[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
Qe7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. a4 $6 {A dubious novetly.Normally White open position in
the centre. After 10.de , the bishop pair plus the weak pawn d6,give White a
some edge.} (10. dxe6 Qxe6 11. Be2 b6 (11... O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Nd2
Rfe8 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. f3 Ng6 18. Bf2 Bc6 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Bf5 Qe7
21. Bh4 $14 {Yermolinsky,A-Martens,M/Tilburg (01) ,CBM 39 1993/1-0 (49)}) 12.
Qd3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Ke7 14. Rhe1 Be4 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Nd4 cxd4 17. exd4 g5 18.
Bg3 Kf8 19. f3 d5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bf3 Ndf6 23. Qc2 {1-0
Yusupov,A-Lobron,E/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25' (10) 1994}) 10... a5 11. Be2 g5
12. Bg3 Ne4 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Bd3 (14. Qb3 $5) 14... Ndf6 (14... g4 15. Nd2
Nxg3 (15... Nxc3 $2 {is no good because of} 16. Qb3 $18) 16. hxg3 Nf6 $10) 15.
Nd2 Nxg3 (15... Nxc3 $4 16. Qc2 $18) 16. hxg3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Kf8 18. Kf1 Rd8 (
18... Kg7 $15) 19. f3 (19. Rb1 Bc6 $15) 19... Re8 20. Re1 h5 {Now we can see
difference between the stron bshop on d7 and the passive one on d3. Black
immediatly attacks on the kingside in order tocreate weakness.} 21. Kg1 h4 $1
22. Nf1 Kg7 23. g4 Qe5 24. Re2 d5 25. Rf2 (25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bc6 27. Nd2 Qf4
$17) 25... d4 26. cxd4 cxd4 27. e4 Re6 28. Rh3 Rb6 29. Nh2 Qf4 30. Re2 Re8 31.
Qd1 Rb4 32. Qe1 Re5 33. Qa1 (33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Bxa4 $17) 33... Rxa4 (33...
Bxa4 34. Qxd4 b5 $17) 34. Qxd4 Rd5 $1 (34... b5 $17) 35. Qc3 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5
37. Kf2 Be6 38. Rc2 Rc5 39. Nf1 Ra3 (39... Nd7 $17) 40. Ke2 Nd7 41. Kd2 Ne5 $19
42. Be2 Nxc4+ 43. Bxc4 Rxc4 44. Rxc4 Bxc4 45. Ne3 Rd3+ 46. Ke2 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ambroz,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. f3 Bf5 $5 (9... Kd7 $5 {/\ Kc7} 10. Bd3 Kc7 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13.
Rb1 Nf8 14. Rb2 Bd7 15. O-O Rg8 16. Qb3 Bc8 {Hort-Schussler/BL 8182/1982/} 17.
Rfb1 Ng6 18. Bg3 e4 $13) 10. e4 $1 (10. g4 Bh7 11. Nh3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qa4
O-O 14. Qb3 Rfb8 15. O-O Kh8 16. Rae1 Nf8 17. Nf2 g5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Bd3 Rg8 {
Keene-McCambridge/Dortmund/1982/} 20. Qd1 Rae8 21. Kh1 h5 $13) (10. Qb3 b6 11.
h3 Nbd7 12. g4 Bh7 13. Ne2 g5 14. Bf2 h5 15. h4 e4 {Timman-Dzindzichaschivili/
Geneve/1977/} 16. hxg5 exf3 $15 17. gxf6 fxe2 18. Bxe2 Qxf6 19. Rxh5 Bg6) 10...
Bh7 (10... Bc8 $5) 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Ne2 Qe7 (13... g5 $5 14. Bf2 Nh5
15. g3 (15. h4 Nf4 {/\ Nd3, f7-f5}) 15... Nhf6 (15... Ng7 16. h4 $1) 16. Bc2 (
16. h4 g4 $5 {>< Pe4}) 16... h5 (16... g4) 17. Ba4 g4) 14. Bc2 $1 g5 (14... O-O
15. g4 $40 (15. O-O g5 16. Bf2 Nh5)) 15. Bf2 Nh5 (15... h5 16. h4 g4 17. Be3
$14 {/\ Bg5}) 16. h4 $1 Nf4 17. g3 Nxe2 (17... Ng6 $5 18. hxg5 (18. h5 Ngf8 19.
Ba4 g4 $5) 18... hxg5 19. Be3 f6 20. Ba4 Kf7 21. Kd2 $14) 18. Qxe2 O-O-O 19. g4
f6 $14 (19... h5 $5 $132 20. gxh5 (20. hxg5 $6 hxg4) 20... Rdg8 (20... f5 21.
exf5 (21. hxg5 Qxg5 22. Bh4 Qxh5) 21... Rdf8) 21. hxg5 Qxg5 22. Be3) 20. Kd2
Bg6 21. Ba4 $1 (21. a4 $2 a5 $1 {>< Bc2}) 21... Rhg8 (21... h5 $5) 22. Be3 Be8
23. Qd1 Nf8 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. a4 Kc7 26. a5 Qd7 $2 (26... bxa5 27. Rb5) (26...
Ra8 27. Qb3 Qb8 28. Qb5 Qb7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh6) 27. axb6+ axb6 28. Rxb6 $1
Rc8 (28... Kxb6 29. Qa1 $1 Kc7 30. Rb1 $1) 29. Qa1 Kd8 30. Qa6 Ke7 {31.hg5 hg5
32.Rd6! +-} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 {For the notes about the opening phase look at the game Berkes-Szabo in
this issue of the CBM.} 9. Nf3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yf3d2] A less frequent
continuation, White's knight aims to its ideal d2 square. Let's have a look at
White's other main options.} ({Details about} 9. Qc2 {1-0 Berkes,F (2597)
-Szabo,K (2447)/Szekesfehervar 2006/CBM 112/[Babula,V] (49)}) ({After} 9. Bd3 {
is for White unpleasant} e4 $5 (9... Nbd7 10. f4 $5) 10. Bc2 Nbd7 {, for
example} 11. Ne2 (11. f4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Qf1 g5 $1 14. fxg5 Nh5 $13 {
1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2717)-Topalov,V (2718)/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 081 (36)}) 11...
Qe7 12. Qb1 (12. Ba4 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 $11) 12... O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Ba4 g5
15. Bg3 Nh5 16. f4 $13 {1/2 Sasikiran,K (2514)-Zhang Zhong (2611)/Udaipur 2000/
EXT 2001 (50)}) ({Therefore White tries} 9. f3 {[%csl Ge4] at first.} g5 ({
Black can do also without the move g7-g5, for example} 9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qe7
11. Qc2 (11. Ne2 g5 12. Bg3 {transposes to the line 9...g5}) 11... Kd8 (11...
g5 12. Bg3 {also transposes}) 12. Ne2 Kc7 13. Rb1 (13. Ng3 $5) 13... Nf8 $13 {
1/2 Hort,V (2595)-Schussler,H (2495)/Germany 1981/GER-chT (40)}) ({After} 9...
Qa5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 {is good for White} 11. Rb1 $5 {with the idea to prevent b7-b5
}) 10. Bg3 Qe7 ({risky is} 10... e4 $6 {due to} 11. h4 g4 12. h5 $1 {[%cal
Yg3h4] , for example} exf3 13. gxf3 Qe7 14. Bh4 $1 Qe5 (14... Qxe3+ $2 15. Qe2
Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2 $1 Nxh5 17. O-O-O $1 $16 {1-0 Bareev,E (2590)-Sax,G (2600)/
Hastings 1990/CBM 022/[Ftacnik] (30)}) 15. Qd2 Nxh5 16. O-O-O $36 {1-0
Rogozenko,D (2480)-Sax,G (2570)/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/CBM 036/[Glatman] (27)})
11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Kd8 $5 {[%cal Yd8c7]} ({premature is} 12... e4 $6 13. Bxe4
Nxe4 14. fxe4 Nf6 (14... Ne5 $2 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng3 $16 {1-0
Timman,J (2650)-Kudrin,S (2485)/Wijk aan Zee 1985/MCL (29)}) 15. e5 dxe5 16.
Qc2 Bg4 17. O-O $14 {1-0 Yrjola,J (2460)-Schussler,H (2465)/Gjovik 1985/MCD 
(41)}) ({but possible is also} 12... Rg8 13. Qc2 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Rb1 Kd8 $5
16. a4 Kc7 17. a5 $13 {1/2 Timman,J (2650)-Polugaevsky,L (2625)/Linares 1985/
MCL (28)}) 13. Qc2 Kc7 14. h4 Rg8 $11 {1/2 Timman,J (2590)-Andersson,U (2565)/
Tilburg 1977/MCL/[Ftacnik] (24)}) 9... Qa5 $6 {A dubious move.} ({Perhaps the
best continuation for Black is} 9... Bf5 $5 {which limits White's
possibilities. The critical position arises after} 10. Nd2 g5 11. Bg3 Qe7 (
11... Nbd7 12. Be2 Qe7 {is only a transposition}) 12. Be2 (12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5
hxg5 14. Qb3 Qc7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Yb8d7]} 15. f3 Nbd7 16. e4 Bg6 $11 {0-1
Bareev,E (2590)-Beliavsky,A (2605)/Leningrad 1990/URS-ch/[Ftacnik] (39)}) 12...
Nbd7 {, for example} 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. a4 Nf8 15. h4 Ng6 16. O-O-O Nf4 17. exf4
{1/2 Sasikiran,K (2536)-Bakre,T (2361)/Vung Tau City 1999/CBM 072 ext}) ({After
} 9... Qe7 {White can play besides} 10. Nd2 ({also} 10. Qc2 {what leads to the
9.Qc2 line examined in the above mentioned game Berkes-Szabo}) 10... Nbd7 (
10... g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 {leads to the 9...Bf5 line}) 11. Bd3 g5 ({In this line it
is difficult for Black to do without g7-g5. When he waits with this move} 11...
Kd8 $6 {White can play} 12. f3 $5 g5 $140 13. Bf2 $5 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 12. Bg3 e4
13. Bc2 Kd8 $13 {0-1 Sasikiran,K (2573)-Milos,G (2633)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 
(46)}) 10. Bxf6 $5 {This pawn sacrifice looks very promising.} ({But possible
is also quiet} 10. Qc2 {, for example} Nbd7 $5 ({Black can't effectively
attack the c3 pawn:} 10... Ne4 $6 11. Rc1) (10... g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 $2 12. Bd3 $1
Qxc3+ $140 13. Qxc3 Nxc3 14. Nxe5 $1) 11. Bd3 $5 g5 (11... b5 $6 12. Nd2 $1)
12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Rb1 (14. f3 Bd7 15. a4 O-O-O $132) 14... b6 15. f3
Bd7 16. Bf2 Qa4 $1 17. Rb3 $14 {1/2 Hort,V (2560)-Suba,M (2465)/Tunis 1985/IZT
(75)}) 10... Qxc3+ 11. Nd2 gxf6 12. Be2 $44 {White has sacrificed only a pawn,
moreover the doubled one. For that he has compromised Black's pawn structure
and has gained some lead in development.} Bf5 {Black takes the e4 square under
control.} ({Other way how to do it is} 12... f5 $5) 13. O-O Na6 14. e4 {
White closes the b1-h7 diagonal to gain the b1 square for his rook. On the
other hand the e4 square is not available for his knight anymore.} Bd7 15. Rb1
O-O-O 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Qc1 {White wants to exert pressure against Black's
queenside along the b and also a files.} Nb4 (17... Qc7 $6 18. Qa3 $1 {[%csl
Ra6,Ra7,Rb7]}) 18. Ra3 (18. Qc3 Qc7 19. a3 Na6 20. Rfb1 b6) 18... Qb6 19. Qb2
Kb8 (19... Na6 $6 20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Qa3 $1) 20. Rb1 f5 $2 {Black doesn't realize
the threatening danger.} ({Necessary is} 20... Qc7 $142 {White has a
sufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn, but not more, for example} 21.
Rb3 b6 (21... Ba4 $2 22. a3 $1 Bxb3 23. axb4 $16 Ba4 24. b5) (21... Bc8 $6 22.
a3 Na6 23. Bg4 $1 b6 24. Bxc8 Kxc8 25. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1e3,Ye3f5]})) 21. Rb3 {
[%cal Ya2a3]} Ba4 $8 22. a3 Bxb3 23. axb4 $1 $16 {That is the point!} cxb4 (
23... Ba4 24. b5 $16 {[%csl Ra4]}) (23... Qxb4 24. Nxb3 $16) 24. Qxb3 fxe4 25.
Qa4 $5 {White continues the most energetic way.} (25. Nxe4 $16) 25... a5 $6 {
Black doesn't offer much resistance.} ({But also after} 25... e3 $142 26. Rxb4
exf2+ 27. Kf1 Qe3 28. Nb3 $16 {White's attack against Black's king should
break through, whereas Black can't do anything to White's one.}) 26. Nb3 $18 {
The rest is agony.} Kc7 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. c5 Qa7 29. Qb5 Rhd8 30. Qc4 Kb8 31. c6
Kc7 32. cxb7+ 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 56th"]
[Site "Szekesfehervar"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Szabo, Krisztian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 {A quiet
continuation, it is considered to be the best defence against the Leningrad
Variation.} (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 {is usually only the transposition} d6 8. e3) (
{Risky, but possible is also} 6... b5 {For White became popular} 7. cxb5 $5 (7.
dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5 d5 $44) 7... g5 8. Bg3 Nxd5 9. Rc1 $13) 7. e3 ({After} 7. Rc1
{with the idea to prevent the creation of the doubled pawn Black has} Bxc3+ $5
8. Rxc3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Ra3 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Rxb3 b5 $13 {1/2 Haba,P 
(2520)-Movsesian,S (2630)/Zlin 1997/CBM 061 (49)}) 7... Bxc3+ {The most
frequent continuation.} ({But interesting option is} 7... Qe7 $5 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Yb8d7] what is often only a transposition after} 8. Nf3 ({perhaps less
accurate is} 8. Bd3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Yg1e2] as after} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 ({or} 
9... e5 {Black achieves a line favourable for him - compare with the line 8...
Qe7 in the note below}))) ({Possible is also} 7... g5 8. Bg3 Bxc3+ ({but
weaker is} 8... Ne4 $143 $6 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ (9... Qf6 $2 10. Nge2 exd5 11. O-O-O
$1 $16 {1-0 Timman,J (2675)-Winants,L (2465)/Brussels 1988/CBM 007 (24)}) 10.
bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. Bd3 $14 {1/2 Dzagnidze,N (2482)-Javakhishvili,L 
(2430)/Chisinau 2005/CBM 106 ext (55)}) 9. bxc3 e5 {what is examined below}) 8.
bxc3 e5 {This is the main move.} ({Other playable alternatives are:} 8... Qe7 {
Black keeps the e5 square free and prepares knight's manoeuvre Nb8-d7-e5(f8)
-g6 to get away White's Bh4. But after} 9. Nf3 {looks the best for Black} (9.
Bd3 $6 Nbd7 ({or} 9... e5)) 9... e5 ({as after} 9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O (10...
Ne5 11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. f4 Ng6 13. Kf2 $13 {1-0 Bareev,E (2590)-Kosten,A 
(2510)/Hastings 1990/CBM 022 (24)}) 11. Be2 Ne5 {White has unpleasant} 12. Ne4
g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 Nxc4 15. O-O $36 {1-0 Rogozenko,D (2480)-Timoshenko,
G (2515)/Bucharest 1993/CBM 034 (44)}) {to transpose after} 10. Qc2) ({After} 
8... g5 9. Bg3 e5 {White can continue either} 10. Qc2 ({or} 10. Bd3 e4 11. Bc2
Qe7 12. h4 Rg8 $11) 10... Qe7 (10... e4) 11. Nf3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yf3d2]} e4 (
11... Nh5 $5) 12. Nd2 Bf5 $11 {, in both cases Black's position is solid
enough.}) {The main position of this line.} 9. Qc2 {White take the b1-h7
diagonal under control and thus doesn't allow Black's Bc8 to develop on f5.
Other White's options are examined in the game Finegold-Benjamin in this issue
of the CBM.} Nbd7 (9... Qe7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 {is only the transposition} (10... g5
11. Bg3 {we already know})) 10. Nf3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yf3d2] That looks more
logical than} (10. Bd3 Qe7 {[%cal Ye5e4]} 11. f3 g5 12. Bg3 $11) 10... Qe7 {
Black makes an useful move. He doesn't castle as it is often more advantageous
to bring the king to the queenside. There it can feel more safe and moreover
can help to defend the weakness on the b file.} 11. Nd2 {From here the knight
controls the e4 square.} e4 {Black gains some space in the centre, especially
the e5 square. On the other hand he opens the h2-b8 diagonal for White's dark
squared bishop what should be always well considered as Black already misses
his dark squared one.} ({Other possibility is} 11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 (12... e4 {
leads to the game}) {with the idea to exchange White's Bg3. The critical line
is then} 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. h3 $5 {[%cal Yg3h2,Yg2g4]} Bd7 (14... Nxg3 $6 15.
fxg3 Nh5 16. O-O $1 $36 {[%cal Gf1f7] 1-0 Jussupow,A (2655)-Slobodjan,R (2525)/
Nussloch 1996/CBM 053/[Jussupow] (43) f}) 15. Rb1 ({after} 15. Bh2 {Black
probably planned} Ng7 16. g4 h5) 15... b6 16. a4 Ng7 17. f3 Nfh5 18. Bh2 $13 {
0-1 Jussupow,A (2680)-Karpov,A (2775)/Baden-Baden 1995/EXT 97 (61)}) ({Weaker
is} 11... Nf8 $143 $6 12. Bd3 $14) 12. Be2 g5 ({Black can also do without g7-g5
} 12... O-O {[%cal Yf8e8]}) 13. Bg3 Kd8 $5 {[%cal Yd8c7] This move deserves
attention, Black brings his king to the queenside and frees the e8 square for
the rook.} ({But most often choice is} 13... Nf8 14. h4 Rg8 (14... Ng6 $143 $6
15. h5 Nf8 16. Bd1 Bd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. a4 $14 {1-0 Sasikiran,K (2657)
-Anastasian,A (2568)/Moscow 2005/CBM 106 (36)}) 15. Rb1 Kd8 $5 $13 (15... Ng6
$143 $6 16. h5 $5 Nf8 $14 {is similiar to the game Sasikiran-Anastasian above})
) 14. h4 Rg8 ({More logical looks} 14... Re8 $5 15. hxg5 hxg5 $13 {0-1 Glavas,
D (2274)-Polak,T (2503)/Pula 2001/CBM 082 ext (36)}) 15. Qb1 {A new move,
White prevents Nd7-e5.} ({After} 15. Rb1 {Black can play} Ne5 {, for example}
16. Qa4 (16. Nxe4 $6 {is not ideal now due to} Bf5 {and White is forced to play
} 17. f3) 16... Kc7 17. Qa5+ Kb8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rh6 b6 $13 {0-1 Kubala,M 
(2295)-Lechtynsky,J (2370)/Decin 1998/EXT 2000 (32)}) 15... Ne5 $2 {An error,
Black doesn't notice the difference.} (15... Kc7 $142 $13) 16. hxg5 hxg5 17.
Nxe4 $1 Bf5 $6 {Black still doesn't see White's idea.} (17... Nxc4 $142 18.
Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qb3 $16) 18. Nxf6 $1 {That's the point!} Bxb1 19. Nxg8 Qf8 20.
Rxb1 Qxg8 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxb7 $18 {Now Black's position is hopeless,
White's pieces coordinate perfectly and dominate the board.} Kc8 23. Re7 Kd8
24. d6 Rb8 25. Rxa7 Qg7 (25... Rb1+ 26. Kd2 $1 Rb2+ 27. Kc1) 26. Bg4 e4 (26...
Rb1+ 27. Kd2 $1) 27. g3 Ke8 (27... Qxc3+ 28. Kf1) (27... Rb1+ 28. Ke2 Rb2+ 29.
Kf1) 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Be6 Rxd6 30. Bxf7+ Kf8 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Bg8 Qe5 33. Rh7+
Kf6 34. Bd5 Kf5 35. Rg8 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 37. Rf8+ Kg6 38. Rc7 Qd6 39. Rcc8 c4
40. Kg2 Qd3 41. Rc6+ Kh5 42. Rf5 Qxc3 43. Rcc5 Kh6 44. Rxg5 Qc2 45. Rgd5 Kg6
46. Rd6+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Ke8 48. Rh6 Qc3 49. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Benasque"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ {This is quite
normal for this variation and for the whole Nimzo-Indian Defence in general.
Usually after giving up the Bishop Black starts to place his pawns on dark
squares and locks the position.} 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3 Qe7 9. Nf3 g5 10. Bg3 e5 11.
Rb1 Ne4 12. Rb3 f5 13. Qb1 Nd7 14. Ng1 Ndf6 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 e4 17. f4 g4 {
The f1-Bishop has no future now, its black "colleague" might have better
prospects, as Black can go for b7-b5 in the future with futher attack of the
d5-pawn, however it did not happen in the game.} 18. Ne2 h5 19. Nc1 b6 20. a4
O-O 21. Ra3 Bd7 22. Nb3 Rab8 23. Nd2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gokhale, Chandrashekhar"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Nf3
Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1 h5 13. Bd3 f5 $17 {
0-1 Guseinov,A-Filippov,V/Dubai 1999/CBM 70 ext (30)}) 9. Qc2 (9. Nd2 Nb6 10.
dxe6 Bxe6 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 Ne8 14. e4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16. Rb1
Qd7 $11 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Wahls,M/Germany 1999/GER-chT (43)}) 9... Nb6 {Schwarz
übt einen starken Druck auf die weißen Felder c4, d5, e4 aus, dadurch werden
seine schwarzen Felder, z.B. d6, e5 schwach.} (9... exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3
Nb6 12. O-O-O $5) 10. Rd1 $6 (10. dxe6 $5 {[%mdl 32] Weiß sollte auf den Druck
auf die weißen Felder mit einem Angriff auf die schwarzen Felder, d.h. auf die
Steine, die die schwarzen Felder verteidigen, reagieren.} Bxe6 11. a3 $1 Bxc3+
12. Qxc3 $36) 10... e5 $5 {Schwarz geht nun in die übliche Variante über und
möchte damit den letzten Zug 10.Rd1 harmlos machen.} (10... exd5 11. cxd5 g5
12. Bg3) 11. Nd2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 $6 (12. bxc3) 12... Nfxd5 {[%mdl 64] Es ist
schwer zu behaupten, ob Weiß den Bauern auf d5 geopfert oder übersehen hatte.}
13. cxd5 Qxh4 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Nc4 {Es ist dem Weißen doch
gelungen, einen Angriff auf die schwarzen Felder aufzustellen.} Qe7 17. Qa5 $5
b6 18. Qa4 O-O 19. Qc6 Rad8 20. Qxd6 {Sieht gut für Weiß aus. Ist es aber
nicht. Durch den Angriff auf die schwarzen Felder hat Weiß die weißen Felder
außer Acht gelassen.} (20. Qc7 $2 Qh4 $1) (20. Nxd6 $4 Nb8) 20... Qh4 $1 {
Nun folgt der Gegenangriff auf die weißen Felder d5, e4, f3, g2!} 21. b3 (21.
Nxe5 Nf6 $19) 21... b5 $1 (21... Nf6 22. Qxe5 Qg4 $5 $36) 22. Nxe5 Qb4+ 23. Kf1
Nf6 24. Qc6 (24. Qa6 $142 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 $17) 24... Qe4 25. Nd3 Rxd5 26.
Ke2 c4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. O-O Qe8 $146 (13... Ne7
$6 {Spassky,B-Larsen,B/Beograd/1970}) 14. Bc2 (14. Qb1 Nh5 $5 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16.
Bh4 (16. Ne4 Qe7 $13) 16... g5 17. Bg3 b6 $13) (14. a4 $5 e4 (14... a5 15. Rb1
Ra6 16. Rb5 $14) (14... Nd7 {/\ f5} 15. Qb1 a5 16. Ra2 Ra6 17. Rb2 $14) 15. Bc2
Qe7 (15... Ne5 16. Qb1 $14 Bf5 $6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qc7 $16 Bc8) 16. Qb1 Re8 17.
a5 $14) 14... Nd7 $5 {/\ f5} 15. Qb1 a5 $5 {/\ Ra6,Nb6,Bd7 -> a4,c4} 16. Kh1 (
16. a4 $6 Ra6 17. Ra2 Nb6 $15 {/\ f5, /\ Bd7} 18. Rb2 Nxa4 19. Rb3 f5 $17) (16.
f4 exf4 17. exf4 Qe3+ 18. Rf2 Nf6 $13) (16. Ne4 Qe7 17. f4 f5 18. Nf2 e4 $13
19. Nxe4 $6 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nh4 $17) (16. Bf5 $5 Ne7 (16... Ra6 17. Qb5 (17. Ne4
Ne7 $15) 17... Ne7 (17... Rb6 $2 18. Bxd7 $18) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20.
Rab1 Rb8 21. Rb2 $14 {-> b6 -> d6}) 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Ne4 g6 19. Nxd6 Qd8 20.
Bxg6 fxg6 (20... Nxg6 21. Nxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxg6 $13) 21. Qe4 Ra6 22. Bxe5+ Nxe5
23. Qxe5+ Kg8 $13) 16... Ra6 17. f4 (17. Ba4 f5 $15) 17... Rb6 $5 {/\ f5} (
17... exf4 18. exf4 $14) 18. Qc1 f5 $10 19. Rb1 (19. fxe5 Ndxe5 $15) 19... exf4
(19... e4 $6 20. Qa3 Ra6 21. Ba4 $14) 20. exf4 Qe3 21. Nb3 (21. Rf3 Rxb1 22.
Bxb1 Qe7 $15) (21. Re1 $5 Qxc3 (21... Rxb1 $2 22. Bxb1 $16) 22. Bxf5 Qxc1 23.
Be6+ Kh8 24. Rexc1 Nxf4 25. Bxd7 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Bxd7 27. Rxb7 Bg4 28. Rb6 $14)
21... Qxc1 (21... Qxc3 $6 22. Bxf5 Qxc1 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Rbxc1 a4 25. Nd2 Rb2
26. Ne4 $14) 22. Rfxc1 Ra6 23. Nd2 Nf6 24. Ba4 (24. Re1 Nh5) 24... Rf7 (24...
Nh5 25. Rf1 $14 {/\Rbe1,Be8}) 25. Re1 Bd7 (25... Re7 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Bh4 $14)
26. Bc2 (26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Re6 Nf8 28. Re2 Ng6 $10) 26... Bc8 27. Kg1 (27. Re6
$6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Re7 29. Bxf5 Nf8 30. Bh4 (30. Re1 Rb6 $15) 30... Nxe6 $15)
27... Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 $10 29. Kf2 (29. Re1 $6 Kf7 30. Ba4 Rb6 31. Nb3 (31.
Bb5 Nexd5 $17) 31... Ne4 $15) 29... Kf7 30. h3 (30. Bh4 Ng4+ $15) 30... a4 31.
a3 (31. Bh4 Ng6 32. Bg3 Ne7 $10) 31... g5 (31... g6 $6 32. Bh4 $14) 32. fxg5
hxg5 33. Nf3 Nh7 34. h4 g4 35. Nd2 Nf6 36. Bf4 Ng6 37. Bg5 Ne5 38. g3 Kg6 39.
Kg2 Nf7 40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. Nf1 Ne5 42. Ne3 Nf3 43. Kf2 Ne5 44. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9495 5th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Ne5 11. O-O (11. Bc2 $5 Nxc4 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Nxc4 13.
dxe6 Bxe6 (13... fxe6 14. Qd3 b5 15. Qg6+ $16) 14. h4 d5 (14... g4 15. Bf4 $36
Kg7 (15... h5 16. Bg5) 16. Ng3 Qa5 17. Qd3 $5 $40 Ne5 $2 {[#]} 18. Nh5+ $3 Nxh5
19. Bxh6+ $3 Kf6 (19... Kxh6 20. Qh7#) 20. Bg5+ Kg7 21. Qh7#) 15. hxg5 hxg5 16.
Bd3 $5 {/\ Bc4,Be5} Nb2 17. Qc2 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Re8 19. Be5 $16) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Qd3 Qg6 $1 (13... Qf5 $2 14. e4 $16) 14. Qxg6 fxg6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxg6 (
16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Bb3 b5 $15) 16... d5 17. Nf4 $5 Bf5 18. Ke2 $13) 11... Re8 (
11... g5 $6 12. Bg3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nf6 15. f4 $44) 12. h3 Ng6 (12...
g5 $6 13. Bg3 exd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 $16) 13. Bg3 e5 14. f4 (14. Qb1 $5 e4
15. Bc2 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. a4 $13) 14... e4 15. Bc2 h5 $5 (15...
Bf5 $6 16. Bh2 {/\ Ng3, g2-g4 -> e4}) (15... b6 $5 {/\ Ba6} 16. f5 Ne7 $5 (
16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Ng3 {/\ Rf4,Qb1 -> e4}) 17. Ba4 (17. Bh4 Nxf5 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd2 (19. g4 $2 Qg5) 19... Qe5 $17) 17... Rf8 (17... Nxf5 18. Bxe8
Nxe3 19. Qd2 Nxf1 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qf4 $16) 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Rxf1 $44 {/\ Qf4} Ba6 22. Bh4 $5 Bxc4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxh6 $5 Bxe2 25. Qh7+
Ke8 (25... Kf8 26. Rf4 (26. Qh8+ $10) 26... e3 (26... Qe7 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxa8
e3 29. Rh4 $16) 27. Qg6 $1 $16) 26. Qxe4+ Qe7 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Re1 $16) 18.
Bc6 (18. Bh4 Nxf5 19. Bxf6 (19. Qe1 Nxh4 20. Qxh4 Ba6 21. Bb3 Nxd5 $1 $17)
19... Qxf6 20. Bc6 Rb8 21. Ng3 Nxe3 22. Rxf6 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 (23. Rxd6 Nxc3 $17)
23... gxf6 24. Nxe4 Rd8 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Rf1 Ba6 $17) 18... Rb8 19. Qa4 a6 20.
Bf2 Nxf5 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bh4 $44) 16. f5 (16. Qe1 b5 $5) (16. Rb1 $5 b6 17. Qe1
$5 {/\ Bh4} Ba6 18. Ba4 Re7 19. Bb5 $14) 16... Ne7 (16... Ne5 17. Bh4 $5 (17.
Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qb1 (18. Rb1 b6 19. Ng3 h4 $15) 18... Qe7 $15) 17... Nxc4 18. Bg5
Qe7 $5 {/\ Qe5} 19. Rb1 (19. Ng3 Qe5 {/\ Nd5} 20. Nxh5 Nxd5 $15) 19... b6 (
19... Qe5 20. Ba4 Rf8 $13) 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. Bc6 Rb8 $13) 17. Ba4 Nxf5 18. Bxe8
Qxe8 (18... Nxe3 19. Qd2 Nxf1 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxf1 $44 {/\ Qf4}) 19. Bf4 h4
20. a4 (20. Bg5 $5 Nh7 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxh4 Qd7 23. a4 Re8 24. a5 $13) 20...
Nh5 21. Qd2 b6 22. Bh2 Qe7 (22... g6 {/\ Ba6} 23. Rxf5 $5 Bxf5 24. Bxd6 $14)
23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 (24. Rxa5 Nf6 25. Rfa1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gokhale, Chandrashekhar"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 e4 12. Be2 g5 (12... O-O 13. O-O-O Re8 14.
Kb2 b5 15. cxb5 a6 16. a4 Bb7 17. c4 axb5 18. axb5 Qe5+ 19. Kb3 Nxd5 20. Bg3
Qf6 21. Qb2 Nc3 22. Nb1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 d5 {1/2-1/2 Gaertner,G-Wells,P/Oberwart
1995/(40)}) 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h4 Rg8 15. h5 (15. Rb1 Kd8 16. a4 Rb8 17. Rb2 Kc7
18. a5 Bf5 19. Qa4 Ng6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nb3 Ne5 22. Kd2 Bd7 23. Qa3 Nfg4 24.
Rhb1 f5 {1-0 Eriksson,J-Astrom,G/Sweden 1999/(65)}) (15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rb1 Ng6
17. Rb2 Kf8 18. Nb1 Kg7 19. Bd1 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Gagarin,V/Vladivostok 1995/
CBM 46 ext (19)}) 15... Bf5 $6 (15... b6 $142 16. Rb1 Bd7 $11) 16. Rb1 b6 17.
Qa4+ Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Qd7 $142) 18. Qa6 (18. Qa3 $1 $16 {[%cal
Rb1b6,Rg3d6] Wegen der Drohung 19.Rxb6 gibt es hier keine Verteidigung.}) 18...
Bc8 19. Qa4+ Qd7 20. Qc2 (20. Bd1 $14) 20... Qe7 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qc2 Qe7 23.
Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linklater Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.03.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krechetov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. f3
g5 9. Bg3 e5 10. e3 Qe7 (10... e4 11. h4 $1) 11. Qc2 (11. Bd3 $142) 11... e4 $1
$36 {Ein typisches Verfahren in derartigen Positionen. Schwarz verhindert
damit, daß Weiß mittels Bd3 gefolgt von Ne2 eine elastische Stellung erhalten
könnte und geht energisch gegen den weißen Feldern im Lager des Anziehenden.} (
11... Nbd7 12. Bd3) 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. h4 $5 Rg8 (13... g4 14. h5 $1 {/\Bh4})
14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Ne2 (15. Qa4+ Nbd7 16. Re1 Bg6 {/\Nh5}) (15. f4 $5) 15...
Nbd7 (15... exf3 $6 16. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 17. Kb1 (17. Rd2 Ne4 $17) 17... fxe2 18. Re1
Ne4 19. Bxe2 Nxc3+ 20. Kc2 Nxe2 21. Qc8+ Ke7 22. Qxg8 Qc3+ 23. Kb1 Qd3+ 24. Ka1
$11) 16. Bf2 {/\Ng3} Bg6 17. Qa4 Kd8 $5 18. Ng3 Kc7 19. Rd2 $6 (19. Be2 {
Weiß muss hier um die offenen h-Linie kämpfen.} Rae8 20. Rh6) 19... Rae8 20.
Rb2 Kb8 $15 21. Be2 Rh8 $1 {Mit dem Kampf um die h-Linie gewinnt der
Nachziehende auch die strategische Initiative.} 22. Qd1 Nb6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24.
a4 $2 Nbd7 (24... Qe5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5c3]} 25. Be1 (25. Rb3 Nxa4) 25... exf3)
25. Kd2 Ne5 26. a5 Qd7 27. Qf1 exf3 28. gxf3 Qa4 $1 29. f4 $5 gxf4 30. exf4
Neg4 31. f5 Bh7 32. Bxg4 Nxg4 33. Bxc5 $1 Qd7 $2 (33... dxc5 34. Qf4+ Ka8 35.
Qxg4 $13) 34. Qf4 (34. a6 $18) 34... Ne5 35. Bg1 (35. a6 $18) 35... Rg8 $16 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Basagic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. f4 g5 12. fxg5 Nh5 {[%mdl 8]} (12... Ng4 13. Ng3
Nxe3 14. Qf3 hxg5 15. Qxe3 gxh4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. O-O Nf8 18. Rae1 (18. Rab1 b6
19. a4 Ng6 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Ng3 Qe7 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25.
Ne4 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Southam,T-Rozentalis,E/North Bay 1994/(41)}) 18... Bxf5 $2 (
18... Nd7) 19. Rxf5 Qe7 20. Ref1 Rc8 $2 (20... Ng6 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7)
21. Rxf7 $18 {1-0 Misanovic,V-Hunt,H/Batumi 1999/(27)}) 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. Bxg3
hxg5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bf5 Nh5 17. O-O Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Ng7 (18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 f6
20. Qa4+ (20. Raf1 Rh6 21. Qf2 Qh7 22. Qf3 Ke7 $17) 20... Kf8 21. e4 Kg7 22.
Rb1 Rh6 23. Kf2 $11) 19. Qa4+ Kd8 $2 (19... Kf8 20. Rf2 f5 21. Rb2 f4 22. Bf2
Ne8 23. Rab1 Qh7 24. h3 b6 $17) 20. Rf2 f5 21. Rb1 f4 $6 (21... Rh7 22. Rfb2
Ne8 23. Qa5+ Kc8 $13) 22. Rfb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (22. Rfb2 Qe8 $1 {(Fritz)} (
22... b6 23. Rxb6) (22... Kc8 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Kxb7 25. Qc6+ Kb8 26.
Qxd6+ Kc8 27. Qxc5+ Kd7 28. Qc6+ Ke7 29. exf4 $18) (22... fxg3 23. Rxb7 gxh2+
24. Kh1 $18) 23. Qa5+ b6 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Qxa8+ Ke7 $13) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9495 5th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bc2 Qe7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. h4 Nd7 (14...
O-O 15. h5 Nd7 16. a4 a5 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. Bd1 Nd3+ 20. Nxd3 exd3 21.
f4 $16 {Comas Fabrego,L-Vehi Bach/ESP-ch Linates/1993}) 15. h5 Kd8 $5 {/\ Kc7,
Nb6,Bd7 -> a4,c4} (15... Nb6 16. a4 $5 {/\ a5} Nxc4 $2 17. Qb5+) 16. Qb3 $5 {
/\ Nf4} (16. a4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18. Rb3 Kc7 {/\ Nb6}) 16... Qe7 $5 (16... Nb6 $6
17. a4 $16) (16... a5 17. Nf4 $16) 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. a4 {/\ a5 ->} a5 {/\ Kc7,
Ra6-b6 -> c4, b2} 19. Bd1 Rb8 (19... Kc7 20. Be2 Ra6 21. Rb1 Kb8 22. Kd2 Ka7
23. Rb2 {/\ Rhb1 ->}) 20. Be2 b6 {/\ Ba6} 21. Kd2 Kc7 22. Rab1 Rb7 23. Kc2 $5 (
23. Rb2 Kb8 24. Rhb1 Ka7 25. Qd1 Bd7 (25... Rb8 $13 {/\ Ba6}) 26. Ra1 Qh4 $36)
23... Kb8 24. Kb2 Ka7 25. Ka3 (25. Ka3 Bd7 26. Rb2 Rhb8 27. Rhb1 {/\ Qd1,Bf1,
Ne2-b3 -> Na5} Qe8 $5 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. Nf3 {9.Bd3 oder 9.Qc3 wird häufiger gespielt, um Bf5 zu verhindern.} Bf5
$1 10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Nbd7 12. f3 {/\e4}) 11. e4 Bh7 12. f3 {
Diese Stellung hat Weiß offenbar angestrebt. Es stellt sich allerdings die
Frage, ob der Läufer auf h7 eine gute oder eine schlechte Position eingenommen
hat. Dies ist davon abhängig, wo Weiß spielen möchte. Am Damenflügel sind
seine Möglichkeiten die Initiative zu ergreifen wegen der blockierten
Bauernstruktur sehr begrenzt. Also muss der Anziehende bestrebt sein, am
Königsflügel aktiv vorzugehen, gerade hier steht der Bh7 richtig.} Qc7 13. Qa4
{/\Bf6. Weiß möchte die kurze Rochade erzwingen, danach könnte seine
Initiative am Königsflügel mehr Chancen bekommen.} Ng8 $1 (13... O-O 14. g4 $1
{/\Bd3,Bf2-e3, gefolgt von h4 ->}) 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Bxe7 {Weiß hat hier keine
andere Wahl, z.B.} (15. Bf2 f5 $5 {Ein aktiver Zug. Schwarz bemüht sich die
weißen Felder im Lager des Weißen zu schwächen.} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 (17.
Ne4 O-O) 17... Nxf5 18. Ne4 O-O $132) (15. g4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nf4 $15) 15... Kxe7
16. Nf1 {/\Ne3} (16. Ke2 a6 17. Rhb1) 16... a6 17. Ne3 b5 $5 {[%mdl 544]} 18.
Qa3 (18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Rhb8 20. Qc4 Ra3 $132) 18... Rhb8 19. Rb1 b4 $5 {
[%mdl 32] Eine Räumungsaktion, Schwarz möchte nämlich das Feld c5 räumen, um
es besetzen zu können.} 20. cxb4 (20. Qb2 Qa5) 20... cxb4 21. Rxb4 {Für den
geopferten Bauern hat Schwarz eine gewisse positionelle Kompensation, u.a.
gibt es die schwachen bzw. unkontrollierten schwarzen Felder im Lager des
Weißen, z.B. c5, d4 usw.} Qc5 $1 22. Nc2 $8 Rxb4 23. Qxb4 Rb8 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 {
Diese Stellung hatte Schwarz angestrebt. Sein Springer auf c5 steht optimal.
Man beachte den passiven Läufer d3. Also hat das Bauernopfer seine Wirkung
gezeigt.} 25. Kd2 Rb2 26. Kc3 (26. Ra1 f5 $1 27. Kc3 Nxd3 28. Kxd3 fxe4+ 29.
fxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Kxe4 Rxc2 $17) 26... Rxa2 27. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Norri, Joose"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
Qe7 {Ein wichtiger Zug in diesem Abspiel, der vor allem den Zug f2-f3 und
damit die elastische Entwicklung des weißen Königsflügels, nach etwas Bd3, Ne2
gefolgt von Bf2 und Ng3, verhindern soll.} 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 {Eine seltene
Zugreihenfolge, öfter wird entweder 9.Nf3, 10.Nd2 dann Bd3 bzw. Qc2 oder 9.Bd3
dann 10.Ne2 gespielt.} e5 $1 {Ein aktiver Zug zum richtigen Zeitpunkt. Es
droht e4. Dies sollte dem weißen erschweren die schwache Diagonale b1-h7 zu
erobern.} 11. e4 {Weiß strebt offenbar danach, eine sichere, aber passive
Stellung aufzubauen.} (11. Qc2 $2 e4 $1 $17) (11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 e4 $36) 11...
Nf8 $1 {Schwarz will nun das Feld f4, nach etwa g5 gefolgt von Ng6, besetzen.}
12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qa3 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Bc2 {/\Ba4} Kf8 (15... Kd8 $5 {Die
Königswanderung auf den Damenflügel stellt hier eine typische Idee dar.}) 16.
Nd2 $5 {/\f3. Weiß beabsichtigt damit u.a. den Läufer g3 mittels f3 ins Spiel
bringen zu können.} Rg8 {Ein starkes Manöver, das allerdings für diese
Variante typisch ist. Schwarz möchte ein Spiel am Königsflügel einleiten, z.B.
den Vorstoß g5-g4 mit der Idee an das schwache Feld g2 zu kommen.} 17. Nf1 h5
18. f3 h4 (18... Nf4 19. Ne3 h4 20. Bf2) 19. Bf2 g4 {Schwarz verfolgt am
Königsflügel einen klaren aktiven Plan, nämlich die Felder f4, g3 besetzen,
die Felder f3, g2 angreifen. Der Bauer auf g2, die Basis der weißen
Bauernstruktur, stellt hier eine Stellungsschwäche dar.} 20. Bd1 Nf4 21. Ne3 {
Der weiße Hoffnungsschimmer, der seit langem vorbereitete Zug Nf5 hängt nun in
der Luft.} h3 $5 {Der Nachziehende strebt danach, die weißen Felder am
Königsflügel zu schwächen, das ist sicher richtig so. Die Frage ist nur, ob es
nicht besser wäre, erst das Feld g3 z.B. mit dem Zug 22...g3 zu blockieren?} (
21... g3 $5 22. hxg3 hxg3 23. Bg1 {mit folgendem Angriff auf der h-Linie.} Qc7
24. Rb1 b6 {/\Ke7, Bd7, Rh8}) 22. g3 $1 {Dies stellt die einzige sichere
Verteidigung des Feldes g2 dar.} Ng2+ (22... Nd3+ 23. Ke2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 gxf3
25. Bxf3) 23. Kd2 (23. Nxg2 hxg2 24. Rg1 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Qh3 26. Rxg2 Bg4 $17)
23... Qe7 {Es ist dem Schwarzen gelungen, die Felder f3 und e4 zu schwächen
und Nf5 zu verhindern. Es stellt sich nun die Frage, ist dies auszunutzen?, z.
B. wie kann Schwarz den Druck auf das schwache Feld f3 verstärken?} (23... gxf3
24. Bxf3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Ng4 26. Bg1 Qe7) 24. Rf1 Rg6 {Bislang hat Schwarz sehr
energisch und zielstrebig gespielt. Nun scheint es so, als dass er die Linie
verloren hätte.} ({Es bietet sich hier ein simpler Plan mit der Absicht die
weißen Figuren bzw. Bauern zu tauschen, die weißen Felder verteidigen können.} 
24... gxf3 $5 25. Bxf3 Bg4 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 $15) 25. Kc2 Kg8 {Die letzten zwei
Züge sind schwer zu verstehen.} 26. Qc1 (26. Nxg2 $5 hxg2 27. Rg1 $14) 26...
Qe8 27. Nf5 $1 {Dieser Springer spielt eine wichtige Rolle in dieser Variante.
Weiß steht nun zufriedenstellend.} gxf3 28. Nxd6 (28. Bxf3 $5) 28... Qd7 29.
Nxc8 Nxe4 (29... Rxc8 30. Bxf3 $16) 30. Bxf3 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Qf5+ 32. Kd1 $5 (32.
Kb2 Rxc8 33. Qd2 Rb6+ 34. Kc1 $13) 32... Rxc8 33. Ke2 $5 Rf6 34. Qb1 $1 {
Weiß hat das Feld e4 verstärkt und steht nun klar besser.} Qg5 35. Qe4 Rb6 36.
Bxg2 (36. Kd3 $5 Re8 37. Bxg2 hxg2 38. Rxg2 f5 39. Qh4 e4+ 40. Kc2 Qe3 41. Rd1
$13) 36... Rb2+ 37. Kf1 hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Re8 {/\f5} 40. Qe3 (40.
Rf1 $5 f5 41. Qf3 $16) 40... Qh5 41. Kg2 Qg4 $5 42. d6 (42. Qd3 $142) 42... Rd8
(42... Qxc4 43. Qg5+ Kh8 44. Rf1 $40) 43. Qxe5 Rxd6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8
46. Rf1 $1 {Weiß will offenbar kein Remis.} Re6 47. Qb8+ (47. Qxc5 Re2+ 48. Kg1
$16 {nebst Qd5}) 47... Kg7 48. Qxb7 Re2+ 49. Kg1 Qxc4 50. Qf3 Qe6 {Schwarz
kontrolliert alle wichtigen Felder im Zentrum. Für Weiß ist es schwer einen
konkreten Vorteil zu erlangen.} 51. a4 Re3 52. Qf4 Rxc3 53. Qg5+ Kf8 54. Rd1
Qe3+ 55. Qxe3 Rxe3 56. Rd7 Ra3 57. Rxa7 Ra2 58. Rc7 Rxa4 59. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bielefeld"]
[BlackTeam "Stadthagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Qb1 O-O 13. a4 Ne5 $5 14. Bxf6 (14.
Bxe4 g5 (14... Nxc4 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. c4 $14) 15. Bg3 Nxe4 (15... Nxc4 16. Bd3
$14) 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qb1 f4 18. exf4 Bf5 $1 (18... gxf4 {Bangiev-Dobosz/Worms
SS/1992/}) 19. Qa2 (19. Qd1 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Qe4 $13) 19... gxf4 20.
Bxf4 Nd3+ (20... Bd3 $5 21. Be3 Bxc4 22. Qd2 $13) 21. Kd2 Rae8 (21... Nxf4 22.
Nxf4 Qe4 23. g3 $14) 22. Rae1 $13) 14... Qxf6 15. Bxe4 Nxc4 16. Qa2 $6 (16. Bd3
Ne5 17. O-O $13) 16... Ne5 17. O-O b6 $1 $15 18. Rad1 $6 (18. c4 Ba6 19. Rac1
Qh4 20. Nf4 $5 (20. f3 f5 $17) (20. Ng3 Ng4 21. h3 Nxe3 $17) 20... g5 21. g3
Qg4 22. f3 Qd7 23. Ng2 f5 24. Bb1 Rae8 $15) 18... Qh4 $1 19. f3 $8 (19. Ng3 Ng4
$17) (19. Bb1 Ba6 $17) 19... Ba6 20. Rfe1 Bc4 21. Qb1 Rab8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Bc2
f5 24. Ne2 $2 (24. Qc1 a6 25. Qd2 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb1 Rb7 28. Rb2 Rfb8 29.
Reb1 $15) 24... Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Qc4 $17 26. Bd3 $6 (26. Qb5 $5 Qxc3 27. f4 Nf7 (
27... Nc4 $2 28. Rd3 Qa1+ 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Rd3 $10) (27... Ng4 28. Qd7 $5) 28.
Qd7 a6 29. e4 $5) 26... Qxc3 27. Rc2 Qa3 28. Ra2 Qb4 29. Qxb4 cxb4 30. Ba6 Nd7
31. Rd4 $6 (31. Rb2 Nc5 32. Bb5 a5 33. Rd4) 31... Nc5 32. Bb5 a6 33. Bc6 b3 34.
Rb2 b5 35. axb5 $6 (35. a5 $5) 35... a5 $1 36. Rb1 Rf7 37. e4 $6 (37. Kf2 a4
38. Rb4 Rb6 39. Ke2 Ra7 40. Kd2 a3 $17) 37... fxe4 38. fxe4 a4 39. Rb4 a3 40.
b6 a2 41. Ra1 Rbf8 $1 $19 42. Bb5 (42. b7 Rf1+ $1) 42... Rf4 43. Bc4 Rxe4 44.
Rxb3 Nxb3 45. Bxb3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Marani Rajendran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. Qc2 {Die weiße Hauptvariante. Weiß möchte Bf5 verhindern.} Nbd7 10. Nf3
Qe7 11. Nd2 Kd8 12. Bd3 {Eine logische Aktion. Die letzten weißen Züge sollen
die Kontrolle über das Feld e4 und damit gute Aussichten auf der Diagonale
b1-h7 gewährleisten.} Re8 13. f3 Kc7 {Die Überführung des Königs nach c7 ist
gut bekannt. Angesichts des drohenden Angriffs am Königsflügel möchte Schwarz
den eigenen König am Damenflügel sichern.} 14. Rb1 Nb6 15. e4 {/\Bf2. Weiß
muss nun seine Aktivität umdrehen, nämlich am Damenflügel aktiv werden.} g5 16.
Bf2 {Durch Nb6 hat Schwarz den Pc5 geschwächt. Weiß bereitet Angriff auf die
schwarzen Felder vor. Man beachte: die schwarzen Figuren verteidigen die
weißen Felder.} Nh5 17. Nf1 Nf4 18. Ne3 Nxd3+ $6 {Schwarz ist im Moment
offenbar nicht in der Lager die weißen Felder anzugreifen, also es machte
wenig Sinn den Läufer d3 zu tauschen.} 19. Qxd3 f5 {Dieser Versucht ist
schlecht vorbereitet, stellt also eine Einzelaktion dar.} 20. g4 $1 (20. exf5
e4 21. fxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. O-O Bd7 $132) 20... f4 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5
{Dieser Abtausch hat zur Folge, dass nun der Pb7 schwach geworden ist. Dieses
Motiv stellt allerdings eine der typischen weißen Ideen in derartigen
Positionen dar.} Rg8 23. h3 h5 24. Ke2 Rg7 (24... g4 $5) 25. Rb5 {Weiß
bereitet den Angriff auf den Bauern b7 vor.} Rag8 {Schwarz schreitet dagegen
zum Angriff auf der g-Linie.} 26. Qb1 {Dies Umgruppierung scheint mir zu
langsam zu sein.} (26. a4 $5 {Dieser Angriff machte einen logischen Eindruck.
Weiß sollte möglichst schnell an den b7 stoßen.} Kb8 $1 (26... Nxa4 $6 27. Ra1
Nb6 (27... a6 28. Rb3 Nb6 29. Qb1) 28. Rxa7) (26... g4 $5 27. a5 Nd7 (27...
gxf3+ 28. Kd2 Nd7 29. Rhb1 Rb8 30. Qxf3 $14) 28. Rhb1 Rb8 29. hxg4 hxg4 30.
fxg4 Rxg4 31. Qh3 $36) 27. a5 Nc8 28. Rhb1 a6 29. R5b2 $13) 26... Kb8 $1 {
So einfach hat Schwarz den Pb7 verteidigt.} 27. Kd3 g4 $1 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Rh6
Rh7 $17 30. Re6 {Hier und weiter ein verzweifelter Versuch sich Königsangriff
zu verschaffen. Weiß hat schon nur noch taktische Chancen.} (30. Rxh7 Qxh7 31.
Rxb6 axb6 32. Qxb6 Qc7 $17) 30... Qd8 31. f6 $6 Rh3 32. Ke2 g3 (32... Rh2 $1
33. f7 gxf3+ 34. Kd3 (34. Kxf3 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qh4+ {Matt in 2}) 34... Rf8 $17)
33. Bg1 Rf8 34. a4 Rh7 35. a5 Na8 36. a6 b6 37. Rxc5 $6 dxc5 38. Bxc5 Rxf6 39.
Bd6+ Qxd6 (39... Nc7 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. c5 Kc8 $19) 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 41. c5 Rg6 42.
d6 g2 43. Qb5 Rg8 44. cxb6 Nxb6 (44... g1=Q $19) 45. Qxe5 g1=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]
Unglaublich. Nun wird Schwarz Matt.} (45... Rd7 $19) 46. d7+ Ka8 47. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Rakvere Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Rakvere"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. f3 Nbd7 (9... g5 10. Bg3 e4 11. h4 g4 12. h5 exf3 13. gxf3 Qe7 14. Bh4
$16 {Rogozenko,D-Sax,G /Odorheu/1993/}) (9... Qe7 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Nf8 12.
Bf2 Ng6 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Be3 Nh7 15. h4 Nf8 $14 {Donner,J-Portish,L /Madrid/
1960/}) (9... e4 10. f4 Rg8 11. Qc2 g5 12. Bg3 Bf5 13. Rb1 b6 14. fxg5 hxg5 15.
Qf2 Bg6 16. Be2 Qe7 17. h4 $14 {Bagirov,V-Veingold,V /Tallinn/1981/}) (9... O-O
10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. h3 Nb6 14. Bb3 g5 15. Bf2 Nh7 16. h4
g4 17. Ng3 f5 18. fxg4 fxg4 19. e4 $14 {Timman,J-Kuijper,S /NLD/1976/}) 10. Bd3
Qe7 (10... Nf8 11. Qc2 Kd7 $5 12. Ne2 Kc7 $13 {Ree,H-Olafsson,F /Amsterdam/
1976/}) (10... g5 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Ne2 Rg8 13. Qc2 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Rb1 Kd8 16.
a4 Kc7 $10 {Timman,J-Polugaevsky,L /Linares/1985 Inf 39/689/}) 11. Qb1 $5 $146
(11. Qc2) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Rg8 (12... Kd8 13. h4 g4 14. h5 $14) 13. Ne2 Kd8 14.
O-O Kc7 $10 15. Bf2 (15. e4 $6 h5 16. Bf2 h4 17. h3 Nh5 $15) 15... Nf8 16. Ng3
Ng6 17. a4 $1 h5 (17... Nh4 $5 18. Ra2 Ne8 19. Nh5 Ng7 $10) 18. Ra2 h4 19. Nf5
Qf8 20. Rb2 Rb8 21. a5 $14 Ne7 22. e4 $5 (22. Nxe7 Qxe7 $10) 22... Nxf5 23.
exf5 Nh5 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Bc2 Bd7 26. h3 Qc8 $6 (26... Ne8 $5) 27. Re1 $1 Ne8
28. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 29. Bxc5 $44 Ra8 (29... Kd8 30. Bxa7 Ra8 31. Rxb7 Nd6 32. Qb6+
$18) (29... b6 30. axb6+ axb6 31. Rxb6 Ra8 32. Qb4 $16) 30. Bf2 Nd6 $6 (30...
Nf6 $5 31. Be4 Nxe4 32. fxe4 f6 33. c5 Be8 $13) 31. c5 Nc4 (31... Nxf5 32. a6
Rb8 (32... bxa6 33. c6) 33. d6+ Kd8 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. axb7 $16) (31... Nb5 32.
Rxb5 Bxb5 33. Qxb5 Qd7 34. Qb3 Rad8 35. Be4 $16) 32. Ra2 $1 $16 a6 33. Bd3 Bb5
34. Qb4 e4 35. Bxc4 Qxf5 36. c6 $1 bxc6 37. Qe7+ Qd7 (37... Kb8 38. dxc6 Bxc6 (
38... Qc8 39. Bxf7 Rf8 40. Bc5 $18) 39. Rb2+ Kc8 40. Bxf7 $18) 38. d6+ Kc8 39.
Bxf7 $18 Qxe7 40. dxe7 Kd7 41. c4 $1 (41. c4 Bxc4 42. Bxc4 Rh8 43. fxe4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1977.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1977.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rb1 $1 a6 12. a4 $1 g5 (12... Nb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Bd3) 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nxa4 15. Ne2 b5 16. O-O Bd7 17. f4 Ng4 18. Qd2
gxf4 19. exf4 e4 $1 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bd3 (21. Bc2 O-O 22. Bh4 Rae8 23. Rf3 $1
Nf6 24. Ng3) 21... O-O 22. Bh4 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Ne2 e4 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Rg8 13. Qc2 h5 14. h4 g4
15. Rb1 Kd8 $13) 12. Bxe4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Nf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nc1 $6 (
16. Qc2 {>=} Bg4 (16... h5 $5) 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Rab1 Ne8 19. Nc1 Nd6 20. Qa4
Kb8 21. Nd3 f6 22. Nxc5 $16 {Yrjola-Schuessler/Gjovik/1985}) 16... Ne4 17. Nd3
$2 {N} (17. Qf3 Nxg3 (17... Nd6 $5 18. Nd3 e4 19. Bxd6 exf3 20. Bxe7 fxg2 21.
Rg1 Kxe7 $13) 18. Qxg3 f5 19. O-O e4 20. a4 a5 21. Rb1 Ra6 22. Rxb7 $1 Bxb7 23.
Qb8+ Qd8 24. Qxb7 Rf6 25. Qb5+ Kf7 26. Qxc5 Qd6 27. Qd4 Rc8 28. Nb3 $16 {
Timman-Hulak/Zagreb/Rijeka/1985}) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 e4 19. Nf2 (19. Nc1 Qe5
20. Ne2 Bg4 $17) 19... Qe5 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. O-O-O $6 (22. Rb1 b6 23.
Rh3 Kf8 $15) 22... Rd8 23. Rh3 Kf8 24. Rdh1 (24. Nh1 {/\Ng3} f5 $1 25. gxf5
Bxf5 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Rh5 Bg4 $19) 24... Kg7 $17 {><c3,c4,Nf2} 25. g3 (25. a4 b6
{/\a6,b5->}) 25... b5 $1 26. cxb5 Rxd5 27. Nd1 (27. c4 $2 Qa1+ 28. Qb1 Qc3+ 29.
Qc2 Qxe3+ $19) (27. a4 c4 (27... a6 $5 $17) 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Rd8 $17 {
/\a6}) 27... Rd3 $19 28. Kb1 c4 29. Nb2 (29. a4 a6 $19) 29... Rxe3 30. Qh2 Qxc3
0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. f3 g5 12. Bg3 b5 13. cxb5 Nxd5 14. Bf2
$10 {Bagirov,V-Speelman,J/Baku/1983/}) 10. Nf3 Kd8 (10... g5 $5 11. Bg3 e4 12.
Nd2 Bg4 {Schwarz/}) (10... Nbd7 11. Nd2 e4 12. Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h4 Rg8
15. Rb1 Kd8 $5 {Rubinetti,A-Polugaevsky,L/Mar del Plata/1972/}) 11. Nd2 Kc7 12.
Bd3 (12. f3 g5 13. Bg3 e4 14. fxe4 Nbd7) 12... g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. O-O-O Nd7 15.
Rde1 Ndf6 16. f3 (16. f4 $6 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 $132) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18.
Rh2 $2 (18. g4 h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. g4 $10) (18. Kb1 h5 19. Ka1 g4) 18... h5
19. Kb1 g4 20. Ka1 $2 (20. Rhh1 $32) 20... Rhg8 21. f4 h4 $1 22. Rxh4 (22. fxe5
Qxe5 23. Rxh4 Qxg3 $17) (22. gxh4 exf4 $17) 22... exf4 23. gxf4 Nxd5 24. Rhh1
Nb6 25. e4 Rh8 26. Rhf1 Rh2 27. Nb3 $2 (27. Rf2) (27. Rg1 $5 Rh6 28. Nf1 f5 29.
Ng3) 27... Rah8 28. e5 Bc6 29. Be4 Nxc4 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. exd6+ Qxd6 32. Qf5 (
32. Rd1 $2 Ne3 $19) 32... Qd5 33. Re7+ Kb6 34. Qxd5 cxd5 $17 35. Rxf7 Rh1 $1 (
35... Rxg2 36. Rf6+ Kc7 (36... Kb5 $2 37. Rb1) 37. Nxc5 Rhh2 38. Ra6) 36. Rb1
Rxb1+ 37. Kxb1 Rh1+ 38. Kc2 Rh2 39. Rf6+ Kc7 (39... Kb5 40. a4+ Kxa4 41. Nxc5+
Kb5 $17) 40. Nxc5 Rxg2+ 41. Kd1 g3 42. Rg6 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 g2 44. Ne6+ (44. f5
Rxa2 45. f6 Ne5 $19) 44... Kd7 45. Nd4 Rxa2 46. Ne2 a5 (46... Ne3 47. Kf2) 47.
Rxg2 a4 48. Rg7+ Kd6 49. Rg6+ Ke7 50. Ra6 a3 51. Nd4 Rb2 52. Nc6+ Kf7 53. Nb4
d4 54. Rc6 Nd2 (54... dxc3 $4 55. Rxc4 Rb1+ 56. Ke2 $10) 55. Ra6 (55. cxd4 Nf3+
56. Kd1 Rxb4) 55... Nb1 56. Nd5 Nxc3 57. Ra7+ (57. Nxc3 dxc3 58. Rxa3 Rb1+ 59.
Ke2 c2 $19) 57... Ke6 58. Nc7+ Kd6 59. Ne8+ Kc6 60. Ra6+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "Alushta4"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... g5 10. Bg3 e4 $1 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. f4 gxf4 14.
Bxf4 Qe7 $13 {Marovic-Ree/Amsterdam/1968/}) (9... O-O $2 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2
Qe8 12. Bd3 $14 {Sapi,L-Fox,N/Budapest Spring-op/1989/}) 10. Nf3 Nbd7 (10... g5
11. Bg3 e4 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Rb1 $14 {Spassky,B-Brunner,L/BL 8990/1989/,
Spassky-Neunhoeffer/BL 8586/1986/}) 11. Nd2 e4 (11... g5 12. Bg3 b6 $6 13. Bd3
Kd8 14. O-O-O $1 $16 {Murshed,N-Adianto,U/1991/}) 12. Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h4
(14. O-O-O Ng6 15. h4 $14 {Reinke,K-Hecht,H/corr/1986/}) 14... Rg8 15. Rb1 Ng6
16. h5 Nf8 17. Kd1 Bf5 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. Kc2 (19. Bxd6 $2 Qxd6 20. Rxb7 N8d7 $17
) 19... Qc7 20. Nb3 b6 21. Qa6 Bc8 22. Qa3 Bf5 23. Qc1 $6 (23. Qa6 Bc8 $10)
23... N8d7 24. Kb2 Re8 25. Ka1 Ne5 $15 26. Qg1 Qc8 27. Nd2 Kc7 28. Re1 Qa6 29.
f4 exf3 30. gxf3 Nd3 $1 31. Rb1 (31. Rd1 Qa3 $19) 31... Nf4 $1 32. Bxf4 (32.
Re1 Qa3 33. Nb3 Bc2 $19) 32... Bxb1 33. Bxd6+ Kxd6 34. Nxb1 Ke7 $15 35. Qg3 Kf8
36. e4 Qb7 (36... Nd7 $2 37. Qd6+ Re7 38. Qxh6+ $16) 37. e5 Qe7 38. f4 $1 gxf4
39. Qxf4 $2 (39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Qg2 Re3 $13) 39... Qxe5 40. Qxh6+ Ke7 41. Bd3
Rad8 42. Rf1 Rd6 43. Rf5 Qg3 44. Qd2 Kd7 $17 45. Bc2 Re1 46. h6 Qe3 47. Qxe3
Rxe3 48. Nd2 (48. h7 Rh3) 48... Rh3 49. h7 Ke7 50. Re5+ Kf8 51. Ne4 Nxe4 52.
Bxe4 f6 53. Re6 Rxe6 54. dxe6 Kg7 55. Bf5 Rxc3 56. Kb2 Re3 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 (8... Qe7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Ne4 $1 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. Bg3 Nxc4 15. O-O $14 {Bareev,E-Chandler,M/Hastings/1991/}) (8... exd5 9.
cxd5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 Nxd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxc3 14. Rc1 Qa5 15.
Qg4 O-O 16. Qe4 $1 g6 17. Qf4 $44 {Neverov,V-Obukhov,A/Smolensk/1991/}) 9. f3 (
9. Bd3 e4 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Qb1 O-O 13. a4 Ne5 $5 14. Bxf6 (14. Bxe4
g5 (14... Nxc4 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. c4 $14) 15. Bg3 Nxe4 (15... Nxc4 16. Bd3 $14)
16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qb1 f4 18. exf4 Bf5 $1 (18... gxf4 {Bangiev-Dobosz/Worms SS/
1992/}) 19. Qa2 (19. Qd1 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Qe4 $13) 19... gxf4 20.
Bxf4 Nd3+ (20... Bd3 $5 21. Be3 Bxc4 22. Qd2 $13) 21. Kd2 Rae8 (21... Nxf4 22.
Nxf4 Qe4 23. g3 $14) 22. Rae1 $13) 14... Qxf6 15. Bxe4 Nxc4 16. Qa2 $6 (16. Bd3
Ne5 17. O-O $13) 16... Ne5 17. O-O b6 $1 $15 18. Rad1 $6 (18. c4 Ba6 19. Rac1
Qh4 20. Nf4 $5 (20. f3 f5 $17) (20. Ng3 Ng4 21. h3 Nxe3 $17) 20... g5 21. g3
Qg4 22. f3 Qd7 23. Ng2 f5 24. Bb1 Rae8 $15) 18... Qh4 $1 19. f3 $8 (19. Ng3 Ng4
$17) (19. Bb1 Ba6 $17) 19... Ba6 20. Rfe1 Bc4 21. Qb1 Rab8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Bc2
f5 24. Ne2 $2 (24. Qc1 a6 25. Qd2 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb1 Rb7 28. Rb2 Rfb8 29.
Reb1 $15) 24... Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Qc4 $17 26. Bd3 $6 (26. Qb5 $5 Qxc3 27. f4 Nf7 (
27... Nc4 $2 28. Rd3 Qa1+ 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Rd3 $10) (27... Ng4 28. Qd7 $5) 28.
Qd7 a6 29. e4 $5) 26... Qxc3 27. Rc2 Qa3 28. Ra2 Qb4 29. Qxb4 cxb4 30. Ba6 Nd7
31. Rd4 $6 (31. Rb2 Nc5 32. Bb5 a5 33. Rd4) 31... Nc5 32. Bb5 a6 33. Bc6 b3 34.
Rb2 b5 35. axb5 $6 (35. a5 $5) 35... a5 $1 $17 {Bangiev-Sax/Germany/1993}) 9...
Nbd7 (9... g5 10. Bg3 e4 (10... Qe7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Rg8 13. Qc2 h5 14. h4
g4 15. Rb1 Kd8 16. a4 Kc7 $10 {Timman,J-Polugaevsky,L/Linares/1985/}) 11. h4 g4
(11... Rg8 $5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. f4 Bg4 $13) 12. h5 $1 exf3 13. gxf3 Qe7 14. Bh4
Qe5 $5 $146 (14... Qxe3+ $6 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Nxh5 17. O-O-O $1 $16 {
P 17...gf3 18. e1!!+-; Bareev,E-Sax,G/Hastings/1990/}) 15. Qd2 Nxh5 (15... Na6
16. f4 Qe7 17. Bd3 $16) (15... gxf3 16. Nxf3 Qf5 (16... Qe4 17. Bxf6 Qxf3 18.
Bxh8 Qxh1 19. O-O-O $16) 17. Qe2 $1 {P 18. h3+/-/}) 16. O-O-O $16 gxf3 17. Nxf3
Qe4 18. Qf2 $1 (18. Be2 Bg4 19. Rdf1 (19. Rhf1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxh4 21. Rh1 Qe7
$13) 19... f5 $13) 18... Bg4 (18... Bf5 19. Bd3) 19. Be2 f5 20. Nd2 Qe5 $8 21.
Bxg4 Qxc3+ (21... fxg4 22. Rhf1 Qg7 23. Ne4 $18) 22. Kb1 Qd3+ 23. Kb2 fxg4 24.
Rhf1 Qg6 25. Ne4 $1 $18 Na6 26. Qf5 Qxf5 (26... Rg8 27. Qxh5 Qxh5 28. Nf6+ $18)
27. Rxf5 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Sax,G/Odorheiu Secuiesc (01)/1993/} (27. Rxf5 Ng7 28.
Nxd6+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Kxd6 30. Bg3#)) 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Kd8 (11... g5 12. Bg3 e4
13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. fxe4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Kd2 $16) 12. Ne2 g5
13. Bg3 (13. Bf2 $5 Nb6 14. Ng3) 13... Kc7 14. h4 Rg8 (14... g4 $5 15. Kd2 Rg8
$13) 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rh6 Qf8 17. Rh2 Nb6 (17... g4 18. f4 $36) 18. a4 Bd7 19.
a5 Nc8 20. Kd2 Rh8 (20... Ne7 21. Rah1 $14) 21. Rah1 Rxh2 22. Rxh2 Ne7 23. Qb1
Re8 24. Bc2 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Qe7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O (10... Ne5 $2 11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 12. f4 Ng6 13. Kf2
f5 14. g3 Kd8 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bg2 $16 {Bareev,E-Kosten,A/Hastings/1990/
->CBM 22}) 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f4 Ng6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. dxe6 f5 $1 16.
Ng3 (16. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 $19) 16... Bxe6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. O-O Nh4 19. Rae1 d5 20.
Qc2 Kh8 21. Nh1 dxc4 22. g3 Bd5 $2 (22... Ng6 $15) 23. gxh4 Qxe3+ 24. Nf2 Qxf4
(24... Rf6 $2 25. Bh5 Qxf4 26. Ng4 $18) 25. Ng4 $1 Qd6 26. Rxf5 Qe6 27. Re5 $18
Qc6 28. Re3 Rd6 29. Ne5 $1 Qe8 30. h5 Kg8 31. Bg4 Rdf6 32. Qd2 Qd8 33. Ng6 Bf7
34. Qxd8 Rxd8 $138 35. Ne5 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Nf3
(8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 exd5 10. cxd5 Qe5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. f3 Nh5 $1
14. O-O f5 15. f4 Qe8 $10 {Hort,V-Smagin,S/Berlin/1990/}) 8... e5 9. Nd2 h6 10.
Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 $5 (11... Nbd7) 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. f3
Nbd7 16. e4 Bg6 17. Bf2 g4 (17... O-O-O 18. g4 Rh8 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Be3 Nh7 {
/\ f6,Nhf8=}) 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rb1 O-O-O 20. Bh4 (20. Nb3 gxf3 (20... Nb8 $2 21.
Na5 b6 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 $1 (23. Qxa6+ $2 Qb7 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. dxc6+ Kxc6
) 23... a5 24. Qb5 $16) 21. gxf3 (21. Na5) (21. Na5 $2 Nb6 22. Qb3 Bxe4 23.
Qxb6 Bxb1 $19) 21... Nxe4 $1 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Rb2 Bxh1 24. Na5 b6 25. Nc6 Nb8
26. Nxd8 Kxd8 $17) 20... Rde8 21. Rb2 Rh8 22. Nb3 Nb6 23. Qa5 Nfd7 24. Bd3 f5
$1 25. fxg4 (25. exf5 e4 $1 26. fxg6 (26. fxe4 Bxf5 27. Re2 Ne5 28. Nc1 Nxd3+
29. Nxd3 Bxe4 30. Nb2 Bxg2 $19) 26... exd3+ 27. Kd1 Nxc4 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Rf2
Ndb6 $19) 25... fxe4 26. Be2 e3 $1 27. Rh3 Be4 28. Bf1 Reg8 29. Be7 Rxh3 $1 30.
gxh3 Bf3 31. Nc1 Kb8 $1 (31... e4 32. Bh4 Ne5 33. Bg3) (31... Nxd5 32. Qxc7+
Nxc7 33. Bxd6) 32. Rh2 (32. Bh4 Nxd5 33. Qxc7+ Nxc7) (32. Qa3 e2 33. Bxe2 Bxe2
34. Nxe2 Nxc4 35. Qb3 Nxb2 36. Qxb2 Nb6 $19) 32... e4 33. Rb2 (33. h4 Ne5 34.
g5 e2 $1 $19) 33... Ka7 34. Bh4 Qc8 35. Bg3 Qf8 36. Qa3 Qf6 37. Qb3 Rf8 38. Qc2
Bxg4 39. Qg2 $2 (39. Be2 Bxe2 40. Qxe2 Qxc3+ 41. Kd1 Nxc4 42. Rc2 Qd4+ 43. Ke1
Qd2+ $3 44. Rxd2 exd2+ 45. Kd1 Rf1+ $3 46. Qxf1 Ne3+ 47. Kxd2 Nxf1+ 48. Ke1
Nxg3 $19) 39... Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 9. f3 g5 10. Bg3 e4 11. h4 g4 12. h5 exf3 13. gxf3 Qe7 14. Bh4 $5 Qxe3+ 15.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Nxh5 17. O-O-O Nd7 (17... gxf3 18. Ng1 Bg4 19. Re1+ Kf8 (
19... Kd7 20. Re7+ Kc8 21. Nxf3 $1 Nd7 (21... Bxf3 22. Bh3+ Nd7 (22... Kd8 23.
Rd7+ Kc8 24. Rxf7+ $18) 23. Bxd7+ Kb8 24. Rf1 $18) 22. Nh2 f5 23. Nxg4 fxg4 24.
Be2 Ne5 (24... Nhf6 25. Rf1) 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Bxg4+ Kc7 27. Bxh5 $18) 20. Nh3
Bf5 (20... Nd7 $2 21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Be7+ Kg7 23. Rxh5 $18) (20... Bxh3 $2 21.
Bxh3 Na6 22. Be7+ Ke8 (22... Kg8 23. Rhg1+ Ng7 24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh7
26. Bf5#) 23. Bf6+ $18) (20... Kg7 21. Rg1 f5 22. Nf2 Nf6 23. Re7+ Kg6 24. Bd3
h5 25. Re6 Nbd7 26. Nxg4 hxg4 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rxg4+ Kh5 29. Rf4 $18) 21. Nf2
Nf4 22. Be7+ Kg7 23. Bxd6 Ng6 24. Bxc5 Nd7 25. Bd4+ $16) 18. fxg4 Ng7 (18...
Nhf6 19. Ng3 Nxg4 20. Nf5 O-O 21. Rg1 h5 22. Nxd6 f6 23. Be2 Nde5 24. Rdf1 $146
) 19. Ng3 Kf8 20. Ne4 Ne5 21. Nxd6 Bxg4 22. Re1 Nf3 (22... Ng6 23. Nxb7 $16)
23. Be7+ Kg8 24. Re3 f5 25. Be2 Ng5 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Rg1 Kh7 28. Rxg4 Kg6 29.
Reg3 Nh5 30. Rxg5+ $1 {Ftacnik,L} (30. Rxg5+ $1 hxg5 31. Rxg5+ Kh7 32. Rxh5+
Kg6 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Nxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
e5 (8... Qe7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Ne4 $1 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. Bg3 Nxc4 15. O-O $14 {Bareev,E-Chandler,M Hastings 1991 Inf 53/528/}) (8...
exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 Nxd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxc3 14. Rc1
Qa5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Qe4 $1 g6 17. Qf4 $44 {Neverov,V-Obukhov,A Smolensk 1991
Inf 53/527/}) 9. f3 g5 10. Bg3 e4 (10... Qe7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Rg8 13. Qc2
h5 14. h4 g4 15. Rb1 Kd8 16. a4 Kc7 $10 {Timman,J-Polugaevsky,L Linares 1985
Inf 39/689/}) 11. h4 g4 (11... Rg8 $5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. f4 Bg4 $13) 12. h5 $1
exf3 13. gxf3 Qe7 14. Bh4 Qe5 $5 $146 (14... Qxe3+ $6 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2
Nxh5 17. O-O-O $1 $16 {/\17...gf 18.Re1!!+-; Bareev,E-Sax,G Hastings 1990 Inf
51/545/}) 15. Qd2 Nxh5 (15... Na6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Bd3 $16) (15... gxf3 16. Nxf3
Qf5 (16... Qe4 17. Bxf6 Qxf3 18. Bxh8 Qxh1 19. O-O-O $16) 17. Qe2 $1 {/\ 18.
Bh3+/-/}) 16. O-O-O $16 gxf3 17. Nxf3 Qe4 18. Qf2 $1 (18. Be2 Bg4 19. Rdf1 (19.
Rhf1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxh4 21. Rh1 Qe7 $13) 19... f5 $13) 18... Bg4 (18... Bf5 19.
Bd3) 19. Be2 f5 20. Nd2 Qe5 $8 21. Bxg4 Qxc3+ (21... fxg4 22. Rhf1 Qg7 23. Ne4
$18) 22. Kb1 Qd3+ 23. Kb2 fxg4 24. Rhf1 Qg6 25. Ne4 $1 $18 Na6 26. Qf5 Qxf5 (
26... Rg8 27. Qxh5 Qxh5 28. Nf6+ $18) 27. Rxf5 (27. Rxf5 Ng7 28. Nxd6+ Kd7 29.
Rf7+ Kxd6 30. Bg3#) 1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 {Hansen,LB: Usually Jusupov
employs the Rubinsteinvariation 4.e3.} c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 e5 9. Qc2 {The main lines are 9.Bd3 and 9.f3.} Qe7 (9... Nbd7 {Hansen,LB}
10. Bd3 Qe7 11. f3 Kd8 $5 12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg3 Kc7 14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16.
Rh6 Qf8 17. Rh2 Nb6 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 Nc8 20. Kd2 Rh8 21. Rah1 Rxh2 22. Rxh2
Ne7 23. Qb1 Re8 24. Bc2 {1/2-1/2/Timman,J-Andersson,U/Tilburg/1977/}) (9... g5
10. Bg3 e4) 10. Nf3 {Hansen,LB:Very interesting! Usually White plays Bd3,f3
and Ne2, as most players are afraid to give up the black squared B after g7-g5
and Nh5, but Jusupov has an interesting idea.} Nbd7 (10... Kd8 11. Nd2 Kc7 12.
Bd3 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 {(Yusupov,A-Short,N/Novgorod 63/460 1995)} 14. h3 $5 $14) (
10... Bg4 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Kf8 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rb1 b6 16. e4 $14
{Lempert,I-Lerner,K/Sankt_Peterburg 59/(576) 1993 (22)}) 11. Nd2 g5 (11... e4
12. Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h4 Rg8 15. Rb1 Ng6 $13 {Morozevich,A-Vyzmanavin,A/
Alusta 60/497 1994} (15... Kd8 {Vyzmanavin,A})) 12. Bg3 Nh5 $146 (12... b6 $6 {
Murshed,N} 13. Bd3 Kd8 14. O-O-O $1 Kc7 15. f4 Nh5 16. Qa4 $1 $36 {Murshed,
N-Adianto,U/Penang 53/529 1991}) (12... e4 $5 {Hansen,LB}) (12... Kd8 $5 {
Hansen,LB}) 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. h3 $1 {/\Bh2, g4 Hansen,LB:There it is! White
threatens to keep the B with Bh2, but after the exchange on g3 White gets play
on the f-file.} Nxg3 (14... Rg8 $5 15. Bh2 $140 g4 $13) 15. fxg3 Nh5 16. O-O $1
$36 {<->f} Nxg3 17. Rf3 e4 $1 (17... Nh5 $2 18. Bg6 Nf6 (18... fxg6 {Hansen,LB}
19. Qxg6+ Kd8 20. Rf7 $1 (20. Qxh5 $16) 20... Qe8 21. Qxd6+ Bd7 22. Raf1 Nf4 $8
23. Qf6+ Kc8 24. exf4 exf4 25. Nf3 $18 {/\ Re1-e7+-}) 19. Raf1 $16 (19. Bxf7+
$5 $16)) 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxe4 Qe5 $5 $13 (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Ng3 O-O $14)
) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd7 $2 (19... O-O $142 20. Raf1 f6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Qf2
Kg7 23. Bb1 $36 {/\Qc2}) (19... g4 $5 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Rf4 Bh5 $14 (21... Rg8
$5 $14)) 20. Raf1 Rf8 (20... O-O $5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 $1 (21... Kg7 $2 22. Rxf7+ $18
) 22. Rf6 $36) 21. Bg6 $16 O-O-O 22. Bxf7 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Rf4 $1 (24. Rf6
Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. R1xf2 Rh8) 24... Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. R1xf2 Bd7 (
26... h5 $4 27. Be6+ $18) 27. Rf6 Rh8 28. Rxd6 h5 29. Kh2 Rdf8 30. Rdf6 $18 Kd8
31. d6 Bc6 32. Be6 Re8 33. Bh3 $1 {/\d7; /\Rf7} (33. Rg6 Be4) 33... Bd7 34. Rf7
Bxh3 35. Kxh3 Rh6 36. Rxb7 Rxd6 37. Rff7 Re3+ 38. Kh4 Kc8 39. Rxa7 Kb8 40.
Rfb7+ Kc8 41. Re7 Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Rg6 (42... Rd2 43. Rg7 $18) 43. Re2 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Techirghiol Victoria"]
[BlackTeam "Timisoara Medicina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{Over the decades Constantin has been a difficult opponent for me. After our
first game in 1984 the personal score quickly became 3-1 (not counting the
draws) in his favour. An over-optimistic attempt at improving my result failed
and for many years the score was settled to 4-1. But recently things have
started flowing my way: it could be that the difference of age (7 years) has
finally started telling. After winning against Constantin in the last two
years' team championships I now finally levelled the score after a third of a
century.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 {I didn't quite expect the
Nimzo-Indian, but I knew that if it occurred on board my opponent would play
the Leningrad Variation, his speciality all his life.} h6 ({Thirty years ago
we had this variation with reversed colours in the following unpublished game:
} 4... c5 5. d5 d6 6. f3 $5 ({I never was keen on trying} 6. e3 exd5 7. cxd5
Nbd7 8. Bd3 Qa5 {with either colour. With Black I would feel I am struggling
and with White I would fear it's rather drawish.} 9. Nge2 Nxd5 {Jussupow,A 
(2660)-Kortschnoj,V (2635) Madrid 1995 CBM 047 [Hansen,Cu] (½-½, 59), is the
latest annotated game in the database. Recent developments have not changed
the general evaluation:} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Bh4 Nxc3 14.
Nxc3 Qxc3 15. Rc1 {Volkov,S (2607)-Tiviakov,S (2613) Algiers 2016 (½-½, 23),
with just normal compensation for the pawns.}) 6... exd5 7. cxd5 O-O 8. e4 Re8
9. Be2 $6 (9. Bd3 $2 {allows the devastating} Nxe4 $1) ({but} 9. Bb5 {looks
better.}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 {In the Sämisch Benoni Constantin
likes developing the knight like this himself, but as we will see the bishop
is misplaced in this position.} Ne5 12. Nf2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Qd2 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Bd7 16. O-O b5 $17 {Marin-Ionescu, Romanian championship 1986.}) 5. Bh4 c5
6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 {This position is not only more to my taste, but also
more in the initial spirit of the Nimzo-Indian.} 8. Qc2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nf3
Qe7 11. Nd2 {Ionescu almost always uses this flexible setup in the
Nimzo-Indian and I had had a brief look at some games without analysing
anything specifically. One thing I was sure about: I would not hurry with ...
g7-g5 or ...e5-e4, which offer White ideas for early pawn breaks with either
h2-h4 or ...f2-f3.} Kd8 $5 {Since I was not going to castle short for sure,
this looks like the only way of implementing my "plan". Engines are outraged
by this move, possibly because losing the right to castle weighs a bit too
much in their system of evaluation.} ({Another plan making me refrain from} 
11... e4 {Henriksson,J (2210)-Akesson,J (2345) SWE-chB Gothenburg 2005 (2) 0-1
was the knight sacrifice on d4, something I had examined in my Strategy column
dedicated to the strength of the doubled pawns. Take for instance the
following game in which White missed 20.Nd4!} {On more concrete terms, we can
see some of Black's possible problems in the next relatively recent game:} 12.
Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. O-O Ng6 15. f4 exf3 16. Rxf3 Ng4 17. Ne4 N6e5 18. Raf1
Bd7 (18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bh5 Rf8 21. Rf6 $18) 19. Nxd6+ ({White's
position is so strong that he can afford such "quiet" moves as} 19. Qb1 $5 $18
{[%csl Gb7] and if} b6 20. Nxd6+ $1 {is even stronger than in the game:} Qxd6
21. Rxf7) 19... Qxd6 20. Rxf7 Nxe3 {This is the difference, the queen is
hanging. But this does not spare Black problems.} 21. Qe4 Nxf1 22. Bxe5 Nd2 23.
Qe3 Qg6 24. Rf2 Qb1+ 25. Bf1 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 O-O+ 28. Kg1 Rae8 29.
h3 $2 (29. Qg3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 29... Rf5 $15 {Rapport,R (2605)
-Grandelius,N (2562) Athens 2012 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) ({Or if} 11... g5 12. Bg3 {
[%cal Gh2h4,Gf2f3]} Nh5 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 g4 16. Bf5 Kd8 17.
Ke2 Kc7 18. Raf1 Bd7 19. fxg4 Nxg4 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qf5 f6 22. Ne4 {Berkes,F 
(2678)-Chuchelov,V (2565) Germany 2011 (1-0, 39), with slight pressure.}) 12.
Be2 {Ionescu is consequently following his trusted path.} (12. Bd3 {looks more
active but I was surprized to find a game in which Black played a similar plan
to mine.} Kc7 13. f3 Nb6 14. a4 {This is natural but White will now have to
count with a permanent weakness on a4.} g5 15. Bg3 (15. Bf2 a5 16. h4 g4 {
[%cal Gf6h5]} 17. h5 Qe8 {[%csl Ga4,Gh5]}) 15... a5 16. Bf5 {If Black had a
dark-squared bishop, this exchange would cause him strategic problems. The way
it is, the only bishop that could turn "bad" is White's.} (16. h4 Nh5 17. Bf2
g4 $15) 16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nh5 ({It looks safer to clear the f-pawn's path by
defending the b6-knight with} 17... Nfd7 18. O-O h5 19. Rfb1 Qf6 20. Qc2 Rag8
21. Rb5 h4 22. Bf2 g4 $36 {Black's initiative develops faster.}) 18. Qc2 Qd7
19. O-O f5 20. Rfb1 Nxg3 21. hxg3 h5 22. Rb5 $2 {Missing a good moment.} (22.
Qb2 $1 Ra6 23. Ra3 $18) 22... Nc8 23. Rab1 b6 $11 {Djukic,Z (2385)-Abramovic,B
(2490) Kladovo 1996 (½-½, 33). Everything is safely blocked on the queenside
and it is only Black who can hope to make some progress on the kingside.})
12... Kc7 13. Rb1 {White gladly embarks on a semi-waiting game, hoping that
Black will finish the useful moves first.} (13. O-O-O {is quite committal,
delaying White's play along the b-file for a long while.} g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4
g4 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Ka1 Raf8 19. Rb1 Ne8 20. e4 Ng7 21. f4 gxf3 22.
gxf3 f5 $132 {Marusenko,P-Levin,F (2320) Naleczow 1989 (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 13...
Nb6 $5 $146 {I confess I did not know the aforementioned games featuring this
manoeuvre, but during my short peparation I had noticed that my engine
occasionally suggested placing the knight on b6. Over the board I thought this
would not be such a bad idea. First of all, Black secures his queenside but
more importantly he gets at least one more useful, half-waiting, move (...Bd7)
while White seems to have exhausted his.} ({My last move turned out to be a
novelty compared to an old game of my opponent which I had witnessed from
close up:} 13... g5 14. Bg3 Ne8 15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bd3 (17. f3 {
fails to prevent ...f7-f5 properly} Ng7 18. e4 f5 $5 19. exf5 Nf6 20. Bd3 Ngh5
21. Bf2 g4 $132 {Black will soon have a dream square on f4 for his h5-knight.})
17... Ng7 18. Rh6 $6 {This only wastes time.} (18. f3 Qf8 {[%cal Gf7f5] leaves
White with nothing better than} 19. Ne4 Qe7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 20. Nd2 {with a
repetition.}) ({It seems to be best to keep the f3-square available for the
knight with, say,} 18. a4 {Engines claim that now 18...f5 offers entirely
adequate compensation for the pawn, but I would be afraid that in the long run
f2-f4 would turn the g3-bishop dangerous. Still, sooner or later Black may
have to sacrifice the pawn since otherwise it would not be easy to make
progress on the kingside while on the opposite wing White would increase his
pressure with simple moves. For instance:} Qf8 19. Nf3 $1 {The point.} Qe7 20.
a5 f5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qxf5 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bd7 $44) 18... Nf6 19. Be2 (19. f3
Ngh5 20. Bf2 Qf8 $17) 19... Nf5 20. Rh2 Bd7 21. Nf1 {1/2-1/2 Ionescu,C (2480)
-Lokotar,E (2340) Vosu 1989} Rh8 $15 {Black is perfectly regrouped and is
ready to take over the initiative along the h-file.}) 14. Kd1 {My opponent
played this rather quickly and I felt it actually suits his slow manoeuvring
style. But the king's road to safety is long and this allows Black to prepare
his pawn counterplay. But I am not sure which would be the best continuation.}
(14. a4 a5 {[%cal Ga8a6,Gc8d7] creates the familiar problems.}) ({While} 14.
O-O {offers Black a clear target:} g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h4 Nh7 17. hxg5 Nxg5 18.
f4 h4 19. Bh2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bd7 $15 {[%cal Gh4h3,Ga8g8]}) 14... Bd7 15. Kc1 g5
{After connecting rooks I couldn't find any reason to refrain from the
kingside expansion, as h2-h4 would not be annoying anymore.} 16. Bg3 Ne8 17.
Bd3 {But when I saw this move I started being a bit worried. After evacuating
the e+file, White is ready to open the centre with f2+f4. While strategically
this looks risky, it could cause Black some troubles with his stability.} (17.
h4 Ng7 $15 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Gf7f5]}) (17. e4 Ng7 18. Nf1 f5 $15) 17... Ng7 18.
f4 Ba4 $1 $17 {An important move, made possible by the unusual development of
the queenside knight and forcing White to spoil his coordination due to the
congestion on the queenside.} 19. Nb3 ({After the game we concluded that} 19.
Qb2 {was better, even though we felt that White's position is unnatural. It
turns that here, too, Black has an advantage.} exf4 20. exf4 Nh5 {This was our
main line but Black has several other good moves.} (20... Qe3 21. Bc2 Qxd2+ $1
22. Kxd2 Nxc4+ 23. Kc1 Nxb2 {[%csl Ga4] with a clear extra pawn.}) ({The best
might be the developing} 20... Rae8 21. Nf3 Nh5 22. Re1 Qf6 {and with such
poor coordination White is busted.}) 21. Re1 Qd7 22. f5 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rae8 24.
Ne4 {We thought this would be more or less equal, but we were wrong.} Qxf5 (
24... Re5 25. g4 h5 {is also strong.}) 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Rxf7+ Re7 $17) 19...
exf4 ({My initial intention was} 19... e4 {but then I noticed a tactical
possibility for White.} 20. Bxe4 (20. Be2 Nf5 21. Bf2 gxf4 22. exf4 h5) {
The right way to proceed is} 20... Rae8 $1 (20... Nxc4 21. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Gb3c5]
} ({I feared} 21. Na5 {failing to notice} b5 $1 22. Qxa4 Qxe4 23. Rxb5 Qxe3+
24. Kc2 Na3+ 25. Qxa3 Qe2+ $17 {[%csl Gb5]}) 21... Bxb3 22. Rxb3 Nb6 23. c4 $44
) 21. Bd3 Nh5 $17 {causing White's centre to collapse. But despite my
inaccurate calculation my move was not a bit worse.}) 20. exf4 Nh5 21. Re1 Qf6
22. fxg5 Qxg5+ 23. Qd2 Nxg3 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. hxg3 Rae8 $17 {Black has the
better structure on both wings and White still needs time for getting
coordinated.} 26. Rf1 (26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. Kd2 Rh2 28. Rg1 Nd7 29. Ke2 Ne5 30.
Nd2 Bd7 $17) 26... Re7 27. Kd2 Nd7 28. Rf5 Ne5 29. Rbf1 (29. Rxg5 Rh2 {[%cal
Gh2g2,Ge5f3]}) (29. Be2 Bd7 30. Rxg5 $2 f6 $19 {[%csl Gg5]}) 29... Rh2 30. R1f2
$6 {Trying to stay active leads to a quick defeat as White will soon be short
of good squares for his f5-rook} (30. R5f2 a6 31. Be2 b5 $17 {[%csl Gd5]})
30... Bd7 31. Rf6 $2 (31. Rxg5 Ng4 (31... Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Nf3+ 33. Kc2 Nxg5 $17)
32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Rxg2 34. Rg7 Ne5 35. Ke3 f5 $5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 36. Rg5
Ng4+ 37. Bxg4 fxg4 $19) 31... Ng4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rxf7 Rxg2+ (33... Rxg2+ 34.
Be2 Ne5 35. Rg7 Rxg3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Spassky/Larsen"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ (5... h6 6. Bh4 O-O {
Mititelu-Larsen/Reykjavik/}) 6. bxc3 e5 7. Nf3 (7. d6 $5 {Spassky}) 7... d6 (
7... Qa5 {Larsen}) (7... h6 8. Bh4 e4 9. Nd2 e3 {Larsen}) 8. Nd2 $1 {Spassky}
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. e3 Nf8 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Bg3 O-O (12... Ne7 $142 {Larsen}) 13.
O-O Ne7 14. f4 $1 {Spassky} exf4 15. Rxf4 (15. exf4 Bf5 $14 {Larsen} (15... Nf5
16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Bh4 $16)) 15... Ng6 16. Rxf6 $5 {Larsen/Spassky} (16. Bxg6
fxg6 $10 {Larsen}) 16... Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qd8 $1 {Spassky} 18. Nxd6 (18. Bxd6 f5 {
Larsen/Spassky}) 18... Qg5 $1 {Larsen/Spassky} (18... f5 19. Qh5 $1 Qg5 20.
Qxg5 hxg5 21. Rf1 Ne7 22. Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Bd6 {Larsen}) 19. Qd2 b6 20. Ne4 (20.
Bxg6 Qxg6 21. e4 {Spassky}) (20. Rf1 Ne5 {Larsen}) 20... Qd8 21. Rf1 (21. Bd6
$2 f5 {Larsen}) 21... f5 22. Nd6 f4 23. exf4 (23. Nxc8 $2 fxg3 {Larsen}) (23.
Bxg6 $2 Qxd6 {Larsen}) 23... Qxd6 24. f5 Qd8 (24... Ne5 25. Qe3 (25. Qe2 Re8
26. Re1 {Larsen}) 25... Re8 26. f6 $40 {Spassky}) 25. fxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf6+
27. Qf4 Bd7 28. Ke2 $1 {Spassky} Rf8 (28... Re8+ 29. Kd2 {Larsen}) 29. Qxf6
gxf6 30. Kf3 Re8 (30... h5 $142 {Larsen}) 31. Bf2 (31. Bf4 $1 {Spassky}) 31...
h5 32. h3 Kg7 33. g4 (33. Kf4 Re7 34. Bf5 Ba4 35. d6 Re2 36. Be3 Re1 {Larsen})
33... hxg4+ 34. hxg4 Rh8 35. d6 (35. Bg3 $142 {Spassky}) 35... Rh1 (35... Bc6+
$142 36. Ke2 Be8 {Spassky}) 36. Bf5 Bc6+ 37. Ke2 Rh3 (37... Ra1 $10 {Larsen}) (
37... Rh2 $10 {Larsen}) 38. d7 (38. Be3 Rh2+ 39. Kd3 Rh3 $10 {Larsen}) 38...
Rh8 39. Bg3 Rd8 40. Bc7 (40. g5 Bxd7 41. gxf6+ Kxf6 42. Bh4+ Kxf5 43. Bxd8 Kxg6
44. Bc7 Be6 $10 {Larsen}) 40... Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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 "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nd2 (10. Qc2 {Informator 59/(576)}) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 $5 {
Black wishes both to control this diagonal and to provoke e4 by white, which
will make it easier to create counterplay for black. The drawback is that b7
becomes slightly weaker than normal.} 12. Qb3 Kd8 13. Be2 (13. h4 $5) (13. f3
Kc7 14. e4 Bc8 {is more or less what black would like. This method of
defending b7 is more economical than the one I must adopt in the game.}) 13...
Kc7 14. f3 Nbd7 {After this black is committed to a very cumbersome method of
defending b7, but there are several bonuses. On the h7-b1 diagonal the bishop
is very active, and while blacks rooks will be very passive, they are
defending against a queen and rook, so that the balance of power expended on
the queenside is not necessarily disadvantageous for black either.} 15. e4 Bg6
16. Rb1 Rhb8 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. g3 (18. h4 $5) 18... f5 {<=> e4, g4} 19. Bd3 fxe4
{/\ ><e4} (19... f4 $5 $13 {is a much safer alternative, when it is not easy
for me to see how white develops any initiative. However, I wanted to sharpen
play.}) 20. fxe4 {/\ |^ <->f} Nhf6 21. O-O Qh7 22. Qa4 (22. Rfe1 Ng4 $132) (22.
Qc2 Ng4 {/\ Rf8}) 22... Nxe4 $1 {This is very risky, but if it works black is
simply better.} 23. Nxe4 (23. Qc2 Nxd2 24. Bxg6 Qg7 $17) 23... Bxe4 24. Bxe4
Qxe4 25. Rbe1 (25. Bxc5 $5 {seemed to me to be the critical line. Some
interesting variations:} Nxc5 $2 {looks much safer but in fact meets with a
tactical refutation:} (25... dxc5 $1 26. d6+ (26. Rxb7+ $4 Rxb7 27. Qc6+ Kb8
28. Qd6+ Rc7 $19) 26... Kd8 27. Rbe1 Qc6 $6 (27... Qg6 $5 28. Rxe5 Qxd6 $1 29.
Rd5 (29. Rd1 Qc6) 29... Qc6 30. Qa3 $1 Ke7 $1 $17 {This seems to be good for
black, but naturally during the game it was hard to be sure.}) 28. Qd1 $132 {
|_ Ra8, Rb8}) 26. Rxb7+ $3 Rxb7 (26... Kxb7 27. Qc6#) (26... Nxb7 27. Rf7+) 27.
Qc6+ Kd8 28. Qxd6+ $18) 25... Qg6 26. Qa5+ b6 27. Qb5 a6 28. Qc6+ Kd8 29. Be3
Rc8 (29... b5 $2 30. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 31. Rxe5 Nd7 32. Re6 $16) 30. Qa4 b5 31. Qd1
$1 {/\ ><e6, g5} (31. cxb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Rxa2) 31... Ke7 $1 {Black prevents
counterplay by guarding e6 and preparing exchanges on the f-line.} (31... Nb6
$5 32. Qf3 $5 {/\} Nxc4 $6 33. Qf7 Qxf7 34. Rxf7 Nb6 35. h4 Nxd5 36. hxg5 $132)
32. Qg4 Rf8 33. h4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Rf8 35. hxg5 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 h5 {/\ ץe3} 37.
Qe2 Qf5+ (37... bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qc2 39. Qb3 $132) (37... Qe4 $5) 38. Kg2 Qg4 39.
Qc2 Nf8 40. cxb5 axb5 41. Qf2 Nd7 42. Qc2 e4 43. Bf4 Qf3+ 44. Kh2 Nb6 45. Qb2
$1 {A very resourceful move that greatly complicates black's task of trying to
keep the game technical.} (45. g6 Nxd5 46. Bg5+ Ke6 $1 47. Qb3 (47. g7 Kf7 48.
Qb3 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qd3) 47... Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qxg3 $19) 45... e3 46. c4 $5 (46. Qxb5
Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qg1 $1 (47... e2 48. Qxb6 $10) 48. Bxd6+ $1 (48. Qe2 $2 Qh1+ 49.
Qh2 Qf1+ 50. Qg2 e2) 48... Kf7 49. g6+ Kf6 $1 50. Be7+ (50. Be5+ Kf5 51. Qe2
Qh1+ 52. Qh2 Qf1+ 53. Kh4 (53. Qg2 e2 54. g7 e1=Q 55. g8=Q Qh1+ 56. Qh2 Qef1+)
53... Kxe5) 50... Kg7 $1 51. Qe2 Qh1+ 52. Qh2 Qf1+ 53. Kh4 e2) 46... Qf2+ 47.
Qxf2 exf2 48. Kg2 Nxc4 {During the game I was very reluctant to play} (48...
bxc4 {and allow white a passed a-pawn. My first reaction afterwards was that I
should have risked this and had faith in the compact mass of c- and d-pawns,
but now I think I was right to be careful. Variations like} 49. g6 Nxd5 50.
Bg5+ Ke6 51. a4 $1 (51. Kxf2 Nc3) 51... c3 52. Kxf2 Nb4 53. Ke2 d5 54. g7 Kf7
55. Be7 (55. Bf6 d4 56. a5) 55... Na6 (55... d4 56. Bxc5 d3+ 57. Kd1) 56. Bf6
d4 57. Kd3 {illustrate that black's pawns are not nearly as dangerous as they
look:} Nb4+ 58. Kc4 c2 59. Bg5 Na2 60. a5) 49. Kxf2 Nb6 50. g6 Nxd5 51. g7 Kf7
52. Bxd6 c4 53. Bf8 b4 $2 $138 {A very nervous move in time trouble. I was
concerned that} (53... Nc7 54. Kf3 Ne6 {would be insufficient to win due to
white's active king, but this is not correct.} 55. Bb4 Nxg7 $1 $17 56. Ke4 $6 (
56. Kf4 $1 {as Dao intended was correct, when he can get counterplay by
keeping his king in contact with g5, and by keeping the chance of g4 alive.
However, there is absolutely no risk for black even if the technical problems
are still substantial.}) 56... Ke6 57. Be1 (57. Kf4 Nf5 58. Be1 Nd4) 57... Nf5
{gives white too many problems - guarding g3, monitoring the c-pawn and having
to guard entry squares for the knight.} 58. a3 Kf6 59. Kf4 (59. Kd5 Kg5 60. Kc5
Nxg3 61. Kxb5 (61. Bxg3 c3 62. Be1 (62. Be5 c2 63. Bb2 h4) 62... c2 63. Bd2+
Kg4 64. Kd4 Kf3) 61... h4 62. a4 (62. Kxc4 Kg4 63. Bf2 Kf3 64. Bg1 Kg2) 62...
c3) 59... Kg6 60. Bd2 Nd4 $1) 54. Ke1 b3 55. axb3 cxb3 56. Kd2 $10 Ne3 57. Kc3
Nf5 58. Kxb3 Nxg3 59. Kc2 h4 60. Bd6 Kxg7 61. Kd1 Kg6 62. Bxg3 1/2-1/2

