[Event "Bad Pistyan Breyer Memorial-A"]
[Site "Piestany"]
[Date "1922.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1922.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 1] A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S.
144-147. Die Schönheitspreise wurden von O.Duras zuerkannt.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 c5 {In der Absicht, das von B. Blumenfeld vorgeschlagene interessante
Gambit in die internationale Praxis einzuführen. Jetzt ist es jedoch bewiesen,
dass diese Fortsetzung eher für Weiß günstig ist, wenn er das Bauernopfer
nicht annimmt.} 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 {Die Annahme des Gambits gibt Schwarz eine
glänzende Stellung im Zentrum.} ({Der richtige Zug ist} 5. Bg5 {. Möglich,
wenn auch nicht so stark, ist die Fortsetzung 5. e4 die von Rubinstein gegen
Tartakower in Teplitz-Schönau (1922) angewandt wurde. Lehrreich ist die
Fortsetzung der Partie Grünfeld -Bogoljubow aus dem Wiener Turnier 1922 nach
Lg5} h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 bxc4 8. Nb5 Na6 9. e4 $1 Qxb2 10. Bd3 Qxb5 11. e5 {
Die Fortsetzung ist leider mit falschen Zügen im Buch notiert.}) 5... fxe6 6.
cxb5 d5 7. e3 Bd6 ({Schwarz drohte durch} 7... Qa5+ {Den Bauern mit besserem
Spiel zurückzugewinnen. Dennoch gab} 8. Nbd2 {mit nachfolgendem g3 und Lg2
dem Weißen verhältnismäßig bessere Chancen.}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Bb7 10. b3
Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 {Schwarz hat seine Entwicklung beendet und bereitet das
Vorgehen des e-Bauern vor, der den Gegner noch mehr einengen und bald die
Schaffung eines sehr starken Angriffs gestatten wird.} 12. O-O Rad8 {Aber er
brauchte sich auch nicht besonders zu beeilen, da sein Gegner einstweilen
außer Stande ist, etwas zu unternehmen.} 13. Qc2 e5 14. Rfe1 {Um die
Möglichkeit zu haben, h2 mit dem Springer von f1 aus zu decken. Von diesen
Moment ab verteidigt sich Weiß auf die beste Art, aber sein Spiel ist durch
das Überlassen des Zentrums an den Gegner bereits in der Eröffnung
hoffnungslos kompromittiert.} e4 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Nd1 Nfg4 17. Bxg4 {Dieser
Abtausch ist erzwungen.} ({Den falls} 17. Nf1 {so} Nf3+ {usw.}) 17... Nxg4 18.
Nf1 Qg5 $1 {Die richtige Fortsetzung des Angriffs. Weiß hat f2 und h2
genügend verteidigt, aber g2 ist schwach. Auf diesen Punkt richtet der
Schwarze seinen Angriff, und demgemäß muss der Springer von g4 über h6 und
f5 gebracht werden. Um diese Drohung zu parieren, muss Weiß seine
Königstellung durch h3 schwächen, wonach das Vorrücken im Zentrum durch d4
eine entscheidende Bedeutung erlangt.} 19. h3 Nh6 20. Kh1 Nf5 21. Nh2 {Es ist
klar, dass die drei letzten Züge von Weiß die einzige Möglichkeit bilden,
g2 mit dem Turm von g1 aus zu decken.} d4 $1 (21... Nh4 $2 22. Rg1 $16) 22. Bc1
({Weiß ist gezwungen dieses Vorgehen ohne weiteres zu dulden. Denn falls nach
21. ... d4 so} 22. exd4 e3 $1 23. Nxe3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qg3 25. Nf1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Qh2#) 22... d3 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Bb2 Ng3+ $1 {Das erste Glied der
Schlusskombination, um derentwillen Schwarz auf sofortigen Qualitätsgewinn
durch 24 d2 verzichtet. Es ist klar, dass der Springer wegen 25. ... Dxg3 usw.
nicht geschlagen werden darf.} 25. Kg1 (25. fxg3 Qxg3 $19) 25... Bd5 26. Qa4 ({
Falls} 26. Qc3 {oder c1 so} Ne2+ {mit leichtem Gewinn.}) 26... Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Rf7
{Es lohnte sich nicht, das Spiel durch das Opfer des Bauern a7 zu komplizieren.
} 28. Qa6 h5 $1 {Dieser Zug ist - wie später zu ersehen- die nötige
Vorbereitung zum Läuferopfer im 34. Zuge.} 29. b6 Ng3+ $1 ({Und nicht} 29...
axb6 {wegen} 30. Rxe2 dxe2 31. Qxe2 {mit Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten für Weiß
}) 30. Kg1 (30. fxg3 Qxg3 $19) 30... axb6 31. Qxb6 d2 {Das Vorgehen dieses
Bauern entscheidet nun sofort die Partie.} 32. Rf1 Nxf1 33. Nxf1 Be6 $3 {
Nach diesem Zug hat Weiß keinen Schutz mehr gegen den nachfolgenden
Mattangriff. Wenn er zum Beispiel versucht hätte, den Punkt g2 durch das
Manöver zu decken, ....} 34. Kh1 ({.... so hätte die Partie folgendes Ende
genommen:} 34. Qc6 Rf3 35. Qxe4 Bd5 36. Qa4 Qxg2+ $1 37. Kxg2 Rg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg2+
39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Rh1# {Alekhine}) 34... Bxh3 $1 35. gxh3 Rf3 36. Ng3 h4 {
Siehe die Anm. zum 28. Zug von Schwarz.} 37. Bf6 {Geistreich, aber
hoffnungslos.} Qxf6 38. Nxe4 Rxh3+ (38... Rxh3+ {Wenn jetzt} 39. Kg1 {dann} ({
Wenn aber} 39. Kg2 {so} Qf3+ {und Matt im nächsten Zug.}) 39... Bh2+ {mit
Damengewinn.}) 0-1

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 $5 {Despite of Alex's verdict on Benoni I wanted
to give a try to this pawn formation in this game.} 4. e3 $5 {A solid move,
but maybe a little bit too solid.} ({In Benoni} 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. e4 Bg7 {since he always plays} 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 {I would
like to play like GM Boris Savchenko did with him in earlier rounds.} {However}
11. Be3 $5 $146 {so far no one played this.} (11. O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 Qh4 14. Bxh5 gxh5 $40 15. Ne2 Rg8 16. Ra3 Be5 {is a sample line.}) 11...
Ne5 (11... O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Nxe5 Rxe5
17. Bf3 $14 {is well known.}) 12. Be2 $1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 O-O (13... Qh4 $2 14.
g4 Nf6 15. Bf4 $16) 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Qxh5 Qb6 16. Qe2 $1 (16. Bc1 $6 f5 17.
O-O fxe4 18. a5 Qc7 19. Bh6 Bf5 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Re3) 16... Qb4
17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxe4 $16 {looks better for White.}) 4... g6 $5 {GM
Suba's speciality with which I have already beaten late GM Tony Miles and drew
GM Franco Ocampo.} 5. Nc3 (5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nc3 Bg7 $1 (6... Nxc5 $2 7. Qd4 d6 8.
b4 e5 9. Qd1 Nce4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bb2 a5 12. Bd3 $1 $16 {That's what Tony
had to do at the time.})) 5... Bg7 6. Be2 (6. dxc5 Na6 7. Qd6 Qa5 $1 $132) 6...
O-O 7. O-O d6 {This is the stem position in this irregular opening.} 8. e4 (8.
b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Nc6 12. Qb1 Rfd8 13. Qa1 {GM Ivkov} cxd4
14. exd4 d5 $132) 8... Nc6 9. d5 (9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 (11. Bc1 e5 $5
$132) 11... g5 12. Bg3 e5 $1 $36 {and the pawn is on c5 instead of c7 in a KID
game.}) 9... Nd4 10. dxe6 (10. Nxd4 $6 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd5 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Qa5 $1 $17 {and the pawns are weak.}) 10... Nxe2+ $1 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxe6
12. Be2 $14) (10... Nxe6 11. Qd3 $1 b6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 Nh5 15.
g3 Qd7 $13 {is what Suba used to play.}) (10... Bxe6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nd5
13. Qd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 $44) 11. Qxe2 Bxe6 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. b3 (
14. Nb5 $6 a6 15. Nxd6 Nh5) 14... Rfe8 15. Qd3 $6 {This has surprised me.} (15.
Rac1 Bf5 $1 (15... h6 $5) 16. Bg5 Rd7 $36) 15... Ng4 $2 (15... Qc6 16. Rac1 h6
17. h3 $14) ({I had difficulties to calculate the consequences of} 15... Nxe4
$3 16. Nxe4 d5 $1 (16... Bf5 $2 17. Nfd2 Qc6 18. f3 d5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qc2
Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxe4 23. fxe4 $16) 17. cxd5 (17. Nc3 $2 dxc4 (17...
Bf5 18. Qd2 dxc4 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 cxb3 21. axb3 Qxb3 22. Rc1 Qe6 $1 $17)
18. Qe3 cxb3 19. axb3 c4 $17) 17... Bxd5 $5 (17... Rxd5 $2 18. Qe2) (17... Bxa1
$5 18. Rxa1 Bxd5 19. Be5 (19. Ned2 $2 Qf6 $19) (19. Nc3 $2 Bxb3 $19) 19... c4
$1 (19... Bxe4 $2 20. Qxe4 f6 21. Qc4+ $16) 20. Qxd5 (20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Qxd5
Qf5 22. Qxc4 Rxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rf1 Rd2 25. a4 b6 $15) 20... Rxd5 21. Nf6+
Kf8 22. Nxd5 Qc6 23. Nf6 Rd8 24. Nxh7+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kf8 $11 26. bxc4 $140 $2
Qxc4 27. h4 Qa4 $1 $19) 18. Nd6 Bxf3 (18... Rxd6 $2 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Re1 $16)
19. Qxf3 Rxd6 20. Bxd6 (20. Rxd6 $2 Bxa1 $17) 20... Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxd6 22. Qxb7
$11 {In this line one can stumble.}) (15... h6 $5 16. h3 $14) 16. Rac1 Ne5 17.
Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qe2 $14 {and this time two knights are maybe better than two
bishops.} f6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd5 Qa5 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. h3 Qd8 23. Qe3 b6 24. a3
Bf8 25. a4 Kh8 (25... a5 26. Nd2 h5 27. Nb1 Kh7 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Nbc3 Kf7 30.
Qe3 $14) 26. Ne1 h5 27. Nd3 Kh7 28. Qe2 $6 {He just wanted to call a day by
just reaching move 30 and offering a draw.} (28. a5 $1 {is terribly annoying.}
Bh6 29. Qf3 Bg5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra1 Kh6 $1 (31... Rd6 32. Ra7+ Bd7 33. Qd1
$16) (31... Kg7 32. Ra6 Rb7 (32... Bf7 33. Qg3 $16) (32... Rd6 33. Qd1 $16) 33.
Nb2 Bd2 34. Na4 Ba5 35. Rxa5 bxa5 36. Nxc5 $18) 32. Ra6 Rb7 33. Qd1 $16) (28.
Qf3 Kg7) 28... Bd6 29. f3 Kg7 30. Kh1 (30. Kh1 Qc8 $11 {looks like a fair
position to me.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 g6 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nc3 (6. e4 $6
Bxc5 $1 {xf2}) 6... Nxc5 $6 (6... Bg7 7. Qd6 Bf8 8. Qf4 Nxc5 9. b4 (9. Bd2 d6
10. e4 h5 $1) 9... Nh5 10. Qd4 Bg7 11. Qd2 Qf6 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qxb2) 7.
Qd4 $1 d6 8. b4 e5 (8... Na6 $5) 9. Qd1 (9. Nxe5 $4 {Tsesarsky} Ne6 $19) 9...
Nce4 (9... Ne6 $6 {xd5}) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bb2 a5 $8 12. a3 $2 (12. Qc2 $1 Nf6
(12... Qb6 $2 13. O-O-O $40) 13. Rd1 $1 Qc7 $8 (13... axb4 14. Bxe5 Be7 15. c5
b3 16. Qxb3 Qa5+ 17. Bc3 Qxc5 18. Bb5+ $16) 14. b5 $1 Nd7 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O
O-O 17. Nd2 Nc5 $14) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Bxa1 $2 (14. Qxa1 Qb6 15. Qa3
(15. Qa4+ {Tsesarsky} Bd7 16. Qa8+ Ke7 17. Qa3 Bh6 18. b5 f6 19. Be2 $10 (19.
Bd3 Nxf2 $17)) (15. b5 {[%csl Re5]} Bg7 16. Be2 $10) 15... Bh6) 14... Qb6 $1 (
14... d5 $2 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. O-O $40) 15. Qa4+ Bd7 (15... Qc6 $2 {
Tsesarsky} 16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Rg1 Be7 19. g4 Ng5 $8 20. Be2 $132)
16. Qa8+ Ke7 17. Qa3 (17. Qa5 {Tsesarsky} Qxa5 18. bxa5 Bg7 19. Nd2 Nc5 $15 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc4]}) 17... Bh6 $1 $8 18. Be2 $2 (18. Bd3 $2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 20.
Kf1 (20. Kg3 Bf4+ 21. Kh4 Bxh2 22. Nxh2 Qf2+ (22... Qh6+ 23. Kg3 Qf4#) 23. g3
Qf6#) 20... Ra8 (20... Bf5 {Tsesarsky} 21. Ne1 (21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. b5+ Kf6 23.
Qd6+ Be6 $19) 21... Ra8 22. Qxa8 Bxd3+ 23. Nxd3 Qxd3+ 24. Kf2 (24. Kg1 Be3#) (
24. Ke1 Bd2+ 25. Kd1 Be3+ 26. Ke1 Qd2+ 27. Kf1 Qf2#) 24... Be3+ 25. Kg3 Bd2+
26. Kg4 f5+ 27. Kh4 Qe4+ 28. Kg3 Qf4+ 29. Kh3 Qg4#) 21. Qxa8 Qxd3+ $19) (18.
Nd2 $8 Nxd2 $1 19. Kxd2 Be6 $1 20. Be2 Qc6 $19) (18. b5 $8 {Tsesarsky} Qc5 $15)
18... Ra8 $1 19. Qb2 (19. Qxa8 {Tsesarsky} Qxb4+ 20. Kf1 Qb1+ 21. Bd1 Qxd1+ 22.
Ne1 Nd2+ 23. Kg1 Qxe1#) 19... Bxe3 $3 (19... Ra4 20. O-O Rxb4 $19) (19... Rxa1+
20. Qxa1 Qxb4+ 21. Kf1 Nc3 $40) 20. fxe3 Qxe3 (20... Qa7 $5 {Tsesarsky} 21. O-O
Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. c5 Rxa1+ 25. Qxa1 Qxe2 $19) 21. c5 (21.
Rf1 Qa7 $19 (21... Be6 $19)) (21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe5+ Be6 23. Bb2 Qd2+ 24. Kf1
Ra1+ 25. Bxa1 Qc1+) 21... Bb5 22. Ng1 (22. cxd6+ Kd8 $19) 22... Qf2+ 23. Kd1
Ba4+ (23... Ba4+ {Tsesarsky} 24. Kc1 Qe1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 13th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Bartel,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After two very successful tournaments in February, my next appearance wasn't
that good. In Plovdiv I played badly and only 2 games out of 11 were more or
less ok. This is one of them. However, the number of question marks shows that
even this game was not really ok...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 {
My opponent plays a lot of different lines, but this came as a surprise to me.}
5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. e3 {Of course, g2-g3 is much more popular, but I
think that the setup with bishops respectively on e2 and b2 is stronger.} Bd6
8. Nbd2 ({Now and later White can try other moves - in this situation move
order is probably not that important.} 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 {and we
are in the game.}) 8... Nbd7 9. b3 (9. Be2 {was playable as well.}) 9... O-O
10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Be2 ({White could start with} 11. Qc2 {, but I wasn't sure if
I really wanted to have my queen there. But I was sure where I wanted to put
my bishop. One may ask - why on e2 and not on d3? The answer is easy - the
bishop would rather disturb than help - first of all the move Nc4 (which
actually happened in the game) wouldn't be possible, and also in some cases
the fork e5-e4 would be much more possible.}) 11... Qe8 ({My opponent spent
quite some time here. The Romanian GM wanted to activate his queen in order to
create mating threates, but in this position it's not the most important.
Black must win the battle for the central squares and only later can he think
about some attack. Much more natural would be} 11... Qe7 {, because it keeps
the bishop on d6 protected. However, it seems that White should be better
anyway:} 12. O-O Rae8 13. Qc2 e5 {(what else?!)} 14. e4 $1 {and, what is
typical for this opening, White must be better.}) 12. O-O Rd8 ({It was the
last moment in the game where Black could play} 12... e5 {, but after} 13. e4 {
White would be simply much better.}) 13. Nc4 ({The move in the game is ok, but
it was also possible to play} 13. Qc2 {which would be more in a style of the
opening - White would be much closer to pushing e3-e4. However, during the
game I thought that Nc4-e5 shouldn't be worse and I think I wasn't wrong.})
13... Bc7 ({In the event of} 13... Bxh2+ {I had prepared} 14. Nxh2 dxc4 15. Qc2
$1 (15. bxc4 Qg6 16. f3 Qg5 {would be a bit worse; Black is still creating
some problems}) 15... cxb3 16. axb3 {and White has a lot of pluses such as the
bishop pair and a much better stucture. So the position is close to winning.})
14. Nce5 {Here I was satisfied with the blockade of the e5-square which I made.
Now it is difficult for Black to play aggressively.} Qh5 ({Objectively, this
move is weak, but if you play an opening like the Blumenfeld you are forced to
make suspect moves from time to time... Black's position wasn't good anyway,
but probably something like} 14... Ne4 {was possibly better.}) 15. Nc6 {
Simply enough, White wants to eliminate one of black bishops.} d4 $2 {This is
the losing move, but as I mentioned one move earlier, this is Blumenfeld style.
} ({In the event of} 15... Bxc6 16. bxc6 Nb8 17. Qc2 {White would be visibly
better as there is absolutely no attack after} Ne4 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. Bb5 a6 20.
Bd3 {and even if Black manages to win the pawn back he will suffer structural
problems.}) 16. exd4 cxd4 17. h3 ({The most natural from a human point of view,
but - of course - the computer is never scared that it can be mated and
suggests} 17. Qxd4 $1 {, but you must see that after} Bxc6 18. bxc6 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 $1 Qxe2 20. Rfe1 {everything is absolutely fine and Black is lost. To be
honest, I don't think I considered Qd4 as an option...}) 17... Bxc6 18. bxc6
Ne5 19. Qe1 $2 ({Another human choice, but this time it gives Black good
chances. I was considering the best} 19. Nxd4 {, but I wasn't sure if White is
doing so well after} Qh4 20. Rc1 ({an even stronger try is} 20. Nxe6 $1 Rxd1
21. Raxd1 {and White has only rook and 3 pawns for a queen, but will win some
material soon for sure.}) 20... Qf4 21. g3 Qh6 22. h4 Ne4 {, but it seems that
there is no danger.}) 19... d3 $2 ({Both my opponent and I missed that} 19...
Ng6 $1 {with the intention of ...Nf4 would create great attacking prospects
for Black! However, it is always difficult to find such moves as Black was
targeting the h2-square and Ng6 is a part of a completely different plan. But
that's chess, sometimes you must be flexible.}) 20. Bxe5 $2 ({Another
"practical" decision, which this time leads to Black's advantage. White should
have played} 20. Bd1 {, but I was afraid that after} Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qf5 {
White's task can be not easy at all as the weakness of diagonal h2-b8 can be
very annoying. However, it should have been played!}) 20... Bxe5 21. Bxd3 Bxa1
22. Bc4 {For the moment White has given upe a whole rook, but it's clear that
he will win some material back. My opponent was already in severe time trouble,
so his task was not easy.} Nd5 $2 ({It came as a surpise, because Black should
have played the obvious} 22... Bb2 {. Probably, Szabo thought that the c6-pawn
can be dangerous, but a bishop is a bishop, you shouldn't give it away for
free. After ...Bb2 it seems that Black is fine in all lines. Even more - it is
White who should be careful!} 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. c7 Rde8 25. Qb4 $1 Qg6 $1 26.
c8=Q (26. Qc4 Qe4) 26... Rxc8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Qb7 Qe8 29. Qxa7 Ra8 30. Qc5
Rxa2 {and because of the low number of pieces on the board White has some
chances to save this position, but I think Black has more chances to win than
White to draw. This is where "safe" play led me in this game...!}) 23. Qxe6+
Kh8 24. Rxa1 Nf4 25. Qg4 Qc5 {After some forced moves we have got a position
where it's clear that Black should win the c6-pawn. As a result White will
keep the bishop and two pawns and attacking chances for one rook which in a
practical game should allow White to seriously press for a win.} 26. Qg5 (26.
Re1 {was interesting as it is always useful to bring into the action the only
piece which is not in the game.}) 26... Qxc6 27. Ne5 {At this moment I was
sure that the win should be just around the corner. With opponent in time
trouble that was the case, but Black could survive.} Qc7 $2 (27... Qd6 $1 {
was very strong and the most obvious} 28. Nf7+ {can lead White only into
troubles:} ({better is} 28. Re1 {with a nice draw after} Qd2 29. Kf1 Qxf2+ $1
30. Kxf2 Nxh3+ 31. Kg3 Nxg5 32. Kg4 Rd4+ 33. Kxg5 h6+ 34. Kh5 Rf5+ 35. Kg6 Rf6+
36. Kh5) 28... Rxf7 29. Bxf7 h6 $1 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. g3 Ne2+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ {
and only White can be in trouble.}) 28. Re1 h6 29. Qg3 Rd6 30. Re4 Rdf6 31. Qe3
g5 $2 {This loses on the spot.} (31... Ng6 {was the only move, but after} 32.
Nd3 {White would keep a solid positional plus. However, it wouldn't be trivial
to convert it into a full point, so that was surely the move Black should play.
}) 32. Qd4 {The easiest.} Qg7 33. Nd7 Nxg2 {Black is losing in many different
ways, but such moves can always complicate matters, even when they are simply
weak.} 34. Nxf6 {This is not spoiling anything, but had I been in slightly
better form I would rather have played a stronger move...} ({The simplest was} 
34. Nxf8 Nh4 35. Ne6) ({The nicest} 34. Qxf6 Rxf6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Bd3+ Rg6 37.
Nf8+) 34... Nh4 35. Qc3 Qxf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Re8+ {Luckily enough, this
endgame is very easy...} Kg7 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Rxa7 Rf3 40. a4 Rxh3 $2 {The
position was hopeless, but now the a-pawn is unstoppable.} 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. a5
Nf3+ 43. Kg2 g4 44. a6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Bg5 b4 7. Ne4 d6 (7... Be7
8. Bxf6 (8. d6 Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Qb6) 8... Bxf6 9. Qc2 $14) 8. a3 $5 (8. Qa4+ Qd7 9.
Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bh4 f5 $10 {Chekhov,V-Zaichik,G/URS/1985/}) (8.
g3 Ra7 9. Bg2 Be7 $10) (8. Qd3 Ra7 9. O-O-O exd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. cxd5 f5 12.
Ng3 Qf6 $13 {Naumkin,I-Kozlov,Vl/URS/1986/ Inf 41/578/}) (8. Nxf6+ $5 gxf6 9.
Bd2 f5 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 $14 {Chernin,A-Alburt,L/JUG zt/1987/}) 8... Be7 $1
(8... bxa3 9. Rxa3 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Qd2 O-O $13 {Christiansen,L-Alburt,L/
USA ch/1984/}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. axb4 f5 11. Ned2 cxb4 12. Qa4+ Nd7 $5 13. dxe6
$6 (13. Nd4 Qb6 14. e3 (14. dxe6 Qxd4 15. exd7+ Bxd7 16. Qxb4 O-O $13) 14...
exd5 15. Nxf5 Bf6 $13) (13. Qxb4 Rb8 14. Qa3 Qb6 15. b3 Nc5 $44) 13... fxe6 14.
Nd4 Kf7 15. e3 (15. Nc6 Qb6 16. Nxb4 Nc5 17. Qc6 Rb8 $1 $44) (15. Qxb4 Rb8 16.
Qc3 Bf6 17. e3 Qb6 $44) 15... Qb6 16. Be2 Ne5 (16... Nc5 $5 17. Qc6 Rb8 $15)
17. N2f3 Rg8 18. O-O Bb7 $15 19. g3 h5 (19... a5 $5) 20. Nxe5+ dxe5 21. Nf3 Kf6
$1 (21... Bf6 22. Qd7+ $13) 22. Rfd1 Bc5 (22... a5 $142) 23. Qa5 Qxa5 (23...
Bxe3 $2 24. Qxe5+ Kf7 25. Qxe3 $18) 24. Rxa5 Bb6 25. Raa1 Rgd8 26. Kf1 a5 27.
Ne1 Rxd1 $6 (27... h4 $142) 28. Bxd1 $1 Rd8 29. Ke2 h4 30. Ba4 hxg3 31. hxg3 f4
$6 (31... e4 $5) 32. gxf4 exf4 33. Rd1 Rh8 34. exf4 $1 (34. Rd7 Ba6 35. b3 fxe3
36. fxe3 Rh2+ $17) 34... Rh2 35. Nd3 Be4 36. c5 Bxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Bxc5 38. Rf3 $10
Bd4 39. b3 Bb6 40. Bd7 Kf5 41. Bb5 Bc5 42. Bd3+ Kf6 43. Be4 Ba7 44. Bc6 Rh4 45.
Bd7 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 $5 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. Be3 (6.
Bd3 Bc5 7. Nge2 Ng4 $19 {0-1 Touzane,O-Appleberry,M/Paris-ch 1992 (26)}) 6...
Bb4 7. f3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. c5 O-O 10. h4 $13 {Jelen,I-Dizdarevic,E/
Ljubljana Iskra 1992/0-1 (38)}) (3. d5 Ne5 4. Qd4 Ng6 5. e4 e5 6. Qd3 Bc5 7.
Be3 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 O-O $11 {0-1 Svela,A-Efimov,I/Gausdal International 1991 (24)}
) 3... e6 (3... d6 4. g3 (4. Nc3 Bg4 5. d5 Nb8 (5... Bxf3 6. exf3 Ne5 7. f4
Ned7 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 $14 {Dokhoian,Y-Donner,B/Porz op
1992/1-0 (63)}) 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
e6 $11 {1-0 Cruz Lopez Claret,C-Tiboas,D/La Coruna TH op 1995 (30)}) 4... Bg4
5. Bg2 e5 6. d5 Nb8 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be3 h6 12.
Qc2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nh7 14. h4 $14 {1-0 Timoshchenko,G-Stromer,A/Cappelle op
1992 (35)}) 4. a3 {Stohl: This became especially popular after Kasparov used
it in 1996. Kasparov-Yermolinsky/Jerevan olm/1996/} (4. g3 {Stohl} Bb4+ 5. Nbd2
d5 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Re8 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qc2 e5 11. O-O exd4 12.
Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 c6 14. Qxc4 Be6 15. Qb4 Qd7 16. Bf4 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
Qd2 Re4 $17 {Bick,J-Blatny,P/Philadelphia World op/1997/}) ({Stohl: White's
ambitious move wants to get more out of the opening,than} 4. Nc3 {Stohl} Bb4 5.
Qc2 O-O {-E33}) 4... d5 {Stohl: Black wants to show White's last move was a
loss of time. Therefore he opts for a Q-gambit pawn structure, instead of
hemming in his Bf8 with d6,e5.} (4... g6 {Stohl} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Ne5
14. Nd4 c6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qd2 a6 17. Rad1 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. f4 Nc4 20.
Bxc4 bxc4 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 Bd7 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Qf3 d5 26. g4
Re5 27. Qf2 Rae8 $13 {Bagirov,R-Wilhelmi,C/Biel op/1997/}) 9... e5 10. d5 Nd4
11. Re1 Nxe2+ 12. Rxe2 Nh5 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Rc2 f5 15. f3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 b6 17.
Nd3 Bh6 18. Kh1 g5 19. Ndf2 Rf8 20. Qd2 Qe8 21. b4 Qh5 22. Rg1 Nh3 23. Nxh3
Bxh3 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. gxh3 Qxf3+ 26. Qg2 $18 {Portisch,L-Wilhelmi,C/Frankfurt
act op/1997/}) 5. cxd5 $6 {Stohl: Rather soft, as Black now solves the problem
of develoing his Bc8 and gets easy equality.} (5. Nc3 $5 g6 (5... dxc4 6. e4 (
6. Qa4 $5 Nd5 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5
fxe4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Bd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Nf5 Nc4 18. Nxe7+
Nxe7 19. Re1 Ng6 20. h4 Re8 21. e6 Rd6 22. h5 Nf8 23. e7 Ne6 24. Re4 b5 25. Be3
$16 {Volzhin,A-Vlassov,N/RUS-Cup2 Moscow/1996/}) 6... Na5 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+
c6 (8... Nd7 $143 9. Qxc4 c5 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13. O-O Be7
14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Rd2 Qc8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Nd4 O-O 20.
Nf4 Ba4 21. b3 $16 {Yakovich,Y-Vlassov,N/Moscow-ch/1996/}) 9. Qxc4 a5 10. Ne5
$14 {Manninen,M-Benjamin,J/Rilton Cup96/97 1996/EXP 57/1/2-1/2 (40)} (10. Ne5
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Rxa6 15. f3 a4 16. Rac1 Rd8
17. Rc2 Ne8 18. Nd3 f6 19. Kf2 Kf7 $132 {Manninen,M-Benjamin,J/Rilton Cup/1996/
})) (5... Be7 6. e3 (6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 a6 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11.
O-O Rc8 12. Qc2 Nb8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 {Cramling,P-Comas Fabrego,L/Barcelona VULCA/
1991/} 14. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7] ><c7}) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. O-O
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Ne5 (12. e4 $142 $36) 12... f6 $11 {Certek,
P-Brestak,J/SVK-ch Nova Bana 1983/MCD-ch/0-1 (44)} (12... f6 13. Nd3 c4 14. Nb4
f5 15. f4 b6 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. e4 Bb7 18. e5 Nb3 19. Rb1 a5 20. Nc2 $17 {Certek,
P-Brestak,J/SVK-ch Nova Bana/1983/})) (5... a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 h6
9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. e4
dxe4 16. Bxe4 Na5 17. b4 f5 $132 {0-1 Bykhovsky,A-Kogan,A/Rishon le Zion YM
1995 (50)}) 6. Bg5 (6. Bf4 {Stohl} Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1
Bb7 11. Be5 a6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. h3 Qe8 15. e4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17.
Ba2 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe3 Rcc8 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Qf4 Nh5 23. Qg4
Rd8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Qf4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Ne5 $14 {
Notkin,M-Vlassov,N/Moscow op2/1995/}) 6... Bg7 7. e3 O-O (7... h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. b4 c6 13. Na4 a6 14. Nc5 Nf5 15. a4
Nd6 16. Nd2 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Ndb3 Qc7 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qe1 Bd8 21. Bxc4 dxc4
22. Nd2 Rxa5 23. Nxc4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 b6 25. Nd3 Bf6 $15 {[%csl Gc8,Gf6] ^^,
Fedorov,V-Vlassov,N/Yalta op/1995/}) 8. Rc1 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. b4 $14 {Baburin,A-Lee,J/US-op 1997/EXP 58/1-0 (55)} (13.
b4 a6 14. a4 Bg7 15. Nd2 Nf5 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 a5 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Bxf5 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Rf5,Rf7] ק,Baburin,A-Lee,J/US-op/1997/})) (5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7.
Nc3 a6 (7... O-O $142 $13 {Stohl: leads to a position from a Nimzo Indian.}) 8.
e4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ $14 {1-0 An Yangfeng-Vilas Boas,L/
Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02 (22)} (11. Qxd8+ {Stohl} Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Rf8 13. Bb3
Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. O-O h6 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Rad1 $16 {An Yangfeng-Vilas
Boas,L/Dubai olw/1986/})) 5... exd5 6. Bg5 (6. Nc3 Be7 (6... Ne4 {Stohl} 7. Qb3
Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3 f6 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14.
Qb3 c6 15. Qxb7 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qa4 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfc1 Ne7 19. Rc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5
Kf7 21. Nd4 Rab8 22. Qc7 Rbc8 23. Qb7 Rb8 24. Qc7 Rbc8 25. Qb7 Rb8 {1/2,
Naumann,A-Blatny,P/BL9697/1997/}) 7. Bf4 $11 (7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bg3 Bf5 9. e3 a6
10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Nxd5 O-O 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. O-O b5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16.
Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bg3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 c6 20. Rc5 h6 21. Qc2 Rc7 22. Rc1
Rfc8 23. d5 Qf5 24. d6 Qxc2 25. R1xc2 Rd7 26. dxe7 {1-0,Topalov,V-Kolb,A/
Frankfurt sim/1997/})) 6... Be7 (6... h6 {Stohl} 7. Bh4 $6 {Stohl: A similar
mistake as in our game.} (7. Bxf6 $142 Qxf6 8. Nc3 $14) 7... g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9.
Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bg3 h5 12. f3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 14. g4 Qg3+ 15. Kd2
Qf2 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Kc2 O-O-O 18. Qd2 f5 19. gxh5 f4 20. e4 fxe3 21. Qxf2 exf2
22. Bd3 Bg7 $17 {Rakhmangulov,A-Vlassov,N/Moscow GM2/1996/}) 7. e3 (7. Nc3 Ne4
$1 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Rc1 $11) 7... Ne4 $5 (7... O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 $11) 8. Bf4 $2 {
Stohl: A serious positional mistake, after which Black gains the ^^ and more
importantly, seriously compromises White's pawn structure and his K position.}
(8. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11 (8... Nxe7 $5 {Stohl} 9. Bd3 Nd6 $11 {[%cal Yc8g4,Yc8f5] /
\Bf5,Bg4}) (8... Qxe7 $143 9. Nc3 $14 (9. Bb5 $5 $36))) 8... g5 $1 (8... O-O 9.
Bd3 $11) 9. Be5 (9. Bg3 h5 $15) 9... f6 10. Bg3 (10. Nfd2 $2 h5 11. Nxe4 dxe4
$19) 10... h5 {ץg3} 11. h3 $8 (11. Qb3 h4 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. Qxd5 f5 $17) (11.
h4 {Stohl} g4 12. Nfd2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bd6 14. Kf2 Ne7 15. Bd3 c5 $5 $17) 11...
Nxg3 12. fxg3 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Gc5,Gd4,Rd5,Ge3,Re4,Rf5,Yg3,Rg5,Yh4]} Bd6 13. Kf2
Ne7 {/\Nf5} 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nc3 (15. Nfd2 Qc7 16. Nf1 $17) 15... Qc7 (15... Nf5
{Stohl} 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 $17) 16. Ne2 Bd7 (16... Nf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 $17) 17. Qa4 (
17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O-O $17) 17... Nf5 {[%cal Rf5g3,Rf5e3,Rd6g3,Rc7g3,Rh5h4,
Rh4g3]} 18. Bxf5 (18. g4 $2 {Stohl} Bg3+ $19) 18... Bxf5 19. Rac1 (19. Qb3 $142
) 19... Bd3 (19... O-O $40 {Stohl}) 20. g4 h4 (20... Qb6 21. b4 hxg4 22. hxg4
O-O-O $17) (20... Qd7 $17 {Stohl}) (20... hxg4 $5 {Stohl} 21. hxg4 Rf8 {
[%csl Rg4] /\Qd7,><g4}) 21. Rhe1 O-O $1 {^^,<->e,ע,e3,/^b8-h2 Stohl: Black
has a strategically won position, which he gradually strengthens before the
final combinational attack.} 22. Qd1 Qh7 (22... Be4 23. Kg1 Qe7 $17) 23. Rc3
Be4 (23... Bc4 24. Nd2 $17) 24. Kg1 {Stohl: The K will not be dafe here for
long.} (24. Nd2 {Stohl} f5 25. Nxe4 fxg4+ $19) 24... Rae8 25. Rf1 Bb8 $1 26.
Nd2 Qc7 27. Nxe4 (27. Nf3 f5 $1 28. Ne5 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 $40) 27... Qh2+ (
27... Rxe4 {Stohl} 28. Rf3 $17) 28. Kf2 Rxe4 29. Rh1 Bg3+ $1 (29... Qd6 $1 {
[%csl Re3][%cal Rf8e8,Re8e3,Rd6e6] /\<->e,קe3}) (29... Qd6 {Stohl Stohl: was
also sufficient, but Black is ready to attack.}) 30. Kf3 (30. Nxg3 Qxg3+ (30...
hxg3+ $4 {Stohl} 31. Kf3 $18) 31. Kf1 f5 $19) 30... f5 $1 31. Nf4 $8 (31. Rxh2
fxg4#) (31. gxf5 {Stohl} Rxf5+ 32. Nf4 Rfxf4+ (32... gxf4 33. Rxh2 fxe3+ 34.
Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Kd3 e2 36. Qe1 Rf1 37. Qxe2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 Rb1 $1 $19) 33. exf4
Rxf4+ 34. Ke3 Qxg2 $19) 31... Rxf4+ $5 (31... fxg4+ $142 32. Ke2 $8 gxf4 33.
Rxh2 f3+ 34. gxf3 gxf3+ 35. Kf1 Bxh2 $17 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Rf3f1,Re4e7,Re7g7,
Rg7g1]}) 32. exf4 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4 (33. hxg4 {Stohl} Rxf4+ 34. Ke3 Qxg2 $19)
33... Qxg2 34. Qc2 $1 (34. Qg1 {Stohl} Qe2+ 35. Kxg5 Qe7+ 36. Kh5 Qh7+ $19)
34... Bf2+ (34... Rxf4+ 35. Kxg5 $132) 35. Kh5 Rf7 $2 $138 {->} (35... gxf4
$142 36. Rh2 $1 Qg7 $1 (36... Qxh2 $4 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Kh6 $18) 37. Qg6 $8 (37.
Rxf2 Rf6 $19) 37... Qxg6+ 38. Kxg6 Bxd4 $17) (35... Qxh1 $2 {Stohl} 36. Qg6+
$11) 36. Qg6+ Rg7 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. f5 $2 $138 (38. Qc8+ $1 Rg8 (38... Kh7 $2
39. Qf5+ Kg8 (39... Kh8 40. Kh6 gxf4 41. Rc2 $18) 40. Kh6 Re7 41. Qg6+ $16) 39.
Qe6 $1 Rg7 $8 40. Qc8+ $11) (38. Rd1 {Stohl} gxf4 39. Qf6 Qe4 $19) 38... Qxh1
39. Qf6 (39. f6 Qd1+ 40. Kh6 Rh7+ 41. Kxg5 Qh5+ 42. Kf4 Rf7 $19) 39... Qd1+ 40.
Kh6 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 {Normally Iget this position from a different
move order 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 which was named by my coach Vyacheslav Chebanenco
Two Black Knights Tango. Later on these ideas became famous thanks to the
efforts of another moldavian master Georgy Orlov who was also a peuple of
Vyacheslav Andreevich and was one of the coauthors of the opening. Nowdays
this opening is also offten played by the american grandmaster Alexei
Yermolinsky.} 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 {Another possible settlement is 5...Be7 followed
by 0-0 and e5} g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bg5 {! First was introdused by Stuart
Conquest in our game from the European Championship in Ohrid this year.} (8.
Be3 {was played before}) 8... h6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Bc2 {?! Now I
think that white should play similar to my game against Sadler from Enghien
1999.} (11. Be2 {!} e5 (11... Nb6 $14 {!?}) 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Qe3 $16 {! in our game with Mathew the pawn was on h7})
11... Nb6 12. b3 a5 {black is just in time to create his counterplay.
Otherwise white would get use of his centre edge to create a straight attack
on the kingside.} 13. Qd2 a4 {!} (13... Kh7 14. h4 $40) 14. Bxh6 {On} (14. Nxa4
{I should reply} Nxa4 {unfortunately didn't work the exchange sacrifice} (14...
Rxa4 {?} 15. bxa4 Nxc4 16. Qc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 e5 18. d5 Nb8 19. O-O $16) 15.
bxa4 Na5 16. Bxh6 Nxc4 17. Qc1 e5 {!} 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5
{and black has enough compensation for the pawn}) 14... axb3 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Bxb3 Na5 17. Qa2 e5 {! now it's important to block the bishop on b3 and to get
some square for the two black knights for there classical tango.} 18. dxe5 {If}
(18. d5 {then} Rh8 {and is already a grave mistake to castle here in a view of
indefenceble attack} 19. O-O {?} Qf6 20. Nh2 Bxh3 {!} 21. gxh3 Rxh3 22. f3 Nxb3
$19) 18... dxe5 19. Nd5 {!?  Untill now we followed the game with Conquest
which went} (19. c5 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Nd7 21. Qb4 c6 22. Nd2 (22. O-O Qa5) 22...
Nb8 {! and after} (22... Qa5 23. Nb3 Qxb4 24. axb4 Rxa1+ 25. Nxa1 b6 26. cxb6
Nxb6 $16) 23. Qb2 {?!} (23. Ne2 Ra5 24. Nb3 Rb5 25. Qc3 Be6 26. Nec1 Qh4 27.
O-O Bxb3 28. Nxb3 Qxe4) 23... Na6 24. Na4 (24. Nb3 Be6 $15) 24... Qa5 25. Qc2
Rd8 $17 {Black's got a very strong initiative. The text is aimed to improve
white's knight position by moving it to e3 from where he will be able to
attack the kingside and also to protect the c4 pawn. Also is uncoveniente for
black to take on d5 so he will have to loose a tempo by playing c6.}) 19... Nd7
{?! My first intention was to play} (19... c6 {!} 20. Nb4 (20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21.
Bc2 Qc5 22. Bd3 Be6) (20. Ne3 Qd3 21. Nd2 Rd8 {/\Qd2} 22. Rb1 Be6) 20... Be6
21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Nd2 Red8 {with the full compenstion. But then I said to myself
that anyway he will have to go to e3, so why should I help him. It escaped
from my view that at the moment the bishop goes from b3, for me it will be
much more difficult to organize a decent counterplay on the queenside. To be
honest it didn't took too much time to me to take this decision.}) 20. Bc2 b6 {
!? Late I will need the square b7 for my knight from a5. Also I can put som
pressure on c4 by playing Ba6.} 21. h4 $40 {! White is pawn up and has a good
attacking perspectives.} (21. Rd1 c6 (21... Ba6 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. h4 Rh8 24. h5
$16) 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. h4 Nf6 24. Qb2 Ng4) 21... c6 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Qb2 {Now
when the pawn on c4 is protected white can afford to improve his queen
position.} Qc7 24. Qc3 $14 Nb7 25. h5 {!? from the human point of view it
looks logical to sac a pawn for an attack especially when you one up. But the
cool machine is saying that the pawn is the pawn! Simple} (25. Ng5 Qd6 {
! forcing the castle} 26. O-O {would keep the edge}) 25... Nc5 {?! As I
mentioned the machine says to take it!} (25... Nxh5 26. Nf5+ Kg8 (26... Bxf5
27. exf5 Nc5 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Nh4 $18) 27. Rd1 {I rejected the pawn capture
in a view of} (27. Ng5 {but here after} f6 {!} 28. Nf3 Nc5 {black can even
overtake the initiative}) 27... Nc5 (27... Nf4 28. g3 Ng2+ 29. Kf1 gxf5 30.
Kxg2 $16) 28. Nd6 Rd8 {!} (28... Re6 29. Nxc8 Qxc8 30. Ng5 Re8 31. Qf3 Qc7 32.
Rxh5 gxh5 33. Qg3 {!} Kh8 (33... h4 34. Qg4 f5 35. exf5 Qg7 36. Rd6 $18) 34.
Rd6 $18) 29. Qxe5 Bg4 $13 {and somehow black is doing fine}) 26. hxg6 {?!} (26.
h6+ Kh8 27. Rh4 $16) 26... fxg6 27. Ng5 Qa7 {! Beginning the hunt season on
the white queen. If I succed to swap the queens then the white pawn weaknesses
will become more obvious.} 28. Nf5+ {!? another gambling at this moment the
polish grandmaster lost almost all his time and still didn't come to any
conclusion about the sequences of the piece sacrifice.} (28. Rh4 Qa5 29. Qxa5
Rxa5 $14) 28... Bxf5 $8 {Yes I had enough time to calculate all these lines
arising after} (28... gxf5 {but why should I, why not to listen to the
intuition which was telling me that white has at list a draw in all these
complications. From another hand I already saw that after the exchange of the
queens I'll be fine.} 29. Qh3 Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ng8 31. Nh7+ Ke7 (31... Kf7 32. Ng5+
Kf8 33. Nh7+) 32. exf5 {! Another soldier comes closer to the enemy king!} (32.
Rd1 Bd7) (32. Qxe5+ Kd8 33. Rd1+ Bd7 34. Qxf5 Qa5+ 35. Kf1 Qc3 36. Nf8 Ra7 $17)
32... Qa5+ 33. Kf1 Qc3 34. f6+ Kd8 35. Rd1+ Kc7 (35... Nd7 36. Bg6 Qb3 37. Bh5
$18 {!}) 36. Qg7+ Kb8 37. Qg6 Qxc4+ 38. Kg1 Ra7 39. Qxe8 Qxc2 40. Rf1 $16 {
So the attack was correct and I saved some time for the rest part of the game.}
) 29. exf5 Qa5 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. fxg6 e4 {!  even been at the moment two pawns
down black finely is ok.} 32. Nf7 {!?} (32. Ke2 Nd3 (32... Kxg6 33. Nf3) 33.
Nh3 Ne5 34. Nf4 Nxc4 35. Rh3 Nd5) (32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Rh4 Rd4 34. f3 Rxc4 35. Bxe4
Ncxe4 36. Nxe4 Kxg6 37. Rf4 Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Kf6) 32... Kxg6 {
The most solid. I was not sure of} (32... Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Ng4 34. Rh4 Ndxf2 (34...
Ngxf2 35. Nd6 Re6 36. Nxe4 Nxe4 37. Kxd3 Rae5 38. Ke3 Nd6+ 39. Kd2 Re2+ 40. Kc3
R6e3+ 41. Bd3 Rxg2 42. Rd4 $16 {!}) 35. Nh6 {!} Nxh6 36. Kxf2 Rf8+ 37. Kg1 e3
38. Rd1 $36) 33. Nd6 Rd8 (33... Re6 {was may be even more presize.} 34. Nc8 (
34. O-O-O Nd3+ 35. Bxd3 Rxd6 36. Bc2 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rc5 38. Rd4 Kf5 39. Bb3 b5)
34... Re8 35. Nd6) 34. Rh6+ {! Of course I missed it but hopefully for me it
wasn't loosing.} Kg7 (34... Kxh6 35. Nf7+ Kg6 36. Nxd8 $16) 35. Nf5+ Kf7 36.
Ne3 Nd3+ 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. g4 {!?} (38. Rb1 Raxa3) 38... Kg7 39. Rh3 Kg6 {
black pieces are perfectly placed so there shouldn't be any problem to make a
draw and to share the first place in the tournament.} 40. Rh8 b5 (40... Raxa3
41. Rxa3 Rxa3 42. Rc8 c5 43. Rc6 Kg5) 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Rb8 Raxa3 43. Rxa3 Rxa3
44. Rxb5 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Rg1 46. f4 exf3+ 47. Kxf3 Ra1 48. Re5 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Fossan, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 {Det vanligste her er 5.Lg5} fxe6
6. cxb5 Bb7 7. Nbd2 {En alternativ oppstilling ville være 7.Sc3 fulgt av 8.e3
og 9.Ld3} Be7 8. g3 Qa5 9. a4 a6 {OgsÅ 9.- e5 er svært interessant. 10.Lg2 e4
11.Sg5 d5 12.0-0 0-0 og det er iallefall ikke tvil om at sort har kompensasjon
for bonden.} 10. bxa6 Bxa6 $1 {Tisdall hadde oversett styrken av dette trekket
i sine forberedelser.} 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. b3 O-O $2 (13... Nd5 {
Dette trekket sikrer sort en liten fordel.} 14. Bb2 (14. Ne4 Qb4 $1) 14... Nc3
$15) 14. Nc4 Bxc4 (14... Qc3 $2 15. Bf4 Rxb3 16. Rc1 Qb4 17. Nfd2 {Svart fÅr
ingen kompensasjon for kvaliteten.}) 15. bxc4 Qa6 16. Bg5 {NÅ er det Tisdalls
tur til Е feile.} (16. Nd2 Rb4 17. Ba3 Rxa4 18. Bb2 {Med liten fordel til hvit.
}) 16... Rb4 17. Rb1 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Qxc4 19. Qb5 Qa2 20. Bf4 Ra8 {[#]Remis Litt
tidlig kanskje, men etter:} 21. Qb7 Rxa4 22. Qc8+ Bf8 23. Ne5 {SÅ ikke noe
bedre enn trekkgjentagelse med:} Ra8 24. Qc7 Ra7 25. Qc8 Ra8 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Danielian, Elina"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The World Champion played an atrocious opening, but it was ok because it
seemed that Danielian was satisfied with just playing for a draw. Eventually
this was the result.} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 g6 $6 {World Champion
or not, playing both e6 and g6 before move five cannot be recommended.} 5. Nc3
Bg7 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Qc2 (7. e4 $1 Nxc5 8. Qd4 $1 Na6 (8... d6 9. e5 $18 {
already loses.}) 9. Be3 {and Black's position is far from enviable.}) 7... Nxc5
8. b4 Na6 {Another strange decision. The knight here will suffer.} (8... Nce4
9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bb2 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Qf6 {is only slightly worse.}) 9. a3 O-O 10.
Bb2 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 {The hedgehog structure has a key
difference that the knight on a6 is too out of place.} 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. a4 Rab8
16. h3 {a move that contributes almost nothing to White's position.} h5 {
A move that is worse than contributing nothing to the position. The holes left
on g5 and the potential weakness of f7 makes passing a better move than
playing h5.} (16... Nc7 $11) 17. Nb5 $6 {allowing Black to breakthrough
without consequences.} (17. Nd4 $14 d5 $2 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxa6 $16) 17... d5
18. Be5 Ra8 19. Rab1 dxc4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxc4 Nb8 (21... Nd5 $11) 22. Qc7
Qxc7 23. Bxc7 Rc8 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Nd6 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Rc1
Nd5 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Nc6 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Rxe7 {The draw is now obvious.} 32. Bb5
Be5 33. Bc6 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Bxc7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Bd6
39. b5 Bb4 40. Ke4 Be1 41. Kf3 Bb4 42. Ke4 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Collins, Sam E"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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 "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. e3
O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Na4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rae8
15. O-O-O Na5 16. Rhg1 c6 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Qf5 Qe6 19. Qh5 b5 20. Nc3 f5 21.
Rdg1 Re7 22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Ne2 Qf7 24. Qh3 Rg8 25. Nf4 Nf8 26. Bxf5 Nd6 27. Bc2
Ne8 28. Bg6 Qf6 29. Nh5 Qe6 30. Bf5 Qf7 31. Nf4 Nd6 32. Bg6 Qf6 33. Bc2 Ne8 34.
Ng6+ Nxg6 35. Rxg6 Qf8 36. Rxc6 Rc7 {#} 37. Rxc7 (37. Rxg7 $1) 37... Nxc7 38.
Qf5 Qxf5 39. Bxf5 Rf8 40. Bg4 Ne8 41. Kd2 Nf6 42. Be6 Re8 43. Bf5 g5 44. Rc1
Re7 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Rb8 a6 47. Ra8 h5 48. h3 Rf7 49. Rxa6 Ng8 50. Rg6+ Kf8 51.
Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 bxc4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
e4 Rg8 {Wojtaszek beat Bobula with this a few years back with Black, but
Cheparinov is about 250 Elo more and not going to be so easy to catch.} 9. g3 (
9. Qc2 Na6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 f5 12. Qc3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 Nc7 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15.
Kd2 Rb8 16. g3 Bb7 17. Be2 Bh6+ 18. Kc2 Bc6 19. a4 Ke7 20. Rhb1 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Bxa4+ 22. Kd3 Bc6 23. Nfd2 Bxd2 24. Kxd2 Nb6 25. Nxb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Ra8 27. Ra6
Rb8 28. Bd3 Rb2+ 29. Ke3 Bd5 30. Ra4 Rb3 31. Kd2 Kf8 32. c4 Bc6 33. Ra5 Rb2+
34. Ke3 Rb3 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Ke1 h6 37. Rxc5 Ra2 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. e6 Ke7 40.
exd7 Bxd7 41. Kf1 Rc2 42. Kg2 Be6 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. c5 Bd5+ 45. Kh3 Rxf2 46. Rd7
Be6 47. Rd6 f4+ 48. g4 h5 {0-1 (48) Bobula,M (2423)-Wojtaszek,R (2635)/Warsaw
2007/CBM 121 Extra}) 9... Rg4 10. Be2 Rxe4 11. O-O {#A quick tally says it all.
Black has given up on castling and has developed his queen and a very oddly
placed rook, while White has developed both knight, his bishop, and has
castled to safety. The outcome is almost textbook.} Rxe2 12. Nxc4 Qa6 13. Qxe2
Bb7 14. Rad1 Qxa2 {One could easily criticize this pawn grab, but Black's
position is already ciritical.} 15. Rfe1 Qa4 16. b3 Qb4 (16... Qxb3 17. Rb1 Qa4
18. Rxb7) 17. Qd3 {Preparing the winning sacrifice.} a6 18. dxe6 fxe6 {#} 19.
Rxe6+ $3 dxe6 20. Qd8+ Kf7 21. Ng5+ $1 Kg6 (21... fxg5 22. Ne5+ Kg8 23. Qxg5+
Kh8 (23... Bg7 24. Rd8#) 24. Nf7#) 22. Nxe6 (22. Qxf8 {was a little faster but
Cheparinov's continuation also mates.} Nd7 23. Qf7+ Kxg5 24. Qg7+ Kh5 25. Qxh7+
Kg5 26. f4+ Kg4 27. Kf2 {followed by either Qh4 mate or Ne3 mate.}) 22... Qxb3
23. Nxf8+ Kh5 24. Ne5 Bf3 25. Nxf3 Qxf3 26. Rd5+ Kh6 27. Qe7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk six tiebreak matches were played,
which consisted of two rapid games (25 min. + 10 sec./move), then if the
result is 1-1, two blitz games follow (5 min. + 10 sec./move) and in case of
2-2 the sudden death game decides the overall winner (White gets 6 min., Black
5 min. with no addition. In order to qualify White must win). Four matches
were decided after the rapid games, in two matches the blitz games were played.
The tiebreak winners today are Aronian,Svidler, Bareev, Nisipeanu, Karjakin
and Sasikiran. Ivanchuk, Rublevsky, Grischuk, Bacot and Macieja are out.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 {The Bluemenfeld Gambit again. At this moment
Nisipeanu still had faith in it.} 5. Bg5 b4 {A rare move, although its logic
is evident - to take away square c3 from opponent's knight. In order to
achieve advantage White must play very energetic, otherwise Black will either
close the center (d6 and e5) and then build an initiative onthe kingside, or
he will be able to create pressure on White's pawn center (after the exchange
on d5).} ({In their first regular game of the match Nisipeanu played} 5... exd5
6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 {but couldn't equalize after} 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. a4
bxa4 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Bb5 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qd3
Rb4 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Nfd2 {and Black had to work hard before reaching the draw,
Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Nisipeanu,L (2668)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (80)}) 6. a3 h6 7.
Bh4 a5 {This premature advance is nicely exploited by Ivanchuk.} (7... exd5 8.
cxd5 Bb7 9. axb4 cxb4 10. Qd4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxd5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. Qxa7 Nc6 14.
Qe3+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. e3 Bg7 17. Nbd2 Ra8 18. Bd3 Ra1+ 19. Bb1 Ne4 20.
Ke2 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bxg2 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. Nb3 Ra3 24. Nc5 Bh3 25. Be4 Bc3 26.
Bd6+ Ke8 27. Rb1 Bg4+ 28. f3 Ra2+ 29. Kd3 Na5 30. Rd1 Bh3 31. Bd5 Rf2 32. Bg3
Rf1 33. Rxf1 Bxf1+ 34. Kc2 Nc4 35. Bf2 Nb6 36. Bb3 d5 37. e4 d4 38. Bg3 Nc4 39.
Bf2 Na3+ {0-1 Lautier,J (2638)-Koch,J (2510)/Besancon 1999/CBM 073}) 8. axb4
cxb4 9. Nd4 Be7 10. Nb5 d6 11. c5 $1 {Black needs to make a series of only
moves to avoid a quick disaster.} O-O {The only reasonable answer.} (11... Nxd5
12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Bxe7+ Nxe7 14. Nd2 {is a clear advantage for White}) 12. dxe6
dxc5 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. e3 Ng4 {Going nowhere. Black should have
developed the queenside pieces instead.} 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Ne4 $1 Bxg3 18. hxg3
Nc6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxc5 {With a pawn up and better position Ivanchuk easily
wins the endgame.} Nce5 21. Be2 Bf5 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Rxa5 Rd5 24. Nxf5 Rdxc5
25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. O-O Rc2 27. Bd1 Rxb2 28. f4 g6 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. Nd5 b3 31.
fxe5 Nxe5 32. Nc3 Rd2 33. Ne4 Rd3 34. Kf2 b2 35. Be2 Rb3 36. Rb1 h5 37. Nc5 Rc3
38. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 8th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2010.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 {Gambito Blumenfeld. Es una
característica del estilo de Paco Vallejo la lucha por la iniciativa sin
importar el color: sus partidas prometen siempre espectáculo.} 5. dxe6 (5. Bg5
{Es la alternativa principal. Pero las partidas del GM rumano Nisipeanu
muestran el camino a las negras} exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. Nbd2
Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. axb5 O-O 12. Bc4 Nf4 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 axb5 15. Rxa8
Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nc6 17. Bf1 Qf6 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qd2 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Re3 d5
22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nce5 Nxf3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Qc3 Qh4 26. Qe1 Re8 27. Bc4 Rxe5
28. Bxd5 Qg5 29. Qg1 Qxg1+ {0-1 Sargissian,G (2610)-Nisipeanu,L (2707)/Germany
2006}) 5... fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 d4 9. e5 Ng4 10. Ng5 Ndxe5 11.
Nce4 ({hace pocos días se jugó en Wijk aan Zee la siguiente partida} 11. f4 Be7
12. fxe5 dxc3 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Nf3 Ba5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Be2 Rad8
18. Rf1 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxe5 21. Be2 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. O-O-O
c4 24. Kc2 Kf7 25. a4 e5 26. Re1 Ke6 27. Re3 Rd7 28. Be1 Bb6 29. Re2 Rf7 30.
Bg3 Rf5 31. Kd1 h5 32. Ke1 Kd5 33. Rd2+ Ke6 34. Bf2 Rf8 35. Re2 Bxf2+ 36. Rxf2
Rd8 37. Rb2 Rd3 38. a5 Kd7 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 Kc8 41. Rb5 Rxc3 42. Rxe5 Rc2
43. Rg5 {1/2-1/2 Nyback,T (2643)-Muzychuk,A (2523) Wijk aan Zee NED 2010})
11... h6 $1 {Una novedad que pone en cuestión toda la variante para las blancas
} ({Malakhatko ya ha tenido que enfrentarse a esta posición y perdió después de
} 11... Bb7 12. f4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd5 14. Ng5 $6 (14. Nf2 $1) 14... c4 $1 15.
Bd2 (15. fxe5 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Qxe5+ 17. Qe2 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Qxg5+) 15... d3 16. h3
Nf6 17. Qa4 Ned7 18. b3 Nb6 19. Qa6 Bc5 20. Rc1 O-O 21. bxc4 Qd4 22. Kd1 Ne4
23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Rc3 Rfd8 {0-1 Malakhatko,V (2569)-Babujian,L (2474) St
Petersburg 2009}) 12. Nf3 Qd5 $1 13. Nfd2 (13. Ng3 c4 14. h3 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 c3 {
es desastroso para el blanco}) 13... Bb7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. f4 $2 {
omitiendo el siguiente golpe} (16. Qh5+ Ke7 {solamente trae nuevos problemas a
las blancas}) ({el mal menor debe ser} 16. Qb3) 16... Nd3+ $1 17. Bxd3 Qxg2 18.
Qh5+ (18. Rf1 Qg3+ 19. Rf2 Qxd3 $19) 18... Kd7 19. Kd1 {tal vez lo mejor desde
un punto de vista práctico} (19. Rf1 Qg3+ 20. Kd1 Qxd3) 19... Qxh1+ 20. Kc2 Be7
21. b3 Rag8 22. Bb2 Qd5 23. f5 e5 $1 24. Bc4 ({las blancas no pueden jugar} 24.
Be4 {por} Qxe4+ $1 25. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kd2 Rg2+ 27. Kd1 Rhg8 {y el mate es
inminente}) 24... Qg2 25. Re1 ({también es catrastrófico} 25. Bxg8 Be4+ 26. Kc1
Rxg8) 25... Kd8 $5 26. Qf7 (26. Re2 Qg5) 26... Rg7 27. Qe6 Bc8 {Las blancas
abandonan. ?Qué ha hecho mal Malakhatko? seguramente se lo estará preguntando;
lo cierto es que la preparación de Paco ha sido hoy la de un galáctico} 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 5. dxe6 (5. Bg5 $5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 b4 {Manninen,M-Ernst,T/Ostersund/1992/0:1 (52)/ Inf 55/489/} 9.
Nd1 $1 $14 {e4,[]e3/}) 5... fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 (6... Bb7 7. g3 Be7 (7... Qa5+ $5
8. Nc3 a6 9. bxa6 Rxa6 $44) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nc3 a6 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12.
b3 d5 13. Ne5 $1 Nc6 14. Nd3 $14 {Gagarin,V-Buturin,V/Smolensk/1991/}) 7. e3
Bd6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. e4 $5 (9. Be2 $5) 9... dxe4 $6 (9... d4 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Bxe5 12. Ne4 $1 (12. Qxa8 $2 dxc3 $19) 12... Nbd7 13. Ng5 $16) (9... Nbd7 $5
10. exd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. Ng5 Qb6 $1 {/\Re8}) 11... O-O $44) 10.
Ng5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ngxe4 $16 Be5 13. Nxd5 (13. Be2 $5 O-O (13... Bxc3+
14. Nxc3 Bxg2 15. Rg1) 14. O-O $16) 13... exd5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Be2 (15. Bd3
$5) 15... O-O 16. O-O Bd4 17. Be3 $1 (17. Bf3 Qe6 {/\Ne5, Rf3}) 17... Bxb2 (
17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Bf3 Nb6 21. Rae1 $16) 18. Rad1 Nb6 (
18... Bd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Bf3 $18) 19. Qxc5 Rac8 20. Qb4 Bc3 21.
Qg4 $6 (21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxd5 $18) 21... Qe5 22. Bf3 (22. Bd3 $5
d4 23. Bg5 Nd5 24. Qh4 h6 25. Bc1) 22... Rc4 $1 23. Qh3 (23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3
d4) (23. Rxd5 $2 Rxg4 24. Rxe5 Rxf3 $17) 23... d4 24. Bc1 Ra4 (24... Qxb5 $2
25. Be2) 25. a3 Qxb5 $6 (25... Nc4 $5 26. Bc6 Ra5 {/\Na3}) (25... Nc4 $5) 26.
Be4 $1 (26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Bc6 Qc4 28. Qe8+ Rf8 29. Bxa4 Rxe8 30. Bxe8 d3) 26...
g6 (26... h6 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Bc6 Qc4 29. Qe7 $18) 27. Qe6+ Rf7 (27... Kg7 28.
Bc6 Qc4 29. Qe5+) 28. Bc6 (28. Bh6 Qd7 29. Qb3) 28... Qc4 29. Qd6 Ra6 30. Rde1
$1 (30. Bh6 Nd7 $1 31. Bd5 Qxf1+) 30... Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Nc8 (31... Qc3 32. Re8+
Kg7 33. Qe5+ Rf6 34. Qe7+ Rf7 35. Qg5 Qxc6 36. Qh6+ Kf6 37. Qh4+ $18) (31...
Nd7 32. Re8+ Nf8 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Bd5+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ $18) 32. Re8+ Kg7 33.
Qe5+ Rf6 34. Qg5 Rf5 $6 (34... Qxc1+ 35. Qxc1 Raxc6 36. Qa1 $5 (36. Qd2 d3 37.
h4 Rc2 (37... Rfd6 38. Qf4 {/\Qf8} (38. Qb2+ Kh6) 38... Rf6) 38. Qxd3 Rfxf2 39.
Qd4+ $18) 36... Rfd6 (36... d3 37. Rd8 Rcd6 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Qd4 $18) 37. h4
Kf7 38. Re4 d3 $140 39. Rf4+ Rf6 (39... Kg8 40. Qe5) 40. Rxf6+ Rxf6 41. Qd4)
35. Qh6+ Kf6 36. Qf8+ Qf7 37. Qh8+ Qg7 38. Rf8+ Ke6 39. Qxg7 Rxc6 40. Bh6 g5
41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1986.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e4 Nc6
9. Be3 (9. d5) 9... Qe7 $6 (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4) 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5
Ne5 (11... Nd4 $2 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ $16) 12.
Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f4 (13. f3 $14) 13... Qe7 14. e5 Ne8 $1 (14... dxe5 15. fxe5 $5
Qxe5 16. Bxc5 $14) 15. Ne4 b6 16. Qd2 (16. Bf3 $1) 16... Bb7 (16... Bf5 $1 17.
Ng3 dxe5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 $15) 17. Rad1 dxe5 18. f5 Rd8 (18... gxf5
19. Rxf5 Nd6 $13) 19. f6 $5 Nxf6 20. d6 Qe6 21. Rxf6 Bxf6 $2 (21... Qd7 22.
Nxc5 $1 bxc5 23. Rf2) (21... Qc8 $5 $13) 22. Bg4 Bxe4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rf1 Rd7
25. Bh6 Rff7 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Qa6 Bd8 $2 (27... Rxd6 28. Qc8+ (28. Rxf6 $2 Rd1+)
28... Bd8 29. Bg5 Rfd7 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Qc7 $16) (27... Bb7 28. Qb5 a6 29.
Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxf6 Rd8 31. d7 Bc6 32. Rxe6 Bb5 $1 $16) 28. Qc8 $4 (28. Rxf7
Kxf7 29. Qf1+ $18) 28... Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bb5+ 30. Ke1 Kf7 31. a4 Bxa4 32. Qa6
Bc2 33. Qf1+ Bf5 $2 (33... Bf6 34. Bg5 Bf5 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 36. g4 Rxd6 37. gxf5
exf5 $10) 34. g4 Rxd6 35. gxf5 gxf5 $2 (35... exf5 36. Qc4+) (35... Bh4+ $1 36.
Ke2 exf5) 36. Qh3 Bf6 37. Qh5+ Ke7 38. Bg5 Bxg5 39. Qxg5+ Kd7 40. Qg7+ Kc6 41.
Qxh7 Rd4 42. h4 Re4+ 43. Kd2 Rd4+ 44. Kc2 Rc4+ (44... e4 $5) 45. Kb1 e4 46. Qh6
Kd5 47. h5 Rd4 48. Qc1 $1 Rd3 49. Qh1 Kc4 50. h6 e3 51. Qf1 f4 52. Kc2 1-0

[Event "London m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1986.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Be7 (6... Ne4 $5 7.
b4 $5 (7. Qc2 Nxg5 8. Nxg5 Be7 9. Nge4 d6 $10) 7... Qxb4 (7... cxb4 8. Nxe4
bxc4 9. dxe6 (9. Ned2 $5 f6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. e4 Bb7 (11... dxe4 12. Nxc4 Qh5
13. Nd4 Qxh4 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Ncd6+ Bxd6 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. Qd5 $18) 12. e5 fxe5
13. Nxe5 $16) 9... fxe6 10. Bd2 (10. Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 11. Qxd6 b3+ 12. Bd2 c3 13.
Bg5 c2+ 14. Bd2 b2 $19) 10... d5 11. Ng3 Be7 12. e4 $1) 8. Rb1 Qc3 (8... Nc3 9.
Rxb4 Nxd1 10. Rb3 bxc4 11. Nxc4 $16) 9. Rb3 Qa5 10. Rxb5 Qc3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12.
Qb1 Nxg5 (12... Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qc7 14. Qe4 Bb7 15. d6 $1 Qc6 16. Rxb7 $18) 13.
Nxg5 (13. Rxb8 $2 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 Rxb8 15. Qxb8 Qa6 $17) 13... Na6 14. Qe4 (14.
Nxh7 Be7 15. Rh3 Rb8 16. Qd3 (16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxh8+ Ke7 18. Qd3 d6 19. e4 Rb2
$1) 16... d6 17. Ng5 Rxh3 18. Nxh3 Qxa2 $17) 14... Rb8 15. Rxb8 Nxb8 16. Qf4
Qc3 $1 17. Qxf7+ (17. e3 Be7 18. Qxb8 O-O 19. Qf4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qc1+ 21. Ke2
Ba6 22. Qf4 exd5 $132) 17... Kd8 18. e3 Be7 19. Nge4 Qa1+ (19... Qc1+ $2 20.
Ke2 Rf8 21. Qxg7 Ba6 22. Qc3 $16) 20. Ke2 Rf8 $132) 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5 a6 (
8... d5 $5) 9. e4 (9. bxa6 $5) 9... Nxe4 $2 (9... axb5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd3 (11.
Bxe7 $5) 11... Nc6 $14) 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 (10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Kxe7 12. Qg4 $40)
11. Qc2 d5 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxc5+ d6 13. Qg5+ $16) 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxc5+ Kf7
14. Ne5+ $2 (14. Nxd2 $1 $16) 14... Kf6 15. b4 Ne4 $1 16. Ng4+ Kf7 17. Bxe4
Qxb5 18. Ne5+ Kf6 19. Ng4+ Kf7 20. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asztalos Memorial-02"]
[Site "Balatonfured"]
[Date "1959.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1959.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. O-O Qe8 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. Rad1 Bb8
15. Bh4 Kh8 16. Bf1 e5 17. e4 d4 18. Nb1 c4 19. Nbd2 c3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qb1
Nc5 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Qb4 {[#]} Nf4 24. Bxf4 $14 (24. Nc4 $18 Nd7 (24... Nxe4 25.
Ncxe5) (24... Rxf3 25. gxf3 Nce6 26. Rb1 d3 27. b6 $18) 25. Nxd4 $18) 24...
Rxf4 25. Nc4 {[#]} Nxe4 $2 (25... Rcxf3 $142 26. gxf3 Ne6 27. Na5 Ng5 $11) 26.
Ncxe5 $18 (26. Nfxe5 $18) 26... Bd6 27. Qxd4 Bc5 28. Rxe4 Bxd4 29. Rxf4 Bb6 30.
Bc4 Bxf3 31. gxf3 g6 32. Rd7 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. Rh4 Rxf2+ 35. Kh1 h5 36. Re4
Rc2 37. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13a"]
[Site "Tunis"]
[Date "1985.05.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 exd5 8.
cxd5 d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. e5 $1 dxe5 (12... Qe7 13. e6 (13.
Qe4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nd7 15. e6 Nf6 $10) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 fxe6 15. Qg6+ Qf7 16.
Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. Bc4 $16 {Chernin}) 13. Ne4 Qf4 14. Nfd2 Bf5 15.
Bd3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. g3 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 (18... Qf3 19. O-O f5 20. Nd2 $16)
(18... Qg6 19. Nxc5 Qb6 20. Nxa6 $1 Bd6 21. Qc6 $18) 19. d6 $1 Qg6 (19... f5
20. Nxc5 $1 Rc8 21. Bxf5 $1 $18) 20. Rd1 b3 21. Qe2 f5 22. g4 $1 c4 23. Bb1
fxg4 (23... Rc8 24. Ng3 $18) 24. Qxc4 Qf7 25. Qc6 Rd8 26. hxg4 g6 27. Nc5 Rg8
28. Be4 Bg7 29. Nxa6 Qf4 30. Nc7+ Kf7 31. Qc4+ Kf6 32. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 b4 8. Nb5
Kd8 9. a3 Qxb2 10. e4 a6 11. axb4 exd5 (11... Qxb4+ $5 12. Nd2 Bb7 (12... d6
13. Qc2 {/\ Ra4+-}) 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Rxb7 Bf4 $17) 12. cxd5 Bb7 13.
Rb1 Qf6 14. e5 Qf4 $2 (14... Qb6 $142 $5 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. bxc5 Qa5+ 17. Qd2
Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Re8 19. Nc4 Bxe5 20. Rxb7 Kc8 21. Rb3 Bd6+ 22. Be2 Bxc5 23. Kd2
a5 24. Rc1 Kd8 25. Rb7 a4 26. Ne3 Bxe3+ 27. fxe3 a3 28. Bf3 Ke7 29. Ra1 Kd6 30.
Rb3 a2 31. Rb2 Na6 32. Rbxa2 Nc7 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Rxa8 Nxa8 35. e4 Ke5 36. Ke3
Nb6 37. g3 $11) 15. Nc3 cxb4 16. g3 Qg4 17. Bd3 d6 (17... bxc3 18. Rxb7 Bb4 19.
O-O a5 20. Kg2 f6 (20... Kc8 21. h3 Qh5 22. g4 $18) 21. h3 Qh5 22. Qa4 {
/\ Rb4+-}) 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. h3 Qh5 20. g4 Qf7 21. Rxb4 e5 22. O-O a5 23. Rb6
Bxd5 24. Nxe5 $1 (24. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Be4 Kc7 26. Nxd5+ Kc8 27. Bf5+ Kd8 28.
Ne7+ Kxe7 29. Rb7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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 "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 $5 (7. Nc3
b4 8. Nb5) 7... Bb7 $6 {N} (7... exd5 8. cxd5 $14) (7... g5 8. Nc3 b4 9. Ne4
Qg6 (9... Qg7 10. g3 $14) 10. g3 f5 11. Ned2 Bg7 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14.
Nb3 $16 {Lymar-Fatalibekova/Moscow (w) 1995}) (7... b4 8. Nbd2 $1 (8. e4 g5 9.
Nbd2 g4 10. Ng1 Bg7 11. Rb1 d6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. O-O h5 $15 {Nikolic,
Pr-Miles,A/Tunis izt 1985}) 8... g5 9. g3 Bb7 (9... Bg7 10. O-O-O $5 {/\Ne4})
10. e4 g4 11. Nh4 Bg7 12. Rb1 a5 (12... d6 13. h3 $14) 13. Be2 h5 14. O-O a4
15. Rfe1 $1 O-O 16. e5 Qxe5 17. Bxg4 Qg5 18. Bf3 $16 {Tunik,G-Abrashkin,B/
Saratov 1993}) 8. e4 b4 9. Nbd2 e5 (9... g5 $2 10. e5 Qf4 (10... Qd8 11. Ne4
$16) 11. h3 $16 {/\g3}) (9... d6 10. a3 $16) 10. g3 g6 11. a3 Na6 12. Bh3 $16 {
><d7} Bg7 13. O-O Bc8 14. Ne1 h5 (14... bxa3 15. bxa3 $16 {פa6}) 15. Nd3 h4
16. Kg2 hxg3 17. hxg3 Qb6 18. f4 (18. Qa4 $5 $16) 18... exf4 19. gxf4 $2 (19.
e5 $1 Rxh3 (19... fxg3 20. Ne4 O-O 21. Qd2 {/\Nf6} f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Qh6 Bg7
24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Ng5 $18) 20. Kxh3 d6+ 21. Kg2 Bf5 (21... dxe5
22. Rae1 $16) 22. gxf4 dxe5 23. Rae1 $16) 19... bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb4 21. Nxb4 cxb4
$132 22. Raf3 (22. c5 Qb5 23. Raf3 Ba6 $13) 22... d6 23. Bxc8 (23. Qa4+ Kd8 $13
) 23... Rxc8 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. f5 gxf5 $2 (25... Qd4 $1 26. Ne4 Qxd5 27. Rd1 (
27. fxg6 f5 $1 28. Rxf5 Rh4 29. cxd5 Rxc2+ 30. R1f2 Rxf2+ 31. Nxf2 e4 $11)
27... Rxc4 28. Qxc4 (28. Qa4+ $2 Qc6 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. fxg6 Rh6
$17) 28... Qxd1 29. Qc8+ Ke7 30. Qb7+ Ke8 31. Qc8+ $11) 26. Qxf5 $16 Rc7 (26...
Qg6+ 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. c5 $18) 27. Ne4 $138 Qh6 (27... Rd7 28. d6
Qc6 29. c5 Rh4 30. Re1 $40 {/\Rg3}) 28. Rh3 Qxh3+ 29. Qxh3 Rxh3 30. Kxh3 Bf8
31. b3 Bc5 (31... a5 32. d6 Rc6 33. c5 a4 34. bxa4 Ra6 35. Nf6+ Kd8 36. Ng4 $1
Ke8 37. Nxe5 $18) 32. Kg4 $6 (32. Ra1 $1 Bd4 (32... f5 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxa7
$16) 33. Ra6 $16 {/\Kg4-f5}) 32... Bd4 $1 {/\a5-a4} (32... a5 $2 33. Ra1 Bb6
34. Kf5 $18) 33. Rh1 a5 34. d6 (34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. Rf8 a4 36. Rxf7+ Kc8 $132)
34... f5+ $2 $138 (34... Rc6 35. Kf5 (35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Kf5 Rxd6 37. Rh8+ Kg7
$11) 35... Kd7 36. Rh7 Rc8 $1 (36... Rxd6 $2 37. Rxf7+ Kc6 38. Nxd6 Kxd6 39.
Rf6+ Kc5 40. Ra6 $18) 37. Rxf7+ Kc6 $132 {/\a4}) 35. Kxf5 $18 Rg7 36. Ke6 Rg6+
37. Kd5 a4 38. bxa4 b3 39. Rh8+ $138 1-0

[Event "Jakarta zt"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barus, Cerdas"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 exd5 8.
cxd5 Na6 (8... d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nfd2 Be7 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Nbd2 $16 {ECO
}) 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. e4 c4 11. e5 Qf4 12. d6 Bb7 13. Ne2 {N} (13. Qd2 $1 Qxd2+ (
13... Qf5 14. O-O-O $1 {/\Nd4} Bxf3 15. gxf3 {/\f4} Qxe5 (15... Qxf3 16. Be2
Qxf2 17. Rhf1 Qxh2 18. Qd5 $18 {->}) 16. Bxc4 $18) 14. Nxd2 Bc6 (14... Nb4 15.
O-O-O (15. Nxb5 Nc2+ 16. Kd1 Nxa1 17. Nxc4 Be4 $13) 15... a6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Re1
g5 18. h4 $16) 15. a4 Nb4 16. axb5 Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. bxc6 dxc6 19. Nxc4 Nb3
20. g3 Nd4 21. f4 g5 22. Kd2 gxf4 23. gxf4 h5 24. Bh3 Bh6 25. Kd3 $16 {
Legky-Sher/URS/1980}) 13... Qe4 14. Qxe4 Bxe4 15. Nfd4 (15. Nc3 $5 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 f6 17. f4 g5 18. O-O-O Bg7 19. Bh3 Nc5 $132) 15... f6 16. f4 Nb4 17. Nc3
Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Bh7 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Ncxb5 g5 $44 21. Rhe1 (21. g3 Bg7 22. Rhe1
fxe5 $1 (22... Kf7 23. e6+ dxe6 24. Rxe6 $16) 23. fxe5 Kf7 $132 {~/=}) 21...
gxf4 22. Kc3 (22. exf6+ Kf7 23. Re7+ Bxe7 (23... Kxf6 24. Rxd7 a6 25. Nc7 Rxb2+
26. Kc3 Rxg2 27. Nd5+ Kg5 28. Ne6+ $16) 24. fxe7 a6 25. Nc7 Rxb2+ 26. Kc3 Rxg2
$13) 22... fxe5 23. Rxe5+ Kf7 24. Rae1 a6 25. Re7+ $1 Bxe7 26. Rxe7+ Kg6 27.
Nc7 {~/=} Rbd8 (27... Rhd8 $6 28. Nd5 $36) (27... Rhf8 $5 {/\} 28. Rxd7 Rbd8
29. Rxd8 Rxd8) 28. b3 (28. Nxa6 Rhf8 29. Nc5 (29. Nc7 $6 Bf1 $1) 29... Rf6 30.
a4 Bf1 $132) 28... cxb3 (28... Rhf8 $2 29. bxc4 Bf1 30. Nf3 $1) 29. axb3 (29.
Kxd3 bxa2 30. Re1 Rb8 31. Ra1 Rb2 32. Nc2 Rhb8 $10) 29... Bf1 30. Re1 Bb5 $10
31. Kb4 Bd3 (31... Rhg8 32. Nd5 $1 (32. Kc5 Kh5 33. Nd5 Rdf8 $17 {><g2}) 32...
Rgf8 $10) 32. Kc5 a5 $6 (32... Rhf8 $10) 33. Re7 Rhf8 34. Nf3 Bf1 $2 (34... Bf5
$10) 35. Re1 $1 Rf5+ 36. Kd4 Rf6 (36... Bxg2 37. Rg1 $1 (37. Nh4+ $2 Kg5 38.
Nxg2 f3 39. Ne3 f2 40. Rf1 Rf3 $10) 37... Kh7 38. Rxg2 Rg8 39. Re2 $16) 37.
Ne5+ (37. Rxf1 Rxd6+ 38. Ke4 $16) 37... Kf5 38. Rxf1 Rxd6+ 39. Kc5 Rd2 (39...
Rf6 40. g4+ $2 Kg5 $13 (40... Kxe5 $4 41. Re1#)) (39... Rf6 40. Kd5 $1 $16 Rb6
$2 41. g4+ Kg5 42. Nf7+ $18) 40. Nc4 Re2 41. Nd5 Kg5 42. Nxf4 $18 Re4 43. Nh3+
Kg6 44. Kd5 Rde8 45. Nf4+ Kg5 46. Nd3 {/\Nd6} Re2 47. Rf7 Rb8 48. Nd6 {/\Ne4}
Rd2 49. Kc4 Rc2+ 50. Kd4 h5 51. h4+ $5 Kxh4 52. Rg7 Rf8 53. Ke3 $6 {/\Nf4,g3} (
53. Ne5 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Rc2+ 55. Kb5 Rb8+ 56. Ka6 Rf2 57. Ne4 Rf5 58. Nd2 $18)
53... Rc3 54. Ke4 Rxb3 55. Nf4 Rf6 (55... Rb4+ {>=} 56. Ke5 Rbxf4 57. g3+ Kh3
58. gxf4 a4 59. Rxd7 h4 60. Ra7 Kg2 61. Rxa4 h3 62. Ra2+ Kg1 63. Nf5 $18) 56.
Nf5+ Rxf5 57. Kxf5 Rb5+ $2 (57... a4 $142 $1 $132) 58. Ke4 Rb4+ 59. Ke3 Rb3+
60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Rb1+ 62. Kh2 Rb2 63. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Nxd2 $5 {N} (8. Qxd2 b4 (8... bxc4 9. e4 Be7 (9... Ba6 10. Ne5 $16) 10. Bxc4
Ba6 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. a4 O-O 13. O-O $16 {ECO}) 9. Ne4 (9. Nd1 $1 d6 10. e4 $14)
9... Be7 10. Ng3 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. dxe6 (12. Bd3 $5) 12... fxe6 13. e5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bd3 $44 O-O 16. O-O g6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20.
Rxe5 $10 {Manninen-Ernst,Th/Oestersund zt/1992}) 8... b4 9. Nce4 f5 $6 (9...
Bb7 10. Nb3 (10. Nf3 Be7 (10... exd5 11. cxd5 b3+ $2 12. Nc3 $16) 11. Ng3 exd5
12. cxd5 b3+ 13. Nd2 bxa2 (13... Bxd5 14. e4 Be6 15. axb3 Qb6 16. Bc4) 14. Qb3
Na6 15. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Rxb2 $19) 10... Qb6 11. e3 (11. g3 exd5 12. cxd5
c4 13. Nbd2 Bxd5 14. Bg2 Qc6 $15) (11. Rc1 $5) 11... Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O
$13) 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. e4 $36 O-O (11... f4 $2 12. e5 $1 fxg3 13. exd6 gxf2+ 14.
Kxf2 O-O+ 15. Nf3 $16) 12. Bd3 Be5 {/\f4} (12... f4 $2 13. e5 $1 Bxe5 (13...
fxg3 14. hxg3 $18) 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qxe5 fxg3 16. hxg3 $16) 13. exf5 exd5 14. f6
$1 (14. cxd5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bc3 16. O-O Ba6 $13) 14... Bxf6 (14... Rxf6 {>=} 15.
O-O (15. Qh5 $6 g6 16. Qxe5 Re6 $19) 15... d6 (15... Bxb2 16. Rb1 $16 {/\Qh5})
16. Qc2 (16. cxd5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6) 16... g6 17. cxd5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19.
Nge4 $14) 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qxd5+ Kg7 17. Nge4 $1 (17. Qxa8 Nc6 18. O-O Ba6 19.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 $13) 17... Qc7 (17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3 (18... Qxa2 19. Qxa8 Nc6 20.
Nxc5 Bc3 (20... Bd4 21. Ne6+ dxe6 22. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 23. Ke2 $18) 21. O-O Qxd2 (
21... Ba6 22. Ne6+ $1 $16) 22. Rbd1 $16) 19. Nxc3 bxc3 20. Qe5+ $1 Kg8 21. Nb3
$16) 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Be4 $16 Rb6 20. Nb3 $1 (20. Qxa8 Nc6 21. Bxc6 dxc6 22.
O-O Rb8 23. Qxb8 Qxb8 24. Rfe1 $16) 20... Bb7 (20... d6 $2 21. Qxa8 $18) 21.
Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rc6 24. b3 Ra6 25. Ke2 Nc6 26. Rhd1 Rd8 27.
Rd2 Nb8 28. Ke3 Re8 29. f3 Re5 30. c5 $18 Ra5 31. Rc1 Kh6 32. g4 Kg7 33. Rc4
Rb5 34. Rdd4 a5 35. Kf4 (35. Kf4 Re7 36. Nd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 exd5 (
7... Na6 8. e4 (8. O-O-O exd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. e4 Nxa2+ 12. Kb1
Nb4 13. Bxb5 Rb8 $132) 8... Nb4 9. Kd1 bxc4 (9... Ng4 10. Bh4 Be7 11. h3 $1
Bxh4 12. hxg4 Bxf2 13. a3 exd5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. e5 $16 {Schroll,G-Hoelzl,F/
AUT-ch 1991}) 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Re1 exd5 (11... Bb7 12. d6 $1) 12. exd5 Nbxd5
13. Ne4 Kf8 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7+ Nxe7 16. Nxc5 $14) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. cxd5 Na6
$146 (9... d6 10. e4 a6 11. a4 b4 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Nh4 Kd8 {Arkell,K-Bjerring,K/
Lyngby 1991} 14. a5 $16) 10. e4 Rb8 (10... Nb4 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. a3 Na6 13. a4
Nc7 (13... b4 14. Nh4 $16) 14. axb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5 (15. Kc2 a6 16. Bd3 $14)
15... Rxb5 16. Rxa7 Rxb2 17. Ra8 Kd8 18. Kc1 Rb4 19. Kc2 $36) 11. Be2 Nc7 12.
O-O Bd6 $5 {/\Kd8,Re8} (12... d6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a6 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. Ra2
$14) 13. a4 a6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ra7 $2 (15. Rfc1 Kd8 16. Nb3 c4 17. Nbd4 Re8
18. Nf5 Bf4 19. d6 Nd5 $13) (15. Rfe1 Kd8 16. Nf1 Re8 17. Bd3 c4 18. Bc2 $14 {
/\Ne3-f5}) (15. Nh4 $1 Bf4 (15... Be5 16. Ra7 Kd8 (16... Rb7 17. Rfa1 Kd8 18.
Rxb7 Bxb7 19. Nf5 $16) 17. Nf5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 19. Nc4 b4 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21.
Ra5 $16) 16. Nb3 $1 c4 (16... d6 17. Ra7 Kd8 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Bh5 $16) 17. Nd4
Be5 18. Nhf5 $16) 15... Kd8 16. b3 $2 Re8 17. Bd3 Na6 $1 (17... f5 $2 18. Ng5
Re7 19. Nxh7 $16) 18. Ra1 Nb4 (18... Rb6 $1 {/\Bb8} 19. Bxb5 (19. Ra8 Bb8 {
/\Bb7}) 19... Rxb5 20. R1xa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Kc7 $1 22. g3 (22. Nc4 $2 Rxb3 23.
Nfd2 Rxe4 $1 24. g3 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Be5 $17) 22... Rb6 23. Ra7+ Rb7 24. Ra6 $15)
19. Bf1 Rb6 $2 (19... f5 $1 20. Re1 (20. exf5 Nxd5 21. Ng5 Bf4 22. Ndf3 f6 $17)
(20. Ng5 $2 Bf4 $17) 20... f6 $15) 20. R7a5 Ba6 21. Rc1 $2 (21. g3 $1 $14 f5 $2
22. exf5 Kc7 23. Nb1 $1 $16 {/\Nc3}) 21... f5 $1 22. e5 $1 (22. exf5 Nxd5 23.
Rca1 Nc7 $17) 22... Bxe5 23. Rxc5 $6 (23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxc5 Rxd5 (24... d6 $2
25. Nf3 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Nd4 $14) 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Bd3 Nc3 (26... Re6
27. Nf3) 27. Bxf5 Rd6 28. f3 $11) 23... Bd6 24. Rcxb5 $2 $138 (24. Rc1 Nxd5 25.
Nd4 Bf4 (25... Bb4 26. Ra2) (25... Nc7 26. Nxf5 Bf4 27. Rd1) 26. Rca1 Nc7 27.
N2f3 $44) 24... Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rb8 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Nf1 Ra8 $19 28. Rb5 Reb8 29.
Rxb8 Bxb8 30. g3 Ba7 31. Nh4 Kf6 32. Ng2 Bc5 33. Nge3 Ra2 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. Kf3
d6 36. Nd1 Ra2 37. Nfe3 Bd4 (37... Nc2 38. Nxc2 (38. b4 Ne1+ 39. Kf4 Bxe3+ 40.
Kxe3 Ra4 $19) 38... Rxc2 39. Ne3 Rc3 $19) 38. Bf1 Rd2 39. Bh3 Bxe3 (39... Nd3
$1 $19) 40. Nxe3 Nxd5 (40... f4 $142) 41. Bxf5 h6 42. Nc4 Ra2 43. Bg4 (43. Bc8
Ke7 44. Bb7 Nc3 $19) 43... Ke7 44. h4 Rc2 45. Kg2 Rc3 46. Bd1 Ke6 47. Na3 Rc1
48. Bh5 Nf6 49. Be2 d5 50. Nb5 Ke5 51. Bd3 d4 52. Kf3 Nd5 53. Ke2 Nb4 54. Bh7
Ra1 55. f4+ Kd5 56. Nc7+ Kc5 57. Ne8 Ra2+ 58. Kf3 d3 59. Ng7 d2 60. Ke2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-05"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1985.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1985.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Nc3 $5 Bb7 $6
(7... Bd6 $6 8. e4 $16) (7... d4 $1 8. Nb1 Qa5+ (8... Bd6 9. e3 e5 10. exd4
exd4 11. Bc4 $16) 9. Bd2 Qxb5 10. Na3 Qxb2 11. Nc4 Qb7 12. e3 $13) 8. e4 dxe4
9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ne5 $1 (10. Ng5 $6 Ke7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Bc4 Bd5 $132 {/\ h6})
10... Ke8 11. Bf4 Bd6 (11... Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. O-O-O+ Ke7 14. Bc4 Kf7 15.
Be5 $16) 12. Rd1 Bd5 13. Ng6 hxg6 (13... Bxf4 $2 14. Nxf4 $16) 14. Bxd6 Nbd7
15. Be2 $14 Kf7 16. O-O Rac8 (16... c4 $5 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3
$14) 17. b3 (17. f3 $5 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 $14) 17... Rhd8 18. Bf4 Nb6
{/\ Bb7,Nb-d5} 19. Be3 $5 Nfd7 $6 (19... Ke7 $5 {/\ Bb7}) 20. Rd2 (20. f3 $5
exf3 21. Bxf3 Nf6 22. Nxd5 Nbxd5 $14) 20... Ne5 21. Rfd1 {/\ Ne4} Rh8 22. Bf4
Kf6 (22... Ned7 23. a4 $1 $16) 23. Bf1 (23. a4 $6 Bxb3 24. Nxe4+ Kf5) 23... Kf5
(23... Nf7 24. Re1 g5 25. Bg3 $16) 24. Bxe5 Kxe5 25. Re1 $18 Rhd8 26. Nxe4 Bxe4
27. Rde2 Rd4 28. f3 Rcd8 29. Rxe4+ Rxe4 30. Rxe4+ Kf6 31. a4 Rd1 32. Kf2 Ra1
33. Bc4 Nd5 (33... Nxc4 34. Rxc4 Rb1 35. Rxc5 Rxb3 36. Rc6 $18 (36. Rc7 a6 37.
bxa6 Rb4 38. a7 Rxa4 39. h4 $16)) 34. Re2 g5 35. g3 Rh1 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Kf2 Rh1
38. Kg2 Rc1 39. a5 Ra1 40. a6 Ra5 41. Kh3 Nc7 42. Kg4 e5 43. Rd2 Ke7 (43...
Nxb5 44. Rd7 $18 (44. b4 $2 Ra4)) 44. Kxg5 Nxb5 45. b4 Nd4 46. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petran, Pal"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. b3 b6 12. Ba3 a5 13. Nb5 $6 (13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14.
Nxd5 exd5 $13) 13... Ba6 $1 14. Rac1 Bh6 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Rc2 dxc4 $1 17. bxc4
(17. Bxc4 Nd5 $17) 17... Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Be4 (19. Qe1 Nc3 20. Ra1 Bg7 $17
) 19... Nc3 20. Rxc3 bxc3 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Qc2 Qa3 23. Ne5 Ra8 (23... Ra8 24.
Ra1 (24. Nc4 Qa4 (24... Qxa2 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qh3 Qxc4 27. Qxh6 Qxb5 $17) 25.
Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Ne3 Rxa2 $19) 24... Qb2) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 (8. Nxd2 b4 9. Ncb1 d6 10. e3 e5 $10) 8... b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. e3 (10. Ng3
d6 11. e4 Nd7 (11... O-O 12. Bd3 exd5 13. exd5 Bg4 14. Qf4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd8
16. Nf5 g6 17. Rg1 $40 {Manninen,M-Gausel,E/Ostersund zt/1992/}) 12. dxe6 fxe6
13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bd3 $1 $44 {Manninen,M-Ernst,Th/Ostersund zt/
1992/}) 10... O-O 11. d6 $6 (11. Bd3 exd5 12. cxd5 d6 $13) (11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O
exd5 13. cxd5 d6 14. a3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Qb6 $13) 11... Bd8 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O f5
14. Ng3 Qb6 15. Bc2 Bf6 (15... Bxf3 $5 16. gxf3 Nc6 $15) 16. e4 $5 (16. Rab1
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 $15) 16... Bxb2 (16... f4 $6 17. Qxf4 Bxb2 18. Qh4 Bxa1 (
18... Bf6 19. Qh5 Bxa1 20. e5 h6 21. Qg6 $18) 19. e5 h6 20. Rxa1 $44) 17. Rab1
(17. exf5 Bxf3 $1 18. fxe6 dxe6 19. Rab1 (19. Qd3 g6 20. gxf3 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Nc6
$19) 19... Bd4 20. gxf3 Qxd6 $17) 17... Bc3 18. Qd3 g6 19. exf5 exf5 20. Nh4 $1
Kh8 $1 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Ngxf5 gxf5 (21... Ne5 22. Qg3) 22. Nxf5 Kh8 23. Nh6) (
20... Qd8 21. Ngxf5 gxf5 22. Nxf5 Qg5 23. Ne7+ Kf7 24. Qxh7+ Ke6 25. Nd5 $40)
21. Rfe1 (21. Ngxf5 gxf5 22. Nxf5 Rg8 23. Ne3 Rg7) (21. Qe3 Qxd6 22. Rbd1 Qf6
23. Qh6 Re8 $17) (21. Rb3 $5 Be5 $17) 21... Nc6 22. Ngxf5 $1 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Rg8
$1 (23... Ne5 $2 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Nh6 $18) (23... Rf7 24. Nh6 Rg7 25. Qf5 $1
Nd4 (25... Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Rg7 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ $10) 26. Nf7+ Kg8 (26...
Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Nxc2 28. Re7 Be4 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Qxe4 $13) 27.
Nh6+ Kh8) 24. Ne3 $8 (24. Nh6 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rg6 $19) 24... Rg7 25. Nd5 Qa6 (
25... Nd4 $6 26. Nxb6 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Rxh2 28. Nd5 Rf8 (28... Rg8 29. Qe4) 29.
Qg3 Rhxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nxc2 33. Re8+ $16) 26. Nc7
Rxg2+ $1 (26... Nd4 27. Nxa6 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 Rxh2 29. Re4 Rh1+ 30. Kg2
Rh4 31. f4 Rg8+ $40) 28... Rxf2+ (28... Rg3+ 29. Qe4) (28... Nxc2 29. Re4 Rxf2
30. Nxc5) 29. Re4 Rxc2 (29... Nxc2 30. Nxc5) (29... Rd2 30. Qh3) (29... Rf3 30.
Re8+ Rf8+ 31. Re4 Rf3 32. Qd1) 30. Nxc5 Bc6 $13) 27. Kh1 (27. Kxg2 Ne5+ 28. Kf1
Nxd3 29. Nxa6 Nxe1 $19) (27. Kf1 Rxh2 28. Nxa6 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 Ne5+ 30. Qe4 Bxe4+
31. Rxe4 Rxb1 32. Bxb1 Rg8+ $17) 27... Rg7 28. Nxa6 Ne5+ (28... Bxe1 $2 29. Qf3
$1 Rf7 30. Qxf7 Ne5+ 31. Kg1 Nxf7 32. Nxc5 $14) 29. Qe4 Bxe4+ 30. Rxe4 (30.
Bxe4 Bxe1 31. Bxa8 Bxf2 $17) 30... Rf8 31. Rf1 (31. Nxc5 $5 Rxf2 32. Nd3 Rxc2
33. Nxe5 Rxa2 $17) 31... Ng4 32. Nxc5 (32. f4 Bd4 33. Re2 Ne3 34. Rfe1 Rfg8 35.
h3 Rg3 $19) 32... Nxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxf2 34. Re8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Bb3 Rf7
37. Kg2 (37. Nxd7 Rxd7 38. c5+ Kf8 39. Be6 Rg7 40. c6 Bd4 41. h3 Bb6 $19) 37...
Kf8 38. Ne4 Ke8 39. c5 Rf5 40. Ba4 Kd8 41. c6 Ra5 (41... dxc6 42. Bxc6 Ra5 43.
a4 bxa3 44. Nxc3 Rc5 $19) 42. c7+ Kc8 43. Bb3 Ra6 44. Bd5 Rb6 45. Bg8 h6 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS03 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Nxd2 (8. Qxd2) 8... b4 9. Nce4 (9. Ncb1 d6 {/\ e5=}) 9... f5 (9... Bb7 10. Nb3
Qb6 11. e3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O $13) 10. Ng3 g6 (10... Be7 11. e4 f4 12. Ne2
e5 13. g3 Qc7 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qd2 O-O 17. O-O-O Re8 18. e5 Bxe5
19. d6 Qc6 20. Bg2 Bb7 21. Nxf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rf8 23. Qg5 Qe4 {0-1 Restas,
P-Csiszar,C/Budapest Spring op (06)/1996/ (32)}) (10... Bd6 11. e4 $36 O-O 12.
Bd3 Be5 {/\f4} 13. exf5 exd5 14. f6 $1 (14. cxd5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bc3 16. O-O Ba6
$13) 14... Bxf6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qxd5+ Kg7 17. Nge4 $1 (17. Qxa8 Nc6 18. O-O Ba6
19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $13) 17... Qc7 (17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Nxc3 bxc3 20. Qe5+ $1
Kg8 21. Nb3 $16) 18. Nxf6 Rxf6 19. Be4 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V-Fernandez Garcia,J/
Dos Hermanas (02)/1993/ (35)}) 11. e4 Bg7 12. exf5 (12. dxe6 Bxb2 (12... dxe6
13. exf5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3 15. fxg6) 13. Rb1 Bc3 14. exf5 dxe6 15. fxg6 Qxa2 $13
) 12... exf5 13. Nxf5 $6 (13. Qc2 d6 $15) 13... gxf5 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. Bd3 Qb6
16. O-O Qg6 17. Rfe1+ Kd8 18. Qf3 (18. Qxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxf5 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3 $19
) 18... Rf8 (18... d6 19. Re6 $1 Qg5 20. Rd1 $132) 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qxa8 Nc6 21.
Bxf5 (21. Rad1 Kc7 (21... Qxd3 22. Nb3 Qxc4 23. Qxc6 $18) 22. Bc2 Ba6 $3 (22...
Qg6 $2 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Nxc5 Rxa8 25. Rxd7+ Kc8 (25... Kb6 26. Na4+ Ka5 27. Rd5+
Bb5 28. Rxb5+ Ka6 29. Nc5#) 26. Bxf5 $18) (22... Bb7 23. Ne4 $1 Qe7 24. Qxb7+
Kxb7 25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 $13) 23. Re8 Bb7 24. Rxf8 Bxa8 25. Rxa8 Qe6 $17
) 21... Rxf5 22. Ne4 (22. Re8+ Kxe8 23. Qxc8+ Kf7 $19) 22... Qf8 23. Rad1 Bd4
24. Kh1 Kc7 25. a3 b3 26. Nd2 (26. Re2 Bb7 27. Qxf8 Rxf8 $17) 26... Rxf2 27.
Nxb3 Qg7 28. Rg1 Rxb2 29. Nxd4 cxd4 (29... cxd4 30. Rb1 Bb7 31. Qe8 Qxg2+ 32.
Rxg2 Rxb1+ 33. Rg1 Ne5#) 0-1

[Event "Ghent op 28th"]
[Site "Ghent"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wessel, Rudy"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 (5. Bg5 {seit vielen Jahren als
die stärste Erwiderung angesehen, gilt heute als umstritten. In der Partie
Beliavsky-Cvitan, slowenische Liga 2004, folgte} exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. a4
Be7 9. Nbd2 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. axb5 O-O 12. Bc4 Nb4 {mit gutem Spiel für
Schwarz.}) 5... fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Nbd2 (7. g3 a6 $5 8. bxa6 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10.
O-O Bxa6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. a4 Nb4 {mit Kompensation für den Bauern sahen wir in
Nikolic-Volokitin, BL 2004/2005, doch bereitet}) (7. e3 $5 Bd6 8. Nc3 {Schwarz
mehr Sorgen, Pinter-Kashashvili, Izmir 2004.}) 7... Be7 8. g3 (8. e4 dxe4 9.
Ne5 Bb7 $5 ({während} 9... Qd5 10. Ng4 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qf5 12. Ne3 Qe5 13. Be2 Nbd7
14. O-O O-O 15. Ndc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Bg4 {gut für Weiß aussieht, 1/2
Nixon-Ward, Douglas 2005.}) 10. Bc4 Qd4) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. O-O ({um} 10.
a4 {mit 10...} a6 $5 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nb4 {zu beantworten}) 10... Qxb5 11.
e4 (11. Nb1 $5 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Rb1 {bietet Weiß etwas mehr vom Spiel.})
11... Nc6 12. Re1 $2 ({Bringt nur Schwierigkeiten mit sich.} 12. b3 $5 {
gefällt definitiv besser.}) 12... c4 13. h3 Bc5 ({Die Alternative war} 13... d4
$5 {, etwa} 14. b3 (14. e5 Nd5 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. Qe4) 14... c3 15. Nc4 e5) 14. e5
Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qb6+ 16. Kf1 Nh5 17. Bh1 Nxg3+ 18. Kg2 Nxh1 (18... Nh5 $5 {
erscheint einfacher,} 19. Nf1 Bb7 20. Ng3 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Qd2 Raf8 23.
Rf1 d4) 19. Kxh1 Bb7 20. Rg1 Rf5 21. Qe1 Raf8 22. Qg3 Qc7 23. Nh4 R5f7 24. Ndf3
d4 25. Kh2 Rxf3 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 27. Qxf3 Nxe5 28. Qf4 Nf3+ 29. Kg3 (29. Kg2 e5
30. Qg4 Qf7 31. Bh6 Qf6 32. Rgf1 Nd2+ 33. Kg1 Nxf1 34. Rxf1 Qxh6) 29... e5 30.
Qf5 (30. Qxf3 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Qc6+ 32. Kf2 e4) 30... Nxg1 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+
Kxf7 33. Bd2 Nf3 34. Rf1 e4 35. Bb4 a6 36. Bc5 d3 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39.
Bb4 Bc8 40. Rh1 g5 41. Be7 h6 42. Bf8 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Pardubice op-A"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shalimov, Valery"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Nach vier Runden führten Shalimov und Vovk mit 4 Punkten, gefolgt von 14
Titelträgern mit 3,5.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6.
cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. a4 O-O (9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. axb5 O-O
12. Bc4 Nb4 {hat sich in Praxis gut bewährt}) 10. Bxf6 (10. h4 {ist kaum
angebracht wegen} b4 (10... Re8 11. Be2 Qb6 $6 12. axb5 Bb7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. b6
Qc8 $6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rh3 {Stevanovic-Schouten, Bela Crkva 1983})) 10...
Bxf6 11. Qc2 Nd7 (11... b4 12. Bd3 $14) (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Re8 (
13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3) 14. O-O $14) 12. axb5 Rb8 13. bxa6 Rxb2 14.
Qc1 Ne5 (14... Rb8 15. Ra2 Ra8 16. Bb5 Qb6 17. Qb1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 {kam in
Betracht, was den Weißen praktisch zu} 19. Nc4 $5 (19. O-O Bxa6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6
21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nc4 Rb4 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. f3 f5 $11) 19... Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Qc7
21. Rc1 Bd4 22. Kf1 f5 23. e5 $5 $16 {gezwungen hätte}) 15. Bc4 Qb6 $6 (15...
Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Re8 {war notwendig,} 17. e5 Bxe5 18. O-O Rb8 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20.
Re1 $14) 16. O-O Rb4 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra2 Bf4 19. Bd3 Qa7 20. g3 $6 (20. Qc2
$1 $16) 20... Rd4 21. gxf4 Rxd3 22. Nc4 Bxa6 $2 (22... f5 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5
Rxd5 $11) 23. Nxd6 Qb6 24. Nf5 Rh3 $2 25. Qa1 Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh5+
28. Kg3 Qg6+ 29. Kh4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O {Now a
funny carneval of transpositions will begin!} e6 {This may also arise via E10:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 d6.} 8. e4 {
White loses a tempo in order to advance in the [+]. It is hard to believe,
that he can claim some advantage after that.} (8. Rb1 Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Ne8
$1 (10... e5 11. Nd2 $13 {is an unbelieveable transposition to E97!}) 11. dxe6
(11. Bd2 e5) 11... fxe6 12. Bg5 Qd7 $1 13. e5 Nc6 14. exd6 Nxd6 $13 {
Gulko-Rechlis, Manila izt 1990 49/580}) (8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qd2 Qe7 11.
Rad1 Rd8 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 (12... Nc6 $6 {allows White to get space advantage in
the [+] after} 13. d5 $1 exd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. e4 $16) 13. Qc2 cxd4 (13... Rac8
$6 14. d5 $1 $14 {Inkiov-Alburt, Thessaloniki (ol) 1984 38/59}) 14. Nxd4 {
In this typical hedgehog setup White's pieces are not on their best places.} (
14. exd4 d5 $13 {may lead to isolated or hanging P positions with not enough
activity for White.}) 14... Nc5 $11 {Inkiov}) 8... Nc6 {This may also arise
via A35: 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.e4
0-0.} (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 {and the funny transpositions continue:} a6 {This may
arise via B42: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 d6 7.c4 g6
8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0.}) 9. Be3 (9. d5 $5 Nd4 $5 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 Ne7) 10.
dxe6 $1 Nxe6 $1 {/\ b6, Bb7 attacking >< e4.} (10... Bxe6 $6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12.
Nb5 $16 {L.B.Hansen}) (10... Nxf3+ $6 11. Bxf3 Bxe6 12. Be2 {White has a small,
but durable advantage because of the >< d6. The position resembles to the
Averbakh line.} Re8 13. Bg5 Qb6 $1 14. Qd2 Qb4 15. a3 $5 (15. Rac1 $14) 15...
Qb3 16. Rac1 a6 $1 {/\ Nd7-b6} (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nd5 $18) 17.
Kh1 $1 {/\ f4} Nd7 18. f4 Bxc4 (18... Nb6 19. f5 $1 Bxc4 (19... Nxc4 20. Qf4 $1
Bd7 (20... Be5 21. Qh4 Bd7 22. Nd5 $18) 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Qf7+ $18) 20. Bd1
Bxc3 $1 21. Rxc3 Qb5 (21... Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxf1 23. Bh6 Re5 $1 24. Qf3 $1 Bc4 (
24... Rae8 25. Qxf1 Rxe4 26. Bd2) 25. fxg6 Nd7 (25... f5 26. gxh7+ $18) 26.
gxf7+ Bxf7 27. Qg4+ $18) 22. Re1 $16 {L.B.Hansen}) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qxd6 Qe6
21. Qd2 $16 {L.B.Hansen-Arnason, Ostersund (zt) 1992 55/55}) 11. Re1 (11. h3
Re8 (11... a6 $143 {Black has no time for b7-b5.} 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14.
Rfd1 Qb8 $1 15. a4 Bc6 16. a5 $14 {/\} Nxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe4 19.
Bd3 $1 cxd4 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 $16) 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxe4 $16
Bc5 $6 (21... Bxb2 $2 22. Rab1) 22. b4 $1 {L.B.Hansen}) 12. Be3 b6 13. Re1 (13.
Qc2 $6 Bb7 14. Rad1 {allowing the pretty simplifying combination} Nxe4 $1 15.
Nxe4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 $1 17. Nf6+ (17. Bxd4 $6 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxg2
$17) 17... Qxf6 18. Bxd4 Qg5 19. g3 {(Portisch-Suba, Luzern 1985 40/618)} Re6
$15 {Suba}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 $6 {The B is awkward here.} Nd7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16.
Nh2 a6 17. Bf1 Nd4 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Ra7 21. b3 Bc6 22. Rac1 Rf7
23. Be2 f5 $17 {Sartori-Suba, Bela Crkva 1985 40/(618)}) 11... b6 12. Nb5 Bb7
13. Nxd6 Bxe4 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bc6 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bh4 Qc7 18. Bg3 Rad8 19.
Rad1 Qb8 20. Qa3 Qa8 21. Bf1 Ne4 $11 {Djuric-Izeta, Novi Sad 1986}) 9... b6 (
9... Qe7 $6 {is strongly met by} 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 (11... Nd4 $2 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ $16 {Speelman}) 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
Speelman-Alburt, London (m1) 1986} 13. f3 $14 {with a favourable Benoni for
White, Speelman.}) (9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 {+/= Ribli} (11. Bh4 $5 {
Speelman}) 11... e5 {=/+ Suba} ({or} 11... f5 $5 {with strong counterplay in
the [+].}) 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qd5+ Qxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nb5 f5
17. Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov-O.Foisor, Leipzig 1986}) 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12.
Nd2 {White is continuing his "typical" Benoni manoeuvres, but the situation is
different. The N on e7 and the B on b7 prepare the mighty f7-f5 push, after
which >< d5 becomes very vulnerable.} (12. h3 h6 $1 13. Bc4 {(Ribli-Arnason,
Manila (ol) 1992 55/54)} (13. Qd2 $5 g5 14. h4 {deserves serious attention})
13... g5 $1 {fighting for the dark squares.} 14. e5 Ne8 $10 {Ribli}) 12... Ne8
13. f4 $6 {White is still on the wrong track.} (13. Nc4 {however is also met by
} f5) 13... f5 $1 14. Kh1 (14. Bc4 fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nf5 16. Bf2 Nd4 $13 {
invading the [+].}) 14... Bb7 15. Bg1 (15. a4 Nc7 16. Bc4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 fxe4
$17 {and >< d5 falls.}) (15. Bc4 Nc7) 15... Nc7 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Bd3 (17. Bg4
Rf8 18. Nde4 Nexd5 $17) 17... Rf8 18. Nde4 Qd7 (18... Kh8 $5 {was a useful
prophylaxis as well leaving the a2-g8 /^.} 19. Bc4 (19. Ng5 Qd7 (19... Nexd5
20. Nxh7 Nxf4)) 19... b5) 19. Qb3 (19. a4 Kh8 20. Bc4) 19... Kh8 20. Bc4 Rab8
21. a4 {White has to do something against the threatening b5, but all of his
pieces defend >< d5.} Ba8 {/\ a6, b5} 22. Ng5 $2 {This is simply a loss of a
vital tempo.} (22. Nb5 Ncxd5 23. Nbxd6 Nxf4 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Nxg2 $40 {
with nasty threats on the long /^.}) (22. Rae1 a6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Ne4 Qd7 25.
d6 Bxe4 26. dxc7 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qxc7 $17) 22... h6 23. Nge4 (23. Ne6 Nxe6 24.
dxe6 Qc6 25. Qc2 d5 $19) 23... a6 24. Rad1 b5 $19 {and finally this typical
Benoni push comes with a decisive effect.} 25. axb5 axb5 26. Be2 b4 27. Qa4 (
27. Na4 Bxd5) 27... Qd8 28. Nb1 Ncxd5 29. Qb3 Qc7 30. Qg3 Bxb2 31. Bc4 Bg7 32.
f5 gxf5 33. Nxd6 f4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Shchukin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. g3 Bc7 7. d6 Ba5+ 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Nbxd2 Nxd6 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nb1 Nb7 14. Nc3 Nc6
15. Qd2 Ne7 16. Ne5 d6 17. Rfd1 Rb8 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Nf5 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Nb5 Bxa2 26. Nxa7 Nd4 27.
e3 Nb3 28. Rd6 Na5 29. Bh3 Nc4 30. Rd7 Ne5 31. Rc7 Bd5 32. f4 Nf3+ 33. Kf2 Nd2
34. Rd7 Ne4+ 35. Ke2 Nf6 36. Rc7 h5 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. Rxc6 Nd5 39. Bg2 Nb4 40.
Rc7 Na6 41. Ra7 Nb4 42. Bf3 g6 43. f5 Re8 44. Rb7 gxf5 45. Bxh5 Re7 46. Rxb6
Rxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Nd5+ 48. Kf3 Nxb6 49. Kf4 c4 50. Kxf5 Nd5 51. Bf3 c3 52. bxc3
Nxc3 53. Kf6 {[#] Although Black has exchanged a lot of material and White
still has the wrong bishop, Black doesn't succeed in sacrificing the knight
for the g3 pawn or permanently shaking off the White king from the weakness on
f7. [#] Obwohl Schwarz viel abgetauscht hat und Weiß auch noch den falschen
Läufer hat, gelingt es Schwarz nicht, den Springer gegen g3 zu opfern oder den
weißen König nachhaltig von der Schwäche f7 abzudrängen.} Nb5 (53... Na4 54. h4
Nc5 55. Bc6 Ne6 56. g4 (56. Bd5 Nc5) (56. h5 Ng7 57. g4 Nxh5+) 56... Ng7 57.
Bd7 Nh5+ $1 {could be the better way, giving Black some resources. Analyse!
könnte der bessere Weg sein, bei dem es Ressourcen gibt. Analyse!}) 54. h4 Nd6
55. Bc6 Nc8 56. h5 Ne7 57. h6 Ng8+ 58. Kg5 Ne7 59. Be4 Kg8 60. Kf6 Nc8 61. g4
Nd6 62. Bd5 Kh7 63. g5 Kh8 64. Ke5 (64. Bxf7 Ne4+ 65. Kf5 Nxg5 $11) 64... Nc8
65. Bxf7 Kh7 66. Kf6 Nd6 67. Bg6+ Kg8 68. Bd3 Ne8+ 69. Ke7 Nc7 70. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Sandner, Gunter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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 "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. h3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Bh2 Qf6 15. Nc4
Nf4 16. Qd2 Bh6 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qc3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. g3 Ne5 21. Nfxe5
Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Re7 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Kf2 Rbe8 27. Bg2
Kf8 28. a5 Bb5 29. Rad1 f6 30. h4 h6 31. Re3 Bd7 32. Rde1 Kf7 33. Bf1 Ba4 34.
Bh3 Bd7 35. Bg2 Bb5 36. Bf3 Bd7 37. Bd1 Bb5 38. Bc2 Kg7 39. Bd1 Bc4 40. Bg4 f5
41. exf5 Rxe3 42. Rxe3 Rxe3 43. Kxe3 {Praktisch besitzt Weiß einen Mehrbauern,
da der Ba5 die schwarzen Bauern a6 und b7 lähmt. Schwieriges Baukastenspiel} h5
(43... Bxd5 44. fxg6 Kxg6 45. h5+ Kf6 46. Bf3 Bc4 47. Bxb7 d5 48. g4 d4+ 49.
Kf3 Bb5 {und nun die Gewinnidee, um an den Ba6 heranzukommen oder ein
günstiges Bauernendspiel zu erhalten:} 50. b3 Bd3 51. Bd5 Bb5 52. Bc4 Bxc4 53.
bxc4 Ke6 (53... Kf7 54. g5 Kg7 55. g6 Kf6 56. f5 Kg7 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Kf4 Kg7
59. Ke5 d3 60. f6+ Kf8 61. Ke6 d2 62. g7+ Kg8 63. f7+ Kxg7 64. Ke7 d1=Q 65.
f8=Q+ Kh7 66. Qf5+ Kg7 67. Qg6+ Kh8 68. Qxh6+ Kg8 69. Qg6+ Kh8 70. Qxa6 $18)
54. g5 hxg5 55. fxg5 Kf5 56. g6 Kf6 57. Kg4 Kg7 58. Kg5 d3 59. h6+ Kg8 60. Kf6
d2 61. h7+ Kh8 62. g7+ Kxh7 63. Kf7 d1=Q 64. g8=Q+ Kh6 65. Qg6#) 44. f6+ Kxf6
45. Be6 Ke7 46. Kd2 Bb5 47. Bc8 Kd8 48. Bxb7 Kc7 49. Ba8 Bd7 50. Ke3 Bf5 51.
Bc6 Bc2 52. Kd2 Be4 53. Kc3 Kc8 54. Kc4 Kd8 55. b4 cxb4 56. Kxb4 Bf3 57. Ba4
Be4 (57... Bxd5 58. Bc2 Bf7 59. Bd3 $18) 58. Bb3 Kc7 59. Bc4 Kb7 60. Kc3 Bf5
61. Bd3 (61. Bd3 Ka7 62. Kd4 Kb7 63. Ke3 Ka7 64. Bxf5 gxf5 65. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malyshev, Vasilij"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. a4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. axb5 O-O 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. O-O Bb7 14. bxa6
N8xa6 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Ra3 Ne6 17. Qb3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nf3
Qe7 21. Re3 Kh8 22. Nd2 f5 23. exf5 Qg5 24. Bf1 Qxf5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Re1 Nf4
27. Qe3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 h5 29. Qe4 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 h4 31. Qe7 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 {
[#] The helpless king [#] Der Pleitekönig} Rb8 33. Rf7 (33. Rd7 Rxb2 (33... d5
$144) 34. Rxd6 Rb1 35. Kg1 h3 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 36. Rd2 c4 37. Ra2 c3 38. Rc2 Ra1
{and mate in a few moves. und Matt in wenigen Zügen}) 33... g5 34. Rf5 Rxb2 35.
Rxg5 Rb1 36. Rg1 (36. Kg1 Nh3+ $19 (36... h3 $144 $19)) 36... d5 37. h3 c4 38.
Kh2 c3 39. Rg4 Rxf1 40. Rxh4+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Prelim Gr-B"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc2 Qh4 17. f4 Rad8 18. fxe5 d4 19. Qe2 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qg3 21.
Rf1 Qxe5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qg5 26. Qd2 Bd5 27.
a4 Bc4+ 28. Kg1 Kg7 29. Be4 Qe5 30. Bc6 Qc7 31. Qd7+ Qxd7 32. Bxd7 {[%cal
Ra4a5] [#]} Kf7 $8 33. Bc6 (33. a5 Ke7 34. Bc6 Kd6 {[%csl Rb5]}) 33... Ke7 34.
Be4 $1 {Fixiert die Königsflügelbauern} Kd6 (34... Kf6 $5 {mit der Idee h6 und
g5 war m.E. die einzige wenn auch nur hinhaltende Verteidigungsmöglichkeit.}
35. Kf2 h6 36. Bf3 e5 37. Be2 Bd5 38. a5 e4 39. c4 Bb7 40. a6 Ba8 41. Bg4 Ke7
42. Kg3 $18) 35. g4 Kc7 36. Bc2 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7][%cal Yg4g5,Yh3h4]} h6 37. Bxg6
Bb3 38. h4 e5 (38... Bxa4 39. g5 hxg5 40. h5 $18) 39. a5 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 3rd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Re8
9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15.
Rd1 Qg5 16. Bf3 f5 17. O-O f4 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. Bg4 Ne5 20. Bxc8 f3 21. g3 Raxc8
22. Rh1 a6 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxc4 25. Rd4 Ne5 26. Rc1 h5 27. Nb1 g5 28. Nd2
g4 29. h4 Kf7 30. Kg1 Re7 31. Kf1 Nd7 32. Rdc4 Nf6 33. R1c3 b5 34. Rd4 Nd7 35.
Ke1 Nc5 36. b4 Na4 37. Rc6 a5 38. bxa5 Nc5 39. Kd1 Ra8 40. a6 Nxa6 41. Rc3 Nc5
42. Kc2 Kf6 43. Rb4 Ra5 44. Re3 Re8 45. Kc1 Ke5 46. Kc2 Rea8 47. Kb2 R8a6 48.
Ka2 Ra4 49. Rxb5 Rb6 50. Rxb6 cxb6 51. Kb2 Nxe4 52. Kb3 Rd4 53. Nxe4 Rxe4 54.
Rxe4+ Kxe4 {[#]} 55. Kc4 b5+ 56. Kxb5 Kd3 57. Kc6 {So oder so kann sich Weiß
nur in ein verlorenes Damenendspiel retten.} (57. a4 Ke2 58. a5 Kxf2 59. a6
Kxg3 60. a7 f2 61. a8=Q f1=Q+ 62. Kc6 Qf4 $19 {[%cal Rg3h2,Rg4g3]}) 57... Ke2
58. Kxd6 Kxf2 59. Ke5 Kxg3 60. d6 f2 61. d7 f1=Q 62. d8=Q Kh3 63. Qd7 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 Bb7 (6...
d5 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. e4 Be7 (8... dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ne5 Ke8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12.
Rd1 Bd5 13. Ng6 hxg6 14. Bxd6 Nbd7 15. Be2 $16 {Ehlvest,J-Rogers,I/Tallinn/
1985/}) 9. exd5 exd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Bf6
$2 (14... Rc8 $142) 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Qd6 17. b4 $16 {Kummer,H-Cebalo,M/
Bled/1994/}) 7. g3 {Andere Pläne für Weiß:} (7. Nc3 Be7 8. e3 (8. Bg5 $5) 8...
O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 $5) 9... d5 10. O-O Qd6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. b3 $2 (12. h3 $142)
12... Ng4 13. h3 (13. Be2 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxf2 $1) 13... Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2 Bh4+
15. Kg1 Rxf3 $1 16. Qxf3 Bxe1 17. Bb2 Rf8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rxe1
Qg3 21. Re2 (21. Qe2 d4 22. exd4 Bxg2 $1 $19) 21... d4 22. exd4 Bf3 $19 {
Miles,A-Alburt,L/Philadelphia/1989/}) (7. Nbd2 Be7 8. g3 Qa5 9. Bg2 Qxb5 10.
O-O O-O 11. a4 $2 (11. b3 $142) 11... Qa6 12. b3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Be4
15. Qe3 Qb7 16. Rad1 (16. Rac1 $5) 16... a5 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2
Ra6 20. Nf4 Rb6 21. Rd3 Nc6 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Nb4 24. Qxa5 Nxd3 25. Nxd3
Ra6 26. Nc5 Rxa5 27. Nxb7 Ra7 28. Nd6 Rc2 29. e4 Ra6 30. e5 Rb2 $19 {Browne,
W-Alburt,L/Chicago/1989/}) (7. Bg5 Qa5+ (7... Be7 $5) 8. Nc3 (8. Qd2 Qxb5 9. e4
Qc6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qe3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Nfd2 Nxd2 16.
Nxd2 O-O-O 17. f3 h5 $1 18. Ne4 h4 19. Bf2 g4 $13 {Ivanenko-Arkhipkin,Moscow/
1986/}) 8... d5 (8... Ne4 $5) 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bh4 O-O
13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Rae8 15. Rc1 e5 16. e4 d4 17. Na4 Nxe4 18. b4 Ndf6 19.
Nxc5 Nc3 $13 {Hertneck,G-Sokolov,I/Wien/1994/}) 7... Qb6 (7... Be7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 (10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. e4 Qa8 {gibt Schwarz gute
Chancen}) 10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 $13 {
Gurevich,M-Alburt,L/New York/1989/}) 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 (9. bxa6 {Ftacnik} Nxa6
10. Bg2 Nb4 11. O-O d5 $44) 9... axb5 10. axb5 d5 $2 (10... Be7 {Ftacnik} 11.
Bg2 O-O 12. O-O d5 $14) 11. Bh3 $1 Ne4 (11... Nbd7 $5 12. O-O e5 13. b3 Bd6 14.
Bb2 e4 15. Ng5 Be5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne6 Kf7 $13) (11... Be7 {Ftacnik} 12. Ng5
$40) 12. O-O Nd7 (12... Be7 $5) 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bg2 Nd6 (15...
Be7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Be3 $1 (17. Nc4 Qxb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20.
Qxd6 Kf7 21. Rd1 Re8 {mit einigen Überlebenschancen}) 17... Kf7 (17... Rd8 {
Ftacnik} 18. Qb3 Bd5 19. Qc3 O-O 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxb6 bxc3 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23.
Rfc1 $16) (17... O-O 18. Qd7 Bd8 19. b4 $18) 18. b4 Qc7 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5
Qxc5 21. Qd7+ Qe7 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Nc4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc8 25. Ra7 Rxc4 26.
Rxb7+ Kf6 27. b6 Rc2 28. Kf1 Rb2 29. Rb8 $16) (15... Bd6 $4 {Ftacnik} 16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Nc4 $18) 16. e4 $1 dxe4 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qh5+ g6 (18...
Ke7 19. Bg5+ Kd7 20. Qf7+ Kc8 21. Qe8+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ Bd6 23. Qe7+ $18) 19. Qe5
Rg8 20. Nc4 $18) 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Qa4 Ra8 20. Qd1 (20. Nc4 $5) 20...
Rd8 21. Qa4 Ra8 22. Qc4 Bd5 23. Qe2 Nd4 (23... Be7 24. Bxe4 O-O 25. Nc4 Bxc4 (
25... Qxb5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxf5 Qxc4 30. Rxe7 Ra1+
31. Kg2 Qf1+ 32. Kf3 Qd1+ 33. Re2 Ra8 34. Qc2 $18) 26. Qxc4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nd4
28. Bc6 Kh8 29. Ra6 Qd8 30. Ra7 $16) 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Qe5 Rg8 26. Bxe4 (26. Rxe4
$5 {Ftacnik} Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Ra7 28. Re1 $40) 26... Bg7 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6
Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Nf3+ $2 (29... Nxb5 $8 30. Rxe6+ Kd7 31. Re7+ Kc6 (31... Kxd6 32.
Rxg7 Nxa3 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Rxa3 Rb8 35. b3 Re8 36. Kf1 Kd5 $132) 32. Be5 Bxe5
33. Rxe5 Nxa3 34. bxa3 Rge8 {mit Rettungschancen}) 30. Kg2 Bxb2 31. Ra2 Nd2 (
31... Rxa3 32. Rxb2 Ng5 33. Re5 Nf7 34. Rxe6+ Kd7 35. Bxc5 (35. Re7+ $5 Kxd6
36. Rxf7 h5 37. b6 c4 38. b7 Rb3 (38... Rb8 39. Rb6+ Kc5 40. Rxg6 c3 41. Rh6
Kc4 42. Rxh5 c2 43. Rc7+ Kd3 44. Rhc5 Ra2 45. Rd7+ Ke4 46. f3+ Ke3 47. Re5#)
39. Rxb3 cxb3 40. Rf3 $18) 35... Rxg3+ 36. hxg3 Kxe6 $16) (31... Bxa3 32. Bxc5
Ng5 (32... Nd2 {Ftacnik} 33. Rxe6+ Kf7 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rxa3 $18) 33. Ree2 Bxc5
34. Rxa8+ Kf7 35. Rxg8 Kxg8 36. Re5 Be7 37. b6 h6 38. b7 Bd6 39. Rc5 Kf7 40.
Rc6 Bb8 41. Rc8 $18) 32. Re2 Bc1 (32... Bxa3 {Ftacnik} 33. Raxd2 Kf7 34. b6 Bb4
35. Rd3 $18) 33. b6 Kd7 34. b7 Rxa3 (34... Kxd6 35. bxa8=Q Rxa8 36. Rexd2+ Bxd2
37. Rxd2+ $18 (37. Nc4+ $18 {Ftacnik})) 35. Rxa3 Bxa3 (35... Kxd6 {Ftacnik} 36.
Ra8 $18) 36. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt 11th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Black "Brenke, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d5 Ne7 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. f3 a6 13. Be3 h6 14. f4
Re7 15. Bd4 Nd7 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Nf6 18. g4 Rxe2 19. Nxe2
Bxg4 20. Ng3 $14) 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kh7 18. Rae1 Qh8 19. Qf2 Nc5 20. Qh4
Re8 21. e5 Bf5 22. b4 $16 {De Jong,J-Chytilek,R/Olomouc 2003/}) 10. h3 c6 (
10... exd5 $5 11. cxd5 c6 $14) 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. e5 (12. Bf4 $5 e5 13. Bh2 $14)
12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (13... Nfd5 $142 14. cxd5 (14. Nxf7
Kxf7 15. cxd5 exd5 $11) (14. Nxc6 Nxc3 15. Nxd8 Nxd1 16. Rxd1 Ba6 $13) 14...
Bxe5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qa4 Bb7 $11) 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Ne4 Rf8 16. Bg5 {[%cal
Ye3c5,Yg5e3,Yc1g5]} f6 17. Be3 e5 18. Bc5 f5 19. Nd6 Be6 20. Nb7 Qc7 21. Qd6
Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Kf7 23. b4 Rfc8 24. Rad1 Kf6 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Bxe5+ $1 {[%mdl
512]} Kxe5 27. Bf3+ Kf6 28. Rd6 Nc8 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. Nc5 Rb6 31. Nd7+ Kf7 32.
Nxb6 Nxb6 33. c5 Nd7 34. Rexe6 $1 Rxe6 35. Bd5 Nf8 36. Ra6 Bd4 37. Bxe6+ Nxe6
38. Rxa7+ Kf6 39. Rxh7 Ke5 40. Rd7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 {The Blumenfeld Gambit is
Dieter's favorite opening.} 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qc2
c4 9. a4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 bxa4 11. Rxa4 a5 12. e3 O-O 13. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Postny,
E-Nisipeanu,L/Germany 2006/CBM 111(33)}) 7. e4 (7. e3 {is more careful.}) 7...
a6 8. Nbd2 Be7 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 9. Bf4 {This move looks quite strange but
otherwise Black is OK:} (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c4 13. a4
Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Nf1 Nc5 $17 {0-1 Vegh,E-Nagy,H/Hungary 2005/
EXT 2006 (40)}) (9. a4 Nxd5 $5 (9... bxa4 10. Qxa4+ Bd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd3 h6
13. Bf4 Bg4 14. O-O Nh5 15. Bg3 $14 Nd7 $6 16. Bxa6 {1-0 Solcanean,
S-Tikhomirov,S/Techirghiol 1999/EXT 2004 (21)}) (9... O-O {is quite playable:}
10. Bxf6 (10. h4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Nbd7 {[%csl Re1]}) 10... Bxf6 11. Qc2 Nd7 (11...
bxa4 $5 12. Rxa4 a5 13. Bd3 g6 14. O-O Na6 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Ra2
Re8 $13 {0-1 Winkelmann,E-Hanley,J/London ENG 2007/The Week in Chess 663 (49)})
12. axb5 Rb8 13. bxa6 Rxb2 14. Qc1 Ne5 (14... Rb4 $5 15. Ra2 Nb6 $44) 15. Bc4
Qb6 $6 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Re8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. O-O $14 {Gutman}) 16. O-O Rb4
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra2 Bf4 19. Bd3 $16 {1-0 Shalimov,V-Vovk,Y/Pardubice 2005/
CBM 107 ext/[Gutman] (28)}) 10. Bxe7 {This move brings White nothing;} (10.
exd5 {is equally harmless:} Bxg5 11. axb5 O-O 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O axb5 14. Rxa8
Bxa8 15. Bxb5 Bxd5 $17 {0-1 Tishin,D-Ovetchkin,R/Alushta 2004/CBM 103 (31)}) (
10. axb5 $5 {should be checked} Bxg5 $140 11. Nc4 $1) 10... Qxe7 11. axb5 O-O (
11... Nb6 12. bxa6 Bxa6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 {1-0 Johner,
P-Havasi,K/Debrecen 1925/HCL}) (11... Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 axb5
15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nxe4 17. Qa4 $18 {1-0 Kirusha,A-Ivanov,S/Gatchina 2001/
EXT 2002 (33)}) (11... f5 $5 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. bxa6 $2 (13. e5 $1 $14) 13... fxe4
14. Nfe5 O-O 15. axb7 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 dxe5 $17 {0-1 Gralka,J-Krupa,M/Lubawka
2007/CBM 119 ext (39)}) 12. Bc4 (12. Be2 Nb4 13. O-O Bb7 14. bxa6 N8xa6 15. Nc4
Rad8 16. Nfd2 f5 $1 $15 {1-0 Bernal,G-Sanz,P/Villa Martelli 2004/CBM 103 ext 
(31)}) (12. bxa6 Nb4 13. Be2 f5 14. exf5 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Bxa6 16. Kf1 Bb7 $40 {
0-1 Wu,L-Aagaard,J/Great Yarmouth ENG 2007/The Week in Chess 665 (39)}) 12...
Nb4 {Two other knight retreats are equally good:} (12... Nb6 13. O-O Be6 (13...
Bb7 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bf1 axb5 16. Bxb5 Nc6 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4
Nb4 $11 {0-1 Huss,A-Malakhatko,V/Geneve SUI 2007/The Week in Chess 638 (52)})
14. b3 axb5 15. Rxa8 Nxa8 16. Bxb5 Qb7 17. Bd3 Nc7 $11 {1-0 Hillarp Persson,
T-Clausen,S/Copenhagen 1996/CBM 054 ext (56)}) (12... Nf4 $5 13. O-O Bb7 14.
Re1 (14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. g3 Nh3+ 16. Kg2 Ng5 17. Bd5 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Nb4 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Ne3 Nc6 23. Nf5 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Klauser,
M-Cvitan,O/Switzerland 2007/CBM 117 ext}) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nc6
17. Bf1 (17. Nc4 Rd8 18. Nb6 Ne5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc4 g5 22. g3
Ng6 23. Kg2 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gupta,A-Krivoshey,S/Balaguer 2006/CBM 113 ext (42)
}) 17... Qf6 18. Nc4 (18. Qb3 $142 Rb8 19. Qc3 $11 {Ribli}) 18... Rd8 $15 {
0-1 Sargissian,G-Nisipeanu,L/Germany 2006/CBM 112/[Ribli] (29)}) 13. O-O Bb7
14. Re1 (14. bxa6 N8xa6 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Ra3 Ne6 $11 {0-1 Malyshev,V-Ghaem
Maghami,E/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 097/[Hecht] (40)} (16... Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,
R-Volokitin,A/Germany 2004/CBM 100 (21)})) 14... Nd7 (14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8
16. Bxb5 N8c6 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Cvitan,O/Celje 2004/CBM 103 ext}) 15. bxa6
Nxa6 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. Qb3 Nb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ghorbani,M-Ghaem Maghami,E/Teheran
2001/EXT 2002 (36)}) 9... O-O 10. a4 bxa4 (10... Re8 $143 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2
Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nf5 $14 {0-1 Sriram,J-Venkatesh,M/
Mumbai IND 2006/The Week in Chess 631 (50)}) 11. Bd3 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
original approach.} (11. Rxa4 Bd7 12. Ra2 (12. Ra3 $142) 12... a5 13. Bd3 Na6
14. Nc4 Nb4 15. Ra3 Bb5 16. b3 Re8 17. O-O Bf8 18. Re1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Thomas,
R-Casey,K/Australia 1995/EXT 1998 (49)}) 11... Bd7 {Black protects his a4 pawn
but how can he develop now?} (11... Nbd7 $5) 12. O-O Bb5 13. Qe2 Nbd7 (13...
Qb6 14. Nc4) (13... Qd7 14. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4b6]}) 14. Bxb5 axb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8 16.
Qd3 $1 Rb4 (16... Rxb2 17. Rxa4 {[%cal Yd2c4]} (17. Nc4 $5 Rb3 18. Qc2 Nb6 19.
Na5) 17... Nb6 18. Ra7 $14) 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Nfd2 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Ra2 h6
$14 {Black's position is quite solid but his e7 bishop is too passive.} 21. g3
({After} 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Nc4 Qb5 23. Bd2 Rb3 24. Qc2 Ra8 {it is very
difficult for White to break through.}) 21... Nfd7 $6 {Black decides on an
active plan but it eventually leads to a loss of a pawn.} (21... g5 $6 22. Be3
Ng4 {was risky but}) (21... Qa7 {[%cal Ya7a6] was quite playable.}) 22. h4 Nxc4
23. Nxc4 Nb6 24. Bd2 Rb3 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. Nxb6 Qxb6 27. Rxa4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 $16 {
Of course, it is not easy for White to convert his extra pawn as Black will
carefully prevent e4-e5.} Re8 29. Rca1 Qd8 30. Qc2 $6 (30. Qf3 {was more
active. Black's best reaction is probably} Qe7 (30... Qf6 $6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32.
Ra6 $5 (32. Ra8 $143 Kf8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8) 32... Rxe4 33. Rxd6 Kg7 34. Raa6 Rxc3
35. Rxf6 $18) 31. Ra7 $140 Rb7) 30... Rb7 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Qf6 33. Qd3 g5
34. h5 Kg7 (34... g4 $142 $1) 35. Rd7 (35. Kg2 $1 g4 36. f4 $1 gxf3+ 37. Qxf3
$16) 35... g4 36. Qe3 (36. Qe2 Qf3 37. Qxf3 gxf3 38. Rxd6 Rxe4 39. Rc6 Rc4 40.
Kh2 Rxc3 41. g4 c4 42. Kg3 Rd3 43. d6 c3 44. Kf4 c2 {[%cal Rd3d6]} 45. Ke5 Rd2
$11) 36... Qe5 {This is now even simpler than} (36... Qf3) 37. Qe2 Qxe4 38.
Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Rc4 40. Kf1 Rxc3 41. Rc6 c4 42. d6 Rd3 (42... f5 $5 {
led to an immediate draw.}) 43. Rxc4 Rxd6 44. Rxg4+ {and Black easily held
this endgame:} Kh7 45. Kg2 Rd5 46. Rf4 Kg7 47. g4 Ra5 48. Kg3 Rb5 49. Rf5 Rb3+
50. f3 Ra3 51. Re5 Rb3 52. Kf4 Ra3 53. Ke4 Ra4+ 54. Kf5 Ra3 55. f4 Rh3 56. Ra5
Rh2 57. Ra1 Rh4 58. Rg1 Rh2 59. Ke4 Rh3 60. Rg2 Kh7 61. Re2 Kg7 62. Re1 Kf6 63.
Re3 Rh1 64. Kf3 Kg7 65. Kg2 Ra1 66. Re5 Ra2+ 67. Kg3 Ra3+ 68. Kf2 Rh3 69. Kg2
Rh4 70. Kg3 Rh1 71. Re2 Rg1+ 72. Rg2 Rh1 73. Rh2 Ra1 74. g5 hxg5 75. h6+ Kg6 $5
76. fxg5 (76. h7 $4 Ra3+ 77. Kg2 Ra2+ 78. Kg1 Rxh2 79. Kxh2 Kxh7 80. fxg5 Kg6
$19) 76... Ra8 (76... Kxg5 $5 77. h7 Ra3+ 78. Kg2 Ra2+ $11) 77. Kg4 Ra4+ 78.
Kf3 Ra8 79. Rg2 f6 80. gxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. a3 {A logical move
immeadiately undermining Black's queenside structure.} a5 $146 {[%mdl 8] GM
L-D.Nisipeanu attempts to improve on his own game against Ivanchuk:} (6... h6
7. Bh4 a5 (7... Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e4 Na6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Rb1 bxa3 12. bxa3
Qa5 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Bd3 d6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rb7 Ba4 $14 {0-1 Magerramov,E (2500)
-Nikolaev,S (2345)/Budapest 1990/CBM 017 ext (24)}) (7... exd5 8. cxd5 Bb7 9.
axb4 cxb4 10. Qd4 (10. Nbd2 $1 g5 11. Bg3 Bxd5 12. e4 $44) 10... g5 11. Bg3
Bxd5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. Qxa7 Nc6 14. Qe3+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. e3 Bg7 17. Nbd2
Ra8 $17 {0-1 Lautier,J (2638)-Koch,J (2510)/Besancon 1999/CBM 073 (39)}) 8.
axb4 cxb4 9. Nd4 Be7 (9... Bc5 10. Nb3 $1) 10. Nb5 d6 11. c5 O-O 12. dxe6 dxc5
13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. e3 Ng4 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Ne4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nc6 19.
Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxc5 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Nisipeanu,L (2668)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (38)}) 7. axb4 cxb4 8. Nd4 $5 (8. Qd4 h6 9. Bh4 d6
10. Nbd2 Be7 $11) 8... Bc5 {This is the difference!} 9. e3 (9. Nb3 $4 {is now
impossible due to} Bxf2+) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Nb3 d6 12. N1d2 (12. Nxc5
dxc5 13. Bc4 Nbd7 {[%cal Rd7b6] White has a better pawn structure but he can't
consolidate his position due to Black's development advantage.}) 12... Nbd7 13.
Bb5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Be2 (15. Bc6 Ba6 $1 16. Bxa8 Bxe3 $1) 15... Bb7 (15...
Ba6 $5) 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Ncxa5 Bxd5 18. O-O Ra7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rfa8 21.
Nc4 Rxa1 22. Nxa1 (22. Nxa1 d5 23. Nb3 Ne4 {and Black is by no means worse.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2
a6 $1 {This move is necessary in any case so it is better to make it at once.}
9. bxa6 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 (11. b3 {is another plan.}) 11... Bxa6 12. Bg5
{Or else:} (12. a4 Nb4 13. Ra3 Qe8 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Rb8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxd6 Nc2 20. Ra7 Nd4 21. Qxc5 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Rxb5 23. Qc4
Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Qh5 25. Ra3 Qe2 {1/2 Nikolic,P (2676)-Volokitin,A (2652)/Germany
2004/CBM 105}) (12. Ng5 Qe7 13. b3 Rad8 14. a4 Nd4 15. Bd2 Bb8 16. Nf3 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 e5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Qc2 h6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rad1 h5 $44 {
1/2 Akhmadeev,V (2438)-Zhigalko,A (2533)/Saratov 2006/EXT 2008 (37)}) (12. Re1
$5 Ng4 $2 (12... Rb8 13. e4 $5) 13. Nxd5 Bxg3 14. hxg3 exd5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Rc1
h6 17. Bf4 c4 18. Nd4 Ne7 19. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Rajkovic,D (2522)-Nestorovic,N 
(2436)/Belgrade 2007/CBM 121 Extra (30)}) 12... h6 (12... Qb6 13. b3 Be7 14.
Rc1 c4 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bh3 Rad8 $2 (16... Bc8) 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Nd4 Rd6 19.
Bf4 Rxe6 20. Nxe6 Re8 21. Nc7 Rd8 22. Nxa6 Qxa6 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Qa4 {1-0
Spassov,L (2365)-Estrada Martinez,C (2167)/Calvia 2006/EXT 2007}) (12... Kh8 $5
13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Rac1 {1/2 Yakovich,Y (2597)-Sherbakov,R (2520)/Salekhard 2007/
CBM 122 Extra}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc1 (14. a4 Rab8 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nb4
17. e4 c4 18. b3 cxb3 {1/2 Ostrowski,L (2323)-Manik,M (2457)/Tatranske Zruby
2007/CBM 120 ext}) 14... Nd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] In the previous games Black
unsuccessfully tried to push ...c5-c4:} (14... Kh8 15. b3 c4 $2 16. bxc4 Bxc4
17. Nd2 Bb4 (17... Ba6 18. Nce4) 18. Nxc4 Bxc3 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Na4 Rxa4 21.
Qxa4 Nd4 22. Qd1 $18 {1-0 Lputian,S (2616)-Babujian,L (2439)/Yerevan ARM 2008/
The Week in Chess 689 (32)}) (14... Be7 15. b3 c4 $2 16. bxc4 Ba3 17. cxd5 Bxc1
18. dxc6 Bb2 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qc2 Ba3 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb5 Kh8 23. Nxa3 Qxa3 24.
Rd1 $18 {1/2 Kunte,A (2550)-Bakre,T (2459)/Chennai IND 2008/The Week in Chess
693 (44)}) 15. Ne1 (15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15
) 15... Rab8 16. Qd2 Rxb2 {Perhaps it would be more unpleasant for White if
Black continued quietly strengthening his position:} (16... h5 $36) 17. Qxb2
Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 {The position is still good for Black but he
starts playing inaccurately.} Qb2 (19... c4 $5 {[%cal Yd6c5]}) 20. Rc2 Qa3 21.
f4 c4 22. Kh1 Bc5 23. Nf3 Qd3 $2 {This "active" move just loses precious time.}
(23... Rb8 24. Bh3 (24. Rd1 Rb2) 24... Kh8 25. Nc1 (25. Bxe6 $2 Qd3 26. Rd2 Rb1
$1) 25... Rb6 $13) 24. Rd2 Qe3 25. Rfd1 Rb8 26. Rc2 $1 (26. Nfd4 $2 Bxd4 27.
Nxd4 Rb1) 26... Qa3 27. Nfd4 $16 {[%csl Re6] White has consolidated his
position, and the weakness of Black's e6 pawn has become crucial.} Rb2 (27...
Bxd4 $142 28. Nxd4 Qa4 $5 29. Bh3 Re8 {was a better way to hold on.}) 28. Rxb2
Qxb2 29. Bh3 c3 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Bf5 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxa2 33. Bc2 {Black's
counterplay is over, and White gradually brings home his advantage.} Qa7 34.
Kg2 Qb6 35. Kf3 Qf6 (35... g5 36. f5) 36. Ke3 Qe7+ 37. Kd3 Qe4+ 38. Kxc3 Qe3+
39. Rd3 Qe1+ 40. Kb2 h5 41. h4 Qg1 42. Bd1 Qf2+ 43. Nc2 g6 44. Kc1 Kg7 45. Ne3
Kh6 46. Nxd5 Qc5+ 47. Kd2 Qa5+ 48. Ke2 Qa2+ 49. Kf3 Qh2 50. Ne3 Qa2 51. Bc2 Qe6
52. Rd5 Qc6 53. Kf2 Qc3 54. Rd6 Kh7 55. Rxg6 Qd2+ 56. Kf3 Kh8 57. Rh6+ Kg7 58.
Nf5+ Kf8 59. Rf6+ Kg8 60. Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 {See review by GM M.Marin on the
Blumenfeld gambit in CBM 116.} 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Nc3 {According to M.
Marin - the most dangerous move. But...} Nbd7 {Anticipating e2-e4 and
preparing an appropriate reaction.} (7... Bb7 8. e4 $1) 8. e4 (8. g3 d4 9. Na4
a6 (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxb5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. b4 Ne4 $6 13. Nxc5 Ndxc5 14. bxc5
Nc3 15. Bxc3 dxc3 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. O-O $16 {1-0 Atalik,S-Erdogan,H/Istanbul
2006/CBM 111 ext (23)}) 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. b3 e5 12. Bh3 e4 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Ba3
$6 (14. f3 $5) 14... h6 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc8 Rc6 17. Bf5 hxg5 18. Qxd4 Qd6
19. Bg6+ Ke7 20. Qxd6+ Kxd6 21. Nb2 Ke6 $17 {1-0 Blees,A-Knoppert,E/Dieren
1987/EXT 2002 (57)}) (8. Bg5 $5 Be7 (8... d4 $5 9. Ne4 a6) 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2
O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bf4 Kh8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Rc1 $14 {
0-1 Alexeev,A-Peresipkin,V/Kaliningrad 1972/EXT 2001 (47)}) 8... d4 9. e5 Ng4 {
[%csl Re5] That's the point - the e5 pawn is hanging!} 10. Ne4 Bb7 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (10... Ngxe5 {, played in several games, is premature:} 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Qh5+ Nf7 13. Nxc5 $1 (13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Bc4 $6 (14. Nxh7 $5) 14... g6 15. Qg4
$6 (15. Nxh7 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 gxh5 $13) 15... Qe5+ (15... Ne5 $142) 16. Kd1 Nxg5
17. Bxg5 Qf5 18. Qg3 $36 {0-1 Silva,S-Chomet,P/Argenteuil 1997/CBM 062 ext (24)
}) 13... Qf6 (13... g6 14. Qf3 Bxc5 15. Qc6+ Qd7 16. Qxc5 Bb7 17. f3 Rc8 18.
Qa3 Qd5 19. Bd3 $14 Nd6 20. O-O O-O 21. Bh6 $16 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Csiszar,C/Pecs
1998/EXT 2000 (32)}) (13... Bxc5 14. Qxc5 Bb7 15. b6 a6 16. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Genov,
P-Manolov,I/Plovdiv 1999/CBM 070 ext (43)}) (13... Qb6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. Qg4 Bd5
16. Bd2 g6 17. Rc1 Bg7 18. h4 O-O 19. h5 Ne5 20. Qg3 {1-0 Hoeksema,H-Lemmers,O/
Enschede 1992/EXT 1997 (39)}) (13... Bd7 14. b4 $16) 14. Be2 Rb8 15. f4 Be7 16.
Bd2 O-O 17. Rc1 e5 18. Bd3 $2 (18. O-O $142) 18... g6 19. Qe2 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Re8
(20... e4 21. Bc4 (21. Bxe4 Re8 $17) 21... e3 22. Bb4 $36) 21. O-O e4 22. Rc6 (
22. Bc4 $1) 22... Qf5 23. Re1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Perez,J-Ford,K/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF
Telechess CBM 98 (32)}) 11. Qe2 $6 {A strangely looking move.} (11. Nfg5 {
was probably the most attractive way to fight for the opening advantage. Here
is a possible line:} Ngxe5 (11... Ndxe5 12. f4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd5 14. Nf2 Nxf2
15. Kxf2 Ng6 16. Qc2 $16 {White dominates on the light squares.}) 12. f4 h6 13.
Qh5+ (13. Nxe6 Qe7 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Ng6) 13... g6 14. Qh3 $36) 11... Bd5 {
A solid positional move.} (11... Ngxe5 $5 {was possible, too:} 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. Ng5 (13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 Rc8 16. Qxa7 Qd5 $44) 13... Qd5
14. f4 h6 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 17. fxe5 O-O-O $132) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13.
Qxg4 Nxe5 14. Qh5+ Ng6 15. Bd3 {White has managed to develop his kingside,
keeping an extra pawn. However, Black now deprives him of castling:} Bb4+ 16.
Ke2 Qc7 17. a3 $2 {Losing a crucial tempo.} (17. Rd1 {was logical as Black
could not play} O-O $2 (17... Be7 $1 {is correct anyway:} 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Ng5
Bxg5 20. Bxg5 e5 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6 Qd7 $132) {due to} 18. Ng5) 17... Be7
18. Bd2 O-O $1 {This is now possible. Both White's king and queen are now in
danger.} 19. Rhc1 Qb7 20. f3 Rf5 21. Qh3 Ne5 22. a4 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 a6 $1 24. Qg3
e5 25. Ba5 Bxe4+ 26. fxe4 Rf4 27. Qe1 axb5 {The material balance is restored
but the white king is helpless.} 28. Bd2 Rff8 29. a5 b4 30. b3 Qb5+ (30... Rfc8
$5) 31. Rc4 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Qxa5 33. Qc1 (33. Bxb4 Bxb4 34. Qxb4 Qa1 35. Qd2 Rf1
$1 36. Ra4 (36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Ke8 $19) 36... Qb1+ 37. Kc4 Qxe4 $19) 33...
Qa6 34. Qd1 h6 35. Qg4 Kh7 36. Qd7 Qa2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e3 a6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nc4 Bb7 {This move is more popular now than} (10... a5) {
Black doesn't fear a4-a5.} 11. Bxf6 (11. h4 $5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 a5 14.
O-O-O Qc7 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe6+ Kh8 19. Qg6 Rf6 20. Qg3
Nd7 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. e4 $36 {1/2 Williams,S (2496)-Hanley,J (2243)/Liverpool
2008/CBM 125 Extra (43)}) 11... Bxf6 12. a5 (12. Qc2 $6 Bxd5 13. Rd1 Bxc4 14.
Bxc4 Ra7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rd5 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. h4 Nc6 19. g4 b3 $1 20. Qf5
Nb4 21. R5d2 g6 22. Qf4 Rad7 $13 {0-1 Joie,S (2231)-Tregubov,P (2598)/
Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142 (38)}) 12... O-O 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bc2 $1
{A typical manoeuvre activating White's bishop.} g6 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. Ba4 Rad8 (
17... Nf6 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Nd2 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Qe2 g5 22. Rae1 f5 23. f4 Ng6
24. Ndc4 Kh8 25. Bc2 gxf4 26. exf4 Qh4 27. Qf3 Bh6 28. Re6 $16 {1-0 Gupta,A 
(2569)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2528)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129 (43)}) 18. Rae1 f5
19. e4 f4 {[%mdl 32] An interesting concept. Apparently, Black doesn't control
the blockading e5-square. However, it is not easy for White to push e4-e5 as
it opens up the position for Black's bishops. And White has no other plan!} 20.
Bxd7 {White must take this knight, otherwise it goes to e5.} (20. Bc6 Bc8 21.
Bxd7 Bxd7 {[%cal Yd7b5]}) 20... Qxd7 21. h3 (21. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Yg5e6] was an
interesting opportunity. E.g.} Rde8 22. Re2 h6 23. Ne6 Rxe6 24. Nb6 Qe7 25.
dxe6 Qxe6 26. f3 $14) 21... h6 22. Re2 g5 23. Rfe1 $2 {Losing a crucial tempo,
which decides that Black's kingside attack will be stronger than White's
counterplay in the centre!} (23. Nb6 $1 Qf7 24. Qc4 Rfe8 (24... Qg6 25. e5) 25.
Rfe1 $36 {[%cal Ye4e5]}) 23... Qf7 24. Nb6 Qg6 25. Qc4 $2 {It is too late to
prepare e4-e5.} (25. Rd2 $5 h5 $140 26. h4 $1 g4 27. Ng5) 25... h5 26. e5 g4 $1
27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Nh4 $2 (28. Nd2 $142 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Rxe5 g3 31. Qe4 (
31. d6+ $143 Rf7) {but still Black's prospects are better after} 31... Qxe4 32.
Nxe4 c4 $1) 28... Qg5 29. g3 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 {Desperation. White doesn't obtain
any compensation for the exchange.} dxe5 31. Qxc5 fxg3 32. fxg3 Qd2 33. Qe3
Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Bxd5 35. Rxe5 Bb7 36. Nf5 Rd2 37. Nc4 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 7. e3 d5 {
A rare, rather dubious move order. Black usually plays ...a7-a6 at a later
stage.} 8. bxa6 (8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 $1 12. Bd3 $5
axb5 $1 13. Ng5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Nxe6 Rf7 $44 {1-0 Gruenberg,H (2385)-Knaak,
R (2535)/Plauen 1980/MCL/[Knaak] (33)}) (8. Nc3 c4 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11.
a3 Ba5 12. Be2 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. b4 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Rb8 17. Qc2
Qc7 18. Rc1 O-O 19. O-O Qd6 20. a4 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Ne4 $44 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V 
(2615)-Volokitin,A (2671)/Igualada 2005/CBM 109 (38)}) 8... Bd6 9. Bb5+ (9. Be2
O-O 10. O-O Nxa6 (10... Bxa6 $142) 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 e5 14. e4
dxe4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ne6 Rfe8 18. f4 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6] 1-0
Murdzia,P (2471)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2612)/Ustron 2009/CBM 132 Extra (31)}) 9... Bd7
(9... Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Bxa6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. b3 $14 e5 $6 14. e4 $1
d4 15. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Zhu Chen (2476)-Strugnell,C (2236)/Paris 2010/CBM 137
Extra (38)}) 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O (11. Nc3 $143 O-O 12. O-O Nxa6 13. b3 Nc7
14. e4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Qc6 16. Qe2 Be5 17. Bb2 h6 18. Nh3 Bd4 19. Rfe1 Na6 $36 {
0-1 Gigerl,E-Ochoa de Echaguen,F/Groningen 1974/EXT 2000 (34)}) 11... O-O 12.
b3 $1 Nc6 13. Nbd2 e5 (13... Rxa6 14. Bb2 e5 15. e4 Nd4 16. Re1 $16) 14. e4 $1
{[%mdl 4] The point of White's plan. He breaks down Black's pawn structure.}
Nd4 15. Nxd4 {Perhaps it was even better for White to remain patient and
eventually give up his unemployed bishop for this knight:} (15. Re1 $1 Rxa6 (
15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxa6 19. Qd3 $16) 16. Bb2 {
[%cal Rb2d4,Re4d5]} Nxe4 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 $1) 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4
19. Rxe4 $16) 15... exd4 16. exd5 Qf5 17. Nc4 Bxh2+ $5 {In the event of} (17...
Rxa6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. b4 $1 {Black does not have sufficient compensation for
the pawn and must fight for a draw. So he decides on a risky adventure.}) 18.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 $8 Nxf2 20. Qf3 $1 Qg6+ 21. Kxf2 Rxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qh5 23. Bf4
Rf8 24. a7 $1 Qf7 25. Bd6 $2 {This "active" move leads to a perpetual.} (25.
Be5 $142 $1 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh2 Qh4+ (27... Qh5+ 28. Kg2 Qe2+ 29. Kg3
Qd3+ 30. Kh4 $1 Qe4+ 31. Kh3 $18) 28. Kg2 Qg5+ 29. Bg3 Qxd5+ 30. Kg1 Ra8 31.
Bb8 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Qf5+ 33. Ke1 Qe4+ 34. Kd1 $1 {- White's king escapes checks,
and he keeps good winning chances.}) 25... Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh2 Qh5+ 28.
Kg1 (28. Kg2 Qxd5+ {- - that's the difference!}) 28... Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alvarez Marquez, Johan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d5 Ne7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 d6
9. h3 Nd7 10. Bg5 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 a4 14. e5 Ra6 15. exd6
cxd6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nd5 $1 Rf7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Nd4 Qf8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Rb1 Qf6 22. Nb5 Qf4 23. g3 Qf8 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bc6 26. Re3 e5 27. h4 Ra8
28. Qg4 Re8 29. f4 e4 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Qg5 Kg7 32. Rd2 Rf6 33. Rf2 $6 (33. Qg4
Qf7 34. Rd4 $16) 33... h5 $15 34. g4 $2 (34. f5 Ne6 $1 35. Qxf6+ $15) 34... Ne6
$19 35. Qa5 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Nc3 {In my
Survey on the 4.dxe6 Blumenfeld, published in CBM 116, I considered this move
to be White's most challenging continuation. I did not offer a clear solution
then, but this game comes in very handy, to shatter the author's and reader's
doubts and fears.} Nbd7 ({My suggestion was} 7... Bb7) 8. e4 d4 9. e5 Ng4 10.
Ne4 Bb7 $1 {This strong move was played between two strong players shortly
after I completed my work on the theoretical article. Black continues the
fight for the centre by developing another piece.} (10... Ndxe5 $6 {hands over
the initiative to White:} 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qh5+ Nf7 13. Nxc5 g6 14. Qf3 Bxc5
15. Qc6+ (15. Qxa8 O-O $44) 15... Qd7 16. Qxc5 Bb7 17. f3 Rc8 18. Qa3 Qd5 19.
Bd3 Nd6 20. O-O O-O (20... Nxb5 21. Qa5 $16) 21. Bh6 $16 {Black's centralised
positioon does not offer him adequate compensation for the pawn, because of
the numerous weaknesses (especially on dark squares), Gyimesi,Z (2505)-Csiszar,
C (2410)/Pecs 1998/EXT 2000 (1-0, 33)}) 11. Nfg5 $146 {Increasing the tension
even more. It would be interesting to know whether this was just
over-the-board inspiration or a prepared novelty.} (11. Bd3 c4 $1 12. Nxd4 Bb4+
13. Nc3 Qh4 14. Qd2 $2 (14. g3 Nxf2 $5 15. gxh4 Nxd1 16. Kxd1 {and now Black
could capture either of the attacked pieces, with complex play in both cases.})
14... Ndxe5 (14... cxd3 $19) 15. Bf1 O-O 16. g3 Qh5 $19 {Koegeler,A-Nieuweboer,
M/NED-ch M corr 1999/Corr 2002 (0-1, 23)}) ({In the first over-the-board game
where 10...Bb7 was played, White chose} 11. Qe2 {instead. However, this move
looks a bit strange. In order to question Black's setup, the queen is expected
to go to h5 at some moment, which makes the intermediate stop on e2 a mere
loss of time. Besides, the f1-bishop is left temporarily out of play.} Bd5 ({
In fact,} 11... Ndxe5 {is also worth investigating, because in case of an
exchange followed by Qh5+, Black would have the useful extra-move ...Bb7.}) 12.
Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxg4 Nxe5 14. Qh5+ Ng6 (14... Nf7 $5 15. Bd3 ({Black might have
refrained from retreating with the knight to f7 because of} 15. Ng5 {but after}
g6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 {White has no check at his disposal and Black has a strong
initiative:} 17. Qg4 Bb4+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Qa5+ 20. Kd1 Rhd8 $36) 15...
Bb4+ 16. Ke2 g6 17. Qh3 O-O {Compared to the line played in the game, Black
has castled with ease and threatens to exchange White's key-piece for blocking
purposes, the bishop (/\Ne5).}) 15. Bd3 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 (16. Bd2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4
Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 O-O 19. f3 Rc8 $44) 16... Qc7 17. a3 $6 {Black cannot castle
short yet because of the permanent threat of Ng5. Therefore, driving the
bishop back to e7 hardly makes any sense.} ({In case of} 17. Rd1 {Black would
probably have had to decide himself for the sharp} O-O-O $5 {not fearing} 18.
Bg5 {because of} Qe5 $1 {, creating several pins.}) 17... Be7 18. Bd2 (18. Ng5
Qe5+ 19. Kf1 O-O-O) 18... O-O 19. Rhc1 Qb7 20. f3 Rf5 21. Qh3 Ne5 {Finally,
Black has castled and played his knight to e5. White cannot hold his fortress
on light squares for long.} 22. a4 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 a6 $15 {Ehlvest,J (2610)
-Alekseev,E (2661)/Moscow 2007/TWIC 641 (0-1, 36)}) 11... Ndxe5 {After this
brave capture, a sharp phase is initiated.} 12. f4 ({From a general point of
view, it is recomendable to increase the tension with a developing move such as
} 12. Be2 {but after} Bxe4 (12... Nf6 $6 13. Nxe6 $1) 13. Nxe4 Qd5 {Black's
centralisation should compensate for the weakness of the light squares. For
instance} 14. Ng3 h5 (14... Nf6 $2 15. f4 $1 {[%cal Ye2f3]}) 15. h3 $6 Nf6 16.
f4 $140 $2 Qxg2 $1 {[%csl Gg3]}) 12... Bxe4 13. fxe5 Bf5 14. Bd3 {Finally,
here comes a developing move, aiming to undermine the small fortress built by
Black in the centre.} Bxd3 $6 {This unnecessary release of the tension opens
the f-file for White's attack and helps him develop the queen.} (14... Qd5 {
looks preferable and if} 15. O-O {then} g6 {, when White cannot open the
position too easily, while Black has a nice centralised placement of his
pieces. True, with the king in the centre he has to display high acuracy in
the next phase of the game and the position is not easy to exhaust by
analytical means. Here are just a couple of possible lines:} 16. Bf4 (16. Qe2 {
[%cal Yd3c4]} Bg7 17. Bc4 Qxe5 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Ye5h2]} 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe6
(19. h3 Ne3 $1) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 $13) 16... Be7 (16... Bg7 17. Be4 Bxe4
18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxg4 Qd5 20. Bg5 $14 {[%csl Ye8]}) 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe5
$13) 15. Qxd3 {Now, Black risks being left behind in development, while his
e6-square is very vulnerable. therefore, the next move is more or less forced.}
Nxe5 16. Qh3 Qf6 17. Nxe6 (17. Qxe6+ Be7 $5 {is very much OK for Black.}) ({
However,} 17. Rf1 {looks like a more dangerous continuation of the attack.} Qg6
18. Nxe6 Nd3+ 19. Ke2 Qe4+ 20. Kd1 $16 {and Black's king is more exposed than
White's}) 17... Nd3+ 18. Ke2 (18. Qxd3 Qxe6+ 19. Kd1 O-O-O {is at least equal
for Black, because of his strong central pawns.}) 18... c4 19. Nc7+ ({It is
too late for} 19. Rf1 $2 {already:} Nxc1+ 20. Raxc1 d3+ 21. Ke3 Qe5+ 22. Kf2
Bc5+ 23. Nxc5 {and now, the intermediate move} O-O+ $1 $17 {removes the king
from the centre and leaves Black with an advantage.}) 19... Kd8 20. Ne6+ ({
Avoiding the simple trap} 20. Bg5 $2 Kxc7 $1 21. Bxf6 Nf4+ $19) 20... Ke8 $6 {
Apparently, both players had mentally resigned themselves to a draw by this
point already.} ({With such strong pawns in the centre, Black would have had
every reason to play on with the awkward looking} 20... Ke7 {, for instance}
21. Bg5 {(Otherwise, White is just lost)} Qxg5 $1 22. Nxg5 Nf4+ 23. Kf3 Nxh3
24. gxh3 Kf6 25. Ne4+ (25. Kg4 h5+ 26. Kh4 Re8 $17) 25... Ke5 26. Rhe1 Bb4 $15)
21. Nc7+ ({And now, it is White who mises a promising attacking continuation:} 
21. Rf1 $3 {The evaluation of the move refers to the fact that, once Black has
lost the right to castle, the similar variation given above does not work
anymore.} Qe5+ 22. Kd1 $16 {We can state that 20...Ke7 is more than just an
attempt to play for a win; it also is a method to avoid the worse.}) 21... Kd8
22. Ne6+ Ke8 {Actually, the permission to agree to a draw was given
prematurely if we strictly follow the rules. The position has NOT been
repeated 3 times identically. In the first position, Black had the right to
castle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 {Transpose sur une Benoni} (4. Nc3 $142 {
Pose davantage de problèmes aux Noirs pour égaliser} exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6.
Qxd5 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bc4 (8. Be2) 8... Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. c3 Be6 11. Qd3 Bxc4
12. Qxc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Re7][%cal Gf1d1]}) 4... b5 $5
{Un gambit risqué mais le roumain a beaucoup d'expérience sur cette ligne
secondaire de la défense Blumenfeld} 5. Bg5 b4 6. e4 {60 Il s'agissait d'une
première ronde et les Blancs cherchent leurs coups alors que les Noirs
répondent à tempo.} (6. a3 h6 {Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Nisipeanu,L (2668) World
Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (3.3) 1-0}) 6... d6 {91 Déjà un sérieux retard
pour les Blancs} 7. Bd3 (7. a3 h6 (7... a5) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Gurevich,M (2590)
-Alburt,L (2520) World op 17th 1989 (9) 1/2}) (7. a3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. axb4
cxb4 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O a5 13. Qe2 Ng4 14. Nd4 Bxg5 15. Nxe6
Qf6 16. Qxg4 Bxd2 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Qe2 Bf4 19. b3 Ne6 20. Ra2 Nd4 21. Qd1 Qh6
22. g3 Bh3 23. Bb1 Bd2 24. e5 Re8 25. Be4 Bc3 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Rxa5 dxe5 28.
Re1 Bxe1 29. Qxe1 e4 30. Kh1 Nf3 31. Qa1 Qf6 32. Bxe4 Qxa1+ 33. Rxa1 Nd2 34.
Bg2 Bf5 35. Rd1 Nxb3 36. h3 h6 {Moiseenko,A (2707)-Savchenko,B (2581) Dubai
2014 0-1}) 7... Be7 8. O-O a5 9. Bf4 $146 (9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 e5
12. Re1 Ne8 13. Nf1 g6 14. g4 Ng7 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Bh6 Kh8 17. Kh2 Ng8 18. Be3
f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rg1 Qd7 24. Nd2
Nf6 25. Qe2 Rf8 26. f3 Rh5 27. Rg3 Rg8 28. Qg2 Rg6 29. Rg1 Bf8 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31.
fxe4 Rxg3 32. Qxg3 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 (32) Schwing,H (2308)-Prusikin,M (2542) Bad
Liebenzell 2010}) 9... O-O (9... e5 $11) 10. h3 e5 11. Bh2 $2 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5,
Rh2] Une grosse faute positionnelle car quel est l'avenir de ce Bh2 enfermé
par le centre Noir?} (11. Be3 $142 Nbd7 12. a3) 11... Nbd7 $11 12. Nbd2 {40} (
12. a3 $1 {Un thème important dans ce genre de structure à l'aile-dame})
12... a4 {58} 13. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4] Les Blancs doivent préparer la poussée
f4 pour tenter de ranimer le mauvais Bh2 mais au risque d'affaiblir le P"e4"}
g6 {[%cal Gf6h5,Gh5f4]} 14. Be2 {[%cal Ge1d3]} (14. Bc2) 14... Ne8 15. Nd3 Ng7
{[%cal Gf7f5]} 16. f4 {Les Blancs tentent d'activer le mauvais Bh2 mais au
prix d'un affaiblissement de la case "e5"} exf4 $1 {[%csl Re4,Ge5][%cal Gd7e5]}
17. Bxf4 f5 $1 18. Bh6 $6 (18. e5 $142 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 {[%csl Gd5]} 20. Bxe5
Bd6 21. Nf3 $132) 18... Bg5 $1 {[%csl Re2]} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15 20. exf5 Rxf5 21.
Bg4 $6 (21. Rxf5 $142 gxf5 22. Qc2 Be3+ 23. Kh2 Qf6 24. Rf1) 21... Rxf1+ 22.
Nxf1 Qf6 23. Qc2 a3 $40 {[%csl Ra1,Rb2]} 24. Rb1 axb2 25. Qxb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2
Nb6 27. Rc2 Ba6 {La position Blanche s'effondre} 28. Nb2 Bf6 29. Nd2 Bd4+ 30.
Kh2 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Dieren op"]
[Site "Dieren"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Bertholee, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b5 5. Nbd2 (5. Bg2 Bb7 (5... bxc4 6. Ne5 (6.
Qa4 c5 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} Bb7 9. O-O Bxg2 10. Kxg2 cxd4 11. Ba5
Qc8 12. Nd2 Qb7+ 13. Ndf3 Qb5 14. Qxc4 $142 $15 (14. b3 d5 15. Nxd4 Qxa4 16.
bxa4 Bd6 $19 {0-1 Nestorovic,D-Petronic,J/Belgrade op 1989 (23)})) 6... d5 7.
Nxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bf4 (10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Rb8 12. Qa4 $142
(12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Donk,M-Wells,P/Antwerpen
op 1996 (28)})) 10... Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Bd4 Bd6 15.
Qb3 Bc6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bd5 18. Qe3 Be5 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. Nc5 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Nxc5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qxc5 Qxb2 24. Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Ortega,L-Garcia Gonzales,G/
Capablanca mem-B 1985}) 6. O-O Be7 (6... c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 Ra7 9. cxd5 g6
10. a4 b4 11. e4 d6 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. a5 Bg7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Nxe5
dxe5 17. Be3 $18 {1/2-1/2 Dinckel,J-Lipp,R/Pinneberg op 1992 (50)}) 7. b3 O-O
8. Bb2 bxc4 9. bxc4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Pekarek,A-Knezevic,M/
Prague 1983 (44)}) (5. cxb5 axb5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 (7... c5 8. Nbd2 Na6 9.
dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Bd5 11. Nfd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb6 13. Kg1 Be7 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11
(14... Qxc5 15. Qd3 b4 16. Be3 $14 {0-1 Villavicencio,A-Vehi Bach,V/ESP-ch
1989 (37)})) 8. Bg5 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qc2 Na6 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qb6
13. N4b3 Rfc8 $15 {0-1 Ilincic,Z-Petronic,J/JUG-chT 1992 (40)}) 8... d6 9. Qb3
Nbd7 10. Qxb5 Ba6 11. Qc6 Bxe2 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. b3 $142 $16 {[%csl Rc7]} (13.
Nc3 Rb6 14. Qa4 $14 {1-0 Adianto,U-Quinteros,M/Reykjavik op 1986 (43)})) (5. b3
c5 (5... Bb7 6. Bg2 bxc4 (6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. O-O c5 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 g6
11. Bc3 d4 12. Bxb7 Ra7 13. Bg2 dxc3 14. Nxc3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 $14 {
Novoselski,Z-Sturua,Z/Heraklio op 1993/0-1 (61)}) 7. bxc4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4
Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qb3 d6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 (14. cxd5 $142)
14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Be7 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Qe3+ Kf8 18. Rb1 $14 {1-0 Van Esch,
B-Hoeksema,H/NLD-ch op 1992 (29)}) 6. Bg2 bxc4 7. bxc4 cxd4 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Rb1
Ra7 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nb3 Be4 12. Rb2 Ba3 13. Rd2 Bb4 14. Rxd4 Nc6 15. Bg5 Nxd4
16. Qxd4 Qa8 17. c5 a5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 Rf8 20. Rd1 $44 {0-1 Werther,
T-Efimov,I/Bozen op 1992 (27)}) 5... Bb7 (5... bxc4 6. Nxc4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 (9. Bf4 Bd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. b3 a5 12. Ne3 Be4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14.
Nxg2 Nb4 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qb2 Nd5 17. Qc2 f5 18. f3 Nef6 19. Bd2 c6 20. e4 fxe4
21. fxe4 Nb4 22. Qb1 Qb6 23. Be3 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Fedorowicz,J/Groningen 1990
(50)}) 9... Bd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nfe5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd5 14. Bd2 f5
15. e3 Rb8 16. b3 Bd6 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. Qe2 f4 20. gxf4 Rxf4 21.
Kh1 Rh4 22. Rg1 Qf6 23. Rg3 Qh6 24. f4 d6 25. Rcg1 g6 26. Nd2 Rh3 27. Ne4 e5
28. Ng5 Rh5 29. Qg2 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Sokolov,I/Novi Sad 1986}) 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 (9. a3 $5 bxc4 10. Nxc4 d5 $5 (10... a5 11. Bf4 $1 d5 12.
Nxa5 Qxa5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. axb4 Qxb4 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qb3 $1 {This is the move
that I have missed in my calculations.} Bc6 $5 (16... Ba6 17. Bxb8 Bxe2 18.
Rfe1 (18. Be5 $5 $14) 18... Bc4 19. Qb6 Rfxb8 20. Qxb8+ Rxb8 21. Rxb8+ Ne8 22.
Ne5 Ba2 23. Ra1 f6 24. Rxa2 fxe5 25. Raa8 Kf7 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 $16)
17. Bxb8 Rfxb8 18. Qxb8+ Rxb8 19. Rxb8+ Be8 $14) 11. Nce5 a5 12. b3 Nbd7 13.
Bb2 $11) 9... d5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Bb2 {[%cal Ga2a3,Ge2e4,Ga1c1] /
\a3 and then e4;/\Rc1}) 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qb1 $1 {[%cal Ge2e4,Ge4e5,Gd2e4] /\e4}
e5 $1 (12... Qb6 13. b4 $1 Be7 14. e4 $14) 13. e3 $1 (13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bd4
$1 {[%csl Re2]}) 13... Qb8 $6 (13... Re8 $5) (13... h6 $5) 14. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Nxe3 $1 {[]} 17. Bxe5 (17. Rfc1 $2 Nd7 $1) 17... Qb6 $6 (
17... Qd8 $5 18. Rfc1 $1 Bb6 $1 (18... Qxd2 $6 19. Rxc5 Nd1 20. Rc2 (20. Qf3
Rad8) (20. Qd4 Qe1+ 21. Kg2 Rad8) 20... Nxf2 21. Qxh7+ (21. Qf5 $2 Nh3+ $1 22.
Kf1 Qd5 $1) 21... Kxh7 22. Rxd2 $14) 19. Rc6 $5 {leads to the very complicated
position.} (19. Nf3 Qd5 $1 (19... f5 20. Qc6 Ng4 $13) 20. Qxd5 (20. Qf4 f6 $1 {
[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg7g5]}) 20... Nxd5 21. Rc6 $14 {/=}) 19... f5 20. Qf3 (20. Qf4
$6 Qd5) 20... Ng4 (20... Qxd2 $2 21. Rxb6 $16) 21. Bd6 Bxf2+ 22. Kg2 $13 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gh2h3]} (22. Kh1)) (17... Qa7 $5 18. Rfc1 Rae8 (18... Rad8 $5
19. Nf3 (19. Bxg7 $2 Rfe8 (19... Kxg7 $5 20. Qe5+ f6 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5
Rxd2 23. fxe3 Re8 24. Rf1 $11) 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Qf6 Re6 22. Qg5 Rg6 23. Rxc5 $5
Kxg7 $1 (23... Rxg5 $2 24. Rxg5 f6 25. Bxf6+ $16) 24. Qxg6+ hxg6 25. Rxc8 Qb7
$1 26. fxe3 Qxc8 $17) (19. b4 Bb6 (19... f5 20. Qf3 Bb6)) 19... Nd5 (19... f6
$2 20. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 21. Bd4 $1 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 {[%cal Gd4e6]}) 20. Qc2 $11 (20.
Ng5 $2 Bxf2+ 21. Kf1 f5 22. Qh4 h6 (22... Ne3+ $2 23. Ke2) 23. Ne6 Rde8 $1))
19. Nf3 (19. b4 $2 Bb6 20. Nf3 Nc4) 19... f6 (19... f5 $2 20. Qc6 Bb6 21. fxe3
$16) 20. Qc6 $1 fxe5 21. Rxc5 Qf7 22. fxe3 (22. Re1 $140 $2 Rc8 $1) 22... Qxf3
23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Re1 $11) 18. fxe3 $4 {Unfortunately great idea has come to
my mind and I belived it.} (18. Rfc1 $1 {After this move Black has to play
very carefully to escape.} f5 $1 (18... Rad8 $2 19. b4 $1 Nc4 $1 {[]} (19...
Bxb4 20. Qxb4 $18) (19... Be7 20. Bc7 $18) 20. bxc5 Nxd2 21. cxb6 Nxe4 22. b7
$16) 19. Qf3 Rfe8 $5 (19... Rae8 $4 20. Bf4 $18 Ng4 $140 21. Qd5+) (19... Rad8
$2 20. b4 $3 Bxb4 21. Rc6 $1 Qb7 (21... Qa5 22. Nb3 $18) 22. Rc7 $1 $18 Qxf3
$140 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg6+) (19... Rfd8 $6 20. b4 $1 (20. fxe3 $2 Bxe3+ 21.
Kh1 Bxd2 22. Rc7 Ra7) 20... Bxb4 21. Bc7 $1 (21. Nb3 Nc4 $1) (21. Rc6 Qb7 22.
Rc7 $1 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 (23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Nxf3 Ng4 $1) 23... Ng4 $1 24. Rxg7+ Kf8
25. Ng5 $1 (25. Rxh7 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bc3 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc6 Rd6
30. Ne7 Kf6 31. Rc1 b4 32. Nc8 Rc6 $19) 25... Nxe5 26. Ne6+ Ke8 27. Nc7+ (27.
Rxh7 $13 {[%cal Ge6d8,Ge6c7]}) 27... Kf8 28. Ne6+ $11) 21... Qf6 22. Nb3 $5 Nc4
23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 $1 $16) 20. Bf4 $1 (20. fxe3 Rad8 (20... Bxe3+ 21. Kh1
Bxd2 22. Rc7 $1 Bh6 $8 23. Qxf5 {[%cal Gf5f7]} Qe6 $11)) 20... Rad8 $8 21. b4
$1 Bxb4 (21... Bd4 22. Bc7 Qh6 23. Rc6 Qh3 24. Bxd8 Bxa1 25. fxe3 Rxd8 26. Rxa6
$16 {[%cal Ga6a8]} Rxd2 $140 $4 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qb7+ Ke8 29. Re6+ Kd8 30. Qe7+
Kc8 31. Rc6+ Kb8 32. Qc7+ Ka8 33. Ra6#) 22. Bc7 Qa7 (22... Qd4 23. Nb3 $16) 23.
Bxd8 Bxd2 24. Rc8 (24. Bg5 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc4 26. Qxf5 $11) 24... Qd7 $1 (24...
Qd4 25. Bf6 $1 Qxa1+ (25... Qxf6 26. Rxe8+ Kf7 27. Rd1 $1 Nxd1 28. Rc8 $3 $18)
26. Bxa1 Rxc8 27. fxe3 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rxa1 29. Qd5+) 25. Ra8 Bc3 26. Rc1 $1 Qd2
27. Qxe3 $1 Rxe3 28. Bg5+ Kf7 29. Bxe3 Qe2 30. Ra7+ $14) 18... Bxe3+ 19. Kg2
Bxd2 20. Rf5 {Sad necessity.Here I understood that I was wrong.} (20. Rxf7 $2 {
was my idea when I played 18.fe} Kxf7 (20... Rxf7 $4 21. Qxa8+ Rf8 22. Qd5+ $18
) 21. Rf1+ (21. Qd5+ Qe6 22. Rf1+ (22. Qb7+ Kg6 $142 (22... Qe7 23. Qd5+ Kg6 (
23... Qe6 $5) 24. Qe4+ Rf5 25. g4 Raf8 26. gxf5+ Rxf5 27. Rd1 Qxe5 28. Qxe5
Rxe5 29. Rxd2 $17) 23. Qxg7+ Kh5 24. Qxh7+ Bh6 $19) 22... Ke7 23. Qc5+ Kd7 24.
Qc7+ Ke8 25. Rxf8+ (25. Qb7 Rc8) 25... Kxf8 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. Qxa8
Qxe5 $19) 21... Kg8 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Rf7 $3 {Too beautiful to be good.I have
completely overlooked} Bh6 $1 $19 {and Black wins.} (23... Rxf7 $4 24. Qxa8+) (
23... Qg6 24. Rxg7 Qxg7 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qxd2 $14 {[%csl Rg7]})) 20... Rac8
21. Rd1 $1 Bc3 $6 (21... Rfd8 $142) 22. Rd6 $1 Qc5 $1 {[]} (22... Qa5 $4 23.
Rh5 $1 $18 f5 (23... g6 24. Rxh7 $1 Qxa2+ (24... Kxh7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qh8#)
25. Kh3 Bxe5 26. Rxg6+ $3 Kxh7 27. Rg5+ f5 28. Qh4#) 24. Qd5+ Rf7 (24... Kh8
25. Rdh6 $1) 25. Rxf5 Qc7 26. Bxc3) (22... Qa7 $2 23. Rh5 f5 $8 (23... g6 24.
Rxh7 $1 Bxe5 25. Rxg6+ $3 fxg6 (25... Kxh7 26. Rg5+ f5 27. Qh4#) 26. Rxa7 $18)
24. Qd5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxf5+
$11) 23. Rxa6 (23. Rh5 $2 f5) 23... g6 24. Rg5 {[%cal Ga6g6]} Bxe5 $1 (24...
Rfe8 25. Bf6 $3 (25. Rgxg6+ hxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kf8 $19) 25... Qc7 $15) (24... f5 $4
25. Raxg6+ $1 hxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 (26... Kh7 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Qh4#) 27. Qb7+ $3
Ke8 (27... Kxg6 28. Qg7+ Kh5 29. Qh7+ Kg5 30. h4+ Kg4 31. Qg6#) 28. Re6+ Kd8
29. Rd6+ Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Re8 31. Qxb5 $18) 25. Rxe5 Qc1 $1 26. Qf3 $2 {Final
mistake in a time-trouble.} (26. Rf6 $1 $15 {[%cal Gf6f2] was the only defence.
}) 26... Rc2+ 27. Re2 Rd8 $1 $19 28. Ra7 (28. Kh3 Qh6+ (28... Rxe2 29. Qxe2
Qc8+ $19) 29. Kg2 Rxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Rd2 $19) 28... Rxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Rd2 30. Re7 Qc6+
31. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT 08"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2008.01.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rishon Le Zion Feldklein"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {A big surprise from Mark Tseitlin. I have played a lot of
games against him and in all of them he went for his beloved Grünfeld.} 3. Nf3
c5 {Faithful to his style Mark goes for complications.} 4. d5 b5 {He had
definitely prepared the Blumenfeld system as his next moves were executed very
quickly.} 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 {This move doesn't promise much as White will
have to exchange his dark-squared bishop while Black has no problems to finish
development.} (6. Qd2 {is the main line.} Qxd2+ (6... b4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. e4 d6
9. Bd3 {1-0 Kozul,Z (2585)-Kogan,A (2507)/Ljubljana 1999/EXT 2000 (44) is at
least a better version of the current game.}) 7. Nbxd2 exd5 {0-1 Dautov,R 
(2625)-Lobron,E (2540)/Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 066/[Dautov] (60)} (7... bxc4 $5))
6... Ne4 7. Bd2 ({I also considered} 7. cxb5 $5 {, but for some reason it
looked wrong during the game. Now it looks playable.} a6 $5 {trying to get a
good version of the Benko is probably the way to deal with it.} (7... Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qc4 10. dxe6 Qxe6 11. Bc3 $16 {is better for White.}) (7...
Nxg5 8. Nxg5 Be7 9. Nge4 Bb7 10. d6 Bxe4 11. dxe7 d5 12. Qd2 $14 {is also in
White's favour.}) 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Bb7 $13 {and despite
White's extra pawn the position remains unclear.}) 7... Nxd2 8. Qxd2 b4 9. Ne4
(9. Nd1 {[%cal Ge2e4,Gd1e3,Gg2g3] was probably more flexible as it would allow
the best setup with the bishop on g2 and the knight on e3.}) 9... Be7 10. Ng3 {
After this move Black solves his opening problems easily.} ({In order to
justify previous play I had to dare to play} 10. g4 $5 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gf1g2] ,
which both prevents f5 securing the position of the knight on e4 and prepares
Bg2.} Bb7 11. Bg2 {with an interesting original position.}) (10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2
O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Ng3 d6 14. e4 e5 15. Nf5 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A (2570)
-Rogers,I (2605)/Salamanca 1998/EXT 1999}) 10... O-O 11. e4 d6 12. Bd3 e5 13.
O-O ({The only preceding game saw} 13. Nf5 $5 {, but I wasn't sure I wanted to
exchange the passive dark-squared bishop after Black protects it with} Qd8 {
[%cal Gg7g6] and then attacks the knight by means of g6.} 14. O-O-O $5 Bxf5 (
14... a5 $5 15. h4 a4 16. g4 b3 17. a3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b6]}) 15. exf5 e4 16. Bxe4
Nd7 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. g4 Re8 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 $44 {0-1 Latzke,B (2224)
-Izeta Txabarri,F (2516)/Benasque 1999/EXT 2001 (53)}) 13... Qd8 14. a3 $1 Bg4
$5 {This move came as a surprise. Black offers an interesting pawn sacrifice.}
({My idea was to meet} 14... a5 $6 {with} 15. axb4 cxb4 16. c5 $1 $16) 15. axb4
Bxf3 (15... cxb4 $5 {This was more practical. Now after} 16. Qxb4 a5 17. Qc3
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd7 {Black gets a position he was aiming for, though White still
looks better after} 19. Ra3 $14 {[%cal Gf1a1]}) 16. bxc5 $5 {[%cal Gc5c6] This
piece sacrifice for two pawns promises White easy play.} ({After} 16. gxf3 {
Black would choose between} Bg5 ({and} 16... cxb4 17. Qxb4 {transposing to 15..
.cxb4.}) 17. Qc2 $5 (17. Qc3 cxb4 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Qa3 Bd2 $44) 17... cxb4 18.
c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 $14) 16... Bg4 (16... Bg5 $6 17. Qc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 dxc5 19.
Qxe5 $16 {is bad for Black as White gets a strong pawn centre.}) (16... dxc5
17. gxf3 $16 {is also hardly sufficient.}) 17. c6 Qb6 $1 (17... Bc8 $5 {
preparing Na6-c7 looked too artificial.}) 18. b4 ({The immediate} 18. c5 {
was premature.} dxc5 (18... Qxc5 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. h3 Bc8 21. c7 Bh4 {is also
not entirely clear.}) 19. Qc3 $44 {with a double-edged position.}) 18... Nxc6
$6 {An understandable decision, which however leads to White's advantage.} ({
After} 18... Na6 19. Rab1 (19. Rfb1 $5) 19... Qd4 $1 ({After} 19... Nc7 20.
Rfc1 $36 {[%cal Gc4c5] White threatens c5.}) 20. h3 Bh4 21. hxg4 Bxg3 22. Qe3
Qxe3 23. fxe3 $13 {White retains good compensation for a piece. Nevertheless
it was better than the game.}) 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. b5 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd4] Though
the move has a serious drawback - it weakens dark squares - I believed it made
sense as I wanted to exchange the light-squared bishops with full control over
the position.} (20. Nf5 $5 {deserved attention. However I wasn't sure that
White is better after} Bxf5 21. exf5 e4 {If the bishop gets to e4 White will
have a clear edge.} 22. b5 $1 {The move, which I missed is} Qb7 23. Bc2 $14 {
and White is better after all.}) 20... Qc5 21. Ra6 $1 {[%cal Ga6c6,Gd3e2]
Blocking the a-pawn and preparing Rc6.} Bd8 {It looks very logical to bring
the bishop to b6 from where it both protects the weakness on a7 and creates
pressure on f2.} (21... g6 $5) 22. Rc6 $1 Qa3 (22... Qd4 $5 {was a better
defence, although after} 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxc6 26. bxc6 Bb6
27. Be4 $16 {White is better.}) 23. Be2 $1 {Forcing Black to either exchange
the light-squared bishop or sacrifice the d-pawn.} Bxe2 24. Qxe2 $16 {White
has obtained a clear advantage thanks to a superior knight and weaknesses on
d6 and d5.} (24. Nxe2 $5 {[%csl Rd6] also deserved attention as it creates an
immediate threat to the d-pawn.}) 24... Bb6 25. Nf5 g6 $1 {Starting from this
point Tseitlin defends like a lion.} ({In the event of} 25... Bc5 26. Qc2 {
[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc6a6] the threat of Ra6 is very annoying.}) 26. Nxd6 Rad8 27.
c5 {Staking all on the c-pawn. Here I was already starting to experience
time-trouble.} (27. Qf3 $1 {I had completely missed this defence.} Qxf3 28.
gxf3 Rd7 29. Ra1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ga1a6,Gc4c5]}) 27... Bxc5 28. Nb7 Rc8 29. Qg4 {
[%cal Gg4d7]} (29. Qc4 $5 {looked more natural, but I wanted the queen on d7.}
Rxc6 30. bxc6 Bb6 31. g3 $14 {and though White is better I'm not sure it's
possible to win.}) 29... Rxc6 30. bxc6 Bb6 (30... Qc3 31. Qd7 a5 {was more
precise since} 32. c7 $2 {is bad in view of} Bb6 $17 {and White loses a pawn.})
31. Qd7 Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3e6] A strong defensive move. Here I realised that 32.
c7 is impossible and 32...Qe6 is threatening.} 32. Qd5 {Stoping Qe6.} (32. g3
$5) (32. c7 $2 Qc2 $1) 32... Qc3 33. Nd6 {It's time to improve position of my
pieces.} a5 $1 {Black also has his trumps.} 34. Nb5 {Being short on time I
decided to repeat the position to gain some time on the clock and only then to
consider Nc4.} ({The immediate} 34. Nc4 $1 Bc7 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Qb5 {[%cal
Ge3d5]} Rb8 37. Qa6 $16 {promised better chances thanks to the strong c-pawn.})
34... Qc2 35. Na3 Bxf2+ $1 {Though I checked for this sacrifice on each move
this time I simply blundered.} ({I expected only} 35... Qc3 {which I would
probably have met with 36.Nc4 - see 34.Nc4.}) 36. Rxf2 Qc1+ 37. Rf1 Qxa3 38.
Qxe5 {Now the position is equal, but Black still needs to make a few accurate
moves as White's c-pawn is more dangerous than Black's a-pawn.} a4 (38... Qe3+
$5 39. Kh1 a4 $11 {was more precise.}) 39. h4 {[%cal Gg1h2,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]
Freeing the rook from the defence of the last rank and preparing h5-h6, which
is in fact just a fiction.} h5 $2 {The decisive mistake. Tempi play a decisive
role here.} ({After the correct} 39... Qe3+ 40. Kh2 a3 41. h5 a2 42. c7 Qd2 43.
Qe7 Qc3 44. h6 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Qxa1 46. Qxf8+ Kxf8 47. c8=Q+ Ke7 $11 {the
position is a dead draw.}) 40. c7 $18 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gf1b1,Gb1b8,Gf1d1] Thanks
to the inclusion of the moves h4 and h5 White can bring his rook to the eighth
rank without worrying about the king.} Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. Rb1 Qf2 43. Qe7 $1
{[%cal Ge7f8]} Qf4+ (43... Rc8 {loses to} 44. Qd8+ $18) 44. Kg1 {Provoking Qe3.
} ({There was also nothing wrong with} 44. Kh1 $18) 44... Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qc3 46.
Qxf8+ ({The cold-blooded} 46. Kh2 $5 {was more precise, but I saw that I could
win the rook and went for it.}) 46... Kxf8 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. c8=Q Qe1+ 49. Kh2
Qxh4+ 50. Qh3 Qxe4 ({or} 50... Qf4+ 51. Qg3 $18) 51. Qc3+ {Preparing an
exchange of queens.} f6 52. Qc7+ Kh6 53. Rh8+ Kg5 54. Qg3+ {and Black resigned,
not waiting for 55.Qf3.} 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Poznan"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2005.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 Bb7 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 d5
15. b3 Bf6 16. Bb2 Qd6 17. Nd3 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Nd7 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. a3 e5 21. Nd3
Rc6 22. Rac1 Ng4 23. Qd2 e4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Nf2 Qe6 26. Qc2 exf3+ 27. exf3 c4
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Ne4 Nd5 30. Rfe1 Qg6 31. Nf2 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Ra8 {Sein starker
c-Freibauer sichert Schwarz das Remis:} 33. Rd2 Nb6 34. Ne4 c3 35. Ra2 Nd5 36.
Rc1 c2 (36... Rb8 $5) 37. Kf1 (37. Kf2 $2 Nb4 38. axb4 Rxa2 $17) (37. Kg1 {
bot bessere praktische Chancen, weil die Springer nun auf dem Brett bleiben:}
Nb4 38. Rb2 Nd3 39. Rbxc2 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 Rxa3 $14) 37... Ne3+ (37... Rh6 38. Nf2
Rf6 39. f4 Rd6 40. a4 Rda6 41. Nd3 Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Rxa4 43. Ke2 $14) 38. Kf2 Nd1+
39. Ke2 Rac8 (39... Nc3+ 40. Nxc3 Rxc3 {führt direkt in das Remisendspiel mit
drei gegen zwei Bauern an einem Flügel.}) 40. a4 Nc3+ 41. Nxc3 Rxc3 42. Kd2
R3c4 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (42... Rxf3 $2 43. Rcxc2 $18) 43. Rcxc2 Rd4+ $1 44. Ke3 (
44. Kc1 Ra8 45. a5 Rd5 46. a6 Rd6 47. a7 Rd7 $11) 44... Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Rxa4 46.
Rc5 Kf7 47. g4 h6 48. h4 Kf6 49. h5 Rb4 50. Rd5 Ra4 51. Rd4 Ra3+ 52. Ke4 Ra6
53. Kf4 Rb6 54. Ra4 Rc6 55. Ra5 Rc4+ 56. Kg3 Rc6 57. Rf5+ Ke6 58. Rf8 Ke7 59.
Rf4 Ke6 60. Kh4 Rc5 61. Rf8 Ke7 62. Ra8 Kf6 63. Ra6+ Kf7 64. Ra4 Kf6 65. f4 Rc6
66. Ra3 Rb6 67. Kg3 Kf7 68. Kf3 Kf6 69. Rc3 Rb4 70. Rc6+ Kf7 71. Ke3 Ke7 72.
Rc7+ Kf6 73. Rd7 Rb3+ 74. Ke4 Rb6 75. Rd4 Re6+ 76. Kf3 Ra6 77. Rd3 Ra4 78. Kg3
Rb4 79. Rc3 Ra4 80. Rc6+ Kf7 81. g5 hxg5 82. fxg5 Ra3+ 83. Kg4 Ra4+ 84. Kf5
Ra5+ 85. Kf4 Ra4+ 86. Kf3 Ra3+ 87. Ke4 Ra4+ 88. Kd5 Ra5+ 89. Rc5 Rxc5+ 90. Kxc5
Ke6 91. h6 gxh6 92. gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje"]
[BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. g3 a6 8. bxa6
Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. b3 (11. Nc3 Bxa6 12. Bg5 {happened in
Bologan-Nisipeanu, Foros 2006 geschah in Bologan-Nisipeanu, Foros 2006}) 11...
Bxa6 12. Bb2 Qe8 {The classical route for the black queen in the Blumenfeld is
e8-h5, but here I am not certain that it is the best. Die klassische Route für
die schwarze Dame im Blumenfeld-Gambit ist e8-h5, hier aber bin ich nicht
sicher, dass dies am besten ist.} (12... Qe7 {as in Harikrishna-Chandler,
Gibraltar 2006 is also possible. wie in Harikrishna-Chandler, Gibraltar 2006,
ist ebenfalls möglich.}) 13. Nbd2 Rd8 {A useful move, but in this position
speed is essential. Ein nützlicher Zug. doch in dieser Stellung ist Zeit Geld.}
(13... Qh5 $142 14. Re1 {It is difficult to imagine any other reasonable plan
for White than the e2-e4 push, so this move is necessary. Für Weiß lässt sich
kaum ein anderer Plan vorstellen als der Vorstoß e2-e4, daher ist dieser Zug
nötig.} Ng4 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Nd4 {with a better version of the sacrifice
than in the game. mit einer besseren Version des Opfers als in der Partie.})
14. Re1 Ng4 $6 {A very sharp attempt to stop the e2-e4 threat once and for all.
I seriously doubt the correctness of this action, but during the game it is
anything but easy for White to prove it. Ein messerscharfer Versucht, die
Drohung e2-e4 ein für alle Mal aus der Welt zu schaffen. Ich habe ernste
Zweifel an der Korrektheit dieser Aktion, aber während der Partie ist es alles
andere als einfach für Weiß, dies zu beweisen.} ({The more restrained Das
zurückhaltendere} 14... Bc7 15. Qc2 Bb6 {would have been entirely playable.
wäre vollkommen spielbar gewesen.}) 15. h3 (15. e4 $6 c4 $5 (15... d4 {is also
reasonable. ist ebenfalls vernünftig.}) 16. exd5 Nxf2 17. Qc2 Bc5 18. Rxe6 Nd3+
19. Kh1 Ncb4 $1 {seems to be very dangerous for White. wirkt sehr gefährlich
für Weiß.}) 15... Nxf2 $1 {This move is practically forced, but even so it
took me half an hour to decide on it. Dieser Zug ist praktisch erzwungen, aber
auch so kostete mich die Entscheidung dafür eine halbe Stunde.} (15... Nge5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. e4 $16 {is certainly less attractive than the knight
sacrifice. ist sicherlich weniger attraktiv als das Springeropfer.}) 16. Kxf2
Nd4 $1 {One of the most complicated positions that I have reached in my entire
chess career. Black is a entire piece down, has no immediate threats, but
hopes to slowly build up the pressure, as White also has his problems in
finding a way to untangle his position. Eine der kompliziertesten Stellungen,
die ich in meiner gesamten Schachkarriere je gehabt habe. Schwarz hat eine
ganze Figur weniger und hat keine unmittelbaren Drohungen, hofft aber, langsam
den Druck zu erhöhen, da auch Weiß Probleme hat, einen Weg zu finden, seine
Stellung zu entwirren.} (16... Qg6 17. g4 h5 18. gxh5 $1 Qg3+ 19. Kg1 Rxf3 20.
Nxf3 Rf8 21. Rf1 {is definitely insuficient. ist definitiv unzureichend.}) 17.
g4 {During the game, I also considered this move to be the best and after
hours of analysing my opinion has not changed. Während der Partie hielt ich
diesen Zug für den besten, und auch nach stundenlanger Analyse hat sich meine
Meinung nicht geändert.} ({Also possible was Ebenfalls möglich war} 17. Nf1 {
but it is very easy to lose your way in the following complications: , aber es
ist sehr leicht, sich in den folgenden Komplikationen zu verheddern:} Qg6 $1 (
17... e5 18. Kg1 Qg6 19. Rc1 (19. Kh1 e4 20. N3h2 $1 (20. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1
Qxg3 22. Nf3 d4 $17) 20... Bxg3 21. Nxg3 Qxg3 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rf2 24.
Rg1 Bxe2 25. Nf1 Qh4 26. Qe5 $16) 19... Kh8 20. Qd2 Nxf3+ 21. exf3 Bxf1 22.
Rxf1 Qxg3 23. f4 $18) 18. Bxd4 (18. Kg1 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Qxg3 21.
Re1 Rde8 $1 (21... Rf5 22. Rxe6 Rdf8 23. Qe2 d4 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26.
b4 $14) 22. Qd3 Rf7 (22... c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Qe3 Rf5 25. Rad1 $16) 23. Re2
Ref8 24. Rf2 Rf5 25. Rd1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Bg3 27. Rc2 Rxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2
Qh2+ $11) 18... cxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qg4 $1 (20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rac1 (21. Kg1 $2
Bc7 {traps the white queen in the centre of the board. fängt die weiße Dame
mitten auf dem Brett.}) 21... Bc7 22. Qc6 Bb6+ 23. e3 Rd6 $40) 20... Bc5+ (
20... Qf6 21. Kg1 e4 22. Ng5 Rde8 (22... Bc8 23. Qh4 Bf5 24. Nxe4 $16) 23. Nxh7
$1 Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Qh6 25. Qxh6+ $16) 21. e3 Qxg4 (21... Qf6 22. Kg1 e4 23. Nd4
Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Rac1 $16) 22. hxg4 e4 23. Rac1 Ba3 24. Rc7
d4 (24... Bc8 25. N1h2 exf3 26. Bxf3 d4 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Kg2) (24... exf3 25.
Bxf3) 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Re3 Bd6 (26... exf3 27. Rxf3 Bd6 28. Rc6 Bb5 29. Rxf8+
Kxf8 30. Rb6 Bxf1 31. Bxf1 $1 (31. Kxf1 Bxg3 $14) 31... Bc5 32. Rb5 Ba7 33. Kf3
Rd2 34. Ra5) 27. Rc6 $16) 17... h5 18. g5 $1 (18. e4 $2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nxf3 20.
Nxf3 Bh2 $3 21. Qc1 Qg6 22. Rh1 Bf4 23. Qc3 dxe4 $19) (18. Kg1 hxg4 19. hxg4
Qg6 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nf1 Rf4 22. g5 Rdf8 $13) 18... Qf7 (18... Qg6 19. Kg1
Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3) 19. e3 $2 {This natural move turns the tables in Black's
favour. Dieser natürliche Zug wendet das Blatt zugunsten von Schwarz.} ({
After Nach} 19. Kg1 $1 Qf4 20. Bxd4 (20. Nf1 Bxe2 (20... Nxf3+ 21. exf3 Qxg5
22. Rxe6 Bc8) 21. Rxe2 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Nxg5 23. Bc1 Qf5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Rxe6
Be5 26. Rb1 Rf2 27. Bxd5 Kh8 28. Be4 $1 Rdf8 29. Qc1 $1 Bf4 30. Qc4 Bb8 (30...
Be5) 31. Rg6 Qf4 32. Ng3 Qd2 33. Qxc5 R8f5 $3 $11) 20... cxd4 21. Nf1 e5 22.
Qd2 Qf7 23. b4 Bb8 24. Rac1 (24. a4 e4 25. Nxd4 Qc7 26. e3) 24... Bc4 25. Kh1 {
White emerges victorious from the complications. geht Weiß aus den
Komplikationen siegreich hervor.}) 19... Nxf3 20. Nxf3 Bh2 $3 $17 {A brilliant
move, one of the moves that makes you love chess. White's king finds no
shelter anymore and will be hunted for the rest of the game.  Ein brillanter
Zug, einer der Züge, aufgrund derer man Schach lieben muss. Der weiße König
findet keinen Schutz mehr und wird für den Rest der Partie gejagt werden.} 21.
Bf1 {After this move the white position is definitely lost. Nach diesem Zug
ist die weiße Stellung definitiv verloren.} ({No better is Nicht besser ist} 
21. Rh1 d4 $1 (21... Qc7 $2 22. Rxh2 Qxh2 23. Bf6 $1 $18) 22. exd4 Qf4 23. Rxh2
Qxh2 $19) ({Only Allein} 21. Bf6 $1 Qc7 22. Nxh2 Qxh2 23. Qxh5 Rxf6+ 24. gxf6
Rf8 25. f7+ Rxf7+ 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $17 {would have kept White in the game,
although here Black is much better. hätte Weiß im Spiel gelassen, wenngleich
Schwarz hier deutlich besser steht.}) 21... Qc7 $1 22. Bxa6 Qg3+ 23. Ke2 Qg2+
24. Kd3 c4+ 25. Kc3 Rxf3 26. Qd4 ({More stubborn was Hartnäckiger war} 26. Re2
Rxe3+ $1 27. Kd2 (27. Rxe3 d4+ 28. Kxc4 Qd5+ 29. Kd3 dxe3+ {is a pure massacre.
ist ein reines Massaker.}) {and here I needed to find the stunning , und hier
hätte ich in Zeitnot das verblüffende} 27... Qxg5 $3 {in time trouble, which
is anything but easy. finden müssen, was alles andere als leicht ist.} 28. Rxe3
d4 29. Kc2 dxe3 $19) 26... Rf2 $19 {After this Black is clearly winning and my
time trouble was not acute enough to influence the final result. Danach steht
Schwarz klar auf Gewinn, und meine Zeitnot war nicht akut genug, um das
Endresultat zu beeinflussen.} 27. Qb6 Be5+ 28. Kb4 Rb8 29. Bb7 Bxb2 30. Qxe6+
Kh8 31. Kc5 Bxa1 32. Bxd5 Qxg5 33. Rxa1 c3 34. h4 Qxh4 35. e4 c2 36. Rc1 Qg5
37. Qh3 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Bg5 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Kh8 $5 (11... Qe8 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rfe1
Rd8 14. Rad1 Bb8 15. Bh4 Kh8 16. Bf1 e5 17. e4 $1 $16 {Kholmov,R-Portisch,L/
HUN/1959/}) (11... Qc7 12. Rc1 Rae8 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. Bg3 e5 15. b4 c4 $146 {
Kan,I-Goldenov,B/URS/1946/}) 12. Rc1 Bd6 (12... e5 $2 13. Bxf6) 13. e4 $5 d4
14. b4 cxb4 15. Na4 (15. Qxd4 Bc5) 15... e5 16. Nd2 Qe8 {/\17.Nc4 Ne4} (16...
Nb6 $5) 17. f3 Nb6 (17... Qg6 18. Bh4 (18. Bxf6 $5 {/\Nc4/}) 18... Rae8) 18.
Nc4 (18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qe7 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Rc1 h6 22. Bh4 Qd6 $13) 18...
Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qg6 20. Bd2 (20. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $1 21. fxe4 Qxe4 $19) (20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. Qb3 Raf8 22. Bd5 Bc8 $13) 20... Nxe4 $1 21. fxe4 (21. Bd3 $5 Nf2 (21...
Nxd2 $5 22. Bxg6 Nxf1 23. Qxf1 (23. Bxh7 Ne3 24. Qd3 Nxg2 $1 $17) 23... hxg6
24. Qd3 Rf6 $13) 22. Bxg6 Nxd1 23. Rfxd1 hxg6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 e4 $10)
21... Bxe4 22. Rxf8+ (22. Qe2 $2 d3 $19) (22. g3 Bb7) 22... Rxf8 23. Bf1 Ba8
24. Qe1 (24. Nc5 e4 25. Bxb4 Qh6 $19) (24. Nb2 e4 25. Nc4 Be7 $1 (25... e3 26.
Bxe3 dxe3 27. Nxd6 e2 28. Qxe2 Qxd6 $10) 26. Ne5 (26. Qe1 Qf5 27. h3 Qxb5 $17)
26... Qf6 27. Nc6 e3 28. Nxe7 (28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29. Nxb4 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 e2 31. Qxe2
Bxg2+ $19) 28... Qf2+ 29. Kh1 exd2 30. Ra1 (30. Rb1 Be4 $19) 30... Re8 31. Qg4
Qe1 $19) 24... Qf5 25. h3 e4 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Qf2+ 28. Kh2 (28. Kh1 d3
29. Qd6 (29. Nc5 d2 30. Rd1 Qxf1+ $19) 29... d2 30. Rd1 e3 31. Nc3 h6 32. Qg6
Rf6 33. Qe8+ Rf8 $10) 28... h6 $2 (28... d3 29. Qd6 e3 $1 30. Qg3 (30. Qxd3 e2
31. Qxe2 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qxc1 $19) 30... Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 d2 32. Rd1 h5 $1 $17) 29.
b6 $2 (29. Qd6 d3 30. Nc3 d2 31. Rd1 e3 32. Qg6 $10) 29... d3 30. Qd6 (30. b7
Bxb7 31. Qxb7 Qf4+) 30... e3 $1 31. Nc5 $2 (31. Qxd3 e2 32. Qxe2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1
Qxc1 34. bxa7 Qf4 $19) 31... e2 32. Nxd3 exf1=N+ $1 0-1

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 g6 (5... a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5
Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. h3 Nf6 13. b4 Bf5 $11 {
Timoshenko,G-Naumkin,I/URS/1987/1:0/47/}) 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8. Qc2
Bd7 9. Rd1 a6 10. h3 Re8 11. Bh2 Na7 12. Ne5 b5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 $14 {
Sakaev,K-Bliumberg,V/Groningen/1992/1:0/61/}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 Bb7
11. Be5 (11. cxd5 $32 Nexd5 (11... exd5 $6 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nd6 $16) 12. Nxd5
Nxd5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 f5 $14) 11... a6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. h3 (14.
e4 $14) 14... Qe8 15. e4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Ba2 (17. Bd3 $14 c5 $2 18. dxc5
Rxc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 $18) 17... c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe3 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6
20. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 21. Rxc5 Bxa2) 19... Rcc8 (19... Rac8 20. Bd6) 20. Qf4 Nh5 21.
Qe3 Nf6 22. Qf4 Nh5 23. Qg4 Rd8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 (24... Kxg7 25. Ne5 Nf6 (25...
Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. g4 $18) 26.
Qf4 $14) 25. Qf4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Ne5 Qe8 29. Ng4 Nh5 30.
Qc7 (30. Qe5 Nc6 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxh7 Ne5 $44) 30... Bc8 31. e5
$6 (31. Ne5 $5) 31... Qd7 32. Qc5 Bb7 33. Qd6 Qc6 34. f3 Nf5 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36.
Kf2 $2 (36. Ne2 $11) 36... Nf4 37. Bb1 h5 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nd1 (39. h4 Nxh4 40.
g3 Nh3+) (39. Nfe4 $5) 39... Ke7 (39... h4 $5) 40. Ne4 a5 $2 (40... h4 $15) 41.
g3 Nd5 (41... Nxh3+ $2 42. Kg2 Bxe4 43. fxe4 $18) 42. h4 Nb6 43. Nd2 b4 44.
axb4 axb4 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. Ke3 f6 47. exf6+ (47. Kd4 fxe5+ $1 48. Kc5 Ba4 49.
b3 Nd7+ 50. Kxb4 Bc6 $11) 47... Kxf6 48. Kd4 f4 $1 49. gxf4 (49. g4 hxg4 50.
fxg4 Nd7) 49... Nd5 50. Ne4+ Kf5 51. Ng3+ Kxf4 52. Nxh5+ Kxf3 53. b3 Nc3 $5 54.
Nxc3 e5+ 55. Kc4 bxc3 56. Kxc3 e4 57. Kd4 e3 (57... Bb7 58. Ng3 Kxg3 59. h5 Kf2
$11) 58. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05][%cal Gf8b4]} 4. a3
$1 {[%emt 0:01:07] Plus ambitieux que Bd2 joué а la seconde ronde qui n'avait
pas posé de problèmes au Bulgare} (4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 {Transposant dans une
variante Zurich de la Nimzo-Indienne} d6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 6. a3 (6. Bd2 {Drasko,
M (2471)-Rusev,K (2549) 12th Sautron Open 2012 (9.7) 0-1}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3
O-O (7... a5) 8. b4 e5 $132) 4... d6 {[%emt 0:00:22][%cal Ge6e5]} 5. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
7. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 (8. Bg5) 8... Re8 {[%cal Ge6e5]})
7... O-O {[%emt 0:00:40]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:10] Ce
système Tango est lent mais difficile а réfuter malgré les tempi perdus.} 9. d5
{[%emt 0:11:04]} ({La ligne principale mais après une petite hésitation,
Vincent va choisir la ligne critique d5.} 9. Be3 $143 e5 10. d5 Nd4 {[%csl Gd4,
Re4][%cal Gg7d4]} 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nxe4 $36 {Popov,V (2545)-Bologan,V 
(2676) RUS-chT Tomsk 2001 (3) 0-1}) 9... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:54][%csl Ge8]} 10.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 11. Nd4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:06:04]} (
11. Re1 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bf1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d5 16. Bg5 Nd4 17.
Qd3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qb6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b4 a6 22. a4 Rad8 23.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qe4 Qb6 {Nikolov,M (2550)-Arnaudov,P (2404)/
Blagoevgrad 2010/CBM 135 Extra/1-0 (41)}) 11... c6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:39] Le
bulgare n'était pas surpris par la nouveauté et il répond а tempo} 12. dxc6 $1
{[%emt 0:00:26]} (12. Bf3 $143 {[%cal Gf3d5] Un coup naturel mais après
l'échange, le Bf3 est assez passif} cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11 {
[%csl Rf3]}) 12... Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 13. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} bxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:46:42] Le GMI avait joué
jusqu'içi а tempo mais pour le 01er coup coup hors préparation, il va
réfléchir plus de 45 mns.} (14... Qe7 $5 {Plus actif} 15. Qxc6 Bb7 $132 {
[%csl Re4]}) 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:10:55]} (15. Rd1 d5 $132 {[%cal Gd7a4]}) 15... d5
{[%emt 0:06:19]} (15... Rb8 $5 {Plus souple} 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxd6 Rxb2 $132) 16. e5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Rfe1 $14 {
[%emt 0:02:01][%csl Rf6,Rh5]} Re6 {[%emt 0:06:18]} (18... h4 $5) (18... Rb8 19.
e6) 19. Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} (19... a5 $5 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Gd8b6]}) (19... Rg6) 20. f4 {[%emt 0:03:39][%csl Re6][%cal Gf4f5]} Rg6
$132 {[%emt 0:04:11][%cal Gh5h4,Gh4h3,Gg6g2]} (20... Rb8 21. Qxa7 (21. f5 Rxe5
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxa7 Rxb2) 21... Rxb2 22. Rab1) 21. Bf2 {[%emt 0:04:20]} (21.
Kh1 h4 22. Bf2 h3 23. g3 Bg4 $36 {[%cal Gg4f3]}) 21... h4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:46]
[%csl Rg2,Rg3]} 22. Qd1 $1 {[%emt 0:05:36] Il faut ramener du matériel en
défense а l'aile-roi} Bh3 $36 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} h5 {
[%emt 0:10:49][%cal Gh4g3,Gh5h4]} 24. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:28] Refuse le sacrifice
qui donnait des fortes compensations aux Noirs.} (24. Qxh5 hxg3 25. hxg3 Qe6
$44 {[%csl Rh1,Rh5][%cal Gg6h6]}) 24... Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 25. Rad1 {[%emt 0:
01:21]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 26. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h4 $40 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
27. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:11][%cal Ge4g3]} Bf5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:35][%csl Re4][%cal
Gf5e4]} (27... hxg3 $142 {Il semblait plus logique d'ouvrir l'aile-roi} 28.
Nxg3 Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g1,Gg4f4]}) 28. Nc5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:35] Provoque l'échange
des Q qui va soulager la défense des Blancs} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 29. Nxd7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 31. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:09]}
Bxf4 $17 {[%csl Gf4,Gf5,Rg2][%cal Gg8g7,Ga8h8]} 33. Rh1 $1 {[%emt 0:01:03] Il
faut anticiper Kg7 suivi de Rh8 qui donnerait une attaque gagnante aux Noirs}
Bh6 $2 $138 {[%emt 0:02:55]} (33... Kg7 $142 $1 {L'échec e5e6 n'est pas
dangereux et les Noirs n'ont pas vraiment le choix pour développer la dernière
pièce.} 34. e6+ f6 35. Rdf1 Rg4 $40 {[%cal Ga8h8]} 36. Rh5 (36. Nd7 $2 Be4+)
36... Bg5 $1 {[%cal Gg5f6,Ga8h8,Gg4d4]} 37. Rxf5 Rxd4) 34. Rdf1 {[%emt 0:01:43]
} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 35. Rf6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:51] Repoussant l'attaque avec
sang-froid} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]
} (36... Bf8 37. Kxg3) 37. Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Bd6 38. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 39. Rg4+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:03] Au 38ème coup, la Ra8 n'est
toujours pas développée et le K Noir est assez mal placé} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:49]}
40. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00][%csl Ra7,Gg7]} c5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:00] Un coup naturel
mais qui laisse le temps aux Blancs de recycler le B avec la menace Bh6
donnant une découverte mortelle} (40... Ke8 41. Rg8+ Bf8) 41. Be3 $40 {[%emt 0:
05:13][%cal Ge3h6,Gh6f8,Gg7d7]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:09] la R se développe au ...
41ème coup!} 42. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 43. Bh6 $18 {
[%emt 0:04:35][%cal Gh6f8,Gg7b7]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:13:52]} (43... bxa3 $8 44. Rb7+
Kg8 45. f7+ Kh7 46. f8=Q+ Rxb7 47. Qxd6 a2 (47... Kxh6 48. Qxe6+) 48. Qe5 Kxh6
49. Qxe6+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Qg4+ Kf6 52. Qf3+ Ke5 53. Qe2+ Kd4 54. Qxa2 Ke4
55. Kxg3 {Il est peut-être encore possible de construire une forteresse et
d'essayer d'annuler mais paradoxalement le K Noir serait ieux placé en e6
qu'en e4, de manière а jouer Rf7}) 44. f7+ {[%emt 0:06:55]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:04]
} 45. Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be5 {
[%emt 0:01:51]} 47. Bh6+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. Rxg7 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. a3 h6 7. Bh4 Na6 8. Nbd2
bxa3 9. Rxa3 Nb4 10. e4 d6 11. Nd4 g5 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Qxb4 Rb8
15. Qa4 Rxb2 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Rb3 Rxb3 18. Nxb3 O-O 19. Qxa7 e5 20. Ke2 Qe8 21.
Qa3 Nb6 22. Ra1 f5 23. exf5 e4 24. Bxe4 Nxc4 25. Qb4 Bf6 26. f3 Ne3 27. Ra8
Nxf5 28. Na5 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qe5 30. Kf2 Bg7 31. Qb1 d3 32. Qxd3 Qa1 33. Qb1 Qa3
34. Qb3 Qa1 35. Qb1 Bd4+ 36. Ke2 Qa3 37. Qd3 Bc3 38. Ra7 $2 (38. Qc2 Qa1 39.
Qb1 $11) 38... Qc1 $2 (38... Re8 39. Ra8 Qa2+ $19) 39. Qd1 $11 Qa3 40. Qb3 Qa1
41. Qb1 Qxb1 42. Bxb1 Bd4 43. Re7 Bf6 44. Re3 Bd7 45. Nc6 Re8 46. Be4 Kf8 47.
Rd3 h5 48. Kf2 Ra8 49. Rb3 Bc8 50. Bg6 Ra2+ 51. Kg1 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Rb8
Kg7 54. Rxc8 Kxg6 55. Re8 Kf5 56. Re6 Be5 57. Nxe5 dxe5 58. Re8 Rd2 59. Rd8 h3
60. gxh3 Kf4 61. d6 Kxf3 62. h4 Rd1+ 63. Kh2 e4 $4 (63... Rd2+ 64. Kh3 Rd1 $14)
64. d7 $18 Ke2 65. h5 e3 66. h6 Rd6 67. Kg3 Rxh6 68. Rg8 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Black "Krejci, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Szkola Grudziadz"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. e4 $5 {
Une ligne secondaire dans ce gambit Blumenfeld} (7. g3 a6 8. bxa6 Nc6 9. Bh3
Rxa6 10. O-O e5 11. Bxc8 Qxc8 12. Bg5 e4 13. Bxf6 exf3 14. Bc3 d4 15. Bd2 Bd6
16. exf3 O-O 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. f4 g5 19. Qd5 Ne7 20. Qxg5 Nf5 21. Re1 c4 22. Nc3
h6 23. Qh5 dxc3 24. Bxc3+ Kh7 25. Rad1 Ra7 26. Re4 Re7 27. Rxd6 {1-0 (27)
Korobov,A (2694)-Ponkratov,P (2613) Moscow 2015}) (7. Nc3 Bb7 8. e4) 7... Nxe4
8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 $146 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. h3 e5 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Nxd5 Qg7 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Nh4 f5 18. Qh5 Nd7 19. Nxf5 Rxf5
20. Qxf5 Nb6 21. Qe4 Rg8 22. g3 Qh6 23. Rad1 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxh3 25. Re3 Qh5 26.
Qe2 Qf5 27. Qf3 Qg6 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Rd8 30. Rxe5 Kg7 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32.
Ne8+ Kf8 33. Nxd6 Bf3 34. Rf5+ Ke7 35. Rxf3 Kxd6 36. Rf7 a5 37. Ra7 a4 38. Rxa4
Kc7 39. Ra6 Kb7 {Sampaoli,C (2201)-Premnath,R (2303) ICC INT 2009 1-0}) 10...
O-O 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb7 (12... Qe7) 13. Ng5 {[%csl Re6]} Qb8 (13... Qe7)
14. h3 h6 15. Nxe6 Re8 16. Re1 $13 Be5 17. f4 $5 Bxf4 18. Na4 Bg3 $1 {[%csl
Gg3]} 19. Re2 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Ge8e6,Gd6c5] Gagne un tempo important et les Noirs
ont une petite avance de développement} 20. Bf5 d4 21. Naxc5 $2 Nxc5 22. Qxd4
Nxe6 (22... Bd5 $19 {[%csl Re6]}) 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxe6 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Bd5 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd1 $2 Re2 28. Bc1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8.
Qd2 Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Nc3 f5 12. a4 Nf6 13. Be2 Bd6 14. O-O Bd7
15. Rfd1 Ke7 16. a5 Qc7 17. h3 Rhg8 18. Nh4 Rab8 19. Kh1 Be5 20. Qc2 d4 21. Na4
dxe3 22. b6 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 axb6 24. f4 $5 {Starting a desperate sacrificial
attack Leitet einen verzweifelten Opferangriff ein.} ({The alternative Die
Alternative} 24. fxe3 {would be positionally pretty grim. wäre positionell
ziemlich trostlos wäre.}) 24... Bxf4 25. Nxf5+ exf5 26. Qxf5 Be5 ({Sofort
entschieden hätte} 26... Qc6 $1 {would have been immediately decisive, hitting
a4 and g2. mit Angriff auf a4 und g2.}) 27. Bc4 Rg6 (27... Rgd8 $5 {seemed
still good for Black. schien noch immer gut für Schwarz.}) 28. axb6 Rxb6 $2 {
This could have cost Black dearly. Das hätte Schwarz teuer zu stehen kommen
können.} ({Necessary was Notwendig war} 28... e2 $1 {to deflect the rook from
the d-file, e.g. , um den Turm von der d-Linie abzulenken, z.B.} 29. Re1 (29.
Bxe2 $5 Rxb6 30. Rda1) 29... Rxb6 30. Rxe2 Nd7 31. Qf7+ (31. Rd2) 31... Kd8 32.
Ra8+ Rb8 33. Rd2 {(threatening 34.Qf8++) (drohend 34.Qf8++)} Bd4 34. Re2 Be5
35. Rd2 {with a move repetition. mit Zugwiederholung.}) {[%tqu "En","White to
play and win.","","","d1a1","Missing his chance.",0,"a4a7","Deflecting the
queen from the Be5 and starting a king hunt!",15,"De","Weiß zieht und gewinnt.
","","","d1a1","Missing his chance.",0,"a4a7","Lenkt die Dame vom Be5 ab und
bläst zur Königsjagd!",15]} 29. Rda1 $2 {Missing his chance. Verpasst die
Chance.} ({Winning was Es gewann} 29. Ra7 $3 Qxa7 30. Qxe5+ Kf8 (30... Re6 31.
Bxe6 $1) 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rg8+ $1 {(exploiting the pin of the Nf6) and White
checkmates: (nutzt die Fesselung des Nf6) und Weiß setzt matt:} Kh6 33. Qf4+
Kh5 34. Be2+ Ng4 35. hxg4+ Kh4 36. g5#) 29... Kf8 {and White's attack was
finished.  und der weiße Angriff war am Ende.} 30. Bd5 e2 31. Qf2 Bd4 32. Qxe2
Nxd5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qf3 Kh6 35. R1a7 Qf4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 {Heutzutage ist diese
Variante in Mode, die alten Züge wie 5...Qa5+ oder 5...h6 werden praktisch
nicht mehr gespielt.} 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. Bd3 Be7 (8... Bg4 9. O-O Be7 10.
Nbd2 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxg5 12. Re1+ Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Qc2 (14. Qe2 $44) 14... g6
15. Re4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 O-O 17. Rae1 Bg5 18. Nc4 Qf6 {0-1 Corvi,M-Ljubisavljevic,
Z/Genoa 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 9. Bf4 (9. O-O O-O (9... Nxd5 10. Bxb5+ (10. exd5
Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Bf5 g6 $1) 10... axb5 11. Qxd5
Ra5 $14) 10. Qd2 (10. Bd2 Nbd7 (10... Bg4 $5) 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Ng3
g6 14. a4 Rb8 {0-1 Lazkano Gaite,T-Andres Gonzalez,A/San Sebastian 2003/EXT
2005 (38)}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Bg4 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bh5 13. Nc3 $13) 11. Nc3
h6 12. Bf4 (12. Bh4 $2 Nxd5) 12... Re8 13. Bc2 Nh5 {0-1 Runza,J-Jager/Prague
1933/EXT 99/[ChessBase] (34)}) 9... Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 (11. O-O Ne5 (
11... O-O $5) 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. b3 O-O 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Bd6 16. Qe2 Nd7 17.
Nd2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Ghaem Maghami,E/Calvia 2004/(28)}) 11... Bh5 12.
O-O O-O 13. b3 {Auf diese Weise sichert Weiß seine Stellung und verhindert
c5-c4.} (13. Qb1 Nb6 14. Bh2 Bg6 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. Ng1 Nfd7 17. g4 c4 18. Bc2 Nc5
19. f4 f6 20. Ngf3 b4 21. Nd4 Be8 22. Qe1 Qc7 23. Rf3 Qb7 24. Rc1 {0-1
Ovsiannikov,I-Varchenko,G/Kharkov 2002/(52)}) (13. Re1 c4 14. Bf1) 13... Rc8
14. Re1 Re8 $11 {[%cal Ge7f8][%mdl 32] Schwarz hat eine bequeme, gleiche
Stellung, ohne Probleme. Weiß hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum, aber die schwarze
Stellung ist aktiv am Damenflügel und im Zentrum. Mit dem Textzug bereitet
Schwarz das Läufermanöver Bf8 und nach g6 Bg7 vor.} 15. a4 Qb6 16. Qe2 Bf8 {
[%cal Ge8e2,Rf6d5]} 17. Qf1 Rb8 18. Ra2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 g6 {[%cal Gf8g7,Gg7a1]}
20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd2 Bg7 {Jetzt haben wir eine typische Benoni-Stellung, in
der das weiße Läuferpaar keine große Bedeutung hat und Schwarz steht aktiv.}
22. Bc3 c4 (22... Nh5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rea1 $14) 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Qc7 25.
Ra6 (25. Nd4 $5 Ne5 26. Rea1 (26. f4 Nd3 $132)) 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxc3 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rc6 Qa5 29. Rxd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Qxc4 Qa1+ (29... Bb4 $11)
30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bb4 $11) 29... Ne5 $19 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 {[%csl Rf1,Rg1]
[%cal Re5e1,Re1g1]} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 g6 (4... d6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. dxc5 Nxc5 7. b4
Ncd7 8. a3 a6 9. e4 {Djuric,S-Damljanovic,B Jug ch 1989 CBM 13}) (4... Be7 5.
d4 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O d6 {Mainka,R-Schmittdiel,E FRG ch 1989
CBM 15}) 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 (6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Be2) 6... O-O {-> E 10}
7. O-O d6 8. Rb1 (8. b3) 8... Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Ne8 11. dxe6 (11. Bd2 e5 {
/\ f5}) 11... fxe6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. e5 $5 Nc6 $1 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Bd3 b6 (15...
Rxf3 $5 16. gxf3 (16. Qxf3 Nf7 $1) 16... b6 $13) 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rbd1 Rae8 18.
Be4 Nd4 $1 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. b3 Qc6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Qd5 24.
Bc1 e5 $15 25. f3 e4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qd3 Bd6 29. g3 h5 $2 (
29... Bc5 $1 $17) 30. Bd2 h4 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. gxh4
Kg7 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 {Das Blumenfeld-Gambit, welches
heutzutage - nach langer Pause - wieder popular ist. Eine sehr wichtige
Stammpartie ist Tarrasch,S - Alekhine,A, Bad Pistany 1922, wo Schwarz in einer
schönen Partie gewonnen hat.} 5. Bg5 {Das ist eine ruhige positionelle
Fortsetzung und der theoretische Hauptzug. Nach 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 könnte Weiß
einen Bauern gewinnen, aber nach 6...Bb7 oder 6...d5 bekommt Schwarz seine
Gegenchancen.} exd5 6. cxd5 d6 {Das ist die schwarze Abweichung - 3 Runden
früher in der Bundesliga spielte er 6...h6.} (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qc2 c4 9.
a4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 bxa4 11. Rxa4 a5 12. e3 O-O 13. Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Postny,
E-Nisipeanu,L/Germany 2006/CBM 111(33)}) 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. Nbd2 (9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. axb5 Bxb2 11. Ra2 Bf6 12. Nbd2 (12. bxa6 Qb6 13. Nbd2 Bxa6 14. Qa4+
Ke7) 12... O-O 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nd7 $11) 9...
Nxd5 {Mit diesem taktischen Motiv nimmt Schwarz den wichtigen
d5-Zentrumsbauern.} 10. Bxe7 (10. exd5 Bxg5 11. axb5 O-O 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O
axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bxb5 Bxd5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 $17 {0-1 Tishin,
D-Ovetchkin,R/Alushta 2004/CBM 103(31)}) 10... Qxe7 11. axb5 O-O (11... Nf6 12.
Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nxe4 17. Qa4 $18 {
1-0 Kirusha,A-Ivanov,S/Gatchina 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) 12. Bc4 (12. Be2 Nb4 13.
O-O Bb7 14. bxa6 N8xa6 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Nfd2 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne3 Rf4 19.
Bf3 d5 20. g3 Rxf3 $2 (20... Rff8 $15) 21. Qxf3 Rf8 22. Qg4 {1-0 Bernal,G-Sanz,
P/Villa Martelli 2004/CBM 103 ext (32)}) 12... Nf4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Dieser
Springerzug ist eine theoretische Neuerung. Die Alternativen - 12...Nb6 und 12.
..Nb4 sind auch spielbar. Mit dem Textzug möchte Schwarz am Königsflügel seine
Gegenchancen finden.} (12... Nb6 13. O-O) (12... Nb4 13. O-O Bb7 14. bxa6 (14.
Re1 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 N8c6 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Cvitan,O/Celje 2004/
(16)}) 14... N8xa6 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Ra3 Qf6 (16... Ne6 17. Qb3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5
19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Re3 Kh8 22. Nd2 f5 {0-1 Malysev,V-Ghaem Maghami,
E/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM 97/[Hecht] (40)}) 17. Qb3 Ne6 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 d5 {
1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Volokitin,A/Baden Oos 2004/(22)}) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 {
[%cal Gc4f1]} axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nc6 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme
Stellung, er hat keine Eröffnungsprobleme und starkes Figurenspiel.} 17. Bf1
Qf6 {[%csl Gf4,Gf6][%cal Gf6b2]} 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qd2 Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} 20.
Kh1 Nd4 21. Re3 (21. Nxd4 Nxf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Nb5 d5 25. Ne3
d4 $17) 21... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd8d2]} 22. exd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gd5h1]}
23. Nce5 Nxf3 (23... h5 24. Nxd4 Qxf2 (24... Nxf2+ 25. Kg1 Ne4) 25. Qxf2 Nxf2+
26. Kg1 cxd4 27. Re1 $17) 24. gxf3 (24. Nxf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nf4 $17) 24... Nf4 {
[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Gf4][%cal Rd5h1]} 25. Qc3 (25. Qe1 h6 $17 (25... Qf5 $17)) 25...
Qh4 {[%csl Gf4,Rh1][%cal Rh4f2,Gd5h1]} 26. Qe1 Re8 $19 {[%cal Re8e5,Re8e6,
Re6h6] Droht 27...Rxe5! und 27...Re6.} 27. Bc4 (27. Kg1 Re6 $19) 27... Rxe5 $1
28. Bxd5 (28. Rxe5 Bxf3+ $19) 28... Qg5 (28... Qh3 $19) 29. Qg1 Qxg1+ (29...
Qxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Rxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Cummings, David H"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 Qa5+ (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3
b4 8. Nb5 Kd8 $5 {is more fun to play, but hardly appropriate for an Olympiad.}
) 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 $5 b4 8. Na4 Qc7 9. Qc2 d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. g3 Nc6 12. Bg2
Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. b3 Rad8 17. h3 Nb8 18. Bxf6 {
With this and his subsequent moves, White efficiently sets about taking any
tension out of the position.} Bxf6 19. Nd2 Nc6 20. e3 Be7 21. Ne4 Ne5 22. f4
Nf7 23. Rf2 Bc6 24. Rfd2 Rc8 25. Nf2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qc6+ 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Qxc6
Rxc6 29. Ne4 Ra6 {A minor success, tying the knight to a4, but it is not
enough for Black to generate serious winning possibilities.} 30. g4 Rc8 31. Rc2
Rcc6 32. Kg3 Ra5 {Dreaming of 32...Rca6 followed by an exchange sacrifice.
Fortunately Black soon thinks better of the idea!} 33. g5 g6 34. h4 h5 35. Kf3
Kg7 36. Ng3 Rc8 37. Ke2 Ra6 38. Ne4 Nd8 39. Kf3 Nb7 40. Ng3 Na5 41. Nb2 {
The knight has escaped so it is high time to offer a draw before White starts
thinking about playing for a win!} Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 $5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 b4 8.
Nb5 Kd8 $5 9. e4 g5 $5 {After my terrible 0/2 start to the tournament I
decided that risky play was called for - and this is undoubtedly the riskiest
opening in my repertoire. I have used this crazy system only twice before,
almost a decade ago, scoring a win against Portisch and a terrible loss to
Dutch IM DeBoer.} 10. a3 $5 ({Opening up the queenside is certainly a logical
plan but the principal reason this system has fallen into disuse (apart from
the fact that it ridiculous to play ...Kd8 on move 8) is Malaniuk's find} 10.
e5 Qg7 11. g4 $1 {intending to meet} h5 {with} 12. Rg1 $1) ({Vokac was worried
about} 10. e5 Qf4 $5 {but after} 11. h3 $1 {Black's queen can find herself in
trouble (Bd3 followed by g3 is the threat).}) 10... g4 ({In view of the
tournament situation Black could not afford to play} 10... Qxb2 {(!) since
White could then force a draw with} 11. e5 {/\Rb1, Ra1, etc.}) 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12.
axb4 cxb4 13. Be2 Bb7 14. c5 $5 {A remarkable way to avoid the threatened 14...
a6. With Black's king stuck on d8, every new open line should favour White.}
exd5 15. exd5 Bxc5 $1 16. O-O $1 ({This is much stronger than the more obvious
} 16. Ne4 {when Black can play} Re8 $1 17. Nxc5 Rxe2+ $1 18. Kf1 Rxf2+ 19. Ke1
Bxd5 $1) 16... Qe5 $1 ({Since} 16... Bxd5 $6 17. Nc4 {leaves Black in terrible
trouble, Black must try to capture the d5 pawn with his queen.}) 17. Nb3 Bb6
18. Bc4 $1 a6 19. N5d4 a5 ({Black would like to take time out to guard his g
pawn with} 19... h5 {but White can use the tempo to gain excellent attacking
chances after} 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Qd2 a5 22. Re4 $1 {/\Rf4, Nf5.}) 20. Qxg4 a4 21.
Nf3 Qf6 22. Nbd2 h5 23. Qh3 {A difficult decision.} (23. Qe4 Re8 24. Qb1 {
/\Ne4 was also tempting.}) 23... Qf4 $1 24. Rfe1 $6 {At first sight the
ensuing ending is tremendous for White but Black's connected passed pawns turn
out to be the most important factor.} ({It was imperative to keep queens on
the board by playing} 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qg2 Re8 26. Rfe1 {when White retains
serious attacking chances.}) 24... Qg4 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Ne5 Rf8 27. Ne4 $2 {
Diagram [#]} ({Having realised that} 27. d6 {(mhb: I add the following text,
probably truncated) is strongly met by} Nc6 $1 28. Nxf7+ Kc8) ({(mhb: I add
the following text, probably truncated) White could have try (end of added
text mhb)} 27. Rab1 $1 {/\27...b3 28.Nxb3! Black should prefer} Ba5 28. Ne4 Ba6
{although the position remains somewhat unclear.}) 27... Bd4 28. Rab1 $5 ({
The best try, since} 28. Nd6 Bxa1 29. Nxb7+ Kc7 {would be quite hopeless.})
28... Bxe5 29. Nc5 Bc3 (29... Bc8 $5 30. Rxe5 d6 {would have been slightly
simpler.}) 30. Nxb7+ Kc7 31. Rec1 d6 $1 {The only move but a winner.} 32. Bb5 (
{Now White's knight is trapped and Black can meet} 32. Bd3 {/\33.Rxb4 with the
simple} Kd7 {/\...a3-a2. White's next moves are sheer desperation.}) 32... Kxb7
33. Rxc3 bxc3 34. Bc6+ Ka7 35. Bxa4 Na6 {It has taken Black 35 moves to
develop this knight - enough reason not to play this opening for another
decade!} 36. Ra1 Rab8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Arduman, Can"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. e4 b4 11. Nd1 Be7 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. O-O Nd7
15. Rfc1 Rb8 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Bf6 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. b3 Bg4 20. Qf4 Nxc4 21.
Rxc4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bb2 $5 23. Ra6 Rxb3 24. e5 $1 g6 $1 25. exd6 Qb7 26. Rc6 Bd4
27. g3 Ra3 $1 28. Rxd4 $5 {With both players heading into serious time trouble,
Arduman mades a radical decision to keep the initiative.} ({Black was hoping
for} 28. Qe4 Qb2 29. Rc2 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1) 28... cxd4 29. Qe4 Rc3 30. Qe7 Qb4
31. Bf1 a5 32. Qe5 Qb7 33. Ba6 Qd7 34. Bb5 Qf5 35. Qxd4 Rb3 36. Be2 Re8 $4 {
The rook is terribly placed on e8.} ({Black should have played} 36... Rb4 37.
Qd2 Rd8 {with a clear advantage.}) 37. Bg4 $1 Qg5 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rc8 Rb8 40. h4
Qe7 41. Qa7 $1 {The time scramble has gone disastrously for Black and
Johansen's teammates had virtually written off the game. However Black somehow
continues to find creative ways to resist.} Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Qxa5 Rxd7 $1
44. Qc3+ f6 45. Be6 $1 Ra7 46. Rg8+ Kh6 47. Qd2+ g5 48. hxg5+ fxg5 49. d6 $2 ({
Up to here White has played the attack impeccably but now he misses} 49. f4 $1
g4 50. f5+ Kh5 51. Bf7+ {and mates}) 49... Qf6 50. d7 Raa1 51. Bd5 Rg1+ 52. Kh2
Rgd1 {A crazy position. The Australian and Turkish players, all engrossed in
this game, felt that White should still be winning but the onus was on Arduman
to overcome the clouds of confusion which Johansen had managed to create and
actually win the game.} 53. d8=Q $1 ({The more obvious} 53. Qxg5+ {leads to a
theoretically drawn rook endgame after} Qxg5 54. Rxg5 Ra8 $1 55. Re5 Rd8 56.
Be6 R8xd7) 53... Qxd8 54. Qb2 $2 ({White's last chance lay in} 54. Qxd1 $1 Qxg8
55. Qxa1 Qxd5 56. Qf6+ Kh5 57. f3 {when Black is forced to enter a highly
unpleasant queen ending after} g4 58. Qh4+) 54... Rh1+ $3 55. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 56.
Kxh1 Qxg8 57. Qf6+ Qg6 58. Qf8+ Qg7 59. Qd6+ Qg6 60. Qe7 Qc6+ 61. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. a3 $1 a5 {Knowing that this
is Nisipeanu's pet variation in the Blumenfeld with 5. Bg5, Ponomariov
prepared a powerful novelty.} ({In case of} 6... h6 7. Bh4 a5 {White continues}
8. axb4 cxb4 9. Nd4 {with advantage:} Be7 (9... Bc5 10. Nb3 $1) 10. Nb5 d6 11.
c5 O-O 12. dxe6 dxc5 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Nd2 Kg8 15. e3 Ng4 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Ne4
Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nc6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Nxc5 {with a pawn up for White, Ivanchuk,V
(2787)-Nisipeanu,L (2668)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007.}) 7. e4 $1 {As indicated by
Ponomariov after the game, this idea was discovered by his second Alexander
Moiseenko.} ({Previously White continued} 7. axb4 cxb4 8. Nd4 Bc5 9. e3 {
but Nisipeanu has played it before with good results for Black.} ({with the
bishop on g5 instead of h4 the move} 9. Nb3 {doesn't work in view of} Bxf2+ 10.
Kxf2 Ng4+)) 7... h6 (7... d6 8. axb4 cxb4 9. c5 $1 {with the idea} dxc5 10. e5
{and White's initiative seems to be decisive.}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e5 Qd8 (9...
Qg6 10. Bd3 Qxg2 11. Rg1 Qh3 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Nbd2 {is also far from
attractive for Black.}) 10. Bd3 (10. d6 {is not convincing in view of} Bb7 11.
Bd3 g5 $1 {with counterplay against pawn e5.}) (10. Nbd2 {is an interesting
alternative suggested by Ponomariov, with the idea to prevent} g6 {which is
just bad here because of} 11. Ne4) 10... g6 {It is already hard to suggest
anything good for Black.} (10... Bb7 11. Be4) ({After} 10... d6 {apart from 11.
0-0, White can also consider the ultra-aggressive} 11. axb4 cxb4 12. c5) 11.
Nbd2 Bg7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 {Black's position is difficult and
Nisipeanu tries to complicate matters by tactical means.} d6 15. Nxd6 Bg4 (
15... Bxe5 16. Nxf7 {is even worse.}) 16. Re1 $1 (16. Nc4 {allows Black to
complicate matters indeed:} Qxd5 $1 17. Nb6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd8 ({or} 18... Qxe5
19. Nxa8 Qf4 20. Re1 Bxb2) 19. Nxa8 Bxe5 {with compensation}) 16... Bxe5 (16...
Nd7 17. Nc4) ({or} 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxe5 18. Nc4 Bd4 19. d6 {is also a
large advantage for White}) 17. Nxf7 $1 ({After} 17. Rxe5 Qxd6 {Black is
actually doing okay.}) 17... Rxf7 18. Rxe5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Re3 (20. Re6
Nf8) 20... Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Be2 Rd8 23. axb4 axb4 24. d6 {White is a pawn
up and his king is safer. Besides, Black has no stable square for the knight.
All this means that White should already be winning.} Rf5 {Probably not the
most stubborn way to put up resistance, but as mentioned, the situation was
difficult anyway.} 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qe6 Nf7 27. d7 Kg7 28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Bd3 Rg5
30. Qe8 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qxb2 32. Re7 Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 Qf5 35. h3 b3 36.
Bc4 1-0

[Event "Pardubice KB Czech op"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2003.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Swicarz, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {. . . . . . Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 {Quite a rare
opening nowdays.} 5. Bg5 {The most principal.} Qa5+ (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
Qc2 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. e5 $1 dxe5 (12... Qe7
13. e6 (13. Qe4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nd7 15. e6 Nf6 $10) 13... Bxf3 14. Nxf3 fxe6 15.
Qg6+ Qf7 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6+ 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. Bc4 $16 {Chernin}) 13. Ne4 Qf4 14.
Nfd2 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. g3 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 (18... Qf3 19. O-O f5
20. Nd2 $16) (18... Qg6 19. Nxc5 Qb6 20. Nxa6 $1 Bd6 21. Qc6 $18) 19. d6 $1 Qg6
(19... f5 20. Nxc5 $1 Rc8 21. Bxf5 $1 $18) 20. Rd1 b3 21. Qe2 f5 22. g4 $1 c4
23. Bb1 fxg4 (23... Rc8 24. Ng3 $18) 24. Qxc4 Qf7 25. Qc6 Rd8 26. hxg4 g6 27.
Nc5 Rg8 28. Be4 Bg7 29. Nxa6 Qf4 30. Nc7+ Kf7 31. Qc4+ Kf6 32. Nd5+ {1-0
Chernin,A-Miles,A/Tunis 1985/IZT/[ChessBase] (32)}) 6. Nc3 $5 {The most
ambitious move.} ({There are alternatives:} 6. Bd2) (6. Nbd2) ({and the most
popular is} 6. Qd2) 6... Ne4 {[%csl Rc3,Rg5][%cal Ge4g5,Ge4c3] The main.Black
wants to use a pin.On} (6... b4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Ne4 b3+ (8... f5 9. Nf6+ Ke7
10. Qd2 $36) 9. Nc3 bxa2 10. Rxa2 Qb4 11. e4 Rg8 12. g3 $16 {1-0 Ionescu,
C-Kogan,A/Manresa 1997/EXT 2000 (27)}) 7. cxb5 $5 {In my opinion,that move is
quite logical:white has a development advantage,so he should try to change the
close type of position at any cost.It's just amazing,that there are only a few
games with 7.cxb5.} ({Much more popular here is 7.Bd2,but i don't like that
because black gets a pair of bishops.} 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 (8. Qxd2 b4 9. Nd1
d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. g3 Nc6 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. O-O Be7 14. Qf4 Qc7 15. Ne3 Bf6 16.
Rad1 Ne5 $15 {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Smagin,S/Elista 1995/CBM 50 (34)}) 8... b4 9. Nce4
f5 10. Ng3 g6 11. e4 Bg7 12. exf5 exf5 13. Bd3 (13. Nxf5 $6 gxf5 14. Qh5+ Ke7
15. Bd3 Qb6 16. O-O Qg6 17. Rfe1+ Kd8 18. Qf3 (18. Qxf5 {Ftacnik} Qxf5 19. Bxf5
Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3 $19) 18... Rf8 (18... d6 19. Re6 $1 Qg5 20. Rd1 $132) 19. d6
Qxd6 20. Qxa8 Nc6 21. Bxf5 (21. Rad1 Kc7 (21... Qxd3 {} 22. Nb3 Qxc4 23. Qxc6
$18) 22. Bc2 Ba6 $3 (22... Qg6 $2 23. Nb3 Ba6 24. Nxc5 Rxa8 25. Rxd7+ Kc8 (
25... Kb6 26. Na4+ Ka5 27. Rd5+ Bb5 28. Rxb5+ Ka6 29. Nc5#) 26. Bxf5 $18) (
22... Bb7 23. Ne4 $1 Qe7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 $13) 23. Re8
Bb7 24. Rxf8 Bxa8 25. Rxa8 Qe6 $17) 21... Rxf5 22. Ne4 (22. Re8+ Kxe8 23. Qxc8+
Kf7 $19) 22... Qf8 23. Rad1 Bd4 24. Kh1 Kc7 25. a3 b3 26. Nd2 (26. Re2 {Ftacnik
} Bb7 27. Qxf8 Rxf8 $17) 26... Rxf2 27. Nxb3 Qg7 28. Rg1 Rxb2 29. Nxd4 cxd4 {
0-1 Gyimesi,Z-Tolnai,T/Budapest 1996/CBM 53/[Ftacnik] (29)} 30. Rb1 Bb7 31. Qe8
Qxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Rxb1+ 33. Rg1 Ne5#) (13. Qc2 d6 $15) 13... O-O 14. Qb3 d6 15.
O-O Nd7 16. f4 Qd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Belozerov,A-Feoktistov,A/Moscow 1996/CBM 55
ext (20)}) 7... Bb7 $2 {Attacking the key pawn on d5 and trying to break
white's centre.That move looks the most promising,but actually that is losing!}
(7... Nxg5 8. Nxg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 f5 13. d6 $6 (
13. dxe6 $1 fxe4 (13... dxe6 14. Bc4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 $16) 14. Nxe4 Qb6 15. Nc3
Qxe6 16. Rd1 $16) 13... Bd8 14. e5 a6 15. bxa6 Nxa6 16. O-O Qb4 17. a3 Qb3 18.
Qc1 Bc6 $44 {0-1 Nagy,A-Csiszar,C/Hungary 1997/EXT 2000 (43)}) ({The best is:} 
7... a6 $1 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 axb5 10. e4 c4 11. a4 Bb4 12. Nxb5 exd5 13. exd5
O-O 14. Be2 Bb7 (14... Re8 $2 15. O-O $1 Bxd2 16. Nd6 $16) 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Qxd5 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Ra2 Qd3 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Rc2 Qf6 21. Rxc4 Ba6 22. Rc2
Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Johansen,D-Depasquale,C/Melbourne
1991/CBM 22 ext (33)}) 8. Bd2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] That is one of my best
novelties,that was found at the game.} (8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d5 $2
(10... Qc7 $1 11. e4 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O a6 $14) 11. e4 d4 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13.
Nc4 Qb4 14. O-O-O g6 15. Qe5 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Rf8 17. Qd6+ Kc8 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qxc5+
{1-0 Borovikov,V-Sharapov,E/Sevastopol 2000/EXT 2001 (19)}) 8... Nxc3 $6 {
Now white gets an ideal places for his bishops,and the game is over.} ({
More resistant was:} 8... Nxd2 9. Nxd2 Bxd5 (9... exd5 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. Nxd5 c4
12. Rc1 $1 cxb3 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Qxb3 $18) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. e3 $16 (11. e4 $5
dxe4 12. Bc4 a6 $8 13. Qh5 $40)) 9. Bxc3 Qxb5 10. e4 Qb6 (10... c4 11. Qd4 $1
exd5 12. Qe5+ Be7 (12... Kd8 13. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 14. Ba5+ $18) 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14.
Nd4 Qc5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qxh7 $18) 11. Bc4 Be7 {Otherwise black is not able
to finish development.} 12. Bxg7 $1 {White has a development advantage,so he
should prevent 12...0-0 at any cost!} (12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 a5 $16 {[%cal Gb7a6]
}) 12... Rg8 (12... Qb4+ 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. Bc3 $18) 13. Bc3 Rxg2 14. Ne5 $1 $18 {
All white pieces are attacking.On the other hand,black's pieces Ra8 and Nb8
are not developed and Bb7 is completely out of play.} f6 (14... Bh4 15. Qh5 $1
Bxf2+ 16. Kf1 $18) (14... Rg5 15. f4 Rg7 16. Qh5 exd5 17. exd5 d6 (17... Bf6
18. O-O-O d6 19. Nxf7 $18) 18. Ng4 $18) 15. Qh5+ Kd8 16. Qh3 ({The most simple
was:} 16. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Ge5c4]} fxe5 (16... Rg8 17. Nc4 $1 Qa6 18. Ba5+ $18)
17. Bxg2 $18) 16... Rg8 (16... Rg7 17. Qh6 Rg2 18. Nf7+ Kc8 19. Qxh7 exd5 20.
exd5 Rg4 21. Qh8+ Kc7 22. d6+ Bxd6 23. Qd8+ $18) 17. Qxh7 Re8 18. Nf7+ Kc8 19.
O-O-O {White has an extra pawn,but that is not the most important.Black hasn't
any active piece with no chance for counterplay!} Na6 (19... exd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 (21. exd5 $18 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 21... Qe6 22. Rhd1 Nc6 23. Nd6+ $18) 20.
Rhg1 {[%mdl 32768]} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Esen, Baris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

{The reason why I selected this game for annotations is because of the unusual
opening played by Nigel Short and the fact that a completely dubious sacrifice
by Baris Esen created quite a few practical problems even for a 2686 player.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 $5 {What is that?!! Well the line isn't so rare.
It has been played in nearly 500 games and essayed by top players like
Romanishin, Gurevich and Miles.} 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qc2 g6 8.
c5 $6 {Esen wants to prove that the move a6 was a mistake by Short and hence
plays in an aggressive fashion. But maybe it was better to continue in normal
style with e3.} (8. e3 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O $14 {Black doesn't have such a
bad position but we can surely agree that it is easier to play as White.}) 8...
Qd8 (8... dxc5 9. Ne4 Qd8 10. Nxc5 Nd7 $11) 9. e3 {Esen plays in quite a
creative mood, but this pawn sacrifice isn't so great. The compensation is
quite unclear.} dxc5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 (11. Bxg6 dxc3 $19) 11... Bg7 12.
Bxg6 {In for a penny, in for a pound! Objectively this sacrifice is wrong but
objectivity was thrown out of the window the moment Black played 3...a6} (12.
O-O O-O {would mean that White is a pawn down without much compensation.})
12... fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Kf8 {White really doesn't have anything much here for the
sacrificed piece. Yet in a practical game there are always chances to go wrong.
} 14. O-O {One pawn and a slight lead in development, that is what White is
banking on.} Nc6 (14... Qf6 {looked natural but} 15. Qg3 {attacking c7, is
quite an irritating move to meet.} (15. Ne5 Nc6 $1 $17) 15... Nc6 16. Qxc7 {
The computer still shouts a clear advantage for Black but things do not really
look so clear anymore.}) 15. Rfe1 (15. Rad1 {defending the d4-pawn was better.}
) 15... Nxd4 $1 {Nigel doesn't see any ghosts and picks up another pawn. With .
..c5 in the reserve any pin on the d-file will not be very dangerous.} 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 (16... Qxd4 17. Re3 $1 (17. Rad1 Qf6 $17) 17... Qf6 18. Rf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3
{Shouldn't White be clearly better?} Rg8 $1 {The story isn't over yet.} 20. Kh1
Bxc3 21. Qxh6+ Bg7 22. Qf4+ Ke8 23. Qxc7 $13 {The position is unclear with
mutual chances.}) 17. Ne4 (17. Re3 $5 {Trying to get the f-file at all costs.}
Qf6 $1 (17... Bxe3 $2 18. fxe3 $18 {There is no good way to meet Rf1 and Ne4
with a blistering attack.}) 18. Rf3 $2 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rg8 $19) 17... Qe8 (17...
Qe7 {With the idea of e5} 18. Rad1 e5 19. Nf6 Qf7 20. Qe4 Qxf6 21. Rxd4 Bf5 $19
) 18. Qg3 Rg8 (18... Qe7 {Defending the c7-pawn was better. Maybe Nigel was
afraid of} 19. Re3 $5 {If the rook is taken then fxe3 and the f-file opens.
Even that seems to be totally fine for Black, but a better defence is} Rh7 $1
20. Rf3+ Rf7 $19 {when all is well.}) (18... e5 19. Re3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Be6 21.
Qxe5 (21. Rf1+ Bf7 $19) 21... Rg8 22. Qf6+ (22. Nf6 Qc6 23. Nxg8 Kxg8 $19)
22... Qf7 23. Qxh6+ Ke8 24. Rf1 (24. Nf6+ Ke7 $19) 24... Rg6 $1 (24... Qg6 $2
25. Rf8+ $1) 25. Qh8+ Qg8 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6 Rd8 $19 {Black is better but
you can see the tremendous complications and minefields he has to navigate in
order to get to this point.}) 19. Qxc7 Qe7 $6 (19... Qd7 {was better as we
shall we in the game.}) 20. Qf4+ Kg7 (20... Qf7 21. Qd6+ $18) 21. Ng3 $1 {
Now Nf5+ is a huge threat which wouldn't have been the case if the queen were
on d7. Also the bishop on d4 would have been defended.} Bf6 $1 {Nigel remains
alert and tries to find the best possible defensive moves in a situation that
has gone completely haywire for him.} 22. Nf5+ exf5 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Qc7 Kf7
25. Re1 $14 {Materially Black is doing fine, but his king is weak and so are
his pawns. White should be slightly better here.} Be6 26. Qxb7 Rad8 27. Qxa6 {
Black has lost many pawns, but it seems he has co-ordinated himself to some
extent. The fluctuating nature of the game continues and the slightly better
position for Esen slowly goes downhill as Nigel co-ordinates his pieces to
launch a strong attack on the white king.} Bd5 28. g3 (28. Qa7 $1 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1
Re8 30. Qd7 Ba8 31. Re5 $18) (28. f3 {was possible but has its share of
problems.} Rge8 {...Bc5+ is a strong threat now.} (28... Bxf3 $2 29. Qe6+ $18)
29. a4 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Be6 $11 {Somehow it seems much safer to
have your king in the open on e1 than to be boxed in on g1 as in the game.})
28... Bf6 29. a4 Rge8 $1 {The back rank weakness is critical and Nigel makes
the very practical decision to exchange rooks.} 30. Rf1 $2 {After this the two
bishops and the two rooks combined with the h-pawn will launch such an attack
that it would be impossible for White to defend.} (30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Kf1 {
This might seem risky but Black has no way to take advantage of the king on f1.
The position should end in a draw.}) 30... h5 $1 {This little pawn on the side
of the board is the key element in Black's attack. All of the huge forces -
two bishops and two rooks are useless if the lines are not opened up and this
h-pawn will make sure he opens the floodgates.} 31. b4 h4 $1 32. a5 $2 {
Sometimes when your opponent attacks you should show some indifference. But
often you have to be careful about their threats. There is a thin balance
which the engines have mastered. As for humans we keep making mistakes and
will continue doing so in the future!} (32. f3 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Re3 $40 {is also
pretty dangerous.}) 32... hxg3 $1 {The game is over after this.} 33. hxg3 (33.
fxg3 Bd4+ $19) 33... Bf3 $1 (33... Rh8 {Maybe Esen thought that he could meet
this with f3 and be still alright. As it turns out the move f3 can be stopped
before playing Rh8.}) 34. Qc4+ Kg6 35. Qb3 Bd5 36. Qd3 Ba8 37. Qc2 Bd4 $1 {
Pinning the f2-pawn and threatening the deadly Rh8.} 38. Qc4 Rh8 39. Qe6+ Kg5
40. Qe7+ Kg4 {Mate cannot be averted. This might not end up as another king
walk legend by Nigel Short, but it nonetheless was a very exciting game.} 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Nc3 b4 6. Na4 Bb7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. e4 d6 10. a3 Nd7 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Nd4 Rfc8 16. b3 Bf8 17. Rae1 Re8 18. Bd1 g6 19. Nc2 a5 20. Nd4 h5 21. g3 Rbc8
22. f4 e5 23. Nb5 exf4 24. gxf4 Ba6 25. Na7 Rc7 26. Nc6 Bh6 27. Qf2 Bc8 28. Kh1
Qg7 29. Qg3 Bb7 30. Nxa5 Ba8 31. Bf3 Kh8 32. Bg2 Qd4 33. Rd1 Qa7 34. Nc6 Bxc6
35. dxc6 Rxc6 36. e5 Ra6 37. exd6 Re3 38. Qf2 Rxb3 39. Qxa7 Rxa7 40. Bc6 Nb8
41. Bb5 Ra3 42. Rfe1 Kg7 43. Re8 Rb7 44. Re7 Rxb5 45. cxb5 Rxa4 46. Rb7 Ra8 47.
d7 Nxd7 48. Rbxd7 Rb8 49. R7d5 Kf6 50. R1d4 Bf8 51. Rd8 Bc5 52. Rxb8 Bxd4 53.
Rd8 {Wei Yi resigned the game at this point seeing that his bishop is attacked,
and if he moves it, b6 followed by b7-b8 is threatened. After b6 he cannot
play ...Bxb6, as then Rd6+ will pick up the piece. Yet, here Black has a
miraculous defence which was overlooked by the Chinese grandmaster.} Z0 (53...
Bb6 $3 {Can you believe this! This is the only way in which Black can fight on,
although most probably even this is objectively lost. But it is not so easy to
prove it.} 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Rd2 (55. Rxb6 $2 b3 $1 {The a- and c-files are
useless as a1 and c1 will be covered after b2. And there are no other squares
available.} 56. Rb7+ Ke8 57. Rb8+ Ke7 $11) 55... Ke6 56. Kg2 {Slowly White
should win this as he will activate his king and break the fortress. However,
this sequence starting with ...Bb6 was definitely worth trying over the board
by Wei Yi.}) (53... Be3 $2 54. b6 $1 Bxb6 (54... b3 55. b7 b2 56. b8=Q $18) 55.
Rd6+ $18) (53... b3 $2 54. Rxd4 b2 55. Rb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Graz op-A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Colpe, Malte"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 {Das Blumenfeld-Gambit erfreut sich
wieder einiger Beliebtheit.} 5. Nc3 $6 ({Die "Normalen" Züge sind} 5. Bg5) ({
oder} 5. dxe6) 5... b4 6. Na4 d6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 9. a3 Na6 10. axb4
Nxb4 {[#]} 11. e4 $2 (11. Nc3 O-O $15) (11. Nc3 Qe7 12. e3 O-O $15) 11... Qa5 {
Nun droht Sc2 mit Gewinn, wogegen es keine gute Verteiidgung mehr gibt.} 12.
Nd2 (12. Qd2 Nc2+ {hilft erst recht nicht.}) 12... Bxb2 13. Nb3 {[#]} (13. Nxb2
Qxa1 14. Qxa1 Nc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. Bd3 Rb8 {mit Qualität und Bauer mehr, war
auch kein Vergnügen.}) 13... Nc2+ 14. Ke2 Nd4+ (14... Nd4+ 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16.
Ra2 exd5 17. exd5 Qb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 {Against Nc3 and g3 the move Bb4 is
considered to give Black easy equality.} Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 $10 7. Qc2
d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. a4 Bd7
14. a5 Bc6 15. d5 Bd7 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Ra3 e5 18. Rb1 b6 19. Rba1 Rac8 20. axb6
axb6 21. Ra7 Nf6 22. Rb7 Qh5 23. f3 f4 24. gxf4 exf4 25. Bd4 Qg5 26. Kh1 Nh5
27. Raa7 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Nf5 29. Kh1 Ne3 30. Bxe3 fxe3 31. Qc1 (31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32.
Rxc7 Ra8 33. Qb2 Qh4 34. Qb1 Bf5 $13) 31... Rf7 32. Qf1 Bf5 33. Bh3 h6 34. Qg2
Qh4 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Qg1 Rg5 37. Qf1 Qxc4 38. Qd1 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nf3 b5 {3. - c5 intending 4.d5 b5! transposing to the
Kamchatka gambit.} 4. Nbd2 bxc4 5. Nxc4 e6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Bf4 Bd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. b3 a5 12. Ne3 Be4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nb4 15. Qd2 Ne4
16. Qb2 Nd5 17. Qc2 f5 18. f3 Nef6 19. Bd2 c6 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nb4 22. Qb1
Qb6 23. Be3 Qb7 24. a3 Na6 25. Nc4 Nc7 26. a4 Rfb8 27. Bf4 Ra7 28. Rf3 c5 29.
Bxc7 Qxc7 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Nxd5 $2 32. Qe4 Qc6 33. Rf5 Bf6 34. Rxd5 Bd4+
35. Kh1 Qe6 36. Qxe6+ dxe6 37. Rd6 Rxb3 38. Rxe6 h6 39. Nf4 Rb4 40. Ne5 Ra8 41.
Nd5 Rb2 42. Nc6 Rf8 43. Nxd4 cxd4 44. Nf4 Ra2 45. Re7 d3 46. Nxd3 Rd8 47. Nf4
Rdd2 48. h4 Kh7 49. Nh5 Kg6 50. Rxg7+ Kf5 51. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 (4. g3) (4. Nc3) 4... d5 (4... d6 $5 5. Nc3
g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 $10 {
Naumkin,I-Titov,G/POL/1992/}) 5. e3 (5. Nc3 g6 (5... a6 6. cxd5 $1 exd5 7. Bg5
Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. h3 $14 {Timoshenko,
G-Naumkin,I/URS/1987/}) (5... dxc4 6. e4 Na5 $13) (5... dxc4 $5) 6. Bf4 Bg7 7.
e3 (7. Nb5 $5 O-O 8. Bxc7 $8 Qd7 9. Ne5 $5) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 Bd7 9. Rd1 a6 10.
h3 Re8 11. Bh2 $1 $16 {Sakaev,K-Blumberg,V/Groningen/1992/}) 5... g6 (5... dxc4
$5 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. b4 a6 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 (10... e5 $1 $10)
11. Ne5 $16 {Huss,A-Summermatter,D/SUI/1992/}) 6. b4 $1 Bg7 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
f5 $5 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 (11... Ne7 {/\Bd7-c6/}))
9. Rc1 Ne7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 $14 a6 (12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bc6 15. b5 dxc4 $13) 13. Nxd7 $5 (13. Nb3 Ba4 $1) (13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bc6 $14) 13... Qxd7 14. Nf3 c6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qe2 b5 (16... Kh8
$5) 17. c5 Qc7 18. a4 $1 Nf6 (18... bxa4 19. Ra1 a5 20. b5 $5) 19. Ra1 g5 $1 (
19... Nd7 20. f4 $16) 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. f4 Nxe5 (21... g4 $5) 22. dxe5 d4 $5 (
22... g4 23. Rfa1 Rab8) 23. exd4 (23. Bxd4 $32 Nd5 24. Qb2 $14) 23... gxf4 24.
Rxf4 Nd5 25. Rh4 Qd8 $2 (25... Nxb4 26. Qh5 h6 27. Bc1 Qf7 $13) 26. Qh5 h6 27.
Bc1 f4 $2 28. Qg6 $1 $16 Rf7 (28... Qxh4 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Bg6+ $18) 29. Rxh6
Kf8 (29... Nxb4 30. Rh8+ $1 $18) 30. Qxe6 Nf6 $5 (30... Bxh6 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32.
Qxc6 Nxb4 33. Qd6+ $18) 31. Rxf6 (31. exf6 Bxh6) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kf1 Bxf6 33.
Qd6+ (33. exf6 Rd8 $1 34. Be2 Rxf6 35. Qh3 $18) 33... Qxd6 34. exd6 $18 bxa4 (
34... Rc8 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bf5 Re8 37. Bg6 Rg7 38. Bxe8) 35. Bd2 $1 (35. Rxa4
Bc3) 35... a5 36. Rxa4 Rfa7 37. b5 cxb5 38. Bxb5 Rb8 39. Bd3 Rb2 40. c6 $1 Rxd2
41. c7 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rc1 43. Rc4 Rxc4 44. Bxc4 Ra8 45. d7 1-0

[Event "Basel Hilton op 14th"]
[Site "Basel"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutz, Bernhard"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Skembris,S"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In my CBM article about the flexible 3...a6 I mentioned some sidelines, where
only a few games had been played so far. So here I present two of the most
important sidelines, which were played in recent games, as un update to the
article. I'm sure we are going to see more games in these lines, because there
are still a lot of possibilities to explore.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4.
Nc3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Bg5 b4 7. Ne4 ({I had analysed this position with a student
of mine, who had to face the new move} 7. Na4 $5 d6 8. e4 ({after} 8. Bxf6 gxf6
9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. O-O Be7 {the position is dynamically balanced, as
Black has a somewhat weaker pawn structure on the kingside, but he has also
the two bishops, and the white knight on a4 may become a target.}) 8... Nbd7 9.
Qc2 {White's plan is to finish his development and enjoy his space advantage
and control of the centre.} (9. dxe6 fxe6 $132) 9... h6 ({The text move is not
really wrong, but I'd prefer} 9... Be7 $5) 10. Bd2 e5 $6 {But this move I
don't like as it closes the centre and gives White the time to finsih his
development comfortably.} (10... Be7 $142 $5) 11. h4 {This aggressive move
cannot be the best answer to Black's last move.} (11. a3 $5 {is more in the
spirit of the position} a5 $140 12. g3 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O $36) 11... g6
12. g3 Ng4 $6 {1-0 Moor,O (2370)-Kummle, T (2088)/ Zurich 27/12/2011 (51).
After this White takes control of the game and enjoys a long lasting
initiative and space advantage, which is very annoying for Black in a
practical game.} (12... Nb6 $5 $132 {was better:} 13. a3 $140 ({after} 13. Nxb6
Qxb6 {Black gets a nicely playable game}) 13... Nxa4 14. axb4 $5 (14. Qxa4+ Bd7
15. Qc2 b3 $5 $132) 14... Nb6 15. bxc5 Bg4 $1 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 dxc5 {
and White has to prove his compensation.})) 7... Be7 $5 {An interesting
positional continuation which avoids doubled f-pawns.} 8. d6 {I mentioned this
move in the article, but didn't go a lot further, since it was hardly ever
played. Black should be ok, but the position is not so simple.} ({The
alternatives} 8. Bxf6) ({and} 8. Nxf6+ {are examinated in the article.}) 8...
Nxe4 {Black has to pick up the gauntlet. .} 9. Bxe7 ({After} 9. dxe7 Qb6 {
Black sooner or later will find a way to pick up the pawn on e7.}) 9... Qb6 $5
$146 {An interesting novelty which I found during the game.} ({In my article I
analysed only} 9... Qa5 {as this had been played in the only game I found.} 10.
b3 ({Another interesting move is} 10. e3 $5 b3+ $140 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. axb3 Qxd2+
13. Qxd2 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Nxe7 15. dxe7 Kxe7 $132) 10... Nc6 11. Qd3 f5 12. g4
Nxe7 13. dxe7 Qb6 14. Rg1 g6 15. Rd1 Ra7 16. h4 Nc3 17. Rd2 Ne4 18. Rd1 Nc3 {
1/2-1/2 Gefenas,V-Sellberg,J/ICCF corr 1988/Corr 2004}) 10. Qd3 {This gives
the upper hand to Black.} ({The best try for White was the direct} 10. Ng5 Nxg5
11. Bxg5 O-O $36 12. e3 $140 f6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. O-O Bb7 $132) ({
After} 10. e3 b3 $132 11. axb3 $140 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 (12. Ke2 Nc6 $44) 12... Nc6
13. Bh4 Nxd6 14. Ra4 Qb6 $132) 10... Bb7 11. Nd2 $6 ({One of the points of ...
Qb6 is that after} 11. e3 Nc6 $36 {Black gets the initiative as the Bb7 is
protected:} 12. Bh4 $140 (12. Qxe4 Nxe7 $15 13. Qg4 $140 Ng6) 12... Na7 13. Bg3
Nc8 $15 14. O-O-O a5 15. Ne5 a4 $40) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 ({Maybe White had
counted on} 12. Qg3 $5 {but Black can claim a better game with} Rg8 $1 13. Qh4
({or} 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. Qh4 $140 (14. Bh4 g5 $1) 14... h6 {with transposition
to the above line}) 13... Nc6 $17 14. Kxd2 h6 15. e3 g5 16. Qxh6 Nxe7 17. dxe7
Kxe7 $17) 12... f6 $1 $15 {Black soon will be a pawn up, but the game isn't
over yet, as he has to find a safe place for his king.} 13. Qf4 (13. e3 $142)
13... Nc6 $1 14. Qg4 (14. Bxf6 O-O $19) 14... Nxe7 15. dxe7 ({Or} 15. Qxg7 {
Just} Ng6 $19) 15... g6 16. Rd1 (16. O-O-O Qc7 $1 $17) 16... Kxe7 17. e4 {
Black is a pawn up and has the advantage, but in a practical game it's still
not so simple because of his unsafe king.} Qc7 $1 {From here the black queen
controls the important diagonal h2-b8.} 18. Bd3 {White just wants to castle
and play f4, after which he will get more realistic compensation.} h5 $1 $17 {
The best way to fight against White's plans.} 19. Qe2 (19. Qxg6 $4 Rag8 $19)
19... g5 {X f4} 20. O-O Qe5 {Now the black queen controls all the board.} 21.
Bc2 Bc6 22. Qe3 {Still with the idea f4.} Rag8 23. a3 $2 ({According to the
silicon monsters the best way for White was} 23. f3 $142 {after which Black is
better but has to play carefully:} d6 24. Rd2 Rd8 $17 25. g3 $140 h4 26. f4
gxf4 27. gxf4 Qxb2 $1 $17 28. Ba4 $140 Qc3 29. Rd3 Qxc4 $1 30. Bxc6 Rc8 $17 31.
Bd5 $140 exd5 32. exd5+ Kd8 $19) 23... a5 ({Rybka proposes} 23... Qxb2 {
which didn't cross my mind as I had no intention to give up c5:} 24. Qxc5+ Kf7
25. Bd3 b3 {and Black is better.}) 24. Rd2 g4 25. Kh1 h4 $17 {Black controls
all the important squares.} 26. f4 $2 $138 {Playing into Black's hands.} ({
The modest} 26. Kg1 {was better.}) 26... gxf3 27. gxf3 f5 $1 $19 {Now Black is
winning but of course he still needs to be careful.} 28. Rfd1 f4 29. Qe1 h3 30.
Re2 Qxb2 31. Ba4 Qxa3 32. Qf2 Qxa4 {In time trouble this seemd safer to me,
but actually here White still gets some play against the king.} (32... Bxa4 {
is a lot clearer, because the attack against f3 ties down the White forces and
the game would be over soon.}) 33. Qxc5+ Ke8 34. Qd6 {White gets hopes for
some perpetual.} Rh4 35. Red2 Rg7 $138 (35... b3 $19 {is the cool proposition
of the machine.}) 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qd6+ Kf7 38. Qc7 Rg8 $1 (38... Kg6 $2 39.
Qd8 $1 $40) 39. Rd6 (39. Rxd7+ Bxd7 40. Rxd7+ Kg6 $19) 39... Re8 $2 {
Unnecessary protective.} ({Of course the cool} 39... Kf6 $19 {wins easily. As
I already said the one thing Black has to take care of is the position of his
king.}) 40. Rxd7+ Bxd7 41. Rxd7+ {The time trouble is over and sadly I saw
that if I want to win the game I have to give up my queen... and to try to win
the game again.} Qxd7 (41... Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rf7+ {is just a perpetual} ({
or} 43. e5+ Kf5 44. Qf7+ Kxe5 45. Qc7+ Kf6)) 42. Qxd7+ Re7 43. Qb5 Rh8 $2 {
Still in shock I made my life more difficult.} (43... Rh6 $1 $19 44. Kg1 (44.
Qxa5 b3 45. Qb5 Ra7 46. Qe5 $140 Rb7 $19) (44. Qe5 Rg6 45. Qh5 Kg7 $19) 44...
Rg6+ 45. Kf1 Rc7 $1 46. Ke2 Rg2+ 47. Kd1 Kf6 48. Qb8 Rd7+ 49. Kc1 Ke7 $1 50.
Qxf4 $140 b3 $40) ({Another way to win was} 43... b3 $1 44. Qxb3 $140 Rd7 45.
Kg1 {and now} Rh8 $40 46. Kf1 $140 Rhd8 $19) 44. Qe5 $1 {Of course now White
tries for a perpetual.} Rd7 45. Qxf4+ Ke8 46. Kg1 Rg8+ 47. Kf2 Rg2+ 48. Ke3
Rgd2 49. Qe5 R7d3+ 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Qxa5 b3 {The only way to try to win.} 52.
Qc7+ $138 ({After} 52. Qh5+ {there is still a long game ahead.}) 52... Rd7 53.
Qb6 b2 54. Ke5 $2 {Finally White offers me a second chance to win the game.} (
54. Kg3 Rg2+ 55. Kxh3 Rdd2 $17) ({and} 54. c5 Kf6 55. Qb8 {gave White the best
chances to fight on.}) 54... Re7 $19 {Now I felt comfortable again.} 55. Kf4
Rxh2 (55... Kg6 $142 $1 $19) 56. Kg3 $17 Rh1 $5 $40 {The correct choice.} (
56... Re2 57. Kxh3 Rd7 $17) 57. Qxb2 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 $8 (58. Kxh3 Kg6 $19 {
and White is mated.}) 58... e5+ 59. Kf5 $8 (59. Ke3 Re1+ 60. Kd3 (60. Kf2 h2
$19) 60... Rd7+ $19) 59... Rg6 (59... Rg2 60. Qb6 h2 61. Qh6 Kg8 $17) 60. Qh2
$2 $138 {With a passive queen and the king in the mating net White has no hope
any more.} (60. f4 Kg7 $1) ({The most stubborn was} 60. Qd2 Ree6 $1 61. Qd7+
Kg8 62. Qd8+ Kh7 63. Qd7+ Kh6 64. f4 h2 65. Qd8 (65. Qd1 Rgf6+ 66. Kg4 Rxf4+
67. Kg3 Rg6+ 68. Kh3 Kg7 $19) 65... Ref6+ 66. Kxe5 Kg7 $19) 60... Re8 $40 61.
c5 Rf6+ 62. Kg5 Rg8+ 63. Kh5 Rh8+ 64. Kg5 Rg6+ 65. Kf5 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Svidler,P (2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) FIDE World Cup 2015 (7.3) 0-1 In
this game Grischuk faces one of the most difficult tasks in chess - the
necessity to beat a strong opponent with Black. Although he tried, in this
game Alexander never really got a chance... In Baku in later rounds this
situation arose at least twice (in regular tournament games): In the semifinal
Giri against Svidler played solidly and Peter had no problems securing the
required draw. The only successful one was Karjakin in the final (Game 3)
after he went for an all-out risk in an equal position.} e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6
4. c4 a6 $5 5. a3 {A cautious move.} ({The more usual continuation is} 5. Nc3 {
, this position subsequently arose between the same opponents in the World
blitz Championship:} d5 6. dxc5 ({Allowing Black to develop his bishop with
tempo, more usual is either} 6. a3 {, or}) (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7 {This leads to a typical isolated queen's
pawn position with mutual chances.}) 6... Bxc5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 Qe7
10. cxd5 Rd8 11. Bd3 exd5 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Ned4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Bc5 Qe6
16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 d4 18. O-O dxe3 19. Qe2 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Rd7
$11 {/=/+,Eljanov,P (2717)-Grischuk,A (2774) Berlin blitz 2015/ Black has an
extra pawn, which he managed to convert with some help after a long fight.})
5... b6 {The first indication of the tournament situation.} ({The most natural
continuation is} 5... d5 {, here after} 6. dxc5 (6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 {
leads to a similar position, only with opposite colours. This line from the
Queens Gambit accepted is satisfactory for Black.}) 6... Bxc5 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bb2
O-O {White can develop his knight differently with} 9. Nbd2 {not obstructing
the long dark diagonal. The problem with these lines for Black is that while
he can equalize, they can lead to rather sterile symmetrical positions -
something Grischuk wants and needs to avoid...} Nc6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12.
Rd1 h6 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qb1 Rfd8 15. Qa1 Be8 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18.
Bxe4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 f6 20. Qb1 Rd8 21. Rc1 $14 {/=, Slobodjan,R (2522)-Godena,M
(2496) Arco 2001}) 6. Nc3 cxd4 $6 {Black is in no hurry to develop his bishop
to b7, where it's usually misplaced in Benoni-like positions after a d5
advance.} ({However, instead of giving up the centre, a more flexible choice
would be the immediate} 6... d6 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10.
Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. Bf1 Rc7 15. g3 Qa8 16. Bg2 cxd4
$5 {Only now Black releases the central tension - he has prepared strong
queenside counterplay.} 17. exd4 Rec8 18. Nb1 b5 19. Nbd2 Nb6 $15 {Petran,P 
(2395)-Eingorn,V (2610) Austria 1999}) {Perhaps a more promising set-up is}
7... g6 $5 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 (9. b4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Re8 12.
Bb2 Bf8 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. h3 $6 (14. bxc5 bxc5 15. d5 $14) 14... e5 $1 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bf5 cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Na2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bf8 20. Nc3 {Rajkovic,D 
(2495)-Stean,M (2530) Smederevska Palanka 1980} g6 $11 (20... Rxc4 $5)) 9...
Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. e4 $5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc7 14. a4 Qa8 15. Rae1
Rfc8 16. Bb1 Bf8 17. f4 d5 18. e5 Bc5 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Kh1 Bxd4 (
21... g6 {[%cal Yc5e7,Yd7c5]} 22. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 22. Bxd4 Nc5 23. Qe3
$16 {Moutousis,K (2436)-Aftsoglou,I (2235) Kavala 2006}) 8. O-O Bg7 9. b4 O-O
10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 (13. Rc1 $142 {White doesn't
find an effective plan, loses time and his position collapses surprisingly
quickly.}) 13... Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rc1 $6 e5 $1 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8
18. dxe5 Bxd5 19. Bxa6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf1 Rh5 $17 {
Bui,V (2411)-Rombaldoni,A (2502) Durban 2014}) 7. exd4 d6 {Although I'm
definitely influenced by Eljanov's impressive play and the final result, this
passive continuation seems inferior.} (7... d5 {seems objectively more in
keeping with the previous move, although even here White should retain some
advantage:} {Black had no problems wahtsoever after the soft} 8. Bg5 (8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd3 (9. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 $32) 9... Bb7 10.
O-O Be7 11. Ne5 {leads to a well-known Queen's Indian line with the extra
moves a3 and a6; White probably keeps at least a slight pull here.}) (8. Ne5 $5
{is another way to fight for an edge.}) 8... Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11.
Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Qe2 N7f6 17. Rfd1
Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 $11 {Segal,A (2375)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2505) Moron 1982}) 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 (10. b4 {[%cal Yc1b2];Kramnik,V (2791)-Polgar,J 
(2701) Hoogeveen Unive Crown 15th 2011 (2) 1-0 , followed by a fianchetto was
adopted in a similar position by Kramnik; this move-order has the extra merit
of discouraging Black from playing d5.}) 10... Bb7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 (12. b4
$1 {is still more accurate.}) 12... Re8 ({Here Black misses his last chance to
play} 12... d5 $5) 13. b4 $1 Bf8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rc1 $14 {[%mdl 32] Black's
position resembles the Hedgehog, but the liberating attempts are either
impossible (b5) ineffective (d5), or weakening (e5). On the other hand,
White's strategy firstly concentrates on the queenside, building up a bind
here.} Rac8 {A natural square for the rook.} (15... Rab8 {[%cal Yb7a8] ,
followed by Ba8 could be intended as prophylaxis against the future a4-a5, but
it enhances the strength of} 16. d5 $1 $36) 16. Nd2 $1 {Eljanov is in no hurry.
} ({He avoids the complications after} 16. d5 h6 (16... exd5 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qb8 20. Nd4 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Bxg2 22. Bb5 Re5 23. Bf4 Bxh3 24.
Nc6) 17. dxe6 (17. Bh4 exd5 18. Rxe8 Nxe8 19. cxd5 Nef6) 17... Rxe6 18. Be3
Bxf3 19. gxf3 $5 (19. Qxf3 Ne5) 19... Ne5 20. Bf5 Nxc4 $44) 16... Qb8 (16... g6
17. Nb3 Bg7 {is perhaps more to the point, but} 18. Bf1 $14 {retains the pull.}
(18. a4 $5 $14)) 17. Nb3 h6 18. Bh4 Ba8 19. Bf1 Qb7 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 20. f3 Nh5
21. Qd2 Qa7 {Just loses a tempo, as the queen is misplaced here and it invites
White to play the following useful move.} (21... Qb8 $14) 22. Bf2 Qb8 23. Rb1 (
23. d5 $5 e5 (23... Ne5 24. Na4 $16 (24. Nd4 $5)) 24. a4 $16) 23... Be7 24. a4
e5 $6 {To have a chance to win the game Black should undertake some action,
but this has the opposite effect.} (24... Bg5) (24... Qc7 {/\} 25. a5 $6 b5 26.
c5 Red8 $13) 25. d5 {[%csl Ra8] The guy on a8 will be dead meat till the
bitter end.} Bg5 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. a5 $16 bxa5 (27... b5 28. c5 $16 {[%csl Ra8,
Gc5,Gd5][%cal Rf1b5]}) 28. Nxa5 Bf4 (28... f5 {is more to the point, but
doesn't substantially change the evaluation and gives White a choice between
immediate breaks, or quietly piling up the pressure:} 29. Nc6 $5 (29. c5 Nxc5
30. Nc6 $16) (29. Ra1 $16) 29... Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. c5 $1 {/\} dxc5 32.
Bc4+ Kh8 33. b5 $36) 29. Ne2 $5 Bg5 30. h4 Be7 31. g4 {This is still not
direct aggression - the primary goal is to stymie any Black kingside play.}
Nhf6 {A sad, but necessary retreat.} (31... Nf4 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. c5 $1 (33.
Qd4 Ne5 34. Qxf4 Qd8 35. h5 Bg5 $14 {/<=>}) 33... Nxc5 (33... dxc5 $2 34. Rxe7
$1 Rxe7 35. d6 $18) 34. bxc5 (34. Rc1 $5) 34... Qxa5 35. Ra1 $16 {/+-} (35. c6
$16 {/+-})) 32. Ng3 Qd8 (32... g6 33. Qd2 $16 {gives White a useful tempo.})
33. h5 Bf8 {Black loses track, the bishop will return shortly.} ({However,
even the more resilient} 33... Nh7 34. Bd3 $16 ({or} 34. Nf5 $16 {is quite
dreary.})) 34. Bd3 Nh7 35. Bf5 Ng5 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Ne4 $1 {Exchanging Black's
only active piece.} Be7 (37... Nxe4 38. Bxe4 {[%cal Ya5c6,Yb4b7]}) 38. c5 $1
$18 {The decisive break.} Nxe4 (38... dxc5 39. d6 $18 {wins a piece.}) 39. Bxe4
Nf6 40. c6 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Rf2b6]} Rc8 41. Qd3 {[%csl Ra6][%mdl 128] The
time-control is over and White has an iron grip on the whole position. Eljanov
finishes in style - while Black desperately tries to hold his queenside, he
shifts his attention to the opposite flank and due to his extra piece (the
poor Ba8 is shut out) whips up a swift mating attack.} Nxe4 42. Qxe4 (42. Rxe4
$18) (42. fxe4 $18) 42... Bg5 43. Be3 $5 Bxe3 44. Rxe3 Rf8 {[%cal Yf7f5]} 45.
Qf5 $1 Rb8 46. Nc4 Rb5 47. Rd3 Qc7 48. Nd2 $1 a5 49. Ne4 Rxb4 50. Rxb4 axb4 51.
g5 $40 Qa7 {Black is helpless against the White's kingside powerplay.} ({
A sample line is} 51... Rd8 52. gxh6 gxh6 53. f4 Bxc6 54. dxc6 exf4 (54... Qxc6
55. fxe5 Qc2+ 56. Nf2 $18) 55. Qxf4 Qxc6 56. Rf3 Qb7 57. Kh2 $5 $18 {Although
formally material is still equal, White's attack will finally break thorough.})
52. gxh6 gxh6 53. f4 (53. Nf6+ Kg7 54. f4 $18) (53. f4 f6 (53... Rb8 54. Nf6+
Kf8 55. Nd7+) 54. Rg3+ Kh8 55. Nxf6 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Qf7 56. Rg6 Qh7 57. fxe5 b3
58. Qd7 $1 Qxd7 59. Rxh6+ Kg7 60. Rh7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Slovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SVK"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 $6 6. Bg5 $1 {Again we
have here Miezis and his "Snake" Benoni. But in this version it seems very
dubious, and Miezis's own score against the text move (0-4!) proves this quite
well.} (6. Nc3 Bc7 7. Bg5 (7. g4 $5 Ba5 $1 $132) 7... d6 8. e3 O-O $14) 6... h6
$5 $146 ({Miezis quite logically tries to improve on his previous attempts with
} 6... Bc7 7. d6 Ba5+ 8. Nbd2 $1 {The point of delaying the development of Nb1.
} h6 (8... Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qc2 Qxd6 11. O-O-O Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 13. Nc4
Qe6 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. a3 b5 16. e4 c4 17. Nxb5 c3 18. Qxc3 Bb7 19. Bc4 Qe5 20.
Qxe5+ fxe5 21. Nd6 Nc5 22. Nxb7 Nxb7 23. Bxf7 $1 Nc5 24. Bd5 $18 {Roeder,
M-Miezis,N/Las Palmas op/1996/}) 9. Bh4 b5 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. e3 Ne4 12.
Qc2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. O-O-O Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 b6 16. Rd5 Bb7 17. Qe4+ Kd8 18.
Rf5 Qg7 19. Nxg5 $1 f6 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Qh4 $18 {Chernin,A-Miezis,N/Biel op/
1994/}) 10. e3 Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Qxd6 14. Bxb5 Rg8 15. g3
Bc7 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Qh7 Na5 21. Bd3 Qe6 22.
Be4 d5 23. Bf5 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5,Rf6,Rf7,Rf8,Rh6] ק,K,Seul,G-Miezis,N/Bonn
GSK-2/1995/}) 7. Bh4 Qa5+ {I rather anticipated my opponent would play like
this,although the idea is new.} (7... g5 $6 8. Bg3 {[%csl Rg5,Rh6] ׻}) 8. Nc3
(8. Nbd2 $5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 $44 {But White has no need to complicate matters,
normal moves also give him an advantage.}) 8... Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 $6 {Black's
position can't stand this extra weakness.} (9... Nxc3 $142 10. bxc3 O-O 11. e4
Re8 12. Bd3 Bf4 $5 (12... f5 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 $1 f4 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Bh7+ {
[%cal Rc2g6] /\Qg6+-}) (12... Bf8 13. O-O d6 14. Nd2 $1 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]
}) 13. O-O d6 $14) 10. e3 Na6 (10... O-O 11. Bd3 Na6 12. Bxe4 Nb4 13. Qb1 fxe4
14. Qxe4 Qa6 15. Kd2 $1 c4 16. b3 $32 $16 {[%csl Rd6] ץd6 The poor Bd6
hampers Black's development severely, he can hardly get any compensation for
the pawn.}) 11. Bxa6 Nxc3 (11... bxa6 $143 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxf5 $1 Ne2+ (13...
Nb5 14. Qg6+ Kf8 15. a4 $40) 14. Kh1 $40 {[%csl Re2,Re8][%cal Rf5g6,Rf5c2,
Rf1e1] /\Qg6,Qc2,Rfe1,ע,Ne2 White gets back his piece with an ongoing attack.}
) 12. bxc3 bxa6 13. Qxf5 $1 ({Less energetic is} 13. Nd2 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 $14)
13... Qxc3+ 14. Ke2 g5 $5 {A tricky move.} ({Black will no t manage even to
exchange the Q with} 14... Qc4+ 15. Kd1 $1 (15. Qd3 $16 {_|_}) 15... Qa4+ (
15... g5 16. Qg6+ Kd8 (16... Ke7 17. Qg7+) 17. Qxd6 gxh4 18. Ne5 $18) 16. Ke1
Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qb6 18. e4 $5 $40) 15. Bg3 $1 (15. Qg6+ $143 Ke7 16. Nxg5 $2 Qc4+
17. Ke1 (17. Kd1 $2 Qxd5+ {/\hg5}) (17. Kf3 $2 Rf8+ 18. Nf7+ Qxh4 19. Qxd6+
Kxf7 $19) 17... Qc3+ $10) 15... Bxg3 16. hxg3 d6 17. Qg6+ Ke7 18. Nd2 $1 {
[%cal Rg6d6] /\Qd6 The last difficult move, White moves his N to a better
square and protects his K simultaneously.} (18. Rhc1 Qb2+ 19. Kf1 Qf6 20. Qxf6+
Kxf6 21. Nd2 Bd7 $16 {<=>}) 18... Qf6 $6 ({Somewhat better was} 18... Bd7 $142
19. Qxd6+ $1 Kxd6 20. Ne4+ Kxd5 21. Nxc3+ Ke6 22. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rh6]
_|_ק although the endgame with numerous weak pawns shuld be technically won
for White.}) 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Nc4 (20. Ne4+ $143 $6 Ke5 21. Nxg5 $2 Bg4+ 22.
Nf3+ Kxd5 $13) 20... Ke7 21. Rab1 $1 $18 {(.) White has realized his strategic
plan in a model way, now Black is practically paralyzed.} h5 (21... Bd7 22. Rb7
Rhb8 23. Rhb1 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 $18 {[%cal Re3e5] /\e4-e5}) 22. e4 Kd7 23. e5 $5 ({
White exploits some tactics, but strong was even the simple} 23. f4 Kc7 24. e5
$18 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] o^e,d}) 23... dxe5 24. Nxe5+ Ke8 $8 (24... Kc7 $2 25. d6+
$1 $18 {loses a R.}) 25. Rhc1 Rh7 (25... Bf5 26. Rb7 $18 {->}) 26. Rxc5 Bf5 27.
Rd1 {[%csl Gd5] o^d5} (27. Rbc1 $143 Rd8) 27... Rb8 28. d6 Rb4 29. d7+ $6 (29.
Rdc1 $142 $1 {[%cal Rc5c8] /\Rc8!} Rb8 (29... Re4+ 30. Kf1 Kd8 31. Nc6+ $18)
30. Rc7 $18) 29... Bxd7 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 $6 $138 {Loses a piece.} (30... Re4+ $142
31. Kd3 Rxe5 32. Rxe5+ Kxd7 33. Rxg5 Rf7 34. f3 $18 {_|_ The R-endgame a pawn
down with a passive R and weak pawns is hopeless anyway.}) 31. Rc8+ $1 (31.
Rc8+ Rd8 (31... Ke7 32. Nc6+ $18) 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Nc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 (4... d6 {avoids the line in the game,
as White can now hardly suitably delay the development of Nb1.}) 5. cxd5 d6 6.
e4 $1 a6 $6 ({Very unusual is} 6... Be7 7. h3 ({A small excursion into history:
} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 b5 9. O-O Ba6 $6 10. Re1 b4 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nc7 13.
Nbd2 Nd7 14. Nc4 Ne8 15. Bf4 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf6 18. d6 g6 19. Rad1 $16
{o^d6,Vidmar,M-Menchik,V/Hastings/1936/}) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 Ne8 9. Bd3 Nd7 10.
O-O Bf6 11. Be3 Nc7 12. Qc2 h6 13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 Na6 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Nc4 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf5 20. exf5 Rxe3 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Qh4
23. Qe4 Rb8 $132 {Bellon Lopez,J-Ivanovic,B/Tarrassa/1989/}) ({Black probably
postpones g6 to avoid the line} 6... g6 $142 7. h3 $5 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3) 7.
h3 ({Another possibility how to exploit the N still being on b1 is} 7. Bd3 Bg4
8. Nbd2 $5 g6 (8... Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qd2
O-O 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. b3 Nh5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Bb1 Ne5
20. Nh2 Rc8 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f4 Nd7 25. g4 Nhf6 26.
Nf3 Ng8 27. e5 $36 {Yermolinsky,A-Shaked,T/Denver/1998/}) 9. O-O (9. h3 Bxf3
10. Nxf3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 b5 (12... Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Re1
b5 16. b4 Nh5 17. Bh2 c4 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. g4 Nhf6 20. a4 Ne5 21. a5 Qa7 22. Kg2
Rad8 23. Bf4 h5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Be3 Qd7 26. f3 Rc8 27. Rg1 Bf8 $15 {Soppe,
G-Vazquez,R/Asuncion/1991/}) 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. b4 Nbd7 15. a4 c4 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17.
Re1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. g4 Bf8 22. Kg2 Bd6 23. f3
Rec8 24. Qc3 a5 25. Bc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Qxc4 Rb4 $36 {
[%csl Rc2,Gd6] ^-,Bates,R-Anderton,M/Sutton/1997/}) 9... Bg7 10. a4 Nbd7 11.
Nc4 Nb6 12. h3 (12. Ne3 $5 $14) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Bd2
O-O 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Qe2 f5 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. b4 b6 23. a5 b5 $11 {Bates,R-Povah,N/England/1998/}) (7. Qa4+ $143 $6 Nbd7
8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Qc2 b5 14. O-O b4
15. Na4 Nxd5 16. Bg3 Qf6 17. Rfe1 Nf4 18. Bc4 Ne5 $17 {Tavadian,R-Zaichik,G/
Yaroslav/1982/}) 7... Nbd7 ({A line Black certainly should avoid is} 7... g6 $6
8. Bd3 Bg7 (8... b5 9. a4 $36) 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O (10. Nc3 $5 $14 {-A70}) 10...
c4 (10... Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Qd2 Nxc4
16. Bxc4 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf6 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. d6 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Be2 Bf5
22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Nxc5 Qf6 24. Ra3 $16 {Solozhenkin,E-Chabanon,J/Cannes/1995/})
11. Bc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Nd4 g5 16. f3 Ng6 17. Nce2
Be5 18. Qd2 h6 19. f4 gxf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qg5 23. Nf3 Qg7
24. Rh4 Nf6 25. Rxh6 Re8 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Rf1 Ne5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Qh4 {
1-0,Solozhenkin,E-Friedman,J/New York/1994/}) 8. Bd3 b5 (8... g6 9. a4 Bg7 10.
Na3 $1 $16) 9. O-O Be7 {Original chess by Black. But already} (9... g6 $6 10.
Bf4 $32 {עe8 might be very dangerous.}) 10. a4 Rb8 $8 (10... c4 $6 11. Bc2 Bb7
12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nd4 $40) (10... b4 $6 11. Nbd2 $16 {is
positional capitulation.}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. b3 (12. Na3 $5 c4 (12... O-O 13.
Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Na7 $16) 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Qf3 $14) 12... O-O 13. Re1
$6 (13. Nc3 $5 b4 (13... c4 14. bxc4 b4 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. e5 $16) 14. Na4 $14 {
/\Nb2-c4,Bb2|^}) (13. Na3 Ba6 $132) 13... Ne8 $1 14. Na3 Bf6 15. Ra2 Nc7 16.
Bf4 Rb6 $13 {Black managed to end his development and keep a flexible pawn
structure on the <<. For White it's not so easy to make any headway on the >>.}
17. Nc2 Re8 18. Bd2 Rb7 19. b4 $6 {This typical Benoni move doesn't seem too
suitable here, as White's forces aren't too well coordinated.} (19. Ne3 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Ng4 Bd4 $132) 19... c4 $8 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Nfd4 (21. Nxe5 dxe5 $1
$11) 21... Bd7 (21... Nd3 $2 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. N2d4 {><d3,/\Ra3,Bc3
}) 22. Ra3 (22. f4 $6 Nd3 $1 $36) 22... Ng6 23. f4 Rb6 24. Qf3 (24. g3 $5 $13 {
/\h4-h5}) 24... Ra6 25. Rxa6 Nxa6 26. g3 Qb6 27. Qf2 Nc7 $11 {Black has kept
White's central activity in check and wants to get some play of his own on the
a-file.} 28. Bg2 (28. Bc3 $142 {/\} Ra8 29. Ra1 $11) 28... Ra8 29. Be3 Ra2 30.
Nf3 Qa6 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Nfxd4 f6 33. h4 (33. Ne6 $6 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Nxe6 $1 35.
f5 Ne5 $1 36. fxe6 Nd3 $17) 33... h6 34. Bf3 (34. h5 Ne7 $132) 34... Qa4 35. h5
$2 (35. Re2 Na6 36. h5 $1 (36. Qe1 $6 Ne5 $1 $40) 36... Nh8 37. Qe1 Nf7 $11)
35... Ne5 $1 $36 {A tremendous shot, after which White's position collapses.}
36. fxe5 (36. Be2 Nd3 $19) 36... dxe5 (36... fxe5 $143 37. Bd1 exd4 38. Rf1
$132) 37. d6 (37. Re2 exd4 38. Nxd4 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxb4 $19) 37... Ne8 38. Bd1
exd4 39. e5 (39. Nxd4 Qxb4 $19) (39. Qxd4 Rxc2 40. Bxc2 (40. Re2 Rc1 $19) 40...
Qxc2 $19) 39... fxe5 40. Rxe5 Nf6 $19 (40... d3 $5 41. Re7 Qa7 $19) 41. Re7 (
41. Qxd4 Rxc2 {/\Rc1}) 41... d3 42. Rxd7 (42. Ne3 Rxf2 43. Bxa4 Re2 44. Bd1 Rb2
$19) 42... Nxd7 43. Qf5 Qa7+ 44. Kf1 Qa8 $1 (44... dxc2 $2 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46.
Qe7+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Qg6+ Kh8 49. Qe8+ Nf8 50. Qxf8+ Kh7 51. Bxc2+ Rxc2
52. Qf5+ $11) 45. Qe6+ (45. Bf3 Qf8 $19) 45... Kh8 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-13c"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1985.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 b4 8. e4 g5
9. Nbd2 g4 10. Ng1 Bg7 11. Rb1 d6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. O-O h5 15. f4
gxf3 16. Nxf3 Qh6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Kh1 h4 19. Ng1 Qg7 (19... Bd7 $5) 20. Nf3
Bf4 21. a3 a5 $6 (21... bxa3 22. Qa4+ Bd7 23. Qxa3 $14) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra1
Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rg8 (24... h3 $5 25. g3 Be3 26. Ra8 O-O $13) 25. Ra8 b3 26. Qf2 (
26. Rxc8+ $2 Kd7 27. Rxg8 bxc2 $19) 26... Kd7 27. Nxh4 Qh6 28. g3 Rh8 29. e5 (
29. Rb8 $5) 29... Ke7 $2 (29... dxe5 30. Qxc5 Bb7 31. Ra7 $18) (29... Kd8 $8)
30. Qxf4 $18 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Rxh4 32. Rxc8 Rxf4 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. exd6 Rd4 35. Bf1
Rd1 36. Kg1 exd5 37. Rxc5 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Rd2 39. Rc3 Rxb2 40. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13a"]
[Site "Tunis"]
[Date "1985.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1985.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 b4 8. Nbd2
g5 9. e4 g4 10. Ng1 Bg7 (10... d6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Rb1 Rg8 14. O-O
h5 15. Kh1 Qg5 $132 {Bangiev}) 11. Rb1 h5 12. Bd3 d6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. f4 gxf3
15. Nxf3 Ne5 16. O-O Qh6 (16... Ng4 $5) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Ng1 h4
20. Nf3 Bg3 21. e5 (21. a3 $5) 21... dxe5 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5
Qf4 25. Qh3 Ke7 26. Rbd1 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. hxg3 hxg3 29. Qh7 $4 (29. Re1
e4 30. Qh4+ Qxh4+ 31. Nxh4 Kf6 32. Rf1+ Kg5 33. Nf5 Rd3 34. b3 a6 35. Kg1 a5
36. Kh1 Kh5 37. Kg1 (37. Ne7 e3 38. Nd5 Kg4 39. Nf4 Rd2 40. Nd5 e2 41. Ne3+ Kg5
42. Re1 Kf4 43. Nd5+ Ke4 44. Kg1 Rd1 $19) 37... Kg5 38. Kh1 $10) 29... Rd6 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. Bg5 b4 7. Ne4 d6 8. Nxf6+
gxf6 9. Bd2 $1 (9. Bh4 Be7 $1 (9... Nd7 $6 10. e4 $1 Be7 11. Bd3 Nf8 (11... f5
12. Bg3 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2) 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. Nd2 h5 15. h3
Kf8 16. f4 h4 17. Bh2 f5 18. Qc2 Rh5 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. Rae1 $16 {Van der
Sterren-Sosonko, Niederlande 1985/86}) 10. g3 $5 (10. e4 f5 $1 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. dxe6 fxe4 13. exf7+ Kf8 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qh6+ Kxf7 17. Be2 (17.
Qh5+ Kg8 (17... Kg7 18. Qg4+ Kf7 19. Qh5+ $10) 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Qf4+ Nf6 $13)
17... Qf6 18. Qxf6+ Kxf6 19. Nf1 Ne5 20. O-O-O Ke6 21. Ne3 Raf8 $10 {Huss-Lau,
Beer-Sheva 1985}) 10... Nd7 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Qd2 h5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rd1 Kf7
15. O-O Nf8 16. Bh3 Ng6 17. e4 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Rd3 Rbg8 21.
Kf1 a5 $13 {Tarjan-Alburt, USA 1984}) 9... f5 10. a3 (10. dxe6 Bxe6 $1 (10...
fxe6 $2 11. e4 $1)) 10... bxa3 11. Rxa3 Bg7 12. Bc3 (12. Qc2 $5) 12... Bxc3+
13. Rxc3 Qb6 14. Qc1 Nd7 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rb3 Qc7 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. g3 exd5 (
18... e5 $2 19. Bh3 $16) 19. cxd5 O-O 20. Bh3 $1 (20. Bg2 Re8 21. O-O Rxe2 22.
Nc4 f6 (22... Ne5 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Nxd6) 23. b4 $1 (23. Re1 Rxe1+
24. Qxe1 Ne5) 23... cxb4 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxc8+ $13) 20... Ne5 21. O-O Qb4 22.
Qc3 f4 23. Bg2 (23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxb4 cxb4 25. gxf4 Rc2 $132) 23... fxg3 24.
hxg3 Bg4 25. Re1 Qxc3 (25... Rb8 26. Qe3 $5) 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. f4 Nd7 28. e4 (
28. Kf2 $5) 28... Kf8 29. Bf1 Rb2 $6 (29... a5 $5) 30. Nc4 Rc2 $2 (30... Rb3
$142) 31. Ne3 $1 Rxc3 32. Nxg4 Rxg3+ 33. Kh2 Rxg4 34. Bh3 h5 (34... Rh4 35. Kg3
) 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Kg3 f5 (36... Nf6 37. e5 dxe5 38. Rxe5 $18) 37. exf5 Nf6
38. Kh4 Nxd5 39. Kxg4 Nc3 40. Re3 Nb5 41. Kg5 c4 42. Kg6 Nc7 43. f6 Nd5 44. Re4
Nb6 45. f7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 $1 {Kasparov,G (2785)-Yermolinsky,A (2610)
Jerevan olm 1996 (13) 1-0 A move used by the world champion is bound to be
popular!} d5 5. Nc3 dxc4 (5... g6 6. Bf4 $5 (6. Bg5 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 h6 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bg7 15. Nd2 Nf5
16. b5 cxb5 $6 17. axb5 a5 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. f4 Qd6 21. Na4 Rfc8
22. b6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd7 24. Nc5 Bc6 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Ne5 $16 {Baburin,A-Lee,J/
US-op Las Vegas (1) 1997/1-0 (54)}) 6... Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 f5 9. cxd5 exd5
10. Qb3 Ne7 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 c6 13. O-O O-O 14. e4 $1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Kh8 16.
Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxc5 Bf5 20. Bc3 Nf6 21. Qd1 Qc8 22. b4 Bg4
23. Qd3 a5 24. Nd4 $18 {Pelletier,Y-Blatny,P/Bad Wiessee op 1997/1-0 (48)}) 6.
e4 (6. Qa4 $5 Nd5 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 f5 11. O-O e5 12.
dxe5 fxe4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Bd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. Nf5 Nc4 18.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Re1 Ng6 20. h4 Re8 21. e6 Rd6 22. h5 Nf8 23. e7 Ne6 24. Re4 b5
25. Be3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Nf4 27. Rc1 $16 {Volzhin,A-Vlassov,N/RUS-Cup2 Moscow (8)
1996/1-0 (62)}) 6... Na5 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 (8... Nd7 9. Qxc4 c5 10. Be3
Nb6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Rd2 Qc8 16. Bxb6 axb6
17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Nd5 $1 Bd8 19. Nd4 O-O 20. Nf4 Ba4 21. b3 e5 22. bxa4 exd4 23.
Rxd4 Be7 24. Rd7 $40 {Yakovich,Y-Vlassov,N/Moscow-ch 1996/1-0 (34)}) (8... c6
$5 9. Qxc4 a5 10. Ne5 (10. O-O $142 Be7 11. Bg5 $14) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rd1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Rxa6 15. f3 a4 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc2 Ne8 18. Nd3 f6
19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Ke1 Ra8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 e5 24. Rd2 Be6 25.
g3 Nc7 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 f5 $11 {Manninen,M-Benjamin,J/Rilton Cup9697 1997/
1/2 (39)}) 9. Qxc4 Be7 (9... Bc6 $2 10. Ne5 $1 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qb5+ c6
13. Qxb7 $16) 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] ()[+] White has more
space and a strong center, Black's ^^ has limited prospects.However,Black's
position is very solid, although quite passive.} (11. Bg5 $5 $14) 11... a5 ({
More flexible is} 11... Bc6 $142 $5 12. Qe2 (12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bd7 $11)
12... b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 $14) 12. Qe2 c6 $6 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7] ץd7,d6 Although this
move prevents a possible central break d5, it weakens the black squares and
limits the scope of Bd7.} (12... Bc6 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bg5 $36) 13. Bg5 $1 {
White logically intends to exchange Black's strong Be7.} h6 14. Bh4 b5 $2 {
A heavy positional mistake for the reasons already indicated above.} 15. e5 Nd5
16. Bxe7 Nxc3 (16... Qxe7 17. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5,Rc6,Rd6,Rd7] ץd7,d6,c5,c6}) 17.
Qc2 $1 (17. bxc3 $143 Qxe7 $13 {[%cal Yc6c5] /\c5<=>}) 17... Qxe7 18. Qxc3 $16
{[%csl Rd7][%cal Yf3d2,Yd2e4,Re4d6,Re4c5] Black is in dire straits. His B has
practically no scope, while White can easily maneuvre his N to one of the
weakened dar squares (c5,d6) because Black's pawn structure is full of holes.}
Rfd8 19. Nd2 Be8 20. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Ra5] ><a5 White aims for other weaknesses
as well and intends to force a4.} (20. Ne4 Rd5 21. Nd6 $16) 20... Qc7 (20... b4
21. Qc5 $16) 21. h3 Rd5 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Nc5 (23. Nxa5 c5 $132) 23... a4 (23...
Qb6 $142 $16) 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Na6 $1 Rc8 26. Nb4 Rdd8 27. Qc5 Qh4 (27... Qxc5
28. dxc5 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 {[%csl Rc6,Re8][%cal Rd3d6] ץ,Pc6,/\Rd6}) 28. Re1 Rc7
29. Qc3 (29. d5 $5 exd5 (29... Qc4 $2 30. Qb6 cxd5 31. Rc3 $18) 30. Nxd5 Rcd7
31. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 32. Rg3+ Qxg3 $8 (32... Kh7 33. Qf8) 33. fxg3 $16) 29... f6 $6
{Only creates another weakness. (><e6) But it's difficult to give Black better
advice, his position is lifeless.} (29... Qe7 30. Rc1 {[%cal Yc3e1,Ye1e4,Yc1c5,
Yd3c3,Yg1a2,Yf2f5,Yg2g4] /\Qe1-e4,Rc5,Rdc3,Kg1-a2,f4,g4->>>}) 30. exf6 {
[%csl Re6]} Qxf6 31. Re5 Rd6 32. Na6 Rf7 (32... Re7 33. Nc5 Rd5 34. Rde3 $18)
33. Rd2 Re7 34. Nc5 Bg6 35. Qe3 Bb1 36. f4 Qg6 (36... Ba2 37. f5 $18) 37. Kh2
$1 Qf7 38. Re2 {[%cal Rg2g4,Rf4f5] /\g4,f5+-->} Rd5 39. Rxe6 $18 Rxe6 40. Nxe6
Qf6 (40... Bf5 $142 41. Nc5 Qf6 42. g4 $5 (42. Rd2 $16) 42... Bg6 43. Qe6+ $18)
41. g4 $1 Ba2 (41... Bg6 42. f5 Bf7 43. Rc2 $1 Bxe6 44. Rxc6 $18) 42. f5 Bc4
43. Qg3 $1 $40 {White ends the game with a tactical attack.} Qe7 44. Qb8+ Kf7
45. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 $8 (45... Qxg5 46. Qe8+ Kf6 47. Re6#) 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 47. Qg8
Rxf5 $8 (47... Kf6 48. Qe6#) 48. Qxg7+ Rf7 49. Qxg5+ Kd7 50. h4 {[%csl Gg4,Gh4]
o^g,h} Rf2+ 51. Kg3 Rxb2 52. h5 b4 53. h6 Bd3 (53... bxa3 54. h7 a2 55. h8=Q
a1=Q 56. Qhd8+ Ke6 57. Qgf6#) 54. Qg7+ Kd6 55. Qe5+ (55. h7 Bxh7 56. Qxh7 $18)
55... Kd7 56. d5 $5 bxa3 57. d6 {[%cal Re5e7,Re7c7] /\Qe7-c7#} Re2 58. Qxe2
Bxe2 59. h7 (59. h7 a2 60. h8=Q) 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2015.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Murtazin, Bulat"]
[Black "Vogel, Roven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Vogel,R"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.10.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 $6 {Ein ganz interessanter Zug, um den Gegner aus
der Vorbereitung zu werfen.} 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. cxb5 axb5 7. O-O c5 8. Bf4
Qb6 9. dxc5 (9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 b4 $11) 9... Bxc5 10. Nc3 O-O
11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Ne5 $6 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b4 14. Na4 Qb7+ {Nun steht Schwarz schon
sehr angenehm} 15. Kg1 Bd6 $1 16. a3 (16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nb6 Qb7 18. Bxd6 Qxb6
19. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15 {davor hatte ich in der Partie auch nicht wirklich Angst.})
16... Ne4 17. Nf3 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Nc6 19. axb4 Rab8 $6 (19... Nxb4 20. Rfc1 Rfb8
$17) 20. Rfd1 (20. b5 Qxb5 21. Qxb5 Rxb5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Rc5 24. Ra3 $15
{auch hier sollte Weiß klaren Nachteil haben.}) 20... Qa7 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3
d5 23. Nc5 Rxb4 24. Nd7 $2 (24. Nd3 Rb7 25. Nd4 $15 {Dies wäre wohl das
kleinere Übel gewesen, doch mein Gegner entscheidet sich dafür, in der
bevorstehenden Zeitnot Komplikationen herbeizuführen.}) 24... Rd8 25. Rdc1 Ne7
26. Nd4 Rxb2 27. Rc7 {Für mich war diese Stellung aufgrund der vielen Springer
und Türme auf einem Fleck sehr verwirrend. In beiderseitiger Zeitnot schaffte
ich es zum Glück, die Stellung unter Kontrolle zu bekommen, wodurch der
Vorteil natürlich immer größer wurde.} Ng6 $6 28. Nc6 (28. Raa7 $1 Nh4 29. h3
Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. Ne5 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Ng3+ 34. Ke1 Nhf5 35. Nxf5
Nxf5 36. Nxf7 Re8 {Schwarzer Vorteil sollte noch vorhanden sein, allerdings
war das die letzte Chance für Weiß.}) 28... Re8 29. Nde5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe2 31.
Rxf7 Nd6 32. Rd7 Nf5 33. Raa7 h6 34. Nc6 Kh8 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. exd4 Rb8 37. Rdb7
Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Re4 39. Rb6 Rxf4 40. Rxe6 Rxd4 41. Rd6 Rd2 42. h4 Rd4 43. Kg2
Rxh4 44. Rxd5 Ra4 45. Kg3 Kh7 46. Rb5 g5 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rb6+ Kh5 49. Kf3 g4+
50. Kf2 Rf4+ 51. Kg3 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 Kg5 53. Rb5+ Rf5 54. Rb2 h5 55. Ra2 Rb5 56.
Rc2 h4 57. Rc8 Rb2+ 58. Kg1 h3 59. Rc5+ Kh4 60. Rc4 Re2 61. Ra4 Kg3 62. Ra3+
Kf4 63. Ra4+ Kf3 64. Ra3+ Re3 65. Ra1 g3 66. Rf1+ Kg4 67. Ra1 h2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 $5 d5 5. Nc3 dxc4 $146 (5... g6 6. Bg5 Bg7
7. e3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. b4 c6 $14 {
Koziak,V-Vlassov,N/Yalta op 1995}) (5... a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 h6 9.
Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7 15. Na4
c6 16. Qc2 a5 17. b4 b5 18. Nc5 Nb6 19. bxa5 Nc4 20. a6 Bc8 21. a4 Bxa6 22. Ra1
Qd6 23. axb5 $16 {Kasparov,G-Yermolinsky,A/Erevan olm 1996}) 6. e4 Na5 7. Bxc4
Nxc4 8. Qa4+ Nd7 (8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 $2 (9... Be7 $142 $14) 10. Ne5 Bxe4 11.
Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qb5+) 9. Qxc4 c5 10. Be3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3d4,Rd4g7]} (10. O-O $2
Nb6) 10... Nb6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Rd2 (15.
Nb5 $6 O-O 16. Nxa7 $2 Ba4) 15... Qc8 (15... Qc7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nb5 $16) 16.
Bxb6 axb6 17. Rad1 Bc6 (17... Ba4 18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. Qb5+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ bxc6 21.
Nd4 $16) 18. Nd5 $1 Bd8 19. Nd4 $1 O-O 20. Nf4 $1 Ba4 (20... Bd7 21. Nf5 $1 (
21. Rc2) 21... exf5 (21... Bc6 22. Rxd8) 22. Rxd7 $18) (20... e5 21. Nde6 $18)
21. b3 e5 22. bxa4 $1 (22. Nde6 $2 Bxb3 23. Rxd8 Bxd1 24. Qa2 (24. Rxc8 Bxe2)
24... Qc1 $1 25. Nd3 (25. Nxf8+ Bb3+) 25... Qc3 26. Nxf8+ Bb3 $19) 22... exd4 (
22... exf4 23. Nf5 $18 {[%cal Rd2d8,Rd2d7,Rd7h7,Re2g4,Re2h5]}) 23. Rxd4 $18 Be7
24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Qa2 Qe8 26. Rxb7 Rxa4 27. Qe6 Rxa3 28. h3 Kf8 29. Rdd7 $138 Qc8
$138 30. Rbc7 (30. Rxe7 $4 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf4+) 30... Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Qe8 32. Nd5
Ra5 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Nxe7 Re5 35. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 28th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 {White has other options at his disposal:}
(4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 {transposing to a classical Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3
d6, or}) (4. g3 d5 (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 {- Bogo Indian}) 5. Bg2 dxc4 {
transposing to a Catalan.}) 4... d6 {In the spirit of the King's Indian.} (4...
d5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 {leads to White's advantage:} Na5 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7
9. Qxc4) 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 ({White also can play} 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O {
and it is not so clear, in whose favour the inclusion of the moves a2-a3 and
e7-e6 is.}) 6... Bg7 7. h3 ({After} 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {Black has} Re8 $1 {
(instead of 8...e5 9.d5 Ne7)} 9. d5 (9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12.
Bxd4 Nxe4) 9... Ne7 {with good counterplay, for example:} 10. h3 exd5 11. cxd5
c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15. Bd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Qd2
Be6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Genov-Sulava, France 2004}) 7... O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 e5 $1 {This is not a novelty, but I didn't aware about this. The
following continuation was the most frequent:} (9... Re8 10. Bd3 $1 {
(overprotecting e4)} Nd7 (10... e5 $6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4) 11.
Be2 {and White is ready to meet e6-e5 with d4-d5.}) 10. d5 Nd4 $1 (10... Ne7
11. Qd2 Kh7 12. g4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc2 {with White's advantage,
Kret-Urquhart, Toronto 2004.}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Qxd4 Ng4 13. Qd3
Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f5 {with full compensation for the pawn.}) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 (
13. Bxg7 Re8 $1 14. Be2 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Qf6 16. Qxf6+ Kxf6 17. Nxe4+ Rxe4 {
led to a slightly better ending for Black, and White eventually lost both
games from this position:} 18. f3 (18. Kd2 Bf5 19. g4 Bd7 20. f3 Rf4 21. Ke3 g5
22. Bd3 Re8+ 23. Be4 Kg7 24. Rae1 f5 {Edvardsson-Hausrath, Kallithea 2008})
18... Re7 19. Kf2 Bf5 20. Rhd1 Rae8 21. Bf1 Re3 22. Rd2 R8e7 23. Rad1 g5 24.
Re2 Rb3 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Rd2 h5 {Ragger-Caruana, Rogatska Slatina 2009}) 13...
Qh4 $1 {The point.} (13... Re8 $6 14. f3 f5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kh7 17. Bd3
{and White is a pawn up.}) 14. Bxg7 (14. g4 Re8 15. Bg2 Bf5 $1 16. O-O (16.
gxf5 $2 Rxe4+ 17. Bxe4 Qxe4+) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxg7 (17. f3 Bc2 $1) 17... Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {with equality and a draw in a few
moves, Ramesh-Recuero Guerra (Spain 2007)}) 14... Qxe4+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2
Kxg7 {Of course, Black has a comfortable equality. Moreover, White should play
accurately in order not to find himself in an inferior ending.} 17. Bd3 (17.
Kd2 a5 18. b3 b6 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rc1 Kf6
24. Rc3 g5 25. hxg5+ hxg5 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk-Riff, La Fere 2009}) 17... Re8+ 18.
Kd2 Kf6 19. Rhe1 Bf5 (19... Bd7) 20. Rac1 g5 (20... b6 21. Bxf5 Kxf5 22. Rxe8
Rxe8 23. Rc3 Re4 24. g3 Rd4+ 25. Ke2 {should be a draw.}) 21. Bxf5 Kxf5 22. c5
Re5 23. Rxe5+ Kxe5 24. Re1+ $1 Kf6 (24... Kxd5 25. Re7 dxc5 26. Rxc7 Rd8 27.
Kc3 {and White regains a pawn with a slight initiative.}) 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Rc1
Re8 27. Rc7 Re7 28. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

