo n is 6.Nbd2. Since my opponent played a tempo, while I was in unknown
waters, I of course felt a little uneasy. [%emt 0:00:09]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:34]}
7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} dxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Be7 {[%emt 0:10:34]} (10... Bd6 11. Nh4 a5 $146 (11... O-O 12. Nf5 Bc7
{and Rybka likes} 13. Nc3) 12. Nf5 Bxb4 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. c3 Kxg7 15. cxb4 Bg6
{was "too unclear" for my taste.}) (10... Bb6 {and I felt that white would get
too easy initiative after either of the indicated moves.} 11. Na3 $146 (11.
Nbd2 $146)) 11. Bb2 $146 {[%emt 0:02:04]} (11. Nh4 O-O $5 $146 (11... Bg6))
11... a5 {[%emt 0:04:41]} (11... Qb6 12. Nxe5 {I did not like giving up the e5
center pawn and opening up the b-file for white at the same time.}) 12. bxa5 {
This turned out to be a critical moment. 12. bxa5 came as a complete surprise
for me, and usually, one should follow the sensible advice of being very
careful in such a situation. Secondly, I have tried to build up the habit of
always considering the various alternatives if the time allows it. Sometimes
one is a little tempted to just follow the immediate engine suggestion. I
replied too fast and can best explain it by "first game nerves" and the fact
that I was already down on time in a game "on my opponent's territory". [%emt
0:01:40]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (12... Bxf3 {was prudent, when after} 13. Bxf3
Qxa5 14. a4 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nc4 Qc7 {black should be OK.}) 13.
Qxa5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Rc5 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 15. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. Re1 $1 {
With the idea of Bf1-d3 and harassing black's misplaced rook on c5. I
discovered this idea also while my opponent was pondering the move. With the
back against the wall, I decided to try and take the time necessary to get my
act together instead of panicking and giving white an easy way forward. I
think I succeeded fairly well in finding perhaps the only way to achieve a
still playable position. [%emt 0:08:32]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:13:36]} 17. Bf1 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (17... O-O 18. Bb4 Rd8 19. Kg2 {and black ends up
an exchange down for pretty much nothing.}) 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nd7 {
Over the next 10-15 moves or so, both white and black has to decide between
several different continuations giving white a certain endgame edge. [%emt 0:
00:14]} 19. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (19. Kg2 $5) 19... exd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20.
Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 21. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 22. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:04:29]} (22... Rb5 23.
N1d2 Bb4 (23... Rb4 24. Nc4 Ra4 25. Nxd4 b5 26. Nf5 bxc4 27. Nxg7+ Kd7 28. Nxh5
) 24. a4 Rb6 25. g4 Bg6 26. a5 Ra6 {and there was too much harmony in white's
position for my taste.}) 23. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 24. g4
{[%emt 0:02:59]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:44]} (24... Bc5 $5 25. Ne2 Bg6) 25. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (26. Reb1 $5 Rxb1
27. Rxb1 b5 {and for example} 28. Nce2 Ra8 29. Rb2 f6 30. Rc2 Ra6 31. Nc1)
26... Rb4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} (26... Rxe2 27. Ncxe2 Ra8 28. a4) 27. Nc2 {[%emt 0:
01:59]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 28. f4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29.
Nd1 {[%emt 0:06:55]} (29. Ne3 $5 Rxe2+ 30. Nxe2 Ra8 {and for example} 31. a4 b5
32. a5 Ra6 33. Nf5 Bb4 34. Nxg7 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Bxa5 36. Kf2 c5 37. Ke3 Bf7)
29... Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Nce3 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 31.
Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rb4 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kc7 {I think black has defended quite
well for the last 10 moves or so, and his pieces are now well placed to
neutralize white's advantage of an extra pawn. [%emt 0:00:24]} 34. Nh4 {
This move came as a complete surprise, and in hindsight I cannot agree with it.
While white may still not be objectively worse, the table seems to be turned
in a practical sense. [%emt 0:00:22]} (34. Rc2) 34... Rbd4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 35.
Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 37. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. g5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} (38. h4) 38... R4d7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 39. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ra8 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} ({after} 40...
Bb4 41. d4 Ra3 42. Rc2 Bxc3 43. Rfxc3 Rxc3+ 44. Rxc3 Rxd4 {I did not believe
that black had any real winning chances.}) 41. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rda7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (42. d4 Bb4 43. Nc3 Bxc3 (43... f5 44.
exf5 gxf5 45. h4 {and white is probably close to a draw.}) 44. Rxc3 Rxa2 45.
Rxa2 Rxa2 46. gxf6 gxf6 47. e5 fxe5 48. fxe5 Rd2 49. Kf3 Rxd4 50. e6 Kc7 51. e7
Kd7 52. Rxc6 {with a draw}) 42... Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 43. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
(43. Ne2 Bb4 $17) 43... Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 44. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {
at some point over the next 10 moves, white crosses the line from a draw to a
loss. [%emt 0:00:25]} (44... Rxa2 45. f5 $11) 45. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (45.
exf5 {gives rise to some beautiful stalemate draw variations.} gxf5 46. d4 Ra3
(46... Rxa2 47. Rc5) 47. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 48. Kh4 g6 49. d5 (49. Re1 {looks OK for
white also.}) 49... c5 (49... cxd5 50. Rc6+ $1 Kxc6 {and stalemate!}) 50. Re1
c4 51. Re6+ Kc5 52. Rc6+ Kxd5 53. Rc5+ Ke4 54. Rxc4+ Kf3 55. Rc6 {and white is
close to a draw.}) 45... Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 46. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (46.
e5) 46... gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 47. Re6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (47. Re5) 47... Rc8 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 48. h4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 49. h5 {[%emt 0:
00:48]} Rxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 50. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
51. h6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (51. g6 $5 Rxf4+ 52. Kg5) 51... Rxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]}
52. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. g6 {black has an obvious
potential winning plan in sacrificing a rook for the g-pawn and rolling down
with the b- and c-pawns. I was aware of this plan, but hoped that my engine
would find it on its own if it worked, even though I was not using TBs. With
only 6 mins left on the clock, I thought I could not really investigate
various candidate moves in depth at any point. As it is, the immediate b4 is
probably winning on both move 53 and 54. [%emt 0:00:16]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (
53... b4 {and for example} 54. g7 Rg4 55. Rg6 Rxg6 56. Kxg6 Kb5 57. Rf1 b3 58.
Rxf5+ c5 59. Rf2 Rg8 60. Kh7 Rxg7+ 61. Kxg7 c4 $19) 54. Kxh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} (54... b4) 55. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b4 {But now it is too
late. [%emt 0:00:19]} 56. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 57. Rf7 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} (58... Kc5 59. g7 $11) 59. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60.
Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kb5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 62. Rb7+ {(Lag: Av=0.21s, max=1.0s) [%emt 0:00:19]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Qe1 Be7 (7...
Bh7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nb5 cxb5 13. Bxb4 Rc8
$14 {Nei,I-Furman,S/URS/1963/}) 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 f5 (13... c5 $5 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rae1 Nc7) 14. d4
c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qd3 (18. Qe3 $1) 18... Bg6 $6 (18...
g5 $5 $132) 19. Bf3 Nc7 20. Be2 Qe8 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Kg2 (22. h3 $1 {/\Kh2,Bd3})
22... Na8 23. h3 Rc6 24. Bd3 (24. Qe3 Bh5 25. g4 Bg6 26. Bd3) 24... Nb6 25. Ne2
Nc4 (25... Nd7 $5 26. c3 Nc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 $14) 26. Rad1 Rc8 27. b3 Na5 28. Be3
$2 (28. g4 Nc6 29. c3 $14) 28... Nc6 29. Nd4 $2 (29. Qf2 Bh5 30. Rc1 Nb4 31.
Nd4 $10) 29... Bh5 $19 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Nxe5 32. Qg3 Nxg4 33. Bg1 Bb4 34.
c4 Nf6 35. Rc1 Ne4 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Be3 Rf6 38. Kh2 Rg6 39. Qf2 Bg4 40. Rg1
Bd6 41. Rg2 e5 42. fxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Kg1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4
dxe4 (7... Bd6 8. h3 Bh5) 8. dxe4 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. b3 Re8
12. Bb2 Qc7 13. a3 b5 14. h3 $14 {Ivkov,B-Marovic,D/JUG/1972/}) (8... Bd6 9. b3
O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qb1 a5 12. a3 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh4 $14) 9. h3 Bh5 10. b3
(10. Qe2 {Horn,Pe} O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Qe1 b6 15. Nh4
Bc5 16. Nf5 Bg6 17. Nce3 Nf8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Ne6 20. c3 Rad8 21. Qe2 Rd7
22. Rfd1 Red8 23. Be1 {1/2-1/2 Hartoch,R-Brenninkmeijer,R/Wijk-B 1987}) (10.
Qe1 {Horn,Pe} O-O 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5 cxb5
16. Na5 Ne6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. f3 Bg6 20. Nh4 Na4 21. Nb3 Red8 22.
Nxg6 hxg6 23. c3 Nd7 24. Qc2 Ndb6 25. Rae1 Nc4 26. Bc1 a5 27. Kh1 Naxb2 28.
Bxb2 a4 29. Bc1 axb3 30. Qxb3 Nd2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Rd1 Raa2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34.
f4 exf4 35. e5 fxg3 36. e6 Qe5 37. exf7+ Kh7 38. Qb1 Rxg2 39. Kxg2 Qe2+ 40.
Kxg3 Bd6+ {0-1 King,D-Yusupov,A/BL 9495 Castrop Rauxel-Bayern [2] 1994}) 10...
O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. c4 $6 {Horn,Pe Jetzt entsteht eine Struktur, die aus dem
Reti-System mit b3 (A12) bekannt ist. Schwarz hat bei der Zugfolge ein Tempo 
(durch e7-e5) gewonnen, der Aufbau Be7 ist aber dort selten.} (12. a3 a5 13.
Qe1 Rfe8 14. Nh4 $14) 12... a5 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Ne8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 15. Bc3 {
[%cal Gb3b4]} f6 16. b4 (16. Nh4 Nc5 $132) 16... Nd6 (16... Nf8 $5 17. c5 Bf7
18. Rfc1 b6 $132) (16... axb4 {Horn,Pe} 17. axb4 Nd6 18. c5 Nb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8
20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 $10) 17. Rfc1 (17. c5 Nb5 18. Bb2 axb4 19. axb4 b6 $15)
(17. bxa5 {Horn,Pe} Bf7 18. Rfd1 (18. Rfe1) 18... Nxc4 $140 $2 (18... Bxc4 $2
19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qb3 $16) (18... b6 $5) (18... c5 $14) 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bb4
$18) (17. Rfe1 {Horn,Pe} Bf7 18. bxa5 $5 $14 (18. Bf1 {Horn,Pe} axb4 19. axb4
c5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bb4 $10) 18... Nxc4 $2 (18... Bxc4 $2 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20.
Qb3 $16) 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bb4 $18) 17... Bf7 18. Bf1 axb4 19. axb4 c5 $1 (
19... Nf8 20. c5 Nb5 21. Nc4 $14) 20. b5 Nf8 21. Nh4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qd7 (22...
Ne6 23. Ng2 (23. Nf5 {Horn,Pe} Nxf5 24. exf5 Nd4 25. Qe4 $14) 23... Nd4 24. Qb1
$132) (22... g6 $2 23. Ng2 Ne6 24. Ne3 $14) 23. Nf5 $6 (23. Kh2 $5 Ne6 24. Ng2
Nd4 25. Qd1 $10) 23... Be6 24. Nxd6 (24. g4 $6 Ng6 25. Ne3 h5 (25... Nf4 {
Horn,Pe} 26. Nd5 $13) 26. f3 Bf8 27. Nd5 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. fxg4 Qxg4+ 30.
Bg2 Nh4 $132) (24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Kh2 Bf7 26. Bd3 Ne6 $15) (24. Ne3 $2 {Horn,Pe
} Bxh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Nd5 Qd7 $17) 24... Bxd6 25. h4 Bf7 26. Kh2 Ne6 {
[%cal Re6d4]} 27. Bh3 Qe7 28. Kg2 (28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Bb2 Qf7 30. Ra4 g5 $1 $40)
28... Nd4 29. Qd1 Bc7 30. Ra7 Bb6 31. Ra4 g6 $17 32. Qa1 Kg7 (32... Ne2 $5) 33.
Nf1 Ne2 34. Bb2 (34. Ne3 Nxc3 35. Qxc3 Rd4 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 f5 $40) 34...
Qd6 35. Qb1 (35. Ne3 $2 {Horn,Pe} Qd3 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 35... Qd1 36. Qxd1 Rxd1
37. Ne3 (37. Bg4 $1 {Horn,Pe} Re1 38. Ne3 Rg1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. Ba1 $10) 37...
Rg1+ 38. Kh2 Rb1 39. Ra2 (39. Ba1 {Horn,Pe} Nd4 (39... Rb4 40. Ra8 Bxc4 41.
Nxc4 Rxc4 42. Rb8 Ba5 43. Rxb7+) 40. Bc8 $10) 39... Nd4 40. Bc8 (40. Kg2 $2
Nxb5 41. Nd5 Bxd5 42. exd5 Nd6 $17) 40... Nf3+ $1 (40... Nxb5 $2 41. Bxb7 Nd6 (
41... Nd4 {Horn,Pe} 42. Bd5 $10) 42. Bd5 $10) 41. Kg2 Nd2 {[%csl Rc4,Re4]} 42.
Bxb7 (42. Bxe5 Nxc4 $17) (42. Nd5 {Horn,Pe} Bxd5 (42... Nxc4 43. Nxb6 Nxb6 44.
Bxb7 Nc4 45. Bc3 Rxb5) 43. cxd5) 42... Nxc4 43. Nd5 Rxb2 (43... Nxb2 {Horn,Pe}
44. Ra6 Bd8 45. Ra8 Nd1 46. Rxd8 Rxb5 $19) 44. Rxb2 Bxd5 45. Rc2 Ne3+ 46. fxe3
Bxb7 47. Rd2 Bxe4+ 48. Kf2 c4 49. Rd7+ Kh6 (49... Kh6 50. Rd6 c3 51. Rxb6 c2
$19) 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 (3... e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 $10) 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nf6 6.
Bg2 dxe4 (6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7
12. a4 Rad8 13. Nb3 b6 14. Be3 $16 {Fisher,R-Ibrahimoglu/Siegen/1970/}) 7. dxe4
O-O 8. O-O Na6 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nc4
$16 {Gufeld,E-Kolarov,I/Odessa/1968/ Inf 6/224/}) 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nb3 (10. h3 $6
Nc5 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bf5 13. c3 $14) 10... Bg4 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Re1 Nac7
13. Bd2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 (15. c4 Nb6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe6 $132)
15... Rf7 $6 {/\ Qf8} 16. Qe4 Bf5 17. Qc4 Nb6 18. Qf1 (18. Qe2 Bg4) 18... Na4 (
18... Qd7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 $14) 19. Bc1 Qd7 $6 (19... Nd5 20. Ne5 Rf8 $13)
20. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nb5 22. Bf4 $1 Rd8 (22... Nxb2 $6 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. Qe2
$16) 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Nc7 25. Re5 Ne6 26. Bh6 Qd6 27. Qe2 Ng7 (27... Bg4
28. f3 Bf5 29. Re1 $16) 28. Re1 $16 Bd3 29. Qg4 Bf5 30. Qc4 $16 Qxe5 $6 (30...
e6 31. Bg5 $16) 31. Rxe5 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Bh3 33. Rxe7 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Bxf1 35. Rxf7
Kxf7 36. Kxf1 $18 Nf5 37. Be3 a6 38. Ke2 h5 39. Kd3 b5 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. h3 a5
42. Bc5 a4 43. Bf8 (43. Bf8 Kf7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Nh4 46. Bd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 9596"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Postl, Anton"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. d3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O h5 7. c4 Be7 (7...
dxc4 8. dxc4 Qb6 $14) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd4 (9. Qb3 Qb6 $14) 9... Bf6 10. N2f3 h4
11. Qe1 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 hxg3 13. fxg3 $10) 11... hxg3 12. hxg3 Qb6 13.
Nb3 (13. Be3 c5 14. Nb3 $13) 13... Ne7 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne7 $15) 14. Bd2 (
14. Be3 c5 15. d4 c4 $17) (14. e4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd8
$15) 14... O-O $10 15. Bc3 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. Qf4 $2 $17 (18.
e3 $142 $15) 18... Rxe2 19. Nh2 (19. Ne5 Nh6 $19) 19... Nh6 20. Nxg4 Nhxg4 21.
Nd4 (21. Bf3 Rxf2 $19) 21... Rxb2 22. Nf5 g6 (22... Re8 $19) 23. Ne7+ (23. Ne3
Qb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. Rae1 Kf8 $19) 23... Kf8 24. Rae1 Qb4 25. d4
$2 $19 (25. Qxb4 $142 Rxb4 26. Re2 Re8 27. Rfe1 Rd4 $19) 25... Rxf2 $1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.5"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. d4 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Ngf6 (8... Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. e4 Ne7 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bc7 {/\Ngf6}) 11.
exd5 cxd5 (11... exd5 12. Re1 dxc4 13. bxc4 $16) 12. c5 Bc7 $14) 9. c5 $1 Qxb3
10. axb3 Bc7 11. b4 b5 (11... e5 $1 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nfd7 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Nxe5 $11) (11... O-O 12. b5 e5 13. bxc6 bxc6 $14) 12. cxb6 (12. Ra6
Nb8 13. Ra2 a6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Bxf3 $1 16. Bxf3 Ra7 $13) 12... Bxb6 13.
Be3 O-O (13... Ke7 14. Na4) 14. Na4 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Bd8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. exf3 $1
Rab8 $2 ({Laut Tischbierek könnte dieser Zug die schwarze Stellung retten.} 
17... a5 $1 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bf1 $10) 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Bf1 Bxb4 20. Bf4 a5 21.
Bxb8 Nxb8 22. Nc5 Nfd7 23. Nd3 (23. Nb3 $1 $16) (23. Nxd7 $6 Nxd7 24. Bb5 Nb8
25. Rc2 e5 (25... Kf8 26. Rac1 $16) 26. dxe5 Kf8 27. Rac1 c5 $14) 23... Nb6 (
23... Be7 24. Rxa5 Bf6 $16) 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Ra7 Kf8 26. Rb7 N8d7 (26... N6d7
27. Rxb4 Ke7 28. Rb7 Kd6 29. b4 $16) 27. Bb5 cxb5 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Rxd7 Ke8
30. Rc7 Nd6 31. Rc2 Kd7 32. Kf1 h5 33. Ke2 Nc4 34. b3 Na5 35. Rb2 Kc7 36. h4 g6
37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Rb1 e5 39. dxe5+ Kxe5 40. Kd3 Kd6 41. f4 Nb7 42. Rd1 Nc5+ 43.
Kc2 Ne4 44. Ra1 Nxf2 45. Ra6+ Ke7 (45... Kc5 46. f5 gxf5 47. Rh6 Ne4 48. Rxh5
Nxg3 49. Rg5 f4 50. h5 $18 {Der weiße Bauer ist nicht aufzuhalten.}) 46. Rb6
Ne4 47. Rxb5 Kd6 48. Rxb4 Nxg3 49. Rb6+ Ke7 (49... Kc5 50. Rf6 Nf5 51. Rxf7 (
51. Rxf5 $2 gxf5 52. Kd3 (52. Kc3 d4+ 53. Kd3 Kd5 (53... f6) 54. b4 f6 55. b5
Kc5 56. b6 Kxb6 57. Kxd4 Kc6 $10) 52... Kb4 53. Kd4 Kxb3 54. Kxd5 Kc3 55. Ke5
Kd3 56. Kxf5 Ke3 57. Kg5 Ke4 (57... f6+ 58. Kxf6 Kxf4 $10) 58. f5 Ke5 59. f6
Ke6 60. Kxh5 Kxf6 61. Kh6 Kf5 62. h5 Kg4 $10) 51... Nxh4 52. Kc3 $16) 50. b4
Ne2 (50... Nf5 51. b5 Nxh4 52. Rc6 $16) 51. Kd3 Nxf4+ 52. Kd4 f6 53. b5 g5 54.
Rc6 g4 55. b6 g3 56. Ke3 g2 57. Rc1 Nh3 58. b7 1-0

[Event "BL2-Sued 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.3"]
[White "Zuse, Klaus Peter"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Heidelberg"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nd3 e6 7. Nf4 Bg4 8. f3 (
8. h3 Bf5 9. g4 Be4 $10) 8... Bf5 9. e4 Bg6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Ngf6 12. Bd2
dxe4 13. fxe4 (13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. fxe4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 e5 $1 16. dxe5 (16. Ne2
exd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5+ $1 $15) 16... Nxe5 $15) 13... e5 $1 {Ein typischer Schlag
gegen das starke weiße Zentrum.} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. a3 (15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2
Qe7 $15) 15... exd4 16. axb4 Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ge5] Sehr wichtiger Zwischenzug
nachdem der schwarze Ne5 eine dominierende Rolle in der ganzen Partie spielen
wird!} 17. Qf1 (17. Qe2 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7) 17... dxc3 18. Bxc3 {Welche
Leichtfiguren sind stärker: Das weiße Läuferpaar oder das schwarze
Springerpaar? Die Stellung hat halboffenen Charakter. Alles hängt von der
Schlüsselfigur Ne5 ab. Wenn der Nachziehende einen Springer auf dem starken e5
Feld behaupten kann, so wird der Isolani e4 gut blockiert und die Wirkung des
weißen Läuferpaars eingeschränkt.} Qe7 19. O-O-O O-O $1 {Auf dem Brett habe
ich eine unortodoxe lehrreiche Stellung bekommen. Außer den verschiedenen
Leichtfiguren haben wir auch verschiedene Rouchaden. Ich habe mit Absicht die
kurze Rouchade gemacht, weil mir war klar, daß der Anziehende dadurch viel
schwerer meinen König angreifen kann, als ich seinen. Also habe ich in meinem
Plan zwei wichtige Bausteine: 1. Eine Figur auf e5 auf jedes Preis behalten.
So werden die beide Läufer eingeschränkt (besonders der arme Bg2). 2. So
schnell wie Möglich einen Angriff gegen den weißen Monarchen zu organisieren!}
20. Qf4 Rfe8 21. h4 {Natürlich will der Anziehende auch meinen König angreifen,
aber wie? 21.h4 war der Erste und letzte Angriffszug!} Qc7 22. Bh3 a5 $1 {
Die Schlüsselidee.} 23. bxa5 Rxa5 $3 {Um jeden Preis den weißen König zu
öffnen und die Initiative zu erreichen - sogar mit Qualitätsopfer!} 24. b3 {
Falls Weiß die Qualität nimmt zeigen die folgenden Varianten, daß der
Nachziehende mehr als genug Kompensation hat.} (24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Kb1 (25. c3
Nd3+ 26. Rxd3 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qxh1 $17) (25. b3 Qc3 $1 $19 {Und gegen die
schwarze Drohung Ra8 nebst Ra1 gibt es keine genügende Verteidigung.}) 25...
Ra8 26. c3 Nc4 27. Qc1 Nxe4 $40) 24... Ra7 25. Kb2 Nh5 {Die Idee - nach dem
Damenabzug 26...Ng3} 26. Qf2 {Deckt den Bauern g3 und gleichzeitig greift er
den Turm a7 an.} b5 {Diese Zug hat folgende Aufgaben:  Der Turm a7 ist von Qc7
gedeckt, nachdem die Drohung Ng3 bleibt, weil nach Qg3 folgt der Abzugsangriff
Nc4!  Der Nachziehende bereitet c5 nebst b4 und Angriff gegen den weißen
Monarch.} 27. Bd4 Rb7 28. Kb1 {Neutralisiert die obengenannte Drohung Ng3
nebst Nc4 Schach.} Nf6 29. Rhe1 b4 30. Kb2 Rb5 {Bereitet c5 vor.} 31. Bf1 Nfg4
$1 32. Qf4 Ra5 33. Ra1 c5 34. Bxe5 (34. Rxa5 {[#]} cxd4 $3 {Es droht Qa5 und
Qc3 nebst Qe1.} 35. Rea1 $8 (35. Raa1 Qc3+ 36. Kb1 Qxe1+ $19) 35... Ne3 {
[%csl Ge3,Ge5] Die schwarzen Springer beherrschen das ganze Brett!} 36. c4 (36.
Qf2 Qxa5 $1 37. Rxa5 Nd1+ $19) (36. Bd3 Nxd3+ 37. cxd3 Qc2#) (36. Bc4 N3xc4+
37. bxc4 Nxc4+ 38. Kc1 Qxf4+ 39. gxf4 Nxa5 40. Rxa5 Rxe4 $19) 36... bxc3+ $19)
34... Nxe5 $17 {Noch ein wichtiger Moment. Nach dem Abtausch des
schwarzfeldrige Läufers für einen weißen Springer wird der schwarze Vorteil
noch spürbarer.} 35. Rxa5 Qxa5 36. Ra1 Qd8 37. Bb5 Qd4+ 38. Kb1 Rd8 {Stellen
wir eine Diagnose über die endstandene Stellung. 1. Der schwarze König steht
klar besser als sein Kollege. 2. Der Springer e5 ist ein Riese im Vergleich
mit dem Bb5. 3. Die schwarzen Schwerfiguren sind viel besser plaziert als die
Weißen. 4. Dazu kommt auchnoch die bessere schwarze Bauernstruktur und die
abgeschwächten schwarzen Felder um weißen Monarch. Es ist klar, daß der
Nachziehende großen Vorteil hat.} 39. Ra6 Qc3 40. Qf1 Nf3 41. Qc1 c4 $1 {
Eine lehrreiche Partie in der der Super Ne5 die entscheidende Rolle gespielt
hat.} (41... c4 $1 {Schade, daß hier mein Gegner aufgegeben hat, um folgende
schöne Variante zu vermeiden.} 42. Bxc4 (42. bxc4 Nd2+ 43. Ka2 b3+ 44. Ka3 b2+
$19) (42. Qb2 Rd1+ 43. Ka2 {Jetzt habe ich zwei sehr schöne Wege zum Sieg:}
cxb3+ (43... Qxb2+ 44. Kxb2 c3+ 45. Ka2 Ne1 46. Bd3 Nxd3 47. cxd3 c2 $19) 44.
cxb3 Rd2 $19) (42. Rc6 Nd2+ 43. Ka2 cxb3+ 44. cxb3 Ra8+ 45. Ba6 Rxa6+ $1 46.
Rxa6 Qxc1 $19) 42... Nd2+ 43. Ka2 Nxc4 44. bxc4 Qxc4+ $19 {Und der weiße Turm
geht verloren.}) 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Nc6 $5 ({People usually start
with} 5... Ne7 {in order to keep the option of playing ...c6.}) 6. Nbd2 (6. e4
dxe4 $5 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 {was nothing for White in my game with
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave if I had gone for the very logical} Nf6 $11) 6... Nge7
7. e4 ({Several games have gone} 7. c4 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. b3 {but for example
the game could continue with} f5 $5 $146 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nc4 b5
13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bb7 $13) 7... O-O 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 h6 10. Nc4 Re8 11.
a4 (11. c3 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. a4 a5 {was more than fine for Black
in 1-0 (47) Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Bacrot,E (2718) Beijing CHN 2014}) (11. Bd2
g5 $5 12. c3 (12. h3 f5 $5 $13) 12... Bf5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Qd7 15. Bxd5 Qxd5
16. Ne3 Qxd3 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxg4 Qxg4 19. Nxg4 h5 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Rad1 Bh6
{1/2-1/2 (21) Almasi,Z (2693)-So Wesley,- (2744) ITA 2014}) 11... Bf5 $5 12.
Nh4 (12. h3 {looked to me like it was critical, but of course there are quite
a few decent moves for Black, e.g.} a5 $5 (12... h5 $5) (12... Ndb4 $5 {
with the idea} 13. g4 Nxc2 $5 {deserves attention too:} 14. gxf5 (14. Qxc2 $2
Bxd3 15. Qb3 e4 $17) 14... Nxa1 15. fxg6 f5 $13) 13. g4 Bc8 $11 {[%csl Rg4,Rh3]
}) 12... Be6 13. Nf3 f6 $5 14. Ne3 Nde7 $5 (14... Qd7 {was the most natural
move, but I liked the idea of keeping more pieces.}) 15. Bd2 a5 16. Bc3 Qd7 17.
Nc4 b6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nf5 (19... Nd5 20. Bb2 Ndb4 {was the most logical
way to play, and the game might have continued with something like} 21. Rad1
Bg4 22. Qd2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Bf8 $15)
20. Bb2 g5 $6 (20... h5 $5) 21. h3 (21. c3 $5 {[%csl Yd4] would have made
sense:} Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Bxc6 $11) 21... Bf8 $5 {Sooner or
later this bishop will be useful on this diagonal!} 22. Kh2 Nb4 23. Ncxe5 $2 {
The sacrifice simply doesn't work.} (23. Rac1 {remains very solid.}) 23... fxe5
24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. Qh5 Bg7 26. Rac1 (26. Qg6 Bc8 27. Qf7+ Kh7 28. Be4 Rf8 $19)
26... Rf8 27. Re2 Bd5 28. Bxd5+ Nxd5 29. Rce1 Nf6 30. Qf3 Nd7 31. Nc4 Qg6 32.
Bxg7 Qxg7 33. Qg4 Rf7 {Not the most precise, but anyway it's a clear extra
piece.} (33... Nd4 34. Re7 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Rxd7 Rf8 $19) (33... h5 $5)
34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kh7 36. d4 $6 Qxd4 37. Qe2 Ng7 38. Re3 Qf6 39. Kg1 Qf5
40. g4 Qg6 41. f3 Rf8 42. Qd2 Qf7 43. Kg2 Re8 44. Rxe8 Qxe8 45. Kf2 Ne5 46. Ne3
Qf7 47. Qe2 Qf4 48. Kg2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1964.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Eliskases,E"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1964.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 $1 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O a5 $1 (
7... Be7 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nf3
Ne8 14. Rc2 Bf6 15. Qa1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qe7 {Reti-Capablanca/
Moscow/1925 Reti-Capablanca/Moscow/1925}) 8. d3 a4 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nd2 axb3 11.
cxb3 O-O 12. Re1 Nfd7 $1 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. e4 Rc8 16. b4 Qb6 17.
Qb3 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Bh5 19. Rab1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ra8 21. Kg2 Qb5 22. Bd1 Be7 23. Bc2
Nb6 24. e5 c5 25. bxc5 Qxb3 26. Bxb3 Bxc5 27. Bd1 $1 Rdc8 28. Re2 g6 $1 29. Rc2
Nd7 30. Rbc1 Rc6 31. d4 Bf8 (31... Bxa3 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Ra1 Bxb2 34. Rxa8+
Kg7 35. Rd8 (35. Ba4 Nb6 36. Bxc6 Nxa8 37. Bxa8 Bxd4 38. f4) (35. Ra4 Bc3 $1 (
35... Nb6 36. Rb4 Nc4 37. Be2 Bc3 38. Rxc4 dxc4 39. f4 Bxd4 40. Bxc4) 36. Kf3
Nb6 37. Ke3 Nxa4 38. Bxa4 c5 39. dxc5 Bxe5 40. f4 Bb8) 35... Nb6 36. Rd6 Bxd4
37. Rxc6 Nc4 38. Rxc4 (38. Be2 Nxe5 39. Rc7) 38... dxc4 39. f4) 32. Rxc6 bxc6
33. Rxc6 Bxa3 34. Bxa3 (34. Bc3 Rb8 35. Ba4 Nb6 (35... Bb4 36. Bxb4 Rxb4 37.
Rc8+ Nf8 38. Be8) 36. Bb5) 34... Rxa3 35. Bc2 (35. Rd6 $2 Nf8 36. Bc2 Rc3 {
[%cal Yc3c4,Yc4d4] /\Tc4xd4}) 35... Kg7 36. h4 h5 (36... Ra2 37. Kf3 $1 Nb8 38.
Rb6 $1 Rxc2 39. Rxb8 $10) 37. Kf1 (37. Rd6 Nf8 (37... Nb8 38. Rb6 Na6 39. Bb3)
38. Rc6) 37... Nb8 38. Rc8 Nd7 39. Rc6 Ra2 40. Ke1 (40. Kg2 $142 Nb8 41. Rc3
Na6 42. Bd3 Nb4 43. Kf3) 40... Nb8 41. Rc3 Na6 42. Kd2 (42. Bd3 Nb4 43. f4 Rb2
44. Kd1 $15) 42... Nb4 43. Kc1 Kh6 44. Kb1 (44. f4 Nxc2 45. Rxc2 Ra3) 44... g5
45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. f4+ Kh6 {/\47... Tc2 48.Tc2 Sc2 49.Kc2 h4! 50.gh Kh5-+} 47.
Bb3 Rd2 48. Ba4 h4 49. gxh4 Rxd4 50. Bb5 Rxf4 51. Kb2 Rxh4 (51... d4 $1 52. Rc8
Nd5 53. Rh8+ (53. Kc2 Ne3+ 54. Kd3 Nf5 55. Rd8 Nxh4 $1 56. Rxd4 Kg5 57. Be8 Ng6
$19) 53... Kg7 54. Rh5 Rg4 $1 55. Bd3 Rg2+ 56. Kb3 Nf4 57. Rh7+ Kg8 58. Be4 Re2
$19) 52. Kb3 Rf4 (52... d4 53. Rf3 Nd5 (53... d3 54. Rxf7 d2 55. Be2 Rh2 56.
Kxb4 Rxe2 57. Rd7 Kg5 58. Kc3 Kf4 59. Rxd2 $10) 54. Rxf7 Nf4 55. Kc4 d3 56. Kc3
Kg5 57. Bxd3 $1 $10) 53. Rg3 $1 Re4 54. Rg2 Rxe5 55. Kxb4 Rg5 56. Rf2 (56. Rxg5
Kxg5 57. Kc5 Kf4 58. Kd4 $10) 56... Kg7 57. Kc5 d4+ 58. Kc4 Rg4 59. Be8 f5 60.
Bd7 Kf6 61. Re2 e5 62. Rf2 Rg5 63. Kd5 $2 (63. Rf1 Rh5 64. Rf2 $10) 63... d3 $1
64. Ra2 $2 (64. Kc4 e4 (64... Rg4+ 65. Kc3 $1) 65. Kd4 $1 $10) 64... Rg4 $3 65.
Ra6+ Kg5 66. Ba4 (66. Kxe5 Re4+ 67. Kd5 d2 68. Ra1 (68. Ba4 Rxa4) 68... Re1)
66... d2 67. Bd1 (67. Bc2 d1=Q+ 68. Bxd1 Rd4+ 69. Kxe5 Rxd1 $19) 67... Rg1 68.
Ra1 Re1 69. Kc4 e4 70. Kc3 e3 71. Kc2 e2 72. Kxd2 exd1=Q+ 73. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 74.
Kxd1 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Hafnarfjordur op"]
[Site "Hafnarfjordur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Black "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 $5 (9... Bh5 10. e4 e5 (10... Ne8 11. Qe1 Nc7 12. d4 (12. e5 Bc5
$10 {Smejkal-Vasjukov, Varna 1971}) 12... a5 13. a4 f5 14. exf5 exf5 $10 {
Schmidt-Bagirov, Tbilisi 1974}) 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Nh4 dxe4 (12... a5 $5 13. a3
Bc5 14. Kh1 (14. Ndf3) 14... Nf8 15. f4 $6 (15. Nf5 $142) 15... dxe4 $1 16.
dxe4 (16. f5 e3 $1 17. Ndf3 e4 $1 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng5 Ree8 21.
Ne4 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 e2 23. Rf4 Bd6 $19) (16. g4 exd3 $1 17. gxh5 exf4 18. Bxf6
Rxe1 $1 19. Bxd8 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 dxc2 21. Rc1 Rxd8 22. Rxc2 Bxa3 $17) 16... exf4
17. gxf4 Bd4 $1 $15 {Schwartzman-Waitzkin, USA 1996}) (12... Nc5 13. Nf5 Bc7 (
13... Bf8 14. f4 $5 exf4 15. Rxf4) 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 {Vl. Akopian-Ionov, El
Vendrell 1996 - 67/2} Bg6 $1 $13 {Vl. Akopian}) 13. dxe4 Bf8 14. Nf5 Qc7 15. a4
Nc5 16. f4 $6 exf4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. gxf4 Bg6 19. Qg3 Rad8 20. Rf2 Rxd2 $1 21.
Rxd2 Nxe4 $17 {Vl. Akopian-Sipov, Berlin 1996}) 10. Nxf3 Qc7 11. c4 Rfe8 12.
Qc2 (12. Rb1 {Dunnington}) 12... Rad8 13. a3 e5 14. e4 $2 (14. b4 $13) 14...
dxe4 15. dxe4 c5 $1 $15 {/\Nb8-c6} 16. Nh4 g6 17. Qc1 Nh5 $2 (17... Bf8 18. Bh1
$1 (18. Bf3 Nb8 19. Ng2 Nc6 20. Ne3 Bh6 21. Qc2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nd5 Nxd5
24. exd5 f5 $19) 18... Nb8 19. Ng2 Nc6 20. Ne3 Bh6 21. Qe1 $1 (21. Qc2 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 f5 25. c5 e4 $17) 21... Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 (
22... exd4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5) 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qc2 (24... Qc3 {S.Berg}
) 25. Qb4 {Engqvist, Dunnington}) 18. Bf3 {/\Ng2-e3-d5} Ng7 19. Ng2 $10 Ne6 20.
Ne3 Nf6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. Rfc1 Bd6 26.
Be2 Rc8 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 a6 31. a4 Rc8 32. Ra2 Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nh4 {Nakamura is not
trying to win the game from the opening, but rather is looking for a long
struggle in which he has the bishop pair.} Bg6 {This one is more solid than} (
6... Bg4 {, which has not neen played very often by strong grandmasters.} 7. h3
Bh5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qe1 Nfd7 10. f4 Bxh4 11. gxh4 O-O 12. e4 Re8 13. Qg3 f5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Kalinitschew,S (2489)-Potkin,V (2612)/Germany 2007/CBM 123}) 7. Nxg6 {
Sometimes White waits with the capture of Black's bishop, but usually it does
not take long to take it eventually, as after White advances his e-pawn, Black
has the resource of playing ...Bh5.} (7. Nd2 Be7 8. Nxg6 (8. e4 Bh5) 8... hxg6
9. e4 a5 10. c3 (10. Qe2 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7
14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 a4 17. h4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 {In this kind of
position, almost every piece of software gives White a slight advantage due to
his bishop pair. However, Black's position is solid enough to hold it and have
counter-chances.} 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qd3 $14 {
/=. 0-1 Ehlvest,J (2600)-Grachev,B (2653)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (47)}) 7... hxg6
8. Nd2 ({White has tried to outplay his opponent in the endgame that is
obtained after} 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 {, but probably, with precise
play, Black should be able to hold it.} Nbd7 11. h3 Bc5 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Nb3
Bb6 14. Kf1 Nc5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Ke2 e5 18. Bg5 Kc7 $14 {
/=. 1/2-1/2 Roiz,M (2659)-Laznicka,V (2578)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (67)}) 8...
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 $146 {White's novelty should not come as a surprise.
Nakamura has some space advantage, so it makes sense to keep as many pieces as
possible on the board.} ({I don't think White can get anything without a pair
of knights on the board:} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bg2 f5 $2 (12... Nf6
$11) 13. d4 Qf6 14. c4 g5 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Bd2 g4 17. d5 $14 {1-0 Markowski,T
(2549)-Langheinrich,F (2363)/Germany 2002/CBM 093 (40)}) 10... e5 {Black has
just fixed the pawn structure on the kingside, so that White's light-squared
bishop will not operate along the long diagonal.} 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13.
h4 $1 {Emphasising the drawbacks of Black's pawn structure. White's knight is
going to occupy the g5-outpost and the light-squared bishop will operate along
the h3-c8 diagonal.} O-O 14. Bh3 Rfe8 15. Kg2 Nf8 16. Ng5 $14 {Nakamura has
managed to get a slight advantage from the opening that seemed to be
completely harmless for Black. It's not just the pair of bishops that make the
difference, but rather the pawn structure on the kingside. White's knight can
not be easily driven away from g5 and White has some prospects for developing
an initiative on that side of the board.} Rad8 17. a3 {Covering the b4-square,
from where Black would try to trade the dark-squared bishops.} Qe7 ({Maybe it
was better to play the immediate} 17... N8h7 18. Bd2 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Rd6 $14) 18.
Bd2 N8h7 19. Rae1 {Preparing the f2-f4 breakthrough potentially. Note that
White's rooks have nothing to do on the open d-file, because Black can't
create the counterplay using it. Although Black's position is still solid and
White is not threatening with anything particular harmful, it is very
unpleasant to play this position for Black.} Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 $6 {This allows
White to get the long-term advantage.} ({Probably, the strange looking} 20...
Rd6 {was better:} 21. f4 exf4 22. e5 Qc7 $1 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bxf4 Nh5 25. Kh1 Qb8
26. Qf3 $14) 21. h5 $1 gxh5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bf5 (23. Qxh5 Kf8 $14) 23... Kf8
24. Rh1 Ke7 25. Rxh5 Rh8 26. g4 $1 Rdg8 $2 ({It was necessary to cover the
c4-square:} 26... b5 27. Reh1 Rhg8 $140 28. Rh7 Qd6 $14) 27. Kf3 $1 $16 {
White is going to take control over the h-file without exchanging a pair of
rooks. Obviously, exchanging on h5 is out of the question for Black, since it
creates a passed pawn for White.} Rd8 28. Reh1 Rhf8 29. Rh7 Qa5 $2 (29... Qd6
30. b4 Bb6 {[%cal Yd6d2]} 31. Qc4 {[%cal Yg4g5,Gh1h6]} Bxf2 32. g5 $1 (32. Kxf2
Qd2+ 33. Qe2 Qf4+ 34. Ke1 Qc1+ $11) 32... fxg5 33. R7h6 b5 (33... Qd2 34. Re6+
Kd7 35. Rxc6+ $18) 34. Rxd6 bxc4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Kxf2 Rd2+ $16 {+-}) ({
It was not too late to cover the c4-square and keep some chances of survival:} 
29... b5 $1 30. b4 Bb6 31. Kg2 $16 {[%cal Yc2c4]}) 30. Qc4 $18 {Now White's
attack is unstoppable.} Qb5 $2 {A blunder in a lost position.} ({Black is lost
anyway after} 30... Rd6 31. Bg6 Re6 32. Rd1 Qb5 33. Qa2 $18 {[%cal Yg6f5]}) 31.
Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:58] One of the great things about these
slightly unassuming openings is that an annotator can start to make meaningful
comments right from the word 'go'.} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (5. c4 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Ne5 $11 {
is a motif worth bearing in mind.}) 5... Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Perhaps nothing
at this level, but nevertheless an indication that Black is not trying to hold
a draw.} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 {
Vachier-Lagrave, M-Gunina,V Gibraltar 2016, could be one way to introduce the
bishop-for-knight imbalance anyway.}) 8... dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:27] But this is
the really comment-worthy point. Anish Giri has decided to play for a win.} (
8... Ngf6 {was normal, obviously.}) 9. b3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:08:48]
} 10. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:08:21]} (10... Ngf6 {was a slightly
strange reaction from a top player a year ago, considering the strategic
importance of the b7-pawn. Following} 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. g4 Bg6 14.
g5 Nh5 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Qxc6 (16. Rfc1 $14) 16... Rac8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 a6
$11 {Eljanov,P-So,W Shamkir 2017 Black nevertheless equalised.}) 11. Qa4 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:18:21]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:15:41]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:25:29]} (
14. Qb3 {After} Bg6 15. Rb2 Nb6 16. Ne5 $44 {for instance Black's position is
slightly unpleasant and White has at least full compensation.}) 14... O-O {
[%emt 0:03:36]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:39] Seemingly forcing some concessions,
but there is a relatively clever tactical defence of the b7-pawn available.}
Bg6 {[%emt 0:10:42]} 16. Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rd8 $1 {[%emt 0:02:49] Black has
already equalised. There is no easy way to disentangle the White pieces. So
White goes for a slow one.} 17. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:42]} (17. Nh4 Nb6 18. Be5
Nfd7 $15) (17. Nd2 {is no good immediately:} Nb6 $15) 17... a5 {[%emt 0:02:49]}
18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Nh5 $6 {[%emt 0:15:13]} (18... Nf8 $5 19. Nc4 (19. Be5
N6d7 20. Bf4 Bb4 $132) 19... Rxd4 $1 {A natural exchange sacrifice. Now} 20.
Nb6 Qd8 21. Nxa8 Rb4 22. Qa2 Qxa8 $44 {is easier for Black to play, even if
objectively equal.}) 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nhf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Nc4 $14
{[%emt 0:05:11] White gets ambitious, and right now it seems justifiable.} Nd5
{[%emt 0:01:19]} 21. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 22. Qxc8 {
[%emt 0:01:46]} Raxc8 $6 {[%emt 0:00:22] An objectively dubious but
competitively understandable move.} (22... Rdxc8 23. Na2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25.
Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rb7 $36 {might not be so terrible, but Black lacks winning
chances.}) 23. Na2 {[%emt 0:09:17]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 24. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} (25. Rd1 $1 {was the
computer-precise move, adding to the pawn tension in the centre and
threatening to open the c-file since there is now longer a pin there. For
instance:} Nf6 (25... cxd4 26. Nxb4 axb4 27. Rxb4 dxe3 28. Nxe3 Nc5 29. Rxd8+
Rxd8 30. a5 $16) 26. Nxb4 cxb4 27. Nxa5 $16) 25... Ba3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 26.
Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 27. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Nxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rc2 {
[%emt 0:06:11]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 30. Bc6 {[%emt 0:07:49]} (30. Nc3 {
and Nb5 looks natural to me, and White is probably still equal or as near as
makes no difference. Presumably the scare was over} cxd4 31. exd4 Rc8 {but
White has the calm} 32. Be4 $11 {and then Nb5 anyway.}) 30... cxd4 {[%emt 0:09:
24]} 31. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 32. e3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Ke7
{[%emt 0:01:12]} 33. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 34. g4 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Rc1 $2 {[%emt 0:03:05] The finish is now
clinical in what was until now just a slightly unpleasant position.} (35. Ke2
Rh8 $1 $15 {illustrates one problem.}) (35. Kf2 f5 36. Nc1 Nd5 37. Nd3 Kf6 $15
{is also gradually getting worse for White.}) 35... Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36.
Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 37. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b3 $19 {[%emt 0:02:00] Black is
winning a piece. White played one more move:} 39. a5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd7 {
[%emt 0:03:17] and then promptly resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Vikings GM 2nd"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 (8... b5 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Nd4 Qxe3 11. Bxe3 Bb7 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb7
$14) (8... Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 $13) 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Qc2 Qa5
(10... Bd6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc3 Rd8 $11) 11. Nc3 Qh5 12. h3 Nb6 13. g4 Qa5 (
13... Bxg4 $2 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Bf4 $16) 14. e4 Be6 $6 {Black had no need to
give white chances due to the exchange of this centralized piece.} (14... Rd8
15. g5 Ne8 16. Bf4 Be6 $11) 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Kh8 (17... Kf7
18. f4 Nfd7 19. f5 Nc5 20. Qc2 Kg8 21. Bf4 $14) 18. Qxe6 Bc5 19. Kh1 Bd4 (19...
Nfd5 $5 20. exd5 Rde8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 $14) 20. Qb3 Nbd7
21. Qc2 Ne5 22. f4 (22. Ne2 Bb6 23. f4 Nd3 24. e5 Nxc1 25. Qxc1 Nd5 26. Rf3 $14
) 22... Nc4 23. Ne2 (23. g5 Nh5 24. Rf3 $14) 23... Ne3 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. Rad1
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxa2 27. e5 {[%mdl 16] White his much better with better pieces
and agile pawn majority on the kingside.} Nd5 (27... Ne8 28. f5 $16) 28. f5 Bb6
29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Nf4 d4 (30... Rd8 $2 31. Nxd5 $18) 31. Nd3 (31. Ne6 Re8 32.
Qe4 Qb3 33. Rd3 Qxb2 34. Qxb7 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2+ $11)
31... Qd5+ 32. Qg2 Qb3 (32... Qxg2+ $2 33. Kxg2 Kg8 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke4 $18)
33. Qf3 Bc7 34. Rf1 a5 35. Kg2 a4 36. g5 {The time has come to take the full
benefit of the pawns potential.} a3 (36... b5 37. f6 $16) 37. bxa3 Qxa3 38. h4
b5 39. Rf2 Qe7 (39... b4 40. f6 gxf6 41. exf6 b3 42. Qd5 $16) 40. f6 gxf6 41.
gxf6 (41. exf6 Qd6 42. h5 $16) 41... Qe6 42. Qf5 Qc6+ (42... Qxf5 43. Rxf5 Bd8
44. Kf3 $18) 43. Kg1 b4 (43... Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Rf8 45. Nf4 $18) 44. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hausner, Ivan"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1
a5 $5 (7... Be7) 8. e4 Bh7 9. e5 (9. Qe2 Be7) (9. Ne5 $5 {Horn,Pe}) 9... Nfd7
10. Qe2 Qc7 $1 11. Re1 a4 (11... c5 {Horn,Pe} 12. c4 $14 (12. a4 $5)) 12. a3 (
12. Nf1 {Horn,Pe} a3 13. b3 c5 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4 Nc6 16. Bd2 $13) 12... Be7
13. Nf1 c5 14. h4 (14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4 Nc6 16. h4 (16. Bd2 $13 {Horn,Pe})
16... O-O $13 (16... Na5)) 14... Nc6 (14... c4 {Horn,Pe} 15. Bf4) 15. Bf4 Nd4
$1 16. Nxd4 $2 (16. Qd2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 c4 18. dxc4 (18. d4 c3 $1 19. Qxc3 Qxc3
20. bxc3 Rc8 $44) 18... Qxc4 19. Ne3 Qb5 $10) 16... cxd4 17. h5 (17. Bxd5 g5 $1
(17... exd5 $2 {Horn,Pe} 18. e6 Qc5 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qe6+ Kf8 (20... Ke8 21.
Bd6 $18) 21. Qxd7 $16)) (17. Qg4 $6 {Horn,Pe} g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 $13)
17... Qb6 18. Rab1 (18. Qg4 Bf5 $1 (18... g5 {Horn,Pe} 19. hxg6 Bxg6 $13) 19.
Qxg7 O-O-O $1 $19) 18... O-O (18... Ra5 $5 {Horn,Pe /\ Rb5}) 19. Nh2 Rfc8 20.
g4 Ra5 $1 21. b4 $8 (21. Nf3 Rb5 $17) 21... axb3 22. Rxb3 Qc7 (22... Qa7 $5 23.
Nf3 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Nxd4 Qb2 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rxc2 28. Qg4 Qd4 $17)
23. Nf3 Rxa3 (23... Qxc2 $2 {Horn,Pe} 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Rxb7 $18) 24. Rb2 (24.
Rxa3 Bxa3 25. Nxd4 Bb2 $17) (24. Nxd4 Rxb3 25. cxb3 Qb6 26. Be3 Qa6 $17) 24...
b6 (24... Rc3 $2 {Horn,Pe} 25. Nxd4 $16) 25. Bd2 (25. Nxd4 $4 {Horn,Pe} Qc3 $19
) 25... Ra4 26. Bh3 (26. g5 {Horn,Pe} hxg5 27. Nxg5 Bf5 $13 (27... Bxg5 28.
Bxg5 Qc3 29. Reb1 $13)) 26... Qa7 27. g5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Ra2 $6 (
29... Ra1 $142 30. Kg2 (30. Reb1 Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Qc7 $17) 30... Rxe1 31. Qxe1
Qa3 $17) 30. Rxa2 Qxa2 31. Qg4 $1 (31. Rc1 Rc3 32. Bg4 Qb2 $17) 31... Qa5 (
31... Bf5 32. Qg3 Bxh3 33. Bh6 g6 (33... Kf8 {Horn,Pe} 34. Bxg7+ Ke8 35. Qxh3
$18) 34. hxg6 $18) (31... Qa3 32. Bf6 Qf8 33. h6 g6 34. Bg5 Rxc2 35. Qxd4 $13)
(31... Kf8 32. h6 Rxc2 33. Bf6 gxf6 (33... g6 34. Qxd4 $40) 34. Qg7+ Ke8 35.
Bxe6 fxe6 36. exf6 Kd8 37. Qxh7 Nxf6 (37... Rxf2 38. Qg8+ Kc7 39. Qg3+ $18) 38.
Qh8+ Ne8 39. Rxe6 Qa4 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kxe8 42. h7 $18) 32. Re2 Qb4 33.
Bf6 Qf8 34. h6 g6 (34... Nxf6 35. exf6 g6 36. Rxe6 Rxc2 37. Rxb6 $16) 35. Bg5 (
35. Qxd4 {Horn,Pe} Nxf6 (35... Qxh6) 36. exf6 Qxh6 37. Qg4 Rc6 $13) (35. Qxe6
$2 {Horn,Pe} fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Qf7 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. e6+ (38. Bg5 Ke6) 38... Kxf6
39. exd7 Rd8 $19) (35. Bg7 $1 {Horn,Pe} Qe7 (35... Qb4 36. Qxe6 $18) 36. Qxd4
$16) 35... Qb4 36. Kg2 (36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Bxe6+ Kf8 38. Bxd7 Re8 39. e6 Re7 $17
) (36. Qf4 $5 {Horn,Pe} Qb1+ 37. Qc1 $44) (36. Kh2 $5 {Horn,Pe}) 36... Qa4 37.
c4 $2 (37. Qf4 $1 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Qxc2 39. Qxd4 Qc5 40. Qa1 $40) (37. Be3 {
Horn,Pe} Rxc2 (37... Nxe5 38. Qf4 Nd7 39. Bxd4 e5 (39... Rxc2 40. Rxe6 $18) 40.
Rxe5 $18) 38. Rxc2 Qxc2 39. Qxd4) 37... dxc4 38. Qxd4 Qc6+ 39. Kh2 c3 40. Rc2
Qc7 41. f4 Nf8 $2 (41... b5 42. Qb4 (42. Bf1 Nb6) 42... Qc5 43. Qxc5 Rxc5 44.
Be7 Rc8 45. Bb4 g5 46. fxg5 Nxe5 47. Rxc3 Rxc3 48. Bxc3 Nxd3 $15) 42. Bg2 $2 (
42. Qb4 b5 43. d4 Qc4 44. Qxc4 Rxc4 45. Bf1 Rxd4 46. Rxc3 b4 47. Rc8 f6 48.
exf6 Kf7 49. Bb5 $18) 42... b5 43. Qb4 Qc5 44. Qxc5 Rxc5 45. Be7 Rc8 46. Bb4 g5
47. fxg5 Bxd3 48. Rxc3 Rxc3 49. Bxc3 Kh7 50. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dinh, Duc Trong"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. b3
a5 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe1 dxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Nh4 Qb6 (
14... Nc5 15. Kh1 Ne6 16. Nf5 a4 17. f4 exf4 18. e5 Bc5 19. exf6 Nd4 20. Qxe8+
Qxe8 $18 {1/2-1/2 Fries Nielsen,J-Rasmussen,K/Aarhus 2003/ (20)}) 15. Bf3 $6 {
White is missing a chance for full equality after the timely 14.a4. Now Black
will enjoy some pull.} (15. a4 Nf8 16. Nf5 Bc5 $11) 15... Bxf3 16. Nhxf3 a4 $1
17. b4 (17. Qe2 Red8 18. Rfd1 Ne8 $15) 17... c5 18. c3 (18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qe2
Qe6 20. Ng5 Qe7 $17) 18... Rac8 (18... c4 19. Rd1 Rad8 $17) 19. Qe2 g6 20. Rfe1
Bf8 21. Nf1 (21. Rad1 Qc6 $15) 21... Qc6 22. Rad1 h5 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. Bg5 $6 {
Din Duc is just losing time in the phase, where the transfer of White's Knight
to d5 would nearly equalise the game.} (24. Kg2 $5 Nfd7 25. Ne3 $11) 24... Nh7
25. Bc1 Bg7 26. Qd3 Nf6 27. Bg5 (27. N1d2 Red8 28. Qe3 Nfd7 $15) 27... Nc4 28.
Ra1 (28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Ra1 cxb4 30. cxb4 Red8 $17) 28... Nd7 29. N1d2 Ndb6 30.
Nxc4 (30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Be3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 Red8 34. Rb1 Bh6 35.
Re2 Rxc3 36. Rxb5 Rd6 37. Rxe5 Rxa3 $17) 30... Nxc4 {[%mdl 16] White pawns on
a3 and c3 are source of concern, Black is clearly better.} 31. Qb1 (31. Nd2
cxb4 32. cxb4 f6 33. Be3 Red8 34. Qe2 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Qd7 36. Rad1 Qxh3 $17)
31... Bf6 (31... cxb4 32. cxb4 Qe6 33. Kg2 f6 34. Be3 Red8 $17) 32. Be3 (32.
Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Kg2 Red8 $17) 32... Be7 33. Ra2 Red8 34. h4 (34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35.
Qxd1 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Qxe4 $19) 34... Rd7 35. Nd2 (35. Kg2 Rcd8 $17) 35... Nxe3
36. Rxe3 (36. fxe3 Qe6 37. Nf3 cxb4 38. cxb4 Rc3 $19) 36... Rcd8 37. Qe1 (37.
Nf1 Rd1 38. Qc2 Qe6 39. Kg2 Qb3 $17) 37... Bf8 38. Nf1 Bh6 39. Rf3 Rd1 {
Lutz has clearly succeeded in his pieces activization.} 40. Qe2 cxb4 41. cxb4
Qc1 42. Kg2 (42. Rc2 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Rg1+ $19) (42. Qxb5 Qb1 43. Qc4 Rxf1+ 44.
Qxf1 Qxa2 $19) 42... Rxf1 $1 43. Qxf1 Rd1 {The game is over as White has to
give up the Queen in order to avoid mating attack.} 44. Qxd1 (44. Qxb5 Rg1+ 45.
Kh2 Rh1+ 46. Kg2 Qg1#) 44... Qxd1 45. Rc3 Qe1 $1 46. Rc5 Qxe4+ 47. f3 Qe1 48.
Rxb5 Be3 49. Rxe5 Qg1+ 50. Kh3 Bf2 51. Rxf2 Qxf2 52. f4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nh4 {In a symmetrical position White is hoping to
activate his pieces and advance the f2-pawn at a suitable moment.} O-O 11. Nf5
Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na3 $5 {This new move makes a very good impression. The
knight will fight the strong b6-bishop and attack the vulnerable d6-square.} (
13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Nc4 a5 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. c3 Nfd7 17. Nd2 f6 18. a3 c5 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Rb1 Ra4 21. f4 Bf7 22. Rf2 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qd1 {1/2-1/2
Minasian,A (2600)-Yagupov,I (2449)/Linares 2000 (52)} b5 $15) (13. Bb2 a5 14.
a3 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Qa8 17. Nd2 Qa2 18. Qb1 Ra8 19. Nd6 Qe6 20. N6c4
Bc7 21. Re1 Bg6 22. Bc3 b5 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. Qb3 $11 {0-1 Jurkiewicz,K (2303)
-Kuczynski,R (2492)/Ustron 2003 (27)}) 13... Bg6 14. Nc4 Bxf5 {In order to
complete the development in a harmonious way Giri is ready to part with the
bishop.} (14... Bc7 15. Bb2 $14) 15. exf5 Qe7 16. a4 {An interesting moment in
the game as Nguyen is not eager to exchange the second bishop. The nature of
White's pawn structure would definitely complicate the real activation of the
bishops.} (16. Nxb6 axb6 17. a3 b5 $11) 16... Nd5 17. Rb1 (17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Rd1
Bc7 $11) 17... e4 (17... Rfe8 18. Rb3 e4 $11) 18. a5 Bd4 $2 {Black was already
struggling with some problems, but the centralisation of the bishop is
tactically dubious.} (18... Bc7 19. b5 Rfe8 20. a6 Qc5 21. axb7 Rab8 22. Nd2
cxb5 23. Nxe4 Qc4 24. Bb2 $14) 19. Qxe4 $1 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc3 21. Bb2 Bxf2+ {
Black might have been hoping to get away from trouble with the help of this
move. Unfortunately for him the resulting position is not equal.} (21... Nxb1
22. Bxd4 b5 23. Rxb1 bxc4 24. Bxc6 Rad8 25. Bxa7 $18) 22. Rxf2 $5 (22. Kxf2
Nxe4+ 23. Kf3 Rfe8 24. Rbd1 Ndf6 25. Rfe1 $14) 22... Nxe4 23. Re2 Nxg3 (23...
Ndf6 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Rbe1 Rfe8 26. h4 $16) 24. Re7 Nf6 (24... Rad8 25. Rd1 Nf6
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxb7 $16) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Kf2 (26. Rxb7 $6 Rfd8 $14) 26...
Nxf5 27. Rg1+ Kh8 (27... Ng7 $2 28. Nd6 $18) 28. Rxb7 {Black is struggling in
this endgame despite the nominal advantage of the pawn. His king is passive,
all the pawns are isolated and pieces are not sufficiently active.} Rab8 (28...
Rfd8 29. Rxf7 c5 (29... Rd4 30. Rg4 Rxc4 (30... Rxg4 31. hxg4 Nh6 32. Rc7 Nxg4+
33. Kf3 h5 34. Rxc6 $16) 31. Rxc4 Nd6 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Rxc6 $16) 30. Ne3 Nxe3
31. Kxe3 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rb7 cxb4 34. a6 $16) 29. a6 $1 Rxb7 (29... Rfd8
30. Rg4 $1 $16) 30. axb7 Rb8 31. Na5 Nd6 {The pesky b7 pawn has to be
eliminated at all costs.} 32. Rd1 Nxb7 33. Nxc6 Rc8 (33... Re8 34. Nxa7 $16)
34. b5 Kg7 35. Kf3 {The virtue of Asian people is usually patience. White is
ignoring the active line with some tricky ideas. It would try to win the pawn
on a7 quickly.} (35. Rd7 Nc5 36. Nxa7 $1 (36. Rxa7 Ne4+ 37. Kg2 Nd6 $11) 36...
Ra8 37. Rc7 Ne6 38. b6 $16) 35... Rc7 (35... Kf8 36. Rd7 Nc5 37. Rxa7 $18) 36.
Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] The knight on b7 is completely dominated.} f5 (36... Kf8
37. c4 Ke8 38. Ke4 $16) 37. c4 Kf6 38. c5 Ke6 39. Re5+ Kf6 {The poor black
king could not really help his passive pieces on the queenside.} (39... Kd7 40.
Re7+ Kc8 41. Nxa7+ Kd8 42. Nc6+ Kc8 43. Re8+ Kd7 44. Re5 $18) 40. Kf4 Rd7 (
40... Kg7 41. Rd5 Kf6 42. Rxf5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rd5 Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46.
Ke4 $18) 41. Rxf5+ Ke6 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rh5 Nd8 {The knight has to try for
freedom, otherwise the defence has no chance for success.} (43... Kg6 44. Ne5+
Kxh5 45. Nxd7 $18) (43... Kg7 44. Ke4 Nd8 45. Nxd8 Rxd8 46. c6 $18) (43... Rd1
44. Nxa7 Ra1 45. Nc8 $18) 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. Nxd8 Rxd8 47. c6 {
The situation is still very bad for the defender, since the king is unable to
help with blockading c6 pawn.} Rd1 (47... Rg8 48. Rd5 Rb8 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Kd4
Rg8 51. Rd7 Ra8 52. Kc5 $18) 48. Re8 $1 Rf1+ (48... Rc1 49. Ra8 Rc5 50. Ke4 $18
) 49. Kg4 Rc1 50. Kf3 $1 h5 51. Ra8 Rc5 (51... Ke6 52. Rxa7 Rc3+ 53. Kf4 Rc4+
54. Ke3 Rb4 55. Rb7 $18) 52. Ke4 {The fight is clearly over as Black will not
be able to keep the rook on the critical square c5.} Re5+ (52... Ke6 53. Kd4
Rd5+ 54. Kc4 $18) 53. Kd4 Re7 54. Kd5 Re5+ 55. Kd6 Rxb5 (55... Re1 56. c7 $18)
56. c7 Rb1 57. c8=Q Rd1+ 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6 (7...
Ngf6 8. Qb3 (8. Ng5 $5) 8... b6 $6 (8... Rb8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qd3 $36) (8...
Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 e5 14. Ne6 Qb8 15.
b4 Kf7 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. Bb2 exd4 18. Qxd4 Nf6 19. g4 Bg6 20. f4 exf3 21. exf3
Qg3 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 Rfe8 24. Bd4 Re2 25. Rf2 Rae8 26. Bf1 Re1 27. Rd2
Rxa1 28. Bxa1 Re1 29. Bb2 Rb1 30. Kf2 Nd7 31. h4 h5 32. Bh3 Nf6 33. g5 {
Beil,Z-Sosna,J/CZE-ch (05) ;TD 94\03 1994/1-0 (52)}) 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. Qxa7 $16 {
Haakert-Oechler, BRD 1964}) 8. Qb3 Rb8 (8... Qb6 9. Qe3 f4 10. gxf4 Qc7 11. Ne5
Bf5 12. c5 Bf8 13. Ndf3 Nh6 14. Ng5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 O-O-O 16. a4 Nf7 17. Nxf7
Qxf7 18. b4 g5 19. b5 h5 20. Qc3 Qc7 21. Bd2 g4 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Bxa5 Rd7 24.
Bd2 h4 25. Rfc1 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Rxh6 27. Ra3 Kc7 28. Rb3 Rg7 29. bxc6 Kxc6 30. a5
Rhg6 31. Rcc3 g3 32. hxg3 Rg4 33. Rb4 hxg3 {Hladik,J-Mitura,V/CZE-ch (05) ;TD
93\10 1993/1-0 (45)}) 9. Re1 $1 {SEHR INTERESSANT} (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 (9... cxd5
10. Qe3 Qe7 11. Ng5 $18) 10. Qd3 Nh6 (10... Qf6 11. e4 $1 Bxf3 (11... fxe4 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4+ $18) 12. e5 Qe6 13. Nxf3 Be7 14. b4 $1 $16 {Norwood-King/
London/1988} (14. b4 h5 15. h4 g6 16. b5 Nh6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Bg5 Nb6 19. Qa6
Qd7 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. Rb1 Rb6 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 23. e6 Qc7 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qxa7 Ng4
26. Bc7 {1-0 Norwood,D-King,D/London WFW ;CBM 09 1988})) (10... Ngf6 11. h3 (
11. Nh4 g6 12. f3 Bh5 13. e4 Be7 14. Nb3 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17.
Bg2 Ne5 18. Qc2 Nf7 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Rae1 Bf5 22. Qc4 Nd5 23. Ne5 b5
24. Qc1 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Bd6 27. Qe3 Bb4 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. a3 Qe7 30.
Qxe7 Bxe7 31. Bxc6 Bd3 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Rfe1 Bf6 34. Kg2 Rcd8 35. Nc5 Rxd5 36.
Nxd3 Rxd4 37. Nf4 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Kh6 39. Rc7 Bg5 {1-0 Kengis,E-Meduna,E/Katowice
op ;TD 93\03 1993}) 11... Bxf3 12. exf3 $16) (10... Ne7 11. Ng5 $16) 11. Nb3
Bxf3 (11... O-O 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. e3 $16) (11... Qf6 12. Bg5 Qe6 (12... Qg6 $5
13. Qe3+ Kf7 14. Ne5+ $16) 13. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bc7 (14... Bxc5
15. Qc3 Bf8 16. Bxh6 Qxh6 17. Qe5+ $18) 15. Nd4 $18) 14. dxc5 Bxf3 (14... Nxc5
15. Qc3 $16) (14... O-O 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. Be7 Rf7 17. Bd6 $16) 15. exf3 {/\ Rfe1}
O-O 16. Rfe1 Qg6 17. Bf4 Rbc8 $6 (17... Rbe8 18. Bd6 $16) (17... Nxc5 $4 18.
Qd4 $18) (17... Ra8 $16) 18. Qa3 $1 b6 $6 (18... a6 19. Qb4 $18) (18... Ra8 $16
) 19. b4 (19. Qxa7 $6 Nxc5 20. Qxb6 Nd3) 19... Rf7 (19... Ra8 20. Re7 Rf7 21.
Rae1 $16) 20. Qxa7 Nxc5 21. Qxb6 Nd3 22. Qa6 $18 Nxe1 23. Qxc8+ Rf8 24. Qa6 Nc2
25. Rc1 Nxb4 26. Qa3 c5 27. Rxc5 Qb6 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Rxa5 Rd8 30. Bd2 Nc6 31.
Rc5 Ne7 32. Bg5 Kf7 33. a4 Nhg8 34. a5 h6 35. Bd2 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Be3
Nge7 38. a6 Nc6 39. f4 Ke6 40. Bc5 g6 41. Kf1 N8a7 42. Ke1 Nb5 43. Kd2 Nc7 44.
a7 Na5 45. Kc3 Nb7 46. Bb6 Na8 47. Kd4 {1-0 Kengis,E-Hector,J/Haninge (04) ;
CBM 30 1992}) 12. exf3 (12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qh5 $14) 12... O-O (
12... Qf6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Rae1+ Kf7 15. f4) 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. f4 Qf6 15. Rfe1
$14) (9. Qe3 Qe7 10. Ng5 Nf8 11. Ndf3 h6 12. Nh3 Bxf3 $146 (12... g5 13. Ne5
Nf6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Qc4 Nd7 18. f3 Bxh3 19. Bxh3
O-O 20. f4 g4 21. Bg2 Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 $10 {Bezold-Yusupov/Altensteig/1993} (
22... Nxc5 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Kf2 h5 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Ke7 27. Rac1 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 h4 29. gxh4 Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Bezold,M-Yusupov,A/Altensteig (06) ;CBM 37 1993})
) (12... Ng6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qd3 g5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Rd8 18.
f4 Nf6 19. Nf2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Nh5 22. Qe3 O-O 23. Rae1 f4 24. gxf4
Rxf4 25. Nxg4 {1/2-1/2 Bezold,M-De la Riva,O/WchJ U20 Buenos Aires ;EXP 32 1992
}) 13. Qxf3 (13. exf3 g5 $13) 13... Nf6 14. Qb3 (14. Nf4 g5 15. Nh5 (15. Nh3 g4
$19) (15. Nd3 dxc4) 15... Nxh5 16. Qxh5+ Qf7 $13) (14. cxd5 $5 cxd5 (14... Nxd5
15. e4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 $14) 15. Bf4 $14 (15. Nf4 $14)) 14... Ng6 15. cxd5 exd5
16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. Bxe3 Kd7 18. a3 Rbe8 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Rad1 Rhf8 21. Bc1 f4 22.
f3 Ng5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Bh3+ Kc7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Bf5 Ne7 27. Bg4 Ng8 28. e4
dxe4 29. fxe4 Nh6 30. Bh5 f3+ 31. Kxf3 (31. Bxf3 g4 32. Be2 Rxe4) 31... g6 32.
Bxg6 $8 Ref8+ 33. Kg2 (33. Ke2 Ng4) 33... Ng4 34. e5 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Be7 (35...
Rff2 $2 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Be4 Rh3 38. Rd3 $18) 36. Rf1 Rfh8 {/\ Rh1#} 37. Be4
Nxe5 $1 38. Rd2 (38. dxe5 $4 Bc5+ $19) 38... Rxd2 39. Bxd2 Nc4 40. Bc1 Nd6 41.
Bd3 Rh6 42. Kg2 $14 {Bezold,M-Loginov,V/Budapest FS FebGM (10)/1994/1/2-1/2/ ;
CBM 40}) 9... Qe7 (9... Ngf6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. f3 Bh5 12. e4 $40 (12. e4 h6 13.
exf5 e5 14. Ne6 Bf7 15. c5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19.
Ne6+ Bxe6 20. fxe6 h5 21. Bh3 h4 22. g4 Kg7 23. f4 exf4 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. Nd4 Kg6
26. Qc2 Qf6 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Qxe4+ {1-0 Hug,W-Lobron,E/Garmisch-Partenkirchen
25' (02) ;EXP 43 1994})) (9... Nh6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc7 13.
h3 Bh5 14. f4 Bb6+ 15. Kh2 O-O 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Hug,W-Speelman,J/
Altensteig (10) ;CBM 43 1994}) 10. Ne5 {Sacrifice P} (10. Nh4 Ngf6 11. f3 g5 $5
$13) 10... Nxe5 (10... Ngf6 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 $16 {
Tkachiev,V-Winants,L/Wijk op/1995/}) (10... Bh5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ndf3 $14) 11.
dxe5 Bxe5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 $1 {Sacrifice P} (13. f3 Bh5 14. e4 fxe4 15.
fxe4 d4 16. Nc4 Bf7 $13) 13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 {Sacrifice N} dxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 (
15... Bf5 16. Rxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Qc3 {/\ Bb8, Re1}) 16. Bg5 (16. Rxe5
Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qe6 $14) 16... Be6 (16... Qe6 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Rxe5 Kf7 19. a4
Rhe8 20. a5 a6 21. Rae1 $14) 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Qd2 $5 (18. Bxe7 Nxe3 19. Rxe5
Kxe7 20. Bh3 Nd5 21. Rae1 $40) 18... Qf7 (18... Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxe6 Qxe6
21. Re1 Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1+ $16) 19. Rxe5 {Winning back the sacrificed material}
O-O 20. Rae1 Rbe8 21. Be3 $6 (21. Qd4 $5 a6 22. b3 {/\ Bc1}) 21... Nb6 $1 22.
Bxb6 (22. b3 Bd5) 22... axb6 23. a4 $6 (23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Qxb6 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxa2
) (23. b3 Bc8 24. f4 $14) 23... Bb3 24. Qd4 Rxe5 (24... c5 25. Qd2 Rxe5 26.
Rxe5 Kh8 $10) 25. Rxe5 Qf6 (25... c5 26. Qe3 $14) (25... Qc7 26. f4 Rd8 27. Qe3
Bf7 $14) 26. f4 Rd8 $2 (26... Qd8 $5) 27. Qxb6 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Ke3 Rxg2 (
29... Rxb2 30. Bh3 Qd6 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bxb3 Qd2+ 33. Kf3 Qg2+ 34. Kg4 $18) 30.
Qxb3+ Kf8 31. Qxb7 Qd8 32. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Giese} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6
8. Qb3 Rb8 (8... Qb6 $2 9. Qe3 $1 $16 f4 10. gxf4) 9. Re1 {Black has gone to
the great lenghts to prevent e2-e4 push, but it has cost him lot of time and
some weaknesess (b7,e6).} Nh6 {Speelmans move from the game Hug,W-Speelman,J/
Altensteig (10) ;CBM 43 1994. This move I mentioned in my notes to the game
Tkachiev,V-Tregubov,P/Wijk/1995/1-0 (32) ;CBM 46.  In the texgame Kramnik
seems to demonstrate a refutation of Speelmans move!} (9... Qe7 10. Ne5 $1 (10.
Nh4 Ngf6 11. f3 g5 $1 $132) (10. h3 Bh5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 (12. g4 $1 Bf7 13.
gxf5 exf5 14. Nf1 Ngf6 15. Ne3 g6 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. a4 f4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Nxd5
Nfxd5 (19... Qe6 20. e4 Nbxd5 21. Bd2 Nc7 22. Qxe6+ Nxe6 23. e5 Nxd4 24. exd6
Rhe8) 20. a5 Kg7 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Rxa7 Bb4 23. Bxf4 Bxe1 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25.
Qxb6 {Maiwald,J-Slobodjan,R/Bonn GSK (04)/1995/1-0 (34)}) 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf7 15. Ng5 Ngf6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bg5 Rhe8 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. f4
Qd7 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21. g4 g6 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rf1 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 f4
26. Qd5 Qe6 {Terreaux,G-Sher,M/Ticino op (06)/1994/0-1}) 10... Nxe5 (10... Bh5
$5 11. cxd5 cxd5 $8 12. Nxd7 $6 (12. Ndf3 $5) (12. f3 $5) (12. Ndf3 Ngf6 13.
Bf4 O-O {0.5/Berkovich,M-Van der Wiel,J/Amsterdam Donner op (04)/ 1995}) 12...
Qxd7 13. f3 Ne7 $13) (10... Ngf6 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 O-O 14. e5
Bb4 15. a3 Ba5 16. Bxd5+ cxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Qxa5 f4 19. Ne4 Qf7 20. f3 Nxh2
21. Kxh2 Qh5+ 22. Kg2 fxg3 23. f4 Qh2+ 24. Kf3 {Tkachiev,V-Winants,L/Wijk op 
(10)/1995/1-0 (40)}) 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 $1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Bg5 Be6 $6 (16... Qe6 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Rxe5 Kf7 19. a4 Rhe8
20. a5 a6 21. Rae1 $14) 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Qd2 $5 Qf7 19. Rxe5 O-O 20. Rae1 $16 {
Tkachiev,V-Tregubov,P/Wijk aan Zee/1995/1-0 (32) ;CBM 46}) (9... Ngf6 10. Ng5
Qe7 11. f3 Bh5 12. e4 h6 13. exf5 e5 14. Ne6 Bf7 15. c5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17.
Kh1 Bd6 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. fxe6 h5 21. Bh3 {Hug,W-Lobron,E/
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (02)/1994/1-0 (28)}) (9... Qf6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4
Ne7 12. Ne5 b5 13. Qxa7 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. exf3 Nc6 17. Qc5
Kd7 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Qa7+ Kd6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Be3 Rhc8 22. Bd4 Ra8 23. Qb6+ Rc6
24. Bc5+ Kd7 25. Qb7+ Rc7 26. Qxb5+ Nc6 {Drasko,M-Blagojevic,D/JUG-chT Tivat 
(02)/1995/0.5 (41)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 (11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc7 13. h3 Bh5
14. f4 Bb6+ 15. Kh2 O-O 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {0.5/Hug,W-Speelman,J/Altensteig
(10)/1994/ ;CBM 43}) 11... Bh5 12. e4 $3 {[%cal Ge1e8] If this move can be
tactically justified it clearly represents the strategical win.  Giese: ->[+]}
fxe4 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe6+ Qe7 (15... Be7 16. Bxh6
exf3 17. Bxg7 $18) 16. Rxe4 Kd8 17. Qd5 $16) (12... dxe4 13. Qxe6+ (13. Ng5 Bf7
14. Ndxe4 fxe4 15. Nxe6) 13... Qe7 14. Ng5 Bf7) 13. Ng5 Bf7 {[#]} (13... Qxg5
14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Bg5 (15. Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Bxd5 $16) 15... Nf6 (15...
Qf8 16. Qxd5 $1 Be7 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rxe6 $18) 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6
17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Rae1 $16) (13... Qe7 {Giese} 14.
Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 (14... Nf6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 (15... Qxe6 16. Bg6+ $18) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 {[%cal Ye6g7]} Kf7 18. Nf4+ $18) 15. Rxe4 Be5 16. Re1 $18 {[%cal
Yd4e5]}) 14. Ndxe4 $1 {[%cal Gb3g8] @} dxe4 (14... Be7 15. Nxf7 Nxf7 16. Nc3
$18) 15. Nxe6 {The trojan horse landed in the enemy's territory, white should
win.} Bxe6 (15... Qe7 16. Rxe4 $16 (16. Rxe4 {Giese} Be5 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 (17...
Kd8 18. Qa4 Qf6 19. dxe5 Qxg7 20. e6 $18) 18. Bxh6 $1 Bxb3 19. Nf5+ $18)) (
15... Ng8 16. Rxe4 Bxe6 17. Rxe6+ Be7 18. Bf4 $16) (15... Nf5 16. Rxe4 Be7 17.
Bg5 $16) (15... Qb6 {Giese} 16. Nxg7+ Kd8 17. Qxb6+ axb6 18. Bxh6 $18) (15...
Qf6 {Giese} 16. Rxe4 Be7 17. Bf4 Rd8 (17... Rc8 18. Qxb7 Bxe6 19. Qxc8+ Bd8 20.
Bg5 $1 $18) 18. d5 Nf5 (18... Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Qf7 20. d6 $18) 19. Rae1 $18 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd8,Re7][%cal Yd5d6]}) 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 (16... Be7 17. Bxh6 (17. Bf4 Rc8
18. Bxe4 Nf8 19. Qb3 $40 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Ge1e8]}) 17... gxh6 18. Bxe4 {Giese}
(18. Rxe4 Rf8 19. Rae1 (19. d5 $2 Nc5) 19... Rf7 20. Qxh6 Nf6 $132 {Giese})
18... Rf8 (18... Nf6 19. Bd3 Kf8 20. Bc4 Qe8 21. Qe3 $18) 19. Bxh7 Rf6 20. Qg4
$40) 17. Rxe4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ye6d6]} Kd8 (17... Nf7 18. Qd5 $18 (18. Qb3 $1
$18 {Giese})) (17... Qxe6 18. Rxe6+ Be7 19. Bxh6 Kf7 20. Rae1 Bb4 21. Bd5 Bxe1
22. Rxe1+ Kg6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Re7+ Kh6 25. Rxd7 Rhd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxb7
Rxd4 28. b3 $16) 18. Qd5 (18. Qd5 Qf8 (18... Nf6 19. Rxe7 Nxd5 20. Re6 Nf5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd4 22. Rxd6+ Ke7 23. Be4 Kxd6 24. Bf4+ Kc5 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Bxh7 $18)
19. Re6 (19. Bg5+ {Giese} Nf6 20. Rae1 Nf7 21. Re6 Rg8 (21... Kc7 22. Bxf6 gxf6
23. Rxf6 $18) 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bxf6+ Kc7 24. Qa5+ b6 (24... Kd7 25. Qb5+ $18)
25. Qxa7+ Kc8 26. Rc1+ $18) 19... Bc7 (19... Be7 20. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 21. Bg5 $18)
20. Bg5+ Kc8 21. Rc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Asian Continental op 16th"]
[Site "Chengdu"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Ganguly,S"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{+2 before the final round didn't leave me any chance to qualify for the world
cup specially since I was unbeaten which basically meant the worst possible
tiebreak. I was paired up against my old friend and nemesis Rustam. It was not
easy to guess what he might opt for. I decided to go for the Reti which I have
played only few times so far.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. h3 {
Not a particularly popular move order but there is definitely nothing wrong
with it.} Bxf3 (5... Bh5 {is an altogether different line}) 6. Bxf3 g6 {
This came as mild surprise. I could not be sure if Rustam had it prepared or
was simply freestyling over the board.} (6... Ngf6 {would have simply led to
normal Reti positions.}) 7. e4 $1 (7. d4 {This was other way but then I felt
he could stop me from playing e4 by ...Nf6 and later I would have to exchange
one knight in order to play e4 which I did not want.} Ngf6) 7... dxe4 (7... d4
{was also do-able but I was happy to get this kind of position} 8. Bg2 $14 {
[%cal Gd2d3]}) 8. Bxe4 c6 9. d4 {Anyone would be happy to get such slight edge
in the position as early as move 9 against one of the best theoreticians in
the world.} Bg7 10. c3 Ne7 (10... Ngf6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qb3 $14) 11. Qb3 $1 {
Forces Black to lose his flexibility and to make some sort of a decision. Any
queen move could be met with Qa3 stopping castling while on the other hand if
Black plays ...Nf6 then White can simply come back Bg2 and the knight remains
a bit misplaced on f6.} Nf6 {Not the best place for the knight. Now White
doesn't have to bother about any central breaks.} 12. Bg2 (12. Bh1 {Fischer,R 
(2760)-Petrosian,T (2640) Candidates final 1971 (3) 1/2 Computers do suggest
this 'Petrosian' way as a valid alternative but I didn't see myself playing g4
in case Black plays ...Nf5 so there was no need for the same. Just in case for
those who didn't get the Petrosian move please do search Fischer - Petrosian
Game 3 from Candidates 1971.}) 12... Qd7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. a4 {I didn't want to
commit my knight yet so I decided to expand on the queenside. White simply
keeps options of all knight movrs open which in a way prevents Black from
playing ...Nd5. If he goes ...Nfd5 then White will play Ne4 while if he goes
Ned5 then Nc4 becomes stronger.} a5 (14... Ned5 15. Nc4 {[%csl Rg7]}) (14...
Nfd5 15. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]}) 15. Re1 {Still waiting.} Rfe8 (15... Nfd5 16. Ne4 {
as always.}) 16. Nf3 {I thought it was time to develop the c1-bishop as it has
got a target on a5.} (16. Re2 $5 {was a subtle move asking Black to come up
with some more useful moves.}) 16... Nfd5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. c4 {Aiming for
something direct. Although it is quite practical but perhaps it was better to
make some more slow moves before launching any attack.} (18. Re2 $1 {Here also
the slow approach gives White a slight edge.}) 18... Nf6 (18... Nb4 {was a
better choice} 19. Bf4 (19. Bxb4 Qb6 20. c5 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Re3 Nf5 23.
Rb3 Red8 24. Rxb4 Rd7 {gives Black enough compensation for the pawn}) 19... Qb6
20. Rad1 {is what I would have played but then knight is better placed on b4
than on f6. Nevertheless, White still keeps some pressure.} Nf5 21. Re4 $1 $14
{looks odd but Black cannot take advantage of it and White keeps some pressure.
}) (18... Qb6 19. Ra3 $1 Nb4 20. c5 $14 {gets a pawn although Black will get
some compensation for the same.}) 19. Bf4 {Now White is clearly better.} Qc8
20. Be5 Rd8 21. Qc3 {[%cal Gd4d5]} (21. g4 $1 {[%cal Gb3c3] was the best way
before executing the plan of Qc3 which would have given an almost winning
advantage:} c5 {doesn't work due to} 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. g5 $18)
21... Ne8 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Ng5 (23. g4 $142 {was my original intension to
play against the g7-knight but then I got tempted by the Ng5-Ne4 plan} Qc7 24.
Qe3 $16 {[%cal Ge3h6]}) 23... Qc7 $1 (23... Ngf5 24. Rad1 $16) 24. Rad1 (24. g4
Qf4) (24. Ne4 Ne8) 24... Rac8 {[%csl Ra5] This allows g4 as the a5-pawn will
be hanging after ...Qf4.} (24... Ne8 $5 25. b3 $14 {White can still take
things easy and slowly imporve his position before launching any attack.}) (
24... Ngf5 25. g4 Nh4 26. d5 Nxg2 (26... Qf4 27. Ne4 $16) 27. dxe6 $18) 25. g4
$1 Rf8 (25... Qf4 26. Qxa5) (25... h6 26. Nf3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gc3e3]}) 26. Qe3
Rcd8 27. Qe5 $1 Qb6 (27... Qxe5 28. dxe5 $18 {is absolutely hopeless. The
knight on g7 is practically dead.}) 28. Ne4 Kh8 $1 {Rustam finds the best
practical way to stay in the game. Anticipating a future Nf6 Rustam decided to
exchange the correct knight. Surprisingly in the event of an exchange on f6
the seemingly dead g7-knight will be more useful than the e7-knight. The
reason is the h4-h5-h6 plan won't be fatal for Black with the knight on g7 as
it will always control the mate on g7 while the same is impossible for the
e7-knight.} (28... Ne8 29. h4 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6] is bad news for
Black.}) (28... Qxb2 {doesn't work for many reasons. One of them is as follows:
} 29. Qf6 Rd7 (29... Nc8 30. Qh4 $18) 30. d5 $18) 29. Nf6 $6 {Wrong direction.
I was not exactly in time trouble but didn't have ample time either. I
calculated a few moves and it looked very scary for Black, hence I opted for
it. This spoils the advantage a bit and gives Black counterplay. There were
cool ways to finish the game here which I failed to spot.} (29. b4 $3 {is the
computer suggestion. Later in the badminton court when I mentioned this to
Rustam, who was this time my badminton doubles partner, he simply quipped that
had I played b4 he would have demanded a thorough strip search :-)} axb4 (29...
Qxb4 30. Rb1 Qxc4 31. Rxb7 Nd5 32. Nd6 $18) 30. a5 Qa7 31. Qc7 Nc8 32. c5 $1 {
is the machine way to suffocate Black; Ng5 is coming and Black can do very
little about it.}) (29. b3 $1 {is the second best choice of engines. Both
these moves didn't occur to me during the game.}) 29... Ng8 $1 {Rustam kept on
defending with the utmost precision.} 30. c5 $5 {From a practical point of
view this was quite interesting. The idea is to make sure that the black queen
stays out of the kingside and only then will White start the h4-h5 plan.} (30.
h4 Nxf6 31. Qxf6 Rd6 {[%cal Gb6d8] is something that I wanted to avoid.}) (30.
d5 Nxf6 31. Qxf6 cxd5 32. cxd5 Kg8 {White still keeps some edge but Black will
be happy to get this position from what he had just a few moves back.}) 30...
Qb4 (30... Qxb2 31. Ne4 $16) 31. h4 {I decided to stick to my original plan.
The whole point of including c5-Qb4 was that now the black queen can never
challenge/exchange the white queen so I can freely attack on the kingside. By
the way all advantage is gone according to the engines.} (31. Ne4 f5 $132)
31... Nxf6 32. Qxf6 Kg8 $1 33. h5 Rd7 $1 {And now we see the advantage of
exchanging the right knight. Thanks to the g7-knight Black need not be scared
of h6-ideas. Already the game is open for three results.} 34. h6 Ne8 35. Qe5 {
While playing 30.c5 I saw this position would more or less come by force and
felt this will keep good practical chances. True I don't have any immediate
threats coming but on the other hand Black's pieces are also tied down and
without the engines on and in time trouble this does look scary.} Re7 (35...
Qxa4 {The computer plays it cool. During the game I felt it would take nerves
of steel to simply start grabbing the pawn while seeing f4-f5 coming} 36. f4
Qb4 37. f5 {[%eval 0,0] is the evaluation. Any day I would rather have this
position as White in a tournament game} Qxb2 {everything draws and this is one
such move!} 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Qxe6+ Rdf7 40. Rf1 Nc7 41. Qe5 $44 {once again
everything draws as per the engines!}) 36. d5 $1 cxd5 (36... Qxc5 37. dxc6 $18)
37. Rxd5 Qxg4 38. Rd8 {The attacking mode was still on!} (38. Rd4 $1 $16 {
it was time to get into endgame and play for a queenside majority.}) 38... f6
39. Qc3 (39. Qb8 f5) 39... Qxa4 40. Red1 (40. Rd4 $1 {A slightly unusual move
to spot in time trouble. Suddenly Black loses the a5-pawn!} Qb5 41. Bf1 $1 Qc6
42. Qxa5 $16) 40... Qf4 {The sky is clear. New time control. I am two pawns
down. 0.00 according to the computer. Definitely not what I was aiming for a
couple of moves back.} 41. Qxa5 Qxh6 {Still two pawns down and this time I
also lost the h6 pawn which was not letting the black king breathe properly.}
42. Qb4 {However, it is still Black who should be more careful and practically
it is a lot easier to play from the white side here. White might be two pawns
down but his pieces are super active and also his pawns on the queenside are
way more advanced compared to Black's kingside pawns.} Qg7 (42... Ref7 $1 {
is not an easy move to make!} 43. Bxb7 Qg5+ 44. Kf1 Qh5 45. R1d3 {I would
still prefer White.}) 43. Rb8 {This is the human way.} (43. c6 $1 {Something
that I thought of briefly but I didn't want to exchange my c5-pawn against the
weak b7-pawn.} bxc6 44. Bxc6 g5 (44... f5 45. Qb8 Qf7 46. Rc8 $1 {is the
direct way that I failed to spot}) 45. Qb8 Qf7 46. b4 Qh5 47. R1d3 $16 {
White keeps things under control.}) 43... Nc7 (43... Rd7 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Bf3
$16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gg1g2]}) (43... f5 {is what I was expecting the most} 44.
Rdd8 Qf6 45. Bxb7 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Kf3 Qc1 $1 49. Ba6 $3 {
would have been an extremely difficult move to spot} g5 50. Bb5 $1 {Followed
by this!} g4+ 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. c6 f4 53. Ba4 $3 {and finally this! The bishop
was happily protecting the king on g2. From there it went to Bb7-Ba6-Bb5-Ba4.
I could not have calculated this even if I had had a whole two hours on the
clock :-)} f3+ 54. Kd3 Qf1+ 55. Kc2 Qxf2+ 56. Rd2 Qh4 57. Rd7 $1 $18 {By
hitting the spacebar I can find it in two minutes!} f2 58. c7 f1=Q 59. c8=Q $18
{Piece of cake!}) 44. Qxb7 {It felt like exchanging one rook will only be
beneficial for me as then I can advance my pawns freely.} (44. Rxb7 $1 $16 {
Ding,L (2783)-Vidit,S (2692) 11th World Teams 2017 (2.1) 1/2 It turns out that
my rooks are way more active than their counterparts, hence this was much
stronger. As I am annotating this game I see live games from World team 2017
where Ding Liren is playing against Vidit and on move 42 Ding decided to keep
the rook active by playing Ra8-Ra7 while there it was important to exchange
rooks and push the passed a-pawn. Just in case if someone wants to compare the
positions here is the link.}) 44... f5 {After a decent amount of thought.} (
44... Nd5 {It was clear that Rustam was looking for direct ways to solve the
problems. I was also looking into this line deeper while he was thinking. My
original intention while playing Qb7 was to meet ...Nd5 with Bxd5 but it was
during Rustam's move that I went into things more deeply and realised it does
not work.} 45. Bxd5 $6 {is the reason why Rustam didn't play ...Nd5} (45. Qa8
$1 {is the simplest way and is what I was going to play}) 45... Rxb7 46. Rxb7
Qh6 (46... exd5 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Rxd5 Kf7 {Scary but also it holds}) 47.
Bxe6+ Kh8 48. Rdd7 Re8 $8 {Now Black is threatening perpetual as White is
unable to run from e2.} 49. Rxh7+ (49. c6 $142 Qc1+ 50. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 49...
Qxh7 50. Rxh7+ Kxh7 51. Bd7 Re1+ 52. Kg2 Kg7 53. c6 Rc1 54. b4 Kf7 55. b5 Ke7
56. b6 Kd6 {and Black is in time!}) 45. Rxf8+ (45. c6 $1 $14) 45... Kxf8 46. b4
$6 (46. c6 $1 Qh6 47. Qb4 $16) 46... Qb2 $1 $132 {I missed this move entirely.}
47. Bc6 Nd5 $2 {Just when Black had got a completely equal position Rustam
stumbled. This move would have been totally fine only if a particular tactic
didn't work. Unfortunately for him in this case he saw it only after playing
this move.} (47... Kf7 {and Black has nothing to worry about. Most likely the
game will end in some sort of perpetual.} 48. Rd7 {I was planning to bail out
like this} (48. b5 Nd5 {was scary}) 48... Rxd7 49. Bxd7 Qc1+ 50. Kg2 Qg5+ 51.
Kf1 Qc1+ $11) 48. Qa8+ $1 Kf7 (48... Kg7 {Rustam was counting on this move but
this loses to a cute piece of tactics} 49. Bxd5 $1 (49. Qd8 Qe2) 49... exd5 50.
Qa1 $3 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rc5] was the move missed by Rustam. The upcoming rook
endgame would be hopeless for Black.}) 49. Bxd5 Qxb4 (49... exd5 50. Qxd5+ Kg7
51. Qd4+ $18) 50. Bf3 (50. Bxe6+ Rxe6 51. Rd7+ Re7 52. Qd5+ Kf8 $11) 50... Qxc5
51. Qh8 $1 {Wins the game.} Rc7 52. Qxh7+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ Kg5 54. Kg2 Rc8 55. Qh7
Rc7 56. Qg8 e5 57. Rg1 Kf6 58. Bd5 Qd6 59. Qh8+ Ke7 60. Qg7+ Kd8 61. Qg8+ Ke7
62. Rh1 Kf6 63. Qh8+ Rg7 64. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3
Bh5 8. e4 (8. g4 $5 Bg6 9. Nh4) 8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 (
11... Bxf3 {Horn,Pe} 12. Bxf3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Qe6 14. Kg2 h5 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Bd2 g6
17. b4 Be7 18. a5 $14 {Larsen-Vaganian, London 1985}) 12. a4 (12. b4 $5 Bf8 13.
Bb2 Qc7) (12. Nh4 $5 $13 {Horn,Pe}) 12... Qc7 $6 (12... a5 $5 13. Bd2 (13. Nh4
$5) 13... b6 14. Nh4 Nf8 $5 $13 15. Bc3 N6d7 16. Nf5 f6 17. g4 Bf7 18. Ncd6 Re6
19. Rd1 Ng6 20. Qd2 Ndf8 $13) 13. Nh4 Bf8 14. Bg5 (14. f4 $6 {Horn,Pe} b5 $1
15. Na5 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 $15) (14. Bd2 $5 {Horn,Pe}) 14... Bg6 (14... h6 15.
Bd2 Nc5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. f4 $40) (14... b5 15. axb5 (15. Nd2 $6 h6
16. Be3 Nc5 $15) 15... cxb5 16. Ne3 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6
20. Nd5 (20. Qa5 $5 Rec8 $5 21. c3 (21. Qxb5 $2 Rab8) 21... Qc6 22. Rfd1 a6 23.
Qa2+ $13) 20... Nxd5 21. exd5 e4 $13 {Kindermann S.}) 15. Nxg6 $6 (15. Rd1 $5
h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. h4 {/\ Ch3+/=}) 15... hxg6 16. Qe2 (16. b4
$5 $14 {Horn,Pe}) 16... Nc5 17. Bxf6 (17. h4 Ne6 18. c3 (18. Bxf6 Nd4 19. Qg4
gxf6 20. c3 Ne6 (20... f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. h5 $40) 21. h5 Kh7 22. Bh3 $40 Bh6
23. Kg2 $16) 18... Nxg5 19. hxg5 Nh7 20. Qg4 $2 (20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bc5+ 22.
Kh1 b5 $13) 20... Qe7 $1) 17... gxf6 18. h4 Bh6 19. b4 (19. Rfd1 $6 b5 $1 $15)
19... Ne6 20. c3 b5 21. axb5 (21. Na5 $5 {/\ Kb3} c5 $5 $13 22. Qxb5 Rab8 23.
Qc6 cxb4 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Nc6 bxc3 $5 $13) (21. Ne3 $5 $13 {Horn,Pe}) 21...
cxb5 22. Ne3 Qxc3 $6 (22... Bxe3 23. Qxe3 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 $10)
23. Nd5 Qc4 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Qxc4 (25. Qg4 $5 Red8 26. h5 Kg7 27. hxg6 fxg6 (
27... Kxf6 $4 28. Qf5+ Ke7 29. Qxf7+ Kd6 30. Ra6+) 28. Nd5 $40 (28. Nh5+ Kh7
29. Nf6+ Kg7 $10) 28... Rd6 $8 29. Ne7 Nd4 $13) 25... bxc4 26. Nxe8 (26. Nd7+
Kg8 (26... Kg7 $6 27. Nxe5) 27. Nf6+ Kf8 $10) 26... Kxe8 27. Rac1 (27. Rfd1 c3
28. Ra2 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Bf1) (27. Ra5 $13) 27... Rc8 (27... Bxc1 28. Rxc1
Rc8 29. Rc3 $1 {/\ Cf1} (29. Bh3 $2 Nd4 $17) 29... Nd4 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. Rxc4
Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Rc5 $16) 28. Bh3 Bxc1 (28... f5 $6) (28... Nd4 29. Bxc8
Bxc1 30. Ba6 $1 $18) 29. Bxe6 fxe6 $2 (29... Bd2 30. Bxc8 c3 $10) 30. Rxc1 c3
31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Kf3 Rc4 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Kd3 (34. f3 $5 c2 35. Kd3 Rxb4 36. Rxc2
g5 37. h5 $16) 34... Rxb4 35. Rxc3 g5 $1 (35... a5 36. g4 $5 {/\g5}) 36. h5 g4
37. Rc7 Rb3+ 38. Kd2 (38. Kc4 Rb2 39. Rxa7 Rxf2 (39... Kg5 $1 $10) 40. h6 Rh2
41. h7 Rh1 (41... Kg6 42. Kc5 Rxh7 $4 43. Rxh7 Kxh7 44. Kd6 Kg6 45. Kxe6 $18)
42. Rd7 $1 {/\kc4-c5-d6-c7-d8-e8-f8} (42. Kc5 Rc1+ 43. Kd6 Rd1+ 44. Kc7 Kg7 $10
)) 38... Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 Rb4 41. h6 Rxe4+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kd3 Rd4+ 43.
Ke3 a5 $10) 42... Rb4 43. h7 Rb1+ $3 $8 (43... Rb8 44. Rxa7 Kg6 45. Ke2 Rh8 46.
Kd3 $18) 44. Ke2 (44. Kg2 Rb8 45. Rxa7 Kg6 (45... Rh8 $10 {Horn,Pe}) 46. Kf1
Rh8 47. Ke2 Rxh7 48. Rxh7 Kxh7 49. Kd3 Kg6 $10) 44... Rh1 45. Rxa7 Kg6 46. Ke3
(46. Kd3 Rh2 $1 (46... Kf5 $2 47. Kc4 Kg6 48. Kc5 $18) 47. Kc4 Rxh7 48. Rxh7
Kxh7 $10) 46... Kf5 47. Rg7 Kf6 48. Rxg4 Rxh7 49. Ke4 Ra7 50. Rg8 Ra4+ 51. Kf3
Kf7 52. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Donev} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7
8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Rd1 a4 11. a3 O-O 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Nf1 c5 14. h4 Nc6 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. N1h2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 e5 19. Be3 e4 20. dxe4 Bxe4 21. c3
Na5 22. Re1 Qb6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Bxh6 $2 {[%csl Gg4] an unaccountable
sacrifice ein unerklärliches Opfer} gxh6 (24... Bxf3 $2 25. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
gxh6 27. Qxd5+ Kg7 28. Re6 $18) 25. Nxh6+ Kg7 26. Qd2 Be7 $2 (26... Nc4 $142 $1
$19 {[%csl Rb2,Rd2,Rh6][%cal Yb6b2]}) 27. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 28. Nf5+ Kh8 29. Qf4 $1
$10 {[%csl Gd1,Gf4,Gf5,Rd6]} exf3 30. Rd6 Qxd6 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33.
Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Bxf3 Nb6 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39.
Qh6+ Kg8 40. Bg4 Nc6 41. Qg6+ {Wegen das Materiales nacheil sind Weiß
erzwungen Dauerschach zu geben.} (41. Be6+ $6 {Donev} Rxe6 42. Qxe6+ Kf8 43.
Qf6+ Ke8 44. Qe6+ Be7 $17 {Wenn Weiß kein Dauerschach hat entscheidet schwarze
Materialvorteil.}) 41... Kf8 {Nach Qf6 ist Dauerschach gesichert.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 15th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1999.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Foisor, Cristina Adela B"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 a5 7. e4 Nf6 (7... Nge7
8. exd5 (8. Na3 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. b3 Be6) (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 h6
10. a4 Be6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nf1 f5 13. Ne3 Bf7) 8... Nxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Re1+
Nde7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 c6 13. d5) 8. Bg5 (8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4) 8... dxe4 9.
Bxf6 (9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxg5 12. Nxc6 Bg4 13. Re1+ Kf8) 9...
Qxf6 10. dxe4 O-O 11. Nbd2 a4 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2) (12. Nc4) 12... b6 13. Rfd1 Ba6
14. Qe3 Rfd8 15. Bf1 (15. Nf1 Na5) 15... Bb7 16. b4 Ne7 (16... axb3 17. axb3)
17. a3 Nc8 18. Nc4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 (19... cxd6 20. c4 Bh6 21. Qxh6 Qxf3 22.
Bg2) 20. Rxd6 Qxd6 (20... cxd6 21. Qxb6 Bxe4 22. Nd2) 21. Bc4 Rd8 (21... Bf6)
22. Ng5 Rd7 23. Qf3 Bf6 (23... Qf6 24. Qg4 Rd2 (24... Bc8 25. Bxf7+) (24... Re7
25. Rd1) 25. Rf1 (25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Rf1 h5 (26... h6 27. f4) 27. Qh4 Bh6) 25...
h5 26. Qh4 (26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Qh4 Bh6) 26... Rd7) 24. h4 (24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Rd1
Qe7 26. Qg4 Bc6 27. Qc8+ Be8 28. h4) 24... Kg7 25. Kh2 h6 26. Nh3 (26. Nxf7
Rxf7 (26... Qc6 27. Bd5 Rxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Bxd5 30. Nd8 Bxd8 (30... e4
) 31. Rd1 c6 32. c4) 27. Rd1 Qe7 (27... Bxe4 28. Qe2 Qc6 29. b5 Bf3 (29... Qb7
30. Bxf7 Kxf7 (30... Bf3 31. Rd7 Bxe2 32. Bd5+) 31. Qc4+) 30. bxc6 Bxe2 31.
Bxe2 Be7)) 26... Qd2 27. Bb5 Qb2 28. Bxd7 Qxa1 29. Bxa4 Qb1 (29... Qxa3 30. Bd1
) 30. h5 b5 31. Bd1 (31. Bxb5 Bxe4) (31. Qd1 Qxe4 32. f3 Qc6) 31... Bxe4 32.
Qe3 (32. Qe2 gxh5 33. Qxh5 Qc1) 32... gxh5 33. Bf3 Bg6 34. Be2 c6 35. Ng1 e4
36. Qc5 Qe1 37. c4 bxc4 38. Bxc4 h4 39. Ne2 hxg3+ 40. Nxg3 Qc3 41. Ba6 (41.
Qxc6 Qc2 (41... Qd2 42. Nxe4 (42. Kg2 Bd4))) 41... Qxc5 (41... Qxa3) 42. bxc5
Bd4 43. Bb7 (43. Kg2 f5 (43... Bxc5 44. Bb7 Bxa3 45. Bxc6 f5) 44. Bb7 f4) 43...
Bxf2 44. Bxc6 f5 (44... Bxc5 45. Bxe4 Bxa3) 45. Bd7 Kf6 (45... f4 46. Nf5+ Kf6
47. c6 Bb6 48. Nxh6) 46. c6 Bb6 47. Ne2 f4 48. Nc3 (48. Nxf4 Bc7 49. Kg3 Kg5)
48... Ke5 49. Nb5 e3 50. Bg4 h5 51. Be2 (51. Bd1 Be4 52. c7 Bxc7 53. Nxc7 f3)
51... Be4 52. c7 Bxc7 53. Bxh5 (53. Nxc7 f3 54. Bxf3 Bxf3 55. Kg1 (55. Kg3 Bc6)
55... h4 56. Nb5 e2 57. Kf2 h3) 53... Ba5 54. a4 f3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. e4
c6 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 (10. c4 Bc7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Qc3 b5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. c5 Nc6
15. b4 Nf6 16. Bb2 h6 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 d4 $132 {0-1 Fries
Nielsen,J-Gausel,E/SWE 2002/EXT 2003 (50)}) 10... a5 $5 {TN} 11. Re1 Qb6 {
[н/\12...Rd8,12...c5<=>]} 12. c4 $5 Bxf3 (12... Qa7 $5 {Anastasian,A}) 13. Nxf3
dxc4 14. Qc2 e5 $6 (14... Qa6 15. e5 Bb4 16. Re4 Ng6 17. h4 f5 $5 18. exf6 Nxf6
19. Rxe6 Rae8 $132) 15. Be3 (15. Qxc4 exd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Qa4 Bc5
$132) 16... Qxd4 (16... Bc5 17. Qxd7 Rad8 18. Qg4 Bxf2+ 19. Kh2 Bxe1 20. Nxe1
Qf2 21. Nf3 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Bf4 $16) 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Rd1
Rfd8 19. b3 $14) 15... Qa6 $5 (15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qxc4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4
$14) 16. Red1 Rfd8 (16... Rad8 $2 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bc5 $16) 17.
a4 b5 18. Kh2 $6 (18. Kh1 $1 {(н/\19.de5)} Ng6 (18... exd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20.
Rxd6 $18) 19. h4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. h5 Nge5 22. h6 $132) 18... Ng6 $5 (18...
exd4 $6 19. Rxd4 Ne5 (19... Bc5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxc5 $18) 20. Rad1 Nxf3+ 21.
Bxf3 Bc7 22. Rd7 $14) 19. dxe5 Ndxe5 20. Nd4 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 Nd3 22. e5
Be7 23. b3 $13) 20... Bc5 21. axb5 (21. Nxb5 cxb5 (21... Bxe3 22. Nc7 Qc8 23.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nxa8 Ba7 25. f4 Nd3 26. Qxc4 Nb4 27. e5 Qxa8 28. e6 $13) 22.
Bxc5 Nd3 23. Be3 b4 $132) 21... cxb5 22. b4 $2 $138 Bxb4 23. f4 Nd3 24. e5 Rac8
$19 25. e6 fxe6 26. Be4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 14th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petran, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. b3 e5 8. e4
$6 (8. Bb2 Bd6 (8... e4 $6 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nh4 $36) 9. e4) 8... dxe4 $5 (8...
Bb4 9. exd5 cxd5 10. g4 Bc3 11. Rb1 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 Re8
$15 {0-1 Morejon,E-Kruppa,Y Ubeda op 1998 (21)}) 9. dxe4 Bb4 10. O-O Bc3 11.
Rb1 O-O (11... Bxd2 $6 12. Qxd2 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nec5 15. Ba3 $44)
12. Qe2 b5 $5 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. a3 c5 15. b4 $6 (15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. g4
Bg6 18. Ng3 $132) 15... cxb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Qb3 Bc3 $1 (17... Bxd2 18. Bxd2
Qc7 19. Qxb5 Qxc2 20. Rfc1 $44) 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 Rab8 20. Rb3 Rxb3 21.
cxb3 Rb8 (21... Bxf3 $5 22. Bxf3 (22. Nxf3 Rb8 23. Be3 Rxb3 24. Bxa7 Rb4 $15)
22... Rb8 $15) 22. g4 Bg6 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Nb1 $1 Ba1 $1 (24... Nfxe4 25. Be3
Bb2 26. Nh4 $44) 25. Be3 Nxb3 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27. Bb6 (27. Nbd2 Nxd2 28. Rxa1
Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Bxe4 $17) 27... Bxe4 28. Nfd2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 g6 31.
Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Bxd8 Nd5 33. Nd2 (33. g5 Kf8 34. Kf3 Ke8 35. Ba5 Kd7 $17) 33...
f6 34. Ne4 Kf7 35. Ba5 Bb2 36. Bd2 Ba3 37. Kg3 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Ng5+ Kg6
40. Nf3 Bd6 41. Kg2 e4 42. Nd4 Kf6 43. Kf1 Bf4 44. Ba5 Bc7 45. Bd2 Bb6 46. Ne2
Ke5 47. Bc3+ $2 (47. Kg2 f4 48. f3 $17) 47... Nxc3 48. Nxc3 f4 49. Ke2 f3+ $19
50. Kf1 Bd4 51. Nb5 Bb2 52. Ke1 Kd5 53. Kd2 Bf6 54. Ke1 Kc6 55. Na3 Kc5 56. Kf1
Bd4 57. Nc2 Kc4 58. Na3+ Kb4 $1 59. Nc2+ (59. Nb1 Bc3 60. Kg1 Kb3 $19) 59...
Kc3 60. Na3 Bc5 61. Nb5+ Kd2 62. Nc7 Bxf2 $1 0-1

[Event "GER CupT prel"]
[Site "Porz"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gutman, Lev"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 {Dieser Laeuferzug, eine Idee von Capablanka,
kommt immer oefter vor und bereitet Weiss gewisse Probleme.} 4. Ne5 {In meiner
frueherer Partie gegen Lutz, Bad Zwesten 2000, ich verzichtete auf diesen
Roesselsprung, jedenfalls ohne Erfolg. 4...} Bf5 (4... Bh5 {gilt als die
bessere Alternative, jedoch} 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. O-O (
9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. O-O {war praeziser}) 9... Be7 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 {
wirkt kritisch}) 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Be3 (13. Qc3 Nf6 {
"bereitet Schwarz keine Sorgen, Romanischin-Larsen , Lone Pine 1981", Wladimir
Bagirow "Reti-Eroeffnung"}) 13... Rfd8 14. h3 (14. Qc3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Rfe1
Nf6 17. Nc5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Bg6 22. Rae1 {
folgte in Romanischin-Tukmakow, Kastel Stari 1997}) 14... Bg6 15. Nd2 Bf6 16.
c5 Qxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bxb2 20. Ra2 Re8 21. Rxb2 Rxe3 22. f5
{konnte Weiss zufrieden stellen, Gutman-Carsten Mueller, Altenkirchen DEM 1999.
}) 5. c4 Nd7 6. d4 e6 7. O-O (7. Qb3 {haette Schwarz mittels 7...} Nxe5 (7...
Qb6 8. Nxd7 Qxb3 9. axb3 Kxd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. c5 Be7 12. b4 b5 13. f3 {ergab
weissen Vorteil in Gutman-Bagirow, Moskau 1989}) 8. dxe5 Qb6 {beantworten
koennen.}) 7... Ngf6 8. Nxd7 ({Wird relativ selten gespielt, aber das uebliche
} 8. Nc3 Be7 ({"} 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qf4 {
kommt dem Anziehenden zugute, Kavalek-Van der Wiel, Bochum 1981", Bagirow}) 9.
Qb3 {bietet wenig Aussicht, 9...} Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O ({
auch} 12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bg2 Nf6 17. h3 a6
18. Rfd1 Rd7 {kommt in Betracht, Karlsson-Arkell, Wrexam 1994}) 13. Be3 Nf6 14.
d5 Qxb3 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. axb3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxb2 (17... a6 18. Rfd1 Bxb2 19.
Ra2 Bf6 20. d6 $1 Rab8 21. Bb6 {scheint vorteilhaft fuer Weiss zu sein}) 18.
Ra2 Be5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7 exd5 21. Bxd5 Rd8 {fuehrte zum Ausgleich,
Oratovsky-Siebrecht, Saanen 1994.}) 8... Qxd7 9. Nd2 ({Weiss gibt die Idee mit
e2-e4 auf und ueberfuehrt den Springer auf f3, um das Feld e5 unter die Lupe
zu nehmen.} 9. Nc3 Be7 10. f3 (10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rfc8 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Qxc4
Bc2 {ist kaum besser, Mora-Botez, Tel Aviv Olympiade 1964}) 10... Rd8 11. c5
O-O 12. Kh1 Qc8 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. g4 Bg6 15. e3 e5 {versprach Schwarz gutes
Gegenspiel, Wilhelmi-Naumann, Halle 1996.}) 9... Be7 10. Nf3 (10. b3 O-O 11.
Bb2 a5 12. a3 h6 13. Rc1 b5 14. c5 Bh7 15. f3 a4 16. b4 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Qe2
Rae8 19. e5 f6 {ueberzeugt weniger, Schulze-Bagirow, Bern 1995.}) 10... O-O 11.
Bf4 {Ich war nu n mit meiner Stellung zufrieden, obwohl laut Junior steht
Schwarz nicht schlecht. 11...} Qd8 12. c5 (12. Qb3 Qb6 {bringt Weiss nichts
ein.}) 12... Be4 {Der Jagd auf den laesstigen Nf3 beginnt.} 13. Ne5 (13. Qb3 {
scheitert an 13...} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 b6 {.}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd7 15. Nd3 Bg5
16. e3 Bxf4 17. exf4 Qf6 (17... b6 18. Rc1 bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21.
Qc2 Rab8 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Rd1 Qa6 24. Rd3 {scheint guenstiger fuer den
Anziehenden zu sein: Am Damenfluegel hat Schwarz nichts erreicht, dagegen
weisse Initiative am Koenigsfluegel kann unangenehm werden.}) 18. Ne5 {Nicht
sehr gerne, aber es ist schwer was Besseres zu finden. 18...} Nxe5 19. fxe5 {
Schwarz hat sich vom Anblick des feindlichen Springers endlich befreit, aber
Weiss hat mehr Raum, und es ist nicht leicht ein Gegenspiel zu erlangen. 19...}
Qg6 (19... Qe7 20. Rc1 {war zu ueberlegen.}) 20. Rc1 Rfb8 (20... f6 21. Re1 Rf7
22. Rc3 Raf8 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. f3 Qf7 25. Qe2 Rh6 26. Re3 {verspricht Schwarz
keinem vollen Ausgleich.}) 21. Re1 h6 (21... Qg5 22. Re3 Qd8 {kommt in Frage.})
22. Re3 b6 23. b3 a5 ({Auf der Suche nach Gegenspiel,} 23... b5 24. f4 a5 25.
a3 Rf8 26. Qe2 a4 27. b4 Rae8 28. Rf1 {waere zu passiv.}) 24. cxb6 Rxb6 25. a4
Qg5 26. Rc5 Qe7 27. Qd2 Rba6 (27... Qb7 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Qxa5 Rxb3 30. Rxb3
Qxb3 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qxc6 Qd1 33. a5 Qxd4 34. Qc2+ g6 35. a6 Kg7 36. Qa2 Qa7
37. h4 {und Schwarz hat eine schwere Verteidigung vor sich.}) 28. Rec3 Qb7 29.
g4 (29. Rf3 $1 Qe7 30. h4 {gefaellt mir nun besser, zum Beispiel: 30...} Qb7
31. g4 Qe7 32. g5 {.}) 29... Rb6 30. Qc2 Raa6 31. Rg3 $6 (31. f4 $5 {war
vorzuziehen.}) 31... Rb4 32. Qd3 Rab6 33. Rc3 c5 $2 ({Ein Fehler in Zeitnot.
Notwendig war} 33... Qe7 {, wenn auch nach} 34. Qd2 (34. g5 hxg5 35. Qe3 f6 36.
exf6 Qxf6 37. Rf3 Qg6 38. Qe5 Qe4 39. Qxg5 Rxb3 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qe8 Rxc3 42.
Qh5+ {mit Dauerschach}) 34... Qh4 35. Rcd3 (35. f4 Kf8 36. Qd3 Kg8) 35... Qe7
36. Qc1 Qd8 37. Qc5 {behaelt Weiss die besseren Chancen.}) 34. Rxc5 Rxb3 35.
Qc2 Rxg3+ 36. hxg3 g5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Qc5 Qxc8 39. Qxc8 Rb4 40. Qd8 Rxd4 41.
Qf6+ {Schwarz gab auf.} 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nadera, Barlo A"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. b3 Bd6 8. c4 Ne7
9. Nc3 f5 10. a4 O-O 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nc8 13. c5 a5 14. Qd2 b6 15. cxb6
Qxb6 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Nd1 Rac8 19. Ra2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 c5 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. Rac2 Rxc2 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Ndxc8 {[#] Bewegliches
Springerpaar bei besserer Bauernstruktur (rückständiger weißer Bb3).} 26. e3
Kf7 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Nc3 Na7 29. Ke1 Kd6 30. Kd2 Kc5 31. Bd1 e5 32. Ne2 Nc6 33.
f4 Nd7 34. fxe5 Ndxe5 35. Kc3 g6 36. Nd4 Nb4 37. Be2 Nd7 38. Ne6+ Kd6 39. Ng5
Nf6 40. Bf3 Ke7 41. h4 h6 42. Nh3 Kd6 43. Nf4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Ne2 Ke5 46.
Kd2 Ne4+ 47. Kd1 Nc6 48. Bh5 d4 $1 49. Be8 d3 50. Nc1 (50. Bxc6 dxe2+ 51. Kxe2
Nxg3+ 52. Kd3 (52. Kf3 Ne4 53. Bxe4 g4+ 54. Ke2 Kxe4 $19) 52... Ne4 53. Ba8 g4
54. Bc6 g3 $19) 50... Nb4 $19 51. Bb5 Nc3+ 52. Kd2 Nb1+ 53. Kd1 Ke4 54. Bd7
Kxe3 55. Nxd3 Nxd3 56. Bxf5 Nd2 57. Kc2 Nb4+ 58. Kc3 Nd5+ 59. Kc2 Ne4 60. g4
Kd4 61. Be6 Nb4+ 62. Kb2 Nc5 63. Bf7 Ncd3+ 64. Ka3 Kc3 65. Bg8 Ne1 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chomet, Pascal"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qf3 g5 18. Bg3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nf8 20. a4 a5 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. Nd2 Ng6 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Kg7 26. Be1 b6 27. Qe2 Red8
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qc4 Qd6 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. b4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Qc7 33. Be2 Nf6 34.
Bc3 Nh4 35. Bd3 h5 36. gxh5 Nxh5 37. Kh2 Nf6 38. Be2 Rh8 39. Rg1 Kg6 40. Rg3 c5
41. a5 bxa5 42. Qa6 Qc8 43. Bh5+ Kg7 44. Rxg5+ Ng6 45. Qxc8 Rxc8 46. Bxe5 a4
47. Bc3 a3 48. Bf3 Re8 49. Rxc5 Nh4 50. Bh1 Kg6 51. e5 Nd7 52. Ra5 Nf5 53. Be4
Kg5 54. Bxf5 Kxf5 55. Rxa3 {Beweglicher Springer gegen toten Läufer; schlechte
weiße Bauernstruktur; später abgeschnittener weißer König ==> remis} Rc8 56.
Kg3 $2 (56. Bd4 Rxc2+ 57. Kg3 $14) 56... Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 57. Bd4 Ne4+ 58.
Kg2 (58. Kf3 Rxc2 $19 {[%cal Rc2f2]}) 58... Rxc2+ 59. Kf1 {Nach dem Abdrängen
des Königs auf die 1.Reihe gibt es keine Gewinnchance mehr.} Ng5 {Gut genug.
Es hielt ebenfalls remis:} (59... Nd2+ 60. Ke1 Nf3+ 61. Kd1 Rd2+ 62. Kc1 Rh2
63. Ra7 Nxd4 64. exd4 Ke4 $11 {[%csl Rd4,Rh3][%cal Gh2a2]} 65. Rd7 (65. Rxf7
Kxd4 66. Rf3 Kxe5 67. Kd1 Ke4 68. Ra3 Kf4) (65. Ra4 Rxh3 66. Kc2 Kd5 {[%csl
Rd4][%cal Gh3a3]}) (65. Rxf7 Kxd4 66. e6 Rxh3 67. Rd7+ Kc5 (67... Ke5 68. e7
Rh8 69. Rd8 $18) 68. e7 Re3 69. Kd2 Re6 70. Kd3 Kc6 71. Ra7 Kd6) 65... Rxh3 66.
Kc2 Rd3) 60. Ra6 Ne6 61. Ra7 Kg6 62. Ra8 Kh7 63. Kg1 Ng5 64. h4 Nf3+ 65. Kf1
Rd2 {Remisschaukel Sf3-h2-f3} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Nxe5 8.
Bxe5 e6 9. d3 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 e5 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Re8 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Bf3 Bg6 16. Qe2 a5 17. a3 Qe7 18. h4 h5 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qf1 Qc7 21. Re2 Bc5
22. Rae1 d4 23. Bc1 b5 24. Nb1 Ng4 25. Qh3 Qd7 26. Bd2 Bb6 27. Bg2 f6 28. f3
Ne3 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Bh3 Ra7 31. Rc1 Bf7 32. Kf2 g6 33. Ke1 Kg7 34. Rh2 Bc5
35. Ke2 b4 36. a4 Bg8 37. Bxe3 dxe3 38. f4 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Bxf5 Rf8 41.
Be4 Be6 42. Bf3 Bg4 43. Bxg4 hxg4 44. Rf1 exf4 45. gxf4 Raf7 46. c3 Rxf4 47.
Rxf4 Rxf4 48. Rg2 Kh6 49. d4 bxc3 50. dxc5 c2 51. Rg1 cxb1=Q 52. Rxb1 Re4 53.
b4 Rxb4 54. Rxb4 axb4 {Freibauernrennen} 55. a5 (55. Kxe3 b3 56. a5 b2 57. a6
b1=Q $19) 55... g3 56. a6 (56. Kxe3 g2 57. Kf2 b3 58. a6 b2 59. a7 g1=Q+ 60.
Kxg1 b1=Q+ $19) 56... g2 57. a7 g1=Q 58. a8=Q Qf2+ 59. Kd3 Qd2+ 60. Ke4 e2 $2 (
60... Kh5 $1) 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. h5+ $2 (62. Qg8+ Kh5 63. Qh7+ Kg4 64. Qf5+ Kg3
65. Qf3+ Kxh4 66. Qf6+ Qg5 67. Qf2+ Qg3 68. Qxe2 {war viel besser}) 62... Kf7
63. Qh7+ Ke8 64. Qg8+ Kd7 65. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
(8. b3 Bd6 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nf5 Bc5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4
Bf8 15. a4 b5 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nfd7 20. axb5 cxb5
21. c4 Reb8 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Red1 Ra6 24. Ba3 Qb7 25. Rac1 g6 26. Ne3 Nxb3 27.
Bxf8 Nd4 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qh4 Nxf8 30. Kg2 Rc6 31. Nf3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Nxf3 33.
Kxf3 Ne6 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Qxb1 36. Nd5 a4 37. Kh2 a3 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nd7
g5 {0-1 Anastasian,A-Kacheishvili,G/Linares op 1996/EXP 51}) 8... Bg6 9. Nh4
Be7 (9... Bc5 10. c4 (10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e3 Qe7 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. Rb1
axb3 15. axb3 Nh7 16. d4 Bd6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Re1 O-O-O 20. Nf3
Qc3 21. b4 Qf6 22. b5 Kc7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. c4 Nb6 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qc2 Qc3
27. Qe2 Rhe8 28. Rec1 Qa3 29. Qc4 Rd6 30. Nd4 Kd7 31. Rb7+ {1-0 Petek,M-Macek,
V/CRO-chW Porec 1994/EXT 94ch2}) 10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxg4 12. Nxg6 Nxf2 13.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 hxg6 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Be3 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Qe7 18. Qc3 O-O 19.
b4 Rfe8 20. a4 f5 21. Kg1 f4 22. Bf2 e4 23. a5 Rad8 24. Bd4 Qg5 25. Rf1 Rd7 26.
Kh1 a6 27. Kg1 Rf8 28. Kh1 f3 29. exf3 exf3 30. Bxf3 Qh4 31. Be5 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1
Rdf7 33. Bf4 g5 34. Qd3 gxf4 35. Rf2 Qd7 36. Qc2 Rd8 37. Rg2 Qd3 38. Qf2 Qe3
39. Bh5 Qxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rf5 41. Bf3 Rd4 42. Re2 Kf7 43. Kg2 {0-1 Amendola,
K-Blees,A/Athens Akropolis op 1992/TD 92\04}) 10. e3 Qb6 11. Qe2 Nf8 12. Nb3
N6d7 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4 h5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. f3 Nh4 18. Bh1 e4
19. f4 hxg4 20. hxg4 f5 21. Nd4 g6 22. Bc3 Rh7 23. b4 c5 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Rfd1
a6 26. Qd2 O-O-O 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Qxd6 cxb4 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.
Rd1+ Kc8 32. Bxb4 Nxc4 33. Kf2 fxg4 34. Bxe4 Nf5 35. Rc1 b5 36. a4 Rh2+ 37. Kg1
Rb2 38. Bc3 Re2 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bc6 Nh4 41. Bxb5 Nf3+ 42. Kf1 Rh2 43. Be1
Rh1+ 44. Ke2 Rxe1+ 45. Rxe1 Nxe1 46. Bxc4 {[#] Theme: the Surrounded Knight. 
[#] Thema: Eingekreister Springer.} Ng2 (46... Nc2 47. Bd3 Nb4 48. Bxg6 g3 49.
Be4 $18 {[%cal Re2f3,Rf3g3]}) 47. Be6+ Kd8 48. Kf2 Nh4 49. Bxg4 Ke7 50. Kg3 g5
(50... Nf5+ 51. Bxf5 gxf5 52. Kh4 Kf6 53. Kh5 $18) 51. fxg5 {The rest is
technique. Der Rest ist Technik} Ng6 52. Bf5 Ne5 53. Kf4 Nc4 54. Bd3 Nd6 55.
Ke5 1-0

[Event "EST-ch int"]
[Site "Puhajarve"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. c3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf1 Nc5 13. Qc2 f5 14. b4 fxe4 15. bxc5
exf3 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Ng5 Kh8 21. Bd6 Qb7
22. Bb5 Bf5 23. Qb3 h6 24. Qd5 Rac8 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rcd8
28. Bd6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qd7 30. Bxc6 Qxd6 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Bxf3 Rf8 33. Re8 Rxe8
34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. Bxc6 {Läufer mit Mehrbauer} Kf6 37. f4 Ke7 38.
Kf2 Kd6 39. Bb5 Kc5 40. Ke3 h5 41. Bd3 Kd5 42. h3 Kc5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Bxg4
45. Bxg6 Bd7 46. Bc2 Kc4 $6 {Für den Materialausgleich wird der weiße König
entscheidend eingreifen.} ({Aktiver ist} 46... b5 $5 47. axb5 Bxb5 48. Bb3 a4
49. Ba2 Bd7 (49... Bc4 50. Bxc4 Kxc4 51. Kd2 Kb3 52. Kc1 $18) 50. Ke4 Bc6+ 51.
Ke5 (51. Kd3 Bd7 52. Kc2 Bf5+ 53. Kb2 Bd7 54. Ka3 Kb5 {Ich sehe keinen Gewinn.}
) 51... Bb5 52. f5 Bc4 53. Bxc4 Kxc4 54. f6 a3 55. f7 a2 56. f8=Q a1=Q 57. Qb4+
Kd3 58. Qd4+ Kc2 59. c4 Qa4 $14) 47. f5 Kxc3 48. f6 Be6 49. Bf5 Bf7 50. Ke4 Kc4
51. Ke5 Kb4 52. Be6 Be8 53. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Qa4
Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. Nh4 Qb8 12. Nf5 Bc5 13. Qb5 Qa7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Be3 a4 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 cxb6 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 a3 20. b3 Rd3 21. Nf1
Rxc3 22. Nd6 Nd4 23. f4 Ng4 24. Rd2 Rd3 25. f5 Rd8 26. fxe6 Rxd6 27. exf7+ Kxf7
28. Re1 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 b5 30. Nf3 Nxf3+ 31. Bxf3 Nf6 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+
34. Kxe2 {[#] A strong knight, space, white pawn weaknesses, active black
king===> win! [#] starker Springer, Raum, weiße Bauernschwächen, aktiver
schwarzer König ===> Gewinn} b4 35. Kd3 b5 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Be2 Kd6 38. h3 Kc5
39. Bd1 Ne8 40. Kd3 Nd6 41. Ke3 (41. Bc2 Nc4 42. bxc4 (42. Bb1 Nb2+ 43. Ke3
Nd1+ 44. Kd2 Nc3 $19) 42... bxc4+ 43. Ke3 (43. Kd2 b3 44. Bb1 Kd4 $19) 43... b3
44. Bb1 c3 45. Kd3 c2 46. Bxc2 bxa2 $19) 41... Nc4+ 42. Ke2 Kd4 43. Bc2 Nd6 {
[%cal Rd6e4,Rd4c3]} 44. Kd2 Nxe4+ 45. Bxe4 Kxe4 46. Ke2 g6 47. h4 h5 48. g4
hxg4 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5 7. b3 Ngf6 8. Bb2
Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. g4 Bg6 13. e4 Bxf5 14. exf5 d4 15.
f4 Bb4 16. Nc4 exf4 17. Bxd4 Nd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nb2 Qh4 20. Qf3 Bd2 21. Nd1
Ne5 22. Qf2 Qxh3 23. Qxd2 Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 25. Nc3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 f3 27. Rg1
Re2 28. Rxg3 Rxd2 29. Rxf3 Rxc2 30. Rf2 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 f6 32. Ne2 Rc2 33. Nf4
Rxf2+ 34. Bxf2 {[%csl Rd5] [#] Schwarze Bauernschwächen, gutes weißes
Figurenzusammenspiel, weißer Raumvorteil} Rd8 35. Kf3 b6 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. a4 g6
38. Kd4 gxf5 39. gxf5 Re8 40. Nxd5 Re5 41. Ne3 h5 42. b4 Re8 43. Nd5 Re2 44.
Bh4 Rh2 45. Bxf6 h4 46. Be5 Ra2 47. Nc3 Rb2 48. Ne4 Rg2 (48... Rxb4+ 49. Kd5
Rxa4 50. Ng5+ Kf8 51. f6 $18) 49. Ke3 h3 50. Kf3 Rg1 51. Nf2 Rf1 (51... Rg5 52.
Kf4 Rh5 53. Kg4 h2 54. Kxh5 $18) 52. Ke2 Rb1 53. Nxh3 1-0

[Event "Varna-18"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1979.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hesse, Peter"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Hesse,P"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1979.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 8/1979} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Bd6
7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qe1 Ng6 10. e4 Re8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 a5 13. a4 f5
14. e5 Bb4 15. Qe2 b5 16. h4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Nh8 18. d4 Nf7 19. c3 Bf8 20. c4 Bb4
21. c5 Nf8 22. Bc1 Ra7 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Rb3 Rb8 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. Rfb1 Rbb7 27.
Qb2 Nd8 28. Bf1 h6 29. Bd3 Qd7 30. Qe2 Qe8 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. Bd2 Rba8 33. Bd3
Bxd2 34. Nxd2 Nd7 35. f4 h5 36. Nf3 g6 37. Ng5 Kg7 38. R1b2 Kh6 39. Qc2 Qe7 40.
Kh2 Kg7 41. Qd1 Kh6 42. Be2 Kg7 43. Nh3 Kh6 44. Nf2 Kg7 45. Qc2 Kh6 46. Nd1 Rc7
47. Bd3 Kg7 48. Ne3 Qf8 49. Rb1 Qe7 50. Qd2 Qe8 51. Bc2 Qe7 52. Kh3 Qe8 53. Rg1
Nf8 54. Rgb1 Nd7 55. Nd1 Kh6 56. Nf2 Qe7 $6 {Etwas unter Zeitdruck führte
Schwarz diesen letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle rasch aus und gibt damit
Weiss die Chance, die Stellung am Königsflügel unter Figurenopfer zu öffnen.} (
56... Kg7 $1 {und wohl Remisschluss}) 57. Rg1 Rb7 58. Rc3 {Der Turm wird noch
gebraucht!} Nf8 59. g4 $1 hxg4+ 60. Nxg4+ fxg4+ 61. Rxg4 Kg7 {Der
entscheidende Tempogewinn für Weiss.} 62. Rcg3 Rb2 63. Qd3 ({Falls} 63. Qc1 {so
} Rxc2 64. Qxc2 Qf7 65. h5 Qf5 $1) 63... Qf7 64. Rxg6+ $1 Nxg6 65. Rxg6+ Kh8 ({
Falls} 65... Kf8 66. Rf6 Ra7 67. Qg6 Ke8 68. Rxf7 Rxf7 69. f5 Rxc2 70. fxe6
Rc3+ 71. Kg4 Nxe6 72. Qxe6+ {mit Vorteil für Weiss}) 66. Rh6+ Kg8 67. Qg3+ Kf8
(67... Qg7 68. Rg6 Ra7 69. Rxg7+ Rxg7 70. Bg6 Rgb7 ({bzw.} 70... Nf7 71. Qg4
Rb3+ 72. Kg2 Rb2+ 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Ke2 Rb2+ 75. Kd3 Nd8 76. Qg5 Nf7 77. Qf6 {
jeweils mit Vorteil für Weiss.}) 71. Kg4 R7b3 72. Qg1 Nf7 73. Kh5) 68. Rh8+ Ke7
69. Qg5+ $1 ({Aber nicht} 69. Bg6 $2 Rb3 $1) 69... Kd7 70. Bg6 Rab8 ({Mit} 
70... Qe7 71. Rh7 Qxh7 {konnte Schwarz noch Widerstand leisten, obwohl Weiss
in Vorteil ist.}) 71. Rxd8+ $1 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Frias Pablaza, Victor J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ne5 {Mit Be7 ein bekanntes Manöver: e2-e4 wird ohne Qe1 oder e3/Qe2
durchgesetzt.} Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Kh1 $14
{Bei Be7 (statt Bc5) könnte S leichter ein Gegenspiel am Q-Flügel inszenieren.}
dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd4 16. c3 $1 {ein typisches Manöver} Bc5 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. f3
Rfd8 19. b4 axb4 20. Nc4 (20. axb4 $5 $14) 20... Qb5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. axb4
Bb6 23. Bf1 Bc7 24. Qf2 (24. Rd1) 24... Qh5 25. Re1 g5 26. h3 Qg6 {/\ Nh5} 27.
e5 $6 (27. g4 $5 {sieht konsequent aus: Qg6 und Bh7 stoßen auf Granit.}) 27...
Nh5 28. Bc1 Qc2 {plötzlich sind wieder alle Figuren im Spiel} 29. Qxc2 Bxc2 30.
Kg2 Bd3 31. g4 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 $15 34. Re4 b5 35. Nd6 f6 36.
c4 fxe5 37. Nb7 Kf7 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. Nc5 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Bd6 41. h4 Rd5 42. Nb7
Be7 43. h5 Kf6 44. Ke2 Rd7 45. Na5 Rc7 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Nb3 Rf1 48. Nd2 Ra1 49.
Kc3 Ra3+ 50. Nb3 Bd8 51. Kb2 Ra7 52. Nd2 Ra4 53. Nb1 Be7 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2
Ra4 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 (7...
Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Bc5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd3 O-O $10 {
Polugaevsky-Geller, URS-ch 69}) 8. e4 Bd6 (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 $13) 9. exd5 $5 (
9. c3 O-O 10. Qc2 a5 11. a4 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Nf1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Bg5
Bg6 16. Nh4 Qe7 $13 {Romanishin-Psakhis, Moskau 82}) (9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8
11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. N3h4 a5 $132 {Botterill-Hodgson, Bath zt 87}) (9.
Re1 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 a5 12. a3 b5 $132 {Nikolac-Hodgson, Almada 88}) 9...
cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 $5 (12. Qb3 N5f6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4
Nc5 15. Qd5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qf6 17. Bg2 Rfd8 $10 {Norwood-Adams, BCF-ch 89})
12... Bc7 13. Qb3 {/\ Nxe5} N5b6 14. Bg5 $1 Qe8 (14... f6 $4 15. Ncxe5+ $18)
15. Rac1 (15. Rfe1 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qh4 Bxf3 (17... Bg6 $2 18. Be7) 18.
Bxf3 f6 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Be3) 15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Nh4 Bb6 18. Qd5 (18.
Qxc8 $2 Qxc8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxb7 Rc2 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 $13) 18...
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Kh8 20. Nf5 (20. Qxb7 $5 Nc5 (20... f5 21. Bc6 $16) (20... f6 21.
Be3 $16) 21. Qd5 $16) 20... Qe6 21. Nd6 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Nc5 23. Be7 Rb8 (23...
Nxd3 $2 24. Rc3 $18) 24. Rc3 (24. Bxf7 Nxd3 25. Rc3 Bxf7 26. Nxf7+ Kg8 27. Nh6+
gxh6 28. Rxd3) 24... Na4 25. Rc2 f6 26. b4 (26. Nxb7 Re8 27. Bc6 Rxe7 28. Bxa4
h6 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Nd6 $16) 26... Bd4 27. Nb5 (27. Bxb7 Nb2 28. Be4 $16) 27...
h6 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rc7 Nb2 30. Rxb7 $2 (30. Bxb7 Nxd3 31. Be4 Nb2 32. Rd7 d3
33. Bc5 $16) 30... Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Nxd3 32. g4 Bf7 33. a3 Bc4 34. f3 $2 (34. Bc5
Nxc5 35. bxc5 d3 36. Bf3 d2 37. Bd1 Kg8 38. f3 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41.
Kxd2 Kxc5 $10) 34... Ne1 35. a4 $4 (35. Kf2 Nc2 $1 (35... Nd3+ 36. Kg1 $10) 36.
Bc5 d3 37. Be3 Nxa3 $17) 35... d3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Olafsson"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 (4... Bxf3 5. exf3) 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a4 c6 10. e4 dxe4 $6 11. dxe4 Qc7 (11... Bb4 $1 12.
c3 (12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Qc4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4
$10 {Nunez Vallina,JA-Gallego,L/Capablanca mem-C/1992}) (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Nc5 14. c3 Nd3 15. cxb4 Nxb2 16. Qc2 Nd3 17. bxa5 Ne5 18. Bg2 Qxa5 19. Nc4 Nxc4
20. Qxc4 Rfd8 {remis/N.Davies-Westerinen/Gausdal/1992}) 12... Be7 13. Qc2 Nc5
14. Ba3 Qc7 15. b4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Rfd8 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Nc4 Bxf5 20.
exf5 Nd3 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. a5 $14 {Poor,I-Petran,Pa/HUN-chT 9293/1992}) (11...
Nc5 12. Qe1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. Nc4 Nfd7 15. Bc3 b6 16. e5 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Nb8
18. Bg2 Nba6 19. Qf3 $16 {Foigel-Sergeev/Kiev-ch 1984/}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 h6
(13... Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 {[%cal Yf2f4]} Rxd2 $2 17. Rxd2 $18
{Afifi-Haas/Manila ol/1992}) 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne1 e5 $2 (15... Nc5 16. f4 Rad8
$14) 16. Nd3 Bd6 $2 (16... Ne8 17. Nf3 f6 18. Nh4 $16) 17. Nc4 b5 $2 (17...
Rae8 18. Rad1 (18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rd2 c5) 18... Re6 19. Nxd6 Rxd6
20. f4 exf4 21. e5) 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. f4 $18 exf4 20. e5 Rae8 (20... Bxd3 21.
cxd3 (21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Nd5 23. axb5) 21... Rfe8 22. d4) 21. Qd1 Qe7 (
21... Nxe5 $142 22. Nxe5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxc2 24. Rd2 Bxb3 25. Bxc6 $18) 22.
exf6 Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxf4 Be4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qf3 Qd4+ 27. Kg2 Re3 28.
Qxc6 g5 29. Rad1 Qe5 30. Nh5 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rc3 32. Qf6 Rxc2+ 33. Rf2 Rxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Qh2+ 35. Kf3 Qxh3+ 36. Ng3 Qh2 37. Rh1 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nf6 6. O-O d4 {Schon 4...Bxf3
kam einigermaßen überraschend; selbiges gilt für 6...d4: zunächst gibt Schwarz
das Läuferpaar auf, um dann dem konkurrenzlosen Bf3 "seine" Diagonale zu
verlängern. Dennoch gibt es in manchen Varianten eine derartige Konstellation 
(Bf3+Pc6+Pd4). In aller Regel gibt es dabei konkrete Umstände, die Schwarz zu
einem derartigen Vorgehen überreden (z.B. geschieht d5-d4 häufig mit Tempo).
Die Strategie ist dann meist folgende: Weiß bemüht sich durch Vorgehen am
Damenflügel, die Diagonale h1-a8 noch länger zu machen, während Schwarz
e7-e5-e4 anstrebt.} (6... e6) 7. e4 {Damit verabschiedet sich Romanishin von
den oben angedeuteten strategischen Bildern.} ({Es gab tatsächlich schon einen
Vorläufer dieser Stellung:} 7. d3 e5 8. e3 h5 9. exd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 h4 11. Be3 {
Lappalainen,S-Terasalo,K/Vantaa 1996}) 7... e5 8. d3 {Nun gibt es ein
strategisches Thema ganz anderer Art: wie wirkt sich der Tausch Bg4 gegen Nf3
in der verschachtelten Zentralstellung aus ? Der Bf3 schaut momentan nur
seinen Pe4 an, aber dafür hat Schwarz seinen "guten" B gegeben.} a5 9. Bg2 {
[%cal Yf2f4] Bei der verschachtelten Bauernstruktur im Zentrum ergibt sich der
weiße Plan von selbst: irgendwann muß der Pf2 nach f4. Der Bg2 findet (falls
sich nicht doch noch irgendwie die lange Diagonale öffnet) sein Idealfeld
irgendwann auf h3.} h5 {sucht Nutzen aus der eigenen Unterentwicklung zu
ziehen.} 10. Bg5 (10. f4) 10... Be7 11. Nd2 Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. h4 $1 (13.
f4 h4 {sieht recht ordentlich aus für Schwarz.}) 13... g6 ({Zu} 13... g5 14.
hxg5 (14. Nf3 f6) 14... h4 {fehlte Sulskis angesichts des unentwickelten
Damenflügels das Vertrauen.} (14... Qxg5 15. Nf3 $16) 15. Qg4 $16) 14. Nf3 Na6
15. Bh3 Nac5 16. Qd2 Kf8 (16... Rg8 {[%cal Yf7f6,Yg6g5]}) 17. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1g2]
} Kg7 18. Ng2 Rhb8 {[%cal Yb7b5] Der Plan ist nicht sehr wirkungsvoll.} (18...
b5 19. Rac1) 19. f4 b5 (19... exf4 20. gxf4 {zeigt, weswegen der N nach g2
mußte.}) 20. Rac1 bxc4 $2 (20... b4 {wäre natürlich eine Bankrotterklärung der
schwarzen Strategie: er könnte sich nur noch verteidigen.}) 21. Rxc4 Rb4 22.
Rc2 {Es zeigt sich, daß die ganze Aktion am Damenflügel dem Weißen nur neue
Handhaben geliefert hat: die c-Linie und die wackelige Stellung von Nc5+Nd7.}
Rab8 23. f5 R4b5 24. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1f3] Nach f5 ist der Ng2 frei, sich einen
besseren Ort zu suchen.} Qd6 25. Nf3 Nf6 (25... Nf8 {sieht auch nicht besser
aus.}) 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Ng5 {[%cal Yc2c5] Angesichts der ideal plazierten
weißen Figuren dürfte es hier keine Rettung mehr geben.} Re8 (27... Kg8 28.
Be6+ $18) (27... Ncd7 28. Ne6+ Kh7 29. Qg5 $18) (27... Rf8 28. a4 $18) 28. Qd1
(28. Qc1 $1 $18 a4 (28... Nxd3 29. Rxc6 Nxc1 30. Rxd6 $18) 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 (29...
Kxf6 30. Rf2+ Ke7 (30... Kg7 31. Nf7 $18 {[%cal Rc1h6]}) 31. Nf7 $18) 30. Rxc5
$18) 28... Rb7 29. Rcf2 Rf8 (29... Ncd7 30. Qc1 $18 {[%cal Rh3d7]}) 30. Qc2 $18
{[%cal Yc2c4] Die Löcher am Königsflügel hat Schwarz mit letzter Kraft
gestopft, aber nun ist er am Damenflügel hilflos.} Re7 (30... Kh8 31. Qc4 Qe7
32. Rc1 $18) 31. Qc4 a4 32. Rc2 ({Gemein wäre} 32. a3 {wonach sich
herausstellen würde, daß Schwarz seine Stellung nur verschlechtern könnte.})
32... Nfd7 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Bxd7 {Es führen hier und im folgenden viele Wege
nach Rom.} (34. Rf2+ Nf6 (34... Kg7 35. Rf7+ $18) 35. Rxf6+ Qxf6 36. Qxc5 $18)
34... Nxd7 35. Qxa4 (35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 $18) 35... c5 36. b4 (36. Qc4 $18)
36... Kg7 37. bxc5 Nxc5 38. Qb5 Nd7 39. Rc6 Qa3 40. Qb3 Qa5 41. Rc1 Qd2 42. Rf1
Nf6 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Ng5+ (44. Nxd4+ Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. Ng5+) 44... Kg7 45.
Qa3 Ng8 46. Rf2 Qc3 47. Qxc3 (47. Qd6 $18) 47... dxc3 48. Rc2 Nf6 49. Rxc3 Kh6
50. Rc6 Ng4 51. Rc8 Nf6 52. Rc6 Ng4 53. Rc8 Nf6 54. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Lyon zt"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e3 {Neu. Der Plan ist eine Expansion am Königsflügel mit g4,
Nh4, f4.} (10. Qe1) (10. c4) (10. e4) 10... h6 11. Qe2 (11. g4 $5 Bg6 12. Nh4
Nc8 $5 (12... e5 13. f4) 13. Nxg6 fxg6) 11... Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 {/\ f4} e5
14. e4 Bh7 $1 15. Ndf3 (15. Nf5 Ng6) 15... Rfe8 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. Nf5 Neg6 $15
18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe3 d4 20. Qe1 Nf4 21. Bc1 N8g6 22. Ng1 Nh4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24.
Nf3 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 $1 Rxe1 28. Raxe1 Rf8 29. Be4 $146
Qf6 30. Kg2 g6 31. fxg6 f3+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kh1 Qh4 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. b4 Rf4 36.
a4 a6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Qg5 39. Rg1 Qxb5 40. Rb1 Qe5 41. Rg3 Qc7 42. Kg1 h5
43. Rg5 Qe7 44. Rxh5 Rxe4 45. Rh7+ Kxg6 46. Rxe7 Rxe7 47. Kh2 Re2 48. Kg3 Rxc2
49. Rxb7 Rc3 50. Rc7 Kf5 51. h4 c5 52. Rc6 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. e3 (9. Qe1 Bh7 10. e4) (9. Re1 {/\ e4}) 9... Nbd7 (9... a5 $1) 10. Qe2
Bh7 11. e4 Qa5 $6 {N} (11... a5) 12. a3 (12. e5 Ne8 $14) 12... Rad8 13. Rfd1 $6
(13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne1 $14) 13... Qa6 {/\ dxe4-+} 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nf1 (15. Ne1 $5 {
/\ f4}) 15... Nc7 (15... Be4 $6 16. Re1 $16) 16. Rd2 Nb5 17. c4 $6 (17. a4 $14)
17... Nc7 {/\ Nc5} 18. b4 Qa4 19. Qd1 (19. Ne3) 19... Nb6 20. Bd4 $2 (20. c5
Qxd1 21. Raxd1 (21. Rdxd1 Na4 22. Bd4 b6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rac1 c5 $17) 21...
Na4 22. d4 $10) 20... Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Ra8 22. Ne3 Na4 23. Ne1 b6 {/\ c5} 24. Ba1
Rfd8 25. N1c2 c5 26. d4 cxb4 27. Nxb4 Bxb4 28. axb4 b5 $17 {>< Ba1} 29. cxd5 (
29. c5 a5) 29... Nxd5 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Rc1 (31. Bf1 a6 32. Rc1 Rac8 33. Rdd1)
31... Rac8 32. Rdd1 Rc4 $1 33. Rxc4 (33. Bf1 Rxb4 34. Rc7 Ra8) 33... bxc4 34.
Rc1 Bf5 35. h3 g5 36. Bf3 Nb6 (36... Bxh3 37. g4 h5 38. gxh5) 37. Bc3 Bd7 38.
Ra1 Ba4 39. Kf1 f6 40. exf6 Kf7 41. Ke1 a6 42. Kd2 Kxf6 43. Bg4 Re8 44. Rxa4
Nxa4 45. Bd7 Re2+ $1 46. Kxe2 Nxc3+ 47. Kd2 Ke7 48. Bc8 (48. Kxc3 Kxd7 $19)
48... Na2 49. Bxa6 c3+ (49... c3+ 50. Kd1 (50. Ke2 c2 $19) (50. Kc2 Nxb4+ $19)
50... c2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Donev Mowsziszian Dolmatov Vaganian} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6
5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 {Der Bauerntausch (Pd5 gegen Pd3)
wird meistens dann gespielt, wenn im Königsindischen Angriff Schwarz sich mit
Bg4 verteidigt. Wenn Schwarz die Spannung im Zentrum erhält, ist dies häufig
ein Zeichen, daß er Komplikationen sucht und nach Gewinnchancen Ausschau hält.
Nach dem Abtausch läuft das Spiel in relativ ruhigen Bahnen; Weiß versucht e5
unter Druck zu setzen und etl. das B-Paar zu gewinnen.} Be7 9. Nc4 $146 (9. h3
Bh5 10. b3 (10. Qe1 {Donev} O-O 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nc4 b5
15. axb5 cxb5 16. Na5 Ne6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. f3 Bg6 20. Nh4 Na4 21.
Nb3 Red8 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. c3 Nd7 24. Qc2 Ndb6 25. Rae1 Nc4 26. Bc1 a5 27. Kh1
Naxb2 {0-1 King,D-Yusupov,A/BL 9495 Castrop Rauxel-Bayern [2] 1994 (40)}) (10.
Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Qe1 b6 15. Nh4 Bc5 16. Nf5 Bg6
17. Nce3 Nf8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Ne6 20. c3 {1/2-1/2 Hartoch,
R-Brenninkmeijer,R/Wijk-B 1987 (23)}) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. c4 $6 (12. a3 {
Dolmatov} a5 13. Qe1 Rfe8 14. Nh4 $14 {/\Kh1,f2-f4}) 12... a5 13. a3 Rfd8 14.
Qc2 Ne8 $10 {[%cal Gf7f6] Vaganian-Kramnik/Novgorod/1995} (14... Ne8 {[%cal
Gf7f6]} 15. Bc3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} f6 16. b4 Nd6 (16... Nf8 $5 {Dolmatov} 17. c5
Bf7 18. Rfc1 b6 $132) 17. Rfc1 Bf7 18. Bf1 axb4 19. axb4 c5 $1 {0-1 Vaganian,
R-Kramnik,V/Novgorod (07) ;CBM 48 1995 (49)})) 9... O-O 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Ne3
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rfe8 13. Qe2 (13. b3 $5 {Mowsziszian} a5 $1 14. a3 (14. a4 $6 Bb4
15. c3 Bf8 $17 {><d3,b3}) 14... b5 15. Bb2 {/\Bg2,f2-f4}) 13... g6 14. b3 Nc5
15. Bb2 Ne6 {><d4} (15... Ncxe4 {Mowsziszian} 16. Nc4 Ng5 17. Bxe5 $14) 16.
Rfd1 $2 {Hier hat Vaganian anscheinend den folgenden Zug unterschätzt.} (16.
Bg2 {Vaganian} Nd4 $140 17. Qe1 $14 {/\ c3 /\ 18.c3}) (16. Rad1 $142 Rad8 $10 (
16... Nd4 $2 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rc4 Qe5 20. b4 $16)) 16... Nd4 $1
17. Bxd4 (17. Rxd4 $5 exd4 18. Bxd4 Rad8 19. Bb2 $44 {/^a1-h8} Nd7 20. Ng4)
17... exd4 18. Rxd4 (18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bf6 {[%cal Rd4d3]} (19... Bb4 20.
Qd3 Bc3 21. Rab1 Qe7 22. Bf3 Qa3 $17) 20. Rd3 Bg7 $15) (18. Nc4 $2 Bb4 $17)
18... Bc5 19. Rc4 $2 {Das war nicht nötig.} (19. Rd3 Nxe4 20. Rad1 $1 $10 (20.
Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Rd7 Qe5 23. Qf3 f5 24. Nc4 $10) 20... Qa5 (20...
Qe5 21. b4 Bb6 22. Ng4) 21. c4 Re6 22. Qb2 Ng5) 19... Qe5 $1 20. Re1 (20. Rd1
b5 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxg4) 20... b5 $19 21. b4 (21. Rxc5 Qxc5 $19)
21... Bxe3 22. Rxc6 Bb6 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nd7 (24... Rac8 $19) (24... h5 $5)
25. Kg2 Rad8 (25... Qf6 $19) 26. a4 Nf8 (26... Qf6) 27. Bg4 (27. a5 Bd4) 27...
h5 $6 (27... Rd4 28. f4 Qd6 $19) 28. f4 Qd6 29. e5 Qd2 30. Bf3 Ne6 31. a5 Be3
$6 (31... Bc7) 32. Kf1 Rd3 33. Be4 Rb3 (33... Qxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1
$17) 34. Rd1 Qxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Rb8 $2 (35... g5 $17) 36. Bc2 $2 (36. Bd5 $10 {
[%cal Rc4e4]} Bxf4 (36... Rd8 37. Bxe6 Rb2+ 38. Kxe3 Rxd1 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7
Re1+ $10) 37. gxf4 R3xb4 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Rxb4 Rxb4 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kh6
$10) 36... Ra3 37. Rd3 $2 (37. Bb1 $142) 37... Rxd3 38. Bxd3 Bg1 39. Kf1 Bd4
40. b5 Kf8 41. Rc6 Ke7 42. Kg2 Rd8 43. Bc4 Rd7 44. Rc8 (44. h4 {/\Be2,f4-f5})
44... Be3 45. h4 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Bg1 47. g4 $6 (47. Rb8 Nc5 48. b6 Rf2+ 49. Ke3
Rc2+ 50. Kf3 axb6 51. a6 (51. axb6 Rxc4 $19) 51... Rf2+ 52. Ke3 Nxa6 53. Bxa6
Ra2+ $19) (47. b6 axb6 48. a6 b5 $1 $19) 47... Nd4+ 48. Ke4 hxg4 49. Rc7+ Kd8
50. Rxa7 $6 Nf5 (50... Nxb5 $19) 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Bd3 Ng3+ 53. Kd5 Rxd3+ 54.
Kc6 Rc3+ (54... Rc3+ 55. Kb7 Ne4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 $6 {bei einem Bf5 ist das ein sinnvoller Zug,
aber in diesem Augenblick gab es wohl wichtigere Dinge zu tun.} 4. c4 $146 {
Nach dem provokativem letzten schwarzen Zug fühlt sich Weiß aufgefordert,
etwas Schärfe ins Spiel zu bringen.} (4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 $14) 4... c6 5. Qc2 {
versucht, h6 endgültig zum Tempoverlust zu stempeln, da Bf5 unmöglich wird.} (
5. Qb3 $5 $14) 5... Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 (8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Nc3 {
ist nur Zugumstellung}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qa4 {Hier verliert Weiß ein Tempo: es
entsteht eine theoretische Stellung mit dem (nützlichen) Mehrtempo h6. Weiß
kann also mit dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung nicht zufrieden sein. An dieser
Stelle gab es aber wenig aussichtsreiche Alternativen. Vielleicht ist schon
Qc2 nicht optimal.} e6 10. g4 Bg6 11. d4 (11. Nxg6 {bringt wenig ein, da es
außer der Qa4 an Figuren mangelt, die schnell an einem Angriff teilnehmen
könnten. Mit dem Mehrtempo h2-h4 gibt es einige Erfahrung mit diesem Tausch.}
fxg6 12. Qc2 Kf7 13. d4 (13. h3 $142 $11) 13... Nxg4 14. e4 Nb6 $17 (14... dxe4
$6 15. Qxe4 $44)) 11... Bh7 12. Bf4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Qb3 Qb6 (
15... Nf6) 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Rac1 Bf6 $6 {Das mißfällt mir. Der Nb6 hat ein
schönes Vorpostenfeld auf c4, das Weiß ihm mit Pb3 wegnehmen kann. Wenn er das
aber tut, eröffnet sich die Möglichkeit für Ba3.  Der B ist auf e7 in meinen
Augen nicht schlecht plaziert.} (17... Rfc8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc7 (19. Nd6 $2 Bxd6
20. Bxd6 Nc4) 19... Rab8 $13) (17... Bg5 $6 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nb5 $36) 18. Rfd1
(18. e3 $2 {Vielleicht hatte Zhu Chen mit seinem letzten Zug auf diese Antwort
spekuliert. Wegen der Möglichkeit Bd3 fällt das weiße Angriffsspiel mit Nb5
aus.} Rfc8 19. Nb5 $140 $2 Bd3) 18... Rfd8 $2 (18... Rfc8 19. b3 (19. Nb5 Bc2
20. Re1 (20. Rd2 Bg6 21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Rdd1 a6))) (18... a6 19. e4 (19. Bc7 Nd7
20. e4 Rfc8 21. Bg3 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd4 24. Nd6 $11) 19... dxe4
20. Nxe4 $14) 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Nb5 Nc4 21. b3 $1 (21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Bxb7 Rxc7
23. Bxa8 (23. Nxc7 $2 Rb8 24. Ba6 Bd8 $19) 23... Rc8 24. Bf3 Rb8 $132 {[%csl
Rb2]}) 21... a6 (21... Nb2 $2 22. Rf1 $16) 22. bxc4 dxc4 (22... axb5 23. cxd5
Rxa2 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Bxb7 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Re6] Die schwarzen P sind
zersplittert und daher schwach.}) 23. Be5 axb5 $8 24. Bxf6 (24. Bxb7 $5) 24...
gxf6 {die automatische Reaktion} (24... Rxa2 $5 {Schwarz pfeift auf die Figur
und sammelt dafür 2 P ein. Das sieht zwar auch verloren aus, aber vielleicht
hätte sich eher hier eine Rettungschance ergeben.} 25. Be5 Rxe2 26. Bxb7 Rd8
$16) 25. Bxb7 $18 Rcb8 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd2 Ra3 28. Rb2 Be4 29. Rxb5 Rxa2 30.
f3 Bc2 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Bb3 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Rc3 Ra1 35. Rc5 Ra8 36. Re3 Ra1
37. Rc7 Ra8 38. Ree7 Rf8 39. h3 Ba2 40. Red7 Bb3 41. Rd5 Re8 42. Rd6 Ra8 43.
Kg3 Ra2 44. e4 Ra8 45. Rdd7 Rf8 46. h4 Ba4 47. Rd5 Bb3 48. Ra5 Rd8 49. Raa7 Rf8
50. Rab7 Kg6 51. Rb6 Kg7 52. Rcc6 Rd8 53. Rxf6 Ba4 54. Rfd6 Rc8 55. Ra6 Bb5 56.
Ra1 c3 57. Rc1 c2 58. Rd2 Ba4 59. Rd4 Bb3 60. Rb4 Rc3 61. Rxb3 Rxb3 62. Rxc2
Rb6 63. Rc5 Kf6 64. Kf4 Ra6 65. Rd5 Ke6 66. Rh5 Ke7 67. g5 hxg5+ 68. hxg5 Ra5
69. g6 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gutman, Lev"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. a4 a5 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 (11... Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. h3 Be6 14.
Qe2 b5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nxa5 Bb6 17. Qxb5 Rfb8 18. Kh2 Bxa5 19. Bxa5 Qxc2 20.
Qa4 Qxb2 $11 {Istrate,B-Kostic,N/Bucharest 1999}) 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bc3 (13. c3
Bf8 14. h3 Bh5 15. b4 axb4 16. cxb4 b5 17. Na5 Rc8 (17... bxa4 $5) 18. axb5
cxb5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nh4 Qd4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Rfb1 Rc2 $132 {
Eidelson,R-Jadvizhena,N/St Petersburg 1999}) 13... Qc7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. Kh1 Bd4
16. Ne3 Nc5 (16... Be6 17. Nhf5 Nc5 18. f3) 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. b3 g6 19. Rc1
Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nf6 21. Rce1 Qe7 22. Re2 Rd4 (22... Nfd7 $11) 23. Rfe1 Rb4 24.
Qa1 Rd4 25. Kg1 Qd8 26. Nf3 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Ncxe4 28. Nxe5 Qd6 29. Nd3 Nc5 (29...
c5 $2 30. h4 $18) (29... Ng5 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Ne5 (31. Qe5 Ne6 32. Qxd6 Nxd6)
31... c5) 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Qe5 $1 (31. Ne5 Qd2 32. Bxc6 Nd6 $1 (32... Ng7 $2
33. Ng4 Qxc2 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Qf6 $16) 33. Ng4 Nde4 34. Kg2 (34. Qe5 Qd1+ 35.
Kg2 Qxg4 $11) 34... h5 35. Nf6+ Nxf6 36. Qxf6 Qxc2 37. Bd5 $14) 31... Kf8 $2 (
31... Ne6 $16) 32. Qxd6+ (32. Nxc5) 32... Nxd6 33. Ne5 (33. Nxc5 bxc5 34. Bxc6
c4 35. f4 cxb3 36. cxb3 $18) 33... b5 34. Bxc6 (34. Nxc6 bxa4 35. bxa4 Nxa4 36.
Nxa5 $16) 34... f6 35. Nd7+ Nxd7 36. Bxd7 b4 37. Be6 $2 (37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Bc6
Nf5 39. Be4 Nd4 40. Ke1 $16) 37... Ke7 38. Bg8 Nf5 39. Bc4 (39. Bxh7 $4 Kf7)
39... Kd6 40. Bd3 Ne7 41. h4 h6 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. Kf4 Nd5+ 45. Kg4
Ne7 46. Kf3 Nc6 47. Ke2 Ne5 48. Bb5 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. f4 gxf4 51. gxf4 Ng4
52. Bd3 Ne3 53. Kf3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-B 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. d3 Qb8 {N} 7. c4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. e3 (11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 $10) 11... Bf8
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 g6 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. b4 Qd6 16. Qb3 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qb8 18.
Ne2 Ne5 $14 19. Bd4 (19. f4 Ned7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. d4) 19... Ned7 20. Rac1 Rc8
21. Ba1 Red8 22. Bc3 Re8 23. b5 Nc5 24. Qa3 Ncd7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb1 Qa8 27.
Bd4 e5 $1 28. Ba1 (28. Bxa7 $4 Bf8 29. Qa6 (29. Qa5 Bc5) 29... Rc7) 28... dxc4
29. dxc4 e4 30. Qa5 c5 31. Nc3 Ne5 32. Qa4 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Rcd8 34. Qc2 Qc8 $2 (
34... Qc6) 35. Nb5 $1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rd8 37. Nxa7 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qa8 39. Nb5
Qxa2 40. Bxf3 exf3 41. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Blackpool zt"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O e6 7. Qe1 Bd6 8. e4
Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 {leistet (zu) wenig} (10. Nh4 Qc7 11. d4 Ng6 $10 {
Langeweg-Keres, Amsterdam 1971}) (10. b3) 10... Qc7 11. d4 $2 {Weiß möchte den
Gegner zu dxe4 überreden oder selbst e5 spielen. Der Plan scheitert aber
kläglich.} f6 12. b3 Rae8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. c3 Bd6 15. Rc1 $2 e5 $1 16. c4 exd4
17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf3 Nb4 22. Re3 Be5 $19
23. Nc4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Ncd3 26. Rdxd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxe4 28. Qxe4
Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd7 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Nd6 Rd4 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nf5+
Kf7 35. Nxd4 a6 36. Nc6 Ke6 37. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beim, Valery"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. d3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 (6. e4 Nge7 7. Nc3 $13)
6... a5 7. e4 Nge7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. b3 Be6 12. exd5 Nxd5
13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nc4 Bh3 15. Ne3 (15. Bh1 Nf4) 15... Bxg2 16. Nxg2 (16. Kxg2
Nf4+ (16... Rad8 $15) 17. gxf4 exf4 18. h3 fxe3 19. fxe3 f5 $15) 16... Rad8 17.
Rad1 f5 18. a3 g5 19. c4 Nb6 20. Bc3 Qf7 21. h4 (21. b4 $2 e4 22. dxe4 Rxd1 23.
Rxd1 Qxc4 $19) 21... g4 22. Nh2 h5 23. f3 $1 Bf8 (23... gxf3 24. Nxf3 {/\ Ng5})
24. Rf1 Qg6 (24... Bxa3 $2 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4) 25. fxg4 fxg4 26. Bb2 Rd7
27. c5 $6 (27. Qe2 $5 {/\ Ne3} Red8 $6 28. Bxe5 Rxd3 (28... Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxd3
30. Nf4 Rxg3+ 31. Kh1) 29. Nf4 Rxg3+ 30. Kf2) 27... Nd5 {danke} 28. Qc4 Kh7 29.
Kh1 Red8 30. Rd2 Bg7 31. Rdf2 Nf6 32. Rf5 $5 (32. Ne1) 32... Rxd3 33. Rg5 $2 (
33. Bxe5 Nxe5 (33... Rd1 34. Ne3 Rxf1+ 35. Nhxf1 Nxe5 36. Rxe5) 34. Rxe5 Rd1 (
34... Rxg3 $2 35. Nf4 $16) 35. Ne3 Rxf1+ 36. Nhxf1 Qd3 $13) 33... Qe8 34. Nf4
$2 exf4 35. Qxf4 Nd4 $19 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxf6+ 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 $6 7. c4 Bd6 (7...
Ngf6 8. Qb3 (8. Ng5 $5) 8... b6 $6 (8... Rb8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qd3 $36) 9. Qa4
Rc8 10. Qxa7 $16 {Haakert-Oechler, BRD 1964}) 8. Qb3 $1 Rb8 9. cxd5 exd5 (9...
cxd5 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. Ng5 $18) 10. Qd3 $1 {><f5} Nh6 (10... Qf6 11. e4 $1 Bxf3 (
11... fxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4+ $18) 12. e5 Qe6 13. Nxf3 Be7 14. b4 $16 {
Norwood-King, London WFW 1988}) (10... Ngf6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. exf3 $16) (10...
Ne7 11. Ng5 $16) 11. Nb3 Qf6 (11... O-O 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. e3 $16) 12. Bg5 Qe6
$6 (12... Qg6 $5 13. Qe3+ Kf7 14. Ne5+ $16) 13. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14.
dxc5 Bc7 (14... Bxc5 15. Qc3 Bf8 16. Bxh6 Qxh6 17. Qe5+ $18) 15. Nd4 $18) 14.
dxc5 Bxf3 (14... Nxc5 15. Qc3 $16) (14... O-O 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. Be7 Rf7 17. Bd6
$16) 15. exf3 {/\ Rfe1} O-O 16. Rfe1 Qg6 17. Bf4 Rbc8 $6 (17... Rbe8 18. Bd6
$16) (17... Nxc5 $4 18. Qd4 $18) (17... Ra8 $16) 18. Qa3 $1 b6 $6 (18... a6 19.
Qb4 $18) (18... Ra8 $16) 19. b4 (19. Qxa7 $6 Nxc5 20. Qxb6 Nd3) 19... Rf7 (
19... Ra8 20. Re7 Rf7 21. Rae1 $16) 20. Qxa7 Nxc5 21. Qxb6 Nd3 22. Qa6 $18 Nxe1
23. Qxc8+ Rf8 24. Qa6 Nc2 25. Rc1 Nxb4 26. Qa3 c5 27. Rxc5 Qb6 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29.
Rxa5 Rd8 30. Bd2 Nc6 31. Rc5 Ne7 32. Bg5 Kf7 33. a4 Nhg8 34. a5 h6 35. Bd2 Rc8
36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Be3 Nge7 38. a6 Nc6 39. f4 Ke6 40. Bc5 g6 41. Kf1 N8a7 42.
Ke1 Nb5 43. Kd2 Nc7 44. a7 Na5 45. Kc3 Nb7 46. Bb6 Na8 47. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 d4 $5 7. Nc4 c5 8.
a4 {N} (8. e4 b5 9. Ncd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. e5 Nd5 {Speckner-Wahls, BL 86/87})
8... Nd5 9. Nfd2 Nc6 10. e4 dxe3 11. fxe3 b6 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nf2 {
/\ c3,e4} Qd7 15. c3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. e4 (17. h3 $2 Nh5) 17... Rfd8 18. Bf4
Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Bf3 Be6 21. Rad1 Qe8 22. Bg4 Qd7 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rf3
Rd7 25. Rdf1 Rf8 26. Bc1 Rb7 27. R3f2 Qd7 28. Qc2 Rbb8 29. Bf4 Rbd8 30. Rf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Brestian, Egon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. b3 (6. Nh4 $5 Bg6 (6...
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6) 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nd2 Bc5 11. a4
O-O $6 (11... a5 $5) 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Be3 $14 {Savon-Gligoric, Moskau GMA-op
1989}) (6. Nbd2 e5 7. b3 (7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Rxe5+ Be6 12. Bxd2 Bd6 $10 {Bjarnason-Thorhallsson, Reykjavik 1989}) (7. Re1
Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bc5 $1 $13 {Shneider-Drasko,
Belgrade GMA-op 1989}) (7. Qe1 Bc5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Nh4
O-O $13 {Vaganian-P.Nikolic, Leningrad 1987}) 7... Bc5 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Nh4 Bg4 (
9... Bg6 $5) 10. h3 g5 11. Nhf3 $14 {Miles-Perecz, Dortmund 1979}) 6... e5 7.
Bb2 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. dxe4 $5)
12... Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. a4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bc5 17. Rxd8 (17. a5
$5) 17... Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nb3 {N} (9. Qe1 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. e5 (11. a3 b5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. e5 Bc7
14. a4 Rac8 $10 {Sullivan-Medina, Strasbourg 1975}) 11... Bb4 12. Bb2 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Ng6 $10 {Bleiman-Pachman, Netanya 1975}) (9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Bc7 11. Re1 Re8
$10 {Smejkal-Chernin, New York op 1988}) (9. Qe2 O-O (9... Qc7 $6 10. b3 O-O-O
$6 11. Bb2 f6 12. c4 $14 {Kochiev-Lukashkin, Leningrad 1973}) 10. Re1 Kh8 11.
d4 Rc8 12. c4 c5 $132 {D.Byrne-Smyslov, Lugano ol 1968}) (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a5
(10... Rc8 11. Qe1 c5 12. Nh4 Qb6 13. Qe3 Rfe8 $2 (13... d4) 14. Qg5 $1 $18 {
Portisch-Ivkov, Amsterdam 1969}) (10... Ne5 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 13. h4 h6
14. h5 Bh7 $14) 11. a3 b5 12. g4 Bg6 13. e5 Bc7 14. Qe2 c5 $132 {Kengis-Smagin,
URS 1988}) (9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. d4 Nc6 12. cxd5 exd5 $10 {
D'Amore-Winants, EU-chT Haifa 1990}) 9... Ne5 (9... O-O) 10. Qe2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Kg2 dxe4 $6 14. dxe4 e5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qe2
Nc8 18. a4 Be7 19. a5 $14 {W hat Raumvorteil und die besser postierten Figuren.
Da aber noch keine Schwächen vorhanden sind, ist der Vorteil nicht einfach zu
verwerten.} Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Ra1 {Da die Einbruchsfelder in der d-Linie
zuverlässig geschützt sind, ist W am Abtausch der R nicht interessiert.} g6 22.
h4 $36 h5 23. g4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd7 25. Qg3 Qe6 26. h5 Kg7 27. Rh1 b6 28. Nd2
Nd6 29. Nf3 (29. axb6 $5 axb6 30. Nf3 $5 {man vergleiche die entstandene
Stellung mit der Partiefortsetzung} (30. Bxb6 Rb8)) 29... bxa5 (29... Nxe4 $2
30. Qxe5+ Qxe5 31. Nxe5 c5 32. h6+) 30. Qxe5+ Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Bf6 $1 32. h6+ Kh7
33. Ng4 (33. Nxc6 Rc8) 33... Be7 $1 (33... Bxb2 34. e5 Nf5 35. Bg5 Rb8 36. Nf6+
Kh8 37. Nd7 Rb7 38. h7) 34. Bc5 f5 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nxc6 Bf8 37. e5 Nf7 38. Bxf8
Rxf8 39. f4 Nxh6 40. Nd4 Rd8 41. c3 Rb8 42. b3 Rc8 43. c4 (43. Ra1 $5 Rxc3 44.
Rxa5 Rc7) 43... a4 44. bxa4 (44. Ra1 Rd8) 44... Rxc4 45. Ne6 Rxa4 46. Rc1 Ra2+
47. Kg3 Ra3+ 48. Kh4 Ng4 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rxg6 Re3 52. Ng5 Re1 53.
Nf7+ Kh7 54. Ra6 Kg7 55. Rxa7 Kg6 56. Nh8+ Kh6 57. Nf7+ Kg6 58. Nh8+ Kh6 59.
Ra6+ Kg7 60. Ng6 Ne3 61. Kh5 Rh1+ 62. Kg5 Rg1+ 63. Kh5 Rh1+ 64. Nh4 Kf7 65.
Rf6+ Ke7 66. Rg6 Kf7 67. Rh6 Rh3 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Rg6 Kf7 70. Rg1 Nd5 71. Kg5
Nxf4 72. Nxf5 Nd3 73. Rb1 Nxe5 74. Rb7+ Ke6 75. Rb6+ Kd7 76. Rd6+ Kc7 77. Re6
Nd7 78. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. g3 Ngf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O a5 7. a4 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 $6 10. Bxf3 c6 11. e4 Qc7 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Nc4 $14
Rfe8 15. Bg2 Bc5 16. Rad1 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Na3 Bxa3 $6 (18... b4 19. Nc4
Nb6) 19. Bxa3 b4 20. Bb2 a4 21. Kh1 Rac8 22. Rd2 axb3 (22... a3 23. Ba1) 23.
cxb3 Nc5 24. Qe3 Ng4 25. Qf3 Nf6 26. Rc2 Qb7 (26... Nfxe4 $2 27. Qe3 Nc3 28.
Bxc3 Nxb3 (28... bxc3 29. Rxc3) 29. Rb2) 27. Rc4 Nfd7 28. Rfc1 $16 Ne6 29. Qe3
Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rc8 31. Bf1 Ra8 32. Qe1 Rb8 33. f3 h5 34. Qd2 h4 35. Bh3 hxg3 36.
hxg3 {/\ 37.Bxe6 fxe6 38.Qd6} Nb6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 38. Rxb4 Qc7 39. Qc3 Qf7 40.
Kg2 Rc8 41. Qd3 Qc7 42. Bxe5 Qxe5 43. Rxb6 $18 Ra8 44. Qb5 $6 (44. Rc6 $18)
44... Qb2+ 45. Kh3 Qf6 46. Rb8+ Rxb8 47. Qxb8+ Kh7 48. f4 (48. Qf4 Qc3 $16)
48... Qa1 49. Qb5 (49. Qe5 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qd1+ 51. Kg5 Qf3 52. g4 Qxb3) 49...
Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qd1+ 51. Kg5 Qf3 52. Kh4 (52. g4 $5 Qxe4 53. Qe5 Qg6+ 54. Kh4 $16
Qc2 55. Qxe6 Qh2+ 56. Kg5) 52... Qh1+ 53. Kg4 (53. Kg5 $5) 53... Qd1+ 54. Kh4
Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern zt"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fauland, Alexander"]
[Black "Soffer, Ram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 a5 8. Nbd2
{N} (8. a3) 8... a4 {nimmt die Provokation an} 9. e4 a3 10. Bc3 dxe4 11. dxe4
Qc7 12. h3 Bxf3 (12... Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4) 13. Qxf3 e5 14. g4 h6 15. Qg3 {
/\ Nc4} b5 16. Rad1 $14 Bc5 17. Rfe1 O-O-O $6 {kostet einen Bauern} (17... O-O)
18. b4 $1 $16 Bd6 19. Nb1 $1 Kb7 20. Nxa3 Ra8 21. Bd2 Ra4 22. Qb3 Rha8 23. Nb1
Nb6 (23... Rxa2 24. Qxf7 Rxc2 25. Qxg7 Raa2 26. Qxh6) 24. a3 Nc4 25. Bc1 Nd7
26. Qf3 Ndb6 27. Rd3 Rf8 28. Red1 Raa8 29. Bf1 Be7 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Bxd2 Rad8
32. Bc3 Bf6 33. Qf5 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Qe7 35. Rd1 g6 36. Qf3 Bg5 37. Be1 Bf4 38.
Qb3 Ra8 39. Qc3 (39. f3 $5 {/\ Bf2}) 39... h5 40. Qc5 Qc7 41. c4 Na4 42. Qd6
Nb2 43. cxb5 Nxd1 44. bxc6+ Qxc6 45. Qxd1 hxg4 (45... Rxa3 46. gxh5 gxh5 47.
Qxh5 Qd7 48. Kg2 $13) 46. b5 Qe6 47. Bb4 $5 (47. hxg4 Rxa3) 47... g3 (47...
gxh3 48. Bxh3 $5 Qxh3 49. Qd5+) 48. fxg3 Be3+ (48... Bxg3 49. a4 Rc8 50. a5 Bf4
51. Qe2) 49. Kg2 Bd4 50. Be2 Qa2 51. Kf3 g5 52. Qd3 g4+ 53. hxg4 Qa1 54. Bf1
Qa2 55. g5 Qf2+ 56. Kg4 Rc8 57. b6 Bxb6 58. Bd6 Rc2 59. Bxe5 Qc5 (59... Kc8 60.
Qa6+ Kd8 (60... Kd7 61. Qb7+ Ke6 (61... Ke8 62. Bb5+ Kf8 63. Qb8+ Ke7 64. Qd6#)
62. Qd5+ Ke7 63. Bf6+) 61. Bf6+ Ke8 62. Bb5+ Kf8 63. Qa8+) 60. Qa6+ Kc6 61.
Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Podzielny, Karl Heinz"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O Qc7 {[%cal Ye7e5]}
7. c4 {Mit diesem Zug versucht Weiß Qc7 als ungenau zu brandmarken: Nach einem
Tausch auf d5 kann die Qc7 auf der c-Linie belästigt werden.} e6 {Bei Bedarf
schlägt Schwarz jetzt mit Pe6xd5 zurück.} ({Dolmatovs Wahl} 7... dxc4 8. bxc4
e5 {gefällt mir besser: Schwarz verhindert die Tauschdrohung auf d5 endgültig
und setzt e5 durch.} 9. d3 (9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rad8 12. Qc2 Nc5 13.
Nb3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 Qd7 15. f3 Bh5 16. Rad1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bc5 $11 {Larsen,
B-Sadler,M/London 1991}) 9... Bd6 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Rb1
Rad8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nge4 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {1/2-1/2 Fries Nielsen,
J-Dolmatov,S/Graz 1978}) 10... O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 (12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. Rfe1
Rad8 14. Bc3 Nc5 15. Nh4 Nfd7 16. e3 f6 17. d4 Ne6 18. c5 Bf8 19. Nc4 exd4 20.
exd4 b6 $11 {Chuchelov,V-Jacoby,F/Hamburg 1997}) 12... Bg6 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. g5
Nh5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e3 Be7 17. h4 Rad8 18. Nb3 Nf8 19. Qe2 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6
21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bd6 $15 {Martinovic,S-Dolmatov,S/Amsterdam 1986}) ({
Ein riskanter Versuch war} 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Na3 cxb3 11.
Qxb3 $44 {Norwood,D-Schmidt,S/Germany 1998}) 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rfe8
11. Re1 $146 {Nur ein klein wenig anders:} (11. Qc2 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Qb8 13. a3 a5
{Kostic,V-Zumtobel,T/Goetzis 1995}) (11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. Nxf3 a5 13. a3
Ne5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Rc2 h5 {Schoof,M-Teschner,D/Hamburg 1992}) 12. g4 Bg6 13.
cxd5 exd5 14. Nd4 h6 15. N2f3 Qb6 16. Nh4 Be5 17. Nhf3 Bd6 18. Rc2 c5 19. Nf5
Bxf5 20. gxf5 d4 $17 {Bezold,M-Carlsson,D/Copenhagen 1997}) (11. Rc2 Qa5 12.
Qa1 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Qa6 15. exd5 Qxd3 16. Ne1 Qa6 17. Nc4 $13 {
Karlsson,L-Lyrberg,P/Hamburg 1993}) 11... Rad8 12. Rc2 {[%cal Yd1a1] Ähnlich
wie Karlsson, der das schon einen Zug vorher spielte.} e5 {Kommt ein wenig
überraschend, da Schwarz nach} 13. cxd5 {mit dem N schlagen muß:} Nxd5 {
Nun ist eine "Sizilianische" Bauernstruktur mit vertauschten Farben entstanden.
} 14. a3 Bf8 15. Qa1 N5f6 16. Nh4 {Verhindert die Auflösung im Zentrum.} (16.
Nc4 e4) 16... a6 17. b4 Nb6 {[%cal Yb6a4]} 18. h3 Bc8 (18... Bh5 19. g4 $14)
19. Qc1 Qb8 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Ba1 Qa7 {Ob Schwarz das mit 16..a6 im Auge hatte ?
Er richtet alle Figuren gegen das Vorpostenfeld c5.} ({Hier und im folgenden
war} 21... Bd6 {zu erwägen.}) 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Rc4 {Das finde ich einen
überraschenden Zug, da nach} Nab6 {das Ziel des Turms nicht einfach
ersichtlich ist (c2 kann es nicht sein).} 24. Re4 {Ein wirklich nicht
alltägliches Bild: der Re4 begibt sich mitten ins Getümmel; selbst wenn man in
Betracht zieht, daß die schwarzen Figuren am Damenflügel keine Bäume ausreißen,
gehören dazu starke Nerven.} f5 ({Auch auf} 24... Bd6 {mußte Podzielny gefaßt
sein.} 25. d4 (25. Nc5 f5 26. Rc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kh8 28. Ng5 Re7 {gefällt mir
weniger, da zwar Weiß die Qualität wiederbekommt, aber einen Bauern dabei
verliert.}) 25... f5 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 $44 {Weiß hat einen Bauern für die
Qualität; dazu kommt immer die abseits stehende Qa7, so daß er insgesamt
zufrieden sein könnte. Nach baldigem e2-e4 könnte sich ein Spiel gegen den Kg8
ergeben.}) 25. Rc4 h6 ({Der Gewinn der Qualität hält nicht lange:} 25... Nxc4
26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27. Ng5 {denn nun muß Schwarz froh sein, mit} Re7 {die Qualität
wieder hergeben zu können:} 28. Nf7+ ({Schlauer wäre es, Nf7 zu verzögern, da
der Braten nicht wegläuft:} 28. d4 $1 exd4 (28... e4 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 $16
) 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7 $16) 28... Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Bd6 30. d4 (30. Qxf5 $4 Rf8
$19) 30... Rf8 $14 {Das Vertreiben der Qf7 verbessert die schwarzen
Verteidungsaussichten deutlich.}) ({Wenn Schwarz die Qualität behalten wollte,
konnte er} 25... e4 26. dxe4 fxe4 27. Ng5 h6 {versuchen, aber nach} 28. Nxe4 ({
Auch das Figurenopfer} 28. Rxe4 hxg5 29. Qxg5 {kommt in Betracht, da die
Kräfte am Damenflügel nicht so schnell an den Kampfplatz zu transportieren
sind, z.B.} Qb8 30. Qh5) 28... Nxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qf7 {möchte ich nicht in
der Haut der schwarzen Majestät stecken: es riecht nach Guillotine.}) 26. e4 $1
{Podzielny hat offensichtlich Gefallen an dem Qualitätsopfer gefunden. Ein
Rückzug wäre auch ein wenig kleinmütig.} Nf6 (26... Nxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kh8 28. exf5
$44 {Hier braucht man nicht unbedingt weiterzurechnen: die agilen weißen
Figuren machen das geringe materielle Defizit mehr als wett.}) 27. Nc5 {
Keine Kompromisse!} (27. Rc2 Rxd3 28. Nc5 {war auch möglich, aber sicher nicht
so konsequent.}) 27... Nxc4 (27... fxe4 28. dxe4 Nxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh7 30. Nxe5
$44) 28. Qxc4+ Kh7 29. Nxe5 b5 {Durchaus nicht unbedenklich: der Pc6 wird
geschwächt; dafür darf die Qa7 wieder mitspielen.} (29... Bd6 {versucht, ohne
zusätzliche Schwächung auszukommen, z.B.:} 30. f4 Nd7 31. d4 Nxe5 32. fxe5 $44
{und Weiß entfaltet eine kräftige Initiative.}) 30. Qc2 Bxc5 31. bxc5 fxe4 $2 {
Ein durchaus nicht seltenes Ereignis: dem unter schweren Druck gesetzen Gegner
unterläuft ein taktisches Übersehen. Er hätte ahnen können, daß die Öffnung
der Diagonale c2-h7 nicht Gutes für ihn bedeuten kann.} (31... Qc7 32. f4 $44 {
Weiß hat schönes Spiel, aber Schwarz hat die unmittelbaren Drohungen im Griff.}
{Nach z.B.} Re7 {bringt} 33. exf5 Bxf5 {keinen Ertrag, da Weiß sich nicht auf
c6 bedienen sollte.}) 32. dxe4 Qc7 (32... Bd7 33. Nf7 Rb8 34. Nd6 $18) 33. Nxc6
$1 $18 {Das muß Siebrecht entgangen sein.} Rd7 (33... Qxc6 34. e5+) 34. Bxf6
gxf6 35. e5+ Kh8 36. Qg6 Rf8 37. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nikitin, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qc2 (6. Qe3 Nf6 7. d4
Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nce4 9. cxd5 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. Qa4+ Qc6 13. Qxb4
Qxc1+ 14. Kg2 Qc6 $11 {Norwood,D-Parker,J/GBR 1999}) 6... c6 (6... Nf6 7. O-O (
7. d4 Bf5 8. Qd1 Ncd7 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Rc1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bh3 $132 {Salov,V-Dreev,A/Elista 1998}) 7... Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 Nfd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. b4 Na6 13. Qb3 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qe7
$11 {Pytel,K-Sydor,A/Gdynia 1973}) 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 (8... Ncd7 {Weiß hat
den Zug Qc2 geschenkt bekommen.} 9. cxd5 {warum ?} cxd5 $1 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Qb3
Qb6 12. Qxb6 Bxb6 $11 {Goldin,A-Rublevsky,S/Niksic/1997}) 9. Be3 Bxf3 $146 {
bereitet den Vorstoß im nächsten Zug vor.} (9... Ncd7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bd2 e5 13. e4 N5b6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Nbd2 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc3 Nbd7 18.
b4 Ne6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 $14 {Pigusov,E-Ibragimov,I/
Elista/1996}) 10. Bxf3 d4 {Schwarz gewinnt Zeit; dafür muß er dem Bf3 mehr
Einfluß zugestehen.} 11. Bc1 {[%cal Yb2b4]} a5 12. Nd2 a4 ({Näher lag} 12...
O-O 13. b3) 13. Bg2 Nfd7 ({Nach} 13... O-O 14. Nf3 $14 {steht Weiß etwas
bequemer, da es Schwarz schwer fällt, e6-e5 durchzusetzen.}) 14. Nf3 e5 15. e3
dxe3 16. Bxe3 ({Bei} 16. fxe3 {ist das positionelle Bauernopfer} e4 17. dxe4
O-O {zu beachten.}) 16... O-O 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 {Die schwarze Stellung
sieht angesichts der symmetrischen Bauernstellung sehr solide aus. Weiß stützt
seine Hoffnung auf Vorteil auf das Läuferpaar.} Bf6 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. Nf5 Qb4
21. Rb1 Rfd8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 Ne6 25. b4 g6 (25... Qa6 26. b5
Qa2 $14) (25... Nd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Be3 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. f4 $14) 26. Be3
Qc7 27. Nh6+ Kg7 ({Sehr riskant sieht} 27... Kf8 {aus (um dem Bf6 einen
Rückzug auf der langen Diagonale zu ermöglichen), aber das direkte} 28. f4 {
ermöglicht den Tausch:} Bd4 $14 (28... Ra3 $5)) 28. Ng4 Kg8 $2 {Ein
anscheinend nicht notwendiges strategisches Zugeständnis (nach Möglichkeit
sollte Schwarz, nachdem er die Königsstellung mit g6 geschwächt hat, den
Abtausch des Bf5 gegen den Ng4 vermeiden).} (28... Nd4 29. Qd1 Nf5 30. Bf4 $16)
({Das naheliegende} 28... Bd4 $142 29. Bxd4+ Nxd4 {sieht wegen} 30. Qb2 {
schlimm aus, aber nach} Ne5 $14 {kann Weiß keinen direkten Nutzen aus der
Fesselung ziehen.}) 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 30. h3 $16 Nd4 $2 {Ein Einsteller, aber die
Partie sah schon nicht mehr erfreulich aus.} (30... Ne8) 31. Qb2 $18 Qe5 32.
Rfd1 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Ngf6 8.
Nbd2 Qc7 9. h3 Bxf3 {Die freiwillige Aufgabe des Läuferpaars findet
erstaunlich viele Anhänger.} (9... Bh5) 10. Qxf3 Nc5 (10... Bc5 11. Rb1 O-O (
11... a5) 12. b4 Be7 13. Nc4 Rfe8 14. h4 h5 15. Bh3 b5 16. Ne3 g6 17. c4 Nb6
18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Bb2 Rad8 (19... Qc6 $1 $11) 20. Rfc1 $14 {Cvitan,O-Kummer,H/
Oberwart 1996}) 11. a4 (11. Re1 Ne6 12. Bf1 h5 13. h4 Rd8 14. c3 Ng4 15. Nc4
Bc5 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 g6 19. Qf6 O-O 20. Bc4 $14 {Anastasian,
A-Toria,G/Erevan 1983}) 11... Be7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Qe2 Ne6 14. c3 Rad8 (14...
Nc5 15. f4 (15. Qc2) 15... Nfd7 (15... Nb3 16. fxe5 $13) 16. Be3 $14 a5 $2 17.
fxe5 Nxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rf5 $18 {Kapischka,J-Lehmann,K/BL2-N 1992}) 15.
b4 b5 16. Ne3 a5 (16... a6 17. Nf5 $14) 17. axb5 axb4 (17... cxb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5
19. exd5 Qxc3 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. bxa5 $16) 18. bxc6 Qxc6 (18... bxc3
19. Nd5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Nxd5 (20... Nb3 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qxc3 Nxa1 23. Ba3 $16)
21. exd5 $16) 19. Nf5 (19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Nd5 Nd4 21. Qd3 Nxd5 22. exd5 $14) (
19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qxc3 21. Be3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Rad1 $11) 19... Rfe8 (
19... Bc5 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Bb2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 Qe6 24. Qb5 Rb8 25.
Bb7 Qd7 26. Qxb4 Rxb7 27. Qxd4 $16) 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. cxb4 Nd4 22. Qb2 (22.
Qa6 Qxa6 23. Rxa6 Rb7 24. Ba3 $16) 22... Rb7 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Rab1 ({Mit} 24.
Rfb1 {konnte Weiß den Pb4 zunächst behaupten:} Rdb8 $140 $2 (24... Nc2 $2 {
geht garnicht:} 25. Rc1 $18) (24... h6 $142 25. Kh2 Rdb8 26. Qa2 {führt zu
Situationen wie in der Partie.} (26. Bd2 Qe2 {ist nicht die Stellung, die man
einem Angriffsspieler wie Hector gerne gestattet. Z.B.:} 27. Bc3 Nf3+ 28. Bxf3
Qxf3 $13) 26... Qxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Ra5 $14) 25. Bxd4 exd4 26.
e5 Nd5 27. Rc1 $18) 24... Rdb8 25. Qd2 {Diesen Zug hat Weiß mit Rab1
vorbereitet.} (25. Bd2 Nxe4 $1) 25... Rxb4 $14 {Schwarz besitzt jetzt
angesichts der reduzierten Bauernstellung ausgezeichnete Remischancen; er hat
aber angesichts des Kampfes 2 B gegen 2 N auch gute Chancen, noch lange
gequält zu werden.} 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 (26... Qxb4 {gefällt mir besser:} 27. Qxb4 ({
Weiß entkommt dem Tausch kaum:} 27. Qa2 Qb2 28. Qa6 Qe2) 27... Rxb4 28. Ra1 $14
) 27. Kh2 h6 {Der Kg8 braucht Luft.} 28. Rc1 Qb5 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qa2 {[%cal
Ya2a8,Ya2f7]} Qb7 31. Rd8 Ne6 ({Es überrascht nicht, daß Schwarz nach} 31...
Nxe4 $2 {größere Schwierigkeiten bekommt:} 32. Ra8 Nc6 (32... Nb5 33. Qa5 $40 {
[%cal Ya5d8]}) (32... Nb3 33. Ra7 Qd5 34. Qa3 (34. Re7 $5) 34... Qc4 35. Rxf7
$16) 33. Rf8 $40) 32. Ra8 Rb2 (32... Nxe4 33. Ra7 Qc6 34. Rxf7 $16) 33. Qa4 Rb4
34. Qa3 Rb3 35. Qa1 Rb1 36. Ra7 Qb3 $2 {Zeitnot ? Damit steht einfach der Pe5
ein.} (36... Rxa1 37. Rxb7 $16) 37. Qxe5 $18 Qd1 38. f4 {Vielleicht war Hector
dies entgangen.} Qh5 39. Qxh5 Nxh5 40. Rxf7 Rb3 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Mowsziszian Akopian} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6.
Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 (10. Bxf3 a5 11. a4 {
Mowsziszian: Positionell ein wichtiger Zug, Weiß hemmt die Möglichkeiten a5-a4
und b7-b5.} Qb6 {/\Bxg3} (11... e5 {Mowsziszian} 12. e4 $14) 12. d4 e5 13. e3
e4 $15 {Heyken,E-Lutz,C/Budapest Elekes/1989}) 10... a5 11. a4 $5 $146 {
Ein in vergleichbaren Stellungen eher ungewöhnlicher Zug.} (11. a3 a4 12. b4 c5
13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 /Gschnitzer-Lutz/Wildbad/1990}) 11... Qc7 12. e3
{[%cal Yd1e2]} e5 (12... b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4 bxc4 16. bxc4 e5
17. Qc2 $14) (12... Rfc8 $5 {/\ b5}) (12... Rfe8 $5 {Mowsziszian} 13. Nd4 g6 {
/\Bf8,e6-e5}) 13. Nh4 {[%cal Yh4f5]} Rfe8 (13... g6 {Danach steht der Nh4
nicht besonders glücklich. Die Schwächung der langen Diagonalen kann
wahrscheinlich durch Überführen des Bd6 nach g7 repariert werden.} 14. f4 $140
$6 exf4 15. gxf4 (15. exf4 Rfe8) 15... Rfe8) 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. g4 g6 16. Ng3 {
[%cal Rg4g5]} h6 (16... Red8 17. g5 Ne8 18. f4 Bg7 $14) 17. h4 Bd6 (17... Nh7
18. c4 dxc4 $140 19. bxc4 $16) (17... Bg7 $5 {Mowsziszian}) 18. g5 hxg5 19.
hxg5 Nh7 20. Qg4 Ndf8 (20... Qd8 $5 {Mowsziszian} 21. f4 Ndf8 {/\ ef4, und die
/^g1-a7 kann man für die schwarze Verteidigung nutzen.} 22. c4 $2 dxc4 23. dxc4
exf4 24. exf4 Qb6+ $132) 21. c4 $1 Qc8 (21... dxc4 22. bxc4 $16 (22. dxc4 {
Mowsziszian} Ne6 23. Ne4 $16)) 22. Qh4 (22. Qxc8 Raxc8 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5
Rc2 (24... Nxg5 25. Rac1 $16) 25. Ne4 Rd8 (25... Rxb2 26. Nxd6 Re7 27. Nc4 Rxb3
28. Nxe5 $16) 26. Rab1 Be7 27. Bc4 $16) 22... Qe6 (22... Qd8 23. cxd5 Nxg5 {
[%cal Rg5f3]} 24. Qh6 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. f4 $1 Bc5 27. Bc4 Bxe3+ 28. Kh2
Ngh7 29. Nf5 $1 $18) 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qh6 (24. Qh1 $5 Qg4 (24... Nxg5 {Akopian
} 25. Bxd5 Qg4 26. Rac1 $16) 25. Bxd5 Rac8 26. Rac1 $14) 24... Nd7 (24... Rac8
{Akopian} 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxg5 29. Rc8 $16) (
24... Be7 25. f4 {[%cal Rb2g7]} d4 {um die tödliche Diagonale b2-g7 zu
schließen.} 26. Rab1 $5 Qb6 (26... Qg4 27. Ne4 (27. Kh2 $2 Nxg5) 27... Ne6 28.
Rf3 Qh5 29. Qxh5 gxh5 30. exd4 exf4 31. d5 Nexg5 32. Rxf4 $16) 27. Nf5 Ne6 28.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. f5 (29. Rf3 $2 Qxb3 $132) 29... gxf5 30. exd4 exd4 31. Ba3 Rc7
32. Rxf5 $40) 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. f4 Nc5 27. Nf5 $1 $18 gxf5 28. Bxf5 f6 (28... Nf8
29. Rf2 $18 {[%cal Rf2h2]}) 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. Rf2 {[%cal Rf2g2]} Qf8 (30...
Qg7+ {Mowsziszian} 31. Rg2 Re7 32. Qxf6 $18) (30... Kf7 {Mowsziszian} 31. Bg6+
Kg8 (31... Ke6 32. Qh3+) 32. Rg2 $18) 31. Rg2+ Kf7 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. fxe5 Bxe5
34. Bxe5 Ra6 35. Rf1 (35. Rc1 $18) 35... Kd8 36. d4 (36. Qg3 Rc6 37. Bh3 $18)
36... Qe7 37. Rc1 (37. Bd3 Nxd3 38. Bxf6 $18) 37... Ncd7 38. Bc7+ Kc8 39. Bd6+
1-0

[Event "Terres Catalanes 15th"]
[Site "Ampuriabrava"]
[Date "1997.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. Nh4 {Eine der Hauptstellungen im
Königsindischen Angriff. Schwarz hat hier so ziemlich alles schon gespielt.}
Bc5 (12... a5) (12... Qc7) (12... Nf8) (12... Qb6) (12... Bg6) (12... dxe4) (
12... Bf8) 13. Kh2 {Macht den Pf2 wieder beweglich. Bei einem eventuellen
Pf2-f4 muß Weiß jetzt aber damit rechnen, auf der Diagonale c7-h2 geärgert zu
werden. Deswegen ziehen die meisten Spieler in ähnlichen Situationen das Feld
h1 vor.} (13. Kh1 dxe4 {Hier und im folgenden bestehen natürlich ernsthafte
Alternativen.} 14. dxe4 Nf8 15. Nc4 N6d7 16. b4 Bb6 17. Nf5 Qc7 18. f4 f6 19.
Nfd6 $14 {Zaichik,G-Ibragimov,I/World op 1995/EXT 97}) 13... a5 14. a3 Qc7 {
[%cal Yc7h2] Bringt den Kh2 bei einem etl. f4 in eine gefährliche Fesselung.}
15. Nf5 Bg6 16. Ne3 Nb6 (16... d4 $2 {Dieser Fritzzug ist genau das, worauf
der Weiße hofft: nach der Aufgabe der Spannung im Zentrum erhält Weiß freie
Hand am Königsflügel.}) 17. Ng4 Nxg4+ {Verstärkt die weiße P-Struktur am
K-Flügel.} (17... Nfd7 18. f4 {Ich bin nicht sicher, ob hier Weiß nicht noch
vorbereitende Züge vorgezogen hätte. Immerhin konnte er sich durch den Abzug
des Nf6 etwas entlastet fühlen.} exf4 19. gxf4) 18. hxg4 dxe4 (18... Bd6) 19.
Nxe4 Bf8 20. f4 $6 {Hier unterschätzt Weiß m.E. die schwarzen Möglichkeiten.} (
20. Bh3 $14 {[%cal Yh2g2,Yf2f4] Ein ruhigeres Vorgehen hätte mir hier besser
gefallen; Ubilava will es jetzt aber wissen.}) 20... exf4 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4
exf4 22. gxf4 Bd6 23. Qf2 Nd5 $13 {Eine heiße Stellung: die schwarze
K-stellung sieht sehr gefährdet aus, die weiße aber auch.}) 21. gxf4 f5 $1 $132
(21... Nd5 22. Qg3) 22. gxf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Ye8e6,Ye6h6,Ya8e8]} 23. Be5 {Löst das
Problem der Diagonalen c2-h2.} (23. Qg3 $6 Re6 {[%cal Ye6g6,Ye6h6]}) 23... Qf7
24. Ng3 Bg4 25. d4 Nd7 (25... a4) 26. Qc3 Nf6 27. f5 h5 28. Rf2 Be7 29. Qd2 a4
30. b4 Rad8 (30... h4 $6 31. Ne4 (31. Nf1 $2 Bxf5) 31... Nxe4 32. Bxe4 $132)
31. Re1 Bd6 32. Qg5 $2 (32. Qf4 $13) 32... h4 $4 {Gibt freiwillig den stolzen
Ph5 her: das ist nur durch Zeitnot erklärbar.} (32... Rd7 $17 {[%cal Yd7e7]})
33. Qxh4 $18 Bh5 34. Kg1 Rd7 35. Rff1 Rde7 36. Nxh5 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Qxh5 38. Qc4+
Kh8 39. Re3 Nh7 40. Rh3 Qg5 41. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7
8. Qe2 (8. Qe1 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 (10. Nh4 Re8 $6 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 $14 {
Chernuschevich,A-Moroz,A/Pardubice 1998}) 10... Bg6 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Nb3 Bf4 13.
Nd4 Rad8 14. Ne2 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qb6 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. a3
Qc4 20. Qe1 e5 $132 {Ralis,P-Yakovich,Y/Pardubice 1994}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10.
g4 (10. Re1 Kh8 11. d4 Rc8 12. c4 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Bb8 15. e6 fxe6 16.
Qxe6 Re8 $17 {Byrne,D-Smyslov,V/Lugano 1968}) 10... Bg6 11. Nh4 (11. e5 $6 Bc7
12. c3 c5 13. d4 Nc6 14. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 $17 {Rodic Kures,G-Micic,J/JUG-chW 1990})
11... Qc7 12. Ndf3 Rae8 13. Re1 $5 $146 (13. Bd2 f6 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 {[%csl Gg6]}
15. Rae1 Bf4 16. exd5 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 cxd5 18. Nd4 Nf4 $11 {Korzubov,P-Budnikov,
A/Moscow 1991/URS-ch}) 13... f6 14. exd5 $1 {Darin liegt die eigentliche Idee:
Weiß möchte den Ne7 weglotsen, damit dieser nach Nh4xg6 nicht wiedernehmen
kann.} Nxd5 (14... exd5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 (15... Nxg6 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Rxe8+ Ndf8
18. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Ya1e1]}) 16. Nd4 $36) (14... cxd5 $5 15. Nd4 $1 (15. Qxe6+
$2 Bf7 $17) 15... Nc5 (15... Bf7 16. Nxe6 $16) (15... Nc6 16. Nxe6 $16 {
Es scheint, daß Schwarz keinen genügenden Nutzen aus der Fesselung ziehen kann.
} (16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Nxg6 hxg6)) 16. Nb5 (16. b4 Be5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. d4 Bh2+ 19.
Kh1 Ne4 $13) 16... Qb8 17. d4 Ne4 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 (18... Qxd6 19. c4 $14) 19.
Qxe6+ (19. Bf4 $14) 19... Bf7 20. Qd7 Ng6 21. Nf3 $14) 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. d4 Bf4
(16... f5 17. c4 $14) ({Solide war} 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Rad1 $14 {
und die ungleichen B erzeugen eine Remistendenz.}) 17. c4 $1 N5b6 {[%csl Rb6]
Der Nb6 findet danach nur schwer einer aktiven Rolle. Deswegen ist die
Alternative wichtig:} (17... Bxc1 18. cxd5 {Dies wird Yakovich gefürchtet
haben.} (18. Raxc1 Nf4 {Auf jeden Fall steht der Nf4 hier besser als auf b6.}
19. Qe3 $13) 18... exd5 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kf7 21. Re2 Bf4 22. Rae1 {
Materiell ist die Lage etwa ausgeglichen. Mir gefällt diese Stellung für
Schwarz besser als die Partiefortsetzung.}) 18. Nh4 $14 Bxc1 (18... Kh7 {
ändert wenig.}) 19. Raxc1 Kh7 (19... Kf7 20. Qd3 f5 21. Nf3 $16) 20. Qd2 Rf7 (
20... e5 $2 21. Be4 $18) 21. f4 {Schränkt die schwarzen Möglichkeiten weiter
ein.} ({Es gab hier eine lustige Alternative:} 21. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Rh4g6]} f5 (
21... Nd5 22. Qxc7 (22. Qxa7 $5) 22... Nxc7 23. d5 $36) 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Nf3
$16) 21... Rfe7 22. Qf2 Nf8 ({Die Öffnung der Stellung kommt der Kraft des Bg2
zugute.} 22... c5 23. Be4 f5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Bc2 $16) 23. Be4 {[%cal Rh4g6]}
f5 $8 24. Bb1 (24. Bd3) 24... Nbd7 (24... Rd8 25. Qe3 $40 {[%cal Yh4f3] Weiß
dominiert.}) 25. d5 {Sieht sehr kräftig aus.} ({Vielleicht wäre es aber
nachhaltiger gewesen, den Druck aufrecht zu erhalten, z.B.:} 25. b4) 25... exd5
$2 (25... cxd5 26. gxf5 (26. cxd5 exd5 $1 $132 27. Rxc7 $140 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 R8e2
) 26... exf5 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rd1 (28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qxe7 Qxf4
$132) 28... Qxc4 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qxe7 Qxf4 $11) 26. Rxe7 Rxe7
27. gxf5 Nf6 (27... dxc4 28. Nxg6 Nxg6 29. fxg6+ Kg8 30. Rxc4 $18) (27... gxf5
28. Nxf5 $18) 28. fxg6+ (28. Nxg6 Nxg6 29. fxg6+ Kg8 30. Bd3 $16) 28... Kg8 29.
Nf5 Re8 (29... Re6 30. Nd4) 30. c5 Re6 31. Nd4 Re8 32. b4 $2 (32. f5 $142)
32... Ne6 $2 ({Hier konnte (und sollte) Schwarz aktiv werden:} 32... Ne4 $1 33.
Bxe4 Rxe4 34. f5 Rxd4 $1 35. Qxd4 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Ke2 Qxf5 $13) 33. Nxe6
Rxe6 34. Bf5 Re7 35. Kh1 Qd8 (35... Re8 $142 {[%cal Yc7e7]}) 36. Re1 {Der
Abtausch nützt Weiß, da der schwarze R aktiver stand.} Qe8 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38.
Kg1 Kf8 39. Kf1 Ne4 40. Qe3 Qf6 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Qxe4 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa2+ 44.
Kg3 Qb3+ $6 45. Kh4 Qb2 (45... Qd5 46. Qxd5 cxd5 47. Kg4 Ke7 48. Kf5 $18) 46.
Kg4 Qa1 47. Kg5 a5 (47... Qf6+ 48. Kh5 (48. Kg4) 48... Qd8 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50.
Qf7+ Kh8) 48. bxa5 (48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Qf7+ Kd8 50. Qf8+ Kd7 51. Qd6+ Kc8 52.
bxa5) 48... Qg1+ 49. Kh5 Qxc5+ 50. Qe5 Qb5 (50... Qxe5+ 51. fxe5 Ke7 52. Kg5 c5
53. Kf4 c4 54. Ke4 c3 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Kxc3 Kxe5 57. Kc4 $18) 51. Kg5 ({
Natürlich nicht} 51. Qxb5 $4 cxb5 $19) 51... Qb3 52. Qb8+ Ke7 53. Qc7+ Ke8 54.
Qf7+ $1 {Am einfachsten: Überleitung in ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel.} Qxf7
55. gxf7+ Kxf7 {Hecht: '[#] Verantwortlich für den Gewinn ist der große weiße
Raumvorteil, dokumentiert durch die Position des weißen Königs sowie die des
Ba5, der das Abholen des Bb7 via b6 möglich macht, ohne dass der Bc6
promoviert. Interessanterweise sticht der bald entstehende entfernte weiße
Freibauer den gedeckten von Schwarz aus.'} 56. Kf5 Ke7 57. Ke5 g6 (57... Kd7
58. h4 $18 (58. f5 {Hecht} Ke7 59. h4 Kd7 (59... Kf7 60. Kd6 Kf6 61. Kc5 Kxf5
62. Kb6 Kg4 63. Kxb7 Kxh4 64. a6 $18) 60. h5 (60. f6 g6 61. Kd4 {gewinnt auch})
60... Ke7 61. Kd4 Kd6 (61... Kf6 62. Kc5 Kxf5 63. Kb6 Kg5 64. Kxb7 Kxh5 65. a6
g5 66. a7 $18) 62. f6 gxf6 63. h6 $18)) 58. f5 gxf5 (58... g5 59. Kd4 $18 {
[%cal Yd4c5,Yc5b6,Yb6b7]}) 59. Kxf5 Kd6 60. h4 {Hecht: 'Weiß gewinnt mit genau
einem Tempo:'} (60. h4 {Hecht} Ke7 61. Ke5 Kf7 62. Kd6 Kg6 63. Kc5 $1 Kh5 64.
Kb6 Kxh4 65. Kxb7 c5 66. a6 c4 67. a7 c3 68. a8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 $6 (6... c5) 7.
e4 (7. c4 $5) (7. d4 Ne4) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 (9. h3 $5) 9... Bg4 (9...
Nd4 $14) 10. c3 a5 $6 (10... Qc8 11. b4 $14) 11. Qb5 $1 {><b7,e5} (11. h3)
11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rb8 $6 (12... Ra6 13. Nc4 $16) (12... Qc8 $5 13. Nc4 Qe6
$14 14. Qxb7 $4 (14. Bg5) (14. Be3) 14... Rfb8 15. Qxc7 Ne8 $19) 13. Rd1 {
/\ Nc4} Qe8 14. Kg2 (14. Nc4 $6 Nd4 15. Qxe8 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Rfxe8 (16... Nh4+
17. gxh4 Rfxe8 18. f3 b6 19. Nxe5) 17. Kxf3 b6 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nc4 (19. Nc6
Rbc8 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4) 19... Nxe4 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Bf4 $14)
14... b6 15. a3 $16 Ra8 (15... Bd6 $2 16. Nc4) (15... Bc5 $2 16. b4) (15... Bd8
16. Nc4) 16. Nc4 {><e5} Bc5 17. Bg5 a4 $2 (17... Qe6 18. Bxf6 (18. h3 $5) 18...
gxf6 (18... Qxf6 19. Rd7) 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Bg4 Qe8 $16) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4
Ne7 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 21. Rd7 Ra7 (21... b5 22. Rxc7 bxc4 23. Rxc5 $18) 22. Kf3 b5
23. Ne3 c6 (23... Bd6 24. Rd1 Ra6 25. c4) 24. Rxa7 Bxa7 25. Rd1 Bxe3 26. Kxe3
Rb8 27. Rd6 Kg7 28. Kd3 Rb6 29. h4 Rb8 30. Kc2 h6 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. Ra7 Ke8 33.
Bd7+ Kd8 $2 (33... Kf8 34. Rc7 Rb6 35. h5) 34. h5 $1 Rb6 35. Bg4 f5 (35... Rb8
36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rd6 $18) (35... Ke8 $4 36. Ra8+ $18) 36. Bxf5 Nxf5 37. exf5
Ke8 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. f6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 (7... d4
8. Ne2 Nbc6 9. c3 Bg4 {Azmayparashvili-Kupreichik, Kuybyshev 1986}) 8. Bd2 $5 {
N} (8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Rfe1 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 $10 {
Hug-Andersson, Palma de Mallorca 1972}) 8... h6 (8... a5 $5) 9. b4 $5 {W
leitet ein Spiel am Q-Flügel ein.} Be6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 a6 (12...
c5 $5) 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Qc1 $1 {/\ c4,Bh6} Kh7 16. c4 $14 dxc4 17.
dxc4 Ng8 18. c5 Ngf6 19. Bc3 Ne8 20. h4 (20. Qb2 $5 {/\ Nb6} f6 21. Rbd1) 20...
Qb8 {/\ Nc7-b5} 21. Qb2 f6 22. h5 g5 {/\ Bg4} 23. Nh2 {/\ Bf3-g4} Nc7 24. Bf3
Nb5 25. Bg4 Nf8 26. Nb6 $6 (26. Rbd1 $14) 26... Bxg4 27. Nxg4 Rd3 $1 28. Re3
Rcd8 29. Rc1 Ne6 30. Qa2 $5 Rd1+ 31. Be1 (31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kg2) 31... Nbc7 (
31... Rxc1 32. Qxe6 Qc7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Nxf6 Bxf6 35. Qxf6+ Kg8) 32. Qc2 Rxc1
33. Qxc1 Nd4 34. Bc3 Ncb5 35. Kg2 Qc7 36. Nh2 Qf7 37. g4 Ne6 38. Nf1 Nf4+ 39.
Kf3 {/\ Ng3} Nxh5 40. gxh5 Rd1 41. Qc2 Rxf1 42. Kg2 Na3 43. Qe2 (43. Qb2 Nc4)
43... Rb1 44. Qg4 Nb5 45. Rd3 f5 46. exf5 Nxc3 47. Rxc3 e4 48. f6 (48. Re3)
48... Bxf6 49. Qxe4+ Kg8 50. Rd3 Qxh5 51. Qe6+ Qf7 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Rd7 Be7 54.
Qxb7 Rb2 55. Rxe7 Rxf2+ 56. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ (4. Na3 f6 5. Nxc4 e5) 4... Nc6 (4... Nd7
5. Bg2 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Ngf6 $10 {Bischoff-Greenfeld/Vidmar mem/
1989}) 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Qxc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 $6 (7... Rc8 $1 8. Nc3 (8. d4 $6 b5 $1
9. Qxb5 (9. Qc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb4 $15) 9... Nxd4 10. Qd3 Bb5) 8... Nf6 9. d4 $6
b5 $1 10. Qd3 (10. Qxb5 $2 cxd4) (10. Nxb5 $2 Na5 11. Qd3 c4) 10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Ne5 12. Qd1 Qb6 $10 {Hug-Kortschnoj/Schweiz/1978}) 8. d3 (8. d4 $1 $14 {
->E04}) 8... Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Qc3 (12. Qxb5 $2 Nd4 13.
Qc4 $4 Bb5 14. Qc3 Nxe2+ $19) (12. Qc2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qd1 Bc6) 12... Qb6
13. a3 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. e3 Be8 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Ne4 $6 (17. Rfd1 $10) 17...
Na5 18. d4 $2 (18. Rfd1) 18... c4 (18... cxd4 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8 $13) 19.
b4 Nb3 20. Rcd1 a5 $1 21. Nc5 (21. bxa5 Qxa5) 21... axb4 22. Ng5 g6 23. axb4
Nxb4 24. Qc3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nxb3 b4 $1 (26... cxb3 27. Qxb3 $13) 27. Qd2
(27. Qc2 Ba4 $19) (27. Qc1 Ba4 28. Nc5 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 c3 30. Ba1 Bxc5 31. dxc5
Qxc5 $19) (27. Qe1 Ba4 28. Nc5 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 c3 $19) 27... Ba4 $1 28. Nc5 (28.
Na1 c3 $19) 28... Bxd1 29. Qxd1 Qf6 30. Qg4 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolic, Zivoslav"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Be3 (9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Qc7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 Be7 $10 {Nikolic,
Z-Vasilevic, Jugoslawien 1989}) (9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Be3 Be7 12. cxd5
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxd5 $10 {Suba-Arkell, London 1989}) 9... Bc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 (
10... Qxb3 $6 11. axb3 Nxc5 12. b4 $14) 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 d4 $6 {macht den
Bf3 sehr stark} 13. Nd2 a5 14. Rab1 e5 15. b3 O-O 16. a3 Ra7 17. Bg2 Qc7 18.
Rfe1 h6 19. e3 (19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4) 19... Ne6 20. Nf3 Qd6 21. exd4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Re3 Raa8 24. Rbe1 Rfe8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Re6 27. b5 Ra3
28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qb1 Qa7 30. R3e2 (30. Rxe5 $4 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Ra1) 30... Qd4 $6
31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qxe5 Rxd3 $2 (33... Qxd3 $1 34. Qe7 (34. Qxf6
gxf6 35. Be4+ Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Rc3 $14) (34. Qc5 Rc3 35. Bf1 (35. Qxc6 Qxc4) 35...
Qd7 36. Re7 Qd1 37. Qxc6 Rc1 38. Qg2 Rxc4 39. Rxf7 Rc1) 34... Rc3) 34. Bxc6 g6
(34... Qxc4 35. Bb5) 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. Bf3 Kf8 38. c5 Ne8 39. h4 h5
40. Kg2 Ke7 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Bxd1 Nc7 43. Kf3 f6 44. Ke4 Ne6 45. c6 Kd6 46. Bb3
Nc7 47. Bf7 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lazic, Miroljub"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Qe1 Ne7 8. e4
O-O 9. h3 (9. Nh4 $6 Qb6 10. Kh1 Bh5 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 Bxg6 13. g4 Rfe8 14.
f5 $2 exf5 15. gxf5 Bh5 16. Qh4 Nf6 $15 {Palatnik-Vasiukov, URS-ch 1973}) 9...
Bxf3 (9... Bh5 10. b3) 10. Nxf3 Qb6 11. Kh1 a5 12. Nd2 a4 13. Rb1 a3 14. b3 Bb4
15. Qe2 Bc3 16. b4 $1 Ra4 17. Rb3 Bb2 (17... Bxb4 $4 18. c3) 18. Bxb2 axb2 19.
a3 $1 $16 (19. Rxb2 Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Qxb4 $17) 19... Nc8 20. Nb1 Qa6 21. b5 (21.
Rxb2) 21... Qa5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. exd5 (23. Rxb2) 23... exd5 24. c4 $2 (24.
Rxb2) 24... dxc4 25. dxc4 Qc5 26. Qxb2 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
O-O 9. Qe1 c6 10. e5 {N} (10. Nh4 Qc7 (10... Kh8 $5 11. f4 f5) 11. d4 Ng6 12.
Nhf3 Bxf3 (12... f5 $5) 13. Nxf3 dxe4 14. Qxe4 e5 $10 {Langeweg-Keres,
Amsterdam 1971}) 10... Bc7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. a3
b5 {/\ c4} 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Rab8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rfe1 c4 20. e6 Nc5 (
20... fxe6 $2 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Na5 23. b4 $16) 21. exf7+ Qxf7 22. Ng5
Qd7 23. Ne6 Bb6 $1 (23... Nxe6 $2 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 (24... Rf7 25. Bxd5) 25. Rxe6
$18) 24. Nxf8 Rxf8 25. Nxc4 $1 (25. bxc4 Nd3 $19) 25... dxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27.
Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Re7 Rf6 29. Rae1 h6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Re8+ (31. b4 Ne4 32. R7xe4
Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 $10) 31... Bxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. Qc2+
(33. Qg8+ Kg6 34. b4 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Nd3 36. Re6+ (36. Qe6+ Qf6 37. Qe4+ Kf7) (36.
Rf8) 36... Kg5 37. Qf7 Nf4+ (37... Ne1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxe1 39. Qf5+ Kh4 40. Qh5#)
38. Kh2 Bc7 $1 (38... Qd4 39. Rg6+ Kh4 (39... Nxg6 40. Qf5+ Kh4 41. Qh5#) 40.
Qe7+ $18) (38... Nxe6 39. Qf5+ Kh4 40. Qh5#) 39. Qxc7 (39. Qf5+ Kh4) (39. Re7
Ne2+ 40. Rxc7 Qg1#) 39... Nxe6 $19) 33... g6 34. Qe2 Kg7 35. Kg2 Nxb3 36. Re7+
Kf8 37. Re6 Qf7 38. Re4 Nd4 39. Qe3 Ne6 40. Qxh6+ Ke8 41. Qd2 Qb7 42. f3 Kf7
43. Qa2 Qc6 44. h4 Bc7 45. Qc4 Qd6 46. f4 Bb8 47. a4 a5 48. g5 Ke7 49. Kg3 Qb6
50. Kf3 Qd6 51. Qb3 Bc7 52. Kg4 Kd7 53. Re5 Nxf4 54. Qb5+ Kc8 55. Re8+ Bd8 56.
Qc4+ Kd7 57. Qb5+ Kc8 58. Qc4+ Kd7 59. Qf7+ Kc8 60. Rxd8+ Kxd8 61. Qxf4 Qd1+
62. Kg3 Qg1+ 63. Kf3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 (7. e4 e5)
7... a5 8. Qc2 e5 9. e4 (9. a4 h6 10. e4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 $10 {Karasev-Mukhim/
Leningrad/1990}) 9... d4 $146 (9... b6 10. Rd1 (10. Re1)) (9... Re8 10. b3 (10.
h3 b6 11. Rd1 Be6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. Bf1 Qd6 $13 {Knaak-Liebert/DDR/
1973}) 10... b6 (10... h6 11. a3 (11. Bb2 Bg4 12. a3 Qd7 13. b4 dxe4 14. dxe4
Qe6 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nb6 17. N3d2 Bh3 18. Ne3 $14 {Balashov-Schoen/
Dortmund op/1991}) 11... Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. b4 $13) 11. Re1 $13
(11. Bb2 $2 Ba6 12. Rfe1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bd3 $15 {Stull-Miralles/Lyon/1990}) (11.
Rd1 $13)) (9... a4 $5 10. Rb1 h6 11. b4 axb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. b4 dxe4 14. dxe4
Ra2 15. Bb2 b5 16. Ra1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 $14 {Hickl-B.Stein/BL/1991}) 10. Nc4 Re8
11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bd2 $1 {><a5,e5} (13. Be3 Qd8) 13... Qc5 14.
Rfc1 {/\ Nxa5} b6 $2 (14... a4 15. b4 axb3 16. Qxb3 $36) 15. a3 (15. Ne3 Qxc2
16. Rxc2 c5 17. Nc4 Rb8) 15... Bb7 (15... Bd7 16. Ne3 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 c5 18. Nc4
Rab8 19. b4 $14) 16. Ne3 Nd7 (16... Qxc2 17. Rxc2 c5 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Bh3 $18)
17. Nd5 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Bxd5 $8 19. exd5 $16 Ra7 20. Re1 (20. Rac1 Nc5) 20... Rd8
21. Bc3 a4 22. Rd2 f5 $2 {><e6,e7} 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nf6 26.
c4 Rd7 (26... Nh5 27. Rf2 Rd7 $14) 27. Bf3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Ra5 29. Re6 Ra8 30. Rde2
Rad8 31. Ke3 b5 32. Kd4 bxc4 33. dxc4 Rb8 34. Kc5 Rb3 35. R6e3 Rb1 36. Re1 Rb2
37. h3 h6 38. R3e2 Rb3 39. Re3 Rb2 40. R1e2 Rb1 41. h4 Rb8 42. Rd3 Rb1 43. Re6
Rb2 44. Rde3 h5 45. Rc6 Rb3 46. Ree6 Ne8 47. Bd1 Rd3 (47... Rxa3 48. Rxg6 Ng7
49. Rcf6+) 48. Bxa4 Nd6 49. Kb4 Rd4 50. Rc5 Re7 51. Rxe7+ Kxe7 52. Rxc7+ Kf6
53. Rc6 Ke7 54. Bb3 Rxf4 55. a4 Rxh4 56. a5 Rh1 57. a6 Ra1 58. c5 Ne4 59. d6+
Kd8 60. Be6 Rb1+ 61. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 $2 (8... O-O) 9. e4 $1 Bh7 (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxg7) 10. Qe2 (10.
e5 $1 Ng8 $16) 10... O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. Kh1 Nc7 13. Nd4 $6 (13. Bh3) (13. Ne1)
13... a5 14. a4 Be7 15. f4 c5 16. Nb5 $2 (16. N4f3 b5 $132) 16... Nxb5 17. axb5
Nb6 18. g4 $2 (18. Bh3 Qd7) (18. Nb1 c4 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. dxc4 Qc7 21. Na3 Rfd8
) (18. Rf3 $5 Qd7 19. c4 Rfd8 $17) 18... Qd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxb5 (20...
Bxd3 21. Nxb6 Qd8 $1 (21... Bxe2 22. Nxd7 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Rfd8 24. Nb6) 22. Qe3 (
22. Rfd1 Bxe2 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 $19) 22... Bxf1 23. Bxf1 (23. Nxa8 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2
Qd5+ 25. Kg3 Rxa8 $19) 23... Qxb6 $17) 21. f5 Rfd8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qf3 Nxc4
24. dxc4 (24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. dxc4 Qxb3 26. Qxe7 Qxb2 27. Qxe6 Rd2 $19) 24... Qe8
25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qc7 Rxb3 27. Ba3 Bd3 28. Rfd1 Bxc4 29. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1
Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Be2 32. Ra1 a4 33. h3 Bf3 34. Rc1 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 a3 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 08th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1998.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. e4
Ne7 8. Qe1 Bh5 $146 (8... O-O {ist 08/15.}) 9. a3 {Vielleicht traute Ubilava
Van der Wiel die lange Rochade zu und machte deswegen eine kleine
Demonstration.} O-O {Nun ist a3 kein gar so schrecklicher Zug.} 10. b3 Re8 11.
Bb2 e5 12. Bh3 {Nun entsteht ein taktisches Geplänkel um die Frage, welcher
weißfeldrige B nun schlecht steht.} (12. Nh4 $5) 12... Ng6 13. Bf5 (13. g4 $2
Nf4 $19) 13... Nf6 14. h3 $2 {Damit überspannt Weiß den Bogen.} (14. h4 $11)
14... Ne7 15. Nh2 (15. g4 {Das könnte Ubilava (bei 14.h3) beabsichtigt haben.}
Nxf5 16. exf5 (16. gxh5 Nh6 $17) 16... Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 $17 {Schwarz bekommt
noch einen Bauern und hat wegen des nackten Kg1 die besseren Aussichten.}) (15.
Bxe5 Nxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 $1 $19) 15... Nxf5 16. exf5 e4 $1 17. Bxf6 (17. dxe4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 $19) (17. g4 Qc7 $19) 17... Qxf6 18. dxe4 dxe4 (18... Be5 $5
) 19. Nc4 (19. g4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 Qxg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+
24. Kg2 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Rad8 26. Nc4 Qxf5 $19) 19... Bc7 20. Ne3 (20. g4 b5 21.
Ne3 Qd6 $19) 20... Rad8 21. Kg2 (21. g4 $2 Qd6 $19) 21... Bf3+ {'!' Baburin.
Baburin: 'This is the most forceful way to cash in the benefits of Black's
position.'} 22. Nxf3 exf3+ 23. Kxf3 (23. Kh2 Qg5 $19) 23... Qe5 {[%cal Re5e4]
'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'This move and the subsequent manoeuvre is the whole
point of the pawn sacrifice, started with 21...Bf3+!.'} 24. Kg2 Qe4+ 25. Kh2
Qf3 {[%cal Rh7h5,Rh5h4] '!' Baburin. Baburin: 'White is almost paralysed now.'}
26. Rc1 {Weiß ist hilflos.} h5 {'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'This move forces White
to weaken his kingside, as White cannot allow ...h4.'} 27. h4 Rd4 {'!' Baburin.
} 28. Kg1 Rxh4 {'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'That's it - White resigned, as the line
29 gxh4 Qh3 30 f4 Rxe3 is hopeless for him.'} 0-1

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eriksson, Anders"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Qe2 (9. Qe1 Qe7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Bd2 Be6 $15 {Karpenter,
X-Trikaliotis,G/Athens 1972}) 9... O-O 10. Nc4 Re8 $146 (10... Qe7 11. Ne3 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 (12. Bxe3 Nxe4 $15) 12... Rfe8 13. Re1 (13. h3 Be6 $11) 13... Qc5 14.
Qxc5 (14. h3 $5 Be6 (14... Bxf3 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxf3 $14) 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16.
Nxe5 $14) 14... Nxc5 15. Nd2 Ne6 $11 {Yuferov,S-Balashov,Y/Barnaul 1969}) 11.
Bd2 ({Naheliegend war} 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. h3) 11... Bh5 12. b4 Bf8 13. Rfd1 (13.
a4) 13... b5 14. Nb2 {Vermutlich ahnte Eriksson hier noch nichts Böses.} (14.
Na5 $142 c5 15. a4 bxa4 16. b5) 14... c5 {Energisch gespielt: angesichts der
nicht sonderlich aktiven weißen Leichtfiguren kann sich Schwarz die Öffnung
des Damenflügels leisten.} 15. a3 (15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd3 Bb6 $15) ({Am besten
gefällt mir hier} 15. a4 cxb4 16. axb5 $11) 15... c4 {[%csl Rb2] Kerkert den
Nb2 ein.} 16. a4 Qc7 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 17. c3 $2 (17. Bc3 $15 {würde wenigstens
dem Bc3 eine sinnvolle Aufgabe bescheren.}) 17... a6 $17 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qd1 (
19. a5 Nbd7 20. Rad1 $15 {wäre das Eingeständnis, daß Weiß in der a-Linie
nichts erreichen kann; immerhin bliebe der Damenflügel geschlossen und es
würde lange dauern, bis sich konkrete Ziele auftun.}) ({Nach} 19. axb5 axb5 {
ist} 20. Ra5 $2 {ist nicht erlaubt:} Rxa5 21. bxa5 Nbd7 $17) 19... a5 $1 {
Nun öffnet Schwarz den Damenflügel zu seinen Gunsten.} 20. bxa5 (20. axb5 axb4
$17) 20... Rxa5 21. axb5 Rea8 (21... Rxb5 {überläßt Weiß die a-Linie.}) 22.
Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Qc2 Nfd7 24. Nh4 $2 (24. Be3 {gefällt mir besser.}) 24... Qc5 $1
{Die Q soll auf b5 nehmen, damit Schwarz die Kontrolle über die a-Linie behält.
} (24... Rxb5 $143 25. Ra1) 25. Rb1 (25. Nf5 Qxb5 26. Rb1 Ra2 $17) 25... Ra2
26. Qc1 $2 {bereitet den kommenden Selbstmord vor.} (26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Qxb5
28. Be3 $17) 26... Qxb5 27. Nd3 $2 (27. Nd1 $2 Rxd2 $1 $19) 27... Qxb1 $1 $19
28. Qxb1 Rxd2 29. Nc1 (29. Nb2 Ba3 $19) 29... Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Ba3 31. Qa2 Bxc1 32.
Kg2 Rd2 33. Qa6 Rb2 34. Nf5 Bd2 35. Qa3 Rc2 36. Qe7 Kh7 37. Qd8 Bg5 38. Qe8 Ra2
39. h4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Zivoslav"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. d3
Bxf3 (8... Bd6 $10) (8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Qc7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 Be7
13. Ndf3 Bc5 $13 {Z.Nikolic-Vasilevic/JUG-chT/1989}) 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Bc5
11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 d4 13. Nd2 a5 14. b3 O-O 15. a3 e5 16. Rab1 Qc7 $146 (
16... Ra7 17. Bg2 Qc7 18. Rfe1 h6 19. e3 Ne6 20. Nf3 Qd6 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4
Qxd4 23. Re3 Raa8 $10 {Z.Nikolic-Cabrilo/JUG-ch/1990}) 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Rab1
Rfe8 (18... Qc7 $10) 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. c5 Qc7 22. Nc4 Nc3 23. Nd6
Red8 (23... Nxb1 24. Nxe8 Nxe8 25. Rxb1) 24. Ra1 g6 25. Qb2 Ne8 26. Ne4 Nxe4 (
26... Nb5 $10) 27. Bxe4 Qe7 28. b5 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 cxb5 (29... Qxc5 30. bxc6 bxc6
31. Rc1 $10) 30. Qa7 Rd7 31. Rb1 f5 32. Bg2 e4 33. Rxb5 Nf6 34. Qa2+ (34. Qa8+
$1 Kg7 35. c6 bxc6 36. Qxc6 $10) 34... Kg7 35. Qc4 h5 36. Rb6 Qf7 37. Qxf7+
Kxf7 38. c6 bxc6 39. Rxc6 Ke7 40. f3 exd3 41. exd3 $10 Ra7 42. f4 $6 (42. Rc4
$10) 42... Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 $4 (44. Kg1 Rd2 45. Rc7+ (45. Bf1 $4 Nd5
46. Rc4 (46. Rxg6 Ne3 47. Rg5 Rd1 $19) 46... Ne3 47. Rxd4 Rd1 48. Kf2 Nxf1 49.
Ke2 Ra1) 45... Kd8 46. Rc6 Ke7 47. Rc7+ Kd6 48. Rc6+ $10) 44... Nd5 $4 (44...
Ng4 $19) 45. Bf1 (45. Rxg6 Ne3 46. Bh1 Rh2 $19) 45... Ra1 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Ke1
$2 (47. Kf3) 47... Nc3 (47... Ne3 $5 48. Be2 h4 (48... Kf7 49. h4 $1 (49. Rd6
h4 50. gxh4 Ng2+ 51. Kd1 (51. Kf1 Nxf4 52. Bf3 Nxd3) 51... Nxf4 52. Bf3 Nxd3
53. Rxd4 Nf2+ 54. Ke1 Nxh3) 49... Ra1+ 50. Kf2 (50. Kd2) 50... Rh1 51. Rd6 Rh2+
52. Ke1 Rg2 53. Kd2 Rxg3 (53... Nf1+ 54. Ke1 Nxg3 55. Bd1 Rg1+ 56. Kd2 (56. Kf2
Rxd1 57. Kxg3 Rxd3+) 56... Nf1+ 57. Ke2 Ne3 58. Bb3+ Ke7 59. Rxd4 Ng4) 54. Rxd4
Ng2) 49. Rxg6 (49. gxh4 $2 Ng2+ 50. Kf1 Nxf4 51. Bd1 Rd2 $19) 49... Ng2+ 50.
Kf2 hxg3+ 51. Kxg2 (51. Rxg3 Nxf4 $19) 51... Rxe2+ 52. Kxg3 Re3+ 53. Kh4 Rxd3
$10) 48. Rxg6 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Nd1+ 50. Kf3 Ra2 51. Be2 Nc3 52. Bf1 Rh2 $2 (52...
Nd1 $10) 53. g4 (53. Bg2 Nd1 54. g4 Ne3) 53... Nd1 54. Bg2 fxg4+ $142 $2 $18 (
54... Ne3 55. gxf5 Nxg2 56. Rxg2 Rxh3+ 57. Ke4 $16) 55. Kg3 Rxg2+ 56. Kxg2
gxh3+ 57. Kxh3 Nf2+ 58. Kg3 Nxd3 59. Kf3 Nb4 60. Rh6 d3 61. Rxh5 Ke6 62. Ke4 d2
63. Rh6+ Ke7 64. Rh1 Na2 65. Kd3 Nb4+ 66. Kxd2 Nd5 67. Rh4 Kf6 68. Ke2 1-0

[Event "ARG-World"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casafus, Ruben Andres"]
[Black "Mascarinas, Rico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 (10. Ne1 Nc5 11. Qe2) 10... Qc7 $146 (10...
Bc5 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Qb8 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Nd3 Bb6 15. Kh1 $36 {/\ h4}) 11. a4
Bc5 12. b3 $6 (12. Ne1 {/\ Nd3}) 12... Nh7 $5 {/\ Ng5} 13. Nc4 (13. Bb2 Ng5 14.
h4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3) (13. Ne1 $6 Bd4) 13... O-O 14. Bb2 Ng5 15. h4 (15. Nxg5 hxg5
16. Ne3) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17. Kg2 (17. Rfd1 $5 {><d4}) 17... b5 18.
Ne3 Bd4 19. Rfb1 a6 20. Nd1 Nf6 21. c3 Bc5 22. Bc1 (22. b4 Bc4 23. Qe1 Ba7 $15)
(22. Ba3 $5) 22... b4 $1 {><b3,d4} 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 $2 (24. Nxe3 Rab8 (
24... bxc3 $2 25. Qd3) 25. Qc2 a5) 24... Rab8 25. Rb2 Red8 26. Rc1 a5 27. Qc5
$2 Rd3 $1 (27... Nd7 28. Qe3 Nf6 $10) 28. cxb4 $8 Rxb4 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6
Rxf3 (30... Bxb3 31. Nc3 $10) 31. Rxe6 (31. Kxf3 Bg4+ 32. Kg2 Bxd1 33. Rc5 Nxe4
34. Rxe5 Nc3 35. Rxa5 Bxb3 $19) 31... Rd3 32. Rxe5 Rxd1 33. Rxa5 $2 (33. f3)
33... Rd3 $2 (33... Nxe4 $1 $19) 34. f3 Rbxb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. g4 Nd7 (36...
Kf8 $1) 37. Rd5 Rb7 38. h5 Kf8 (38... f6) 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. g5 hxg5 41. Rxg5 Kf8
42. Rf5 Ra7 43. a5 Kg8 44. Rb5 Kh7 45. e5 Kg8 46. f4 Kf8 47. Kg4 Ke7 48. Kg5
Ra6 49. f5 Kf8 50. f6 Kg8 (50... gxf6+ {Hecht} 51. exf6 Rxf6 (51... Nxf6 52.
Rb6 Ne4+ 53. Kf4 Rxb6 54. axb6 Nc5 55. Kf5 Nd7 56. b7 Kg7 57. h6+ Kxh6 58. b8=Q
Nxb8 59. Kf6 $10) 52. Rb7 Rd6 53. a6 $10) 51. fxg7 Kxg7 52. Kf5 Rh6 53. Kg4 Re6
54. Kf5 Ra6 55. Kg4 Nf8 56. Kf5 Ne6 57. Ke4 Ra7 58. Rd5 Rc7 59. Rb5 Ra7 60. Rd5
Rb7 61. a6 Rb4+ 62. Ke3 Ra4 63. Rd6 Kh6 64. Rd7 Ng5 65. a7 Kxh5 66. Kd3 Kg6 67.
Kc2 Ne6 68. Kc3 Kg7 69. Rb7 Ra1 70. Kc4 Nd8 71. Rb8 Rxa7 72. Rxd8 Kg6 73. Kd4
Kf5 74. Re8 Rd7+ 75. Ke3 Rd5 76. Rf8 Rxe5+ 77. Kf3 Re7 78. Ra8 Rb7 79. Ra5+ Kg6
80. Ra6+ Kg5 81. Ra5+ f5 82. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Qe2 Bh7 12. Rae1 Nb4 13. Nb1 $5 b5 14. Nc3 Rb8 (
14... bxa4 15. Nxa4 c5 $13) 15. Ra1 Nd7 16. e4 Nc5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. exd5 exd5
19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Na2 Qb6 (20... Nxa2 21. Rxa2 (21. Nc6 $2 Qd6 22. Nxb8 Bxb2 23.
Rxa2 Bc3 $17) 21... Qb6 $13 {/\ Rfd8,a4}) 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Qg4 (22. Bxd5 $2
Rfd8) (22. Ra2 $5) 22... Bg6 (22... Bxd3 $5 23. cxd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd5 Nxb2 25. Nc6
$14) 23. Ra2 h5 24. Qf4 $6 Ra8 $6 (24... Bxd3 25. cxd3 (25. Rfa1 $5) 25... Nxd3
26. Qd2 Nxb2 $17) 25. Rfa1 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rd8 $6 (26... Bxd3 27. Bxd5 $1 (27.
cxd3 Nxd3 28. Qf5 Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Qxd4 $17) 27... Rd8 (27... Bxc2 28. Nxc2 Nd3
29. Qf5 Nxb2 30. Qxh5 $16) 28. Qf3 Be4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4
Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 $14) 27. Qe3 Kh8 (27... Ne6 28. Nxe6 Qxe3 29. fxe3 fxe6 30.
Bxf6 gxf6 31. Kf2 {/\ Ke2-d2+/=}) 28. h4 Kh7 29. Ba1 Nd7 30. Nf3 Qd6 (30...
Qxe3 31. fxe3 Bb2 $19) (30... Bb2 $19) 31. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (31... Nxf6 $16) 32.
Nd4 Qb6 33. Qe7 Ne5 (33... Qxd4 34. Qxd8 Qa1+ $19) 34. Qxb4 Ng4 $2 (34... Nc6
35. Nxc6 Qxc6 $18) 35. Ra5 Re8 36. Rxb5 Qc7 37. Rxd5 Re5 38. Rxe5 fxe5 39. Nc6
Qc8 40. Be4 Qa6 41. Bxg6+ fxg6 42. Qa4 Qc8 43. Qa7+ Kh6 44. Qb8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. c4 Nd7 (4... f6 5. Nf3 d4 (5... c6 6. Qb3 Qd7
7. d4 e6 8. Bg2 $14 {Benkö-Durao, Malaga 1969}) 6. Qb3 Be4 7. d3 Bc6 8. Bh3 $14
{Gutman-Kaunas, Vilnius 79}) 5. Nxd7 Qxd7 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Rg1 (7. f3 Bxb1 8.
Rxb1 Qxa2) 7... Bxb1 8. Bg2 (8. Rxb1 Qxa2) 8... Qf5 9. Qa4+ Qd7 (9... c6 10.
Bxc6+) (9... Kd8 $5 10. d3 (10. Qd4+ Kc8 11. e4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Qe6) 10... Bxd3
11. exd3 $13) 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Rxb1 c6 12. b4 $14 a6 13. a4 e6 14. b5 axb5
15. axb5 cxb5 $2 (15... Bd6 $14 {/\ Ne7}) 16. Rxb5 Ra7 17. Bb2 Nf6 18. Bd4 b6
19. e3 Bc5 20. Bc3 Kc7 21. Ke2 Ne8 22. Rgb1 Nd6 23. R5b3 Nc4 (23... f6 24. d4
Ba3 25. Rxb6 $18) 24. Bxg7 $18 Rg8 25. Bc3 Ra2 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 Na5 28.
Rb1 Bd6 29. Bc3 Rg4 30. Bxa5 bxa5 31. Rb7+ Kd8 32. Rxf7 h5 33. Ra7 Bb4 34. d4
Rg5 35. h4 Rb5 36. Bc6 Rb6 37. Bf3 Rb5 38. g4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 e5 40. h5 exd4 41.
h6 dxe3 42. h7 Bc3 43. fxe3 Rb2+ 44. Kd3 Rb3 45. Kc4 Ra3 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47. Rd4
1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 Ne7 $6 {Ich habe nur
ein Beispiel gefunden, wo Schwarz (Hector) den Pg7 in ähnlicher Form (c2-c4
und c7-c6 zusätzlich) anbot. Interessanterweise traute sich auch damals der
Weiße nicht, den P zu verspeisen.} 7. d3 (7. Bxg7 Rg8 8. Bb2) 7... c6 8. e4 O-O
9. Qd2 $146 {/\ Qg5} (9. Nbd2 $10) 9... e5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Ne2 (12.
Nd1 $6 {sieht sehr seltsam aus, aber vielleicht kann der Gaul ja mal über f2
eine sinnvolle Betätigung finden. (Nach f4, versteht sich.)}) 12... f6 13. Nh4
a5 14. f4 (14. a3) 14... Bb4 15. Qd1 g5 16. fxg5 $2 (16. Nf3 g4 (16... h6) 17.
Nh2 gxh3 18. Bxh3) (16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 gxf4 18. gxf4) 16... fxg5 17. Nf5
Nxf5 18. exf5 (18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. exf5 g4 $17) 18... g4 19. h4 Nf6 $17 {
Versuchen Sie doch mal, den Ne2 auf ein gutes Feld zu manövrieren. Schwarz
kann sich viel Zeit lassen, da Weiß seine Stellung nur mit Hilfe des Gegners
verbessern kann.} 20. a3 Bc5 21. Qd2 (21. Bc1 Nd5 22. Bh6) (21. Kh2 {/\ c3})
21... Bf7 (21... Nd5 $6 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. f6 $132) 22. Kh2 Bd5 23. Qg5+ (23.
Rae1) 23... Kf7 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rae1 Rg8 26. Qh6 Bf8 27. Qd2 c5 28. c4 (28.
Nc1 {/\ c3}) 28... Qd6 {Schwarz tut seinem Gegner natürlich nicht den Gefallen,
das lahme Roß zu befreien.} 29. Bc1 b6 30. Ng1 (30. Qb2 Re8 31. Bd2 {ist
vielleicht eine etwas bessere Verteidigungsidee.}) 30... Re8 31. Qg2 h6 32. Rf2
(32. Re4 $19) 32... Bg7 33. Rfe2 Re7 34. Bd2 Rge8 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Qd7 $1
37. Rf1 e4 $19 {Schwarz ist am Ziel, mindestens der Pf5 geht verloren.} 38.
dxe4 d3 39. Ree1 Rxe4 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. Rb1 (41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Rf4 Rxf4 43.
Bxf4 Qxf5 $19) 41... R8e7 (41... Re2 42. Nxe2 dxe2 43. Rb7 exf1=N+ 44. Kg1 Qxb7
45. Qxb7+ Re7 46. Qg2 Nxd2 47. Qxd2 Ne4) 42. Bc3 (42. Rf4 Rxf4 43. Bxf4 Qxf5)
42... Rxc4 43. Qb2 Rce4 44. Rf2 Qd5 45. Ra1 Qd6 46. Ra8 c4 47. Rg2 Re3 48. Qb5
Qd5 49. Qa6 Re8 50. Ra7+ R3e7 51. Rb2 Rxa7 52. Qxa7+ Re7 53. Qa6 Qxf5 54. Qxc4+
Qd5 55. Qf4 Qe4 56. Qf1 Kg6 57. Rb6 Qf5 58. Qg2 Re6 59. Rb7 Bf8 60. Rb8 Bd6 61.
Rb2 Nh5 62. Qa8 Nxg3 63. Qg8+ Kh5 64. Rb5 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Lioe, Dede"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. d3 Be7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. O-O
a5 9. a4 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. Qe2 Nc5 (11... Bh7 $5) 12. Rae1 Bh7 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 (14... Qxd7 $5 {/\ b5}) 15. e4 $14 Bb4 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Qd1 Qb6 (
16... dxe4 17. dxe4 e5 18. Re2 $14) 17. Re2 f5 $6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Re6 Qc7 (
19... Rae8 $2 20. Bxd5 $18) 20. Nf3 Rf7 (20... Rae8) 21. Qa1 f4 $6 (21... Nf8
22. Re2 Re7 $14) 22. g4 Nf8 23. Re2 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Bc3 Bd6 (25... Bxc3
26. Qxc3 g5 27. Re1 $16) 26. h4 Qd7 $2 27. Bh3 h5 28. Kh2 $1 hxg4 29. Bxg4 $1
Qe7 (29... Qxg4 30. Rg1 $18) 30. Re1 Qf7 31. Rg1 c5 32. Bxg7 $1 Qxg7 33. Bf5
Bg6 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Bxg6 Nxg6 36. h5 Be7 (36... Bc7 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Ng5+
Ke7 39. Rg7+ Kd6 40. h6 $18) 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Kf8 39. h6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Jackelen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Qc7 {eine Standardstellung im
Königsindischen Angriff} 13. Bg5 $5 $146 (13. Nh4 {ist die übliche Fortsetzung,
zu deren Theorie Aronian einiges beigetragen hat.} b5 14. Na5 Bb6 15. Nb3 a6
16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 c5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Na5 c3 (19... Be2 $5) (19... Bxa5 20.
Bxa5 Qb7) 20. Bxc3 c4 $13 {Aronian,L-Bu Xiangzhi/Athens 2001}) 13... h6 (13...
b5 14. Na5) 14. Bd2 b5 15. Na5 Bf8 (15... Bb6 16. Nb3 a6 17. Nh4 {führt zur
Partie Aronian-Bu Xiangzhi.}) (15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 $14) 16. Nh4 Nb6 17. b3 Rad8
18. Be3 b4 $2 (18... bxa4 19. bxa4 g5 20. Nf5 Bg6) 19. c3 $1 Nbd5 (19... bxc3
20. Qxc3 $16) 20. exd5 Qxa5 21. dxc6 bxc3 (21... g5 22. g4 {->22..g5}) 22. g4
Bg6 (22... g5 23. gxh5 gxh4 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Kh1 $1 $16 {[%cal Yf1g1,Yg2f1]} (
25. Bf3 $2 e4 26. Be2 Bb4 $132)) 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qe2 a6 (24... Bb4 25. Qc4+
Kh7 26. Bxa7 Qxa7 27. Qxb4 $16) 25. b4 Bxb4 (25... Qxb4 26. Rfb1 Qd6 27. Qxa6
$16) 26. Qc4+ Kh7 27. Rab1 (27. Rab1 Rb8 28. c7 Rbc8 29. Rxb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Nd2 {[%cal
Ye2e4] /\ e4} (7. Qe1 {Das hat Kengis früher in dieser Stellung gespielt.} Be7
(7... Bh7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 (11... Qc7 12. Nb5 $5
cxb5 13. Bxb4 Rc8 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 (15. e5 $5) 15... Qxc6 16. f3 (16. e5 $5
) 16... Qxc2 17. Rf2 Qc7 18. Rfd2 $44 {Ney-Furman/31.URS-ch Leningrad/1963})
12. Ne5 (12. e5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 $11) 12... Rd8 13. Nd3 Na6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Qe2
Bb6 16. Kh1 (16. e5 $5) 16... Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Na4 Bb6 $6 (18... Bd4) 19.
Nxb6 axb6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Bc3 $14 {Velimirovic-Skembris/Kavala zt/1984}) 8. e4
Bh7 9. a3 (9. h3 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Kh1 c5 12. Ne5 d4 13. Nd1 Nbd7 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. f4 Rac8 16. g4 Qc7 17. c4 Nd7 18. e5 b5 $5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Bh4
$11 {Kengis-Schulz,K/Eupen op/1993}) (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Ne5 (10. e5 $6 Nfd7 11.
Nd1 c5 12. h4 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 $17 {Tate-Werner,M/Hammelburg/1989}) 10... Nbd7
11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 f5 (13... Nc7 $5 {Polugaevsky /\ c5,f6}) 14. d4
c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 $11 {Hug-Polugaevsky/Biel GM/1986}) 9... O-O 10. e5
$6 {[%csl Gh7] Das erhöht die Wirksamkeit des Bh7. Kengis Wahl hat mich sehr
überrascht.} Nfd7 11. h4 c5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nd4 $17 14. Rae1 $4 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 g5 $19 {Kengis-Gretarsson/Reykjavik op/1994}) (7. Ne5 {ein extravaganter
Versuch: Karlsson mag solche Züge.} d4 {Schwarz zahlt mit gleicher Münze
zurück; es gab aber solide Alternativen.} (7... Bd6) (7... Nbd7) 8. e4 dxe3 9.
fxe3 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Nc4 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Kh1 e5 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Ng1 $36
{Karlsson-Van der Sterren/Tallinn/1987}) 7... e5 $6 {Das finde ich nicht
konsequent: erst bereitet Schwarz einen Rückzug des Bf5 nach h7 vor (h6), und
nun verliert er Zeit (Pe7-e6-e5), um nach e6 zu gehen.} (7... Be7 $142 8. e4
Bh7 9. Kh1 (9. e5 {auch hier eine riskante Spielweise. Immerhin kann Weiß ohne
Umstände f2-f4 folgen lassen.} Nfd7 10. f4 O-O 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nf3 Qb6+ 13. d4
$6 b4 14. Nd1 c5 $15 {Kratz,F-Claus,C/Dortmund WB/1988}) 9... a5 10. Qe2 a4 11.
a3 b5 12. f4 Na6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. e5 {In alle Partien, die hier von Kengis mit
diesem Eröffnungsthema vorhanden sind, wartet Kengis auf die schwarze 0-0, ehe
er e5 folgen läßt.} Nd7 15. f5 $1 {Rechtfertigt e5 taktisch.} Bxf5 (15... exf5
16. e6 Ndb8 17. Ne5 $44) 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Rxf5 g6 19. Rf1 Qxe5 20.
Bxh6 $16 {Kengis-Haba/2.BLW/1995}) (7... Bc5 8. e4 Bh7 (8... dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg4
10. Qe1 e5 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. Kh1 (12. Na4 $5) 12... Be6 13. Ne3 Bxe3 $6 14. Bxe3
Bc4 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. f3 $14 {Sepp-Westerinen/Parnu-B/1996}) 9. e5 {
Wieder wird die Grundfrage gestellt: wann ist dieser Vorstoß angebracht?} Nfd7
10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qg4 Bg6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. h4 c5 14. h5 Bf5 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Nb5
Bh7 17. c4 $13 {Nippgen-Göhring/BL/1983 Der Bh7 ist wieder der Stolz der
schwarzen Armee. Weiß hat aber seinen Anteil am Spiel: der Bg2 ist auch nicht
schwächer als sein Kollege auf h7.}) 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. f4
{[%cal Rf4f5]} Nb6 (11... exf4 $6 {Danach wird das weiße Bauernzentrum mobil
und dem Ke8 kann davon leicht übel werden.} 12. gxf4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Bg4 14. Qe1
O-O 15. Qg3 Bh5 16. e5 $16 {[%cal Yd2e4]}) 12. Kh1 {unterbindet alle
Zwischenschachs auf a7-g1} (12. f5 Qd4+ (12... Bd7 13. a4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 $36) 13.
Kh1 Bc4 14. Nxc4 Qxc4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 $132) 12... Bg4 (12... Bd6 13. f5 (13. Rd1
$5) (13. a4 $5) 13... Bd7 14. a4 $16) 13. Qe1 {selbstverständlich hilft Weiß
dem Schwarzen nicht, sein Problem mit dem Bg4 durch Abtausch zu lösen.} h5 {
Startet eine Gegenaktion gegen den Kh1. Das erscheint die einzig mögliche
Rechtfertigung für Bg4.} (13... exf4 $2 14. gxf4 $16) (13... Bd6 14. f5 h5 15.
h3 h4) 14. fxe5 (14. h3 $2 h4 15. hxg4 $4 hxg3+ {würde Schwarz gefallen}) 14...
Nfd7 $8 15. e6 Bxe6 {[%cal Rh5h4]} (15... fxe6 16. h3 (16. e5 h4 $13) (16. Qf2
Qf6) (16. Nf3 $5 $16) 16... h4 17. Rxf8+ Nxf8 18. hxg4 hxg3+ 19. Kg1 $16 {
[%cal Yd2f1]}) 16. Nf3 {[%cal Yf3g5]} Be7 (16... Qe7 {[%cal Ye8c8]} 17. e5 (17.
a4 $5) 17... O-O-O (17... Bc4 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. Ng5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1+
Be7 (21... Kd8 22. Bd5 $3 $18) 22. b3 $40) 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 (19... Nxf6
20. Ne5 $16) 20. Bf4 $14) 17. Be3 h4 (17... O-O 18. b3 $14) 18. gxh4 Bxh4 (
18... Nc4) 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Bf4 Qxe1 (20... Nc4 21. Nd5 $5) 21. Raxe1 O-O-O
22. e5 $2 {[%cal Yc3e4,Ye4d6] Sehr verpflichtend gespielt. Zwar bekommt der
Ne4 Aussichten, mal auf d6 einzudringen, aber dafür verbaut sich Weiß den Bf4
und gibt die Kontrolle von d5 auf.} Nc5 (22... Nc4 23. b3 $16) 23. b4 Nca4 24.
Re3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd7 $2 (25... Bxa2 $1 $17 26. b5 $140 (26. Bh3+ Be6) (26. Ra3
Bc4) (26. Ra1 Be6 27. b5 Nd5) 26... Nd5) 26. b5 {nun ist die Welt wieder in
Ordnung} c5 27. a4 Rh5 28. a5 {[%csl Gg2]} c4 29. Rd1 Rdh8 (29... Nxe5 $2 30.
Bxb7+) 30. a6 bxa6 31. bxa6 Nxe5 32. Rb1 $2 (32. Bb7+ Kc7 33. Bd5 Bxd5+ 34.
Rxd5 f6 35. Rxc4+ Kb6 36. Rd6+ Ka5 37. Rc5+ Kb4 38. Rc7 $16) 32... Rd8 (32...
f6) (32... Nd7 33. Kg1 (33. Rb7 $2 Ra5) 33... Ra5) 33. Kg1 Rd6 $2 (33... Rd7
$142) 34. Rg3 g6 35. Re1 f6 36. Rxg6 Rxa6 $2 (36... Nxg6 37. Bxd6 Bd5 $16) 37.
Rxf6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nh4 b5 14. Na5 Bb6
$146 (14... Nb6 $2 15. Qc3 $1 $16 {Minasian,A-Jonkman,H/Linares 2000}) 15. Nb3
a6 16. Bg5 c5 (16... h6 17. Bd2) 17. a5 Ba7 18. c4 {Das sieht zunächst nicht
schlecht aus: der Ba7 wird eingemauert.} h6 (18... bxc4 19. Nd2 $14) 19. Be3
Rab8 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. g4 (21. f3 Red8 22. Qf2) 21... Bg6 22. f4 (22. Nxg6 $2
Nxg6 $15) 22... exf4 23. Bxf4 Qd7 24. e5 $6 {Aronian gibt lieber selber die
Qualität anstatt sie zu nehmen.} (24. Bxb8 Bxb8 $44 {Angesichts der
schwarzfeldrigen Dominanz kann Schwarz zufrieden sein: der Bb8 scheint nicht
schlechter als der Ra1.}) 24... Bd3 25. Qf2 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 N6h7 27. Nf5 ({
Absurd wäre es, die Qualität wiederzuholen:} 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 $19)
27... Ng6 (27... Ne6 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxh6
32. Rxa7) 28. Nd6 (28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxh6
32. Rxa7) 28... Rxe5 $1 {Jetzt gibt Schwarz einfach die Qualität zurück und
verbleibt mit einem Mehrbauern. Zudem ist mittelfristig mit dem kräftigen
Eingreifen des Ba7 zu rechnen.} (28... Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Rf8) 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30.
N2e4 bxc4 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Nf2 Ng6 34. Qxc4 Rxb2 35. Qc1 (35. Qxa6
$2 c4 $19) 35... Ra2 36. Qb1 Qa4 ({Er konnte ruhig einen zweiten P verspeisen:
} 36... Rxa5 37. Nc4 Rb5) 37. Nc8 Rxf2 $1 {Wieder mal ein Qualitätsopfer: hier
hat Schwarz zu der schwarzfeldrigen Dominanz schon jetzt 2 P eingesammelt.} 38.
Kxf2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Bb8 40. Qe4 (40. Rd7 Nh4 $19 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Qe4 Nxg2 43.
Qxg2 Qe3+ 44. Qf2 Qxh3) 40... Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Nef4 ({Vielleicht war mit} 41... Bc7
{mehr zu erreichen.}) 42. Ne7+ Kh7 43. Nxg6 fxg6 44. Rd8 (44. Rd7 Be5 45. Qxe5
Qxg2+ 46. Ke1 Qg1+ 47. Kd2 Qg2+ 48. Kd1 (48. Ke3 Nh5 $3 $17) (48. Kc3 Qxh3+)
48... Qf1+ $11) 44... Bc7 45. Rf8 Nxh3 46. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 47. Ke2 Qh2+ (47... Qb3
48. Qe8 $11) 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Ke2 Bxa5 50. Rf6 Qh2+ 51. Kf1 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 $6 ({Schade,
daß Gyimesi nicht wissen möchte, was Movsesian gegen Beliavskys interessante
Verteidigungsidee geplant hatte:} 13... Rb8 14. Nh4 Nc8 {Die Idee von 13...Rb8:
der Bc5 kann sich nach b6 zurückziehen und der Nc8 strebt nach d6.} 15. b4 Bb6
$132 {Akopian,V-Beliavsky,A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58}) 14. Nh4 Nfd7 15. b4 Bf8 ({
Einen Gedanken wert war auch} 15... Be7 16. Nf5 {wonach der Nd7 ggf. über f8
nach e6 überführt werden könnte.}) 16. c4 c5 17. b5 a6 (17... Be7 18. Nf5 Nf8 {
[%cal Yf8e6]} 19. f4 Bf6 (19... Ne6 20. g4 $18) (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Qd7 21. g4
Bg6 22. Rd1 $16) 20. g4 Bg6 $13) 18. Bb2 axb5 (18... Nc8 19. Nf5 $140 Nd6) 19.
axb5 Ra7 20. Nf5 Rea8 21. Ne3 Bd6 22. h4 {[%cal Yg2h3]} f6 23. Bh3 Nf8 24. Bc3
Qd8 (24... Bf7 {[%cal Yf8e6]}) 25. Qd2 Bc7 26. Qc2 Bf7 (26... Bf3 27. Rfe1 Na4
28. Rxa4 Bxa5 29. Bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Qxa5 31. Rf1) 27. Rfd1 Qe8 28. Qe2 {
ermöglicht Nb3} Be6 (28... Ne6 29. Bxe6 Bxe6 30. Nb3 (30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5
Bxa5 32. Bxa5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxc5 $14) 30... Na4 (30...
Ra3 31. Rxa3 Rxa3 32. Qb2 $16) 31. Be1 Qf7 32. Nd5 $14) 29. Bg2 (29. Bxe6+ $2 {
käme Schwarz entgegen:} Nxe6) 29... Bf7 30. Nb3 Rxa1 (30... Ne6 31. Nd5) 31.
Rxa1 Rxa1+ 32. Bxa1 Ne6 33. Nd5 Qa8 34. Bh3 Nxd5 35. exd5 Nd4 36. Bxd4 cxd4 $8
37. Nc5 (37. Qg4 b6 38. Qd7 Qd8 39. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {[%cal Yg8f8,Yf8e7,Ye7d6]})
37... b6 38. Ne4 Qd8 39. h5 g6 40. g4 Bd6 41. Qf3 Be7 42. Kh2 h6 $6 (42... Kh8)
(42... Kg7) 43. Bf1 {[%cal Yf1d3]} Qc8 (43... gxh5 44. gxh5 $16) 44. Ng3 (44.
d6 Bd8 45. Nxf6+ Bxf6 46. hxg6 Qe6 47. gxf7+ Qxf7 48. Bd3) 44... Bb4 45. Ne4 ({
Ich verstehe nicht, warum Movsesian der Einladung nicht folgt:} 45. hxg6 Bxg6
46. Qxf6 Qxg4 47. Qxb6 $18) 45... f5 46. Ng3 f4 $1 (46... fxg4 $2 47. Qe4 $1 (
47. Qf6 $2 gxh5 48. Nf5 Bf8) 47... gxh5 48. Bd3 Kf8 (48... Qc7 $2 49. Qh7+ Kf8
50. Bg6 $18) 49. Qh7 Qd8 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Qxe5+ Kf8 52. Nf5 $18) 47. Ne4 gxh5 (
47... Kg7) 48. gxh5 Qf5 $2 (48... Kh8 {und ich sehe (noch) nicht, wie Weiß
gewinnt.}) 49. Bh3 $1 $18 Bxh5 50. Qxh5 Qxh5 51. Nf6+ Kf7 52. Nxh5 Bd6 53. Bf5
1-0

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Black "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. Nh4 {Eine Standardstellung im
Königsindischen Angriff.} a5 13. a3 dxe4 $146 {Bei einem frühzeitigen Tausch
verliert die Option Nxe4 an Attraktivität.} (13... Qb6) 14. dxe4 Qc7 (14... Nc5
$5) 15. Nf5 Bf8 (15... Bc5 {verhindert f4 nur zeitweise.} 16. Kh1) 16. f4 {
Weiß kennt keine Angst.} Bg6 17. Nh4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nd5 ({Die Öffnung des
Spiels nach} 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qg3 fxe4 22. Qxg6 {
dürfte dem weißen Läuferpaar gelegen kommen.}) 19. Qg3 Qb6+ ({Besser erscheint
mir} 19... Bc5+ 20. Kh1 (20. Kh2 Ne3) 20... Ne3 {. Wohl läßt dies g7 (das Ziel
des weißen Angriffs) ungeschützt und das schwarze Schicksal hängt am seidenen
Faden (das weiße übrigens auch), aber ich habe die Widerlegung nicht entdeckt.}
) 20. Kh1 Ne3 21. Rg1 Nxc2 (21... Rad8 {scheint auch nicht zu retten:} 22. f5
$1 (22. Rae1 Nf6 $1 $13) 22... Nf6 (22... Bh5 23. Bf3 Bxf3+ 24. Ndxf3 Rxe4 25.
Bxg7 Rg4 26. Bd4 $1 $18) 23. Bxf6 gxf6 (23... Rxd2 24. Bg5 $18) 24. Nc4 Nxc4
25. bxc4 $16) 22. Nc4 Qc5 $2 {Verliert noch ein Tempo.} (22... Qa7 23. Rac1 b5
24. Rxc2 bxc4 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rxc4 $16) 23. Rac1 Nd4 $2 {Danach ist es
sofort aus.} (23... b5 24. Rxc2 bxc4 25. Rxc4 $16) 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rcd1 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jurek, Josef"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 {/\ Ba3} 9. a3 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. exd5 $5 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe1) (11. Qe1 {
/\ Nh4}) 11... cxd5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 (13. Qe1 Rfe8 14. Nh4) 13... Rfe8 14. g4
Bg6 15. Nh4 (15. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 16. d4 Qc7 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15) 15...
Qd8 16. Nxg6 {/\ c4} hxg6 17. c4 Nc5 $5 18. Qc2 (18. Nf3 $2 e4 19. dxe4 dxe4
$17) 18... Ne6 $1 {><f4} 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nf4 $44 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Nf3
{/\ Re1} Qd7 23. Ne5 (23. Re1 $13) 23... Qe7 {><a3,><e5} 24. d4 Nd7 25. Nxd7 (
25. Nd3 $6 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Qe4+) (25. Nf3 $5 $13) 25... Qxd7 26. Re1 $6 (26. c5
Re8 27. Bf1 $13) 26... dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rc8 28. Qb4 Nxg2 (28... Nd3 29. Re7 $16)
29. Kxg2 Qd5+ 30. Kg3 a5 31. Qd2 (31. Qa4 $5 Rc3+ (31... Qd6+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33.
Kg1 (33. Kg3 $10) 33... Rc3 34. Qe8+ (34. Re3 $2 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 g5)
34... Kh7 35. Re3 Qxb3 (35... Rc1+ 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxb3 $15)) 32. Re3
Rc1 (32... Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 Qe4 34. Kf2) 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 Rg1+ 35. Kf4) 31...
Qxb3+ 32. Re3 Qd5 33. Re5 Qd6 34. Qxa5 $1 Qxd4 (34... f6 35. Qd5+ Qxd5 36. Rxd5
Rc3+ $10) 35. Re3 $15 Kh7 36. Qb5 b6 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Qg5 f6 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40.
Qg3 Qd1 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Qe3 Qd5+ (42... Qh1+ $2 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kh4 g5+ 45.
Kh5 g6+ 46. Kh6 $18) 43. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schulze, Ulrich"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O $2 (5. Qa4 c6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7.
Bxf3 cxd5 $13 (7... exd5 8. d3 $14)) (5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O) 5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 (
6. exf3 $2 dxc4) 6... Ne5 $1 7. Qb3 Nxf3+ (7... Nxc4 8. Qxb7) 8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. d3
Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 $6 (12. Nxd5 exd5 $10) 12... c5 $1 $15
13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Qg4 (14. a3 $5) 14... f5 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Rfc8 17. a3 (
17. e4 $6 Nb4 $1 18. Bxb4 cxb4 $17) 17... b5 18. Nc3 Bf6 $1 19. a4 $2 (19. Rc2
$1 {/\ Rac1} c4 20. dxc4 (20. Nxb5 cxd3 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. exd3 Bxb2 23. Rb1
Rc2 $15) 20... Rxc4) (19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rc2 c4 $17) (19. Rab1) 19... b4 20. Nd1
g5 21. Ra2 b3 22. Ra3 Rab8 23. e4 Ne7 24. Bc3 Bd4 25. Kf1 f4 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Bxd4 $2 (28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Ke2) 28... cxd4 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. gxf4
gxf4 31. a5 e5 32. f3 a6 33. Nf2 Kf7 34. Ng4 Ke6 35. Ke2 Nd6 36. Ke1 (36. Nh2
Rb5 37. Nf1 Nb7 38. Nd2 Nxa5) 36... Rb5 37. Kd2 Nf7 38. Nh2 Nd8 39. Ng4 Nc6 40.
Ra1 Rxa5 41. Rh1 Ra2 42. Rh6+ Kd7 43. Nf6+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 Rfe8 13. Bd2 (13. Nh4 Rad8 14.
Bd2 Bg6 15. Bc3 Bc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. a5 $14 {Gutman,L-Rodriguez,O/New York op/
1987}) 13... Rad8 (13... Bf8 14. Bc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 b5 16. axb5 $14 {
Gutman-Smejkal/BRD/1987}) 14. Bc3 (14. Nh4 $5 {-> Gutman-Rodriguez. Ich hätte
gern gesehen, wer zuerst von dieser Partie abgewichen wäre.}) 14... Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Bc5 {[%cal Yc5d4]} 16. Rd1 {Da der Zug Bd4 nicht verhindert, frage ich
mich, ob es nicht nützlichere Züge gibt.} (16. a5 $5 Bd4 17. Bd2 (17. Bb4)) (
16. Bg2) 16... Bd4 17. Bb4 (17. Bxd4 $2 exd4 18. Rxd4 $140 $4 Ne5 $19) 17...
Bc5 18. Bc3 Nb6 {Stünde der R noch auf a1, könnte man dem mit Ne3 begegnen.}
19. Rxd8 (19. Nxb6 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Bxb6 $11) 19... Qxd8 20. Nxe5 $2 {Weiß ist
des trockenen Tons satt. Der Zug ist aber ein Spiel mit dem Feuer.} (20. Nxb6
Bxb6 $11 (20... Qxb6 $6 21. b4)) 20... Nxa4 21. Nd3 Bd4 (21... Nxc3 22. Nxc5 $1
(22. Qxc3 Bd4 23. Qb4 Qd7 $36 (23... Qb6 $11)) 22... Ncxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24.
Bxe4 Qe7 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Ra1 $11) (21... Bb6 22. Be5 Nc5 (
22... Bd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 {->Partie}) 23. Nxc5 Rxe5 24. Nd3 $11) 22. Bxd4 Qxd4
23. e5 Nd7 (23... Nc5 24. Qe3 $1 (24. Nxc5 Qxc5 $17 {[%csl Re5]}) (24. Qc3 Qxc3
25. bxc3 Nxd3 $17) (24. Qd1 Nxd3 25. exf6 Ne5 $17) 24... Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nxd3 26.
exf6 Nb4 27. Rd1 $1 $132) 24. Qa1 $1 {eine hübsche Rettung} a6 (24... Nxe5 $4
25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rd1 $18) 25. b4 Qxa1 (25... Nc3 $5 26. Re1 Nxe5 $140 $2 27.
Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rd1 $18) 26. Rxa1 Nc3 27. Bg4 (27. Bg2 f6 $15) 27... Nxe5 28. Re1
{[%cal Rf2f4]} f5 $8 29. Rxe5 (29. Bh5 g6 30. f4 gxh5 31. fxe5 Ne4 $17) 29...
Rxe5 30. Nxe5 fxg4 31. hxg4 {In diesem Endspiel muß Weiß um das Remis kämpfen,
da Schwarz Chancen hat, einen entfernten Freibauern (Pa6) zu bilden.} Na2 (
31... Na4 $5 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 32. Nd3 Kf7 33. f4 $11) (31... Kf8 $5 32. f4 Ke7
33. Kf2 c5 34. bxc5 Ne4+ 35. Ke3 Nxc5) 32. Nd3 Kf7 33. f4 h6 (33... Ke6 34. g5)
34. Kf2 Ke6 35. c4 b6 36. Ke3 a5 (36... Kd6 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 37. bxa5 bxa5 38.
Kd4 Nb4 39. Nc5+ Ke7 40. Kc3 Na2+ 41. Kb2 Nb4 42. Kc3 (42. Kb3 Kd6 43. Nb7+ Kc7
44. Nxa5 Nd3 $11 {[%cal Yd3f2]}) 42... Na2+ 43. Kb2 Nb4 44. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cvek, Robert"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. Nh4 Bg6 {Das ist ein gewisses
Zugeständnis; die Top-Spieler (Kramnik, Dreev z.B.) tendieren eher dazu, den
Bh5 noch einige Zeit auf dem Brett zu behalten.} (12... a5) (12... Qc7) (12...
Nf8) (12... Nc5) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qe2 a5 $146 (14... Qc7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. c4
dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. a3 Bd4 21. b4 b6 22. Qd2 a6
23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qb2 b5 26. Na5 Ne5 27. Nc6 Qd6 28. Qxd4 Qxd4
29. Nxd4 $16 {Jadoul,M-Van Houtte,T/Brussels OHRA op 1987/TD 87\05/1-0 (44)})
15. exd5 (15. a3 $5 {Weiß konnte natürlich auch die Spannung im Zentrum
aufrecht erhalten.}) 15... Nxd5 {Das ist eigentlich die prinzipielle Neuerung
gegenüber Jadoul-Van Houtte: der Bauernblock Pb7/c6 soll die Wirksamkeit des
Bg2 einschränken. Schwarz hat jetzt zwar einen leichten Raumvorteil im Zentrum,
der aber durch die stark wirkenden B mindestens aufgewogen wird.} (15... cxd5
16. c4 $16) 16. Ne4 {Hier und im folgenden gibt es für beide Seiten einige
Freiheiten; der beste Weg ist nicht leicht zu bestimmen.} (16. a3 $5 {In jedem
Fall ein nützlicher Zug, während der Nd2 ja noch andere Optionen hat.}) (16. c4
) 16... Bf8 (16... Bc7 17. c4 (17. a3)) 17. a3 (17. c4 N5f6 (17... Nc7 $5 {
[%cal Yc7e6]}) 18. Rad1 (18. a3 Nc5 $132) 18... a4 $132) 17... Nc5 18. Rad1 (
18. Rfe1) 18... Qc7 19. Nxc5 (19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. c4) 19... Bxc5 20. Rfe1 Qd7 (
20... Rad8 21. Bxe5 $16) 21. Qg4 {Danach verflacht das Spiel. Vielleicht kam
das Cvek angesichts des Elo-Unterschieds ganz gelegen.} (21. Qd2 $5 {Wenn Weiß
das Spiel offen halten wollte, scheint das eine brauchbare Fortsetzung zu sein.
} Bd4 $140 $6 (21... Qf5 22. c4 Nc7 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. d4 $14) (
21... f6) (21... Qd6) 22. c3 $16) 21... Qxg4 22. hxg4 Bd4 {nimmt Weiß das
B-Paar ab} (22... f6 23. Re4 (23. Be4)) 23. Bxd4 {Weiß hat nichts besseres,
als in ein Remisendspiel abzuwickeln.} exd4 24. Bxd5 (24. Kf1 Nc3 $15) 24...
cxd5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Rd2 b5 (27... a4 28. bxa4 Rc3 29. Re2 $11)
28. Re2 f6 (28... a4 29. bxa4 bxa4 30. Re5 $11) 29. Ke1 a4 (29... Kf7 30. Kd2
a4 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Kc1 $11) 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Re7 Rxc2 (31... Rc3 32. Kd2
Rxa3 33. Rd7 Ra1 34. Rxd5 $16) 32. Ra7 Rc3 33. Rxa4 Rxd3 34. Ke2 Rb3 35. Rxd4
Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Qc7 6. d4 Bxf3 7. exf3 e6 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. Nd2 (9. f4 $5 h6 $13) 9... g5 $5 10. c4 Be7 (10... Bd6 11. c5 Be7 12.
b4) 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. a3 a5 14. Nf1 Kf8 15. Ne3 Kg7 16. Qd3 Rad8 (
16... a4 17. b4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 {/\ d5+/-}) 17. Rc2 h5 $2 {><g5} 18. Bc1 h4 19.
Nf1 Nh5 20. cxd5 $1 {Langfristig vorbereitet: Nf6 mußte vertrieben werden.}
exd5 (20... Rxd5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. g4 $16) 21. Ne3 Bf6 22. Rce2 (
22. Nf5+ Kf8) 22... Rhe8 $2 23. f4 $2 (23. Nf5+ $1 Kf8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+
Kxe8 26. f4 $1 gxf4 $2 (26... Kf8 27. fxg5 $18) (26... Ng7 27. fxg5 $18) 27.
Qe2+ $18) 23... Rxe3 $1 (23... gxf4 $2 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+
Kxe8 27. Qe2+ $18) 24. Qxe3 hxg3 25. fxg5 (25. hxg3 gxf4 26. gxf4 Nhxf4 $44)
25... gxh2+ 26. Kh1 Be7 27. Qf3 Rh8 28. Qg4 Bf8 29. Re8 Nhf4 30. Qg3 Qd6 31.
Bf1 Rh4 32. a4 Ne6 33. Qxd6 Bxd6 34. Bd2 Nxd4 35. Bxa5 (35. Bc3 $5 $13) 35...
Ne6 (35... Nf4 36. R1e3) (35... Nxb3 36. Rb1 Nd4 37. Rxb7 Rg4 38. Bg2 Nh4 39.
Bc3 (39. Rd7 Rxg2 40. Rxd6 Rg1+ 41. Kxh2 Nhf3+ 42. Kh3 Nxg5+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kh4
Nf5+) 43... Ndf3#) 39... Nxg2) 36. Bd3 $2 d4 $2 (36... Nxg5 37. Bd8 (37. Rd8
Bf4 38. Rd7 Nh3 39. Bc3+ Kh6 40. Rf1 Rg4) (37. Bc3+ $2 d4) 37... f6 38. Bxg6
Kxg6 $17 (38... Nh3 39. R8e2 (39. Bf5 Nxf2+ 40. Kg2 h1=Q+ 41. Rxh1 Nxh1) 39...
Rg4 40. f4 $8 Bxf4 41. Rg2 Rxg6 $17)) 37. Bc4 Nxg5 38. Bd8 Bf4 (38... f6 $2 39.
Rg8+ Kh7 40. Bxf6) 39. Rd1 Nh3 40. Bxh4 Nxh4 41. Re2 Nf5 42. Bd3 Nd6 43. b4 Kf6
44. Kg2 Ng5 45. Bb1 (45. Rh1 $5 {/\ Rxh2+/-}) 45... Ne6 46. Ba2 Nf5 47. Kh1 Bd6
48. Rb2 Nc7 49. Bb1 Ne7 50. Be4 Be5 51. Rb3 Ke6 52. b5 cxb5 53. axb5 b6 54. Rc1
Kd6 55. Bd3 Ne6 56. Bc4 Nc5 57. Rh3 f6 58. Rh8 Ne4 59. Rc2 Nc3 60. Bd3 Ned5 61.
Bf1 Nc7 62. Rh4 N7d5 63. Rh8 Nc7 64. Rh4 N7d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled op 13th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O h5 $6 7. d3 (7. h4 $5)
7... h4 8. Nxh4 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. exf3 $14) (8. c4 $14) 8... Rxh4 9. gxh4 Qxh4 10.
Qe1 (10. f4) 10... Qh5 11. Nc3 (11. f3 $2 Bd6 12. fxg4 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Qh7 14.
Rf2 Be5+ 15. Kg1 Bxb2) (11. f4 Bxe2 12. Rf2 Bg4 13. Nd2 $13) 11... Bd6 12. f4
g5 $1 13. Qg3 (13. e3 d4 14. exd4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 gxf4 16. Ne4) 13... gxf4 14.
Rxf4 (14. Qf2 O-O-O {/\ Ngf6->}) 14... Bxf4 15. Qxf4 e5 16. Qb4 (16. Qf2 O-O-O
$17) 16... O-O-O 17. Nxd5 Bh3 $2 (17... cxd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 (18... b6 19. Qd6 Nb8
20. Bb7+ Kxb7 21. Qxd8 Nh6) 19. Bxf7 $1 (19. Qc5+ Kb8) (19. Bg2 f6 20. Qe4 Rd7
$17) 19... Qxf7 (19... Qg5 20. Qc5+ Kd7 (20... Kb8 21. Qxe5+ Qxe5 22. Bxe5+ $14
) 21. Qxe5 $13) 20. Qxg4+ $13) 18. Bf3 Qg6+ (18... Qg5+ 19. Kf2 (19. Kh1 cxd5
20. Bxd5 Nb6 21. Bf3 f6 22. Rg1 Qe3) 19... cxd5 20. Bxd5 Nb6 21. Rg1 Qf4+ 22.
Qxf4 exf4 23. Bxf7 $13) 19. Kf2 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Qf6+ (20... Qb6+ 21. Qxb6 Nxb6
22. Bxf7 Rf8 (22... Nh6 23. Bg6 Nd7 $13) 23. Kg3 Rxf7 24. Kxh3 Nd7 $13) (20...
Nb6 21. Bf3 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxe5 $13) 21. Kg3 Nb6 22. Qc5+ Kb8 23. Bf3 {
/\ Bxe5+-} (23. Kxh3 Nxd5 $19) 23... Nd5 (23... Qg5+ 24. Kxh3 f6 25. Rg1 $18) (
23... Nd7 24. Qb5 b6 25. Qd5 Kc7 26. Qb7+ Kd6 27. Qc6+ Ke7 28. Ba3+ Nc5 29.
Bxc5+ bxc5 30. Qxc5+ $18) (23... Re8 24. Kxh3 Nh6 25. Kg2) 24. Bxd5 Qf4+ 25.
Kxh3 Nf6 {/\ Qg4#} 26. Bf3 Ng4 (26... Rh8+ 27. Kg2 Ng4) 27. Kg2 (27. Bxg4 $2
Rh8+ 28. Kg2 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ $19) 27... Rh8 28. Kf1 $2 (28. h3
Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxh3+ 30. Ke1 Qg3+ 31. Kd1 Nf2+ 32. Kd2 $18) 28... Nxh2+ 29. Ke1 (
29. Kf2 Nxf3 (29... Ng4+ $2 30. Ke1 Qg3+ 31. Kd1 $18) 30. Qd6+ Ka8 31. exf3
Rh2+ $19) 29... Nxf3+ 30. exf3 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ARM"]
[Site "Glendale"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O (10... d4 $13 {King-Ivanov/Gausdal/1993}) 11. cxd5
Nxd5 12. Qb3 N5f6 13. Nc4 $146 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Qf6 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Qc4 Nd3 $10 {Norwood-Adams/BCF-ch/1989}) (13.
Qxb7 $6 Nc5 14. Qb5 Rb8 15. Qc4 Bg6 16. Ne1 Rc8 $44) 13... Nc5 14. Qa3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Be7 16. Nxe5 Ncd7 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qe1 (18. Qd4 $6 Bc5 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20.
Qxe5 Qxd3 (20... Re8 21. Qf5) 21. Bxb7 Bd4 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qf4 Rc2 $44) 18...
Bc5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Kg2 b6 (20... Qxd3 $6 21. Bxb7 Rce8 22. Qc3) 21. Bg5 Qf5
22. Qd2 Bd4 23. Be3 Rcd8 24. Rad1 Rd7 25. Rfe1 Rfd8 26. Bf4 (26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27.
Re3 $14) 26... Nd5 27. Bg5 (27. Bg4 $2 Nxf4+ 28. gxf4 Qd5+) 27... Nf6 $8 28.
Re2 h6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rde1 Qb5 (30... Qxd3 $4 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Re8+ Rxe8
33. Rxe8+ Kh7 34. Be4+ $18) (30... Rxd3 $4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qxd3 Qxd3 33. Be4+
$18) 31. Qc2 Qc5 32. Qa4 g6 33. Rc2 (33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qxa7 Bxb2
$14) 33... Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Be4 $14 Bg7 36. g4 Bf8 37. f4 Bc5 38. Rf1 Kg7
39. f5 R4d6 40. Kf3 R8d7 41. Ke2 Rd8 42. Rfc1 R8d7 (42... Bd4 $14) 43. b3 Rd8
44. Rc4 Rd4 45. fxg6 fxg6 (45... Rxc4 $14) 46. Rxc5 $5 bxc5 47. Rxc5 R8d7 48.
Ke3 R4d6 49. Ra5 Re7 $2 (49... g5 $16) 50. b4 Rde6 51. Kd4 Rd7+ 52. Kc4 Kf6 (
52... Rde7 $5 {/\ Re5} 53. a4 Re5 54. Rxe5 Rxe5 55. b5 Kf6 56. a5 (56. Bb7 Ke7
57. a5 Kd6 58. d4 Re1) (56. Bd5 Ke7 57. Kc5 Re1 (57... Re3 $2 58. Bc4 Rxh3 $2
59. a5 $18) 58. a5 Ra1 59. a6 Kd7 $10) 56... a6 $1 57. bxa6 Rxa5 58. Bb7 Ke5
59. Kb4 Ra2 60. Kc5 Rc2+ (60... g5 $2 61. d4+ Ke6 62. d5+ Kd7 63. Kb6 Rb2+ 64.
Ka7 Kc7 65. d6+ Kxd6 66. Kb8 $18) 61. Kb6 Kd6 62. Ka7 Kc7 63. d4 Rd2 64. d5 $10
) 53. a4 Rc7+ 54. Kb3 Ke7 55. Rb5 Kd8 56. a5 Rc1 $2 (56... g5) 57. g5 hxg5 (
57... h5 58. Rb7 Rc7 59. Rb8+ Rc8 60. Rxc8+ Kxc8 61. h4 $16) 58. Rxg5 Ke7 59.
h4 $18 (59. Bxg6 Re3 60. Bf5 Kf6 61. Rh5 Ke5) (59. Rxg6 Rxg6 60. Bxg6 Kf6 61.
Be8) 59... Rb1+ 60. Kc3 Rc1+ 61. Kb2 Re1 62. Bxg6 R6e2+ 63. Kc3 Rc1+ 64. Kd4
Rb2 65. Rb5 Rcb1 66. Kc3 Rh2 67. Rb7+ Kd6 68. Rxa7 Rxh4 69. Be4 Rh2 70. Rb7 Ke5
71. Rb5+ Kd6 72. Kd4 Ra1 73. Rg5 Kc7 74. Kc5 Rc2+ 75. Kb5 Rb2 76. a6 Rab1 77.
Rc5+ Kd6 78. Rc4 Ra1 79. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 (7...
cxd3 $2 8. Qb3) (7... Qc8 $2 8. Nxc4 Bh3 9. Qb3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 e6 11. Bf4 Be7
12. Bd6 $16 {Rukavina-Nikolic, Vrnjacka Banja 1986}) 8. Nxc4 e6 9. Bd2 (9. Bf4
{Rukavina}) 9... Be7 10. b4 $16 O-O 11. a3 Nb6 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Nc3 e5 14. Re1
Bh3 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nbd5 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. e4 Nb6 19. Na5 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rd7
21. Ne2 Rcd8 22. Qc2 Ng4 23. Rcd1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bg5 25. Nc1 Qe7 26. Ncb3 Rc7
27. d4 g6 28. Bg2 Bg4 29. Rb1 h5 30. h3 Bc8 31. Qf2 h4 32. g4 Rd6 33. Nd2 Na4
34. Nf3 b5 (34... Nc3 $5 35. Nxe5 (35. Nxg5 Nxb1 36. Qxh4 f6) (35. Nc4 Rd8 36.
Ncxe5 Nxb1 37. Rxb1 $146) 35... Nxb1 36. Rxb1 $146) 35. Qc2 Bf6 36. g5 Bxg5 37.
Nxe5 c5 38. bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nac6 Rdxc6 40. Nxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxb5 Qc7 42. Rxc5 Qg3
43. Qf2 Rxc5 44. Qxg3 hxg3 45. dxc5 Kf8 46. Bf1 Bd7 47. Kg2 Bh4 48. Be2 Bf6 49.
Rd1 Ke7 50. Rd6 Be5 51. Ra6 Bb8 52. Bg4 Be8 53. e5 g5 54. Kxg3 Bxe5+ 55. Kf3
1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "D'Amore, Carlo"]
[Black "Costa, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 {
Der Aufbau mit Ne7 statt Nf6 wurde durch Beispiele von Keres aktuell. Die
Flexibilität der schwarzen Stellung hat danach immer ihre Anhänger gefunden.}
8. exd5 cxd5 9. c4 {Der bereits mit 8.exd5 eingeleitete Angriff im Zentrum
scheint mir wenig Erfolg zu versprechen.} O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Ne5 12.
Ncxe5 Bxe5 13. Qb3 Bf6 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 $15
) 14. Qxb7 Qd6 {/\ Rfb8} (14... a5 $44) 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Qa4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 (17.
Qxa7 $4 Ra8) 17... Nxb4 18. Bf4 $1 Rbd8 19. d4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd4 $6 (20... Nc2
$5) (20... Nd3 $5) 21. Rad1 Nxa2 $2 (21... Bxb2 $2 22. Bd6 $18) (21... e5 22.
Bd2 $16) 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Ba5 $1 $18 Rb8 24. Bc6 Rd6 25. Bc7 Rbd8 26. Bxd8 Rxd8
27. Rd2 e5 28. Kg2 Nb4 29. Bb7 g6 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. Bc8 Re7 32. b3 Kg7 33. Kg1 h5
34. h4 a5 35. Rc4 Ba7 36. Rd6 Bd4 37. Rd7 Re6 38. Rdxd4 exd4 39. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 (6... Bg4 7. h3
Bh5 8. Qe1) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 $146 (9... Be7 10. exd5 exd5
11. Nb3 Nf8 12. Re1 Ne6 $13 {Galiachmetov,R-Ruf,S/St Petersburg 1992}) 10. Nxe4
{Dies macht insbesondere nach dem Abtausch des Bg6 Sinn: der Bg2 soll nicht
eingeschränkt werden.} Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bg2 f5 {Hier und im folgenden
orientiert sich Schwarz auf einen schnellen Angriff gegen den Kg1. Dies ist
eine riskante Strategie.} (12... Qc7) 13. d4 Qf6 14. c4 g5 {[%cal Yf6h6]} (
14... O-O-O) 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Bd2 g4 $2 ({Auf} 16... Qh6 {sichert} 17. h3 $14
{die Königsstellung.}) ({Die richtige Führung des Angriffs war} 16... f4 $1 {
[%cal Yf6h6]} 17. Bc3 (17. Re4 Qh6 $132) (17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Qh6 $132) 17...
Qh6 18. Kf1 Qxh2 $13) 17. d5 $1 $16 cxd5 (17... Ne5 18. Bc3 $16) (17... exd5
18. cxd5 cxd5 (18... c5 19. Re6 $16) 19. Rc1+ $16) 18. cxd5 e5 (18... exd5 19.
Rc1+ Kb8 20. Bg5 Qxg5 21. Qxd5 Nc5 22. Rxc5 Rd7 23. Rb5 $18) 19. Qc1+ $1 $18
Kb8 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qg5 Rh8 23. Rac1 e4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 a6
26. Rc2 Rh5 27. Qxg4 Ne5 28. Rf4 Nxg4 29. Rxf7 Nxh2 30. Kg2 g5 31. Rf6 Be5 32.
Rf5 Bd6 33. Rc4 Ka7 34. b4 a5 35. b5 Bb4 36. a4 Bd6 37. Rf6 Be5 38. Re6 g4 39.
b6+ Ka6 40. Rc8 1-0

[Event "NED-ch45"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1990.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pliester, Leon"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. h3 Bh5 7. b3 Ne7 {
Gegenüber Ngf6 hat diese Entwicklung den Vorzug der größeren Flexibilität.} 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 (9... c6 {hiermit kann Schwarz bekanntes Gelände erreichen.}
) 10. dxe4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Be5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Qe2 $14 Bd6 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Rad1
Qe7 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Be4 (18. Bg2 $5 {Auf dieser Diagonale
scheint der B mehr Aussichten zu haben.}) 18... f5 $1 19. Bb1 $6 (19. Bg2 $5)
19... c5 20. c4 Nc6 21. Ne4 (21. Nf3 e5) (21. f4 e5) 21... Bc7 (21... fxe4 22.
Qxe4) 22. Ng5 Rbe8 (22... Qxg5 $4 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qxc6) 23. f4 e5 24. Rfe1 h6
25. Qh5 Rd8 (25... hxg5 26. fxg5 {/\ g6} g6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qxc6) 26. Rxd8
Nxd8 27. Nf3 e4 28. Nh4 Qe6 29. Qg6 Rf7 30. Rd1 Qxg6 31. Nxg6 Ne6 32. Kf2 Kh7
33. Ne5 Rf8 34. Ke3 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. g4 $2 (36. Nd7 $5) 36... Nd4 $1 $19
37. Bxd4 cxd4+ 38. Rxd4 Bxe5 39. Rd1 Bf4+ 40. Ke2 Kg6 41. c5 Nc8 42. Rd5 Rh8
43. gxf5+ Kf6 44. Bxe4 Rxh3 45. Bd3 Ne7 46. Rd8 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Black "Braeuning, Rudolf Wilhelm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 (5. b3 {/\ Bb2}) 5... h6 6. Nbd2
e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Re1 (10. e5 Nfd7 11. Ne1 c5 12. f4 Nc6
13. Ndf3 $13) (10. Kh1 $5 {Gutman}) (10. b3 a5 11. a4 Na6) 10... a5 11. e5 Nfd7
12. h4 (12. Nf1 a4 13. h4 Re8 $10 {Mack-Bischoff, BL 87}) 12... b5 13. Nf1 c5
14. h5 (14. c4 bxc4 15. dxc4 Nb6) 14... Nc6 15. N1h2 Kh8 16. Bf4 $6 (16. Bh3)
16... Rc8 17. g4 $2 (17. Bh3) 17... f5 $1 18. exf6 (18. Qd2 fxg4 19. Nxg4 Qe8
$17 {><h5}) 18... Bxf6 $17 19. c3 (19. Qxe6 Bxb2 $17) 19... Re8 $1 (19... Bxc3
20. bxc3 Rxf4 21. Qxe6 Bxd3 22. Qxd5 $13) 20. Bg3 (20. Qd2 {/\ g5} e5 $17)
20... e5 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Rad1 b4 23. Nb3 Na4 24. c4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qc2 (
26. Qxe8+ Qxe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. b3 (28. Bxd5 Nxb2 $19) 28... Nb2 29. Rd2 dxc4
30. Rxb2 (30. dxc4 Re1+ 31. Bf1 d3 $19) 30... Re1+ 31. Bf1 c3 $19) 26... dxc4
27. Qxa4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 cxd3 29. Bb7 d2 30. Rf1 c4 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. Bf4 c3 33.
Bxd2 cxd2 34. Qd1 Bd3 35. f3 Bg5 36. f4 Bxf4 (36... Bxf4 37. Rxf4 Qc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Weindl, Alfred"]
[Black "Schmidt, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. O-O $6 (4. d3 $10) 4... e4 5. Ne1 Bf5 (5... f5
6. d3 Be6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3 $15 {Hartston-Miles, England 1982}) 6. c4 dxc4 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. Qxc4 O-O-O 10. d3 $2 (10. Qa4 h5 11. d3 $13) 10... Ne5 (
10... exd3 $2 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Qxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd3 Bxd3 14. exd3 Rxd3 15. Be3
$146) 11. Qb3 Be6 $1 (11... exd3 $4 12. Qxb7#) 12. Qc2 (12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5
a6 14. Nc3 exd3 15. exd3 Nxd3 $19) 12... exd3 13. Nxd3 Nxd3 14. exd3 Bh3 $1 (
14... Qxd3 15. Qa4 $146) 15. Bg5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 h5 $17 {/\ h4} 17. h4 Be7 18.
Rac1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxe7 Qxe7) 19... Qxd5+ 20. Kg1 Rd7 21. Bf4 c6 22. Qa4 a6
23. Rc3 g5 24. hxg5 (24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 h4) 24... h4 25. Rfc1 (25. Qe4 hxg3
) 25... Kd8 26. Qe4 hxg3 27. Bxg3 (27. fxg3 Bxg5) 27... Bxg5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29.
Rd1 f5 30. Rc4 Kd7 31. Kg2 $2 (31. f4 $17) 31... b5 32. Rc2 f4 33. Bh2 f3+ (
33... f3+ 34. Kg1 (34. Kg3 Bd8 35. Bg1 Rf5 $19) 34... Bf4 35. Bxf4 Rdh5 $19)
0-1

[Event "USA-ARM"]
[Site "Glendale"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Be7 $146 (
7... Bd6 {-> Round 2}) (7... dxe4 8. dxe4 Be7) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe1 Qc7 10. Nh4 O-O
11. Nf5 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Kh1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bg6 17.
Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Nh4 (18. Nxa5 Bxf5 (18... Nxa4 19. Rxa4 b6) 19. exf5 e4 $44)
18... Nc4 19. Qc3 b5 (19... Nd6 $14) 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Kg1 Red8 (21... Bh5) 22.
Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bf1 Qa6 24. Kg2 (24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nd2 Rd4) 24... Nd7 25. Red1 {
/\ Rxd7} Ndb6 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. b3 b4 28. Qe1 Na3 $2 (28... Nd6 $14) 29. Rac1
Rxd1 (29... Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. c3) 30. Qxd1 Qf8 31. Nd3 Rd8 32. c3 c5 33.
cxb4 cxb4 34. Rc6 Rd6 35. Qc1 f6 36. Qc5 Rxc6 37. Qxc6 Qd8 38. Nc5 $18 Nb1 39.
Ne6 Qb8 40. Ba6 Qa8 (40... Nd2 41. Bb7 $18) 41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Zarubin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O Nd7 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 (7. e4 Bd6
8. Qe2 Ne7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 f6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. d4 Qc7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe6 Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15 {Schweber-Van Riemsdijk/San
Martin/1991}) 7... Bd6 8. b3 (8. e4 Ne7 9. Qe1 (9. d4 O-O 10. c4 (10. c3 Bc7
11. Re1 Re8 12. Qb3 Bb6 $10 {Smejkal-Chernin/New York op/1988}) 10... c5 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qb3 N5b6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5
17. Bg5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rac1 $16 {Sunye Neto-Van Riemsdijk/Sao Paulo zt/
1993}) (9. Re1 O-O 10. g4 (10. Qe2 {->9.Qe2}) (10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nf1 f6
13. Ne3 Bf7 14. Nh4 a5 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Nef5 {remis/
Dzindzichashvili-Novikov/New York op/1991}) 10... Bg6 11. e5 Bc7 12. Nf1 c5 13.
Bg5 Qe8 14. Bh4 Nc6 15. Bg3 Qb8 16. Qe2 a5 17. h4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Bf7
20. Ng5 Bxg3 21. fxg3 h6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. c3 Re7 $13 {Ljubojevic-Illescas
Cordoba/Linares m/1993}) (9. Qe2 O-O (9... Qc7 $6 10. b3 O-O-O $6 11. Bb2 f6
12. c4 $16 {Kochiev-Lukashkin/Leningrad/1973}) 10. Re1 (10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 (11.
e5 $6 Bc7 12. c3 $6 c5 13. d4 Nc6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 $17 {Rodic Kures-Micic/JUG-chW/
1990}) 11... Qc7 12. Ndf3 Rae8 13. Bd2 f6 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 15. Rae1 Bf4 $15 {
Korzubov-Budnikov/URS-ch/1991}) 10... Re8 (10... Kh8 11. d4 Rc8 12. c4 c5 13.
cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Bb8 15. e6 $2 fxe6 16. Qxe6 Re8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Nc6 $17
{D.Byrne-Smyslov/Lugano/1968}) (10... Qc7 11. c3 f6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Qf1 Rfe8
14. Nd4 Nf8 15. N2f3 Qd7 $10 {Todorcevic-Blagojevic/JUG-chT/1993}) 11. g4 Bg6
12. e5 Bc7 13. Nf1 c5 {Weindl-Chernin/Lugano op/1989} 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. h4 h6 $13
) (9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. d4 (11. cxd5 Nxd5) 11... Nc6 12. cxd5 exd5 13.
Nb1 $10 {D'Amore-Winants/Haifa/1989}) (9. Nb3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Kg2 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Be3 $36 {
Damljanovic-Kosic/JUG-ch/1990}) 9... O-O 10. Nh4 (10. a4 $6 Qc7 11. d4 f6 12.
b3 Rae8 $132 {McNab-Motwani/Blackpool zt/1990}) (10. e5 Bc7 11. g4 (11. b3 Qb8
12. Bb2 c5 13. c4 $2 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rfe1 d4 {><e5}) 13... Bg6 14.
Qe2 d4 $17 {Klauser-Domont/SWZ-ch/1990}) 11... Bg6 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14.
Qe2 Qe7 (14... Qb8 $5) 15. a3 b5 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Rab8 $132 {
Hodgson-Shirov/Hastings/1991}) (10. Kh1 Re8 (10... Qc7 $5) (10... e5 11. d4
exd4 12. e5 Bc7 13. e6 Nc5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Ng5 Rf6 16. b4 Na6 17. Nb3 Qd6
$17 {Rechel-Sher/Anapa/1991}) (10... Kh8 11. a3 c5 12. Ng1 f6 13. f4 Bf7 14.
Ndf3 Rc8 15. Ne2 c4 $13 {Geveke-Kalka/BL/1992}) (10... Bc7 11. a3 a5 12. b3 a4
$6 13. b4 Re8 14. Bb2 f6 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 f5 17. Nd4 $14 {
Schettler-Lingnau/Dortmund/1992}) 11. Nh4 g5 12. Nhf3 h6 13. h4 Ng6 14. hxg5
hxg5 15. Nb3 g4 16. Nh2 f5 17. f4 $13 {Geveke-H.Franke/BL/1990}) (10. Nh2 e5
11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Ndf3 b5 13. Nh4 f6 14. Ng4 d4 15. f4 c5 $13 {Kempys-Jaracz/
Polen/1991}) (10. b3 Re8 (10... Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nd5 15. Nxg6 hxg6 $132 {Tregubov-Raeckiy/Katowice op/1992}) 11. Bb2 e5 12. Kh1
a5 13. a3 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 15. Nh4 Qc7 16. Nf5 $13 {Holst-Rasmussen/DEN-ch/1991
}) 10... Qc7 (10... Kh8 $5 11. f4 f5 {Keres}) (10... Ng6 11. Nxg6 Bxg6 12. f4
Re8 13. e5 Bf8 14. Nf3 h6 15. g4 c5 16. Qg3 $13 {Lazic-Gostisa/Kladovo/1990}) (
10... Qb8 11. f4 f5 (11... g5 $6) 12. exd5 exd5 13. Ndf3 Re8 14. Qf2 Bc5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ng6 17. Qd4 $16 {Lazic-Dzevlan/JUG-ch/1991}) 11. Nb3 (11. f4
$5 g5 $13) (11. Kh1 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. f4 g5 14. Nhf3 (14. fxg5 Bxg3 15. Qxe7
Bxh4) 14... gxf4 15. gxf4 Ng6 $17 {B.Schmidt-von Gleich/2.BLW/1991}) (11. d4
Ng6 $132 {Langeweg-Keres/Amsterdam/1971}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 f6 13. Be3 a5 14.
Qd2 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Nf8 16. Qc3 Bf7 17. a3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 $14 {Lazic-Blagojevic/
JUG-chT/1993}) (8. c4 Ne7 9. d4 f5 $15 {Benkö-Ivkov/Palma de Mallorca/1968})
8... Ne7 9. Bb2 f6 (9... O-O $1 10. e4 (10. e3 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13.
Nh4 e5 14. e4 Bh7 15. Ndf3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. Nf5 Neg6 $15 {Winants-Kuijf/
Lyon/1990}) (10. c4 a5 (10... f5 $6 11. Ng5 Bf7 12. e3 $14) 11. a3 b5 (11...
Qb8 $6 12. Qc2 b5 13. e4 $13 {Haakert-Mehler/BL/1981}) 12. Qc2 (12. cxb5 cxb5
13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Rc2 f6 15. Qb1 e5 16. e4 d4 17. Rcc1 Bf7 $17 {
Rubinetti-Chernin/Buenos Aires/1992}) 12... Qb6 13. e4 dxc4 14. dxc4 b4 15. a4
Bc5 $132) (10. Qe1 a5 (10... e5 11. e4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bg2
Bc5 $132 {Vadasz-Tompa/Budapest/1972}) (10... Qa5 $6 11. a3 Rad8 12. e4 Bxf3
13. Nxf3 Qxe1 14. Rfxe1 dxe4 15. dxe4 $14 {Schmidt-Hennings/DDR-Polen/1973}) (
10... Rc8 $6 11. e4 Bb8 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 Bxg6 14. f4 $14 {Anton-Mathe/2.
ICCF-Pokal/1982}) 11. a4 (11. a3 Qb6 12. g4 Bg6 13. a4 Rfe8 14. e3 f6 15. Kh1
Bf7 $13 {Grigorian-Bagirov/URS-ch/1977}) (11. e4 a4 12. Rb1 axb3 13. axb3 Ra2
14. Nd4 Be5 15. c3 c5 16. Ne2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 d4 18. c4 Bd6 $13 {Karasev-Ivanov/
URS/1974}) 11... b5 12. e4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 c5 14. Nh4 Nb6 {Portisch-Smyslov/
Hastings/1970} 15. e5 $1 Bc7 16. Ra1 Ng6 17. Nxg6 Bxg6 18. f4 $14) 10... c5 (
10... Rc8 11. Qe1 c5 12. Nh4 Qb6 $6 13. Qe3 Rfe8 $2 14. Qg5 $18 {
Portisch-Ivkov/Amsterdam/1969}) (10... a5 11. a3 b5 12. g4 Bg6 13. e5 Bc7 14.
Qe2 c5 $132 {Kengis-Smagin/URS/1988}) (10... Ne5 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 13.
h4 h6 14. h5 $14) (10... Be5 11. Qc1 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. Nc4 f6
15. Nd4 $14 {Panchenko-Sopur/Katowice op/1992}) (10... Qc7 11. Qe1 {->8.e4})
11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Nh2 Nd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 $16 {
Ljubojevic-Van der Wiel/Amsterdam/1991}) 10. c4 $146 (10. Qe1 e5 11. e4 d4 $1
$13 (11... O-O $2 12. d4 $1 exd4 13. exd5 Bb4 14. Nxd4 Re8 {Schmidt-Marszalek/
Polen/1973} 15. Qc1 Nxd5 16. c4 $16)) 10... O-O 11. e4 Re8 $6 (11... a5 $5 12.
a3 b5) 12. d4 Bb4 $6 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. a3 Bd6 (14... Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Rc8 $14) 15.
Nh4 $16 Bf7 16. f4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Bxe4) 17... Bc7 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Rfe1 Bb6
20. Kh2 (20. Kh1 $5) 20... Rc8 21. Nc5 (21. b4 $16) 21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qc7 23.
b4 Rcd8 24. Re3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qd7 28. Qd6 Nc8 29. Qd4
Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Nd7 31. Nf3 Ne7 32. g4 (32. Nd2 Nf5 33. Bf2 e5) 32... Ng6 33. Be3
e5 34. f5 Ne7 35. Nd2 g6 36. Be4 Kf8 37. Kg3 Ke8 38. Kf2 gxf5 39. gxf5 Kd8 (
39... Bh5) 40. Ke2 Bh5+ 41. Kd3 Kc7 42. Nf1 Bf7 43. Bf2 Be8 44. Ne3 a5 45. Ng4
axb4 46. axb4 Bf7 47. Bg3 Kd8 (47... Bh5 $2 48. Nxf6 Nxf6 49. Bxe5+ $18) 48.
Kc3 (48. Bh4 Ng8) (48. Nh6) 48... Ke8 49. Bh4 Ng8 50. Bd3 Ke7 51. Bf2 Kf8 52.
b5 Ne7 53. Kb4 Kg7 54. Be4 Be8 55. Be3 (55. bxc6 Nxc6+ 56. Bxc6 bxc6 57. Ka5
Bf7 58. Ne3 Nxc5 59. Kb6 Nd3 60. Bh4 c5) 55... Bf7 56. Bh6+ Kg8 57. Ne3 Kh8 58.
Nc2 (58. Nd1 {/\ Nc3-a4-b6}) 58... Bh5 59. Ne1 (59. Na1 Bd1) 59... Be2 60. Nc2
Bf1 61. h4 Kg8 62. Bd2 (62. Na1 {/\ Nb3-a5} Bh3 63. Nb3 Bxf5) 62... Kf7 63. Ne3
Be2 64. Bc1 Ke8 65. Ba3 Kd8 66. Ka4 (66. Ka5 Kc7) 66... Kc7 67. Bb4 Kc8 68. Ka5
Kc7 69. Ba3 Kc8 70. Kb4 Kb8 71. Bc1 Kc7 72. Bd2 Kd8 73. Be1 Kc7 74. Bf2 Nc8 75.
Bc2 Bf3 76. Nf1 Ne7 77. Ng3 Kd8 78. Kc3 Kc7 79. Be3 cxb5 $4 80. cxb5 Nd5+ 81.
Kd2 Nxe3 82. Kxe3 Bg2 83. b6+ Kc8 (83... Kc6 84. Be4+ Bxe4 85. Nxe4 Nxc5 (85...
Kd5 86. Kd3 Kc6 87. Kc4) 86. Nxf6 Kxb6 87. Nxh7 $18) 84. Ne4 Kb8 (84... Bxe4
85. Kxe4 Nxc5+ 86. Kd5 Nd7 87. Ke6 Nxb6 88. Kxf6 Nd7+ 89. Ke7 h6 (89... b5 90.
Bb3 $18) 90. Ba4 $18) 85. Ba4 Nf8 86. Nd6 $4 (86. Nxf6 $18) 86... Bh3 87. Kf3
Bf1 88. Ke3 Bh3 89. c6 (89. Bb5 Bg2 90. Kf2 Bd5 91. Kg3 Bb3) 89... bxc6 90.
Bxc6 Bf1 91. Ne8 Bh3 92. Nc7 Bf1 (92... Bxf5 $4 93. Na6+ Kc8 94. b7+ $18) 93.
Nd5 $4 (93. Ne6 $18) 93... Bg2 94. h5 h6 95. Ne7 Bxc6 96. Nxc6+ Kb7 97. Ne7
Kxb6 98. Ng8 (98. Ng8 Nh7 99. Nxh6 Kc6 $10) 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. a4 {Hier neu, aber in ähnlicher Form üblich} (9. Qe1) (9. c3) (9.
h3) (9. Qe2) 9... O-O (9... a5 10. h3 (10. Qe1) 10... Bh5 11. c3 {/\ Qc2
Vaganian}) 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 $14) 11. a5 $5 Qc7 12. Qe2 b5 $6 (
12... Rfe8 $5) 13. Nb3 Be7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Nc5 (15... Bxe4 $2 16. Bxe4 Nxe4
17. Qxe4 Bxh4 18. g5 $18) 16. Nf5 (16. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 $15) 16... Ne6 {><f4} (
16... Nxb3 17. cxb3 a6 18. Be3 $16) 17. Be3 Rab8 (17... Rfe8) (17... Nf4) 18.
c4 $1 Rfe8 (18... bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Qxc6 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Nd8
23. Ba4 $18 {Vaganian}) (18... Rfd8 $1 {Vaganian}) 19. Rfc1 $1 $16 b4 20. c5
Bf8 21. Qc4 Red8 22. Rd1 h5 23. g5 Nd5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 (25...
Bxf5 $16) 26. Nh4 $18 Rxc5 (26... Rdd8 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Qxe6+ $18) 27. Nxc5
Bxc5 28. Nxg6 Qd6 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd8 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. h3 $5 Bh5 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O e6 8.
d3 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e4 a5 {A normal reaction without h3/Bh5 would be dxe4
dxe4 e5, which is not available here.} 11. e5 $146 (11. a4 Ne8 12. Qe1 Nc7 13.
e5 b5 14. Nd4 Ra6 15. Kh1 bxa4 16. bxa4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Re8 $13 {Sisniega-McNab/
Novi Sad ol/1990}) 11... Ne8 12. a4 Nc7 13. Qe2 (13. Qe1 $5 b5 14. Nd4 {
->Sisniega-McNab}) 13... b5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd4 bxa4 $5 (15... Ra6) 16. bxa4 (
16. Nxc6 $2 Qe8 17. bxa4 (17. Rxa4 $4 Nb6 $19) 17... Nb6 18. Nd4 Nxa4) 16...
Bxd4 $5 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. Nb3 (19. Ba3 $5 {/\ f4}) 19... Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 c4 21. Qe3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Na6 (22... Na6 23. Bd4 Qe7 24. Rfc1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 (6. Nbd2 $5 f5 7. c4
Bd6 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qd3 $36 {Norwood-King/London/1988}) 6... Bd6 (
6... f5 7. Ng5 Qf6 8. f3 Bh5 9. g4 $1 $36 {Garcia Palermo-Meduna/Forli/1988})
7. c4 (7. Bb2 Ne7 (7... f5 $5) 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 f5 10. e3 Qe8 11. Qc1 $5 $14 {
Csom-Urzica/Pula/1975}) 7... f5 8. Ba3 (8. Bb2 Qf6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Qc2 g5 $13 {
Soffer-Psakhis/Tel Aviv/1991}) (8. Ng5 $5) 8... Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qe7 10. Qc1 Ngf6 {
A Stonewall formation with a Bg4: that cannot be too bad.} 11. b4 (11. Nc2 $1)
11... a6 (11... Qxb4 $6 12. Rb1 $16) 12. Rb1 (12. c5 $6 O-O 13. Nc2 e5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. e3) 12... O-O 13. Qe3 $2 (13. Ne5 $2 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bh5) (
13. Re1) (13. e3) (13. Rb3 $5) 13... f4 $1 (13... a5 14. b5) 14. Qxf4 $6 (14.
gxf4 $6 dxc4 (14... Nh5 $6 15. Ne5 Rxf4 16. Nxg4 Rxg4 $13) 15. Nxc4 (15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5) 15... Nd5 16. Qd2 Nxf4 $40) (14. Qc1 $13) 14... a5 {פa3}
15. cxd5 (15. Nc2 Bf5 $1 (15... axb4 16. Nxb4 dxc4) (15... dxc4 16. b5)) 15...
exd5 16. Ne5 (16. Rb2 axb4 17. Nb1 $17) 16... Bxe2 17. Rfe1 Ne4 $1 18. Qe3 Nxe5
19. dxe5 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe2 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 axb4 $17) (19. Rxe2 Ng4 $19)
19... Bh5 20. b5 (20. f4 axb4 $17) (20. f3 axb4 21. Nc2 (21. fxe4 Rxa3 22. Qd4
c5 (22... Rxa2 23. exd5 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bf3+ 25. Kg1 Bxd5) 23. Qxd5+ Bf7 24. Qd6
Re8 $17) 21... Nc3 $17) 20... Nxf2 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rbc1 d4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24.
Nc4 (24. Rxc6 Rab8 25. Qa4 Be8 $19) (24. Bxc6 Rab8 25. Qa4 Nd3 $19) 24... Rab8
25. Qc2 (25. Qa4 Nd3 $19) 25... Bg6 26. Qd2 Nd3 27. Nxa5 Rb2 28. Nxc6 Qe8 0-1

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3
a5 9. a4 h6 10. Re1 dxe4 (10... Re8 $1) 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Bf1 Nd7 13. b3 $5 {
/^a3-f8} Re8 (13... Qe7 $2 14. Ba3 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. cxb4 Nxa4 17. b5 Nb4 (
17... Nc3 18. Bxe7 Nxd1 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. bxc6 $18) 18. Qb1 $18) 14. Qc2 Qf6 $6
15. Kg2 Nb6 16. Be2 Bf8 17. Nf1 Kh7 18. Ne3 Qg7 19. h4 f6 $2 (19... h5 $6 20.
Ng5+) (19... Be7) 20. h5 $16 g5 21. Nh2 {><d5,f5,g4} Qf7 22. Rb1 Bc5 23. Bg4
Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Bxg4 25. Nxg4 Kg7 (25... Qxh5 $4 26. Nxf6+ $18) 26. Qe2 Nc8 (
26... Qxh5 27. Rh1 Qf7 28. Rxh6) 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Nd6 (28... Rxe4 29. fxg5
(29. Nxh6 Kxh6 30. fxg5+ fxg5 (30... Kg7 31. Qf3) 31. Bxg5+ Kxg5 32. Qxe4)
29... hxg5 30. h6+ Kg8 31. Qf3 f5 32. h7+ Kxh7 33. Rh1+ Kg7 34. Nh6) 29. e5
gxf4 (29... fxe5 30. fxg5) 30. Bxf4 fxe5 31. Bxh6+ Kh8 32. Rf1 Qh7 33. Bg5 Qe4+
34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Bf6+ Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Rf8 37. Rbf1 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Kg7 39. Kf3 Rd8
40. h6+ Kh7 41. Ke4 Kg8 42. Kf5 Rd3 43. Rg6+ Kf8 44. h7 Ne7+ 45. Ke4 Rh3 46.
Rh6 Rxh6 47. Nxh6 Ng6 (47... Kg7 48. Nf5+ Nxf5 49. Kxf5 Kxh7 50. Kxe5 Kg7 51.
Ke6 $18) 48. Nf5 Kf7 49. Nh4 Nh8 50. Kxe5 Kg7 51. Ke6 Kxh7 52. Kd7 c6 53. Kc7
b5 54. Kxc6 bxa4 55. bxa4 Kg7 56. Kb6 Kf6 57. Kxa5 Ke5 58. Kb5 Nf7 59. a5 Nd6+
60. Kc6 Nc8 61. a6 Ke4 62. Kc7 Na7 63. c4 Kd4 64. Kb7 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. e3 $5 {Very early:/\Qe2}
Bd6 7. Qe2 Ne7 (7... Ngf6 8. h3 Bh5 9. e4 $36) 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 $6 (9. O-O {
/\e4,b3}) 9... Bg6 10. Nh4 Qa5 $1 11. c3 (11. O-O h5 12. g5 Qa4 $1 {Exellent
play against the White s weak points (h4,c2,d3)} 13. Ndf3 (13. c4 Qc2 $15)
13... e5 14. b3 Qa6 {/\ e4=}) 11... Qa6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 (12... Nxg6 13. h4 Nge5
14. d4 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 $14) 13. Nb3 $6 (13. d4 $142) 13... e5 14. f4 $6 f5 $1 $15
15. Bd2 (15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Nd7 $15) 15... O-O-O 16. Bf1 Rde8
17. Qg2 exf4 18. exf4 Qa4 19. d4 fxg4 $6 (19... c5 $1 20. dxc5 Nc6+ {/\ Bf4-/+}
) 20. O-O-O $1 c5 (20... Qxa2 $2 21. Kc2 Ba3 22. Rb1 {/\ Nc1+-}) (20... gxh3
21. Rxh3 Nf6 $13) 21. Nxc5 (21. Kb1 $2 c4 $19) 21... Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23.
Qxg4+ Kb8 24. Bd3 (24. Kb1 $2 Qe4+) (24. a3 $142 $5) 24... Qxa2 25. Bb1 (25.
Bxg6 $142) 25... Qa1 26. Rhe1 Rc8 27. Qd7 Rhd8 28. Qb5 Nf5 $17 29. Qb3 d4 30.
Qa2 Qxa2 31. Bxa2 dxc3 32. bxc3 Ba3+ 33. Kb1 Rc6 34. Bb3 Rcd6 35. Ka2 (35. Kc2
Bc5 36. Bc1 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Be3 $19) 35... Bc5 36. Bc1 Rxd1 37.
Bxd1 Rd3 $19 38. Bb2 Rxh3 39. Re6 Rg3 40. Bb3 Kc7 41. Re8 b5 42. Bd5 Ne7 43.
Be4 Re3 44. Bb1 a5 45. c4 bxc4 46. Be5+ Kd7 47. Ra8 Re2+ 48. Ka1 Nc6 49. Bxg7
Bd4+ 50. Bxd4 Nxd4 51. Bxg6 c3 52. Kb1 Rb2+ 53. Kc1 Nb3+ (53... Rg2 $19) 54.
Kd1 Rd2+ 55. Ke1 c2 0-1

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.07.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 h6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Bh7 8. e3
Nbd7 {Modern ist es, die Entwicklung des Nb8 zu verzögern; erst entwickelt
Schwarz den Königsflügel. Häufig greift der Nb8 nach Pa5 über a6 ins Spiel ein.
} 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O b5 $146 (11... a5 {die übliche Fortsetzung} 12.
a4 (12. e5 Ne8 13. a4 Nc7 14. Rfe1 Nb8 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. c3 Qd7 18. f4
Rad8 19. Nf3 b6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 $132 {Liavdansky-Zakharov/URS-ch/1965}) (12. a3
Nc5 (12... Qb6 13. Kh1 (13. e5 Ne8 14. a4 Nc7 15. Kh1 Qa6 16. Bh3 b5 17. Nh4 c5
18. Ng2 c4 $132 {Nikolaevsky-Sakharov/USSR/1968}) 13... Qa6 14. Ng1 Rad8 15. e5
Ne8 16. f4 a4 17. g4 axb3 18. Nxb3 Nc7 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 f6 21. e6 Nb6 22.
Qg4 Kh8 23. a4 Rg8 24. Nf3 $40 {Ivkov-Brkljaca/Belgrade GMA-op/1988}) (12... b5
13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. f4 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,
V-Vaganian,R/URS-ch38 Riga 1970}) 13. e5 (13. Rad1 Nfd7 14. a4 Bf6 15. Ba3 Re8
16. Qe3 Na6 17. e5 Be7 18. Bb2 Nb4 19. Ne1 b5 20. Ra1 Qb6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Bb2
bxa4 23. Rxa4 Nb6 24. Ra1 c5 25. c3 Nc6 26. Nef3 a4 $17 {Bronstein-Bagirov/
URS-ch27/Leningrad 1960}) (13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Kh1 Qb5 16. exd5 cxd5
17. f4 Ncd7 18. Nef3 Qb6 19. Nd4 $14 {Espig-Meduna/Leipzig/1980}) 13... Nfd7
14. Nd4 Qb6 15. a4 (15. Rae1 Na6 16. a4 Nb4 17. Qd1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Ncxd3 19. cxd3
Bxd3 $44 {Ivarsson-Meduna/Prag/1979}) 15... Na6 16. Bh3 Nc7 17. Kh1 Qa6 18. f4
c5 19. N4f3 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Nb1 $14 {Polugaevsky-Langeweg/Amsterdam/1972})
12... Qb8 (12... Qb6 13. e5 (13. Kh1 Qa6 (13... Rae8 $2 14. e5) (13... Rfd8 14.
Ne5 $6 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc5 16. Rac1 dxe4 $15 {Satta-Milov/Paris-op/1993}) 14. e5
Ne4 $1 15. Nd4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 b5 17. f4 Bc5 18. g4 Qb6 $13 {
Vladimirov-Petrosian/Alma-Ata/1977}) 13... Ne8 14. Bh3 (14. Kh1 Nc7 15. Ne1 Qa6
16. f4 b5 17. g4 f6 (17... c5 18. f5 c4 19. axb5 cxd3 20. Nxd3 Qxb5 21. f6 $16
{Gofstein-Buturin/Ukraine/1978}) 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. g5 hxg5 21.
fxg5 Rxf1+ 22. Nxf1 $11 {Quinteros-Kuzmin/Leningrad izt/1973}) 14... Nc7 15.
Kh1 Rae8 (15... Qa6 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 16. Nh4 {[%cal Yf2f4]} f6 (16... Bxh4 $2
17. gxh4) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. f4 $16 {Kortschnoj-Reshevsky/
Amsterdam ct/1968}) (12... Ne8 13. Kh1 Bf6 14. e5 Be7 15. Nd4 Nc7 16. f4 c5 17.
N4f3 Nb8 18. g4 Nc6 19. Rg1 Nb4 20. Nf1 c4 21. Rd1 cxd3 22. cxd3 Nca6 23. Ng3
Rc8 24. f5 $14 {Bleiman-Czerniak/Beersheba/1976}) (12... Nc5 13. e5 Nfd7 (13...
Ne8 14. Nd4 Na6 15. Kh1 Nb4 16. Rac1 Na2 17. Rcd1 Nb4 18. Nb1 Nc7 19. Na3 Qd7
20. f4 c5 21. Ndb5 $14 {Bassler-Heimerl/BL/1982}) 14. Nd4 Na6 15. f4 c5 16. Nb5
Nb4 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qe8 22. Qf2 Qf8
23. Bh3 c4 {Dunnington-Astolfi/Cappelle op/1994}) 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Nh4 b5 15. f4
bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nc5 17. Ra2 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qb5 19. c4 Qb7 $132 {
Polugaevsky-Spassky/Soci/1966}) (11... Qa5 $6 12. a3 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Qa6 14. e5
Ne8 15. Nf1 Nc7 16. Rd2 Nb5 17. c4 Nc7 18. b4 Qa4 $11 {Weindl-Blatny/Kecskemet/
1992}) 12. Kh1 {Ein Standardzug in diesen Stellungen: damit soll ein Vorgehen
am Königsflügel vorbereitet werden: nach f4 steht der K nicht mehr in einer
gefährdeten Diagonale. Außerdem wird das Feld g1 zum Manövrieren frei.} (12. e5
Ne8 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Yc6c5,Yc5c4,Ye8c7]}) 12... a5 13. a4 {Weiß möchte zu
Recht a5-a4 nicht zulassen.} bxa4 14. e5 $1 (14. Rxa4 Nb6 {bei gelegentlichem
Pe5 kann der Nf6 jetzt nach d7 ausweichen}) 14... Ne8 15. Rxa4 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Yf1a1]} Nb6 16. Ra2 a4 {möchte die Schwäche (Pa5) auflösen.} 17. Rfa1 Rb8
(17... axb3 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Nd4 $5 $36 (19. Nxb3 $14)) 18. bxa4 Nxa4 19. Bd4
$14 {Weiß hat den Pc6 hinten gehalten und hat am Damenflügel ein leichtes
Übergewicht. Andererseits fällt es schwer, dort Angriffsobjekte zu finden.} Nc5
(19... Nb6 20. Qe3 $16) 20. Qe3 (20. Ra5 Nd7) 20... Nd7 21. Nb3 Nc7 {[%cal
Yc7b5]} 22. Ba7 (22. Na5 c5 23. Bb2 Rb6 $14) 22... Rc8 23. Nc5 $6 {In
Stellungen mit räumlichem Übergewicht tauscht man an sich nicht so gern
Figuren, da man damit rechnet, daß das den Verteidiger entlastet.} (23. Nfd4
Nb5 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25. Bd4 $14) (23. c4 $14 {natürlich stärkt das den Bh7, aber
dafür hält der weiße Druck an.}) 23... Ra8 (23... Nb5 24. Nxd7 Qxd7) 24. Nxd7 (
24. Nb7 {Vielleicht war dieser Zug geplant; er scheint aber nichts
einzubringen.} Qc8 25. Nd6 (25. Na5 Nb5) 25... Bxd6 26. exd6 Ne8 $132) 24...
Qxd7 25. Bc5 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 {auch mit dem reduzierten
Material muß Schwarz hier noch sorgfältig zu Werke gehen: so ist nach einem
Tausch auf c5 der Pc6 hinüber.} 28. Nd2 (28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Nd2 $11) 28... Bd8
$1 (28... Nc7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Qa7 $14) 29. Nb3 Qb7 30. Qd4 Bg6 31. Bf3 Qa6
32. Kg2 Nb6 $11 33. Qb4 Nd7 34. Bd4 Bc7 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Qxc5 Qb7 37. h4 h5 38.
Qe7 Qb8 39. Qg5 Bd8 40. Qe3 Qb1 41. Qd2 Qb5 42. Qc3 Be7 43. Qb2 Qxb2 44. Bxb2
Kf8 45. Kf1 Ke8 46. Ke2 Kd7 47. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. a3 $146 {Hickl hat eine große Erfahrung mit diesem Stellungstyp. a3
ist ein Zug, der die Karten noch nicht aufdeckt: Schwarz muß immer noch mit
c2-c4 (Reti) und e4 (Königsindischer Angriff) rechnen. Er wird notwendig, wenn
Schwarz Qe7 gezogen hat, um Ba3 zu verhindern.} b5 {Das Zugpaar a3+b5 gibt der
Partie jetzt seine spezielle Note.} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 {Entscheidet sich
endgültig für den Königsindischen Angriff.} Re8 12. e4 e5 13. Nh4 Nc5 (13...
Bc5 $5) 14. Nf5 dxe4 {Der übliche Reflex wäre hier, den Bd6 wegzuziehen.} (
14... Bc7 15. f4 $5 {Zu der Partie Jansa-Keene (Aarhus 1983) hat man hier die
zusätzlichen Züge a3+b5. M.E. kommt das eher Weiß zugute: bei einer Öffnung
des Zentrums schränkt die Schwäche auf c6 die schwarzen Möglichkeiten ein.}) (
14... Bf8) 15. Nxe4 (15. Nxd6 {Der Tausch bringt Weiß nichts ein: der Bd6 ist
eine passive, der Nf5 eine aktive Figur.} Qxd6) 15... Nfxe4 16. dxe4 {[%cal
Rg3g4]} Bf8 (16... Bc7 17. Qc3 (17. f4 $5) 17... Bb6 18. a4) 17. a4 a6 18. axb5
axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qc3 $14 {[%csl Gf5] Weiß hat einen minimalen Vorteil
behauptet: der größte Aktivposten ist der Nf5, dem nur langfristig sein
stolzer Posten streitig gemacht werden kann.} f6 {Damit hat Schwarz ein
wesentliches Ziel der Verteidigung erreicht. Der Pe5, gegen den sich das weiße
Spiel richtet, ist zuverlässig befestigt und der Bh5 kann bei Bedarf in andere
Gegenden überführt werden.} 21. Bc1 {[%cal Yc1e3]} (21. Ra1 Qb7) 21... Qb7 22.
Be3 b4 23. Qd2 Qb8 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. Qe1 Rd7 26. Qf1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Bf7 27. Qe2
Be6 28. h4 Ra7 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 $8 31. Qa6 Qc7 32. Bf1 {[%cal Yf1c4]}
Nc5 (32... Nb8 $5 33. Qa8 (33. Qa7 Qxa7 34. Bxa7 Nd7 $11) 33... g6) 33. Bxc5
Bxc5 34. Bc4 Qd7 35. Bxe6+ Qxe6 36. Qb7 {[%csl Rg7]} Bf8 37. h5 $1 $14 {
[%csl Gb7,Gf5] Wegen der aktiven Figuren muß der Schwarze hier um das Remis
kämpfen.} (37. Kf1 g6 38. Ne3 Bc5 $11 (38... f5 $5)) 37... g6 (37... Qe8) 38.
hxg6 hxg6 39. Nh4 f5 (39... Qd6 $2 40. Kg2 (40. Nxg6 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qxc2 $11)
40... Qc5 41. Qd7 (41. Nxg6 Qxc2 $11) 41... Qxc2 42. Qg4 Bg7 43. Qxg6 c5 44.
Qg4 $40) 40. Nf3 Qf6 (40... fxe4 $142 41. Ng5 Qe7 42. Qxe7 Bxe7 43. Nxe4 $14 {
Der weiße Vorteil ist kaum zu realisieren.}) 41. Qa6 (41. Qb8 $5 fxe4 42. Nxe5
e3 $1 43. fxe3 (43. f4 Qe6 $11) 43... Qg5 44. Kf2 (44. Nc4 Qg4 $11) 44... Qf5+
45. Ke1 Qxc2 46. Qe8 Qc1+ $11) 41... Kg7 (41... fxe4 $2 42. Qc4+ $16) 42. Qe2
$2 {überraschend und unnötig passiv} (42. exf5 gxf5 43. Qc8 {[%cal Rc8c7]} Be7
(43... Kg8 44. Qe8 e4 45. Nh4 $36 (45. Ne5 $5)) 44. Nh4 f4 45. Nf5+ Kf7 46.
Nxe7 Kxe7 47. Qb7+ $16 {[%cal Yb7b4]}) 42... f4 43. Kg2 (43. gxf4 Qxf4 44. Ne1
Be7) 43... fxg3 44. fxg3 Be7 45. Qc4 $14 {Die Remisbreite ist nicht
überschritten.} Qd6 46. Kf1 Bf6 47. Ke2 Be7 48. Ne1 Kf8 49. Nd3 Kg7 50. Nf2 Bg5
51. Qd3 Qe6 52. Kf3 Qf6+ 53. Kg2 Qe6 54. Qd1 Be3 55. Nd3 c5 56. Qe2 Bd4 57. Ne1
Qc8 58. Nf3 Qa8 59. Nh4 Qa1 60. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. h3 $6 (7. e4
e5 8. c3 a5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a4 h6 11. Nc4 $13) 7... e5 8. e4 Re8 9. a4 h6 10.
exd5 $6 Nxd5 11. c3 Be6 12. Re1 (12. Nc4 e4 13. dxe4 Nxc3) 12... Qd7 13. Kh2
Rad8 14. Ne4 {/\ Bxh6} Qe7 (14... f5 15. Nc5) 15. a5 (15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 Nb4 $17) 15... f5 16. Ned2 a6 17. Ra4 $6 (17. Qc2) 17... Nf6 18. Qc2 (
18. Qe2) 18... Qf7 19. Kg1 (19. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Ng4+) (19. Nc4 $2 e4 $1)
19... e4 $1 $17 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Raxe4 $2 (21. Nxe4 $2 Bb3) (21. Ra1 Nxd2 22.
Bxd2 Bb3 23. Qc1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1) 21... fxe4 22. Nxe4 Bb3 23. Qb1 Re7 (23...
Nxa5 $19) 24. Bf4 Rde8 (24... Red7 $5 $17) (24... g5 $17) 25. Nfd2 Bd5 26. Re3
Ne5 $6 (26... Nxa5 $1 $17) 27. b3 Bc6 28. Qc2 Rd8 (28... g5 $1 29. Bxe5 Rxe5
$17) 29. h4 Kh8 30. Bxe5 $2 Rxe5 31. f4 Re7 (31... Rxa5 $1 $17) 32. h5 $1 gxh5
33. Nf3 Qd5 $6 (33... Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb3) 34. Nh4 Qd1+ 35. Qxd1
Rxd1+ 36. Kh2 Kg8 37. f5 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Kf7 39. Ng6 Re8 40. Nf4 Red8 $4 (40...
c6 41. Ne6 Bf6) 41. Bxb7 R8d6 42. Kh3 Bf6 $2 43. Bf3 $18 Ra1 44. Bxh5+ Kg7 45.
Bg6 h5 (45... Rxa5 46. Nh5+ Kg8 47. Re8#) (45... Rd8 46. Ne6+ $18) 46. Nxh5+
Kh6 47. Nxf6 Rxf6 48. Re4 Rc6 49. Kg4 Rxa5 50. Re7 Rxg6+ 51. fxg6 Rc5 52. c4 a5
(52... Kxg6 53. Re6+ Kg7 54. Rxa6 $18) 53. Kf4 a4 54. b4 Rc6 55. b5 Rc5 56. Ke4
a3 57. g7 Rxc4+ 58. Kd5 Rg4 59. Rxc7 Rg5+ 60. Kc4 1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Bg4 4. Nd2 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. e4 Bd6 8. Qe2
Ne7 {Diesen Aufbau spielt Kuijf gerne (->CBM19).} 9. b3 Be5 $5 {Dieses Manöver
wurde in einer ähnlichen Stellung in Portisch-Ivkov, Amsterdam 1969
vorgeschlagen. Weiß kann es vermeiden, wenn er das Fianchetto des Bc1 vor
e2-e4 durchführt.} 10. Rb1 Bc3 {die Pointe von 9...Be5} 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe3 {
/\ d4} (12. Bb2 $2 Bxb2 $15) 12... b5 (12... e5 $5) 13. a3 (13. d4 b4) (13. b4
$2 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Ra4) 13... a5 14. Nd4 {/\ Ne2} e5 15. Qg5 (15. Ne2
$4 d4) 15... Bg6 (15... Bxd4 16. Qxh5 $13 {/\ Nf3}) 16. Ne2 f6 17. Qh4 Bxd2 18.
Bxd2 d4 (18... dxe4 19. dxe4 Nc5 20. Be3 $14) 19. f4 $14 c5 20. g4 c4 21. f5
Bf7 22. g5 (22. bxc4 bxc4 23. g5) 22... cxd3 23. cxd3 Rc8 24. Rb2 Qb6 25. Kh1
Rc7 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Qg3 Nc6 28. Bf3 {/\ Rg1} Kh8 29. Rg1 Bg8 30. b4 a4 31.
Rc2 Bb3 32. Rxc6 $5 (32. Rc5 $14) 32... Qxc6 33. Qxe5 $146 Re8 34. Qg3 {/\ Rc1}
(34. Qxd4 Rd7 35. Qe3 Qd6 $1 (35... Nd5 36. exd5) 36. Nf4 (36. d4 $2 Nxe4 37.
Bxe4 Rxe4) 36... Bc2) 34... Rd7 35. Rc1 Qb7 (35... Qd6 36. Bf4) 36. Rc5 Rc8 37.
Kh2 (37. e5 Nd5 38. Nxd4) 37... Rxc5 38. bxc5 Qc7 39. Bb4 (39. Qxc7 $2 Rxc7 40.
Bb4 Nd7) 39... Qc8 (39... Qxg3+ $2 40. Kxg3 Bc2 (40... Rc7 41. Nxd4) 41. c6 Rc7
42. e5) 40. Qe5 {/\ Nxd4} (40. Nf4 $5 {/\ e5}) 40... Bd1 41. Ng1 Bb3 42. Ne2
Bd1 43. Kg2 Bxe2 44. Bxe2 Qc7 45. Qe6 Rd8 (45... Qf4 46. e5) 46. c6 Qf4 47. Bf3
Qg5+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
Qc7 (8... Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 (10... dxe4 11. dxe4 (11. gxh5 exf3) 11...
Bg6 12. Rd1 (12. Nh4 $2 Bxe4 $1) 12... Qc7 13. Nh4 Rad8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3
e5 $15 {Damljanovic-Geller, Vrsac 1987}) 11. Nh4 (11. e5 $6 Ne8 12. Nh2 Qb6 $15
{Savon-Vasiukov, Erevan 1976}) 11... dxe4 12. Nxg6 (12. dxe4 Bxe4 $1 $19) 12...
hxg6 13. Nxe4 Qc7 (13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 e5 {Roizman-Uhlmann, URS 1966} 15. d4
$14) 14. f4 Nc5 $10 {Mäser-Salazar, Zürich 1986}) 9. Qe2 (9. Qe1) 9... dxe4 10.
dxe4 Ne5 (10... Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 O-O (12... Bxe4 $2 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Bxh4 15. g5 $18) 13. f4 Bxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxh4 16. g5) 11.
Qe3 (11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Be7 14. f4 $2 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16.
Qxe4 Bxh4 17. g5 h6) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Qb6 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 $14) 13. Ne5
Qc5 (13... Bc5 14. Qf4 $14) 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Re1 (15. Nd3 Bb6 16. Nf4 $14 {
B-Paar}) 15... Nd7 (15... O-O $4 16. g4 Bg6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd7 $18) (15...
O-O-O $5) 16. Nd3 Bb6 17. a4 a5 18. Nf4 Bg6 19. h4 e5 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Ra3 $2
(21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 {/\ Bf1-c4+/=}) 21... Rf8 22. Re2 $6 (22. Be3) 22... Nc5
23. Ra1 (23. Be3 O-O-O 24. Ra1 Kc7) 23... Ne6 24. Be3 (24. c3 $2 O-O-O 25. Be3
Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rd2 $19) 24... Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd8 26. Bf1 Nc5 (26... Rd2 27. Re2
Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Nc5 29. f3 Ke7 30. b3 Rd8 31. Kf2) 27. Rc3 b6 28. Rc4 Rd2 $2 (
28... Rd4) 29. b4 axb4 30. a5 b3 31. axb6 Rxc2 32. Rxc5 $1 b2 (32... Rxc5 33.
Ra8+ Ke7 34. Rxf8 b2 35. b7 b1=Q 36. b8=Q $18) 33. Rxe5+ (33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Rxf8
Kxf8 (34... b1=Q 35. Rxc2 Kxf8 {-> 34...Kf8}) 35. Rxc2 b1=Q 36. Rxc6 $16) 33...
Kd7 34. Rb1 (34. Rd1+ Kc8 35. Ba6+ Kb8 36. Re7 Rc1 37. Rb7+ Ka8 38. Ra7+ Kb8
39. Rb7+ $10) 34... Rfxf2 (34... Rb8 $2 35. Rd1+ Kc8 36. Ba6+ Rb7 37. Re8#) 35.
Bh3+ (35. Rd1+ Rfd2) 35... Kd6 36. Re8 (36. Ra5 $1 $18 {Van der Wiel}) 36...
Rf7 37. Rd8+ Kc5 38. Rdd1 Kxb6 39. Rf1 Rxf1+ 40. Bxf1 Kc5 41. e5 Kd5 42. e6
Kxe6 43. Bd3 Rd2 44. Re1+ Kd5 45. Be4+ Kd4 46. h5 gxh5 47. Bxh7 c5 48. Re4+ Kc3
49. Re3+ Kc4 50. Re4+ Rd4 51. Re7 g6 $1 52. Bxg6 Rd3 $1 53. Bf7+ (53. Bxd3+
Kxd3 54. Rb7 Kc2 $19) 53... Kc3 54. Ba2 Rd1+ 55. Kf2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 a5 11. a3 b5 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Qe1 Bxf3 (13... a4 14. b4 (
14. e5 Ne8 15. b4 Nc7 16. Bd4 Qb7 17. Qe3 Rae8 18. Ng1 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5
h6 21. Ndf3 Na6 $132 {Petran-Vasiukov, Stary Smokovec 1988}) 14... c5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. c4 N5f6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. d4 Nd3 $1 20. Qb1 Nxe5 $11 {
Van Wely,L-Lukacs,P/Kecskemet Szechenyi/1991}) (13... Bc5 14. Nh2 dxe4 15. dxe4
e5 16. Nhf3 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Ndf3 a4 19. b4 Bf8 20. Rd1 c5 21. Rd3 cxb4
22. axb4 Qc7 $17 {Espig,L-Kraut,R/BL/1995}) 14. Nxf3 Rfc8 15. Nd2 dxe4 16. dxe4
e5 17. a4 {Damit unterbindet Weiß das weitere schwarze Vorgehen am Q-flügel 
(a5-a4, und dann auf b3-b4 c6-c5).} (17. f4 $5 {Das war die Alternative.})
17... Bb4 18. Qe2 Re8 {richtet sich gegen f2-f4. Auf c8 leistet der R jetzt eh
nichts mehr.} 19. Rfd1 {Weiß gibt jetzt (zunächst) die Idee f2-f4 auf und
verlegt sein Spiel auf den anderen Flügel.} (19. Ra2) 19... Rab8 20. Ra2 Bc5
21. Kg1 Qc7 22. Rda1 Bb6 23. Kh2 (23. Bc3 Bd4 (23... b4 $6 24. Bb2 $14 {
[%csl Gc4][%cal Yd2c4,Ya1d1,Ya2a1]}) 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qd3 $14) (23. axb5 cxb5
24. Qxb5 $4 Bxf2+ $19) 23... Ra8 24. axb5 $5 (24. f3) 24... cxb5 25. Qxb5 (25.
c4 $6 b4 $132 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 25... Bxf2 26. Qe2 (26. b4 $5 {Der direkte
Versuch, die Fesselungsstellung in der a-Linie auszunutzen.} Ba7 (26... Reb8
27. Qe2 $16) (26... Nh5 27. Nf1 $16) 27. bxa5 (27. Rxa5 Qxc2) 27... Qxc2 28.
Qe2 $14 {[%cal Rb2e5] Der Freibauer Pa5 ist zwar zuverlässig blockiert; er
schränkt aber die schwarzen Möglichkeiten zu aktivem Spiel ein.} (28. Bxe5 $2
Rxe5 $19)) 26... Bd4 27. c3 Bb6 28. b4 (28. Nc4 $14) 28... Rab8 29. Nc4 (29.
bxa5 Bxa5 30. Nc4 Bb6 31. Nxb6 Nxb6 $132) 29... axb4 30. cxb4 h5 (30... Bd4 $5
31. Rc1 (31. Bxd4 Rxb4 $1 $11 (31... exd4 $2 32. Ra7 $16)) 31... Bxb2 32. Rxb2
Nb6 33. Rcc2 $14) 31. Rc1 (31. Ra6 $5 Bd4 $140 32. Nd6 Re6 33. Rc1 $14) (31.
Nxb6 {Offensichtlich sind sich beide Spieler einig, daß das B-Paar (gegen das
N-Paar) hier nicht zu fürchten ist.} Qxb6 32. Bc3 Rec8 33. Ra3 $13 {Die B
wirken in der Tat momentan wenig bedrohlich.}) 31... Bd4 32. Ba3 {[%cal Yb4b5]}
Re6 33. Rac2 (33. Na5 {bei dieser Zugreihenfolge entfällt die Möglichkeit Qa7}
Qb6 34. Rac2) 33... Qa7 34. Na5 Bb6 35. Nc4 Rc6 (35... Bd4 36. Qd3 $5 (36. Na5
Bb6 $11)) 36. Qd3 Bd4 37. b5 $1 Rcc8 (37... Rxb5 38. Nd6 Rbc5 $1 39. Nf5 $1 (
39. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 $17) 39... Rxc2 40. Ne7+ Kh7 41. Nxc6 $16) 38. Bd6 (38. Nd6
Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Nc5 $11) (38. b6 $142 Bxb6 (38... Qa6 $4 39. Nxe5 $18) (38...
Nxb6 39. Bd6 Ra8 40. Nxe5) 39. Bd6 Ra8 40. Nxe5) 38... Ra8 (38... Rxb5 39. Na3
Rxc2 40. Nxb5 Rxc1 41. Nxa7 Bg1+ 42. Kh1 Bxa7+ 43. Kh2 $11) 39. b6 (39. Rb1)
39... Qa6 {Diese Möglichkeit hätte Schwarz nicht gehabt, wenn Weiß sofort (38.)
b6 gespielt hätte.} (39... Bxb6 40. Nxe5 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Nxe5 42. Bxe5 $14) (
39... Nxb6 40. Nxe5 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 $14) 40. Nxe5 Rxc2 41. Qxa6 $2 (41. Rxc2 Bxe5
42. Qxa6 Rxa6 43. Bxe5 Nxe5 44. b7 $11 {->Partie}) 41... Rxa6 $2 (41... Rxg2+
42. Kxg2 Rxa6 $19) 42. Rxc2 Bxe5 43. Bxe5 Nxe5 44. b7 Nfd7 45. b8=N Nxb8 46.
Rc8+ Kh7 47. Rxb8 Ra2 48. Rb3 $11 f6 49. Rc3 Kg6 50. Kg1 Kg5 51. Rc7 g6 52. Rc3
h4 53. gxh4+ Kxh4 54. Re3 Kg5 55. Rb3 Rc2 56. Kh2 Kf4 57. Ra3 Rd2 58. Rb3 Nd3
59. Kg1 Kg5 60. Bf1 Ne5 61. Bg2 Kf4 62. Kh2 Re2 63. Rc3 Rb2 64. Kg1 g5 65. Kh2
Rd2 66. Rb3 Ng6 67. Kg1 Ke5 68. Rb5+ Kd4 69. Rd5+ Ke3 70. Rxd2 Kxd2 71. Kf2 Kd3
72. Kg3 Nh4 73. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. O-O e6 7. Qe1 Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 (8... Bh7) 9. Nxe4 ({meist wird hier} 9. dxe4 Bh7 {gespielt.}) 9... Be7 (
9... Nd5 10. a3 {Hier gab es eine breite Auswahl.} Be7 11. b4 $11 {Lastovicka,
J-Hladik,J/CZE 1999}) 10. Bf4 Nc5 (10... Bxe4 {liegt kaum im Interesse von
Schwarz.} 11. dxe4 Qb6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. c3 Rd8 14. Ne5 O-O 15. h4 Ncd7 16. Rfd1
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bd4 c5 19. Be3 $14 {Junge,K-Nagl,F/Eger 1987}) 11. Nxf6+
Bxf6 12. Be5 Nd7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qb4 Qe7 15. Qb3 O-O 16. a4 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,
Gg2] Die Stellung sieht zunächst harmlos aus. Langfristig beabsichtigt Weiss
aber einen Angriff auf den schwarzen Damenflügel; er hofft dabei auf den Bg2.}
Qc7 (16... a5 {verhindert zwar den weiteren Vormarsch des Pa4, erzeugt aber
Felderschwächen am Damenflügel: man stelle sich den Nf3 auf c4 vor.}) 17. a5
Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Ne5 $14 Nd5 20. d4 Rb8 21. Qc4 Rec8 22. c3 Qd6 23. Qc5
Qxc5 24. dxc5 {Dieses Endspiel ist nicht leicht für Schwarz. Die Bauern am
Damenflügel bilden das Ziel des weißen Spiels.} Rd8 $2 25. a6 $1 f6 26. Nc4
bxa6 27. Rxa6 Bd3 28. Bf1 Bxf1 (28... Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxb2 30. Rxe6 $16) 29. Kxf1
e5 30. Rea1 Rb5 31. R6a5 $2 {Ab hier fällt mir nur Zeitnot als mögliche
Erklärung der Züge ein.} ({was sprach gegen} 31. Rxc6 $5) 31... Rdb8 (31...
Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rd7 33. Ra6 Ne7 34. Nd6 $16) 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Ra5 Rb3 $2 (33...
Rxa5 34. Nxa5 Ne7 $14) 34. Rxa7 Rb5 35. Ra5 Rb3 36. Ra7 Kh7 (36... Rb5) 37. Ke1
Nxc3 38. bxc3 Rxc3 39. Nd6 Rxc5 40. Ne8 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Kg6 1-0

[Event "Jakarta zt"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rodriguez, Ruben"]
[Black "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 (3. d4 $5 {Van Geet}) 3... d5 4. d3 {Pirc Reversed}
Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 (5... Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Be6 8. e4 Bxc3 9. exd5 Bxb2 10. dxc6
bxc6 11. Rb1 Bc3 $17 {Mestrovic-Larsen/Lone Pine/1978}) 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 (7.
Re1 d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Bg4 $10 {Hort-Polugaevsky/Palma de Mallorca izt/1970
}) 7... Be6 8. e4 d4 (8... dxe4 $10) 9. Ne2 h6 (9... Ne8 $5) 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. b4
a6 (11... b5 $5 12. a4 (12. Qb1 $5 {/\ c3}) 12... a6 13. Qb1 Bg4 $13) (11...
Bxb4 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nxe5 $14) 12. Qb1 Bg4 13. c4 $5 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Nh7 (14...
Rfd8 15. Rd1) 15. Re1 {/\ Nxe5} (15. Bxe5 $4 Bxf3 $19) 15... Bxf3 (15... Bf6 $5
) (15... Rfd8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Nf4 $14) 16. Bxf3
Rfd8 17. Rd1 Ng5 18. Bg2 Qg4 19. Qb2 Rd6 $2 (19... Nf3+ 20. Kh1 (20. Bxf3 Qxf3
21. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bf6 $19) 20... Nfd4 (20... Qh5 21. h3 Ng5 22. Ng1 $14
) 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. f4 Bf6 $10) 20. f4 $1 Nf3+ $2 (20... exf4 21. Nxf4 $14 (21.
Bxg7 $2 f3 $19)) 21. Kf2 $1 $18 Nxh2 (21... Nfd4 22. fxe5 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 $18 (
23. exd6 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxd6 25. Rab1 $18)) 22. Rh1 exf4 23. Nxf4 (23. Rxh2 $2
fxg3+ 24. Nxg3 Bh4 25. Rh3 Rg6 $19) 23... Bh4 24. Ne2 (24. Rxh2 $2 Qxf4+ $19)
24... Rf6+ 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. d4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Qd7 28. Rad1 Ng4+ 29. Ke2 Rd8 30.
Bf3 h5 31. Rxh5 Ne5 32. Qb3 g6 33. Rhh1 Qe8 34. Kf2 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Nxf3 36. Kxf3
Bxd4 37. Qd5 Be5 38. Qxb7 Kg7 39. Qxa6 Qe7 40. Qc8 Kf6 41. Qh8+ Ke6 42. Qh3+ f5
43. exf5+ gxf5 44. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Qe1
{Eine Spezialität von Hickl.} (8. Nbd2) 8... O-O 9. e4 {[%cal Re4e5]} Ne8 $146
(9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Be5 (11... e5 12. Nd2 {führt zu den üblichen
Stellungen, z.B.:} b5 (12... Re8 $5 13. Nc4 Bc5 {0-1 Thiede,L-Sperlich,O/BL2-N
1995/GER-chT2 (25)}) 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. a4 (14. Rd1 a5 15. Nf3 Bb4 16. Qe3 a4 17.
Nh4 Rfd8 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Qg5 axb3 20. axb3 Ne8 21. f4 $13 {1-0 Kristiansen,
J-Prandstetter,E/Voronez 1987/EXT 97 (37)}) 14... a6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nfd7
17. Bh3 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Ne6 19. Nf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Podgaets,M-Taimanov,M/Riga 1975/
MCD (39)}) 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg2 (13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Nc4 Nd3 16. Rfd1
Nxb2 17. Qxb2 b5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qc2 $10) (13. Qe3) 13... Rfd8 14. Qe3 (14.
f4 $5) 14... Qb6 $1 15. Qxb6 axb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hickl,J-Boensch,U/Lippstadt
1992/CBM 31 (30)}) (9... e5 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7
13. a3 a5 14. Nd2 b5 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Bg2 Ne6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd2
f6 20. h4 $14 {1-0 Hickl,J-Sideif Sade,F/Berlin 1992/EXT 98 (46)}) 11. Nh4 Re8
12. Nc3 dxe4 13. dxe4 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rad8
17. Kg2 Nf8 18. Qe2 f6 $11 {0-1 Karlsson,L-Luther,T/Hamburg 1993/EXT 97 (52)})
13... Nc5 14. Nf5 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hickl,J-Landenbergue,C/Biel 1992/CBM 31 ext
(35)}) 10. e5 {Die Aufhebung der Spannung im Zentrum kommt den schwarzen
Absichten entgegen: der Bg4 gewinnt an Kraft und der Bb2 wird zur
Deckungsfigur degradiert. Oft nimmt Schwarz größere Opfer an Zeit auf sich (z.
B. Be7-f6-e7), um Weiß zu diesem Vorstoß zu überreden.} (10. Nbd2 {gefällt mir
besser.}) 10... Be7 {[%cal Ye8c7,Yb7b5,Ya7a5,Yc6c5] Schwarz hat jetzt einen
einfachen Plan: Expansion am Q-flügel.} 11. Nbd2 {Die weißen Möglichkeiten
liegen am K-flügel. Um den Pf2 (oder Pg3) in Gang zu setzen, muß aber erst
umrangiert werden. Es spricht viel dafür, daß Schwarz schneller eine
Linienöffnung erreicht. Deswegen sucht Weiß häufig die schwarze Expansion am
Q-flügel aktiv zu begrenzen.} Nc7 {Der Nc7 hat hier mehrere Funktionen:
einerseits unterstützt er die Pläne am Q-flügel, andererseits ermöglicht er
bei weißen Pf4/g4 ein Entgegenstemmen mit Pf7-f5.} 12. Qe3 (12. Kh1 $5 {
[%cal Yf3g1]}) 12... a5 13. a3 (13. a4 b5 14. Nd4 Ra6) 13... c5 {[%cal Ya5a4,
Yb7b5]} (13... a4 14. b4) 14. a4 Bf5 {Die Überleitung in die New Yorker
Verteidigung (mit Bf5) macht Sinn: bei allen Öffnungen am Q-flügel ist der B
auf der Diagonale b1-h7 ideal plaziert. Auch nach Tempi hat Schwarz kein
schlechtes Geschäft gemacht: Hier hat er 2 verloren (Bf8-d6-e7 und Bc8-g4-f5),
die er auch sonst gern für die Provokation von Pe4-e5 drangibt; als Bonus hat
er hier die unglückliche Position der Qe3.} (14... b5) 15. h3 h6 16. Rfc1 {
Weiß begräbt seine Absichten am K-flügel fürs erste und sichert sich am
anderen Flügel.} (16. Qe2) (16. Ne1 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 16... Bh7 17. Qe2 Na6 {
[%cal Ya6b4]} 18. Nb1 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4,Gh7]} 19. Na3 Nb8 20. Nb5 N8c6 21. Nd2 {
Weiß hat alle Vorstöße am Q-flügel (b7-b5 und c5-c4) zuverlässig unterbunden.
Dummerweise sind seine Kräfte damit gut ausgelastet, so daß es ihm schwerfällt,
etwas aktives zu unternehmen.} Qd7 {[%cal Yf7f6] Damit wird ein gelegentliches
Pf7-f6 möglich.} 22. Nf1 (22. f4 f6 23. Nf3 $11) 22... Na7 23. Nxa7 Rxa7 24.
Ne3 (24. Nd2 $11) 24... Nc6 {[%cal Yc6d4]} 25. Qg4 Qc7 26. Re1 (26. Bxd5 $2
exd5 27. Nxd5 Qd8 28. Nf6+ Kh8 $17) 26... Nd4 $1 $36 27. Bxd4 $2 {Die damit
eingeleitete Abwicklung führt zu klarem schwarzen Vorteil.} ({Es scheint mir,
daß nach} 27. f4 $11 {noch nicht allzuviel passiert ist.}) 27... cxd4 28. Qxd4
Bc5 29. Qf4 $2 {Damit rettet er den Pe5 doch nicht: er verliert nur noch
zusätzlich Zeit.} (29. Qg4 Bb4 30. Re2) 29... Bb4 30. Re2 (30. d4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1
$17) 30... Bc3 31. Rd1 Bxe5 32. Qh4 Bf6 33. Qg4 Ra6 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ya6c6]}
34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Bd4 $17 {[%cal Rf8c8]} 36. c4 Rb6 37. Nc2 Bf6 38. cxd5
Rd8 (38... Rxb3 39. dxe6 fxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Bxd3 42. Bd5 $17) 39. dxe6
fxe6 40. Na3 (40. Be4 Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxb3 42. Rxe6 Rbxd3 43. Rxd3 Rxd3 44. Re8+
Kh7 45. Kg2 Rd2 46. Rc8 Bh4 47. Kf3 Rxf2+ $19) 40... Rxb3 41. Nb5 (41. Nc4
Rdxd3) 41... Bf5 42. d4 Rb4 43. Ra2 b6 44. Kh1 Kf8 45. Kg1 Be7 46. Bf1 Rc8 47.
Bg2 Rc2 48. Rda1 Bf6 49. Bf1 Bxd4 50. Nxd4 Rxd4 51. Rxc2 Bxc2 52. Bb5 Rxf4 53.
Ra2 Bb3 54. Ra3 Rb4 55. Ra1 Ke7 56. Kh2 Kd6 57. Rb1 Bc2 58. Ra1 Kd5 59. Ra2 Bb3
60. Ra1 Kd4 61. Rg1 g5 62. Ra1 Kc3 63. Rc1+ Bc2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nb3 (11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd5 14.
Nc4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 N7b6 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Nf5 $14 {Kir.Georgiev-Torre/Saint John
op/1988}) (11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nf3 (12. f4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bg6 14. Nxg7 Bxg7 15. f5
Bh6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Qe7 19. b4 $14 {Nesterov-Gretarsson/
Groningen/1993}) 12... Nc5 13. N3h4 a5 (13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Qb6 15. b3 Qa6 {
/\ Be2} 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg5 Nfd7 18. Bf3 $13 {Seeman-De Boer/Groningen/1991}) (
13... Ne6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. f4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Rad8 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Qf2 $14 {
Lazic-Luther/München/1992}) 14. Rb1 $6 Ne6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bd2 Nf4 $132 {
Botterill-Hodgson/Bath/1987}) 11... a5 12. a4 Nc5 (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 (
13... Bf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Nf3 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19.
Bc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe7 21. Qe3 c5 22. Rfd1 $14 {Damljanovic-Kir.Georgiev/Reggio/
1988}) 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bg5 {->game}) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Re6
16. Bf3 $146 (16. Nf5 $2 Qb6 17. b3 Bb4 18. c3 Bf8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qd2 Nc5 21.
Qc2 f6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. g4 Bf7 24. Rfd1 Ree8 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rd2 g6 27. Ng3 Qf7
$15 {Hartoch-Davies/Leeuwarden/1993}) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qc7 18. Kg2 Nd7 19.
Qe2 (19. Be3 Qb6) 19... Ree8 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21. Bd2 (21. Be3 Ne6 $10) 21... Ne6
22. c3 f6 23. Be1 Bf8 24. Nd2 {/\ Nc4} Red8 25. f3 Qf7 26. Bf2 Bc5 27. Nc4 (27.
Qc4 $2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Nf4+ $19) 27... Bxf2 28. Kxf2 (28. Qxf2 $2 Nf4+ 29. gxf4
Qxc4 $17) 28... Qe7 29. Nb6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 (30... Qc5+ $2 31. Qe3 Qxe3+ 32.
Kxe3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Nc4 $16) 31. Ke1 (31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nc4 (32. Qe3
Qd1) 32... Nc5 $17) 31... Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 (32. Kxd1 $4 Qd8+ $19) 32... Qc5 33.
Nc8 (33. Qb3 $1 $10 Kf7 34. Nc8) 33... Qg1+ 34. Ke2 $2 (34. Kd2 Qxg3 (34...
Qg2+ $2 35. Kc1) 35. Qb3 Qxh3 36. Nd6) 34... Qg2+ 35. Ke3 Qxb2 $1 36. Qd7 Qxc3+
37. Ke2 (37. Kf2 Qd4+ $19) 37... Nd4+ 38. Kf1 Qxf3+ (38... Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 (39.
Ke1 Qe2#) 39... Ne2+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Nxg3#) 0-1

[Event "Bishkek zt"]
[Site "Bishkek"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KGZ"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 e5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3 (
8. Nc4 d6 9. c3) 8... d5 9. b4 dxe4 10. dxe4 (10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12.
Rxd1 Be6) 10... Qd3 11. Bb2 Bg4 (11... Nxe4 $2 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Nd4 Qg4 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 $16) 12. Re1 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rad8 14. Nb3) 12... Rfd8
13. Bf1 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxe4 17. b5 Na5 18. c4 Re8
19. Rd7 Nc5 20. Rxc7 Ne6 21. Rd7 Nc5 22. Rd1 $2 (22. Rc7 $10) 22... e4 $1 23.
Ba3 (23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nd4 Rc8 $36) 23... Bf8 24. Nd4 (24. Ne1 $15) 24... Rd8
25. Bb4 Nd3 26. Ne6 (26. Bxd3 Bxb4 (26... Rxd4 27. Bxa5) 27. Be2 Bc3 28. Nb3
Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nxc4 $17) (26. Bxa5 Rxd4 27. Bxd3 exd3 $17) 26... fxe6 27. Bxa5
b6 28. Bc3 Bc5 29. Bg2 $4 (29. Bxd3 exd3 (29... Rxd3 $2 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. Kf1)
30. Kg2 $10) 29... Rf8 $19 30. Bh3 (30. Bxe4 Nxf2 $19) 30... Rxf2 31. Bxe6+ Kf8
32. Kh1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Ngf6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qe1 e5 10. e4 Re8 11. a3 $5 (11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Nc5 (12... Nf8 13. exd5
(13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 exf4 15. gxf4 Ng6 $13) 13... Nxd5 (13... cxd5 14. c4) 14.
Ndf3 Qd7 15. c4 Nb4 16. Qe4 $14 {Spraggett-Chernin/Paris/1989}) (12... Qc7 13.
Nf5 (13. Kh1 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qe2 a5 16. a3 Nc5 $10 {Espig-Brenninkmeijer/
Novi Sad ol/1990}) 13... Bf8 14. a4 a5 15. Ne3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bb4 17. Nf5 Rad8
18. Qe3 Nc5 19. Bc3 Ne6 20. Nc4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Be2 22. Rfe1 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 g6 $10
{Van Wely-De Boer/NLD-ch/1991}) (12... Bf8 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nhxf3 Qc7 15. Qe2
Rad8 (15... a5 16. a4 Rad8 17. Nh2 Bc5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 $10 {Sinkbaek-K.
Berg/Farum/1993}) 16. Rfe1 a5 17. a3 {remis/King-Luther/Bad Lauterberg/1991}) (
12... Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bc5 18.
Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. a3 Bd4 21. b4 $14 {Jadoul-Van Houtte/Brüssel/1987})
13. Nf5 (13. a4 Ne6 14. Nf5 Bc7 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18.
Bxd4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Qd4 {remis/Kortschnoj-Sax/Tilburg/1989}) 13...
Bc7 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 (16. dxe4 $2 Ba5 17. Qg3 Bg6) 16...
Nfxe4 17. dxe4 (17. Nxg7 $5 Nf6 18. Bxf6 $1 Rxe1 19. Bxd8 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxd8
21. Nxh5 $13) 17... Ne6 18. Qg3 Bg6 19. Rad1 $36 {Jansa-Keene/Aarhus/1983})
11... a5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bc5 (13... Nf8 14. exd5 Nxd5 (14... cxd5 15. c4)
15. c4) (13... Nc5 14. Nf5 Bc7 15. f4 (15. Kh1) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 dxe4 17.
Nxe4 $36) (13... Rc8 $6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nf8 17. e5 Bc5+ 18.
Kh1 Rc7 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Qh4 Nd5 22. e6+ $18 {Podgaez-Beliavsky/
Kiev/1973}) 14. Kh1 (14. Ndf3 Qc7 15. Nf5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nf8 17. Bg2 dxe4 18.
dxe4 Ne6 19. c3 Bf8 20. b4 b5 21. Qe2 Nd7 22. Ne3 Nb6 $10 {Danailov-Kramnik/
Oviedo/1992}) 14... Nf8 15. f4 exf4 (15... dxe4) 16. gxf4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $146 (
17. dxe4 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. e5 Bg6 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 Nd5 22. Nc4 Re7 23.
Kh2 Nd7 24. Nd6 $14 {Bjarnason-Mednis/Reykjavik/1982}) 17... Nxe4 18. dxe4 f6
19. Qg3 {/\ Nf5} Bg6 20. f5 (20. Rad1 Qc7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bb6 23. Nxg6
hxg6 24. c4 $14) 20... Bh5 21. e5 Qc7 (21... fxe5 $2 22. Bxe5 Qd7 23. f6 $18)
22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 Ba7 $1 (24... Bxb4 $4 25. Qb3+ $18) (24...
Be7 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Re1) 25. Qb3+ Bf7 (25... Kh8 $4 26. exf6 $18) 26. e6 Nxe6
(26... Bh5 27. e7+ Bf7 28. exf8=Q+ $18) 27. fxe6 Bxe6 28. c4 (28. Qe3 Bf7 29.
Qf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 g5 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 gxh4 33. Bxf6 $10) (28. Qd3 $5 Bb8
29. Nf3 Bd5 30. Qd2 $13) 28... Bb8 29. Nf3 Bf7 (29... Qg3 30. Re1 $16 Bxh3 $4
31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Re2) (29... b5 30. Re1) 30. Qc3 $2 (30. Bd4 b5 (30... Re4 31.
Qc3) 31. Qc3 Bxc4 32. Re1 $13) 30... Qf4 (30... Bh5 31. Qc2 (31. Kg1 $2 Re2 32.
Rf2 Bxf3 33. Rxe2 (33. Qxf3 Re1+ 34. Rf1 (34. Bf1 Rxa1) 34... Qh2+ 35. Kf2 Bg3+
36. Qxg3 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qxg3 $19) 33... Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Bxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Qxg2+ $19)
31... Re3) 31. Qd4 (31. c5 $2 Re3 32. Qd4 Rxf3 $19) 31... Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 (8... Bxf3 $14 {is solid.}) 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 {
Vaganian won two interesting games with this move in 1994 and I was convinced
that no black player would find it attractive to play this position again.}
N5b6 $146 (12... N5f6 13. Nc4 $1 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 Bxf3 16.
Bxf3 Qf6 17. Bg2 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Qc4 Nd3 $10 {Norwood-Adams/BCF-ch/1989})
(13. Qxb7 $6 Nc5 14. Qb5 Rb8 15. Qc4 Bg6 16. Ne1 Rc8 $44) 13... Nc5 (13... Bc7
14. Be3 {/\ Qxb7} (14. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 {><d3}) 14... b6 15. Rfe1 Rc8 $6 (15... a6
16. d4) (15... Re8 $5) (15... Rb8 16. d4) 16. d4 Bxf3 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 $16)
(16... e4 17. Nfe5 {><c6,e4}) 17. Bxf3 e4 (17... exd4 18. Bxd4 $16) 18. Bg2 Re8
(18... a6 $1) 19. Rac1 $16 {Vaganian,R-Torre,E/Moscow olm/1994} (19. Qb5 $5))
14. Qa3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Be7 16. Nxe5 Ncd7 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qe1 Bc5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7
20. Kg2 $14 {Vaganian,R-Kaidanov,G/Glendale/1994}) 13. Ne4 Be7 (13... Bc7 14.
a4 $36 (14. Bg5 $16)) (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxe5) 14. a4 Rb8 (14... Qb8
$5 15. Be3 (15. a5 Nc8 16. d4) 15... Nf6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Qxb6 Rd8) 15. a5 Nc8
16. d4 $1 {Now the white advantage is completely clear. Maybe Kharitonov has
missed Vaganian's games ?} Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd6 (17... exd4 $4 18. Bf4 Ra8 19.
Qxb7 $18) 18. Rd1 Qc7 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qc7 20. Be3 exd4 21. Bxd4 Nf6 22.
Bg2) 19. Nc3 (19. Be3 Nf5 20. d5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bb4 22. d6 Qd8 23. Bg4 Nf6 24.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. d7 $16) 19... Rfe8 (19... exd4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bf4 $16) 20. Nd5
Qd8 21. dxe5 (21. Be3 $16) 21... Nxe5 22. Bg2 (22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bf4 $16)
22... Bf8 (22... Nec4 23. Bf1 $16) 23. Be3 a6 $2 (23... Nc6 24. Qa4 a6 25. Bb6
$16) 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Bc7 Rbc8 26. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9293 3rd"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. a4 (11. Nb3 $1 Bb6 12. a4 a5 (12... a6 13.
a5 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 $14 {Smejkal-Bönsch, Altensteig 1991}) 13. Be3 $1
Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 b6 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Be2
$14 {Smejkal-Kuczynski, Polanica Zdroj 1991}) 11... Ne8 12. Nh4 (12. Nb3 $5)
12... a5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 $14 Nd6 16. Qd3 Nb6 (16... Qc7 $4
17. g4 Bg6 18. Rfd1 $18) 17. Qc3 Nd7 (17... Nbc4 18. Nf5 f6 19. g4 Bf7 20. Rfd1
Qc7 21. Rd3 (21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Nxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxd6 Rxa4)) 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. exf5
{/\ g4} f6 20. g4 Bf7 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. Nxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxa5 h5 25.
Qc3 (25. Bf3 $16) (25. Be4 $16) 25... hxg4 26. hxg4 Rd8 27. Bf3 Qe7 (27... Qd2
28. Rd1 Qxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd4) 28. a5 $6 (28. Rd1 $16) (28. Be4 $5)
28... Bd5 29. Be2 Kf7 30. Qa3 Rh8 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. f3 e4 33. Re1 (33. Kg2
exf3+ 34. Bxf3 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rh2 36. Re1+ Kd6 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 Kc5 39. c3
Kb5 40. b4 c5 $10) 33... Kd6 34. c4 exf3 35. cxd5 fxe2 36. dxc6 bxc6 37. Rxe2
Rb8 $1 $10 38. Rd2+ (38. Re4 Rxb2 39. Ra4 Rb7 {/\ Kc5-b5}) 38... Ke5 39. Kg2
Rb5 40. Rc2 Rxa5 41. Rxc6 Rb5 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kh4 Rxb2 44. Kh5 Rb7 45. Kg6 Kf4
46. Rc4+ Ke5 47. Rc1 Kf4 48. Kh5 Ra7 49. Rf1+ Ke5 50. Kg6 Rb7 51. g5 fxg5 52.
Kxg5 Ke4 53. Kg4 Ke5 54. Kg5 Ke4 55. Re1+ Kf3 56. Rf1+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prokopchuk, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
c6 9. Be3 Ncd7 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4 11. Bc1 a5 12. Nd2 e5 (12... a4 13. Bg2
Nfd7 14. Nf3 e5 15. e3 dxe3 16. Bxe3 O-O 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 $14 {Pigusov,
E-Nikitin,A/Smolensk 2000}) 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. e3 e4 16. Ne1 Rad8 17.
exd4 exd3 18. Qc3 Nfe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Qc2 Ne6 22. Nf3 Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Bareev,E/Germany 2001}) 10. cxd5 (10. Qb3 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bd2 $14 {Pigusov,E-Ibragimov,I/Elista 1996}) 10... exd5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nc3
O-O 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Qb2 $146 (17. Qb3 b6 (
{Die Vermutung liegt nahe, daß Schwarz hier auch} 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bh3 {
gespielt hätte.}) 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. b5 c5 $2 20. Nc6 $16 {Bosboom-Jonkman,
Vlissingen 1998}) 17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bh3 19. Na4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 b6 {[%cal
Yc6c5]} 21. Bxb6 $5 axb6 22. Nxb6 Qb7 23. Nxa8 (23. Nxc8) 23... Rxa8 24. Qc3
Rc8 (24... Rxa2 {sollte remis halten.} 25. Qxc6 Qxb4 26. Rc2) 25. a3 h5 26. f3
h4 27. e4 dxe4 28. dxe4 Qb5 29. Qd3 $4 {Das dürfte ein Erfassungsfehler sein.}
({Vielleicht geschah} 29. Qe3) 29... Qe5 $4 30. f4 (30. Rfd1 Qg5 $5) 30...
Qxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. g4 g6 33. Rfe1 (33. f5 $5 {gönnt dem Ne4 kein stabiles
Zuhause im Zentrum}) 33... f5 34. b5 {Damit setzt ein spannendes Rennen ein.}
c5 (34... Bxa3 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. bxc6 Bd6 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rd1 $16 {[%cal
Yd1d5,Yd5f5]} Kf7 $2 39. c7 $18) 35. b6 Rb8 36. Rb1 Bd6 37. b7 c4 (37... Bxf4
$5 {kam in Betracht:} 38. Rb6 (38. gxf5 gxf5 39. a4 Bd2 {[%cal Yd2b4]}) 38...
Kf7 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rf1 Rg8+ 41. Kh1 Bc7 42. Rxf5+ Ke7 $11) 38. a4 c3 (38...
Bxf4 39. a5 c3 40. a6 c2 41. a7 $18) 39. a5 c2 40. Rb2 fxg4 $1 (40... Bxf4 41.
a6 $18) 41. a6 h3+ 42. Kh1 Nf2+ $2 ({mit} 42... Re8 $1 {war die Partie etl. zu
retten:} 43. Rxc2 (43. a7 $4 Ng3+ 44. hxg3 Rxe1+ 45. Kh2 Re2+ 46. Kh1 c1=R#)
43... Nf2+ 44. Kg1 Rxe1+ 45. Kxf2 Ra1 $11) 43. Kg1 Nd3 44. Rxc2 Nxe1 45. Rc8+
Kg7 46. a7 Nf3+ 47. Kf2 Rxb7 48. a8=Q Rb2+ 49. Ke3 Rb3+ 50. Ke4 Rb4+ $6 (50...
Kf7 {war noch einen Versuch wert}) 51. Kd5 Rd4+ 52. Ke6 Bxf4 53. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O d5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 (7...
Nbc6 8. c3 a5 9. a4 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 $6 12. Qb3 {
Polugaevsky-Sveshnikov, Soci 1974}) 8. dxe4 a5 (8... b6 9. b3 Ba6 (9... a5 10.
Bb2 Nbc6 11. Qe2 a4 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. h4 Qc8 14. Rad1 Bb5 15. h5 {
Polugaevsky-Maslov, Moskau 1963} axb3 $5 16. axb3 Ra2 17. Bc3 Qg4 $10) 10. Re1
Nbc6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Ne3 Qe6 14. Qc1 Bh6 15. Qb1 {
Polugaevsky-Mikenas, Riga 1968} f6 $1 $10) 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. b3 (11.
Rd1 $4 Bxc4 $19) 11... Nbc6 12. Bb2 Qc8 (12... b5 $4 13. Rfd1 $18) (12... a4 $5
13. bxa4 $2 Na5 14. Nfd2 Qc8) 13. a4 $1 b5 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. Rfd1 a4 $2 16.
bxa4 $1 Ba6 (16... Rxa4 $2 17. Rxa4 Bxa4 18. Ncxe5 $18) (16... Bxa4 $2 17.
Ncxe5 $18) 17. Bf1 Qe6 18. Qe3 $1 Bxc4 19. Ng5 {das hatte Crouch bei a5-a4
wohl nicht genügend beachtet} Qf6 20. Bxc4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qf4 c5 $2 (
22... Qxf4 23. gxf4 d3 24. Ra2 (24. cxd3 $5 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra5) 24... dxc2 25.
Rc1 $16) 23. a5 $1 d3 24. cxd3 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Nc6 27. a6 Ra7 28.
e5 Nd4 29. Kg2 (29. Ne4 $2 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxf4) 29... Kg7 30. Ra5 f6 (30... Rc8
31. Ne4 $18) 31. Ne4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Rf5 33. e6 Kf8 34. Nd6 Re5 35. Nc8 Ra8 36.
Nb6 (36. a7 Nc6) 36... Rg5+ 37. Kf1 Ra7 38. Ra1 (38. e7+ Ke8 $8) 38... Ke8 39.
Nc8 Ra8 40. Nd6+ (40. a7 $1 {/\ Nb6} Nf3 (40... Rxc8 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Rxa8+
Ke7 43. Ra7+) (40... Nc6 41. Bb5 $18) 41. Ke2 Nd4+ 42. Kd2 $18) 40... Ke7 41.
Ne4 Re5 42. Rb1 Ra7 (42... Nxe6 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rxh7 $18) 43. Rb8 Nc6 (43...
Nxe6 44. Rb7+ Rxb7 45. axb7 $18) 44. Rb6 Rc7 45. Nc3 Nb4 46. Nb5 Rc8 47. a7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Bd6 (6... Be7) 7. d3
O-O (7... Qe7 $1 {/\ Ba3= Sveshnikov}) 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. e4 (9. Qe1) (9. c4 e5 $15
{Sveshnikov}) 9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 (10... Bxe4 $2 11. Bxf6 $18) 11. Nd4 (11.
Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 (12... Bxf3 $2 13. Bxf8 $18) 13. Qd4+ $14 {Sveshnikov})
11... Nxd2 (11... Nf6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Nc4 Be7 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16.
Nd6 $16) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qxd2 Be5 14. Bxe5 (14. Rae1 f6 15. Qe3 (15. f4 $2
Qc5+) 15... Qc7 (15... Nd7 $4 16. f4 $18) 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5
Nd7 $10) 14... Qxe5 15. Rfe1 Qc5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Rab1 a5 (17... Na6 $1 18. c4
Rad8 19. Qc2 Qd4 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxb5 Nc5 22. Qxf5 $10) 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxa5
Rxa5 20. Rxb7 Rxa2 21. Bf1 $1 c5 (21... Rxc2 22. Reb1 $18) (21... Na6 22. Bc4
Ra4 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Bxa4 Nxb7 25. Bxc6 Nd6 $14) 22. Bb5 {Bb5 dominiert den Nb8}
Rb2 (22... Rxc2 23. Re8 $18) 23. c4 Ra2 24. Be8 (24. Re8 Ra8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.
Rc7 Na6 27. Rc6 $16) 24... Ra8 25. Ree7 Kh8 26. h4 g6 27. Kg2 {Zugzwang} (27.
Bxf7 $2 Nc6 {/\ Nd8}) 27... Na6 28. Bxf7 Rab8 29. h5 (29. Ra7 $1 Ra8 30. Bxg6
$1 Rxa7 (30... hxg6 $4 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rag7#) 31. Rxa7 hxg6 32. Rxa6 Kg7 33.
Rc6 $18 {Sveshnikov}) 29... Rxb7 30. Rxb7 gxh5 31. Bxh5 f4 32. g4 Nb4 33. Bf7
Kg7 34. Bd5+ Kf6 35. Rxh7 $2 (35. Be4 $16) 35... Nxd5 36. cxd5 Ke5 $10 37. Kf3
(37. Rh5+ Kd4 {/\ c4}) 37... Kxd5 38. g5 Ke5 39. Kg4 f3 40. Re7+ Kd4 41. g6 c4
42. g7 Rg8 43. Kxf3 Kd5 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Ra7 Ke5 46. Kd2 Kf6 47. Kc3 Rxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik Donev,I} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a5 (9... f5 10. h3 Bxf3 (10... Bh5 $6 11. Ng5 Bf7
12. e3) 11. Nxf3 Ng6 (11... f4 $2 12. gxf4 (12. Ng5 $1) (12. Ng5 $1) 12... Bxf4
13. e3 Bb8 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. f4 Nf5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Nf3 $14 {Witt-Pajak/Toronto/
1987}) 12. e3 a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Nge5 17. Nd4 Nc5
18. Rad1 Ned7 $6 (18... Ncd7) (18... Ncd7) 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 $36 21. b5
$40 {Saidy-Bisguier/USA/1970}) (9... Rc8 10. Rc1 (10. a3 f5 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Nxf3 Ng6 13. e3 e5 {Krojanski-Rausch/Dortmund/1992} 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. b4 $14)
10... b6 11. Re1 Bb8 12. b4 e5 13. d4 e4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 e3 16. fxe3 Ng6
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 {remis/Bilek-Mohrlok/Büsum/1969}) 10. a3 e5 (10...
b5 11. Qc2 (11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Rc1 e5 13. Rc2 f6 14. Qb1 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Rxc2 16.
Rxc2 Qb8 17. Qc1 Rc8 $10 {Vakhidov-Tolstikh/Celiabinsk/1993}) (11. h3 Bh5 12.
cxb5 cxb5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Rc2 f6 15. Qb1 e5 16. e4 d4 $15 {Rubinetti-Chernin/
Buenos Aires/1992}) 11... e5 (11... Qb6 12. e4 dxc4 13. dxc4 b4 14. a4 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Bc5 16. h3 Bh5 $13 {Paunovic-Kovacevic/JUG-ch/1989}) 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 d4
14. Kh1 Ng6 15. Ng1 Qg5 16. Ndf3 Qe7 17. b4 Ra7 18. h3 Be6 19. h4 Rfa8 20. Ng5
Ndf8 $10 {Butnoris-Keres/Moskau/1972}) (10... Qb8 11. Qc2 e5 12. Rfe1 $6 (12.
h3) (12. e4) (12. h3) (12. e4) 12... f5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf1 Bh5 15. Rac1 Ra6
16. N3d2 f4 17. e4 Rc6 18. Qb1 d4 $17 {Giddins-Large/BCF-ch/1989}) 11. cxd5 (
11. Rc1 f6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Qb1 d4 $13 {
Urban-Neunhöffer/BL/1990}) 11... cxd5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Nc5 (14...
f5 {Donev,I} 15. gxf5 (15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 Qh4 $44
) 15... Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. e4 Rg5 $13) 15. Ndf3 (15. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 16. d4
exd4 17. Nf3 $13 (17. Bxd4 Ne6 $10)) (15. b4 $2 axb4 16. axb4 Ne6 $17 {><b4,f4}
) 15... d4 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. e3 dxe3 18. fxe3 Qb6 19. d4 Rad8 (19... exd4 20.
Nxd4 Be5 $13 {I.Sokolov}) (19... Nd5 {Donev,I} 20. dxe5 Bxa3 21. Bxa3 Nxe3 22.
Qd6 $16) 20. Nxg6 Nxg6 (20... hxg6 $1 {Ftacnik /\ Nd5=/+}) (20... hxg6 $5 {
I.Sokolov}) 21. Qc2 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 (22... Bf4 {Donev,I} 23. Qe4 Bxe3+ 24.
Qxe3 Nxd4 25. Kh1 Rd6 $10) (22... Bc5 {Donev,I} 23. Kh1 (23. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1
Qxe6 25. Rce1 Qb6 $15) 23... Nxd4 (23... Bxd4 24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Qf2 Rd6 $10)
24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Nxb3 26. Rb5 Nd2 27. Rf2 Nc4 28. Bd4 Nxa3 (28... b6 29.
a4 Rfe8 30. Bd5 Nce5 31. Bxb6 $16) 29. Rxb7) (22... Be5 {Ftacnik} 23. Nf5 $13)
23. Bxd4 Qa6 24. Rf5 $5 (24. Qb2 f6 {/\ Be5} 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Qg2 Bxa3 (26...
Bh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qd6+ 28. Kg1 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc7) (26... Rd7 27. g5 $5
Bxa3 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Qg8#) 27. Bxb7
Qb5 $13) 24... Bxa3 25. Rcf1 Ne7 (25... Rc8 $2 26. Rxf7 Rxc2 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28.
Rxg6+ $18) 26. Rh5 g6 27. Re5 (27. Rh6 {Donev,I} Nc6 28. Bf6 (28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29.
Qf2 Bc5 30. Rc1 Rxd4 $1 31. exd4 Bxd4 $19) 28... Be7 29. g5 Bxf6 30. gxf6 Qd3
31. Qf2 Rfe8 32. Re1 (32. Qh4 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Rd4 $19) 32... Rd6 $17 {/\Qc3})
27... Bd6 (27... Nc6 28. Bxc6 (28. Rf6 Nxd4) 28... bxc6 29. Rf6 Bd6) 28. Re4 (
28. Rf6 Bxe5 29. Rxa6 Bxd4 30. Bxb7 Bxe3+ 31. Kf1) (28. Qe4 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxd4
30. exd4 Nc6 $13) 28... Nd5 29. g5 Qb5 30. Ba1 (30. Rh4 {Donev,I} Nb4 31. Qf2
Qxg5 32. Bf6 Qg3 33. Qxg3 Bxg3 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 35. Rg4 Be5 36. Bxb7 Rd3 37.
Re4 f6) (30. Qf2 {Ftacnik} Bc5) (30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Nb4 32. c5 Bb8 (32...
Bc7 33. Re7) (32... Bg3 33. Rg4) 33. Re7 Nc6 34. Rxb7 Nxd4 35. exd4 Rxd4 36. c6
$10) 30... Rc8 31. Rc4 $6 (31. Qb2 $2 Nc3 32. Rc4 Be5) (31. Qd2 $1 Bb4 32. Rxb4
$1 (32. Qd4 Bc3 $17) 32... Nxb4 33. Qd4 f6 $8 34. Rxf6 $10 {I.Sokolov} (34.
Rxf6 {Donev,I} Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rxa1 36. Qxa1 Qxg5 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39.
Qxh7+ Kf6 $13)) 31... Rxc4 32. bxc4 Nxe3 33. Qc3 Qe5 {><h2} 34. Qxe5 Bxe5 35.
Bxe5 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Re8 37. Bd4 Re7 38. Kf2 a4 39. Bb2 h6 (39... Rc7 $1 {Donev,I
} 40. Bd5 Rd7 41. Ke3 b5 $132) 40. h4 hxg5 41. hxg5 Rc7 42. Bd5 Rd7 $10 {
When Vaganian took his Bd5, planning to play Bd5-e4, he realized the answer
Rd7-d2+ and resigned.} (42... Rd7 43. Ba3 (43. Ke3 $1 $10) (43. Ke3 {Donev,I}
b5 44. Kd4 bxc4 45. Kxc4 $10) (43. Be4 $4 Rd2+ $19) (43. Ke3 $1 $10) 43... b5
44. Ke3 bxc4 45. Bxc4 $10) 0-1

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 (5. Ne5 Bh5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4
Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qe3+ Be7 12. b3 Qd8 13. Ba3 Bg4
14. Nc3 Be6 $10 {Romanishin-Geller, Moskau 86}) 5... exd5 6. O-O (6. h3 Bxf3 7.
Bxf3 Qd7 8. d3 Na6 9. a3 f5 {Kirov-Kovacevic, Palma de Mallorca 89}) 6... Bd6
7. d4 {N} (7. d3 Ne7) 7... Nd7 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 O-O 11. Qd2 (
11. Qc2 $5) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nb6 13. e3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Kh1 Nd6 16. Rg1
Qd7 17. Rg5 g6 18. Rag1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 c6 8.
Nc3 (8. Qc2 Bc5 9. Nc3 O-O (9... Qe7 10. Na4 e4 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Ng5 O-O 13.
Be3 Qe5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bg2 Rfe8 17. h3 $6 Qh5 $5 $132 {Bernard,
C-Roos,L/FRA-chT 1989}) 10. h3 Bxf3 (10... Bh5 11. Nh4 Re8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Ba3 16. Rad1 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rad8 18. e3 $14 {Murdzia,
P-Tukmakov,V/Koszalin 1998}) 11. Bxf3 Qe7 12. Kh2 (12. Bg2 $5) 12... Rfe8 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e3 e4 16. Bg2 h5 $11 {Petrosian,T-Portisch,L/Milan
1975}) 8... Qc7 ({Keine Nachahmer hat} 8... h6 9. Qc2 g5 $6 {gefunden:} 10. b3
Qe7 11. Bb2 Qe6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Bf5 17. Qe3 f6 18. a3 {1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Bareev,E/Kharkov 1985}) ({Der
beliebteste Zug in dieser Stellung ist} 8... Be7 {, wobei zu beachten ist, daß
diese Stellung auch aus Altindisch mit frühem Bg4 entstehen kann.} {z.B.:} 9.
b3 ({oder} 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 h6) (9. Qc2 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Nc5
13. g4 Nfd7 14. Nf5 Bg6 15. Bb2 {Markowski,T-Beliavsky,A/Koszalin 1998}) 9...
O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. g4 Bg6 16.
Nxg6 hxg6 17. e3 a5 18. Ne2 {Todorcevic,M-Rodriguez Vargas,O/Salamanca 1990})
9. Qc2 Bc5 (9... Be7) 10. b3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rfe8) 12. Nh4
Rfe8 13. e3 Rad8 14. Bb2 Nf8 (14... Bf8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 $14)
15. Na4 $1 {Macht Jagd auf den anderen B.} ({Auf den Tausch des Bh5 ist
Schwarz vorbereitet:} 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 $11) 15... N6d7 (15... Be7 {
würde vermutlich nach} 16. Nf5 {zu ähnlichen Stellungen führen.}) 16. g4 (16.
Nxc5 Nxc5 {erobert auch das Läuferpaar, kostet aber einiges an Zeit.}) 16...
Be7 17. Nf5 Bg6 18. Rad1 Ne6 (18... Bf6 19. Nc3 {[%cal Yc3e4] rettet den Be7
auch nicht.}) 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Qc3 $14 e4 21. Ba3 Ree8 ({Short läßt sich
nicht zu} 21... c5 {[%csl Rd5] überreden; zu schrecklich sieht die
Felderschwäche auf d5 aus.} {z.B.:} 22. Qc2 Ree8 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Bb2 Ng5 25.
Nd5 $16) 22. Bd6 $16 Qc8 23. Qa5 Qa8 24. Nc3 b6 25. Qa3 Nf6 (25... Ndc5) 26.
Be7 $1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ng5 28. Bxf6 (28. Qd6) 28... gxf6 29. Qd6 (29. Rd7) 29...
Kg7 30. h4 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 exf3 32. Qf4 {[%csl Rf3]} h5 33. Rd6 (33. Qxf3 hxg4
34. Qxg4 Rh8 35. Ne2) 33... Re6 (33... hxg4 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Rxc6 $18 {
[%cal Rc3d5]}) 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qxf3 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Kf7 37. Qd1 (37. h5 Bf5 38.
Qf4) 37... Ke7 38. h5 Bf5 39. Qf3 Qg8+ 40. Qg2 Qg4 41. e4 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Bg4
43. h6 Kf7 44. f3 Bh5 45. Ne2 e5 (45... Kg6 46. Nf4+ Kxh6 47. Nxe6) 46. Ng3 Bg6
47. Kh3 Kg8 48. Kg4 c5 49. Nf5 Kh7 50. Ne7 Kxh6 51. Nc8 Be8 52. Nxa7 Bd7+ 53.
Kg3 f5 54. Nb5 fxe4 55. fxe4 Kg6 56. Nc3 Kf7 57. a4 Ke6 58. Nd5 Kd6 59. Nxb6
Be8 60. a5 Kc6 61. Na4 Bg6 62. Kf3 Bh5+ 63. Ke3 Bd1 64. a6 Bxb3 65. a7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Surgut Fakel-Surgutgazprom"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4
(7. h3 $5 {Dolmatov} Bh5 8. e4) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 $6 (9. Nbd2 $14 {
ist die normale Fortsetzung}) 9... Be6 {Diesen Zug kann sich Schwarz hier
erlauben, da Ng5 nicht geht.} (9... Bh5 $6 {Dolmatov} 10. Nh4 $14) 10. b3 {
/\ Ng5} (10. Ng5 $2 {Dolmatov} Bc4 $17) 10... h6 11. Bb2 $146 (11. Kh1) 11...
Qc7 12. Nbd2 g5 $1 {Schwarz will bereits die Schwächen des weißen Aufbaus
nachweisen. Bei entgegengesetzten Rochaden spricht die erfolgte Schwächung 
(><h3) für ihn. Nach dem ruhigen 0-0 könnte Weiß unter Tempoverlust (Qe1-e2)
bekannten Vorbildern folgen. Z.B. in Polugaevsky-Bykhovsky, URS-ch33 Tallinn
1965, wo die Q auf e2 stand und der P auf h2 (beides ist zum Vorteil von Weiß),
arbeitete Weiß mit Nf3-e1-d3 und bereitete allmählich f2-f4 vor.} 13. Kh2 (13.
Qe2 {Dolmatov} g4 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. Rad1 Rdg8) 13... O-O-O 14.
Qe2 g4 (14... Ng8 {Dolmatov} 15. Nc4 f6 16. a3 h5 17. b4 Be7 $14) 15. Nh4 h5
16. Rad1 Be7 (16... gxh3 {Dolmatov} 17. Bf3 $14) 17. Nc4 gxh3 18. Bf3 {Der Ph3
soll die h-Linie geschlossen halten und den K schützen.} (18. Bxh3 Ng4+ 19. Kh1
Nxf2+ (19... Bxh4 20. gxh4 Nb6 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Bxe5 Rxh4+ 23. Kg2 Bxc4 24.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. bxc4 Qg5 26. Bg3 Rh8 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 $14) 20. Rxf2 Bxh3
21. Rxf7 Bg4 22. Qe1 Bxh4 (22... Bxd1 $2 23. Rxe7 $18) 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5
Nxe5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rf1 Rd1 27. Qf2 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Bxg3 29. Qf8+ Kc7 30.
Qe7+ Bd7 $17) 18... Rdg8 {/\Ng4} (18... Ng4+ 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 (19... hxg4 {
Dolmatov} 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 $16) 20. f3 Be6 (20... Bxh4 21. fxg4 $16) 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 h4 23. g4 f6 (23... e4+ 24. f4) 24. Kxh3) 19. Ne3 (19. Nf5 $2
Bxf5 20. exf5 e4 21. Bxe4 h4 22. Rg1 Ng4+ 23. Kh1 Bc5 $19) 19... Bc5 (19...
Ng4+ {Dolmatov} 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Nhf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf6 23. Nc4 $16) 20. Nef5
Nf8 21. Qd2 $5 (21. Kxh3 Ng6) 21... Bxf5 $4 {Dies und die folgenden
haarsträubenden Geschehnisse sind mir nur durch Zeitnot erklärbar.} (21... N6d7
{Dolmatov} 22. b4 $16) (21... Ng6 $5 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6
25. Rxd6 Re8 (25... Ng4+ {Dolmatov} 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Bxe5 Rh7 $14) 26. Bxe5
Rhf8 27. Bf4 Ng4+ 28. Bxg4 hxg4 $10) 22. Bxe5 $1 Qb6 (22... Qxe5 23. Qd8#) 23.
Bxf6 $2 (23. Nxf5 N8d7 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Re8 {Dolmatov} 26. Ne7+ Kd8 27.
Qxf6 $18) 23... Be6 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. c3 (25. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 {Dolmatov} 26. exf5
h4 27. Rfe1 $18) 25... Nd7 26. b4 Be7 27. Qd4 Bf6 (27... Qxd4 $2 {Dolmatov} 28.
cxd4 Bxb4 29. d5) 28. Qxb6 axb6 $44 29. Rc1 (29. Nf5 Bxc3 30. a3 Bb2 31. a4 $18
) 29... Ne5 30. Be2 Ng4+ 31. Kh1 (31. Kxh3 Ne3+ 32. Nf5 Nxf1 33. Bxf1 Bxf5+ 34.
exf5 $14) (31. Bxg4 $5 {Dolmatov} hxg4 32. Nf5 Kc7 33. f3 $14) 31... Kc7 (31...
Bxa2 $5) 32. Rc2 (32. f3 Ne3) 32... Re8 33. Nf3 Bd7 34. Bd3 (34. Ng1 $1 $18)
34... c5 35. bxc5 $2 (35. Ng1 Bc6 (35... h2 $2 36. Nf3) 36. b5 $16) 35... bxc5
36. Bc4 (36. Re2 $5 Bxc3 37. Rc1 Bb4 38. Nd4) (36. Nd2 Bc6 $40) 36... Rxe4 $44
37. Bd5 Bf5 (37... Re7 38. Rfc1) (37... Bc6 38. Bxc6 Kxc6) 38. Rb2 b6 39. Rc1 (
39. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 $19) 39... Re7 40. Ng1 $2 (40. Kg1 Rd7 41. Bc4 Bd3 $10) 40...
Rd7 (40... h2 $1 41. Nf3 (41. Nh3 Bxc3 $19) 41... Rd7 42. Bc4 (42. Ba8 Rd8 $19)
42... Be4 $19) 41. Bf3 (41. Bc4 h2 42. Nf3 (42. Nh3 Be4+) 42... Be4 $19) 41...
Ne5 $2 (41... h2 42. Ne2 Nxf2+ 43. Kxh2 Nd3 $19) 42. Be2 c4 43. Kh2 Ng4+ 44.
Bxg4 $1 (44. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 45. Kg2 Nd3 46. Bxd3 cxd3 47. Nf3 Be4 $44) 44... hxg4
45. f3 Bg5 (45... Rd3 46. fxg4 Bxg4 47. Nxh3 $10) 46. Rf1 Bd3 47. Re1 Bf6 (
47... f5 $2 {Dolmatov} 48. Re6 $132) 48. Rc1 Bg5 49. Re1 Bg6 $2 (49... Bf6 $10)
50. fxg4 Bd2 51. Rd1 Bxc3 52. Rxd7+ Kxd7 53. Rxb6 Bd2 54. Nf3 (54. Ne2 $5)
54... c3 55. Ne5+ Ke7 56. Rc6 $2 (56. Nxg6+ fxg6 57. Rc6 Kd7 58. Rc4 Kd6 59. a4
Kd5 60. Rc7 Kd4 61. a5 Kd3 62. a6 Be3 63. a7 Bxa7 64. Rxa7 c2 65. Rc7 Kd2 66.
Kxh3 g5 67. Kg2 c1=Q 68. Rxc1 Kxc1 69. Kf3 Kd2 70. Ke4 $18) 56... Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Klaric, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 dxe4 (6... O-O 7. Nc3 (
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nde7 10. Nc4 f6 11. Bd2 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qc1
Qd7 14. b3 g5 15. Bc3 Ng6 16. Nfd2 b6 17. Qd1 Rae8 $15 {Sergievsky-Kortschnoj,
Sochi 1966}) (7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 b6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 (10. a4 $5) (10. a3 $5)
10... Nbc6 11. Qe2 a4 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. h4 Qc8 14. Rad1 Bb5 15. h5 {
Polugaevsky-Maslov, URS 63} axb3 16. axb3 Ra2 17. Bc3 Qg4 $1 $10) 7... dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nbc6 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nb5 Rd7 11. Bh3 f5 12. c3 Nd8 13. Re1 c6 14. Na3 Nf7
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nc4 e4 17. Nh4 Rd5 18. Bf4 $14 {Flesch-Gligoric, Belgrad 64})
7. dxe4 O-O (7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Be6 9. Be3 h6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Na3 a6 12. Nd2 Nc6
13. c3 Ke7 $10 {Ivkov-Preissman, Frankreich 89}) 8. Qe2 $14 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10.
c4 Qc8 11. b4 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. b5 Bc8 15. Ba3 c5 16. Nc3 $1
$16 {><d5} (16. bxc6 Qd8) 16... Bg4 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. h3 Be6 20. Ng5
Nf8 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. f4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qd6 24. Nf3 exf4 25. gxf4 (25. e5 Bxe5 26.
Nxe5 Qxe5 27. d6 Rd8 28. gxf4 Qxf4) 25... Rd8 (25... Qxf4 26. d6 Rd8 27. Bc1
Qg3 28. Bg5) 26. Bc1 Ne6 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Rd2 Nd4 29. a4 f5 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31.
fxe5 fxe4 32. d6 Nef5 33. Qxe4 Re8 34. Bb2 Qe6 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37.
Bxd5+ Kf8 38. Rc2 d3 39. Rc7 Nxd6 40. exd6 Re1+ 41. Kf2 d2 42. Bb3 d1=Q 43.
Bxd1 Rxd1 44. Rxh7 Rxd6 45. Rxa7 Ke8 46. Ke3 Kd8 47. Rg7 Kc8 48. h4 Rf6 49. Ke4
Kb8 50. Re7 Rf1 51. Re6 Rh1 52. Rxb6+ Ka7 53. Ra6+ Kb7 54. Kd5 Rxh4 55. Kc5 Rf4
56. Rxg6 Rxa4 57. Rg7+ Kc8 58. Kb6 Rb4 59. Rg8+ Kd7 60. Rb8 Rb1 61. Ka7 Rb2 62.
b6 Rb1 63. Rh8 Ra1+ 64. Kb8 Rb1 65. b7 Ra1 66. Rh7+ Kd8 67. Rh5 Kd7 68. Rd5+
Ke7 69. Kc7 Rc1+ 70. Kb6 Rb1+ 71. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Sochi-B"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1989.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 (6. Bxf3 e5 7. Nd2
Ngf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. O-O Qe7 11. c3 O-O $6 (11... a5) 12. b4 $14 {
Botvinnik-Szilagyi, Amsterdam 66}) 6... g6 $1 $10 {N ; auf der langen
Diagonalen wirkt der Läufer am besten.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. f4 e6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Nf3
O-O 11. Rb1 Nf5 12. b3 Qb6 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. Bb2 d4 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Nb6 17.
Ne5 Nd5 18. Ra1 h5 19. Qe4 c5 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Bc1 f6 22. Nc4 Kh7 23. Bd2 b6 24.
Qe2 Nd6 25. Qf3 f5 26. Re2 Nf7 27. Rae1 Qd7 28. Bf1 a6 29. a5 b5 30. Nb6 Nxb6
31. axb6 Rb8 32. Ba5 Nd8 33. Bg2 b4 34. b7 Nxb7 35. Bb6 Re7 36. Qc6 Qxc6 37.
Bxc6 Nd8 38. Bxd8 Rxd8 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Rf8 41. Bd5 Rd8 42. Bc4 Rd7 43.
Rxa6 Bf8 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Kf3 Be7 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rd6 49.
Ra7 Kf6 50. Rc7 Rd8 51. Rc6+ Bd6 52. Ra6 Ke7 53. Ra1 Rf8 54. Re1+ Kd8 55. Re4
Rf6 56. f3 Kd7 57. Bb5+ Kc7 58. Kg5 Rf5+ 59. Kxg6 Rxf4 60. Rxf4 Bxf4 61. Kf5
Bg3 62. Ke6 Bh2 63. Ba4 Bg3 64. Kd5 Kb6 65. Be8 Bh2 66. Bh5 Bg3 67. Ke6 Kc7 68.
Kf5 Kd6 69. f4 Bh2 70. Bf3 Bg3 71. Kg5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {VonGleich} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 $6 (
6... Ngf6 {Von Gleich}) (6... Bd6) 7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3 Rb8 (8... Qb6 $2 {Von
Gleich} 9. Qe3 $1 $16 f4 10. gxf4) 9. Re1 $5 $146 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qd3 Nh6 11.
Nb3 Qf6 12. Bg5 $16 {Kengis-Hector/Haninge/1992}) (9. Ng5 {Von Gleich geht
leider nicht} Qxg5 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Bf4 e5 13. dxe5 dxc4) 9...
Qe7 (9... Ngf6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. f3 Bh5 12. e4 $16) 10. h3 Bh5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12.
g4 $1 Bf7 (12... fxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. e4 dxe4 {Von Gleich} 15. Nxe4 $44) (
12... Bg6 $2 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 $16) 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Nf1 {
/\ Ne3 ><d5,f5} Ngf6 (14... f4 $6 15. e3 Ngf6 16. exf4 Ne4 17. Ne5 $18) 15. Ne3
g6 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. a4 f4 (17... Bb4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Nxd5 Nbxd5 20. Bxd5+ Nxd5
21. Qxd5+ Kg7 22. Bf4 $18) 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 (18... Qxf7 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 {
/\ a5+-}) 19. Nxd5 Nfxd5 (19... Qe6 {Von Gleich dies mußte versucht werden!}
20. e4 Nbxd5 21. Bd2 Nc7 22. Qxe6+ Nxe6 23. e5 Nxd4 (23... f3 24. Bh1) 24. exd6
Rhe8) 20. a5 Kg7 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Rxa7 Bb4 23. Bxf4 Bxe1 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 (24...
Bxf2+ {Von Gleich} 25. Kxf2 Qf6+ 26. Ke3) 25. Qxb6 Kh6 (25... Qxe2 26. Qc7+ Kh6
27. Qxb8 $18) 26. Kf1 Bd2 (26... Qg5 {Von Gleich} 27. e3 (27. Ra1) 27... Rf8)
27. Rxb7 Rc8 28. e3 Qf8 29. Ke2 Bc1 30. Be4 Qe8 31. Bd3 Qg8 32. Qf6 Kh5 33.
Qf3+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Nc3 (8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 Bb6 12. b4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14.
Nh4 Ne5 $36 {Wirthensohn-Bagirov/Erevan olm/1996}) (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10.
Nd2 Re8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. a4 a6 14. Bc3 h5 15. a5 Ba7 16. Ra4 $13 {
Anastasian,A-Rublevsky,S/Erevan olm/1996}) 8... O-O 9. h3 (9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Bg5
Be6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 c6 13. e4 Nfd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. h3 Qf6 $132 {Dizdar,
G-Campos,J/Barcelona Vulca/1991}) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b4]
Im Prinzip geht es dem Weißen in dieser Variante um e2-e4 (oder sollte es
wenigstens gehen!). Aber ein Vorgehen am Damenflügel paßt sich gut in die
weißen Pläne ein, die darauf zielen, dem Bg2 mehr Einfluß zu verschaffen.} (11.
Bf4 Re8 (11... Qe7 12. Qb3 (12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Bg2 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Rad8
16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Rcd1 h6 18. Kh2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 g5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 $14 {Ivanov,
J-Sherbakov,R/Cheliabinsk/1989}) 12... Ne5 13. Bg2 Ng6 14. Bg5 Rab8 15. e4 d4
16. Ne2 h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Kh2 Qc7 19. f4 $14 {Hadas-Rotman/ISR-ch/1996}) 12.
Qc2 Bd4 (12... d4) 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Bg2 Ng6 15. Bc1 a5 16. Kh2 h5 17. e4 $14 {
Keene-Darga/England/1971}) (11. Bg2 Re8 12. Kh2 Nf8 13. a3 a5 14. Bd2 b5 15.
Rc1 Qb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 {Tseitlin-Mikenas/URS
Spartakiad/1979}) (11. Qc2 Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Be2 Qe7 15. Kg2
Ned7 16. Bd3 Bd4 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. f4
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qe6 $132 {Ninov-Savchenko/Cap d'Agde op/1994}) 11... Qe7 (11...
a5 12. a3 Qe7 {Gegenüber der Partie sind die zusätzlichen Züge a3/a5 geschehen,
die den Charakter der Stellung nicht grundsätzlich ändern.} 13. e4 dxe4 14.
dxe4 Ne5 15. Bg2 Qe6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bb6 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Nc5
Qe7 21. Bf4 h6 22. Nb3 $14 {Sakadin-Landenbergue/Harkany op/1993}) 12. Bg2 (12.
e4 {Über den komplizierten Kampf, der nach diesem thematischen Vorstoß
einsetzt (jetzt oder später), geben die obigen eingefügten Partieanfänge einen
kleinen Einblick. Weiß pocht auf die Majorität im Zentrum und das Läuferpaar,
während Schwarz durch aktives Figurenspiel im Zentrum (gestützt auf die
bessere Entwicklung) seine Chancen sucht.}) 12... Rad8 13. d4 $6 {Weiß mangelt
es an dieser Stelle an strategischem Ehrgeiz: er verliert die Option auf
Pe2-e4 und degradiert dadurch sein Läuferpaar. Dafür erhält er eine feste und
übersichtliche Stellung; ich vermute, daß sich hier Furcht vor dem bekannten
Gegner zeigt.} (13. a3) (13. Qc2) 13... Bd6 14. Bg5 {In der Tat: es ist nicht
leicht zu erkennen, was Weiß mit dem Bc1 sinnvolles organisieren könnte. So
gibt er ihn gegen einen N.} h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e3 {In der geschlossenen
Stellung wird es noch lange keine komplizierte Feindberührung geben. Weiß kann
einen Minoritätsangriff versuchen, während Schwarz einen Königsangriff
vorbereiten kann. Mir gefällt hier schon Schwarz besser, da der Bg2 hier zur
reinen Defensivfigur verkommen ist, was man von seinem Kollegen auf d6 nicht
sagen kann.} h5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yh5h4]} 17. h4 {Damit sind die Fronten am
Königsflügel abgesteckt: Schwarz kann die weiße Bauernkette durch
Figureneinschläge bedrohen und er kann Pg5 vorbereiten.} g6 {[%cal Yg8g7]} (
17... Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Qxg3 20. Qe1) 18. Re1 {unterbindet Bxg3} Kg7
{Wenn Schwarz später die weiße Bauernkette mit g6-g5 sprengen will, gehört ein
R nach h8, um h5-h4 folgen zu lassen.} 19. a3 Ng4 20. Qf3 (20. b4 g5 (20... f5)
21. hxg5 Qxg5 22. Qf3 h4 23. e4) 20... f5 {Verhindert das in der letzten
Variante angegebene Gegenspiel mit eventuellem e3-e4.} 21. Ne2 (21. b4 g5 22.
hxg5 Qxg5 23. b5) 21... a5 {Am Königsflügel hat Weiß die Lage jetzt unter
Kontrolle; da die weißen Figuren vom Damenflügel, kann Schwarz jetzt b2-b4
unterbinden.} 22. Nf4 $11 Rde8 {[%cal Yg4f6,Yf6e4,Yf8h8] Schwarz gruppiert um,
um bei einem Vorstoß Pg6-g5 seine Figuren optimal plaziert zu haben.} 23. Nh3 {
Der Nf4 stand eigentlich optimal und g6-g5 ging sowieso (noch) nicht.} (23.
Rec1) 23... Nf6 (23... f4) 24. Rec1 Ne4 {[%cal Re4d2]} 25. Rc2 Rh8 26. Bf1 (26.
a4) 26... a4 $1 {Nun sind die Bauern (a3,b2) auch fixiert; noch dazu auf der
Farbe des Bd6.} 27. Bd3 Qd8 28. Kg2 Re7 29. Nf4 (29. Qd1 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Rxe3)
29... Rhe8 30. Rh1 Qb6 31. Bxe4 $2 {Das schädigt die Bauernstruktur doch sehr.}
fxe4 {[%csl Rf2]} 32. Qe2 Ra8 {[%cal Ya8a5,Ya5b5] Durch den Abtausch des Bd3
sind jetzt Einbruchspfade am Damenflügel zugänglich geworden.} 33. Rg1 Qd8 34.
Kh3 Qd7+ 35. Kh2 Rf7 36. Rg2 Ra5 37. Rg1 Rb5 38. Nh3 $2 (38. Rc3) 38... Rf3 39.
Ng5 Rf6 40. Nh3 Rb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Yf6f3] Der Rb3 verstärkt jetzt auch die
Drohungen am Königsflügel bis an die kritische Grenze.} 41. Nf4 (41. Rcc1 $2
Qg4 $19 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Rg4h4] kombiniert die Drohungen am Damenflügel und am
Königsflügel.}) (41. Rgc1 Rf3 42. Ng5 Bxg3+ $5 43. fxg3 Rbxe3 44. Qd1 (44. Qg2
$2 Rxg3 45. Qf1 Rg4 $1 $19) 44... Rxg3 45. Rc3 Qd6 46. Kh1 Rxc3 $17) (41. Qd1
$5 Rf3 (41... Rd3 42. Rd2 $17) 42. Ng5 $17 {verhindert (vielleicht) den
sofortigen tatktischen Einbruch.}) 41... Bxf4 42. gxf4 (42. exf4 $2 Rxf4 $19 {
ist noch schlimmer}) 42... Rxf4 43. Qxh5 Qd6 (43... Rf6 44. Qe5) 44. Rg3 (44.
Rxg6+ Qxg6 45. Qxg6+ Kxg6 46. exf4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4,Rf4,Rh4] ist ein (sehr)
schlechtes Turmendspiel. Die weißen Bauern sind alle schwach.}) 44... Rxf2+ 45.
Rxf2 Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 gxh5 47. Kf4 {Hier hat Weiß einen aktiven K, aber auch
gleich einen P weniger.} Kf6 48. Rg2 (48. Kg3+ Kg6 49. Kf4 Rd3 50. Rg2+ Kf6 {
->Partie}) (48. Re2 {passive Verteidigung hilft nicht.} Rd3 $19 {[%cal Yd3d1,
Yd1g1]}) 48... Rd3 49. Rg5 Rd2 50. Rxh5 Rf2+ 51. Kg4 Rg2+ 52. Kf4 Rf2+ 53. Kg4
Rxb2 54. Rh6+ Kf7 55. h5 Rb3 56. Kf4 (56. Kf5 Kg7 57. Re6 Rxe3 $19) 56... Kg8
57. Rd6 Rxa3 58. Rd7 Rb3 59. h6 Rb1 60. h7+ (60. Kf5 Kh8 $1 (60... a3 61. h7+
Kh8 62. Kg6 $11) (60... Rb6 61. Kg5 $11) 61. Kg6 (61. h7 Rb6 $19 {->Partie})
61... Rg1+ $19 {[%cal Ra4a3]}) 60... Kh8 61. Kg5 Rb6 $1 62. Kg6 c5+ 63. Kf5
cxd4 64. Rxd5 dxe3 0-1

[Event "Zug"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Thesing, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3
h6 (8... a5) 9. Re1 (9. b4 dxe4 10. dxe4 $2 (10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Bb2) 10... Qd3)
9... Re8 10. exd5 (10. Qc2 Be6 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. a3 Rad8
15. Nb3 b6 $10 {Andersson-Unzicker, Krems 67}) (10. b4 $5 a6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. a3
dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd7 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rad1 $14 {Zaitshik-Shidkov, URS 77}) 10...
Nxd5 11. a4 Bf5 $1 (11... a5 12. Nc4 Bf5 13. h3 (13. Qb3 Bxd3 14. Qxb7 e4 15.
Nfd2 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qd1 f5 $17 {McDonald-Romanishin, Tbilissi 86}) 13...
Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Be3 Bxd3 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. Red1 Qf6 18. Rxd3 e4 19. Rd4
exf3 20. Rf4 Qe7 21. Bf1 $16 {Polugaevsky-Thorsteins, Akureyri 88}) 12. Ne4 (
12. Nc4 Nb6) 12... b6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Ned2 f5 15. Nc4 Bf7 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rad1
a5 18. Bc1 Re7 19. Qb3 Rae8 20. Qb5 Nb8 21. h4 c6 22. Qb3 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24.
Nxa5 Ne3 25. c4 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 bxc4 27. dxc4 Qc8 28. Be3 Rd7 29. Rc1 e4 30. Ne1
Nc6 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. cxb5 Rb7 34. b6 Reb8 35. Rc6 Be8 36. Rc7
Rxb6 37. Bxb6 Rxb6 38. Nc2 Rxb2 39. h5 g5 40. Ne3 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rb5 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 (5. exf3) 5... e5 (5... Nd7 6.
d3 Ngf6 (6... e6 7. e4 Bd6 8. Nd2 Ne7 $10 {Gufeld-Vasiukov/URS/1972}) 7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 $14 {Yermolinsky-Ehlvest/Kuibyshev/1986}) 6.
d3 f5 $146 (6... Nf6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Nc4
Nc5 12. Be3 $14 {Degnhardt-Schmitzer/Frankfurt/1989}) 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+
9. Kxd1 fxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bg2 (11. Re1 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd7 13. f4 O-O-O 14.
Ke2 Bd6 $15) (11. f3 Nxe4 12. fxe4 Bc5 13. Ke2 Nd7 14. Be3 $10) (11. Bf5 Nbd7
12. Re1 Bd6 $10) 11... Bc5 12. Ke2 (12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Nbd7 $10) 12... O-O
13. Be3 (13. Nc3 $5) 13... Bxe3 14. Kxe3 Nbd7 15. Rd1 (15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Ke2 $14)
15... Nb6 16. Ke2 e4 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. Nf1 Nfd5 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Ne3 Re5 21. Rad1
(21. a4 $14) 21... Rfe8 22. R1d2 (22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 $14) 22... Kf7 23. b3
R8e7 (23... Nbd5 24. c4) 24. c4 (24. h4 $1 {/\ Bh3,c4+/=}) 24... Nbd7 25. h4 (
25. b4 c5 $132) 25... Nc5 26. Bh3 g6 27. Rd8 Nd3 28. Kd1 $6 {Why? The Ke2
seems well placed to me.} Re8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Kc2 $6 (30. Bf1 $10) 30... Rd8
$1 31. Kc3 $6 (31. a3 $15) (31. Kd1 $2 Nxf2+ $19) (31. Bf1 $2 Nb4+ $19) 31...
b5 32. Bf1 (32. a3 a5) 32... b4+ 33. Kc2 Ne1+ 34. Kd1 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Nf3+ 36.
Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Ke6 $1 (37... Nf3+ 38. Ke2 $10) 38. Bh3+ Ke5 39. Bc8 Nf3+ 40.
Kc2 (40. Ke2 $2 Kd4 {/\ Kc3-+}) 40... Kd4 41. Ng2 Ne5 {/\ Ng4 ><f2} 42. Nf4 $2
(42. Ne3 Nd3 43. Nd1 $17) 42... Neg4 43. Bxg4 Nxg4 44. Ne6+ Ke5 45. Nd8 c5 46.
Nb7 Kd4 47. Nd8 Nxf2 48. Ne6+ Ke3 49. Nxc5 Kf3 50. Na6 Nd3 51. c5 e3 (51... e3
52. Kxd3 e2 53. Kd2 Kf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Quebec"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 h6 8. d3
Bh7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 $5 10. a3 a5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 Nd7 $6 {12...Qd6! /\ Nd7}
13. Bh3 $1 Re8 (13... Bf6 $6 14. Bxd7 Bxb2 15. Bxc6 Bxa1 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxd5
$14) 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. Rac1 Ne6 $2 16. Qb1 $2 (16. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 $6
{17...Ra6!?} 18. Bxe5 Bxa3 19. Qxc7 $1 $16) 16... Bf6 17. Qa1 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qd6
19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bf5 {20...Re7 !?} 21. Rec1 Na6 22. Rc2 Re7 23. Rbc1 Rae8
24. e3 Bh7 25. Nb1 Rd8 26. Be2 d4 27. e4 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Nbd2
Rf8 $6 {>= 30...Nab8! deckt c6} 31. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 32. Nxd4 Nb8 (32... c5 $5 33.
Nxf5 Qxf5 34. Ne4 Qd5) 33. Nxf5 $6 {>= 33.Nc4 /\ Ne3} Qxf5 34. Ne4 Nd7 {
34...Qe5} 35. Rxc6 Ne5 {>= 35...Nf6} 36. Rc5 Nf3+ $5 (36... Qh5 $5 37. h3 $1
$16 (37. f4 $2 Nxd3 $1 38. Bxd3 Qd1+ 39. Bf1 Rxe4 40. Rxc7 Qd4+ $14)) 37. Kh1
Qg6 38. Rxa5 Qb6 {38...Ne1 !? 39.Qd4!} (38... Rxe4 $2 39. dxe4 Qxe4 40. Bc4+
Kh8 41. Qe2 $1 $18) 39. b4 Nxh2 $2 40. Qb3+ $1 (40. Kxh2 $2 Rxe4 $1 41. Qb3+
Re6 42. Re5 Rxf2+ 43. Bg2 Rff6 44. Rxe6 Rxe6 45. Bd5 Qf2+ $10) 40... Kh7 41.
Kxh2 Rxf2+ 42. Bg2 $1 (42. Nxf2 $2 Qxf2+ 43. Bg2 Re3 $1 $19) 42... Rf8 43. Rc5
Kh8 44. a4 Qg6 45. a5 Qg4 46. Qc2 c6 47. a6 Rb8 48. Rxc6 Qh5+ 49. Kg1 Rxb4 50.
Rc8+ Kh7 51. d4 Qf5 52. g4 Qg6 53. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 54. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe1 O-O {A standard position in the King's Indian attack}
11. Nh4 {Slightly unusual in this position, maybe because the white players
don't fear the exchange on f3. But generally Nh4 is one of the main ideas of
Qe1.} (11. Nc4 {the usual move: putting pressure on e5}) (11. Nb3 {Smejkal's
move /\ a4,Be3}) (11. a4) 11... Re8 12. a4 (12. Nf5 Bg6 13. g4 Nf8 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Kh1 Ne6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. c3 Qe5 22. Nbd4 h5 23. f3 hxg4 24. hxg4 $13 {Christiansen,L-Beliavsky,A/
Brussels SWIFT 5'/1992/0-1 (46)}) 12... a5 (12... Qc7 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. Bg5 Bg6 {
Kindermann-Gelfand/München/1991} 15. Rd1 $5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18.
h4 $14 {/\ Bh3 Gelfand}) 13. Nc4 Qc7 (13... Nf8 $5) 14. Bd2 b6 15. Kh1 Bg6 (
15... Nf8 $5 16. Bc3 N6d7) 16. b3 (16. c3 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Na3 b4 19. Nc2)
16... Bf8 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Nxg6 $14 hxg6 19. Qe3 (19. Rd1 $5 Na6 20. Bb2 Bb4 21.
Qe2 b5 $6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Ne3 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5]}) 19... Ncd7 20. Rfd1 Bc5 21.
Qe1 Nb8 $5 {/\ Na6. An interesting defensive plan: on a6 the N prepares the
exchange Bb4. This could ease black's problems with the defense of e5.} 22. Bf3
(22. Rd2 $5 {/\ Rad1} Na6 23. Rad1 Bb4 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qe3 {Black has
achieved the desired exchange but even then white retains his bind.}) 22... Na6
23. Qe2 (23. Bb2) 23... Nb4 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. Bb2 Na6 (25... b5 $4 26. axb5 cxb5
27. Na3 $18) 26. h4 b5 27. Ne3 (27. axb5 $5 cxb5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5
30. Rxa5 $16) 27... bxa4 28. Rxa4 (28. bxa4 Rab8 29. Nc4) 28... Nc5 29. Rc4 (
29. Ra2 $1 Nfxe4 (29... Ncxe4 $2 30. Nc4 Nd6 (30... Nc5 31. Bxe5 $18) 31. Bxe5
Re6 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qc3 $18) (29... a4 30. b4 Ne6 31. c3 $16 {/\ Qc2,Rda1}) 30.
Nc4 f5 31. Bxe4 (31. Qe1 $5 a4 32. Rda1 Qb8 33. b4 $16) 31... Nxe4 32. f3 Nc5
33. Bxe5 $16) 29... Qb6 30. Ba1 (30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Bxg4 a4) 30... Qb5 (30... a4
31. bxa4 Nxa4 32. Ng4 Nxg4 33. Bxg4 $14) 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32. Bxg4 a4 33. bxa4 (33.
b4 $6 Ne6 34. c3 Red8 $132 {[%csl Rc4]}) 33... Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Qxa4 $1 (34...
Qxe2 35. Bxe2 Nxa4 36. Bc4 Nb6 37. Bb3 $16) 35. f3 Qb4 36. Bd7 Nxd7 37. Rxd7
Qc5 38. Qd3 Ra8 39. Qc3 $2 (39. Bb2 $14) 39... Qb6 40. Rd3 $4 $138 (40. Bb2 Qb5
41. Qb3 Qxb3 42. cxb3 Ra2 43. Rd2 Bb4 $10) (40. Qc4 Rxa1 41. Qxf7+ Kh7 42. Qxf8
Rg1+ (42... Qg1+ $4 43. Kh3 Qh1+ 44. Kg4 $18) 43. Kh3 Rxg3+ $1 44. Kxg3 Qg1+
45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qg1+ $10) 40... Qb1 41. Bb2 Ra2 42. Qxc6 Rxb2 43. Rc3 Qd1
44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kg4 Qb5 46. Qc8 Qb8 47. Qd7 Rb7 48. Qd5 Rc7 49. Rxc7 Qxc7 50.
Kh3 Qc8+ 51. g4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fiorito, Fabian"]
[Black "Rosito, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 {Eine Standardstellung im Königsindischen Angriff. Weiß kann versuchen,
Druck gegen den Pe5 (Nbd2-c4, b3+Bb2, Bd2-c3) zu entfalten oder Nutzen aus der
Stellung des Bg4 (beginnend mit h3) zu ziehen, indem er entweder das
Läuferpaar erobert oder den Nf3 (über h4) nach f5 wandern läßt. Das
grundsätzliche h3 nebst g4 gibt Schwarz häufig Gegenspiel auf den Feldern
schwarzen Feldern (insbesondere f4).} Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Re8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Qe2 Qe6 16. Kg2 g6 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Be3 Bxe3
19. Nxe3 Qe7 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. b3 Re7 22. Rd2 Nf8 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Rd7 25.
Rxd7 N8xd7 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Ke7 29. g5 Nh7 30. Bg4 Nhf8 31. Nc4
Ra7 32. Kg3 Rc7 33. f4 exf4+ 34. Kxf4 Ne6+ 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. e5
Ke8 38. e6 fxe6 39. Rxe6+ Kf7 40. Rd6 Kg7 41. Ne5 Nxe5 42. Kxe5 b5 43. Ke6 bxa4
44. bxa4 Rc8 45. Rd7+ Kf8 46. Kf6 Rb8 47. Ra7 Ke8 48. Rxa5 Rb2 49. Rc5 Kd7 50.
Kxg6 Kd6 51. Rc3 Ra2 52. Kh7 Rxa4 53. Re3 Rc4 54. c3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 (7...
dxe4 8. dxe4 {is a solid line.}) 8. h3 {An important preparation.} Bh5 (8...
Bxf3 $14) 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 N5f6 (12... N5b6 13.
Ne4 Bc7 (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxe5) 14. a4 $36 (14. Bg5 $16)) 13. Nc4
Bc7 $146 (13... Nc5 14. Qa3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Be7 16. Nxe5 Ncd7 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Qe1
Bc5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14 {Vaganian-Kaidanov/Glendale/1994}) 14. Be3 {/\ Qxb7} (14.
Qxb7 $2 Nc5 {><d3}) 14... b6 {Of course this is an ugly move, but it is hard
to suggest anything better.} 15. Rfe1 Rc8 $6 (15... a6 16. d4) (15... Re8 $5) (
15... Rb8 16. d4) 16. d4 Bxf3 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 $16 {/^g2-a8}) (16... e4 17.
Nfe5 {><c6,e4}) 17. Bxf3 e4 (17... exd4 18. Bxd4 $16) 18. Bg2 Re8 (18... a6 $1)
19. Rac1 (19. Qb5 $5) 19... h6 $2 (19... Nd5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22.
Qxd5 $16) (19... a6 20. a4 (20. Red1 b5) (20. Bg5 h6) 20... h6 (20... Qe7 21.
Bg5 (21. Red1 $5) 21... Qf8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxb6 Bxb6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxb6
$16) 21. Red1 {/\ d5|^}) 20. Qb5 $1 {Increasing the control of the white
squares.} Bb8 (20... Nf8 21. Ne5 $16) 21. a4 Bc7 22. Red1 Bb8 23. b4 Qe7 24. a5
bxa5 25. bxa5 Qe6 26. d5 Qf5 27. g4 Qg6 28. d6 Rcd8 29. a6 Re6 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31.
gxf5 Ree8 32. Na5 Ne5 33. Nb7 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Bd4 Ned7 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37.
Bxe4 Rc3 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Bd3 Rb3 40. Bf1 h5 41. Rd5 Rb4 (41... Kf8 42. Bb5 Ke8
43. Rc5 $18) 42. Bb5 Nf8 43. h4 (43. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Petursson.} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7.
d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 e5 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Nh4 Nc5 (12... a5 {
wird überwiegend als Hauptfortsetzung angegeben.}) 13. Kh1 (13. Nf5 {Jansa war
mit diesem Zug 1983 erfolgreich. Es muß einen aber mißtrauisch stimmen, daß
Landa diesen Zug vermeidet und Shipov ihn zuläßt, obwohl er nach wie vor z.B.
in ECO als bestes in dieser Stellung angegeben wird.} Bc7 (13... Bf8 {Da
Shipov auch in der Partie zu diesem Zug greift, könnte es sein, daß er auch
hier diesen Zug beabsichtigt hatte.} 14. f4 {Eine Spielführung wie in
Jansa-Keene bringt hier anscheinend keinen Vorteil.} dxe4 15. dxe4 exf4 16.
gxf4 (16. Rxf4) 16... Bg6 17. Ng3 Ncxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. Bxe4 f5
$17 (19... Qb6+ 20. Kh2 f5 $17)) 19... Bxe4 (19... f5 20. Rd1 $13) 20. Bxe4 f5
21. Be5 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Qh4 $17) 14. f4 $1 $36 exf4 15. gxf4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 (16.
dxe4 $2 {Jansa} Ba5 $1 17. Qg3 Bg6 $17) 16... Nfxe4 17. dxe4 (17. Nxg7 $5 {
Jansa}) 17... Ne6 18. Qg3 Bg6 19. Rad1 $40 {Jansa-Keene/Arhus/1983}) (13. a4 {
Auch Kortschnoj traute anscheinend 13.Nf5 nicht.} Ne6 14. Nf5 Bc7 15. Nf3 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Qd4 21. Qd1 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/Tilburg 1989}) 13... Bf8 {Verteidigt den
gefährdeten Pg7 gegen eventuelle gemeinsame Attacken von Bb2 und Nf5.} 14. f4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 (15. dxe4 exf4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rxf4 Bd6 19. e5 Bxe5
20. Bxe5 Ncd7 $17) 15... Nfxe4 16. dxe4 exf4 17. gxf4 $6 {Der normale Reflex
für Königsindisch-Spieler: das Paar Pe4/f4 kontrolliert gemeinsam das Zentrum.
Hier hat die Sache aber einen taktischen Haken.} (17. Rxf4 $142 {Das macht man
sicher nicht ohne Bauchschmerzen, da jetzt Schwachstellen im Zentrum entstehen
(e4/e5). Allerdings behält Weiß dafür sehr agile Figuren.}) 17... Nxe4 $1 18.
Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxh4 $44 {Materiell sieht die Sache nicht so schlecht aus
für Weiß, er kommt aber leider nicht dazu, seinen zerrupften Königsflügel zu
konsolidieren.} 20. Kg2 (20. Qe3 {gefällt mir besser}) 20... Bg6 21. Qe2 (21.
Qe1 Qh5 $1 $36) 21... Bf5 22. Rf3 Rd8 {[%cal Yd8d6]} 23. Qf2 Qh5 {'©'
Petursson.} 24. Re1 $2 {Seltsam: Weiß gibt seinen Trumpf (die Mehrqualität)
her, und verbleibt mit seinen Problemen (offene Königsstellung, Minusbauer,
schwache Bauern).} (24. Kh2 $2 Rd2 25. Qxd2 Qxf3 $40) (24. Rg3 $142) (24. Rg3 {
Petursson} Re8 25. Re1) 24... Be4 $19 {'!' Petursson.} 25. Rxe4 Qg6+ 26. Kh2
Qxe4 27. Re3 Qb4 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. cxd3 Bc5 $1 30. d4 {Ein
trauriger Zug: der Bb2 wird degradiert. Weiß hatte aber kaum eine Wahl, da die
Qf2 den Pf4 und das Feld d2 bewachen mußte.} Bd6 31. Kg2 Qa5 {[%cal Ra5a2,
Ya5d5,Ya5f5]} 32. f5 Qxa2 33. d5 Qxb3 34. dxc6 bxc6 35. f6 Qd5+ 36. Kf1 (36.
Kf1 Bc5 37. Qg3 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qg1+ 39. Kf3 Qf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 h6 {Schwarz bereitet Be6 vor, indem er Ng5 verhindert.} 9. h3 (9. Qe2 Qc7
10. Nc4 O-O-O $6 11. h3 Be6 12. a4 g5 13. Nh2 Rg8 14. Be3 $14 {Hort,V-Kovacs,L/
Sombor 1968}) (9. b3 Bb4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c3 Be7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14.
Ne3 Be6 15. c4 $11 {Vaganian,R-Dutreeuw,M/Elista 1998}) 9... Be6 10. Qe2 (10.
Nh4) 10... Bc5 (10... Qc7 11. a4 (11. b3 b5 12. a4 Rb8 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Ne1 (14.
axb5 $5) 14... O-O 15. Nd3 Nc5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qc2 $2 19.
Bxe5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qc5+ 21. Qf2 $18 {Savicevic,V-Miladinovic,I/Cetinje 1991})
11... Bc5 12. b3 O-O (12... Nh7 $5) 13. Bb2 Nh7 14. Nc4 Ng5 15. Nxg5 (15. h4
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17. Kg2 b5 18. Ne3 Bd4 19. Rfb1 a6 20. Nd1 Nf6 21. c3 Bc5
22. Bc1 b4 $1 23. Be3 Bxe3 $15 {Casafus,R-Mascarinas,R/Buenos Aires 1994})
15... hxg5 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Rd2 Nb6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Rad1 $14 {Lobron,E-Roeder,
F/Germany 1985}) 11. b3 Qc7 (11... b5 12. Bb2 Qb8 $6 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Nd3 Bb6
15. Kh1 Nh7 16. f4 $14 {Urday,H-Cramling,P/Alicante 1989}) 12. Bb2 Nh7 {
[%cal Yh7g5] Eine Nebenidee von h6.} 13. Nc4 Ng5 {Da Schwarz noch nicht
rochiert hat, verbietet sich das Schlagen auf g5.} 14. Nfxe5 Bxc4 (14... Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxh3+ 16. Kh2 Nxf2 (16... Ng5 17. f4 $14) 17. Rxf2 Bd6 18. Qh5 g6 19.
Nxg6 Bxg3+ 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Rf6 (21. Be5 $2 fxg6 22. Bxc7 gxh5 $15) 21... Rxg6
22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bf7 24. Qxh6 $16) 15. Qxc4 (15. Nxc4 Qxg3 $15) 15...
Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Nxe5 17. Qc5 Nd7 (17... Ng6 18. Kh2 (18. Bxg7 $2 Qxg3 $17) 18...
Ne6 19. Qe3 $14) 18. Qe3 O-O 19. Qf4 Qb6 (19... Qxf4 20. gxf4 $16 {käme Weiß
mit seinem Läuferpaar entgegen.}) 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. Raf1 Qc5 ({Logisch sieht} 
21... f6 {aus, um eine Blockade auf e5 zu errichten.} 22. h4 $140 Nf7 {[%csl
Ge5]}) 22. h4 Ne6 23. Qf5 {Die Endspiele mit Verbesserung der Bauernstellung
sehen Weiß klar im Vorteil.} Qd6 (23... Qe3) 24. e5 Qc5 25. Qe4 Nb6 26. c4 Nd7
(26... Rd7 {läuft nach} 27. Bh3 {ins Leere, da Schwarz die d-Linie wegen des
Drucks gegen f7 nicht nutzen kann.}) 27. Bh3 Qe7 28. Qe3 b6 (28... a6 $143 29.
Qa7 $16) 29. Kh2 c5 {[%csl Rd5] nach b6 ist dies auf Dauer kaum zu vermeiden;
allerdings erhält Weiß jetzt ein Feld auf d5.} 30. Re1 Rfe8 31. Rd2 Ndf8 32.
Rd5 Nc7 33. Red1 $1 {Ein hübsches positionelles Qualitätsopfer.} Nxd5 34. cxd5
Ne6 (34... Ng6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kh7 (36... Qxe6 37. dxe6 Rxd1 38. h5 Nh8
39. Qe5 Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Rxb2 41. Qxb2 Rxe6 42. Qg2 $16) 37. Qe4 {[%cal Rh4h5]}
Rxd5 (37... Rf8 38. Rd2 $16) (37... Qf7 38. h5 Qf2+ 39. Kh3 Qxb2 40. Qxg6+ Kh8
41. Bf5 $18) 38. Rxd5 Qxe6 39. Re5 Qxe5 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Qf3 $16) 35. d6 Qb7 (
35... Qd7) 36. Bg2 Qd7 37. Bd5 b5 38. Qe4 Rc8 39. Bc3 a5 $2 {Hier könnte
Zeitnot im Spiel gewesen sein.} (39... c4 $5) 40. Bxa5 Qa7 (40... b4 $2 41. Bb7
Rb8 42. Bc6 Qa7 43. Bxe8 Rxe8 44. d7 Rb8 45. d8=Q+ Nxd8 46. Bxd8 $18) 41. Bd2 (
41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. d7 Qxa5 43. a4 bxa4 44. Qg6 Qd8 45. bxa4 Ra8 46. dxe8=Q+ Qxe8
$11) 41... Rcd8 (41... Rb8 $142) 42. a4 (42. Bc6 Nd4 43. Bxe8 Rxe8 $132) 42...
c4 $2 (42... bxa4 43. bxa4 $14) 43. Be3 Qa5 44. axb5 (44. Bc6 $16) 44... cxb3
45. Bc6 Qa2+ 46. Kh3 b2 (46... Rf8 47. Qf5 $16) 47. Rf1 Qb3 48. b6 f5 49. Bd5
Qc3 $2 (49... Qb5 50. Bc4 $1 fxe4 51. Bxb5 $18) 50. Qxf5 Qxe3 51. d7 $1 Re7 52.
Bxe6+ Rxe6 (52... Kh8 53. Qf8+ Rxf8 54. Rxf8+ Kh7 55. Bf5+ $18) 53. Qxe6+ Kh7
54. Qf5+ Kg8 {..} (54... Kg8 55. e6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bucharest ENE"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lupu, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 (10. exf3 $6 e5) (10. Bxf3 a5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Kh2 (12.
d4 e5 13. e3 e4 14. Be2 Ne8 15. c4 Qd8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nc7 18. Kh2 f5 $15
{Heyken-Lutz/Budapest/1989}) 12... Be5 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bg2 e5 $10 {Bayer-Lutz/
Bundesliga/1989}) 10... e5 (10... Qe7 11. c4 (11. a3 a5 12. c4 Rfd8 (12... e5
13. e4 $5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. b4 Na6 16. c5 $14 {Troyke-Ruf/Bundesliga/1993})
13. Nd4 $13 {Znamenacek-Golikov/Oberwart/1991}) 11... Ba3 $10 {Benkö-Hennings/
Siegen/1970}) (10... a5 11. a3 a4 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. Qd2 {remis/
Gschnitzer-Lutz/Wildbad/1990}) 11. c4 (11. Qe1 $6 e4) (11. Nd2 Qe7 12. e4 Ba3
13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. exd5 cxd5 15. c4 dxc4 16. dxc4 Rad8 {Jurek-Komarov/Bad
Wildbad/1991}) (11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nh4 Ndf6 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Nf5 Bc7
16. Bxe5 $10) 11... Re8 (11... Qe7 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. e3 Ba3 14. Bxa3 Qxa3 15.
cxd5 (15. d4 e4 16. Nd2 $14 {Ftacnik}) 15... Nxd5 16. Rfd1 a5 17. d4 e4 18. Ne5
Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxe4 $14 {Timman-Karpov/Jakarta/1993}) 12. Rc1 $6 (12.
Qc2 $1) 12... a5 13. Rc2 (13. a3 Qe7 {><a3}) 13... a4 14. Nd2 Qb6 (14... Qe7 $5
) 15. e3 d4 16. exd4 exd4 17. Qa1 $1 c5 (17... axb3 18. Nxb3 c5) 18. bxa4 Rxa4
19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Nf3 h6 21. a3 Raa8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Re8 24. Qd1 (24. Re2
$10) 24... Nb8 25. Bc1 Nc6 26. Rb2 b6 27. Rb5 Rb8 28. Bd2 (28. Nh4 {/\ Nf5})
28... Na7 29. Rb3 (29. Rb1 b5 $5) 29... Qe7 30. Qb1 Bc7 31. Kf1 (31. Bf4 $2
Bxf4 32. gxf4 Qd6 33. Ne5 Nh5 $17) 31... Re8 32. Qd1 Qd7 33. Qc2 Qe6 34. Rb1
Nc8 (34... Qe2+ 35. Kg1 {/\ Re1+-}) 35. a4 Qd7 36. Be1 $6 (36. Re1 $10) (36.
Qb3 $5 {/\ Qb5}) 36... Ne7 37. Nd2 Nf5 38. Kg1 Bxg3 $2 39. fxg3 Re2 40. Qd1 $2
(40. Qd1 $2 Rxg2+ $19) (40. Qc1 Rxg2+ (40... Ne3 41. Bf2) (40... Qe6 41. Bf2)
41. Kxg2 Ne3+ 42. Kh2 Qc6 (42... Qf5 $18 43. Rxb6) (42... Nfg4+ 43. hxg4 Qxg4
44. Bf2 $18) 43. Ne4 Nxe4 44. dxe4 Qxe4 45. Rb2 $18) (40. Bf1 $2 Ne3) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 Re8 7. Qc2 e5 8. e4 h6
(8... Nc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Rd1 a5 11. Nf1 Be6 $132 {Sabol,M-Mirumian,V/CZE 1998})
9. Nbd2 c5 10. Re1 Nc6 $11 {Schwarz hat keinerlei Probleme.} 11. a3 Be6 12. b3
Rc8 13. Bb2 d4 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. a4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Nfd2 b6 18. Ne3 Nb4 ({
Ein anderer Weg war} 18... Nd4) 19. Qb1 Rcd8 20. Ndc4 Nb8 ({Sicherer war} 20...
Nc6 21. Nd5 $132) 21. Bxb4 {Weiß nutzt die momentan etwas deplazierten
schwarzen Figuren zu einem Gegenspiel in der c-Linie.} cxb4 22. Nd5 {[%csl Rb8,
Rc7]} Qc5 {anders war der Pb4 nicht zu decken.} (22... Qd7 23. Nxb4 Nc6 24.
Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Rc1 $16) 23. Rc1 Rc8 (23... Nc6 $4 24. Nxe5 $18) 24. Ra2 {
[%cal Ya2c2]} Qf8 (24... Na6 25. Rac2 Qf8) 25. Rac2 Nd7 26. Nce3 Rxc2 $2 {
Die Preisgabe der c-Linie war anscheinend noch nicht notwendig.} (26... Nc5 27.
Rc4 Na6 {und Schwarz hält sich.} (27... a5 $6 28. f4 $36)) 27. Qxc2 $16 Nc5 (
27... Rd8 28. Qd2 (28. Qc7 Nc5 29. Qxa7 Nxb3) 28... a5 29. Rc6 Nc5 30. Qc2 $16)
28. a5 Rc8 $2 {Funktioniert taktisch nicht.} (28... Nd7 29. Qc7 $16) 29. axb6
axb6 30. Nxb6 $1 Rb8 (30... Nxb3 31. Qxc8 {Das war Van Wely wohl entgangen.} (
31. Nxc8 Nxc1 $17) 31... Bxc8 32. Rxc8 $18) 31. Nbd5 Rc8 32. Nc4 Nd7 33. Qd2
Bxd5 34. exd5 Qc5 35. Re1 Ra8 36. d6 Ra6 37. Bb7 Ra7 38. Bf3 Bf8 39. Qe3 Qxe3
40. Rxe3 Ra6 41. Kg2 Nb6 42. Nxb6 Rxb6 43. d7 Rd6 44. Bc6 f6 45. f4 Be7 46. Bb5
Kg7 47. fxe5 Rd5 48. exf6+ Kxf6 49. Bc4 Re5 (49... Rxd7 50. Re6+ Kg7) 50. Rf3+
Rf5 51. d4 Rxf3 52. Kxf3 Bd8 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Bb5 Kd6 55. Kd3 Kc7 56. Kc4 Be7
57. Kd5 h5 58. Ke6 Kd8 59. d5 h4 60. gxh4 Bxh4 61. h3 g5 62. Kf5 Ke7 63. Kg4
Kd8 64. d6 Be1 65. Kxg5 Bc3 66. Kf5 Be1 67. Ke6 Bh4 68. Kd5 Bg3 69. Kc6 Bf2 70.
Kd5 Bg3 71. Ke4 Bxd6 (71... Be1 72. Kd4 Bh4 73. Kc4 Be1 74. Bc6 $22 $18) 72. h4
Bg3 73. h5 Be1 74. h6 Bc3 75. h7 Ke7 76. Kd5 Bh8 77. Kc6 Be5 78. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch53"]
[Site "Belgrade "]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 (7. e4)
7... Bxf3 8. exf3 Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. Nd2 Re8 {Nimmt noch ein
Tempo mit: Weiß hat aus der Eröffnung nichts herausgeholt.} 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. Kh1
Re7 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. a4 a5 16. c3 {[%cal Yf3d4]} Bc5 17. d4 Bd6 18. Nh4 g6 19.
Nf3 Rae8 20. Kg1 Ne4 $15 {Schwarz beherrscht die einzige offene Linie, er hat
einen prächtigen und vorschriftsgemäßen Vorposten auf e4 installiert: er kann
sehr mit seiner Position zufrieden sein. Das weiße B-Paar spielt in dieser
Stellung keine Geige: sie erfüllen nur defensive Aufgaben; keiner der B ist
besser als der Ne4. Und dennoch: es ist nicht einfach für Schwarz, handfeste
Fortschritte zu erzielen.} (20... Re2 $2 21. Ne5) 21. Ng5 Ndf6 22. Qd3 h5 (
22... h6 23. Nxe4 $11) 23. Nf3 Qb3 24. Qd1 Qb6 25. Qd3 {Weiß hat
verständlicherweise an einem Remis nichts auszusetzen.} Bb8 (25... Qb3 26. Qd1)
26. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b3]} Qb3 27. Qd1 Qc4 28. Bh6 Qa6 29. Qc1 Nh7 30. Re1 Qb6 31.
Bf4 Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Qd8 (32... Qb3 {Die konsequente Fortsetzung des Spiels am
Q-flügel. Schwarz gewinnt einen P; Weiß kann aber anscheinend auf genügendes
Gegenspiel rechnen.} 33. Ne5 Qxa4 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. b3 $44 (35. Qxe4 $2 Ng5)
35... Qa2 (35... Qb5 36. b4 a4 37. Ra1)) 33. Ne5 $11 Nd6 34. Bf1 Kg7 35. Bd3 f6
36. Nf3 Rxe1+ (36... Ne4 $142 $11 {Der Abtausch aller R entlastet Weiß.}) 37.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 Ng5 39. Kg2 Qe7 (39... Qd7 40. h4 $14) 40. h4 $14 {[%csl
Gd3] Jetzt spielt sich die Position angenehmer für Weiß, da der Bd3
geringfügig wirksamer ist als die N.} Ngf7 (40... Nge4 $5) 41. Nf3 Nh6 {
Jetzt wäre Schwarz mit einem Remis sehr zufrieden ...} 42. Ng1 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Yg1e2,Ye2f4] ... aber Weiß nicht (mehr).} Nhf7 43. Ne2 Nh6 44. Qc1 g5 {
Eine radikale Methode, um Nf4 zu unterbinden. Der Zug hat aber auch Risiken:
er schwächt die schwarze Königs- und Zentralstellung erheblich.} (44... Nhf5
45. Nf4 $14) 45. hxg5 fxg5 46. Ng1 Qf6 47. Nh3 Nhf7 48. Qe3 Kg8 49. b3 {
Der Rest der Partie hinterläßt bei mir einen nervösen Eindruck: vielleicht gab
es Zeitprobleme.} h4 (49... Kg7 50. Qe2 (50. c4 Nf5 $11) 50... Kh6 51. Bc2 $36
{[%cal Ye2d3]}) 50. g4 Kg7 51. c4 Nh6 $2 (51... b6) 52. c5 $2 (52. Qxg5+ Qxg5
53. Nxg5 Nxg4 54. c5 $16) 52... Ndf7 53. f3 Kf8 54. Be2 Ng8 $1 55. f4 gxf4 56.
Nxf4 Ng5 57. Bd3 Ne7 $2 (57... Nh6 58. Ng6+ Kf7 (58... Kg7 $2 59. Nxh4 Nxg4 $2
60. Nf5+ $18) 59. Nxh4 (59. Ne5+ Kg7) 59... Nxg4 60. Qg3 Nh6 61. Qb8 Qe6 $11)
58. Nh5 Qh6 (58... h3+ 59. Kg3 Qh6 60. Qf4+ $18) 59. Qf4+ Ke8 $2 (59... Kg8 60.
Nf6+ Kg7 61. Ne8+ Kg8 62. Nd6 $40) 60. Nf6+ Kf8 61. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 {Schwarz war
aus irgendwelchen Gründen nicht an einer Auseinandersetzung über die
Hauptvarianten interessiert.} (6... c5 7. e4 Nc6) 7. e4 dxe4 (7... c5 $6 8. e5
{Dem Nf6 fehlt hier das Ausweichfeld d7.}) 8. dxe4 Nc5 (8... e5 $14 {
verhindert die folgende Einengung; Weiß steht aber auch hier etwas bequemer.})
9. e5 $146 {Das kann nur deswegen eine Neuerung sein, weil diese Stellung
selten auftritt: der Zug ist sehr logisch. Er klopft den weißen Raumvorteil
fest und öffnet dem Bg2 eine schöne Diagonale.} (9. Qe2 a5 10. Rd1 Qe8 (10...
b6 11. Nc4 Qe8 $14) 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nd4 $14 {Sale,S-Brecevic,V/
Portoroz op/1995}) 9... Nd5 10. b3 (10. Qe2) 10... a5 (10... Nc3 11. Qe1 $14 {
[%cal Yc1b2] Der Nc3 kann sich nicht behaupten.}) 11. a3 (11. Bb2 a4 {Hier
kann Schwarz eher auf Gegenspiel rechnen.}) 11... f5 (11... b5) (11... b6 12.
Bb2 Ba6 $140 13. c4 Nd3 14. Bd4 $16) 12. Bb2 $14 {[%csl Rc8] Schwarz hat kein
aktives Spiel bekommen und er muß nach wie vor das Problem des Bc8 lösen.} (12.
exf6 $4 Bxf6 $19) 12... Bd7 13. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rd7] alle vielleicht vorhandenen
Träume von einem auf h5 feselnden B oder einer Aktivierung über c6 sind damit
zerstoben.} Qe8 14. Qe2 (14. c4 Nb6 (14... Nd3 $2 15. Qc2 Nxb2 16. cxd5 $18)
15. Qc2 $14) 14... Rd8 $6 {Das erweist sich als Zeitverlust. Aber es fällt
nicht leicht einen konstruktiven Plan zu finden.} 15. c4 Nb6 16. Bc3 {[%csl
Gg2]} Ra8 17. f4 Qc8 18. g4 c6 {[%csl Rd7]} (18... fxg4 19. Qxg4 a4 {Ein auch
nicht ganz befriedgender Versuch, zu aktivem Spiel zu kommen.} 20. b4 Nb3 21.
N2xb3 (21. N4xb3 axb3 22. c5 Na4 (22... Nd5 $2 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. e6 $18) 23.
Rf3 $14) 21... axb3 22. c5 Na4 23. Qh3 $14) 19. Kh1 Be8 20. Bh3 Bg6 21. Rf3 Qd7
22. Rg3 Nc8 (22... fxg4 23. Qxg4 {[%csl Re6,Rg7]}) 23. Rag1 Bh4 $2 24. R3g2 Ne7
(24... Be7 25. gxf5 exf5 26. e6 (26. Rxg6 $5) 26... Qc7 27. Nxf5 $18) (24...
Bd8 25. gxf5 exf5 26. e6 Qc7 27. Nxf5 $18) (24... fxg4 25. Qxg4 $18) 25. g5 $18
{[%csl Rh4]} (25. Qe3) (25. N2f3) 25... Qe8 26. N4f3 Bh5 27. Qe3 Bxf3 28. Nxf3
Ng6 29. Qxc5 (29. Nxh4 Nxh4 30. Qxc5 Nxg2 31. Bxg2 $18) 29... Nxf4 30. Nxh4
Nxh3 31. Rf1 Qh5 32. Nf3 Nf4 33. Rd2 Rad8 34. Qe3 Qh3 35. Rff2 Nh5 36. Kg1 f4
37. Qe4 Ng3 38. hxg3 fxg3 39. Rg2 Rxd2 40. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Qe1 Re8 10. e4 e5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 a5 13. a3 Bf8 (13... Bc5 $5 {
Das ist sicher aktiver als der Partiezug.} 14. Ndf3 Qc7 15. Nf5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
Nf8 17. Bg2 dxe4 18. dxe4 Ne6 $132 {Danailov,S-Kramnik,V/Oviedo/1992}) 14. Kh1
{[%cal Yf2f4]} Nc5 15. Qe3 {Ein seltenes Feld für die Q. Der Zug macht nur
Sinn, weil Schwarz Nc5 gezogen hat, ansonsten müßte die Qe3 nach Bc5 den
Rückzug antreten.} dxe4 (15... Qc7 {hält die Spannung im Zentrum aufrecht. Das
aber für Schwarz auch nicht ganz ungefährlich, da der Pd5 einen Unterstützer
verliert. Ich habe allerdings keine Möglichkeit gefunden, dies unmittelbar zu
bestrafen:} 16. g4 (16. exd5 Nxd5) 16... Bg6 17. g5 $140 $6 (17. f4 $6 exf4 18.
Qxf4 Bd6 $132) 17... d4 {[%cal Yf6h5,Yh5f4]}) (15... d4 $6 16. Qe1 {[%cal
Yf2f4] würde Weiß sehr gerne sehen: die Auflösung der Spannung im Zenrum
erhöht die Kraft von f2-f4.}) 16. dxe4 Qc7 {[%cal Yc5e6,Ye6d4]} 17. Qc3 $5 {
Dieser interessante Zug gibt der Partie noch lange das Gepräge: die Qc3 greift
an vorderster Front in das taktische und strategische Geschehen ein. Zunächst
wird das beabsichtigte Ne6 unterbunden.} Nfd7 {[%cal Yc5e6] Nun geht wieder
Ne6.} 18. f4 {Nur so kann Weiß Qc3 rechtfertigen: wenn Schwarz zu Ne6-d4 kommt,
steht die Qc3 restlos verkehrt.} exf4 {Eine sehr verpflichtende Entscheidung:
Schwarz öffnet dem Weißen Diagonalen (a1-h8) und Linien (g1-g7), was speziell
den Kg8 in Gefahr bringen kann. Außerdem werden die Pe4/Pf4 mobil. Dafür
erhält er freie Schußlinien im Zentrum.} (18... f6 {Danach verläuft das Spiel
eher in ruhigen Bahnen. Ich bin nicht sicher, wie Weiß dann fortgesetzt hätte.}
19. f5 $14 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yg4g5] Die weißen Chancen liegen am K-flügel.
Allerdings sieht jetzt die Batterie Bb2/Qc3 nicht sehr wirkungsvoll aus.} (19.
Rae1 {Damit erhält sich Weiß alle Möglichkeiten.})) 19. gxf4 f6 (19... Nf6 $6 {
Das ist die allerhärteste Spielweise. Die Stellung wird dann äußerst
kompliziert, und die angegebenen Varianten sind nur Versuche, zu verstehen,
was dann passieren könnte.} 20. Nf5 $5 (20. e5 Nd5 21. Qg3 Rad8 $13) 20...
Ncxe4 $140 $2 (20... Rad8 $142 21. Ng3 (21. Rae1) 21... Ne6 (21... Rxd2 22.
Qxd2 Ncxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rae1 $16) 22. e5 Bc5 23. Nc4 (23.
exf6 $5 Bd4 24. Nxh5 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 g6 26. Ng7 $13) 23... Bd4 24. Qe1 Bxb2 25.
Nxb2 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxe5 27. Qf2 $16) 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxg7 $18)
20. Rae1 Kh8 (20... Bd6 21. e5 $5 fxe5 22. Nf5 $36) 21. e5 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3]
Gewinnt Raum im Zentrum und setzt auf die lange Diagonale (b2-g7).} Bf7 (21...
Rad8 22. Nc4 b6 23. Nf5 $16) 22. Nf5 Bd5 $2 {Allerspätestens an dieser Stelle
scheint mit das schwarze Konzept von 18...exf4 mißlungen.} (22... fxe5 23. fxe5
Be6 {Versuch einer Blockade des Pe5.} 24. Nd6 $16) 23. Qg3 (23. Bxd5 cxd5 24.
Rg1 Ne6 25. Qxc7 Nxc7) 23... Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 $40 fxe5 ({nach} 24... Ne6 25. Ne4
{müßte Schwarz doch auf e5 schlagen.}) 25. fxe5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yf5d6,Yd2c4]}
Re6 {Der R begibt sich auf Abwege; ich habe aber keine voll befriedigenden
Fortsetzungen mehr gefunden.} (25... Nxe5 $2 26. Qg3 Ncd7 27. Nc4 $18) (25...
Ne6 26. Nc4 Ndc5 27. Ncd6 Bxd6 (27... Red8 28. Nh6 $18) 28. exd6 Qd7 29. Qg4
$18) 26. Nc4 Rg6 27. Qf3 Ne6 28. Ncd6 Ndc5 (28... Nec5 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. e6 $1
$18 Nxe6 $140 31. N5h6+ Rxh6 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Qf7#) 29. Nh4 $18 Bxd6 30. exd6
Qxd6 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Qe3 Qd5+ 33. Kh2 Qg5 34. Qxg5 Nxg5 35. Re5 Nge4 36. Rf4
Rd8 37. Rfxe4 Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxc2 40. Be5 b5 41. Re3 c5 42. Rc3 Ra2
43. Rxc5 Rxa3 44. Rxb5 a4 45. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Braga, Cicero Nogueira"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 f6 8. Nbd2
Nc5 9. Qe1 (9. h3 $5 Be6 10. Qe2) 9... Ne7 10. a4 Nc8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Ne6
13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Bf3 (14. Nf5) (14. Be3 $14) (14. f4 $6) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 O-O
16. Be3 Qe7 17. a5 Rb8 18. Qc3 (18. Qe2) (18. Nfd2 $14) 18... Kh8 19. Rfd1 c5
20. Nfd2 $6 (20. Qc4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 (21... cxd4 22. c3 dxc3 23. Qxc3) 22.
Re1) 20... b5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nc4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Qd3 Bc7 24. Nxd4 exd4) (
23. Nxd6 $4 Ne2+ $19) 23... exd4 24. Qf3 (24. Qd3 $2 Bc7 25. Ncd2 b5 $17) 24...
Bc7 25. Qg4 (25. c3 $2 Qe6) 25... Qf7 26. Ncd2 Nd6 27. Ra7 $2 (27. Re1 $15)
27... Nb5 28. Ra4 (28. Raa1 c4 $17) 28... Rbe8 29. Qe2 $2 (29. h4 $17) 29...
Qd7 $1 30. Rda1 (30. Kg2 $2 Nc3) 30... f5 $19 31. e5 Bxe5 32. Qf3 Nd6 33. Ra8
c4 34. R1a7 Qe6 35. Nc1 h6 36. Ne2 Kh7 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Qc6 d3 39. cxd3 cxd3
40. Nc3 Bd4 41. Nf3 Bxf2+ (41... Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Ne4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. d4 Bf5 8. Qd1
Ncd7 {Wir sind jetzt fast in einer ganz normalen Stellung aus D11 angelangt;
es fehlt nur noch Pc7-c6. Auf dem Wege hierher haben beide Partien gleichviel 
(=3) Tempi verschenkt (Qd1-b3-c2-d1 und Nd7-c5-d7/Bc8-g4-f5).} 9. Qb3 {Weiß
möchte ausnutzen, daß Schwarz noch nicht Pc6 gespielt hat: mit diesem Zug
könnte Qb6 geschehen, was zu einer häufig gespielten Position führen würde.} (
9. O-O c6 10. Qb3 Qb6) 9... Qc8 {Dagegen landet die schwarze Q jetzt in einer
etwas passiveren Situation.} 10. Nc3 c6 {->D11} 11. Bf4 $146 {Das ist das
natürliche Feld für den B. Große Vorzüge gegenüber dem normalen 0-0 sehe ich
nicht.} (11. O-O h6 (11... Bd6 12. Nd2 {Mit dem Bd6 gewinnt dieser Plan ein
Tempo.} (12. Rd1 $2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bc2 $19 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rd7b6]
Gereben-Ragozin/Budapest-Moskau/1949}) 12... O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ndxe4 Bc7 15.
Re1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 e5 17. dxe5 (17. Be3 $14) 17... Nxe5 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Nc5 Rb8
20. Qc3 $36 {De Fotis-McCambridge/Chicago op/1986 Weiß liegt leicht in Führung,
aber Schwarz hat gute Chancen, das Spiel auszugleichen.}) 12. Bf4 (12. Re1 Be7
13. Nd2 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ndxe4 Rd8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. d5 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3
19. Rxe3 $14 {Banusic-Arbanas/CRO-chT2/1996 Nach der Öffnung wird Weiß etwas
mehr Raum beherrschen; das Spiel tendiert m.E. zum Remis.}) 12... Be7 (12... g5
$6 13. Be5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 (15... exd5) 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3
Bh7 18. Rab1 O-O-O 19. Qa4 $16 {Carlier-Villeneuve/Cannes Martinez op/1996})
13. Rac1 O-O 14. Nd2 (14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. a4 g5 17. Be3 Ng4 $132 {
Schneider-Gawehns/BL2-W/1991}) (14. Nh4 $6 {Das macht keinen Sinn.} Bh7 15. Nf3
$11 {Rechi Perez-Gajadin/Thessaloniki olm/1984}) (14. Rfe1 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6
16. Qb3 Nbd5 17. e4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Bh7 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. d5 $36 {Kestler-Eisinger/
FRG-ch/1972}) 14... g5 15. Be5 dxc4 (15... Ng4 16. cxd5 Ngxe5 17. dxe5) 16.
Nxc4 Ne8 17. e4 Bh7 18. d5 (18. f4 $5 Nxe5 (18... f6 19. Nd6 $18) 19. Nxe5 $16)
18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Ng4 h5 21. Ne3 $14 {Vadasz-Farago/HUN-ch/1968})
11... Nb6 12. Ne5 (12. c5 {Diesen Zug wollte Dreev mit 11...Nb6 provozieren.
Salov verspricht sich offensichtlich auch nichts davon.}) (12. Nd2 {[%cal
Ye2e4] Diese Methode gefällt mir etwas besser.} h6 $140 13. e4) 12... Ng4 $1
13. cxd5 {Weiß hat wenig Wahl, da nach Beseitigung des Ne5 dxc4 mit Tempo
erfolgen kann.} exd5 {Befreit die Qc8.} 14. Rc1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} (14. Nxg4 Bxg4
15. h3 Bf5) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bh3 {Beseitigt die Drohungen gegen d5 auf
aktive Weise.} 16. O-O (16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Bc7 Qg2 18. Rf1 Qxh2 19. Bxb6 axb6
20. Qxb6 Qh6 $1 $15 {[%cal Ya8b8] Die schwarze Stellung gefällt mir jetzt
besser, da er gute Aussichten hat, zu rochieren, was ihm der Weiße sicher
nicht nachmachen kann.}) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. Bf4 g5 {Hier stockte mir
ein wenig der Atem: Schwarz hat nur den Nb6 von der Grundreihe entfernt, der
Ke8 steht noch in der Mitte, und trotzdem legt er mit einem Rochadeangriff los.
Man muß allerdings sehen, daß der Zug den aktiven Bf4 mit Tempo in eine
passive Situation zwingt, und die anderen weißen Figuren erwecken auch nicht
den stärksten Eindruck. Wegen der geschwächten weißen Felder kann der
Rochadeangriff schnell an Fahrt gewinnen.} 19. Bd2 Qd7 {[%cal Ye8c8]} 20. a4 $2
{Damit wollte Weiß sicher einen weiteren Vormarsch ermöglichen; da er später
von dieser Absicht Abstand nimmt, sollte er die Zeit anderweitig nutzen.} (20.
e4 {Das sieht logisch aus: ein Gegenschlag im Zentrum gegen den angedeuteten
Rochadeangriff.} dxe4 (20... Be7) 21. Nxe4 {Mit} Qd5 $1 {kommt Schwarz
allerdings zu einem günstigen Endspiel.} (21... Qxd4 $2 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bc3
$18) 22. Rfe1 O-O-O 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 $15) (20. f3 {Gefällt mir noch am besten.} h5
(20... O-O-O 21. e4) 21. e4 dxe4 (21... h4) 22. Nxe4) 20... h5 {[%cal Yh5h4]}
21. f3 (21. a5 Nc4 22. Qc2 h4 23. Qg6+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rc2 h3+ $17 {
[%cal Yc4a5]}) 21... O-O-O 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Rcd1 {[%cal Yd2c1]} (23. a5 Bb4 (
23... a6 $2 24. Nxd5) 24. a6 b6 $17) 23... Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Bb4 25. e4 {
Verständlicherweise nimmt Weiß die Chance wahr, die Stellung im Zentrum zu
öffnen. Durch den entstehenden Kontakt der Schwerfiguren Qc2, Rd2 mit dem
Königsflügel erhöhen sich die Verteidigungschancen.} (25. Rdd1 f5 $17) 25... h4
26. g4 (26. gxh4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 (27. Qxc3 Rxh4 28. Kh1 g4 $19) 27... Rxh4 $17) (
26. exd5 hxg3 $19) 26... dxe4 27. Qxe4 h3+ 28. Kg1 Rhe8 29. Qg6 (29. Qd3) 29...
Qd6 30. Qh7 $2 {Weiß möchte den Ph3 verhaften; Schwarz ist aber schneller im
Zentrum.} (30. Qf5+ Kb8 (30... Qe6 31. Qxe6+ Rxe6 $17) 31. Rd3 Re6 $17 (31...
Bxc3 $2 32. bxc3 Re2 33. f4 $13)) 30... Qf4 $19 31. Rd3 (31. Qf5+ Qxf5 32. gxf5
Re3 $19) 31... Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 (33. Rf2 Qxd4 34. Qxh3 Bc5 $19) 33...
Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Solin 7th"]
[Site "Solin"]
[Date "1999.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Be6 {Ein ungewöhnlicher Zug; Schwarz
schränkt sich ohne Zwang ein.} ({Es sprach nichts gegen die normalen
Alternativen} 4... Bf5) (4... Bh5) 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nd2 (6. Nd3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. c3
Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 Ngf6 (10... e5 $5) 11. Nd2 g5 (11... e5 $5) 12. Nd3
Bxd3 13. exd3 g4 14. f4 Qc7 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Nf1 h4 $13 {Grujic,
Z-Vlatkovic,S/Tivat/1995}) 6... Ngf6 (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 g6 {[%cal Yf8g7] kam
in Betracht.}) 7. O-O g6 8. Ndf3 {[%cal Yf3g5]} h6 $6 {Nicht unbedingt
notwendig:} (8... Bg7 9. Ng5 Nxe5 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. dxe5 Ng4 $132 {z.B.} 12.
Bh3 Nxe5 13. Bxe6 Qd6 {und trotz des weißen Läuferpaars hat Schwarz wenig
Sorgen.}) 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Qc1 $14 {[%cal Yc2c4] Verhindert die schwarze Rochade.
} Ng4 11. Nxg4 Bxg4 12. c4 Nf6 13. b3 Bxf3 (13... Qc8 $5) 14. exf3 h5 {
Bereitet die Rochade vor.} 15. h4 O-O 16. Qc2 Ne8 17. Rad1 e6 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19.
Bh3 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und er steht aktiver.} Re8 20. Bf4 a5 21. a4 Qd7
22. c5 $1 Nf5 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. Bxf5 gxf5 {Schwächt den Königsflügel,} ({aber
nach} 24... exf5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Re1 $16 {beherrscht Weiß die einzige
offene Linie.}) 25. Be5 f6 $2 ({Besser gefällt mir} 25... Bxe5 {, aber die
schwarze Stellung bleibt nach} 26. Rxe5 ({oder} 26. dxe5) 26... Kh7 {gefährdet.
}) 26. Bd6 $16 Kf7 27. f4 b6 28. Qf3 Kg6 29. Re3 bxc5 30. Bxc5 e5 31. fxe5 fxe5
32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Qd3 Rg8 36. Kf1 Kh7 $6 {Es gab
kaum noch eine Rettung.} (36... Rb8 37. Re3 $18 {[%cal Rd3e2]}) 37. f4 $2 (37.
Be7 $18 {hätte die Partie sofort beendet.}) 37... Bc3 38. Re3 (38. Be7 $142 Qg7
39. Re6 $18) 38... Ba1 (38... Bb4 39. Bxb4 axb4 40. Qe2 Qg6 41. Re7+ Rg7 42.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qe7+ $18) 39. Re7+ $6 (39. Qe2 {war genauer.}) 39... Rg7 40. Re3
Qg6 41. Qe2 d4 (41... Qg4 42. Qxg4 fxg4 43. Bb6 $18) 42. Rd3 Rd7 (42... Qg4 43.
Qxg4 hxg4 44. Bb6 Bc3 45. Bxd4 Bxd4 46. Rxd4 Rb7 47. Rd3 $16) 43. Qd1 Bb2 44.
Qd2 Qe6 $2 ({Mehr Widerstand leistet} 44... Ba1) 45. Qxb2 Qd5 46. Qe2 $2 ({
Weiß konnte die Figur nehmen, es ist kein Dauerschach zu sehen:} 46. Qc2 Qh1+
47. Ke2 Qg2+ 48. Kd1 $18 {[%cal Yd1d2,Yd2c1,Yc1b2] und der König entkommt zum
Damenflügel.}) 46... Qxc5 47. Qxh5+ Kg7 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kg7 50. Qf3 Re7
$1 {Nun ist die Lage nicht mehr so klar.} 51. g4 Qc1+ 52. Rd1 (52. Kg2 Re4 (
52... Re1 53. gxf5 $16) 53. gxf5 Rxf4 54. Qe2 Kf8 $132) 52... Qe3 (52... Re3
53. Rxc1 Rxf3+ 54. Ke2 fxg4 55. Rxc6 Rxb3 $14) 53. Kg2 (53. Qxe3 Rxe3 54. Rxd4
fxg4 $14) 53... Qxf3+ (53... fxg4) 54. Kxf3 Re3+ 55. Kf2 c5 (55... fxg4 56.
Rxd4 Rxb3 $11) 56. g5 Kg6 57. Rg1 Rxb3 (57... Re4 58. h5+ Kxh5 59. g6 Rxf4+ 60.
Ke2 Re4+ 61. Kd3 Re8 62. g7 Rg8 63. Rc1 Rxg7 64. Rxc5 Rg3+ $11) 58. h5+ Kxh5
59. g6 Kh6 $4 (59... Rb8 60. g7 Rg8 61. Rg5+ Kh6 (61... Kh4) 62. Rxf5 c4 (62...
Kxg7 63. Rxc5 Kf6 64. Rxa5) 63. Rxa5 Rxg7 $11) 60. g7 Rb2+ 61. Kf3 Rb3+ 62. Ke2
1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soppe, Guillermo"]
[Black "Valiente, Cristobal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. e3
O-O (8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. f4 Ne8 12. Nxg6 fxg6 $6 (12... hxg6
13. Nf3 $14) 13. Nf3 $16 {Kir.Georgiev-Hübner/Wijk/1988}) 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4
Nfd7 $5 (10... Nbd7 {->Georgiev-Hübner}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. f4 e5 13. fxe5 (13.
f5 gxf5 14. gxf5 $13) 13... Nxe5 14. d4 $1 Ned7 15. c3 {/\ e4} Na6 (15... f5 $2
16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Qh5 $18) 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qb3 Qb6
20. g5 (20. Bf4 $14) 20... Bd8 21. Qc4 Nc7 22. a4 a5 23. h4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5
25. Qxd5 Bc7 26. Qg2 (26. Qf3 $5) 26... Rae8 27. Bf4 Re7 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Rae1
Rfe8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Qf3 Qd7 $44 32. Ra1 $6 (32. b3 Qe8 33. Kg2 Re3 34. Qxb7
Qe6 $19) 32... Qe8 33. Kf2 b5 34. Rh1 $2 (34. axb5 Qxb5 35. Rb1) 34... bxa4 35.
h5 $2 (35. Rd1 $2 Re4 36. Rd2 Rxh4 $19) (35. Qd3 Re4 36. Rh3 Rf4+ 37. Kg2 Qe1
38. Qe3) 35... Qb5 $19 (35... gxh5 36. Qxh5) 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rh4 Rf7 38. Rf4
Qxb2+ 39. Kg3 (39. Kg1 Qc1+ $19) 39... Qb8 0-1

[Event "Bahrain"]
[Site "Bahrain"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BAH"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 (5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e5
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. e3 Bd6 {Anastasian-Hodgson, Erevan 1988}) 5... e5 6. O-O Bd6 7.
e4 Ne7 (7... dxe4 $6 8. dxe4 $14) 8. h3 (8. Re1 O-O 9. c3 f5 10. h3 fxe4 11.
dxe4 Bh5 {Nikolic-Barbero, Belgrad GMA op 1988}) 8... Bh5 9. Qe2 (9. Re1 $5)
9... f6 10. d4 O-O 11. g4 Bf7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. dxe5 Re8 $10 15.
Qd3 Nxe5 16. Ncxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. c4 Nc7 19. Qc3 Re7 20. Be3 Rd7 21. b3
Ne6 22. Rfe1 Qc7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bf1 c5 26. Bg2 Nf4 27. Bxf4
Qxf4 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Kf8 30. Re2 g5 31. Be4 Bg6 32. Bd5 Bf7 33. Be4 Bg6
34. Bd5 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Ne5 a5 10. e4 Bh7 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Kh1 (14.
Rfe1 Bf6 15. d4 Qb6 16. e5 Be7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Red8 $132 {Mascarinas,
R-Villamayor,B/Vung Tau 2000}) 14... Nf8 $146 {Normalerweise ist der Aufbau
mit Bh7 mit Expansionsplänen am Damenflügel verbunden. Hier verfolgt Schwarz
aber weit weniger agressive Ziele: er baut eine Auffangstellung auf. Dieser
Plan paßt aber besser zu Bg4 (statt Bf5).} ({Aktiver ist} 14... a4 15. b4 b5
16. f4 (16. c4) 16... c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qh5 Nb6 20. Nf3 Rc8
$132 {Dizdar,G-Sveshnikov,E/Sarajevo 1983}) 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Bg6 17. Qe3 Bf7
18. g4 $14 c5 19. a4 d4 {Gibt auf lange Sicht die Option c5-c4 auf und stärkt
den weißen Bauernvormarsch am Königsflügel. Dafür wird der Bb2 eingeschränkt.}
20. Qf2 Nd7 21. g5 {Versucht Nutzen aus der Schwerfigurenbatterie in der
f-Linie zu ziehen; da Schwarz kaum aktive Möglichkeiten besaß, gefällt mir ein
langsames Vorgehen besser.} hxg5 22. fxg5 Rf8 $1 {Nun bekommt der schwarze
Figurenhaufen konkrete Aufgaben.} (22... fxg5 $2 23. Nxg5 $16) 23. Qg3 (23.
gxf6 Bxf6) 23... fxg5 24. Bc1 Qb8 25. Nxg5 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rae8 27. Bh3 Bxg5 28.
Bxg5 Bh5 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30. Rf1 b6 31. Kg2 Bf7 32. Bf4 e5 33. Bg5 Nh7 34. Bd7
$4 {Was mag Kacheishvili sich hierbei gedacht haben ?} (34. Bd2 Be6 35. Bxe6+
Rxe6 $11 {riecht nach Remis.}) 34... Nxg5 35. Bxe8 Bxe8 {Die einzige Hoffnung
von Weiß (auf ein Remis!) ist der geschlossene Charakter der Stellung.} 36. g4
(36. Rf5 Nf7 $19) 36... Bd7 37. Kg3 Be6 38. Kh4 Nf7 39. g5 Nd8 40. g6 Nc6 41.
Rf2 Nb4 42. Kg5 Na2 43. Rf3 Nc3 44. Rf1 Ne2 45. Rf2 Nf4 46. Rf1 Kf8 47. Rh1 Bh3
48. Kh4 Bg2 49. Rh2 Ke7 50. Kg5 Bh3 51. Rh1 Kd6 52. Rh2 c4 $1 53. bxc4 (53.
dxc4 Ke6 $19) 53... Bd7 54. Rh1 Ne6+ 55. Kf5 Nc5+ 56. Kg5 Bxa4 57. Rb1 Kc7 58.
Kf5 Bxc2 59. Rh1 Bxd3 60. Rh7 Bxc4 61. Rxg7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qe2
Bh7 9. e4 c5 10. Ne5 $1 Nbd7 11. f4 (11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 (13. Nf3
Nc7 {Gutman-Dworetzki, URS 1979} 14. Bf4 $14) 13... Nc7 14. Nf3 d4 (14... Qb5
15. c4 Qd7 $10 {Vasiukov-Capelan, Vrsac 1987}) 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Ne4 $10 {
Podgaez-Ubilava, URS-ch 1983}) 11... dxe4 $6 {N} (11... c4 $5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13.
e5 (13. dxc4 dxe4 $10) 13... cxd3 14. cxd3 Ne8 15. Nb3 Nc7 $13 {Leski-Adianto,
San Francisco 1987}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 (12... exd3 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qf3 (14. cxd3
Bxd3 15. Qf3 Bxf1 16. Nxf1) 14... dxc2 $13) 13. dxe4 Rac8 {/\ c4} 14. Kh1 c4
15. Nb1 $1 Rfd8 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Bd2 b6 19. a3 Bc5 20. Be1 Bd4 21.
g4 Kh8 (21... g5 $2 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qe3 $18) 22. Bf3 Ng8 23.
Rd2 Ne7 24. Rad1 Bxc3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Ng6 28. Qd4 $1 $18
e5 29. fxe5 Qe6 30. Kg1 Nf4 31. Qd8+ Bg8 32. Kf2 Qc6 33. h4 b5 34. Qd6 Qc8 35.
Ke3 Ne6 36. Ba5 Bh7 37. Qe7 Bg8 38. Qxa7 Nf8 39. Qc7 Qa6 40. Qb6 Qa8 41. Qxb5
Ng6 42. h5 Nf8 43. Bb6 Ne6 44. a4 Ng5 45. a5 Qc8 46. a6 Bh7 47. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bxf3 (8... Bh5 9. exd5 (9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4) 9... cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Qb3 $16 {Vaganian hat in mehreren Partien gezeigt, daß die schwarze
Stellung schon sehr schwierig ist.}) 9. Qxf3 (9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 a5
12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Re2 dxe4 15. dxe4 b5 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18.
Ree1 axb4 19. cxb4 Ra3 20. Bc3 $14 {Smejkal,J-Palatnik,S/Hradec/Kralove 1981})
9... O-O 10. exd5 $146 (10. b3 $5 {[%cal Yc1b2]}) (10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nf1 d4 12.
c3 c5 13. a4 a6 14. h4 b5 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Bh3 Reb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 Rxa1
19. Rxa1 h6 $11 {Damljanovic,B-Kosic,D/Podgorica/1993}) (10. Qe2 Re8 11. b3 a5
12. a3 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nf8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 Qd8 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Rfe1 $14 {
Starosek,K-Burmakin,V/RUS-Cup3 Omsk/1996}) 10... Nxd5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc4 Bc7
13. Bd2 $14 {Weiß hat angesichts des Läuferpaars das bequemere Spiel.Wenn er
angesichts der soliden schwarzen Stellung zum Erfolg kommen will, muß er
irgendwann Spiel auf der Diagonalen h1-a8 finden.} N5b6 14. Na5 Rb8 15. b4 Nf6
16. Nb3 Nbd7 17. Rad1 {[%cal Yc2c4,Yd2c3]} Bd6 18. c4 {Damit ist das erste
strategische Teilziel erreicht: der Nd5 muß weichen. Danach findet der bislang
passive Bd2 auf c3 einen Idealposten.} Qc7 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. a3 g6 21. Qe2 {
Weiß hat es nicht eilig, da Schwarz wenig unternehmen kann.} (21. d4 $5 exd4 (
21... e4 22. Qe3 $14 (22. Qe2 e3 23. Rd3)) 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8
Nxe8 $14) 21... Re6 22. Qc2 Rbe8 23. d4 {Stellt Schwarz vor eine schwierige
Wahl.} exd4 (23... e4 $6 {Der Pe4 ist eher schwach.} 24. Nc5 (24. Bd2) 24...
Bxc5 25. dxc5 e3 26. Bd4 $16) 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Nxd4 Re8 26. Bd2 Nh5 27. Bc1
Bg7 28. Ne2 Ne5 29. Be3 a5 30. Qb3 axb4 31. axb4 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. b5 $1 (
33. f4 Nd7 (33... Qd3 34. Qxd3 Nxd3 35. g4 Nf6 36. b5 $16) (33... Nd3 34. b5
$16) 34. g4 Nhf6 35. b5 $36) 33... Qa5 34. Nd4 $2 {Ab hier habe ich den
Eindruck, daß Weiß seine (schöne) Stellung nicht richtig nutzt. Vermutlich war
hier Zeitnot im Spiel.} (34. bxc6 $142 bxc6 35. Nd4 $16) 34... c5 35. Nf3 b6
36. Qd1 $2 (36. Kh2 $14) 36... Nxc4 37. Qd8+ Bf8 38. Bh6 Ng7 39. Kh2 $2 {
Erst mit diesem Zug wirft Weiß die Partie endgültig weg.} (39. Ng5 $1 Nd6 (
39... Qxb5 $2 40. Ne4 $16) 40. Nxh7 $13) 39... Qxb5 $19 40. Ng5 Qe8 41. Qf6 Nh5
42. Qc3 Bxh6 43. Ne4 b5 0-1

[Event "Lisbon zt"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Silva, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Re1 $146 (9. h3 Bxf3 $6 10. Nxf3 $14 {Tischer-Backwinkel/BL/1986}) 9...
Bh5 10. h3 h6 (10... a5 $5) 11. Nf1 Re8 $6 12. Bd2 a5 13. Rad1 Bg6 14. e4 dxe4
15. dxe4 Qb6 $6 (15... Qc7) 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1
Rd8 20. Nd2 Bc5 $2 (20... Nd7 21. Bd4 Qc7 $13) 21. Kh2 $1 Qa7 (21... Bxf2 $4
22. Nc4 $18) (21... Nd7 $2 22. Nc4) 22. f4 Be7 23. Bd4 Bc5 (23... Qa8 $5) 24.
Bxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Nc4 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Kg7 (26... b5 $2 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Nxa5 Bb6
29. Nxc6 $18) 27. Qf3 b5 28. Nd2 Bg1+ 29. Kh1 Be3 30. Nf1 Bc1 31. f5 exf5 32.
exf5 Bh7 33. b3 Qd7 34. g4 {Completing the cage} c5 35. Ng3 Bg5 36. Nh5+ Kh8
37. Qa8+ Bg8 38. Qf8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8.
a3 (8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 c6 13. e4 Nfd7 14.
Rad1 Re8 15. h3 Qf6 16. Nh2 a5 $10 {Dizdar,G-Campos,J/Barcelona Vulca/1991})
8... a5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Qc2 $146 (12. Bg2 Re8 13. Qc2
Qe7 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nf8 16. Kh2 Ne6 17. f4 Nd4 18. Qd1 Red8 19. e5 Nd5 20.
Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qd3 $14 {Karlsson,L-Sehner,N/Slupsk/1987}) 12... Qb8 13. Bf4 Qa7
(13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e4 $14 (15. Rad1 $5)) 14. Rad1 {Wei� besetzt
erst die d-Linie, bevor er zum geplanten Pe4 schreitet.} (14. e4) 14... Rfe8 (
14... d4 $6 {Danach w�ren zwei wertvolle Figuren zu reinen
Deckungsfunktionen degradiert.}) 15. e4 dxe4 (15... Bd4 $6 16. exd5 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Nxd5 18. Bc1 $16) 16. dxe4 {Wei� kann mit der Er�ffnung zufrieden
sein: er hat das B-Paar und eine Majorit�t im Zentrum. Momentan hat Schwarz
diese Majorit�t geb�ndigt; er kann seinem Spiel aber schwer eine Spitze
geben und langfristig hat Wei� eben doch Chancen, die P(e4,f2) in Gang zu
setzen.} Nf8 17. Kg2 Ng6 (17... Ne6 18. e5 $16) (17... Bd4 18. Ne2 $14) 18. Bg5
Bd4 19. Ne2 Be5 20. Be3 Qb8 21. Kh1 Bc7 22. Bg2 Qc8 23. Nc3 b5 24. Ne2 Ne5 25.
Bd4 Nc4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qc1 $1 (27. b3 $5 Nxa3 28. Qc5 b4 29. Nd4 $44) 27...
a4 28. Qh6 Be5 (28... Nxb2 29. Nf4 $1 (29. Nd4 Bd6 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Qxf6 Nxd1
32. Qg5+ $10) 29... Be5 (29... Nxd1 30. Nh5 $18) (29... Bxf4 30. gxf4 Qe6 31.
Rg1 Kh8 32. f5 Qe7 33. Rd7 Qf8 34. Qxf6+ Qg7 35. Qxc6 $18 (35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.
e5 $18)) 30. Nh5 f5 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. exf5 exf5 35.
Bxc6 $14) 29. f4 $2 {Wei� bricht die Br�cken hinter sich ab; dazu gab es m.
E. keinen Anla�.} (29. Nd4 {Zumal es eine gefahrlose Alternative gab, mit
der Wei� auch seinen Angriff verfolgen konnte.} Bxd4 (29... Nxb2 $4 30. Nf5
$18) 30. Rxd4 Qe6 (30... Nxb2 $2 31. e5 $18) 31. e5 f5 32. Qg5+ Kh8 (32... Qg6
33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34. Bxc6 $18) 33. f4 Rg8 34. Qh4 Nxb2 (34... Rg6 35. Rfd1) 35.
Rd6 $40) 29... Bxb2 30. g4 Bxa3 (30... Ne3 31. Ng3 (31. e5 Re6 (31... Nxg2))
31... Nxf1 (31... Nxd1 32. Nf5 $18) 32. Bxf1 Re6) 31. e5 Bf8 (31... Re6) 32.
Qh4 (32. Qxf6 Ne3) 32... Ne3 33. Be4 h6 34. Ng3 Nxd1 35. Nh5 Qd8 $2 (35... Rd8
$142 {Wenn ich nicht irgendetwas Geniales �bersehen habe, konnte Schwarz an
dieser Stelle sich verteidigen:} 36. Nxf6+ (36. Qxf6 Qe6) (36. Bf5 Qc7) 36...
Kh8 37. g5 (37. Qh5 Qe6 $19) (37. Bf5 Qb7) 37... Qe6 38. gxh6 Be7 $19) 36.
Nxf6+ Kh8 37. Qh5 Qxf6 $8 (37... Qc8 38. Qxf7 $18) 38. exf6 Rxe4 (38... Ne3 39.
Qxf7 Rxe4 40. g5 Nf5 41. g6 $18) 39. Rxd1 a3 40. Qxf7 a2 41. Ra1 Rea4 42. g5
R4a7 43. Qe6 c5 44. g6 c4 45. g7+ Rxg7 46. fxg7+ Bxg7 47. Qc6 Ra3 48. Qe8+ Kh7
49. Qe7 b4 50. f5 1-0

[Event "Bad Endbach"]
[Site "Bad Endbach"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gutman, Lev"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c3 {/\ Qb3, this is Gutman s own
idea.} Nbd7 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. d3 e6 8. Be3 Bc5 $1 (8... Qxb3 9. axb3 $14) 9. Bxc5
Nxc5 10. Qc2 Ncd7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Bxf3 15. Nxf3
e5 16. Nd2 {Gutman wants to prove that the B is preferable to the N.} a5 17.
Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Ne6 {><d4} 21. Qc3 Rfd8 22. a3 Ra6 23.
Red1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 g6 25. h4 Ra8 26. Kf1 Rd8 (26... Nd4 $5 27. f4 (27. Nd5 Qd8
28. Nxf6+ Qxf6) 27... Rd8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5) 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Nd5 Qd6 (
28... Nxd5 $2 29. exd5 $18) 29. Nxf6+ {As White wants to prove the advantage
of a B to a N, he can exchange the other pieces.} Qxf6 30. f4 {White wins a P,
but it is difficult to win the game, because the black pieces spring to life
again.} (30. Qc5 $5 $14 {/\ Ke2,Bg2-h3-d7}) 30... Kg7 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5 f6
33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Kf2 Ke5 35. Ke3 Nf7 36. Bf1 (36. Bh3 Nd6 37. Bd7 Nc4+ (37...
Nxe4 38. Bxc6 Nxg3 39. Bxb5 Nf5+ 40. Kf2 Nxh4 41. a4) 38. Kd3 Kd6 $132) 36...
Nd6 37. Bd3 h6 38. Kf3 Nf7 39. Bc2 Kd4 40. Kf4 Ne5 41. g4 Nf7 42. h5 Ne5 43.
hxg6 Nxg6+ 44. Kf5 Ne5 45. a4 bxa4 46. Bxa4 Nd3 47. Bd1 (47. Bxc6 Nxb4 48. Bb7
Nd3 49. Kg6 Nf2 $10) 47... Nxb4 48. e5 c5 49. Bf3 c4 50. e6 (50. Bb7 $2 c3)
50... Na6 51. e7 Nc7 52. Bc6 c3 53. Ba4 (53. e8=Q $4 Nxe8 54. Bxe8 c2 $19)
53... Kd5 54. Kf6 Ke4 55. Kf7 Kd5 56. Bb3+ Kd6 57. Kf6 c2 58. Bxc2 Nd5+ 59. Kg7
Kxe7 60. Kxh6 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korzubov, Peter"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
Ne7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. g4 (10. c3 Qc7 11. Re1 f6 12. d4 Rae8 $10 {
Strikovic-Blagojevic, Jugoslawien 1990}) (10. b3 Be5 11. Rb1 Bc3 $13) 10... Bg6
11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Ndf3 Rae8 13. Bd2 f6 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 $15 {><f4} 15. Rae1 Bf4 16.
exd5 Bxd2 (16... exd5 $6 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 18. Rxe8+) 17. Qxd2 cxd5 18. Nd4 Nf4 19.
Nb5 Qb8 20. c4 a6 21. Nc3 Qd6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. d4 f5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rf8
26. Qe3 fxg4 27. hxg4 h6 28. Qe7 Rf6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 $10 30. Re3 Kf7 31. Rf3 Rf6
32. Rg3 Nb6 33. g5 Rf5 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Bf1 Rf6 36. a4 Nd7 37. Ne2 Nxe2+ 38.
Bxe2 Rb6 39. Bh5+ Kf6 40. Be8 Nf8 41. Rf3+ Ke7 42. Bh5 Nd7 43. Re3+ Kd8 44. b3
Rb4 45. Rd3 Ke7 46. Kf1 Nb8 47. Ke2 Nc6 48. Ke3 Kf6 (48... Na5 49. Bd1) 49. Bf3
Ke6 50. Bg4+ Kd6 51. Bd1 b5 52. axb5 Rxb5 53. Kd2 Rb4 54. Kc3 a5 55. Rd2 Na7
56. Be2 Rb8 57. Rd1 Re8 58. Kd3 Rb8 59. Kc3 Rf8 60. Rh1 Rxf2 61. Rxh6+ Kc7 62.
Rh7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Podgorica"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Lazic, Miroljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. a3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxf3 $6 (12... e5) 13. Qxf3 Be5
$6 {The point of 12...Bxf3} (13... e5 $14) 14. Bxe5 $1 (14. c3 {/\ Qe2,f4})
14... Nxe5 15. Qe3 Rfd8 (15... Ned7 16. e5) 16. f4 Ned7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qf2 Qc5
(18... Nc3 19. Nc4) 19. Ne4 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 $16 {><d6} f6 21. c4 Nc7 22. exf6
Nxf6 (22... gxf6 23. Nd6 $16) 23. Rad1 Nxe4+ 24. Bxe4 g6 25. Ke3 Kf7 26. g4 Ne8
27. Bf3 Ke7 (27... h6 $1) 28. h4 Ng7 29. Be4 Ne8 30. h5 Nf6 31. Bf3 gxh5 $2 (
31... Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rd8 $2 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. g5 Nd7 (35... Ng8
36. Be4 Ne7 37. Kd4 b6 38. Ke5 $18) 36. Be4 Nf8 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. c5 $18) 32. g5
Ne8 33. Bxh5 Nd6 34. Bg4 h6 35. gxh6 Rh8 36. Rh1 Rag8 37. Kf3 Rg6 38. h7 Rg7
39. Rde1 $18 Rg6 40. f5 Nxf5 41. Bxf5 Rf6 42. Rxe6+ Rxe6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Ke4
1-0

[Event "Donner Memorial-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nd7 6. f4 Ngf6 (6... e6 7. Qe2
Ngf6 8. f5 e5 9. f4 e4 10. g4 h6 11. d3 Qa5+ 12. Kd1 O-O-O 13. Bg2 exd3 14.
cxd3 Re8 $17 {Miles-Fries Nielsen/BL/1990}) 7. f5 (7. Bg2 $14) 7... g6 8. Bh3 (
8. fxg6 hxg6) 8... Bg7 9. O-O gxf5 10. Bxf5 e6 11. Bh3 h5 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Nc3
O-O-O 14. Kh1 Qc7 (14... h4 $2 15. g4 Qc7 16. f4 $16) 15. f4 Rdg8 16. Nd1 Ng4
17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Ne3 Ndf6 19. Ng2 (19. d3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 h4 $17) 19... Ne4 20.
Rf3 Qb6 21. Raf1 Rhg8 22. d3 (22. Qe1 {/\ d3} Qd4) 22... Nc3 23. Qe1 Nb5 $2 {
/\ Nd4} (23... Qd4 $1 $17) (23... Nxa2 $5) 24. c3 Nd6 25. Nh4 {><f5} Kb8 $2 (
25... Qc7 26. f5 e5 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. R3f2 f6 29. Ng6 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxg6 31.
Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Qe7) (25... Nf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Re3) 26.
Bxg4 hxg4 27. R3f2 Qc7 (27... Re8 $4 28. Qe5 $18) 28. f5 Re8 (28... exf5 29.
Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 $16) 29. Re2 Qd7 30. Re5 Rgg8 31. fxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 (
32... fxe6 33. Rf6 Re8 34. Qe5 $16) 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. c4 dxc4 35. dxc4 Rg5 $1 (
35... Kc7 36. c5 Ne4 37. Rf7+ Kc8 38. b4 $16) (35... c5 $2 36. Rf6 Re8 37. Rg6
$18) 36. Re1 e5 37. h3 gxh3 38. Kh2 {/\ Nf3} e4 (38... Nf5 39. Rxe5 (39. Nxf5
Rxf5 40. Kxh3) 39... Nxh4 40. Re8+ Kc7 41. gxh4 Rg2+ 42. Kxh3 Rxa2 43. h5 Ra1
44. Re3) (38... Nf7) 39. Kxh3 Kc7 40. g4 a5 $2 (40... c5 41. Kg3 Rg8 $16) 41.
Kg3 Rg8 (41... c5 42. Kf4 Rg8 43. Nf5 Nxf5 44. Kxf5 $18) 42. c5 Ne8 43. Rxe4
Nf6 44. Rc4 Rg5 45. Nf3 Rxc5 46. Rxc5 Ne4+ 47. Kf4 Nxc5 48. g5 (48. Ke5) 48...
Kd6 49. Kf5 Ne6 50. g6 Ke7 51. Ke5 Nc7 52. Ng5 Ne8 53. Ne6 Nf6 54. Nd8 $1 a4
55. Nxb7 axb3 56. axb3 Nd7+ 57. Kf5 c5 58. Nd6 Nb6 (58... Nb6 59. g7 $18) (
58... Kxd6 59. g7 $18) (58... Nf6 59. Ne4 Nd7) 1-0

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O Be6 6. c3 (6. c4) 6... f5 7. Qa4
(7. e4 $5 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 fxe4 10. Nfd2) 7... Qd7 8. b4 e4 9. b5 exf3
10. bxc6 Qxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 12. Bxf3 Nf6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nb3 c5 15. Be3 Nd7
16. c4 d4 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Na5 (18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Rfb1 $14) 18... Rb6 19. Nc6 (
19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nc6 $14) 19... Bxf4 20. gxf4 g5 21. Nxa7 gxf4 22. Rfb1 Ke7
23. a4 Ne5 24. a5 Rg8+ 25. Kf1 Ra6 26. Rb7 (26. Nb5 $6 Kd7) 26... Bd7 27. Bd5
$2 (27. Rxc7 Nxf3 28. exf3 Ra8 29. Nb5) 27... Ra8 28. Nb5 c6 29. Nc7 Rxa5 30.
Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Bg8 Kd6 (31... f3 $1) 32. Bxh7 $2 (32. f3) 32... Ra1+ 33. Kg2 f3+
34. exf3 Nxd3 35. f4 Ne1+ 36. Kg3 d3 37. Bxf5 Bxf5 38. Ne8+ Ke6 39. Kh4 Nf3+
40. Kh5 Rg1 41. Nc7+ Kd7 42. Nb5+ Kd8 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rb6 Rh1 46.
Rxc6+ Be6 47. f5 Kxf5 48. Rxc5+ Ne5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a3 {In den meisten Fällen geschieht a2-a3 erst als Antwort auf a5 oder
Qe7 (um Ba3 zu verhindern). Wenn Schwarz keinen besonderen Ehrgeiz danach
entwickelt, landet man wieder in den Hauptvarianten.} Rc8 $146 {Legt die
Position des R sehr früh fest.} (9... a5 {Das ist in jedem Fall ein nützlicher
Zug. Weiß entscheidet sich dann entweder für das Reti-System (Pc4) oder den
Königsindischen Angriff (Pe4). Er kann die Entscheidung auch noch ein wenig
vertagen (z.B. mit Ph3).}) 10. e4 (10. c4 $5 {Bei einem Reti-Aufbau ist es
zweifelhaft, ob der R auf c8 richtig steht.}) (10. b4 {[%cal Yc2c4]}) 10... a5
11. Qe1 b5 12. Kh1 {Macht den Pf2 (nach Wegzug des Nf3 nach h2 oder g1)
beweglich.} Ne8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh2 {[%cal Yf2f4]} Nc7 (14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 {
[%cal Yf2f4]}) 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 f5 {[%csl Gb2] Macht den Bb2 sehr stark.} (
16... f6 $5) 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. exf5 (18. e5 $2 {Damit bringt Weiß nur sein
eigenes Spiel zum Stehen, während Schwarz seine Optionen am Q-flügel (z.B.
Pc6-c5-c4) behält.} Nd7 {[%csl Rb2]}) 18... exf5 19. Ndf3 Ne6 20. Rae1 (20.
Rac1 $2 {BULLETIN Dieser Zug, den da Bulletin angibt, überrascht den
unbefangenen Beobachter. Er macht in meinen Augen so wenig Sinn, daß ich denke,
hier wurde 20.Rae1 gespielt (bei undeutlicher Schrift kann man c und e
mitunter kaum unterscheiden). Ich habe den weiteren Partieverlauf mit 20.Rae1
deswegen komplett als Variante angegeben. Es fallen dann auch im weiteren
Partieverlauf einige Ungereimtheiten weg.} Qd6 (20... Be3) (20... fxg4 $5 21.
hxg4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nh5 23. Qe5 Bd6 (23... Re8 24. gxh5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxh5 $13)
24. Qe6+ Bf7 25. Qe3 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Bf4 27. Qf2 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 $13) 21. Be5 Qd7
22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Ng4 Nh5 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Bg6 $2 (25... Nexf4 26. Bxf4
Nxf4 27. Ne5 (27. Qxf4 $2 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Qd6 $15) 27... Qe6 28. Nhf7+ Rxf7 29.
Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxf4 $16) (25... Qe8 $1 $13) 26. f5 $1 $18 Bxf5 27. Qxh5 Bg6 (
27... Qe8 28. Qxe8 Rcxe8 29. Nh4 $18) 28. Qg4 $2 (28. Qh4 $1 $18) 28... Rcd8 $2
(28... Be3 {Man beachte: bei einem R auf e1 statt c1 entfällt diese
Möglichkeit.} 29. Nd4 (29. Nh4 Bxh6 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 $15) 29... Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Nc5
31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 $16) 29. Nh4 (29. Nh4 Be3 30. Nxg6+ hxg6 31. Qh4 $18))
20... Qd6 (20... Qd7 21. Ne5 $16) (20... fxg4 21. hxg4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nh5 23.
Qe5 Re8 (23... Bd6 $2 24. Qd4 $18) 24. gxh5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 $18) 21. Be5 Qd7 22.
gxf5 Bxf5 23. Ng4 Nh5 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Bg6 (25... Nhxf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27.
Ne5 Qc7 (27... Ng6 28. Nxd7 Nxh4 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Nxc5 $16) 28.
Nhf7+ (28. Rxf4 gxh6 29. Qh5 Bg6 30. Qxh6 Qg7 $11) 28... Rxf7 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7
30. Qxf4 g6 (30... Rf8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Be7 33. Qxf5 $18) 31. Qe5+ $16) 26.
f5 Bxf5 27. Qxh5 Bg6 28. Qg4 Rcd8 29. Nh4 $18 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 {N} (9. Bd2 $10) 9... f6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. a4 (11. a3 $10 {/\ b4})
11... a5 12. b4 (12. Qb3 $10) 12... axb4 13. Na2 (13. Nb5 Nec6 $17) 13... Nec6
14. Nxb4 Na6 $1 $15 15. Nxc6 (15. Qb1) 15... bxc6 16. d4 $2 (16. Qc2 Qd6 (16...
c5 17. e4 dxe4 18. dxe4 c4) 17. e4 f5 $15) 16... e4 17. Ne1 f5 $17 18. Rc1 (18.
Nc2 c5 $17) 18... Rc8 19. Nc2 c5 20. dxc5 d4 $1 (20... Nxc5 21. Be3) 21. e3 d3
(21... Bb3 $2 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Bh6) 22. Nd4 Bxd4 (22... Bd5 $17) 23. exd4 Qxd4
24. Be3 Qd5 25. c6 Rfd8 26. f3 Rxc6 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qa1 (29.
Rf6 d2 30. Bxd2 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 e3) 29... Bf5 30. g4 $1 Bxg4 31. Rf6 d2 (31... Rd6
32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Bh6 Qc5+ $1 34. Kh1 Qe7) 32. Rxc6 d1=Q+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Kf2 Nb4 35. Rc4 Nd3+ 36. Kg3 Re1 37. Bh6 (37. Rxe4 Bf5 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Bc6) (
37. Kxg4 $4 Ne5+ $19) 37... Bf5 38. Rc7 Ne5 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rxh7+ Ke8 41. Bd2
Ra1 42. a5 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Ne1+ 45. Kf2 Nxg2 46. Kxg2 Ra2 47. Kg3
Rxd2 48. a6 Ra2 49. a7 Bc8 50. Kf4 Ra4 51. h4 Kd8 52. Rg7 Bd7 53. Rxg6 Rxa7 54.
Kxe4 Ra4+ 55. Ke5 Rxh4 56. Kd6 Rd4+ 57. Ke5 Ra4 58. Rd6 Ke7 59. Re6+ Kd8 (59...
Bxe6 $10) 60. Rd6 Ra1 61. Rh6 Ra5+ 62. Kd4 Ke7 63. Rb6 Be6 64. Rb4 Kf6 65. Ke4
Re5+ 66. Kf4 Rh5 67. Rd4 Bd5 68. Kg4 Rg5+ 69. Kf4 Rf5+ 70. Ke3 Ke5 71. Rb4 Rf3+
72. Kd2 Ra3 73. Rb8 Kd4 74. Rd8 Ra2+ 75. Kd1 Ke4 76. Kc1 Bc4 77. Rd2 Ra8 78.
Rd7 Ra2 79. Rd2 Ra6 80. Rd7 Ke3 81. Kc2 Rc6 82. Kb2 Be6 83. Rd8 Ke4 84. Ka3 Rb6
85. Rd2 Bc4 86. Rb2 Ra6+ 87. Kb4 Kd4 88. Rd2+ Bd3 89. Rb2 Ra1 90. Kb3 Bc4+ 91.
Kc2 Rg1 92. Kd2 Rg3 93. Kc2 Rh3 94. Kd2 Bb3 95. Kc1 Kc4 96. Kd2 Kd4 97. Kc1 Kc3
98. Rc2+ Kb4 99. Rf2 Rd3 100. Rd2 Rc3+ 101. Kb2 Bc4 102. Rd8 Rh3 103. Rb8+ Kc5
104. Kc2 Kd4 105. Rd8+ Bd5 106. Kd2 Rh2+ 107. Kd1 Kc4 108. Ke1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. d3 Ngf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. e4
O-O 9. Qe1 {neu (?), eine konsequente Erwiderung folgt} (9. Nbd2 dxe4 10. dxe4
Be5 $6 11. c3 Bc7 (11... Bxf3 $6 12. Nxf3 Qa5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc2 $16 {
Ribli-Heyken, BRD 1990}) 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qe7 14. Rfe1 e5 15. Rad1 Rfd8
16. Nh4 g6 17. Bc1 $14 {Vukic-Timmer, Biel 1990}) 9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 Be5 12. c3 (12. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 13. Bg2 Qd4 $15) 12... Qc7 13. Bg2 (13. Nd2
$5 Nc5 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Nc4 Nd3 16. Rfd1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 b5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qc2
$10) 13... Rfd8 14. Qe3 (14. f4 Bd6 (14... Qb6+ $6 15. Kh1 Bc7 16. Nd2 {/\ Nc4}
) 15. Nd2 (15. e5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Ng4 17. Rf3 (17. h3 Ne3) 17... Ndxe5 $5 18. fxe5
Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rd1+ 20. Rf1 (20. Bf1 $2 Nxe5 21. Rf4 g5 $19) 20... Nf2+ 21. Kg1
Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ $10) 15... e5 $1 $15 (15... Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Ng4 17. Rf3 (17. Qe2
Ne3) 17... Qb6 $2 18. Nc4)) (14. Nd2 $5 Nc5 $10) 14... Qb6 $1 15. Qxb6 axb6 $15
16. f4 Bc7 17. b4 (17. c4 $2 Nc5 $17) 17... b5 (17... Ng4 $6 18. c4 Ne3 19. Rc1
) 18. Bf3 Nb6 19. Bc1 Nc4 20. a3 Bb6+ 21. Kg2 Rd3 22. Ra2 (22. Be2 Ne3+ 23. Kh1
(23. Bxe3 $2 Rxe3 $17) (23. Kf3 $2 Nxf1+ 24. Bxd3 Nxh2+ $17) 23... Nxf1 (23...
Rd7 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. Bf3 $15) 24. Bxd3 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Bxe3 26. Bc2) 22... h5 23.
h3 Rad8 24. Re2 g6 25. Rfe1 e5 26. f5 R8d6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Ra2 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3
Rxe3 30. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI Grand Prix"]
[Site "Suhr"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Huss, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qc7 9. Qe1 Bc5 (9... Nc5 10. Nc4 Nfd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. b4 Ne6 13. a3 f6 14.
c3 Nb6 15. Nfd2 Qf7 16. Na5 $14 {Panno-Kortschnoj, Palma de Mallorca 1972}) 10.
Nc4 Be6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ncd2 Nb6 $6 (12... O-O) 13. b3 h6 (13... O-O 14. Bb2
Nfd7 15. Ng5) 14. Bb2 Nfd7 15. Nh4 a5 $6 (15... O-O 16. Nf5) 16. Nf5 $14 Rh7 $6
(16... O-O 17. Qg4 $5) 17. Kh1 g6 18. Ne3 h5 19. f4 h4 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Bd5
22. g4 h3 23. Bf3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 O-O-O 25. Ne4 Rg8 26. Rg1 Rh4 27. Rg3 Bxe4 28.
Qxe4 Nd5 29. Rag1 N5f6 30. Qe3 e4 31. Be2 Ne5 32. Qc5 Nd5 33. Qd4 Nf3 34. Bxf3
exf3 35. Rxf3 Qe7 36. c4 Nc7 37. Re3 Qg5 38. Reg3 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rd8 40. Qf6 Qf4
41. Qxc6 Rd2 42. Bc1 Rxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 h2 45. Rd1 Qxg3 46. Bg5 Qg1+
47. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+ 48. Kxg1 Rxg4+ 49. Kf2 Rxg5 50. Qf6 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Hachatrian, Vahagn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 b6 15.
Bc3 Bd4 $146 {Selbst in den Flankeneröffnungen fängt die Partie mitunter erst
recht spät an.} (15... Bb4 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Nd6 (17. Qd2 $14) 17... Red8 18.
Nf5 Nc5 $15 {Bruch,J-Mayer,F/GER 1997}) 16. Bxd4 {eine einfache Lösung.} exd4
17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rdd1 Rxe4 (18... Nxe4 {gefällt mir besser:} 19. g4 (19. Qf1 {
kommt hier auch in Frage.}) 19... Nc3 (19... Bg6 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxb6 $16)
20. Qd2 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Rad8 22. gxh5 Nf6 23. Qc1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Nxh5 $13) 19.
Qf1 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gg2] Es zeigt sich, daß trotz der symmetrischen
Bauernstellung Schwarz mit ernsthaften Problemen zu kämpfen hat, da die weißen
Leichtfiguren besser positioniert sind.} Rb8 (19... Rd8) 20. Rd2 Bxf3 (20...
Re6 21. Rad1 $14) 21. Bxf3 Re6 22. Bg2 h5 {Es scheint mir, daß diese Aktivität
die Probleme nur vertieft.} (22... Ne5) 23. Rad1 h4 24. g4 Ne5 25. Nd6 Nc6 (
25... Ng6 26. f4 Ne8 27. Nxf7 $16) 26. Nf5 Nd4 (26... Rbe8) 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28.
Qd3 ({Weniger klar ist} 28. Rxd4 Qxc2 $14) 28... Rbe8 (28... Rd8 29. c3) 29.
Qxd4 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Qc6 32. Rd1 $1 Re4 (32... Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Qxa4
34. Qd8+ Ne8 35. c4 $18 {[%csl Rb6]}) 33. Qd8+ Re8 (33... Qe8 34. Qxe8+ Rxe8
35. Rd6 $18) 34. Bb5 Qe6 35. Bxe8 Nxe8 36. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gadjily, Raouf"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Qe2 (9. Ne5) 9... O-O 10. Re1 (10. Kh1 {/\ Rg1 Gutman}) (10. e5 Nfd7 11.
Ne1 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ndf3 b5 14. g4 (14. Bh3 Re8 15. Ng2 Bf8 16. g4 Nb6 17.
Qf2 d4 18. Qg3 c4 19. f5 Nd5 20. Kh1 cxd3 21. cxd3 g5 $13 {Barcza-Spiridonov/
Decin/1975}) 14... Rc8 $6 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. Be3 $14 {Lengyel-Nej/Beverwijk/1964})
10... Re8 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. h4 Nc6 14. N1h2 (14. c3 b5 15. Bf4 c4 16.
d4 b4 17. h5 Rb8 18. Ne3 Qa5 $15 {Marjanovic-Raicevic/Vrnjacka Banja/1976})
14... b5 15. Bf4 (15. Ng4) 15... Rc8 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. c3 $6 {><d3} d4 18. cxd4
cxd4 {/\ Nb4} 19. a3 Nc5 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. Ngh2 b4 $1 22. g4 Bh7 23. g5 (23. h5
{/\ g5} Be7) 23... h5 24. Nf1 (24. g6 $2 Bxg6 25. Ng5 f6 $19) 24... bxa3 25.
bxa3 Na4 26. N3d2 $1 (26. Ra1 Nc3 $36) 26... Nc3 27. Qxh5 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 $44
Bxa3 29. Ne4 Bf8 (29... Bxe4 30. Bxe4 g6 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qh6+
$10) 30. Nfg3 (30. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 31. gxf6 Bg6 32. Qg5 Kh8 33. Be4 Qd7) 30... Qa5
31. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 32. gxf6 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Rc5 34. f4 Rec8 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Nxe4
Rc1 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Nd6 (38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qg4+ Kh8 (39... Kh7 $2 40. Ng5+ Kg8
41. Nxe6+ Kh8 42. Nxf8 Rxd1+ 43. Qxd1 $18) 40. Qh5+ $10) 38... Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1
Rc7 (39... Bxd6 $2 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Bxd6+ Ke8 43. Qxa5 $18) 40.
Ne4 (40. Qh5+ $2 Kg8 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. Qh5+ Bh6 $19) 40... Rc6 41. Ng5 $2 (41.
Qh5+ $10) 41... Bh6 $1 42. Nxf7+ Kh7 43. Ng5+ (43. Nxh6 Kxh6 44. f7 Qa3 $19)
43... Bxg5 44. hxg5 Kg6 45. f7 Qa3 (45... Kxf7 46. Qh5+ Ke7 47. Qh7+ Kd8 48.
Qg8+ Kd7 49. Qf7+ Kc8 50. Qe8+ Kb7 51. Qd7+ Kb6 52. Bxd4+ Kb5 53. Qb7+) 46. Kh2
Kxf7 47. Bf6 (47. Qh5+ Ke7 48. Qh7+ Ke8 49. Qg8+ Qf8 $19) 47... Kg8 48. Bxd4 a5
49. Qh5 Rc2+ 50. Kh1 Qc1+ 51. Bg1 Qxf4 52. g6 Rc7 53. Qh3 Qf5 54. Qg3 e5 55. d4
Qe4+ 56. Kh2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "RSFSR-ch"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nbc6 8. c3
a5 9. a4 h6 10. Re1 (10. exd5 $5) 10... d4 11. Nb3 $5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius zt"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bb7 9. Qe2 (9. Ng5 {/\ f4} h6 10. Nh3) 9... Nfd7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nb3 Nbd7
12. Nfd4 e5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Ne6 15. Be3 a5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. c3 a4 18. Nc1
Kh8 19. Qb5 $6 (19. Qc2 $10) 19... a3 20. b4 Rfd8 21. Qc4 (21. Nb3 Ba6 22. Qc6
Bd3 $17) (21. Qe2 $10) 21... h5 22. Qb3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bc6 {/\ Ba4} 24. b5 Bb7
25. Nd3 {/\ Nb4} (25. Qc2 Ra5) 25... Qe8 26. c4 f5 27. exf5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 gxf5
29. f4 $2 (29. Re1) (29. f3) (29. Nb4 $2 f4 30. Bc1 Nd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Bxf4
Qe2 $17) 29... exf4 30. Nxf4 (30. Bxf4 Nd4 $19) 30... Nxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Qe2+ $19
32. Kh3 (32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Kd3 Rd8 $19)
32... Re8 33. Qd3 (33. Rd2 Qf1+ 34. Kh4 Bf6+ 35. Kxh5 (35. Bg5 Bxg5+ 36. Kxg5
Rg8+ 37. Kf6 Qa1+ $19) 35... Qh3+ 36. Kg6 Rf8 $19) 33... Qg4+ 34. Kg2 Re2+ 35.
Kg1 Rxa2 36. Bxc7 Qxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Ra1 38. Qxa1 Bxa1 39. c5 Bd4+ 40. Kg2 a2 41.
cxb6 a1=Q 42. b7 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kh4 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "Protvino zt"]
[Site "Protvino"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nh4
(8. e4) 8... Bc5 9. c4 $146 (9. c3 O-O (9... a5 $1) 10. b4 Bb6 11. c4 Re8 12.
g4 Bd4 13. Rb1 Nxg4 $2 14. hxg4 Qxh4 15. gxh5 e4 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4
18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Rb3 $18 {Chernov-Neverov/Ukraine/1991}) (9. Qe1 O-O 10. e4
Re8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Nf8 14. Kh1 dxe4 15. dxe4 Ne6 $13 {
Hickl-Torre/Zagreb izt/1987}) (9. Rb1 a5 10. c3 a4 11. b4 axb3 12. axb3 O-O 13.
b4 $13 {Forintos-I.Polgar/Baja/1971}) 9... O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nb3
Bb6 13. g5 (13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 N5f6 15. Qc2 $10) 13... dxc4 (13... Nh7 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxg5 16. Bg2) 14. dxc4 (14. gxf6 cxb3 15. fxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxb3
$10) 14... Ne8 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Rd1 (16. Qe4 Nd6 17. Qg4) 16... Rd8 17. Be3 Nc7
18. h4 Ne6 19. Qe4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 (20. fxe3 Nec5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 $17) 20... Nf4
21. Qxa7 $2 (21. Bf1 Qe6 22. Qf3 $13) 21... Qe6 $1 {/\ Qg4} 22. Qe3 (22. Bf3 $2
e4 $19) 22... Qg4 23. Qf3 Qxh4 24. e3 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 (25. Qxg2 Qxc4 $19 (25...
e4 $5 {/\ Ne5})) 25... Qxg5+ 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Nb8 28. Na5 b6 29. Nb7 Rc8
30. Rd2 Rc7 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Rad1 Rcd7 33. Ne4 Kf8 34. b4 Ke7 35. Rxd7+ Nxd7 36.
Nc3 g5 37. a4 f5 38. e4 Nf6 39. Rxd8 f4+ 40. Kh3 g4+ 41. Kh4 Kxd8 42. Nd1 Kc7
43. Kg5 g3 44. fxg3 Nxe4+ 45. Kg4 Nxg3 46. Nf2 Kd6 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 Nf1 49.
Ne4+ Kc7 50. Kf5 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. b3
a5 9. a4 Na6 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Ne1 O-O 13. Bb2 b5 {[%cal Yb5a4,Yf6d7,
Yd7c5] Ein Zug unter vielen, aber recht logiach: Schwarz plant eine Expansion
am Damenflügel.} (13... Nd7) (13... Qb6) (13... Qc7) (13... Ne8) (13... Re8) (
13... Qb8) (13... c5) (13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7) (13... Rc8) 14. f4 (14. exd5
exd5 15. Ndf3 Re8 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. Nd4 Qb6 $11 {Miles,A-Short,N/London 1982}) (
14. Kh1 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nd7 16. Ra1 Bf6 17. d4 Qb6 18. c3 Na6 19. Nd3 $14 {
Anic,D-Kovacevic,V/Solin 1998}) 14... bxa4 (14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 dxe4 16. dxe4
Rad8 17. Nb1 Na6 18. Na3 $14 {Akesson,R-Zabihi,A/Dortmund 1980}) 15. Rxa4 Nd7
16. Qg4 $2 $146 {Es scheint, daß Weiß hier schon das zweifelhafte Vorgehen im
nächsten Zug plante.} (16. Kh1 $142 Nc5 17. Ra1 f5 (17... a4 18. c3 Nba6 19. b4
$14) 18. exd5 exd5 19. c3 Nba6 20. Nef3 $14 {Norwood,D-Levitt,J/Amantea 1992})
16... Bf6 ({Vielleicht wäre Weiß ein Remis recht gewesen:} 16... Nf6 17. Qe2)
17. e5 {[%csl Gh7] Macht den Bh7 stark und beschleunigt das schwarze Spiel am
Damenflügel.} Be7 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Ra1 a4 (19... Nxc2 20. Nxc2 Bxd3 21. Qd1 Bxf1
22. Qxf1 $13) 20. d4 ({Bescheidener wäre} 20. bxa4 Nxa4 21. Rb1 (21. Ba3 Bc5+
22. Kh1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nc3 24. Qf3 Bxa3 $17) 21... Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Qb6+ 23. Kh1
Ra2 24. Rxa2 Nxa2 $15 {gewesen.}) 20... axb3 $1 21. dxc5 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 bxc2 {
[%csl Gc2] Der gut unterstützte Pc2 ist eine mehr als ausreichende
Kompensation.} (22... Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 bxc2) 23. Nb3 Qa8 $1 ({Bei Bedarf hätte
Schwarz auch gleich einen 3. Bauern kassieren können. Er setzt aber zurecht
auf ein Eindringen der Figuren am Damenflügel.} 23... Bxc5+ $143 24. Kh1 Qb6)
24. Qe3 Rb8 $1 (24... Qa2 25. Bd4 $14 (25. Nf3 $2 Bd3 $19)) 25. Bc3 ({Auch bei
} 25. Nf3 Qa3 {[%cal Rb4d3] muß Weiß letztlich eine Figur zurückgeben, z.B.:}
26. Bd4 Nd3 27. Nc1 Rb1 28. Ne2 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 c1=Q 30. Nxc1 Qxc1 $19) 25...
Na2 26. Bd2 $8 Qa3 $19 27. Rf3 (27. Nd4 c1=Q $19) 27... Be4 ({Eleganter war} 
27... c1=Q 28. Bxc1 Nxc1 29. Qxc1 Rxb3 30. Qxa3 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Bxc5+ $19) 28.
Nxc2 Bxc2 29. Nd4 Rb1+ (29... Qa4 $19) 30. Rf1 Qxc5 (30... Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Qa4
$19 {[%cal Ye7c5]}) 31. Qf2 Bd3 (31... Rb2 $5) 32. Rxb1 Bxb1 33. Be3 Qc3 34.
Bd2 Qa1 $2 {Schwarz ist großzügig gestimmt; es bestand keine Notwendigkeit,
die Hälfte des Mehrbesitzes wieder herauszurücken.} ({Nach} 34... Qc4 $19 {
sollte sich die 2 Mehrbauern ohne große Mühen in einen Gewinn umsetzen lassen.}
) 35. Nxc6 Bd3+ 36. Qe1 $8 Bc5+ 37. Kh1 Qb2 ({Konsequent wäre jetzt} 37...
Qxe1+ 38. Bxe1 Bb5 39. Nd8 Nc1 {gewesen, wonach Schwarz ausgezeichnete
Gewinnaussichten besitzt.}) 38. Be3 Qc2 (38... Bxe3 39. Qxe3 Qc3) 39. Nd4 Qc4 (
39... Bxd4 40. Bxd4 Be4 41. Bxe4 dxe4 $17) 40. Nf3 Be4 41. Nd2 Bxg2+ 42. Kxg2
Qc3 43. Bxc5 Qxc5 44. Nf3 Nb4 45. Qf2 Qxf2+ $2 ({Ohne Damentausch hätte
Schwarz bessere Chancen.} 45... Qc4 $17) 46. Kxf2 Nc6 47. Ke3 $15 {Das Spiel
kann Schwarz trotz des Freibauern nicht leicht gewinnen: der Kg8 nimmt bislang
nicht am Spiel teil. Es ist deutlich, daß dieses Endspiel für Weiß viel
weniger günstig ist, als das oben angegebene nach 37..Qxe1+.} f6 48. g4 {
Weiß unterbindet ein Eindringen am Königsflügel.} fxe5 49. fxe5 g5 50. Kd3 Kf7
51. Kc3 Ke8 52. Kb3 Kd7 53. Ka4 Ne7 54. Kb5 Ng6 55. Kb6 Nh4 56. Ne1 Ng6 57. Nf3
Nf4 58. h4 gxh4 59. Nxh4 Nd3 60. Nf3 Nf2 61. g5 h5 62. g6 Ng4 63. g7 Nh6 64.
Kc5 Ke7 65. Kc6 Ng8 66. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 a5 10. a4 Bc5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Bg5 $146 {
Damit möchte Weiß h7-h6 provozieren; ohne diesen Zug wird die schwarze
Bewegungsfreiheit stark eingeschränkt, da der Nd7 nicht ziehen kann.} (14. Bd2
b6 15. Kh1 Nf8 (15... Bg6 16. b3 Bf8 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qe3 $14 {
Spangenberg,H-Fiorito,F/ARG-ch 1995}) 16. Bc3 N6d7 17. f4 f6 18. f5 $2 Bd4 19.
Bd2 Bf7 20. Qe2 b5 $17 {Dannevig,O-Davies,N/Gausdal/1994}) 14... b6 15. Kh1 Qa7
{[%cal Ya7a6] Ein ungewöhnliches Manöver: Schwarz möchte den Nc4 befragen.
Andererseits steht die Qa7(bzw. a6) doch etwas abseits.} (15... h6 16. Bd2 Nf8
(16... Bf8)) 16. Nf5 Rad8 17. c3 Qa6 18. b3 Bf8 19. f3 {[%csl Rh5] Weiß
schließt den Bh5 vom Spiel aus.} h6 20. Be3 Nc5 21. Qb1 Bg6 (21... Nh7 22. Qc2
f6 23. Rad1) 22. Nh4 {Ein Abtausch auf f5 nebst etl. e5-e4 käme hier Schwarz
zugute.} Bh7 23. Qc2 Be7 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. Rfd1 b5 $5 {Schwarz versucht die Qa6
wieder ins Spiel zu bringen.} ({Naheliegend war} 25... Bxh4 26. gxh4 {z.B.} f6
(26... Nf4 $5 27. Rxd8 (27. Bf1 Qa7 28. Nd6 $140 $2 Re6) 27... Rxd8 28. Nxe5
$13 {Der Mehrbauer ist nicht so wichtig.}) 27. Bf1 Qa7 28. Nd6 {und das Fehlen
des Be7 macht sich bemerkbar.}) 26. Rxd8 (26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Rxa5 Qxb3 28. Qxb3
Nxb3 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe5 Bxh4 31. gxh4 Bg6 $44) 26... Rxd8 27. Nxe5 Bd6 $2 {
Die folgende Fesselung durfte Schwarz nicht zulassen.} (27... bxa4 28. bxa4 Nd3
{war kritisch:} 29. Nxd3 (29. Bf1 Nxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qc8 $8 {[%cal Rc8c7] mit
einer spannungsreichen Stellung.}) 29... Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Be1 g5 32. Nf5
Bxf5 33. exf5 Bf6 $44) 28. Rd1 {Danach hat Schwarz keine Kompensation.} Ne6 (
28... Qb6 29. b4 Bxe5 30. bxc5 $16) 29. f4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Bxe5 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8
32. fxe5 Ne6 33. Nf5 Bg6 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Nxg6 fxg6 36. c4 Qc8 37. c5 Qf8 $2 ({
Wenn es noch eine Chance gab, bestand sie in} 37... Qb8 38. Qc3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2
Qa2 40. Be1 Qxa4 41. Qxa5 Qxa5 42. Bxa5 Nxc5) 38. Kg1 $18 Ng5 39. Qc3 Qc8 40.
Kh2 Qf8 41. Be1 Qf7 42. Qe3 Qe6 43. Bxa5 Qxe5 44. Bc3 Qe6 45. a5 Nf6 46. Bxf6
Qxf6 47. Qa3 Qf2 48. a6 Nxe4 49. a7 Nd2 50. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon YM"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 a5 8. a4
h6 9. h3 e5 (9... b6 10. Qc2 e5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Ba6 14. Rd1
Qe7 $10 {Sher-Mikhalchishin/Ptuj/1993}) 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Nd7
13. b3 Re8 14. Nc4 Qc8 15. Kh2 (15. Ba3 $5 Nb6 (15... Bf8) 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17.
Kh2 (17. Nd2 Bxh3 18. Nc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe6 (19... Qc7 20. Bd6) 20. Nxb6 Rad8
21. Nd5 $13) 17... Bxb3 18. Qb5 $13) 15... Nc5 16. Ba3 Nxb3 $5 17. Rab1 b5 18.
axb5 a4 19. Rfd1 (19. bxc6 Qa6 20. Nfd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxc4) 19... Nca5 20.
Ncxe5 (20. Nxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd2) 20... Kh7 {/\ f6} 21. Qc2 (21. c4 $2 f6) 21...
Nc4 (21... f6 22. Nd3 Nc4 23. Bb4 $13) 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Nd4 (23. Bf1 $5) 23...
Nxd4 24. cxd4 Bb3 25. Rxb3 axb3 26. Qxb3 $44 Qe6 27. Qxe6 $6 (27. d5 Qe5 28. f4
(28. Rc1 $5) 28... Qc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Bc5 $14) 27... fxe6 28. Bc5 Ra2 29.
Kg1 $2 (29. d5 exd5 30. Rxd5) 29... Rc2 {Now the black pieces cooperate nicely.
} 30. e5 (30. b6 cxb6 31. Bxb6 Rb8 32. Bc5 Rd8) (30. f4 e5 31. fxe5 Bxe5) 30...
Bxe5 31. Be4 Rc3 32. dxe5 Rxc5 33. Rd7+ Kh8 34. Bc6 (34. Bxg6 Ra8) 34... Rc8
35. f4 g5 36. Kf2 (36. f5 $2 Rxe5) 36... gxf4 37. gxf4 Rc3 38. Re7 (38. f5 $1
exf5 (38... Rf8 39. f6 Rc5 (39... Rxh3 40. Be4 Rc8 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. f7+ Kf8 43.
Rh8+ Kxf7 44. Rxc8) 40. Be4 Rxe5 41. Rh7+ $10) 39. e6 Re8 (39... Kg8 40. e7 Kf7
41. Rd8 $18) 40. e7 (40. Rxc7 Rxe6 41. b6 Rexc6 42. b7 Rxc7 43. b8=Q+ $10)
40... Kg7 41. Rxc7 Kf6 $1 42. b6 Rxe7 43. b7 Rxc7 (43... Rb3 44. Rc8 $10) 44.
b8=Q R3xc6 45. Qf8+ $10) (38. Rf7 Kg8 39. Rf6 Rf8) 38... Rf8 39. Rxc7 (39. Rxe6
Rxf4+ 40. Kg2 Rb4 $19) 39... Rxf4+ 40. Ke2 Rb4 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43.
Rc8+ Ke7 44. Rc7+ Kd8 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. Kd2 Rxh3 47. Kc2 Rg3 48. Rd2 Kc7 49. Bd7
Rc4+ 50. Kb2 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 (8... Bxf3 9. Nxf3 $14) 9. b3 (9. Qe1 $5 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 (10... dxe4 11.
dxe4 Re8 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. a4 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. c3 a5 16. bxa5 Qd3 $132 {
Barcza-Saborido, Oberhausen 1961}) 11. Nf5 (11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 dxe4 13. dxe4
Nd5 14. Nc4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 N7b6 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Nf5 $13 {Georgiev-Torre, Saint
John op 88}) (11. Nb3 Bf8 12. a4 dxe4 13. dxe4 a5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 $10 {
Damljanovic-Kir.Georgiev, Reggio 88}) 11... Bf8 (11... Bc7 $13) 12. Nf3 Nc5 13.
N3h4 a5 $13 {Botterill-Hodgson, Bath zt 1987}) (9. Qe2 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4
Re8 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Nf3 Bc7 15. Bd2 h5 16. N3h4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Nf4
18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qf3 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 g6 21. Nh4 Nh7 $17 {Braga-Dolmatov, Mexico
80}) (9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 (10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Nf1 Nc5 14.
N1g3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 h5 17. f3 Rad8 18. Bg5 hxg4 19. fxg4 Na4 $15 {
Stratil-Lputian, Uzhgorod 88}) 10... Re8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. g4 Bg6
14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bh7 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nxh6+ Bxh6 19. g5 $13 {
Nazarov-Nasybullin, Azov 91}) 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Re1 a5 12. a3 b5 (12...
Qc7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Bc3 b6
19. Qf3 Ncd7 20. g5 $2 Nh5 21. Rad1 b5 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Nb6 Qa7 24. Nxa8 Bxa3
$1 $17 {Dirr-Dautov, Berlin op 91}) 13. Nf1 $6 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 d4 (14...
dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc5) 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 $6 exf4 18. Bc1 Bxf5 19. gxf5
Qc7 $17 {Nikolac-Hodgson, Almada 1988}) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. N1d2 Qc7
16. Qc1 Nfd7 {/\ f6,Bf7} 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Ndf3 f6 19. Nf5 Bf8 $15 20. Re3 $6 Bf7
21. Qe1 (21. Re1 $5) 21... g6 22. N5h4 c5 $5 23. Bf1 $2 (23. c3) 23... Nd4 $17
24. Qd1 Rad8 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Nf3 Nc5 28. Bd3 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 (29.
cxd3 Qe6 30. Nd2 Bh6 $17) 29... a4 30. Nd2 Bh6 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. Rac1 Bc4 $1 33.
bxc4 bxc4 34. Nxc4 Bxc1 35. Nxe5 Qxc2 36. Qf3 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Horgen SKA"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Fioramonti, Hung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 c6 7. Na3 (7. Nbd2 O-O
8. Rb1 (8. Qc2 h6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. b4 Nd7 11. b5 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 $13 {
Matveeva-Zaid/Leningrad zt/1991}) 8... a5 (8... f5 9. cxd5 (9. b4 $5) 9... cxd5
10. b4 e4 11. Ne1 Nd7 12. Nb3 h6 13. Nc2 $13 {Dornieden-Kauder/BL/1982}) 9. b3
b5 (9... h6 10. a3 Be6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Nd7 13. Bb2 b5 $132 {
Alterman-Zagorovski/URS-ch/1967}) 10. Bb2 f6 11. e4 d4 12. cxb5 cxb5 $13 {
Kavalek-Ciric/Wijk/1969}) (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd2 (9. Qb3 Nbc6 10. Bg5
f6 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rfd1 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Ne1 Nd4 $15 {Starr-Gaprindashvili/
Malaysia izt/1990}) 9... Nbc6 $10) (7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3 h6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5
Nxd5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 $14 {Romanishin-Sveshnikov/Cheliabinsk/
1974}) 7... O-O 8. Rb1 a5 (8... h6 9. b3 (9. b4 $5) 9... Be6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11.
cxd5 cxd5 $10 {Borik-Heidrich/BL/1983}) 9. b3 h6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Bb2 Qc7 (11...
Nd7 $10) 12. e3 Na6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. a3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 dxc4 $2 (15... e4 16. Qe2
exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 a4 $10) 16. bxc4 e4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19.
gxf4 Bxc2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 (20... Bxb1 $4 21. Bxf8 $18) 21. Rxb7 $18 Rfe8 22. Ne5
Rac8 23. Rc1 Ba4 24. Bh3 f5 25. Bg2 Rb8 26. Rcb1 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Kf6 28. Nd7+ Kf7
29. Nb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bh7 12. Qe2 a5 (12... Re8 13. a4 Qa5 14.
Qg4 Bf8 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Nf1 e5 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Ne3 d4 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Bh3 $14
{Damljanovic,B-Djukic,Z/Cetinje 1990}) 13. a3 Qb6 $146 (13... Re8 14. h3 Nf6
15. e5 Nd7 16. Kh2 Bf8 17. f4 Qc7 18. g4 b5 19. Rac1 Rac8 $11 {Petran,
P-Vavruska,D/CZE-chT9495}) (13... Nf6 14. Kh1 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd4 16. c3 Bc5 17.
Rfd1 Qb6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. b4 $14 {Larsen,B-Frias,V/London 1990}) 14. exd5 {
Weiß will den schwarzen Zug taktisch widerlegen.} cxd5 (14... exd5 $4 15. Qg4
$18) 15. Qg4 Bg6 $1 (15... d4 16. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Rd4]} Qa7 $140 $2 17. b4 $1)
16. Bxd5 {Konsequent, aber auch riskant: nach der Hergabe des Bg2 bleiben die
weißen Felder am Königsflügel langfristig schwach.} h5 17. Qa4 exd5 18. Qxd7
Rad8 19. Qa4 Rfe8 $44 {Eine spannende Stellung: für den geopferten P hat
Schwarz ausgezeichnet postierte Figuren und Angriffsoptionen auf den
geschwächten weißen Feldern des Königsflügels.} 20. Bc3 (20. d4 {gefällt mir
besser: Weiß bringt seinen (einzigen) Trumpf (den Mehrbauern) ins Spiel und
befreit sich von dem lästigen Druck gegen f2.} Bf8 21. c4) 20... Ra8 21. Qf4 (
21. Nf3 Re2 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qa6 {[%cal Rb7b5]} 24. Qd7 Rxc2 $15) (21. d4
Bf8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxc2 $17) 21... Rac8 22. Qa4 Re2 $1 {Schwarz ist
nicht mit Remis zufrieden.} 23. d4 Bf8 24. Bxa5 Qa6 25. Qd7 Qxa5 26. Qxc8 Qxd2
27. Qxb7 Be4 28. Rad1 $2 {Danach ist es sofort aus.} ({Am hartnäckigsten war
wohl} 28. Qb5 Qxc2 (28... Qe3 $2 {[%cal Re3f3]} 29. Qd3 $1 (29. fxe3 $2 Rg2+
30. Kh1 Rxg3+ 31. Rf3 Bxf3#) 29... Bxd3 30. fxe3 Rxc2 31. Rf2 $14) 29. Rac1 Qb2
30. Rc8 Rc2 $1 31. Rxc2 (31. Re8 Rc1 32. Qb4 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qb1+ 34. Ke2 (34.
Qe1 Qxb3 $19) 34... Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Bf3 $19) (31. Rxf8+ $5 Kxf8 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33.
Qe5+ Kd7 34. Qxg7 Bg6 $19 {Angesichts der weißfeldrigen Schwächen bilden die 3
P kein ausreichendes Gegengewicht für den Bg6.}) 31... Qxc2 32. a4 Qc3 33. Qe2
Qxb3 34. a5 $17) (28. Qc8 Qe3 29. Qf5 Qxd4 $19) 28... Qc3 $19 29. Rd3 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Van der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. a3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 Ne8 $2 (11... a5) (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 e5) 12.
b4 Bb6 $6 (12... Bd6) 13. c4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rd8 (14... c5 $16) 15. c5 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 Bc7 17. Nc4 $16 b5 (17... Nef6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nd6 $16) (17... e5 18. Rfd1
$16) (17... b6 $16) 18. Ne3 Be5 19. Qe2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qf6 21. Qc2 Nc7 22. Rad1
(22. e5 $2 Nxe5 23. f4 Nd3 24. Bxc6 Qd4) 22... a5 23. Rd6 Nb8 24. Ng4 Qe7 25.
Rfd1 (25. e5 axb4 26. axb4 Nd5 $16) 25... axb4 26. axb4 e5 27. h4 {/\ Bh3,h5}
h5 28. Ne3 Ne6 $2 {/\ Nd4} (28... g6 29. Bh3 $16) 29. Nf5 Qf6 (29... Qc7 30.
Qc3 g6 31. Qxe5 gxf5 32. exf5 Ng7 33. f6 Ne6 34. Qxh5 {/\ Be4+-}) 30. Bh3 g6
31. Ne3 Rde8 (31... Qe7 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qb2 $18) 32. Qa2 Kg7 33. R1d2 Kh7 34.
Qb2 Kg7 35. Nd5 cxd5 36. exd5 Re7 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. Re2 Nd7 39. Qd2 Rff7 40.
Bxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxd7 Ree7 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Qd3 Qc6 44. Qd6 Qe8 (44... Qxd6 45.
cxd6 Rd7 46. Rxe5 Rxd6 47. Rxb5 $18) 45. Ra2 e4 46. Ra8 Qxa8 47. Qxe7+ Kg8 48.
Qe6+ Kg7 49. c6 e3 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. c7 exf2+ 52. Kxf2 Qa2+ 53. Ke3 Qb3+ 54. Kf4
Qc4+ 55. Kg5 Qd5+ 56. Kh6 (56. Kh6 Qd2+ 57. Qg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe1 dxe4 $146 (9... O-O) 10. dxe4 Qa5 {Blatny leaves the usual patterns
very quickly.} 11. a3 (11. Nc4 Qxe1 12. Rxe1 $14) (11. Qe3 $5) 11... h6 12. Rb1
(12. b4 $4 Bxb4) 12... g5 13. b4 Qa4 14. e5 g4 15. Nd4 (15. exf6 gxf3 16. fxe7
fxg2 17. Kxg2 $13) (15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Nb3 $14) 15... gxh3 16. Bxh3 Nd5 17. c4
Nc3 18. Rb3 c5 19. Rxc3 (19. Nxe6 $4 Ne2+) 19... cxd4 20. Rd3 a5 21. b5 O-O-O
22. Rxd4 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qe3 Nd3 25. Ne4 (25. Qxh6 $4 Be2) (25. Bg2 {
/\ Qa7+-} Bc5 26. Qe4 Rd7 27. Nf3 $16) 25... Nxe5 $4 (25... Qxc4 $13) (25...
Qc2 $13) 26. Nc3 $18 Qxc4 27. Qxe5 Bg6 28. Bf4 Bd6 29. Qf6 Bxf4 30. gxf4 (30.
Qxf4 Qxc3 31. Rc1 Bc2 32. Qxf7 $16) 30... Rg8 31. Bg2 (31. Kh2 $2 Bf5) 31...
Bh5 32. Rc1 $4 (32. f3 $18) 32... Bf3 33. Ne2 Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 (34. Kf1 Bxe2+ 35.
Kxg2 Qxc1 $19) 34... Qxc1+ (34... Qxc1+ 35. Nxc1 Rg6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 {Es besteht keine Notwendigkeit, das
Läuferpaar an dieser Stelle herzugeben.} (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Qe6
14. Kg2 h5 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Bd2 g6 17. b4 Be7 18. a5 $14 {Larsen-Vaganian,
London 1985}) 12. a4 Qc7 (12... a5 $5 {Gelfand}) 13. Nh4 b5 $146 ({Die bislang
überzeugendste schwarze Vorstellung in dieser Position gab Gelfand:} 13... Bf8
14. Bg5 Bg6 (14... b5 15. axb5 ({Nach der aktuellen Partie müßte man damit
rechnen, daß Minasian hier} 15. Na5 {gespielt hätte.}) 15... cxb5 16. Ne3 h6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 {gab Gelfand 1991 an.}) 15. Nxg6 (15.
Rd1 $5 {Gelfand} h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. h4 {[%cal Yg2h3]}) 15...
hxg6 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. h4 Bh6 19. b4 (19. Rfd1 b5 {beurteilte
Gelfand 1991 als günstig für Schwarz, aber nach} 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Nd6 {
fällt es nicht leicht, Ersatz für den Pb5 zu finden.}) 19... Ne6 20. c3 b5 21.
axb5 cxb5 22. Ne3 $11 {Kindermann,S-Gelfand,B/Munich 1991 Da die armenischen
Spitzenspieler sich gerne auf die Stellung nach 13.Nh4 einlassen, ist es
offensichtlich, daß sie irgendwo eine Verstärkung gefunden haben.}) (13... Rad8
14. Bg5 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. c3 a5 17. h4 b6 18. Bh3 Be7 19. b4 $1 $16 {
Aronian,L-Asrian,K/Yerevan/1999}) (13... Nb6 $6 14. Ne3 $1 a5 15. Bd2 Nbd7 16.
Nc4 b6 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nf5 Bg6 19. Nfd6 Re6 20. Nb7 Qc7 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. f3
$14 {Movsesian,S-Pinter,J/AUT-chT/2000}) 14. Na5 Nb6 $2 (14... bxa4 $6 15. Rxa4
Nb6 16. Ra2 $16 {Weiß hat die bessere Bauernstruktur.}) (14... Bb6 {gefällt
mir hier besser.} 15. Nb3 a6) 15. Qc3 $1 Nfd7 (15... Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Bd4 17. Rxd4
(17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 bxa4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. e5 $44) 17... exd4 18. Qe1 $16)
(15... Be2 $2 16. Qxc5 (16. Re1 Bc4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qf3 $14) 16... Nxa4 17.
Rxa4 Bxf1 18. Ra2 $16) 16. Nb3 (16. axb5 cxb5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Nb3
b4) 16... b4 (16... Nxa4 $2 17. Rxa4 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 bxa4 19. Qa5 $16 {Die
schwarzen Mehrbauern sind nicht gut genug, um den Figurennachteil
auszugleichen.}) 17. Qe1 Bf8 (17... Be7 18. Nf5) 18. a5 Nc4 19. g4 Bg6 (19...
Be7 $2 20. f4 $18) 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. Rd1 {Angesichts des Drucks in der d-Linie
und des geschwächten schwarzen Damenflügels hat Weiß die klare Führung in der
Partie.} ({Riskanter ist} 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bxf4 Ne5 $132) 21... f6
{[%cal Yg6f7]} 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bf1 {Ein Manöver, das man im Königsindischen
Angriff bei dieser Zentrumskonstellation häufig findet: der Bg2 wird über f1
und ggf. idealerweise c4 wieder ins Leben geführt.} Rac8 24. Qf3 c5 {[%cal
Yc5c4]} 25. Rxd6 $5 {Solche positionellen Qualitätsopfer gehören in Armenien
zum guten Ton.} (25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3) 25... Bxd6 26. Bc4+ {Weiß hat jetzt die
unangefochtene Oberhoheit auf den weißen Feldern. Nominal hat Schwarz eine
Qualität mehr, aber beide schwarzen Türme können im Augenblick nur davon
träumen, so wirksam wie der Bc4 zu sein.} Kf8 {Eine schwierige Entscheidung,
da es in beiden Fällen keine schnelle Widerlegung gibt.} (26... Kh7 {Sieht
angesichts der Mattgefahren in der h-Linie krank aus; das Matt ist aber 
(kurzfristig) nicht so einfach zu realisieren.} 27. Be3 (27. g5 fxg5 28. Bxg5
Be7 $13) (27. h4 Nb8 28. g5 (28. h5 g5 29. Be3 $44 Nc6) (28. Be3) 28... Rf8 29.
Qg3) (27. Qg3 g5 28. h4 Rh8 (28... g6 29. hxg5 Rh8 {ist Zugumstellung}) 29.
hxg5 g6 (29... fxg5 30. Bxg5 $44) 30. Be3 $44 Kg7) 27... Rh8 (27... Nf8 28. Kg2
Ne6 29. Rh1 Nf4+ 30. Kg1) 28. Kg2 Rce8 29. Rh1 Nf8 30. h4 Ne6 31. h5 $40) 27.
Qd3 {[%cal Yd3d5]} Ke7 (27... Qc6 28. Bb5 Qc7 29. Bc4) 28. Be3 Nf8 $2 (28...
Qc6 29. a6 Qc7 30. Na5 Nb6 31. Nb7 (31. Bb5 Rh8 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Nc6
$44) 31... Nxc4 (31... Rh8 32. Rd1 Rxh3 33. Nxd6 Rch8 34. Nb5 Rh1+ 35. Kg2
R8h2+ 36. Kf3 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 $18) 32. Qxc4 Kf8 33. Ra5 $44) 29. Qd5 Qc6 30. Qf7+
Kd8 31. Qxg7 Be7 32. Rd1+ Nd7 33. Nxc5 (33. Bf7 Rf8 34. Bxg6 $18) 33... Bxc5
34. Bxc5 Rc7 35. Rd5 Kc8 36. Qxg6 $18 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 Qxc5 38. Qxe8+ Kb7 39. a6+
Kb6 40. b3 Ka5 41. h4 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Rxc6 43. h5 Rc8 44. Kg2 Kb6 45. f4 exf4 46.
Kf3 Kc5 47. Kxf4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Ke7 49. h6 Rc5+ 50. Bd5 Rxc2 51. h7 Rh2 52. Kg6
Kf8 53. Bg8 Rh4 54. Be6 Rh2 55. Bf5 Rh1 56. Kxf6 Rh6+ 57. Bg6 Rh5 58. g5 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akhmetov, Artiom"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Bh7 8. e4
dxe4 {Üblicherweise verzichtet Schwarz auf diesen Tausch.} 9. dxe4 Na6 10. Qe2
$146 (10. a3 Nc5 11. Ne5 Qd4 12. Ndc4 $2 Ncxe4 $17 {Neiman,E-Collas,D/Toulouse
1995}) 10... Nc5 (10... Nb4 {führt zu keinen konkreten Ergebnissen, da der Nb4
nach} 11. Ne1 {[%cal Ya2a3] doch wieder zurückgeworfen wird.}) 11. Ne5 Qc7 ({
Eine konkrete Begründung für den Tausch im 8.Zug könnte} 11... Qd4 {sein, aber
nach} 12. Nec4 {behauptet Weiß seine Stellung im Zentrum.}) 12. Nd3 Rd8 (12...
O-O-O $6 {wäre ein Spiel mit dem Feuer}) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. a4 O-O
16. a5 (16. Bd2 $5) 16... Nd7 17. Be3 ({Weiß konnte hier mit} 17. Bf4 e5 {
provozieren.} 18. Be3) 17... c5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Nc4 b5 (19... Ne5 20. Bf4) 20.
axb6 axb6 21. Bf4 $1 (21. f4) 21... e5 {[%csl Gd5] Damit tut sich ein
lohnendes Ziel für den Nc4 auf.} 22. Bd2 Qc6 (22... b5 $4 23. Ba5) 23. Ra7 $1 (
{Es gab hier auch Alternativen wie} 23. Rfd1) 23... Nb8 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. Rfa1 (
25. f3) 25... Re6 26. f3 {[%cal Yc4e3,Ye3d5]} Bg6 27. Bh3 Ree8 28. Kg2 (28. Ne3
$14) 28... Kh7 29. R1a3 {[%cal Ra3b3]} b5 30. Na5 Qd6 (30... Qb6 31. Rb7 $18)
31. Ra1 ({Warum nicht einfach} 31. Nb7 $1 {; danach sehe ich keine
ausreichende Verteidigung:} Qd1 32. Qf2 Nc6 (32... b4 33. Ra1 $18) 33. R7a6 Nb4
(33... Nb8 34. R6a5 $18) 34. Bxb4 cxb4 35. Ra1 $18) 31... b4 32. Nc4 $2 {
Ein schädlicher Zwischenzug.} (32. Be1 Re7 ({Erst nach} 32... Qb6 {war} 33. Nc4
$16 {angebracht.}) 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qb5 $16) 32... Qf8 33. Be1 Nc6 {Diese
willkommene Gelegenheit, mit dem Nb8 mit Tempo nach d4 zu laufen, hat Weiß
erst mit seinem unglücklichen 32.Zug ermöglicht.} 34. Rc7 Nd4 $15 35. Qf2 Bh5 {
Plötzlich sind die Rollen vertauscht: Schwarz setzt seinen Gegner unter Druck.}
36. Bf5+ $2 ({Einzig} 36. Bg4 {war hier angesagt:} Bxg4 37. fxg4 $11) 36...
Nxf5 37. exf5 e4 $1 $19 {Die Entscheidung.} 38. g4 (38. Qxc5 Qxc5 39. Rxc5
exf3+ 40. Kf1 Re2 41. c3 Bg4 42. Kg1 Bh3 $19) 38... exf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rd4 {
[%csl Rc4,Rg4]} 40. gxh5 (40. Ne3 Bg5 41. gxh5 Rxe3 $19) 40... Rxc4 41. c3 (41.
Qd3 Rxe1 $1 42. Rxe1 Qa8+ 43. Kh3 Rh4+ 44. Kg3 Rd4 $19) 41... Rce4 {Angesichts
der offenen Königsstellung kann Weiß nur noch auf ein Wunder hoffen.} 42. Bg3 (
42. Bf2 $142) 42... Re2+ 43. Kh3 R8e4 44. Raa7 Qe8 45. cxb4 (45. Rxf7 R2e3 46.
Qf2 Kg8 $1 $19 {gönnt Weiß gar nichts.} (46... Rh4+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Rg4
49. Rxf6 Re1+ 50. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ {gewinnt aber auch.})) 45... R2e3 (
45... R2e3 46. Qf2 Rh4+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Qc7 6. d3 (6. d4) 6... e5 7. e4
(7. O-O $1 {Espig-Knaak, Leipzig 1977}) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 f6 $5 $10 9. Nbd2 Bc5
10. O-O Ne7 11. a3 a5 12. c3 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. Qe2 {/\ Nc4} (14. Qc2 $10)
14... b5 15. Nh4 $6 (15. c4 $5 bxc4 16. Nxc4 axb4 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. axb4 Rxa1
19. Rxa1) 15... O-O 16. Nf5 Nb6 $1 (16... Nxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qf3) 17. Nxd6
$2 (17. Ne3) 17... Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Nec8 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22.
h4 Rd7 23. Be2 Rad8 24. Ba1 a4 25. Bb2 $2 Bb3 $1 26. Nxb3 $2 (26. Re1) 26...
Ndc4 $1 $19 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qf3 axb3 29. Qg4 (29. Rb1 $2 Nd2 $19) 29... Nxb2
30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Qxb3 N2c4 32. Rc2 Rd8 33. a4 bxa4 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vanheste, Jeroen"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nd7 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 Bf6 7. d4 Ne7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. h3 Bh5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Qc1 cxd4 (11... Rc8 $5) 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4
14. exd4 O-O 15. c4 dxc4 (15... Nb6 $5 16. c5 Nc8) 16. Nxc4 Rb8 17. Qa3 a6 18.
d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Ne5 20. Bg2 Nd3 {/\ Be2} 21. Nb2 Re8 22. Nxd3 Qxd3 23. Rfe1
Bf3 $6 (23... Be2 $10) 24. Bxf3 Qxf3 25. Qa4 Re2 26. Rxe2 Qxe2 27. Rc1 Qe6 28.
Qg4 Qe8 29. Rd1 g6 30. Qd7 Qe2 31. Rc1 Qf3 32. Re1 h5 33. Re3 Qf6 34. Kg2 Qd8
35. Re7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 b6 37. Kf3 $2 (37. Ra7 a5 38. Kf1 $14) 37... Rc8 38. Rd6
Rc2 39. Rxb6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Bxf3 {He could have waited, but
perhaps he already had the following move in his mind.} 6. Bxf3 h5 $6 $146 {
It doesn't look to me like a Karpov move.} (6... g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. d4
Nbd7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. c4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc2 {remis/Sale-Laketic/JUG-ch/
1991}) 7. d4 {Avoiding e7-e5.} Nbd7 8. c4 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. a3 {
Preparing b4 and avoiding Ba3.} Rd8 {Any attack on the white doesn't promise
much, as Bf3 defends the Kg1 well. On the other hand, it seems extremely
difficult, to find a good place for Ke8.} (11... O-O-O $2 12. b4 $40) 12. Qc2 {
Preparing e4} h4 13. cxd5 {Opening the centre is of course a good answer to
the black demonstration.} cxd5 (13... exd5 $2 14. e4 $16 {and the position of
Ke8 is even weaker than in the game.}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. b4 Qb5 (
16... Qb6) (16... Qc7 17. Qxc7 (17. Qb3 $5) (17. Qe2 $5) 17... Nxc7 18. Nc5 b6
19. Nb7 Rb8 20. Rac1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rc7 $16) 17. Nc3 {><d5 is the key
to progress for white.} Nxc3 18. Qxc3 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bd6 (19... Nf6 20. d5 $1
$40 (20. Qc7 Nd5)) 20. d5 (20. Kg2 $5) (20. Rfe1 $5) 20... e5 (20... Be5 $2 21.
Qc2 {only helps white.}) 21. Kg2 {/\ Rh1} f5 22. Qd2 (22. Rh1 Kf7) 22... Kf7
23. Be2 Qb6 24. Rh1 Nf6 {><d5} 25. f3 Rc8 26. Bd3 g6 27. Rae1 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 a5
(28... Nxd5 $4 29. Rh7+ $18) 29. Qg5 (29. bxa5 Qb3) 29... Rg8 (29... axb4 30.
Bxf5 $1 gxf5 31. Rh6 Rc2+ (31... Ng8 32. Qxf5+ Ke7 33. Rh7+ $18) (31... Be7 32.
Qg6+ Kf8 33. Rh8+ $18) 32. Kh3 Be7 (32... Ng8 33. Rh7+ $18) 33. Qg6+ $18) 30.
Bc4 Qc7 (30... axb4 31. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 32. d6+ Ke8 33. Bxg8 $18) 31. Bb3 Qe7 (
31... axb4 32. Bxe5 $18) 32. bxa5 e4 33. f4 e3 34. Qxf6+ $2 $14 (34. Be5 e2 $8
(34... Ng4 35. Rh7+ $18) (34... Ne4 35. Rh7+ $18) (34... Rc8 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36.
Rh7+ $18) (34... Nh5 35. Rxh5 gxh5 36. Qxf5+ Ke8 37. Ba4+ Kd8 38. Bf6 $18) (
34... Bxe5 35. d6+ $18) 35. Re1 Ne4 (35... Rh8 36. Rxe2 Rh5 $2 37. Qxf6+ Qxf6
38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Re6+ $18) 36. Qh6 (36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rxe2 $16) 36... Ke8 37.
Rxe2 Bxe5 38. d6 $1 $18) 34... Qxf6 35. Rh7+ Rg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6
38. a4 Bb4 39. Kf3 Bxa5 40. Kxe3 Bb6+ 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. Bc4 b6 43. Bb5 Ke7 44.
Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Marin} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6
(7... Be7 {Marin}) (7... Bc5 {Marin}) 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 dxe4 (10...
e5 {is the main line}) 11. dxe4 Be5 $6 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Be5 13. c3 b5 14.
Qe2 Qb6 15. Kh2 Bd6 16. Rad1 e5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Ne1
a5 21. c4 $14 {Ribli-Sisniega/Mexico/1980}) 12. c3 {This is standard in such
positions: White wants to keep his Bb2. Be5 will not be able to hold his
position in the centre.} Bc7 13. Ba3 $1 $146 {White only seldom gets this
chance; a5/a3 is played at some stage.} Re8 14. Qc2 a5 (14... e5 $14) 15. Nd4
Qb8 (15... e5 16. Nf5) 16. Rae1 (16. f4 $4 e5) (16. Rfe1 {Marin} Ra6) (16. c4
$6 {Marin} Be5 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. N4f3 (18. N2f3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nxe4)
18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 e5 $15 {><d4}) (16. Rac1 $1 {Marin (/\c4-c5,
Nc4, ><b6, d6)} Ra6 17. c4 $16) 16... a4 $2 {Inviting white to enlargen his
influence on the Q's side.} (16... Bg6 $14) (16... Ra6 $142 $5 {Marin (/\b5,
c5)} 17. c4 {(/\c5+/-)} b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc6 (19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Bb2 (20. Nc6
$4 Rxc6 21. Qxc6 Bxa3 $17) 20... Qb6 {(/\Be5)} 21. Nc6 $6 e5 22. Rfe1 (22. Qd3
Bc5) 22... Kh8 {/\Rc8} (22... Nc5 23. Bxe5 Qxc6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. e5 $1 Bg6 26.
Qxc5 Qxd2 27. Red1 Qxa2 28. Qxb5 Rae6 29. exf6 $16)) 19... Qb6 20. Rc1 (20.
Ne7+ Kh8 {/\b4}) 20... Bxg3 $5 (20... b4 21. Bb2 Be2 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $16
Bxg3 $6 24. Bd4 Qxc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6) 21. Ne7+ Rxe7 (21... Kh8 22. Nc8
$1) 22. Bxe7 h6 23. Qc8+ Kh7 24. e5 $5 Bxe5 (24... Nxe5 25. Bc5 $18) 25. Rc6
Qd4 26. Qxa6 Qxd2 $14 {/~/=}) 17. b4 Bg6 18. c4 Qa7 19. c5 Rad8 {/\ Nxc5} 20.
b5 $1 Be5 21. b6 (21. bxc6 $2 Bxd4 22. cxd7 Nxd7 $17) (21. N2f3 $5 {Marin})
21... Qa6 22. N4f3 $18 {><a4} Bb8 23. Rb1 {/\ Rb4} (23. Nh4 $6 Ne5) 23... Ne5
24. Nxe5 (24. Rb4 {Marin} Qd3 $1 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Rxa4 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3 Bxe4 28.
Ne1 Bxg2 $1 $13) 24... Bxe5 25. Nc4 (25. Rb4 $2 Qe2 (25... Qd3 $1 {Marin}))
25... Bd4 26. Nd6 (26. Rb4 $1 Bxc5 (26... Ra8 27. Nd6 $18) (26... Nd5 {Marin}
27. Rxa4 Qb5 28. Rb1 Nc3 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. Rb4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 $18) 27. Rxa4 Qb5
28. Ra5 $18) 26... Rxd6 27. cxd6 e5 28. Rfd1 $2 (28. Bc5 Nd7 (28... Nxe4 29.
Bxe4 Bxe4 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qxe4 Bxc5 32. Qxe5 Bf8 33. Qe8 Qa8 34. Rfe1 $18) (
28... Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxe4 30. d7 Rd8 31. Qxe5 Qa8 32. Bxe4) 29. Bxd4 exd4 30.
Rfd1 $18) 28... Nd7 29. Rb4 (29. Bf1 Qa8 30. Rb4 $18) 29... c5 30. Rxa4 Qxb6
31. Rb1 Qc6 32. Ra7 (32. Qb3 $2 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxb7 (34. Rxd4 exd4 (
34... Qxd4 {Marin} 35. Qxb7 Qxd6 $17)) 34... Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxa4) (32. Ra5 b6
33. Rab5 Qxd6) 32... b5 33. Kh2 h5 (33... b4 $2 34. Bxb4) 34. f3 (34. h4 $2 Nf6
35. f3 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Ng4+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ $10) 34... h4 35. Bf1 (35. g4 {Marin}
Rb8 {(/\Qxd6)} 36. Bf1 Nf8 (36... Rb6 37. Bxb5 $1 Rxb5 38. Qa4 $18) (36... b4
37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Bxb4 Qxd6 39. Be1 $16) 37. Rc1 Ne6 $44 (37... Qxd6 38. Bxc5
Bxc5 39. Qxc5 Qd2+ 40. Bg2 Ne6 41. Qxe5 Rd8 $16 {/~/=})) (35. gxh4 $5 Rb8 {
Marin} 36. Bf1 Nf8 $132) 35... hxg3+ 36. Kg2 $2 (36. Kxg3 $16 Rb8 (36... b4 {
Marin} 37. Rxb4 Qxd6 38. Rbb7 Nf6 39. Bc4 Nh5+ 40. Kh2 Rf8 41. Qb3 Qf6 $44) 37.
Bxb5 Rxb5 38. Qa4 $18 (38. Qa4 Rb6 39. Qxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxd7 $18)) 36... Rb8 $13
37. Rxb5 (37. Bxb5 $2 Rxb5 38. Qa4 Rxb1 39. Qxc6 Rg1#) (37. Kxg3 {Marin} Nf6
$40) 37... Rxb5 38. Qa4 $2 (38. Rc7 Qb6 (38... Qxd6 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Bxb5 $18)
39. Rxd7 Ra5 40. Bc1 $13) 38... c4 39. Ra5 (39. Bxc4 $2 Rb1 $19 (39... Rb6 $2
40. Qxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxd7 Rxc4 42. Rc7 Ra4 43. d7 $18) (39... Bxa7 40. Qxb5 (40.
Bxb5 Qb6) 40... Bxe4 $1 (40... Qxb5 41. Bxb5 Bc5 42. Bxc5 Nxc5 43. d7 Ne6 44.
a4)) 40. Qxc6 (40. Bf1 {Marin} Bxe4 $1 $19) 40... Rg1#) 39... Bxe4 $1 40. Qxb5
Bxf3+ 41. Kxg3 Qe4 (41... Qe4 42. Bc1 Qe1+ (42... Nf6) 43. Kxf3 Qf2+ 44. Kg4 (
44. Ke4 {Marin} Nf6#) 44... Nf6+ 45. Kg5 Qg3+ 46. Kf5 Qg6#) 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlier, Bruno"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 {Ein sehr solides
Verteidigungssystem.} 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbc6 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Re8 10. exd5 $6
Nxd5 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nc4 f6 13. a4 a5 14. h4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Re2 Nde7 17.
Qe1 Nf5 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Ne3 Nce7 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qf1 Bh6 22. Nd2 Bxd2 23.
Rexd2 c5 $15 24. Re2 h5 25. Rde1 Kf7 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Re7 28. R1e2 Rd6 29.
Kh2 Rc6 30. Qg2 Rce6 31. c3 $2 {Weiß verliert die Nerven.} Qd8 32. d4 (32. Rd2
Rd6 33. Qf1 Red7) 32... cxd4 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Qb7+ Qe7 36. Qd5
Qd6 37. Qc4 Qc6 38. Rxe6 Qxe6 39. Qd3 Qd5 40. f3 Qe5 41. f4 Qd5 42. Kg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Degenhardt, Horst"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. e4 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 (9. Qe1) (9. Re1) 9... O-O 10. g4 Bg6 (10... dxe4 $5 {Geller}) 11.
Nh4 dxe4 12. dxe4 $2 (12. Nxg6 $8 hxg6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 e5 {
Uhlmann-Roisman, Minsk 1976} 15. d4) 12... Bxe4 $1 $19 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxh4 15. g5 f5 16. Qh5 fxe4 17. Qxh4 Ne5 18. Qxe4 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxg5 20. Qc4 Qf6
21. f4 Nf7 22. Be3 Nd6 23. Qb3 Rf7 24. Rae1 Ne4 25. Rf3 Rd8 26. Qb4 Qg6+ 27.
Kh2 c5 28. Qc4 b6 29. Rg1 Qf5 30. Rff1 Nd2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 32. Rg2 Rd4 33. Qb5
Rxf4 34. Re1 Re7 35. Qe2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 (
8. g4 {erobert nicht unmittelbar das Läuferpaar:} Nfd7 9. Nf3 Bg6 10. Nc3 (10.
Bf4 Qf6 11. Qc1 e5 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. c4 $13 {Socko,B-Midoux,S/Cappelle la Grande
1999}) 10... Bd6 11. e4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc5
16. Bg2 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,Z-Todorovic,G/Becici 1994}) 8... Be7
9. f4 (9. e4 O-O (9... Nfd7 10. Nf3 Bxf3 (10... O-O) 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Bg2 dxe4
13. dxe4 c5 14. Be3 Nc6 15. f4 $14 {Emmerich,D-Zude,A/Hofheim 1995}) 10. g4
Nfd7 {Das Standardmanöver.} 11. Nf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Qe2 e5 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bg5 Nc5 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe3 Nd7 $132 {Tregubov,P-Rapoport,I/
St Petersburg 1995}) 9... Na6 ({Eigentlich konnte Schwarz auch gleich zu} 9...
Nfd7 {greifen:} 10. Nf3 Qb6+ (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. e4 Na6 13. Qe2 dxe4
14. dxe4 e5 15. f5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Kg2 Rfd8 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Nd2 Rd6 20.
h4 Qe7 21. a4 $14 {Petran,P-Schwalfenberg,J/Germany 1997/GER-chT2}) 11. Kh1 Na6
12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. a3 h6 14. g4 Bg6 15. e4 Rde8 16. b4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. e5
Nc7 19. c4 Ne6 $13 {Petran,P-Ac,M/Trnava 1988}) 10. e4 Nd7 $146 (10... Nb4 11.
Na3 a5 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bg6 14. Nd2 h5 15. Kh1 Bh7 16. Ndc4 b5 17. Ne5 Qc7
18. c4 $14 {Platonov,I-Mikenas,V/Riga 1970/URS-ch}) 11. exd5 {Weiß sucht jetzt
mit einer Aktion im Zentrum Nutzen aus der Verzögerung von Nfd7 zu ziehen.
Damit wird das Spiel äußerst zweischneidig.} ({Ruhiger war} 11. Nf3) 11... cxd5
12. f5 {Konsequent nach 11.exd5.} O-O (12... Bxh4 {führt ebenfalls zu wilden
Verwicklungen:} 13. fxe6 fxe6 (13... Qb6+ 14. Be3 Qxe6 (14... Qxb2 15. exd7+
Kxd7 16. Qa5 $5 $44) 15. gxh4 O-O 16. Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 14. gxh4 (14. Qxe6+ $6
Be7 15. Qxd5 $13) 14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nb4 16. Na3) 13. fxe6 Qb6+ 14. Be3 Qxe6 $2
{Schwarz gibt klein bei und begnügt sich mit der schlechteren Stellung.} ({
Die kritische Variante war} 14... Qxb2 $1 15. exd7 (15. Nf5 Bf6) (15. Nd2 $2
fxe6 16. Rb1 Qxc2 17. Rxb7 Nac5 $17) 15... Qxa1 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bxd5 $44 {
mit sehr schwieriger Stellung: aber wenigstens hat Schwarz für seine Probleme 
(Qa1 ist außer Spiel, der Pb7 steht unter Druck, der Pd7 ist eine Macht und
ein P ist sowieso schon weg) eine Qualität vorzuweisen.}) 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Nc3
Nb6 $2 ({Relativ besser war} 16... Nc7 17. Qf2) 17. Qf2 $16 Bg6 (17... Bxc3 {
Auch die Beseitigung des Angreifers löst die schwarzen Probleme nicht:} 18.
bxc3 Bg6 19. Rae1 {[%cal Rf5g7]} Bxf5 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxf5 $16)
18. Bxb6 Bxf5 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3) 19. Nxd5 axb6 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Nxf6+ (21.
Qxf5 Bxb2 22. Re7 $16) 21... Qxf6 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 (22... Qxb2 $143 23. Bxb7 $18)
23. Rxf5 Nb4 24. Rf4 (24. a3 {war auch nicht schlecht:} Nxc2 25. Re7 Nd4 26.
Rd5 $18) 24... Nxc2 25. Re2 Rac8 26. Bxb7 Rc5 (26... Rc7 27. Bd5) 27. Rc4 (27.
Re7) 27... Rxc4 $8 28. dxc4 Nb4 29. a3 Nd3 30. b4 $18 {Es ist nicht nur der
eine Mehrbauer: der B ist dem gefährdeten N klar überlegen.} g6 31. Rd2 Ne5 32.
Rc2 Rb8 33. Bd5 Kf8 34. c5 Ke7 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. Bb7 bxc5 37. bxc5 Nd3 38. Kf1 (
38. Rc3 $18) 38... Kd7 39. Be4 Kc7 40. Ke2 Ne5 41. Rb2 f5 (41... Rb8 42. Rxb8
$18) 42. Rb7+ Kc8 43. Bh1 Nd7 44. c6 Nf6 45. Bf3 Re8+ 46. Kf2 Re6 47. a4 h5 48.
Rg7 Ne4+ 49. Bxe4 fxe4 50. Ke3 Rxc6 51. Kxe4 Rf6 {Schwarz hat verglichen mit
der Ausgangssituation des Endspiels viel erreicht, aber manchmal ist viel
nicht genug.} 52. Ra7 Kd8 53. a5 Ke8 54. Rb7 Ra6 55. Rb5 Kd7 56. Kd4 Rf6 57.
Rb7+ Kc8 58. Rb6 Rf3 59. a6 Kc7 (59... Rxg3 60. a7 $18) 60. Rxg6 h4 61. Rg7+ ({
Nur kein Endspiel mit den beiden Randbauern:} 61. gxh4 $2 Rxh3 62. Rh6 $11)
61... Kb8 62. Ke4 Ra3 (62... Rxg3 63. Rxg3 hxg3 64. Kf3 $18) 63. g4 $1 Rxh3 (
63... Rxa6 64. Rh7 $18) 64. Rh7 Rh1 65. Kf4 h3 66. Kg5 h2 67. Rb7+ Ka8 68. Rb2
1-0

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Black "Ebeling, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 {
von Euwe empfohlen} 8. c3 h6 (8... a5 $13) 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 Be6 $6 (10... a5
$13) 11. b4 $14 a6 12. a3 Qe7 (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd7 14. Bb2 a5 15. Rad1 $14
{Zaichik-Shidkov, URS 1977}) 13. Bb2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. Nf1 b5 16. Ne3 Nb6
17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Bf1 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Bf8 22. a4 $16 Rb8
23. axb5 axb5 24. Ree1 Nd8 25. Bc1 c6 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Ra7 Rb7 28. Rea1 Reb8 29.
Rxb7 Rxb7 30. h4 c5 $2 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Qb4 Na4 (32... Qc7 33. Ra8 $18) 33.
Qxe7 Rxe7 (33... Bxe7 34. c4 Nc3 35. cxb5 Nxb5 36. Rb1 Nd6 37. Rxb7 Nxb7 38.
Bxh6 $16) 34. c4 Nc3 35. cxb5 Nxe4 36. Ra8 {/\ Bg2+-} Kg7 37. Bg2 Nd6 38. b6
Re6 39. Bd5 Rf6 40. Bc5 Be7 41. b7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Degenhardt, Horst"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Bh7 $6 {zu früh} 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 $5 $14) 9... Bc5 10. e4 $1 $14 O-O $5 (10...
dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Qe2 e5 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 Bb6 15. Ne1 a5 16. Nd3 Rfe8 17.
c5 Bc7 18. Nc4 $16 {Fuderer-Cortlever, Amsterdam 1954}) 11. e5 (11. Qe2 $5 $14)
11... Ne8 12. d4 Be7 13. cxd5 $6 (13. Qe2) 13... cxd5 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Nc7
$10 16. Bf1 Nb8 17. Nb1 Nc6 18. Nc3 a6 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Qe3 Rfc8 21. a3 Nb5 22.
b4 b6 23. Nd2 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Black "Michenka, Jozef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 Re8 8. Qc2
(8. b4) 8... a5 (8... Be6 9. b4 $14 {Dzindzichashvili-Kortschnoj/Tilburg/1985})
9. e4 dxe4 (9... Bf8 {shows more spirit}) 10. dxe4 Bg4 $6 (10... Bc5 11. Nc4
Qe7 12. Ne3 Bxe3 13. Bxe3 Be6 14. h3 Red8 $14 {Planinc-Kholmov/Moskau/1975}) (
10... a4) 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. h3 Bd7 (12... Bh5) 13. a4 h6 14. Kh2 Nh7 $6 (14...
Qe7) 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qb5 Bf8 (17... Bxe3 18. Bxe3 $14) 18. Nd5 Nb8
$4 (18... Ne7 $2 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nxe5 c6 21. Qd3) (18... f6 {/\ Ne7}) 19.
Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Qxe8 Nf6 21. Qb5 Nbd7 22. Nd2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group5"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1993.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hayastan Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk Poliot"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 Rfe8 13. Nh4 (13. Bd2 $5 Bf8
14. Bc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 b5 16. axb5 $14 {Gutman-Smejkal/BRD/1987}) 13... Nc5 $146
(13... Rad8 14. Bd2 Bg6 15. Bc3 Bc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. a5 $14 {Gutman-Rodriguez/
New York op/1987}) 14. Nf5 (14. Bd2 $6 Ne6 15. Bc3 Nd4) (14. b4 $5 Ne6 15. Nf5)
14... Bg6 15. b4 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bg5 (16. f3 Ne6 17. c3 Qc5+ 18. Ne3) 16...
h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe3) 15... Bxf5 $1 (15... Ne6 $2 16. Bb2 $16) 16. exf5
Ncd7 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Na5 (18. Ne3 $5) 18... e4 (18... b6 19. c4 bxa5 20. cxd5
$16) 19. c4 N5f6 20. Bf4 Qc8 (20... Ne5 $2 21. Qc3 Bf8 22. c5 $16) 21. g4 (21.
c5 b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Nc4) (21. Qc3 Nh5 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 c5
25. bxc5 Nxc5 $17) 21... Bd8 22. Nb3 (22. Qc3 Bxa5 23. bxa5 Nc5 $13) 22... Ne5
23. Bxe5 (23. Qc3 Nd3 $13) 23... Rxe5 24. Qc3 (24. f4) 24... Bc7 25. Rfe1 $6 (
25. Rae1 $5 h5 26. f4 Re8 27. g5 Nh7) 25... h5 $1 26. f4 $2 (26. g5 $5 Nh7 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxg5 29. Bc2 $13) (26. f3 $5) 26... Re8 27. g5 (27. Qg3 e3
28. g5 (28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 hxg4) 28... Ne4 29. Qxe3 Nd6 30. Qd3 Qxf5 31.
Qxf5 Nxf5 32. b5) 27... Nh7 28. Rxe4 (28. Bxe4 $2 Bxf4 29. h4 (29. Qf3 Nxg5 30.
Qxf4 $2 Nxh3+ $19) 29... Be5) 28... Rxe4 (28... Qxf5 29. Nd4) 29. Bxe4 Bxf4 30.
h4 Qc7 {/\ Be5} 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Qd3 (32. Qf3 Qb6+ 33. Kg2 Qxb4 34. Qxf4 Qxb3
35. f6) 32... Qe5 33. Bf3 (33. Nc5 b6 34. f6 bxc5 35. Bxh7+ Kf8 36. fxg7+ Kxg7)
33... Be3+ 34. Kg2 Bb6 {/\ Bc7} 35. Bxh5 Qb2+ 36. Kh1 (36. Nd2 Rd8 $19) 36...
Re3 37. Qd2 Rh3+ 38. Kg2 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Poley, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. O-O (5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2) 5... Bg7 6. d3
$10 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 {->D}) 6... O-O 7. Nbd2 $6 Re8 8. Qc2 e5 9. Rd1 a5 (
9... e4 $4 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4) 10. Rb1 $2 (10. Nf1) 10... Na6 11. a3 Qe7 $1
$15 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 $2 (13. Nxe4) 13... Nc5 14. b4 $2 Ncxe4 $1 $17 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe5 (16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxb1 $19) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxe5 18.
Bb2 Bf5 19. Qc1 Qe7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rb2 axb4 22. Rxb4 Bc8 $2 (22... Rad8 $17)
23. c5 Kg8 24. Qc3 Bf5 (24... Rd8 25. Re1) 25. Qb3 Ra7 26. a4 h5 27. Bf3 $146
Rf8 28. Rd6 Re8 29. Kg2 Be6 30. Qb2 Bf5 31. Kh2 Qc7 $6 32. Qf6 Ra5 33. Qc3 Raa8
34. Qb2 Re7 35. Rh4 Rae8 36. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 37. Rxh5 Bh7 38. Rxh7 $1 (38. Rdh6 $2
f5) 38... Kxh7 39. Rh6+ $1 Kxh6 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4
Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 Nf8 13. Bd2
a5 14. N3h4 Ne6 15. Kh1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nd7 17. Bf3 Bxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qf6 19. Rd1
Ndc5 20. c3 h5 21. Qe3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Chernin,A/Sochi 1986/MCL (21)})
12... Nf8 (12... Bg6 13. Nh4 Bb6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. a4 a5 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Kh2 dxe4
18. dxe4 Ne6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qc3 $14 {Buligin,A-Kuporosov,V/Minsk 1996}) 13.
Be3 (13. a4 Ne6 14. a5 Qd7 15. Qb4 b6 16. axb6 Bxb6 17. Be3 Rab8 18. Bxb6 axb6
19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Red8 $11 {Kunte,A-Benjamin,J/Qingdao 2002}) 13... Ne6 14.
c3 Bb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 (15... Qxb6 $2 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qxe5 $16) 16. Qe3 (16.
exd5 $6 cxd5 17. Qxe5 Nc5 18. Qd4 Bg6 $44) 16... dxe4 17. dxe4 Qc7 18. f3 Red8
(18... Nd7 19. Rfd1 f6) 19. Rfe1 Nd7 {[%cal Yf7f6]} 20. Bf1 f6 {Ein
Standardmanöver, das den Bh5 aus dem Käfig befreit.} 21. Kf2 $6 {Der K steht
hier nicht gut.} (21. Bc4 {war auch nicht überzeugend, da nach} Bf7 {[%cal
Yb6b5] b5 mit Tempogewinn erfolgen kann.}) 21... Bf7 22. Nd2 Ndc5 23. Be2 $2
Rd7 $2 (23... Nf4 $1 $17 {nutzt die Gunst der Stunde.} 24. gxf4 $140 $2 exf4
$19) 24. Nf1 Nf8 (24... Ng5 25. h4) 25. b3 Be6 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Kh2 $6 (27. b4
Na4 28. Bd1) 27... Kh8 (27... Bxf5 28. exf5 Ne7 $17) 28. c4 Bxf5 29. exf5 Ne7
30. g4 Rad8 (30... Ra3 31. Nd2 Nd3 32. Bxd3 e4+ 33. Kh1 exd3 34. Ne4) 31. Red1
Rxd1 (31... Nd3) 32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Nd3 34. Ng3 Nf4 (34... Qd6 $1 {hätte
die offene Linie erobert.} 35. Bc2 Nf4) 35. Qd2 c5 36. Ne4 {[%cal Yd2d6]} Nc6
37. Qd6 Qxd6 38. Nxd6 {Hecht: 'Schlechter Läufer gegen schwache schwarze
b-Bauern'} Nd4 39. Kg1 {'?' Hecht.} (39. Nxb7 Nd3 $17 {[%csl Rd1]}) 39... Nd3 {
'?' Hecht.} (39... Nxh3+ {'!' Hecht.} 40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Ke1 {Hecht} h5 $1 $17)
40. Kf1 Nc1 41. Ke1 (41. a4 $1 $11 {Hecht}) 41... Nxa2 42. Kd2 (42. Nxb7 Nc1)
42... h5 (42... Nb4 43. Nxb7 g6) (42... Kg8 $142 $5 {[%cal Yg8f8]}) 43. Nxb7 {
Schwarz hat zwar zur Zeit die besseren Leichtfiguren, da aber der Kh8 nicht
mitspielt, hat er Probleme, seinen Damenflügel zu verteidigen.} Kh7 44. Nd6 Kh6
(44... Nb4 45. Nc8 b5 46. Nd6 bxc4 47. bxc4) 45. Nf7+ Kh7 46. Nd6 h4 (46... Kh6
47. Nc8) 47. Nc8 b5 48. Nd6 bxc4 49. bxc4 {Nun spielt der Bd1 wieder mit.} Nb4
50. Ne4 Na6 51. Ke3 Kg8 52. Ba4 Kf7 53. Bb5 Nc7 54. Ba4 Na6 55. f4 exf4+ 56.
Kxf4 g5+ {'?!' Hecht.} (56... Ne2+ $142 {Hecht}) 57. fxg6+ Kxg6 58. Bd7 Ne2+
59. Kf3 Nd4+ 60. Ke3 f5 61. gxf5+ Nxf5+ 62. Kf4 Ng3 63. Nd2 (63. Nxg3 {Hecht}
hxg3 64. Kxg3 Nb4 $11 {[%cal Rb4d3,Rd3b2,Rb2c4]}) 63... Nh5+ (63... Nb4 $142 $5
{Hecht} 64. Kg4 Nd3 65. Kxh4 Ne2) 64. Ke5 Nb4 65. Bf5+ Kh6 66. Be4 Ng3 67. Nb3
{Hecht: 'Alle weißen Figuren sind nun aktiv - vor knapp 30 Zügen war das ganz
anders!'} Nxe4 68. Kxe4 Na6 69. Kd5 (69. Kf5 Kh5) (69. Ke5 Kg5 70. Nd2) 69...
Kg5 $2 (69... Nb4+ {war die einzige Möglichkeit.} 70. Ke4 (70. Kxc5 Nd3+ 71.
Kd6 (71. Kd4 Nf4 72. Nd2 Nxh3) 71... Kg5 72. c5 Nxc5 $11) 70... Na6 71. Ke5 Kg5
72. Nd2 Kh5 73. Ne4 Kg6 74. Ke6 $1 (74. Kd6 Kf5) 74... Nb4 75. Nxc5 Kg5 76. Ke5
) 70. Nxc5 Nxc5 71. Kxc5 Kf4 72. Kd4 Kg3 73. c5 Kxh3 74. c6 Kg2 75. c7 h3 76.
c8=Q h2 77. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 (9. b4 $5) 9... O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a5 {N} (
12... a6 13. a5 Ba7 14. Be3 $14 {Smejkal-Boensch, Altensteig 1991 ->CBM25}) 13.
Be3 $1 (13. Bd2 Nc5 $10) 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3 (14... Qc7 15. Nfd2 $5) 15.
Bxf3 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 b6 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Be2 $14 {/\ Bc4} Rxd2 20.
Rxd2 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Nd2 {/\ Nc4} Qc7 23. b3 c5 $2 {schwächt die weißen
Felder (><d5)} 24. Kg2 g6 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. Qd3 Qc6 27. Bb5 Qc7 28. Bc4 (28. Nc4
$5 $14) 28... Qc6 29. f3 Qc7 30. Nf1 (30. Nb1 $5 {/\ Nc3}) 30... Qe7 31. Ne3
Ne6 32. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 (32... fxe6 33. Nc4 Qc7 34. Qc3 Nd7 35. f4 Kf6 36. g4) 33.
Qd8 h5 34. h4 Qc6 $2 (34... Qd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 $16) 35. Nd5 (35. c4 {/\ Nd5})
35... Nxd5 36. exd5 Qf6 (36... Qb7 37. Qd6 f6 38. Qc6 {/\ d6+-}) 37. Qxf6+ (37.
Qc7 $2 e4 38. fxe4 Qc3) 37... Kxf6 38. g4 $1 Ke7 (38... hxg4 $2 39. fxg4 $18)
39. c4 $2 (39. g5 f6 (39... Kd6 40. c4 Ke7 41. Kf2 Kd7 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Ke4 Kd6
44. f4 exf4 45. Kxf4 Kd7 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. d6+ Kd7 48. Kf6 $18) 40. gxf6+ Kxf6
41. Kg3 Kf5 42. c3 Kf6 43. f4 Kf5 44. fxe5 Kxe5 45. c4 Kf5 46. Kf3 Ke5 (46...
g5 47. hxg5 Kxg5 48. Kg3) 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. d6 Ke6 49. Kf4 Kxd6 50. Kg5 Ke5 51.
Kxg6 Kf4 52. Kxh5 Kf5 53. Kh6 Kf6 54. Kh7 Kf7 55. h5 $18) 39... f5 $1 $10 40.
Kf2 Kd6 41. Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. e4
{->B10} dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Ne1 $146 {[%cal Ye1d3]} (11. a4 $142
b6 12. Nc4 $14 {Platonov-Zaitsev/URS-ch/1969}) 11... Nc5 {Diesen Zug hat Weiß
erst durch Verringerung des Drucks gegen e5 ermöglicht.} 12. Nd3 (12. Rb1)
12... Nxd3 13. cxd3 {Die zentrale Bauernstruktur (e5 gegen d3+e4) ist aus der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung (mit vertauschten Farben) bekannt. Wichtig ist die
Kontrolle des Feldes d4. Weiß hat hier mehrere Pläne: Expansion am Damenflügel
(beginnend mit a3/b4), Auflösung des rückständigen Pd3 (d3-d4), Druck gegen e5
in Verbindung mit f2-f4.} Bg4 (13... Bc5 $5) 14. Qc2 {paßt in jeden Plan.} Rad8
{[%cal Rg4e2]} 15. Nc4 {[%csl Re5]} Bc5 $1 {Verhindert f2-f4 und erhöht den
Einfluß im Zentrum (d4).} (15... Nd7) 16. h3 Bh5 (16... Bc8 $5) 17. Rae1 Nd7 (
17... Bd4 $5 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Red8 $132) 18. Kh1 {[%cal
Yf2f4]} Nf8 $6 (18... f6 {[%cal Yd7f8,Yf8e6]} 19. f4 b5 20. Nd2) 19. Nxe5 $2 (
19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Ne6 $17) (19. g4 $1 Bg6 20. Nxe5 Bb4 (20... Rxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. f4 Qd6 23. f5 $16) 21. Nxg6 Bxe1 (21... Nxg6 22. Re3 Nf4 23. d4 $16)
22. Nxf8 Bb4 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. f4 $44) 19... Bb4 (19... Rxe5 20. f4 $18) 20. d4
(20. f4 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Ne6 22. g4 $2 Nxf4 23. gxh5 Rxe5 $19) 20... Bxe1 21. Rxe1
Ne6 22. Qc4 f6 23. Ng4 b5 24. Qc1 Nxd4 $2 (24... Bxg4 25. hxg4 (25. d5 cxd5 $19
) 25... Nxd4 $19) 25. Bxd4 (25. Qc5 Bxg4 26. Bxd4 Be6 $19) 25... Rxd4 26. Qc5
Rd5 27. exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Qb6 30. Qd6 (30. Qxb6 axb6 31. dxc6
Kf8 $19) 30... c5 (30... Qxf2 31. dxc6 $15) 31. Qd7 Qb8 32. d6 $1 Re8 (32...
Kh8 33. Bc6) 33. Bc6 Rd8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. d7 Rf8 36. Qd5 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38.
Qxc4 Qd6 39. Qe4 g6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. a4 Rb8 42. Kh3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Solin 8th"]
[Site "Solin/Split"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. d3 h6 8. Bb2
Bh7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. a3 O-O ({Üblicherweise unterbindet Schwarz mit} 10... a5 {
die Expansion am Damenflügel.}) 11. b4 Re8 ({Karpov spielte hier} 11... a5 12.
Qb3 axb4 13. axb4 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rfc8 15. Qb2 Bf8 16. h3 Qd8 17. Ra5 Rxa5 18. bxa5
b6 19. axb6 Qxb6 $11 {Panno,O-Karpov,A/Madrid 1973}) 12. Re1 a5 13. Bc3 (13.
Qb3) 13... c5 14. bxc5 (14. b5 $6 d4 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 14... Bxc5 15. Qb3 (15. d4
$6 {[%csl Gh7]}) 15... b6 16. Qb2 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 $5 {Schwarz
gibt einen (Zentral-)Bauern für aktives Figurenspiel.} (18... Ng4 19. Bd4 Bc5
20. h3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Rab1 $36) 19. cxd5 {nimmt die Herausforderung an.}
(19. Bc3 Nc5 20. Bd4 $14) 19... Nxe5 20. Qxe5 (20. dxe6 $2 {geht nicht:} Rxe6
21. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17) 20... Rc8 21. dxe6 Rxe6 {So hatte Schwarz sich das
vorgestellt: alle seine Figuren sind sehr wirksam aufgestellt, zudem verfügt
er über das Läuferpaar. Der weiße Mehrbauer spielt noch keine sonderlich
aktive Rolle, aber es ist immerhin ein Mehrbauer.} 22. Qb2 ({Weiß hatte hier
die Wahl:} 22. Qd5 $5) 22... Bf5 {Auch Schwarz hatte hier manche Alternative;
es wäre verständlich, wenn die Kontrahenten in dieser Phase viel Zeit
verbraucht hätten.} 23. Ne4 ({Auch} 23. Nf3 {führt zu schwer zu beurteilenden
Konsequenzen.}) 23... h5 $6 {Schwarz träumt von einem Angriff in der h-Linie.}
(23... Rec6 {finde ich logisch; wenn Weiß sich auf die Tauschserie} 24. Rac1
Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 {einläßt, sehe ich nicht, wie er nach} Qd4 {
seinen Pa3 behaupten will.}) 24. h4 {Schiebt dem einen Riegel vor.} (24. Rac1)
(24. Rec1) 24... Be7 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 $1 (26. Qxc1 {hielt den Bauern
fest.}) 26... Qf8 27. Qb5 Bxa3 28. Rc7 $16 {Nun hat sich der Charakter der
Stellung wieder völlig verändert: Weiß hat die besser postierten Figuren (für
die Rückgabe des P).} Bxe4 {Eine vernünftige Entscheidung: der Bf5 war sicher
nicht besser als der Ne4.} 29. Bxe4 Bc5 30. e3 {[%csl Gc7] Auch die ungleichen
Läufer ändern hier nichts am weißen Übergewicht.} g6 (30... Re7 31. Rc6 $5 $16)
31. Bd5 Rf6 (31... Re7 32. Rc6 $16) 32. d4 Bb4 33. Ra7 $2 {Hier könnte dem
Weißen die Zeit knapp geworden sein.} ({Anscheinend konnte er hier die
Entscheidung herbeiführen:} 33. e4 $1 Be1 $8 34. e5 $1 Bxf2+ 35. Kg2 Rf5 36.
Qd7 Kg7 37. Be4 $18 Qa3 {rettet auch nicht mehr:} 38. Bxf5 Qxg3+ 39. Kf1 Qg1+
40. Ke2 Qe1+ 41. Kd3 Qb1+ 42. Kd2 {und der K entfleucht. Mit knapper Zeit war
das aber nicht einfach zu sehen.}) 33... Kg7 34. Ra8 Qe7 {Es ist ganz klar,
daß der weiße R auf a7 besser stand.} 35. Rc8 Be1 36. Rc2 Qd6 $2 ({Die
imposante weiße Bauernkette konnte hier vernichtet werden:} 36... Bxf2+ 37.
Rxf2 Qxe3 38. Qf1 Qxg3+ 39. Bg2 Qxh4 {und mit den 4 Bauern ist Schwarz
reichlich entschädigt.}) 37. Kg2 Bb4 $2 38. Be4 $2 (38. e4 $18) 38... Qe6 39.
Qd3 Qd7 $11 {Hier könnte das Blättchen gefallen sein; ansonsten sehe ich hier
keinen schwarzen Gewinn.} 0-1

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. c4
dxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14.
Rfd1 h6 15. a3 Red8 16. Bg2 Nh7 17. h4 Nhf6 18. Bh3 b6 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. Rad1 $14
{Hargens,T-Federau,J/BL2-N 1994}) 11... h6 $146 ({Besser gefällt mir} 11... Qe7
{[%cal Re7e6]} 12. Kh2 (12. Bg5 {ist nicht zu fürchten:} h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11)
12... Rfe8 13. Bg5 (13. Ne4 $5) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 {Petrosian,
T-Portisch,L/Milano 1975}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg2 Qe7 15. Bd2 $14
Rad8 (15... e4 $5 16. e3 (16. Bc3 e3) 16... Bd6 17. Bc3 Be5) 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17.
e3 Rd7 18. a3 Qe6 (18... Bd6) 19. b4 Bf8 20. Bc1 Red8 21. Bb2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxc4 {Die Öffnung der Stellung kommt dem Läuferpaar zugute.} (
23... Bd6 24. b5 $14) 24. Bxe5 Nd5 25. Qb1 Qe2 26. Bd4 a6 27. Qf5 Qe1+ 28. Kh2
Nc3 29. h4 Nd1 $2 (29... Ne2 30. Be5 $14) 30. Qc8 Nxf2 31. Bc5 h5 (31... Kh7
32. Bxf8 Qe2 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Bc5 Ng4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Qf1 Qxg3 37. Qf4 $18)
32. Qxf8+ Kh7 33. e4 Ng4+ 34. Kh3 f6 35. Qf7 Kh6 36. Qxb7 Qe2 37. Qxc6 Ne5 38.
Qc8 Nd3 39. Qf5 Ne1 40. Bf1 Qf3 41. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Poley, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. c4 (6. d4 {/\ Nd3 ist
die spannendere Fortsetzung}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. cxd5 {Weiß scheint
einem Remis nicht abgeneigt und strebt klare und einfache Strukturen an.} cxd5
9. d4 $10 e6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Kg7 15.
f4 f5 16. Bf3 Bg6 17. Rc2 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Rb1 b6 21. e3 f6
22. Be2 Be8 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Rb4 Qc6 25. Bb5 Qa8 26. Ba6 Bh5 27. Kf2 Qc6 28. Rb3
Be8 29. Bb5 Qa8 30. Ba6 Ba4 31. Rb4 Qe8 32. Qd3 Bc6 33. Ke1 Qh5 34. Qe2 Qe8 35.
Kd2 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0001 76th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Plaskett, H James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4
Bh7 9. Ne5 {Eine Spezialität von Vaganian.} ({Die meistgespielten Züge sind
hier} 9. Qe2) ({und} 9. b3) 9... c5 $146 ({Üblich ist} 9... Nbd7 10. Nxd7 {
Der Tausch kostet zwar Zeit, aber Weiß muß eh Zeit verlieren, um den Pf2 in
Gang zu setzen.} Nxd7 11. f4 O-O (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Kh1 Nc5 (13... a5
14. g4 f5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. e5 Nc5 17. Nf3 Ne6 18. Be3 Qe8 19. Rg1 $14 {
Aronian,L-Delgado Crespo,M/Linares 2000}) 14. Qe2 (14. g4 $5) 14... a5 15. Nc4
b5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 c5 19. Be3 Rac8 $11 {Vaganian,R-Karpov,A/
Moscow 1993}) 12. Kh1 {[%cal Yg3g4] Weiß schützt den K vor Belästigungen auf
der Diagonale und bereitet Aktionen auf der g-Linie vor (Start mit g3-g4).
Mitunter wird der Rf1 auf g1 landen.} (12. Qe2 a5 13. Kh1 a4 14. f5 dxe4 15.
dxe4 exf5 16. exf5 Re8 $132 {Nasir Ali,S-Hartston,W/Delhi 1982}) 12... a5 (
12... Bc5 13. g4 a5 14. a4 Re8 15. Qg3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bg2
$14 {Vaganian,R-Short,N/Luzern 1985}) (12... Kh8 13. g4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15.
Ng3 Bg8 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. Qxg4 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Nh5 $13 {
Vaganian,R-Thorhallsson,T/New York 1997}) 13. g4 a4 14. f5 (14. a3 Bh4 15. Qe2
dxe4 16. dxe4 Nc5 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. g5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qxb2
22. Bd6 Qc3 23. gxh6 $40 {Vaganian,R-Comp Centaur/The Hague 1996}) 14... a3 15.
b3 Re8 16. Rb1 exf5 17. gxf5 Qa5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qg3 Bb4 20. Nf3 Kh8 21. f6
$40 {Vaganian,R-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi 1980}) (9... O-O {kommt den Absichten des
Weißen nur entgegen:} 10. f4 $14) 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 {Die Unterschiede
zu 9..Nbd7: Die schwarze Bauernstruktur am Damenflügel ist radikal anders und
Weiß muß etwas Zeit verlieren, um Pg4 durchzusetzen. Am wichtigsten ist
vielleicht, daß Schwarz noch nicht rochiert hat.} 12. Kh1 {Der Standardzug ist
in jedem Fall nützlich.} a5 13. Qe2 {[%cal Yg3g4] Damit kommt der
Bauernvorstoß doch wieder ins Spiel.} a4 {[%cal Ya4a3]} 14. a3 Qc7 15. g4 {
Aronian bleibt auch hier seinem Standard treu, obwohl hier größere Risiken
vorhanden sind als mit einem Kg8.} h5 $6 {Eine radikale Entscheidung: Plaskett
versucht die Gegenüberstellung von Rh8 und Kh1 zu nutzen. Es bleibt aber die
Frage, ob er nicht zuviel von der Stellung verlangt.} 16. g5 $8 Ng4 ({
Halbherzig wäre} 16... Nd7 17. Qxh5 $16) 17. Nf3 {Nimmt dem schwarzen
Gegenspiel den Wind aus den Segeln.} ({Das direkte} 17. h3 $2 {wäre Plaskett
recht gewesen:} Bxg5 18. exd5 (18. hxg4 hxg4 $17) 18... Bxf4 $1 19. dxe6 Bxd2
$40) 17... f6 18. exd5 ({Hier kam} 18. h3 {schon eher in Betracht; es ist mir
nicht klar, was Plaskett beabsichtigt hatte.} fxg5 ({bei einem passiven Zug wie
} 18... Rb8 {kann schon} 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nh2 $1 {folgen, z.B.:} (20. Ne1 $2
Bxe4+ 21. Kg1 Bf5 $44) 20... g3 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. g6 Bxg6 23. Qxg6 Rxh2+ 24. Kg1
) 19. fxg5 ({Selbst} 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Ne5 gxf4 21. Nxg4 {sieht gar nicht so
schlecht aus.}) 19... Bg6 (19... dxe4 20. dxe4 Bd6 21. e5 $1) (19... c4 20.
hxg4 hxg4 21. Nh2) 20. exd5 exd5 21. Kg1 {und Weiß hat (wie in der
Partiefortsetzung) alle Chancen.}) 18... exd5 19. Re1 (19. h3 {s.o.}) 19... Kd8
(19... fxg5 20. Nxg5 $40 Bf5 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6) 20. h3 fxg5 21. Kg1 (21.
fxg5 Bd6 22. Qe6 $16 {[%cal Rg5g6] gefällt mir (auch) sehr gut, z.B.:} Bxd3 23.
cxd3 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd3 25. Re2) (21. hxg4 $2 {kommt dagegen garnicht in Frage:}
hxg4 $17) 21... Nh6 (21... Nf6 22. fxg5 Ne8 23. g6 $1 Bg8 24. Bf4 $16) 22. fxg5
Nf5 23. Qe6 (23. Ne5 Bd6 24. Bf4 $16) 23... Qd6 (23... Rf8 24. Ne5 $16) 24. g6
$5 {Aronian liebt das effektvolle Spiel} ({Einfach und stark war dagegen} 24.
Bf4 $142 $1 Qxe6 (24... Qxf4 $2 25. Ne5 $18) 25. Rxe6 Kd7 26. Rae1 $16 {
und Weiß behält vielfältige Drohungen.} Rhe8 {Auch die Liquidation in der
e-Linie kann den Druck nicht vollständig abschütteln:} 27. R6e2 (27. g6 $6 Bg8
28. R6e2 Bf6 $14) 27... Bd6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Bxd6 Nxd6 31. Ne5
$16) 24... Bxg6 25. Bg5 Bxg5 $2 ({Aufmerksamer war} 25... Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Be8 {
[%cal Ye8d7]} 27. Re5 $44) 26. Nxg5 Re8 27. Qxd6+ Nxd6 28. Ne6+ Kc8 29. Nxc5
$16 {[%csl Gc5] Gegen einen solchen Idealspringer fällt das Spiel schwer.} Ra5
30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. d4 Bxc2 ({Auch} 31... Rb5 {kann nicht alle Probleme lösen:}
32. b4 $1 Bxc2 33. Rc1 (33. Re1) 33... Bb3 34. Nxb3 axb3 35. Rxc6+ Nc7 36. Rc3
$16) 32. Rc1 Bf5 (32... Bb3 33. Nxb3 axb3 34. Rxc6+ $16) 33. Bxd5 Kc7 (33...
cxd5 34. Nb3+ $18) 34. Bxc6 $1 $18 Nd6 (34... Kxc6 35. Nb3+ $18) 35. Bxa4 Kd8
36. Rc3 g5 37. Bc2 Bxc2 38. Rxc2 Ra7 39. Ne6+ Ke7 40. Nxg5 Kf6 41. Nf3 Kf5 42.
Kf2 Kf4 43. Nd2 Ra4 44. Nb3 Ra8 45. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 c6 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. h3 (6. O-O) 6... Bxf3
7. Nxf3 e5 8. O-O Be7 (8... Bc5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd3
O-O $10 {Polugaevsky-Geller, URS-ch 1969}) 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8
12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 $5) 14... a5 15. a3 Bc5 16. e3 Bf8
17. h4 Nc5 18. Qf5 Qc8 (18... Nxb3 19. Bxe5 $14) 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 Ncd7 22. g4 e4 23. Nd2 Nxg4 24. Nxe4 Nde5 25. c5 Nc4 26. Bd4 f5 27. Ng3 (
27. Nd2 $14 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Be7 29. h5 Bf6) 27... g6 28. h5 Rc7 29. Bf3 Nce5 30.
Be2 Nf6 31. Kg2 Bg7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Bc4+ Kf8 35. Ne2 {/\ Nf4} (
35. Rh1 $10) (35. Rd6 $10) 35... Nh5 36. Nd4 $6 (36. Rd6 $5 Re4 37. Nd4 (37.
Bd3 Rxb4 38. Rxg6) 37... Bxd4 38. exd4) 36... Ke7 37. Rh1 Rd7 38. Ba2 Nf6 39.
Nf3 Re4 40. Rd4 (40. Nh4 $2 Rxd1 41. Nxg6+ Ke8 42. Rxd1 Rg4+ $19) 40... Rdxd4
41. exd4 $2 (41. Nxd4 $10) 41... Nh5 42. Bb1 $2 (42. Rd1 Nf4+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kg3
Ne2+ $17) (43. Kg1 Ne2+ $17) (43. Kf1 Re2 44. Bb1 Rb2 $17) 43... Re2) 42...
Rg4+ 43. Kf1 Rf4 44. Ke2 Bxd4 45. Bxf5 Bxf2 46. Kxf2 Rxf5 47. Ke3 Nf6 48. Nd4
Re5+ 49. Kd3 g5 50. Rf1 Nd5 51. b5 cxb5 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Nd6+ Nf4+ 54. Kd4 Rd5+
55. Ke3 b6 56. Nxb5 bxc5 57. Ke4 Re5+ 58. Kf3 Nd5 59. Rc1 Nf4 60. Nd6 Ne6 61.
Ne4+ Ke7 62. Nd2 Rd5 63. Nc4 Kf6 64. Ke3 Kf5 65. Nb2 Re5+ 66. Kd2 g4 67. Nd3
Re4 68. Nf2 Rf4 69. Nd3 Rd4 70. Ke3 Re4+ 71. Kf2 c4 72. Nb2 Nf4 73. Nxc4 Re2+
74. Kf1 g3 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Wells} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e5 6. h3 Bh5 7. e4 dxe4
8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nc4 $146 (10. c3 Bf7 (10... Ne7) 11. Nh4 Ne7 12. Nf5
Nxf5 13. exf5 Be7 14. Ne4 Nc5 15. Qg4 $14 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Qi Jingxuan/
Thessaloniki 1984}) (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nc4 a5
15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. c3 Bf7 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,Z-Buljovcic,I/Igalo 1994}) 10... Nb6
11. Na5 Qc7 12. Bd2 (12. Qe1 Bf7 $5) 12... Rd8 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. b4 Bd6 15. c4 c5
{'=/+[]' Wells.} 16. Be3 (16. Nb3 {Wells} Nd7) 16... Nbc8 {'!' Wells.} (16...
cxb4 $2 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxb7 $16) (16... Nd7 $2 {Wells} 17. Rfd1
$16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd1d6,Ya5b7]}) 17. Nb3 b6 {Wells: 'It is a story of
changing structure. White is ill-prepared to exploit the d5 square, and is
thus thrown on the defensive.'} 18. b5 {Wells: 'Keeps the knight out of c6 and
d4, but the c4-pawn is done no favours.' Eine verpflichtende Entscheidung. Die
natürlichen Ziele für die Springer sind d5 bzw. d4. Es wird aber einige Zeit
vergehen, bis sie dorthin gelangen können. Zumächst macht das weiße Spiel
keinen schlechteren Eindruck, da die Nc8, Ne7, Bd6 weit von ihrer Bestform
entfernt sind.} ({Ansonsten könnte das Spiel nach} 18. bxc5 Bxc5 (18... bxc5 {
Wells} 19. Rfd1 $15) 19. Bxc5 (19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qc2) 19... bxc5 20. Qe3 {
schnell verflachen:} Nb6 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Rc8 $11) 18... O-O 19. Qc2 Qd7
{[%cal Rh5f3]} 20. Nh4 ({Besser gefällt mir} 20. Nfd2 $5) 20... Bc7 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Yc8d6,Yh5f7,Yd7e6] Schwarz setzt jetzt den Pc4 unter Druck. Das
erschwert es Weiß, sein Ziel, einen N nach d5 zu tragen, zu verwirklichen.} 21.
Rfe1 (21. Nd2 Be2 $5 {[%cal Ye2d3]}) 21... Nd6 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. a4 (23. g4 Bf7
24. Nf5 Nec8 $5) (23. Bf1) 23... Bf7 24. Bf1 g5 {'!' Wells.} 25. Nhf3 Bg6 26.
a5 h6 {Wells: 'and while white is not lost, no questions necessary about where
the initiative lies.'} (26... bxa5 $2 27. Bxc5) 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 Rd7 $15 {
Ein Indiz, daß Schwarz den vollen Punkt anstrebt.} (28... Bb8 29. Ra6 Bc7 30.
Ra7 {könnte bei beiderseits friedlichen Absichten zur Punkteteilung führen.})
29. g4 h5 30. Nh2 hxg4 31. hxg4 ({Mit} 31. Nxg4 {konnte Weiß den N aktivieren;
dafür wäre der Ph3 ein Sorgenkind geblieben.}) 31... Bf7 {[%cal Ye7g6]} 32. Rc1
Ng6 33. Nb1 Rfd8 34. Ra4 ({Weiß konnte sein Ziel einen Zug früher erreichen:} 
34. Nc3 $5 {denn} Nxc4 {war nicht zu fürchten:} 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Nd5 Nd6 37.
Nxc7 Qb3 38. Qxb3 Bxb3 39. b6 $11) 34... Kg7 35. Nc3 Rh8 36. f3 (36. Nd5) 36...
Nf4 37. Nd5 Qe8 38. Ra7 (38. Rca1 Nxb5 $1 (38... Nxd5 39. cxd5 $11) 39. cxb5 (
39. Ra8 Nxd5 40. Rxe8 (40. exd5 Rd8 $17) 40... Nxe3 41. Qc1 Rxe8 42. Qxe3 Nd4
$15) 39... Nxd5 40. exd5 e4 $17 {[%csl Rh2]}) 38... Qd8 (38... Nxd5 39. cxd5
$11) 39. Rd1 (39. Rca1) 39... Ne6 $17 {[%cal Ye6d4] Schwarz steht vor der
Erreichung seines Ziels. Der Nd4 ist gefährlicher als der Nd5, da seine
Beseitigung die Aktivierung des schlechten Bc7 mit unangehmen Konsequenzen
nach sich zieht.} 40. Qa2 ({Bei} 40. Bg2 Nd4 41. Qa2 {war mit} N6xb5 42. cxb5
Nxb5 {zu rechnen.}) (40. Nxc7 {wäre ein Eingeständnis, schlecht zu stehen, mit
dem Versuch der Schadensbegrenzung.}) 40... Nd4 41. Rb1 $2 (41. Qf2 $142) 41...
Rh6 $2 (41... Bxd5 42. cxd5 (42. exd5 $2 e4 $19) 42... Kg6 {[%cal Rd7h7]} 43.
Be2 Rdh7 44. Nf1 c4 $1 $17) 42. Bf2 $2 (42. Ra8 $142) 42... Bxd5 $1 43. cxd5 (
43. exd5 Nc8 $19 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 43... Qh8 44. Bxd4 (44. Bg3 Nxf3+ 45. Nxf3
Rh1+ 46. Kf2 (46. Kg2 Qh3+ 47. Kf2 Nxe4+ $19) 46... Nxe4+ $19) 44... exd4 $19 {
[%csl Gc7,Rh2]} 45. Rb2 c4 ({Gekünstelt wäre} 45... Nxb5 46. Bxb5 Rxh2 47. Rxh2
Qxh2+ 48. Kf1 $17) (45... Nf7 $19) 46. e5 {Die Verstopfung der tödlichen
Diagonale c7-h2 ist nicht von langer Dauer.} (46. Ra8 Qh7 $19) 46... fxe5 47.
Bxc4 e4 {und schon ist die Diagonale wieder offen.} 48. Bf1 e3 49. Rc2 Ne8 (
49... Nxb5 50. d6 Nxa7 51. Rxc7 Rhxd6 52. Rxa7) 50. Rcxc7 Nxc7 51. Qb2 Kf7 52.
Bc4 Ke7 53. Qa3+ Rhd6 54. Qd3 Qe5 55. Nf1 e2 56. Qxe2 Qxe2 57. Bxe2 Nxd5 58.
Ra1 Nf4 59. Bd1 Rd5 60. Ng3 Rc7 61. Nf5+ Kf6 62. Bb3 Rxb5 63. Nd6 Rxb3 64. Ne8+
Ke5 65. Nxc7 d3 66. Ra2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 {Shirovs Lieblingsmethode gegen den
weißen Aufbau.} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O (6. h3 Bxf3 (6... Bh5) 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8. Qb3
Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. O-O Re8 14. e4 $14 {
Thorbergsson,F-Thorsteinsson,B/Reykjavik 1966}) ({Häufiger gewählt wurde} 6.
Qb3 Nc5 7. Qc2 (7. Qe3+ Be7 8. d4 (8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. d4
Ne6 12. Nc3 c6 $11 {Sulava,N-Palac,M/Bled 1992}) 8... Na4 9. b3 Nb6 10. O-O Nf6
11. Ba3 Nc8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Qd3 f5 $11 {
Anic,D-Bacrot,E/Cannes 1995}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. b4 Ne6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. a3
c6 12. d3 Qb6 13. Nbd2 a5 $13 {Todorcevic,M-De la Villa Garcia,J/Oropesa del
Mar 1996}) (6. d3 Bd6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne2 Ne6
12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nh4 g5 14. f3 gxh4 15. fxg4 Ng7 16. g5 hxg3 17. Nxg3 $13 {
Ninov,K-Sharif,M/Cap d'Agde 1994}) 6... Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2 (8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. a4 a6 14. Bc3 h5 15. a5 Ba7
16. Ra4 Ne5 17. Bg2 Qd7 $132 {Anastasian,A-Rublevsky,S/Yerevan 1996}) (8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 Bb6 12. b4 $6 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. Nh4 Ne5
$36 {Wirthensohn,H-Bagirov,V/Yerevan 1996}) (8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 (9. Qb3 Re8 (9...
Nb6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 c6 13. e4 Nfd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. h3 Qf6 16.
Nh2 a5 17. Rfe1 Qg6 $132 {Dizdar,G-Campos Moreno,J/Barcelona 1991}) 10. Qxb7 (
10. Nxd5 {Khenkin} Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rxe2 12. d4 $1 $14) 10... Rb8 11. Qa6 Ne5 12.
Bg5 (12. d4 {Khenkin}) 12... Rxb2 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Na4 Re6 16.
Qa5 Bb6 17. Qxd5 Rd6 18. Qxd6 (18. Qc4 $142 $15) 18... Qxd6 19. Nxb2 Qd4 $1 $17
{Wojtkiewicz,A-Khenkin,I/Krynica 1997}) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Rb1 Qe7 (
11... a5 12. a3 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15. Bg2 Qe6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4
Bb6 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Bf4 h6 22. Nb3 $14 {
Sakadin-Landenbergue/Harkany op/1993}) 12. Bg2 Rad8 13. d4 $6 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e3 h5 $15 {Lopushnoy,D-Dreev,A/Maikop 1998}) (8. a3 a5 9. Nc3
O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Qc2 Qb8 13. Bf4 Qa7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. e4 dxe4
16. dxe4 $14 {Anastasian,A-Dreev,A/Kazan 1997}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nb3 Bb6
11. a4 a5 $146 {Es könnte sich um einen vorbereiteten Zug handeln, da
Anastasian mehrfach zu dem weißen Aufbau griff. Shirov gönnt seinem Gegner den
Raumgewinn durch a4-a5 nicht.} (11... a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Bc3 Qe7 15.
e3 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. d4 cxd4 21. Bxd4
$14 {Anastasian,A-Dreev,A/Luzern 1997}) 12. Nfd4 Nc5 (12... c5 $6 {schwächt
sich unötig:} 13. Nb5 $14) 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. e3 {
[%cal Yc1d2,Yd2c3]} ({Keinen Vorteil verspricht} 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bg6 {
und das weiße Zentrum gerät unter Beschuß.}) 16... Bg6 $1 17. Nd2 ({Nach dem
normalen} 17. Bd2 {ergreift Schwarz die Initiative:} c5 $1 $36) 17... c5 {
[%cal Rc5c4] Schwarz darf mit dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung sehr zufrieden sein.}
18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Ra3 c4 $6 {Shirov hält den Zeitpunkt für gekommen, die weiße
Spielanlage zu bestrafen, und stürzt sich in einen taktischen Strudel.} ({
Nach einem ruhigen Zug wie} 19... Rc6 {behielte Shirov alle Optionen.}) 20.
dxc4 Bc5 21. cxd5 $1 {Solche Qualitätsopfer sind wahrscheinlich in Armenien
Ehrensache.} ({Nach dem ängstlichen} 21. Ra1 dxc4 22. Qxb7 (22. Nxc4 Bd3 $17)
22... Bb4 $44 {entfalten die schwarzen Figuren einen dem Weißen nichts Gutes
verheißenden Druck.}) 21... Bb4 ({Hier hätte ich eigentlich die Annahme der
Qualität erwartet:} 21... Bxa3 22. bxa3 {Weiß darf mit seinen 2 Bauern für die
Qualität sehr zufrieden sein. Den Versuch, den Pd5 zu beseitigen, könnte Weiß 
(sofern er denn will), zum Rückgewinn der Qualität nutzen:} Rc5 23. Bb2 Nxd5
24. Bd4 Rc2 $8 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 ({nach} 26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rc8 28. Bf5
{dominiert das Läuferpaar.}) 27. Qxc2 Nxg3 28. Qb2 $14) 22. Ra1 Rxc1 $6 ({
Die Alternative, auf den weißen Feldern herumzustochern, könnte Anastasian nach
} 22... Bc2 23. Qa2 Bd3 24. Rd1 Be2 25. Re1 Bc4 {mit einem erneuten
Qualitätsopfer beantworten:} 26. Nxc4 $1 Bxe1 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Nxd2 $14 {
Immerhin käme Schwarz nach} Rc2 29. Rd1 Qb6 {zu einigem Gegenspiel.}) 23. Rfxc1
Bxd2 24. Rd1 Bb4 25. Rac1 $16 {[%csl Gd5] Materiell sieht die Lage gut aus für
Weiß; zudem kommt Schwarz wegen des starken Pd5 nicht zu einem konstruktiven
Figurenspiel.} Ne4 26. Bxe4 $5 {Das hätten sich viele Schachspieler nicht
getraut: die Abgabe des Fianchettoläufers hat in zu vielen Fällen zur
Katastrophe geführt. Hier verhindert Weiß die Blockade seines Hoffnungsbauern 
(Pd5) mit Nd6.} (26. Rd4) 26... Bxe4 27. Rd4 Bf5 $2 (27... Qd7 $142 28. Kh2 Qf5
29. f4 Qh5 30. Qd1 $16) (27... Bd6 $2 28. Qxb7 $18) 28. d6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd6]
Die (endgültige) Entscheidung: es ist kein Kraut gegen diesen P gewachsen.} Bd7
(28... Bxh3 $2 29. d7 Bxd7 30. Rcd1 $18) 29. Rc7 b6 (29... Bxd6 30. Rxb7 Re6
31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rb8 Bc8 33. Qc4 $18) 30. Qd5 Rf8 31. Qb7 Bxh3 (31... Bc8 32.
Qxb6 Bxh3 33. d7 $18) 32. d7 Qf6 33. Rc8 Be7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 Re8 12. e4 e5 13. Nh4 {Eine der
Standardstellungen im Königsindischen Angriff. Schwarz hat hier eine breite
Auswahl.} Rc8 {Ein eher selten gewählter Zug, der mir nicht sonderlich gefällt:
steht der R hier wirklich besser als auf a8?} (13... Qc7) (13... Bc5) (13...
Nc5) (13... Bf8) (13... Nf8) 14. Nf5 $146 ({Schärfer ging es in einer
Vorgängerpartie zur Sache:} 14. f4 $5 exf4 15. gxf4 dxe4 16. dxe4 {Eine
äußerst spannungsreiche Stellung; vielleicht hatte Jonkman irgendwo eine
Verbesserung gefunden ?} Nf8 (16... Bc5+ 17. Kh1) 17. e5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Rc7 19.
Nf5 g6 $2 (19... Rd7 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Qg3 Ne6 22. Ncd6 $16) 20. Nh6+ $18 {
Podgaets,M-Beliavsky,A/Kiev 1973}) 14... Bb8 ({nach} 14... Bf8 {würde ich mich
fragen, was der Zug Rc8 geleistet hat.}) 15. b4 {nutzt die Entfernung des Bd6
aus der Diagonalen a3-f8.} a4 16. Rc1 {Prophylaxe} (16. c4) 16... Nf8 {[%cal
Yf8e6]} ({Den Vorstoß} 16... d4 {braucht Weiß nicht zu fürchten: z.B. nach} 17.
c3 {kann Schwarz den B nicht auf d4 behaupten. den rückständigen Pd3 fürchtet
Weiß wegen seiner schönen Zentralkontrolle nicht (ähnlich wie in der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung).} ({Auch} 17. f4 {gewinnt an Kraft.})) 17. Nf3 d4
{Da nun der Vorstoß f2-f4 zunächst verbaut ist, läßt Schwarz sich provozieren;
ein Zwang bestand nicht.} 18. N3h4 {Einerseits ist der Vorposten f5 ein großer
Aktivposten in der weißen Bilanz, andererseits stehen sich die weißen N nun
gegenseitig im Weg.} (18. c3 $5) 18... Ne6 19. Qd2 b6 {Nun steht Schwarz zur
Stützung des Zentrums mit c6-c5 bereit.} 20. Bf3 {Weiß schlägt den Abtausch
des schlechten (nach Pd5-d4) Läufers vor.} ({Für das prinzipielle} 20. f4 exf4
21. gxf4 {ist Weiß nicht sehr gut vorbereitet.} c5 $132) 20... Bg6 ({Da der
Bh5 auch nicht ungefährdet steht, wären vermutlich viele Spieler auf den
Abtausch} 20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3 {eingegangen.}) 21. Bd1 {Ein unübliches Feld für
den königsindischen B: er sucht neue Betätigungsfelder am Damenflügel.} Qd7 {
wirft einen schützenden Blick auf den gefährdeten Pa4.} 22. Kg2 c5 23. c4 dxc3
{Pflicht: ansonsten hätte Weiß alle Zeit der Welt, um Attacken am Königsflügel
und etl gegen den Pa4 vorzubereiten.} 24. Bxc3 cxb4 ({Die Variante} 24... Nd4
25. Bxd4 cxd4 $2 (25... exd4 $142) 26. Bxa4 $1 {zeigt die Absichten von 21.Bd1}
) 25. Bxb4 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 b5 (26... Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Qxd3 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Bxa4 b5
30. Bc2 Qc4 31. Bb1 $14) (26... Qxd3 27. Bxa4 Bxf5 (27... b5 28. Bc2 $16) (
27... Qxe4+ $2 28. f3 $16) 28. exf5 (28. Bxe8 $2 Nf4+ 29. gxf4 Bxh3+ 30. Kg1
Qxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bxf1 $17) 28... b5 29. fxe6 bxa4 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Rd1 $14 {
mit der besseren Bauernstruktur.}) (26... Rc8 $4 27. Qxc8+ Qxc8 28. Ne7+ $18)
27. Bc2 Ba7 $6 ({Eine bessere Methode, um das Feld d4 zu kämpfen, ist
vermutlich} 27... Bxf5 28. Nxf5 g6 $13 {z.B.:} 29. Ne3 Rc8 30. Qb2 Ba7 $1 31.
Bb1 (31. Qxe5 $2 Bd4 $19) 31... Bd4 32. Qd2 Bc5 $132) 28. Bb1 Nd4 $6 ({Auch
hier kam noch} 28... Bxf5 29. Nxf5 g6 {in Betracht; allerdings eröffnen sich
hier Weiß mehr Möglichkeiten als im 27.Zug.}) 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31.
Qd2 (31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf4 $14) 31... Rc8 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 $16 {[%csl Gb1]
[%cal Yb1a2] Das Läuferpaar spricht für Weiß.} Bb6 34. Qc3 Bd4 35. Qc2 g5 {
[%cal Yg5g4]} (35... Nh7 {[%cal Yh7g5,Yh7f8,Yf8e6] ist aktiver, hat aber den
Nachteil, das Feld d5 freizugeben.}) 36. f3 Bb6 37. Qc3 Bd4 ({Das Endspiel nach
} 37... Qd4 38. Qxd4 Bxd4 39. Ba2 {sollte langfristig für Weiß vorteilhaft
sein.}) 38. Qc1 Nh7 $2 ({Kaltblütiger wäre} 38... Ba7 {, da} 39. Qxg5 $2 {
verboten ist:} (39. Bc5 $5) 39... Qd4 $19) 39. Ba2 g6 (39... Ba7 40. Bd5 $18 {
mit Dank an den Nh7}) 40. Bd5 Bb6 (40... Kg7 41. Qc6 Nf6 42. Qxd7 Nxd7 43. Bc6
$18) 41. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Tibensky, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. d3 Bc5 7. O-O Bh7 8. a3 a5
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 (10. c4) 10... c6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. e4 Ba7 13. b4 $2 {
Damit übertreibt Blatny etwas die Provokation.} (13. c4) 13... c5 $1 $17 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Yc5c4] Nun ist guter Rat teuer. Der Bh7 wirkt prächtig mit den
beiden Zentralbauern zusammen.} 14. e5 Ng4 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 15. c4 d4 $1 {
[%csl Re5]} (15... axb4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. h3 (17. cxd5 exd5 18. h3 Nxf2 19.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qb6+ 21. Bd4 Qc6 $17) 17... Nc5 18. Ne1 (18. hxg4 Bxd3 19.
Qd1 dxc4 $17) 18... dxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxd3 20. Nxd3 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22. hxg4
Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Bb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nc4 Bc7 26. Bxb7 Ra2 27. f4 $14) 16. Nb3 (
16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. bxc5 Ngxe5 $17 {[%csl Rd3]}) 16... Ngxe5 17. Ne1 a4 (17...
axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Ba3 (19. Na5 Rfb8) 19... cxb4 20. Bxb4 Bc5 $17) 18. Na5
b6 19. Nc6 (19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. f4 $8 Nxd3 (20... Ng4 $2 21. Qxa4 bxa5 22. Qxd7
$16) (20... bxa5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. b5) 21. Nxd3 bxa5 22. b5 e5 $17) 19... Nxc6
20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Bxa4 {[%csl Gh7] Weiß hat mühsam auf Kosten schlechtstehender
Figuren das materielle Gleichgewicht bewahrt.} (21. Qxa4 Ne5 22. Qxa7 (22. Bb7
Rc7 23. Qxa7 Qe7 24. Qxb6 $140 Rxb7 $17) 22... Nxc6 23. Qa4 Ne5 $17) 21... e5
22. Nf3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ra4d7]} Bb8 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Nd2 f5 {[%cal Re5e4]} 25.
f3 Re7 26. Bb5 Nf6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. a4 {Weiß hat das menschenmögliche getan,
doch der Pa4 kann nicht ganz für das schwarze Übergewicht im Zentrum
entschädigen.} Bc7 29. Nb3 Bd6 (29... Ba5 30. Nxa5 Qxa5 31. Bc1 e4 32. fxe4 (
32. Bd2 Qd8 33. Ra1 (33. Bc1)) 32... fxe4 33. dxe4 Nxe4 34. Qe2 $11) 30. a5 e4
31. a6 (31. fxe4 fxe4 32. dxe4 Qc7 $1 {[%csl Rg3]} (32... Nxe4 33. Qg2) (32...
Bxe4 33. Qd1 Ba8 (33... Qc7 34. Rxf6) 34. a6 Ne4 35. Nd2) 33. Qg2 (33. Qe2 Rxe4
$17) (33. Qf2 Bxe4 $17) (33. a6 Bxe4 $17) (33. Nd2 Bxg3 34. hxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1
Re5 $19) 33... Bxe4 34. Qh3 $8 Rf8 {[%cal Ye4a8] /\ Ba8-/+}) 31... exd3 (31...
e3 32. f4 Bg6 (32... g5) 33. Ra1 Qb6) 32. Qd2 (32. Qxd3 f4 33. Qd2 fxg3 $19)
32... Ne4 $2 (32... f4 $1 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Re1 Qf7 35. g4 Nd7 $17) 33. Qxd3 (
33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Qg2 e3 35. Bc6 $16) 33... Nf6 34. Qd2 f4 (34... Ra8 35. Rxe7
Qxe7 36. Re1 Qc7 37. Na5 $2 (37. Qa5 Qb8) 37... Bxg3) 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Re1 Qf7
(36... Qc7 $5) 37. g4 Kh8 $2 (37... Nd7 {[%cal Yd7e5]} 38. Bxd7 (38. Na5 Ne5)
38... Qxd7 39. Qe2 $13) 38. Na5 h5 $2 (38... Ra8 39. Nb7 Qc7 40. Bc1 $16) 39.
g5 Nd7 40. Nb7 Bb8 (40... Bf8 41. Bc1 $18 {[%csl Rf4]}) 41. a7 $18 Ne5 (41...
Bxa7 42. Nd6 $18) 42. axb8=Q Nxf3+ 43. Kf2 Rxb8 44. Nd6 Qf8 45. Kxf3 Qxd6 46.
Qe2 Qg6 (46... Bf5 47. Qe5 Bg4+ 48. Kf2 $18) 47. Qe5 Qd3+ 48. Kf2 Ra8 49. Bc6
Rc8 50. Bb7 Qh3 51. Qxf4 Rd8 52. Bf3 Bg6 53. Re7 1-0

[Event "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Bc5 9. e4 Bh7 10. h3 $6 (10. b3 {/\ Bb2}) (10. e5 $5 Ng8 (10... Ng4 $4 11. d4 {
/\ h3+-}) 11. Re1) 10... O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nh2 (12. Kh1 $5 {/\ Rg1,g4}) 12...
Nc7 13. Ndf3 Re8 14. Bf4 a5 15. g4 {/\ g5} Be7 16. Bg3 (16. Kh1 $5 {/\ Rg1})
16... a4 17. a3 Nb5 (17... c5 $5) 18. Bf4 {Das Eingeständnis eines mißglückten
Aufbaus} Qb6 19. Be3 c5 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. Bf4 Rac8 22. Rbd1 c4 23. d4 Qa5 {/\ c3
} 24. c3 Nxa3 $1 25. bxa3 Qxc3 26. g5 Bd3 27. Qe3 Qxa3 28. Ra1 Qb3 29. Nd2 Qb2
30. gxh6 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Qa3 32. Qe2 g6 33. Ng4 Qd3 34. Qe1 Qxd4 35. Be3 Qd3 36.
Nf3 c3 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. h7+ Kxh7 39. Bxg5 Kg7 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Qc1 Rc4 42. Rd1
(42. Bg7 Rxg4 $1 (42... Kxg7 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Nxf6 45. exf6) 43. Qh6 Rh4
44. Qxh4 Kxg7 $19) 42... Qe2 43. Re1 Qb2 44. Qg5 {/\ Nf6+-} Rxg4 45. Qxg4 a3
46. Qa4 b5 47. Qa7 Nxe5 48. Rxe5 Qa1+ 49. Bf1 c2 50. Qc7 a2 51. Re2 Qd1 52.
Rxc2 a1=Q 53. Rc1 Qdxc1 54. Bxc1 b4 55. Bf4 b3 56. Be5 b2 57. Qb6 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "EtVas Vantaa GM"]
[Site "Myyrmanni"]
[Date "1999.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. Nc3 Bc5 (6... h6 {Dolmatov
} 7. Qe1 (7. Ne5 d4 8. e4 dxe3 9. fxe3 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Nc4 Be7 12. a4 $14 {
Karlsson,L-Van der Sterren,P/Tallinn 1987}) 7... Be7 (7... Bh7 8. e4 dxe4 9.
dxe4 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nb5 cxb5 13. Bxb4 Rc8 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. f3 Qxc2 17. Rf2 Qc7 18. Rfd2 a5 19. Bd6 Qc4 20. Bf1 Qc6 21. Qe3 Bg6
22. b4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Nei,I-Furman,S/Leningrad 1963/URS-ch (22)}) 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2
O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 f5 (13... c5 $5 {Dolmatov} 14.
Bd2 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rae1 Nc7) 14. d4 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. a4
Rc8 18. Qd3 (18. Qe3 $1 {Dolmatov}) 18... Bg6 $6 (18... g5 $5 $132 {Dolmatov})
19. Bf3 $14 {0-1 Hug,W-Polugaevsky,L/Biel 1986/MCL/[Dolmatov] (43)}) 7. Qe1
Nbd7 (7... h6 8. e4 Bh7 9. a3 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 b5 12. b4 Be7 13. exd5
exd5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Qd2 a6 16. Nd1 c5 $132 {Asanov,B-Thorhallsson,T/Reykjavik
1993}) 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Qc7 (10... Bh5) 11. Kh1 O-O-O 12. Rb1 Bd4
13. Bd2 Rhe8 (13... Nb6 14. b3 $14 {[%cal Ya2a4]}) 14. Na4 {[%csl Rd4]} Nc5 {
befreit den Bd4 aus seinen Schwierigkeiten.} 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Bb6 (16...
Be7) 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. a4 h6 20. Bc1 Bh7 21. a5 Bc7 22. a6 b6 23. Rb3
Kb8 24. Rd3 Qe6 (24... Qe7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Rxd3 27. cxd3) 25. Nf5 Bxf5
26. exf5 Qxf5 (26... Qc4) 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Bxc6 Rxd3 29. cxd3 Rd8 30. Bg2 Qd7 (
30... Rd4) 31. Bb2 Qb5 (31... Nd5) 32. Rc1 Nd5 33. Qc2 f6 (33... Qxb4 $4 34.
Qc6 $18) (33... Bd6 34. Qb3 $16) 34. Kg1 Rd7 $2 (34... Bd6 35. Qb3 Nc7 36. d4
$16) 35. Bh3 (35. d4 Nxb4 36. Qb3 $18) 35... Re7 (35... Rd6) 36. Qb3 Re8 37.
Ba3 Rd8 38. Bg2 Rd7 $2 {Versperrt der Qb5 den Rückweg.} (38... f5 $142 $16 {
Auch hier läßt die Schwäche der Diagonale h1-a8 Schlimmes befürchten, aber ich
sehe (noch) keinen direkten Gewinn.}) 39. Bh3 $2 (39. d4 $1) 39... Rd8 40. Bg2
Rd7 $2 41. d4 $1 $18 Rd8 (41... exd4 $4 42. Bf1 $18) 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Qc2 e4 (
43... Bd6 44. Qe4 $18) 44. Bxe4 Bd6 45. Bf3 Nf6 46. Bb2 Qe8 47. Rd1 Bc7 48.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 49. Qf5 Qd7 50. Qxd7 Nxd7 51. Bxg7 Bg5 52. Bg4 Kc7 53. f4 Be7 54. b5
Nf6 55. Bf3 h5 56. Bxf6 Bxf6 57. Bxh5 Kd6 58. Kg2 Kd5 59. Kf3 Bc3 60. Be8 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Visser, Yge"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 {
Das scheint angesichts der Züge h3 und Qe1 hier vollständig gerechtfertigt.} (
7... Bh5) 8. Bxf3 ({Logisch wäre} 8. exf3 {aber nach} Bd6 9. f4 O-O {hat Weiß
nichts erreicht.} 10. fxe5 Bxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd1 Ng6 13. Re1 h5
14. Nd2 h4 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Qf3 Ne5 17. Qf5 Nh7 18. Qh5 Ng6 $11 {Beliavsky,
A-Sax,G/Bled 1999}) 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. Kh1 Re7 14. Nf3 Bd6 $11 {
Djuric,S-Damljanovic,B/Belgrade 1998}) 8... e4 $146 {Das ist nur deswegen neu,
weil die Stellung bislang kaum auf dem Brett war. Ansonsten ist der Zug
naheliegend.} 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Re8 13. dxe4 d4 {
Luther deutet an, daß er nicht nur friedliche Absichten in dieser Partie
verfolgt. Sein Spiel richtet sich gegen den Pe2.} (13... dxe4 $11) 14. Nd5 Nxe4
15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Qb1 f5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Qb3 (18. Nxb6 Nxb6 $15 {und die N sind
offenbar nicht schlechter als die B.}) 18... Kh8 19. Rac1 Rc6 20. a4 (20. Rfd1)
20... g5 $5 (20... Ndf6) 21. Bxe4 (21. a5 $2 gxf4 22. Bxe4 (22. axb6 Nd2 $17)
22... fxe4 23. axb6 fxg3 $17) 21... gxf4 ({Nach} 21... fxe4 22. Bd2 {muß
Schwarz wegen seines gefährdeten Kh8 arg aufpassen.}) 22. Bxf5 fxg3 23. Rxc6 (
23. Qxg3 $2 Rg8 24. Bg4 h5 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qd6 Rg7 27. Nxb6 axb6 28. Qh6+ (
28. Qxd4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qh4 $1 $19) 28... Rh7 29. Qxc6 hxg4 30. hxg4 Ne5 31. Qe6
Qc7 $1 $17) 23... bxc6 24. Nxb6 axb6 (24... gxf2+ 25. Rxf2 axb6 26. Rg2 $11)
25. Qf7 ({Einfacher war} 25. fxg3 $142 Re3 26. Qd1 Ne5 $1 (26... Rxg3+ $2 27.
Kh2 Rg7 28. Qxd4 $16) 27. Kh2 Qg5 28. Qxd4 (28. Qe1 $2 d3) 28... Qxg3+ 29. Kh1
Rxe2 30. Qd8+ Qg8 31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32. a5 $14) 25... Re7 26. Qh5 gxf2+ 27. Rxf2
Nf6 28. Qh4 Qd6 29. Bg4 $6 (29. Bd3 {sieht besser aus:} Rg7+ 30. Kh1 Qd5+ 31.
Kh2 $11) 29... Nxg4 30. hxg4 Rg7 (30... d3 31. exd3 Re1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1
Qxd3+ 34. Kg2 $11 {und der schwarze Vorteil ist nur mikroskopisch.}) 31. Qh5 (
31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 c5 33. a6 c4 $17) 31... d3 (31... Rg6) 32. exd3 Qg3+ 33.
Rg2 (33. Kh1 Qxf2 34. Qe8+ Rg8 35. Qe5+ $11) 33... Qe3+ 34. Kh2 (34. Rf2 Rg5
35. Qh4 h5 36. Kh2 $11) 34... Qf4+ 35. Kg1 (35. Rg3 Re7 36. Qf5 Re2+ 37. Kh1 $1
(37. Kh3 Qh6+ 38. Qh5 Qd2 39. Rg2 Qxd3+ $19) 37... Qh6+ 38. Qh5 $15) 35... Re7
36. Rf2 $2 ({Es scheint, daß nach} 36. Qh4 $15 {die Welt noch in Ordnung war.})
36... Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxd3+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "NED-ch46"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "1991.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "De Boer, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 e5 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Nh4 Qc7 (12... Nc5) (12... Bg6) 13. Nf5
{N} (13. Kh1 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qe2 a5 16. a3 Nc5 $10 {Espig-Brenninkmeijer,
Novi Sad ol 1990}) 13... Bf8 14. a4 a5 15. Ne3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bb4 17. Nf5 Rad8
18. Qe3 Nc5 (18... Bc5 19. Qg5 Bg6) 19. Bc3 Ne6 20. Nc4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Be2 22.
Rfe1 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 g6 24. Nh4 Qb6 25. Nf3 Nd4 26. Rad1 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. c3 Qd6 (30... Qd2 31. b4 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 axb4 33. Qxb4
) 31. b4 axb4 $2 (31... b6 32. bxa5 bxa5 $10) 32. cxb4 Nd7 (32... b6 33. a5)
33. a5 Nb8 (33... b5 34. Qa2 Qxb4 35. a6 Nb6 36. a7 Na8 37. Qa6 Qf8 38. Qxc6
$18) 34. b5 Qc7 (34... cxb5 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxb7 b4 37. Be2 $18) 35. Qc3 Qd6
36. Be2 Qc7 37. a6 Qb6 38. Qa3 Qa7 $2 (38... bxa6 39. bxa6 Qa7 40. Qd6 $18) 39.
b6 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Qd5 {N} (5... Be6 6. O-O (6.
Ng5 Bd5 7. e4 Bc6 8. Nxc4 h6 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Ne5+ Kg8 11. O-O Be8 12. Qb3+ e6
{Dizdar-Kortschnoj, Sarajevo 1984} 13. Qxb7 Nbd7 14. Nc6 Qc8 15. Qxc8 Rxc8 16.
Nxa7 $13) 6... Nbd7 7. Ng5 Bd5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 {Plachetka-Horvath, Budapest 1986}
9. Nxc4 e6 10. Nf3 $14) 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 $14 e6 8. b3 h6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2
Qd8 11. d3 O-O 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Bh7 14. a3 a5 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Bd4 Nfd7 17.
Qb2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Nfd2 Ra7 21. Nd6 Ncd7 22. Rc2 Rb8 23.
Rb1 Kf8 24. b4 Ke7 25. N6c4 axb4 26. axb4 Nd5 27. Bf3 Ra4 $2 (27... Nc7 $5 {
/\ Nb5+/=}) 28. b5 $1 $16 c5 29. b6 $1 Rba8 30. Ne3 N5xb6 31. Bxb7 R8a7 32. Bf3
g5 33. Kg2 Bg6 34. Ndc4 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Rc7 36. Rb5 h5 37. h3 f5 38. g4 hxg4 39.
hxg4 Be8 40. Rb7 Rxb7 41. Bxb7 Ra7 42. Bf3 Rc7 43. Rb2 Nf6 44. Kg3 Ra7 45. Rb6
Ra2 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Ne5 fxg4 48. Nxg4 Nh5+ (48... Nxg4 49. Kxg4 Ra5 50. Rc7
$18) 49. Kh2 Nf4 50. Nf6 Bg6 51. Nd7+ Kg7 52. Ne5+ Kg8 53. e3 Rxf2+ 54. Kg3
Rxf3+ 55. Kxf3 Bh5+ 56. Kf2 Nd5 57. Nd7 Kf7 58. Nxc5+ Kf6 59. Nd7+ Ke7 60. Nb6+
1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nb3 Bb6 {N} (11... Be7 12. Nh4 $14 {
Carlier-Bottema, Dieren op 1990}) 12. a4 a6 (12... a5 $5 13. Bd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Nc5 $10) 13. a5 $14 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. Nh4 Qb4 17. Ra3 {/\ c3}
Rfd8 18. c3 Qf8 (18... Qb5 $2 19. Re1 {/\ Bf1+-}) 19. Re1 Ne8 20. Bf1 {/\ Bc4}
Nd6 21. Qg5 Nf6 22. Nd2 {/\ Nc4} h6 23. Qe3 Rd7 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Kh8 (
25... Rad8 $4 26. g4 Bg6 27. Nxg6 $18) 26. Raa1 Rad8 27. b4 Nh7 28. Qc5 $1 Qxc5
29. bxc5 Ng5 30. Kg2 Rd2 (30... Ne6 $2 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. g4 Bf7 33. Nf3 $18) (
30... f6 $1 31. Nf5 (31. f4 $2 Rd2+) 31... Bf7 32. Bxf7 Nxf7 33. Rab1 $14) 31.
g4 Bg6 32. Nxg6+ fxg6 33. Ra2 Rxa2 34. Bxa2 Rd2 (34... Rd3 35. Rb1 Rxc3 36.
Rxb7 Rxc5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. h4 $18) 35. Bc4 {Seltsamerweise kommt Schwarz nicht
an die P-Schwächen heran.} Rc2 $2 (35... Nh7) 36. Re3 Rd2 37. Kg3 Nh7 38. f4 $1
{Bildet den entscheidenden Frei-P.} exf4+ 39. Kxf4 g5+ 40. Kf5 Nf8 41. Rd3 Rf2+
42. Ke5 Rf6 43. Rd6 Ng6+ 44. Kd4 Nh4 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rb8 Nf3+ 47. Ke3 Ne5 48.
Bg8+ Kg6 49. Re8 Nd7 50. e5 Rf8 51. Rxf8 Nxf8 52. Kd4 h5 53. c4 h4 54. Ke3 {
Zugzwang} Kh6 (54... Nd7 55. e6 Nf6 56. Bf7+ Kh6 57. e7 $18) 55. e6 Ng6 56. Ke4
Ne7 57. Bf7 Kh7 58. Kd4 Kh6 59. Ke4 Kh7 60. Kd4 Kh6 61. Ke5 Nc8 62. e7 (62. Be8
Kh7 63. Bd7 Ne7 64. Kd6 $18) 62... Nxe7 63. Ke6 Ng6 64. Bxg6 Kxg6 65. Ke7 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbc6 8. c3
a5 9. b3 (9. a4 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 $10) 9... h6 10. a3 Be6 (10... dxe4 11.
dxe4 Qd3 $6 12. Bb2 Bg4) 11. Bb2 f5 12. exd5 Bxd5 $6 (12... Nxd5 13. Re1 Re8
14. c4 (14. Nc4 Bf7 $13) 14... Nb6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxd3
18. Nf1 (18. Bxb7 $2 Rad8) 18... Qxd1 19. Rxd1 c6 $10) 13. Re1 Bf7 14. Nc4 {
><e5} Bxc4 $8 15. bxc4 $16 a4 $6 {very ambitious} (15... Re8 $5 {/\ Qd7,Rad8,
Nc8-d6}) 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 Kh7 19. Bc1 Na5 $2 {He continues to
follow the wrong plan.} 20. f3 $1 {ץg2} exf3 21. Nxf3 Rfe8 (21... Nxc4 22.
Rxb7 Nb6 23. Ne5 $16) 22. Rb4 c5 23. dxc5 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxc3 (24... Nb3 25.
Rxb7 Nxc5 26. Rc7 Rac8) 25. Rxa4 Rad8 26. Rd6 Nec6 $2 (26... Nc8) 27. Bd2 Bxd2
28. Nxd2 Kg7 29. Kf2 Rb8 (29... Rxd6 30. cxd6 b6 31. Nb3 Nxb3 (31... Rd8 32.
Nxa5 Nxa5 33. c5) 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. d7) 30. Nf3 Rbd8 31. Nd4 Rxd6
32. cxd6 Nxd4 (32... Rd8 33. c5) 33. Rxa5 b6 34. Rd5 Ne6 35. d7 Rd8 36. Rd6 Nc5
37. Bc6 Kf7 38. Ke3 g5 39. Rxh6 Nxd7 40. Bxd7 Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 dxc4 (4... e6) 5. Na3 (5. Qa4 c6
6. Qxc4 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ne5 $10 {Panchenko-Sherbakov/Bled op/1992}) 5... e5 (5...
c6 6. Nxc4 Nb6 7. Qc2 Nxc4 8. Qxc4 $14 {Barcza-Zaitsev,A/Tallinn/1971}) 6. Nxc4
f6 7. d4 $14 {Sprengt das schwarze Zentrum} Be6 8. Qc2 Bb4+ (8... Nb6 9. Nxb6
axb6 10. dxe5 $16) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Ncxd2 (10. Nfxd2 $5 $14) 10... c6 11. Rd1 (
11. O-O $14) 11... Nh6 (11... Ne7 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Ng5 $16) 12. dxe5 fxe5 13.
h4 $5 {[%cal Yf3g5]} (13. O-O $14) 13... Nf7 14. Ng5 Nxg5 (14... Qe7 15. Nde4
$16) 15. hxg5 Qxg5 (15... Qe7 16. Rxh7 Rxh7 17. Qg6+ (17. Qxh7 O-O-O) 17... Bf7
18. Qxh7 $16) 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. O-O (18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19. Qxh7 Nf6 $14
20. Qh8+ Bg8 21. Nf5 $14) (18. Nxb7 Qb4+ 19. Qc3 Qxb7 $1 (19... Qxc3+ 20. bxc3
Nf6 21. Na5 $16) 20. Bxc6 Qc8 21. Qf3+ Ke7 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxh7
Kf7 25. b3 $10) 18... Nf6 19. e4 Rd8 $6 (19... Kg8 $5 $13 20. f4 Nh5 21. f5 Bf7
22. Kh2 Nf6) 20. Qc5 {[%cal Rd6b7]} Rxd6 $6 {Schwarz sucht Rettung in einem
Endspiel, in dem er mit einem P für die Qualität nicht ohne Chancen zu sein
scheint. Erzwungen scheint mir diese Entscheidung nicht zu sein.} (20... Bc4 $5
21. Nxb7 Qxc5 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 23. Nxc5 Rxd8 24. Rc1 Bf7 $132) (20... Bc8 $6 21.
Qa3 Be6 22. f4 $16) (20... Rd7 21. f4 (21. Qxe5 Bg4 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Nf5+
Bxf5 24. exf5 Rhd8 $10) 21... exf4 22. Rxf4 (22. e5 Nh5 $132) 22... Kg8 $13)
21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rd2 h5 (23... a5 $5 $16) 24. Rc1 h4 (24... Bxa2
{Im Prinzip ist Schwarz daran interessiert, die Anzahl der P zu verringern,
aber hier kostet das leider seinen Mehrbauern.} 25. b3 $1 Bxb3 26. Rb2 Be6 27.
Rxb7+ Bd7 28. Rxc6) 25. b4 hxg3 (25... h3 26. Bf3 h2+ 27. Kh1 g5 28. Bg2) 26.
fxg3 a6 27. Rc3 Bf7 28. a4 Bg6 29. Rc5 Ke6 30. Rc4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yd2b2,
Yb4b5]} Be8 (30... Ra8 $5 31. Kf2 $16 {[%cal Yg2f3,Yf2e3]}) 31. Rd8 {[%csl Rh8]
} b5 32. axb5 (32. Rc3 $142 bxa4 33. Ra8 Ke7 34. Rxa6 Bd7 35. Rxa4 c5 36. b5)
32... axb5 33. Rxc6+ (33. Rc2 $142 $5) 33... Bxc6 34. Rxh8 Bxe4 35. Bf1 (35.
Rb8 Bd3 36. Rb6+ Kd7 (36... Kf5 37. Bc6 e4 38. Bxb5 $18) 37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Rxg7
e4 $16) 35... Bc6 36. Rb8 Nd5 37. Bxb5 Nxb4 {Schwarz hat viel erreicht: Das
Bauernmaterial ist reduziert und der Mehrbauer blieb erhalten. Leider sind
dafür jetzt die Leichtfiguren ungünstig plaziert.} 38. Bc4+ Nd5 39. Rg8 Kf6 40.
Rc8 Ne7 (40... Nb4) (40... Bb7) 41. Rf8+ Kg6 42. Be6 Bd5 {Inzwischen würde
Schwarz liebend gerne ein Paar Leichtfiguren tauschen, aber ...} 43. Bd7 {
... Weiß mag nicht (mehr).} Bf7 (43... Nc6) 44. g4 Bd5 45. Kf2 Kg5 46. Kg3 g6
47. Re8 Kf6 48. g5+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Nf5+ 50. Kf2 Be6 (50... Nd6) 51. Bc6 Ke7 (51...
Nd4 {/\ Bf5}) (51... Kg7 $5 {Hecht}) 52. Rh7+ Kd6 $2 (52... Bf7 53. Bd5 Nd6 54.
Ke3 Kf8) 53. Be4 Ne7 (53... Kc5 $5) 54. Rg7 $18 Bf5 $8 55. Bxf5 {Zuvor konnte
und wollte Weiß nicht so tauschen, da der K sich vor dem g-P befand, aber
jetzt ist die Entfernung groß und ...} gxf5 {[#] Hecht: Nach Tausch auf f5
Entstehen eines gewinnbringenden g-Freibauern} 56. Rf7 $1 {... wird noch
größer.} e4 (56... Ke6 {Hecht} 57. Rf6+ Kd7 58. g6 Ng8 59. Rf8 $18) 57. Rf6+ (
57. g6 $2 {Hecht} Ke6 $10) 57... Ke5 58. Ra6 {sperrt den K horizontal ab} Nd5
59. g6 e3+ 60. Kf3 e2 61. Kf2 (61. Kxe2 {Hecht} Nf4+ 62. Kf3 Ne6 63. Kg3 Kf6
64. Kh4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbc6 8. c3
a5 9. a4 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Re1 (12. Qb3 $1 $14 {Polugaevsky})
12... b6 $5 {N} (12... Bf5 13. h3 $13) 13. Bd2 (13. Qb3 $6 Be6 $1 14. Nfxe5 $2
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nf4 16. Qd1 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd5+ 19. Rxd5 Qxd5+ $19)
(13. d4 $5 e4 (13... exd4 $2 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nxd4 $16) 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 $13) (13. Ne3 $5) 13... Bb7 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Qc2 $10 Qd7 16. Re4 f6 17.
Rae1 Rad8 18. Qc1 Qf7 19. Rh4 Qf8 (19... g5 $2 20. Bxg5 $18) 20. d4 (20. g4 $6
Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 $13) 20... exd4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nxd4 Nd8 $14 (22... Nxd4
23. Rxd4 $16) 23. Nb5 Ne6 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. Ng4 (25. c4 Nxe3 26. Bxb7 Nf5 27. Re4
$2 Nc5) (25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Re4 Qd8 $15) 25... g5 26. Qc2+ f5 (
26... Kg8 27. Qg6 gxh4 28. Nxh6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ $10) 27. Rh3 Kg8 {
[#]} 28. Nxh6+ Bxh6 29. c4 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Qxb4 31. Qe2 (31. Rxh6 $2 Qe1+ 32. Bf1
Rd1 33. Qxd1 Qxd1 34. Rxe6 Qf3 $19) (31. Qxf5 $2 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Qe1 33. Qg6+ Ng7
$19) 31... Ng7 32. Bxb7 Re8 33. Qc2 (33. Qxe8+ $5 Nxe8 34. Rxh6 $10) 33... Qe1+
34. Kg2 Re2 35. Qxe2 Qxe2 36. Rxh6 Qxc4 37. Nc3 Qd4 38. h4 f4 39. Bd5+ Kf8 40.
hxg5 fxg3 41. Rf6+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ Kd8 43. Rf8+ Ke7 44. Rf7+ {(2.25/2.18)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch46"]
[Site "Eindhoven"]
[Date "1991.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Black "Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1991.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. b3 $10 {N} (10. h3 Bh5 11. Nb3 (11. Nc4 {
Kindermann-Gelfand, München 1991 ->CBM23}) 11... Bb6 12. a4 {Smejkal-Boensch,
Altensteig 1991 ->CBM25}) 10... Re8 11. Bb2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Ra2 {Das Manöver
erobert die a-Linie.} Qc7 14. Qa1 Rad8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Re1 Bh5 {/\ Ng4} 17.
h3 Bb6 18. Nf1 (18. Bc3 $5 {/\ Ba5}) 18... Bg6 19. Nh4 Nc5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Re2 (21. b4 $2 Na4) 21... Nfd7 {/\ Ne6} 22. Rd2 Ne6 23. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 $5 {Barbero
scheint sich auf Kuijfs Spezialvariante vorbereitet zu haben.} (7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Ne7 9. Bb2 O-O) 7... Bd6 8. Bb2 e5 {Durch das Aufschieben der 0-0
verhindert Weiß Ne7 nebst 0-0.} 9. O-O Ne7 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe1 Qc7 (11... Bxf3
$5 12. Bxf3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bg2 Bc5 15. Kh2 Qc7 $15 {Vadasz-Tompa,
Budapest 1972}) 12. Nh4 $1 Rae8 (12... a5 $5 $14) 13. a3 f6 14. Kh1 Bf7 $2 15.
Qe3 Bc5 (15... d4 $6 16. Qe2 {/\ f4+/=}) 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. c3 Bb6 18. Rad1 Nc5
19. b4 Ne6 20. Rfe1 Ng5 21. Rf1 Ne6 22. Bf3 $5 Qd8 23. Bg4 Ng6 24. Nf5 Kh8 25.
h4 Ne7 26. Nf3 Nxf5 27. exf5 Nc7 28. h5 $16 e4 29. Nh4 exd3 30. Qxd3 Re4 31.
Bf3 Rc4 $2 32. h6 Nb5 $2 (32... Ne8 $16) 33. hxg7+ Kxg7 34. a4 Nd6 35. a5 Bc7
36. Ng2 {/\ Ne3+-} Re8 37. Ne3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Nxf5 39. Qd2 Qd6 40. Rg1 $1 (40.
Kg2 $4 Nxg3 41. fxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 Rh4+ $19) 40... Bg6 41. Rg2 Qe6 42. Re1 Qf7
43. Rh2 Nd6 44. Qh6+ Kg8 45. Bh5 Re4 46. Rxe4 Nxe4 47. Bxg6 Qxg6 48. Qe3 b6 49.
Kg2 Qg5 50. Qxg5+ Nxg5 51. axb6 Bxb6 52. Rh4 Kg7 53. c4 Ne6 54. cxd5 cxd5 55.
Rh5 d4 56. Rd5 Kg6 57. Kf3 h5 58. Ke4 Ng5+ 59. Kd3 Ne6 60. Rd6 Kf5 61. Kc4 Ke5
62. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. e4 b5 11. Qe1 Ne8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. c4 $146 {
Insbesondere mit dem Bc5 macht der Zug Sinn, da Pd3-d4 etl. mit Tempo erfolgen
kann,} (14. e5 {Für diesen Vorstoß ist Schwarz gut gerüstet.} Bb6 15. Nh2 c5
16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nhf3 $13 {Bezold,M-Kipper,J/Muenster
1996}) 14... dxc4 {aus dem Zentrum zu schlagen, birgt ein gewisses Risiko} ({
es gab diverse Alternativen, z.B.:} 14... bxc4 $5) 15. d4 Be7 16. bxc4 {
Weiß hat das Zentrum besetzt. Schwarz ist in der Pflicht, sich Maßnahmen
auszudenken.} b4 (16... c5) 17. Qe3 Na6 (17... c5 18. d5 $14) 18. Rfc1 e5 {
Eine radikale Lösung.} ({Schwarz konnte auch vorher den Bh5 tauschen, um die
folgende Aussperrung zu verhindern:} 18... Bxf3 19. Nxf3 e5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21.
Bd4 Re8 $14 (21... Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxe5 23. f4 c5 24. Nf5 Nc6 $14)) 19. g4 Bg6 ({
Der Zwischenzug hilft Weiß:} 19... exd4 $2 20. Nxd4 $16) 20. dxe5 Re8 ({
Der Alternative} 20... Bc5 {traue ich auch nicht vollständig:} 21. Bd4 {z.B.:}
bxa3 22. Bxc5 Naxc5 23. Rxa3 Re8 24. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 21. Nb3 Nac5 (
21... bxa3 22. Bxa3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nb4) 22. axb4 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxb4 24. Qe3 h5 (
24... Bc5 25. Bd4 Qb6 (25... Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Nxe5 27. f4 $16)) 25. g5 Bc5 26. Bd4
Qe7 (26... Bxd4 27. Nxd4 c5 (27... Nxe5 28. f4 c5 29. Nb5 Nd3 30. Rf1 $16) 28.
Nf3 $16) 27. Rd1 (27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. Rd1 e5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nh4 $14) 27... a4
$2 (27... Bxd4 {sieht wie eine Rettung aus:} 28. Nxd4 (28. Rxd4 Nxe5 29. Nxe5
Qxe5 30. f4 Qc5 {[%cal Ya5a4]}) (28. Qxd4 Nc5) 28... Nxe5 29. f4 (29. Ra4 Red8)
29... Nxc4 30. Qc1 Bxe4 $1 31. Qxc4 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qe4+ $132) 28. e6 $1 Bxd4 (
28... fxe6 $2 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Ne5 $18) 29. Nxd4 (29. exf7+ Qxf7) 29... Nf8 (
29... Ne5 30. f4 Nxc4 31. Qc3 $18) (29... fxe6 30. e5 $16 (30. Nxc6 $16)) 30.
f4 ({Weiß konnte auch einen P gewinnen; danach spielt der Bg6 aber wieder mit:
} 30. exf7+ $5 Bxf7 31. Nxc6 Qc7 32. e5 $18) 30... Nxe6 31. f5 Nxd4 32. Qxd4
Bh7 33. h4 {[%csl Rh7]} Red8 $2 (33... Reb8 34. Qd6 $16) {Das war Anand wohl
entgangen} 34. Rxa4 $1 Rab8 (34... Rxd4 35. Rxa8+ $18) 35. Qa1 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1
Qe5 37. Rb4 Ra8 38. Ra4 Rb8 39. Ra3 Qf4 40. Qe1 g6 41. f6 Kh8 42. Qg3 Qc1+ 43.
Kh2 Rb1 44. Qd6 Bg8 45. Kh3 Rb8 46. Rg3 Qb2 47. c5 Rb3 48. Rxb3 Qxb3+ 49. Kh2
Qe3 50. Qf8 Qf4+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 (53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kf3 Qd3+
55. Kf4 Qd2+ 56. Ke5 Qb2+ 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Kc7 Qe5+ 59. Kb7 Qb2+ 60. Kc8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nh4 Rad8 14. Bg5 (
14. Bd2) 14... h6 $5 $146 ({Gute Erfahrungen machte Aronian mit} 14... Bg6 $2
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. c3 a5 17. h4 b6 18. Bh3 Be7 19. b4 $16 {Aronian,L-Asrian,K/
Yerevan 1999}) 15. Bd2 Nh7 {[%cal Yh7g5,Yg5e6] Dieses Manöver habe ich in
diesem Stellungstyp noch nicht gesehen. Es sieht aber vernünftig aus. Den N
hat man nicht gern auf f6, da die Stützung des Zentrums mit Pf7-f6 nicht
möglich ist. Üblicherweise entfernt sich der Nf6 in Richtung Zentrum (d7).
Recht gut wäre der N auf e6 postiert.} 16. Kh1 {[%cal Yf2f4] Bereitet Pf2-f4
vor.} Nb6 {Dagegen ist diese Befragung des dominierenden Nc4 ein übliches
Mittel.} ({Übereilt wäre} 16... Ng5 17. f4 $1 exf4 18. Bxf4 $36) 17. Ne3 (17.
Ba5 Ng5 {und der Öffnung des Spiels mit} 18. f4 (18. g4 $6 {[%csl Rf4]} Bg6 19.
b4 Be7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qc3 Nf7 $132 (22... Bf6 $132)) 18...
exf4 19. gxf4 Ne6 20. Nf5 Nd4 $132 {kann Schwarz gelassen entgegensehen.} ({
Aber besser nicht} 20... Nxf4 $2 21. Qg3 Ne6 22. Nxh6+ $14)) 17... Ng5 18. Ba5
({Auch nach} 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nc4 ({Kaum gefährlich wäre} 19. g4 Bg6 {, da die
geschwächten schwarzen Felder dem Schwarzen ein gutes Gegenspiel verheißen.})
19... Nd6 {kann der Nc4 sich nicht behaupten.}) 18... Ne6 19. b4 (19. g4 Bg6
20. Nxg6 fxg6 $15) (19. Nhf5) 19... Bxe3 $1 {Am sichersten.} (19... Be7 20.
Nhf5 (20. c4 Bxh4 21. gxh4 c5 22. Nd5 Qc6 {sieht ok aus für Schwarz.}) 20...
Nd4 21. c4 $36) 20. Qxe3 (20. fxe3 f6 21. Nf5 Rd7 22. Qf2 Red8 23. Nxh6+ gxh6
24. Qxf6 Ng7 25. Qxh6 Rd2) 20... Nc4 {Damit vereinfacht sich das Spiel.} ({
Ansonsten war noch} 20... Nd4 $5 {zu überlegen, z.B.} 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rac1)
21. Bxc7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Nxc7 $11 23. g4 Bg6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Rfd1 Kf7 26. Bf1
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ke7 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Bd3 Ne8 30. Kf3 Nd6 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. c3 b6 33.
a5 b5 34. Bb1 g5 35. Bd3 Ke6 36. Bb1 Ke7 37. Bd3 g6 38. Rc1 Rb8 39. Kf3 Rf8+
40. Ke2 Rb8 41. Kf3 h5 42. Rg1 Kf6 43. Rc1 Ke7 44. Rg1 Rg8 45. Rc1 Rf8+ 46. Kg2
Rd8 47. Kf3 Rf8+ 48. Kg2 Rd8 49. Kf3 Ne8 50. Be2 Nf6 51. c4 bxc4 52. Rxc4 Kd6
53. Bd1 Rf8 54. Ba4 Nd5+ 55. Ke2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kecskemet Szechenyi"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. d3 a5 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Qe1 Qb6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Kh1 (13. e5 Ne8 14. Nd4
Nc7 15. Ne2 a4 16. Nf4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Kh2 b4 $132 {Vodep-Farago, Graz
op 1987}) 13... a4 14. b4 {N} (14. e5 Ne8 15. b4 Nc7 16. Bd4 Qb7 17. Qe3 Rae8
18. Ng1 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 h6 21. Ndf3 Na6 $132 {Petran-Vasiukov, Stary
Smokovec 1988}) 14... c5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. c4 N5f6 (16... bxc4 $2 17. dxc4 $16)
17. bxc5 (17. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (17... cxb4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. axb4 Bxb4
21. Qe4 $13) 18. Qxe5 $13) (17. d4 $2 cxb4 18. c5 Qa5 $17) 17... Nxc5 18. Ne5
Rac8 19. d4 (19. Qe3 bxc4 20. Ndxc4 Qb5) 19... Nd3 $1 20. Qb1 (20. Nxd3 bxc4
$17) 20... Nxe5 $1 $15 (20... Nxb2 21. Qxb2 $16) 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. cxb5 Be2 (
22... Qxb5) 23. Re1 Qxb5 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. Qxb5 Bxb5 26. Kg1 Rfd8 27. Be3 Bd3 28.
Bf1 h6 29. Rec1 Bxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 56th"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. O-O Bxf3 7. exf3 e6 8.
f4 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 $146 (11. Nf3 a4 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Ne5 Qb6 14.
Kh1 Bc5 15. g4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. f4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Be3 $132 {
Tolonen,L-Valkesalmi,K/Helsinki 2000}) 11... b5 (11... a4 12. b4) 12. Nf3 b4
13. a4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rae1 Bf8 16. Bh3 c5 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 c4 19. Qg5
c3 20. Bc1 Bc5 (20... Nc5) 21. Qh4 Re8 22. d4 Bd6 23. Bg5 h6 $2 {Übersieht
eine kleine Kombination.} ({Nach} 23... Qc7 {war die Lage noch offen.}) 24.
Bxh6 $1 $18 gxh6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Qxd7 Re4 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. Qf6
1-0

[Event "Nordic zt"]
[Site "Ostersund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
Bd6 9. Qe1 (9. exd5 $5 cxd5 10. c4 $14 {-> Hodgson-De La Villa Garcia, Dos
Hermanas 92, CBM31}) 9... O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Bf3 $6 (11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 dxe4
13. dxe4 Nd5 14. Nc4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 N7b6 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Nf5 Bg6 18. Qc3 Bf8 19.
Ng3 Qc7 20. Be3 $13 {Georgiev-Torre, Saint John op 1988}) (11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nf3
Nc5 13. N3h4 a5 14. Rb1 Ne6 $132 {Botterill-Hodgson, Bath zt 1987}) 11... Bxf3
12. Nhxf3 Nc5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nh2 Ne6 15. c3 b4 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 bxc3 18.
bxc3 Qa5 19. Bb2 Rab8 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. exd5 (21. c4 $1 $10) 21... cxd5 22. c4
dxc4 23. dxc4 Nc5 24. Ba3 (24. Nxc5 Qxb2 (24... Bxc5 25. Bc3 $10) 25. Qxb2 Rxb2
26. Ne4 $10) 24... Nxb3 25. axb3 (25. Rab1 Nd4 $19) 25... Bc5 26. Rfb1 $6 (26.
Qe4 Bd4 27. Rab1 $15) 26... e4 $1 {/\ e3} 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qe3 $2 Qxe3 29.
fxe3 Re7 30. b4 $2 (30. g5) 30... Rc7 31. c5 $2 (31. g5 $1 Rxc4 32. Rxa7 Kf8
33. Rd1) 31... h6 $1 {/\ Kh7-g6-g5xg4} 32. Ra5 Kh7 33. Kf2 Kg6 34. Ra6+ Kg5 35.
c6 Rd8 36. Rb2 Kxg4 37. b5 g5 38. Ra4 (38. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 39. b6 Re7 40. c7 Rc8
41. Rc2 Rexc7 42. bxc7) 38... f5 39. Rd4 (39. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 40. b6 Rf7 41. c7
Rc8 42. Rc2) 39... Rb8 40. Rd6 (40. Rd7 Rxc6 41. Rxa7 Rcb6 42. Ra5 h5) 40...
Rb6 41. Rd5 $2 (41. Rxh6 a6 42. Rd6 axb5) (41. Rd7 Rcxc6 42. Rxa7 Rc5) 41...
Rcxc6 42. Kg2 a6 0-1

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Gutop, Yuri V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 Nc5 $6 (
7... dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 $14) 8. e5 Nfd7 9. d4 Ne6 (9... Ne4 $2 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11.
Ng5 $16) 10. Re1 b6 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 Re8 13. h5 h6 $6 (13... c5 $14) 14. Nh4
Ndf8 15. Qg4 g5 16. Nf5 Bc8 17. N1e3 c6 18. c3 Nh7 19. Qd1 Nef8 20. f4 f6 21.
c4 e6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. exf6+ Nxf6 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Nh7 27.
h6+ $6 (27. Re5 $16) (27. Bf4 $2 e5 $19) 27... Kh8 (27... Kxh6 28. Re5 $40) 28.
Re5 Rg8 29. Bd2 a5 30. Rf1 Ra7 31. Qe2 Rg6 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Qh5 Qg8 34. Ree1
$6 Nf6 35. Qd1 (35. Rxf6 $2 Rxf6 36. Bxg5 $2 Rf5 $19) (35. Qh2 $2 Rh7) 35...
Rxh6 36. Re5 Nh7 37. Qc1 Rg6 38. Rf3 Rf7 $4 (38... Bd7 $13) 39. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Biel Mixed"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 Ngf6 5. Nbd2 c6 6. e4 $5 {N} (6. O-O) 6...
dxe4 7. dxe4 Ne5 {zieht Nutzen aus 6.e4} (7... e5) 8. Qe2 Qa5 (8... Nxf3+ 9.
Nxf3 $14) 9. O-O Rd8 {/\ Rxd2} 10. Qe3 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 e5 12. h3 (12. Bd2 Qb6
13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Be3 (14. Bc3 Nxe4 15. Bxe5 $2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd2 $19) 14...
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bc5 $10) 12... Bxf3 $8 13. Bxf3 Bc5 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Qxb6 Bxb6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Be2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Kf1 {
nach dem Abtausch der R ist die bessere P-Struktur nicht zu verwerten.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled/Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Qc7 8. Qe2
{N} (8. Re1 e5) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 e5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qh4 (12. d4
$6 f5 13. Qh4 e4 $17) 12... c5 13. Be3 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. c4 $10
Bf5 17. Ng5 h6 (17... Bxd3 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Bd5 $40) 18. Ne4 g5 19. Qh5 Qd7 {
/\ Bg4-+, ><d3} 20. Qe2 $8 b6 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 Nc7 23. Rec1 Red8 24. c5 Nb5
(24... Qxd3 $2 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Bxb6 Rd7 28. Rc6 $18) 25. cxb6
axb6 26. Bxb6 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Qxd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. g4 $5 Bxg4 30. Bf1 Rb3 31.
Bxb5 Rxb4 32. Nc3 (32. Nd6 Bf8) 32... Bh3 {/\ Rg4} (32... e4 33. Bc5 Bxc3 34.
Bxb4 Bxb4 $10) 33. Bf1 (33. f3 e4 $1) 33... Bxf1 34. Ba5 Rb5 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36.
Rc5 Bd3 37. Bc3 f6 38. Rc7 Kh7 39. h4 Bf5 40. Kh2 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ZSKS"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Shvedchikov, Anatoli I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. e3 a5 10. Nd4 {N} (10. a4 Bh7 (10... Na6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. e4
Bh7 14. e5 {Balashova-Dolmatova, Moskau 1980} b5 $5 $13) 11. Ne5 (11. Qe2 Na6
12. e4 Nb4 13. Rfc1 $13 {Garcia Palermo-Brunner, BL 88/9}) 11... Nbd7 {
Nikolac-Polugaevsky, Wijk 1979} 12. f4 $5 $13) (10. a3) 10... Bh7 11. a4 e5 12.
N4f3 e4 13. Ne5 exd3 (13... Nbd7 $2 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nxe4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 $16 (18. Nxf6+ $2 gxf6 19. Raxd1 Bxc2 20. Rd7 Rab8))
14. cxd3 Nfd7 15. d4 (15. e4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bb2 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nc5 (18...
Bf6)) 15... f6 16. Nxd7 (16. Nef3 Na6 $132) 16... Qxd7 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Nxe4
Na6 19. d5 Rfd8 (19... cxd5 20. Nc3 $16) (19... Qxd5 $4 20. Nxf6+ $18) 20. Qh5
(20. d6 $6 Bxd6 21. Bxf6 Bxe4 22. Bxd8 Bxg2 $17) (20. dxc6 $5 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
bxc6 22. Bc3 Nb4 23. Kf1 $14) 20... Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Rac1 (
23. Rfd1 Nb4 {><d3}) 23... Nb4 24. Ba3 Rd4 25. Nc5 Nc2 26. Rxc2 Bxc2 27. Ne6
Rd7 28. Bxc6 Bxa3 29. Bxd7 Bxb3 30. Nd4 (30. Rb1 Bxe6 31. Bxe6+ $10) 30... Bc4
31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Nc6 Ra6 33. Rd4 Be2 34. Kg2 Ra8 35. Re4 (35. Rd5 Bb4 $10) 35...
Bd1 36. h4 Bf8 37. Be6+ Kg6 38. g4 h5 39. f3 hxg4 40. fxg4 Bc2 41. Bf5+ Kf7 42.
Rd4 Bb3 43. Rd7+ $2 (43. Nd8+ Kg8 (43... Ke8 44. Bg6+ Ke7 45. Nc6+ Ke6 46. Nd8+
$10) 44. Be6+ Bxe6 45. Nxe6 $10) 43... Kg8 44. Rd4 (44. Nd8 Bxa4 45. Be6+ Kh7
46. Bf5+ Kh8 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48. Rc7 Bb3 $19) 44... Bc5 45. Rf4 Re8 $1 $19 {
/\ Bd5-+} 46. Nxa5 (46. Nd4 Bxa4 47. Ne6 Bc6+) 46... Bd5+ 47. Kf1 Ra8 48. Nc4
Rxa4 49. Bd3 Be3 50. Re4 Bxe4 51. Bxe4 Kf7 (51... Rxc4 $4 52. Bd5+ $10) 52.
Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Ostrava"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gazik, Igor"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. h3 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 {Filipowicz-Sydor, Polen 1973})
10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ba3 12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 a5 (13... Rfe8 14. Rac1 a5 15. a3
Rad8 16. Rc2 c5 17. Rb1 b6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rb8 20. Nd2 $14 {
Benkö-Hennings, Siegen ol 1970}) 14. a3 e5 $1 $10 15. e3 (15. b4 axb4 16. axb4
Rxa1 17. Rxa1 e4 18. Nd4 e3 $132) 15... e4 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Qc2 (
18. b4 $2 Nd3 19. Qc2 axb4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxd3 Nc5 $17) 18... Rfd8 {/\ Rxd2}
(18... Nd3 $2 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxd3 $18) 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Rab1 Re8 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Na6 23. c5 (23. Qc3 Rad8) 23... Nc7 24. Nc4 Nb5 25. Nd6 Nxd6 26. cxd6
(26. Rxd6 Qe5 $15) 26... Qe5 27. Rd4 $6 (27. d7 Red8 28. Rd4 Qe6 (28... Rxd7
29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxe4) 29. Bxe4 (29. Kh2 Ra2 30. Rb2 Rxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxd7) 29...
Nxe4 (29... Qxh3 $2 30. Bf5 Ng4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Qe4 $16) 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31.
Rxe4 Rxd7 $10) 27... Rad8 28. Qc5 Rd7 29. Rc1 g6 30. Rcc4 (30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31.
Rcc4 Re6 32. Bxe4 $2 b5 $19) 30... Qe6 31. Rc1 (31. Bxe4 $2 b5 $19 (31... Nxe4
32. Rxe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 {/\ Re6-/+})) (31. b5 $5 cxb5 32. Qxb5 Rxd6 33.
Qxb7 $10 (33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Nxe4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qxe4 b5
$15)) 31... Red8 32. Rcd1 Kg7 33. R1d2 Ra8 34. Rd1 (34. Qc3 Kg8 35. Qc2) 34...
Ra2 35. R4d2 $2 (35. R1d2 Rxd2 (35... Qb3 36. Rxa2 Qxa2 37. Qe5) 36. Rxd2 Nd5
37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Bxe4 Rxd6 $10) (35. b5 Ra5 36. Rb1) 35... Qb3 $19 36. Qd4 (36.
Rxa2 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 Rxd6) (36. Rd4 Qb2 37. R4d2 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 $17) 36...
Ra4 37. Rb2 Qd5 38. Qxd5 cxd5 39. Bf1 Rxd6 40. Bb5 Ra3 41. Kf1 Nh7 42. h4 Nf6
43. Be2 Rc6 44. Rbb1 Kf8 45. Ra1 Rxa1 46. Rxa1 Rb6 47. b5 Ke7 48. Ra8 Ne8 49.
Rc8 Kd7 50. Ra8 Nc7 51. Rf8 Ke6 52. g4 hxg4 53. Bxg4+ Ke7 54. Rc8 Nxb5 55. h5
gxh5 56. Bxh5 Nd6 57. Rg8 Rb2 58. Bg4 f5 59. Bh5 b5 60. Rb8 b4 61. Rb6 Kd7 62.
Ra6 b3 63. Be2 Rb1+ 64. Kg2 Re1 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Qc7 (10... O-O 11. Nb3 $5 (11. Nc4 Re8 (11... Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Qe6 14. Kg2 $36 {Larsen-Vaganian, London 1985}) 12. a4 Qc7
13. Nh4 {Kindermann-Gelfand, München 1991}) 11... Bb6 12. a4 a5 (12... a6 13.
a5 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. Nh4 $14 {Smejkal-Bönsch, Altensteig 1991})
13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. Rfd1 $14 {Smejkal-Kuczynski,
Polanica Zdroj 1991}) (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. a4 Qe7 13. Qe2 a5 14. Nc4
Ne8 $6 (14... Nb6 15. Ne3 g6 16. h4 $14) 15. Bd2 b6 16. Bg4 $16 {Damljanovic-C.
Hansen, New York op 87}) 11. Nb3 Be7 (11... Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 $14) 12. Nh4
Bg6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. a4 Ne6 18. h4 (18.
a5 $14) 18... a5 19. Bh3 {/\ Bxe6} Bf8 20. Qc4 b6 21. f3 (21. c3 $5 $14) 21...
Nd4 22. Kg2 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Rab8 24. Rd3 Red8 25. Rxd8 $6 (25. Rad1 $14) 25...
Qxd8 26. Qc3 Bc5 $1 27. Qe1 (27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. b3 (28. Qxc5 Qd2+) 28... Qd4
$132) 27... Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qd6 29. Ra3 Qb4 30. Qc3 Rd8 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. Rd3
Rxd3 33. cxd3 Nh5 (33... c5 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 $36) 34. f4 exf4 35. g4 Nf6
36. g5 Ne8 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Kxf4 Ke7 39. Ke5 f6+ 40. Kd4 Nd6 41. e5 Nf7 42.
exf6+ gxf6 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bg2 Ne5 45. Be4 Ke6 46. Ke3 c5 47. b3 Ke7 48. d4
cxd4+ 49. Kxd4 Kd6 50. Bd5 Nd7 51. Bg8 Ne5 52. Ke4 Nd7 53. Bf7 Ne5 54. Be8 Ke6
55. Bb5 Kd6 56. Ba6 Ke6 57. Bc8+ Kd6 58. Bh3 Nf7 59. Bg4 Ne5 60. Be2 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Lioe, Dede"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qe1 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 e5 12. Nh4 Qb6 {Das scheint hier neu: f4 wird
unterbunden.} (12... a5 13. a3 {wird sehr häufig eingeschaltet.}) (12... Qc7) (
12... Bg6) (12... Nf8) (12... Nc5) (12... Bc5) 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Kh2 (14. Kh1 {
wäre sinnvoller, wenn man f4 beabsichtigt. Hickl hat aber andere Absichten.})
14... Rad8 15. a3 Nc5 16. Rb1 Bg6 17. Nh4 dxe4 (17... Bh5 {wäre die
prinzipielle Fortsetzung}) 18. dxe4 Qc7 19. Nxg6 $14 {Dieser Abtausch läßt
Weiß das B-Paar, ohne daß er seine Stellung mit g4 schwächen mußte.} hxg6 20.
Rd1 Rd7 21. Qe2 b5 22. b4 Na4 23. Ba1 a5 24. c3 {Momentan sieht der Ba1 recht
traurig drein; er kommt aber schnell wieder ins Leben.} (24. bxa5 Qxa5 (24...
Bxa3 25. Nb3 $14) 25. Nb3 Qd8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 24... Red8 25. Nb3 {Das ist
der Trick: Schwarz muß nun den Ba1 befreien.} axb4 26. cxb4 (26. axb4 $6 Nb6
27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. f4 Bd6 $15 {[%csl Ra1]}) 26... Nb6 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 $5 {Schwarz
greift zu radikalen Mitteln, um nicht in eine passive Position zu geraten.} (
27... Nfxd7 28. Na5 $16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Yf1c1]}) 28. Na5 (28. Bxe5 $5 Nc4 29.
Bc3 $1 (29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Ra1 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Nc5 Rxa3 $11) 29... Nxa3 {
Diese Stellung sollte von der Bauernstruktur her gut für Weiß sein: die
schwarze Majorität ist durch den rückstandigen Pc6 entwertet, während die
weiße Bauernmajorität intakt ist. Außerdem sollte dem B-Paar die Öffnung der
Stellung zugute kommen.} 30. Rc1 Nc4 (30... Qd3 $6 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Bf1 Rd8 (
32... Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Bxb4 34. Rxc6 Nxe4 35. f3 $18) 33. f3 $14) 31. Bf1 {
[%cal Yf2f3] /\ f3+/-}) 28... c5 $8 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Bxe5 Qd3 (30... Ra8 31.
Rc1 Bxa3 (31... Rxa5 32. Rxc5 $18) 32. Rc7 Qe8 33. Nc6 $16) 31. Qa2 $5 {
Weiß möchte mehr als das leicht bessere Endspiel.} (31. Re1 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 {
[%cal Re5c7]} Ra8 33. Nc6 Bxa3 (33... Rxa3 34. Bd4 $16) 34. Ra2 Nc4 35. Bc3 $14
) (31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. f4 Rxa3 33. Nb7 $14) 31... Nxe4 (31... Ra8 32. Qb3 Qe2 33.
Bxf6 Rxa5 (33... gxf6 34. Qc3 $18) 34. Bb2 (34. Qc3 Nc4 35. Bxg7 Rxa3 36. Qf6
Nd2 37. Rc1 Rf3 $3 $11) (34. Bxg7 Rxa3 35. Qb2 $14) 34... Nc4 $140 35. Bc3 $16)
32. Nb3 (32. Nb7 $5 {sieht in meinen Augen besser aus.} Re8 (32... Rd5 $6 {
bringt Schwarz in eine verdächtige Fesselstellung.}) 33. Re1 Rxe5 34. Nxc5 Rxc5
35. Bxe4 {[%csl Rd3,Rg6]} Qd6 36. Bg2 $36 {Trotz des reduzierten Materials ist
die schwarze Stellung nicht einfach. Er darf keine Verdoppelung der weißen
Schwerfiguren auf der 8.Reihe zulassen.} Nc4 37. Re8+ (37. a4 bxa4 38. Qxa4 Rc8
) 37... Kh7 38. a4 $36) 32... Nc4 33. Nxc5 $2 {(Für mich) erstaunlicherweise
führt dieser naheliegende Zug zu Problemen für Weiß. Die Springer sind hier
stärker als die Läufer.} (33. Re1 $142 Nxe5 34. Nxc5 Nxc5 (34... Ng4+ 35. hxg4
Nxc5 36. Re7 $14) 35. Rxe5 $14) 33... Nxc5 34. Bf4 (34. Qa1 Nd2 (34... Nb3 35.
Qc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3 Nxa3 $17) 35. Rd1 Qe2 36. Kg1 (36. Bxg7 Ncb3 37. Qf6 Qxd1 38.
Bh8 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 Qd4 $19) 36... Nce4 $40) (34. Rc1 Nxe5 35. Rxc5 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3
Qxf3 37. Rc1 $17) (34. Re1 Qxa3 35. Qxa3 Nxa3 $17) 34... Qxa3 35. Qe2 (35. Qxa3
Nxa3 36. Bc7 $17) 35... Ne6 36. Bc1 Qd3 37. Qxd3 (37. Qe1 $5 $17) 37... Rxd3
38. Re1 (38. Be4 Rc3 {[%cal Ye6c5,Rb5b1]}) 38... b4 39. Bf1 (39. Be4 $5) 39...
Rc3 40. Bf4 $2 (40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. Be3 {scheint bessere
Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten zu bieten.}) 40... Nxf4 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. gxf4 Nd2
43. Be2 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 (44. Bxf3 Rxf3 45. Re4 (45. Kg2 Rxf4 $19) 45... Rxf2+ $19)
44... Nd4 45. Bg4 (45. Re4 Nxe2 46. Rxe2 Rc7 $19 {[%cal Yc7b7]}) 45... b3 46.
Rb8 f5 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Beliavsky} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 (11. b3 {Beliavsky}) 11... Re8
(11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 $14) 12. a4 (12. b4 {ist die Alternative, zu der einige
Erfahrung vorliegt.}) (12. Nh4 $5 {Beliavsky}) 12... Nb6 $146 {ein Fund:
Schwarz erkennt, daß er sich um den Pe5 keine Sorgen machen muß und befragt
den starken Nc4.} (12... Qc7 13. Nh4 $1 (13. a5 b5 14. axb6 axb6 15. Rxa8 Rxa8
16. b4 Ra4 17. bxc5 Rxc4 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Nd2 Rxc2 21. Qa1 h6 22.
Rb1 Qd3 23. Bf1 Qd6 24. Nc4 $13 {Loginov,V-Vladimirov,E/Tashkent/1987/0.5 (52)}
) 13... Bf8 14. Bg5 $1 Bg6 15. Nxg6 (15. Rd1 $5 {Gelfand,Kapengut} h6 16. Bxf6
Nxf6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. h4 {/\ Bh3+/=}) 15... hxg6 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
h4 Bh6 19. b4 Ne6 20. c3 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Ne3 $10 {Kindermann,S-Gelfand,B/
Munchen/1991}) (12... a5 $5 {Gelfand,Kapengut} 13. Bd2 (13. Nh4 $5) 13... b6
14. Nh4 Nf8 $5 $13 (14... Qc7 {leitet in gewohnte Bahnen über:} 15. Nf5 Bg6 16.
Rd1 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nd5 18. Ne3 N7f6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 $14 {
Vaganian-Fahnenschmidt/BL/1992}) 15. Bc3 N6d7 16. Nf5 f6 17. g4 Bf7 18. Ncd6
Re6 19. Rd1 Ng6 20. Qd2 Ndf8 $13) (12... b5 13. Na5 Qc7 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. Qc3
Nfd7 16. Nb3 b4 17. Qe1 Bf8 18. a5 Nc8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Qe2 (20. f4 $5) 20... c5
21. Nd2 Nd6 22. Nc4 $14 {Petrosian,A-Asrian,K/ARM-ch Erevan/1995}) 13. Na5 (13.
Nfxe5 $6 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg6 $15 (15... f5 $15)) (13. Ncxe5 $2 Bxf3
14. Nxf3 Nxe4 $40) 13... Rb8 $5 {kommt ein wenig überraschend} (13... Qc7 14.
Nh4) 14. Nh4 (14. Bd2 {Beliavsky} Nc8 15. Bc3 $13) 14... Nc8 15. b4 (15. Nb3
Bb6) 15... Bb6 {Diese Rückzugsmöglichkeit hat sich Schwarz durch das nicht
naheliegende 13...Rb8 (gegenüber 13...Qc7) geschaffen.} 16. Nb3 (16. Nc4 {
Dieser Zug entspricht mehr der üblichen Strategie, einen Druck gegen Pe5 zu
entwickeln.} Qd4 $140 $6 {ein Schuß ins Leere} (16... Bc7 17. Bb2) 17. Nb2 $8
$14) 16... Nd6 {[%csl Gc4] Mit 16.Nb3 hat Weiß die Kontrolle über c4
aufgegeben.} 17. a5 Bc7 18. Nc5 (18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 (19... hxg6) 20. Nc5
$13 (20. c3) (20. Qe2)) (18. f3 {Dieser Zug erscheint etwas seltsam, da der
Bg2 nun gar keinen Auslauf mehr hat. Da die Einflugschneise des Bh5 jetzt aber
blockiert ist, kann Weiß langsam sein Figurenknäuel Qe1, Rf1, Bg2 entwirren.
Dem Nh4 kann es nur schwerlich an den Kragen gehen, da bei Bedarf g4 möglich
ist.}) (18. Bg5 $5 {Beliavsky} h6 $6 19. Be3 $132 {/\Ba7,/\g4}) 18... Nd7 19.
Nxd7 $2 {Der Abtausch entwickelt Schwarz. Ich habe aber das Gefühl,daß schon
bei den letzten Zügen nicht alles ganz stimmig war.} (19. Be3 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 (
20. bxc5 Nc4 $17) 20... b6 (20... a6 21. Ra3 {[%cal Ya3d3] gegenüber der
Partie hat Weiß Zeit gewonnnen.}) 21. axb6 axb6 22. Bxd6 (22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bc1)
22... Bxd6 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Qc3 $11) (19. Nd3 $5 {Beliavsky}) 19... Qxd7 20. Ra3
{[%cal Ya3d3] Es liegt nahe, die offene d-Linie mit einem R zu besetzen. Da
der "normale" Weg (Ra1-d1) verboten ist, wählt Weiß einen Umweg.} (20. Be3 a6
21. g4 Bg6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 b6 26. Qg3 $132) (20.
g4 {Beliavsky} Bg6 21. Nf5 $13) 20... f6 $15 {><c4 Das ist ein ganz typisches
Manöver in solchen Stellungen: Pe5 wird befestigt und der Bh5 kann über f7 in
das Geschehen am Damenflügel eingreifen. Der weiße Vormarsch dort hat ihm nur
eine Schwäche auf c4 eingetragen.} 21. Be3 a6 22. Bc5 (22. Rd3 Qe6) 22... Rbd8
23. Rd3 Qe6 24. Qd2 {Der Zug lädt zu Nc4 ein und hinterläßt deswegen einen
traurigen Eindruck. Es ist aber zu beachten, daß die Qe1 sich wegen Be2 nicht
allzuweit bewegen durfte.} (24. f3 $142 {[%csl Rg2] Bei der vorgegebenen
Zentralformation erfüllt der Bg2 nur defensive Funktionen. Deswegen strebt
Weiß neue Betätigungsmöglichkeiten für ihn an. Der Traum wäre die Diagonale
a2-g8, aber auch auf f1 oder h3 stünde er besser.}) (24. g4 {Beliavsky} Bf7 25.
Qe3) 24... Nc4 25. Qc3 Rxd3 (25... Be2 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Re1) 26. cxd3 (26.
Qxd3 Rd8 27. Qc3 Nd2 $17 {ist die Alternative: durch die unbestrittene
Beherrschung der d-Linie hat Schwarz klare Vorteile.}) 26... Nd6 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Yd6b5] /\Nb5,Rd8><d3 -/+} 27. Bxd6 (27. f4 Nb5 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Nf5 exf4
30. gxf4 Bf7 $17 {[%cal Rf7e6]}) 27... Bxd6 28. Nf5 Bf8 {[%csl Rb4]} 29. f4 Bf7
{[%cal Re6b3] ><b4,><d3.} 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Bf3 g6 33. Be2 Qa2 $19
(33... gxf5 $2 34. Qg5+ Qg6 35. Qxd8 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1
$11) 34. Qg5 (34. Qxa2 Bxa2 35. Nh4 Bxb4 $19) 34... Rd7 35. Rf2 Qb1+ 36. Kg2
Qxb4 $19 37. h4 Qxa5 38. h5 Qd8 39. Nh6+ Bxh6 40. Qxh6 Qe7 (40... a5 $2 {
Beliavsky} 41. Bg4 Re7 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Rxf7 $132) 41. g4 Rd6 42. Qe3 Rf6 43.
Bf3 gxh5 44. gxh5 Rf4 45. d4 Qg5+ 46. Kf1 Bc4+ 47. Ke1 Rxe4 48. Qxe4 Qg1+ 49.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 50. Kc3 Be6 (50... Be6 51. dxe5 Qc5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boyd, Stephen"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3
a5 9. a4 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Bf5 13. Ra3 $5 {[%cal Ya3b3]
Mowsziszians ehrgeizige Idee: Der Turm soll über b3 ins Spiel eingreifen.} (13.
Qb3 Bxd3 {Am einfachsten; die Alternativen waren zwar in der Praxis sehr
erfolgreich, scheinen mir aber weniger zweckmäßig.} (13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Be3 Bxd3 (15... Qxd3 16. Rad1 (16. Qxb6) 16... Qc2 17. Qxb6 Qxa4 18. Nd2 (
18. b3 Qa3 19. Qxb7) 18... Nd8 19. b3 Qa2 20. Ne4 $13 {Kapischka,J-Lehmann,H/2.
BLN 1992}) 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Bxb6 e4 18. Nd2 Qf5 19. Re3 Re6 20. Rde1 Rae8 21.
f3 exf3 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxf3 Bc2 25. Qb5 Ne5 26. Bxb7 Bd3 27.
Qc5 (27. Qxa5) 27... Qh5 28. Qe3 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc2 $2 (29... Qxa4 $11) 30. b3
Kh7 31. h3 $2 (31. Bxa5 Ng4 32. Qe1 $18) 31... Qxc3 32. Kh2 h5 33. Qf2 Bc2 34.
Qe3 Nd7 35. Qxc3 Bxc3 $17 {Franklin,M-Whiteley,A/GB-ch Rhyl 1969}) (13... Qd7
14. Bd2 (14. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 15. Nfxe5 Qe6 16. Qxb7 $16) 14... Rad8 15. d4 exd4
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nb6 20. Nxb6 $2 cxb6 (20...
Bxf2+ $19) 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 $11 {D'Amore,C-Kovacs,L/Rome 1983}) (13... e4 14. dxe4
Bxe4 15. Be3 (15. Qxb7 $5) 15... Nxe3 {1/2-1/2 Franz,K-Floeter,F/OLO-A 1995})
14. Ncxe5 $1 (14. Qxb7 $2 Qd7 $1 (14... e4 15. Nfd2 Qd7 16. Qb3 Rab8 $17 {
McDonald,N-Romanishin,O/Tbilisi 1986}) 15. Qb5 (15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Qa2 e4 17.
Nfd2 Ndb4 $1 $19) 15... Rab8 16. Qa6 e4 17. Nfd2 Ra8 {0-1 Kapischka,J-Lagunov,
A/2.BLN 1993}) (14. Nfd2 Qd7 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe6 {1/2:1/2 Sher-Wells/
Isle of Man/1995}) 14... Bxe5 15. Rd1 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Qf6 18. Rd3 (18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 $14) 18... g5 19. Kg2 Qg6 20. Re3 Bd6 $11 {Martinovic,
S-Panchenko,A/Lublin 1977}) (13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf3 {Lädt Schwarz zur
Zugwiederholung ein, was normalerweise nicht im Interesse von Weiß liegen
sollte. Allerdings steht der Nh4 eh abseits und die Alternativen hinterlassen
auch keinen nachhaltigen Eindruck:} (14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Nf3 (15. Qb3 Nde7 16. Bf1
Rad8 17. Rad1 b6 18. Bc1 g5 $17 {Frias,V-Baburin,A/San Francisco 1997}) 15...
Bf5 16. Qb3 $5 Rad8 (16... Bxd3 $6 17. Nfxe5 $1) 17. Rad1 $2 (17. Bf1 $11)
17... Bxd3 $1 18. Ncxe5 $6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxh6 {Gufeld,
E-Adams,M/Hastings 1993 (21)} (21. Bxh6 Nb6 $17)) (14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rad8 (
15... Kh7 16. Rad1 f6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Be4 f5 19. Bf3 (19. Bg2) 19... Rad8 20.
Bg2 g5 21. Nf3 Bf6 22. d4 e4 $15 {Hansen,J-Sogaard,O/Espergarde 1977}) 16. Rad1
Nde7 17. Bc1 g5 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. h4 e4 20. dxe4 Bxc4 21. Rxd7 Bxe2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. Rxe2 gxh4 $11 {Viatte,R-San Marco,B/FRA-chT 1993}) (14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Bd2
Rad8 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Qb3 b6 18. Qb5 Bf5 19. Bf1 g5 20. h3 f6 21. Rad1 Nde7 $11
{Kharlov,A-Adams,M/New York 1995}) 14... Bf5 {führt zur Zugwiederholung.} ({
Schwarz kann aber auch das Remis ausschlagen:} 14... f6 $5 15. Ne3 (15. Bf1 Bf7
16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Be3 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rb8 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qb5 f5 $11 {Viatte,
R-Santo Roman,M/FRA-chT 1994}) (15. Nfd2 Bf7 16. Qb3 (16. Ne4 f5 17. Ned2 Nde7
18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Na3 Rad8 20. Nb5 g5 $17 {Karasev-Tseshkovsky/Severodonezk 1982}
) (16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Nb1 Rad8 18. Nba3 Nde7 19. Bf1 g5 20. Ne3 b6 $15 {Weiss,
S-Martinovsky,E/Hamburg 1997}) 16... b6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. b3 Rad8 19. Bb2 Nde7
20. Bf1 Be6 21. Ne3 Bh3 22. Ng2 $11 {Mazi-Sher/Ljubljana/1997}) (15. h4 Qd7 16.
Qb3 Rad8 17. Qb5 b6 18. Bf1 Bf7 19. Bd2 Nb8 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11 {Keene,
R-Andersson,U/Palma de Mallorca 1971}) (15. Qc2 Bf7 (15... Qd7 16. Bd2 Nde7 17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Bc1 g5 19. Qb3 f5 20. Rd2 Qc8 21. h4 g4 22. Nh2 b6 $11 {
Hickl-Nogueiras/Zagreb izt/1987}) 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bc1 f5 19. Na3
g5 20. h4 g4 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. Ndc4 $11 {Weindl,A-Sher,M/Wangs Pizol 1996}) 15...
f5 (15... Nb6 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. Nf3 Ne7 20. Nf1 Ned5 21.
Be3 Qd6 22. Ne5 c5 $17 {Kempys-Shmuter/Miedzybrodzie/1991}) (15... Kh7 16. d4
e4 17. Nh4 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd2 $11) 17... f5 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Qd7 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Be3 Re7 $15 {Gadjilu,R-Kozlov,V/Voskresensk2 1993}) 16. d4 e4 17.
Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bf7 20. Qb5 Na7 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Bf1 $11 {
Balashov-Romanishin/Berlin/1990}) (14... Bg4 {scheint weniger geeignet, da
Weiß nach} 15. h3 Bf5 {den nützlichen Zug h2-h3 geschenkt bekam 
(Leonardo-Santos/Lisboa 1992).}) 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Nf3 $11) (13. h3 $5 Nb6 (13...
g5 $5) 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Be3 Qxd3 (15... Bxd3 $2 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. Red1 Qf6 18.
Rxd3 e4 19. Rd4 exf3 20. Rf4 Qe7 21. Bf1 $18 {Polugaevsky,L-Thorsteins,K/
Akureyri 1988}) 16. Bxb6 Qa6 $1 17. Be3 Bd3 18. Nd2 e4 19. Qb3 Re6 20. h4 $1 h5
$6 (20... Rae8 $142) 21. Bh3 Ree8 22. Bf4 Re7 23. Bg5 Re5 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. Bd7
$14 {Polugaevsky,L-Fernandez Garcia,J/Logrono 1991}) 13... Qd7 $146 (13... Nb6
14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bf1 Qc7 (15... Re6 $2 16. Nh4 Rd6 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Qh5 $16 {
Mowsziszian,K-Roeber,B/Nuernberg 1996}) (15... Re7 $5 {[%cal Ye7d7]}) 16. Be3
Be6 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Nd2 f5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qf7 21. Be3 Ne5 22. h3 Bd5 23.
Qd1 Bc6 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Kf2 g5 (25... Rad8 $5) 26. Bxb6 $16 {Mowsziszian,
K-Gomez Esteban,J/Barbera 1996}) (13... Ra6 14. Rb3 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Rxb6 16. Rxb6
cxb6 17. Bf1 Re7 18. Nh4 Be6 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Qc2 Ne7 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Qc1 Nf5
23. Nd2 Nxe3 24. fxe3 f5 25. d4 Kh7 26. b3 Re7 27. Bg2 Bf7 28. d5 $14 {
Mowsziszian-Michaelsen/Hamburg-ch/1992}) 14. Rb3 b6 {Nimmt dem Rb3 das Ziel
weg. Nun fragt man sich, was der Rb3 eigentlich dort will. Das einzige
Zugeständnis von b6 ist die Schwächung der Diagonalen h1-a8.} (14... Nb6 15.
Nxb6 cxb6 {führt zu Bildern aus den oben zitierten Partien Mowsziszians.}) 15.
Rb5 {[%cal Rb5d5] Damit geht Weiß natürlich ein erhebliches Risko ein, denn
der R bewegt sich auf feindlichem Territorium. Der Zug ist aber konsequent,
denn sonst wäre der Rb3 einfach schlecht plaziert.} Be6 (15... Bg4 16. h3 $14)
16. Nfxe5 {Mit ruhigen Zügen ist Weiß nicht gedient.} (16. Bxh6 $5 Bxh6 17.
Nfxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd6 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. d4 $13 {Eine
Hochspannungsstellung mit unsicherem Ausgang.}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18.
Rxe5 c6 19. Rbxd5 $2 ({Besser erscheint es, den Rb5 auf dem Brett zu lassen:} 
19. Bxd5 Bxd5 (19... cxd5 20. Bxh6 $16) 20. Rexd5 cxd5 21. Bxh6 $14) 19... Bxd5
20. Rxd5 $2 {Ein Qualitätsopfer war genug.} (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 (
21... cxd5 22. Bxh6 $11) 22. Bxh6 $11 {Materiell sieht die Sache nicht
schlecht aus für Weiß; eine (direkte) Invasion in der e-Linie kann unterbunden
werden. Dennoch scheint mir, daß langfristig eher Schwarz über Möglichkeiten
verfügt, Ärger zu stiften.}) 20... cxd5 21. Bxh6 b5 22. h4 (22. c4 dxc4 23.
Bxa8 Rxa8 24. axb5 cxd3 $17) 22... bxa4 $19 23. h5 Rab8 24. Qd2 Qe6 25. Qg5
Rxb2 26. hxg6 Qxg6 27. Qxg6+ fxg6 28. Bxd5+ Kh7 29. Be3 a3 30. Bc5 a2 0-1

[Event "Espergarde PC"]
[Site "Espergarde"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb4 12. Rd1 (12. c3 Ne5 $17) 12... Qa5
13. a3 Bxd2+ (13... Bxa3 $2 14. Ra1 $18) 14. Rxd2 Rfd8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qd1 e5
17. g4 (17. O-O $16) (17. c4 $16) 17... c5 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 cxb4 20. Rh3 bxa3
21. Bxa3 Qa5 22. Kf1 Nc5 23. Rd5 Ne6 $8 (23... Rxd5 $2 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qxc5
Rd1+ 26. Ke2 $18) 24. Be7 (24. Rhd3 $2 Rxd5 (24... Qa6 25. Rxe5) 25. exd5 Nf4)
24... Qa6+ 25. Kg1 Rxd5 26. exd5 Nf4 27. Ra3 Qb5 28. d6 {/\ 29.d6-d7} Qd7 29.
Bf1 (29. Bf3 $5) 29... Nc7 30. Rxa7 $2 (30. c4) 30... Rxa7 31. dxc7 Qxc7 32.
Bd8 Qc8 33. Kh2 Ra8 34. Bb6 Qe6 35. Bc5 Rc8 36. c4 h6 37. Be3 Qe7 38. Qg4 Rc6
39. gxh6 Rxh6 40. Qc8+ Qf8 41. Qxf8+ Kxf8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 Bc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb1 $5 {[%cal Yb3b4] Dies scheint eine Spezialität von Bezold zu sein.
Anstatt (wie alle Welt) sich Gedanken zu machen, ob er lieber einen
Königsindischen Angriff oder ein Reti-System wählt, bereitet Bezold (zunächst)
einen Vormarsch am Damenflügel vor. Das scheint mir gerade in dieser Stellung
Sinn zu machen: der Bc5 könnte ein Tempo verlieren.} a5 (9... Qe7 10. a3 (10.
b4 $6 Bxb4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 $13)) 10. a3 Nbd7 ({Konsequenter sieht} 10... Qe7 {
aus, was den Vormarsch Pb4 verhindert.} 11. Qa2 {Das scheint die eigentliche
Idee zu sein; Weiß gruppiert sich wie folgt um und spielt dann Pe4.} Nbd7 12.
Rae1 Bh7 13. Qa1 $13 {Bezold,M-Hellsten,J/Stockholm 1998}) 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4
Rxa1 ({Natürlich nicht} 12... Bxb4 $4 13. Bxf6 $18) 13. Bxa1 Be7 14. c4 Bh7 15.
Bc3 {[%cal Yb1b2,Yb1a1] Weiß bereitet eine Verdoppelung auf der langen
Diagonalem a1-h8 vor.} Re8 (15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Bd2 $14) (15... Qc7)
16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bf8 18. Re1 Qc7 (18... b5 19. Nd4 $14) 19. Qa1 Rd8 20. Qa7
Ng4 (20... e5) 21. Qa1 Qb6 $2 ({Geduldiger wäre} 21... Ngf6 {, um zu weißen
Absichten genauer kennen zu lernen.}) 22. c5 Nxc5 (22... Qc7 23. e5 $16 {
[%cal Rh2h3]}) 23. bxc5 Bxc5 $2 (23... Qxc5 24. Bd4 $16) 24. Ba5 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1
(25. Kf1 $4 Qa6+ 26. Re2 Bc5 $19) 25... Qc5 26. Bxd8 $18 Bg6 (26... Bxe1 27.
Bb6 $1 {Das dürfte Van Delft übersehen haben.} Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 $18)
27. Rc1 Qh5 28. Qa5 e5 29. Bb6 Bxg3 30. Bg1 Kh7 31. Qd8 Bf4 32. Ra1 f6 33. Ra8
Bf7 34. Qd7 ({Hübsch war hier} 34. Qh8+ $1 Kg6 35. Rg8 Bxg8 36. Qxg8 {und die
Lage ist tragikomisch.}) 34... b5 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Ra7 Kg8 38. Qxc6
b4 39. Rb7 b3 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf8 Qxh2+ 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 9th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 ({Zu spannungsreicherem Spiel führt} 10... Bh5
{. Es wäre interessant gewesen, zu sehen, wo Naiditsch von der beeindruckenden
Partie Akopian-Beliavsky (s.u.) abgewichen wäre.} 11. Nc4 (11. Nb3 {Smejkal})
11... Re8 12. a4 (12. Nh4 {Damljanovic}) (12. b4) 12... Nb6 (12... a5 {Gelfand/
Kapengut}) 13. Na5 Rb8 $5 14. Nh4 (14. Bd2 {Beliavsky} Nc8 15. Bc3 $13) 14...
Nc8 15. b4 Bb6 $132 {Akopian,V-Beliavsky,A/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58}) 11. Bxf3 {
Damit legt Naiditsch den Nd2 auf die übliche Rolle am Damenflügel (über c4
oder b3) fest.} ({Möglich war auch} 11. Nxf3 {mit etwas anderen Bildern:} a5
12. Nh4 a4 13. Nf5 Re8 {Welling,G-Murdzia,P/Velden 1994}) 11... Qe7 (11... b5
12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. Kg2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. b4
$14 {Smejkal,J-Grund,H/Viernheim 1995}) (11... a5) 12. Qe2 Rfd8 ({Mit} 12... b5
{konnte Schwarz immer noch in die Partie Smejkal-Grund überleiten, aber er hat
andere Interessen.}) 13. Nc4 Nf8 14. a4 Ne8 15. a5 a6 (15... b5) 16. Be3 {
[%csl Gc4]} Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Rd4 $1 (17... Qe6 $2 {wäre Wasser auf die weißen
Mühlen:} 18. Nb6 $16) 18. Be2 Nf6 (18... Nd6 19. Nd2 {läßt den Rd4 in
scwieriger Lage.}) 19. Bd3 ({Hochinteressante Verwicklungen entstehen nach} 19.
c3 $5 Rxe4 20. Qf3 Qe6 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Kg2 $1 $44 (22. Bd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxh3
24. Qf3 Ng4 25. Qg2 ({Nach} 25. Qh1 Qxh1+ 26. Kxh1 Re2 $17 {fällt noch ein 3.
Bauer.}) 25... Qh6 $13)) 19... Rad8 ({Besser gefällt mir} 19... Qe6 20. b3 (20.
f4 Qxh3 21. Nxe5 Rad8 $132) 20... Qxh3 21. Nxe5 Rad8 $132) 20. b3 Ng6 21. Rae1
{Eine interessante Situation: Weiß hat einen glänzend postierten Nc4 und einen
kümmerlichen Linienstopfer Bd3; mit dem Textzug deutet er an, daß sich sein
weiteres Spiel am Königsflügel und im Zentrum vorstellt, sein Ziel muß
langfristig sein, dem Bd3 zu besseren Aussichten zu verhelfen.} h6 (21... h5
22. Qg5) 22. Re2 ({Das direkte} 22. f4 $2 {hätte nach} exf4 23. gxf4 Nh5 $17 {
nur zu Problemen geführt.}) 22... Nh5 {Schwarz wird selber aktiv; es scheint
aber, daß dies nicht genügend begründet ist.} (22... Qe6 23. Kh2 $14) 23. Qf3
Qg5 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 24. Kh1 {Nach dieser einfachen Antwort kommt das schwarze
Spiel am Königsflügel zum Stehen.} Nf6 25. h4 Nxh4 $2 ({Angemessen war} 25...
Qg4 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 $14 {mit geringfügig angenehmerem Spiel für Weiß.}) 26. gxh4
Qxh4+ 27. Kg1 Nh5 28. Re3 R8d6 $2 ({Nach} 28... Nf4 29. Qg3 $16 {hätte sich
die Qh4 zurückziehen müssen: der Angriff wäre abgeschlagen. Immerhin hätte
Schwarz mit seinen aktiven Figuren und den beiden Bauern eher Widerstand
leisten können.}) 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Qh3 $18 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Qh2 Qf6 33.
Rg1 h5 34. Qg3 g6 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. Rxg5 f6 37. Rg1 Kg7 38. Rd1 Kf8 39. Be2 Ke7
40. Rxd6 Kxd6 41. Bc4 Kc5 42. c3 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 41th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia "]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Vezzosi, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qe1 (7. e4
Bc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. c3 f5 11. d4 Be7 12. Nb3 g5 13. Bd2 Ng7 14. Nc1
Qe8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nd3 Rc8 $132 {Bowden,K-Plaskett,J/Southampton 1986}) 7...
Bc5 (7... Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. h3 (10. d4 Nc7 11. c3 b5 12. h3 Bh5 13.
Nh2 b4 14. f4 (14. cxb4 Bxb4 15. a3 Be7 16. b4 a5) 14... Bg6 15. Qe3 c5 16. g4
f5 17. Ndf3 (17. exf6 $142) 17... Nb5 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Qa5 $17 {Hachmann,
B-Nogly,C/Pinneberg 1996}) 10... Bh5 11. Nh2 Qb6 (11... Bc5 12. Ndf3 h6 13. d4
Be7 14. h4 Bg6 15. Qe2 c5 16. c3 Rc8 17. Ng4 Qc7 $15 {Schomberg,C-Schnelle,R/
Pinneberg 1997}) 12. Kh1 Nc7 13. f4 f6 14. g4 Bg6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nb3 Rae8
17. Be3 Qa6 $15 {Lebredo,G-Savon,V/Lublin 1977}) 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 $146 {[%csl
Gg4] Dieser Vorstoß hat strategisch in ähnlichen Konstellationen (mit Bg4)
keinen guten Ruf. Er stärkt den Bg4. Weiter oben sind einige typische
Eröffnungsabläufe angegeben.} Ne8 10. d4 Bb6 {Ein wenig extravagant: der Bb6
behindert den Vorstoß des Pb7. Mir scheint auch der Bb6 wenig mit dem Ne8 zu
harmonieren.} (10... Be7 $142 {Damit hat Schwarz gegenüber den obigen Partien
mit 7...Be7 ein glattes Tempo weniger; aber selbst damit sollte diese Stellung
für Schwarz sehr angenehm zu spielen sein.}) 11. c3 f6 (11... c5 $142) (11...
f5 $5) 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 h6 (13... c5 14. Nh4 $13) ({Konsequent (nach f6) war
} 13... fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bc7 16. Qe2 $14 {Ich könnte mir vorstellen,
daß Französischspielern die schwarze Position gefällt. Der Ne8 steht sehr
unglücklich; man könnte ihn aber z.B. nach f7 bringen.}) 14. b3 $1 {[%cal
Yc1b2] In den oben angegebenen Eröffnungsbeispielen war eher Schwarz der
stärkere Spieler. Efimov sichert sich (anders als dort) erst, ehe er seine
Position im Zentrum und am Königsflügel ausbaut.} c5 15. Bb2 Nc7 16. Rac1 a5 (
16... a6) 17. a4 Rc8 $2 (17... Ba7 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yb7b5]}) 18. Rfe1 cxd4 19. cxd4
Qe7 20. exf6 $16 Rxf6 21. Nh4 Rcf8 22. f4 Bh7 (22... g5 23. fxg5 hxg5) 23. Nhf3
Na6 24. Kh2 Nb4 25. Ba3 Qd6 (25... Nb8 26. Qb5) 26. Rc3 Nb8 27. Qb5 N8a6 28.
Rce3 Nc7 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. Nb1 Be4 {[%cal Re4f3]} 31. Qd2 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rdf8 33.
Rfe3 R8f7 34. Re5 Rf5 35. Nc3 g5 (35... Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Rf5) 36. Nb5 (36. fxg5
hxg5 37. Na2 $18) 36... Nxb5 37. Rxe6 gxf4 (37... Qc7) 38. axb5 (38. Rxd6 fxg3+
39. Kh1 Nxd6 40. Bxb4 axb4 41. Qxh6 $18) 38... Qd7 $4 (38... Qc7 $16) 39. Rxb6
f3 40. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Trichkov, Vasil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. e3 (9. e4 $1) 9... O-O 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Rae1 $5 a5 12. a4 Bb4 (12... b5
13. Nd4 bxa4 $132) 13. h3 Bh7 14. Qd1 Rfe8 (14... b5 $132) 15. Re2 Qc5 $6 (
15... e5 $1) 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 (18... Bxe4 19. dxe4 e5 20.
Bb2 Rad8 21. Qa1 $14) 19. dxe4 Bc5 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Qa1 e5 22. Kh2 Bd6 (22...
f6 $5) 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Nh4 Qe6 25. g4 (25. Red2 $5 $14) 25... Nf8 26. Red2 Rxd2
27. Rxd2 Ng6 28. Nf5 Rd8 (28... Nf4 29. Bf1 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Qe7 31. Qd1 Rd8 (
31... Qh4 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4 $16) 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Bxe5 (33. Qg4 Bc7)
33... Qxe5 34. Qxd8+ Kh7 $44) 29. Qd1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Nf4 $2 (30... Ne7 31. Bf1
$14) 31. Nxg7 $1 Qe7 (31... Kxg7 32. Qxf4) 32. Nh5 Nxh5 33. gxh5 Qd6 34. Qc3
Kf8 35. Qe3 Bd8 36. Qg3 Bf6 37. Bc3 Qc5 38. Kg1 Ke7 39. Qd3 Bg5 40. Bd2 Bxd2
41. Qxd2 Qb4 (41... Qd6 42. Qxa5 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qxh5 44. Qc7+ $18) 42. Qxh6 Qe1+
43. Kh2 Bxe4 44. Qg5+ Ke6 45. Bxe4 Qxe4 46. Qg4+ Qf5 47. h6 Qxg4 48. hxg4 Kf6
49. Kg3 Kg6 50. g5 f6 51. gxf6 Kxh6 52. Kg4 Kg6 53. f7 1-0

[Event "Sydney Mercantile"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gedevanishvili, Dmitry"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
Bc5 {N} (8... Be7) 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Kh1 a5 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. f4 dxe4 13. dxe4 f6
14. g4 Bf7 15. e5 $6 (15. Nb3 $5 $14) 15... fxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 $1 {erkämpft g6
für den Bf7} 17. Nhf3 (17. Ndf3 $2 Nxe5 $17) 17... Nc5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3
Bg6 20. Ra4 $6 (20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Rd1 $10) 20... Nc7 (20... Bxc2 21. Nd4 Bd3 22.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Nxe6) 21. Rd4 Qe8 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Bc5 25. c4
$6 (25. Qc4 Qe7 $15) 25... Na6 26. Be3 Rf7 27. h4 Rd7 28. h5 Bf7 29. Rd2 Qd8
30. Nf3 h6 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Bc1 (32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. Bxd2 Bb4 $17) 32... Nb4 {
/\ Nd3} 33. Bf1 (33. Ne1 Qd4 34. Kh2) 33... Kh8 34. Kg2 Qd8 35. Bf4 Bg8 36. g5
hxg5 37. Nxg5 (37. Bxg5 Qe8 38. Nh4 Bh7 $17) 37... Qd4 38. Bg3 Nc2 $5 39. Bf2
$2 (39. Qxc2 Qg1+ 40. Kh3 Qxf1+ 41. Kg4) 39... Ne3+ 40. Bxe3 Qxe3 41. Qxe3 Bxe3
42. Ne4 Bd4 43. Nd6 b6 44. Bd3 Bxe5 45. c5 bxc5 46. Nc4 Bc7 47. Be4 e5 48. Bxc6
Bf7 49. Kf3 (49. Bf3 a4 $19) 49... Bxh5+ 50. Ke4 Bf7 51. Ba4 Kh7 52. Nxe5 Be6
53. Nc4 g5 54. Ne3 g4 55. Bb5 Kg6 56. Bc4 Bc8 57. Bd5 Kg5 58. Bc6 Bf4 59. Ng2
Bd2 60. Kd3 Bb4 61. Bd5 g3 62. Ke2 Kg4 63. Kf1 Ba6+ 64. Kg1 Bd2 65. Kh1 Be2 66.
Kg1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Ne5 {Das Problem bei diesem Zug ist, da�
der Ne5 bei der Befragung durch Nd7 die gewonnene Zeit wieder verliert.} Bf5 4.
c4 Nd7 $1 ({Weniger gef�llt mir die Empfehlung von ECO:} 4... f6) 5. Nxd7 (5.
Qa4 c6 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 e5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qc2 Bd5
12. O-O Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be3 Ne6 {= Barle,J-Sherbakov,R/
Ljubljana 1992}) ({Man darf sicher sein, da� Vaganian sich etwas gegen die
folgende Partie zurechtgelegt hatte:} 5. d4 Nxe5 6. dxe5 dxc4 (6... Be4 $5 7.
f3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 dxc4 9. Qa4+ c6) 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qb4 Qd5 10. Rg1 Qc4
11. Qxc4 Bxc4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Ne4 e6 14. Be3 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rd8+
17. Kc2 Rd5 $6 18. f4 f6 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. e4 {+/- Dizdarevic,E-Zaja,I/Porec
1998}) 5... Qxd7 6. Bg2 (6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Rg1 (7. f3 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qxa2 {-/+})
7... Bxb1 8. Bg2 (8. Rxb1 Qxa2) 8... Be4 (8... Qf5 9. Qa4+ Qd7 (9... Kd8 10.
Bxb7 {+=}) 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Rxb1 c6 12. b4 {+= Alburt,L-Dlugy,M/USA-ch m 1990
}) 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Bxe4 Qd7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Bf3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. O-O-O O-O 15.
Qd4 Qc7 16. Qb4 Qd7 17. Qd4 Qc7 18. Qf4 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Sherbakov,R/
Leeuwarden 1994/EXT 97 (18)}) (6. Qb3 Qc6 (6... O-O-O 7. Bg2 (7. cxd5 Be4) 7...
Be4 8. f3 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 e6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 h5 12. h4 Kb8 13. Kf2 Bd6 14. e4
dxe4 15. fxe4 c6 {~ Biekert,G-Dorfman,J/FRA-chT 1992}) 7. Qb5 Qxb5 8. cxb5 e5
9. Bg2 Nf6 10. d3 h6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Rc1 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Salov,
V-Dreev,A/Elista 1998}) 6... Be4 {N} (6... e6 7. Qb3 c6 8. d3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7
10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Qd3 a5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. f4
Nd7 17. f5 Qd6 18. g4 h6 19. Qg3 Bg5 {=+ Poley,V-Rublevsky,S/Aalborg 1993}) 7.
f3 (7. Bxe4 dxe4 8. Nc3 Nf6 {=+}) 7... Bxb1 8. Rxb1 dxc4 9. Qc2 h5 (9... b5 10.
b3 (10. f4 Rc8 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 (12. Rxb3 c5) 12... c6 {~}) 10... cxb3 11.
Rxb3 {~=}) 10. f4 (10. Qxc4 h4 11. gxh4 {~}) 10... c6 11. Qxc4 h4 12. g4 (12.
d3) 12... h3 (12... Qxg4 $2 13. Bxc6+ {+-}) 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. b4 (14. g5 Nd5 $132
) 14... Rc8 (14... Nxg4 $6 15. b5 {+=}) 15. f5 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rb3 (17. d4
) 17... Bd6 18. g5 Nd5 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Rxh3 $2 (20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Re3 Be5 22.
Bb2 Rh4 $1 23. Qb3 Rxb4 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxb3 26. axb3 Kf7 {=}) (20. Qe4
$5) 20... Rxh3 21. Bxh3 Kd7 22. Bg4 Rf8 $1 (22... Qxg5 23. Rf1) 23. Qe4 $2 (23.
e4 Rf4 24. Qe2 Qxg5 25. Bxe6+ (25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 {
-/+}) 25... Kxe6 26. exd5+ Kxd5 $1 {-/+}) 23... Rf4 {-+} 24. Qg2 Ne3 $1 {
Baburin: 'This sudden blow expouses White's king to the attack of Black's
remaining pieces.'} 25. dxe3 Bxb4+ 26. Kd1 Qd6+ 27. Kc2 Rc4+ 28. Kb1 Ba3 $1 0-1

[Event "Lippstadt 9th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Black "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Bc5 9. a3 O-O ({Üblich ist hier} 9... a5 10. e4 Bh7) 10. b4 {Konsequent} Bd6 (
10... Be7) 11. c4 Qe7 12. Re1 {[%cal Ye2e4] Das Gegenüber von Re1 und Qe7 ist
Weiß sicher nicht unangenehm.} e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 (14... Be6) 15. Qc2
Rfd8 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. c5 $16 {Gegenüber den normalen Varianten ist hier Schwarz
doch arg geschubst worden.} Bc7 18. Nf5 Qe6 ({Bei} 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 {
[%csl Re5] hat Schwarz wegen des schwachen Pe5 ein schweres Leben.}) 19. Nc4
N6d7 20. Ncd6 b6 21. Bf1 Bxf5 $2 {Wenn schon auf f5 nehmen, dann bitte gleich 
(18...).} ({Nach} 21... Qf6 {ist es trotz der begangenen Sünden noch
erstaunlich schwierig, etwas Konkretes herauszuholen, z.B.:} 22. f4 bxc5 23.
bxc5 Rab8) 22. exf5 Qe7 23. Rad1 bxc5 24. bxc5 f6 (24... Rab8 25. Bc4 Bxd6 26.
cxd6 Qf6 27. f4 $18) 25. Bc4+ Kh7 26. Ne4 (26. Ba2 $18 {[%cal Yc2c4]}) 26... a5
$2 {Offensichtlich hat Schwarz (mindestens) hier schon innerlich aufgegeben.} (
26... Rab8) 27. Ba2 $18 Nb8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Rd1 (29. Qb3 Nfd7 30. Qb7 $18)
29... Nfd7 30. Qb3 Ra7 31. Qf7 Qf8 32. Nxf6+ Kh8 33. Nxd7 Nxd7 34. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 f5 7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3
Rb8 9. Qe3 (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 10. Qd3 Nh6 (10... Qf6 11. e4 $1 Bxf3 12. e5 Qe6
13. Nxf3 Be7 14. b4 $1 $16 {Norwood-King/London/1988}) (10... Ngf6 11. h3 Bxf3
12. exf3 $16) (10... Ne7 11. Ng5 $16) 11. Nb3 Bxf3 (11... O-O 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13.
e3 $16) (11... Qf6 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Nc5 $1 $16 {Kengis-Hector/Haninge/1992}) 12.
exf3 (12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qh5 $14) 12... O-O (12... Qf6 13. Bxh6
gxh6 14. Rae1+ Kf7 15. f4) 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. f4 Qf6 15. Rfe1 $14) 9... Qe7 10.
Ng5 Nf8 11. Ndf3 h6 12. Nh3 Bxf3 $146 (12... g5 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qd3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Qc4 Nd7 18. f3 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 O-O 20. f4 g4 21. Bg2
Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 $10 {Bezold-Yusupov/Altensteig/1993}) 13. Qxf3 (13. exf3 g5
$13) 13... Nf6 14. Qb3 (14. Nf4 g5 15. Nh5 (15. Nh3 g4 $19) (15. Nd3 dxc4)
15... Nxh5 16. Qxh5+ Qf7 $13) (14. cxd5 $5 cxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. e4 fxe4 16.
Qxe4 $14) 15. Bf4 $14 (15. Nf4 $14)) 14... Ng6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17.
Bxe3 Kd7 18. a3 Rbe8 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Rad1 Rhf8 21. Bc1 f4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Nxg5
hxg5 24. Bh3+ Kc7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Bf5 Ne7 27. Bg4 Ng8 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Nh6
30. Bh5 f3+ 31. Kxf3 (31. Bxf3 g4 32. Be2 Rxe4) 31... g6 32. Bxg6 $8 Ref8+ 33.
Kg2 (33. Ke2 Ng4) 33... Ng4 34. e5 Rxh2+ 35. Kg1 Be7 (35... Rff2 $2 36. exd6+
Kxd6 37. Be4 Rh3 38. Rd3 $18) 36. Rf1 Rfh8 {/\ Rh1#} 37. Be4 Nxe5 $1 38. Rd2 (
38. dxe5 $4 Bc5+ $19) 38... Rxd2 39. Bxd2 Nc4 40. Bc1 Nd6 41. Bd3 Rh6 42. Kg2
$14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc5 6. Qc2 Nf6 (6... c6 {
wurde mehrfach gespielt, scheint mir aber weniger genau.}) 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. b3 ({Auf} 9. b4 {war Dreev sicher gefaßt. Es bleibt aber im Dunkeln, was er
beabsichtigt hatte, vielleicht:} Ncd7 10. a3 a5 11. b5 dxc4 12. dxc4 (12. Qxc4
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 $11) 12... Bf5 $132) 9... a5 $146 (9... c6 10. Bb2 Nfd7 11.
Nbd2 Bf6 12. b4 Na6 13. Qb3 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qe7 $13 {Pytel,K-Sydor,A/Gdynia 1973}
) 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bb2 {Nun ist eine "Normalstellung" mit dem schwarzen
Mehrtempo Nd7-c5 entstanden. Es ist aber nicht von vornherein klar, ob der N
auf c5 wirklich besser steht als auf d7.} Nfd7 12. a3 b5 13. Rab1 ({Der Schlag
im Zentrum} 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. h3 Bh5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. e4 {führt nach} Bf6 {
zu unübersichtlichen Verwicklungen. Mein Eindruck ist, daß Schwarz dabei nicht
schlecht wegkommt.}) 13... b4 14. Ra1 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Qd1 (16. d4 Bf5 17.
Qd1 Ne4 $11) 16... Bf5 17. Ra2 Bxd3 $5 {Für die geopferte Figur bekommt Dreev
2 Zentralbauern und die Initiative.} 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. exd3 Nxd3
21. Rc2 e5 22. Bxe5 {Dizdarevic entscheidet sich, das geopferte Material
sofort zurückzugeben.} ({Kritisch war} 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nf1 e4 $44 {Mit} 24.
Ne3 {kann Weiß dann Friedensangebote machen} ({oder mit} 24. N3d2) ({oder} 24.
Ne1 {die Figur behaupten.}) 24... Nxb2 25. Rxb2 exf3 26. Bxf3 Nb6 27. Nxd5 $11)
22... N7xe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 (26. Bxd5 Rd8 27.
bxc4 $11) 26... Ra5 27. Bf3 Bf6 28. Kg2 Bc3 29. Re4 $15 {Schwarz hat zwar
einen Mehrbauern, aber die ungleichen B erzeugen eine deutliche Remistendenz.}
Qd7 30. Qd3 g6 31. Re2 Kg7 32. h4 h5 33. Re3 Bf6 34. Re2 Rc5 35. Rd2 d4 36. Qe4
Rc3 37. Qd5 Qc7 38. Be4 Rc5 39. Qb7 Qe5 40. Rd3 Qe6 41. Bf3 Qe1 42. Bd5 Rc1 43.
Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Bg7 45. Qf4+ Kh7 46. Kh2 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ ({Auch} 47... Rc5
48. Bg2 Rf5 49. Qe4 Rxf2 50. Qd5 {ist kaum zu gewinnen.}) 48. Kh2 Qxd3 49. Qxc1
Qf5 50. Qh1 Qxf2+ 51. Qg2 Qe3 52. Qf3 Qe7 53. Be4 Qe5 54. Bd3 Bf6 55. Qe4 Qxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Boleslavsky Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Bf3 $146 (11. f4 $13) (11. Nf5 Bf8 12. f4 $13 (
12. Nf3 $13)) 11... Bxf3 12. Nhxf3 (12. Ndxf3 Nc5 $15) 12... Nc5 13. Qe2 a5 14.
b3 Ne6 15. a3 $6 (15. Bb2 Nd7) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bb2 c5 18. Qf3 dxe4
19. dxe4 a4 20. b4 cxb4 (20... b6 $5) 21. Bxd4 Be5 (21... bxa3 22. Nc4 (22. e5
$2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nc4 Rc5) (22. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nc4 Bc5)
22... Be7 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. Nb6 Rad8 25. e5 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxb6 27. Rdd1) 22.
Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rfd1 Qc8 24. axb4 Qxc2 (24... Qxh3 25. Nc4 Ree8) 25. Rac1 Qa2 26.
Nc4 Rxe4 27. Nd6 Qe2 (27... Rxb4 $2 28. Qc3 $18) (27... Re6 $2 28. Qxb7 Rf8 29.
Rc8 $18) (27... Re7 $2 28. Nc8 Re8 29. Qxb7 Ne4 30. Rf1 $18) 28. Qc3 Re6 29.
Re1 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxd6 31. b5 h5 32. Ra1 Re6 33. Ra3 b6 34. Qc4 Ra5 35. Rxa4
Re4 36. Qc8+ Re8 37. Qc4 Re4 38. Qc8+ Re8 39. Qc2 Rxb5 40. Ra7 Rd5 41. Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "238"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 {N} (7. d4
e6) 7... dxc4 8. bxc4 e5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rad8 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Nb3
Rfe8 14. Kh1 Qd7 15. f3 Bh5 16. Rad1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bc5 18. Bc1 h6 19. Na4 Bb4
20. Be3 Qe7 21. Ra1 b6 22. Bh3 (22. h4 $5 {/\ Bh3}) 22... Bg6 23. Nc3 Qb7 24.
Ne4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 {/\ Bxh6} Nh7 26. Qc1 Be7 27. Bf5 g6 28. Bg4 h5 29. Bf3 c5
$10 30. h3 a5 31. Kh2 Qc7 32. Qd2 Rd7 33. Rf2 Qd8 34. h4 Rd6 35. Qc3 Rc6 36.
Raf1 (36. Qxe5 $4 Bf6) 36... Bf6 37. Bg2 Re7 38. Bh3 Kg7 39. Rf3 Kg8 40. Qe1
Rec7 41. Qf2 Ra7 42. Rh1 Qe7 43. Kg2 Rb7 44. Rf1 Ra7 45. Bd2 Rb7 46. Be1 Bg7
47. Qe3 Qf8 48. g4 Nf6 49. Rg3 hxg4 50. Bxg4 Bh6 51. Qf3 Nh7 52. Kh1 Bf4 53.
Rgg1 Re7 54. Qh3 Rd6 55. h5 Qh6 56. Bf5 Kh8 57. hxg6 Qxh3+ 58. Bxh3 Rxg6 59.
Rxg6 fxg6 60. Kg2 Kg7 61. Bh4 Bg5 62. Bg3 Nf6 63. Bf2 Ne8 64. Rg1 Nd6 65. Kf1
Kh6 66. Ke1 Ra7 67. Rh1 Kg7 68. Bg3 (68. Be6 a4 69. bxa4 Rxa4 70. Kf1 Ra1+ 71.
Kg2 Rxh1 72. Kxh1 $10) 68... Re7 69. Kd1 Kg8 70. Bg4 Kg7 71. Kc2 Kg8 72. Rf1
Kg7 73. Kb2 Kg8 74. Rf3 Kg7 75. Kc2 Kg8 76. e3 Nf7 77. Kd2 Kg7 78. Ke2 Nd6 79.
Bh3 Bf6 80. Rf1 Bg5 81. Bg2 Nf7 82. Bf3 Bf6 83. Rd1 Kg8 84. Bg4 Nd6 85. Kf3 Nf7
86. Be1 Nd6 87. Bc3 Kg7 88. Be1 Kf8 89. Bf2 Kg7 90. Rg1 Kf8 91. Bh3 Kf7 92. Bg3
Kf8 93. Bh2 Rh7 94. Kg2 Re7 95. Kh1 Kf7 96. Rg2 Ra7 97. Rf2 Re7 98. Bg2 Kg7 99.
Kg1 Bg5 100. Re2 Bf6 101. Bg3 Nf7 102. Kf2 Kf8 103. Ke1 Ra7 104. Ra2 Nd8 105.
Kd2 Nc6 106. Ra1 Nb4 107. Bh3 Kf7 108. Bg4 Ra8 109. Rf1 Kg7 110. Bd1 Ra7 111.
Kc3 Ra8 112. Rg1 Rh8 113. Bg4 Rd8 114. Be2 Kf7 115. Rf1 Kg7 116. Rd1 Re8 117.
Bg4 Bg5 118. Kd2 Bf6 119. Ke2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 d4 $146 {
Selbst mit vertauschten Farben (Pirc-Verteidigung) habe ich an vergleichbarer
Stelle (ohne Nbd2 bzw. Nbd7) kein Beispiel für dies Vorgehen gefunden. Schwarz
verhindert b2-b4.} 8. Qc2 (8. Nc4 $5) 8... Be6 9. Nc4 Nd7 (9... e4 $2 10. Nxd4
Nxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 $16) 10. e3 dxc3 (10... dxe3 11. Bxe3 $14) 11. Qxc3
f6 (11... Bb4 12. Qc2 {[%cal Ya2a3]}) 12. a3 Nc5 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Na4 $2 {
Die Bestrafung dieses Zuges ist an dieser Stelle nicht so leicht zu erkennen.}
(14... Ne4 15. Qc2 f5 $11) 15. Qc2 Nb6 (15... Nxd4 $6 16. Qxa4 b5 17. Qd1 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Bxc4 19. Rd1 Bd6 20. Qxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bf4 $16) 16. Nxb6
axb6 17. d5 $1 {Eine lehrreiche Kombination.} Bxd5 (17... Qxd5 18. Ng5 {
[%csl Re6,Rh7]} Qf5 19. Be4 $16) 18. Rd1 Qc8 $6 {fügt sich in sein Schicksal;
schöner wäre die Alternative geworden.} (18... Nb4 19. Qb1 Na6 20. Ng5 $1 fxg5
21. Rxd5 (21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Be3 (22. Bf3 Qe8 23. Bxb7 Bc5 $40) 22... Qb8 23.
Qc2 (23. Qe4 Bc5 24. Bxb7 Bxe3 25. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Nc5 27. Qd5 Bxg3 $13)
23... Bf6 (23... Bc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. b4 $16) 24. Be4 $44) 21... Qc8 22. Bxg5
$16) 19. Rxd5 Nb4 20. Qd1 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Be3 $18 c6 23. Qb3 Bc5 24.
Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qc2 b6 26. Nh4 f5 27. Bh3 g6 28. Nf3 Kg7 29. Bf1 b5 30. Qxc5 Qe6
31. Rc1 Qf6 32. Qxc6 Qxb2 33. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov} Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1
(7. b3 Bc5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e4 Bh7 10. Qe2 (10. e5 {Sieht sehr verlockend aus,
da Weiß Zeit gewinnt. Die bislang gemachten Erfahrungen sprechen aber deutlich
gegen diesen Zug.} Ng8 {[%csl Gh7]} 11. Qe2 (11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 Nf5 13. Kh2 g6
14. hxg6 fxg6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Rh1 g5 17. g4 Ng7 18. Kg1 Bg6 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. Ng3
O-O-O $132 {Jirovsky-Hennigan/Oakham/1992}) (11. a3 a5 12. Bc3 a4 13. Qb1 b5
14. Qb2 axb3 15. Nxb3 Bb6 16. Bb4 c5 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Nc1 Rb8 19. Ne2 O-O 20.
Nc3 Ba5 21. Nxb5 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Qa5 23. c4 Bxd3 $17 {Hickl-Robovic/Bad Ragaz op/
1993}) 11... Ne7 12. Kh1 a5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. f4 Nfg6 15. Ndf3 a4 16. Bh3 O-O 17.
f5 $6 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rxf5 axb3 22. axb3
Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qd7 $15 {Thiede-Hracek/2.BLN/1994}) 10... O-O 11. Kh1 (11. e5
Ne8 12. Kh1 Nc7 13. Nd4 (13. Bh3) (13. Ne1) 13... a5 14. a4 Be7 15. f4 c5 16.
Nb5 $2 (16. N4f3) 16... Nxb5 17. axb5 Nb6 18. g4 $2 Qd7 19. c4 $2 (19. d4 c4
20. bxc4 dxc4 21. Qf3 Ra7 22. c3 Qxb5 23. Ra2 $15) 19... dxc4 $17 {
Weindl-Hracek/Kecskemet/1992}) 11... a5 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Qb6 13. Ne1 a5 14.
Nd3 Qa6 15. c4 Be7 16. e5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qe2 $14 {Csom-Calvo Minguez/
Malaga/1981}) 12. a3 b5 13. h4 Qb6 (13... Qe7) 14. e5 Ng4 $2 {[%csl Rg4]} (
14... Ne8) 15. d4 Be7 16. h5 $1 (16. Ne1 h5) 16... Bxc2 17. Ng1 $16 {
Larsen-Sunye Neto/Palma GMA-op/1989}) 7... Bc5 (7... Be7 {Dolmatov} 8. e4 Bh7
9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. a4 c5 $6 12. Ne5 $14 {Petrosian,A-Sveshnikov,E/YUG/
1990/}) 8. e4 Bh7 9. Kh1 $146 (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. b3 {Mit einem früheren b3 kann
Weiß ein ganzes Tempo gegenüber dieser Stellung gewinnen (->7.b3), da er e2-e4
nicht erst vorbereiten muß (Qe1/e4/Qe2 bzw. e3/Qe2/e4).} (10. h3 $6 O-O 11. e5
Ne8 12. Nh2 (12. Kh1 $5 {/\ Rg1,g4}) 12... Nc7 13. Ndf3 Re8 14. Bf4 a5 15. g4
Be7 16. Bg3 (16. Kh1 $5 {/\ Rg1}) 16... a4 17. a3 Nb5 $17 {Fries Nielsen,
JO-Hracek/Rimavska Sobota/1991}) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 a5 (11... b5 12. e5 Ne8 13.
Kh1 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15. Nh4 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. f4 Nc7 18. Ra2 b4 19. a4 Rae8
20. Nhf3 Qb6 21. Raa1 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rae1 Qc5 24. Qd1 Ref8 25. Ne5 Nxe5
26. Rxe5 $14 {Haik-Miralles/Paris 1986}) 12. a3 (12. a4 Be7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Kh1
Nc7 15. Ng1 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Qc3 19. Ndf3 Rae8 20. Rae1 b5
21. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,P-Sapis,W/Leningrad II 1989}) 12... Qe7 (12... b5 13.
Kh1 (13. e5 Ne8 14. Bh3 $5 Nc7 15. Nh4 Nb6 16. Ng2 Re8 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Rac1 c5
19. c4 $13 {Shushkovskij-Lazarev/Kiev/1978}) 13... Qb6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 (
15. dxe4) 15... Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. a4 $14 {Roos-Fokin/
Kobanya op/1992}) (12... Qb6 13. h3 $6 Ne8 14. d4 Be7 $10 {Brooks-Bonin/
Philadelphia op/1990}) 13. Kh1 (13. e5 Ne8 14. Kh1 (14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. Bh3 b5 16.
Kh1 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Bb6 18. f4 a4 19. b4 c5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ndf3 Ba5 22. Bd4 Qe7
23. Rg1 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. g4 $2 (25. c3 Bc5) 25... Nb5 $17 {
Ivkov-Georgievski/Skopje/1976}) 14... Nc7 15. a4 (15. Nd4 Bb6 16. f4 c5 17.
N4f3 a4 18. Nh4 Ba5 19. bxa4 Nb6 20. Nb3 Nxa4 21. Nxa5 Rxa5 22. Bc1 Nb5 23. Qe1
Qd8 24. f5 $13 {Krasnov-Guliev/Moscow-ch/1994}) (15. Nh4 Nb5 $5) 15... Na6 16.
Nd4 (16. Ne1 $5) 16... Nb4 17. Rac1 Na2 18. Rce1 $6 (18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rac1 $10)
18... Bb4 19. f4 Bc3 20. Bxc3 Nxc3 21. Qf2 c5 $36 {Rustemov-Guliev/Moscow/1995}
) 13... Ne8 (13... b5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ne1 a4 16. b4 Bb6 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Rb8
19. Ra2 Nc7 20. c5 Ba7 21. Nef3 Nb5 22. Nd4 $14 {Vukic-Ivanovic/Krk/1976}) 14.
Ng1 Nc7 15. f4 Nb5 16. Nb1 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. a4 Nc7 19. e5 Bb6 20. Ba3 c5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Pogats-Szirmai/HUN-chT/1993}) 9... Nbd7 {Hracek hat keine Angst
vor e4-e5. Er hofft, daß dadurch der Bh7 an Kraft gewinnt.} 10. Qe2 (10. e5 $6
{Wenn der Zug schon mit einem weißen Mehrtempo nichts bringt, dann sollte er
hier erst recht nicht gut sein.} Ng8 $13 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Yg8e7,Ye7f5]}) 10...
O-O 11. Nh4 (11. e5 Ne8 12. Ne1 $10 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 11... a5 12. f4 (12. a4 $5
{Dolmatov}) 12... a4 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 13. c3 {[%csl Rd3]} (13. a3 $5) (13. e5 $5
{Dolmatov} Ne8 14. f5 Be7) 13... Be7 (13... a3 $6 14. b4 $16) 14. f5 $6 {
Sehr konsequent gespielt: der Bh7 soll vom Spiel ausgesperrt werden. Es
scheint mir aber, daß Vaganian hier zu viel von seiner Stellung verlangt.} (14.
Rd1 $10) (14. exd5 $2 {Dolmatov} Nxd5 15. Nhf3 a3 $17) (14. Nhf3 {Dolmatov} Nc5
15. Nd4 Qa5 $15) 14... dxe4 15. dxe4 Ne5 16. Ndf3 {[#]} (16. Nc4 $6 Qd3 17.
Qxd3 Nxd3 18. e5 Ng4 $17) 16... Qd3 $1 $15 17. Re1 (17. Qe1 Nxf3 18. Rxf3 (18.
Bxf3 exf5 19. Nxf5 Rfe8 $17) 18... Qxe4 19. Re3 Qc4 20. fxe6 (20. Bf1 Qc5 21.
fxe6 Ng4 $17) 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6 Rae8 $17) 17... Rad8 (17... Qxe2 18. Rxe2
Nxf3 (18... Rfd8 19. Be3 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Rd3 $15) 19. Bxf3 (19. Nxf3 exf5 20.
exf5 Rfe8 21. Bh3 Nd5 $15) 19... Rfd8 $15) 18. Bf4 (18. Nxe5 {Dolmatov} Qxe2
19. Rxe2 Rd1+ 20. Bf1 Rxf1+ 21. Kg2 Rd1 $17) 18... Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Nd3 (19...
Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Rd3 $15) 20. Rf1 $2 (20. Bc7 Rd7 21. Bb6 $15 (21. Bb6 {Dolmatov}
c5 $17)) 20... Nxf4 21. gxf4 Nh5 22. fxe6 Nxf4 $19 (22... fxe6 $6 23. f5 $15 (
23. f5 {Dolmatov} Nf4 $19)) 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Ree1 (24. Ref2 {Dolmatov} Bxe4
$19) 24... Bxh4 (24... Nd3 {Dolmatov} 25. Re2 Bxh4 26. Nxh4 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1
Bxe4+ 28. Kg1 $19) 25. Nxh4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Rxf1 (27... Rxb2 28. Nf3
Rxa2 $19) 28. Rxf1 Rxb2 29. e5 (29. Rf2 a3 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxa2 $19 32.
Ra5 $19) 29... Rxa2 30. Rd1 Re2 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf8 33. Nf3 a3 (33... b5
$5) 34. Rxb7 a2 35. Ra7 c5 36. h4 Bg8 37. h5 Ke8 38. Kf4 (38. Ra8+ Kd7 39. Ra7+
Kc6 40. Ra6+ Kb5 $19) 38... Bd5 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a5 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nbd2
(8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Be3 h6 14. Nf3
Be6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne3 $14 {Hickl-Dückstein/Haifa/1989}) 8... a4 (8... b6 $5
9. b3 $6 Bb7 10. a3 Re8 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. Nf1 e4 $36 {T.Petrosian-L.Polugaevsky/
URS-ch/1973}) 9. e4 d4 $6 (9... Re8 $10) 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Bh3 Bf6 12. Bd2 dxc3 (
12... Nc5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8) 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 (14... Qxc8 $5) 15. Ne1 Ra8
16. Ne3 Qd7 $2 (16... Be7 {/\ Ne6,Bc5}) 17. Rd1 Ne6 18. f4 Be7 {Remisangebot}
19. fxe5 (19. f5 $5 Ned8 20. h4 f6 (20... b6 {/\ Nb7}) 21. Nf3 {/\ g4-g5 Hickl}
Nf7) 19... Nxe5 20. d4 Ng6 21. h4 c5 22. d5 Nc7 23. Nf5 Bd6 24. Bf4 Nxf4 25.
gxf4 f6 26. c4 b5 27. Rd2 {/\ Rg2} Kh8 28. Nd3 Rae8 29. Re2 $2 (29. cxb5 Nxb5 (
29... Rxe4 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxc5 $16) 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxc5 Qd7 32. Nf2 $16 {
Hickl}) 29... Rxe4 $1 30. Rxe4 Qxf5 31. Nf2 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 c5 {N} (10... Rc8 11. Qe1 {Remis in Wilder-Van der Wiel,
Haninge 1989} c5 12. Nh4 Qb6 $6 13. Qe3 Rfe8 $2 (13... d4 14. Qe1 f6 15. f4 $14
) 14. Qg5 $18 {Portisch-Ivkov, Amsterdam 1969}) (10... a5 $5 {ist ebenfalls
aktuell}) 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Nh2 (12. Nh4 $5) 12... Nd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Rc1 $4 Ne2+)
(13. g4 Bg6 (13... Nxc2 $2 14. Qc1 Nxa1 15. gxh5 $16) 14. Rc1 Qc7 15. Nhf3
Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bf4) 13... cxd4 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Qc7 (15... Re8 16. Ne4)
16. Nc4 Rae8 17. Qd2 Re2 18. Qg5 Bg6 19. Nf3 Be7 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rxc2 22.
Nxd4 Rc3 23. Bxb7 $16 Bf6 24. Nb5 Rxd3 25. Rad1 Nc5 26. Bg2 a6 27. Nc7 (27.
Nbd6) 27... Rfd8 28. Nd5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kf8 30. Bf3 Bh4 31. Ne5 Bf5 32. Kg2 Ne6
33. Nc4 Bc2 34. Rd2 Bb1 35. Kf1 g6 36. b4 h5 37. a3 Bf5 38. Kg2 g5 39. fxg5
Nxg5 40. Bxh5 $2 (40. Nf4 Rxd2 41. Nxd2 Nxf3 42. Nxf3 (42. Kxf3 Bg5 43. Ne4
Bxf4 44. Kxf4 Bxh3 45. Nc5 Bc8 46. Kg5)) 40... Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Be4+ 42. f3 Bxd5
43. Ne3 Bc6 (43... Bb7) 44. Nf5 Be1 45. Nd4 Bd7 46. Bg4 Ne6 47. Nxe6+ fxe6 48.
f4 Bd2 49. Be2 Bb5 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Bd1 Bd3 52. h4 Kf6 53. Kg4 e5 54. fxe5+ Kxe5
55. Kf3 Kd4 56. Be2 Kc3 57. a4 Kxb4 58. Bxd3 Kxa4 59. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal MI 9394"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8.
exd5 $146 cxd5 9. c4 d4 {Now it's Benoni reversed.} (9... O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11.
Nc4 $13) (9... Nc5 $6 10. cxd5 Nxd3 11. Nc4 Nxc1 12. Qa4+ Kf8 (12... Bd7 13.
Nxd6+ Ke7 14. Qa3 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 $18) 13. Raxc1 $16) 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 $6 (11.
a3 {/\ b4}) (11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4) (11. Re1) 11... O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Rb8 14.
Nxg6 (14. a3 $1) 14... hxg6 15. g5 $2 (15. a3 a5 16. Rb1 $13) 15... Nh5 16. Ne4
$6 (16. Nf3 $13) 16... Bc7 {/\ f5} 17. h4 (17. Qg4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 {/\ Ne5-/+
}) 17... f5 $17 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Bf3 $6 (19. Qg4 $6 Kg7 {/\ f5}) (19. b4 $17)
19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nd2 Re8 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Qh3 (24. Qxf4
$4 Nxc4 $19) 24... f5 25. Rfe1 Rh8 $19 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxh4 28. Re6 Qg5+
29. Kf1 Rbh8 30. Rae1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Qg1+ 33. Kd2 Rh2 34. Re2 Bd6
35. Kc2 b6 36. a3 Qg4 37. Qxg4 fxg4 38. Kd1 f3 39. Re4 g3 40. fxg3 Rxb2 41. Re1
f2 42. Rf1 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Qf6 $6 (6...
Be7 7. Bb2 Bf6 8. d4 Be7 (8... h5 9. Nbd2 h4 10. e4 $1 hxg3 11. hxg3 Bg5 12.
Qe1 $1 $14 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Ne7 (13... Qg5 $5) 14. c4 $16 {Vaganian-Lau/BRD/1991})
(8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. c4 c5 14. Qc2
Ng6 15. d5 (15. Nf3 $5) 15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nf6 18. Bg2 Rad8 $10
{Vaganian-Campora/Manila olm/1992}) 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Re3 a5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. c4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Rd1 Nb6 21. a4 c5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bxb2 24. cxb6 Qxb6
$10 {Vaganian-Razuvaev/Reggio Emilia/1996}) 7. d4 $146 (7. c3 $6 {sieht recht
halbherzig aus.}) 7... Bd6 8. c4 Qe7 9. Nc3 f5 10. Qc2 $1 {Ein schlauer
Wartezug.} (10. Bb2 Nh6 $1) (10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 $14) 10... Ngf6 (10... dxc4
$6 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rb1 $16) 11. cxd5 exd5 $6 (11... cxd5 12. Nb5 $16 {erobert
das Läuferpaar}) (11... Nxd5 $142 $14) 12. h3 $1 Bxf3 $8 13. exf3 O-O {
Minasian hatte die Wahl zwischen zwei Übeln: entweder ergibt einen P für
zweifelhafte Kompensation, oder er muß lang rochieren, wo sein K leicht in
einen Angriff geraten kann.} (13... g6 14. Bh6 (14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16.
Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe2 Kf7 $10) 14... O-O-O (14... Nf8 $2 15. Rfe1 Ne6 16. Re3 $18 {
[%cal Ra1e1]}) 15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. b4 $1 Rhe8 (16... Kb8 17. b5 $16) (16... Bxb4
17. Nb5 a6 18. Reb1 Bc5 (18... axb5 19. Rxb4 $40 {[%cal Ra2a4]}) 19. dxc5 axb5
20. a4 $40) 17. b5 $16) 14. Qxf5 Ne8 (14... Rae8 $16) 15. Qd3 (15. Qg5 Qxg5 16.
Bxg5 h6 17. Bd2 g5 18. h4 $1 $16) 15... g5 {Das war also die Idee: der Pf3
soll hinten bleiben. Das funktioniert aber bei energischem weißen Spiel nicht,
wie Vaganian schnell nachweist.} 16. Qe3 {[%csl Rg5]} h6 (16... Qxe3 17. fxe3 (
17. Bxe3 $16) 17... Bxg3 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 $16 (19. Bxg5 $16)) 17. Qxe7 Bxe7
18. f4 Bf6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Ye8g7,Yg7e6,Yg7f5,Yd7f8,Yf8e6] Versucht ein Spiel
gegen den Pd4 aufzuziehen.} 19. Ne2 (19. Rd1 Ng7 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. fxg5 hxg5 22.
Bf3 Nf8 23. Rac1 Nfe6 24. Ne2 Nf5 25. Bb2 Re7 $14) 19... Ng7 20. Be3 Nf5 21.
Rad1 Rae8 22. Rd3 Re7 (22... gxf4 23. Nxf4 $16) 23. g4 gxf4 (23... Nxe3 24.
fxe3 $16) 24. Nxf4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 {[#]} Rxe3 $6 {Die Kombination ist zwar nicht
inkorrekt, aber letztlich führt sie in ein Leichtfigurendspiel mit einem
Mehrbauern für Weiß. Bei einer weniger direkten Fortsetzung hätte Schwarz
immer noch auf die ungleichen Läufer pochen können.} 26. Rxe3 Bxd4 {[#]} 27.
Nxd5 $1 cxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kg7 29. Rxf8 Bxe3+ 30. Rf2 Nc5 31. Kg2 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 {
Hecht: [#] starker L mit einem Mehrbauern am K-Flügel, Raumgewinn und Zugang
zum D-Flügel durch Zugzwang und Austempieren der schwarzen Figuren} Kf6 33. Ke3
Ke5 34. Bf3 b6 35. h4 Ne6 36. Be4 Nf4 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Ne6 39. g6 Ng7 (
39... Kf6 40. Kd3 Nc5+ 41. Kd4 Nxe4 42. Kxe4 Kxg6 43. Kd5 $18) 40. Bd3 Ne6 41.
Bc4 Ng7 42. Kd3 Nf5 (42... Kd6 {Hecht} 43. Ke4 $18) 43. Kc3 a5 44. Bd3 {
Tempogewinn} Ng7 45. Kc4 Kd6 46. Kd4 Ke6 47. Bc4+ Kd6 48. Ke4 {Zugzwang} Ne8
49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Ke5 Ng7 51. a4 Nh5 52. Be6 Ng7 53. Bf7 (53. Bg4 $18 {Hecht})
53... Nh5 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Be6+ Ke7 56. Bf5 Ng7 57. Bd3 Ne6 (57... Kd7 {Hecht}
58. Bb5+ $18) 58. Kc6 (58. Kc6 {Hecht} Nd4+ 59. Kxb6 Nxb3 60. g7 Kf7 61. Bc4+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 (3. Ne5 $5 Bh5 4. c4 f6 $6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6.
Bg2 Nc6 7. Qa4 Bf7 8. Ne5 $1 $18 {Tseitlin,MD-Mikhalevski,A/Beer Sheva/1996/1:
0/38/}) 3... c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bc5 (7... Bd6 $5) 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qc7 11. e3 a5 12. a4 b5 $5 (12... Rfe8 13. Qe2 Bf8 14.
e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 e5 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Kh2 Nf8 18. Nc4 N6d7 19. f4 $16 {Tseitlin,
MD-Mikhalevski,A/ISR-cht/1996/1:0/39/}) 13. Qe2 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bb4 (14... Nb6
15. Bxf6 (15. Ra2 a4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 15... gxf6 (15... Nxa4 $2 16. Be5 $18)
16. Rg4+ Kh8 17. e4 $16) 15. Ra2 Ra7 16. e4 Rfa8 17. Rfa1 Ne8 18. d4 (18. exd5
$5 exd5 19. c4 $14) 18... Nb6 19. c4 a4 $1 $8 20. c5 a3 21. cxb6 axb2 22. Qxb2
Qxb6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Ne5 $1 $16 Qc7 (25... Qa8 26. Qc1 $16) (
25... dxe4 26. Nxc6 Qb6 27. Bxe4 $16) 26. Qc2 dxe4 (26... c5 27. Nd3 $16) 27.
Qxc6 (27. Nxc6 $5 Bd6 28. Bxe4 $16) 27... Qxc6 28. Nxc6 {Hecht: [#] 1 weißer
Mehrbauer bei ungleichen Läufern, Lavieren, Stellungsöffnung, Taktik(S-Gabeln),
K-Aktivierung, Freibauernwechsel.} Bd6 29. Bxe4 Bc7 30. Kf1 Nd6 31. Bd3 Bb6 32.
Ke2 Kf8 33. Kd2 h6 34. Kc3 Ke8 35. b4 Kd7 36. Nb8+ (36. b5 $5) 36... Kc7 37.
Na6+ Kc6 38. Nc5 Bd8 (38... Kd5 $6 39. Bb1 Nb5+ $6 40. Kd3 Nxd4 $2 41. Ba2+ Ke5
42. f4+ $18) 39. Be4+ Kc7 40. Kd3 Kb6 41. f3 Kc7 42. f4 Be7 43. g4 Bh4 44. d5
exd5 45. Bxd5 Bg3 46. Ke3 Be1 47. Kd4 $1 Bf2+ (47... Bxb4 $2 48. Na6+ $18) 48.
Ke5 Be1 49. Bb3 $1 Kc6 50. Ba4+ Kc7 51. Kd5 Bd2 52. Nd3 Nc8 53. Bb3 Ne7+ 54.
Ke4 f6 55. Bf7 g5 56. f5 Kd6 57. b5 Bc3 $2 (57... Nc8 $16) 58. Be6 $1 Ba1 59.
Nc1 Bc3 60. Kd3 Be1 61. Kc4 Bd2 62. Ne2 Be3 63. Ng3 Ke5 64. Nh5 Bf2 65. Ng7 Be3
66. Kb4 Bd4 67. Ka5 Kf4 68. Nh5+ Kf3 69. b6 Nc6+ (69... Kg2 70. Kb5 Kxh3 71. b7
Be5 72. Nxf6 $18) 70. Kb5 Nb8 71. Kc4 $1 Be5 (71... Bxb6 72. Nxf6 $18) 72. Bc8
Kg2 73. Kd5 Kxh3 74. Ke6 Bd4 (74... Kxg4 75. Nxf6+ $18) 75. Nxf6 $1 (75. b7 $6
Kxg4 76. Nxf6+ Kh4 77. Nd7 Na6 $16) 75... Bxb6 76. Ne8 Nc6 $8 (76... Kxg4 $2
77. f6 $18) 77. f6 Nd8+ 78. Ke7 Kh4 79. Ng7 Nc6+ 80. Kd6 Nd8 81. Ke7 Ba5 (81...
Nc6+ 82. Ke8 Ne5 83. f7 Bc5 84. Nf5+ Kh3 (84... Kxg4 $2 85. Ne7+ $18) 85. Nxh6
Ng6 86. Bf5 Nf8 87. Ng8 Kg3 88. Ne7 $18) 82. f7 Nxf7 83. Kxf7 Bc3 84. Nh5 Bb2
85. Kg6 Bc1 86. Kxh6 Bd2 87. Kg6 Bc1 88. Kf5 Bd2 89. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. Nh4 $5 Bg6 (5... Bc8 $5 6. O-O g6 7.
Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O) (5... Bg4 $5 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 $13) 6. Nd2 e6 (6... e5 $5
7. e4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O $13) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bc5 $6 (
10... dxe4 $142 11. dxe4 e5 $10) 11. Bf4 $6 (11. e5 $5 Ng4 12. d4 Bb6 13. O-O
$16 (13. h3 $5 Nh6 14. g4 $14)) 11... e5 $5 12. Bd2 (12. exd5 $6 O-O $1 13.
dxc6 (13. Nxe5 $2 Rfe8 $19) 13... exf4 14. cxd7 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Nxd7 $40) 12...
dxe4 13. dxe4 Qb6 $6 (13... a5 $5 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 $10) 14. b3 Ng4 $2 (
14... O-O $142 15. O-O a5) 15. O-O Ndf6 {/\16...Bf2 17.Rf2 Qf2 18.Qf2 Nf2 19.
Kf2 Ne4/} 16. Be1 $1 a5 (16... Nd7 17. b4 Be7 18. a3 $14) 17. h3 Nh5 $8 (17...
Nh6 18. Nxe5 Bd4 19. Nc4 $18) 18. Nd2 $1 (18. hxg4 $2 Nxg3 19. Qc4 Qb5 20. Qxb5
cxb5 21. Nh2 $8 O-O-O 22. Bxa5 (22. Bf3 Rxh2 $1) 22... Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Rxh2+ $1
24. Kxh2 Rh8+ 25. Bh3 Nf4 26. Bd2 Rxh3+ 27. Kg1 Rg3+ $10) 18... Nxf2 (18...
Ngf6 19. Qf3 $14) 19. Bxf2 Nxg3 20. Qf3 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 O-O 22. Nc4 Bxf2+ 23.
Qxf2 (23. Rxf2 Qc5 $14) 23... Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 f6 25. Ke3 $14 (25. Rd1 a4 $1 (
25... Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ke2 $16) 26. b4 Rfd8 $14) 25... Rfe8 $16 (25...
Rfd8 $5) (25... b5 $5) 26. a4 Ra6 $2 (26... Red8 $142) (26... b5 27. axb5 cxb5
28. Nb6 {/\Nd5+/-/}) 27. Bf3 b5 $2 (27... Rd8 $142) 28. Be2 $1 Ra7 29. Nb2 $1
bxa4 (29... Rb7 30. Rd1 $16) 30. Nxa4 Kf7 31. Bg4 c5 $2 (31... Rd8 $142 32. Ra1
$16) 32. Ra1 Ke7 (32... c4 33. bxc4 $16) (32... Rc7 33. Nb2 Ra8 34. Nc4 $16)
33. Nxc5 Rf8 (33... Rc7 34. Rxa5 $18) 34. Nd3 Kd6 (34... f5 35. Nxe5 $18) 35.
Nb2 f5 36. Bf3 Rh8 37. Bg2 Kc5 (37... f4+ 38. Ke2 $16) 38. Nc4 a4 39. Nxe5 a3
40. Nd3+ Kd6 41. e5+ $18 Kd7 42. b4 Rc8 43. Nc5+ Kc7 44. Ra2 g5 45. c4 Rb8 46.
Nd3 Kb6 47. Kd4 Rh8 48. Kc3 Rh4 49. Bd5 (49. Kb3 Rd4 50. Bf1 $18) 49... Rxh3
50. c5+ Kb5 51. Bc4+ Kc6 (51... Ka4 52. c6 g4 53. b5 Ka5 54. Rxa3+ Kb6 55. Rxa7
Kxa7 56. c7 Kb7 57. b6 Rh8 58. Be6 g3 59. Ne1 $18) 52. b5+ Kb7 53. b6 (53. b6
Ra4 54. Kb3 Ra5 55. Kb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 53rd"]
[Site "Krynica"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Khenkin,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qb3 Re8 $5 $146 (9... Nb6 10. Bg5 $14 {Dizdar,G-Kampos,J 
Barselona-91}) 10. Qxb7 (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rxe2 12. d4 $1 $14 (12. Qxb7
Rb8 $44)) 10... Rb8 11. Qa6 $1 (11. Qc6 $2 d4 12. Ne4 $8 (12. Na4 $2 Re6 $19)
12... Nxe4 13. dxe4 Rb6 14. Qa4 Rxe4 $36) 11... Ne5 $1 (11... d4 $2 12. Na4 $1
Rxe2 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxa7 Nxd3 (14... Rb6 15. Qa3 $18) 15. Nxd4 $18) 12. Bg5
$5 (12. d4 Bxf3 (12... Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Bc8 14. Qd3 $16) 13. dxc5 (13. dxe5 Bxg2
14. Kxg2 Rxe5 $32) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 d4 15. Rd1 $8 Re6 16. Qxa7 (16. Qa4 $6
Nc6 $1 17. e3 Rb4 18. Qc2 Qa8 $1 $17) 16... Nd5 $1 17. Rxd4 (17. Nxd5 $6 Qxd5+
18. Kg1 (18. f3 Ra8 $1 19. Qxc7 (19. Rxd4 $2 Qc6 $19) 19... Nxf3 $1 20. exf3
Re2+ 21. Kg1 Qxf3 $19) 18... Nc6 $1 19. Qxc7 (19. Qa6 Nb4 $36) 19... Rxe2 $44)
17... Nc6 $8 18. Rxd5 (18. Qxb8 Qxb8 19. Rxd5 Nb4 20. Rd1 h5 $36) 18... Nxa7
19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. b4 $14) 12... Rxb2 $1 (12... Re6 $2 13. Qa5 $1 Bb4 14. Bxf6
$1 $18) 13. Nxe5 (13. Na4 $6 Re6 $1 14. Qxe6 $1 (14. Qa5 $6 Bb6 $1 $17) 14...
Bxe6 (14... fxe6 $2 15. Nxe5 $1 $18) 15. Nxb2 h6 $1 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 g5
$1 $13) (13. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 $132) 13... Rxe5 14. Bxf6 (14. Na4 $5 $14) 14... gxf6
$1 15. Na4 (15. Qc6 Qd6 $1 16. Qxd6 cxd6 $1 $15) (15. e3 d4 16. Ne4 (16. Na4
dxe3 $3 17. Nxb2 e2 $1 18. Rfe1 (18. Rfc1 Bxf2+ $1 19. Kxf2 (19. Kh1 e1=Q+ 20.
Rxe1 Bxe1 $1 $17) 19... e1=Q+ 20. Rxe1 Qd4+ 21. Kf1 Rf5+ 22. Bf3 Rxf3+ 23. Kg2
Rf2+ $19) 18... Bxf2+ $1 19. Kh1 $8 Bxe1 20. Rxe1 Qd4 $1 21. Qxf6 $8 (21. Nc4
$2 Qf2 $1 $19) 21... Qxb2 $19) 16... Rxe4 $3 17. Bxe4 dxe3 18. fxe3 f5 $1 19.
Bf3 $8 (19. Bg2 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxg2 $1 21. Kxg2 Qd5+ $19) (19. Bxf5 Bxe3+ 20.
Kh1 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Qa8+ $1 $19) 19... Qg5 20. Bxg4 (20. Rae1 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bxf3+
22. Rxf3 Qh5 23. Qc8+ Kg7 $19) 20... Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qd2 $1 22. Qc8+ Kg7 $19)
15... Re6 $8 16. Qa5 (16. Qxe6 $6 fxe6 17. Nxb2 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. h3 Bf5
20. g4 Bg6 21. Rxe6 Bd4 $1 22. Rb1 Qd7 $17) 16... Bb6 $1 17. Qxd5 (17. Nxb6
axb6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rexe2 $15) 17... Rd6 $8 18. Qxd6 (18. Qc4 Rd4 $1 (
18... Be6 $6 19. Qe4 Rd4 20. Nxb2 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. dxe4 Qd2 22. Nd3 Qxe2 23.
Nf4 Qb2 $1 24. Nxe6 fxe6 $15) 21... Bd4 22. Rab1 (22. Rfb1 Qb8 $1 23. Nc4 Qf8
$1 $17) 22... Bxa2 23. Ra1 Be6 24. Rab1 $11) 19. Nxb2 (19. Qc3 Rxe2 20. Nxb6
axb6 $17) 19... Rxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 Qxd3 22. Nxb6 axb6 $15) (18. Qa8
Qxa8 19. Bxa8 Rxe2 20. Nxb6 cxb6 $17) (18. Qe4 Rd4 $1 (18... f5 $6 19. Qf4 Rd4
20. Qc1 $1 Rxe2 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. h3 Bh5 $13) 19. Nxb2 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Qd4 $1 21.
Nc4 Bxe2 $17) 18... Qxd6 19. Nxb2 Qd4 $1 20. Nc4 Bxe2 21. Be4 (21. Rfe1 Qxf2+
22. Kh1 Bf3 23. Rg1 Bd4 24. Rac1 Qe2 25. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Rg2 Qxd3 $17) 21... a5
$1 $17 22. a3 $2 $138 (22. Rac1 $142 $1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qc3 24. Rd1 $17) 22...
Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qc3 $1 24. Rd1 $6 (24. Nxb6 $142 cxb6 25. a4 (25. Rb1 Qxa3 26.
Rxb6 a4 $1 $19) 25... f5 $1 26. Bd5 $1 (26. Bxf5 $2 Qc6 $1 27. Rb1 Qxa4 28.
Rxb6 Qa2 $1 $19) 26... Qxd3 27. Bc6 $17) 24... Bc5 $1 $19 25. Kg2 (25. a4 Qc2
26. Rd2 Qxa4 $19) 25... Bxa3 26. Ne3 Bb4 27. Rb1 c6 $1 $138 28. Nf5 a4 29. d4
a3 30. d5 a2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group7"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1996.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.09.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresdner SC 1898"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. a3 a5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. e4
e5 9. Re1 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Ndb4 13. Bd2 f6 14. Bxb4 axb4 15.
a5 Ra6 16. Nfd2 Be6 17. Nb3 Bf8 18. Qe2 Bf7 19. Qf1 Kg7 20. Kh1 Qa8 {And this
one I don't like either! (I'm glad to include these games where the queen
manoeuvre is not successful as it highlights exactly when and why the
manoeuvre is appropriate.) The queen is simply running up a blind alley: the
queenside is not going to open, and so it was much better to simply play the
queen to d7.} (20... Qd7) 21. f4 $1 {An appropriate reaction. The queen leaves
the centre so White attacks it.} Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. f5 g5 25.
Bd5 c6 26. Nb6 Qb8 27. Bc4 Ra7 28. Qe2 Qe5 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Be6 Kf6 31. g4 b3
32. cxb3 Bb4 33. Ra4 c5 34. Ra1 Bc6+ 35. Bd5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Bxa5 37. Bxc6 Bxb6
38. Bxb7 Ba5 39. Kg2 e4 40. dxe4 Bd2 41. Kf3 Bc1 42. Ke2 Bxb2 43. Kd3 Ke5 44.
h3 Ba3 45. Kc4 Bb4 46. Ba6 Ba3 47. f6 Kxf6 48. Kd5 Ke7 49. Bc4 Bb4 50. Ke5 Bd2
51. Kf5 Be3 52. e5 Bd2 53. Kg6 Bf4 54. Kf5 Bd2 55. Kg6 Bf4 56. Kxh6 d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT 9697 sf"]
[Site "Porz"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Thiede, Lars"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 a5 {Wurde sogar schon mal gespielt.} 4. a3 {So aber
nicht. Ich glaube, 4.Bb2 ist besser.} e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 a4 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d3 Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Rc1 Qd8
15. Nb1 Bg4 16. Nbd2 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. Bd4 Bc7 19. Qb2 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21.
e4 dxe4 22. dxe4 Nbd7 23. e5 {Ein Übersehen, aber trotzdem gut.} Bxf3 24. Nxf3
Ng4 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bh3 Nde5 28. Bxg4 $6 (28. Qe2 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3
Ne5 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Qf5 $13) 28... Nxg4 29. Qd4 Nf6 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Rxe6 Qxd4
32. Nxd4 Rd8 33. Nf5 Nd5 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Re4 (35. Rd6 $5 Re8 $13) 35... Kf6 36.
Nd4 Nc3 $5 (36... h6 {ist ohne Risiko.}) 37. Rf4+ Ke5 38. Nf3+ Kd6 39. Ng5 Re8
40. Rf3 Nb5 41. Rd3+ Kc7 {In Zeitnot hatte ich den h7 mehr oder weniger
eingestellt, aber wegen der Vorteile am Damenflügel spielt trotzdem Schwarz
auf Gewinn.} 42. Nxh7 b6 (42... Re1 43. Ng5 Kb6 44. h4 Ra1 {kommt auch in
Frage.}) 43. Rf3 c5 44. bxc5 bxc5 45. Rf4 (45. Rf7+ Kc6 46. Rxg7 c4 47. Rg6+
Nd6 {und der c-Bauer ist durch.}) 45... Ra8 46. Ng5 Kb6 $1 47. Ne4 c4 {Der
weiße Springer möchte nach c3, aber das schafft er nur unter Abtausch.} 48. Rf3
Rc8 49. Nc3 Nxc3 50. Rxc3 Kc5 {Das Turmendspiel ist klar gewonnen.} 51. Kf1 Kd4
52. Rc1 c3 53. Ke1 Kd3 54. Rd1+ Kc2 55. Rd7 Re8+ 56. Kf1 Rb8 57. Rxg7 Kb2 58.
Rc7 c2 59. f4 c1=Q+ 60. Rxc1 Kxc1 61. f5 Kb2 62. g4 Kxa3 63. f6 Kb3 64. g5 a3
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3
a5 9. a4 h6 10. Re1 (10. Kh1 Be6 11. Ng1 Qd7 12. f4 Ng4 13. Ndf3 dxe4 14. dxe4
Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nf2# {0-1 Nairsh,M-O'Siochru,M/Novi Sad 1990/}) (10. Qe2 Re8 11.
Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Norwood,D-Hebden,M/London 1988/}) 10... Re8 (10... dxe4 11. dxe4
Be6 12. Bf1 Nd7 13. b3 $5 {/^a3-f8} Re8 (13... Qe7 $2 14. Ba3 Nc5 15. b4 axb4
16. cxb4 Nxa4 17. b5 Nb4 (17... Nc3 18. Bxe7 Nxd1 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. bxc6 $18)
18. Qb1 $18) 14. Qc2 Qf6 $6 15. Kg2 Nb6 16. Be2 Bf8 17. Nf1 Kh7 18. Ne3 Qg7 19.
h4 f6 $2 (19... Be7 $142) 20. h5 $36 {Fiorito,F-Sorin,A/San Martin 1994/}) 11.
Qc2 (11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Bf5 (12... Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qc2 Rc8
16. Bf1 Kh7 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Qb1 Nd5 19. Nc4 Bf5 $11 {Viatte,R-Bernard,C/FRA
1994/}) 13. Nh4 (13. Qb3 e4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Be3 Nxe3 {1/2-1/2 Franz,
K-Floeter,F/OLO-A 1995/}) 13... Be6 14. Nf3 (14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Nf3
Bg4 17. Qb3 b6 18. Qb5 Bf5 19. Bf1 g5 20. h3 f6 21. Rad1 Nde7 22. Kh2 Kh8 $11 {
Kharlov,A-Adams,M/New York 1995/}) 14... Bf5 15. Nh4 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Wach,
M-Znamenacek,K/Prague 1989/} (15... Be6 16. Nf3 f6 17. Qc2 (17. Ne3 f5 18. d4
e4 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Qe2 Bf7 22. Qb5 Na7 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Bf1 Nc8
25. Nc4 Nd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Bf4 Rd7 $15 {Balashov,Y-Romanishin,O/Berlin 1990/
}) 17... Qd7 18. Bd2 Nde7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bc1 g5 21. Qb3 f5 22. Rd2 Qc8 23.
h4 g4 24. Nh2 b6 25. Nf1 Bf7 26. Rdd1 Qd7 27. Qb5 Bd5 28. Bxd5+ Nxd5 $11 {
Hickl,J-Nogueiras,J/Zagreb 1987/})) (11. b3 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 Nc6 14.
Rc1 Nb4 15. Bf1 Nh7 16. Nc4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. h4 h5 20. Qe3 b6
21. Bh3 Ra7 22. Red1 Nf8 23. Ba3 Na6 24. Kg2 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rf1 Rd7 $15
{Sturua,Z-Fernandez,J/Komotini 1992/}) 11... Be6 (11... Rb8 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bd2
dxe4 14. dxe4 Qe7 15. Ne3 Red8 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Bc1 Rbd8 $13 {Smith,
V-O'Siochru,M/Novi Sad 1990/}) (11... b6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Ne3 (14.
Bd2 Qd7 15. Re2 e4 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. dxe4 Bxc4 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rd1 Qe6 $11 {
Sofieva,A-Amura,C/Santiago 1990/}) 14... Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Qd7 16. Ne1 Rad8 17. Rb1
Ne7 18. Re2 c5 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. b3 Rd7 21. Bb2 Red8 22. Rbd1 f5 $17 {Natter,
M-Michaelsen,N/Oberwart 1992/}) 12. b3 (12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. b4 dxe4
15. dxe4 Bc4 $15 {Kislov,M-Kaminski,M/Warsaw 1992/}) (12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Nd7
14. Nfd2 Nb6 15. f3 f5 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Ndb3 b6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Be3 Rad8 20.
Rad1 Ne7 21. Nc1 Bc6 22. b3 Nd5 $15 {Bazan,O-Bielicki,C/Buenos Aires 1962/})
12... Qd7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qc1 (15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Bg4 $11)
15... Qd7 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Qc1 (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Bg4 $11) 17... Qd7 18. Ba3
(18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 Ng4 20. exd5 (20. h3 $2 Nxb4 21. hxg4 Nxd3 22. Qc2 Nxe1
23. Rxe1 Bxg4 $19) 20... Bxd5 $11) 18... Bh3 19. Nf1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe6 21. Qc2
Rd7 22. Bc1 Red8 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Ne3 Qc5 25. Kg1 (25. Bb2 $5) 25... Nd5 26.
Nc4 $2 (26. Nxd5 $142 Rxd5 27. Rd2 $15) 26... Nxc3 $1 $19 27. Ba3 (27. Qxc3 e4
28. d4 exf3 29. dxc5 Bxc3 $19) 27... Qd5 28. Qxc3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.11.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qxc4 {
A harmless line of the Reti opening. I would even say it is favourable for
Black, who gains tempi for development by attacking White's prematurely
advanced queen.} Nge7 8. O-O (8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. O-O a6 14. Rfc1 Rad8 15. Qd1 f5 16. Na4 Bd5 $15 {1-0 (59) Vukic,
M (2491)-Jakovljevic,V (2375) Jahorina 2003}) 8... O-O ({Or} 8... h6 9. d3 Be6
10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Rd1 Nd4 12. Rb1 c6 13. b4 a5 14. Rd2 b5 15. Qa3 c5 16.
Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxb5 cxb4 18. Qb2 Rb8 19. a4 Bd5 $17 {0-1 (37) Managadze,N (2459)
-Vorobiov,E (2598) Paleochora 2009}) 11... Nd4 12. Rac1 c6 (12... c5 $143 13.
Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Ne4 f5 19.
Qc4+ Rf7 20. Nd2 $16 {1-0 (48) Bezold,M (2495)-Raetsky,A (2455) Werfen 1996})
13. Rfe1 a5 14. Nd2 f5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Na4 Bf7 17. Nc5 Qc7 $15 {1/2 (20)
Kokarev,D (2495)-Kruppa,Y (2547) St Petersburg 2004}) 9. d3 h6 (9... Nd4 10.
Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Qc2 (12. Qb5 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 a6 15. Qa4 c5 16.
Nd2 Ra7 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nd5 $15 {0-1 (36) Seul,G (2415)-Heyken,E (2375)
Germany 1993}) 12... Bd5 (12... b6 $5) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf6 Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. Bxe4 {1/2 (16) Schmidt,W (2500)-Boey,J (2435) Nice 1974}) (9... Be6 10. Qh4
f6 (10... Nf5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 $1 (11... Rfxd8 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nfe7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 {1-0 (40) Stein,L-Averbakh,Y Riga 1970 URS-ch 
[ChessBase]} 17. Bxe7 $16 {L.Stein}) 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Ng5 {L.Stein} Nfd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Bxb7 $11) 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Bh6 Qd7 13.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qb4 a5 $15 {
0-1 (73) Klimm,W (2212)-Slobodjan,R (2550) Arco 1999}) 10. Bd2 (10. Qh4 Nf5 (
10... g5 $2 11. Bxg5 {1-0 (57) Cheng,B (2406)-Kaidanov,G (2577) Arlington USA
2013} hxg5 $140 12. Nxg5 Bf5 13. Be4) (10... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 11. Qxd8
Rxd8 12. Nb5 Rb8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nc3 Nfd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. f4 Bg4 17. Rf2 exf4
18. Bxf4 Rd7 19. h3 {1/2 (19) Huzman,A (2390)-Khmelnitsky,S Soviet Union 1986})
10... Nd4 $6 {[%mdl 32] Black wants to reach the classic setup: Nd4, pawn on
c6; in the event of N(B)xd4 exd4 he will be able to pressurise White's
backward e2-pawn along the e-file. However, this move is rather ill-timed:
White now solves the problem of his queen and consolidates his position.} (
10... Nf5 11. Rac1 (11. Na4 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rfe1 c6 14. e3 b5 15. Qc1
bxa4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Re4 Qxd3 18. Bxh6 $14 {1/2 (38) Obukhov,A (2487)
-Yevseev,D (2589) Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 11... Re8 12. Ne4 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Rfe1 c6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Bb4 Bf8 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. f4 $36 {1-0 (33) Martinovic,S 
(2427)-Rubil,M (2060) Sv Filip i Jakov 2009}) (10... Be6 {is probably the
accurate move order:} 11. Qa4 Nd4 (11... f5 12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Qa3 c6 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Na4 Bd5 16. Bb4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Re8 18. Bxe7 {1/2 (18) Shilov,S (2330)
-Vanek,P (2210) Czechia 1999}) 12. Rfc1 a5 (12... c6 13. Ne1 Nd5 14. Kf1 Nb6
15. Qd1 a5 16. e3 Nf5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. a4 Bd5 $11 {
1/2 (41) Loginov,V (2532)-Lukin,A (2440) St Petersburg 1999}) 13. Qd1 Re8 14.
Ne1 c6 15. e3 Ndf5 16. a3 Nd6 17. Na4 f5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bd5 $15 {1/2 (59)
Kavalek,L (2565)-Bisguier,A (2420) El Paso 1973}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 c6 (
12... Be6 $2 13. Qc1 {[%cal Rd2h6,Re4c5]}) 13. Bb4 (13. Qc1 $1 Kh7 14. Bb4 {
was more to the point. It looked difficult for Black to develop his pieces but
perhaps he could simply play} Be6 (14... Bg4 15. h3 $1 Bxe2 $140 $2 16. Re1
Bxd3 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc5) 15. Nc5 Bc8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6]} 16. Nb3 Re8 $11)
13... Be6 14. Qc1 (14. Qc5 Nd5) 14... Bd5 {The initiative again belongs to
Black.} 15. a4 (15. Qc5 Nc8 {[%cal Yf8e8,Yb7b6,Yc6c5]}) 15... b6 (15... a5 16.
Ba3 b6 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Re2] was more solid}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a5 {White's only
chance is counterplay on the a-file.} Rab8 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qf4
Rd8 21. h4 Kh7 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh3 Be6 25. Qh1 {[%csl Rh1]} c5 $15
26. Ne4 $6 (26. b3 {, stopping Black's queenside pawns, was probably more
appropriate.}) 26... Kg7 27. Ng5 b5 {[%cal Yc5c4] Black doesn't fear the
exchange of his light-squared bishop: his queenside play is more important.}
28. e3 $5 {[%mdl 512] An attempt to complicate matters. Otherwise White's
position is just bad, e.g.} (28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bh3 Qf6 {[%cal Yc5c4]} 30. b3 (
30. Rec1 c4 31. dxc4 d3) (30. Rac1 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc4 d3 33. exd3 Rxb2
34. Qg2 Rxd3 $17) 30... c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. dxc4 d3 33. Ra2 Bc3 34. Rf1 d2 $17
) 28... dxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} (29... Bxb2 30. Rae1 Rb6 {was quite
possible but White kept drawing chances, e.g.} 31. Bd5 $1 Bd4 (31... Bxd5 32.
Rxe7 Bxh1 33. Nxf7 $1) 32. Rxe6 $1 (32. R3e2 Qf6) 32... fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qf8 $1
34. Qg2 Rdd6 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Re2 Rf6) {, and the endgame after} 35... Rxe6 36.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Bxe6 Bxf2 {is rather drawish.}) 30. Re2 c4 $1 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32.
Be4 (32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Rc1 Qc5 {[%csl Rb2]}) 32... cxd3 33. Rd2 Qb4 $6 {
The critical moment of the whole match.} ({Black could have kept good winning
chances by means of} 33... Rf8 $1 34. Bxd3 (34. Qg2 Qb4 35. Rad1 Rxf2 $1 36.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 $2 Qd4+) 34... Qd6 35. Qg2 Rxf2 $1 36. Rxf2 Rf8 37. Raf1
Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rxf2 39. Qxf2 Qxd3 {(indicated by GM K.Landa and other
commentators)}) 34. Rad1 Bxb2 $6 (34... Rf8 {was possible here, too, but White
had a reply} 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Bxd3 Qd6 $1 36. Qg2 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rf8 38. Rdf1 {
led to the above-mentioned line}) 35... Bxf2 36. Rxd3 {since complications
after} Qxb2 $6 37. R1d2 Qe5 38. Qg2 Bb6 39. Rd7+ {are dangerous for Black.})
35. Qf3 {White recaptures the pawn on d3 and keeps the balance due to the
opposite-coloured bishops and Black's unsafe king.} Bf6 (35... Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Ye6e5] was a relatively better chance.}) 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd8 (
37... Bd4 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Rf3 {- after the exchange of rooks Black has no
winning prospects.}) 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Bd3 Qd4 40. Bxb5 Qf6 41. Qb7+ Be7 42.
Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Bc4 h4 45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg3 e5 47. Kf3 Qxg3+ 48. fxg3
Bc5 49. Ke4 Bd4 50. Kf5 Bf2 51. Kxe5 Bxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. e5
Nfd7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 f6 12. d4 fxe5 13. dxe5 Qe8 14. h3 Qg6 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Nf1 Be6 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bf4 a3 19. bxa3 Rxa3 20. Ne3 Rxf4 21.
gxf4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bc5 23. Ng5 Rxe3 $6 (23... h6 24. Nxe6 Rxe3 $11) 24. Qb5 $16
Bb6 25. Kh1 $6 (25. Kh2 Kf8 26. Nxe6+ $18) 25... Nd4 $4 (25... Kh8 26. Nxe6
Qxe6 $14) 26. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 a5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. e4 Bf8 10. b3 {White has got himself a Pirc position with a tempo up,
quite nice if you're a Pirc-player with Black, as Hickl is.} a4 $5 {Black is
trying to break the normal patterns} (10... h6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. a3 {With a nice
game for white}) 11. b4 b5 (11... d4 12. b5 dxc3 13. bxc6 cxd2 14. Bxd2 bxc6
15. Qxc6 (15. Bc3 Nd7 16. d4 $36) 15... Ra6 16. Qc2 $14 Rd6 $2 17. d4) 12. a3
Be6 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Rfe1 dxe4 (14... h6 $6 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3
$16) 15. dxe4 Na7 $6 {Black tries too hard to create active play. Anyway his
position is not easy  to handle.} (15... Qd7 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. c4 $36) 16. Rad1
(16. c4 $16) 16... c5 (16... Nd7 17. c4 c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxe5 $16) 17. Nxe5
Qc7 {the simplest and the best move.} (17... Bb3 18. Nxb3 axb3 19. Qxb3 $18)
18. Nef3 $1 cxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. e5 Nd7 (20... Nd5 21. Ng5 g6 22. Nxe6 (22.
Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qd3 Bc4 $5 (23... Be7 {and it's still a game}) 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25.
Qd5 Bf8 26. e6 fxe6 27. Nxe6 (27. Rxe6 Kh8 28. Bc1 Red8 {and suddenly black is
playing}) 27... Qc6 $132) (22. Nde4 $1 Be7 (22... Kg7 23. Nd6 Nxc3 24. Nxe8+
Rxe8 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Rc1 $18) 23. Nd6 Bxd6 (23... Red8 24. Ngxf7
$1 $18) 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. c4 bxc4 (25... Rec8 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28.
Qc3 $18) 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 28. Nf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxf6
Re1+ 31. Bf1 $18) 22... fxe6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. e6 Qf5
27. Qa2 Bg7 28. Ne4 $1 $18) 21. Ng5 g6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Ne4 $16 Be7 24. Bh3
Nf8 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6 Nc6 27. Ba3 Ne5 28. Qe4 Nf7 29. Qe3 Rbd8 30. Rxd8
Qxd8 31. Be7 Qc7 32. Bf1 Qc6 33. h4 $40 Nd6 $4 34. Bg2 $2 (34. Bxf8 $142 $1 Nf5
(34... Rxf8 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 36. Rd1 $18) 35. Qc5 $1 $18) 34... Qa6 35. g4 $5 (35.
Bxf8 $1 Nf5 36. Qg5 Rxf8 37. g4 $18) 35... Nc8 $2 (35... Nf7 $142 $16) 36. Bxf8
(36. Qh6 Rxe7 37. fxe7 Nxe7 {with some hopes for black}) (36. Bc5 $1 {Wins
immediatly} Nd7 37. Qf4 Nxc5 38. f7+ Kf8 39. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 40. Qc7 $18) 36...
Rxf8 (36... Kxf8 $4 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg7#) 37. Qxe6+ Qxe6 38. Rxe6 $18 Rd8 39.
Ra6 Nd6 (39... Rd1+ 40. Bf1 Nd6 41. Kg2 $18) 40. Ra7 Nc4 41. g5 Ne5 42. Ra5 Kf7
43. Rxb5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Ke6 45. Ra5 Rd3 46. Bh3+ Kd6 47. Kg2 Nf3 48. Rxa4 Rxc3
49. f7 Ne1+ 50. Kf1 Ke7 51. Ra7+ (51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Be6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Ngf6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nc4 Qc7 {This is one of the main tabyia of the
Reti. White can choose between play on the queen side, on the king side, or to
combine plans as this happens in this game.} 12. a4 {Strictly speaking, this
move, aiming to discourage ...b5, is not necessary.} ({The immediate} 12. Nh4 {
is also entirely playable.} Rfe8 ({It appears that} 12... b5 {is not such a
big threat, since it only drives the knight closer to the king side.} 13. Ne3
Rfe8 14. Nef5 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qc8
20. e5 Nd5 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. Qe4 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bh7 24. Rae1 {The concentration of
white forces on the king side is impressive.} Nf8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Ne6 27.
Nd6 $16 {1-0 Zhang Zhong (2599)-Wu Kaiyu (2294)/Wuxi 2005/CBM 106 ext (35)})
13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. f3 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Yh5d1] /\Rad1} (15. f4 $5 $36)
15... Nfd7 16. Rd1 b5 (16... Nb6 17. Ba5 Ne6 18. c3 $14) 17. Ba5 (17. Ncd6 $5)
17... Nb6 18. Nce3 Nb7 19. c4 $2 (19. Bb4 a5 $1 $13) 19... Red8 $2 {Both
players seem to have overlooked the significance of the weak e3-square.} (19...
g6 $1 20. Nh4 $140 Nxa5 21. Qxa5 Bc5 $17) 20. Rc1 Nxa5 21. Qxa5 b4 (21... g6)
22. c5 Nd5 23. Nc4 $1 $16 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2623)-Van den Doel,E (2609)/Belgium
2003/CBM 097 ext (48)}) 12... Rfe8 13. Nh4 {Aiming to alternate moves on
different wings.} ({It is also possible to proceed with active operations on
the queen side:} 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Bc3 Bxf3 (14... Bg6 15. Nh4 Bh5 16. Kh1 b5 17.
axb5 cxb5 {[%csl Yd5]} 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. g4 Bg6 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nd5 Qb8 22. Nxg6
hxg6 23. Bf3 Nf4 24. Nxf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I (2600)-Seul,G (2445)/Germany
2000/CBM 076}) 15. Bxf3 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 {[%csl Yd5]} 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Bb4 Rac8
19. Bg2 Ncxe4 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qb4 $14 {1-0 Gutman,L (2530)-Smejkal,J (2525)/
Germany 1987/GER-chT (21)}) 13... Bf8 (13... Nc5 {0-1 Petrosian,A (2485)
-Sorokin,M (2515)/Balatonbereny 1993/CBM 038/[Horn,Pe] (38)}) (13... Rad8 14.
Bd2 Bg6 15. Bc3 Bc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. a5 $14 {Gutman-Rodriguez/New York op/1987
}) 14. Bg5 Re6 {Over-protecting the knight, in order to free his colleague
from this task.} 15. b3 b6 16. Kh1 h6 {But this looks unconsequent: if Black
was going to advance this pawn, then it is far from clear why...Re6 would be
necessary at all?} 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. b4 Ncd7 {Unfortunately, the knight has not
the e6-square at its disposal.} 19. a5 {Black has now some problems
maintaining the control of the a-file, since retreating the rook to e8 would
mean just another loss of time (thefourth in this game).} b5 20. Ne3 Rb8 21. c4
bxc4 22. g4 $6 {White embarks in a dubious tactical operation, possibly as a
result of an overlook. He might also have thought that Black's previous
inacuracies deserved an immediate punishment.} ({The simple} 22. Nxc4 $14 {
should have been preferred.}) 22... Bg6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qe2 (24. Nxc4 $142)
24... Bxb4 25. Qxc4 Qd6 26. Nf5 gxf5 27. exf5 Bxd2 28. fxe6 Rb4 $1 (28... Nc5
29. Rfd1 $16) 29. Qxc6 (29. Qa2 Nc5 30. Rfd1 Rd4 $19 {This last move might
have been overlooked by White when initiating the whole operation.}) 29... Qxc6
30. Bxc6 Nc5 31. Rfd1 Rb2 $17 {White has no compensation for the sacrificed
material.} 32. Rab1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Nxe6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Ra8 Nd4 36. Bb7 Bxa5
37. Rxa7 Bd2 38. f3 h5 39. Kg2 h4 40. Ra2 Bf4 41. Ra5 Kh6 42. Ba6 Bg3 43. Bc4
Nc2 44. Kg1 Ne1 45. Be2 Nh7 46. Ra6+ g6 47. Kh1 Ng5 48. Bf1 Nexf3 49. Bd3 e4
50. Rxg6+ Kxg6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 {"Black's last
move is the simplest way to gain equal chances" (Botvinnik).} 7. e4 dxe4 ({
"Stronger is} 7... e5 8. c3 a5 {0-1 Socko,B (2543)-Galkin,A (2535)/Batumi 1999/
CBM 074/[Konikowski] (28) as was played in a training game Geller-Botvinnik" 
(Botvinnik). Curiously, Socko had his share of bitter experience against this
old recommendation.}) 8. dxe4 Nd7 {Played in hyper-modern fashion.} ({Black
probably disliked to play the symmetrical position resulting after} 8... e5 {
. Indeed, White is not only a tempo ahead, but has the more flexible
development of pieces. He can expand with c3 and b4 or transfer the knight to
d5. The same plan is obviously denied to Black.} 9. Re1 Re8 (9... h6 $142 {
/\ Be6 Botvinnik}) 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Bf1 a5 13. b3 f5 $2 (13... Be6 {
/\ f6, Bf8 (Botvinnik)}) 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bf7 Re7 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18.
Bxc5 $16 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Budapest 1952/MCD (33)}) 9. Qe2 {
Since Black is aiming for piece pressure (Nc5, b6, Ba6) White should hurry to
place a rookon d1 as soon as possible, in order to cross the opponent's plans.}
(9. Nc4 $6 Nc5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Qe3 b6 12. e5 Qd7 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 h6 {
1/2-1/2 Zolnierowicz,K (2355)-Mikhalchishin,A (2520)/Lublin 1993/CBM 037 ext
Black has a very flexibleposition.}) 9... a5 10. Rd1 a4 $6 $146 {This move
would make sense only if White had played a3 himself. They way it is, it is
more of a loss of time.} (10... b6 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. Qe1 Qc8 13. a3 Nc5 14. Rb1
Bb7 15. e5 $6 (15. b4 $142) 15... Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rd1 Qe8
19. h4 Nde6 20. Bc1 a4 $1 {0-1 Hesse,P (2420)-Kozlov,V (2445)/Varna 1979/EXT
2005 (31)}) 11. Rb1 e5 {"It is hard for Black to get by without this move" 
(Botvinnik)} 12. Nc4 b6 13. b4 $1 {With the black pawn on a5, White would have
needed some additional time to prepare this typical move.} axb3 14. axb3 {
The control of the a-file is a feeble consolation for the time spent on
advancing the a-pawn.} Ba6 15. Bb2 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Rb2e5]} (15. Bh3 {is
premature because of} Nd4) 15... Qe7 16. Qd2 $1 {By this simple means, White
gets rid of the unpleasant pin along the f1-a6 diagonal.} Nc5 (16... Bxc4 17.
Qxd7 $16) 17. Ne3 $1 {White is better prepared to invade the d5-square 
(compared to Black's chances to get a knight to d4).} Rfd8 (17... Nxe4 $2 18.
Qd5 $18 {[%csl Yc6,Ye4]}) 18. Nd5 Qf8 19. Qc3 $6 (19. Qe3 $1 $14 {looks more
natural and if} Ne6 20. c3) 19... Nd4 $6 (19... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Yc5e6,Ye6d4]})
20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qe1 $6 ({White misses the simple and effective move} 21. Rxd4
$1 $16) 21... Ne6 22. c3 dxc3 $6 (22... c6 $142 $5 $13) 23. Bxc3 Bb7 24. Rbc1
$16 {White has a strong centralized position.} Rac8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Nxc7 Rxd1
27. Qxd1 Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Nf5 31. Rc6 Ne7 32. Rxb6 Nxd5
33. Rb7 Nc3 34. Bf3 Rd2 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Kg2 Rd2 37. h4 Nd1 38. Bxd1 Rxd1 39.
Re7 Rb1 40. Re3 Kg7 41. f4 Kf6 42. Kf2 h6 43. Ke2 g5 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. fxg5+
Kxg5 46. Kd2 Kg4 47. Kc2 Rh1 48. b4 f5 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Kc2 Rh1 51. b5 f4 52.
gxf4 Kxf4 53. Re6 Rh5 54. b6 Rb5 55. Kc3 Kf5 56. Rh6 Rb1 57. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 {The King's Indian
Attack has come into the limelight after the Svidler-Karjakin KO final match
in 2015.} a5 (6... c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 (8... b5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Bb7
11. c3 a6 12. a4 b4 13. Bg5 {Svidler,P (2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015 CBM
169 [Marin,M] (1-0, 29)}) 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. Bd2
b4 14. N1h2 Qd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qd2 a5 {A typical blitz game with
this variation. Black is doing fine but his kingside needs permanent care
while his queenside play does not take concrete contours easily.} 18. h5 c4 {
Or if it does, it also offers White something in exchange, like the d4-square
for instance.} 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Nhf3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Ba6 23. Rad1
Nc5 24. Qe3 Qg5 25. f4 Qxh5 {Black has won a pawn but his queen is insecure.}
26. Rd2 Qg6 27. Red1 Bxd3 $6 28. Rxd3 Nxd3 29. f5 $1 exf5 30. Qxd3 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (1-0,
63). And finally White has the more pleasant position.}) 7. e4 a4 8. c3 ({
A more popular move is} 8. a3 {, blocking the daring pawn, as for instance in
Karjakin,S (2760)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow 2016 CBM 172 [Sadorra,J] (1/2-1/2,
31)}) 8... Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 {White rarely plays this move when Black has a
pawn on c5. But the way it is, it makes sense to over-protect e5 and restrict
the d7-knight, as Black will need some time to organise his counterplay
against d4.} (10. Re1 b5 11. Nf1 b4 {[%cal Gc8a6,Gd7c5]}) 10... f6 {
Immediately starting the fight against White's space advantage.} (10... b5 11.
a3 (11. Re1 b4 12. c4 $5) 11... Na5 12. Re1 c5 13. h4 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4
Nd3 15. Re3 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 {[%cal Ge7c5]} 18. Nc6 Qd7 19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qd4 Qa7 $132 {White's blockade does not look too stable as the
b2-pawn is chronically weak and he will need his rooks to defend it.}) 13...
Nb6 14. Bf1 b4 $15 {Van Putten,H-Vedder,H (2335) Breda 1997 (0-1, 38)}) (10...
Ncb8 $5 $146 11. Re1 c5 12. Nf1 Nc6 {leads to some normal French play with the
nuance that the white bishop is not optimally placed on g2.}) 11. exf6 Bxf6 {
[%csl Ge5]} 12. Ne1 {This straightforward way of stabilising the centre will
result in a weakening of the queenside.} ({The main alternative is} 12. Nb1 $5
{[%csl Gd5]} Kh8 (12... e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16.
Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Nd2 $14) 13. Na3 Ra5 14. Bd2 $5 $14 {And White seems to be
keeping things under control.}) 12... Nb6 13. f4 a3 $1 14. Ndf3 (14. b3 Nxd4
$17) 14... axb2 15. Bxb2 $11 {The weakness of White's queenside is as relevant
as his control over e5.} Na5 (15... Na4 $5) (15... Nc4 $5) 16. Nd3 Nac4 17. Bc1
Na4 (17... Qe8 18. Re1 Qa4 19. Qe2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa3 $132) 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Rb1 b5
20. h4 Be8 (20... c5 $5 21. Nde5 Be8) 21. Bh3 Qd7 22. Re1 Ra6 {Both sides'
play has been logical, but now White seems to have some problems meeting ...
Bg6.} 23. f5 $6 {A thematic but slightly unsound sacrifice.} ({Rapport may
have disliked} 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 Bg6 {but White can get out of the pin with
} 25. Rb3 c5 26. Qe2 $13) 23... exf5 24. Nb4 Rd6 (24... Re6 $5 25. Rxe6 Qxe6
26. Bxf5 Qf7 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 {[%cal Gg7g6] This position is not easy to evaluate
in advance, especially when Black has the solid game move at his disposal. The
main point in this line is that White is very poorly developed, offering Black
more than enough compensation for the pawn.} 28. Bd3 (28. Bf5 c5 29. dxc5 Be7
30. g4 g6 $19) 28... Qh5 $17) 25. Qd3 (25. Bxf5 Bg6 $17) 25... g6 $17 {Black
has an extra pawn and the better structure. In other words, he should slowly
win.} 26. Bf4 (26. Bh6 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Qxg7 $17) 26... Rb6 (26... c5 $5 27. Nc2 (
27. Bxd6 Qxd6 {[%csl Gg3]} 28. dxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kh1 Nxc3 30. Rb3 d4 $19) 27...
Re6 $17) 27. Bh6 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%csl Gd5]} 29. Ne5 Qd8 30. Bg2 Rd6 31. Re2
f4 {Probably a way of preparing ...c7-c5.} ({If} 31... c5 32. dxc5 Nxc5 33. Qd4
Ne6 34. Qa7+ Kg8 35. Rbe1 $132 {and Black does not have ...Nxf4.}) ({But the
solid} 31... c6 $17 {keeps the advantage intact.}) 32. Rf1 $2 (32. gxf4 $1 c5
$1 (32... Qxh4 33. Nxd5 $13) (32... Rxf4 33. Qg3 Rf8 (33... Qxh4 34. Qxh4 Rxh4
35. Nxc4 dxc4 36. Rxe8) 34. Rbe1 $16) 33. dxc5 Nxc5 34. Qg3 (34. Qd4 Ne6 35.
Qa7+ Kg8) 34... d4 35. cxd4 Ne6 $36) 32... c6 33. h5 (33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4
Qxh4 $17) 33... Qg5 (33... g5 34. gxf4 Bxh5 $17) 34. gxf4 Qxh5 35. Ref2 (35.
Nxc4 bxc4 36. Re7+ Rf7 37. Qe3 $132) 35... Rdf6 36. Qg3 Nd6 $17 {Black has
regrouped perfectly keeping the extra pawn and the better structure.} 37. Bf3
Nf5 38. Qg5 Qh4 39. Rh2 Qg3+ 40. Rg2 Qxg5 41. fxg5 Re6 42. Rc1 $6 Nh4 $19 43.
Bg4 Rxe5 44. dxe5 Nxg2 45. Kxg2 Rf4 46. Bc8 Re4 47. e6 Nb6 48. Bb7 Rxe6 49. Kf2
Na4 50. Re1 Rxe1 51. Kxe1 Nxc3 52. Nxc6 Nxa2 53. Kd2 b4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 h6 6. O-O Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
{By playing now 8...c6 followed by Nbd7, a5, b5, Bh7 Black would reach a
rather popular setup. However, Guliev has other plans. He will refrain from
advancing his c-pawn, aiming for active piece development instead. This plan
is quite original and I have failed to find games with similar play.} Qe7 $5 {
After this move, returning to the normal paths with a further ...c6 is
impossible already. The queen doesn't belong to e7 in those systems.} 9. a3 a5
10. Qe1 Rd8 {One major drawback of developing the pieces in front of the pawns
is that they lack stability and that great care is needed before each step.} ({
In case of} 10... Nc6 $6 {aiming to continue developing, White can consider}
11. d4 $1 Bd6 12. c4 $16 {when Nc6 and Bd6 are obviously misplaced.}) 11. e4
dxe4 ({I believe that the immediate} 11... Bh7 {would have been safer, when
White can draw no immediate advantage by advancing his e-pawn further.}) 12.
dxe4 Bh7 13. e5 Ne8 $5 {Black aims to obtain the initiative by using the
pressure of the h7-bishop and of the doubled rooks along the d-file. The
knight is less badly placed on e8 than it looks. Although it has no available
moves yet, it can flfil important defensive jobs, as we shall see.} ({In case
of} 13... Nd5 14. Ne4 {the knight would be rather instable on d5}) ({However,} 
13... Nfd7 {looks entirely adequate, even though it obstructs the d-file.}) 14.
Ne4 Nc6 {Giving up the pair of bishops is a second concession made by Black,
this time of permanent character.} ({In case of} 14... Bb6 15. a4 {Black would
have faced some problems along the a3-f8 diagonal, for instance} Na6 16. Ba3
Nc5 $2 17. Nfd2 $1 $16 {and we can feel already that the e8-knight fails to
take part to the blockade on dark squares.}) 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Rd7 17. Nd2
$1 {The second knight is just in time to reach e4, before Black doubles rooks
on the d-file.} Rad8 18. Ne4 Qb5 19. Qe3 {[%csl Yb7,Yc6][%cal Re4c5,Gg2b7]}
Bxe4 {Black is practically forced to give up his other bishop, too.} (19... b6
$2 20. Nc3 $18) 20. Bxe4 Nd4 {At the cost of the temporary passivity of the
e8-knight, Black has achieved an elevated degree of activity of all his other
pieces.} 21. Kh1 c5 {Not only consolidating the central knight and creating
the positional threats of ...c4 or ...a4, but also opening an eventual path
for activation to the other knight.} 22. a4 Qa6 23. g4 b5 24. f4 {White has to
start a king side attack, before Black's activity becomes incontrolable.} ({
The usefulness of the e8-knight would become obvious in such a line as} 24. g5
hxg5 25. Qxg5 bxa4 26. Qh4 f5 $1 27. exf6 Nxf6 $15) 24... bxa4 25. bxa4 f5 $2 {
But this is panic already.} ({Black's king side was under no immediate threats
and he should have proceeded with his queen side plan with} 25... Qc4 {. White
would have obtained no immediate advantage by blindly continuing his attack
with} 26. f5 Qxa4 27. f6 g6 {when after} 28. Qxh6 $2 Ne2 29. Bxg6 $2 Qc6+ {
it would be him who would get mated!}) 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxf5
Qc6+ 29. Qf3 Qxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rxa4 31. Bg6 $16 {Black's passed pawn and the rook
activity are no match to White's huge king side advantage.} Nc7 32. f5 Re4 33.
e6 Nd5 34. Rd3 Rd4 35. Rb3 Nf4 36. Rg1 Nxg6 37. Rxg6 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 R8d2+ 39. Kf3
Rf1+ 40. Kg3 Rxf5 41. Rb7 Kf8 42. e7+ Ke8 43. Re6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qc7 {Usually, Black refrains from developing the queen at such an early
stage.} ({One of the main reasons behind the text move is to try to avoid the
line} 8... Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ne3 {Nalbandian,T (2508)-Rublevsky,S
(2645) EU-ch 6th Warsaw 2005 (1) 0-1 as played in a game analyzed in this very
issuea of CBM,}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 Bxf3 {Willingly exchanging on f3 certainly
is a small concession. To a certain extent, this is a consequence of the early
development of the queen.} ({The problem is that after the natural} 10... Be7 {
White can play} 11. Nh4 {when Black has no time for Re8 in order to meet Nf5
with Bf8.}) ({At the same time,} 10... Bc5 {doesn't spare trouble to the
bishop after} 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nb3) 11. Bxf3 {This is a sign that White intends
to use his knight for queen side action.} ({The alternative is} 11. Nxf3 {
which clears the way to the dark squared bishop and plans some king side
activity.} Bc5 (11... Be7 $6 {is simply bad in view of} 12. Nh4 {when} g6 $6 {
makes things worse because} 13. Bh6 {1-0 Yermolinsky,A (2620)-Berry,J (2275)/
Seattle 1994/EXT 97 (24) and Black has problems bringing his king into safety.}
) 12. h4 O-O 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Bc1 {White has more or less completed
his development and aims for simplifications, hoping that the pair of bishops
would offer him the better chances in the endgame.} Nc5 16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Qe2 Qe6
18. Bf3 Be7 19. b3 h6 20. a3 Rfd8 21. Bb2 {The sensation is that White hopes
to win the game without doing anything concrete. However, Black will know how
to use the available time in order to organize adequate defence.} Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. a4 Bb6 25. Kg2 Qd6 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 Na6 28. Bc3 Nb4
29. Be1 Bc5 30. h5 Kf8 31. Qd1 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,B (2550)-Goldin,A 
(2555)/Cetinje 1993/EXT 2002 (52) Black's activity is sufficient to
counter-balance the white pair of bishops.}) 11... Be7 12. a4 {A typical move,
ensuring White some stability on light squares.} O-O 13. Nb3 $146 {Apparently,
White intends to leave the c4-square available for the queen.} ({More natural
is} 13. Nc4 a5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 {Aiming to keep Black busy with the defence
of his numerous weaknesses (a5, b6, e5)} ({The plan of a central action,
introduced by the moves} 15. Bg2 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qb7 19.
e5 Nd5 {certainly looks appealing, but it has the drawback of giving Black the
possibility of active counterplay.} 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Re6 23.
Qc3 Rae8 24. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Kirov,N (2420)-Augustin,J (2430)/Lodz 1979/MCD})
15... Rfe8 16. Qe2 Bc5 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. h4 N6d7 19. Bg4 Ne6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21.
Rd3 {White's activity looks threatening. The attempt to regroup with} Bf8 $2 {
failed immediately to} 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxb6 $18 {1-0 Smejkal,J (2515)
-Edzgveradze,N (2185)/Mlada Boleslav 1993/EXT 97 (40)}) 13... Nc5 ({Black
obviously didn't enjoy the perspective of playing a position like that arising
after} 13... a5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Qe2 {[%cal Ye2c4]}) 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16.
Bd2 {It was essential to prevent 16...a5 which would have led to the weakening
of at least one dark square (most likely the c5-square, or, in case of 17.c3
axb4 18.cxb4, the d4-square)} c5 $5 {Black intends to use the circumstance
that his development is slightly better in order to reach a safe queen side
configuration. If White would have the time to transfer his queen to c4, Black
would be doomed to passivity for a long time.} 17. b5 a5 18. Bc3 b6 19. Qb1
Rfe8 20. Qb2 Bf8 21. Rfd1 c4 {This might look like a dangerous decision, but
Black cannot refrain forver from advancing his c-pawn. If White would manage
to block that pawn by placing a piece on c4, the black bishop would remain
awfully passive.} 22. Rd2 Qc5 23. Kg2 $14 {/= The pair of bishops ensure White
a minimal but stable advantage. However, Black defends all the critical
squares along the d-file and his position is quite solid.} h5 24. Rdd1 g6 25.
Bd2 Qc7 26. c3 Kg7 27. Qc2 Rac8 28. Bc1 Be7 29. h4 Red8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Qc7 {Not a very
popular plan. After developing the bishop on f5, Black generally plans to
prepare for it a safe retreat with a further ...h6. This doesn't fit together
well with weakening the f5-square by advancing the e-pawn on e5.} 7. d3 e5 8.
Nbd2 {Black will not be able to prevent the move e2-e4, either with the
support of the queen (Qe1) or without it (by tactical means, as in the game).
In either case, White will obtain a position similar with those where Black
develops the bishop on g4, but practically with an extra tempo.} Bd6 {The
queen's position on c7 is rather unusual in combination with Bd6. The queen
would have stand better on e7, but achieving this setup was obviously
impossible.} ({In case of} 8... Bc5 {White can also play} 9. e4 $14 (9. a3 O-O
10. b4 Be7 11. c4 d4 12. Nb3 Rfe8 13. Re1 Rad8 14. h3 c5 $13 {0-1 Bezold,M 
(2490)-Sammour Hasbun,J (2370)/Mermaid Beach 1998/CBM 062 ext (37)}) 9... dxe4
$6 10. dxe4 Bxe4 $2 (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nxe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 $32)
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 $16 {^^}) ({The most solid move is probably} 8... Be7 {
. From a general point of view, the cmbination of Qc7 and Be7 is entirely
sound. Concretely, the bishop controls the h4-square, which is quite important
in one of the variations presented below.} 9. Qe1 (9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 $1
{and since Nh4 is not good, Black seems to be out of trouble here.} (10... Bxe4
11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 $16)) (9. Nh4 Be6 10. e4 dxe4 $6 {There was no need to
release the tension in the centre.} (10... O-O $142) 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Nf5 Bc5
13. g4 $5 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Qg4 $36 Bf8 16. Qg3 Qa5 17. Nf3 Nd6 $2 18. Nh6+
Kh8 19. Nxe5 $16 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Ne8 $2 21. Bh3 $18 Rd7 22. g6 {1-0 Movsziszian,
K (2485)-Neumann,A/Dresden 1993/TD}) 9... O-O 10. e4 {lookslike the
criticalline.}) 9. e4 $1 {A perfectly justified pawn sacrifice. With his king
in the centre Black faces certain risks if he accepts the present.} ({The more
modest} 9. Qe1 {is also possible, of course.}) 9... dxe4 {It is probably wiser
for Black to maintain the tension in the centre, but in this game he felt
inclined to accept the sacrifice.} (9... Bg6 10. Nh4 O-O (10... Bh5 11. Qe1 O-O
12. Nf5 Bc5) 11. Qe2 (11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. c4 $14 {[%cal Yg2a8]})
11... Rae8 (11... Rfe8 {[%cal Ya8d8]}) (11... Bh5) 12. Kh1 dxe4 $6 13. dxe4 Bh5
14. Bf3 (14. f3 {[%cal Yg2h3,Yh4f5]}) (14. Qe1 {[%cal Yg2h3,Yh4f5]}) 14...
Bxf3+ 15. Qxf3 g6 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Rad1 b5 $11 {1-0 Glek,I (2575)-Van Dijk,T 
(2277)/Vlaardingen 2005/CBM 108 ext (71)}) 10. dxe4 Bxe4 $146 (10... Nxe4 $2
11. Nh4 $18) (10... Be6 11. Qe2 (11. Ng5 Bg4) 11... b5 12. h3 {[%cal Yf3g5]} h6
13. a4 O-O 14. Nh4 a6 15. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Yg7,Yh6] 1-0 Odendahl,R (2376)-Van
Roosmalen,S (2089)/Dieren 2005/CBM 107 ext (37)}) (10... Bg4 11. Nc4) 11. Nc4 (
11. Nxe4 {is inoffensive because of} Nxe4 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe4
O-O $11 {when the knight is not weaker than the bishop, while Black's
development is entirely satisfactory.}) 11... Be7 ({Black probably felt that
the bishop would be slightly exposed after} 11... Bc5) 12. Nfxe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2
Rd8 ({In case of} 13... O-O 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qf3 {Black hardly has anything
better than} Rad8 {transposing to the game.}) 14. Qf3 O-O 15. Rfe1 $14 {
In spite of the practically symmetrical pawn strucutre, White's more active
pieces promisse him dangerous initiative. The pressure along the a1-h8
diagonal is especially unpleasant for Black.} Rfe8 ({Black's possibly best
chance to neutralize White's pressure consisted of} 15... Nd5 {[%cal Ye7f6]})
16. Rad1 Bf8 $6 {This natural retreat allows an elegant and efficient
combination. Black's problem is that he cannot easily find an entirely
satisfactory form of releasing the tension in the centre.} (16... Nxe5 $2 17.
Bxe5 Qc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $8 (18... Bxf6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nd6 $18) 19. Ne3 $16)
(16... Nc5 17. Ne3 $14 {[%cal Ye3f5]}) 17. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 18. Ng4 Re6 $8 (18...
Rxe1 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. Qf5 g6 21. Nxd7+ Kg8 22. Qf6 $18) (18... Nxg4 19. Rxe8
Nh6 $6 20. Be5 $18 {[%csl Yc7]}) 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Bxf6 h5 (20... Rf7 21. Be5
$1) 21. Nge5 Rd5 22. Bg5 b5 (22... Rxe5 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxh5 $18
{[%csl Ye5,Ye6][%cal Gh5e5,Rh5e8,Re8e6]}) 23. Ng6 Qf7 (23... Rf5 24. Bf4 Rxf4
25. Nxf4 bxc4 26. Nxe6 Qd6 27. Qxf8+ $18) 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nce5+ Ke8 26. Be3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Bc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. a4 a5 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Kg2 h6
15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. b3 Nc8 {The knight hurries to cover the f5-square
with either ...Ne7 or ...Nd6.} 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 g5 $5 {Putting an end to
White's hopes to open the kingside with g4-g5. In the absence of a white
knight, the weakness of the f5-square is not too relevant, while the f3-bishop
is left passive.} 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. Rfd1 Kg7 22. Be1 Bd4 23. Rab1 Ng8 24. Rd3 Nf6
25. Bd2 Bb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 h5 28. Bxg5 Rxd1 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxd1 hxg4
31. Bxg4 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Primavara"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Berezin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 b5 11. Qe2 Rb8 12. Qe3 Bh5 13. h4 Bg6 14. Rfe1 Kh8 $2 (
14... h6) (14... e5) 15. h5 $3 Bc5 (15... Bxh5 16. Qh6 $18) 16. d4 dxe4 $8 17.
dxc5 exf3 18. hxg6 Nd5 (18... fxg2 19. Qh6 Nf6 20. Bxf6 $18) 19. Qxf3 $18 Qg5
20. Qd3 hxg6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Kg2 Kg8 24. Rh1 Nxc5 25. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 f5 {
This is a rather provocative variation. Black's strategic aim is obvious: if
compared with a normal Dutch Stonewall, he managed to develop his light
squared bishop on an active square in one move, rather than having to go
slowly to d7-e8-h5. However, carrying out this idea at such an early stage of
the game is rather dangerous, since the development of the king side is
neglected.} 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Ne5 $5 {A rare move. Although White's play is rather
attractive in what is considered to be the main line, this experiment
certainly has value from artistic point of view.} ({White usually plays} 9. Re1
{which is not only a prophylactic move, defending the e2-pawn in order to
enable knight jumps to either g5 or e5, but is also connected with the
tactical idea of opening the e-file by means of e4 followed by a piece
sacrifice. Developing the knight to either h6 or f6 seems to allow White get a
very strong attack, but maybe defending the e6-pawn in advance with the queen
offers better chances of getting out of the opening alive.} Qf6 {had been
Shabalov's choice ten year earlier:} (9... Ngf6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. f3 h6 (11...
Bh5 12. e4 {Hug,W-Lobron,E/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (02)/1994/1-0 (28)}) 12.
Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 13. fxg4 $16 {1-0 Speelman,J (2610)-Garcia,P (2290)/Cordoba 1995/
EXT 2000 (28)}) (9... Nh6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. h3 Bh5 12. e4 $3 {[%cal Ge1e8] 1-0
Kramnik,V (2730)-Beliavsky,A (2650)/Belgrade 1995/CBM 051/[Ftacnik] (18)}) (
9... Qe7 10. Ne5 Bh5 $5 (10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 $1 fxe4
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Bg5 Be6 $6 (16... Qe6 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Rxe5
Kf7 19. a4 Rhe8 20. a5 a6 21. Rae1 $14) 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Qd2 $5 Qf7 19. Rxe5 O-O
20. Rae1 $16 {Tkachiev,V-Tregubov,P/Wijk aan Zee/1995/1-0 (32) ;CBM 46}) (10...
Ngf6 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 $16 {1-0 Tkachiev,V (2575)
-Winants,L (2500)/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 046 (40)}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 $8 12. Nxd7 $6
(12. Ndf3 $5) (12. f3 $5) (12. Ndf3 Ngf6 13. Bf4 O-O {0.5/Berkovich,M-Van der
Wiel,J/Amsterdam Donner op (04)/ 1995}) 12... Qxd7 13. f3 Ne7 $13) 10. Ne5 $5 (
10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4 Ne7 12. Ne5 b5 13. Qa6 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf3 Bxf3
16. exf3 N5c6 $15 {0-1 Schebler,G (2484)-Vaganian,R (2667)/Belgium 2002/EXT
2004 (31)}) 10... Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qd8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa3 a6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15.
Qa4 (15. Qd6 $5) 15... Rc8 16. Na5 b5 17. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,M (2450)
-Shabalov,A (2570)/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (76)}) 9... Bxe5 $146 {
Shabalov reacts to the knight jump in the same way as in his previous game.} (
9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Qe3 Qd6 (11... Qf6 $5) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 $1 {
/\Nc4} b5 {><c4} (13... Rc8 $5) (13... f4 14. gxf4 Bxf4 15. Nc4 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1
Qc7 17. Rd4 $5 (17. Bxd5 $2 Rd8 $1) 17... Bf5 18. Bxd5 $44) 14. a4 a6 15. axb5
axb5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ra6 $1 Qxa6 18. Qxe5 Rb7 {The only way to maintain
defended the g7- and d5- squares and remove the rook from the attacked square.}
19. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yc5b7,Yc5a6]} Re7 20. Bg5 Kf7 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Qb8+ $18) 21. g4 $1 {Having a stable control of the dark squares,
White starts undermining the fortress built on light squares, too.} Bg6 (21...
fxg4 $2 22. Bxe7 $18 {[%csl Yh5]}) 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 $1 (23. Ra1 $6 {
(This move only helped Black improve the position of his queen)} Qb7 24. Bxe7 (
24. Nd4 Qc7 $1) 24... Nxe7 25. Nd4 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 27. Ra7 Rb6 28. Nxf5 exf5
29. Bxd5+ Kf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Schulze,U (2354)-Crut,A (2298)/Germany 2002/CBM 088
ext (41)}) 23... Nf6 (23... Bg6 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Qf4+ Bf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 28. Rxd5 $40) 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bxd5+ Nxd5 26. Qxd5+ Qe6 27. Bxe7
Qxd5 (27... Kxe7 28. Qc5+ Kf7 29. Rd6 $40) 28. Rxd5 Kxe7 29. Rxf5 Rb8 $8 30. b4
$18) 10. dxe5 Bxe2 11. Re1 Bh5 (11... Bxc4 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qe7 14. Be3
$32 {[%csl Ye6,Ge8,Gg8,Gh8][%cal Re3a7,Ra1d1,Rd1d6]}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa3 Ne7
(13... a6 14. Qd6 Qb6 15. Nb3 $44) 14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Qxe6 $6 {A very tempting
idea, but probably not the best.} (15. Nb3 $1 Rc6 16. Qb4 $44 O-O $140 17. Bg5
Re8 18. Nd4 $36) 15... Rc6 $6 {Now, White's ide will be more or less justified.
} ({Both player might have overlooked that after} 15... Nc5 $1 16. Qd6 Nd3 17.
Rf1 Be2 $17 {[%csl Yc1,Yf1] the white queen alone can hardly do any harm,
while some of the other White pieces are in real danger.}) 16. Qd6 Rxd6 17.
exd6 Ne5 $8 18. dxe7 Qc7 19. Nb3 {The position is highly unclear, but White's
compensation is hardly sufficient for more than equality.} Nd3 20. Re6 Qc2 21.
Be3 Kd7 22. Bf1 Rc8 23. Bxa7 Ke8 24. Be3 Rc4 25. Rd6 Kxe7 26. Rxd5 Be2 27. Nd4
Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Qc4 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30. Bg2 Nxc5 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Re5 Nd3 33. Bd5+
Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Nxe1 35. f4 Bc4 36. Rxf5+ Kg6 37. Rg5+ Kf6 38. b3 Bxb3 39. Kf2
Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Bc4 41. a3 b5 42. a4 h6 43. Rxb5 Bxb5 44. axb5 Nb2 45. Kd4 Na4 46.
Kd5 Kf5 47. Kd6 g6 48. Ke7 Nc3 49. Kf7 Nxb5 50. g4+ Kxg4 51. Kxg6 h5 52. h3+
Kh4 53. f5 Nd4 54. f6 Ne6 55. f7 Nf8+ 56. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
{Not a surprising choice for Svidler, since a few years ago he managed to
defeat Kramnik with this line.} e5 ({The aforementioned game went} 8... e6 9.
e3 {Svidler,P (2739)-Kramnik,V (2781) Moscow 2011 CBM 144 [Marin,M] (1-0, 44).
In my old notes I wrote that 8...e5 "weakens the d5-square, justifying White's
plan directed against the g6-bishop." As we will see in the current game,
things are not that clear.}) 9. e3 Bd6 {Apart from the fact that it
over-defends the (unttacked yet) e5-pawn, this move has some hidden merits,
too.} ({If} 9... Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O {White can consider} 11. Nf1 {since ...e5-e4
would not interfere with the plan based on Nf1-g3.} Ne8 {Laznicka,V (2703)
-Iordachescu,V (2648) Porto Carras 2011 (1/2-1/2, 28)} 12. Nxg6 fxg6 ({It is
safer to keep a pawn on the h-file. If} 12... hxg6 13. h4 $36 {White's attack
is more dangerous.}) 13. h4 {The position is not easy to evaluate, but if
White manages to complete his development (by castling long most likely) his
superior structure may offer him the better chances}) 10. Qe2 Qe7 (10... Ng8 {
loses too much time by forcing White carrying out the exchange he is aiming
for anyway.} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. c4 Ne7 13. a3 Qa5 14. O-O $14 {Ianov,V (2327)
-Pergel,L (2237) Zalakaros 2012 (1-0, 62)}) (10... O-O 11. Nxg6 (11. Nf1 $6 {
can be met with} e4 $1 {[%cal Gd6g3]}) 11... fxg6 12. h4 Qe7 13. g5 Nh5 14. c4
$6 ({In a couple of games with similar structure but with reversed colours,
arising from the Bg5 QI, I played ...Rh6-f6 to reduce the opponent's pressure
along the f-file. Here, too,} 14. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3f3] makes some sense.})
14... e4 (14... d4 $5 {[%csl Gf4]} 15. Ne4 Nc5) 15. dxe4 d4 $1 $36 {Short,N 
(2697)-Zhao,Z (2537) Pattaya 2013 (0-1, 65)}) 11. c4 $146 {A natural way of
trying to activate the light-squared bishop.} (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qc4 O-O-O $132 {[%csl Ge1,Gf4,Gh4] Nguyen,H (2311)
-Laylo,D (2491) Ho Chi Minh City 2013 (0-1, 26)}) (11. a3 Nb6 (11... a5 12. c4
{might have been an improved version of the main game from White's point of
view, since there would be no check on b4 available.}) 12. c4 O-O-O (12... Bc7
13. b4 $140 a5 14. c5 Na4 $132) 13. b3 (13. b4 $5) 13... dxc4 14. dxc4 Bc7 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bb2 Nfd7 17. O-O-O Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1,Gd3] Kritz,L (2571)
-Erdos,V (2523) Differdange 2007 (0-1, 35)}) 11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bb4+ {This is
a natural move, of course, but not the only good one. First of all, f1 may
prove a good square for the king, depending on the circumstances.} ({Secondly,
the developing} 12... O-O-O {is playable, too, since} 13. Nxd6+ $2 {would lead
to disaster on d3.} Qxd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 $17 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 13. Kf1 Nb6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Nxb6 {This looks like a concession, but
otherwise White risked to lose stability on the light squares.} ({For instance
if} 17. Be4 $2 Nxc4 18. dxc4 f5 $1 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxg6 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf7 22.
Rh2 Rad8 $40) 17... axb6 {But now there are some problems with completing the
queenside development.} 18. Be4 {A beautiful square for the bishop. However,
most of White's other pieces are undeveloped, reducing his chances for an
advantage.} b5 19. Rg1 Bc5 20. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1b3] It seems that Svidler did not
feel comfortable with his position. He practically suggests a draw by
repetition, but also gives Black a choice to play actively.} (20. Rg2 {[%cal
Gf1g1] looks like a reasonable regrouping, although it is far from clear
whether any of the players can make progress.}) 20... Qe6 (20... f5 $5 21. gxf6
Qxf6 22. Qe2 Qh4 {[%cal Gh5g3]} 23. Ke1 ({It is best to keep the g-file open
since} 23. Kg2 Kh7 $1 {[%csl Gg6]} 24. Bd2 Nf6 {is promising for Black.}) 23...
Bb4+ 24. Bd2 Bxd2+ 25. Qxd2 g5 $13 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Gh5f6] White has the
better structure, but faces some problems of stability and coordination.}) 21.
Qg4 Qe7 22. Qd1 Qe6 23. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Be7 9. Nc4 $5 {An interesting idea. White refrains from the typical move
h3 in order to win time by means of a further Ne3, taking advantage of the
sligthly exposed position of the black light squared bishop.} O-O 10. Qe1 {
[%csl Ye5]} Qc7 11. Ne3 Bxf3 ({Preserving the light-squared bishop would mean
leaving his colleague in trouble, for instance:} 11... Bh5 12. Nf5 Bc5 13. b4
Bb6 14. c4 a5 15. c5 Ba7 16. a3 $14 {0-1 Nikolaidis,I (2540)-Kummer,H (2320)/
Graz 1995/EXT 98 (60)}) 12. Bxf3 {On concrete terms, White can generate some
pressure against the enemy king side. However, the long term purpose should be
regarded as more important: a better endgame thanks to the pair of bishops.}
Rfe8 ({Taking under control the f5-square is not without darksides:} 12... g6
13. Ng4 $1 h5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rd1 {White tries to fight for
initiative before completing his development.} (16. b3 {might have been a
better try:} Qe6 17. Bb2 a5 18. a3 $14 {^^}) 16... Qe6 17. Qe3 Ng4 18. Qb3 {
White obviously intends to combine the threats along the d-file with those
against the enemy queen side.} Bc5 {Counterattacking the f2-square, Black
maintains the balance even.} (18... Qxb3 19. axb3 $14 {[%cal Ya1a7,Yd1d7]}) 19.
Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Rfd8 22. Rd3 {Again, White seems to be in
better position to get the control of the d-file, but Black generates
sufficient king side counterplay.} h4 23. Qd2 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 hxg3 25. fxg3 {
Aiming to maintain some tension in the game.} (25. hxg3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Rh8 27. Rh1
Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Qe6 {is completely equal.}) 25... Kg7 26. Rf1 Re8 27. a4 Qg5 28.
Rd1 Rd8 $1 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R (2645)-Chernin,A (2600)/Reggio Emilia 1996/CBM
051} 29. Qxd8 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qh5+ $11 32. Qh4 $2 Qxd1 $17) 13. Nf5 (
13. Qe2 {0-1 Vaganian,R (2645)-Gulko,B (2620)/Horgen 1995/CBM 050/[Horn,Pe] 
(54)}) (13. b3 $5 {Mowsziszian} a5 $1 14. a3 (14. a4 $6 Bb4 15. c3 Bf8 $17 {
><d3,b3}) 14... b5 15. Bb2 {/\Bg2,f2-f4}) (13. a4 {This is the kind of move
that, if not connected with a concrete plan, might result in a needless
weakening of the queen side. Vaganian probably wanted to make a useful waiting
move, but he will actually give his opponent an extra-tempo for regrouping.}
Nc5 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Bg5 Nfd7 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Be3 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Bg4 Nd4
20. Qd1 Nf6 21. c3 Ne6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R (2615)
-Rublevsky,S (2610)/Moscow 1996/CBM 052 ext (40)}) 13... Bf8 14. Bg5 g6 $146 {
This looks like the natural reaction.} ({However, it is not easy to prove an
advantage for White after} 14... h6 {since the stability of the knight on f5
will be of temporary nature, for instance:} 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Rad1
Kh7 18. c3 Rad8 19. Ne3 b5 20. Ng4 Ng8 21. Bc1 Be7 22. Bg2 h5 23. Ne3 g6 24.
Nc2 Nf6 25. Bh3 Nc5 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Bh3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Satici,A (2325)-Flum,G 
(2420)/EU-ch60 corr 1997/Corr 2002}) 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Rd1 {White has completed
his development and has a harmonious placement of pieces. Black's problem is
that, even if he will be able to neutralise the king side pressure, he will
face the danger of an unpleasant endgame.} Be7 17. Qe3 Ng8 18. h4 $1 {
Including new forces into the offensive.} Nf8 (18... Bc5 {fails to spoil
White's coordination, be it because of the simple and unambitious} 19. Qc1 $14
(19. Rxd7 $2 Qxd7 20. Qxc5 {is impossible because of} Nxh6)) 19. Bg4 Qb6 {
A natural decision. The white queen was exerting pressure against both Black
wings and should be exchanged.} 20. Nxg8 Kxg8 21. h5 Qxe3 (21... Qxb2 $2 {
is very risky:} 22. Rb1 Qxc2 23. Rxb7 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yh5h6,
Yg5f6]}) 22. Bxe3 Rad8 23. a3 $1 (23. Bxa7 Ra8 $11) 23... b6 {This weakening
move is the least of evils.} (23... a6 {would conceal the control of the
d-file in view of} 24. Bb6 $16) 24. Kg2 $14 {Having the pair of bishops and an
excellent placement of pieces, White has a stable advantage.} Kg7 25. c3 Ne6
26. b4 gxh5 27. Bxh5 Bg5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. f4 Rd3 30. Bc1 exf4 31. gxf4 Bf6 32.
f5 $2 (32. e5 $1 $16) 32... Nf8 33. Rg1 Nd7 34. Bf4 Rxc3 35. Rd1 Rc2+ 36. Kf3
Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. Rd7 Kh6 40. Rxf7 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 $5 Bg6 8.
Nh4 {Such radical measures at this stage of the game are not too common. The
whole plan would be less effective if Black had delayed the development of the
queen's knight with 5...e6, because of a possible regroupment such as: 8...
Nfd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 /\...Bd6, ...Qe7, ...Na6-c7, ...e5, ...Ne6. The way it is,
the f6-knight does not seem to have good squares to which to retreat.} e6 (8...
e5 {weakens the d5-square, justifying White's plan directed against the
g6-bishop.} 9. c4 (9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qe7 {was fine for Black in Kritz,L (2571)
-Erdos,V (2523)/Differdange 2007/CBM 119 ext (0-1, 35)}) 9... Bc5 {Bradford,J 
(2453)-Georgiev,K (2661)/Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 129)} 10. Qb3 $5 $36)
9. e3 Bd6 ({The paradoxical} 9... Ng8 {was played in an old game at GM level.
Although it seems that Black loses a lot of time, provoking the exchange on g6
at an early stage helps him define his general plan of regrouping.} 10. Nxg6
hxg6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. b3 Qf6 13. d4 g5 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. O-O-O Ng6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17.
c4 a5 $132 {Quinteros,M (2500)-Giorgadze,T (2495)/Hannover 1983/MCL (0-1, 46).
With perfect regrouping for Black and reasonable counterplay.}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 {
It is not easy to criticise a move played by an ex World Champion twice (!) at
such an early stage, but I fail to understand the point behind it. First of
all, the indirect pressure against the h4-knight is released. Secondly, the
battery Q + B is set up in the wrong way (the queen should be in front of the
bishop), failing to create any threats against the h2-b8 diagonal.} ({I would
prefer} 10... Qe7 {Let us see what can happen if White plays in the same way
as in the main game:} 11. O-O ({The only game that actually reached this
position went:} 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Bd2 {White refrains from the more natural b3
followed by Bb2, in order to avoid the exchange of the dark-squared bishops
with ...Ba3. This would not be a possibility after ...Qc7.} Rfe8 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. Ng5 Nc5 15. h4 Nfd7 16. e4 Qf6 $13 {Panno,O (2505)-Ricardi,P (2335)/Buenos
Aires 1985/MCD (1-0, 38). We can notice that even here the queen was well
placed on e7.}) 11... O-O-O 12. Rb1 (12. f4 Ne8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 $132 {[%cal
Gg6g5] Being slightly underdeveloped, White has problems preventing Black's
counterplay on the dark squares.}) 12... e5 13. a3 e4 $132 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) ({
Even the not too natural} 10... Qb6 {may have been preferable, winning a tempo
over the game after} 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rb1 Bb8 {[%cal Gb6c7] , although I do
not like the congestion of the black pieces around their own king.}) 11. O-O
O-O-O {A very interesting position. It is not customary for Black to castle
long in these lines of the Reti.} 12. Rb1 $5 $146 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5] With
both kings on the kingside, the plan based on b4-b5 would just create
weaknesses, but the way it is the black king which starts to sense some danger.
} ({It is possible that Svidler based his preparation for this occasion on an
older blitz game won by Kramnik:} 12. f4 h6 $5 {Spoiling his own structure for
the sake of opening the centre before White gets fully developed.} 13. Nxg6
fxg6 14. Nf3 e5 15. Nh4 exf4 16. exf4 Rhe8 17. Qf2 Bc5 18. d4 Bb6 19. b4 (19.
Nxg6 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. c3 Rde8 $44) 19... Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. c3 Rde8 22.
Nxg6 c5 $5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 $132 {Morozevich,A (2755)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Moscow 
(blitz) 2007/EXT 2008 (0-1, 38)}) 12... Qa5 $6 {Black cannot not afford to
lose so much time.} ({A possible coherent plan would be} 12... Nf8 $5 13. b4 h6
{[%cal Gg6h7,Gg7g5]} 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 $132) 13. a3 Bb8 14. f4 e5 {This piece
sacrifice is a logical consequence of Black's previous play, but is not
entirely sound. Taking into account also his game against Galkin, I get the
feeling that Kramnik is aiming for a slight change of style. He may wish to
have the positional piece sacrifice in irrational positions in his fighting
arsenal. In the present game, he will come close to justifying his adventurous
play, while in the other game he will win outright.} (14... Qc7 15. b4 e5 {
would not change much, either.} 16. f5 e4 17. Rf4 Qb6 18. Qf2 $16) 15. f5 e4
16. dxe4 (16. b4 Qc7 17. Rf4 {transposes above.}) 16... Qc7 17. Rf4 Rde8 18.
fxg6 {There was no need to open the h-file, which causes the h4-knight to lose
stability.} (18. Qf2 $5 $16 {leaves Black with serious problems proving his
attacking idea.}) 18... hxg6 19. Nhf3 Qb6 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf3 Nh7
23. c4 Ng5 24. cxd5 cxd5 {Black has improved his position somewhat and can
reduce the material defficit if he so wishes. However, he is still a long way
from equality.} 25. Nf1 $6 {This is too passive. By retreating into defence
completely, White allows his opponent to take over the control of the whole
board.} (25. b4 Kb8 26. Nb3 $16 {followed by Nc5, with the permanent
possibility of Qb5 would have restricted Black's active possibilities.}) 25...
Kb8 26. b4 d4 27. Bd2 Re7 28. Rc1 dxe3 $2 {Probably caused by a miscalculation.
} (28... Qd6 $1 $44 {/\...d3 leaves White in a passive position, despite his
material advantage.}) 29. Bxe3 Bd4 $6 (29... Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 $16) 30. Rg3 Bxe3+
31. Nxe3 Rhe8 32. Rc3 $18 {The g5-knight cannot join the attack and White has
no problems defending his doubly-pinned knight.} a6 {A clear sign that Black
has exhausted his attacking resources.} 33. Qf2 {The rest does not require
comments; Black played a few more moves from inertia.} f6 34. Nc2 Qxf2+ 35.
Kxf2 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Rgd3 Ree2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Ne3 Ne6 40. Nc4 Rd1+ 41.
Kf2 Nf4 42. Bf3 Ra1 43. h4 g5 44. h5 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nfd2 $5 {This is a rare
move, possibly inspired by the similar lines with reversed colours. In many KI
variations based on Bf4 (especially if White weakens his d4-square with c2-c4),
Black's best reaction is considered to be ...Nfd7 followed by ...e5. In our
concrete position, the idea is to carry out e2-e4 as soon as possible and
clear the path for the f-pawn, in order to launch a massive kingside attack.
The main drawback of this plan is that it leaves the queenside slightly
underdeveloped.} ({I will quote here a game which is relevant for a later
comment.} 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 Be7 {Typical of Petrosian.
He was not afraid of losing time if this was connected with improving his
piece placement.} 10. e5 {It is hard to resist the temptation of playing this
move, but now the h7-bishop becomes more active and the f6-knight gets the
f5-square.} Ng8 11. Nb3 Bf8 {It may seem that White is far ahead in
development, but Black's position remains rock solid. In the game, White did
not find an effective plan to develop his initiative.} 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nbd4 Nf5
14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. d4 a5 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Qb5 a4 20.
Nd2 Ra7 21. Nb1 Nb8 22. a3 Nc6 {Benko,P-Petrosian,T/Curacao 1962/Candidates 
(0-1, 43). Black has regrouped in an optimal way and he soon got the upper
hand.}) 6... h6 7. e4 Bh7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 {By cutting off the other knight's
retreat, this move is likely to cause some problems in view of the permanent
threat e4-e5.} (8... Be7 {is more common, but hurrying with the king over to
the wing where White is planning to start an attack is not to everybody's
taste.} 9. Qe2 O-O ({Standard queenside pawn moves can have negative effects.
Here is an instructive example.} 9... a5 10. Kh1 a4 11. a3 b5 {For the time
being, the weakness of the c6-pawn does not seem too relevant, but...} 12. f4
Na6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15. f5 $1 {This tactical blow is enabled precisely
because White gets a tempo by attacking the c6-pawn.} Bxf5 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Nxf5
exf5 18. Rxf5 g6 19. Rf1 Qxe5 20. Bxh6 Qxe2 {Black exchanges queens, fearing
that otherwise his queen will remain exposed in the centre. However, this
exchange helps White improve the placement of his knight.} 21. Nxe2 Rfe8 22.
Nd4 Rac8 23. Bh3 f5 24. g4 $36 {Kengis,E (2580)-Haba,P (2505)/Germany 1995/
GER-chT2 (1-0, 31). White is perfectly regrouped and his light-squared bishop
has found a way to be activated, despite the central stonewall.}) 10. f4 Na6
11. Kh1 Rc8 {An interesting approach. Black keeps developing, without defining
his concrete intentions yet. The rook does not seem active on c8, but will
prove useful after a further ...d4 followed by ...c5-c4.} 12. g4 $6 {White
probably thought that Black's slow play deserved to be punished, but his last
move is premature because of the incomplete development.} (12. Nf3 {looks more
cautious.}) 12... Nb4 13. g5 {This is too rushed, too.} (13. Nb3 d4 14. Nd1 c5
$132) 13... hxg5 14. fxg5 Nxe4 $1 {A splendid move. Soon, all Black's pieces
will be playing, while White is underdeveloped still.} 15. Ndxe4 {White tries
to catch up in development by opening the diagonal for his c1-bishop.} (15.
dxe4 d4 16. Nd1 Nxc2 17. Rb1 d3 {[%cal Ge7g5] looks passive for White.}) 15...
dxe4 16. Nxe4 c5 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bd2 b5 19. Rf2 c4 $36 {Markus,R (2557)
-Riazantsev,A (2638)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (0-1, 59)}) 9. Qe2 Nb6 {This looks
logical, because it clears the d7-square for the other knight. On the other
hand, the queen's knight will be passively placed on b6.} (9... Be7 {comes
into consideration, as in Petrosian's game.} 10. e5 Ng8 11. f4 Bf8 {The
c3-knight is restricted by the central black pawns while the queenside is
underdeveloped yet. These aspects make Black's loss of time irrelevant.} 12. g4
{This attack has little chance of success.} Ne7 13. Bh3 h5 $1 14. f5 (14. gxh5
Nf5) 14... hxg4 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bxg4 Nf5 {[%cal Ge8c8,Gd8b6]}) 10. a4 a5 {
It may seem that the insertion of these pawns moves favours Black, who gets
the b4-square for his bishop, but Kamsky anticipated correctly that the
vulnerability of the b6-knight will offer him an important tempo in certain
variations.} 11. f4 Bb4 12. f5 $5 {With the black king in the centre, this
attack is quite unpleasant.} Qe7 ({It is not advisable to castle into the
field of fire.} 12... O-O 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f6 $5 (14. g4 exf5 15. gxf5 Bc5+ 16.
Kh1 Re8 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5]}) 14... gxf6 15. exf6 (15. Nf3 fxe5 16. Bxh6 f6 $44)
15... Nxf6 16. Nf3 $44 {[%cal Gc1h6,Gf3e5]}) 13. Nb3 dxe4 (13... exf5 14. Qf2
$1 {This is a first moment when the b6-knight provokes a loss of time.} Ra6 15.
exd5 $16) 14. Nxe4 (14. dxe4 exf5 15. Be3 {[%cal Ge4f5] looks playable, too,
but it is understandable that White wants to exchange the f6-knight, which is
blocking the f5-pawn.}) 14... Bxf5 (14... Nxe4 15. dxe4 exf5 16. Be3 Nd7 17.
exf5 $14 {looks better for White than the same line with the c3- and
f6-knights on board. Among other things, the b4-bishop loses stability.}) 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 (15... Qxf6 $2 16. g4 $18) 16. Rxf5 $1 {This is the only way to
keep the attack going. Black's structure is in ruins, but, curiously, White
will be short of just one tempo to get decisive threats. The delay in
development caused by Nf3-d2 will be telling...} exf5 17. Qf2 Nd7 {A very deep
move. The knight is heading for g6, in order to put the crucial f4-square
under pressure.} (17... Qe1+ $2 18. Qxe1+ Bxe1 19. Be3 $18) ({The knight would
be unstable after} 17... Nd5 18. c3 Bd6 19. Bd2 $44) 18. Bf4 {[%cal Gc2c3]
This looks very strong, but Black will find an original way to hold his own.
With hindsight, it is easy to suggest more restrained continuations.} (18. d4
$5 $44 Qe1+ $2 19. Qxe1+ Bxe1 20. c3 $18 {[%csl Ge1]}) (18. c3 Bd6 19. Bd2 $44)
18... Ne5 $1 19. d4 Ng6 20. c3 Nxf4 21. gxf4 {[%cal Ga1e1] Black will lose
material, but the weakness of the white castled setup will keep the position
balanced.} (21. Qxf4 {is ineffective because of} Bd6 22. Qxf5 Qe6) 21... O-O-O
22. cxb4 {White is best advised to grab the material. Otherwise, the exposed
position of his king may cause problems.} (22. d5 Bd6 (22... cxd5 23. cxb4 Qxb4
24. Nd4) 23. dxc6 bxc6 $132 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gh8g8]}) (22. Re1 Qd6 23. d5 Rhg8
$36) 22... Qxb4 23. Qc2 Rhe8 $13 {Black is perfectly mobilized and has the
safer king's position. It would make little sense to offer as an evaluation
that he has compensation for the sacrificed material, because he actually has
a rook and 2 pawns for two minor pieces. Let us say that the white weaknesses
compensate for the tripled f-pawns.} 24. Kf2 Re7 25. Rd1 Rde8 26. Rd2 Qxa4 27.
Qxf5+ Kb8 28. Nc5 Qc4 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Rd8 31. Rd2 Kc7 32. Ne4 Red7 33.
Ke3 Re7 34. Kf2 Red7 35. Ke3 Re7 36. Kd3 Rd5 37. Nc3 Rd8 38. Ne4 Rd5 39. Nc3
Rd8 40. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Ngf6 {Since always I have known
that the system with the bishop on f5 bears Lasker's name, but only found out
recently that the current position belongs rather to the "Capablanca system".
Understandably, the two great champions believed in similar chess values, but
wanted to leave their own trace in theory and history.} 6. d3 (6. cxd5 exd5 7.
d3 c6 8. Qc2 {would transpose to Carlsen,M (2861)-Karjakin,S (2780)/Wijk aan
Zee 2013/CBM 153/[Marin,M] (1-0, 92)}) 6... dxc4 $5 {This way of releasing the
tension is not too common. Aronian probably thought that the g2-bishop was not
dangerous, since he could play ...c7-c6 at any time. Which he will do with
some (also unusual) delay, but this will not really change the position
dramatically.} 7. dxc4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O $146 (8... c6 {transposes to a position
that has been seen before.} 9. h3 (9. Bf4 {places the bishop on a vulnerable
square, which will eventually allow Black an unexpected tactical blow.} O-O 10.
h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 {Seeman,T (2429)-Dalmau,J (2020)/Stockholm 2004/CBM
097 ext (1-0, 40)} Nxg4 $1 13. Nxg6 fxg6 {[%csl Gf4]}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Bh5 10.
Nh4 {may transpose to the main game.}) 10. exf3 (10. Bxf3 Ne5 $11) 10... Nc5
11. Be3 Qd3 12. Ne4 (12. Qxd3 Nxd3 13. Na4 O-O 14. f4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 $14) 12...
Nfxe4 13. fxe4 Qxc4 $2 (13... O-O 14. b4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Na4 16. Rd7 Bxb4 17.
Rxb7 Bc5 $11) 14. Rc1 Qb5 15. Qd4 O-O 16. Rxc5 $16 {Hauchard,A (2518)-Dutreeuw,
M (2375)/Belgium 2001/EXT 2003 (1-0, 60)}) 9. Nh4 c6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Ne8 {
The knight does not stand too well on e8 and, with the current structure, does
not have effective ways to be activated. And yet, keeping the bishop pair is
probably worth the effort.} (11... Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bh2 Qc7 15.
e3 Rad8 16. Qc2 $14 {White's position is more flexible and Black has to live
with the permament threat of g4-g5 followed by h3-h4.}) 12. Nf3 (12. gxh5 Bxh4
13. h6 g6 {[%cal Gh4f6,Gf6h8] is interesting, but Black should be fine.}) 12...
Bg6 13. Bf4 f6 {[%csl Ge6,Ge8] This plan of recycling the bishop would be
entirely viable if Black did not have the problem of the passive e8-knight.} ({
True,} 13... h6 {would allow White cut the bishop off from the play with:} 14.
e4 Nc5 15. Ne5 Bh7 16. Qe2 $14) ({but} 13... Nef6 {[%cal Gf6e4] looks entirely
playable, when} 14. Nh4 Nxg4 $1 {is familiar to us already.}) 14. Nd4 Nc5 15.
Be3 (15. b4 {is premature:} e5) 15... a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6] If one piece stands
badly, the position is bad, as Tarrasch would say. The last move would offer
Black a great game, if he could play the (illegal) move ...Ne8-d7, with
perfect stability on c5. The way it is, the last move only creates some
additional weaknesses.} (15... Bf7 {would allow some complications, which
might be not that bad for Black, though:} 16. b4 Nd7 17. Bxc6 ({Maybe} 17. Qb3
{is more constructive.}) 17... Bxb4 18. Ne4 e5 19. Nc2 bxc6 20. Nxb4 {White is
more active, but if Black neutralises his initiative, he will have a great
position.}) 16. Nb3 Nd7 (16... Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Qc7 18. Na4 $36) 17. Na4 $14 {
The fight for the critical queenside squares is unfair: White has an extra
knight for this purpose!} Qc7 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bf7 (19... Bxc5 20. Bxc5
Rf7 21. Qd4 Rd7 (21... Rd8 22. Qe3 {[%csl Ra5,Rd8][%cal Gc5b6]}) 22. Qe3 e5 23.
Rad1 $14) 20. Qd7 $1 {A strong move, practically forcing Black to give up the
dark-squared bishop.} Bxc5 (20... e5 21. Rfd1 $16) (20... Rc8 21. Rad1 $16) 21.
Qxc7 Nxc7 22. Bxc5 Rfc8 (22... Rfd8 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26.
Bxa5 $16) 23. f4 $6 {As the ulteriour course of the game proves, this only
weakens White's kingside.} (23. Rac1 $5 e5 24. Rfd1 $14 Be6 (24... Ne6 25. Bb6)
25. Be4 Kf7 26. f3 g6 27. Kf2 {White has some more space and a dangerous
bishop pair. If Black displays premature activity he will risk becoming
over-extended:} f5 28. Bb1) 23... e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. b3 Ne6 {If White had a
knight versus a black bishop, the modification of the central structure would
rather favour him. The way it is, it is Black who mainly benefits from it.} 26.
Be3 Re8 27. Rad1 Re7 {Black has solved his problems of coordination completely.
} 28. a3 (28. Rf5 Nd4) 28... h6 29. Rd6 Rae8 (29... a4 $5 30. b4 Nd4) 30. Be4
Nf4 (30... Nd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Bd3 $14) 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Bd3 g5 33. Rxh6 Kg7
34. Rh7+ (34. Rd6 Re3 35. Kh2 R3e6 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 $44 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Gf7g6]})
34... Kg8 35. Rh6 (35. h4 Rxe2) (35. Rf2 Re3 36. Rh6 Kg7) 35... Kg7 36. Rh7+
Kg8 37. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 ({If White has the
intention to play h3 at some moment (which he usually does) I believe that the
most economical move order to do that is} 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9.
h3 {since after} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Qe2 {White is two tempi up compared to
the game position after the 11th move (taking into account that he usually has
to regroup with Bg2 and especially Qe2 anyway). If White wants to have the
bishop on f3 in order to proceed with Kg2 at some moment (as happened in some
of the games inserted in the notes to this , then he can at least win one
tempo by playing Bxf3 and then Qe2 in one move. Or maybe the whole discussion
is slightly pointless since giving up the pair of bishops so easily is an
important concession from Black's point of view, anyway...}) 6... e5 7. h3 ({
And here} 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 {looks like a safer (or at least more
restrictive) move order.}) 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Bc5 {Now, the game transposes to
the normal course.} (8... e4 $5 {0-1 Visser,Y-Luther,T/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM
081/[Horn,Pe] (38)}) 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 a5 $146 (11... b5 $6 {
Black should not give his opponent such an easy mark of attack.} 12. Qe2 Qe7
13. Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 a6 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. Kg2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Ra3
Rfd8 20. Rfa1 Qd6 21. Be1 Rab8 22. axb5 axb5 23. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Smejkal,
J-Grund,H/Viernheim 1995/CBM 050 ext (65)}) (11... Qe7 {1-0 Naiditsch,
A-Mueller,K/Lippstadt 1999/CBM 072/[Horn,Pe] (42)}) (11... Re8 12. Nb3 Bb6 13.
Bd2 {[%cal Yb3a5,Ya5c4] This is one of the cases when White gives some meaning
to his queen placement. However, Black's next move is useful anyway.} a5 14.
Bc3 (14. a4 $5) 14... Nc5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Kg2 b6 18. Qe2 (18. a3
$5) 18... Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Kf8 23. Qd3 Re7
24. Bg4 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Weindl,A-Fuchs,H/Germany 1998/EXT 2002 (63)}) 12. a4
Qe7 13. Bg2 $6 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yg2h3,Rh3d7]} ({Given the chosen move order,} 13.
Nb3 Bb6 (13... Bb4 14. c3) 14. Bd2 {[%csl Ya5][%cal Rd2c3,Rg1g2] eventually
followed by Kg2 would have made more sense.}) 13... h5 $6 {[%csl Rg5][%cal
Yh5h4] This premature action weakens the g5-square, offering White a clear
plan.} (13... Rfd8) 14. Nf3 Rfe8 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. Bg5 Ne6 17. Bh4 {[%csl Yh5]}
g6 18. Qc4 Kg7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Ng5 $14 {/+/- WHite has the pair of bishops
and the better placement of his pieces.} Qb6 21. Rd3 Nxg5 22. Bxg5 Nh7 23. Bc1
Rad8 24. Rb3 Qa7 25. Qe2 Rd7 26. Kh1 Qb8 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Qd8 29. Qc4 Bb4
30. Be3 Kg8 31. Bg1 Nf6 32. e5 Nd5 33. Rd3 Qh4 34. Bf2 Qd8 35. Rfd1 Qc7 36. c3
Bf8 37. Bxd5 cxd5 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxd5 Rc4 40. R1d4 Rc5 41. Rd8 Rc8 42. Rxc8
Rxc8 43. Kg2 Be7 44. Rd7 Bc5 45. Bh4 b6 46. Rd8+ Rxd8 47. Bxd8 Kf8 48. Bh4 Be3
49. Kf3 Bc1 50. b3 Bb2 51. c4 Bd4 52. Ke4 Bc5 53. f5 Ke8 54. e6 Bg1 55. Bf6 Bc5
56. fxg6 fxg6 57. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 {This apparently modest
setup is aimed to avoid the premature weakening of the f5-square.} (5... Nbd7
6. O-O e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 {[%cal Rf3h4]}) 6. O-O Be7
7. e4 a5 $5 {A rare move. Black delays his catstle in order to discourage any
active operation from White's part on that side of the board, making at the
same time some generally useful moves on the other wing.} (7... O-O 8. h3 Bh5
9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. Nh2 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 {is considered to be one of the main
lines, as, for instance, in Kozul,Z-Haznedaroglu,K/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 1-0 
(101)}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. a4 (9. Qe2 Na6 10. a3 b5 $6 {[%csl Rc6]} (10... O-O 11. e5
Nd7) 11. Re1 h6 $2 {[%csl Rg6]} (11... O-O) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. exd5
exd5 15. Nxc6 {1-0 Galdunts,S-Macek,V/Bad Wildbad 2000/EXT 2001}) 9... Na6 {
After the insertion of the moves a5 and a4, this is a natural development of
the knight.} 10. exd5 $5 {Since the e5-square is temporarily left without
defence, Vaganian starts play in the centre.} (10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bd2
Nb4 13. c3 Na6 14. Nbd4 Nac5 15. Be1 Re8 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Na6
19. a5 Qd8 $13 {0-1 Lovretzkij,R-Kruppa,Y/Minsk 1997/EXT 2000 (50)}) 10... cxd5
{[%csl Rb5]} (10... exd5 {[%csl Yf5]} 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Yf2f5]}) 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Ndf3 (13. f4 $2 Nb4 {[%csl Yc2,Yd3]}) 13...
Nb4 14. c3 Nc6 $1 {Black correctly decides to question White's stability in
the centre. In case of general exchange of the minor pieces on this square,the
weaknesses created by the advance of White's king side pawns might become
significant, while the g2-bishop would remain rather passive.} 15. Bf4 Bd6 16.
Qe2 (16. Re1 O-O 17. Bg3 $5 {[%cal Yh3h4]} (17. h4 $2 Nxg4) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Nd7 $11) 16... O-O (16... Bxd3 $6 17. Qxd3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20.
Qb5+ Kf8 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qa7 g5 {[%csl Yg2][%cal Rh7h5,Rf8g7]} 23. f4 $5 gxf4
24. Rae1 Qd6 25. Qd4 $36 {[%cal Yg4g5,Yf1f4]}) 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
After the exchange of the dark squared bishops, the weakness of the f4-square
is a permanent source of worry for White.} 19. d4 {[%cal Yf3e5,Yf2f4,Ya1e1]}
Ne4 $1 {Black anticipates his opponent's intentions and is the first one who
sends a knight in the centre.} 20. Ne1 Rae8 21. Nd3 (21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 e5
$132 {[%csl Yg1]}) 21... e5 $132 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rae1 Rfe8 25.
Qb5 Qc7 26. f4 R5e7 27. Re3 Nf6 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Re2 31.
Rf2 Qb6 32. Qd4 Qxb2 33. Rxe2 Qxe2 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qd8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Govora"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Timisoara Medicina"]
[BlackTeam "Iasi Politehnica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O {This was the last
round of the team championship. With our team already as a winner and a huge
personal score on the top board in his pocket already, Kuzubov chooses a solid
opening. But it does not mean he played without ambition as we will soon see.}
h6 ({From the years when I played 1.Nf3 and 2.g3 almost exclusively I have
noticed my opponent's tendency to ensure the bishop's retreat at an early
stage. This did not bother me, of course, as it meant I had an extra tempo in
the first phase of the game. But even if useful, ...h7-h6 could be played at a
later stage. For instance after} 6... Nbd7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O {White has to
choose between c2-c4 and e2-e4 (the latter after preparing it) and with his
development complete Black could already play ...h7-h6. If} 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3
Bh5 11. g4 Ne8 {things do not run the way White would wish them.}) 7. d3 Nbd7 {
Delaying the kingside development for the second time in a row already allows
White to save a tempo on the plan with e2-e4.} ({A safer way is} 7... Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O {when White has to spend a tempo to play e2-e4:} 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 {
Here are two previous games of Kuzubov, which his opponent must have seen
during preparation.} a5 11. a3 c5 (11... Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 c5
15. a4 Nc7 16. Nf1 Qa6 $6 17. g4 c4 $6 {Instead of counterplay, Black just
ends up missing a pawn.} 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Rac8 20. g5 h5 21. Nd4 $16 {
Kuzubov,Y (2624)-Vishnu,P (2369) Chennai 2011 (1/2-1/2, 59)}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nc4 Ra6 16. a4 $14 {Kuzubov,Y (2628)-Gustafsson,J 
(2647) Reykjavik 2011 (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 8. Nbd2 Bh7 {Black reckons with the fact
that developing his king's bishop would allow e2-e4 at once and plays a
half-waiting move hoping to provoke Re1 or Qe1.} (8... Bd6 9. e4 {[%cal Ge4e5]}
dxe4 (9... Bg4 $14 {means losing a tempo over the normal ...Bg4 lines.}) 10.
dxe4 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bb2 $16 {Soors,S (2176)-Ulziibayar,B
Vung Tau 2008 (1-0, 24)}) (8... Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bh7 11. Qe2 {The queen
gets to this best square without wasting a tempo with Qe1.} O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc7
13. a3 Rfd8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. c4 Nd7 19. b4
$14 {Kuzubov,Y (2624)-Chadaev,N (2568) Moscow 2011 (1-0, 58)}) 9. e4 $1 {
Shattering Black's hopes. White spent 11 minutes on this move, possibly
meaning that the concrete position was not familiar to him.} Bc5 {Black also
reacted after a while, 9 minutes. He probably did not like the surprise at all.
} (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qe2 {leaves Black with the king
in the centre as he cannot develop his kingside easily.} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qg5 14.
Rad1 Be7 15. h4 Qg6 16. Qf4 O-O-O {Defending against the intrusion on c7, but
exposing the king to a long term attack.} 17. Qa4 Bc5 (17... Kb8 18. b4 $36)
18. b4 Qg4 19. c4 Qxc4 20. Bxc6 Nb6 21. Qxa7 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxc6 23. Bd4 $40 {
Forster,R (2459)-Dunis,A (2405) Leipzig 2002 (1-0, 34)}) 10. e5 Ng8 11. d4 $1 {
Causing a lack of coordination between Black's minor pieces.} ({Slow play
would allow Black to complete the development adequately:} 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1
a5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. f4 Nfg6 15. Ndf3 a4 16. Bh3 O-O 17. f5 $6 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 Nxf5
19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rxf5 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qd7 $15 {
Thiede,L (2280)-Hracek,Z (2510) Germany 1994 (0-1, 64)}) 11... Bb6 {Played
instantly and dooming Black to a hopeless position. Of course it was desirable
to keep the e7-square available for the knight but abandoning the a3-f8
diagonal to White's mercy is a fatal idea. There were two good alternatives.} (
11... Bf8 $5 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ne1 g5 14. Qe2 Nf5 {with reasonable play even
though White has the better of things..}) (11... Bb4 $5 12. c3 Bf8 13. a4 Ne7
14. b4 a5 $132 15. b5 $6 cxb5 16. axb5 Bd3 17. Re1 Bxb5 {1-0 (70) Adithya,B 
(2311)-Adu,O (2199) Rockville 2013}) ({But} 11... Be7 $6 {is too sophisticated:
} 12. c4 g5 13. Ne1 Bg6 14. Qe2 ({Black's delay in development requires more
active moves:} 14. f4 $1 h5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxd5 {[%cal Gd2c4,
Gc4d6]} Bg4 18. Bf3 Nh6 19. Ne4 $16) 14... h5 15. Nd3 Nh6 {Dannevig,O (2325)
-Royset,P (2240) Norway 1997 (1-0, 61), with reasonable play for Black,}) 12.
c4 Ne7 13. Ba3 $16 {Actually this game could have been an excellent example
for my article published on this same DVD about natural moves. Apparently
Black has not done anything wrong but his position is already hopeless after
13 moves.He has no space the b6-bishop is passive and its rival on a3 is
killing. All these must have prematurely relaxed White when playing the next
move.} O-O ({Black spent 17 minutes on this natural move. He might have
investigated the consequences of} 13... c5 14. cxd5 exd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Nc4
$16) 15. Bh3 cxd4 16. e6 {and Black is doomed as he has no time to castle.})
14. Bd6 $2 {Played after less than one minute and giving Black the chance to
get out of deep water.} ({He should have taken measures against ...c5 with} 14.
Rc1 $1 {for instance} Rc8 15. Bd6 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bh3 $16) 14... dxc4 $2 {
Mircea probably abandoned the hope of freeing his position during the long
thought over the previous move. Obviously he as worried about being burried
alive after c4-c5.} ({And yet, now was a good moment for} 14... c5 $1 15. cxd5
exd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 $11) 15. bxc4 Bc7 16. Qb3 {White plays now at his leisure.}
Rb8 17. Qa3 Re8 18. Rac1 Ra8 19. Nb3 a5 20. Rfd1 Nf5 21. Bxc7 $5 {Flexible
thinking. White gives up the outpost for getting a different (dynamic) sort of
advantage.} (21. c5 {at least offers Black the d5-square after} Ne7 $16 {
and it will take some time to break the fortress.}) 21... Qxc7 22. d5 $1 exd5
23. cxd5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 (24... Qxe5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Bxc6 $18) 25. d6 {
With White's army perfectly coordinated and Black's army chaotically displayed
the d6-pawn decides quickly.} Qb6 26. Nc5 Rd8 27. Qc3 f6 28. d7 Ne7 29. Qc4+
Kh8 30. Ne6 $1 Bg8 31. Nxd8 $1 Qxd8 (31... Bxc4 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. d8=Q+ Kh7 34.
Rxc4 $18) 32. Qd4 {The rest is pure inertia.} Nd5 33. Bh3 Re7 34. Qa7 Rxd7 35.
Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxa5 Qg4 37. Qd2 Bh7 38. Re1 Be4 39. Rc4 f5 40. Qe2 {Even though
Medicina were already champions, this match was very important. There had been
voices claiming that we would lose on purpose to allow our opponents get the
bronze medals. This was far from our intention and we won the match by a large
margin.} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
{This Survey will focus on games where Black refrains from developing his
queen's knight on the natural d7-square.} Bh5 {This is a rarely seen move in
the Reti. Why would Black retreat with his bishop voluntarely? However, the
game will soon transpose to normal paths, since White will answer, equally
surprisingly, with h3.} ({The main alternative to Nbd7 is} 8... a5 9. a3 {
is the more restrained and more popular reaction.} (9. a4 {aims for an
entirely different structure on the quen side. Generally speaking, the light
squared blockade is desirable for White, but the weakness of the b4-square
could also count.} Nfd7 10. e4 Na6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Rfe1 Rfd8 $6 {This and
especialy the next move are hardly recomendable. It might seem that Black
overestimated the solidity of his position and didn't care about the tempi.} (
12... Rfe8 $5 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. Ng4 Bb4 $13) 13. Nf1 Bf6 $6 14. e5 $1
{White should generally refrain from this move, but on the other hand, time is
also significant, even in such closed positions. White's king side attack will
now develop quicker than Black's queen side operations.} Be7 15. Ne3 Bh5 16. h4
Bg6 17. Bh3 h6 18. Ng2 Nf8 19. Nf4 Bh7 20. Kh1 c5 21. Rg1 $36 {1-0 Podgaets,
M-Klovans,J/Alma-Ata 1968/URS-ch (41)}) 9... c5 (9... Na6 10. h3 Bxf3 $6 {
Surrendering the bishop too easily.} 11. Nxf3 Nd7 12. e4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nac5 14.
h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lezcano Jaen,P (2340)-Hernandez,Y (2150)/Mondariz 1995/EXT 97 
(36)}) ({For} 9... Nbd7 {see: Ruf,M (2390)-Jackelen,T (2325)/Cologne 1989/CBM
016/[Horn,Pe] (34)}) 10. h3 (10. Ne5 $5 Bh5 11. c4) (10. c4 Nc6 11. h3 Bh5 12.
g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bd6 14. Ndf3 Bc7 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e3 Qd6 $132 {0-1 Espig,L 
(2460)-Dautov,R (2535)/Kecskemet 1989/TD (36)}) 10... Bh5 ({Now that the long
diagonal has been weakened,} 10... Bxf3 {might be risky in a strategic sense.})
11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. c4 Nb6 (14... Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxb2 16.
Qxb2 Qh4 $6 {This move fails to create any concrete threats and places the
queen too far from the own queen side.} 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b6
20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Ra7 d4 22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Qb5 $16 {1-0 Nikolac,J (2450)
-Kovacevic,V (2500)/Bjelovar 1979/EXT 2000 (50)}) 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. e3 a4 17.
cxd5 Nxd5 18. bxa4 $1 Nb6 19. Nc4 (19. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 20. Nc4 $14) 19... Nxa4 20.
Ba1 Qc7 21. Rb1 $14 {0-1 Todorovic,B (2355)-Rajkovic,D (2485)/Nis 1996/EXT 99 
(31)}) (8... c5 $5 9. Ne5 (9. c4 Nc6) 9... Bh5 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Nef3 {I cannot
understand this voluntary retreat.} (11. Ndf3 $5) 11... Qc7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13.
Rc1 Rac8 14. d4 Qb8 15. Ne4 Rfd8 {Black has completed his development and
neutralised the Catalan pressure in a satisfactory way.} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5
Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxc5 19. Qc1 Be7 20. Rd1 h6 21. h3 Rc8 22. Qa1 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6
24. g4 Bg6 25. Ne5 Be4 26. Nd7 {hen initiating this exchange operation, White
might have overestimated the power of his bishop.} Nxd7 27. Bxe4 Nf6 28. Bf3 b6
29. Qd4 e5 30. Qd3 Qc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E (2712)-Georgiev,K (2626)/Mainz
2004/CBM 101 ext (85) The knight is more stable than the bishop, while the
control of the c-file overweigths the d-file.}) 9. h3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. g4 {
The only logical follow-up, since otherwise h3 would have remained a mere loss
of time compared with the other games where White played Ne5. However, the
king side dark squares will be rather weak now.} Bg6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxg6 {
The players might well have not been aware that this position had been already
seen (at very high level!) before, coming from a different move order (when h3
caused the bishop to retreat and not vice-versa!)} hxg6 $146 {After this
mechanical capture towards the centre, White will get chances to consolidate
his advantage of space.} (13... fxg6 $5 {is a more direct attempt to underline
the weakness of the f4-square. However, the long term strategic risk involved
is obvious.} 14. e3 Bf6 15. d4 a4 $5 16. c4 (16. f4 {/\g5+/-} g5 $1 $13) 16...
axb3 17. Qxb3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Nc7 19. a4 Be7 20. c5 Qa7 21. Rfc1 {Apparently,
Black has little to fear. he white light squared bishop is severly restricted
while a queen side pawn attack is virtually impossible. And yet, the pressure
along the b-file combined with the weakness of the e6-square will soon become
a problem for Black, as a consequence of White's planful regroupment.} g5 22.
Nf3 Na6 23. Bc3 Rf7 24. Be1 Raf8 25. Nh2 e5 {Black gets rid of his backward
pawn, but the weakness of the e6-square remains.} 26. Rab1 Bf6 27. Nf3 Nc7 28.
Rb4 Ne6 29. Rcb1 exd4 30. exd4 Rb8 31. Bd2 Ndf8 32. Re1 h6 33. Qb1 Re8 34. Bf1
$1 {/\Bd3} Ree7 35. Bd3 Qa8 36. Bf5 $14 Qe8 37. a5 Qd8 $2 38. Re3 (38. a6 $1
$16 bxa6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Nxe6 41. Rb8 $18) 38... Qxa5 39. Rb2 $2 (39.
Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 {ףb1}) (39. Qe1 $1 $14 {/\Rxb7}) 39... Qc7 $15 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V
(2625)-Huebner,R (2595)/Nuremberg 1990/EXT 2000 (59)}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nac5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. d4 Bd6 18. f4 {Aiming to prevent a central break with ..
.e5.} Nf6 (18... g5 $5) 19. c4 Qe7 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Rf2 Bb8 23.
Re1 $14 {WHite has a stable advantage of space, although it is hard to see how
he can make further progress.} Qc7 24. Kg1 Ba7 25. Rd1 Re7 26. Kf1 Red7 27.
Rfd2 Bb8 28. Rf2 Ba7 29. Qe3 a4 30. b4 b5 31. g5 Nh5 32. c5 Bb8 33. Bc1 Re7 34.
Rd3 f5 35. Kg1 Qd7 36. Qf3 Qd5 37. Qd1 Qd7 38. Rff3 Kf7 39. Rf2 Ree8 40. Bf1
Rh8 41. Be2 Qd5 42. Bf3 Qd7 43. Bg2 Rhe8 44. Qc2 Rh8 45. Qa2 Rhe8 46. Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1999.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.04.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Bd6 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. Nh2 dxe4 14. dxe4
Nf8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. a4 Ng6 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Bf8 19. Qc4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rd3 Ne8 22. h4 Nd6 23. Qc3 f6 24. Qd2 Be7 25. a5 Nf8 26. b4 g6 27. Qc3 Nb5
28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. c3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Nxd6 32. Kf1 Ne6 33. Ke2 Nc7 34.
Kd3 Kf7 35. Bh3 Bf8 36. Nc4 c5 37. Bc1 Nxc4 38. Kxc4 b5+ 39. axb6 axb6 40. Bd7
Ke7 41. Bb5 cxb4 42. cxb4 Ne6 43. Kd5 Nd4 44. Bd3 Kd7 45. Bd2 Kc7 46. Bc3 Kd7
47. f4 Bd6 48. g4 Nf3 (48... Ne6 49. Bb5+ Ke7 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. Kc6 $18) 49.
Bb5+ Ke7 (49... Kc7) 50. g5 fxg5 51. hxg5 Bb8 52. Be2 Nd4 53. Bxd4 (53. Bg4 Nc2
) 53... exd4 54. e5 Bc7 55. Kxd4 Bd8 56. Kd5 Kf8 (56... Ke8 57. Kc6 Be7 58. b5
Bc5) 57. Kc4 (57. Kc6 Be7 58. b5 Bc5 59. Kd7 Bb4 60. e6 Bc5 61. Bd3 Be7 62. Be4
Bc5 63. f5 gxf5 64. Bxf5 Be7 65. Kc6 Bxg5 (65... Bd8 66. Bxh7) 66. Kxb6 Ke7 67.
Ka7 h5 68. b6 Be3 69. Ka6 h4 70. b7 Bf4 71. Ka7 $18) 57... Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 {We have reached a position
typical for the classical system of the Pirc, but with reversed colours.
Relying on his extra-tempo, White employs a plan that is considered to be
risky in a genuine Pirc.} 6. a3 O-O {In the Pirc, the reaction of ignoring the
queen side threat is correct, but here it might be not the best.} (6... a5 $5
7. b3 (7. Nc3 $5 {[%csl Yb5]}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 e4 9. dxe4 (9. Nfd2 e3 $1 10.
fxe3 Ng4) 9... dxe4 (9... Nxe4 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. bxc4 Bf5 13. Qc1 Re8
14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qf4 $14 {1-0 Miles,A-Michaelides,E/Lone Pine 1980/MCD (38)})
10. Nd4 (10. Ng5 e3 $1) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Bb2 a4 $132 {1-0 Popovic,
P-Deze,A/Novi Sad 1979/EXT 99 (33)}) 7. b4 e4 (7... a6 8. Bb2 $14) 8. Nfd2 a5 {
Rather provocative again. Black should have released at some moment the
tension in the centre and try to complete his development, although this would
leave White with the more flexible pawn structure and the better chances in
the long run.} (8... Bf5 9. Nc3 exd3 10. cxd3 $14 {1-0 Miles,A-Sosonko,G/
Reykjavik 1980/EXT 99 (35)}) 9. b5 Nd4 10. Nc3 e3 $6 ({This was the last
moment when Black could have maintained White's advantage within bearable
limits with} 10... exd3 11. cxd3 $14) 11. fxe3 Nf5 12. Nb3 d4 13. Rxf5 $1 {
White gets now two pawns for the exchange and a powerful mass of central pawns.
} Bxf5 14. Nxd4 Bc8 15. Nf3 Re8 16. e4 Bg4 17. d4 c5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 $16
Bd7 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. e3 c5 23. Nb5 Qb6 24. a4 Bg5 25. c3 Red8 26.
Qe2 cxd4 27. exd4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf8 29. Rf1 f6 30. Kh1 Qe6 31. Bf3 Qb3 32. e5
fxe5 33. Qxe5 Ng6 34. Bd1 Qc4 35. Qe2 Qd5+ 36. Qg2 Ne7 37. Bg4 Rc6 38. c4 g6
39. c5 Kg7 40. Re1 Kf6 41. Bf5 gxf5 42. Rc1 h5 43. Rf1 h4 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 {Unlike the systems based on ...Bg4,
Black intends to preserve this bishop from a possible exchange. True, the
bishop will have to retreat to the apparently passive h7-square (after White's
thematic e2-e4), but Black's hope is that the pressure along the h7-b1
diagonal will considerably restrict White's possibilities.} 5. d3 e6 6. Qe1 h6
7. Nbd2 Be7 (7... Nbd7 8. e4 Bh7 9. e5) 8. e4 Bh7 9. Ne5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Yf2f4,Yg3g4] Vaganian has a rich experience with this position. I shall trz to
explain some of the main ideas on the basis of his games.} Nbd7 (9... O-O 10.
f4 Na6 $6 {[%csl Ra6,Re5]} (10... Nbd7) 11. Kh1 Re8 12. g4 {[%csl Yf7][%cal
Rg4g5,Rh6g5,Rf4g5]} Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 c5 15. g5 {An important moment.
Black was optimally prepared for the standard move f4/f5, which would pursue
the aim of completely cutting the bishop out of play. Therefore, Vaganian
chooses a more concrete approach, which gives him attacking chances.} (15. f5
$6 dxe4 16. dxe4 exf5 {[%csl Yc2,Ye1][%cal Re8e1,Ra8d8,Rd8d1,Ra6b4]}) 15...
hxg5 16. fxg5 Bd6 17. Nh4 Nb4 {Black has to activate his knight somehow, but
this only helps White redirect the queen on a more useful diagonal.} 18. Qd1
Be5 19. Bd2 $1 Nc6 (19... Bxb2 20. Rb1 Be5 21. d4 Bc7 22. dxc5 Na6 $5 (22...
Nc6 23. g6 Bxg6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. exd5 exd5 26. Bf4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yb7,Yd5,Yg8]}
) 23. Bc3 $14 {[%cal Rb1b7,Re4d5,Rg5g6,Yc3g7]} Nxc5 $2 24. Qd4 $18) 20. exd5
exd5 21. Qh5 $40 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Van der Vorm,T/Netherlands 1996/EXT 2001 (30)}
) 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 (10... Qxd7 11. e5 $14) 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 dxe4 {This looks
like the corect strategy. Black has to play in the centre in order to keep the
balance even. Flank actions are rather slow, allowing White to get attacking
chances, due to his strong control of the centre.} (12... a5 13. g4 a4 {
Later, Vaganian deviated with} 14. a3 {. It might be that, playing against a
machine, he was not so keen of weakening too many dark squares. Computers are
supposed to fail finding a constructive plan in a position where no concrete
elements are available. This will be the case here.} (14. f5 {This move is
more to the point here than in the game against Van der Worm, because Black
has spent two whole tempi on the advance of the a-pawn, neglecting the
development in the meanwhile.} a3 15. b3 Re8 (15... Bf6 $5) 16. Rb1 $1 {
[%csl Ra3][%cal Yb3b4,Yb1b3]} exf5 17. gxf5 Qa5 {Black consequently follows
his queen side plan, but the migration of his pieces to that side of the board
will leave the king undefended.} 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qg3 Bb4 20. Nf3 Kh8 (20...
Bxf5 21. Bxh6 Bg6 22. Nh4 $16 {Vaganian}) 21. f6 $1 {Together with exd5, this
move underlines the fact that the e4 and f5-pawns fulfill not only the static
task of keeping the enemy bishop out of play, but can also have dynamic
properties.} Nxf6 22. Bxh6 Nh5 (22... gxh6 23. Ne5 Re7 24. Rxf6 Rg8 25. Qh4 $1
Rxe5 26. Rxh6 Rg7 27. Rxh7+ Rxh7 28. Qf6+ $18 {Vaganian}) 23. Qg4 $40 {1-0
Vaganian,R-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi 1980/MCD (35)}) 14... Bh4 $6 {[%csl Yh4]} 15. Qe2
dxe4 16. dxe4 Nc5 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. g5 $1 {The next phase of the game
requires accurate calculation, but it is too late for the machine already to
use his tactical powers in order to improve his situation.} Bxg5 (19... hxg5
20. Nf3 f6 21. e5 $40) 20. fxg5 Qxe5 21. Bf4 Qxb2 22. Bd6 Qc3 23. gxh6 Rfd8 24.
Rad1 $40 {1-0 Vaganian,R-Comp Centaur/The Hague 1996/EXT 2002 (33)}) (12... Bc5
{[%csl Rc5] loses a tempo and places the bishop on an exposed square.} 13. g4
a5 14. a4 Re8 15. Qg3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 $1 {[%csl Yc5]} Bxe4 17. dxe4 $1 {[%cal
Ye4e5]} (17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Nd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Short,N/Luzern 1985/
MCD (39)}) 17... e5 18. g5 $1 (18. f5 Be7 19. Rd1 Bg5 $11) 18... hxg5 19. fxg5
Nf8 20. h4 $16 {Vaganian}) (12... Kh8 13. g4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Ng3 Bg8 16.
Qe2 fxg4 17. Qxg4 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Nh5 Qc7 21. Bxd5 $5 exd5 22.
Bc3 d4 $8 (22... Rf7 23. Nxg7 Rxg7 24. Qxh6+ Bh7 25. Bxg7+ Qxg7 26. Qxd6 $18)
23. Bxd4 Bd5+ 24. Kg1 Rf7 25. c4 c5 26. Bc3 Bc6 27. Rae1 $36 {1-0 Vaganian,
R-Thorhallsson,T/New York 1997/CBM 057 ext (47)}) 13. dxe4 Nc5 {A very
effective plan, apparently designed by Karpov. By putting pressure against the
e4-pawn, Black considerably restricts White's freedom of action. Although he
has a better control of thecentre, White is slightly underdeveloped. His play
in the following phase of the game should aim to solve this problem.} 14. Qe3
$146 {Possibly, Vaganian wanted to keep the enemy knight under some pressure,
but I believe that he failed to foresee that the queen is slightly exposed
here, leaving the back rank slightly vulnerable as well..} (14. Qe2 a5 (14...
Qd7 $5 15. Nc4 Rad8 (15... Rfd8 $6 {[%csl Rf7]} 16. Ne5 Qd4 $6 17. Be3 Qxb2 18.
Qh5 $40 {[%csl Rc5,Rf7]})) (14... Qd4 $5 15. Nb3 $5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Rfd8 17. Ra4
$5 Qb6 18. f5 $14 {[%csl Yh7]}) 15. Nc4 $6 (15. a4 $5) 15... b5 16. Ne5 Qc7 $11
17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 c5 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Rc2 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Bf6 23.
Rc1 Bd4 24. h4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Rdd1 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 {
1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Karpov,A/Moscow 1993/EXT 97}) 14... Qd7 (14... a5 15. a4)
15. a4 $6 (15. Nc4 Rfd8 16. Ne5 (16. Qe2) 16... Qd1 $5 (16... Qd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4
18. Be3 Rxe4 $5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4+ $44) 17. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 18. Bf1 Rxf1+ 19. Kg2 Rd1
$15 {[%csl Ye4]}) (15. Nb3 $142) 15... Rfd8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Bc5 18. g4
Qe7 19. f5 {Finally, White has managed to create a barrier against the light
squared bishop, but Black's better development will allow him to break it.} h5
$1 $11 {This is it. Because of the vulnerable position of his king, White
cannot maintain his chain of pawns intact with h3.} 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6
22. gxh5 Rd4 23. Be3 Rc4 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. c3 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bf3 Re5
28. Re1 Ra5 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. b3 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. b4 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Kg2
Rc5 35. Ra1 Kf6 36. Ra7 Bg8 37. e5+ Rxe5 38. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Badea, Bela"]
[Black "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Marin,M/Stoica"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 $5 {Um 4...Bg4 zu verhindern, verliert
Weiss ein Tempo mit diesem Zug, das sich doch weiter als nützlich erweisen
kann.} Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. O-O e6 7. Nfd2 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. Nc3 Qc8 11.
Kh2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. f4 exf4 ({Vorzuziehen wäre vielleicht} 
14... b5) 15. Bxf4 Qd8 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Ne4 Ne7 20.
b3 Nd7 21. g4 Qa5 22. c4 Nxe5 ({Chancenlos, aber auch nach} 22... Ng6 23. b4
Qb6 24. Ng3 {hätte Weiss Vorteil gehabt.}) 23. b4 Nxg4+ 24. hxg4 Qd8 25. Bg3
O-O 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. a4 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Rd8 31. g5 Rd4
32. Bh3 Nf5 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Rxf5 Rxc4 35. g6 Rg4 36. Rf7 Rxg6 37. Rxb7 Rg4
38. a5 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 9798"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1998.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 O-O 8. e4
Bh7 9. Qe2 Nfd7 10. Ne1 Nc5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Be3 Na4 13. c3 {Vielleicht ein
bißchen eingelullt durch den vorsichtig schlurfenden Chuchelov entschließt
Kuijf sich jetzt zu einem ambitiösen Plan: der Aufmarsch von Pd5.} Bf6 $2 {
Es wäre wohl besser die Entwicklung weiter zu setzen mit ...Qd7 und 14.f4 mit
f5!? zu beantworten um den weißen f-Bauer zu stoppen.} 14. f4 $1 {Sofort zieht
Weiß den Kampfanzug an. Es droht Einschnürung mittels e5 und d4.} d4 {
Konsequent, aber jetzt wird die Diagonale h1-a8 geschwächt.} 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16.
Qf2 $1 {Weiß steht schon klar besser. Um nicht überrannt zu werden, muß
Schwarz den Damenflügel weiter schwächen.} c5 (16... e5 $2 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. e5
Be7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Rc1 Bb4 23. a3 Bxe1 24. Rfxe1
Bxd3 25. Red1 Bf5 26. Rxd4 $18) 17. e5 Be7 18. Bxb7 {So einfach geht das. Die
jetzt folgende taktische Komplikationen sind im Nachteil von Schwarz.} Rb8 19.
Be4 Nf5 20. Rc1 Kh8 $6 ({Mehr Chancen auf Gegenspiel bot m.E.} 20... Nxe3 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxe3 Qd5 (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Rf2 Na4 24. Qe4+ $18) 23. Rf2 Rfd8 {
und Schwarz hat einigen Druck für den Bauer.}) 21. Rc2 c4 $6 22. Rxc4 $6 (22.
Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 23. Rxc4 $18) 22... Nxb2 23. Rc1 a5 $2 ({Warum doch nicht den Be3
ausgeschaltet, z.B.} 23... Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27.
Rc7 Bd8 28. Rd7 Bb6+ 29. Kg2 Rbd8 30. Re7 Kg8 31. d4 Rfe8 {und die Ernte ist
noch nicht unter Dach.}) 24. Ba7 $1 {Weiß greift nicht mehr fehl und teilt den
Gnadenstoß aus.} Rb5 25. Qxb2 a4 26. Bc6 Rb4 27. Nc2 Rxb3 28. axb3 Qc7 29. bxa4
Qxa7+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. Qa2 h5 32. Na3 Ne3 33. Nb5 Qb6 34. Rf3 Nd5 {Schwarz
steht völlig auf Verlust, aber in Zeitnot nimmt man es nicht so genau.} 35.
Bxd5 exd5 36. Qxd5 Rd8 37. Qxf7 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 $1 (38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Qxe7 Qe3
40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ {usw.}) 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:12"]
[BlackClock "0:01:04"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1
Be7 9. f4 $1 {In his book Garry Kasparov writes, that it was invented by the
great Leonid Stein. Recently this idea has been popularised by the young GM
Daniil Dubov.} ({The usual approach here is playable too:} 9. e4 O-O (9... Nfd7
10. Nf3 Bxf3 (10... O-O) 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Bg2 dxe4 13. dxe4 c5 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
f4 $14 {Emmerich,D-Zude,A/Hofheim 1995}) 10. g4 Nfd7 {The standard manoeuvre.
Das Standardmanöver.} 11. Nf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Qe2 e5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bg5
Nc5 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe3 Nd7 $132 {Tregubov,P-Rapoport,I/St
Petersburg 1995}) 9... h6 (9... Na6 10. e4 (10. a3 Nc5 11. Kh1 (11. Nd2 O-O 12.
Ndf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 a5 14. e3 Qb6 15. g4 Rfe8 16. g5 Nfd7 17. h4 Bd6 18. Qf2 Re7
19. h5 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Qh4 {Dubov,D (2614)-Aronian,L (2815)/Dubai 2014,
with attacking chances.}) 11... h6 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 g5 14. e5 Nd5 15. g4
gxh4 16. gxh5 Rg8 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 N5b6 20. Nc3 {Dubov,D (2638)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2706)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2013, with a serious space advantage.})
10... Nb4 (10... Nd7 11. exd5 {White is now seeking to make capital of the
delaying of Nfd7 by taking action in the centre. This makes the game extremely
double-edged. Weiß sucht jetzt mit einer Aktion im Zentrum Nutzen aus der
Verzögerung von Nfd7 zu ziehen. Damit wird das Spiel äußerst zweischneidig.}
({A quiter move was Ruhiger war} 11. Nf3) 11... cxd5 12. f5 {Logical after 111.
exd5 Konsequent nach 11.exd5.} O-O (12... Bxh4 {also leads to wild
complications. führt ebenfalls zu wilden Verwicklungen:} 13. fxe6 fxe6 (13...
Qb6+ 14. Be3 Qxe6 (14... Qxb2 15. exd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa5 $5 $44) 15. gxh4 O-O 16.
Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 14. gxh4 (14. Qxe6+ $6 Be7 15. Qxd5 $13) 14... Qb6+ 15. Kh1
Nb4 16. Na3) 13. fxe6 Qb6+ 14. Be3 Qxe6 $2 {Black knuckles down and contents
himself with the worse position. Schwarz gibt klein bei und begnügt sich mit
der schlechteren Stellung.} ({The critical variation was Die kritische
Variante war} 14... Qxb2 $1 15. exd7 (15. Nf5 Bf6) (15. Nd2 $2 fxe6 16. Rb1
Qxc2 17. Rxb7 Nac5 $17) 15... Qxa1 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bxd5 $44 {with a very
difficult position: but at leat Black has an exchange to show in return for
his problems (the Qa1 is out of the play, the Pb7 is under pressure, the Pd7
is a powerhouse and a Pis lost in any case).  mit sehr schwieriger Stellung:
aber wenigstens hat Schwarz für seine Probleme (Qa1 ist außer Spiel, der Pb7
steht unter Druck, der Pd7 ist eine Macht und ein P ist sowieso schon weg)
eine Qualität vorzuweisen.}) 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Nc3 Nb6 $2 ({There was the
relatively better Relativ besser war} 16... Nc7 17. Qf2) 17. Qf2 $16 {Karasev,
V (2347)-Tunik,G (2442)/St Petersburg 2000}) 11. Na3 a5 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. dxe4
Bg6 14. Nd2 h5 15. Kh1 Bh7 16. Ndc4 b5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qe2 Na6 20.
Naxc4 {Platonov,I-Mikenas,V/Riga 1970/URS-ch (32), with the better position
for White.}) ({Actually Black could also immediately turn to Eigentlich konnte
Schwarz auch gleich zu} 9... Nfd7 {: greifen:} 10. Nf3 Qb6+ (10... Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 O-O (11... d4 12. c3 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bg2 O-O 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. Nd2 dxc3
17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Rb1 {Dubov,D (2624)-Riazantsev,A (2700)/Moscow 2013, The
bishop pair can become dangerous.}) 12. e4 Na6 (12... a5 13. Nd2 a4 14. a3 Na6
15. Bg2 Re8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Nf3 dxe4 19. dxe4 e5 {Bitensky,I (2384)
-Saric,I (2661)/Jerusalem ISR 2015, with a serious central struggle.}) 13. Qe2
dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. f5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Kg2 Rfd8 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Nd2 Rd6
20. h4 Qe7 21. a4 $16 {Petran,P-Schwalfenberg,J/Germany 1997/GER-chT2}) (10...
Bg6 11. e4 Qb6+ 12. Kh2 dxe4 13. dxe4 f6 14. Nc3 Bf7 15. a3 h6 16. Be3 Qc7 17.
Rd1 Nb6 18. e5 f5 19. Nd4 {Markowski,T (2605)-Yilmaz,T (2311)/Antalya 2004,
with better play.}) (10... h6 11. e4 Bg6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. g4 dxe4 14. dxe4 f5 $2
(14... Bc5+ 15. Kh2 Na6) 15. Be3 fxe4 16. Nd4 {Dubov,D (2659)-Palchun,G (2288)/
Sochi RUS 2015, Black is in trouble.}) 11. Kh1 Na6 12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. a3 h6 14.
g4 Bg6 15. e4 Rde8 16. b4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. e5 Nc7 19. c4 Ne6 $16 {Petran,
P-Ac,M/Trnava 1988}) (9... O-O 10. e4 Ne8 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 dxe4 13. dxe4
e5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nd6 {Saric,I (2639)-Solak,D (2598)/Biel 2013, with
sharp play.}) 10. Kh1 ({A serious option here is} 10. e4 O-O 11. Be3 c5 12. Nd2
Nc6 13. Nhf3) 10... Nbd7 ({The central approach was better:} 10... c5 11. e4
Nc6) 11. e4 dxe4 $6 ({Very sharp play would follow} 11... O-O 12. Be3 Ne8 13.
Nd2 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nd6 15. Qg3) 12. dxe4 g5 $6 {Very risky, more logical was} (
12... O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd2 a5 15. Qf2 e5) 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qc7 15. Nd2
O-O-O 16. Nc4 (16. a4 {was quite good:} Rhg8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. a5) 16... Nxe4 $2
(16... Ne5 {led to very unclear play:} 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qxb2 19. a4 Qb6
20. Be5 Rh6 $13) 17. Bf4 ({Of course, White didn't want a draw:} 17. Bxe7 Nxg3+
18. Kg1 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ $11) 17... Nd6 (17... e5 {did not help:} 18. Qxe4
Bxh4 19. Nxe5 Bg5 20. Nxc6 Bxf4 21. Nxd8 $18) 18. Nf5 $1 {This blow decides
the game!} exf5 19. Qxe7 Nxc4 {The queen has to be sacrificed for peanuts...}
20. Bxc7 Kxc7 21. Rae1 f6 22. Rxf5 Rde8 (22... Nd6 {would be slightly better:}
23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. Rd1 Ne8 25. h4 $18) 23. Qb4 Nce5 24. Rf4 Bf7 25. Rd1 Be6 26.
Rh4 Rhg8 27. Kh2 Rg7 28. Rf4 {The position is easily won; it just needs some
time to convert it into the full point.} Kc8 29. Qd4 Reg8 30. g4 Rh7 31. Kg1
Ng6 32. Re4 Bd5 33. Qxa7 Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Kc7 35. Qa5+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Nb8 37. Bf5+
1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kramnik comes back after three losses in a row.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6
4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11.
Nh4 {Technically a novelty but similar moves have been played before by
different move orders.} ({One such game saw} 11. Na3 Re8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nh4
Rad8 14. Bg5 (14. b4 $5) 14... Bf8 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nf5 Ne6 18. c3
Rd3 19. f3 Red8 20. Qe2 Bg6 21. Nfe3 h5 22. h4 Bh6 {1/2-1/2 Goldin,A (2549)
-Gerzhoy,L (2469)/Nassau 2012/EXT 2014 (42). Black's active pieces compensated
for the structural defects.}) 11... Re8 12. Na3 Nf8 (12... a5 $5 13. Nc4 Qc7 {
Now one method of development would be} 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 $14 {with a slight
pull.}) 13. b4 Be7 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Nxe7+ $5 Qxe7 16. Be3 {^^} Bg6 {Black could
have delayed this move and continued improving the Rs and Ns.} (16... Red8 $142
17. c3 (17. g4 Bg6 {is fine for Black.}) 17... c5 18. b5 Rac8 19. f3 (19. Nc4
Nd4 $1 $132) 19... Ne8 20. Nc4 f6 21. Rf2 (21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Nd4 $1 $132)
21... Nd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 {With good chances of equalising.}) 17. f3 {Supporting
the e4-pawn and at the same time making life difficult for the Black B on g6.
Now Black is in a strategic dilemma. He needs to remove the N from f6 and then
move the f7-pawn, in order to get the B on g6 into play via f7. But where to?
Each move has its own drawback.} Nd7 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Rd8d6] This gets in the
way of the R that wants to be on d8. So Black has problems with the d6-square.}
(17... Nh5 {[%csl Rh5] keeps the N on the rim, and as we have heard quite
often, it is actually dim.} 18. c3 f6 19. Kh2 Red8 20. Qe2 Bf7 21. a5 $14) (
17... Red8 {[%cal Ge6d4,Gf6e8] /\Nd4} 18. c3 Ne8 19. Nc4 f6 20. f4 $14 {
[%csl Re8] and now the N on e8 is passive on the last rank.}) 18. Nc4 f5 $6 {
This freeing move has a tactical flaw, which Kramnik spots quite easily.} (
18... f6 19. Rd1 Red8 (19... Bf7 20. Nd6 $16) 20. Rf2 $14 {[%cal Gf2d2]}) 19.
Rd1 f4 (19... Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rxd4 $16 {is just a pawn up.}) (19... fxe4
20. fxe4 $16 {[%cal Gc4d6]}) 20. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 21. Nxe5 Qc7 22. gxf4 Nxf4 $6 (
22... c5 $142 23. bxc5 (23. f5 $5 Qxe5 24. f4 Qf6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. bxc5 $16)
23... Nxc5 24. Qc3 Rac8 25. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]} Re7 (25... Nxa4 26. Qb3+ $18) (
25... Bf7 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxb7 $16) 26. a5 Bf7 27. Bf1 $16 {
White is better but Black has more fighting chances than in the game.}) 23.
Bxf4 Rxe5 {[%cal Gc7b6,Gb6g1]} 24. Qe3 Rd8 $2 {Giving up a second pawn brings
no respite.} (24... a5 $142 25. bxa5 Raxa5 26. Qd4 $16) 25. Qxa7 Qe7 26. Bxe5
Qxe5 27. Qe3 {Kramnik refuses to take the third pawn. Of course two extra
pawns are easily enough for him to win, but the cautious approach can be
attributed to some obvious psychological reasons. After three losses in a row,
it is not easy to have complete faith in one's nerves.} ({Objectively though
it is hard to find a serious reason to refuse the offer.} 27. Qxb7 Rd2 (27...
Rb8 28. Qxc6 Rxb4 29. f4 $18) (27... Bf7 28. Qb6 Rd2 (28... Rb8 29. Qc5 Qxc5+
30. bxc5 $18) 29. f4 Qe7 30. Rf2 $18) 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Kh1 {With Black's B
being unable to join the attack White does not seem to have anything to worry
about.} Rxc2 30. b5 Qd4 (30... Qg3 31. Rg1 $18) (30... Bh5 31. b6 $18) 31. Qc7+
Kf8 32. b6 $18) 27... Qb2 28. Qc5 h6 29. b5 cxb5 30. Qb6 Rd2 $2 (30... Qd4+
$142 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. axb5 Rb4 $16 {Black would win back one pawn and at
least provide some resistance.}) 31. Qxg6 bxa4 32. h4 Qd4+ (32... a3 33. Bh3 a2
34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Bf5+ $18) 33. Kh1 Qd8 34. Bh3 Qxh4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rg1 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Ge6e8,Ge8g6,Gg6g7] /\Qe8-g6-g7#} g5 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Rb1 (38.
Rb1 Qg3 39. Rxb7+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kf6 41. Qe6#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 45th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this last round Kramnik was in last position with 2.5/6 and that too
in a tournament which he has won 10 times.} 1. Nf3 {Not surprisingly then, the
choice of opening seems to suggest playing more chess and less theory.} d5 2.
g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd1b3]
The idea is well known and seen in similar positions when the black bishop is
developed on f5.} ({A blitz game was played at the top level recently} 7. Nbd2
c5 8. e4 Nc6 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc4 Nb4 $36 {
1-0 Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832)/Paris 2017 (49)}) 7... c6 8. Qb3 Qc8 ({
The natural move would be} 8... Qb6 {but Black has to accept weak squares on
the queenside after} 9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 {[%csl Rb6] which should give
White a slight edge} 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nc3 $14 {
0-1 Meier,G (2630)-Karjakin,S (2783)/chess.com INT 2017 (58)}) 9. g4 Bg6 10.
cxd5 cxd5 (10... Nxd5 $6 11. e4 Nf6 12. Ne5 $14) (10... exd5 11. Nh4 $14 {
[%cal Ge2e4,Gf2f4]}) 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rac1 Qd7 ({A correspondence
game with a different move order went} 13... Nd7 14. Na4 Re8 15. Rfe1 Bd8 16.
Nd4 e5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bg3 Qa6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ronat,O -Krebs,J/2014 (50)}) 14.
Ne5 ({An interesting positional sacrifice was suggested by the machines} 14. e4
$5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qa4 $44) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 h5 {A principled
move, targeting the weakened kingside.} (15... Bd6 $5 16. f4 $14 (16. Bxd6 Qxd6
17. e4 $5 (17. Qxb7 $4 Rfb8)) (16. Bxf6 gxf6 $13)) 16. g5 (16. gxh5 Nxh5 $15 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 16... Ne8 (16... Nh7 17. f4 $14) 17. f4 (17. h4 $5 f6 $1 18. gxf6
Bxf6) 17... Bc5+ {Forcing White to close the retreat path of his bishop.} ({
Black could have seriously considered} 17... f6 $5 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Bd4 Ng7 {
[%cal Gg7f5,Gf5g3,Gf5e3,Gf5d4]} 20. Bf2 $13 {although Black has some
weaknesses, White has been pushed back a little.} (20. e4 $2 {[%csl Rd4]} dxe4
$17 {[%csl Rd4]}) (20. Kh1 Kh8 $132 (20... Nf5 21. Bf2))) 18. d4 (18. Kh1 $6
Be3 19. Rc2 Nd6 $15) 18... Bb6 {[%csl Re5]} 19. f5 $1 (19. Na4 Bf5 {is fine
for Black.} (19... f6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Bxd5+ $36)) (
19. Qa3 Bf5 {is also solid} (19... f6 20. f5)) 19... Bxf5 20. Rxf5 exf5 21.
Nxd5 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gg5g6,Gd5f4,Gd5f6,Gb3g3,Gg2a8] For the exchange, White
gets enough compensation in the form of a weakened black structure and dynamic
attacking chances with freedom and creativity for all his pieces.} Qe6 {
[%cal Ge6e5]} 22. Kh1 (22. g6 $4 Qxe5) (22. e3 $5) 22... Rd8 23. Qf3 ({There
was the very tempting and aesthetically pleasing} 23. g6 $5 {but Black has a
way to sort things out with the unnatural} Nf6 $1 {with no fear of the likely
compromise of pawn structure as long as the attack is neutralised.} (23... Qxg6
24. Ne7+ $18) (23... Nd6 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bd5 $18) (23... fxg6
24. Rc8 $1 Nc7 (24... Rxc8 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Bd5 $18) (24... Qxc8 25. Nxb6+ $18)
25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Bxc7 $14) 24. Bxf6 (24. Nxf6+ gxf6 $19 {[%csl Re5]}) 24...
gxf6 $17) 23... g6 24. e3 {[%csl Rb6] Kramnik refuses to get distracted with
queenside material.} (24. Nxb6 {gets back a pawn, and may be a tiny edge but
Kramnik had his eyes set on the black king} axb6 (24... Qxb6 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26.
Bxb7 Nd6 27. Bc6 Ne4 28. Kg2 $14 {/=}) 25. Qxb7 Rd7 26. Qc6) (24. Nf4 $2 Qxa2
25. Nxh5 Bxd4 $19) 24... Kh7 $6 {Bluebaum misses his moment} ({From a
defensive perspective there was a clear plan for improvement of the bishop
that was biting on the d4-e3 granite with} 24... Rd7 $1 $132 {[%cal Gb6d8]} 25.
b3 (25. Rc8 Rxd5) 25... Bd8 26. h4 (26. Nf4 Qa6 $17) 26... Qa6 27. a4 Qd3 $17)
(24... Ng7 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qxb7 $16) 25. Nf4 Qe7 ({Taking the pawn in the
corner would be dangerous} 25... Qxa2 $6 26. Qxb7 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gb7h7]} Kg8
(26... Nd6 27. Qe7 Rfe8 28. Qf6 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 $16) 27. Rc6 $18 {[%cal Gc6g6]} (
27. Qe7)) 26. Qg3 (26. Qxb7 Qxb7 (26... Qxg5 27. Rc6 Kg8 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Bf4
$18) 27. Bxb7 Nd6 $11 {[%cal Gd6e4]}) (26. Nxh5 $2 Qxg5 $17) 26... Bc7 27. Rxc7
$1 {Fearless Kramnik sacrifices a second exchange, clearly indicating that the
bishop on e5 is more valuable for his attack than the rook on c1!} (27. Bf6 $2
Nxf6 28. gxf6 Qd7 29. Qg5 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Rc8 $19) (27. Bxc7 $6 Nxc7 $17 28. Nxh5
gxh5 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Qxh5 Rh8 $19) 27... Nxc7 28. Bf6 ({IF} 28. Qh4 {then after
} Kg8 {Black has a perpetual ready} (28... f6 29. gxf6 Qf7 $14) 29. Nxh5 gxh5
30. Bf6 (30. Qxh5 f6 $19) 30... Qxe3 31. Qxh5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 28... Qb4
(28... Qd7 29. Qh4 Ne8 (29... Kg8 30. Nxh5 Ne8 31. Nf4) 30. Nxh5 Kg8 31. Nf4
Nxf6 32. gxf6 Qd6 33. Bd5 $1 (33. Qg5 Rd7 34. Bd5 Rc8 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qxf5)
33... Qa6 (33... Rc8 34. Qg5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Kh7 37. Bxf7 $1 $18) 34.
Qh6 Qxf6 35. Nh5 $1 gxh5 (35... Qh8 36. Qxg6+) 36. Qxf6 Rxd5 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38.
Qxh5+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40. Qe7 Kg7 41. Qxb7 $16) 29. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 (29... Ne8
$142 30. Bxd8 (30. Qh4 Kg8) 30... gxh5 31. Qf2 (31. Qf3 Ng7) 31... Ng7 32. Bf6
Rc8 $13) 30. g6+ (30. Qh4 Kg6 31. Bf3 Rh8 $19) (30. Qxc7 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Rc8 $19)
30... Kg8 (30... fxg6 31. Qxc7+ $18) 31. Qg5 $1 (31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qg7+ Ke8
33. Qg6+ Kd7 $15) (31. g7 Rfe8 32. Qg5 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe3 $19) 31... h4 $4 {
A miscalculation in a difficult position, probably due to time pressure.} ({
The best defence was} 31... Nd5 $142 32. Bxd8 (32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34.
Qxd8 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Nxe3 36. Bxb7 (36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qd6+ $11) 36... Qf2+ 37. Kh1
Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) (32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxh5 (33. Qh6 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qf2+ $11)
33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf1+) 32... Qd6 33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxh5+ Kg8
35. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Gh5g5,Gh4g3,Gh1h2,Rd6h2]} (35. Bg5 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1,Gd6h2]}
36. Qd1) 35... Qe6 (35... Nxe3 36. Qg5+ $18 {[%csl Re3]}) (35... Rc8 36. Qg5+
Kh8 37. Bg3) 36. Bg3 Nxe3 (36... Rc8 37. Be5) 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Bf3 $36 {
[%cal Gf3h5]}) (31... Qe1+ 32. Kh2 $18) (31... Ne6 32. Qh6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ $18)
32. Qh6 (32. Qxh4 $2 fxg6 33. Bxd8 Qxb2 $14) (32. Qh5 $2 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qg3+ 34.
Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Bg2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ $11) 32... Qe1+
33. Kh2 Qg3+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Bg2 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 {
An aggressive and delightful game by Kramnik to end the tournament!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {This is the "pet" move of the Chinese ex-prodigy.} d5 2. g3 g6 $5 {
Ivanchuk chooses a very interesting setup. Probably he is aiming to play the
aggressive ...d5-d4 in the event of c4.} 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 {This is a
rather passive continuation. However, the more aggressive one did not yielded
anything either in the very same event.} (5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 ({In the event of} 
6. Qa4+ {Black can reply with} Nc6 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2
Nb4 11. Qb1 c5 12. b3 Nec6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a3 Nd5 15. e3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17.
Rac1 b6 18. Qb1 f6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. h4 Nde7 $1 {and Black is doing just fine.}
(20... Qd7 $13 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2625)-Ehlvest,J (2580)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (62)}
)) 6... Nc6 7. Nxc4 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rc1 a5 11. Qa4 b6 12. Bc3 f6
13. a3 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2746)-Feller,S (2666)/Khanty Mansiysk 2011/
CB35_2011}) 5... Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 e4 $5 {Aggressive and
interesting. White has to be careful with his reaction, otherwise he would
hand over the initiative.} 9. Nfd2 $6 {A timid move which allows Black to
seize the initiative.} (9. Ng5 $142 f5 10. Nc3 {Now taking on c3 is mandatory.}
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. f3 h6 13. Nh3 {with an unclear game. At least White has
much better prospects than in the game.}) 9... f5 10. Nc3 Be6 $1 {Here comes
the difference. Black keeps his monstrous bishop on g7 and prepares to castle
long.} 11. Nd5 $6 {This is too optimistic! Now Black is just simply better.}
O-O-O 12. Nb3 Nf6 (12... Nge7 $144) 13. Bg5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Rxd5 {Now Black is
just simply a pawn up.} 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxf3 Ndb4 18. Kf1 Re8 19.
Nc5 (19. a3 {was the last chance to make things "foggy". Although Black's
clear advantage after} Bxb2 $1 20. axb4 Bxa1 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nxa1 c5 $1 23.
bxc5 a5 {is indisputable.}) 19... Bd4 20. a3 Bxc5 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. g4 Nc2 23.
Ra5 Be3 24. gxf5 Bxg5 25. fxg6 Ne3+ 26. Kg1 h6 27. Rxa7 c6 28. g7 Kc7 29. Ra4
Rg8 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zimina, Olga"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Nana Dzagnidze was back in her element today and managed to outplay Olga
Zimina in a complicated game.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O
Nd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc7 11. b4 Ne4 12. Re1
Bxf3 $6 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 a6 {
with a bit of advantage for White.}) 13. Bxf3 (13. exf3 $5 Nxc3 (13... Nef6 14.
b5 $16) 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Bf1 a6 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. f4 g6 18. Bd2 {with some
advantage for White. This one is better and more lasting.}) 13... f5 14. Bxe4
fxe4 15. b5 a6 16. b4 Kf7 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ra4 e5 19. Be3 $6 (19. e3 $1 {[#]})
19... Nf8 20. b5 Ne6 21. b6 {this is over-optimistic.} (21. bxc6 exd4 22. Bxd4
{was necessary.}) 21... exd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Be5 {From here till the
end of the game, Dzagnidze proved that White's pawn on b6 is not enough
compensation for the exchange.} 24. Red1 a5 25. e3 Bxd4 26. exd4 a4 27. Ra1 a3
28. Ra2 Ke6 29. f3 exf3 30. Kf2 Rhf8 31. Nb1 Kd7 32. Nd2 g5 33. h3 h5 34. g4
hxg4 35. hxg4 Ra4 36. Nxf3 Rxd4 37. Rxa3 Rxg4 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Ke1 Re8+ 40. Kf1
Rg4 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rc7 Kf5 43. b7 Rb8 44. Kf2 Rb4 45. Rf7+ Ke4 46. Re7+ Kd3
47. Ne5+ Kc3 48. Nxc6 Rb2+ 49. Kf3 R8xb7 50. Re3+ Kc4 51. Na5+ Kd4 52. Nc6+
Kxc5 53. Ne5 R2b3 54. Nd7+ Kd6 55. Nf6 Rxe3+ 56. Kxe3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Movsesian,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. Re1 {One of many possible plans in this position} ({Other options are} 
9. Qe1 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 Qb8 13. Kh1 Bb4 14. Nh4 b5 $13 {
Smejkal-Bohm, Amsterdam 80}) (9. c4 Be7 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bc3 Bd6 13.
b4 (13. Qb2 Re8 14. b4 e5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nfxe5 Qe7
$11 {Lopushnoy-Iljushin, Maikop 98}) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bb2
(16. e4 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Qe8 18. N4b3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 $11 {Balashov-Sveshnikov.
Sochi 80}) (16. Bh3 g5 $5 17. Bg2 e5 18. e4 d4 19. Bb2 Bg6 20. Nc4 $13 {
Rustemov-Bernard, Polanica Zdroj 96}) 16... Rfb8 17. e4 Qd8 18. Nd4 Rxa1 19.
Rxa1 Ra8 $11 {Drasko-Matulovic, Vrnjacka Banja 98}) 9... a5 $5 (9... Be7 10. e4
O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. a3 (12. a4 Nc5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. f4
Rab8 17. Kh1 b5 $15 {Malano-Castaldo, Torino 98}) 12... Qb6 $5 13. Rab1 Qa6 14.
e5 Ne8 15. a4 Nc7 16. h4 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nd4 a4 $13 {Bogdan-Dumitrache,
Bucharest 93}) 10. a4 (10. a3 $5) 10... Bb4 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Qe2
Qc7 (13... e5 $5 14. Red1 Qe7 15. Ne1 $14) 14. Red1 e5 15. Ne1 Rfe8 16. Nc4 (
16. Nd3 Bf8 {[%cal Yd7c5]} 17. Nc4 b5 $13) 16... Bf8 17. f3 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} b5
18. axb5 (18. Ne3 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Ra2 a4 $11) 18... cxb5 19. Na3 Rab8 20.
Kh1 Qc6 21. c4 b4 22. Nac2 (22. Nb5 $6 Nc5 23. Qc2 Nfxe4 $3 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25.
Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rd5 Nf6 $17) 22... Nc5 $1 (22... Qc7 23. Nd3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5
25. Ne3 $14) 23. Rxa5 Qc7 24. Rb5 Nxb3 25. Bf1 $5 (25. Nd3 Qxc4 26. Rxb8 Rxb8
27. Bxe5 Rc8 $11) 25... Rxb5 26. cxb5 Qb7 {[%cal Yb7e4,Yf6e4,Yh7e4]} 27. Nd3
Qxb5 28. Ndxb4 Qa4 29. Qc4 $6 (29. Nd3 Nc5 $1 $11) 29... Na5 30. Qb5 $8 Qxb5 (
30... Qb3 $5 31. Bd3 Qxb2 32. Qxa5 Qc3 33. Qb5 Rd8 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 $11)
31. Bxb5 Rb8 32. Bd3 $8 Bxb4 33. Bxe5 Nxe4 (33... Rb7 $2 34. Nxb4 Rxb4 35. Bc3
Nc6 36. Bxb4 Nxb4 37. Rb1 Nc6 38. Rb6 $18) 34. Bxb8 (34. fxe4 Re8 35. Bxg7 Kxg7
36. Nxb4 Bxe4+ 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11) 34... Nf2+ 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
a5 9. a3 {Weiß will zurecht nicht zulassen, daß Schwarz die a-Linie öffnet.} (
9. a4 $142 c6 10. e3 (10. Qe1 Bb4 $1) 10... Na6 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Bh7 13. e4
(13. f4 $5 {/\Nd2-f3-e5,g3-g4->}) 13... Qc7 14. e5 Nfd7 15. f4 $16 {->}) 9...
Nbd7 (9... a4 $6 10. b4 c5 11. b5 $1 {und Weiß hat Raumvorteil am Damenflügel.}
) 10. Re1 (10. Qe1 $14 {/\e2-e4}) 10... Bh7 11. e4 c6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Rab1 Rfd8
14. h4 Qa6 15. e5 Ne8 16. g4 c5 {wäre besser} (16... b5 {/\c5, und dann a4.})
17. a4 Nf8 18. g5 hxg5 (18... h5 $2 19. Nh2 Bg6 20. Bf3 $16) 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 (
19... Bg6 $5 {mit besseren Verteidigungchancen.}) 20. hxg5 b5 21. Ra1 (21. axb5
Qxb5 22. Qh5 a4 23. bxa4 Qxa4 $15 {><c2}) 21... b4 22. Qh5 Rac8 23. Re3 Bf5 (
23... c4 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 b3 (25... Rxc4 $5) 26. Be4 $1 (26. Rh3 $2 bxc2
27. Be4 (27. Ba3 Rxd3 28. Bxf8 Rxh3 $19) 27... g6 28. Qh6 Rxc4 $1 29. dxc4 Rd1+
$19) 26... g6 27. Qh6 bxc2 28. Ba3 $1 Ng7 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rh3 Nh5 31. Rxh5 $1
$18) 24. Bh3 Bg6 25. Qh4 c4 $6 (25... Nh7 $5 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Rh1 Ke7 {wäre
verteidigbar.}) 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. dxc4 Rd2 30. Bf1
$1 $16 Rxc2 31. Bd4 Nd7 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Ba7 Ke7 34. Bd3 Rc3 (34... Bxd3 35.
Rexd3 Nxe5 36. Bc5+ $18) 35. Bxg6 Rxe3 36. Bxe3 fxg6 37. f4 Nc7 38. Rd6 Kd8 39.
Bb6 b3 40. Rd3 b2 41. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio ETG"]
[Black "Kelly, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
Bd6 9. Qe2 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Re1 a5 12. a3 b5 (12... Qc7 13. g4 Bg6
14. Nh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Bc3 b6 19. Qf3 Ncd7 20.
g5 $2 Nh5 21. Rad1 b5 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Nb6 Qa7 24. Nxa8 Bxa3 $1 $17 {
Dirr-Dautov, Berlin op 91}) 13. Nf1 $6 (13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 d4 (14... dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nc5) 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 $6 exf4 18. Bc1 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Qc7 $17 {
Nikolac-Hodgson, Almada 1988}) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15. N1d2 Qc7 16. Qc1
Nfd7 {/\ f6,Bf7} 17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Ndf3 f6 19. Nf5 Bf8 $15 20. Re3 $6 Bf7 21. Qe1
(21. Re1 $5) 21... g6 22. N5h4 c5 $5 23. Bf1 $2 (23. c3) 23... Nd4 $17 {
0-1 Sturua,Z-Kramnik,V/Moscow Alekhine op ;CBM 33 1992 (36)}) (9. c3 O-O 10.
Qc2 Re8 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Nh4 Bc7 14. Bg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qd3 $2 16.
Qc1 Qd6 (16... Nfxe4 17. Re3 Qc4 18. b3 Qd5 19. c4 Qd4 20. Nf5) 17. Nf5 Qe6 18.
Bh6 Nfxe4 19. Nxg7 Nd3 20. Nxe6 Nxc1 21. Nxc7 {1-0 Valiente R,C-Donatti,A/
Montevideo (08) ;EXT 94 1994}) 9... O-O 10. c3 (10. b3 $142) 10... Re8 11. Re1
Nc5 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 (13. a4 Qb6 {><b3,d3}) 13... Qb6 {/\Qa6><d3} (13... a4
14. b4 a3 15. Bc1 Na4 16. Nb1 $13) 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Nxe5 $6 (15. g4 $142 Bg6 16.
Nh4 {/\Nf5}) 15... Rxe5 16. f4 (16. d4 Rxe4 17. Nxe4 Ncxe4 $19) 16... Ree8 17.
e5 Bg6 18. Ba3 Bxe5 19. Qxc5 (19. fxe5 Nxd3 20. Bd6 Qd7 $17) 19... b6 20. Qf2
Bxc3 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rc1 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 h5 24. Bb2 Qd6 25. a3 (25. Be5 $142)
25... c5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 d4 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qc2 Nd7 30. Ba3 Qa6 31. Qb3
Rb8 32. Qa2 Qxd3 33. Qd5 Qxa3 34. Re1 Qxg3 35. Ra1 Nf6 36. Qxc5 Re8 37. Qd6 Be4
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Duisburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 c6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Ng4 Ncd7
15. f4 Rad8 16. Nf2 a5 17. a3 Nc5 18. Rae1 b5 19. Kh1 Rd7 20. Be5 Qb6 21. g4
Rfd8 22. Nb1 $1 {Hier kann man von einer "leeren Verdopplung" sprechen. Die
Türme kommen auf der d-Linie nicht zur Geltung.} Ne8 23. Bb2 Bh4 24. Bc1 {
/\Le3,b4} e5 25. f5 Bg5 $2 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. h4 $1 gxh4 28. g5 $18 Rd6 29. Qg4
R8d7 30. Re3 $1 (30. Qxh4 Qd8 31. Re3 $2 (31. Ng4) 31... Rh6 $1 $19) 30... g6
31. f6 (31. Rh3 gxf5 32. Qxh4 f6 33. g6 Bxg6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. exf5 Bxf5 36. Ng4
Bxg4 37. Rh7+ Kg6 38. Rh6+ Kg5) 31... Nxf6 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. Qxh4 Rf4 34. Ng4
Qd8 35. Nf6+ $6 (35. Qxd8+ $142 Rxd8 36. Rxf4 exf4 37. Re1) 35... Kg7 36. Qxh7+
Kxf6 37. Qh4+ (37. Rxf4+ exf4 38. e5+ Kg5 39. Rh3 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 $16) 37... Kg7
38. Qxd8 Rxd8 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. Re1 Ne6 41. e5 Nd4 42. c3 (42. Be4 $142) 42...
f3 43. cxd4 fxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Rxd4 45. Kf3 g5 (45... b4 46. Ke3 Rd5 47. Ke4 f5+
48. exf6+ Kxf6 49. Rc1 Re5+ 50. Kd4 Rd5+ 51. Kc4 bxa3 52. Nxa3 g5 $16) 46. Ke3
Rh4 47. Nd2 a4 48. b4 Rh3+ 49. Kd4 Rxa3 50. Rg1 $1 Kh6 51. Rc1 Ra2 52. Rxc6+
Kh5 53. Kd3 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Rh3 (54... Ra1 55. Rf6 $1 a3 56. Rxf7 a2 57. Ra7 Kg6
58. e6 Rb1 59. e7 $1 Kf7 60. Ne4 $1 a1=Q 61. Nd6+ Kf6 62. Rxa1 Rb2+ $1 63. Kd3
Kxe7 64. Kc3 $1 $18 {/\Sb5. Eine sehr interessante Variante zum Thema
"Zwischenzug"}) 55. Rf6 Rh2+ 56. Kd3 Rh3+ 57. Kd4 Rh4+ 58. Ne4 Rf4 59. Rb6 Kg4
60. Kd5 Rf5 61. Nd6 Rf2 62. Rxb5 Rb2 63. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Terrassa op"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 {video} Nc6 7. O-O d4
(7... O-O $142 {und Weiß kann nicht schnell seine Tempi ausnutzen, z.B.} 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 b6 10. c4 Nc7 (10... Nf6)) 8. a4 e5 9. Nc4 Bg4 (9... Qc7 {
/\f4-f5,g3-g4-> >>} 10. Nh4 O-O 11. f4 $16 {video2 verliert einen Bauer.} exf4
12. Bxf4 Qd7 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bxc5 {Dieser Zug pariert alle schwarzen
Aktivitäten im Zentrum und am Damenflügel.}) 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Bg2
Ne8 13. f4 Nd6 14. b3 {Weiß greift am Königsflügel an, aber die Schablone
bringt nichts, z.B.} Qe7 15. Qf2 (15. f5 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Bf6 17. g4 Bg5) 15... b6
16. f5 f6 (16... Nxc4 {ist nicht möglich wegen} 17. bxc4 Bf6 $18 18. Bh6 Rfe8 (
18... Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f6+ $16) (18... Bg5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Kh1 $18) 19.
fxg6 hxg6 20. Qxf6) 17. h4 (17. g4 {Die schwarze Festung ist kaum zu knacken.}
g5 18. h4 h6 {Auf keinem Fall darf Weiß die Schließung durch die Bauern g5-g4
zulassen}) 17... Nxc4 18. bxc4 g5 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Rh1
Rg7 23. Bg4 $1 {Das einzige Gewinnmotiv. Alle vorherigen Züge waren nur die
Vorbereitung zu diesem Schlag.} a5 24. Rh6 Nb8 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Rah1 Nf8 27. Qe1
Rd8 28. R1h5 Rd6 29. Qc1 Nd7 30. Kh3 Nf8 31. Be2 Nd7 32. g4 Kh8 33. Rxf6 $2 (
33. Rg6 $1 {/\Sg6-f4} Rxg6 34. fxg6 Nf8 {/\Dh4,Lg4,f5-f6,Lf5->}) 33... Nxf6 34.
Bxg5 Qf8 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. g5 Qf7 37. Qe1 {Weiß will dem Gegner keine Chance
geben} Qd7 38. Qh4 Kg8 39. Qg3 $13 (39. Bg4 Qxa4 40. f6 Qxc2 $1) 39... h6 40.
Qxe5 Rxg5 41. Rxg5+ hxg5 42. Bh5 $18 Rh6 43. Kg4 Kh7 (43... Rxh5 44. Kxh5 Qh7+
45. Kxg5 $1 $18) (43... Qh7 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Kxg5 $1) 44. Qd5 $18 Qxd5 (44...
Qc7 45. e5 {Ende}) 45. cxd5 b5 46. e5 bxa4 47. d6 a3 48. Bf7 Kg7 49. d7 Rh8 50.
Be8 (50. Be8 a2 51. d8=Q Rxe8 (51... a1=Q 52. Qf6+ Kg8 (52... Kh7 53. Qg6#) 53.
Qf7#) 52. Qxe8 a1=Q 53. f6+ Kh7 54. Qf7+ Kh8 55. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasnov, Sergey"]
[Black "Utemov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{EXP 43} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4
Bc5 8. Nbd2 (8. Qe1 a5 9. a4 Ne7 10. Na3 f6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Ne3 Qb6
$10 {Vaganian,R-Bareev,E/Moscow/1992/0,5 (56)}) 8... Ne7 (8... Be6 $5) 9. Nc4
Qc7 10. Qe1 Be6 11. Qc3 b5 $1 (11... f6 12. b4 $16) 12. Ne3 (12. Ncxe5 $4 b4
$19) 12... f6 13. a4 b4 14. Qd3 a5 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Bf1 Kf7 $2 (20... Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nec8 $10) 21. Bxe5 $1
fxe5 22. Ng5+ Kf6 23. Qh5 {/\ Nh7#!} g6 (23... Bg8 24. Ng4#) (23... Ng6 24.
Nxh7+ Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kf6 26. Nxe6 $18) 24. Qxh7 $1 Bxe3 (24... Kxg5 25. Qh4#) (
24... Rc8 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Bh3+ $18) (24... Bc8 25. h4 Rf8 26. Rd3 $18) (24...
Bd4 25. Rxd4 $1 exd4 (25... Rxd4 26. Qh8+ Kxg5 27. Qh4#) 26. f4 $1 Nd7 27. e5+
Nxe5 28. Ne4#) 25. fxe3 $1 Qc8 (25... Rxd1 26. Qh8+ Kxg5 27. Qh4#) (25... Bc8
26. h4 Rf8 27. Be2 $18) 26. Rxd8 (26. Bd3 Rh8 $8 27. Rf1+ Nf5 $1 (27... Kxg5
28. h4+ Kg4 29. Kg2 $1 $18) 28. Qa7 Kxg5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qg7+ $18) 26... Qxd8
27. Qg7+ $3 Kxg5 (27... Kxg7 28. Nxe6+ $18) 28. Be2 $4 (28. h4+ Kg4 29. Qxe5
$18) 28... Bh3 $1 $8 29. Qh7 Kf6 30. Qxh3 Kg7 31. Qe6 Qc7 32. g4 Nec8 33. g5
Qe7 34. Qg4 Nd6 $19 35. h4 Nf7 36. Kf2 Qd7 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Qg3 c5 39. Bg4 Qe7
40. Qf3 c4 41. Qe2 Nd6 42. Bf3 Qf7 43. Kg2 cxb3 44. cxb3 Qxb3 45. Qa6 Qxe3 46.
Qxa5 Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Ndc4 48. Qc5 Qd6 49. Qf2 b3 50. h5 b2 51. h6+ Kh8 52. Qc2 Qd2
53. Qb3 Qe3 54. Qb5 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 {This seems to give White a fairly free hand.
Black often plays 9...Bh5 when White often feels he has to play 10.Qe1 to
break the pin. So I prefer 9...Bh5} 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qe7 {
Horn,Pe: 'Meistens landet die Q in diesem Stellungstyp auf c7, was mir auch
sinnvoller erscheint: Pe5 ist gedeckt und man kann leichter den Nd7 nach e6
bringen. '} (12... Qc7 {Horn,Pe}) (12... Re8 {Horn,Pe}) 13. Kg2 Rfd8 14. Qe2
Nf8 (14... Nb6 {Horn,Pe} 15. Ne3 $14) 15. c3 h6 $6 {This makes it harder to
play ...g6 later} (15... Ne8 $5) 16. h4 {Although Black looks solid enough its
hard to find a plan and White has Ne3-f5. Perhaps Ne8-d6} Qc7 {Horn,Pe: 'Das
ist ein klares Indiz, daß Rozentalis nicht mehr glücklich mit den
vorangegangenen Zügen war.'} 17. Ne3 Qb6 (17... Ne6 {Horn,Pe} 18. Nf5) 18. Nc4
Qc7 (18... Qb3 {Horn,Pe} 19. Nxe5 $16) 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Qc4 $1 {Horn,Pe:
'Angesichts der unentschlossenen schwarzen Spielführung ist Aronian nicht mit
einem Remis zufrieden. Weiß übernimmt jetzt die Initiative auf den weißen
Felder; gelegentlich könnte auch der Bf3 auf der Diagonale a2-f7 auftauchen.'}
Ne6 21. Ng4 {Freeing White's play} Nxg4 {Horn,Pe: 'Ein wenig verdächtig, da es
die weißen Figuren entwickelt.'} ({Sonst kam noch} 21... Nd7 {Horn,Pe in
Betracht, vielleicht am besten:} 22. Be2 ({Die Radikallösung scheint nicht zu
klappen:} 22. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ Kf8 $17)) 22. Bxg4 Rd6 (22...
Re8 {Horn,Pe} 23. b3 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 23. b3 Rad8 {'?' Horn,Pe. Horn,Pe:
'Schwarz kann es sich bei der angespannten Situation nicht leisten, noch einen
Larifarizug zu machen. Er mußte konkret auf die Drohungen in der f-Linie
reagieren. '} (23... Rf8 {Horn,Pe Deckt f7; jedenfalls reicht danach die
Vorgehensweise aus der Partie nicht zum Gewinn:} 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 26.
Rxf4 Rd2+ 27. Kh3 Bd6 28. Rf3 Qd8 $1 29. Raf1 Kh8 30. Rxf7 $140 $4 Rh2+ 31.
Kxh2 Qxh4+ $19) 24. f4 $3 {Apart from Kotsurs shattering Qxe4! against
Dolmatov I rate this the move of the day. White looks passive but he has
spotted a weakness on f7 and he goes for it. Perhaps 23...Re8 was safer but
its easy to say that afterwards, this is a real shocker.} exf4 {'?' Horn,Pe.} (
24... Re8 {Horn,Pe Bauernverlust war nicht mehr zu vermeiden; so sollte
Schwarz wenigstens das Beste draus machen.}) 25. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 26. Rxf4 {Amazing
stuff, Raf1 and Bh5 are coming and f7 is just dropping off but of course there
is still a lot of work to do} Rd2+ (26... Rf8 {Horn,Pe} 27. Raf1 $18) 27. Kh3
Bd6 (27... Rf8 28. Raf1 Rf2 29. Bh5 Rxf1 30. Bxf7+ $1 (30. Bxf7+ {Horn,Pe} Kh8
31. Rxf1 {und Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger.})) 28. Rxf7 Kh8 29. e5 $1 {
Of course the white square attack is more important than a pawn. This
undermines the defence of f8 and introduces a possible Qe4+ '+-!' Horn,Pe.
Horn,Pe: 'Leitet den Schlußangriff ein: Qe4 wird möglich.'} (29. Raf1 {Horn,Pe}
) 29... Bxe5 {Horn,Pe: 'Alles andere rettet auch nicht.'} 30. Raf1 Bd6 (30...
R2d5 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ g6 34. Bh5 {and my little German
friend tells me its mate in 5. Which is all very clever but would it give up a
pawn on e5 I wonder ?}) 31. Rxg7 Qe3 (31... Kxg7 32. Rf7+ Kh8 33. Qe4 {Is a
lovely illustration of the merits of 29.e5! '+-' Horn,Pe.}) (31... Rf2 {Horn,Pe
} 32. Rg6 Qe3 33. Be6 Rxf1 34. Qxf1 Rf8 35. Rg8+ Rxg8 36. Qf6+ Rg7 37. Qd8+ Kh7
38. Bf5+ Rg6 39. Qxd6 $18) 32. Bh5 $1 ({Einfacher war} 32. Rh7+ {Horn,Pe} Kxh7
33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ $18) 32... Rf2 (32... Kxg7 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35.
Qxd8+ {'+-' Horn,Pe.}) (32... Be5 {Horn,Pe wäre nur ein Schreckschuß:} 33. Rg6
$1 $18) 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Rg6 Qf5+ 35. Kg2 $1 Qxh5 36. Qd4+ Qe5 37. Rxd6 $1 (
37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Rh5 Qxc3 40. Qf5+ Ke8 41. Qe6+ Be7 42. Rg5 Rd2+
43. Kh3 Kd8 {and Black does a runner}) 37... Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Re8 39. Rd6 {
It looks like an early resignation but on closer examination its hard to see
how to avoid losing a second pawn} 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.02.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Riehen"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. h3
{Dieser Zug erlaubt es Schwarz, mit einem kleinen Trick die schwarzfeldrigen
Läufer abzutauschen.} Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ba3 10. Bxa3 ({Die Begegnung Hodgson-Geller
(Sochi 1986) endete durch Zugwiederholung nach} 10. Bc3 Qe7 11. O-O Bb4 12. Bb2
Ba3 13. Bc3 Bb4) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 ({Einige Jahre zuvor geschah in der Mainzer
Schnellschachpartie Hickl-Bacrot} 11. Qd2 Qxa3 12. O-O Qd6 13. c4 O-O 14. Rfc1
Rfe8 15. b4 a6 $11) 11... Qxa3 12. Qc1 Qd6 (12... Qe7 {ist genauer, während
das Endspiel nach}) (12... Qxc1+ 13. Rxc1 Ke7 {nicht besonders fürchterlich
aussieht. Trotzdem nahm ich davon lieber Abstand.}) 13. O-O O-O ({
Aufmerksamkeit verdient der Plan} 13... h5 {, gefolgt von der langen Rochade.})
14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. a3 Rac8 16. b4 h5 ({Weiß hat am Damenflügel Vorteil, sodass
Schwarz im Zentrum reagieren sollte. Allerdings fand ich keinen Weg, um dies
wirksam auszuführen. Ich entschied mich daher nach langem Nachdenken für eine
Ablenkung am Königsflügel.} 16... e5 17. c4 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. c5 {[%cal
Gd2c4] geht nicht, während}) (16... c5 17. Qb2 {[%cal Gc3c4] mir auch nicht
gefiel.}) 17. c4 Ne5 18. Nb3 h4 19. f4 {Auch wenn dieser Zug gut spielbar ist,
verpasste mein Gegner eine wichtige Einzelheit.} ({Besser war wohl} 19. g4 Ng6
20. e3 e5 21. Qc2 Nh7 22. Rac1) 19... Ng6 20. g4 ({Weiß hätte mittels} 20. c5
Qc7 21. g4 {das Zentrum vorher schließen können. Die Stellung bliebe nach} e5
22. e3 exf4 23. exf4 Re7 24. Nd4 (24. f5 Re2 $1) 24... Rce8 {unklar} 25. f5
$140 $6 Qg3 $1 $40) 20... dxc4 21. dxc4 e5 22. f5 Nf4 {Jörg hatte einfach
vergessen, dass dieser Zug möglich ist!} 23. Qe3 Rcd8 24. Ra2 Nxg2 (24... b5
25. Rd2 Qc7 {war eine interessante Alternative, um den starken Nf4 zu bewahren.
}) 25. Kxg2 e4 26. Qf4 (26. Rd2 Qe5 $13 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 26... e3 27. Qxd6 Rxd6
28. Rf3 Nh7 29. Rf4 Ng5 (29... Red8 $6 {scheitert an} 30. Re4 Rd2 31. Nc1 $1
$14) 30. Rc2 Rd1 31. Rd4 ({Zum Remis führte} 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Rd8 33. Nb3
Rd1 (33... Rd3 {ist nicht so einfach:} 34. exd3 e2 35. Rf1 exf1=Q+ 36. Kxf1
Nxh3 37. Na5 {mit einigen Problemen im Springerendspiel}) 34. Rd4 Re1 35. Rd8+
Kh7 36. Nd4 Ra1 37. Rb8 Rxa3 $11) 31... Re1 32. Rd3 Re4 33. Rd4 Re7 34. Nc5 ({
Nach dem vernünftigeren} 34. Rd3 {könnte Schwarz zwischen Zugwiederholung und}
g6 $5 {wählen.}) 34... b6 35. Rd8+ $6 {Weiß lässt sich von dieser attraktiven
Möglichkeit anziehen, die aber seine Niederlage verursachen wird.} ({Nach} 35.
Nd3 Rd1 36. Rc1 Rd2 37. Re1 Kh7 {sollte er sich trotz gegnerischer Initiative
behaupten können.}) 35... Kh7 36. Nd7 Re4 37. Nf8+ Kh6 38. Rd3 ({Studienhaft
gewinnt Schwarz nach} 38. Rd6+ g6 $1 (38... f6 $2 39. Ng6 $11) 39. Nxg6 (39.
Rd3 Rf4 $19) 39... fxg6 40. Rxg6+ Kh7 41. Rxg5 Rf4 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. Rxh4 Rf2+
44. Kg3 Rg1#) 38... Rxc4 ({Einfacher gewann} 38... Rf4 39. Rxe3 Ref1 $19) 39.
Rxc4 (39. Rb2 Rf4 $19) 39... Rxe2+ 40. Kh1 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kh1 Nf3 43.
Rd6+ f6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nh4 {Da Schwarz ...h6 "vergessen"
hat, versucht Weiß, den Läufer zu erobern. Aber dieser kann dem Abtausch
entkommen.} Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Nf3 Bg6 9. Nc3 ({Um e4 vorzubereiten,
macht} 9. Nbd2 {weniger Sinn.}) 9... Nc6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 $5 {Schwarz
hat sich früher bemüht, diesen Läufer zu behalten, nun tauscht er ihn
freiwillig ab. Die Bauernstruktur hat sich aber stark verändert, und was noch
wichtiger ist: Schwarz will nun auf den dunklen Feldern (vor allem f4) Meister
werden, und den Bg2 zum Zuschauer machen.} 12. dxe4 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O $6 ({
Ich wollte mit dem früher oder später nötigen Vorstoß} 13... e5 {noch warten.
Leider erweist sich die kurze Rochade als verfehlt, da Weiß somit ein
strategisches Ziel findet: nun kann er dort einen Angriff starten. Besser wäre
also noch abzuwarten, um nach z.B.} 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. O-O-O {[%cal Ge8c8]
ebenfalls lang zu rochieren. Schwarz hätte dann sehr angenehmes Spiel.}) 14.
Bd2 Qe7 ({Leider funktioniert} 14... Qf6 15. O-O-O Bf4 $2 {wegen} 16. g5 $18 {
gar nicht}) 15. h4 e5 16. h5 ({Es sieht so aus, als wäre der Kampf um die
Initiative äußerst wichtig. Aber Weiß konnte sich auch Zeit nehmen, seinen
König in Sicherheit zu führen:} 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kb1 Ne6 $13 {gefolgt von
einem Springerzug nach d4.}) 16... Nc5 17. Nh4 Nd4 ({Sofort} 17... g6 {[%csl
Gf5] war vielleicht vorzuziehen, aber ich übersah die kommenden Bauernzüge
meines Kontrahenten.}) 18. Qd1 (18. Nf5 {würde ausgleichende Verwicklungen
herbeiführen:} Nxe2 ({oder} 18... Qe6 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. f4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rfe8
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qxe6 Rxe6+ $11) 19. Nxe7+ Bxe7 20. Kxe2 Ne6 $11) 18... g6 ({
Im selben ahnungslosen Sinne gespielt. Weiß kann nun seinen Gegner zwingen,
auf g6 mit dem f-Bauern zu nehmen. Daher war} 18... Rfd8 19. Nf5 Qe6 {besser.})
19. b4 Nd7 20. c3 Ne6 21. Qb3 ({Nach dem sofortigen} 21. hxg6 {müsste Schwarz
mit dem f-Bauern zurückschlagen} fxg6 ({da} 21... hxg6 $6 {wegen} 22. Nf5 $1 {
zu gefährlich ist, z.B.} Qf6 (22... gxf5 23. gxf5 {[%csl Rg8]} Ng7 24. Qg4 $16)
23. g5 $1 Nxg5 24. Qg4 gxf5 25. Qxg5+ Qxg5 26. Bxg5 f6 27. Bd2 $40 {[%csl Gd2,
Gg2]}) 22. Qb3 {Nun ist die Diagonale a2-g8 offen, was manchmal die
Läuferaktivierung Bf1-c4 erlaubt. Nach} Rf7 {oder 22...Qf7 rochiert Weiß lang,
und die Stellung ist unklar.}) 21... Rfd8 22. hxg6 hxg6 ({Jetzt kann Schwarz
so zurücknehmen, da die weiße Dame nicht mehr nach g4 kommen kann und der
König auch noch über ein Fluchtfeld auf f8 verfügt. Dazu geht} 22... fxg6 $2
23. Nf5 {überhaupt nicht!}) 23. O-O-O Qf6 ({Ich verzichtete auf das
naheliegende} 23... a5 {, da ich befürchtete, dass sich der Springerzug nach
f5 wieder als gefährlich erweist. In der Tat ist es nach} 24. Nf5 $1 gxf5 25.
gxf5 Nf4 ({oder} 25... a4 26. Qc2 Nf4 27. Bf3 Qf6 28. Rdg1+ Kf8 29. Rh7 Nb6 30.
Bh5 $1 Rd7 31. Qd1) 26. Bf3 Qf6 27. Rdg1+ Kf8 28. Rh7 $44 {völlig unklar.}) 24.
Nf5 $6 ({Schwarz muss auf f5 nicht mehr nehmen, und kann sich stattdessen gut
verteidigen. Besser war das rückhaltende} 24. Nf3 $13 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 24... Bf8
25. Kb1 (25. g5 Nxg5 26. Ne3 c6 $15) 25... Nf4 ({Ich entschied wohl, keine
Zeit darüber zu denken, ob der Springer wieder essbar ist. Der Computer zeigt} 
25... gxf5 26. gxf5 (26. exf5 Nf4 {sollte nicht wirklich ausreichen}) 26... Nf4
27. Rdg1 Bg7 $13 {an, aber sieht Schwarz nicht einmal besonders in Vorteil.})
26. g5 $1 Qxg5 27. Bf3 $6 ({Weiß setzt nicht energisch genug fort. Ich hatte
wohl} 27. Rh7 $2 {[%csl Rf7] für die kritische Variante gehalten, konnte aber
für Weiß keine ausreichende Kompensation nach} Qf6 28. Rdh1 gxf5 29. Rh8+ Qxh8
30. Rxh8+ Kxh8 31. Qxf7 Bg7 $17 {finden, was vom Computer bestätigt wird.}) ({
Besser war aber} 27. Rdg1 Qf6 28. Bf1 {mit einigen unangenehmen Tricks, die
Schwarz am besten mit} Nc5 (28... Bg7 $2 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rxg6 $1 $18) 29.
bxc5 Rxd2 30. Bc4 Ne6 {abwehrt.} (30... Bg7 $2 31. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 32. Rh8+ $1
Bxh8 33. Nh6+ $18) {Nach} 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Ng4 Be7
35. Nxe5 g5 36. f4 Re2 $11 {entsteht ein etwa ausgeglichenes Endspiel.}) 27...
Qf6 28. Rdg1 $6 ({Vorzuziehen war} 28. Ne3 Bg7 $15 {, aber mein Gegner übersah
meine Antwort.}) 28... Nc5 $1 $17 29. Qc2 Nce6 30. Ne3 Bg7 31. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 32.
exd5 Nd4 $1 $19 {Ab jetzt greift nicht mehr Weiß sondern Schwarz den
gegnerischen König an.} 33. cxd4 Qxf3 34. dxe5 Bxe5 (34... Rxd5 35. Bc3 a5 $19)
35. Bh6 ({Nach} 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Bg7 {gibt es für den schwarzen
Monarchen keine Gefahr.}) 35... Rd6 36. Be3 Rxd5 37. Rh6 $6 Bg7 38. Rh4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Div 2"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O e5 8. a4
$5 Bc5 ({Besser war} 8... a5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. Nc4 Qc7) 9. Nb3 {
Das hatte ich nicht befürchtet, da ich b3 für ein schlechtes Feld für den
Springer hielt. Das ist leider nicht der Fall.} Be7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxg6 ({Nimmt zurecht von} 12. dxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6 (15.
Ng7+ Kf8 16. Bh6 Kg8 $19) 15... Bf8 $17 {Abstand.}) 12... hxg6 13. dxe4 Nc5 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 {In diesem Moment glaubte ich natürlich ausgeglichen zu haben, aber
Stuart fand eine starke Ressource. Deshalb war} (14... Kxd8 $5 {vermutlich
vorzuziehen, z.B.} 15. Nxc5 (15. Na5 Kc7 16. f4 $140 Ncxe4 $1 $15 {xKg1}) 15...
Bxc5 16. Bg5 Kc7 $11) 15. Na5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Re5][%cal Ga5c4] Eine böse
Ueberraschung. Der weisse Springer macht nicht nur gegen b7 Druck, sonder
zielt nach c4, um den Bauern e5 zu beunruhigen. Nach langem Nachdenken
entschied ich mich für eine aktive Verteidigung.} O-O (15... Rd7 $2 16. Nc4) ({
Möglicherweise war} 15... Rd4 16. Be3 Rb4 {besser}) 16. b3 $6 ({Ich hatte aber
die Konsequenzen von} 16. Be3 {schlecht eingeschätzt. Nach} Ncxe4 17. Nxb7 Rb8
18. Na5 Rxb2 {dachte ich normal zu stehen, aber Weiss steht besser:} 19. Nxc6
Bc5 (19... Bd6 20. Nxa7) 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxa7 (21. Nxe5 Rxc2 22. Nc6 $14)
21... Rxc2 22. Nc6 e4 23. a5 Nd3 24. Nd4 Rb2 25. Rfb1 $16) 16... Ncxe4 $1 17.
Nxb7 Rd7 18. Na5 Bb4 $1 ({Ich verzichtete auf} 18... Bc5 $6 {wegen} 19. Ba3 $14
({aber stärker ist} 19. Nxc6 $1 Rc7 (19... Nxg3 20. Re1 $16) (19... Nxf2 20. b4
$1 $18) 20. b4 Rxc6 21. bxc5 Rc7 22. Re1 Nxc5 23. Rxe5 {, wobei das weisse
Läuferpaar ein klares Uebergewicht verspricht.})) 19. Nxc6 ({Sicherer war} 19.
Nc4 $5 Bc3 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Bb2 $14 {, da die Schwäche auf c6 verbleibt.}) 19...
Bc3 20. Ba3 Re8 $1 {Die Alternativen sind klar schlechter, man sehe:} (20...
Bxa1 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rxa1 Rc7 23. Re1 (23. Nxe5 Rxc2 24. b4 $14) 23... Rxc6
24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxc2 26. Rxe5 $16) ({oder} 20... Rc8 21. Ne7+ Rxe7 22.
Bxe7 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxc2 24. Re1 Nxf2 25. Rxe5 $16) 21. Rad1 Nd2 22. Rfe1 e4 23.
Re3 (23. Kh1 a5 {xNc6}) 23... Nd5 24. Re2 Nf6 {Nun blieben uns beiden weniger
als 10 Minuten.} 25. Kh1 (25. Ne7+ Kh7) 25... a5 {[%csl Rc6]} 26. Ne7+ $1 (26.
g4 Re6 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. g5 Nh5 {ist eher dem Nachziehenden günstig}) 26... Kh7
27. Re3 Nc4 $138 {Dieser taktische Schlag rettet Schwarz zwar vor
Materialverlust, aber richtige Züge werden weiterhin verlangt.} 28. Rxd7 Nxe3
29. Rc7 $138 Nxc2 ({Nach} 29... Be5 $6 30. Rc6 (30. Rc5 $2 Bd6) {übersah ich}
30... Nd1 {[%csl Rf2] , aber in diesem Fall hätte Weiss nach} 31. Kg1 Bd4 32.
Kf1 (32. Rd6 $2 Bxf2+ 33. Kf1 Bd4 $1 34. Rxd4 Ne3+ 35. Kf2 Nxc2 36. Nc6 Rc8 $13
) {klaren Vorteil} 32... Bxf2 $140 $6 33. Ke2 Rd8 34. Rd6 $18) 30. Rxc3 Nxa3
31. Rc7 {[%cal Gc7h7]} Rb8 $2 {Was ist natürlicher, als einen Bauern zu
nehmen? Die Antwort lautet wahrscheinlich: ''aktiv zu sein!''.} ({Nach} 31...
Rd8 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 32. g4 (32. Bf1 Rd2 33. Kg1 Nc2 {/\e3~~}) (32. Nc6 $2 Rd1+
33. Kh2 Rc1 $1) 32... Rd2 33. Kg1 Nc2 {besitzt Schwarz gewiss bessere
Rettungschancen als in der Partie.}) 32. Nc6 $1 Rxb3 33. Rxf7 $16 {Schwarz hat
zu grosse Probleme mit seiner 2.Reihe.} Nc4 (33... e3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35. Nxa5
$16) 34. Nd4 Rb1+ (34... Rb2 35. Ne6 Rxf2 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxg6 e3 38. Kg1 $16
) 35. Kh2 Nd6 36. Ra7 Rb4 37. Ne6 Rxa4 38. Rxg7+ Kh6 39. g4 g5 40. Rxg5 Ra2 41.
Re5 {Die Zeitnot ist vorbei, und Weiss braucht nur noch etwas aufzupassen, um
eine Gewinnstellung zu bekommen.} (41. Rg7 $2 Nfe8 42. g5+ Kh5 43. Rg8 a4 $132)
(41. Rc5 $5 Kg6 42. Nf4+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ $18) 41... Kg6 (41... Rxf2 42. Kg3 Nf7
43. g5+ Kg6 44. Rxa5 $18) 42. Nf4+ Kf7 43. g5 Nfe8 44. Kg3 Ra3+ 45. Kg4 Ra2 46.
Bxe4 Nxe4 47. Rxe4 Rxf2 48. Ra4 Rf1 49. Rxa5 Ng7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52.
g6+ Ke7 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bh5 4. c4 f6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Qa4 Bf7 {[#]}
8. Ne5 $1 $16 Bd5 (8... fxe5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ $18) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e4
Be6 11. Qxc6+ Kf7 12. f4 Qe8 13. Qc5 g6 14. f5 Bd7 15. Qxc4+ Kg7 16. Nc3 e5 17.
fxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 Bxe6 19. d4 Rb8 20. O-O Bd6 21. b3 h5 22. Bb2 h4 23. e5 fxe5
24. Ne4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Rh5 26. Rac1 Rd8 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxc7+ Rd7 29. Nc5 Kh6
30. Bxe5 Rxc7 31. Bf4+ Kh7 32. Nxe6 Rc2 33. Bg5 Nh6 34. Rf8 Rxa2 35. Bf6 Ng8
36. Rf7+ Kh6 37. Bg7+ Kh7 38. Nf8# 1-0

[Event "Schacknytt GM"]
[Site "Upplands Vasby"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 {Other lines are: 4...Bc5; 4...Bb4.} 5.
Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O ({Also possible} 6... d6 7. h3 O-O 8. d3 Nd7 {-typical
manoeuvre.} 9. Nh4 Nc5 10. Nd5 Ne6 11. Ne3 $6 Kh8 12. c3 Nf4 13. gxf4 exf4 14.
Nef5 gxf5 15. Qh5 Ne5 16. Bxf4 Nxd3 17. Bd2 f4 $17 {0-1 Ahn,M-Mikhalevski,V/
Budapest 1996/CBM 56 (28)}) 7. d3 d5 8. Bg5 $146 (8. Nd2 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nd4 10.
Ne2 Bg4 11. f3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Be6 $11 {0-1 Panic,D-Schirra,S/Hamburg 1993/TD 
(47)}) 8... d4 9. Ne2 ({Also possible} 9. Nd5 Qd6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bd2 {
but, Rozentalis wants to keep more pieces on the board-closed, complicated
positions are to his taste.}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 a5 (10... Nh7 11. Ne1 f5 12. f4
$14) ({deserved attention} 10... Nd7 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 {
vacating g1 square for the knight.} Nd7 13. Nfg1 Kh7 14. f4 exf4 ({Interesting
is} 14... f5 {.} {However after} 15. fxe5 {[%cal Ye2f4] White is preferable in
all variants:} Ndxe5 (15... Bxe5 16. Nf3 fxe4 17. Nxe5 Rxf1 18. Qxf1 Ndxe5 19.
Bxe4 $14) (15... fxe4 16. Nf4 Qe8 17. Bxe4 $14) 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18.
g4 Bd7 19. Be4 $14) 15. gxf4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4f5]} ({Worse is} 15. Nxf4 {
because black get control on important e5 square.}) 15... f5 16. e5 Nb6 $6 {
Wrong manoeuvre.Black knight should be placed on e6, that's why 16...Nc5 was
clearly better.} 17. Nf3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Yd1e1,Ye1f2]} ({Dubious is} 17. Bxc6
$6 bxc6 18. a4 {[%csl Ra5]} c5 19. Qe1 Nd5 {and the absense of white-squared
bishop is more important, then weak black pawns on the queenside.}) 17... Rf7 {
[%csl Yd4][%cal Yf7d7]} 18. Qe1 Rd7 19. Qg3 {Rozentalis step by step
concentrating his pieces on the kingside.} Ne7 {[%csl Yg6][%cal Ye7g6]} 20. h4
$1 {This modest pawn will play an important part in white's attack.} c5 21. Rg1
{[%cal Rh4h5]} Qe8 ({Black has to be careful.For example after} 21... c4 $2 22.
h5 {black collapsing.} gxh5 23. Nfxd4 Rxd4 (23... h4 24. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25.
Nxe6+ $18) 24. Bxb7 Bh8 25. Bxa8 Nxa8 26. Bxa5 $18) 22. Bh3 {[%cal Rh4h5]} ({
Here} 22. h5 gxh5 23. Nfxd4 {doesn't work due to strong intermediate move} h4
$1 {.} 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxe6+ Kh7 26. Nxc5 Rc7 $17) 22... Qf7 23. Rg2 {
[%cal Ya1g1]} a4 (23... Nbd5 24. Rag1 {continues like in the game.}) 24. a3
Nbd5 25. Rag1 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Rg8 26. Qf2 Rdd8 $6 {Wasting time.} ({Necessary
was} 26... Nc7 27. Rg3 Bd5 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Yc7e6] and black has no reason to
collapse.}) 27. Rg3 Bh8 $6 ({Again} 27... Nc7 {was better} 28. Ba5 Rd7) 28. Bf1
$1 {[%mdl 2048]} b6 29. Qg2 Nc7 {Now black realized, that knight must stand on
e6 to cover g5 square, but it's too late.} 30. Qh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gf3g5]} Rg7
(30... Kg7 {king evacuation doesn't help as well-} 31. h5 Kf8 32. hxg6 $18) 31.
h5 $1 {The beginning of devastating attack.} gxh5 {Otherwise white will take
on g6 with deadly knightcheck on g5.} 32. Rxg7+ Bxg7 33. Ng3 h4 (33... Rg8 {
doesn't save as well;} 34. Nxh5 Bh8 35. Ng5+ Rxg5 (35... hxg5 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37.
Rxg5+ Ng6 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qxg8+ Qxg8 40. Nxg8 $18) 36. Rxg5 $1 Bxe5 37. fxe5
hxg5 38. Bxg5 {with winning attack.}) 34. Qxh4 Qe8 35. Qh3 Qc6 36. Nh5 Ne8 $6 (
{More stubborn was} 36... Bf8 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Bg2 Qb5) 37. Nxg7 Nxg7 38. Ng5+
Kg8 39. Qxh6 Bd5 40. Ne6 {[%csl Gg1][%mdl 32]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{The match versus the team from Dresden went surprisingly easily for my team
SF Katernberg and ended in a score 7.5-0.5. The encounter below took place on
1st board.} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 {I delayed the
natural developing move 5...Ngf6 in order to place the knight on e7. It's just
a matter of taste.} 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Qe1 {Moving the queen away out of
the diagonal pin.} O-O 9. Kh1 {This move is usually useful, as White is going
to move away his knight and push forward the f-pawn.} (9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Ng6
11. Nxg6 Bxg6 12. f4 f5 (12... f6 $5 $11 {[%cal Gg6f7]}) 13. Nf3 Qb6+ 14. Kh2
Rae8 15. e5 Be7 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Qc7 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Nalbandian,T (2508)-Kharlov,A (2628)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (60)}) (9. e5 $6 {
This push is not dangerous for Black as this pawn will be targeted soon. For
instance:} Bc7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qe2 c5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7c6]}) 9...
Bc7 {A good prophylactic move. Now the advance e4-e5 will not attack the
bishop; as well as as that, after a potential exchange on e4 White's knight
will appear on e4 without winning a tempo.} 10. Nh4 (10. Ng1 e5 11. f4 $6 {
Very risky.} exf4 12. gxf4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Ng6 14. Qg3 Be6 15. Ne2 Nf6 $17 {
Appel,R (2512)-Van der Wiel,J (2509)/Essen 2002/CBM 090}) 10... dxe4 (10... e5
{was a good alternative as in the above-mentioned game Appel-Van der Wiel.
Black has comfortable equality.}) 11. Nxe4 {Normally White tries to recapture
with the pawn in order to keep some attacking potential on the queenside. In
any case the position is equal.} (11. dxe4 f6 {preparing the route for the
light-squared bishop.} 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6 $11) 11... Nf5 12.
Nf3 {[%cal Gh2h3]} (12. Nxf5 $2 exf5 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Be3 f4 15. gxf4 Bxf4 $15)
12... Bh5 13. Bg5 $6 {This is strange, because I was intending to play f7-f6
followed by Bh5-f7 and e6-e5 anyway.} f6 14. Be3 $6 {Another surprise. To my
mind this move should not be considered at all. Perhaps, a bit harsh, but I
just can't understand why one should allow the opponent a pair of bishops in
an open position.} ({After} 14. Bd2 {the position would remain equal, though I
would prefer to sit on the black side.}) 14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 $6 {This
recapture weakens White's position. The Pe3 might become a target in future.
In case it will move to e4, the dark squares in White's camp will become
vulnerable, since Black's dark-squared bishop has no counterpart. No doubt,
the recapture by the queen would have been safer.} f5 16. Neg5 Qe7 17. Qc3 Kh8
$6 (17... h6 18. Nh3 g5 {was called for, but I didn't want to expose my king
yet.}) (17... Rae8 {was perhaps the most healthy and precise move, simply
bringing the last reserves into play.}) 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qc4 $6 (19. Qb4 $1 {
[%cal Gd3d4]} a5 20. Qh4 {could confuse me.} {Now I had to find} g6 $1 {
which seems unnnatural as the Bh5 looks awkward.} 21. Nh3 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 e5 $15)
19... h6 20. d4 {This does not solve White's problems, but the alternative
wasn't any better.} (20. Nh3 Bf7 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 20... hxg5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5
22. dxc5 g4 23. Nd4 Bf7 24. b4 g6 {Black has a huge advantage thanks to much
better pawn structure and pair of excellent bishops. From now on it is
diffcult to point out where my opponent could resist more stubbornly, the
endgame is just gruesome for White.} 25. a4 ({The piece sacrifice does not
help:} 25. b5 e5 26. bxc6 exd4 27. cxb7 Rad8 {White's passed pawns are
securely blocked, Black is winning.}) 25... e5 26. Nb3 Rad8 27. Rfd1 (27. e4 f4
{is not an improvement for White. The passed f-pawn is powerful.}) 27... Bxb3
$1 {The right moment to exchange my active bishop for a passive knight.} 28.
cxb3 e4 $19 {[%csl Re3,Rg2] Fixing the Pe3 which will be captured soon.} 29.
Kg1 Be5 30. Rab1 Bc3 31. b5 Bd2 {Here I would like to thank my opponent who
decided to save our efforts and resigned. The position is objectively lost.} (
31... Bd2 32. Kf2 Rd3 $19 {[%csl Re3]}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e6 {Perhaps a bit more precise moves
order starts with 4...Ngf6.} 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9.
h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 e5 {Usually this position arises with black's turn to move (in
case of black's 4...e5 instead of 4...e6 for instanse). In this case black can
continue Ne8, then f6 and Bf7 with equal game. However in this kind of closed
position the loss of tempo does not make any drastic difference, nevertheless
I wasn't quite satisfied with the results of the opening...} 11. Nc4 $146 (11.
Nh4 Re8 12. Kh2 c6 13. a4 a5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Bc3 Rad8 $11 {0-1
Tseitlin,M-Ivanov,S/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 72 (63)}) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne8 $6
{[%cal Ye8d6] This time it is a wrong manoeuvre.} ({Simplier and better was} 
12... Qe7 {keeping slightly worse, but reasonable position.}) 13. b4 Bd4 {
Before retreating to b6 it's useful for black to close the diagonal a1-h8.} 14.
c3 Bb6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rd1 {Black can not manage to complete the N transfer to
d6, since it will create a weak pawn in black's camp.} Nef6 {Now it's clear,
that 12...Ne8 was serious waste of time, but there is no better alternative -
the N can not remain on e8 and disconnect the RR.} 17. Ne3 $6 ({During the
game I was concerned about} 17. a4 {[%csl Rb6] with strong pressure on the
queenside.}) 17... Bxe3 $1 {This dangerous N should be removed.} 18. Bxe3 Qe6 {
[%csl Yc4,Rh3][%cal Yd7b6,Yb6c4]} 19. g4 $1 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gf3g4]} h6 20. h4 $1 {
Logical continuation of the previous move.Black's NN are lack of "strongholds".
If white's BB will get enough space, black can find himself in real trouble.}
Rfd8 $6 {This move allows white to develope strong initiative.} ({Black should
bild his play around the c4 square:} 20... Nb6 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Ne8 {
[%csl Yc4][%cal Ye8d6]} 23. Bg4 Qe7 (23... Qc6 $2 24. Bc5 Nd6 25. g6 $1 $40))
21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nh7 (22... Ne8 23. Bg4 Qe7 24. Kg2 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Gd1h1]}) 23. Bg4 Qe7 24. g6 $1 Nhf8 (24... fxg6 $2 25. Qc4+ $18 {[%csl Rc7]})
25. gxf7+ $2 {This spoiles most of white's advantage.} ({Very strong was:} 25.
Qb5 $1 b6 (25... Nf6 26. gxf7+ (26. Bc5 Qe8) 26... Qxf7 27. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Rb7,
Re5]}) 26. Qc6 Nf6 27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Bf5 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 25... Qxf7 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gf8e6]} 26. Qf3 {White hopes to make use of his BB in the endgame.}
Qxf3 27. Bxf3 Nf6 28. Bg2 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Yg2f1,Yf1c4,Gf2f4,Yf2f3]} Ne6 {
It is important for black to prevent f2-f4 breakthrough, which otherwise would
strongly increase the strength of white's BB.} 29. f3 Kf7 30. Bf1 Ke7 31. Bc4
a6 {The position remains semi-closed and black has not much to worry about.}
32. Kf2 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rh8 34. Kg2 Nh5 $11 {[%csl Gf4]} 35. Bxe6 {White has to
change one of his good bishops, otherwise black's N will comfortably settle on
the f4 square.} Kxe6 36. a4 g5 {There were an alternatives, of course, but I
wanted to secure f4 stronghold.} 37. c4 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Nh5+ $1 {The quickest way
to a draw.} 39. Kg4 Nf6+ 40. Kxg5 (40. Kg3 Nh5+ {repeating the position.})
40... Rh5+ 41. Kg6 Rh3 42. Rf1 Nxe4 43. fxe4 Rxe3 44. Rf6+ Ke7 (44... Kd7 $2
45. Kf5 {[%csl Re5,Gf5]}) 45. Rf7+ Ke6 46. Rf6+ (46. Rxc7 Rxe4 {is also draw.})
46... Ke7 47. Rf7+ Ke6 48. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 32nd"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 {Les deux adversaires se sont à nouveau rencontré la semaine suivante
à Cannes et la partie s'est également terminée par la nulle} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3.
Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 e6 (8... Nbd7 9. b4
e6 10. b5 Rc8 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Nxf5 exf5
16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Rc7 20. Rad1 g6 21. Bb3 Re8
22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kg7 24. h3 Nd7 25. Kg2 Nc5 26. Bd5 Na4 27. Bb3 Nc3 28.
Kf3 a5 29. Ra8 a4 30. Bxa4 Nxa2 31. Rd8 Nc3 32. Rd7 Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 (32)
Stefanova,A (2515)-Kamsky,G (2665) Gibraltar 2016}) 9. Nc3 Bc2 10. Rd2 $146 (
10. Re1 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Bh7 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Ne5 Rd8 16.
Red1 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bf4 g5 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Rd1+ Kc8 22.
Bc1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. e4 Bf6 25. Nd1 Bd4 26. Kf1 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Bf3
Bc2 29. Be2 Ke7 30. Ke1 Bb3 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Kf6 33. Nf2 a5 34. Ne4+ Ke7
35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Nd6 Ba6 37. f5 axb4 38. axb4 b6 39. fxe6 Bc3+ {Koziak,V 
(2509)-Vuilleumier,A (2335) Lille 2014 1/2-1/2}) 10... Bh7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bf4
g5 13. Bc7 Rc8 14. Bd6 a5 15. h3 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rhd8 18. b3 Ne8 19.
R6d2 Nc5 20. Ne5 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc7 22. Rd1 Nd6 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. exd3 e5 25. d4
exd4 26. Rxd4 Nf5 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Re2+ Kf6 29. Re8 Rd3 (29... Rd2 $15) 30. Ne4+
Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Nd6 33. Bf3 Rg1+ 34. Kxg1 Nxe8 35. Kf1 Ng7 36. Ke2
Ke5 37. Ke3 f5 38. a3 Ne6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 f4+ 41. gxf4+ Nxf4 42. h4 gxh4
43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Nd5+ 45. Ke2 b6 46. Kf1 Nf4 47. Kg1 Kd4 48. Kh2 Kd3 49.
Bc6 Ke2 50. f3 Ke3 51. Ba8 Kd4 52. Bc6 Ke5 53. Ba8 Kf6 54. Bb7 Kg5 55. Bc6 Ne2
56. Kh3 Nd4 57. f4+ Kxf4 58. Kxh4 Ke5 59. Be8 Kf6 60. Kh5 Kg7 61. Kg4 Kf8 62.
Bd7 Ke7 63. Bc8 Nxb5 64. Kh5 Nd6 65. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haub, Thorsten Michael"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 {01h30+30s} 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qe1 {
[%cal Ge2e4]} (6. Nbd2 {La grande ligne}) 6... e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 (8...
Be7 $5 {[%cal Gd7c5] L'alternative qui est moins ambitieuse mais qui permet de
laisser disponible la case "c5" pour le Nd7}) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Ne3
Bh5 {01h32} 12. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Gf5]} Qc7 13. a4 $146 ({RR} 13. h3 Bg6 14. N3h4
Rad8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bh7 17. Rd1 Bf8 18. Ba5 b6 19. Bc3 Nc5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. f4 Nfd7 22. b3 Ne6 23. Qe2 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh7 25. Qg4 c5 26. Ne3 Nd4 27. Nd5
Qd6 {Siebrecht,S (2481)-Ris,R (2381)/Netherlands 2007/EXT 2008/1-0 (42)}) 13...
Bf8 14. N3h4 Nc5 $132 15. f3 {[%csl Rg2]} Nfd7 {01h22} 16. Kh1 f6 {[%cal Gh5f7]
Comme souvent les Noirs ont égalisé facilement dans cette ouverture Reti mais
l'allemand est redoutable dans ce genre de position plate où il aime
manoeuvrer.} 17. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Gf1f2,Gg2f1,Gf1c4] Début d'une belle manoeuvre
pour échanger le mauvais B} Bf7 18. Rf2 Ne6 19. Bf1 Nd4 20. Bc4 Nc5 $1 {01h15}
21. b3 (21. Bxf7+ {Semblait plus simple car si la poussée b3 protège bien la
case "c4", elle a le défaut de rigidifier la structure а l'aile-dame et les
Noirs ne peuvent notamment plus chasser le Nd4 par c3}) (21. c3 $2 Bxc4 22.
Nxc4 Ndb3) 21... Bxc4 22. Nxc4 {[%csl Gc1,Rf8]} Qf7 23. Ne3 Rad8 {01h10} 24.
Ba3 Rd7 25. Qc3 $1 Na6 $2 {Les deux N noirs étaient trés forts sur les cases
centrales "c5 "et "d4" et il vallait mieux essayer de les y laisser.} (25... b6
$142 $15 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4][%cal Gf8c5]}) 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 {01h04} 27. Qc4+ Ne6 {50""
} (27... Qf7 $142 28. Kg2 Red8 29. Rd2 {[%cal Ga1d1]} g5 30. Nhf5 Nxf5 31.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rxd7+ Rxd7 33. Nxf5 Rd2+) 28. Rd1 Rd4 {44""} 29. Rxd4 exd4 30.
Nd1 $1 (30. Nef5 $143 Qc5 $132) 30... Qc5 31. Nb2 {[%cal Gb2c4]} Qxc4 32. Nxc4
d3 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ge6d4] Un beau sacrifice de "dégagement " pour le N et
qui affaiblit le P"b3"} 33. cxd3 Rd8 {17""} 34. e5 (34. Na5 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6]}
) 34... Nd4 35. f4 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5b3,Gc5d3]} (35... Nxb3 36. Nd6 {[%cal Gd6b7]}
Nac5 {[%cal Gc5b7]} 37. Rb2 Rd7 $44) 36. Nd6 Ndxb3 37. Rc2 fxe5 38. fxe5 Rd7 (
38... Nxd3 $142 {[%csl Re5]} 39. Nxb7 Rb8 40. Nd6 Nxe5 $15 {[%csl Gc6,Ge5]
[%cal Ge5c6]}) 39. Rc3 b6 40. Nf3 Na5 41. d4 Nxa4 42. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge5e8]} Kf8
$4 (42... b5 43. e6 Re7 44. Nf5 Re8 45. e7 {[%cal Gf5d6]} Nc4 46. Re6 Nab6 (
46... Kf7 47. Ng5+) 47. Ne5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gf5d6]} g6 $13) 43. Ng5 h6 44.
Rf3+ Kg8 45. e6 Re7 46. Rf7 Rxf7 47. exf7+ Kf8 48. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 12"]
[Site "Drancy"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bois Colombes"]
[BlackTeam "Bischwiller"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00][%mdl 512] La partie a obtenu le prix carrefour de la
première ronde} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:28]
} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 7. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 8. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 9. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:
58]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:57]} 11. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:13]}
Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 12. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 13. a4 {
[%emt 0:01:33]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:58]} (13... Nc5 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. f4 Nfd7 16. g4
Bg6 17. Nxg7 Bxg7 18. f5 Ne6 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Qf2 b5 21. Nd2 a6 22. Rad1 Rad8
23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf3 c5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Kh1 c4 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxf4 Bxf4
29. Qxf4 Ne5 30. Rd5 b4 31. Rfd1 Ra8 32. Qf6 b3 33. cxb3 cxb3 34. Bf1 Qc2 35.
R1d2 Qxe4+ 36. Bg2 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Rac8 38. R5d4 Rc2 39. Qf4 Rec8 40. Be4 Rxd2+
41. Rxd2 Rc4 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Qf6 {Fressinet,L (2700)-Movsesian,S (2653)
Huaian 2016 1/2-1/2}) 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:10:31]} h6 {[%emt 0:09:28]} 15. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:02:28]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:20:31]} 16. b4 $146 {[%emt 0:13:46]} (16. b3 {
Haub,T (2450)-Jackelen,T (2435) BL2-West 0809 2008 (7.5) 1/2}) 16... Ne6 {
[%emt 0:05:20][%cal Ge6d4]} 17. c3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 18.
a5 {[%emt 0:23:25] Les Blancs ont un petit avantage d'espace mais la position
Noire est solide} (18. Nf5) 18... b5 $6 {[%emt 0:10:38] Créant des faiblesses
à l'aile-dame} 19. axb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} (19. Ne3 $143 {[%cal Ge3f5]})
19... axb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Be3 $1 {[%emt 0:02:58]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21.
b5 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:04:53][%csl Rb6,Gc4,Gc6]} Nd4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:22] La pointe}
22. g4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (22. cxd4 cxd4 {[%csl Rc4,Re3][%cal Gc7c4]}) 22... Nc2
{[%emt 0:05:10]} 23. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxa1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. Rxa1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 25. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} (25. Nf5 $5)
25... fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Ra6 $16 {[%emt 0:00:12][%csl Rb6]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:04:20]} 27. Qa2 {[%emt 0:06:21]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. f3 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 29. Bf1 $1 {[%emt 0:01:03][%cal Ge3f2,Gc4e3,Gf1c4,
Ge3d5] Activant la seule pièce Blanche qui restait hors-jeu} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 30. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 31. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bg5
{[%emt 0:00:52]} 32. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} (32. Bc4 Bxe3 33. Bxe3 {[%cal Gc4d5]}
g5 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8g6,Gg6f4]}) 32... Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 33. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:
38]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 35. Ra3
{[%emt 0:05:05]} Rbf7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 36. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:
00:45]} 37. Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 38. Ne3 {[%emt 0:05:58]}
Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 39. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:47] Une répétition de coups pour
passer le contrôle de temps} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qe6
{[%emt 0:04:58]} 41. Ne3 $1 {[%emt 0:31:30][%csl Rf7,Rf8] Après une longue
réflexion, les Blancs choisissent d'échanger les Q malgré la qualite de
moins car les R Noires sont assez mal placées} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:10:45]} 42. Rxa2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 43. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:
56]} 44. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 45. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc1
{[%emt 0:02:33]} 46. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 47. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (47... Rff8 $13) 48. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 50.
Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Le coup naturel joué à tempo mais les Noirs ont une
forte réponse} Nxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:41][%csl Re1][%cal Gd8f8]} 51. fxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 52. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 53. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 54. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Bd4+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 55. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 56. Be6 $1
{[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Ge6f5]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 57. Bf5+ {[%emt 0:07:18]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 59. Be6+ {
[%emt 0:01:55]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 60. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07][%csl Gb5] Les
Blancs ont gagné un P passé très fort mais il y a toujours le risque
d'écahnger les R pour transposer en finale de B de couleurs opposées} Rf2+ {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 61. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:03:44]} (61... Rf1 62.
Be6 Rb1 63. Kc4 Rc1+ {La R a une meilleure distance de sécurité alors que le
P"h3" ne vaut pas grand-chose} 64. Kb4 Rb1+ 65. Bb3 $1 $18) 62. Bf7 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:31][%cal Gf7g6,Gc6c8] Menace mat en 2!} Rxh3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]
Regagne le P mais après Kc4, la Rh3 est mal placée pour contrôler la
poussée du P"b"} 63. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 $8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 64. Bxg6+ {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} h5 $6 {[%emt 0:
01:27] l'échange risque de mettre la R hors-jeu} 66. gxh5 {[%emt 0:01:50]}
Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02][%csl Rh5]} 67. b6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
68. b7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 69. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 70. Kd5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 71. Kc6 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 72. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 73. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:02:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 74. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:51]}
1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haub, Thorsten Michael"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:15"]
[BlackClock "0:03:50"]

1. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5
{[%emt 0:00:27]} (4... c5) 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Nbd2
{[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 11. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 13. Ra3 {[%emt 0:09:21] Un plan peut-être un peu trop sophistiqué car
il n'est pas facile d'activer la Rb3 mais l'allemand a joué cette position
plusieurs fois} (13. h3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bf1 Be6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Nc4 Ne7
18. Qb3 Nd5 19. Qb5 Rad8 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. Qb3 Be6 22. Qb5 Re7 23. h4 Kh7 24. Re2
f5 25. Bd2 e4 26. h5 gxh5 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. Rxe4 Bf7 29. Ne3 Nf4 30. Rxe7 Qxe7
31. Nf5 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Qe6 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Be3 {1-0 (34) Markus,R (2602)
-Svidler,P (2751) Tromsoe 2014}) 13... Nb6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:09][%csl Ra3,Rd3]}
14. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 15. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (15.
Rb3 $6 Bxd3 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 $15 {Haub,T (2460)-Pedersen,C (2402)
Pardubice Chladek&Tintera op-A 19th 2008 (6) 0-1}) 15... Bg4 $146 {[%emt 0:01:
08]} (15... e4 16. Nh4 Ne5 $36 {Haub,T (2462)-Mertens,H (2354) BL2-West 1112
2011 (4.4) 1-0}) 16. h3 {[%emt 0:08:37]} Be6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:17][%csl Ra3,Rb3]}
17. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:08:37] Il est difficile pour les Blancs
de justifier la position de la Ra3} 18. Kh2 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Ne7 $1 {[%emt 0:
28:46]} 19. Bc1 {[%emt 0:24:32]} (19. Bxb6 Nf5) 19... Nc6 {[%emt 0:07:22]} 20.
Be3 {[%emt 0:01:13] Le signe que les Blancs se contenteraient de la nulle} Qc7
{[%emt 0:10:48]} 21. Qc1 {[%emt 0:08:44]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:
01:10]} f5 $5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} (22... g4 23. Nd2 f5 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 23. hxg5 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} f4 $44 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 24. Bd2 {[%emt 0:09:18]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:
04:33][%csl Rf2,Rf3] Les Blancs jouent avec la Ra3 hors-jeu et il est temps
pour les Noirs d'attaquer sur l'aile opposée.} 25. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:06:25]} 26. g6 $5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:06:54]} (26... Qxg6
$143 27. Nh4) 27. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} e4 $40 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 28. dxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:27][%csl Re2,Rf3][%cal Ge4e2]} 29. Nh4 $2 $138
{[%emt 0:00:45] Les Blancs n'avaient plus que 03 mns pour passer le contrôle
de temps} (29. Qb3 {[%cal Gb3g8]} Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Bxf3 32. Re1 Ne5
(32... Rd8 33. Bxf4) 33. Bxf4 Nc4 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3][%cal Gc4b6]} 34. Rb5 Bc6 $44
{[%csl Rb5]}) 29... fxg3+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} 30. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxe2+ {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 31. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 32. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:02:33]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 33. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 34. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 35. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 37. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haub, Thorsten Michael"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {01h30} d5 {83} 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 (4. d4) (4. O-O) 4... e5 {79}
5. a3 {L'allemand est spécialiste des débuts lents mais cette variante a3 ne
fait pas trés bonne impression} ({Pertinent:} 5. O-O Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 d4 8.
Ne2 c5 9. c4 Nbc6 10. Ne1 f5 11. f4 fxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. b3 d3 14. Nxd3 exf4
15. Bb2 fxg3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nef4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Bf7 19. Qg4 gxh2 20. Qg5 b6
21. e5 Bg8 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Nh5+ Kh8 24. Nf6 Qc3 25. Bxc6 Rxd3 26. Ne4 Rxd1
27. Nxc3 Rdxf1+ 28. Kxh2 Nxc6 {0-1 (28) Belezky,A (2454)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697)
Deutschland 2011}) 5... Ne7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nbc6 8. e4 dxe4 {60 Confronté а
un début inhabituel, le GMI prend beaucoup de temps} 9. dxe4 (9. Nxe4 h6 10.
Re1 b6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Qf1 Nf5 15. Bd2 g5 16. Rec1
Rfe8 17. Ne2 e4 18. dxe4 Ba2 19. exf5 Bxb1 20. Rxb1 g4 21. Bf4 gxf3 22. Bxf3
Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qh3 Qd2 25. Qg4+ Qg5 26. Qxg5+ hxg5 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. Ke1
c5 29. h3 Re5 30. g4 c4 31. Bb7 Kg7 32. c3 Rd3 33. f3 Rd8 34. Be4 Ree8 35. Ng3
Be5 36. Nh5+ Kf8 37. Ke2 b5 {Krecak,Z (2300)-Sergel,C (2223) ICCF email 1997 1/
2-1/2}) 9... Bg4 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 10. Nd5 (10. Bg5) 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 $6 (11.
Qxd5 Qxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 $11) 11... Nd4 $36 12. c3 (12. Be3 Qf6)
12... e4 $1 13. cxd4 Qxd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f3,Gd5h5]} 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 exf3 {
[%csl Rg1]} 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Rc1 c6 18. h4 h6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 19. b4 Rad8 {
Les Noirs ont terminé le développement et ils sont prêts а lancer l'assaut sur
le roque adverse} 20. Rc3 (20. Rc5 Qe4 {[%cal Ge4g4,Gg4h3]}) 20... Re6 (20...
g5 $5 {[%cal Ge8e6,Ge6g6,Gg6g1]}) 21. Kh2 b6 22. Qc2 g5 $1 23. Rc1 Rde8 24. a4
gxh4 25. Rg1 hxg3+ 26. Rxg3 Rg6 27. Bf4 $4 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:19:59"]
[BlackClock "0:19:43"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
31]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (4... Bg4) 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:45]}
(5... h6 {[%cal Gf5h7]}) 6. Nc3 $5 {[%emt 0:03:01] Un coup assez rare} (6. Nbd2
) (6. c4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd1b3]} h6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qb3 $14 (9. Nd4
Bh7 10. e4 O-O 11. Bf4 $14 {Olafsson,F-Portisch,L Bled 1961 (19) 1-0})) 6... h6
{[%emt 0:02:24]} 7. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:41][%cal Ge2e4]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} (7...
Be7 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Rh7]}) 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:27][%csl Rh7] Enferme
le Bh7} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:58]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} 10.
f4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Na6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (10... Nbd7 11. Kh1 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13.
g4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qa6 15. Qf3 Bb4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nce4 f5 18. exf6 N7xf6 19. c3
Be7 20. Ng3 Qd3 21. g5 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 hxg5 23. fxg5 Ng4 24. Nde4 Rxf3 25. Bxf3
Ne5 26. Bg2 Rf8 27. b3 Nd3 28. Bd2 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Nf4 31. Bf3 Nh3+
32. Kg2 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Kf3 Kf7
38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Bc7 40. h3 {Svidler,P (2749)-Potkin,V (2651) Moscow 2012 1/
2-1/2}) (10... c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 $36 {Khairullin,I (2605)
-Vescovi,G (2660) Moscow Aeroflot op-A 9th 2010 (4) 1/2}) 11. Kh1 {[%emt 0:02:
25]} Nb4 $146 {[%emt 0:01:15]} (11... Rc8 12. g4 Nb4 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nxe4
15. Ndxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 c5 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bd2 b5 19. Rf2 c4 20. d4 Bf5 21. c3
g6 22. Ng3 Nb6 23. h4 Bd6 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Rc7
28. Re2 Re7 29. Bf2 Bc7 30. Kg1 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Nd5 32. Qf3 Nf4 33. Qa8 Qxa8 34.
Bxa8 Nd3 35. Bc6 b4 36. cxb4 Nxb2 37. Bd5 c3 38. Bb3 Nd3 39. a3 Bb6 40. Be3 f4
41. Bf2 {Markus,R (2557)-Riazantsev,A (2638) Plovdiv 2008 0-1}) 12. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:03:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 13. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} (13. a3) 13... a4
$5 {[%emt 0:00:22] Joué à tempo mais les compensations pour le P sont assez
peu claires.} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 15. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:
02:02] Relève le gant} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 16. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 18. b4 {[%emt 0:
02:24]} (18. Bd2 $5 {Plus souple}) 18... Ncd7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 19. Nxd7 {
[%emt 0:05:09]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:
10:51][%cal Gb7b5] Un plan assez risqué} (20... Rfd8 {Plus naturel}) 21. Rfc1
{[%emt 0:14:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 22. Nd1 $1 {[%emt 0:03:24][%cal Gc2c4,
Gc1c7]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:33][%csl Gc4]} 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Na4 {[%emt 0:
04:56]} 24. c4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} c5 $2 {[%emt 0:13:04]} (24... Nxb2 25. Qxb2 Qb7
(25... Bf6 $2 26. e5)) 25. cxb5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} (25...
Qb7) 26. Be5 $1 {[%emt 0:15:33]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 27. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Nxc3 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 28. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 29. Rxc8+
{[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. axb4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Bxe4 $4 {
[%emt 0:10:58] Le GMI n'était pourtant pas en zeitnot mais il gaffe après
une longue réflexion.} (30... Bxb4 $8) 31. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:
00:20][%cal Gd4a1,Gd4e4]} 32. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:21][%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2e4,Gc2a1,
Ge4h7] Et le GMI a oublié que sur Rc2, les Blancs font un échec
intermédiaire...} 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th 1st league"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gantiandi"]
[BlackTeam "Kalev"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 (5... e5) (5... Ngf6) 6. Nbd2
Bc5 7. b3 $146 ({RR} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Ne7 9. e4 Bb6 10. b3 Qc7 11. Kh1 O-O 12.
Bb2 Rae8 13. Nh4 g5 14. Nhf3 h6 15. b4 Bg6 16. Nb3 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5 18. Rd1
cxb4 19. Qxb4 Nc6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Ba3 Rf7 {Sturua,Z (2200)-Gurgenidze,B (2500)/
Rostov on Don 1976/MCD/0-1 (59)}) 7... f5 8. e4 $1 (8. Bb2 Ngf6 9. c4) 8... Qf6
9. Rb1 O-O-O 10. exd5 exd5 11. b4 $14 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Bd6 12. c4 Ne7 13. c5 Bc7
14. b5 $1 $36 cxb5 15. Rxb5 a6 16. Rb1 Nc6 (16... Nxc5 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Qb3 $40)
17. d4 Nxd4 18. Bb2 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Qc6 20. Bxg7 Rhe8 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxc5
23. Rfd1 (23. Rfc1) 23... b6 24. Qc2 Qg6 25. Bd4 $16 f4 $4 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27.
Bxc5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gf3g4]} 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch schev 71st"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2006.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Castro, Pablo"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.11.27"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 h6 7. d3 Be7 8. e3 O-O
9. Qe2 a5 10. a4 Bh7 11. Kh1 {Preparing f2-f4. More natural, however, looks 11.
Nbd2 or 11.Ne5. Will f2-f4 vorbereiten. Natürlicher wirkt allerdings 11.Nbd2
oder 11.Ne5.} Na6 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. f4 Bf6 14. d4 $6 {Thank you, says the bishop
h7! Der Läufer h7 bedankt sich!} (14. Nc3) 14... c5 $15 15. c3 Nc7 ({Good was
Gut war} 15... Be7 $1 {to prepare Nd7-f6 or 15...Qb6. , um Nd7-f6 zu
ermöglichen, oder 15...Qb6.}) 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Nd3 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Rac1 Be7
20. Ba3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 (21. fxe5 $1) 21... Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24.
Rfd1 Qb6 25. Rd7 $2 {Following Black's cool answer, this proves to be a flash
in the pan. Erweist sich nach der coolen schwarzen Antwort als ein Schlag ins
Wasser.} (25. Qc2 Qc6 26. c4 $11) {[%tqu "En","White has just attacked Black's
bishop with 25.Rd7. How do you react?","It would be a pity having to protect
the bishop with the modest 25...Rfe8, wouldn't it?","Do you see a move which
indirectly protects the attacked bishop and at the same time competes for the
d-file?","f8d8","Very good! Since White can't take on e7, Black now conquers
the d-file.",10,"b6b3","See game note.",0,"De","Weiß hat gerade mit 25.Td7 den
schwarzen Läufer angegriffen. Wie reagieren Sie?","Es wäre doch schade, den
Läufer kleinlich mit 25...Tfe8 zu decken.","Sehen Sie eine Möglichkeit, den
angegriffenen Läufer indirekt zu verteidigen und gleichzeitig etwas für die
d-Linie zu tun?","f8d8","Sehr gut! Da Weiß nicht auf e7 schlagen kann, erobert
Schwarz die d-Linie.",10,"b6b3","Siehe Partiekommentar.",0]} 25... Rfd8 $1 {
Conqering the d-file. Erobert die d-Linie.} ({Much weaker would be Viel
schwächer wäre dagegen} 25... Qxb3 26. Qb2 $1 Qxb2 27. Bxb2) 26. Rxd8+ (26.
Rxe7 Kf8 {trapping the rook. mit Turmfang.}) (26. Qd1 Qc6) 26... Rxd8 $17 {
Now the control over the d-file gives Black a clear plus. Nun gibt die
Kontrolle der d-Linie dem Nachziehenden ein klares Plus.} 27. Qc4 Rd2 28. Re1
Qc6 29. Re2 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 h5 31. Rf2 g6 ({Black can always cement his advantage
with Schwarz kann seinen Vorteil immer mit} 31... Qd5 $1 {, but maybe
something even better will turn up... festigen, aber vielleicht ergibt sich ja
noch etwas Besseres...}) 32. h3 Kg7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 {And the one to
profit from the opening of the h-file is... Und von der Öffnung der h-Linie
profitiert...} b6 35. Bb2 $2 (35. g5) 35... Bh4 $1 {... Black! ... Schwarz!}
36. Re2 {[%tqu "En","How would you continue with Black?","Black wants to get
his queen into play, starting the hunt for... the white king!","Find a way to
transfer the black queen onto the h-file without allowing White to play Qxe4.",
"c6a8","A most aggressive retreat, heading for the square h8!",10,"De","Wie
würden Sie mit Schwarz fortsetzen?","Schwarz möchte seine Dame ins Spiel
bringen, um die Jagd zu eröffnen, und zwar... auf den weißen König!","Finden
Sie einen Weg, die schwarze Dame auf die h-Linie zu überführen, ohne Weiß Dxe4
zu erlauben.","c6a8","Ein höchst aggressiver Rückzug mit Zielrichtung h8!",10]}
Qa8 $1 {An original manoeuvre to transfer the queen onto the h-file. Ein
originelles Manöver, um die Dame in die h-Linie zu überführen.} 37. b4 Qh8 38.
Qb3 {At last White hopes to chase away the black rook from the back rank, but..
. Endlich glaubt Weiß, den schwarzen Turm von der Grundreihe vertreiben zu
können, aber...} (38. Qxe4 Bd8) {[%tqu "En","Black's rook is attacked. What
would you do?","Black's queen is luring on h8...","Find a move to open the
h-file with decisive effect.","h4g3","Enabling the decisive cooperation of
Black's queen and rook.",10,"De","Der schwarze Turm ist angegriffen. Was
würden Sie tun?","Die schwarze Dame lauert auf h8...","Finden Sie eine
Möglichkeit, mit entscheidender Wirkung die h-LInie zu öffnen.","h4g3",
"Ermöglicht das entscheidende Zusammenspiel von Dame und Turm von Schwarz.",10]
} 38... Bg3 $1 {The bishop moves clears the h-file, introducing the decisive
cooperation of Black's queen and rook.. Nach diesem Läuferzug kommen Dame und
Turm von Schwarz zum entscheidenden Zusammenspiel.} 39. Kxg3 ({The rook is
untouchable: Der Turm ist tabu:} 39. Qxd1 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1#) 39... Rh1 {
And the curtain falls. Und der Vorhang fällt.} 40. f5 Qh3+ 41. Kf4 Qf3+ 42. Kg5
{[%tqu "En","Mate in two!","Watch out for the themes: Mattkombination .","",
"h1h5","",10,"De","Matt in zwei!","Beachten Sie die Motive: Mate combination .
","","h1h5","",10]} Rh5+ $1 {The final accord. Der Schlusspunkt.} 43. gxh5 {
and White resigned without waiting for 43...Qg3++. und Weiß gab auf, ohne 43...
.Qg3++ abzuwarten.} 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Reshevsky/Smyslov"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 (3... Bg4 {Reshevsky=:R}) 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6.
Nbd2 Nf6 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4 dxe4 (8... Bh7 9. e5 {Smyslov=:S}) 9. dxe4 Bh7 10. Qe2
Nbd7 11. e5 (11. b3 Nc5 12. Bb2 (12. e5 Nd5 $17) 12... Bxe4 13. Nxe4 (13. Bxf6
Bxf3 14. Bxe7 Bxe2 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19) 13... Ncxe4 $17 {R}) 11... Nd5 12. Ne4
Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd2 Qc7 (14... Bxc2 $2 15. Qc4 {R}) 15. a3 $16 O-O 16.
Nb3 $6 $14 (16. Kh1 $142 {P f4, P e4 e5?, f4 R}) 16... Be7 17. Be4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 Rfd8 $10 {R} 19. Bd2 (19. a4 b6 20. a5 $1 {Smyslov}) 19... Bf8 20. Rfd1
Nb6 21. a4 (21. Ba5 Rd5 {S}) 21... Rd5 $1 {S} 22. a5 Nd7 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Rxd5
cxd5 (24... exd5 25. Qd4 a6 26. Re1 {S}) 25. Qe3 a6 26. Bd4 Rc8 (26... Qxc2 $6
27. Rc1 Qf5 28. Rc7 $16 {R/S}) 27. c3 Qc6 28. Nc1 Nc5 29. b4 Na4 $2 {R} (29...
Nd7 {R/S}) 30. Nd3 Qb5 {Draw suggested by Smyslov.} (30... Qb5 31. Ra3 {P d2-d1
} (31. Qd2 b6 $1 32. Qc2 (32. axb6 Nxb6 33. Ra5 Nc4 34. Rxb5 Nxd2) 32... bxa5
$1 (32... Nxc3 33. axb6 $1) 33. Rxa4 axb4 34. Nc1 $1 {S}) 31... b6 32. axb6 Rb8
33. Nc5 $16 {R}) (30... Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Qxc3 32. Rc1 {S}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hecht Horn,Pe} d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. d3 Ngf6 7.
Nbd2 Bc5 8. a3 (8. O-O {Horn,Pe} O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Qxf3 Qe7 13. Rad1 b5 $13 {Ribli-Tal/Montpellier/1985}) 8... a5 9. O-O O-O 10.
e4 b5 (10... dxe4 {Horn,Pe} 11. dxe4 e5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b5 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 $14 {Larsen-Beliavsky/London/1984}) (10... Qe7 {Horn,Pe} 11. Qe2 Bh5
12. Rfe1 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. h3 Ne8 15. Nc4 f6 $10 {Nikolac-Miles/BL/1988})
11. Qe2 Ba7 $6 (11... Qc7 $5 {Horn,Pe} 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3 $1 13. Nxf3 dxe4
14. dxe4 Rfd8 $10 {Keres}) 13. e5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne8 15. h4 g6 16. Nh2 (16. h5
$1 $14) 16... Ng7 {remis/Szabo-Keres/Budapest/1970}) 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bxf3 $5
{Horn,Pe} 13. Nxf3 a4 14. b4 $14) 13. Kh1 Bxf3 (13... Qc7 14. g4 Bg6 15. e5 Ne8
16. Nh4 $14) 14. Nxf3 a4 15. b4 c5 (15... Qc7 {Horn,Pe}) 16. bxc5 (16. e5 Ne8
17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Nc7 19. Rad1 Qe7 $13) 16... Bxc5 17. exd5 (17. Bxf6 Nxf6
18. exd5 exd5 19. d4 Bd6 20. Qxb5 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rfc8 $44) 17... Nxd5 (17... exd5
18. Nd4 $14 (18. Nd4 {Horn,Pe} Qb6 19. Nf5 $36) (18. c4 $14)) 18. Ne5 Ra6 $1
19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 N5f6 21. Rad1 Rd6 (21... Qc7 $2 {Horn,Pe} 22. Nxd7 Nxd7
23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qe5 $18) 22. Nd3 $5 (22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7
25. Qd2 Be5 $10) 22... Qa5 23. Qc2 Rd8 (23... Qa7 {Horn,Pe} 24. Nxc5 Rxd1 25.
Rxd1 Nxc5 (25... Qxc5 26. Qxa4) 26. Bd4 $18) 24. Bc3 Qa7 25. Bb4 $1 $14 h5 $6 (
25... h6 $5) 26. Kg1 Rd4 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ (29... e5
30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Qf5 $16) (29... Nce4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Bxe4 $1 (31. c5 $6
Nxg3 32. c6 Ne8 33. c7 $2 Nxc7 34. Qxc7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Ne2 $17) 31... Nxe4 32. c5
$16) 30. Qxd1 Nce4 31. Bxe4 $1 (31. c5 $2 Nxc5 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd4 Nfd7 $13)
31... Nxe4 32. c5 Qa8 (32... Qa6 33. Qxh5 Qd3 34. Kg2 $16) (32... Nxc5 {Horn,Pe
} 33. Qd4 $18) (32... g6 {Horn,Pe} 33. Qd4 {/^a1-h8,Pc5} (33. Qd8+ {Hecht} Kh7
34. Qb6 Qd7 35. c6 Qd5 36. c7 Ng5 37. c8=Q Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nh2+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ (
39... Nf3+ 40. Ke2 Ng1+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Nxh3 43. Qbb7 $18) 40. Kd2 Qd5+
41. Kc1 $18)) 33. Qxh5 Qc6 34. Qd1 $1 f5 35. h4 Kh7 36. Qd4 g5 37. h5 $1 g4 38.
Bc3 Kh6 $2 (38... Nxc3 39. Qxc3 $16) 39. Qh8+ Kg5 40. Be5 $1 f4 41. Bxf4+ 1-0

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 dxc4 {6...d4? 7.b4!
Salov,V-Huebner,R Barcelona WCup 1989 CBM/12 i 47/6 6...0-0 7.cxd5, Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Bilek,I-Portisch,L Budapest i 41/18} 7. dxc4 $5 {7.Qa4, cxd3!? 8.Nxe5,
dxe2 9.Re1, 0-0 10.Nxc6, bxc6 11.Nc3  Rajkovic-Vaganian Kragujevac 1974 i 18/11
} O-O 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qc2 Nc6 {10...Nxc4 11.b3 /\ Nxe5} 11. Rd1 Nd7
12. Nd5 f6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nh4 $1 Qc8 15. b4 $5 Nd8 $2 {15...Bxb4!?} 16. Be4 {
+/-} Nf8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. Bxf8 g5 20. Bh6 gxh4 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 {
20...Rxh7 21.Qg6+, Kh8 22.Qxf6+ +/-} 22. Bg6 hxg3 23. hxg3 f5 24. Qc3 Nc6 25.
Bxf7 Bxf7 26. b5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deglmann, Ludwig"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 (6. O-O Be7 (6...
Nb6) 7. d4 $1) 6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 {Diese Springerentwicklung ist in
der letzten Zeit relativ oft gespielt geworden. Die Hauptfortsetzung wäre 8.
Nc3.} Be6 9. a3 a5 (9... f5 10. Qc2 a5 (10... Bf6 11. Nb3 Kh8 12. e4 fxe4 13.
dxe4 Nb6 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. b3 Bg4 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Nd3 {1-0 Kunte,A-Lahiri,A/New
Delhi IND 2001/(52)}) 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bg5 Kh8 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 14. Nc5 Bc8 15.
Rac1 h6 16. Rfd1 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Guigonis,D-Miralles,G/Meribel 1998/CBM 67 (50)})
(9... Qd7 10. Re1 a5 11. b3 (11. e3 Rfd8 12. Bf1 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Be2 Qf5
15. b3 Qh5 16. Bb2 Rd5 17. Bc3 Rad8 $36 {0-1 Deleyn,G-Cekro,E/Belgium BEL 2003/
(63)}) 11... f6 (11... Bh3) 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Bb2 a4 14. b4 Na7 15. d4 exd4 16.
Nxd4 c6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Be4 {1-0 Unzicker,F-Hugentobler,P/Austria 2003/CBM
97 ext (54)}) 10. Qc2 {Ein natürlicher Entwicklungszug, der mir jedoch nicht
gefällt, da es sinnvoller wäre, zuerst die Entwicklung des c1-Läufers
abzuschließen} (10. b3 $2 Nc3 11. Qe1 Nd4 $17) (10. Nc4 f6 11. Qa4 $11 (11. Bd2
b5 12. Ne3 a4 $15)) 10... Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 4] Ein typisches Motiv in solchen
Stellungen: der Nd4 steht stark und im Falle von 11.Nxd4 exd4 (die
Partiefortsetzung) erhält Schwarz dauerhaften Raumvorteil im Zentrum.} (10...
Nb6 11. b3 f5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qd7 15. Rc5 Be7 16. Rb5 Bd6 17.
Nc4 {1-0 Liedtke,D-Freialdenhoven,M/Ratingen 2001/EXT 2003 (64)}) 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Nc4 a4 $15 13. e4 {Weiß möchte sich vom positionellen Druck befreien, aber
seine Bauernstruktur wird geschwächt.} dxe3 14. Nxe3 (14. fxe3 Bf6 $15 (14...
Re8 $15)) 14... c5 (14... Re8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxc7 Bc5 $44) 15.
Rb1 b5 {Schwarz mobilisiert seine Bauern am Damenflügel.} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {
Schwarz verfügt über eine gesunde Bauernstruktur und Raumvorteil am
Damenflügel. Der Pd3 stellt hingegen eine potentielle Schwächung in der weißen
Stellung dar.} 17. Be3 (17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Be3 Rfd8 $17) 17... Bb3 $5 {[%csl
Gb3]} (17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Rfd8 $17) 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Bh3 (19. Rfe1
$15) 19... Rc6 20. Rfe1 b4 21. Bd2 (21. Bf5 g6 22. Be4 $15) 21... Bd6 (21...
Re8 22. axb4 cxb4 23. Bxb4 Re6 24. Qd2 $132 (24. Bxe6 Bxb4 $19)) 22. Qe4 (22.
Bf5 $15) 22... Rb6 (22... Rc7 $15) 23. Rbc1 Rb8 24. axb4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Nach
diesem Abtausch erhält Schwarz einen gefährlichen Freibauern. Es wäre für Weiß
besser die Spannung am Damenflügel aufrecht halten.} (24. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 25. Qxf4
Qxd3 26. Rxc5 $11) 24... cxb4 25. Qc6 a3 $17 26. bxa3 bxa3 {[%csl Ga3] Der
schwarze Freibauer ist sehr stark, und Weiß verfügt über kein aussichtsreiches
Gegenspiel.} 27. Bf5 a2 28. Bc3 Ba3 {[%csl Ga2,Ga3,Gb3]} 29. Re5 $2 {Mit
diesem Zug möchte Weiß "im Trüben fischen" - er plant taktische Gegenmaßnahmen
am Königsflügel.} (29. Ra1 $17) 29... Bxc1 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (30... Kh8 31. Be4 (
31. Rh5 Bd1 32. f3 f6 33. Be4+ Bh6 $19) 31... f6 32. Rh5+ Bh6 $19) 31. Rh5+ Bh6
$19 {Die schwarze Verteidigungsstellung ist sicher und er besitzt deutlichen
Materialvorteil.} (31... Kg8 32. Qe4 Bh6 33. Rxh6 gxh6 34. Qg4+ Qg5 $19) 32.
Bxg7 Be6 (32... f6 $19) 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Brasov Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest RAT"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Bc5 (8... Bd6 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Rad8 13. Nh2 dxe4
14. dxe4 Nf8 $14 {/=. 1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Slovineanu,V/Sovata 1999/ (57)}) 9. b3
O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Qc7 $11 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 (13. c4 $142 $11) 13... Rad8
14. Rad1 e4 15. Nd2 $6 (15. Nd4) 15... exd3 16. cxd3 Qb6 $15 17. Rc1 Bd4 (17...
d4 $1 18. e4 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 32] /\Bb4; /\Nc3. White has very weak dark squares
and Black could try to use it by playing like this. After opening of the
position, the Bishop on g2 will be a very "bad" piece and black pieces will
exert a big pressure on white weak pawns.} 19. Rfd1 $3 {This fantastical move
which protects the pawn on d3 would have been extremely difficult to find
during the game. It is the only move to help White holding the balance.} (19.
Qd1 {[%cal Rd2c4]} Nc3 $1 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Rxc3 Bb4 22. Rc2 Nc5 23. Nc4 Qc7
$17) (19. Nc4 Qxb3 (19... Qa6 $5) 20. Nxa5 (20. Rb1 Qxa4 21. Ra1 Qb4) 20... Qb4
21. Qc2 Nc3 22. Bxc3 dxc3 23. Nc4 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 $15) 19... Bb4 (19... Nc3
20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Rxc3 Bb4 22. Rcc1 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Ne5 (23... Nc5 24. Qe3) 24.
Rc3 Rd4 $44) 20. Nb1 Bd6 21. Nd2 {And I cannot see a direct way for Black to
achieve something.}) 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Ne4 Qb4 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {/=.} 21. Qc2
h5 22. d4 h4 23. g4 Qe7 24. Qf5 Nd7 25. Rfe1 Nf8 26. Qd3 Ne6 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. b4
axb4 29. Qxb4 Rd7 30. a5 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nbd7 $6 {In my opinion, this order of
moves is dubious, since White can exploit the passive placement of the Nd7.
However, my young opponent has already used it several times, so I was well
prepared.} ({The standard} 4... c5 {followed by Nc6 looks much more natural.})
5. d3 ({The main reason of Black's previous move is avoiding the Catalan by
means of:} 5. d4 b5 $1) ({At the same time, another version of the Catalan
which arises after} 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4 a6 {is completely harmless.}) 5... b6 6.
c4 $1 {I was happy to get this position during the game. It looks like after
an exchange on d5 White can easily push e2-e4, while Black's pieces are placed
not ideally.} ({The standard plan of the immediate e2-e4 advance doesn't
promise much, as we can see from my opponent's previous experience:} 6. Nbd2
Bb7 7. e4 (7. c3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 c5 10. e4 Qc7 11. b3 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2
Horvath,C-Balogh,C/Budapest 2003/CBM 093 ext}) 7... dxe4 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Ngxe4
Nxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Re1 Qc8 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Re8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Balogh,C/Sibenik CRO 2007 (29)}) 6... Bb7 7. cxd5 exd5 $6 {
After this natural capture Black's position turns out to be critical.} (7...
Nxd5 {At the same time, after the correct:} 8. e4 N5f6 9. Nc3 Be7 (9... c5 $5)
10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 Bb4 12. Qc2 $14 {which happend in 1-0 Reshevsky,S-Denker,A/
New York 1957/MCD (42) Black got a slighty worse but solid position.}) 8. Nc3
Be7 9. e4 $1 $146 {This move is very unpleasant for Black, as after the e4-e5
advance it would be unclear where to put the Nf6.} (9. Nd4 O-O 10. Bf4 (10. Nf5
$14) 10... Nc5 11. Rc1 Nh5 12. Be3 g6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Dizdarevic,
E-Kashashvili,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 074 (28)}) 9... dxe4 $6 {Too optimistic! Black
shouldn't open the d-file.} ({After} 9... O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Re1 c6 $14 {
/+/- White is obviously better, but Black's position may improve.}) 10. dxe4 {
I was lucky enough to be able to make use of my home preparation in this game!}
Nc5 ({The tactical point of my idea is:} 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4 $1
Bd5 13. Rd1 c6 14. Ne5 $1 {(preventing Black from castling)} b5 15. Qf4 Nxe5
16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Bf6 19. Rxd8 Bxe5 20. Rd5 $16 {and White
wins a pawn and gets reasonable winning chances.}) 11. Nd4 $1 {Now the e4-e5
advance is unavoidable, so White gets control of the key c6-square.} (11. e5 $6
Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 $14) 11... O-O ({The Pe4 was poisoned:} 11... Nfxe4 $2 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Re1 Nf6 (14... Kf8 15. Rxe4 c5 16. Rxe7
Qxe7 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. Bf4 Kg8 20. Qe4 Qxb2 21. Be5 $18) 15. Qe2 $18)
13. Re1 $18) 12. e5 Bxg2 ({Hardly better would be:} 12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 (13.
Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 14. Qg4 Be6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Be3 $16) 13... Bxd5 14.
Nc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rad8 17. Be3 $16) 13. Kxg2 Nd5 {At least Black
has an opportunity of simplifying the position.} ({Also} 13... Nfd7 14. b4 Ne6
15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. f4 {looks terrible for Black.}) 14. Nc6 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 ({I didn't want to trade the queens, although after} 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16.
bxc3 Re8 (16... f6 17. Ba3 $16) 17. Rd1 f6 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 $16 {White
could maintain a huge advantage.}) 15... Qe8 16. Qd5 {The placement of Nc6
looks scary, as it restricts practically all the black pieces.} Kh8 $2 {
This move was played very quickly. At the same time, it is only after this
loss of time that White gets a winning position.} ({It was necessary to
prevent the pin of Nc5 by means of} 16... Na4 17. e6 Bd6 $16) ({or} 16... Ne6
17. Rb1 Bc5 $16) 17. Ba3 $1 f5 {[%cal Gf5f4] Probably Black was trying to get
some counterchances on the kingside, but it's unrealistic with such passive
pieces.} 18. f4 {The most simple - now Black cannot do anything against the
decisive penetration along the d-file.} Rg8 (18... Rf7 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nd8 $18
) 19. Rad1 Bf8 {This was probably a blunder, but Black's position was
completely hopeless anyway.} ({For instance after} 19... g6 20. Rfe1 Rg7 21. e6
h6 22. c4 {[%cal Ga3b2] White could win the game without changing the
character of the position.}) 20. Nd8 $1 {[%cal Od5a8,Gd8f7]} Rxd8 21. Qxd8 {
The rest is just an agony - Black cannot create any threats.} Qa4 22. Bxc5 Bxc5
(22... Qe4+ 23. Kh3 Bxc5 24. Qd3 $18) 23. Qd2 Qe4+ 24. Rf3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. O-O {
I have some experience in this system. Now black should choose the square for
his dark-squared bishop.} Bd6 {Here the bishop takes control of e5-square.} ({
The other possibilities are:} 7... Be7) ({and} 7... Bc5) 8. h3 (8. Qc2 O-O 9.
Nc3 c6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. Bg2 Bb4 14. Na4 Qe7 15. a3
Bd6 16. Re1 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,N-Gurevich,M/Andorra la Vella AND 2004/
The Week in Chess 505 (47)}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Bh5 $5 {is also possible, while
white may deliver his knight to f5.}) 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. Bg2 $146 {A useful
prophylactic move - the bishop was vulnerable at f3.} (10. e4 {Nothing special
promises:} dxe4 11. dxe4 Re8 12. Nc3 Be5 $132) ({or} 10. Nc3 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12.
dxe4 Be5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Rab1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b5 17. Bd4 Rad8 18. Bg2
Ne5 $132 {0-1 Obukhov,A-Maiorov,B/Voronezh 2003/CBM 94 ext (40)}) 10... Re8 11.
Qc2 $5 {A flexible move - white is waiting with the development of his Nb1.} (
11. Nc3 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Be5 $132) 11... Nc5 {I would prefer not to
hurry with that manoevre.} (11... c6 $5 {looks more natural.}) 12. Re1 {
I haven't decided where to put the Nb1 at this point.} Bf8 ({After} 12... c6
13. Nd2 a5 14. Nf3 $14 {white's chances would be preferable due to the pair of
bishops.}) 13. Nd2 c6 14. e3 $5 {Preventing black from seizing more space by
14...d4.} ({After} 14. Nf3 {black could seize some space by:} d4 $5 $14) 14...
a5 {Securing the statement of Nc5.} 15. Nf3 ({Deserved attention also:} 15. b3
$5 {in order to meet} d4 $140 {with} 16. e4 Nd5 17. a3 Nc3 18. Bb2 $14) 15...
a4 16. Rb1 {Black's main problem is a deficit of useful plan. That's why white
shouldn't hurry.} (16. Bd2 $5 a3 17. b4 Na4 18. Rab1 Nb2 19. Bc3 $14) 16... Qd7
17. Rd1 {Taking control of the Pd3 and preparing development of Bc1.} (17. Bd2
$2 Qf5 {[%csl Rd3]}) ({Also possible was:} 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 (18. Ne2 Ng5
19. Kh2 h5 $132) 18... Rxe6 19. Bd2 $14 {but I didn't want to exchange the
knights.}) 17... b5 $6 {That inaccurate move leads to a very hard position.} ({
Much better would be:} 17... Qf5 18. Nh4 (18. Nd4 Qg6 $11) 18... Qe6 19. Bd2
$14 {with only a slight advantage of white.}) 18. e4 {This typical advancement
was underestimated by Sergei. White seizes a lot of space.} ({Another way of
getting a permanent advantage was:} 18. Bd2 $5 Qb7 19. Bb4 (19. Bc3 Nfd7 $14 {
[%cal Gb5b4]}) 19... Ne6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. d4 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) ({But only not
} 18. d4 $2 Nce4 19. Ne5 Qe6 $132 20. Qxc6 $140 $6 Qf5 $36 {[%csl Rb1][%cal
Gf5f2,Gf5b1,Ge4g3]}) 18... Qb7 ({Hardly better would be:} 18... dxe4 19. dxe4
Qe6 20. e5 $16) 19. e5 ({There was no reason for:} 19. Be3 $6 Na6 {[%cal Ga6b4]
} (19... dxe4 20. Bxc5 exf3 21. Bxf3 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Nd5 23. Rbc1 $14) 20. a3
dxe4 21. dxe4 Nxe4 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 $44 {and white has only a sufficient
compensation for the pawn, but not more.}) 19... Nfd7 20. d4 $16 {White has a
serious advantage due to the preferablity of his pawn structure and his pair
of bishops.} Na6 {Here the knight is far away from the king-side, but black is
looking for some counterplay.} (20... Ne6 21. Be3 $16) (20... Ne4 21. Ng5 Nxg5
22. Bxg5 $16) 21. Qf5 $1 {Avoiding a threat of 21...Nb4 and intending to put
strong pressure on black's king.} Bb4 {Freeing a spot for the Nd7.} ({After} 
21... g6 22. Qf4 $16 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5] white has a clear plan of developing
his initiative, while black's king becomes compromised.}) 22. h4 ({Interesting
would be also:} 22. Be3 $5 Nf8 23. Rbc1 $16) 22... Nf8 23. a3 {This move is
not a real mistake, but now black has some counterchances which are connected
with an b5-b4 advancement.} ({Now I would prefer:} 23. Be3 a3 24. b3 $16) 23...
Be7 {Here the bishop is able to take part in defending.} (23... Ba5 $143 24. h5
$40) 24. Be3 b4 {This is more or less necessary - otherwise white could make
progress on the king-side without any problems.} 25. Ng5 {The knight puts a
strong pressure on the Kg8, so black is practically forced to give up his
second bishop.} ({Maybe} 25. axb4 $5 Nxb4 26. Ng5 $16 {would be even more
unpleasant.}) 25... Bd8 ({The immediate} 25... Bxg5 {doesn't make much
difference.}) 26. Rdc1 {This move is not bad at all, but it was possible to
create an additional weakness in black's camp.} ({Good enough looks} 26. axb4
$5 Nxb4 27. Ra1 $16) 26... Bxg5 27. hxg5 $6 {A very strange decision which
makes white's king-side play much more slowly!} ({Much stronger was:} 27. Qxg5
$142 Rab8 (27... b3 28. f4 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Rc3 $16 {
[%csl Ra4,Rc6]}) 27... b3 $1 {Now black has enough time for consolidating.} 28.
Rc3 Nc7 29. Rbc1 Ra6 30. Bf1 Nb5 31. Rd3 Rb6 32. Rd2 ({Maybe it was better to
start an immediate advancement of the f-pawn:} 32. Qg4 Qe7 {[%cal Gb5a3]} 33.
Ra1 Ne6 34. f4 $14) 32... Qe7 $1 {[%cal Gb5a3] Suddenly black has created an
unpleasant threat of 33...Nxa3.} 33. Ra1 (33. Bd3 $2 Nxa3 34. bxa3 Qxa3 $17)
33... Ne6 34. Bd3 {Provoking some weakening of the king-side. However, this
plan is too slowly.} g6 35. Qg4 Rbb8 36. Kg2 c5 $1 {Finally black has got a
real counterplay.} 37. dxc5 ({White could still maintain some advantage, but
after} 37. Bxb5 Rxb5 38. dxc5 d4 39. Bxd4 Nxd4 40. Qxd4 Rxc5 $14 {black's
activity doesn't gives white real winning chances.}) 37... d4 $1 38. Bf4 ({
Now it was too late for:} 38. Bxb5 $2 dxe3 39. Rd7 (39. Bxe8 exd2 40. Bxa4 Nxc5
$17) 39... Qxc5 40. Bxa4 Qxe5 $15) 38... Qxc5 39. Rh1 {Here the draw was
agreed.} ({After} 39. Rh1 Rbd8 40. Qh4 Nf8 41. Rdd1 Nc7 $11 {black is at least
not worse.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Drozdov, Alexander S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nf6 $6 {In my opinion, this move is already
inaccurate and causes Black some problems.} (3... c6 {-->is a more solid move.}
) 4. c4 e6 ({According to my knowledge,} 4... c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Ne5 {leads to
unpleasant positions for black.}) 5. Qb3 Qc8 {[%csl Rc8] Of course, the queen
is misplaced at c8, but I can hardly recommend something better here.} (5... b6
6. Ne5 Bh5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 c6 9. d4 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Ge5]}) 6. Ne5 c6 (6...
Bf5 $5 {deserved attention:} 7. cxd5 $140 exd5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Be6 $44 {
with some compensation for a pawn.}) 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. d4 {White has a stable
advantage due to a space advantage and pair of the bishops.} Bd6 $146 (8... Be7
$5) (8... h5 9. Nc3 h4 10. Bf4 hxg3 11. hxg3 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7
14. Ne4 Nb6 15. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seeman,T-Paasikangas Tella,J/Myyrmanni 1999/
CBM 71 ext (15)}) 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 {[%cal Ga1c1] Freeing a square for the
Ra1.} ({Possible was also:} 10. Bd2 $5 Nbd7 11. Rc1 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. Rc1 Qb8
12. O-O h6 (12... O-O 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bd2 $14) 13. Bd2 a6 {That move is not a
serious mistake,but it gives white an additional option.} (13... O-O $142 14.
Rfd1 Rd8 $14) 14. e4 {That is the point! Now that typical move is more
powerful.} (14. cxd5 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 (16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 O-O $14)
16... O-O 17. Bg2 $14) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {Black has a solid,
but very passive position. His main problem is a deficit of counterplay.} O-O
17. Rfd1 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gd4d5] Intending to exploit the drawback of black's
position by Bd2-c3 and d4-d5.} ({I have also considered:} 17. Qf3 $5 Qc7 18. b4
$14 {with a pleasant edge.}) 17... Rd8 18. Ba5 $1 {An important intermediate
move.} Bc7 19. Bc3 {Now it's clear that all of black's pieces are misplaced,
so he has to spend time for regrouping.} Bd6 (19... Qa7 20. Rd2 Bb6 21. Bf3 $36
{[%cal Gd4d5]}) 20. Bb1 $1 {[%cal Gb3c2]} Nf8 (20... Qc7 $5 {deserved
attention:} {in order to meet} 21. d5 $140 exd5 22. cxd5 {with} c5 23. Qc2 Nf8
$14) 21. a4 $1 {Seizing more space before the breakthrough.} (21. d5 exd5 22.
cxd5 c5 23. Ba5 Re8 $14 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 21... Be7 $2 {A serious mistake -
black loses the coordination of the pieces.} ({Necessary was:} 21... Qc7 $142
22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 c5 24. a5 Re8 25. Qc4 $36 {although White has a dangerous
initiative here.}) 22. d5 cxd5 (22... exd5 23. cxd5 c5 24. a5 $16) 23. cxd5
exd5 (23... e5 $2 24. Ba5 $1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. d6 Bd8 27. Bxd8 Qxd8 28.
Qxb7 Rb8 29. Qxa6 Rxb2 30. Bf5 $18) (23... b5 24. dxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nxe6 $16)
24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc7 $2 {That leads to a loss of material.} ({The only
way to continue the fight was:} 25... b5 $16 {although Black's position
remains very hard.}) 26. Be4 $18 Rb8 27. Qe5 $1 {Forcing a trade of the queens.
} Qxe5 (27... Ne6 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Be5 $18) 28. Bxe5 Re8 29. Bxb7 a5 ({
Hopeless was also:} 29... Bg5 30. Re1 (30. f4 $143 Rxe5 31. fxg5 a5 32. gxh6
gxh6) 30... Nd7 31. Bc3 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Nc5 33. Bc6 $18) 30. Bc3 Rb8 31. Bd5 Bd8
(31... Bb4 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. b3 $18 {[%cal Gc1c5]}) 32. Be5 Rb6 33. Rc8 {
Now white gets full domination. The rest is clear.} Be7 (33... Bf6 34. Bxf6
gxf6 35. b3 $18) 34. Rc7 Ng6 35. Bc3 {Black cannot avoid an additonal loss of
material.} Ra6 36. h4 h5 37. Kf1 Rb6 38. Ra7 Rd6 39. Rxa5 Bd8 40. Rb5 Ne7 41.
Bb3 g6 42. Rb7 Kf8 43. a5 f5 44. Bc4 f4 45. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
Bd6 {This way of handling the position has recently gained some popularity.} 9.
exd5 {David is opening the e-file in order to put pressure on Black's central
pawns.} ({Another standard approach is} 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nf5 {, but Black
usually manages to deal with an active Nf5:} Bc7 11. Nc3 (11. b3 Re8 12. Nd2
Nc5 13. Ba3 Ne6 $15 {Parvanyan,A - Kollars,D Hamburg GER 2016}) 11... Nb6 12.
a4 a5 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 exf4 15. gxf4 Bg6 16. Ng3 Re8 17. e5 Nbd5 $132 {
Nakamura,H - Jakovenko,D Palma de Mallorca ESP 2017}) 9... Bxf3 {This exchange
enables Nikita to release the pressure on the Pe5, though it looks like a
definite concession.} (9... Nxd5 $5 {Another move which deserves serious
attention is} 10. Nxe5 (10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 f5 $132) 10... Nxe5
11. d4 O-O 12. dxe5 Re8 13. f4 f6 14. Nc3 fxe5 15. f5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 e4 17. Bf4
e3 $132 {Berkes,F - Swapnil,S Moscow RUS 2017}) 10. Bxf3 Nxd5 11. Nc3 ({
Black would hardly face serious problems also after} 11. Nd2 $5 O-O 12. Nc4 Bc7
13. b4 Re8 $132 {, but it might be a better option for White.}) 11... Nxc3 12.
bxc3 O-O {The position is about equal: the bishop pair compensates for the
structural drawbacks, but not more.} 13. a4 $146 {This innovation doesn't
change the assessment: Black has comfortable play.} (13. Rb1 {was previously
twice employed by GM Movsesian:} Qc7 14. Bd2 (14. Bg2 Rae8 15. a4 Kh8 16. a5 f5
17. c4 f4 18. Be4 Nc5 $15 {Movsesian,S - Grischuk,A Moscow 2008}) 14... f5 15.
Qe2 Rae8 16. Bg2 Kh8 17. Qh5 Bc5 18. Bg5 Bb6 $132 {Movsesian,S - Zontakh,A Loo
RUS 2013}) 13... a5 {Nikita prefers to fix the favourable pawn structure, but
it wouldn't be easy to attack the Pa4.} ({The more aggressive} 13... f5 $5 14.
a5 Qc7 15. Bg2 Rae8 {might offer Black a preferable position.}) 14. Bg2 Qc7 15.
Qe4 $1 {GM Howell manages to activate his queen and connect the rooks.} f5 16.
Qc4+ Kh8 17. Ba3 {It is White who has to be careful - Black's attacking
potential shouldn't be underestimated.} Bxa3 18. Rxa3 f4 ({The standard pawn
sac} 18... e4 {should be rejected:} 19. Rb3 $1 (19. dxe4 $6 f4 20. gxf4 Rxf4
$36) 19... f4 20. gxf4 Rxf4 21. Qd4 {and the counterplay along the b-file
allows White to maintain the balance.}) 19. Raa1 Nb6 ({Worth attention is} 
19... Rf6 $5 20. Rfe1 Raf8 21. Qe4 Qd6 {though it would be tough to make any
further progress on the kingside.}) 20. Qe4 Nd5 21. c4 Nf6 22. Qe2 fxg3 {
Nikita is inviting simplifications.} ({It was possible to maintain the tension:
} 22... Rae8 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Qd2 Ra8 {, but after} 25. Qc3 $1 $11 {White also
gets some targets for an attack.}) 23. fxg3 e4 24. Bxe4 $6 {Now White is going
to suffer from the vulnerablity of his king.} (24. Kh2 exd3 25. cxd3 Rae8 26.
Qd2 $11) 24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rae8 $15 {Despite the
limited material balance, White's position is rather unpleasant.} 28. Rab1 h6
29. Rg1 Re7 30. Rbf1 Rff7 31. Qg4 Rf2 (31... Qe5 $5 32. Qg6 Kg8 $15) 32. Rxf2
Qxf2 33. Rg2 Qe1+ $6 {After this move Black couldn't deviate from exchanging
the queens.} ({White's defensive task would be much tougher after} 33... Qf6
34. Kh2 Re3 $15) 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Qg3 g5 (35... Qc5 36. Rf2 Kh7 37. Qf4 $11)
36. Rf2 ({An easier way was} 36. Qxe5+ Rxe5 37. h4 Kg7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Kg3
Kf6 40. Rh2 $11) 36... Kg7 37. Kg2 $2 {A loss of time. David is inviting fresh
troubles.} (37. h4 g4 38. Kg2 h5 39. Qxe5+ Rxe5 40. d4 Re4 41. c3 Re3 42. Rb2
$11) 37... Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Re3+ 39. Kg2 Kg6 {Now White is doomed to a passive
defence.} 40. Rf1 $2 {The last move before crossing the time control could
have led to a disaster.} ({He had to play} 40. Rd2 h5 (40... Kf5 41. Rf2+ Ke6
42. Rf8 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rh2 44. Kg4 Rxc2 45. Rh8 $11) 41. c5 $17) 40... Kh5 $2 {
Returning the favour!} ({Instead} 40... Re2+ 41. Kf3 Rxc2 42. Rb1 Rh2 43. Kg3
Rd2 $19 {would have secured Nikita a winning position.}) 41. Rf6 $1 {
Eventually David manages to activate his rooks again.} Re1 (41... Re2+ 42. Rf2
Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kg6 (43... g4 44. d4 Kg5 45. hxg4 Kxg4 46. Ke3 Kf5 47. c5 h5 48.
c4 h4 49. d5 $11) 44. c5 $1 Kf5 45. Ke3 h5 46. d4 g4 47. hxg4+ Kxg4 48. c4 Kf5
49. d5 $11) 42. Rf7 Kh4 43. Rxb7 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rxc2 45. Rh7 h5 46. Ke4 $1 {
The activity of the pieces enables White to achieve a draw now.} Rh2 47. c5
Rxh3 48. Rh6 Rh1 49. Rxc6 g4 50. d4 Re1+ 51. Kf5 Rd1 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Kf5 g3
54. Rg6 Kh3 55. d5 Rc1 56. c6 g2 57. Ke6 h4 58. Kd7 Kh2 59. d6 g1=Q 60. Rxg1
Kxg1 61. c7 h3 62. c8=Q Rxc8 63. Kxc8 h2 64. d7 h1=Q 65. d8=Q Qc6+ 66. Qc7 Qxa4
{Black has won a pawn, but his advantage is symbolic now.} 67. Qc5+ Kf1 68. Kc7
Qb4 69. Kc6 {The simplest.} Ke1 70. Qc1+ Ke2 71. Qc2+ Ke3 72. Qc1+ Kd3 73. Qd1+
Kc3 74. Qc1+ Kb3 75. Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. c4 {The
players have entered into a rare line of the Reti, where Maxime has solid
practical experience.} c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 {Quite a tricky move order.
White is not hurrying with developing the Nb1, since there is a concrete idea.}
Qb6 10. Qe3+ {This is the point! The pin along the e-file is going to be
annoying.} Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nc3 {No doubt, this position was a part of home
preparation of both opponents.} Qd8 {This is the most natural way of avoiding
the pin.} (12... Kf8 {looks like a concession. Indeed, after} 13. Nxg6+ hxg6
14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rb1 Kg8 16. b4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Kramnik,V (2777)
Berlin GER 2015, White was clearly better.}) 13. b4 {The minority attack is a
usual plan in such positions.} ({Previously, MVL didn't manage to pose Black
any problems after} 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. Rad1
Qd7 18. Bg5 Rad8 19. h4 Nh7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rde8 $11 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Laznicka,V (2679) Dubai 2014}) 13... b5 $1 $146 {
GM Bluebaum comes up with a natural novelty. It turns out, that White's last
move exposed the c4-spot, so the knight is heading there.} ({The previously
played} 13... O-O {seems less challenging:} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. b5 Re8 16. Qd3
Bb4 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Bd2 $14 {Ragger,M (2700)-Bindrich,F (2584) Austria AUT
2017}) 14. a4 a5 $5 {This original idea makes the play much sharper.} ({
The more natural} 14... a6 15. a5 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rb1 Bd6 18. Qd3 Qe7 $11
{would lead to equalty.}) 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. bxa5 b4 {The next few moves of
both opponents were almost forced.} 17. Na2 O-O 18. Bd2 Re8 $1 {An excellent
resource - Black is going to push c6-c5 in a better situation.} (18... c5 $6
19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb3 Qxa5 21. Nxb4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rfb1 Rfb8 24. Be1 $16
) 19. Qb3 ({After} 19. Rfb1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qb3 Qxa5 23. Nxb4
Rab8 {the activity of his pieces provides Black enough play for a pawn.}) 19...
c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxb4 {This is probably Maxime's best practical chance.} ({
In the event of} 21. Qd1 Qxa5 {it wouldn't be possible to avoid the total
simplifications:} 22. Bxb4 (22. Nxb4 Nce4 23. Rb1 Nxd2 24. Nc6 Qa6 25. Nxe7+
Rxe7 26. Qxd2 Rxe2 $11) 22... Qxa4 23. Bxd5 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Nb3
26. Rb1 Rxa2 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxb3 Rexe2 $11) 21... Nce4 $6 {This inaccurate
move invites some troubles - the Pd5 is getting very weak.} ({A much stronger
move was} 21... Nfe4 $1 22. Be3 Rxa5 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Bb6 Bxb4 25. Bxd8 Rxa4
26. Nxb4 Rxb4 $11 {, and a draw is unavoidable.}) 22. Qd4 Nxd2 (22... Bd6 {
was hardly any better:} 23. Qd3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Nc1 Rea8
27. Rd1 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Bxd5 Ra1 30. Bb3 $16) 23. Qxd2 Qxa5 24. Qxa5
Rxa5 25. e3 $14 {Despite the major simplifications, Black's defensive task is
not easy at all now.} Ne4 (25... Rxa4 26. Nc3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rd8 28. Rd1 Bb4 29.
Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Kf8 $14) 26. Nc1 Rea8 27. Ne2 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rd1 $6
{Maxime chooses a wrong way of attacking the Pd5} (29. Nf4 Nf6 30. Nxd5 Nxd5
31. Bxd5 $14) 29... Bf6 $6 {Matthias is returning the favour - Black is doomed
to a passive defence till the end of the game.} ({At the same time, after} 
29... Ra5 $1 30. Nf4 Nc3 31. Rd3 d4 $1 32. exd4 (32. Rxd4 g5 33. Rd7 gxf4 34.
Rxe7 fxg3 35. fxg3 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Ra2 $11) 32... g5 33. Rxc3 gxf4 $11 {White's
material advantage would be symbolic.}) 30. Rxd5 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Kf8 32. Kg2 {
White's main task is to release the tension along the 2nd rank.} Ra2 33. Rb5
Rb2 34. Ra5 {Of course, there is no reason to exchange the rooks.} g5 35. Ra4
Nc5 ({Possibly, Black's play would be easier after} 35... Nc3 $5 36. Nxc3 Bxc3
37. Kf3 g6 $14 {, even though the draw isn't guaranteed.}) 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37.
Ra7+ Kf8 38. Nc1 $1 Ne4 (38... g6 $5 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40. Bxd3 Bc3 41. Bc4 f5 $14)
39. Nd3 Rd2 40. Kf3 Nd6 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. e4 {Eventually Maxime was able to
make some progress and start to advance the pawns.} Bd4 $6 ({Alas, Black is
missing a golden opportunity of exchanging the rooks:} 42... Rd1 $1 43. Be2 Ra1
44. Rxa1 Bxa1 $14) 43. Ra4 Bb6 {Obviously, this is a sad necessity.} 44. e5 Nc8
45. Rg4 f6 46. h4 fxe5 47. Rxg5 {Both of Black's pawns are weak, but the
monarch is protecting them well!} Kf6 48. Kg4 Ne7 49. Nxe5 Bxf2 {Black was
able to swap almost all the pawns, but the position is still difficult - the
king is exposed now!} 50. Kh3 Bd4 51. Nf3 Rf2 52. Bg2 Be3 53. Ra5 Rb2 54. g4 $6
{Exposing the f4-spot is a dubious decision.} ({It was better to maintain the
tension by means of} 54. Ra3 Bc5 55. Rd3 $16) 54... Ng6 55. Ra6+ Kf7 $6 ({
A much better try was} 55... Bb6 $1 56. Bf1 Ke7 57. g5 Rb3 58. Kg4 Rb4+ $11 {
solving all the problems.}) 56. Bf1 Rb4 $6 {This is too passive!} ({After} 
56... Rf2 $1 57. Bc4+ Kf8 58. Kg3 Rc2 59. Rxg6 Rxc4 {Black should be able to
achieve a draw.}) 57. h5 Nf4+ 58. Kg3 Ne6 59. Bd3 Bf4+ 60. Kh4 Nc7 (60... Ke7
$5) 61. Rc6 Ke7 62. Bf5 Bd6 63. Kg5 Nd5 64. Ra6 Nc7 $2 {There is no reason to
remove the knight from the centre.} (64... Nf4 $142 $1 65. Nd2 (65. Rc6 Bb8 66.
Nh4 Kf7 67. Ng6 Nh3+ 68. Kh4 Nf4 $14) 65... Bb8 $16) 65. Rc6 Nd5 66. Nh4 $1 {
Now White's pieces are dominationg over the board!} Rb6 67. Ng6+ Kf7 $2 {
A decisive mistake.} ({After} 67... Ke8 68. Rc8+ Kf7 69. Rd8 Be7+ 70. Nxe7 Nxe7
71. Be4 Rb5+ 72. Kf4 Ke6 $16 {it still wouldn't be easy for Maxime to make any
progress.}) 68. Be4 $1 {Now the piece is gone.} Rb5 69. Rxd6 Nf6+ 70. Kf4 Rb4
71. Kf5 Nxe4 ({Or} 71... Rxe4 72. Rxf6+ $18) 72. Rd7+ Ke8 73. Re7+ Kd8 74. Rxe4
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 (3... c6 {is another populat move, which may
lead to a symmetrical Grünfeld.}) 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 {This
system was choosed by Vishy Anand against Magnus Carlsen in the World
Championship match, so it may increase the popularity of that line.} 7. Qxc4 {
White takes the pawn back, but the vulnerable placement of White's queen gives
Black some extra tempi.} ({The following alternatives lead to an equal endgame
after:} 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qe4 f6 11. f4 Bf5 12. Qe3 (
12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qe4 Bf5 14. Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T (2557)-Kruppa,Y (2603)/
Koszalin 1999/CBM 073}) 12... Bh3 13. Rf3 Nh6 $1 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Qc5 Nxe5 16.
Rf2 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 7... Nge7 8. d3 h6 {Following Anand's play.} ({
Black may also deviate from wasting a tempi for that prophylactic move:} 8...
Be6 $5 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Bd2 (11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Qd1 Bc6 $11) 11... Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 c6 $11) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 {White has completed a standard setup and
is ready to put some pressure along the c-file. Theresulting pawn structure is
typical for an English Opening.} Be6 {A natural developing move. Now White
should choose a square to which to retreat.} (10... Nd4 $5 11. Nxd4 exd4 12.
Ne4 c6 {was quite comfortable in the above-mentioned game:} 13. Bb4 (13. Qc1
$142 $1 Kh7 14. Bb4 Bg4 $132) 13... Be6 14. Qc1 Bd5 15. a4 b6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15
{1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2870)-Anand,V (2775)/Chennai IND 2013 (51)}) 11. Qh4 $6
$146 {An unsuccessful innovation. White's queen cannot create any threats,
while Black gets an extra tempo for developing a k-side attack.} (11. Qa4 Nd4
12. Rac1 (12. Rfc1 c6 13. Ne1 $6 Nd5 14. Kf1 Nb6 15. Qd1 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Loginov,V (2532)-Lukin,A (2440)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 072 (41)}) 12... c6 13.
Qa3 {with approximate equality.}) 11... Qd7 ({The text move is much more
ambitious than} 11... Nf5 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Rac1 Ncd4 $11) 12. Qa4 (12. Rac1
g5 13. Qa4 f5 14. Ne1 (14. Be3 b6 15. Ne1 Rad8 16. Nc2 Nd4 $36) 14... a6 15.
Nc2 b5 16. Qa3 Rfb8 $15) 12... f5 13. Rfc1 {This move looks a bit dangerous,
since there are not many defenders around the king now.} (13. Be3 Rad8 14. Ne1
Nd4 15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bf3 Rxb2 $15) (13. Rac1 g5 14. Ne1 a6 $15)
13... Rad8 14. b4 (14. Ne1 a6 15. Be3 b5 16. Qd1 Nd4 $15) 14... a6 $1 {An
important prophylactic move, which slows down White's q-side play.} (14... Nd4
15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Na4 b6 18. Rc2 $11) 15. Rab1 g5 {White's
position is getting quite unpleasant, since there is not much to do against
Black's k-side activity.} (15... Nd5 16. b5 axb5 17. Qxb5 e4 18. dxe4 Nxc3 19.
Bxc3 fxe4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 c6 22. Qb2 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxa2 24. Rb6 Qf7 25.
Qc5 Bd5 $15) 16. Be1 Nd5 17. b5 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rf7 $36)
17... axb5 18. Rxb5 $2 {White pieces lack coordination now.} ({The correct} 18.
Qxb5 $1 e4 19. dxe4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 fxe4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rf5 23. Qxb7 Nxe5
24. Rxc7 Qd6 25. Bxe4 $15 {would give White an excellent drawish chances due
to a reduced material balance.}) 18... Nb6 $1 {Anish correctly keeps all the
attacking potential on the board. Now it's not easy to find a safe square for
the queen.} 19. Qa3 Ra8 (19... Qe8 $5 20. Nd2 e4 21. Nb3 exd3 22. exd3 f4 $17)
20. Qc5 {Obviously, White's queen is in a danger.} Rfe8 $1 {A logical
continuation of previous play.} ({The greedy} 20... Bxa2 $6 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 {
allows a nice tactical trick:} 22. Nxe5 $1 (22. Ba5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 e4 24. Ne1
Bd4 25. Qa3 Nxa5 26. Qxa5 Nd5 $17) 22... Nxe5 23. Rxb6 cxb6 24. Qd5+ Qf7 25.
Qd6 $132) 21. a4 g4 22. Nh4 (22. Nd2 Nd4 {looks hopeless for White. For
instance,} 23. Rxb6 Bf8 24. Qxe5 cxb6 25. Qf6 Bg7 26. Qh4 Rac8 $19) 22... Nd4
23. Rb2 ({The following material sacrifice didn't help White to consolidate:} 
23. Rxb6 cxb6 24. Qxb6 Rec8 25. Kf1 Rc7 $19) 23... Bf7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Rg7f8]}
24. Qa3 $2 {Viktor's position was already bad, but his last move loses on the
spot.} ({A much more stubborn try was:} 24. Rxb6 cxb6 25. Qxb6 e4 26. dxe4 fxe4
27. e3 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 exf3 29. Bf1 Rec8 $17 {when Black has both material and
positional advantage.}) 24... Bf8 25. Qa1 Nxa4 $19 {White cannot avoid further
loss of material.} 26. Nxa4 Rxa4 27. Qb1 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nd7 7. c4 {This
theoretical line is almost unexplored, but Maxime has already tried it before.}
Be7 $5 {Valentina comes up with an original move order in order to limit
White's active possibilities on the kingside.} ({A somewhat more natural move
here is} 7... Ngf6 {, but Black was unable to solve all the problems in the
following encounter:} 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... cxd5 $5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11.
Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. g4 Bg6 {Erdos,V (2651)-Berczes,D (2482)/Zalakaros
2014, looked solid for Black.}) 9. Nh4 $1 Ne4 ({Possibly,} 9... Be7 $5 {
was preferable.}) 10. Nc3 Nd6 11. Bf4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2754)-Sokolov,I 
(2623)/Montpellier FRA 2015}) ({In the event of} 7... dxc4 {White should be
able to regain the pawn and get some space advantage:} 8. Qc2 (8. Nbd2 $5) 8...
Nb6 9. Nbd2 Bg6 10. Qc3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nfd5 12. Qf3 Qf6 13. Ndxc4 Qxf3 14. Bxf3
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 $14 {Minasian,A (2555)-Motylev,A (2634)/Dubai 2003}) 8. cxd5 exd5
9. Nc3 Ngf6 (9... Bxf3 $5 {looks like a concession, but it would be not easy
for White to open up the position and use the power of bishops after} 10. Bxf3
Ngf6 $132) 10. Nh4 {A natural novelty. Maxime uses the same approach as in his
game vs Sokolov, but here the situation is more comfortable for Black.} ({
The previously played} 10. Ne5 {shoud be met by} Nxe5 (10... Bg6 11. f4 Be4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qb3 $14 {Zigura,O (2310)-Lacrosse,M (2230)/Massy
1993}) 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 f5 13. Be3 Bc5 $132 {with a very complex
strategical battle.}) 10... O-O 11. f4 (11. g4 $5 {deserved serious attention:}
Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f3 c5 14. e3 {intending to put pressure on the Pd5 in
future.}) 11... Ne4 $6 {The pseudo-aggressive move invites troubles.} ({
More to the point was} 11... Ne8 12. Nf5 Bb4 13. g4 Bg6 $132) 12. Nf5 ({
Another way to refute Black's idea is} 12. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 ({The natural-looking} 
12... Bxh4 $2 {turns out to be a blunder:} 13. Bb1 $1 Bxg3 14. Qd3 $18) 13. Nf5
Bb4 14. Ne3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f5 16. c4 $14 {with a stable positional advantage.})
12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. e4 Re8 ({The bishop's transfer to c4
wouldn't solve the problems:} 15... Be2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Qb1 Re8 18. Ne3 $14)
16. g4 Bf7 17. Nxe7+ $2 {A wrong decision - any simplifications definitely
suit Black here, as her pieces lack space. In addition, Black gets full
control over the c4-spot.} ({A much stronger move was} 17. e5 $1 Bf8 18. Ne3 c5
19. a4 $36) 17... Qxe7 18. e5 Nc4 ({It was also possible to release the
tension immediately:} 18... fxe5 19. fxe5 (19. dxe5 d4 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. cxb4
Rad8 {is very double-edged}) 19... Nc4 20. a4 Bg6 21. Ra2 Rf8 22. Raf2 Rxf2 23.
Rxf2 Rf8 $11) 19. Qc2 ({Maxime could have changed the character of play by
means of} 19. exf6 Qxf6 $1 (19... gxf6 20. f5 $14) 20. Qxb7 {, but it looks
like Black should be OK in this case. For instance,} Rab8 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qd7
Re7 23. g5 Rxd7 24. gxf6 gxf6 $44) 19... fxe5 20. dxe5 {The position becomes
very sharp - White's chances are definitely connected with an attack on the
kingside, while Black's counter-play is based on advancing the central pawns.}
Rad8 21. Qf2 c5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. f5 $5 {Accordingly to his style, Maxime is
ready to sac a pawn in order to seize the initiative.} (23. Be3 {promised
nothing special:} d4 24. cxd4 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 cxd4 26. Rd3 g5 $1 $132) 23... Rxe5
24. Bf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qa5 $2 {A careless move - it was necessary to keep the
queen closer to the k-side.} ({More to the point was} 25... Nd6 $1 26. Qh4 Qb6
27. Re7 Re8 28. Qe1 c4+ 29. Kh2 Ne4 $11 {simplifying matters.}) 26. Qg3 $2 {
Returning the favour.} ({There was no reason for rejecting} 26. Re7 $1 Qxc3 27.
Qxc5 Qf6 28. Rxb7 $16 {with a powerful initiative.}) 26... Qxa2 27. Bg5 ({
Now the rook's penetration isn't that effective:} 27. Re7 d4 $1 28. Bg5 (28.
Rxb7 Ne3 29. Bxe3 dxe3 30. Qxe3 h6 $11) 28... Rc8 29. Bxb7 Rf8 30. Rxf7 Qb1+
31. Kg2 Qc2+ {leads to perpetual.}) 27... Rc8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Bxf6 Qd2 $1 {
The vulnerablity of White's king offers Black sufficient counterplay now.} 30.
g5 (30. Re7 d4 31. Bxb7 Ne3 32. Qf2 (32. Bxc8 $4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ $19) 32...
Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ 34. Kg2 Ne3+ 35. Kg3 Nf1+ $11) 30... Nd6 $4 {Finally
Valentina can no longer withstand the pressure.} ({It was crucial to limit
White's attacking potential:} 30... Re8 $1 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {and there is
nothing better than} 32. Qc7 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Bf7 34. Qxb7 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Qc1+ $11)
31. g6 $1 {This nice tactical resource decides the game on the spot.} Bxg6 (
31... hxg6 32. Qh4 $18) 32. Qe5 $18 Rf8 (32... Bf7 33. Re2 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 $18)
33. Bxd5+ Nf7 34. Bg5 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. Nd2 e6 8. e4
Bc5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. c3 $6 (10. Nb3) 10... dxe4 $1 11. dxe4 Ne5 {[%csl Yd3,Rf3]
xd3;f3} 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Ye5] xe5} 14. Bf4 (14. O-O $2
Qxg3+) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. dxc5 $6 {Loosing
time. 18.0-0-0 was better, as now black pieces are better developed and
therefore the knight obtains some squares for penetration. In some cases e6-e5
also can be possible fixing the e4 pawn.} (18. O-O-O $142) 18... Nxc5 19. O-O
Ke7 $15 20. b4 (20. e5 Rac8 21. Rac1 b6) 20... Nd3 21. Be2 Rhd8 22. Rfd1 Ne5
23. a3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. f4 Rc2 26. fxe5 {Probably the best chance, as
the normal 26. Bb5 Nf3; or 26. Kf2 Nc4 give black an easy job.} (26. Bb5 Nf3+
$11) (26. Kf2 Nc4 $11) 26... Rxe2 27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Rf1 Ke8 29. Rc1 {A strange
position. Black's rook is on the 2-nd rank, and white's pawns are very weak.
But he has his own counterplay, so black has not an easy task.} Re3 $1 {
The pawns e4 and e5 can wait.} 30. Kf2 Rxa3 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. Rf8 Ke7 33. Rb8 g5
$3 {The main idea. The king escapes to king'side. Black fixes weak pawns on g3,
h3. In spite of equal material on the board, white is loosing as after swaping
queen side pawns he is not able to protect king side weaknesses.} 34. Rxb7+ Kf8
35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 h5 37. h4 {Probably premature. But sooner or later white
would have to play h4 or g4, fixing its own weakness.   For instance:} (37. b5
Ra5 38. Ke3 Rxb5 39. Rxa7 Rxe5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Ra3 Kf6 42. Rc3 Rb2 {[%cal
Gb2h2]}) 37... g4 38. b5 Rf3+ 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Rxa7 Rxb5 41. Ke3 Rb3+ $1 {
Again the e-pawns can wait! Due to the weakness on g3, black can push white
king out of the center first.  Now 42. Kf4 is bad , because of} 42. Kf2 (42.
Kf4 $2 Rf3+ $1 (42... Kg6 $4 43. Ra3 $1 Rb2 44. Rd3 $11)) 42... Rb2+ 43. Kf1 (
43. Ke3 Rg2 44. Kf4 Kg6 $19 {[%cal Gg2f2]}) 43... Rb4 44. Kf2 Rxe4 {Finally.
E5 is also falling.} 45. Ra5 Kg6 46. Rb5 Ra4 47. Rc5 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Ra3 49. Kg2
Rf3 50. Rc7 (50. Rc2 Rf5 51. Re2 Kg7 {[%cal Yg7f8,Yf8e7,Ye7d7,Yd7c6,Yc6d5] the
king comes to d5 and black wins.}) 50... Rf5 51. Rc5 f6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game, a top player employs an interesting idea that could very well
take the sting out of the venomous King's Indian Attack. While there's still
plenty of room for exploration here, I have given a summary of the recent
ideas tried up until April 2016 and shown paths of improvement for the Black
side.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 $5 {
A surprise for Sergey as Levon has always played Nc6 in his recent games
including against Sergey himself. Black's idea is to quickly weaken White's
queenside first before deciding how to arrange his pieces.} (6... Nc6 7. e4 (7.
d4 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Ne5 c5 $11 {1-0 (87) Rapport,R (2649)-Aronian,L
(2765) Munich GER 2016, with a comfortable game}) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5
10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Rd1 Ng4 $1 13. Ngf3 Bc5 14. Rf1 {White has lost
many tempi while Black has significantly improved his pieces} Qc8 $1 {aimed
against h2-h3:} 15. a4 h6 (15... Be6 $5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Kh2 h6 19.
Ngf3 Be6 $15) 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qe2 b6 {0-1 (66) Karjakin,S (2760)-Aronian,L 
(2777) Zurich SUI 2015, Black has obtained a comfortable game, and even won in
the end.}) 7. e4 ({In one of the recent games in this line, White tried to
stop the a-pawn at once:} 7. a4 Nc6 $5 {going back to Aronian's Nc6 system in
the hopes of taking advantage of the fact that White has played a4 instead of
a different useful move.} (7... c5 8. e4 Nc6 {is also possible}) 8. Re1 e5 9.
e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. dxe4 Bc5 $1 {is a better version of the 2015
Karjakin-Aronian game above.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bf5 12. Re1 e4 $5 (12... Qd6
{keeping the tension could give Black room to fight for more.}) 13. dxe4 Qxd1
14. Rxd1 Bxe4 $11 15. c3 Bd6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Bd3 19. b3 Rab8
20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Markus,R (2647)
-Svetushkin,D (2561) Skopje MKD 2016}) 7... a4 8. a3 ({Recently, the
open-minded and imginative GM Rapport has also tried to ignore Black's
pawn-push:} 8. Re1 a3 9. e5 axb2 10. Bxb2 Nfd7 11. Nd4 (11. a4 Nc5 12. a5 Bd7
13. Bd4 Nc6 (13... Na4 $142 $1 {this move gives Black chances to obtain a
better game:} 14. Nb3 Na6 $15 {with c5 next}) 14. Bc3 b5 15. axb6 Na4 16. b7 $1
Ra7 (16... Ra6 $142 $5 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb8 19. c4 Qxb7 20. cxd5 exd5 {
[%csl Ge6][%cal Ga6e6]} 21. Qb3 Qb4 $1 $15) 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (51) Rybarczyk,K (2130)-Wittje,B Germany 1998} (18... Qb8 19. c4 Qxb7
20. cxd5 exd5 21. e6 $1 $132)) 11... Nc5 12. N2b3 Nbd7 (12... Na4 $142 $1 {
right away gives Black good play as it forces White's B to a more passive
square and gives Black flexibility in development:} 13. Bc1 c5 14. Nb5 Nc6 {
The knight is simply more active here than on d7.} 15. h4 (15. Bf4 {maybe
Levon was bothered by this possibility and that's why he delayed it?!?} Bd7 $17
16. c4 (16. Nd6 f6 $1) 16... Nb4 {and Black has nothing worry about.}) 15... f6
$1 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rb1 Na7 $1 $17 {this tactical possibility only underlines
the benefit of playing Na4 right away.}) 13. Bc3 Ra6 14. h4 Na4 15. Bd2 c5 16.
Nb5 f6 {similar is not the same!} 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 {no Na7 tactic here,
but Black still has a healthy position after} Ne5 19. Qe2 c4 $5 {1-0 (35)
Rapport,R (2649)-Gajewski,G (2646) Dresden GER 2016 a complex game ensues with
chances for both sides.}) 8... c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h4 $146 {This is technically
the novelty in this game. Sergey may have come up with it over the board in
fear of facing preparation in the mainline.} (10. e5 Nd7 (10... Ne8 $5 11. Nf1
f6 {is worth exploring}) 11. Nf1 b5 12. h4 {transposes to standard lines of
KIA vs. Classical French. Here's an example on how play might develop, from
Sergey's game as Black:} b4 13. Bf4 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. c4 dxc4
17. Nxc4 (17. dxc4 Nb6 18. Nd2 Nd4 {It is always a good sign when a knight is
drawn away from Black's kingside.}) 17... Nb6 18. Nd6 (18. Qc2 Nd5 $1 $146 (
18... Nd4 $6 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 (19... cxd4 20. Nd6 $15) 20. Be3 $1 Qd7 21. Nd6 $14
{1-0 (49) Skoberne,J (2544)-Kraemer,M (2570) Austria AUT 2016}) 19. Bg5 (19.
Bd2 Rb3 $36) 19... Rb3 20. Rab1 (20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rab1 Rfb8) (20. Nd6 f6)
20... Bxg5 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Nd4 22. Qd2 h6 23. Ne4 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Nc3 $1 $17)
21... Qb8 $1 {with nice pressure on the q-side and centre.}) 18... Nd5 $1 {
a nice pawn sac for piece activity, and to deprive White of the chance of
using his N on d6 in the near future.} 19. Qxa4 Rb6 (19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rb6
$44) 20. Rac1 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4
Be7 (25... Rc8 $5 {preparing the Be7-f6 manoeuvre:} 26. Red1 (26. Nxd6 Qxd6 $15
) 26... Be7 27. Ne5 Bf6 $15) 26. Ne5 Bd6 (26... Bf6 $2 27. Rxc5) 27. Nc4 Be7
28. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (28) Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772) Loo 2014. This shows
that Sergey is well aware of his opponent's ideas and that Black is at least
OK in the mainlines.}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 (11. dxe4 $6 {the resulting pawn
structure & position are favourable for Black:} e5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Rc4,Rg4][%cal
Gb7b5,Gb5c4,Gc8g4,Gf6g4]} 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 (13. c3 {[%csl Rb3]} Be6 14. Qe2
h6 $15) 13... Nd4 $15) 11... Nxe4 12. Rxe4 (12. dxe4 {will once again be met
with} e5 $1) 12... b5 $1 {Levon goes ahead with the standard q-side expansion
as there is no immediate danger along the a8-h1 diagonal Levon goes ahead with
the standard q-side expansion as there is no immediate danger along the a8-h1
diagonal} 13. Ng5 Ra6 14. Qh5 $6 {too ambitious} ({In the post-mortem, both
players agreed that an objectively better move is} 14. Re1 {which should be
roughly equal. This is correct, and I believe Black's play is even easier:} h6
15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 Qb6 $1 (16... Nd4 17. Nxc5 $1 $13)) 16... Rb6 $36
{with an eventual b5-b4}) 14... h6 15. Nf3 ({Originally Sergey was planning} 
15. Rg4 {and after} Ne5 {Sergey was intending to reply with} 16. Re4 {but
Aronian pointed out} Nd7 $1 $19 {with jolly grin :-)}) 15... f5 16. Re1 Bd7 (
16... Bf6 $1 {"is an easy move to make" (Aronian), but he didn't see the need
to play it as he thinks Black is just as fine after Bd7. The key thing to see
is that by placing the B right away on f6, White's pieces are restricted and
his Q will be in trouble soon!} 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Nh2 (18. Bf4 $4 Be8 $19) 18...
Be8 19. Qd1 e5 $15 {with a nice bind and space advantage.}) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18.
Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 {with the N traded off, it's easy to see that White can
breathe more freely} Qf6 20. Rb1 (20. c3 b4 $1 $36 21. Bd2 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rb8 {
and according to Levon, "Black has a wonderful position..."}) 20... f4 $6 {
logically opening up lines to exploit White's discoordinated pieces, but White
has enough resources to defend. It "spoiled the game" according to Levon as it
only leads to mass simplification of the position.} ({The straightforward
approach can give Black an edge:} 20... b4 21. Bd2 (21. f4 Rb8 $15) 21... Rb8
22. Qe2 Rab6 {taking over the b-file and the queenside.}) (20... e5 $5 {
may have also given Black better chances to obtain an edge.}) 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22.
gxf4 Qxf4 23. Qxc5 Rf5 (23... Qxh4 24. Re4 Qf6 25. Rg4 $11 (25. Re2)) 24. Qe3
Qxh4 25. Qg3 {Now according to Levon it's important to have e5 under control.}
Qh5 ({The other queen retreat is not so convincing:} 25... Qf6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27.
Be4 Bc6 28. Bxf5+ exf5 29. Kf1 {which Levon thought was not so clear. In fact,
Black has to be careful as White can get his king safe by running to d2} Bf3
30. Qf4 $1 Bh5 31. f3 Rc6 32. c3 g5 33. Qe3 $14 {and Black's compensation is
still in question.}) 26. Qc7 Qf7 (26... Qh4 27. Qg3 Qh5 28. Qc7) 27. Qb7 Rd6 ({
An attempt to fight on with} 27... Rg5 {can only lead to trouble for Black
after} 28. f4 $1 {so Levon didn't see any sense in going for this} (28. Kf1 $5)
(28. Re5 $5) 28... Rxg2+ 29. Qxg2 e5 30. f5 Bxf5 31. Re3 $13 {It's difficult
to clearly assess this during the game, but it's clear that Black doesn't
achieve anything special here.}) 28. Qb8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re3 Bc6 31.
Rbe1 {And in this equal ending, the players decided to split the point.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:26:04"]
[BlackClock "0:08:34"]

{Kramnik was on a high after three wins in the three previous rounds. (draws
in the first two rounds). Today he played the young Russian Sanan Sjugirov. In
2010, Sanan had beaten Magnus (2826) in Khanty Mansiysk Olympiad 2010. So he
could not be taken lightly.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O {
When I had just started playing chess, my coach advised me to play these exact
five moves from the white side just so that I wouldn't lose the game quickly.
As for Kramnik, he plays this setup just so that he can play an original game
without much opening theory.} Nbd7 6. Qe1 {Kramnik has good experience with
this line as he played it with the white pieces against Vitiugov in the
Alekhine Memorial in 2013 and against Levon Aronian with the black pieces in
2010.} e5 7. e4 {of course the threat is now exd5 followed by taking on e5.}
Bd6 {This idea had not been played by any grandmaster before. It can be
assumed that Sjugirov had analysed this at home and wanted to test Kramnik in
a new line. It turns out that Vladimir was in mood to refute this system of
play by Black.} (7... dxe4 {is the main line in this position.} 8. dxe4 Bd6 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 Re8 (12... b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Ne3 $14
{[%cal Ge3d5,Ge3f5]} Nxe4 15. Nh4 $1 $16) 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Be3 $14 {
1-0 (50) Kramnik,V (2801)-Vitiugov,N (2712) Paris/St Petersburg 2013, When
White had a very harmonious development and went on to win.}) 8. h3 Bh5 (8...
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O {After seeing what happened in this game and in
retrospect, I feel that this is the best way for Black to continue. Even
though White has the bishop pair, the symmetrical pawn structure should give
Black good chances to equalise.}) 9. Nh4 {A very interesting idea. The knight
eyes the f5-square and also frees the way for the f-pawn. The development of
the queenside pieces can wait for the time being.} O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 (11.
Nf5 {is not at all good because of} Bxf5 12. exf5 (12. gxf5 Re8 $15 {when
Black has a very solid and nice position.}) 12... h6 {preventing g5 for the
time being.} 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Re1 (14. h4 $2 Nh7 $17) 14... Qb6 $15 {Once again
a very harmonious position for Black.}) 11... Nh5 12. exd5 {Kramnik indulges
in winning the d5-pawn. In order to win the pawn he has definitely to burn his
bridges. He has pushed his kingside pawns in such a fashion that weaknesses
abound in plenty and one gets the feeling that Black should have enough
compensation for the missing pawn.} cxd5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bxd5 Nf4 $44 {
Sjugirov makes the most logical move. He attacks the d5 bishop and also the
g5-pawn forcing White to take the knight on f4.} 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h4 {These
kingside pawns might look weak but one important fact to understand here is
that Black would like to break this structure with f6 at some point but with
the bishop so strongly placed on d5, it is simply impossible. My chess sense
tells me that Black should definitely have compensation here but Kramnik's
subsequent play casts doubt on it.} Qc8 {Openly eyeing the c2-pawn and in a
stealthy way also the g4-square!} 17. Qe4 $1 {Kramnik is a class act. You can
bank on him to find the most challenging and ambitious moves in the position.
After all that's the reason why he played in such aggressive fashion in the
opening.} (17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Qe4 Qg4+ 19. Qg2 Qxh4 $132 {gives Black a lot of
counterplay.}) 17... Qxc2 {Sjugirov goes for the most critical continuation
asking White what exactly is he trying to do.} (17... Re8 18. Bxb7 $5 (18. Qxg6
Ne5 19. Qe4 Ng6 $5 20. Qxg6 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 18... Qc7 (
18... Rxe4 19. Bxc8 $16) (18... Qxc2 19. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 (19... Qxb2 20. Bxa8 Qxa1
21. Qxd6 $18) 20. Bxc6 $16) 19. Qc6 Rac8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Bd5 Rxc2 22. Na3
Bxa3 23. bxa3 Rc5 $11 {+/=. Black should be able to hold the draw here.}) 18.
Nc3 {This is the most logical way to develop. The knight comes into the centre.
In such positions along with calculation you need to develop a feel for the
dynamics, something which is possessed by Kramnik to a high degree.} (18. Na3 {
might have been interesting.} Bxa3 (18... Qxb2 19. Nc4 $18) 19. bxa3 Rad8 (
19... Rae8 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qd5+ $16 Ke7 22. Rac1 Qa4 23. Rc4 Qa6 24. Rb1 $18
{with a fierce attack.}) 20. Qxf4 Nc5 {and in spite of being a pawn down, it
is clear that Black is not much worse because White's position has so many
weaknesses.}) (18. Qxg6 {[%cal Gg6d6]} Bc5 (18... Qxb2 19. Qxd6 Qxa1 20. Qxd7
$18) 19. Qh5 {threatening g6.} Qxd3 20. g6 Qg3+ $1 21. Kh1 Qh3+ {would be a
nice way to end the game.}) 18... Qxb2 (18... Rae8 19. Qxg6 $1 $16) 19. Qxg6
Bc5 (19... Qxc3 20. Qxd6 Ne5 (20... Rad8 {It is extremely difficult to assess
positions like these. But say after} 21. Rac1 Qe5 (21... Qxd3 22. Bxf7+ $18) (
21... Qa5 22. Be4 (22. Bxb7 Qf5 $1 $13) 22... Nf6 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Nxe4
25. dxe4 $14) 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxb7 Rxd3 $11 {/+=. White has a small edge
thanks to his bishop being the superior minor piece in an open position. But
the number of pawns on both sdes of the board is equal and Black should be
able to hold this one with accurate play.}) 21. Rac1 Qd4 $5 {is the only move
for Black.} (21... Qb2 22. Rfe1 Nxd3 23. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 24. Qxd3 $18) 22. Rc4 $1
(22. Bxf7+ $2 Rxf7 23. Qxd4 Nf3+ $19) 22... Qb2 (22... Nxc4 23. Bxf7+ $18) 23.
Re4 (23. Rxf4 Rad8 $19) 23... Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxh4+ 25. Kh3 Nf3 26. g6 Ng5+ 27.
Kh4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 $14 {[%csl Gh4] The king on h4 looks quite safe and in this
position White stands better mainly because his bishop is so strong on d5. A
completely non forcing and long variation to show you how tricky and
complicated the position is.}) (19... Be5 {is another option to be considered.
But White has a strong idea with} 20. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Gg5g6]} Qxc3 21. g6 Nf6 (
21... Rfd8 22. Rac1 Qd4 23. Bxf7+ $40) 22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+
Kxf7 25. Qxa8 $18) 20. Ne4 Qe5 {Now after Bb3 White has a lot of threats in
the position, but the question is instead of ...Qe5 what should have Black
played? His position looks already quite perilous.} (20... Qd4 21. Bb3 Qxd3 22.
Nf6+ $18) (20... Rad8 21. Rab1 Qd4 22. Bb3 Be7) (20... Ne5 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22.
Qh7#) (20... Rae8 21. Rae1 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Ge1,Ge4,Gg6]}) 21. Bb3 $1 $14 {
The white rook is coming to e1 now. What should Black do?} Bxf2+ (21... f3 22.
Rae1 Qf4 23. Qh5 {With the threat of g6.} g6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Kg7 {
it is surprising that White does not have a killer blow over here.} 26. Qh6+
Kg8 27. d4 Bxd4 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qd6 Qg4+ 30. Qg3 (30. Ng3 Qh3 $19) 30... Qxg3+
31. Nxg3 $16 {White has a clear advantage.}) (21... Be7 {seems safer but after}
22. Rae1 $16 {you can clearly see who holds the initiative.}) 22. Nxf2 $1 {
Accurately calculated.} (22. Kxf2 {was a possibility.} Qb2+ 23. Kg1 Qxb3 24.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. axb3 f6 26. Ra5 fxg5 27. Rxg5+ Kh7 28. Kh1 $16 {with good
winning chances for White thanks to his superior activity.}) 22... f3 23. Ne4 {
Stopping the check on g3.} Qd4+ {Playing for the last trick. But the way
Kramnik was playing in this entire game it is hard to imagine that he will
stumble now.} (23... Qb2 24. Rxf3 $1 (24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. gxf6 Qd4+ 26. Kh2 Qxh4+
27. Kg1 Qd4+ $11 {would have been a nice draw for Black.}) 24... Qxb3 (24...
Qxa1+ 25. Rf1 Qd4+ 26. Rf2 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 $18 {The threat of Nf6 is a killer and
Black can do nothing about it.}) 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. axb3 $16 {Black is a pawn
down and most probably will lose this ending. But this was the last chance for
him to continue the game.}) 24. Kh1 $1 (24. Kh2 $2 Qb2+ 25. Nf2 (25. Rf2 Qxa1
$13) 25... Qxb3 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. axb3 Nc5 $11 {Black is ok.}) 24... Qb2 25.
Nf6+ $1 {The final check that was well calculated by Kramnik. After Nxf6 gxf6
the queen on g6 will not only threaten a mate on g7 but also defend the mate
on g2. A great game by Kramnik. I cannot really pinpoint where Sjugirov went
wrong. Maybe the entire idea with 7...Bd6 is dangerous for Black and he should
stick to the simple 7...dxe4. But in order to refute Black's play you need a
player like Kramnik who feels the position like a human and calculates like a
machine!} (25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. gxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 {Just six moves into
the game and we already have a position that has been played only once before.}
Nd7 7. e4 Bd6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Ne7 {On f6 the knight can be pushed away with
g4-g5 and hence Black prefers to develop it to e7.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5
12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Bg5 $1 Qd7 (14... f6 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Be3 $14) 15.
a4 $1 Rae8 16. a5 Na8 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 18. Qa4 (18. Nxd5 Nc7 $44 {gives Black
fine compensation for the pawn.}) 18... Qe6 19. Bd2 Qe5 20. f4 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qb8
22. Nxd5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Rd8 24. Bc3 f6 25. g5 $1 {Black's position is falling
apart.} Ne7 26. gxf6 Nf5 27. Qc4 Rf7 28. fxg7 Rc8 29. Nf6+ Kxg7 30. Nd7+ Kg8
31. Nxb8 Rxc4 32. dxc4 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Nxf4 35. Kh1 {Black is a rook
down and completely lost - he decided to throw in the towel. This was perhaps
the most accurate game played by Sanan Sjugirov in his entire career so far.
Every move he made was almost the top choice of the engine. It just shows how
strong this young lad really is.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Former British Champion Michael Hennigan succumbed to some original play by
the Polish IM Roland Berzinsh.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3
d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c4 d4 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Nd7 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Ne1 e5 12. Nc2 f5
13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Na4 15. Bb2 e4 16. Nb3 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 Kh8 18. Rb1 exd3 19.
exd3 f4 20. Nc5 Ra7 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 f3 23. Bh1 {#} Nxb4 $1 {A bolt from
the blue and the beginning of an extraordinary concept.} 24. Nxb4 Qe7 $1 25.
Qa7 {The only good way to defend the c5 knight. But now the queen finds itself
out of play on the wrong side of the board.} b6 26. Nca6 Bh3 $1 {Having lured
the queen and knights to the queenside, Black strikes at the kingside.} 27. Rb1
(27. Qxc7 Qe2 28. Ra1 Re8 {would force White to give the piece back with} 29.
Nc2 Qxc2 {and his position would then be hopeless.}) 27... Re8 28. Nc2 Qe2 29.
Nab4 {#Now Black finds a very precise move.} h5 $1 30. Qa1 {White thinks his
queen has arrived back in time to join the defence but it is already too late.#
} Qxf2+ $3 31. Kxf2 Re2+ 32. Kxf3 (32. Kg1 f2#) 32... Bg4+ {Revealing the
point of 29...h5, which was to support this check.} 33. Kf4 Bh6# {An exquisite
finish.} 0-1

[Event "Thailand op 13th"]
[Site "Pattaya"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
e5 (8... e6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. a3 Bb8 14. f4
e5 15. f5 e4 16. dxe4 Qc7 17. Rf4 Rde8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nhf3 Qb6 20. e5 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf3 Nh7 23. c4 Ng5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nf1 Kb8 26. b4 d4 27.
Bd2 Re7 28. Rc1 dxe3 29. Bxe3 Bd4 30. Rg3 Bxe3+ 31. Nxe3 Rhe8 32. Rc3 a6 33.
Qf2 f6 34. Nc2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Rgd3 Ree2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39.
Ne3 Ne6 40. Nc4 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Nf4 42. Bf3 Ra1 43. h4 g5 44. h5 {1-0 (44)
Svidler,P (2739)-Kramnik,V (2781) Moscow 2011}) 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O (10...
Qe7 11. a3 Nb6 12. c4 O-O-O 13. b3 dxc4 14. dxc4 Bc7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bb2 Nfd7
17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Kc2 Nd3 19. Bc3 f5 20. Nb1 e4 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. f3 Nc5 23.
Rhf1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. f4 Nbd7 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Bf1 g6 28. Qh7 Nd3 29. Rd2
Bb6 30. Rg2 Nf8 31. Qh6 Bxe3 32. Bxd3 exd3+ 33. Kb2 Qe4 34. Rh2 Bxf4 35. Nd2
Bxh6 {0-1 (35) Kritz,L (2571)-Erdos,V (2523) Differdange 2007}) 11. Nxg6 (11.
b3 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. O-O Re8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qg4 a3 16. Bc3 b5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18.
Ba1 b4 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Qg2 Kh7 23. Be2 Ne6 24. h4 d4
25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Qxc6 Kg8 27. Nc4 Rad8 28. Rce1 Bb8 29. Qe4 Nc5 30. Qf3 e4 31.
Qg2 exd3 32. cxd3 Nxd3 33. Rd1 dxe3 34. fxe3 Ba7 35. Bf6 Bxe3+ 36. Qf2 Bxf2+
37. Rxf2 Qa7 {0-1 (37) Young,A (2350)-Herman,M (2396) ICC INT 2011}) 11... fxg6
12. h4 Qe7 13. g5 Nh5 14. c4 {Schwarz findet nun ein starkes Manöver zur
Eroberung der schwarzen Felder.} e4 15. dxe4 d4 16. exd4 (16. Nf3 Bb4+ 17. Bd2
dxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf4 $19 {konnte Weiß nicht gefallen.}) 16... Nf4 {Für zwei
Bauern hat Schwarz nun diesen starken Vorposten etabliert.} 17. Qf1 c5 18. d5 (
18. e5 {taugt gar nichts wegen einfach} cxd4) 18... Ne5 {Nimzowitsch hätte
gejubelt. Es droht nun Sd3 und Sxf2 bzw. Txf2.} 19. Kd1 b5 {Und noch ein Bauer.
..} ({Gut war auch} 19... Ned3 {mit der Idee De5-d4.}) 20. cxb5 (20. Bh3 $5)
20... c4 21. f3 Rac8 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Nb1 Nfd3 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Rh3 Bc5 ({
Kräftiger war} 25... Nxc1 26. Kxc1 c3 {mit der Idee} 27. Nxc3 (27. bxc3 Ba3+
$19) 27... Ba3 28. Kc2 Bxb2 29. Kxb2 Qb4+ 30. Kc2 Qxc3+ {nebst Matt.}) 26. Nc3
Nf2+ 27. Ke2 Nxh3 28. Qxh3 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 {Bevor Weiß im Angriff der "leichten
Kavallerie" untergeht, sucht er sein Glück im Tausch der Dame gegen die
Angreifer. Die Bilanz lautet zwei Leichtfiguren und zwei Bauern für die Dame.}
Nxf3 30. Kxf3 Qf8+ 31. Bf4 Bd6 32. Ne2 ({Ein pfiffige Idee war noch} 32. e5 $5
Bxe5 33. Rf1 {mit der Idee} Qxf4+ (33... Bxf4 34. Ke4 {und der Läufer ist
gefesselt.}) 34. Ke2 {und die Dame kann wegen Matt nicht wegziehen.} Rf7 35.
Rxf4 (35. Bxf7 Qg4+ 36. Ke3 Bd4+ 37. Kd2 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qxb2 $19) 35... Rxf4 36.
a4 {und Weiß kann noch kämpfen, obwohl es vermutlich nicht zum Remis reicht.}
) 32... c3 33. bxc3 Bxf4 ({Stärker war} 33... Rxc3+ 34. Nxc3 Qxf4+ 35. Ke2 Bc5
$19) 34. Nxf4 Rxc3+ 35. Kg4 Qa3 36. Rg1 Re3 (36... Rf3 {war Matt in 18 
(Houdini)}) 37. e5 Rxe5 ({Genauer war} 37... Rf3 38. Ne2 Qe3 39. Rg3 Qe4+ {
nebst Matt}) 38. Rg3 Qb4 39. Rb3 Qc4 $2 {Wirft tatsächlich noch den Vorteil
weg.} ({Nach} 39... Qd4 40. Rd3 Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Qf1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kg4 Re4 {
gewinnt Schwarz, z.B.:} 44. d6 Qf1 45. Rd5 Qg2#) 40. Kg3 $2 ({Hier verpasste
Weiß die Gelegenheit, noch einmal richtig Ärger zu machen:} 40. b6 $1 axb6
41. Ra3 {droht plötzlich auch mal Matt.} h5+ 42. Kg3 Kh7 ({Nach} 42... Rxe6 {
bleibt vom schwarzen Übergewicht nichts übrig.} 43. dxe6 Qc5 44. Rd3 $11) 43.
Bf7 Qc8 44. Bxg6+ Kg8 45. Bxh5 Qf8 46. Rc3 Re1 47. Bf3 (47. Bg4 Rg1+ 48. Ng2
Qd6+ 49. Kf2 Ra1) 47... Rg1+ 48. Bg2 {und Weiß hält sich.}) 40... Qc5 41. Rf3
Re1 42. Kh3 Re3 43. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. gxh6 gxh6 46. Nxg6+ Kg7 47. Ne7
(47. Nf4 Kf6 $19) 47... h5+ 48. Kf5 Qf3+ 49. Ke5 Qg3+ 50. Kf5 Qxh4 51. Nc6 Qa4
52. Ke5 Qxb5 53. Kd6 h4 54. Kc7 Qb6+ 55. Kc8 Kf6 56. a4 a5 57. Kd7 Qe3 58. Kc7
Qg3+ 59. Kb6 h3 60. Bxh3 Qxh3 61. Kxa5 Qb3 62. d6 Qc3+ 63. Kb6 Ke6 64. Nd8+ Kd7
65. Nb7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Paikidze, Nazi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 a5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 (
14... Ne8 15. Kh2 f6 16. b3 Nd6 17. Nb2 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Nf7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Kh1
Rad8 21. Bc3 Ne6 $15 {0-1 (86) Aronian,L (2783)-Kramnik,V (2780) Shanghai 2010}
) 15. Kh1 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 b5 18. Bxa5 Qc8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nd2 exf4
21. gxf4 Nd5 22. Rf3 {[#]} f5 $6 {Schwarz musste die Partie gewinnen, um sich
Chancen auf den Turniersieg zu bewahren und ist auf Verwicklungen aus.} (22...
N7f6 $5 $15) 23. e5 g5 24. fxg5 $2 {Nun fliegt die weiße Stellung auseinander.
} ({Günstig für Weiß war} 24. b4 Bb6 25. Qd1 gxf4 (25... Nxf4 $2 26. Rxf4)
26. Nf1 Ne7 (26... Ne3 27. Rxe3 fxe3 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Qh5 $18) 27. Rxf4 $16)
24... Nxe5 25. Rf2 $2 ({Etwas besser war} 25. Rf1 Ne3 26. Qe2 (26. Bxa8 Qxa8+
27. Nf3 Nxf3 $19) 26... Ng6 27. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 28. Qf3 Qc8 $19) 25... Ne3 (25...
Bxf2 $2 26. Bxd5+ $18) 26. Nb3 {[#]} Nxg2 ({Verpasst} 26... Nd3 $1 27. cxd3
Nxg2 $19) 27. Rxg2 f4 28. Qc3 Nc4 ({Energischer war} 28... f3 $1 29. Rh2 Rxa5
30. Qxa5 f2 31. Rf1 (31. Qxb5 Nf3 $19) 31... Qc6+ $19) 29. Qf3 Qf5 30. Nxc5 (
30. g6 $1 Rac8 31. Qg4 $15) 30... Qxc5 31. b4 Qf5 32. Rf2 Re4 33. Rg1 Rae8 {[#]
} 34. Bc7 $2 {Danach dringt der schwarze Angriff durch. h3 musste stattdessen
gedeckt werden.} (34. Kh2 Re3 35. Qg4 $17) 34... Re3 35. Qxf4 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2
Ne3+ 37. Qxe3 Qg4+ 38. Qg3 Rxg3+ 39. Bxg3 Re3 $19 {Game over.} 40. Kh2 Qh5+ 41.
Kg2 Qxg5 42. Kh2 Re6 43. Rgg2 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Rf1 Qd4+ 46. Rff2 Re1+ 47.
Kh2 Qd1 48. Bf4 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Rh1 50. Rh2 Rg1+ 51. Rhg2 Rh1 52. Rh2 Qg6+ 53. Kh3
Qe6+ 54. Kg3 Re1 55. Rhg2 Qg6+ 56. Kh2 Qe4 57. Bg5 Qxb4 58. Bf4 Qe7 59. Kg3 Re6
60. Kh3 Qd7 61. Kh2 Re4 62. Kg3 Qf5 63. Rf3 g5 64. Bxg5 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Magen Memorial"]
[Site "Petah Tikva"]
[Date "1997.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zalkind, Konstantin"]
[Black "Soffer, Ram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Soffer,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Qe1
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. Nd2 b5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. a3 a6 (
14... Bd4 $142) 15. Bg2 Bd4 (15... Bb6 16. Kh1 {/\f4} (16. b4 c5)) 16. Bxd4 $1
exd4 17. Rfe1 $5 (17. Qd3 c5 (17... Qc5) 18. f4 Ng4) 17... Rfe8 (17... c5 18.
e5 Rae8 19. Qd1 $1 Nxe5 20. f4 $16) (17... Rae8) 18. Nf3 $5 c5 19. e5 Rab8 $5 (
19... Nd5 20. Nxd4 Nc3 21. Qd2 cxd4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Re3 b4 25.
Qxb4 Qxb4 26. axb4 $16) (19... Nb6 20. Ng5 Nfd5 21. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 22. Bxd5 Nxd5
23. Qe4+ $16) (19... Rad8 20. a4 $1 Nd5 21. axb5 Nc3 22. Qd3 axb5 23. Ra7 {
/\Bh3} Qe6 24. Ng5 Qh6 25. Qf5 $16) 20. Qd2 (20. a4 $5 Nf8 $14 (20... Qd8))
20... Nd5 (20... Ng4 $5 21. h3 Nh6 (21... Ngxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. f4) 22. b4 $5
$14) 21. Ng5 $6 (21. Nxd4 $5 cxd4 (21... Nxe5 $2 22. Nc6) 22. Bxd5 Qc5 23. c4
$5 bxc4 (23... dxc3 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxd7+ Kg8 $16) (23... Nxe5 24. Qf4 Qd6
25. Red1 bxc4 26. Rxd4 $16) 24. bxc4 Nb6 25. Qb4 Rbc8 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. e6 Nxd5
$11) (21. e6 $5 N7b6 $1 (21... fxe6 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bxd5 Qf7 24. Bc6 e5 $14)
22. Ng5 f6) 21... Ne3 $1 {This leads to big complications} ({A quieter
alternative was} 21... N7b6 $14) 22. Bc6 Nxe5 $1 (22... Qxg5 23. Bxd7 Re7 (
23... Red8 24. e6 $1 (24. Bh3 Qh5 $11) 24... Rb6 $5 25. e7 $1 (25. fxe3 fxe6
26. Qa5 Rd6) 25... Qxe7 26. Bh3 $16) 24. Bh3 $1 (24. Bc6 Qh6 25. fxe3 Qxc6 26.
exd4 cxd4) 24... Qh5 25. fxe3 Qxh3 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Rd7 28. Qe4 Rbd8 29.
e6 $14) (22... Red8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nxh7 $14) 23. Bxe8 Qxg5 $6 ({The right
move order was} 23... Rxe8 $1 24. fxe3 Qxg5 25. Qg2 d3 {and Black is at least
equal} (25... dxe3 $13)) 24. Bc6 $1 Qg6 $2 $138 {Imaginative but wrong. Black
should settle for an exchange down with some compensation.} (24... Nxc6 25.
fxe3 Ne5 (25... Re8 26. Qg2 $1 $16) 26. Qe2 (26. Qg2 d3 $13) 26... Qf5 27. Rf1
Qe4 28. Rae1 d3 29. cxd3 Nxd3 30. Rd1 c4 $11) 25. Bh1 $1 (25. fxe3 Qxc6 26. Qg2
$14) 25... Nxc2 (25... Qxc2 $6 26. Rad1 $1 (26. Ra2 $5) 26... Qxd2 (26... Qxb3
27. Rxe3 $18) 27. Rxd2 N3g4 28. h3 Re8 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Rxc5 $18) 26. Rxe5 Nxa1
27. Qb2 $2 (27. Qe1 $1 Qd6 (27... f6 $2 28. Rxc5 $18) (27... Rf8 28. Qxa1 Qc2
29. b4 $18) 28. Rd5 Qc7 (28... Nc2 29. Qe2 Qg6 30. Be4 $18) 29. Qxa1 Rd8 $16)
27... Nxb3 (27... Nc2 $2 28. Be4 Qf6 29. Rf5) (27... Qf6 $5 28. f4 (28. Rxc5 d3
29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Rd5 Nxb3 31. Rxd3 Nc5 32. Rd6 $15) 28... Nxb3) 28. Qxb3 c4 {
The connected passed pawns are not worse than the bishop} 29. Qb4 Qf6 $13 30.
Qe1 $6 (30. Rc5 Rd8 (30... Re8 31. a4 d3 32. axb5 axb5 33. Qxb5) 31. Rc6 Qe5
32. Rxa6 $6 d3 33. Qa5 Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qd4 35. Ra8 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Rxa8 37. Qxa8+
Qxa8 38. Bxa8 c3 $19) (30. f4 d3 31. Bd5 {with the same plan as in the game
would save time and improve White's chances}) 30... g6 $15 31. f4 {White
occupies the centre with pieces, but Black can undermine them by tactical
threats} (31. Rc5 d3 32. Rc6 Qd4) (31. Re7 d3 {/\d2}) (31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+
Kg7 $15) 31... d3 32. Bd5 Rd8 $1 33. Kf2 $2 (33. Qe3 $1 $15 {was much better,
but Black can still create trouble by} Kf8 {/\Qd6,f6}) (33. Qc3 $2 Rxd5 34.
Re8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kxg8 36. Qxf6 d2 $19) 33... c3 $1 $17 {The capture of the
pawn is impossible, and the best White can now hope for is a rook ending a
pawn down} (33... Qb6+ 34. Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Kf8 36. Bf3 d2 37. Bd1) (33...
Kf8 $5 34. Qb4+ $140 Qd6 {/\f6} 35. Bf3 $1 $13) 34. Qe3 (34. Qxc3 $2 Rxd5 35.
Re8+ (35. Qc8+ Rd8) 35... Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kxg8 37. Qxf6 d2 $19) (34. Re8+ $2 Rxe8
35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Ke3 {would allow a nice win:} c2 37. Kd2 (37. Qc8 Qb2) 37...
c1=Q+ $1 38. Kxc1 Qc3+ 39. Kb1 Qc2+ 40. Ka1 Qd1+ 41. Kb2 Qe2+ 42. Qxe2 dxe2 $19
) (34. Ke3 $2 d2 35. Qd1 Qxe5+ $1 36. fxe5 Rxd5 $19) (34. Bb3 $5 {was the
toughest defense} c2 {/\Rc8} (34... Qb6+ 35. Qe3 (35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kh3 c2 37.
Qc1 Qc3 $19) 35... Qxe3+ 36. Kxe3 c2 37. Rc5) (34... Qc6 $5 35. Qe3 (35. Re7 d2
$1) 35... c2 (35... d2 36. Qc5 (36. Rc5 Qh1 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. Bb3 Qxh2+ 39. Kf3
Qh1+ 40. Kf2 d1=N+ 41. Bxd1 Qxd1 $19) 36... Qxc5+ (36... Qh1 37. Bxf7+ $1 (37.
Qxc3 Qxh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 d1=N+ 40. Bxd1 Qxd1) 37... Kg7 38. Bb3 Qxh2+
39. Kf3 $1 (39. Kf1 d1=Q+) (39. Ke3 Qxg3+ 40. Ke2 d1=Q+ 41. Bxd1 Rd2+ 42. Kf1
Rxd1+ 43. Ke2 Re1#) 39... Rd3+ 40. Re3 d1=Q+ 41. Bxd1 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 $11) 37.
Rxc5 d1=Q 38. Bxd1 Rxd1 39. Rxc3 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 (40. Kg1 Ra2 $17) 40... Rxh2 41.
Rc6 a5 $17) 36. Rc5 (36. Qc5 $2 c1=Q) 36... Qd7 (36... Qh1 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38.
Rc7 Qxh2+ 39. Kf3 Qe2+ 40. Qxe2 dxe2 41. Kxe2 Rd7 42. Rxc2 Kxf7 $17) 37. Rd5
Qc8 38. Rc5 (38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $19) 38... Qh3 39. Rc7 $132) 35. Qc3 $1 Qb6+ 36.
Qc5 Qxc5+ (36... Qa5 $2 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ $11) 37. Rxc5 d2
38. Bxc2 d1=Q 39. Bxd1 Rxd1 $15) 34... c2 {/\Rc8,Rxd5} (34... d2 35. Bb3) 35.
Qc5 $8 (35. Bb3 Rc8 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. Qxc5 Qb2 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 $19) 35... Qd6 36.
Qc3 $2 {Loses immediately} ({after} 36. Bb3 $8 {Black still has to do some work
} Qd4+ $1 37. Kf3 $1 (37. Qxd4 $2 Rxd4 38. Rc5 Rc4 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Rxc4 d2
$19) (37. Kg2 $2 Qb2 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 39. Qe7 c1=Q+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Kg4 Qbe2+) (
37. Kf1 $2 Qa1+ 38. Re1 Qxe1+ 39. Kxe1 d2+) 37... Qxc5 {Black has to be careful
} (37... Qb2 $2 38. Bxf7+) (37... Qa1 $2 38. Bxf7+ (38. Qc7 Rf8 39. Re8 Kg7 40.
Rxf8 Qh1+) 38... Kg7 39. Bd5 Qf1+ 40. Kg4 $16) 38. Rxc5 d2 39. Bxc2 d1=Q+ 40.
Bxd1 Rxd1 41. Ke4 Ra1 $17) (36. Bf3 $2 Qd4+ $1 (36... Qxc5+ 37. Rxc5 a5 38. Ke3
b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Be4) 37. Kg2 Qb2) 36... Qd7 $1 (36... Qd7 37. Bb3 (37. Qd2
Rc8 38. Re1 (38. Qc1 d2) 38... Qxd5) 37... Rc8 (37... Qd4+ 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39.
Rc5 Rc4 40. Bxc4 bxc4 41. Rxc4 d2 $19) 38. Rc5 Qa7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 18th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Webster, Andrew"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Ba3 $5 e5 $5 (5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5
7. Bb2 $1 (7. Bxf8 Nxf8)) 6. Bxf8 Kxf8 7. c4 $5 (7. d3) (7. O-O) 7... e4 $1 8.
Nd4 dxc4 9. Qc2 $1 (9. bxc4 $2 Nc5 10. Nb3 $2 (10. Nc2) 10... Nd3+ 11. Kf1 Qf6
12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Re8) (9. h3) 9... Ngf6 $1 (9... cxb3 $2 10. Qxb3 {with
initiative.} (10. axb3)) (9... Ndf6 10. Qxc4) 10. bxc4 (10. Qxc4 c5 $5 (10...
Qe7)) 10... Ne5 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Nc3 Nxc4 $1 13. a4 (13. Nxe4 $2 Na3 14. Qb2 (
14. Qc1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe2 16. Qc5 {Flear} Bc4 $19) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe2 $1
) (13. O-O) 13... Bf3 $1 14. O-O Bxg2 15. Kxg2 h5 $1 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. h3 Rh6
18. a5 Rg6 19. Ra4 Nd6 20. Nc5 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nb3 Nf5 23. Rg1 b5 $6 (
23... h4 24. g4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rxg4+ 26. Kh3 $5 (26. Kf1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qg5+ {
etc}) (26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. Kh1 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Qg6+ 29. Kh2 h3 {etc}) 26... Rxg1
27. Rxe4 Qg5 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Qe4+ Kf8 30. Qxc6 g6 $19) 24. Ra6 $2 (24. Raa1
$1) 24... h4 25. g4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Rxg4+ 27. Kf1 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Qg5+ 29. Kh2 h3
$1 30. Kxh3 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ (32... Qh3+ 33. Kg1 (33. Ke1 Qh1#)
33... Nh4) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O ({With} 5. d4) ({or} 5. cxd5
Nxd5 6. d4 {White could have gone for a Fianchetto Grünfeld (D71-9). However,
Ivanchuk keeps his pawn on d2 and prefers an English Opening setup.} (6. O-O
O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Qb5 {- A15 leads to a position, which
resembles the g3 open Dragon Sicilian with opposite colours. Black is a tempo
down, therefore he hasn't played e5 yet, but he even doesn't need to - this
line is fully satisfactory for him.} 10. Rb1 Be6 11. b3 Rad8 12. Be3 Bd5 13.
Qd2 Qb4 14. Rfc1 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd7 17. b4 Nd4 18. Kf1 c6 19. Ne4
Rfd8 20. a4 a6 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Bd2 h6 25. f3 Bf8 26. Kf2
f5 27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Rd7 $11 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Svidler,P (2713)/ICC 5'/
1999/})) 5... dxc4 {Navara doesn't give his opponent a second chance for a
pure Grünfeld.} (5... O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 {- A16
is another way to keep the game in English channels.}) 6. Na3 ({The main
alternative is} 6. Qa4+ {and now:} {A typical Grünfeld move is} Nfd7 $5 (6...
Bd7 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Nc3 {is not ideal from Black's point of view. His B is
misplaced on d7 and this position can arise from the line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2, only here White has an
extra tempo (0-0) as he has made only 2 moves with his Q. This probably gives
him an edge.}) (6... c6 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. d3 (8. Qc2 Na6 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 e5 11.
a3 h6 12. b4 Nc7 13. Bb2 a6 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. e3 h5 16. Nde4 Nd5 17. Rad1 h4 18.
Rfe1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. Qb3 Nec7 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Qc2 Rc8 $15 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+],Ponomariov,R (2739)-Svidler,P (2754)/WCh 5' Moscow/2009/}) (
8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Qh4 e5 10. d3 Nd5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bg4 15. Re1 Nb4 16. Rb1 Be6 17. a3 Nc2 18. Rf1 a5 19. Bg2 a4 20. Bg5 f6
21. Bd2 f5 $36 {Kokarev,D (2536)-Andreikin,D (2481)/Moscow Aeroflot op-B/2006/}
) ({However, the most principled way to fight for an opening advantage is} 8.
d4 {-D78 , which once again transposes into a Fianchetto Grünfeld.}) 8... Nbd7
9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qh4 Bg4 11. Bh6 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Rfd1 Qd4 14. Qxd4 exd4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb1 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Rdc1 g5 19. Kf1 g4 20. Bg2 Re5 $11 {
Maze,S (2462)-Romanishin,O (2537)/Reykjavik/2004/}) 7. Qxc4 (7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qxc4
Nb6 9. Qh4 h6 {only transposes to Shuraev-Makarov below.}) 7... Nb6 ({This
move order avoids} 7... O-O 8. d4 $5 {[+] , nevertheless} Nb6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e3
e5 $5 $11 {should be OK for Black.}) 8. Qc2 (8. Qh4 Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 $5 {[%csl
Rh4] ףh4} 10. d4 {Shuraev,A (2395)-Makarov,M (2520)/Kemerovo/1995/} Nxd4 11.
Rd1 c5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. e3 Bf5 14. exd4 g5 15. Qh5 Qd7 $13) 8... Nc6 (8... e5
9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Rfd1 f5 15. Nc3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 c6 20. b4 Qd7 21. Rab1 a6
22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. a4 g5 $132 {Zhao Jun (2560)-Li,C (2643)/Beijing zt/2009/}) 9.
d3 O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nb3 Bd5 12. Be3 {Kurajica,B (2556)-Saric,I 
(2482)/CRO-ch Split/2008/} Na4 $5 13. d4 Qd7 $132) 10... e5 11. Bg5 Nd4 12. Qd2
f6 13. Be3 c6 14. Ne4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 f5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rf7 18. Bg2 Qf8
19. Qe1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qa5 f4 23. Bd2 Qd6 $11 {Nguyen,N 
(2628)-Wang,H (2727)/Asian Games Guangzhou/2010/}) 6... Be6 $6 {A provocative
attempt to spice up the game.} ({Arguably a more prudent choice is} 6... c5 $5
7. Nxc4 (7. Qa4+ Nfd7 $5 8. Nxc4 Nc6 9. d3 Rb8 $132) 7... Nc6 $11) (6... O-O 7.
Nxc4 {is also safe and sound:} Be6 $5 (7... Nc6 8. d4 Be6 9. b3 $14 {- D77
leads to a Grünfeld line, in which White is slightly better.}) (7... c5 8. d4
Be6 9. Nfe5 $5 (9. Nce5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 {1/2,Urban,K (2444)
-Kempinski,R (2533)/Polanica Zdroj/1999/} Bd5 $11) 9... Qc8 $5 (9... Nc6 10.
dxc5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bd5 12. Bf4 $14) 10. d5 (10. Na5 Bd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3
e6 $132) (10. dxc5 Nfd7 11. c6 Nxc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na5 Ne5 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Qc2 Qa6 16. Bxe5 Qxa5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 10... Bh3 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Qb3 Nbd7 {
/\} 13. Qxb7 Rfb8 14. Qc6 Rc8 $11) 8. b3 (8. Qb3 Bd5 9. d3 Nc6 $11) (8. Qc2 c5
(8... Nc6 9. d3 Qc8 10. Bd2 a5 11. Rfc1 h6 12. a3 Rd8 13. Rab1 a4 14. b4 axb3
15. Rxb3 Nd7 16. Qb1 b6 17. Rb5 Ra6 18. Be3 Na7 19. Rb4 Nc6 $11 {Larsen,B-Hort,
V/Palma de Mallorca/1969/}) 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Rfc1 Nd5 12. Bd2 h6 13. a3
Qd7 14. Rab1 Rfc8 15. Qd1 Rab8 $15 {(),Nanu,C (2418)-Lupulescu,C (2348)/Baile
Tusnad/2001/}) 8... c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 $11) 7. Ng5 {Only this energetic reaction
can aspire to refute Black's previous move.} (7. Qc2 {is too feeble:} O-O 8.
Nxc4) 7... Bd5 (7... Bc8 8. Nxc4 $14 {is inconsistent.}) 8. e4 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc4 {wins the P back,
but gives Black an easy game:} c5 (11... O-O 12. d3 h6 13. Ne4 (13. Nf3 $142
$11) 13... f5 14. Ned2 b5 15. Na5 a6 16. Rd1 c5 17. Ndb3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc7 19.
axb5 axb5 $15 {(),Rossello Padron,C-Van Tricht,M (2278)/corr/2000/}) 12. d3 h6
13. Ne4 $6 f5 14. Ned2 {Hess,J (1529)-Reynolds,J (1471)/corr/1999/} b5 $15)
8... Bc6 (8... h6 9. exd5 hxg5 10. d6 $5 (10. Nxc4 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11. Qb3 $36)
(10... Nxd5 11. Qb3 e6 $8 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qxc6 $16) 11. d4 g4 12.
Bf4 $14 (12. Ne5 $5)) 10... Nc6 (10... c6 11. dxe7 Qd4 12. Qe2 $16) 11. dxe7
Kxe7 12. Nxc4 $36 {[%csl Re7] ><ce7}) (8... Bh6 $2 9. d3 $16) 9. Nxc4 h6 $5 {
The exclamation mark is mainly for courage, not so much the objective value of
the move. Navara undoubtedly saw the follow-up, but realized his position after
} (9... O-O 10. d3 $14 {Piket,J (2605)-Bacrot,E (2555) Escaldes zt 1998 (3)
1-0 is unpleasant - the B doesn't belong on c6 in these structures. A
plausible model game to illustrate this is e.g.}) 10. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]
While it is forced (otherwise White just loses a P without compensation), this
sacrifice is also very promising. Ivanchuk will get 2P for the N and long-term
play against Black's exposed K.} Kxf7 11. Ne5+ Kg8 (11... Ke8 {is even more
dangerous:} 12. Nxg6 $5 (12. d4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qg4 (14. Nxg6 Qxd4 $13)
14... Ng5 15. Nxg6 Qd7 (15... Rg8 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qe6 Rf8 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19.
Rad1 $36) 16. Qh5 Qh3 17. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Nxh8 Bxh8 $13)
(12. Qb3 {[%cal Rb3f7]} Rf8 $8 13. d4 (13. Nxg6 Nxe4 $1 14. Nxf8 Kxf8 $13)
13... Qxd4 (13... Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxb7 Nxf2 16. Qxa8 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Rxf1
18. Kxf1 Bxe5 19. Kg2 $18) 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 (14... bxc6 15. Qb7 Qb6 16. Qxa8 Ng4
17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 $16) 15. Qxb7 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. e5 Rc8 18. exf6 Rxf6
$14 {/+/-}) 12... Rg8 13. d3 Qd4 (13... Nbd7 14. Nf4 $1 Ne5 15. d4 $16) 14. Qc2
Nbd7 (14... Ba4 15. b3 (15. Qxc7 Nc6 16. e5 Nd5 $132) 15... Bb5 (15... Qxa1 16.
Be3 $16 (16. bxa4 $5 Qd4 17. e5 $40)) 16. Bb2 Bxd3 (16... Qd7 17. Rfd1 {
[%cal Rd3d4] /\d4[+]} Qc6 18. Qe2 $40 Ng4 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Qxg4 Bxb2 21. Qxg8
Bxa1 22. e5 $1 $18)) 15. Be3 Qb4 16. d4 (16. Bh3 $5 Qd6 17. Qb3 $36) 16... Ng4
$5 17. e5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $44 {[%csl Re8] Here Black's king remains in the [+]
for a very long time, it's extremely difficult to effectively safeguard it and
connect the R. With the text-move Navara is even willing to give an exchange
to get with his K to a safer place on the >>.}) (11... Ke6 $4 12. Bh3+ Kxe5 13.
d4+ Qxd4 (13... Kd6 14. e5+ Kd5 15. Qb3+ Kxd4 16. Rd1+ Kc5 17. Be3+ $18) 14.
Bf4+ Kxe4 15. Re1+ Kd5 16. Re5+ $18) 12. Nxg6 Nbd7 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4
14. Qb3+ Kh7 15. Qxb7 $5 (15. Nxh8 Nc5 16. Qb5 (16. Qc2+ Nd3 17. Nf7 Qd5 $44)
16... Qd5 {[%cal Rb8d4] /\Nc6-d4} 17. d4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Nc6 $14) 15... Nc5 16.
Qxa8 Kxg6 17. d4 Bxd4 18. Be3 e5 $14 {/+/-}) (12... Nxe4 13. d4 $142 $1 (13.
Re1 $6 Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2 Qd4+ 15. Re3 (15. Kf1 $2 Qd3+) 15... Qf6+ 16. Nf4 e5
17. Qb3+ (17. Rxe5 Qxe5 18. Qb3+ Kh7 19. Qd3+ $11) 17... Kh7 (17... Qf7 18.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nh5 Rf8 $11) 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Bd5+ Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh7 $11) 13...
Kh7 (13... Nf6 14. d5 Be8 (14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5+ Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxe7+
Kf7 18. Nxd5 $16) 15. Nxh8 Kxh8 16. Qb3 $16) (13... Qxd4 14. Nxe7+ Kf7 15. Qxd4
Bxd4 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxe4 $16) 14. Nxh8 Kxh8 (14... Nd6 15. d5 Be8 16. Re1
$40) 15. Bxh6 $1 $16 {/\} Bxh6 16. Qh5 Qd6 17. d5 Bd7 (17... Bb5 18. Rae1 $1
Nc5 19. Re6 $1 Nxe6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. dxe6 Bc6 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24.
Re1 Bxg2 25. Re5 $18) 18. Bxe4 $16) 13. d4 $5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Ivanchuk is not
interested in the more mundane solutions (connected with Nxh8) and goes for
the max.} (13. Re1 Nf8 (13... e5 14. d4 exd4 15. e5 $16) 14. Nxh8 Qd4 $5 (14...
Kxh8 15. d4 $16) 15. d3 Kxh8 16. Be3 $1 Qxb2 17. d4 $36) (13. Nxh8 Kxh8 14. Re1
e5 (14... Nc5 15. e5 Nd5 16. d4 Ne6 17. Re4 $40) 15. d4 exd4 16. e5 Ng8 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. f4 $36) 13... Bxe4 $8 {Black must disrupt the proud [+] at any
cost.} 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd3 $6 {A slip, White should have started with the R
first:} (15. Re1 $142 $1 Ndf6 (15... Nef6 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Qb3 Qe8 18. Qxb7 (
18. Bf4 $5) 18... Rb8 19. Qc6 {/\Bf4xc7-d6+-} Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Bf4 $16 {
/+-}) (15... Kh7 16. Nxh8 Nd6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Bf4 $16) 16. Qd3 $16)
15... Nef6 16. Qb3+ (16. Re1 e6 $1 $14 {/\} 17. Rxe6 $4 Nc5) 16... Kh7 17. Qc2
({The simple} 17. Nxh8 $142 $1 Kxh8 18. Qxb7 {still gives White an advantage,
but Black's pieces already coordinate well and after} Nb6 $14 {it's not so
easy to break down his defence due to his light-square control.} (18... c5 $5))
17... Re8 $1 18. Re1 $2 {Now Black takes over.} (18. Nf8+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Qc8 20.
Qg6 Rg8 21. Nxg7 (21. Bxh6 $2 Bf8) 21... Rxg7 22. Qxh6+ Rh7 $17 {-> and
suddenly it's White's K which is in danger. This line illustrates Ivanchuk's
main problem - his initiative lacks backup from the << pieces.}) ({It's a
tough decision after having such a promising position, but White should have
already tried to bail out with lines like} 18. Qf5 Kg8 (18... e6 $5 19. Nf8+
Kh8 20. Nxe6 Qc8 21. Bd2 $44 Nb6 (21... Nf8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxh6+ Kf7 24. Qf3
$11) 22. Rfe1 Nbd5 23. Re5 Ng4 24. Re4 Ngf6 25. Re5 $11) 19. Qe6+ $11) ({or} 
18. Bf4 Kg8 (18... c6 19. Qf5 Kg8 20. Qe6+ Kh7 21. Qf5 $11) 19. Bxc7 Qc8 20.
Qb3+ Kh7 (20... e6 21. Bd6 $44) 21. Qc2 $11) 18... Kg8 19. Qb3+ e6 $1 {Navara
fully realises that the situation has changed and already spurns the possible
repetition with} (19... Kh7 20. Qc2 $11) 20. Rxe6 (20. Nf4 Nf8 21. Qxb7 Qxd4
22. Be3 (22. Nxe6 $2 Qb6 $19) 22... Qd7 $17 (22... Qe4 $17)) (20. Qxb7 c5 $5
$17) 20... Rxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh7 22. Qf5 Qe8 23. Ne5+ (23. Nf8+ Kh8 24. Ne6 c6 {
[%cal Ye8h5] /\Qh5-/+}) 23... Kg8 24. Bf4 {Only now White activates his
reserves, but his -> has already petered out.} Nxe5 25. Bxe5 (25. dxe5 $5 Nd5
$15 {/-/+}) 25... Qd7 $5 {Black had other good moves, but Navara had possibly
already visualised the final zugzwang position.} (25... Qf7 $17) (25... c6 $17
{/\} 26. Bxf6 Qf7) 26. Qxd7 {Keeping the Q on the board was more resilient,
although in the long run Black should gradually convert his extra piece.} (26.
Qg6 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxc7 Rc8 29. Be5 Rc2 30. b3 Ng4 $19) (26. Qc2 c6 $17
) 26... Nxd7 27. Bxc7 Rc8 (27... Bxd4 28. Rd1 Rc8 $17 {/\} 29. Bf4 Ne5) 28. Ba5
Rc2 29. Bc3 Nb6 30. Re1 Kf7 (30... Nd5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 b6 {should also
win, but Black doesn't want to allow activation of the white R.}) 31. Kf1 Na4 (
31... Nd5 32. Re2 Rc1+ 33. Be1 (33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Nxc3 {transposes to the
game.}) 33... Nb4 (33... Ra1 34. a3 Rd1 $19) 34. Kg2 Nxa2 $19) 32. Re2 Rc1+ 33.
Re1 (33. Be1 Bxd4 34. Re4 Rd1 35. Ke2 Nxb2 $19) 33... Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Nxc3 35.
bxc3 Ke6 36. Kd2 Kd5 37. Kd3 b5 $1 $19 {Although now White has full material
compensation, after running out of P moves he will have to give way to Black's
K.} 38. f4 a5 39. g4 {[%cal Rh2h4] /\h4} Bf6 $1 40. Ke3 a4 41. Kd3 Bd8 42. h3
Be7 $22 (42... Be7 43. Ke3 Kc4 44. Kd2 Bh4 45. Kc2 Be1 46. g5 (46. f5 Bxc3 47.
d5 Be5) 46... hxg5 47. fxg5 Bxc3 48. d5 Be5 49. h4 Kxd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {Mainly Morozevich has played this in blitz and rapid games.The only
classical Morozevich game that I've managed to find is the game against
Svidler.} d5 2. Nf3 (2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 a5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb5
e5 8. O-O Bg7 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. b3 Qc8 13. d4 exd4 14.
Bf4 $5 Ne8 15. Qd2 (15. Nfxd4 $1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg4 17. Qd2 c5 18. Nb5 Bxa1 19.
Rxa1 $44) 15... Qd7 16. Rad1 Bg4 $11 {Morozevich,A-Svidler,P RUS-ch 57th
Moscow 2004 1/2-1/2 (25)}) 2... Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 (4. d3 c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4
Bg6 7. Nh4 e6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Ne7 (10... f5 11. Nd2 Ngf6 12. e4
Qe7 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 fxg4 $6 (14... fxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17.
Qxe4 Qf6 18. O-O-O Be5 19. c3 g5 $13) 15. hxg4 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Rh8 17. O-O-O $14
{1-0 Morozevich,A-Bacrot,E World Championat Blitz Moscow 2007 1-0 (37)}) 11.
Nd2 g5 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Bd2 Nde5 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Bc3 Nxf3 $4 (15... Qe7 $11)
16. Bxf6 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Rublevsky,S World championat Blitz Moscow 2007})
4... Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Ngf6 6. d3 c6 7. Nd2 g6 $6 {This is not a novelty, but we
haven't met it before in grandmaster games. It is difficult to explain the
bishop exchange combined with the setup g6, Bg7.} (7... e6 8. e4 Bc5 9. Qe2 Qc7
10. c3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ne5 12. Nc4 (12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Nd3 $11) 12... Nxc4 13.
Qxc4 Nd7 $11 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. dxc5 $6
Nxc5 19. O-O Ke7 $15 {Rozentalis,E McNab,C-Rozentalis,E Koszalin 1998 0-1(51)})
(7... e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. O-O Qe7 (10... O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qc7
13. Qe2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 McNab,C-Arun Prasad,S Uxbridge 2009}) 11. c3 O-O (11... a5
12. Qe2 O-O) 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8 $6 (14... a6 $5) 15. Be2 c5
16. b5 Ne8 17. Nc4 Nd6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Szilagyi,G
Amsterdam 1966 1-0 (36)}) 8. e4 Bg7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O e5 {
Probably it's time to open up the position.} 12. b3 (12. exd5 $5 Nxd5 (12...
cxd5 13. c4 d4 14. b4 $14) 13. h4 Rae8 14. h5 $14 {I believe that White, who
possesses the bishop pair, has better chances.}) 12... Rfe8 13. Bb2 Rad8 14.
Rfe1 d4 {Sooner or later Black should close the centre. However right now
closing the centre is a slightly premature decision. It helps Morozevich to
define his plan.} (14... a5 $5 15. exd5 (15. Rad1 d4) 15... Nxd5 16. h4 (16.
Nf3 $2 e4 $19) 16... e4 17. Bxg7 exd3 18. Qxd3 Kxg7 $11) 15. h4 Nc5 16. Bh3 b5
17. Nf3 a5 18. Bc1 $14 a4 (18... h6 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Nh2 {It is difficult to
suggest something good for Black. He should wait until White pushes f4 and
look for tactical chances. As we could see in the game if Black hadn't played
a4.}) 19. Bd2 Ra8 $2 (19... a3 {preventing b4 but Black has no hope for
counterplay} 20. Rac1 (20. b4 $6 Na4) 20... Bf8 21. Red1 b4 22. Nh2 {White has
plenty of time to prepare f4 properly}) (19... axb3 20. axb3 Ra8 {Trying to
swap rooks} 21. Qf1 h5 $14 {It is not a very joyful position for Black but he
could keep on fighting.}) 20. b4 $1 Ne6 21. Rac1 {White's plan is clear.} Rad8
22. Ng5 Nf8 23. c4 dxc3 24. Rxc3 N6d7 (24... h6 25. Nf3 Ne6 26. Rec1 Rd6 27.
Be3 (27. Qd1 Qb7 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Be3 Nd7 30. h5 $16) 27... Nd4 28. Qd1 Nxf3+ (
28... Nd7 29. h5 $16) 29. Qxf3 h5 30. Bc5 Rdd8 31. Qe2 Nd7 32. Be3 Nb8 33. Kg2
$16) 25. Rec1 Nb8 26. a3 h6 27. Nf3 Ne6 (27... h5 $1 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Be3 Rd6
$14) 28. Be3 {As far as I am concerned the pawn advance h4-h5 is unpleasant
for Black. So I can't understand why Black permits it and why White misses
this opportunity.} (28. h5 $1 g5 (28... Rd6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Kg2 Rf8 31. Be3
Qf7 32. Rh1 $16) 29. Be3 Rd6 30. Bf5 $16) 28... Rd6 29. Qd2 (29. h5 $1 g5 30.
Qc2) 29... Kh7 (29... h5 $5) 30. Kg2 Red8 31. Rh1 {Black has no weaknesses
except a well-protected pawn on c6 but It is not easy to give any good advice
to Black even with computer assistance.} Qe7 (31... Re8 32. Bxe6 Rexe6 33. h5
$5 g5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Nxg5+ Kg8 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. h6 Bf6 (37... Bf8 38. h7+
Kh8 39. d4 exd4 40. Qxd4+ f6 41. Rd3 Rd6 42. Qc5 Nd7 43. Qh5 $1 Rxd3 44. Qf7
$18) 38. Rh5 $16) 32. Bb6 (32. h5 g5 33. Bxe6 $5 Rxe6 34. Bxg5 $5 hxg5 35.
Nxg5+ Kg8 36. Nxe6 Qxe6 37. h6 Bf6 38. Rh5) 32... Re8 33. Rhc1 Qb7 (33... Nd7
$5 34. Be3 Nb8) 34. Be3 Qe7 (34... Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Rc5 Na6 37. R5c2 Nb8
38. Ne1 Qe7 39. h5) 35. Qa2 Kh8 36. Qc2 (36. Qd2 Kh7 37. h5 g5 38. Nh2 (38.
Bxe6 {is not so clear:} Rxe6 39. Bxg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5+ Kg8 41. Nxe6 Qxe6 42. R1c2
Bh6) 38... Kg8 39. Bf5 Qc7 40. Ng4) 36... Kg8 37. Qe2 Kh8 38. Kh2 Kg8 39. h5 $1
{At last Morozevich played h5. I don't understand why he didn't push h5
earlier.} g5 (39... Qb7 40. Nh4 Kh7 41. Qg4 Nd4 42. Bxd4 exd4 43. R3c2 Re7 44.
f4 Nd7 45. e5 $18) 40. Ne1 Kh8 41. Ng2 Kg8 {Useful moves are over, he has to
wait.} 42. Bc5 $5 (42. Bxe6 $5 Qxe6 43. Bc5 Rd7 44. Ne3 Bf8 45. Nf5) 42... Nxc5
43. Rxc5 Red8 44. Ne3 Qa7 (44... Rxd3 $2 45. Nd5 R3xd5 46. exd5 cxd5 47. Qxb5
$18) 45. R5c3 Rf6 46. Nf5 Re8 47. Qe3 Qxe3 (47... Qb7 48. R3c2 Qc7 49. Rg1 Bf8
50. f4 exf4 51. gxf4 Bd6 52. e5 $18) 48. fxe3 $18 Bf8 49. Bg2 Ree6 (49... Na6
$1 {Better die standing than live kneeling} 50. Rxc6 Rxc6 51. Rxc6 Nxb4 $1 52.
axb4 Ra8 53. Rc2 a3 54. Ra2 Bxb4 55. Nxh6+ Kf8 {White should win gradually.
For example} 56. Bf3 Bc3 57. Bd1 Bb2 58. Nf5 b4 59. h6 Kg8 60. d4 exd4 61. exd4
$18) 50. d4 exd4 (50... Nd7 51. d5 cxd5 52. exd5 Re8 53. e4 Nb6 54. g4 Nc4 55.
Bf1 $18) 51. exd4 g4 52. Rf1 Nd7 53. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1997.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is a delightful brawl from the two players best known for their
crowd pleasing abilities.  I was a bit surprised by some of the Tiger's new
openings at the Rilton Cup. Now it seems the King's Indian has become more of
a white opening for him.} 1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe} Nc6 {An interesting declaration
from Hector. This makes it impossible for Jonny to employ his beloved Slav
structures. He also commits himself to some kind of Tchigorin Defence if White
plays d4 now.} 2. g3 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 f5 {So in fact we have a reversed Pirc.
My guess is that both players are comfortable with their positions. But Tiger
definitely has an extra tempo. Perhaps Hector was satisifed in any case, since
Tiger generally prefers not to have his knight developed when facing this
structure as black (That is, as black he prefers to play: 1.e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3.
Sc3 Lg7 4.f4 a6!?).} 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd6 (7... Bd7 {Horn,Pe} 8.
Qxc4 Bd6 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Bg5 Qe6 $5 11. Qxe6+ Bxe6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14.
Nd5 Rf8 15. e3 O-O-O $11 {Mercier,J-Brionne/FRA-chT/1989}) 8. Qxc4 Qe7 9. Nc3 (
9. a3 {Horn,Pe} Be6 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 e4 12. Nfd2 Nd4 13. Qd1 a4 14. bxa4 exd3
15. exd3 O-O 16. Bb2 Bc5 17. Nc3 f4 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qg5
21. Kg2 $13 {Bjarnason,S-Hector,J/Gausdal zt/1987}) 9... Be6 {Vielleicht muß
man nach dieser Partie von diesem Zug Abschied nehmen ?} (9... a6 {Horn,Pe}) (
9... Bd7 {Horn,Pe}) 10. Qb5 {The extra tempo is quite unpleasant, allowing
white to start guerilla action before black has finished developing. Horn:
Weiß spielt die Pirc-Verteidigung mit einem Mehrtempo (Nc3). Wenn man damit um
Eröffnungsvorteil kämpfen will, muß man besonders die scharfen Varianten in
Betracht ziehen. 9...Qb4 ist im 3-Bauern-Angriff der Pirc-Verteidigung eine
umstrittene Variante.} (10. Qa4 {Horn,Pe} O-O 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rac1 Rad8 13. Nb5
Bc5 $2 14. Nxc7 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxc7 16. Ng5 $16 {Moreno,A-Ribeiro,F/Capablanca
mem-C/1996}) 10... O-O (10... Rb8 $2 {Horn,Pe} 11. Nxe5 $18) (10... O-O-O $2 {
Horn,Pe} 11. Nxe5 $18) (10... a6 {Horn,Pe} 11. Qxb7 Kd7 12. Ng5 (12. Nxe5+ Nxe5
13. d4 Rhb8 14. dxe5 Rxb7 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bg2 $13) 12... Nd4 13.
Nxe6 Qxe6 (13... Rhb8 14. Nxd4 Rxb7 15. Nxf5 Qe6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Be4 $18) 14.
Bg5 Rhb8 15. Qxa8 Rxa8 16. Bxa8 c6 (16... Bb4 17. Rae1 $16) 17. Rac1 $16) 11.
Qxb7 Nb4 12. Qb5 {Horn: Zu diesem Zug kommt man ohne Nc3 nicht. Es gelingt
jetzt nicht mehr, die Q in Bedrängnis zu bringen. Schwarz hat nach meinem
Eindruck Schwierigkeiten, wirkliche Kompensation zu beweisen.} (12. Ne1 $5 {
Horn,Pe} e4 (12... a6 13. Qxa8 Rxa8 14. Bxa8 c6 15. a3 $16) 13. Qb5 $16) 12...
Rab8 {Black is quite active, but his compensation is nebulous. His initiative
will last quite a while, but as pawns go, this one is very "takeable".} 13. Qa4
h6 {Preventing white from gaining considerable freedom by playing Lg5.} 14. Bd2
(14. Nh4 $5 {Horn,Pe}) 14... Bd7 15. Qd1 Qe8 16. Ne1 {Solid stuff, creating
the option of mobilising his center pawns.} (16. a3 {Horn,Pe} Nbd5 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. b3 $16) 16... e4 $5 (16... Qh5 {accomplishes nothing now since white
can meet it with} 17. e3) (16... f4 17. Ne4 {must also favor white.}) 17. dxe4
fxe4 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Nxe4 (19. Bxa7 $5 $16 {Horn,Pe}) 19... Ng4 20. h4 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 (22. Bxf1 Qe5 {was riskier for white - Sxd6 is less of a
threat when the e3 and g3 pawns can hang with check.}) 22... Qf7+ 23. Kg1 Be5 {
After a long and relatively forced sequence, it is time for stocktaking. Black
has invested a second pawn, but received a great deal. He has the bishop pair
and has succeeded in exposing white's king a bit. And the since the pawns are
double and on an open file he has every reason to be satisfied. But things are
rarely so simple. Black's king must also beware since White's queen and bishop
cooperate quite well to create threats on the light-squared weaknesses. And
the knights are excellent defenders.} 24. a3 $1 Nd5 25. Nd3 $1 {More energetic
was} (25. Nf3 {threatening a very painful intrusion on g5. But after} Bxb2 26.
Neg5 hxg5 (26... Qf5 27. e4) 27. Nxg5 Nxe3 28. Nxf7 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Ba4 $1 {
black emerges with the advantage.} (29... Bg4 $15 {Horn,Pe})) 25... Bxb2 26.
Nxb2 (26. Rb1 Nxe3) (26. Qb1 $2 {is a move only a computer would consider, but
when you have one running to check for mistakes, you have to pay some
attention. Even if white succeeds in winning something like this his
coordination will be completely destroyed. After} Nxe3 27. Nxb2 Nxg2 28. Kxg2
Bc6 {is the simplest way to point out the futility of the idea. It's still too
soon to trust the instincts of the mechanical brains.}) 26... Nxe3 $5 {Hector
prefers chaos to a solid disadvantage after} (26... Rxb2 27. Ng5 (27. Qxd5 $5
Qxd5 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Bxd5+ {offers white less.}) 27... hxg5 28. Bxd5 Be6 29.
Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qxg5 {and white's superior king cover should aid
him with his technical task.}) 27. Qd4 $1 {This gives white a clear edge as
black must lose his piece coordination temporarily if he is to recover the
sacrificed material.} Nc2 28. Qxa7 Rxb2 29. Rf1 Qc4 $6 {[#] This allows a long
and neat tactical sequence. There were other options:} (29... Qe7 30. Qc5 $5 {
and white's attack rages even in an ending:} (30. Qxc7 $5) 30... Qxc5+ 31. Nxc5
Bg4 32. Bd5+) (29... Qe8 $5 30. Qxc7 Ne3 31. Qc3 Rxe2 32. Bf3 Nxf1 33. Bxe2 (
33. Qc4+ $5 Kh8 (33... Qe6 $5 {with the idea} 34. Qxe2 Qb6+) 34. Qxe2 $16)
33... Nd2 $1 {In all cases black faces a grim struggles against a lost ending,
but one could argue that it offered more objective chances to save the game.
Hector prefers the messiest continuation possible, which has its attractions.}
(33... Qxe4 34. Qc4+ $18)) 30. Qa8+ (30. Qc5 {was strong, as in the note above.
}) (30. Qc5 {Horn,Pe}) 30... Kh7 31. Ng5+ $1 (31. Qf8 {[%cal Rf1f7] Horn,Pe}
Qd4+ 32. Nf2 $18) 31... hxg5 32. Be4+ g6 33. Qf8 $6 {My guess is that time
pressure had a dramatic role in the game around here. Hector's striving for
complications finally pays off as Tiger misses a knockout with} (33. Bd5 $1
Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Bf5 (34... Be8 35. Qxe8 Qxd5 36. Rf7+) 35. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 36. Qg8+
Kh6 37. hxg5+ Kh5 38. Bf3+) 33... Bf5 (33... Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Qe7+ Qg7 {
hopes to get counterplay on e2 but fails to} (35... Kh6 36. Qxg5+) 36. Bxg6+ $1
(36. Qxe6 Nd4 37. Bxg6+ $1 Qxg6 (37... Kh6 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 39. Rf5+ $1) 38. Rf7+
Kh6 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Qe3+ Kh5 41. Qe5+ {or}) 36... Kxg6 37. Qxe6+ Kh5 (37...
Kh7 {Horn,Pe} 38. Rf7 $18) 38. g4+ Kxh4 39. Rf3) 34. Rxf5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ {
A witty way to prolong the game, but it doesn't help that much.} 36. Bxh1 gxf5
37. Qxf5+ Kg7 38. Qxg5+ Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Kg8
43. Kh3 Qxe2 44. Bd5+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ (46. Qf8+ Kg6 (46... Kh7 47.
Bg8+) 47. Bf7+) 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 18th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.06.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. b3 Bc5 {In my opinion it
is not a best place for this bishop-it is quite useless on c5 and can be
attacked by white knight in the future. 6...Be7 is more exactly.} 7. Bb2 h6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 $6 $146 (10... Bh7 $142 11. a3 (11. Qe2 Qe7
12. Kh1 (12. a3 {-is optional, preventing Bc5-a3 as well.}) 12... Ba3 13. Bxa3
Qxa3 14. Nh4 Qb2 15. Rac1 Qxa2 16. f4 Qa6 17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 $44 {1-0 Babula,
V-Rogers,I/Prague 1999/CBM 72 (31)}) 11... a5 12. Kh1 (12. e5 Ne8 13. Qe2 b5
14. h4 (14. Kh1 Be7 15. Ne1 a4 16. b4 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Freisler,P-Jirovsky,M/
CZE-ch 1993/TD (22)}) 14... Be7 15. Rfc1 Nc7 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Nc5 18. cxd5
cxd5 19. Bd4 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kunte,A-Barua,D/Calcutta 1998/CBM 62 ext (24)})
12... b5 (12... Qe7 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. Nc4 b6 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Nhf5
Qf8 18. f3 Rad8 19. Bh3 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Bd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Comas
Fabrego,L-Hracek,Z/New York 1998/EXT 99 (60)}) 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nh4 b4 15. f4 Nc7
16. a4 Be7 17. Bh3 c5 18. f5 Bxh4 19. gxh4 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 $15 {0-1 Kogan,
A-Kozul,Z/Bled 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) 11. dxe4 Bh7 12. e5 (12. c4 $5 {[%cal Ge4e5]
could give white clear advantage.}) 12... Nd5 13. Ne4 Bb4 (13... Be7 14. Qe2
$14 (14. c4 Nb4 15. Qe2 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qg4 $14)) 14. Qe2 (14. c3 $2 Bxe4
{[%csl Rc3]}) 14... Qa5 (14... Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5 (15... Nc5 16. Qc4 $16 {
[%cal Ga2a3]}) (15... Bc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc3 17. Qb4 Nb5 18. c4 a5 19. Qd2 $16 {
[%cal Gf1d1]}) 16. c4 Bc3 17. Bxc3 (17. cxd5 Bxb2 18. dxc6 Nc5 $1) 17... Nxc3
18. Qe3 $18 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gf1c1]}) 15. a3 Bxe4 16. axb4 (16. Qxe4 Bc3 17. b4
Qb5 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Qe3 $14 {removing black pieces back on close moves.})
16... Bxf3 (16... Qxb4 17. c4 $1 $16 (17. Ba3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qc3 $44)) 17. Bxf3
Qb6 18. Rfd1 {White got a pair of bishops advantage, and the current aim is to
open position as fast as possible.} Rfd8 19. b5 $1 cxb5 20. Bxd5 $2 {Untill
this moment I played quite good chess, but now I took wrong decision in qiute
simple position. White misses almost all advantage now.} (20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Bxd5
(21. Qxb5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. c4 a6 {and black gets rid of the pin.}) 21...
exd5 22. e6 $1 $16 Nc5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxb5 Ne4 25. Qd3 $16) 20... exd5 21.
Rxd5 Nc5 22. Rxd8+ (22. Rad1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 $11) 22... Rxd8 23. Bc1 {
White can not use the bishop on a big diagonal, so I decided to transfer it to
more active place- e3-square.} a6 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Re1 Ne6 $15 26. f4 Nd4 27.
Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Rd1 $6 {Serious mistake, which leads to the difficult queens
ending. I just hadn't enough time to understand this position.} ({Some chances
for counterplay gives:} 28. f5 Qc5 29. Qf2 Qd5 30. e6 Kf8 $1 31. e7+ Ke8 32. f6
gxf6 33. Qxf6 Re4 $15 {and the forthcoming queens ending is still better for
black.}) 28... Qd5 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Kf2 a5 $1 $17 {Suddenly
black gets a dangerous passed pawn "a", which actually decides the game.} 32.
f5 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. g4 (34. c4 Qd4+ 35. Kf3 Kf8 $19) 34... Qc5+ 35. Kg3 a3
36. e6 Qc7+ 37. Kh3 Qc3+ 38. Kg2 Qc6+ 39. Kh3 fxe6 40. fxe6 a2 41. e7 Kf7 (
41... Kf7 42. e8=Q+ Qxe8 43. Qf1+ Kg8 {and white doesn't have any practical
chance in this ending.}) 0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grimm, Sascha"]
[Black "Wintzer, Joachim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Von Gleich,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. e5 Bc7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Nfd2 Ncxe5 15.
f4 c4 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. fxe5 (17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 Rc8 20. Qb4
Rxc2 21. Bxb7 Qh4 $17) 17... cxb3 18. Nxb3 Bxe5 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Nc5 {[#]} Qb6
21. Rxd7 Qxc5+ 22. Be3 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Bxb7 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc1
Bd3 27. b4 a6 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Ba7 Re8 30. a4 h5 31. Bc5 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rb8 33.
Bc6 Rc8 34. Bb7 Rc7 35. Bf3 Bd4+ (35... a5 36. Rd1 axb4 37. Bd6 Bd4+ 38. Kg2
Rc2+) 36. Kg2 a5 37. Rd1 Bxc5 38. bxc5 Bc2 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. c6 Bxa4 41. Rd6 Bb5
42. Be4+ Kh6 43. Kg3 Kg5 44. Rd1 a4 45. Rc1 Bxc6 46. Rc5+ (46. Rxc6 Rxc6 47.
Bxc6 a3) 46... Kf6 47. Bxc6 a3 48. g5+ Ke7 49. g6 f5 50. Kf4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Vorotnikov,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 (2... c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2
Bf6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5
14. Re3 a5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. c4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Rd1
Nb6 21. a4 c5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bxb2 24. cxb6 Qxb6 $10 {Vaganian,
R-Razuvaev,Y/Reggio Emilio/1995-1996/}) 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 (4... c6 5. h3 Bh5
6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. b3 Bd6 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nf5 Bc5 11. Bb2 Re8 $10 {
Anastasian,A-Kacheishvili,G/Linares/1996/}) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5
8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 Bb6 $5 $10 12. b4 {><c5} dxe4 13. dxe4
Qe7 14. Nh4 Ne5 $36 15. g4 $4 {>=15.Qc3 Rad8 16.Bb2} Bxg4 $1 16. hxg4 Nfxg4 17.
Ndf3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Ng4 19. Nf5 Qxb4 20. Rb1 Bxf2+ $1 21. Kf1 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Bxc5
$19 23. Rb5 (23. Rxb7 Bb6 {/\Rad8-+}) 23... b6 24. e5 Rad8 25. Bf4 f6 26. Rb1
fxe5 27. Bg5 Nf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Ke2 e4 30. Nd2 Rd5 31. Bh3 Kh8 {/^a2-g8} 32.
Rf1 Bb4 33. Nc4 b5 34. Nfe3 Rh5 0-1

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Waitzkin,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 $6 Bh5 (
7... Bxf3 $5 8. Nxf3 (8. exf3 e5 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. f4 $140 $6 O-O) 8... Ba3 $1 9.
Bc3 $10 (9. Bxa3 Qa5+ $10)) 8. g4 $6 Bg6 9. Nh4 Bd6 (9... a5 $5) 10. e3 O-O 11.
Qe2 Ne8 (11... a5 $5 12. f4 (12. a4) 12... a4 $1 (12... Ne8 13. Ndf3 Be7 14.
Qf2)) 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. h4 a5 14. g5 (14. a4 $142) 14... Qe7 $6 (14... a4 $1
15. Qg4 Nc7 16. h5 a3 $2 (16... Qe8 $1 17. bxa4 $6 (17. a3 $6 axb3 18. cxb3) (
17. Rb1 axb3 18. axb3 Ra2 $15 (18... gxh5)) 17... Nc5) 17. Bc3 (17. hxg6 $4
axb2 18. Rxh7 bxa1=Q+ 19. Ke2 Rf5 $19) 17... Qe8 18. Rd1 $1 (18. h6 gxh6 19.
Rxh6 Nb5 20. Rxh7 $2 Nxc3 21. Qh4 Be5)) 15. a4 $1 (15. Qg4 Qf7 (15... Rf5)) (
15. h5 Qxg5 16. Nf3 Qh6 $1) 15... Nc7 16. Bh3 b5 $5 17. h5 (17. axb5 cxb5 18.
e4 $5) 17... Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qe7 (18... Qh6 $2 19. hxg6 $40) (18... Qxh5 $6 19.
Bxe6+ $1 Nxe6 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. axb5 cxb5 $16) 19. hxg6 h6 20. Nd4 Ne5 (20...
bxa4 $5 21. Nxc6 Qe8 22. Rxa4 (22. Qh5 Nf6) 22... Nc5 23. Qh5 $5 Nxa4 24. Bxe6+
$5 Qxe6 (24... Nxe6 25. Bxg7) 25. Bxg7 Qf5 (25... Bg3 26. Qxh6) (25... Bf4 26.
Bxh6) 26. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 27. Kd1 Qf3+ 28. Kc1 Qxh1+ (28... Qxe3+ $2 29. Qxe3 Bf4
30. Ne7+ Kxg7 31. Rh7+ $18) 29. Qxh1 Kxg7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. g7 Ba3+ 32. Kd2 Rg8
$13) 21. axb5 (21. f4 $5 Nxg6 22. Nxc6 Qe8 (22... Qh4+ 23. Kd1) 23. Nd4 (23.
axb5 Nxb5 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Rg1 Rc8)) 21... cxb5 22. Qh5 a4 (22... Qf6 23. O-O-O
a4 (23... Qxf2 24. Nxe6 Rf6 25. Kb1 $16) 24. f4 a3 (24... Nxg6 25. Nxe6 Ba3 26.
Bxa3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxa3 28. Nxc7 $18) 25. Bc3 $14) 23. f4 a3 $1 24. Bc3 (24.
Bxa3 $6 Nxd3+ $1 25. cxd3 Bxa3) 24... Nd7 25. Bxe6+ $3 (25. Nxe6 $6 Nf6 (25...
Nxe6 $142 26. Qxd5 Rfe8 27. f5 Bb4 $1) 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nxc7 (27. Ke2) 27...
Qxa1+ 28. Ke2 Qxh1 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Qxh1 Bxc7 31. Bxd5 Ra6 $14) 25... Nxe6 26.
Qxd5 Ndc5 (26... Rae8 $4 27. Nc6) (26... Rfe8 27. Nf5) 27. b4 Na4 28. Bd2 Rae8
29. f5 Qg5 $2 (29... Bxb4 $142 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. fxe6 $14) 30. Nxe6 Qg3+ 31.
Kd1 Nb6 $4 (31... Qe5 32. Qa2 $18 Rxf5 33. Nc7+) (31... Qg4+ 32. Kc1 Rxf5 33.
Qxd6 Qxg6 34. Qd7 (34. Nxg7 $5 Qxd6 35. Nxf5 Qe5 36. Nd4 $36) 34... Rxe6 (34...
Qxe6 35. Qxe6+ Rxe6 36. Rxa3 $16) 35. Rxa3 Qf6 $16) 32. Qe4 $18 Qf2 33. Rxa3
Rxf5 34. Ra7 Be5 35. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {Even Pavel Eljanov, the classically trained 1.d4 player,
cannot resist the modern fashion.} Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6
7. c4 Be7 $5 {Wesley employs a fancy move order} ({designed to avoid} 7... Ngf6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nc3 {as played with White
by Vachier-Lagrave.}) 8. Nc3 ({Now} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3 {offers
Black an attractive option in} O-O-O 11. Nc3 Bd6) 8... dxc4 {Normally Black
doesn't mix early development of his light-squared bishop with this typical
Slav pawn grab. Wesley So has no such inhibitions.} ({Otherwise White might
try something like} 8... Ngf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Bg6 11. f4) 9. b3 $1 {
Pavel Eljanov doesn't mind turning it into a real gambit. The same approach 
(in similar positions) has recently been tried by Mamedyarov and Nakamura.} ({
Perhaps, White doesn't have a better choice. A standard Catalan reaction would
be} 9. Ne5 {but after} Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 {Black can choose the
dynamic} f6 $5 12. Bf4 fxe5 13. Bxe5 Nf6) ({I guess, one might consider} 9. a4
{but} a5 10. e4 Ngf6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qxc4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 {must be OK for
Black.}) 9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 Ngf6 $5 {A very remarkable decision. Wesley
immediately gives back the pawn in order to facilitate his development.} (10...
Qb6 11. Qa4 Bg6 12. e4 Ngf6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. Nh4 {is exactly what
White would like to see: Black is on the back foot, cramped and under the
threat of d4-d5.}) 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. g4 $5 ({The knight is awkward
to protect:} 13. Rfc1 Ba3 14. Rc2 Bg6 $17) ({while} 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxd7 Bf6 {
gives Black active play.}) 13... Bg6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bd2 (15. Qxd7 Nxf4 16. Qxe7
Qxc3 {heavily favours Black.}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5
a6 19. Na7 $5 {I like Pavel's spirit.} ({He didn't fancy going back:} 19. Nc3
Ba3 20. Rad1 Bc2 21. Rde1 {Here despite White's material advantage his game is
really awkward.}) 19... Rc7 20. Ba5 Rxa7 21. Bxd8 Bxd8 22. Rfc1 {How to
evaluate this position? Many factors come into play: White's control over the
c-file, Black's back rank, White's somewhat over-extended kingside, the
out-of-play position of the Nh5. My best guess, they all cancel each other out,
and the game is roughly balanced. The remaining play seems to confirm it.} Kf8
23. e3 {Naturally Black's Nh5-f4 had to be stopped.} Be4 24. Rc8 Ke7 25. Nd2
Bxg2 26. Kxg2 f6 27. h4 g6 28. Ne4 ({One suggestion I can make for White is to
choose a different route for the knight.} 28. Nc4 {hoping for} Ng7 $2 (28... f5
{is a better try. After} 29. Rb1 Ng7 30. f4 Ne8 31. Kf3 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33.
Rb7 Nb8 {Black seems to be defending his a-pawn, but White can go on by
opening the h-file:} 34. h5 Kd7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rb1 {etc.}) 29. gxf6+ Nxf6
30. Ne5 $1 Rc7 31. Nc6+ Kd7 32. Rxd8+ Kxc6 33. Rc1+ Kb7 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Ra8
Kb7 36. Rf8 {This looks really good for White.}) 28... f5 29. Nc5 Nxc5 {
I wonder if there was a real need for Black to do this.} (29... Ng7) 30. dxc5
Rc7 31. Ra8 $1 {This goes against the common wisdom of always trading a pair
of rooks to get to the pure form of R vs 2 pieces.} ({The problem with} 31.
Rxc7+ {though, is that White cannot bring his king over to help the c-pawn.}
Bxc7 32. Rd1 Ng7 33. f4 a5 34. Kf3 Nh5 35. Ke2 $5 Ng3+ 36. Kf3 (36. Kd3 $2 Kd7
{if White loses the c-pawn it'll be Black trying for a win.}) 36... Nh5 (36...
Ne4 {no need for} 37. c6 Nc5 38. h5) 37. Rd2 Ng7 $11 {etc. Neither side can
make progress.}) 31... Rxc5 32. Rd1 $6 {An unfortunate move that cost Pavel
his remaining chances.} (32. Rxa6 e5 33. a4 Ba5 34. Rb1 Bc7 35. Rb5 Rc2 {
Most likely Black is in time with his counterplay against the white king.})
32... Bc7 33. Rh8 Be5 $1 34. Rhd8 (34. Rxh7+ Bg7 {leaves the rook arrested.})
34... Rc7 35. Ra8 f4 36. e4 Rc3 37. f3 Ng3 38. Rxa6 Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Rc3 40. Kg2 (
40. Rb1 {only looks attractive. In fact the black king is safe, and once he
gets his knight to a better square, it's going to be White worrying about the
outcome.} Bc7 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Ne2) 40... Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Rc3 ({On the other
hand Black will risk losing if he attempts to keep the game going:} 41... Ne2
42. Ra7+ Bc7 43. a4 e5 44. a5 Nd4 45. a6 Kd6 46. Ra1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. d4 e6 {
A little timid.} ({According to general principles of development and control
over the centre} 7... e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bg2 Bc5 {has to be the right plan.})
8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qe2
Rfe8 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. b4 a5 {Black has to seek some counterplay somewhere.} 17.
bxa5 $6 ({As far as I can see there was nothing wrong with} 17. a3 $14) 17...
Qxa5 18. Bd2 Qa4 19. Rfb1 Rd7 20. Rb3 Rc8 21. Be1 b5 22. Rc1 c5 $2 {Akobian
worried about c3-c4, but the remedy could be worse than the disease.} ({
Black had an interesting idea in} 22... Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 {At first sight it
seems like this pawn is going to fall, but after} 24. Rbb1 Ra7 25. Bf1 Ra4 {
Black manages to stabilise the situation which is not entirely unfavorable for
him, as White's Be1 will be dominated by Black's Nd5.}) 23. d5 $2 {One of
those moves Hikaru would have a hard time explaining.} (23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rcb1
{would pick off the loose b5-pawn and let Black worry about his compensation.})
23... exd5 24. Rxb5 c4 {Suddenly, Black is for choice.} 25. Rcb1 Bd6 26. Qd1 {
This was the only move in the entire game Hikaru took considerable time on.} ({
He didn't want to part with the a-pawn:} 26. Bd2 Qxa2 27. Qd1 {which
objectively may have been the better choice.}) ({While} 26. Qb2 {decentralises
the queen, and likely will be harshly punished by} h5 $1 {etc.}) 26... Qxd1 $4
{The marks go for taking a wrong turn at a critical junction. It is mainly a
mental error of trying to "escape" with a draw from a better position.} (26...
Qa7 {just had to be played. Regardless of any tournament situation Black needs
to keep his queen on the board. Varuzhan just couldn't bring himself to take
any risk, and I wonder why. Wasn't a chance to win it all worth trying?} 27. a4
Re8 28. a5 $2 Rde7 {is one sample line which illustrates Black's potential.})
27. Rxd1 Be7 28. a4 Ra8 29. a5 Bd8 30. Ra1 Rda7 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxa5 33.
Bd2 h6 34. Be3 Ra6 35. Ra3 Bc7 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Rc5 Bd6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rxc4
Be5 40. Rc8 Ra3 ({For better or worse Black had to try something like} 40... g5
41. c4 Kg6 42. Kg2 f5) 41. c4 Kg6 $2 42. Kg2 h5 43. Re8 $1 {A great one from
Nakamura.} f6 44. Re7 $1 {Now the black king is tied down to g7, and it really
looks bad for Black.} Rc3 45. c5 Kh7 $2 46. Kf1 Rc4 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Kd3 Rc3+
49. Ke4 h4 50. g4 Bh2 51. f4 Rc2 52. Kd3 Ra2 53. c6 Ra6 54. c7 Rc6 55. Kd4 f5
56. Kd5 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Linkoping"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 {Det är många stora som spelar så här: Gelfand,
Karpov, Kramnik, Shirov. Det anses "vara det bästa". Svart får en solid
uppställning men mn egen erfarenhet är att det är svårt att skapa något eget
spel.} 4. Ne5 {Är inte så vanligt, men Lasse brukar spela så. Vart skall man
backa? Båda alternativen är i stort sett likvärdiga även om det är en smula
mer naturligt att backa till h5. Svart kunde spelat 3...Lf5, och om man backar
dit sänder man en signal till vit, typ: Nu går jag gärna till f5 eftersom du
har försvagat din ställning.} Bf5 5. d4 Nd7 {Tiger låter inte springaren vila
på e5.} 6. Nd3 {En defensiv reträtt. Vit kunde sockerat i lugn och ro.} g6 {
Tiger har både Grünfeld och Kungsindiskt på sin repertoar, och därför är g6
inte så överraskande.} ({Lite mer avslappnat ser:} 6... Ngf6 {ut att vara.} 7.
O-O e6 {Svart har inga problem.}) 7. c3 Bg7 8. Nd2 Ngf6 ({Lars Karlsson har ju
sina uppställningar. Tiger kan slå på d3, men då kan han aldrig spela på vinst.
Det blir е andra sidan svårt att göra det även för vit, för innan vit kan
expandera i centrum måste d4-punkten garderas, och när väl det är gjort så vet
vit ändå inte vad han skall göra där.} 8... Bxd3 9. exd3 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Re1 e6 12. Nf3 a5 13. Ne5 {Vit står dock något friare.}) 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 a5
11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nf3 Be4 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 {
En Ulf Anderssonremi, vilket menas "bra för båda". Tiger var trött efter resan.
Turneringen i Bornholm som Tiger för övrigt vann med en poängs marginal före
en rad stormästare avslutades i fredags. Han behövde sova. Att spela på vinst
hade tagit hårt på krafterna. Lasse spelar inte så flitigt nuförtiden, och
behöver några stärkande remier och kanske någon vinst för att känna att han
"kan spela schack mot de här grabbarna igen", typ.} 1/2-1/2

